August 11, 1966 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 19167 porary peri9d for a graduated reductio~ or H.R. 17012. A bill to exclude from income conventions; to the Commit~ee on Foreign elimination of the investment credit based certain reimbursed moving expenses; to the Affairs. on the number of employees of the taxpayer; Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. FULTON o:f Pennsylvania: to the Committee on Ways and Means. ;I3y Mr. MOELLER: H. Con. Res. 978. Concurrent resolution re­ By Mr. GLENN ANDREWS: H.R. 17013. A bill to provide for the res­ lating to U.S. military personnel held captive H.R. 17007. A bill to exclude from income toration and rehabilitation of lands dam­ in Vietnam; to the Committee on Foreign certain reimbursed moving expenses; to the aged by surface or strip mining; to the Com­ Affairs. Committee on Ways and Means. mittee on Agriculture. H. Con. Res. 979. Concurrent resolution re­ By Mr. FOGARTY: By Mr. RESNICK: lating to U.S. military personnel held captive H.R. 17008. A bill to direct the Secretary of H.J. Res.1268. Joint resolution providing in Vietnam; to the Committee on Foreign the Interior to conduct a study to determine for Federal participation in the construction A.ff airs. the feasibility of constructing a memorial to of an addition to the Franklin D. Roosevelt John F. Kennedy in or near the Mount Rush­ Library as a memorial to Eleanor Roosevelt; more National Memorial, S. Dak.; to the Com­ to the Committee on Public Works. PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS mittee on House Administration. By Mr. TUNNEY: By Mr. WHITENER: H.J. Res. 1269. Joint resolution to authorize Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private H.R. 17009. A bill to exclude from income the President to proclaim the second week bills and resolutions were introduced and certain reimbursed moving expenses; to the of Nov~mber 1966 as National Date Week; to severally referred as follows: Committee on Ways and Means. the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. EVERETT: By Mr. MEEDS: By Mr. CEDERBERG: H.R. 17014. A bill for the relief of Wilkin­ H.R. 17010. A bill to amend section 401(b) H. Con. Res. 976. Concurrent resolution ex­ son & Jenkins Construction Co., Inc.; to the of the Public Works and Economic Develop­ pressing the sense of the Congress with re­ Committee on the Judiciary. ment Act of 1965 to remove certain minimum spect to certain proposed regulations of the By Mr. KREBS: population requirements applicable to Indian Food and Drug Administration relating to H.R. 17015. A bill for the relief of Giuseppe reservations and lands; to the Committee on the labeling and content of diet foods and Intili; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Public Works. diet supplements; to the Committee on In­ By Mr. O'NEILL of Massachusetts: By Mr. MONAGAN: terstate and Foreign Commerce. H.R. 17016. A bill for the relief of Domenico H.R.17011. A bill to amend the Federal By Mr. CRALEY: Annibale; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Water Pollution Control Act in order to im­ H. Con. Res. 977. Concurrent resolution ex­ By Mr. PIRNIE: prove and make more effective certain pro­ pressing the sense of Congress that U.S. H.R. 17017. A bill for the relief of Dr. grams pursuant to such act; to the Commit­ military personnel held captive in Vietnam Lazlo Tarnoi; to the Committee on the tee on Public Works. be treated in accordance with the Geneva Judiciary.

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National Drum Corps Week Corps Week, and wishes today's young­ soldier yearns for things' which remind sters ev Jry success in the continuation him of home. . EXTENSION OF REMARKS of drum corps as a colorful youth activity. Again, I commend Mr. Palermo and OF Mr. Miller for their action. I am sure that their readers, and the servicemen HON. THOMAS M. PELLY who will receive the Red Creek Herald OF WASHINGTON' Congressman Horton Applauds Red Creek in the near future, join with Ille in that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Newspaper for Service Gesture commendation. · · Thursday, August 11, 1966 Mr. PELLY. Mr. Speaker, it gives EXTENSION OF REMARKS me great pleasure to call the Congress' OF House Joint Resolution 1169, Authorizing attention to the forthcoming celebration HON. FRANK HORTON an International Conference .OD water of National Drum Corps Week in Amer­ OF NEW YORK ica, August 20 to 27. The art of drum for Peace and bugle corps is in the best of Ameri­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, August 11, 1966 . can traditions, in the spirit of our co­ EXTENSION OF REMARKS lonial forefathers, who rallied around Mr. HORTON. Mr. Speaker, I would OF the Spirit of '76 for inspiration and like to call attention to a program an­ strength in their struggle for independ­ nounced recently by the operators of a HON. WILLIAM F. RYAN ence. newspaper in my congressional district, OF NEW YORK It is with pride that I see today's the Red Creek Herald in Red Creek, N.Y. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES youth devoting their time and energies to Its publisher, Anthony G. Palermo and this :fine and patriotic activity. Over 1 its managing editor, Ted L. Miller, have Thursday, August 11, 1966 million Americans in neighborhoods and offered to send free copies of the news­ Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, House Joint communities across the Nation will mark paper to local servicemen stationed in Resolution 1169 would enable the United their participation in local drum and Vietnam. States to organize and hold an Interna­ bugle corps this week. This generous and thoughtful action tional Conference on Water for Peace in The corps' motto is "Pageantry and deserves public commendation. Too Washington next year. patriotism on the march." The stirring many times our thoughts on the war in No resource in this world is more emotional response of today's youth to that country have centered only on our highly prized than water. In the Middle the colors and rhythms and disciplinary policies and actions in pursuing this con­ East it is a continuing and basic cause of skills which belonging to the drum corps flict. In many cases, we have overlooked international strife. Today in Nebraska invokes, provides a truly worthwhile the human aspects, the effects which whole areas are submerged by :floods. activity for today's young people. service in a far distant area can have Yet, as I pointed out only recently to the I am especially proud of the :fine per­ on a young man. House, the Northeast has entered its formance of the corps from my own Regular news from home, concerning sixth consecutive year of drought. district, the Shamrocks, Tht:.nderbirds, people, places, and events which are I have introduced H.R. 10244, which and Toreadors, of Seattle, Wash.,. Se­ known to him can be a most welcome would establish a Federal Water Com­ attle's recent "music in motion" compe­ event to the bone-weary soldier who mission to coordinate our national water tition provided a colorful contest and feels a