UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (iongrrssional Record

th PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 94 CONGRESS FIRST SESSION

VOLUME 121-PART 6

MARCH 14, 1975 TO MARCH 20, 1975 (PAGES 6675 TO 7920)

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON, 1975 6954: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE March 17,1975 "r thought he might as well know who he I commend the Girl Scouts of America However, The Osmonds have never was going to kill so r told him 'r am Pearl for the fine efforts which they have made Mesta.' His whole manner changed. He re­ forgotten the place where they first membered me as the lady who had addressed in behalf of our great Nation. They have learned to sing-the church. Alan has homeless boys at a refugee camp earller. He made outlets available for our young said time and time again: became our protector and kept the others people which have withstood the test of The church 15 so much a part of our l1ves, from harming us." time. Rooted in traditional American it enhances everything we do. Although she probably did not have such values, the ideals of the Girl Scouts have incidents in mind, Mrs. Mesta was a woman developed millions of girls into leaders Despite their youth, The Osmonds known for her zest who once said: "r always and responsible citizens. have performed in hundreds of cities and have a good time wherever r go." The Girl Scouts help girls become hamlets in every section of America and Whether representing her country over­ young women with good moral standards most of the world. As performers, their seas or at home in Washington, she gave par­ objective is to entertain; as human be­ ties that were lavish, carefUlly planned and and the capacity to do something for lots of fun. themselves and their communities. Their ings their goal is to guide and help those "I llke to mix people," she once explained. work is truly outstanding and worthy in need. The uppers, the middles and the lowers, the of the commendation of this body. I, They are always meeting with young sours and the sweets." therefore, encourage my colleagues to people to show that wonderful lives can If there are too many dull ones, she added, join with me in saluting the Girl Scouts be lived without the benefit of drugs or "I put some aside for the next occasion." alcohol. They emphasize the sanctity of Among reported highlights of her parties of America. family life, and they feel that nothing in the 1I140s were a stint at the piano by compares with the joy of having their Mr. Truman. and a baritone rendition of THE OSMONDS-A FAMILY MODEL prayers answered and the joy of their "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes" by Gen. family togetherness. Eisenhower. Mr. MOSS. Mr. President, music has In recent years Mrs. Mesta's activities had long been considered to be a universal The Osmonds next project is a motion been restricted by the effects of a broken hip. picture written about them and in which Early in 1974 she returned to Oklahoma language. And I know of no other fam­ they will star. It is sure to bring new where a brother llved and where she expected ily which spreads love and affection followers for I am sure it will be as beau­ the climate would aid in her recovery from through their music more than The Os­ tiful and wholesome as their lives. hlp surgery. monds. This performing family consists I am proud to know personally the Although she had entered the hospital of Alan, 25; Wayne, 23; Merrill, 21; Jay, March 4 suffering from lung congestion, the Osmond family and to have them as citi­ 19; Donny, 17; Marie, 15; and Jimmy, zens of Utah. I, too, thrill when I witness condition was said to have cleared before 11. she was stricken last night. their great entertainment, and I know "She was amaZing," a close friend said. Through the artistry of their music, their mother and father, who have "You'd think she was doing pretty good but The Osmonds have helped brighten the trained them from childhood to stardom she had been 11l for so long." image of America, both at home and and who are with them as loving par­ abroad. Presently, they are representing ents and counselors through all of their our country as good will ambassadors training and travel. Theirs is a great THE GIRL SCOUTS of song in Japan, Australia, and New family, not because of fame and talent, Zealand. but because of love and trust and faith. Mr. HUMPHREY. Mr. President, on The Osmonds are singing stars and March 12, 1975, the Girl Scouts of the I believe that the example which this producers of 22 gold-million-selling­ family