13174 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 19, 1983 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS THE DECADE OF DISABLED The United States has a commit­ on, instead of, as in some current instances, PERSONS ment to equality for all men and waiting around to be bludgeoned, albeit be­ women. By declaring the next 10 years latedly.e HON. DOUG WALGREN the Decade of the Disabled, we will OF PENNSYLVANIA continue to insure this right to all per­ TVA'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI\ ES sons. I hope the Congress will give at­ tention to this important bill.e Wednesday, May 18, 1983 HON. ALBERT GORE, JR. e Mr. WALGREN. Mr. Speak.er, I am OF TENNESSEE TOXIC WASTE AND CORPORATE pleased to cosponsor House Concur­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rent Resolution 39 asking the Presi­ VOLUNTARISM dent of the United States to recognize Wednesday, May 18, 1983 the next 10 years as the "Decade of HON. JAMES J. FLORIO • Mr. GORE. Mr. Speaker, 50 years Disabled Persons." Already, the OF NEW JERSEY ago Franklin Roosevelt, the Congress, United Nations General Assembly has IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and the Nation saw the Tennessee promoted a similar theme which in ad­ Wednesday, May 18, 1983 Valley as a potential unfulfilled region. dition to recognizing disabled persons, From its infancy the agency has as­ will encourage them to participate in e Mr. FLORIO. Mr. Speaker, dimin­ pired to be the Nation's yardstick, national and community life. Still, ishing the role of Government and en­ through innovation, prospective re­ much must be done to open doors to couraging volunteerism are key tenets search, and development. the full participation and equality of of the administration. When the energy crisis disrupted the disabled persons throughout the An editorial in the current issue of Nation's energy markets, TVA was not world. The United States can recog­ Forbes by Malcolm S. Forbes, the left out. TVA fought even harder to nize this need by strengthening public magazine's editor in chief, strongly outthink and outplan the future. Dis­ understanding and awareness of the suggests that corporations apply the agreement arose and mistakes were needs and aspirations of disabled per­ administration's philosophy to hazard­ made, but TVA is coming out of its sons. ous waste. adolescence with the hope of renewed The Decade of Disabled Persons will Mr. Forbes' prescription for volun­ strength. encourage organizations and individ­ tary corporate cleanup actions would President Carter's admonition to uals to promote long term goals for certainly diininish the need for Gov­ TVA to become a leader in conserva­ the disabled. Designating the next 10 ernment intervention in this area. His tion has inspired one of the world's years as the Decade of Disabled Per­ suggestion that the business communi­ largest savings of energy. TVA has sons will continue the work begl.Ul in ty profit from developing technologies come a long way from the days of pro­ the 1981 International Year of Dis­ to deal with hazardous waste so that it moting boundless use of electricity. abled Persons and hopefully will help does not endanger public health and TVA can no longer depend on hydro­ maintain the momentum of the last the environment is also commendable. power and cheap fossil fuels to provide few years. The editorial follows: cheap electricity. The cost of adding In connection with this, I am pleased [From Forbes, May 23, 19831 on those last few megawatts of power that the House Energy and Commerce FACT AND COMMENT has become phenominally expensive. Committee incorporated into the NIH

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. May 19, 1983 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13175 total of 19,000 heat pumps were in­ agency can help carry it over the ob­ of courses designed for Indian stu­ stalled, representing an energy saving stacles to its progress that lie ahead. dents. Title IV is a major help in of about 70 million kilowatt-hours. Sticking to the principles of natural South Dakota. Not only are Indian In addition to these energy savings and human resource development that students provided better education but measures, TVA started the TVA solar have helped move the Tennessee the presence of native American homes for the valley project in 1979. Valley region forward over the last 50 courses and activities is educational The project encourages the use of pas­ years will mean continued growth. for non-Indian students and communi­ sive, nonmechanical solar features in I commend TVA for its first 50 years ty members as well. conventionally built homes. Thirty­ and join in the hope for an even I have particular praise for the five homes were designed and built to brighter future.e people associated with the tribally demonstrate the practical and effi­ controlled community colleges and for cient use of these solar designs. AMERICAN INDIAN DAY the support given these institutions by To help make solar homes available the Indian tribes. The oldest of the 18 at a moderate price, TVA promoted tribal colleges (5 of which serve South passive solar technology in modular HON. THOMAS A. DASCHLE Dakota) is only about 10 years. The homes through the solar modular OF SOUTH DAKOTA success of these schools-whether it be homes project, started in 1980. The IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in terms of academic excellence, devel­ program offers technical and financial opment of courses, community in­ assistance to modular home manufac­ Wednesday, May 18, 1983 e Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. Speaker, May volvement, high employment rate turers. among their graduates-is the result In 1981, TVA started the energy 13 was American Indian Day. Congress was not in session that day, and so I of the determination and sacrifice of saver home program which assists people committed to quality Indian valley homebuilders in developing a will make my comments now in special construction package that includes recognition of American Indians. education. These schools were begun, conservation features and solar op­ Despite the grim realities of high and are still operating, under very dif­ tions. unemployment and other circum­ ficult economic circumstances. I would Other conservation efforts aim to stances related to poverty, there is a like to take this opportunity to once shift commerical power consumption spiritual strength, a strength which is again urge my colleagues to vote for to offpeak hours, when supplement the essence of Indian people. It is a passage of the reauthorization of the power loads cost power systems the spirit which endures through both Tribally Controlled Community Col­ most. good and bad times. It is the source of lege Act. This bill, H.R. 2307, will soon TVA is also fulfilling its reponsibili­ hope for the Indian nation. be on the House floor. ties by reaching out to the economical­ It used to be official Federal policy The American Indian Freedom of ly disadvantaged. Conservation pro­ to attempt to eradicate Indian culture Religion Act, signed into law in 1978, grams such as the insulation programs and have Indian people dissolve into is testimony to the fact that Indian now show 39 percent of their benefici­ European lifestyles. Federal policies people, unlike minorities who came to aries as low-income, compared to 9.4 banning the speaking of Indian lan­ this country seeking rights, have had percent prior to 1980. guage and the practice of certain reli­ to wage a battle to preserve their Research and development offers gious ceremonies are not as far in the rights. The American Indian Freedom the prospect of advances in energy past as most people might think. It of Religion Act requires that Federal conservation, and TVA is a leader has only been in the past 20 years that agencies evaluate their policies with here, too. observance of some traditional reli­ regard to their impact on the practice TVA is the first electric utility to op­ gious ceremonies, such as the Sun of Native religions, and requires that erate an atomspheric fluidize(! bed Dance, has been able to be openly cele­ we do not impede those practices. combustion coal plant. TVA will use brated among Sioux people. There have been some disagreements the 20-megawatt plant at the Shawnee Education was once a major vehicle over the implementation of this law in steam plant to demonstrate this new used to suppress Indian culture. It is specific cases, but it is, nevertheless, a coal burning process, which is more now, because of the perseverence of good law because it makes the Federal environmentally acceptable than con­ Indian people, serving the opposite Government conscious of and account­ ventional coal-fired plants. purpose. Federal education programs, able for its polices vis-a-vis religious TVA is experimenting with a 1-acre among all Indian programs, are the freedom of Indian people. Because of solar pond. By testing the technical most decentralized and have the high­ the land-based nature of Indian reli­ and economic feasibility of its use, a est level of Indian control. The result gions and beliefs regarding reburial of reliable heat source for industry may is better education and education Indian remains, cultural resource man­ be found. which builds on native cultures. agement policies on Federal lands are The agency is working with commu­ Native languages are now being particularly important. Some agencies nities to find ways to produce energy taught and preserved. The strong em­ are making adjustments in order to from the more than 5.8 million tons of phasis on teaching Lakota in the have more consistent enforcement garbage produced in the region annu­ schools is, for example, a relatively procedures and to more fully comply ally. The valley's garbage represents new initiative. Lakota language con­ with the American Indian Freedom of the energy equivalent of 9 million bar­ tains many connotations which cannot Religion Act. Once again, it is Indian rels of crude oil. In this effort, TVA easily be translated into English. The people, who have, by their pressure entered a cooperative project with the language serves, therefore, as a teach­ for passage of the American Indian Sumner County, Tenn., Resources Au­ er and reinforcer of cultural concepts, Freedom of Religion Act and by their thority to build a solid waste cogenera­ that is, the primacy of family and the use of that law, forced institutions and tion facility, which can process 150 increased value of a person to society individuals to gain a better knowledge tons of waste per day-the equivalent as he or she ages. of and grant rightful accommodation of 235 barrels of oil-and provide elec­ There are two Indian education ef­ for Indian religious beliefs and prac­ tricity and steam for industrial uses. forts I would like to highlight-Title tices. The education is not completed, TVA is continuing its research and IV of the Indian Education Act and but rather is a continual process. testing of electric vehicles in an effort the tribally controlled community col­ As the Congressman for South that may help the Nation further leges. Title IV, which was signed into Dakota which includes approximately reduce its dependence on imported oil. law in 1974, provides assistance to 50,000 Lakota and Dakota people rep­ The same spirit of cooperation and public schools in the training of resenting 9 tribes, one of my most im­ dedication that helped form the Indian teachers and the development portant and cherished experiences is 13176 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 19, 1983 the ongoing education I am receiving Further, direct assistance to troops eroded during previous military buildups be­ about Lakota-Dakota culture. I will s ·~ationed in Korea includes a waiver of cause of the view that large amounts of not gloss over what we all know are the value-added taxes, preferred elec­ money were being spent rapidly and waste­ strains in Indian-white relations, but I tricity rates, and lease-free real estate. fully without any real increase in security. We must moderate our approach to improv­ do feel that a major part of the At a time when the strength of our ing our military, lest the consensus for de­ answer for improving this situation is overseas alliances are coming into fense vanish and public opinion force us to for non-Indian people to be more in­ question, I feel obligated to highlight fall further behind than we were just two terested in and more knowledgr tt.ble the contributions of our allies. The years ago. about, Indian history and cultur(:. We Republic of Korea has demonstrated Fourth, we must be more "output-orient­ need to appreciate and learn from through the combined defense im­ ed" in evaluating how much we spend on de­ Indian concepts of a land-based society provement projects and other pro­ fense. While bigger defense budgets are psy­ and our relationship to nature, of grams, its strong support for the U.S. chologically satisfying, they are ultimately judged on their contribution to overall na­ sharing and of providing for future commitment.e tional security, including economic health. generations. We need to understand When a defense buildup weakens the econo­ the history, particularly the history of DEFENSE SPENDING: II my, it does not serve our national security the relationship between the Federal interests as fully as it might. This connec­ Government and Indian nations which tion is fundamental: without a strong econo­ is largely responsible for the economic HON. LEE H. HAMILTON my, there can be no genuinely strong de­ conditions and legal disputes and un­ OF INDIANA fense effort. certainties which exist today. With IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES There is every indication that Congress is becoming more interested in burgeoning de­ that understanding and by drawing of Wednesday, May 18, 1983 fense costs and their effect on our armed strength from each other, we will be e Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I