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NATIONAL SECURITY LEAKS potentiaf sources of intelligence infor­ Some of the stories say this informa­ mation abroad are reluctant to deal tion is coming out after all of the with our intelligence services for fear people involved have fled to safety. HON. LES ASPIN that their ties Will be exposed on the Maybe and maybe not. But if we are OF WISCONSIN front pages of American newspapers, worried about the cooperatic1n of for­ IN THE -HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES either because of leaks from Congress eigners, leaks like these would make Thursday, May 8, ,1980 or because sensitive material has been them extremely nervous about cooper­ leveraged out of the administration by ation. How can the leaker or leakers e Mr. ASPIN. Mr. Speaker, it is time FOIA. know everyone is safe? that we in Congress complain -}ust as We are also being told that, because Mr. Speaker, if foreigners are reluc­ loudly as those in the administration foreigners are fearful that secrets will tant to cooperate with us, it is the about national security leaks. be leaked, the intelligence agencies fault of our own agencies. Administrations, be they Republican must have the power to blue pencil They should know that the fault is or Democrat, have a predilection for manuscripts written by present and not. in Congress or in the FOIA but in pointing at Congress and bewailing former intelligence officers to make themselves. Recall that despite weeks the fact that the legislative branch sure they don't reveal anything sensi­ of forewarning, our people rushed out can't keep a secret. tive years after the events. of Saigon leaving filing cabinets filled But the big leaks-the ones with Finally, we have been told· recently with the names of our agents. We gave massive potential for damage to na­ that it is unacceptable for us to enact North a veritable index to tional security-seem always to come legislation mandating that Congress their future cemeteries. When our Em­ from thE> executive branch. be kept "fully and currently in­ bassy in Tehran was taken ove}l, sensi­ This week we have seen a major se­ formed" of intelligence activities be­ tive information is said to have fallen curity leak, or rather a series of leaks, cause a leaky Congress would then into the hands of militants. There is the likes of which occur no more than have to be told the most sensitive de­ now a rumor going about that one of three or four times a decade. What I tails of intelligence sources and meth­ the helicopters left in the middle of am talking about is a series of stories ods which might then get into the Iran contained a list of the people in that appeared this past week in the press. Tehran who were to be evacuated New York Times revealing details of after the Embassy raid. Blunders of the plans _tor freeing the hostages in The common theme in all of this is that foreign intelligence agencies will this order will make everyone gunshy Tehran. These stories stated that a about cooperating with the United number of agents had been infiltrated not cooperate with us. The CIA has said repeatedly in hearings that it is States on clandestine missions. It is into Iran under the guise of being Eu­ bad enough to read about your help ropean businessmen and that these perceived abroad that working with U.S. intelligence is too risky because on the front pages of the New York agents- had obtained a warehouse in Times. It is even worse to have Tehran that would serve as the final too many people have access to the iri­ formation. Savama or Hanoi's gestapo knock on staging area for the penetration of the your door and show you a U.S. Gov­ Embassy compound. Mr. Speaker, if foreign intelligence ernment document with your name in­ What makes these leaks so serious is people are reluctant to cooperate with scribed on it. that they deal with what the intelli­ us, I can now understand why-and it Leaks seldom occur for no purpose. gence agencies guard the most­ has nothing to do with the FOIA, pre­ The details of the plans for the Em­ sources and methods. Armed with publication review, the Snepp decision, bassy raid were clearly leaked to the these stories, the Iranian Government intelligence charters, or the right of press in an effort to save the adminis­ would be able to go a ,ong way toward Congr~ss to information. tration from looking foolish. The ad­ fingering those in the country who The headlines scream that agents ministration has been attacked for have been helping us. It is a major entered Iran posing as European busi­ sending in only 90 men to try -to take breach of security comparable, I be­ nessmen. That is certain to help us get over a 27 -acre embassy compound. De­ lieve, to the leaking of the U.S. SALT more cooperation out of European in­ scriptions of all the infiltrated agents I negotiating position. telligence services. ready to help in Tehran are designed Mr. Spea.ker, these leaks could not I also wonder how many legitimate to show that the plan was far more ha.,ve originated in the Congress. Con­ European businessmen in Tehran are fully staffed than appeared at fiist gress had been briefed about the de­ having the soles of their feet whipped glance. The administration is attacked tails of the mission leading up to the right now as Iran's new secret police, for not continuing the mission with decision to abort, but not of the plans Savama, tries to get to the bottom of the five remaining helicopters. The for the takeover of the Embassy. Fur­ the plans for the raid. leaks are designed to show that the thermore, I ·note that the New York We also relied on help given by Iran­ helicopters had to carry out more Tim.es itself credits these details to ians, as a host of stories leaked to the people than just the 90~man-rescue "American military officials," a turn press indicate. The story in the New team and the 53 hostages. of phrase that ordinarily means civil­ York Times specifies that the "Euro­ -What we are seeing right now is the ians in the Pentagon. The term "offi­ pean businessmen" obtained a ware­ worst of all possible types of leaks-a cers" rather than "officials" would house. What do you think is the life leak intended to protect some people normally be used if the ~ources -- were expectancy of any Iranian wh9 has in the administration from criticism, a uniformed. had dealings with any "European busi­ leak released without consideration For months we have been _lobbied by nessmen" who recently departed from for the effect it might have on human the administration to give_the Central Iran and left an empty warehouse lives in Tehran, a leak that could put a Intelligence Agency exemption from behind? Surely any Iranian with half complete halt to the cooperation we provisions of the Freedom of Informa­ a brain won't have to think twice have been getting from many foreign tion Act and from the requirement to before declining to help us in the intelligence services and sources of in­ notify ejght committees of Congress future since he can now figure the formation, to say nothing of the one about covert actions. Officials tell us U.S. Government will help hang him place where we need all the help we that foreign intelligence services and on the front page of the Times. cin get: Iran.

e This .. bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. May 8, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 10673 This is potentially the most damag­ UNITED STATES MUST CONTINUE Saturn moon, Titan, considered by many ing leak of the decade. TO LEAD IN THE EXPLORATION scientists to be the most likely place in the solar system to find elemental forms of life. Mr. Speaker, we ·are hearing a lot OF OUR SPACE FRONTIERS The pioneer pictures of Saturn are twenty about congressional investigations of to thirty times better than the best that the planning and execution of the raid HON. DON FUQUA have been taken from Earth. itself. I believe we need a congression­ OF FLORIDA ·Pioneer: 1. Determined that Saturn has a magnetic al investigation about the leaks. I am IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES not looking for a neck to wring. But I field and trapped radiation belts, Thursday, May 8, 1980 2. Measured the mass of Saturn and sever­ am looking on with shock and dismay al of its moons, that anyone in any administration e Mr. FUQUA. Mr. Speaker, I would 3. Confirmed the presence and measured could deal so lightly with national se­ like to share with the House the ad­ the ·magnitude of an internal heat source curity information. dress of our able colleague from Flor­ for Saturn, and · In conclusion, I have two pieces of ida, Mr. NELSON, before the 17th Space 4. Discovered two additional Saturn rings advice for the administration: Congress held April 30, 1980, at Cocoa and an eleventh moon. Beach, Fla. All during the year just passed, another First, shut up. Do not reveal any Pioneer has been orbiting Venus and using more details through the back door. The Space Congress is an annual meeting of the men and women, both its radar altimeter to map the surface of Any details that can safely be made that perpetually cloud-covered planet. By public should be released through the civilian and military, from Govern­ the end of next month that will have front door. ment and private industry, who have been completed and scientists will have made our efforts in space a success. Its Second, get off the back of Congress. their first real picture of the terrain of purpose is to look forward to the new Venus from 75 degrees North to 63 degrees I am not looking for scapegoats in the challenges posed in space. South. administration and I have wearied of I was honored· to have been invited And those explorations are far from over. administrations looking for scapegoats to deliver the keynote address to this Next November the first Voyager with its in Congress. None of the administra­ year's Space Congress, but due to un­ advanced instruments and more capable sys­ tion's finger pointing is doing one whit avoidable conflicts, I could not. My tems will arrive at Saturn followed by Voy­ for national security.e ager II about thirteen months from now. colleague on the Science and Technol­ The accomplishments of the Pioneers and ogy Committee and. the Space Sciences Voyagers have been triumphs by any meas­ Subcommittee, Mr. NELSON, graciously urement. But it is important to remember LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS agreed to deliver the keynote address that they were launched from three to eight SUPPORT S. 1309 again. He had done so last year as the years ago after a minimum of five years of Congressman representing Cocoa pre-launch planning, design, development HON. FREDERICK W. RICHMOND Beach and Cape Canaveral. and testing. The questions we must ask our­ I would enclose at this point in the selves are, "what accomplishments will we OF NEW YORK have to report a dozen years from now? Are RECORD, Mr. Speaker, the remarks of we doing the planning, the development IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES my colleague from Florida, and I now that will be required to continue the Thursday, May 8, 1980 would add that they capture the vision exploration process? Or are we unv;illingly that is our space program as well as creating an exploratory hiatus, a dam in the e Mr. RICHMOND. Mr. Speaker, I am the direct benefits we all derive from stream of knowledge from space which including tor the RECORD a letter from this national effort: nourishes our earthly science and technol- the League of Women Voters to Chair­ ogy?tr . KEYNOTE SPEECH BY CONGRESSMAN BILL The attempt to answer those questions man FoLEY expressing the league's NELSON TO 17TH SPACE CONGRESS strong support for S. 1309, Food leads -to the matter of concerns for the Stamp Act Amendments of 1980: ..::.adies and gentlemen, it is a special honor future of a viable, constructive space pro­ indeed to be called to keynote this Congress gram. That concern, in this spring of 1980 LEAGUE OF WOMEN.VOTERS, for the second consecutive yea~ stems from two sources; the need to reduce Washington, D.C., May 8, 1980. Let us consider our accomplishments in federal spending across the board in order Hon. THOMAS S. FOLEY, space exploration since we last met here. to help bring inflation under control, and Last summer Voyager II, which was repeated delays in the development of the Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, launched from the Cape in August of '77, Space Transportation System on which the House of Representatives, Washington, swung through the Jupiter system, complet­ whole space effort and important aspects of D.C. ing the reconnaissance of Jupiter and its national defense for this decade depend. DEAR CHAIRMAN FOLEY: The League of satellites begun by Pioneers 10 and 11 and Certainly few reasonable men can deny Women Voters of the United States Dele­ greatly expanded by Voyager I last March. the necessity to put America's fiscal house gate Assembly voted overwhelmingly this As a result of the Voyager flights mankind in order, nor could they deny that to do so week to reaffirm our strong support for the has learned, in the period of only one year, requires a controlled reduction of the pres­ provisions in the Food Stamp Amendments more about the largest planet in the solar ent inflation rate, nor that a reduction of Act, S. 1309, as reported by the House Agri­ system and therefore about the whole federal spending and a balanced federal culture Committee. system itself, than was learned in all the budget is necessary, in part, to come to grips Over 2000 League delegates representing ages which went before. The discoveries with inflation. · 1400 state and local Leagues in 50 states, were dramatic and exciting, and not just to I fully agree with and support, especially the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and scientists. They include: as a member of the Budget Committee, ef­ the Islands came to Washington to 1. The discovery of a previously unknown forts along those lines. I do, however, regret set League program and priorities for the ring around Jupiter and a fourteenth moon, a suggested necessity of reducing the fund­ coming two years. 2. The discovery of active volcanos in lo, ing of programs which by their own nature The League believes that the food stamp the first confirmation of extraterrestrial are anti-inflationary. program is one of our nation's chief weap­ volcanism we have had, The space program falls ·directly into that ons against hunger. We have had a long­ 3. Observations and measurements of the category. A most effective warrior agai.ilst standing commitment · to expand and dynamics of the turbulent Jovian atmos­ inflation is the increased productivity which strengthen the program's effectiveness and phere, and produces more and better goods, brings ability to respond to those most in need. We 4. High resolution imagery of all four Ga­ down prices, creates jobs and improves our firmly believe that the Food Stamp Amend· lilean moons, from which we can draw logi­ balance of payments in foreign trade. In­ rnents Act, S. 1309, is essential to meet the cal conclusions about composition, tectonics creased productivity comes · directly, from needs of our nation's poor. The League of and crustal features. the introduction of high technology into Women Voters Delegate Assembly offers Then last September, Pioneer 11, six years the production and management process, their support to you in your efforts to pass after launch, almost a billion miles from and the space program is the cutting edge of s. 1309. Earth and traveling at a speed of 72,000 h~n technology. miles per hour gave us our first closeup ob­ I don't need to list for this audience the Sincerely, servation of Saturn. It swooped down on spfn-offs to the private sector from the Saturn from above the plane of the famous space program or the transfers of technol­ RUTH J. HINERFELD, rings, swept under the rings, and headed ogy from space efforts to industry, but, in President.e out-bound, passing close to the largest this special setting, let me cite just one out- 10674 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 8, 1980 standiilg example-the benefits deriving di­ that funding cuts in NASA programs can be ing electrical power to distribution grids on rectly from the Apollo program. held to even lower numbers than are pro­ Earth: If that concept is proven, an increas­ The basic engineering challenge of Apollo posed by the administration in the amended Ing share of our electrical power require­ was to provide maximum capability and budget. - ments could come from the inexhaustible maximum reliability with minimum weight There appears· to be a hopeful trend in and non-polluting energy of the sun. in minimum space. Successful response to that direction in the Congress. On the 16th 3. The revolution· in communications that basic challenge led directly to the cur­ of this month the full House Science and brought about by satellite technology will rent U.S. lead in computer technology, Technology Committe·e fonowed the recom­ continue and accelerate, such as orbiting remote control systems, navigation systems, mendations of its subcommittees and voted "switchboards in the sky" for personal C9m­ telecommunications, and aircraft control ·unanimously to ·fund the NASA fiscal 1981 munication. systems, and significantly accelerated prog­ budget at a figure of $104.5 million above 4. Improved Earth sensing and meteoro· ress in areas of medicine, manufacturing, the Administration's amended budget. At logical satellites combined with ground· transportation, construction, communica­ the same time the committee·voted thirty to based sensors, computors, and .communica· tions, energy systems, and even recreation, ·one in favor of the fiscal 1980 $300 million tions systems could well be combined into a home appliances, and food products. supplemental for the Shuttle. The funding national and then a global information net­ In coordinating the efforts of over 20,000 approved by the committee was exactly in work to monitor and manage all the re­ industrial prime, second and third tier con­ line ·with a proposal made by the House sources of our planet. tractors and the 5.6 million parts of the Budget Committee. The Budget Committee 5. Initial experiments indicate very strong­ spacecraft and launch systems, along with had kept NASA's cuts to a minimum for the ly that the processing of materials space in some 200 universities and 90 foreign na­ productivity reasons stated while extracting the absence of gravity with its attendant ef­ tions, NASA developed an advanced man­ $22 billion in other government programs.* fects of convection and sedimentation, can agement system incorporating highly effec­ Although the situation is not as favorable in lead to dramatic innovations in the fieldS of tive"" quality control and infornuition inter­ the Senate, and although there are a lot of metallurgy, medicine, composite materials, change techniques. That· system has now hurdles ahead, I find these trends encourag­ ·glass for us~ in optics and lasers, crystal been adapted in varying degrees by niany of ing. growth and others. the nation's leading corporations markedly However, even if the entire $220 million 6. Continuing exploration of the deep wit­ increasing their efficiency. reduction. is imposed, full funding will verse with the Space Telescope and follow­ In view of such beneficial effects on the remain in effect for t~ Shuttle, including up facilities observing in all wave-lengths of national economy, I feel that funding reduc­ the production of follow-on orbiters, and the electromagnetic spectrum will bring us tions in high technology areas such as the the two new starts-Gamma Ray Observa­ ever closer to answers to the age:old ques­ space program should be held to an absolute tory and ·National Oceanic Satellite tions of life, matter and energy. One such minimum. And I believe that many of my System -will be accomplished pri­ discovery could be the nature of the energy colleagues in the Congress share that feel- marily by delays and deferrals of planned which powers quasars, the most energetic ing. . projects such as the International .Solar objects ever observed. As you know, late last month the Presi­ Polar mission, the Earth Radiation Experi­ What can . we conclude from these ex­ dent submitted to the Congress an amended ment and certain Spacelab .experiments in trapolations? and balanced budget which closely paral­ 'the fields of physics, astronomy and the life · We can conclude in a. most positive way leled our House Budget Committee product sciences. · that an innovative, imaginatively planned, and necessarily included reduced funding In short, as Dr. Lovelace has testified adequately funded, aggressively pursued for almost every federal agency except, ap. before the Congress, the reductions, al­ program to exploit the unique environment propriately the Department of Defense. though painful, will not be crippling. NASA of space will start to·solve some of the tech­ NASA's share of the overall funding reduc­ will not reach all of its goals as soon as we nological and economic problems which tion was some $220 million, not a crippling all would like, but it will reach them all.· plague our nation . . . and it will bring us cut, but a serious one. Evidence of the vital NASA's most ~ediate goal, here and back into the full suiilight of world leader- national importance of the Space Shuttle is now, is to complete development and testing ship where we belong. · the fact that full funding for that program of the Space Shuttle and begin operational In these remarks I have projected the was retained. flights. I have been disappointed at the great future I think we have as the lead It is important to realize that although delays and slippage in the development nation in space. most of us here are primarily concerned schedule, even though such problems can be This. morning, however, there are dark with the scientific and the peaceful, techno­ anticipated in advanced research and devel­ clouds over our country. There is a. black logical, and. practical uses of space which opment programs of this magnitude. mood of frustration and anger among our will be expanded by the ahuttle, it's mili­ I now believe that there will be no further people over the hostages in Iran. And the tary uses are essential to our national major delays. The main engine problems long shad.ow of Soviet aggression has fallen security. which were the pacing items nave been over the Persian Gulf and Southwestern The military aspects of the Shuttle have solved and testing is ninety percent com­ Asia. been part of the Shuttle program from the plete. The thermal protection system which And quite fraiikly, my friendS, the- future beginniilg. The Secretary of Defense testi­ has given so much trouble is now giving less. of our hostages in Iran looks grim; fied recently that the Shuttle program "is I think we can realistically anticipate com-· When Bani Sadr received a 75% majority extremely !mportant to the Department of pletion of the tile installation in July and a in the recent presidential election, the Defense." first orbital test flight late this year or early United States had hopes that it would at He said, "By the mid-1980s we will be in 1981. Depending on results from the test least have a stable -and a rational govern­ nearly totally dependent on the Shuttle for flights, we should see actual operations with ment. with which to deal. These hopes were supporting-our national security space mis­ significant payloads beginning in the spring dashed when the Ayatollah moved to under­ sions." of 1983. cut Bani Sadr's authority. "Space systems,'' he said, "are increasing­ I am p~rsonally looking forward with The United States has consistently sought ly more important for support of our mili­ great anticipation to the day that regularly to address this crisis in a reasonable and ra­ tary forces in areas such as communica­ scheduled Shuttle operations begin in what tional manner. The Ayatollah has just as tions, navigation, early warning, surveil­ I hope will be an atmosphere of fiscal order consistently refused to do so. lance and weather forecasting. Over the and good health, because on that day the And so today, the future looks grim. next five years, our dependence ·on the doors to a new era of technology will truly The President reported last Friday morn­ Shuttle to support our space systems will be flung open. ing on the dramatic rescue attempt, anc:t all become critical." Although I am certainly no prophet, it is of the subsequent network news analyses The missions the Defense Department has possible to extrapolate from current state of overlooked a fleeting paragraph of his scheduled, beginning in 1982, are so impor- the art to what can logically develop in the Friday' morning speech. For in that para­ . tant .that hundreds of millions of dollars years ahead.