October 2, 1978 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 33119 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS PLACES THAT USED TO NEED Blvd.'s and Pkwy.'s. In some places, streets stunned at the sudden passing of the NAMES were numbered; in some places, streets were spiritual leader of 700 million Roman named. Some had the odd addresses on the Catholics. right side, some on the left. Some had num­ bers going up to the north and down to the Through the Will of God, the papacy HON. HARRY F. BYRD, JR. south, and some were just the other way of Pope John Paul I will not be known OF vmGINIA around. In light of all of this confusing per­ for its accomplishments. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES plexity, it's a wonder we got any mail at all. It will be known for the great hope Monday, October 2, 1978 But no more! During the next 2Y2 years. which it inspired.• the Postal Service has announced, everyone's e Mr. HARRY F. BYRD, JR. Mr. ZIP code w111 get four more digits. From now President, the Senator from · Missouri on not only every hamlet, but also every love at its highest level? In Missouri, some places, like Hannibal, are ry a nine-digit number on our Social Se­ curity cards. One of the most satisfying areas in named after famous people. Some places, which I have worked is veterans' affairs. like Moscow Mills, are named after other Of course, such a scheme would not be places. Some places, like New Franklin, are without advantages. The use of personal ZIP I hardly need tell you and my other old named after bot h. code in lieu of names and addresses would friends here that the needs and entitle­ We've named places after high ideals, such save a lot of ink. It would make it easier to ments of veterans, their dependents and as Independence, and after lofty goals, such rUfferenttate among people with names like survivors have been closer to my heart as Success, There's a Daisy, Missouri, which Smith, Jones and Brown. It also would save than any other legislative matter. I honors fiowers, and a Buffalo, Missouri, us the social embarrassment of addressing a would be deeply concerned if I thought which honors beasts. letter to Miss So-and-So, when it should the system of veterans benefits we have There is greenery in Green City. However, have gone to Mrs. or Ms. developed over ·the years was in any there are no blue springs in Blue Springs. Besides, the Postal Service says that if we danger. There used to be blue springs in Blue Springs, don't go to the nine digit ZIP, they might but then the town moved. They took the have to raise the rates again. Lord knows no I am not worried, though. Veterans' name along and left the spring behind. one wants that, so I guess we'll just have to legislative interests are in very good Most of us find this variety of names amus­ adjust. hands. My good friend and colleague ing. Some would even go as far as to say Still, it sort of hurts to see the five-digit from Texas, RAY ROBERTS, as chairman that names like this are a necessity, at least ZIP code join its brother, the 13-c~nt stamp, of the Veterans' Affairs Committee has if we all want to remember where we live. on a long trip down Memory Lane. Or, that demonstrated his deep commitment and That view ls not shared by the U.S. Postal is, down 337153986.e unswerving zeal in seeking a fair deal for Service, however. They don't like names at all. veterans. I have been called "TIGER" for For a long time, the Postal Service has a long time, but I will tell you that RAY ROBERTS has been another tiger in taking been waging a subtle campaign to get rid of THE PASSING OF JOHN PAUL I names. It began in the big cit ies, with the on forces in the administration that can invention of zones. Suddenly one day. down­ not resist taking cuts at veterans' pro­ town St. Louis became St. Louis 1, St. Louis L. grams. 2. St. Louis 3. Downtown Kansas City became HON. JAMES OBERSTAR You are aware, Mr. Speaker, what Kansas City 5 and Kansas City 6, etc. It all OF MINNESOTA RAY ROBERTS has accomplished already seemed innocent enough, at first. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES this year. When the administration sent Then, in 1963, came a quantum leap in the march of progress-the discovery of the ZIP Monday, October 2, 1978 us a budget that would have forced cut­ code. With ZIP code. the entire third line of e Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, the backs in the VA medical program, he everyone's home address became obsolete. papacy of Pope John Paul I began with stood up on the floor of the House and Today, if you are writing to a friend in such promise only weeks ago. showed all Members just what a drastic Sikeston, you still are allowed to write effect such cuts would have. He blocked "Sikeston, Mo." on the envelope, more as a In his first act as Pope, this warm, them. bow to t radition than anything else. How­ gracious and learned man ann01mced Under his leadership, the House has ever, as far as t he Postal Service i~ concerned, his intention to forgo in his installation your friend lives in neither Sikeston nor ceremony the last vestiges of temporal approved new programs for young vet­ Missouri. He lives in 63801. period. power which had been attached to the erans. He