forces. The "congressional military reform able to more constructively address would like to insert my Washington caucus", a loose association of legislators our problems, and all our lives will be Report for Wednesday, May 18, 1983, concerned about overall military capability enriched for it.e and performance, is the clearest evidence of into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: this interest. Although most of them favor DEFENSE SPENDING: II spending more to improve national security, EXTENSION OF REMARKS, CON- The 98th Congress will make some of the the military reformers put more stress on GRESSMAN BILL NICHOLS, most critical decisions on defense spending the need for "smarter" defense spending. MAY 18, 1983 in recent history. The federal outlays at Among other things, the military reform­ stake may determine the pattern of defense ers are critical of complex weapon systems costs-as well as the size of government def­ which may not be suited to the chaos of HON. BILL NICHOLS icits-for the next decade. There are steps battle. They also argue for realistic military OF ALABAMA that Congress and the President should exercises and more training. While they IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES take now to reduce the risk of large deficits have not yet given Congress clear guidance and guard against competition for defense as to the spending levels needed to achieve Wednesday, May 18, 1983 resources. our defense goals, the military reformers e Mr. NICHOLS. Mr. Speaker, in First, Congress and the President should have nonetheless provided Congress with al­ recent weeks this body has debated work closely together to identify the ternate ways to analyze defense policy. Most the merits of a variety of defense pro­ procurement programs most essential to re­ members of Congress expect to hear more build our armed forces. So far, President from them on an ever wider variety of mili­ grams. Consistently the subject of the Reagan has refused to indicate any weapon tary topics. host country's participation has sur­ programs which might be cut back or It is sound politics and sound public policy faced and too often it is noted that dropped altogether, and Congress will also to insist that without a dire, immediate American presence in many locations be reluctant to cut defense given the politi­ threat of war, the defense budget should is not enthusiastically endorsed by our cal pressures it is under. President Reagan share whatever constraints are placed on host allies. must compromise and work with Congress governinent spending in general. My view is Let me say that this is not always to determine which spending cuts will that we should continue with the buildup, the case. achieve long-term savings without harming but not go so far as to stifle a badly needed our national security. economic recovery. For a moment I would like to high­ Second, there is growing evidence that the National security is an admittedly com­ light the very successful combined de­ Reagan Administration set aside insuffi­ plex concept. It is hard to measure, but fense improvement projects New York City, decided it would be a nice hats. place to build a town. The site was selected All those visitors, of course, want a taste encourage their constituents to have a of the Western life when they come. They once-in-a-lifetime vacation by visiting because it was the farthest point inland that was reachable by small flat-bottomed want to experience Texas with a capital T, Houston, Tex. boats. While others did not see the potential complete with all the Western garb, danc­ The text of the article follows: of a thriving seaport when they looked at ing, and food. Suffice it to say that hardly [From the NTA Courier, May 19831 the site, the Allen's did. And they advertised anyone leaves disappointed on that score. their dream, insisting in the ads that Hous­ If Western is what you want, Houston can HOUSTON: THE BEST OF THE WEST ton was a world trade center. give it to you. Hundreds of Western-wear DYNAMIC HOUSTON OFFERS CONVENTIONGOERS A And sure enough, it happened. By 1914 shops will give you ample opportunity to KALEIDOSCOPE OF ATTRACTIONS AND ENTER­ engineers had completed the Houston Ship look like a bona fide Texan, and the city's TAINMENT Channel and the Houston Turning Basin. nearly 6,000 restaurants give you plenty of Houston now handles in the neighborhood chances to satisfy your hunger for food with a Mexican tang. The "Texas Two-Step" can Perhaps it could only happen with a town of 6,000 ships per year from 200 steamship lines. be seen nightly on the dance floors of the like Houston. town's nightspots, and some of those same What's that, you ask? Well, with most Perhaps it was only natural that, judging from its success with boats, Houston was places have one of the best challenges of cities, it's easy to know where to start in the 80's. The Mechanical Bull. If you're des­ dscribing their attributes. With Houston, chosen as the base of another mode of transportation-outer space vehicles. The perate for more Western adventure, venture the acknowledged "Golden Buckle of the out to an armadillo race. Sunbelt," it's almost impossible to know moon flights are long gone, but Houston is where to begin. Houston has a multitude of still Space City. INNOVATIVE THEATER stars in its galaxy of attractions, and all Try to visit the Johnson Space Center But Western culture is not the only thing seem to be vying for top billing. when in Houston. It includes Mission Con­ that Houston offers up for entertainment. Need proof? Consider this list, for starters: trol, the guiding light for America's current The Houston Ballet has been labeled one of Houston is one of the fastest growing of space shuttle flights. Also, you can walk the nation's best, and the Houston Grand all cities, almost doubling in size since 1960, through a history of America's space histo­ Opera, along with the Houston Symphony, and now the fifth largest in the United ry. A self-guided tour is available that has equally vocal supporters. Another States. allows the visitor to encounter Mission worthwhile stop would be the Nina Vance Houston is the Energy Capital of the Stimulation, the Space Shuttle Orbiter Alley Theater, which has gained a national World, hands down. It made the wonderful Mockup, and the integration Laboratory. reputation recently as an innovative show­ discovery several years ago that oil sat be­ Walking around, you can almost hear those place. neath it on all sides. familiar words from the moon: "Come in Perhaps the best way to get a true feel for Houston is the busiest seaport in the Houston ..." Houston's burgeoning energy and accent on nation. LUNAR VACATION growth is to take a stroll through the down­ Houston is the country's space capital. It Houston was so devoted to space explora­ town area. Most of the buildings are new, was the jumping-off point for all those ven­ tion that they formed Tranquility Park, and most go straight up to dizzying heights. tures to the lunar surface way back when. named after that loverly lunar vacation site. Many critics have compared Houston's sky­ Houston has recently been the Conven­ The park, which commemorates the various line favorably with New York's in terms of tion Capital of the World, boasting the big­ Apollo flights, is something to see. It fea­ interest and variety. gest trade show and the biggest convention tures a fountain that stretches for two city The latest additions is the tallest-the 75- ever. blocks and involves 32 levels. The fountain story Texas Commerce Tower. But it won't Houston may be the legitimate Medical also has rising towers resembling rockets. be the tallest for long, which isn't surpris­ Capital of the World, owing to the fact that Also, note the landscaped lunar and solar ing, given Houston's verve. An 82-story Art nowhere is more concentrated medical re­ mounds. Deco Office Tower is planned that will be search being done than at the vast Texas Ever wonder why important people are the tallest building anywhere outside of Medical Center. always rushed to Houston when they're suf- New York or Chicago. 13178 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 19, 1983 Many of the city's 99 hotels are located BASING OF THE MX deployment to "Soviet strategic programs downtown, contributing about 30,000 rooms and arms reductions agreements." With con­ to visitors. Also downtown is the lovely Post HON. ALBERT GORE, JR. ciliatory moves like these, it would have Oak Galleria area, which features a three­ been surprising, and disappointing, if key story atrium mall. It was modeled by Gerald OF TENNESSEE committees in both houses were not going P. Hines, Houston's most distinguished de­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES along with him toward the new MX pack­ veloper, after the Galleria in Milan. If you Wednesday, May 18, 1983 age. like to shop, you'll like the shopping at the Galleria. e Mr. GORE. Mr. Speaker, one of the CFrom the New York Times, May 13, 19831 most important issues we will be MX AND ARMS CONTROL HOUSTON: 556 SQUARE MILES facing this Congress is the Scowcroft Once downtown, you might notice how Commission report on the basing of the streets seem to be exceptionally wide. the MX. I would like to commend to President Reagan has begun to get what Perhaps, it's necessary, because those the attention of my colleagues three he wanted from the report of the Scowcroft streets help dispense traffic to about 450 commission-new movement toward devel­ articles on this matter that I thought opment of the MX missile. But the MX still miles of freeway. If that seems like a LOT were especially insightful. I hope that of freeway, keep in mind that the Houston is a long way from being deployed, and Mr. my colleagues will reflect carefully on Reagan had to give Congress several impor­ area sprawls across some 556 square miles of these articles as they deliberate on tant pledges that may yet mean it never will space. be: Although Houston cannot claim any this critical issue. The articles follow: He promised that a review of his strategic world-renowned event of historical signifi­ arms reduction proposals would result in cance, its history does include much that is [From the Washington Post, May 16, 19831 the modifications necessary "to reflect the important to Texans. The area is rich in re­ RXFORMX commission's approach"-that is, to seek gional history and legend. Just a few miles An authentically national policy on strate­ arms control restraints on numbers of war­ from the business district stands the San J a­ gic arms may be taking shape. This rare heads rather than numbers of launchers. cinto Monument, the world's tallest monu­ prospect follows from President Reagan's He gave about as strong a commitment as mental column, capped off by a star 570 feet decision to reverse course and to try to take a President can that he would "undertake a from the ground. It marks the site where the politics out of key nuclear questions by major effort to bring the proposal of a small Texas won its independence from Mexico. submitting them to the consensus-seeking single-warhead ICBM to fruition on a high­ Also on that site is a museum that gives the ways of the Scowcroft Commission. priority basis." visitor the complete Texas story from Many in Congress feared that Mr. Reagan He recognized that the "overall level" of Indian Civilization to statehood. would pick and choose among the commis­ MX deployment "will be influenced by Sadly, very little now remains of Hous­ sion's recommendations and use them Soviet strategic programs and arms reduc­ ton's old commercial section, except for a simply to renew his earlier single-minded tion agreements." small area around Old Market Square. This pursuit of the controversial MX missile. But His letter containing these statements in­ was the site of longhorn cattle drives, cara­ in recent days he has gone far to show he is fluenced a House subcommittee to clear vans of oxen carrying cotton to waiting accepting the commission's recommenda­ $560 million in blocked funds for MX test­ barges, saloons, and an opera house. Believe tions in the compromise spirit in which they ing and development. But the other aspects were offered. As a result Congress is start­ of the letter far outweigh this advance for it or not, Houston had 50-plus saloons and ing to swallow what it considered the least what many arms control authorities consid­ an opera house before it built a church. palatable part of the Scowcroft package, the er an unnecessary, even dangerous missile­ 1soo's TRADING POST MX. particularly when, as Mr. Reagan recog­ Some of Market Square has been saved, Mr. Reagan now agrees to review his posi­ nized, Congress still has numerous future however. Still there is the oldest commercial tion at the START talks with the Russians opportunities to kill or minimize the MX structure, an Indian trading post dating in order to make it conform with the com­ program. back to the early 1800's. Those who take the mission's emphasis on shifting the land­ First, the modifications in his negotiating based part of the American nuclear deter­ approach that the President promised are time to visit will be struck by the contrast rent over time from big multi-warhead mis­ aimed, he wrote, at "the attainment of sta­ between the trading post and the modern siles to small single-warhead missiles de­ bility at the lowest level of forces." That skyscrapers that stand nearby. The contrast signed to be more secure and less threaten­ seems a far cry from his former insistence might be the perfect symbol of Houston­ ing. To this end, he promises to put the on "deep cuts" that, in practice, demanded from lonely outpost to husky cityscape in a single-warhead missile program into high more sacrifice from the Soviet Union than very short time. gear, as the Scowcroft panel urged. from the United States. The new language Another historical site of much interest, In addition, Mr. Reagan is showing him­ suggests that a more