March 25, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 8217 of conditions attached to certificates of PROGRAM The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without indebtedness? objection, it is so ordered. Mr. HRUSKA. It is contemplated that Mr. LONG. Mr. President, on behalf of in the usual case the court as a condi­ our colleague, the Senator from West tion to the issuance of certificates of in­ Virginia <Mr. RoBERT c. BYRD), I wish to remind Senators that the Senate will ADJOURNMENT TO 9 A.M. debtedness under section 82(b) (2) will TOMORROW require that the petitioner give consent meet at 9 a.m. and will first take up the pursuant to section 82 (c) to the enforce­ toxic substances bill, S. 3149, under a Mr. LONG. Mr. President, if there be ment of all conditions attached to the time limit. Then the Senate will take up no further business to come before the certificate of indebtedness. The consent H.R. 9721, the Inter-American Develop­ Senate, I move, in accordance with the of the petitioner as provided in section ment Bank bill, under a time limit. There previous order, that the Senate stand in 82(c) may be given prospectively. will be rollcall votes during the day. adjournment until 9 a.m. tomorrow. The motion was agreed to; and at 6:47 Mr. BURDICK. I thank the Senator p.m. the Senate adjourned until tomor­ from Nebraska for clarifying these por­ S. 3065-AUTHORIZATION FOR row, Friday, March 26, 1976, at 9 a.m. tions of the legislation. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL COR­ Mr. President, I move that the Senate RECTIONS concur in the House amendments to WITHDRAWAL the Senate amendments to the bill H.R. Mr. LONG. Mr. President, I ask unan­ 10624. imous consent that the Secretary of the Executive nomination withdrawn from The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ques­ Senate be authorized to make technical the Senate March 25, 1976: tion is on the motion of the Senator from and clerical corrections in the engross­ Albert C. Hall, of Maryland, to be an As­ North Dakota. ment of S. 3065, the Federal Election sistant secretary of the Air Force, vice The motion was agreed to. Campaign Act amendment of 1976, and Walter B. LaBerge, resigned, which was sent Mr. BURDICK. That is all. that the bill as passed be printed. to the Senate on March 3, 1976. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS CONGRESSIONAL SALUTE TO THE jectives in attaining a rich and lasting Health and the Environment reported PEOPLE OF BYELORUSSIA IN peace throughout the world. out the National Health Information COMMEMORATION OF THE 58TH There is a continuing need for con­ and Promotion Act of 1976. This bill ad­ ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEC­ certed action in mustering world opin­ dresses the need for focusing attention LARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ion as a viable force in achieving uni­ and Federal support for the development OF THE BYELORUSSIAN DEMO­ versal understanding and agreement on and implementation of programs which CRATIC REPUBLIC basic human rights principles to elimi­ promote the use of preventive health nate government controls that dominate care services and foster a better public the personal freedoms of the individual understanding of the appropriate use of HON. ROBERT A. ROE to live and worship in the land of his or medical services. her choice and stifie the independence While it is important that the Federal OF NEW JERSEY and sovereignty of a nation of people. Government support vigorously programs IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES On March 25, 1918 the Byelorussian which further consumer awareness and Thursday, March 25, 1976 people achieved national independence involvement in the health area, medical care providers, public interest groups and Mr. ROE. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased and regained the freedoms which had been lost to the czarist Russia at the youth groups can also make significant, to join in today's congressional salute to end of the 18th century. This national independent and valuable contributions. the people of Byelorussia and participate sovereignty, however, was short-lived Recently, an example of the latter enter­ with all Byelorussian-Americans in to­ and the Byelorussian people continue prise has been brought to my attention. day's commemorative ceremonies mark­ The American Optometric Association ing the anniversary of the Declaration of their valiant struggle to again achieve their national identity as a sovereign and the National 4-H Foundation, in Independence of the Byelorussian Dem­ state free from the forces of communis­ 1975, sponsored pilot eye care and eye ocratic Republic which was signed in tic domination and control. safety programs in four States-Geor­ Misk on March 25, 1918. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the people of gia, Ohio, New Jersey, and California. In In today's special order in the House, my congressional district and the State this instance, the youth has taken the during the Bicentennial Year of our Na­ of New Jersey, I join in this annual ob­ lead in developing and implementing tion, we salute our common heritage of servance of our Byelorussian heritage projects which foster a better under­ freedom, justice and tolerance in this and trust that it will help to reassure standing of the need for preventive care national recognition of the valiant strug­ those people whose human rights are in the eye care and safety area. Members gle of the people of Byelorussia in seek­ held captive not only behind the iron of the 4-H affiliates participating in the ing the restoration of the right to exer­ curtain of the Soviet Union but through­ pilot projects have demonstrated that cise self-determination to national inde­ out the world that through world opin­ young Americans are both innovative pendence and sovereignty. ion we can attain international under­ and public interest oriented. They are As a nation comprised of all nationali­ standing and agreement that will elimi­ to be commended for their efforts and ties from all corners of the globe, we are nate the oppression of people and restore their success. ever mindful and vigilant to the critical "human rights" and the people's rights The pilot program went far beyond its need to hold on to the traditions and of self -determination to national and primary purpose of discovery-imagina­ cultures of all peoples throughout the political independence in the so-called tive and effective ways that eye care and world and their outstanding contribu­ captive nations of the world. safety programs were incorporated into tions to mankind. America is indeed for­ the 4-H program at the local level. Par­ tunate to have had the benefit of the cul­ ticipation in these programs broadened tural inheritance and historical achieve­ TRIBUTE TO THE AMERICAN OP­ youth involvement in this vital health TOMETRIC ASSOCIATION AND area and fostered leadership develop­ ments of the Byelorussian people. ment among teenage 4-H'ers. These Mr. Speaker, on this anniversary ob­ NATIONAL 4-H FOUNDATION EYE CARE PROGRAM young Americans were catapulted into servance of this historic agreement of the new and exciting interaction with health Byelorussian people, we here in the professionals and community leaders. House can reaffirm our support of hu­ HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN Most importantly, in a number of in­ manitarian ideals in our quest for a OF CALIFORNIA stances, early signs of vision problems communion among all peoples of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES were detected. world to achieve quality of life that will The jointly sponsored AOA-4H pro­ permit the widest possible expression of Thursday, March 25, 1976 grams focused on vision education in a cultural and national heritage so im­ Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, on variety of settings: elementary school portant to mankind's purpose and ob- March 16, 1976, the Subcommittee on classrooms, Head Start programs, librar- 8218 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 25, 1976 ies, 4-H camps, and cou~~Y fairs. A~so, tions, came to Washington with a plan to through a cha.nnel in the ice, which participants sponsored VISIOn screenmg go after the guns captured from the British stretched a mile from eaoh shore of the !1M­ projects, poster and essay contests, dem­ at forts on Lake Champlain; and row l:ak.e, and on the first day out a boart onstrations on vision care at 4-H meet­ Whereas, it is recognized that General struck a sunken rock and was freed only after ings, and vision education programs for Knox performed a monumental deed by haul­ exhausting labor; a.nd ing 60 tons of artillery and supplies from Fort Whereas, halfway down the lake, the big senior citizens. Ticonderoga in New York, across the length scow struck again and sank in shallow water, This noteworthy 4-H project, spon­ of Massachusetts to Boston in the dead of and the guns were lifted from icy water by sored through a grant from the Ameri~an winter that numbed horses and oxen and freezing hands and repairs to the scow were Optometric Association, is now spreadmg terrified men; and made in the middle of the lake, which al­ from the four pilot States to every .state Whereas, Knox spent the first days of 1776 lowed the priceless artillery to arrive at the in the Nation. Millions of Amencans, cut ting holes in the ice to force up water southern end of the lake; and which froze in layers, thickening the ice on Whereas, everything was transferred to 42 young and old, will surely ben~fit ~r?m the Hudson River until it could bear the acquired knowledge about their VISion sledges pulled by 80 tea ms of oxen, and along weight of heavy guns; and crude roads, Indian trails, or none at all, and eye safety.