· graph he said that he ordered the rescue have been invested in building additional Here are some highlights I believe we Ca.n mission because his options were running 'Titan III missiles as back-up launch vehi­ reasonably expect: out. cles, in case the Shuttles are not ready to 1. The Space Shuttle, with eiihariced capa­ Because we in America value human life go. Five Titan Ills are being produced and bility and with its inevitable follow-on, fully and want to save those 53 people in and the. Defense Department has contracted for reuseable systems, wi.ll lead to the construc­ aro\ll.ld Te~. we executed a brave and the long-lead items for two more Titans, tion of increasingly large and complex facili­ daring, ·although highly dangerous, rescue which will be built if necessary. ties in space. It will become more efficient mission that, because of incredibly bad luck Given, then, the "criticar• importance of to leave people in space for longer periods to had to be canceled. the Shuttle, both militarily and scientifical­ work. What are our options for the fJiture? ly, and given the anti-inflationary produc­ 2. One of the first really large facilities in I stated this past weekend in several netvs tivity increases accruing from the space pro­ space could well be a prototype satellite interviews that I felt that our allies would gram in . general, there is reason to hope power station to prove the concept of beam- continue to support us and would proceed May 8, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 10675 with economic sanctions. That is what oc­ Besides national acclaim, the fash­ THE CHALLENGE OF THE curred over the last few days. ion industry represents profit to a EIGHTIES But, in my judgement, economic sanctions are not going to produce the freedom of the large spectrum of New York business­ 53 Americans beirig held illegally. Even in es. New York City is very honored to HON. FORTNEY H. (PETE) STARK the irrational mind of the Ayatollah, he have this industry in our city. I am OF CALIFORNIA knows that he can command the attention sure that the week of commemorating IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of the world and stretch the patience of the the industry will be a success and a United States as long as he holds innocent pleasure for all involved.e Thursday, May 8, 1980 Americans hostage. _ e Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, we are all That, therefore, leaves the President with becoming increasingly aware of the-fi­ one remaining option of action-military nancial difficulties facing our cities. action. · MAY 18 IS SHRINERS HOSPITAL There are risks to any actioft. Economic This problem is of even greater con­ sanctions will, and have already started to, DAY IN NORTHERN CALIFOR­ cern in my own State of California. bring the and the so-called NIA Proposition 13 has reduced the rev­ government of Iran closer together. Military enues of many of our cities and towns, action in Iran could well accelerate that and now proposition 9 threatens to process as well as cause a confrontation be­ HON. HAROLD T. JOHNSON end any assistance they are receiving tween the super powers. OF CALIFORNIA from the State government. Yet military action may be required be­ cause of the interest of the United States IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES An advertisement addressing this sit­ and the industrialized world which remains Thursday, May 8,· 1980 uation was recently printed in the so dependent on middle eastern oil. Hayward Daily Review. -It. outlines a So as we look to the future and talk about e Mr. JO:aNSON of California. Mr. program which hopefully provides a Iran; Afghanistan, and the Persian Gulf Speaker, while we are all familiar with solution. It is called the small cities region, we will never have a reduction in the the wonderful work done by the program, and was developed by United tensions there until we can reduce our de­ Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Chil­ California Bank. pendence on that oil. I applaud this joint private/public In 1942. the Bernard Baruch Commission dren, it is appropriate that time be set­ reported to President Roosevelt on a crisis aside occasionally to take special cog­ effort to revitalize our Nation's cities. of that time. That crisis was the shortage of nizance of the help the 21 Shriners It is an excellent way of meeting the natural rubber, a significant war material hospitals have provided children major challenges we will face in the that was desperately needed. American inge­ throughout the country. coming decade. nuity went to work. Within three-¥ears this The advertisement follows: co\mtry had developed a synthetic rubber On Sunday, May 18, we _will call public attention to the- Shriners Hospi­ TOUGH TIMEs FOR MUmCIPAL GOVERNMENTS industry. When the allies rolled into Berlin, PREsENT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESS they rolled in on_ synthetic rubber. It was tal for Crippled Children ~ San Fran­ because America had the challenge and had As we begin the new decade, the 1980s cisco, the unit which serves northern promise to be even more complex and frus­ the will to overcome. California. The San Francisco hospital The strength -of Americans yesterday and trating than the 70s. And that's saying was the fourth unit in the Shrine net­ plenty. today, in~eed ·the strength of the entire nation, is the will to overcome, the will to work, having been built in 1923. We all remember the interminable head­ prevail, that springs from the heart of every I invite my colleagues in the Con­ lines about the dire financial straits of New American. . York and Cleveland. Four years ago, in an gress to take special note of May 18, effort to head off "little New Yorks" from That is the will that I ask of you iildivid­ ShrL."'lers Hospital Day in our region. ually and collectively-to overcome and to happening here in California, United Cali­ prevail in this crisis.e The following resolution proclaiming fornia Bank started thinking about how we that day sum.ritarizes the record· of the could help. Shriners hospitals in brief: After nearly eight months of intensive THE FASIDON CAPITAL study, we qeveloped a concept called the Whereas since 1922 the Shriners Hospitals "Small Cities Program." We put together for Crippled Children have provided medi­ teams of bankers, accountants, urban plan­ HON. P. ADDABBO cal and rehabilitative treatment to inore ners, political scientists, economists, system OF NEW YORK than 250,000 youngsters; and analysts, and personnel specialists. Then we IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Whereas during their 58 years of oper­ made them available to small cities to help them with their long-range financial plan­ Thursday, May 8, 1980 ation the Shriners Hospitals for Crippled .ning. As a member of the business commu­ Children have not charged a single penny e Mr. ADDABBO. Mr. Speaker, New nity, it was in our best interest to help com­ for the treatment given their youthful pa­ munities where our employees worked and York will be saluting the fashion in­ tients; and lived, and where their children attended dustry during the week of May 12 Whereas the 18 orthopedic hospitals and school. It was important that these cities re­ through ·May 15. The week will be three burn treatment institutes which com­ mained financially sound. And this was celebrated by a series of events spon­ prise the Shrine network continue to be rec­ before anyone had heard of Proposition 13. sored by fashion- industry organiza­ ognized internationally for the training of THE UNION CITY PROGRAM tions, educational. institutions, and medical specialists in these sensitive fi~lds; After being invited in by Union City, our New York City's museums. Because of and team focused on three areas-effective plan­ the vital role of the fashion industry, Whereas the innovative medical pr9ce­ ning practices, work productivity improve­ New York City has acquired another dures of the Shrine Hospitals and their de­ ment, and financial management. Working nickname, the Fashion Capital. velopment of related equipment have with Union City officals, we set up a work I woUld like to take this opportunity proven invaluable to orthopedic hospitals productivity program for city employees to personally praise the multimillion­ and burn treatment centers throughout this which saved an estimated $45,000 the first dollar industry and the boon it has year. And a financial study showed how to nation and elsewhere; and offset Proposition 13 revenue losses by in­ been to New York City. The industry Whereas the Shriners Hospitals for Crip­ creasing the commercial base. has not only captured the recognition­ pled Children enjoy the well-deserved repu­ Over all, the work took more than 8 of New Yorkers but is respected by the tation as the "World's Greatest Philanthro­ months and 1,200 to 1,500 hours-all at no whole Nation. Presently; many Ameri­ py,'' as well as that of the prime benefici­ expense to - Union City taxpayers. The can men and women are monitoring aries of the annual East-West Football public and private team members all fin­ the New York fashion trends for this Game, which has as its motto, "Strong men ished this assignment with a new apprecia­ summer and are anxiously awaiting to run so that the weak may walk"; now, there­ tion of the professionalism and dedication preview this fall's collection. It is only fore be it of their fellow planners. "Plan Ahead" now has real meaning in Union City. fitting that a week long celebration Resolved, That Sunday, May·18, 1980, be Similar programs are underway in three will be held to bring attention to the proclaimed "Shriners Hospital Day,'' a time cities in the Seattle area, and in six cities in accomplishments of this great indus­ when all might reflect on the great worth of New England. In addition. the California try. this outstanding medical program.e Roundtable, a statewide organization of im- 10676 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 8, 1980 portant businesses and associations, has chairman of the board of Amway people to minister to our spiritual needs. We adopted this program so that it can be ex­ Corp.. headquartered in Michigan. have added fifty percent to our life expect­ tended to all kinds of local government spoke forcefullY to this point in his ad­ ancy; split the atom; planted our flag on the units. Under their auspices, the project is moon; created great literature, exciting ar­ gathering momentum. We're proud that our dress to the national chamber during chitecture and enduring music. Small Cities Program has served as a model its recent meeting here in Washing­ We have built hundreds of thousands of for others to emulate. We hope it will serve ton. miles of roads, and a fleet of a hundred mil­ as a continuing example of how business While urging my colleagues to read lion autos and trucks to transport us and can effectively assist the public sector solve his entire address carefully and reflec­ our goods. We have crisscrossed the country many of its problems.e tively, I do want to emphasize his with railroads, built fleets of jet airplanes challenge to act: and great airports to service them-invented the means of sending voices and music and THE APPOINTMENT OF Because finally, the Government is us. And if Government has run amok, then it is pictures through the air to bring the world SENATOR ED MUSKIE we, the people, who will have to put it back to our livingrooms. on course. A hundred million buildings have been constructed to house us and to house the HON. JOSEPH L. FISHER Mr. Van Andel's remarks follow: great factories that produce our wealth. OF VIRGINIA The economic woes of America today are Millions of acres of land have been cleared IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES many. Interest rates have soared to levels and the greatest agricultural production the Thursday, May 8, 1980 unimaginable even a year ago. Productivity world has ever seen has been created. Mines has stagnated to a zero ·rate of growth. and wells and dams have been built, to pro­ • Mr. FISHER. Mr. Speaker, upon Taxes spiral steeply upward as we witness vide the energy and raw materials to oper­ learning of the President's recent deci­ this year the largest tax increase in our Na­ ate our great industrial machine. sion to appoint Senator Ed Muskie as tion's history. Inflation eats at the vitals of But above all, the most important product the new Secretary of State, I had our free society with ever hotter fires. of free enterprise is perSonal liberty. Politi­ mixed emotions. On the one hand, I American industries become increasingly ob­ cal freedom is impossible without economic solescent and unable to contend with for­ freedom. They are Siamese twins. We have was pleased for my esteemed colleague eign competitors. Energy costs continue had the blessings of both. from Maine. However, at the same ever upward, and political manipulation The essence of free enterprise Is the ftee time I was saddened by the fact that makes supplies increasingly uncertain. · market. It's the most democratic system in the Congress will be losing a key envi­ Real growth of American family income the world. People vote every day in the free ronmentalist, referred to by some as has slowed to a crawl. Government spending market. When they buy your product, they "Mr. Environment." As chairman of goes higher and higher with no limits and vote for you. When they refuse to buy, they the Environmental Study Conference, seems out of control. Huge Federal deficits vote against you. I know what a consistent friend Sena­ persist year after year. Business staggers But free enterprise has enemies, despite under a regulatory burden th't has long ago its productivity. One of its worst enemies is tor Muskie has been to the environ­ failed cost-benefit tests. Prices rocket up­ mental movement. He not only played overgrown government. When Government wards, propelled by inflation and regulatory inflates the currency, goes overboard on a major role in the enactment of such and energy costs. Savings and capital accu· income redistribution, tries to regulate the momentous laws as the Clean Air and mulation dip to historic lows under pressure marketplace, and to manage business, it Clear Water Acts, he also had a hand of inflation and taxation. fails despite good intentions. The American in virtually every other piece of envi­ The leaden weight of ever bigger govern­ Government has so failed. We must now re­ ronmental legislation that has come ment suppresses freedom and destroys in­ store freedom to the marketplace and fiscal centive. Most American families now need 2 responsibility to government. down the pike over the last decade. wage earners Just to stay even. The great Senator Muskie, as chairman of the American dream-the promise of a better We live· in a time of great crises in our Senate Budget Committee, has always tomorrow, of opportunity for all-dims in country and in the world. But unless we recognized that sound environmental the eyes of many as they are told we can conquer the economic crisis in America, we policies make good economic sense. He have no further growth-as they are told will be unable to meet the other serious has also been acutely aware of the role that from now on we must pull back our ex­ challenges of this world. pectations-that from now on we must busy As your chairman, I have crisscrossed the that workable environmental controls country this past year with a message that play in protecting both human health ourselves dividing what's left rather than creating more. has reached millions. I have been likened to and the environment. Yet all of this need not be. There is one an economic Paul Revere. My message has Senator Muskie has been a friend of. common culprit behind all the litany of eco­ been one of alarm and hope. Like Paul the environment and of the Environ­ nomic horrors I just recited. It is govern­ Revere, I have called attention to the mental Study Conference. While wish­ ment. Government that for many years now danger and called citizens to action. Because ing him the best in his important and has lost its fiscal sanity-that has taxed and finally, the Government is us. And if Gov­ sensitive new position, he should also taxed and -spent and spent-and regulated ernment has run amok, then it is we, the and regulated and inflated and inflated­ people, who _will have to put it back on know that he will be missed in the course. Congress.e until it is ·now sucking the very life out of our free society and our free enterprise - I have warned that inflation wilf not only system. destroy the economic fabric of America, but IT IS OUR BUSINESS Free enterprise-capitalism if you wish­ will destroy our free society. Ultimately, in­ first came on the world scene only 200 years flation always results in economic collapse. ago. Until that time, for all the years of re­ political chaos, and a desperate tum to au­ HON. GUY VANDER JAGT corded history, human per capita output thoritarian Government. Democracy cannot OF MICHIGAN had hovered around $200 per year. Free en­ survive inflation. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES terprise-coupled with its Siamese twin per­ I have warned that the Federal Govern­ sonal political freedom-changed all that. ment causes inflation-specifically the Con­ Thursday, May 8, 1980 And it reached its zenith in America. The gress with deficit spending and monetized e Mr. VANDER JAGT. Mr. Speaker, result has been the highest standard of debt. A stable money supply is fundamental living ever achieved in the history of the to a stable Government. We have had zero there can be no question today that world, and the longest sustained and largest inflation in the past-as recently as 1955- we are faced with a groundswell of free society the world has ever seen. and we must insist upon a return to zero in· American public opinion that Govern­ The free enterprise system has helped us flation. ment has gotten too big, too intrusive, to be the best fed, best dressed, and best en­ The road to that goal is sharply reduced too expensive. The pollsters tell us so, dowed people in the world. We have built Government spending, sharply reduced and Americans are becoming more in­ tens of thousands of great schools, and pro­ taxes, and balanced Government budgets­ clined to do so at the polls. vided our children with an education that coupled with constitutional limits on spend­ If this is so. and I firmly believe that even the most privileged few could not ing and taxation. it is. we in the legislative branch of obtain 100 years ago. We have built thou­ I have warned against trying to cure infla~ sands of great hospitals and conquered dis­ tion with the fool's gold of wage and price Government have a particular duty to ease in a way beyond the wildest dreams of controls. Controls result in shortages, black hear and to act. The words of Jay Van­ the medical practitioners of a century ago. markets, police state enforcement, and even­ Andel. chairman of the Chamber of We have built tens of thousands of tual explosion. They deal with the symp­ Commerce of the United States, and churches and staffed them with dedicated toms-not causes. Politicians have tried May 8, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 10677 them throughout 4,000 years of recorded the Congress, aided and abetted by the ex­ enterprise makes possible that priceless pos­ history, and they _have always failed. ecutive branch from time to time. They now session-personal freedom. And I have warned that voluntary guide­ realize that if we are going to bring about But what of the promise for today's young lines. are window dressing-a diversion to change in programs and policies, we need people and for future generations? Some create the impression that in some way busi· some changes in Congress. say we cannot expect to continue to grow ness and labor are the causes of inflation, It is Congress that must reduce spending, and to create a better tomorrow. They say instead of the vjctims as they truly are. stop inflating, reduce taxes, reduce regula­ we are running out of resources. They argue I have warned that we have taken the tion, free up energy, balance budgets and that we must turn back the clock, lower our wrong road to plentiful energy. Government shrink the size of Government. Only Con­ sights, and reduce our standard of living. intrusion in the energy business has caused gress can do this. But there is not today a They say we have reached the limits to our lower supplies and higher costs. To make maJority in Congress with either the convic­ growth. They are wrong-totally, dismally_ America independent of the rest of the tion or courage to bite these bullets. wrong. world in energy is a necessary and realizable We must bring about the changes in Con- · To them I offer these words, attributed to goal. But we won't get there by taxing oil gress that will make the present dangerous Lincoln: · companies, regulating nuclear power into majority a minority. The very future surviv­ "You cannot bring about prosperity by oblivion, designing Detroit's automobiles in al of our republic depends on it. And so the discouraging thrift. Washington, controlling energy prices at ar­ opportunity races which have been identi­ You cannot strengthen the weak by weak­ tificial levels, prohibiting the building of re­ fied by the Chamber's political action com­ ening the strong. fineries, demanding unrealistic and unneces­ mittee point out to us the course of action You cannot help· the wage-earner by pull­ sary pollution controls, and spending $10 we must take if we want free enterprise and ing down the wage payer. billion of the taxpayers money annually on freedom to survive in America. You cannot further the brotherhood of an energy department that has yet to pro­ So the message I bring ·you from across man by encouraging class hatred. duce a barrel of oil. Let's get the govern­ our land today is that the country is with You cannot help the poor by destroying ment out of energy, and private enterprise us. People everywhere.share our goa\ to per­ the rich. back in. petuate free government in America. They You cannot build character and courage I have warned that our senseless system know it can be lost and-they are searching by taking away initiative and independence. of taxation. has sapped our incentives. re­ for the leadership to p·revent further ero­ You cannot help people by doing for them duced productivity to a frightening zero sion of that freedom. The Chamber of Com­ what they could and should do for them­ growth rate, saddled our industry with obso­ merce of the United States has the program selves." lescent, noncompetitive plants and equip. and the means by which to achieve our This Nation has deviated from its course ment and created ·an army of tax collectors common goal .•• to provide the leadership, before and we have always found the way to who pry into our personal and business lives to enlist public support, to move elected of­ return to our proper heading. We can do so with increasing arrogance. Inflation creep ficials in the proper directim;t. now. Ouring the past ten to twenty years, drives American wage earners into higher The U.S. Chamber, through its member we have overburdened our economic capac­ and higher tax brackets without a real wage companies and affiliated organizations, rep. ity through unwise, if well-intentioned ac­ increase to offset it.- Increasingly, taxation resents some five million Americans-a pow­ tions. Having recognized the mistakes, it's is used to attain social goals rather than to erful force for change in the 1980's. We time to rectify them. collect revenue. . have the means to communicate our Each step in our lives presents a new chal­ Taxes need to be sharply reduced, and the ideas ..• Nation's Business; our new lenge. Today, the challenge is to restore system of taxation greatly simplified. The weekly business newspaper, Washington that which has given us the ability to bias toward consumption must be removed Report; the nationally syndicated television achiev~ greatness-personal and economic The power to tax is truly the power to de­ program, "It's Your Business"; and Cham­ freedom ..• free enterprise and with it a -re­ stroy, and Americans must regain control of ber broadcast and editorial materials which juvenated production capacity. that power at all levels of government. reach millions through radio- .and newspa­ U the people I have met during this year And so, you see, the problems I addressed pers each week. are representative of most Americans-and I in my remarks here last May are still with believe they are-the time is right for a us. The leadership in Washington has failed But our most important resource--and the return to the principles upon which this to accept most of our recommendations. most important resource this Nation pos­ country was founded. The Nation seeks Yet, everywhere I traveled this past year, sesses-is you • . • and millions like you in leadership to move in that direction. We of editors, reporters and audiences of every de­ cities, towns and rural areas all over our the business community must respond. scription listened intently to our message. country .•. symbols of the continuing I .shall close with the same words I have They accepted our programs as more in promise of America • . . the manifestation used throughout the Nation this past year­ keeping with the traditions and obJectives of the dreams of generations past, to whom because they are even more appropriate this land offered hope, opportunity and today. of this Republic than the programs and reward. promises offered ~Your political leaders in It is a human characteristic that we take power. This country was founded by .those who for granted resources as precious as freedom News reports of my speeches were compre­ wanted more •..• they yearned for greater • • . until it is too late, Benjamin Franklin hensive and objective, and editorials in city opportunity and more personal freedom. said: "When the well is dry, we know the after city endorsed the positions we advo­ They left England with a determination to wealth of water." cate. Over 25 million people heard, saw, or attain it here. Later, they rebelled against We must not wait until the well is dry of read my message. the Mother country because even after es­ our personal and economic freedoms. We It is for these reasons tllat, as I conclude caping the geographical confines of Eng­ must· continue to work as leaders of Ameri­ my year as your chairman-and despite all land, they had still not achieved the eco­ can business, to preserve our free enterprise of the disappointments we have experienced nomic and personal freedom they sought. system and its Siamese twin-personal liber­ as an organization and as a nation-1 am And so the last 200 years have been years ty. There is no greater inspiration to do so convinced that there is a consensus among in which free Americans have enjoyed the than that contained in the words of Win­ the people of this Nation ... among work­ opportunity to live and prosper in a free en­ ston Churchill as he spoke of another com­ ing men and women, among business people, terprise environment. The result has been pelling challenge at the onset of World War among opinion leaders . . . that the solu· the miracle of America-the one place that II: "Still if you will not fight when you can tions to America's economic problems are all the oppressed millions of the world still easily win without bloodshed, if you will not those that we have been proposing. I believe dream of entering one day. fight when your victory can be sure and not that there is also a realization among Now some may be critical that production too costly, you may come to the moment Americans that representative government· of material wealth should not be a major when you will have to fight with all the demands their inv-olvement, that it requires goal in life. But only when a nation pro­ odds against you and you have only a pre­ intensive participation by all citizens. duces surplus wealth is it possible to develop carious chance of survlvaf. There may even Further, it is obvious to me that the all the other aspects of the good life-better be a worse case; .you may have to fight when people are ahead of their leaders. The education-better health-more leisure­ there is no hope of victory because it is people recognize the problems, but more im­ cultural activities-music-art-literature­ better to perish than to live as slaves." portant, they know the solutions, and they churches-schools and hospitals. All these During those long ago dark days when realize that present Government policy does depend on surplus wealth. Without it, we Washington's men were freezing at Valley not embody those solutions. fall back to a primitive existence. Forge, Tom Payne told his fellow citizens But even more important, a majority of The free enterprise system is the best "we have it ·in our power to begin the world Americans now realize that inflation, bloat­ wealth production · system the world has over again." We today have that same ed big government, energy shortages, high ever known. Even the poor in a free econo­ power. We can begin our world over again or taxes, low productivity, and high prices my have more than the rich in other sys­ take the chance that perhaps one day if we have been created by Government and spe­ tems. A rising tide does raise all boats, large don't we will have to face our children or cifically by the past actions or inactions of and small. But-most important of all-free our children's children when they ask us 10678 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 8, 1980 where we were and what we were doing on appropriate programs to help cele­ tient enough to wait for the Congress the day that freedom was lost in America. brate this occasion. to authorize tax dollars for the San­ I leave you this challenge: Also important during Heritage dinistas. Just before the April recess One man awake, Week, however, is the fact that this the State Department reprogr~med Can awaken another, week affords all Americans the oppor­ $15 million in general AID funds for The second can waken his next door ~roth- er. tul\ity to reflect upon our history and rural recovery projects in Nicaragua. The three awake can raise the town, to develop a keener sense of percep­ The announcement came just as the By turning the whole place upside down, tion of our national ethnic heritage. Congress recessed, resulting in all but And the many awake, can make such a fuss, As we review the history and strug­ 1 day of the 15-day waiting period to They finally awaken the rest of us, gles of Asian and Pacific Americans take place while Congress was out of One man up with the dawn in his eyes­ this week, as they sought to make town. This arrogance of power is as­ multiplies; America their home, it is hoped that tounding. What can be so pressing in The resources are available. The promise all Americans will gain a more mean­ Nicaragua that the Congress must be remains. It's now up to us. Tpe American ingful understanding of the founda­ "end runned" in order to ·rush tax dol­ Dream will not die, if we make the commit­ tion and principles upon which our lars to the Sandinistas? ment to keep it alive. It is your business.e Nation has been built and is still build­ The reprograming of State Depart­ ing. ment AID funds for the Sandinistas As we examine and