generalized stability Allen's Landing, is located nearby. It's a city self openminded at the least to two other between the superpowers-rather than spe­ park that marks the spot where the Allen promising ideas arising in Congress. The cific numbers of missiles and warheads for brothers got off their boat called "The first is to propose to Moscow a negotiated each, as Mr. Reagan originally proposed­ Laura" and named the new town for their agreement on a "build-down"-retiring two has become his primary goal. hero of Texan Independence, venerable old old nuclear weapons for each new one de­ But a huge, immobile, multi-warhead mis­ Sam himself. ployed. Some such formula linking arms sile like the MX doesn't fit well with that When shopping downtown, visitors can control and force modernization has high redefined goal. The single-warhead, mobile use the three-plus miles of underground political and substantive appeal. missile the Scowcroft commission recom­ tunnel or skywalk system. What's the pur­ The second congressional idea is to set up mended and the President promises to de­ pose? Those who have been to Houston in what is in effect a permanent Scowcroft­ velop will be relatively invulnerable, and the sultry summer months can answer that type public commission "to provide advice will not pose a "first-strike" threat against question fast-they're AIR CONDI­ and continuity" on strategic issues, as Mr. Soviet hard targets. Neither of these state­ TIONED! Thermometer readings in the Reagan put it last Wednesday in carefully ments is true of the MX, which with its 10 summer often creep past the 100 degree granting "merit" to the idea. The success of warheads would be both a tempting target mark. The result is the most air-conditioned the Scowcroft commission, which went out for the Russians and a perceived threat to of bru:iness with its report, has given power­ them. That would make it doubly destabiliz­ city in the country. • limitation on a Soviet MIRVed missile, to­ MX is related to arms control. It is not a gether with an agreement that any future military argument so much as one of per­ ICBM on either side be a mobile, single-war­ ception. The report argues that program head missile. That approach could be cou­ TO PARAPHRASE LENIN: "WHAT cancellation would indicate both to the So­ IS TO BE DONE," TO DEFUND pled with any reductions in existing forces viets and our allies that we lack resolve. or limits on warheads that the two powers Conversely, proceeding with MX, it argues, THE LEFT? could negotiate. will put pressure on the Soviets to reach a An arrangement of that kind would leave more satisfactory START agreement. HON. LARRY McDONALD to the future the intricate questions of In this way, the commission tries to recon­ limits on sea-launched, cruise and interme­ OF GEORGIA diate-range missiles, as well as the overall cile the apparent inconsistency of reducing nuclear balance. But it would open the door vulnerability by shifting away from IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MIRVed missiles to a small missile and, at to less threatening and less vulnerable land­ Wednesday, May 18, 1983 based deterrent forces on both sides, a the same time, deploying 100 larger, 10-war­ useful step that might also help dispel the head missiles in place of the Minuteman e Mr. McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, it atmosphere of acrimony and distrust that missile, whose largest version has only was the second father of modern com­ now clouds the negotiations. three. One commission member has stated munism who once wrote the text on that the MX, without the other elements of how to bring about Communist reality [From the Christian Science Monitor, the Scowcroft report, was a "dead end." How is a congressman going to provide as­ throughout the world. That second May 3, 19831 surance that by voting for 100 MXs now, father was Lenin and his book was How CONGRESS CAN MAKE Goon USE OF THE the country will obtain the whole package titled "What Is To Be Done." MXREPORT plan and particularly the arms-control seg­ The modern disciple of Lenin has ment? For, as indicated, without the stabili­ somewhat re-written the text, but the The report of the President's Commission ty that an agreement provides, the new de­ aim is the same. It is to utilize the on Strategic Forces ployments may be useless at best, and desta­ public trough or the taxpayers' has attempted a healing job in developing a bilizing at worst, for the Soviets are likely to plan to unify fragmented constituencies match and surpass whatever the US does. pocket to fund literally, total control that exist today. The report tries to save This has not been an administration over how this Nation will be run. They face and save money while avoiding embar­ whose zeal for arms control is noteworthy. tie up over half this Nation allegedly rassment for the United States at the bar­ Even our European allies have demanded in the cause of the environment; they gaining table with the Soviets. the assurance of a "two-track" system; of murder millions of the unborn, a sacri­ It offers an integrated plan, made up of arms-control efforts accompanying deploy­ lege against the law of God and man; three major elements that are, in its terms, ment of intermediate-range nucl'ear weap­ they fund the media to the open advo­ inseparable: ons. cacy of homosexuality, communism, 100 MXs in Minuteman silos. Congress could demand its two-track socialism, and sending media repre­ Engineering design of a small single-war­ system in one of several ways. It could re­ head missile and the evaluation of a variety quire, as part of the legislation, that before sentatives to the capital of North Viet­ of potentially survivable basing modes for deployment funds can be released the Presi­ nam while our boys were dying in its deployment in the 1990s. dent must certify, in a detailed report to South Vietnam. Much more could be A transition to an arms-control position of Congress at periodic intervals, the nature of added and have been in the last few "equal levels of warheads of roughly equiva­ its good-faith efforts in START talks, and days in this CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. lent yield", and a move away from counting that despite such efforts substantial Thanks immeasurably to the April launchers. as was done in SALT I, SALT II, progress is not being made. This would not 1983 issue of Conservative Digest, and currently in START. make the MX program hostage to the Sovi­ quite a bit of this financing of the de­ It has two additional elements: ets-quite the contrary, it would make what­ Continuation of current strategic modern­ ever pressure on them that MX theoretical­ struction of the American way of life, ization programs. ly exerts quite concrete. has been exposed. A program to resolve uncertainties about Or a similar device could be developed And what to do about it all? The hardening silos and shelters. whereby Congress would approve incre- answer to this is simple. More Ameri- 13180 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 19, 1983 cans are going to have to be informed to Circular A-122, "Cost Principles for Non­ While the President is committed to stop­ as to what is going on. The average Profit Organizations." ping tax-funded political advocacy, accord­ taxpayer is fed up with some $40 bil­ There was no fanfare, no tipoff to the ing to conservatives in the administration, press or Congress that a major move was in the united support of all conservatives will lion per year going to fund his or her the works. "Horowitz did it just right, with­ be necessary for success. Divisiveness over own demise. The word has to be out clearance with outside types," said one Ininor points could doom the President's ef­ passed. administration official. "It just appeared in forts. A simple remedy is found in the fol­ the Federal Register like every other regu­ Down in the trenches of federal agencies lowing articles from the April 1983 lation." and departments-where the battle to issue of Conservative Digest. One is In brief, the regulations would have: defund political advocacy is being fought­ titled, "Conservatives Must Pressure Banned the use of tax-paid facilities and OMB's proposed regulations are a sign of Reagan To Defund The Left." The equipment for political purposes; hope. Yet, this marks only the beginning of other is titled, "Defunding The Left: Banned use of tax money for paying sala­ larger war. The Reagan Years." And let my col­ ries of political advocates and lobbyists; Among the challenges remaining: Banned use of federal dollars to pay dues Congress-Elected officials pass spending leagues ask their conscience, could not of trade associations and other lobbying programs and promptly forget about them. this annual expenditure of $40 billion groups; By abdicating responsibility to the unelect­ be better spent on defending this Banned use of tax money for rent or de­ ed bureaucracy, Congress allows special in­ Nation or giving it back to those who preciation on facilities used more than 5 terests to feed off taxpayers through gov­ have earned it, your and my constitu­ percent for political advocacy. ernment grants. ents. Articles follow: Political activities by grantees or contrac­ Solution: Congress must vigorously exer­ CONSERVATIVES MUST PRESSURE REAGAN TO tors were not prohibited-the regulations cise its oversight prerogative for govern­ DEFUND THE LEFT merely ensured that taxpayers would not ment programs. pay for those activities. (By Gary Maloney) Bureaucracy-Ronald Reagan won a man­ Washington's liberal lobbies were enraged. date for change in 1980. Washington's bu­ SOME TAX MONEY CUT, BUT ADVOCACY GROUPS They moved immediately to spark opposi­ reaucratic establishment has a permanent, STILL GET MILLIONS tion to the regulations from liberals in Con­ self-granted mandate-maintain the status "The Office of Management and Budget gress and the entire lobbying community. quo, and protect established programs and will press ahead with new regulations pro­ Independent Sector, part of the ultrali­ agencies. If that means defying the elected hibiting the use of federal tax dollars for beral Common Cause organization, warned administration, so be it. the purposes of political advocacy."-Presi­ its members: Solution: Reagan appointees must seize dent Ronald Reagan, February 18, 1983. "In a move intended for entirely different control of the agencies and departments. When the President made this promise to purposes, the Reagan administration has James Watt at Interior and Tom Pauken at the Conservative Political Action Confer­ issued proposed changes ... which would, ACTION are excellent examples of Reagan­ ence in Washington, there were more than a in effect, virtually end public advocacy ef­ ites in control. No dollar should flow to out­ few conservatives surprised to hear it. forts by most nonprofit groups that receive side organizations without expressed ap­ It wasn't that the subject was new. For federal funds ... proval by a Reagan appointee enforcing the months, many in the audience had been "Contact your Congresspersons and Sena­ law against funding political advocacy. trying to convince Reagan's advisers of the tors now, explain the potential effects of Voters-The people are still largely un­ problem. the circular on your organization, and urge aware of where their money goes. They do But now President Reagan himself has them to in turn contact the president and not hold their elected officials responsible spoken publicly on the matter, and his will OMB, asking them to withdraw the circu­ for political fraud, waste and abuse in grant was made clear-stop funding political ac­ lar." programs. To many people, "Budget cuts" tivities with taxpayer dollars. Ironically, in its August 1981 issue, are merely another term for "human The campaign to defund the left has come Common Cause's own magazine criticized misery." a long way. But the Reagan administration government funding of lobbyists-but only Solution: The truth about political use of has plenty of work to do before the problem those working with the Pentagon, not tax dollars must be allowed to prevail. is solved. social-activists groups. Ronald Reagan's landslide victory over ists-received tens of billions of taxpayer According to the Washington Post, OMB Jimmy Carter, liberal bureaucrats frantical­ dollars with few strings attached. received letters from 171 House members ly dispense tens of Inillions of dollars in And, for the moment, President Reagan's protesting the proposed regulations. Liberal grants to left-wing groups. Major grants go promised OMB regulations are back on the groups made up the bulk of protesters, of to Planned Parenthood and many labor drawing board, following Budget Director course, but organizations as unlikely as the unions. David Stockman's decision in early March Girl Scouts of America and the U.S. Cham­ January 20, 1981. Ronald Reagan, Ameri­ to withdraw the first draft. ber of Commerce also lodged complaints. ca's first conservative president, is inaugu­ The administration has chosen to write Why, Because the regulations proposed on rated. regulations to apply throughout the govern­ January 24 were, if anything, too effective January 20 to September 30, 1981. During ment and issue them in a White House and broad in their sweep. An OMB aide ex­ the remainder of Fiscal Year 1981, Carter edict. This is politically wise, considering plains: "Even a phone call between a grant­ holdovers and establishment Republicans the strength of liberal pressure groups with ee and a government agency could be allow millions of dollars in grant money to Democratic and even Republican leaders on ground for disallowing a major funded pro­ continue flowing to left-wing groups. Major Capitol Hill; it's unlikely Congress would gram. For instance, the American Heart As­ grants to the NOW Legal Defense and Edu­ pass a "defund" bill. sociation consults with the Federal Emer­ cation Fund, the U.S. Student Association, Whether the OMB regulations are en­ gency Management Agency on the distribu­ and many environmentalist groups. forceable is another matter, given bureau­ tion of blood in emergencies. November 13, 1981. The Republican-con­ cratic resistance to any interference with "Those talks affect 'government policy," trolled Senate votes to re-fund the Legal the prevailing Washington buddy system. and are prohibited under the January 24 Services Corporation. . jobs in 1981. TRIBUTE TO ROBERT C. April 26, 1982. The liberal Washington By calling upon the President to "BOBBY" MITCHELL Post publishes an editorial praising Conserv­ issue a proclamation designating the ative Digest for "raising some difficult ques­ week beginning May 29 as "National tions that thoughtful people of right, left Tourism Week," we will call attention HON. WALTER E. FOUNTROY and center should ponder" about funding OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA political advocacy. to the importance of this vital and May 1982. The Department of Education growing industry. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thank you for your support.e five years, suggesting output by then to be 150 to 200 their competitiveness, their efforts would He began by pointing out the depth thousand robots per year. not suffice against Japan's National Indus­ of our dilemma. America must not lose these current bat­ trial Policy. Our country is poised on the brink of a tles for industrial supremacy-since these The goal of the Japanese has for some­ major industrial and economic crisis­ advanced technologies will be the founda­ time been to catch, and then surpass all brought on by more than a decade of low tion industries for every industrialized na­ others in economic performance. They have capital investment; limited R & D spending; tion's economy for the next several decades. created a strategy and a set of institutional high labor demands; and too little manage­ relationships to implement it-a cooperative ment attention to productivity and quality It is worthwhile noting the manner relationship among industry, government, improvement-to cite just a few factors. in which Westinghouse has responded labor, and academe and an organization, This has been encouraged by a myriad of to this challenge with their own strat­ MIT!, to orchestrate the process. As if the federal laws and regulations which have in­ egy. economic success of this system to date were hibited capital formation-and constitute an One of the most important lessons we've not proof enough of its effectiveness com­ implicit industrial policy that has led to a learned from these studies is that manage­ pared to the American system, recent stud­ disastrous decline in U.S. productivity. ment must be willing to discard outmoded ies in South Korea, Taiwan, Hong and In addition, this industrial and economic business practices and embrace new ideas. Singapore indicate that it is the Japanese­ crisis makes much more difficult the con­ Consequently, we are successfully adapt­ not the American-model that is being emu­ current revitalization of our national-securi­ ing much of what we have learned-and lated by these newly industrialized coun­ ty, military capabilities-necessary to combining what we adapt with some of our tries. counter the growing Soviet military and po­ own innovations, to keep our business Our competitive model is no longer being litical threats. But that is a separate subject healthly, and to establish productivity and copied-because, to a worrisome extent, it quality improvement as a way of life has been rendered obsolete! As you probably are aware, the growth throughout the corporation. These East Asian countries-without sig­ rate of America's industrial productivity We have established six fundamental nificant natural resources-have achieved slowed down in the '70s-and came to a strategies for the improvement of our per­ rapid growth by developing efficient, spe­ screeching halt at the end of the decade. formance ... cialized manufacturing organizations backed Our productivity actually declined a couple Three of these strategies are co-equal. by a system of social and economic incen­ of points in 1981. The first is to improve the management and tives designed to promote work, savings, risk 13186 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 19, 1983 taking, investment·, and labor mobility. Second, technology. While the United engineers than the U.S.-even though it has They have achieved success by better orga­ States leads the world in spending for basic half our population. And France has decid­ nizing human and finanical resources. Their research and development, our technologi­ ed to double its national force of computer rapid industrialization has grown out of an cal leadership has eroded in several key engineers over the next four years-in re­ economic strategy designed to promote pro­ areas that have a profound effect on our sponse to industrial needs and opportuni­ ductivity, and international competitiveness. world competitve position. The economy of ties. Their game plan in goal-oriented national a modern industrial society is driven by Recently, the National Science Founda­ economic growth; their strategy is world­ rapid development and application of tech­ tion reported that about 10 percent of the wide preeminence in selected industries­ nology in products, services and manufac­ full-time engineering faculty positions were and their facilitating mechanism is a rela­ turing processes. vacant at the beginning of the 1980-81 aca­ tionship among industry, government, labor Our major competitors include a Technol­ demic year-while the IEEE reported that and academe that is fundamentally differ­ ogy Strategy as an explicit part of their Na­ more than 37 percent of the PhD engineer­ ent from our American counterpart. We are tional Industrial Policy. ing graduates in 1981 were not available to being surpassed by a political/economic For example, the Japanese and the U.S. industries or universities because they system that creates growth, strength, and French are concentrating on aerospace, are non-US nationals with temporary stu­ wealth for a nation's economy-and thereby electronics, communications, robots, ma­ dent visas. Action must be taken to upgrade promises to provide for an improved pros­ chine tools, and computers. These are all faculty salaries and capital facilities for perity and standard-of-living for its people. major industries of the United States that higher education in engineering and the sci­ In the "bread and butter" area of are driven by rapid technological evolution. ences-and we must provide loans and loan Recent history suggests that a foreign na­ guarantees, for students in engineering and trade and investment, the U.S. posi­ tional thrust into a chosen market or tech­ tion is cause for alarm. the sciences. nology will successfully acquire very large In addition, the typical Japanese factory First, in the area of international trade U.S. and world market shares from Ameri­ worker-such as those who produce the and investment, recent trends have given can firms competing individually. Toyotas noted earlier-has had about 30 rise to the observation that other nations Therefore, an American response must be percent more classroom hours than our export unemployment-whereas we export formulated and implemented to ensure our workers; has passed a rigorous Japanese flu­ jobs. While tariffs have generally fallen, competitive strength, and avoid an erosion ency test, and acquired the ability to read non-tariff barriers, investment require­ of our national capabilities. Such a response English. When first employed, he goes ments, offset demands, and export incen­ should include: through a several month orientation pro­ tives often fall with disproportionate severi­ Joint multi-firm, government-laboratory gram-and then he becomes a career-long ty on the U.S. economy. and university research ventures that have member of quality circle. The United States is too heavily engaged government approval-and are focused to Obviously, we have much catching up to in the world trading system to ignore these supply basic technology to meet market re­ do in our factories-as well as our offices trends. In 1980, for example, the United quirements. and laboratories. States exported almost one-quarter of its Manufacturing Technology programs to manufactured output, and imported over 21 stimulate the development and deployment In domestic saving and investment, percent of its manufactured consumption­ of advanced manufacturing techniques-as we must insist on providing a climate more than double the percentage of ten exemplified by the Department of Defense's for producing sufficient capital for years earlier. Consequently, trade is no Manufacturing Technology and Technology critical expansion. longer an "also ran". The line between what Modernization programs. Through this Assuming the other elements of our strat­ is "domestic"-and what is "foreign"-is in­ mechanism, the government removes bar­ creasingly blurred. What other governments egy are in place-including an aggressive riers and provides incentives for its contrac­ trade policy; strategic education programs; do to promote exports, and restrict invest­ tors to pursue higher risk-and higher ment, now impacts heavily on America's do­ joint R & D projects, productivity inducing payoff-technologies. These advances result government procurement policies and flexi­ mestic economy. in substantial savings to the government, The U.S. government should be applauded ble anti-trust policies-we must recognize, contribute to the national-security-and fourthly, that the program may still fail for intensifying its effort to break down for­ help create a domestic capability that is of eign barriers to U.S. exports. But if we without sufficient capital resources for the substantial value to the economy. And, critical growth industries. While capital is cannot be successful soon, then our policy­ Intelligence gathering; in which Govern­ makers should consider selective measures available in the U.S., its availability does not to enable our industries that are targeted by ment-through its executive branch agen­ necessarily coincide with the long term in­ foreign industrial policies to compete fairly. cies-cooperates with industry and academe terests of the U.S. Economy. This problem At the same time, the U.S. government to assess the direction and nature of foreign exists for several reasons-such as: should propose new negotiations aimed at competitive threats. This is an essential in­ Historically, U.S. firms have tended to establishing a set of common rules that gredient for effective executive policy and focus on short-term profits. In large part, apply to all. legislative initiatives-as well as business this reflects our reliance on the equity mar­ In an era when export markets are becom­ planning. Such coordinated efforts are nec­ kets for capital-and our preoccupation ing the world's most promising-and some­ essary to provide the quality of information with stock market prices. times only-opportunities for economic required to support successful government Since World War II, the U.S. has enjoyed growth, the United States government and business strategies. a technological advantage over the rest of sometimes seems intent on dealing itself out In the area of education and train­ the world-and has not had to critically ex­ of export opportunities abroad. For exam­ ing, the sad truth is that we are not amine the relationship between capital in­ ple, while other governments put together first across-the-board, and we are not vestments and its technological base; and attractive financing packages in support of also taking the kind of measures that guar­ Our earlier history of long-term, real­ their exports, the U.S. government has antee our ability to make the transi­ adopted a negative attitude toward the growth meant that there was a sufficient Export-Import Bank. Studies by Wharton tion to a high technology age. capital supply to fund almost any venture­ Econometric Forecasting Associates have es­ Third, we must recognize that America's and apparently this has bred inattention to timated that for every dollar of interest dif­ education and training system is poorly our current capital needs. ferential that Exim loans out, the Federal matched with the skills needed for modern Our inattention to the problem of capital Government gets back roughly nine to ten U.S. occupations. While Americans are formation and strategic domestic invest­ dollars in net revenues-and state and local among the most educated people in the ment has led to a situation where now the governments another four dollars-mainly world, they are not as well-trained, in many future of the technological and hence, in­ through increased tax revenues from in­ cases, as are workers of our foreign competi­ dustrial base of the U.S. is by no means as­ creased economic activities, and the reduc­ tors. Consequently, we are faced with a seri­ sured. A Commerce Department study indi­ tion of various welfare payments. ous and growing shortage of critical scientif­ cates that in 1980, 45 percent of all new U.S. What is needed is a binding international ic and vocational skills that are in high investment in high technology plants and agreement on export financing that sets demand, and essential to improving Ameri­ equipment came from foreign sources. In a firm limits on interest rates, and the dura­ can productivity. sense we are losing control of our own eco­ tion of loans financed by governments. The response to our educations system's nomic destiny! shortcomings ought to be similar to our re­ While the Economic Recovery Act of 1981 In the key area of technology, it is sponse to the Sputnik launch-that is, a na­ has helped with this problem, there are sev­ important to recognize that we need to tional effort to improve the quantity and eral other opportunities available to us.... pull together in framing an American quality of college trained engineers and sci­ Promising ways