November 27, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 33729 a.tives to postpone for one day the final vote H. Res. 445. October 12, 1979. Rules. Estab­ H. Res. 453. October 18, 1979 . .&ppropria­ on any blll or resolution which was a.mended lishes in the House of Representatives an Ad tions. Disapproves the deferral of budget au­ in the Committee of the Whole. Hoc Committee on Water Resources. thority for fiscal year 1980 for prompting and H. Res. 435. September 27, 1979. Rules. H. Res. 446. October 16, 1979. Rules. developing fishery products (Deferra.l Num­ Amends the Rules of the House of Repre­ Amends the Rules of the House of Repre­ bered D 80-7). senta.tives to require that a. portion of the sentatives to restrict provisions of and H. Res. 454. October 18, 1979. Sets forth time provided for general debate on any bill amendments to appropriation bllls. the rule for the consideration of H.R. 2727. or resolution when the House is meeting in H. Res. 447. October 16, 1979. House Ad­ H. Res. 455. October 18, 1979. Sets forth the the Committee of the Whole shall be re­ ministration. Limits the use of the section of rule for the consideration of H.R. 3948. served and ma.de available exclusively for the Oongressiona.l Record entitled "Exten­ H. Res. 456. October 18, 1979. Sets forth the a final period of general debate on the bill sions of Remarks" by Members of the House rule for the consideration of H.R. 2313. or resolution in its final form. of Representatives. H. Res. 457. October 18, 1979. Waives cer­ H. Res. 436. September 27, 1979. Rules. H. Res. 448. October 16, 1979. Merchant tain points of order in the consideration of Amends the Rules of the House of Repre­ Marine and Fisheries. Directs the Depart­ the conference report on S. 1030. senta.ti ves to require that a.t lea.st 500 copies ment of the Interior to rename the Big Stone H. Res. 458. October 18, 1979. Sets forth the of any proposed fioor amendment be made National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota., to be rule for the consideration of H.R. 2335. available in the Hall of the House of Repre­ known a.s the Lem Kaercher Na.tiona.l Wild­ H. Res. 459. October 18, 1979. House Ad­ sentatives for the use of other Members life Refuge. ministration. Prohibits the use of official prior to the offering of such amendment. H. Res. 449. October 16, 1979. Foreign Af­ funds for expenses of foreign travel by a H. Res. 437. September 27, 1979. Sets forth fairs. Expresses the sense of the House of specified Member of the House of Represent­ the rule for the consideration of H.R . 1885. Representatives with respect to the failure atives. H. Res. 438. September 27, 1979. Sets forth of Chile to extradite certain individuals to H. Res. 460. October 18, 1979. House Ad­ the rule for the consideration of H.R . 3580. the United States. ministration. Authorizes funds for the fur­ H. Res. 439. September 27, 1979. Sets forth Urges the President to take certain actions ther expenses of the investigations and stud­ the rule for the consideration of H.J. Res. 341. with respect to Chile. ies to be conducted by the House Committee H. Res. 440. September 27, 1979. Waives on Small Business. certain points of order in the consideration H. Res. 450. October 17, 1979. House Ad­ of the conference report on H.J. Res. 404. ministration. Authorizes the printing a.s a H. Res. 461. October 19, 1979. Standards of H. Res. 441. October 9, 1979. Sets forth the House document of an anthology of Csoptive Official Conduct. Amends the Rules of the rule for the consideration of H.J. 412. Nations Week proclamations, addresses, and House of Representatives to prohibit foreign H. Res. 442. October 9, 1979. Sets forth other relevant material. travel by Members convicted of a. felony. the rule for the consideration of H.J. 413. H. Res. 451. October 17, 1979. Foreign Af­ H. Res. 462. OCt.ober 22, 1979. Authortzres H. Res. 443. October 9, 1979. Post Office a,.nd fairs. Condemns the use of poison gas in the printing a.s a. House of Representatives Civil Service. Proclaims the week of October Laos. document of the transcript or· the proceed­ 14 through October 20, 1979, a.s "National H. Res. 452. October 18, 1979. House Ad­ ings of the Workshop on Congressional Over­ Mobile Home/ Manufactured Housing Week." ministration. Authorizes expenditures for sight. H. Res. 444. October 11, 1979. Waives certain the further expenses of investigations and H. Res. 463. October 23, 1979. Elects a points of order against the consideration of studies conducted by the House Permanent named Member to the House of Represent­ the conference report on H.J. 412. Select Committee on Intelligence. a. tives Committee on Ways and Mea.ns.

EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS H-BUMS BY HARRY ma.tic personnel. If it succeeds we can ex­ sight of foreigners, here in the U.S. by the pect to be faced with the same situation grace of our generosity, acting like they own a.gain and a.gain. We simply cannot afford to this country and can dictate our course of allow a foreign mob to dictate United States action. We should certainly establish the HON. IKE SKELTON policy in any ·respect. principle that this 1s our country and any­ OF MISSOURI We may be forced to bide our time until one who is visiting here is doing so because IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES our people a.re safely released and returned we have allowed them to come, not because home, but it seems to me that we are dealing of any inherent right for them to be here. Monday, November 26, 1979 with fanatical, irrational people and we may Ninety days should be sufficient to deport • Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, Harry ha.ve to bite our tongues for a period of those Iranians now here and if it takes new Dumford, who writes for the Lexington weeks or months until the situation is re­ legislation from the Congress to get this Advertiser-News, of Lexington, Mo., re­ solved. In my opinion, we should then an­ accomplished, so be it. cently wrote an article about Americans' nounce certain principles in our further Pearl Harbor pulled the United States to­ dealings with Iran or any other country gether in a bond of unity which lasted until attitudes regarding the Irainian crisis. I which acts in like manner. after the victory was won. Current events wish to show it to the other Members We will not continue to feed the faces have age.in united us age.inst the enemies of of the body, as it reflects the thinking that curse America.. We will not send our our country in Iran. We should establish of many in western Missouri. grain to those who vilify our country and principles for dealing with such situations, The article follows: shout for the death of our president. We will and then we should follow the advice of H-BUMS BY HARRY embargo every shipment of foodstuffs to Thomas Jefferson to stand llke a rock.e them and will continue such embargo untll It seems to me that not since December 7, they respond in friendly ways to our past 1941 have the American people been so united a.s they have been in the pa.st week. generosity. The dastardly attempt to blackmail our Further, we will not furnish technology of AFGHAN APPEAL TO UNITED country through the actions of a mob in any kind to such a country; we will not allow NATIONS Tehran, Iran has been the moral equivalent oil drilling or refining equipment to be sent of another Pearl Harbor. It is my opinion from Houston; we will not allow airplane that the United States should enunciate a parts to be airlifted to them when their HON. EDWARD J'. DERWINSKI planes sit on the tarmac and cannot take clear set of principles to meet the situation. OF While it is obvious that at the present off without spare parts; we will furnish no moment there is little we can do to free the computers, no telephone equipment, no IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 60 Americans held in the embassy except training, nothing to aid them in any manner Tuesday, November 27, 1979 play a waiting game in the hopes that they until they have made amends to our country will soon be freed, nevertheless, we should in word and deed. We should make this clear • Mr. DERWINSKI. Mr. Speaker, many be prepared eventually to announce to the and stick with It. Members have become experts in re­ world a course of action which will serve no­ We should not only break otr all diploma.tic cent weeks on I.slam as a result of the tice that we no longer will be pa.tsys to the contacts, but we should act as if their coun­ tragic developments in Iran, Pakistan, whims of the rest of the world. try does not even exist. They will, of course, and Saudi Arabia. A principle to which we already appear to cut otr our oll supply but we should make 1t be committed is that we will not bow to clear that somehow' or other we'll get by However, a positive development in­ blackmail. The kidnapping at our embassy without it. volving Islamic leaders must be noted personnel-and that is what it a.mounts to-- There has been nothing that has riled in Afghanistan where inspiration for re­ ts a threat to the future safety of all diplo- ·Americans m'Ore in the past week than the sistance against the Soviet-imposed gov-

