18274 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE September 26 The bill I introduce today is designed Owners' Loan Act of 1933, introduced by The motion was agreed to; and

EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS Address by Hon. Barry Goldwater Be­ the party a racist tinge and cost our candi­ advantages in many decades. Those who dates votes in the metropolitan areas of the believe that Republican gains in the South fore the Republican Men' 1 Club of North. are somehow mysteriously tied to racism, Some people, who advise the Republican ignore the obvious facts. They ignore the Bartlesville, Okla., on September 13, Party to aim almost exclusively at the big fact that Republican influence in the South 1963 city vote, would have us practically renounce is growing in direct proportion to the South's the South. They hint darkly that we were moderation on the race issue. They ignore subordinating the party to segregationists the fact that Republican strength in the EXTENSION OF REMARKS when we picked up a few House seats south of South is located in the cities and urban OF the Mason-Dixon Line in 1962. This, of areas where a new view is emerging, while course, is completely and transparently un­ Democratic strength is more and more being HON. PAGE BELCHER true. Not one of the southern Republican confined to the rural communities where OF OKLAHOMA Members of the House or Senate has ever the race issue has undergone little change. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES campaigned on racial issues, whereas almost It is my firm conviction that any argu­ without exception their Democrat opponents ments which attempt to connect Republican Thursday, September 26, 1963 have. strength in the South to the race issue Mr. BELCHER. Mr. Speaker, under I suggest this is a theory that is politically ignore not only the process but causes of leave granted, I wish to insert in the impractical, factually dishonest, and statis­ what is happening throughout the Southern RECORD the following speech made by tically weakminded. It says, in effect, that States of our country. They miss-wit­ the best way for Republicans to win elec­ tingly or otherwise-the point that the South Senator BARRY GOLDWATER, of Arizona, tions is to write off the largest blocs of po­ is, and has been for sometime past, under­ before the Republican Men's Club, Bar­ tential voters. It says that the Republican going a profound evolution of political think­ tlesville, Okla., September 13, 1963: Party must avoid sectionalism by abandon­ ing and acting. They fail to take into ac­ EXCERPTS OF REMARKS BY SENATOR BARRY ing most sections of this great Nation and count the vast changes which have taken GOLDWATER, REPUBLICAN, OF ARIZONA, BE­ become a party of only one section. place in the South over the past two decades. FORE THE REPUBLICAN MEN'S CLUB, BARTLES­ The theory is suicidal. It would kill the But perhaps the greatest mistake made by VILLE, OKLA., SEPTEMBER 13, 1963 growing realization that this Nation wants the newly risen host of experts on southern to get off the old, low road of machine poli­ How can the Republicans win the Nation politics is the belief that the Republican tics and get onto a high, new road of gov­ trend is something new. in 1964? ernment representative of all the people. This is one of the most intriguing, fasci­ This, of course, is utter nonsense. The nating, and, in some respects, baffiing ques­ The theory is selfish. It seeks to hold con­ Republican trend in the South has been de­ tions now occupying the minds of Republi­ trol of the Republican Party in the hands of veloping over a period of years and has kept men committed to defeat and to duplication pace with the evolutionary process of change. can leaders and workers throughout the of Democrat programs. country. In effect, it amounts to the political And, I might.say there are almost as many The theory is timid. It would forsake the flowering of a new society. theories as there are sections. Certainly great principles upon which Republicanism It is the expression of progress toward a there are as many theories as there are fac­ is founded. It would say to the voters of the two-party political system in a section of tions within the Republican Party. Nation that we dare not go to the American the country which had long confused tradi­ If I might I should like to discuss this people with the clear-cut choice they want, tional political practice with its own welfare. with you for a while today and, if possible, only with the warmed-over, watered-down Call it an awakening if you like. But lay to rest some popular misconceptions and arguments of the Democrats. remember it has been a gradual, slow-paced root out some downright ridiculous argu­ Most important, the theory is not a Re­ awakening which has gone on for a long ments. publican theory. time and only showed up in a relatively Let me begin by saying that I disagree with The Republican Party is a great union of massive way in the last election. people who argue that we should write off American strengths-the rugged, restless I say that the very deliberateness of the the eastern seaboard and the industrial areas strength of the growing West; the rock­ process attests to its soundness and marks of the country. I disagree with people who solid strength of the Midwest; the busy, its lasting qualities. Make no mistake about insist that we must forget all about the bustling strength of the North and the East; it, Republicanism is in the South to stay. Negro vote, and that we might as well con­ and the proud, expanding strength of the If