to encourage savings and response. entists at all levels. Japan graduates more capital formation include elimination of tax- May 19, 1983 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13187 ation on interest earned on savings-and al­ LEGISLATION TO COMBAT DRUG officials to follow leads and investigate lowances for a speedier write-off for invest­ TRAFFICKING suspected incidents of illegal exporting ments in new plants and equipment. of currency. This is demonstrated in Japan, where HON. JOHN J. LaF ALCE I am convinced that there is some­ earned interest is tax-free-when one in­ thing positive that we can do to crack vests in government savings programs. This OF NEW YORK explains, in part, why the Japanese level of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES down on the enormous illegal trans­ savings is several times ours. Wednesday, May 18, 1983 fers of money which subsidize the Two relevant proposals recently emerged international drug trade. Accordingly, at a hearing before the Joint Economic e Mr. LAFALCE. Mr. Speaker, for too today I am introducing a package of Committee offer an opportunity to enhance many years drug abuse in our Nation five bills designed to help law enforce­ the capital resources for new ventures. has been a raging epidemic which has ment officials police the movement of One calls for a revision of federal laws left in its wake a legacy of crime, fi­ drug-related currency into and out of governing pension funds-in relation to the nancial loss, and immeasurable human this country. Employes Retirement and Income Security suffering. The incidence of drug abuse The bills would amend the Currency Act-to permit some of the 800 billion dol­ among our youth is especially tragic and Foreign Transactions Reporting lars in pension funds to be invested in ven­ and it threatens our Nation's future Act-popularly called the Bank Secre­ ture capital projects. hopes and aspirations. The GAO estimates that if only one per­ cy Act-to fill serious gaps in current We know that drug abuse is a serious law which hinder the law enforcement cent of the total pension funds were made problem, but the dimensions of this available, that would be six to eight times capabilities of U.S. customs agents. Al­ human tragedy are difficult to under­ though these bills are similar to meas­ the total venture capital invested last year. stand. How do we react when we learn The second proposal would allow for "dif­ that over 10 percent of graduating stu­ ures that I have introduced in the ferential" capital gains tax rates. Currently, dents in America's high schools use past, certain technical and substantive all long-term capital gains are taxed at 20 changes have been made to address percent-whereas the proposal calls for marihuana every day? What anguish can be felt by those of us removed concerns raised by some Members of taxing "new" business ventures held for a Congress. certain period of time-at a lower rate, or from the human incapacitation which is experienced by nearly half a million Versions of these bills were con­ possibly not taxing them at all. tained in the House and Senate omni­ Finally, we must make the national daily heroin users? Can we possibly comprehend the conclusions of one bus crime control measures that were commitment to implement an aggres­ considered last year. The same provi­ sive policy in a timely manner. recent study that reported that over a 11-year period, some 243 addicts com­ sions are found again this year in the Fifth and finally, there is virtually no dis­ mitted about 500,000 crimes-an aver­ Comprehensive Crime Control Act of agreement that when Government, Manage­ 1983. I am introducing these measures ment, Labor and Academe all work in a com­ age of 2,000 each-or a crime every other day, to support their drug as spearate bills, as has Senator WIL­ plementary fashion toward shared objec­ LIAM ROTH, in the hope of drawing tives, the most difficult challenges become habits? manageable. But what is lacking are effec­ If these statistics are difficult to con­ special attention to these currency tive mechanisms to bring the leaders of vert into human terms, perhaps control provisions. these facets of society together, on neutral straightforward financial figures are Mr. Speaker, I would like to take ground-in pursuit of common goals. more easily understood. The U.S. At­ this opportunity to briefly describe Therefore, we encourage the Executive torney General reported that in 1980 the current operation of some of the Branch to adopt a Consensus-Based Policy illicit retail drug sales were estimated provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act, Formulation Mechanism-to provide leader­ to total more than $79 billion-almost and how my bills would address some ship in resolving issues on which there is a equal to the combined profits of Amer­ of the loopholes contained in that law. broad agreement that solutions must be de­ ica's 500 largest industrial corpora­ Present law makes it illegal to leave veloped and implemented. the country with more than $5,000 For example, the retraining and relocat­ tions. This drain on America's health, ing of displaced workers is the kind of high safety, and prosperity must be without filing a Customs Service priority problem that requires the concerted stopped. report form. However, courts have and coordinated effort of Industry, Labor, One critical link in the vast drug held that a person cannot be arrested Government, and Academe. It is an issue on trafficking network that feeds the for violating this law until he has ac­ which industry, labor, government, and aca­ international drug trade is the illegal tually left the country. But by that demic policies and actions must be coopera­ exporting of money from the United time the violator is outside the juris­ tively devised-and carefully coordinated. States to purchase narcotics abroad diction of the United States and This is an issue that has near universal and then import them back into this cannot be successfully prosecuted. consent on the need of action-but no con­ country. In February 1983, the Senate Tying the hands of our own customs sensus yet on the appropriate actions. There Committee on Governmental Affairs officials in this way is an obvious loop­ are approximately fifty bills in the Congress hole in the law. to address aspects of the current dichotomy issued a staff study entitled, "Crime of having critical shortages of skilled work­ and Secrecy: The Case of Offshore Thus, the first of my five bills would ers in some industries-while tens of thou­ Banks and Companies." The study make it illegal to attempt to leave the sands of workers form other industries swell documents in great detail the crucial United States with large amounts of the ranks of the unemployed. role that illegal currency transactions currency without filing the reports al­ To this end, a legitimate and necessary play in oiling the gears of the invidi­ ready required under the Bank Secre­ role for the Cabinet Council on Economic ous drug trade. cy Act. The bill raises the amount of Affairs-in close cooperation with industry, The current administration has money being taken out of the country, labor and academe-would be to assist in taken important steps toward cracking in order to require a customs report, the adjustments from nature and declining down on the drug trade. The President from $5,000 to $10,000. industries into new and emerging opportuni­ has established task forces to upset The second, third and fourth bills ties. drug importing operations and efforts would allow customs officials to search To meet this challenge, it is going to have been made to better coordinate for unreported amounts of cash-in take a lot of hard work on the part of the activities of different Federal their presently authorized search for the Government, industry, our educa­ agencies with responsibility for fight­ contraband-where cause exists to be­ tional system and the Congress. We ing drug traffic. Yet, breaking the ille­ lieve that currency is leaving the coun­ need to supply a lot more than wishful gal flow of currency that supports the try as a result of illegal activities. rhetoric in addressing this problem be­ international drug trade has proved Each bill proposes a different standard cause the stakes are economic surviv­ difficult. The present status of the law of cause: First, "reasonable cause", al.e makes it difficult for law enforcement second, "probable cause", and third, 13188 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 19, 1983 when the customs official shall "sus­ period of time when the artist Christo 16 when he began his studies at the pect that there are monetary instru­ touched their lives. Six years ago, the Ohr Elchanan Yeshiva under the spir­ ments in the process of being trans­ brown, rolling hills of their dairies and itual leadership of Dean Rabbi Simcha ported out of the country" in violation cattle ranches attracted national at­ Wasserman. Even as a young man he of the Bank Secrecy Act. I encourage tention, as a 24-mile long, 18-foot-high displayed his dedication and leader­ the Members who will study these fabric fence suddenly appeared, giving ship by his participation in many im­ bills at the committee level to help me breathtaking color to the sunset, portant charitable functions. He was determine the most appropriate or, drawing attention to the vast expanse the founding father of the Pirchei more precisely, the most acceptable of the hills, and gently working its Agundas Yisroel Youth Group and ran standard. way to the ocean where it disappeared it singlehandedly for many years. The fifth and final bill would give in the surf. Why would these veterans Rabbi Manela continues his activi­ informants a portion of the recovered of Running Fence, these hardworking ties in the community. He is presently currency, thereby giving a further in­ people who have little time for art gal­ serving as a member of the board of centive to those who know of cash leries and the sophistication that directors of P'Tach, Young Israel of smuggling to report this to the U.S. seems to surround the arts take time Los Angeles, the Kolle!, Rais Yaakov Government officials. These rewards from their daily duties and travel and Etz Jacob congregation. He is also would prove to be extremely helpful some 3,000 miles to once more be with well known for his charity and gener­ for obtaining information from in­ Christo for another of his escapades? osity. Through his pioneering efforts, formants. The Secretary of Treasury Perhaps it is because that artist perhaps his most noteworthy accom­ would have discretion to determine draws attention to the beauty of the plishment is the establishment of the the amount of the award, within a land and the elements. Perhaps it is Chevra Kadisha, a traditional mortu­ specified ceiling, to be given to inform­ because his projects are always contro­ ary, much needed in Los Angeles. ants. versial but always bring people togeth­ Rachel Manela is in her own right a The drug abuse problem is one that er through their sheer imagination valued member of the Etz Jacob com­ has premeated our society and, at and beauty. Perhaps because this art munity. She is an "Eshas Chayil," a times, seems totally out of control. My is participatory-not the work of one true woman of valor. By her example bills will not solve the drug abuse epi­ solitary artist in his studio, but the of maintaining the strong traditions of demic nor put a complete halt to this product of hundreds of people young Jewish womanhood as wife and illegal currency transaction problem. and old who join together for a brief mother of five children, she is an in­ These bills however, will give our law period of teamwork to make some­ spiration for others to follow. As a de­ enforcement officials an extra weapon thing worthwhile happen. And per­ voted elementary schoolteacher, her in their increasingly complex battle haps simply because Christo and his influence is further extended into the against the global drug trade.e wife do more than their part to lift the community. drudgery of everyday life, add a little I ask the Members to join me in sa­ bit of excitement, humor, and enjoy­ luting Rabbi and Mrs. Zalman Manela "PINK ISLANDS" OF FLORIDA ment to otherwise ordinary objects of on this occasion and to wish them our existence. many more years of a happy and pro­ HON. DOUGLAS H. BOSCO All of this, I believe, is in the best ductive life.e OF CALIFORNIA tradition of American art. For those IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES who witnessed the brief lifetimes of Valley Curtain in Colorado, the Run­ GILMAN LAUDS DISTRICT'S CON- Wednesday, May 18, 1983 ning Fence in California, Surrounded TRIBUTION TO NATIONAL •Mr. BOSCO. Mr. Speaker, recently I Islands in Florida-or any of his other TOURISM WEEK had the opportunity to visit Key Bis­ projects-Christo has left memories cayne, Fla., to witness the completion that will provide the stuff for bedtime HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN of "Surrounded Islands," an extraordi­ stories to children and grandchildren OF NEW YORK nary event created by the great Ameri­ for years to come. I salute him, his IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES can artist Christo and his wife Jean wife, and the many people who join in Claude. Eleven tiny islands were sur­ making these miracles happen, for Wednesday, May 18, 1983 rounded by over 6 million square feet their outstanding contributions to the •Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in of pink fabric, giving these rather or­ people of our country.e support of the resolution designating dinary firmaments a once-in-a-lifetime the week of May 29, 1983, as "National opportunity to bask in the glow of RABBI ZALMAN AND RACHEL Tourism Week." I thank my colleague worldwide attention. The pilot of our MANELA ARE HONORED IN from Pennsylvania, Mr. RITTER, for 737 announced shortly after takeoff suggesting that we take this opportu­ Los~ ANGELES from