has kept the old programs up In one grand sweep, order had triumphed Papacy since the Middle Ages. to date. And it has not been easy. As the over chaos. Before the discovery of ZIP code, In taking the names of his two im­ memory of the last war recedes, there for example, confused postal workers had to mediate predecessors, he committed are all too many in Washington who grapple with 24 different places named himself to a ministry of reconciliation. await their chance to get a slice of the Springfield. Since 1963, though, Americans He hoped to consolidate the reforms in VA appropriation for their own pet have lost nary a moment's slee over the projects. chances of 65801 's mail mistakenly ending the church of the past 20 years. up in 19064. He was uniquely suited to that role. I can tell them they better come well Even with ZIP code, however, the typical Less than 1 month ago, the world was prepared. RAY ROBERTS will :fight to the address still cont ained a.t least two lines moved by a ceremony whose simplicity end for veterans. He has demonstrated chock full of imprecise, confusing, despica­ and beauty was awesome. The millions that. I can assure America's veterans ble words. There was a plethora of St.'s, Dr.'s, who watched that ceremony are today that they have a strong and willing

Statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor will be identified by the use of a "bullet" symbol, i.e., • 33120 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 2, 1978 champion in the chairman of the House VA and to enhance the participation of VA American Seminar organized by Greek Committee on Veterans' Affairs. He is a medical District Directors in regional heal th World magazine, and Greek World magazine. man of integrity. He is a good man to planning. In addition, HEW will cooperate *Please be specific a.bout the purpose of with the VA and other Federal agencies in the journey, whether you traveled as a dele­ have at your side when the battle is the submission of health plans under OMB gate to a conference, as a member of a com­ joined. Circular A-95. mittee investigation or study project, or at I look forward to close cooperation between presidential request, etc. this Department and the VA in fully develop­ ••Federal Government, personal, founda­ VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION AND ing needed mechanisms for effective commu­ tion, etc. HEALTH PLANNING nication within the health planning process. To help us with any questions or clarifi­ Sincerely, cations please indicate name of person filling JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, Jr.e out form. HON. RAY ROBERTS Alice M. Jackson, Secretary to Congress­ OF TEXAS man Brademas. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thank you.e CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY Monday, October 2, 1978 SURVEY e Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. Speaker, it was AMONG THE SIMPLE BELONGINGS reported in the July 15, 1978, issue of OF AN ELDERLY LADY U.S. Medicine that Robert Derzon, then HON. JOHN BRADEMAS Administrator of the Health Care Fi­ OF INDIANA nancing Administration of the Depart­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. CLAUDE PEPPER OF FLORIDA ment of Health, Education and Welfare, Monday, October 2, 1978 told a symposium of State and local IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES officials: e Mr. BRADEMAS. Mr. Speaker, the Monday, October 2, 1978 The problem of VA and health planning current issue of Congressional Quarterly ls one of the most difficult ones at HEW. includes that publication's annual sur­ ~ Mr. PEPPER. Mr. Speaker, this poem, vey on congressional foreign travel. provided to me by Dr. Mary Ganikos, the He said the VA had more "political I am listed in the article as having Director of the American Personnel and clout" than most groups and urged his made "No response to CQ queries," the Guidance Association's Project on Aging, audience to put pressure on their Con­ inference being that CQ repeatedly re­ was found among the few simple belong­ gressmen "to vote down what is not quested the desired information. ings of an elderly lady, after she died in sound." Actually, Mr. Speaker, my office re­ a geriatric ward of a hospital. It is en­ The reporter checked his notes, at my ceived only one survey f'Orm from CQ, titled "What Do You See? What Do You request, and verified the accuracy of the and that form did not indicate any dead­ See?" quotes, but I wrote to the Secretary of line date for response. Moreover, when The poem follows: HEW, Joseph Califano, and asked for my secretary, approximately a month "WHAT Do You SEE? WHAT Do You SEE?" details of any problems his Department ago, telephoned CQ to ask for the dead­ What do you see nurses, what do was having with the Veterans' Adminis­ line date for returning the form, she was You see? tration. I reminded him of earlier cor­ told only that there was "no rush." Are you thinking when you are respondence in which I have objected to Mr. Speaker, I have asked my secre­ Looking at me- HEW officials assuming responsibility tary, who is overworked, to try to be A crabbit old woman, not very for veterans benefits programs when more prompt in responding to such sur­ Wise, there is no basis in law for them to do so. veys. I would suggest that the editors of Uncertain of Habit, with far-away I further asked Mr. Califano to cite the CQ ask their researchers, who probably eyes. authority by which HEW officials travel are overworked as well, to be a little Who dribbles her food and makes around the country urging State officials more precise about their deadline dates No reply to put pressure on Congress. for requested information. When you say in a loud voice­ The file of my objections to unwar­ In the meantime, Mr. Speaker, I am "! do wish you'd try." ranted HEW intrusions into veterans today returning CQ's form in order that Who seems not to notice the prog.rams has become a thick one, Mr. its request may be honored, and am in­ Things that you do, Speaker. So that all Members may be cluding at this point in the RECORD a And forever is losing a stocking aware of this matter, I include Mr. Cali­ copy of my response so that it may Or a shoe. fano's letter in reply to my inquiry into immediately be available to anyone Who unresisting or not, lets you the RECORD: interested: Do as you will, WASHINGTON, D.C., CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY, INC., With bathing and feeding, the long September 20, 1978. Washington, D.C. day to fill. Hon. RAY RoBERTS, DEAR MEMBER: Each year Congressional Chairman, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Is that what you are thinking­ Quarterly conducts a survey of travel by Is that what you see? U.S. House of Representatives, Members of Congress to foreign countries. Washington, D.C. Then open your eyes, nurse, you're The results will be published by CQ and Not looking at me. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: In your letter of distributed to our news clients in the form July 26, you expressed concern over a remark of a report and fact sheet. I'll tell you who I am as I sit attributed to Robert Derzon, Administrator Here so still; of the Health Care Financing Administration. I would be grateful if you would fill out the form below, indicating your foreign As I use at your bidding, as I eat I have discussed this matter with Mr. Derzon At your will, and he assures me that he neither said, nor travel in calendar 1977, and return it In the does he believe, that "the problem of VA and accompanying envelope. Your reply will be I'm a. small child of ten with a health planning is one of the most difficult used to check and supplement data from Father and mother, ones at HEW." dther records. Vacation travel at your own Brothers and sisters, who love one Mr. Derzon does not know how his com­ expense is not included in our survey. Another. Sincerely, ments could have been so misconstrued as to A young girl of sixteen with wings result in the statement reported to you. He WAYNE KELLEY, Executive Editor. On her feet, does hope there will be cooperation between Dreaming that soon now a lover VA facilities and local Health Systems Agen­ Na.me of Member: Hon. John Bradema.s (D She'll meet; cies to assure that equitable and rational al­ Ind.). A bride soon at twenty-my heart location of resources exists. Presently, VA Countries Visited in 1977, date, purpose•, Gives a leap, representatives do sit on HSA boards and an'i at whose expense••: thus p•articipate in the planning process. People's Republic of China., April 1, 1977, Remembering the vows that I I can assure you that this Department will U.S. Delegation at request of the President, Promised to keep; continue its efforts to insure cooperation and Federal Government. At twenty-five now I have young with the VA in improving the health plan­ Cyprus, August 6, 1977, U.S. Delegation at Of my own, ning process. For Instance, the Bureau of request of the President to the funeral of Who need me to build a secure, Heal th Planning will soon issue a. policy no­ President Makarios of Cyprus, and Federal Happy home; · tice which directs Heal th Systems Agencies Government. A woman of thirty, my young now under HEW to review relationships with the Greece, July 8, 1977, to participate in Greek Grow fast, October 2, 1978 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 33121 Bound to ea.ch other with ties that selection of Federal district court judgeships, sixteen school districts located in Cuya­ Should last; and to submit their names to the President hoga, Lake, Geauga, and Portage coun­ At forty, my young sons have and Senate with respect to each vacancy in Grown and are gone, the office of a district court judgeship, paired ties. The faculty now numbers 50 and But my man's beside to see !or. the student body 850 young women. A I don't mourn. Rollcall No. 853. On final passage of H.R. comprehensive high school, Notre Dame At fifty, once more babies play 12005, Department of Justice Authorization makes available units of credit in college Round my knee. for fiscal year 1979, "yea." preparatory, business, and general-voca­ Again we know children, my loved Rollcall No. 854. On adoption of the con­ tional courses. Through the contributed One and me. ference report to accompany H.R. 12934, State, services of the Sisters of Notre Dame Dark days are upon me, my Justice, Commerce, Judiciary Appropriations and the dedicated services of their lay Husband is