• This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. 33730 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 27, 1979 ernment has been provided by religious as possible. In fa.ct, Soviet forces tried to independence, human rights, peace and leaders in that country. enforce his instructions with no discernment order. Otherwise, the free world will sobn I submit for the RECORD a memoran­ or feeling of pity, a.s usual. collapse under the Jncrea.sing pressure of the Adolph Dubs, the U.S. Ambassador, was 's uncontested power. dum from the Afghan National Libera­ killed together with his kidnappers. Over As for us, we will never give in to the Com­ tion Front to the United Nations. This 3,000 political prisoners have been executed munist doctrine which denies God, preaches organization is a member of the United without any trial. 60,000 to 80,000 people hatred, creates divisions inside the nations Islamic Forces far the Liberation of have been imprisoned a.nd tortured merci­ and considers religion, justice, international Afghanistan. lessly.1 The Soviet Air Force, covered with law and order as creations of crafty men de­ The memo follows: the red tla.g of Ta.ra.kl's government, has signed to exploit the lower classes. We will dropped napalm bombs on the cities and defend our religion, dignity, freedom and in­ THE APPEAL OF THE AFGHAN PEOPLE TO THE v1lla.ges and has burned to death many thou­ dependence a.t the cost of any a.mount of UNITED NATIONS sands of lnnocen t children, women and men. blood and tea.rs. The Soviet Union's struggle for world According to some sources, 250,000 people However, we believe in your wisdom and domination is contrary to the present inter­ have been massacred by the Soviets. In excess sense of justice, and still place our hope in national order and the right of other na­ of 200,000 people have lost their homes to your organization. Therefore, we urge you to tions to national sovereignty. This allega­ napalm bombs and have ta.ken refuge in take immediate action in order to make pos­ tion, which has been upheld also by Mr. Pakistan and Iran. They live presently on sible the exercise of our right to self-de­ Dung, Prime Minister of China., is not the border areas of these two neighboring termination. The exercise of this right groundless. The invasion of several Asia.tic countries without adequate food and shelter. through popular consultation (referendum) and European countries by the Soviet Union Any lnterna.tlona.l lnquiry board would most must take place under the auspices of the during the la.st sixty yea.rs is still fresh in our likely find higher figures and more cruelties United Nations, without the interference memories. The recent Soviet aggression in than those mentioned. and pressure of the Soviet Union. We pray Afghanistan is more evidence of the So­ In addition, President Brezhnev has re­ that God may give the United Nations the viet Union's imperialistic efforts. quested the Prime Minister of India., during courage to prevent the Soviet dicta.tors from The Soviet Union ls, indeed, a.n aggressor his visit to Moscow, to compel Pakistan's gradually exterminating the non-commu­ in Afghanistan in the eyes of international government to take radical action against nist population on ea.rth.e law. President Leonid I. Brezhnev himself the Afghan guerrllla. fighters and refugees. arranged the bloody coup of April 27th, 1978, To President Brezhnev's great surprise, the through intrigue and the cooperation of Soviets have failed to break down the re­ Soviet a.gents in the Afghan army. A few sistance of the Afghans by these unpa.ra.1- CHRYSLER months before the coup, he requested Presi­ lelled massacres and atrocities. On the con­ dent Daoud, during their meeting in the trary, the more the Soviets kill fille Afghans, Kremlin, to assign key positions in the gov­ the stronger becomes their will to defend HON. JAMES M. COLLINS ernment to communist party (Kha.lq) mem­ their freedom and independence. To date, OF TEXAS bers. they have delivered 24 provinces from the This distressed Daoud very much. He communist yoke and have established a.n IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pounded on Brezhnev's desk and said, "I effective national control in 75 percent of Tuesday, November 27, 1979 will not allow any foreign power to interfere Afghanistan's territory. The cities in the in the internal affairs of my country." hands of the communists are encircled by •Mr. COLLINS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Brezhnev considered this an insult and national revolutionary forces. Even inside the the Chrysler issue is pressing, but Con­ looked for revenge. Through the coup, he ca.pita.I, the increasing hostility and disorder gress must weigh it objectively. England's tried to reach both his objectives: to an­ among the people lh.a.S forced the leaders of experience was that :financial aid led to nihilate Daoud for his "recklessness" and to the so-ca.lied Kha.lq (People's) party to take a governmental socialistic industry. establish Soviet domination in Afghanistan. refuge in the barracks of the Soviet forces According to Brezhnev's instructions, Soviet outside of and to send their fa.mmes You will appreciate the statement of advisors and pilots in the service of Afghan­ to Moscow. the editorial from the Dallas Morning istan's government participated openly in the Under these conditions, no one can deny News. coup against the Afghan Army. Besides, hun­ that recognition of the communist govern­ Here is the Dallas Morning News dreds of people in Afghanistan a.re convinced ment in Kabul by the Member States and its editorial: that Soviet planes coming from the bases admission to the United Nations is a fia.gra.nt COUNTING THE COST near the Afghan border have bombarded the insult to justice, to the spirit and the letter barracks of the Presidential Guard and sev­ of the Charter, and to the principles of in­ The headline in the Friday pa.per said, eral military centers outside of the ca.pita.!. ternational law. "Trouble clouds a.tr for Chrysler in Senate Consequently, President Daoud, a. non-com­ The member states cannot pass over this panel." It is just po&slble that the reason can munist friend of the Soviet Union, seventeen manifest violation of the Afgha.ns' rights to be found in the senators' reading of stories members of his family and 12,000 men from national sovereignty without jeopardizing in­ like the one appearing in the previous day's the Afghan Army were massacred mercilessly. ternational order and their own freedom and news. Ta.ra.ki's Marxist government was brought to independence. They may hide the present The reported, in Thurs­ power against the will of 16 milllon Muslim situa.tioI! in Afghanistan by using any imagi­ day's issue of The News: Afghans. nable excuse, and shun their moral and legal "Brita.in lurched toward a. new industrial President Brezhnev continued to violate obligations. But they cannot. prevent the So­ crisis Wednesday when mmta.nt union work­ boldly the spirit and the letter of intema.­ viet Union from seeing the reality. The Soviet ers at the state-run British Leyland auto tiona.l law by further actions. He precipi­ Union knows that the other member states company ca.lied for a 1-da.y genera.I strike ... tately recognized the government of Tara.kl, a.re perfectly a.ware of its aggression in Af­ "The Leyland militants, angry a.bout the while of 28 provinces of Afghanistan, 27 had ghanistan, and that their silence is essen­ firing of a. communist union official for not been under its effective control. He also tially due to their weakness and fear. This urging workers to take over the ailing com­ pledged in the treaty, which he signed in De­ will naturally encourage the Soviet Union to pany's plants, called on Brita.In's 12 million take more important steps toward world unionized workers to join Leyland workers in cember 1978 with Tara.kl, to assist the illegal domination. communist government in Kabul a.gs.inst the a 'day of action and demonstration' Mon­ Undoubtedly, Afghanistan is not a final ob­ day." people of Afghanistan. The Soviet President jective in the Soviet scheme. In subjugating publlcly denied the pa.rticlpa.tlon of the So­ There is usually strong political pressure Afghanistan, the Soviet Union is trying to on politicians, even conservatives, to throw viet advisors and a.dr force in the coup. He pave its way to the domination of South stated repeatedly that this country does not public money with both hands a.t any pro­ Asia., the Indian Ocean, the Middle Ea.st, and gram that claims to save jobs. This ls par­ interfere in the internal affairs of Afghani­ subsequently Africa and Europe. Many emi­ stan. He also tried tQ convince world opinion ticularly the case when a. recession looinS and nent statesmen and scholars have expressed weaker companies begin to wobble. that the coup was in reality s revolutionary their worry in this respect. Today, the gen­ move of the Afghan people, who favor "So­ It is very easy to put numbers on the dam­ era.I public shares their views. age that will be done if government stands cialistic Reform." Soon after the coup, events Therefore, it is vital for member states, revealed the falsity of President Brezhnev's by and lets an "ailing company" fall. Never especially small nations, to bring the United mind that the free enterprise system is sup- statements. Nations back to life by honoring their obli­ The Afghan nation, which has never posed to weed out those competitors who fall gations. They should use the power granted to win the consumers' approval and pur­ yielded to foreign domination, revolted to them by the Charter and stand collective­ against the Soviet puppet governm.ent of chases. When governments hear about the ly, with courage, against the Soviet Union's number of Jobs in danger, they weigh that Tara.kl. Consequently, President Brezhnev continua.I acts of sabotage and aggression in cost of inaction against the much-less quan­ has been forced to increase the number of a.ny form and in any pa.rt of the world. This so-called Soviet advisors and pilots from is the only way to protect the small nations' titla.ble cost of bailing out the company. And 1,500 to 4,000 and later to 8,000, and has so, in they go. instructed them to suppress the Afghan na­ 1 See the report of Ainnesty International The British government has been doing tion's uprisings with drastic action as quickly published in September, 1979 in London. this for years, British Leyland being one of November 27, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 33731 the rescued. The record there provides a most sale of electric vehicles. Argonne ls working of Defense for the fiscal year ending Sep­ startling picture of the cost of the rush to closely with a major battery manufacturer, tember 30, 1980, I would have voted bail out uncompetitive firms with govern­ Gould, of Rolllng Meadows. Argonne also has "yea." a nuclear waste management project which ment money and direction. On No. 673, in which the House passed Has government intervention made British I hope to be able to visit in the future. Mike industry more productive, more efficient in Yao, I;>uane Barney, and Dick Adams assisted H.R. 2335, to provide for a research, de­ producing what customers want? w1 th the Argonne tour. velopment, and evaluation program to Well, let's see. The AP story reports that MOBIL REFINERY, JOLIET determine the feasibility of collecting in the Leyland director incurred the wrath of The briefing given at this refinery was space solar energy to be transmitted to the union militants because he fired the en­ most useful in describing refinery operations Earth and to generate electricity for do­ tire night shift at one plant for sleeping on and the efforts petroleum companies are ex­ mestic purposes, I would have voted the job. And his survival plan for the com­ erting to conserve energy in their production "nay."