6348 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March .~4, 1980

EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

THE EROSION OF A Second, by allowing opposition parties and that while about 56 percent of Filipino DICTATORSHIP individuals to campaign~though, under the · households were below the poverty line in most disadvantageous conditions-and even. 1971, at least 68 percent of them are now in .EY H. (PETE) STARK allowing a few to win, Marcos took another that category. . The already hard-pressed HON. FORTN step in his grand strategy of roping dissi- Filipino was squeezed even harder by an in­ OF CALIFORNIA dent members of the elite into participating flation r;~ote that hit the 25 percent mark in· IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESQTATIVES in a restricted political system in which 1979-the highest in Southeast Asia, accord­ they would have the opportunity to seize ing to the International Monetary Fund. Monday, March 24, 1980 the trappings of power . but not its sub- The iron noose of neo-colonial dependen­ • Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I contin~ stance. · cy has tightened around the Philippine ue to watch event.c; in the Philippines The strategy was, to some degree, success­ economy. The most sensitive indicator of ex­ closely. There the Marcos regime is ful. Yieldin_g .to its. traditional weakness of ternal economic relations, the balance-of­ . ' placing individual mterests and short-term trade· deficit, jumped from US$1.3 billion in stlll wrestling with the problems of a _ gains in command, the .Philippine elite op- 1978 to US$1.6 billion in 1979, as the value declining economy, poverty, and politi- position fragmented, with most of its mem­ of the Philippines' agricultural and light-in­ cal unrest. bers pa,rticipating in the exercise. While dustrial exports failed to keep pace with the Martial law, now in its eighth year, some groupings, like the old Liberal Party skyrocketing. prices of its hard industrial has only helped mask temporarily . and the Laban Party, formally staged a boy­ and oil imports. Scrambling to pay off old some of the grave problems facing the cott, adherents of these formations took debts, cover the trade deficit, and finance Philippines. .part in the charade "as individuals." In this new investment, the regime pushed the · Unfortunately the 1979 military sense, Marcos has once again proven him- counqoy into even deeper.debt with external . • self to be the master of his elite rivals: he borrowing which raised the foreign debt bas.es accord between Marcos and the accurately anticipated that given a fifth of a from US$7 .8 billion in late 1978 to a ma.Ssive Umted States has led to an increased chance they would fight over crumbs. US$9.6 billion at the beginning of this year. U.S. military commitment to Marcos The third major explanation for the elec- Multinational ·corporations, for whose and this causes me great concern. torial ritual is revealed in its coinciding with benefit Marcos, with IMF-World . Bank In a recent-March 7-13-edition of the beginning of the u.s Congress's annual advice, has fashioned a labor-repressive poA the Southeast Asia Record, Walden deliberations of foreign assistance. Marc comes at a time that the two u.s. bases in debt which would have major repercussions the Philippines, Clark . Air Force Base and on the international financial system. The In the words of Manila's Cardinal Jaime Subic Naval Base, are being recast as the · prospect of a government falling and the Sin, the event was a "selection" rather than "logistical hub" for military deployment in emergence of a new regime that might then · an election. What the regime had billed as the Indian Ocean. The role was highlighted repudiate the country's debts is a nightmare the first local elections since 1971 resulted by two well-publicized excursions to the that keeps the credit lines open. Marcos,. the in President Marcos's New Society Move­ Indian Ocean by two Subic-based aircraft IMF, anci' the international financial com­ ment United States. being groomed for something bigger: to borrow up to US$1.2 billion more in 1980 be­ Imelda Marcos, always accorded special serve as the Western Pacific spriilgboard for comes understandable. treatment. saw her governorship of Metro­ the 100,000-man Rapid Deployment Forces Manila exempted from the electoral fray. currently being stitched togetlier by · THE GROWING RESISTANCE The event that Richard Holbrooke, assist­ the Pentagon. Testifying before Congress The mounting political frustration and, ant secretary of state for East Asia, de­ on Feb. 21, Holbrooke assertec;t that "the even more critical, the economic crisis can scribed as a step in the direction of "in­ bases are central to our strategic posture in only redound to the benefit of an armed re­ creased political freedom" was marked by the Indian Ocean," and warned that the siStance movement· that . survived the the terrorism and fraud characteristic of Carter administration was "extremely op­ · hammer blows of the early years of martial pre-martial law elections, with one differ­ posed" to any effort to reduce this year's law and emerged. in the last three years as ence: the violations were lopsidedly perpe­ aid request for Marcos since this would clearly the most deadly foe of the dictator­ trated by one side. 500 te~hers in San Fer­ upset the delicate .security understandings ship. As the elite opposition fragmented, nando, Pampanga, for instance, were held at arrJved at since the Bases Agreement went with the majority succumbing to Marco's gunpoint by troops until they signed falsi­ into effect in January 1979. electoral baits and a few hatching wild, fied election returns. Complaints of elector- amateurish schemes of urban terrorism, the al rigging had become so numerous by Feb. THE ECONoMY: INTO THE VORTEX New People's Army opened up a 11 that Marcos was forced to admit that his As the debate on Marcos continues in U.S. multi-proriged effort to upgrade the level of party had cheated. foreign policy circles-. so does his descent. the 1!-rnied struggle to a "higher phase of Why did Marcos stage the ritual? Observ- Th~ economy has entered its most stormy the strategic defensive.'" · ers present three major reaons. period since martial law was imposed in In the plains of Eastern Mindanao, bold First, the election was intended to legiti- · 1972. World Bank ·statistics reveal that in expansion campaigns have rooted the NPA mize the control over local offices by Metro-Manila, the most prosperous part of in an area where it had no presence as late Marcos loyalists among the regional artd the country, unskilled workers saw their as 1975. In the highlands of Montanosa, local elites, many of whom had been in- real wages decline by over 30 percent be­ among the lgorot tribe-folk, the NPA bas stalled by decree over the last seven years. tween 1972 and 1978. Other studies show forged a militant resistance movement that

· e This .. bullet" symbol ident~fies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor• . March 24, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6349 has beeri able to stall a World Bank-fi­ States, single-mindedly pursuing the stabili­ Just monetary; it is sickening to know that nanced hydroelectric proJect that threatens zation of its military and political presence dedicated servicemen have lost their lives in to flood ancestral lands. East of ·:Montanosa. ln Southeast Asia. continues to tie its fate to accidents because of faulty maintenance by the NPA has broken out of years of military the survival of a repressive dictatorship. A inexperienced personnel. encirclement in the Sierra Madre mountains hapless elite opposition that has succumbed Former Defense Secretary Melvin R. and reasserted itself in its old base in the all to often to Marcos's ploys has practically Laird addresses this issue in an American Cagayan Valley, where It has drawn hun­ wiped itself out as an alternative, giving way Enterprise Institute monograph entitled dreds of new peasant recruits. to a steeled guerrilla movement that stead· "People, Not Hardware: The Highest De­ The most glittel'ing triumph, though, was Uy roots itself in one province after another. fense Priority." As one of his last ()fficial Samar, where the NPA now has as many as The likely scenario Is not Iran but Viet-" acts, Mr. Laird ended the draft in 1973 and 500 regular fighters and a mass base of nam_;including the prospect of U.S. mili­ the AU-Volunteer Force was born. As to why 200,000 peasants. According to reliable re­ tary intervention; for the Philippines, which the volunteer concept is not working, both ports, as many as 800 barrios of this third was the American springboard to the rest of in terms of attracting adequate numbers of largest of the Philippine Islands have Na­ Asia beginning in 1898. retains its strategic raw recruits and retaining them, Mr. Laird tional Democratic Front organizers; 300 now value for the U.S. elite.e concludes that the government has not been have fully organized village militias and willing to pay them ~nough. Pay for mili­ peasant, women, and youth associations: tary Jobs has been held down b-y linkage to and as many as 10,000 mostly peasant more popular civilian civil service Jobs, and women and men have received rudimentary by anti-inflationary pay caps. Will Mr. Car­ military training under the NPA. HOW CAN WE RETAIN OUR ter's new budget repeat these mistakes? Dedication to pOpular interests, the cre­ Over the past seven years, the purchasing ation of a broad front encompassing pro­ NONCOMS? power for all military personnel declined an gressive members of the clergy, land reform. ·average of more than 14%, with some grades painStaking political organizing, tactical HON. ROBERT H. MICHEL slipping almost 25% behind the rate of in­ cunning in the · battlefield-these, .say ob­ OP ILLINOIS flation. The average compensation for an servers, are among ·the ingredients of the enlisted man is currently $9,900 a year, new politics that has forged the closest IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES which is below the government-defined thing to a consolidated base area in the Monday, March 24, 1980 "lower" standard of living level for a family Philippines. · e Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, it Is evi­ of four. At least 100,000 and possibly as While the center of gravity of the armed dent that one of the major problems many as 275,000 military families inay be resistance has shifted northw~d. the Moro eligible for public welfare: assistance such as National Liberation Front contin­ facing our Anned Forces is the reten­ food stamps. ues to hold its own in the south, where it tion problem. We are not retainin:g As a concrete example, a plane handler on confronts an estimated two-thirds of enough noncommissioned officers and the carrier Nimitz-recently rushed to the Marco's combat troops. A series of Marcos highly trained personnel at ali levels Indian Ocean-works about 100 hours a moves to disorganize the MNLF and Isolate and in every branch of the service. week oil $25 million F-14 aircraft. Yet he the hegemonic leadership of Nur Misaurl I have long been of the opinion that makes less per hour than a cashier at has failed, both internally and internation­ while an Anny may be led by generals, McDonald's, lives below the poverty line, is ally among the Islamic nations: However, a eligible for food stamps and probably has broader politico-military alliance between it is run by no:rcoms. We have to find not seen his family for six months. the MNLF and the National Democratic ways of keeping these highly trained Of course, military pay has never equaled Front that goes beyond local tactical coordi­ and motivated professional soldiers .the levels of private industry. But perks, nation among battlefield units remains to and sailors in the service of their coun­ such as the cheap prices at the PX. housing be forged. It is the prospect of such an alli­ try. They are underpaid and forgotten allowances and free health care, were ail im­ ance that brings nightmares to the regime. at a time when we concentrate on mili­ portant supplement to cash income for mili­ tary hardware. The Wall Street Jour­ tary personnel. In recent years, however, THE MARCOS RESPONSE: MORE MILITAltiZATIOX these perks have become miserly. Housing Devoid of popular legitimacy and unwill­ nal recently published an excellent ed­ allowances are no longer adequate: service­ ing to genuinely open up the political Itorial outlining the nature and the men often have. to seek private medical at­ system, Marcos has been forced onto only extent of the retention problem. tention because of a 10% shortage of doc­ one route to contain the intensifying con­ At this point I wish to ·Insert into the tors in the military; food prices have risen tradicti~ns: stepped-up militarization. At US RECORD, ,.The Retention Problem" sharply; dental care is no longer provided to $775 million a year, defense spending is now from the Wall Street Journal, March dependents, and reenlistment bonuses have · four times above the pre-martial law level: 18, 1980. been eroded by inflation. and the Marcos military has shot up from Senator Armstrong, aware of the problem its pre-martial law strength of 31,000 men to THE RETENTION PROBLEM of military pay, illtroduced a motion to give. over 103,000 at present. · In President Carter's promised budget re · ~ 3% across-the-board raise to mtlitary per­ Massive U.S. arms deliveries, which began visions, if we read the tea leaves correctly, sonnel costing $4.9 billion over the next five last year as part of a five-year US $300 mil­ the Defense ·Department's contribution to years. However, such a move would not lion military assistance prQgram that was a budget "austerity" will be a squeeze in per­ target the money where it Is most needed~ vital component of the January 1979 Bases sonnel and operations and maintenance among the skilled rahks. The Senate instead ·Agreement, have been a necessary condition costs. If this does tum out to be the case, it decided wisely to pass a measure-sponsored for the militarization program. "The AFP will foreclose the one thing we could do in by Senators Warner and Nunn-that at­ modem... the short run to increase military prepared­ tempts to rectify the pay and allowance lzation program," asserts the government­ ness. anomalies by targetrng $3.2 billion over the controlled news agehcy, "was unparalleled Right now and prob~bly over the next few next five years into key areas such as reen­ in its 44 years of existence. Never before did years, the most pressing problem of the listment bonuses, housing subsidies, flight the AFP acquire two squadrons of jet inter­ armed services is that they are bleeding dry pay and sea pay. The measure Is now under ceptors in a single year." In addition to 25 of experienced personnel. The most skilled consideration in the House. F-8 supersonic jet fighters, the Philippines' servicemen-who operate and maintain so­ Even under its old budget proposals, the significant acquisitions from the. u.s. in­ phisticated submarines, electronic equip. Carter administration opposed the Wamer­ cluded 16 warships, transport helicopters, ment, planes, computers and the like-are Nunn measure, though it d<'es recognize the. armed personnel carriers loaded with rock­ leaving the military in record numbers. retention problem. And last week President ets, M-60 machine guns and a variety of None of the services is currently retaJning Carter unleashed budget-balancing rhetoric small arms. This year, the U.S. plans to de­ more than six out of 10 of its personnel in rejectlng a bonus pay bill . for military liver OV-10 Bronco counter-insurgency after their second term of service; the reten­ medical personnel, even though the forces planes, which achieved notoriety from their tion rate for the Navy and the Marine Corps are already far too short of doctors. This use against Fretilin independence fighters is a8 low as 45%. The declining reenlistment scarcely bodes well for his new budget pro­ by Indonesian troops who invaded the rates among non-conuntssioned officers posals when they are filially revealed. former Portuguese colony of East Timor. have resulted in a shortfall of about 74,000 Even if we reinstituted a full peacetime In sum, as the Philippines reaches the men affecting every branch of the service, draft, we would still face the retention prob­ mid-point of the eighth year of martial law, particularly the Army. lem for experienced personnel. If we are to we see the slow unravelling of a dictator-Ship The cost of this attrition Is enormous for maintain a serious fighting force, the imme­ that is being buffeted from within by. a de­ It may take 10 years and as much as diate problem is to retain the skilled service­ teriorating economy and a rising rural-based $150,000 to train a replacement for, say, an men we already have, and the only way that armed resistance movement. The United aviation mechanic. Moreover, the cost is not can be done is to pay them their due.e CXXVI---400-Part 5 6350 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 24, 1980 . IN THE ABSTRACT ture, Roman Catholic Btshor> Mugavero of MOORHEAD COMMENTS ON THE Brooklyn said thousands of families in his PRESIDENT'S INFLATION PRO­ diocese lack money to buy food, let alone GRAM HON. FORTNEY H.-(PETE) STARK pay tor rent and heat. OF CALIFORNIA · According to welfare officials, more and HON. WIWAM S. MOORHEAD IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES more subsidized families are accumulating debts to pay expenses Some aren't paying . OF PENNSYLVANIA Monday, M·arch 24, 1980 their rent, utility and food bills. As a result, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES merchants and landlords face losses that in· • Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, the creasingly jeopardize businesses and proper­ . Monday, March 24, 1980 House will shortly consider the first ty. Inc~as~gly, too, welfare administrators • Mr. MOORHEAD of Pennsylvania. concurrent resolution· on the budget. are being asked to withhold money from Mr. Speaker, as we all know, there has The bill, a.S ordered reported by the welfare checks to insure payment of rent been a wide array of reactions to Presi­ House Budget Committee, provides for and utility bills. dent Carter's new inflation program a budget in wh:ich .receipts exceed out­ Of the three levels of government that announced March 14. I believe the lays ~ It ~ not, however, ·a balanced contribute to welfare payments, New York City's is least able to aft ord an increase. The program deserves our support and budget, A balanced budget is one that it · was a reaction to a genuine which reflects the right order of prior­ state and Federal budgE-ts are not in much better shape. But thiS ts one area where so­ emergency. I had the privilege of out­ ities. And this budget does not. ciety cannot afford to answer, "No." The · lining my views on the current situa­ I would like to bring to the attention "savings" that have been made in welfare, tion and the President's program in re­ of the Members $11 editorial that ap­ through tnflation, for seven years have been marks ori March 18 to the National peared in the New York Times this taken out of the hides of the 1.3 million Housing Conference. While the em­ past Sunday entitled "Welfare·~ Old poorest New .Yorkers, most of the children. phasis is on the relevance of the pro­ Dollars, and New Hurt."· The editorial There is ·no prospect now of changing the gram to housing in particular, my pur­ makes the point that since 1974 infla­ formula by which the state and city must each pay about one quarter of any increase. pose was to put the entire program tion has had a devastating -effect on and· recent events in the financial mar­ those who must depend upon public It would cost about $185 million of state arid local funds to obtain a matching contribu­ kets in the proper perspective. The assistance to live. It pleads with us not tion of $185 million from· Washington and text of my speech follows: to think of this .in abstract terms, but thus to finance a 21 percent increase in wel­ in terms of real people, in terms of REMARKS OF CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM S. fare payments. Since the food stamp .bonus MOORHEAD children~for most of those who suffer withers as more cash assistance is provided, I'd like to comment this morning on Presi­ are children-who are cold, hungry. · that amount would yield ·a net increase of 13 dent Carter's new antl-tnflatlon program an­ I commend this editorial to my col­ percent in actual gr'ants. It would cost the nounced last Friday and more broadly on its leagues and urge my colleagues to state about $92 million, the city $65 million, Implications for Federal Reserve monetary keep in mind the real world effect of and other local governments the rest. They i>olicy. I'll leave discussion of the details of the cuts in social programs that we are zimply have to find a way.e this year's housing program to others, but going to be asked to vote for in the will be glad to try to answer questions. name of balance. Let me begm with a few simple truths that are .not always recognized. They all lri­ The article follows: ALLARD K. 'LOWENSTEIJ:'It volve interest rates, which are at the heart WELFAIU:'S OLD DoLLARS, AND NEW HURT of the concerns of anyone connected with As we have often urged, Washington housing. Housing in. the present cycle has should be paying a much greater share of been insulated up to now more than usual welfare costs for the nation's poor and thus HON. WILLIAM D. FORD from the Impact of high interest rates, relieve the hardship 'that keeps falllng on through such devices as. the money market states and cities. But the President and Con­ OF MICHIGAN certificates, but now interest rates are gress are now cutting their budget and the IK THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES threatening to bite very hard-not only in poor stand to get less, not more, from the Tuesday, March , the familiar sense of drying up availability Federal Government. There seems, then, to 18 1980 of mortgage money but also in diminishing be only one answer: New York State needs e Mr. FORD of Michigan. Mr. Speak- the derrian:d for home purchase and mort­ to raise th~ grants for welfare families, and er, I join with our colleagues in ex- . gage money because the price 18 simply too New York City, strapped though it is, ressing shock and sorrow at the high. The painful, even tragic, problem of should pay its share. P the young family trying to buy a house Try not to think about this problem only tragic death of·former Representative today is too familiar to bear repeating. in the abstract. Consider a welfare family of Allard K. Lowenstein. · The first truth is this: Interest rates, here four. It currently receives a cash grant of I had the pleasure of serving with AI and in every other country, are primarily a $258 a month-the amount set in 1974 on during his years in the House, and was reflection of the tnflatlon rate, not the the basis of 1972 prices-plus .$116 in food constantly amazed . at · the driving policy of the Federal Reserve or other.cen- stamps. Now adjust energy which he disolayed in every tr~a~~~ermany, with a consistently tough that family's budget for the inflation be­ undertaking. monetary policy. What do you suppose is tween. 1972 and 1980, to see what it has ef· Columnist David Broder, writing last the level of interest rates in Germany? fe~tively lost: week in the Washington Post, de- About 8 or 9 percent, and they were about 8 scribed him as- percent until the recent increase in tnflation COST a man who shared with every ·one his own there. In Switzerland rates are 5 or 8 per- cent, and the Swiss are hardly· soft money IPflation ' LosS sinal intense enjoyment of the political are:r;1a and people. The reason these rates are low is Present grant adjusted 1974 his unquenchable faith that in this nation, that inflation is low. In Brazil, where mone~ politics might bring defeat, but never dis- tary policy is normally quite loose, interest FOod (cash and stamps) ...... $252 $386 · $134 pair. rates .are as much as 50 percent. That's =~~···· ·...... ~~ 1i 1' The passion for the good cause, well- right-50 ·percent. In each case, the interest ~~!· ·ca···,·e... :.:_:_:_.:_:.:_:, :.:_:,:. :. :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:::.:.:. 49 67 11 fought, that AI Lowenstein brought to every rate reflects the tnflation rate. Not day by r"'""'"" _ 15 24 t ·battle, wlllllve on, despite the bullets that day but over any reasonable period of time. Other tam~ needs...... 1 12 ~ stopped his strong heart. Our interest rates. are now in the range of Utilities, 1 ephooe ...... _____1 __;_ · 3-1 --~2 It is his legacy to the uncounted thou;. 15 percent and upward not primarily be- Total...... 374 586 212 sands he enticed, cajoled, badgered and bull· cause of the Federal Reserve, but because of _...:__------~- dozed into the political -life of America. As the recent acceleration of inflation. · Plainly, inflation has · devastated welfare long as they-fight for their causes, hiS spirit The corollary of this truth is obvious .. If families, despite a further rent supplement l'lillllve on. the President's program succeeds in reduc- of up to $218, and medical care. Think of M S ak thi is fittin it h ing the tnflatton, interest rates will come four people having only $11 for a month's · r. pe er, s a g ep ap down. If it doesn't they won't. Interest rates transportation: enough to pay for 11 round­ for AI L9wenstein, and it is one that can Jiggle up and down in the short run, but trip subway rides. Think of meeting a he would have appreciated. · in the end they will depend on the ·lnflation month's telephone and utility bills with $14. He was a man who left his mark on rate. 1n· the joint appeal by the city's religious America, and the Nation will miss The second truth ts that Governments, all leaders to Governor Carey and the Legisla- him.e · through history, tend to take really tmpor- March 24, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6351 tant and decisive action only in response to There are 535 members of Congress, and genfous package that could well succeed in crises. Not so much elections, but crises. The it is safe to say that no two of us would have its purpose of slowing total credit expansion President's program of last week was a per­ exactly the same list of cuts needed to bal­ without bringing on a severe credit crunch, fect example. ance the budget. In addition to that, there which is what we were on the verge of.· The crisis in this case·was not just the -in· is a sincere school of thought in Congress­ Meanwhile, however, the Fed's basic flation numbers, bad as they were-includ­ of which I am not a part-that feels the policy will remain urtchanged. The target is ing bad for the President's election pros­ whole exercise ' of balancing the budget is a still a slowing of the growth of the money pects. Even with those iilflation numbers mistake. supply. Only time will tell how this inter­ the President quite likely would not have Despite those obstacles, I think there is a acts with the new selective ·restraints and taken this emergency action-which meant good chance of significant spending reduc~ how interest rates will respond. In the end, changing his own budget only six weeks tion. Most members of Congress, like the as I said earlier, interest rates will come after it was submitted-but for the crisis in President, have smelled the acrid fumes of down if, and only if,· inflation comes down. the bond market. Not the stock market but emergency. There is a feeling that some­ I imagine the reactions of the people in the bond and money markets. thing has to be done. this audience to the President's new pack­ The bond market is where most of the The specific proposed cuts, as you know, age are as varied as those of the 535 of us in long-term capital in this country is raised, are not yet known. I will not like all of Congress. I am sure there is genuine ques­ creating new plants and equipm-ent and new them, but I hope the pain can be spread as tioning of whether the President's policy is jobs, and also infrastructure investment by evenly as possible. Housing, being the spe­ the right one, whether it will work, and state and local Governments. It was in a cial victim of the crisis through the work­ whether Congress will follow through on it. state of collapse. Pension funds and other ings of interest rates, is a good candidate for But I hope we can agree on one thing. long-term investors were deciding that, with insulation from the cuts, but I can make no · Housing is, above all, the victim of infla­ inflation getting worse and worse and, as a promises. tion, both directly and through the work­ consequence, interest rates heading higher On the revenue side, I fully support the ings of lnfiation on interest rates.' There is and higher, bonds were a bad buy. Our proposal for withholding taxes on interest no real cure for inflation that does not in­ whole process of capital formation was and dividends, and I am gratified that the clude· restraints on total spending in the threatened. Bid and asked prices were wid­ president of the American Bankers Associ­ economy-Government spending and pri­ ening dangerously-the kind of technical ation has given his support. Remember that vate spending financed by borrowed money. event that is unfamiliar to ordinary people this change in the law would not add. a There might be a place for wage and price but which signals emergency, and should penny of taxes to anyone who is now p!).ying controls, but only if supported by more fun~ ~ignal emergency, to the people in Govern­ everything he or she owes. And the' old com­ damental measures, as neal'ly all of the cur­ ment. The mortgage market was reflecting plaint about excessive administrative diffi. rent advocates of controls such as Barry the bond market. That is why the President culty is much diminished now in the age of Bosworth have emphasized. The package of acted. I want to say unhesitatingly that I computers. the President and the Fed does, in my view, am very glad he did. We can argue forever Unlike my good friend and chairman, contain the right fundamental approach, about who is to blame for getting us in the Henry Reuss, I also support the new fee on painful as it is going to be for many. If we fix in the first place, but the good news is oil imports designed to raise the price of stick to it, I believe everyone associated with · that our Government is not paralyzed-that gasoline by another 10 cents a gallon, and housing will look back a few years from now and conclude that "it was the_right thing to . it is capab~e of reacting when the alarm sig­ .eventually replacing this fee with a permanent addi­ do. Housing-given the huge underlying ' if he didn't act than if he did, given the fl. tion of 10 cents to the gasoline tax. The rev­ fundamental demand-can come back if we nancial nature of this crisis. enues will help to balance the budget and tum this inflation. monster around, but if reduce the massive Treasury borrowing in we don't there will be nothing but crisis The third truth is something that a lot of fromnowon.e · people in Congress have not yet recognized. the bond and money markets, and the addi­ It involves the Federal Reserve's new ap­ tion to gasoline prices will have some fur­ proach to monetary policy. ther impact in reducing consumption. It is painful, yes, but I feel it is the right thing After being nagged for years by econo­ to do. · READINESS LOBBYISTS? mists outside the Government and by many So all in all, I think we'll move close to a members of Congress to get better control genuinely balanced budget, on present as­ over the expansion of the money supply, sumptions for the economy, and that this is HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER the Federal Reserve finally changed its way worth doing. It won't have much early 01' COLORADO of doing business last October in order to impact· on the inflation rate. But it should IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES achieve just that. I think they were right, _ help with the emergency that brought on and the House Banking Committee has this situation-the bond market and inter­ Monday, March 24, 1980 been virtually unanimous in support. But est rates. It will also help deal with inflation there is ·a price-never hidden by the Fed psychology, which has made the whole e Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, a itself, but not widely appreciated. This is crisis worse. A balanced budget, I· believe, few years ago- I pointed out that I that a policy of operating directly on bank will improve the interest rate situation-not ofteri hear from . industry lobbyists reserves, which is the essence of the new perhaps immediately, ·but before too long. promoting their hardware and weap­ policy, automatically means abandonment And that is a consummation devoutly to be of any effort to control short-term interest ons, .but I never hear from anyone sell­ wished, certainly by this audience. It will ing the idea of readiness. rates. If market forces are pulling interest also make possible very useful tax reduction rates upward, under the new policy the Fed next year. · The most likely readiness .lobbyists, lets them rise. As I said before, over the in· The Federal Reserve measures that have of course, are the generals and admi­ termediate aild longer term, interest rates been adopted as part of the ·package are rals stationed , in Washington. Con­ reflect inflation. But in the short term, Fed­ quite compli~ated and subtle, and they are gress depends on them·for accurate re- · eral Reserve policy makes an important dif­ new in our experience. It is premature to ports of conditions in the field. ference. Under the new Federal Reserve render any judgments. What can be said is policy, interest rates are allowed to move Perhaps the following article, from that they .are designed to reinforce the the Army Times, explains why we may. higher. But they can also drop lower and impact of general inonetary policy-control faster than under the former policy if condi· of bank reserves and creation of money-by h~ve to get reports about readiness in­ ttons change. imposing limits on the expansion of total adequacies from other sources: Now I want to add that this policy should loans in the economy, with emphasis on CARTER TEu.s BRoWN, MILITARY LEADERS To have a very positive payoff in the end. If we limiting supposedly nonproductive loans. get better control of the growth of money STOP PAY CRITICISM This is to be done mainly through market . and credit, inflation ·should start coming forces, rather than detailed regulations, by down again. And of course, if it does come the device of imposing reserve· requirement . WASHINGTON.-President Carter has ad­ down, so will interest rates. But in ttte short penalties on certain types of loan expansion Vised Defense Secretary Harold Brown and. run, as I said, we have to pay a price, which such as credit cards. And there may be a other top military leaders to stop being so. we now see dramatically in the form of a special help for the savings and loan indus­ critical about military pay, . retention and prime rate above 18 percent. When Con­ try, which is nearing crisis conditions, combat readine~. government sources said. gress applauded the new Fed approach, it thrOugh the new penalty on expansion of In a recent memorandum to Brown, did not quite know what it was getting in money market funds, which should reduce Carter said, "The constant drum of criticism for. · the interest rates that they can pay. As you from top military officials" regarding readi­ With that background, what about the know, mortgage lending is exempt from any ness and pay severely hurts morale. President's riew policy-including its Feder­ special restraints. "A coach would never denigrate· his team al Reserve aspects? To repeat, this is an untried package, the members by const~tly criticising them,'' First the budget side, both spending and· first-ever use of the Credit Control Act of Carter told Brown, according to sources who revenues. · 1969. My first impression is that.it is an in· have read the memo. 6352 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 24, 1980 "You should assess other factors involved dition could become extremely im· by the United States to a military draft?