July 20, 1965 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 17577

EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

Captive Nations servers were permitted there and even Joseph L. Milhender is a successful today only one city is open to visitors. man. Not only has he measured up to EXTENSION OF REMARKS It is people such as these in all the excellence in his business endeavors, but captive nations to whom we should ex­ he has also measured up to excellence in OF tend all possible encouragement, to those our best American traditions for his HON. PAUL A. FINO who are forced to ignore their nationalist philanthropic and charitable work. He OF NEW YORK feelings, forced to submit to the rule of has contributed his time, his energy, his IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES an alien people. Mr. Speaker, we, the talents, and his money generously to the possessors of the priceless gifts of free­ good of mankind. Tuesday, July 20, 1965 dom and democracy, must do all in our The life story of Joseph L. Milhender Mr. FINO. Mr. Speaker, the President power to support the attempt of any peo­ is the noblest testimony for the free en­ has designated the week of July 18 to ple who seek to throw off the yoke of terprise system. It is people like Joe Mil­ July 24 as Captive Nations Week. I foreign domination. bender that assure the continuance of should like today to remind the people our American way of life. of the United States and of all the world's free nations that there still exists many states which are under foreign domi­ Joseph L. Milhender, President of Mil­ nation; it is the responsibility of all bender Distributors, Inc., Boston, Mass., Results of a Public Opinion Survey Takea free men to study the plight of these Completes SO Years in Business in North Carolina's Eighth Congres­ states and to pledge support to all those struggling to become independent. sional District We are all familiar with the histories EXTENSION OF REMARKS of the unfortunate nations which have OF EXTENSION OF REMARKS been subjected to Communist Chinese HON. JOHN W. McCORMACK OF domination. We recognize Red China's OF li/IASSACHUSETTS HON. CHARLES RAPER JONAS intention to extend the Bamboo Curtain further to include South Vietnam and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NORTH CAROLINA Laos, and eventually, all southeast Asia. Tuesday, July 20, 1965 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES We are aware of their efforts in Africa Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, in Tuesday, July 20, 1965 to take advantage of the unstable polit­ January 1965, the New England House- Mr. JONAS. Mr: Speaker, under leave ical and economic situations of newly . wares Club gave Joseph L. Milhender to extend my remarks in the RECORD, I independent states and to overthrow the their Man of the Year Award. He is con­ am including the results of my annual existing governments. sidered the "dean" of the housewares and public opinion survey among residents of But we have been lulled into ignoring electrical housewares industry; house­ the Eighth Congressional District of the conditions in the nations of Eastern wares manufacturers continually seek his North Carolina. Europe, lulled by the Soviet policy of advice in the packaging and marketing I would like to express appreciation to peaceful coexistence with the West. of their products. In recognition of his all those who took the trouble to inform Pleased by advances in our relations with contribution to the growth of the house­ me of their stands on some of the im­ the Soviet Union, we have forgotten that wares and electrical housewares indus­ portant issues before this session of Con­ there remain many states under Soviet try, the leading manufacturers at their gress. A total of 12,067 persons com­ imperialistic control. Recently, we have National Housewares Show in Chicago pleted questionnaires and mailed them to begun to detect the enormous tensions presented Joseph L. Milhender with their my Washington office--a return of ap­ that exist today within the Soviet bloc, Merchandiser of the Year Award. proximately 12 percent. Although this is particularly . in southeastern Europe, September 1, 1965, will mark the 50th a somewhat smaller percentage return caused by people who have ceased to be anniversary for Joseph L. Milhender in than last year, considering that this is a intimidated by Communist techniques business. The life story of Joe Milhender nonelection year I am highly pleased and who are now rising to claim auton­ is like a reflecting pool of our American with the interest demonstrated by Eighth omy for themselves. way of life, where every individual is a District residents in national issues. Yet the Iron Curtain is only weaker; it freeman and has the right to pursue One especially gratifying aspect of this is not yet broken. It still oppressively whatever economic endeavor he chooses. year's questionnaire is that so many per­ shuts off many nations, particularly the Joe Milhender chose to establish a sons--! would estimate a majority­ Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia, and small business as a young man. Through added comments elaborating their views Estonia:. Lithuanid., for example, a the years he has labored at developing on one or more of the questions or on powerful independent state from the this business so that he could better serve some other issue of concern to them. Middle Ages until 1775, had long been his community and better provide for his Some of the questions, current when trying to resist Russian domination. family. Under our American freedom of they were drawn up and when the ma­ After a too brief period of independence enterprise, the public is free to accept or jority of questionnaires were filled out, between the two World Wars. and reject the services and products of any have been resolved by action in Con­ great suffering in World War n, it was business concern. Joe Milhender's busi­ gress. Nonetheless, I think the attitude reoccupied by the Red army in 1944 and ness, like all other business concerns, was expressed by the citizens of my district swallowed by the Soviet Union. judged on its ability to anticipate, to on these questions is worth noting. It The Lithuanians are not voluntary meet, and to satisfy the public's wants. is my judgment that the response re­ allies of Soviet Russia: even under the We know that Joe Milhender's business corded here is a fair reflection of the terrorist conditions of Communist rule, has been well accepted by the people it thinking of Eighth District residents. the farmers of Lithuania in 1949 con­ serves, the public, because Milhender Dis­ Questionnaires were mailed to the broad­ ducted an organized campaign to resist tributors, Inc., has grown to be a leading est possible cross section of district resi­ the collectivization of agriculture. They business in the State of Massachusetts dents. were punished with mass deportation, the and a major outlet in its industry. The answers were tabulated by Data same treatment they were given when the In commemoration of his 50th anni­ Management, Inc., of Washington, D.C., Russians took control in 1944. Soviet versary in business, Joe Milhender will, by the use of data-processing equip­ techniques in such matters have on September 18 and 19, 1965, run a ment. changed, but Lithuania remains a subject housewares and electrical housewares I am listing below the questions asked, nation, firmly guarded from contacts trade show at the War Memorial Audi­ the total number of replies received to with the free world or with its Baltic torium at the New Prudential Center in each question, and a percentage figure neighbors. Until 1959, no Western ob- Boston. for each answer. Before submitting this 17578 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE July 20, 1965 listing I would like to call particular at­ without reference to the size of the debt. (b) The "eldercare" plan would provide . tention to certain of the results. Just 3.2 percent had no opinion on this private health insurance policies, on a volun­ For instance, the returned question­ question. tary basis, to persons 65 and over, covering hospitalization, nursing home care, doctor naires reveal broad support for continua­ Following are the questions asked in and surgeon bills and medicine. This pro­ tion of legislation designed to eliminate my 1965 poll and the response received, gram is, in effect, an expansion of Kerr-Mills the advantage ·foreign firms once en­ by numbers and percentages: assistance under which policyholders would joyed under the two-price cotton system. 1. Do you favor continuing present pro­ pay all, part, or none of the premiums de­ At the same time, a majority of those grams of price supports and acreage con­ pending on their income and with deficits responding-52.7 percent-do not favor trols? made up out of Federal-State matching continuing the present farm support Percent funds from general revenues: ( 9,892) , 82 programs, while 27.1 percent would con­ Yes (3,266) ------27.1 percent; no answer (938), 7.7 percent. tinue them. No (6~56)------52.7 9. In his state of the Union message the No answer (2,445) ------20.2 President stated: "As pledged in our 1960 I think it is interesting to note that and 1964 (Democratic) platforms I will pro­ Federal aid to education on the ele­ 2. Do you favor extending existing legisla­ tion designed to eliminate the two-price cot­ pose to Congress changes in the Taft-Hartley mentary and secondary level, with pro­ ton system? Act including section 14 (b) ." Section 14 (b) visions for some forms of assistance to Percent is the one which authorizes States to enact nonpublic schools, was disapproved by right-to-work laws. Do you favor repeal of Yes (6,552) ------54.2 section 14(b}? Eighth District residents by a 2-to-1 No (2,354)------19.6 margin, 62.7 percent opposed and 29.8 No answer (3,161) ------26. 2 Percent Yes (1,815) ------15.0 percent favoring. 3. Do you favor the President's proposal to No (9,067)------75.1 The question receiving the clearest ex­ authorize production .and marketing 11m1ts No answer (1,185) ------9. 9 pression of opinion has to do with the of tobacco on an "acreage-poundage" basis? 10. The present immigration laws are United Nations financial crisis. Almost Percent based upon a national origins quota system. 84 percent of those responding feel this Yes (3,063) ------25.3 The President has proposed to change this country should insist that an· nations No (5,577)------46.3 by substituting a system under which first meet their financial obligations, even to No answer (3,427) ------28. 