has set, typifies young American U.S.A. celebrated their 63d anniversary. records. But The Osmonds are also Mor­ I would like to bring to the attention of manhOOd at its best and should be an mons, and showbusiness or not, they inspiration to all youth. Home, parents, this body the fine record of this pioneer­ adhere to strict principles which keep ing organization. children, love, appreciation of one an­ them at arm's length from the drug­ other: What higher ideal is there? I have a high regard for the Girl drink-groopie image often associated Scouts and strongly support the scouting with contemporary singers. concept. My experience as a scoutmaster Sure, The Osmonds have their exhilar­ in South Dakota meant a great deal to MONDALE FIGHTS THE GOOD ation. But like most of the citizens of FIGHT me and fostered an interest in scouting Utah, it is not temporary. As Donn, a which has persevered over the years. superstar in his own right, puts it: Mr. NELSON. Mr. President, the Sen­ The Girl Scouts are the world's largest Instead of getting high on drugs, kids ate has just finished one of the longest, voluntary organization for girls, with should get down on their knees. A lot of most hard fought, and most complicated over 6\12 million members in 90 coun­ people are running into deadends with tem­ parliamentary battles in its history. I tries. Since its inception in 1912, 27 mil­ porary highs. What makes me happy as a refer, of course, to the successful effort lion girls and 7 million adults have ~ar­ person 15 when I get down on my knees and to amend rule xxn of the Standing ticipated in the organization. Today, the pray. Rules of the Senate. Girl SCouts boast 3 million members in The Osmonds have always been close After no fewer than 37 rollcall votes, the 50 States. to the earth. They grew up growing dozens of dilatory motions, and count­ We are all familiar with the famous wheat and milking cows in Ogden, Utah. less quorum calls, the Senate worked its boxes of cookies which the Girl Scouts Their father built a long dormitory will. By a vote of 73 to 21 it invoked sell throughout the Nation. These cookies across the back of the house for his eight cloture on Senate Resolution 4, and, by provide the organization with badly boys-furnished with cots for them to a vote of 56 to 27, it passed the modified needed funds which allow the Girl Scouts sleep upon. Sleeping accommodations resolution. to sponsor a multitude of national and have changed, but their closeness to the The reform of Senate rule xxn is a international events, purchase equip­ soil has not. significant victory for those who seek to ment and property, and provide camper­ The Osmonds recording is called Kolob, make the Senate more efficient and bet­ ships. which means from the Earth, and when­ ter able to deal with the problems of this The Girl Scouts have played a major ever they get home, much time is spent Nation. role in encouraging women to develop a on their father's farm. Much of the credit for this important positive self-image. They allow girls to The Osmonds first left their acres of change in Senate procedures goes to the acquire skills in the areas of their choice orchards and garden in Utah to venture chief sponsors of Senate Resolution 4­ and provide opportunities for career ex­ to California in 1958. They visited Dis­ the distinguished Senator from Minne­ ploration. neyland; auditioned to sing, and their sota (Mr. MONDALE) and the distin­ The ethical and spiritual code which career was launched. gUished Senator from Kansas (Mr. unites the girls is a partnership which Andy Williams' father discovered them PEARSON). stands out as an exemplary model of na­ at Disneyland, took them to his son, and Despite formidable opposition, thesp. tional unity. The Girl Scouts organiza­ they became instant television stars. The Senators steered Senate Resolution 4 tion enables girls from varied cultural, first record success for the older five through the parliamentary thicket and ethnic, and economic backgrounds to singing Osmond Brothers "One Bad Ap­ to final passage. They are to be con­ share their heritages and develop a ple," sold over 2 million copies. They gratulated and to be thanked. strong sense of community responsibility. have been hits around the world since. The Minneapolis Star in an editorial March 17, 1975 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 6955 on March 3, 1975, described the efforts electricity directly, but to produce high sipped water. Roncallo talked on. The wit­ of Senators MONDALE and PEARSON as "a quality methane, the equivalent of nat­ ness suddenly