422 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 25, 1984 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS A SALUTE TO THE HONORABLE and effectively increased the volume of dol· In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Los An­ SAMUEL R. PIERCE, JR. Iars available to the minority communities. geles, California, Secretary Pierce estab­ We decided to take a close look at the ac­ lished a program called "Operation Build." complishments, problems, failures or suc­ In this program rather than the mere dis­ HON. JERRY LEWIS cesses during the three years that Samuel bursal of funds, the Department of HUD OF CALIFORNIA Pierce will have completed as Secretary of has moved to impact upon the lies of the in­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HUD next month. Pierce, who was identi­ dividual project resident youth and their Wednesday, January 25, 1984 fied as being from the "liberal wing of the families directly. The purpose of the impact party from State" as well as is to divert their interests and activities • Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. being a black man suffered from some disad­ away from drug use, vandalism, and other Speaker, I have had the privilege of vantage at the beginning of his administra­ crime through a focus on development of serving on the Housing and Urban De­ tion. Much of the press coverage tended to self reliance, self respect, and skills of which velopment-Independent Agencies Sub­ seek to focus on the negative although he individuals can be proud. Adrianne Dove, committee of the Appropriations Com­ continued to move deliberately and consist­ the deputy director of the Los Angeles HUD ently to reshape his programs to optimize office, reported that the program is begin­ mittee this Congress. It has afforded the benefits delivered to the urban popula­ ning to succeed in the two L.A. city public me the opportunity to closely study tions, particularly the poor and minority housing projects of William Meade and Im­ the housing policies of this adminis­ that HUD serves. perial Courts. These programs are funded tration and its housing leader, Samuel Congressional committee leaderships and by private sector contributions in partner­ R. Pierce, Jr. OMB Director Stockman found Pierce suc­ ship with the public sector to provide guid­ I want to take this opportunity to cessful in preserving and expanding the ance, direction, and leadership in those congratulate Secretary Pierce on the Urban Development Action Grant areas not already covered by the public "Martin Luther King, Jr., Special program. The handling of housing for the schools and not available in social services, poor was carefully looked at the light of few of which venture into the public hous­ Award" he received this month in At­ budget limitations provided. It was noted ing projects. lanta. This special award was present­ while only 5 percent of the poor were previ­ Former world light heavyweight champi­ ed by Coretta Scott King and is be­ ously being served with selections being on Archie Moore was called upon by Presi­ stowed upon the person who has pro­ based on responding to those who made the dent Reagan and Secretary Samuel Pierce moted social justice and social respon­ most noise. Pierce restructured the pro­ to incorporate his long-tested "A, Band C" sibility in the tradition and spirit of grams to put principal emphasis on the per­ concepts in the Los Angeles pilot project. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Secretary manent poor who are bound in their status Moore has been working directly with the by incapacity either by age or by physical youth teaching them not just boxing for proved house at a time by the small investor Weaver. I was there and observed the inten­ three years. He has also had the distinction whose investment may be limited to his or sity of feeling aroused in the people of the of being the only black appointed to a cabi­ her own home and were a single loan can be projects whose need for self expression, net level position in the Reagan administra­ secured to buy a house and finance the nec­ pride, and self development, and the private tion. Pierce came to the job with sterling essary repairs or even to buy a lot moving goals with having done it for self esteem. It credentials having served as a State Su­ onto it manufactured housing, mobile became clear to me in observing Secretary preme Court judge (justice> and as Superior homes, or houses from freeway clearance or Pierce as he moved in a relaxed manner Court Judge in New York as well as having other projects. through the crowds that this was a micro­ been on the board of several major corpora­ Secretary Pierce has increased the funds cosmic Representation of his plan for Oper­ tions. His career and dedication to excel­ for modernization and comprehensive im­ ation Build and for the self esteem and real­ lence goes all the way back to his youth and provement of public housing while all along istic hope for those in the project. There college days where he was an all-American providing a leadership to stimulate imple­ was no doubt that it was sincere. at Cornell. mentation of the programs in such a way Secretary Pierce's concerns extended also During a previous administration, he had that prevents generation after generation of to all of the employees inside the Depart­ served as General Counsel to the Secretary the same family making use of the tempo­ ment of HUD and accordingly he sat down of the Treasury, and in that capacity had in rary housing and cultivating a dependency and met with the black employees of the his traditional low-key approach accom­ from that could be in some cases even con­ Los Angeles office of HUD listening to the plished the advancement of minority enter­ strued as a perpetuation of the slave men­ impact of the departmental reorganization prise through a minority bank deposit pro­ tality. Self sufficiency and concern with the on the clients of the Department, as well as gram regulated by the Treasury Depart­ individual has been a trademark of the all people who need housing. Secretary ment. The program became institutionalized Pierce administration. Pierce left an immense impression during

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. January 25, 1984 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 423 his visit to Los Angeles, and he said that he false label is attached or designed to the whole burden alone but must work with wished to return and view progress being be attached to the work in question, local allies. Yet up to now we have had only made on Operation Build as well as in other would be expanded to include labels limited forms of cooperation with the most programs to build people from dependency for computer programs or data bases. effective country in the region and the one into self sufficiency to steer people into most likely to fight on our side. training programs and into jobs to provide The maximum penalty for this activi­ Israel has become of necessity a "middle them with the incomes that enable them to ty would also be 5 years and/ or power" comparable to many of our North afford decent housing and to provide con­ $250,000 . . Atlantic Treaty Organization allies. Some venient loans to increase ownership in our Mr. Speaker, the high technology in­ rue this fact, but- it is a reality. Israel is also communities-recognizing that the first dustries of this country, a number of uniquely positioned, sitting midway between major step towards being a real participant which are located in my home State of Europe and the Persian Gulf, and can affect in a society is ownership of land. Massachusetts, have been one of the Mediterranean as well as the oil fields We hope to see Secretary Pierce again to the east. It is a country whose own inter­ soon and in San Bernardino. Our efforts America's most positive economic consistent with his approach are on the forces for a number of years. Their en­ ests would be adversely affected if the way. The concept of a hand up instead of a terprise and their creativity are Soviet Union and its allies became the domi­ hand out has been warmly received, and the threatened by the growing menace of nant powers in the region. people of San Bernardino are anxious to piracy. I believe it is the responsibility It is, in short, a willing ally capable of meet and participate in our mutual develop­ making a substantial contribution to the de­ of the Congress to do all in our power fense of the West, by providing facilities to ment with Secretary Samuel Riley Pierce, to protect these industries. Passage of Jr.e American forces and, in some contingencies, this legislation would be one such by working with them. This would enhance step.e America's capability on NATO's southern COMPUTER SOFTWARE PIRACY flank as well as in the Middle East, thereby AND COUNTERFEITING AMEND­ deterring adventurism and reducing the risk MENTS OF 1984 ALLYING WITH ISRAEL of war. Why, then, the slow pace until now? The HON. BILL GREEN main reason seems be deepseated attitudes HON. BARNEY FRANK held by a strange coalition of liberal and OF NEW YORK OF MASSACHUSETTS conservative Arabists in the American for­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES eign policy community. Liberal opponents Wednesday, January 25, 1984 Wednesday, January 25, 1984 object to cooperation on grounds that it will impede American diplomatic relations with e Mr. FRANK. Mr. Speaker, today I e Mr. GREEN. Mr. Speaker, I should moderate Arab regimes and movements, am introducing legislation which like to bring to the attention of my while conservatives fear that it will lead would substantially increase penalties colleagues an article which appeared Arab countries to reduce their own defense for the criminal infringement of the in the January 24, 1984 OpEd page of cooperation with us. copyright in computer software. . The piece, "Ally­ Both objections are based on the core The legislation I am introducing ing With Israel," by Thomas Dine, ad­ principle that America's Middle East policy today would amend the copyright laws dresses the issue of strategic coopera­ is an "either-or" proposition, such that close relations with Israel alienate the Arabs and similarly to legislation passed in the tion between the and vice-versa. This is an appealingly simple ar­ 97th Congress increasing the penalties Israel. gument, which accounts for its popularity, on record and tape piracy. Like record Such cooperation between the but it is also historically and demonstrably and tape piracy, computer software United States and our