million miles from familiar resource development. I have stressed exciting evening for participants and surroundings. the need for a comprehensive, overall onlookers alike. It is in honor of this Thrust into a strange oriental atmos­ effort to attempt to solve our Nation's worthwhile community activity that the phere, fighting a war on terrain un­ water problems. This same principle ap­ Nation commemorates National Drum familiar and always threatening, a young plies internationally as ;well. Planning 19168 CONGRESSIONAL .RECOkD~"HOUSE August 11, 1966 for the use of water to meet the needs of administration also professes to,see signs We realize that- tragic accidents such the world's rapidly expanding population of "mellowing" among the Communist as. this inevitably result from any war, requires, as President Johnson has said, countries of Eastern Europe and· even in but this incident, following closely, the "a massive cooperative international the Soviet Union. , accidental bombing of a South Vietnam effort." And yet the w.all still stands. Com­ village, points to the need for a tighten­ Mr. Speaker, the proposed Conference munist guards still shoot and often kill ing of safeguards to lessen the possibility would help to stimulate planning for East Germans attempting to escape of further accidents. water resource developme.nt at all levels from communism. What a stark con­ These young Coast Guardsmen were of.government and would encourage in­ trast: the administration urges the build­ valiantly carrylng .out their patrol mis­ ternational cooperation and actions to ing of bridges while the Communists sion in the service of their country. As solve water problems. It may well lead build their · concentration walls higher ranking minority member of the Ho1,1se to the establishment of a · worldwide and higher. Coast Guard and Navigation Subcom­ water-for-peace program. · This is, after ·all, what the Berlin wall mittee, I extend condolences to the sur- · is: a barrier 30 miles long which im­ vivors of the deceased and prayerful .best prisons some 16 million East Germans wishes to the wounded for full recovery. under Communist rule. Wall of Shame As long as .the wall between East and West Berlin remains, · all talk about EXTENSION OF REMARKS "building bridges" ·to Communist Eastern The Interior Department Study of ~trip OF Europe is ijO much wasted breath. Mining in Appalachia What should we do about the wall? .HON. JOHN BUCHANAN Well, in ·1964, Barry Goldwater, the Re­ EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF ALABAMA ' publican presidential nominee, suggested OF IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the United States stipulate destruc­ Thursday, August 11; 1966 tion of the Berlin wall as a condition of HON. JOHN P. SAYLOR any major negotiation with the Soviet OF PENNSYLVANIA Mr. BUCHANAN. Mr. Speaker, West Union .. However, the Johnson adminis­ IN THE HOUSE OF :a,EPRESENTATIVES Germany observes an unhappy birthday tration took the position that such a this week; the Berlin wall is 5 years old. proposal would aggravate ·our relations Thursday, August 11, 1966 It was 5 years ago, on August 13, 1961, with the Soviet Union. Give them time, Mr. SAYLOR. Mr. Speaker, by now that Communist East Germany began argued the administration, and they will most Members of Congress will have seen erectj.ng the wall of. brick. and concrete mellow. It was implied- that 'the wall the interim report by the Secretary of between East and West Bei::lin; The bar­ · would come do·wn eventually. · the Interior on the study of strip and' rier was immediately. dubbed. ~. ~'.wall of · But, 2 years later, we see that' the surface mining in Appalachia. · ' shame" and so it has remained ever since, : wall, far from being. torn down, is being There are manY. brc:>ad recommenda­ a shameful reminder of Communist tyr·- : built up; reinforced, made more per­ tions on which I do not. propose to com­ anny and.hypocrisy. · · , , manent. Is there not an obvious lesson ment at this time: .No doubt the ad­ When the wall first went up, the Com­ here · for the United· States? I think ministration will be sending up legisla­ munists explained it was ne~ded to keep there is: tion to implement the recommendations, West Berliners from illegally crossing When you ·negotiate with Communists, so we will have ample opportunity to into East Berlin. They reluctantly ad­ negotiate from a position of strength consider their implications. . mitted that some East · Be,rliners were and with :firmness. Do not make con­ As author of legislation to provide a traveling West-and staying there. cessions before you begin talking. As study of · strip-mined areas, I am, of Indeed they were: Between 1945 and former Senator Goldwater has , said: course; pleased to have a document set­ 1961, an estimated 3,300,000 crossed from It is time free men se:t some conditions of ting forth some statistics that have been East Germany to West '.Berlin. During their own rather than forever listening and needed for a good many years. Table 1 the time official records were kept from responding only to communism's conditions. of ,the report · discloses that 515,031 1949 to 1961, 2,600·,ooo entered from East There are many conditions: cessation of stripped acres in Appalachia are unre­ Germany. And in the period just prior subversion from Cuba; cessation of arms claimed or partially reclaimed. Thirty- · to the building of the wall, refugees were shipments, possibly even new missiles, to eight percent of that total lies in Penn­ entering at the rate of 4,000 a week. Since Cuba; cessation of aid to the Vietcong and so on and on. sylvania's bituminous coal and anthra­ the bw,lding of the wall, hundreds of cite regions, with 30 percent-or 158,500 freedom-seeking East Germans have And, may I add, it is time, and past acres exclusive to the bituminous fields dared guards and bullets by going over time, for the administration to talk less of the central and western parts of the and under the wall into ·west Berlin. about building bridges and more about State. Many have succeeded. Many others tearing down walls like the Berlin wall, Thus opportunities to develop recrea­ have been shot·down in cold blood by the so that West Germany and the free tional facilities by reclaiming strip mines Communist police. world will not be obliged to mark any of Pennsylvania are abundantly · out­ In their own grim macabre way, the . more. unhappy anniversaries of its ugly lined. With recreational facilities al­ East German Communists are aiso ob­ existence. ready overtaxed in the eastern part of serving the fifth anniversary of the wall. the United States, Pennsylvania can be- They are in the midst of making. it big­ -:come a greater attraction as more fam­ ger, uglier, and even more difficult to :mes look to the outdoors for rest and cross. Whole sections have been re­ Accidental Bombinl relaxation. Experience has shown that placed. In some areas, the new wall many abandoned strip areas are ideal has rounded tiles on top so that potential for conversion into parks, lakes, and escapees will find no grip for scaling. · EXTENSION OF REMARKS · OF woodlands. Behind the wall, on the East Berlin It is my intention to bring sportsmen side, new fences, police dogs, · armed ·HON. STANLEY R. TUPPER and officials of mining groups together guards, and minefields have been added. OF MAINE with Federal and State officials for the In addition, there have been travel de­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES purpose of stepping up reclamation work lays along the highway connecting West in Pennsylvania. Under a provision of Be1~lin with West Germany. The num­ Thursday, August 11, 1966 the Appalachian Oevelopment Act, 75 ber of shooting incidents has also in­ Mr. TUPPER. Mr. Speaker, I am cer­ percent of the cost of reclamation of creased~ Tension, once again, is on the tain I speak for the eritire House mem-. lands in the public domain will be under­ rise in Berlin.' bership in expressing shock at the acci­ written by the-Federal Governrilent. It in 'this context, it is curious, to say the dental bombing of a U.S. Coast Guard. 