• pany, which has the unions in turmoil, calls of petroleum products. This fac111ty ls the for laying off 25,000 employees, for closing second newest refinery in the United States. or cutting back a third of the firm's plants. Ray Kruep, Blll Abbey, and Russ Snowe gave ffiANIAN SITUATION III; THE NEED So the protection of jobs, including those the briefing at the refinery and John Phil­ FOR INTERNAL SECURITY slept on, would seem to be temporary at best. bin assisted through Mobil's Washington of­ Government intervention may seem to save fice. jobs in the short run. But when such rescues LA SALLE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, MARSEILLES HON. JOHN M. ASHBROOK become standard operating procedure, they This station is under construction by Com­ OF create in the long run an unholy mess.e monwealth Edison. I was able to have a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES complete tour of these facilities, and was impressed with the emphasis on the safety Tuesday, November 27, 1979 ILLINOIS ENERGY TOUR PROVES standards being incorporated into this plant. USEFUL e Mr. ASHBROOK. Mr. Speaker, the Leo Burke hosted this tour. current crisis in Iran has impacted on ADM GASOHOL PLANT, DECATUR about every aspect of American life. Our HON. TOM CORCORAN This plant ls the largest of its kind in the energy resources have been partially United States engaged in the production of crippled, our dipJomatic respect has been OF ILLINOIS alcohol used for gasohol. I was pleased to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES note that DOE Secretary Duncan toured the shattered, our military capability has ADM plant earlier this month. Briefings on been questioned, and our Nation as a Tuesday, November 27, 1979 ADM's operations were provided by Dick whole stands awestruck by ·the ongoing e Mr. CORCORAN. Mr. Speaker, dur­ Burket, James Randall, and Duane Andreas. shockwaves that are emanating from the ing the period October 2-4, I toured en­ ELM MINE, MIDLAND COAL CO., DIVISION OF Middle East. Unfortunately I must re­ ergy-related facilities in and around the ASARCO, TRIVOLI port that the Iranian situation has also 15th District. In view of the importance Illinois ls the nation's third-largest pro­ called into question the adequacy of of energy today, and particularly because ducer of coal, and so I thought it important America's ability to remain internally of my membership on the Commerce to tour a mine. The Elm Mine is a surface secure. While the tensi-on in the Moslem Committee's Energy and Power Sub­ mine typical of Illinois. Bob Kropp and Bob world has been building, there has been committee, I felt it important to obtain Izerd hosted this tour. a parallel evolution of Iranian-led vio­ firsthand knowledge of energy from the SOLAR HOME, LACON lence within th,e United States. This Illinois perspective. The Dave Wier family home is an A-frame trend has already shown the gapping During my tour, I found much to be which has eight roof panels and three 400- holes in our security. Thankfully, no one gallon .water storage tanks. Solar heat pro­ has been injured or killed by this new optimistic about. People are apprehen­ vided the primary heating source during last sive about U.S. energy policy but they are wave of terrorism, but enough is going year's severe winter. on to underscore the need for quick ac­ doing the best they can under the cir­ SOLAR GRAIN DRYER, STREATOR cumstances. I am grateful to the Illi­ tion by this Nation before tragedy Under the guidance of an agricultural pro­ strikes. noisans who took the time and made the fessor at the University of Illinois, the Dale effort to help me gain a better insight Sass family has constructed a building with Some of the incidents of the new Iran­ into the energy situation as it exists in fiberglas on the south wall and a roof with ian terrorism range to the bizarre, like lliinois. I would like to share With mY col­ fiberglas panels to absorb solar heat. The the arrest of four Iranians who planned lee.gues the below listing of energy facili­ heat is circulated throughout the structure to kidnap Minnesota Governor Al Quie. ties I visited during my October lliinois with fans and dries the grain. However, other situations have more se­ energy tour. CENTRAL ILLINOIS ENERGY CONFERENCE, PEORIA ri<>us and deadly overtones. In one case, The listing follows: I addressed the Central Illinois Energy Con­ an airliner flying out of has a ference which included as participants rep­ bomb explode in its cargo hold. The LisTING OF ENERGY FACU.ITIES IN ILLINOIS resentatives of industry, commercial inter­ plane landed safely but, had the bomb AMOCO RESEARCH CENTER, NAPERVILLE ests, educational institutions, and govern­ been larger, many deaths would have oc­ On our tour of this major facll1ty, we ment, curred. Last week eight Iranians were learned of the extensive research Amoco is CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO., AURORA undertaking to best utillze crude oil and arrested at Baltimore-Washington Air­ I concluded my energy tour by touring the port in Maryland. Under surveillance for other fossil fuels. Keith McHenry, Bob Argan­ Caterpillar plant in Aurora. I gained first­ bright, and Chuck Mason hosted our tour hand knowledge of the various efforts Cat is over a week the group was intercepted of this facll1ty. using to conserve energy as well as Cat's anti­ as one of them was about oo board a FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LAB, BATAVIA pollution efforts. Bob Dryden and Dan Mc­ TWA :flight to New York. The police During this tour, we learned about Fermi­ A voy hosted this tour·• found three disassembled Winchester lab's energy conservation programs in terms 30.06 rifles, matching scopes, 15 boxes of of solar development, conservation measures ammunition, and a map of Washington, in buildings, and the Lab's tra.nsportatlon D.C., With certain embassies marked, ac­ planning and use of gasohol for its vehicles. STATEMENT AS TO VOTE cording to court documents. We also toured the central helium Uqulfier building and the cancer ther111py fac111ty. This There are currently 40,000 legal Ira­ tour was hosted ·by Leon Lederman, John HON. GEORGE E. DANIELSON· nians studying in the United States, an­ McCook, Hank Hinterberger, John Colson, OF CALIFORNIA other 25,00G to 250,000 are estimated oo Bill Fowler, and Miguel Awschalom. be in the United States illegally or on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB, LEMONT e:>G>ired visas. Many of these students Our tour of this major fac111ty included a Monday, November 26, 1979 are organized, according to a recent briefing and a first-hand look at the Nation­ •Mr. DANIELSON. Mr. Speaker, on Newsweek article. The article went on to al Battery Test Laboratory. NBTL is the ma­ Friday, November 16, 1979, I was unable say: jor Federal facility which tests and evaluates to be present on the fl.oor of the House of There is no doubt that Iranian student electric storage batteries developed under protests in the U.S. are well orchestrated, the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, De­ Representatives for rollcall vote No. 672 and perhaps centrally directed. Two major velopment, and Demonstration Act of 1976. and No. 673. On No. 672, in which the groups, the Iranian Students Association I was particularly interested in this fac111ty House agreed to the conference report on and the Organization of Iranian Muslim Stu­ as I have introduced legislation, H.R. 3718, H.R. 4391, making appropriations for dents, have dozens of U.S. chapters. Both that would encourage the production and military construction for the Department organized frequent marches and demonstra- 33732 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 27, 1979 tions in New York, Washington, and other overcome by the ruthless tyranny of the counting for transfer payments of some $250 cities. If this were the extent of Iranian Soviet Union. bllllon annually? activity in America. there would be no need Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia exem­ In other words, this is a good way to send for concern. However, Newsweek adds a.n omi­ plify the true meaning of human rights. another government check to some 25 mil­ nous note, "some European counterintelli­ In fact, no part of the world represents lion persons--the total of those enrolled on ~ence specialists believe that as many as welfare, food stamps or supplementary social 5,000 of the 60,000 Iranian students abroad a more serious denial of human rights, security-and cement their voting loyalty belong to Marxist or Trotskylte groups and including the right of self-determination, to the administratlon.e that 500 or so are active members of terror­ than the imprisoning of the Baltic ist cells." poople. Given that there are no solid numbers Soviet repression has been consistent of how many Iranian students are really and harsh. Human rights have been vio­ THE INVENTION THAT REMADE THE residing outside of Iran, all of these lated in numerous ways and these viola­ WORLD numbers are only estimates. Numbers tions are continuing. This ongoing re­ problems are not the only thing hamper­ pression makes it incumbent upon us to ing adequate monitoring of Iranian ac­ uphold our heritage of a free and open HON. ROBERT H. MICHEL tivities. The Immigration and Naturali­ society and we must champion the cause OF ll.LINOIS zation Service