proven demo­ flat wrong. piracy is a growing problem which can cratic ally in the Middle East was Consider the similarity between the views greatly threaten creative enterprise. much publicized when it was an­ of the either-or theorists today and the New applications in the computer in­ nounced on November 29 by President advice Secretary of Defense James Forrestal dustry, particularly the advent of Reagan after he met with the visiting gave Harry S. Truman when he warned in home computers, have given rise to in­ Israeli Prime Minister. It is an idea 1947 that recognition of the new Jewish state would lead to loss of access to Arab oil. creased criminal activities. Despite which, as Mr. Dine points out, could Or the arguments in 1965 and 1969, when technological advances which make be mutually beneficial to our two Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon the copying of software more difficult, countries as well as to the stability of were warned not to begin supplying, respec­ there remain many with the criminal the entire region. It is an idea which tively, tanks and aircraft to Israel lest we intent and knowledge of computers must be presented, debated, and re­ lose the Arab world. Or those who warned who can-and do-pirate software for vised if necessary, but it must not be Jimmy Carter that Camp David would turn commercial gain. While reliable data allowed to smolder and die. the Arabs against us. on the extent of this problem is diffi­ The article follows: "THE SKY DID NOT FALL" cult to obtain, it appears that the loss ALLYING WITH ISRAEL All these Presidents rejected the warnings to the computer industry is in the of their Arabist advisers, and what hap­ multimillion dollar range annually. WASHINGTON.-The inaugural meetings in pened? The Chicken Littles were wrong­ Furthermore, development costs for Washington this week of the United States­ the sky did not fall. At the same time that software will, by 1990, represent as Israel Joint Political Military Group repre­ America has forged an ever closer and much as 90 percent of the total costs sents the first small but significant step stronger relationship with Israel, we have for computerization. It is clear, there­ toward creating a full-fledged alliance be­ built an unparalleled position of influence tween the West's superpower and its onere­ in the Arab world. fore, that the problem will only get Now, President Reagan has rejected the worse unless it is checked now. liable and democratic ally in the troubled Middle East. counsel of the either-or crowd in his inner Under this legislation, maximum What is surprising about this development circle and ordered defense cooperation with penalties for piracy would be raised to is that America is only now starting this Israel. What has happened since Nov. 29, 5 years' imprisonment and/ or fine of process in spite of the advantages a closer when he announced this decision? Yes, $250,000-the same as the recently en­ defense relationship with Israel will have there has been Arab hand-wringing. But the acted increased penalties for record for this country. This is because there has critics of strategic cooperation with Israel and tape piracy. In addition, they been a tendency to underestimate the bene­ cannot point to a single adverse action would be graded accord to quantity in­ fits of a strategic relationship and to overes­ taken by an Arab state. Egypt has expressed volved. The present penalties, 1 yearI timate the costs. understanding for the President's decision. America faces, in the eastern Mediterrane­ Far from refusing to cooperate with Amer­ $25,000 fine, are simply not sufficient an and in the Middle East, a formidable ica, Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf to deter this criminal activity. The challenge to maintain the strategic balance Arab states have agreed to discuss joint penalty is seen by those who pirate as in the face of a substantial military buildup planning for Gulf defense. Our special only a cost of doing business. The by the Soviet Union and its regional allies. envoy, Donald Rumsfeld, has been received crime of counterfeiting, in which a As is true elsewhere, America cannot carry in Baghdad. And King Hussein of Jordan is 424 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 25, 1984 still talking, albeit only talking, about nego­ can youths who gave their lives in the de­ from NBC," wrote Tom Shales in the Wash­ tiations with Israel. fense of our foreign policy. But, we can ington Post. The reason is simple. The sky does not fall thank God that our nation has the facilities But the real assassination in "Kennedy" but Arab regimes do. America's Arab friends and dedicated people to handle those vic­ was done upon the character and memory face serious threats not from Israel but tims. Our crippled veterans are not left to of the late director of the FBI. rather from Soviet-backed Arab radicalism fend for themselves, as in some nations. In J. Edgar Hoover was portrayed as an aging and Islamic fundamentalism. Accordingly, our rehabilitation centers and veterans hos­ mama's boy, a woman hater, racist, homo­ there is a basic commonality of interests pitals across the United States dedicated sexual, paranoid, blackmailer. Precisely among America, Israel and these Arab re­ and hardworking people are serving to what I had in mind, producer Andrew gimes. To protect them, America needs a ensure that the injured veteran receives the Brown told one stunned TV critic. structure of strength to counterbalance best care possible. NBC had promoted the British-produced Syria and the Soviet Union in the Middle When I see on television demonstrations and written show as thoroughly researched East heartland, and Libya, Iran and the against our government I don't see the and mostly true. Accuracy in Media-the Soviet Union on the Middle East periphery. clear-eyed, clean cut, neatly dressed veteran Washington-based media monitor-has ex­ Israel can make an important contribution who served his nation. What I see is some posed enough distortions and fabrications to to that structure.e paramilitary type who has peace symbols brand "Kennedy" a lie, an almost criminal hanging from his neck or wrists, has shaggy slander of the late director that has caused hair and glassy eyes, and is talking so fast even agents who were his antagonists inside WHEN I CAME HOME, I NEEDED that most people can't understand him. The the bureau to rise in protest and disgust. NO PARADES public gets the idea that these men speak Hoover, for example, is painted as despis­ for me. But I speak for myself. ing the president's father. Says the Hoover The reason I have never visited the Na­ character, "Joseph Kennedy. I know about HON. G. V. (SONNY) MONTGOMERY tional Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Wash­ OF MISSISSIPPI this man, who in some truly great society ington, D.C. is because of the pictures I see would be disqualified from being the father IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES on TV or in the papers of the guardians who of the president." Wednesday, January 25, 1984 stand the vigil, dressed in their tight-fitting Joe Kennedy is painted as reciprocating paramilitary gear, hawking their war stories the contempt. Hoover, he warns his son, is e Mr. MONTGOMERY. Mr. Speaker, to anyone who will listen. To those who "a crook and he doesn't like women-our the controversy surrounding the Viet­ made the trip and who felt they needed to women. He won't even touch a woman, and nam conflict and its aftermath contin­ remember their war and their buddies, I women don't like him. You better be care­ ues. Almost daily, articles and reports say, "God bless them," for all warriors need ful, Jack. Hoover will try and wreck every­ appearing in the print and broadcast to cry. It was a soul-shattering war. thing. He's not only a crook, he's a fag. And I am proud to have served my country and he knows a lot about us, Jack. He's made media create impressions that Viet­ to have been able to defend it against its en­ nam veterans are disgruntled individ­ that his business." emies in Korea and Vietnam, and to have How does NBC square such virulent and uals experiencing extreme difficulty in gotten out in one piece alive. My military reciprocated hatred between the two men readjusting to mainstream America. life taught me to be a survivor and how to with the fact-as AIM reports-that on Hoo­ Many Vietnam veterans do have deal with all kinds of people. I received just ver's wall from 1955 until his death was a probleins related to their Vietnam ex­ compensation for my participation and from warm letter from Joe Kennedy, thanking perience. America recognizes that fact; my service learned to respect myself. I did Hoover for his personal graciousness, and however, the overwhelming majority what I had to do and have no regrets. proclaiming Hoover "one of the two men in When I came home, I needed no parades public life today for whose opinion I give of Vietnam veterans have been able to to welcome me. I was in a hurry to get home readjust to civilian life following their one continental . . . if you should ever and be with my family. When I left Viet­ appear on the ticket of either party, I would service. Frequently, that fact is over­ nam, I knew who I was, what I was and I guarantee you the largest contribution you looked by the media in portraying the could deal with it. would ever get from anybody and the hard­ image of Vietnam veterans generally. I never looked back. est work by either a Democrat or Republi­ Recently, I noted an excellent letter 1st Sgt. DAVID L. RECOB, can." to the editor in the December 1983 U.S. Army, retired. As for Dr. Martin Luther King's commu­ issue of Army. I would like to call the TOPEKA, KANs.e nist connections, against which both Robert letter to the attention of my col­ and John F. Kennedy warned King person­ leagues and there follows a copy of ally, NBC absolves the Kennedys, and exon­ NBC'S UNFAIR TREATMENT OF erates King of any connection with or sym­ that letter: J. EDGAR HOOVER pathy for the party. The wiretapping, di­ "WHEN I CAME HoME, I NEEDED No PARADES" rected by the Kennedys, is blamed on Hoo­ I have read with interest many articles HON. MICHAEL G. OXLEY ver's paranoia. from Vietnam veterans over the years which OF OHIO McCarthyism is a term coined by liberals express their dismay and ire that the nation IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to attack their enemies who, on insufficient did not welcome them home with "open evidence, associate leftists with communists. arms" and a parade when their