1s my understanding that, of the $3.7 least, ·that the Johnson administration patrol craft in Vietnam waters by three million appropriated by Congress -for insists upon talking about the need to U.S. Air Force planes with resultant loss this purpose in fiscal 1966, only $750,000 "build bridges" to Eastern Europe. The of life and injury. was used. It 1s folly to permit funds for August__ 11 _, 1_9_~? CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 19169 . \ -- - ~ 't ! .}I ' ~· ~... l • • - so imPortant an activity to lie idle, and _Beginning with ancient Common Law, "Pageantry and patriotism-on the I . am hopeful that the interim report property-.rights b,ave been limited and qual:­ march." · .·,- ifl.ed in :µiany ways-and wisely-over the From personal experience, I know the of the Secretary of the Interior will stim­ years. · Recent examples are housing _codes, ulate and bring new life into the zoning and health ordinances, pollution reg- beneficial effects which participation in pr:ogra.m. ulations. . musical activities can have on young ·Property rights are constanty measured people. It seems to me that participation and tested against even· higher rights. And in drum and bugle corps work is a good Letter From Paul Findley so it should be. way of fighting juvenile delinquency. Indeed, in its final draft, the language of There is no better way to obtain harm­ the Declaration of Independence was EXTENSION OF REMARKS changed from ·"llfe, liberty and property" to less release of youthful enthusiasms than OF read "life, liberty and · pursuit of happi­ blowing a bugle or beating a drum-. At ness." the same time, marching to music HON. F. BRADFORD MORSE The Declaration spoke of God-given rights teaches coordination, success!ul group OF MASSACHUSETTS which government is intended to prqtect. · participation and appreciation of music. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES This reference was undoubtedly the founda­ . One of the largest massings of drum tion for the "equal protection of the law" corps in the Nation takes place annually Thursday, August 11, 1966 principle which later became a part of the in my own community, Milwaukee, dur­ Mr. MORSE. Mr. Speaker, on Mon­ 14th Amendment to . the Constitution. ing the famous, fabulous Fourth of July day of this week our colleague, the dis­ It is argued that the housing title-di­ rected as it is to persons instead of states­ parade. This year, for example, more tinguished gentleman from Illinois [Mr. cannot properly be based on the 14th than 50 such units participated. FINDLEY], wrote a letter to each Repub­ Amendment: The wording may not con­ The Metropolitan Milwaukee area also lican Member of the House urging our form precisely but even so the housing title is the home. of many outstanding drum support for the amended title IV in the marches in absolute rhythm with the spirit and bugle corps. Their actiyj.ties have civil rights legislation before us. and broad intent of the 14th Amendment. brought many hours of pleasure to the Mr. FINDLEY'S letter is a superb expres­ Will this legislation alter substantially people of our community, who-as you sion of intellectual honesty and political housing patterns and practices? I doubt it. might expect-"love a parade." Certainly the effect of the public accommo­ courage. Pointing out that property dations title in the Civil · Rights Act· of 1964 Mr. Speaker, I know my colleagues in rights have never been absolute, he called was hardly as sweeping as some predictions. tl:)e ·Hol,lse join me in sending congratu­ on us to follow Abraham .Lincoln's If property values tumbled substantially· as la,_tions and best wishes to the hundreds of example in putting ''the dignity of people a consequence, I have yet to hear of it.. · · thousands Of youngsters a~d adults who above the rights of property." Habits have -their own inertia and custom participate 'iii',drwn corps ·a~l;ivi~~es. Because this letter is so outstanding, I is not quickly altered by law. Even if all want to commend it to the attention of all discrimination should be eliminated. in the my colleagues by inserting it in the CON­ sale and rental of housing _it is doµbtf'ql whether housing patterns would change. ap- Recent Legislation Has Radlcal Character GRESSIONAL RECORD: · preciably. . ' · · . · · ' • ·- . ._1' ;, • •• ,. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, · · Surely no one is foolish enough to suppose Washington, D.C., August 8, ·19'66. that this legislation in itself will ' end dis­ EXTENSiON OF REM~RKS DEAR REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUE: After long . crimination in the rental or sale of ·hou-sing. thought I have come to an affirmative posi­ It may not even diminish it very much. tion on the housing title as now modified.. But it will at least help to point the right HON;·, G·. ELI.IOTT.· HA~N '!'.he title may possibly be i_ncludeq. in the way to God's faltering and errant children, OF. GEOBGI4 , . ,.r ,- recommital, so perhaps my thoughts will in­ prick a _conscience now and then, and hope­ terest you. fully at least drive from earshot and sight IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I give my support to it in spite of the the agreements--euphemistically and i_nac­ Thursday; August 11; 1966 · dangerous and ·m-advised housing demon­ curately called gentlemen's agreements­ strations and riots in Chicago and else­ which discriminate purely on the basis o{ Mr. HAGAN of Georgi9i. Mr. Speake!·, where-not because of them. race or religion. we Members of this House· of Represent­ To take this position I had to. close my I hope my colleagues in the Par-ty · of atives have been exposed to ,one of the ears to those wh.9 preach Black Power-a Abraham Lincoln will put aside their reser­ most intensive barrages · of . l~gislation radical movement which, like Ku Klux vations and join in support of this title. against personal liberty and ·individual Klanism, will surely retard not advance As Lincoln once observed, "The Declaration huma~ rights. .. freedom in recent histQtY. ~~