4 preference will be granted immigrants with the point where nations in arrears might 4. The President has recommended an ap­ needed skills without requiring that they withdraw. Only 9.3 percent opposed this propriation of $1 b11lion to provide assist­ have an employer here before they can en­ position while 6.8 percent of those re­ ance to publ1c elementary and secondary ter, second preference to persons with close turning the questionnaire expressed no schools serving "children of low-income fam­ relatives who are citizens or permanent resi­ opinion one way or the other. ilies," with a requirement that in order to dents of the United States, and to admit receive funds school districts must have pro­ others in the order of their applications. Do I would point out with regard to the vision for shared use of their fac111ties and you favor this change in our immigration question on Vietnam that most of the special educational services by children who laws? questionnaire responses were made in attend nonpublic as well as public schools. Percent March, before the tempo of our involve­ He has also recommended grants to the Yes (4,473) ------37.1 ment increased to the extent we know it States for the purchase of textbooks, library · No (6,489) ------53. a today. I would interpret the results to books, and instructional materials for use by No answer (1,105) ------9.1 mean that residents of my district give children who attend both public and non­ 11. Do you favor a proposed constitutional public schools. Do you favor these pro­ amendment permitting States, subject to ap­ considerable support to the President's posals? increased use of American power to halt proval by the voters, to apportion one house Percent of the legislature on factors in addition to Communist aggression in South Vietnam. Yes (3,589) ------29.8 population (such as geography)? While the original medicare bill has No (7,568)------62.7 Percent been much modified already by Congress, No answer (910) ------7. 5 Yes (5,279)------43.8 it is worth noting that the administra­ 5. Do you think the United States should No (5,136)------42.6 tion bill first introduced this year re­ seek to expand trade with Communist No answer (1,652) ------13.6 ceived support from only 10.3 percent of countries? 12. The national debt, which now requires those answering my question about Percent 12.3 percent of the net budget receipts for the health care for the elderly. · Yes (3,204) ------26. 6 annual interest payments has increased in On one of the major legislative battles No (7,783) ------64. 4 recent years as follows: January 1961, $290 shaping up for this session, the proposed No answer (1,080) ------9. 0 bil:ion; January 1962, $296 billion; January repeal of section 14(b) of the Taft-Hart­ 6. Should the United States insist that all 1963, $304 b1llion; January 1964, $309 billion; ley Act, Eighth District residents have a nations discharge their financial obligations January 1965, $319 b1llion. Please answer to the United Nations even if it results in one of the following: clear opinion. Those responding to this the withdrawal of those nations in arrears? (a) Are you alarmed at this trend? (9,816). question opposed repeal of this section 81.3 percent. which permits right-to-work laws, such Percent (b) Are you unworried about it? (720). as North Carolina has adopted, by a Yes (10,120) ------83.9 6 percent. 5-to-1 margin. Fifteen percent would No (1,126}------9.3 (c) Do you think Government spending repeal the section while 75.1 percent op­ No answer (821) -·------6. 8 should be increased without reference to the pose repeal and 9.9 percent expressed no 7. With respect to South Vietnam, do you size of the debt? (1,144), 9.5 percent. think the United States should (choose No answer (387), 3.2 percent. opinion. one): Residents of the Eighth District split (a) Continue as at present? (558), 4.6 almost evenly on the controversy about percent. the apportionment of State legislatures. (b) Extend the war as necessary to halt USDA: Consumer Friend-USDA Helps While 43.8 percent would approve a con­ the flow of supplies and materals to the stitutional amendment permitting States, Vietcong? (6,690), 55.4 percent. American Housewives Take Advantage with the voters' approval, to apportion (c) Seek a negotiated peace? (3,236), of "Good Buys" in Food one house of the legislature on factors 26.8 percent. (d) Withdraw U.S. troops from South in addition to population, 42.6 percent Vietnam? (910), 7.5 peit'cent. EXTENSION OF REMARKS oppose this. Another 13.6 percent did No answer (673), 5.7 percent. OF not reply. 8. Indicate which of the following plans In view of my longstanding campaign under consideration in Congress you prefer: HON. CLAIR CALLAN to induce the Federal Government to (a) The "medicare" plan would provide OF NEBRASKA take steps to reduce the national debt limited hospital and posthospital care (in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and the resulting interest burden, I a nursing home affiliated with a hospital) , naturally was pleased that 81.3 percent outpatient diagnostic services and home Tuesday, July 20, 1965 visits by a nurse to all persons 65 and over of those replying to my questions on this regardless of need. This plan would be Mr. CALLAN. Mr. Speaker, each day subject are alarmed about the continu­ financed by increased social security taxes on housewives all over the country consult ing debt increases. Only 6 percent say workers, employers, and self-employed, and the food pages of newspapers-or listen they are unworried while another 9.5 per­ by raising the taxable base from $4,800 to to the radio-to find out what foods are cent would have the Government spend $5,600. (1,237), 10.3 percent. a "good buy" this week. I cite this as one July 20, 1965 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 17579 of the popular and important--but little the U.S. Air Force Academy, Ent Air observance that is indeed great in scope known-services of the U.S. Department Force Base, · Fort Carson, .the Pueblo and encouraging in comprehension. of Agriculture. Army Depot and the National Guard for That so many of our citizens are thus Through its plentiful foods program, their missions of mercy during the dev­ made more aware of the sad circum­ USDA has for many years·been supplying astating floods that hit portions of Colo­ stances of these captive nations is a re­ information on good food buys to the rado. sult that should please us in the Con­ food trade and the news media, in the The combined efforts of our military gress of this great Nation and the peoples interests of consumers, business, and and citilian personnel teamed to quickly of both the free world and ·the captive farmers. mobilize forces that include air police, nations. At the same time, it should Here is how it works. communications; civil engineering per­ caution the leaders of those nations striv­ Each month commodity specialists in sonnel, ambulances, bulldozers, emer­ ing for world domination that they are the Department collect all the available gency vehicles, temporary housing to as­ encountering a dedication to freedom, an information about supplies of various sist in areas nearby, hard hit by · flood understanding of their insidious meth­ foods-both present supplies and those and wind damage. ods, and a resistance to tyranny that will projected for the near future. Then the Many comments of thanks and praise prove ever greater. Department puts out a list of foods ex­ have been directed to our military The peoples of the captive nations have pected to be in especially heavy supply in leaders. been victims of an imperialism that has the next few weeks. This information is We are particularly indebted to you for spanned a period of some 45 years. In widely published through the cooperative your fine work in saving the dam at Monu­ this time, we have seen the leaders of this efforts of all parts of the food industry ment Lake. imperialism change, we have heard vari­ and the news media. The mayor of Colorado Springs wrote ous refutals and alterations of ideology Such a service is especially valuable the Fort Carson commander. and dogma, methods and means, yet the to low-income families and those who Without your untiring efforts, the situa­ ultimate goal of these haters of freedom need to stretch their food dollars to the tion in Colorado Springs might have been has remained unchanged. That their limit. But it also helps families not on desperate. subtle nets have reached out into niuch a strict budget. It alerts housewives to of the world, causing unrest, strife, and foods that are seasonally plentiful and "Boy, we would never have made it bloodshed, and. that their overt military at their best in quality. without the National Guard," was the gestures and occupations have resulted Farmers and the food trade like this statement of a county civil defense direc­ in captivity and misery for many of the service, too. By stimulating sales of tor in the southeastern part of the State. world's peoples, we are well aware. Yet, plentiful foods, it helps prevent serious Air Force Academy personnel re­ we are fortunate that the scope of the price and supply troubles that would sponded quickly to pleas for help in the interest aroused by and the activities hurt not only farmers and business but Palmer Lake area and in Pueblo, the carried on in conjunction with Captive in the long run consumers as .well. Rea­ P·ueblo Army Depot provided urgently Nations Week have so successfully in­ sonably stable prices help everybody ex­ needed assistance. creased our awareness of the plight of cept speculators. Erratic food prices, on Air Defense Command's Ent Air Force these nations and the nature of the the other hand, can ruin farmers, imperil Base was a major contributor to the enemy we face. An educated public, rescue and recovery efforts. From June fully aware of the intentions of the in­ sound competition in the food trade and 15 to 22, Ent personnel, equipment, and result in higher prices overall for ternational menace we are dedicated to consumers. facilities were thrown into the all-out resisting, with such examples of gross, effort to save lives and property. For ugly imperialism and tyranny before Sometimes the supply of a commodity some time, the only communications in gets into particularly serious trouble. them, cannot but be better equipped to the Lamar area was a mobile unit of the insure the ultimate victory of freedom, Then the USDA pulls out all the stops 4600th Air Base Wing. in its plentiful foods program and gives truth, and peace. It is impossible to cite all of the actions We have, indeed, been given some great an all-out promotion. This was done of many groups and individuals involved this spring when many egg producers and inspiring examples of the strength in the extensive o·peration to assist the of mankind's dedication . to freedom by were experiencing great price difficulties. flood-damaged communities, but the Consumers responded to the promotion. the unfortunate peoples of the captive personnel at the military installations in nations. We share in their dedication They got an especially good buy in eggs Colorado played a noteworthy and sig­ to for a couple of months. Prices to pro­ this most basic right of man, .and we nificant role in this humanitarian effort. honor them for their long fight against ducers have now improved~ But con­ In the finest American tradition, the sumers are still getting eggs at reasonable tyranny and the many sufferings and men in the military service rolled up privations that they have undergone. prices. their sleeves and . worked around the I am happy to take this opportunity clock in many instances, to aid the peo­ Captive Nations Week is a time for us to commend the Department of Agricul­ ple and the communities hard hit by this to offer to these peoples, wherever they ture for helping . American housewives disaster. may be throughout the world, our assur­ take advantage of "good buys" in food. ances of understanding and our sincere They deserve our thanks-and our hopes for a future of true freedom for all gratitude. men.