dead, for fiscal year 1979, "yea." e teachers and staff, it is possible to offer I look at the future, I shudder With dred, a Catholic education to many students For my young are all rearing who otherwise could not afford it. Young o! their own, The same traditions and the same spir­ And I think of the years and the NOTRE DAME ACADEMY lOOTH it of the pioneers of Notre Dame on Love that I've known. BffiTHDAY Ansel are still relived and re-echoed I'm an old woman now and nature among the faculty and student body of Is cruel- Notre Dame on Butternut! Tis her jest to make old age look HON. J. WILLIAM STANTON Like a fool. OF OHIO Mr. Speaker, never before has the The body it crumbles, grace and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Christian message been more needed in Vigour depart both our national life and in our family There is now a stone where I once Monday, October 2, 1978 life. I believe that the health of our Na­ Hada heart; • Mr. STANTON. Mr. Speaker, it is a tion is a direct reflection of the health But inside this old carcass a young privilege for me to bring to the attention of our families. The Sisters of Notre Girl stm dwells. of my colleagues that Notre Dame Acad­ Dame Academy are to be commended in And now and a.gain my battered emy, located in my congressional dis­ the most generous terms for the vital Heart swells. role they have played in teaching Chris­ I remember the joys, I remember trict of Geauga County, Ohio, will cele­ The Pain, brate its centennial under the theme tian living to thousands of Americans And I'm loving and living life "100 Years Young" during the month of over the past 100 years. Over again. October. To the Sisters and lay staff of Notre I think of the years all too !ew­ In 1877, the first Notre Dame Academy, Dame Academy, I extend my heartiest Gone too !a.st, located at Superior and East 17 Street, congratulations and appreciation for the And accept. the stark !act that began with a total enrollment of 14 stu­ leadership they are giving in the great Nothing can last, tradition of Notre Dame. To the Alum­ So open your eyes, nurses, open dents. Under the direction of Mother And see Mary Chrysostom, the second superior nae, may they carry the spirit and the Not a crabbit old woman, look general of the Sisters of Notre Dame, a memories of Notre Dame always. Closer-see Me! e five story structure, designed as a provin­ I express my warmest good wishes for cial house for the Sisters and as an aca­ the next 100 years.• demy for the girls, was ready for oc­ PERSONAL EXPLANATION cupancy on May 1, 1878. These buildings served the community and young women HON. TOM CORCORAN almost.40 years. Because of the need for TRADE DEFICIT OF ILLINOIS more room, a new location was selected under the leadership of Mother Mary IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Cecelia, the third superior general of the HON. KENNETH L. HOLLAND Monday, October 2, 1978 Sisters of Notre Dame. OF SOUTH CAROLINA e MR. CORCORAN of Illinois. Mr. At the corner of Ansel and Superior, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Speaker, due to the scheduling of pre­ overlooking East Boulevard and Rockfel­ Monday, October 2, 1978 liminary study hearings into the pos­ ler Park, a three story tudor gothic build­ e Mr. HOLLAND. Mr. Speaker, last Fri-· sible closing of Chanute Air Force Base ing was erected. Tee new academy of­ day, the other body, in a bold and com­ which would affect my district, I was ab­ ficially opened on January 11, 1915. At pletely rational action, passed the com­ sent during the business for Thurday, that time, students were accepted in the panion bill to H.R. 10853 which has been September 28. I would like to insert in first grade and were educated through introduced by the gentleman from North the RECORD at this time my voting record grade 12. The rapid growth of the Carolina fleet of 39 ships, serving five con­ l, 1978, marked the 20th anniversary of oped speedier and safer planes, resulted in short-take-off planes, fashioned quiet­ tinents, the largest privately owned the founding of the National Aeronau­ steamship company in the United States. tics and Space Administration. er engines, and through NASA research When Congress passed the Space Act has done such things as grooving run­ A trustee of the Yale Sailing Assn., of 1958, we included as the very first ways to prevent hydroplaning in wet United Seamen's Service and Mystic sentence the following: weather. This NASA research has result­ Seaport, Mr. Farrell was a member of ed in the grooving of high ways to im­ the American Bureau of Shipping, U.S. The Congress hereby declares that it is the policy of the United States that activities prove safety at potentially dangerous Naval Reserve, International Sailing As­ in space should be devoted to peaceful pur­ points. There are countless other exam­ sociation, the Society of Naval Archi­ poses for the benefit of all mankind. ples of practical benefits first developed tects and Marine Engineers, American by NASA in the space program, from the Legion Marine Post 945 and the New In the 20 eventful years since 1958, use of lasers in eye surgery to the home York Yacht Club. NASA has brought pride and glory to use of fuel cells, fire-resistant clothing