;J...,l 19170 - CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.-.- ¥0USE August 11, 1966 of American life-the basic right of pd- ment discard such a show of concern. for ments offered . ., What we call a revision . vate property ownership. Have we com- the rights of the individual, by repudlat.. to title IV is no more than the same part pletely abandoned our old principle, "A ing his right to own private property, of the hog sliced differently. It is still man's home is his castle"? his right to contract, and his freedom pork. Is it our purpase here to deny each of expression? As has been uttered previously by some citizen of this great Nation the right of ·The same section states that it shall of my distinguished colleagues, the legis­ private property ownership? Are we to be unlawful "to represent to any person lative reputation of this body is at stake. destroy the individual's freedom, which because of race, color, religion, or na- If we are willing ·to trade the basic and we have attempted to shield from en- tional origin that any dwelling is not inherent right of all Americans, the croachment for the almost 200 years available for inspection, sale, rental, or right of private property ownership for since our courageous forefathers, led by lease when such dwelling is in fact so - the passage of the entire bill, guised that indomitable bulwark of democracy, available." This clause provided an ap- under the panacea for social equality, Thomas Jefferson, put the breath of life plicant with a right to come into your then we must be ready to face the future to our basic freedoms? home. Even in criminal jurisprudence, a with a complete lack of objectivity. Not Among the many traditional guide- search warrant is originally mandatory only will we sell our own individual liber­ lines which this bill violates are funda- for such right of entrance onto the prop- ties down the proverbial river but that mental concepts of property rights in erty of another. , of the many minority groups who will be our great system of laws. One of the In addition, the bill has been so paorly limited by the provisions of the bill and most significant concepts reads as fol- conceived_ or written that it contains will also suffer the loss of their inherent lows: numerous potential hazards for personal individual freedom. The absolute and entire property in the freedoms that are not readily apparent. land held by the tenant to himself and his Suppose that-while a Negro is ques- heirs forever. tioning a white man on the sale of his The bill would_ violate a natural corol- house-the latter decides that he wants The 13th Report From Washington to the lary of the right of property ownershiP- to retain his home, is this a violation? Residents of Los Angeles' 30th Con­ the right to contract-in which the In general, this bill seems to be prej­ right to choose is a vital and inherent udiced .agajnst the homeowner in con­ gressional District element, providing incentive and inspira- tradiction to the Supreme Court's ruling. tion for all freemen. Property owner- For instance, the bill provides that the EXTENSION OF REMARKS ship and the right to contract are basic applicant will not incur any expense in OJ' human rights in America which belong · court costs or fees if he should decide to everyone . . From these rights arise to litigate. The_ homeqwner, however, HON. EDWARD R. ROYBAL much of our system of laws insuring must provide his own attorney and is OF CALIFORNIA other individual rights and freedoms. forced to incur the applicant's attorney IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Let us examin'e ·several specific aspects fees if he does not prevail. Thursday, August 11, 1966 of section 401 which states that- In section 407, the bill provides the ap- Mr. ROYBAL. Mr. Speaker, I firmly _ It is the policy ~f the :united states to pre- plicant with the assistance of the Attor­ believe that one of the most important vent discriminatio),1 on accou'nt of race, color, ney General and his staff at any time duties of a Representative in Congress is religion, or national origin in the purchase, that it is deemed necessary to intervene rental, lease, financing, use, and occupancy in ·a lawsuit. Although the Attorney to make regular reparts on his activities of housing_,throughout the Nation. General has not asked for it, he is given in Washington to his constituents at home. Section 403 states that- the right to intervene if there is reason­ For that reason, and because of the It shall be l,Ullawful for any person •.• able cause. This reasonable cause, the necessity of an active and fully informed. ( 1) to refuse to sell, rent, or lease . . . or way I look at it, can evolve into a similar citizenry, I would like to include in to­ otherwise make available or ·deny, a dwelling situation which we have been fighting to any person because of race, color, religion, to preserve all over the world. The free­ day's RECORD the text of the 13th in a or national origin,_ series of regular reparts to the residents dom from fear must be avoided to pre­ of my 30th California Congressional Dis-­ This denies that voluntary intent is a clude our slipping into that abyss of dic­ trict. significant aspect of the contract and tatorship rule. Such practices can only result in the abolition of privacy in one's The report follows: . that a man has a right to contract with REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON: AUGUST 1966 whomever he chooses. Such an unjust own home. In addition, it provides for a encroachment on an individual's right bureaucratic spook that can continually REGISTER TO VOTE · borders on tyranny. For example, sup­ haunt the citizens of this democratic The right to vote is every American's badge system with more Federal pressures. of freedom. We should treasure and protect pose the applicant is -not only of a na­ this precious right by exercising our fran­ tional origin wholly unacceptable to the In section 408 the quasi-judicial Board chise in the important General Elections this homeowner, but also possesses personal called the Fair Housing Board appears fall. characteristics which are equally as re­ to be establishing an additional court But, in order to vote you must register by pugnant. The applicant might be a dope system active in every municipality in September 15. addict, a sex deviate, a gangster, an al­ this country. This bureaucratic system For information on where and how to reg­ coholic, or simply a vile p-ersori of a re­ would find itself not only becoming em­ ister, contact the Los Angeles County Regis­ pulsive nature. Supposing further tha;t broiled in the private affairs of the citi­ trar of Voters, phone 628-9211 (after regula.r the applicant is denied housing, who is zens but would be violating the affairs office hours or on weekends call 629-2451) . to say whether he was refused on ac­ of the respective States.