THE RICHES OF RICH PRODUCTS The company's executive offices in Buffalo get into the ice cream business with his elder (By Mike Billoni) attest to that. They a.re next to the plant, son, Paul Jr. in the former John H. Wells home, which "Since my brother was in the ice cream Robert Edward Rich, Sr. takes a long, slow was the western terminus of the famed old draw on his cigar and lets the smoke ease business I wanted to start a business of my Wells Fargo freight line. When the old llome own, so I looked into purchasing the Wilbur out of his mouth in no particular direction. was acquired by Rich PrOducts, it housed Farms Dairy," Bob Sr. explains. "We have what I believe is the greatest seven families. It is now restored, with a innovation in the frozen foods industry," With $5,000 from his father to get started, plaque in the entrance foyer recalling its Bob Sr. assumed a $6,500 mortgage and paid announces the founder, chief executive offi­ historical significance. cer and chairman of the board of Buffalo's the remaining $20,000 off on notes for the On the third floor is what is called "The dairy. His original business in 1935 included Rich Products Corp. and all its divisions Greenhouse." There, at 12:15 each working worldwide. "It is freezing without freezing, four routes (three run by horses), a city day, Trudy the hostess rings the lunch bell, distribution center and a country bottling and I think it ls absolutely terrific." and like clockwork, the heads of the various plant. "Freeze Flo"-Rlch Products' newest and departments walk upstairs for a leisurely, Rich ran the dairy himself until World most stunning effort to date-is no small home-cooked meal. !eat. Its development comes at a pivotal War II, when he was called to Washington When business ls discussed-between gol! to serve as a consultant to the dairy section time in the company's history. scores and other table talk-it resembles Rich Products is celebrating its 35th an­ of the War Food Administration. what Da.vld Fernow, director of public rela­ From there he was sent to Detroit to be­ niversary this week, and in a fitting gesture, tions, calls the company's trademark-"a roll the dynamic founder of the nation's largest come Michigan's milk-order administrator. up your sleeves and let's get it done" atti­ It was a fateful move. privately owned frozen-food-packaging firm tude. ls bringing more than 200 of its executives, During his stay in the Motor City, Rich To say that Bob Rich Sr. and his son are chanced upon some research into dairy sub­ production managers and sales personnel "bullish on Buffalo" would not be using from Europe, Australia and all over the U.S. stitutes being done at the George Washing­ strong enough words. They have had numer­ ton Carver Laboratories, and he began and to its Niagara St. headquarters ous opportunities to sell or move their main !or a week-long series of meetings beginning thinking about a whipping-cream replace­ headquarters elsewhere, but their response ment made from soybean oil. today. ls always, "Absolutely not." "All o! our people will shuffie off to Returning to Buffalo and his dairy busi­ "Buffalo ls my home," Rich Sr. emphasizes. ness, he pursued his idea for a substitute Buffalo" for what will probably be the most "How could you walk down Main Street in, important series of meetings in the history whipping cream, working with Buffalo's say, Dallas and know anyone if you had Spencer Kellogg & Sons' research and de­ o! the entire company, says Rich. moved there with National Gypsum? Or 1! And what a company Rich Products is. velopment team for a suitable soybean you were in Ft. Lauderdale, where Houdaille product. It ls noted throughout the entire food went? We'd be nothing in any of those cities. industry as the originator o! frozen non­ Everyone agrees Buffalo ls on a comeback. "After many weeks o! trial and error we dairy coffee creamer--Coffee Rich. It also has There is a. whole different feeling in the com­ came up with a concoction called Rich's a work force o! more than 3,500 in 15 pro­ munity now." Whip Topping and began selling this prod­ duction plants, with 400 employed in its It was for those reasons that Rich Prod­ uct, from our Wilbur Farms Dairy milk non-dairy-product plant at 1145 Niagara St. ucts broke ground a. year ago for a $3-million, routes," Rich recalls. "We soon found out at W. Ferry, on Buffalo's West Side. four-story office building and research and this method of distribution was very limited, This year, Rich Products and its various development laboratory adjacent to the com­ so we made a stab at the New York City subsidiaries will sell a record $250 million in pany's present office building and across the market. I got an appointment to demon­ goods. The figure ranks Rich's frozen-food street from its plant and executive offices. strate whip topping to the salesmen of New sales as the fifth largest in the nation, fifth And it was Bob Rich Jr. who seven years York's largest butter and cheese distributor, out o! 1,530 frozen-food packers, surpassed a.go paid $1 million for the right to name the the Fred Pape Co.'' only by Campbell Soup Co., which owns new football stadium in Orchard Park, al­ He took a train to New York the day be­ Swanson and Pepperldge Farms; Banquet though legal hassles with the Buffalo Bills fore the meeting. Frozen Foods, owned by RCA; Morton Fro­ have prevented the "Rich Stadium" name "I packed my bowl and whipper and in­ zen Foods, owned by IT&T; and the Ore-Ida from achieving total acceptance. sulated my samples with dry ice, surrounded Co., owned by H.J. Heinz. Over the years, Bob Rich Sr. has mastered by newspaper. If done properly, the samples Rich Products was founded in 1944 with a the art of mixing business with pleasure, and would not freeze. But when the meeting total work force o! !our-Rich, Herbert R. has become a pretty good story teller. started, I found they were frozen solid. Kusche, Joseph C. Robida and Jerrold W. "I was educated on Main Street," he says "There I was with a frozen sample facing Hannon. They became a corporation the with a. sly grin and a puff on his cigar. "I was a. hard-nosed sales manager and 50 impa­ following November when Rich's Whip Top­ graduated from School 17 at Main and Dela­ tient salesmen. I had never tried to freeze ping, the first of five major breakthroughs van; Bennett High at Main and Mercer, and whip topping because I knew dairy cream !or the company, was invented. U.B. at Main and Bailey." would never whip if it had been frozen. I Remembering those early days vividly, Sports has always been a big part of the stalled a little, but in the end, I had no Rich smiles and lowers his voice: "During Riches' lives. During his days at U.B., in the other choice but to try and whip the de­ that first year, the company recorded sales early 1930s, Bob Sr. played center on the frosting product-and it whipped to perfec­ o! $28,000. And the !our o! us used to do all football team and founded the Bulls' wres­ tion. Three months later, we were freezing o! the work. But we loved it." t~lng program-something he ls very fond of all of our product." "It was a dream when we started," adds mentioning. Later, he became one o! the That was in 1945, and through the years Kusche, who has remained an integral pa.rt city's top squash and racquets players. To­ that followed, Rich's dairy business grew tre­ o! the corporation and ls now executive vice day, his game ls gol!. mendously. It acquired several other small president. "We all had a lot of big ideas and "My dad brought us up in a world of Buffalo dairies and ultimately became Jones­ we were always talking about reaching a mil­ athletics," says Bob Jr. "From the time we Rich Dairy, one of the largest wholly-owned lion dollars in sales. woke up in the morning, we would start dairies in the nation. "I lea.med a lot from Bob. I never sa.w a pushup contests to see who could do the When the company's major breakthrough guy who !aught so hard and wanted to suc­ most. On of the legacies he passed along was --Coffee Rich-arrived in the 1960's, Rich ceed so much. He got guys like Joe (Robida) a very competitive attitude, and that is very Sr. sold the dairy business to the Dairylea and I to join the team and we all became important in business." cooperative. fighters. We fought pretty damn hard !or Bob Jr. quarterbacked the football team "With Coffee Rich coming along and Rich's what we got," adds the 58-yea.r-old Syracuse and was a goalie on the hockey team at the Whip Topping going so good, we were really University alumnus. Nicholas School. He went on to play hockey competing against ourselves in the milk busi­ "I've sa.ld it before that I would give my at W1111ams College, serve as back-up goalie ness," he explains. "So, in 1969, we decided right a.rm !or Bob Rich," declares Robida., the !or the Buffalo Bisons o! the American to get out of the milk business and just con­ vice president of non-dairy operations, who Hockey League, and just missed making the centrate on non-dairy, where we believe the 1964 U.S. Olympl.c hockey team. remembers the 16-hour days in those early future ls. years when everyone would help fill and Today, he is a director of the Buffalo package the Whip Topping. Sabres, an active squash and tennis player "The future wasn't with a cbw, but with Although he stepped down as president of and player-coach o! Western New York's an all-vegetable product.'' the company last year, Bob Rich Sr., 66, still Region VI medal-winning team handball Today, one-half million units of Coffee has an active role in its growth, which has team in this year's Empire State Games. Rich are produced daily in one-half ounce been slow a.nd well-planned over the yea.rs. "I always think of a. line Seymour Knox cuplets and pint and quart containers in the He will join his son, Robert Edward Rich Jr., Sr. once said: 'A day without working up a company's Buffalo plant. the energetic, 38-year-old president of the sweat is a day wasted'," relates the younger The company's first development outside firm, to head this week's conclave. Rich. of non-dairy products came in baked goods. Rich Sr. has made it a point to keep the Robert Rich Sr.'s story is hardly a rags-to­ Realizing that frozen dough and baked goods company run as tightly and efficiently as a riches tale. His father, the late Paul J. Rich were rising stars on the horizon, Rich pur­ !a.mily. His son appears to be following in his Sr., ran the largest milk business in Butialo chased Palmer Frozen Foods of Easton, Pa.. footsteps. between 1901 and 1913 before selling out to in 1971. Its president, John E. Schaible m, 33768 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 27, 1979 ls now Rich's vice president of bakery opera­ Senator Potter's service to the country gained him a reputation as an industry tions. spanned more than a decade and a half expert. For 11 years, he has served on Schaible introduced a new marketing con­ as a war hero, a Government otncial, a the board of directors of Cotter & Co., cept to supermarkets, mass-feeding institu­ Member of the House of Representa­ tions and retail bakeries in which Rich sup­ America's largest hardware distribut­ plies the frozen dough, and its clients bake tives, and a Member of the Senate. ing business. A former president of the the products and package and sell them on During his service in the Congress, it Pacific Hardware Association, Ed served their own. This "bake-off" idea has led to was my privilege to meet and become for 9 years as a "member of the board of Rich Products' becoming the nation's lead­ good friends with this great man as we governors" of the National Retail Hard­ ing supplier of frozen in-store dough prod­ represented the people of Michigan to­ ware Association, representing hardware ucts. More than 4,000 U.S. supermarkets now gether. dealers in California, Arizona, and Ne­ "bake