Mr. Farrell initiated steamship con­ the Nation in a series of magnificent and home furnishings, to exotic lubri­ ference operations on the South and achievements which have been accom­ cants developed to withstand extreme West African trade routes and was a plished, in the spirit of the 1958 act, for temperatures on the Moon. founder of the Committee of American the benefit of all mankind. We didn't Under the able leadership of five Ad­ Steamship Lines of which he was chair·­ realize on that date, two decades ago, ministrators-T. Keith Glennan, James man in the 1950's. that the space age would affect the lives E. Webb, Thomas O. Paine, James c. He was the 1977 recipient of the Ad­ of every American and all people Fletcher, and now Robert Frosch-NASA throughout the world. miral of Ocean Sea Award, presented in its 20-year history has opened new annually to an industry executive for Let us reflect for a moment on the vistas for all mankind. We are now on outstanding contributions to the promo­ tremendous challenge which faced this ·the threshold of a new era which will be tion of U.S.-fiag shipping. new agency which was born on October ushered in as the Space Shuttle will soon 1, 1958. With the launching of sputnik To Jim Farrell's wife, Emilie, I off er fly in orbit for the first time. The next my personal condolescences and I ask all and the heavier payloads which the 20 years of NASA may well produce even Soviet Union hurled into orbit in 1957, of you to join me in expressing our grief more startling advances for the benefit at the passing of this great man.• a spirit of embarrassment, humiliation of all mankind.• and close to defeatism gripped our land. It was almost as though another Pearl Harbor had struck. People wondered TRIBUTE TO THE PHILOMATHEAN how it was possible for our scientific JAMES A. FARRELL, JR. SOCIETY know-how to be overtaken so dramati­ cally. But NASA rose to the challenge. HON. JOHN M. MURPIW HON. M·ICHAEL 0. MYERS Building on the foundations of the able OF NEW YORK talent in the old National Advisory Com­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF PENNSYLVANIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mittee for Aeronautics, NASA mobilized Monday, October 2, 1978 a great team from Government, private Monday, October 2, 1978 industry, and the scientists and engi­ e Mr. MURPHY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express profound e Mr. MICHAEL 0. MYERS. Mr. Speak­ neers who worked around the clock to er, today marks the 165th anniversary of give this Nation preeminence in space. sorrow at the passing of a great patriot and dear friend whose dedicated service the founding of the Philomathean So­ Few endeavors in the span of recorded ciety of the University of Pennsylvania, history have so captured the imagina­ to this country will be sorely missed; whose courage and unflagging devotion the Nation's oldest continuous collegiate tion of the world. Few human activities literary society. have produced such an explosion of new to the betterment of the U.S. merchant knowledge. marine will not soon be forgotten. James It was on October 2, 1813 that the A. Farrell, Jr., was the finest combina­ orginal 13 members signed the constitut­ When Neil Armstrong first set foot on tion of those qualities which have made ing Articles in order to "promote our the Moon on July 20, 1969, NASA had met the United States the proud Nation it is. improvement in learning and likewise the goal set by President Kennedy in An energetic and honest businessman, more fully establish the reputation of 1961 to accomplish a manned landing on James A. Farrell, Jr., spent a brave and the University." In the years that have the Moon within the decade. Few of us forthright career devoted to the devel­ followed, "Philo," as she is known by appreciate the almost superhuman in­ opment and advancement of a strong generations of Pennsylvania students, dustrial effort, led and coordinated by and powerful U.S. merchant marine. has more than admirably realized that NASA, which enabled this Nation to meet Indeed, the name Farrell is synony­ goal. the goal. The careful planning, the inven­ mous with the strength and resiliency No finer example can be found of tive genius, the pressure to meet dead­ of the American merchant marine. Philo's capacity and ambition than the lines, the meshing of the myriad bits and James A. Farrell, Jr., was the grand­ "Rosetta Stone Report,'' published by pieces, the training and the testing the son of a sea captain who operated in the the society in 1858. This remarkable vol­ struggle to succeed, the agony of the U.S. coastwise trade. The son of James A. ume contained the first accurate English tragic fire in which three brave astro­ Farrell, Sr., the former president of the translation of the Rosetta Stone, and nauts gave their lives in 1967. and the U.S. Steel Corp., and creator of the was entirely the work of three under­ final triumph in 1969 combine to make a Isthmian Steamship Co., James A. Far­ graduate members. It quickly sold out story which will live in history. rell, Jr., along with his brother John, two editions, and was internationally When we went to the Moon, it was not founded the American-South African hailed as a great work of scholarship. In a case of sending billions of tax dollars Line in 1926. This was the genesis of a letter to the society, German scientist into space; 90 percent of NASA's expend­ Farrell Lines. Through war and peace, Baron Alexander von Humboldt called itures were utilized for contracts with Farrell Lines set the example of courage it: American industrial firms, and to pay and sacrifice we have come to expect A historic monument of great importance, the wages of the American men and from our maritime industry. especially worthy of praise since it offers the women who worked to make the space As president of Farrell Lines, James A. first essay at independent investigation by program a success. Farrell, Jr., extended the company's the lltterateur o! the New Continent. October 2, 1978 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 33123 Whatever task the Philomatheans un­ ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION I THE FUTURE OF THE FREE ENTER­ dertook, they set about to accomplish PRISE SYSTEM on a grand scale. In 1917, the society staged "The Masque of the American HON. B. F. SISK Drama," which was considered at the OF CALIFORNIA HON. JOHN J. RHODES time to have been the largest theatrical IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF ARIZONA production ever presented in North Monday, October 2, 1978 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES America. It involved over 1,000 student Monday, October 2, 1978 workers and required 1,500 costumes. In • Mr. SISK. Mr. Speaker, today, I am another year, Philo built a full-scale rep­ initiating a series of remarks on the • Mr. RHODES. Mr. Speaker, on Oc­ lica of the Globe Theater on the univer­ subject of illeeal immigration, its affect tober 21, former Federal Reserve Chair­ sity campus to house its production of on U.S. population growth, our environ­ man Arthur Burns spoke to a group in Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors." ment, our economy and our legal and Memphis about the state of our econ­ social institutions. The subject of illegal omy, and the effects of Federal interven­ The society has achieved an unparal­ immigration has received growing at­ tion on inflation. leled record or service to Pennsy1vania tention by the press recently. The larg­ From his vantage point of great ex­ and its students. In the last 165 er ramifications of allowing this prob­ perience in dealing with economic trends years, publications Philomatheans have and Federal attempts to influence them founded include Punch Bowl, the Daily lem to go unsolved need to be discussed Pennsylvanian, Era, Penn Review, High especially the problems of populatio~ ~thur Burns presented a cogent analy~ growth and ~nvironmental and resource sis of Government's role as a causative Ball, Chae, the Red and the Blue, constraints in this Nation. factor in our inflation, and that plaguing Junto, the Trend, Lotus, and the Uni­ Whether we are trying to solve the other countries of the world. versity magazine. Philos have organized problem::; of adequate water supplies for I urge my colleagues to take time to the university student assembly, the the arid West, housing and police pro­ read this trenchant overview of our cur­ debate council, the Senior Tutor So­ tection in our cities, or recreation and rent economic challenge, particularly his ciety, c.~mnaissance, Penn Players, and the Latm American Graduate Students agricultural resources in our country­ recommendations for unwinding infla­ side, all are tied fundamentally to the tion and establishment of a stabilized Association. An annual speakers series economy. begun in 1814, has recently brought t~ central issue of population numbers. There are some, Mr. Speaker who Text of Dr. Burns' remarks is as Pennsylvania notables such as Margaret follows: Mead, Henry Steele Commager, I. F. after viewing the awesome popuiation Stone, Ashly Montagu, Ayn Rand, and and resource figures from such sources THE FUTURE OF THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM < John Barth. The society established the as the U.N. Environment Programme, or (By Arthur F. Burns) first library for students at the univer­ the World Watch Institute, or from Prediction of the economic future has sity, sponsored the first permanent such national organizations as the Sier­ always been a hazardous task. Noting this .// campus art gallery, and helped create ra Club, throw up their hands in despair fact, a distinguished economic historian the department of general literature. and simply walk away from this prob­ Werner Sombart, once remarked that "it i~ lem. The problem is too large, too com­ precisely the most gifted men who have Philo's sons and daughters have gone made the most fundamental mistakes" in on to provide more service to the uni­ plex, too difficult, they say. predicting the economic future. While I am versity. and the world community. These fears will come true if we wait by no means sure that "gifted men" are more Alumru have included 3 university and fail to act expeditiously and com­ prone to misjudge the future than are ordi­ provosts, 16 university trustees and 31 passionately on the problem of illegal nary mortals, there is ample evidence that university professors. Also amo'ng their immigration. It will not get better in the judgments of the future even by the ablest weeks and months ahead. economists have often been mistaken. number have been seven Congressmen Karl Marx, who revolutionized economic three Senators ut the future; and yet I keep lesser degree in European industrial coun­ financial assets o! American households; by wondering whether the inflationary develop­ tries and in Japan. 