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EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS A LIBERAL AGAINST ABORTION "My. liberal friends in the ACLU would ceeding unabated. The White Rouse have jumped all over the Dred Scott deci­ and many elements of the press are sion, which h.eld that a slave was less than a trying every angle possible to prove HON. JOH1J G. FARY human being. Well. it is my opinion that that the Communist Chinese are not OF ILLINOIS one day we'll look back at Roe 1'8. Wade [the 1973 Supreme Court ruling upholding the the aggressive and warlike people the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES legality of abortion] as our Dred Seott deci­ Soviets have proven themselves to be. Wednesday, January 23, 1980 sion. What the two things have _in common One recent example was in the Oil is the attempt to deal with social problems Daily: e Mr. FARY. Mr. Speaker, . distin­ by defining people as less t:tian human." guished colleagues, in the wake of yes­ Images of the Chinese Communists as For Smith, arguments about the viability-­ "mass murderers" hinder understanding as terday's March for Life, which I of fetuses are beside the point, having more much as misinterpreted terms such as wholeheartedly support, I would like to do with the state of the medical art than "purge," which in the Chinese political con­ to share with you an article by Wil­ with humanity. While he acknowledges text does not imply Stalin-like executions, liam Raspberry that appeared on the being uncomfortable in, the presence of but rather, removal from party or official op-ed page of today's Washington many of his fellow . right-to-lifers, whose positions and "thought reform.'' The em­ Post. It illustrates the motivations of politics he generally abhors,. he goes even phasis in Chinese politics has generally liberals who are beginning to join the further than some of them in his definition been on rehabili4ition rather than elimina­ of human life. His view is that human life tion ... ranks of the prolife movement in in­ exists from the moment of conception, and creasing numbers. So-called prochoice anything deliberately done to interrupt the About 66 million dead Chinese may advocates often accuse prolifers of development of that human being is mur­ differ with this author's assessment of being unreasonably conservative and der. the benevolence of the Chinese Com~ opposed to policies that make life bet­ He accepts abortion when the choice is be­ munists. So would Amnesty Interna­ ter tor those who are already born. I tween saving the fetus or the mother, but tional. In its yearly report on human think this is an unfair accusation. that's as far as he'll go. It makes no differ­ rights violations in the world this i,n­ is ence to him whether the fetus is deformed However, my answer to them the or unwanted or the product of rape or in­ ternational advocate for civil liberties last paragraph of· the article . which cest. It's still a human life~ mag­ his anti-abortion stance as consistent with e Mr. ASHBROOK. Mr.· Speaker, the azine, March 25, 1979-Translated .by his generally Uber~ vtews. It's the pro­ propaganda barrage for the granting Chou Hsing-chlh) choice liberals who are inconsistent, he be­ of most-favored-nation status for the [Editor~s Note: The sudtlen arrest and dis­ lieves. Communists in China has been pro- appearance of Wei Ching-sheng (Wei Jing- e This ..bullet,,. symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on die floor .. 518 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 23, 1980 sheng), editor of T'an-so , on people's previous confidence in him in order The people gather to seek redress of their March 29, 1979, is no surprise to us. Rather, to oppose the democratic movement. He has grievances, to air their sufferings and to de­ it is the inevitable fate of those who fight foisted· all kinds. of charges on the democrat- mand democracy. The· people demonstrate for freedom· and civil rights under Chinese ic movement, attempting to blame it for the to oppose persecution and dictatorship: This Communism. Wei's case has attracted the failure of Hua and Teng's policies to salvage illustrates that their life is lacking democra­ attention of news media and· scholars of China's economy and productivity. Once cy. Can it be called "normal order" when Chinese studies throughout the free world. again, the people were the scapegoat. for the the people are powerless, manipulated by Translated .here is the full text of his edito· failure of their policies. the others at will and without the minimum rial for a special edition o~ T'an-so pub­ Does Teng Hsiao-p'ing deserve the 'peo- protection for their life? If this kind of lished . on March 25, 1979. The editorial pie's confidence? We believe that no politl- "normal order" protects the. dictatorial ca­ points out that what thei)eople want is not cal leader should enjoy the, people's uncon- reerists' willful encroachment on the peo­ rotten Communist despotism under another ditlonal confidence. If the policies he prac- ple's interests, then isn't it quite obvious man or a group of men, but democracy by tices are beneficial to the people and lead whether or not this kind of order· is better all the people. It denounces Teng Hsiao­ the people on the road to peace and pros- for the careerists or for the people? We be­ p'ing for continuing the "dictatorship of the perity, we should trust him. What we trust lieve . that normal order is not necessarily proletariat" which had been practiced by are his policies and the road he takes. If the . uniform and even. Especially in politics previous power-holders. Most s,wnificant is policies he practices are harmful to the peo- there · must exist diversified opinions in a that Wei does not disguise his opinion in ple's interests, and if the road he wants to normal situation. The lack of diversified Chinese Communist Jargon like many other take leads to dictatorship and opposes the opinions, many and varied assertions, and of anti-Communist writers in mainland China. people, the people should oppose him. By different publications to represent the opin­ His message is clear and right to the point: the sanie tokeri, what the peol>le oppose are Ions of different types of people, all these il­ Democracy is impossible under Communist his policies and road which are harmful to lustrate the existence of a political dictator­ rule, and -the people must fight for democra- the people's interests, and encroach upon ship. Therefore, it is exactly this uniformity cy.] , the justified rights of the people. According and evenness that should be called an "ab­ That the undemocratic social system in to the principles of democracy, all authori-· ,normal ·order." The use of certain social China has for the past thirty years crippled ties must bow their heads before the peo- phenomena-such as some criminals taking the development of the Chinese social sys­ ple's opposition. the opportunity to make trouble-as a pre- tem in all aspects is a problem now well­ But Teng Hsiao-p'ing · does not bow his text to deprive the people of their freedom known by all. Facing such a serious fact, the head. When the people universally demand of speech is one of the old tricks usually Chinese people have two options: <1> If the an inquiry into the reasons for China's played by the old and new despotic Fascists. society is to advance, and if livelihood and backwardness over the past thirty years and All of us can recall the incident at the production are to develop quickly, it is nec­ trito Mao Tse-tung's crimes against the Chi· Tienanmen Square: Didn't the Gang of essary to reform the social system; <2> if the nese people, he always Jumps up and says: Four also use the pretext that some people Maoist-type of proletarian di~tatorship is to "Without Mao Tse-tung &here could not be burnt automobiles ·to wantonly suppress the continue, there will be no democracy and it a new China." Furthermore, not only did he people's revolutionary movement? Now, will be impossible to modernize livelihood stubbornly reiterate that· in his March 16 Teng Hsiao-p'ing has also found similar ex­ and production. China now stands at a fork speech, but he also explicitly upheld Mao cuses. Won't he use more cunning tricks to in the road whfoh offers no other options.· Tse-tung as the banner of the Chinese na- suppress the people's movement? The peo­ Whither China? The sentiments of the tion, stressing that Mao Tse-tung's short- pie must heighten their vigilance and trust majority of.Chinese people indicate in what comings were trivial matters hardly worth no longer any ruler who· is not subject to social .environment the people· wish to live mentioning. . the people's supervision and control. and work. These specific sentiments of the Does he fear that an inquiry into Mao The people must beware of Teng Hsiao- people are what gives rise to today's cam­ Tse-tung's mistakes might reveal him as an ping's. metamorphosis into a dictator. After paign for democracy. This campaign for de­ ex-collaborator? Or does he intend to con- Teng Hsiao-ping's reinstatement in 1975, he mocrao.y assumes the need to refute the tinue the Mao-type 'politics of dictatorial so- seemed at first to demonstrate that he was Maoist-type of dictatorship, and seeks to re­ cialism? If the answer to the first question not following Mao Tse-tung's despotic dicta­ form the social system so that China can is "yes," he can be completely free from , torship and that he wanted to treasure the march forward to promote our livelihood fear. The people's tolerance is sufficient to people's interests. Therefore, ~he masses of and production in a democratic social envi­ forgive his past errors so long as he can now people fervently expected him to continue ronment. This goal is not limited to a few lead the country to the road of democracy that kind of policy and were willing to sup­ individuals, but is a trend· in the develop- and prosperity. If the answer to the second port him with their blood . Did the people stands this and agrees to strive for this goal give him. No matter how good he has been support him as an· individual? No, that was is standing at the forefront of the historic in the past, he would eventually take the not it. Aside from his willingness to strive trend. Whoever opposes and hinders the at­ road of destroying the national economy for the people's interests, he had. nothing tainment of this goal is using deceptive and encroaching on the people's interests so deserving the people's support. Since he has means to mislead this movement onto a long as he purports to continue Mao Tse- now put down the masquerade of suppprt­ wrong road and he is a traitor to history. tung's dictatorship. Anyone who forgives ing democracy; taken suppressive actions And whoever suppresses this genuine popu­ such a criminal is indirectly committing a against the people's democratic movement, lar movement is a murderer in the true crime against the people. allowed the provinces to take stands com- sense. There is no need to wait for historical Does Teng Hsaio-p'lng want democracy? pletely opposed to democracy, and resolute­ Judgment on such a m1µ1 for the court in No, he does not. He does not want to under- ly maintained dictatorial politics, he is no the mind of the people will immediately try stand the people who are living in an abyss longer worthy of the people's trust and sup. and sentence him for his crime. This sen­ of suffering. He does not want to Join the port. His deeds ·have demonstrated that tence is the severest possible and is irrevers­ people to recover the power that has been what he wants to practice is not democracy ible. The power of this court may not be­ usurped by the careerists and careerist and what he supports is not the people's in­ come· manifest beeause of its relative in­ -groups. terests. He is now on the road to dictator- equality in strength at the moment, but his­ Teng condemns the movement, which has ship after he has cajoled the people's trust tory will prove that its power is invincible. been spontaneously organized by the people and confidence. Those who do not believe this may refer to to strive for democratic rights, as an oppor- The history of China has demonstrated the April 5th movement to see whether tunity seized by some people to make trou- innumerable times this fact: Dictators can those, even the . most powerful, who were ble which disrupts public order and as a do what they wish after they have cajoled then judged and sentenced by the court in movement which must be suppressed. Such the people's trust and confidence. As the old the mind of the people, could manage to es­ measures against those who criticize errone- proverb goes: "Those who have conquered cape from punishment. ous policies and those who demand the ad- the hearts of the people will conquer the Are there men who do not fear this kind vancement of the society manifest their state." Once they have won the stat~ and of punishment? There are, of course, and great fear of the popular movements. because their interests will be inevitably in more than a few. Many power-holders are We cannot but ask them: What are the conflict with those of the people, they will intoxicated by the power in their own hands contents of the democracy you perceive? If in the end suppress those . who are strug­ and more often than not entirely forget this the people have no freedom to express their gling in the ·people's own interests. There­ harshest of sentences. There are also those opinion. · . . . Without freedom of speech fore, the key lies not in who has won the careerists who strive for personal dictator­ what would democracy amount to? If the state, but in whether or not the people ship; for their despicable purposes, they democracy you perceive is · a democracy should let these men seize the s~ate from have frequently exploited .the people's Jlul· which forbids the people to criticize the their hands. The people should firmly hold libility and thus incurred their enmity. For power-holders, then what is the difference the state in their own hands. That is democ­ instance, Vice-Chairman Teng Hsiao-p'ing between this type of· democracy and Mao racy. Those who are entrusted by the people spoke to the leadership cadres of various Tse-tung's "democracy under the. dictator- to manage the government and those who Central ministries and departments on ship of the proletariat"-aren't they both are entrusted to exercise authQrity must .be ~arch 16; he then attempted to exploit the fig leaves to cover up dictatorial politics? brought under the people's control and be January 23, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS ·519 responsible to them. According to the Con-· bring their wisdom into full play. Based on the disruptive effect on the national stitution of the People)tR.~public: of .9hm,· cooperation, collective wisdom and joint ef­ economy that deregulation of well­ only the organs and-individuals who have fort, we will have the maximum guarantee been elected by the people, who are commfs:. of, highest efficiency . and most desirable head prices would create if·it were to sioned and under the control of the elected achievements. This is the only-road open to occur during a period of .market imbal­ government, subject to the people's supervi­ China, although under China's present con­ ance. Deregulated gas prices would ini­ sion and responsible to the people, are con­ ditions it is the road replete with the great­ tially be driven far· above long-run sidered ligftimate administrative authori­ est difficulties.e market clearing levels as rolled-in pric­ ties. ing permitted interstate pipelines to We would like to ask those big shots in DOUGLAS MAcARTHUR'S bid the price of new gas supplies to un­ t}le government who instigated the appre­ precedented levels. hension of people: "Is the power you hold BIRTHDAY legitimate?" We also would like to ask The projected disorderly price path Chairman Hua and Vice-Chairman Teng: Is under sudden deregulation is the prin­ it legitimate for you two to occupy the posi­ HON. G. WIWAM WHITEHURST cipal· reason why the conference com­ tions of premier and vice-premier? More­ OP VIRGINIA mittee ultimately adopted a· mecha­ over, we would like to know: Is it legal for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · nism of .wellhead price ceilings applica­ you to proclaim the arrest. of people in the ble to specifically defined categories· of name of the chairman and vice-chairman Wednesday, January 23, 1980 Cof the Chinese Communist Party] instead gas production with model_'ate· price es­ of in the name Qf the courts or a parliamen­ e Mr. WHITEHURST. ·Mr. Speaker, calation to prepare the natural gas tary institution of the people? And we want this Saturday, January 26, marks the system for eventual decontrol. The to ask: According to what law of China can lOOth anniversary of the birthday of NOPA provided for the elimination of the name "evil-doer" constitute a criminal General of the Army Douglas MacAr­ wellhead price controls for certain cat­ charge? What are the standards for an evil­ thur. In .the pantheon o.f military he­ egories of gas production between the doer? And whose Judgments are regarded as roes, few can match the record of date of. enactment and 1985. The the standards? If these simplest questions Douglas· MacArthur. His career elimination of price controls was ac­ are not clarified, then in China there is no rule of law. achievements, dating back .to his cadet complished by establishing several in­ Historical experience has told us that ev­ days at West Point and concluding creasing price paths for different cate­ eryone must limit his trust and confidence with his brilliant military operations gories of natural gas production. It in others and that all those who want to in both the Second World War and was ,enerally intended that. the price barter for ·the people's unlimited trust and Korea, reflect rare genius. He gave for new natural gas would be gradual­ confidence are careerists without exception. greate:r meaning· to the words "duty, ly increased to approximate equiva­ The important question is what kind of peo­ honor, country" than any other· man lency with alternate fuels by 1985. In ple should be chosen to gain our trust and in this generation. this manner, the NGPA provided· a confidence while an even more important At a time of renewed challenge to question is how to supervise the chosen ones transition mechanism to orderly de­ so that they carry out the wishes of the ma­ our Nation, Americans would do well regulation ~ ·1985. jority. We cannot naively believe that any­ to recall the example of this illustri­ However, concern remained that one would Jeopardize his own interests to ous countryma.l'l. On Saturday eve­ market imbalances would still exist serve the interests of others. We can only ning, January 26, the Douglas MacAr­ when certain categories of natural gas trust those agents who are under our super­ thur Chapter of the Association of the production were price deregulated.·Ac- · vision; these agents must be delegated by us United States ·Army of Norfolk, Va., cordingly, incremental pricing was and not forcibly imposed upon us. Whether will honor the general's memory with they have the right to exercise political substituted for wellhead price controls a banquet. While those iD attendance as a market ordering device. · power must first be decided according to will be particularly mindful of the whether they have encroached or are pre­ general's contributions to our people, Incremental pricing allocates a speci­ pared to encroach on the b~ic democratic fied portion of the aquisltion costs of rights of the people. Anyone who is not will- all Americans would do well to pause . ing to subject himself to the supervision of and reflect upon his example of devo­ natural gas to certain industrial users. institutions elected by the people, and Bl).Y· tion to the cause of liberty·• Incremental prieing incre·ases the one who is prepare of the NOPA, whicll eries. If not curtailed, this '10 percent commencing on November 1, 1980, in- specifically deregulated the wellhead of use can exert the·leverage necessary dustrial boiler fuel users will be sub- price of certain categories of high cost for incremental pricing to achieve its Ject to incremental pricing up to the gas on the effective date of the first purposes. Yet, the volume is not so price of No. 2 fuel oil, low sulfur No. 6 incremental pricing rule required large that pipeline management would fuel oil, or high sulfur No. 6 fuel oil under section 201 of the NOPA. be unable to compensate for a loss of depending upon which fuel the Indus- A statement I released to the press even a substantial portion of these trial facility is capable of burning and on May 2, 1978, is further evidence users. is permitted to burn by State and local that incremental pricing was intended Third, a broadening of incremental authorities. to be a surrogate for wellhead price pricing to other industrial users would Second, the FERC is required to de- controls as a market ordering mecha­ give added assurances against forced velop an amendment to the first rule nism. That statement contains the fol­ conversions. With more users sharing withln 18 months after the date of en- lowing passages regarding the purpose the· load, it is less likely that the price actment-by May 9, 1980-which ex- of incremental pricing and the linkage to any singie user will get high enough tends incremental pricing to other- between incremental pricing· and de- to force conversion. This is particular­ nonboiler-industrial users. The regulation: ly true gtv~ the drastic increase in oil amendment would. become effective First, said that meaningfµl incre- unless disapproved by either House of 1 prices during 1979. Morever, many in­ Congress. On November 15, 1979, the mental pricing was~ essential prereq- dustrial processes and feedstock users . uisite, a sine qua non, to my acceding are dependent upon the clean burning FERC issued a notice of proposed rule- to deregulation, making wherein the Commission pro- characteristics of natural gas or its poses to broaden the scope of lncre- Second, I said that Incremental pric­ value as a feedback. These users mental pricing to include all industrial Ing was viewed by ·opponents Q.f dereg­ should pay a premium for their essen­ users other than those · specifically ulation as an essential substitute for tial supplies of natural gas and will do exempted froin increm~ntal pricing by wellhead price controls as a wellhead so if made subject to incremental the NOPA. market ordering device. As such "incre- pricing. Thus, all industrial boiler fuel users mental pricing permeates every aspect Fourth, under the NOPA, incre­ are subject to incremental. pricing up of the agreerp.ent, touching on the is­ mental pricing is capped at the price to the price of high sulfur No. 6 fuel sues of what gas gets deregulated and of alternative fuels. Thus, natural gas oil as -of January 1, 1980. On Novem- when, as well as the pricirig of gas be­ will remain an attractively priced fuel ber 1. 1980, industrial boiler fuel users tween enactment and deregulation. for incrementally priced industrial will be subject to incremental pricing This single strand· runs through the users even if incremental pricing up to the price of either No. 2 fuel oil, fabric ·of the agreement; pull it and should result in gas rates that reach low sulfur No. 6 fuel oil, or high sulfur the entire weave comes undone. the price of alternative fuels. No. 6 fuel oil. Between now and May 9, The existence of incremental pricing Fifth, adequate flexibility exists for 1980, the FERC will determine which as an effective market ordering mech­ local distribution companies to engage other industrial users of natural gas anism is an absolute necessity to the in historical load balancing sales. The should be subject to incremental pric- ~tatutory phaseout of weilhead price incremental pricing surcharge received Ing. This determination will be subject controls under the NOPA. The politi­ ~Y a local distribution company. based to disapproval by either House of con- cal ·and policy linkage in the NOPA be­ upon the volumes of gas sold by it to gress. tween decontrol and incremental pric- incrementally priced users, ·must be . Incremental pricing is 'designed to Ing is such that frustration of the leg­ passed through to that class of users. act as a market ordering device by im- islative purpose of incremental pricing However, so long as this class of users posing a restraint on the prices pipe- would impact adversely on decontrol. pays the sµrcharge-and not . residen­ lines are willing to pay for gas sup- Another beneficial effect ·of the tial users-each member of. the class of plies. Without incremental pricing, the NOPA's Incremental pricing require­ incrementally ·priced users need ·not ability of gas-hungry interstate pipe- ment is that it protects residential gas .share equally in the payment of the lines to average in comparatively small users from initial wellhead price in­ surcharge. Therefore, load· balancing ·volumes of deregulated supplies of creases by initially imposing the bur­ sales can still be accomplished. Resi­ new gas with far greater volumes of den of price increases upon the dential and industrial consumers alike cheaper old gas would result in bid- historically underpriced industrial will ·share in the cost reductions ding wars between pipelines for new users of riatural gas and by allowing achieved by the transportation of ad­ gas supplies. further exacerbated by the Commission to use an alternate ditional volumes of traditional intra­ current pipeline rate' regul~tions, fuel cost less than No. 2 fuel oil if nec­ state- gas which the NGPA makes which tie profitability to throughput essary to prevent increases in rates to available to the Interstate system. volumes. Thus, the price of deregulat- high priority customers. The process of implementation of In­ ed gas would be bid to excessively high While protecting residential gas corr­ cremental pricing is far from com­ levels as pipeline managers sought to sumers from rapid price increases, in­ plete. In fact, the first group of. indus~ maximize throughput volumes and, cremental pricing will not drive indus­ trial users has ·not yet paid any incre­ thereby, pipeline profits. try off natural gas and onto other mental pricing charges. In these cir­ Incremental pricing solves th.ts prob- fuels. If incremental pricing, in tact. cumstances, I believe it ts premature lem by focusing initial price increases drove industrial users to other fuels, to propose or consider the repeal of. on the pipelines' most price sensitive the. leverage these users have to re­ the.incremental pricing portion of the customers: the historically under- strain the· prices that pipelines pay· for NOPA. I have directed the staff of the priced industrial users. Accordingly, gas supplies would be lost and the con­ Energy and Power Subcommittee to pipelines are encouraged by their in- sumer protection ·aspects of increment­ monitor closely the continued imple­ dustrial customers to use restraint in al pricing would be seriously jmpaired. mentation of incremental pricing and bidding f.or additional supplies of gas. Several provisions of the NOPA mlli­ will keep the Congress Informed on By allowing the delivered price of tate against this occurring. the effects and CODSf:'quences of lncre- January 23, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS ·521 mental · pricing · as they become MR. CARTER'S HARDSHIP CASE had been canceled. It was lf;?ameq al­ apparent.• most immediately that these licenses HON.JOHN .M.ASHBROOK were going to :be canceled anyway and that the White House had ordered the OF OHIO flim flam as part of some new Raf~ "TIGE" IS RETIRING IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES shoonery. In fact, part Of the bogus li· Wednesday, January 23, 1980 cense show was a technology package HON. DAWSON MATHIS •Mr.ASHBROOK.Mr. Speaker, yes- that was turned down almost a year . terday I teported that I would be pro- ago. OF GEORGIA viding periodic updates on the prog- The Commerce Department is al­ iN THE HOUSE' OF REPRESENTATIVES ress of Mr. Carter's conversion to real- ready putting up a major fight to stop Wednesday, January 23, 1980 tty in dealing, with communism. Ac- two spare parts contracts with Kama· cording to today's Washington Post River from being revoked. This is be­ •Mr.MATHIS. Mr. Speaker, one of his conversion has already become a coming part of a broader crusade to · the most-.colorful figures in southwest bit spotty. After hearing all the an- keep the flow of technology going Georgia, Earl "Tige" Pickle, presently nouncements about how America while telling the American public that the Early County, Ga., treasurer, has would use trade as a weapon against Mr; Carter is really doing ~omething announced his retirement effective at the Soviets many of us thought this to stop the flow. The list of exemp. the end of this year. Wl)ile this would Nation's days of arming the Sovjets tions from the trade license ban is seem of no great consequence, my through technology transfers would growing steadily under the guise of good friend Tige has served his com­ be over. Apparently this will not be "hardship cases." Currently the Com­ munity for 36 years, setting a record the case. The Commerce Department~ merce Department has found-that it for public office in Early County. That with the blessings of 'the White House, would be a "hardship" to· end· mainte­ the citizens of Early County· will soon has discovered that en~g the tra.Il$- nance work at the Moscow airport and lose a dedicated and beloved public fer of U.S. technology to the Kremlin to end training arid technical data servant is no secret and I feel he leaders would create "hardships" in transfer to several industrial sites. The should serve as a model to us all. A re­ the U.S.S.R. . Washington Post reported that one cent article in the Early County News . ' After the Soviet military put their administration official assured a group demonstrates Tige's contribution to armored vehicles through the rigors of of worried .businessmen that they can his community :and I wish to insert the Afghanistan highway system I can expect "business as usual" as a result that article into the RECORD at this understand how · the cutting off , of of the new' Commerce Department ini­ time. spare parts and maintenance could be tiatives within a month. So much for [From the Early County News, Jan.17, a hardship. Imagine how the Soviets JII.r. Carter's tough guy posture. . 