slumped. "Stroke," his lawyer sitting behind him gallant fight." I concur inthat character­ ural gas. heard Siegel say. It was the last thing he ization. I ask unanimous consent that Most important, KMS believed it could said. the editorial entitled "Mondale Fights produce the gas at a highly competitive Siegel, who had been testifying ab:Jut his the Good Fight" be printed in the cost within 10 years. firm's pioneering efforts to achieve cheap RECORD. Our Government agencies have gener­ laser fusion, was rushed to George Washing­ There being no objection, the article ally held that fusion energy cannot be ton University Hospital. He died there at was ordered to be printed in the practicable for many decades, if at all. 5 a.m. yesterday of a cerebral hemorrhage­ a stroke. RECORD, as follows: On this basis, we have devoted enormous Siegel left behind his wife and two sons. MONDALE FIGHTS THE GOOD FIGHT sums of money to nuclear fission energy, He left a company he had named after him­ Sen. Walter Mondale, D-Minn., led a gal­ despite the great dangers of that tech­ self-KMS Industries, Inc.-and an Idea he lant fight, With the help of sen James B. nology. believed to be a major answer to the energy Pearson, R-Kan., to modernize the mass­ Mr. Siegel recognized the inherent su­ crisis. His friends are just as sure It killed encrusted senate flllbuster rule. He emerged periority of the fusion process over fis­ him. battered, but with hope for an honorable sion energy. He saw that fusion. unlike One friend, Eugene Zuckert, a KMS lawyer compromise of historical significance. fission. promised a virtually limitless and and former secretary of the Air Force, said: F1l1busterlng has been an obstructionist "Yesterday he (Siegel) said. 'It's very hard tactic by a minority since the beginning of remarkably clean energy source. And in­ to get emotional when you've given your life congressional history. However, the House, stead of bowing to the conventional wis­ to a project: back In 1890. made it Virtually impossible. dom that fusion was "a long way down "He didn't know how right he was." In 1917 the senate ended simon-pure fill­ the pike" or too good to be true, he com­ Another associate put it differently: "His bustering with the two-thirds rule (67 votes mitted Ws talents and his limited re­ guts were just incredible," said Ned Trapnell, now required to cut off debate 1! all 100 are sources to finding a way to develop fusion a KMS consultant. "He had put $13 million present). Yet since then, debate has been quickly. of his own money into this. He just can­ cut off only 21 times. Like Henry Kaiser. Mr. Siegel was in­ nibalized his company. He put his guts into Mondale's goal was 00 reduce the barrier so this. And now his life," that three-fifths (or 60 percent) of those terested in how the job could be done, Others tell the same story of Siegel. A present and voting could invoke cloture to not how itcould not. seven-day week 20-hour days, a schedule so cut off debate. He argued that the two-thirds This is the kind of aggressive and in­ intense that between now and the first of rule protected therlgl}t of debate at the ex­ novative approach that we must employ April, Siegel did not have a single open day. pense of the right to decide. blocking social to meet the energy challenge. What he had, he frequently said, was an idea. and economic legislation. Mr. Aroitai Etzioni. director of the Others called it an obsession, and some said Even more serious than the strangllng of Center for Policy Research, wrote about it was a pipedream. any particular legislation or the waste of the energy crisis in the WasWngton Post With his associates, Siegel was working on time, energy and money, has been the blow a process to harness laser fusion to produce to the Senate's prestige. This Is especially earlier this year. He said: methane, a gas similar to natural gas. The acute at a time when the nation is looking Let us focus on those efforts which are work made him a pioneer In two ways: His for Capitol Hill leadership in the wake of desirable In themselves. firm was alone in the field and it was con­ Watergate and when the House has taken centrating on the production of gas, While long steps towards reform. The scrambl1ng This is what Mr. Siegel did, and I be­ everyone else was working on laser-fUSion on Mondale's moderate proposal made the lieve our energy agencies should do the techniques to ultimately produce electricity. Senate look l1ke a bunch of hopping jack same, not only with regard to fusion. but "The reason this was getting so significant rabbits, Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield also in the areas of solar. geothermal, is because Siegel said that they could be declared. He could have been referring to any and other clean or increasingly efficient producing methane by the middle 1980s." fil1bustering. energy systems. said Trapnell. "That's 10 years sooner than When the smoke cleared atter a barrage of Mr. President. to indicate the scope of we expect to get energy from any other fu­ conservative rhetoric at Vice President Mr. Siegel's accomplishments and the sion process. Rockefeller and a rash of parl1amentary jack­ promise that fusion energy holds. I ask "This is going a new fuel route. He said rabbltlng, Mansfield and sen. Russell Long, everyone else had a mental block against D-La., offered a bipartisan compromise. It unanimous consent that three entries be using gas," Trapnell added. calls for a 60 percent, or three-fifths, cut-off printed in the RECORD: First, the notice The KMS process Involves using a laser vote-but on a total membership base rather of Mr. Siegel's death from page 1 of beam to compress ionized gas, such as hy­ than on a base of those present and voting. the Washington Post; second, Mr. drogen, which is contained in specially made Nevertheless, in a total vote situation, 60 Siegel's prepared testimony for the Joint microscopic gas pellets. The laser compres­ Instead of 67 votes would work. That's a Committee on Atomic Energy; and final­ sion causes fusion of the gas atoms, which breakthrough if the compromise Is adopted. can yield tremendous amounts of energy. ly, the article "KMS Bets Its Life on Nu­ Siegel believed this energy could be used As Mondale said, In effect, it is better, if not clear Fusion" from last December's the best. to cheaply produce methane and replace Fortune magazine. dwindling supplies of natural gas. KMS has There being no objection, the material claimed many breakthroughs toward achiev­ was ordered to be printed in the REC­ ing this goal. KEEVE M. SIEGEL: ENERGY ORD, as follows: The effort began In 1969, without help PIONEER STROKE KILLS HILL ENERGY WITNESS-THE from the old Atomic Energy Commission which refused to assist the firm. WORDS STUCK IN HIS MourH Mr. GRAVEL. Mr. President. last Siegel plunged ahead anyway, forming a Thursday a mathematician-businessman (By Richard M. Cohen) new company, KMS Fusion Industries Inc. named Keeve M. Siegel suffered a fatal The witness before the Joint Committee and financing the venture himself, .perhaps stroke as he was testifying before the on Atomic Energy was a driven man, his as much as $20 milllon by the time he died. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Mr. friends and associates say a scientific genius It was not the first time the obese scien­ Siegel, who owned a small firm called who made So fortune and now was spending tist had taken off on his own. Whlle on the KMS Industries, was a pioneer in the it In an obsessive attempt to prove he could faCUlty at the University of Michigan, the make a cheap source of energy. New Yorker had founded a successful re­ field of fusion energy, and I want to take search firm and sold for a profit. to Now, with his dream perhaps within this opportunity pay homage to him. reach-and the government finally paying He formed a new company. KMS Indus­ According to a number of articles pub­ attention-Prof. Keeve M. Siegel, 52, was tries, turned it Into a conglomerate, and after lished last year, KMS scored a signifi­ halfway through his testimony Thursday a discussion v.ith William M. Elmer, chair­ cant breakthrough in the effort to har­ man of Texas Gas Transmission Corp., Siegel when SUddenly the words stuck In his mouth. resolved to perfect the cheap production of ness the fusion process. The firm was "We are asking the government to help able make this progress in spite methane. to us .. ." read the next line of his prepared Unable to get federal money. Siegel cal·· of the fact that it was working. without statement, but he could not say the words. nlballzed his own company-from 46 corr,· the massive Government fum lug that He tried again, but failed. panles in 1969. down to six by 1974. is often thought to be essentia~A.~or seri- As Siegel reached for a water glass. Rep. With some successes in recent years in ous research in this field. ,,: Teno Roncallo (D-Wyo.)) tried to mask the laser fusion, Siegel came to Washington this Mr. Siegel and his associates intended witness's embarrassment and started to talk week seeking $59.5 milllon In U.S. money to employ fusion process not to generate about a vaguely relevent subject. Siegel over the next three years.