- CONSUMER PROTECTION county of his national origin or on ac­ In section 410 the homeowner finds With growing national concern over the count of one of his negative characteris­ that he can be held in criminal contempt rising cost-of-living, and the increased threat tics? It is hard for me to believe that the subject to $300 fine and 45 days' im­ of inflation, I am happy to report success in prisonment without the right of trial by obtaining full public hearings this month on bill before us would force this home­ my Truth-in-Packaging Consumer Protec­ owner to take under his roof ·a person jury. It is paradoxical that such a dras­ tion Bill to outlaw deceptive and unfair prac­ whom he found to be personally, morally, tic measure would appear in a bill per­ tices in labeling and packaging retail goods­ and socially objectionable. taining to civil rights. How do we recon­ and to provide American consumers and According to section 403 of the bill, one cile ourselves with a· trial without jury? housewives with accurate, complete, and is not allowed to show a preference in This violates every precept for which honest information on the foods and drugs advertising his home. I feel that, should civil rights are defended. they buy. this clause be passed into law, our Gov­ The hind part of a hog is pork no mat­ MINIMUM WAGE ernment would deny one's freedom of ex­ ter which way it happens to be sliced. With an impressive 3 to 1 majority, the pression. The · administration has re­ Our title IV of this civil rights bill, H.R. · House endorsed a measure to substantially broaden 'coverage as well as gradually in­ cently voiced a tolerance of criticism of 14765, has not lost a bit of its odiferous crease the federal ~nimum wage. its· foreign policy, for apparently it feels nature no matter what slicing has been By extending coverage to nearly 8 million that the right to dissent peaceably is occasioned upon it by the House Judi--­ new workers, and raising the $1.25 'national basic and inalienable. Can our Govern- ciary Committee or any of the amend- minimum wage by stages to $1.60, we will August 11, 1966 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 19171 be protecting the vital inter~ts of Golden Title !provides machinery for uniform se­ On .August 3, 1966, I rose in opposition State workers and employers alike-:-by _help­ lection of federal Juries throughout the to the Mathias amendment to title IV of ing reduce the .unfair, low-wage competitive country. H.R. 14765 and pointed out that in New advantage of our neighboring states whose Title II forbids racial discrimination in se­ average pay scales do not come up to. Cali­ lection of federal and state Juries. York State, discrimination in the sale or fornia's higher rate. Title III emp.owers the Attorney General to rental of all housing is prohibited-ex­ fl.le suit to protect all constitutional rights cept in two-family, owner-occupied MISSION TO LATIN AMERICA homes. I also commented on other State As .Chairman of the House Foreign.Affairs of citizens when he finds a "pattern or prac­ Committee's Special Study Mission to Latin tice" of discrimination. antidiscrimination in housing statutes. America, I had the honor recently of sub­ Title IV forbids discrimination in the sale At that time; I stated.:_CONGRESSIONAL mitting the Mission's survey report on the or rental of housing, exempting homeowners, RECORD, page 18128: effectiveness of U.S. assistance to Alliance boarding houses and owner-occupied apart­ Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the for Progress programs designed to speed up ments of four units or less. This would MacGregor amendment, consistent with the economic reform and development in several open up large apartments and all new laws of my State, and in opposition to the Western Hemisphere nations. housing. Mathias amendment, and in opposition to Our investigation showed that active com­ Title V makes it a crime to injure or the Moore amendment. munity self-help efforts and expanding local threaten anyone exercising his constitutional A policy statement issued the other day by participation in the development process still rights, punishable by 10 years in prison for the Republican policy committee declared are the key to urgently needed economic injury and up to life in prison for death. that title IV of the bill "has divided the improvement in our neighboring republics to STUDENT INTERN PROGRAM country and fostered discord an animosity." the South. Submitting a special research project on It is not title IV which fosters discord-it is Latin America is Miss Barbara Shaw of Los the absence of State laws against discrimina­ UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS tion in housing which divides the country. The House also adopted a bill to revise the Angeles. Barbara will be a senior this fall at Stanford University, after spending the sum­ Seventeen States with a total population of 31-year-old federal-state unemployment approximately 100 million of our citizens now compensation system-first established un­ mer with us as a college intern. 1966 is the fourth year in a row I have participated in have laws against discrimination in publicly der the Social Security Act of 1935-by add­ assisted and private housing. Eight of the ing coverage to some 3 million more workers, the Congressional Student Intern Program, which I believe to be extremely valuable-­ States provide coverage in the sale of single and providing a new program of extended family homes. Fifteen of the States cover benefits during national or state recessions. not only in helping with the office work­ but as a fascinating way for interested young realtors and thirteen of the States cover This bi-partisan compromise measure offers financial institutions. important wage protection to thousands of people to gain a close personal understand­ I am guided by only one policy state­ Californians by providing a cushion against ing of how their government operates. ment--and that statement is called the Con­ unexpected loss of .jobs often caused-even in PEACE IN VIETNAM stitution of the United States. present relatively prosperous times when Two recent events in Southeast Asia ap­ I suggest that title IV rather than "dividing national unemployment rates are holding pear to offer a ray of hope that we may even­ the country" will unite the country by pro­ below 4 percent-by major changes in gov­ tually be able to move the war in Vietnam viding protection against discrimination in ernment defense and space program purchase away from the battlefield and over to the housing for the remainder of our citizens. orders, which may have a temporary adverse conference table. I will support the MacGregor amendment, effect on hundreds of related California­ First, within South Vietnam, if the sched­ more consistent with the laws of my State based industries-many located in the uled September elections are, in fact, a free of New York-I will vote against the Mathias Greater Los Angeles Metropolitan area. and fair expression of the popular will, and amendment and will vote against the Moore NARCOTIC REHABILITATION result in the establishment of a truly repre­ amendment to strike title IV." Congress is following California's leader­ sentative civilian government, this will en­ Although I realize