1980) must feel, since they committed them- I am sure that we ·are going to hear "TIGE" Is RETIRING AFTER 36 YEARS selves to oppressing Afghanistan, now more sabre rattling in the State of the Early County's Treasurer of 36 rears, Earl that they cannot depend on the' Union message tonight and will see (Tige) Pickle, has announced he will retire United States for the technology to many more editorials and media f ea­ his PoSition at the end of 1980. t um_out more weapons · and spare tures that will fall for Carter's born His 36 years of service sets a longevity rec­ parts from their plants in the Urals.. I again anticommunism. The real test of ord. No other elected official has served ·am glad that the Commerce Depart- the sincerity of Mr. Carter's policy will that long in the history of Early county, ment and ·Mr. Carter are willlrig to come when Afghanistan moves off the The late .J.L. Houston served 32 years as ;µid · Tax Commissioner and Tax Collector, and ·show ·such compassion to the Kremlin front pages of the papers the a~ Judge J.W. Bonner had served almost 32 in its time of dire need. _ peasers at Foggy Bot.tom reassert their years as State Judge or City Court Judge at The decade of U.S. assistance to the influence; I can assure you that Amer­ the time of his death. Soviet war machine has been one of lea will be watching.e · "I can not leave without expressing my · the prime elements in enabling the sincere and· extreme appreciation to the U.S.S ..R. to carry out _its adventurism. THE INTRODUCTION OF A RESO· people of Early County for permitting me to The construction of the gig.antic plant LUTION GUARANTEEING THE serve in this capacity for such a long time. at Kama River and the outfitting of I'll never quit loving them and hope in th~ key industrial complexes at zn, Likha- RIGHT TO LIFE future years that I may continue to repa_y these kindnesses by being a good pllvate chev, Minsk, and Gorki with advanced . citizen and 'doing good' whenever and wher­ compute1'6, conveyer systems, preci· HON. JO~ M. MURPHY ever I.can," "Tige" stated. sion machine tooJs, and other. means. OF NEW YORK "Tige" says he will continue to be active tri of production have become monu- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES other fields. He will continue to write his ments to the inability of the United column in the Early County News, which States. to understand how trade can be Wednesday, January 23, 1980 has been ·a popular feature of the paper for used against us. The countless photos • Mr. MURPHY of New York. Mr. 43 years, and to continue his 5-times a week of the invasion .of Afghanistl\11 have Speaker, today marb the .seventh an- . radio show over station WBBK, Blakely, The. Tige Pickle Show heard Monday shown. the result of this trade. Con- niversary of the U.S. Supreme.court's through Fridaf is now in its 15th year. voys of Kama, River· and Zil . trucks abortion decisions ·in the Rose against "Tige" is married to the former Miss Ann have l>:i'ought supplies and troop~ intQ Wade · and Doe against Bolton cases. Spurlock, of Blakely, and they will observe Kabul. Armored columns of BTR 40 This year, as every year since 1974, their 37th wedding anniversary on F.ebruary and BTR 60 series armored personnel hundreds of thousands of men and 18. They have 3 children, Frank Pickle, of carriers and infantry support vehicles women are, at great personal sacrifice, Manchester; Lindsey Pickle, Kingsport, are testimony to how -American tech- taking time away from their daily re­ Tn.; ·and Ann-Aline Pickle of Blakely and nology has been diverted right under sponsibilities to vividly demonstrate Albany, but soon to move to Longview, our noses. Why the Carter adtninistra- their commitment to the Right to Life Texas, where she will head up the medical record department of a new hospital in that tion had to have a major invasion con- cause by seeking out. their elected rep­ city~ "Tige" also has 3 grandchildren with front 'it before it pulled the plug is one resentatives in Washington, D.C. arid whom he hopes to sperid more time after of the many questions that need to be State capitals across the. country to January 1, 1981. asked time and time again in 1980 lobby ·for the passage of a c.onstitu­ He has been active in tne civic and com­ until the American people receive a tional amendment prohibiting abor­ munity life of Blakely. He is a · Mason, a truthful answer. · tion. This grassroots movement has member of the First Baptist Church, past HD.$· the plug been pu_lled? The first grown by leaps and bounds since its in­ president and charter member of the Blake­ press conference on this issue at. the ception as the March for. Life as a re­ ly Lions Club, Honorary member of the Bla­ Jrely Rotary Club, member and director of Commerce Department raiSes some sponse to. the Supreme· Court deci­ the· Chamber of. Commerce, Early County ·doubts. At the conference Commerce sions. In 1974, 20,000 people participat­ Hospital Authority, and SOWEGA Commit­ Secretary Philip Klutznick proudly ed in the March, the next year 50,000, tee on Aging, headquartered ln Albany·• displayed eight export licenses _that the next 65,000 and so on until an esti· 522 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 23, 1980 mated 100,000 people are expected through laws, but th~ final solution United States is so diverse and complex that here today. · does not lie in the legisiatures of this sweeping criticisms of it may be unfair. On I have always supported efforts to .country. It lies instead with us.. We the positive side, there are some genuinely insure· the right to life. I have consist­ must strive to be intelligent and re­ outstanding schools, large numbers of deep­ ently voted to prohibit Federal fund­ sponsible individuals in our communi­ ly committed teachers, substantive efforts to break the pattern of low achievement in ing· of abortions and have spoQSOred ties and our homes. We must -educate the inner city, and many signs that compen­ resolutions In the House of Repre­ our children to respect human ltfe, to satory programs help children perform sentatives calling for an amendment to share our convictions about the equali­ more efficiently. the Constitution expressing -the Right ty of all people, to intelligently make Both problems and progress in public edu­ to Life. I submitted this resolution last tile decisions which will affect their cation will be on the agenda of the new De­ year on the sixth anniversary of the Jlftl and to shoulder the responsibility partment of Education. I did not support Supreme Court decisions and today, · lor 1hele.- decisions. If we are success­ the creation of that department, but the on the seventh anniversary I am intro-­ ful in thla. then we will have truly won majority has spoken in Congress, the de~ duclng a new resolution calling for an the prolife fight.e partment has been set up, and all Ameri­ amendment to the Constitution which cans should do whatever they can to bolster states: it. I myself hope that the department will The paramount right to life is vested ln TH~ CHALLENGE ·oF EDUCATION become an important symbol of the signifi­ .each human from the moment of fertiliza­ cance of education in society. At this Junc­ tion without regard to age, 'health, or ·condi­ ture in the history of education we need to tion of dependency. HON. LEE. H. HAMILTON be reminded why free public schools and This resolution ·has been proposed OF INDIANA democratic institutions are mutually re-in­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES forcing structures, and why the latter will by Congressman ROBERT DORNAN and not likely endure if the former fail. Every has been pending in the Subcommittee Wednesday, Januarfl 23, 1980 adult, whether or not he or she is a parent, on Civil and Constitutional Rights of e Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I has a stake in public schools for children of the ·House Judiciary Committee since every race, color, and creed. The move on ·1ts introduction. In an effort to dis­ would like to insert my Washington the part of ·some citizens to pull back from lodge this measure from the commit­ report for Wednesday, January 23, fiscal support of public schools is not tee, a discharge petition, which I have 1980, into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: healthy. A strong public school system does not detract from the private system of edu­ signed, ts being circulated. THE CHALLENGE OF EDUCATION There are some who would say·that cation. America gains strength from the the question of the legality of abortion The new Department of Education, cre­ health of, both systems. has no place in the Constitution. I dis­ ated last year as the thirteenth department I have other hopes, too, for the new De­ agree. Throughout my life I have of the federal government, is beginning its .partment of Education. · As it administers fought for the primacy of individual operation at a time of falling enrollments, some 150 federal educational programs, it rights, in spite of the fact that many· tight finances, and many other problems should strive to become a model of govem­ times this position has proven· neither facing education in the 1980s. This is also a mental efficiency. Deadwood must be time of renewed debate on ,the role of the cleared away and duplication eliminated. popular nor politically /expedient. I federal government in education. Perhaps the department will do something have supported equal treatment under For the first time in decades, public edu- in response to the objections that Congress­ the law for blacks and other minor­ .cation at all levels in the country will soon men receive from school administrators who ities, women, and now the unborn. It is be declining in terms of numbers of stu- battle the tangle of red tape surrounding my belief that the basic rights assured dents enrolled. Elementary school enroll~ the federal effort. Perhaps the department Individuals in o~ aemocracy cannot ment peaked in 1969 at 36.8 million stu- · will make it clear to all of us that we are be superseded by another individual. dents, .ancl by 1984 it is expected to dip to asking much-too much, jn reality-of pub- The Civil Rights Act and Voting 30.2 million. In 1976 there were 1.5.8 million lie education. The schools simply cannot re­ Rights Act insured, through law. that students enrolled in secondary schools, but there will be only 12. 7 million in 1988. The place families in the socialization of chil- the rights of whites were not superior consequences of the change are-staggering: dren. They should concentrate on providing to the rights of blacks. The human life elementary schools are being closed high the basic skills-reading, writing, and math­ amendment will insure, through law, schools and colleges are starting to f ~el the ematics-not on curing all the ills of society that maternal rights are not superior pinch, the entire $161-billion educational or making up for the shortcomings of par­ to those of the child she carries. A enterprise !nust adjust to a lower level of ac- ents. Perhaps the department will rethink constitutional guarantee of · these tivity, teachers find Job opportunities more the multi-billion-dollar role of the .federal rights for the unborn ts both appropri- limited, capital spending for new facilities is government in education. Federal aid to the ate and not without precedent. · slipping, and school board members and country's 45 million elementary and second­ state · legislators are being forced to make ary school students now totals $6.5 billion, a A central issue ·in the abortion de­ difficult decisions on whether, ~o save money sum that constitutes 8% of the total amount bate continues to ·be the· determination or improve quality. spent for these students. The fundamental of when does life commence. The Su­ All this means that public education faces idea has been to improve the opportunity of preme Court and abortion advocates formidable challenges. The general view ap­ all students to get an education of high argue that life begins, and therefore pears to be that the quality of education in quality, with special attention to the poor equality of rights begin, when the America has been.declining. Scholastic apti­ and the needs of those who have tradition­ fetus ts able to survive outside of the tude test scores are dropping, and com­ ally not been served well. Federal funds womb, usually in the third trimester. plaints about functionally illiterate high }lave also been used for innovation In the This is so indefinite as to be .an absurd school students abound. Reputable surveys classroom, vocational education and the definition. Putting aside individual be­ have shown that 12 of every one hundred tra~ing Qf the hand~c~ppe(l_studel'l~ bi-lin­ liefs, I propose that we acknowledge 17-year-old high school students are func­ gual education, early childhood education, the perplexity of establishing life's tionally illiterate, and there are from 18 mil­ and even the development. of ctirrlculum lion to 64 million illiterate adults in the materials. Despite the noteworthy achieve­ starting point and act to insure that· United States tdepending on the definition llfe is protected from the earliest point ments· of federal educational programs, of illiteracy>. Colleges cl~im that ·entrants however, questions still arise concerning the possible-conception. I do not gamble come unequipped to read or write properly. permanence of those achievements. with a human life. and employers contend that they have to As Americans, we are committed to educate graduates all over agatn. Educators The goal of American education is to pro­ preservin.g tne rights of all individuals. and parents talk ~bout indiscipline and high vide every student with an equal opportuni­ We must act with particular vigor to rates of absenteeism. the growing incidence ty for a quality education that ·will enable of crime, the use of alcohol and drugs, the each student to reach his or her highest po­ protect the rtghts ot those who are. un-. lack of parental and community support, tential. The responsib111ty for this a:wesome able to do so themselves, those with a and restricted educational opportunity for task rests primarily with local .school boards mental or physical condition, includ­ some groups. and state legislatures, but the federal gov­ ing those in .an unborn state, which We hear a lot about what is wrong with ernment has a part to play as well. The new prevents them from .acting on their public ·schools, but the problems represent Department of Education deserves our undi­ own behalf. We protect these---.rt_ghts. only one side of the story. Education in the v;lded support.e January 23, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 523 U.S. TECHNOLOGY USED IN SO­ Ing the number of handgun related Mie Mie Suen, Los Angeles; Kenneth Sweet, VIET INVASION OF AFGHAN­ deaths and injuries. Brimdori; David Tevis, San Jose; Lawrence ISTAN Handgun Control, Inc., lists the Trailor, Hunters Point; Moises Up.rte, Good Hope; Barbara Utterback, Good Hope; names of 613 victims, media-reparted Daniel Valdez, Paramount. ~CE E. MILLER victims, of handgun misuse during No­ Dennis Washington, Lennox; Willi~ HON. vember 1979. I urge my colleagues to OF OHIO Whittington, San Francisco; Anna Williams, take action on handgun control legis­ Lancaster; Wilfred Williams, Los Angeles; IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTAXIVES lation before the end of the 96th Con­ Frank Zonzaya, Los _Angeles; Unidentified Wednesday, January 23, 1980 gress. Male, Hollister; Unidentified Male, Santa The Handgun Control, Inc. list fol­ Rosa; Unidentified Male, Ontario; Unidenti­ e Mr. MILLER of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, fied Male, Chino; Unidentified Male, Bar- I submit the following article: lows: stow: · HANDGUN BODY COUNT-NOVDIBER 1979 [From the New York Times, Jan. 4. 19801 ALABAMA ( 19) COLO~ (18) SOVIET Is USING TRUCKS U.S.1'EcHNOLOGY Janie Ann Balley, Tanner; Albert Ballard, David Chapin, North·Delta; Harry Dewey, BUILT IN AFGHAN OPERATIONS Birmingham; Iola Connor, Mobile: Johnny Jr., Deckers; John Dickenson, Denver; Mark (By Clyde H. Farnsworth) Finklea, Prichard; David Griffith, Hartselle; Dingle, Denver; Allen Goodson, Denver; WASfilNGTON, January 3.-Trucks pro­ Mike Henderson, Dadeville; Melvin Jones, Max Hllterbrand, Aurora; Kenneth Holz­ Jr., Florence; Wadle Kiel, Mobile; Patrick berg, Denver; Seth Irwin, Denver; Brenna duced at the huge plant on the Kama River· Kelsey, Castle Rock; Charles Kelsey, Castle in central Russia that was built largely with Lee, Mobile; Charles McBryde, Mobile. Rock. - American technology have been identified Michael McClure, Gadsden; Edward Palm­ er, Clayton; Nellie Parker, Brent; Alfredo Donna Kelsey, Castle Rock; Marilyn with Soviet military forces in Afghanistan, Landa, Denver; Wellman Larkins, Jr., Den­ according to a confidential Commerce De­ Payton, Mobile; Tony Rutledge, Birming­ partment memorandum. ham: Roosevelt Stewart, Florence; John ver; John Lindt, Fairplay; Mcintosh, Denver; Todd, Prichard; Kenneth Wright, Mobile; William Pedrett, Denver; Alvin Williamson, The document, dated Dec. 31 and signed Denver; Unidentified Male, Aurora. by Homer E. Moyer, Jr., a legal officer who Unidentified Male, Birmingham. on that day was the Acting Secretary, adds ALASKA (2) CONNECTICUT (7) another element to a heated controversy in Unidentified Female, Boniface; Unidenti­ Arthur Glisson,- Waterbury; Grace Grigg: the Administration over policy on controls fied Male, Boniface. Colebrook; Paul Grigg, Colebrook; Paul Ka­ on the export of goods and technology to bara, Stratford; Pedro Mendez, New Haven; ARIZONA (8) the Soviet Union. .Reinero Morales, Bridgeport; Willard Oli­ The agreement under which the United Jacqueline B~ke'n, Phoenix; Joel Cran­ ver, Waterbury. States provided assistance to the project dall, Tubae: Richard Greenleaf, Phoenix; contained no restriction on the use of the Margaret Price, Tucson; Alvin Richards, DELAWARE U) vehicles. According to the Russians the Phoenix.; Michael Sheahan, Flagstaff; John Barbara Carpenter, Camden. plant produces only heavy tractor-trailer Walker, Tucson; Unidentified Male, Phoe- · rigs, but there have been reports that small­ nix. . DISTRICT OP COLUMBIA (5) er trucks with possible military applications ARKANSAS<&> Frances Akers, James McKinney,.Thomas are bullt there. Dan Harvey, Sr., Hazen; Jimmy Hon, Rus- Nelson, Thomas Nixon, Ralph Thomas. The.memo, which went to a Cabinet-level sellville, Frank Screeton, Jacksonville; Idell PLOJtIDA <18> interagency panel, the Export Administra­ tion Review Board, says the information Sheets, Mountain Pine; Truman Walker, Orlando Calzado, Miami; Robert Chapple, was obtained by the Central Intelligence Ozark; Billy Wells, Jr., Camden Bradenton; Steven Cherweznik, Jackson- · Agency. Those receiving copies were the CALIFORNIA (82) ville; Carl Cook, Laurel; Ronald Duncan~ Secretaries of State, Defense and the Treas­ Walter Acosta, San Francisco; Ralph Ara- Lake Wales; Elizabeth Forader, Boynton ury and the head of the National aecurity gon, San Francisco; Alvin Bailey, San Jose; Beach; Michael Forader, Boynton Beach; ·C01mcll. Victor Bennett, Yucca Valley; Wanda Ben- Marie Gonzalez, Ft. Lauderdale; Joseph nett, Yucca Valley; Ro~ert Benton, Seaside; Gordon, St. Petersburg Beach; Elizabeth TWO LICENSES AT ISSUE Bonnie Blackmon, Temple City; Patricia Bo- Knotts, Jacksonville. The Immediate issue before the review vino, Los Angeles; Thomas Brewer, Sacra- Kathy Lewis, Lake Wales; Raymond Lor- board is whether to revoke two licenses for mento; Maurice Buttram, Pomcma. enzo, Ft. Lauderdale; Shella Reed, Riviera computer spare parts for the truck plant, Jaime Cazares, Helm; Donna Collins, Los Beach: Wilfred Ruise, Margaretta; Alan which is on a tributary of the Volga 550 Angeles: Thomas Connelly, Altaville; John Ziffer, Ft. Lauderdale: Unidentified Male, miles east of Moscow. What is the world's Covington, Palm Springs; David Edsill, Po- Jacksonville; Unidentified Male, Manasota largest heavy-duty automotive works rose mona; Willie Ray Erwin, Los Angeles; Key. · with Western European and American tech­ Adolph Flores, Stockton; Gilbert Fong, Ten- GEORGIA (30) nology and equipment during the mid- derloin; Carol Fox, Anaheim; Marvin Gar­ William Baynes, Atlanta; Bernard Burch, 1970's, a period of d~tente. American partici­ dener, Jr.,- Daly City. pation was valued at more than $400 Atlanta; Willie Cameron, Atlanta; Bonnie Jose Gonzales, Stockton; Larry Gschwend, Carroll, Gainesville; Eddie Carroll, Gaines­ million.• Cotati; Robert Guy, Jr., Los Angeles; Bruce ville; Lester · Carroll, Gainesville; Louie Hammond, Upland; Kamel Hargrove, Lyn­ Clark, Cartersville; William Clemones, wood; Lee Henry Harvey, Menlo Park; Jac­ HANDGUN VIOLENCE CON­ Rome; David Cooper, Phenix City; Bennie quelyn Hastain, Elk Creek; William Hastain, Crawford, Atlanta; Leroy Gabriel, Atlanta. TINUES TO CLAIM LIVES Elk Creek; Charles Hays, Los Angeles; Ray­ William Griggs, Atlanta; Sam Hadid, At­ mond Hopton, Highland. lanta; Lonzo Hobbs, Savannah; Bennie Doug House, Fresno; CUrnlee Howell, Jr., Hunter, Atlanta; Betty Jones, · Riverdale; HON.ROBERTF.DRINAN Stockton; Lome Jones, Ontario; Lloyd OF MASSACHUSETrS Brenda Maynor, Leesburg; Sanchez· Nash, Kemp, Ollvehurst; Wendell Leblanc; Ocean­ Decatur; Nathan Sandidge, Atlanta: Rachel IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES side;. Roy Ledford, San Francisco; Eddie Sisson, Lexington; Morris Stroud, Atlanta. Lindsey, Pacoima; :Nancy Lugassy, Oakland; Wednesday, January 23, 1979 Deborah Votles, Thomasville; Joy Voyles, Frank Martinez, Los Angeles; Sandra Mar­ Thomasville: Scott Voyles, Thomasville; e Mr. DRINAN. · Mr. Speaker, hand­ tinez, San Jose. Booker Ward, Albany; Unidentified Male, guns claimed the lives of over 600 Rene McCune, Lancaster; John McGffl.esi, Atlanta; Unidentified Male, Atlanta. Long Beach; Ruth McLaughlin, Hollister; Americans during·November 1979,' The Lester McLucas, Oxnard; Norman Miller, HAWAII <2> continued misuse of handguns de· Fallbrook; Vemave Calisto Montoya, San Myong Ho Park, Kuhlo Park; Wol Sun mands that the Congress take appro­ Diego; Rigoberto Morales, San Francisco; Park, Kuhlo P&irk. priate · action. Between January 1, Guadalupe Mutschler, Pomona; George Nel­ IDAHO (1) 1979,·and November 30 of last year, at son, Manteca; Earl Nutt, Fresno. John Mauk, Cascade. least 1,070 persons lost their lives, in­ Margarita Osbon, South Gate; Michael ILLINOIS U 9) cluding 167 children age 12 and under, Padillo, Bakersfield; Charles Penn, Wil­ 1 and 492 senior citizens, age 60 and shire; Fred Peterson, South El Monte; Wil­ Kelvin Adams, Chicago; Rafael Aguiar, over. lie Rhodes, Oakland; Rory Rodriguez, Bar­ Chicago; Edward Balaban, Chicago; Ger­ stow; Ronnie Rogers, Fresno; Thomas Ruiz, trude . Boone, Chicago; Thomas . Bryant, As we enter a new year, it is appro­ Alhambra; Massoud Salari, Riverside; Jose Tamms; John Gibson. Chicago; William priate that Members examine the Salceda, Santa Ana. Hayes. Chicago: Lydia c. Hyde, Lake Coun­ problem of · handgun misuse and the Jennifer Slagle, La Crescent&; Mark ty; Joseph Kolar, Chicago; Uno Marcano, legislative options that exist for reduc- Souza, Anaheim; Edward Stell, l;,os Angeles; Chicag~. 524 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 23, 1980 Laura Martin, Chicago; Beatrice Melgar­ Cleveland; Steven Goodson, Lakewood; Lu­ David Kinsell, Hooks; Rhonda Kyle, Hous­ ejo, Chicago; Sylvester Miller, Chicago; .cllle Herman, Columbus; Jack Hott, Upper ton; Cecil Lancaster, Fort Worth; Oeraldint Larry Reeves, Chicago; Patricia Roberts, Arlington; Arthur King, Cleveland. · Lancaster, Fort Worth; Samuel Lemons, McClure; Duane · Wair, Chicago; Delmer Jack Lindsay, Jr., Columbus; Gregory Por­ Dallas; Lee Madkins, Dal}as; Hermo Mar- Washington, Chicago; Kenneth Yellln, Chi­ ter, Westerville; James L. Robinson, Cleve­ eno, Fort Worth. · cago; Houffin Zernk, Ch,lcago. land; Lucy Rodriguez, Cleveland; Wing Joon Adolfo Maruez, Houston; Matt Mattson, INDIANA (13) Tom, Columbus; Hollis Yee, Columbus; Un­ identified Male, 11/9/79, age 20, Cleveland; Rangervllle; Judy McCog, Dallas; Calvin Kenneth Brown, ·Seelyville; Todd Chil­ Unidentified male, 11/9/79, age 39, Cleve- McFarlin, Bridge City; Dorothy McFarlln, dress, Michigan City; Beatrice Coonse. land. · Bridge City; B. H. Min, Houston; Roy Kingman; Harlan Eikenberry, Indianapolis; Minor, Houston; Onnie Moss, Gause; Julie Abraham Erving, Muncie; James Haskell, OKLAHOMA U 4) Nelum, Amarillo; Jane Oehler,_Denton. · Seelyville; Kevin Jones, Indianapolis; Bobby Clyde Cotton, Okmulgee; P. E. Dunkle­ Krebs, South Bend; Robert Marciniak, berger, Cordell; Talithiancumi Fields, Okla­ Wesley Palmers, Jr., Houston; Ernest Mishawaka; Ramon Peluyera, Gary; Arnold homa City; Jerry Franklin, Cordell; Dale Phillips, Dallas; -Harold Pisette, Sr., Orange; Stephens, Losantville; Nickle Whited, Patrick, Nicoma Park; Nathaniel Pitts, Jerry Quiroga, Fort Worth; Ricky Ragan, Clarksville. Tulsa; Randy Read, Elk City; Charles, Fort Worth; Louie Ramos, San Antonio; Sharon, Roeser, Houston; Zeferino Rojas, IOWA (3) Royal, Okiahoma City; Douglas Smith, Oklahoma City; Nettle Mae Smith, Tecom­ Longview; Louis Rojo, Dallas; Richard Nicholas Chirekos, Moline; Mike Fowler, Rowe, Houston. Moulton, Debra Whitmore, Preston. seh. Richard Strong, Oklahoma City; Polly Janie Saine, Houston; Barbara Shelton, MONTANA (1) Louise Williamson, Henryetta; Unidentified Alice; James Smith, Houston; Jim Snyder, Rick Kearns, Miles City. Male, Oklahoma City. Houston; Edward Stevens, Houston; Jesse NEBRASKA (3) OREGON (8) Stover, Paris; Juanita Stover, Paris; Ronald Johnie Mae Russ, Omaha; Wlliam Russ, Helen Amox, Weiser; Lousie McCaughan. . Stringer, Houston; Wanda Sullivan, Dallas; Omaha; Unidentified Male, Omaha. Salem; Lonnie Miller, Silverton; Maxine Donald Thomas, Dallas; Glen Thompson, Pleasant Grove. NEVADA (4) Okeefe, Eugene; Michael Tipton, Metzger; David Landman, Sparks; Gemi Landa Oscar Vavrick, ·weiser; Villy Wever, New Clyde Thornton, Port Lavaca; Leonardo Morgan, Sparks; Unidentified Female, Las Plymouth. · Torres, Dallas; Bolinda Ward, Gause; James Vegas; Unidentified Male, Las Vegas. J!ENNSYLVANIA (14) Ware, Banquete; Unidentified female, San Antonio; NEW JERSEY ( 6) Moses Beckett, Philadelphia; Audrey Naomi Bingham, Pennsauken; Annie Carter, Viola; James Collins, Waynesburg; UTAH(2) Crockett, Trenton; Rashawn Hill, Newark; Sandy Cook, Philadelphia; John Cooper, David Southern, Ogden; Richard White­ Willis Kittrell, Gloucester Township; Philadelphia; Althea Dunmark, Philadel­ head, Salt Lake City. Charles Nixon, Willingboro; Reginald phia; Barbara Frey, Washington Boro; Phifer, Newark. Gregory Jones, Philadelphia; Eddie Mc­ VIRGINIA ( 14) Donald, North Philadelphia; Helaine Rap­ I . NEW MEXICO (5) paport, South Whitehall Township. James Bennett, Norfolk; Barry P. Brown, Gilbert Chavex, Albuquerque; David Joseph Serad, Philadelphia; Shade Sher­ Norfolk; Albert Burwell, Jr., Richmond; Coker, Santa Rosa; Jo Ann Duplentls, Al­ man, Philadelphia; Marvin Sims, Pittsburg; Kerry Butler, Zuni; Michael Connors, Rich­ burquerque; Robe.rt Morgan, Milan; Guy George Wooten, Phila~elphia. mond; James C, Dempsey, Burke; Timothy Raser, Golden. Jennings, Covington; Dennis Nunley, Chris­ RHODE ISLAND (2) NEW YORK (48) tiansburg; · Jesse Scarborough, Richmond; Robert Capelli, Johnston; Nonna Rain­ Dennis Taylor, Portsmouth; Emily Tyler, Anthony Amarosa, _.New York; Ms. Amar­ one, Providence. osa, New York; Eugene Andrades, Brooklyn; Petersburg; Jesse Ward, Richmond; Barry Carl Bachmann, Lee; Gloria Bachman. Lee; SOU'l'H CAROLINA (1) White, Oakwood; Calvin Wyatt, Richmond. John Mitchell, McBee. Bruce Barber, Lee; Larry Blackman, New WASHINGTON (8) York; Kin Tat Ching, New York; Elelterlo TENNESSEE ( 23) Colon, New York; Jeffrey Cox, -Binghamton. Joseph Abrams, Knoxville; Walter Archie, Jack Andrews, Sequim; John Carter,· Spo­ Emily Cryer, New- York; Linda Cryer, New Memphis; Raymond Bigsbee, Springfield; kane; Ruby Kalbow, Spokane; Philip Lee, York; Emory Czazmazla, New York; James Glenn Brown, Nashville; Delmas Christian, Seattle; David Miller, Spokane; Charlene Dilillo, Yonkers; John Donahue, New York; Knoxville;· Lewis Durden, Kingsport; Marvin Wheeler, Seattle; Richard Wilcox, Morrison; Rose Dunn, Lee; Marcellino Gonzalez, New Griffith, Memphis; Arlivuren Harrell, Mem­ Unidentified male, Tacoma. York; Kleran Grant, Hastings-on-Hudson; phis; Julius mcks, Memphis; Linda Hopper, WEST VIltGINIA ( 1) Alford Jackson, New York; Herbert Linder, Memphis. . . New York. Hutsell Jones, Cumberland County; Betty Ph1llp Kesner, Moundsville. Donna Locke, Syracuse; Randolph Mal­ Langs, Frayser; Robert D. Light, Nashville; WISCONSIN <5) donado, New York; Thomas Mccann, New Frank Locke, Decatur; Bobby McClure, Mt. David Blahnik, Carlsville; Abe Borkin. York; William Ng, New Yprk; Charles Pleasant; Janis McDonald, Knoxville; Eliza­ Pender, Brooklyn; Nathaniel Phillips, New beth Mitchell, ~owah; Nicky Mitchell, Milwaukee; Dennis Meyer, Milwaukee; Skye York; Raul Pluyser, New York; Joseph Etowah; Wanda Randolph, Cleveland; Mil­ Savoya, Sigel; Hector Torres, Milwaukee. Roca, Catskill; Ralph Samuel, New York; ton Shults, Jr., Newport; Drew Tucker, WYOMING (2) Kevin Simmons, New York. ' Greenbrier; Robert Wilson, N~hville. Julianna Strauch, Valhalla; Trevor Sulli­ Hazel Gore, Jeffrey City; Shirley van, New York; Ruth Tarney, New York; TEXAS (77) Loetscher, Cheyenne. Michael Torres, New York; James Williams, Noel Adonai, Houston; Jaime Aguirre, New· York; Lillian Woodson, New York; Odessa; Estanislado Alcorta, San Antonio; LATE ADDITIONS Philip Woodson, Ney; York; Wllliam Wynn, Macario Alvarez, Houston; James Baines,· Roy Lovell, Fresno, Ca; Douglas Borne­ New York; Unidentified Female, 11/12/79, Houston; Eldon Briggs, Irving; Tracie man, Sarasota County, Fl; Carl Newton, Calendonia; Unidentified Female, 11/19/79, Brown, Houston; David Burg, Austin; Bobby College Park, Ga; Landford Taylor, Bacon New York. Calloway, Dallas; Feliciano Casas, Jr., San County, Ga; Linda Taylor, Bacon County, Unidentified Male , 11/5/79, age 25, New Antonio. · Ga; Connie Casson, Natchitoches, La; Jo­ York; Unidentified Male, 11/5/79~ age 60+, Manuel Castillo, Brownsville; Jeong Chae, seph Anderson, Brighton, Mi; Robert Os­ New York; Unidentified Male, 11/12/79,· Houston; Tak · Kee Chae, Houston; Steven. borne, Brighton, Mi; Angel Soto, Brooklyn, Bronx; Unidentified Male, 11/19/79, Chambers, Houston; Edgar Clardy, Sr., San N.Y.; Clinton Barnes, Nassau, N.Y. Queens; Unidentified Male, 11/27/79, New Antonio; Frederick Collier, Jr., Arcadia ·Ernest Cameron, Chapel Hill, N.C.; Nak­ York; Unidentified Male, 11/27/79, Bronx. Park; William Dooley, Jr., Dickinson; Lucille pangi Bayete, Forest Park, Oh; Eddy Cri­ NORTH CAROLINA (6) Dotsy, Dallas; Vester Dulin, Waxahachie; Thomas Eaton, Cleveland. spen, Toledo, Oh; Percy Adams, Cincinnati., Anthony Brown, South Mills; Rufus Frank Farrar, Waxahachie; Alvy Harris, Oh; Virginia Johnsen, Cincinnati, Oh; Me­ Burch, Charlotte; David Hall, FayetteviUe; linda Newman, Henderson, Tn; Elaine Robi­ Harold Puckett, Reidsville; David Rockett, Houston; Fred Hartgraves, Houston: Clyde cheaux, Houston, Tx. Newton. Hawkins, Houston; Robert Hayes, Fort Worth; Clarence Henson, Gladewater; · Al­ NOTE: The Handgun Body Count is based OHIO (22) fredo. Heredia, Dallas; Shelby Hoffman, San on a compilation of news reports of hand­ Charles Blizzard, Jr., Springfield; Allen Antonio; Delores Holden, Baytown; Edford gun violence appearing in the nation's daily Bryant, Columbus; Jeannie Carr, Indepen­ Jackson, Vidor. and weekly newspapers during the month. dence; John Fa.ulkner, Cleveland; Mary Robert James, Lake Charles; Troy Jar­ The figure includes murders, suicides and Frohnauer, German Village; Lee Gillis, mon, San Antonio; S. A. Jones, Waelder; accidents by handguns.