· 30 ceremony welcoming the academy portant to.the Free World if Zaire's produc­ 77 percent-Favor. to Emmitsburg. Nevertheless, I know tion falters. The security of this source, 16 percent-Oppose. however, is in jeopardy by reason that there it to have been a most well attended 7 percent-Not sure. and successful event. is a reasonable possibility that cobalt is the Question 4. Do you believe the public dis­ barter commodity in Zambia's recent $85 closures concerning the Central Intelligence Mr. Speaker, Sir Winston Churchill, million arms deal with the Soviet Union. Agency over the past 5 years have helped or addressing the House of Commons in S~viet plus Cuban cobalt production, pri­ hurt the American intelligence effort? 1952, noted that everyone has his day marily a byproduct of nickel production, is 6 percent-Helped. and that some days last longer than known to fall short of Soviet needs, and a 84 percent-Hurt. . barter arrangement for a commodity as im· others. I, for one, am confident that portant as cobalt is consistent with its past 10 percent-Undecided. the official welcoming of the National arms negotiations with lesser. developed Mr. Speaker, I also analyzed a Fire Academy to Emmitsburg last fall countries. The broader implications of this sample of 140 respondents on the was simply the beginning of what will added foothold of the Soviets in southern question concerning the draft. Of be a long and successful day for this Africa is the increased risk of U.S. long-term those 140, 62 had family members be­ institution in the State of Maryland. access to other strategic and critical miner­ The continuing national tragedy of fa­ als from this part of the world on which tween the ages of 19-26; 78 families did not have persons of that age. talities, injuries, and .property loss re­ America is so highly dependent. sulting from fire provides cOJnpelling . An important factor bearing on any deci­ 0~ the 62 families with draft age· sion regarding the importance of having a members: 74.2 percent favored the evidence of the need to implement­ reliable domestic source of cobalt is the de­ draft; 21 percent opposed it; 4.8 per­ vigorously and expeditiously a na­ plorable state of America's national emer­ cent were undecided. tional policy to combat and prevent gency supply in the strategic and critical fires. The opening of the National Fire stockpile. Cobalt in the stockpile amounts Of the 78 families without draft age Academy at Emmitsburg was a most to 40.8 million pounds or 48 percent of the family members, 82.1 percent favored important part of that effort.e national goal of 85.4 million pounds, the the draft; 11.9 percent opposed ·it; and minimum necessary to sustain the U.S. 6 percent. were undecided.e through the first 3 years of a major war, a go!ll approved by President Carter. The Committee excluded the West Pan· NEW HOME FOR NATIONAL FIRE MR. CARTER'S INCONSTANT ther Creek area from wilderness so as to ACADEMY LEADERSHIP insure that exploration and development of deposits within the area will have the maxi­ mum opportunity to take place. The Com· HON. GLADYS NOON SPELLMAN HON. ROBERT H. MICHEL OF ILLINOIS mittee was concerned that notwithstanding OF MARYLAND the provisions permitting mining within wil­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES derness areas-Section 4<3> of the Wil· IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES derness Act of 1964-mining has not taken Monday, March 24, 1980 Monday, March 24, 1980 place .given the fact that no major mining e Mrs. SPELLMAN. Mr. Speaker, Sep. • Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, what ad­ activity now occurs within wilderness in the jective be~t describes the kind of lead­ United States even though important depos­ tember 30, 1979, was a significant day its are known to occur in these lands. It was indeed for the Nation's firefighting ership we have been getting from the strongly . contended by the proponents of community, and in particular for thou­ Carter administration? ·Incompetent? the amendment during Committee delibera­ sands of volunteer and professional Yes; it certainly has been incompe­ tions that· only the exclusion of the . area firefighters in my own State of Mary-· tent, but that leaves the impression from wilderness would ins.ure .the opportuni­ land. At 1:30 p.m. on that date, more that perhaps the Carter White House ty to search for and develop all of the cobalt knows what to do but does not know deposits in this area and thus provide Amer­ than 1,000 people gathered in the roll­ ing hills of Frederick County to wel­ how to do it. Such an impression ica a part of the mineral security it must would be inaccurate because as we all have in the decades ahead.e come the National Fire Academy to its new home in Emmitsburg, Md. know events have shown the Carter Located on the campus of the administration is not only technically OPINION POLL.ON DEFENSE former St. Joseph's College, the acacie­ inept but also substantively sterile. ISSUES my is providing, for the first time: a What about ludicrous? I find this central training facility for the Na­ not precise enough beca\.tse it impies tion's fireflghting forces. This first that what we have is .a laughing HON. JOHN P. MURTHA academy event was hosted, appropri­ matter and it mo~t certa~y is not. OF PENNSYLVANIA ately, by the Maryland State and Words like incredible, dangerous, hor­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Frederick County Firemen's Associ­ rendous, mind-boggling, hopeless naive, unprepared, and futile all giv~ Monday, March 24, 1980 ation and their ladies' auxiliaries. Fire service personnel ftom 21 Maryland us some idea but they do not capture • Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, recent­ counties were present. the essence of the particular kind of ly I asked the 1,000 individuals in my The program featured music by the bad leadership that this administra­ 12th Congressional District phone poll Catoctin High School EnSemble and a tion has given us. a series of questions about America's welcoming address was given by Na­ I find the word "inconstant" per­ defense strength. I wanted to share tional Fire Administration Administra­ haps the closest to describing the those results with the Members of tor Gordon Vickery, who proclaimed unique qu3:Iity of flip-flops, 180-degree Congress. the dawning of a new era of learning turns, and other policy reversals that Question 1. At the present time which with the establishment of the Emmits­ have made this administration · a nation do you feel is stronger in terms of burg Academy. Also on hand for the laughing stock and tragic mess at the military power, the United States or the same time. The Wall Street Journal Soviet Union-or do you think · they are ceremony were Senator PAUL s. SAR­ BANES, State Comptroller Louis L. recently published an excellent article about equal militarily? on this very theme. 9 percent-United States stronger. Goldstein, and Maryland Secretary of State Fred L. Wineland. At this point, I include in the 61 percent~Soviet Union stronger. RECORD, ''Mr. Carter's Inconstant 24 percent-About equal. Mr. Speaker. I am extremely proud to have played a part in helping to get Leadership" from the Wall Street 6 percent-Don't know. Journal, March '14, 1980: Qtiesti9n 2. Do you favor or oppose a the National Fire Academy situated at sharp increase in military salaries as an in· .Emmitsburg. And, like Mr. Vickery,· I MR. CARTER'S INCONSTANT LEADERSHIP centive for service in the All-Volunteer feel a new era of excellence in fire 41 percent-Favor, tablishment. · WASHINGTON.-The Carter administra· 47 percent-Oppose. I deeply regret that a long-standing tion's latest budget ·and foreign policy flip­ 12 percent-Undecided. commitment elsewhere prevent ine flops shouldn't come as a surprise. 6354 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 24, 1980 Anyone who has tracked the economic cerned about high unemployment, sent Con- · A less-no~iced but equally lmportant~hlft . and c;liplomatic record of President Carter gress a $31 bUlion stimulus package that in- has taken place in U.S. policy toward Paid­ over the fast three years has learned that eluded the now-infamous $50-a-person tax stan. Immediately after the Soviet invasion inconsistency and a lack of follow-through rebates. A few months later, as economic of Afghanistan in December, top adminis_. are the hallmarks of the Carter brand of growth accelerate~. he abandoned the tration officials repeatedly pledged U.S. leadership. This basic pattern has eroded rebate plan. support for Pakistan, a vulnerable American Mr. Carter's credibility at.home and abroad, Early in 1978, the administration recom- ally on Afghanistan's. border. The moral weakening his abillt;v to influence events mende.d a $24 ·billion tax cut effective Oct. f support would be backed by at least $400 and achieve his goals-goals that a:re often of that year. But Mr. Carter and his econo- million in U.S. economic and military aid; highly desirable. · mists had badly underestimated inflation administration officials promised. To con­ As campaign.1980 heats up, Mr. Carter's and, as prices soared, the economic team de- vince Pakistan of that, Zbigniew Brzezinski, aides insist that thelt boss. has learned cided that.a smaller, later tax cut would suf- the President's National Security Adviser, in much on the job and is displaying a new de· fice. Once again, the President changed February postured at the·Khyber Pass. cisiveness in policymaking. Perhaps that's course. . But back home, u.s: officials began to evident to those in his inner circle; But it's Mr. Carter's anti-inflation plans-he has talk of postponing the aid untU next year as hardly discernible in the results. announced three so far-have all proved in- part of a new effort to balance the budget. CRASH PROJECT adequate. The rea.Sons for the failure of Finally, last week. Pakistani officials who anti-inflation policy are clear. The Presi· had been dubious all about the U.S. commit­ Le8s than four weeks after submitting dent himself hasn't imposed enough· disci- ment, iridicated they don't ·want .Anlerican what he termed a "prudent and responsi­ pline on federal spending or taken the miiitary aid and began discussions with ble" budget intended to curb inflation, the tough steps needed to reduce quickly U.S.. Moscow. Inexplicably, American officials no President decided that document was iilad­ dependence on 'high-priced foreign . oil. longer seem much concerned about -the se-. equate and launched a crash project to re­ Moreover, until fairly recently, he was IE;ss. curity of a country they only 'recently were write it and bring it into balance. than-enthusiastic about the need for tight fretting over. . In· ·a foreign policy reversal .of . equally restraints on the growth of money and Similarly. administration worries about stunning proportions, Mr. Carter first sup­ credit. . the security of the Middle East nation of ported a . United Nations resolution con­ . Now, senior administration officials insist North Yemen seem to have come and gone. demning Israeli settlements in occupied the President is really serious about fight: One year ago, President Carter envoked spe­ Arab territory and then two days later, ing inflation. But, given this background of cial presidential privllage .to speed through after protests from Israel, announced that inconsistency, it's understandable that Congress an emergency $400 million mut­ the whole exercise had been a. mistake. doubts remain-that business executives tary aid package for North Yemen, then So far, none of this seems to ·have hurt don't believe Mr.· Carter's constant reassur- fighting Soviet-aligned South Yemen. Ad­ Mr. Carter in his quest for the Democratic ances he won't m.ove to impose mandatory ministration officials boasted that this presidential nomination. He has easily been wage-price controls. · quick response was proof to skittish Saudi beating his main rival, Sen. Edward Kenne­ Even the President's own words indicate a Arbia that the U.S could act decisively to dy, in the primaries. But public opinion continuing sense of. confusion about the check threat from Soviet surrogates. polls continue to show strong dissatisfaction with Mr. Carter's handling of the economy; proper direction for economic policy. On Moscow's INFLUENCE · some 60% of those responding. to a New Feb. 25, the day after he had summoned his But a year later Moscow's influence is on York Times-CBS news poll disapprove· of his economic advisers to an emergency meeting the rise. When the promised u.s. aid was economic management. In foreign affairs, on inflation, Mr. Carter told some out-of- slow in coming, the North Yeinen regime the President's approval rating is much town editors that inflation had reached the turned back to the soviet Union for arms higher, but it has been slipping in recent "crisis stage"....::.a judgment with which most and .accelerated unity · talks with South weeks as the crises in Iran ~d Afghanistan Americans would agree. Then later in the Yemen. a development that deeply disturbs defy White House resolution. same discussion, he declared, "The basic neighboring Saudi Arabia. Yet the Ameri­ Like previous switches in economic policy, policies .that we have espoused suit me can enthusiasm of a year ago has been re­ the current crash effort to overhaul the fine.'' placed by seeming indifference. "There isn't budget springs from the Carter administra­ · In foreign affairs, the President's incon- . · much we can do,'' says tine administration tion's inability to recognize and respond stancy is just as evident and its conse- official. - adequately to the dang~rs posed by the quences just as costly. More recently, the President agreed to worst inflation in the nation's history. The· turnaround on the UN vote concern- send a UN commission to Iran without first When they were assembling their new ing Israeli settlements is particularly glar- securing the·release of the hostages, a rever­ budget late last year, Mr. Carter and his ing. After abstalnlng on similar resolutions sal of his earlier position that their release economic advisers were counting on a first­ crol\demnlng Israeli settlements ever the must precede a commission inquiry into half recession and an easing of inflation as years, the Carter administration decided to Iranian grievances. Now Mr. Carter seems 1980 progressed. Based on thiS assumption vote yes this time to warn Israel of U.S. dis- likely to r.evive the idea of trying to punish and worried about Sen. Kennedy's challenge approval and to gain respect in the Arab Iran economically-either. by economic sane­ from the left, Mr. Carter decided to forsake world. Yet when Israeli· officials quietly im- tions against that nation or by a blockage­ his promise to present a balanced budget for plied that Israel might pull out of the Egyp- unless the Iranian government· can force fiscal 1981, which beg~ Oct. 1. By so doing, tian-Israeli talks to Palestinian autonomy..:. some concessions from the 'militants. he was able to avoid painful cuts in social undermining Jimmy Carter's most visible · The result of all this is that no one knows programs popular with liberal Democrats. foreign policy success-he recanted. The what to believe about· any Carter policy­ But inflation was exploding-not easing­ vote was an "error," he said. foreign or domestic. Understandably con- and the $15.8 billion budget deficit Mr. . As the President tells it, he didn't read sumers and businessmen.find it hard to take Carter projected only heightened consumer the UN resolution until 48 hours after the the President seriously when he pledges and financial-market fears that it was out of vote and hadn't realized that objectionable once. again to curb inflation. And America's control. Bond prices plummeted. Interest phrases declaring East Jerusalem to be oc- allies and adversaries increasingly set their rates soared. And by late February~ the cupied Arab territory remained in the docu- own course, playing li.ttle heed to WashJng­ President was forced to face a harsh truth. ment. Yet his Secretary of State continues ton's threats or inducements.e His "prudent and responsible" economic to say privately that the resolution is con- plan was contributing to the problem rather sistent with U.S. policy on Jerusalem. And than to the solution. Hence, the sudden when Mr. Carter was asked last Saturday if TRIBUTE TO EDWIN C. "BILL" budget overhaul. he agrees with a document in the Camp BERRY The pattern of quick economic policy re­ David Accords stating · that the U.S. sees versal was set eatly-even before Mr. Carter East Jerusalem as occupied territory, he took office. During his long campaign for said he couldn't recall the text of the letter. HON. CARDISS COWNS the presidency, the former Georgia gover­ All this confusion has ·undermined U.S. o:r ILLINOIS nor, who had no first~hand experience in credibility not only with Israel and the Arab IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES broad economic policy issues, said he states, but also with such key allies as West wanted standby authol'ity to impose wage . Germany, "It's the most costly foreign Monday, March 24, 1980 and price controls. But after his election, policy blunder of this administration," says one senior State Department official. e Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois. Mr. when confronted with signs that businesses Speaker, on March ·1s ~ outstanding might be raising prices in anticipation· of Specifically, the gaffe has set back dis­ controls, Mr. Carter quickly changed his creet American efforts to improve relations citizen was honored in Chicago when mind. In early Decethber 1976, he said he with Iraq, an oil-rich and militarily power­ the Chicago chapter of the Public Re­ hadn't any_ ''intention of asking Congress to ful Middle East nation on Iran's border and lations Society of America presented give me standby wage and price controls.'' one that has_been edging away from Mos­ its Community Service Award to More policy flip-flops followed. Shortly cow's embrace. Edwin C. "Bill" Berry, special assist­ after he became President, _Mr. Carter, con- ant to -the president, Johnson Prod- March 24, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6355 ucts Co., Inc. Accordingly, I would like best health care bargains in the Feder- They .save lives. to highlight Mr. Berry's lifetime of al establishment today." They save money. service to his community and cquntry: An acknowledged leader in the EMS They bring the best medical care to all in- field has been the State of Maryland. dividuals in the system at whatever level it EDWIN C. "BILL" BERRY . is needed. Mr. Berry was chosen to receive the PRSA ' Recently, Dr. R. A d ams C owley, w h o First, and foremost, ·EMS. systems save Chicago Chapter Community Service Award heads -up the . Maryland EMS effort, Uves-with immediacy. They deal with life because of his professional and voluntary testified to a Senate Appropriations and death, and the adequacy of the system leadership for interracial justice, under­ Subcommittee on behalf of adequate the victim is in can determine which of standing and peace for the. past 35 years. fiscal year 1980 and fiscal year 1981 those two aiternatives-life or death-will His commitment has been extraordinary. fundihg for the program. 'What he had be the victim's fate. There is no other pro- His · 25 years a8 executive director of the gram funded which produces such lmmedi· Chicago Urban League have given h1'm rec­ to say about the value o f .the program ate consequences. No other health program ognition· as a leading authority on America's and what remains to be done is some- deals as critically with life and death conse­ urban and racial problem& thing each of u8 in this body should quences as this one does. . His skilled application of public relations fully. undet:stand and appreciate as we Second, EMs systemS will save money for techniques as a communicator,· teacher and confront the very difficult budgetary the taxpayer. As I have testified before, and consultant on urban issues is in the highest an:d spending challenges ·· that lie do so agaili now, the United States govern­ tradition of the profession. · ahead. t, therefore, want to take this ment cannot_afford NOT to fund .EMS sys­ His integrity, personal warmth and good opportunity to share with all of my tems. Today we d!' not have systems and we humor have earned him the respect of colleaglies Dr. cowley's expert testi- are paying for thiS dearly. Let me cite some friend and adversary alike. f t 0 statistics ·to illustrate what I mean. This is a partial list of· Mr. Berry~a current ·mony and would w:ge them to re er . · In 1978 there were 104,500 accidental community service: . . it as an excellent primer on the impor- deaths 1n the United States. There were Boy Scouts ·of America-Chlcago Area tance of the EMS program in saving 10,2oo,oocf disabling injuries, 51,500 deaths Council. lives and dollars: in vehicles. Those injured in their early lives- . Chicago Alliance·of Businessmen. TEs R ADAMs CoWLEY M D may have to live with disability for more Cllicago Urban League. .TIMONY OF • - ' • • than 30 years and may require some sort pf Leadership . Council for Metropolitan Mr. Chairman, members of the Commit-· public ·subsidy._paid for by the taxpayer. Open Cdmmunities. tee, I am Dr.~. Ada.ms Cowley, director of Many of these will require extensive hospi­ The Chicago Reporter...... Edltorial Board. the Maryland Institute for Emergency tal care at great expense to the taxpayer. . In Chicago United~Executive Committee. Medical Services Systems, and the director 1978 the· cost ·of these accidents was a stag­ The Woodlawn OrganiZation. · of Emergency Medical Semces in Maryland. ·gering $68.7 billion.· Of this. amount $19.3· Honors and awards received: I anr also president of the. Mid-Atlantic billion was in lost wages. The amount of lost Honorary Doctor of Laws-Northwesiem Emergency Medical Services Council, the dollars in productivity soars. University. . purpose of which is to foster complete, com- A war must be waged against this grue­ Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters­ patible, Emergepcy Medical services sys- some story. I am convinced the winning of Chicago State University. . tems throughout "the region which encom- that war can only come through full devel­ Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws­ passes the States of Maryland, Delaware, opment o_f EMS systems. . 1 have seen proof Pennsylvani&, West ·Virginia, Virginia, _~d f th:-tn M 1 d Th d t tate Western Michigan University. the city of Was'kf ...... ,.n. D.C. I appreciate 0 ~ ary an · ere, ue 0 a s · Chicagoan of -the Year in. Field of Social ...... ~"" wide system being. in place the mortality Welfare-Chicago Jaycees~ - the opporttm!ty to appear before you today rate from accidents is down frotn 70 percent · Laureate-Lincoln· Academy. to · discuss the Federal appropriations for to 20 percent. ~otbidity rates have been de­ John F. Kennedy Award-Catholic Inter· tbe development of EMS systems through- creased dramatically. Because of the system racial Council. out the country. which provides immediate care to ·the victim ·Citation for Outstanding Servt~The I come to you today knowing that Con- and takes him through .rehabUltation, we Woodlawn Organization. gress and the President have as recently as· are returning victims to productive lives. Gold OU Can Award-Chicago ·Economic · 3 months ago, with the passage and signing They are not dependent on the taxpayers Development Corporation. · · into law of ·the Extension of Assistance for subsidy, they are not a drain on society, but The Ma.rtin Luther King, Jr. Award-Na- Emergency Medical Services Systems Act, are productive useful citizens. . We have tional Board, Operatton.PUSH. . renewed their commitment to the comple- shown that the dreadful statistics I just Special citation-Citizens Schools Co:tn~ tion of a nationwide system for emergency mentioned need not be. · · mittee. medical services. EMs systems therefore are an investment Community Services Award...:...City of Port· · I am· 8.Lso aware of the fact that the na- with measurable returnS 1n the productive land, Oregon. · tional economy now dictates that all prO- lives and dollars saved. The question is, are­ · Citation of Appreciation-Governor, State grams funded w!th Federal dollars must.be a relatively few dollars spent now to build a of Oregon.e viewed with a critical eye. The President national network of systems, or do we con­ and the Congre8s must look carefully at all tinue to pay billions of dollars and lose programs, from those that deliver care to countless years of productive services of vic· THE IMPORTANCE OF EMERGEN­ the -individual, to those that build water- tims due to a lack of proper EMS systems CY MEDICAL SERVICES ways and highways, and make a Judgment and the care they· p_roduce? This country on where the placement of· Federal dollars can spend $58,000,000 in fiscal year 1981, HON. ·ROBERT ·u; MOLLOHAN will produce the most beneficial results. the amount the legislation authorizes, and In .order ·tor there. to ~e no miSunderstand- contfiiue working. towards the development Ol',WEST VIRGINIA ing, let me state for you what an EMS of systems or continue to pay IN THE HOUSE Of REPRESENTATIVES system is and what its components· are. ·A $62,000,000,000+ in 1981 because we have Monday, March 24, 1980 system is .an arrangement of personnel, no systems. $58,000,000 is less than .1 per­ facilities and equipment· tor the effective eent of the entire budget. Yet the amount e Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Speaker, I and coordinated delivery of health care spent due to neglect by no-systems equals 10 venture to say that very few of my col­ services in an appropriate geographical area percent of the dollar amount proposed for leagues really understand what is under emergency conditions; It. is a five the 1981 budget. The CongreSs stated em­ meant by·tlte term "Emergency Medi­ phase operation: rescue'lmd immediate' aid: phatically 18st year that the authorization commuirlcatton. via a communication net- level in the extension legislation was being cal Services" or EMS. One reason, of ·work, with a medical command center; lowered to insure that appropriations would course, is because tintU we passed the transportation to a definitive care center: equal authorization. That was only three Emergency Medical Services ~ystems provision of all those componentS iieceSsa.ry months ago. That mu8t be done now. Act of 1973, there was very_ little in the for survival in a medical_center; and finally, EMS systems address.not only the critical­ way of coordinated · emergency care rehabilitation. So many people believe. EMS ly injured, but they have a great rippling available in this country. But a8 a is just a program of building hospitals and effect, which leads me to my third point. result of this low-cost, highly effective · buying fancy ambulances and other hard- TJtey are the 8.11$wer to health delivery at program; dramatic improvements are ware to haul the patient to the nearest hos- all levels of care: primary, secondary, and being made in the way we handle life- pital·. EMS systems should spend very little beyond. Because they must be highly disci· on hardware. They must concentrate their plined in order to· insure patient survival .threatening medical emergencies in dollars on better management of existing from the ·scene of. the accident, duririg many parts of the country. In fact, l . facilities and on -upgrading facUlties and transportation to the proper and most so­ am convinced that the . Emergency manpower capabilities wherever necessary. phisticated facility of' care, it produces.a cat- Medical. Services Systems. Act, which In arrtvihg at your decision on pro~r · egortza:tlon of facilitiea as well as i"esponse we in the Congress late last year :re­ funding for these systems, I would like you and medical . capabllitles. ThJs ultimately newed for 3 more years, is one of the .to keep three points in mind: identifies all care faCilities for ~elr proper. 6356 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 24, 1980 use. Emergency rooms are no longer used State because the Maryland EMS system is we cut off all military aid to· our for every injury or malady from a cut finger in place. Maryland is the only state in the friends·in .Central Americ&. to a massive heart attack. Faclllties are Union where that ·can be said. That need Since the Star has noticed the famil· sorted out and .this produces non~upUca­ not be. tar tactic called destoying our friends tion, which saves money. This ·testimony has taken about 10 min­ EMS systems involve local and state per­ utes to deliver. During this time 2 people and building up our enemies, perhaps sons and governments and generate dollars have died in this country from accidental the Star and other moderates would from these sources on an average of $3 from death and 200 were . critically injured. care to take their -thinking one step State and local sources for every !U ·from During this time -over $500,000 has been further. Federal sources. Not many other Federal spent on people who have been 1n accidents Does not such a policy constitute ·programs can boast of such a record. Once who did not die. During the next hour and treason? · these ~ystems are established they are 100 every hour throughout the year, 1160 dis· percent supported from state and local abling injuries will occur and $1.3 million In any event, let us cheer that mod­ funds. · will be spent addressing injuries. There will erates can see even this far. The EMS systems· program needs several be 12 accident related deaths. A clean kill The editorial follows: more years of Federal supl)ort to get the job presents no problems-the surviving victim done. Never 1n the history of the program -is the problem and the challenge. The sta­ THE U.S. IN .EL SALVADOR has it. been adequately funded or properly tistics I have cited throughout this testimo­ Trying to defuse drives toward Marxist to­ staffed. That must be corrected. The sys­ ny will only oontlnue to grow. There will be talitarianism by sponsoring "reforms" that tems would be completed now throughout over 500,000 disabilities 1n this country this tum out to be the same thiilg is, by now, a the country had these two problems not ex­ year and over $63 billion spent and until familiar, if often covert. taetic. We have isted. I have. recently travelect across this there are systems throughout the nation seen disguised versionS of it in many coun­ wonderful country holding hearings for the there can be no management and correction tries of Africa. Asia and Latin 'America. We Department of Transportation, examining of this problem. . are seeing a very open example of it now 1n the adequacy of EMS systems and I find. · The budget level is critical to the solution El Salvador. that we do not have systems today. We have of this problem. I know this committee, the made a start. I am told . by HEW officials Congress and the President have many It is hard to say how much hostage-seiz­ that ·over 134,000,000 persons in this coun­ problems with budget issues. But few. I sug­ Ing, fire-bombing, assasinatlon and street try are covered by basic or advanced life gest. involve life and death situations with fighting it takes to make a civil war. By just support and tbat 1n the Mid-Atlantic region such enormous financial costs and hours of about any standard, though, El Salvador there are· over 32,000,000 covered, which is pain and suffering, if left unaddressed. The has been close ever since the bloodless coup the best record of anY Federal region. But job of developing systems has only begun in that, last October, replaced Carlos Hum­ those figures are rather meaningless to me this . country, · and unlesS completed wili berto Romero's corrupt and ineffectual unless the systems are 1n place. They do in­ regime with a five-man civilian-military never be adequate. Total completion can junta. · · dicate to me a start, and a good one. But only be done with proper funding. I can without total coverage 1n this country, a think of no greater priority than full appro­ It is also hard to say how much forced re· person covered by this support might well priations for this_program. distribution of property it takes to make a find himseU 1n an area with. no system and Thank you.e revolution. Here too, though, El Salvador with a need for one desperately. The job is would seem to meet a plausible standard. not complete until the entire country, and The large farms that are central to the every citizen 1n it, is protected with a country's coffee, sugar and cotton economy system. If the Federal appropriations are UNITED STATES DELIVERING EL ha.ve been taken over by the government. not forthcoming, the danger is we will have SALVADOR TO THE COMMU­ Private banks have also been physically no nationwide system. ms~ · seized and their stock control nationalized. It must be noted too that EMS systems This ts phase one of a "reform" plan that are critical to this country's defense. I read HON. LARRY McDONALD is reminiscent of the Cuban pattern. Phase that no budget cuts are contemplated for two will affect the medium-sized farms. Nat­ our defense efforts; indeed we can probably OF GEORGIA urally, it can't happen without strongarm expect a budget increase here. All defense IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES measures: there's no room for civil liberties. plans that I am aware of-and· I am aware of The junta, which has changed Its mem· many-require medical response capability. Monday, March 24, 1,980 This will be impossible without EMS. sys­ bership a few times since the fall of the • Mr. McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, a Romero government, is now described as tems 1n place. "reform-minded." It could not, however, im­ The same holds true for all disaster pre­ Washington Star editorial on March plement its · 1nclh1atlons without expecta­ paredness and response capability. Last 16 pointed out that "El Salvador looks tions of money and military aid from the year, 'Phen the Three Mile Incident oc­ like a country revolutionized into state curred, ·it was the· Maryland· system-that United States. · sOcialism with American help and en­ In the last few weeks, the American gov­ Pennsylvania and all concerned looked to couragement." 'rhe Star calls this a fa­ for emergency. medical assistance and evacu­ ernment. which was for a time so sell-con· ation response. A solid EMS system pro­ miliar, if. often covert. tactic. scious about "gunboat diplomacy'' and any vided the answer to their immediate prob· Strong wordS, we suppose, from a hint of sending. 1n the Marines to support Ieins. · · paper which would hate to be called military strongmen against threats of over­ I am painfully aware that the EMS story immoderate. But not strong enough. throw by radicals, has once again become an has not been properly set forth. Many The nationaliZation of land and busi­ active participant 1n Latin American affairs. people do not know what is meant when we This time, though, the money-$50 million nesses in El Salvador is the work of an is the figure beiiig discussed for this year­ speak of an EMS system. Better informa­ American-sponsored junta· which de­ tion is needed. I have recentlY called for the and the military training teams are behind formation of a . national EMS Association posed an elected government by a the junta. that will address this deficiency. I expect it coup late last year. This junta. whose American pressure is already credited to be In p~ce by . the end of this coming military member, Colonel Majano, is with preventing a. coup from the private summer and 1n the future you will have widely believed to have joined the sector and with pushing through the expro­ better material. · Mexican Communist Party in 1975, priations of farms and banks. The military . This morning I had a very pleasant drive has adopted the Communist platform training teams have as "their immediate ob­ from Baltimore to Washington. I passed as its own program. This is the govern­ jective to equip the junta's forces to put many cars-people going to work. Maybe I down armed opposition from all those un- ment to which we are beginning to . willing to accept the new order. passed some of you here. Chances are some offer military aid. of those PeoPle did not have a nutritious To be sure, ·it's not enough for tlie most breakfast-maybe no breakfast at all. .They It will be interesting to see what sort militant of the radicals 1n El Salvador. who will not die because to· that. Chances are of military aid the new, American­ still speak contemptuously of "pseudo-re­ some will need counseling, more ·education, sponsored socialist government of El forms." Amon·g the Americans, it is ad· or want a wider, better paved road to drive Salvador will receive. Their need at mitted that the government is guilty of on-but they will not die from these needs. present iS arms and training for the widespread human rights violations. But There is also a good likelihood that one of people militias stationed on what there is talk of how some of the expropriat­ these persons will be 1n a serious accident; ed . land and economi~ aid money should car or work, before this day ends, and from were, just last month, private farms. eventually go to small farmers and to co­ that they may die or be critically injured. U We can expect to hear. from the State operatives. · the accident is 1n Maryland, the chance of Department, that if we Americans do Meanwhile. though, El Salvador looks like survival, if the victim is alive, and a return not train the people militia, the Com­ a country-revolutionized into state socialism to normalcy is greater than in any other munists will do so. At the same time, with American help and encouragement.