off" Rich's dough. By the time Senator Potter came to the Two additional bakery-products plants vada. His responsibilities to that organi­ were purchased in 1974 in Winchester, Va., Congress, he was already recognized as zation will grow heavier when he as­ and Fresno, Calif. The three centers now pro­ a World War II hero. He enlisted as a sumes the presidency of the NRHA, in duce a variety of pre-formed cookies, breads, private, later receiving a commission, July 1980. rolls, doughnuts and specialty pastry doughs, and fought with the 28th Infantry Di­ One might believe that running a in addition to "thaw 'n' serve" items. vision in Europe. During his service in chain of six hardware stores and serving In 1971, Rich had also purchased the L. K. the army, Senator Potter was wounded 3 in three trade association groups would Baker Co. of Columbus, 0., which produces times and lost both legs from stepping non-dairy powdered coffee creamers and des­ be enough to occupy any active person's sert toppings, soup bases and gravy mixes. on a German land mine. He received the time. But not Ed. Despite all these re­ Then; in 1976, Rich entered the frozen sea­ Silver Star, the Bronze Star, the French sponsibilities, he has found time to par­ food business with the acquisition of the Croix de Guerre, and three Purple ticipate actively in his community's civic Sea.Pak Corp., headquartered in St. Simons Hearts. and educational affairs. His achieve­ Island, Ga. After the war, Senator Potter briefly ments include serving as president of the "One of our ma.in strategies in the frozen­ worked within the Federal Government, El Segundo Kiwanis Club, president of food business has been to attack the dinner the Hermosa Beach Chamber of Com­ plate," explains Bob Jr. "We have the non­ and then was elected to the House of dairy business, portions of the dessert busi­ Representatives to fill an unexpired term merce, and of the Palos Verdes Penin­ ness, are now into the entrees with our sea.­ as a Representative from Michigan. In sula Chamber of Commerce. He was a food, and we've gotten into vegetables spe­ 1952, he was elected to fill the unexpired chairman of the South Bay Intercity cialties. Where else can we attack to control term of the late Senator Arthur H. Van­ Highway Committee, and the first presi­ more of the plate?" denberg of Michigan. He continued in dent of the Peninsula Center Associa­ Bob Jr. joined the company upon his grad­ the Senate until 1958. tion. He was voted last year the Palos uation from Williams College in 1963. Verdes Peninsula Chamber of Commerce "My father said he would give me a $1- During his service in the Senate, he mlllion budget to build a business in Ft. Erie, demonstrated the courage that distin­ and Rotary Club "Citizen of the Year." Ont. He told me I could run it, make all the guished him on the battlefield by often Ed has also done his part to insure decisions and he wouldn't bother me," he arguing with the late Senator Joseph that his community's schools served the recalls. McCarthy over the latter's tactics and taxpayers by providing our children the "So, we built a Canadian plant in Ft. Erie over McCarthy's staff aides during the best possible education. In his 10 years on and I started building a sales force. I ran Army-McCarthy hearings. the Palos Verdes School Board, he served into many problems, but realized I had the Mr. Speaker, Senator Potter leaves be­ as its president three times, and was a leading authority in the field right here. I recipient of the PTA Council Honorary was able to call on my father for help and as hind a distinguished record of public a result, we drew very close and have become service, and I am proud to have known Service Award in May 1971. very close friends." him. I wish to extend my deepest sym­ In addition to these notable accom­ With a little help from his dad, Bob Jr. pathies to his wife, Betty, and their plishments, and even more important, made the Canadian business into a success. daughter, Mrs. Wendy Cundy, in this Ed and his beloved Helen have raised "Along about 1967, I felt that if I was go­ time of sorrow.• two outstanding children, Ed, Jr. and ing· to move back into this operation and Nancy. They have both joined in the play in what I considered the 'big ball game', hardware business-a formidable family I had to increase a lot of my skllls. So I went team effort. to business school and earned a master's from the University of Rochester while I was IN HONOR OF ED REA However, Ed has decided to slow down continuing to work. his ferocious pace just a bit with his "From that point, I set up a marketing de­ school board retirement. I proudly join partment and started putting together the HON. ROBERT K. DORNAN with the Palos Verdes PTA, in honoring best of our people and raiding the major OF CALIFORNIA Ed. Yes; an invaluable asset to his com­ comoa.nies for good, young people." IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES munity and State-and bee.a.use of con­ "When I became president last year, I said tributions to America's youth, Ed Rea is we would do one b1111on dollars in sales in Tuesday, November 27, 1979 1986. The company is looking at a compound certainly an asset to our Nation. growth rate of 17 percent, and I feel we have e Mr. DORNAN. Mr. Speaker, I would Thank you, Mr. Speaker.• the destiny to become one of the major fac­ like to bring to the attention of my col­ tors in the food industry in the United States leagues a retirement dinner that was and in the world. put on last night by the Palos Verdes. "There a.re no pressing reasons now to go Calif., PTA. in honor of one of my con­ STATEMENT OF CONGRESSMAN AN­ public or sell out. We are profitable, well fi­ stituents, Mr. Ed Rea of Palos Verdes DREW MAGUffiE ON PROPOSED nanced, but most of all we all enjoy it," Rich Estates. ADMINISTRATIVE PRICE IN­ Jr. says. CREASES "I've been talking a b1llion-dolla.r goal for Ed epitomizes a wonderful American the la.st fl ve yea.rs and every one used to success story. Born in Spokane. Wash., la.ugh a.bout it. But nobody ls laughing any he was fortunate enough to move to Cali­ HON. ANDREW MAGUIRE more."e fornia at the tender age of 3. After OF NEW JERSEY graduation from Glendale High School, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ed attended , where HON. CHARLES E. POTl'ER he earned a degree in economics "With Tuesday, November 27, 1979 Great Distinction." His superior aca­ e Mr. MAGUIRE. Mr. Speaker, On No­ HON. WM. S. BROOMFIELD demic performance earned him a mem­ vember 14, I was pleased to join with 30 bership in the academic fraternity, Phi of our colleagues, the Consumers for OF MICHIGAN Beta Kappa. World Trade, the United Cane Sugar IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ed's first job, with Firestone Tire and Refiners' Association, Common Cause, Tuesday, November 27, 1979 Rubber, lasted a year and a half. Long­ and EF Hutton sugar analyst Thomas e Mr. BROOMFIELD. Mr. Speaker, this ing to be his own boss, Ed moved to El Oxnard, Jr., in protesting the Presi­ past Friday, the people of Michigan and Segundo, Calif., and opened his first dent's determination to administratively the Nation lost one of our distinguished hardware store in 1941. The business increase the level of price supports for citizens and heroes with the death of thrived, and he expanded to six stores. sugar to 15.8 cents. This was a pricing former Senator Charles E. Potter. Ed's hard work in the hardware business scheme that was clearly rejected on Oc- November 27, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 33769 tober 23 when the House voted down the parties joined in the massive 249-158 vote to The testimony follows: International Sugar Stabilization Act of reject that bill, which provided for a. 15.8 cent minimum price and built-in future TESTIMONY OF THE HONORABLE FLOYD J. 1979. FITHIAN price increases which would ~~ American I would like to insert into the RECORD consumers blllions of do1lars in ili-gper sugar Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank you the letters we sent to President Carter, prices. - and the Members of .the Subcommittee !or together with a letter to the President As you know, your own Council on Wage the opportunity to testify before you here from Consumers for World Trade: and Price Stability estimates that every addi­ today on H.R. 5428, th~ Biomass Research CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, tional penny in the market price of sugar and Development Authorization Act. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, takes some $250 to $300 million directly out As the authors of the Harvard Business Washington, D.C., November 14, 1979. of consumers' pockets, plus ian equivalent School's report, Energy Future, observed, an President JIMMY CARTER, amount in added indirect costs. As usual, this ideal solar collector has already been de­ The White House, extra burden hits hardest at those who can signed. Requiring virtually no maintenance Washington, D.C. least afford it: low-income families, the el­ it is economical and nonpolluting: it uses DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: On October 23, 1979, derly and others living on fixed incomes. an established technology and it stores en­ the House voted 249-158 to reject the Inter­ Consumers for World Trade was rounded in ergy. It ls called a. plant. national Sugar Stabmzation Act of 1979. 