• January 23, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 525 MR. 'MERRILL BUTLER an Church of the United States of Since the Second World War, we Republi­ America. cans have readily acknowledged that U.S. Merrill Butler, whose company, But­ foreign policy must be predicated upon one HON.ROBERTE.BADHAM ler Housing Corp. of Irvine, Calif;, was very fundamental principle-that · the OF CALIFORNIA United States has an obligation to be a lead­ born in Los Angeles, graduated with er of the free world-and as a leader, lt must IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES honors from the University of South­ maintain its arms strength in order to re­ Wednesday, January 23, 1980 ern California and served in Europe solve confllct and preserve the peace. during World War II as an Army pla­ In the last several years, the reputation of ·• Mr. BADHAM. Mr. Speaker, I bring toon and company commander, receiv:. our country as a leader of the free world to this body with great pleasure to re­ ing the Purple. Heart, Army Commen.: has "been seriously questioned As W. Scott cord for the history of this Nation an dation Ribbon, two Bronze Stars, a Thompson recently pointed out in the New accomplishment ·of significance, the Presidential Unit Citation and a Silver York Times: construction of the 10,()00th home by "The new elite believes that we were pre­ Star. occupied with communism when our real Mr. Merrill Butler, a good friend and He and his wife, Barbara, who have priorities should have been in the Third constituent in the 40th Congressional three children, live in Newport Beach, World; that we were preoccupied with mili­ District of California, which I repre­ Calif. tary force when in fact we were too power­ sent. It certainly is a great honor for me, ful. It set out to shift the national agenda In this day of mounting shortage of Mr. Speaker, to call the attention of and, in the words of one of its number Na­ edged that the Soviet Union'.s first .. major United States, depend. . tional Park on April 14, 1979. They immedi­ nuclear powered· attack aircraft carrier is It would be a voluntary alliance of sea­ ately confiscated all park guns, ammunition, now under construction. In this connection, going, trading states clustered together to stores, launches, and ferries. The following U.S. defense officials have cited other exam­ provide mutual security against a powerful· day four helicopters arrived to gun down ples of the Soviet Union·~ drive to create a ly militarized adversary. The primary pur­ game on a massive scale from the air, major worldwide ocean-going navy. These include pose of the alliance would be to protect the targets being elephant , and buffalo. On the any American vessel, as well as construction ·with such an alliance, passage of American ground, six armored cars utilizing automatic of a new class of large logistic ships to en­ goods could. be better guaranteed through weapons were used to kill literallf thou­ able the Soviets to operate far from home strategic "chokepqints" throughout the sands of game animals. Amin's forces also ports. world. made off with 37 park vehicles and destroyed a brand has remained active in the production of alliance would be to reaffirm the mutual in­ new anti-poaching plane that had been pre­ military weaponry, the United · States-in terdependence of open societies: If the sented by the Frankfurt Zoological Society. the last three years-reduced shipbuilding, United States provides imaginative leader­ A major battle between the retreating cancelled the B-1 bomber, and delayed the ship, such a system could become an all-em­ forces of Amin and the Tanzanian-Ugandan MX missile program, thus weakening de­ bracing affirmation of American values and exile army took place within the park and fense programs essential to the security of interests in the political, economic and secu­ resulted in the bombing of park structures the American people and the credibility of rity areas. and further wildlife desecation. As Amin our foreign policy.- There is no doubt that the most impor­ withdrew and before Tanzanian forces ar­ With a weakening of American military ·tant challenge to U.S. diplomacy in this dec­ rived, lcoals living on the periphery of the might, or at least the perception thereof, we ade will be the preservation of our political park began poaching at a high level. Then have lost important credibility in our for­ and economic freedoms. Let us remember the Tanzanians arrived to continue the eign policy, be it with the Soviet Union, our that Communist states' have never sought slaughter. As a result of these invasions, 75 Allies, or the Third World. It is no wonder political and economic freedom for their percent of the park's animals had been de­ that events around tile world more quickly people-and that whenever possible, they stroyed within a matter of a few days. The escalate to crisis proportions and invite So­ have sought the disruption of pluralistic so­ article stated that "White rhino have al· viet opportunism. cieties as well as countries of strategic im· most certainly been eliminated." Recent developments in the Near East are portance to the United States. grim reminders that international events in· Given the current situation in the Near In a letter dated October 15, 1979, Dr. creasingly affect our security, our economy, East and the spectre of a Communist ideolo­ Bernhard Grzimek CO, wrote Kenhelm W. our Jobs and our needs as consumers. As we gy intent UQOn the destruction of democrat­ Stott LF, a member of the Committee, "I enter the 1980's, we must realize that Amer­ ·1c institutions, our commitment to a strong suppose most or all of the few white rhinos ica is becoming ever more dependent on raw defense and a coherent, credible foreign in Kabalega Park and Northern Uganda materials from abroad. if we are to have the policy must be second to none. The present killed.'' This would include the ·raw materials for our factories and overseas crisis in Iran and Soviet aggression in Af. animal indigenous to West Nile Province markets for our products that are essential ghanistan' have dramatically reminded us and Nimule National Park on the Uganda. to a strong economy and Jobs for Americans, that power and realism in American foreign Sudan border. While the northern white we must support a strong defense capable of policy do matter after all.e · rhino formerly existed in fair numbers assuring our physical and economic thro\llhout southern Sudan west of the Nile security. and in Uganda south to Lake Albert, the THE DECADE AHEAD survival of the form is now dependent. upon OPEN LEI IER FROM THE a growing population in Zaire's Garamba To assure a foreign policy that wm satisfy EXPLORERS CLUB National Park. At the most, 1000 northern our security and economic needs in the dec­ white rhinos_surviv.e there and elsewhere. ade ahead, we must do what we have not done in the last three years. First, we must HON. G• .WILUAM WHITEHURST The SWARA report also discussed the strengthen our military· power strategically OP VIRGINIA shocking state of affairs in Ruwenzori Uor­ merly Queen Elizabeth> National Park and conventionally, including our ability to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES quickly project power throughout the which only a few years ago contained thou­ world. Second, we must develop a compre­ Wednesday, January 23, 1980 sands of elephants , topi, Uganda kob, Bohor rest apprehension that the United States is ·reedbuck, waterbuck, chimpanzee, and enor­ an unreliable friend. Third, we must be able like to· take this opportunity to share mous numbers of hippo. Now due primatilY to see the "bigger picture" of "the world as with my colleagues an open letter to to the Tanzanians and poachers, there-are it is," rather tha11 a piecemeal approach. the members of The Expiorers Club only 50 elephants left and small numbers of Fourth, we ·must insure the development of from the conservation committee l>f hippo, buffalo, and kob. A third Ugandan a stronger Navy to help protect our world· that club. The letter was written by park, Kidepo has suffered less, thanks to its re­ we must reinvigorate our alliance system, tor of conservation for the great San mote location. Nevertheless, poaching there including the North Atlantic Treaty Organi­ Diego Zoo and can thus speak with a is on the rise and continues "at a high level zation. Finally, immediate steps must be in , especially Kabalega Falis." taken to restore the overall integrity and ef­ great deal of expertise. Rangers are without arms, ammunition, and fectiveness of U.S. intelligence-a ·critical The fact that great numbers of Afri­ equipment and are therefore helpless to ef­ element in the foreign policy process which can wildlife are also the victims · of fectively discourage poaching. has been seriously impaired in recent years. warfare and political strife is one that The state of affairs in Angola- has not yet Dr. Ray S. Cline, Executive Director, I believe has so far gone largely unno­ been assessed . and Strategic and International Studies, George­ pay careful attention to this open let­ poaching in northern Namibia (formerly town University, believes that what this na­ ter; it merits serious consideration. South West Africa> is also on the rise. One tion needs most is to face up to the strategic report indicated that as much as 50 percent realities of the "world as it is." In particu­ Thank you, Mr. Speaker. of the wildlife at Etosha Pan's had been ex­ lar, he has proposed an idea that more or OPEN LETTER FROM THE CONSERVATION termina_ted. Poaching was e~pecially heavy less in,corporates . the · recommendations COMMITTEE in the western sector of the park where rare which I have made for U.S. diplomacy .in The wholesale slaughter of wildlife con­ forms had been shut off from the public the ao·s. tinues unchecked in various parts of Africa and were being bred in large numbers l'.evealed where rare forms· such as the Somali wild January 23, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 527 ass, the beira, and Swayne's· hartebeest had A w~ter-resources bill now in preparation But there are other stocking-fillers that already suffered critical losses in numbers. in the Senate Environment and Public Santa's elves on Capitol Hill have conjured Horrendous decimation of wildlife popula­ Works Committee, and another already up. Another Whitten-inspired goody would tions throughout the world pass almost un­ adopted by its House counterpart, are require the federal government to repay noticed as the press concentrates its reports chock-full of these "second-generation" pro· any citizen whose private water supply is on human fatalities. However, the extent of posals. disrupted by a Corps of Engineers project. the shock experienced by those concerned They are a relatively new twist in that In its original forll}., in a water-resources with wildlife and its survival is too great to age-old game of authorizing water proj­ bill that died in the final moments of the convey. Numerous borderline species are at ects-locks, dams, levees, bridges 8.nd other last Congress, it applied only to citizens af· ·hazard, including Swayne's . hartebeest, good things that put a twinkle in legislators' fected by the Tennessee-Tombigbee Water­ mountain gorilla and Sen. tirely disappeared from Muhavura and re­ ing a number of · the second-generation Larry Pressler have a gift in mind mained in only small numbers at Mgahinga schemes in the House and Senate bills. for Springfield, in their home state-a new prior to the Uganda-Tanzania conflict>. So­ One such ·scheme would provide federal $2 million intake system for the little town's mali wild ass, dibatag, beira, Waalia , and a significant number of the Houston ship channel is clogged by the the Missouri River. other species are threatened in war-tom slow sinking of a railroad bridge. The administration opposes the plan on the ground that The following issue of SWARA Park and only a single specimen was "There seems to be a superabundance of a new intake. observed near Ajai , according to Dr. Les Hillman, Chair­ have spawned new projects," said Edward R. pushing for a $2.5 million program to pro· man of the African Rhino Group. In the Osann~ coordinator of the Coalition for tect an Indian monument at Moundville, same issue of SWARA. Roy Lipscombe con­ Water Project Review, made up of 24· na­ Ala., from bank erosion along the Black jectures that the small population of moun­ tional environmental groups. Warrior River. The problem is created by an tain gorillas occupying the Impenetrable "We think the public needs to realize this upstream dam. Tll'e House and Senate bills Forest of western Uganda has been annihi­ is a part of the hidden cost of past water-re­ have a dozen or more similar erosion-control lated, which leaves. the sole survivors of this source blunders," he said. plans for other areas. declining race of gorilla on the slopes of ei­ Tbe Texas problem is created by the with­ ·"Theoretically," the congressional Public ther five or six of the Virunga volcanoes in drawal of underground water reserves to Works Committee staffer said, "almost any southwestern Uganda, Rwanda, and Zaire: supply the burgeoning industrial and resi· flood control project we do can be traced The more recent report states that poach­ dential demands of Houston and surround· back to something someone did upriver." ing in Uganda by Tanzanian .and returning ing Harris County. Whatever, by the estimate of David Con­ expatriot Ugandans as well as Uganda resi­ One of the results is that already low­ rad of the American Rivers Conservation dents continues unabated in all parts of the lying lands·Ue even lower, making them sus­ Council, these and either damage repair country with a dire prediction that unless ceptible to flooding when storm-propelled schemes in the House and Senate bills will some immediate action is takQn Uganda's tides rise on neighboring Galveston Bay. cost more than $86 million.• wildlife will shortly be reduced to the level Another result is that som:e bridges over of no return, and its parks and game re­ water courses; such as the important Hous­ serves will survive in name only.e ton ship channel, are getting closer to the UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE water, making passage for vessels tougher. THE NEED TO PROCEED The worst situation is on Greens Bayou, Hon. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. an adjunct to the channel, where the clear· OF WISCONSIN THROUGH ESTABLISHED PROC­ ance under a railroad bddge has been r.e· ESS duced from 27 .6 feet to 19 feet since 1951. XN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Rep. Bob Echardt , concerned Wednesday, January 23, 1980 HON. ROBERT W. EDGAR that industrial shipments from two plants were bottlenecked by the sinking bridge, got . e Mr-. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. OF PENNSYLVANIA the House committee to approve a federal Speaker. seeing as Soviet adventurism IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES expenditure of $450,000 to rectify the prob­ has gained new luster as a topic- of general discussion recently. may I Wednesday, January 23, 1980 lem. Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen , similarly draw your attention to the fact that it •Mr.EDGAR. Mr. Speaker, the pro­ concerned, is working on .the Senate com· was the peoples of the Ukraine who cedure of authorization involving work mittee to approve the federal expense rath­ were one of the first victims of Soviet on the district lev.el, the division level, er than force the Houston Port Authority to expansionism. the review by the Board of Engineers pay the bill, as current law requires. It was on this date, January 22, in Not that President .Carter wants to see for Rivers and Harbors, and final ap­ Houston sink. But his administration is op­ the year 1918, that the Ukraine de­ proval by the Chief .of Engineers has posing that project, as well as another· Eck­ clared itself to be an independent been established for good reason. The hardt-Bentsen proposal to have Uncle Sam, rather than Hous­ lived, however, for in 1922 the Ukraini­ number of projects made :Q.ecessary as ton, pay the cost of digging ·the ship chan- an Soviet Socialist Republic was a result of earlier projects testifies to nel deeper. · · f orm.ed, by proxy, and the Ukraine has the validity of a careful planning proc- Puzzler No. 2 is a different sort of prob­ remained ever since under Moscow's . ess. Unless we observe this process. we lem, involving a $108 million pumping domination. Although the Ukraine is. · will see·no end of the so-called second plant-the largest ever built in the Western subject to political control according -Hemisphere-in the northwest Mississippi generation of projects; that is, projects district of Rep. Jamie L. Whitten , chair­ to the Kremlin's will, the Ukrainian made necessary as a result of earlier man of the House Appropriations Commit­ people have . retained their culture, projects. The Tuesday, December 18, tee. language, and visions for independ­ 1979, article from the Washington The Yazoo River Backwater Pumping ence, and we must salute them for Post on this subject follows: Plant has . "second generation" writt~n all this. (From the Washington Post, Dec. 18, 19791 over it. Its need became apparent when Is it not a shame that Ukrainian NEW PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS: UNDOING rainwater began _gathering ~ehind flood­ pleas for help in 1922 fell upon deaf control levees the Army Corps of Engine~rs ·ears. ·n appears that the Uktainians, HARM OF EARLIER ONES built to protect cotton and .l?oybeali crop­ land. unwittingly and ·most unintentionally, Congress is busily at .work on ·a new .gen­ "This is a glaring exam'ple ·of · the pork• canie to set a precedent for the future eration_of public wo.rks projects that .has barrel politics that have shaped this bill." with regard to the Soviet Union's glo~ this circular characteristic: each ts aimed at Osann said. "The Christmas season may be bal adventurism. Now, - some years undoing damage done-by some earlier public upon us, but this is one political ornament · later; the Soviets a, 90 miles from the Flor­ supply of energy in the United States the track and will soon be turning out lda. mainland, the question of containment in a reasonable and environmentally larger- nuclear reactors incorporating structures and safety engineering is of more . i than academic interest to Americans. sound fashion. This effort, however, advanced metallurgi ca1 f a b ricat on The second factor in this change of policy has been consistently stifled by those techniques. is a new plan to build 500-megawatt-sized re- who do not want-this great country to l believe that this article makes actors for direct steam heating in two Soviet break the OPEC stranglehold. It has worthwhile reading for any Member of cities. The plan Is a return to the old munic­ been retarded by those who lack prop­ tbe. House seriously interested in our ipal central steam-heating plant; since er foresight in terms of energy policy. energy supply future. steam heat cannqt be effectively tritnsmit­ The field at Prudho.e Bay has pro­ ted for·any great distance, the reactor must THE RUSSIANS' NUCLEAR-POWER PLAN~ be· built within 'or adjacent to the city it duced approximately. 10 percent (1 bil­ pipeline is that the various elements of gov­ I ·also wish to express m3Z appreciation for stated that: ernment must work with private interests in the presence of our distinguished Congress­ a constructive and coordinated way to re­ man, the Honorable Chick Kazen, who has The Wildlife Range may effectively close solve the regulatory obstacles and tradeoffs· been a valued friend of· mine for many parts of the Beaufort Sea to exploration be­ which . surround ·any such project today. years. I especially wish to thank Dr. Miller, cause many new offshore fields mfght be op­ More than anything else today, I call upon· Ambassador Krueger, Mayor Cockrell, posite the Wildlife Range. As a 'result, any public officials at all levels to see to it that Mayor Eubenburg, Judge Cox, Representa­ production could not be brought directly to our country's laws and regulations not only tive Matt Garcia, Judge Bustamante, and shore, but would have to be carried under~ protect the public's interest but encourage Councilman Henry Cisneros and all" the sea until non-Wildlife Rarige shore could be companies both large and small who have other speakers who hav'e said so many gen­ reached. This would significantly raise the the experience in finding more energy to do erous words about me tonight. cost of production and possibly prevent the so. ' Those generous comments remind me of a production of anything but a "supergiant" We need timely access to lands and waters story about a widow down in Georgia who field . where deposits of energy may be found. We was listening to the eulogies to her husband need expediting of permits, while maintain­ at his funeral. After the speaker had For the information of my col­ ing a proper concern for environmental fac­ praised her deceased husband to the high leagues, I would like to share with you tors. Most of all, we do not need more taxes heavens, she turned to her son and said, some comments made by Alton White­ that destroy the economic incentive to get "son would you go up to the· casket and see house of Sohio, a major producer at on with the search for more energy. if that is really your father they are talking Prudhoe Bay In Alaska. We will be celebrating the production of about?i. [From the Oil Daily, Jan. 18, 19801 ·Prudhoe Bay's second billion barrels in less It is a special pleasure for Margarita and than another two years. By then, the nation me to be with you during this holiday sea­ BILLIONTH ALASKA BARREL OCCASION To must be well on ·the way to finding and de­ son. This is a week to be among family and REEXAMINE veloping . the replacement of these energy friends and to be home. For me Floresville (NoTE.-The following statement by Alton reserves. If not, the United States' citizens has .always been. home and will always be W. Whitehouse, chairman of Standard Oil and·consumers face a somber energy future ·home. It is here that I was born. I grew up Co. of Ohio was issued in connection with indeed. It ,can be done, but only if a new here, in between trips up the migrant trail production of the billionth .barrel of crude spirit of cooperation replaces the adversary· to Montana, the Dakotas, and west Texas. oil at Prudhoe Bay oil field. This milestone climate that now pervades the relationship Here I first developed an appreciation for was expected probably Wednesday and will between many elements of government and learning, for hard work and for never, mark the production of more than 10 per­ the energy industry. I hope these things will never, never giving up when the going got cent of the recoverable reserves in the pro­ happen. We intend to do our part.e tough. lific field. Sohio has a 53 percent stake in My memories of Floresville are of hard the oil at Prudhoe Bay.> work and little luxury, but also of freedom . The one billionth barrel of oil produced at ABELARDO VALDEZ HONORED and open spaces which were fertile ground Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, has entered the BY HOMETOWN for my curiosity and imagination. Trans-Alaska Pipeline for the 800-mile trek It was here that I first dreamed the to the Valdez terminal on Alaska's south HON. ABRAHAM KAZEN, JR. dream, the American dream, at a time when .coast and then on to its market in the it seemed like an impossible dream. My par­ United States. OF TEXAS ents believed in that dream and still do. My This is good news. This new -U-.S. produc­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES father and mother believed you had to work tion has helped the U.S. balance of pay­ Wednesday, January 23, 1980 hard and learn to achieve the dream. That ments to the tune. of at .least $17 billion it was not a ·gift but an ideal to strive for. I since startup of the Prudhoe Bay field and • Mr. .KAZEN. Mr. Speaker, during owe my faith in God and in that dream to Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Each of these billion the holiday recess I was pleased to them. If I or my brothers and sister have barrels -0f Alaskan oil has displaced a barrel serve as master of ceremonies when achieved any measure of success in life, it is that would have come from .foreign sources, Floresville, ·Tex., honored my friend because of what they taught us about God and thereby lessened our dependence on and constituent, Abelardo Valdez, our and country, about faith and commitment, others. Nation's Chief of Protocol. The theme about hard work and honesty, about love America has enjoyed the security of these of the delightful evening was "Portrait and friendship. And all of this I learned first billion barrels of crude oil from Prud­ of an American Dream," truly the here in Floresville. hoe Bay. The nation has also gained I note that you have chosen for the theme through billions of dollars of payrolls paid proper designation of Ambassador Val­ of this evening: A Portrait of the American and supplies purchased to build and operate dez' career to this time. Dream. I am deeply honored that you be­ the field, the pipeline, the terminals, and As a boy in Floresville, he knew the lieve Abelardo Valdez in some modest way tankers. depths of poverty and was a migrant portrays that great dream. -But in a deeper sense, each and everyone of you is a portrait BAD NEWS, TOO farm worker, yet he earned a splendid education, served as a military aide to of the American dream. And the greatest There is some bad news, too. Americans Presldent Lyndon B. Johnson and b~quest we can make to future generations have now consumed more than 10 percent of Americans is to keep the dream alive, to of the original 9.6 billion barrels of produc­ after a private law practice, became nourish it, and to make it a possible dream ible reserves contained in Alaska's Prudhoe head of the Latin-American Division for every citizen of this country. Bay oil field without discovering new re­ of the Agency for International Devel­ Floresville is also very special to ine be­ serves .to _replace what has been used. While opment. and is now our Chief of Proto­ cause of its deep hispanic roots. The Canary Sohio is pleased-with its Alaskan devetop­ col in the Department of State. islanders who founded this town, and near­ ment, it is sobered by the continuing seri­ We who are proud to be his friends by San Antonio bequeathed to us a Hispanic ousness of the nation's energy predicament, were much impressed by his attitude. heritage we can have special pride in. They and the great need to be about the business He spoke of hf& appreciation of his made very valuable contributions to the in· of searching for the substantial oil reserves family, his teachers, his· benefactors dependence and development of our State most believe lie beneath our own country's and country. We can be proud, too, of the lands and offshore areas. and his many friends at the Floresville heritage of our Mexican forebears. That" is One of the lessons of Prudhoe Bay and dinner. His expression of pride in his also part of the American dream-that we the Trans-Alaska Pipeline is that the Job of Government service caused all of us to can be for America first, but also be proud finding and producing new energy reserves be increasingly proud of Ambassador of our ethnic heritage. That is part of the can be done, and done well, by private enter- Valdez. great strength of -0ur country-that out of cxxvr--34-Part 1 530 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 23, 1980 many backgrounds and histories, we are one now as Chief of Protocol for the White BEEF UP DEFENSE · united people. House. Today Hispantc-Americans are beginning Permit me to say a few words ,about my to play an important role in the Govern­ responsibilities as Chief or Protocol. I have HON. DONALD J. MITCHELL ment and economy of the United States. three major responsibilities: OF NEW YORK That community now includes nearly ' 20 To serve as the · principal liaison for the. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES million American citizens and now makes White House and the State Department to Wednesday, January 23, 1980 the United States the fourth largest Span­ the 140 foreign embassies in Washington in ish-speaking community in the western dealing with any legal or administrative e Mr. MITCHELL of New York. Mr. hemisphere. I believe that Hispanic-Ameri­ problem they experience in the United Speaker, events in Iran and Afghani­ cans are destined to play a very crucial role States; to plan and carry out all visits by stan have made it increasingly clear to in the future relations between the United Foreign Heads of State · to the United States and Mexico and the rest of Latin all Americans that our Nation must re­ States, and assist with ceremonies attending in America. The· commonalities in language, those visits: and to assist in planning all the assess its role the world. We have culture and tradition shared by Hispanic­ visits of the President of the United States already come to realize that we cannot Americans and our neighbors in Latin to foreign countries and accompany him on play the role of the world's policeman, · America is a rich resource for the United ievery trip he makes abroad. These are sensi­ but neither can we afford to become States in improving the understanding and tive and major responsibilities which I find an innocent bystander. A s.trong de­ communication so badly needed In its future as challenging as any I have had. fense is a prerequisite to a vital role in relations with the Latin , American Repub­ Protocol may sound like a mysterious and international affairs. Citizens lics. This ·human resource is vitally impor­ complicated word, but it really is, in fact, throughout our country are aware of tant for our Nation because Latin America the name of a. simple set of rules, whose is crucial to the economy and the security of the need· to improve our defense pos­ foundation is .basic courtesy and dignified As the United States. · treatment. But its simplicity in no way de­ ture. an illustration of this concern, Tonight we are also celebrating the vir­ nies the great importance of protocol in the I would like to share with my col­ tues of life in a small town in America. conduct of international diplomacy. leagues an editorial from the January Floresvill~ is a uriique town, its history and The nations of the world learned a long 10, 1980, edition of th"e Herkimer its people merit pride and admiration. not time ago that a set of well-defined rules Evening Telegram: because it has produced some noteworthy people but because it is still a wonderful were indispensable to the carrying on of' ef-· BEEF UP DEFENSE place to grow up, to work, to live and to fective and friendly relations with other na­ Ill-tended defense forces tend to rust. tions. These rules related to the privileges Some significant rust. spots showed up re­ learn how to be a good neighbGr. and. immunities to be accorded the diplo­ And I wish to acknowledge several persons cently in U.S. combat readiness. mats of foreign countries: the status or· em­ First, the United States Navy is stretching from Floresville who proved to be good bassy buildings in the host country as the neighbors to me over the years. Without its available ships to cover the Iranian crisis sovereign territory of the sending nation: in the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea. their help and example. I would not be here the signing of treaties: and many other mat­ tonight. I am referring to people like Joe These forces, totaling 14 ships in two car­ ters basic to the conduct of international rier task forces, have been drawn from the Zuniga, ·sr., I. 0. Flores, Sr., Sam Fore, Ben diplomacy. Jimenez, and to those who were my teach­ western Pacific and the South China Sea, ers, Mrs. Toscano, Mrs. Sample, Mrs. Wise,. We witness today how the breach of these leaving the Navy temporarily without a sin­ man, Mr. Poth, Mr. Coach, Mr. Starnes, and very basic rules, particularly those relating gle aircraft carrier in the Pacific theater. Mrs. Seale. From these persons and others I to the treatment of dipiomats, has caused At the same time, the Russians have dou­ received support. encouragement, and deep concern · on the part of practically bled their naval operations in the Far East, learned to appreciate the need for hard every- nation in the world, no matter what In the same general area from which U.S. work and for, learning. Besides my family. their political persuasion may be. We see forces have been withdrawn. they have been as important as any other that the Security Councll of the United Na­ Second, as many as 96 of the Air Force's - people I have known in my lifetime, and to­ tions and the International Court of Justice, most advanced fighter planes are expected night I wish to express my profound grati­ two forums which rarely agree unanimously to be grounded next summer because of Jet tude to these persons who in this small on any subject, voting unalmously for the engine shortage. town touched · my life in very important United States to enforce this basic rule of The commanders of the Air Force Sys­ ways. protocol and diplomacy. tems Command says as many as 43 of the P- The special quality of people from small I ask you to' support the President in this 15 fighters and 53 of ·the F-16 fighters may towns was revealed once again to me during hour of crisis to pray for the sa.f e return of have to be stored while awaiting production a recent meeting I attended in New York the hostages from Teheran. · or repair of their Jet engines from tne re­ City. Seated around the table with me were I would like to conclude tny remarks by spective manufacturers. . a vice president of a major corporation, a thanking each and everyone for making this Even though some of the grounded planes distinguished businessman and a former celebration possible and for all the support are designated for sale to other nations, candidate for Governor of Texas, the presi­ you have ,given me in making the American these figures still mean a considerable dent dent of a major shipping company, the vice dream come true. This celebration is impor­ in this nation's combat readiness. president of a major university, and a re­ tant because tn these difficult times some When President Carter sent the Marines cently selected Rhodes Scholar. During the have questioned Whether that dream is still to Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba during lunch hour I inquired about their home,. alive. the recent furor over the Russian combat towns, and would you believe they came I can say with conviction and living proof brigade, another weakness was exposed. from towns like Cuero, Brenham, New Olm, that the dream is still alive. But we must re­ The U.S. Navy and Air Force was so short Winters, and College Station, Texas, and alize that the American dream promises not on transport ships and planes It was re­ Creightown. Louisiana. only opportunity but also challenge; not vealed that It would be difficult to move I know you probably won't believe this­ only glory but also sacrifice; not only re­ combat forces of any considerable size to but they were also all graduates of Texas · wards but also hard work. For me the words any trouble spot around the world. A. & 1M. I told them that I did not know of Thomas Wolfe, which I first heard at a If the U.S. and Iran come to blows, espe­ whether that meeting symbolized the tri­ salute to America on my first day on duty at· cially with the ,Soviet take-over in Afghani­ umph of small town America or of a great the White House as Military Aide to Presi­ stan, it wouldn't be surprising if other university, but that I could not think of a dent Lyndon B. Johnson. best describe the chinks in our armor are found. better place to celebrate that triumph than promise of the American dream. And these It is time to eliminate the weak spots by in a ·skyscraper overlooking the city of New are his words: beefing up U.S. defenses.e York in the middle of a snow storm. Of course, we.all know that the President BURNING IN THE NIGHT of the United States is from Plains, Georgia. THE 244TH ANNIVERSARY OF And I would like to say that I am very hon­ "So, then to every man his change­ THE GEORGIA HUSSARS ored to be serving with a president who un­ "T<>' every man, regardless of his birth, derstands people like you and rne: Who "His shining, Golden .opportunity­ HON.BO GINN knows about hard work and dedication to "To every man, the right to live, OF GEORG.IA serving a community, a State, and a coun­ "To work, to be himself, try. President Carter is a man of compas­ IN ·THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "And to become .sion, but also a man who is not afraid to Wednesday, January 23, 1980 stand up when American is challenged. And "Whatever thing his manhood and his vi­ I am deeply grateful for the opportunities sion •Mr.GINN. Mr. Speaker, one of the he has given this citizen of Floresville to "Can combine to make-him­ greatest strengths of our Nation is the serve as administrator of our economic co­ "This, seeker, proud tradition of our citizens who operation program for Latin America: And · "Is the promise of America."• have rallied to the cause of the coun- January 23, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 531 try through mUftary service when our brought honor and glory to the State of DIVORC~ MILITARY WIVF,S freedom· fs in peril. This great tradi­ Georgia as well as to themselves; be it fur­ tion rs nowhere better reflected' than ther HON. JOSEPH L. FISHER fn the rich heritage of the Georgia Resolved that the Clerk of the House of or VIRGIN-IA Hussars~ a unit founded in· Georgia on Representatives is hereby authorized and February 13, 1736, by Gen. James directed to tF&.IlSmit an appropriate. copy of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Oglethorpe. this Resolution to the Honorable George Wednesday, January 23, 1980 Busbee: Governor of Georgia; to the Honor­ The Georgia Hussal'S' fought as the able Jimmy Carter, President of the United • Mr. FISHER. Mr. Speaker, one of Colony of Georgia's first mounted States; to each member of the Georgia dele­ · the most troublesome preblems: in our. unit, and participated in many battles gation to the United States Congress; and to society is divorce and its consequences. agaimt the Spanisn, including the Colonel ; and mands and was specially recognized and directed by a court. A few years ago Whereas this Troop fought many battles given battle honors at ceremonies in Wash­ against the Spanish and their Indian allies, ington, D.C., on August 29, 1976, for its serv· Congress decided to permit garnish­ including the "Battle of Bloody Marsh" on lee in the American Revolution; and ment of the.pay of active civilian and St. Simons Island; and Whereas the Georgia Hussars has partici­ military workers in these cases. The Whereas they fought valiantly during the pated as a unit or by its members in every next step was to permit payment of American Revolution at the .fii'st Battle of war since its organization and has brought part of the retirement. annuity to di­ Savannah · and honor and glory .to Georgia and Qur nation; vorced spouses of ·civilian, but not mili­ throughout the' war in Georgia, Florida, and and tary retirees. My· bill provided equita­ South Carolina, including the Battle of Sa­ ble treatment for divorced military vannah on,October 9, 1779, where·they were Whereas its. battle honors are a continu­ part of the Georgia Legion led by Brigadier ing legend of gallantry above and beyond spouses. General Casimir Pulaski, and during which the call of duty as exemplified by the con­ Most of the spouses who will benefit he was mortally wounded; and tinued service to Geoma in the United from this bill are women, particularly Whereas the Georgia Hussars, one of our States Army National Guard on this its two those divorced after 15, 20, or mor~ nation'& most· historic military commands, hundl'ed and forty-third anniversary: Now, years of marriage. From the reports was specially recognized for service in the therefore, be lt that these women give when they call Revolution and given battle honors at cere­ RESOLVED by the Senate of the: State of my office, a. sad pattern eme:rges. As monies in Washington, D.C., on August 29, Georgia that.· this Body goes on record as good military wives, they followed 1976, by then Secretary of the Army, Mar­ recognizing the long service, man~ sacrifices their husbands from post to post tin R. Hoffman; apd and gallant actions of these citizen-soldiers. Whereas the Georgia Hussars has partici­ around the country and overseas, of the Georgia Hussars in peace as well as never having the time to make careers pated as a unit or· by its members, in every war. Their service has brought honor and war since 'its founding, bringing honor and glory to the State of Georgia and to them­ for themselves outside the home. For glory to Georgia and the na.tion, its battle selves;_be it further various reasons, the marriages fail honors being a continuing legend of gallant­ after many years. The wives, usually ~Y above, and beyond the call of duty; and RESOLVED that the Secretary of the fn their late 40's. or 50's. are either un­ Whereas the Georgia Hussars continues Senate is hereby authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this. Resolu­ able to find jobs or find jobs at very its: ser.vice to GeoJ!gia in the Army National low salaries. They need financial help. GuaFd: on tJ!lis, its two hundred and forty­ tion to the Honorable George Busbee, Gov­ third anniversal'Y: Now, therefore, be it ernor of Georgia; to Jimmy Carter, Prest-· If the divorce court agrees that the Resolved. by the House of Representatives· dent of the United States: to each member wives should get it from their ex-hus­ .tflat this body hereby recognizes the service of the Georgia delegatton to the United bands, then the law should not make uid the many sacrifices and gallant actions States Congress; and to Colonel · Lind'· it unnecessarily difficult· for them to of the citizen-soldiers of the Georgia Hus­ sey Pr Henderson, Jr., President of the receive the money due. My bill ·is far sars in peace as well as in war, which have Georgia Hussars.e · from a solution to the financial prob- 532 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 23, 1980 lems of older divorced women. but- it is Third: That as the Noble Cuban People . For the reading of my House col­ a sign that Congreis is concerned.e will not ever surrender, because that Nation leagues· I am enclosing for .the RECORD was not born to be slave, we, the Cuban Peo­ the program recognizing the comple­ ple, hereby make the present declaratiQn of freedom. · tion of Anniston Army Depot's M-48 THE FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSA­ A-5 tank· conversion mission. The ef­ RY OF THE SIGNING OF THE We hereby swear before God Almighty to fight constantly, until death comes to us, to forts of these Federal employees are CUBAN EXILES' DECLARATION to be commended by the cost conscien­ OF FREEDOM free Cuba from Communism. The fundamentals of this Revolution for tious Members of the House of Repre­ Freedom are. sentatives. HON. DANTE B. FASCELL First: God Almighty, above all things; ·in M48A5 CONVERSION PROGRAM OF FLORIDA Whom we believe as the essence of Life. Rebuild a tank in less than 16 weeks. IN THE HOUSE. OF REPRESENTATIVES Second: The Fatherland, will all of its Make it·modern. Make it run right. And laws, traditions, customs and history as a don't spend a lot of money. Wednesday. January 23, 1980 spiritual value, only surpassed by the con­ For someone not familiar with the produc­ e Mr. FASCELL. Mr. Speaker. 14 cept of God. tion of large-even monumental-machines, years ago. a group of patriotic Cuban Third: The Family, as the cornerstone of that might sound like a ho-hum task. the Human Society. For employees at Anniston Army Depot in exiles met in Key West. Fla.• to sign a Fourth: Human Rights, for each · and Declaration of Freedom. Alabama it was a self-appointed challenge, every citizen, regardless of race or creed. brought about through competition for the On January 23. 1966. inspired by the Fifth: The Law, as the foundation for the progFam with two civilian firms. same beliefs which brought Cuba inde­ proper development of the Human Society. The challenge began in the spring of 1975. pendence in 1893. these freedomloving Sixth: Democratic Government, with its It ended on Dec. 21, 1979, when M48A5 tank people dedicated themselves . to the three independent branches: Legislative, Ex­ number 2,064 cranked up to roll off the as­ restoration of a free Cuba. The total ecutive and Judici~. sembly line. commitment of these Cuban exiles "to Seventh: Representatjve Democracy, Along the way it took some 3,000 people, 'free Cuba from communism~" and through the exercise of Universal Suffrage, working at times arouhd the clock, to add Moscow's steel -grip is as j~\ and com­ Periodically, Free ·and Secretive, as the ex­ those tanks to the Army's fleet. pression of Popular Sovereignty. Because of a unique gathering of talents pelling today as it was then. Eighth: Freedom of Worship, Freedom of and skills, Anniston Army Depot was able to I urge our colleagues to give careful Teaching, Freedom of the Press and Free take obsolete M48Al $11d M48A3 tanks, dis­ attention to the' ideals expressed by Enterprise. assemble them down to the . bare bones­ these courageous CUban exiles. ·in con­ Ninth: Private Property and Ownership, hull and turret-rework some components, stantly reaffirming their devotion to as the basic expression of Liberty. · add other new components, and produce a the fundamental principles of liberty Tenth: The improvement of living condi· like-new tank comparable to those fresh and democracy: tions for both rural and city working from the manufacturer. masses, with the Just and necessary meas­ In the process, old gasoline engines were DECLARATION OF FREEDOM ures, keeping in mind the legitimate inter­ replaced with new diesel engines, a change In the City of Key West, Monroe County, ests of both Labor and Capital. · which involved modifications to the basic State of Florida, United States of America, Eleventh: The derogation and eradication hull design to accommodate the larger en­ we the Cuban exiles in the United States, in of anything ·which' ls opposed to the politi­ gine. the name of God Almighty, and speaking cal an·d religious fundamentals aforemen­ The tank was upgunned, from 90mm to both for ourselves and the oppressed people tioned and speclf1cally, the abolition of 105mm. The old transmission was extensive­ in Cuba, the Martyr Island, do say: Communism and any other form of totali­ ly modified to be compatible with the diesel That on January 1st, 1959, the slavery tarian manifestation. engine. Some of the fire control and sight­ yoke that came from Europe and was extin­ Signed and sealed in Key West, Florida, ing equipment was disassembled, reworked, guished in Cuba at the end of the 19th cen­ on the 23d day of January,.1966.e reassembled. Other, completely · new, fire tury was resumed. control equipment was added. That those responsible for this high trea­ New fuel tanks were installed, tanks son to our Fatherland and to our People are . ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT'S TANK which undulate to take advantage of every Just a score of traitors who, usurpating the CONVERSION PROGRAM square inch available inside the hull arm<5r. Government of the Country have been act­ New electrical and hydraulic systems were ing as mercenary agents for the Sino/Soviet installed. · imperalism, and have surrendered to that HON. BILL NICHOLS Welders and machinists found themselves imperialism our Freedom and our Dignity, OP ALABAMA called upon to perform at almost every step also betraying the American Hemisphere. of production. That as a consequence of this high ·trea­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES During times of peak production, four son, those who are usurpating the Power in Wednesday, January 23, 1980 tanks a day rolled off the final assembly Cuba before President Carter can unleash a State which old fields can breathe. tions. It was with prj:de that they saw th,e of the Union address with the dread accusa­ Unless the conferees- can use such a loop­ completion of the ·program-a program tion that Congress Is sott on·the oil comp• hole to undo their handiwork , they ate passing a btn they watched the program end. After work­ time to take. up a mundane question like, that will tax closed American· oil wells; the ing. on 2,064 of these tanks, depot employees Just when do you close down an of.I well? It-. lost production will of course be made- up by had come to know the· M48A5 as an old a pity. buying more from the Arabs. The tax is friend.e Now, Just about everything ls wrong witJt built around the assumption that prices the proposed tax. It won't yield the rev;. don't matteri at- least for supply,. or at least enues the administration and Congress are for old· oil. However touching this inno­ WINDFALL PROFIT TAX gleefully spending. It will cut deeply into ofl cence, in fact the tax will iiot only discour­ LEGISLATION lhdustry cash flow, encouraging the export age the discovery of new oil but insure that of refining operatrons Wednesday, January 23, 1980 ductn.g oil._ HON. ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN For this last effect strikes at the funda­ OF NEW YORK • Mr. ROUSSELOT. Mr. Speaker, ac- mental premises on which the bill is based. cording to all reports, the House-Sen- The Congress had confidently assumed that 11.f THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ate conference committee on H.R. once oil ts found, its price no longer matters. Wednesda11, January 23, 1980 . 3919, windfall profit tax legislation, is Thus, the assumption runs, it can levy taxes making steady progress toward an of° up to 100% without losing any oil produc:­ e Ms. HOLTZMAN. Mr. Speaker, I agreement on the final shape and con- tion. The more general argument found was unable to be present on January only in Washington Post editorials now that 22, 1980 for rollcall No. 2. Had I been t ent o f tha t bill· The C ongress h as the Ford Foundation has recanted it-ls present I would have voted yes.e been wrestling with the problem of so,. that the effective llinfts on the supply of oil called obscene oil company profits come from geology rather than economie& · since early last July. As we near com,. Thus, the argument runs, higher prices for MISSISSIPPI INAUGURATES A 'pletion of that painful process, lt has oil give produce:fS more incentive than theJ NEW GOVERNOR become increasingly obvious that the can use and are thus "wasted.'' so the politf· administra..;ion's plan. will not increase clans may as well grab them. HON. JON HINSON the supply of oil, it will not encourage These assumptions are reflected in the domestic exploration and production; "windfall tax." Upper and lower tier oil, pro­ 01' MISSISSIPPI rather_ it will simply raise an incredJr duced from wells that were in existence be­ IN .THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ble amount of revenue for the Federal !ore 1978, accounts for about two-thirds of Wednesda~, January 23. 1980 bureaucracy to find ways to waste. the. oil produced in the United States. The split is currently about half and half be-­ • Mr. HINSON. Mr. Speaker.· yester­ This is not a solution to the energy tween these two categories, which have had day, the people of Mississippi inaugu­ crisis and it will not be long before separate price ceilings. When the ceilings rated a new Governor, William Forrest every American is aware of that fact. come off the conference probably will agree Winter. It rained in Jackson yesterday It will become evident as they· wait in to impose a tax of ·some 70% on the amount and the ceremony was held in the old long gaslfnes. to pay ever higher prices. by which the selling price exceeds certain State capital, in the same ho~e· cham­ I recently received a letter from a Call- levels. When you add that" new tax to royaf­ ber which once saw Mississippi seced­ fomia drllllng company which briefly·. ties and existing state and federal taxes on ing from the Union. but succinctly, expresses the problem: flowing oil, the marginal tax rate rises to about90%. It was the finest· speech I have ever MONTEREY DRILLING Co., . The notion ls that. a "wf.rulfall" result.a been privileged to hear, filled with Carson, Cal'(f., Janua:r1118, 1980. when $7 lower tier and $13 upper tier oil conviction and truth. When the histo­ HON. JOHN H. Roussm.OT, ll&use of .Representatives. rise to the world market level The fiowin& ry of these days is written, I believe it wells were discovered and drilled years ago will be seen as one of the great speech­ DEAR MR. RoussELOT: The windfall profit at the lower price, and will keep flowing if es of these troubled times and, per­ tax This opportunity for relief wm ·apparently edge that I need your continued SUPPort, tion and leading to increased imports vanish. when the controls are replaced· blt" y.our cooperation, your help and your from the Arabs. surely that is not the tke windfall.tax. We say apparently because .J)rayers. answer to our energy problems. the bill does contain a provision that thee I want to-say speciflca.lly to the. members tax-in other respects simply &D excise tax of" fills Joint assembly of the Legislature THI: CLOSE·THB-WELLS TAX on the production of oB-eannot be more that it will be my purpose to work closely The. Bouse,,Senate Conference Committee than, 100% at profits rrom the production. with you, to advise with you on a day-to-day Is now rushing t<> put the finishing touches No· one knows what thla means, an<;t maybe basis and to contribute. as much as I can to a 534 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 23, 1980 harmonious and effective relationship be- be no place in this administration for any greater purpose could unite us and send us tween us. I also want to express my grati- person who is. not completely dedicated to confidently down the road of the future tude to my fellow elected state officials and serving the public interest. There will be no than the assurance. that we have met the to our distinguished United States Senators place in this administration for any person challenge of these late twentieth century· and Representatives, all of whom honor me who is not willing to work. There will be no years in helping solve some of the problems by their presence today arid with whom I plac~f in this administration for any one who tha.t haunt America today. look forward to working with in· the service Is not utterly and impeccably trustworthy in We say to our sister states, "We have here of the people of Mississippi. all of his affairs and relations and activities what the rest of the nation ls looking for­ I am honored, too, by the attendance at with the people of Mississippi, their proper­ people who are willing to work-who don't these ceremonies of the distinguished for- ty and their possessions. there will be no want a free ride-who will settle for nothing mer governors of our state. Each of them place in this administration for bias or preJ­ less than a well-done Job. That we have here has contributed Jn a unique way to the prog- udice. based on sectionalism or class or·race the resources essential to the building of a ress of Mississippi, and I recognize the re- or religion or anything else. There will be self-sufficient nation. Resources of energy­ sponsibility which falls upon me to wear no place in this administrtion for mediocrity resources of food-resources of fiber-re­ with dignity the mantle of leadership which or shoddy performance or a half-done Job. sources of shelter-all that in a benign cli­ they have transmitted to me. I would add fl· I look down this long sweev of history-I mate, where the livtrrg is good, and more im­ na,Uy how pleased i am that Miss Leontyne look ·down Capitol Street here before me portant than anything else, a good spirit in Price would honor us all by coming home today, and in i:ny mind's eye I see what our people, where bitterness has been put for this occasion and singing so beautifully other people in other years have paid for aside, where people do not ask,. "Where did our national anthem. · that enables us to meet peacefully here he come from?" or "What club does he be­ Gathered as. we are on this historic site, in under these trees in front of,,this historic long to?" or "What color is his skin?" front of a capitol building erected 140 years old statehouse. In my mind's eye l see those The question they ask is "What can he ago, I am conscious of the historic signlfi- old ·pioneers, including some of my own. do?" cance of this occasion, the uniqueness of fore bears, who came into this wilderness I consider that you and I form the most this event, and the responsibility that it im· country in the early nineteenth century to fortunate generation that has ever lived, · · poses, I stand before you today, as other carve out here on this bluff above the Pearl even with the problems of inflation and en­ governors have stood ~ere, the last of Rive.r a city-a civilized city..:_a beautiful ergy and international tension and all of the whom, A. H. Longino, spoke from this Cap. city-and to make it the Capital City of a other difficulties that confront mankind. itol just eighty years ago, As he looked out great state. As we look around us and count our bless­ on a Janq.ary day that began a new century, · In my mind's eye I see that state later ings, this must represent for all of us the little could he have foreseen .the march of shattered by the tragedy of civil war that most exciting and stimulating time in which events that the intervening years would turned neighbor against neighbor, and sec­ anybody could want to live, and that is the bring to this city, to this State, to this Na· tion against section, and saw great buildings basis of the challenge I present to you here tion, and to this world. And yet, as .we meas- laid waste-this beautiful city put to fire today-a challenge of making this state, ure history, that was not a long time ago, -and ashes-and out of that holocaust came without confrontation and without contro­ and there are those in this audience whose a new splrit--came a new opportunity. versy, without self-pity and without any life span encomp~es those eight tumultu- But there have been' so many years that sense of inferiority, hold our ~eads up to ous years. the locusts have eaten, when we still pitted the world and say, "We are today ready, I have not come here today, however, to ourselves against each other, white against willing, able, and insistent on taking our full reminisce or to look back, but I do ask you black. .rich' against poor, businessman share of the responsibilities or leadership in to Join with me at this particular time and · against farmer, the Delta against the Hills, this country. We will he,p do 'the work, we place in history to establish the proper per- south Mississippian against north Mississip­ will help solve the problems, and we will in­ spective for deciding where we want our plan. We saw our beautiful soil stripped of sist on our share of the national benefits. State to go. This involves basically the selec- erosion, our forests laid waste, our rivers We are going to meet our responsibilities. tion of those values and standards that will run red, our great natural bounty wasted We are going to educate our people, take enable us to preserve our political system before our very eyes and we wondered why care of our handicapped, and provide for and to transmit to another generation of we did not prosper. those indigent who cannot provide {or Mississippians a culture and a quality of life We have waste too much time. We have themselves. We are going to help our senior worthy of preservation. If you have come wasted too much of our substance. We have citizens live in dignity and self-respect, and here today to hear from me easy answers or spent too many of our years, too much of we are going to work for better health care quick and pat solutions or glib and fancy our energy being against things we did not and better housing and better transporta­ promises, you will be disappointed. I ask understand, being afraid of change, being tion' for all of our people. We are going to you, my fellow Mississippians, to Join with suspicious of the intellectual, and being strive to protect our natural resources and me on this day in an undertaking worthy of · oblivious to our image and our reputation. conserve our land and our forests and our the best of our traditions to reestablish and Now the time has come to get on with the streams. But at the same time we are also to reassert the principles not only on which Job-long overdue-of building this state going to put our people to work in Jobs that political institutions must rest but on which into the land of prosperity that it truly can challenge their skills and pay them an ade­ human character and human life itself must i>e. That is what this inaugural is all about, quate wage. We are going to demonstrate depend. and I want you to Join wit}) me in making our commitment to hard work and tough I said to you when I ·launched our cam- that· promise here collectively to each discipline and long hours. paign '"Ior governor that the time had come other-that we shall not let any force divide We cannot enjoy the luxury of letting up in Mississippi for us to lift our eyes from the us that will prevent us from achieving that in Mississippi. We still have too much catch· dusty road and set our sights high on the ultimate level of promise and prosperity and ing up to do. We have to run faster and get mountainside of achievement-of achieve- progress that we all know down deep in our up earlier and stay up later to get to where ment based on a recognition of the dignity hearts in our rightful inheritance. I believe we want to be. This. wlll not happen because of every citizen and the worth of every indi- with .all of the fiber of my being that the re­ we want it to happen, and it will not come vidual. I repeat that request here: today. I maining twenty years of this century belong about bec,-use of massive new governmental come as your governor, asking for your help to this area of :America-to this great heart­ programs. It