• March 24, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6357 COLIN ENGLISH 'IS A TRULY worked with English in .getting the program HOW TO HELP CHILOREN LEARN GREAT LEADER enacted into law. And then-Senator LeRoy Collins chaired the Senate Education Com­ mittee and passed the bill . through the HON~ ROBERT H. MICHEL HON, 'DON FUQUA Senate, becoming identified with the pro­ OF ILLINOIS OF FLORIDA gram through the remainder of his public IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIV~S service.> Monday, March 24, 1980 Monday, March 24, 1980 English served as a member of the Cabi­ net along with three governors, Fred Cone, e Mr. MICJ{EL. Mr. Speaker, it has • Mr. FUQUA. Mr. Speaker, one of· Spessard Holland and Millard Caldwell, and become a: commonplace of educational the truly great men I have known is fellow Cabinet-members Bob Gray, Tom policy to say that the best way to help the beloved former State Superintend­ Watson, Jim Lee, Ed Larson and Nathan children learn is to get pare~ts in­ ent of Public Instruction for the State Mayo. volved. A recent study suggests that of Florida Colin English. With the Legislature thenmeeting only 60 this is t111e on,Iy tip to a certain point. · Mr. English is a legend in the public days every two years, . it was the Cabinet The study found that individual con­ service of my great State, and his in­ which ran state government during the in­ cern shown by a low-iricome parent for fluence in the field· of education terim, making both long-range and day-to­ his or her child's education cannot spread far beyond the confines of our day decisions on many of the details of gov­ overcome "the general depressing con­ Sunshine State. Following· his three ernment. ditionS" in the neighborhood. What iS 'terms as a member of our State cabi­ There was no question . about , Cabinet needed is a neighborhood-wide com­ net, Mr. English embarked on an even power in those days-they kept the state mitment to education as means of get­ more· challenging career, serving as .an going-and each· member carried a great ting ahead. adviser to many of our most influen­ deal of personal and political clout. To sug­ I find this theory of interest because tial leaders in State government. gest then that the Cabinet be abolished it suggests that what is needed in edu­ It would be an accurate statement would have been heresy, and no governor cation is a communitywide involve­ for me to say that· he is one of the would have dared to do so. ment, not just by individual parents men whom I have most admired in all English also accomplished the relatively but by all segments of the community of my public service. He has · been a rare feat of beating an incumbent, Supt. including local businesses. kind and wise adviser, always con­ W.S. Cawthon, , who had At this point I insert into the cerned with others and, particularly, a served ~ f~r some 24 years. une, ·March 7, 1980: I, therefore, would like to take this There was no television, of course, in 1936, NEIGIUJORS HELP IMPROVJ: SCHOOL WORK opportunity to have reprinted a and few voters ever really knew what a cari: column by Howard Jay . Friedman didate looked like unless they knew him INDUSTRY CAN PROVIDE JOB INCENTIVES: which. appeared in the Tallahassee personally. The principal campaign tool was EXPERT Democrat on Friday, February 29, a small hand eard which described the can­ 1980: . . didate's qualifications and promises. Florida's friends, left in barber shops and restaurants nia at Berkeley. . population stood at about 1.8 million,. there for people to see and pick up, but mostly were only 376,000 pupils in the public handed out by the candidate soliciting votes What really makes the difference, Charles schools, and we had yet to be discovered by on a one-to-one basis. S. Benson found in a study of families fn_ the rest of the country. Oakland, Cal., is the attitude toward educa­ True, · Florida had been "discovered" And that's what English and one of ·his tion of the entire neighborhood. This atti~ before, during the boom, but that had been top supporters, Mode Stone; were doing late tude is poor because low.income communi­ one afternoon in Chipley, shaking hands ties cannot see any payoff. in their neighbor- short-lived and the solid population growth hoods for studying in school. · which followed World War II had yet · to and giving out c~rds. With one special twist: Benson offered a startling solution to deal begin. Forgotten, that is, by almost everybody school. The effect of these conditions on And English pushed the rest of the com­ except some 50 former members of his 1936- school achievement-was slight. · mittee report: including turning Florida 1948 Department of Education staff who gathered here the economic class of the family? University and co-educational, and starting ·A. We considered separately ·high-income, new programs in kindergartens, special edu­ a few weeks ago at the third annual "Colin English luncheon," to share fellowship and middle-income, ·and low-income families. cation, and community colleges, long before Only in. middle-income ·families did we see the rest. of the country_even became aware swap stories about the "oid days." any clear connection between family life and of the n-eed. And to let their former "chief" know that, school achievement. The action of an indi­ to the Q. If a parent from a high· income family Il'f THE HOUSE Ol' REPRESENTATIVES 86 million households in the United doesn't do anythin& with the child, it's not going to ruin the child? Monday, Marcli 24, 1980 States that the Census .Bureau wants • Mr. . McKINNEY. Mr. Speaker, to extract a lot more information from A. Apparently not. Some high-lnoome par· tod"ay, the dean of the Connecticut you than merely how many people are ents appear to give almost no attention to .their kids, . seldom are home, or car' about congressional delegation, Hon. RoBERT· at each address~ what they are doing. N •.OIAnio, announced he would not Depending· on whether you receive seek reelection to the seat he has held the long or the short. form, you will be , Q. But they do well in school? for the past· 22 years. I, for one, w111 asked where you are working, what A. Yes. miss him. To say that he has served kind of work .YPU do and how much with distinction does not quite state money you make. You will be asked · Q. Many teachers· in Chicago Inner city the .case. He has demonstrated ex- how much your home is worth and sch~ls have said the ,parents don't care. traordlnary abiltty, a command of·the how much you pay each ·month in They say that 1f only .the J)&l'ents would issues and the unflinching courage of rent, mortgage, taxes, and uttUttes. help their kids in reading and other learn­ his convictions~ He· has given the You will be asked how big your lot size Ing activities, they would be able to do a better j6b in teaching and the children people of Connecticut's Third District is. how many bathrooms and bed­ would learn Diore. You seem to be sayinc a rare blend of what I feel our Found- rooms are In your home and whether that's stm not enoUgh. ing Fathers envisioned to be the it is hooked up to city water and sewer _nature of representation: Compassion, . lines. You will be asked whether your A. It's enough 1f parents aa a larger group concern, and toughness In the face of house has complete plumbing facut­ care. In a low-income neighborhood, the in­ adverstty." In BoB's mind, the third dis- ties, including a fiush toilet, whether dividual parent Is relatively powerless. But · lf most of the parents in a low-income trict always came first but our ·state you have to go through someone else's neighborhood showed that they valued has also had reason to be thankful for living quarters to get to your own, and school achievement, that could tum the sit­ his service and in the last several what kind of fuel you use to heat· your. . uation around. years, he has developed a national home• constituen:cy as well... His chairmanship Y~u will be asked the age, sex, Q. What's the problem? of the· House Budget Committee gave amount of education; and ethnic back­ A. Our speculation Is the following: Par­ the Nation the opportunity to learn of ground- of everyone living there, as ents and children in low tneome nei&hbor­ his talents, talents we In Connecticut well as the relationship they have to hoods see little payoff for a child working have been aware of for a good long each other. Females will even be asked hard in school. There's a shortage of good time. how many babies they have had, not Jobs anywhere within reach of these ·chil­ In November, someone new ·will be counting stillbirths. . · dren ·aa they grow up. True, the outstand- elected in Connecticut's Third Con- No doubt-some of this Information . lngly proficient low-income youth who goes gresslonal District and in the tradition will be useful to the Federal planners to college can have a very rood life. . of the New Haven area, I atn certain who sit. in their ivory towers spewing But for the ordJ.nary child in a low-Income that the voters there will send some- forth an endless parade of Govern­ neighborhood, the prospects for conscien­ one to the Bouse who is both compe- ment programs, an designed "to better tious work in. school are not very rood. The tent and able. But, I would stress tha"t our lives." - child faces the prospect· of periods of unem­ although the seat be filled, BoB's place However, an Increasing number of ployment, jobs that do not offer real train­ tng, Jobs that do not offer muCh adva:i)ee­ will not be taken.e people are questioning whether the ment, . Jobs that bear )ittle relationships to .census has become a tool fot:. invading what the child is being asked to learn tn our privacy. .school. · THE CENSU~AN ACCOuNTING One- outspoken critic is Prof. Andrew OR AN INVASJON . OF PRIVACY? Hacker of Qu~ens College in ·New Q. If ·you were the mayor of Chicago, York City. He is a population special­ what would you do about this? · ist and has written ·several books using A. I would try very hard to encourage in· HON. KEN KRAMER statistics developed from the census, dustrial firms to locate within the city of OF COLORADO yet Professor Hacker has this to say Chicago either in low-income neighborhoods Ilf THJI: HOUSE·OF REPRESENTATIVES about the 1980 census: or on publlc tranSportation lines from these Mondar. March 24~ 1980 I'm really horrified at the length· of. the neighborhoods. I would ask the assistance form. It's scanc;lalous. It's the self-indul­ of the federal government. to put Incentives • Mr. KRAMER. Mr. Speaker, by gence of some bureaucrats who would like a on the private sector to bring them back now, most Members of Congress and lot of info~tion. If you ar.e in BUD, you Into the central city. their con8tltuents have probably might think It 'would · be nice to know how The second thing Is to tr, to persuade heard the slick advertising campaign many water wells in this county are dr1lled these firma to offer Jobs with tralnlnr and promoting the 1980 census: "We're and how ma.ny are dug. But that doesn't advancement to. the ·rrac:Juatea of central counting on you. Answer the· censlis." Justify forcin8 20 mlllion people to sit down be citY h.igh schools. There would what we ·Like the sloian. the purpos~ of the and answer your question., · call a demonstration effect' from some stu­ dents rettln& good jobs right out of central· census seems· clear enough. The Con­ It should be noted that government elty high schoola on the other students and atltutlon specifies that the population planners are not the only ones Inter­ on their parents. We need a demonstration of the United States is to be counted ested In census data. According to one that working hard in school gives some good every 10 years to determine the of the ·"fact sheets" put out' by the_ results. The most important result is a good number of Representatives each State census promotion office: Job. wl1l have In Coligress. -American J;»usine8s ftrms, from local stores Q. Y~u~re asking business to take & rlsb Since the first ceruius was taken tD to multinational corporations, rely on step in doing this. What's b;llt tot them? 1'l90, another important use of. census census statistics when selecting new sites; data has evolved. It is used to help de­ evaluating product lines, analyzin& trends, A. What's.ID it for them Is the avoidance termine which areas will receive more des18nln& salea programs, and developing of very dlstresstnr social problems that do than $50 bllllon annually in Federal strategies for marketing and .advertising. not appear to be coming around to solution. funds under roughly 100 programs, in­ Since few, if any, small businesses Business does not want to exist in a thor­ oughly divided country. There ate costs 1m· cluding revenue sharing, law e~orce­ have the resources to utilize census poSed on business throUBh social deUnquen· ment assi$tance, nutritional programs data, It would not .1)¢ an exaggeration to CJ that they could, in the lon&er run. avoid for the elderly, Head Start, and CETA. say that the census, in effect, repre­ to making opportunities more available to However, many people are beginning sents a taxpayer subsidy to big corpo~ central city youth.e · to wonder whether the census has rations and private marketing firms: . March 24, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6359 In· short, we have come a long way ZAIRE But beyond Mobutu, 49, Zairians condemn the West, particUlarly the United States, for from the. or-i~inal purpose of the what they perceive as vital support for a census, as spelled out in the Constitu­ HON. HOWARD WOLPE ·corrupt and mismanaged re81me that has tion~ which was to count people for oF MICHIGAN brought one· of Africa's potentially, richest congression8.1 reapportionment. · IN THE HOUSE OJ' REPRESENTATIVES countries to the brink of insolvency. The perceived · U.S. identification with Under current law, the Federal Gov­ Monday, March 24, 1980 Mobutu appeau:s to parallel in many ways ernment can· slap a $100 fine· on e Mr. WOLPE. Mr. Speaker, shortly Iranians' view of America's backing for anyone who refuses to a.nSwer an ·- or this. Congress will be considering the shah. Both men are said to have been put in r part of the census. • I foreign assistance bill for fiscal year power by the CIA. Despite obvious cultural, 1981. It is my hope that this year's leg- religious and economic differences between It is too late to recall the 86 million Zaire and Iran, they face similar develop. forms which are ready to go in the islation will reflect some of the painful meht problems accompanied by rising ex· mail March 28. However, I do think lesso~ that ·emerge .from recent devel- pectations. Congress should shoulder the respon- opments in countries such as Nicara- The undertone of Zairian interviews also . sibllity fo·r checking the tendency of gua' and Iran. American guns and dol- .suggests a growing tendency in the develop­ lara directed at propping up corrupt, 1ng world to scrutinize u.s. support for var­ bureaucrats to ask questions that are oppressive regimes that are inherently ious Third World dictators, a tendency that more lengthy, detailed, and personal unstable, do little to advance the na- will confront Washington with new prob- than necessary. · lexns in the post-Iran period. tional security interests -of the United At independence from Belgium 19 years Accordingly, I have cosponsored leg­ States. Indeed, highly visible Ameri- ago, Zaire was a food exporter. Although islation to prohibit the use of fines .to can military assistance to such unsta- the country was then saddled with a colo­ enforce responses to census questions ble regimes serves only to alienate the nial debt of $900 million, by 1970 it was po­ unless those questions have been ap­ very peoples we seek to assist. litically stable and enJoyed a strong curren- proved beforehand by a concurrent. One instance in which the United . cy. Its debt was insignificant and there was resolution of the Congress. States could benefit by heeding the a health margin of ·foreign exchange re- lesson of the Iranian tragedy is the Af- . se~~~uto basked in strong .domestic sup: Meanwhile, it is not too ~oon to rican nation of Zaire~ formerly the port, and enthusiastically prophesized "a begin looking at the 1980 census. In Belgian Congo. In Zaire, 'as in Iran, rendezvous witn abundance by l980" for all my opfl\ion, this represents an excel­ the United States has become closely Zairians. · lent opportunity for the Federal Gov-. identified with the extraordinarily Instead, Mobutu, his relatives and politi· emment to "get back to basics." If the corrupt and incompetent regime of cal cronies have amassed enormous private. forms are .shorter and less personal, I General Mobutu. As a consequence, fortunes, while · large numbers of Zairians believe more people will cooperate and Zaire could well become America's are left wanting for basic necessities. "His there wnr not be such a need to spend next Iran. The character of the government has created a small, calloused Mobutu regime, and the extent of economic elite, .a 'state bourgeoisie,' if you taxpayer dollars promoting the census will," said one Western source. through a massive advertising and American · identification with that A corrupt and poorly trained civilian. bu- publi~ relations pro~. regime, is elaborated .in an excellent reaucracy combined with uncontrolled over­ series of article~ that appeared in the seas borrowmg and plummeting world. Under these circumstances, I would Washington Post recently. I commend market prices for copper, zaiie's main_reve­ urge all·my coUeagues not only to look these articles to the attention of my hue earner, in the mid 1970s brought the into the questions created by the inva­ colleagues: country to the ~ge of bankruptcy. sion of privacy represented by this· PEoPLE OP z.uu DIRECT SUPPRESSED ANGER Today, Zaire is $5 biUion in debt, with re- payment of government and commercial census form, but into the need to c~m­ AT MoBUTU, U.S. bank loans $1.1 biUion in arrears. trol the disturbing tendency of our (By Leon Dash> Ninety thousand miles of good road at in-·· nonelected bureaucracy to pry into KINSHASA, . ZAnu:.-Ekofo Mal)amba spa~ ·dependence have deteriorated to 8,000 miles the personal lives of all Americans.e with disgust as he looked over his crowded, of most washed out gulleys. - dismal neighborhood in the Livulu slum. Zaire now spends one third of its scarce ~·Nolie of us have enough food to eat," he ·foreign exchange:-$300 mllllon annually-· said. for food imports. A government monopoly The words poured out in an angry stream on crop purchases pays below market value as he moved fr()m tl~e gray light of his front to farmers for their produce and, in silent STUDENTS TO VISIT CAPITOL ~oor into the- small living roon1 lit with a protest, farmers have produced less and less. kerosene lamp. "We can· say nothing about Those farmers who try to get their food to it, or we go to Jail.". _ locai markets in the few passable roads are Once a week. on . Wednesday mornings, held up by hungry soldiers at gunpoint. HON, CLARENCE D. LONG Catholic priests in the slum dole out small The country has yet to recover from the OF MARYLAND . quantities of protein-rich soy beans. 1973 overnight "Zairiairlzation" of 1,500 for- "The priests only feed the children they eign-owned farms and &mall businesses that IN THE HOUSE OF 'REPRESENTATIVES can see, the weakest," Ekofo said,'.'there are · were taken from their Portuguese, Belgium too rilany to feed." · and Paldstanti owners, distributed to Mobu- Monday, Mareh 24, 1980 Ten thousand· malnourished children tu's supporters and run rapidly to ruin. under 4 years of age are l;»rought yearly to Mobutu has since invited the previous • Mr. LONG of Maryland.· Mr. .Speak­ Kinshasa's Mama Yemo Hospital named owners to return and take up·their business­ er, I welcome the 50 students ·from after President Mobutu Sese Seko's mother. es again, but ·few have responded to his Towson State University who, with Dr. For the last two years, wen over half of- offer. · them have died there. Officials said the Inflation last year was 100 percent overall Martha Kumar, are today visiting the 1 Capitol. · · · - annual child mortality rate in some rural and has dropped· to a "low ' of 85 percent areas of this mineral-rich country of 27 mil- this year. Food prices have soared to 200 The. students are here in connection lion people ·may be much higher than 50 percent above the 1978 prices. with classes entitled "Americ$11 Na­ percent.. . "No one but the elite earns a )iving wage tional Government". and "The Coil;. Ekofo is one of nine in Zaire," said one Western souree. "Starva­ gress." I will meet with my friends Zairians interviewed who asked· that their tion and m.alnu.trition are a Zaire problem, names not be used for fear of arrest or re- not Just an urban problem. U you want to from Towson State to discuss the leg-: prisals, fears that help explain the absence live, it's hustle all the way." islative procesS and the maJor issues of of public outcry about conditions. AB one By Zaire's standards, Ekofo is well off. He the day. The students will also observ" Western -observer put ' it, "The squeaky owns his tiny, three-room house, has a Job HoUse floor action an4 committee wheel doesn't get the oil here: he gets at the University. of Zaire that pays $200 a hearings. thrown tn Jail.'' month, and his wife earns $90 a month ·as a will Most of their suppressed anger is directed government clerk. Together, they earn I am sure my· constituents find at zaire'~ military head of state and au- almost six times· the average Zairian month­ this an interesting and memorable thoritartan president for the past 14 years ly wage of $50. day. I ·am delighted to be able to meet who is reportedly one of the world's richest "It is still not enough to eat," Ekofo said. with Dr. Kumar and her students.e men. '.'Our ,fo()d tor a_month Ia more than $300. 6360 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 24, 1980 We borrow each month to eat, then borrow pers to get free bread at the church's distri­ tary are the worst enemies of Zairian citi­ from another to repay and eat, and then button centers. zens." borrow again. We are always in debt. Tell Even university students complain that "I began in 1978 recommending to the am­ me how we are to buy clothes? they are poorly fed. Following a recent bassador that we distance ourselves from "We are suffering here, and it is because human rights symposium at Lubumbashi, a the Mobutu regime, that ·the ·regime. was of the Americans," Ekofo continued as one Zairian student said, "Here human rights due to fall of its own corruption and ineffi. of his three children tugged playfully at his concerns are for those with something in · clency, and that when this happens I did shirt. "We cannot change the government, - their stomach." not want the United States to be identified because you support Mobutu for the copper. There have been occasional organized at- with that discredited regime," Remole as­ "But the revolution will come, and we will tempts against Mobutu's power. Twice, in serted. kick all of you out." 1977 and again in 1978, Katangan gen- Remole said he also called for a halt to His wife, who remained silent throughout darmes who had fied United Nations peace­ military aid and economic aid to President the hour-long interview, shot Ekofo a quick, keeping forces during secession attempts by Mobutu Sese Seko. · reproachful look, fearful that he had gone the southern mining province . returned to attack from their . violations that were going on, but the am­ lenly and asked, "What else do you want to refuge in Angola. bassador _ wouldn't let the reports go know? Zaire is sick country." Shaba is where Zaire's copper is mined, through to W~hington," he said. The autocratic Mobutu agrees his country but troops stationed there, rarely paid and Instead, said Remole, who now lives at ts ailing. In an independence day speech two poorly fed, fied into the forest rather than Randle, Wash., Ambassador Cutler wrote an years ago, Mobutu candidly criticized what face the relatively small force of rebels. assessment of his performance that was so he termed "the Zairian sickness" of wide- Both times, the invaders, who enjoyed some critical as to ensure the end of Remote's spread ,.corruption and slovenly government measure of local support, had to be repulsed career after 28 years in the Foreign Service. management that was dragging Zaire down by foreign troops flown In by Mobutu's Cutler, who recently became deputy as­ to ruin. The fact that he has not addressed Western supporters. sistant secretary of state for congressional a public rally since-then, Zairians said, is a This, in turn, has made Mobutu more relations after having spent more than sign that he knows how unpopular he is paranoid and secretive, according to observ- three years in Zaire, said Remole "was as­ among them. . er8. sessed fairly on his performance and poten­ Mobutu's harshest Zairian critics credit Foreign observers and Zairians point to tial and his views on the U.S. foreign policy the proud and easily offended leader with the recent rehabilitation of Foreign Minis­ did not enter In that assessment." forging political stability and economic ter Nguza Karl-i-Bond, as an example of Cutler added that Remole "had certain prosperity out of an immense polyglot of Mobutu's paranoid and mercurial temper­ views which did not necessarily accord With mutually antagonistic tribes, ethnic groups ment. mine but they were taken into account.'' and regions. Nguza, who enjoyed high prominence in But he dented having blocked reports on With the aid of the handful of university Mobutu's government prior to the first human rights violations in Zaire. graduates educated during the colonial era, Shaba invasion, was arrested shortly after­ Two other officials supported Cutler's Mobutu established a colonial model. ward, convicted on questionable evidence of statement. One of them, who served with Under Western pressure for political re- treason and sentenced to death. Mobutu Remole in Kinshasa, said his charges should forms, Mobutu allowed nation-wide elec- - pardoned him, and released him from jail a be taken with a grain of. salt given Remole's tlons for the first time in 1977 for a 270- year later, in response to Western pressure. sudden selection out of the Foreign Service. member legislative council. Although the Last March Nguza, who is from Shaba, But the officials said that Remole's policy elections were considered fair and, in some was appointed by Mobutu to the Popular argument has been aired in one form or an­ cases, were hotly contested, the legislative Movement's 36-member political bureau, other as U.S. policymakers focus on ways to councU Is allowed only to debate and raise and made foreign minister. "His real crime approach Third World countries in the embarrassing questions while Mobutu re- was to be from Shaba arid to be cited in the wake of the ·traumatic events in Iran. tains ultimate decision-making power. Western press as a possible heir to Like Iran under the shah, Zaire is an .enor­ Recently, the legislators delivered a series Mobutu," a source said. mously wealthy land ruled by a dictator of allegations to Mobutu pinpointing high- A number of Zairians said they see cracks who is friendly to the West. WhUe he is level government officials they accused· of forming in Mobutu's government, the begin­ among the world's greatest human rights of­ corruption. ning of disintegration they hope wlll bring fenders, Mobutu has virtually absolute con­ They also inYestigated payroll fraud in him down. trol over the country that contains the the government, where they found one de- Sabiti Ngolon Zaire, had argued that U.S. military and Egypt, Hattt, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Le- The-Carter administration was repeatedly . economic aid symbolized U.S. political back- · sotho, Liberia, Togo, Sri Lanka and Nepal. urged by one of the top political officers in ing for an unpopular autocrat. Total U.S. "The child mortality rate here from mea- the U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa, Zaire, during aid amounts to $35 million annually. sles approaches 50 percent compared to 1 the last two years to distance the United Military assistance, although it involves percent in the United States," said a physi- States from a government "due to fall of its less than $10 million annually, is widely per­ cian who asked not to be identified. "Over- own corruption and inefficiency."· ceived in Zaire -as a demonstration of U.S. all, child mortality could be as high as 500" Robert Remole, who served as political support for the government which, Remole for every 1,000 children born, he added. counselor at the embassy until last July,· said, is viOlating human rights on an un­ Food for the neediest is distributed by said his classified cables were either ignored precedented scale. "A Zairian cannot go Catholic and Protestant churches. · The in Washington or stifled by the U.S. ambas­ about his ordinary businesS without being Catholic Church, with the widest number of sador in Zaire, Walter Cutler, who, Remole harassed, robbed and plundered by his own adherents, distributed food in an effort to says, refused to report some human rights government," Remole said. keep government officials from rerouting violations in Zaire to Washington. Remole argued that public perception of overseas food donations to Zair's thriving Moreover, in an assertion disputed by U.S. involvement with . Mobutu "makes it black market, accordiilg to Western sources. Cutler and the State Department, Remole, almost inevitable that when his regime Is In three years the cost of bread has 61, said in a telephone interview that he was overthrown the successor government would jumped from 25 cents a loaf to $1.50. ,At Lu- . forced into early retirement because of his be anti-American. bumbashi, for example, discs are passed out strong dissents, in which he satd that the "By distancing ourselves from the regime at Catholic communion services for worshiP- "Mobutu government, Its police and its mt11- which is exploiting its own people, we would March 24, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6361 create a Western option for those who take international. organizations "to the viola­ SWEDES VOTE PRONUCLEAR power after Mobutu," he said. tions, and the government's obligation .to Moreover, Remole argued, the United protect human rights.". States could cut its aid to Mobutu "without But even Blbombe's criticism are offered HON. JOHN W. WYDLER opening ourselves to charges of overthrow­ within limits that indicate a certain caution OPNEWYORK ing an African governmen~" because France about holding the one party regime of Presi­ and Belgium "would continue to support dent Mobutu ese ·seko responsible. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mobutu to the end.'~ Both France and Bel­ "All of these things have been announced Monday, March 24, 1980 gium have extensive economic interest& in by the .president himself," said. Asked if Zaire. · there were political rights violations in need • Mr. WYDLER. Mr. Speaker, for the One senior official, who asked not to be of investigation in Zaire, Bibombe chose his last 3 years I have been very interest­ identified, conceded that "we have been words carefully. · ed in the international question of nu­ concerned about our identification with a "All of us are not authorized to give the · clear energy development. I think it Is dictatorship." But he said that ])art of the right answer to · the question," he said. important that my colleagues be problem, ''Which is going to persist, is a tre­ "Most of the Third World has a system of aware of the decision yesterday by mendously exaggerated perception [by Zair­ presidentialism different from presidential­ Swedish ·voters whereby they over­ ians] of what the United States does in ism in America." Zaire.'' Pinrled above Bibombe's heart was the whelmingly rejected any phaseout, of The administration has reduced the U.S. green rectangular pin, engraved with Mobu­ the country's ambitious nuclear pro­ military assistance program from $40 mil­ tu's likeness, that denotes membership in gram. lion in 1975 to $8 million in the current Zaire's only legal political party, the Popu­ This is another example of a devel­ fiscal year. "Our assistance is almost entire­ lar Movement of the Revolution.· oping nation making a sensible choice ly people-oriented," the official ,Wd. His recent three:.ct&y human rights sympo­ on the future of energy supply after Congressional critics of ~he u.s. policy sium, during which speakers criticized careful deliberation and much public emphasize that, apart for Zairian cobalt ex­ Zaire's government by citing "hypothetical ports which account for 60 percent of u.s. cases" in a "certain country." was attended debate. I hope this administration will requirement, the United States has only by a. small group of students, professors and take notice of Sweden's decision in marginal economic inte~:ests in Zaire. . several foreign observers. · their own considerations of nuclear Some American banks, notably New The participants voted to seek ways of in-· energy policy. York's Citibank Corp., have substantial ex­ vestigating rights abuses and to establish a Pertinent material follows: posure in heavily-indebted Zaire. The U.S. national commissi.on on human rights. [From the Washington Post, Mar. 24,19801 government Export-Import Bank has ex­ "There are many ~ases of human rights tended almost $300 million in easy credits to violations here," Bibombe· said. Among t~e VOTERS IN SWEDEN REJECT PHASEOUT 01' Zaire for the construction of a power line. · areas where he said reforms were needed, NuCLEAR PLANTs Critics also have focused on a wealthy Bibombe included: . New York businessman, Maurice Temples­ Courts where Judges are "not free from SrOCKHOLK, March 23.