celebrate our shows once again that the budget that TRIBUTE TO ASIAN/PACIFIC heritage, it is important to recognize was lean and bare bones is very flexi­ AMERICAN HERITAGE WEEK that it is because of our diversity and ble when Foggy Bottom has a pet because of the encouraged preserva­ project it wants to undertake. Just 2 HON. ROBERT T. MATSUI tion of our diverse ethnic makeup that weeks ago we_found $12 million in the we have become the great nation we Voice of America for the Federal OF CALIFORNIA are today. We can all be proud that Trade Commission, now there is $15 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES America is the only nation in the million in AID. What is this? How can Thursday, May 8, 1980 world able to accommodate socially, we stand by and let this administra­ politically, and culturally, millions of tion make a mockery of the Federal • Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, earlier people from all corners of the globe this year, Congress passed a resolution budget? who wish to make America their I have recently received word of yet urging the President to establish a home. week honoring those Americans of another reprograming for the Sandin­ Asian and Pacific heritage. Subse­ Mr. Speaker, as an American of Jap­ istas. The Defense Security Assistance quently, President Carter issued a anese descent, I take great pride in Agency has found $670,000 in loose proclamation establishing this week, participating in this national tribute. I change to send to Nicaragua for na­ the week of May 7 to 14, as Asian/Pa­ encourage all Americans to join in tional reconstruction and defense. celebration of Asian/Pacific American What is going on here? Since when is cific American Heritage Week. Heritage Week.e It gives me ·great pleasure today to it the policy of this Nation to defend join my colleagues and people the Sandinistas? What are we defend­ throughout the country as we recog­ ing the Sandinistas from? This money nize and celebrate this occasion. As a CONGRESS SHOULD SAY "NO" TO is supposed to go for roadbuilding cosponsor of the resolution establish­ SANDINISTA BAIL-OUT :aiLL equipment and transport aircraft. ing this national tribute, I believe it is What are we doing down there? Why important this week to stress the does the Sandinlstas need U.S. tax dol­ meaning of this occasion not only for HON. JOHN M. ASHBROOK lars for military transports? Why is those of Asian and Pacific heritage, oFomo the Carter administration willing to but for ·an Americans of· all ethnic IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES reprogram yet another batch of backgrounds. . money to fund the Sandinista military - Thursday, May 8, 19~0 efforts? During this week, in communities e Mr. ·ASHBROOK. Mr. Speaker, I It is amazing that so much time and throughout this land, we pay tribute am constantly amazed at how adept to Asian and Pacific Americans, as effort would be spent circumventing this adniinistration is at ignoring the procedure for the Nicaraguan regime. well as their ancestors who traveled mountain of evidence that has been All evidence points to the fact that the thousands of miles across the Pacific accumUlating regarding the slic;le of Ocean seeking the unlimited opportu­ Sandinistas have moved further into Nicaragua into being a major beach­ the Communist orbit since this House nities and freedom America has to head for in Latin Amer­ offer. first addressed the aid issue. On ica. A number of my colleagues and I March 18 Radio Sandino boasted of Despite seemingly insurmountable consider this a very short slide. How­ how a Cuban brigade was building obstacles faced by these courageous ever, for those who initially had roads in Nicaragua. Is this where the pioneers, Asian and Pacific Americans doubts about the Sandinista junta's al­ military funds from America are going have made tremendous strides forward legiances, those doubts should be dis­ to go? Also in March and April high in recent years to overcome the many pelled by now. For the last month and level Sandinistas junta members, hurdles that confronted them. In the a half the .news from Nicaragua, Tomas Borge, Henry Ruiz, and :Moises proceSs, these people and their Ameri­ coming directly from Radio Sandino Morales toured the Soviet Union and can-born children have made signifi­ and the mouths of the junta members, and solidified a cant contributions to every field of shows a consistent and clear policy of number of cooperative agreements be­ human endeavor, including science, implementing Marxism in that nation. tween the Kremlin and Nicaragua. the arts, industry, technology; litera­ It is tragic to watch a once peaceful Does this sound like a: neutral nation? ture, government, and commerce. nation torn asunder by a band of Com­ Other junta members have revealed During these days of tribute and munist guerrillas; it is a disaster when their close ties to Castro in Cuba and celebration, we will focus our atten­ you realize the U.S. Government is to the Marxist leaders of Grenada, tion on fostering an increased aware­ taking a hand in bolstering these ter­ Angola, and Eastern Europe. Can we ness and understanding of the history rorists. If the Congress moves to send now vote to send this bill to confer­ and contributions of Asian and Pacific the Nicaragua aid bill to conference it ence in violation of budget procedures AmericanS to this Nation. I am encour­ will become a partner to this betrayal in light of these developments? I hope aged that in addition to proclaiming of freedom in Latin America. not. this week, the President has called It has come to my attention that the How far have events gone to draw upon all Federal agencies to develop Carter administration is not even pa- Nicaragua into the Marxist sphere? May 8, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 10679 On April 3, 1980, Le Prensa Grafica of the most moderate member of the METALS EXPERT SAYS HUNT'S San Salvador stated that the influx of junta, tried to launch a new political SILVER STOCKPILING MAKES Soviet advisers and diplomats has party to open up the representation pf HIM A HERO turned Nicaragua into a Soviet region- vfews in Nicaragua. This new party, al base for operations throughout ,Cen- the Nicaraguan Democratic Movement HON. LARRY McDONALD tral America. In a recent interview , was immediately branded as a OF GEORGIA with Panama City 'television ·junta · "danger to the revolution" by Carlos member Sergio Ramirez Mercado was Nunez, commander of the Sandinista IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES asked about the presence of outside revolution~ As the junta cracked down Thursday, May 8, 1980 advisers and specifically about the on free political expression first Vio- e Mr. McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, in influx of Cubans. He stated, "When leta de Chamorro and then 'Robelo re- all the recent furor over the downturn we, the Nicaraguans, talk about th~ signed from the junt-a. Their depar- . in silver prices and the role of Mr. Cubans presence we do so gratefully. tures were denounced by the Sandinis- Bunker Hunt, one vital factor has A day later Mercado remarked, "Some tas but the fact remained that the been overlooked-the role of the Latin American sectors are oyerly con- oniy group represented in the junta Soviet Union. Mr. Paul Sarnoff, a com­ cerned re?ard~g a Communist Cuban was now only the Communist elements modities specialist, r~ce~tly pointed p~esence m Nt~ara~a. However, they of the FSLN. this fact out in an article m the Hous- Wlll welcome Ftdel like a god in a few ton Chronicle of April 23, 1980. He days. You'll see." Is this the neutral What of the great education i>ro- points out that it is better to have government we are expected to ~oint gram that this aid will help? On April someone buy and hold this silver in with American tax dollars? 15 the Government nationalized 11 the United states rather than have Some of my colleagues may write off private schools in the name of the rev- the Soviet Union scoop it up and the these statements as harmless rhetoric olution. Radio Sandino stated: "Other silver never·to return to our shores. used more for posturing than for private schools, particularly religious The column follows: policy. This could be true if it were not schools, will come under state control METALS ExPERT SAYS HUNT's SILVER for the policies being carried out in at the request of their owners." I STocKPILING MAKEs HIM A HERo Nicaragua. Since this House barely wonder how voluntary those requests passed the Nicaragua aid bill many will be now that new militias have Instead of making a villain out of Nelson policies have been implemented by the been formed to protect the "Literacy Bunker Hunt, the United states should be junta that leaves no doubt in my mind Guerrillas" according to Managua Do· patting him on the back as a hero, says a that we are dealing with committed mestic Service on April 9. New York financial expert. Communists who have no intention of Wh t f h i t t inN" Paul Sarnoff, director of the New York creating a democracy in Nicaragua. On a o t e pr va e sec or Icara- Research Department for ContiCommodity March 21 Paris AFP announced that gua? Supposedly this aid money will Services Inc.• said in an interview that Hunt an official spokesman for the Sandi- go to preserve the private businesses was only doing what the u.s. government in the country. On Aprilll Paris AFP has failed to do-stockpile silver to keep it nista government dismissed the possi- reported that Luis Carrion Montoya, a out of the hands of communist countries. bility of holding any kind of elections leading member of the private sector The silver market was plunged into tur~ in the "short or medium term." The moil when the billionaire Texas Hunt broth­ spokesman said "the people elected us and head of the National Development ers were unable to meet a call from their with their blood," and therefore there Bank resigned. ThiS was closely fol- broker, Bache, Halsey, Stuart, Shields, Inc., was no need for new elections. How lowed by initial steps to· create one for more cash-as much as $200 million-to long is America going to discount this central national bank. Paris AFP re- cover silver bought on margin. type of evidence? We are dealing with ported, "Some sectors of the Nicara- The call came after silver prices fell from a dictatorship · and we should not guan private enterprise reacted to a nigh of $50 an ounce in January 1980 to just above $10 in March, after the Hunts commit An;lerican tax dollars for their these reports by asserting that if such had acquired some 12,000 silver contracts. existence. measures 'are implemented they will The United States now uses about 160 mil· Is the- Government open in spite of be a step toward totalitarianism in the lion ounces of silver per year, but mines its declaration against elections? I will country's economy." Is this the kind only about 40 million ounces, said Sarnoff. let Radio Sandino answer this ques- of free economy we are sending Ameri- The shortfall is made up by recycled silver, tion. On March 14 it announced that can tax dollars to? scrap and coin melts and by purcha&es from Canada, and Peru. ln order to consolidate the revolution, Mr. Speaker. I could go on with incl- "But there's an invisible war on between "the popular Sandinist revolution will dent after incident where the power of the forces of communi3m and the forces of be thoroughly purged of. harmful ele- the state in the name of the revolution capitalism over silver," he said. ments, opportunists, and enemies of is consolidating power under the junta At present. the U.S. is able to buy from the revolutionary process.'; Is not this and beginnlilg to destroy what· ·free- these countries and we'll probably remain exactly what happened in the doms the Nicaraguan people have left. pretty friendly with Canada, "but there is · Chin c b no guarantee that Mexico and Peru can't U.S.S.R., CommuniSt a, u a, I can state further evidence of Cuban get together and form a cartel like OPEC Communist Vietnam, Communist presence in Nicaragua and of the close for oil," Sarnoff said. Cambodia, and many other nations to ties the junta have with Castro. This "Russia mines about 47 million ounces a cover up the violence and tragedy that is all public knowledge to anyone who year now, but nobody but me seems to know comes when communism takes hold? takes the time to follow Radio San- how much theY use." The trappings of freedom were finally dino broadcastS or any paper in Latin With a popuiation of over 300 million and stripped away entirely early ·in April America. Only the Uiuted States what he figures is a high per capita usage of when the major newspaper of Nicara- seems so blm" d to the facts of the silver, he said that country may have a gua, Le Prensa, was seized by workers shortfall of 85 million to 110 million ounces and taken over by the Government- matter. The American media finds per year. controlled journalist union. How many these incidents not newsworthy and "As they become more westernized, the instances like this are necessary for the Carter administration fin

. FPO New York, N.Y. "New Left" friends in the State Department still believe in the generosity, sincerity and other Croatian Catholic bishops in a DEAR CAPTAIII BRANDON: The American pastoral letter strongly protesting Legion commends you and your ship's com­ honesty of our mutual eneniles, the Soviets, pany for the outstanding manner in which and their system of repression and slavery, against the limitations imposed on the you conducted your recent .Yisit to Guate­ why not try lt out in your own country activities of the Catholic Chureh and mala, otir friendly neighbor in Central first? on freedom of religion for all Yugosla­ America. Before experimenting with your neighbor, vians. For these activities, he was ar­ The visits of U. S. Navy ships to port cities Mr. Cheek, why not put it to the test in rested and tried by Josip 's secret of other nations have - traditionally and your own country? Why not divide up the police, and sentenced to 16 years in historically symbolized the United ·States land of the United States which is owned by barely three percent of the population so prison as an enemy of the people in itself, our }?elief in free enterprise, liberty that 80 percent can take up farming? Why 1946. and freedom with Justice. Yotir visit to Gua­ do you not nationalize· the banking system, Because of the protest of the Yugo­ temala typified this great Navy tradition. the railroads, the import and export of You and your crew members deserve our products? Why not dismantle the Armed slavian people, Tito's government re­ thankS for a job well done. Forces and give the weapons to the McOo­ leased Cardinal Stepinac from prison Sincerely yours, vernites and the Andy Youngs, the Jane and placed him under house arrest in Ji'RAmt I. HAmLTON, Fondas and all those in your country who 1952. At his death in October of 1960, National Commander. hope for a final Soviet victory, such as you thousands of peasants lined the roads wish for us? from his home to his burial place ill The next cotton crop in Nicaragua is esti­ St. Stephen's Cathedral in . APRIL 23, 1980. mated at 15 percent oY previous crops. paying their last respects, even though Rear Adm. GoRDON J. Scirou.Ea, USN, Hunger pervades Nicaragua and El Salva­ the news of the cardinal's death had Director, Inter-American Region. OSD-ISA. dor, countries where you have introduced the Pentagon, Washington. D.C. your system of "moderate Marxism." The been officially kept secret by the Yu­ enemies of your country are many. With goslavian Government. DEAR ADMIRAL ScHui.I.I:R: The American what allies will you count on if you destroy Legion heartily supports such visit& as the your friends and deliver them one by one· to To pay proper tribute to this daunt­ U.S.S. Manley recently conducted in Guate­ Communism? less religious leader of Croatia, I have mala. This visit was unquestionably in the After El Salvador, lt will be Guatemala. joined today with Mr. Gilman in intro­ best interest of the United States. Then Mexico will fall like a ripen plum and ducing a bill to erect a memorial in Enclosed is a telegram which I sent today it is to be presumed that you will then dedi­ Washington, D.C., to Cardinal Aloy­ to Ambassador Ortiz comm~nding his cate yourself to the elimination of private sius Stepinac to commemorate the wisdom and vision for such diplomatic activ­ property in Texas, the. expropriation of the noble life of this courageous . ity in. Guatemala, and to the U.S.S. Man­ banking system and the nationalization of ley's commanding officer, Commander John industries. and services in your marvellous Throughout his life, Cardinal Ste­ R. Brandon. for the outstanding manner in nation. pinac sacrificed his personal liberties May 8, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 10689 for the freedom and dignity of his PRE-MOTHER'S DAY CEREMONY breeding effort which has been going fellow man. Cardinal Stepinac set an on for some time, so that now the once example of courage that will live for HON. PETER W. RODINO, JR. nearly extinct Arabian oryx is being ages not only in the hearts and minds returned to its native 'land. Anyone OF lfEW JERSEY who would like to read further on this of his_fellow Croatians but for all indi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES viduals throughout the entire world. subject would be interested in: He was an outspoken opponent of to­ Thursday, May 8, 1980 "Flight of the Unicorns," by ~thony talitarianism, racism, and atheism, and e Mr. RODINO. Mr. Speaker, this Shepard, Elek Books 1965; "The past Saturday I was honored to Join Arabian oryx: Its destruction. captive histo­ will long be remembered as an out­ ry and propagation" by James M. Dolan, standing advocate of religious and po­ with the members and leaders of one "International Zoo Yearbook," volume 16, litical freedom. As a victim of a sham of Newark's finest organizations, the London Zoological Society, 1976. Central Ward Women's. Improvement trial, he never gave up the courage of Mr. Speaker, what has been his convictions or his zealous, out­ League. The event was the league's annual pre-Mother's Day dinner dance achieved with the oryx can be accom­ spoken pursuit of them for all man­ plished with other species, and I would kind. More than believing these princi­ and awards ceremony. For many years, the league has been urge my colleagues to support H.R. ples, he lived them and suffered for 5591, to help this type .of program go them.e one of the most impressively construc­ tive community service organizations forward in · our area. Its efforts-and suc­ The article follows: cesses-to iin.prove the quality of life in THE ARABIAN 0RYX CoKES BACK TO ITS MAY IS OLDER AMERICANS the community are beyond measure, NATIVE DEsERT MONTH and I applaud every participant in the No one has reported seeing one In the wild league's programs. since 1972, but thanks to captive breeding this symbolic antelope now has a new HON. MARJORIE S. HOLT Sattirday evening's ceremony was an chance. OF MARYLAND occasion of Joyful appreciation for The Arabian oryx, a creamy white ante­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES those who were honored with awards lope as important to the Bedouin as the lion or with roles in the ceremony. The in­ is to Africans, is returning to Its desert Thursday, May 8, 1980 vocation was offered by Jessie Porter, homeland In the Middle East. Five of the a greeting and poem were read by rare animals-believed to be extinct in the e Mrs. HOLT. ·Mr. Speaker, because Sheba Chavis, and master of ceremony wild-arrived In March, the third shipment May is Older Americans Month and duties were handled by Charles John­ In as many years from captive breeding son. Music was provided by Ozell Rob­ groups in U.S. zOo&. today, May 8, has been officially desig­ For the Arab people, the oryx Is a symbol nated Senior Citizens Day, I think it is inson, and summary remarks were de­ of strength and beauty; Its ability to survive appropri~te to call attention to an ar­ livered by the league's president, In the desert is legendary. The Bedouin be­ ticle which appears in the May issue Evelyn Johnson. lieve that someone who has been shot can of the Outlook. an excellent and infor­ There were five awards bestowed to expel the bullet by eating oryx meat. mative publication of the Maryland women the league named "Central Bedouin once considered killing an oryx a Office on Aging. As the American pop­ Ward Heroines." sign of manhood. The hunting was done on Lillian Gibson presented the Educa­ foot or from the back of a camel or horse, ulation ages, we face major challenges using a spear, a bow and arrow or possibly as outlined in the following article: tion Award to Earlene Davis, of the an old-fashioned rifle. Against these odds Newark Board of Education. the oryx continued to exist. But by 1920 MAY Is OLDER AMERICANS MONTH Pearl Beatty presented the Commu­ modem rifles and automobiles were becom­ HEALTH AND AGING nity Service Award. to Mary Smith of ing available, and the oryx population Babyland Nurseries. began to dwindle: In the late 1930s, large­ "Better health through better care" is the Rita West presented the Business scale oil production meant suddenly theme of Older Americans Month this year. wealthy princes, an Invasion of foreign Health is the key to active, independent, Award to Renee Starks of the New York Hat Shoppe. 10!VOrkers-and more pressure on the oryx. As productive lives for older people, who com­ many as 300 cars took part In a single hunt; prise the fastest growing age group within Mrs. B. F. Johnson III announced automatic weapons were used. By the late the American population. according to the that the 1980 scholarship recipient is 1950's the oryx was nearly extinct. Administration on Aging , the Feder­ Wanda Durant. In 1962 members of the Fauna Preserva­ al agency which funds nutrition programs, The happy climax of the evening tion Society of Great Britain, with help community services and senior centers was the designation of . the league's from the International Union for Conserva­ reaching m1111ons of people. AOA is the tion of Nature and Natural Resources principal advocate in the Federal govern­ "Mother of the Year." Pansy Danzler, ment for America's 34 m1111on persons 60 the 1979 winner of that title, present­ , mounted an expedition Into the 1980 Arabian desert. Equipment broke down In and over. · ed the Mother of the Year Award the heat and the expedition leader, MaJor Health for older Americans covers broad to Wilnora Holman.e Ian Grimwood, broke seven.I ribs. But the areas and mes.sures of which everyone group captured three.oryx: two males and a should be aware. Medical care is only part female. Those animals became the nucleus of it. MaJor factors In the health of each In­ THE ARABIAN ORYX COMES of what is now the World Herd. dividual are food. exercise, personal hy­ BACK TO ITS NATIVE DESERT With the help of the World Wildlife giene, housing, living conditions, avoidance Fund, the Shikar-5afari Club and the of excess alcohol, drugs and tobacco, control HON. G. WIWAM WHITEHURST IUCN, the three antelope were flown to the of stress and tensions and accident preven­ Phoenix Zoo. sent two males tion. The great Increase In longevity now OF VIRGINIA and two females, and Kuwait contributed a causing a dramatic aging of the American IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES female, as did the London Zoo. The herd population is itself largely the result of gen­ Thursday, May 8, 1980 began to build. eral improvement in health and living con­ In November 1972, six were shipped to the ditions in the United States during thiS cen­ e Mr. WHITEHURST. Mr. Speaker, San Diego Wild Animal Park and repro­ tury. last year I introduced H.R. 5591, a bill duced so well that 54 have been born there. More ~han twenty-five years have been to establish a National Zoological The time had come to reseed the desert. added to the average. American life since Foundation. One of the provisions of Groups of Arabian oryx were flown from 1900; and this Increase in life ·expectancy that bill deals with assistance in estab­ San Diego to the Shaumari Wildlife Reserve from 47 years In 1900 to 73.2 years In 1977, lishing survival centers, areas in which In Jordan In 1978 and 1979. Then, last has added a whole new generation of people March, three males and two females were to the American society... This is one of the zoo;; can carry out the captive breed­ flown to Oman. They will live In a fenced great human achievements of the century, ing of endangered species. area until December, then be released into but it poses a major challenge to make the In the May 1980 issue of Smithsoni­ the wild. added years a benefit to older people them­ an magazine, a brief article by Bradley The animals in Jordan are soon to be re­ selves and to American society.e Smith outlined one successful captive leased into the 5,500 acres of the reserve 10690 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 8, 1980 and their prospects look good. Bedouin lead­ they are tropical and more noted for their of people for freedom under commu­ ers have sent word that they will not allow heat than cold. An aide to the non-voting nism that they must be critical of an the animals to be hunted. The oryx will-fi­ representative· in the Congress from Puerto nally-be fully protected in its ancestral Rico said, "we just wanted to get a piece of emigre's dream? How come similar ·land.e the action." comments were not made about Fran­ New Hampshire and other New England co's passing or about other existing states will get heating assistance checks Just non-Communist governments in the CONGRESS ON SPENDING ORGY about the time that they get ready to hold world? Why is it that freedom is a vir­ their presidential primaries. It is an exam­ tuous word when used by groups seek­ ple of the president using federal money to ing to overthrow governments who HON. DANIEL B. CRANE influence an election in his favor. OF ILLINOIS may be pro-West, yet is a word that is By passing these bills the Congress is in not realistic· when associated with IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fact spending money which it does not have. communism? Considering that many Thursday, May 8, 1980 If the oil companies do not increase produc­ tion it could bring about a catastrophic fed­ of the so-called profreedom insurgents e Mr. DANIEL B. CRANE. Mr. Speak­ eral deficit. against pro-West governments use the er, the level of irresponsibility of this Is it any wonder that the people's confi­ word "freedom" only as a rhetorical Congress is truly appalling. dence in government is shaken, when it sees cover, this dichotomy is even more lu­ . I am sure there is not a single this type of a spending orgy?e dicrous. Member of this body who does not At one time the United States was know that the people are speaking considered the leader of the free with one voice for less spending. If THE-PROSPECTS FOR world. The failures in that leadership there is someone here who does not DEMOCRACY IN have brought this role into question. know that. he or she does not deserve At a time when this Nation should be to be here. HON. JOHN M. ASHBROOK considering actions to counter any Yet tlie spending orgy goes on as we OF OHIO Soviet subversion of Yugoslavia we do toss out billions of hard-earned tax­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES not need the media chiding sincere payers• dollars like confetti. Does it spokesman for freedom in that coun­ take defeat at the polls to convince Thursday, May 8, 1980 try. Mr. Hartman's remarks were in­ some big spending Members that we e Mr. ASHBROOK. Mr. Speaker, considerate and ill timed. I hope mean to have economy in Govern­ there has been much speculation others in the press and especially ment? If so. then I say more power to about the future of Yugoslavia in the those at the State Department do not the voters. wake of Marshal Tito's death. This follow his lead in so easily discounting The Mattoon Journal Gazette pivotal nation in Eastern Europe now democracy as a viable alternative to has rightly excoriated this Congress tries to map its future course. It is in· Tito's rule. for its profligate spending, and I com­ evitable that the U.S.S.R. will do all in I am inserting Mr. Karageorgevitch's mend the December 7. 