Military Praised Captive Nations Week Captive Nations Week EXTENSION OF REMARKS EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF OF EXTENSION OF REMARKS HON. FRANK E. EVANS HON. EDNA F. KELLY OF OF COLORADO OF NEW YORK liON. WILLIAM L. ST. ONGE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF CONNECTICUT Tuesday, July 20, 1965 Tuesday, July 20, 1965 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. EVANS of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. KELLY. Mr. Speaker, this week Tuesday, July 20, 1965 I was deeply impressed by the dedicated we as citizens of a truly free nation and able assistance given by the men in pause to observe Captive Nations Week. Mr. ST. ONGE. Mr. Speaker, each our military services during the recent Throughout our Nation, this week is year during the third week in July we June floods in Colorado. marked by ceremonies, statements by observe Captive Nations Week, dedi­ There were many men and women, many State and local officials, official cated to the millions of people suffering both military and civilian, and many or­ State proclamations, and the annual under the yoke of communism in the ganizations such as the Red Cross, that. proclamation of Captive Nations Week countries of Eastern and Central gave significant aid, but I especially want by the President of the United States. Europe. This observance is by now al­ to cite the contributions by the men of. All of these add up to a total national most a tradition dating back to July 1959 17580 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE July 20, 1965 when Congress unanimously adopted a Subsequently, _large-scale flooding in ricultural products, the USDA checks resolution designating this particular Colorado and Kansas left hundreds of thousands of carloads of produce, tests week as Captive Nations Week. miles of highways and roads in need of thousands of samples of seed, exercises During these past 6 years no progress repair. Bridges and bridge approaches daily surveillance over hundreds of large has been made in securing the right of were washed away by floodwaters. In traders in commodity futures markets, li­ self-determination of the peoples held my district in Kansas, the Army Corps censes and inspects storage warehouses, in captivity in those countries by their of Engineers estimate the total flood and administers marketing agreement Communist overlords. They remain damage in the Arkansas River Basin to and order programs under which billions under alien rule. They are still denied Great Bend, Kans., at $19 million. Total of dollars worth of agricultural commod­ basic human rights. Consequently, our damages downstream from Great Bend ities are marketed. observance of Captive Nations _Week are estimated at $13 million and much of Carrying out responsibilities given it and our association with these peoples the damage in this area is in rural areas, by the Congress, the USDA thus seeks to in their struggle to attain their freedom to crops and county roads. Of these area assure fair play and fair competition in and independence is as timely today as totals, reports from the Bureau of Public the marketplace and safe storage of farm it was 6 years ago. Roads indicate, and reports on highway products in licensed warehouses. I want The hopes of the enslaved peoples must and roadway damages are by no means to go on record that the Department de­ be kept alive, if they are to continue complete, permanent repairs on Federal­ serves a great deal of commendation for their struggle and their efforts for sur­ aid secondary highways, that is; county the way it fulfills its responsibilities in vival. By reaffirming our ideals em­ roads and farm to market roads, will this difficult but important area. bodied in the concept as represented by amount to $1,700,000. To make tempo­ Because our food comes from many Captive Nations Week we encourage rary repairs on Federal-aid primary sections of our vast country-beef from these peoples and contribute toward the highways, the Bureau estimates $150,000. the West-broilers from the Southeast­ ultimate achievement of their goal. We These reports, though incomplete, are fruits and vegetables from Florida and help to lighten their burden of suffering indicative of extensive highway repair California--dairy products from the and ·degradation. needs which must be met in part with Lake States--our Nation has probably Most of all, by our discussion of this emergency highway relief funds. the most complex marketing system in problem and focusing attention on the The Northwest Disaster Relief Act of the world. Yet it is undoubtedly the most treatment of these captive peoples by 1965, recently enacted, responds to exist­ efficient. their Communist masters we help to ex­ ing nationwide needs for necessary high­ The regulatory acts administered by pose the ruthless face and features of way and bridge repairs by authorizing a the Department play a vital role in keep­ Communist imperialism for all the world $50 million increase in the emergency ing this system operating smoothly. By to see. I have also introduced in March highway relief fund for fiscal 1965 and a quickly settling disputes between buyers of this year a resolution to create a Spe­ $20 million increase for fiscal 1966. and sellers, these laws help cut down the cial Committee on the Captive Nations in These funds are authorized to be used on risks of doing business. the House of Representatives for the a nationwide basis by the Secretary of Over 2,500 cases were handled last year purpose of conducting studies of the situ­ Commerce for emergency road repair under the Perishable Agricultural Com­ ation in the captive nations and seeking wherever and whenever the need has modities Act, a law that incorporates a the means to assist them to regain their arisen. code of ethics for the fruit and vegetable national freedom. However, when major disaster strikes industry. These cases resulted in pay­ I am pleased to join in the observance it is necessary that adequate emergency ments to interested parties of more than of Captive Nations Week as a way of funds be available to give States prompt $1.7 million-money that did not have to demonstrating our support of these na­ assistance for highway repairs. This be recovered from consumers in the form tions in their efforts to fulfill their na­ bill would provide an annual increase of of higher prices. tional aspirations of freedom. It is our $20 million in available emergency high­ The Packers and Stockyards Act helps way of expressing renewed assurance to way relief funds for fiscal1965 and each preserve free and open competition in the all captive and oppressed nations of the succeeding year. Its enactment will livestock and poultry industries. Work­ world that we stand for freedom, justice, make funds available more nearly com­ ing closely with State governments and and human dignity for all mankind. mensurate with projected needs and costs industry the Department of Agricul­ of emergency highway repair and will ture investigates and prosecutes alleged serve to minimize the need to authorize restriction of competition and price dis­ special · legislation for relief of unfore­ crimination in livestock and meat mar­ Emergency Highway Relief Fund seen disaster situations. keting, and unfair practices in poultry (H.R. 6790) marketing. This act also requires that charges for marketing livestock be fair EXTENSION OF REMARKS and reasonable, and that livestock be cor­ USDA-Consumer Friend-USDA Reg­ rectly weighed on accurate scales. OJ' In enforcing the Federal Seed Act--a HON. ROBERT DOLE ulatory Services Protect Consumers in truth in labeling law-the Department in OF KANSAS the Marketplace 1964 made 43,000 separate tests on 16,000 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES samples of seed. It turned back about EXTENSION OF REMARKS 3 ~ million pounds of seeds because of Tuesday, July 20, 1965 OF low quality or false labeling. Mr. DOLE. Mr. Speaker, I support To maintain free and competitive pric­ H.R. 6790, which passed on Monday, HON. BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL ing in the commodity futures markets at July 19, which will increase the amount OF NEW YORK Chicago, New York, and other centers, of funds available to States for emer­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the USDA last year exercised daily sur­ gency repair and reconstruction of high­ veillance of some 900 large traders. ways and bridges damaged or destroyed Tuesday, July 20, 1965 Another behind-the-scenes service of by major natural disasters, such as floods, Mr. ROSENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, dur­ the Department of Agriculture is carried earthquakes, and severe storms. ing my service with the Committee on out under the U.S. Warehouse Act. This Last Mar~h testimony before the Pub­ Agriculture, I was quite impressed with provides for voluntary licensing and in­ lic Works Subcommittee on Roads re­ the work done by the Department of Ag­ spection of warehouses, thus helping to vealed the $30 million authorized by riculture, and by the many ways by which assure safe storage of food supplies. existing law for emergency highway re­ the Department is geared to protect the Marketing orders administered by lief far from adequate to meet current consumer. USDA help provide a steady supply of repair needs. At that time requests from The U.S. Department of Agriculture milk and fruits and vegetables at stable States for funds to make necessary re­ administers more regulatory statutes and reasonable prices. Most of the milk pairs to highways damaged by recent than any other Government department. and about two-fifths of the fruits, vege­ major disasters, already exceeded the Every year, for the protection of con­ tables, and nuts produced are marketed amount of funds available. sumers, producers, and marketers of ag- under these orders. July 20, 1965 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -HOUSE 17581 The services of the U.S. Department lations and best wishes to the Cook County But we do have a new expression of that of Agriculture made possible through the Forest Preserve District, to the board of need-a new call to action-a new challenge. commissioners, and the 5 m111ion citizens of We are rich and powerful and advanced laws which I have briefly mentioned are this great metropolis who both enjoy and in scientific achievement, yet we continue-­ a major reason why the American home­ support these wonderful facilities for recrea­ thoughtlessly or ruthlessly-to pollute and maker is blessed with such a variety of tion and re-creation. Here yo:u have oppor­ despoil the earth on which we live. We foul fresh foods at reasonable prices. Our tunity for casual fun and for spiritual our environment to such an extent that we complex and free marketing system, ·regeneration. rob our lives of the joys that could easily regulated to protect both buyers and This is not only a beautiful and useful be ours-the simple joys of being alive, of sellers, coupled with the productive public asset, not only a monument to the being human, of being children of God in foresight of leaders who established and de­ the universe of His creation. genius of the American family farmer, veloped this area-it is an example to all who Today we cannot even be sure we are makes it possible for us to enjoy the live today, proof that the battle against ugli­ fulfilling the most elementary animal in­ highest standard of living in the world ness and noise and pollution can be won. stinct--the preservation of species. For the and at the same time pay a smaller share Here is proof that men and women with would-be human population of the future of our take-home pay for food than any vision and determination can build for them­ may find an earth not only bleak and bereft other nation at any time in history. selves and their descendants a better place of joy but unfriendly to life itself. Destruc­ in which to live. This is a challenge to you tion and pollution and uglification of our and tome. vital resources are the suicidal, manmade The challenge is the more real because enemies of man. your success came hard. The example you And if the richest Nation on earth­ Better Living Through Resource Conser­ offer is one of hard work and perseverance blessed with democratic institutions--can­ vation-Secretary Freeman's Speech as well as achievement. not build for the future, pray tell, what hope In the U.S. Department of Agriculture is there for the earth as a whole? Commemorating 50th Anniversary of Library, we have a good deal of historical Fortunately, the Nation is awakening to the Cook County Forest Preserve literature about this forest preserve district. the danger and facing the challenge. Pres­ Scanning it we are reminded that your suc­ ident Johnson with his genius for expressing cess was achieved against great odds. In the will of the people has called for a new EXTENSION OF REMARKS the late 1800's Chicago was growing at a drive to regain and retain the natural beauty OF terrific rate in size, population, wealth, and of our country. complexity-and also in its output of smoke As he stated it in a recent message to the HON. PAUL H. DOUGLAS and sewage, in creation of slums, in prob­ Congress: OF ILLINOIS lems of health, education, and recreation. "The beauty of our land is a natural re­ SOme people who made their fortunes in source. Its preservation is linked to the IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES Chicago moved elsewhere to enjoy life. inner