--Sweden's vpters man, who is deeply involved in Zaire's dia­ political influence," commonly accept bribes .dealt a maJor blow tO opponents of nuclear mond and metals trade. U.S. iources said for their decisions and manipulate defe:nee -power today, overwhelmingly reJecting a · Mobutu personally controls diamond trade, attorneys "by demanding a share of the proposal to phase out the country's ambi­ which according to official figures exceeded fees.'' ttoua nuclear ·progr.am over the next 10 $600 million in 1978. Prisons where inmates are subJected to years; Templesman, who has enjoyed a long per­ their guards' "sadism and intimidation" Today's referendum, prompted by the sonal . and business relationship with unless relatives supply bribe money. Three Mile Island nuclear. accident near Mobutu, has helped market Zaire's gem and · Government agencies where civU servants Harrisburg, Pa., almost exactly a year ago. industrial diamonds through South Africa'.s "give hell to the citizens," forcing .the poor was being watched closely throughout De Beers, which is a partner in both mining to "pay them to get public functions done.'' Europe and the United States as a weather areas. ·The army, whose SQldiers roam the vane for the future of the antinuclear move- Although Templesman has , made cam­ countryside indiscriminately "taking thinp ment worldwide. paign contributi~ns to various Democratic from people by force." The antinuclear campaigner's warnings · and Republican politicians, his influence on Mobutu has blamed the present situation about the long-range dangers of nuclear U.S. policy toward Zaire Is discounted by "on the liquidation of our customs and gower, punctuated with constant references knowledgeable sources. morals." In 1977, he announced a long list to the Three Mile Island accident, appeared One official said that support for Mobutu of reforms, most of which have not been to have been outweighed by the pronuclear is required by U.S. political interest in sta­ acted on: including a national ombudsman forces' warnings of tmmedi.ate and possibly bility throughout Africa. He pointed out office, which he called "the prople's eye," to heavy costs of abandoning reactors already that Zaire borders on nine other Afrlcan investigate charges of rights violations. buUt, importing more coal and on and ad- countries and that the prospect of Instabil­ Nothing has been done since Bibombe Justtng operations in industries dependent ity in Zaire-and the risk of disintegration­ -said, "because it has been caught up" in of electricity, with the possible loss of Jobs. could have an adverse effect on the entire party politics. "There are many candidates · Tfl1a support for Jobs over ecology was region. for ombudsman, there are many ambitions," perhaps best mustrated by the 3-to-1 vote was all he would say. for nuclear power in the district around Criticism "must stay within the party Sweden's l&rgest operating nuclear plant at ONE USES NUANCES •Ye~tem," he said. "One uses nuances for ex- Barsebak• north of Malmo. pression.''e · Slightly niore than 38 percent of those · LUBUMBASHI, ZAnu:.-Constitutional law voting supported the proposal by the professor Bibombe Mwamba is one of the antinuclear movement of environmental, few Zairians whose personal prestige, youth, women's and fanners' groups to shut cloaked in the regalia of officialdom, allows JOHN IRVING WHALLEY down the six nuclear reactors now generat­ him to speak, with relative candor about a ing one-fourth of Sweden's electricity-more political system that muffles dissent. nuclear power per person than in any other country. Bibombe's causes keep· him: on a tight OP PENlfSYLVANIA schedule, and his proverbial absent-minded­ The majority of those voting supported ness about appointments forces those inter­ IN THE HOUSE OF. REPRESENTATIVES two, almost identical, pronuclear proposals ested in. seeing him literally to track him Monday, March 24, 1980 to use these reactors and buUd six inore re- down. . actors to produce more than ·40 percent of Found one recent night in a large, second­ e Mr. MOORHEAD of Pennsylvania. Sweden's electricity for at least 25 years floor office in downtown Lubashi, where he :Mr. Speaker, John Irving Whalley, a 'While alternative sources of energy are was supervising students organizing papers former Member of this body, died on being developed. from a human rights symposium held the March 8. He served 13 years in the All of Sweden's political parties had previous week, ~ibombe talked about wide House, beginning in 1960 and going pledged to support the result of the legally spread violations in Zaire's courts, prisons through 1973. He had a broad knowl­ nonbinding referendum. But the outcome and civilian administration. The abuses, he could put the right-of-center coalition gov­ said, are perpetuated by the country's edge of foreign affairs and served ably ernment's Prime Minister Thorbjom Fall­ 30,000-man army. on the House Foreign Affairs Commit­ din, who leads the fanner- and environmen­ Above the clatter of typewriters and a tee. talist-based Center Party, in a difficult posi­ hand-cranked mimeograph machine, Bi­ l extend my condolences to his wife, tion. bombe explained that his efforts are direct­ children, and grandchild on this sad Falldin rose to power through his oppos•• ed at drawing the attention of Zairians and occasion.e tton to nuclear energy and resigned .from an 6362 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 24, 1980 earlier coalition government in 1978 in a dis­ year, decided on a national inquiry into al· there were only five women judges in agreement on the nuclear energy issue. ternative energy sources before expan4fng the Federal courts system. Now, there Falldin said tonight; "We will abide by the their already comparatively large nuclear are 32 women Federal court judges outcome" of the referendum, ·despite his power program; · with more waiting for confirmation. deeply felt convictions .. If he tries to delay Denmark, Norway and Ireland have in­ operation of the six nuclear reactors, he deflnitely postponed decisions and referen­ A nonpartisan organization, the Na­ risks bringing down the coalition govern­ dums on the development of nuclear energy tional Women's Poli.tical Caucus has ment, which holds a single-vote majority in have been suggested. France, West Ger­ both Republican and Democratic Task parliament. · many, Britain and Belgium are steadily ex­ Forces, working to dev~lop the leader­ Both of the Center Party's coalition part­ panding their substantial nuclear generat­ ship of women within their respective ners-tlie Conservative. and Liberal parties ing capacities, despite some oppositions. parties. The pressure placed· on both and the powerful opposition Social Demo­ In the United States, there are about 70 parties by these two groups and by-the crats, which Is the largest single party in nuclear power stations m service and about parliament-supported one of the pronucle­ 90 more under construction. Facing mount­ cal:icus as a whole has moved a large ar alternatives presented in today's referen­ Ing economic and energy problems in an percentage of women into influential dum. Only the Swedish Communit$-Party election year. President Carter's position on positions within individual campaigns. joined Falldin's Center Party and antinu­ nuclear power has become fuzzier since he and with.in the parties themselves. In clear activists ·in campaigning .tor the pro­ promised to make it "the last resort" during 1968, less than 14 percent of the indi­ posal to phase out nuclear power quickly. the 1976 eampaign.e viduals attending the Democratic Na­ The vote would never have taken place it tional Convention were women. This the ll'hree Mile Island accident had not oc., curred last March. It had a deep and lasting NATIONAL WOMEN'S POLITICAL year• . 50 percent of the delegates to impact here, forcing political leader to agree CAUCUS the Democratic Convention will be to the referendum, to remove the nuclear women, and the Republican Party issue from last September's parliamentary promises to closely parallel these sta­ elections. HON. CARDISS COWNS tistics. · During the sOmetimes strident referen­ oF ILLINOis Local and State caucuses are the dum campaign, which dominated Swedish IN 1HE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES backbone Of the NWPC, With •the na- . media and public discussion for several Monday, March , tional p,oviding essential links be- JnOntha, the looming concrete Stacks Of the 24 1980 tween the groups and creating an over- stricken Three Mile Island nuclear plant cast a long shadow here. The image flick· . • Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois. Mr. all policy. The chair, the five vice ered across the screen on the nightly news, Speaker, 271 women saw a need for an chairs, and the members of the nation­ and .the accident was dissected repeatedly, organization that would transcend the al steering committee meet four times as though it had happened here and only women's liberation movement and a year to coordinate the direction of yesterday. . would encourage women to participate the NWPC. "Another half-hour at Harrisburg and ca­ within the political · arena. These Every 2 years, the entire caucus tastrophe could have occurred,'' antinuclear women founded the National Women's meets· and elects new leaders. Last campaign leader Lennart-Daleus warned in Political Caucus in July 19'71. July, .when t)le NWPC convened in the campaign's climatic prime-time televi­ sion debate Friday night. "That's why we Since that time, the caucus has grown Cincinnati, Ohio, Iris . Migang, an at­ are debating nuclear l>OWer and why thla substantially larger-to approximately torney from California, was · elected referendum Is taking place." 45,000 members and supporters. chair. The antinuclear campaign literature fea­ This new political organization At the sanie convention, the Nation- tured wild speculation that "had the worst called upon women to rally behind al Women's Political Caucus passed a come to the worst" at Three Mile Island, candidates committed to women's pri- resolution dealing with the special ~·thousands of people could have died from orities and to humanist· goals. ne_eds of women in developing coun­ radiation within a few -daya, tens of thou­ Th:rough actions of the caucus, more tries. As ari organization concerned sands eould have contracted cancer within 10 to 20 years and mUUons more would have women have become power figures in- with tpe necessity of appropriate legis­ Uved in fear of cancer, while thousands of stead of powers behind. the throne, or latioh to protect the ~ights of women. square miles could have been made lickers of stamps and of .envelopes. within the United States, the caucus uninhabitable for generations by radioac­ Due to the influence of the NWPC, extended its interest to the plight of tive pollution. A . disaster on this scale can areas formerly closed to women have women outside this country by means also occur at Swedish nuclear plants." begun to swing open. of this · resolution. Accordingly, I This apocalyptic vision was countered by pronuclear campaigners, .who were backed The caucus worked to get the Equal -would like to share with my colleagues Rights Amendment _out of Congress, a copy of the resolution passed by by both busln~ ~d labor unions. They as painted a frightening picture of the eco­ and continues to push for ratification NWPC d1olling the July 1979 Conven­ nomic cost of quickly phasing out nuclear in those States that have not yet rec- tion: power. They frequently cited a government ognized its importance. .Within the in- Whereas the National Women's Political study to show that countless Jobs would be dividual States, the NWPC lobbies for Caucus · (NWPC> recognizes -that genuine lost unless about $20 bllllon were spent to the passage of ERA through the legis- economic and social development of people import much mo~ on and coal, and to con­ stJ'Uct alternative plants to generate elec­ latures and funds the campaigns of in developing regions of the world require tricity for the pulp and paper, chemical, ERA supporters. the development of women as well as men; steel and alUminum Industries. By mobilizing support for legislation·. and · "We already have ~mployment and other on issues important to' women, the Na- Whereas women in developing countries economic problems to face· during the tional Women's Political Caucus have special needs and concerns that are 1980s,-" argued Rune MoUn of the labor­ exerts its influence on Congress to often overlooked 1rt project planning and backed Pronuclear Alternative. .Using nucle­ pass bills favorable· to women· and to . implementation; and ar power for at least another 25 years, he stop those that limit their rights. At Whereas the U.S. Government plays an said, "lives ·us time to. produce alternative this time, the caucus is focusing on active role in bilateral and international energy systems based on renewable re-. several issues, including women's agencies having responsibility for develop- sources," such as water, wind, wood and sun._ rights to reproductive freedo~. legisla- ment. programi; The antinuclear campaigners contended · 1 · d h 1 Therefore, be it resolved that, the NWPC that these alternatives could be developed tion on d omesti c VIO ence, an on s e • will educate ourselves about the status and quickly, creating new Jobs, arid that energy ters ·for battered spouses, and child needs of rural and urban women in develop- conservation has not been pursued vigorous­ care. ing countries; and ly In Sweden, which con8umes more eneru The appointments project is, of per person than any other Western Europe- course, a major part of the activities of Be it further resolved that, w~ will advo- an country. . . cate to appropriate U.S; Congress and Ex­ The· referendum .here was the third in a the caucus. With an up-to-d~~e list of ecutive branch officials the need for bal­ year on nuclear energy in Europe. Austria Is well qualified women kept always in anced program planning which Includes the now teytng to decide .what to do with its hand, the NWPC is able to suggest the special needs of women; and single, partially completed nuclear power appointment of appropriate women to Be it further resolved, that we will encour- station after voters decided by a 1 percent positions as they come open. age strong advocacy of these views by u.s. margin last November to stop construction. Before the caucus started its drive to participants in the 1980 World Conference The Swiss, in a referendum held eafller las~ get more women on ~he bench in 1977, of the United Nations Decade for Women.e March 24, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6363 GASOLINE: A MOST TAXING CONGRATULATIONS EXTENDED "THIEVERY AT TEXAS AIRPORT SITUATION TO NORTH PARK COLLEGE VI· KINGS BASKETBALL TEAM HON. LARRY McDONALD HON. J ..J. PICKLE . 01' GEORGIA HON. FRANK ANNUNZIO OF ';t'EXAS .IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF ILLtNOIS Monday, March 24, 1980 Monday, March 24, 1980 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES e Mr. PICKLE. Mr. Speaker; last · • Mr. McDONALD. Mr. Speaker. the' Monday, March 24, 1980 so-called conservation fee of 10 cents month major thefts at the Dallas-Fort that will shortly be added to each e Mr. ANNUNZIO. Mr. ·Speaker, Worth Regional Airport made head· gallon 9f gasoline we buy is .badly North Park College is a fine educa­ lines. Several arrests followed, ~d the named, we all agree. It is a tax pure tional institution located in the 11th Federal officials said only the top of and simple that will not provide more Congressional District· I am honored tne iceberg had been touched. on or gasoline, but will add to the cof~ to represent, and has maintail)ed a I commend Braniff Airlines for call­ fers of the Federal Government and splendid record of excellence in our ing in the FBI to help curb the thiev­ run up everyone's cost of living. Mr. city of Chicago since 1891, when it was ery. But I also wonder how the airline industry can keep saying cargo theft is Otis Brumby of the Marietta founded. ·no problem. · Daily Journal stated it all very suc­ The college's basketball team, the cinctly in an editorial of March 15. I Vikings, recently won its third straight Far too long we have not acted con­ commend.it to the attention of my col­ NCAA Division III national champion­ structively to protect' cargo in transit. leagues: I still urge Congress ·to enact a ship. and the Chicago City Council meaningful cargo security program as GASOLINE: A MOST TAxiNG SITUATION yesterday approved a · resolution of embodied in my legislation H.R. 655. congratulations to the team and the Will it work? North Park College community for Also, I include two articles·from the That's what everybody wants to know this feat of athletic excellence and Ft. Worth Star Telegram .of January about President Carter's plan to halt infla· .dedication to the high ideals it repre­ 23, 1980. They clearly tell the story:· tion and balance the federal budget. sents. SI~ SOUGHT IN D-FW B:AGGAGE THEFT When inflation reached the 20 percent I extend to the North Park College level, as economists predicted it would after Vikings bask.etball team, and their Fed~ral officers are searching for six cur­ the February consumer price index was re.; rent and former airline employees who have leased, Coniress, the president and the · coach,. Dan McCarrell. my own con­ gratulations on this accomplishmerit, been charged in thefts of air freight and American people realized something would passenger baggage worth $250,000 at Dallas­ have to be done. and send them my . warmest best Fort Worth Airport. What that something was-and is-Is open wishes for many more years of victo­ Federal arrest warrants were. issued late 'to debate. Presiden~ Carter has come up ries of both personal and public Tuesday for the employees. with a plan which, like most plans, has good achievement. Indeed, the people of Five indictments returned by a federal and bad points. · Chicago can be proud of the distinc­ grand Jury in Pallas are the result of a One of the worst points Is his plan to add tion broug~t to o\u city by the entire mon:th'~·long FBI investigation, a Justice .10 cents to the cost of a gallon of gasoline North Park College community. Department prosecutor ..said. The investiga- lwhich already costs Americans more than A copy of the resolution of congratu­ tion at D-FW is continuing. · they dreamed possible a year ago. Sources said more indictments are expect· latio~ p_assed by the Chicago City The 10-cent tax Is called a "conservation Council follows: · ed in. coming months. ' fee," and the president claims it's designed Merchandise allegedly stolen by the em­ to make us drive Jess. Whereas, North Park College Vikings bas­ ployees-who acted alone in some cases and Of course, an· Americans realize the tax ketball team won its third straight NCAA 'together in others-ranged in value from a has another purpose, too. It's a sure-fire Division III natioaal championship at ·Rock $39 pair of shoes and expensive stereo and way to add billions of dollars to the federal Island on March ·15; and radar equipment, to a $170,000 shipment of treasury and make It easier on the president Whereas, the titie ~ent to the Chicago diamond rings. and Congress to balance the budget. North Side school with an 83-78 victory One former employee of Braniff Airways, over Upsala, New Jersey College; and who ran Braniff's air freight · receiving With the price of a gallon of gasoline al· office, was charged with mall fraud in con­ ready at the $1.20 a ·gallon, Americans have Whereas, the Vikings, coached by Dan McCarrell, became the second team in nection with a $12,000 payment the airline been driving less and carpooling more for NCAA hiStorY to win three consecutive na· made on a false loss claim submitted on a some time now. · tional titles, the other being UCLA; and racing engine. ·The new tax Is expected to go into effect Whereas, while Its supreJDaCY in the Divi­ Three other Braniff employees, and two around May 15, according to the president.. slbn III competition has been to some ex-employees of American Airlines and just before the big vacation season, a time extent overshadowed in the basketbal colle­ Delta Air Lines were named in the theft in-· when gasoline consumption has traditional~ giate world by the exploits · of bigger scho­ dictments. Jy been higher. lastic institutions, North Park College has Assistant U.S. Attorney Gary Klein- . However, with ·prices sitting at their cur­ Justifiably long been recognized for athletic schmidt, who presented the FBI cases to the rent levels at the gas pump, we'd imagine excellence by fans locally and throughout grand Jury, said the government intends to quite a few families have already decided· a the nation; and · · prosecute theft from airline baggage and vacation is a luxury they'll have to sacrifice Whereas, the Vikings have been at all freight shipments, regardless of its value. this year. · times gracious winners, and the individuals One former American ·Airlines employee, An additional 10-cents-a-gallon tax isn't have been noted for their spirit of team Karl Pierre Knutson, 19, of Arlington, was going to help conserve gasoline any more play; and charged with stealing a 9mm automatic than it is already being conserved. Whereas, the North Park College Vikings pistol from a suitcase belonging to a federal But the new tax is going to hurt the bring to Chicago prestige much sought ·by Bureau of Alcohol, Toba.Cco and Firearms American people, who are already trying to athletic aggregations and their followers: agent. · · make their budgets stretch enough·to make Now, therefore, be it Airline spokesman Bill Dreslin said Knut· ends meet. Resolved by the Mayor and City Council son was dismissed after the Dec. 19, 1978, in­ Isn't it a shame that the middle-class ·of Chicago, in meeting assembled this 20t1). cident and had been working for one of American can't just impose a new tax every day of March, 1980, That we express to the American's subsidiary companies. . time he needS more income? With an addi• North Park Vikings, their coaches, their Two of the federal indict:q1ents center· on tional 10-cent ·a gallon tax on consumers teachers, the parents and the studcant bo.dy, James Vern Cox, 33 of 2619 Alco in Dallas, and the gtant profits tax on the gas compa­ our heartiest congratulations for distin· the former head of Braniff's air freight ~es themselves, . the energy situation' is guished athetic prowess, and do so for our­ cargo receiving office at D-FW. proving to be a financial windfall .all right­ selves ~ and for an · admiring Chicago Cox: who resflined from Braniff after the for the federal govemmel)t ltself;e · fandom.e investigation began, is charged with stealing 6364 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 24, 1980 various pieces of electronic equipment with claims involv.ed suspected theft or pilferage, "These guys can easily make '$30,000 a two other Braniff employees. and Delta paid a total of $12,758 on those. year with shift premiums, overtime and Cox was charged with the April1976 theft He s~id thefts from cargo shipments at D­ holiday pay," he said. "We're not talking of a weather radar system destined for a FW in 1979 resulted in $33,000 paid out in about skidrow· ~ums who are stealfilg to sur­ customer in Abilene, and stealing an expresS claimS, compared to $220,840 Delta paid for vive." shiPment of golf clubs . sent from Lake lpst or stolen air freight throughout its The ·veteran security officer said he be­ Tahoe, Nev. system. lieves the thefts are mainly crimes of oppor- The same indictment alleged that Cox and Airline industry figures reflect a steady tunity. · · fellow employee Andre Safford, 36, of decline in thefts, which now comprise less· . "Most of them were standing around and Lewisville, stole three CB radios in January than 1 percent of the approximately $1 bil­ said, 'Hey, look what came through to­ 1977, a stereo receiver and amplifier Feb. 2, lion lost by the nation's transportation in­ night,' " the officer said of airline baggage 19'19, and a cassettee deck .and turntable en­ dustry. In 1976 airline carriers in the United and freight handler8. "They were aware route to Pompano Beach, Fla., today was presented with the Wood­ became a second-time winner of the Inde­ Communist·line. worth Memorial Award at the national asso­ pendent Insurance Agents of America Presi­ In view of the events of recent decades, it ciation's 83rd annual ·convention at the tas dential Citation. can be said that the Soviet thrust into Af­ VenS Hilton Hotel. Mr. KTemer, who serves also as chairman ghanistan was just a continuation of a The award, the highest that IIAA can of the Wicomico County Airport Commis­ global power strategy that looks for any bestow on a member-agent, was presented to sion, is a member of Ocean Pines Club, opening. What is new in Afghanistan is that Mr. Kremer by Lee R. Me"yer, CPCU, presi­ Green HlU Yacht and Country Club and the the Soviets were for the first time since dent of IIAA, at a general session of the International Club of Washington, D.C.e World War II invading not one of their own convention. satellites but a third world nation with their Established in 1925 in .memory of the late oWil troops. Russia previou,sly had relied on C. H. Woodworth of Buffalo, New York, one THE THREAT .TO WORLD PEACE proxy.armtes to advance its cause. of the original 20 founders of the national association, which was organized in 1896, It has been pointed out that Afghanistan and its second president, the award is given HON. ROBERT A. YOUNG marked one of the Soviets most concerted· on occasions when the officers and members OF MISSOURI efforts after 15 years of military buildup. With all the force they have built up, will of the Executive Committee of IIAA feel IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that an individual should· be honored It is they attempt to stri~e again soon? if so, presented to an indivfdual who has distin· Monday, March 24, 1980 where? · guished hilnself in outstanding service, dedi· e Mr. YOUNG of Missouri. Mr. The signs point toward expansionism in cation and contribution to the American Speaker, last weekend, with many the Middle East or the rim of Central Asia. Agency System. other St. Louisans, I ·participated in Embattled Iran and Pakistan seem particu­ ,Historians of IIAA and its predecessor or· larly vulnerable. The Carter Administ.ra· ganizatton-the National Association of In· Hungarian Day ceremonies-a nation­ tion, anticipating such a possibility, has surance Agents-have recorded that Mr. al day paying tribute to the 1848 Hun­ been moving to strengthen relations with Woodworth, during . his lifetime, fought garian revolution and the leadership pro-Western nations of the region. rn addi­ against devastating odds to preserve the role played by the great patriot Louis tion, an aircraft carrier task force was put in American Agency System. Kossuth. My address to Hungarian the Indian Ocean. The possibility of placing · Mr. Woodworth's philosophy is fotind in a Day ceremonies in St. Louis included Americari military .facilities in Kenya and statement he made at the association's some concrete proposals for upgrading Somalia has been pursued. I personally. be­ annual convention in Denver in 1905: "This our defense posture for the· decade lieve that the Administration should ·take association has done great things for us .tn additional steps by increasing our military increasing· our knowledge and broadening ahead. In view of the current interest ties with NATO nations. We should also se­ our views of the business. Often at our. first in improving our defense position, Ire-· riously pursue the possibility of ·placing a meetings, and occasionally at those held produce the text of my remarks: large number of troops in friendly nations later, there have come men smarting from Thanks for your kindness in inviting me like Israel and Egypt. local grievances and loaded with local expe­ to participate in these moving ceremonies. The President has reacted to the Afghan rience, to invoke the power of the National It is a real honor to be part of these festivi­ crisis with a plan to reinstitute registration Association to right their wrongs or exploit ties-and to join with a group with such a for the draft. I support registration, pro­ their theories. · long and·rich heritage. vided it does not include women. But I have "It has been a delight to see them forget . When Laszlo i:>omjan asked me to talk serious doubts about how effective the regis­ their troubles and hobbies in the considera­ today about foreign ·policy, I thought to tration plan would be in meeting fast-break· tion of the upbuilding of this organization, myself that there could not be a more ap· ing crises such as Afghanistan. It would be CXXVI--401-Part 5 6366 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 24, 1980 very difficult to train draftees off the regis­ CHOICE IS CONTROLS OR SEVERE RECESSION He argues that instead of escalating inter­ tration lists in time to meet our needs in an New York Banke~ Felix .. Rohatyn used an est rates, a more direct attack on the funda· emergency. apt image the other day in explaining the mental sources of weakness in the U.S. What is really needed is a top-notch re­ need for wage and price controls. He said dollar-among them the rise in the underly­ serve, one that is really ready, one that will they should be regarded like the scaffolding ing ra.te of inflation toward double digits, be prepared to go into service within a few put up to secure a weak building. Once in low productivity and a rising oil import days in case of an emergency. To achieve bill-could be more effective. that, we need to take steps to bring the re· place, and after basic repairs to the struc- Bosworth's comprehensive anti-inflation ture are made, the scaffolding can be program, mcluding limits on . the whole serve forces up to full combat capability. stripped away piece by piece. · The Quality of the current weapotls and President Carter has stubbornly refused panoply of government actions that push other equipment used by the reserves falls to consider mandatory wage and price con- prices higher, is the. most comprehensive to short of the militar~ needs of the 1980's. I trois-or, alternatively, . a substantially- come along. All of the details are in the new think we also need to take steps to encour­ Brookings book. age more people to join the reserves and for beefed-up voluntary wage-price guidelines But ·a critical element in .the Bosworth a}): those who are already serving to reenlist. program. But & national emergency exists, proach is the "scaffolding" of wage and These steps should include improved re­ and the Issue won't go away by itself. . price controls. · cruiting efforts, competitive levels of pay, As inflation persists, as it will, through The basic argument for wage-price con- reenlistment bonuses and better manage­ the balance of 1980, the president .next Jan- trois, it seems to me, is unassailable. There ment of the current reserve forces. uary-whoever he is-will be faced with the are only two ways to break the momentum It is important to make clear that reserv­ absolute necessity of establishing an effec- of inflation. One is wage and price controls. ists should not assume that they are virtual­ tive government wage-price pcmcy. The other ts a severe recession, almost a de- ly immune from being called up to active This reality is recognized in the latest edi- pression. duty. They should realize that in the future tion of "Setting National Priorities," a top. If the next president buys the Bosworth the reserves is a serious matter, and that Quality, 1t ·depressing, volume edited by program as a guide, the "scaffolding" could there is always a chance they will be called economist Joseph A. Pechman for the be stripped ~way within a reasonable time. up. . Brookings Institution. . It won't be easy. But the other alternative is I am convinced that these steps will help "Despite the severe d1tfi~ulties, some totally ·unaeceptable.e · us make it dramatically clear to the Soviets direct government intervention in price and that their power strategy will henceforth wage decisions will probably be needed," face even greater challenge from the free Pechman says in an introductory summary. NARD CHOOSES BILL .HILL OF world than in the past . . . . This intervention can be either through EASTON, MD. Before I conclude, I would like to pay tri~ formal controls, or-Pechman's preference­ bute to a great Hungarian-American, Con­ a much tougher guidelines program. gresswoman Mary Rose Oakar of Ohio, who Pechman had suggested to his friendS in HON. ROBERT E. BAUMAN · certainly ranks among the outstanding the administration that Carter refuse to OF MARYLAND members of the House of Representatives. I accept the outer limit of 9.5 percent for 1980 -IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES might add that Mary Rose led the fight­ ·wage increases proposed by his tripartite which I supported...:...to keep the St. Ste­ Pay.Advisory Committee. Monday, March 24,.1980 phen's Crown in the United States a few That is up from 7 percent last year. But Carter, fearing that labor would walk off • Mr. BAUMAN. Mr. Speaker, the Na­ years ago ...• tional Association of Retail Druggists Thanks again for inviting me today.e the committee, went along with the 9.5 per­ cent guideline, a level that is likely to rein­ has recently embarked upon a cam­ fore~ ~nci extend the wage-price spiral. paign to raise the awareness of the WAGE-PRICE CONTROLS "I wouid have let labor walk out," Pech·. American public to the contributions man told this· reporter. "We've got to play of family pharmacists throughout the hard ball. In any event, the unions aren't country. I am pleased that NARD has HON.JAMESJ.BLANCHARD going to strik-e against the government." selected for their nationwide poster OF MICHIGAN It seems· to me that 1t later on it comes campaign, Mr. William Hill, a pharma­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES down to the prospect of imposing a "volun· cist from my hometown of Easton, Md. tary" wage guideline by fiat-presumably I have known Bill Hill for many years Monday, March 24, 1980 "rolled back" from the 9.5 percent-it will and I do not believe NARD could e Mr. BLANCHARD. Mr• .Speaker, be preferable to go all the way to manda­ have possibly chosen a more conscien­ last week tne House Banking Subcom- tory controls. Labor uni.ons would regard that as fairer ·into each prescrip. haps those in the distant future- ble. · tion. These inserts are supposed to whose private gaili may be in conflict To the equal number of citizens who inform the user of s.ny potential side with the public's interest in the public have written me urging support for effects and risk in using that drug. lands. the monument, I agree with you that This sounds fine but this proposal will Secret Mountain-Red Canyon is a do little to help the consumers' under­ S e d ona h as b een increas in g 1 Y polar- priceless treasure that must not be standing and much to cause problems ized by this issue. This is most unfor- sacrificed ·to shortsightedness and tunate, even wrong, because no group fear. We must have the courage to be for pharmacists. has a comer on truth or falsehood. I If the PPI's are to be effective, they have tried to stay out of this debate responsible stewards of the land· and must be understandable. However, if -mindful parents of our children so they are to be complete in describing while the Park Service went about its that we can pass on to them the natu- the risks and to clear the manufactur­ Job and the people of Sedona debated ral · heritage that we as Americans ers of liability for pQssible misuses, the issues. But I have kept close tabs have been so uniquely privileged to they must be very technical. So far, on events and comment, and my staff enjoy. that is exactly what has' happene~ and has studied the issues closely both in Two generations ago, Camelback from the consumer's standpoint, they Washington and in Sedona i~elf. Mountain-the trademark of Phoe- might as well be written in Chines~. It is my conviction that most peopl~ nix-was sold off for just a couple of The cost of these PPI's however in the community, whether .tney are dollars an acre. In the 1960's and range in the area of $8,000 per. store as fQr or against the monument, want to 1970's, with the boom ori in Phoenix, a a startup cost, which does not include see Sedona m~intained the way it is. I great game became "King of the the cost of hirihg a clerk to sort and agree with that proposition: Unfortu- Mountain" in which .- wealthy people manage · 50,000 separate · pieces of nately, if experience has shown -us tried to build a house higher than the paper. Remember that these are poll· anything at all, it has shown us that last one that was constructed.