that the great ma­ ship in attempting to develop a fresh ap­ courage the widest possible participation in jority of our real estate brokers and proach to deal more effectively with the the political process and provide an attrac­ salesmen are reputable businessmen and serious problems of narcotic addiction­ tive peaceful alternative to those who now stressing modern medical treatment, reha­ pursue the path of armed conflict. · hence oppose the tactics employed by bilitation programs, and intensive aftercare In this way the people of South Vietnam, unscrupulous members of their calling for narcotic victims. themselves, will be given an opportunity to who cause panic and encourage owners On a nearly unanimous 367 to 1 vote of determine their own future-to work out a to sell their property by the spread of approval, the House passed and sent to the national destiny free from force and vio­ false rumors and threat to property Senate the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation lence. values. Act of 1966, which I had joined in introduc­ The second hopeful event is the recent New York State has throughout the ing as co-sponsor. effort by several leading Asia-Pacific nations years set new and high standards for With favorable Senate action anticipated to join together and assume a greater degree social laws to benefit its citizens. These in the near future, we may soon expect to of regional responsibility for peacekeeping. see the start of a promising new national I strongly urge the President to take full laws have been followed in many States effort, modeled after California's pioneering advantage of this most welcome Asian initia­ and many such laws have become the civil commitment program-by far the most tive to establish broad diplomatic contacts basis for Federal laws for the benefit of successful large-scale treatment program for among all interested nations. These in turn all the people of the United States. The narcotic addicts ever undertaken in this could form the basis for a. dialogue leading antidiscrimination statutes of New York country. to ultimate negotiations on equitable terms State, if enacted in other States, would FOOD FOR FREEDOM for a. just peace in that war-torn part of the remove the frustration of those discrim­ One of the landmark pieces of legislation world. inated against. It would reduce, to. a this year was the Food For Freedom Program, great extent, the movement of persons overwhelmingly OK'd by the House on a discriminated against because of race or 333-20 roll-call vote. Civil Rights Act of 1966: The color, from city to city and from State. This program will help alleviate hunger for some 100 million persons in more than Compromise Amendment to State to escape from such discrimi­ 100 countries around the world, as well as nation. Equal opportunity in educa­ promote self-help economic and agricultural EXTENSION OF REMARKS tion, employment, housing, recreation,· development in these emerging nations. OF and use of public facilities, as guaran­ CIVIL RIGHTS teed by the Constitution, when available In what President Johnson called "an im­ HON. H~RBERT TENZER in every State of the Union will serve portant new milestone on the nation's jour­ OF NEW YORK to reduce the grievances of our long-suf­ ney toward equality of justice and opportu­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f ering minorities. nity for all our citizens", the House, for the Discrimination in housing is unjust. third time in as many years, gave its strong Thursday, August 11, 1966 New York State gave recognition to this bi-partisan support to a measure designed Mr. TENZER. Mr. Speaker, I have injustice by the enactment of appropri­ to assure first-class citizenship to every American, regardless of race, color, creed or made a number of statements during the ate legislation a long time ago. Resi­ national origin. debate on the proposed Civil Rights Act dents of New York are not involved and Adopted on a substantial 259-157 vote, the of 1966, H.R. 14765, urging my colleagues will not be affected by the provisions of Civil Rights Act of 1966, as passed by the to &upport the legislation reported by the title IV of the Civil Rights Act. of 1966. House but still to be con!!idered by the Se:Q• House Judiciary Committee, on which I Indirectly they will be benefited by the ate, contains the following major provisions: serve, without weakening amendments. elimination of discrimination in housing 19172 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE August 11, 1966 elsewhere in the Nation. They will also reaffirms this country's commitment to plish the lofty goals of its sponsors. The be benefited by the fact that the law equal justice for all · and, therefor~ ghettos will not disappear. The hatred will strike down one of the root causes merited my support. of some Negroes for the white man and of racial problems throughout the coun­ Several -important amendments were the equal hatred of some whites for try. added to the civil rights bill during the Negroes will not disappear. In fact, I am On r.. teller vote, the Mathias amend­ debate. It is my personal opinion that worried that title IV will create con­ ment passed by one vote. On the same the most important amendment was in­ fusion, bitterness, and perhaps divide date the House rejected the Moore troduced by my colleague from Florida, the country rather than foster equal amendment to strike all of title IV. Congressman WILLIAM CRAMER. The justice for all. On the rollcall, August 9, I voted in Cramer amendment to title V makes it The true answer to the problem·of the favor of the Mathias amendment with­ a Federal offense to travel in interstate compatibility of the white and Negro lies out which all of title IV was in danger. commerce with the intent of inciting in the moral law of God, not in the civil As a result of the vote today on the riots and other forms of civil disobedi­ laws of man. When we are willing to Mathias amendment, the House rejected ence. The passage of this amendment is open our hearts to the fact that dis­ the motion to strike title IV in its en­ an essential step in halting the violence crimination is against God's will, we will tirety by a vote of 220 to 190. and bloodshed that has become the hall­ destroy the hatred that now exists among On the vote taken on final passage of mark of the American summer. Much certain people. Until that day comes, the Civil Rights Act of 1966, including evidence is available to support the con­ racial discrimination will continue to pit title IV, the vote was 259 in favor and tention that recent race riots and loot­ man against man. What a waste of 157 opposed. ing in Cleveland, Chicago, and New York God's children. Mr. Speaker, the need for compromise were the work, in part, of outside· agita­ became clear during the debate, and for tors who came into these communities that reason I concurred with my col­ for the express purpose of inciting civil leagues who wanted the strongest civil disturbances. Firearms Legislation rights bill possible. It is my hope that In the 2 ½ weeks of debate on