1978 by concerned consumers, economists, When we talk of biomass con version tech­ This overwhelming vote by a bipartisan ma­ trade experts and others who were alarmed nology, we a.re really talking a.bout ways of jority of the House clearly indicated that at increasing demands for protection from tapping the stored energy of plants. We can Congress was unwilling to see the current import competition. CWT speaks for the burn them directly for energy, we can let 17.7 percent food inflation rate pushed any broad general interest of American consumers them decompose under controlled conditions higher. Congress was unwilling to add $380 in lowering trade barriers to counter infla­ to produce methane. We can heat them un­ mlllion to the $2.6 billion already paid to tionary pressures. der pressure to produce oil and natural gas substitutes. Or we can ferment their sugars our nation's 14,000 growers. Congress was CWT supports the proposed International unwilling to increase government's involve­ Sugar Agreement as a means to assure ade­ to produce a. premium liquid fuel, alcohol. ment in an industry which demonstrated quate sugiar supplies at stable prices. As !or While they have never been fully inven­ classical free market model characteristics. domestic price supports: we learned from the toried, biomass resources a.round the world These reasons, perhaps more than any 1974-1975 experience that our domestic sugar a.re huge. One expert recently estimated that others, motivated this decisive vote. support system does not protect the Amer­ ten times a.s much energy as the world con­ And there was agreement with this posi­ ican consumer against world shortages and sumes every year ls collected and stored by tion from your own Administration. Accord­ high prices. We found then that when world plants. But the real question is not of ing to Alfred Kahn, "every one cent differ­ prices rise, the consumer pays the higher course, how much plant matter there is, but ence in the market price of sugar means world price and domestic producers reap a rather how much of it ls economically avail­ windfall profit. When the world price drops, able for energy without threatening its other $250-300 mlllion out of consumers' pockets important end uses, such as food, clothing directly, and approximately 0.30 percent• • • the American consumer is called upon to sup­ in the Consumer Price Index, and as much port domestic producers in the style to which and building material production, or dam­ a.gtng the long-term productivity of the soil. as $150-250 million more indirectly." Mr. they have become accustomed. Kahn was painfully aware that implemen­ We see no reason why 220 million Am.eri­ Three important major categories of re­ tation of these subsidies would make his job ca.n consumers should be asked to subsidize sources which meet these criteria. a.re wood wastes, crop wastes, and municipal solid as Chief Inflation Fighter that much harder. indeflnlltely a. rela.tively small number of un­ wastes. • Given his advice and the substantial vote competitive sugar growers among our 17,000 by the House against implementation, we domestic producers. In virtually all cases, The Department of Agriculture estimates were astonished to learn that you had a.greed marginal sugar growers could switch to more that approximately 485 million dry tons of to use your administrative powers to estab­ competitive products. The Department of unused wood ls left to rot in U.S. Forests every year. Based upon the assumption ·that llsh the support price of 15.8 cents which Agriculture has the n~essa.ry lending au­ Congress clearly rejected in voting down thority to provide financial assistance to !a.­ half of this could be recovered and econom­ H.R. 2172. Administration moves to llft the ciUita.te this adjustment. ically converted to energy in an environ­ price supports at this time a.re not only At a. time when 1nfl.a.tion ls a. prime con­ mentally sound wa.y it could produce up economically unsound but they are con­ cern to every American, and when rising to 4.1 quads of energy per year, about 5.2 temptuous of the American consumer and food prices have been leading the splra.l, we percent of our annual energy consumption. their Congressmen or Congresswomen who find it hard to believe that your AcLministra.­ I am providing the subcommittee with a. copy have reflected their will on a. roll call vote tion would impose by administrative meas­ of the USDA estimate for the record. in the House. ures an inflationary step specifically rejected Purdue University, which has done a great We Urge you to reconsider your decision by the Congress. deal of work in this area under the auspices to raise the support price of sugar in keep­ We hope the press reports will prove to be of its Renewable Resources Laboratory ing with the decision that we made in re­ mistaken, and that you will a.ct to limit estimates the total annual U.S. crop resldu~ jecting H.R. 2172. price increases in sugar and other essential production at about 400 million tons. These Sincerely, foods. are residues, mind you, not food. Usea.ble Herbert E. Harris, Glenn M. Anderson, Sincerely yours, residues, 1.e., those not required for soil en­ Ph111p M. Crane, , DOREEN L. BROWN, richment and which can be economically James Scheuer, Don Edwards, Thomas President.e collected, are estimated to range between 70 J. Downey, Pete Stark, Riche.rd L. and 86 million tons per year. If three fourths Ottinger, Les Aspin, Marc L. Marks, of these useable residues were burned di­ Ben A. Gilman, Frank Guarini, Robert BIOMASS RESEARCH AND DEVEL­ rectly as a boiler fuel, they could produce Roe, James J. Howard, Lester L. Wolff. OPMENT AUTHORIZATION ACT between .6 and .9 quads per year. If the same Andrew Maguire, William H. Gray, Jim residues were converted to alcohol, the con­ Lloyd, Daniel Crane, Robert Edgar, tribution would be less, on the order of .19 Charles F. Dougherty, Edward Der­ HON. FLOYD J. FITHIAN quads per year. I am including with my writ­ ten testimony a copy of the Purdue crop winski, Gladys Spellman, s. William OF INDIANA Green, Raymond Lederer, Jim San­ residue resource assessment I have cited. tini, Ted Weiss, Larry McDonald, Stan IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Finally, municipal solid waste (MSW) Lundine, Jack Kemp. Tuesday, November 27, 1979 could provide a.bout 1.5 quads of energy per year, according to the Otnce of Technology CONSUMERS FOR WORLD TRADE, • Mr. FITHIAN. Mr. Speaker, I would Assessment's report, Materials and Energy Washington D.C., November 13, 1979. like to insert, for the benefit of my col­ from Municipal Waste. The report, which Re increasing the minimum price for sugar. leagues, testimony I presented earlier focused on a broad range of issues asso- Hon. JIMMY CARTER, this month before the House Science and . elated with resource recovery and recycling of MSW, estimated that another .3 quads of The White House, T~chnology Committee on H.R. 5428, the Washington, D.C. Biomass Research and Development Au­ energy could be saved in the process as a DEAR Mr. PRESIDENT: We have read with result of recycling metals and glass con­ dismay recent press reports stating that your thorization Act. tained in MSW. Administration is preparing to take actions The testimony points to tJhe need for OTA's report, like the others I have cited, which would, in etrect, raise the floor price an accelerated research and develop­ makes realistic assumptions about the eco­ !or sugiar to 15.8 cents per pound-despite ment effort, coupled with administrative nomic and environmental constraints on the overwhelming vote by the Congress Oc­ changes within the Department of En­ energy applications of biomass resources. I tober 23 to reject such an inflationary price ergy if the vast potential of biomass en­ am a.ware that other more optimistic assess­ increase in this essential food product. ergy is to be realized. ments are available. but I would like to keep Consumers for World Trade actively op­ our discussion of the topic as realistic as posed H.R. 2172 when it was before the House I hope that my colleagues will find my possible. (as indeed we opposed similar legislation to statement helpful in their own delibera­ Even using these conservative figures, the mandate sugar price increases in 1978). we tions on the Federal Government's bio­ total energy contribution biomass resources were pleased to note that Members from both mass programs. could make is staggering. The combined con- 33770 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 27, 1979 tribution of the three resources I ha/Ve within DOE. Although Congress recom­ consolidation-or at lea.st better coordina­ mentioned here today is between 6.2 and 6.8 mended a total of 25 full-time professional tion mechanisms-between these programs. quads of energy every year. To put this into program staff for FY 1979, only three posi­ Second, the Subcommittee may wish to perspective for those among us who are not tions were actually filled last year. explore with appropriate DOE officials the used to thinking in terms of quadrlllion (4) Excessive administrative demands on reasons why the Fuels From Biomass Pro­ british thermal units, this amounts to FFB staff. gram has been unable to obtain the level of roughly: (5) Abdication of monitoring responsib111- staffing recommended by the Congress in Eight percent of our total energy con­ ties. The Fuels From Biomass Program has past fl.seal yea.rs and why excessive adminis­ sumption last year; played almost no role in coordinating or trative demands continue to be placed on One-third of our imported oil; monitoring 10 related programs within the staff assigned to the program. Half again as much energy as the Presi­ Department (such as the Urban Waste Tech­ Third, the subcommittee may wish to look dent's original synfuels program; nology Program, and the Alcohol Fuels utm­ into several state and regional initiatives on More than twice as much energy as all the zation Program) nor the biomass activities biomass which seem to be progressing nuclear plants in the U.S. produced last of at least 10 other federal agencies. smoothly. Some of them actually appear to year; or, While H.R. 5428 offers no solution to be achieving more on their meager resources Nearly three tlm.es as much energy as was these administrative problems, this subcom­ than the DOE/ USDA program. The TVA ef­ produced on Alaska's North Slope in 1978. mittee can influence DOE's administrative fort on wood pyrolysis, the work of the Pur­ So, as you can see, biomass is not a minor procedures through congressional oversight due Renewable Resources La.bora.tory, a.nd source of energy, but rather a major energy procedures. the eff0rts of the Iowa Development Com­ resource which we can no longer afford to Because biomass energy development is mission a.re efforts you may wish to explore. ignore. intricately tied to agriculture and forestry I suspect that you wlll find a close link be­ OUR GOALS pollcies, and because the food and fiber tween the success of these groups and their In July, 1978, Agricult_ure Secretary Berg­ sectors of the economy affect the economics a.b1Uty to cut through institutional barriers land outlined the first of the Administra­ and o.vallabllity of bioenergy, the Depart­ to integrate all aspects of biomass energy tion's bioenergy goals in testimony before ment of Energy and the Department of Agri­ systems.e the Senate Agriculture Committee. Those culture have common areas of interest and goals included net energy self-suffi.ciency by responsib111ty. But despite overlapping juris­ NICARAGUA-PART I 1990 in forestry production and processing dictions and similar programs, virtually no under conditions that sustain productivity. substantive coordination or program plan­ A more ambitious