Washington, D.C., that he would nity to note the contributions to our make every effort to fly over the "pink Nation by the tourist trade. islands." Hundreds of motorboats HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN Summer officially begins with Me­ crisscrossed Biscayne Bay to see them OF CALIFORNIA morial Day weekend, and in the ensu­ up close. Mundane office cubicles in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing months, thousands of men, nearby skyscrapers became the scene women, and children will look to vari­ of cocktail parties and social gather­ Wednesday, May 18, 1983 ous vacation spots for their rest and ings as viewers flocked to the windows. • Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, on relaxation. I suggest and invite them Turnpikes and bridges were packed May 29, 1983, Rabbi and Mrs. Zalman to come to New York State this with local motorists who may not have Manela will be honored by Etz Jacob summer, and to visit the historic Mid­ paid much attention to these tiny is­ congregation in Los Angeles as man Hudson Valley, the cradle of our Revo­ lands before, but now came to be part and woman of the year. This tribute is lutionary period and one of the most of the event. Not to mention those being bestowed upon Zalman and beautiful districts in all of New York who came from as far away as Japan Rachel Manela for their outstanding State, which I am privileged to repre­ and California to join in the festivities. support and participation in countless sent. A delegation of over a dozen resi­ religious and community endeavors. Many of the summer camps to dents of Sonoma County, Calif., made They represent the highest ideals in which New Yorkers send their chil­ the trip across country because, to Jewish family and community life. dren are located in my district, and on them, Surrounded Islands brought Rabbi Zalman Manela has been a trips which familiarize them with the back memories of yet another magic Los Angeles resident since the age of forests and streams of our State are May 19, 1983 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13189 the wild and scenic Delaware River, by both the United States and the Soviet Treaty Organization decision regarding in­ the thousands of wilderness acreage in Union have not strengthened international termediate range nuclear forces. Bear Mountain State Park and in Pali­ peace and security but in fact enhance the SEC. 3. (a) Consistent with pursuing the prospect for mutual destruction; overriding objective of negotiating an imme­ sades Interstate Park. Whereas adequate verification of compli­ diate, mutual, and verifiable freeze, nothing Museum Village, in Monroe, is an ance has always been an indispensable part in this resolution shall be construed to pre­ outstanding portrayal of the lives of of any international arms control agree­ vent the United States from taking advan­ our forefathers in the last centuries, ment; and tage of concurrent and complementary arms where men and women, dressed in Whereas a mutual and verifiable freeze control proposals. period clothing, go about a daily rou­ and reductions in nuclear weapons and nu­ (b) Nothing in this resolution shall be con­ tine that we all can learn from. Sunny­ clear delivery systems would greatly reduce strued to supercede the treatymaking side, the home of the distinguished the risk of nuclear war: Now, therefore, be it powers of the President under the Constitu­ writer, Washington Irving, is the Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep­ tion. resentatives of the United States of America SEc. 4. This resolution does not endorse legacy of Irvington in Westchester in Congress assembled, That, consistent any type of unilateral disarmament on the County. with the maintenance of essential equiva­ part of the United States. Further north in my district are the lence in overall nuclear capabilities at SEc. 5. Consistent with pursuing the over­ many beautiful and restful Catskill present and in the future, the Strategic riding objective of negotiating an immedi­ Mountain resorts that cater to those Arms Reduction Talks between ate, mutual, and verifiable freeze, nothing the United States and the Soviet Union who seek to escape the hustle and should have the following objectives: in this resolution should be construed to prevent measures necessary for the mainte­ bustle of city life. There, the facilities (1) Pursuing the objective of negotiating are so extensive that they cannot all an immediate, mutual, and verifiable freeze, nance of and credibility of the United States be mentioned in one breath. then pursuing the objective of negotiating nuclear deterrent. Mr. Speaker, my congressional dis­ immediate, mutual, and verifiable reduc­ SEc. 6. Until such time as the final instru­ trict is chock full of exciting places to tions in nuclear weapons. ment embodying the objectives set forth in (2) Deciding when and how to achieve a section 1 has been fully ratified by both the visit for those planning an historic Soviet Union and the United States, noth­ trip, an environmentally minded one, mutual verifiable freeze on testing, produc­ tion, and further deployment of nuclear ing in this joint resolution shall be con­ or for those who seek to rest in a warheads, missiles, and other delivery sys­ strued to prevent whatever modernization lounge chair while soaking up the sun. tems and systems which would threaten the and deployment of United States weapons House Joint Resolution 168, of viability of sea-based nuclear deterrent may be required to maintain the credibility which I am a cosponsor, is certainly a forces, and to include all air defense systems of the United States nuclear deterrent. fitting tribute, not only to the many designed to stop nuclear bombers. Subma­ SEc. 7. The Congress proposes that the men and women whose livelihood de­ rines are not delivery systems as used House Committee on Foreign Affairs and herein. the Senate Committee on Foreign relations pends on tourism, but to each and study measures relating to reductions pur­ every one of us who has ever taken a (3) Consistent with pursuing the objective of negotiating an immediate, mutual, and suant to the first section, and relating to well-earned vacation.e verifiable freeze, giving special attention to concurrent and complementary arms con­ destabilizing weapons, especially those trol proposals pursuant to section 2, espe­ cially those aimed at progressive reductions THE NUCLEAR FREEZE which give either nation capabilities which confer upon it even the hypothetical advan­ in the number of destabilizing weapons RESOLUTION tages of a first strike. through a mutual "build-down" or other (4) Providing for cooperative measures of verifiable processes. HON. STENY H. HOYER verification, including provisions for onsite SEC. 8. Any freeze agreement negotiated pursuant to this resolution should not pre­ OF MARYLAND inspection, as appropriate, to complement National Technical Means of Verification vent the United States from taking such IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and to ensure compliance. measures with respect to our strategic sys­ Wednesday, May 18, 1983 (5) Proceeding from this mutual and veri­ tems as are necessary to protect the lives of fiable freeze, pursuing substantial, equita­ the United States personnel operating those •Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, many of ble, and verifiable reductions through nu­ systems. my constituents have expressed to me merical ceilings, annual percentages, or any SEc. 9. For purposes of this resolution, a their great interest and support for a other equally effective and verifiable means nuclear delivery vehicle is a device whose nuclear freeze resolution. Unfortu­ of strengthening strategic stability, with primary or exclusive mission requires it to nately, they may have greeted the such reductions to be achieved within a rea­ carry a nuclear weapon into territory of or adoption of the freeze with a modicum sonable, specified period of time as deter­ occupied by hostile forces. of confusion because of the muddle mined by the negotiations. SEc. 10. A freeze agreement in accordance analysis offered by some as to the (6) Preserving present limitations and con­ with this resolution will not preclude the trols on nuclear weapons and nuclear deliv­ one-for-one replacement of nuclear weapons effect of this or that amendment, and ery systems. and nuclear delivery vehicles in order to the claims of victory on both sides of (7) Incorporating ongoing negotiations in preserve the credibility of the United States the issue. Geneva on intermediate-range nuclear sys­ nuclear deterrence, provided the new Therefore, I am submitting the com­ tems into the START negotiations. Discuss­ weapon or delivery vehicle is the same type plete text of the freeze as finally ing the impact of developing comprehensive as the old. adopted by the House so that my con­ defensive systems consistent with all provi­ SEC. 11. Nothing in this joint resolution stituents can review the entire docu­ sions of the Treaty on the Limitation of shall be construed- ment for themselves, and make their Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems. (!) to prevent, during any negotiations (8) Nothing in this resolution shall be con­ pursuant to this resolution, or own determination viability of the res­ strued by United States negotiators to man­ (2) to require that, in any negotiations olution. date any agreement that would jeopardize pursuant to this resolution, the United The text is as follows: our ability to preserve freedom. States agree to a provision which would pre­ H.J. REs.13 In those negotiations, the United States vent, such modernization and deployment of Whereas the greatest challenge facing the shall make every effort to reach a common United States new or improved dual capable Earth is to prevent the occurrence of nucle­ position with our North Atlantic Treaty Or­ delivery systems as the United States may ar war by accident or design; ganization allies on any element of an agree­ determine is required to maintain the capa­ Whereas the United States and the Soviet ment which would be inconsistent with ex­ bility of the United States defense posture. Union have signed the Joint Statement of isting United States commitments to those SEc. 12. Consistent with Public Law 88- Agreed Principles for Disarmament Negotia­ allies. 186, as amended, no action shall be taken tions, known as the McCloy-Zorin Agree­ SEC. 2. In the absence of a bilateral agree­ under this Act that will obligate the United ment, enumerating general principles for ment embodying the objectives set forth in States to disarm or to reduce or to limit the future negotiations for international peace this joint resolution, nothing in this resolu­ Armed Forces or armaments of the United and security; tion is intended to prevent the United States, except pursuant to the treatymaking Whereas the increasing stockpiles of nu­ States from carrying out its responsibilities power of the President under the Consitu­ clear weapons and nuclear delivery systems under the December 1979 North Atlantic tion or unless authorized by further affirm- 13190 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 19, 1983 ative legislation by the Congress of the These are notable goals which the years in order to keep the program United States. should be emulated by any civic­ on constant track toward its goal of as­ SEc. 13. Consistent with the provisions of minded organization across the coun­ suring adequate electric and telephone Public Law 92-448, as amended, negotiations undertaken pursuant to this Act shall pro­ try. service in rural areas-and that is the vide for the maintenance of a vigorous re­ The women's division sponsors or goal of this latest proposed change, search, development, and safety-related im­ participates in numerous annual com­ and that is why I am here today to provements program to assure that the munity projects. These include the add my support to the Rural Electrifi­ United States would not be limited to levels scholarship award; San Pedro cleanup cation and Telephone Revolving Fund of nuclear deterrent forces inferior to the day; operating an information booth Self-Sufficiency Act of 1983. force levels of the Soviet Union. Further, at American President Lines to help The legislation will make the rural such negotiations should recognize the diffi­ overseas passengers visiting our coun­ electric and telephone programs culty of maintaining essential equivalence try; Spirit of Christmas event on stronger and more viable in the years and a stable balance in nuclear deterrent ca­ pabilities in a period of rapidly developing Christmas Day; participation in the to come by making sure that the re­ technology, and that any future arms con­ Christmas Land Parade; and, repre­ volving fund is able to cover its costs. trol agreements should promote a stable senting San Pedro women at statewide The depth of support for this bill is international balance and enhance the sur­ chambers of commerce conventions. underlined by the fact that three vivability of United States nuclear deterrent Mr. Speaker, as you can see, the former Administrators of the Rural forces. women's division is involved in a wide Electrification Administration have SEC. 14. In all negotiations pursuant to variety of civic affairs-all of which endorsed the proposals covered by the this resolution, the United States shall are designed in making San Pedro a make every effort to ensure that any agree­ bill. They are David A. Hamil, Admin­ ment reached shall provide for full compli­ better place to live and work. You can istrator from 1956 to 1961; Norman ance by all parties with preexisting interna­ be sure that their tireless efforts and Clapp, Administrator from 1961 to tional treaties, obligations, and commit­ many contributions to the harbor area 1969; and Robert Feragen, Administra­ ments. are deeply appreciated by all. tor from 1978 to 1981. SEC. 15. Any item both sides do not agree In closing, let me say that few orga­ The REA program through the to freeze would not be frozen. nizations can claim to have done as years has made a remarkable contribu­ SEc. 16. The President shall take all neces­ much for their community as the tion to life in rural America by giving sary steps to ensure that any agreement em­ bodying the objectives set forth in this joint Women's Division of the San Pedro rural cooperatives a chance to help resolution can be adequately verified, in­ Peninsula Chamber of Commerce has themselves meet basic service needs. cluding pursuing the objective of providing done for San Pedro. My wife, Lee, And because the program has worked, for cooperative measures of verification to the solve every single problem and concern current rates; and, to direct the REA Federal Financing Bank . of the REA borrower community, it Administrator to subordinate or ac­ Whereas the REA insured loan rate is does, I believe, address in an adequate commodate liens or mortgages at the fixed by law at 5%, the CBOs reflect market and forthright way the key issues request of the borrower upon a finding rates of interest, which have ranged from 10-15% in recent years. This interest differ­ which must be faced if rural America that the borrower has the ability to ential has resulted in an imbalance between and the Nation as a whole is to contin­ repay its debt. interest income