prosperity of the human spirit." Tuesday, July 20, 1965 Complicating tlie situation was the infiux In this statement, President Johnson has of foreign-born people, many of whom were not merely expressed his own philosophy­ Mr. DOUGLAS. Mr. President, it is poor and disadvantaged but who were ac­ although he has done that in admirable no secret that this Nation has a heritage customed in their old countries to publicly fashion-but he has sensed and put into of seeking ways to better the lives and supported parks. words that you and I would have been proud economic opportunities of its citizens. A leader of that period-Dr. John Rauch­ to utter the feelings, belief, and determina­ One of these ways is through the protec­ wrote vigorously of the need for parks, say­ tion of the whole people. tion and improvement of natural re­ ing "* • • we want not alone a place for We recognize that the love of beauty is one sources. business, but also one in which we can live." of the most fundamental attributes of hu­ Fortunately, good citizens took an inter­ man nature--one of our finest attributes. Few countries have been endowed with est. Many of the famous names of Chicago We recognize also that natural beauty is one such an abundance of land resources as history are associated with the forest pre­ of the most important dimensions of our the United States. The great outdoors serve. Also by good fortune, the forest pre­ practical goal of conserving and revitalizing with its seemingly unlimited land re­ serve had the benefit of competent metro­ our natural resources. sources made it possible for the early politan planning. It is suddenly clear to us that our concept settlers who migrated to all corners of Very early, according to the records, the of conservation has been growing and taking the land, to develop and build this Na­ Special Park Commission of the Municipal new form, escaping old cubicles and dividing Science Club recommended (and I quote): lines, emerging as a new philosophy. tion. "Instead of acquiring space only, the oppor­ The new concept is characterized by unity. Today, the great trek is not to seek tunity exists for reserving country naturally No longer can there be separate compart­ new land. Today more than 130 million beautiful." ments in the conservation world-no com­ Americans are on the move searching In 1909 the "Plan of Chicago" prepared partment for soil conservation apart from for places to swim, hunt, fish, picnic, under the direction of the Commercial Club beauty preservation, no longer a wall between and places to play, relax, and enjoy stated that "nearby woodlands should be wildlife protection and agricultural conser­ natural beauty, fresh air, and sunshine. brought within easy reach of all people, and vation, no longer a forestry objective separate On Sunday, June 27, 1965, the 50th especially the wage earners," because of the from the interests of the grasslands, no longer restorative value of natural scenery to city a policy question as to multiple use of water anniversary of the Cook County Forest dwellers. resources, and, finally, no more a disunity Preserve District was celebrated at the While areas have been allotted for the zoo, between city and open country. Chicago Zoological Park in Brookfield, playfields, golf courses, picnic grounds, and Perhaps there is symbolic significance as ru. Such an anniversary is evidence of other important intensive uses, the emphasis well as practicality in the fact that the Sec­ the great leadership and foresighted­ through the years has remained on natural retary of Agriculture is Chairman of the Rec­ ness of Cook County people in regard to forests, natural beauty. reation Advisory Committee of the U.S. Gov­ better living through conservation. As Anton J. Cermak said in his report as ernment. Mr. Orville Freeman, the Secretary president of the board of commissioners in The conservationist of 1965 is an exponent 1925: "This has been a unique venture in of natural beauty in its many forms for the of Agriculture, addressed that meeting. combining the beautiful and the practical." enjoyment of all the people--he is an enemy His remarks were of such significance In the 1921 report is the record of a meet­ of preventable ugliness. · and bear so directly on this Nation's ing honoring the memory of the first presi­ The modern conservationist is a proponent need for conservation unity of action dent of the board, Peter Reinberg. On the of the principle of sustained economic use and purpose, that they should be read cover of the book is a poem: of resources-an· opponent of mere hoarding, and thoughtfully considered by all. and an .enemy of waste-waste in any form, I therefore ask unanimous consent that "The kindest thing God ever made, including erosion, fire, or uneconomic pro­ His hand of very healing laid duction. the speech be printed in the RECORD. Upon a fevered world, is shade. There being no objection, the address The conservationist of 1965 is an advocate "Green temples, closed against the beat of open space and quiet areas-an enemy of was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, Of noontime's burning glare and heat crowded slums, filth, and air filled with as follows: Opento any pilgrim's feet. stench, poison fumes, and fallout. ADDRESS OF HON. ORVILLE L. F)lEEMAN, SEC­ The true conservationist of today sees the RETARY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE "This is God's hospitality, union of resources and values on which hu­ And whoso rests beneath a tree manity depends, and he would preserve that It is an honor to participate in this 50th Has cause to thank him gratefully." anniversary celebration. union. He sees the world of conservation as On behalf of President Johnson, the U.S. The need for natural beauty is not new. one world. Department of Agriculture, and the entire It is very old. The love of natural beauty is a great uni­ Johnson administration, I extend congratu- Recognition of the need is not new either. fying force in the modern conservation 17582 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE July 20, 1965 movement. As President Johnson said, tricts, in planning and developing small dicate in general what can be done for nat­ "• • • we can introduce into all our plan­ watershed projects for flood prevention, ural beauty and conservation when the pub­ ning, our programs, our building, and our water supply, recreation and other public lic cares enough. growth a conscious and active concern for purposes. In your State, local groups have In a democracy we tailor method to the the values of beauty." In agricultural terms, made formal application for 56 of these job. In the Cook County Forest Preserve we can express this ideal as a concept of watershed projects, and so far 9 have been District and in the national forests, we see multiple-use management. Under multiple­ approved for operations with 17 more ap:­ public ownership. In some of our water­ use ·management, natural beauty can be de­ proved for planning. sheds we see teamwork between Federal veloped and maintained; food, fiber, wildlife, In Lake County the regional planning ·agencies and legally constituted local recreation, forage, and timber can be pro­ commission and other local agencies are groups. On our millions of farms, we see vided; soil and water can be conserved. using for urban purposes the soil survey the individual in league with the public In our national forests-which comprise maps that were made primarily for soil con­ through local, State and Federal agencies. 19 percent of our country's commercial tim­ servation use on farms. These maps have Much is being done to benefit the people berland-we no longer think of ourselves been used to help prevent the location of of both city and country. Much that· is merely as custodians and protectors. We home developments where basements will being done contributes not only to our ma­ practice multiple-use management to the end flood or where soil is not porous enough for terial welfare but also to our enjoyment of that the greatest possible number of people septic tanks or for drainage of lawns and beauty and our opportunities to re-create may benefit. gardens. They are also used to help road­ our inner lives. In community programs such as small wa­ builders avoid unstable soil and to help in The programs through which we are mak­ tershed projects on private land, we combine selection of trees and shrubs that will do ing this kind of progress have had the sup­ flood control with municipal water develop­ well. port of most of your Members of Congress, ment, recreation, and farmland conservation. You have seen from a hilltop or from an even when ill-informed people and mass In our public partnership with farmers for airplane the graceful lines of crops planted media at times labeled them as Govern­ conservation work on individual farms we on the contours of sloping fields. This beau­ ment interference, or subsidy farm program. encourage the use of practices which not only ty came about for a practical reason: We had I salute them for their courage and far­ conserve soil and water for agricultural use to fight erosion. Farmers and public to­ sightedness. but also provide better conditions for fish gether have done it, the public providing But so much more needs to be done. and wildlife and recreation for the public. . the technical, educational and cost-sharing And right now we have a tremendous op­ Let me give you some illustrations of our help that the public interest justifies-farm­ portunity to take another gigantic step for­ multipurpose conservation activities. ers providing their labor and a big share of ward. The proven philosophy and principle Here in Illinois 50,000 to 60,000 farmers do the dollar cost. We now have 40 million of unity and use in conservation can, if we partnership work with you every year acres, nearly a tenth of our cropland, on the are wise and alert, be constructively applied through the agricultural conservation pro­ contour. once more-this time in the Great Society gram. With cost-sharing assistance from In our agricultural extension work with farm program now pending before the U.S. you and the rest of the taxpaying public, 95,000 4--H Clubs, and with home demonstra­ Congress. they build ponds which are a boon to water­ tion units, garden clubs and other organiza­ We are in the vortex of an amazing tech­ fowl, and aid in flood prevention, and a tions, we provide and emphasize education nological revolution. Science and capital in means of helping maintain the ground water on beautification of home and community. combination enable our farmers to keep on table. They establish grassed waterways Our agricultural research people do a great increasing output of crops year after year. to dispose of runoff water without the erosion deal to improve. varieties of ornamental We are diverting surplus acres by means of of soil. They plant trees. plants and their culture. Our loans for rural our feed grain program and other commod­ Down in Johnson County last year 150 telephone and electric systems are used in­ ity programs as a means of holding back farmers--every farmer in one particular creasingly for lines that run underground surpluses that otherwise threaten the Na­ area-cooperated in a special pooling of rather than on poles that are sometimes very tion's economic well-being and the welfare funds under the agricultural conservation noticeable and unsightly. of the farmer. But as we take out of pro­ program-and they built 80 ponds and estab­ We have credit programs that enable many duction the land not needed in producing lished a protective grass cover on 3,000 acres. people on farms and in rural towns to build food, let us use our commonsense and­ The result was a great boost in conserva­ new homes to take the place of rundown rather than merely retiring this land or tion-and in beautification. houses and shacks. banking it--put it to use. A similar project is underway this year Since 1962 we have made loans to 133 non­ Right now Congress has before it a pro­ in Clark County. profit rural associations to build community posed cropland adjustment program rec­ In Henderson County, along the Mississippi recreation facilities . and to 375 farmers to ommended by the President and the Secre­ River, we have a special ACP project under develop income-producing recreation facili­ tary of Agriculture and various public­ way to heal the ugly gullies in the bluffs and ties. spirited organizations, including conserva­ to reduce the siltation of streams and reser­ In 616 small watersheds we are working tion and wi.ldlife groups. voirs below. with local groups, largely soil conservation This program would provide good uses for In my home State of Minnesota, farmers districts, to build dams and develop the as much as 40 million acres of surplus crop­ in one county, in just 1 year recently, planted resources for flood prevention, watershed land. These are opportunity acres for the well over 3Y:z million trees on 3,000 acres. protection, erosion control, municipal water public. We can put them to use as forested They did this with the help of the ACP. supply, fish and wildlife, and recreation. In and grass-covered watersheds producing The farmers in Minnesota and other near­ these projects, the public provides technical clean water, reducing the erosion of soil and by States are being encouraged to plant oats help and part of the dollar costs; the local sedimentation of streams. We can use for wildlife on land diverted from market groups provide the rest. them to