-Senator cies imposed upon phannacists who reality does riot stay the way it Js if we GoLDWATER and Phoenix leade~ are already having problems in busi­ ·do nothing at all. Years from now-5, joined in raising more than $1 millian ness. These are not big businessmen 10, 30, or more-someone will want to to purchase the remain.iilg slopes on develop the private lands at the base c lb k M t i d t but small business people who provide of the cliffs. One development for the ame ac oun a n an preserve jobs and they deserve better treat­ them for all time. Our generation° is ment. . I hope my colleagues will be most critical ·canyon in the area al- . going -to be judged on its vision and alert to the campaign of the National ready is moving along. I do not know if foresight, and I think we will get bad Association of Retail Druggists. I can the people of Sedona consider the marks from our grandchildren if we do speak for Bill Hill in telling you that kind of high-density development that not move now to guarantee that what they need our attention and concem.e is currently permissible keeping the surely must be one of the most inspir­ land we all cherish the way it is. I do ing vistas in all of the United States­ not. the Sedona Cliffs at sunrise or SECRET MOUNTAIN-RED So the question is what are we going sunset-is not lost. · CANYON AREA to do to keep Sedona the way it is Doing nothing is not an alternative. while protecting the rights and way of I hope that with: the support of my HON. MORRIS K. UDALL life of private citizens. Contrary to colleagues next year we will be able to oF ARIZONA what many think, I have never had a do what is right-.e IN Tim HOUSE oi REPRESENTATIVES definitive position on exactly. how. I think this issue should be resolved. I ·Monday, March 24, 1980 have always believed-as I believe AFFIRMATIVE ACTION-THE NEW • Mr. UDALL. Mr. Speaker, 2 years today-that we can and must find a "IRISH NEED NOT APPLY" PRO­ ago, the Congress agreed with me that formula that achieves the maximum GRAM the Secret Mountain-Red Canyon area level of protection with a minimum of of Sedona, Ariz., ought to at least be _new governmental intrusion into pea- HON. JOHN M. ASHBROOK studied as a potential nat_ional monu- pie's life. · OF OHIO ment because it· is a scenic wonder That formula may not be any of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that may eventually be threatened or three directions outlined· in the Park destroyed by development. Service study. So I have been explor- Monday, Marc1i 24, 1980 The National Park Service has con- ing possible alternative avenues with e 'Mr. ASHBROOK. . Mr. Speaker, like ducted that study and soon will recom- key figures in the Arizona congression­ everybody else around · St. Patrick's mend to Congress what it thinks al delegation. I had hoped that we Day,· I have done a good deal of re­ should be the future of the area. could unite on a compromise approach flecting lately about ·the Irish. Being As we all know, this study has 'that could be enacted in the few re­ an American, I have thought allriost sparked unusUal and unusually vehe- . maining legislative days of 1980. entirely about the Americans · whose ment controverSy in and around the Unfortunately, I must report to date forebears came from Ireland. Through Sedona community. Many citizens there seems to be insufficient interest all the bumps and. scrapes, this has fear, understandably, that if the Park or support within the delegation to get been a good relationship. · · Service is called upon -to manage a such a ·bill through in the 96th Con­ . The Irish who came to· our shores monument ih Sedona it will immedi- gress. Despite my efforts, it appears over the last two centuries had been ately begin to condemn about 1,000 that the resolution that is of so much oppressed to an extent so enormous it acres of private land within the study interest to all in the Sedona area will 1s hard to conceive. In Ireland, they boundary. Others fear that the pres- not be forthcoming ihis year. And had no freedom and· no opportunity. ence of the Park Service would add ~o that, I am sorry to say, is the way it is. In this country, they were provided 6368 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 24, 1980 .with a great deal of both. It is a spe­ welfare that they were discouraged Carter administration assumed office, cial pleas·ure, in this world where ·in­ from working, so they developed a we can find that the conclusions of gratitude is the rule, to reflect that work ethic often superior to the fabled INFCE, which was convened under Irish-Americans have remembered Protestant one. pressure from the President, have how much better life was here with all ·Many 19th century immigrants indeed vindicated the Congress. We in the problems, than ·it was in British­ would have made it even if there had the Congress have been called upon ruled Ireland. No Americans have been a liberal establishment in their several times to confront the Carter loved this country-more intensely, and way. But, being human beings, many position on the deferral of spent nu­ served it more devotedly, then Irish­ of thein would have found the easy clear fuel reprocessing and breeder de­ Americans. way out very tempting. Irish-Ameri­ velopment in this country.. This body Penniless and often hungry, the cans were free, for at least a century has continuously rejected the notion Irish were faced at the factory gates of of their long history, of people who that vital elements in our domestic New England with signs declaring, were trying to do something to them energy policy should be scuttled be­ ''Irish Need Not Apply." In the win­ on the excuse of doing things for cause of the mind-set developed early dows of many stores was the sign, them, and they made the most of it. in this administration. We have reject­ "Irish Keep Out." The mill areas of For that, they are grateful to Anierica, ed these proposals to elimi:{late the New England were poverty-stricken to and America is grateful to them.e United States as a participant in the a degree we have difficulty imagining peaceful applications of nuclear tech­ today. It is absolutely chilling to real­ nology. At issue for us now is-whether ize that those conditions were a vast INFCE I or not ·the administratiort has the improvement over those in 19th cen­ courage to respond to its proper com­ tury Ireland. But the reflection adds HON. TQM CORCORAN mitment-to accept the basic conclu­ pleasure to observing that, for all that, OF ILLINOIS sions of this international study, in it is the Irish-Americans who scandal­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES which the United States was a full ize the establishment by remembering participant, and proceed to restructure America's rights rather than its Monday, March 24, 1980 the domestic· nuclear fuel ·cycle pro­ wrongs, and by demanding the reten­ e Mr. CORCORAN. Mr. Speaker, I re­ gram that has been devastated by var­ tion of traditional values when the fad . ported to the House on February 20 ious initiatives undertaken by the ad­ of the establishment calls for alterna­ my observations about the· activities ministration since 1977. tives. currently being conducted in Europe I submit that the financial costs Of course, the establishment tells us relative to that area's approach to ura­ alone to the American people for tllis that it is just doing what it is doing, nium resource conservation, as well as experiment in foreign policy by the from busing to undermining tl';le nuclear waste management. A few Carter administration have been very family,· for our own good. But the days later, the International Fuel high. These costs can be measured in Irish came prepared for that line. For Cycle Evaluation concluded terms of the cancellation of nine en­ hundreds of years, the Irish had been its work and presented its report in richment contracts -which would have subjected to an English establishment Vienna, Austria. This 66-nation. inter­ provided important trade revenue which used the same excuse. Cromwell national effort was convened at the benefits of up to $1 billion. These decimated Ireland in the name of con­ suggestion of the United States as a costs can also be measured in our in­ verting the country to his version of resul~ of Presid.ent Carter's actions ability to participate as a supplier of the true religion. Generation after pursuant to his April 1977 nuclear equipment for the legitimate energy generation of English administrations policy statement. In the midst of other programs of other nations. These costs banned Catholic services and banned urgent international developments, can be measured in terms of the the speaking or writing of Gaelic, all, the importance of this meeting and delays in the completion of important they said,-for the people's own good. the conclusions of its participants steps in our breeder demonstration Like .the liberal establishment of our. have been blurred. Under normal con­ program which has added at }east 3 own day, London had its own ideas ditions, the caption for the article de­ years ·to the availability of the first about morality, culture, and religion, scribing .the outcome "66-Nation operational information from the and it did not intend to let the feelings Group Rebuffs Carter, Backs Breeder Clinch River breeder reactor demon­ of the people get in its way. Reactors" might have been front page stration project adding ~t least $500 No one has had more experience material in the Washington Post. Un­ million to the cost of the project as a with what well-meaning people can do fortunately, this article was buried result of inflation. These costs can be to you under the pretense of doing back on page A 12 and received rela­ measured in terms of serious erosion something for you .than have Ameri­ .tively little attention. I am insertiilg of the private sector to begin reproc­ cans of . Irish descent. Liberalism, tliis article at the conclusion of this essing fuel by no later than this year which went into power in the 1930's statement so that niy colleagues may amounting to perhaps a penalty of depending heavily on Irish-American have an · opportunity to review issues $250 million in the costs of each such votes, has now- put the. "Irish Need raised by INFCE which I feel are im­ facility. These costs can be mea.Sured Not Apply" signs back up. Today a p_ortant to decisions soon to be before in terms of the numerous. studies per­ working. man in Boston loses his job Congress about the reorientation of formed in connection with this inter­ opportunities, not to a white Protes­ our domestic nuclear policy. Addition­ national program, $24 million of which tant New Englander, but to a liberal­ ally, I am inserting a February 29 arti­ has been poured _into a nine-volume · specified minority_. But from the work­ cle from the International Herald Tri­ Department of Energy report called er's. point of view, it is the same old bUne. the nonproliferation alternatives sys­ story. The unfortunate situation in which tems assessment program. Finally, 38 · Few people will understand me we find the United States at the con­ percent of the direct costs of INFCE better than Irish-Americans -when I clusion of this. 2¥2 year effort is that were bo'rne by 'the United States. say that they are luckier because their we see yet another aspect of our failed These direct costs represent direct as­ forebears did not have the sympathy foreign policy drifting ·without any sessments to adlninistratively support of a·well-meaning establishment out to true focus on productive conclusions. INFCE and do not include the addi­ take care of them and do them good. U.S. nuclear policy is unquestionably -tional costs borne by the U.S. Govern­ It was a hard, cruel struggle out of the driving our European allies to the ment in support of the U.S. delegation poverty and ignorance with which Soviet Union for enriched uranium. which attended various INFCE meet­ their forebearS had reached our Without a doubt, the ·united States is ings, all but one of which were in shores. But no ·one offered to teach increasingly in a position of standing Vienna. By this crude accounting, this their children entirely .iri Gaelic, so alone in terms of nuclear energy experiment by President Carter has they haa to learn English, and few policy. cost U.S. citizens at least $2 billion and people have done a more thorough job If we reflect on the important deci­ some 3 to 5 years in iniplementation of of it. No one offered them so much for sions . Congress has faced since. the important programs-to say nothing March 24, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6369 of a most severe erosion of U.S. pres- The president argued against the spread group of 77-representing 117 Third World tige abroad. of fast-breeders-so called because they nations-over the weekend objected to selec­ breed more plutoRium fuel than they use:_ tion of a delegate from a nuclear weapons I have carefully reviewed the 72- out of concern that a sharp increase in the country to chair the gathering. page INFCE summary volume. I have · worldwide availability of plutonium, which also met in my office with the U.S. can be used to fabricate atpmtc bombs, [From the International Herald Tribune, Ambassador to INFCE, Gerald Smith. would add to the problem of curbing nucle- Feb.29, 19801 I would like to invite the attention of ar proliferation. . WORLD BODY ENDORSES NUCLEAR POWER my colleagues to the following quote But France, Britain, the Soviet Union, DESPITE WEAPONS PROLIFERATION RISK from the INFCE summary volume. Japan and other countries have pressed on with their fast-breeder programs, and install breeders on a ditional $172 million for the project in Sep­ spread of nuclear weapons. sufficient scale, the rate of increase for the tember by tacking a rider on a federal pay­ It set forth this priority in a communique . uranium price could slow down as these na- roll bill. ending a two-year evaluation of nuclear fuel tions reduce pressures on the uranium Among the advantages cited for the fast problems that resulted in an exhaustive market. If such a large-scale deployment breeder in the report: • series of technical studies. can take place, it is likely not only that a Radioactive releases.-"During the normal The 66 countries involved tn: the Interna~ light-water reactor and other thermal reac- operation of a power reactor, there are tiona! Nuclear FUel Cycle Evaluation agreed tors will continue to be an economically minor releases of radioactivity into the envi­ that effective measures can and should be viable option, but that uranium supplies ronment in the form of both gaseous and taken to minimize the danger of the prolif­ would be redistributed to the benefit of liquid effluents, there is some evidence to eration of nuclear weapons. But they also countries with developing nuclear programs. suggest that there may be. a difference be­ agre~d that such measures had to be ap­ Similar considerations would apply for tween the two systems, with the fast reactor plied without jeopardizing energy supplies other advanced reactor systems and fuel appearing to demonstrate a clear advan- or the development of nuclear energy for cycles.- tage." peaceful purposes. Mr. Speaker, our obligation is to Radiation exposure.-"Occu~ational expo­ The technical studies themselves endorsed take the steps necessary for the sure should be lower for fast-breeder reac- both the development of fast-breeder nucle­ tors than for [existing] reactors. Some Eu­ ar reactors, which run on plutonium, and United States to resume its technology ropean utilities are relying on the future the reprocessing of used nuclear-fuel rods. leadership role. The worldwide appli- fast breeder to decrease the annual dose per Both moves will increase the amount of cation of both reprocessing and breed- operator to well below the figure for the weapons-grade plutonium in the world. But er technology should have the full [existing] stations." the studies found the steps necessary to im­ benefit of U.S. input on matters of Thermal pollution.-'1The thermal effi­ prove the world's energy supply. public health, safety, and safeguards. ciency of the fast-breeder reactor is higher i ibl · than that of the [existing] reactor because FRANCE FAR AHEAD Anyt hi ng 1ess would b e rrespons e. the fast breeder ·operates at higher tempera- As the meeting ended, the nationalized Mr. Speaker, for the benefit of my tures; the problems of thermal pollution are electricity authority of France announced in colleagues, I insert a February 26 therefore reduced." · Paris that it would place orders for two Washington Post article by Milton R. Nuclear waste disposal.-"More waste large fast-breeder reactors, each capable of Benjamin and a February 29 Intema- would be expected to arise from the [exist­ producing power in the 1,500-megawatt tiona! Herald Tribune article by Don ing] power cycle than from the fast-breeder range. France is already far ahead in fast­ Cook: cycle • . . This decrease would require fewer breeder development, with completion of a waste handling requirements and, conse­ 1,300-megawatt plant due to begin operation [From the Washington Post, Feb. 26, 1980] quentlg,less permanent storage capacity." in 1983. A 66-NATION GROUP REBUFFS CARTER, BACKS Even members of the U.S. delegation The conclusions of the INFCE study pose. BREEDER REACTORS taking part in the fuel cycle talks here con- some policy questions for the Carter admin­ can, for example. point to a Singapore, a Now he has called again for its ratification. If I were delivering a State of the Union Taiwan or a South Korea, aa nations that The President at the same time, however,· address and doing my utmost to present our shunned Marxism and aocialism and have declared that he will keep the United States contemporary situation as accurately and won their prosperity by means of private en­ second to none in military strength. How comprehensively as I could, I would have to terprise, thrift and hard work. can he keep us where we are not? We are al­ tell you that inflation and interest rates are Coming to the second of our broad re­ ready second to one, namely, the Soviet possibly higher than. at any time in our his­ quirements, we cannot meet out world re­ Union-and that is a very dangerous posi­ tory. Our rate of increase in productivity, sl)onsib1lities without a strong economic tion in which to be. Besides, Soviet invest­ once .the very foundation of our industrial policy which is effective at home and ,In the ments in strategic arms are continuing at a might, is now less than half that of most na­ world marketplaCe. We cannot go on allow­ rate nearly three times as large as ours, and tions competing with us in world markets, Ing government to spend beyond its means their investment in conventional arms will and less than one third of that of Japan. . while ohr cttrrency depreciates in value lit­ be nearly twice as large. .so what we· have Our energy policy is a ~eb of confusion in erally by the day and week. been told IS simply untrue. which the cost of one Federal agency The carter Administration explains ~way We also should have learned the. lesson alone-the Department of Energy-is equal much of our inflation as caused by the need that we cannot negotiate arms control to almost tert cents for each gallon of gaso­ to import oil. We import less than one half ·agreements that will slow down the Soviet line we buy. we· live in an . energy-rich of what we use. Germany imports 96 per­ military buildup, as long as we let the Sovi­ nation, but our government tells us we can cent and Japan 100 percent, but their infla­ ets move ahead of us in every category of reduce our dependence on foreign oil im­ tion rates are only a fraction of ours. Aa a armaments. Once we clearly demonstrate to ports only by turning down the thermostats result, their workers save " mueh higher the Soviet leadership that we are deter­ and by driving less. percentage of their earnings than Ameri­ mined to compete, arms control negotiations Well, so much for the good news. The bad cans do. Their industry invests more in capt­ will again have a chance. On such a basis, I news is that we now face a situation in tal equipment and research, and their gov­ would be prepared to negotiate vfgorotisly which our principal adversary, the Soviet ernments take only two-thirds the percent­ for verifiable reductions in armaments, Union, surpasses us in virtually every cate­ age of total output in taxes as does ours. since only on such a bas~ could reductions gory of military strength. We are· losing out in global economic com­ be equitable. While the Sol'iets arrogantly warn us to petition not only because we have become This is how we can find peace and security stay out of their way, we occupy our8elve's overgovemed, over-regulated and overtaxed, through strength. by looking for human· rights violations in but because our method of taxation has dis­ There are no easy solutions, and I do not those countries which have historically couraged investment, risk and enterprise, believe in deceiving the American people. been our friends and allies. Those friends and the result of overtaxation has fright­ To rebuild ·our military strength will. take feel betrayed and abandoned, and in several ened people from the private sector, which determination, prudence, and a sustai~ed specific cases they have been. · accounts for our production, to the public effort. We ·simply have to face the harsh A Soviet satellite state operates freely Just sector, which is not only the least produc­ fact that our defense posture must be invig­ ninety miles off our coast; our ein.bassies are tive segment of our economy, but actually orated across the board. targets for ten;ortst ·attacks; our diplomats devotes much of its activity to impeding To prevent the ultimate catastrophe of a have been murdered, and half a hundred production and stimulating consumption. massive nuclear attack, we urgently need a Americans are captive going into. the fifth Today only about 79 million Americans program to preserve and restore our strate­ month now at our Embassy in Iran.· work and earn in the productive private gic deterrent. The Admintstration proposes We all have been dishonored, and our sector. About 82 m111ion get a portion of a costly and complex new missile system~ credibility as a great nation compromised, their income from government. But we can't complete that until the end of to say the least. Our shield has been tar­ An unbalanced administration of the anti­ this decade. Given the rapidly growing vul· nished. trust laws has led to compulsory licensing of nerability of our land-based ~ile force, a · We are a proud nation, with much in. our new technologies that benefits foreign com­ faster remedy is needed. history of which to be rightly proud. But in petitors. Our foreign competitors are free to We have to maintain a superior navy. We our national Capitol, pride in our country pool their resources so as to drive American are a nation with vital interests and commit­ and our heritage seems to be out of fashion. business out of foreign markets. Our anti­ ments overseas, and our navy must stay That is not true of our people. All over trust poJicies-destgned to foster competi­ head of the Soviet buildup. This means America I have found the people hungry to tion in the American market--are applied to commissioning the ships and developing be told the truth about our situation and American firms in the world market' in such technology which will. enable the United ready to respond in the country's hoUr of a way as to make them noncompetitive with States to command the oceans for decades need. The American people are not ready to other industrialized nations. to come. · consign tne American dream, with all that it We must put our economic house in order We must restore an active ready reserve means to us and to oppressed people every­ so we can once again show the world by ex­ force and proYide the necessary incentives where, to the dustbin of history. ample that ours is the best system for all to .retafn skilled men and women in the May I suggest an alternate path this who want security and freedom. armed forces. I believe we can make a volun­ nation can take; a change in foreign policy Communism is good for guaranteeing life­ tary force WQrk. But we can't when we force from the vacillation. appeasement and aim-. time Jobs for dictators. but it is terrible for people to serve at a pay scale lower than lessnesss of our present policy? economic development. This is a fact. that welfare. A noncommissioned officer on a That alternate path must meet three we have to get across to people throughout carrier is put in charge of a $25 million air­ broad requirements: the world, and ~specially in the poorer craft. He often works sixteen hours a day. First, it must be based on firm convictions, countries. The American success story used He earns less than a cashier at a supermar­ inspired by a clear vision of, and belief in, to be a sh1ntng example. something that ket. Is it any wonder the armed torces are America's future. other people aspired to. It was and can still losing two-thirds of their personnel? Second, it ca:fui for a strong economy, be the Americ&.n dream. But the world must To me, it milkes far more sense to fix this based c.n the free market system, which see that we still believe in that dream. urgent problem of personnel retention and gave us an unchallenged leadership in cre­ And this brings us to the third require­ to restore the strength of the reserves, than .ative technology. · ment for our policy. The best foreign policy to debate whether we should hire hundreds Third, and very simply, we must have the cannot preserve the peace and protect the of bur-eaucrats to compile a gigantic roster unquestioned capability· to preserve world realm of freedom unless it is backed up by of young men and women for a possible peace and our national security. .adequate military power. · future draft. When I say our foreign .policy must be The Carter Admintstration and the Demo­ based on convictions, I speak of our belief in cratic-controlled Congress have neglected We have·to take full advantage of the con­ the principles and ideals which made thJa our military strength and have cut back our tributions that American science and tech­ nation what it is today. We must take the defense programs. For nearly two decades nology can make. to the defense of the lead in' pointing out ·to other nations, and the Russians have been building theirs to an United States and to the preservation of particularly those of the Third World, the extent never before witnessed by the world. peace. superiority of our system. For too long at And only now, since the Soviet invasion of And we must once again restore the official levels we have been. apologetic Afghanistan, and the President's discovery United States intelligence community. A about, if not downright hostile to"!ard, that the Soviets can't be trusted, has he in- Democratic Congress, aided and abetted by 6374 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 24, 1980' the Carter Administration, has succeeded in In the Middle East our alignment with decade. We have only to get on with the shaCkling and demoralizing our intelligence Israel must be continued for the benefit of tasks before us.e services to the point that they no longer both counties. Israel, a stable democracy function effectively as a component part· of sharing our own values, serves as a vital our defenses. With all of the terrorist and strategic asset with its highlY trained and HOW TO JUDGE WASHINGTON military threats confronting us, we need a eXIMirienced military forces, and is a deter· ACTIONS first-class intelligence capabUity, with high rent to Soviet expansion in that troubled morale and dedicated people. We have the part of the world. HON JAMES T BROYHILL means to regenerate our intelligence organi- We must continue efforts to win the • • / zation, and I would surely employ those friendship and trust of the other nations of OJ' NORTH CAROLINA means. the Middle East, but we must not attempt IN THE. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · But whne we do all these things and they to Impose our solution to the· problems Monda"', March 24, 1980 . are essential, we · must al)ove all have a there. This can be said of the trouble in 111· grand strategy; a plan for the dangerous Lebanon, where we should offer our help e Mr. BROYHILL. Mr. Speaker, -the decade ahead. We must be prepared with but without dictating terms and it also ap. debate In Washington these. days is .contingency plans for future Irans and Af. plies -to the tragedy Involving two of our centered around balancing the Federal ghanlstans. It Is painfully apparent that we NATO allies over Cyprus. budget and the policy decisions that have 'been surprised repeatedly .and faced We did not seek leadership of the free are made In Washington that impact with situations we have never anticipated world, but there is no one else who can pro- and for which we ·have no ready plan of vide it. And _without our leadership there on that budget. The past spending action. wm be no peace in the world. policy of Congress, which is spending When It ·was· learned- that the Soviet Finally, we must rid ourselves of the "Viet- ·the taxpayer's hard-earned money at Onion had added to its air force and subma- nam Syndrome". _It -has dominated our tbe_rate . of $1 million per minute, is rlnes ip CUba-which we meekly accepted as ...,,,_1r, ....,. f too 1 the root cause of the financial and in· within their rights-and then a combat brl· IWLU.UO.,Uaa or ong. gade of ground troops, President carter said The conduct of American foreign policy is fiationary crisis which grips the COl,Ul· this wa.S unacceptable to the United states. essentially a task of efectively managing our try today. tabl ·resources-material, human and moral-and Recently, my good friend, Rolfe withHe has no furthersince · acceptedprptest. the unaccep e tmpiementing policies which use . those re- Neill, publisher of the Charlotte f the Carter Adminlstration. appear to be burned out. It's an emergency. -Rico and Guam. are alleged to be instances · I have long felt that our foreign policy Inflation will conquer a nation as surely as a of colonialism, yet hardly a single speech is must be changed, and I have consistently ·foreign army, Just more quietly. being given, hardly a word is said about the stressed the urgency of strengthening our Most of the money decisions affecting vast expanse of the _colonial empire of the defenses against Russia's growln'g mUitary your life this year won't· be made by you. Soviet Union. · might. I have made a strenuous effort to Washlngto~ politicians will make them. Recently, the Administration took great alert my fellow Americaris that the policy of. These leaders' policies are primarily respon­ pride and haUed as a victory a United Na- detente is, to a large e~tent, an 111uslon ~,md sible .tor our crisis. Their self-Interest tells tiona Resolution condemning the Invasion not a reality of East-West relations. them to deny lt. That same self-Interest of Afghanistan~ even though that resolution I liave spoken always with confidence and urges them to continue their perversion of did not even mention the SoViet Union by conviction · about these matters because I certain economic 1nd1sputables. name. have felt the ·danger before us has been A BANDY GUIDE These humUlations and symbols of weak- clear and present. With m1111ons of Amen- ness add up. The unwtnlngness of the cans. 1 have hoped that we would change Herewith a Sunday Sampler of facts by ·Carter Administration to make our case is course quickly before the situation got which to Judge all Washington actions: pervasive. We apologize, compromise, with· worse. we did not, and the situation has in 1. Something for nothing. Still can't be draw and retreat; we fall snent when insult· fact become wors~but it 1s by no means tr... done. For a dollar to be given away by Uncle ed and pay ransom when we are victimized. retrievable. Sam, some taxpayer must earn it. It Is 1m- Confronted by so many pressing crises, we Today, even though our nation's security possible for govermnent to create wealth. It would all like to find solutions. What can be h i ted d in th t can only confiscate and redistribute. · done, tomorrow, to free.our diplomats In Te- as greatly deter.ora ur g ese pas · 2. OPEC didn't cause our 13.3 percent in­ years, mY confidence In the strength and heran? What can be done now to turn back patriotism of the American people remains flation last year. Yes, the· on sheiks' big the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan? unshaken. _ price hikes contributed to lnfiation, but the We can neither solve these present crises, If told the truth, the AMerican people will principal firebug was our own government. nor cope with graver future ones unless we _support a foreign policy reflecting their Japan Imports 99 percent of Its on. The in· regain a reputation of reliabUlty toward our pride and patriotism, a foreign. policy that is _ flation rate there is 6.9 percent. West Ger- allies This means avoiding Wha.t we did. in manv. Imports about 97 percent of Its on, yet Taiwan,· and what we did to Korea with the a charter for our nation's great future, not has "an Inflation rate of 6.6 percent. The mistaken plan for withdrawing troops, or to an installment plan for America's decline. chief difference between them and us: fi- the German Chancellor with the Incredible When our national recovery begins, you nanclal discipline. flip.flop on the "neutron warhead" or to will see a rallying of the splrit not only in 3. Uncle Sam's borrowing crowds you out Israel with that incredible and scandalous this great nation, but among all oppressed at the loan window. If our government vote In the United Nations. people, and a reVival of our alliances would live within its Income It wouldn't Our grand strategy must recognize those throughout the world. need to issue .so many IOUs. Interest rates areas of the world which are necessary to Once we act again as the leader of the would be much lower. You would have more any plan for preserving world peace. . Free World, I bellev~ we will no longer of your paycheck to spend as you choose Here in our own hemisphere I urge a stand alone; we will be supported by a grand rather than have the government -take it North American Accord to bind the three coalition of other nations and peoples who from you. Last week, Uncle Sam paid better great nations of this continent closer to- want to work with us to preserve their free- than 14 percent Interest to finance-the defi- gether. I have already spoken of Central dom. cit voted year after year by our politicians. America and of the Caribbean, and certainly We have the resources, we have the 4. Social Security is nearly bankrupt. Big- we must regain the friendship and trust of wisdom, and we have the conviction to pre- gest trouble here is that Congress voted the nations of South America. serve peace and security In the coming eternal automatic Social Security raises to March 24, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6375 match inflation. That means a 23 percent Seminary, of the Southwest and the sure, the bishop would not have been benefits increp.se in the last two years. Did University of the South at Sewanee able to achieve all the great works I your wages go up that much? conferred on him the honorary degree have spoken of today. · cAN'T BE DONE of doctor of divinity. Also, the John Mr. Speaker, all our lives have been- There is no pool of Social Security funds. Marshall Law School conferred upon enriched by the bishop. He touched Today's wage-earners are paying yesterday's · him the honorary degree of doctor of - the lives of· countless individuals and retirees. We are rapidly increasing the ratio laws. earned the love, gratitude, -and" admi· of retirees to_workers, so Social Security ti- Prior to his COil$eCration . as bishop ration of not only members of his nancing will skid even faster. · - 5. Borrow from other funds to shore up he served two of the largest Episcopal · branch of Christendom, but· people of Social Security. This is _more hocus pocus. ·parishes in the South, as rector of St.