tours were Wednesday, January 25, 1984 What term should we use to describe net­ finished in Vietnam. • Mr. OXLEY. Mr. Speaker, as a work executives and writers, producers and As a combat veteran of both Korea <1950- directors, who for a few rating points, will 1951) and Vietnam <1970-1971), I feel that former FBI agent, I read with interest employ distortions and lies to blacken the we were owed no special debt of gratitude the following editorial by Patrick Bu­ historic reputation of an old lion whom from the American public or our govern­ chanan concerning NBC's unfair treat­ such jackals would not even approach with­ ment. We did what we were paid to do­ ment of J. Edgar Hoover in its televj­ out obsequiously trucking while he was fight. We were not promised anything other sion docu-drama "Kennedy." Mr. Bfl­ alive? than a combat tour, and, if we survived, a chanan makes a number of good obser­ That Hoover could be a martinet; that he trip home when it was over. vations, which I would like to share grew autocratic, irascible, idiosyncratic, that Draftees who served in Vietnam owed that with my colleagues. the campaign against King, initiated by the one year of duty to their country as citizens Kennedys and pursued by LBJ, became a who enjoy the great benefits granted us by NBC's ASSASSINATION UPON THE MEMORY OF personal vendetta, those are excesses for our way of life. Any career serviceman who J. EDGAR HOOVER which Hoover must answer. felt he did not belong in Vietnam was wrong administered a signed to the 282d AGF Band, 24th plus food to feed the hungry? barter program for several years until it was Corps Theater. As a result, he spent a Commodity distribution programs for the suspended in 1973, primarily because sup­ most enjoyable year in Seoul, Korea. poor and undernourished are important. plies of commodities fell, restrictions After his service in the Army, he re­ They should be expanded, but we should be became cumbersome, and our need for stra­ turned to the United States and went aware of their limitations. One problem is tegic materials was considered met. Current­ that the range of surplus food owned by the to work for Edison in 1947. In Decem­ government at any one time is too narrow ly the USDA is worried that it might not be ber of that year, he married Betty Pat­ for a balanced diet. Many dairy products are reimbursed for the surplus food; the State tison. They are the proud parents of 3 in excess today. Government-owned supplies Department that bartering might violate children and 11 grandchildren. Their of wheat and feed grains are largely com­ trade agreements; and the Treasury that daughter, Karol, lives in Lake Forest, mitted to other uses already. Second, distri­ bartering might make world markets ineffi­ Calif., where she is a very busy bution is a formidable challenge. The costs cient, but Congress is looking into ways to mother. Don, their son, is active in the of distributing in poor nations often exceeds expand bartering. Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce, the value of the surplus food. Likewise, dis­ 5. How much do our farm programs cost? tribution is costly even in the United States Three years ago, our farm programs cost and Kathy, who lives in Boulder, Nev., when the weather is bad or when recipients is a secretary of the chamber of com­ only $4 billion. In 1983, net outlays for them are too aged or sick to pick up surplus food reached $19 billion. The huge increase oc­ merce in that city. themselves. Third, even strong advocates of curred when low prices triggered federal During his tenure as president, Don food aid for the poor and undernourished price supports. About $3 billion of the $19 L. Kuhns has earned the respect and worry that a greater effort at distribution might be used as an excuse to cut the food billion, however, went for commodities that friendship of those with whom he has the government could resell, at least in worked. He was responsible for insti­ stamp program, which was set up in 1974 after shortcomings of commodity distribu­ theory. The total cost of our farm programs tuting the Woman, Man, Business, and tion programs were documented. In addi­ should be sharply lower this year as prices Organization of the Year Award. The tion, other nations often hesitate to accept improve. city of Barstow appreciates the long our surplus food because such efforts are 6. Did PIK work? hours and efforts he has expended on sporadic and may disrupt ordinary channels their behalf. of trade. Reviews of PIK have been mixed. Few Some of Don L. Kuhns' other activi­ would call it a complete success. Under the 2. Why are farm exports down? program, farmers have been given govern­ ties include holding presidencies of the After steadily increasing during the ment-owned commodities in return for cut­ Delano Chamber of Commerce, 1976- 1970's, the value of our farm exports has backs in production of certain crops. PIK 77, and the Delano Lions Club from been declining for the past three years and has had many of the effects predicted when 1977 to 1978. He plays trombone with is a major problem for agriculture today. it was set up last January. Combined with Dr. Bell Graham's Barstow Communi­ Several factors underlie the decline. First, the summer drought, it has brought produc­ ty College Band and various church embargoes of food products have compelled tion more into line with demand and has groups in the Barstow area. Mr. our customers to look elsewhere. After the Nixon Administration embargoed soybeans, helped raise prices. Moreover, it has caused Kuhns has served as vice president of for example, Japan invested in the Brazilian problems for farm implement and supply the Barstow Kiwanis Club, 1983-84, soybean industry, which is now firmly in dealers and purchasers of feed grains. Vari­ and the Mojave Valley United Way, place. Second, the value of the dollar is too ous other problems developed during PIK's 1983-84. He was also a member of the high. Over the past three years, its value operation: stocks have been drawn down Barstow Community College Advisory has increased 30% compared to other lead­ further than expected, so prices may go too Board in 1982-83 and the Barstow Sal­ ing currencies, which means much higher high; the distribution of commodities to vation Army Advisory Board. He and prices for our customers. Third, federal farmers did not go smoothly; more than one Betty are very active in the First price supports, set high to protect farm in ten participants abused the program to United Methodist Church. income, have had some undesirable side ef­ get extra benefits; huge payments were fects. Other countries have expanded their given to large corporate farms. The com­ All who have had the privilege of production and sold their commodities at modities given to farmers cost the USDA dealing with Mr. Kuhns have been im­ prices just below ours. Fourth, several of more than $10 billion, but PIK is expected pressed with his dedication as an out­ our competitors have subsidized their farm to save $9 billion in price support outlays standing citizen and for his contribu­ exports. At the same time, some of our cus­ over the next few years. PIK has been tions. He is a fine example of the spirit tomers have erected trade barriers to pro­ ended for 1984, except for a scaled-down of volunteerism which is at the core of tect their own agricultural industries. Some program covering wheat. of these problems have been and are being this Nation's success. 7. What is the farm outlook for 1984? Mr. Speaker, I take great pride in corrected, so our farm exports are expected commending to my colleagues, Mr. to increase in value in 1984. However, other The experts are optimistic on balance. of these problems are more permanent in They foresee an increase in the value of Don L. Kuhns, a truly remarkable nature. and many experts doubt that we will man who has, through his selfless farm exports . an return soon to the situation of the late easing in farm credit conditions, higher years of hard work, contributed to his 1970's, when . we controlled 61% of the grain prices, and sharply lower farm pro­ community in a most beneficial world's agricultural trade. gram costs. They do not sharply lower farm manner.e 3. How serious are farmers' financial program costs. They do not foresee· any woes? growth in farmland values. The USDA esti­ AGRICULTURE: QUESTIONS AND The number of farm foreclosures and mates that net farm income will be between ANSWERS bankruptcies seems to be dropping after $29 billion and $34 billion in 1984, up from three very hard years. During the last year, last year's $24 billion to $26 billion. Retail foreclosures, bankruptcies, and sales of food prices are expected to go up 4% to HON. LEE H. HAMILTON farms affected approximately 3% of all 7% .• OF INDIANA farmers. This was nearly triple the rate of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the more prosperous 1970's. Loan problems in Indiana have been worse than the nation­ Wednesday, January 25, 1984 al average. e Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I 4. What is being done to barter our sur­ would like to insert my Washington plus food for strategic materials? January 25, 1984 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 427 THE NEED TO STIMULATE OUR oppose this administration's going out ASA T tests as demonstrated on Satur­ COAL INDUSTRY THROUGH of business budget for coal programs. day. We have an opportunity to make FEDERALLY SUPPORTED R&D It is only through supporting a progress on arms control and should healthy level of funding for coal re­ offer to take the Soviet Union up on HON. AUSTIN J. MURPHY search and development programs its proposal to control weapons in OF PENNSYLVANIA that we will be able to make signifi­ space. Unfortunately, the administra­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cant breakthroughs which can en­ tion does not appear interested. hance the utilization of the Nation's Mr. Speaker, an article on the sub­ Wednesday, January 25, 1984 vast coal reserves in an environmental­ ject of ASAT's and space weapons ap­ e Mr. MURPHY. Mr. Speaker, I am ly acceptable manner. pears below. I commend it to my col­ concerned about the current state of We must not sit idly by and allow leagues. our Nation's coal industry. United our coal industry to suffer further fi­ [From the Los Angeles Times, Jan. 16, 19841 Mine Workers President Trumka testi­ nancial burdens. The United Mine fied before a House committee stating Workers of America have fought to AN ARMs RAcE IN SPACE Is LUNACY: WE CAN that over 45,000 