wlll occur only as enough of us in putting together in this State a quality of land of the Deep South-to this state beau­ are willing to struggle to make it happen. I life, a spirit of purpose, a resolution of the tifully and picturesquely named "Mississip­ want us to stop selling ourselves short by will that will sustain us, not only in the pi". Let those syllables roll off your tongue, not fully utilizing all of our people-our tal­ weeks and months ahead, but that will lay · with the assurance that this is where the ented people-our creative and imaginative the basis for the sustaining of the greatness action is going to be. This is where the people. The old solutions wiQ not do. Let us of this State for future generations. achievements of the future will lie. This is not be afraid· to launch out into new areas. We have that unique opportunity, It Is where we are going to harness our brain­ Let us not feel threatened by new ways of one of the God-given blessings that has power and our creativity and out ingenuity. doing things. come to us in the world where relatively few This is whete we are going to provide the I shall in the next few days ask this legis­ people have a choice as to what they will do leadership in scientific and social research lature for the privilege of presenting to an­ with their lives. We have a choice. Here you in solving the problems that this country is other Joint session some of my specific rec­ and I in .this good state have the power to desperately looking for somebody to solve. ommendations. They will be designed to decide which way we shall go. But to make These will not be the years that the locusts help achieve the basic goals which I have those decisions we must have our priorities have eaten. These will be the years of ful­ set before you today . .They will have as straight and our standard of values in focus. fillment and satisfaction and pride and ac­ their major thrust the increased efficiency t.et me share with you the resolution that I complishment and assurance that we wm be of state government, and inaking it more re­ have made-'th.e <:ommitments that I have putting· it all together, with one people sponsive to the legitimate needs of our peo­ made to myself-commitments which I in· united in an effort. that has as its common ple. tend to live up to with all the strength that bond a commitment to greatness. Let me say finally that throughout my ad­ God has given me-but commitments that I As I said before, this w.m not be easy. No ministration I shall always ·remember that must have your help to carry out. There will great purpose. Is easily achieved, but what in occupying this high office I do so as your • January 23, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 535 servant. I shall accordingly always strive to October 25, .1977, and signed by the nents have grown mighty in number ·anQ in setve you in a way that will reflect credit on President. I am pleased to sponsor this influence. you and that will insure increased respect bill for a continuation of the. suspen­ Last month, President Carter announced for· the State of Mississippi. plans to create a 110,000-man "rapid deploy­ Another governor on another January day sion of duty on doxorubicin hydro­ ment force" and designated· $300 million for when I was a very small boy stated what in chloride until June 30, 1982.e new fleets of ships and planes capable of the final analysis is the ultimate measure of transporting American troops to the remo­ our performance. I commend to you these test areas of the developing world. words from the inaugural address of Gover­ RAPID DEPLOYMENT FORCE The astonishing thing about all this saber· nor Mike Conner in 1932: rattling is that it seems to exist in a sphere ''And if in this hour we shall set the pub­ HON. JAMES P. (JIM) JOHNSON ' quite apart from the goals of American for· lic welfare as the only goal·of our ambition, OF COLORADO eign policy and the real world out there. if we shall make it the supreme object of The advocates of an attack on Iran have our effort· and dedicate to its achievement IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES never argued that military action would the best endowment of our lives; we need Wednesday, January 23, 1980 save the hostages or that it would not result in a cutoff Speaker, President Carter's new de­ of Iranian oil, retaliation by other oil-pro­ fense budget will include $300 million ducing countries and chaos in the economies CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY DRUG to begin the buildup of a· "rapid de­ of the non-Communist world. For them, an ployment force." This force, designed att.ack on Iran would be retaliation for its for quick int.ervention over long dis­ own sake-a purposeful Job of cutting off HON. THOMAS B. EV ANS, JR. tances, would ultimately serve only as one's nose to spite one's face. OF DELAWARE a.I) instrument of political provocation. Similarly the advocates of "capabilities" -IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for the rapid deployment of Amencan mili­ Many experts, inside and outside the tary forces in the third world have never ex­ Wednesday, January 23, 1980 State Department, contend such a plained the possible uses of a small expedi:· • Mr. EXANS of Delaware. Mr~ Speak­ !o~ce would be of itttle use in protect- tion~y force. What country could the er, doxorubicln hydrochloride, . under mg our interests in Persian Gulf oil. · United States invade with three divisions­ the trade name Adriamycin™-doxo• Even if the United States were to in- even highly mobile ones? Not Libya, not tervene in the region· in response to Panama , not Southern Yemen. The Domini­ a drug used in cancer chemotherapy to supplies, there would be no way to pre- can Republic, perhaps. Or Barbados and the successfully treat small cell cancers in­ vent sabotage of the oil fields. Grenadines. What government could be cluding acute lymphoblastic and acute knocked out by a "quick surgical strike?" Al- myeloblastic leukemias, breast, ovar­ More importantly, the ver~ exist- tematively, what regime in the world would ian, thyroid, and bronchogenic lung ence of such a rapid deployment force ask for three divisions-unless it meant to carcinomas, among others. It is one of as the administration envisions wo1.lld hold them hostage for a larger troop com­ the most active chemotherapy agents contribnte to tension and turbulence mitment? in an area of the world that is already The new militarists in Washington do not available and the most widely · used dangerously unstable. The American address these questions, Instead, they talk cancer chemotherapy drug. in the role in the Middle East should be that psychology, Americans, they say, must shed United States. of the peacemaker and the creation of their guilt over the Vietnam War and re- . The patent for this drug is held by ' i d rmin store the "credibility" of American arms- an Italian pharmaceutical company, this f ore~ v.:oul d ser ous1 Y un e e including the nuclear deterrent. The argu­ Farmitalia, S.p.A. All manufacturing our credibibty in that role. Further- ment is not at all reassuring. "Credibility" of Adriamycin is done in Milan, Italy. more, the· relationship between the ts after all the word Richard M. Nixon and The single largest domestic customer rapid deployment force and the re- Henry A. Kissinger used when embarking quirements of the War Powers Act on those military ventures least calculated for the drug in the United States is have never been addressed. to inspire it. Then, to talk ab'ou} in a signific~t amount of research in­ FitzGerald, Muskets and Gunboats American "guilt" is to use the moral obJec­ volving use of-Adriamycin. recently appeared in the New York tion to the war to conceal the practical Adriarnycin is marketed for use by a Times. one-that even a half million American [From the New York Times, Jan. 9, 19801 troops were not enough to win it. limited number of physicians qualified The other argument of the militarists has in the use of cancer chemotherapy. It MUSKETS AND GUNBOATS to do with the dispatch of Cuban troops to is not widely advertised because the Africa, and ilow. presumably, with the Sovi­ nature of the drug requires close ob­ The Iranian crisis, followed by the Soviet et troops in Afghanistan. The argument is servation of the patient and extensive invasio~ of Afghanistan, has given a power­ not that the ·United States should send laboratory monitoring during its use. ful lift to the spirit of military adventurism troops to fight the Cubans or the Russians. in Washington. The Administration has re­ but tion . in the marketplace with other most efficient diplomatic and econ'lmic rather that because the Russians are inter­ antineoplastic agents. In fact, it is means it its disposal, but in the background vening in the third world, so should we: A often used to· augment or supplement it's hard to hear anything for.the rattling of keep-up-with-the-Joneses argument. The other forms of treatment including sabers and the clanking of swords. · imperial expeditions of the CUbans and the use in conjunction with other antineo­ While the Republican Presidential candi­ Russians ate, however, more cautionary · plastic drugs. dates growl helplessly, press commentators than encouraging as examples. What they A full course of treatment with such as Evans, and Novak, William Safire,. show ts that a small foreign. army can bog George Will, Joseph Kraft and editorial down in Africa for years and that even a su­ Adriamycin is not inexpensive. In light writers for The Wall Street Journal have perpower cannot pacify a few thousand rag­ of its importance in the treatment of been calling for military action, or the ged tribesmen on its borders without send­ cancer in patients in this country, threat of it, against Iran. ing a large army. What they demonstrate is there seems to be no cogent reason to At the same time, members of the anti­ precisely what the Vietnam War demon­ add an indifect charge that our health SALT II New Right in the Congress and the strated some years ago: The . world is no care system must support. Pentagon have been arguing in principle for longer safe for gunboats and thin red lines. In 1977, I 'was pleased to sponsor the American military intervention in the third The natives Just don't run a.way as they original bill suspending the duty on world. As they put it, the time for guilt and used to when the first shot is fired. apologies is over; it is time to get rid of our In effect, what our new defense stl'.ateglsts this-drug. That bill was considered by post-Vietnam inhibitions against the direct are now doing is putting in orders for mus­ the House, and unanimously passed on use of American military force. The argu­ kets, horseshoes and spurs. It's riot danger­ July 18, 1977. It was subsequently ment is not.new-it originated in the Nixon ous-not until the day when a modem Lord passed as amended by the Senate; ap­ Administration-but now, only five years Cardigan forms up the "rapid deployment proved as amended by the House .on after t~e end of the Vietnam War, its propo: force" and yells ''Charge!" For that modem • 536 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 23, 1980 Lord Cardigan will surely explain ·. in ad­ during World War.. m U&>om hi& return Labor,. and the Congress: of Ihdustrial vance that the credibility of the American to civilian life in, 19.46 he resumed his Organizations-AFL-CIO. nuclear deterrent rests on the success, of his teachingi. profession· as a1 teacher· at . George Meany's death. marks a . tre­ Light Brigade.e Woodcliff Lake Public·Schoolsj. Wood- mendous loss for all working men. and cliff Lake-. N .J., for 1 yearrand then a;c.- women. The country. has lost one or: its CONGRESSIONAL SALUTE TO cepted an invitation to serve on . the staunchest loyalists~ The world· has HON. JOHN B; INGEMI. OF NEW faculty of Westwood Public Schools, lost. a, great man. George Meany's: fir-m JERSEY, OUTSTANDING EDUCA.: Westwood, N.J., for 5 years. In, 195'2 he and unwavering commitment to- up­ TOR, DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN, was appointed principal of Berkeley hold and proteci the rights of' the CG>MMUNITY LEADER, AND Avenue Elementar.y. School, West- American laborer hallmarked. his- credi­ GREAT AMERICAN wood, N.J. bef.ore attaining the leader- cated service which. sprawled· more ship position of superintendent of than a half a century. While Mr. schools of Dunellen, N.J. in 1962. He Meany's absellce will be felt deeply, HON. ROBERT A. ROE has been superintendent of schools of his invaluable contributions to our OF NEW .JERSEY Hawthorne, N.J., since 1967. 'democratic system will endure:e IN THE HOUSE' OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr: Speaker, in civic affairs, John Wednesday, January 23; 1980 has extended· the richness of his wis-- • Mr. ROE. Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, dom and' expertise-always giving will­ UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE January 26, the residents of Haw- ingly and unselfishly of his time-in DAY-1980 thome, my congressional district and helping· others. During the years: 1952 State of New: Jersey will join. together to 195-'1 he· WWi director of recreation HON. LUCIEN N. NEDZI in- testimony to the lifetime of out- in Westwood, N.J. He has been a most OF MICHIGAN standing publie service thatour people active member of the following·organi­ IN l'HE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI.VES have received from an esteemed.educa)o zations=and public agencies: tor, community leader, and good Rotary Clubs in Westwood, Dunellen _and Wednesday, January 23, 1980 friend, Hon. John B. Ingemi who has Hawthorne; Board ·of'Directors, Hawthorne • Mr. NEDZI. Mr. Speaker, thisis the announced· his retirement as superin,.. Public Library; Police Examination Board, 62d anniversary of' the proclamation tendent of schools of Hawthorne, N.J: Hawthorne; National Education.Association ; American Association of of an independent Ukraine~ a republic As Superintendent Ingemi retires School.Administrato~ New, Jersey. Council . which struggled for 3 years before from this-, highly respected. office of of Education; \ New Jersey,, Association of being overpowered. . public trust, I am -pleased to partici- School Administrators; Passaic County The idea of Ukrainian nationhood is, pate. with his many, many friends, and · S"choQl Superintendents' Association; and at this point in history, beyond CQlleagues in expressing.-- our deep: ap· Hawthorne·Bl-Centennial Committee. achievement. But· it is not beyond p:reciation for all of .his· gofJ'd· works Mr: Speaker; J'obn has served our imagination. and share great pride in the success· of people and our countr.y· with honor The literary and political dissidents his· achievements· with his good wife and distihction. He: is- ·an outstanding in the Soviet Union annoy the Govern­ Ruth; their sons: John B. Ingemi,. Jr.. administrator., educator,. and good ment and· attract worldwide attention, .physical. education teacher,. Wood.:. fTiencf whose richness of. wisdom and but they are a . tiny minority~ The bridge, N.J.; William M. Tngemi,. soph~ expertise irr his daily pursuits have. struggle of'. the Soviet Jews engages omore, Virginia Universit-y, Richmond:. touched· tfie llves ot· many,. many peo­ the attention of millions and bothers Va.; and daughter Diana. Lopresti, sec- ple in my· congressional district: I ap­ the Soviets,. but· they are a relatively retar.y to the assistant superintendent preciate the opportunity to publicly small minority: of schools, Freehold Township, N .J. acclaim all of his good works and· The prospect of ethnic dissent, how­ Mr. Speaker, the cultural, historical, share· the pride of his· famly in his ac:. ever, the prospect of a separate, inde­ and economic achievements, even the complishments and lifetime of dedi­ pendent Ukraine, now that shakes basic health, well:.being, and long_evity. cated public service which have truly the Soviets. Without the 50,oo·o.ooo of a.state and nation depend in a.large enriched our community, State, and Ukrainians,· the Russians· would- find measure upon how well we educa~ Nation~ We do indeed salute an out~ themselves a European minority in each generation'. charged · with the standing citizen and great American­ the Soviet Union. trust of carrying out its responsibn:. Hon. John B. Ingemi of' New Jersey.• As the imprisoned Valentin Moroz ities and traditions. John Ingemi has- wrote of the Ukraine and the wider indeed earned the-greatest respect and' struggle, Stalinist repression is direct­ esteem of all of us for his leadership· TRIBUTE TO. GEORGE MEANY and highest standards of excellence in. ed not only "against those who think­ seeking to improve the quality of edu.. differently, but also against those whq catlon for our young people. His per.­ HON. MARY ROSE OAKAR think for themselves." sonal commitment and endeavors as, Moroz, perhaps the most provocative an educator over the past four decades: OF OHIO Ukrainian -thinker of today, is a man hav;e:em:reared.him·to all of us. . IN THE HOUSE OF REP!l-ESENTAtnVES who displayed a willingness to risk years of miserable incarceration in John is: a graduate of Hammonton Tuesday, Januarg..22, 1980- High Schaol, class of 1935. He· received order to be an individual. his B.S. degree from Glassboro State • Ms. OAKAR. Mr. Speaker, George Moroz also wrote: College in 1940, his M.A. degree from Meany was a prime advocate of the Despotism begins when. people stop re-· Columbia University Teachers College American labor movement and life­ garding violence aimed at them as evil and in 1947, and his doctorate in educa- time champion and defender of the begin to think of it as normal. tion-Ed. D.-from Columbia Universi- American worker. . We sht>uld ponder the words· of ty Teachers College in 1958. He was a man of immeasurable wis-· Moroz today 8tlld also refresh our· · In 1940 John joined the faculty of dom, strength, and compassion, in­ memories on the historical details or the New Lisbon School ·for Boys, New deed, a rarity. In his lifetime he the Ukraine. Lisbon, N.J. and left in 1941 to accept achieved a position of powerful and Those historical details are ably set a teaching position with the. Hammon- distinguished leadership in the world, forth in a letter I received from Dr; ton school system, Hammonton, N.J. as well a maintaining a lifelong respect Anthony Zuk-0wsky, president of the· He has also taught: at the William Pat- for the dignity of family life, as evi-· Metropolitan Detroit Branch of· the erson State College located in my denced by the deep devotion to the Ukrainian CoriiQ'ess Committee of' hometown of Wayne, N.J. late Mrs. Meany and his three daugh- .America. A copy of the letter' follows: Superintendent Ingemi's teaching, ters. UKRAINIAN CONGRESS COMMiTTEE career was interrupted between 19'42· George- Meany's litany of accom.. OF AMERICA, METR"OPOLITAN Dta;­ to 1946 to· serve the people of our: _plishments. include t~e successful. TROIT BRAN.CH, country with the. U.S. Army Air Force union of·· the American, Federation of, Warren, Mfch.,. January,16, 1980. January 23, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 537 Re January -22, Ukrainian Independence the world, that: Russian Imperialism poses ,U.S. News & World Report, December Day. the greatest threat to all. a1.1979. · Hon. LUCIEN-N. NEDZI, In spite of this oppressive yoke, Ukrain­ ians have never accepted this foreign domi­ UNIONS' BIG PusH To CATCH UP WITJJ Rayburn House Of/ice Building, PRICES Washington, D.C. nation and are continuing their struggle .for· DEAR CONGRESSMAN NEDZI:· We would like Human }.tights, Freedom and National Inde­ Undaunted by layoffs and government to call your attention to the fact that pendence. A new breed of adamant fighters wage restraints, Inillions of union workers Ukrainians, all over the world, including the for Human and National Rights gives us are threatening to strike in 1980 unless United States, will celebrate the Inde­ hope that Ukraine will be free again. their wages catch up with ~ation. pendence of Ukraine, in January. We would like to express our sincere Experts foresee many bitter labor-man­ January 22nd will mark the 62nd Anniver­ thanks and appreciation to the President of agement confrontations during contract sary of the Pr~amation of Independence the United States, to the U.S. government talks covering about 3. 7 million blue-collar of Ukraine and the .6lst Anniversary of ·the and to all the members of the Sena~ and workers. Industries facing a strike threat in Act of Union, whereby all Ukrainian lands Congress for their untiring efforts in bring­ the coming year include oil, telephone, were united into one independent and sover­ ing many freedom fighters and dissidents, steel, aluminum, copper, construction, mari­ eign nation. Both the Independence of from Soviet prisons, to our great country time and aerospace. The prospects for labor Ukraine and the Act of Union were pro­ and giving them asylum here. God bless you strike are even greater in the public sector. claimed by a dQ.lY elected parliament in Kiev, capital of Ukraine, on The Ukrainian people. in the free world, uary 8, when about 60,000 oil-industry work­ January 22, 1918 and January 22, 1919. ' ate celebrating the memorable January ers are scheduled to strike. Already the oil This sovereign Ukrainian state was imme­ 22nd as their greatest holiday. For many companies have furnished their refineries diately recognized by a large number of na­ years, the 22nd of January has been pro­ with cots·and refrigerators to be used by su­ tions, including France and England. Diplo­ claimed, Ukrainian Independence Day, in pervisors during a walkout. matic relations were established with them. American cities and states from coast to At the heart of all this discontent is the Recognition was granted also, by Soviet coast. rise over the past year of almost 13 percent Russia. Despite the fact that the Soviet gov­ Therefore, it is in the common spirit of in the consumer price index, the worst infla­ ernment had officially_~e~QIP.$ed 'Qgaine liberty, faith and justice that the American tion rate in more thlP} 30 years. Since wages as an independent and sovereign state, people, and especially the U.S. Congress, on average have fallen behind inflation, the Ukraine was attacked,· both by niilitary· ag­ join Ukrainians all over the world in giving buying power of a typical American worker gression and by ·subversion from· within. moral support to the Ukrainian people in has declined by 5 percent over the past year. For three and one-half.·years the Ukraini­ their struggle. for Human Rights, Freedom "Workers haven't ga~ed anything from an people waged a gallant· struggle in de­ and National Independence. higher wages," says AFL-CIO economist fense of their country, alone and· without We appreciate, very much, your support Rudy Oswald. "They've been falling further aid from Western nations, but were ulti­ and concern for the welfare of the Ukraini­ and further behindt mately overpower_ed by a numerically an people. stronger_and better equipped Russian Bol­ Sincerely, BATTLES LOOM shevik aggressor. They destroyed the Ukrai­ Dr. ANTHONY ZUKOWSKY, In contract talks, unions say, they will de­ nian National Republic and created a Com­ mand larger-than-usual wage increases to munist puppet government known as the President, Ukrainian Congress Commit­ compensate for the losses their members Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ·(Ukrai­ tee of Amertca, Metropolitan Detroit have suffered as a result' of inflation. The nian S.S.R.>. Branch.e Conference Board estimates that wage and The entire history of Soviet-dominated benefit increases negotiated during 1980 will Ukraine is a ghastly record of inhumanity, average 9.5 percent. Although these in­ outright persecution, terror and genocide. A DOMESTIC "AFGHANISTAN"? creases are expected to be slightly higher Russification and denationalization plus vio­ than those negotiated during 1979, they will lation of human rights, on a scale not HON. ROBERT H. MICHEL continue to lag behind a projected 1980 in­ known in the history of mankind, has oc­ flatfon rate of more than 10 percent. curred. OF Iu.INOIS Such demands will not be achieved with­ In summary, the colonial rule of Soviet IN THE HOt1SE OF REPRESENTATIVES out a struggle. Employers are facing severe Communism in Ukraine can be character­ lim1tations brought on by recession, infla­ ized by the following: Wednesday, JanuarJJ 23, 1980 tion, lagging productivity and President A. During the sixty years of Moscow rule •Mr.MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, one of Carter's wage-restraint program, George in Ukraine, millions of Ukrainians have the more memorable moments of re­ Moore, vice president of Bethlehem Steel been annihilated by man-made famines, de­ cent history occurred when President Corporation, foresees "difficult bargaining portations and executions. ahead" as employers set out to trim employ- ~. Both Ukrainian Orthodox and Ukraini­ Carter told us that th,e Soviet invasion ment costs in 1980. · an Catholic Churches have been ruthlessly of Afghanistan had dramatically Frank Doyle, General Electric's vice presi­ destroyed and their clergy and faithful have changed his view of their intentions. dent for labor relations, says that the ero­ been arrested and persecuted. Since the President was, presumably, sion of wages will stimulate "increased mili­ C. All aspects of Uk}-ainian life are rigidly perhaps the last person in the West­ tancy and willingness · to accept strife" ·controlled and directed by Moscow. ern world to have been surprised by among workers. "People simply won't stand D. Permanent violation of Buman and Na­ Soviet aggressi9n, many observers feel for this," he says. Government officials ex­ tional Rights was instituted in Ukraine. that his admission r.eflects badly on pect increased strike activity in the public Thousands of Ukratnians have been charged his grasp of world affairs. sector as well as scattered walkouts by work­ with "anti-Soviet propaganda and agita­ ers in the oil, steel, aerospace and . long­ tion", tried and convicted. Many have been I hope we are not going to have a shore industries. tortured, incarcerated and confined in psy­ version of this kind of discovery on the Compared with the impact of inflation, chiatric asylums where drugs and chemicals domestic front, concerning labor-man­ most other bargaining issues now seem less are forcibly administered. Despite the Im­ agement disputes. For 3 years I have important to .American workers. Says Wil­ plementation of the Helsinki Accords, Sovi­ been.calling for effective machinery to liam Winpisinger, president of the Interna­ et oppression has intensified in- Ukraine. deal with such disputes and for 3 years tional Association of Machinists: "I expect New arrests of" innocent people have been the administration has conducted it­ wages to remain the focal point of our nego­ made by the Russians. The KGB, Soviet Se­ self in the usual-this is, unacceptable tiations despite a lot of sociological malar­ cret Police, has committed many murders. key about today's workers being less inter­ Mrs. Ala Horska, poetess and literary critic, and unworkable-way when it comes ested in money than in job satisfaction, was murdered in Kiev. This past year, music to settling national emergencies. shared responsibility; rotating work assign­ composer, Volodimir Iwasiuk was murdered U.S. News & World Report has re­ ments and other esoteric benefits. In ..the in Lwiw, Ukraine. Members of the Urkrain­ cently reminded us what we are faced final analysis, the reason people work is to ian Helsinki Groups were tried and given with in the near. future as . unions make money." harsh sentences. make a push to catch up with prices. Union leaders do not view the President's Russian enslavement of Ukraine has In- the hope the President or some of wage-restraint 1>rogram as an obstacle to brought much suffering' to. the people of his advisers might read this and not be seeking higher pay in 1980. They note that Ukraine. In 1919-1920 Ukraine was the first the official 7 percent ceiling on wage in­ victim of Russian-Communist aggression. "dramatically" surprised by a series of creases was violated constantly by unions in Since then, with passive indifference to the labor-management disputes leading to 1979, with no serious repercussions. More­ Western world, they have subjugated other economic disaster, at this·point I wish over, they anticipate the program will be en­ countries. The recent invasion and occupa­ to insert in the RECORD, ''Unions' Big forced even less enthusiastically in 1980, an tion of Afghanistan 1s·. the latest warning, to Push to Catch Up With ~ce," from election year. 538 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 23, 1980 DR; JOHN'S""MAGIC try contracts will expire· in· 1980; Most con- . panies the recognition•that ' Ukraine is The unions expect the President's new struction contracts, which -are negotiated lo­ not free today. Pay Boarq, headed ·by former Labor Secre­ cally across the country, do not have cost­ The Detroit area· is fortunate to tary John Dunlop, will find some way to of-living clauses. This is'. one reason wliy building-trades wages have been increasing have an active Ukrainian communicy, prove that virtually every n~w wage settle­ which has never flagged' in. its efforts ment is not inflationary. As one administra­ at a slower pace than factory pay over the tion official put it: "We'll just let Dr. John past two years.. · to keep alive. thoughts of Ukraine's work his magic." Construction companies have been paying struggles. I have r.eceJ;1tlY received· a Likewise, the threat ·of job losses has not raises of about 6 to 7 percent annually. This long and touching letter 'from the dampened the workers• desire to make trend is expected to continue during the Metropolitan Detroit Branch · of the enough money to keep up with inflation. current recession, except in the sun-belt Ukrainian Congress Committee of About 1,000 employees of U.S. Steel Corpo­ cities where construction is still booming. America that discusses the history of ration's American Bridge Division in Am· GOVERNMENT Ukraine. I wish to share this letter bridge, Pa., will be losing: their jobs in 1980 Contracts cove;ing hundreds of thousands with my colleagues, in the ho1ie that because they refused to accept a wage freeze of state and local employes also will be ne­ they will join me in thoughts . of as a condition for keeping their plant open. gotiated throughout 1980. Government pay Ukraine and fervent hope that free­ In steel as • • • in rent contract increased has been rising more slowly than industrial wages by 48 percent. This year, the union dom will one day be restored to this wages because most pacts do not, include troubled nation. wants to improve upon the current contract cost-ofsliving clauses. Says Assistant Labor by raising pension benefits to keep up with Secretary Hobgood: "The public sector . is UKRAINIAN CONGRESS COMMITTEE , inflation. going to be the source of a lot more strikes OF AMERICA, METROPOLITAN DE· The key question in the steel industry is because they don't have cost-of-living pro­ TROiT BRANCH, whether the companies will agree to renew tection." Warren, Mtch., January 18, 1980. the no-strike agreement before the.