· goodwill from all races and creeds. When you're already in ruinous hock, what Luke's _Episcop~ Church -in Atlanta, I extend my heartfelt sympathy to sane person would propose further borrow- Ga., and as dean of Christ Church Ca- ·the bishop's family and to all the ing? · thedral in Houston. As dean of _this members of his- congregations that 6. We need to reduce taxes to stimulate great cat:Pedral for .12 years Bishop have sustained such a grievous loss the economy. Not right now. We need to Richardson made it a house of prayer ·this day. The world is- a far better reduce government spending and apply the not only for his congregation, tmt for place because this great and good man excess to balancing the bucfget. th th ds f 1 h 7. You can't take back something you've e many Ol:ISan 0 peop e W o - was amongst US. Well done, good and given a veteran, minority person, business, daily inhabit that center of commerce faithful servant.e etc. The heck you can't. How can you pay and need a place for contemplation out what you don't have? we must limit and solace. The cathedral is a sturdy . many programs. "Entitlement" is one of the witness of the. faithful and a beacon FIGHTING INFLATION new nonsense words in government. When· and refuge for all who would avail times get hard, then the feed in the trough themselves of its services. But not only PHIU~ Is leaned out. If you don't like short rations, is it a house of prayer, it is vibrant HON. R. SHARP Just leave them for the next person. - with activity as a meeting place for or INDIANA 8. Big oU is raping the American public. scholars-and students, an exhibit hall IN THE HOUSE 01' REPRESENTATIVES Not true. Our government's policies have · discouraged domestic exploration for on, for art, and musical recitals are tegu- Monday, March 24, 1980 forcing the oil companies to buy crude from · larly held there. It is an integral part e Mr. SHARP. Mr. Speaker, we need the OPEC price fixers. of the life of Houston and its citizens, to balance the budget as a first step in an outstanding asset to our communi- -ENERGY WAS CHEAP ty, and Bishop Richardson was largely fighting_ inflation. While economists When Big Oil controlled those countries' responsible for maklilg it what it -is may argue about the direct impact a crude supplies we had the worl~'s cheapest ~oday. _ balanced budget would have, it will energy. We now import nearly halt of our oil, causing us to ship dollars abroad that Mr. Speaker, Bishop Richardson was clearly be an important symbol to the are needed at home. Increased domestic not only a man ·of prayer. He was a American people that we are serioUs. supplies would compete with OPEC, bring- man of action who gave fully _of him· Unfortunately, while most people ing down its price. - self not only to his own diocese but to agree with the need for balancing the 9. Washington knows best. This is a politi­ his national church as well. He was budget, many of them want to exclude cal arrogance without party, found · about i al E is al whatever program or tax break is of equally today among Democrats and Repub­ trust ee 0 f the N a t on P cop particular benefit to them. We have licans. More common sense is in view in the Radio-TV Foundation and chairman Carolinas than our nation's capital. Neither ot the board of the church pension all heard from lobbyists , in recent state nor any of their cities follows the fi­ fund. He was chairman of the board of weeks, ·in effe~t, . "Yes, balance ,the nancial follies to be found on the Potomac. trustees of the Episcopal Theological budget, bu~ don t cut our progr~. - 10. This won't hurt much. Yes, it will. Seminary of the southwest chairman We all have different prioritles, and Nobody has changed water into wine since of the board· of trustees ~f St. Ste- -there 1s room for healthy debate on Jesus. The will-power and self-denial re­ phan's Episcopal School in Austin. . the budget, but we should not let our quired to extricate ourselves is not being ar­ Tex., and was president of st. Luke's interest in some programs undermine ticulated by poli'ticians. They still are ped­ Episcopal Hospital in Houston. He also our commitment to make signific~t dling quick fixes. served a.S a trustee of Baylor College cuts. The damage already being done SEND A MESSAGE of Medicine in Houston. These heavy by inflation, and the potential for eco- Send 'em a message. Tell them what Wil­ responsibllities reflected the bishop's nomic catastroph~, is too great. . liam Lloyd Garrison said in his fir~t issue of life; a life of prayer, a life dedicated to A recent editor1al in the Rushville The Liberator: teaching, preaching, and healing. He Republican, very effectively re­ "I am in earnest-! will not equivocate-! will not excuse-1 will not retreat a single was in the truest sense a wholesome minds us of this danger. By recalling inch; and I will be heard!"e example to the flock of Christ. · for us what happene~ in Germany and -In the 15 years Bishop Richardson China when runaway inflation devast­ served as _the diocesean bishop over ed tl}ose two countries, the editorial RT. REV. -J. MILTON RICHARD- 200 semfuarians have been trained for reminds us of the importance of our SON, LATE A BISHOP OF TEXAS the priesthood at the Seminary of the task. We too could face such a disaster Southwest which under the bishop's if we let our desire to protect special HON. MICKEY LELAND guidance and dynamic leadership grew programs interefere with out effort to 0 ,. TEXAs in stature and now is one of this coun- reduce spending and borrowing. _ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES try's finest institutions of theological Mr. Speaker, because I believe it education. would be useful reading_for everyone Monday, March 24, 1980 countless thousands from around in the Congress, I insert the editorial e Mr. LELAND. - Mr. Speaker, the the country and around the globe "Germany, China Provide ~essons" . Right Reverend J. Milton Richardson, have been treated at St. Luke's Hospi- from the March 11 Rushville Republi· bishop of the Epi$copal Diocese of tal in the world renowned medical can in the RECORD. Texas~ died this morning in Houston, complex which is in· my district. The GERMANY, CHINA PRoviDE LEssoNs Tex. The bishop recently celebrated bishop took an active interest in the . In the archives of United Press Interna­ the 15th ariniversary of his consecra- work of the hospital which· was built tionalis a photograph that shows a man pa­ tton. A native son of Georgia, the _ under the direction of his predecessor, pering the· walls- of his. small two-room bishop was ordained priest in 1939 and the beloved Bishop Clint~n ~- Quin. apartment. There is nothing unusual about studied at the University of Georgia A great source of encouragement, that, except that the man is using worthless German 'marks instead of wallpaper. · where he earned the master of arts advice, and· support for Bishop Rich- The scene is not post-World War II Ger- degree. He received his theological ardson was his wife, Gene, who is many, but post-World war 1 Germany for training at the Virginia Theological known, loved; and· respected by all the the United states citizens _suffering with 15 Seminary in Alexandria, Va., which parishoners und~r the bishop's au- to 20 percent inflation rate, the lesson of along with the Episcopal Th~ological thority. Without such a partner, I am Germany in 1923 ~enlightening. 6376 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 24, 1980 Before the Germ1;1.n government was able frastructure, which the United States Gov­ Kosrae, say local officials. It's as if there to get a handle on inflation, the mark fell ernment has sponsored in the off-shore were no alternatives. di~tically to 3.8 trillion to the areas, is totally dependent upon petroleum Electricity and fuel shortages are major American dollar. The German inflation products for·· energy-gasoline to power the problems now confronting the tropical made· everyone poor and wiped out the life vehicles and outboard motors; diesel to run South Pacific islands, but not the only ones. savings of many middle class Germans. One the electric generators and keep the fishing Radiation from the Bikini nuclear weapons aging writer withdrew his entire life savings boats in operation; Jet fuel to maintain con­ testing area continues to cause birth defects and bought a one-way subway ticket. People tact with the outside world; butane to keep among natives in island chains nearby. The sold firewood to stay alive or paid billions of the family stoves lit. Consequently, the Bikini islanders themSelves, permitted to marks for cuckoo clocks or shoes. P~ople impact .of the energy shortage-both the return for a year until U.S. officials decided hauled their weekly payrolls in wagons and rising cost and the limited supply-has ere­ the island was still too "hot", are now on carts~ ated significantly more problems than on the island of Kill. which has no reef, and The British economist, John Maynard · the mainland. What I am calling for is a thus no fish. The. islanders can no longer Keynes, told the German. government to comprehensive survey to identify and put to feed themselves. stabilize the mark, stop printing money. and use alternative sources of energy. Some of Another festering sore in the· history of balance the budget. the possibilities in a tropical· island environ- the u.a. trust has been the conditions found Unfort~ately, Germa;ny was not the only ment include: Hydroelectric generation, on Ebeye, the "ghetto" of Micronesia. Lo· nation to ever feel the fires of inflation. wind power, solar power, tidal action, bio- cated three miles across a bay from the Between 1937 and 1939, prices rose 50 per- mass, ocean thermal energy conversion Kwajalein missile testing center, Ebeye is cent a year in China. In 1939, prices Jumped. and the distillation of industrial al- the home of the cooks, maids, houseboys 150 percent and 300 percent in 1941. From cohol from vegetable matter. and. caddies that serve the high-security that point on, prices in China doubled some- What needs to be done is to exploit these missile base. times as often as every two months. resources. In conjunction with the Depart.. Thousands of Micronesians have flocked Interest rates also zoomed upwards sfrom ment of Energy and the National Center for to the island to find relatively hi"h-payinr 2.16 percent in 1941 to 3600 percent in 1946. Appropriate Technology..:_an exceptionaily Jobs on the base. Not all have employment One American in China at that time was capable agency with territorial experience...:. there·, and many are waiting for a chance at Theodore White, a writer for Time maga- the Secretary of the Interior should survey one of the few jobs that open up. The 7,000 zine. White wrote, "Inflation is the haunt- all potentials and initiate, with no further inhabitants of Ebeye are crowded onto the ing pestilence of the middle classes. It 18 the delays, energy projects using off-the-shelve island's 65 acres; conditions so crowded that hidden threat that disorganized government items; whenever avaUable, to alleviate the one sanitation engineer insisted that the always holds over those who try to save, to plight of the off-shore areas. people "sleep in shifts.'' Considering that plan to invest and to be prudent. To be Mr. Speaker, in the January-Febru­ 7,000 people on 65 acres would leave a 20' by honest in one's everyday dealings in a ary 1980 A~ T. Times....,.the Journal of 20' area for each person, not counting trees. runaway inflation does not make sense. To Appropriate Technology-a cogent ar­ -buildings and streets, the engineer's charge pay debts on time is folly, to borrow and is literally true. The daily water ration is 2- spend aa fast as possible is prudent . • . In ticle on the seriousness of the Micro­ 4 gallons per person. China inflation made life unreasonable.'' nesian energy shortage appeared. This These severe but representative cases il­ What happened as the result of the high article confirms my worst fears con­ lustrate the dilemmas facing the 120,000 in· inflation rates in those two countries? The cerning the situation in the offshore habitants of Micronesia's cumulative 700 Nazi Party, headed by Adolf mtler, eventu- areas ·and I commend it to the ahen­ · square miles of land. Caught between de­ ally took over in Germany. Mao Tse-tung tion of all my colleagues. pendence on the U .8. and the fading artd his communists were successful in oust- Th i f 1 memory of self-sufficiency. . one islander­ ing the Nationalist government which has e art cle ol ows: MarJie Falanraw from the Yap In· presided over the deterioration of the Chi· MICRONESIA IN ENERGY CRUNCH stitute of Natural Sciences-summed up the nese economy. Spanking new electric power lines-sym- problem recently: "Nobody wants to go . We do not mean to suggest that a totali· bois of progress and change-have arrived back, but where is forward?" tarian regime will replace our democratic at the island of Dublon, courtesy of the U.s~ Few alternatives seem available, but Mi· form of government in the United States. Navy. The lines, their generator, and a dock cronesians are beginning to take a serious But, unless inflation is cooled off soon, proposed for construction may be among look at low-capital appropriate technology those dismal scenes of Germany and China the last gifts bestowed on the remnants of· · options. A 'locally built solar desalinating could be repeated here.e the native culture of Micronesia. Next year, unit would be a godsend to Ebeye. Small Uncle Sam may officially abdicate the ad­ windmills and solar electric cells could keep ministration of Dubloh and about 2,000 radios · running and navigation beacons MICRONESIA IN ENERGY other Pacific Trust Territory islands scat­ working throughout the islan:ds. Methane CRUNCH tered across three million square miles of and alcohol fuels are further possibilities. the-Western Pacific. The islands' dependence on gasoline· and HON.ROBERTJ.LAGO~INO diesel alone could in a shortage, "result in a How well the U.S. has served the trust it crisis situation" with food· supply cut off OF CALIFORNIA inherited after the . island campaigns of and public health threatened, the federal IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES World War II has been a subject of dispute. For example, several years ago, Donald director of Territorial Affairs told a recent Monday, March 24, 1980 McHenry, current ambassador to the United Congressional hearing. Rep. Antonio Won Pat, a non-voting Con­ e Mr. LAGOMARSINO. Mr. Speaker, Nations, wrote "Micronesia: Trust Be­ trayed," a book detatling the abuses of a gressman from Guam. called the hearing to as a member of the Committee on In­ long, callous domination by federal officials. examine 'the impact on the islanders of the terior and Insular Affairs and the The recent worldwide oil shortage has un­ energy transition, which he said would be ranking minority member of the Sub­ derscored the gravity of the islands.' com­ felt "to a far greater extent" in Micronesia committee on Pacific Affairs. I have plete dependence, not only on welfare and than in the U.S. been deeply concerned over the yea~ housing projects provided by the U.S., but One approach to a renewable · energy with the well-being of those who on oil that is now increasingly harder to future was outlined by Bennett Miller, the reside in America's off-shore areas. supply. · Department of Energy's program director for solar, geothermal and electric systems. The current energy crunch is imposing For Dublon, oil scarcity will mean that Miller said DOE's "island strategy" included tremendous hardship on those island­ the new power Unes may never carry elec­ study of small windmills, photovoltaics and ers, and future prospects for alleviat­ tricity. Generators on the island have been other renewable options. DOE is inStalling ing the situation through the alloca­ quiet for over two years, and allocations of several flat-plate solar collectors for water tion of more .. petroleum· products to oil do not include any new projects. The oil heating on Guam. Truk and the Caroline Is­ the territorial areas are bleak. The shortage could also mean that a fish can­ lands, but the collectors could be .developed · nery planned for Oublon may never be without DOE help, he said. only practical solution is to locate and . built. wqich would mean that the new dock put to use alternative energy sources. would not be used. DOE is testing windmills at various· sites, In my supporting floor statement which should be ready sometime in the mid- The haunting, ironic picture Qf idle diesel 80's. Ocean thermal energy conversion, for H.R. 3756, the territorial omnibus generators that the Navy delivered to . might be "optimar• to "deploy and bill, I stated on February 25, 1980: Dublon regardless of worsening oil short­ utilize" in the South Paeific, he said. Miller Nowhere is the energy crisis more severe ages is not unique. Of Dublon's 24 neighbor­ outlined several other high-tech options, in­ than. in America's off-shore area.S. Ishmd ing islands in the Truk district with diesel­ cluding parabolic collector arrays which will people are totally dependent upon adequate powered communications systems, only one­ be tested in 1981 tinder the "Isolated Appli­ transportatlon and communication systems third were operational this September. New cations Experiment Series." The arrays will for their livelihood. Unfortunately. the in- diesels are · being installed in Majuro and generate 100 megawatts of power. March 24, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6377 The trouble is, though, that most of the Lowenstein came up with a line that was so candidates-Jimmy Carter, Jerry Brown and islands have·small electric systems, between right, so funny and so barbed that you just Ted Kennedy. one and four megawatts. The giant OTEC savored it. But he was more eclectic than that. En· barges, which generate electricity from vari­ Representing Sen. Edward Kennedy in a countering George B~h in New Hampshire, ations in ocean temperature, are-at their surrogates' debate in Bangor, Maine, just he told his former House colleague that he smallest-40 megawatts. Like the parabolic before the February caucuses, he was talk· was "anxious to- -get together" with him. arrays, the OTEC systems are not appropri­ ing about the folly in the war fever the Lowenstein would try to convert anyone to ate for any except the two largest islands. Carter administration was whipping up his cause. Miller discounted the use of biomass fuels about the Persian Gulf, about the ridiculous Strange as it Is to say of a man with such by saying that extensive use of the tropical apectacle of national security adviser Zbig­ a legion of devoted friends, individuaJs were forest is "not advisable because of the frag­ niew Brzezinski rushing over to the Paki­ less important to him than causes. That ile ecology." stan-Afghan border and waving an automat­ may explain why his friendships ranged so Another witness before the subcommittee, ic rifle melodramatically toward the Soviet broadly. Don Rumsfeld, the bawkish.former Lane Branson, manager of NCAT's ~en~w­ Invaders. · secretary of defense, was a House gym wres­ able energy section, toured Micronesia at "I expected any minute," Lowenstein tling buddy of Lowenstein's and a friend. the Territorial. government's invitation last jibed, "to liear him shout, 'Ich · bin ein Conservative Bill Buckley was another fall. Branson noted the OTEC plants could Khyber Passer.'" friend, and wrote a courageous oolumn de­ serve only two major islands of the vast I complimented him on the line when I fending Lowenstein against the Red smears chains, and disputed Miller's contention saw him a few days later at a similar debate that were invariably used against him in his that bioinass is not an alternative. Tropical in New Hampshire and, looking -a bit many losing ·House campaigns. growth conditions yield large quantities of .>leased with it himself, he introduced his They responded, as did · almost anyone biomass on many of the islands, he said; young son, who was out campaigning with who ever met Lowenstein, to the irresistible Branson also took issue with a statement him that evening. appeal of a man who shared with everyone Miller made about the condition of a small­ I saw him again, for the last time, on tele­ his own intense enjoyment of the political scale hydro plant left over from the Japa­ vision in Florida, talking to the Jews in arena and his unquenchable 1aith that in nese occupation on Ponape. On visiting the Miami, telling them they should reject this nation, politics might bring defeat, bttt . site, Branson found it choked with weeds Carter, not on the nal'row grounds of the never despair.· and in a state of advanced decay. The dam snafu on the U.N. resolution, but because The passion for the good cause, well­ had been dynamited by a local . fisherman his social-and economic policies contradicted fought, that Al Lowenstein brought to every who wanted to harvest shrimp in the reser­ the values for which they had stood for battle, will live on, despite the bullets that voir. years. stopped his strong heart. ,;As an appropriate technologist, m~ pro­ That, too, was vintage L()\venstein, moti­ It is his legacy to· the uncounted thou­ fessional concerns are with the grim facts of vating· people to act, but insisting that they sands he enticed, cajoled, badgered and bull­ world · petroleum supply and total depen­ base their action on the broadest context of dozed into the political life of America. As dence in Micronesia on diesel for electric principle and, yes, morality-not on narrow long as they fight for their causes, his spirit power," he said. "But while techriologies ·sell-interest. will live on.e now exist to solve the problems, the money That is how I first remember him, more is not being allocated." than 30 years ago, the strange, intense Branson advocated a combination of youth from the University· of North Caroli­ BIELARUSIAN INDEPENDENCE small-scale hydropower, low-kilowatt wind na who came to the University of Chicago DAY machines, and biomass projects on 21 differ· to drum up interest in a National Student ent sites. The projects, he said. could not to­ Association, whose purpose, he insisted, HON. FRANK ANNUNZIO tally solve Micronesia's energy problem, but would not be merely the· protection of stu­ they "would clearly point the way to their dent rights, but the struggle for racial and OF ILLINOIS total, eventual solution.'' economic justice in the nation and the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Micronesians would welcome any renew­ world. Monday, March 24, 1980 able alternatives that could be delivered, Ours was a campus fuil of activists, but whether they be DOE's high-technology op­ none of us had seen quite the demonic in­ e Mr. ANNUNZIO. Mr. Speaker, the tions like OTEC or otbers that could fit on tensity, the 24-hour-a-day po.rposefulness of 62d anniversary of the Declaration of a small island scale. Governor Paul Calvo of this visitor. The girl I then dated and later Independence of Bielarus will be com­ Guam said it best in an energy workshop on .married succumbed, and went off with memorated on March 25. We in the Guam last fall. ''Micronesia cannot deal Lowenstein to a convention in Ann Arbor, U.S. Con~ess have been elected by a with •maybes' ," he said. "The problems are convinced she was about to save the world. free people and, therefore~ · we have an here now and we need solutions now. · Up fu Maine, six weeks ago, I met another obligation to take this opportunity to Consideration will be given to major fi­ young woman who, quite starry-eyed, dis­ nancing for smallscale projects for Microne­ closed that she had spent the previous focus the world's attention on the con­ sia sometime this year. Congressional weekend driving Lowenstein on his ceaseless ditions under which the Bielarusian sources ·report. Financing a sustainable, re­ round of meetings. I thought-but did not people are forced to live and speak out newable energy future for Micronesia won't say-"He's bewitched you just as surely as most energetically on their behalf. be easy, but it would be one of the few ways he bewitched a woman old enough. to be The Bielarusian Coordinating Com­ the islanders would be better off for the your mother.'' mittee of Chicago, Ill., is dedicated to long American presence in those Western That quality in Lowenstein was a bit vexa­ the restoration of h~an liberty in Pacific Islands.e tious. to those of us contemporaries who Bielarus and points out that the Bie­ lacked hiS capacity for perpetual rejuvena­ larusian people have been known tion. To a greater extent than any public under most confusing and ·improper. ALLARD K. LOWENSTEIN man I have ever known, Lowenstein was constantly and inseparably linked to the terminology. A statement by the com· young peopie of this society, drawing his mittee on this subject follows: HON. MORRIS K. UDALL energy from theni and giving them back In· The Bielarusian Americans of Chicago are spiration and direction. From his NSA days, deeply concerned about the harsh treat­ OF ARIZONA to the civil rights and anti.war movements, ment that our compatriots ·in Bielarus are Tuesday, March 18, 1980 the moment of his death, It is beyond dis· subjected to by the central .Soviet govern­ pute that he brought more young people ment in Moscow. The most striking viola· e Mr. UDALL. Mr. Speaker, DavidS. into American politics than any other tndi· tions of particular concern to-us are: · Broder of the -Washington Post re- vidual of our times. 1. -The name of. Bielarus, which is the membered·· Allard Lowenstein in a His opinions and attitudes were often as .original and rightful name of the land of column published on March 19. I com- outrageous as his habit of·scheduling a mid­ the Bielarusian people has been thrown out mend it to my colleagues as a tribute night·· appointment-then arriving four and replaced with the Russian word to a good and decent man, ·and a hours late and pounding indignantly on Byelorooseeys in the official use of the Byelo­ friend. His enthusiasms often led him to wildly russian Soviet Socialist Republic. The name The article follows:- inconsistent positions. As his devoted friend, Bielarus has been restricted only to a trac­ Sam Brown, pointed out in • New Ramp- tor, a monthly magazine in Bielarusian lan­ VINTAGE LoWENSTEIN· shire debate,. Lowenstein may have been guage, a piano, and a publishing house in unique as a Democrat who had campaigned Minsk. In what proved to be his last battle, as in with passionate conviction, but at different 2. One of the most fundamental human so many of his earlier fights, . Allard K. times, for all three of this year's Democratic rights .enjoyed by·an individual, or a nation, 6378 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 24, 1980 is the right to use and develop one's cultural poration of Byelorussia into the USSR In from different sources so Congress ·and heritage, especially one's native language. 1922. . . the public can make decisions based However, 1n Soviet Byelorussia, whose popu­ Article 72 of the Constitution acknowl· on real risks. This bill is the second in lation of almost ten m1llion comprises 81 edges to each union republic the right for a series of four bllls which I inte.nd to percent of Bielaru8ians, this right has been the free separation from the USSR. Howev· introduce on nuclear matters in this severely curtailed 1n favor of the Russian er, the slightest expression for national sep­ language. session of the 96th Congress. aration. by non-Russian people fs punished The text follows: · 3. The Soviet Moscow Government forbids most severly by deportation to a concentra· practice of ·religion and restricts the tion ca.m'p, confinement in a psychiatric H.R. 6745 BielarU.sian people· in traveling abroad by asylum, or imprisonment. A bill to reorganize 1n the.executive branch Imposing a high fee <400 rubles while the According to Article 80 of the Constitu· of the Government, by consolidating ht average workers' salary is between 60 and tion. each union republic has the right to be the Environmental Protection Agency the 110 rubles a month> for Just a passport, and major Federal Government responsibil· by denying exit visas to a great many appll· in direct relations with the foreign states, cants. · conclude treaties, and exchange diplomatic lties with respect to ionizing radiation, and consular representatives. However, up from both nuclear and nonnuclear Mr. Speaker, an· excerpt from a until today this right is existing on paper sources, and to require such Agency to statement on the occupation and op­ only. make a continuing comparison of the rlska and effects of radiation from different pression of Bielarus by Soviet Russia Mr. Speaker, the Byelorussian­ sources and to assure that both the Con­ issued by the _Byelorus5ian Congress American Association, Inc., recently gress and the -public are kept aware of Committe~ of Americ~ follows: informed me that Michal Kukabaka, a these risks and effects. After 125 years of slavery and oppression Bielarusian political prisoner in the Be tt enacted bJ~ the Senate and House oJ by the ·Czarist Russian Government, the Soviet Union,. has- · Representatives of the United State& oJ Byelorussian people, with great enthusiasm America in Congress assembled, That this and sacrifice, began the restoration of their spent six years 1n psychiatric prisons <1969- Act may be cited as the "Radiation Control own statehood. The new Byelorussian Gov- 76> for refusing to participate 1n Soviet elec­ Act of 1980". ernment organized the administration Qf tions, acquainting his co-workers with the the country, the formation of military Universal Declar.ation of Human Rights. nNDINGS forces. diplomatic activities, and schools, and for writing open letters. Sentenced SEC. 2. The Congress, noting the height- and the revitalization of the economy, dev- again 1n 1979 to three years of prison for ~ ened public concerns about radiation. par­ astated by the ravaging war. essays, "Human Rights and D~tente are In· ticularly the effects of low-level ionizing ra- However, after the seizure of power In divisibie,'' "The Stolen. Fatherland," and diation on the public health and safety, Russia by the Bolsheviks at the end of 1917, others. Renounced Soviet citizenship and hereby finds that- the new Soviet Russian Government started wants to emigrate to any free country. His . <1> technologically-based activities 1n the the conquest of the recently restored inde- parents died in ww II and he has no rela- nation aie increasing the possibilities of ra- pendent non-Russian states, formerly domi· tlves whatsoever. · diation expOsures to the public and to occu- nated by Czarist Russia. These ·conquests pational workers; both as a result of tech- were made under the disguise of the forma- Since 1917, when the Communists nologi~ themselves and from the enhance- tion of ethnic puppet states by the Moscow seized power in Russian, they have ment of exposures from naturally occurring government. worked unceasingly to expand Russia's· -radioactivity; On January 1, 1919, 1n the city of Smo- colonial empire, and even worse than <2> energy-related radiation exposure re- · l.ensk, the Bolshevik Gov~rnment of . the czars, they klll, torture, or·tmprlS- suits not only from nuclear energy a fictitious state. Subse- strength of religion. In 1921, Bielarus - reactors 1n the nation being expected to quently, the Soviet Russian Army attacked was one of the victims of these brazen more than double 1n the next decade>. but Byelorussia and finally conquered it in 1921. attempts to impose the Russian Ian- also from fossil fuels mcludlng natural gas Byelorussia was ~ompletely subordinated · guage and Russian Government on and coat; · · to the Moscow Government and ruled as a non-Russian peoples just as in · <3> most of the remaining sources of radi­ colony. About half of the Byelorussian eth· . · • 1980t ation exposures result from defense actfvi· nographic territory was annexed to the Rus- Afghanistan has become the mos ties, medical activities, consumer products, sian SFSR. Byelorusstan people were de- recent victim in th.e Communist pro- and natural sources; · prived of all their national, economic and gram of mass murder and slavery of <4> epidemiological analysts is providing human rights. Using mass terror. the subject peoples. increased confidence 1n statistical predic­ Moscow Government during the fifty-eight 1 am honored to join with Americans tions of the harmful effects of radiation on years of its rule, annihll.ated over six million of Biehirusian.descent in my own llth papulation groups, including effects upon of the Byelorussian population. The com- . · large numbers of atomic plant and base munlst system imposed total economic ex- DistriCt, which I take pride in repre- workers, uranium miners. nuclear-weapon ploitation of the working people. In ~his senting, in the city of Chicago, and all effects victims, and persons subject to medi· way the Moscow Government was able to over this country as they share with cal radla.tiori; · develop its mmtary potential to the present Bielarusians everywhere the prayers, <5> these and other findings have been as­ global aggressive capabilities. the hopes, and the determination that sessed for their practical Importance by an . At the present time the Moscow Govern- the Bielarusian people wlll have a free. Interag~ncy Task Force on the Health Ef· ment, using systematically deepening Russi- nation once again, and that the Ameri- fects of Ion~lng Radiation chaired by the fication, deportations of Byelorussians to Sl· can people wlll remain alert to the fe- Department of Health, Education, and Wel­ beria, and the colonization of Byelorussia by rocious nature of the Communist fare, by a National Academy of Sciences Russians, is attempting to transform Byelo- · panel, and by other reviewers; russians into a Soviet Russian homogeneous tyrant.e <6> these assessments have established dif~ people. ferences between the degree of risk from The new Constitution of the USSR, ap. different forms of radiation; for some forms proved in 1977, and the new constitution of RADIATION CONTROL BILL-H.R. of radiation an important. finding is that the the BSSR, approved 1n 1978, did not bring 67 45 effects from small doses are proportionately any changes to the conditions 1n Byelorus· less than those from large doses; sia. These Constitutions are distorting histo- HON. JOHN WYDLER (7) the Interagency Task Force and the w. Gener&.l Accounting Office have recom- ry and misrepresenting the existing reality. oF N£W YORK mended coordination or consolidation of the In Chapter 8, Article 70, the USSR Consti· •N THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES monitoring and control of radiation whic)lia · tution states that the USSR was created by now shared by various agencies of the Fed· a free self-determination of the nations, and Monday. March 24. 1980 . eral Government. particularly the eonduct a voluntary union of equal in rights Soviet • Mr. WYDLER. Mr. Speaker, recent- of .emergency monitoring following acci· Socialist Republics. I i t d d bill t i dents at nuclear reactors; and In reality, there was a military aggression, 1y n ro uce a o ·consol date the <8> care 1n controlllng .radiation exposures conquest and destruction of the Byelorus- major Federal responsibilities for ion- needs · to be exercised wtsel¥; monitoring sian Democratic Republic by the Soviet fzing radiation in the Environmental techiliques and radiation controls that ·are R\!SSian Armies, finalized ln. 1921, creation Protection Agency· This bill requires insufficiently stringent pose needless danger of a puppet state, Byelorussian SSR, by the EPA to make a continuing comparison to the public health and safety, while those government of Moscow, and forcible lncor- of the risks and effects ·of radiation that .are overly stringent tend ttnnecessarily March 24, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6379 to deprive the public of benefits from the termined under paragraph <2> to obtain the number, size, complexity, and compliance activities that are the cause of the radi· statistically expected effect upon the public requirements> with the risks to the public ~tion. · and upon occupational workers from each health and safety from the sources of radi­ PURPOSES of the lndividual types of sources within ation to which such regulations apply. each of the following categories: TRANSI'ERS 01' I'UNCTIONS SEC. 3. The purposes of this Act are- In the ca~gory of central station <1> to consolidate the coordination, oper- energy, sources include nuclear, coal and SEC. 6. There shall be transferred to and ation, and ·as many as practicable of the natural gas where (in each case> the com­ vested in the Agency, in accordance with Federal research responsibilities concerning bined effects will include radiation from regulations prescribed by the . Director of radiation ·in one Federal agency-the Envi- mining, production, and wastes related to the Office of Management and Budget, all ronmental Pro_tection Agency: · energy production. of the functions and activities for which the. <2> to arrange for the compilation and dis· In the category of defense and mlli- Agency is given primary responsibility on tribution: of ·comparative assessments of tary uses, sources include fallout from behalf of ·the ·Federal Government tinder risks to the PUl>lic, and to Occupational · United States and foreign weapon detona­ section 4 and which are currently being ex­ workers, that are realistically expected from tions: nuclear propulsion including radiation ercised or conducted by other Federal agen­ the various different sources of radiation from related mining, production, and cies and officers, along with such rela~ described in subparagraphs . through wastes; and nuclear-power. sources for space powers and duties of such other agencies of section 5<3>; and vehicles and satellites. and officers, and such related positions, per­ <3> to the extent feasible for each catego- In the category of medical uses, sonnel, assets, rights, obligations, liablllties, ry of radiation source, to consolidate the sources include both diagnostic procedures contracts, property, and funds of such ot~er various existing regulations for their con- and therapeutic processes. agencies and officers. as may be determined trol, to establish new regulations only where In the category of co~er products, under such regulations to be appropriate. needed, and to reduce the extent of regula· sources include electronic products such as SEC. 7. Definition. tions when consistent with comparative television; iontZlng devices such as smoke SEC. 8. Miscellaneous provision& risks and with comparisons of risks and detectors; radio-isotope supplies such as nu- SEC. 8. Appropriations.