members of the UMW extend union protection to coal miners KEEP .AHEAD IN TECHNOLOGY WITHOUT are out of work. Unemployment in the and their families. However, the dedi­ BAITING MOSCOW coal fields is 25 percent, which is more cated work of the UMWA must be weapon. carry more warheads than ours. The most glaring examples of shortsight­ tem Mitigation Act. This measure ASAT's are designed to destroy satel­ edness, however, are on the Russian side. which currently has over 70 cospon­ lites in space with the help of a special Moscow seems genuinely disturbed by the sors is a call for reason. The scientific targeting device called a miniature prospective deployment of American-made facts are not available and thus it is homing vehicle. Although this first Pershing 2 missiles in West Germany that premature to impose another costly test did not involve the homing vehi­ can reach Soviet targets within 10 or 12 and questionable environmental cle, subsequent ASAT tests will. Con­ minutes. But what on earth was the Krem­ burden on the beleaguered coal indus­ gress prohibited testing of the ASAT lin thinking about when it began installing try. against a target in space unless the SS-20 missiles pointed down the throats of West European political leaders back in the The environmental controls ap­ President certifies to Congress that 1970s? How could they have imagined that proach would not only cost 89,000 ad­ the United States is "endeavoring in there would be no Western response? ditional miners their jobs, it would in­ good faith, to negotiate with the The 1972 SALT I treaty drastically limited crease total unemployment nearly Soviet Union a mutual verifiable ban the actual deployment of anti-ballistic mis­ 172,000. Electric utility ratepayer costs on antisatellite weapons" or that it is sile systems, but imposed no prohibition on would be increased by nearly $7 billion necessary to avert a threat to the na­ research and development work. As the au­ per year, with the rates of some utili­ tional security U.S.-Soviet negotiations looking toward a This is a case where we might be better Special-interest contributions to Congress ban on anti-satellite weapons were held in off to quit while we are still not quite are up sevenfold in the last nine years, but 1978 and 1979, but were suspended after the ahead.e the new giving has just raised the price of Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Both influence. countries have meanwhile continued their Prominent lobbyist J. D. Williams la­ anti-satellite programs. THE WHO AND WHY OF BIG­ ments, "The edge you get from raising As things stand the Soviet Union has an BUCKS POLITICS money has been diluted. A few years ago, operational anti-satellite system and we when fund raising as we now know it was in don't. The United States is moving to recti­ HON. RON PAUL its infancy, it was vitally important.... fy the supposed imbalance by testing and Now ... there is such an availability of installing an ASAT system of its own. OF TEXAS funds that it's not as important as it used to In fact, however, the ground-launched IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES be." But fund raising goes on. Soviet ASAT is vastly inferior to the U.S. Wednesday, January 25, 1984 Pity the poor lobbyists. Every time they system, which would use a fleet of F-15s to learn a new technique-PAC contributions, launch non-explosive missiles into the path • Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, hardly a direct mail, grass-roots campaigns, junkets of Russian satellites. day goes by without someone, fre­ to Las Vegas-everyone else learns it, too, As Kurt Gottfried of Cornell said recent­ quently one of my colleagues in the and soon there's no profit in it. But they ly, "The Soviets have been both foolish and Congress, crying for a tax increase. It can't stop doing it as long as their competi­ reckless to spend some 15 years nurturing a seems that even though we already get tors are doing it. clumsy threat against a rather small portion our hands on over a third of the Should any of this surprise us? Business of our satellites. Their major accomplish­ wealth in this country it is not enough people know that you have to invest to ment has been to provoke us into building a make money. Businesses invest in factories, far more sophisticated system." to satiate the desires of this big spend­ ing Congress. labor, research and development, marketing The first U.S. flight test will merely test and all the other processes that bring goods the launching system. In the next test the Of course, we do not call it a tax in­ to consumers and, they hope, lead to profits. ASAT missile will be fired toward a point in crease. What we need, the big spend­ They also invest in political processes that space, but not at a specific target. Then will ers say, is revenue enhancement, in­ may yield profits. come the actual attempts to hit and destroy creased compliance, tightening of If more money can be made by investing an orbiting satellite. loopholes, the elimination of tax ex­ in Washington than by drilling another oil Critics warn that, while the initial test penditures, or simply that everyone well, money will be spent there. isn't very important, the follow-through pay their "fair share." But in reality, Nobel laureate F. A. Hayek explained the tests may end whatever possibility there is process 40 years ago in his prophetic book of heading off a killer satellite race in space. it all amounts to nothing more than a growing transfer of private sector "The Road to Serfdom": "As the coercive Last fall Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov power of the state will alone decide who is offered a moratorium on further ASAT test­ property into the coffers of the state. to have what, the only power worth having ing by either side. This was a transparent I have never understood the ration­ will be a share in the exercise of this direct­ attempt to preserve the Soviet edge in this ale for the argument that what pri­ ing power." field. vate individuals produce and are free As the size and power of government in­ However, the existing Soviet advantage is to spend or save as they choose is crease, we can expect more of society's re­ not very important. Moscow's present killer somehow an expenditure by govern­ sources to be directed toward influencing satellite is effective only in low-altitude government. And indeed that is just what orbits; it can't reach the higher orbits where ment. Yet this is what the big spend­ ers would have you believe. I recently we have seen: Federal spending has risen the more vital U.S. military satellites are de­ from $200 billion in 1970 to more than $800 ployed. But of course that deficiency could received a letter from a colleague billion today. The staff size of regulatory be overcome in time. which equated a tax credit to a "hand­ agencies has risen far more dependent on military satellites I have said on other occasions that two-thirds in a decade. than is the more "backward" Soviet Union, the major function of the U.S. Con­ Recognizing this increasing opportunity common sense tells you that a stop-where­ gress today is to take from some, gen­ for political profits, interest groups have re­ you-are ban on ASAT weapons would be in sponded as we would expect. In 1971, New our interest. erally the productive middle class, and The Administration is bothered by the dif­ give to others. Congress has become York had twice as many national trade asso­ ficulty of verifying Soviet compliance with an agency for coercively redistributing ciations as Washington. Today, Washington an anti-satellite ban, and indeed Russian the property and earnings of the has 3,136 associations-500 more than New cheating could be a problem. It is especially York-with 80,000 employees. Within the people. Of course, we pay lip service to past decade, the number of Washington of­ crucial to develop means of detecting Soviet our constitutional purpose of protect­ testing or deployment of lasers as ASAT fices of out-of-town law firms has tripled. In weapons. However, monitoring of any Soviet ing the people's liberty and property, 1970, five state governments had Washing­ activity in this or other ASAT technologies but in fact we have become destructive ton offices; today the figure is 34. Total would be easier with an agreement than of these ends. We have discovered that campaign spending rose from $425 million without one. the "tax, spend, and elect philosophy" in 1972 to $1.2 billion in 1980. Now, 65% of Many defense scientists argue that, in any works to our advantage; we can en­ the chief executive officers of Fortune 200 event, the best safeguard against Soviet hance our power and prestige, at least companies come to Washington at least killer satellites is not an ability to respond once every two weeks, up from less than among the lobbyists and the rest of 15% a decade earlier. in kind. Instead, they say, we should up­ the Washington, D.C. establishment. grade the survivability of U.S. military sat­ What do all these people want in Wash­ ellites through shielding, maneuverability Yet in the process we are irresponsibly ington? Money, of course, first of all. Every and movement to higher orbits. destroying the prosperity and freedom dollar spent by the government ends up in Since we have more to gain from avoiding of this generation and leaving to our someone's pocket as a salary, a transfer pay­ an anti-satellite arms rate than do the Sovi­ children a legacy of debt and conflict. ment, a subsidy, a purchase or a loan. But ets, it is not at all clear that the Russians I would like to call to the attention there are other valuable services available, are genuinely interested in an effective anti­ of my colleagues an essay by David too: regulations that eliminate or hamstring satellite moratorium or ban. Once the Boaz, Vice president for public policy your competitors, for instance, or a tax pro­ United States has demonstrated a superior vision that induces consumers to purchase system, however, we may never have a affairs of the Cato Institute. Mr. Boaz your product. chance to find out because the Russians will provides us with a lucid analysis of the In its successful effort to obtain a $1.1 bil­ then stall negotiations until they have a consequences of a government that de­ lion loan guarantee for a shale-oil project, chance to play catch-up. cides "who is to have what." Tosco Corp. hired the Republican firm January 25, 1984 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 429 Black, Manafort, & Stone and former A third risk is due to uncertainties