'- 11-059 0-87-25 (Pt. 10) 13226 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 19, 1983 about life after fifty. We have not begun to them with our occasional company. As we tion from around the world found their way appreciate the vast resource that lies at our grow older, we must do all that we can to to Maryland. As the collection grew, it was disposal in our aging citizens. Consider, for insure that our elderly parents remain au­ opened to the public, and steps were taken instance, that Albert Einstein proved his sci­ tonomous. We must give them support, yet to organize and catalog the museum in a entific genius well into his mid seventies. we must allow them the dignity of running meaningful way. Today the collection con­ Toscanini was still conducting until his their own lives and making their own deci­ sists of more than 18,000 items. Each year, death at age ninety. Oliver Wendall Holmes sions. Respect and love are rewards of which 200,000 plus people visit this awesome dis­ wrote "Over the Teacups" at age seventy­ no elderly parent should be robbed. play of firepower. nine. Darwin wrote most of his books after What can the present and future elderly The museum building houses small ord­ he was fifty. Ben Franklin was Chief Execu­ do for itself? We can begin by accepting the nance such as mines, grenades, pistols and tive Officer of Pennsylvania when he was fact that the golden years are coming to us machine guns. Of particular interest is the eighty-two. Lord Tennyson wrote "Crossing all. It is a privilege to live into the fullness collection of the Combined Material Exploi­ the Bar" when he was eighty-three. Verdi of years. Then, we can prepare for those tation Team. Made up of enemy weapons ac­ wrote "Ava Maria" at age eighty-five. Gali­ years-financially, emotionally, intellectual­ quired in Southeast Asia, these arms were leo made scientific discoveries well into his ly, and physically-the best we can. We can brought to Aberdeen for purposes of intelli­ nineties. Florence Nightingale engaged in determine that even if retirement is forced gence exploitation. medicine until her death at age ninety. on us, we'll never retire from life until life is Among the Soviet Bloc weapons are sever­ Titian painted the "Last Judgement" in his no longer in us. We'll volunteer work if we al versions of the famous Kalashnikov auto­ eighties. Grandma Moses started painting at have to, but we will not become idle, useless, matic rifle. Known from Albania to Zim­ seventy-nine. Clara Barton was president of and a burden to society and others. Last, babwe as the AK-47, this Russian-designed the Red Cross until she was eighty-one. And and most important, we must determine not weapon combines tough, simple construc­ what we have here is just the tip of the ice­ to be ashamed of our age, rather to be tion with almost uncanny accuracy. With berg. Even today, we have those few brave proud of it. For there truly is glory in the more than 30 million copies produced to elderly souls who refuse to quit on life: gray, and there is resource in the wrinkle. date, the AK-47 is by far the most numer­ George Burns, Bob Hope, Claude Pepper, It's time we honor those who have been long in the school of life. I hope I live to re­ ous small arm in the world. Frank Sinatra, Louis L'amour, James In addition to its massive array of fire­ Michner, Strom Thurmond, and our most ceive that honor.e arms, the Ordnance Museum documents the visible example, President Ronald Reagan. evolution of the modern combat helmet, gas Be assured that there are more out there­ U.S. ARMY ORDNANCE MUSEUM mask and body armor. countless grandmas and grandpas who are Likewise, several vehicles of historic sig­ struggling to lead productive and meaning­ nificance are displayed including a com­ ful lives in the face of a society that has HON. ROY DYSON mand car from Germany's Afrika Korps, a very few places for them. OF MARYLAND Willys Jeep and Gen. John J. Pershing's But we are not in a hopeless dilemma with IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES beautifully restored 1917 Locomobile staff our elderly. There are things that we can all Thursday, May 19, 1983 car. do to assure that our waning years are It is outside, however, behind the museum waxing in life. First, as a society, we can cor­ • Mr. DYSON. Mr. Speaker, I am very building, where the really heavy ordnance is rect some of the legislation that has forced pleased to have in my Congressional found. Everything from World War I tanks our elderly out of the independence they de­ District the U.S. Army Ordnance to an atomic cannon stand in mute testimo­ serve in later life. Take mandatory retire­ Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground ny of a world constantly at war. ment laws. How can we, in good conscience, A German V-2 rocket illustrates the tech­ punish a human being for being old? Why in Harford County, Md. The Ordnance nical wizardry of the Third Reich. The Ger­ should a person who has put many produc­ Museum currently has 18,000 items in mans could have been victorious with their tive years into the work force suddenly be its famed collection of weaponry from vengeance weapon, the V-2, a supersonic pushed aside to make room for younger, around the world. I would like to rocket that would have been capable-in ad­ more inexperienced people? Granted, if the submit the following article from the vanced form-of striking New York City. elderly cannot do their jobs, they must yield Retired Officer magazine, by G. Cole Only a late start in the development pro­ to those who can. But if all other things are Morris, which describes the wide array gram and lack of support within the Nazi equal, a person should not be asked to of arms and equipment at the high command prohibited the rocket from retire. Another area where the elderly could threatening the war's outcome. The V-2 use a boost is in their social security /work museum. possessed the basic components of today's dilemma. Elderly people should not be pun­ In the summer of 1916, the British offen­ space vehicles, including an inertial guid­ ished for working by losing their social secu­ sive on the Somme was fast becoming the ance system. rity benefits. If social security is actually bloodiest and most useless battle in history. social security, and not welfare, then the el­ Desperate because each advance was costing FOREIGN TANKS DISPLAYED derly deserve the return on their investment him hundreds of thousands of lives, British Nonetheless, it's the museum's acres of into the system, no matter what their Gen Douglas Haig ordered a newly devel­ tanks which immediately grab the imagina­ present level of income. If our government oped contraption into battle. tion. Panzers peacefully share ground with has mismanaged social security, then they On Sept. 15, 1916, forty-nine Mark I tank Pershings. Its red star still brilliant, a Soviet must figure out a way to make it solvent. rumbled toward the front. No man's-land PT-76 amphibious light tank squats among We cannot ask our elderly, who deserve to was covered with smoke and fog as the 26- adversaries of bygone battles. be reaping benefits, to bail the system out. ton monsters plodded toward the German Hulking nearby is the massive Jagdpanzer Neither is it fair to make them choose be­ lines. Hearing the strange metallic sounds, Tiger. Nicknamed "Elephant," this levia­ tween a pay check or their social security the Germans peeked from their trenches. than weighs 68 tons and specialized in the return. The private sector could do more for With devastating accuracy, the Mark I's tank-killing role. It was a solidly armored, our elderly by making available more part­ opened fire. Terrified, the German troops hard-hitting, but sluggish beast. Easily out­ time work. The elderly could be offered job panicked and scrambled for the rear. maneuvered by lighter Allied tanks, it could training for positions that would better suit The Mark I-together with hundreds of be attacked from the flank where its armor their needs. Can young people do anything similar beasts of battle-is housed in the was thinner. Ironically, the "Elephant" was for the elderly? Of course. We can start by world's most comprehensive collection of designed by Dr. Ferdinand Porsche, whose recognizing the potential our older citizens tanks and modern weapons: the U.S. Army firm in more tranquil times became famous possess. They have the capacity to learn, Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving for sports cars. just like we do. Sometimes, it may take Ground, Md. A Japanese Type 95 light tank, designed them a little longer, because their brains are Historically, the Ordnance Museum traces in 1935, appears unimposing and fragile. In already crowded with the learning of many its origins to just after World War I. The fact, all Japanese tanks of World War II years. Young people can also make "trade­ U.S. Army wanted to evaluate the lessons were light-none weighed more than 22 offs" with our senior citizens. We need their learned in using artillery and to develop tons. They were thinly armored, cramped, knowledge, their experience, their wisdom. strategy for future conflicts. Equipment was uncomfortable and outdated. But in the Pa­ Wouldn't you rather hear tales of World shipped from war-torn Europe to Aberdeen cific war, the scope and role of tanks were War II from a veteran than to read stories Proving Ground for careful scrutinizing by different to those in Europe and North of it in a book? And all of us young people weapons engineers. Africa. Easily transportable, the Japanese could serve our elderly in small ways, such Over the years, Aberdeen became a reposi­ light tanks proved ideal for the amphibious as providing rides to the doctor, shovelling tory for all types of military hardware. warfare of the Pacific Islands. Because snow from their walks, or just providing Tanks, cannons, small arms and ammuni- American and British forces in the Far East May 19, 1983 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13227 were at the bottom of the list for replace­ Award by Secretary John Block who wanted the bill to proceed to the next ments of newer tanks and anti-tank weap­ cited him for "eminent leadership and step in the legislative process. ons, Japanese armored attacks faced little creativity in designing a cost-effective, Let me, too, Mr. Speaker, thank de­ serious opposition. Tanks such as the dimin­ utive Type 95 contributed immensely to long-range national program for con­ votedly all my committee colleagues Japan's early victories. servation of soil and related natural for their time, patience, and coopera­ Although Guido da Vigevano in 1300, and resources on America's nonfederal tion during the 3 days we deliberated. Leonardo da Vinci in 1500, designed ar­ lands." Special thanks go to my subcommit­ mored combat vehicles, the first modern Mr. Williams was among 53 individ­ tee colleagues who earlier went motorized tank was invented in 1912 by E. L. uals and 18 groups selected to receive through 2 days of devoted effort when de la Mole of Australia. De la Mole sent his Superior Service Awards this year. the Subcommittee on Immigration, designs to the British War Office where For the last 3 years, Ken has direct­ Refugees, and International Law they quickly vanished into bureaucratic ob­ livion. ed the national effort to devise the marked up the bill on April 5 and 6. I Not realizing that de la Mole had already Secretary's recommended conservation could not have a greater group of invented the tank, Col. Ernest Swinton of program as required by the Soil and people to work with than they. the British Royal Engineers began reinvent­ Water Resources Conservation Act The bill was improved during com­ ing it during the early days of World War I. of 1977. The RCA program was mittee consideration, just as it was Colonel Swinton's primitive tank was based sent to Congress in December of 1982, during its subcommittee markup. It re­ largely on early American agricultural trac­ along with a statement of Presidential mains the fair and balanced bill that is tors. Greatly impressed, the War Office put policy on soil and water conservation. essential if the Nation is to have a the new weapon into production. Ken had completed 32 years of Fed­ humane and effective immigration IRONIC NAMING OF TANK eral service when he retired March 30. policy. As already mentioned, the first tank to see Before his promotion to the National The committee report CH. Rept. 98- action was the Mark I. Box-shaped, it was armed with two movable cannons protrud­ Headquarters staff in Washington, 115) and the hearings before the Sub­ ing