create more open space near cities. crops under the feed grain program. This We have cooperative forestry work involv­ In fact, one feature of the proposed pro­ should make a lot more good cover for nest­ ing the U.S. Department of Agriculture, State gram would provide direct help for cities in ing birds and a lot of feed for them as well. and "local agencies and individual owners of acquiring surplus cropland to meet their In projects of this kind we have the co­ woods and forests. The people working in needs for parks and open spaces. operation of several agencies and many this field report that in the 12 months just We can also benefit as citizens when farm­ people-the Agricultural Stabilization and past about 950 million seedlings were plant­ ers devote more of their s'Urplus acres to Conservation Service, which administers the ed on well over a million acres, and fire ponds and lakes, hunting areas, hiking trails, program through the farmer committee sys­ protection was provided for well over 400 and other recreation opportunities open to tem; the Soil Conservation Service, which million acres. the public. And as we do this, we will benefit provides technical assistance; the Federal­ You undoubtedly know a lot about the from reduction in government costs of pro­ State-county extension service, which car­ national forests. There are 154 of them and tecting the economy against the effects of ries out educational responsibilities; the 19 national grasslands, all owned by the surplus production. Truly, in this program Farmers Home Administration, which makes public and managed by the Department of · the basic concepts of modern conservation­ loans for conservation and development, in­ Agriculture. We recorded 134 million visits of unity and of use-can and must be put to cluding recreation, to eligible persons and by persons seeking recreation last year. The work. I commend this program to your groups; State agencies responsible for work national parks administered by the Depart­ s.tudy, and I hope you will give it your in forestry, and in fishing and wildlife; soil ment of the Interior enjoyed similar popu­ w!.lolehearted support as a means of carrying conservation districts; conservation organi­ larity. As it is here in Cook County, some out your objectives toward conservation, rec­ zations; local civic organizations; business of the visitors to public lands wanted strenu­ reation, and beautification. and professional people; and, of course, the ous activity; others--or the same persons at Do not be misled by those who narrowly farmers themselves. different times-wanted just to enjoy quiet and spitefully attempt to plaster the label Here in Illinois, 99 percent of the farms and beauty. Not incidentally, the· national "farm subsidy" on this legislation. It is all are in locally organized soil conservation dis­ forests include thousands of miles of free­ to the good that it will help meet our com­ tricts that have been set up under State law. flowing wild rivers and 14Y:z million acres of modity problems and help to improve the Our technical assistance is provided through primitive areas and wilderness. farmer's income. The main thing is that at those districts in which there are 65,000 co­ I have given you examples and an ab­ the same time it will accomplish improved operators. The Department also works with breviated checklist of activities in which the use and preservation of our national re­ local groups, usually soil conservation dis- Department of Agriculture is involved to in- sources. It deals with a whole union of July 20, 1965 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 17583 values. It is of interest to every conserva­ tion of the nationa! character and the will In America, the purpose of government is to tionist, whether on the farm or in the city, to survive of the Baltic peoples. By means insure that all individuals are accorded an no matter from which part of the old con­ ·of mass deportations, Russian immigration equal opportunity to fulfill themselves. Be­ servation world he emigrated to the one and forced resettlem.ent, the U.S.S.R is at­ hind the Iron Curtain, however, the pur­ world of today. tempting to break down the ethnic struc­ pose of government is to strip men of all Just as truly as it is agricultural, it is ture of their captives. A recent Soviet cen- individuality, to destroy the church, the urban legislation. As surely as it is a farm . sus illustrates the brutal efficiencY. of this family, and property and to reduce man to bUl, it is a beautification bill. policy; between 1939 and 1959, the popula­ a robot--autom~tically, mechanically, and Fortunately for us and those who will live tion of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania de­ mindlessly obedient to the wiJI of the state. after us, our Nation has the opportunity to clined by nearly 1 million out of a total The Communist dreams of a world in which choose paths we wish to take toward the population of 6 million. It is estimated the fate of men will hang on the whim of the future. Despite neglect and waste, we still that 10 percent of the population-600,000 government. have tremendous resources. We have a large people--were deported in 1949 alone. The Now we ask ourselves: Have the Commu­ measure of prosperity. We have pride in our Baltic Republics are losing not only their nist regimes behind the Iron Curtain real­ Nation, a feeling of citizenship in the world population but their culture. Russification ized their objective? Have they succeeded community, and a sense of stewardship as threatens the very life of their religion, in crushing the spirit of liberty?-The Hun­ temporary users of the resources of Creation. their language, and their literature. In garian Revolution, the Polish October Days, Like those who had the vision and the Lithuania, 300 priests, pastors and rabbis the Berlin Wall, and the recent Prague dem­ ·fortitude to establish this forest preserve have been arrested, killed or deported to. Si­ onstrations offer singular, negative testimony. district 50 years ago, we today seek to do our beria. In Latvia, the number of churches From all indications, the people of Eastern bit toward the building of a Great Society. has declined from 300 in 1939 to 110 in 1963. Europe remain antagonistic to the Commu­ In this anniversary celebration, we find The Russian language now predominates in nist regime, its methods, its purposes, its good cause to take heart. For here we cele­ transportation and communications. One international connections. They are un­ brate a triumph of conservation over despo­ cannot even send a registered letter without convinced. They are disenchanted. They liation, 9f beauty over ugliness-a triumph addressing it in Russian. In the schools, are hostile. Twenty years of political edu­ Russian has replaced the native tongues cation have failed to win youth to the side of the spirit with which man was endowed as the language of instruction. by God. of communism. In Eastern Europe, Com­ The United States has not, nor will it ever munist ideology meets sarcasm, a contemp­ recognize the forcible incorporation of the tuous shrug. of the shoulders or a yawn Baltic Republics into the Soviet Union. from the young generation. And more im­ Captive Nations Week , Seventy resolutions relating to the status portant, communism has failed to destroy of the Baltic Republics have been introduced the national identity of the captive nations. in the Congress this year. I voted for pas­ The countries of Eastern Europe are rich EXTENSION OF REMARKS sage of House Concurrent Resolution 416 in national history. Each cherishes its own OF as an expression of my deep concern over tradition, its dress, its language and litera­ the fate of the Baltic nations. This resolu­ ture. Each treasurers the memory of its HON. JAMES M. HANLEY tion urges the President to direct the full heroes, of Kossuth, of Masryk, of Kosciuszko OF NEW YORK attention of world opinion, with all appro­ and Shevchen'ko. To the peoples of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES priate means, to the denial of the right of captive nations, communism remains an self-determination, and to bring the force of alien ideology-imposed by Russian arms, and Tuesday, July 20, 1965 this opinion to bear on behalf of the restora­ maintained by the brutal efficiency of total­ Mr. HANLEY. Mr. Speaker, this week tion of this right to the Baltic Republics. itarian regimes. The Baltip Republics are not the only What, then, can .we, as Americans, do to we celebrate the seventh annual obser­ victims of Russian imperialism and Com­ aid in the restoration of national sovereignty vance of Captive Nations Week It was munist tyranny we remember tonight. The and of personal freedom behind the Iron my distinct pleasure last Sunday evening Poles, the Czechs, the Hungarians, the Yugo­ Curtain? Our policy toward international to initiate the obsel'Vance in Syracuse slavs, the Albanians, the Rumanians, the communism must have two main objectives: with an address before the Syracuse and Bulgarians, the Ukrain ians, and the Arme­ 1. To prevent the Communists from extend­ Onondaga County Captive Nations Com­ nians all suffer equally u nder the yoke of ing their domain and to make it costly, mittee. Considering the importance of communism. Isolated from the West by a dangerous and futile for them to try to do barrier of barbed wire and minefields, their so; 2. to encourage trends within the Com­ this observance, I am including herewith governments still managed from Moscow, munist world toward national sovereignty. the text of my address: these people exist in a limbo of frustration, Join me tonight in urging that the United ADDRESS OF HON. JAMES M. HANLEY of bitterness. Their orily consolation is that, States never accept the status quo in eastern Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered this unlike the Baltic States, they have been Europe. Let me demand that the United evening in observance of Captive Nations spared the fate of wholesale incorporation States press further its campaign to secure Week. On this solemn occasion we acknowl­ into the Soviet Union. Over the past 20 the power of self-determination for the na­ edge a responsibility which we bear to the years, their people have been subjected to tions now enslaved behind the Iron Curtain. millions now enslaved behind the Iron Cur­ treachery, aggression, subversion, and tyran- Let us demand that America avail itself of tain. To these millions we are bound by ties . n y, and their history has been one of eco­ every opportunity to expose the methods, the of friendship, of blood, and of national origin. nomic exploitation, religious persecution, implications, and the consequences of Soviet These ties demand that we concern ourselves · expropriation of property, incessant brain­ colonialism in Eastern Europe. with the tragic state of affairs existing today washing, terror, purge, imprisonment--finally If the cause of liberty is to be truly served, in Eastern Europe--that we not forget--nor death. let us continue to demand the freedom of the let the world forget--the plight of men, once It is argued that the Communist regimes in Poles, the Ukrainians, the Czechs, and the free, and of nations, once self-determining. Eastern Europe have changed, that political Hungarians. The year 1965 marks the 25th anniver­ prisoners have been freed. They say that With particular reference to the Ukrainian sary of the Soviet invasion, occupation, and now one can buy more consumer goods, people, I would like to make a few remarks. incorporation of the Baltic Republics. Let that one can listen to Radio Free Europe­ The Ukrainians, despite Russian claims to us remember their tragic fate. The suffer­ unjammed. Perhaps . . But answer me this: the contrary, are not Russians. They have ing of their people marks one of the grim­ Does the press print the truth? Do the peo­ a proud history, culture, and tradition all mest chapters in modern history. It reveals ple speak without fear? Is the government their own, separate and distinct from any the full enormity of Russian imperialism elected by the people and responsible to them other nation. They were an independent and of Communist tyranny. alone? Are the churches allowed their free­ people, free and proud. At the time of their annihilation, Estonia, dom? Emphatically no. These so-called The Communists, in the name of Pan-slav­ Latvia, and Lithuania were sovereign states, changes are only sops thrown to the people ism, overran and subverted the independence nations in themselves with a rich heritage by regimes whose sole motivations are fear of the Ukraine, they now try to claim that and a proud history. Each state had won its of revolt and an all-consuming sense of self­ the Ukrainians are actually Russians, that, independence through force of arms, and the preservation. While the ·outward trappings in effect, they are one. Let this claim not go independence of each was recognized by the of repression may be disappearing, the peo­ unanswered. Soviet Union in sacred treaty. In the inter­ ple . of each of these countries continue to Let us press on with a demand that the war years, the Baltic Republics were "going live under totalitarian rules. The basic Reds pull out of the Baltic States, that they concerns"-progressive, prosperous, and tenets of communism as practiced in the return to the Bulgarians and Rumanians peace loving. Two decades after achieving Soviet Union and in Eastern Europe remain the reins of their own government, and that their hard-won freedom, they were invaded unchanged. they remove themselves from the Balkans. by 300,000 Red army troops. Their legitimate Let us not forget that wherever and when­ We are a world leader. Let us not fail to governments were unseated. They were ever it exists, communism remains dedicated . act like one. robbed of their independence and trans­ to the destruction of the individual, while . · If there were no hope that our goals of formed into colonies of the Soviet Union. in America, the purpose of government is to liberty could be realized, none of us would Today the Soviet Union pursues a policy serve the individual-to protect the individ­ be here tonight. If there were no basis to our of russification aimed at the total oblitera- ual's life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. cause, my address tonight would be hollow. 