the civil a significant drive to end discrimination rights bill, I believe it would be a fair EXTENSION OF REMARKS in the sale or rental of housing will take statement to say that two-thirds of all OF place as a result of passage of this legis­ the discussion centered around title IV. lation so that every American will have The "Housing Title" was argued by my HON. G. ELLIOTT HAGAN the same opportunity to live in decent colleagues hour after hour. There were OF GEORGIA housing. That is a goal worthy of our stanch defenders of past civil rights leg­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Nation and of our democracy. islation who called title IV the height of Thursday, August 11, 1966 legislative hypocrisy, politically moti­ vated and unrealistic. After listening to Mr. HAGAN of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, all the debate on title IV, I came to sev­ I am violently opposed to legislation The 1966 Civil Rights Act eral conclusions: which would amend the Federal Fire­ First. There exists among the law­ arms Act by further restricting the pos­ session and purchase of firearms. I am EXTENSION OF REMARKS makers who drafted this title real, honest doubts if the section means what it says. referring to S. 1592, H.R. 6628, and H.R. OF As amended on the floor, it exempts the 6783, all of which seek to impose addi­ HON. J. WILLIAM STANTON individual homeowners and sales agents tional and~more stringent Federal con­ acting in an owner's behalf. Its content trols on traffic in firearms and on licens­ OF OHIO ing requirements for dealing in such IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES will be subject to widely varying inter­ pretations. traffic. I protest these measures because Thursday, August 11, 1966 they are based on uncertain assumptions, Second. In title IV we find many a because their provisions for extensive Mr. STANTON. Mr. Speaker, the 1966 capable lawyer who says there is an ap­ Federal controls are unconstitutional, civil rights bill was passed by the House parent conflict between basic rights to and because they would needlessly bur­ of Representatives Tuesday evening. I private property and the competing den law-abiding· Americans. In short, supported this legislation and I now have claims of human rights, justice, and the I disapprove of the proposed firearms an obligation to the people of my great welfare of all the people. The title, in legislation because it is unrealistic, un­ district to explain to them why I voted its final form, is of questionable constitu­ constitutional, and unjust. Let me ex­ the way that I did. This is a contro­ tionality. Associate Justice Harlan of plain. versial bill in my district. About the the U.S. Supreme Court has stated: According to most spokesmen for these same nwnber of letters were received Freedom of the individual to choose his bills, the major purpose of additional asking me to vote for it as were received associates or his neighbors, to use and dis­ firearms controls is the prevention of asking me to vote against it. pose of his property as he sees fit, to be crime. I warmly applaud such a worthy I basically voted for the civil rights . arbitrary, capricious, even unjust in his per­ sonal relations are things entitled to a large objective, for I believe that our crime bill of 1966 because it embodies the same measure of protection from governmental rates are unnecessarily high and that historic principles of previous civil rights Interference. This liberty would be over­ every practical measure should be im­ bills in that it advances the fulfillment ridden, in the name of equality, if the stric­ plemented to lower them. I feel, how­ of our commitment to the goal of equal tures of the (fourteenth) amendment were ever, that Federal controls over the traf­ justice for all. To accomplisb this ob­ applied to governmental and private action fic and sale of firearms do not constitute jective, the bill first, establishes a uni­ Without distinction. practical measures. The proposed bills form procedure for jury selection in Fed­ Third. Ohio has a fair housing law are based on erroneous and unrealistic eral courts; second, facilitates the elimi­ that, in many ways, is superior to the assumptions. nation of all forms of unconstitutional Federal law. Title IV could supersede The first such assumption is the belief discrimination iri the selection of State local and State authority and take away that merely keeping firearms away from court juries; and, third, provides -crimi­ local and State jurisdiction in this area. criminals will prevent them from com­ nal sanctions for forcible interference Federal legislation in the field of housing mitting crimes. This view underesti­ with the exercise of enumerated Federal rights. should encourage and promote appro­ mates the resourcefulness and determi­ priate fair housing programs at the com­ nation of most criminals and is ignorant Title V of the bill represents an as­ munity level. I voted to strike title IV of the variety of weapons at their dis­ sumption of Federal responsibility which from the bill. posal. The following statement by for­ is long overdue. The need fot a modern CONCLUSIONS mer District of Columbia Police Chief law to deter civil rights crimes has been Robert V. Murray expresses my view: dramatized by the many, and sometimes Racial discrimination in any form is a social and moral wrong. But, as we . I! I felt that we could take the guns out unbelievable, · instances · of violence of the hands of criminals with this bill or against certain of our citizens. In con­ pass another civil rights bill, I wish to any other bill, I would be a hundred percent clusion, I would have to say that the en­ caution those who think that you can for it ... but a criminal who is going to tire bill, with the exception of one title, legislate morality, that it will not accom- set out to hold up a place or assault some- August 12, 1966 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE 19173 body with a gun [is not going to be deterred are founded are unrealistic and that their through small hardware and general by a law that he cannot have a gun in .his enforcement will at best be a complicated stores, especially those which are active possession]. and burdensome procedure. It is appar­ only during the hunting season. Few of It is probable that, instead of' eradica­ ent that the potential gains in public these small businesses can afford the ting crimes involving firearms, the pro­ security envisioned by the creators of this exorbitant $100 fee. posed bills will give birth to even more legislation have been exaggerated, and Another unjustified hardship which law evasion by forcing the criminal to that the small benefits which might the firearms legislation would potentially seek his weapons in an "unde.rground." accrue will not justify those disadvan­ inflict is contained in S. 1592, section 2 Such illegal traffic has resulted from our tages wrought on law-abiding citizens. (a). By placing excessive restrictions ineffective efforts to curb the flow of A second and equally critical weakness