• benefits. clear pacemakers; products that contain sig- CONSOLmATION 01' RADIATION CO~OL nifle&nt quantities Of radioactive . elements PUNCTIONS . such u gas mantels, ·false teeth, and eye- HOME SWEE'l' HOME · SEc. 4. In order to carry ·out the purposes glasses; and materials for lwmnous purpose of this Act, the Environmental Protection such as time places and Instrument· dials. · . HON.· ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO Agency lherelnafter referred to as .the In the caterory of public buildings, · 01' CALII'ORNIA "Agency"> shall have primary responsibility sources include heating units . mation on radiation from all sources, the as- . ID the category of technologically·ln· e Mr. LAGOMARSINO. . Mr. Speaker~ sessmeilt of this information, and the dis- creased exposures, sources include air travel I wish to call to the attention of my semination of the results of such assessment at high altitude . · . issue of the Hearst newspapers. (2) the conduct and administration of Fed· (C)(l) Within 12 months after the date of eral or federally supported programs in ra- · The editorial emphasizes the lmpar· dlation assessment .and in radiation effects; the enactment of this Act, the Admlnistra~ tance for the United States to pay <3> the development, issuance, and modifi· tor shall complete and submit to the Con­ more attention to the Pacific region cation of regulations veloped under subsection , with his con­ and our allles there. dealing with the exposure to radiation of elusions beln&' based on the best then cur- . Of particular interest is the observa­ rent assessments of both the expoSure­ tion that the United States should not the public and of occupational workers, re- effect relation as detelmtned under subsee- only strengthen substantially our own suitlng from different types of radiation tion and the exposures encountered forces in the· Pacific but quickly find ·a from all categories of so~es and with re- rather than presenting only the applicable spect to radiation exposure from specific upper limits. The assessments Bhall be rank­ solution · to our trade .problems with sources or facilities; ordered according to the total expected ef- Japan and take full advantage of the <4> the monitoring of radiation exposure, fects on the public by category and by types present Peking Government's eager· the malntepance of records of radiation ex- of soUrces withlri each category. ness to develop close cooperative rela- posure, and the establishnient of allowable <2>Updates of the report s.ubmitted under tions with us. · total exposures, both for the pubUc and for pa.r&.graph <1> shall be prepared and submit- The article follows: occupational workers; and all to in te d <5> the establishment of an identifiable ==uinf~rmati~:_rpora new an more HoME SWEET HolD group to compile ·and a.n&lyze epidemlolog- · rts bmitted d tcalinforination on the effects of radiation <3> The repo su un er para- graphs (1) and <2>, shall be submitted and SAN FRANcisco.-Home again after a .five­ · upon the public and upon occupational published in the Federal Register and oth- week triP around the Pacific Ocean, and be­ workers. · erwise made available for public ·informa- lieve me there is no place Uke it. . DISSEMINATION 01' IlO'O~TI_ON (d) Within 18 months after the date of the On the 10-hour fllght from Tokyo, ·Japan SEC. 5. The AdminiStrator of the enactment of ·this Act, the Administrator Air IJnes has equ_lpped its 74'1 Boeing upper· Agency (hereinafter referred to as the "Ad- shall submit tO the congress-:. deck with half a dozen full length berths, ministrator"> shall carry out the Agency's <1> his recommendations as to methods remln1scent of the old railway sleeping car responsibility . for the compilation, assess- for informing the public about the sources days, making the long overnight flight rela- ment, and dissemination of inlormation of r&cliation that cause the largest risks of tively comfortable. · under section 4 in accordance with·this radiation-caused harms to the public, which Altogether, I feel our trip wu quite suc­ section. recommendations may include requirements cessful. We st"arted off being briefed by our 0~ t;he basis of epi~emiological data for more effective iabellng of the.products military leaders in Hawaii. who are responsi­ and other scientific information, the Admin- involved and for the dissemination, through ble for the defense of American interests istrator shall establish the most Ukely sta- regular means of communication, of infor· throughout the entire Pacific area and we tis tical relation between a given expgsure .mation regarding products or services that .interviewed the top men in the strategically dose of each form of ionizing radiation and produce the·radiation exposures; and important Fiji Islands, New Zealand. Aus­ the consequent harmful effects therefrom. (2) a report on the degree to which exist- tralia, Hong Kong, China and Japan. (2) Information shall be compiled and, ing regulations on the various categories of Our trip was prompted by the belief that where the available information is lnad- radiation source&, and on the type8 of ri.dl­ the time has come for the United States to equate or insufficient. shall be developed, to ation sources within these categories, con;. pay more attention to th~ Pacific. That determine the exposure encountered for the form witli the rank-ordering of risks of the belief has been fqlly confirmed by what we public and for occupational workers in the public as established under subsection . learned. · case of each of the different sources of ion- A summary of the report submitted under From our talks with the leaders of the five izing radiation described in the categories paragraph <2> shall be published in the Fed­ countries we visited, with our own diplomat­ listed in subparagraphs through of eral Register: and the report shall set forth ic representatives and others, I came away paragraph <3>. . a program plan and schedule for lmplemen- sharing the view Of our ambassador In <3> The exposure-effect relation u deter- tation. develol)ed by the Admtnistrator, to Japan, Mike Mansfield, that we are witness­ mined under paragraph <1) shall be com- modify the regulationS involved so u to ing "the.dawn of the Century of the Pacif- bined with the expo8ures encountered as de- make them commensurate Greece and the Aegean Islands. The cent average and America's minus 2 per cent nucleus of the liberation army which part of the world. Our trade with New Zea­ average during the same period.'' he added. land, Australia, Japan and east Asian na­ fought in this revolution was made up tions ·last year totaled $96.8 billion, whereas He said Japan pays the equivalent of $725 of small, fierce and battle-hardened our trade with both western and eastern million annually for the "housekeeping" groups of guerrillas known as klephtes, Europe, including Russia, amounted to $60 costs of the 46,000 American military· per• who, isolated and uncoordinated, had billion. sonnel stationed in that country, and in· tends to increase the amount to between been fighting against Turkish power . Ambassador Mansfield opined that "the for centuries. Thousands of inexperi­ next big oil find will be on the east Asian $850 and $900 million. mainland and off . the coast in undersea Despite the limitations on military power enced Greeks rushed .to follow the beds. There is great potential out here if which we caused the Japanese to write into flags of these battle-scarred warriors, only our country will realize it. their constitution after World War 2, Mans­ and in their turn went through the "American business already has invested field said they "~ave done a temendous Job continuous -fighting which trained at least $18 billion in east Asia and $5 billion in defense." Risking strong opposition from them as guerrillas, so that all together in Japan. The return on investments has radical and socialist opposition parties, they compos~d an army which was been running between 22 and 23 per cent~ It Prime Min1ster Ohtra autho~ the Japa­ ready for action, aggressive and deci­ Is a slightly higher risk area than Europe, nese navy to participate recently for . the sive. This was tlle army which for but the return is much greater. first time in Joint maneuvers with Ameri­ can, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand years succeeded in facing victoriously "This is where the economic future lies. the waves of armies which the Sultan We are entering the Century of the Pacit'~ naval forces. · tc." Mike feels the U.S. '1th Fleet should be sent against them. The same was true Apart from the· rapidly growing .economic "beefed up,'' and suggested that one or two at sea. Small commercial ships, which importance of the Pacific basin, the Asian of our aircraft carriers and at least one of were all the Greeks had; were convert­ Pacific area Is now regarded as the most our battleships that were put in mothballs ed into warships which also proved critical geopolitical region in the world. Aus­ after World War 2 should be re-commis­ themselves worthy opponents of the tralian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser told sioned for active duty in the Pacific. I Ottoman Empire's huge fleets, us in Canberra, "If World War 3 comes, it is couldn't agree more. through their crews' outstanding sea­ more likely to come in the Pacific than in My own Conclusion from this trip is that manship ~d vigor in attack." Europe." we should not only strengthen substantially The Soviet occupation of Afghanistan our own forces in the Pacific but ·quickly· The revolutionary struggle lasted for placed Russia's military might in a position find a solution to our trade prpblema with eight continuous years, with such sig­ to threaten the oil supplies from the Per­ J~an and take full advantage of the pres­ nificant victories that in the end three sian Gulf to the Pacific, the Soviet navy is ent Peking government's eagerness to de­ Great Powers-Britain, France, and using- the American-built bases in Vietnam, velop close cooperative relations with us. Russia-were forced to intervene. Be­ and there is a Soviet military builc;lup in the China is still a Communist-ruled "socialist northern Japanese islands that Stalin took ginning with diplomatic notes, and state." Its present leaders are not pursuing using more drastic measures later on, at the end of World War 2. an aggressively imperialist policy aimed at Deployment to the ·Soviet far east terri­ world domination, as are those in the Krem­ they obliged the Sultan to concede na­ tory of Backfire bombers and SS-20 inter­ lin. tional and political independence to mediate-range mobile missiles is · seen as Furthermore, China is unlikely to become the Greek revoluntionaries. The great transforming the nuclear balance in Asia in an industrialized and full-fledged nuclear movement of PhUhellenism played favor of Russia. Forty-five Soviet divisions and Important role in bringing about deployed along the Stno-Soviet frontier mmtary power until well into the next cen· have, according to western intelligence re­ tury. Therefore, it is no threat to our secu­ these actions on the part of the three ports, been supplemented by paratroop and rity. European governments. Phllhellenism amphibious units in the Maritime Provinces With the cooperation of China, Japan and had by then become a movement of . and on offshore islands; The Soviet aircraft our staunch Canadian, Australian and New great force in Europe as well as in the carrier Minsk has been transferred from Eu­ Zealand allles, we can dominate the Pacific United States, and thousands of liber­ ropean Russian waters to the Pacific. and avert a third world war there, providing als-soldiers, politicians, intellectuals, Thus Russia's ability to project militar-y we have the will and the leadership to do so. and scientists-moved and enraptured force into this area is growtng dangerously. I believe we have both and this trip has re­ assured me that we will also have the sup. by the heroic struggle of the nation in In Tokyo, Japanese Prime Minister Wa­ revolt, came to Greece and fought sayoshi Ohira confirmed that the Soviets port of our Asiatic allies and friends.e had recently put troops on some of the is­ bravely on the side of . the Greeks, lands in the southern Kurile chain that while at the same time special commit· historically belong to Japan. · GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY tees were set up in various European There is a growing awareness in Japan countries to collect money and sup­ and in the other independent Asian Pacific HON. FRANK ANNUNZIO plies for the Greeks and help make nations that, as Communist China's top OF ILLINOIS their fellow-countrymen aware of the man, Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping, said to Greeks' right to live freely. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES us in Peking, the Soviet rulers are bent on This broad movement, almost world domination. Monday, March 24, 1980 unique in history, roused the peoples If Soviet aggressive expansionism in the Mr. ANNUNZIO. Mr. Speaker, 159 Pacific is to be contained, it is generally e of Europe and was a source of acute agreed that it can only be done by the years ago, on March 25, 1821, the psychological pressure on the British, United· States acting in close cooperation people of Greece decl,..red their deter­ French, and Russian Governments, with Japan, Australia, New Zealand and the mination to once again become a free having a deep effect on their decisions. five smaller countries that form the Associ­ people, and it iS fitting that Americans When the Sultan attempted to oppose ation of South East Asian Nations help the Greeks celebrate this occa­ the diplomatic representations of the Greek Senate addressed the American Education to collect and disseminate Youth," a 1978 NIE paper,- reported: people, saying: lnformation on related programs. Features of aliernative programs include Friends, fellow citizens, and brothers, The question that both this bill and small, intimate schools with a low student­ having formed the resolution to live or die the administration's plan seek to ad­ adult ratio, Individualized instruction, com­ for freedom, we are drawn toward you by dress is how to best alleviate a serious petent and caring teachers, specialized per­ just sympathy, since it is In your land that sonnel to provide counseling and social serv­ liberty has fixed ·its abode ... Though sepa­ mismatch between some students and ices, and a pragmatic vocational thrust. rated from us by mighty oceans, your char­ the typical school environment. I be­ In a review undertaken at Indiana Univer­ acter brings you near us • . . Our interests lieve it is ·unrealistic · to expect tradi­ sity of over fifty alternative school evalua­ are of such nature as to cement more and tional schools, which ta date have tions, the most salient findings were these: more an alliance founded on freedom and been unable to meet the needs of diffi­ <1> The self-concept of alternative school virtue. cult youths, to be any more successful students 'appears to improve, especially stu­ when we spread over $900 million dents who have not done well in convention­ Mr. Speaker, the contributions made al schools. <2> St~dents tend to be happier and still being made to the growth and across a few thousand public school in alternative schools and have better attf... greatness of the United States by the districts. I hope new teaching methods tudes about school. <3> Students seem to Greeks who have chosen to make their are adopted by more . public schools, have an increased sense of control over homes here continue to cement the but I feel this is likelier to happen as their own destinies, feel more secure, and feelings we have for Greece, and on successful nonprofit institutions teach, have a stronger self-identity. <4> More posi­ this anniversary of their independ­ train, and find jobs for teenagers tive attitudes tend to be demonstrated -in failed by our Nation's public school higher attendance rates, lower suspension ence, it is a pleasure for me to extend and disruption rates, and less vandalism and greetings to Americans of Greek de­ system. Therefore, the Alternative and violence in schools. scent in the 11th Congressional Dis­ Work-Site Education Act of 1980 is not trict, which I take pride in represent­ a proposal for experimental or demon­ _The · alternative schools network, a ing, as well as .those in Chicago and stration projects. There are countless citywide system of 45 neighborhood across our Nation as they celebrate nonpublic entities that have succeeded based and run schools in inner-city the 159th anniversary of Greek inde­ in serving youths abandoned by public Chicago, found: schools, and it is time to provide basic pendence.• People who had traditionally been tUrned Federal gran.ts to these programs on a off and discouraged about formal education, large scale. people who had experienced life mostly as Carol Gibson, education director for passive objects being acted upon, people ALTERNATIVE AND WORK-SITE the National Urban League, pointed who endure the most severe economic depri­ EDUCATION ACT OF 1980 out: · vation in our society have developed new hope, succeeded where earlier they had only Throughout the Urban League movement _failed, discovered that they can learn basic HON. SHIRLEY CHISHOLM our experiences with alternative education skills as they learn about and act in. regard OFN!:WYORK substantially demonstrate that culturally to their lives and their communities. · biased practices can be· discontinued, valid IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES standards of achievement can be utilized, The Alternative and Work-Site Edu­ Monday, March 24, 1980 and our constituents can attain skills which enable them successfully to compete within cation Act of 1980 holds out real hope _e Mrs. CHISHOLM. Mr. Speaker, all-of their peer groups. for today's and tomorrow's unem­ today I am introducing, with 11 co.: ployed teens. I hope this Congress will sponsors, the Alternative and Work­ Elton Jolly, national executive direc­ consider and enact it· in Pl:;Lce of the, Site Education Act of 1980. Because of tor of OIC's of America, testified education component of President widespread . dissatisfaction with the based on experience with OIC's suc­ Carter's Youth Act, before another President's call for an additional bil­ cessful career intern program: generation of unskilled, ill-prepared lion dollars to the same public schools My concern is that the clients of OIC are dropouts spills onto our streets. The now failing large numbers of disadvan­ youth and adults who have not been served text of the bill follows: taged youths, we are offering this bill by the schools. No institution can serve all as an alternative to the education title people. The dropouts, the pushouts, and the H.R.- of the youth employment initiative. unemployed youth are persons ·who did not get the services that they needed for a vari­ A bill to amend the Elementary and Second­ The major thrust of this legislation ety of reasons. We must now see that ·they ary Education Act of 1965 to establish a is to support local alternative educa­ program of alternative and work-site edu­ receive remedial help. It is my contention cation tion· programs run by nonprofit com­ that this help should come from outside the munity-based organizations in areas of education system; We must offer an alterna­ Be it enacted by the Senate an~ House o/ great need. Direct links between these tive way of being trained to youth who have Representativ~s of the United States of not succeeded in school. America in Congress assembled, That this entities and local employers would be Act may be cited as the "AlternatiVe and established to provide jobs or job A recent GAO evaluation of the al­ Work-Site Education Act of 1980". training to students enrolled in the al­ ternative high school for juveniles in SEc. 2. Title IX of the Elementary and ternative education program. Basic Marshall County, Tex., stated: Secondary Education Act of 1965 is·amend- CXXVI--402-Part 5 6382 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 24, 1980 ed by adding at the end thereof the follow- "<6> operate classroom· and work-site edu- try and which· is upgrading in nature. inte­ ing·new part: cation programs twelve months per year: grated with and supplemented by classroom "PART F-Al.TERNATIVE AND WORK-BITE "(7) be staffed With· not less than one lnstr~ction as deemed necessary and appro­ EDucATION · adult paid employee or volwiteer for each priate, and consistent with a career pattern 15 students served; . · . of advancement to establish within the Department of "<9> pay not less than the minimum wage the oocupation, trade, or industry>: · Education an Office of Alternative and under section 6< 1 > of the Fair Labor "<3> the term 'eligible area• means a Work-Site Education, under the. Assistant Standards Act of 1938 to students for time school district or county which was, during Secretary for Educational Rese.arch and Im· spent at work-sites, with the three-fourths the most recent school year, eligible for as­ provement: . of the costs of such wages being provided sistance under subpart 1 of part A of title I "(2) to assist private_non-profit organiza- from funds provided under this·part; of this Act in accordance with section 111 tions in providing alternative and work-site "<10> enrQll students on a voluntary basis, of this Act; · · ec,lucatlon programs for students residing in and not accept compulsory student referrals "<4> the term 'qualified nonprofit orgarit­ locQ.I areas containing high concentrations from PUblic schools or criminal Justice agen- zation' means a private educational institu­ of low-income families in order to reduce cies; · · tion which is located in an eligible area and the rate of dropouts, pushouts, absenteeism, "<11-> provide to the Secretary at the elid which- · suspensions, and expulsions, and to increase of each fiscal year of program operation de­ " demonstrates knowledge of and expe­ academic achievement and placement in tailed data on student progress and rience in the field of innovative and experi­ full-time employment and postsecondary achievement, and teacher achievements mental education: training or education; with individual students; " has the capability and experience to "(.3) to-encotirage direct relationships be- "<12> not expend funds provided under· develop and manage fiscal systems neces­ tween such nonprofit organizations and · this Act for building construction or rest­ sary for administration of Federal funds, or­ local employers and employment agencies to dential services; ganizational stability to permit program implement Job sampling, Job training, and ''<13> fully cooperate with an independent continuity, and abillty to comply with Fed­ bridge Jobs for students referred to -tn para- evaluator selected by the Secretary on the eral grant requirementS; graph <2>: basis of competitive bids from private· con- " has available experienc~d and profes­ .· "<4> to establish a National Clearinghouse tractors; · · sional staff who.demonstrate a commitment on Alternative and Work-Site Education to· "<14> inform the local educational agency to effective alternative educational opportu- collect and distribute to interested individ· of the area serVed of the alternative educa­ nities; - · · . uals and entities information on the activi· tion programs being provided; and '' is an educational institution de­ ties of the Office and on successful alterna- "<15> develop and implement new and in- scribed in section 501<3> of the Internal tive education programs; and novative ·approaches to expand outreach in Revehue Code of 1954 an,d is exempt from "(5> to reduce race and sex. discrimination order to effectively meet the needs of the Federal incom·e tax in accordance with sec­ and stereotyping in education, and employ- target groups of students. tion 501 of such Code; and ment. "NATIONAL Am> LOCAL OCCUPATIONAL SURVEY " has State accreditation for granting high school diplomas, or has the capability "OFFICE OP ALTERNATIVE AND WORK-SITE "SEC. 964. The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Labor, shall obtain to successfully prepare enrolled ·students for EDUCATION and distribute to interested individuals and achieving a high school equivalency degree: "SEc. 962. There shall be in the Depart- organizations lnforri1ation concerning the "(5) .the term 'pushout' means a student ment of Education, under the general super- probable employee needs of employers, by Wh9 leaves school because of frustration vision and direction of the Assistant Seere· general occupational category, for each from not achieving success or because of tary for Educational Research and Improve- ·standard met:t;opolitan · statistical area and pressure exerted by the school through var- ment, ·an Office of Alternative and Work State and for the United States. · ious disciplinary act_ions; _ Site Improvement which shall be responsi· "(6) the term 'dropout• means a student ble for carrying OUt the purposes and prO• "NATIONAto CLEARINGHOUSE ON ALTERNATIVE who qu~ts school, usually beyond the age of grams of this part. . AND WORK-SITE EDUCATIOK compulsory school attendance; an:! "ALTERNATIVE .ANri woRK-SITE EDUCATION "SEC. 964. The Secretary shall establish ",(7> the term 'bridge Job' means a job PROGRAMS and operate a National Clearinghouse on Al- leading to car~er employment following suc­ cessful completion of related academic and "SEc. 963. The Secretary shall, from ternative and Work-Site Education which . vocational. training. the funds apnropriated under section 967 shall collect, analyze, and distribute information relating to programs ·"AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS for any fiscal year, make grahts to qualified funded under this part and other programs nonprofit organizations located in and serv- of alternative and· work-site education. · . "SEc. 967. There are authorized· to be ap­ ·tng an eligible area for .the purpose of con- propriated to carry out this pari for fiscal ducting programs which meet the require· "CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLIANCE year 1981 and for the two succeeding fiscal ments of subsection . Payment of any "SEC. 965. No person tD the United States years $900,000,000, which shall remain avail­ such grant shall be made over a period of shall on the ground of race, creed, color, na­ able until expend~d : e not less than one nor more than three tional origin, sex, or political affiliation or years. beliefs, or on the ground of any other factor "(b) Any qualified nonprofit organization specified in any Federal law prohibiting dis· SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS desiring to receive a grant under 'this section crimination, be excluded from participation shall submit to the Secretary an application in, be dented the benefits of, 'or be subjected Title · IV of Senate Resolution 4, at such time, and in such form, as the Secre- to discrimination under, any prograin or ac~ agreed to by the Senate on February tary shall prescribe by rule. Such applica- tivity funded in whole or in part with funds 4, 1977, calls for establishment of· a. tion shall provide adequate assurances that made available under this Act. system for a computerized schedule of each program funded under this section "DEFINITIONS all meetings and hearings of Senate will- "SEC.· 966. For the purposes of this .part- committees, subcommittees, joint com­ "<1> serve students in grades 7 through 12; "(1) the term 'alternative education' mittees, and committees of conference. "<2> submit and implement specific plans means an education program that embraces This title requires all such committees to achieve the purposes described in para- subJect matter or teaching methodology , <3>, and <5> of section 901;· both> that is not generally offered to stu- to , "(3) provide for students served by the dents of the same age or grade level in tradi· Dally Digest-designated by the Rules program a minimum of eight hours and a tional school settings, and which offers a Committee-of the time, place, and maximum of twenty hours of work-site range of educational options, and includes purpose of the meetings, when sched­ training or employment per week; the use of program methods and materials uled, and any cancellations or changes "<4> establish adviSory councils composed that facilitate student access and are rele­ ·in the meetings u they occur. · of parents, employers, and other interested · vant to the students' educational needs and · AB an interim procedure until the residents of the local community and direct- interests and computerization of this information ly involve such councils in all aspects of the facilitates positive growth and development program; · in academic, occupational, and social skills; becomes operational, the Office of the "(5)' provide intensive academic and occu- "<2> the term 'work-site education' means· Senate Dally Digest will prepare this pational counseling to each student served the progressive development·of skills associ­ information for printing in the Exten­ by the program, and &ssign overall resP<>nsi- ated with a defined set of work processes to sion of RemarkS section of the CoN· bility for each enrolled student to one of be covered sequentially in the coUrse of em­ GRESSIONAL. RECORD . on Monday and the instructors employed by the program; ploymimt in an occupation, trade, or indus- Wednesday of each week. · March 24, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6383 Any changes in committee schedul­ Finance ·. year 1981 for intelligence activities of ing will be indicated by placement of Business meeting, to continue considera­ the Untted States. an asterisk to the left of the name of tion of pending health proposals. 8-407, Capitol the unit conducting such meetings. ·2221 Dirksen Buildfne_ 3:30p.m. Meetip.gs scheduled for Tuesday, Governmental Affairs Appropriations Energy, Nuclear Proltferation, and Feder­ Military Construction Subcommittee March 25, 1980, may be found in the al Services Subcommittee To continue hearings on · proposed Daily Digest _of to~ay's :R.EcoRD. To hold hearings on S. 2366, to e11m1- budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 . for military construction programs of MEETINGS SCHEDULED nate illegal aliens from inclusion 1n the 19~0 census. the Department of Defense. MARCH26 3302 Dirksen Butlding 1224 Dirksen Building 8:00a.m. Judiciary Armed Services To hold hearings on S. 2434, 2441 and MARCH27 2442, bills to strengthen and stabilize Research and Development Subcommittee 8:00a.m. the ·Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Armed Services To continue closed hearings on S. 2294, Prevention Act of 1974. Research and Development Subcommittee . authoriziilg funds for fiscal year 1981 6226 Dirksen Building for military procurement programs_of · To continue closed hearings on S. 2294, the DOD, receiving testimony on Rules and Administration authorizing funds for fisctal year 1981 Rapid Deployment Force programs. To holg hearings on proposed leilslation for military_procurement programs· of authorlzlng funds for fiscal year 1981 the DOD, receiving testimony on 224 Russell Buildtrig for the Federal election commission. Rapid Deployment Force programs. 9:00a.m. 301 Russell Building 224 Russell Building Labor and Human Resources Select·on Small Business 9:00a.m. . Child and Human Development Subcom.. To hold oversight hearings on the Armed Services mittee impact of inflation and government General Procurement Subcommittee Business meeting, to mark up S. 1843 action on the housing industry. To resume closed hearings on -S. 2294, and H.R. 2977, proposed Domestic Vio­ 424 Russell Building authorizing funds for ftscal year 1981 lence Prevention and Services Act; and Joint Economic for military procurement of the DOD, Proposed legislation to ·establish Com­ receiving testimony on air defense pro- .To ·hold hearings on the GAO report on grams. . miSsions on National Youth Service paperwork in the Federal government. and Vol\mteertsm. · -1202 Dirksen Building 212 Russell Bulldin&. 4232 Dirksen Building 11:00 a.m. 9:30a.m. 9:30a.m. Appropriations Appropriations Agriculture, Rtiral Development and Re­ Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Agficulture, Rural Development and Re­ lated Agencies Subcommittee Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee lated Agencies Subcommittee · To continue hearings on proposed To -continue hearings on S. 2383, au­ To continue hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 thorizing funds for ftscal years 1981- budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 for the Department of Agriculture• . for the Department of Agriculture. · 1983 for housing, community develop. ' S-128, Capitol ment programs and the Urban ·Devel­ 1223 Dirksen Building opment Action. Grant of the Depart­ 2:00p.m. Commerce, Science, and Transportation · ment of Housing and Urban ·Develop. Appropriations To hold hearings on S. 2459 authorizing ment. Energy and Water Development-- Subcom­ funds for ftscal year 1981 and 1982 for 5302 Dirksen Building mittee . the National Transportation Safety To continue hearings on propo$ed Board, to- be followed by hearings on 10:00 a.m. the nomination of James B. King, of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry budget estimates for ftscal year 1981 for energy and water dev~lopment pro­ Massachusetts, to be Chairman of the Business meeting, to resume considera­ grams. National Transportation Safety Board. tion of S. 2199, 2~58, 2264, 2277, 2315, 1114 Dirksen J3uilding 235 Russell Building 2354, and . 2356, bills to ease the eco­ Appropriations Governmental Affairs nomic impact of the Soviet grain em­ Military Construction Subcommittee Civtl Sernce and General Services Sub­ bargo on American farmers. To resume hearings on propose(i budget committee 324 Russell Building estimates for fiscal year 1981 for mili­ To hold Joint hearings with the House Appropriations tary construction of the DOD. _ Post Office and Clvtl Service's Sub­ Energy and Water Development Subcom­ 1224 Dirksen Building committee on Human Resources on mittee Appropriations proposed legislation to curb the Fed­ To continue hearings on proposed State, Justice, Commerce, the Judiciary, eral Government's use of consultants. budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 and Related Agencies Subcommittee 311 Cannon Building for energy and water development pro- To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Judiciary grams. - ttniates for fiscal year 1981 for the Na­ To resume hearings on S. 2377, authoriz· 1114 Dirksen Building -tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad­ ing funds for fiscal year 1981 for pro­ Appropriations ministration, Department of Com­ grams administered by the Depart­ State, Justice, Commerce, the Judiciary, merce. ment of Justice. ' and Related Agencies Subcommittee S-146, S-Capitol 2228 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Energy and Natural Resources JudJciary timates for fiscal year 1981 for the In­ *Energy Research and Development Su~ To continue hearings on S. 2434, 2441 dustry and Trade Administration, M•• committee · and 2442, bills to strengthen and stabi· nority Business Development Agency, To resume hearings on S. 2332, authoriz­ - lize the Juvenile Justice and Delin· and the U.S. Travel Service, Depart­ ing funds for fiscal years 1981 and quency Prevention Act of 1974 ~ ment of Commerce. 