at the of each other's motivations, fears and con­ Reagan adviser Pete Hannaford, along with top of Soviet civilian leadership, which cur­ cerns. Democratic lobbyist Marcus Sisk, former rently appears weak and unsure of its direc­ Critics of this proposal may say it is im­ Democratic Rep. William Moorhead and tions. The military appears to be taking a practical. It is impractical if one or both former Carter White House official Anne stronger role, and maneuvering for the next super powers do not have the will to negoti­ Wexler. Charlie Black explained candidly, succession could further weaken present ate, as that only prolongs the bargaining "By using Moorhead and Sisk and Wexler leaders. This in turn will probably prolong stalemate. It is not at all impractical if it on the Democratic side and us and Hanna­ the present period of high tension between can bring both sides back to the table and ford on the Republican side, they got better our country and the Soviet Union, making it move the negotiations forward. It makes our quality and better access for less money." difficult to accomplish significant progress intention clear and could put the Soviet Efforts to restrain this growing special-in­ to lessen the tension through negotiations. Union on the spot, causing it to show the terest influence on government have pre­ The history of negotiations between our world its intentions as well. The accomplish­ dictably failed. After the Watergate scandal, two nations is not encouraging. As a result, ment of "tactical zero" would be in the na­ Congress placed severe limits on individual the risks inherent in nuclear confrontation tional self-interest of both nations. The pro­ contributions to federal candidates. What seem to be accelerating faster than our abil­ posal in no way changes our nation's need happened? PAC spending soared. When the ity to negotiate safety nets that reduce the for a strong defense in conventional weap- government taxes or regulates private eco­ chance of nuclear explosions. ons. r nomic activity, people find ways to get To mitigate these risks, a creative new ini­ Idealistic? Yes. Progress is never made around the restrictions and continue supply­ tiative is needed by our government, an ini­ without ideals. Weapons reduction cannot ing goods and services to others at a profit. tiative that would seek to achieve an imme­ change the attitudes and fears that led to And as long as there is a profit to be made diate set of objectives rather than gradually their creation in the first place. But a suc­ by influencing government, people will find negotiate toward such an end over a long cessful negotiation leading to a meaningful a way around those restrictions as well. period with very limited progress in elimi­ reduction of the nuclear threat on both Despite our attempted restrictions, Mr. nating the risks. As a concerned citizen who sides may help, in turn, to modify those atti­ Hayek's dictum seems to remain true: When is also the chief executive of a major corpo­ tudes and fears. government decides "who is to have what," ration . I feel posture than the Reagan "zero option" pro­ worth having." Before the special-interest strongly that we must bring into play a new posal, which provided that the United bidding for control of a powerful govern­ approach and an even more heightened States would not deploy and that the Sovi­ ment gets completely out of hand, can we sense of urgency. Here are some sugges­ ets would reduce intermediate-range mis­ find a way to treat causes rather than symp­ tions: siles in and around Europe. Even if it were toms?e First, we should offer to remove from accepted by the Soviet Union, this proposal Europe all tactical nuclear weapons, includ­ would have left a substantial nuclear arse­ ing missile warheads and munitions, and nal in Europe on both sides. On the other A NEW ZERO OPTION return them to the United States. hand, if the proposal I am putting forward Second, we should then offer immediate­ for a "tactical zero" option could be negoti­ ly-with complete Soviet access for verifica­ ated, it would eliminate the greatest area of HON. BILL FRENZEL tion-to destroy these and all other tactical risk for accidentally, or through blackmail, OF MINNESOTA nuclear weapons in our arsenal as well as triggering a nuclear disaster. It would clear­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES seeing that those of our NATO allies are ly define where the free world wants to go also destroyed. in armament reductions. It would provide Wednesday, January 25, 1984 Third, the conditions required of the the present and future Soviet leadership e Mr. FRENZEL. Mr. Speaker, Edson Soviet Union for our agreeing to do this with an alternative to protracted negotia­ would be: tions that reduces numbers but not risk, W. Spencer is chairman and chief ex­ The signing and ratification of a treaty while relieving its defense budget of sub­ ecutive officer of Honeywell Inc., one between our country, our NATO allies and stantial expeditures. It would have great of our country's largest defense suppli­ the Soviet Union banning further develop­ public appeal. ers. In the December 23 Minneapolis ment or manufacture of tactical nuclear Most important, if successful, "tactical Star & Tribune, he published a paper weapons: zero" would move the world substantially in urging a zero tactical nuclear weapons Simultaneous with our elimination of tac­ the direction of becoming a safer place in level. tical nuclear weapons, the destruction of all which to live.e Spencer's proposal is understand­ tactical nuclear weapons in the Soviet arse­ able, but not simplistic. It would not nal, with free access and verification by U.S. disturb the standoff in strategic weap­ and other NATO observers; THE ERA/ABORTION Acceptance by the Soviet Union of a joint CONNECTION ons, but could set the stage for a build­ approach to some type of risk-reduction or down process. crisis-avoidance center so that a mistake I commend the article, which fol­ may be prevented from becoming a cata­ HON. RON PAUL lows, to thoughtful students of nucle­ clysm: and OF TEXAS ar arms reductions. Finally, a U.S./U.S.S.R.-sponsored U.N. agreement banning development and manu­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TACTICAL ZERO facture of tactical nuclear weapons by any Wednesday, January 25, 1984 member country, with the United States The world today faces three grave risks, and Soviet Union agreeing to enforce this e Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, those of us any one of which could cause a nuclear acci­ ban together. in the House of Representatives who dent, which could in turn lead to a major This would still leave the two super are concerned about the right to life war. The risk of such a war may be greater powers at a stand-off in intercontinental for the unborn would like to take this than at any time since Hitler marched into strategic weapons, but with the potential opportunity to discuss the connection the Rhineland in 1936. The potential for for negotiating a build-down option on both between ERA and abortion. Some cataclysmic damage is far greater. sides. Build-down to the level of a minimum One risk brought abruptly into focus was but still meaningful deterrent might take a claim that such a connection does not signaled by the dangerous series of mistakes decade and, to zero, a lifetime. exist. Yet even the strongest propo­ apparently made by the Soviet air defense If we and the Soviet Union can move in nent of the ERA in the other body was in shooting down Korean Airlines Flight the direction of significantly reducing the forced to admit that this connection 007. The mistakes that led to the tragic loss number of nuclear weapons, our two coun­ would ultimately be decided by the of a civilian aircraft suggest the possibility tries should then enter into broad-ranging courts. Repeated testimony before of a series of mistakes leading to something discussions at various levels, both private­ House and Senate committees has es­ far worse. sector and government, in an attempt to tablished the potential, if not the ab­ A second risk relates to proliferation define our future relationships in other solute, connection between the ERA among nations of the capacity to manufac­ areas. The objectives of our two countries, ture nuclear weapons-and to steal them. our historical background and our mind sets and the so-called right to an abortion. The dangers in the use of these weapons as are very different. But we do have to coex­ Many of my colleagues, and many of potential blackmail threats pose a risk for ist, and to do so we need to have continuous the proponents of the ERA, persist in all nations, including the two super powers. dialogue and a much deeper inderstanding their contention that there is no rea- 430 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 25, 1984 sonable connection between the two. nored the unborn child in this entire tour of duty with the Navy, young Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, we all argument. Faulhaber became associated with the know that sound reasoning does not This body defeated the ERA during Prudential Insurance Co. and by the always prevail. If my colleagues are the first session of the 98th Congress. 