1977 they were down to 25 percent. Between ment that Schumpeter had !ailed to foresee The corrosive effects of inflation go far 1970 and 1975 the number of individual may not be reinforcing the very processes on beyond the distortion of businessmen's per­ shareholders in our country fell from about which he dwelt so provocatively. spective. Inflation erodes the purchasing 31 million to 25 million. More significant Ours is still a dynamic and prosperous power of everyone's money income. Inflation still, this decline was concentrated among economy, but the prosperity around us has weakens the willingness of many people to young and middle-aged people. Net purchases become uneasy and even joyless to many save for the future. Inflation drives up the of equity issues by private pension funds thoughtful citizens. Inflation is certainly our level of interest rates. And once business­ have also slumped in recent years. So-called Nation's main economic problem, but it is by men become aware of the illusory element in "equity kickers", once a prominent feature no means the only economic problem. Unlike profits, inflation adds to uncertainty about of loans placed by insurance firms, have prac­ earlier times, when we were troubled either the future. In an inflation-ridden environ­ tically vanished. As a result of this declining by inflation or by unemployment, we have ment, businessmen have no good way of interest in equities, the supply of venture experienced in recent times a disconcerting judging what their costs of production may capital has drastically diminished in our rise of the general price level even when un­ turn out to be, or what prices they may be country. Public issues by small firms have employment was extensive. And our social able to charge, or what profits, i! any, will dwindled and we rarely hear nowadays of the economy has been beset by other problems­ accrue when they undertake new invest­ formation of new high-technology com­ among them a growing burden of taxes, ments. The risk premium that attaches to panies. excessive governmental regulation, excessive calculations of prospective profits from new If the scepticism about equities that has power of labor, restrictive business practices, investments therefore goes up. This dis­ marked recent years continues in the future, depressed business profits, deteriorating cen­ courages business capital investment and it will become difficult even for some well­ tral-city areas, decline o! the work ethic, and hampers the improvement of productivity. established corporations to finance their widespread crime. Not all of these ms can be Nor ls that all. As the effects of inflation long-term investment projects. This diffi­ ascribed to inflation. And yet this !actor has spread across the economy, they in time culty will be accentuated if internally gen­ had a more rami!ying influence on our e<:on­ weaken the capital market. The classical view erated funds continue to provide a reduced omy than may appear at first glance. that inflation tends to favor business profits share of total financing needs-as has been I have already observed that inflation ulti­ and therefore higher stock prices no longer the case during the past decade of high in­ mately leads to recession. In turn, extensive fits toda.y's world of powerful trade unions, flation. Furthermore, if business firms are unemployment creates an environment that high interest rates, and a governmental bias forced to rely more heavily on short-term is !avorable to new or larger wel!are pro­ toward cosumption. Recent experience in the funds, the corporate economy will become grams and other increases in governmental United States and in other countries has more vulnerable to financial strains in the spending-increases that o!ten outlast the demonstrated that persistent inflation future. In such an environment a business recession. Again, it is at least partly because adversely affects stock prices as well as bond recession could be even more disruptive than of inflation that workers, particularly when prices. Even now, despite the recent upsurge the recession we recently experienced. they are well organized, can achieve increases in wages that !ar exceele has been Foreign Relations Human Resources tragic-doctors. lawyers, engineers and Western Hemisphere Affairs Subcommittee Labor Subcommittee others who have gone to Venezuela, Brazil To receive testimony on U.S. relations To continue oversight hearings on the and other countries. with La.tin America. administration of the Occupational "We hope to improve our economy," our 4221 Dirksen Building Safety and Health Administration Act guide said, "as it ls no good now. Maybe Government Affairs (P.L. 91-596). it wlll be better in another year or two." Civil Service and General Service Sub­ 4232 Dirksen Building Chances are that it won't. 2:00 p.m. committee Conferees PP.rhans there le; a lec:son for us in Uru­ To hold hearings on S. 1390, to authorize guay's decline from South America's highest certain National Guard employment to On S. 3025, authorizing funds for FY 79 standard of living to the sad troubles that be credited !or civil service retirement, for the Federal Election Commission. that lovely nation with its beauti!ul people H-328, Capitol and S. 1821, to provide paid leave for Conferees nowhave.e Federal employees participating in athletic activities as an official repre­ On S. 2570, authorizing funds through FY 1979 for the Comprehensive Em­ sentative of the U.S. ployment and Training Act. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TEAMSTERS 3302 Dirksen Building 4232 Dirksen Building OCTOBER6 HON. RICHARD NOLAN 9:30 a.m. 9:00 a..m. Environment and Public Works Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry OF MINNESOTA To resume hearings on the nomination To consider the nomination of Robert IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of Richard M. Freeman, of I111nois, to W. Feragen, of Virginia, to be Admin­ Monday, October 2, 1978 be a Member of the Board of Directors istrator of the Rural Electrification of TVA. Administration. • Mr. NOLAN. Mr. Speaker. as of yes­ 4200 Dirksen Building 324 Russell Building terday, the International Brotherhood Human Resources Foreign Relations of Teamsters is 75 years old. I would Labor Subcommittee Western Hemisphere Affairs Subcommit­ like to join mv fellow Teamsters and To continue oversight hearings on the tee To continue to receive testimony on U.S. their fri~nd.<; throughout the country in administration of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Act relations with Latin America. comrratulating the. union. The Brother­ 4221 Dirksen Building hood of Teamsters, and the entire labor (P.L. 91-596). 10:00 a.m. movement. have been and continuE}Jo be 4232 Dirksen Building Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs a force behind some of the most forward Judiciary Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee lookin!{ movements for economic prog­ To hold hearings on the nominations of To continue oversight hearings on inter­ ress and human development in Ameri­ Carin Ann Clauss, of Virginia, to be national housing programs. can history. U.S. district judge for the District of 5302 Dirksen Building The fact is that the Teamsters will Columbia; B. Avant Edenfield, to be Commerce, Science, and Transportation continue to m::tke a difference because U.S. district judge !or the southern dis­ To hold hearings on the nomination of they have realized from the beginning trict of Georgia; a.nd Donald E. O'Brien, M. Athalle Range, of Florida, to be a to be U.S. district judge for the north­ Member of the Board of Directors of that working men and wom~n. together ern and southern districts of Iowa. the National Railroad Passenger Cor­ with those of us in Government, can and 2228 Dirksen Building poration. do bring about constructive change 10:00 a.m. 235 Russell Building when we join and work as partners. Energy and Natural Resources Joint Economic And as partners, I know mv colleagues To resume consideration of proposed To hold hearings on the September em­ will join me in extending i::incere good legislation to designate certain Alaska. ployment-unemployment situation. wishes to every member and every fam­ lands as national parkland. 6226 Dirksen Building ily of the International Brotherhood of 3110 Dirksen Building 2 :00p.m. Teamsters on this 75th anniversary of Conferees its founding. Select Committee on Intelligence On s. 2570, authorizing funds through To hold a closed business meeting. FY 1979 for the Comprehensive Em­ S-407, Capitol ployment and Training Act. 1:00 p.m. EF-100, Capitol SENATE COMMITrEE MEETINGS Conferees OCTOBER 7 On H.R. 12467, to extend the programs 9:00 a.m. Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed established under the Reha.b111tation Conferees to by the Senate on February 4, 1977, Act, and to establish a comprehensive On S. 2570, authorizing funds through calls for establishment of a system for a services program !or the severely FY 1979 for the Coµiprehensive Em­ computerized schedule of all meetings handicapped. ployment and Training Act. and hearings of Senate committees, sub- H-236, C.S.pitol S-207, Capitol 33128 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 2, 1978 OCTOBER 9 To hold hearings on alleged abuses in To continue hearings on alleged abuses 9:30 a.m. U.S. Marine Corps recruiting practices. in U.S. Marine Corps recruiting prac­ Human Resources 1114 Dirksen Building tices. 9:30 a.m. 1114' Dirksen Building Health and Scientific Research Subcom­ Human Resources mittee Health and Scientific Research Subcom­ OCTOBER 13 To hold hearings on national health mittee insurance programs. To continue hearings on national health 9:30 a.m. 4232 Dirksen Building insurance programs. Human Resources 4232 Dirksen Building OCTOBER 10 Health and Scientific Research Subcom­ OCTOBER 11 mittee 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. To resume hearings on national health Armed Services Armed Services insurance programs. Manpower and Personnel Subcommittee Manpower and Personnel Subcommittee 4232 Dirksen Building