1979, editorial 1ts power to subvert the rotating presi­ article in the REcoRD as one alterna­ to the particular attention of my more dency that has been established. With­ tive to Tito's brand of Communist liberal colleagues. many of whom out Tito it may be only a matter of domination: cannot seem to think of ~nough ways years before that nation is moved into AFTER Trro, A ROLE' FOR MONARCHY? to throw aw~y the taxpayers• money. the Warsaw Pact sphere. · CHICAGo-The death of a head. of state The editorial follows: Could there be a different path? always creates a perilous situation. In a CONGRESS ON SPENDDm ORGY Yesterday, in the New York Times, AI· Communist country this is especially the exander Karageorgevitch, the son of case, since the process of succession in such Congress is going on a wild spending orgy a political system is always undefined and as the result of profits anticipated from the the last Yugoslavian monarch, wrote murky. Today, Yugoslavia finds itself at a so-called "windfall profits" tax, even though about the prospects for democracy in crossroads and the route it takes is of far the tax is still under debate in the Senate. his nation. Now living in the United more than local significance. At all events the tax was supposed to States, Karageorgevitch would like to Since President Tito's disappearance from become operative after the deregulation of return to his native country and assist the political scene unfortunately coincides oil produced ln the United States. That is in the transition to total freedom. He with a clear manifestati9n of the Soviet not scheduled to happen before 1981. Union's resolve to venture beyond the No matter, Congress has begun passing advocates a constitutional monarchy with a parliament siinilar to those of boundaries of its empire as defined at Yalta bills to spend the money and give handouts and Potsdam, the nature of the resolution to coincide with the 1980 elections. John T. England, Holland, Belgium, and the of Yugoslavia's predicament is tremendous­ White, president of the Independent Petro­ Scandinavian countries. .ly important both for continued peace in leum Association, has been quoted by the The :vision of a pro-West. democratic Europe and for the relationship, already Copley News Service as saying "Congress Yugoslavia would seem to be a positive strained, between the United States and and President Carter are mortgaging the and welcome development in a world Soviet Union. producing capacity of the energy industry Tito long survived successfully in the for the next decade on a pork-barrel scheme where the Soviets are constantly on the march. Yet, you would have been middle. of the East-West seesaw, promising for new social spending programs." to the East his faith in Marxist-Lenfuist The Senate Finance Committee expects surprised by the Tuesday morning principles, to the West his independence its version of the bill to bring in $138 billion "Good Morning America" show. David from the Soviet bloc, and to the developing in the next decade. President Carter is fa­ Hartman spent his entire interview world his belief in nonalignment. voring the House version of the bill which with Mr. Karageorgevitch praising the Much of the success of his regime's for­ would reap $277 billion during the same regime of Tito and critizing the former eign policy came from the Great Powers' period. monarchy of Yugoslavia. Mr. Kara­ willingness to leave some issues undefined Even though the bill is still being debated georgevitch countered by stating that in their complex postwar relationship and in the Senate, Congress has already passed from the fact that, although a lesser figure bills totaling $100 billion. Tito was a dictator. who, while techni­ cally nonalined, did support Marxism in the political vortex of World War II and Synthetic fuel development has been al­ its immediate aftermath, he outlived all the lotted $88 billion. Gasohol development is and oppress his people. He went on to primary statesmen of that period. being given $5 billion. And the Home· say that Yugoslavia should be free. While his East-West balancing act and his Energy Assistance Act will shell out $1.34 "Let us be realistic.'' said Hartman, antics in the forum of the third-world na­ billion this year to help pay home heating going on to state that Tito was a tions kept him, until recently, in the globe's bills. This will rise to $3 blHion next year "strong leader" and that Yugoslavia news-media limelight, his internal political and $4 billion the year after. was not ready or oriented to freedom and economic policies left much to be de­ Home heating assistance has been ex­ sired. In the long run, Yugoslavia's econom­ tended to many warm weather states be­ and democracy. He advocated a hands off policy to let the government chart ic deterioration may yet rettlain the most cause, as Sen. Russell Long put it, "if you damaging part of his legacy. leave out one state it's harder to sell." its own course. Whatever posterity may say about the Ti­ Puerto Rico, American Samoa and Guam Has it come to this? Is the media toist period of Yugoslavia's history, from will also get heating assistance, even though really that biased against the strivings 1945 to 1980, this era is now ended, and the May 8, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 10691 choices that the Yugoslav peoples-six re· Hostel System ~ct of 1980. This legis­ for the protection of the Federal in­ publics and two autonomous regions-make lation is offered today in the nature of vestment. at this point will determine the country's a substitute to my original bill, the Na­ destiny for decades: I appreciate the consideration of the It is thus of paramount importance that tional Youth Hostel Act of 1979. National Hostel System Act of 1980 by these choices reflect the free will of the H.R. 7105 represents a culmination this diStinguished body and sincerely people untainted by the "unanimity" of an of 4 years of meetings and consulta­ hope national hostel development will election controlled by a single party. tions ·with American Youth Hostels, proceed soundly and progressively. Politically and economically, Yugoslavia's Inc., and numerous similar organiza­ Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Mr. gradual evolution toward a broad-based and tions such as the League of American democratic form of government is probably Chairman.e the most natural course for the country's Wheelmen, Bikecentennial, and Boys development. Such an evolution clearly re­ Clubs of America all sharing the quires the concord of all the Yugoslav {leo­ common goal of establishing a nation­ THE RETIREMENT OF MR. pies since this is definitely in the best inter· al system of hostels. H.R. 7105 is the EDWARD C. FINN ests of all the numerous nationalities or re­ culmination of well over a dozen drafts gions. and redrafts; the purpose of each It also calls for mature understanding on being the same but with the intention HON. WILLIAM R. RATCHFORD the part of those now in power that YugO.: OF CONNECTICUT slavia's political future requires far Wfder of addressing the diverse needs of each participation than has been available facet of an linmensely broad hostel IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES system constituency. through the League of Communists• control Thursday, May 8, 1980 over all aspects of the nation's political, eco­ I would like to commend my distin­ nomic, social and cultural-life. guished colleague-, Mr. BEREUTER, for e Mr. RATCHFORD. Mr. Speaker, I This broadening of participation in decl· his intense interest, enthusia.Sm and riSe today to ask my colleagues to join sion-making should not exclude the ·con· energies in the drafting of this legisla­ me in recognizing the distinguished structive th~g of any sphere of the polit­ ical spectrum. It is equally important that tion. I know he had devoted great deal service to the city of Shelton, Conn., during this transitional process the country of time and effort to this legislation by Superintendent of Schools Edward as a whole remain free of any external med· for which I am thankful. I wish to also C. Finn, who will be retiring this June. dling whatever in own affairs. express my thanks to Chairman A graduate of the Yale University, Finally, for Yugoslavia. which has existed BuRTON, my friend and colleague from Mr. Finn began his long career in the as a multinational entity only since the end Minnesota, Mr. VENTo, and the sub­ 1937 of . the democratic system of Shelton school system in as an in­ government alone may not provide a suffl. committee staff for their partiCipation structor in science. Soon thereafter, ciently strong bond of unity, and this is in this legislation. Mr. Finn embarked on a football and where the unifying role of constitutional The National Hostel System Act of track coaching career that would bring monarchy may prove to be a fundamental 1980 lays a solid foundation for a na­ him and the entire city tremendous political benefit for all the Yugoslav peo­ tionwide system of hostels. A hostel is pride in the years to come. Under his ples. a relatively inexpensive, dormitory­ tenure the golden years of Shelton From the time that my great grandfather, supervised overnight lodging fa­ Gael football began, culminating in an Peter I. who was King of the , and Slovenes from 1903 to 1921, translated cility. Hostels are especially prevalent impressive record of 114 victories, 46 John Stuart Mill's essay "On Liberty" into across Europe with some nations defeats, and 15 ties. Many of those Serbo-Croatian until the present, my dynas­ boasting well over 600 such facilities fine victories and· several .narrow de­ ty's respect for the parliamentary system of within their borders. Nearly 50 nations feats came at the hands of higher clas­ government and its effort for the mainte­ now have hostel systems. sification teams. To achieve such nance of the country's unity and concord It is the intent of. this legislation to greatness consistently in an area of have been proved time and again, even amid the State where football excellence the harshest political ordeals. establish a ·National Hostel System My grandfather, Alexander I-he was Study Commission for the purposes of and heated rivalries are the order of King of Yugoslavia from 1921 to 1934-gave preparing a national hostel system the day is a truly remarkable achieve­ his life plan. The Study Commission shall ment. in the service of the unity of Yugoslavia. consider such factors as existing His last team won the title in 1961, My father. Peter n. who was King of Yu· hostel facilities and their locations; an which left no one unconvinced of his goslavia from 1934 to 1945 Increase or eliminate the ceiling on fornia in their efforts to design a new throwing the state budget out of line by spending. bi-State compact for the Lake Tahoe more than $140 million. Should the food <2> Increase the total amount of federal Basin. I believe the States and local stamp program be suspended, the Depart­ sj>ending in -a revised Second Budget Reso­ governments in the basin are the ap­ ment of Social Services will seek supplemen­ lution for FY 1981. _propriate entities to formulate the tal funding from the Legislature, but DSS <3> Enact sufficient supplemental appro­ governing Policies since they will ulti- Director John Dempsey doubts there will be priations. mately have to implement them. I sup­ enough available state money to cover the Suspension of tlie program would have a port and encourage those discussions losses. severe impact on our state's low-income poP­ Will Last year when the same sort of crisis ulation-an impact documented for you by which finally determine the fate arose, Congress acted in the nick of time to Dr. Dempsey. Over 813,000 Michigan resi­ of Lake Tahoe. approve an additional $650 million for the .dents would lose ·nearly $25,000,000 in bene­ It is my deep and sincere conviction program after increased participation by fits in the month of June alone. that the Santini-Burton bill will assist the poor and soaring food prices pushed it During the week of May 5, 1980, you will in slowing down future degradation at over its proJected budget. ~ year, the have an opportunity to help alleviate the Lake Tahoe while the States them­ poor may not be so lucky. pending crises. As early as Tuesday, May 6, selves work out a permanent solu­ Congress has Just a little over a month to S. 1309· may come up in the House floor. S. tion.e eliminate the limit, pass a new budget reso­ 1309 would authorize . an increase in the lution allowing enough money to be spent food stamp ceiling for fiscal year 1980-as to maintain the program for the rest of the requii-ed prior to the introduction of a SUP­ fiscal year, then appropriate the supplemen­ pleJ:Dental appropriations bill. In addition, FOOD STAMPS tal funding. Michigan must use all its politi­ the bill contains other provisions which cal muscle to make sure the poor don't have Michigan has long supported; a separate de­ to pay the ultimate price for congressional pendent care deduction; an increase in the HON. WIWAM D. FORD shortsightedness and inaction. amount of health expenses that can be de­ OF IIICBIGAN ducted in computing food stamp anotments IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DEAR REPRESENTATIVE FoRD: Unless Con­ for the elderly and disabled; benefits for. gress takes immediate action, more than battered women and children In temporary Thurs.day, May 8, 1980 330,000 Michigan families, containing shelters; and fiscal incentives for states to 800,000 people, will lose Food Stamp bene­ improve administration and reduce error, • Mr. FORD of Michigan. Mr. Speak­ fits with the shut-down of the Food Stamp fraud, waste, and abuse. er, unless we act promptly to approve program. An increase is necessary in federal I urge you to vote for S. 1309, and to the food stamp amendments, 330,000 funding to allow this program, which is vital oppose any crippling amendments which families in Michigan will face disaster to the poor of Michigan and the nation, to may be offered. Expeditious passage of this on June 1. continue throughout this fiscal year. legislation will represent a badly needed May 8, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 10695 first step toward preve:ptlon of a genuine strictly enforce the old 160-acre limit/ the new bill. Retired family farmers food crisis during the month of June. residency requirements. It is to correct should be able to move off the land WILLIAM G. MILLIKEN, such abuses, while removing the and still live on its proceeds. Therefore Govemor.e threat of administrative action against I have exempted them, and their the vast majority of farmers who have lineal descendants, from the require­ remained within the spirit of the law, ments of residency. In addition. I have RECLAMATION LANDS that I originally introduced the Recla­ liberalized the residency requirement OPPORTUNITY ACT mation Lands Opportunity Act, for­ in the ways mentioned· earlier, In order merly H.R. 3393. to account for the existing conditions HON. JAMES WEAVER I am now reintroducing this legisla­ in some are~ of the West. OF OREGON tion with technical amendments; as It has been brought to my attention IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES well as two substantial changes·which that-some farm families, while operat­ are meant to accomn1odate legitimate ing farms which fall well within the Thursday, May 8, 1980 concerns .which have been called to my acreage limitation contemplated by • Mr. WEAVER. Mr. Speaker, I rise attention in the year since the bill was this and other reform bills, own their today to reintroduce the Reclamation first introduced. land through corporate arrangements Lands Opportunity Act, a bill to As revised, the Reclap1ation Lands which do not fit the definition of reform the Reclamation Act of 1902. Opportunity Act will: "qualified recipient" in many of the Following my remarks, I have append­ Set a basic acreage limitation of 640 bills. I refer specific&lly to situations ed a section-by-section analysis of the acres of federally irrigated land in any in which an immediate family or its bill. I urge my colleagues to familiarize one ownership; descendants own 50 percent or more of themselves with the controversy sur­ Allow equivalency of up to 2,500 the ownership -Interests in a corpora­ rounding this program because a little acres in areas where the growing tion which in turn owns the land. This study will make the desperate need for season is .less than 180 frost-free days; form of ownership has been used by reform quite clear. Establish a flexible residency re­ farm families as a way to recapitalize The reform of the Federal reclama­ quirement, exempting retired family­ their investment for needed equip­ tion program is a national issue· of the farmers and their· lineal family ment purchases or expansion. while most urgent kind descendants; "residency" is defined as avoiding the pitfalls of heavy mort­ we- are talking about a '18-year-Old living within 15 miles of the federally gage financing. I do not believe fami­ program which administers billions of irrigated land, or within the distance lies who presently _have reclamation dollars of taxpayer subsidies in the 1'1 to the nearest incorporated town, or farms organized this way shoUld be Western States. These subsidies· have within the distance to the farthest forced to sell their lands, as long as an enormous impact on the Nation's part of an integrated farm operation; they retain direct ownership of at farm economy. Though reclamation Institute a lottery for the distribu­ least 50 percent of the corporate lands represent only about 1 percent tion of excess lands; except for 640 entity, as long as they remain within of America's farmlands, they produce acres to be sold to family members; the acreage limitation of the program, 90 percent of· Ol:U' canning tomatoes, Prevent speculation on the sale and and as long as they are bona fide day­ over 30 percent of all our vegetables, resale of reclamation lands; and to-day farmers. At the same time, I do 20 percent of all our cotton, and half Require renegotiation of all subse­ not ·think . we should encourage the the world's supply of raisins. Califor­ quent water service and repayment proliferation of this fonn of ownership nia, which has received the highest contracts every 5 years. within the reclamation program, since reclamation investment. of any State, These reforms are essential If the It does pose the possibility of consider­ also ranks first in the annual value of reclamation program is to survive to able future absentee investment in farm crops. Yet California farmers contribute to America's farm economy. reclamation lands, which was clearly harvest 2- million acres less per year They are not draconian _measures-we not the intent of reclamation law. than . do farmers in Arkansas-, which have made every effort to accommo­ Therefore, I have prepared an ranks 13th. date the real needs of modem family amendment, which I plan to offer in We are also talking about a program farmers on reclamation lands, while committee, which would make such In which a minority of projects con­ remaining true ·to the goal of distribut­ family owned farm corporations, tain what Secretary of the Interior ing the benefits of taxpayer-subsidized where they already exist on reclama­ Andrus has caned egregious abuses. In irrigation water among the widest tion lands at the date of enactment of his November testimony before the practical number of citizens. the legislation, qualified recipients of House Subcommittee on Water and It was brought to my attention that Federal irrigation water. Power Resources, Secretary Andrus the cap on acreage which H.R. 3393 It should be clear from this list of offered this partial list of the problem set for lands subject to· equivalency changes that I intend to make a good areas: was unrealistically low. In relation to faith effort to reform the administra­ On a few proJects. there is clear evidence the productive value of some lands in tion of the reclamatiQn program, and of abuses. These include situations where California, lands In the Milk River to do so in a way that recognizes the technically there may be compliance with project in Montana and other north­ needs and changes of modem family the law but program obJectives are not farming. being achieved. where large landholdings em projects would be unfairly disad­ are concentrated in the hands of a single vant_aged by an acreage cap of 960 There are other proposed reform person or entity owning or managing the acres~ I have raised that cap to 2,500 bills which do little -more than legiti­ land through leasing, trusts. or other ar­ acres, a figure which I think takes into mate the abuses of the past. Of course, rangements. Other problems include absen­ account the real disparity In produc­ there is a hidden danger in these falSe tee. investment-type ownerships, benefici­ tive value among different irrigation reforms. Once Congress has reneged aries receiving project water deliveries long p_rojects. on the family farm commitment which before commencement of repaYn1ent . opportunities for speculation It was brought to my attention that in the·sale and re-sale of lands, landholding certain people, for insta.Iice some re­ reclamation subsidy' the who-le pro­ patterns· and dispositions of lands in ways tired family farmers, might suffer gram will be branded as a giveaway that diminish the opportunities for new and under a simple residency requirement and will become increasingly vulner­ small farmers. and contract arrangements of 15 miles such as the· one proposed able to political attaCk. We cannot which fail to recapture a fair share of the in H.R. 3393. Because I believe an ef­ afford such an outcome; nor should we substantial Federal subsidies to irrigators fective residency requirement is the tolerate it. The reclamation program and which-fail to 'keep pace with changing single most effective way to prevent Is far too valuable to allow it to be economic and farming conditions. speculation and absentee_ ownership of taken over and gutted by the wealthi­ These abuses have caused the Interi­ reclamation lands, I have attempted to est 1 percent of its recipients. or Department to propose rules to work out a flexible residency rule in My analysis follows: 10696 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 8, 1980 SECTION BY SECTIOK AKALYSIS OJ' THE RECLA· tzes sale of federally leased lands to lease­ ed by the Cuban Coast Guard, have been IIATION LAlms OPPORTUNITY ACT (FORJD:Il• holders under certain conditions. Authorizes held In solitary confinement for up to LY H.R. 3393) financial assistance to qu8.lified leasehold· ninety days and some have been forced to TITLE 1! FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.. DEFINITIONS ers. sign confessions in Spanish. I am particular· Provides that after the termination of a Finds that a populous, prosperous rural ly appalled to learn of cases where the U.S. lease, land not sold to the leaseholder shall Interest Section did not have access to the society Is essential to the preservation of be placed in the lottery. Prohibits foreign the national character; that the purpose of prisoner until several months after the individuals and entities· from holding any in· arrest. reclamation law is to encourage the settle· terest in reclamation lands. ment of family farmers on federally irrigat­ After an individual is tried, convicted and ed land; that the reclamation program p,ro­ TITLE 6! IIISCELLAlUOUS sentenced: the Cuban government places vides substantial subsidies so that landown­ Allows the Secretary of Interior, under harsh restrictions upon him. A convicted ers wm have an incentive to sell excess land; specified conditions, to provide loan guaran­ prisoner is allowed to send and receive orily but that, becaWie of lax administration, the tees in order to assist qualified leaseholders. one letter every three months. This policy program has in- fact excluded the very Requires that all contract negotiations in· imposes a -severe hardship on some of the family farmera who were intended to bene­ volving construction, operation, repayment, men because their famtlies cannot visit fit. water rights, etc.; on .reclamation lands be them 1il the Combinado Del Este for financial Defines "family farmer" as an individual conducted in public sessions and pursuant or personal reasons. The relatives are al· who owns and· oi>erates, or leases and oper­ _to public notice. lowed to take only twenty-five pounds of ates, not more than 640 acres of land irrigat- Requires publication of all rules and regu­ food-to the prisoners every three months. ed by federal water. · lations regarding reclamation procedures. The Cubans .supply the Americans with an Defines "residency" as living on the land Authorizes the appropriation of -such inadequate diet and the men depend upon which receives federal water; or within 15 sums as may be necessary to carry out the the food brought from home to survive. The miles; or within the distance of the nearest provisions of the Act.e relatives have attempted to take freeze­ incorporated town; or the distance of any dried food. However, Cuban officials often non-irrigated land integrated into the farm confiscate it 'under the impression that It operation. may contain hashish. Exempts from residency requirement: ab­ AMERICAN PRISONERS IN CUBA The relatives of these prisoners have sentee owners at the date of enactment who made two trips to Washington and have met own no more than 640 acres; retired family farmers and their lineal family descendants; HON. MARIO BfAGGI with several Members of the Senate and OJ'IUWYORK House of Representatives, representatives divisions or proJects which have been from the Office of Human Rights of the exempted by law at date of enactment. IN THE BOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES State Department, Assistant Secretary of TITLE 2! ACREAGE LIIIITATIONS AND Thursday, May 8, 1980 State William Bowdler, and Ruth McLen· EQUIVALENCY don, Director of the Bureau of Consular-Af• Sets baste acreage llmitatton for federally e Mr. BIAGGI. Mr. Speaker, while fairs. The most important result of these irrigated land owned by any individual current national attention Is focused meetings at the State Department was that owner or group of owners at 640 acres of on the thousands of refugees fleeing State Department officials have promised to Class 1 land. Castro's Cuba, I would like to bring to deal with this Intolerable situation more vig­ Establishes equivalency provision for the attention of my colleagues that orously than they have lri the past. Until lands of less than 180-day frost-free growing approximately 50 Americans are lan­ this time, the only contact the rel,tives season, or more than 3000 feet elevation, of guishing. in Castro's prisOns. I have have had with the State Department has up to 2500 acres. been Joined by 45 of my colleagues in been with the Citizens Emergency Center. Authorizes Secretary of Interior, upon re­ sending ·the following letter to the Ambassador Bowdler and others have prom­ quest, to amend contracts to conform to Ised their own time and expertise In the new llmitations. Secretary of State asking that they do everything. in their power to pin· the event that the relatives should call on them. TITLE 3: EXCESS LANDS AND IRRIGATION RIGHTS release of our citizens who are being Among the increased efforts to be made Provides that, one year from date of en­ held in the Combinado Del Este. on the prisoners' behalf, additional funds actment, no federal water wm be provided wm be made available for a Cuban attorney to any lands unless: the lands comprise a While .we have ari "open arms" to represent the Americans' interests with family farm; the lands are under record· policy toward those fleeing Cuba, we Cuban officials. In response to the relatives' able contract; the land Is acquired by should not forget our own citizens who concerns about