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Extensions of Remarks Hon. Craig Hosmer Hon. William H. Harsha 5834 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE April 4 memorializing Congress and the President By Mr. CURTIN: By Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN: of the United States to honor Revolutionary H.R. 5503. A bill for the relief of Jose J. H.R. 5510. A bill for the relief of Carmela War hero Lt. Col. William Ledyard by giving Quintero; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Macaro; to the Committee on the Judiciary. his name to a new submarine being built at By Mr. DELANEY: By Mr. HALPERN: Groton, Conn.; to the Committee on Armed H.R. 5504. A blll for the relief of Vittorio H.R. 5511. A bill for the relief of Kon­ Services. Danovaro; to the Committee on the Judi­ stantin P. Veliskakis; to the Committee on By Mr. LIBONATI: Senate Joint Resolu­ ciary. the Judiciary. tion No. 18 of the 73d General Assembly of H.R. 5505. A blll for the relief of Stav­ By Mr. HUTCHINSON: the State of Illinois; to the Committee on roula G. Regakos (Regakou); to the Com­ H.R. 5512. A bill for the relief of Mrs. the Judiciary. mittee on the Judiciary. Maria de Jesus Umali; to the Committee on By Mr. DERWINSKI: the Judiciary. H.R. 5506. A bill to revive the ofllce of By Mr. MURPHY of Illinois: General of the Armies of the United States H.R. 5513. A bill for the relief of Fang­ PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS and to authorize the President to appoint Tsun Kuo and his wife Agatha Mei-Tso Kuo; Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private General of the Army Douglas MacArthur to to the Committee on the Judiciary. bills and resolutions were introduced and such ofllce; to the Committee on Armed By Mr. SENNER: Services. H.R. 5514. A blll to direct the Secretary of severally referred as follows: By Mr. FEIGHAN: the Interior to sell certain public lands in By Mr. COHELAN: H.R. 5507. A bill for the relief of Michal the State of Arizona; to the Committee on H.R. 5500. A bill for the relief of Lt. John Goleniewski; to · the Committee on · the Interior and Insular Affairs. P. Mann; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Judiciary. By Mr. SIBAL: By Mr. COLLIER: By Mr. FINO: H.R. 5515. A blll for the relief of Sebas­ H.R. 5501. A bill for the relief of Wieslawa H.R. 5508.A bill for the relief of Francesco tiano Nicolia; to the Committee on the Marianna Borczon; to the Committee on the Barone; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Judiciary. Judiciary. H.R. 5509. A bill for the relief of Domenico By Mr. SMITH of California: By Mr. CONTE: and Giuseppa Di Roma and their minor H.R. 5516. A blll for the relief of Leslie H.R. 5502. A bill for the relief of Giuseppe child, Catalina; to the Committee on the Freeworth (also known as Laszlo Freiwirth) ; LaVersa; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Judiciary. to the Committee on the Judiciary. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS Foster'1 Test Ban Treaty F allacie1 The Defense Department's seismologist However, the impossibility of keeping U.S. testified about the inherent limitations on progress up under these circumstances was seismic instruments to detect and identify adequately stated by President Kennedy on EXTENSION OF REMARKS as cheat tests signals of this very small size March 2, 1962, in announcing U.S. test OF (10 m1llimicrons and less). resumption following the breach of the then The net effect of this testimony was that existing informal testing moratorium. HON. CRAIG HOSMER intelligent Soviet cheating would create The President's words were as follows: OF CALIFORNIA signals which might be detected outside "In actual practice, particularly in a the U.S.S.R., but would be too small to society of free choice, we cannot keep top­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE_S identify as cheat tests. This is bee1..use such flight scientists concentrating on the prepa­ Thursday, April 4, 1963 signals cannot be distinguished from the ration of an experiment which may or may seismic signal of hundreds of small earth­ not take place on an uncertain date in the Mr. HOSMER. Mr. Speaker, on April quakes occurring annually in Soviet territory. future. Nor can large technical laboratories 2 Disarmament Agency Director Wil­ Therefore, there exists a big hole for be kept fully alert on a standby basis waiting liam C. Foster directed a letter to Mem­ cheating and clandestine development of for some other nation to break an agree­ bers of the Congress relating to the ad­ Soviet nuclear weapons superiority under ment. This 1s not merely difllcult or incon­ ministration's test ban treaty proposals. U.S. nuclear test ban treaty proposals. venient--we have explored this alternative This big hole can be closed, and an ef­ thoroughly and found it impossible of execu­ I have sent the following letters to