- next ne­ Over all, a number of labor confrontations Hon. WILLIAM BRODHEAD, gotiations in 1983. U.S. Steel Chairman seem unavoidable in 1980. Union leaders,are U.S. Cbngressman, Cannon House Of/tee David M. Roderick . hints that the agree­ telling the President that the only thing Butldtng, Washington, D.C. ment has become too expensive. Union that wo.uld ·alter this gloomy forecast is DEAR CONGRESSMAN BRODHEAD: We would sources say that steel-industry employment mandatory wage and price controls-a move like to call your attention to the- fact that costs. are expected to ·rise to:,$35,000 per yesr the administration has all.butruled.out. · Ukrainians, all over the world, including the per worker by 1983 as a result of the indus­ United States, will celebrate the Independ­ try's commitments under.,the no-strike pact. ence of Ukraine, in January. United Steelworkers . President Lloyd WHERE STRIKES COULD Occu:a IN 1980 January 22nd will mark the 62nd-Anniver­ McBride views '. 13,000 new, layoffs by U.S. January: Oil· Chemical and Atomic Work­ sary of the Proclamation of the Independ­ Steel as a sign that ttie:· steel industry in­ ers-maJor oil refineries <60,000). Bakery, ence of Ukraine and the 61st Am)iversary of tends to get tougher at the bargaining table. Confectionery and Tobacco Workers-Philip the Act of U-nion, whereby_ · all' Ukrainian Wages in the copper and aluminum indus­ Morris·(8,200). lands were united into one independent and tries will follow the pattern set in steel. ·March: Glass Bottle Blowers-glass manu- sovereign nation. Both the Independence ·of TELEPHONE facturers <22,000). Ukraine and the Act of . Union were pro­ ·contracts covering 700,000 employes of April: United Steelworkers,-ma.jor steel claimed. by a duly elected :parliament (Cen­ the American Telephone & Telegraph Com- producers (280,000). tral Rada>, in Kiev capital of Ukraine, on pany expire August 9. A nationwide strike May: United Steelworkers, Aluminum January 22, 1918 and Janqary 22, 1919. seems unlikely, even though many tele~ ·Workers-top three aluminum companies This sovereign Ukrainian state was imme­ phone workers have.staged-sidewalk demon- (42,000). diately recognized by a large number of na­ strations over the past year to protest what June: Utility· Workers-Consolidated Edi· tions, including France and England.-Diplo­ they view as increased job.pressures caused son of New York City <17,700).- matic relations were established ·wtth them. by technology. August: Communications Workers of Recognition was granted· also·, IJ-y Soviet The.. key issues will be improved cost~of- America, International Brotherhood of Russia. Despite the-fact that the Soviet gov­ living raises, better. pension,benefits and job Electrical Workers and Telecommunications ernment had officially recognized Ukraine security. The average telephone worker now International Union-American Telephone as an ~ndependent and sovereign state, earns $9.35 an hour, including $1,13 . ob-, & TelegrapH (700,000).' · Ukraine was attacked, both· by military ag­ tained. tlirough cost,of-living raises over the September: International Longshoremen'.s gression and by subversion from within. past.year. Association-Atlantic and · Gulf port ship- For three and one-half years the Ukraini­ LONGSHORE ping· firms (50,000). Amalgamated Clothing an people waged a · gallant struggle· in c:re~ fense of their country, alone and without The 50,-000 dockworkers who load ships and Textile- Workers-clothing and textile firms (91,000). aid from Western nations, but were ulti­ along the Atlantic and Gulf.coasts now have October: Intenm.tionaliAssociation of Ma:. mately, overpowered· by a · numerica:lly a gua.r.mt«ed minimum wage of $21,000 a stronger and better· equipped' Russian Bbl· year: S'o~ esrn as· much as· $4o,ooo. Yet ohinists, Uilited Auto W.ork~aerospace shevik aggressor. They destroyed the many, experts< anticipate a .strike next Seir. companies <35,000). Ukrainian national Republic· and· created' a tember whemtheir current contract! expires:; Amalgamated Transit Unioa-Greyhound Communist· puppet government. known as One-· rea:stm: No cost-of-living clause. "Our · Li~es <13,000>. the Ukrmnian Soviet Socialist Republic, raises-:always::have been ahead of' inflation;" December: Seattle .Professional. Engjneen­ . says(' IDA, Ptesident Thomas w. Gleason. Ing Employes Association~Boeing CompanY, The entti'e history of Soviet-dominated "but;;now·inflaUon has gotten out of hand." <17,000). Ukraine is a ghastly record of;' unhumanity, Service Employes International' Union- AEROSPACE outright persecution, terror and genocide. New YorlQ, City commercialJbuilaiilg owners Russification and denationalization plus' vio­ The. aerospace 'industry has a long history (55,000) .• lation of human rights, on a scale not of strikes. There is no· reason to expect this known in the history of mankind, has trend to change in 1980, when contracts ex-. occurred. pire for. employes of such leading aerospace UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE firms as. Boeing, Lockheed and McDonnell In summary, the colonial: rule of Soviet Douglas. The aerospace unions, led by the Communism in Ukraine can be character­ International Association of Machinists and HON. WILLIAM M~ BRODHEAD ized by the following: A. During the sixty years of Moscow rule the United Auto Workers, will try to im­ I OF MICHIGAN prove their· cost-of..living clause; the. compa­ in Ukraine, millions of Ukrainians have nies will try to weaken it. Says one union of­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES been annihilated by man-made famines, de~ ficial: . "Any attempt to further dilute our. Wednesday, JanuaT!JI 23, 1980 portations and executions. cost-of-living clause would mean a.strike." B. Both Ukrainian Orthodox and Ul. ,That the Congress · principles of individual rights and improving and enhancing the environ­ urges the people of the United states, and human dignity are recognized.e ment. Federal, State,. and ~al governmental. agencies, to observe and celebrate April 22, We ha\'e come- a · long way since 1980, as•'Earth Day, 1980'.' with appropriate Earth. Day ·19vo; it has-been, an inter­ ceremonies and activities.e esting and challenging decade; As a TRIBUTE TO GEORGE MEANY nation we faced the ikab oil embargo­ and in response we began to promote HON.WILUAMJ.HUGHES the use of alternativ.e fuels, sucl\ as· SOVIET JEWRY or ~ -JERSEY nuclear energy. Unfortunately, we IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES found these solutions to pose unfore-. HON •. RICHARD L O'M'INGER in · tal NEW YORK Tuest!,ay, January 22,. 1980 seen, and alann g enV1ronmen · 07 problems of their own. Also. ·through- • Mr. HUGHF,S. Mr. Speaker, George , out the seventies, States and locallties, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESE.NTATlVES. Meany was· a tough-minded, high-spir- operatihg either on their own accord, Tuesday, JanuaF!J· 22, 1980 ited union man until the day he died. or in conjunction with Federal· agen·· ·• Mr. OTTINGER. Mr. Speaker" I ap- He began his career as a plumber"s cies, made good· headway in· reducing preciate-- having this opportuntty to) apprentice in the Bronx and ended it air and water pollution; in-encourage· speak out onibehalf of Soviet Jews and. as president of'the 14-millio~ member ing the recycling of dwinqllng natural Anatoly Shcharansky. I commend my American. Federation of · Labor and resources, ·and· in· making the. working · colleagues; Congressmen HARRts and· Congress of Industrial Unions. conditions of many. Americans safer DRINAN for calling attention to the ·Fon 25, years;. he presided over the and healthier. state of Soviet Jewry· and the· contin- .AF'l.-CIO as its pow.erful and pragmat· We cannot stop now. As our interna- ued imprisonment, ol Shchar.anskY. on. ic head. And this is what he will be re­ tiona1. economic, and- energy concerns. the occasion of fiis 32d birthday. membered· for the most. George begin to overshadow. environmental in- This day se.tTes as-: a ,. painful remind·· Meany was the proponent and ·cham· te:rests, we m~t not lose· sight of the er to us of the plight of all courageous pion of· the merger uni.ting tJ}e two integral role the environment plays in· individuals who have chosen dissent lb largest. coalitfons. of labor unions in shaping the lives and values of all peo- the face of' severe consequences. It is the United States. pie. Sound environmental policies especially noteworthy and distressing It was not an easy job but one that need not. conflict with sound economic that on this very day that we have he handled with grace and arplomb. , and energy policies. For example, by chosen. to protest Soviet human rights Throughout his tenure as head of the protecting our farmlands and. by pre- policies, one of the most outspoken AFL-CIO, he worked relentlessly to venting soil erasion we will help to as- critics of these policies has been ar- improve· the lot of' working men and sure adequate food supplies for our rested, the renowned scientist Andrei women. It was often said that when citizens; by structuring the costs of Sakharov. Sakharov's arrest is only labor and management sat down tone· proposed synthetic fuels plants to in- the most recent example of the Sovi· gotiate any dispute, George Meany corporate those measures necessary to et's escalat{ng campaign of repression knew how to compromise. _He got 99 mitigate the environmental danger.s, against its people, especially the lead- percent of his position and the other we can balance our environmental con- ers of the dissident movement. These side got 1 percent of theirs. cerns with our interest in increased flagrant human rights violations at While he devoted substantial production of alternative fuel sources. home, compounded by th~ Soviet's re- amounts of time and energy of the Earth Day 1980~ which has- already cent criminal invasion of Afghanistan. AFL-CIO to improving wages and been proclaimed by the President, is: a cannot be tolerated. We have a clear · working conditions of union members, reminder and a reaffirmation of our responsibility, to the courageous indi· he was ih the forefront of much social commitment to the environment and a viduals who have chosen to defend legislation of the last few decades. The 542 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 23, 1980 AFL-CIO could always be counted on ANATOLYSHCHARANSKY true that many of its horrors and sym­ to look out for the interests of less for­ bols are alive and l)resent in the Soviet tunate Americans. Union. Given tliese circumstances and He was not afraid to speak up to HON. JOHN J. CAVANAUGH the recent action of the Soviets in re­ Presidents and other powerful people. OF NEBRASKA gard to emigration visas we cannot af­ He felt he owed that to the p~ople he IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ford to·be polite about political repres­ represented. Above all, he was a man sion and anti-Semitism. We must not. of deep integrity and be wanted to Tuesday, January 22~ 198,0 be silent. To know is to be required to make sure that others lived up to his e Mr. CAVANAUGH. Mr. Speaker, on ·speak out. To do otherwise is to help high standards as well. March 15, 1977, Anatoly Shcharansky recreate the conspiracy of silence that. The American people will miss the was grabbed by two KGB agents and nurtured the holocaust and helped it sage advice and wise counsel he gave pushed into a car. It has ·been 2 years to burst forth. On this second anniver­ to the rank and file of his organiza­ since that arrest and 8 months since sary of the arrest of Anatoly Shchar­ tion, heads of state and elected offi­ the Soviets sentenced Anatoly to 13 ansky we should imitate his courage cials. years in a strict regime labor camp. by continuing to press for his release George Meany was a legendary fig­ The circumstances leading to Anato­ and the right of all Soviet Jews to emi­ ure during his lifetime and his many Iy's trial, the trial itself, and the cur­ grate and be free from.persecution.e and varied accomplishments will live rent conduct of the Soviet Govern­ long in our memories.e ment represent a pattern of persecu­ UNION VIOLENCE ti~m that indicates the low priority of human rights in the Soviet -Union. An UNITED STATES REVOKES International Committee for the re· HON. LARRY McDONALD LICENSES lease of Anatoly Shcharansky has OF GEORGIA .been formed under the chairmanship IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of the gentleman from Massachusetts HON. CLARENCE E. MILLER Soviet push southward toward the Arabian the latter and the Indian Oce8.IJ., Baluchi· The massive Soviet military occupation of Sea, the United States clearly has an inter~ stan could then become the next target in Afghanistan has provoked an unambiguous est in promoting a more ·stable Pakistan ca­ Moscow's advance toward its age-old goal of American pledge of support for Pakistan in pable, of resisting separatist pressures. But an outlet to warm waters. the event of Soviet aggression, accompanied the U.S. dilemma is that the Punjabi-domi­ Baluchistan presents the Soviets with an by. an urgent reconsideration of U.S. mili­ nated Zia Ul-Haq regime has so Jar failed to Ideal territory on which to construct ·yet an­ tary aid. This was a necessary response to take even a modicum of the political and other satellite. The tough Baluch have· a the arrogant display. of Soviet power sym­ . economic steps needed to neutralize separat­ separatist tradition dating to the Sultanate bolized by the direct intervention of Soviet ists sentiment•in tHe Baluch and Pushtun of Kalat, once as powerful as the rulers of forces .Jn the Kabul coup last week; Before areas and thus to facilitate their effective Kabul. Their nationalist yearnings have rushing into specific military aid commit­ military defense. if .this should become nec­ been nurtured in resistance to central Paki­ ments to Islamabad, however, the United essary. Many of the established political stan authority, which they have continued States should identify accurately both the leaders in these areas are still prepared for ever since that country was created tn the nature of the challenge posed by Soviet con­ an accommodation with Islamabad and partition of India in 1947. And from 1973 to trol of Afghanistan and the conditions could do much.to counter the separatist of­ 1976, Ba1uch guerrillas waged .a particularly under which aid to Pakistan would be effec· fensive if they could show progress in win­ bloody struggle against both Pakistani and tive. ning greater Justice for their people. The es­ Iranian attempts to subdue them. American military aid should not, in my sential precondition for significant inputs of Furthermore, the Mir BesenJo faction of view, be primarily addressed to the hypo­ American military aid to Pakistan should. Pakistan's National Awami Party-based thetical scenario of a Soviet frontal assault therefore, be an interim political settlement largely in the Mehngel clan, one of the larg­ on Pakistan comparable to the present inva­ between the central government and Baluch est among the Baluch on both sides of the sion of Afghanistan. Rather, the United and Pushtun moderates providing for a wide international frontier-has old ties to Mos­ States should focus on the more credible degree of regional autonomy, a major in· cow and ·communism. There is .a cadre of an ~ssibllity that Kabul will seek to encourage crease in locally controlled development ex­ estimated 8,000 Baluch being trained in the the festering separatist movements in the penditures and representation in military Soviet Union. Afghani businessmen have re­ adjacent Baluch and Pushtun border re­ decision-making affecting their areas. ported meeting Cuban guerrilla instructors gions of Pakistan and Iran. Given a meaningful devolution of power training Baluch and Pushtun-the tribals Selective military assistance designed spe­ and resources, Islamabad would have power­ along the long frontier from Quetta to the cifically for counterinsw-gency purposes and ful local allies in the Baluch and Pushtun Hindu Kush on the Pakistan-Afghan bor­ for a limited border "tripwire" role would be regions, whose cooperation would be essen­ der. And Baluch students in Pakistan in· helpful to Pakistan in dealing with this type tial in mobilizing any effective tribal cooper­ clude Marxist-Leninist activists: When the of Soviet challenge-but only if Islamabad is ation with the Pakistani military in antici­ Communist revolution of April, 1978, oc­ wllllng to take the accompanying political pation of Soviet-supported separatist adven­ curred in Afghanistan, they paraded with and economic measures required to defuse tures. In the absence of a political settle­ photographs of Nur Muhammad Taraki, the separatist appeals. ment, there is a great danger that U.S. coup leader later murdered in Kabul~s intra­ Pakistan has been dominated since its in· weaponry would be used not against Soviet­ Communist struggle for power. supported subversion but against Baluch ception by its majority linguistic group, the A NEW GRIEVANCE Punjabis, who constitute 58 percent of the and Pushtun dissident groups fighting for population. The Punjabi predominance is their ligitimate rights as Pakistanis. On the Iranian side, Baluch tribesmen bitterly resented by the other thre·e groups This is precisely what happened when ten­ have old grievances against distant Tehran that make up the country, the Baluch, the sions between Islamabad and a non-commu­ governments. :aTHWARD quisition of a major port-and at present · pushed back the Afghan boundary to the Baluchistan, a sparsely inhabited, semi-des- Baluchistan does not offer one. But the January 23, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 545 Shah -was attempting to develop one at terrorist ''national Uberation move~ The keynote address was delivered by the Charbahar in the Iranian part of the region.· ments~' in the Third World. The WPC U.S. Peace Cowicll's executive director,. And veteran observers recall that even such recent~ held a large conference in. Mike Myerson, a leading member of the a naval center as Karachi was, before Paid- --...... : ~4,-. d in rt f U a. Communist Party._ His ho~-long ramble. stani independence; little more than a rail- .1.111.cx,.C.O:,.. ~ secon · ' · suppo O .•..,.., · through the Communists' current disarma­ head. revoluttonapY· terrorists in Puerto, ment slogans so moved Representa.tive John. The roads running south from Kabul and Rico. During· the past 3 years, the Conyers CD'.-Mtchigan> who tolrowed him on Herat to Kandahar and on to· Quetta are ru- · WPC' played_an important role in or- the podium that Conyers promised to put. it dimentary-in fact, the absence of commu- chestrating sum,ort in Latin America in the · Congressional Record. Myerson said. nicattons is one of the principal Pakistani for the Castroite Sandinista revolu- that although the "most serious current: and Iranian difficulties in meeting any new tfonary terrorists in Nicaragua. news" was thP. ola.n to equip N.A.T.O. forr.es m -: westem ·Emope wlffi·'Perslifng· n · and' Soviet threat to gain influence in Balucht- Now the WPC' had opened an. offi- cruise missiles , "Our Number enormous American help in meeting any ,.., • One concern is to pass SALT ll/" guerrilla threat there: The Baluch. for cen- Party, U.S.A. functionary Michael Congressman John Conyers, a m~mber of' turtes mercenaries of the sheikdoms in the Myerson. An excellert brief report on the National Lawyers. Persian Oulf, are famous fighters. Teetering the opening conference ofc the USPC Guild virtually since he grad_uated from law on bankruptcy , the Pakt- by Julia Ferguson appeared in the school two decades ago, said: "We aim to stanis would-also need massive· u.. s. support 'lJanua.Ey 2,.. 198°'- issue of The. Review fuse local issues with international" strug­ in. any broader effort to counter Soviet in- \:£ the· N.e.ws. Since this al.'m o.f the So- gles," and ·declared: "I recommit myself to roads. And they would need to display \''et Communist Pe.,,..r is; pimming lob continue in this struggle." The Detroit Con­ greater political sagacity, too: Traditionalist i · . . · · · u3 • . . · ~ gressm.an then told the assembled Reds: Baluch leaders blame former President Zul- b¥ing activities in support 0 !:this body "It's people like you who should be Mem­ ftkar All Bhutto's repression for polarizing .appropriating some $75 million for the- bersl>f Congress." the politics of the region and radicalizing Sandinista regime _in Nicaragua in Also. a speaker was Isabel Letelier, widow. many younger Baluchs. coming weels, I commend this article of the assassinated Chilean K.O.B. agent Despite all these disadvantages for the to the close attention of my col- Orlando Letelier. Now a fellow of the lnsti- West, the struggle for dominance in the leagues. tute for Policy Studies in Washington, she area is only beginning. In Afghanistan, the Tiu: LEFT described herself as a "victim of fascist re- overt Soviet penetration was preceded by pressfon" and launched an attack on decades of subversion, so a direct Russian They criticize us by saying we are close to "crimes and violations" of national SP.curlty military threat to Baluchistan may not be the Soviet Union. The Soviet· Union stands programs. imminent. And some of the tribals-the Ba- for peace and any man who ts for peace ts Cudinh Ba; a counselor of: the u.N. Mis- . luch may be a minority among the estimat- near to the Soviet Union," proclaimed Lenin fiOn of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, ed 2.5 million who live on the Pakistan side Peace Prize winner Romesh Chandra to told the u.s. Peace council group, that "As. of the frontier-are traditionally more loyal some 400 "fighters for peace" at the first all Vietnamese know, you helped, stop the.. to Islamabad. But the U.S. is on notice that national conference ef the U.S. Peace Coun- war in Vietn~." He confirmed·the previoua the complex search for support by both· cir. "Which country is the best friend of statements of Vietnamese ~ommunist lead­ sides in coming months among the local those of you who fight for liberation?" ers that their conquest of South Vietnam population is likely to decide the future role asked Chandra, a member of the central would have been impossible without the 10- of this strategic area. committee of the communist Party of India year "public opinion" campaign coordinated . and president of the World Peace Council. by the World Peace Council throughout the· Not surprisingly, Ii.is answer was the Soviet Free World. SOVIET PROPAGANDA FRONT Union. The U.S~ Peace Council conference fea- OPENS U.S. SECTION THE U.S. PEACE COUNCIL tured six workshops on the current "burn­ In a report published by the House Intem­ ing issues." They were: gence Committee last year, the- C.I.A. con­ SALT II: This one was led· by James John­ HON. LARRY McDONALD firmed that the Helsinki-based WorJd Peace son; Mark Shanahan of the anti-defense OF GEORGIA Council ts the· Soviet Union's single most im­ lobby in Washington called the Coalition IN.THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pootant international Front. This group ts for a New Foreign and· Military Policy; and, actually controlled by the Internatfonal De­ Sarah Staggs of the Chicago Peace Council. Wednesday, January 23,.·1980 partment of the Soviet Communist Party Economic Conversion:· This means closing Central Committee jointly with the K.G.B. dewn all our defense plants·while providing • Mr. McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, as After World War II, the Central Commit­ guaranteed Jobs to the displaced workers. documented by a study prepared at tee's International Department took over Dtscussion leaders included David Cortright, the request of the House Intelligence the functions of the old comintern and com­ head of SANE; Delores Bates, D.C. Peace Committee by the Central Intelligence inform, coordinating the activities and prop­ Council; and, Connecticut State Representa­ Agency, the World Peace Council aganda of all the foreign Communist par­ tive Irving Stolberg. ; New· York City Council doc.uments the' successful campaign by dience included the Sandinista Ambassador members Gilberto Gerena Valentin and the WPC against U.S. development of: to the United Nations from Nicaragua, Vic­ Ruth Messinger; Detroit City Council presi~ the. enhanced radiation warhead-the, tor Tinoco, and representatives of the Rho­ dent Maryann Mahaffey; Washtngt·on, D.C:, "neutron bomb." desian terrorist Zimbabwe- Patriotic Front,._ €ity Councilwoman Hilc:la Mason; Michigan · the Palestine Liberation Organization, and' State Senator Jackie Vaughn; and, the infa~ The: second chief area of WPC activi­ · members of U.S. support groups for terrpr­ mous identified Communist· Jack O'Dell of ty is in providing propaganda arid lo­ tsts in South Africa, Chile, Puerto Rico, and, the "Reverend" Jesse Jackson's Operation gistical support to Soviet-supported.' The Philippines. PUSH.-JULIA F'ERGUSON.e CXXVI--35-Part 1 546 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 23, 198~ EARL "FATHA" HINES-UNSUR­ been singers Mabel Mercer and · Beverly There is rapidly developing in this coun­ PASSED EXCELLENCE Sills, Jascha Heifetz, Arthur Fiedler ·and try a political myth in .the tradition of the Richard Rodgers.e "Yalta sellout" and "Who lost China?" slo­ gans of the 1940s, a myth that holds that HON. CHARLES B. _RANGEL military weakness is behind our current pre­ OF NEW YORK WE NEED NEW RULES, NOT MILI­ dicament. Yet the· United States does no IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATLV,ES TARY RISKS OR NUCLEAR lack the airborne divisions, planes and ships BLUFFS to launch a military operation against Iran. Wednesday, January. 23, 1980 right now. And even tripling such. forces • Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, one of HON. RICHARD NOLAN cannot rescue the hostages. the great jazz- musicians· of this cen­ In Vietnam the mismatch between mili­ tury, pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines was OF MINNESOTA tary power and the political problems we IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES were seeking to solve was the heart of the recently awarded Stereo Review maga­ tragedy. Now we appear ready to bring back zines 1980 Certificate of Merit in rec­ Wednesday, January 23, 1980 the Green Berets in modem dress, another ognition of his contribution to Ameri­ • Mr. NOLAN. Mr. Speaker, the military fix. Once. again we will assign to can music. I would like: to share with United States is reassessing diplomatic the armed forces impossible miss~ons, and my colleagues an article that appeared· and military relationships with the So­ once again the prestige and power of the in the New York Post right after Mr.. viet Union following the Russian inva­ United States will suffer. But this time the Hines accepted the award. war is already regional and threatens to in- · sion- of Afghanistan. As my colleagues votve more than' a billion people. AN AWARD FOR "FATHA" HlNF.,S consider President Carter's request for The military options are all unpromising. a huge increase in the military budget The instability of the region is causing the Pioneer jazz pianist Earl "Fatka'.'· Hines­ and military aid for Southwest Asia, I U.S. to resort to the very policies that have received one of popular music's most hon­ hope each will note th~.views of Rich­ promoted the instability. ored awards last night-and called on his. ard J. Barnet as published in last Sun­ We forget that the shah fell not because fellow Americans, in and out of office, to day's edition of the Washington Post. he lacked al'Dl.$-we sold and gave him $20 treasure the nation's musical resources. billion worth-but because he was a corrupt, ••'i'here's not a country in the worftf that Mr. Barnet expl~ins why· additional brutal and hated ruler. The arms served to you can go to-that you don't hear·American billions for nuclear weapons and "mili­ catalyze public discontent and to symbolize records," he: told The. Post moments. afte11 tary fixes" such as the proposed rapid U.S. resuonsibility for maintaining his tyr­ accepting Stereo Review magazine's 1980 deployment force are not substitutes anny. Certificate of Merit. . for new, hard agreements with the. So­ In the same way, arming a brutal, unpopu­ "I think our country should pay more at­ viet Union based on a reasonable and lar government in Pakistan will strain the · tention to all those fine youngsters playing predictable U.S. foreign policy, fragile bonds that keep that collection of music," he said. "Other countries have been nationalities together and will exacerbate doing things, making preparations. What The article follows: the separatist movement of the Bal:uchis have we been doing?"' WE NEED NEW RUI.ES, NOT MILITARY RISKS · and Pashtoonis: all of which plays into the Earl Hines is 74, and more than any other OR NUCLEAR BLUFFS Russians' hands. Am)ing Afghan guerrillas single figure can be said to have shaped the (By Richard J. Barnet) or Pakistanis to fight in Afghanistan would history. of jazz piano through his stylistic in­ The 1980s have begun with the brutal So· be both cynical and foolish; the fighting novations of the '20s and '30s. viet invasion of Mghantsta,#, the collapse of might serve to keep the battle in the public His introduction of a declamatory right­ detente and the distinct possibility of direct eye . but_it could not liberate Afghanistan hand "trumpet" style of melodic iinpr-0visa­ U.S.-Sovlet confrontation in ·the coming from the Soviet army. In the process a good tion successfully transferred to the key­ weeks in Pakistan or Iran. The world seems many Pakistanis and Afghans would die and board' the solo pioneering of Louis Arm­ closer to a major war than at any time since the Russians could be provoked into a <;:am­ strong-and freed the piano forever from its the 1930s. The informal, de facto rules of . bodia-style incursion against the rebel hitherto purely rhythmic and supportive the Cold War have broken down; "sancturaries." A revived India-Pakistan role. · . For a generation, the United States con­ war is a likely consequence. He continues an active career, tourmg_ ducted military interventions in Iran, Gua­ A Chinese "Punitive" invasion of Indo­ both within the U.S. and at festivals and.. temala, Lebanon, the Domtnican Republic, china would no doubt distress the Russians, concerts around the world, often under the Vietnam, Cambodia· and elsewhere. The So­ but the only lesson they would learn from it auspices of the U.S. State Dept.. viets invaded Hungary and Czechoslovakia, ts that a general South Asian war was inevi­ The Fatha made his remarks at a. recep-· but outside the area occupied at the end of table. Establishing U.S. bases in regimes as tion attended by fellow-musicians, critics, World War II by the Red Army Soviet mili­ politically vulnemable as Sadat's Egypt or record company executives, press and film· tary expansionism was contained. The Saudi Arabia is crackpot realpolitik. and TV celebrities. United States was free to dispatch its forces There is only one real military option to He did not cite specifics, either in his criti­ around the world outside the Soviet bloc counter further Soviet aggression, and that cisms of America's ~eatment of. jazz musi­ without courting a risk of nuclear war; the is to keep raising the-risk of nuclear war and cians or the "programs" and "preparations" Soviet Union, as the Cuban missile crisis to make it ever more "credible." By defini­ allegedly being instituted elsewhere. showed. was not. In the past five years, how­ tion, that means basing national security But it was crear that he allud'ed to the dif­ ever, Cuban troops backed by the Soviet policy on bluff, for there is nothing the So­ ficulty encountered by most jazz artists in. Union intervened in Angola and Ethiopia,. viets could do in the Middle East that would winning a wider hearing and more secure without American response. be ·as destructive to the vital interests of the life than the current state of their art offers Thia operational code of the Cold War was United States as a nuclear war. A nuclear them. based on shared perceptions of power. With strategy is an exercise in controlled reckless­ "I've said this to Ptesident Carten,u he the invasion of Afghanistan, the Soviets ness. It is based on the expectation that the said, ."and before him to President Nixon have demonstrated that the old rules no Soviets will back down in a confrdntation or and President Ford. I play a lot of colleges, longer apply. Their willingness to send their that the consequences of a nuclear war can and have got to talking a lot with· the kids. military forces outside the Soviet bloc and be limited. Both are· increasingly dubious "What a lot of fine and wonderful talent to brook the predictable consequences ts propositions. In a world brimming with ar­ there is. But I sometimes wonder where particularly disturbing because it lends cre­ maments, bluffs are likely to be called. they're going. I've traveled around the dence to the fear that old Russian _imperial The most dangerous aspect of the reviving world myself for the State Dept., and have ambitions in the whole strategic area have· political myth of American weakness is the seen for myself what other governments do. been revived. notion that is was a shift in the nuclear bal­ "The media could help,'' said Hines. Henry Kissinger's structure of peace, frag­ ance that emboldened the Russians to act in ",They used to have some wondedul variety ile as it was, is collapsing. the fundamental Afghanistan. The U:nited States has the nu­ shows-had me and I don't know how many question now facing the United States is clear arsenal to destroy the Soviet Union ut­ others about three .or four times a year. what can take its place. terly and the Soviets know.it. Now we've got to the place where there are The urge to "punish" the Soviet Union for­ Far from looking weak militarily, the Just comedians, interviews and vocalists we naked aggression is understandable, and the · United States looked as if it had abandoned never heard of. impulse to do it with symbolic military detente and was prepared to resume the "My question is, is this the future we're measures is predictable. But the military re­ quest for massive military superiority. going to hand to our talented youngsters? sponses now being planned show a basic SALT was already as good as dead. The ·They're one of our most valuable treasures, lack of understanding of the dimensions of United States had already announced a and they deserve better than that." . the present crisis and a failure to take a commitment to a major escalation of the Stereo Review founded its Certificate of hard· look ·at the consequences of planned military budget. The decision to emplace in military moves. Europe the cruise missile and Pershings, a Merit awards in 1975. Past recipients have new strategic nuclear weapons system as far January 23, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS as the Soviets were concerned. had been nomic and political terms is part of the A few years ago these were the stated made and Brezhnev.•s October offer-to _neg~.- : West.>. It would be foolish to underestimate views' of the Carter administration. Now tiate a reduction 1.n· ~9pean-1>as.ecfilu'cfoar µte difficulties. but it is a realistic, goal as that effort to d~velop rational security poli­ weapons had been dismissed. .The motives in part of a larger process for restoration of a. cies appropriate for- the 1980's is being aban­ Washington may have all been defensive, less dangerous U.S.-Soviet relationship. . do.ned, and we march to catastrophe: under but they did not look defensive in Moscow. Neithe:i::_ superpower can control internal the banner of an obsolete realpolitik. If we As they looked 9ut from the Kremlin, Sovi- political events in the Third World: An. could learn that unc<>iltrollable forces of lib­ , et leaders saw West German~ moving closer agreement that reflected such an under­ eration are on the move in the world. and . to acquisition of nuclear weapons and a standing of our. historical moment is abso­ that they need not be our enemies. we could U .S.-Chinese milltary alliance taking shape. ·1utely crucial to the avoidance of war. The help to create a political climate in which The U.S. military programs of the 1980s failure to grasp the power of liberation ideo­ aggression can be contained.e would restore an overwhelming nuclear su- logies is the_fundamental weak point of the periority to the United States · unless official view in Washington, and, it seems.. matched at a fantastic cost. in Moscow, too. · GOLDA MEIR ·The stakes are much too high to base poll- In one sense we are at the "end of ideolo~- cy on a view that the Soviets have fixed in- gy," Neitlier "communism" nor "capitalism" · HON. CHARLES 8. RANGEL tentions. Whether the Soviet motivations r~malns a credible philosophical system for OF NEW YORK were "offensive" or "defensive" matters less organizing society in the contemporary· than _whether it is possible to restore a world. There is gtowing suspicion of all IN. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES structure of peace that can inhibit further ready-made systems. The existing models Wednesd«iy. January 2.3. 1980 milltary moves by the Soviet Union. are too much beset by internal contraditions 11 Mr.. RANGEL. Mr; Speaker, Golda The great danger of the 1980s is that the and failures. They mean too many things. · possibilities for miscalculation have in- There is panic and violence in the world- 'Meir was one of the most important. creased enormously. If President Carter ap- not. as at other historical moments. because. J>-Ublic figures of the 20th century, as a pears a vacillating and uncertain leader, the . or a fanatic ·belief that one system or an-- stateswoman, a fighter for _·freedom.. Soviets appear mercurial and unpredictable. other has a monopoly on truth, but because. and spokesperson for the freedom and With President Brezhnev....about to leave. it of widespread feelings that no one in charge. aspirations of her own, and all op. is not clear who is in charge. A "tough" poll- knows what to do. The failure. of both "so- pressed people. In light of her great cy is needed, but mindless military escala- cialist" and "capitalist" regimes to. bring. lib-· ·.accomplishments, the Golda Meir Me­ tion is not the route. A policy that can im- eration or dignity to billions of, people has.. morial Committee of the Jewish Com­ press friends and adversaries is one rooted unleashed a profound spiritual reaction-a, in a clear view of vital interests. a realistic radical rejection of the dominant interna. munity Relations Council of New York awareness of what can and cannot be tton culture. dedicated a square in her honor at. achieved. and a steadiness of direction. Broadway between 39th and 40th The ambiguity of policy and intentions in The popular impulse is not so much to Streets in Manhattan. Mrs. Benjamin both capitals: is creating a moment of ex- build a "nation" in the 19th century sense Hooks delivered the remarks at this treme danger and', like the Cuban missile of the word as to restore a sense· of cultural d im f and religious autonomy and to achieve an edication. and I would like to share c risis • a t e O opportunity as well. Because identity which-as in the cas. e of the Kurds. her eloquent words with my colleagues: the old ground rules have brokern down. de facto rules about what the superpowers can fot example-may be transnational. But the ADDRESS BY MRs. BENJAMIN HooKs and cannot do must be put into place. The transforming impact of popular passions ls new rules will either be forged in the cnici- real, and' in the corridors of· power it Js .Mayor Koch, Consul General Kedar, dfs.. ·ble of confrontation or they will be arrived hopelessly misunderstood. The official tinguished guests. ladies and'gentlemen:. at by explicit agreement. . American worldview ignored Islam in Iran: My husband· was deeply honored by the- If we are to slow down the drift to war, untll the mobs were in the streets. The Rus- invitation to participate on this very impor-- · min b h sians. have been more aware of popular pas- tant occasion. However, he must. be. in new prin c ip 1es gove g superpower e av- sion a. major political f-orce- of our time-. an. ior must be negotiated They should be sim 81 ··· other state today on a mission of. vital sig­ ple and explicit. . . - but they too are so bound by the traditionar nfficance to the NAACP. I am personnally. For example. both superpowers could ·, geopolitical view of the world that their honored· to represent him and the NAACP.- only response is to try to crush it. Golda Meir traveled to Ealestine because agree not t o d epl oy the ir f orces in any coun- Given the realities of world power and the try in which they are not no~ located. Such parallel reflex responses in Washington and she ,had a vision. Standing on its neglected. a freeze on bases and troop deployments and windblown wastes. saw a· land that,. would outlaw future Vietnams, Dominican Moscow,. there is no.way out of the national could onee again be.: honie to the ancient.. . security dilemma as it is now being defined'.. and honorable people· to whom the. Ian. d be- Repub lies, Czechosolovakias and Afghani- Unless we · change the conceptual frame- stans. Proxy armies, as in Angola and Ethio- longed-and· belongs today. pia, would be expressly prohibited. Such an work, we are doomed to a ser-ies of military J'ewish people and the land of-Isi:ael moves and countermoves that cannot be The · agreement would clearly be in the U.S. in- kept under control. But the United States made their appearan~e together on the· terest since• .unlike the first postwar genera- does . have an historic portunity io help. pages of history. They will remain inextrlca-­ tion. the Soviets now have more opportuni- build a new world consensus to contain ag- bly linked in men's minds-and in that oi .a ties for military interventio'n than does the gression. It can do that only by. identifying power higll.er thari · man-until history itsell United States. more with the concerns ·of the weak states h-.,; lost all meaning. Why would the Soviets agree? No one where the world's majority lives. As a black American .and the· wife of. the knows for sure that they would. However, executive director of the NAACP, I can their record of military intervention has not To bµild a world consensus we need new tl'link of no people whose-striving for free-- been spectacularly successful. In Egypt, ground rules that Will be equally ~plicable dbm so closely resembles our own as that o!. Sudan and Somalia, they lost control and to everybody. To curb proliferation, the the Jewish people. I,,ike the ancient.ehildren. made enemies of the countries on which U.S.-Soviet competition in nuclear weapons of Israel. we. too. were slaves. they.had lavished military aid. Pacifying M- must come to a halt. To build a new world Like the people of Israel today. ·we. too,. gh8Jlll!tan wi:Q not be all that easy and the .majority for reestablishing the minimum-·in- COI)front daily the dam.Pi dark underside of price already paid has been an overwhelm- ternational order necessary to sunive- the- the human soul. Today, ih 1979, black chil­ ing vote of condemnation by the Third rest of the century, the poor· countrfes must dren's. hearts pound in fear in, the glare et World nations. The stated goal of their dt- have a, significantly greater stake ·in that. the. burniilg: cross. And today, in 1979, boys plomacy has been to establl$h the principle otder: and· girls in Israel relive the searing horror of equality with the United States in mW- The principal securit~ problem for- the of the pogrom. But in' a new· form-death. tary relations. Clear ground rules that in- Un~ted States in the 1980's is mounting in- spouted from rifles iri the grip of fanatical hibit both superpowers equally are in theil: stability everywhere-; the Russians are just a terrorists. interest as well as in ours. If there is a struc- part of the problem. Making new military My frfends, the noise of the world around ture of peace that protects legitimate soviet alliances with weak; illegitimate govern- ' us is deafening. And of headline making interests, then there is a good chance that ments creates more instability. The escalat- there is no end. An effort must be made to they would renounce unilateral military and Ing disorder in the world requires a-clearer pierce the noise fog, to penetrate to truth paramilitary action. relationship with the Soviets, not. a breakoft itself. And what is that truth? It is that no The United states should work for a neu- in relations. We need more emphasis on two peoples can better understand each tralized Afghanistan, with borders· guaran- human rights, Iiot less:. Qnly legitimate gov- other's suffering than Israelis and black teed by all the states in the region and with ernments, not repressive juntas, can keep Americans. Both of us are surrounded by ar­ Soyiet troops withdrawn. The analogy; order over the long rtin. We need accommo- madas of unreason-whether rasped from would be Austria-from which Soviet troops da.tion with the developing countries on eco- behind a white sheet or from a face en­ also withdrew-militarily neutral but with nomic issues. We dare not let our obsession shrouded in a desert scarf-it is identical. It an internal political system closer to that of with the Soviet Union define our global se- is hatred, foul hatred-looking for a conven- the Soviet bloc. (Austria, of course, in eco- curity policy. ient pl~ce to hang its hat. 548 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 23, 1980 The world today is a df!itorted mirror, and hibit a company from terminating a HAVANA'S HOSTAGES traditional values have been tumbled upside lease with its retailer merely because down. that retailer sells gasohol. The bill ex­ it is. a mockery that nations with blood ·pands on· legislation drafted last ses· HON. LARRY McDONALD stained hands have appointed themselves · b 11 R t t' Judges over the morality of Israel. So con- sIOn Y my co eague, ~presen a ive OF GEORGIA · ToM DASCHLE and places gasohol mar- fused and contradictori are their charges, it keting practices under the provisions IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVi:S la plain that the only climinals involved are the accuser& themselves. protecting retail gasoline dealers Wednesday, January 23, 1980 It is a mockery that people who murder spelled out in the Petroleum Market­ e Mr. McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, children in their classrooms demand recog- ing Practices Act. amidst all the furor over our Embassy nition and respect of the human fam!tr! Gasohol is a promising fuel replace- people being held hostage in Iran, we 1f a person has a grievance against me, it , ment for the farm and nonfarm trans­ sometimes tend to forget about Ameri­ is right that he have an opportunity to pre- · portation sectors~ It is easily adaptable cans being held illegally in other sent it to me. But what if he who fancies ' himself ag&rleved demands to bring a pistol' on the small scale for use by farmers lands, particularly the Communist to the bargaining table? And what if he is in their farm vehicles. On the larger countries; In Communist Cuba, for in­ prepared only to discUSB my own violent scale, it can be a significant factor -in stance, there are some 46 Americans death? Is there anything to· bargain about! cutting down our dependence on gaso- being held on various pretexts-almost N.ot in my opinion. Or Ben Hooks'. Or, I line and foreign oil importers. I am as many as in Iran. The Richmond am convinced, the great majority of black. convinced that gasohol will gain· ready 1'imes-Dispatch discussed one of the Americans. acceptance by the American people, many such tragic cases in an editorial In her sttuggle to set aside a sliver of. land . but it must be allowed to compete in on January 21, 1980, which I commend­ tn which her own people could survfve.. i · Golda Meir understood the struggle· of blacl' the retail markets along s de gasoline. to the attention of my colleagues lest Americans to achieve equality· tn our ,great When the very companies that control we forget about these other Ameri­ native land which we• have every right to ·gasoline marketing attempt to erect cans. The editorial follows: claim as oUl' native land.. She: numbered barriers to gasohol sales, it could be [From the Richmond Times-Dispatch, J~. among her friends Bayard Rustin. Roy Will-- enough to scare off capital expendi­ 21,, 198_01 kins, an~ other leaders of. our pilgmmage tat '. tures for gasohol plant& and frustrate HAVANA'S HOSTAGES o~ own promised land of dignity and free- consumer ~erest in purchasing gaso- Last July 14, William Dawson, Austin dom. hol. Surely Mrs. Meir would understand were . Householder and Douglas Miklos, American she to hear me say ~Y. on behalf of black As a member of -the Energy and citizens all, set sail from Key West, Fla., inJl Americans and tlhe. beleagured' people: of· rs- Power Subcommittee, I , have· asked shrimp boat they say they intended to deliv­ er to a client in Caracas, Venezuela. Thirty ra.el: "If you prick U8,.. do we- not, bleed? If Chairman JOHN DINGELL to hold hear­ hours later, their steering system failed, and YoU tickle us,, do. we not laugh?'Ifi'yotr. poison ings on the institutional barriers of the vessel, the "Velvet Lady,'' drifted tor US, do-we not.,die? gasohol marketing. I believe this is an four hours before the steering power was re­ Thank you.e important area of congressional over- gained. Shortly after resuming Its course, . sight and one that may necessitate the "Velvet Lady" was commandeered by a BARRIERS TO GASOHOL tough legislative proposals.e CUban gunboat and ordered to port in CUba. The three Americans have been on Dr. MARKETING Castro's island ever since. Today they sit in a CUbah prison, sentenced to 11 years incar­ HON. ALBERT GORE, JR. CUBAN INDEPENDENCE DAY ceration for "illegal entry" and possessloh of .a few marijuana seeds. The drug corivtc­ OP. TE!fflESSEB" tlon, the Americans insist , was a frameup. Wednesday.. January 23. 1980 oF FLORIDA Letters from Mr. Dawson, the retired U.S. Navy chief petty officer wl)o was skipper of· • Mr. GORE. Mr. Speaker, recently IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the captured vessel, have been turned over three major , oil companies-~xon, to The Times-Dispatch by Mr. Dawson's Texace>~ and Gulf-announced thafl Wednesday, JanuarjJ 23, 1980 brother, a Richmond resident. In the space they would prohiQit retailer gJisoUne • Mr. PEPPER. Mr. Speaker, today, below are published some excerpts both stations from accepting their CJiedit Cuban Independence Day, I would like from personal, correspondence and from an cards-for the purellase of gasohol. The to memorialize the Declaration of "open letter" ·that Mr. Dawson has asked oil companies argued that fina.11cial~ Freedom adopted by some 100,000 The Times-Dispatch to print. · Mr. Dawson tells a harrowing tale of legal, and co~orate policies prompted Cuban exiles in Key West, Fla. This death threats, accusations of espionage, and their decisions.. . _ declaration was written in remem- denial of any semblance of Just treatment The arutouncement. was, self:;;-serving brance of the great Cuban patriot, before the Cuban tribunal. He maintains in the extreme and caused more-than Jose Marti who in 1898 turned the that his vessel was in international waters a blush in the industry when events in· course of history by proclaiming the when it was seized and complains that the Afghanistan bolstered support for the ideological basis of a free Cuba. The State Department has been "completely fledgling gasohol program. Restricting fundamentals of this resolution were useless" in seeking freedom for him and his gasohol marketing- opportunities re· the abolition of communism as well as companions. "We are .considered 'political prisoners'..J>y Cuba, but not by. the U.S. fleeted standard oil industly policy to a restoration of Cuban liberty and in­ St(Lte Department,'' writes · Mr. Dawson, maintain control of suppli-es. at the ex- dependence. In 1959, this liberty and "and therefore the State Department will pense of American, economic and for-- ' independence was destroyed by Fidel not support us." Mr. Dawson belleves that if eign policy- inte1ests. As swiftly, as; the- Castro, when under his regime. hun­ the American government were to press for announcement came,. a storm ot pro- dreds of thousands of Cubans were his release and that of his companions, they test ~rompted the three companies to- driven to leave their homes to escape would be freed. withdraw the ban on gasohol credit political confinement. Bernard Fennell, a spokesman for the cp,rd sales. - l applaud the reversal by · Let us join in the hope for a better State Department in Washingtol!. told The Times-Dispatch that the United States gov~ these three giants. However, I remain future for those still 1n· Cuba and con­ ernmeiit-is doing all it can to help Messrs. very skeptical about their · long-term tinue to show our expression of oppo­ Dawson, Householder and Miklos. Through commitment to removing· marketing sition of Soviet penetration and use of the American Interest Office in Havana, he roadblocks to gasohol sales and pro- Cuba in. the extension of its military said, the State Department is "making rep-· duction. · influence in other nations. resentations on their behalf constantly." He Yesterday, I introduced- legislation Those of my colleagues who .wol,lld disputed Mr. Dawson's insistence that the "Velvet Lady" was In international waters which will prohibit discrimination by like to join me in commending' the when seized, saying that he understands it major oil companies in the marketing. Cuban Declaration of Freedom are in­ to have been only four miles from the .of gasohol. The bill would require vited to cosponsor the .bill I have in­ Cuban coast. Mr. Fennell acknowledged major oil companies to allow credit troduced to that effect, House Joint that the three may be considered "political card sales for gasohol and would pro- Resolution 120.e prisoners" by the Cubans, but said that this January 23, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS '549 gives the U.S. no additional leverage in seek­ movement served as an inspiration and sents become the law of the Nation. ing their release. guide to leaders of the civil rights Of these, he is said to be most proud "We're concerned that they received such movement. Both movements shar~ the of his opinions during the McCarthy long sentences." Mr. Fennell said, adding same goal • • .• to let free mep 8.!l,d era when he adamantly refused to join that he did not think any other Caribbean country would impose such penalties for il­ women live their lives as they wish. the Court as it upheld the convictions legal entry to mariners gone adrift. · The George Meany, like Dr. Martin Luther of Communist party leaders for con- State Department, he said, regularly checks King, Jr., was a beacon of hope for the . spiracy to advocate the violent· over­ on the three imprisoned Americans to make oppressed. · throw of. the Government. Over time certain that they are not being mistreated, As representatives of the people, it is · the Court adopted Douglas's view that but it is not pressing the Cubans to release my hope that we in the U.S. Congress there must be "full and free discussion them. "We .don't have that much leverage remember the legacy of George Meany even of ideas we hate" because the with the CUbans," Mr. Fennell said. when we address issues affecting the protection of free speech is "essential At the State Department's suggestion, we to the very existence of a democracy." have contacted the Miami office of the fed­ American wage earner. ·As a man who eral Drug Enforcement Agency to learn accepted and thrived upon challenge, . Wllliam Douglas was committed .to whether federal authorities have any infor­ he gave America one final challenge in making the law responsive to human mation, alleged or proven, on drug traffick­ his farewell speech given on the eve of needs and available to the average per­ ing by the three captive Americans. The his retirement. He said: "Yours is a son. He was equally dedicated to pre­ DEA has provided us with nothing thus to good labor movement. Now go out and serving the rights of and establishing implicate them. Without sound evidence make it better.''• equality for all our citizens. He was a from this country or Cuba to substantiate great American with a unique vision of drug charges against Mr. Dawson and his companions, the imprisonment of the three .(reedom and liberty on which he re­ must be considered a prima facie case of JUSTICE DOUGLAS fusftd to equivocate. We could pay no anti-American harassment, of legalized ter­ gr:eater tribute to Mr. Justice Douglas rorism. That the once mighty United States than io continue his work and uphold lacks the "leverage"· to protect its citizens HON. TED WEISS his faith in the rights of the individual from a brigand state 90 miles off its coast is OF NEW YORK that have been guaranteed in our Con­ a symbol . of national weakness, the same IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES stitution.e weakness that tempted terrorists in Tehran to make ~olitical prisoners of . 50 other Tuesday, JanuarJJ 22, 1980 Americans.e • Mr. WEISS . .Mr. Speaker, I want to pay a final tribute today to Wllliam 0. RESPECT FOR AMERICA WEEK Douglas, who passed away on Satur­ . GEORGE MEANY day, January 19, at the age of 81. His­ HON. MA Tl'HEW J. RINALDO tory will rightly record him as one of OF NEW JERSEY HON. MICKEY LELAND the greatest justices and most elo­ quent defenders of individual liberty IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF TEXAS ever to serve on the U.S. · Supreme Wednesday, Janua'T'!' 23, 1980 IN· THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Court. . e Mr. RINALDO. Mr. Speaker, the Tuesday, JanuaT\. 22, 1980 In his 361/a years on the Court, Doug­ bvents in Iran and Afghanistan have • Mr. LELAND. Mr. Speaker, I am las never ceased his vigilant protection perceptibly increased the Interest of pleased to join with my colleagues in of the "penumbra" of rights encom­ the American people in strenghtening honoring George Meany, an American passed in the first' amendment. His America's defense to deal with the trade µnion leader. Trade unionism· strong belief .in the inviolability, of threat of extremist governments rang­ was George Meany's cause. More than these rights led him to argue, often in ing from the illegal Soviet invasion of six decades of his life were dedicated dissent·· from his colleagues and the Afghanistan to the terrorists in Iran to an improved way of life for the Nation, for an absolute curb on gov­ who have held 50 American citizens working man and woman by improving ernmental interfer~rice with the free­ captive in our Embassy. their working conditions and earning· doms of speech, of the press, or peace­ Ever since the Iranian crisis devel­ better wages. George Meany viewed able assembly, and of association. For oped, the American people have dem­ the trade union movement as a force Douglas, the. first amendment made onstrated a revived sense of national for continuous progress in a free "confidence in the common sense of unity ana commitment tQ defending society. · our people and in the maturity of the freedom of the.world against Sovi­ In his campaign for human rights their judgment the great postulate of et tyranny and fanatical terrorists. Jor all people across the globe, Meany our democracy." Only recently, Mr. Speaker, the was considered an enemy of oppres­ His hundreds of opinions reflected House and Senate· adopted a resolu­ sion and a friend ·of 'freedom every­ his conviction that individual liberties tion I introduced calling oii Americans where. His leadership, tenacity, and were the· heart of the American sys­ to observe National Unity Day. The courage contributed to his effective-. tem, and he remained outspoken in President signed the bill, and we wit­ ness in establishing a: united trade their support during. his tenure on the nessed an impressive display of union. The merger of American Feder­ Court. He sought to protect people patriotism and national solidarity on ation of Labor and Congress of 1ndus­ from unreasonable search and seizure, December 18. The flying of millions of trial Organizations represents his from erosions of their privilege against American flags was a most.appropriate major trade union achievement. It is self-incrimination, from infringements and peaceful means of expressing the also the legacy of l'l,is career. Workers on their privacy, ·and · from oppressive determination of the American people everywhere are· better off · because police practices. He recognized and ar­ that our hostages must be freed. George Meany believed that wl)at is gued for the need for openness in gov­ I have been impressed by the 'fact best for the Nation as a whole is also­ ernment. In the ·Pentagon Papers case that other groups of patriotic Ameri­ best for its wage earners. .in 197t; he wrote that: cans also joined together to organize Because of George Meany, working Secrecy in Government is fundamentally similar demonstrations of national people throughout America live safer, undemocratic, perpetuating bureaucratic er­ pride and solidarity. Orie such group is fuller lives today. As a representative rors. Open debate and discussion of public , the National Confederation of Ameri- of America's workers, Meany gave us issues are vital to our national health. can Ethnic Groups. - the highest living ' standard · in the The subsequent events of Watergate The distinguished Representative world. For mino-rities in America, the serve to remind us of our obligation to (rom Pennsylvania, Representative oppressed blacks, Hispanics, Asian steadfastly ~dhere to these sound DoN RITTER, introduced the special Americans, Native Americans, and principles. · order naming December 13, 1979, as other racial minorities, Meany contrib­ Although Justice Douglas. frequently "Respect For America Week." I fully uted to changing the course of history. opposed the majority decisions of the ·supported Representative RITTER'S The successful assembly of the labor Court, he lived to see many of his dis- resolution. 