the tnadequate diet, Ambas· foreclosure or device; the land Is inherit­ are victims of Castro's regime. sador Bowdler has requested that the ed; the land is in a project or division The following letter was sent to Bureau of ConsUlar Affairs and the U.S. In· which has previously been exempted by law; former Secretary of State Vance on terest Section in Cuba file a request with or for specified technical reasons. April 15, 1980: the Cuban Government asking that the rei· Requires the Secretary of Interior to give atives be permitted to take adequate food 60 days legal notice of termination, and to CONGRESS OP THE UNITED STATES, supplements to the prisoners. establish procedures for settling contested HOUSJ: OJ' REPRESENTATIVES, The Cuban Government has provided··for water rights. Washington, D.C., April15, 1980. the expulsion of foreign prisoners through Establishes a lottery for the disposition of\ Bon. CYRus VANCE, Section 46 of their penal code. This section excess lands. Allows seller to convey up to SecretaT71 of State, of the law has been superficially investigat­ 640 acres to blood relatives S. Stratton; Inefficient management at the ex­ ready enjoys adequate revenues as de­ Gerry E. Studds; Ken Kramer; Lester pense of hard pressed ratepayers. fined under the existing law. Wolff; L. H. Fountain; Ambro; Sam B. Hall, Jr.; Vic Fazio; G. William As if the ICC's generous treatment It should be emphasized that the Whitehurst; Robert W. Daniel, Jr.; of rate increases were not enough, amendment does· not set a ceiling on John W. Wydler; Thomas J. Downey; H.R. 7235 would go further in two rates, but merely lowers the threshold Tennyson Guyer; Lee H. Hamllton;­ ways. First, it would place the burden at which rates are reviewable from Clair W. Burgener; Norman F. Lent; on the shippers to provide that a rate about 200 percent to about 150 percent Larry McDonald; David R. Bowen; is unreasonable, a most difficult if not of variable cost. Under existing law Gerald ; Robert J. Lagomar­ impossible burden when the pertinent there is no such threshold. The effect sino; Richard L. Ottinger; Richardson information is in the carriers' hands. of this amendment is to open a wider Preyer; Carlos J. Moorhead.e In addition, the threshold level for the range of cases_in which the ICC may exercise of any ICC review over a rate look at the particular railroad and its AMENDMENT TO H.R. 7235, THE is set at least 30 percent higher than rate, and see if the-rate is excessively RAIL ACT OF 1980 the present high ICC approved rate profitable to the railroad in that par­ levels, at a range between 190 percent ticular instance-In a somewhat wider HON. BOB ECKHARDT and 210 percent of variable costs. range of cases. OF TEXAS The result of this set of provisions In The language of this amendment is H.R. 7235 is that these shippers who taken from the Senate bill, with sever­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have no feasible alternative to rail al exceptions. The amendment con­ Thursday, May 8, 1980 transportation will be subjected to tre­ tains, first, a provision relating further e Mr. ECKHARDT. Mr. Speaker, as mendous Increases in rates, which are to the bill's abolition of capital incen­ you are aware, the full Commerce already very high imd return extreme­ tive rates. section 206. Both the Committee -will soon be taking up H.R. ly generous profits to the railroads. Senate and House bills abolish such 7235, the Rail Act of 1980. These Increases will In tum be passed rates, but our _amendment would also In general. the bill is one which will on to consumers. direct the ICC to reconsider those few have salutary effects on an _ailing In· Inasmuch as the bill does not pro­ capital incentive rates now In exist­ dustry, and we applaud it. However, vide any significant incentives to the ence. There are only three of them at there is a problem with respect to a carriers to become ·more efficient so issue here. and the problem is that in single class of shippers-those who are long as they can indiscriminately raise all three the rates were set very high. captive to the railroads and therefore their rates in noncompetitive markets, The Commission established rates in have no economically feasible alterna­ the effect of the bill will be to add to these individual cases before they set­ tive way to ship their products. already high inflation levels. tled upon the standards they have ap­ A little background information is in In addition. the bill would have the plied in all recent similar cases. We order before describing the amend­ effect of discouraging a shift In this think this was In violation of the ment. As the Oversight and Investiga­ country away from our dependence on spirit, and probably the letter, of the tions Subcommittee's recent coal rate foreign oil. Other energy sources are 4R Act and that those three rates report indicated, rates for hauling considerably less expensive than oil, should be subject to another examina­ bulk commodities such as coal, steel, even at delivered prices when rail tion by the Commission under the pre­ chemicals, and- grain-those best transportation cost is calculated on vailing standards of lawfulness. shipped by rail-have Increased at a the basis of the railroads' cost of serv­ Another provision in the amend­ very rapid rate over the past few ice plus reasonable profit. But, if ment. section 207, clarifies language in years. The rate for all railroad ship­ transportation prices were calculated the Senate bill relating to a shipper's ments averages out at a revenue/vari­ at 190 percent to 210 percent of vari­ ability to challenge a base rate. The able cost ratio of about 127 percent. able cost, this advantage could evapo­ Senate language says that challenges But captive coal shippers, in some rate. to base rates must be made within 9 celebrated cases, are now paying rates Our amendment is designed to pro­ months of enactment of the bill. Our above 170 percent. These rates include vide needed revenues to the railroads, amendment would make it clear that 10698 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 8, 1980 when a rate becomes challengeable -character of this young and thought­ etgn nation. England's Official Secrets Act under the zone structure of the bill, ful writer is far more mature than her permits prosecution· of anyone, including then. the entire rate, and not just the years suggest. newspapers, for disseminating information classified as secret. Our Congress, fearing increase, can be addressed by the chal­ As she calls on all Americans to that it would violate an individual's person­ lenging shipper and the Commission. devote their individual support for our al freedoms, has refused to consider such Section. 205 of the amendment would Nation and she reminds us that "Free­ legislation for the United States. This atti­ require the ICC and the Department dom through strength · be tude has caused a great setback in the na­ of Transportation to conduct studies achieved by individual strength, indi­ tional defense of our nation. Because we of the feasibility of the regulatory ap­ vidual dedication, individual support." have the freedom of proaCh embodied. in the rate regula­ I would hope that all young Ameri­ speech and the freedom of the press, with tion provision as reported out of the cans would_speak with the convictions no apparent 11m1tations. We have taken ad­ vantage of these rights, at the expense of subcommittee. of Ms. Susanna L. Peace. our nation's goals and security. We believe that our amendment es­ The speech follows: Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness tablishes a good balance between the FREEDoM THROUGH STRENGTH are the basic characteristics of the Ameri­ railroads' needs for rate flexibility and Ten score and four years ago our fathers can way of life. These are the qualities our regulatory protection for shippers brought torth upon this continent a new nation was founded on. Have we abused faced wi~h rail monopoly situations. It nation, concelved in liberty and dedicated! these freedoms too? would thus. add to the very construc­ We are now engaged in a great war testing Freedom of life, liberty, and pursuit of tive contributions made by the Sub­ whether that nation; or any nation, so con­ happiness means that we are free to pursue committee on Transportation and ceived and so dedicated can long endure. OUr lives, establish our goals, and live our Just wha:t is tlle situation in the United life style in· any manner that we should Commerce in other parts of the bill. States today? Can we endure? choose. We cim be rich m-en, poor men, We urge your support of the amend­ We have changed from a sincerely begger men, thieveS, doctors, lawyers, or ment. "United" States to solitary groups and pri­ merchant chiefs. We can go to bed at night Attached is a list of organizations vate, very private individuals, with solitary, and wake up in the morning without fear which support the amendment as of private, very private goals, with little or no for our lives. We can go to- church, any this date: apparent national unity. Our nation certain­ church, or not go to church. We can estab­ Edison Electric Institute. ly does not have the cooperation and active lish our own criteria for happiness and we Committee of Railroad Shippers. support of the citizens of this nation, and as can pursue that goal in whichever manner Western Coal TnLffic t.eague. a result, the national security of this nation we feel will make us happy. But these free­ American Public Power Association. has been severely effected. doms do not give us the right to do as we National Rural Electric Cooperative Asso- While other nation's defenses have stead­ please at the expense of others, whether ciation. ily increased over the past decade, our na­ those "others" happen to be other individ­ National Coal Association. tion's defenses have apparently gone in the uals or our nation. We cannot have rights opposite direction. We seem to ignore the without responsibility, and we have a re­ Chemical Manufacturers Association. sponsibllity to each other and to our nation. American Farm Bureau. PQSSibility of another great war and we con­ ·National Council of Farmer Cooperatives. tinue to lead our independent, dis-interested Our nation must be free too; free from fear lives, refusing to be overly concerned with for our nation's security and well-being. If National Council of State Legislators. world events. Even today, with the dilellllita we lose our nation's freedoms, we lose our National Association of Regulatory Utility in Iran and Afghanistan, we do not want to personal freedoms. As goes our nation, so Commissioners. be personally involved. We read the newspa­ goes the individual. · · United Auto Workers. pers, we hear the news on the television or. What is ahead for the "United" States in United Mine Workers.e the-:r'adio, we express our opinions to friends the 80s? Will we continue down our road of and relatives, we certainly do our fair share personal happiness, personal lives and per­ FREEDOM THROUGH STRENGTH of criticizing the government and then we sonal liberties at the expense of our nation, go our merry way. We, as American citizens, or will we step forward for our nation's life, appear to want somebody else to handle the liberty and happiness? What has happened HON. BILL NICHOLS situation, and handle it as we would want it to national patriotism, is it dead? OF ALABAMA handled, but we don't want to be bothered There are two separate objects of a patri­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "with the details". This is obviously impossi­ ot's devotion; two distinct foundations. One ble. A nation cannot exist as a "united" is the American way of life and the free­ Thursday, May 8, 1980 nation without the active support of the doms an~ privileges we personally enjoy. citizens of that nation. The other is the American Republic. The e Mr. NICHOLS. Mr. Speaker, on Sat­ It appears that our government does not Republic is that for which our forefathers urday night, May 3, it was my pleasure have the power to preserve our nation's fought and died while establishing our to be-the guest of the Reserve Officers freedom because of the emphasis on the "in­ nation. National patriotism was founded Association of Alabama State banquet. dividual's rights". Maybe there should be when our nation was founded. It is the basis In observance of National Defense 11m1ts to the amount of freedom that an in­ for the "American way of life". It is the Week in Alabama, the ROA sponsored dividual has when it infringes on national Constitution of the United States, the Bill a statewide speech contest for high freedom. While we do have freedom of the of Rights, the outline and scope of all school students to express their press and freedom of speech, these free­ American pal1tic8 .. The flag IS its emblem. . thoughts on national defense and the doms are many times abused. There has "Uncle Sam" is its nickname. We seem to been much controversy over the publication have forgotten the ideals for which our .American social responsibility to serve of defense information. In one instance, the forefathers sought and settled a new land these United States. Justice Department attempted, in a lengthy We seem to have forgotten the times they The contestants in the contest were legal battle, to prevent use of information fought for right, just because it was right. judged by· a panel of respected Ala­ pertaining to the construction of the hydro­ We seem to have forgotten the times they bamians, including former Under As­ gen bomb . The government lost and the sistant Secretary of the Army for argued that certain information provided times ~hey won. We seem to have lost sight Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Mr. could aid hostile nations or terrorist groups of the determination, the desire, and the Will Hill Tankersley. Col. Sam Pear­ in their development of a s1m1lar bomb. The pride, the intense, all consuming pride and legal battle was dropped after another pub­ patriotism of our forefathers in the estab­ son III, USAF, Maxwell AFB, and the lication, the Madison Press Connection in lishing of this great nation. Have we let na­ Director of Alabama regional Veter­ Wisconsin, printed a 7,000 word letter from tional patriotism slip away in the pursuit of ans' Administration, Mr. William D. a California computer programmer which personal achievement and personal happi­ Davis. described the inner workings of the H-bomb. ness? Ha8 our national patriotism become a The contest winner is a resident of Currently, the strictest law dealing with of­ faint thing, a hollow shell? Has the nation's Prattville, Ala., a 17-year-Old senior at ficial secrets is the Atomic Energy Act of very life blood ceased flowing? Has the na­ Prattville High School, Ms. Susanna 1954. The Justice Department tried to tion's heart quit beating as one? Peace. I include for the RECORD of this invoke this law to stop publication of the H­ It is time for us to remember. Without the bomb information. Other laws state that it continuation of these ideals and principles body a- copy of her speech entitled is illegal to obtain or give out any secret in­ we cannot again become the great nation "Freedom Through Strength." It is a formation; but only if the alleged violator that we once were. We cannot continue-to stirring address of patriotism, pragma­ thinks that the information will be used enjoy the freedoms and privileges we now tism, and truth. It shows that the against the United States or will aid a for- enjoy and that ·are slowly slipping a'.Vay. It's May 8, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 10699 time to wake up and stand up for our our nation first, we'll not have a nation and SMALL BUSINESS REFUNDABLE nation. We must stop thinking "self" and we'll lose our freedoms. Let's have freedom INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT RE­ start thinking "United" States. in the 80s. Freedom through strength, LIEF ACT OF 1980 Patriotism can be reborn in each individu­ achieved by individual strength, individual al, young or old, if we are willing to bear the dedication. individual support, and we will birth pains. The government cannot be pa­ have a reborn national patriotism. HON.HENRYJ.NOWAK triotic for us. Patriotism is personal and "This nation, under God, shall have ·a new OF NEW YORK concrete. It is the love of things familiar birth of freedom-and the government of and formative. It is the love of our nation the people, by the people, and for the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and what our nation stands for, and it is the people, shall not perish from the earth.''e Thursday, May 8, 1980 zealous support of our nation's authority and interests. e Mr. NOWAK. Mr. Speaker, I am in­ We must be willing to support our nation troducing leiislation to help small financially. We must realize that a strong TRIBUTE TO JACKIE WHITE business in its critical need for capital national defense is vital to· our nation's life formation and retention. H.R. 7314 and that costs, and we must bear the cost. HON. TONY COELHO would amend the· Internal Revenue Taxation is necessary. It may be true that OF CALIFORNIA Code of 1954 to provide that up to our current tax laws need to be reviewed IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES $100,000 of the investment tax credit and updated, but tha~ does not relieve us of shall be refundable due to business ·in­ our responsibility. Taxation will still be nec­ Thursday, May B. 1980 vestment in machinery and equip­ essary and we must be willing to pay the price for a strong national defense and our e Mr. COELHO. Mr. Speaker, I was ment. very existence. pleased to learn recently that a con­ BACKGROUND We must be willing to serve our country. I stituent of mine, Jackie White, a H.R. 7314 is being introduced as a would advocate a law requiring each and senior at San Joaquin Memorial ffigh result of recommendations made by every person in the United States to serve School, has been selected by the his country, in some capacity, for at least Parade magazine Women's All-Amer­ the Small Business Subcommittee on one year. Those persons not qualified, or Ica First Team and the National High Acce~ to Equity Capital and Business not required for military service, could serve School Coaches All-America Team. Opportunities, in its "Report on Capi­ in other areas of social service, such as hos­ Jackie, an outstanding basketball tal Formation and Retention." The re­ pital work, building housing for elderly per­ port's recommendations were an affir­ sons, road construction or anything that player and all-around athlete, has mation of the primary concern of the serves our nation. Every person in the helped her team achieve an incredible 1980 White .House Conference on United States that is mentally capable and/ league record of 50 wins, no losses over Small Business, the concern for pro­ or physically ·capable should be used in the past 4 years. Their season record moting small business capital forma­ some area of service to our country. for the same period was 100 wins and tion. We 'should enact ·a law requiring that only only 7 losses. In the current discussion and prOipo­ those persons having a valid need would be This young woman has attained so granted access to defense information, tion of accelerated depreciation whether classified or unclassified, and that many honors during her tenure in reform, an often overlooked issue is any person attempting to secure or dissemi­ high school that it would be impossi­ the interrelationship of the invest­ nate any information regarding national de­ ble to list them all, but I will say that ment tax credit and depreciation. The fense, at any time, for any purpose, should she has been selected most valuable subcommittee report points out that be severely prosecuted. player on several teams and leagues to the extent the investment. tax We must enforce discipline in our lives. each year, and she was named Califor­ credit is · used by small business, it Our nation cannot effectively operate with­ nia Player of the Year as a Junior. tends to help cash flow to a greater out discipline. We have become a nation Mr. Speaker, a luncheon will be held with little respect for discipline and authori­ degree than present accelerated depre­ ty. "Laws are made to be broken" is the in Fresno on May 20, 1980, to honor ciation methods, such as the sum-of­ American way of life. Let's bring discipline this outstanding young American. I the-years digits method. As presented and respect for authority back into proper am privileged to represent her, and all by the· table below. companies in the perspective, and let's start at the basic level. she stands for, in Congress. America lowest tax brackets particularly bene­ Let's discipline our children and ourselves at needs more outstanding young people fit to a greater degree from invest­ ' home, at SCQOOl and in all Walks Of life. Let'S of the caliber of Jackie White.e ment tax credit reform. start enforcing our laws and gain a new re­ au>ect for authority. AFTER-TAX RETURNS ON AN ASSET YIELDING 10 PERCENP BEFORE TAXES AND SUBJECT TO VARIOUS TAX PROVISIONS We mu8t emphasize American History and United States government in our schools, OR percent] both in intermediate and secondary schools. Tax rate bracket We need to salute the flag and say the Tax incentives Pledge of Allegiance again. We need are­ 46 percent 40 percent 30 percent 20 percent 17 percent new~ emphasis on our heritage, our histo­ ry, and hand-in-hand, our responsibilities to None• •••••.••.•.••..•.•.••.•..•••.•..•...•....•...••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• _••••••••••••••••••• _ 4.9 5.6 6.6 7.7 8.0 our nation. 5.7 6.3 7.3 8.2 8.5 5.4 6.0 7.0 8.0 8.3 We need a greater understahdilig of the 7.0 7.7 8.9 10.2 10.6 American political scene and we need to g ~~}~~;~~~~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ 8.8 9.4 10.3 11.1 11.4 become personally involved in politics. We 2.4 3.4 5.1 6.7 7.2 6.6 7.5 8.9 10.3 10.7 need to become aware of who is running for ~~ ~w:a~niinaiiOii:::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: office, what is his/her background, training • The asset illustrlted here is assumed to have a 1S-yr useful life, equity financing. and a 10-percent annual rate It decline in productive capacity. Unless and experience. We need to know how he/ olherwise noted, a 0 percent inflation rate is assumed she voted on issues while holding other po­ • Assoo1es straight-ine depreciation, tax life equal to useful ~fe, and no ill\'eStment credit. litical offices. We need to know what the Source: cRs ltMstment Analysis Model candidates really stand for and support. We need to actively campaign for competent H.R. 7314 would be extremely bene- tool and die shop $500,000 just to pur­ candidates. Then we need to take a mature, flcial to a new small business, that is, chase used machinery. New machinery educated. look at our candidates for office, one in the startup stage. In its early could easily cost the same tool and die make a conscientious choice, and most Im­ stages, the small business must make a shop over $1 million.• portant. support our elected officials. heavy investment in machinery and We need to remember the basic character­ equipment. This kind of investment is Since it often takes a startup busi- istics of the American way of life-life, liber­ primarily lnade in the startup stage, ness several years before it turns a ty and the pursuit of happiness. We need to and is only made infrequently thereat- profit, the current investment tax remember the freedoms that we have, the freedoms that have made our way of life ter by the business. In a recent survey possible, yet, we must never forget that of several members of the Machinery •ThJs survey was done in conJunction with my in­ without these same freedoms, these same Dealers National Association, it was troductlon of H.R. 6171. reform of the investment chanLcteristlcs being applied to the life of found that it could easily cost a new tax credit for used machinery. . 10700 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 8, 1980 credit on machinery and equipment is legislation which· is simple, limited in the most difficult and divisive task for of little benefit. A new tool and die scope, and which meets the needs of the Congress. shop that must spend $_500,000 to $1 capital intensive small business. The I have cosponsored the sunset ap­ million on machinery needs an imme­ Small Business Capital Incentive Act proach offered by my colleague from diate solution to its cash flow problem. of 1980, H.R. 6617, which I also recent­ Louisiana in H.R. 5858, because I It is of little benefit to that business to ly introduced, allows for the rapid re­ strongly believe that it can assist the wait several years to utilize the carry covery of investment in buildings and Congress in its budget deliberations. I forward provisions of the investment equipment. am convinced that to be effective, tax credit under current law. H.R. H.R. 6617 allows businesses the elec­ s\mset legislation must cover· all forms 7314 would provide immediate relief to tion to depreciate buildings s_ubject to of Federal spending-whether it be by this new tool and die shop; it would a $3 million per year limitation over 15 annual appropriation, entitlement, tax provide immediate cash tl ow relief years. Vehicles and equipment would expendit'l,lre, or loan guarantee. I com-· through the mechanism oi a refunda:. be depreciated over 4 years and would mend Representative LoNG's remarks ble investment tax credit. Thus, small be subject to a $1 million per year lim­ to all Members concerned about the business would be allowed the full itation. A full 10 percent investment need to develop a more equitable and benefit of the investment tax credit tax credit would be permitted on vehi­ efficient way to control budgetary regardless of the amount of its taxable cles and equipment~• growth. income, under H.R. 7314. The speech follows: Small businesses are, in addition, The latest Government figures on con­ heavily affected by the current credit YOUTH OPINION SURVEY sumer prices, and the reaction of highly re­ and monetary crunch facing the U.S. spected members of the business community economy. Few businesses can borrow HON. TOBY ROTH to these troubling figures, has returned in· at a 21-percent interest rate and still OF WISCONSIN flatlon to the top of the ·Jist of national retain a profit. The small business probleiXlS. It is a most disturbing problem. must obtain the necessary funds for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The leading economists are unable to agree Thursday, May 8, 1980 on a diagnosis of this national Ul. The old business expansion from other economic maxims of Government expansion sources. Tax relief such as H.R. 7314 e Mr. ROTH. Mr. Speaker, during a to combat unemployment, and tight money provides the small business with an in­ recent visit to the· Eighth Congression­ to stem rising prices, no longer apply with crease in its internal cash flow in a al District I had the opportunity to the same force they once did. But I believe period when external sources have all review current events in foreign af­ that most of us, Democrats and Republl­ but dried up. fairs with students from Sturgeon Bay cans, can agree that there are a few impor­ tant directions in which Government must OTHER RELATED MEASURES Junior High School, Sturgeon Bay, begin to turn. l. Capital gains rollover Wis. I was very impressed with the No matter whom you blame for these eco­ In the, report mentioned above, the maturity and insight these students nomic ills, nearly everyone agrees that a top subcommittee also recommended a demonstrated by their knowledge and priority is curbing our dependence on for­ small business capital gains rollover wisdom of these important matters. eign energy sources. President .Carter has provision to -encourage rete~tion of During that visit I also conducted a taken upon himself the tough, but in my capital in the sptall business sector. I brief survey of students, and the fol­ opinion, essential decision of decontrolling lowing are the results: oil. We have been too late in doing this. have already filed H.R. 5097, the Coupled with the other maJor energy lnltla­ Small Business Capital Formation arid tives that Congress is now completing action Reinvestment Act of 1979, which RESULTS OF YOUTH OPINION SURVEY on, this decision wU1 help move us toward would defer tax liability on the profits self-sufficiency in energy. The quadrupling from the sale or exchange of a quali­ Percent of oil prices in the past decade has been a fied small business stock, as long as major contributor to our inflationary spiral, the proceeds are reinvested in another Yes No and the only way to insulate ourselves from future price shocks is to curtail our use of small business w~thin 1 year. 1. Do ~ ~ Pr~ Carter's boycott ol the Summer foreign oil. 2. Investment tax credit/or used machineTJI Olynipics II Moscow...... 