col­ tion." leagues discussing the Foster letter. fective treaty achieved, only by U.S. in­ sistence on manned seismic stations inside The Director's letter briefly mentions argu­ The American Security Council Wash­ the U.S.S.R. Unmanned black boxes won't ments for a test ban treaty. A more com­ ington report referred to in the first let­ do the job because they are not tamper­ plete and fair discussion can be found at ter has been reprinted at pages 4914- proof. pages 3234-3236 of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 4915 of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Although Mr. Foster mentions "intelli­ of February 28, 1963. gence" as another means to spot cheating, The subject also is covered in the American CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, Security Council's March 18, 1963, Washing­ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, when one recalls the difllculties even of find­ ton Report which accompanies this letter. Washington, D.C., April 4, 1963. ing out what is going on in nearby Cuba, Sincerely yours, DEAR COLLEAGUE: If a nuclear test ban wisdom dictates little reliance be placed on CRAIG HOSMER, treaty will serve to reduce the world's risks, this alternative. Member of Congress. it is only an effective treaty which will do Sincerely, so-one which in fact stops nuclear weapons CRAIG HOSMER, progress equally on both sides of the Iron Member of Congress. Curtain. Negotiation of an ineffective treaty would CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, What Economy Program? surrender the benefits an effective one might HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, achieve. Washington, D.C., April 3, 1963. EXTENSION OF REMARKS Disarmament Agency Director William C. Re nuclear test ban treaty. OF Foster wrote you on April 2 declaring "signifi­ DEAR COLLEAGUE: Yesterday you received a cant Soviet advances" by cheat testing letter from the Director, Arms Control and HON. WILLIAM H. HARSHA Disarmament Agency, mentioning the risk "would require a series of testn." He added OF ORIO that under present U.S. treaty proposals of "surprise abrogation" inherent in test ban "the probabll1ty 1s high that any meaning­ treaty. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ful series would be discovered by seismic . This would be the situation if Soviet's pre­ Thursday, April 4, 1963 and intelligence means." pared clandestinely in their laboratories for I respectfully differ with Mr. Foster based a vital testing series. This could be done Mr. HARSHA. Mr. Speaker, I would on scientific facts brought to light during over a period of years behind the secrecy like to take this opportunity to point recent hearings on the Joint Committee on of the Iron Curtain. The Soviet Union then out that the continual expansion of Fed­ Atomic Energy. would suddenly announce withdrawal from eral governmental activities and in­ The AEC's Director of Military Applica­ the treaty and capitalize on this surprise creased civilian employment by the ad­ tions testified that all nuclear weapons of factor by conducting intensive tests. ministration are the major reasons why military interest except very large super The Director states the risk of Soviet H-bombs, which the Soviets have anyway, achievement of nuclear superiority in this Federal budgets and deficits continue to can· be developed by underground tests manner could be reduced by a U.S. policy of grow. which create seismic signals of very small maintaining readiness to test in such Since taking office, the present admin­ size. eventuality. istration has added 132,901 civilian em- 1963 CONGRESSIONAL · RECORD - HOUSE 5835 ployees to the Federal payroll. In addi­ but will be unable to do so because I to my colleagues and others. The con­ tion, the President requested 36,500 new _ will be on active duty as a Naval Reserve clusion of his remarks follows: jobs in his 1964.budget. officer and Will -be visfting Guantanamo This has been a long statement, Mr. Chair­ The average annual wage of these em­ and :fleet and Marine units in the CUban man, and I expect that you and the com­ ployees is $5,800 and .this places an area at that time. mittee may be wondering, "What if anything added burden of approximately $1 billion However, I know I speak for all Okla­ has happened as a result of all this?" - per year on the budget, excluding the If I may summarize quickly as a result of homans in extending our sincere con­ the combination of things I have been talk­ necessary expenditures for equipment, gratulations to the city of Bartlesville ing about: office space, etc. and to its citizens and leaders whose One thousand one hundred and ninety­ These facts belie the administration's work and efforts have brought this great seven new exporters were introduced to in­ claim of a vigorous Federal job economy honor to our State.
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