17584 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE July 20, 1965 But our goals can be realized and our cause tions such as Poland, Lithuania, Hun­ humanitarian organization, whose record of is right. gary. There were nations of great good works needs no elaboration by me, as To the Russian Communists, I say you being "well known as a transmission belt for cannot succeed in stamping out the national modern development, such as Czechoslo­ the Communist apparatus." spirit of your slaves. To our allies, I say vakia. There were numerous other I do not always share the views of the the Russians must not succeed. To you I countries and peoples with records of American Friends Service Committee. But say, they will not succeed. national identity and independence well I cannot stand silently by in the face of this There are those who question the need for established in history. There were tens unfortunate and undocumented charge Captive NaJtions Week observances. Let of millions of peoples who were by tradi­ contained in a study issued by a subcommit­ them look a1; the howls of indignation aris­ tion, by training, and by inclination ab­ tee of which I am a member. ing from the Kremlin. horrent to this sudden exposure to The views expressed in this study are not There are those who would maintain the the views of the subcommittee as a whole status quo in Europe. Let them look at the dominance from the outside; but who because the subcommittee as a whole did not aims of communism. were, even collectively, unable to with­ confer on the study's release. They are es­ There are those who would appease. Let stand the inroads of Soviet power. sentially the views of Mrs. Labin. them look to Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Those tens of millons of people have and Vietnam. been now for more than 20 years the McCARTHYITE REPORT And if after searching, they do not see, let A 1958 Bulletin editorial said of the Amer­ them look to their Creator, for they are victims of a nearly intolerable situation. ican Friends Service Committee: "It can blind. The evidences among them of discontent get in with its ministrations where many And so, in closing, as we gather here and and rebellion have taken various forms: other organizations cannot penetrate be­ meditate on the lot of our brothers behind some open and active; some more re­ cause it is well known to have no political the Iron Ourtain, we must resolve that their strained but clearly recognizable; some objectives. It is one organization nobody fate is not sealed, that they are not doomed latent but undeniable. There has been wants to investigate-it operates in a gold­ to an endless hell on earth, that they will open defiance, such as that of Bulgaria fish bowl." not be forgotten, for in a very real sense, · Now somebody has "investigated" the their bravery is our strength and their deter­ in its recent dealings with Communist AFSC, if it can be called that. The Senate mination is our own will to survive. China. There has been, too, such a con­ Internal Security Subcommittee has put out siderable degree of growing independence a 64-page report dealing with Communists among them that the hope of a restora­ and propaganda. One undocumented para­ tion of liberty-never dead-has risen graph in it makes out that the American Captive Nations Week higher and higher with the passing Friends Service Committee is "a transmission years. belt for the Communist apparatus." The paragraph says the AFSC "shelters EXTENSION OF REMARKS More power to it. It is the spirit of half the pacifist groups." Lest there be any OF liberty and the love of freedom in its per­ doubt, the AFSC is a pacifist organization. petual effort toward accomplishment It has been devoted to the cause of peace HON. JAMES ROOSEVELT that we hail in Captive Nations Week. since its founding. It denies "sheltering,. OF CALIFORNIA any organization. But what does the charge IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mean, anyway? There's no explanation. One Marion Miller, a former FBI under­ Tuesday, July 20, 1965 Undocument Charge Against the American cover agent in the Communist Party, is quoted as having testified that "much of Mr. ROOSEVELT. Mr. Speaker, in Friends Service Committee this era of emphasis upon hwnan rights, the propaganda 11 tera ture of the Peace Com­ the term "Captive Nations Week" would mittee was written within and distributed by EXTENSION OF REMARKS this AFSC, well known as a transmission seem an impossible anomaly had it not belt for the Communist apparatus." OF been for so long so bitter a reality that Miss Miller's testimony is well known to there are captive nations. Not only in HON. HUGH SCOTT the AFSC. She related that Communists the United States is this an era of stress used AFSC literature in the early 1950's be­ upon the right to freedom and justice for OF PENNSYLVANIA cause of the respectability of the AFSC and the individual and upon the right to in­ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES its separation from the Communists. The Tuesday, July 20, 1965 AFSC brought all its major publications of dependence of all peoples, but, the world that time to her and asked her to identify over, there is an ideological stirring and Mr. SCOTT. Mr. President, last week the one or ones that had been so used and definite movement to promote respect for the Senate Internal Security Subcommit­ she could not, says Colin Bell, AFSC execu­ human rights. tee, of which I am a member, published tive secretary. The United NationS, since its inception a study which impugned the integrity The service committee believes it possible in 1945, has sponsored and received that some Communist-connected group and the loyalty of the American Friends could have used its literature. It doesn't worldwide support for various conven­ Service Committee. This study, written tions designed specifically to prevent know one way or the other. Neither, ap­ by a French journalist, accused the parently, does the Senate subcommittee, or "man's inhwnanity to man." There American Friends Service Committee of it would have said so. Even if this could have been adopted conventions to liber­ being "well known as a transmission belt be proved, however, what would it tell us ate hwnanity from such shackles as still for the Communist apparatus." I issued about the AFSC? It would simply prove exist in the fields of slavery, forced labor, a statement at that time in which I con­ that Communists use other people's pacifist discriminations against women, and demned this reckless charge against one literature. various other indignities to the in­ Innuendo-laden charges of the sort found of our Nation's finest humanitarian orga­ in the subcommittee report deserve the most dividual nizations. I ask ·unanimous consent that Yet during the very years of greatest meticulous documentation. None is sup­ my statement, an editorial on this matter plied. The result is the McCarthyite smear­ activity to promote such freedoms we which appeared in the Philadelphia Eve­ ing of an honorable organization. find the continuing denial of liberty to ning Bulletin of July 16, 1965, and a state­ a whole body of nations. Those captive ment by Mr. Colin W. Bell, executive STATEMENT OF COLIN W. BELL nations stretch from the Baltic Sea to the secretary of the American Friends Serv­ A report of the Senate Internal Security Mediterranean, from the Elbe to the ice Committee, be inserted in the REcoRD. Subcommittee, whose chairman is Senator Black Sea. Domination by the Soviet There being no objection, the editorial EASTLAND of Mississippi, has just been pub­ Union began in the early days of World and statement were ordered to be printed lished. It is entitled, "Techniques of Soviet War II. The Iron Curtain dropped as Propaganda," and is written by a French across the middle of the continent of in the RECORD, follows: journalist, Suzanne Labin, who is a writer of Europe by the U.S.S.R. to this day has not STATEMENT BY SENATOR HUGH SCOTT anti-Communist books. been lifted-though, happily, it has wom A study of "Techniques of Soviet One small paragraph of this 64-page report Propaganda" just issued by the chairman impugns the integrity and the loyalty of the a little thin in spots. of the Senate Internal Security Subcommit­ American Friends Service Committee, which For these were nations which fell be­ tee, of which I am a member, gives what I the author states is "well known as a trans­ hind it with a history of independence believe to be a shocking description of the mission belt for the Communist apparatus.•• dating-with some unhappy intervals­ American Friends Service Committee. The This charge 1s completely ·untrue and un­ from the Middle Ages. There were na- author, Suzanne Labin, describes this documented. July 20, 1965 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -HOUSE 17585 The AFSC was formed in 1917 by a group Japanese-Americans; pro-German when we tion, and I appreciate Judge Sturrock taking of distinguished members of the Religious fed German children; pro-Communist when over, and my other good friends on the sub­ Society of Friends (Quakers) . It is a cor­ we seek to understand the minds of those committee. We have been quite tied up with poration of over 200 Quakers drawn ;from from whom we are estranged by an ideology long sessions in the committee, and with many of the society's yearly meetings across in many ways utterly alien to our hopes for floor \t'ork. But I'm pleased to be here. You the country, and controlled by a board of 55 the ordering of human affairs. practically made a speech-in fact, you did Friends, though it is not an organ of any one We do not accept at all the concept that make this speech, and I'll try to make mine yearly meeting. ideological opponents have a diabolical cun­ as brief as I possibly can. For 300 years Quakers have prayed and ning against which our citizens have no in­ It's a real honor, and a privilege and a per­ worked and witnessed for the nonviolent or­ tellectual defense or spiritual stamina, and sonal pleasure over these years to have been dering of human society, and have done so we consider that this concept subverts the associated with the National Rivers and Har­ out of deep religious conviction concerning vigor of our democratic processes. Indeed, bors Congress. You've been dedicated to the the nature of the Christian message. That we have faith in the constructive results utmzation of water and all of its uses, as well we have .failed so far is evidenced by history, which can flow from real communication as its conservation and its preservation. across barriers; and the higher the barrier but history has also recognized the sincerity This is my 19th year now that I've sat on of our belief and much of what Friends have the greater the need. the House Public Works Committee, sat as stood for in the past has now been accepted We shall have to bear this situation today chairman for the past several years of the by society. as we have in the past. We expect to support Rivers and Harbors Committee, and very ac- The AFSC is an emanation of these reli­ and work with and for our Government, as we aiways have done, and are now doing (in . tive on the flood control subcommittee, and, gious convictions. We have tried to heal of course, about 10 years ago, introduced the tragedies caused by war in a great num­ numbers of our programs). We expect to make clear and open criticism of national what became the first real significant Fed­ ber of countries for 48 years. Our only eral Water Pollution Control Act of 1956, and criterion in relief work has been dire human policies whenever it seems right, and there­ fore truly patriotic, to do so. And we expect subsequently amended in 1961, and now nted, and we have been and are supported again in the process of further being in this work by countless Americans of many to continue following the same cause though the tides of history and the moods of men amended by the Water Quality Act of 1965. faiths. Although carried out in situations There is testimony to the ever-growing of grave political tension, we have never to change their allegiances, their fears, and their hopes. awareness throughout the land on the part our knowledge caused offense to the gov­ of our citizens and industry, groups of all ernments of countries 1n which we work, We are weak and fallible humans, and we make mistakes as all others do, but we are different sectors, conservation, industy peo­ or to our own Government, to which we have ple, recreationists, you name it. And in always related openly and harmoniously not ignorant of the world and its ways, we are not seeking our own benefit at the ex­ this