it were the overnight development that cede the labor vote. I do not believe the South. many commentators and politicians would Republican Party should write off any section The Republican Party is a party of unity, like us to think, then I believe we might be of the country or any group of potential not of exclusion. It is a party of principle justified in looking for a single reason for voters. I believe the Republlcan Party not of big city machines. the Republican strength shown in the 1962 should strive to its utmost in every part of The Republicans can and must offer this elections. America and among every possible group to Nation a choice when any of our candidates The changes which are now finding politi­ win votes. go before the electorate. We must offer the cal expression in the South have been going chance for sound policies here at home and When I say votes, let me make it entirely on for years. They are attuned to new eco­ clear that I mean American votes--not Ne­ for freedom around the world. We don't nomic and commercial developments and want to be know as Little Sir Echo. We gro votes, or labor votes, or Hungarian votes, attitudes. They have their roots in the new or Jewish votes--but American votes. I am want real Republican voices and choices to sick and tired of the efforts we see today be heard. industrialization of a part of the country that are designed to further divide the Amer­ Those who would put chains on that which, from its earliest settlement has ican people. choice do not serve Republican principles; existed in an agriculture economy and so­ And while I'm at it, let me say that I be­ they serve only liberal Democratic objectives ciety. They are related to the growing im­ lieve the most stupid, irresponsible sugges­ of spending and spending to elect and elect. portance of business activity and concern tion I have ever heard put forward is the I say to you that the South today, with for the interests of the business community. argument that the Republican Party should its growing restiveness over radical Demo­ They are tied in with the steady and growing soft-peddle its efforts in the South because crat economic policies, offers the Republican expansion of urban communities and cities a determined effort in that area might give Party one of its most important political and the declining influence of the rural areas. 1963 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE 18275 And this last point is of particular impor­ white-are aware of this. Their increasing has pulled a few political tricks out of its tance. Republican strength is greatest in support for the Republican Party is based bag that startled the whole country. the cities--the urban areas--of the South. simply upon their preference for honesty and I know that all of you here had some re­ These areas are growing in numbers and in their revulsion at political deceit. sponsibility in staging that latest show­ size. The recent Supreme Court decision on. I suggest that the majority of the Ameri­ stopper with the election of Henry Bellmon reapportionment makes it certain that the can people today see more clearly just what to the Governorship of Oklahoma. One of urban areas of the South will become in­ differences separate our two major political the secretaries in PAGE BELCHER's office back creasingly important in statewide elections. parties and I believe they will cast their in Washington refers to the Governor as And, as Republicans gain in these elec­ ballots accordingly. That all of this has "Henry the First"-meaning that he is the tions, so will the political sinews of the party geographical implications cannot be denied, first member of our party ever to hold this organization. More and more patronage at but the overall national effect is one which office, the first to prove that we have the the State and local levels wtll fall into Re­ I believe augurs well for a healthy, perhaps statewide strength to do it again and again publican hands and become the framework vital, change of attitude which will be re­ and again, if you'll pardon that New Deal for enduring political organization at the flected at the polls in 1964. expression. "grassroots" of the South. But when it comes to arguments that the So we hav.e no intention of writing off I suggest to you here today that it is the GOP should write off the South or refuse to Oklahoma either. And we certainly don't in­ South itself that is changing; not the ap­ conduct a vigorous campaign in the South, tend to write off ·Bartlesville, because you proach of political parties to the South. A I should like to remind you of the strategy proved in the election of Denny Garrison to new and vigorous middle class is developing devised by Franklin D. Roosevelt. No matter the State senate that you have an organiza­ in the wake of industrialization and heavier what else you might think of him, the fact tion that can work and win. emphasis on commercial attitudes. remains that F.D.R. was one of the sharpest Now this is very important. We're going to Because of this, it is particularly signifi­ and shrewdest politicians the Democrats ever need good organization in 1964, not only to cant that Republican strength in the South put up. He fully recognized the value of the retire the Kennedy clan but also to replace is emerging in a city environment. It shows South in every national election, often point­ a gentleman whose name I won't mention that a new and different conservatism is ris­ ing out that since that area was solid Demo­ but whose initials are ED EDMONDSON. I'm ing to displace the old, rural traditional­ crat in