1930's, he was a home office group in­ certain that there is no connection, This defeat was largely the result of surance and annuity specialist for then they should have no qualms the manner in which the ERA was northern New Jersey. The experience about making this separation explicit. brought to the floor for debate. It was gained here qualified him well for his It is true that the text of the equal brought up under suspension of the first Federal Government assignment. rights amendment does not mention rules, a procedure supposedly reserved In January 1937, the newly created the issue of abortion. However, have for noncontroversial legislation. Under Social Security Administration text of the 14th amendment to the ed to 40 minutes, and Members are commenced the establishment of dis­ Constitution? The wording of this prohibited from offering floor amend­ trict offices throughout the country. amendment does not deal with the ments. Therefore, my colleague, JAMES Mr. Faulhaber was appointed the first abortion issue either. Yet, somehow, SENSENBRENNER of Wisconsin was District Manager of the Paterson, N.J., the Supreme Court found in the words unable to offer his amendment to Social Security District Office. The of the 14th amendment the so-called make the equal rights amendment office at that time serviced most of constitutional right to an abortion. abortion-neutral. Passaic County, Sussex, Morris and Some constitutional scholars go so far Those of us in this body who are Warren Counties. Ed and his staff had as to assert that the Justices fabricat­ committed to restoring the right to the immediate and vast responsibility ed the right to privacy under this life for the unborn will continue to of disseminating information about amendment in order to justify the so­ press for an abortion-neutral amend­ the new social security law to employ­ called right to an abortion. ment to the ERA. Let those of our col­ ers and employees, registering employ­ The ERA, as currently worded, leagues who claim that there is no ees for social security numbers, and would go beyond further enshrining connection between the two join us in getting the wheels in motion for the the so-called right to kill the preborn making this separation explicit. Mil­ first social security benefits to be paid in the supreme law of the land. It lions of unborn children need and de­ in 1940. could require that Federal funds be serve such protection.e Subsequently, Ed served for 3 years used for this carnage. at the helm of the Youngstown, Ohio, Monday, at least 50,000 people gath­ CONGRESSIONAL SALUTE TO Social Security District Office. In ered in Washington for the 11th HON. EDWIN V. FAULHABER, 1941, he was promoted to the Cleve­ annual March for Life. I had the OF NEW JERSEY, DISTIN­ land, Ohio, area where he served with honor to address the marchers. While GUISHED CITIZEN, OUTSTAND­ distinction as the District Manager there, it became apparent to me that ING GOVERNMENT ADMINIS­ and Assistant Regional Representative people had come from all across the TRATOR, AND GREAT AMERI­ for 5 years. Nation, often at great hardship and CAN During this period, he was president great cost, in order to participate in of the Federal Business Association, this historic event; 11 years after Roe HON. ROBERT A. ROE comprised of heads of all Federal against Wade, abortion remains a con­ agencies in the Midwest area, and co­ troversial issue that touches the con­ OF NEW JERSEY ordinated war bond, Red Cross, and science of the Nation. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Community Chest charitable relief While legislative attempts to restrict Wednesday, January 25, 1984 fund raising drives. For selling over abortion have as yet been unsuccess­ • Mr. ROE. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, $10 million in war savings bonds, Ed ful, we have been able to restrict the January 27, the residents of my con­ Faulhaber was decorated with the use of tax dollars to fund abortions. gressional district and State of New highly prestigious Distinguished Serv­ This is a proper restriction on the Jersey will join together in testimony ice Cross by the U.S. Treasury Depart­ public purse, given the moral objec­ to an outstanding Government admin­ ment. It is interesting to note that the tion of so many Americans to the istrator, distinguished citizen, and proceeds from one of these war bond taking of a human life. good friend, Hon. Edwin V. Faulhaber, campaigns purchased a minesweeper The ERA would make sex a suspect whose birthday celebration commemo­ built in a Cleveland shipyard and it class requiring strict scrutiny under rating the 80th year of his birth will was launched during appropriate cere­ the U.S. Constitution. In the 5 to 4 Su­ provide an opportunity for his many, monies attended by many dignitaries preme Court decision of Harris against many friends to express tribute to his including Federal and State officials. McRae 1980, the Court upheld the lifetime of good works. In August 1946, Edwin V. Faulhaber constitutionality of the Hyde amend­ Mr. Speaker, there is much that can was called to social security's head­ ment, which restricts Federal funding be said of Ed Faulhaber and his life­ quarters in Baltimore, Md. There he of abortion. The Court made it clear, time of achievements in service to our was assigned the duties of Senior Liai­ however, that one of the reasons the people and I know that you and our son Officer on the staff of the Direc­ amendment was upheld was that sex · colleagues here in the Congress will tor of Field Operations. In this posi­ was not a suspect class. Many constitu­ want to join with me in extending our tion, he traveled across the continen­ tional lawyers have argued that an un­ warmest greetings and felicitations to tal United States and to Hawaii con­ amended ERA would topple the Hyde Ed and his good wife, Geraldine, and ducting audits of the Social Security amendment. share the pride of his family and Administration's field installations. Those favoring Federal funding of many, many friends in tribute to his We were highly pleased that his next abortion claim that the denial of such quality leadership and richness of assignment brought Ed back to the funds is nothing more than sex dis­ wisdom in the accomplishments of New York-New Jersey region. He was crimination. Their line of reasoning is Government in his chosen field of en­ appointed Assistant Regional Repre­ that abortion is a medical procedure deavor. sentative at the Region IIA Office of performed only on women. Therefore, Edwin V. Faulhaber, a graduate of the Social Security Administration in denying funds for abortions, while Peddie School, Princeton, N.J., was July 1949. He remained at this post funding other medical procedures per­ born January 27, 1904. In 1920, he en­ until his mandatory age retirement in formed on men and women, or only on listed in the U.S. Navy where he January 1974. In recognition of his men, is discrimination on the basis of served at the Hampton Roads, Va., outstanding management skills, devo­ sex. They have, of course, totally ig- Navy Base. Upon completion of his tion to duty, and the highest level of January 25, 1984 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 431 personal integrity, Ed received the something about a situation they do murder respectable, and to give an ap­ most distinguished Commissioner's Ci­ not like by voicing their opinion. pearance of solidity to pure wind." tation Award, a highly coveted One student wrote: "It scares me We have been hearing a great deal achievement in the administration of just to think about a nuclear war. I of pure wind from the Halls of Con­ the social security benefits program. don't want a war because why die for gress recently about deficits and the Ed's diligence, dedication, and exper­ nothing. We were put on the Earth to need for additional tax increases. tise in ever seeking the highest stand­ live not to die." Another wrote: "As for Therefore, it is a breath of fresh air to ards of excellence in everything he set the dispute between nations why not have the wisdom of a distinguished out to do are applauded by all of us. settle it peacefully instead of this American, Lemuel R. Boulware, which During his past quarter of century of threat of nuclear war that could kill so comes to us from a letter which ap­ devoted public service, Ed Faulhaber many precious lives." One suggestion peared in The Wall Street Journal. opened many new district offices in made went as follows: "Couldn't we do Mr. Boulware explodes the myth that New Jersey as the social security pro­ something better with our money? tax increases will alleviate the prob­ gram encompassed greater numbers of Like the poor and starving people or lems caused by a profligate Congress. the working population and the new and better schools?" Finally, one number of beneficiaries rece1vmg student preferred a diplomatic solu­ THE BLISSFUL IGNORANCE OF MOST monthly benefits grew. He also in­ tion: "Just have the leaders of Russia TAXPAYERS structed, trained, and developed many and a few of the people talk to our Your Jan. 5 "Tax Sentiment" editorial of the present executive staff who are leaders and representatives and find rightly applauds the Gallup poll finding carrying out the mandates and objec­ out what each country wants. Once that 70% of our citizens not only know our government operates at a big deficit but also tives passed on to them in administer­ you find out, compromise. I know this reject tax increases and favor spending cuts ing the many intricate and complex re­ sounds kind of stupid, but it is a lot to reduce that deficit. quirements of the Social Security Ad­ more civil than going to nuclear war But do the 70% know what they are ministration. that would destroy the entire world." saying? Recent experience indicates each of Mr. Speaker, professionals like Ed Mr. Speaker, I do not think any of them wants government to cut handouts to serve as the bulwark of strength in the these comments and suggestions are the others but not himself. Each member of day-by-day challenges of Government stupid. I am proud to represent the our voting majority needs to learn that gov· in meeting the needs of our people. It eighth grade class of Kings Canyon ernment has to tax citizens for every dollar is indeed appropriate that we reflect Middle School in Fresno. It is my hope it spends and that his taxes are likely to be on the deeds and achievements of our that we in Congress can find some way more than twice what he now assumes he is people who have contributed to the to assure all the other students in my paying. These taxes are extracted from the quality of life and way of life here in district and this country that we will citizen in three ways. One is visible. The other two are hidden. America and I appreciate the opportu­ do everything possible to eliminate the Visible taxes are so unpopular that the nity to call your attention to Ed Faul­ threat of nuclear war from our future. majority forces its representatives-at the haber's lifetime of good works. I for one support a nuclear freeze and peril of losing their jobs-to minimize these As we gather together in a birthday will continue to oppose any increases taxes their constituents see. Yet this same celebration to a good friend and distin­ in nuclear armaments. majority continues heedlessly demanding guished citizen, we extend the appre­ I am pleased to know that today's more from government than they will know­ ciation of the Congress to Ed for his youth are learning about one of the ingly pay to government. The excess must good deeds, friendship, and goodwill most important issues of our time. be collected in unsuspected ways. he has so willingly and abundantly Their concern assures me that the The first hidden way is through taxes out­ given over these many years that next generation of adults will be re­ wardly