from its flanks in addition to six ma­ D.C., he was director of the SCS Na­ committee on Immigration, Refugees, chine guns. Manned by a crew of eight sol­ tional Technical Center, Portland, and International Law to have an un­ ny was held here in Washington, D.C. the full Judiciary Committee on May documented alien in their employ a U.S. passport, cently retired as Deputy Chief of excellent 3-day markup of the bill. or (2) a U.S. birth certificate or social securi­ Planning and Evaluation of the Soil Chairman RODINO was, at all times, ty card and a driver's license, or a state Conservation Service. Mr. Williams fair and judicious, but he made it clear issued I.D. card, or an alien identification was presented the Superior Service to all of us on the committee that he document. Employers may comply with 13228 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 19, 1983 those procedures at their option even if Chairman of the Board appoints Adminis­ D. Visa waiver they have not been ordered to do so by INS. trative Law Judges to hear all exclusion and After the Immigration and Naturalization In either case, all new hirees, not just mi­ deportation cases . this law. terms of their nonimmigrant visa. Federally funded public assistance If the Secretary of Labor determines that Are nonimmigrant exchange aliens sub­ Allows Attorney General to impose fees a certain number of qualified U.S. workers ject to a two year foreign residency require­ for the use by aliens of border and other im­ will be available at the time needed, but at ment. migration facilities and services in an the determined time those workers are not Authorizes "such sums" for each year amount commensurate with cost. qualified and available, an expedited proce­ through Fiscal Year 1989 for the purpose of Adjudication procedures and asylum dure to determine need would be available. reimbursing state and local governments for Creates United States Immigration Board, Establishes a three year phased down increased educational and public assistance an independent agency within the Depart­ transition program for agricultural produc­ costs resulting from the legalization pro­ ment of Justice. Seven member Board is ap­ ers to employ aliens who would not other­ gram. pointed by the President with the advice wise be entitled to enter or work in the U.S. Provides that aliens in the U.S. continu­ and consent of the Senate, with members H-2 and "transition" workers guaranteed ously since before January 1, 1973 may serving six year terms. It may meet en bane certain benefits such as housing or a hous­ adjust to permanent resident status if of or in panels of three or more. It hears all ing allowance and worker compensation

IV. MISCELLANEOUS address by New York Gov. Mario M. force charged with outlining the prob­ A. Putative fathers Cuomo to the Democratic National lem of computer crime and abuse, cre­ Recognizes, for preference petitioning Committee's Strategy Council, meet­ ating a clearinghouse for information purposes, the relationship between a biolog­ ing here in Washington. on this subject and developing guide­ ical father and his illegitimate child. Government, Governor Cuomo told lines to support small business com­ B. Retirees us, is not the enemy of the American puter security efforts. Allows self-sufficient aliens who entered people, but the instrument with which The purpose of these efforts is to U.S. prior to 1978 in expectation of obtain­ our society seeks to promote human improve the management of informa­ ing an immigrant visa as retirees to adjust dignity, economic justice, and national tion technology-and thus move us to permanent resident status.e security. closer to a solution to computer crime. He said that survival of the fittest Media reports of computer crime JACK BENNY MEMORIAL AWARD may be a law of the jungle but it is a often highlight the more exotic and TO LUCILLE BALL precept unworthy of a democratic soci­ sensational computer penetrations of ety. private business-especially where HON.CARLOSJ.MOORHEAD Monday, May 16, the senior Senator multimillion dollar losses are suspect­ from Massachusetts, Mr. KENNEDY, ed. OF CALIFORNIA placed the text of the Governor's IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Experts believe, however, that re­ speech in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ported computer crimes represent just Thursday, May 19, 1983 where it appears on page 12353. I com­ the tip of the iceberg. In many in­ e Mr. MOORHEAD. Mr. Speaker, on mend it to my colleagues as must read­ stances, small businesses are reluctant June 2 at the Century Plaza Hotel, Lu­ ing.e to report a computer crime for fear cille Ball will receive the March of that the admission of a computer-re­ Dimes Jack Benny Memorial Award. THE SMALL BUSINESS COMPUT­ lated abuse may result in the erosion This wonderful honor is going to ER CRIME PREVENTION ACT of public trust. Moreover, the evidence America's favorite redhead in recogni­ indicates that many small businesses tion of her remarkable accomplish­ HON. RON WYDEN fear that such a disclosure of sensitive ments as a great entertainer; in grati­ information will cause them additional tude for her countless charitable con­ OF OREGON IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES harm. tributions to countless persons, and in Small businesses have become de­ deep and happy appreciation for her Thursday, May 19, 1983 pendent on computers, communica­ joyfully reoccurring gift of laughter e Mr. WYDEN. Mr. Speaker, today I tions, data networks, word processors, and mirth. am introducing legislation to protect and associated technologies to fuel Throughout her life and career she America's small businesses from what their growth-and when they grow, has been a grand and storied success. threatens to be one of its biggest busi­ our economy grows. The value of these For a few fortunate individuals, she nesses-the burgeoning underground technologies-and the possible harm has been the loving, dedicated parent; industry of computer crime. that can occur from their criminal for hundreds of persons in show busi­ Computer crimes in the market­ abuse-is what prompts my call to ness she has been the forceful, innova­ place-ranging from the theft of serv­ arms. tive businesswoman; and for millions ices, products, or funds, to the tamper­ of us, she has been and still is the con­ Mr. Speaker, newspaper headlines ing with inventories, personnel about computer abuses of government, summate comedienne. records, product distribution, and pro­ For most of the people in this great academia, and private sector computer prietary data systems-are on the in­ systems provide us with virtually no country, she has been a constant com­ crease. panion; she has been an anticipated substantive background on this com­ Criminals have become increasingly plicated problem. When asked which part of our daily routine. She has been aware of the vast potential of comput­ a mirthmaker, a chaser of shadows, a systems are most vulnerable, I am re­ erized resources-and they are taking minded of the convicted bankrobber, bannisher of ennui, a creator of glee, a advantage of these resources in ever­ purveyor of warmth and smiles, and a Willie "the actor" Sutton's, remark yincreasing numbers. about why he robbed banks-his now peddler of light and inner song. For small businesses-faced with Innumerable times she alone has famous response: "That is where the limited resources and an habitual cap­ money is." lifted our collective spirits. She has ital crunch-this has become a grow­ brought great good to all of us with Likewise, it is safe to say that com­ ing problem. The business of computer puter crimes occur where the informa­ her humor, her talent, and her crime is expanding so rapidly that few bouyant affection. tion is. Unfortunately, many small in the private sector feel they even can businesses lack information on securi­ We adore her. We are grateful to her calculate the dimensions of the prob­ beyond measure for her many gifts. ty measures and the trained personnel lem, let alone implement a strategy for to implement appropriate counter­ Few have raised the cup of goodwill as crime prevention. high and as often as this legendary That is why today I am introducing measures. Many small businesses may lady of show business. the Small Business Computer Crime not even recognize the need for securi­ Mr. Speaker, it is a distinct honor Prevention Act of 1983. ty safeguards until it is too late. for me to play a small role in the This legislation will not bring about Mr. Speaker, the Small Business March of Dimes tribute to a national a halt to all computer abuse and Computer Crime Prevention Act treasure, Lucille Ball.e fraud-or even put all computer crimi­ breaks new ground. However, it will nals behind bars. But it will provide become increasingly important A SPEECH BY THE HON. MARIO our small businesses with basic infor­ ground. Abuse of technology, includ­ M. CUOMO mation about the unique threat com­ ing both unauthorized and illegal ac­ puter crime poses to these businesses, tions involving computers, is harmful HON. GERALDINE A. FERRARO and will aid them in the development and costly to us all. of safeguards that will reduce the like­ For this reason, I am calling on the OF NEW YORK small business community, representa­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lihood that they will be victimized by this new form of criminal behavior. tives of the computer industry, and Thursday, May 19, 1983 Under my bill, the Administrator of Government specialists to work with •Ms. FERRARO. Mr. Speaker, last the Small Business Administration me to help in forging a better under­ weekend I was privileged to hear an is directed to establish a task standing of this complex problem.e 13230 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 19, 1983 PERSONAL EXPLANATION FOR high interest rates have suppressed Good signs, all. And the president has told TUESDAY ABSENCE homebuilders, and families have been the nation it is beginning to taste the re­ forced to cut back further than ever wards of doing away with government before. These struggles make us espe­ spending. HON. MARIO BIAGGI cially grateful for each bit of good When Reagan proposed his $848.5 billion OF NEW YORK news associated with the economy. budget at the end of January, he predicted IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Gross National Product-the broadest Very recently we have seen the stock measure of the nation's economic activity­ Thursday, May 19, 1983 market soar, interest rates fall, and would increase 1.4 percent for 1983. • Mr. BIAGGI. Mr. Speaker, on Tues­ gas prices drop. While these indicators Now, economists are more optimistic an­ day, I was unable to be present and cannot signal instant recovery, they ticipating the GNP will rise 4 or 5 percent in voting because I was in attendance at can boost the morale of a weary coun­ that time. GNP growth for January alone the graduation ceremonies for my son try. was almost 1 percent. Mario II at Columbia Law School. I would like to point out to my col­ Unemployment still is a major concern. leagues an editorial that recognizes a !he rate of joblessness is 10.4 percent, and Were I present and voting I would is not expected to drop below 10 percent have voted "aye" on rollcalls 117, 118, few such economic victories. The edi­ torial, titled "Looking Up," is upbeat during the year. 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, and 125 But there is a good sign. The latest Labor under suspension of the rules. and optimistic, a good sign that the Department reports show the number of With respect to rollcall 123, as an people sense economic recovery on the first-time filings for unemployment benefits original cosponsor of the legislation to horizon. May all the gloomy forecast­ fell to 472,000 in the second week of Febru­ repeal the 10 percent withholding tax, ers read the prediction and realize ary, down 38,000 from the week before. The as well as a signer of the discharge pe­ that we are walking the road to recov­ drop indicates labor conditions are stabiliz­ tition, I commend the House's action ery. ing. and hope our position will prevail over The editorial follows: The reduction in oil prices from $34 a [From the Sioux City Journal, Mar. 7, 19831 barrel has been called "very good" for the that of the Senate.e United States by Commerce Secretary Mal­ LoOKING UP colm Baldrige. He says every $1 per barrel No doubt about it, the nation's economic drop saves consumers $2 billion in the LOOKING UP health is improving by leaps and bounds. United States and another $2 billion in Inflation continues to moderate, There's Europe. Baldrige says lower oil prices can an increase in consumer buying. The stock mean consumer prices will rise only 4 per­ HON.DOUGLASK.BEREUTER market has reached an all-time high. The OF NEBRASKA cent this year instead of the 5 percent offi­ bond market soars. Interest rates are fall­ cially forecast-another indication of recov­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing. Gasoline and heating oil prices are drop­ ery. Thursday, May 19, 1983 ping. Jobless claims are falling. New orders Most signs are healthy. But because un­ e Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, the to factories have risen 4.5 percent. Sales of employment will continue, there is justifica­ existing single-family homes posted their tion for a modest jobs program. What the seesawing of the American economy nation doesn't need is out-of-control spend­ the past few years has tested the largest monthly increase on record in Janu­ ary. Sales of new houses jumped 9.9 percent ing legislation that could once more send in­ stamina of even the heartiest among the same month. The index of leading eco­ terest rates soaring. Let's hope Congress will us. Willing workers have fallen victim nomic indicators shot upward 3.6 percent in read the signs correctly and restrain its im­ to the catastrophe of unemployment, January. pulse to tinker with the economy.e