battle, it is your organization that has through succeeding administrations. made one of the major contributions, and But it is basic to our beliefs that we are pense of others, and we are free to do our best as God helps us to do it. constantly, in a solid, actual, learned and impelled to try to prevent the breakdowns informed way calling attention to the Na­ into violence which cause human suffering tion and to your representatives in the Con­ and degeneration of soul. Violence begins gress about the importance of paying atten­ in the hearts of men and takes many forms­ tl:on to this ever-growing problem which greed, tyranny, social injustice, racial and The Problem of Water Pollution only recently is receiving the serious con­ religious prejudice, the denial of rights and sideration that it deserves. the forfeiture of responsibilities. These are You recall, earlier, in the early stages, our problems, and the problems of our fellow EXTENSION OF REMARKS many people believed the problem was se­ men, and many of our programs in this OF rious, but they tended to regard it as some­ country and elsewhere are disinterested ef­ what as Mark Twain referred to the forts to involve ourselves and others in HON. GEORGE H. FALLON weather-everybody would talk about it but human betterment, in the establishment of OF MARYLAND nobody did anything about it. Well, we just conditions for all, and in a greater un­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have been doing something about it, and derstanding of the common dilemmas of have been continuing to do something, and men. Tuesday, July 20, 1965 a considerable amount, but as the President We believe that a citizen's deepest spiritual said so accurately, a great deal more remains insights form the true basis on which he Mr. FALLON. Mr. Speaker, there is a fortunate and commendable aware­ yet to be done. may know how best to serve his own country And your informative monthly Reporter and all men. Many among us are pacifists; ness among our congressional colleagues noted last December that the ever increas­ that is, we do not believe that violence, of that conservation of our national water ing need for some real advance toward solu­ which war is the ultimate expression, can resources is vital for our American fu­ tions of problems of water pollution is rap­ achieve the good life and the freedom of ture. All know that there is widespread idly emerging as the most insistent of our spirit to which all men have the right. Inso­ activity in seeking solutions to the prob­ needs in the water use and conservation. In far as the violence in our own natures allows, lem. Paramount to success is what we do the April issue, it put the urgency of the we must witness to that belief. In a world to prevent water pollution and are doing problem before us 1n these well chosen such as we now live in, the moral dilemmas words, and I quote. "The times are preg­ of the pacifist are very great. Perhaps they to rectify what damage has been done. nant with a new concept, the realization are only exceeded by the moral dilemmas No one is more qualified to summarize that an ample supply of water of suitable of the nonpacifist. these efforts than the very able Repre­ quality to assure the forward progress of the When we speak, write, or distribute litera­ sentative JOHN A. BLATNIK, Of Minne­ United States can no longer be taken for ture, we do so under our own banner. We sota. A member of our Public Works granted. Only an adequate and sustained expect there have been occasions in nearly Committee he has devoted years of study mob1lization of brains and action can do 50 years when others over whom we have and effort in this field. In the certainty this." no control and with whom we have no rela­ When the National Rivers and Harbors tionship have used our material to their own that his recent speech before the 52d na­ Congress was founded in 1901, there were ends. tional convention of the National Rivers about 77 million Americans. Fifty years We have no activities to hide from anyone and Harbors Congress will be welcomed later, the population had doubled to 154 who genuinely seeks to know the truth, and for its wealth of information, I include million. But in that same period of 50 we are neither beholden to nor affiliated it in the RECORD: years, of one-halt a century, the wwter use with any group, party, or movement in ways THE PROBLEM OF WATER POLLUTION hi the United States increased by fivefold, that are not open for all to see. or five times, from somewhat about 40 billion We do believe that where there are (By Representative JOHN A. BLATNIK, gallons a day in 1901 t·o over 200 billion gal­ gulfs of hatred, misunderstanding, cruelty, of Minnesota) lons a day 50 years later. The estimated ignorance, prejudice, indifference, or ab­ Thank you very much, President Buckman, population now is about 194 m1111on people. sence of normal human relations, it is both and good morning, or good noon distin­ I recall in the years since rve been here a religious ·and a democratic duty for men to guished guests, officers, delegates and friends since 1947, it has increased, I judge, close to seek ways of bridging those gulfs. We have at the 52d annual convention of the National 45 m1llion people. Elmer Staats, the dis­ not deviated from this concern, although in Rivers and Harbors Congress. President, I tinguished Director of the Budget, or As­ the vicissitudes of history our aims have do hope you'll accept my tardy slip and the sociate Director might help me. Am I cor­ often been misunderstood: We have been absence slip in the last few days. I wanted rect? Is the population of France about called, at different times, adherents of the very, very much to be at some of your work 45 million or in that range? I was thinking "America First" concept when we advocated sessions, where the real nuts and bolts work of West Germany. But practically a whole noninvolvement in war; unpatriotic when we of the conference were carried out. I figured new nation. We've added 45 m1111on new opposed universal m111tary training; pro­ I missed not being with the Committee on people, who not only need water, but more Japanese when we worked for justice for Industrial Uses of Water and Water Poilu- water per capita than before. 17586 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE July 20, 1965 Now with this estimated population of 194 My background being science, by way of p_ay public tribute, and to call public atten­ million, water use this year was forecast at explanation, my big love always was. I was tion to local officials, to mayors and the about 372 billion gallons a day. Now water good in science. I did very well in school. councils, and city engineers, and to health resource development projects, to which this I must be honest though. I flunked English. authorities, and to the citizens that sup­ organization lends valuable, not only guid­ You can't be strong in all categories, as ported them. In 1955 and the 3 years pre­ ance, but support and leadership in their some of the able, brilliant administrators viously the total national average expendi­ adopt ion and execution, can be expected to we h ave here. But I m ade a statement in ture for water pollution and treatment increase the dependable sup ply of fresh water 1958 or 1960, as we were approaching the plants was at a $222 million level, and began from about 315 billion gallons a day to 515 amendments of 1960, that technology and gradually to inch upward to over $400 mil­ billion gallons a day by 1980, and 650 billion the effort and the energy and the financing lion-$450 million-$480 million, more than gallons a day by the year 2000. By 1980, and and the total overall effort which we will double. We passed the Blatnik public works that's only 16 years away, not very far-it's exert and put behind the space program, as accelerated program, I believe back in about amazing how fast time goes--by 1980 we will we did behind the atomic and the thermo 1961 or 1962, and a good deal of that money have approximately 515 billion gallons day nuclear or 'hydrogen program earlier, that went into pollution treat ment facilities. of water, but by that time in 1980, experts that effort will place an American or Ameri­ We finally reached a little over the $800 roll­ today predict that water use will have risen cans on the moon, and return them to earth lion level. to as much as 600 billion gallons a day. In safely long before we shall have solved the It has slipped down some now to about other words, we're going to have a deficit of problem simply of having a good supply of the $660 million level. We should be around 80 billion gallons of water. I'm not going to water of quality and quantity to meet the the $800 million plus-$850 million plus belabor you with the details. We saw this many multivaried needs of this ever-growing level of spending, to a little better than hold way back in 1955, 10 years ago. and becoming more complex society of ours. our own, to hold our own, and to close the We drew a very simple chart you can vis­ And President Buckman pointed out very gap that has been increasing wider each year. ualize on the screen behind us, a white chart clearly. And I still repeat that statement. You know, even now the gap is a little bit with a straight line, somewhat inclining Now it isn't that it can't be ·done. It just wider. We have more polluted water than toward the right. That would be labeled the will require a greater effort, as the President we had the year before, not only more pol­ available supply of water. It's fairly con­ said, as your own magazine article last luted water, but more complicated pollu­ stant. Then you take a lower curve, begin­ April said. We've been aware of this. We've tants. It's not just a matter of health now, ning lower down ·in the left-hand corner been trying to push ahead. There are those with new synthetics, new plastics, the radio­ and sweeping sharply, rapidly upward, and who say we can't afford to spend the bil­ active materials the President referred to. about 1980 you have the intersection between lions of dollars that the whole program will I want to make just one little statistical­ the demand for water, both human and in­ cost. Well they said the same thing about refer to a statistical fact in the field of dustrial, and agricultural, and the avail­ the housing program. They said the same medicine, with which I have a special in­ ability. At that point, around 1980, we knew thing about the urban redevelopment pro­ terest and a rather limited familiarity. In that the sands in the hourglass would have gram, and I see many mayors and local of­ medicine, if there is an advance made in run ourt, the bells would have rung, and the ficials at this conference. biochemical research, it is somewhat indica­ red lights flashed, we would have been in a They said the same thing in early days tive of an advance leading to chemistry of crisis. about the atomic and hydrogen program, synthetics and textiles, in dyes and plastics, Now we've already got a shortage of water. and later on the jet aircraft program, and and many other areas. You take what used to be the water-rich then the $20 billion program for space ex­ In medicine today, three-fourths--you Northeast, critically lacks enough water right ploration. More intimately with which I heard me, over 75 percent-of the prescrip­ now for the ordinary uses of its population. am familiar, the highway program. We tions written by doctors every day are for Who in the world would have ever thought can't afford $1 billion for roads. medications and for medicants that were not long ago that we'd be able to drink our­ Why we can't afford it. We'll go bank­ not in existence in 1948, way after World selves out of water? It reminds me of the rupt. We're finding out we're going to be War II. It shows you the incredible story my father used to tell me when he was saving over $7 billion a year in economic advance in the chemistry of matter and a young man. We live up in northeastern savings alone because of the efficiency and breaking up the atom, realining them and Minnesota. And as they enter the Canadian safety with wh-ich we have this mass flow of creating new substances. You know it's been border to pay a visit, he recalled this great goods and services and human beings across more than just the human pollutants in the big billboard sign advertising a well-known the United States, connecting every major water. We've got into pesticides, and it is beverage, a soft drink. It says, "Drink Can­ met ropolitan and populated city of the now getting more and more complicated. We ada Dry." He says, "We tried and never country. Not only the safety and ease and need to know more about the water, and made it." efficiency, but look at the lives we're going that's why we authorized seven regional labo­ He had a story of one man who was a to be saving, perhaps as high as 9,000 to ratories, and a fresh water l aboratory. little more addicted to the use of ethyl hy­ 10,000 lives a year. We killed last year, I I wondered who in the world had to study droxyl, more commonly known as alcohol in believe, close to 46,000 men, women, and chil­ fresh water. I thought water was water. I a different form. And he was overdoing it, dren, all civilians, maybe a few military never realized the amount of graduate train­ and his poor wife, Mary, at her wits en~ mixed in, combined in with them. And it ing, years in chemistry, how much we didn't finally on a dark summer evening took him hardly stirs a ripple in the