levied on business but necessarily mean so much to the lives of all of us sponsible, caring people, willing to passed on in higher prices which the misled who have had the good fortune to work for a world of peace rather than majority does not blame on government but on business. This is a regressive consumer know him. For a job well done in serv­ war.e sales tax. ice to people, we do indeed salute an The second hidden way-to make up the outstanding administrator and great difference between the spending and the American-the Honorable Edwin V. THE BLISSFUL IGNORANCE OF MOST TAXPAYERS two above taxes-is through the govern­ Faulhaber of New Jersey.e ment borrowing. Some of this is from pri­ vate sources-resulting in reduced capital HON. RON PAUL for productive uses, in higher interest rates, STUDENTS RESPOND TO "THE OF TEXAS and thus in slowing or preventing progress DAY AFTER" IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in values and jobs. The final and major part of the $200 bil­ HON. RICHARD H. LEHMAN Wednesday, January 25, 1984 lion excess spending is collected from citi­ OF CALIFORNIA • Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, it has zens through the borrowing that is "money­ tized." This dilutes the value of everyone's IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES always been my view that government in a free society should be strictly lim­ earnings, savings, pensions and welfare Wednesday, January 25, 1984 ited, and honest with its citizens. To checks. It is the tax of inflation-the most brutal, deceitful, debilitating and regressive • Mr. LEHMAN of California. Mr. the extent that government grows, it of all taxes. Lenin predicted we would de­ Speaker, while we were in recess in must deceive the people, otherwise stroy ourselves with it, and we have been December I received a very poignant they will perceive the growth of tyran­ trying our best to prove him right. batch of letters from an eighth grade ny and rebel. Thus, if the now suggested $50 billion new class at Kings Canyon Middle School Unfortunately, Congress and the tax money were all miraculously allowed by in Fresno. I would like to share some Federal Government have been quite a vote-hungry Congress to pass through of their comments with you and take successful at deceiving the people in into a deficit reduction of like amount, the this opportunity to respond to them recent years. We practice the art of de­ debilitating cost of government would still publicly. ception in many ways, but most often be exactly the same. The students wrote in response to through false or misleading labeling Only a net reduction in spending-and thereby in the total of the three taxes-will the movie, "The Day After." Their and hidden taxation. As George reduce the cost of government and its major teacher, Ms. Joan Ardovino, felt that Orwell wrote in his essay "Politics and contribution to our inflation, unemploy­ it would be beneficial for the students the English Language," Political lan­ ment, high interest rates and non-competi­ to express their fears and concerns to guage and with variations this is true tiveness. an elected official and discover that of all political parties • • • is designed LEMuEL R. BOULWARE, every citizen in this country can do to make lies sound truthful and Delray Beach, Fla.e 432 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 25, 198-4 THE MEMPHIS STATE CHEER- Plymouth. She, too, taught school for since Calvin Coolidge, Reagan in the LEADERS WIN NATIONAL many years and participates in the summer and fall of 1980 had conducted his CHAMPIONSHIP Apostolate of Prayer at Mercy Center. campaign for the White House on a well­ publicized platform calling for massive tax Sister M. Mildred Kissaluski entered cuts and unprecedented reductions in do­ HON. DON SUNDQUIST from St. Mary's Church in Kingston. mestic federal spending.' In effect the OF TENNESSEE She presently serves at Mercy Center, former Governor of California in late 1980 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Dallas. and early 1981 was vowing to repudiate, if not repeal, a fifty year trend of humanitari­ Wednesday, January 25, 1984 Sister M. Martha Roeman came from St. Mary's Church, Larchwood, an federal activism which traced its origins e Mr. SUNDQUIST. Mr. Speaker, I to the acute devastation of the Great De­ am proud to announce that the Mem­ Iowa, and she is also serving on the pression and the sweeping relief, recovery, phis State University cheerleading staff of Mercy Center, Dallas. and reform programs of Franklin D. Roose­ squad recently won, for the second During their years in religious life, velt's New Deal. 2 year in a row, the collegiate cheerlead­ these sisters have served in various ca­ Vested with the grave responsibility of ap­ pacities at the Mercy Hospitals in proving or rejecting the new President's nu­ ing championship of the National merous legislative initiatives were the five Cheerleader Association. Johnstown, Scranton and Wilkes­ hundred and thirty-one members of Con­ At the national contest on the Barre; at Mount Aloysius Junior Col­ gress. Since the Republicans in November Southern Methodist University lege in Cresson; College Misericordia, 1980 has secured a majority in the United campus in Dallas, the MSU cheerlead­ Dallas, and at different schools. States Senate, it was generally assumed that ers outperformed 19 other teams in Taken together, Mr. Speaker, these the fate of Reagan's economic program taking the national title. In winning five magnificent careers equal three would. be largely determined the competition the squad received a by the Democratic House of Representa­ centuries of service to God and man. tives. The President and his ideological sup­ $5,000 scholarship check, a national But numbers and totals of years do porters were hopeful that approximately championship ring, as well as the na­ not, of course, tell the real story. That thirty or thirty-five Southern Democrats tional championship trophy. story lies in the thousands upon thou­ would be inclined to augment the virtually As a result of this most recent win sands of human lives that have been solid votes of one hundred and ninety-two the MSU cheerleaders have now made better, and richer, because each House Republicans on a series of crucial roll placed higher and won more collegiate calls throughout 1981 and 1982. of these religious women of the Sisters Among the ladies and gentlemen serving cheerleading competitions than any of Mercy has labored for 60 years of other school in the country. Congratu­ on Capitol Hill in January 1981 were the lations, Memphis State.e her own life in the vineyards of the eighteen members of the Congressional Lord and in the schools and hospitals Black Caucus. Representing various districts which represent His work on Earth. in the House from in the TRIBUTE TO FIVE SISTERS OF It is my honor, Mr. Speaker, to pay Northeast to Los Angeles in the Southwest, MERCY the eighteen participants in the Black tribute to them today to share the Caucus were Democratic in political affili­ news of this joyous milestone with my ation. All of these congressmen were spokes­ HON. FRANK HARRISON friends and colleagues in the House.e men for urban constituencies, including sev­ OF PENNSYLVANIA eral of the nation's most chronically de­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pressed communities. 3 Half the members of the Congressional Wednesday, January 25, 1984 REAGANOMICS VERSUS THE Black Caucus held seats on key House com­ e Mr. HARRISON. Mr. Speaker, it is CONGRESSIONAL BLACK mittees, each of which would be directly in­ a particular honor for me to rise today CAUCUS volved in reviewing the President's domestic in tribute to the outstanding careers proposals. Two gentlemen, Charles B. of five remarkable and dedicated reli­ Rangel of New York and Harold E. Ford of HON. LOUIS STOKES Tennessee, were members of the prestigious gious women. Committee on Ways and Means, exercising At a recent jubilee celebration, five OF OHIO jurisdiction over taxation, social security, Sisters of Mercy in Scranton Province IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES unemployment compensation, and health were honored for 60 years in the reli­ insurance. Three others, Louis Stokes of gious life. They are Sister M. Maurice Wednesday, January 25, 1984 Ohio, Julian C. Dixon of California, and Hunstock, Sister M. Redempta Har­ • Mr. STOKES. Mr. Speaker, recent­ William E. Gray III of Pennsylvania, were wood, Sister M. Damian Kilpatrick, ly, Dr. Philip A. Grant of Pace Univer­ on the powerful Committee on Appropria­ Sister M. Mildred Kissaluski, and tions, the panel designated to provide the sity in New York, delivered a very annual funding for such Departments as Sister M. Martha Roeman. timely paper entitled, "Reaganomics Health and Human Services and Housing I feel a particular closeness to this Versus the Congressional Black and Urban Development and such programs event, Mr. Speaker, as Sister Maurice Caucus." Presented before the Fisk as Food Stamps and School Lunches. Augus­ was my fourth grade teacher at St. University Conference on Corporate tus F. Hawkins of California, William Clay Mary's High School in Wilkes-Barre Power and Black America, the paper of Missouri, and Harold Washington of Illi­ and Sister Mildred was the supervisor traces the efforts my colleagues in the nois were assigned to the Committee on of the convent kitchen from which lol­ Education and Labor, while Parren J. lipops and other goodies were often Congressional Black Caucus to address Mitchell of and Delegate Walter made available to the children of St. the Nation's economic problems by B. Fauntroy of the District of Columbia providing alternatives to Reaganomics. were on the Committee on Banking, Fi­ Mary's. nance, and Urban Affairs. 4 Sister M. Redempta Harwood en­ To my knowledge, Dr. Grant's paper is the only indepth description of During 1981 the House acceded to nearly tered the Sisters of Mercy from St. all Reagan's requests on economic priorities. Mary's Church, Plymouth. She is pres­ these efforts. Accordingly, I would like Altogether the Administration prevailed on ently on the staff of Mercy Center, to share this paper with my col­ four major roll calls. They were as follows: Dallas. leagues. At this time, I would like to The Gramm-Latta Budget Resolution ; The Gramm-Latta Budget Reconciliation the Sisters of Mercy from Sacred RECORD. Resolution ; STATEMENT OF DR. PHILIP A. GRANT and Recommital of the Resolution to Con­ served as a teacher for many years and On January 20, 1981 was tinue Appropriations at Existing Levels is now serving in the Apostolate of inaugurated as the Fortieth President of until March 31, 1982 . pp. 71-73, 107-110, tricts eliminated by reapportionment, while 249-251, 386-387, 421-422. 