its voting, any reasonable amount of sure you Oklahomans can do without Mr. almost hereditary--conservatism of the support in the rest of the country could EDMONDSON just as the entire country can do Democrats. It is primarily an economic con­ bring election victory. This estimation without the Kennedys. What has happened servatism stemming from the growth in served F.D.R. well in his lifetime, but-like and what continues to happen here proves business, the increase in per capita income, his deficit financing-future generations of to my satisfaction that you can retire your and the rising confidence of the South in its Democrats are going to have to pay for it. local liability with not outside help and that own abillty to expand industrially and com­ It is not at all surprising that a proud . you can assist in the retirement of the Ken­ mercially. And it is a brand of conservatism section of the country should first become nedy clan with the help of the East, the which sees liberal Democratic policies of in­ restive and finally become resentful over its South, the North, the Midwest, the West, the flation, unbalanced budgets, and deficit classification as a slave state of the Demo­ cities, the suburbs, the farms, and all other financing as part of the old pessimism which cratic Party. sections and communities of this great once gripped this region. Southern people, generally conservative in country. nature, resent the gradual takeover of the In 1964, we'll do some real writing off. In the Republican Party, I suggest, the Democrat Party by liberal and radical forces. South sees a welcome trend away from cen­ They have displayed this resentment graphi­ We'll write off the Kennedy brothers and the tralized control of Government and an em­ cally and effectively by casting more and New Frontier and we'll rack up an over­ phasis on States rights, local responsibillty whelming Republican victory. more ballots for Republican candidates who Thank you. and individual freedom. represented honesty in office and dedication The Republican Party in the South is based to American principles. on truly progressive elements. It is manned Now I don't intend to stand here and pre­ by young, energetic and imaginative south­ tend that the racial issue has not contributed erners who are standing up in the Nation at all to the defection of southerners from Cleveland Community Action for Youth, and looking about them with a kind o;f the Democratic ranks. But neither am I pride and optimism and hope which hasn't willing to accept the premise that segregation Inc. been seen since before the days of the Re­ is the great delineation between the parties. construction. These are the new, vigorous Far more important than the race issue to southerners who have adopted the full scale EXTENSION OF REMARKS most southerners has been Federal encroach­ OP' of modern technology without sacrificing ment on local government, the curtailment respect for and belief in the essential under­ of individual liberties, growing Federal con­ pinnings of history. And, having adopted HON. FRANCES P. BOLTON trol of just about everything. In addition, OF OHIO this modern technology, they are following many Southern States through whose ports through with a realistic political outlook move large amounts of Latin American IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that 1s unwilling to be taken in by the trade, are repulsed by this administration's Thursday, September 26, 1963 reactionary devices and mechanisms of fainthearted handling of Fidel Castro and government extravagance and the other the Soviet milltary base in Cuba. Mrs. FRANCES P. BOLTON. Mr. manifold varieties of economic fallacy which So I say that it would be foolhardy and Speaker, the citizens of Cleveland, and have become the standard program of the unrealistic for the Republican Party to adopt especially those of the Hough area, have northern Democrats. a strategy aimed at the northern big cities urgently requested that the Juvenile Consequently, I believe the South has be­ to the exclusion of the South. I say that come an area of new opportunity and there­ our party cannot afford to write off any part Delinquency and Youth Offenses Control fore new challenge for the Republican Party. of the United States nor any group of po­ Act of 1961 be extended so that the in­ And· it has become an area which will de­ tential voters. t~nsive work undertaken during the past mand and obtain an increasingly strong I say we are not going to write off the 18 months by Community Action for voice in the conduct of Republican Party suburbs, which figure to be one of our strong­ Youth can be realized in a working pro­ affairs. est sources of support. And we are not go­ gram. A bill to extend the program for What we do with this opportunity can ing to write off the cities no matter where 3 years

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE sents an authoritative discussion of the A message from the Senate by Mr. Mc­ disease and the care and treatment of those who are afilicted by it. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1963 Gown, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate agrees to the report of the Speaking to you as one who has con­ The House met at 12 o'clock noon. committee of conference on the disagree­ siderable layman's knowledge concern­ Rev. John Wynn Myers, D.D., Wash­ ing votes of the two Houses on the ing the subject-matter, I want to observe ington Street Methodist Church, Alex­ amendment of the Senate to the bill here that it is indeed unfortunate that andria, Va., offered the following prayer: