October 11, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 35167 burden of financing elementary and second­ By Mr. VANIK (for himself, Mr. BING­ remaining portion of such year; to the ary education to improve the quality of HAM, Mr. BLANTON, Mr. BLATNIK, Mr. Committee on the Judiciary. their education programs; to the Committee BOLAND, Mr. BRADEMAS, Mr. BROOM­ By Mr. ADDABBO: on Education and Labor. FIELD, Mr. BURTON, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. H. Res. 1157. Resolution to abolish the By Mr. McKAY: CoNTE, Mr. CoTTER, Mr. FLooD, Mr. Committee on Internal Security and enlarge H.R. 17096. A blll to amend title 18 of the GUDE, Mr. HICKS of Washington, Mr. the jurisdiction of the Committee on the United States Code to define and limit the KEATING, Mr. KEMP, Mr. RIEGLE, Mr. Judiciary; to the Committee on Rules. exclusionary rule in Federal criminal pro­ RoYBAL, Mr. STEELE, and Mr. THOMP­ By Mr. BLACKBURN: ceedings, and to amend title 28, United States SON of New Jersey) : H. Res. 1158. Resolution to amend the Code, to extend the tort 11ab111tY of the H.R. 17099. A bill to prohibit most-favored­ Rules of the House of Representatives to United States; to the Committee on the nation treatment and commercial and guar­ provide for the efficient operation of con­ Judiciary. antee agreements with respect to any non­ gressional committees and to insure the By Mr. McKINNEY (for himself and market-economy country which denies to its rights of all committee members to have equal voice in committee business; to the Mr. PREYER of North Carolina): citizens the right to emigrate or which im­ poses more than nominal fees upon its citi­ Comi:nittee on Rules. H.R. 17097. A blll to permit the transpor­ By Mr. KEMP (for himself and Mr. tation in interstate commerce of goods man­ zens as a condition to emigration; to the Committee on Ways and Means. RHODES): ufactured by prisoners engaged in Federal or By Mr. CLEVELAND: H. Res. 1159. Resolution designating May 8 State work release programs and to permit H.J. Res. 1325. Joint resolution proposing as "Polish Constitution Day; to the Com­ the employment of such prisoners under an amendment to the Constitution of the mittee on the Judiciary. Federal contracts; to the Committee on the United States relating to the ratification of Judiciary. treaties; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. RUPPE: By Mr. MYERS: PRIVATE BilLS AND RESOLUTIONS H.R. 17098. A blll to require no-fault motor H.J. Res. 1326. Joint resolution proposing Under clause 1 of rule XXII, vehicle insurance as a condition precedent an amendment to the Constitution of the Mr. DAVIS of Wisconsin introduced a bill to using the public streets, roads, and high­ United St!lltes requiring the Congress to (H.R. 17100) for the relief of Raymond W. ways in order to promote and regulate in­ adjourn by July 31 of every even numbered Suchy, second lieutenant, U.S. Army (re­ terstate commerce; to the Committee on In­ year, and to restrict the power of the Presi­ tired), which was referred to the Committee terstate and Foreign Commerce. dent to convene the Congress during the on the Judiciary.

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A MILITARY PLANNING FIASCO AT Why should a high density housing proj­ planned effort; two, that to meet the FORT MAcARTHUR ect be constructed without planning ade­ housing needs of our Navy families, which quate for schools, streets, and sewers? I support and believe to be a must in This all became of major concern. order to adequately provide for our serv­ HON. GLENN M. ANDERSON Fortunately, and for which I want to ice personnel, a comprehensive planning OF CALIFORNIA thank the Department of Defense, they effort be undertaken; three, that the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES did-following many requests, including communities and local governments be Wednesday, October 11, 1972 several on my par~agree to hold a pub­ consulted and their recommendations lic hearing. hopefully worked into the overall plans; Mr. ANDERSON of California. Mr. While we appreciate the public hear­ and four, that the highest and best use of Speaker, major Federal Government de­ ing, reported by the press as follows- land resources be a required criteria in velopments such as construction proj­ A mostly hostile crowd of about 500 local planning for the location of military ects, land area use changes, and so forth, residents and government officials expressed housing and service buildings. The loca­ even though on Federal-owned lands, overwhelming disagreement with a Navy tion of service buildings by an agency of occur rarely without major concern and plan to build 700 military housing units our Government not having a water­ interest to the surrounding communities. while consolidating facil1ties with Fort oriented mission on waterfront property This is e®ecially true if the proposal MacArthur. critically needed for recreation does not occurs in a high population density area. All this opposition could have been meet this criteria. In such cases, it should be obvious to avoided if Defense officials would only It is high time that our military de­ the Federal agencies involved that they have discussed the proposal and the far­ partment officials recognize the differ­ must have a close-working relationship reaching ramifications with local officials ence between planning for land use in a with the surrounding communities and in advance, thus learning of the many high-population density area, as com­ local governments. adverse, poorly planned and objectional pared to that in a remote area. At Fort MacArthur, which is in my aspects of their proposal. Going ahead Below are a few newspaper clippings congressional district, the Department in a vacuum as to any local concern, has reporting on the September 28, 1972, of Defense proposed to construct 700 resulted in a most disturbed community public hearing in San Pedro, Calif., and Navy family housing units in an area and local officials. one of the many statements made at where the location of such housing will, The following is a typical local com­ the hearing: according to local government officials, ment and reaction: [From the South Bay Daily Breeze, Sept. 29, cause serious problems of traffic, sani­ Los Angeles City Council President John 1972] tation, and schooling in a community un­ Gibson criticized the Navy for its failure to SAN PEDRO Boos NAVAL HOUSING aware of the proposecl. acti'1ty and to­ notify city officials that such a plan was (By Leo Wolinsky) tally unprepared for it. The housing as being contemplated. "The most confusing planned would also force a consolidation thing," he said, "is we get one statement Hoots and howls were the order of the night Thursday as a packed audience turned of Army facilities and require the locat­ from Washington that the President wants government to get back to local control, and out to protest proposed Navy housing in San ing of Army service buildings on a water­ Pedro. front area that is critically needed for at the same time not knowing one thing about the project until we see surveyors. The A mostly hostile crowd of about 500 local recreation and for a small boat marina. residents and government officials expressed City Council resents that kind of action~· Thus, the proposal immediately became said Gibson. overwhelming disagreement with a Navy plan of major local concern, because of the to build 700 military housing units while con• impact on the surrounding communities In summary, I can only say that this solidating facilities with Ft. MacArthur. The major concerns of officials and resi­ as well as upon local government. Department of Defense construction dents alike reflected fears that the housing Residents and local government offi­ proposal that has been loaded on the would create serious problems of school cials, caught by surprise when the pro­ backs of the local communities and local government officials, is one of the poorest crowding, traffic, sewer inadequacy and mis­ posal was announced, reacted with strong use of valuable waterfront land. opposition for various reasons. Why planned efforts it has been my experience Although Navy Capt. John Biederman, should a waterfront area on San Pedro to encounter in my many years of public chairman of the hearing, told the audience he Bay-an area needed for recreation and service. would try to answer their questions as best for a small boat marina-be used for At this point, I recommend the follow­ as he could, residents appeared unconvinced military service buildings when the in­ ing: one, that all action be immediately "There is no way we could argue and con­ stallation has no water-oriented mission? suspended with respect to this poorly vince you of what we're trying to do," he 35168 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 11, 1972 said. "We're just trying to get information knowing one thing about the project untU His concerns were repeated in state­ that can be discussed by higher offi.cia.ls at a we see surveyors. ments by representatives of Sen. John Tun­ more leisurely time." His comments were met "The city council resents that kind of ney, Rep. Glenn Anderson, Assemblymen by boos and outbursts from the crowd. action," said Gibson. Robert Beverly and Vincent Thomas and Su­ The statement of one San Pedro resident pervisor James Hayes. was greeted with loud cheers as she appeared Anderson's statement suggested as one al­ to reflect the audience's host111ty. [From The News-Pilot, Sept. 29, 1972] ternative a 120-acre site at Los Alamitos Air "What we are concerned with are tra.ffi.c and HosTn.E CROWD PROTESTS NAVY'S HoUSING Station. Cmdr. H. L. Dozier, Navy facilities schools," said Isabel Brown. "HOW can we PLANS AT SAN PEDRO PuBLIC HEARING planning officer, said its availability was not get anything accomplished if you don't an- (By Leo Wolinsky) known · when the Navy's impact study· was swer," she told Biederman. compiled, but would be considered by offi.­ "We don't consider it a public hearing un- Hoots and howls were the order of the clals. til we do get answers." night Thursday as a. packed audience turned John Chu, vice president of the Los Ange­ The hostility, however, began to subside as out to protest proposed Navy housing 1n les Board of Harbor Commissioners, headed a. 1 t tifi d in San Pedro. a. long list of elected offic als es e op- A mostly hostile crowd of about 500 local group of city representatives and read a position to the Navy's plan, expressing many statement issued by Mayor Sam Yorty. of the same concerns felt by residents. residents and government offi.cia.ls expressed His testimony called !or a series of meet­ Under the proposed plan, 700 units of Navy overwhelming disagreement with a. Navy ings between the military and city depart­ housing would be built on four San Pedro plan to build 700 mllitary housing units ments along with a second impact study tak­ sites-Palos verdes, Point Vicente, White's while consolidating fac111ties with Fort Mac­ ing into account the feelings of residents. Point and the t:'pper Reservation of Ft. Mac- Arthur. Andy Anderson, vice mayor of Lomita, rep­ Arthur. The major concerns of offi.cia.ls and rest- resenting 16 South Bay cities, lashed out at Construction at the Ft. MacArthur site dents alike reflected fears that the housing the Navy's plan as being 1n direct conflict would force the Army to build its faclllties would create serious problems of school with dezoning plans of neighboring cities on lower waterfront property, precluding a. crowding, tra.ffi.c, sewer inadequacy and the which attempt to reduce population density. proposed yacht marina. and other public rec- misuse of valuable waterfront land. Los Angeles City Councilman John Gibson reationa.l facilities. Although Navy Capt. John Biederman, also criticized the Navy for its failure to congressman Alphonzo Bell, R-28th Dis- chairman of the hearing, told the audience notify city officials that such a plan was trict, drew loud cheers as he strongly sug- he would try to answer their questions as being contenaplated. gested the Navy look elsewhere !or housing. best as he could, residents appeared uncon- "The most confusing thing," he said, "is we "I believe the plan is not i·n the public vinced. get one statement from Washington that the interest, is out of step with the President's "There is no way we could argue and con­ President wants government to get back to policies and iS against the best wishes of local vince you of what we're trying to do," he local control, and at the same time not know­ residents," he said. said. "We're just trying to get information ing one thing about the project until we see "There are already 100 miles of shore owned that can be discussed by higher offi.cials at a. surveyors. by the military and not open to the public. I more leisurely time." His comments were "The city council resents that kind of ac­ would regard in extreme disfavor any plan met by boos and other outbursts from the tion," said Gibson. which would prohibit public beaches in my crowd. Also speaking were members of Save Our district," Bell continued. The statement of one San Pedro resident Coastline (SOC), representatives of yacht He also spoke out strongly against possible was greeted with loud cheers as she appeared clubs and other organizations throughout effects of overcrowding in local schools. to reflect the audience's hostility. the area. "The schools are already operating over "What we are concerned with are traffic and above their capacities and many have to and schools," said Isabel Brown. "How can [From the Independent Press Telegram, use portable classrooms," he said. we get anything accomplished if you don't Sept. 29, 1972] Biederman, however, said area would be answer," she told Biederman. FOES OF NAVY HOUSING PLAN WIN DELAY, set aside for new schools but indicated funds "We don't consider it a public hearing un- WIDENED PROBE would have to be raised by the Los Angeles til we do get answers." City Schools. The hostility, however, began to subside (By Tom Willman) "More schools could be constructed,'' Bell as a long list of elected offi.cials testified in Naval housing plans !or Fort MacArthur continued, but we can't compensate for lost opposition to the Navy's plan, expressing and three other San Pedro area sites met beachfront--the supply is limited. man y of the same concerns felt by residents. heavy opposition and a. unanimous call for "I suggest the Navy seek less expensive Under the proposed plan, 700 units of further study at a crowded public hearing inland alternatives and urge the Navy tore- Navy housing would be built on four San Thursday night. consider its plan," he concluded. Pedro sites-Palos Verdes, Point Vicente, More than 400 persons, including federal, Bell said he would send copies of his state- White Point and the Upper Reservation of state, and local officials, attended the meet­ Fort MacArthur. ing at San Pedro's Dana Junior High School, ment to the President, Secretary of Defense, Construction at the Fort MacArthur site applauding speaker after speaker who voiced Department of Housing and Urban Develop- wou ld force the Army to build its fac111ties dislike for the housing plan. ment, the Environmental Protection Agency on lower waterfront property, precluding a and other government agencies. The hearing, at which more than 80 per­ His concerns were repeated in statements prooosed yacht marina and other public rec- sons sought to speak, began with a slide show reational fac111ties. and explanation of the project plans by nalli­ by representatives of Sen. John Tunney, Rep. Representative Alphonzo Bell drew loud tary hearing officers. Glenn Anderson, Assemblymen Robert cheers as be strongly suggested the Navy look Cmdr. H. L. Dozier told the crowd the Navy Beverly and Vincent Thomas and Supervisor elsewhere for housing. hopes to build 700 housing units for service­ James Hayes. "I believe the plan is not in the public men's dependents. He said 120 units are Anderson's statement suggested as one interest, is out of step with the President's planned for Point Vicente, 180 at a. Palos alternative a 120 acre sit e at Los Alamitos Air policies and is against the best wishes of Verdes site, 40 at White's Point and 360 in Station. Cmdr. H. L. Dozier, Navy facilities local residents," he said. Fort MacArthur's Upper Reservation. planning officer, said its availability was not "There are already 100 m iles of sh ore by Another project, planned by the Army, known when the Navy's impact study was the military and not open to the public. I would move reserve facilities for ground compiled, but would be considered by officials. wou ld regard in extreme disfavor any plan units to Los Alamitos Naval Air Station. All John Chu, vice president of the Los Angeles which would prohibit public beaches in my other Army reserve units from area bases Board of Harbor Commissioners, headed a district," Bell continued. would be consolidated at the lower reserva­ group of city representatives and read a He also spoke out strongly against possible tion of Fort MacArthur, said Col. Richard statement issued by Mayor Sam Yorty. effects of overcrowding in local schools. Erlenkotter. His testimony called for a series of meet- "The schools are already operating over The Army project could be accomplished ings between the military and city depart- and above their capacities and many have independently of the naval housing project, ments along with a second impact study to use portable classrooms,'' he said. he said. taking into account the feelings of residents. • Bierderman, however, said an area would When the hearing was opened to questions, Andy Anderson, vice mayor of Lomita, rep- be set aside for new schools but indicated a score of area residents took issue with the resenting 16 South Bay cities, lashed out at funds would have to be raised by the Los plans. the Navy's plan as being in direct conflict Angeles City Schools. Major points of dissatisfaction were the with rezoning plans of neighboring cities "More schools could be constructed," Bell military's use of shoreline land at the Fort which are attempting to reduce population cont inued, but we can't compensate for lost MacArthur and Point Vicente sites and the density. beacb front--th e supply is limit ed. possib111ty that San Pedro area schools, sewers Los Angeles City Councilman John Gibson "I suggest the Navy seek less expensive in- and roads would face an overload use. also criticized the Navy for its failure to land alternatives and urge the Navy to re­ Several speakers were unhappy with the notify city officials that such a plan was being consider its plan ," he concluded. brief answers to questions asked of the mili­ contemplated. Bell said he would send copies of his state- tary representatives, and said they wanted "The most confusing thing," he said, "is ment to the President, Secretary of Defense, another public hearing. we get one statement from Washington that Department of Housing and Urban Develop­ Government speakers-a group that in­ the President wants government to get back ment, the Environmental Protection Agency cluded Congressman Alphonso Bell, R-West to local control, and at the same time not and other government agencies. Los Angeles-charged that the military's en- October 11, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 35169 vironmental impact study for the plan was racks--a gross mis-use of extremely valuable sider alternates to the proposed project and incomplete. waterfront property. That certainly is not the effects of the proposed project in order to Aides to Senators Alan Cranston and John best use of this land, nor is it in the inter­ preserve our natural resources, yet meet the Tunney told the crowd the senators were est of the community or for the public wel­ functional requirements of the project. awaiting the outcome of the public hearing fare, when other sites are available. Obviously, this has not been done. before offering opinions of the housing plans, That--simply stated-is the basic problem. At the beginning of my statement, I said but both also asked for further consideration But for the port of Los Angeles, the problem that the port of Los Angeles and the mili­ of possible alternative plans. is compounded, just as it is for others who tary establishment have always enjoyed an Congressman Bell recalled that President are also testifying at this hearing. excellent relationship, I believe that a good Nixon redirected federal land use policies by The scarcity of waterfront land in south­ relationship is based on frank discussion freeing portions of the California coastline ern California for development for recrea­ and candid expression. So I have been honest, for public use. Bell said he would "consider tional and commercial use has become alarm­ and I have been sincere. it contrary to the federal land use policy" ing. The port of Los Angeles, with serious And I am still sincere when I say that I to construct military housing installations on geographic limitations of its own, has believe that the problem faced by the harbor valuable peninsula shoreline. nevertheless been moving ahead to provide department, and by others represented at Fred B. Crawford, assistant general man­ certain much-needed facll1ties, especially for this hearing, can be solved through con­ ager of the Los Angeles Harbor Department, small craft and related recreational use. To sideration, cooperation and understanding. said $300,000 had already been spent by the that end, the Harbor Department has recently So I urge that a complete and thorough city for a study of the proposed small craft completed a launching ramp for small boats, study of all alternatives to and effects of marina near Cabrillo Beach and an additional now operated in conjunction with the De­ the Navy housing be made and a new com­ $65,000 spent for a study of traffic flow in partment of Recreation and Parks of the plete environmental impact study be pre­ the area of the planned marina. city of Los Angeles . . . The port has had pared and distributed presenting the Crawford said the marina plans would have completed by specialized consultants de­ alternatives studied, the recommended to be scrapped if the military went ahead tailed feasib1lity studies for a north basin course of action, the positive and negative with its naval housing project. Naval officers marina, at a total current expenditure of effects of this action and then after ade­ at the hearing said copies of the environ­ more than $300,000 ... It has contracted quate time to consider the new statement mental impact study of the San Pedro project with still another firm to develop a master has elapsed, new public hearings be held, in­ cost $5 apiece and are available from the recreation-land use study into an economi­ cluding discussions with all affected agen­ National Technical Information Service, U.S. cally-feasible overall project, to include the cies of local government. A complete master Department of Commerce, Springfield, Va. north basin, the lower bluff area of Fort Mac­ plan of redevelopment of lower Fort Mac­ Public inspection copies of the study are Arthur and access to the Cabrillo Beach area Arthur should be prepared by the Army, and available through the San Pedro office of the ... and just recently, the Harbor Depart­ an environmental impact statement as de­ U.S. Postmaster, officials said. ment has let a contract--at a cost of scribed above made of that plan. Then, ad­ $65,000-for the study of the traffic flows ditional public hearings should be held to STATEMENT OF JoHN J. ROYAL REGARDING PRO­ north of the planned north basin marina, evaluate those findings. POSED NAVY HOUSING, UPPER RESERVATION, resulting from port customers, marina users, Only in this way can all interests be FORT MACARTHUR, PRESENTED BY FRED B. and m1litary personnel and their families. served. CRAWFORD, SEPTEMBER 28, 1972 This contract includes land use planning of Mr. Chairman, I thank you very much. the entire harbor department-owned land Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen: I am from the Vincent Thomas Bridge to the Fred B. Crawford, assistant general manager breakwater lying westerly of the port's main of the Harbor Department representing John channel. J. Royal, immediate past-president and mem­ IMPROVING COMMUNICATIONS BE­ All of this was-and is-being done by TWEEN CONGRESSMEN AND CON­ ber, the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Com­ the Harbor Department to meet its obliga­ missioners, and the Harbor Department. I tions to satisfy the public need. And all of it STITUENTS appreciate the opportunity, Mr. Chairman, to will come to nothing, 1f the Navy housing appear here and to present the position-and is built where it is planned and, in turn, the to express the grave concern--of the Harbor new Army service structures and new faclli­ HON. RICHARD G. SHOUP Commission and Harbor Department in re­ OF MONTANA gard to the Navy housing plan for this area. ties are built on the waterfront section of the lower reservation. The result would re­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES First, I would like to point out that the move, probably for all time, the possibility of Wednesday, October 11, 1972 port of Los Angeles and the military estab­ the best use of limited waterfrontage. The lishment have always enjoyed an excellent result would be disastrous. Mr. SHOUP. Mr. Speaker, as repre­ relationship. So it is unfortunate, and rather A moment ago I mentioned access to the disappointing, that this project moved ahead sentatives of the American people, we Cabr1llo Beach area. Congressmen have a primary responsi­ as rapidly as it did without any discussions Since 1924, and by act of Congress, the between representatives of the port and the city of Los Angeles and its Harbor Depart­ bilty to insure and maintain communi­ Department of Defense. After all, we are wa­ ment have had the right to construct and cation with our constituents. This obli­ terfront neighbors, and to properly develop in maintain a public highway across the lower gation is a vital part of our democratic the community interest and for the publlc reservation at Fort MacArthur. The need for process and every effort should therefore welfare our adjoining waterfront properties, that access is now. And the Board of Harbor be made to keep the channels of com­ we should make each other aware of any Commissioners has made that very clear by munication open between Congressman planning for the future. recent adoption of a resolution and public Let me point out right here and now that and constituent. declaration of the intent of the Harbor De­ An the Harbor Department is not opposed to partment to exercise that right, and to build article appearing in the September Navy housing. But it is opposed to the loca­ that access road. The general manager of the 24 issue of Parade Magazine entitled "We tion of such housing, when that location w111 Harbor Department has notified the Secretary Need a Free Phone Link To Our Govern­ cause serious problems in traffic, sanitation, of Defense, the district engineer and the ment" by Nicholas Johnson deals with schooling and other areas in a community commandant of Fort MacArthur that the city this subject. This article was brought to unaware of it, and unprepared for it . . . of Los Angeles intends to forthwith use, im­ my attention by Mr. Ezra L. Dolan. public when that location w111 as a secondary effect prove and develop said right-of-way and said relations director of Parade Publications, cause a gross mis-use of extremely valuable access in the construction and maintenance waterfront property . . . and when other of a public highway across the waterfront Inc. The author presents a convincing equally suitable sites for that housing have section of the lower reservation, Fort Mac­ argument in favor of an inward WATS not been considered by the military. Arthur, in accordance with the terms and system which would enable government If the Navy housing is, in fact, built in the conditions of its permit. officials and members of Congress to San Pedro area, and particularly at Fort Yet, while we have that right, and intend receive calls toll free. This in theory,. MacArthur, it is our understanding that to use it, a recent environmental impact would provide the American people with Ariny Reserve activities now on the upper statement by the military ignores that fact, an avenue for direct and immediate reservation will be relocated at the Los Ala­ and even appears to indicate that, since the communication with their representa­ mitos Naval Air Station. As a separate non­ Harbor Department has not availed itself of related action, allegedly caused by the loca­ this easement, its rights were forfeit. That, tives. To date, however, the cost and tion of this housing on the Upper Reservation of course, is not a fact. complexities of such a comprehensive of Fort MacArthur, the Army plans to rebuild One thing more about that environmental proposal have impaired its implementa­ many of its lower reservation facilities below impact statement: no mention is made any­ tion. the blu1f-1m.mediately adjacent to and on where in it of any attempts to master-pian In behalf of our constituents, we must the waterfront--replacing the obsolete struc­ Fo!'t MacArthur's lower reservation or other acknowledge the frustrations involved in tures now there, and adding service facilities sites under the control of the military in this that could be placed on the Lower Reserva­ general area for construction of the new serv­ their efforts to contact the agency or tion above the bluti. ice facility the Army claims it needs because official which can properly help them That service complex would include such of the proposed Navy housing. It is my with a specific question or problem. The things as a post exchange, a commissary, understanding that the basic purpose of an multiplicity of agencies and the variety guest house, a theater, mess halls and bar- environmental impact statement is to con- of services h9.ve created an extremely 35170 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 11, 1972 complex bureaucratic network. I believe growing belief that the individual could the "concerned and productive efforts that it is part of our responsibility to as­ modify his position in society through his in drug education" by the CFH, and for sist our constituents by making that bu­ own efforts, which lighted the fires of the latter group's support of the Na­ reaucracy accessible and helpful to them. freedom which burns so brightly in this tional Coordinating Council on Drug Recognizing that our complex sys­ land today. It was that change which re­ Education. CFH, founded in 1966, has tem of government often creates bar­ sulted in the United States of America also done pioneering work in develop­ riers to communications, I think serious becoming not only the first, but the long­ ing programs promoting safety with consideration should be given to pro­ est lived democracy on earth. medicines in the home. posals-such as Mr. Johnson's-for It was that slight change in emphasis The Council on Family Health has improvement. I have, for the past 2 on how man viewed the world which has been a charter member of the NCCDE years, offered a free, collect phone serv­ made our land a refuge for millions of since 1969. In this past year it has dis­ ice for the people of Montana. Since my people from the oppression and lack of tributed 2,000 copies of the community congressional telephone allowance is social movement found in too many for­ guide to drug abuse action and has pro­ funded by the taxpayers of my State, I eign lands. It was true in the past; it re­ vided a grant to NCCDE for the publica­ regard this service as one which should mains true today. tion of the second edition. be m ade available to them at no charge. Just as Columbus found fulfillment in Mr. Speaker, such education efforts by I receive approximately 100 phone calls his voyages of discovery and exploration, the National Coordinating Council on per month from my constituents and feel so we, the descendants of those who fol­ Drug Education and the Council on that this indicates its usefulness and lowed, find fulfillment in the lives we lead Family Health, play an important part acceptability. in the free atmosphere of this land. The in to total effort required of our Nation I heartily urge my fellow congressmen dream which lured our forefathers from to meet the challenge of drug abuse. I who do not already offer such a service those foreign lands, lives in us today. commend their efforts to the attention of to explore its merit and feasibility, and Therefore, as we mark Columbus Day, my colleagues. I might also note that the perhaps at sometime in the future, the let us not only honor the man but let us President has proclaimed the week of suggestion of Mr. Johnson's to institute pay tribute to the dream and vision which October 15-22, 1972, as Drug Abuse Pre­ a W ATS toll free service may be led him across those lonely ocean wastes. vention Week. I hope each of my col­ realized. and led us forward today. leagues will take time during this week to reflect on our progress toward meeting the drug abuse crisis and the many things COLUMBUS DAY OBSERVANCE PRIVATE SECTOR AIDS WAR which remain to be done to eliminate AGAINST DRUGS this problem. HON. HAMILTON FISH, JR. HON. PAUL G. ROGERS OF NEW YORK WE MUST KEEP THE ETHNIC OF FLORIDA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STUDIES PROGRAM ALIVE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, October 11, 1972 Wednesday, October 11, 1972 Mr. FISH. Mr. Speaker, 480 years ago, HON. JAMES V. STANTON an Italian sailor with the courage to Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Speaker, I have long OF OHIO match his vision discovered a new land. been convinced that every segment of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES our society must participate in the effort Because of that act, and flowing from Wednesday, October 11, 1972 that vision stemmed a new concept of to combat the serious national problem man's ability to guide and control his of drug abuse. No part of our society is Mr. JAMES V. STANTON. Mr. Speaker, own destiny which was new in the world, immune to the eff.ects of this problem I very much regret that the supplemental and which has marked and dominated and solutions cannot be brought about appropriations bill which we have be­ man's history since that day. by Government action alone. fore us today does not include any funds The day of that discovery we now I have been heartened by many efforts for the new programs authorized under mark as a national holiday named after in the private sector, including those of the Higher Education Amendments Act that great Italian, Christopher Colum­ the National Coordinating Council on of 1972, including one in which I am Drug Education, to broaden public bus. particularly interested, the ethnic herit­ On this day we mark more than the knowledge and to present useful and age studies program. I believe this pro­ accomplishment of one man-great as valid information to citizens. The Na­ gram will, at a minimal cost, be that accomplishment was. But in addi­ tional Coordinating Council is supported extremely important in perpetuating tion we pay tribute to that vision which by more than 130 national, State, and knowledge of our country's rich ethnic in its fullest development has led to the local public interest organizations and heritage, and therefore I fully supported concept of freedom and equality among has established the country's largest non­ its enactment in the hope of establish­ all men which has found its flowering profit drug education network. The eco­ ing an ethnic studies program in the in this land of ours. nomic impact of drug abuse on business elementary and high schools of Cleve­ For, Mr. Speaker, from the beginning alone runs into millions of dollars each land. Had the program been funded at of man's history the physical world re­ year. The council has been singularly this stage, the many people in Cleveland mained the same. What was changed helpful not only in preparing drug abuse and around the country who have shown during that great age of discovery was education programs for business and an interest would have been able to bring man's attitude toward, and view of, that communities, but in evaluating them as their efforts to fruition in the near physical world. well. future. Prior to the voyage of Columbus, it One of its most effective activities has I understand that the Appropriations was a deeply held belief by every level been publication of a handbook, a com­ Committee did not include any appro­ of society that the individual's destiny munity guide to drug abuse action, called priations for higher education in this in this world was predetermined and "Commonsense Lives Here." More than bill, because the administration was very something over which he had no controL­ 100,000 of these have been distributed tardy in forwarding a request for funds It was the general concept that an indi-. throughout the Nation and a second edi­ to the committee. More disturbing than vidual born to a certain station was tion has now been authorized. The pub­ the administration's waiting until the destined to die in that same position. It lication of this book was made possible last minute to request funding for an act was foreordained, with the individual a by a grant from the van Ameringen which was approved in June is the fact prisoner tied to the blind wheel of Foundation and by support from the that the request did not include any fortune. Council on Family Health, a nonprofit funds at all for the ethnic heritage stud­ But through the action of Columbus, organization sponsored by the manufac­ ies program. I hope that this action does and from the opening of new lands which turers of medicines. not indicate a loss of interest in the pro­ resulted from his voyage of discovery that Recently, television personality Art gram on the part of the administration, concept changed. And it was that change, Linkletter, who is president of the Na­ an interest which had been exhibited that slight shift in the human viewpoint tional Coordinating Council on Drug by the issuing throug.h the Office of Edu­ which has created the modern world in Education, presented the NCCDE third cation of a fact sheet and a timetable which we all live today. annual Membership Award to the Coun­ for the establishment of the ethnic heri­ It was that change in viewpoint, the cil on Family Health in recognition of tage studies program. October 11, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 35171 I had seriously considered the possi­ or an Individual who would furnish labor to to the landscaping around the pond. They bility of offering an amendment to this get them planted. have planted rye grass, wheat and a little The group then traveled to the farm of wild rice for the wild life to use as food. In bill to fund the program, but in view of William Wolters on the Owens Tax Ditch the spring there are the usual blooming imminent adjournment and the fact that near Greenwood to see an example of a struc­ shrubs and in the summer there are roses. a second supplemental appropriations ture used to control sediment on a watershed Many lovely trees have been planted and a bill for 1973 will be proposed early next channel. Bags of cement were used as sand foot bridge has been built over one end of year, I have decided against this course bags to prevent cave-ins and to protect pipes. the pond. Although they have various ani­ of action. However, I want at this time Sixteen feet on each side of the ditch are m als for visitors they have seen only one large to reiterate my support of and interest used as filter strips. They are planted in cer­ deer. Much to their delight, a blue heron tain grasses, trees and shrubs. These strips visits the pond at times. in the ethnic heritage studies program, also prevent field run off, such as fertilizer, The group then returned to the Substation and to express the hope that the Con­ etc. that would pollute the streams. Later tired, but happy, after what all felt was a gress will follow up on its pledge to the group paused briefly at another ditch day well spent. establish the program by funding it in that had not been protected for comparison. the near future at a generous level. The next stop was at H .P. Cannon and Son, Inc., in Bridgeville. Peppers are the big KINGSTON HIKER IS 75 YEARS crop raised for the Cannon factory. The firm A TOUR OF DELAWARE is carrying on research experiments in co­ YOUNG CONSERVATION PROGRAMS operation with the Department of Agricul­ ture, Soil Conservation District and Univer­ sity of Delaware Extension service, in water HON. LAMAR BAKER HON. J. CALEB BOGGS recycling to determine the possible pollu­ OF TENNESSEE tion caused by pesticides. The waste from the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF DELAWARE peppers in the factory goes through a shaker IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES where the solids are removed. The waste Wednesday, October 11, 1972 Wednesday, October 11, 1972 water is then piped to a nearby field and Mr. BAKER. Mr. Speaker, we have all used to irrigate lush, rot ated pastures of heard the familiar adage, "You're as Mr. BOGGS. Mr. President, the mem­ fescue grass where steers are fattened. The young as you feel." bers of the Sussex County (Del.) Home steers are then slaughtered and tests made to determine if there is any pesticide residue I recently had the opportunity to meet Economics Extension Club recently made an outstanding individual who exempli­ a tour of various areas of southern Dela­ in the meat. The grass will absorb a n d filter greater amounts of water than any other fies this youthful zest. Although her ware to see pollution abatement and con­ type of vegetation. chronological age is 75. Mrs. Tom servation practices in operation. Leaving Bridgeville, the group next visited (Madge) Ferguson of Kingston, Tenn., is Because I believe the information in the farm of Dennard Hill, near Atlanta. Mr. truly young at heart. this tour gives us a better knowledge of Hill is a hog farmer raising approximately When I was introduced to her in some of the conservation practices avail­ 1800 at present. Here they saw a lagoon 250 Kingston on a chilly October Saturday able in rural areas throughout our Na­ feet by 45 feet wide and 8 feet deep built to Mrs. Ferguson was about to embark on tion, I ask unanimous consent that an take care of the waste and drainage waters from the hog lots. The lagoon was designed a 20-mile walk through the mountainous article about this tour from the Sussex by Richard Bennett, the SCS representative east Tennessee countryside. County Post be printed in the Extension on the tour. Mr. Campbell stated that these Her purpose? To raise money for of Remarks. pollution lagoons are cost-shared by the "Project Concern," which operates a mo­ There being no objection, the article ASCS up to a certain amount. They prevent bile dental clinic near Crossville, Tenn. was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, pollution run off in the streams. The clinic provides dental care for moun­ as follows: The group next traveled to Craig's Mill Pond for a box lunch. The pond is main­ tain people in a seven-county area of east [From the Sussex County Post, Millsboro Tennessee. (Del.), August 31,1972] tained by the Game and Fish section of the Department of Environmental Control. The Mrs. Ferguson was bundled up against HOMEMAKERS ENJOY TOUR OF CONSERVATION quality of the water in the pond was dis­ a brisk wind as I talked with her before PRACTICES AND POLLUTION ABATEMENT cussed. The group learned that the quality she joined some 600 other local residents (By Mrs. Earl White) depends on the installation of filter strips walking for charity. She explained the Recently a group of Sussex County Home and live stock lagoons up stream. Also the "Walk for Mankind," sponsored by the Economics Extension club members and possibilities of the excess growth of water Kingston Jaycees, would give about 80 friends enjoyed an educational tour to see weeds and algae blooms was discussed. conservation practices an d projects for pollu­ Leaving Craig's Mill Pond the group had percent of its funds to the dental clinic. tion abatement in Sussex County. The 41- a delightful ride over the historic Woodland The rest would go to a summer camp member group from local clubs all over the Ferry which was started in 1793 by Isaas and fund for needy children. county assembled at the Substation where Betty Cannon. In 1843 the ferry became the Mrs. Ferguson said she and the other Mrs. Ray Mears, Sussex County Environmen­ property of the county. It is owned and participants has obtained sponsors for tal Chairman in charge of the tour, intro­ maintained now by the State of Delaware. the walk, each agreeing to contribute a duced Mr. Donald Campbell, County Execu­ All rides are free and operate from dawn to certain number of dollars for every mile tive Director of ASCS and Richard Bennett, dusk. Sussex County District Conservationist. The Soon the group reached the Laurel Auction walked. two had planned the tour in cooperation Block. Starting in 1939-40 with approximately The 75-year-old lady appeared confi­ with Miss Frances Shoffner, Extension Home ten members, each solicited twenty members dent she could make a substantial con­ Economist for Sussex County. They explain­ thus making a total of 200 people to form the tribution to the fund by her participa­ ed briefly things of importance about the Laurel Marketing Association. Six acres of tion in the walk. "After all, walking is trip. land was bought and a small auction shed my hobby," she said. The first place visited was the State For­ was built. It has continued to grow until Mrs. Ferguson did not need to worry estry Nursery near Ellendale. The group was now It is a cooperation belonging to 1300 greeted by Mr. Walter Gabel, Forester, Divi­ farmers in seven counties of two states. Their about the amount she would net for the sion of Forestry, St. Dept. of Agriculture, biggest products now are cantaloupes and fund-although her sponsors may. All who discussed the work carried on there. watermelons. This week one day's sale was told, she made $200 for the project and They learned that the Department of Agri­ 70,000 watermelons, 50,000 cantaloupes and was the oldest to complete the course. culture will provide seedling to qualified 5,000 sugar babies. This is only about 60-70 At the conclusion, she still looked alert land owners within the state provided cer­ percent of average years. They also some­ and nearly as youthful as 7-year-old tain requirements are met. Trees are not to times sell small amounts of sweet corn, lima Linda Miller of Kingston, the youngest be used as ornamentals for decorative pur­ beans, snap beans, egg plants, acorn squash poses nor sold or otherwise disposed with and pumpkins. to complete the walk. roots attached. The last stop was at the farm of Mr. and Although the rigors of a campaign Delaware has nearly 400,000 acres of forest Mrs. S. Willard Cole near Laurel. Here the help to keep Members of Congress fit, land. The objectives of the Department of group saw a wildlife pond with an area of Mrs. Ferguson had a definite edge on me. ., Agriculture are to encourage woodland own­ one-half acre and 6 to 12 feet deep. The pond Kingston Mayor Bob Humphreys and I ers to produce more and better forest crops was designed by the Soil Conservation Serv­ led the march for some distance, but and to establish new forest crops on Idle Ice Engineers and cost-shared by the ASCS scheduled commitments of the day de­ land. The group learned that 700 acres were office. It 1s fed by several springs which keep manded our presence elsewhere. For­ planted In Sussex County last year. With the water level up all year long. It 1s stocked the ever increasin g population and the wide with fish such as bass, ring perch, white tunately for the success of the march, spread of pollution, more trees are needed perch and sun fish. It is used by ducks also. Mrs. Ferguson and many other public­ each year. Mr. Gabel stated that the depart­ Mr. Cole has trained the fish to come when spirited citizens kept on going. ment gives up to 50,000 seedlings to a group he feeds them. The Coles have added much I commend the Kingston Jaycees, civic 35172 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 11, 1972 leaders and businessmen, and all who is now less than 5 percent of the total of people. For Ed, the only reward of vir­ participated in the "Walk for Mankind" population (It was 50 percent in 1920). The traditional patterns of food supply are also tue is virtue. to help make it a success. But my hearti­ being shaped by dozens of large corpora­ Mr. Speaker, Ed is the friend of all est congratulations go to Mrs. Ferguson, tions which are moving in to agriculture, who know him, and I take great pride surely one of my most physically fit con­ posing a threat, at least in some areas, to the and pleasure in commending him for stitutents at any age. I am sure I speak family farmers. his untiring efforts and for his spirit for all her friends and neighbors in the 3. The power of the farm bloc is weakened which is an inspiration to us all. Kingston area in hoping she will be because there are fewer farmers, and because And, while it has been said that Ed walking for many more years. farmers are not unified. Farmers are espe­ cially divided on the appropriate role of has the patience of Job, the wisdom of government in agriculture, and over the Solomon, and the foresight of Socra­ basic choice between a modified market econ­ tes-it has also been said that his lovely WEEKLY REPORT TO NINTH omy or management control. Farmer bargain­ and charming wife, Bonnie, is, by far, DISTRICT CONSTITUENTS ing and farm unionism are emerging factors the better half, and has been most in­ in agriculture which also create divisions. strumental in making Ed's endeavors These questions arise when the problems successful. HON. LEE H. HAMILTON of rural America are serious and real, and OF INDIANA when Congressmen from rural areas show IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES increasing concern. Without attempting to answer in detail the Wednesday, October 11, 1972 fundamental questions discussed, my views REVENUE SHARING FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, under lead me to support efforts to raise farm in­ come, preserve the family farm, discourage the leave to extend my remarks in the the use of farming for tax write-offs, support RECORD, I include the text of my last strict limitations on farm subsidies, allow HON. LOUIS C. WYMAN weekly report to Ninth District con­ family farmers freedom of choice in planting OF NEW HAMPSHIRE stituents on American agriculture: and operations, and improve . the farmer's IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES position in the marketplace by strengthening WASHINGTON REPORT OF CONGRESSMAN Wednesday, October 11, 1972 LEE HAMILTON farm bargaining, improving agricultural American agriculture--a complex, dynamic, markets with research and information, Mr. WYMAN. Mr. Speaker, under the $120 billion a year enterprise-stands at the marketing agreements, cooperative buying revenue-sharing legislation approved by crossroads. The primary policy question it and selling, and with expanded world trade. the House-Senate conference committee, faces is how to continue the enormously pro­ New Hampshire would receive a total of ductive revolution in America. without sacri­ $15.2 million, $5.1 million for the State ficing the famtly farm, a.n institution which TRmUTE TO ED FONTES has had profound importance in shaping the government and $10.1 million to be divid­ character of the Nation. ed among county and local governments. Everyone agrees that a clear-cut commit­ HON. GLENN M. ANDERSON The following table outlines the alloca­ ment to a. national farm policy is needed, one OF CALIFORNIA tion to county and local governments. It which provides a. definite view of where the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES should be noted that communities of United States is, and where we should go, 2,500 or less are not included in this tab­ in agriculture. This policy should address Wednesday, October 11, 1972 ulation. Computation of their allocation itself to these questions: Mr. ANDERSON of California. Mr. is scheduled to be completed later this 1. Should productivity be paramount, with Speaker; Ralph Waldo Emerson, the month. no particular concern to the thousands of marginal operators who are falling by the noted 19th century author and essayist, The table follows: wayside each year? once wrote: REVENUE SHARING FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE 2. What is the future of the family farm? The only reward of virtue is virtue; the Total State grant to alllocals_ ___ $10, 144, 005 3. What are the dangers of massive, cor­ only way to have a friend is to be one. Amount returned to New Hamp- porate farm operations, and how should they No single expression at my command shire State government is----- 127, 679 be met? better illustrates the manner and the COUNTY AND TOTAL GRANT 4. What is the role of farm unionism? Belknap, county area. ______5. Can we get unity from the major farm person of Ed Fontes, a man I am proud 645,374 to call my friend. Belknap, county government ___ _ 118,641 organizations, and, 1! so, on what grounds? Total to all cities over 2,500 ____ _ 6. What is the appropriate role for govern­ Mr. Fontes, a resident of Carson, Calif., 296,856 Total to all cities under 2,500 ___ _ 0 ment in agriculture? exemplifies the community spirit which Total to all townships ______a. Should we have strict supply manage­ brings people--all people--together in 229,877 ment with high price supports <.nd produc­ LaconiaGilford towncity------______296,856 tion controls, or should we move towards a a common crusade to improve the quality 25,958 of life of our fellowman. His rapport Meredith town ______51,871 freer market? Ttlton town ______b . Should there be limitations on govern­ with the young, the old, the rich, the 36,617 Carroll, county area ______222,086 ment subsidies on crops, and, if so, what poor, has cast him in the role of the Carroll, county government ____ _ should those limitations be? catalyst-the magnet and the glue-­ 51,705 Total to all cities over 2,5QQ ____ _ 0 c. What should we do about land use, which brings people together and holds Total to all cities under 2,500 ___ _ particularly a.s large investors claim more 0 them in a bond seeking a mutual goal. Total to all townships ______170,381 production land, choking off potential agri­ For the past several years, Ed has pro­ Wolfeboro town ______cultural expansion and driving tax assess­ 32,205 vided the leadership in organizing our Cir Conway town ______40,373 ments higher? Cheshire, town area ______d. It the future of rural America. en­ Family Day Picnic which brings together 656,617 residents from all over southern Cali­ Cheshire, county government ___ _ 71,202 dangered? Total to all cities over 2,500 ______No one knows the answers to these ques­ fornia to enjoy the bands, the food, and 320,198 Total to all cities under 2,500 ___ _ 0 tions, but with the omnibus Farm Act due the entertainment that makes for an Total to all townships ______for a. revision in 1973, the debate on agricul­ 265,217 "Old-Fashioned Family Picnic." Keene yitY------320,198 ture promises to be strident and critical. This year, thanks to Ed, the festivities Hinsdale town ______These several questions should be examined Jaffrey Town ______28,579 in view of the central realities in American were even bigger and better than previ­ 28,584 ous years. There were games for the Swanzey Town ______18,521 ~;Lgriculture today: Walpole Town ______1. The farmer today is in an economic young and old-sack races, horse shoes, VVinchester Town ______28,561 crunch. In the last 20 years, the price he pie-eating contests, and checkers-and 34,762 Coos, county area ______530,828 receives for his produce has risen only 6 an international cuisine featuring Span­ Coos, county government______percent, while consumer incomes have shot ish, Italian, American, and Philippine 187,500 up by 300 percent, the consumer price index Total to all cities over 2 ,500 ____ _ 220,422 foods. Total to all cities under 2,500 __ _ 0 • has risen 50 percent, his taxes have increased Mr. Speaker, the success of the picnic Total to all townships ______400 percent, and the wages he pays have in­ 122,906 creased by 300 percent. is, itself, a tribute to the ability and the Berlin cntY------220,422 Gorham Town ______59,778 2. The trend today is towards fewer farms, personality of Ed Fontes. Lancaster Town ______bigger farms and corporate farms. Today, For Ed, the sleepless nights, the jan­ 63,328 gled nerves, and the relentless effort to Grafton, county area ______651,542 there are only 2.8 million farms and the Grafton, county government ___ _ 85,113 average size is 400 acres (in 1935 the com­ piece the mosaic together; the reward is Total to all cities over 2,5oo ____ _ 124,139 parable figures were 7 million and 100 acres). the satisfaction of knowing that he Total to all cities under 2,500 ___ _ 0 The Nation's farm population of 9.2 m1llion brought pleasure and fun for thousands Total to all townships ______442,290 October 11, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 35173 Lebanon CitY------124, 139 tribute to a great man and a great name for all of our citizens by the time of our Hanover Town ______$31,688 in West Virginia. nation's 200th birthday on July 4, 1976." Haverhill Town------10,567 A:RBC SPEAKS OUT Littleton Town ______99,384 Thomasine Hill, Commission Member, par­ Plymouth Town ______64,868 NEWS BULLETTh OF THE AMERICAN Hillsborough, county area ______ticipated in the New Haven Conference of the 3,393,737 REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL COM­ Western History Association in New Haven, Hillsborough, county government 297,659 2,634,343 MISSION Connecticut. Mrs. Ann Hawkes Hutton Com­ Total to all cities over 2,500----- mission Member spoke to the Georgia His­ Total to all cities under 2,500 __ _ 0 Total to all townships ______419,735 torical Society in Savannah. Hugh A. Hall, HON. G. WILLIAM WHITEHURST Acting Director of ARBC, addressed members ~anchester CitY------­ 1,749,749 884,594 OF VIRGINIA of the Bicentennial Council of the Thirteen Nashua CitY------­ Original States in Durham, (N.H.) on Oc­ Amherst Town------14,709 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Bedford Town ______19,400 tober 7. John McCormick, a member of the Goffstown Town ______67,074 Wednesday, October 11, 1972 ARBC Invitation to the Wor'ld Advisory Panel Hillsborough Town ______and President of COSERV, addressed the In­ 39,035 Mr. WHITEHURST. Mr. Speaker, I ternational Institute of Greater Toledo in Hollis Town------8,934 am inserting into the P..ECORD the Octo­ Hudson Town ______54,907 Ohio. Del Black, ARBC Regional Coordinator, ber 9, 1972 edition of the news bulletin spoke to the Nebraska State Historical SO­ ~errim.ack Town ______26,158 ciety, in Lincoln. Bill Hart, Federa.l-D.C. Bi­ ~ilford Town ______of the American Revolution Bicentennial 32,797 centennial Coordinator for the President, ad­ Pelham Town------32,363 Commission. I take this action to help Peterborough Town ______dressed the Washington Formum at the 19,079 my colleagues be informed of the plans Lawyers' Club in VVashington, D.C. ~errim.ack, county area ______1,084,946 and activities being made across this ~s. ~go Russell, Editor of Ootn World ~errim.ack, county government __ 135,389 country preparing for the Nation's 200th has editorially urged the revival of the $2 Total to all cities over 2,500 ___ _ 654,276 anniversary in 1976. The bulletin was bank-note for the Bicentennial with Thomas Total to all cities under 2,500 __ _ 0 compiled and edited by the Communi­ Jefferson on the face of such a bill, and the Total to all townships ______295,282 City of Concord ______cations Committee stat! of the ARBC. replacement of a view of his home in Monti­ 508,879 cello with a Bicentennial theme. The weekly Franklin CitY------145,397 The bulletin follows: Allenstown Town ______ma-gazine also endorsed a 50-cent fractional 17,594 BICENTENNIAL BULLETIN, currency note, to be treated as a souvenir Boscawen Town ______22,367 Washington, D.O., October 9, 1972. Hooksett Town ______On September 28 the House of Representa­ item. 32,629 Sen. J. Glenn Beall Jr., Md. introduced Hopkinton Town ______8,691 tives approved, by a vote of 300 to 19, a Pembroke Town ______revised authorization bill for ARBC through a bill on September 25 authorizing a feasi­ 24,574 b111ty study and subsequent construction of Pittsfield Town ______37,977 February 15, 1973. The House bill authorizes $3.5 million for the period through Febru­ a high-speed ground and water transporta­ Rockingham, county area ______1,470,244 tion system to link Washington with two Rockingham, county government 208,486 ary 15, 1973, including an amount not to exceed $2.4 million as the second grant for historic centers in Maryland and Virginia by Total to all cities over 2,500 ___ _ 512,778 1976. The Bicentennial celebration, Senator Total to all cities under 2,500 __ _ 0 State Commissions. The bill includes the Total to all townships ______provisions for matching project grants to Beall noted will bring millions of visitors to 748,981 the D.C. area. He said the proposed transL Portsmouth City------512,77t State and local Commissions and non-profit Derry Town ______organizations, with such grants to be funded portation system "will provide visitors with 55,875 an exciting means of seeing the historical Exeter Town ______49,902 exclusively with nonappropriated funds, i.e., revenues and donations. cities and sights of the region, and at the Hampton Town------141,875 same time provide a practical demonstration Kingston Town ______36,976 Julius Rudel, ~usic Director of the John Londonderry Town ______F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, of a technologically advanced transportation 21,937 system ..." Senator Beall said that he is Newmarket Town ______49,835 is planning an American ~usic Retrospec­ tive during the Bicentennial year, including "hopeful the Commerce Committee will hold North Hampton Town ______10,875 hearings on the bill this year." Plaistow Town ______18,611 work songs, gospels and other intluences on Raymond Town ______American music. As a fund-raising project, the Alexandria 32,882 Bicentennial Commission (Va.), sponsored Rye Town ______30,453 The National ~edical Association (~) Salem Town ______received a Bicentennial certificate of offi.cial a drawing contest which drew 121 entries. 55,395 Artists were asked to submit line drawings, Seabrook Town ______35,933 recognition on October 1 for its national pro­ VVindham Town ______gram aimed at conquering sickel cell anemia. preferably of Old Town historic properties. 13,832 Frank Wright, head of the Drawing Depart­ Strafford, county area ______932,025 Presentation of the certificate and the na­ tional Bicentennial flag was made by Com­ ment of Georgetown University, selected 12 Straffiord, county government __ _ 106,581 Winning entries. The drawings will be repro­ Total to all cities over 2,500 ___ _ 677,836 mission Member Ms. Nancy Porter, Chair­ person of the Horizons '76 Committee, to Dr. duced and will go on sale at local shops in Total to all cities under 2,500 __ _ 0 the near future. Total to all townships ______Edmund C. Casey, President of~. at the 147,608 The eight-team member 4-H Report to the Dover CitY------­ 285,795 dedication of the association's first head­ quarters building. ~- Porter praised the Nation group visited ARBC Headquarters Rochester City------296,392 on October 2nd. The Reporters, representing Somersworth City______95,649 ~ offi.cials and members for their initia­ Durham Town ______tive in setting 1976 as NMA's target date for four million 4-H'ers and speaking for 13 57,423 million young people in 4-H type organiza­ Farmington Town ______23,877 the development of an advocacy program against sickle cell anemia. tions in 87 counties around the world draw Sullivan, county area ______470,927 on their own experience and training to in­ Sullivan, county government___ _ 74,792 The House of Representatives approved a bill on October 3rd authorizing construction form leaders in Government, business, in­ Total to all cities over -2,500 ___ _ 215,679 dustry, agriculture, education and civic Total to all" cities under 2,500 __ _ 0 of a convention center south of Mount Total to all townships ______Vernon Square as a .Bicentennial Memorial groups about the current nationwide 4-H 180,457 program. Team Members are: Linda Saathoff 215,679 t:o the late president, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Claremont CitY------­ A slmilar bill has passed the Senate. (Md.); Wchael Scales (Va.): Kim Shaffer Charlestown Town------""­ 31,696 (Minn.); Suzonne Quave (La.); Beverly 67,259 The "taxation of Colonies Act," a relic from ~eWP,ort Town-----,------the VVar of Independence, was ruled by the Prater (Colo.); ~e McNamee, Jr. (Wyo.); Law Commissi<;>n in Great Britain, as no Stephanie Ballentine (N.C.); and Rodd longer of practical ut111ty. The Commission ~oesel (Okla.). recommended its repeal together with 257 Historical events which relate to the Bi­ PLANNED TRIDuTE TO JAMES KEE obsolete laws going back as far as the year centennial Era: 1424. October 12, 1776-Battle of Throg's Neck, · At its 1972 annual meeting in New York New York. A handful of American riflemen HON. FRED SCHWENGEL City, July 2-7, the National Environmental bottle up and hold o.ti a superior British OF IOWA Health Association passed a resolution to force. October 13, 1775-Gongress authorizes IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES support the American Revolution Bicenten­ a Navy. Votes to outfit two ships of ten guns nial Commission. The resolution, sponsored each. October 14, 1774-First Continental Wednesday, October 11, 1972 by John J. ~cHugh, past president of the Congress adopts a Declaration of Rights. De­ Mr. SCHWENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I re­ association, is in direct accord with the prin­ clares rights of the colonies had been ciples of the ·Bicentennial thematic area violated. Adopted in an effort to secure re­ served an hour for tomorrow October 12 peal of Parliament's Coercive Act. October 16, to pay a deserved tribute to the distin­ HORIZONS '76: "Resolved, that the Nationai Environmental~ Health Association supports 1773-Phlladelphia. citizens resolve that tea guished gentleman from West Virginia the American Bicentennial Commission and duty is taxation Without representation. who will be retiring from the Congress desires to work with all federal, state and In an editorial captioned, "~ke the Bi­ this year. local governments and other interested or­ centennial ~eaning!ul," the editor of the I write all Members to join me in this ganizations to achieve a quality environment Decatur, (Ill.) Herald states, "The most 35174 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 11, 1972 useful 'celebration' the Commission might by Mr. McGovern to win the nomination that stand in the Cow Palace and summarily dis­ arrange is to encourage a re-examination by has not, since Miami Beach, been trimmed or miss the recalcitrant Eastern liberals just scholars of the philosophical underpinnings hedged or abandoned altogether. defeated at the convention. But assuredly of the revolution. There is a need for scho­ The guaranteed income that Mr. McGovern the moment was a more honest one than that larly documentation of the failure by the introduced in the Senate was put over the unforgettable scene of George McGovern Founding Fathers to include Blacks and side with George Wiley in Miami Beach. The emerging from lunch at the LBJ Ranch to women among those eligible for the full $1,000-per-person grant, with the concomi­ declare the meeting "one of the most treas­ rights of citizenship." Other suggestions: tant tax program to redistribute the wealth, ured moments of my life." "Why not a Jefferson Prize for imaginative was quitely interred on Wall Street two design of public housing facilities? Or one months later. As for the 100 per cent tax on for artists named on behalf of John Copley, estates, followed by the 77 per cent on the painter? One m ight be established in estates-neither of them has been heard Mr. Franklin's name to encourage research from in weeks. Abortion is no longer a mat­ SAFE DRINKING WATER to alleviate the pollution from power plants." ter between "a doctor and his patient." Today it is not even a matter worth discussion be­ tween a candidate and his constituency. The HON. GILBERT GUDE pledges of quotas of Federal jobs to blacks OF MARYLAND CREDIBILITY: SOMEONE ISN'T and Chicanos were jettisoned when quotas IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TELLING THE TRUTH-MR. NIXON became a national issue. The space shuttle that was a "foolish proj­ Wednesday, October 11, 1972 OR MR. McGOVERN? CHECK ONE ect" in the Florida primary does not seem so foolish when campaigning in Houston in Mr. GUDE. Mr. Speaker, one fatality September. in the rush to adjournment is the safe HON. LAMAR BAKER Uncondit ional amnesty for all who refused drinking water bill. Passed in the Senate, OF TENNESSEE to serve in Vietnam is now fudged. No longer this bill has been laid to rest in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES should we consider regulating marijuana House Interstate and Foreign Commerce "along the lines of alcohol." Committee. Wednesday, October 11, 1972 On Southeast Asia, there is ongoing debate This Congress has devoted much time Mr. BAKER. Mr. Speaker, on the basis among Republican researchers as to whether and effort to environmental protection­ of what has happened to date, the loser Mr. McGovern will keep bases in Thailand and ships offshore until the prisoners are we have enacted legislation to clean up in the credibility sweepstakes has to be released--or whether he will remove the the environment where necessary and to the erstwhile Prairie Populist, GEORGE troops and ships "on the faith" that the pris­ preserve areas where pollution has not McGovERN. There is an enormous gap oners will subsequently be released. Using yet affected the natural beauty of our between Mr. McGovERN's words and Mr. primary sources alone, each side has a cogent skies, lands, and waters. However, as the McGovERN's deeds and he is not doing case. Not for nothing is the McGovern speech­ following editorial succinctly points out, much to close this gap which started to writing team laboring under the sobriquet, we have ignored a vital aspect of our widen even as he won his party's nomi­ "The Waffie Shop." environment-our drinking water. As for Mr. McGovern's June declaration: nation in Miami. "We're not going to win in the fall if we Our attention was first focused on the In an article which appeared in the forget the pledges and the commitments we need for environmental protection by New York Times of October 3, 1972, Pat­ made in the spring," he should save it for two realizations, that pollution is ugly rick J. Buchanan, a special assistant to the Al Smith Dinner, it will bring down the and unhealthy. It seems that, in regard the President, detailed some of the areas house. to drinking water, we have chosen to ig­ where the Senator from South Dakota With his reputation for political consist­ nore the questions of public health and has stretched his credibility. ency and candor already in grave peril, Mr. safety. Our drinking water looks alright Mr. Buchanan does not cover all of the McGovern's reputation for personal credibil­ as it comes out of our spigots, and that ity seems headed in the same direction. The instances. I am sure my colleagues who solemn pledge to the women to support the antiquated standard has satisfied us. But have had occasion to match the Sena­ South Carolina challenge was dishonored the such aesthetic criteria tell us nothing tor's words with his deeds, can list many evening of the day it was made. The fiat as­ about the invisible contaminants in more, but for starters, I think it is ap­ sertion that no instruction had been given drinking water-viruses, bacteria, or­ propriate to bring Mr. Buchanan's list to to Mr. Salinger was, as flatly, retracted and ganic and inorganic chemicals, heavy the attention of those who might not reversed not two hours later. And the enor­ metals, to name a few. The national have seen it in the New York Times. mous gap between Mr. McGovern's words and drinking water standards have not been Mr. McGovern's deeds in the Eagleton affair revised since 1962. Since then we have The article follows: was summed up nicely by Gary Willis, who CREDIBILITY: SOMEONE ISN'T TELLING THE wrote: learned much about the public health TRUTH-MR. NIXON OR MR. McGOVERN? "Senator McGovern is giving sanctity a bad threats posed by these contaminants, CHECK ONE name. While he blessed the crowds with his enough that revision of these standards (By Patrick J. Buchanan) right hand, his left one was holding Eagle­ is long overdue. It is unfortunate that WASHINGTON.-Earlier this year, parallelS ton's head under water till the thrashing this Congress will not be the one to ad­ were drawn between the preconvention cam­ stopped. We'll all know we're in trouble if he dress this important task; and I urge paigns of GeQrge McGovern and Barry Gold­ should be elected and take his oath of office that revision of the national drinking water. The comparisons were neither invid­ by saying he supports the Constitution 1,000 water standards be the first order of ious nor invalid. Both men--one of the left, per cent." business next year. the other of the right--were movement poli­ In 1971, Mr. McGovern, in a fundraising ticians. Unlike a John F. Kennedy or a Rich­ letter, wrote boldly to his prospective con­ I submit for the information of my ard M. Nixon, who relentlessly pursued and stituents, "Quite frankly, I am not a 'cen­ collegues the following editorial on this won their party's nomination, Senators Gold­ trist' candidate." His awkward efforts in the matter from the Washington Post, Octo­ water and McGovern had their nominations past month to imitate one only call to mind ber 10, 1972: "captured" on their behalf-captured by an Dr. Johnson's dog trying to walk on its hind ANY CHANCE FOR CLEAN DRINKING WATER? army of volunteers, motivated by ideology, legs. There has been no lack of attention given hungrier, better disciplined and better or­ Instead of denying his convictions, Senator to the nation's polluted water, and hardly ganized than the Establishment they sought McGovern might have done better by defend­ anyone doesn't have personal experience of to displace. · ing them. a filthy river, lake or stream. It is often sur­ Unlike Presidents Kennedy and Nixon, Many commentators contended that had prising, however, to notice how few citizens neither of these small-state SenatoT-s could Mr. McGovern continued to run as the can­ think twice about another body of water that have seized their party's nomination and didate of the "new politics" he would have is endangered: their own drinking water. In machinery, had they not been chosen in­ been administered a shellacking by Mr. recent hearings before the Senate Subcom- struments of significant political movements. Nixon. Perhaps. - mittee on the Environment, Dr. J. H. Lehr But the comparisons that were valid in the But the people who supported him were, of the National Well Water Association noted spring are demeaning to Senator Goldwater at the least, entitled to have their somewhat the potential hazards: "Overconfidence or in the fall. For, agree or disagree, Barry Gold­ unorthodox views on income redistribution, apathy seexns to pervade the public's attitude water went down to defeat in November, 1964, neo-isolationlsm and reversal of priorities with respect to drinking water. Common unapologetically, uncompromising in his aired and articulated--as they have not been daily experience plus a. current myth about public commitment to conservative positions by their erstwhile champion who has spent the future falsely implies that the quality, and principles. the last month running as though he coveted safety and adequacy of our municipal water Senator McGovern, on the other hand, most the office of-not President of the supply systexns are above reproach. Perhaps has made public recantation the leitmotiv of United States but--Special Prosecutor in the the myth can be stated as follows-'Every­ his campaign. Excepting only defense, one is Waterbug Case. one knows we have launched a massive water­ hard pressed to name a single position taken It was impolitic of Sen.ator Goldwater to pollution-control efi'ort and that waterborne October 11, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 35175 disease outbreaks are a thing of the past.' Mrs. Michael Holliday for the Middle The newsletter listed all congressmen and This statement lS simply not true .. .." Atlantic area. their voting records on issues deemed im­ Alerted to the dangers, the Senate has Mrs. Alois Cepelka for the North Cen­ portant to education. Six U.S. Senate and passed the Safe Drinking Water act. Similar seven U.S. House votes were listed. legislation has been in the House, but it is tral area. Of the nine area lawmakers, Iowa Con­ not certain that action will be taken in time Mrs. John M. Crowley for the Western gressman John Culver, D-Cedar Rapids, and for the proposal to become law. The House area. U.S. Sen. Adlai Stevenson III, D-Chicago, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ I take special pride in bringing the received "perfect" scores. Culver sided with merce will have an oppurtunity in the next charitable works of these thousands of the NEA on each of the seven votes; Steven­ few days to get the bill to the floor for a people to the attention of the Congress son went six for six. vote. The legislation passed the Senate with and America-and wish the Ladies of Oth er area members of the House were little difiiculty, meaning that the issue in the Charity well in the days come in prac­ scored like this: Wisconsin's Vernon Thom­ House is not t he bill itself but whether or to son, R-Richland Center, was listed as voting not it will get out of committee. ticing the selfless words which make up wit h t h e NEA five times and against it twice. The need for national drinking water their motto and goals. They deserve the Illinois' John B. Anderson, R-Rockford, was standards is shown by several alarming support of our people. listed as voting for three times, against three events. Last July, a public health official in times and not voting once. Boston reported an unhealthy amount of Culver, Thomson and Anderson are all up lead may be getting into that city's drinking for re-election this year. Stevenson won a six­ water. Between 1961 and 1970, there were at PERFECT EDUCATION SCORE FOR year term in 1970. least 128 known outbreaks of disease or CULVER Two Republican senators up for re-election poisoning attributed to drinking water. An this year-Iowa Sen. Jack Miller of Sioux official of the Environmental Protection City and Illinois Sen. Charles Percy of Agency has reported that some 8 million HON. JOHN BRADEMAS Chicago--were given only fair marks by the Americans drink water that is potentially NEA. dangerous because it does not meet federal OF INDIANA Miller was listed as voting with the NEA mandatory standards. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES twice, against it three times and not voting Other reports, all ominous, keep appear­ Wednesday, October 11, 1972 once. Percy's record was three votes for and ing. Unless the House joins the Senate to as­ three abstentions, the NEA said. sure the public that its drinking water is Mr. BRAMEDAS. Mr. Speaker, the The remaining Tri-state senators-Demo­ safe, many unsuspecting citizens will con­ Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, in a Sep­ crats Harold Hughes of Iowa anQ. Gaylord tinue to quench their thirst with water con­ tember 12 story, reported that the Na­ Nelson and William ProXmire of Wisconsin­ taining several types of chemicals, bacteria, tional Education Association had given were all listed as voting With the NEA five viruses, toxic metals and other contaminants. times and against it once. Congressman JoHN CULVER of Iowa·s Nelson and Hughes will be up for re-elec­ Second District, a perfect score for sup­ tion in 1974. Proxmire's term ends in 1976. porting legislation benefiting American Included in the NEA's list were votes on LADIES OF CHARITY OF THE education. appropriations, the Omnibus Higher Educa­ UNITED STATES The NEA, with 1.3 million members, tion Bill, retaining day-care provisions, is the largest professional teachers orga­ voters registration, Equal Employment Op­ nization in the Nation. The original an­ portunity Commission and federal economic nouncement of the NEA's ratings ap­ controls. HON. JOHN M. MURPHY peared in the September edition of the The NEA, With about 1.3 million members OF NEW YORK is the largest professional teachers organiza­ Reporter, the association's official tion in this country. About 650 persons, in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES newspaper. both local school districts and the University Wednesday, October 11, 1972 In reporting the story, the Telegraph­ of Dubuque, are NEA members locally. Mr. MURPHY of New York. Mr. Herald stated: The 1971-72 voting records of Tri-State Speaker, I invited the attention of my Area Congressmen earned mixed grades from COLUMBUS DAY OBSERVANCE IN colleagues, my constituents, and the the National Education Assn. (NEA) in the BERWICK, PA. people of America to an organization September issue of its publication, "Re­ which is truly concerned about and porter." Of the nine area lawmakers, Iowa deeply involved with people especially, as Congressman John Culver, D-Cedar Rapids, HON. DANIEL J. FLOOD summarized by their motto, and U.S. Sen. Adlai Stevenson, D-Ill, received OF PENNSYLVANIA "perfect" scores. Culver sided with the NEA The aged and youth ...

AGRICULTURE-MIDYEAR REVIEW food have aided the farmer by slowing his producers to curtail their operations. In the AND OUTLOOK rising costs and expanding demand for his first half of 1972, however, reduced pork products. But farmers would be having a supplies met with expanding consumer de­ good year in 1972 even without the NEP mand. Hog prices rose sharply, while feed HON. TOM RAILSBACK since most of their good fortune is attribut­ costs declined, pushing profits to the high­ OF ILLINOIS able to the fundamental market forces of est level in several years. Much of this re­ supply and demand. newed prosperity accrued to Seventh District IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WORKINGS OF THE MARKET farmers in the Corn Belt states of illinois, Wednesday, October 11, 1972 Total supplies of farm commodities in the Iowa, and Indianar-producers of 45 percent first half held relatively stable in the face of the nation's hogs. Mr. RAILSBACK. Mr. Speaker, in Feb­ Cattle-feeding profits, too, showed a ruary I explained that the urgent matter of expanding domestic and foreign demand for food and feeds. In a market economy, marked turnaround from a year earlier. Fed of assisting our rural residents was facing prices adjust to equate supply with demand. cattle prices averaged 15 percent above a us with an ultimatum-act now or else. With supplies short relative to demand, year ago during the first half and reached We were approaching the point of no prices rose in the first half. a 21-year high in June. Based on farm man­ return on depopulating the countryside. Demand for farm products is bolstered by agement budgets, Corn BeLt cattle feeders In recent months, I have been en­ each annual increase in population, but at made a profit of over $55 per steer in June, the same time demand fluctuates with the before charges for labor and overhead, com­ couraged by a number of actions. The pared to around $17 per head in the com­ Senate Committee on Government Oper­ general U.S. business cycle and foreign pur­ chases. At midyear, it was increasingly appar­ parable period a year earlier. About 18 per­ ations held public hearings in Carbon­ ent that the more optimistic forecasts for cent of Seventh District farmers• cash in­ dale, Til., to investigate firsthand rural business recovery in 1972 were being real­ come is derived from cattle and calves. revitalization. Senator CHARLES PERCY ized. Gross national product (GNP) in the Dairying has fared better in 1972 in the chaired the hearings. second quarter was 6 percent over a year ago fa.ce of larger volume of production and de­ The Congress passed and the President after adjustment for inflation-the largest spite no increase in price supports. Through­ has now signed into law the Rural Devel­ year-to-year "real" growth in the economy out the first half, milk prices averaged opment Act of 1972 which has as its since 1966. The overall increase in economic about 3 percent higher-with much of the activity was paced by a marked upsurge 1n firmness in the market due to larger dairy stated goal the improvement of "the consumer spending (demand) . exports. Dairying is especially important in economy and living conditions in rural Despite the income-dampening effects of the district states of Wisconsin, where about America.'! overwithholding of federal income taxes, half of farmers' cash income is derived from President Nixon himself has stated: spending surged above a year ago during the milk, and in Michigan, where milk sales What is needed now is a fundamental first half, as consumers reduced their sav­ account for approximately 30 percent of farm change in the way the Government ap­ ings rate and opted to spend more of their receipts. proaches the entire developmental challenge. take-home pay. Total retail sales at midyear Soybeans, a major source of farm income were 7.5 percent above a year earlier, al­ in the district, were higher priced in the And the Rural Development Task though sales dipped 1.5 percent from May to first half, too, even when compared to the Force on which I serve has been studying June. Sales at food stores and eating places, exceptionally strong prices in 1971. Here various approaches. although lagging slightly behind the advance again, reduced supplies have coincided with Now an issue of Business Conditions, in overall spending, posted gains of around expanded foreign and domestic demand, es­ an excellent publication by the Federal 5 percent over a year ago. pecially for soy protein meal. Although Reserve Bank of Chicago, has made the While improving business conditions were farmers harvested a larger crop last fall, point that not only have American farm­ stirring domestic demand, foreign demand the increase was not sufficient to replenish for U.S. farm products was on the rise, too. stocks used up in the 1970-71 marketing ers fared quite well under the Nixon ad­ For the fiscal year ended June 30, exports of year. As a result, the total supply of soy­ ministration policies, but the workings of agricultural products reached $8 billion, the beans is about 4 percent smaller this season the market are finally turning to the highest ever and 4 percent above a year ago. than last. Prices, moving higher to ration farmers' benefit. All the increase occurred during January scarce supplies, averaged 10 percent above As Representative of the 19th Con­ through June of this year, as exports surged last year's high prices in the first half. gressional District of illinois, I was par­ nearly 8 percent over the first half of cal­ Corn, another principal cash crop in the ticularly interested in the comments re­ endar 1971. Soybeans and livestock products Seventh District, is in abundant supply this (dairy products and cattle hides) led the year, and prices in the first half averaged garding soybeans, feed grains, and hog expansion in foreign sales. Feed grain ex­ more than 20 percent below a year ago, when production. The men and women who ports, especially corn, also increased over a prices were exceptionally high because of a have farmed our land and fed our live­ year ago. Expanded livestock production in blight-reduced harvest in 1970. The lower stock to give us an abundance of such western Europe and poor feed grain crops prices, however, had a mixed impact on products should be properly repaid. I am in eastern European countries contributed to farmers, depending on their specialty. For hopeful that farm income in the latter the expanded U.S. exports of soybeans and large livestock feeders who use all the part of this year will be as encouraging feed grains. A decline in foreign dairy pro­ corn raised on their farms as feed and must as that of the first 6 months of 1972. duction and cattle slaughter boosted demand purchase additional amounts, the lower corn for U.S. dairy products and cattle hides. prices translate into lower feeding costs and For the review of all my colleagues, I The devaluation of the dollar last Decem­ higher livestock profits. For those cash grain include the article, "Agriculture-Mid­ ber probably contributed to increased ex­ farmers who specialize in raising corn, the year review and outlook" from Business ports in the first half of 1972. Nearly two­ lower prices could mean somewhat lower Conditions in the CoNGRESSIONAL RECORD thirds of U.S. agricultural exports go to coun­ incomes. The income-depressing effects of immediately following my remarks. tries whose currencies appreciated relative to lower prices, however, are partly offset by the dollar. All other things equal, this means much larger volume and, to an even larger AGRICULTURE-MIDYEAR REVmW AND OUTLOOK extent, by government payments and price The farm sector of the economy posted a U.S. farm products are cheaper in those coun­ tries than they were prior to devaluation and supports. Almost 85 percent of the 1971 record-breaking performance during the corn crop was eligible for nonrecourse gov­ first half of 1972. Prices of farm products, are more competitive with agricultural com­ modities from other exporting countries. ernment loans at guaranteed prices. which are exempt from Price Commission Record-large amounts of corn have been controls, reached record-high levels in June In contrast to demand, total per capita U.S. food supplies in the first half of 1972 placed under government loan which tends of this year, averaging 11 percent above a to provide corn prices a floor that is equal year ago. Prices paid by farmers for manu­ were about unchanged from a year ago­ livestock products (primarily pork), down; t..o the national average support price of factured items used in farm production, $1.08 per bushel (plus storage and interest which are controlled, have risen too, but at poultry, eggs, and milk, up; wheat and feed­ grains, up; fruits and vegetables, down. With costs). Furthermore, nearly 1.8 mUllan of a slower pace. Farmers' cash receipts in the supplies roughly the same and worldwide the nation's feed grain producers, represent­ first half of 1972 increased at an annual rate ing 83 percent of the feed grain acreage, of almost $4 billion, government payments demand increasing, the normal workings of the marketplace pushed farm commodity are eligible for sharply higher direct gov­ increased nearly $1 billion, and cash ex­ prices upward. ernment payments this year for withholding penses rose at a rate of $2.5 b11llon. As a re­ part of their acreage from production. On sult, net farm income rose to an annual COMMODXTY REVIEW July 1, government checks totallng approxi­ rate of $18.3 billion-the highest level on Changes in hog slaughter played a key role mately $1.9 billion were mailed to feed grain record and nearly 14 percent above last in the farm price and income situation. A producers-an increase of $850 mlllion over year's final tally. sharp drop in hog production was accompa­ 1971 payments. Clearly, American farmers have fared nied by an even sharper increase in hog quite well under the Nixon Administra­ prices. During the first half, production aver­ OUTLOOK FOR THE LAST HALF tion's New Economic Policy (NEP). The aged 6 percent below year-ago levels and Prospects for agricultural prices and in­ reinstatement of the investment tax credit, prices averaged over 40 percent higher. come in the second half are clouded by controlled prices on many farm production This situation was preceded by a period in actions to curb advances in food prices. Nev­ items, the devaluation of the dollar, and 1970-71 when low prices, high feed costs, and ertheless, demand for farm products, espe­ controlled wholesale and retall margins for sluggish consumer demand caused many hog cially foreign demand, is likely to be as strong October 11, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 35177 in the latter half of the year as in the months is required from the time a farmer depleted stocks of soybeans, the increase in first half, and only moderately larger supplies decides to increase output by breeding more production is likely to result in prices hold­ of farm commodities are expected. Activity sows until the pigs from these additional ing above a year ago during the third quarter, in most sectors of the domestic economy is farrowings reach market. ( :urrently, prices although prices could dip below a year ago expected to remain vigorous, with employ­ have begun to ease down seasonally, alleviat­ at harvesttime. Over half the soybean crop ment and incomes expected to post sizable ing the urgency for action that was felt now goes to foreign markets, and export de­ gains over a year ago. when farm prices were at their summer xnand, which has been exceptionally strong Foreign demand for farm products already peaks. The latest reports on livestock num­ even at record-high prices, appears likely to has been given a substantial lift in the second bers and crop production, however, indi­ be sustained through the remainder of the half by the recent agreement with the Soviet cate only modest price declines in the year. Union to buy substantial U.S. wheat, feed months ahead. On balance, prices of livestock products grains, and soybeans. Furthermore, economic OUTLOOK FOR MAJOR COMMODITIES and soybeans for most of the second half may average slightly lower than in the first activity in the major western European na­ The June 1 Hogs and Pigs report indicated tions and Japan, the main customers for half but well above a year ago. Corn prices, that short pork supplies are likely to persist which were the weak point in the district U.S. farm products, is expected to be more at least through the first quarter of 1973. robust during the last half of 1972 than farm economy in the first half, have Hogs and pigs on farxns to be marketed in the strengthened. As a result, farm income is during either the first half or a year ago. second half are expected to number 7 percent In addition, most of these countries-espe­ likely to continue to rise at a record-break­ below a year ago. Farmers indicated they ing pace throughout 1972. cially Japan, the single largest U.S. cus­ planned to farrow 5 percent fewer sows dur­ tomer-have substantial balance-of-pay­ ing June through November. Allowing for an ments surpluses and are under considerable upward trend in pigs per litter, hogs available economic and political pressure to ease im­ for market in the latter part of the fourth port restrictions on U.S. products. quarter and through the first quarter of 1973 SALUTE TO FLAGTOWN BOOSTING SUPPLIES, CURBING PRICES likely wlll number 4 percent less than a year In response to rising food prices, the Ad­ earlier. Given these supply prospects, hog HON. JOHN T. MYERS ministration took several steps in late June prices should remain relatively high through­ aimed at increasing food supplies and broad­ out 1972, although some seasonal decline is OF INDIANA ening price controls. Meat import quotas likely in October and November. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES were suspended, an action that is likely to Beef production, in contrast to pork out­ Wednesday, October 11, 1972 have relatively little impact on supplies. put, is currently in the midst of an expan­ Imports are only a small fraction (5 percent) sionary phase. The nation's cow herd num­ Mr. MYERS. Mr. Speaker, in June of of annual U.S. supplies; most imported meats bers 3 percent larger than a .year ago and 6 1971, I shared the story of Mellott, Ind.­ are used in products such as hamburgers, percent more beef heifers are being retained now designated as Flagtown, U.S.A.­ luncheon meats, and other processed meats, for future breeding purposes. Cattle on feed with my colleagues. As they will un­ and compete only indirectly with the most in 23 major feeding states numbered 14 per­ desired domestic retail cuts; and there Is stiff cent more as of July 1. There Is also evidence doubtedly remember, Mellott is a small world competition for available meat that Corn Belt feeders have kept cattle on town, consisting of 325 residents, in IllY supplies. feed for an extended period in an attempt to home county. Through the efforts of the Phase II controls were extended to cover "average down" the high cost of feeder stock local American Legion Post, Newton previously exempt raw farm products (fresh and utilize relatively cheap corn supplies. Quiggle-Palin Post No. 394, nearly every fruits and vegetables, eggs, etc.) and sea­ This could result in more heavyweight cattle home and business in the town, as well food after the point of first sale. Retailers coming to market in the second half, swelling as most of the surrounding areas, now still are allowed to "pass through" higher beef supplies more than numbers alone might farm level costs plus add their customary indicate. Declines in slaughter of young display their flags at all times. The margin to the increase, but their percentage calves and cattle outside feedlots, along with legion post has been selling flags all over margins must not exceed the average of the increased holdback of replacement breeding the country; the proceeds of which go to highest two out of the past three years. stock, will offset part of the increase in cattle help various worthy causes. This town "Jaw-boning" also was renewed, with major marketed from feedlots. At the present time, has gained nationwide fame as Flag­ food chain executives being summoned to beef production Is expected to increase 6 to 7 town, U.S.A. Washington and admonished to lower their percent over a year ago during the second To pay tribute to this patriotic town prices promptly as soon as farm prices half. (First-half production was less than 2 which serves as a model of patriotism to decline. percent larger than a year ago.) An increase In sum, these actions may be expected of this size may well be accommodated with communities, large and small, all over to have only limited effect upon supplies, only moderate declines in cattle prices pro­ the Nation, Robert Sample Taylor and although prices of agricultural products may vided marketings are not "bunched." This 1s his wife, Dorothy, both natives of Craw­ be dampened by changes in consumer at­ especially true in light of continued smaller fordsville, Ind., have written a song, titudes. Some in Congress have suggested competing pork supplies, and assuming the "Flagtown, U.S.A.". The words to this stronger action including a rollback of re­ robust, first-half consumer demand for beef song are particularly stirring and I would tail food prices and direct controls on farm gains momentum in the second half. Cattle like to share them with you: prices. prices are likely to drift seasonally lower, FLAGTOWN, U.S.A. AREDIRECTCONTROLSLrKELY? however, and this coupled with record-high prices paid for feeder stock purchased this (By Robert Sample Taylor and The U.S. Government has never applied spring will squeeze feeding profits. Total re­ Dorothy D. Taylor) direct price controls to farm commodities. ceipts to cattle feeders in the second half are There's a town by the name of Mellott, The control prograxns of World War I, World likely to be larger though, reflecting greater Indiana, War II, and the Korean conflict, while us­ volume of cattle sold. That's known as Flagtown, U.S.A.; ing some form of margin control on food Dairy prices currently are expected to re­ The people believe in serving God and 1texns similar to current Phase II controls, xnain above a year ago in the second half. country, all exempted farm prices. The first-half surge in exports appears to be And they emphasize honoring our Flag Wage and price controls of the New Eco­ waning, but an unusual jump in cheese each day. nomic Policy were instituted to curb ris­ prices during June indicates strong domestic Along about Flag Day every year ing prices in the face of mounting unem­ demand, which may offset expected increases They hold a celebration that brings a great ployment and unused plant capacity-a. in production. Dairy receipts may rise slower throng- phenomenon loosely defined as cost-push than in the first half but are still likely to People gather from far and near. inflation. Price regulators are aware that rise 3 percent over 1971 levels. Just listen; we'll (I'll) tell you about it in the rise in farm prices has not been from Both corn and soybean price prospects for our (my) song: higher costs pushing up prices, but from the latter half of 1972 hinge on the size of There's a place in the heart of Indiana demand increasing faster than supplies. The "the 1972 crops. The August 1 Crop Report Called Flagtown, U.S.A., remedy for high prices in such a case is in­ indicated corn production may be nearly 11 Where all the people sing out for Old Glory, creased production. But arbitrary price con­ percent smaller than last year. At the same And this Is what they say: trols or rollbacks would likely stifle the in-_ time, the grain sale to the Soviet Union has "We've got a good country, a great country; centive to increase output, and could even­ substantially boosted export prospects for She's wonderful to see. tually result in government rationing of corn. At least $200 million worth of feed But our country's goodness and our coun­ supplies. grains and wheat will be exported between try's greatness Higher prices are already signaling in­ now and next July. Reflecting these develop­ Depend on you and me." creased production-sure to be forthcom­ ments, corn prices have edged up from first­ In that place in the heart of Indiana ing as soon as farmers have sufficient time half levels and may hold 10 cents per bushel - Called Flagtown, U.S.A., to adjust their production plans. But agri­ above the depressed harvesttime prices of last Where folks get together to praise Old Glory cultural production relies on biological fall, despite near-record supplies. - You can also hear them say: processes, and time lags exist between in­ The soybean harvest this fall is expected "I~ we love our Creator, and love our creased prices and expanded supplies. In the to be 9 percent larger than last year accord­ neighbor, case of pork production, at least nine ing to the latest Crop Report. But because of And work for what is right, 35178 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 11, 1972 Our land wlll be saved, and our Flag ever pounds of many readers through its distri­ every opera season, every fine restaurant, wave bution of "Widder's Diet;" it helped to make every major film showing. With colors pure and bright!" the Christmas holidays more palatable to He knows everyone. Everyone knows him, There's a. place in the heart of Indiana. the "forgotten people" in Greater Cleveland's from industrial tycoons to busboys. "How Called Flagtown, U.S.A., mental institutions; it offered free many about an item?" Milt would greet one and Where all the people sing out for Old Glory, needed objects to the various charitable in­ all. They responded. Milt's the only one in And this is what they say: stitutions through its "give away" para­ this office with two phones on his desk to "We've got a. good country, a. great country; graphs, and it made it possible for many handle all the calls. She's wonderful to see. groups to get free use of "Santa. Claus" suits A bon vivant, in other words. A worshipper But our country's goodness and our country's in the past 15 years. of gourmet foods and pleasing potables, greatness The Saturday "Halo of the Week" for the until the past couple of years. Depend on you and me. past 20 years has also given me particular As a result, Widder would find he had to Yes, our counJtry's goodnes and our country's pleasure. It showed that under the "hard go on crash diets from time to time to coax greatness nose" reporter there was glimmer of a senti­ his weight back down under 200. He passed Depend on you and me I" mentalist. along his diet through his column to Press I'm proud, too, of the few local journalistic readers. scoops I came up with in the last quarter It became so popular that over 20 years A HALO FOR MILT WIDDER century. They are the kind of stories that The Press distributed more than 1 million make this job fun and exciting. A few were copies of the Milt Widder diet. even good enough to make "Page One," on Uncle Miltie affects a gruff, pugnacious subsequent days. I'm not so proud of the manner to hide his butter-soft heart. He'd HON. WILLIAM E. MINSHALL "goofs" made here from time to time. Those OF OHIO pitch in for any good cause. Countless times are better forgotten. he dressed as Santa Claus to distribute gifts TN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES There is a. temptation to start naming to youngsters at places like the Society for Wednesday, October 11, 1972 names--names of the many who became my Crippled Children. friends--but I shall desist. It's impossible He used his column to recruit (cadge) Mr. MINSHALL. Mr. Speaker, no one to enumerate them all in this space without sports event tickets from Clevelanders for ever deserved it more, yet he never re­ forgetting some. That's one "faux pas" that patients at Veterans Administration hospi· ceived it, and probably would deride any must be avoided. tals. He was always working out deals to suggestion that he should. He was quick I'm grateful to all my bosses and fellow provide TV sets, musical instruments and to bestow it weekly on fellow citizens who workers who suffered with me through all other items for charitable institutions. these . years with understanding. I'm espe­ He was an able emcee at many gatherings. had made some admirable contribution cially touched by their actions in the past Easter Sundays would find him presiding in to the Greater Cleveland area, who had five years when they allowed and helped me University Circle during the Easter parades, performed a kindness or generosity to to continue this work even though I was awarding prizes for best dressed ladies and their fellow men, or whose lives were legally blind. gentlemen. inspirations to others. I want to thank all the regular and oc­ One of the scoops he got the biggest kick The honor? Milt Widder's "Halo of casional readers of this piece for letting me out of was beating the national news media. the Week" Award, one of the highlights come into your home to try to keep you up on the marriage breakup of zillionaire How­ on local happenings. ard Hughes and Jean Peters. More than a of his inimitable column in the Cleve­ My last, most gracious homage is to my year before her divorce action was filed he land Press. The irony is that Milt him­ helpful wife of 40 years, who married me reported she was back living with her mother self fit all the qualifications necessary to for better or for worse and, in retirement, in Canton. receive the prized "Halo" himself and all for lunch. Widder was born in Berlin, Germany, on his many friends knew it. Nov. 20, 1907. He lived as a child in Nyiregy­ Now that he is retiring, to the sorrow (By Dick McLaughlin) haza, Hungary, a. fact that led to his being of thousands of readers who often turned Milt Widder is ca111ng it quits. . Hungarian Man of the Year here in 1965. first to Milt's column even before they Cleveland's most widely read columnist He graduated from Cleveland Heights High and perhaps most widely known newspaper­ School and Adelbert College, then studied read the front page headlines, I would man is retiring after a 46-year career as a at Cleveland Law School. like just once to usurp his prerogative rollicking, roving news gatherer for The From boyhood his greatest love was music. and bestow on him a long overdue Press. As a lad he used to slip into Masonic Hall "Halo." The Sights and Sounds columnist is not and hide in the organ box to hear symphonic He is a good and loyal friend, a tre­ keen on retiring. His health has betrayed concerts conducted by Nikolai Sokoloff. mendously talented writer, a newspaper­ him. Now he must stay home and take care No one was surprised when in 1946 he won man of integrity and honor, and a of himself. $64 on the Phil Baker "Take It or Leave It" courageous, public-spirited citizen. It is Widder-"Uncle Miltie" his fellow staf­ radio show for correctly answering all musi­ fers affectionately call him-joined The cal questions. going to be hard to kick the habit of Press in August 1926 and has gregariously Widder has been an active force in the City looking for Milt's daily column, but I managed to keep the City Room in boister­ Club for some 45 years, often appearing in know that retirement from the press is ous tumult ever since. He's not a. quiet man. its Anvil Revues. He was president of the not going to call a halt to his many ac­ He skippered the Sights and Sounds col­ club in 1969. He also is a past president of tivities, his zest for living, and his keen umn since Aug. 2, 1946, developing it into the Cleveland Guidance Center. interest in his fellow man. He is one of an eagerly read, intimate daily record of Milt chose his 25th birthdate, in 1932, to the finest people I know: newsy goings-on in every facet of local life. marry Dorothy Louise Stone. They have four He has been more than a gossip mart. children, James, John, Robert and Mrs. Bar­ Mn..T WIDDER CALr.s IT QuiTs That he was able time and again to score bara Beazle. The Widders live at 3440 Avalon Shorty: Milt Widder, conductor of this news scoops and predictions of things to Rd., Shaker Heights. column for 26 years and a. Pressta.ffer for 46, come was a reflection of his thorough train­ A regular feature in Sights and Sounds is retiring. ing as a newsman. has been his bestowal of a "Halo of the Final column: This piece is written reluc­ Milt started as a copy boy. He worked on Week" upon individuals, humble and promi­ tantly. On the advice of physicians, the in­ page makeup, on the copy-editing desk. He nent, for outstanding service and deeds per­ sistence of my family, and my own cogni­ toiled at the police beat, the courthouses. formed. zance of physical shortcomings, I've decided He covered real estate news, the museums, He bestowed a halo upon wife Dorothy to quit. The decision was not easy. music and art. in 1969, saying: "She's a great gal and I am How does one jam four decades of remi­ He has always had that uncanny ability no bed of roses to live with. It takes a sense niscences and great times into little more to sn iff out a story, that extra amount of of humor and the patience of a saint--and than five hundred words? It can only be done report orial brass, a touch of chutzpa, 1f you she has both." with generalities and a few "flashbacks." please, that made him the remarkable news­ It has saddened Uncle Miltie's contempo­ First come the hundreds and hundreds of paperman he ls. raries to see his health visibly failing this good frien ds, great contacts and wonderful Nothing has ever delighted him more than year. His eyesight has dimmed so that copy colleagues I worked and romped with. If this to score beats on news events that his fel­ boys and girls have had to read the paper to six day a week stint had any success at all low reporters had been sit tin g on for days. him. His mobility has become impaired de­ it was due to the circles I moved around in Often the city editor would have to kill spite a cane and back brace (which he and milked information from. No writer of a news scoop from Sights and Sounds be­ despises). this type of column is any better than his cause that story was planned for Page One But Milt Widder has been an inspiration sources. display. Milt would roar his outrage while to the entire Press staff because of his dogged There are some things I am proud of: laughing to himself. determination and courage in arriving at his This corn er was a vehicle to provide thou­ A big, burly, kinky-haired fellow with an desk daily to skipper his beloved Sights and sands of Indians' baseball tickets to the am­ ear-shattering laugh, Widder has been a fa­ Sounds. bulatory patients in the area's veterans hos­ miliar figure over the years at every impor­ Best of everything, Milt. We'll keep in pitals; it was instrumental in helping to shed tant event-every opening, every stage show, touch. October 11, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 35179 AGRIBUSINFSS AND THE SMALL credit. I would stop the Government WASHINGTON NEWSLETTER FROM FARMER from acting as the hiring agent for large, CONGRESSMAN JIM HARVEY corporate growers. I would seek greater technical assist­ HON. JEROME R. WALDIE ance from the Government for the fam­ HON. JAMES HARVEY OF CALIFORNIA ily farmer--current agricultural research OF MICHIGAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES is too oriented toward agribusiness, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, October 11, 1972 is carried on with little regard for its Wednesday, October 11, 1972 social consequences. Mr. WALDIE. Mr. Speaker, in yester­ Mr. HARVEY. Mr. Speaker, every fall day's remarks I noted how Government If after all these steps had been taken, 1 and the family farmer still found him­ during the past 12 years that I have been policy is making it increasingly difficult in Congress, I have conducted a tour of for independent farmers to survive in self at a disadvantage-which I firmly believe would not be the ease-l would the 45 to 50 cities and villages that make rural America. up the Eighth District of Michigan. For Agribusiness corporations, fat with then support subsidizing the family farmer at the expense of agribusiness. that purpose, I have used a mobile office, subsidies, and some of whom are bent towed by my station wagon, and have on controlling the market from "seed­ When the choice is between people and machines, I do not think there is any parked my office at a time and place spec­ ling to supermarket," are pushing ified by the mayor or president of the farmers off the land with unfair compe­ doubt as to where the Government should stand. village counsel at each stop. No appoint­ tition. ments have been necessary, and it has Contrary to popular notion, and ac­ Finally, it should be noted that while Government policy does play a critical been a very enlightening experience for cording to nwnerous USDA and univer­ me, for the stops have always been well sity studies, the independent farmer is role in rural America, it should not be the sole or overriding force in determin­ .attended. every bit as efficient in producing food Inasmuch as I am now about to com­ and fiber as is the large corporate ing its future. That is a proper role for various groups of affected people-farm­ mence my mobile office tour once again, grower. But the Government is provid­ I wish to hereby insert into the CONGRES­ ing the corporation with the edge. ers, farmworkers, rural businessmen, nonfarm laborers, small-town officials, SIONAL RECORD a COPY Of my last News­ Over 7,000 corporations have entered letter dated September 22, 1972, setting farming in the past decade, while the urban mayors, conswners, environmen­ talists and, yes, even agribusinessmen. forth my mobile office schedule, as well rural outmigratiori has continued un­ as other news of interest to my constitu­ abated at 800,000 persons a year over Together we can develop programs de­ signed to benefit all the people of rural ents. the same period of time. One million The Newsletter follows: farms have shut down in the past America, not just a chosen few. But we do not have much time to WASHINGTON NEWSLETTER FROM CONGRESSMAN decade-that is 2,000 families dis­ JIM HARVEY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1972 placed-2,000 busted dreams-every waste. The average age of a farmer to­ day is 58 years--compared to 38 for all For the 12th consecutive year, I am plan­ week, year after year. And the trend ning to bring Washington, D.C., our nation's continues unabated. Americans in the work force. capital, and the Federal Government closer The question now is whether or not we It would indeed be a national tragedy, to the people. On the opposite side of this are going to compound the errors and 1f one day in urban America we awoke to Newsletter is the complete 1972 Congres­ injustices of the past, or try to remedy discover that a rural America of owner­ sional Moblle Traller Office tour, with 57 occupied farms and independent fami­ stops in both the old and new Eighth Con­ them. gressional District. Again, no appointments What are we going to do for the one­ lies had been replaced by machines controlled from board rooms in San are necessary; it is a first-come, first-served half of the remaining farmers who derive basis. My only concern is whether Congress cash income from agriculture which is Francisco, Houston, and New York. w111 have adjourned by the start of the tra.ller at or below the poverty level? We must take action now to see that tour-October 11th. If Congress still is in ses·· What are we going to do to save a way this does not occur. sion and my presence is required in Wash­ of life which was at the foundation of ington, the tour wm go on as scheduled with all constituent matters relayed to me. this country, and which should continue Advanced planning and scheduling must to play a vital role in our society? CUMBERLAND ISLAND NATIONAL be done now, and I am hopeful that Con­ It is obvious by now that urbanization SEASHORE gress will adjourn by October lOth. The has not been the answer to a better way tour w111 include stops in eight counties of life for all our people. And yet we from October 11th through October 21st. I greatly exacerbate our urban ills and HON. JACK BRINKLEY do hope that you wlll come by when the tensions with policies resulting in forc­ OF GEORGIA trailer is in your area. ing people off the land. As final action nears on the historic Rev­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES enue Sharing measure, much credit can be Some people see the decline of our Wednesday, October 11, 1972 attributed to Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, rural society as the inevitable price of who has served as an effective liaison between "progress." Mr. BRINKLEY. Mr. Speaker, Geor­ the White House and state governments. I Well, I do not believe i~I do not gia's Cwnberland Island is the last large fully supported this legislation with Mich­ think we have to pay the price that agri­ island along the Atlantic coast which igan's state and local units of government business tells us we must pay; and I do today remains almost entirely in its nat­ deriving $221.8 m111ion annually over the next not think that the type of mechanized ural state. It is without question one five years. society that agribusiness public relations of the most beautiful natural areas in At the invitation of the Veterans Admin­ istration Hospital in Saginaw, I intend to men envision is "progress," or good for Georgia and, indeed, in the entire South­ participate in its V.I.P. Day. V.I.P. stands America. eastern United States. for Very Important Patient. The photo was Rural America can be saved and re­ I would like to take this opportunity taken during m y last visit with the patients vitalized if only we have the will. As a to commend and congratulate my close at the VA Hospital with Senator Robert P. beginning I would insist that existing friend and colleague, BILL STUCKEY, for Griffin. I salute these veterans and the many laws like the residency requirement and his active efforts in working for the suc­ fine organizations who daily are involved in 160-acre limitation concerning delivery cessful passage of legislation to establish "brightening" their stay. of Federal water be enforced. Cwnberland Island as a national sea­ RULES CHAmMANSHIP I would insist that special interest pro­ shore in our State. In accepting an appointment to be the grams like the California State water It is my firm belief, Mr. Speaker, that Chairman of the House Republican Task project be totally paid for by their in­ future generations will look back on this Force to study the rules of the House of tended beneficiaries. legislation as one of the major steps we Representatives and those governing theRe­ publican Party in Congress, I am most hope­ I would push to abolish discriminatory have taken in preserving for all time ful that the work of this group will lead to tax policies which allow farming corpo­ the natural beauty of Cwnberland--one meaningful, modernization of the legislative rations special advantages. I would en­ of a string of islands just off the Georgia process in our 435-Member United States courage legislation to give the independ­ coast which have been known for more House of Representatives. I am fortunate ent farmer access to needed .levels of than 200 years as the Golden Isles. that the 15-m.an Task Force includes out- 35180 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 11, 1972

standing Members of the House. Our Task Friday, October 20th ( 1) denies its citizens the right or oppor­ Force will report its findings and recommen­ 9:00-9:30 a.m.-Kingston. tunity to emigrate; dations to the Republican Conference prior 10:00-10:30 a.m.-Mayville. ( 2) imposes more than a nominal tax on to the organization of the 93rd Congress next 11:00-11:30 a.m.-Vassar. emigration or on the visas or other docu­ January. 11:45-12:15 p.m.-Millington. ments required for emigration, for any pur­ YOUR RESPONSIBILITY 1:15-1:45 p.m.-Columbiaville. pose or cause whatsoever; or September is National Voter Registration 2:15-3:00 p.m.-Lapeer. (3) imposes more than a nominal tax, levy, fine, fee, or other charge on any citizen as Month. If you are not registered and you wish Saturday, October 21st to vote 1n the general election on November a consequence of the desire of such citizen to 7th, you have to register by 8:00 p.m. on 9:00-9:30 a.m.-Metamora. emigrate to the country of his choice, s.nd , October 6th. Be sure you exercise your right 9:45-10:15 a.m.-Dryden. ending on the date on which the President to vote. 10:30-11:00 a.m.-Almont. determines that such country is no longer in 11:15-11:45 a.m.-Imlay City. violation of paragraph (1), (2), or (3). UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LEGISLATION 12:45-1:15 p.m.-North Branch. "SEc. 3. After October 15, 1972, pursuant to Unemployment compensation is dispensed any separate Act of Congress, (A) products on the basis of state-wide statistics. Michigan The annual trailer tour throughout the old and new Eighth Congressional District pro­ of a nonmarket economy country may be recently lost such assistance because it fell eligible to receive most-favored-nation treat­ below established standards, even though vides me with a rare opportunity to extend Congressional services and interest right to ment, (B) such country may participate in pockets of high unemployment, such as 1n any progam of the Government of the United our Eighth District, existed. I have introduced the "curbside" in some 57 communities. lit is the 12th annual trailer tour. States which extends credits or credit guar­ legislation to permit unemployment compen­ antees or investment guarantees, or (C) the sation to be dispersed on a county-by-county If I can be of service to you in any manner, please let me know. President may conclude a commercial agree­ basis. In this day and age, I think it is rea­ ment with such country only after the Presi­ sonable to expect a more refined system so dent has submitted to the Congress a report that high unemployment in one area of the indicating that such country is not in vio­ state is not simply overlooked because the RANSOMING TOLL AGAINST SOVIET JEWS lation of paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section state average is low. The legislation is aimed 2. Such report with respect to such country at providing additional unemployment as­ shall include information as to the nature sistance to those pockets of persistent un­ HON. ROBERT A. ROE and implementation of emigration laws and employment. policies and restrictions or discrimination OF NEW JERSEY THE 1972 CONGRESSIONAL MOBILE TRAILER applied to or against persons wishing to emi­ OFFICE TOUR IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES grate. The report required by this subsection Wednesday, October 11th Wednesday, October 11, 1972 shall be submitted initially as provided here­ in and, with current information, semi­ 8:45-9:15 a.m.-Algonac. Mr. ROE. Mr. Speaker, the medieval annually thereafter so long as such treatment 9:30-10:00 a.m.-Marine City. tactics of the Soviet Union in their op­ received, such credits or guarantees extended, 10:15-10:45 a.m.--st. Clair. pression of their Jewish citizenry con­ or such agreement concluded pursuant to 11:00-11:30 a.m.-Marysvllle. any separate Act of Congress is in effect. 12:30-1:30 p.m.-Port Huron. tinue to expand and apply a greater vise 2:15-2:45 p.m.-Capac. of suppression and strangulation of the On September 28, 1972, I joined with 3:00-3:30 p.m.-Emmett. religious and cultural heritage of the my distinguished colleague, Congressman 4:00-4:30 p.m.-Yale. people of Hebrew faith in the U.S.S.R. RosENTHAL, and others in introducing the Thursday, October 12th They are now reaching into the educa­ following House Joint Resolution EUGENE P. KOPP, would prefer the rule of an Amin or a Mlcom­ Speaker. According to the last re­ Acting Federal Counsel and Con­ bero to that of an Ian Smith deserves to port I have received, the Soviet Jews gressional Liaison, United States savor the experience. The time has come for have no schools of their own, their Information Agency. the Uni-ted States to cut the hypocrisy and synagogues are closed; they are allowed recognize Rhodesia. Our diplomats are break­ no Hebrew cultural life; and they now Mr. Speaker, I know we are unanimous ing bread every day with fa.r worse than the have no opportunity to emigrate and be in our deep concern for the plight of the likes of Ian Sinith. Soviet Jews and trust that our congres­ reunited with their families in Israel. I wish to share Mr. Hernpstone's arti­ The high fees are instituted supposedly sional efforts on their behalf will be help­ ful in assuring them that there is unity cle, which appeared in the Washington to prevent the brain drain, but educated Evening Star-Daily News of Septem­ Jews who apply for visas are demoted or and sincerity of purpose in our resolu­ tions to assist them here in the U.S. ber 27, 1972, with my colleagues, and dismissed-their energies denied to House of Representatives. insert it into the RECORD at this time: Soviet society by the Soviet Government. AMIN, SMITH AND THE POLITICS I know I speak for the residents of my OF HYPOCRISY Eighth Congressional District who believe AMIN, SMITH, AND THE POLITICS OF {By Sinith Hempstone} in freedom throughout the world in fer­ HYPOCRISY The latest series of high jinks by Gen. vent prayer for the lifting of this burden­ Idi Amin Dada, Big Daddy and self-appointed some yoke that weights so heavily on the president of Uganda's Second Republic, human and moral integrity, dignity and HON. PHILIP M. CRANE serves to underline the hypocrisy and idiocy rights of the Soviet Jews as people. We OF ILLINOIS of American policy toward Rhodesia. Amin, who came to power last year by sincerely trust that this latest congres­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sional action to look to changes in bouncing President Milton Obote (who was Wednesday, October 11, 1972 not much better} , will remain in power until America's present policy and extensively his military government has had a chance scrutinize new trade relations with the Mr. CRANE. Mr. Speaker, the world to put "the country in order," which at the Soviet Union will reverse the Soviet Gov­ is, unfortunately, very selective in its present rate means that Big Daddy is going ernment's vicious circle of persecution of moral outrage. to be around a long time. their citizenry of Jewish heritage. The United Nations, for example, re­ Amin's eccentricities include expelling Just prior to the Jewish holidays and peatedly condemns Israel while refusing 50,000 Asian holders of British passports (and before the imposition of this new head to say a word about Arab terrorism. It threatening to expel Asians of Ugandan citizenship} , allowing his army to massacre tax by the Soviet Union, I was privileged refrained from expressing any shock or tribesmen thought loyal to Obote, heaping to join the late Congressman William F. opposition to the massacre of Israeli praise on Hitler for his genocide of the Jews Ryan of New York in the following tele­ athletes at the Munich Olympics. . and accusing the United States, Britain and gram to Mr. Frank Shakespeare, Director That same body condemns South Israel of conniving in the recent abortive ro;.' of the U.S. Information Agency: Africa and Rhodesia for racism while invasion of his country by Tanzanian-based On September 9 and 10 Jews throughout remaining strangely silent at the racism Obote loyalists. Last year, Amin's soldiers the world wlll be celebrating the Jewish New tortured to death two Americans; so far being practiced by nonwhites, or by this year they have shot and killed one Peace Year, and September 18 marks the Day of totalitarian states. The Soviet Union Atonement--the Holiest day of the year for Corpsman, wounded another and jailed other the Jewish people. In light of the continuing persecutes Jews and Christians and is in Americans without cause. systematic oppression of Soviet Jewry, we the process of committing cultural geno­ The United States maintains diplomatic - .j: believe it to be imperative that the Voice of cide against a host of captive national­ relations with Amin's government, trades t : America broadcast sp;:;cial holiday programs ities, such as the Ukranians, the Lat­ with it, loans it money. I ' I in Hebrew and Yiddish into the Soviet Union vians, and the Lithuanians. World Rhodesia, which emulated the American during this period. opinion, however, seems unconcerned. colonies by unilaterally declaring its inde­ Such special broadcasts are all the more Now we witness the spectacle of Gen. pendence in 1965 after 42 years of internal necessary now that Kol Yisrael, the radio sys­ self-government, has sought nothing more tem of Israel which normally broadcasts pro­ Idi Amin of Uganda expelling thou­ than to live in peace with its neighbors and grams of Jewish cultral and religious interest sands of Asians from his country, for the world. It has not expelled its 9 ,200 Asians, into the Soviet Union, has been jammed for no reason other than their race. No more staged communal massacres or slaughtered over a month. blatant example of racism can be found. Americans. While effective political control The Jews of the Soviet Union are engaged In Uganda, two Americans have been remains in the hands of Rhodesia's 229,000 in a desperate struggle to maintain their tortured to death last year, and this year whites, Africans sit in both the Senate and identity as a people. Such broadcasts during the House of Representatives. a Peace Corpsman has been shot and Last year Prime Minister Ian Smith agreed this special holiday season would serve as an killed. General Amin, to underline his immeasurable boost to the cause of Soviet to a set of proposals, later approved by a Jewry and would demonstrate our deep con­ racist posture, has hailed Hitler for his 297-269 vote of Britain's House of Commons, cern about their survival as a cultural and murder of the Jews. Our own country, Which would at some indefinite date 1n the religious entity. however, has reacted in a far different future have provided for political control by Rodesia's 5.1 million Africans; govern­ We received the following response: manner to the situation in Uganda than to that in Rhodesia. ments such as Amin's attacked the proposals, I am replying to your telegram of Septem­ which were later rejected by Rhodesia's ber 7 in the absence of Director Shakespeare. Writing in the Washington Evening blacks. As is now the case with Kol Yisrael, VOAS Star-Daily News, Smith Hempstone ' The United States does not recognize Vernacular broadcasts to the Soviet Union notes that: Rhodesia's independence, supports the have been jammed since the Soviet invasion The Untted States maintains diplomatic United Nations boycott of Rhodesia's pro­ of Czechoslovakia in 1968. Despite this fact, relations with Amin's government, trades duce {with the recent exception of chrome} the Voice of America will, of course, mark the with it, loans it money. and wouldn't lend Smith a plugged nickel. Jewish Holy Days with special programs in Rhodesia., which emulated the American No objective observer would argue that the languages of the Soviet Union in which it colonies by unilaterally declaring its inde­ Rhodesia is an ideal democracy. Indeed, there broadcasts. These programs wlll include in­ pendence in 1965 after more than 42 years of has been a drift in recent years, encouraged serts in the Hebrew and Yiddish languages. internal self-government has sought nothing by the isolation, imposed upon it and the Further, the regular religious and cultural more tha.n to live in peace with its neighbors vilification heaped upon it in the world, program for Soviet Jews will be almost en­ and the world. It has not expelled its 9,200 for Rhodesia to drift toward the South Afri­ tirely devoted to the Holy Day and related Asians, staged communal ma.ssa.cres, or can system of apartheid. subjects. In addition, VOAS regular news re­ slaughtered Americans. But diplomatic recognition is not a consti­ porting will continue to contain the most im­ tutional beauty contest. It does not imply portant holiday statements by American Jew­ Our own policy toward Rhodesia is far approval. It is extended to governments ish leaders, most if not all of which make different than our policy toward Uganda. which are in control of their territories and explicit reference to Soviet Jewry. VOA 1s Mr. Hempstone writes: appear likely to remain in control of them. also providing full coverage of the contro­ The United States does not recognize Rhodesia, after nearly seven years of inde­ versy over the recently established exit fees Rhodes1a's independence, supports the United pendence, meets these criteria. 35182 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 11, 1972 Indeed, in the real world of Africa,n govern­ stowed upon the memory of other bole of his attack, as well as its promised ance as opposed to the Cloud Cuckooland of heroes-for example, General Lafayette. duration, will not turn people off. liberal fantasy, Rhodesia stacks up rather No one could detract from the laurels of We would disagree, however, with one of well. For Amin is not the only African leader his emerging themes--one that is heard often doing the Emperor Jones bit. Thrat great General Lafayette-but their lustre does in today's political campaigning-that the democrat, Sekou Toure of Guinea, is busily contrast the manner in which General federal government's responsibilities extend exterminating his country's educated class, Kosciuszko's name has been permitted to to all problems and failings in the nation, most of whom (including two former am­ remain in the shadows. House bill 256- 1ncl uding personal ones. bassadors to the United States) according to other identical measures are H.R. 6759 him are in the employ of the CIA. and H.R. 7813-does much to remedy this His Excellency, Col. Michel Micombrero, historic wrong; and since the opportunity president of Burundi, is methodically solving CONGRESSMAN RODINO'S ROLE IN his country's overpopulation problem by ex­ to save this historic house is virtually the COMBATING NARCOTICS tinguishing as many members of the Hutu last chance to preserve the only remain­ tribe as he can lay his hands on, perhaps ing object actually associated with Gen­ 80,000 by last count. Gen. Jean-Bedel eral Kosciuczko's physical presence, I, HON. DON EDWARDS Bokassa, president of the Central African along with millions of other Americans OF CALIFORNIA Republic, a strong law-and-order man, is of Polish descent, respectfully urge the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES stamping out thievery by cutting off hands Members of the House to preserve this and beating to death prisoners ("It's tough, Wednesday, October 11, 1972 but that's life," philosophizes Bokassa). The irreplaceable bit of Americana for all Americans of the generations yet to come screams of political prisoners being tortured Mr. EDWARDS of California. Mr. by supporting H.R. 256. in Equatorial Guinea's jail across the street Speaker, as chairman of the House Judi­ from his office literally drove one American diplomat mad. And then there were the ciary Subcommittee with jurisdiction Congolese massacres of the 1960s and, more NADER TOO TOUGH ON CONGRESS over the rehabilitation of narcotics ad­ recently, the Biafran genocide. dicts, I feel a responsibility to scrutinize All but four of black Africas 40-odd (and each new development in the efforts of some of them are extremely odd) nations are HON. BOB WILSON our Government to abate the heroin epi­ one-party states, and 14 are military dicta­ OF CALIFORNIA demic which now plagues us. One of the torships. Nor need the comparisons be con­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES most recent developments in this area is fined to Africa: Is the hardfisted Communist the statement by President Nixon on dictatorship of Bulgaria, which we recognize Wednesday, October 11, 1972 September 18, 1972, of his intention to and with which we trade, really less offensive Mr. BOB WILSON. Mr. Speaker, under than Smith's regime, from which we recoil in suspend all economic and milita ry as­ horror? Horsefeathers! leave to extend my remarks in the sistance to any foreign government The choice in Rhodesia is not between an R ECORD, I include the following: which fails to cooperate with us in con­ authoritarian white minority regime and a [From the San Diego Union, Oct. 9, 1972] trolling the illegal drug traffic. black democracy. The choice, if the track rec­ ACCOMPLISHMENTS IGNORED-NADER TOO Too often in this political year the ad­ ord elsewhere in Africa means anything, is TOUGH ON CONGRESS ministration has been criticizing the between an imperfect regime dominated by On many occasions this newspaper has Congress while at the same time claim­ whites--but willing to share power with taken Congress to task for its failings, which blacks-and a chaotic situation from which, ing credit for new programs which have, are many. in fact, been initiated in the Congress. with luck, a not-too-repressive black dicta­ Congress certainly is not as responsive to torship might emerge. the public as it should be. Its bureaucracy This is especially true, Mr. Speaker, with Anyone-black, white or brown-who is a thicket of people and paper. Its organiza­ respect to the administration's present would prefer the rule of an Amin or a Micom­ tion leaves much to be desired. The budget­ narcotics program. Under the circum­ bero to that of an Ian Smith deserves to forming process is a miracle of confusion, stances, I feel a special obligation to savor the experience. The time has come for and Congress tackles far too many things make the record clear and to point out the United States to cut the hypocrisy and that it could profitably leave alone. Admit­ recognize Rhodesia. Our diplomats are break­ that the man who is primarily respon­ tedly some of its members, like many of us, sible for formulating much of the pres­ ing bread every day with far worse than the exhibit the all-too-common failings of lazi­ likes of Ian Smith. ness, greed and ego. ent narcotics program is my este'emed When all of that is said, however, a student colleague from New Jersey, Representa­ of Congress also must admit that its accom­ tive PETER W. RODINO, Jr., WhO is the plishments often are impressive-and that ranking member of the Committee on H.R. 256, THADDEUS KOSCIUSZKO despite all of its failings, somebody has yet the Judiciary on which I serve. HOME NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE to come up with a better system if progress The gentleman from New Jersey test and de­ This is a familiar pattern that has been America and thousands of workers are liver a series of satellite communication placed on the unemployment rolls the demonstrated in too many countries al­ terminals. The contract was protested by administration engages in endless rhet­ ready, Nazi Germany among them. ITT-DCD prior to an award. While oric. Welfare costs are spiralling to new There is a mistaken impression among RCA may be considered the leading con­ heights and nothing is being done. Let some people, Mr. Speaker, that this legis­ tender for the contract award, the Gen­ us hope that President Nixon reads this lation deals only with the so-called Sat­ eral Accounting Office has not concluded full page ad: urday night special, a firearm which has its review of the protest and the addi­ OPEN LE'rrER TO PRESIDENT NIXON tional comments of the parties. Th1s never been specifically defined but which DEAR MR. PREsiDENT: Do you realize tha~ is generally meant to suggest a cheaply matter has top priority, however, and a you, personally, are responsible for the coE. made, easily concealed handgun used in final decision is anticipated in the very sumer paying from $2 to $4 more for a patr many street crimes. near future. of shoes at retail in the past 3 months. And Beyond the dangerous precedent this Sanguine--a Navy contract-providing your failure to put price controls on hides a communications system with sub­ and continuing to let them :flow out of our legislation would set, and the chain reac­ merged submarines-still in the study country will cause the consumer to pay an tion it would almost certainly generate phase, for which RCA has been the prime additional $2 to $4 increase on shoes because toward total confiscation, this legislation contractor. RCA has been involved with hide prices are advancing every day? is unacceptable on its own limited scale this program for approximately 12 years Do you realize that you, personally, caused for several reasons. the closing down of 200 shoe factories in and it is expected that RCA will get one America during the past 18 months, with the First, it fails to adequately define its of three contracts that will be awarded loss of 50,000 jobs, because imported shoes subject matter. The loosely applied term in view of its tenure in the program. It are deluging our stores from 71 countries, "Saturday Night Special" remains too is well known that the system's pro­ all of which pay sub-standard wages? loosely applied in this legislation, to the posed location in Wisconsin, due to Do you realize your inaction to help the point that it can be easily interpreted ecological problems involving the laying domestic shoe industry from cheap, low labor countries will force another 200 factories to to include some excellent sporting arms of cables, is being vigorously protested close, with another loss of 50,000 jobs? that even this bill's sponsors did not and that a Defense Systems Applications Do you realize that nearly 4 years ago you intend to have included. Review is now in progress. There is a ordered the Tariff Commission to make a Further, the bill gives responsibility for strong possibility of a shift in the location report on the shoe industry and that this • such interpretation to the Secretary of of the system, but there is no doubt report has been sitting on your desk since December of 1970; and, during the past 4 the Treasury, without providing for any about the plans to proceed with the years you have not allowed a shoe man to testing or evaluation procedures. program following a settlement on the visit you and discuss the problems of the And there are other technical flaws in issue of the installation site. shoe industry? this legislation that must be taken into Aegis-a contract for the development Do you realize that we have visited all of account as well, adding weight to this of a ship-based air defense misstle sys­ your departments, including the Commerce Department, the Tartif Commission, the State b111 on broader grounds. tem. With more than 675 employees and Department and innumerable members of If the Bayh bill comes to the floor for an annual payroll of $11.4 million, Aegis your White House staff, all of whom told us a vote in this session of Congress, I w1ll is the largest single contract now held that you are the only one who can help us. · vote against it and urge my colleagues to by RCA. Contrary to rumors about the Your failure to see us or act on our behalf do the same. phasing out of this project, the program is the cancer that is k11llna us. CXVIII--. 2217-Pallt 26 35190 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 11, 1972 There are 300,000 shoe and tannery work­ L 367 The tomato fruitworm . . . how to G 122 Controlling wasps. ers around the nation, in small towns, who control it. G 123 Lawn weed control with herbicides. need your help, and they deserve a better L 408 Facts about pasteurization of milk. G 124 Lamb in family meals . . . a guide break from you than continued silence. L 424 Food for fitness--a daily food guide. for consumers. You are our President and we look forward L 430 Cockroaches ... how to control them. G 125 Fruits in family meals . . . a guide to you to help us. The consumers do not L 445 Electric heating of hotbeds. for consumers. want higher-priced shoes. Our workers want L 453 How to control bedbugs. G 126 Growing peonies. work, not welfare. You have advocated that L 491 Background on U.S. Agriculture. G 127 Milk in family meals . . . a guide you want people to work, yet you do nothing L 500 Milky disease .. . for control of Jap­ for consumers. about our problem and refuse to see a shoe anese beetle grubs. G 130 Growing hollles. man. We are your friends and neighbors and L 501 The old house borer. G 131 Growing dahlias. fellow Americans. Help us and look kindly HOME AND GARDEN BULLETINS G 132 Growing magnolias. upon our needs. G 134 Controlling clover mites around the Thank you. G 1 Family fare-a guide to good nutrition. G 5 Food for the family with young chil- home. VoGUE SHOE, INc., dren. G 135 Growing flowering crabapples. SEYMOUR FABRICK, G 8 Home canning of fruits and vegetables. G 136 Spring flowering bulbs. President. G 9 Suburban and farm vegetable gardens. G 137 Controlling chiggers. Los ANGELES, CALIF. G 20 How to tailor a woman's suit. G 138 Planning your home lighting. G 25 Roses for the home. G ~40 How to buy instant nonfat dry milk. G 28 Ants in the home and garden. G 141 How to buy fresh fruits. G 43 Money saving main dishes. G 142 Selecting shrubs for shady areas. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE G 44 Cabbage insects . . . how to control G 144 How to buy eggs. PUBLICATIONS them in the home garden. G 145 How to buy beef steaks. G 46 Insects and diseases of vegetables in G 146 How to buy beef roasts. the home garden. G 147 Baking for people with food HON. HENRY HELSTOSKI G 51 Better Lawns. allergies. OF NEW JERSEY G 56 How to make jellies, jams, and pre­ G 148 How to buy butter. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES serves at home. G 149 Growing pansies. G 59 Simplified clothing construction. G 150 Cereals and pasta in family meals Wednesday, October 11, 1972 · G 61 Lawn diseases ... how to control . . a glide for consumers. Mr. HELSTOSKI. Mr. Speaker, many them. G 151 Summer flowering bulbs. G 152 Growing gardenias. of my constituents have shown a great G 64 Subterranean termites . . . their pre­ vention and control in buildings. G 153 Calories and weight ... the USDA interest in the Department of Agricul­ G 66 Growing iris in the home garden. pocket guide. ture publications list, which are of great G 67 Insects and related pests of house G 154 Growing the Bradford ornamental help to them. To accommodate my con­ plants. pear. stituents, I have sent out the following G 68 How to prevent and remove mildew G 155 Exterior painting. letter advising them of the list of pub­ . . home methods. G 167 How to buy poultry. lications avallable: G 69 Home care o! purchased frozen foods. G 169 Controlling the Japanese beetle. G 161 Apples in appealing ways. DEAR FRIEND: The following list outlines G 71 Growing azaleas and rhododendrons. G 72 Nutritive value o! foods. G 162 Keeping food safe to eat . a some Department of Agriculture publica­ guide for homemakers. tions available to Congressmen for distribu­ G 73 Wood decay in houses ... how to pre­ vent and control it. G 164 Home planting by design. tion to their constituents without charge. G 165 Pruning ornamental shrubs and Numerous requests are made throughout the G 78 Storing perishable foods in the home. G 80 Home propagation of ornamental trees vines. year for this very useful service. G 166 How to buy meat for your freezer. These pamphlets have been carefully pre­ and shrubs. 81 Maple diseases and their control . . . a G 167 How to buy canned and frozen vege­ pared to cover many subjects. No doubt you guide for homeowners. tables. will find several of special interest. If you G 83 Pruning shade trees and repairing G 169 How to buy lawn seed. would like to receive any of them, please G 170 Meat and poultry . . . wholesome check those you select, print your name and theil" injuries. G 84 Controlling mosquitoes in your home for you. address in the place designated, and return G 171 Meat and poultry . . . standards for the list to me in a stamped envelope. Since and on your premises. G 85 Food for the young couple. you. the supply available to each Congressman is G 86 Growing camell1as. G 172 Meat and poultry . . . labeled for limited, please limit your request to a maxi­ you. mum of five. The publications will be or­ G 88 Growing the flowering dogwood. G 89 Selecting fertilizers for lawns and G 173 Meat and poultry . . . clean for dered promptly, but it normally takes from gardens. you. 3 to 5 weeks for delivery-so please make G 90 Conserving the nutritive values in G 174 Meat and poultry . . . care tips for allowances for the delay. In the event you foods. you. are still not in receipt of them after 5 weeks, G 91 Growing flowering annuals. G 175 Growing ground covers. please advise my District Oftlce at 939-9090. G 176 Nuts in family meals . . . a guide You may be assured of my continued in­ G 92 Making pickles and relishes at home. G 93 Freezing meat and fish in the home. for consumers. terest in being of service to you. G 94 Family food budgeting . . . for good G 177 How to buy dry beans, peas, and The publications list available for dis.. meals and good nutrition. lentils. tribution as of August 1972 follows: G 96 Controlling household pests. G 179 Gardening on the contour. G 97 Sanitation in home laundering. G 182 Selecting and flna.ncing a home. PuBLICATIONS ATAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION BY G 98 A guide to budgeting for the young G 183 Your money's worth in foods. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO HOMEMAKERS AND couple. G 184 Interior painting in homes and RESIDENTS OF CITIES AND TOWNS G 99 Planning bathrooms for today's around the farm. (Items in stock as of August 1972 are listed. homes. G 185 Mulches for your garden. Unforeseen demands or subject-matter G 100 Equipment for cooling your home. G 186 Breads, cakes, and pies in family changes may exhaust supplies; hence an oc­ G 104 Protecting shade trees during home meals . . . a guide for consumers. casional item may be out of stock when your construction. G 187 Indoor gardens with controlled order is received.) G 106 Home canning of meat and poultry. lighting. G 107 Clothing repairs. G 188 Growing ornamentals in urban gar­ FARMERS' BULLETINS dens. F 1889 Fireplaces and chimneys. G 108 A guide to budgeting for the famlly. G 110 Poultry in family meals ... a guide G 189 How to buy a Christmas tree. F 1972 Poison ivy, poison oak, and poison for consumers. G 190 Insects on deciduous fruits and tree sumac ... identification, precautions, eradi­ G 113 Protecting woolens against clothes nuts in the home orchard. cation. moths and carpet beetles. G 191 How to buy canned and frozen F 2202 Simple plumbing repairs for the G 114 Growing flowering perennials. fruits. home and farmstead. G 115 Making basements dry. G 192 Transplanting ornamental trees and F 2213 Plumbing for the home and farm­ G 117 Trees for shade and beauty . shrubs. stead. their selection and care. G 194 A guide to budgeting for the retired LEAFLETS G 118 Beef and veal in family meals couple. L 268 Eat a good breakfast to start a good a guide for consumers. G 196 How to use USDA grades in buying day. G 120 Growing boxwoods. .; foods. L 307 How much fertizler shall I use? G 121 Controlling fleas. G 197 Cooking for small groups. October 11, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 35191 G 198 How to buy potatoes. Fourth. The political broadcasting ex­ There has been a qualitative difference GS 1 Nutrition ••. food at work for you. penditure bill which would have Umited in the kind of bills singled out for the OTHER PUBLICATIONS expenditures for broadcast advertising Presidential veto. It amounts to a direct 'PA 791 Color it green with trees. for federal and gubernatorial candidates. disregard by this administration com­ M 930 Rural recreation ... new opportu­ Fifth. The $9.5 billion Employment pared with those of earlier Presidents, nities on private land. and Manpower Act of 1970 for manpower of the will of the people as expressed by AB 244 SoU conservation at home •.• training and public service employment the Congress. Many of the programs tips for city and suburban dwellers. were desperately needed to face serious AH 38 First aid for fiooded homes and programs. farms. Sixth. The Appalachian Regional De­ and growing problems of our Nation. velopment Act amendments which would The administration appears to be go­ have provided $5.7 billion for a regional ing all out to help the rich get richer and BY THEIR VETOES YOU SHALL development program. the poor get poorer. Bills to increase the KNOW THEM Seventh. The economic opportunity number of general practitioners are amendments authorizing extensive child stuffed into the President's pockets in development programs. the same way reckless way that contri­ HON. MORRIS K. UDALL Eighth. The $165 million appropriation butions from big corporations are stuffed OF ARIZONA over 2 years for the Corporation for Pub­ into the pockets of his campaign corr.­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lic Broadcasting. mittee. Ninth. The $30.5 million appropriation The difference is that millions of peo­ Wednesday, October 11, 1972 for Labor, Health, Education, and Wel­ ple could benefit from better medical Mr. UDALL. Mr. Speaker, I made some fare for :fiscal year 1973. care, increased pensions, better child remarks last week concerning the nature Tenth. The temporary 20 percent in­ care facilities and all the other labor. of several vetoes made by the present crease in railroad retirement benefits health and education programs that did administration. Since then I have dis­ which Congress overrode last week. not become law because the President covered some more interesting facts His pocket vetoes are also noteworthy: had other priorities and said "No." To about how the President has used the First. A bill to include firefighters paraphrase the Bible: "By their vetoes ultimate legislative power of his office. within the categories of hazardous occu­ you shall know them." The veto is a powerful weapon. It takes pations. The record has been set forth and it two-thirds of both the House and Senate Second. An authorization of $225 mll­ speaks for itself. to override. Most Presidents have used lion to promote the field of family prac­ the power comparatively rarely and the tice medicine and to assist medical Congress has been even more reluctant schools in relieving a shortage of doc­ CARNEGIE HERO FUND COMMIS­ to countermand the President's wishes. tors in general practice for :fiscal years SION AWARDS MEDAL TO ED­ In our history, there have been 2,250 1971-73. Senator KENNEDY has since ft,ed WARD D. HARPER OF CANFIELD, regular and pocket vetoes which have a suit in U.S. district court challenging OHIO been overridden only 75 times. the constitutionality of this veto. During the 8 years of the Eisenhower Third. A b111 to equalize retirement HON. CHARLES J. CARNEY administration, 73 bills were vetoed out­ benefits for totally disabled District of OF OHIO right, 108 were pocketed for a total of Columbia policemen and firemen_ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 181. Of these, Congress voted only twice The Congress, of course, had overrid­ to override the President. I should point den two other bills before the action last Wednesday, October 11, 1972 out that the overwhelming percentage week on the railroad retirement benefits. Mr. CARNEY. Mr. Speaker, recently, I of the Eisenhower vetoes were private The first was the Hill-Burton hospital was advised by the Carnegie Hero Fund bills aimed at benefiting individuals or construction act authorizing $350 million Commission that Mr. Edward D. Harper specific groups. for fiscal year 1973. The second was the of Canfield, Ohio, was awarded a Bronze President Kennedy, during his 3 years $4.4 billion appropriation for fiscal year Medal for saving a boy from drowning. in omce vetoed 12 bills and pocketed nine 1971 for the Office of Education. On Sunday, March 26, 1972, George others for a total of 21. None were over­ It was the first time in the history of McLaughlin, a 16-year-old high school ridden and at least 13 of his vetoes were this country that a President had vetoed student, fell into a creek and floundered directed against private interests. a major education bill. ir.. the cold water. Edward Harper, a 35- Under President Johnson, the record I have taken the trouble to list each of year-old employment agency manager, was similar. In five years, President these bills because I think a clear pattern removed his boots and coat and jumped Johnson vetoed 16 bills, pocketed 14 for emerges. The President has consistently into the creek. He swam to George, who a total of 30. Congress did not override opposed programs which would have v."as 17 feet from the nearest bank and any and at least 18 were against private benefited the working man, the poor and very fatigued. Since the creek banks in bills. the elderly. He has vetoed money for that nrea afforded no way to get out. Now we come to the Nixon administra­ education and child development and to Mr. Harper towed George 35 feet against tion and suddenly there is a significant increase pensions for the old and dis­ the current to where part of a rock ledge difference in the nature of the presi­ abled. He has killed appropriations for rose above the water at midstream. dential veto. hospitals, veterans, the hard-pressed Harper, tired from his efforts, lifted The President has vetoed a total of 18 space industry and the exploited coal George onto the ledge and then obtained bills since he has been in office. Only miners of Appalachia. a dead sapling which had become wedged three have been against private interests. Yet he has refused to limit television in the rocks of the creek. He extended Three have been overridden. and radio advertising for political cam­ the sapling from the exposed part of A listing of the kind of bills he has paigns. If one gives credence to even a the ledge toward a man standing in killed is extremely enlightening in dis­ small part of what has been exposed by thigh-deep water at the bank. While Ed­ covering the real priorities of the Presi­ the Watergate affair, the reasons should ward Harper held the sapling on the dent. be obvious. The President's party has so ledge, George crawled along it to its First. The $19.7 million Labor-HEW much money they can afford to keep it end, stepped into the swift water, and Appropriations bill for fiscal year 1970. piled up in office safes-and even lose then was grasped by the man and moved Second. The $18 million appropriation track of checks worth tens of thousands onto the bank. Harper was aided to the­ for HUD, the Veterans' Administration, of dollars. bank in a similar manner. the National Aeronautics and Space Ad­ He has set out on an apparent deliber­ Mr. Speaker, all too often the good ministration and other agencies for fiscal ate drive to emasculate the Corporation deeds of American citizens go un­ year 1971. for Public Broadcasting and one can only recognized and unreported. Therefore, I Third. A Federal "blue collar" pay speculate as to the true motives of this want to take this opportunity to com­ raise which would have adjusted pay policy-especially in view of the Vice mend Mr. Edward D. Harper for this­ rates of Federal employees to comparable President's attacks on the press in recent courageous and unselfish effort to save rates found in private industry. years. the life of another human being. His ex- 35192 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 11, 1972 emplary behavior deserves the praise of and the divergent views, and after con­ evaluates the severity of his problem. The the entire Nation. sidering the recommendations of the in­ psychologist uses tests to attempt to esti­ mate the child's intellectual endowment and dependent Marine Mammal Commission; the degree to which his lllness limits and the Secretary must determine that such obstructs his functioning. The social worker THE MARINE MAMMAL a permit will not endanger the health gathers information about the child's back­ PROTECTION ACT and stability of the marine ecosystem. ground and growth, and is often the liaison A person who knowingly violates this between the clinic or agency and the family act may be fined up to $20,000 and may during the time the child is being studied. HON. GLENN M. ANDERSON be imprisoned for up to 1 year. Other professional people often involved OJ' CALIFORNIA Mr. Speaker, while this bill has been in diagnosis are: neurologists who can exam­ ine and test the chtld for suspended brain lN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES amended in several respects since I in­ injury or other organic factors; teachers who Wednesday, October 11, 1972 troduced it in August 1971, I feel that observe the chtld as he plays and learns with it represents a workable measure which other children; occupational therapists who Mr. ANDERSON of California, Mr. will halt the exploitation of marine mam­ help evaluate the chtld's ability to perform Speaker, I rise in support of the confer­ mals and, for the first time, bring pro­ a real task (such as buttoning or tying his ence report on H.R. 10420, the Marine tection and scientific evidence to bear shoe lace) and observe his coordination and Mammal Protection Act, a bill I au­ in our relationships with the ocean abllity to care for himself doing ordinary thored to ban the unregulated killing of mammals. everyday routines; S;leech therapists who marine mammals such as seals, sea ot­ estimate whether the chtld with little or no I urge my colleagues to vote for the speech has a physicial difficulty, has trouble ters, whales, porpoises, and polar bears. adoption of the conference report to ac­ understanding what 1s said to him, has a This measure would provide protec­ company H.R. 10420. problem putting his needs or thoughts into tion for marine mammals by applying words, or refuses to communicate with the scientific principles which brought others because of fea.r, confusion or other the California sea otter back from the THE MENTALLY ILL CHILD emotional problems; dance and music ther­ brink of extinction. apists and physicial therapists who evaluate In addition, the bill establishes a Ma­ the child's abllity to manipulate and use his HON. MICHAEL HARRINGTON body. rine Mammal Commission which, for the At some clinlcs, physicial and psychiatric first time, would shed some light on the OF MASSACHUSETTS examination of the younger child often in­ abundance, habits, and nature of these IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cludes observation in an out-patient or in­ creatures. Wednesday, October 11, 1972 patient nursery school program. At the clinic How does the bill, H.R. 10420, conserve nursery chool, the chtld's behavior can be and protect marine mammals? Mr. HARRINGTON. Mr. Speaker, for studied and evaluated in a new setting-in a First, without a permit issued by the the past several weeks I have made it a small group of children with a teacher, and regular practice to include an article on separated from his family. Secretary of the Interior, or the Secre­ This knowledge of the chtld, added to the tary of Commerce, no person under the childhood mental illness and infantile background which the family has given, helps jurisdiction of the United States may autism in the Extensions of Remarks. the evaluation clinic arrive at a careful, fully import, sell, harass, hunt, capture or kill Autism is an extremely complex disease. documented determination of the chtld's a marine mammal. In addition, this blll Research has not yet solved very many tllness. would specifically prohibit the importa­ of the questions regarding the causes and Evaluation services also include psycholog­ tion of any marine mammal which is treatment of autism. The first logical ical tests to examine and evaluate the chtld's pregnant, nursing, endangered, or taken step in developing successful treatment intellectual potential. The tests may give programs is educate the public. we hints about the way in which a chtld w111 in an inhumane manner. to go about solving a problem, what intellec­ With regard to porpoises, on the basis must try and understand the needs of tual strengths he has to help him and what of scientific evidence, the Secretary of autistic chlldren, what are the true intellectual weaknesses impede him. Some of Commerce may prohibit the importation symptoms, what is currently being done the tests reveal hts abllity or inabillty to co­ of any fish which were caught in a man­ to help these children, and what pro­ ordinate the use of his eyes and his hands. ner which would be injurious to marine grams are needed for the future. There are tests that have been developed for mammals. The following article appeared in "The use with chtldren who do not talk. Mentally lli Child," a National Associa­ Complete diagnostic and evaluation serv­ Second, in order to meet the desires ices, as described above, are not available in of those conservationists who feel that tion for Mental Health publication, and all areas of the country. Families must fre­ the professional wildlife scientists should describes several childhood mental ill­ quently travel distances to reach an evalua­ be permitted to manage and obtain the nesses, including autism, distinguishing tion clinic where a fully study of the chtld maximum number of a particular specie, between the di1Ierent diagnostic terms. can be made. If there is no such service in a permit system is authorized. The article follows: their community, families can get help in lo­ How would the permit system oper­ HELP FOR THE CHILD: DIAGNOSIS AND cating the nearest service by contacting their EVALUATION local mental health association, the local de­ ate? In order to obtain a permit to im­ partment of health or the city or state med­ port, kill, capture, sell, or hunt a marine In the last twenty-five years, scientific in­ ical society. Childhood mental illness, or­ mammal; a person must apply to the terest in the mental Ulness of chtldhood has ganic injury to the brain or nervous system Secretary of Commerce or Interior for greatly increased, stimulated in part by the and mental retardation in early chtldhood a permit. demands of parents who want help for their may result in seemingly simtlar behavior. children. Professional knowledge has accu­ Therefore, it is important for the family to Upon his receipt of the application, mulated, been sifted and refined. As a result, the Secretary is required to publish a obtain an accurate diagnosis of the child's diagnosis can now be made earlier in a chtld's problem so that the moet appropriate treat­ notice in the Federal Register, and to life. ment may be provided for him. invite interested parties to submit their Pediatricians, who are trained to be sensi­ views or arguments with respect to such tive to differences in the development of TERMS USED IN DIAGNOSIS children, often identify the problems pre­ Parents are quite naturally confused by application. sented by mentally Ul chtldren and help by the diagnostic terms used by professionals. Those who seek the permit must show referring the family for a full evaluation of The terms most commonly used are "chtld­ that taking a selective number of marine the child. Child psychiatrists, whose skill hood schizophrenia" and "infanttle autism." mammals will not work to the disadvan­ and trainlng is in the area of children's men­ Childhood Schizophrenia is an illness in tage of the stock of the mammal in­ tal and emotional problems, are often sought chtldren in which the chtld is unable to volved. In fact, if overpopulation of a for specific diagnosis of the child's illness. separate reality (what is actually there) from specie is the reason for the application, Both the pediatrician and the psychiatrist fantasy (what he imagines). Consequently, rather than allow the taking, the Secre­ frequently call upon the diagnostic and eval­ the child is as likely to be responsive to his tary is required to consider whether or uation services offered at some mental health own imaginings as to what is really happen­ clinics, social agencies and hospitals. Services ing. Because his fantasy is highly individual not if would be more desirable to trans­ are provided by a clinical team of profes­ and his own, another person, no matter how fer a number of such mammals to an­ sional people who view the child from their close to him, cannot understand what is other location. own special areas of knowledge and sklll and causing his behavior. This chtld may be very After considering the application and then pool their findings. active. He seems unable to control himself. its effect on existing levels of the stock The psychiatrist examines the chlld and He may be obsessed with street numbers, October 11, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 35193 bridges, license plates, calendars or other themes and variations from symphonies. In reduced the funding of Los Angeles Skill Cen­ details of living that have little importance spite of this, his illness-his estrangement ters and the so-called war against poverty. 1n the course of ordinary events. from the world and his inabUity to use his Complete extinction threatens the Em­ Many people are confused because the term experience for growth--slows his develop­ ployment and Youth Opportunities Agency "schizophrenia" 1s also used to describe a ment and prevents him from using his in­ (EYOA), our local antipoverty agency, aa form of adult mental illness. But these are tellectual potential. early as December. we may be left with two separate unrelated illnesses. "Child with emotional disturbance," "a­ nothing more than the old line "welfare of­ Adult schizophrenia is a mental illness 1n typical development," "organic chlld," or fice" type of program and no voice to speak which a person loses contact with reallty. "symbiotic child" are other terms the psy­ for the poor. The effort in treatment is to return him to chiatrist may use to describe the most sig­ I am militantly opposed to this retreat that his normal life, to bring him back to the niftcant aspects of the child's, behavior and places an additional obstacle in our efforts world he ha.fl known as a functioning human emotional development. The terms them­ to provide training and better jobs for the being. The mentally ill child has never func­ selves are not too important for parents. people 1n our communities, and might take tioned normally, has never known reality. They are far from precise and even profes­ away from them their right to participate in The effort in treatment is to help him grow sionals cannot agree as to their exact mean­ the control of their own programs and to the point where he can understand and ing. What is important is that the diagnosis destinies. participate in the world-to learn what real­ and evaluation of the child lead to the kind Congress has seen fit to provide money for tty is. of treatment and educational program that training and job development programs. But Infantile Autism is a withdrawal by the is best suited to his particular needs. the administration 1s making cutbacks in child from the real world. He retreats from order to redirect money into less successful real things and real people. Or he uses people programs such as the widely discredited Work and things in response to the cues from Incentive Program (WIN). One has to ask inside himself. This child may be a quiet HAWKINS REPORTS TO THE why? child, able to occupy himself for long periods PEOPLE One reason for this sell-out in funding and of time with the motions of his fingers, or other recent attacks on our community pro­ with watching the wheels of a toy truck grams is to shift emphasis from programs spin; or he may spin or rock himself end­ HON. AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS that require community control. Programs are lessly. Often this child does not speak and OF CALIFORNIA that are dominated by elected officials appears not to hear. being promoted. It seems to be a clear and It has been theorized that 1n both chlld­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES simple case of "power grab." hood schizophrenia and infantile autism, the Wednesday, October 11, 1972 I call on those sympathetic elected officials child is subjected to massive confusion and who represent our area and who are not will­ has been unable to sort out all the experi­ Mr. HAWKINS. Mr. Speaker, I would ing to stand idly by while our programs are ences and knowledge relayed to him by his like to share with my colleagues my being ripped off, to join with me in mobiliz­ senses. His various obsessions or his with­ views on pertinent issues, especially as ing the people to put a stop to this danger­ drawal to concentrated attention on, for ex­ they affect my own congressional district ous trend. Only with a display of unity can ample, his fingers, or physical motion, are in California. I hope that my colleagues we prevent the disorders that have occurred thought to be his attempts to bring some will join with me in developing programs in our cities when people have lost all hope order and control to this confusion. 1n their government and have resorted to Immaturity 1s the basic characteristic of to meet the vital and pressing problems destructive street action. in areas with high and persistent childhood schizophrenia and infantile au­ SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS RISE BY 20 PERCENT tism. The children seem much younger than unemployment: Here is what the recently enacted 20 per­ their years. HAWKINS REPORTS TO THE PEoPLE cent Social Security increase means to older This is due to the fact that the illness has JOB8--0UR NO. 1 NEED insulated them from the emotional growth Americans: that comes from new experiences. A new Congressional hearings on my blll (H.R. For an average single retired worker, pay­ person or place or a trip-anything out of 14938) to create 1.1 milllon jobs began this ments jump from $133 a month to $161 ... the routine of his familiar day-is a threat week 1n Washington. Backed by 67 co­ for the average couple, from $224 a month to the mentally ill child. He is fearful and authors, the legislation would put Americans to $270. . runs for safety into the cotton-batting of his to work 1n vital public services in education, For widows, average benefits rise from fantasies, his collections, his record player, health, sanitation, environmental control, $114 to $137. his numbers or license plates, and thus es­ and crime prevention. Maximum benefits also increase-for an capes the danger of the unknown or unex­ Currently over 6 million persons are un­ individual from $216 a month to $259 ..• pected. In this way, the wonder and pleasure employed and 13.7 mi111on Americans are for a couple from $324 to $389. of a trip to the zoo, a ride on the ferry, a working for substandard wages. These in­ However, many California citizens are stroll through the woods, a picnic--all the dividuals, at an average of 3.6 persons per denied the increase by a vicious state law ways of expanding and broadening his life-­ family represent well over 70 million Ameri­ whereby welfare payments are reduced to cans who are directly affected by the pres­ are lost. those also receiving social security by an As the years pass, he remains inexperi­ ent economic crisis. amount equal to the new benefit increase. enced, unreached and very young. The gap Although Congress recently passed an To prevent this robbery, I have introduced between him and the other children in his Emergency Employment Act, this program­ legislation, H.R. 16820, to guarantee a pass age group widens because his illness stunts reduced to obtain President Nixon's approv­ al-has provided less than 150,000 jobs and on of all increased benefits voted by Congress. his emotional growth. Though he can see, Also, the U.S. Senate has already acted to he is blind; though he can hear, he is deaf; is highly temporary in nature. In contrast, H.R. 14938 is not transitional protect the aged, blind, and disabled. though he can talk, he is mute. This is chlld­ IMPAC, the South Central Improvement hood schizophrenia and infantile autism. but a continuing program that will provide decent full time jobs with built in education Action Council, Inc., is a non-profit orga­ Parents are also often bewlldered and nization founded for the speciftc purpose of troubled by the descriptive terminology used and training for advancement. in diagnosis. A psychiatrist will say that a When fully operating the program will be engagitlg in activities designed to strengthen child has chlldhood schizophrenia with "an funded at $10 billion annually and will gen­ the social, physical and economic fabric of impulse disorder" or "a behavior disorder." erate several million more jobs in the private Central Los Angeles to get to the heart of This refers to a child who is involved in sector thereby more than paying its own the community's problems, IMPAC has em­ fantasy and who has no control over his way in taxes collected and welfare costs barked upon a comprehensive economic de­ impulses and the bizarre inappropriate be­ saved. velopment program designed to strengthen Special provisions of the bill deal directly the ghettos capital base. To help carry out havior they trigger. Or the psychiatrist may with veterans' employment and areas of say the child's illness is due to "brain dam­ continuing high unemployment. Concen­ this program, IMPAC has received a grant age" or "brain injury," which changes the trated attacks on these special needs are from the U.S. Department of Commerce that way the child perceives and understands the spelled out and funds authorized. In addi­ provides 75 percent of its business develop­ world. tion, Federal standards will ensure that all ment requirements. The balance of the or­ If the chlld seems to have lost a signiftcant jobs provided are meaningful and desirable, ganizations requirements are not through amount of intellectual or social growth, the donations of cash and in-kind contributions. diagnosis often will refer to "retarded mental not dead-end, low-paying, and make-work employment. Exemplary of the kind of project that em­ development." Nevertheless, mentally ill We are working to get the bill passed and children seem to have intact intelligence. bodies the full scope of IMPAC's objectives is They have the capacity to learn, as con­ into operation in early 1973. A companion the UJIMA Village Development illustrated trasted with the mentally retarded child bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate at right. This development will transform a whose learning capacity is limited. For ex­ by Senator Cranston and 15 co-authors. blighted barren area. located in the heart of ample, the mentally ill child may be reading HAWKINS FIGHTS TRAINING AND JOB CUTBACKS South Central Los Angeles into a unique at an early age, or be able to do feats of Unemployment and poverty continue to and beautiful housing, commercial, and in­ figuring with numbers, or hum or sing rise and yet the Nixon administration has dustrial complex. 35194 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 11, 1972

LOAN PACKAGING structure for the Concerned Citizens Disaster EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM A IMPAC's Loan Packaging Department Committee. MUST FOR 1973 helped secure bank loans totaling $878,150.00 This Committee conducted mass meetings Last year the Congress of the United States from January 1 to March 31, 1972. throughout the Congressional District and passed legislation to establish a. Federal pro­ Two of the largest loans were secured for rallied the support of hundreds of home­ gram of support for the creation of faclllties a minority-owned, North Hollywood firm and owners. Members picketed the local Small to provide quality day care and early child­ the Everage Brothers Market. Business Administration for three weeks, and hood education for the millions of American Continental Plastic Company received a the Committee established letter-writing and children, principally preschool children, 1D Small Business Administration (SBA) backed telephone committees and circulated peti­ Inlddle- and lower-income families where the loan for $93,000 from the Universal City tions that secured over six thousand signa­ mothers work. branch of the Bank of America. tures of homeowners. As you know, Congress enacted this legisla­ The company, a supplier and converter of Meanwhile Congressman Glen Anderson tion only to see the President veto it. With plastic sheet stock, is owned by Arthur L. and I conducted an Ad Hoc Congressional this veto the President ignored more the Trumbo and Fred W. Van Exel. Many of the Committee Hearing at Will Rogers Park to three years of painstaking work by Congress machines that are used in the company's further explore the problem. Meetings were and rebuffed the broadest coalition ever production line have been designed by Trum­ also held with local and national S.B.A. staff. formed behind social legislation. He rejected bo. Van Exel, a graduate of California State The result of this Impressive and collective the counsel of experts in every related College, was former Assistant Director of the community effort was that the S.B.A., to discipline, including members of his own Center of Urban Affairs at the college. their credit, reconsidered each loan applica­ administration. The Everage Brothers Market at 10424 tion, made the home inspections and as of We should not allow partisan considera­ South Central Avenue, represents a major September 26, 11,000 of the 30,000 loans •tions to block enactment of this indispen­ breakthrough in minority-owned retailing. denials have been approved. sable program or to deny American women Dan Everage has gone from small "mom This is the type of constructive commu­ and children of this program which they and pop" grocery to a 12,000 sq. ft. modern nity effort of which I believe we can all be urgently need and which is their right. facility. Everage built his new store from the proud. It ought to strengthen our confidence I am now cosponsoring legislation which ground up. That makes him the first Black in ourselves, In America and the value of reaffirxns this commitment to meet the urgent businessman to do this in Southern Ca.li­ constructive protest. needs of more than 4.5 million American fornia. HAWKINS PROGRAM FOR YOUTH children and their fa.mllles. I am pleased to IMPAC's Dick !mig developed the $100,000 Unemployment for the nation as a. whole be able to announce that we are already well­ loan package and got it funded with a Small was around 6 percent during the past year. advanced in the effort to rebuild the day care Business Administration (SBA) backed loan For minority youth the figure is astounding. coalition that proved so successful in the from the Watts branch of the Bank of Amer­ Estimates vary from 20 to 30 percent. The past. The measure we are sponsoring has al­ ica. The building and equipment were fi­ problexns of drug addiction and juvenile de­ ready won the support of the AFL-CIO, the nanced through an SBA 502, Local Devel­ linquency have not been resolved. What United Auto Workers, the Child Welfare opment Corporation (LDC). can be done? League of America, and the Washington Re­ search Project, the cornerstone of the original B'USINESS SUPPORT As a member of the Education and Labor Committee of the House of Representatives, coalition. Nearly 100 businessmen representing the I have participated in the formation and ex­ IMPAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS minority business community, federal and pansion of several Important prograxns for Dr. J. Alfred cannon, Chairman; Charles E. city agencies, financial institutions and local youth that get at the heart of the problem. universities recently attended an open house Knox, President; Robert Roberson, Treasurer; The Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) and John Wlllia.ms, Secretary. hosted by the South Central Improvement has been expanded to include young people Action Council Inc. (IMPAC) and the Office who live in public and private institutions. Elected officials of Minority Business Enterprise (OMBE). This means that these boys and girls will be Mr. Thomas Bmdley, Councilm&n; Mr. Featured keynote speaker was Chauncey able to get remedial education and sklll Lionel cade, Councilman; Dr. Thomas Gib­ Medberry, Chairman of the Board of Direc­ training coupled with work experience and son, Compton Board of Education; Mr. Bill tors of the Bank of America. employment where possible. Another new Greene, Assemblyman; Mr. Kenneth Ra.hn, Addressing the businessmen, Medberry provision of the Economic Opportunity Supervisor, Hall of Administration; Augustus stressed the fact that any company must in­ Amendments, of which NYC is a part, is the F. Hawkins, Congressman; Mr. Gilbert Lind­ clude some recognition of the state of health Youth Recreation and Sports Program. This say, Councilman; and Mr. Leon Ralph, of the community it serves. comprehensive program will help our young Assemblyman. "The corporation," he declared, "by virtue people prepare for the world of work, in addi­ Business representatives of its own enlightened self-interests, its cor­ tion to providing recreational and physical Broadway Federal Savings and Loan, porate consciences and the expectations of fitness programs for their free time. the public has a role to play In the process Golden State Mutual Life Insurance, Los Another recreation bill, one that I am Angeles Sentinel, University College of of solving contemporary llls." cosponsoring, is the National Recreation Sup­ I am pleased to cite IMPAC's work on be­ Beauty, Adam McFaddin Auto Dealer, Bank of port Program. This legislation Will provide Finance, Metropolitan Gazette, Xerox Com­ half of minority entrepreneurs as an asset funds to coordinate existing recreation pro­ puter Services, and Robert Roberson, to the business community and to commend gra.xns and give them a three-year life guar­ Accounting Agency. the Bank of America• for its splendid co­ antee, so that the uncertainty of one-year Community representatives operation. funding will not be a spectre limiting pro­ Central City Community, Mental Health ACTION GOT HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS gram planning and development. This pro­ gram will contract with universities and Center; Council of Community Clubs; South Recently my District Office was contacted other organizations for use of their recre­ Central Welfare Pla.nning Council; Big by Mrs. Van Meter, a. resident of our Dis­ ation areas. Transportation money will be Friends; Los Angeles, Brotherhood Crusade; trict, on behalf of homeowners of the Coun­ ensured so that our children can get to ANC Mothers Anonymous; Neighborhood cll of Community Clubs whose applications where the progra.xns are. Adult Participation Project; and UJIMA. for earthquake disaster loans had b~en re­ The Youth Conservation Corps has been jected. My deputy, Charles Knox, listened to a very successful program for teenagers en­ the frustrating problems they were en­ abling them to work at protecting our natu­ countering in obtaining Small Business Ad­ ral resources and improving our environment. WHAT'S RIGHT ABOUT AMERICA ministration disaster loans. More money has been authorized for this Homeowners sought our assistance to in­ program next year. I expect Congress to sure equitable treatment by the S.B.A. They pass this legislation quickly. HON. JOHN E. HUNT were convinced they did have earthquake The school lunch program used to operate OF NEW JERSEY only during the school year. Next year, grow­ damage and thought it strange that home­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES owners In San Frena.ndo Valley got loans, ing children with growing appetites who are but homeowners of the Greater Central, West needy, wtll be provided free lunches in the Wednesday, October 11, 197 2 summertime as well. And, the school break­ Los Angeles, and Compton areas were sys­ fast program is being expanded. Mr. HUNT. Mr. Speaker, it is with pride tematically denied disaster loans, often with­ These programs will not provide all the that I take a moment to recognize one out even an on-the-site inspection. solutions, nor wlll they fill all the emoty of my young constituents from Deptford My staff, with the support of a few con­ stomachs. But at least we are· moving. The N.J., Miss Mary Boyle, who was this cerned homeowners, organized a mass meet­ young people who are helped 1n preparation ing at the Praises of Zion Baptist Church to for a. job, who are guaranteed a regular meal year's first runner-up in the Miss Na­ establish broader contact with the affected year-round, or who have a. chance for ath­ tional Teenage of New Jersey Pageant. homeowners and to identify those Interested letic development will be less likely to turn The 28 contestants from throughout in confronting S.B.A. From this came hun­ to drugs or crime or ultimately the welfare the State, ranging in age from 13 to 17 dreds of volunteers, money and the initial rolls. years, were j~dged on the basis of poise. October 11, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 35195 personality, beauty and scholastic Oakland Park, sea Ranch Lakes, Sunrise, and Pending 11l4jor Zegtslation achievement. As first runner-up, Miss Wilton Manors. Revenue Sharing. Boyle received a trophy and a $500 LEGISLATIVE REVIEW , Water Pollution Control Act Amendments. scholarship to the Modeling Institute of The 92nd Congress can hardly be classed Equal Education Opportunities. America in Atlanta, Ga. as a friend of the taxpayer since it continued 1972 Housing Act. to pour more and more taxpayers' dollars into Ocean Mammals Protection Act. To its everlasting creJlt in these trou­ Consumer Product Safety Agency. bled times, the Pageant's theme was many programs which in the past have proved ineffective. It Is regrettable that the 92nd GI Blll of Rights for Education. "What's Right About America." Each Congress did not act to review many of the Minimum Wage. girl was required to write an essay on overlapping governmental programs in an Federal Employee Health Benefits Im­ this topic and deliver it on the night of effort to halt government waste. Nevertheless, provement. the Pageant. The text of Miss Boyle's the 92nd Congress did pass a good deal of Congressman Burke's report card on voting essay follows: legislation which Is both productive and on continuing jssues WHAT'S RIGHT ABOUT AMERICA beneficial. The following are some of the Raise Public Debt Ceiling, Against. new laws enacted in this Congress. America is a nation constantly striving to Equal Rights for Men and Women, For. P.L. 92-157-Health Manpower Act--Au­ Anti-busing measures, For. improve. She stands not only with open arms thorizing $2.9 billion over the next 3 years Foreign Aid, Against. accepting the peoples of the world, but also for student loans and scholarships, and for Prayer In School, For with an open mind listening to the voices of replacement rehabilitation, and construction Foreign Sale of U.S. Vessels, Against. the underprivileged and the youth. of medical teaching facUlties. Guaranteed Annual Income, Against. She hears the problems of the aged and P.L. 92-158--Nurses Training Program­ extends her hand to help them. She offers Decrease Agricultural Subsidies, For. Providing funds for construction grants to CONGRESSMAN BURKE'S BILLS THAT HAVE strength to the weak nations of the world. nursing schools plus loan guarantees and America willingly shares her knowledge interest. BECOME LAW and technical abilities to improve the stand­ P.L. 92-197-Dependency and Indemnity In addition, to the aforementioned new ard of the peoples of this earth. Compensation-10% increase in benefits pay­ laws, the following ~e bllls which I spon­ The United States is worthy of the pride able to survivors of veterans who die as a sored or cosponsored since being a Member we feel each time we sing the Star Spangled result of service-incurred disabilities. of Congress and which were passed in the Banner and salute the Stars and Stripes! P.t.. 92-198-Non-Service Connected Pen­ 92nd Congress. sion Rates and Income--6.5% cost-of-living P.L. 92-178--Low Income Allowance and increase for veterans and widows. Standard Deduction-The present infiation CONGRESSIONAL ROUNDUP P.L. 92-223-Lump Sum Death Payment-­ we are experiencing hits hardest at the wage Providing for the payment of lump sum earner in the lower & middle income brackets death benefiits to any person to the extent and I introduced legislation to alleViate some HON. J. HERBERT BURKE that they paid expenses of memorial or burial of the strain in making ends meet. Two of OF FLORIDA services or both, of social security benefits. my proposals were incorporated in the Rev­ enue Act of 1971. The low-income allowance IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES P.L. 92-225--Federal Election Campaign Act--Providing for public disclosure of cam­ under the Internal Revenue Code was raised Wednesday, October 11, 1972 paign contributions and expenditures of all to $1,000, and the standard percentage deduc­ Federal elections. tion was raised to 15% of gross income or Mr. BURKE of Florida. Mr. Speaker, $2,000 whichever is less. this year as I have done each year since P .L. 92-255-Special Action omce for Drug Abuse Prevention Act--Creating a special P.L. 92-158--Importation of Rhodesian I was elected to the Congress, I have action omce in the White House to coordinate Chrome--Although Rhodesia sold chrome to prepared and sent to the constituents in the drug abuse prevention and treatment the U.S. at lower prices than did the Soviet my congressional district, a report of the activities of Federal agencies. Union, we were forced by our participation things which I feel are important which P.L. 92-279--Tax Exclusion for Prisoners in the United Nations sanction to purchase we as Congressmen face, and advising of War-Excluding members of the Armed chrome at higher prices from the Soviet them with respect to their disposition. Forces of the U.S. and of civilian employees Union and other nations. This policy to me who are prisoners of war, missing in action, was ridiculous and I sponsored a resolution The following is the text of my 1972 to authorize the repurchase of chrome from Congressional Roundup: or in a detained status as a result of the Vietnam War, from income taxes. Rhodesia despite the United Nations sanc­ WASHINGTON REPORT FROM CONGRESSMAN P .L. 92-294--National Sickle Cell Anemia tion. I argued in favor of the legislation J. HERBERT BURKE Control Act--Establishing a $10 million pro­ when the bill came to the House Floor and DEAB FRIEND: As you know the rapid in­ gram for screening and treating victims of I am happy that this law was passed by both crease in population in Florida required that sickle cell anemia. Houses. Chrome Is now being purchased from Congressional District boundaries be changed P.L. 92-305-National Institute of Arthritis, Rhodesia at a savings to the taxpayer. to comply with the "one man-one vote" Metabolism and Digestive Diseases-Creat­ P .L. 92-269--Lowering the Age for Jurors doctrine of the Supreme Court which com­ ing the National Institute of Arthritis, in Federal Cases to 18--The Constitution has pels state legislatures to draw Congressional Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases in the been amended to give 18-year-olds the right District boundaries so that all Districts have National Institute of Health. to vote, but there are areas where they are populations as nearly equal as practicable. P.L. 92-328--Compensa.tion for Disabled still not permitted to participate fully 1n My Congressional District was the fourth Veterans-- 10% increase in the rates of com­ government. I was a cosponsor of legislation largest in the country according to the 1970 pensation for service connected disabled which will now enable young people to be­ Census with an estimated 750,000 residents. veterans. come more involved in the judicial process. Consequently, it has been reduced so that P.L. 92-340-Ports and Waterways Safety P.L. 92-178--Investment Tax Credit--Em­ it contains only 453,053 residents and re­ Act of 1971-Authorlzing the Coast Guard to ployment can increase only when we have named the 12th Congressional District. I am promulgate and enforce boating safety a flourishing business economy. Competition happy to welcome the residents of Imperial regulations. requires modem equipment which can result Point, Sea Ranch Lakes, and the surround­ P.L. 92-414-Cooley's Anemia Control only from investment. I therefore cospon­ ing areas to the District. I look forward to Act.-Establlshing a Cooley's Anemia screen­ sored legislation to restore the investment working with the new citizens of these com­ ing, treatment and counseling program in munities in the weeks and months ahead. credit tax in the sincere beltef that invest­ NIH. ment resulting thereby will assist our econ­ I regret that the residents of Hallandale, OTHER :MAJOR LEGISLATION Pembroke Park and Hollywood Ridge Farms, omy. The language in my bill was incorpo­ as well as those from parts of Dade County There are several pieces of major legislation rated in the Revenue Act of 1971. have been taken from the 12th Congressional which were still pending in the 92nd Con­ P.L. 92-316-Restore Pass Privlleges to District. gress which could possibly be enacted into Railroad Retirees-The Rail Passenger Serv­ Sincerely yours, law. There is the possibility that Congress ice Aot of 1970 which set up AMTRAK omit­ J. HERBERT BURKE. will recess for elections without adjourning, ted provision for pass privileges to ra1lroad AREAS IN THE NEW 12TH CONGRESSIONAL in which event there could be a lame-duck retirees. I introduced legislation to provide DISTRICT session. Such a session, in my opinion, would free or reduced-rate railroad transportation The unincorporated areas of most of Cen­ not be productive because more than 100 to retired railroad employees and their de­ tral and South Broward, Cooper City, Dania, Congressmen have announced their retire­ pendents. Regrettably, the act that passed Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Hacienda Village, ment, have been red1stricted, or have left was not all that I had hoped would pass, Hollywood, Imperial Point, Lauderdale-by­ the Congress for other reasons. The folloWing nonetheless, it does direct AMTRAK to lib­ the-sea, Lauderdale Lakes, Lauderhill, Lazy are some major issues that are pending as of eralize its pass privileges. Lakes, Miramar, Pembroke Pines, PlantaJtton, this date: P.L. 92-218--Conquest of Cancer-In the 35196 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 11, 1972 next 10 years 3% milllon Americans will die lation continues to increase, I feel there is from the rash of fires that plagued and en­ from cancer unless we find a cure. I was a great need for a federal building which dangered the wildlife of Everglades National pleased to cosponsor and support this legisla­ would consolidate the numerous federal fa­ Park in recent years." Testimony before Com­ tion which will establlsh a National Cancer c111ties now located throughout the county. mittee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Institute in the National Institutes of Health In addition, the growth of the population, as 9/26/72. and provides for $1.59 billion for fiscal years well as the continual increase in federal pro­ Prayer 1972 through 1974. grams should justify such a federal fac111ty. "My fear is that atheism is a greater danger P .L. 92-336-20% Social Security In­ I shall continue to work to obtain this. to the American way of life than is any prayer crease--! originally sponsored a bill author­ Broward County: Davie, Fort Lauderdale, said in a school. It is my honest opinion that Izing an increase in social security payments Hollywood, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Miramar, the Supreme Court misapplied a grealt COn­ and other social security amendments, but, Oakland Park, and Plantation: stitutional provision and I cannot see how regrettably, social security increases were $4.6 mill1on to expand sewage treatment saying a prayer would be embassassing to held up by the inaction of the Senate. Sub­ program. any child, nor, can I see how an official reli­ sequently, because of the Senate inaction, I $34,980 to establish air pollution control gion would be established under this resolu­ sponsored another bill authorizing a 20% in­ board. tion which would allow those who wlsh to crease in social security payments. This bill $225,000 for county-wide drug intell1gence say a prayer to say one. To deny school chll­ did not pass, but a 20% increase in social unit. dren this voluntary act, I feel, denies them security benefits was attached as an amend­ $39,612 for Senior Citizen volunteer pro- · the opportunity of sharing in the splendid ment to the Debt Ceiling Limitation in June gram. heritage of this nation." Remarks a.fter the 1972. Although I supported the increase in $118,200 for county-wide planning. failure of H.J. Res. 191, to achieve the % social security payments, I was unable to $6.5 million for housing. majority necessary for a Constitutional vote on the same as I was in the hospital $2.5 million to develop county-wide bus amendment on 11/8/71. system. for a knee operation necessitated by a World Busing War ll injury. $1.4 million to expand International Air- "I favor the right of freedom of choice B"C7BKB CITED FOR HIGH ATTENDANCE port. $117,400 for drug rehab111tation program. and the concept of the neighborhood school, Congressman J. Herbert Burke has one of $100,000 for expansion of Markham Park. but I favor also an honest concept of an the highest attendance records in the Con­ $210,000 for Pediatric Care Center. equal educational opportunity for all. In the gress according to official Clerk of the House $1 million to develop Seminole Tribe In­ 91st Congress, I like many others, introduced Records. Rep. Burke has maintained an 86 dustrial Park. (which I reintroduced in the 92nd Oongress) percent attendance record in the 92nd Con­ $176,390 for study of regional mass tran­ a joint resolution which would amend the gress despite the fact he was hospitalized sit system. Constitution of the United States to prevent for three weeks for a knee operation neces­ $102,500 for open space park. the busing of school children from their sitated by a World Warn injury. $2.2 million to construct housing for el­ neighborhood schools, except with the con­ Of more than 2100 quorum and roll calls derly. sent of their parents. I have also introduced, taken during the 90th, 91st, and 92nd Con­ $10,309 to promote tourism. H.R. 9865, which would, if enacted, preserve gresses, Congressman Burke has maintained $2.1 million to build houses for low income the right of students to attend their neigh­ a 90 percent attendance record, one of the groups. borhood schools." Congressional Record highest in Congress. $71,400 to help city planning. 8/17/72. AWARDS $43,500 to help train police. Drugs: "The trafficking in drugs 1s one of Congressman Burke receives awards for $35,000 to provide recreational opportuni- the most reprehensible of all crimes. It affects six consecutive years from Americans for ties for youngsters. all Americans. I have introduced legislation Constitutional Action 1967-1972: $138,500 to develop Snyder Park. and supported other legislation in an effort Distinguished Service Award-"For sup­ $518,895 to redevelop city area. to halt this heinous crime which is menacing port of those legislative measures which $77,200 to expand Executive Airport. the welfare of all people. The following are would serve to sustain, strengthen and de­ $323,000 to expand sewage treatment pro- some of the bills that I have introduced: fend the spirit and principles of the COnsti­ gram. H.R. 9827-Rehabmta.tion of Drug Ad­ tution of the United States as defined by the $188,500 to develop open space park in dicts--Providing additional federal assistance founding fathers of our Republlc." West Hollywood. for state programs of treatment and reha­ The National Associated Small Business­ $365,000 to further develop Topeekeegee bilitation of drug addicts. men, 1967-72: Yugnee Park. H.R. 9930-Increase Penalties for Unlawful Watchdog of the Treasury Award-"For $322,732 to develop waterfront park. Transportation-Amending the Internal Rev­ your outstanding economy voting record $346,000 to expand water-sewer program. enue Code of 1954 to increase the penalties which indicates to your constituents and to $52,000 for city planning. for the unlawful transportation of narcotic our membership that you have a keen reall­ $285,000 to expand water-sewer program. drugs, and makes it unlawful to solicit the zation of the problems of fiscal responsi­ assistance of, or use of, any person under the $17,875 to develop open space park. age of 18 in the unlawful trafficking of any biUty." $1 million public fac111ty loan to expand such drugs. FEDERAL GRANTS RECEIVED IN THE 12TH water-sewer system. H.R. 8590-Suspend Foreign Aid to COun­ CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT $85,625 to develop city park. tries Shipping Drugs to U.S.-suspending Federal Court: When I was first elected to $300,000 to expand water-sewer program. economic and military assistance and certain the Congress, I sponsored legislation which $50,000 to develop city parks. sales to any country which falls to take ap­ would increase the number of judges in the $110,340 to expand sewage treatment plant. propriate steps to prevent narcotic drugs, Southern District of Florida. In addition, I CONGRESSMAN J. HERBERT BURKE SPEAKS Otrr ON produced or processed in such country from introduced a b111 authorizing a federal judge Crime entering the U.S. unlawfully. to sit in Fort Lauderdale. Both of my btlls H.R. 9427-Drug Paraphernalia Ban-Mak­ were incorporated into the Omnibus bill "For far too long, now, law abiding citizens ing it unlawful to intentionally promote or passed by the 91st Congress and this has re­ have been the victims of thugs, both profes­ fac111tate illegal drug trafficking by posses­ sulted in a Federal Judge, Norman Roettger, sion& and amateur. The crime is that these sion, sale, or distribution, of certain para­ a Fort Lauderdale lawyer, being appointed to hoodlums make a mockery of our law officials, phernalia, and for a person to possess an in­ preside in the new federal court in Fort prosecutors, judges, and the courts them­ strument or device for the purpose of unlaw­ Lauderdale. There will be a dedication of the selves. They know that with the kid glove fully using a controlled substance himself. Federal Court Chambers which will be lo­ treatment that our officials have been forced H. Con. Res. 452-Boycott French Goods-­ cated in the old Fort Lauderdale City Hall to take, they can get away with almost any Boycott French-made products until the on September 29th. As your Congressman, I crime without paying a stiff penalty.•.. Government of France has taken successful was happy to have introduced this legislation, Basically, our system of law is sound, but it steps to stop the processing of heroin within and to have it passed. cannot function if we as a Congress under­ its borders, and to stop illicit transport to Federal Building: Since becoming a mem­ mine it and fail to give proper judicial rep­ the U.S." ber of Congress, I have requested that a sur­ resentation in areas where it is needed." con­ As your Congressman, I am grateful for the vey be made which will enable us to get a gressional Record 4/22/71 and 2/2171. many letters I received, wherein you have Federal building located in my congressional Environment given me the opportunity to assist you, and district. Recently such a survey was made by "Much of Sou.th Florida's fresh water sup­ given me your views on pending legislation a team from the General Services Adinlnis­ ply stems from the Big Cypress watershed, and matters affecting our country. Your co­ tration who were sent to Broward County to and with the continued population incerase operation in this regard has enabled me to make a report of the need for such a. facility. in South Florida, fresh water could well be better serve you and our Nation. Since Broward County is one of the fastest at a. premlum in the future. There is more Sincerely, growing counties in the nation, and its popu- than a. human need for water as we learned J. HE1U3ERT BURKE. October 11, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 35197

PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO KNOW: A NEW be declassifled and released to the American A PROGRESSIVE HARD-WORKING CONGRESS VISTA people without the slightest danger to na­ 'I'hls 92nd Congress and the Congi-ess which tional security or foreign policy. came before it have worked harder and From now on, any bureaucrat who unnec­ passed as much progressive legislation as any HON. JOHN M. ASHBROOK essarily classifies a document is at least-­ Congress in which I have served. Here are theoretically-accountable for his violation some of the things we have accomplished. OF OHIO of the new presidential directive. Taxes and spending IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Unfortunately, Executive Order 11652 does not go far enough. Section 13 stipulates that We cut Federal income taxes by $9.1 bil­ Wednesday, October 11, 1972 only "repeated abuse" of the classification lion and reformed $6.6 blliion more. Twenty­ process shall be grounds for an "administra­ one million poor fainilies were removed from Mr. ASHBROOK. Mr. Speaker, one tive reprimand." It also provides that in "any the Federal tax rolls through a low-income champion of the public's right to in­ case where the department committee finds allowance. All tax brackets were reduced by formation which should be in the public that unnecessary classiflcation or overclas­ five percent and the personal exemption in­ domain is Mr. Julius Epstein, recently slflcation occurred, it shall make a report creased to $750. As a result, Oaltfornians paid retired research associate at the Hoover to the head of the department concerned in nearly one bUZion dollars LESS in Federal order that corrective steps InaY be taken." It taxes last year than in the year before. Dur­ Institution at Stanford University. Mr. does not spell out what corrective steps Inay ing the same period Californians paid $128 Epstein is first remembered for his efforts be taken. It should provide for at least spe­ million MORE in state taxes and $766 mil• in encouraging a House select committee cific penalties ranging from reprimand to sus­ lion MORE in local taxes. look into the massacre of thousands of pension, if not dismissal, depending on the Increased Federal aid, which I supported, Polish citizens in the Katyn Forest over case. permitted your Los Angeles County Govern­ 30 years ago. The result of the investi­ The President appointed John S. D. Eisen­ ment to reduce property taxes by 41 cents per gation proved that the Soviets, and not hower as Chairman of the Interagency Clas­ hundred dollars of assessed valuation. the Nazis as claimed by some, had ex­ sification Review Committee for Implemen­ The last two Congresses have cut $14.5 bil­ tation of the New Classification System. lion from the President's appropriations re­ ecuted in cold blood the defenseless In his statement the President stressed quests since 1969. He requested $458.4 billion, victims. "the public's right to know" when he said: we approved only $443.9 blliion. In the 1950's Mr. Epstein first came "Overseeing our new approach to govern­ In spite of these cuts, the President's budg­ across reference to Operation Keelhaul, ment documents Will not be an easy task, ets have run more than $100 blliion in the the code name for the forced repatria­ for a delicate balance must be struck between red since 1969, due to the business reces­ tion of over a million Russians who had the public's right to know and the govern­ sion and high unemployment. been turned over to the Soviets near the ment's obligation to protect the national I supported tax reform and I wlll continue end of World Warn. Since that time he security." to do so in the future. The order and the creation of the review Responsible Federal Revenue Sharing With has spent countless hours of effort in committee opens a new vista on the unwar­ Local Citizens trying to release to the public the true ranted classification of the purely American story of Operation Keelhaul. When the In 1971 the Federal government collected documents on the forced repatriation of mil­ $188,000,000,000 In taxes. Of this sum $117,- Department of the Army refused to de­ lions of anti-Communists to Stalin's gallows 000,000,000 was returned to local citizens for classify the information on the repatria­ and Siberian slave labor camps as contained their benefit. The principal beneficial pro­ tion, Mr. Epstein pursued his case In the "Operation Keelhaul" files. grams are as follows: through the courts with the U.S. The administration's argument that, since Social Securlty--Qld Age and Blind as­ the "Operation Keelhaul" file is a combined sistance. Supreme Court finally ruling against British-American dossier and can therefore him. However, additional action in court Federal civllian penslons--Mllltary pen­ not be released to the American people with­ sions. is planned by Mr. Epstein and the case out British consent, does not hold water. If Medlcare-Medicald-Hospltallzatlon. is by no means closed. the administration feels that in the year Educational grants-manpower training With his experience in this area, the 1972 not even 100 percent American docu­ grants. comments of Mr. Epstein on the public's ments, describing events of 25 years ago, can Flood Control-Agricultural assistance. right to know are of special significance. be released Without British consent, it would Federal Unemployment assistance. be tantamount to approving a British veto Federal Forestry and Recreation funds. The following is his letter to the San over American domestic affairs. This would Francisco Examiner of July 1, 1972 on Your state government received from the be incredible indeed. Federal Government and disbursed $2,756,- this timely issue:· 150,871, an amount equal to 47 percent of [From the San Francisco Examiner, July 1, all of our State's revenues for the Fiscal Year 1972] 1970-1971. PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO KNOW: A NEW VISTA CONGRESSMAN HOLIFIELD In Fiscal year 1971, California's public (By Jullus Epstein) REVIEWS THE 920 CONGRESS education systems received $223,024,092 1n On March 8 President Nixon issued the new Federal funds for special programs. Executive Order 11652, superseeding President I have supported all of these programs be­ Eisenhower's Executive Order 10501, regulat­ HON. CHET HOLIFIELD cause they enrich the lives of our people and OJ' CALIFORNIA strengthen the base of our national wen­ ing the applications of Top Secret, Secret and being. Confidential class11lcations of military docu­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ments. OLDER AMERICANS This order, which became e1fective on Wednesday, October 11, 1972 The present 92nd Congress wlli long be June 1, contains a new and interesting pro­ Mr. HOLIFIELD. Mr. Speaker, under remembered as the Congress which acted to vision, not found in Eisenhower's order. leave to extend my remarks in the enrich the lives of the nation's older citizens. Section 4 reads: Congress, not the Administration, has taken "Class11lcation. Each person possessing RECORD, I include the following: the inltlatlve for action on behalf of Ameri­ classifying authority shall be accountable CoNGRESSMAN HoLIFIELD REviEws THE 92ND ca's elderly. Here are some of the landmark for the propriety of the class11lcation at­ CONGRESS provisions this Congress has passed. tributed to him. Both unnecessary class11lca­ As the 92nd Congress draws to a close, Social Security Increases tion and overclass11lcation shall be avoided. when Mrs. Holifleld and I can return home Classlfication shall be solely on the basts of to meet and be with Inany of you again, I Last year, 814,829 persons living in Los national security considerations. In no case am taking this opportunity to make my Angeles County depended upon SOcial Se­ shall information be class11led in order to report. curity benefits for all or part of their incomes. conceal inemciency or administrative error, I find that many of the probleins which An estiinated 55,000 of these persons, of all to prevent embarrassment to a person or de­ I reported on in the autumn of 1970 remain ages, reside in the 19th Congressional Dis­ partment, to restrain competition or in­ with us now, in the autumn of 1972. For trict. dependent Initiative or to prevent for any example, we stm have the war, unemploy­ Social Security payments were raised by 32 other reason the release of information which ment, inflation, too-high interest rates, percent in just two years--50 percent in four does not require protection in the interest crime, drug abuse and pollution. But there years--the largest increases ever voted by of national security." have been improvements. The campuses are a single Congress and by two successive Con­ This innovation is, of course, of iinpor­ no longer in disorder, inflation has decreased gresses. Congress also provided automatic tance because it creates a new brake against at least temporarily, interest rates have de­ cciSt of living increases. overclasslficatlon. At present, it has been clined a little, action 1s being taken against surmised that 95 percent of the 20 million pollution, hundreds of thousands of troops Nutrition for the Elderly pages of classified material 1n the Govern­ have returned from the war, and Federal This act authorizes the Inachinery and ment's possession is overclass11led. and could taxes have been reduced, among other things. money to provide at least one hot, nutritious CXVIII--2218-Part 26 35198 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 11, 1972 meal daily, five days a. week, to people Increase of on-the-job and apprentice Bills creating nine national parks, recrea­ aged 60 and over. Meals will also be delivered training allowances by 48 percent. tion areas and wildernesses. to elderly persons who are home-bound. Use of insurance dividends to purchase Sponsorship of legislation to establlah a Comprehensive Services for Elderly more insurance. Golden Gate National Park. Persons Enacted Authorized job training of widows, wives Support of a national park in the Santa and children of veterans entitled to educa­ Monica mountains Low-cost transportation. tional assistance. Extension of the Youth Conservation Expanded employment and volunteer serv- Made husbands and widowers of female Corps. ice opportunities. veterans ellgible for VA benefits. The Congress since 1969 has authorized or Senior citizen community centers. Expanded medical care. appropriated $1,098,000,000 for air pollution Pre-retirement training. Increased compensation rates for all serv­ Health, education and other social services. control, $26,597,000,000 for water pollution ice-connected disabUlties. control and solid waste disposal, and Improved systems of delivering services to Increased clothing allowance for veterans $800,000,000 for research. older citizens. required to wear a prosthetic device. We have attacked the pollution problem at Expanded Retired Senior Volunteer Pro­ VA care for drug-dependent veterans. its roots by providing funds for research 1nto gram and Foster Grandparent Program. Increased fundi.ng for VA hospitals and cleaner fuels (converting coal to gas, remov­ Federal grants for these programs were paraplegic care. ing sulphur from coal and oll, more efficient tripled by Congress. House passed a bill to create a national atomic reactors, etc.), and strict control of Emergency Employment Act cementry system and to increase burial dumping pollutants into the air and water. This law, which authorizes the Department allowances. If I did not believe that these efforts would of Labor to help provide jobs in needed public I authored and obtained passage of a b111 result in safe swimming in our streams and services to unemployed and underemployed, to provide a Social Security burial allowance the removal of the pall of pollution over our persons, specifically includes "older persons to relatives of persons where no remains are cities within a reasonable number of years, who desire to remain in, enter, or re-enter available for burial. This provides money for I would not have voted for the vast sums the labor workforce." a memorial service and memorial plot. which the Congress hM appropriated. National Institute on Aging I have also authored legislation which will PROVIDING MORE JOBS guarantee that those veterans receiving both A new National Institute of Aging has been Federal pensions and state aid wlll receive The unemployment figures shown below established by Congress. It is to be part of the full benefit of pension and VA benefit are of great concern to me. the National Institutes of Health and will increases, and not have those increases off­ conduct research on the aging process and TOTAL OFFICIALLY MEASURED UNEMPLOYMENT, 1969-71 on the special health problems of older set by reductions 1n state ald. persons. TOWARD A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT Housing projects For the first time in many years, I have By working closely with local churches and received comments and letters from people 1969 1970 1971 the Federal Department of Housing and who have noticed an improvement in the air Urban Development (HUD), I was able to ob­ pollution situation in our area. Unemployed. _____ ------___ 2, 832 4,088 4, 993 I believe that the slight improvement we Discouraged 1 _____ ------____ 574 638 774 tain approval of three low-rent housing proj­ Part-time unemployed2 ______ects for the elderly in the 19th Congressional have already experienced, and the improve­ 852 1, 010 1,143 District and the rehabilitation of 800 units ment we hope for in the future, are direct TotaL ______------4, 258 5, 736 6,910 for the same purpose in nearby East Los results of Congressional actions which had Unemployment rate a (percent). ____ 5.2 6.9 8.1 Angeles. This Congress appropriated a record­ my support. In 1969 Congress passed the National En­ breaking $487 million for 428,500 subsidized 1 Those not in labor force because they think they could not housing units. vironmental Policy Act which sets forth our find a job. long-range national goals toward cleaning up 2 Full-time equivalent of part-time unemployment of those Pending legislation our air, water and land, and established the who work part-time because of slack work, material shortages, I have introduced legislation, now being Council on Environmental Quality in the or inability to find full-time job, defined as 40 hours per week. considered by the Congress to assure that a Unemployed plus discouraged plus full-time equivalent of Ofilce of the President. part-time unemployed as percent of civilian labor force adjusted those receiving both Federal Social Security In 1967 and 1970, we passed clean air acts to include discouraged. benefits and state aid will receive all of the which lead to the establishment of Federal Source: Computed by Joint Economic Committee staff from increases which the Congress has passed. Too air quality standards, and the control of Bureau of Labor Statistics data. often, these increases are passed, only to have emissions by automobiles and industrial your State government reduce its assistance plants. This high rate of unemployment robbed payments to blind, aged and disabled persons In 1970 I introduced legislation which our economy of an estimated $73 billion in by the same amount of the increase. established the Environmental Protection 1971 alone. H half of these 6,910,000 persons I wlll continue to support legislation to as­ Agency, which was approved by Congress. had been fully employed, the President's sist the 26,000 persons in the 19th District The EPA finances and coordinates environ­ budget would not have gone into the red by who are beyond the age of 65. mental research, sets Federal standards for nearly a hundred billion dollars since 1968. I have sponsored and supported: air and water quality, noise levels, pesticide But the real tragedy in high unemploy­ Comprehensive health care (H.R. 22). use, and enforces Federal environmental laws ment is not in huge Federal deficits but in Increasing allowable earnings under Social and standards. the human m~ery which it causes. Security (H.R. 1) . Laws and standards alone, however, can Who are the Unemployed? Improved pension plans. never solve pollution problems. For example, About 326,000 are Vietnam veterans. Tax relief for the elderly. the first smoke abatement law was enacted 2,000,000 are adult males. Expanded services to the aged. in England in 1273. In the year 1307, coal 1,600,000 are adult females. The historian, Arnold Toynbee, concluded burning in furnaces was prohibited, and in that the quality and durability of a society 1,200,000 are under age 21. 1506 England passed a law forbidding the I supported the following major Congres­ were best measured by "the respect -and care burning of air polluting fuels. These laws given its elderly citizens." sional actions to provide more jobs in our were overtaken by economic necessity, since area and to aid the unemployed: That respect and care are the inspiration coal, wood and peat were the only sources of Emergency extension of unemployment of legislation which the 92nd Congress has fuel then available. benefits for an additional thirteen weeks. passed on behalf of .older Americans. I believe that we have flnally realized that The Emergency Employment Act provided VETERANS PROGRAMS pollution can be controlled only by the joint one billion dollars for public service employ­ efforts of Federal, state and local governments ment. $100,500,000 of this came to California. Census figures show that 70,359 veterans working with private enterprise. Also, Fed­ live in the 19th Congressional District. This More than 1,000 jobs were provided in Loa eral, state and local taxes and private earn­ Angeles County, including the city govern­ number is equal to 52 percent of all men in ings must help finance the hundreds of btl­ our district over the age of eighteen. ments and school districts in the 19th Con­ lions of dollars that the job will require. gressional District. America owes these persons a debt of grati­ I previously reported that I had voted for tude. The priorities of the Congress in meet­ Economic Stabilization Act Extension. some 225 environmental protection la.ws prior Extended the Cabinet Committee on Op­ ing this debt must be to insure the best to 1972. I have now added the following to portunities for Spanish Speaking People. hospital and medical care, to provide ade­ this list: Extended and expanded the Youth Con­ quate pension benefits for the disabled, to A $24.6 billion clean water act to ellmlnate servation Corps, providing summer jobs for strengthen the G.I. bill, and to offer better water pollution by 1985. 120,000 young people. vocational assistance. I have worked for these A law protecting ocean mammals and wild Supported Federal funding for Rio Hondo goals throughout my Congressional service. horses. Area Action Council, Rio Hondo College, Cer­ Here are some developments in the 92nd A program to convert salt water into drink- ritos College, Biola College, East Los Angeles Congress which I have supported: ing water. ' - Skifl Center, and many other programs. Increase of G.I. Bill benefits by a sub­ A bird refuge on the San Francisco Bay. Office of Economic Opportunity extension stantial percentage. Continuation of the Golden Eagle Program. and appropriations. October 11, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 35199 Emergency loan guarantee to save 60,000 The following are among a number of Con­ very fundamental aspects. I think that aerospace jobs. sumer Fact Sheets available free of charge this point is quite well made in the fol­ Funds for the Space Shuttle and B-1 air­ from the Office of Consumer Affairs, Food lowing article from the September issue plane. and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Increased merchant shipbuilding. Rockville, Maryland 20852. of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board Federal aid to vocational schools and train­ Drug Reaction (OCA D17). Journal: ing of the disabled. Nutrition Nonsense and Sense (OCA F4). LENDING IN THE INNER CITY Small Business loan ceiling increase of 41 Caffeine (OCA G12). {By Keith P. Rasey, Director of Research, percent. Safety of Cooking Utensils (OCA Gll). Inner City Housing Corporation) Cosmetics ( OCA C1) . Manpower Development and Training Act After 21 months of operation, Inner City amendments. Aspirin (OCA D16). Food Colors (Additives) (OCA F3). Housing Corporation has produced and sold Nurse Training Act, and many more. 12 new single-family homes and arranged the CONS't1MEB PROTECTION Consumer facts and tips listed above are contained in "Consumer News", a semi­ flna.ncing and equity sale of 58 units of Sec­ My Consumer Protection Bill monthly publication of the Office of Con­ tion 23 leased housing. In light of the magni­ As this 1s being written, the Senate is con­ sumer Affairs and is available on a $2.00 tude of demand for decent housing for low­ sidering legislation which I authored to yearly subscription basis. If you are inter­ income families in Los Angeles, this produc­ create a Consumer Protection Agency in the ested, Write to the Superintendent of Docu­ tion appears meager at best. For those of us Federal Government. I obtained passage of ments, U.S. Government Printing Office, involved in the day-to-day operations of the this measure by the House of Representa­ Washington, D.C. 20402. company, however, it's only a beginning. tives almost a year ago by a vote of 344 to 44. I was recently honored by the Japanese In 1965, the year of the Watts riots, there This b111, H.R. 10835, wlll, for the first time, American Citizens League at its national con­ was one savin~:,s and loan located in the black give the interest of the consumer a voice in vention in Washington. The commemorative ghetto of South Central Los Angeles. Only Federal decision-making. It is a powerful b111 plaque mentions my opposition to the intern­ four or five associations were actively lending for the interests of the ordinary citizen who, ment of Americans of Japanese ancestry dur­ in the area. The majority of first trust deeds too often, is defrauded by sharp operators, ing World War II, and my work for the civil were held by private individuals and commer­ who sell shoddy, defective, or dangerous rights 0'! persons in all minority groups. Pic­ cial banks. In short, Watts and surrounding merchandise. tured with me above are (left to right) Mr. neighborhoods had been "red lined" by the Consumer product safety Steve Sakata and Mrs. Rose Sakata of Whit­ savings and loan community. The Watts holo­ tier, Mrs. Holifield and Miss Ritsuko Kawa­ caust only served to widen the gap between On September 20, the House of Rep­ the associations and the ghetto. resentatives passed the Consumer Prod­ kami of Montebello. Mrs. Sakata is President of the SELANOCO Chapter of the Japanese In the summer of 1970, Howard Edgerton, uct Safety Act. I supported this blll which chairman of the board of California Federal would establish an independent regulatory American Citizens League. Mr. Daniel Garcia, a Department of Health, Savings and Loan Association of Los Angeles, commission ·to protect American homes invited managing officers from ceveral Los from hazardous consumer products. Education and Welfare management intern, has been spending the past several months Angeles area associations to consider a pro­ Flammable fabrics working with my staff on the Committee on posal to organize a multiple-owned service A new amendment to the Flammable Government Operations. Dan was one of the corporation to develop housing in the inner Fabrics Act, tightening up the laws on first three Spanish surnamed interns to be city areas of Los Angeles. The idea was to pool manufacturing and selling these fabrics to selected for this three-year program. He at­ capital and management talent from several the public was passed by the House of Rep­ tended Montebello High School, East Los associations and use the one savings and loan resentatives and the Senate. Angeles College and received his B.A. in po­ vehicle which permitted both collective own­ Consumer facts ancl tips litical science from the University of South­ ership and real estate development. Eleven associations agreed to the idea and "Shop Harder"-this suggestion has re­ ern California. After completing his intern­ ship in December, Dan hopes to continue his approximately $1.7 mi111on-representing cently been given to the American Con­ three one-hundredths of 1 percent of the sumer by the United States Department of career in government and is currently at­ tending Graduate School at George Washing­ assets of each participant-was raised for Agriculture due to the increasing cost of the venture. The ownership group, now ex­ food. Plan your meals before you go shop­ ton University. Dan is the son of Mr. Daniel Garcia, formerly of Montebelle> and currently panded to 12, includes both large and small ping, around items whose prices usually associations and State- and Federal-chartered are economical and do not fluctuate. Con­ residing in Monterey Park. In August I had the pleasure of intro­ institutions. sider your freezer and shelf space as ware­ The list is as follows: Great Western Sa.v· houses when higher-priced foods are "ad­ ducing Mrs. Virginia Macy of Whittier to the Members of the Subcommittee on Intergov­ ings, California Federal, Coast and Southern vertised specials." Federal, Gibralter Savings, Mutual of Pasa­ "Organic food" is not likely to be more ernmental Relations of the House Committee on Government Operations, of which I am dena, United Savings, Western Federal, Los wholesome or to contain more vitamins than Angeles Federal, Imperial Savings, Liberty non-organic food. "Organic" usually means Chairman. Mrs. Macy, President of the Whit­ tier Union High School District Board of Savings, Quaker City Federal, and Trans­ the food is free of preservatives, emulsifiers Coast Savings. and artificial ingredients and produced with­ Trustees, testified as a representative of the National School Boards Association on a b111 Gordon L. Pattison, formerly vice president out pesticides, or artificial fertilizers. Foods of Equitable Savings, is president of Inner labeled "organic" cost the consumer almost to expand the membership of the Federal Advisory Commission on Governmental City Housing Corporation. The corporation twice as much as ordinary food on your began operations December 1, 1970. grocer's shelves. Relations. You can save on the average of 15 cents HOMEOWNERSHIP IN WATTS per pound if you buy a whole chicken and The ghettos of Los Angeles are deceptive cut it up yourself instead of buying already in appearance. To the eastern visitor, Watts cut-up chicken. LENDING IN THE INNER CITY and other Los Angeles ghetto neighborhoods There is likely to be a moderate reduction look like older middle-income neighborhoods in the price of beef during the fall and in eastern cities. The neighborhoods are low­ winter because beef supplies are larger. HON. RICHARD T. HANNA density, single-famlly areas and many homes The price of pork is not likely to go down are well-maintained and landscaped. What until next year due to short supply. OF CALIFORNIA the naked eye doesn't see are the soical and The price of dairy product is expected to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES economic conditions which make these remain stable and these products stlll pro­ Wednesday, October 11, 1972 neighborhoods ghettos. South Central Los vide the most economical source of protein Angeles, the city's largest black ghetto, com­ in your family's diet. Mr. HANNA. Mr. Speaker, the problems prises more than 40 square miles and 320,000 Effective October 1, a Department of of meeting the Nation's housing goals people. Transportation regulation prohibits the vary considerably from one locality to There are no high-rise tenements in Los manufacture and sale of car tires that do another. Over the course of the 10 years Angeles ghettos. In South Central, over 75 not meet Federal performance requirements. percent of the housing stock is single-family. Check with your dealer. that I have served on the Banking and Currency Committee of the House, this However, half of these units are absentee­ The Department of Housing and Urban owned. Recent census information shows Development has scheduled hearings to in­ reality has repeatedly surfaced in our vestigate the practices of land developers that 35 to 40 percent of all units are sub­ deliberation of housing legislation. Dur­ standard, either because of deterioration or and will give consumers priority over de­ ing the protracted markup of the ill­ velopers in the hearings. lack of adequate plumbing. The housing is The Food and Drug Administration has fated Housing and Urban Development old and overcrowded. Very little new con­ under consideration a proposal to require Act of 1972, we again had to remind each struction has occurred in recent years. In that all pesticides, fungicides and other other that the housing environments of 1970, fewer than 25 building permits were household poisons be packaged 1n child­ New York, Chicago, Detroit, and Los issued for single-family construction in all proof containers. Angeles are separately distinct In some of the South Central area. 35200 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 11, 1972 Inner City's first housing program was a projects. Filially, we are one of three 235 Contractors Set Aside Program. In addition response to these housing conditions-first, developers still active in South Central Los to loan funds, ICHC is providing indepth con­ to the need for replacement housing, and Angeles and, within the next year, will have sultation to the contractor in such areas as second, to the preference of most residents produced more new homes in the area than budgeting, production scheduling, and sales. in the area. for single-family homes. The any other bullder. With ICHC's assistance, the contractor is American dream of homeownership is as Ideally, ICHC would like to build 50 or contemplating a 1972-73 production of 100- much a part of the Watts subculture as it is more new subsidized homes a year in the plus units over a previous annual production of suburbia. area. However, without an increase in the of less than 20 units a year. ICHC is currently developing new homes FHA maximum mortgage amount, the 235 Inner City is in the final stage of structur­ under Section 235 of the 1968 Housing Act. program will soon be a losing proposition ing the total financing package for Parcel J To date, 12 have been built and sold out of as land and construction costs rise. Addi­ in the Watts Redevelopment Project. Parcel a total HUD reservation of 40 units. As tionally, it is never certain that Federal sub­ J represents the first residential develop­ developer, Inner City purchases vacant lots sidy dollars will be avaUable or, when they ment in the project area and will include 64 and contracts with local builders for a four­ are available, that the funds will be directed single-family homes built under Section 235. bedroom, turnkey house which is sold for to the ghetto communities we serve. The resident participant sponsors are the $24,000, FHA's maximum mortgage amount. Because of this situation, we are consider­ 103rd St. Development Corporation and the Four builders are under contract to ICHC; ing two other potential projects. First, we Welcome Baptist Church. two are black. Because of the standard 40- are contemplating a single-famUy rehab pro­ The financing package covers the total foot lot available in South Los Angeles, the gram in which ICHC as developer, will pur­ costs of the project including seed money, homes developed by ICHC are similar in di­ chase and rehab1litate existing homes and working capital, land acquisition, uninsured mension and construction. The basic house sell them under FHA Section 221 (d) 2 and construction funds, and arranging the per­ Is 1 ,300-plus square feet, and includes four 235, or alternatively, with conventional manenrt; financing through participating as­ bedrooms, two baths, and an attached financing and private insurance. This mar­ sociations. ICHC is also general consultant garage. A slab foundation, tiled floors, and ket is virtually unlimited in Los Angeles to the developers in the formulation of man­ stucco exteriors are other features. ghettos and rehabbing 150 to 200 units a agement controls, including budgeting and One home under construction is unusual year is a realistic goal. Also, we're consider­ scheduling, sales, and counseling programs, in that the house, designed by a. local black ing a conventional new construction pro­ and will monitor the project through to com­ architect, includes a central patio. other gram with a sales range of $25,000 to $28,000 pletion. innovations tried in ICHC homes are a. honey­ in marginally better neighborhoods ut111z­ This kind of lending and management con­ combed interior wall panel which reduces the ing private insurance and possibly HOAP fi sulting is costly both in terms of the risks standard drywall thickness by half and a subsidies. While the market is not large, the involved and the time spent with the devel­ steel framed house which cuts both onsite principal reasons for this approach are to get opers. However, it does demonstrate our in­ erection time and labor costs. To date, Inner out from under the existing $24,000 mortgage tention to get involved in projects where the City Housing Corporation has not found a limit In Section 235 and increase our produc­ going is toughest. From our experiences, we factory-bunt system which compares in tion of single-famUy homes in the area. have learned firsthand the frustrations and day-to-day dilemmas confronted by minority quality and cost to the conventionally buUt MULTIFAMn.Y PRODUCTION frame and stucco homes it markets. builders and, also, that seed money is not Inner City Housing Corporation entered enough to guarantee minority business ICHC packages and originates its Section the multifamlly field in the summer of success. 235 loans and assigns them to member asso­ 1971. Our initial production goal of 200 to ciations or other lenders. Disbursement of 600 units of multifa.mlly and elderly hous­ LOOKING AHEAD WITH CONFIDENCE construction funds is handled by participat­ ing during the first year appeared modest The purpose of this article has been to ing associations. and realistic. During the first year, ICHC describe, as simply as possible, the operation HELPING THE HOME BUYER submitted projects totaling more than 900 of one service corporation which is active in Inner City's sales approach is unique. In­ units. These projects include new and rehab the low-income housing field. There isn't stead of using local brokers and extensive Section 236 and new and rehab Section 23 enough space to relate and analyze the media. advertising, ICHC locates most buyers leased housing, both family and elderly. To problems we've encountered, to suggest ways through community contacts and word of date, only one project has received a Letter of improving the housing programs we work of Feasib111ty. ICHC's only other accomplish­ with, or to contemplate better approaches to mouth. From the beginning, ICHC acts a.s the housing low-income persons. buyer's advocate, helping him to understand ment has been the sale of five Section 23 the local housing market, the nature and projects to local limited partners. These proj­ The primary concern of ICHC for the past ects range in size from a. three-family unit 21 months has been creM.ion of a viable mechanics of home purchase, and the hous­ development company in the inner city. This ing options available. To make this advocacy to a building with 24 elderly units. The inab111ty of Inner City to successfully challenge transcends all others. Without ade­ role work, the company initiated a series of quate knowledge of the community, practi­ 8-week educational classes to introduce pro­ process projects through BUD is attributable to several factors. All local 236 applications cal know-how, and sufficient capital, develop­ spective buyers to various aspects of home­ have been hamstrung by a backlog in the ment corporations characteristically are ownership, including credit and money man­ HUD area ofiice. Subsidy funds for both short-lived. Inner City intends to stay. agement, maintenance and repair, interior Sections 236 and 23 have been scarce and We feel that, despite all the problems, there decoration, diet and health care, and con­ there have been other factors. is room for enthusiasm about the future of sumer education. While the classes are volun­ Whatever the reasons, ICHC has yet to ICHC and other inner city service corpora­ tary, most famllles attend. The first class of meet its first-year goals. Nevertheless, we tions. 24 families graduated last June. are forging ahead and are prepared to take First, the service corporation idea is con­ The counseling service is funded by profits on projects other developers won't enter into. sistent with the history and mission of the from the sale of individual homes. Federal Many of our recent submissions to BUD are savings and loan industry. The service cor­ funding for home counseling under Sections multifamily projects of 3 to 10 units in size. poration can be a direct conduit of funds 235 and 237 has been promised for more than While most developers shy away from these restricted and unrestricted, into low-incom~ a year, but at present, Inner City has the only small projects because of the inordinate communities. Moreover, when community de­ active program of this kind in the Los amounts of paper work involved and prob­ velopment activity is at a standstill, the Angeles area.. One of ICHC's intentions is to lems of management, ICHC believes enough service corporation can engage directly in monitor home buyers for a period of 2 years in the concept of small and scattered proj­ development and construction or provide the to determine the benefits of the program to ects to attempt them. combined consultative and financing roles both homeowners and lenders. ICHC's largest project, if successfully ne­ usually unavailable to minority builders and After including overhead and other ex­ gotiated, will be the rehabilitation of a hotel entrepreneurs. penses created by the absence of economies for senior citizens. We currently hold an op­ Second, the service corporation creates a of scale, our Section 235 new construction tion to purchase a. 419-room hotel in down­ direct link between savings and loan man­ program is a break-even effort. However, town Los Angeles. Having obtained a Letter agement and ghetto residents, community there are several indirect benefits to the of Feasibllity from BUD, ICHC's proposa:;. is organizations, City Hall, and Government company. First, a single-family program is a to convert the building to 258 one-bedroom housing agencies. This contact and ongoing convenient way of becoming exposed to BUD and efficiency units and lease the completed dialogue is of far greater importance than processing and becoming involved in the project to the Los Angeles City Housing the actual commitment of loan funds. Pre­ black community. At the same time, we've Authority. The project is now being proc­ sumably, experience gained from this kind made friends of the families purchasing our essed at BUD. of interaction will increase the volume and homes and created good relationships with MINORITY CONTRACTORS improve the quality of future lending in the churches and agencies in the community. One of Inner City Housing Corporation's core areas and help bridge the gap between Section 235 is probably the simplest and aims has been to make its capital and man­ Establishment interests and ghetto needs. cheapest way to learn the structure of BUD agement skills available to minority contrac­ Finally, the savings and loan business is and the intricacies of Government housing tors. In one instance, ICHC is providing largely dependent upon regulatory and legis­ programs. We have established a track rec­ working capital and interim financing to a lative largess for its success in the market­ ord and credibillty at BUD which will, hope­ black contractor who 1s building 28 Section place. With all levels of government deeply fully, be sustained as we proceed with other 235 homes under the Los Angeles Minority involved in the problems of urban America, October 11, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 35201 it seems clear that our abll1ty to get from Obviously Nader thinks the little man THE PROPAGANDA WAR: government what we need to survive and doesn't count; he just pays the congress­ WHO'S WINNING? prosper will be greatly enhanced 1f we are, man's salary. in fact, making a real contribution to the The Nader study finds it somehow un­ resolution of the urban dilemma. democratic that the congressional leaders are The service corporation vehicle, at the not "bosses," but popular among their col­ HON. JOHN E. HUNT very least, represents a partial answer. leagues. On the other hand, Chairman Wil­ OF NEW JERSEY bur Mills of the House Ways and Means IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Committee is no good because he exercises power. Wednesday, October 11, 1972 NADER TURNS SCATTER-GUNS ON Other congressional leaders are accused of "red-neckism" because they do not legis­ Mr. HUNT. Mr. Speaker, propaganda CONGRESS late the way Nader wants them to do. And is a true art and it is perfected to its the highly respected chairman of the House highest degree when your country's HON. BOB WILSON Armed Services Committee, Rep. F. Edward enemy succeeds in instilling the belief in Hebert, sins because "in the absence of the minds of a vociferous minority of OF CALIFORNIA scandal" he cooperates with the Pentagon. your own citizens that it is not their IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Almost any reporter covering Capital H111 enemy. Such individuals not only am­ could tell Nader how the Congress works Wednesday, October 11, 1972 without any $300,000 worth of research. The plify the propaganda line, but continue Mr. BOB WILSON. Mr. Speaker, un­ system has many faults, but it has proven to generate issues in support of that line der leave to extend my remarks in the itself to be the best ever devised by men. even without the enemy's prompting. Of RECORD, I include the following: The next installment of Nader's "study" course, the enemy takes great care in will be an extended "Washington Confiden­ orchestrating the campaign to give it Ralph Nader, who made some bucks writ­ tial"-an expose of the lives and habits of cohesion and the appearance of spon­ ing about auto safety and a lot more suing 485 members of Congress, to be issued on taneity. General Motors, is on the march again. He Oct. 18-at a time when, presumably, it will has released the first part of a study of the have an impact on the election yet not leave For example, after the first few years Congress. It is biased and inaccurate. enough time for those assaulted" to make of hard fighting in Vietnam without There's nothing new about this-that's their rebuttals. evidence of a foreseeable conclusive vic­ the Nader method. What is most interesting tory on either side, the proposition was is that Nader has reached the point in self­ advanced that if the United States com­ adulation at which he believes that he is mitted itself to an unconditional with­ untouchable. In the past, Nader could appear before a THE :MINISH AMENDMENT AND drawal, our POW's would be released. congressional committee, sp111 his btle, and EDW~D J. PATTEN That issue was developed and refined to get a big hand from the assembled legisla­ the point that even today, our POW's tors. No one dared question his facts, his continue to be the only trump card held motives, or the sources of the vast sums of HON. JOSEPH G. MINISH by the North Vietnamese. Ironically, the money he spends on his ever-widening activi­ OF NEW JERSEY North Vietnamese have never publicly ties. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and o:tncially offered to release American When he screamed about "secrecy" in gov­ POW's under any circumstances. ernment and in the private sector, he was Wednesday, October 11, 1972 never asked to explain why he keeps hil!l own More recently, with the renewed and operations so veiled-to the point that some Mr. MINISH. Mr. Speaker, during the intensified bombing of North Vietnam, of his enterprises don't even have their •month of November 1971, when the Con­ the anguished cry was raised-more by names on office doors. gress was considering wage-price legis­ Americans than by the North Viet­ When he announced his "study" of Con­ gress, Nader said that he was personally lation, I introduced what came to be namese themselves-that the Red River picking up the $300,000 tab-interesting for known as the Minish amendment. This dikes were being deliberately bombed~ a young man who began with a penny, and was a proposal which guaranteed the Seizing upon this new-found issue, the nice work if you can get it. This, of course, teachers and workers of this country North Vietnamese began to arrange care­ is but a side-bar comment on the point at their legal pay raises which had been fully guided tours for antiwar activists issue. nullified by the President's freeze. to illustrate and publicize what was Nader sent his gumshoes out to do an The Minish amendment required the claimed to be the bomb damage caused "objective" study of the ways of Congress, as well as the public and private lives of its payment of retroactive and deferred by American planes. House and Senate members. But those con­ wage increases which had been con­ In this context, it was refreshing to re­ gressmen I have talked to agree that Nader's tracted for prior to the freeze. Despite a ceive a letter from two of my constit­ interviewers were not out for facts but for temporary setback in the House, we were uents who saw through this self-serving blood. It also was obvious that he was out to finally able to include the provision in performance. More than this, they spoke prove a point, to make political headlines. the conference committee and in the as parents who had lost a son in Viet­ If there was any doubt about this, Nader nam. They asked: gave it all away when he held a press con­ final law. ference to introduce the first part of his It was a difficult journey through the "Since when is it right for a person to al~ study, a paper back with the loaded title: legislative process, and many Members and abet an enemy, to bring back (informa­ "Who Runs Congress-The President, Big gave me support to complete this im­ tion/ propaganda?) and then use it against Business or You?" portant task. In particular, there was one one's own country? This is strange action­ His answer, based on the superficial find­ Member and fellow Jerseyan who sup­ or can it be called treason?" ings of his staff, is that the federal govern­ ported me steadfastly. That man was I COI!!lllend to your attention the full ment is corrupt from top to bottom. This wlll no doubt gladden the hearts of EDWARD J. PATTEN. text of the letter which follows: many thousands of federal workers who, Mr. Speaker, ED PATTEN, representing AUGUST 17, 1972. whatever their limitations may be, do an the 15th Congressional District of New Hon. JoHN E. HuNT, honest job. Nader tries to hang it on Presi­ Jersey, agreed with me on the need for House of Representatives, dent Nixon whose Administration the "cru­ legislation to guarantee the full pay Washington, D.C. sader" saw as "the most corrupt in history"­ raises negotiated prior to the wage-price DEAR CoNGRESSMAN HUNT: It has come to a line he lifted from Sen. George McGovern. freeze. He voiced great concem over the our attention on the television and in the But since the preponderance of federal em­ fact that educators, particularly in our newspapers that some "well-known" citizens ployes got their jobs under Democratic ad­ have taken it upon themselves to be in­ ministrations, where does this put Nader? home State, would not realize the entire pay increase due them if the retroac­ vestigators of damage in North Vietnam. There were broad smiles when Nader made They make themselves available to an enemy one point against the Congress. Its mem­ tivity clause were not inserted in the for their own self-seeking of truth---60 they bers, he accused, waste time providing serv­ legislation. ices for their constituents--30 percent of say. What is their real motive or whether they There was strong opposition to my truly are sincere, only time will tell. However, their time to look into the problems of the amendment, but thanks to the support people who vote them into office. The Con­ they have been duped, we believe, and w111 be gress should put aside all this nonsense, for­ of ED PATTEN and other Members, we used greatly by the Communists. get the taxpayer who is in trouble and spend were able to include the Minish amend­ ~ occurs to us that lt may cost more Uves all his time on overseeing and legislating. ment in the final bill. by their actions and it does not seem right 35202 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 11, 1972 to let it persist without making a protest. for education, health and other beneficial challenged by successive Congresses until This is a war and many people h'S.ve been social measures and conversely pour billions passage of the Joint Services Pay Act of 1922, killed. Since when is it right for a person to into that degrading, yet shameless, horror in which denied to those retired prior to the ef­ aid and abet an enemy, to bring back (in­ Indochina. I think you should know that fective date of the Act the right to recom­ formation/propaganda?) and then to use it I am completely distllusioned about the pute their retired pay on the basis of the new against one's own country? This is strange greatness and honor of our country, feeling schedules. The 69th Congress, in passing action--or can it be called treason? very deeply that we are far more accurately Public Law 204 in 1926, corrected this injus­ This has not been as easy for us to accept a nation of plunderers and dispollers than tice and the Senate report, s. 364, 69th Con­ becau.se our dear son was killed in Vietnam of honorable, charitable people. If, as it is gress, contained this statement: serviug his country. He went voluntarily over hoped we will believe, this is the best country "The 1922 legislation deprives all officers there a second time and 'S.n enemy killed him. in the world, then God help the human race. retired prior to the date of said benefits, It is war. - As Arthur Toynbee said, thereby violating the basic law under which This letter is written to you, Mr. Hunt, be­ "America has become everything she these officers gained their retirement rights. cause we are Bible-believing Christians. The started out not to be." There is no justice in two pay schedules for Bible tells us that God has ultimate ch&-ge Yours very truly, equal merit and equal service." of all governments. It seems that God 1s Mrs. M. JANE HANsoN. In January 1931, a Joint Congressional testing America and the only hope we have Committee, after reviewing the overall Mlli­ of "turning the tide" is to turn back to God tary Compensation System, stated in Senate as a nation. We pray for our President and Document 259, 71st Congress, 3d session: our elected representatives that God will give FROM A MILITARY RETffiEES "The pay of any person on the retired list you the wisdom and the courage to make should be based on the pay of persons of like declsions for our nation that will be just and POINT OF VIEW grade on the active list." God-honoring. He must have the glory On June 16, 1942, the 77th Congress, in through His Son Jesus Christ. There 1s just HON. THOMAS N. DOWNING passing Public Law 607, recognized the provi­ no other way. sions of existing law relative to computing It is a terrible dllemma, this war. How can OF VmGINIA retired pay when it stated in Section 15 we possibly have honor dealing with a dis­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES thereof: honorable and atheistic country? There can Wednesday, October 11, 1972 "On and after the effective date of this Act, be no meeting of the minds. May God have retired officers * * * shall have their retired mercy on all of us in America and may we Mr. DOWNING. Mr. Speaker, I have pay • * * computed as now authorized by law turn to rum in prayer for His direction in this introduced again in this Congress a bill in on the basis of pay provided in this Act." matter. Thank you. behalf of our military retirees which In 1946, in passing Public Law 474, the Con­ Sincerely yours, would amend title 10 of the United States gress again adhered to the existing law by Mr. and Mrs. LEWIS W. HECK. permUting those already retired to partici­ Code to equalize the retirement pay of pate iu the new pay schedules. members of the uniformed services of Career members of the uniformed services, equal rank and years of service. I would regular and reserve, active and retired, had CITIZEN PROTESTS ABDICATION OF like to insert in the REcoRD today an arti­ their faith in the dependab111ty of theii CONGRESSIONAL POWERS cle written by Comdr. Justus P. earned retirement rights further strength­ White, Coast Guard, retired, entitled ened in 1949 when the Advisory Commission "From a Military Retiree's Point of on Service Pay (The Hook Commission) HON. GEORGE E. DANIELSON recommended that the Congress continue to View." uph0ld the basic principle of keeping retired OF CALIFORNIA The article follows: pay geared to current active duty pay sched­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM A MILITARY RETIREES POINT OF VIEW ules. The recommendations of this Com­ Wednesday, October 11, 1972 Persons who entered the uniformed serv- mission were accepted by the Congress when ices prior to June 1, 1958 have suffered a seri­ it enacted Public Law 351 in October 1949. Mr. DANIELSON. Mr. Speaker, I re­ ous loss of earned retired pay due to the Section 511 of this law reads in part: cently received a letter from one of my action of Congress in precipitously suspend­ "Retired pay shall be computed on the constituents which comes very close to ing a favorable system existing prior to that monthly basic pay * * * which such member expressing my own feelings in regard to time and later substituting a less satisfac­ would be entitled to receive if serving on ac­ the debt ceiling measure taken up in this tory system. tive duty in such grade." At that time and for almost a hundred In 1952 and again in 1955, Congress en­ chamber yesterday. It is an excellent let­ years before then the U.S. Code contained acted legislation increasing the pay of the ter and I want to take this opportunity specific provisions entitling uniformed serv­ active services and, in each of these laws, to share it with my colleagues. The letter ices personnel to retired pay based upon cur­ continued the time-honored principle of follows: rent active duty rates. equating retired pay to current active duty Los ANGELES, CALIF., Although such persons had no signed con­ pay. October 3, 1972. tract with the U.S. Government promising In 1957, the Cordiner Committee, which, Hon. GEORGE DANIELSON, them that this system would be continued like the Hook Commission, had been formed Washington, D.C. after their service was completed, there was to study the military compensation system DEAR CoNGRESSMAN: Newsman Roger Smith, certainly a moral obligation on the part of concluded: last night on ABC-TV, commented on the the Government not to reduce the benefit "• • • that the incentive value of the ex­ sorry display of responsib111ty as carried out after it was earned. isting military retirement system depends to by Congress. The thrust of his remarks bore The more than 500,000 retired career per­ a major degree upon its integral relationship on the recent conduct of that body in matters sonnel, both regular and reserve, who had with active duty compensation and the con­ financial. It seems our representatives are served in two World Wars, Korea, and Viet­ fidence which has been built up in the m111- anxious to be relieved of the guardianship nam, believed that the Government would tary body that no breach of faith or breach of the nation's purse-strings and that they continue to honor that obligation by preserv­ of retirement contract has ever been per­ feel, to some extent at least, that money mat­ ing their entitlement to those rights and mitted by Congress and the American people." ters could best be handled by the President. benefits earned under existing law during ••The uniformity of compensation thus Having lived in California for twenty-five their active service. Faith in that belief achieved is considered appropriate and the years, I am well acquainted with the track was strengthened by repeated governmental inclusion of retired personnel within the record of Richard Nixon. I vividly remember statements concerning the matter. new compensation system is considered by what he did to Helen Gahagan Douglas. I do In 1806, in the case of Unlted States vs. the Committee to be a mandatory and essen­ not want a man of that caliber (or any one Heth, (7 US 399, 2L, Ed. 479), the Supreme tial feature, fully in consonance with the man, for that matter) tampering with the Court stated: long-established principle that retired com­ vast sums of money yearly allocated by Con­ "WhUe it is true that pay is subject to the pensation must always remain closely re­ gress. It's a very frightening thought, be­ wUl of Congress, the presumption is where a lated to current active duty pay." lieve me. person performs service under the prospect of Obviously, the recommendations of the I want, to know a good deal more about certain emoluments, it is in the interest of Cordiner Committee fell on deaf ears when this matter. What Mr. Smith told us was, the Government to engender a. confidence in the Congress, in enacting Public Law 85-422 because of the time factor, very brief and the minds of its citizens wh1ch leaves no on May 20, 1958, chose to ignore these rec­ lacking in detail. And that's what I want­ room for distrust ..." ommendations by denying to those already details. The Military Retirement System was ini­ retired, the right to have their retired pay It would have been impossible for the tiated by Congress during the CivU War. It recomputed on the basis of the active duty President to have garnered unto himself so was at this time that the basic principle of pay scales authorized by that law. Such ac­ much power if Congress had been doing the keeping retired pay geared to current a.ctlve tion was taken notwithstanding the fact job tlie electorate trusted to Congress to do. duty pay schedules was established. This that existing law (10 USC 1401) clearly pro­ I find it infuriating that he can rescind bills basic principle apparently was not seriously vided that "retired pay would be computed October 11, 1972 EXTENSLONS OF REMARKS 35203 at rates applicable on date of retirement and was a practice rather than an action required new system is th&t merit and length of serv­ adjusted to reflect later changes in applica­ by law." ice are no longer primary factors in deter­ ble permanent rates." Senator Smith requested that this point mining the compensation a retiree will re­ The reaction was Immediate and the na­ be checked and the Committee be provided ceive during the inactive phase of his career. tional conscience was thoroughly aroused. with an appropriate statement. The infor­ On the contrary, it has now become a matter Hopes ran high, and with good reason, that mation subsequently submitted by Secretary of when the individual was born and how this injustice would be corrected forthwith. McNamara to the Committee established successful he was in manipul&tlng a favor­ Fifteen States Legislative bodies passed emphatically that authority for recom­ able retirement date. During the brief span memoriallzing Resolutions urging Congress putation of pay by retired officers in the of time since June 1, 1958, nine different to enact remedial legislation; over forty past had been based on clear provisions of categories of retirees of equal merit and equal members of the House of Representatives and law rather than on mere practice. service have been developed. For example, thirty-one Senators introduced bills designed The distressing point of this exchange is an 0-6 (captain or Colonel) with over 80 to correct this tragic mistake; dozens of that it occurred four years after passage of years of serv.tce retiring a!ter AprU 15, 1970, newspapers and magazines from coast to Public Law 85-422, which denied the bene­ receives $342.48 more per month than his coast carried editorials calling upon the Con­ fits of Section 1401 to retirees, and the evi­ brother officer of the same rank and length gress to meet its moral obligations. On May dence is clear that the Secretary of Defense of service who retired prior to June 1, 1958. 12, 1960, the House of Repr~entatives with­ did not know what it provided. Also, one Millions of words, both spoken and writ­ out a dissenting vote, passed H.R. 11318, cannot help wondering how many of the ten have been addressed to this subject dur­ which would have restored the historic prin­ seventeen Senators on this important Com­ ing the past ten years in an effort to justify ciples prescribed in Title 10, USC 1401. How­ mittee were fully aware of this important the abrogation by the Government of its ever, in spite of this overwhelming expression and vital Section of Title 10. moral responsibility. And yet, the hard cold of public opinion, the Senate Armed Services On October 2, 1963, Congress took the final fact remains that those members of the Uni­ Committee refused to hold hearings on the step in destroying the century old tradition formed Services who entered upon their House passed bill and permitted it to die of computing compensation for mtlitary re­ careers prior to June 1, 1958, performed their upon adjournment of the 86th Congress with­ tirees. By this time there was a general service under a legally guaranteed formula out giving the Senate an opportunity to de­ awareness of the existence and contents of whereby their retired pay would be deter­ bate the bill. Section 1401 and Congress, in passing P.L. mined as a percentage of current active duty It is interesting to note that when the 88-132, specifically repealed that Section. In pay and the actions of Congress in passing Pay Act of 1958 was enacted, no reference lieu of the law under which these mtlltary Publlc Laws 65-422 and 88-132 reduced the was made to Section 1401, although that is retirees had earned their retirement rights, guaranteed benefits after they had been fully the Section which provided the statutory this new Act provided that all retirees would or partly earned. The fact that such rights authority to compute retired pay on active have their retired pay adjusted in the future are not legally enforceable cannot in any way duty rates. Further, in the hearing before in accordance with a formula based on the mitigate the moral responsibility of the Gov­ the Senate Armed Services Committee on illusive Consumer Price Index. A determined ernment to provide compensation to retirees June 7, 1962, Senator Smith of Maine ques­ group, ably led by the Honorable L. Mendel in accordance with the laws 1n effect when tioned Secretary McNamara relative to the Rivers, finally convinced Congress that a the compensation was earned. provisions of existing law as it applied to gross injustice had been visited upon those We agree fully with the sentiments ex­ computing retired pay and the Secretary persons who had retired prior to June 1, pressed by one of the Justices of the Supreme replied: 1958, and had been denied an increase based Court in an oplnlon involving the right of "I don't recall that the law stated that re­ upon the pay scales authorized by P.L. 85- the Government to take some reservation tired pay would remain a constant, or would 422. Belatedly, they were authorized the land belonging to the Tuscarora Indians and continue to have a constant relationship to raises that they should have received 1n guaranteed to them in perpetuity, when he active duty pay as acti've duty pay changed 1958. said, "Great Nations, like great men. should subsequent to retirement. I understand that One of the most tragic consequences of the keep their word."

MILITARY RETIRED PAY-RETIRED PAY RECEIVED BY RETIREES WITH 24 YEARS! SERVICE, AS AFFECTED BY DATE OF RETIREMENT

Retired between-

June 1, 1958 Apr. 1, 1963 Sept 1, 1964 Sept. 1, 1965 Ju~ 1,1965 July 1, 1968 July 1, 1969' Retired before and Mar. 31, and Aug. 31, and Aug. 30, and June 30, an June 30, and June 30, and Apr. 16, Retired after June 1, 1958 1963 1964 1965 1966 1968 1969 1970 Apr. 17,1970

$475 $489 $547 $561 $569 $587 $604 $691 263 272 596 303 322 333 342 392 ~_aj~~======:::: ======: Note: The differential in dollars and percentage in each grade between the oldest and youngest group is Major: $216 (45.5 percent); Sergeant (pay grade E-7): $129 (49.0 percent).

ZEAKE W. JOHNSON WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES to the Communist bloc that brought up the issue: We'll hold free elections on Puerto Rican independence every two years--if the HON. JOHN M. SLACK HON. CRAIG HOSMER Soviet Union will Q.o the same in its satelllte OF WEST VIRGINIA OF CALIFORNIA nations and within its own borders. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HELP FOR THOSE "MOVING DAY BLUES" Wednesday, October 11, 1972 Wednesday, October 11, 1972 The Interstate Commerce Commission has just released a new publlcation which should Mr. SLACK. Mr. Speaker, I join the Mr. HOSMER. Mr. Speaker, there be of interest to fam111es planning household many friends of Zeake W. Johnson who follows the October issue of Washington moves. It is the new Publlc Advisory No. 4, have paid tribute to his fine work while News Notes which I use to help keep the titled "Lost or Damaged Household Goods: serving as Sergeant at Arms of the House people of my congressional district in­ Prevention and Recovery." It offers sensible advice on how to protect your personal prop­ of Representatives. formed on items related to the Govern­ erty during moves and procedures to be fol­ Throughout my own years of service in ment and issues: lowed in the event your goods are lost or the House I found him to be accommo­ WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES damaged. Copies are avatlable free from the dating, efficient and helpful in every (By Congressman CRAIG HOSMER) ICC field office, 300 N. Los Angeles Street, Los respect. For the new Congressmen, he Angeles 90012. made a special effort to ease the path to THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK THE BATTLE OF LONG BEACH HARBOR acquaintanceship among new colleagues, At the instigation of the Communist bloc, An obscure paragraph hidden in the midst and was even wllling to go a little farther the United Nations Special Committee on of a voluminous Mtlltary Appropriations blll than required to fill a request courteously. Colonialism is studying "U.S. colonialism in almost snuck through the House of Repre­ He leaves behind a legasy of good will Puerto Rico." Interestingly, a 1967 referen­ sentatives last month. If passed, it might and respect for himself and the office he dum on the island's status resulted in a have crippled or even closed the U.S. Naval 99.4% vote for continued close ties with the Shipyards. held, and his retirement will be enriched U.S., either continuation of its present But in a display of parllamentary skill and by that satisfaction. I want to extend my commonwealth status or statehood. Only polltical muscle, Congressman Craig Hosmer congratulations to Zeake, and best wishes 6/10ths of 1% of the population voted !or and a dozen o! his House colleagues success­ for many golden years of relaxation and independence. fully kllled the offensive provision. At issue enjoyment. Perhaps the U.S. should offer a challenge was a "rider" to the De!ense Appropriations 35204 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 11, 1972 blll which attempted to set a rigid formula SHIRLEY M. KYLE ADDRESSES CITY the research staff has had in successful oper­ for allocating work between private ship­ MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE ation a pilot plant in College Park, Mary­ yards and the 10 Naval Shipyards. land-which really favors an animated Rube Within hours of discovering the "rider,'' Goldberg drawing-that treats incinerator Hosmer rallled Rep. Bob Leggett (D-Callf.) residues in much the same manner that and other members representing Naval ship­ HON. ANCHER NELSEN minera-ls are separated from their ores. The yard districts. When the blll came up for a OF MINNESOTA equipment is not new. It consists of the vote, Hosmer and his colleagues had the rider IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES conventional and proven mineral engineering stricken from the bill on a legal technicality, components-the shredders, the screeners, then crushed an attempt to reinsert it as an Wednesday, October 11, 1972 the grinders, the magnetic separators. All amendment. Mr. NELSEN. Mr. Speaker, I am proud these make it possible to continually sepa­ UNCLE SAM'S PAYROLL rate and recover tin, iron, aluminum, copper, that Miss Shirley M. Kyle, a Minnesotan, lead, zinc, glass-just to name a. few of the Believe it or not, the Federal bureaucracy has achieved a position of high respon­ is actually shrinking-just as President golden items. And by applying a little tech­ Nixon promised. In Fiscal '72 just completed, sibility in the Department of the Interior nology to the peanut sorter, they've dis­ average civllian employment of the Executive as special assistant to the Secretary. covered a way to separate clear glass from Branch (including the Defense Department) Miss Kyle is a former information and colored glass. was almost 100,000 lower than 1968. The total communications relations officer with the In practice, the process is technica-lly was 2.8 mlllion last year. Total payroll costs National Capitol Planning Commission sound. On paper, its economics appear were $31.2 billion, an average of about $11,000 favorable. here in Washington and an expert on ur­ Now the staff is seeing if it's possible to do per government worker. ban problems. She recently addressed the away with that "middle-man"-the inciner­ INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS NEAR COMPLETION Environmental Management Workshop ator. By the end of this year, they expect Transportation Secretary John Volpe says of the 58th Conference of the Interna­ to have in operation, equipment that will that the 42,500-mile Interstate Highway Sys­ tional City Management Association in mechanically separate and recover metals, tem is almost 80% complete, with work Minneapolis, Minn., and it is my pleasure glass, paper, and plastics from raw, unburned already underway on another 18%. In to include her comments in the RECORD refuse on a. continuous basis. California, our Interstate system is slightly at this time: It's the junk cars that present the real better otr---85% complete. challenge. The staff is constantly probing Since joining Secretary Morton's staff, I HOSMER, COMMITTEE PRAISED for answers to such questions as: how do you have noticed that whenever the Depart­ economically recover the aluminum, copper, The respected Iza.r..k Walton League has ment of Interior is assigned the role of commended Congressman Craig Hosmer and and zinc lost in the normal scrap cycle of discussing urban problems, urban needs, ur­ these vehicles; how can you economically the House Interior Committee for "excel­ ban programs, urban anything--eyebrows lent progress" thus far on the hotly con­ recover copper from starters, generator, and raise, eyes buck, and lips begin murmuring: alternators. troversial Surface Mining Reclamation Act. "Who goofed in the casting bit?" Praising the Committee's "sensitivity to the I've only skimmed the surface on what For, to many people, we're that Federal the Bureau of Mines is doing, but let me environmental hazards caused by surface department, with all those offices and mining,'' the conservationist organization switch to a different urban environmental bureaus and employees who deal with the "fallout" that, soon, will bring on stage one told Hosmer, "Your decision is fully con­ environment, mainly in the plains. We ad­ sistent with the intent of the Act which is of our other bureaus not readily identified in minister nearly 500 million acres of Federal the urban arena.. designed to permit surface mining in areas land. We have trust responsibllities for ap­ which can be successfully restored and where This "fallout" has to do with Nature, which, proximately 50 million more acres of land in many of our urban areas, is being opted its operation does not interfere with publlc that consist mostly of Indian reservations. health, safety and enjoyment of America's out of existence because of our apparent We conserve and develop mineral and water preference for the concrete wilderness and outdoors." resources. We promote mine safety and effi­ asphalt jungles. SHUTTING DOWN THE MAINLINE ciency. We conserve, develop, and utilize fish The Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife According to the U.S. Bureau of Narcotics and wildlife resources. We coordinate Federal is taking a hard look at this issue. and Dangerous Drugs, the East Coast has and state recreation programs. We administer Now, there's no intention, here, to upstage seen a. sharp decline in the supply of heroin the Nation's scenic and historic areas. We the headline acts of our Bureau of Outdoor over the past 12 months. As drug agents in­ reclaim arid lands in the West through Recreation. All of us applaud the great role crease their pressure on foreign and domestic irrigation. We manage hydro-electric power this staff is playing in affording our cities, sources, street prices have soared, qua.Uty systems. counties, and states the opportunities to ac­ has fallen and arrests have jumped And seldom a day goes by that our efforts quire and develop land for outdoor recrea­ dramatically. BNDD offi.cia.ls believe that the and strategies for dealing with environmen­ tion. And they're doing an encore perform­ heroin drought-perhaps only a. temporary tal problems don't catapult us into the head­ ance in helping to implement President curtailment-coincides with the marked suc­ lines of newspapers, the feature sections of Nixon's Legacy of Parks program throughout cess of anti-narcotics law enforcement during magazines, or even, sometimes, into court. the country. Fiscal 1972. But meanwhile, back inhouse, the Depart­ But, today, I'm exposing you to some of ment of Interior is delving into environmen­ ANOTHER IDOL WITH FEET OF CLAY the acts and scripts of other bureaus in the tal problems that confront all of our urban Department of Interior to demonstrate our Is Smokey the Bear a. fire hazard? Perhaps areas--the la.r>ge metropolitan regions, the so, according to Dr. H. T. Lewis, a Canadian total commitment in dealing with urban en­ medium-sized cities, the small towns. Be­ vironmental problems. We recognize our re­ forestry expert. According to Dr. Lewis, cause, we, too, indeed are concerned a.·bout sophisticated forest fire protection has re­ sponsilbilities in this area., and wherever we the urban environmental "fallouts" that can, we are applying, and seeking ways to sulted in fewer-but hotter and more emanate in the wake of our high-speed apply, our techniques, know-how, and re­ dangerous--fires. He says that occasional standard of living, and play havoc with our lightning fires tend to burn off dead wood search capa.bllities to meet the challenge. quality of life. In a recent speech, Secretary Morton ex­ and trees, resulting in generally healthier Two grandiose "fallouts," that come im­ pressed concern for the disparity between forest s. But because of a. "Smokey the Bear mediately to mind, are the garba.ge dumps what he called, "the voracious demand for syndrome," today's fires are extremely hot, and auto graveyards which, daily, puncture development in our cities and towns and the setting bigger trees on fire and doing more the urbanscape and swallow up land people consequences of the urban expansion on the damage. could live on. Would you believe, Bureau of lives of our people." He charged that, "we THE HOUSE IS NOT A "HOUSE" Mines has been probing those junk cultures? In the staff's vernacular, that's urban ore. can no longer afford to plan without consider­ To the surprise and chagrin of most Con­ and years of research has proved their theory ing open space, pa.rklands, and landscaping gressmen, the Architect of the_Capitol decided that indeed there is "gold" in them thar an integral part of every urban design, of t o redecorate the staid old Speaker's Lobby, man-made hills! every building complex, and every road and adjacent t o the House chambers in the What better agency than Bureau of Mines highway network." And he emphasized the Capitol. While Members were trying to pin to tackle this problem; for, since its crea­ need for the skills of landscape architects the blame on someone and to find out how tion in 1910, this bureau has been respon­ and planners in cities where we virtually have much it cost, one wag commented that "they sible for researching the separation, recovery, eliminated the signs of nature. turned it from a 19th century's men's room and recycling of major solid waste prod­ Recently, the Bureau of Sport Plsheries and into a 19th century bawdy house." Another ucts, n ot only from the mines, mills, smelter Wildlife explored the Secretary's concern in wanted to know if the renovation has been wastes and the like, but also from urban ref­ a symposium on "Man and Nature and the supervised by Congressman Jim Hanley use and junk. City." But they went a step further. Not (N.Y.) and Charles Diggs (Mich.), the House's Now what has the Bureau been doing for only did the staff and participants--who two undertakers. urban areas lately? For the past two years, represented various walks of life--deal with October 11, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 35205 open space, but they also considered how to projects onto the open stages of program­ I hope you're convinced, now, that nobody make wildlife a more positive factor in the ming and implementation, and your role in goofed in casting the Department of Interior lives of people who have relatively little op­ this total process. in this urban-oriented role, today. We're portunity to see and enjoy wildlife in what Simply put, we're still writing the script really with it, and with your help, we can we accept as the usual place for wildlife. for this scenario, and we certainly need your succeed in dealing with these urban environ­ To put it in the vernacular of the staff, help, because the success of meeting the mental issues as we see them. they talked about urban wildlife-the birds, challenge posed by our urban environmental chipmunks, squirrels, and other small ani­ conditions, will depend greatly, I believe, mals which can tolerate sharing the land upon the extent to which Federal, state, and POSTAL PROGRESS with man, if he'll just let them; urban for­ local governments mobilize their resources, ests-those small groves of wooded areas share their talents, and work together to get which still manage, somehow, to escape the the job done. HON. WILLIAM A. STEIGER clutches of the developer; and urban "wide­ We must answer President Nixon's call to OF WISCONSIN open" spaces-those vacant lots, abandoned America to "pioneer ... in turning the won­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES alleys, dead-end streets, unused railroad ders of science to the service of man." This yards, and deteriorating, incompatible in­ means cloSing the communication gap that Wednesday, October 11, 1972 dustrial waste lands which can be trans­ tends to spread among all levels of govern­ formed from unusable, ugly eyesores to places ment, so that information and assistance Mr. STEIGER of Wisconsin. Mr. of recreation and beauty. flows freely and effectively across all juris­ Speaker, the U.S. Postal Service has When the symposium verbalized its way dictional lines and through all bureaucratic taken steps, some of them highly innova­ intQ the dilemma of a developer, who also channels. tive, to bring added revenues, to cut oper­ happens to be a landscape architect, every­ No doubt press clips on the Bureau of ating costs-and to forestall further rate one suddenly realized the dearth of inform.a.­ Mines' solid waste project have crossed your increases, at least for the present. tion there is in this business of trying to desks. But, how many of you are keeping Through trimming of a number of jobs bring nature back to our urban areas. The tabs on this; checking to see what implica­ architect admitted he knows he's supposed tions this proposal may have in your area; from the Service's overall work force, to know something about landsca.ping, but developing means for implementation once large savings were effected. In addition, he doesn't know all he feels he should know you've decided to pursue it. the Service has established a postal train­ in fulfilling the mission. Worse yet, he doesn't Our scientists will continue to probe for ing facility in Oklahoma and greatly in­ know the types of questions to ask the na­ the answers, and they will continue to trust creased mechanization. All of this is ture-minded technicians and experts to get to the publicity process in getting their word geared toward greater efficiency, in both the answers to what it 1s he needs to know. out among you. But they would heartily the cost and time involved in delivering The symposium ended on the bewilder welcome the feedback and the sharing of re­ the mail. Postal boutiques have also been that, 1f it is decided that nature be intro­ sources and information. duced into the city, then it must be decided We must find ways to respond to the established in a number of cities, with whether or not it can be done, how much can pleadings, of city and county officials, for the dual effect of increasing the volume be done, and what way can it be done. stronger, more efficient working relation­ of people coming to postal facilities and The Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wild­ ships, between state and local governments, bringing added revenues in items sold at life continues to seek a meaningful role on so that federally funded programs can be the boutiques. All of this, I believe, is a the urban stage. implemented more effectively. step in the direction the Postal Service Now, before talking a.bout strategy, and the For example, consider the programs needs to go if it is to truly be a service to roles of local governments within this strat­ funded by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and the people of this nation. egy, let me give you a tip on what is ger­ Wildlife. The Bureau's money goes to the minating in the minds of the staff of another state and is matched, primarily, by proceeds The following editorial, from the Octo­ bureau yet a stranger to the urban scene. from hunting and fishing licenses. Hence, ber 2, 1972, Washington Evening Star, is, The environmental "fallout" concerning top priority, in the types of fish and wildlife I believe, an interesting comment on the this bureau cannot readily be identlfted, as programs the state will undertake, is given Postal Service, what it has done and yet. but it has to do with the unforeseen to the vested interests of the hunter and the what is in its future: consequences we may experience from the fisherman. Consequently, such activities tend to occur outside the urban areas. No NINE-CENTER JusT YET arbitrary siting of new towns in our metro­ Elmer T. Klassen, the postmaster general, politan regions. And the reason we're not However, when you consider the fact that many of our hunters and fishermen live 1n may have a somewhat inflated conception of fully aware of the problems that may be sur­ history, but for once he's telling us some­ facing is that we've just begun to create the urban areas, it must follow that they, too, are just as concerned about what's happen­ thing we want to hear. It is a "historical Columbias, Restons, Jonathans, and Soul achievement," he says, that the Postal Serv­ Cities around the country. But Bureau of ing to their living environment, as we are. It's difficult for me to believe that these ice won't, after all, have to hike the price of Reclamation has started flagging them now, a first-class stamp from eight cents to nine and the staff is already thinking how it sportsmen would not want to share in promoting the development of programs that cents this year. Few among us can withhold might apply its resouroes and technical a whispered huzzah for that, 1! only because know-how in this area. will begin to cure the ills that are plaguing us in our urban areas. the nine-center would be the most devilish To illustrate the Bureau's concern, at the stamp of all from the standpoint of change­ symposium mentioned earlier, the developer But the state needs to fully understand these concerns and desires. so that as it making. Who wants to contend with still of Columbia was asked: more pennies in transactions at the post "To what extent was the erection of Co­ schedules the fish and wildlife programs to be designed, developed, and implemented, the office? lumbia coordinated with soil-type values for The joy is tempered, however, by a pre­ agriculture or timber products and the like. metropolitan regions, cities, and small towns will no longer be neglected as they are now. monition that the postal people will be back . . . was consideration given to the impact before long, asking for a 10-center to make of landlords on the total natural agricul­ The Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wild­ life can, and is suggesting that states 6X­ up for delinquencies that developed in the tural land supply?" year of graca. For while most of us don't The answer was: pand their activities into urban areas but without the pronounced support and jU:stifi­ like pockets full of pennies, we don't like to "No consideration was given. The way we pay more, either. And it's easy to see that the build cities today is in a non-planned fash­ cation coming from the local level, I seriously question the ability of this bureau to func­ Postal Service is gripped by divers troubles, ion. We do not say a city should be built none of them minor. Certainly the Service, here. Columbia was susceptible to urban de. tion as effectively on the urban scene, as it is capable of doing. now celebrating its first anniversary as a velopment by virtue of pre-established zon­ semi-independent corporation, is off and ing and sewer alignments and highway Finally, we must develop more effective use of our technicians and experts in all running, trying to meet the self-support goal branches. . . . The only analysis we did set for it by Congress. W~ere it's headed Is . . . was that we knew, if the people could aspects of the environmental field. Their per­ formance is unmatched on their respective the big queSition: Toward improved service at farm it, we could build on it. That is the way tolerable costs, or· toward higher mailing cities are being built." home fronts. But there needs to be a greater sharing of talent and exchange of ideas and rates with no better mail delivery? The Bureau of Reclamation believes that Obviously there is a direct relationship be­ the techniques it has been using since its information. tween the rising public squawk over poor creation in 1902, to develop water resources And we must no longer fear to ask those service and Klassen's strenuous efforts to to enrich the land, can be applied to siting questions which we feel expose our stupidity; make the operat ion pay its own way. He has new towns in such manner that our natural for, we can only learn through asking. Then, eliminated 33,000 postal jobs in recent resources w111 be protected and wisely used. perhaps, not too many of us will find our­ months. Several E:ervices have been cut back, rather than abused. So don't be surprised selves trapped in the predicament of that including mall pickups in many neighbor­ when you see this bureau emerging on the landscape architect, trying to know whatever hoods across the country. There are dismal urban horizon. it is we believe we're supposed to know, and reports of even more sluggish mail movement Now, something about the strategy for pro­ then determining how to deal with that between cities under the new system. And Jecting these inhouse concepts and research which we already know. the Postal Service !aces ever-growing com- 35206 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 11, 1972 petition as its rates rise; the private parcel Ellsworth arrives at Surry at 8 a.m. the next IN MEMORIAM TO THE HONORABLE delivery companies are spreading out like day, or 23 hours later. CARNIE P. BRAGG, SR. wildfire and some large utilities now hand So much for the path of progress. Let us deliver their monthly bills. now revert to oxen, or more precisely, to a Inside the postal ranks there is heavy particular team of oxen-Pancho and San­ grumbling about personnel cuts, and some cho-which was recently enlisted here in an HON. ROBERT A. ROE prophecies of great mall logjams to come. epic contest with the Postal Service. The re­ OF NEW JERSEY Among the apprehensions on the outside is sult: Sancho and Pancho, carrying mail from a fear that those soaring new second-class the Ellsworth American in Ellsworth to the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA'l"'VES rates will put many magazines and small Jones General Store in Surry, seven miles Tuesday, October 10, 1972 newspapers out of business. These and other away, made an historic run of three hours, tribulations occur while the Service still Js seven minutes and 32 seconds, besting the Mr. ROE. Mr. Speaker. On August 8, subsidized to the tune of $1.4 billion from Postal Service by 19 hours, 52 minutes, for a 1972, our community, state and nation the federal Treasury with leaner days to comparable delivery of a letter posted at the paid final tribute to the Honorable Carnie come. All in all, it is a painful process, and same time of day. Ox Post Mail, using no P. Bragg, Sr., an outstanding American, some members of Congress already are say­ more than ordinary oxen, weighing roughly prominent funeral director and public of­ ing they shouldn't have abolished the old two tons, and without benefit of computers ficial, of Passaic and Paterson, N.J., who Post Ofi:lce Department. or other mechanical aids, operated without a Well, it's too late to turn back, and much hitch on its demonstration trip. was killed in a head-on automobile col­ too early to despair of the new self-financing Now, it can be argued that this is of no lision on the morning of Friday, August postal concept. Never has there been a particular concern beyond the borders of 4, 1972. I ask my colleagues here in the sterner test of management than this effort Hancock County, Maine. But a case can also Congress to join with me in expressing to convert the oldest of bureaucracies into a be made, on the contrary, that it is an event deepest sympathy to his wife, the former model of corporate-type efi:lciency, and to of some considerable national significance Eunice H. McCraw; a daughter, Mrs. expect any splendid results in a year is because, in the interests of economy and ef­ Constance McKay of Passaic; a son, totally unrealistic. Success may require five ficiency, precisely the same consolidation of Carnie P. Bragg, Jr. of Paterson; his years, Klassen says, but he believes tha.t mall sorting centers that has taken place in dauntless streamlining, automation and re­ Bangor is happening all over the country. mother, Mrs. Evangeline Chase of Ruth­ organization can get the job done. And there Employees are being moved to larger centers erford; a sister, Mr. Christabelle Dil­ are some hopeful signs-a sharp rise in which hope to operate by machine sorters worth of New York City; and three postal-worker productivity, for instance, and shortly. The Postal Service has a 20 year grandchildren. encouraging experiments in computerized lease on a new building in Ellsworth at His tragic death and the grievous mall-handling. $28,000 a year and no longer needs it to han­ shock of his passing still echos through­ Klassen necessarily will step on many toes dle the mail by the new method. It has a out our district. Funeral services were as he goes about his unenviable tolls. We similar embarrassment elsewhere. But it can only wish him luck, which he will need claims to have saved the salaries of four em­ held at his own Union Baptist Church, more of as time passes, especially if the mail ployees who have retired and who have not Passaic. The Scripture and prayer read­ doesn't speed up. been replaced. Presently, Bangor is using ings were given by the Reverend Albert P. manual sorters and paying them overtime Rowe, pastor of the Calvary Baptist to handle the mail that was dispatched from Church, Paterson. The Reverend T. H. smaller sorting stations. Alexander, pastor of the Union Baptist OXPOSTMAIL: "ASTEPBACKWARD Ox Post mall delivery may meet the prob­ Church, Passaic, delivered the eulogy, TO PROGRESS" lems of many rural communities throughout at the graveside service at Cedar Lawn the country. Oxen are even hardier than human mall carriers (who are not deterred Cemetery, Paterson, was given by the by hall and other elements) and it turns Reverend Sterling Glover, a minister HON. DONALD M. FRASER out that they are even faster. from Cleveland, Ohio. The overflowing OJ' MINNESOTA The spectacular speed of Sancho and Pan­ spontaniety of those who mourned his IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cho astonished Harry Jones m who borrowed passing at the funeral services required a phrase from Samuel Morse to exclaim the roping off of eight square city blocks Wednesday, October 11, 1972 "What hath God wrought," as the oxen sped for more than 1,500 persons who were into Surry. His wife borrowed an expression in attendance. The following eulogy pre­ Mr. FRASER. Mr. Speaker, I am sub­ from moon-walker Nell Armstrong to de­ mitting the following article from the clare: "A giant step for mankind." sented at his funeral services poignantly October 7 Washington Post. It points up The letter delivered to Jones said, in part: expresses the great void he has left in some of the chaos being created by the "When the u.s. Postal Service hears of this our midst: Postal Service. I think it is enlightening lightning delivery, it is to be hoped that The life he lived as true and honest and self-explanatory: they will imitate it and launch a permanent Always glad to meet a friend; OX POST MAIL: "A STEP BACKWARD TO delivery by oxen or something as fast." Happy hearted and contented PROGRESS" From 1910 to 1951, Hancock County towns Faithful to the very end. had twice a day mall delivery from Ellsworth, (By J. R. Wiggins) and collection and delivery service has been Now his earthly strife is over ELLSWORTH, MAINE.-Once upon a time, worsening over the years. No more sorrow, no more care; oxen were used as a means of carrying the The Postal Service says the new system Yet our hearts are sad and lonely United States mails. But that was in a dark may hasten travel of mail originating in For we miss him everywhere. and primitive past and we have progressed a rural points destined for delivery to remote Mr. Speaker, Carnie Bragg, son of long way since then, what with airplanes, urban points and speed up mall from urban Jesse and Evangeline Swain Bragg, was trains, trucks and motorbikes to speed deliv­ points to rural points. ery of the mall. It will delay mail originating in the rural born in Port Chester, N.Y. on Novem­ or have we progressed? You cannot prove points of one collection center and destined ber 5, 1913. He lived in Stamford, Conn., it--in fact, with a little effort, you can prove for delivery to another rural point by requir­ until 1933 and graduated from Stam­ just the opposite-in this particular rural ing the county mail to travel to the more ford High School. He graduated from community in the state of Maine where the distant sorting center and return. Renouord Training School for Embalm­ Postal Service has just celebrated the bless­ The changes in postal service were an­ ers of New York City, established the ing of Progress by instituting a new sorting nounced without any publlc hearings or ad­ Bragg Funeral Home in Passaic in 1937 system. As a consequence, mail originating vance notice in rural areas. The Ellsworth and the Bragg Funeral Home in Paterson in, say, Ellsworth~ is taken up to Bangor for post ofi:lce has been receiving many com­ sorting and then returned to Ellsworth for plaints and so have rural points in the coun­ in 1945. The quality of his leadership and dispatch to many Hancock County towns. ty. Many fear that the change will increase sincerity of purpose achieved an out­ Hence, if a letter is mailed just in time to the isolation of rural life, make inter-com­ standing reputation in our community catch the once-a-day truck to Bangor before munication between country towns more and we gratefully acknowledge his life­ 6:40p.m., it comes back to Ellsworth the next difi:lcult and further encourage the concen­ time of dedication and devotion to the morning and catches a star route carrier tration of business in urban centers, where public good. He spearheaded many which will bring it to Surry and points be­ life already 1s being made difficult by over­ worthwhile civic endeavors with great yond somewhere around 8 a.m. So the fast- crowding. est u.s. Postal Service transit time for this The system, to use an old country expres­ compassion and benevolence in the cause delivery is about 13 hours. If mailed after sion, is "making it easier for the boys to of goodwill and brotherhood among all 6:40p.m., the letter lies over a day and takes write home to mother but harder for them to men and was affiliated with the followin~ 37 hours. And a letter mailed at 9 a.m. at write to each other." organizations: October 11, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 35207 Member and Trustee Union Baptist Church, taken 1n the House of Representatives. More authority to establish controls on prices, Passaic, N.J.; Past President, National FU­ than 200 of my colleagues and I were asked rent s, wages and salaries. President Nixon did neral Directors and Morticians Association; what, in our judgment, are the five major not seek this authority. He said, in fact, that Past President, Passaic County FUneral Di­ issues among our constituents this year. "Price and wage controls simply do not fit the rectors Assocl&tlon; Member of New Jersey Responses were based on letters and tele­ economic conditions which exist today . . • State Funeral Directors Association; Member phone calls we receive from voters back They are incompatible with a free enterprise of National Funeral Directors Association; home ... on personal contact with our con­ economy and must be regarded as a last Commissioner, Board of Finance, Paterson, stituents ... and on our own surveys which resort appropriate only in an extreme e mer­ New Jersey; C'..omm.1ssioner, Passaic Housing many Members of Congress conduct. gency ..."But as economic conditions wors­ Authority, l'assaic, New Jersey; Director, Among those Congressmen responding, 87 ened-as unemployment shot up, as the stock Broadway B R.nk and Trust Company, Pater­ percent said that the economy is foremost market plummeted, as in.fla.tion Increased­ son, New Je!'Sey; Board of Directors, Rotary on the voters' minds this year. This was fol­ the President correctly concluded that we Olub of Paterson, Inc.; Board of Directors, lowed by the war 1n Vietnam (75%), taxes were in an "extreme emergency" and so, a Chamber of Commerce; Board of Directors, (64% ) and pollution and environment little over a year ago, he did freeze prices and Y .M.C.A. Northern Passaic Valley; Board of (44% ). wages. The economy is still not out of trouble, Directors, Paterson Boys Club; Member Draft Here are some of thE' specific economic but some progress has been made--in large BoMd has ment more than $40 blllion in lost tax reve­ The Emergency Unemployment Compensa­ nues, yet government spending continues at tion Act: Earmarked $275 million for unem­ given them and in the knowledge that at unprecedented levels. This revenue-spend­ the Honorable Carnie P. Bragg, Sr. is ployment benefits and allowances. Ing "gap" has resulted 1n record budget defi­ In addition, the House passed the Public now under His eternal care. May he rest cits and record Increases 1n the national Works and Economic Development Act in peace. debt. Amendments of 1972 to create jobs in areas TRADE DEFICITS which are lagging economically. (The Senate Last year-and again this year-the United has not taken up this bill as yet.) . ECONOMY NO. 1 CONCERN, CON: States h86 experienced its first trade deficits So Congress has done more than just talk GRESSIONAL SURVEY SHOWS since 1893. about the economy. It has acted, and 1n a bi­ INCREASED POVERTY partisan spirit, to get the nation moving Soaring infiation and increased unemploy­ again. HON. HENRY HELSTOSKI ment have forced more and more families below the poverty line. During the decade of CONGRESS MOVES To CUT SPENDING OF NEW JERSEY the 1960's, we were winning the war against IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES poverty. The number of poor people de­ During the past three years, Congress has cut a total of $14.5 billion from the Adminis­ Wednesday, October 11, 1972 creased from 40 million to 24.3 m1lllon. Since 1969, however, that trend has been reversed, tration's appropriations requests-and the Mr. HELSTOSKI. Mr. Speaker, the with a million and a half people added to total appropriations this year are again ex­ the poverty rolls. pected to be several billion dollars under the state of the economy continues to be the President's budget. first concern of millions of Americans Clearly, the state of economy has been a major concern of the Congress. And we have These cuts have not been made just !or across the country. acted in a bipartisan manner to give Presi­ their own sake. They were not made 1n a According to Economic Indicators for­ dent Nixon the tools he needs to strengthen partisan spirit. Where there has been a clear August 1972, the 1969 dollar was worth the economy. We have passed emergency leg­ national need for funds-In health and edu­ 100 cents, but due to continued inflation, islation to put men and women back to work. cation, for older Americans and to protect the July 1972 dollar was worth only 87.5 We have increased Social Security benefits to the environment, for example-Congress has cents. Unemployment stood at 3.3 per­ protect older Americans against rising costs. met the President's request, and often ex­ But the economy remains a serious na­ ceeded them. But when cuts could be made cent in early 1969; today, it is up to 5.6 in wasteful and unneeded programs, we have percent. tional problem. When Congress meets again in January, bold new action will be at the top not hestiated to make them. During the past 4 years, the adminis­ of the agenda. For it is clear to most of us on Capitol tration has run up budget deficits ex­ Htll that the Federal government faces seri­ ceeding the total deficits of the 16 years ous economic problems. of the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and John­ 92D CoNGRESS ACTS To SPUR ECONOMY In the past four years (counting the cur­ son administrations combined. After three years of economic uncertainty rent fiscal year), the Administration has run Spurred on by continued inflation, un­ and stagnation, many Americans have begun up budget deficits exceeding the total deficits to equate the economy with Mark Twain's of the 16 years of the Eisenhower, Kennedy employment and budget deficits, the 92d famous remark about the weather: Every­ and Johnson Administrations combined: Congress took steps to combat these body talks about it, but nobody does any­ FY 197o-a $2.8 billion deficit. factors. thing about it. FY 1971-a $23 btllion deficit. Mr. Speaker, following is a summary Fortunately, however, we can do some­ FY 1972-a $23 billion deficit. of the state of the economy along with thing about the economy-and Congress has FY 1973-a $27 bllllon deficit (Administra­ efforts initiated by the 92d Congress to done something. tion estimate). get the economy moving again: It was the 91st Congr~in 1969-which How do we pay the bill to cover those granted the President authorLty to instruct deficts? ECONOMY No. 1 CONCERN, 0oNGRESSIONAL the Federal Reserve Board to regulate credit. By raising the national debt. SURVEY SHOWS Congress acted at a time when Interest rates It's your debt. It's my debt. It's our chU­ The state of the economy is the number had climbed to the highest point since the dren's debt. AJ;ld it is Increasing at an alarm­ one concern of Americans 1n every part of Civil War. Ing rate. In fact, by the end of this fiscal the country, according to a recent survey It was Congress which gave the President year. the national debt will have gone up 35208 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 11, 1972 $110 billion since 1969 alone. That's one­ politics of our country. Christians must take fourth of the total. That's more tha.n all the an active part in politics. continue to inspire the hearts and minds debt accrued from George Washington's Ad­ Our United States has been greatly blessea. of each generation. We live in troubled mlnlstration through FDR's third term! Toaay we have the olaest continuous gov­ times not only for America but for all Fully aware that we cannot continue on ernment "of the people ana by the people" the nations and peoples of the globe, this course indefinitely, Congress has met the on the face of the earth. We sometimes have times in which the ideals and aspirations test of fiscal responsibility--cutting the fat haa baa government ana frequently an of millions are tested and challenged as out of the Administration's budget while electea official proves to be an untrue repre­ never before. Everywhere the forces of seeking to meet the nation's genuine needs. sentative of those who electea him. But every darkness are pressing against the fron­ office wlll be fillea by someone. Every race wlll have a winner. Someone's vote will put tiers of freedom. that person in office. The person who aoes At such a time, the memory of Colum­ POLITICS AND CHRISTIAN not vote, also helps elect the canataate. bus can refresh and renew our spirits RESPONSIDILITY Our Christian responsibility aoes not stop with the example of his life-long com­ with the vote. We must keep the electea of­ mitment and his unfailing heroism in ficial aware of his responsibility ana be will­ pursuit of an ideal. Italian Americans HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN ing to help him implement the laws that are especially will feel a special kinship with necessary for the welfare of all people. We his story, celebrating in Columbus Day OF TENNESSEE must work together to aefena, protect ana a precious part of the Italian heritage IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES preserve our freedom ana liberty for future generations. Since every individual is not which links the New World to the Old. Wednesday, October 11, 1972 fully commtttea to Christ, we need laws ana Hispanic Americans share in this heri · Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, on Sep­ governing bootes. It is up to Christians to see tage, mindful of Columbus' association to it that laws are maae and executea by tember 26, The Cumberland Presbyt~rian, with Queen Isabella in that fateful people who are Christ centerea. journey of discovery. a church magazine which is published There is always the need for every citizen bimonthly in Memphis, Tenn., r.an. a to reflect upon his responsibilities ana to Indeed, all Americans of whatever na­ feature entitled "Politics and Christian measure up to them. Those who love this tional origin rejoice together in the ob­ Responsibility." Among the sev~ral es­ nation, who are devoted to its ideals and are servance of Columbus Day, a day ob­ says contributed by elected officials was committed to resolve its problems, must take served in this country since 1792 and, on one by my colleague, Hon. En JoN~s of an active part in the political life of America. October 12, since 1909. The making of The role of every person is like the tooth Columbus Day into a National holiday Tennessee's new Seventh CongressiOnal of an engaged cogwheel--extremely impor­ District. . which was effected by act of Congress tant. Without the tooth, the rotation of the in 1968, marks recognition at the highest The title of his essay was "Anythmg cogwheel stops, without the Christian's voice Not Used Regularly Becomes Stale and America stops. Every Christian voice is valu­ level of his achievement and stature. This stagnant," and I include it to be re­ able and necessary in the church and in the is the second year in which that Federal printed at this point in the RECORD: state. Without his voice and participation in status has been in e1Iect; and it is clear ANYTHING NOT USED REGULARLY BECOMES politics, our government would be without that Columbus Day has taken its place STALE AND STAGNANT the spiritual influence needed to guide us in as a part of our common National heri­ the Christian principles on which our country tage. In the words of an eminent Italian (By ED JoNES) was founded. Our Christian voices must be American, • Columbus Day celebrates not can I be a politician and a Christian at heard. · only the historical fact of the discovery the same time? Who do I want to 'nake the Anything that is not used regularly wlll laws that govern me? Am I wtlling for some­ become stale and stagnant. We have the of America but also the birth of what one else to decide who makes these laws? freedom of worship, the freedom of speech, America was to become-"a home for The answers to these questions may hold and the freedom of voting. As responsible the homeless, the hope of the hopeless, the key to the fate of our country. Christians we must not abuse our freedoms, the joy of the joyless. It became a temple If the professed Christians of America are we must use them. Let's worship Goa regu­ of freedom and the land of opportunity. not willing to participate in the politics of larly, speak up for America and pray to God It became the shrine of all that is good our country, then our government could be tor help in selecting the proper candidates .in the aspirations of mortal man." in the hands of non-Christians. This could !or public office. After we have exercised our lead our country away from the basic be­ right to vote, we should encourage our public liefs of our forefathers. officials and pray for their guidance. Let's look at a definition of politics. Poli­ The question for each of us is, "As a Chris­ VOTING RECORD OF CONGRESSMAN tics is the participation by people in the tian, am I living up to my responsibillty in JAMES V. STANTON process of self-government. This involves politics?" the participation of the rank and file of all our citizens, as well as those who hold HON. JAMES V. STANTON office, in its operation. COLUMBUS DAY, 1972 Christians must take a hand in politics OF OHIO if they want to have a say in the kind of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES laws which govern them. We know that all things originate from HON. CHARLES J. CARNEY Wednesday, October 11, 1972 God, including the state and the church. OF OHIO Mr. JAMES V. STANTON. Mr. Speak·· we know the role of the church is spiritual IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES er, with the second and final session o.f and the state temporal, which is the only separation that exists between the two. Since Wednesday, October 11, 1972 the 92d Congress drawing to a close, I both propose to nurture and sustain us Mr. CARNEY. Mr. Speaker, nearly five feel it is important for the people to know spiritually and materially we should see to centuries ago--not very long, as history how I voted these last 2 years on the tt that there is a common bond from which major issues. From time to time, news­ to work in harmony. runs-a valiant Italian navigator set papers circulating in Ohio's 20th Dis­ Yes, we must have a separation of state forth from the ancient Port of Genoa on trict-the Greater Cleveland area-have and church, but we must not have a separa­ one of the most momentous journeys in recorded my votes. However, in view of tion of Christians and voters. the annals of mankind. The result of that the large number of roll calls and the The Christian who is really serious about great journey was the discovery of a New seeking change in our government should World, immensely expanding and enrich­ time span involved, I feel it is necessary­ involve himself in local as well as national ing the horizons of civilized man. as a service to the people I represent-to politics. It is the responsibil1ty of all Chris­ From that discovery 480 years ago summarize my actions, providing a ready tians to be willing to support capable fellow there have come changes in the world reference to all who are interested. Christians who are candidates for public community which have transformed the Therefore, I insert the following in the office. RECORD. More specific and detailed in­ When a Christian fails to exercise his vot­ shape of history. Certainly the rise of formation is available in my Cleveland ing privilege, he is in effect saying, "I do not America to its present position of emi­ care what kind of elected officials this coun­ nence-technological, scientific, indus­ and Washington offices on any of the try has." He is allowing someone else to trial-must rank among the most signifi­ matters discussed below: make his decisions for him. cant events ever witnessed in the long FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND NATIONAL DEFENSE Since there should be a separation between The overriding issue in this area has church and state, nothing could be less de­ chronicles of time. In commemorating the journey of been Vietnam. During my first term, I sirable than for church institutions to seek seized every opportunity to vote in favor to influence public policy by political Columbus we are remembering a saga means. Our churches must encourage lay of courage, of dedication, and of high of setting a definite date for withdrawal members to exert a Christian influence ln the purpose such as has inspired and will •Michael A. Musmanno. October 11, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 35209 of all American troops from Vietnam, of hospitals, libraries, sewers and other would prevent a slash in other govern­ subject only to safe return of our pris­ public improvements. The President ment benefits to persons who receive the oners of war. The first deadline I vetoed this legislation; I voted unsuc­ latest 20 percent social security in­ favored has, unfortunately, long since cessfully to override the veto. Since then, crease-and I favor, in addition, the pro­ passed. It was December 31, 1971. I voted I have helped draft a new Accelerated posal to remove the $1,68C-a-year outside for bills containing subsequent dates. I Public Works Act. earnings limitation on persons receiving regret that these efforts failed because of I supported the Emergency Employ­ social security. This limit should be in­ opposition by the Nixon administration. ment Act, which gave State and local creased to $3,000. However, I will continue to oppose this governments Federal funds to hire em­ I voted in favor of granting strong unconstitutional and costly war. ployees. One result of this legislation has enforcement powers to the Equal Em­ On the foreign aid front, I voted been the hiring of additional policemen ployment Opportunities Commission. against giving $4.2 billion to other coun­ in Cleveland. This was a bill that had the support of tries. The evidence is clear that this pro­ I lined up in favor of the revenue­ organized labor and civic groups in my gram is a failure; too much of the money sharing legislation, which gives the city community and across the Nation. has been used for the purchase of arms, of Cleveland, and the Cleveland suburbs EDUCATION rather than on human needs, and the and Cuyahoga County Federal funds I voted yes on the Higher Education program has not rewarded us with de­ with no strings attached. The monies Act of 1972, a measure that will make it pendable allies. can be used by the local governments to easier for middle-class parents to put I certainly am not opposed to helping spend on any programs they select. I their children through college. For the people in other countries, but I think have always favored this legislation, be­ first time, students next year could get that more of our efforts ought to be cause Greater Cleveland taxpayers his­ an annual grant of up to $1,400, depend­ channeled through the United Nations torically have contributed more to the ing on their financial circumstances. and other international agencies, with U.S. Treasury than they have received Half-time students would also be eligible. taxpayers in other developed nations in return. Revenue sharing could correct And existing student aid programs would sharing the burden. Therefore, I have this imbalance. I regret that the Senate stay in effect for 3 more years. voted in support of our contributions to decided to be less generous to suburban That same bill also contains a section the UN, and have opposed attempts to communities than the· House had known as the Ethnic Heritage Studies reduce them. In the end, we will win proposed. Act of 1972. This part of the bill author­ more friends this way. By standing out CRIME CONTROL izes a small Federal program to encour­ alone as a benefactor, we have somehow My legislative interest in this area has age schools to teach children the history, succeeded only in stirring resentment already received a great deal of public language and traditions of their parents against us and becoming the target of attention. I have taken the leadership in and grandparents. I was very active in unreasonable demands. proposing the Emergency Crime Control promoting this legislation because I feel I have said on a number of occasions Act, which would assure large cities and it is especially appropriate for the people that I favor a volunteer Army. Accord­ their suburbs a greater share of Federal of Cleveland, Ohio, who have such di­ ingly, I voted for an amendment that crime-fighting funds. This bill has drawn verse religious, nationality and racial would have terminated the draft last a great deal of support around the coun­ backgrounds. This blli will encourage June 30. When this amendment failed, try. My legislation granting a $5Q,OOO students to take pride in who they are, I voted against extending the draft to Federal benefit to the survivors of any and i-t will advance us on the road to June 30, 1973. law enforcement omcer, fireman or court tolerance and mutual respect and under­ I went on record against the proposi­ employee who is killed in line of duty standing in the United States. I would tion that the U.S. Government ought to has been endorsed by the Nixon adminis­ hope that the President decides to seek guarantee a loan to the Lockheed Corp. tration. I am one of several Members of generous funding within the limitations I also voted to bring a halt to the super­ both the House and Senate who have of this rather small pilot program. sonic air transport project. offered legislation to compensate victims On a series of rollcalls, I voted against I believe that our Nation needs a strong of violent crimes. We already spend a compulsory busing as a means to achieve national defense, and therefore I voted great deal of taxpayers' money to try to school desegregation. I regret that this in favor of the regular defense appro­ rehabilitate criminals. It is about time we has become so emotional an issue that priations bills. showed concern for their victims as well. it has served only to divide Americans. I THE ECONOMY FEDERAL WAGE AND PENSION LEGISLATION strongly favor equal educational oppor­ I spoke out against the so-called "Tax I voted for a 10 percent increase in so­ tunities for all children, but other pro­ Reform Act of 1971"--on the ground cial security benefits in 1971, and for a grams are likely to bring more positive that, first, the bill contained no true re­ 20 percent increase in 1972. Hardly any­ results. I want to add that, although I form; second, it opened new tax loop­ one questions the need of our senior citi­ have voted to prohibit busing for the pur­ holes for corporations and the wealthy; zens for this assistance. I also voted for poses of desegregation, I am nonetheless which in turn, third, deprived the Gov­ 10 percent and 20 percent increases in opposed to a constitutional amendment ernment of revenues at a time when railroad retirement. I was recorded in for this purpose. Busing can be dealt more funds, rather than less, are needed favor of the Older American Act Amend­ with more effectively through congres­ to finance vital programs in the areas ments of 1972, legislation that wm pro­ sional action. of education, crime control, pollution vide additional services to senior citizens. I voted in favor of continuing the control and so forth. True tax reform I would like to add that the social se­ school lunch program, and of the pro­ continues to be one of our most pressing curity payroll tax that finances these gram to provide bilingual education in national priorities, and I am looking for­ benefits is becoming, increasingly, are­ the schools. I voted for a 14 percent in­ ward to offering and supporting legisla­ gressive and unfair tax. My proposals crease in GI education benefits. tion aimed at that goal. for tax reform would, if adopted, require WOMEN'S RIGHTS I voted for the blli which gave the the well-to-do to shoulder greater finan­ I voted "yes" on the proposal to amend President authority to impose price and cial responsibility in this specific area. the Constitution to guarantee equal wage controls. The President, as we know, I voted for the bill that would increase rights and opportunities to women. I see said at first he did not want such au­ the minimum wage to $2 an hour, but I this, basically, as a bread-and-butter is­ thority-and he insisted he would not prefer a bill that passed the Senate-but sue--since there are so many women in use it. However, he later changed his not the House-which hikes the mini­ the 20th Congressional District of Ohio, mind and did invoke the authority mum to $2.20. I voted against the amend­ and in other districts around the coun­ Congress gave him to impose controls. ment to deny Federal food stamps to try, who have the responsibility of sup­ I am gratified that he has done so, but workers who are on strike. I voted for a porting families. These women should I regret nonetheless that his program to measure which protects workers who are get equal pay for equal work-for the control wages has been more successful laid off when plants install pollution con- sake of their children and themselves. than that portion of the program which trol equipment; they would receive 60 Oppartunities for jobs and promotions was supposed to have held down prices. percent of their weekly wage for 78 weeks, should nat be denied any woman who I voted for the Accelerated Publlc or regular State unemployment compen­ has the qualifications and capabilities. Works Act, which seeks to create jobs by sation benefits, whichever is greater. . I also voted for the bill-which Presi­ providing Federal aid for construction Also, I am supporting legislation that dent Nixon vetoed-to authorize a com- 35210 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 11, 1972 prehensive, education-oriented day care CONSUMER AFFAIRS their country as prisoners of war for the program for the children of working I voted for a bill that would give con­ tremendous sacrifice they and their fam­ women. The income of many needy fami­ sumers--America's buying public--an ilies have made. The two proposals lies could be increased if women bread­ advocate inside the government to com­ which I envisage would allow those men winners could find a reliable place to bat the special interests that dominate who have been held prisoners in any of leave their preschool children during our regulatory agencies-such as the America's last fow· wars to enjoy the working hours. The children, too, would Food and Drug Administration, the Fed­ honorable retirement they so richly benefit if these places were staffed to eral Trade Commission and the Federal deserve. afford them a head-start in their educa­ Power Commission-which has a role in I realize that we are swiftly coming to tional development. setting utility rates. I also supported leg­ the close of the 92d Congress. However, POLLUTION AND THE ENVIRONMENT islation to establish a Consumer Product my purpose in introducing this legisla­ I helped write an ambitious water pol­ Safety Commission. I voted to arm tion today is to give the Armed Services lution control bill that has the goal of Transportation Secretary John Volpe and Post Office and Civil Service Com­ halting unclean discharges into our with authority to require automobile mittee staffs time during the adjourn­ rivers, lakes and oceans by the year 1985. manufacturers to produce safer cars, ment to do the indepth research Part of the bill greatly expands the with parts less susceptible to damage. necessary so that we might handle this Federal program of assisting local areas For example, bumpers would be im­ situation expeditiously in the coming in financing sewage treatment plants. I proved. Customers would get more infor­ Congress. was able to get inserted in the bill, in ad­ mation on what they are buying. The plight of American POW's and ditiqn, a special $5 million authorization OTHER LEGISLATION MIA's and their families has again been for an experimental project to save Lake A number of other matters have been brought to the attention of the public Erie. acted on by the 92d Congress. While it is by the recent release of three prisoners There are reports that the President not feasible in this space to provide a of war held by Hanoi. Behind them they left nearly 1,800 other men currently will veto this bill on ~he ground that it complete listing of these actions, I would is too expensive. I hope these reports are not want to conclude this summary with­ listed as either prisoner or missing in false. I am sure the President realizes out mentioning the fact that I voted for action in Southeast Asia by our Defense that cleaning up our rivers and lakes is the right of 18 ... year-olds to serve on Fed­ Department. I pray along with the rest something that must be done, and the eral juries; for legislation to bring into of my colleagues here today that these price tag is bound to zoom if we delay the United States more people from Italy, men will soon be reunited with their much longer. This is no time for false Ireland, Germany and other countries loved ones, and that they will be able to economy-not when our very survival that had been shorted on visas--Italian­ return to full and productive lines. is at stake. American families, e<;pecially, will bene­ Evidence from these wars, however I voted in favor of several bills to save fit by being able to :::-ing over brothers indicates that reintegration into th~ animals from extinction-among them and sisters--for a bHl to limit campaign American society is a particularly trying wild horses and ocean creatures. I an­ spending by candirj ates and to compel experience for former American prison­ swered affirmatively on a rollcall to out­ them to publicly disclose who is contrib­ ers. These men suffer tremendous physi­ law shooting helpless animals from air­ uting to their campaigns; against a bill cal and emotional strain during their planes. allowing presidential candidates to dip internment. Many have had their health As to noise pollution, I voted to au­ into the income tax collections to help broken by prolonged periods of disease thorize the Government to limit noise them pay for their campaigns. and malnutrition. This, combined with from aircraft and other sources by pre­ A guarantee of public funds to all who a sudden thrust back into the disconcert­ scribing noise emission standards. Fur­ run for President would, I believe, merely ing and hectic pace of a modern indus­ thermore, I voted to strengthen the Oc­ serve to institutionalize splinter move­ trial state, leaves many of the returned cupational Health and Safety Act of ments outside our traditional two-part men disoriented and unable to adjust to 1970, and to liberalize the Black Lung system. their new surroundings. Disease Act of 1969. In closing, I want to report that I voted The only other con:tlict in which Amer­ for the welfare reform bill that Presi­ ican prisoners were held for longer than One of the most important fights I 30 months was in World War in the have been involved in has been my effort dent Nixon advocated. At this moment, n to curb air pollution by seeking Federal the bill is caught in a parliamentary tan­ Pacific theater. In a study of these men aid for mass transit operations in the gle between the House and Senate, but I completed in 1954, it was concluded that cities. Obviously, there are other excel­ hope it might yet be salvaged. There is among prisoners held for such an ex­ lent reasons for advocating such a pro­ great need for reform, since the current tended period of time, the death rate gram, a prime one being the fact that welfare progra~!'> are, as we all know, following liberation was four times as counterproductive. The most attractive great as for the public in general during many persons do not own automobiles the first 2 years. By the end of the 6th and must depend on public transporta­ aspect of the President's plan is that it would grant assistance, for the first time, year following liberation, this rate still tion to get to and from work. But from to the working poor-those persons who remained 50 percent above the average. the standpoint of pollution alone, this is are working hard and faithfully for a The experiences of up to 10 years in a vital issue. living but who are unable to adequately prison in a hostile camp has thus shown To the extent that we can provide support their families because they are to have a marked effect upon the life those persons who do own--or who can receiving a substandarrl wage, or because expectancy of the liberated prisoner of afford to own-automobiles with an al­ they have extraordinarily heaVY ex­ war. Every effort is being made to pre­ ternative means of transportation, we penses, such as large medical bills. pare for the return of the POW's from will be able to relieve the atmosphere of Again, Mr. Speaker, I want to affirm America's most recent conflict, Vietnam. the noxious fumes caused by auto ex­ that I would be pleased to go into greater The Department of Defense and the Vet­ haust. This, then, was one of the reasons detail on any of the points mentioned erans' Administration are both engaged I waged such an arduous campaign to au­ here, and I encourage my constituents 1n large scale programs to individualize thorized diversion of a portion of the and all others interested to make contact treatment for the repatriated men so as highway trust fund to public transporta­ with me and inquire about specifics. to reduce as much as possible the emo­ tional and physical shock of their release. tion needs. The forces allied with me lost Nevertheless, they have been through a on a technicality. THE PRISONER OF WAR lot, and we must expect that they too will Frankly, we were outmaneuvered by suffer a shortened life expectancy. the powerful highway lobby. But that was A shorter life means either lower earn­ only a battle, not the war. I will resume HON. DONALD G. BROTZMAN ing power or less time to enjoy retire­ fighting for mass transit in the next ses­ OF COLORADO ment: yet further sacrifice on the part sion of Congress and, I might point out, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of these men. America already owes them success on this front could eventually a debt which it can never repay, should result in rapid transit extensions out to Wednesday, October 11, 1972 we continue to sit on the sidelines and let Parma, Lakewood, the Southeast and Mr. BROTZMAN. Mr. Speaker, I am them pay this price for the freedom we other sectors of the Greater Cleveland today introducing legislation to partially all share? I believe the repatriated area. compensate Americans who have served POW's have paid enough already. October 11, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 35211 Therefore, I am today introducing two (From the Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 28, blessed by the inspiration of his prayer proposals which are designed to allevi­ 1972] and good example. We want to share with ate the plight of these men. Specifically, MARCOR BACKS CONSUMER him and his family the great pride we the first of the two proposals would pro­ Legislation that would create an independ­ have in his outstanding contribution to vide additional credits toward military ent federal consumer protection agency has the religious, cultural and spiritual en­ retirement. For each year spent as a pris­ taken an undeserved buffeting from Ameri­ richment of our community, State and can business. Now, however, Marcor, Inc., the Nation and add our deep appreciation to oner of war, my bill would grant an ad­ parent of Montgomery Ward & Co., has given ditional year of service credit toward re­ its sizable corporate support to the watchdog­ this national recognition of all of his tirement from the armed services. This, of agency concept, and it is hoped Marcor's en­ good works on behalf of mankind. course, is in addition to the 1 year already lightened action will be an example for other His long list of exemplary achieve­ received as a member of the military dur­ major firms to follow. ments in public service span the needs ing that time. Sen. Charles H. Percy (R-Ill.), a cosponsor and concerns of all of our people-young The second proposal parallels the first. of the agency bill, pointed out that the leg­ and adults alike-and include the follow­ islation is not only in the best interests of ing activities and responsibilities: For those men who, upon release, decide the consumers, but of the business com­ to separate from the military, it would munity itself. It would, Percy said, "restore Police chaplain, Paterson Police De­ offer the opportunity of joining the Civil the eroding confidence that survey after sur­ partment; commissioner, Board of Edu­ Service and receiving additional Civil vey has shown consumers have in our Ameri­ cation; past president, Paterson Kiwanis Service retirement benefits upon can business." Club; president, Council of Service eligibility. In addition to Marcor's endorsement, an­ Clubs of Paterson; trustee, Passaic To give a brief example of how these other factor has brightened the outlook for County Children's Shelter; president, additional benefits would be computed, passage of the bill. The Senate on Tuesday Paterson Episcopal Mission of Paterson defeated an amendment, offered by a biparti­ let us consider the case of a man who dur­ san group and backed by shortsighted busi­ Parishes; director, YMCA Board of Man­ ing his 17 years in the armed services had ness and industrial interests. that would have agers; chairman, Mayor's Council of Ag­ spent 3 of them as a prisoner in the Sec­ reduced the proposed agency to a purely ing; President's Delegate-at-Large, ond World War. Upon his retirement advisory-and thus ineffective--role. The 49- 1972 White House Conference on Aging; froni the military, this man would re­ to-32 vote indicates the Senate majority chairman, Mayor's Youth Month; vice­ ceive credit for a total of 20 years serv­ wants an agency that will actively defend president, Visiting Homemakers; chair­ ice: 17 years for his regular duty and the consumer 1n Washington, and that's the man, Passaic Valley Chapter, American 3 additional years for the time spent as only common-sense view. Red Cross; executive member, Greater a POW. Paterson Council of Churches; member, As America's role in the Vietnamese THE NATION SALUTES THE REVER­ Mayor's Committee, United Nation's war winds to a close, the prospects for END ROBERT F. KIRCHGESSNER, Week; served on INCCA Committee for the release of these POW's grows bright­ B.A., M.DIV., RECTOR, TRINITY 3 years during early years of program; er. I would urge my colleagues in the EPISCOPAL CHURCH, PATERSON, liaison, Board of Education to Model Congress to act as swiftly as possible, N.J. Cities-Planned Variations; frequently perhaps with the opening of the 93d Con­ called upon to represent Protestant Com­ gress in January, on these and other munity in Ecumenical and Memorial measures designed to ameliorate the emo­ HON. ROBERT A. ROE Services sponsored by Roman Catholic or tional impact of repatriation for these OF NEW JERSEY Jewish Community; chairman, Commit­ men. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tee for Chaplain to Boy Scout Camp, Tuesday, October 10, 1972 Alhtaha Council; sponsor, Remedial Reading Class for Children From School Mr. ROE. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, 14 at Trinity; sponsor, Marion Street MARCOR DEMONSTRATES CORPO­ September 19, our State of New Jersey, Senior Citizen Center at Trinity; mem­ RATE RESPONSffiiLITY and particularly the people of our Eighth ber, Goals for Paterson Committee; vice Congressional District of New Jersey, chairman, Department of Christian So­ were singularly honored by, and wish to cial Relations, Diocese of Newark; chair­ HON. ABNER J. MIKVA wholeheartedly commend to you the man, Committee on Alcoholism; and OJ' ILLINOIS distinguished and dedicated lifetime of member, Drug and Narcotic Committee. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES outstanding public service rendered by We do indeed salute Reverend Kirch­ the Rev. Robert F. Kirchgessner, Rector Wednesday, October 11, 1972 gessner and I ask my colleagues here in of the Trinity Episcopal Church, Pater­ the Congress to join with me in ex­ Mr. MIKVA. Mr. Speaker, it now ap­ son, New Jersey, who served as host pressing our most sincere appreciation pears that legislation creating a Con­ chaplain to the U.S. House of Represent­ for all of his good works. If he could but sumer Protection Agency has been stalled atives and o1Iered the following opening know the high esteem with which he is in the Senate and will not be enacted prayer to our deliberations in providing held in the hearts of our people and by Congress this year. our country with a representative could but experience the pleasure and Although some business interests were democracy: comfort that he has imparted to his fel­ actively working for the defeat of this Let us join with the Psalmist and say: lowman over these many years in service legislation, I am proud that one of Chi­ This is t;he day the Lord hath made, we wlll to God and his congregation, he would cago's largest corporations, Marcor, and rejoice and be glad in it.-Psalms 118:24. Eternal Father, our everlasting benefactor, surely enjoy the abundant rewards of its principal subsidiary Montgomery Thou hast created and endowed us with the happiness and success which he so richly Ward, went on record in support of Con­ ability to achieve and accomplish good works deserves. sumer Protection Act. In fact, Marcor for ourselves and all mankind. This new day was the only major corporation that had may fill us, we pray, with rejoicing as we the courage to take this position and contemplate the opportunity It affords us of COLUMBUS DAY FESTIVAL IN service to Thee, this Nation, and mankind. NEWARK, N.J. publicly announce its support of the Sen­ We cannot escape history, nor can we ate bill. evade responsibi11ty. By Thy Holy Spirit Tom Brooker, chairman of the execu­ awaken us to the needs and concerns of our HON. PETER W. RODINO, JR. tive committee of Marcor, Leo H. people. Grant our leaders the highest motives OF NEW JERSEY and courage in assuring rights without ne­ Schoenhofen, chairman and chief exec­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES utive officer, and Edward S. Donnell, glecting respons1billtles, lest we do the right things for the wrong reasons. Wednesday, October 11, 1972 president of Montgomery Ward, demon­ Bless the President, the Speaker, the Con­ strated the kind of corporate leadership gress that by their words and work they may Mr. RODINO. Mr. Speaker, the Colum­ that is truly a credit to the business prayerfully promote peace and plenty for all bus Day parades have ended, the enthu­ community. mankind. siastic words of praise for our great Gen­ I insert in the RECORD a copy of an edi­ In Thy holy name we pray. Amen. oese navigator have been spoken and all torial recently published in the Chicago The richness of the wisdom of Rev­ festivities have drawn to a close. Al­ Sun-Times commending Marcor for its erend Kirchgessner and the quality of though the celebrations and ceremonies enlightened stand on this issue. his leadership are well known to all of have passed, I would like to reiterate for The editorial follows: us in New Jersey and we have been truly you the events of one particular Colum-. 35212 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 11, 1972 bus Day festival, held on Thursday eve­ to report some of the decisions and activities work, patriotism and selfless efforts, are ning, October 5, and sponsored by the in which I have been involved since my last largely responsible for the freedom and privi­ North Ward Educational Center in my Report from Washington. leges we e.s American citizens enjoy daily. It We are faced with many unsolved world is my deep conviction that we owe those who hometown of Newark, N.J. and national problexns, but I feel that posi­ have given so much a decent standard of From listening to Italian operatic se­ tive steps have been taken in dealing with living, personal comfort and self-respect. lections, to viewing exhibitions of Italian these issues and I am conflden~ progress The warm reception given my Forum was Renaissance Art, to singing Italian folk is being made. wen worth the many months taken in its songs, the evening was filled with the An issue of vital concern to all of us is preparation. shared joy and excitement of all who at­ the economy. I believe our economic policy CUTLINE tended. Among the numerous statements is working; the facts prove it. Output is up; They Came from Across the District. inflation has been tempered; there are in­ delivered, the words of Mr. Stephen N. dications the jobless problem is easing, and SOCIAL SECURITY AND RAILROAD RETIREMENT Adubato, director of the center, captured the consumers are spending with less !ear. BENEFITS INCREASED strongly and perceptively the essence of A recent report stating the purchasing power The 92nd Congress this past June approved, this great national holiday for each and of the average earner is greater than at and the President signed into law, legislation every American. It gives me great pleas­ any time since 1964 is certainly good news to provide a 20 percent across-the-board ure to share his words with you at this to all. increase in social security benefits, effective time: According to the United States Department October 1, this year. of Commerce figures, the state of the econ­ I cosponsored a bill to provide the 20 per­ STATEMENT OF STEPHEN N. ADUBATO omy in the First District and throughout cent increase and, of course, I supported this The courage of Columbus, the greatness of Tennessee looks especially good. Tennessee measure when it was on the floor of the America, and the nob1lity of a people are per capita income has forged ahead to a House. meaningful when shared universally by all position today where it stands at more than The high cost of living demands we aid men. As the sons and daughters of Columbus, 80 percent of the national level and is still the elderly and the disabled. As the cost of we should never exclude anyone from partici­ gaining. living increases, benefits should likewise be pating in our joy, in our genius, and in the There can be no denying that we have increased. But this is not enough. We need many positive things we have to offer to our made encouraging progress. However, there to reform the social security program in order fellowman. are still problexns such as a balanced budget to remove inequities in the present system. Citizenship in Rome was not limited to the and the elimination of unnecessary spending Historically, railroad retirement and social inhabitants of the Italian peninsula. All programs which demand careful attention. security benefits have been increased in com­ through the world, including other pe.rts of Much work must be done to restore the parable percentages at approximately the Europe, Africa and Asia, men were proud to value of the dollar and to provide jobs for same time. After the 20 percent social secur­ say that they were "a citizen of Rome." Rome those who are unemployed. ity increase was approved, I immediately in­ was a great civilization, because she shared American involvement in the Vietnam war troduced a blll to extend to railroad retirees her gifts with all men. is coming to a just and honorable end. and their famllies the same increase, which The Catholic church has its geographic American forces have been reduced to about is now law, after the House overrode the center in Italy. Yet, the strength of the 36,000 men and no ground troops are there President's veto. I supported the increase all church is that it shares its teachings with now. We stlll must make sure that our pris­ the way through the House. everyone. Even the word "catholic" means oners of war are returned home and re­ Welfare benefits should also be raised and universal. Indeed, in the ecumenical move­ united with their families. certainly not reduced as a result of the social ment of our times, we have seen a great The problem of pollution is stlll a menace security increase. awakening to this truth. to our society and, although real efforts to When the light of Rome was extinguished VETERANS NEED MORE HELP restore the quality of our environment have I flnd it extremely hard to understand and the world was plunged into the Dark been made, the battle is not yet won. Ages, it was again on the soil of our ancestors how Congress can turn its back on our brave Space will not permit a detailed account men who have served their Country and who that emerged the rebirth of hope for man­ of all of my activities and decisions; however, kind. The Renaissance was significant, be­ have given so much to protect our freedom. on the following pages I will comment briefly Yet Congress continues to appropriate cause we shared this rekindling of spirit with on several that I know will be of interest. all men. billions of dollars in wasteful attempts to buy And finally, Columbus himself. We pay CUTLINE friends abroad while good legislation that homage to the great navigator, the discoverer Time Out During a Busy Day-My Wash­ would greatly benefit our veterans flounderB of America, because his perseverance, his skill, ington staff honored me and my wife, Cecile, in Committee. and that mystical quality of leadership en­ with a surprise luncheon at the office last I introduced a measure to see that veterans abled him to write the first chapter in the summer. My heavy schedules and the hectic would not lose any of their benefits due to history of our nation. Just think! He may pace of Congress make a lunch hour a rare an increase in their social security or railroad well have been the only Italian aboard that occasion. A call from a constituent gives a retirement payments. I have always pushed historic expedition. break before enjoying the cake and water­ for legislation to accomplish this and will So, the great lesson of our own history melon. continue to do so. points clearly to how we can continue in this CUTLINE When the House Veterans' Affairs Com­ tradition. Citizenship in the United States of A Handshake from the President-! have mittee held hearings, I testified in behalf of America is the greatest opportunity that the veterans for an increase in benefits as been honored several times to meet with well as against the loss o! income due to mankind has ever known-for many peoples President Nixon at the White House to dis­ to live together in peace, to share the wealth social security and railroad retirement in­ cuss current issues. During my most recent creases. of all cultures of mankind, and to give the visit, I received a special handshake of ap­ fullest meaning to our own traditions. During the past Congress, I also introduced preciation for my work in the Congress and a bill which would provide an increase in We, the descendants of the great navigator a briefing on national and world affairs. say-"Avantl! Forward! Together!" pensions for the veterans of World War I SENIOR CITIZENS FORUM MEETS and their fam111es. Again, I made a statement ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE before the Committee urging Members to give REPORT FROM WASHINGTON I was delighted that over 400 senior citi­ speedy and favorable consideration to this zens from across the First District were able legislation. to attend my first Senior Citizens Forum OUr veterans must not be overlooked. RON. JAMES H. (JIMMY) QUILLEN held in May at East Tennessee State Univer­ CUTLINE OJ' TENNESSEE sity in Johnson City. Jobs for veterans-At a recent Capitol Hill IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Senior citizens came from throughout the briefing by the President's Jobs for Veterans area to hear 10 experts in fields o! interest Wednesday, October 11, 1972 Committee, I reviewed the progress of ac­ to the elderly. tivities planned to help provide jobs for our Mr. QUTILEN. Mr Speaker, in a few The Assistant Regional Commissioner from returning veterans. The meeting covered the Atlanta, Mrs. Thelma Langley, represented national campaign designed to bring the days I will mail to all postal patrons in the United States Commissioner on Aging. my district a special Report From Wash­ problems of the returning Gl's to the atten­ Other specialists dealing with veterans, so­ tion of employers and to acquaint veterans ington outlining some of my activities cial security, and welfare, participated along with fac111t1es that are provided to help them during the 92d Congress, and I would with delegates to last :fall's White House find jobs. There has been favorable reaction like to make it available to readers of the Conference on Aging in Washington. to this concerted effort since figures show un­ REcoRD. Naturally I am not including I pointed out at the meeting that the prob­ employment has fallen. the photographs contained in the report, lexns senior citizens face, such as inadequate retirement programs and maintaining a home AT LONG LAST-A BRIDGE :FOR BIG SPRINGS but the-cutlineS"ffl'~cluded. on a fixed income, must be solved. The trag­ A struggle of more..:tlum six years climaxed The report follows: edy o! isolation must also be ellm1nated by in July, 1971, with approval of a Federal RI:PoRT FROM WASHINGTON providing necessary programs and accom­ grant !or construction of the Big Springs Dear Prlends: Now that the second session modations. Bridge across the turbulent Clinch River ln of the 92d Congress is history. I would lllte Senior citizens of today, by their hal'd- Hancock County. October 11, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 35213 Now, the bridge 1s complete, and residents should encourage our young people to get way to make your visit to Washington a have a direct link to the county seat at involved and to work for better Government. memorable one. Sneedville, which before could only be Throughout my years in Congress, I have MAJORITY OPPOSE GUN CONTROL reached by traveling some 32 miles out of the met with our young people on different occa­ I have received thousands of letters from way through Virginia. sions to discuss current issues and to get concerned individuals who are opposed to The Big Springs story first unfolded when their views on matters pending in Congress. restrictive gun control measures. residents presented me with a petition re­ I especially wanted the college and univer­ My position on this issue is well known questing assistance in obta.ining funds for a sity students in my District to receive my to ali-I am opposed to gun control and will bridge across the Clinch River. questionnaire, and I made a special mailing continue to fight legislation which would During the years that followed, the Big to all students the last of May. Their re­ destroy the basic constitutional right of every Springs story grew from a single petition to sponses are most revealing and helpful. law-abiding citizen to bear arms. a three-inch-thick flle folder. I was repeated­ FARMERS NEED A HELPING HAND I am very much concerned about the need ly told Federal funds were not available for Agriculture continues to be one of the for law and order, but restrictive measures, Big Springs. Refusing to take no for an an­ most Important elements of the economy in such as the Handgun Control Act of 1972, swer, I took my battle to the Appalachian the First District, and I am extremely pleased will do little to deter the ever-growing crime Regional Commission. that two measures I cosponsored were enacted rate. Stricter enforcement of our present laws After dozens of meetings and rounds of into law during the past Congress. The Rural and more severe punishment for those who correspondence, the Commission agreed to violate them is the proper way to achieve law provide funds to spearhead the project with Development Act of 1972 enlarges rural de­ velopment programs, and the Farm Credit Act and order. cooperation from Hancock County, residents of 1971 offers farmers an opportunity to HEADING FOR PICTURES of Big Springs, the Tennessee State Depart­ expand their operations. ment of Highways, the Upper East Tennessee Two Economy Awards. Our rural problems cannot be forgotten. CUTLINE F Economic Authority and the Tennessee Val­ Congress must continue every effort to see ley Authority. that our farmers receive a helping hand. WATCHDOG OF THE TREASURY-I was Many problems have vanished for the peo­ presented my fifth Watchdog of the Treasury ple of Big Springs. Before the bridge, young MEDICAL SCHOOL IS A MUST Award from the National Associated Busi­ people had to cross the Clinch River either The battle being waged by the people of nessmen by H. Vernon Scott, President, 1n 1n a leaky, wooden punt or on a shaky, swing­ Upper East Tennessee for a medical school recognition of my record of voting against ing bridge 1n order to catch a bus to take in Johnson City, to be operated in conjunc­ unnecessary spending programs. The non­ them to high school in Sneedvllie. That's tion with East Tennessee State University partisan organization has given me a minia­ history now. and the Veterans Administration hospital, ture gold bulldog symbolizing this award Also, parents now find it much easier to go must be won. each of my five terms 1n the House. shopping, to get better jobs and to take their There is a great need for more doctors and CUTLINE G crops to the markets. all1ed health personnel throughout Tennes­ Winning the approval of the Appalachian see, especially in Upper East Tennessee, and CITATION FROM SMALL BUSINESS­ Regional Commission and the go-ahead of the medical school wm solve this problem. MEN-I was honored to receive a Certificate the Federal Highway Administration for the In February, 1971, I cosponsored the of Appreciation from representatives of the bridge at Big Springs took a lot of help from Teague Blll, which would provide Federal National Sinall Business Association and the all involved, and I am happy that I had the assistance in the establishment of state National Committee for Small Business Tax opportunity to lend a helping hand. medical schools to be atftliated with Veterans Reform at a special ceremony on Capitol The Big Springs project is an example of Adm1n1stratlon hospitals. In May, 1971, I Hill. The Certificate was in recognition of the effectiveness and success of Federal­ testified before the House Subcommittee on my support of the enactment of legislation state-local governmental partnership, and I Hospitals of the Veterans' Affairs Commit­ favoring tax reform. hope such examples wm multiply. tee for the school. When the House approved IN CONCLUSION A HEADSTONE FOR A MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER the legislation in July last year, I knew As I mentioned in the beginning, it is we had crossed the first of many hurdles 1n The placing of a headstone on the grave impossible to recount all my Congressional obtaining the medical school, but it has been activities, but I feel this Report gives you a of a Congressional Medal of Honor winner, a frustrating battle to get both the House whose war-time bravery had won him inter­ broad view of the past session. and Senate to agree on a compromise version. We must move forward to restore the value national acclaim, was a day I sha.ll always I am confident the Veterans Administra­ remember. of the dollar, bring an honorable end to the tion is interested in establishing a medical war, and reestablish law and order through­ No longer wlli it be necessary for some school at the VA hospital in Johnson City of the Nation's most courageous men to sleep out the land. I wm continue to do every­ and will designate Johnson City as one of thing I can to achieve the goals we seek. in lonely, unmarked graves. After two years the sites, but the State of Tennessee must of Committee hea.rlngs, military correspond­ Sincerely, first offer a helping hand. JAMES H. QUILLEN. ence and other legislative efforts, my blli Whatever action is taken in Washington to provide a headstone or marker for all Con­ and Nashvllie, we must not lessen our ef­ gressional Medal of Honor winners was signed forts to get the medical school. into law. It came to my attention that a Medal of LEGISLATIVE RECORD BLACK REPUBLICAN YOUTH Honor winner, born in Morristown and buried During my 10 years in Congress I have _CRUSADE in Bristol, had been denied a grave marker sponsored or cosponsored 301 bllis, and 63 of by the U.S. Army. He had received the Na­ these bills or provisions similar to these tion's highest military award for bravery, measures have been enacted into law, accord­ HON. BOB WILSON beyond the call of duty, in World War I. I felt ing to a Library of Congress report. OF -CALIFORNIA Congress should make It possible that no one I am reminded of two measures I authored IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES would forget what he and other Congressional which became law during by first term as Medal of Honor winners had done for their your Congressman-an amendment to the Wednesday, October 11, 1972 Country. They must not be denied markers Federal Highway Act making it necessary to identify their graves. to design interstate highways to accommo­ Mr. BOB Wn.SON. Mr. Speaker, last It may be true that the "paths of glory date traffic for 20 years from the date of year a group of black Americans known lead but to the grave," but at least in the completion, and my blll to acquire and re­ as the National Black Silent Majority case of this Country's Congressional Medal store the old Andrew Johnson Home in Committee carried on a national crusade of Honor winners, the grave does not have to Greeneville as part of the Andrew Johnson for black patriotism. The NBSMC in a be without a certain glory of its own. National Monument. crusade urging blacks to rededicate them­ CUTLINE My b111 making it a Federal offense to selves to America logged 68,000 air miles Area Youths visit--! greatly enjoyed a desecrate the U.S. Flag has received wide and covered 78 cities. For this momen­ Congressional breakfast and tour of the Cap­ acclaim. Space will not permit a detailed tous crusade they were awarded the itol grounds with the participants in the list of bllls I have introduced or those which have become law. principal Americana award, the George 1972 Democracy in Action Rural Electric Washington Lucite Medal from the Free­ Youth Tour. Shown here are the young peo­ WELCOME TO WASHINGTON dom Foundation at Valley Forge. ple from our District whose award-winning It's always good to have friends from the essays on democracy won them a visit to District visit me at my ofiice here in Wash­ It is very significant and quite fitting Washington. ington. So whenever you are in the Nation's that this year on this day a Black Re­ OUR YOUNG PEOPLE-DEMOCRACY IN ACTION Capital, please stop by Room 102 in the Can­ public Youth Crusade sponsored entirely This year, for the first time, all citizens be­ non House Office Building-located at the by the NBSMC is currently touring the tween the ages of 18 and 21 have the right comer of New Jers.ey and Independence Ave­ Nation urging black and white first-time to vote. The Constitutional Amendment mak­ nues. voters to go to the polls on November 7 ing this possible was approved by the 92nd It wm be my pleasure to furnish you with and vote. The crusade of the black youth Congress and ratified ln July last year. passes to the House and Senate galleries 1s geared for the reelection of the Presi­ I supported this Amendment on the floor so you can watch Congress in action. My dent a.nd a Republican Congress. It is of the House, for I have always felt that we staff and I will be glad to help you in a.ny significant in that it should be an inspira- 35214 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 11, 1972 tion to all Americans, young as well as to relieve the finanical crisis a1Hicting older THE WHlTE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON AGING old, to get out and encourage our citizens Americans. One of the most important recommenda­ exercise their right of franchise. At the end of June, the House of Repre­ tions of the 1971 White House Conference on On a 52-city tour in a crusade for sentatives, with my strong support, and the Aging was the call for a mlnimum annual Senate passed a 20 percent increase in Social income program for Senior Citizens. Whlle voters, the principal personalities are the Security monthly benefits. This increase, the welfare reform section of HR 1 provides following: Miss Mary Parrish of Brook­ which was reluctantly approved by the Presi­ such a. program, the annual benefits proposed lyn, N.Y., who has enjoyed an astonish­ dent, despite his stated objections, became ef­ would not allow older persons of limited in­ ingly diverse big city political career fective this September 1. Having long urged come to rise even above the poverty line. working for Democrats as well as Re­ such an increase in SOcial Security benefits, The time has come, I believe, to go beyond publicans. Last spring she participated I was particularly gratified that the Congress such half-measures and to insure that all in the congressional campaign of Repre­ at last took the initiative and acted vigor­ older persons have the right to a decent ously. income. sentative Shirley Chisholm in the political This 20 percent increase augmented 10 per­ Other recommendations of the Conference hotbeds of Crown Heights and Bedford­ cent benefit raises enacted with my full sup­ are embodied in my blll, HR 15701, the Older Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, N.Y. Young Mary port in early 1971. And Congress approved Americans Act Amendments of 1972. Some Parrish, a pioneer in the establishment of final action on companion legislation to raise of its major provisions are: Women's Political Caucuses, might well Railroad Retirement benefits by 20 percent. 1. To strengthen the role of the Adminis­ be described because of her energetic ef­ The Congress found it necessary to override tration on aging as a. focal point of federal forts to make America a better nation for the President's veto on this legislation on concern for our Senior Citizens. October 5. I voted to override the veto. These 2. To develop a. comprehensive system of all people as a Democrat turncoat for overdue cost-of-living increases should go a. community-based services for Senior Citi­ Nixon and a Republican Congress. Miss long way toward relieving the financial zens. Parrish is an excellent public speaker and burden carried by older Americans. But there 3. To provide emphasis on certain speclfi' has worked in all phases of broadcasting is much more which needs to be done. areas of concern such as nutrition, trans­ ranging from announcing to program SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM IN H.R. 1 portation and services in connection with sales and planning. Her counterpart on Last year the House passed a. comprehensive specialized housing for the aging. the tour, Walter Robinson of Washing­ Social Security reform plan called H.R. 1. Un­ 4. To extend the research, training a.nd ton, D.C., is considered by many a walk.1ng fortunately, this legislation was stalled in the national volunteer programs of the Act, and encyclopedia of Republicanism with a Senate untU recently largely because of the 5. To establish a. National Information and controversial welfare reform features added Resource Center for the Aging. built-in dynamo. He is a staffer of the A blll embodying these proposals passed Republican National Committee after onto the blll in committee. The welfare provi­ sions have been dropped and the Senate has the House with my strong support on July 17, having enjoyed a brilliant academtc passed Its version of H.R. 1. The bill is in con­ 1972 and is now awaiting Senate action. career at Howard University and Boston ference to resolve House-Senate dlft'erences. EMPLOYMENT FOR SENIOR CITIZENS College. Under HR 1, Social Security benefits would One of the most shameful situations in our I do not, Mr. Speaker, propose this as increase every January in proportion to the society is that which forces skllled and tal­ a political gesture, but I do argue that increase in the cost of living. In addition, ented persons to remain idle because they the participation of young blacks touring the amount that a beneficiary can earn in are told that they "are too old to be hired" America for better government is a wel­ a year and still receive full benefits would be for regular jobs. I have co-sponsored a. blll, automatically increased each time there was HR 3671, which would establish a Senior come contrast to the rhetoric which we a cost of living benefit increase. Citizens Sklll and Talent UtUiza.tion Pro­ have heard too many times for too long Widow's benefits would be increased from gram. It would authorize the government to a period from the Black Panthers and 82.5 percent of the husband's retirement hire and train low income individuals 55 those young blacks who would tear the benefits to the 100 percent of the retirement years of age and over so that they could help Nation apart. I call this crusade by Miss benefit the husband would be paid 1f he were themselves and make useful contributions Parrish and Mr. Robinson and the Na­ alive. to their communities. These persons would tional Black Silent Majority Committee Finally, the amount that a. social security be hired to work on local community projects under the direction of Clay Claiborne to beneficiary can earn and still be paid all of and would be regarded as federal employees. his social security benefits would be increased TRANSPORTATION FOR SENIOR CITIZENS the entire membership of the House, for from $1,680 to $2,000 a year. Again, this is an it is fitting and proper that we should Transportation within our major cities 1s improvement over existing law. But I have a problem that is evident to anyone who encourage all young Americans to par­ proposed a bill that would increase allow­ has gone to a city as a commuter, a. shopper ticipate in the government of this able income to $3,000 a year. This blll, HR or a tourist. This problem is especially criti­ Nation. 5688, is still awaiting action by the Commit­ cal for the elderly who cannot always walk tee on Ways and Means. from place to place easUy. I have therefore HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR SENIOR CITIZEN proposed H.R. 11259, a blll that would amend NINTH DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY: There is much more that the government the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 LEGISLATIVE REPORT TO THE should do for our senior citizens. In addi­ to authorize grants and loans to private non­ tion to acting on Social security benefits in­ profit organizations to assist them in provid­ CITIZENS creases, the Congress should enact legisla­ ing transportation services, meeting the spe­ tion to provide reltef to senior citizens, hom.e­ cial needs of elderly persons. owners and apartment dwellerS. Further dealing with the problem of trans­ HON. HENRY HELSTOSKI I have introduced a bill HR 12609, which portation, I have introduced H.R. 15702, OF NEW JERSEY would provide an income tax credit of up to which would prohibit common carriers in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES $450 for Senior Citizens of limited means to interstate commerce from charging elderly compensate for taxes paid on property they people more than half fare for their trans­ Wednesday, October 11, 1972 own or rent. In addition to a tax subsidy for portation during non-peak travel periods. Mr. HELSTOSKI. Mr. Speaker, I in­ homeowners, persons who rent their dwell­ RECREATION FOR SENIOR CITIZENS ings would be eligible for an income tax I believe that it is very important that clude at this point in the RECORD a legis­ credit or payment amounting to 25 percent lative report which I have prepared for Senior Citizens have a means of putting of rent paid up to a total of $450. I am hope­ their leisure time to good use. Therefore, I the citizens of the Ninth District of New ful that the Ways and Means Committee will have introduced H.R. 15700, which 1s a blll Jersey of the bills introduced and sup­ agree to consider this bill as part of its tax to provide financial assistance for the con­ ported by me. reform hearings promised for the near future. struction and operation of Senior Citizens' The report follows: To provide further relief from excessive Community Centers. I am continuing to urge housing costs and as an alternative to HR LEGISLATIVE REPORT BY CoNGRESSMAN HENRY early consideration of this blli by the Com­ 12609, I believe that the federal government mittee on Education and Labor where it is HELsTOSKI FOR OUR SENIOR CITIZENS INTRo­ should contribute to payments of rent sub­ DUCTION now pending. sidies for elderly persons who have small in­ HEALTH CARE Despite the wage/price controls imposed by comes. Spectfica.lly, I have proposed a. blll, the Adm1n1stration over a yea.r ago, prices HR 12608, which would authorize the gov­ Although Medicare has gone a long way continue to soar. Rents, property taxes and ernment to pa.y the d11ference between 25 toward relieving Senior Citizens of the high food prices especially seem subject to no con­ percent of the elderly person•s income and cost of health care, there are st111 a. number trols at all. The controls which exist in these his total annual rent, provided that this of reforms which deserve to be enacted. For areas are wholly inadequate and full of loop­ amount does not exceed $1,200. HR 12608, example, I have introduced H.R. 5679, H.R. boles. represents significant improvement of exist­ 6430, and H.R. 11249, which would, respec­ The resulting in1lat1on hits Senior CitlzeiUI ing rent supplement programs. I think this tively, include the services of Optometrists on fixed incomes the hardest. It was impera­ proposal, if a.«opted, would go a long way and Chiropractors as well as prescription tive that the Congress act promptly not only toward insuring a. decent place to live for alL drug costs under Medicare. Addltlonally, I to tighten the nation's price controls, but also elderly Americans. have filed H.R. 10285, which would allow clti- October 11, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 35215 zens over 65 to deduct from their income ing eligibillty for or amount of a veteran's or dersecretary-General for Political and taxes the full amount of medical costs. widow's pension. Security Council Affairs-which includes Although several of these measures have re­ HR 16399 Amends Title II of the Social military policy-was then, as he has al­ ceived consideration in Committee, the prog­ Security Act to provide for an exchange of ress of Congress this year makes it seem credits between the old-age, survivors and ways been, a Communist, it is no wonder unlikely that final action will be taken before disability insurance system and the civil that General MacArthur's top secret bat­ the 92nd Congress adjourns. service retirement system. Enables individ­ tle plans for hitting the enemy at their CONCLUSION uals who have some coverage under both sys­ home bases became public knowledge It is clear that a great deal remains to be tems to obtain maximum benefits based on within a very short time after they were done by the federal government to meet the their combined service. sent to Washington. Those plans were needs of America's Senior Citizens. Unfor­ HR 16400 Provides that State and local rejected and General MacArthur, who tunately, for the past four years, the present taxes paid by individuals shall be allowed as wanted to win, was relieved and brought Administration has not realistically faced a credit against their liability for federal in­ come tax instead of being allowed as a deduc­ home. After that, no further offensive the problems of the nation's elderly. But if action was undertaken in Korea under we remain indifferent to these problems, we tion from their gross income. diminish the dreams of all our people. HR 16401 Amends the Internal Revenue either Presidents Truman or Eisenhower, It is my hope that the Congress will act Code to allow a tax deduction to tenants of although Gen. Mark Clark later reported soon on the reforms I have outlined here so houses or apartments for the proportionate that the Communists there were prac­ that the government will be able to respond share of the taxes and interest paid by tically beaten and their military strength to the needs, hopes and just demands of the landlords. could have been destroyed by an people who helped build this country, her offensive. Senior Citizens. I would welcome your Then in 1956 the Hungarian people thoughts and comments on these proposals. GET THE UNITED STATES OUT rose up and briefly threw off the For your further information, I am listing OF THE U.N.-II all of the bills I have filed in this Congress Soviet Communist yoke. Soviet leaders relating to Senior Citizens. If you wish a had to know what, if anything, the copy of any of these measures or should you HON. JOHN G. SCHMITZ United States and the United Nations have suggestions for further proposals, I OF CALIFORNIA were going to do, before sending in Rus­ would be more than happy to hear from you. sian tanks to crush the freedom fighters. H. Res. 158. Creates a Select House Com­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Hungarians were pleading for our mittee on Aging. Wednesday, October 11, 1972 help every hour on the hour. But our U.N. HR 2478 Creates a comprehensive system of federally financed national health insur­ Mr. SCHMITZ. Mr. Speaker, Gen. Ambassador at the time, Henry Cabot ance. Douglas MacArthur, in "Reminiscences," Lodge, suggested to the Security Council HR 3658 Conquest of Cancer Act. Estab­ said: on November 1, 1956 that they adjourn lishes special, crash program within NIH to The South Koreans had four divisions for severaJ.. days to give the Hungarians seek a cure for cancer. Similar legislation is along the 38th Parallel. They had been well and Russians time to "resolve their dif­ now public law. trained, and the personnel were brave and ferences," while the U.S. State Depart­ HR 3671 Establishes a Senior Citizens patriotic, but they were equipped and or­ ment sent a telegram to Communist Sklll and Talent Utilization Program. ganized as a constabulary force, not as troops butcher Tito stating that the United HR 3823 Pension Reform Act. Provides full of the line. They had only light weapons, no protection for individuals' contributions to air or naval forces, and were lacking in tanks, States looked with disfavor on any coun­ qualified pension plans. Under active con­ art1llery, and many other essentials. The try bordering or near to the Soviet Union sideration in House and Senate. decision to equip and organize them in this that was unfriendly to the U.S.S.R. Dur­ HR 5679 Provides for payment of optom­ way had been made by the State Department. ing those few days that Lodge asked for, etrists' services under Medicare. The argument advanced by the State De­ one of the most brutal massacres in the HR 5688 Increases the Social Security out­ partment for its decision was that it was a history of the world took place in Hun­ side earnings limitation to $3000. necessary measure to prevent the South Ko­ gary, crushing the people's spirit so com­ HR 6430 Authorizes payment for chiro­ reans from attacking North Korea, a curious pletely that they now accept slavery in practic services under Medicare. myopic reasoning that, of course, opened the HR 9567 Authorizes reduced-fare trans­ way for a North Korean attack. virtual silence. portation on a space-available basis for per­ The same policy was followed in our sons who are 65 or older. General MacArthur's observations are most recent "no win" war in Vietnam. HR 11249 Amends the Social Security Act very significant in light of what became At the time of the recent North Vietnam­ to include qualified drugs under the hospital the first military operation in American ese, large-scale military invasion of the insurance program. history to be directed outside of Ameri­ South, a State Department representa­ HR 12138 Strengthens and improves the can sovereignty under an internationalist tive who spoke at a luncheon for Mem­ Older Americans Act. HR 12608 Establishes a Senior Citizens command, which presided over the first bers of Congress and their staffs was Rent Supplement Program. post-World War II disaster that would asked why, when we knew weeks ahead HR 12609 Provides a property tax exemp­ bring us closer to accommodation and of the time that an all-out attack was tion for Senior Citizen's. surrender by merging into' a one-world coming, we did not act to stop it before HR 12728 Provides a 20 percent increase socialist government. That military oper­ it started. The answer was: "We wanted in Social Security benefits (with a $100 Mini­ ation was, of course, the Korean war them to come through so we could expose mum), increases the earnings base to $15,000 under United Nations command. them as aggressors." And our Air Force for benefit and tax purposes and requires It should have been no surprise commander in Vietnam, Gen. John D. that % of the revenues required for Social to Security programs be contributed by the fed­ Americans familiar with the history of Lavelle-who, like General MacArthur, eral government. Similar legislation is public international communism and of Marx­ wanted to act and in fact did act to pre­ law. ists throughout the world when Secre­ vent the loss of life by attacking the stag­ HR 13811 Establishes an Office for the tary -General Trygve Lie called on the ing areas for the invasion-was, like Gen­ Aging in the Executive Office of the Presi­ United Nations to get America involved eral MacArthur, relieved of his command dent. in the first of our "no win" wars. As Isaac and retired from the service. HR 13933 Liberalizes the eligiblllty test for Don Levine pointed out in his book, "The This is how the American mind and receipt of disablllty benefits. Mind of an Assassin," Lie had visited spirit are being conditioned to accept HR 14626 Provides grants to the States for "substitutes for victory" and ultimately eye examinations for Senior Citizens. Moscow in 1921 and, according to Trot­ HR 14839 Enacts the Social Security Re­ sky, had been identified with the Comin­ to see the price of peace as surrender of form provisions of HR 1. Passed House. tern in early days. U.S. sovereignty to the United Nations HR 15700 Authorizes funds for establish­ When Stalin wanted Trotsky expelled or whatever government apparatus grows ment of Senior Citizens Community Centers. from Norway in 1936, it was very con­ out of it. If we are not allowed to win HR 15702 Prohibits common carriers in in­ venient for him to have Lie as Minister wars, there will be no end to war-until terstate commerce from charging elderly peo­ of Justice for Norway. And it was the a central world authority is brought for­ ple more than half fare for the transporta­ Soviet delegate who first proposed that ward and established as allegedly the tion during non-peak periods of travel. Trygve Lie be elected president of the only hope for lasting peace. But that HR 16264 Provides that Social Security or U.N. General Assembly by acclamation, peace would be, as in Rudyard Kipling's Railroad Retirement payments shall not be waiving the secret ballot requirement. famous poem, only "the truce of the regarded as income for purposes of determin- In view of the fact that the U.N. Un- bear." 35216 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 11, 1972 A RECORD OF ACTION FOR AMERI­ These five measures constitute more than three-year recession ... a recession which CA'S ELDERLY WRITTEN BY THE rhetoric. They represent effective action. has cost the Federal government more than The 92d Congress, sometimes over Admin­ $40 bUUon 1n lost revenues. And that Is the 920 CONGRESS istration opposition, has made a commitment real cause of the record budgetary deficits, to the principle that our older citizens should not Congressional legislation. be able to live their lives in comfort and But that's only part of the story. The jact HON. HENRY HELSTOSKI dignity. 1s that there is more than enough money OF NEW JERSEY The historian, Arnold Toynbee, concluded coming into the Soclal Security Trust Pund that the quality and durabillty of a society to cover the new 20 percent increase 1n pay­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES were best measured by "the respect and care ments. Not a penny need come from general Wednesday, October 11, 1972 given its elderly citizens." operating funds. As Chairman Wilbur Mllls That respect and care are the inspiration of the House Ways and Means Committee Mr. HELSTOSKI. Mr. Speaker, if there of the legislation which the 92d Congress testified, the Increase can be financed on an is one major area which the 92d Con­ has passed on behalf of older Americans. actuarially sound basis. gress has applied itself, it is in regard to As for the lnfiation argument, keep in America's elderly. I have prepared a spe­ OLDER AMERICANS ARE REAL VICTIMS OF RISING mind that the economy 1s not operating at cial report on America's elderly which PRICES full capacity-far from it. It Is operating at will be sent to my constituents of the It has been estimated that of all the men only 76 percent of capacity; more than five and women in human history who have lived mlllion American workers are still unem­ Ninth Congressional District. This report, ployed. We need to stimulate the economy. as well as other reports and newsletters, past the age of 65, 25 percent of them are allve today. not coollt. is sent in the spirit of the public's right Twenty mlllion of those men and women And that's just what the new Increases to know. Freedom of information is one llve in the United State!r-One of every ten wlli do. of the great bulwarks of liberty and can Americans. The extra money the elderly will be spend­ never be restrained but by despotic The problems they face are enormous . • . ing wm help the economy, not hurt lt, by governments. problems of health • . . of lonellness 1n a putting idle machines and unemployed men The reports follow: changing society . . . of idleness after a life­ and women back to work. time of productive activity . . . and, for Everybody wlll benefit: the businessman. A RECORD OF ACTION FOR AMERICA'S ELDERLY the farmer, the worker-and the elderly. WRITTEN ..BY THE 92D CONGRESS some, the problems of poverty and hunger. One quarter of our senior citizens fall be­ That's not lnfl.ationary. That'S just good, The present 92nd Congress will long be fore the poverty llne. During the Kennedy sound economics. remeu::.bered as the Congress which acted to and Johnson Administrations the number of enrich the llves of the nation's older citizens. older Americans living in poverty dropped This Congress-along with the 74th Con­ from six m1111on to 4.6 mlllion. But this trend CASIMIR PULASKI: SOLDIER OF gress which passed Soc1Rl Security under was unfortunately reversed, beginning in FREEDOM Fra.nklln D. Roosevelt ... and the 89th 1969. After three years of recession, that num­ Congress which passed Medicate and the ber rose to more than five milllon. Now, Older Americans Act