60 40 2. Do you agree with the manner in wtrich the Ameri:an The second direction in which we must Recognizing the dependency of hostage situation in Iran has been handled? ...... 66 head is to restrain the rapid growth in Gov­ 3. Do you believe that the United States must taU 1 ernment expenditnres and to increase the small business on the purchase of used stronger stand against furthef Soviet auression? ...... 90 10 equipment, the subcommittee noted 4. Do you favor a return to the selectM service system efficiency of Government operations. that the current limitation on the beginning with the registration ol all males 18 to 20 years Sunset legislation Is a congressional re- ol age?...... 58 42 sponse to these concerns. As constitutional amount of used equipment eligible for 5. Do you favor the registration ol WOfllel1? ...... 55 45 6. Do roo think that I person should have a choice between holder of the purse, Congress has to take the investment tax credit should be servmg in the military or volunteering for an alternative upon itself this second. tough, but essential raised. H.R. 6171, the Used Machinery such as the Peaclt Corps or community service? ...... 75 25 decision. Because I believe Congress will act tnvestment Credit Adjustment Act of ------on sunset this year, it Is vitally important 1979, which I recently introduced, • that we carefully consider the form and would increase from $100,000 to scope that sunset legislation wU1 take. A $200,000 the amount of used equip­ LONG CALLS FOR sunset bUl riddled with exemptions may ment eligible for the credit. This bill provide the lllusion of budget control, but COMPREHENSIVE SUNSET BILL wU1 ·fall to brfug under scrutiny many of the currently has 45 cosponsors. fastest growing portions of the budget. 3. Pollution control expenditures HON. RICHARD A. GEPHARDT A sunset bill that selects programs for In addition, the subcommittee noted review by a preset agenda, without regard that pollution control expenditures OF MISSOURI for the committees of Jurlsdlction or the have tended to supplant productive in­ IN THE HOt1SE OF REPRESENTATIVES most current national priorities, wU1 prove vestment and recommended that· fed­ Thursday, May 8, 1980 difficult U not impossible to implement erally mandated equipment be amor­ meaningfully. e Mr. OEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, my A sunset bill laden with an overkill auto­ tized in less than the current 5-year colleague fro~ Louisiana, GILLIS matic termination provision may appear to writeoff period. I have introduced LoNG, recently spoke before the U.S. be tough, but wU1 bring with it a dangerous­ H.R. 6694, the Pollution Control Capi­ Chamber of Commerce on the need ly high level of economic uncertainty. This tal Recovery Act of 1980, which allows for a comprehensive sunset bill. Our uncertainty could hamstring the operations such equipment to be amortized in 3 consideration of the first budget reso­ of business, the financial community, and years. lution underscored for me the need for State and local governments. On the other 4. Accelerq,ted depreciation reform hand, a carefully drafted sunset bill-one this legislation. Most Members agree which Is sensitive to the workings of the Finally, the subcommittee recom­ on the need to restrain Federal spend­ Congress and our economy-can provide a mended that favorable consideration ing if we are to control inflation, but useful tool in controlling spending and curb­ be given to accelerated depreciation decisions on specific cuts has proven ing waste. May 8, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 10701 As the problems f,n the Persian Gulf are, one quarter of the Federal budget is funded and tax expenditures. This isn't Just my to some extent, resolved, and as the Novem­ in this manner. These programs comprise view. The distinguished former Chairman of ber elections approach, I am convinced that the larger part of what is considered the the Committee on Ways and Means, Wilbur in.fla,tion and Government economy will "controllable" portion of the budget. But Mills, -stated it back in 1967~ emerge preeminent on the voters' minds. even this terminology can be deceiving, as a "The expenditures we turn away from the Consequently, we are pow hearing the senti­ very high percentage of these expenditures front door we must not allow to enter ments of a growing number of Congressmen, relate to the national defense, an area in through the back door." liberal and conservative, that decisive action which deep cuts would not be advisable at H.R. 5858, the Sunset Review Act which I needs to be taken. In the months ahead we this time. have introduced with 160 cosponsors, is will be hearing more about a balanced Anot her fonn of spending in our budget built on this premise. It differs from previ­ budget, about constitutional amendments portfolio are e:utitlement programs. Entitle­ ous sunset proposals in two fund2lllental re­ for that purpose; about proposals to link ments are open-ended budget allocations. spects. First, it contains no exemptions or Government growth with the GNP; about The amount of funds spent depend on the exceptions. All forms of spending are treat­ regulatory reform; about legislative vetoes; eligibility requirements of the program, ed, and treated fairly. Second, it does not and about the sunset legislation I spoke of rather than a fixed allocation. These pro­ rely on the threat of automatic termination earlier. grams include the maJor transfer payment to force review. The newspaper headlines of the past few programs of the Federal Government­ The action-forcing mechan!sm of H.R. days indicate that the President intends to social security, veteran's benefits, medicare. · 5858 will encourage renew without creating cut back a number of programs in order to It aL-;o includes important agricultural pro­ the instability that would result from auto­ achieve a balanced budget in fiscal year grams. matic termination. Under H.R. 5858, no pro­ 1981. The molli'"lting budget pressures will Entitlements constitute the fastest grow­ gram or tax expenditure can be automati­ force ·congress to make hard choices be~ ing segment of the budget. as illustrated ·on cally terminated without a vote of the Con­ tween programs. Sunset legislation can pro­ the chart I have provided These funds of gress. Let me outline the basic features of vide a guide to where cuts can be made. the budget can be said to have "liens" on the bill. Sunset and several other proposals aimed them. Congress can't ma.ke cuts by simply The process works on a Congress-by-Con­ at Government economy are currently be!ng rewriting the amount on the cheek. We gress basis. It begins with the adoption of considered within the Committee on Rules. have to change the criteria set forth in the sunset review agendas o! their jurisdiction As Chairman of the Committee's Subcom­ original laws establishing the programs if by legislative committees. These agendas, mittee on the Legislative Piocess, I have we are going to change the amount spent. which must be prepared by March 1st of the presided over a lengthy and comprehensive A third form of spending is the provision first session of a Congress, will announce study of sunset legislation. My colleagues on of direct loans apd loan guarantees. Wheth­ well in advance the programs and tax ex­ the committee, JoE MOAKLEY and TONY BEl· er they be for veterans buying homes, small penditures that each committee intends to LENSON, are pursuing equally thorough stud­ businesses expanding. students attending review that Congress. This will provide all ies of the legislative veto and spending limi­ universities, or assistance to giants such as parties concerned with adequate notice that tations. The three of us bear a special re­ New York City, Lockheed.. and Chrysler. a program is scheduled for review. In addi­ sponsibility on behalf of the House in con­ these programs represent potential claims tion, committees will be required to project ducting these studies. We must not judge on Federal dollars. The budget must allow their review schedules for the next three these proposals only on the merits of their for any defaults and the makeup of interest Congresses. Let me· emphasize ~in that objectives, but on their long-r-ange effects differentials. these agendas for review will be 8et by the on the Congress as an institution as welL committees that normally have jurisdiction The success of sunset tegislation will Finally, there are tax expenditures or tax credits. This part of our budget portfolio is over the programs. These are the commit­ depend upon its ability to mesh with con­ tees that have built up a great deal of ex­ gressional procedures. Neither· I nor the probably subject to the greatest misunder­ standing and misinformation. It is a concept pertise over the years in dealing with these Rules Committee is interested in merely firmly established in both law and econom­ programs. They are familiar with the pro­ shifting boxes on an agency's organization grams and their problems. They are in the chart or in the congressional budget. ics. It is part of the Congressional Budget Act. And despite definitional problems, the best position to choose priorities for sunset Sunset promises a lot. And that promise three economic units of our Government review and to conduct a serious study. must be matched with performance. It must that catalog tax expenditures-the Depart­ The ·committee recommendations for a work in practice, not just on paper. ment of the Treasury, the Congressional sunset review will be approved by the full Sunset legislation is a pr~edura.l remedy to a substantive problem. Our predicament Budget Office, and the Joint Committee on Congress. which will then direct each com­ Internal ·Revenue Taxation, have always mittee to report their findings and recom­ is that Federal programs have outpaced agreed genen.lly on the same listing of mendations to the Congress by May 15 of Congress effort to monitor them. Business­ these tax expenditures. The chart I have the second session. The directive specifies men complain that agencies have issued reg­ provided you makes clear the growing use of that the committees are to report legislation ulations that go well beyond what is neces­ sary to implement legislation. Members of tax expenditures by the Congress. that would modify, continue, or terminate Congress complain that the original intent Let's take a very simple example. U Uncle the programs that have been reviewed. of legislation has been prostituted, and that Sam wants to help Americans insulate their This directive is the action-forcing mecha­ programs have mushroomed far beyond homes, he can do it in any of these ways. He nism of H.R. 5858. It links the review con­ what anyone expected. The procedural can send the taxpayer a cheek for the cost ducted by committees with a "sunset vote" remedy that sunset provides is for commit­ of insulation. He can subsidize or guarantee by the full Congress. The directive -for a tees to take a second look-to see 11 pro­ a loan to pay for the insulation. Or he can vote is a key difference between H.R. 5858 grams are utilizing their Federal moneys let the taxpayer deduct the cost of the insu­ and previous sunset proposals. such as H.R. well. If they. are, fine. But if not, they lation from what he would, under normal 2. This directive assures that oo program or should be ended. The sun should set on circumstances, pay the Government in the tax expenditure will end without Congress them. The concept is an appealing one. but form of taxes. having the opportunity to vote. It also as­ we have found that its application to the All of these methods would have the same sures that Congress will be able to act affirm­ Federal Government across·the-board is far policy objective. All of these methods would atively on committee recommendations. from simple. represent claims on our budget portfolio. This is especially important with regard to One begins to appreciate the complexity Understanding this is the key to under­ entitlement programs, where legislative of the problem by understanding the nature standing the underlying need for sunset to action is required in order to achieve budge­ of the Federal budget. The budget is not ar­ cover all items in our budget portfolio if it is tary savin&s. As I stated earlier, these direc­ ranged in the fashion of a single checking to be effective. tives will apply to any and all forms of account, with Congress writing out a ·cheek Letting the sun set on only one form of spending-whether it be direct expendi­ for each individual expenditure. If it were, Federal spending has an effect beyond just tures, loan guarantees, tax credits, or enti­ sunset would be a simple matter. The the failure to review those vast segments of tlements. If we are serious about review, we budget instead resembles more a diverse the budget. The effect is what I have coined must be willing to make all areas of the portfolio of holdings. It is a portfolio repre­ as "Long's First Law of Program Review": budget eligible for a sunset review. senting numerous accounts, in which pro­ Being, new programs will rise where there is Mo~t important, the assurance of a vote grams can be paid for in various ways. no sunset. U we exempt one form of spend­ under H.R. 5858 alleviates the many prob­ The oldest and most common way is ing from review, sure as the crocuses bloom lems associated with automatic termination. through annual appropriations. These pro­ in the spring, new programs will rise in These problems came to light during the ex­ grams present the most opportunities for those spending categories that escape the tensive hearings I chaired last year. At review, as they must regularly proceed review. Clamping down on direct spending those hearings, representatives of the bual­ through both the authorizing and appropri­ programs only, will lead to the instant ness community-some of you are here this ating processes of the Congress. Just under growth in demand for new loan guarantees morning-of independent regulatory agen-

CXXVI--673-Part 8 10702 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 8, 1980 cies. of civll -rights groups, and leading MARY LASKER AND THE NATION­ whose persistence l_las kept publtc in- · scholars of economics and government. all gave forebodings of what could occur under AL IDGH BLOOD PRESSURE terest in high blood pressure alive in a automatic termination. Let me provide a EDUCATION CAMPAIGN sea of health concerns where attention few examples. shifts almost·daily. State and local governments cannot plan HON. CLAUDE PEPPER As so often in the past, Mrs. Lasker their budgets if they don't know the status OF FLORIDA came to me a few years ago and asked ·of Federal block-grant- assistance. Housing IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES if the Select Committee on Aging, authorities and private homeb\illders can't which I have the privilege to chair, get construction started if the status of Thursday, May 8, 1980 could do something to make known Fannie-Mae and Ginnie-Mae loan programs • Mr. PEPPER. Mr. Speaker, it is no the dangers to the elderly represented are in doubt. Manufacturers can't make nec­ longer a secret that high blood pres­ by hypertension. As a result, the Sub­ essary capital improvements if investment sure is one of the most. insidious en­ committee on Health and Long-Te_rm tax credits are in jeopard§'. emies of the Nation's health. Heart Care, which I also chair, conducted Neither Government nor business can op­ disease, the leading cause of death, the first congressional heaiing devoted erate in an economic climate where key tax and stroke account tor nearly half of exclusively to an examination of high provisions or prograllls could abruptly dis­ all deaths in the United States each blood pressure among the elderly on appear from the books because a committee year. Diseases of the circulatory July 21-, 1977. In the fall of 1978, :tap­ missed a review or a minority of Members system are the single greatest econom­ delay consideration of a sunset renewal. As pointed ·a blue ribbon advisory panel a former fiila.ncial laWYer. I know that in­ ic health burden. They account for on the treatment of high blood pres­ vestment flees uncertainty. And in these over one-fifth of the total national sure in America to advise our .commit­ economic times. the last thing we want to do economic cost of tllness, which has tee on what might be done to further is to discourage investment. almost tripled since 1963. Diseases in attack this national health problem. This could very well happen under H.R. 2 this category rank first among the This panel, composed of Amercians and this is why I have pursued a different major classifications of disease in po­ distinguished fu the fields of medicine, cotirse with H.R. 5858. tential years of life lost because of ill­ business, labor, government, ·and phil­ ness and account for the largest I am not convinced that automatic termi­ anthropic endeavor, and including tne nation. as proposed by H.R. 2, is the best or number of_social security disability very highly respected heart surgeon, only way to encourage review. This is why cases. Dr. DeBakey, met with our H.R. 5858 assures a vote of the full Congress IDgh blood pressure is a critical committee on January 31, 1979, and before any program or tax expenditure can factor in this ·area; it has been estimat­ issued a report recommending legisla­ be terminated. ed -to be present in 68 percent of all tive and administrative initiatives at I am not convin9ed that any individual first heart attacks and 75 percent of combating hypertension. program or form of spending should be all first strokes. It is directly related to Shortly afterward, I introduced a exempted from review. as in H.R. 2. This is heart attack, heart failure, stroke, package of bills which would, among why H.R. 5858 contains no exemptions. .kidney failure, and blindneSs. other things, provide medicare cover­ I am not convinced that an arbitrary Some 60 million Americans have age for preventive services furnished schedule, such as that contained in H.R. 2. been-determined to be at risk of devel­ in the screening, testing, diagnosis, should determine any Congress• priorities oping blood vess'el disease and these and treatment of individuals for hy­ for sunset review. This is why H.R. 5858 has related conditions as a result of high pertension. It is my hope that the leg­ the committee of jurisdiction, with the con­ blood pressure. Almost 35 million per­ islative committees with jurisdiction currence of the full Congress. set its own sons are estimated to have definite hy­ over these bills will seek to bring them priorities for review. pertension with another 25 million before the full House. I am not convinced that sunset review thought to have borderline high blood should only look at the amount of funds au­ pressure. Some 7 mtllton of the 35 mil­ Association and friendship with thorized for a program. This is why H.R. lion Americans with definfte high Mary Lasker have been among the 5858 encourages review of the enacting leg­ blood pressure ·are taking medication greatest joys of my public life. Time islation and all regulatory authority. and achieving control of their disea.Se. and again Mary Lasker has demon­ · For these reasons, I am convinced that While uncontrolled hypertension strated abiding concern for the health H.R. 5858 represent. the most responsible can have devastating consequences, it of Americans-indeed all the people of and effective approach to sunset; has no symptoms. Mtlllons of Ameri­ the world. And she has done more to cans dally play Russian roulette with translate her concern into action and _Our Nation ~as · focused its attention on results than any person I have known the issues of- inflation and Government their lives, unaware of the unknown economy. Congress can and will respond to health dangers they may face. Detec­ in the more than 40 years that I -have that concern with suilset legislation this tion, treatment, and prevention are been associated with the Federal Gov­ year. My question to you. which I stated crucial to control of this condition. ernment. earlier, is: "What kind of sunset legislation which has been called the silent ktller. It was my pleasure to work with her will it be?" . Education, therefore, is the largest and others in the Congress to estab­ Will it treat all forms of spending equally single need lish the National Heart Institute, the or will it _be riddled with exemptions? In the early 1970's, the National National Cancer Institute, and -others. Will Congress have the final say or will Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute initi­ She has initiated practically all of the key provisions of law end without so much ated a program that has become the great programs that deal with health­ as a vote due to automatic teimination? focal point for national education ac­ problems that today are the subject of concern by our Government: cancer, Will it address the need to review the pro­ tivities. This national high blood pres­ grams most in need at the· time, or will its sure education campaign has produced heart disease, arthritis, rheumatism, review be dictated by an arbit~ - schedule? impressive, measurable results in re­ blindness, and right on through the ducing deaths from heart attack and list of diseases which are studied by Think on these questions. I did. and that stroke. the National Institutes of Health and is why H.R. 5858 takes the form that it does. Sunset legislation is not a one-.shot op­ Mr. Speaker, the reason the dangers treated in various Federal, State, local, eration to streamline government. Our Fed­ of hypertension are no longer a secret and private programs. She truly is one eral bureaucracy- has built up over the can be traced to the efforts of Mrs. of the great ladies of the world, and entire post-war period. It will take a sus­ Mary Lasker. It should come as no sur­ the world owes her a debt of gratitude tained effort by the Congress to sort prise to my colleagues that she was for the selfless devotion she continues through the mass of Federal programs and and is the inspiration and the momen­ to exhibit in the interest of mankind. activities. H.R. 5858 is designed for the long­ tum behind this successful program. It I bring these thoughts to the atten­ haul-for that is the only hope we have for was_she who first presented it to HEW tion of my colleaiues so that I may getting a handle on the problems that beset officials; it was she who got the pro­ share with them a recent report on Government today.e gram off the ground; and it is she the status and results of the na~ional May 8, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 10703 high blood pressure education cam­ What· we need now Is to Increase the necticut inventive geniuses are repre­ paign. number of people who have their blood sented by the products of their efforts. pressures checked to prevent even thou­ For example, one can see exhibits on· Mr. Speaker, I insert this brief sands more deaths from heart attacks, report in the REcoRD at this point: strokes, and kidney failure. Get checked the telegraph-Samuel Morse; vulcan­ One of the most successful public disease today by your doctor. ized rubber tires-Charles Goodyear; control programs ever undertaken in this the first combat submarine-David country is the National High Blood Pressure Bushnell; a stone crusher for macad­ Education Campaign of the National Heart THE NEW ELI WHITNEY am roads-Eli Whitney Blake; car­ Institute, which began in late 1973. This MUSEUM AND ARMORY riages-John Cook and James Brew­ program has been a major contributing ster; covered bridges-Ithiel Town; and factor to the decline in deaths in this coun­ try, resulting in the fact that for the last HON. ROBERT N. GIAIMO many more. three years we have enjoyed the lowest The Eli Whitney Museum, which is OP CONNECriCU'l' near New Haven. has a number of death rate in our history. ·m THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES This has been accomplished by cutting buildings dedicated to displaying New the death rate from stroke by 23 percent be­ Thursday, May B. 19BO England artifacts, antique firearms, tween 1973 and 1978; and by cutting the • Mr. GIAIMO. Mr. Speaker, I would the original arms factory, a living death rate from diseases of the heart by 8 like to call the attention of my col­ museum, and an extensive library. An percent between 1973 and 1978, In each case authoritative booklet has been pub­ with accompanying savings of thousands of leagues to a new museum entering its second season in my Third Congres­ lished by Mr. Lindsay giving some of lives. the interesting details of the armory The decline In the number of deaths from sional District in Connecticut. cerebrovaseular diseases since 1973 has Its uniqueness is that it is·dedicated along with an excellent bibliography meant the saving of 127,026 lives of people to displays depicting spme of the early arid a listing of manufacturing compa­ who would not have been alive had the days of Yankee ingenuity. Through nies of Connecticut that were founded prior stroke death rate still prevailed. the inspiring efforts and leadership of between 1767 and 1862 and still in In 1973 at the start of the National High Merrill K. Lindsay, a well known his­ business as of·1973. Blood Pressure Education Campaign, the torian, and several other dedicated in­ As an important part of our Ameri­ crude death rate from stroke was 102.1. In can heritage, I would recommend to 1978, it was down to 79.1, a 23 percent de­ dividuals, the remaining 10 acres of the once vast Whitney family holdings one and all that they visit the Eli cline. Whitney Museum in Whitneyville, Year by year this meant. a saving of the have been obtained for this historical following number of lives through the de­ showplace. Conn.e cline In the stroke death rate, since the Na.­ The historical significance of this tional High Blood Pressure Campaign got museum is based on the inventor of SECRETARY OF STATE MUSKIE underway: tbe cotton gin, Eli Whitney. The 1974, 6,889; 19'75, 20,275; 1976, 25,690;·1977, cotton gin assured his place in 'the his­ 32,379; 1978, 41,793, for a total of 127,026 tory books and almost into the debtors HON. DON EDWARDS lives saved. prison. But he -is assured a place in or CALIPORNIA A similar successful result has been effect­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ed in connection with diseases of the heart. any history book dealing with the The death rate from diseases of the heart technique of mass production. He Thursday, May B. 19BO has been cut by 8 percent between 1973, nearly went into bankruptcy m his at­ e Mr. EDWARDS of California. Mr. when the National Wgh Blood Pressure tempts to protect his cotton gin from Speaker, I was pleased to see the over­ Education Campaign began, to 1978. being copied, but had the foresight to whelming vote in tbe Senate to con­ Thus, the decline in the number of deaths develop an arms industry utilizing firm Ed Muskie to be our new Secre­ from diseases of the heart since that time some of the earliest techniques for tary of State. I have always had a high has meant the saving of 160,086 lives, of producing quantities of interchange­ people who would not be here had the prior regard for Mr. Muskie, and believe heart disease death rate still prevailed. able parts: His effort to fulfill a con­ that he will bring a needed balance to In 1973 at the start of the program, the tract with the U.S. Government to our foreign policy planning. crude death rate from diseases of the heart manufacture 1~000 muskets in an un­ An articie in today•s New York was 360.8. In 1978, it was down to 333.0, an 8 precedented 2-year period was the real Times presents some interesting percent decline. beglnnlng of mass production. SkeP­ thoughts on Mr. Muskie's new position On a year by year basis, this has meant a tics of the 1798 period knew he could that I think my colleagues would be saving of the folloW.ing number of lives, not find enough craftsmen to hand­ interested in reading. As, a Senator, Ed through the decline In the heart disease craft muskets using traditional gun­ death rate since the National High Blood Muskie has been a forceful advocate smith methods. While it took longer for arms control and for the SALT II Pressure Education Campaign began: than the 2 years for Mr. Whitney to 1974, 18,909; 1975, 40,860; 1976, 33,197; agreement. In these troubled and un­ 1977, 38,225; 1978, 28,885, for a total of set up the plant and to obtain the nec­ certain times, I think we very much 160,086. essary machinery, he knew that once need a renewed commitment to achiev­ The significance of the National High in operation the factory could produce ing arms limitation. l share the hope Blood Pressure Education Campaign, and individual musket parts that could be of the author of this editorial that the resultant saving of lives, demonstrates interchanged. Replacing broken parts Secretary Muskie will use his new po­ the fact that when doctors and the public with new parts in the field was an sition to encourage the ratification of are made aware of specific health matters. added bonus the Army soon realized. SALT II. both the professional and the lay public re­ It was not too long before foreign gov­ The article follows: spond, and lives are saved. ernments realized the advantages of All the elements relevant to this situation this technique. It became known as FOR MR. MUSKIE'S OPENING NUMBER were in existence prior to 1973-we had the the "American System." A rescue mission is overdue for another drugs, we had the knowledge, we had the American hostage to fortune, the SALT techniques. The only thing we did not have During his lifetime, Eli Whitney's treaty. H Senator Muskie. wants to make enough of was educatiQn and the incentive factory in Whitneyville produced good his vow to be a "political" Secretary of to act upon this medical knowledge. about 38,000 firearms, thereby estab­ State, In the finest sense, he would defy The only new factor that was added was lishing the first truly recognized fac­ conventional wisdom and lead a daring the National High Blood Pressure Educa­ tory based on the mass production of effoFt to save the arms control pact. tion Campaign, and the aid of the Advertis­ uniform interchangeable parts. President Carter's preoccupations with ing Council, which obtained for it, between The museum organizer, Merrill K. Iran and Afghanistan, though justified, . 1975 and 1978, $106,000,000 in free time and have obscured the even larger danger of the space from TV, radio, and other media. We Lindsay, a renowned arms historian, · res\nnption of an uncontrolled nuclear arms may therefore consider that this was the has not confined the museum just to race with the Soviet Union. This being an new ingredient which made all the differ­ Whitney's cotton gin and samples of American election year, the chances for ence between life and death for thousands the arms his factory produced Many avoiding that danger now seem small. But of pel>ple. other well-known ~ew Haven and Con- the chances of repairing the damage after 10704 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 8, 1980 election. when Moscow will be moving STAND UP AMERICA ened that we should be prepared to fight for toward a change of leaders. seem smaller these principles. still. One more urgent effort ought to be In order to stop Soviet aggression and em­ made. and the arrival of Secretary Muskie­ HON. CARROLL HUBBARD, JR. bamiY takeovers we must unite to keep this soon to meet with Foreign Minbter Gromy­ OF KENTUCKY countrJ free. Let us not blind ourselves. but ko-may offer a last opportunity. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rather see that these are not Just signs but Mr. Muskie has headed the arms control Implements of war. These hostile actions subcommittee of the Senate and probably Thursday, May a. 19aO have to be dealt with immediately. knows that subJect as well as any foreign These incidents have occured mostly be­ e Mr. HUBBARD. Mr. Speaker, I cause of our foreign policy. We could not issue. And he knows better than anyone in would like to call the attention of my protect our citizens in Iran and probably the Administration how to maneuver the colleag\i'es to a commentary written by Senate toward one more try at ratification. cannot protect them in the United States it a high school student from Hopkins­ a World War were to come today. It is now Ronald Reagan would oppose it. but that ville, Ky. This excellent statement by time that the students of this community may make it all the more attractive to the stand up together and support this great Democrats and President Carter. Propelling Hopkinsville High School senior, Frank Reynolds, exhibits a renewed country because she has supported us for all them and the country should be the knowl­ our lives. edge that failure to ratify SALT this year patriotism at a time when pride and Freedom is a precious thing to humans all will destroy the pending treaty and perhaps belief in our Nation has withered to an over the world. But if freedom is not worth even the anps control negotiating process. alarming low. We are all aware of the protecting then it is not worth keeping. Mr. Carter has wisely drawn back from challenges and difficulties facing us Life is a beautiful miracle but it cannot be linking SALT ratification to Soviet conduct both nationally and internationally. valued above principle. The world will not in Afghanistan. The treaty is even more im· Let Mr. Reynolds' article be the sort respect our rightS unless we show that we portant in a period of Soviet-American ten­ of inspiration to spark the sense of will defend those rights. One man's life is sion. SALT II is not a favor the United hope and unity we so desperately need not worth more than a whole country's ex­ States does for the Soviet Union; it is a mu­ to stand up to these challenges. This istence. tually beneficial pact and, on balance, more commentary appeared in Hopkinsville As long as a nation is full of people with­ beneficial to America. out courage, it is not Just a nation that is High School's newspaper, the Tiger, weak, but a nation that is doomed to die.e · The American and Soviet Governments on .April 29, 1980. The text is as fol­ are abiding voluntarily by the unratified lows: limitations of SALT II and the expired STAND UP AKER.ICA LONGEVITY: CAN THE AGING limits of SALT I. But why obey treaties PROCESS BE REVERSED? without also getting their benefits of cer­ Moving into this decade, America is tainty? Holding voluntarily to these ceilings plagued with many new problems as well as will surely become difficult as the time ap. many of the old ones still dragging along. HON. JAMES J. FLORIO proaches for dismantling older weapons to The most crucial problem that we, the OP NEW JERSEY make room for replacements. A first test American people, are faced with today is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES may come this month, when Moscow the starting of a war, possibly a Nuclear launches a new missile submarine that will World War. Thursday, May a. ~9aO push the Soviet arsenal above the SALT I Being a concerned student and citizen of e Mr. FLORIO. Mr. Speaker, the ceiling. The United States faces a similar this community. I feel that it is my obliga­ House will once again turn its atten­ test in September, with the start of sea tion to speak out on this issue of country trials for a new Trident submarine. and patriotism. By expressing my feelings tion to the important issue of Federal on this grave issue, I hope and pray that support for medical research when we Replacements aside, SALT II requires the other Americans will be persuaded to stand consider the Health Research Act of Soviet Union to dismantle 104 missiles or up and show their national pride for this 1980. This blll, which reauthorizes the bombers immediately and 150 more by the glorious nation. · end of 1981, when the United States is com­ National Institutes of Health, was or­ If a World War is to come in our near dered to be reported this week by the mitted to reduce by 33. All of this. would future, we ciumot sit here and wait for it to have to be renegotiated if Congress defers Committee on Interstate and Foreign slap us in the face. We must be ready by Commerce. ratification to at least the middle of next preparing ourselves now. The best way to do year. this is by draft registration. This is a pro­ I am very proud of the work being Delay would also unravel other elements posal by President Carter that would allow conducted at a research laboratory in of security policy. NATO's approval of young men and women to register for the my congressional district at the Insti­ American mid-range missiles in Europe was draft. By using this draft registration now tute for Medical Research . lo· conditioned on negotiations in the next and supporting it we will be ready for any cated at Camden, N.J. This interna­ treaty, SALT Ill, to limit them and compa­ military aggression against us, our Allies, or tionally renowned facility has the rable Soviet weapons. If those issues become any place American interests are threat­ world's largest collection of deep­ entwined with SALT II, the pending treaty ened. frozen human cell samples. Upon re­ will be delayed for many years. And it is We must maintain a strong army and quest, these samples are immediately highly unlikely that either side would abide navy if we are to protect our national secu­ voluntarily by the SALT limitations until rity. This will show the world that the available to researchers investigating that time. "Sleeping Giant" has awakened once again. cancer, aging, and hereditary disease. Presently, 80 percent of the Insti· Moscow is even now adding 1,000 multiple tired of being pushed around. warheads to its big missiles each year: SALT We have to be ready for any crisis today tute's funding comes from Federal and II limits those missiles to 10 warheads each, because the world is in a terribly unstable State grants. Twenty percent is sup­ instead of the 30 they could carry, and to a stage· where one incident can tum this plemented by private foundation total of about 10,000. But those ceilings planet into a battlefield. So if we still want grants and individual contributions. won't be voluntarily observed forever. At to keep our freedoms, then let's give our IMR is New Jersey's only medical re­ about 14,000 such warh.eads. Moscow·would country what She deserves, a little of our­ search facility that is not supported have tripled the "threat" to America's con­ tSelves and our time. by a drug company, hospital, or uni­ templated mobile MX missile, which is sup. - If someone ·is living in the United States, .and does not want to defend his constitu­ versity . posed to make our land-based deterrent in· IMR also plays an important role in vulnerable again. America could always tional rights, then why should someone build more MX shelters, but the Soviet else? Why should these people have the investigating environmental causes of Union could add still more warheads, faster same rights as someone else who has fought cancer, an issue of great concern in my and cheaper. for his rights and his country? Anyone who State. IMR is the only lab that tests loves this country should stand up and sup­ New Jersey's air, soil, and water for A world without SALT may not be the port it. unidentified cancer-causing chemicals. worst of all worlds, but it could come close. I am not suggesting that we should go to The Instabilities in an uncontrolled anns war with the Soviet Union or any other Mr. Speaker, I think that my col­ race would be even greater than the eco· country at this time, although diplomatic leagues would find enlightening a nomic cost of losing the treaty-at least $30 relations have been strained a great deal by recent article about the Institute of billion over ten years. What better issue for the Soviet Union and other countries as Medical Research's study on the rela­ an election year debate, and for a Secretary well. I am only saying that if our national tionship between cellular reproduction . of State's debut?e security or our rights to liberty are threat- and human .aging. We should all be May 8, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 10705 aware that the continuation of such the reason for the difference is not because doing so, Arthur Levitt has provided high-quality research depends upon the tissue is different," explains Greene. the basis for a much higher standard our maintaining Federal aid for basic The institute has gone all over the world of accountability of the performance to obtain samples of some of the more un­ research. usual aging diseases. Included in the collec­ of public officials to the electorate-a It is a privilege to share with my col­ tion is progeria, which causes premature property which greatly strengthens leagues the work being done at IMR in aging In children who take on the appear­ the viability of a democratic form of efforts to meet the tremendous chal­ ance of old people and usually die In their government as the bureaucratic C9m­ lenges faced by medical science. teens. Another rare disease In the cell bank plexity of government has grown The article published in Camden's is called Alzheimer Disease, a form of early beyond the ability of ordinary citizens Courier-Post follows: senility. The bank also Includes cell samples taken to come to grips with it. from healthy persons from age 20 to 90. The pioneering innovation in the CITY CELL BANK MAY HoLD SECRET OF Samples from these volunteers are taken on management of modern government HUMAN AGING a regular basis to be studied and stored. which Arthur Levitt initiated derived . However, cancer cells will either come out of Camden or the Insti­ will reproduce Indefinitely. So, if science fered a great loss in Arthur Levitt's tute will have played a role In it. ever learns to control the wild growth of passing. All concerned-his family, The secret of defeating the aging process cancer, it also will learn how to prolong friends, and fellow citizens can take probably lies In understanding cells and growth in normal but aging cells. comfort in the. fact that the contribu­ why cells lose their ability to divide and re­ Miller is one of six institute staff members tion he made to public life will stand produce. involved In the basic research on aging. long after most of the public figures Practically all researchers working on this Most of the group's work has involved the he influenced are long forgotten. basic question · are in contact with the examination of chromosomes and genes.e Camden facility for two reasons: It has been my privilege to count It has a team of scientists working on Arthur Levitt and his family among aging under a federal grant that now A TRIBUTE TO ARTHUR LEVITT my personal friends. It must have amounts to $1.25 million. been a great source of satisfaction to It contains the world's only cell bank for HON. JACK F. KEMP Arthur Levitt to see his son, Arthur, aging, which last month received a $3.5 mil· OF NEW YORK Jr., follow so effectively in his father's lion federal grant for its continued exist­ footsteps as a distinguished leader of ence. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES New York's financial community as The cell bank contains thousands of tiny Thursday, May 8, 1980 vials filled with living, frozen cells. They are president of the American Stock Ex­ shipped to scientists In every part of the e Mr. KEMP. Mr. Speaker, this week, change in New York City. Arthur world who are working on the question of New York State, as well as the Nation, Levitt, Jr., has brought to this office aging. lost a great man and one of its most the same traits of professional dedica­ The bank is funded by the National Insti­ effective and influential public serv­ tion and personal integrity that won tute for Aging and it is tied In with all ants. Arthur Levitt for 24 years served for his father the admiration of his NIA research projects dealing with cells. the people of New York as the State's fellow citizens throughout the State The living cells have been collected from As people with rare illnesses that cause prema­ comptroller. an elected official, he and the Nation.e ture aging and from normal people of all served in the administration of three ages. The samples are kept in a state of sus­ Governors of both political parties. pended animation in liquid nitrogen freezers Without doubt, during the course of A. PHILIP RANDOLPH at 316 degrees below zero. his distinguished service, h,e became Dr. Arthur E. Greene of Cherry Hill, head the State's most widely admired public of the cell biology department, is as cau­ figure. As he approached the end of HON. SHIRLEY CHISHOLM tious as any scientist, yet he feels there may his unpre~edented six terms of office, OF NEW YORK be a major breakthrough in 10 to 15 years. all four political parties in New York IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "It's possible that life can be prolonged so State were prepared to nominate that people will live to 150,'' he says. "But, Thursday, May 8, 1980 what we are really looking for is the knowl­ Arthur Levitt as their candidate for edge to keep people as healthy as possible as comptroller. e Mrs. CHISHOLM. Mr. Speaker, they age." Perhaps the most enduring part of there is probably no other American "Science has just started to study this In a Arthur Levitt's record will be to his who has done more for the black la­ systematic way," he says. "The NIA is only ability to enlarge the concept of the borer than did A. Philip Randolph about three years old. Aging is getting more position from what was originally who died last year. attention because by the turn of the cen­ little more than an auditing function Mr. Randolph organized the pre­ tury about 25 percent of the population will to a comprehensive review of the qual­ be over 65." dominantly black pullman train por­ Much of the technology to study the proc­ ity of execution of government pro­ ters at a time when blacks were barred ess is new. The Institute for Medical Re­ grams. Levitt virtually pioneered ef­ from membership in existing labor search has been a pioneer in developing forts to link the fiscal performance of unions. It was 12 years later that the techniques of preserving the pUrity of cell State government with its substantive Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters samples. performance. No State government of­ The institute developed sterile air-flow ficial could be content with simply was recognized and granted an inter­ systems used in labs and hospitals and other showing a set of balanced books at the national charter by the American Fed­ sterilizing techniques. conclusion of a fiscal year; government eration of Labor-Congress of Industri­ One of the advantages of using the insti­ was being held accountable for the al Organizations . tute as the cell bank for all aging studies is quality_ of its performance as well. Mr. Randolph's work of nearly 60 that work can be duplicated using the same years ago marked the beginning of tissue from the same donor. The practice of auditing both fiscal "If there is a major discovery and another and substantive performance has now much of the civil rights struggles that scientist tries to duplicate the experiment become the model followed by Feder­ were to come in later years. and does not get the same result, he knows al, State, and local governments. In An article on Mr. Randolph follows: 10706 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 8, 1980 [From Dollars & Sense, April-May 19801 But in 1963, Randolph did more than We had considered this another act of DISTINGUISHED AMERicAN: A. PHILIP threaten a mass march on the nation's Cap­ vandalism until now as the V.F.W. monu­ RANDOLPH itol: working with his iong-time colleague ment had been vandalized, as were other and friend, Bayard Rustin, and representa­ buildings in New Milford. I might add that When Asa Philip Randolph died in May, tives of labor and civil rights groups, the 73- our flag, that you donated, was cut down 1979, he closed his eyes on 60 years of fight­ year-old Randolph organized the historic and other flags in New Milford were like­ ing bias and discrimination a~ainst black March on WashingtOn that is perhaps best wise shamefully cut down from their poles Alpericans in all walks of life. So pervasive known for Dr: King, Jr.'s as well. was Randolph's involvement in knocking dramatic "I Have a Dream" address. Our flag pole, donated by one of our mem­ the wind out of the United States' irra­ "We are not a pressure group," Randolph bers in honor of his dead parents, was also tional, cruel and self-defeating racial and saw fit to explain at the time, as hundreds desecrated. oppressive economic policies that . at the of thousands of Americans of all persua­ Now our Post received an unsigned letter time of his death, "it was almost impossible sions converged at Washington, D.C.'s Lin­ through the 1;11ails-proving the act ~ not to separate his role" in the labor and civil coln Memorial. "We are the advance guard only un-American, criminal, but anti-semitic rights movements. of a massive moral revolution for jobs and as well. The letter threatened to throw the It was in 1925 that Randolph came to the freedom . • • touching every village where monument down each time we re-erect it. forefront in the labor movement when he black men are segregated, oppressed and Is there legislation providing severe penal­ organized the predominantly black Pullman exploited." ties for desecrating the American flag, a train car porters into the Brotherhood of Bayard Rustin noted that "Mr. Randolph monument to our nation's war dead and Sleeping Car Porters. realized that the civil rights movement was vandalizing religious edifices? This was during the days when any orga­ entering a new era in the mid-1960s-an era If not, can you please introduce such legis­ nizing of American workers smacked of that required intense black participation in lation, making it a Federal crime to vandal· "communism" in the eyes of this country's the electoral process of America.'' In 1964, 1ze and/or desecrate a patriotic monument, powerful elite, when the mere mention of a "as a means of strengthening the bonds be­ the American flag and a religious institution union was enough to cost a sympathizer his tween blacks and · the labor movement," and edifice. job, and sometimes his life. And when a Randolph founded the A. Phillp Randolph Sinberely, group of workers did unionize, black work­ Institute, now headed by Rustin. SoL ABRAMs, ers were excluded from its ranks. As in other areas · of American life, Past Commander. Randolph's efforts to galvanize the through the years black Americans have SmALPERS, poorly-paid and over-worked black Pullman made gains within organized labor, though Commander. porters was a Herculean task that would many feel these gains have only beg(m to later earn him a top berth in labor activism, scratch the surface of the labor hierarchy .Mr. Speaker, for this reason,. I am and the mantle of "elder statesman" atnong and that the best is yet to come~ presently preparing my proposals re­ black labor leaders. It was Asa Philip Randolph's conviction questing severe Federal penalties for In 1937, after a 12-year battle, the Broth­ that these gains could be achieved through wanton desecration of a patriotic erhood was granted an international charter the system, and that a black/labor alliance monument. I hope that once this pro­ from the American Federation of Labor is the key.e , and Randolph eventually became posal has been drafted and formally the first black vice president of the Ameri­ introduced that I can count on the· can Federation of Labor-Congress of Indus­ VANDALISM OF MONUMENTS support of the majority of my col­ trial Organizations . DEDICATED TO JEWISH WAR leagues in this distinguished Cham- Inside the AFL-CIO, Randolph continued VETERANS ber.e · to assail union leadership with charges of built-in devices that systematically excluded blacks from certain crafts and, as a result, HON. HAROLD C. HOLLENBECK PAUL STEVENS he formed the Negro American Labor Coun­ OF NEW JERSEY cil. However, it was from the base of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. CLARENCE D. LONG Randolph struck out to fight labor discrimi­ Thursday, May 8, 1980 OF MARYLAND nation as well as inequities in the socio-eco­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES e Mr. HOLLENBECK. Mr. Speaker, nomic arena. Thursday, May 8, 1980 "Freedom is valueless without economic in the very near future I plan· to intro­ power," he often said. duce legislation which addresses a e Mr. LONG of Maryland. Mr. Speak­ Born in Crescent City, Florida in 1889, the problem of distressing proportions. er, I congratulate Paul Stevens, of son of an African Methodist Episcopal min­ For the third time since Veteran's Randallstown. Md., who will today ister, .Asa Philip Randolph was a tall man Day, a monument- in New Milford, become an Eagle Scout. Paul·is a 14- with broad shoulders and a "rich, broad­ N.J., dedicated by the Cpl. Charles M. year-old student at Arlington Baptist toned voice." Early on, he became a champi­ Wallach Post 773 to veterans of the Upper School. He has been a Boy on of nonviolent direct action. Jewish faith was toppled by vandals. Scout for 2% years, and tonight, at a During the lynching and race riot era of The individuals responsible for such court of honor at the Mount Olive t~e early 20tp century, Randolph crossed the country, his speeches becoming telling abhorrent acts. are deserving of pun­ United Methodist Church, Paul will be documentaries of some of black America's ishment which will serve as a genuine honored by his friends, neighbors, and darkest days. For his efforts, Randolph was deterrent to actions of a similar fellow Scouts. It is a pleasure for me e.rrested in 1919 by federal agents who had nature. This despicable desecration of to personally extend my own best him jailed for a few days in Cleveland, Ohio. a monument honoring our Nation's wishes at the award ceremony.e After America's entry into World War II, war dead must not go unanswered. when black Americans were "dying for de­ A copy of a recent communication I mocracy" in distant lands, and other blacks received from the Jewish War Veter­ RESOLUTION TO HONOR were excluded from war industry jobs at LUCRETIA MOTT home, Asa Philip Randolph once again gal­ ans of U.S.A. in New Milford, N.J., ap­ vanized black American support, fusing it pears as follows: into a huge, 100,000 s"trong proposed March CPL. CHARLES M. WALLACH HON. WIWAM H. GRAY III on Washington-to the consternation of POST 773, OF PENNSYLVANIA President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and JEWISH WAR VETERANS OF U.S.A., IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES most white liberals of the day. New Milford, N.J., April30, 1980. After a showdown with Roosevelt that re­ Bon. HARoLD "CAP'' HoLLENBECK, Thursday, May 8, 1980 sulted in the June 25, 1941 signing of Execu­ East Rutherford, N.J. • Mr. GRAY. Mr. Speaker, I am hon­ tive Order 8802, discrimination in war indus­ DEAR CAP: I was told by your campaign ored to introduce in the House a joint tries and labor apprenticeships was banned, office to contact you. resolution paying tribute to one of the and Randolph called off the march. An­ The monument to men and women of the other Executive Order, this time from Presi­ Jewish faith who fought and died in