1982 for non-civtlian programs of the 6226 Dirksen Building 'S-146, Capitol Department of Energy. . . Veterans' Affairs Budget · 3110 Dirksen Building To hold hearings to receive legislative To begin consideration of the first con~ Foreign Relatiorus recommendations for fiscal year 1981 current budget resolution setting forth Business meeting, to markup S. 2271, au­ ·rrom officialS of AMVETS, Paralyzed recommended levels of total budget thorizing an increase in the U.S. quota Veterans, Blinded Veterans, WWI Vet· outlayll'. ~der8.I revenues, and new for the International Monetary Fund. erans, and Military Orders of the budget authority. ·· ' 4221 Dirksen BU:ildlng Purple Heart. · 6202 Dirksen Building 2:30p.m. 1202 Dirksen Building Commerce, Science, and Transportation Conferees 10:00 a.m. Consumer Subcommittee On H.R. 2313, authorizing funds for Appropriations To hold hearings on proposed legislation fiscal year 1980 and 1981 for. the Fed­ Ener(ly and- Water Development Subcom· authorizing funds for programs of the eral Trade Commission. mittee U.S. Fire Adm1n1stration in the Feder­ S-207, Capitol To continue hearings on proposed al Emergency Management Agency Select on Intelligence budget estimates for fiscal year 1981. and the Center for Fire Research In · Budget Authorizations Subcommittee for energy and water development pr~ the Department of Commerce. To resume closed hearings' on proposed grama.. . · S-123, Capitol legislation authorizing funds for -fiscal 1114 Dirksen Building 6384 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 24, 1980 Appropriations ma.tion Administra~ion, and the Mari­ MARCH 31 HUD-Independent Agencies Subcommit· tinle Administration, Department of 9:30a.m. tee Commerce. S-146, Capitol Finance . To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Taxation and Debt Management General­ timates for fiscal year 1981 for the Na· Commerce, Science, and Transportation ly Subcommittee tional Science Foundation. · To hold hearings on the nomination of To hold hearings on proposed legislation 1318 Dirksen Building Peter N. Teige, of California., to be a to extend the temporary limit on the Appropriation& Federal Maritime Commissioner for public debt. · Interior and Related A~encles Subcommit· the remainder of term expiring June 2221 Dirksen Building tee 30, 1980, a.nd for a -term of 5 years ex­ Judiciary To hold hearings on proposed budget es· piring June 30, 1985. tlmatea for fiscal year 1981 -for the . 457 Russell Building To resume hearings on S. 2377, authoriz­ Smithsonian Institution. Ing funds for fiscal.year 1981 for pro· 1223 Dirksen Building Select on Intelligence grams administered by the Depart,. • Appropriations To resume hearings on S. 2284, proposed ment of Justice. State, Justice, Commerce, the Judiciary, legislative charter governing intelli­ 2228 Dirksen Building and Related Agencies Subcommittee gence activities of the United States. 10:00 am. To hold hearings on proposed budget ea· 235 Russell Building Appropriations tlmates for fiscal year 1981 for the MARCH28 Energy and Water Development Subcom­ Patent and Trademark Office, and sci­ 8:00a.m. mittee ence and technical research~ Depart­ Armed Services . To continue hearings on proposed ment of Commerce. Research and Development Subcommittee budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 S-146, Capitol To continue closed hearings on S. 2294. for energy and water development pro­ Budget authorizing funds for fiscal year 1981 grams. To continue consideration of the first for military procurement programs of 1114 Dirksen Building concurrent budget resolution setting the DOD, receiving testimony on the *Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs forth recommended levels of total Navy's new ships and related ship pro­ International Finance Subcommittee budget outlays, Federal revenues, and grams. new budget authority. To hold hearings on proposed authoriza­ 6202 Dirksen Building 224 Russell Building tions for fiscal yea.r 1981 for the inter­ national a!lairs programs of the De­ Energy and Natural Resources Q:OO a.m. partment of the Treasury; S. 2271, to To hold hearings on S. 1784, to Improve Finance increase the U.S. quota. in the Interna­ the electric generating efficiency of Taxation and Debt Management General­ tional Monetary Fund, and S. 1963, to joint Federal-civilian pooling practices ly Subcommittee control Government purchases and in Alaska. To resume hearings on miscellaneous sales of gold. 3110 Dirksen Building tax proposals. 5302 Dirksen Building Finance 2221 Dirksen Building Budget Business meeting, to continue considera­ tion of pending health proposals. •Judiciary To. resume consideration of the first To hold hearings on S. 1790, 115, and concurrent budget resolution setting 2221 Dirksen Building forth recommended levels of total Foreign Relations 1816, bills to protect the press and other innocent third parties against budget outlays, .Federal revenues, and To hea.r the Secretary of State, on U.S. new budget authority. · foreign policy objectives. · unwarranted searches. 318 Russell Building 2228 Dirksen Building 6202 Dirksen Building Select on Intelligence 9:30a.m. Commerce, Science, and Transportation Budget Authorizations Subcommittee Commerce, Science, and Transportation Surface Transportation Subcommittee To continue closed hearings on proposed To hold hearings on the nomination of To hold hearings on 8. 1151. proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal Reginald E. Gilliam, Jr., of Virginia, to Rail Restructuring Assistance Act. year 1981 for intelligence activities of be a Member of the Interstate Com- 235 Russell Building the United States. merce Commission. · ·select on Intelligence S-407. Capitol 235 Russell Building To resume hearings on S. 2284, proposed 11:00 a.m. legislative charter governing the intel­ Armed Services *Energy a.nd Natural Resources ligence activities of the U.S. Procurement Policy and Reprograming To resume hearings to assess the politi· cal, military, economic, and social fac­ · 6226 Dirksen Building Subcommittee tors affecting world oil production and 2:00p.m. To resume hearings on 8. 1687, to elimi­ Appropriations nate certain limitations imposed on consumption over the next decade. 3110 Dirksen Building Energy and Water Development Subcom- excess profits from contracts with the mittee · Department of Defense for the con· Labor and Human Resources To continue hearings on proposed struction of aircraft or naval vessels, To resume oversight hearings on the im­ budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 and S. 2232, to exempt from account· plementation of the occupational for energy and water development pro­ ing requirements those contracts of $1 safety and health program. grams. million or less with the Department of 4232 Dirksen Building 1114 Dirksen Building Defense for the construction of air­ 10:00 a.m. Appropriat~ons . craft or naval vessels. Appropriations State, Justice, Commerce, the Judiciary 1224 Dirksen Building BUD-Independent Agencies Subcommit· and Related Agencies Subcommittee 2:00p.m. tee To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Appropriations To continue hearings on proposed timates for fiscal year 1981 for the Energy and Water Development Subcom· budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 Chrysler loan guarantee program. mittee for the National Science Foundation, S-146, Capitol To continue hearings on proposed and for the Office of Science and Select on Intelligence budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 Technology Policy. Budget Authorizations Subcommittee for energy and water development pro­ 1318 Dirksen Building To resume closed hearings on proposed grams. legislation authorizing fund& for fiscal Budget 1114 Dirksen Building_ year 1981 for intelligence activities o~ Appropriations To continue consideration of the fii·st the U.S.· concurrent budget resolution setting S-407. Capitol Military Construction Subcommittee forth recommended levels of total To continue hearings on proposed budget outlays, Federal revenues, and budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 new budget authority. APRIL 1 for military construction of the DOD. 6202 Dirksen Building 8:00a.m. . 1318 Dirksen Building Appropriations Appropriations Foreign Relations Agriculture, Rural Development and Re­ State, Justice, Commerce, the Judiciary, To resume hearings on S. 2423, authoriz­ lated Agencies Subcommittee and Related Agencies Subcommittee ing funds for fiscal year 1981 for for­ To resume hearings on proposed budget To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ eign development and security assist­ estimates for fiscal year 1981 for the timates for fiscal year 1981 for the Na­ ance programs. Department of Agriculture. tional Telecommunications and Infor· 4221 Dirksen Butlding · S-128, Capitol March 24, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6385 9:00a.m. budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 rials programs of_ the Department of Finance for the Department of Agriculture. Transportation. · Taxation and Debt Management General­ S-128, Capitol 235 Russell Building ly Subcommittee 9:00a.m. Energy and Natural Resources To resume hearings on miscellaneous Finance Business meeting, to consider pending tax proposals. Taxation and D'ebt Management General· calend,ar bus4less. 2221 Dirksen Building ly Subcommittee 3110 Dirksen Building 9:30a.m. To resume hearings on proposed legisla· Finance Judiciary tion to· extend the temporary limit on International Trade Subcommittee Business meeting, to consider pending the public debt. To hold hearings on the protocol to the calendar business. 2221 Dirksen Building Multilateral Trade Negotiations cus- 2228 Dirksen Building 9:30a.m. toms valuation agreement. · 10:00 a.m. Commerce, Science, and Transportatiort Appropriations 2221 Dirksen Building Foreign Operations Subcommittee Science, Technology, and Space SubcOni· Select on Intelligence To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ mittee To continue hearings on S. 2284, -pro­ timates for fiscal year 1981 for foreign To hold hearings on S. 1393, authorizing posed legislative charter governing the assistance progx:ams. · funds for fiscal years 1981 . and 1982 intelligence activities of t~e U.S. 1318 Dirksen.Building for programs under the· National 5110 Dirksen Building Appropriations· Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act. 1:00 p.m. 6226 Dirksen Building Interior and R~lated Agencies Subcommit­ Office of Technology Assessment tee Judiciary The Board to hold a. joint meeting with To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ To resume hearings on S. 2377, authoriz· the Technology Assessment Advisory timates for fiscal year l981 for the ing funds for fiscal year 1981 for pro­ Council on pending business items. Office of Territorial Affairs · grams administered by the ·Depart­ EF-100, Capitol 1224 Dirksen Building me~t pf J!lStice. 2:00p.m. Appropriations 2228 Dirksen Building Appropriations State, Justice, Commerce, · the Judiciary •veterans' Affairs . Energy and Water Development Subcom- and Related Agencies Subcommittee Business meeting, to consider S. 1188, to mittee . · To continue · hearings on proposed revise the vocational rehabilitation To continue hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 program administered by the Veter­ budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 for the Department of Commerce. ans' Administration. for energy and water development pro­ . S-146, Capitol 412 Russell Building gr~. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 10:00 a.m. 1114 Dirksen Building Rural Housing and Development Subcom­ Appropriations • Appropriations _ mittee Energy and Water Development Subcom­ Transportation Subcommittee To hold hearings on proposed authoriza­ mittee To resume hearings on proposed budget tions for rural housing programs. To resume hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 for the 5302 Dirksen Building estimates for fiscal year 19.81 for Department of Transportation. Budget energy. and water development pro· · 1318 Dirksen Building To continue consideration of the first grams. Select on Intelligence concurre.nt budget resolution setting 1114 Dirksen Butlding Budget Authorizations Subcommittee forth recommended levels of total • Appropriations To begin closed markup of proposed leg­ budget outlays, Federal revenues, and HOD-Independent Agencies Subcommit­ islation authorizing 'funds for fiscal new. budget authority. tee year 1981 for intelligence activities of 6202 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ .the U.S. Commerce, Science, and Transportation timates for fiscal year 1981 for· the Na­ S-407, Capitol Business meeting, to consider pending tional Commission on Air Quality, the ·calendar business: American Battle Monuments Commis- · APRIL3 235 Russell Building sion, and U.S. Army cemeterial ex­ penses. 9:30a.m. Energy and Natural Resources 1318 Dirksen Building Appropriations Energy Research and Development Sub­ Agriculture, Rural Development, and Re· .committee Appropriations Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit- lated Agencies Subcommittee To resume hearings OJl S. 2332, authoriz­ tee · · · ·To· continue hearings on proposed ing funds for fiscal years 1981 and budget estimates for fi~cal year 1981 1982 for civilian programs of the De­ To continue hearings on proposed 'budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 for the Department of Agriculture. · partment of Energy. S-128, Capitol 3110 Dirksen Building for the Office of Territorial Affairs. · 1224 Dirksen Building Governmental ~ffairs Labor and Human Resources Civil Service and General Services Sub· To resume oversight hearings on the im­ Appropriations committee plementation of the occupational Transportation Subcommittee To Jesume joint hearings with the safety and health program. To resume hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 for the House Post Office and Civil Service · 4232. Dirksen Building Subcommit~~e on Human Resources Select on Intelligence Department of Transportation. on proposed legislation to curb the To. continue hearings ·on S. 2284, pro­ · S-126, Capitol Federal Government's use of consult· posed legislative charter go,verning the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs ants. intelligence activities of the United Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee 357 Russell Building States · · To resume hearings on proposed legisla­ 318 Russell Building Judiciary , tion authorizing funds for fiscal year To continue hearings on S. 2377, au· 2:00p.m. 1981 for housing, community develop· thorizing funds for fiscal year 1981 for Appropriations ment programs, and the urban devel· programs administered by the Depart· Energy and Water .bevelopment Subcom­ opment action grant of the Depart- . ment of Housing and Urban Develop­ ment of Justice• mittee · 2228 Dirksen Building To continue hearings on proposed ment. budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 5302 Dirksen Building Labor and Human Resources for · energy and water development Budget Health and Scientific Research Subcom· programs. . To continue consideration of the first m;ttee 1114 Dirksen Building concurrent budget resolution setting To hold hearings on S. 500, proposed forth recommended levels of total · Consumer-Patient Radiation Health APRIL2 budget outlays, Federal revenues, and and Safety Act. ·8:00a.m. new budget authority. 6226 Dirksen Building Appropriations 6202 Oirksen Building !O:OOa.m. Agriculture, Rural Development and Re­ Commer~e. Science, and Transportation . Appropriations _lated Agencies Subcommittee To hold hearings on proposed legislation HOD-Independent Agencies Subcommit· To continue hearings on proposed authorizing funds for haiardous mate· tee 6386 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 24, 1980 To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ 2:00p.m. grams administered by the Depart­ timates for fiscal year 1981 for the Appropriations ment of Justice. Federal Home Loan Bank Board, and Transportation Subcommittee 357 Russell Building the Nation"al Institute of Building Scl· To continue hearings on propose.d Select on Intelligence ences. budget estimates for fiscal · year 1981 To begin closed markup of proposed leg­ 1318 Dirksen Building for the Department ·of Transportation. . islation authorizing funds for fiscal· Appropriations 1224 Dirksen Building year l981 for intelligence activities of Interior arid Related Agencies Subcommit- 2:30p.m. the U.S. tee · Foreign Relations . S-407, Capitol To resume hearings on proposed budget To hold hearings . on the Maritime 2:00p.m. estimates for fiscal year 1981 for cer­ Boundary Settlement Treaty with Appropriations tain programs of the Departhlent of Canada , and the Atp"eement on East To resume hearihgs on proposed budget 224 Dirksen Building Coast Fishery Resources with Canada estimates fot fiscal year 1981 for mili­ Commerce, SCience, and Transportation . tary construction of the DOD. To hold hearings on proposed legislation · · 4221 Dirksen Building 1224 Dirksen Building authorizing funds for ocean pollution research and monitoring programs. APRIL 16 APRIL 17 235 Russell Bu~ding 9:aoa.m. 9:30a.m. Energy and Natural Resources Labor and Human Resources Commerce, Science, and Transportation To hold hearings on the climatic effects To continue hearings on S. 2153, 1486,. Science ';I'echnology, and Sp~e Subcom­ of carbon dioxide buildup in the at­ and 1572, bills to provide an exemp­ mittee mosphere. tion from OSHA regulation for certain To hold hearings on S. 1391, authorizing 3110 Dirksen Building workplaces with good safety and funds for fiscal years 1981 ·and 1982 2:00p.m. health records. for the National Climate Program. JudiCiary 4232 Dirksen Building · 235 Russell Building To hold hearings on pending nomina· Labor and Human.Resources Labor and Human Resources tions. · Health and Scientific Research Subcom­ To continue hearings on S. 2153, 1486, 2228 Dirksen Buil~ing mittee and 1572, bills to provide an exemp­ APRIL 15 To hold hearings on S. 1424, proposed tion from OSHA regulation for certain International Health Act. workplaces with good safety and 9:30a.m. 6226 Dirksen Building health records. Labor and Human Resources •veterans' Mfairs 4232 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on S, 2153, 1486; and To hold hearings on the recruitment 1572, bills to provide an exemption and retention of qualified. health-care •Labor and Human Resources from OSHA regulation for certain professionals to staff the Veterans' Child and Human Development Subcom­ mittee workplaces with good safety and Administration's health~care facilities. health records. · 412 Russell Bullding To hold oversight hearings on the devel­ 4232 Dirksen.Building 10:00 a.m. opment. of children who benefit from 10:00 a.m. ·Appropriations adoptipn by facilitating their place­ ment in adoptive homes. Appropriations Interior and Related AgencJes Subcom­ Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit· mittee 457 Russell Building tee · To hold ·hearings on proposed budget es;.. 10:00 a.m. ·To hold hea.rings·on proposed budget eS· timates for fiscal year 1981 for the Na-· Appropriations timates ·for fiscal year 1981 for the tlonal Gallery of Art, and the Commis­ Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit­ 'Federal Inspector for Alaska pipeline, sion of Fine Arts. tee and the energy Information Adminis· 1223 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ tration, of the Department of Energy. Appropriations timates for fiscal year 1981 for the 1223 Dirksen Building TreasurY, Postal Service, and General Forest Service, Department of Agricul­ Appropriations Government Subcommittee tute. Transportation Subcommittee To continue hearings .on proposed 1223 Dirksen Building To ·resume hearings on proposed budget budget e~~bnates for fiscal year .1981 ~ppropriations estimates for fiscal year 1981 for the for the Department of the Treasury. I'ransportation Subcommittee Department of Transportation. . · 1318 Dirksen Building To resume hearings on proposed budget 1224 Dirksen Building Banking, HOusing, and Urban Affairs estimates for fiscal year 1981 for the Appropri~tions . Iilternational Finance Subcommittee Department of Transportation. Treasury, Postal · Service, and General To resume hearings on proposed au­ · 1224 Dirksen Building Government Subcommittee . thorizations for fiscal year 1981 for . Appropriations To hold hearings· on proposed budget es­ the international affairs programs of timates for fiscal year 1981 for the ·De­ Treasury, Postal Service, and General the Department of the Treasury · S. Government Subcommittee .Partment of the Treasury. · 2271, to increase the, U.S. quota in the ·1318 Dirksen Building To continue hearings on proposed International Monetary Fund, and S. budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 1963, to ·COntrol Government pur­ for the Department of the Treasury. •International Finance Subconu;nittee chases and sales of gold. 1114 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on S. 2097, proposed 5302 Dirksen :Building Joint Exi>Ort Marketing .Assistance Commerce, Science, and Transportation . Energy and Natural Resources Act, and on the substance of's. 2040, Surface Transportation Subcommittee Parks; Recreation and Renewable Re­ &>roposed Small Business Export Ex· To hold hearings on S. 2193, authorizing sources Subcommittee pansion Act and s. · 2104, proposed funds tor fiscal year 1981 for the To hold hearings on S. 1842, proposed Small Business Export Development United States Railway Association. · National Heritage Policy Act. Act. 235 Russell Building 3110 Dirksen Building 5302 Dirksen Building Energy and Natural·Resources · Foreign Relations · •Energy and Natural Resources . Business meeting. to · consider pending To continue hearings on the role and ac­ Energy Regulation Subcommjttee · calendar business. countability of the· National. Security To review those items in the President's 3110 Dirksen Building Advisor. · budget for fiscal year 1981 which fall 4221 Dirksen Building within its legislative jurisdiction and Foreign Relations consider recommendations which it To hold hearings on the role and ac­ 2:00p.m. · will make thereon to the Budget Com­ countability of the .National Security Appropriations mittee, receiving testimony from offi­ Advisor. · Military Construction Subcommittee ·cials of the Federal Energy Regula­ 4221 Dirksen Building To continue hearings· on proposed· tory Commisskm and for the Office of Judiciary budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 Hearings and Appeals. To resume he·artngs on S. 2377, authoriz­ for military construction of the DOD. · 6226 Dirksen Building ing funds for fiscal year 1981 for 'pro- 1318 Dirksen Building March 24, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6387 Appropriations . Appropriations To continue - .hearlngs on proposed Treasury, Postal Service, and General . Treasury, Postal Service, and qeneral · budget estimates for fiscal year . 1981 Government Subcommittee Government Subcommittee for the National Aeronautics and To continue hearings on proposed To continue hearings on proposed Space Administration: . budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 1318 Dirksen Building for the Department of the Treasury. for the Department of the Treasury. S-146, Capitol S-146, Capitol APRIL28 2:30p.m. 9:30a.m. Foreign Relations APRIL23 •Judiciary To resume hearings on the Maritime 10:00 a.m. To resume hearings on 8. 2377, autnoriz­ Boundary Settlement Treaty with Appropriations ing funds for fiscal year 1981 for pro­ Canada . timates :for fiscal year 1981 for the Na­ 10:00 a.m. 4221 Dirksen Building tional Endowment for the· Arts. •Energy and Natural Resources' · 1223 Dirksen Building Energy Regulation Subcommittee APRIL 18 Appropriations To review those items in the President's 10:00 a.m. Treasury; Postal Service, and General budget for fiscal year 1981 which fall Government Subcommittee within its iegislative Jurisdiction and Appropriations To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ HOD-Independent Agencies Subcommit· consider· recommendations· which it tiMates for fiscal year 1981 for the Ex­ will make thereon to the Budget Com­ tee ecutive Office of the President. mittee, receiving testimony from off!. To hold hearings·on proposed budget es­ · 1318 DirkSen Building cials of the Economic Regulatory Ad· timates for fiscal year .1981 for the ministration, the Energy Information Federal Emergency Management Commerce, --Bcience, and Transportation To hold hearings on proposed legislation Administration, and the Assistant Sec- · Agency. retary for Conservation and Solar Ap­ 1318 Dirksen Building authorizing funds for fiscal year 1981 for the U.S. Coast Guard. plications, all of the DOE. 2:00p.m. 235 Russell Building 3110 Dirksen Building Appropriations Military Construction Subcommittee Rules and Administration , 'I'p receive testimony on Senate Resolu­ ~RIL29 To continue hearings on proposed tion 207, to create a Select Committee 10:00 a.m. budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 on Narcotics Abuse and Control; and Appropriations _ foJ:: military construction of the DOD. · to consider other legislative and ad· Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit· 1223 Dirksen Building mtnlitrative business. · tee 301 Russell Building To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ .APRIL21 2:00p.m. timates· fQr fiscal years 1981 for the 10·:00 a.m. · Appropriatlona Heritage Conservation and Recreation Judiciary Military Construction Subcommittee Service.. · To resume hearings on S. 2377, authortz. To continue hearings on proposed 1224 Dtr~en Building ing funds for ·fiscal year 1981 for pro­ budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 Appropriations grams administered by the Depart­ for military construction of the DOD. Treasury, Postal Service, and General ment of Justice. 1224 Dirksen Building Government SUbcommittee 2228 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ 2:00p.m. APRIL 24 timates for fiscal year 1981 for the Finance 10:00 a.m. Office of Personnel Management, Merit Systems Protection Board, Fed­ Social Security Subcommittee Appropriations eral Labor Relations Authority, U.S. To hold hearings on H.R. 5295, S. 248, HOD-Independent Agencies Subcommit­ Tax Court, aDd President's Conlmts- 1287, 1418, 1498, 1554, 2034, 2083, and tee sion on Pension Policy. . 2208, bills to correct certain problems To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ 1318 Dirksen Building .with the social security earnings limi­ timates for f~l year 1981 for the Na­ tation as a result of the enactment of tiona.t. Aeronautics and Space Adminis­ 2:00 p.ni the Social Security Amendments of tratioa Appropriations 1977 , eliminating 1318 Dirksen Building Military ConStruction Subcommittee the monthly earnings test. Appropriations To reslUlle hearings on proposed budget . 2221 Dirksen Building Interior and Related Agencies SUbcommit· estimates for fiscal year 1981 for mili­ tee tary construction of the DOD. APRIL22. To hold 'hearings on proposed budget es­ 1223 Dirksen Building timates fQr fiscal year .1981 tor the 10:00 a.m. Bureau of Land Management. APRIL30 AppropriatiQns 1223 Dirksen Building Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit·· 9:30a.m. tee · Appropriations •vet~rans' Affairs . Treasur¥, Postal Service, and · General To hold hearings on proposed budget es· Business meeting, to consider proposed GovernD1ent Subcommittee legislation on the recruitment and re­ timates for fiscal year 1981 for the To continue hearings on proposed Economic Regulatory Administration. tention of QUalified health-care profeS· budget estimates for fiScal year 1981 sionals to staff the Veterans' Adminis­ Department of Energy. - for the -Executive Office of the Prest· 1223 Dirksen Building tration health-care facilities, S. 759, to dent. provide for the right of the United­ AJ)proprtations 1114 Dirksen Building- States to recover their costs of hospi­ Treasury, Postal Service, and General 2:00p.m. tal, nursing home, or outpatient medi­ Government Subcommittee _· Appropriations _ cal care furnished by theJ Veterans' To· resume·hearings on proposed budget Military Construction Subcommittee Administration to veterans for non­ estimate&. for fiscal .year 1981 for the To continue· hearings on proposed service-connected disabilities to the Department of the Treasury, and on bu~et estimates for fiscal year 1981 · extent that they have health insur­ the U .8. Postal Service. · for military construction of the QOD. ance or similar contracts, and S. 1523 1318 Dirksen Building _1224 Dirksen Building . and H.R. 4015, proposed V~terans 2:00p.m. Senior Citizen Health Care Act. Appropriations APRIL25 412 Russe~ Building Military ·construction Subcommittee To resume hearings on proposed budget 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. estimates for fiscal year 1981 for mili­ Appropriations Appropriations · tary construction of the DOD. HOD-Independent. Agencies Subcommlt· Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit­ 1224 Dirksen Building tee tee 6388 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 24, 1980 To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ MAY6 MAY21 timates for conservation programs of 9:30a.m. 9:00a.m. the Department of Energy. Appropriations 1224 Dirksen Building •veterans' Affairs Agriculture, Rural Development, and Re­ To resume hearings Qn the Federal G·ov~ . . Appropriations lated Agencres Subcommittee ernment's efforts to assist Vietnam-era Treasury, Postal Service, · and General To· resume hearings on proposed budget veterans in readjusting to society, and Government Subcoi:nmittee estimates for fiscal year 1981 for the the use of excepted appointments for To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Department of Agriculture: · disabled veterans. timates for fiscal year 1981 for the 1318 Dirksen Building 412 .Russell Building Federal Elections Commission, Adviso­ 2:00p.m. ry Commission 'on Int.ergovernmental Appropriations MAY22 Relations, Advisory Committee on Military Construction Subcommittee 9:30a.m. Federal Pay, Committee for Purchase. To resume hearirigs on proposed budget Labor and Human·Resources From the Blind and Other Severely ·estimates for fiscal year 1981 for mili­ Child and Human· Development Subcom· Handicapped and the Administrative tary construction of the DOD. mittee Conference of the U.S. · ·1223 Dirksen Building To hold oversight hearings to examine 1318 Dirksen Building issues affecting infant mortality, and 2:00p.m. MAY7 preventable birth defects. . Appropriations 10:00 a.m. 4232 DirkSen Building Military Construction Subcommittee Appropriations MAY29 Interior and. Related Agencies Subcommit­ 9:30a.m. To continue hearings on proposed tee budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 •veterans' Affairs To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ To hold hearings on proposed legislation for military construction of the DOD. timates for · fiscal ·year 1981 for the 1223 Dirksen Building to establish a cost-of-living increase U.S. Geological Survey. for service-connected disability com­ 1224 Dirksen Building pensation. MA'Y1 MAY13 412 Russell Building 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. JuNE 11 Appropriations · Appropriations 9:30a.m. BUD-Independent Agencies Subcommitu Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit­ tee ' tee •veterans' Affairs To hold oversight hearings on the activi­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ ties of · the Inspector General of the timates for fiscal year 1981 for th~ De­ timates for fiscal year 1981 for the Na­ Veterans' Administration. partment of Housing and Urban De­ tional Park Service. velopment. 1224 Dirksen Building 412 Ru~eu Building 1318 Dirksen Building MAY 1.4 CANCELLATIONS Appropriations 10:00 a.m. Interior and Related.Agencies Subcommit­ Appropriations MARCH26 -tee Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit­ 10:00 a.m. To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ tee Energy and Natural Resources timates for fiscal year 1981 for the To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Business meetlng, to consider pending Land and Water Conservation Fund of timates for fiscal year 1981 for the De­ calendar b\lSiness. · partment of Interior. the Heritage Conservation and Recre­ 3110 Dirksen Building ation Service. 1223 Dirksen Building . Appropriations Environment and Public Works 1224 Dirksen Building Resource Protection Subcommittee · Appropriations Transportation Subcommittee To resume hearings on proposed budget Business meeting, to mark up proposed Treasury, Postal Service, and General estimates for fiscai year 1981 for the legislation authorizing funds for fiscal Government Subcommittee Department of Transportation. year 1981 for environmental research To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ 1224 Dirksen Building and development programs of the En­ timates for fiscal year 1981 for 'the vironmental Protection Agency. General Services Adnlinistration. · MAY15 4200 Dirksen Building 1114 Dirksen Bullding­ 10:00 a.m. MARCH27 •.tudiciary Appropriations 10:00 a.m. BUD-Independent Agencies SUbcommit­ To resume hearings on S. 2377, authoriz. tee Appropriations Transportation Subcommittee ing funds for fiscal year 1981 for pro­ To resume hearings on proposed budget grams administered by the Depart­ ·estimates for fiscal year 1981 for the To resume h.earings on proposed budget ·ment of Justice. Department of Housing and Urban estimates for the Department of 2228 Dirksen Building Development, and Independent Agen­ Transportation. cies. 1224 Dirksen Building •Labor and Human Resources Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Child and Human Development Subcom­ 1318 Dirksen Building mittee Appropriations Consumer Affairs Subcommittee Transportation Subcommittee . To resume hearings on S. 1928, proposed To hold hearings on issues Congress To continue hearings on proposed Fair Financial Information Practices might· consider which would affect budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 Act, and S. 1929, proposed Privacy of youth in the coming decade. · fpr the Department of Transportation. Electronic Fund Tr~fers Act. 62~6 Dirksen Building 1224 Dirksen ·Building 5302 Dirksen Building 11:30 a.m. MAY2 MAY16 Appropriations 10:00 a.m. 10 ~00 a.~. Transportation Subcommittee. Appropriations Appropriations To continue hearings o:il proposed budget estimates for nscal year 1981 . BUD-Independent Agencies Subcommit­ BUD-Independent Agencies Sub~ommit- tee tee . for tpe Department of Transportation. To continue ·hearings on proposed 1224 Dirksen Building To continue hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 2:00p.m. budget estimates for fiscal year 1981 for the Department of Housibg and Judiciary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Independent . To hold hearings on pending nomina­ Urban Development. Agencies. tions. 1318 DirkSen Building 1318 Dirksen Building 2228 Dirksen auUding March 24, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6389 MARCR28 To resume hearings to assess the politi· Youth Education and Training Act, of 10:00-a.m. cal, m111tary, economic, and social fac­ S. 2385, proposed Youth Act. Banking, Rouslna-. and Urban Affairs tors affecting world oil production and 4232 Dirksen Building Consumer AffairS Subcommittee consumption over the next decade. To continue hearlnp on 8. 1928,-pro­ 3110 Dirksen Building APRIL3 posed Fair . Financial Information· 10:00 a.m. Practices Act. and 8. 1929, proposed Labor and Human Resources Privd.cy of Electronic Fund Transfers APRIL2 Education, Arts, and HUmanities Subconi· Act. . ' mittee 5302 Dirksen Building 10:00 a.m. •Labor and Human R~ources To continue hearings on title II. pro­ MARCH31 Education, Arts, and Humanities Subcom· posed Youth Education and Training 9:00 6..in. mittee Act, of S. 2385, proposed Youth Act. Energy and Natural Resources To resume hearings on title II, proposed 4232 Dirksen Building