goal-that of achieving ning has ta.ken place between the Depart­ HON. LEE H. HAMILTON ment of Energy and the Department of 20% of the country's energy needs from solar OF INDIANA and renewable resources (including biomass) Agriculture. by 2000--was declared by President Carter There are indications that DOE/USDA co­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in his June 20, 1979 message on Solar energy. ordination a.nd cooperation may improve 1n Tuesday, November 27, 1979 These are ambitious, but achievable, goals, the future, however, and recent intera.gency goals which have broad support among our agreements set forth a more expllcit biomass e Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, be­ people. The question we must ask ourselves development role for both. USDA, for exam­ tween the 16th and 18th of this month as legislators is whether present policies and ple, 1s expected to receive a portion of the I and four other colleagues, ROBERT institutional arrangements in the agencies DOE biomass budget (Fuels from Biomass LAGOMARSINO, MATTHEW MCHUGH, DAVID over which we have Jurisdiction will allow us Program via pass-through fundin~), for the purpose of administering some biomass de­ OBEY, and , under the able to achieve these goals. chairmanship of DANTE FASCELL, visited My own evaluation is that we will miss the velopment projects. H.R. 54428, my Biomass mark by a wide margin unless we organize Research and Development Act, makes more the capital city of Managua in Nicara­ and energise these agencies to meet the extensive use of this action-forcing mechan­ gua, our deeply troubled Central Amer­ challenge. ism for USDA/DOE cooperation and coordi­ ican neighbor whose recent history of Despite the President's decision to estab­ nation. Nevertheless the dissimilarities be­ natural disaster and civil strife is well lish ambitious goals for renewable energy re­ tween the functions of these agencies can known to you. make effective coordination exceedingly dif­ sources, including biomass, the federal bio­ The purposes of our mission were es~ mass program receives relatively low priority ficult, a factor we must constantly bear in mind when we legislate in this area. sentially two. To begin, we were to assess in both the Department of Energy and the firsthand the trying economic, social, Department of Agriculture. Only $57.8 m.11- The need for cooperation between USDA lion-7.6 percent----of the $4.4 billion the fed­ in developing the potential of biomass en­ and political conditions in which the eral government wm spend this fiscal year ergy is, in pa.rt, a reflection of the need for Nicaraguan people find themselves. Sec­ on energy supply is devoted to biomass pro­ a systemic approach to biomass research ond, we were to reach an informed judg­ grams Jointly administered by USDA and and development. Most biomass conversion ment as to what posture and action DOE. Of that relatively small amount, far technologies are highly source-specific, in would best serve the interests of the too much is being spent on exotic 21st Cen­ other words, the local conditions such a.a United States in Nicaragua. I know that long-term a.va.lla.billty of biomass and raw tury concepts-such as kelp farming and I speak for all members of the mission energy plantations-rather than on short material transportation and storage costs, a.re term technologies with more immediate ap­ just as important a.s the hardware involved. when I congratulate Chairman FASCELL plications. And neither agency has used At some point in the development of biomass for an exercise of leadership that helped existing legal authority fully to develop the technologies, the emphasis must shift from us to accomplish our purpose. great potential of biomass energy. There is, solving strictly hardware problems to solving Our schedule of discussions in Nicara­ fortunately, a legislative solution to these the practical problems facing people-ma.inly gua can only be described as comprehen­ problems. H.R. 5428 is a step in the right people in rural area.s--who will run the ha.rd­ sive. We were able to meet and talk direction. wa.re. Integrating proposed bioenergy systems is not an easy task when the two federal frankly with many Nicaraguan political Within DOE, the Fuels from Biomass Pro­ leaders and a broad spectrum of Nicara­ gram has been plagued by managerial and agencies with responsib111ty for biomass split staffing problems since its inception, prob­ precisely a.long these Unes. Integrating bio­ guan citizens. In the course of 2 days we lems which are still adversely affecting the energy systems-putting a.11 the pieces to­ .saw members of the collegial executive ability of program managers to perform their gether-is so crucial to the success of biomass of the Government of National Recon­ duties. The problems include: that Congress should specifically require it struction, the Minister of Education, the ( 1) Rapid personnel turnover in key man­ in authorizing legislation. Minister of the Interior, the Minister of agerial positions. During one nine month H.R. 5428 does just that. the Exterior, the new Government's team period (May 1978, through January, 1979) In closing, I'd like to raise several ques­ of economic planners, representatives of the program had four permanent or acting tions I did not specifically touch on in my several political parties, members of the branch administrators. testimony for the consideration of the sub­ Sandinista National Liberation Front, committee. (2) La.ck of a. comprehensive plan. As a. the Archbishop of Managua, the owners First, the Department of Energy's solar result, few meaningful evaluations of the ~nd editorial staff of the independent program have been performed. The first Mis­ programs including biomass are currently sion Analysis of the program wa.s completed undergoing reorganization. As you know, the newspaper La Pre.sna, the editorial staff in FY 1979, a. full four yea.rs after the pro­ goal of the reorganization ls to consolidate­ of the Government-owned media, and gram's inception. and hopefully speed the development of­ numerous businessmen from the private (3) Serious a.nd systematic staffing prob­ sola.r and other renewable technologies. It sector. lems. While the Fuels From Biomass budget seems to me that the subcommittee ha.s an In addition to making these contacts, has more than doubled ea.ch year for the pa.st opportunity to exercise effective oversight colleagues visited AID projects, attended five yea.rs-actually increasing nine-fold in during the reorganization. When last I checked, there were eleven separate programs a mass celebrated by the Archbishop, four fiscal yea.rs-actual program sta.tf levels and benefited from a reception hosted by oscillated between two and three full-tline having some jurisdiction over bioenergy professional staff positions until the recent programs in the Department. It might be our Ambassador, Lawrence Pezzullo. The internal reorganization of solar programs appropriate for the subcommittee to request latter was attended by an impressive November 27, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 33771 cross section of the public and private I rise to commend to the attention of case in the recent death of Jesus M. leadership of the country. There was, of the Members of this body a recent posi­ "Jess" Carlos of Riverside, Calif. course, ample opportunity for continu­ tion adopted by the Maryland Christmas Mr. Speaker, in tribute to the life of ous exchange with both the Ambassador Tree Association regarding the repeal of this selfless man, I wish to insert in the himself and members of the Embassy carryover basis. That association now RECORD, at this time, an article from the staff. A final press conference was held urges the repeal of carryover basis. I Riverside paper which briefly describes just prior to our departure. A schedule urge my colleagues, particularly those the life of "Jess" Carlos. of such range and depth r..annot but con­ from the State of Maryland, to bear in The article follows: tribute to the success of a congressional mind this new aspect of the issue. "JESS" CARLOS, EASTSIDE COMMUNrrY LEADER, mission. As you know, the Senate has voted DIES My personal impression is that we 81-4 to repeal the carryover basis pro­ Jesus M. "Jess" Carlos, longtime E.a.stside Members of Congress were treated with visions of the Tax Reform Act of 1976. community leader and merchant, died yester­ respect and candor by all the Nicara­ This has been done in the context of the day morning of an apparent heart attack. He guans whom we met. Questions asked by Senate's consideration of the proposed was 68. us were answered fully with few excep­ Windfall Profit Tax Act. This was done A Riverside resident since 1948, Carlo& wa.s tions, and information not solicited by in spite of the risk of being chided for known both for his work in civic organiza­ us was volunteered freely. Areas of dis­ making that bill a Christmas tree, and tions and for his role a.s a spokesman and agreement or difference in emphasis I commend the Senate for its fine efforts. leader of the Ea.stside chicano community. were not glossed over, and areas of In ill health in recent yea.rs, he had at­ I urge all my colleagues to look to tempted to pass on the unomcia.l leadership agreement, or similarity in emphasis, those days not far down the road when role to younger men, but was still regarded were placed in proper perspective. the holiday season will be upon us, and by city omcials and others as a spokesman The Nicaraguans in government, to bear in mind the position of the Mary­ and elder statesman of the Eastside. church, and private sector made their land Christmas Tree Association. Grow­ Riverside Mayor Ab Brown so.id, "I have hopes and misgivings very clear to us, ers will face new burdens if carryover known Jess for about 30 yea.rs, from when as we did ours to them. There was a basis is not repealed. Do we really want we were on the Community Settlement Asso­ notable and pleasing absence of rancor ciation board. He was a good man to work to make it more difficult for persons in with. He was a leader of the Eastside com­ and verbal sparring. I think it no exag­ our society to celebrate these holidays geration to say that each group came munity, but he was really known and re­ as they see fit, or will we act responsi­ spected a.11 over town." away with a better understanding of the bly to repeat carryover basis? other's point of view. A city-proclaimed "Jess Carlos Day" in 1973 The MCTA position follows: brought him tributes and awards at a b111n­ As you