492-493, 597-598, 611- the least affluent segments of the nation's 613, 709-711, 747-748, 828-829, 865-866; Maurine population, the Black Caucus provided a fourteen others either retired from public life or were unsuccessful in quests for Christopher, America's Black Congressmen . pp. 221-227, 237- aggregate votes on the 1981 roll calls were Senate seats or governorships. Moreover, 261; W. Augustus Low and Virgil A. Clift, Encyclo­ as follows: 6 four conservative Southern Democrats pedia of Black America , pp. 225, 274, 278, 286, 295, defeated for renomination in his party's pri­ 307, 384, 390, 408, 429, 564-565, 728, 810. mary. Finally, in the general election of No­ • The following members of the Black Caucus Pr~rReaganomics vember 2 the Democrats gained an impres­ served as chairmen of standing committees of the Vote Percent sive total of twenty-six seats in the House, House: Ronald V. Dellums, District of Columbia; all but two of which had been occupied by Augustus F. Hawkins, House Administration; Parren J. Mitchell, Small Business; Louis Stokes, Republicans. 764-6 99.1 staunch advocates of Reaganomics. Standards of Official Conduct . United Southern Democrats .. . 140- 171 45.1 In 1982 Blacks were hopeful of electing Black Caucus...... 0-65 0 States Congress, Congressional Directory, 1981 congressmen from primarily rural districts ; Amendment to the Food and rowly defeated in the general election by a Mottl of Ohio, and James D. Santini of Nevada, 9 were among the congressmen espousing Reaganom­ Agriculture Bill Requiring Partial Payment white Republican. Notwithstanding these ics in 1981. Atkinson on October 14, 1981 became a for Food Stamps ; Veto two setbacks, the number of Black Caucus Republican, while Stump on September 24, 1981, Override of the Supplemental Appropria­ members increased from eighteen to announced that he would seek re-election in 1982 as tion Bill ; Urgent Sup­ twenty-one in the aftermath of the 1982 a Republican. Mottl, who had authored the contro­ plemental ; and Recom­ members of the Congressional Black Caucus September 26, 1981, p. 1978; October 17, 1981, p. mital of the Five Billion, Four Hundred Mil­ were relentless in their criticisms of Ronald 2029; June 12, 1982, p. 1422; September 18, 1982, p. lion Dollar Job Program Provision of the Reagan's economic policies. They constantly 2318. Continuing Resolution

MEETINGS SCHEDULED Environment and Public Works 2:00p.m. To hold hearings on the nominations of Judiciary JANUARY 27 Jane D. Newman, of New Hampshire, To hold hearings on pending nomina­ 9:30a.m. to be an Assistant Secretary of Com­ tions. Finance merce for Economic Development, and SD-226 International Trade Subcommittee John D. Bossler, to be a member of To hold hearings on S. 1718. to extend the Mississippi River Commission. FEBRUARY2 until January 3, 1995, the authority SD-406 9:00a.m. for the operation of the Generalized Governmental Affairs Environment and Public Works System of Preferences. Permanent Subcommittee on Investiga­ To resume hearings on S. 768, to author­ SD-215 tions ize funds through fiscal year 1987 for, 10:00 a.m. To resume hearings to review the activi­ and extend certain programs of, the Energy and Natural Resources ties of organized crime in the Midwest. Clean Air Act . Closed oversight hearings on the world SD-342 SD-406 petroleum outlook for 1984. Joint Economic 9:30a.m. S-407, Capitol To resume hearings in preparation of its Finance Environment and Public Works forthcoming annual report, focusing To hold hearings on those programs Toxic Substances and Environmental on the economic outlook for 1984 and which fall within the jurisdiction of Oversight Subcommittee Federal economic policy. the committee as contained in the To hold oversight hearings on the uses SD-562 President's budget requests for fiscal and effects of the pesticide ethylene 2:00p.m. year 1985. dibromide . Finance SD-215 SD-406 Business meeting, to mark upS. 1691, to 10:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. restructure the child support enforce­ Armed Services Commerce, Science, and Transportation ment program and other proposals To hold hearings on proposed legislation To hold hearings on the nomination of dealing with child support, including authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 Donna F. Tuttle, of California, to be S. 1708, and to consider the committee for the Department of Defense, focus­ Under Secretary of Commerce for budget for 1984. ing on Army programs. Travel and Tourism. SD-215 SR-485 SR-253 10:30 a.m. FEBRUARY 1 Joint Economic JANUARY30 9:00a.m. To resume hearings in preparation of its 9:00a.m. Commerce, Science, and Transportation forthcoming annual report, focusing Commerce, Science, and Transportation To resume hearings on S. 1917, to repeal on the economic outlook for 1984 and To hold hearings on S. 1917, to repeal the equal time rules and the fairness Federal economic policy. the equal time rules and the fairness doctrine provisions imposed on the SD-562 doctrine provisions imposed on the electronic media by the Communica­ FEBRUARY3 electronic media by the Communica­ tions Act of 1934. tions Act of 1934. SR-253 9:30a.m. SR-253 Judiciary Finance Special on Aging To resume hearings on S. 1804, to pro­ Business meeting, to consider the com­ Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks Sub­ committee vide for tax treatment of foreign sales mittee budget for 1984, and other corporations and exports of goods and pending committee business. To hold hearings on S. 1990, to clarify the circumstances under which a services. SR-385 SD-215 10:00 a.m. trademark may be cancelled or aban­ Joint Economic Energy and Natural Resources doned. To hold hearings on the employment/ To resume oversight hearings on the SR-385 unemployment situation for January. world petroleum outlook for 1984. 10:00 a.m. SR-325 SD-366 Energy and Natural Resources 10:00 a.m. 4:00p.m. Business meeting, on pending calendar Select on Indian Affairs Small Business business. To hold hearings on S. 1999, to provide Business meeting, to consider the com­ SD-366 for the statutory designation of the mittee budget for 1984, and other or­ Environment and Public Works position of Assistant Secretary of the ganizational matters. Transportation Subcommittee Interior for Indian Affairs and to SR-428A To hold oversight hearings on the imple­ eliminate the position of Commission­ mentation of the Surface Transporta­ er of Indian Affairs, and S. 2000, to JANUARY 31 tion Assistance Act . funds held in trust by the United Armed Services SD-406 States. To meet in closed session to receive a Finance SD-125 briefing on U.S.-U.S.S.R. military ca­ Health Subcommittee pabilities. To hold hearings on the implementation FEBRUARY6 SR-222 of the peer review organizations 9:30a.m. Finance required by the Tax Equity To hold hearings on S. 1992, to improve Governmental Affairs and Fiscal Responsibility Act . ance companies and their products, fo­ tee cusing on the policyholder provisions. SD-215 To hold oversight hearings to review ini­ SD-215 Governmental Affairs tiatives by municipalities in solving Labor and Human Resources Permanent Subcommittee on Investiga­ metropolitan problems on an areawide Aging Subcommittee tions basis. To hold oversight hearings on the im­ To continue hearings to review the ac­ SD-342 plementation of the Older Americans tivities of organized crime in the Mid­ 10:00 a.m. Act . focusing on west, focusing on organized crime in­ Finance title III, long term care provisions. fluence in the toxic waste industry. Energy and Agricultural Taxation Sub­ SD-430 SD-342 committee 10:00 a.m. Judiciary To hold hearings on S. 1675, to provide Energy and Natural Resources Courts Subcommittee tax incentives for the contribution of Business meeting, on pending calendar To hold hearings to discuss civil case real property to conservation organiza­ business. backlogs in Federal district courts. tions. SD-366 SD-226 SD-215 January 25, 1984 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 445 2:30p.m. 10:00 a.m. Rules and Administration Finance Finance To hold hearings on Senate committee To hold hearings on proposed legislation To hold hearings to review the proposals resolutions requesting funds for oper­ to provide for free trade with Israel. of the President's Private Sector ating expenses for 1984. SD-215 Survey on Cost Control . partment of Defense. SR-418 FEBRUARY8 SD-124 9:00a.m. Commerce, Science, and Transportation FEBRUARY 22 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Surface Transportation Subcommittee 9:30a.m. To resume hearings on S. 1917, to repeal To hold hearings on S. 2174, authorizing Appropriations the equal time rules and the fairness funds to provide for more effective To hold hearings to review the Presi­ doctrine provisions imposed on the motor carrier safety regulations and dent's proposed budget requests for electronic media by the Communica­ enforcement. fiscal year 1985. tions Act of 1934. SR-253 SD-192 SR-253 Energy and Natural Resources 10:30 a.m. 9:30a.m. To hold hearings on the President's pro­ Judiciary Appropriations posed budget request for fiscal year Separation of Powers Subcommittee To hold hearings to review the Presi­ 1985 for the U.S. Synthetic Fuels Cor­ Business meeting, to mark up Senate dent's proposed budget requests for poration, the U.S. Forest Service, and Concurrent Resolution 40, to provide fiscal year 1985. the Federal Energy Regulatory Com­ grandparents with adequate rights to SD-192 mission. petition State courts for privileges to Labor and Human Resources SD-366 visit their grandchildren following the To hold hearings on S. 2111, to reform Environment and Public Works dissolution of the parent's marriage. certain provisions of the Jobs Corps To resume hearings on S. 768, to author­ SD-226 Act by extending the use of private ize funds through fiscal year 1987 for, sector expertise to the operation of ci­ and extend certain programs of, the FEBRUARY 23 vilian conservation centers, requiring Clean Air Act . timates for fiscal year 1985 for the To hold oversight hearings on the Veter­ SD-628 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora­ 10:00 a.m. tion, National Credit Union Adminis­ ans' Administration readjustment Appropriations tration, and the Office of Revenue counseling program and the VA loan BUD-Independent Agencies Subcommit­ Sharing