all of greatest women in our country's his­ dent Harry Truman, that provided for our nation's wars. that our Post dedicated tory, Lucretia Mott. "equal treatment and equal opportunity" in on Veterans' Day, November 11, 1979 has been toppled for the third time a ing figure in the fight for equal rights campaign against the draft. few weeks ago. fQr women. At the same time, she was May 8, 198~ EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 10707 an bnportant player in the battle to Following the split, Lucretia was named a first president. This is one of the reasons secure equal rights for blacks in th, to join in the spirit of that commemo- portant person at the conference. Sitting at struggled to integrate the horse drawn trol­ f ll win t ib her left hand was Anne Knight, a British leys that brought visitors to the Camp, and ration by offering the o o g r - . Quaker, who was so influenced by Lucretia continued to work for peace. Shortly after ute to Lucretia Mott, prepared by that she began the women's rights _move­ the War she cornered Ulysses S. Grant and Margaret M. Bacon, of Philadelphia, ment in Great Brittan in 1851. Sitting on. asked him to intervene to save some Indians who has been active with the Lucretia her right was a young American bride, Eliz- from execution. Outliving her husband by Mott Centennial Coalition. abeth Cady Stanton, who felt the whole many years, she devoted her old age to the The tribute follows: course of her life was changed by the en­ Free Religious Association, and the Penn­ LUCRETIA COFFIN MoTT, 1793-1880 counter. While still in London, Lucretia and sylvania Peace Society. Elizabeth agreed to have a convention on In 1880, at the time of her death, Lucretia Behind all of Lucretia's crusades was her the rights of women on their return to the simple Quaker faith that there was that of Mott was known as the greatest woman United States. Postponed several times, this America had ever produced. Every leading God in everyone, and her belief that she resulted in the famous Seneca Falls Conven­ must always be obedient to the Divine will. newspaper carried an obituary notice. On tion of 1848. Broadway, in New York, her picture was Her heart was almost too big for one small Meanwhile, Lucretia was busy with other woman, scarcely five feet tall; and she .ran prominently displayed in a shop window "so reforms. First and foremost _was anti-slav­ that all might have a last look at the be· so fast to keep up with her conscience that ery. She helped escaping slaves through the she was often plagued with an upset stom­ loved face." underground railroad, and supported Wil­ The United States Congress knew her, as ach. By the end of her life she was a tiny,. liam Still and Harriet Tubman in their ef­ birdlike, saintly woman, yet she possessed a fearless advocate of emancipation of the forts to assist escape. She spoke out so per­ slaves, and a pioneer of the rights of women through it all a ~harp tongue and a ready sistently against slavery that she became a wit. Humor was her saving grace. who had several times addressed groups of highly controversial figure in the Society of Congresspersons, and taken her concerns to Friends. She took her campaign to the Born in 1793, Lucretia Mott's life story the White House when she felt so led. White House, and into the South on several goes back to the beginnings of this nation. Today, one hundred years later, it is time occasions. An enemy of race prejudice, she She was always proud of America's commit­ for the nation to revive and honor the befriended the Fortens and Purvises and ment to liberty and democracy; always memory of her passionate devotion to others, as well as Sojourner Truth and urging her contemporaries to make the human liberation and to peace. "There can dream come true. "Let this be a nation, as it Frederick Douglass. ought to be, where there is true equality," be no true peace that is not founded on jus­ But she had other concerns as well. tice and right" she often said. During the Irish potato famine in 1845 she she often said. Today she would be disaP­ Lucretia Mott's contributions were pri­ and James raised money for the victims. pointed by how little genuine progress we marily in the fields of-education, social wei­ She also supported a group of Irish hand­ have made toward equal rights; and she fate, peacemaking, and the pursuit of equal loom weavers who struck in this city. In the would be dismayed by our preoccupation rights. She was interested not only in the midst of growing poverty she established a with guns instead of butter. But she would liberation of slaves and women, but the lib­ series of workshops wheie poor women not be discouraged, for she believed in the eration of all people from the chains of could earn a meagre living by sewihg. potential of human beings to translate be­ narrow-mindedness and bigotry. She was as -Always a pacifist, she had been an early liefs into action. concerned about prejudice against the Irish member of the New England Non Resist­ immigrant worker as she was about that ance Society which promoted civil disobedi­ against Indians or Blacks. She believed that ence eight years ~fore -Thoreau-wrote his STATEMENT ON FOOD STAMPS to know the truth was to set men and famous essay. In 1846 she led a group of women free, and she fought for freedom of women in Philadelphia in an exchange of ideas for all people. letters with the women of Birmingham, Born Lucretia Coffin on the island of England, both pledging themselves to keep OF MASSACHUSETTS Nantucket, she taught school both before their countries from. going to war on the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and after her marriage to James Mott, a question of the Oregon territory, the Philadelphia wool merchant. The two had famous "54-40-or Fight" issue. Thursday, May 8, 1980 six children, of whom five lived. Lucretia In the summer of 1848 she went to north­ was a devoted mother and a talented house­ em New York State to visit her sister. While e ·Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, we are wife, known up and down the East Coast for there, she preached to the prisoners in seeing one of the Federal Govern­ her hospitality. Visiting reformers from the Auburn State Prison, ~ited the Seneca In­ ment's most successful programs­ British islands as well as Boston and Wash­ dians on their r-eservation, crossed over into food stamps-suffer the consequences ington, D.C. always stopped with the Motts. Ontario to see the colonies of escaped of our inflation-racked economy. Are Lucretia's public life began as a minister slaves, and was the inspiration and guiding we willing to let a program that makes in the Society of Friends. After the Hick­ force of the Seneca Falls Convention which a crucial· nutritional difference to 20 site-Orthodox split of 1827 she became a made the first Declaration of the Rights of famous Hicksite, and was often w-omen's Women. I think this illustrates how broad million of the least fortunate members clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. From and far reaching were her concerns. of our society slip away because we childhood on she had been concerned about Following Seneca Falls, Lucretia Mott was have failed to get a handle on infla­ slavery, and when William Lloyd Garrison widely known as the moving spirit of the tion? org.ariized the American Antislavery Society early women's rights movement. She coun­ For 9 months, we have ·ignored the in Philadelphia in 1833, she attended and selled Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone increasingly urgent messages from tne spoke at the meeting. A few days later she and Susan B. Anthony, spoke at almost helped to organize the Philadelphia Female every national convention, and was attacked Secretary of Agriculture that the pro­ Antislavery Society which continued in ex­ in the press as "a rampaging, unsexed gram was in financial trouble and istence until 1870. woman." In 1849 she gave a talk in Philadel­ about to exceed its ceiling. In 1977, the In the Female Society the women demon­ phia called "Discoutse on Women" answer­ cap that the Congress placed on the strated so much ability that they began to ing the attacks of critics. food stamp program may have seemed feel they ought to be allowed to participate "People ask, what do women want?" she reasonable. At that time the Congres­ in the Antislavery ·society as a whole. This told her audience. "I answer she asks noth­ sional Budget Office told us that food caused discord throughout the Antislavery ing as a favor, but as a right, she wants to prices would rise 3 to 4 percent each movement. In 1838 an angry mob burned be acknowledged as a moral, responsible down Pennsylvania Hall in Philadelphia, human being." year and that the unemployment rate partly in reaction to the fact that women In 1886, when it was thought for a time would be at 6 percent in fiscal year were addressing mixed or "promiscuous" au­ that women and blacks would both gain the 1980. Well, Mr. Speaker, since the diences ori the issue of slavery. In 1840 the vote at the same time, the American Equal spending cap was placed, food prices American.Antislavery Society split on the Rights Association was formed to work for have risen 22 percent and the unem­ "Women Question." this goal, and Lucretia was selected as its ployment rate is up to 7.2 percent. 10708 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 8, 1980 Basically, there are three reasons Mr. Speaker, I share with my col­ shore facility design in the Alaskan Beau­ leagues these tremendous accomplish· fort Sea. The geotechnical consulting firm why the cap has been reached: High of Harding-Lawson Associates, San Francis­ food prices, unemployment, and a ments of American ingenuity and our co and Anchorage, won the grand award for change in the law in 19'1'1 allowing private enterprise system: . research for its subsurface drilllng program more poverty level families to Join the MICHIGAN FIRM WINS ENGilfEERING on Alaska's North Slope. In temperatures as program. The Congress has already ExCELLENCE AWAJU) low as·60 degrees fahrenheit, a 32-man camp and will continue to face many tough The modification of Detroit's wastewater made 20 test borings through ice to depths choices as we deal with inflation and. treatment plant which will save the city $27 of 85 to 300 feet below mudllne for a 90-mile we must act responsibly. mllllon was chosen as the leading example stretch of the slope, to 15 miles offshore. Mr. Speaker, over half of the food of engineering excellence for 1980. Testing revealed the presence of ice-bonded The Grand Conceptor award. the top for permafrost which had environmental impli­ stamp recipients are children, one­ Engineering Excellence given by the Ameri­ cations for facility design and construction. fifth are low income elderly people can Consulting Engineers Councll, was pre­ The investigation produced technical, eco­ and one-third are disabled We are sented to the consulting engineering firm of nomic and safety data for the u.s. Geologi­ talking about a program that impacts Williams and Works, Grand Rapids, Mich., cal Survey. the very poorest segment of our soci­ at the May 2 ceremony in Washington, D.C. Modification of the Chief Joseph Dam, ety-over half of whose ailllual income The Detroit proJect was one of six empha­ Seattle, to permit installation of new gener­ is less than $6,000. I ask you if you can sizing resource protection through ators to double the dam's generating capac­ Justify asking those- least responsible wastewater treatment. Energy was a ,maJor Ity. The Seattle office of Boward, Needles, thrust of six award-winning proJects which Tammen and Bergendoff designed a pair of for our economic condition to go with· lnnovatively treat coal gasification, offshore fioating cofferdams, barge-like concrete out something that they truly cannot oil and gas development, production of elec­ structures, which blocked off each section afford, financially or nutritionally. I tricity and conservation in new building of the dam as it was being raised to permit find this a totally unacceptable solu­ design and renovation. The remaining proJ· modification without curtailing existing tion. ects concerned industrial expansion, historic power construction. This first use of coffer­ I do not deny that there have been preservation and safety. A total of 16 dam technique in the· U.S. saved the Corps unfortunate abuses of the food stamp awards were given by a panel of 11 Judges of Engineers an estimated $2 mllllon program, however, the legislation we representing government, industry and through value engineering analysis of the other fields. design, for which concrete was specified in· are considering today contains 15 The Williams and Works proJect involved stead of 1n1tially proposed steel. The firm strong provisions to alleviate these study and tests of modifications to increase won the grand prize for design services on problems and errors. I strongly urge the capacity of the huge final clarifiers of proJects of construction costs ireater than approval of this measure. With today's the treatment plant by a third. The Increase $5 mllllon. unemployment figures it would be was required by changes in fedei'al Environ· The City of Salina, Kan., Bicentennial wholly indecent not to do so.e mental Protection Agency and Michigan De­ Center, where temperature is controlled by partment of Natural ResOurces regulations. one of the nation's largest heat pump sys­ Effluent from the plant, one of the largest tems and body warmth of spectators is an ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE in the world and serving three mllllon important heat source for the 60,000-square­ AWARDS people and thousands of industries, could foot arena. The $6.4 mllllon complex, con­ not meet the new regulations. Construction structed below estimated cost, is divided of new facilities would have required exten­ into 16 independently controlled heating HON. BOB TRAXLER sive land acquisition and relocation of resl· and cooling zones which make it uimeces­ OP IIICHIGAM dents. sary to heat or cool the entire building The firm designed changes in the inlet IN THE HOUSE OF REPREsENTATIVES when only a Small area is in use. The honor structures to the clarifiers, reducing the ve­ award winning firm was Bucher & Willis, Thursday, May8, 1980 locity of the flow of waste into the clari­ Consulting Engineers, Planners & Archi· fiers, raising the level at which waste was e Mr. TRAXLER. Mr. Speaker, the tects, Salina, Kan. introduced and adding a series of .fiberglass · Energy-conserving design of the Seattle­ American Consulting Engineers Coun­ baffles to fUrther disperse the now of phos­ Doctors PavWon of the Swedish Hospital cil recently presented its phorous-removing liquid across the face of Center and energy-system renovation of ex­ annual Engineering Excellence the clarifiers. A full scale test model was in· Isting buildings. The new 150.bed acute-care Awards. Firms entered engineering stalled at a cost of $411,000. The estimated pavWon, adJacent to a large medical facility design projects from around the cost of installation in the remaining 24 clari· which had developed in many phases since United States. These were highly di· fiers is $4 mllllon, which represents a saving 1964, required extraction and re-use of all of $27 mllllon over the cost of constructing available waste heat. The design, using a verse and went from wastewater treat­ additional clarifiers. ment facilities to energy-related proJ­ direct heat exchange device and large cen­ "This proJect provides untold benefit to tral heat recovery heat pump, is expected -to ects, with everything in between. the people ·of Detroit as taxpayers and as save energy costs of $160,000 annually. The Through this competition ACEC pro­ citizens needing to renew the natural re­ honor award winning firm was Bouillon vides recognition annually to engi­ Sources of the region," said David Gardner, Topsham, Me., chairman of the Engineering Christofferson & Schairer, Seattle. neers · whose accomplishments are Expansion of the Edwin J .. Duszynski Re­ truly outstanding. Excellence Awards Committee. "It also benefits mllllons of residents of the Great source Recovery Center, Madison, Wis. The The remarkable achievements in Lakes region because the quality of effluent City of Madison and the Madison Electric construction and developments for im· being discharged into the receiving waters Company energy recovery program involves proving our society are attainable in will be improved." refuse-derived fuel for coflrlng with pulver­ large measure through the energy, Energy-related projects ranged from fuel ized coal to produce steam for electrical gen­ conversion to production to energy conser­ eration. The $2.5 mllllon plant, which proc­ dedication, and ability of this coun­ esses all of the city's solid waste, is reported­ try's engineers. After prelimlilary com­ vation In new and renovated buildJ.ngs. They ly the lowest capital cost system in the U.S. petitions at the State level, a final include: Coal gasification of the University of Min· The project design won an honor award for competition took place at the old Pen­ nesota;s Duluth heating plant. Funded by Warzyn Engineering, Inc., Madison. sion Building · here in Washington. the Department of Energy and the universi­ Five significant wastewater treatment Judges included several from the Hill, ty, the proJect .is the first. two-stage low plants were honored for innovative engi­ the executive branch, and the private BTU coal gasification plant in the Un1te4 neering. They were: sector. States, expected to convert· 94 percent of The Kings Gr&nt Advanced Wastewater Last 'Friday the firm Williams & the coal to .gas and 6 percent to oil, whiie Treatment system for a planned community Works, Inc., of Grand Rapids, Mich., meeting environmental restrictions. Engi­ of 9,000 residences in the environmentally­ received the Grand Conceptor Award neering and design of the plant won for the sensitive pinewoods of Burlington County, for the finest engineering project of firm of Orr-Schelen-Mayeron & ASsociates, N.Y. Even tertiary-level treated effluent of Inc., Minneapolis, a division of Kidde Con­ near drinking water quality could not be dis­ the past year. The winning project w~ sultants, a grand award for design services charged into nearby streams and had to be an innovative sewage treatment facili­ on proJects from $1 to $5 million. The plant held in recharge basins. A grand award for ty for the city of Detroit. Fifteen cost $3.5 million. design services on projects under $1 million other firms were also presented Large-scale offshore soil investigation for went to Gerald E. Speitel Associates, Mount awards. evaluation of on tracts, gas leases and off.. Laurel, N.J. May 8, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 10709 The City of Shelton, Wash., Wastewater 80,00()-square-foot warehouse, a bulk load­ duction of H.R. 4611 and hearings that FacWty Improvement. An existing plant'B ing facllity and p~rvation of the orlglnal were held on this matter by the Sub­ capacity was inadequate to handle heavy Dilll buildings. For development of a five­ committee on Select Revenue Meas­ rains, high groundwater and timber mill phase construction plan which allowed un­ wastewater or an expected doubling of the interrupted operation of the mill and co­ ures of the Committee on Ways and population in the next two decades. The ordination with an adjacent flood control Means, we are today Introducing a re­ $5.2 mWlon project was under budget. project, the firm of Conkey & Associates, vised version of this legislation. We be­ Design of a new simple and easily-main­ Minneapolis, ~ived an honor award. lieve the bill that we introduce tOday tained system which the city calls "a model Presenting the Grand Conceptor award at is an _improved product which address­ for other communities to follow'' won an the Friday presentation was Henry Longest. es some concerns which have been ex­ honor award for the Seattle-based firm of deputy assistant administrator for EPA's pressed with regard to the earlier bill Kramer, Chin & Mayo, Inc. Water Programs Operatiom. Grand and and also clarifies many provisions of The Upper Occoquan Sewage Authority horior awards in the research and design Regional Water Reclamation Plant, Manas­ categories were presented by ACEC Presi­ existing law in this area. sas Park, Va. The $62 m1llion project, in· dent George Barnes and Gardner.e Mr. Speaker, under present law. a volving conventional primary-secondary taxPa.yer Js entitled to a deduction for treatment and five advanced waste treat­ the value of certain contributions ment processes, includes three types of recy­ CARDINAL STEPINAC MEMORIAL made exclusively for conservation pur­ cling-recovery of ammonia for fert111zer, poses. If no action is taken, the tax methane for plant and digester heating and HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN law that encourages these important carbon dioxide for. recarbonation needs and charitable contributions will expire in organic solids which are anaerobically di­ OF NEW YORK June 1981. Under another provision of gested and composted for use by local park IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES authorities. The proJect won an honor the tax law. a t&xpayer may deduct award for CH2M H1ll, Reston. Va. Thursday, May B. 19BO the value of _an open space easement Improvement to the water pollution con­ • Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, today, in gross granted to certain organiza­ trol facility of Palmetto, Fla. Constructed M~y 8, marks the 82d anniversary of tions. under budget, the $1.98' mWlon advanced the birth of Cardinal Aloysius Ste­ For the past 15 years. the donation treatment plant remov~ nitrogen and phos­ phorous biologically. without use of chemi­ pinac. of conservation easements has been cals, a national first. An honor award went Cardinal Stepinac stands as a used as an effective tool in regulating to Glace & Radcliffe, Inc., Winter Park, Fla. symbol both of man's indoinlnitable a.ild protecting vital natural resources The industrial wastewater treatment fa­ spirit and wUl against tyranny and of areas in cases where a landholder is cility for the meat processing plant of Hill­ the Croatian people as a whole. unwil.l.lng or unable to sell or donate shire Farm. Inc., New London, Wise. The On this the 82d anniversary of his an entire or substantial interest in his $950,000 under-budget facility, which in­ birth, I am pleased along with the gen­ property. Resource agencies, as well as cludes a bio-oxidation tower -to accelerate tleman from Dlinois, Mr. DERWINSKI, private conservation organizations, are cooling, oxygen transfer and bio-chemical relying, to a greater extent, on acquir­ oxygen demand reduction, won an honor­ to introduce a bill that provides for award for Foth & Van Dyke and Associates, the erection of a monument to him in ing conservation easements as one al­ Green Bay, Wis. the District of Columbia at the ex­ ternative to the rather costly process Four other projects concerned design and pense of a private organization. the of full-fee title acquisition. Termina­ analysis for induStrial facilities, reconstruc­ American Friends of Croatia, Inc., pro­ tion of the authority allowing proper­ tion of a major coliseum, and historic pres­ vided that the memorial design and ty owners to receive a tax deduction ervation and modernization of significant other detaBs conform to the require­ for donating conservation easements buildings. They were: ments of the Commission on Fine Arts to nonprofit conservation organiza. Site investigation and foundation design tions would dull an effective conserva­ of the North -Pacific Paper Corporation and the National Capital Planning newsprint mill at the Weyerhaeuser mill lo­ Commission. tion tool cation, Longview, Wash. Studies by honor Mr. Speaker, Cardinal Stepinac was The bill introduced today would award w1nnlng firm Hart-Crowser & Asso· imprisoned for his opposition to the repeal these provisions of present law ciates, Seattle, revealed a highly compress­ Communist regime in Yugoslavia. ·I and substitute in their place one uni­ ible silt layer which required soil consolida­ hope that the erection of a memorial fied provision that would allow a de­ tion.· The silt was 'precompressed section by to a man so identified with the cause duction for a "qualified conservation section in advance of construction, reducing contribution." If enacted, the bill construction time and costs. The estimated of freedom will not only be a source of $172 mWlon project was built considerably pride to the mlllions of Americans of would encourage the preservation of under estimates. Croatian descent but will also be a this country's limited natur:ai re­ Fast-track reconstruction of the Hartford, source of inspiration and rededication sources and improve on present law in Conn., Civic Center Coliseum, Ellerbe Asso­ for the entire American people.e several significant ways. ciates, Bloomington, Minn., won an honor Most importantly, the bill would award for design of an enlarged coliseum in· allow a taxpayer to retain mineral corporating 80 major structural changes, INTRODUCTION OF REVISED rights in real property given to a quali­ following collapse under snow and ice in LEGISLATION TO AMEND THE fied organization exclusively for con­ January, 1978. The $25 mWlon project, INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF servation purposes. This provision which met the City of Hartford's budget, in­ 1954 TO ALLOW A DEDUCTION cluded a new roof and expansion of the coli­ would ellminate a serious impediment seum by a third. FOR CERTAIN CONTRIBUTIONS to many gifts which arises under pres­ Historic preservation of the Upton Build­ OF REAL PROPERTY FOR CON­ ent law. Deductions would also be al­ Ing, Minneapolis. The building, built in 1854 SERVATION PURPOSES lowed for the use which may be made and used as a general store, law offices, the of real property and remainder inter­ first post office, home .of the first area ests in real property given to qualified newspaper, the Minnesota Republican, and HON. JOHN D. DINGELL a fire station, was in danger of collapse due OFJUCHIGAN organizations exclusively for conserva­ to deteriorated basement walls. In a design IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion purposes. which won an honor award, Bakke, Kopp, Provisions of the legislation would Ballou & McFarlin Engineers developed a Thursday. May B. 19BO safeguard the natural and historic re­ method to strengthen the foundation by a e Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, during -sources which are the subject of these unique steel-beam "teeter-totter" shoring the first session of the 96th Congress. important gifts. For example, minerals system. The structure, whose restoration I introduced, along with my colleague retained could not be removed by any was accomplished under budget, is proposed from Indiana : President 6 per• would expedite overall efforts to pro­ to 30-percent margin. That was nearly a cent/5 percent; Congress, 1/2 percent; U.S. mirror reversal of district results showing '13 tect our Nation's dwindling natural re­ percent approval of a new registration pro­ Supreme Court, 2/13 percent. .sources at a time when Federal fund­ Satisfactory : President 48/82 gram. Students do, however, agree that percent; Congress, . 32/85 percent; U.S. Su­ ing for resource acquisition programs women should ·be called as well as men in are being slashed. The legislation wUl preme Court, 4'1 /'1'1 percent. any new registration, and that defense Poor : President, 44/13 per­ receive widespread support from the spending should be increased. cent; Congr-eSs, 64/13 percent; U.S. Supreme conservation community and wUl insti­ Students were substant1ally easier on the Court, 45/10 percent. tute needed changes in the tax code. three branches of Federal Government than 12. Which two of the following candidates We urge our colleagues to support this their older neighbors in offering perform­ for President would you like to see nomi­ blll. ance ratings for the President, Congress, nated by their party