newspapers. know about water and how much we had to on a hill that overlooked a lovely valley Why that's 10,000 more innocent civilians, learn. And the reason I clung to that is be­ below where at one end was a distillery with given our highways, and byways and roads cause we're going to have to work in a joint all of its lights ablaze, and the smoke belch­ and streets 10,000 Americans and civilians, effort as we worked so beautifully with mu­ ing forth full steam. And Mary said: "Look, including women and children that were nicipalities on the Federal level, and bring John, for 20 years you've been trying to drink killed in the 42 months of Korea, back in the States in a joint effort to start to work on them dry, but can't you see you'll never 1951 and 1952, and 1953. And they were water quality criteria and standards. I pay catch up to them." And he looked down military men. Yet they say you can't afford tribute, and every bit of it justified and sin­ with admiration and self pride and he said: it. cere to the municipalities, because of this "Yes, Mary, but I've sure got them working Why, of course, you can afford it. You grant money, instead of swelling their pro­ overtime." have to. And it's got to be done. And I gram, for every $1 of Federal money-every But getting back to the simple taking for want to express my public appreciation and Federal dollar went into the treatment granted commodity of water, as we have commendation to my colleagues that have plant, the local municipalities on an average taken for granted air, both becoming more worked with me in the House Public Works raised up $4 to $4lf2 to $5 and $5lf2 , a verag­ and more critical problems. One of the Committee and others in the House on both ing over 80 percent of the financial burden to most complex and insoluable things. There's sides of the aisle, those who work on the be carried on their own shoulders. We gave no substitute for this. You know my Irish Appropriations Committee, particularly my them just enough of an assist to either stim­ friends claim they do find a substitute on very dear friend for many, m any years, my ulate them or motivate them or help them St. Patty's Day for awhile. It doesn't last mentor and tutor, so to say, Chairman MIKE over a hump, to get local public support for a too long. You can't squeeze it. You can't KIRWAN, who will be most appropriately, bond issue, or whatever it may be. But it squeeze a drop of water out a glass of water. truly justifiably· named, I understand, at a worked. And because it worked so well, we've You can't find a synthetic. You can do it luncheon this afternoon, for a most signifi­ increased the present $100 million a year au­ for gasoline, for rubber, as we did in World cant award. thorization by 50 percent in the current bill War II. You can develop new alloys as we've So water-this whole problem can be licked now in conference in the Congress to $150 done in very recent years, in high-tempera­ and it will be licked. We've done a tremen­ million. ture, high-heat-resistant alloys have made dous job. I recall in the early years when I also want to say publicly, and although possible these fabulous high thermo we suggested grants, Federal grants to critically, I hope it wm be taken in a positive municipalities, and they were bona fide ar­ propulsion engines that send up the missiles. sense, the one area where we've failed the You develop new types .of fuels and syn­ guments raised by people who really be­ thetic fuels, both liquid, gas, and now solid, lieved-and experienced people-believed greatest and received the least amount of that will eventually project a vehicle up to that this would slow up the program. support, and undoubted~y in some areas per­ space. About 5 years ago I made this state­ On the contrary, it accelerated the pro­ haps they couldn't give all the support they ment, and it didn't seem to cause much at­ gram. To the everlasting credit of the local could, and others they just, for some reason tention or interest. municipalities, I want to commend and to wouldn't, and that's on the State level. The July 21, 1965 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 17587 States have got to do more. And I commend dog would walk nearby to lap a little water. we've got to think now and we serve notice Governor Rockefeller, even though I'm a We're too intelligent for that. in a friendly and positive way because we'll strong Democrat. He came forth and said The minute you see a development in a work with them in a helpful way, to the there ought to be a revolving program, mean­ basin authority knowing the quantity of municipalities, but particularly to these in­ ing if the Federal Government would promise water and the dratnage, and we've got excel­ dustries, and above all to the States, to pay later on to reimburse us, we'll bond ourselves lent statist ics from geological and meteoro­ more attention and to utilize the t alents of today when the costs are lower and the needs logical and the Corps of Engineers and other informed and skilled public officials in the are greatest. agencies, we know pretty well how much field of water utilization, and the research The States have got to do more, both in the tolerance of a river can be, and when you people in the field of water, to utilize and to terms of assisting and getting the principal see the type of use developing, whether it's work out preventive measures, to work out plants, but also in enforcement. Because residential or essentially an industrial, and water quality criteria and standards. I'm not going to be satisfied, and Senator the type of industrial, or a combination, or Mr. President, you've been more than MusKIE and his colleagues, and my colleagues residential and industrial, you ought to know generous with the time you've allotted me. are not going to be satisfied with merely and we ought to have a control level, just My fellow Members of the Congress, and my waiting until a stream is all fouled up, until as you have levels on river gaging, you know, good friends, you have been most patient and it stinks to high heaven, and it's so awful low tide and high tide, we've got to now begin most kind with your attention. I appreciate and so messy and so miserable that any 6- to work on preventive measures. No one can it. I thank you each and every one of you, year-old kid wouldn't go in it, and no puppy reach up to these tolerances. In other words, and I bid you all good luck.

the part of the House may have until ductible which was imposed at the same HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES midnight Monday next to file a confer­ hospital within 20 days. Senate imposed a ence report on the bill H.R. 6675. 20 percent coinsurance on such services, re­ WEDNESDAY, Jl!LY 21, 1965 moved the credit against the inpatient hos­ The SPEAKER. Is there objection to pital deductible but allowed a credit for the The House met at 12 o'clock noon. the request of the gentleman from deductible as an incurred expense under the The Chaplain, Rev. Bernard Braskamp, Arkansas? voluntary supplementary program (for de­ D.D., prefaced his prayer with this verse There was no objection. ductible and reimbursement purposes). of Scripture: Hebrews 12: 2: Looking Mr. MILLS. Mr. Speaker, in order Conference adopted Senate version. that the membership may have informa­ Psychiatric facilities: House provided for 60 unto Jesus, the author and :finisher of our days of pyschiatric hospital care with a 180- faith. tion prior to receipt of the conference report concerning a summary of the day lifetime limit in the voluntary supple­ Almighty God, may this day make a mentary program. Senate moved these 'serv­ major decisions of the conference com­ ices over into basic hospital insurance new beginning in us of faith, teaching us mittee, I ask unanimous consent that a program and increased the lifetime limit to a more daring venture of trust, constrain­ summary plus tables giving the actuarial 210 days. Conference accepted the Senate ing us to live radiantly and helpfully, data on the conference report may be in­ version but reduced the lifetime limit to 190 lifting our desires into a purer and holier cluded at this point in the RECORD. days. atmosphere, and causing us to seek what The SPEAKER. Is there objection to House excluded any extended care facility we should have of Thee and what we the request of the gentleman from primary for the care and treatment of mental should do and be. diseases or tuberculosis. Senate included Grant that we may consider this day Arkansas? such facilities but made both psychiatric ex­ as our opportunity for the culture of our There was no objection. tended care days and psychiatric hospital spiritual life, otherwise we can make no The matter referred to follows: days subject to the lifetime limitation of (The Honorable WILBUR D. MILLs, Demo­ days of care. Conference continued the sense and meaning out of it. May that House exclusion. bundle of instincts, appetites, passions, crat, of Arkansas, chairman, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representa­ Christian Science services: House covered possibilities, and struggles be developed tives, and chairman of the House-Senate Christian Science sanatoria under hospital and refined to be more spiritual, however conference committee on H.R. 6675, an­ services (60 days with $40 deductible). Sen­ fierce the battle, however long and des­ nounced the decisions of the conference com­ ate added coverage for extended care and perate the struggle. mittee on H.R. 6675, the Social Security visiting nurse services. Under the confer­ We humbly acknowledge that we often Amendments of 1965, a summary of which is ence agreement, Christian Science services will be covered as follows: Christian Science find ours~lves fighting a hard battle and set forth below. Chairman MILLS stated against heavy odds and we suffer many that it was expected that the conference sanatoria services, 60 days with $40 deduc­ report would be filed by midnight Monday, tible plus 30 additional days at $10 co­ losses, but encourage Thou us to keep the July 26, and will be available in printed insurance per day, as hospital service; plus an light of faith burning and inspire us to form on Tuesday, July 27. The conference additional 30 days in a Christian Science continue to climb the high mountains and report and statement of managers on the sanatorium as extended-care facility services never allow ourselves to loiter in the part of the House which will accompany it with a $5 per day coinsurance feature. valley. will contain the detailed decisions on each Scope of services, specialists: House ex­ Hear us in His name in whom we have of the 513 amendments which were added cluded medical doctor services in the field of the victory. Amen. by the Senate. A summary of the major de­ pathology, radiology, physiatry, or anesthe­ cisions of the conference committee follows.) siology from basic hospital insurance benefit (but provided for their payment under sup­ BASIC HOSPITAL INSURANCE PLAN THE JOURNAL plementary medical insurance program). Benefit duration: House provided 60 days Senate included these services if billed The Journal of the proceedings of of . hospital care after a deductible of $40 through a hospital. Conference accepted yesterday was read and approved. currently. Senate provided unlimited dura­ House version. tion but with a $10 coinsurance for each Emergency services for areas immediately day in excess of 60. Conference provided 60 bordering the United States: Senate provided MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE days with House bill deductible ($40 cur­ hospital services in border areas immediately rently) and with an additional 30 days with outside the United States where comparable A message from the Senate by Mr. the Senate's $10 coinsurance feature. Arrington, one of its clerks, announced services are not as accessible in the United Posthospital extended care (skilled nurs­ States for a beneficiary who becomes ill in that the Senate had passed a bill of the ing home) : House provided 20 days of this country. Conference adopted Senate following title, in which the concurrence such care with 2 additional days for each amendment. of the House is requested: unused hospital day but a maximum of Interns: House included, under inpatient S. 1148. An act to amend the Interstate 100 days. Senate provided 100 days but hospital services, the services of medical in­ Commerce Act to enable the Interstate Com­ imposed a $5 a day coinsurance for each terns and residents under approved training merce Commission to utilize its employees day in excess of 20. Conference adopted programs. Senate extended this provision to Senate version. more effectively and to improve administra­ dental interns and residents in hospitals tive efficiency. Posthospital home-health visits: House authorized 100 visits after hospitalization. under approved training programs. Confer- Senate increased the number of visits to 175 ence accepted Senate addition. · Drugs: House limited drugs to certain SOCIAL SECURITY AMENDMENTS OF and deleted requirement of hospitalization. ConfE~rence adopted House version. standard drug formularies and to those 1965 Outpatient diagnostic services: House approved by hospital pharmacy and .drug Mr. Mit.I.S. Mr. Speaker, I ask imposed a $20 deductible with this amount therapeutics committees. Senate added the unanimous consent that the managers on creditable against an inpatient hospital de- Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia to the list of