on law-abiding citizens who wish to order liquor and drugs, and I cannot see why in this legislation is that it is wholly sporting firearms by mail, those citizens · the effects of firearms controls would be illegal. It is unconstitutional. The who do not have ready access to dealers any different. second amendment to the Constitution are placed in an exceedingly difficult A second unrealistic assumption of the reads: position. bill is the belief that there is a close cor­ A well regulated Militia being necessary to It is often overlooked, moreover, that relation between present firearms legis­ the security of a free state, the right of the firearms are an integral part of the lives lation and the incidence of crime. In people to keep and bear arms shall not be of much of our outlying population. truth, it is almost impossible to measure infringed. Whereas the use of a shotgun is ·irrele­ · the effects of such legislation. To quote I cannot see how these bills can fail vant to life in New York City, it is often Dr. Marvin Wolfgang, an authority on to infringe upon this right as granted to a necessity in the environs of Sylvania, criminal homicide: the individual. A major feature of the Ga. Meat for the table and protection It is the contention of this observer that Dodd bill, for example, is the prohibition against intruders are provided by fire­ few homicides due to shootings could be of all shipments of firearms in interstate arms to a surprisingly large number of avoided merely if a firearm were not immedi­ and foreign commerce to individuals. rural Americans who are often far from ately present, -and that the offender would This legislation also threatens a con­ either a streamlined supermarket and select some other weapon to achieve the stitutional right belonging to the States. the protective arm of the law. These same destructive goal. According to the Constitution, the Fed­ nonurban elements do not constitute Much of the impetus behind the pro­ eral Government cannot impinge upon a major criminal threat and the proposed posed firearms legislation has been pro­ the police powers reserved to the States. firearms legislation would seriously and vided. by recent and dramatic mass mur- Part of Senator Donn's bill, however, unjustly burden them. . ders. It should be known, however, that would create prohibition for licenses in The bills would also discriminate catastrophes of this kind could not have their intrastate as well as in their inter­ against legitimate sporting pursuits. been prevented by S. 1592, H.R. 6628, or state dealings. The provision ignores One example among many is the sec­ H.R. 6783. Richard Speck's inclination most legislative precedents and clearly tion which would threaten the avail­ to murder could hardly have been constitutes an encroachment upon ,the ability to the American sportsman of c.hecked by these bills-indeed, he pre­ police powers of the States. If such lib­ popular foreign weapons such as the f ered a knife to a gun. As for Charles erties are ever granted to the Federal Browning, Beretta, Anchutz, and Ham­ Whitman~· apparently a respectable Government, there would be no limit to merli. Constituting safe, noncriminal young man, he would have found it the nature and extent of criminal legis­ activities, hunting. ~nd skeet shooting simple to elude any and every provision lation it could enact. If the legislative develop muscular coordination and en­ in these three bills. guidelines proposed by these bills are courage friendship and sportsmanship. :aesides being unrealistically conceived, followed to their logical conclusion, we It is my view that the vitality of these these bills would also prove difficult to would, in effect, have established a police sports would be seriously jeopardized by enforce. To what extent, for example, state. the proposed firearms legislation. would a licensed dealer bear responsibil­ Another area of the Constitution to Another consideration which the crea­ ity for selling a firearm to a person which the proposed firearms legislation tors of these bills have ignored is the need prohibited under the bill from receiving does violence is the distinction between for personal security in our increasingly it? Moreover, how far must he go to interstate and intrastate commerce. violent society. Many people believe that determine the customer's age, reside~ce, These bills arrogantly assume that all because our country has made the tran­ and legal reputability, in order to comply firearms commerce is interstate. Be­ sition from a wide-open frontier com­ with the legislation? An avalanche of sides being unrealistic and unconstitu­ munity to a heavily policed urban so­ redtape would probably overwhelm the tional, Mr. Speaker, the bills before us are ciety, there is no need to retain suQi'l gun owner who takes up residence in a unjust because they discriminate against assurances of personal safety as were new State and who therefore must com­ small businesses. For instance, subsec­ possessed by our predecessors. The re­ ply with the proposed restrictions govern­ tion (a) of section 3 of S. 1592 would cent occurrences in Watts, Chicago, ing the interstate transportation of increase the per annum fee for dealers Cleveland, and Jacksonville, however, :firearms. from $1 to $100. I am particularly con­ remind me constantly that our lives are Mr. Speaker, I contend that the afore­ cerned about the effect of this provision almost as exposed and precarious as mentioned premises on which these bills on the sale of firearms and ammunition those of our frontier forefathers.

May this be a day of reasoning, not of wills and cause us not to fight against SENATE disagreement; a day of unity, not of Thee-"who are we to box with God with discord; a day of harmony in making such short arms?" FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1966 decisions. May we never mistake doing for being, Forgive our careless ways and cleanse nor self-interests for service, but be di­ The Senate met at 11 o'clock a.m., us from all impurities and lift us above vinely led throughout this day for Jesus' and was called to order by the Vice pettiness of spirit. sake. Amen. President. May we know ourselves as we seek to Rev. Damon S. Scott, pastor, Trinity know Thee, may we control ourselves as Methodist Church, Palatka, Fla., offered we seek to control others, and may we THE JOURNAL the following prayer: deny ourselves as we serve Thee and our On request of Mr. HART, and by unani­ fellow man. We confess we are not mous consent, the reading of the Jour:r:ial Our Father in Heaven, we pause to aware of our imperfections until we see of the proceedings of Thursday, Au­ thank Thee for this day and for these ourselves in God's image. Help us now gust 11, "1966,· was dispensed with. Thy dedicated servants of peace who to see the invisible and be empowered to The VICE PRESIDENT: The Chair are led by their dreams rather than to be do the impassible. Illuminate our minds lays before the Senate sundry ~ommuni­ pushed by our problems. and our hearts. Soften our stubbprn cations for appropriate reference.