know, President Carter has re­ gua.l Mass and a. dinner attended by 350 CARRYOVER BASIS RULE cently submitted to Congress a supple­ persons. · mental request for assistance to Central Recently a number of laws have been George Willia.ms, then president of the America and the Caribbean. New author­ passed by Congress which will benefit people Riverside NAACP, said of him, "We have a izations totaling $80 million in econom­ in the tree growing and sell1ng business. But, good community because he came to town." ic support funding, $75 million of which according to Forest Industries Committee Jesse Ybarra., director of the Community offer Valuation a.nd Taxation, the American Settlement Association, said, "We needed a are intended for Nicaragua, form a Forest Institute and the National Christmas major part of the President's overall better park for our children and it was Tree Growers Association there ls a blll now through Mr. Carlos that we were able to get $75 $70 plan. Of the million, million pending which looms a.s a major disincentive a park, Bordwell Park." would comprise a loan on concessional to growing trees. This law ls scheduled to go "He had the political power behind him," terms to provide foreign exchange re­ into effect January 1, 1980 and will, in most Ybarra. said in a later interview. "The Anglos sources needed by Nicaragua for the cases, greatly increase the capital gains tax looked toward him because he had the abil­ maintenance of supplies of imports vital by an heir who sells inherited property. For ity to rally the community." to reconstruction and development. Sixty a tree farmer this concerns either land or During the Jess Carlos Day observance, percent of the imports, agricultural, in­ trees. According to the "Tree Fa.rm News", Carlos said he became involved in community dustrial, medical, and transportation published by the American Forest Institute, affairs because "there were so many needs in payment of a capital gains tax on inherited the community and in the. church, recrea­ items, would be for the private sector. property ls based on its increased value over tion, housing and education. I was part of The remaining $5 million would comprise the cost to the original owner, rather than the Park a.nd Recreation Commission, and, grants to finance technical assistance to on the increase in its market value from naturally, since I was from the Ea.stside a.rea agriculture, activities of private and the time it passes to the heir. Given the long I knew the needs and I expressed them." voluntary agencies, technical assistance periods of time needed to plant, grow and In education, he said he was able to con­ in municipal development, a technical harvest trees, this rule has major implica­ vince school administrators to explain dis­ assistance fund for American experts, tions for the Christmas Tree Farmer who ciplinary procedures to parents. assistance for business education, and hopes to see his activities continued by suc­ "Whenever the kids got into trouble, the ceeding generations in the family. Other school would suspend them for two or three scholarships for poor children. implications and reasons for concern are: days, and the kids might be wandering My experience in Nicaragua has con­ it will be extremely dimcult to use this a.round," he said. "I talked to the school vinced me that additional assistance of law--especially if you have timber-as con­ omcia.ls and got them to let the pa.rents the kind requested by the President, ceivably you would have to reconstruct the know a.bout the kids." assistance designed to help the Nicara­ cost of trees planted by one's great-grand­ Although he was a leader in working for guan people and to stimulate the Nicara­ father I Obviously the rule will markedly re­ social change for minorities, he was not a guan private sector, would well serve the duce the return on a. timber or tree invest­ mllltant. interests of the United States. Con­ ment.e "I think there's a right way and a. wrong wa.y," he said. "I don't say I wouldn't do it, sequently, it is in the context of the sup­ marching in front of a building, but I think plemental request, especially the portion there's always a way to accomplish things intended for Nicaragua, that I wish to "JESS" CARLOS-COMMUNITY without that." address a series of statements to you. His activities included membership on and I hope to lay out a detailed case to LEADER presidency of the Community Settlement demonstrate that, all things considered, Association board of directors, a seven-year support for the President's plan would be HON. GEORGE E. BROWN, JR. term on the Riverside Park and Recreation preferable to opposition to it.• Commission, the board of directors of Op­ OF CALIFORNIA portunities Industrialization Center, the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mexican-American Political Association, the GI Forum, the University Area Kiwanis Club OH CHRISTMAS TREE Tuesday, November 27, 1979 and Knights of Columbus. • Mr. BROWN of California. Mr. Speak­ He was named a. Knight of St. Gregory by HON'. BARBER B. CONABLE, JR. er, we all know, or have known, genuine the pope in recognition of his service to the community and to Our Lady of Guada­ OF NEW YORK community leaders who have spent dec­ lupe Shrine Church. He was one of only two IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ades in service to their neighbors men in the Riverside area so honored. through good times and bad. Every time Tuesday, November 27, 1979 Born in 1911 in the Mexican state of Za­ one of these rare individuals passes away, catecas, Carlos was brought by his parents e Mr. CONABLE. Mr. Speaker, it is with a very real sense of loss is felt by all to the United States just after World War I. an early sens.e of the holiday spirit which whose lives were touched. SUch is the He worked in an Azusa grocery store from 33772 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 27, 1979 1928 until the Depression forced the store "take a. dim view" but they won't do Even though we all will feel the loss to close in 1933, and then worked as a laborer anything. of this outstanding man, we are for­ for the Colton Cement Co. Maybe the leadeirship won't do anything, tunate that he will be just as active as In 1948 he bought the old Farias Market maybe Washington views with alarm and won't send any more spare parts for air­ ever in his legislative pursuits for the at 14th and Howard streets and in 1961 remainder of his term. I salute RAY opened the present Carlos Market a.cross planes for a while, but the people of this Howard Street from the former one. For a. nation showed they are ready to stand up ROBERTS, a great Texan, a great man, time he also operated a. liquor store at 14th for their country. and a great friend.• and Howard. Thanks, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, He ls survived by his wife, the former we needed that!e Eladia. Pimentel; sons Jess Jr. of Santa. Clara. and Louis of Riverside; daughters Mary Jo WHY INVEST ABROAD-ONE MULTI­ Carlos of Santa. Clara. and Lucia. Sanchez, NATIONAL'S RESPONSE Anna. Marla. Orega. and Martha. Medura. of RAY ROBERTS Riverside; a. sister, Alta. G. Carlos of River­ side; brother, Leopoldo Carlos of Riverside HON. BILL FRENZEL and 14 grandchildren. HON. SAM B. HALL, JR. OF MINNESOTA Rosary wm be recited today a.t 7 p.m. at OF TEXAS Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine Church and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES requiem Mass wlll be tomorrow at 10 a..m. Tuesday, November 27, 1979 at the Church. Burial wlll be in Crestla.wn Tuesday, November 27. 1979 Cemetery. Preston-Simons Mortuary is in charge of a.rra.ngements.e • Mr. HALL, of Texas. Mr. Speaker, e Mr. FRENZEL. Mr. Speaker, a promi­ after more than 40 years of devoted pub­ nent Minnesota-based company, the 3M lic service to the Nation and the State Co., has just published a special report of Texas, our great friend and colleague. on global economic development. THANKS, KHOMEINI RAY ROBERTS, recently announced his More than half of 3M's current sales intention to retire from the House of now come from outside of the United Representatives a.t the close of the 96th States. The company has been an aggres­ HON. GERALD B. H. SOLOMON Congress. sive exporter and a strong supporter of OF NEW YORK We are going to miss RAY ROBERTS. I our country's free-trade policy. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES am especially saddened because his con­ A portion of the 3M report follows. It Tuesday, November 27, 1979 gressional distri~the fourth-is ad­ explains in relatively simple· terms why jacent to the first, which I have the investment abroad is necessary to do e Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, it is honor of representing, and as such, RAY business in world markets and how in­ hard to find a "silver lining" in the cur­ ha.s given me good advice, cooperation, vestment abroad builds American jobs rent, tragic and frustrating, events in and help on problems of significant in­ and American prosperity. Iran and in other countries of the terest to the citizens of east Texas. I commepd this portion of the 3M re­ Middle East. Nevertheless, one byprod­ In addition. I serve under his chair­ port to my colleagues and respectfully uct of this anti-American violence is manship of the House Committee on suggest that those who have not seen the a resurgence of patriotism throughout Veterans Affairs, and no one has done report may wish to order it from 3M's our Nation. For the first time in about 20 more to promote the legitimate interests Washington office. years, Americans of all walks of life are of our veterans than RAY RoBERTS. joining together in support of their WHY INVEST AllROAD? 'RAY ROBERTS is of the old school. His In 1950, 3M management ma.de a decision country. political mentor was none other than that would affect greatly its future role as a Mr. Speaker, this new spirit is best Sam Rayburn, and Mr. Sam taught RAY provider of goods and services, and a gener­ expressed in an editorial in the Glens well. RAY fights for what is right and a.tor of profits and employer of people. Falls P,tency of the prospective utility to man­ conditional. In the words of the GPU be "adequate assurance of no undue risk" age the plant. Third, the NRC or its suc­ treasurer John Graham, "it would be from nuclear power. I believe that with c~sor agency should approve State and difficult to know all the ramifications of my amendment Congress has the oppor­ local emergency evacuation plans. Com­ where Met Ed

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