550 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 23, 1980 I submit for the RECORD t}1.e follow- to silence and punish the 1975 Nobel casualties are being evacuated from the . ing remarks prepared by Ms. June A. Peace .prizewinner for defending the combat zones and brought back to the Nordahl, vice chairman of the Nation­ human rights principles that it accept- Soviet Union for treatment or burial. One . al Assembly of Representatives of the ed at Helsinki that same year. · source in New York C~ty has reveal~d. that , _ the number of Armenian dead and mJured National Confederation of American Can there be any question now that has reached 250. However, in the absence of Ethnic Groups, which organized "Re­ the Sl,lmmer Olympic games should official statistics and figures, it is almost im­ spect for America Week":' not be moved from Moscow? Whether possible to verify this figure. Information REMARKS BY JUNE A. NORDAHL we like it or not, the Olympics are and on Armenian losses was obtained mainly America's most precious possession is the always have been involved in intema- through telephone calls by new immigrants life of her citizens, a life em_Jledded in the tional politics. We know the Soviets to their relatives in ijoviet Armenia. Other concept of dignity for all men everywhere. attach tremendous importance to sources include travelers who recently re­ Many times during our history America hosting the games as a means of estab- turned from Soviet Armenia after spending ·has -been called upon to take a major role in . . New Year's there. the protection of human life and dignity. hshmg their legitimacy and accept- Western sources have indicated that the And many times those to whom we offered ance as a member of the world com- bulk of the estimated 100 ooo Soviet force in our protection were not Americans but citi­ mun.ity. It is all the more important, Afghanistan is composed of fighting men zens of other nations. America has become therefore, that we respond to Soviet originally from three republics bordering known as the Champion of Liberty to peo­ actions, which violate international .Afghanistan-Turkm.en, Tadzhik and ple all over the world. And_how the Champi­ agreements and which have been con- Uzbek. Also serving in the Soviet forces now on is being tested. . demned overwhelmingly by the United in 'Afghanistan is a large number of Y~ In the meantime, the world standS omi­ Nations by treating the Soviet Union men from the three Soviet republics in the nously poised at the brink of Armageddon. • Caucasus, including Soviet Armenia. It is And. the events which must occur over the as an international outcast. said that only 10% of the Soviet force con- next few weeks or months may irreversibly In view of President Carter's strong sists of ethnic Russians. While it is not en­ decide the future course of ·Human history. personal interest in Sakharov and the tirely clear why the Soviets have chosen Yet, while the events, once initiated may be issue of human rights, the Soviet ac- men from tne Central Asian republics and irreversible, they are not entirely unchange­ tion exiling Sakharov was clearly from the Caucasus. it is generally believed able, for America's future is still ultimately meant as a slap to the President tor that by deploying forces with similar char­ determined by God. But for God to. be on his strong condemnation of Soviet ag- acteristics and religion to the Afghans, the Soviet action in that country will seem more America's side, she must tum from evil in i all its manifestations and put on the armor ~ess on in Afghanistan. Kremlin offl. like a rescue operation than an invasion. of God, if the desired victory is to be won. c1als probably also hope to use the oc- Prior to Stalin's death, the republics of America can no longer give lip service to casion to warn other Soviet dissidents the Soviet Union' maintained their own the motto: "In God .We Trust" if God is to to refrain from making , trouble as armed forces and the divisions of each were hear us from heaven and come to our aid. world attention focuses on Moscow· named after their own heroes.· However, · As each of us searches in our soul and sees this summer. Intensified Soviet repres- after World War n, these national forces our guilt before Him, we can call our "Abba, siori is too high a price to pay for a were disbanded and all units were incorpo­ Father" and ask for mercy as we are His sports competition and provides even rated into the Red Army, which presently is children. In doing so, America can once · in · · not divided along ethnic lines. It is pre- again resume her rightful spiritual destiny. D).Ore compell g reason to change the sumed that the force assembled for the ac- America must now reaffirm her original stte of the summer Olympic games or· tion in Afghanistan was carefully selected faith and traditions. America, it is not too to withdraw from participatinJ fn to assure a specific ethnic composition. _late for victory if·we tum.to God.e them.e Western intelligence estimates that elose to 1,200 SO'viet soldiers have been killed or injured so far. That figure Is based on the ANDREI SAKHAROV SOVIET TROOPS IN number of stretcher cases that have been AFGHANISTAN moved out of Kabul airport since the begin­ HON.LAWRENCE COUGHLIN ning of th~ operation.• OF PENN~YLVANIA HON. EDWARD J. DERWINSKI IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF ILLINOIS UNITED STATES IMPEDES Wednesday, January 23, 1980 IN TllE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CAMBODIA RELIEF EFFORT • Mr. COUGHLIN. Mr. Speaker, Sovi- Wednesday, January 23, 1980 et troops continue to pour into a HON. ·RICHARD NOLAN small, defenseless neighboring country • Mr. DERWINSKI. Mr. Speaker, OF MINNESOTA . while· prominent critics ·of Soviet poll- there have been recent reports telling IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cies are quickly shuttled away by the of the composition of ·soviet troops in KGB to internal exile. No, it is "not Afghanistan, which are made up pri­ Wednesday, January 23, 1980 Stalinist · Russia of the 1940's. It is marily of men from the Soviet Asiatic • Mr. NOLAN. Mr. Speaker, as you 1980 and, despite lipservi~e to "d~- regions. This brings to light the true know, I served as a member of the U.S. tente," the Soviets have demonstrated composition of the u:s.S.R., an empire delegation to the Emergency United for all to see that political and mili- comprised of millions of captive non­ Nations Conference on Refugees in tary expansion coupled with harsn re- Russian peoples. Geneva, Switzerland, last July. lil Sep­ pression of internal· dissent are still . . The Armenian Reporter of January tember, I visited Vietnam. ThailancL more important to the Kremlin than 17 carried a very interesting and pertt­ Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Indonesia cooperation · with the West on arms nent article on the casualties being , as part of a delegation appointed by limitation, economic relations, or pres- suffered by Armenian servicemen in · you to follow up the agreements made tigious international events like the Soviet military units in Afghanistan. in Geneva and make further recom­ Olympics. D~tente based on advan- This article follows: mendations concerning TJ S. policy in tages both to the United States -arid - [The Armenian Reporter, Jan. 17, 1980) Southeast Asta. : Among our official the Soviet Union may serve us for a soviET INTERVENTION IN -AFGHANISTAN RE­ conclusions ·-was- that the absence of time, but we must recognize that in SULTS IN MANY CASUALTIES FOR .ARMENIAN normal diplomatic relations with Viet~ · the end it ca,nnot be based on mutual - SoLD1ERS nam is severe_ly hindering help for the trust since the concept ·is alien to the , NEW YoRK, N.Y.-As far as anyone knows, refugees. Soviet lea-dership. - · there are no Armenians living in Afghant- Over the past year, it has become The internal exile of Soviet scientist stan. However, scores 9f Armenian youths clear that the Carter administration Andrei Sakharov yesterday comes as a have died in the fighting there in recent has no intention of improving rela­ particularly sharp blow to those of us weeks because they are part oJ the Soviet tions with Vietnam. Instead, the ad­ who have been working patiently for expeditionary forces now in Afghanistan. ministration is continuing its cam­ more humane treatment of dissidents Recent arrivals from Soviet Armenia who paign to discredit Vietnam in the by Soviet authorities. It is ironic that ::i!f~l:i!~~c!;c!~hr:-a[e~~:: ~ world co~unity ·and blame Vietnam the Soviet Government, which is en-.. nians serving in the Soviet Army have been for the famine in Cambodia a.lid ensu­ gaged in overt aggression, has chosen -killed in action oi seriously injured. 'i:ne ing problems with food distribution. January 23, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 551 Syndicated - columnists Mary Like many relief workers, All1man faTI>l'S Overwhelmed by the wave of hlfmanitarian McOrory and Jack Anderson and recognition of Vietnam as a means of ensur-: support for the relief program, the hard-Un~ Washington Post reporter Elizabeth Ing greater cooperation for the massive op- ers adopted a new tactic in what one dis· eration required to prevent the famine gusted observer caned "another war with Becker have each published accounts deaths of 2 mll11on people.. · . - Vietnam." of admiriistration efforts to wage "an· A delegation of New England Quakers Using a Big ue technique wortny of the other war with Vietnam." bearing a petition with over 2,00.0 names of· nadir of the Nixori crowd, the administra- I urge my colleagues to consider contributors to Cambodian relief, who urged tion's foot-draggers repeatedly. fed the these viewpoints carefully, and urge a new approach to Indochina, visited the inedia reports of the relief effort's "failure,'' the administration to stop playing White Hous~ last week. They hoped to see and blamed it all on the wicked Vietnamese politics with the lives of hundreds of the presiderit, but since their pro-recogni- occupying _forces in Cambodia and their So- in C tion stance Is well known, they had to settle viet backers. _ thousands ·of starving people am- for two members of the National Security · According to this line, food shipments are bodia. Council staff. being diverted to Vietnamese troops Qr oth· [From the Washington Star, Dec. 17, 19791 One member of the delegation, Jerry erwise withheld from the starving populace CARTER'S GEOPOLITICS HELPS KEEP CAM- Elmer ot the Rhode .Island Friends, came for conscienceless politic&& reasons. Just BODIA'S STARV~NG MILLIONS STARVING away convinced that the Carter administra- how mass starvation would help the Viet- tion.ls collecting points. namese and Soviets w.in ti&e hearts and "Attacking Vietnam is politically popu- minds of the Cambodians was never made If the Carter administration put as much Iar-it's a. Communist country and it defeat- clear. effort into feeding the Cambodian people as ed us." ' As with every falsehood, · there was some it does into trying to discredit the Cambo- Edward Snyder of the Friends' Washing- truth to reports of looting and diversions;­ dian government,. the famµie would be over ton office, who visited Cambodia in Septem- , but the relief efforts, were having a positive in a month. ber and found its leaders "people of good effect. · The latest attack on the people in charge will,'' thinks it regrettable that Carter de- This cruel campaign of deceit has ~nraged. of the stricken country has baffled and an- _cided ta exacerbate the politics of the situa- those who know the situation in Cambodia. gered the private relief agencies who are tion and to create new difficulties for the re- As a knowledgeable Capitol Hill source told trying against tremendous odds to feed the. lief workers on the ground. my reporter Lucette Lagnado, "The infor- hungry, "Of course, the 'food isn't getting out as mation they're spreading ·1s simply wrong.- On Dec. 6, President Carter accused the fast as we would like,'' says Snyder, "but it The United States is sabotaging the relief Vietnan:.ese, who put the Heng Samrin re- . is not a matter of policy." efforts." gtme in place, of deliberately starving the Part of the problem is the Cambodian per- Other sources in a position to know-offi· Cambodians for political purposes. ception that we are -plotting to restore the clals of the relief organizations who have These charges come from "secret intelli- infamous Pol Pot to power.1:_he administra- been on the scene, like UNICEF, OXFAM gence" reports gathered from Cambodian tion denies it, but 9ur vote for him at the Am~rica and the Church World Services- refugees on the border of Thailand, where t]nited Nations was taken for proof, and it's confirm this Judgment. . Carter has chosen to make the major U.S. as hard to disabuse the Cambodians of the The only substantial diversion of food effort-to avoid contaminating himself by notion as it Is to-persuade the Iranians that shipments, they report, has been by corrupt dealing with the Vietnamese. we are not workllig on a new scheme to put Thai officials and the armed thugs of the On one point, the agencies and .the Carter the shah back on his throne. murderous· Pol Pot rump regime that con- admlnistration agree: Cambodians are starv- It is much more likely, anyway, that we trols areas along the Thai border. Ing while thousands of tons of food are would support a comeback by the popular According to my congressional sources, it stockpiled in warehouses. Prince Sihanouk, who Is now in exile in is common knowledge that Thai officials Where the difference comes. in is the rea- China. He would be acceptable to the Chi· steal as much as 50 percent of the food in· son. The relief agencies say that it is the in· nese and also to us since he would give us a tended for the Cambodian refugee camps, experience of the green and Jumpy young foothold in the peninsula. then sell it for a handsome prpfit. And Pol managers of Cambodia and the total ab- The relief agencies mourn that Carter, de- Pot's "fat, sadistic" soldiers are indeed steal­ sence of any technology, beginning with spite a show of concern, is playing cold war Ing food from Cambodian civWans, the telephones, trucks and railway. lines. geopolitics as usual. source added. The Carter administration insists that it is Says Bob Bohley of Oxfam's Boston of. Bui despite -these depredations-and- the the malevolence of the authorities who di· fice, "He has eroded public confidence in logistical problems of distributing the food vert the foQd to Vietnamese invaders and the re;tief effort. He has already dampened in war-ravaged Cambodia-the relief pro­ use it as a weapon to control the population, the response of people who want· to help gram is succeeding. I have been informed. which, having suffered 10 years of U.S. ·· and now think its usel~ss because the food Though still badly undernourished Cambo- . bombing and the murderous regime of Pol isn't getting to the starving." dia's people are no longer dying ;holesale Pot, ts now in the throes of civil war. . of starvation. The private and international relief agen- The self fulfilling Washington "'ase<1 sab- cies in the field admit they can't "categori- [From the Washington Post, Jan. 12, 19.80) otage· campaign,· though,• has succeeded·u in ·ca11y deny" the Carter charges, but protest U.S. OFFICIALS IMPEDE CAMBODIA.Am drastically drying up the now of donations that there is "no evidence" to support them. to relief organizations. Since President Cart: They. claim that the situation is, with , reporting on his second delivered in carefully rationed amounts in generosity, sending donations to private re- visit to Tehran; -Hansen's Iranian contacts th · t id Allim there was a lief organizations. I reported how senators, e coun rys e. an says have turn·ed out to be better than those of "dramati c improvemen t " f rom an earIi e r · and citizens rushed forward to help. Con- the White House. trip in October. Hundreds of trucks are now greSS' voted aid money. UNICEF stepped up rolling through the countryside. Barges on its efforts. The worst of the Cambodians' Hansen ·notes that the supposed ruling the Mekong River are in full operation. nightmare niight soon be over,.it seemed. body of Iran, the Revolutionary Council, "The president's statement surprised and But a few cynical saboteurs in the State has limited influence over the radicals in disappointed us,'' Alliman said. "This is a Department's East Asian desk and the the embassy. Government ministers "are policy of keeping the pot boiling. For the White House's National Security Council generally excluded from any significant con­ State Department, the Vietnam War is still were determined to use the Cambodian hor-. tact with the militants . . . and especially not over:• ror to acore Cold War propaganda points. the hostages themselves,'.' · 552 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 23, 1980 [From the Washington Post, Nov. 18, 19791 cal balance. The earliest warnings came at · starving Cambodians would be straggling THE POLITICS OF FAMINE IN CAMBODIA the end ·of February, yet it was not until . across into Thailand by October. That esti- (By Elizabeth Becker> _ July 2 that Secretary of State Cyrus R. mate was . considered "alarmist" by State Vance made a public appeal for famine re- and CIA analysts, according to informed' There are precedents for the survival of a lief, the first high-ranking official to do so. ·sources. It has proved to be conservative. people being pinned to the political goals of President Carter then let more than three warring nations. But the catastrophe facing months elapse before he ·addressed the na­ A SWITCH 01' POSITIONS Cambodians today is especially deplorable tion on Oct. 24 to announce the U.S. com- Now the administration claims it was wait­ , because those earlier tragedies-the Holo- mttment of $69 million tn famine relief. ing for satellite photogrphs of Cambodia to caust, in particular-were to have taught · · determine the extent of the food problem. the world a lesson. DEBATING THE EVIDENCE Around the first of August these pictures As so often in the recent and distant past, The debate over the evidence pitted the brought back the gloomy news that. only 10 the Cambodian people have b~ome pawns American Embassy in Bangkok against percent of the land was under cultivation. It of geopolitics, victims of the conflicting mo- Washington, particularly intelligence ana­ was far worse than the ·predictions from tiv"s of their neighbors and the great pow- lysts in State and the CIA. Bangkok. ers. For months, as the Cambodian tragedy ·n was clear by March that the food sup­ Those photographs also raised new ques­ took shape, the nations involved took turns ply in Cambodia had been drawn down sen­ tions. In 1975, during the worst days of the raislng the Issue and denying it existed, as it ously, and Bangkok duly reported the prob­ civil war, when the United States w.as oper­ suited their political purposes. lem to Washington. Immediately after the e,ttng a massive airlift into Phnom Penh to What is at stake here is the control of Vietnamese invasion, the Cambodians cele­ feed the people under Lon Nol, more than Indochlna. It is not simply a surrogate war· brated the end of Pol Pot's bloody and ty­ one-third of the land was under cultivation, between the Chinese and Russians fought rannical rule by eating up the available according to U.S. estimates of the time. If out by the resistance troops of Pol Pot's re- stocks. "We broke into the warehouses and 90 percent of the land was fallow this sum­ glme and the Vietnamese army. Although ate until we were full," said. Han Tao, a mer, analysts reasoned, it could mean that Peking and Moscow are these rivals' chief Cambodian refugee interviewed at a Thai . the Vietnamese army was meeting greater supporters, both major Communist powers camp. "We slaughtered chickens and made a resistance from Pol Pot and the Cambodian have remained in the background during feast. When the Vietnamese came they told people. The political situation was in flux, it much of the international debate. In many .us to go back to our·villages." was decided. ways, the debate has become an extension Most did not reach their homes. Pol Pot's The skeptics were converted and by Sep­ of the last Indochina war, with the United forces were ptovlng stronger than predicted tember a Cambodian food task force had States and ·Vietnam emerging as the rival and the Vietnamese army could not provide been formesi at the State Department. Yet voices. peasants with security or an administration when members of Congress like Rep. Ste­ Washington and Hanoi have exchanged to put the country back on its feet. By phen Solarz tried to find adminis­ accusations, each viewing the other as the April, the· American embassy made the tration witnesses to testify in favor of ap­ supporter of genocide. The suspicions both prognosis that Cambodia faced severe fam­ propriations for food relief, none could be hold of the other are so deep that whenever lne~ U.S. officials in Bangkok argued that it found. The administration said it was still one country has taken a stand, the other was unlikely that Vietnam could or would waiting for an agreement between Phnom has opposed it. When prospective aid for provide enough seed rice for Cambodians to Penh, the Vietnamese and international aid the Khlner people (lid not coincide with plant the summer crop and that the com­ groups before announcing ·a major commit­ mllltary or political plans, the famine itself petlng armies were more intent on winning ment. But by October, when the president was disputed, first by the United States. a Inilitary victory than feeding the popula- went before the ·public, the politics of fam­ now by Vietnam. tion. lbe had changed and now it was the Viet­ At one crucial Juncture, the Geneva Con- In an interview in early May, one embassy namese who found it convenient to deny the ference on Indochinese Refugees in July, officer cQmplained that "we can't get Wash­ existence of a famine. United Nations Secretary General Kurt lngton to listen" to requests that the· United . Earlier, from May through September, Waldheim brokered a deal that removed States openly campaign for ·international as­ the Vietnam~e had allowed several Journal­ any discussion of Cambodia from the agen- sistance to Cambodia. The United States ists and relief workers to travel through da because it was inconvenient for all inter- had made discreet assurances of aid to inter--· 'Cambodia and see for themselves the unbe­ ested parties. · national agencies but was holding back for lievable horror of the country. Vietnam was At issue for Washington was U.S. policy to more solid evidence of an impending catas­ . still smarting from the· international criti­ thwart Vietnamese dominance .over Cambo- trophe, the officer said. cism following its invasion and the western dia and all Qf Indochina. Immediately after Bangkok also Jumped into the political de­ aid cutoff. Hanoi and the Heng Samrin gov­ the Vietnamese overthrew the Pol Pot re- bate, arguing that it was to America's ad­ ernment needed to change world opinion. glme and installed the Heng Samrln govern- vantage to press ahead. Thai officials were The stories and photographs that came ment in Phnom Phenh, Washington 'began a worried that the food crisis would send out of those trips showed a country with campaign to punish Hanoi. Any nation giv- thousands of new Cambodian refugees to its few children under the age of 5, women ster­ Ing aid to Vietnam was. asked to suspend or already overflowing camps. Immediate aid ile from malnutrition and 2 million people · cut assistance. By June, when the stream of would help that ally and improve the U.S. facing starvation. Vietnamese boat people horrified the world, image in the region. the embassy argued Those reports also reflected the Vietnam­ Washington had achieved success. The most Washington disagreed. Later that month, ese policy of laying the full blame for the impo~t· western aid projects, save those in Washington, three Asian analysts at the famine on the Pol Pot regime rather than· of Sweden, had ground to a halt. State Department explained why they took admitting that the civil war was a deciding When the question of aicffor Cambodia Issue wit_h their Bangkok counterparts. factor. The Heng Samrln government and arose, ·washlngton was dubious; According "The general conclusion is that the prospect · Vietnam argued that aid should be sent to to well informed sources in Washington and is not very hJgh that there will be anything Phnom Penh only, not to people living in Bangkok, key U.S. officials in Washington like mass starvation in Cambodia," said one the sanctuaries of the murderous Pol Pot, were reluctant to believe the mounting evi- of these Indochina experts. and they asked that Heng Samrln be given dence of a famine because It would mean Another intelligence analyst in Washlng­ official recogn1tion as the new legitimate that the United States would have to feed .ton added: "All Bangkok knows is depend­ government. people under Vietnamese control. That ent on refugee testimony from one section Pol Pot was not considered a 'serious could strengthen the Vietnamese-controlled of Cambodia,· from the- West. The Phnom threat then: Almost 200,000 Vietnamese government of Heng Samrln, in the process Penh government [of Heng Samrlnl has troops were fighting to elimlnate a force of granting it de facto recognition, .and per- said it is planting again and, well, the Soviet Pol Pot's soldiers that was estimated at less haps insure Hanoi's sway over the region Union and Vietnam will feed the majority than 30,000. As late as August, in an inter­ where the United States suffered defeat. of the people. Politically, they have to." view in Hanoi, Nguyen Co Thach, one ·of "It was easier for policy reasons to wait to: During the Pol Pot era almost all of the Vietnam's leading foreign policy makers, see if the 'worst case' scenario was accu- accounts of that regime's policies of execu­ predicted that Pol Pot would be defeated rate," said one source who attended several tions, hard' labor-and terrorism came from before the year's end. "You will see, there policy meetings. "In July the CI"' and some the western section, yet the United ·states , will be no war, no hostility in Kampuchea members of State were still . talking about prepared major dossiers based on that testi­ [Cambodia-," he said. "In Chicago you the famine as if it were a propaganda tool of mony attacking Pol Pot for human rights have a lot of gangsters. ·It is the same thing Hanoi to get the United States to feed and violations. Nor is it common for the United with Pol Pot in Kampuchea. His troops are recognize the Heng Samrln government." States to accept at face value the official like mosquitoes who can bite you but cannot As a result, the Carter administration did statements of Vietnam or the good will and kill you. The only problem in Kampuchea is not lead the world in relief efforts, despite COD\ffiOn sense of the Soviet Union. a food problem." recent assertions to the . contrary. There- The U.S. ambassador to Thailand, Morton Yet when western countries tried to re-· were serious divisions within the govern- Abramowitz, Journeyed to Washington last spond to these appeals, they were rebuffed ment over the veracity of evidence and the summer to convince policy makers that if certain conditions were not met. Sweden effect relief would have on the area's politi- something had to be done or some 200,000 was one of the first nations to·offer bilateral January 23, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 558 aadstance ti& Cambodia,. specifically to the convinced that American policy is aimed dt- Historians can trace the history of ·more than 40,000 Cambodians who faced im~ rectly at defeating Vietnam. social and economic progress in Amer- minent death in western Cambodia after Washington is equally convinced Vietnam lea to the efforts of men like George being pushed back across the border by the would allow the people of Cambodia to die M h f ... t ~ ial it Thai military. if It _were necessary for Hanoi's control of eany w O ougu ,a.Or soc secur Y Neither side accepted the offer. The polit- Indochina. · and unemployment insurance, civil lcal contest. Sweden discovered, was very Recently the Soviet Union claimed it con- rights, and health care for the elderly. real. Even though Stockholm was the only tributed $85 million in aid for civilians in George Meany gave the. American western country to continue major aid to Cambodia. Vietnam said it had given an- worker Influence in the policies of this Vietnam it. too. would have had to grant other $50 million in food relief. Undoubted- ~ation. No President could ignore: something like recognition to Heng Samrin ly,. both nations have helped.. but if their aid. him; he was a. formidable. frank, and · before aid was accepted. · had been of such magnitude the eye-witness fair spokesman for the millions of citi- Soon other countries and agencies would accounts. of famine in Cambodia. a.re wrong. zens who earned a living at th ir ~e.d about such inconsfste...-.i- Ba, e stumble over the recognition hurdle. Only When asIS,...... ,..,. labors the International Red Cross and UNICEF the Vietnamese official. said the western re- • could give aid to both sides of the civil war ports of famine and holocaust were done by He opposed Communists, Pa.scists, without breaking their charters or govern- "Chinese agents:• dietators, or bosses who had no regard mental statutes. The U.N. and most other Throughout this political contest. of wills for the rights of workers. George countries continue to recognize Pol Pot as over the existence of a famine -and how to Meany recognized that the labors of the leader·of Cambodia because they oppose feed the people, tens of ·thousands. of Cam- workers did not belong· to the state, foreign invasion and occupation. The Viet- bodians have died and thousands more have and he fought against those efforts to namese argued then, as they do now, that been permanently damaged by illnesses. h kl the f eed f 1 bo nnf t . Pol Pot was the Hitler of Southeast Asia-a Earlier, during Pol Pot's reign, at least one s ac e · r om O a r -,ons O man President Carter described as the worst million died or were executed. Before· that, represent their members. · . violator of human rights-and does not de- during the civil war, at least half a million While George Meany put the inter- serve international support. people were iilled. ests of the American worker flrst. he In August and September, after a summer It is a. record of war that has reduceci a also recognized the importance of the of fits and starts, the Red Cross and UNI- bountiful agricultural country to one whose international labor movement. and of · CEF prematurely announced agreements to existence is in question. Now. with the.faces · the very difficult obstacles that unor­ set up a $110 million aid program desi81led of starvation peering out of newspapers and ganized workers in most of the world to send in at least 600 tons of rice daily. In television screens, U.S. officials are search- faced He founded the American 'Insti­ e&rly October, however, Phnom Penh de- IngAmerican Jor culprita. politicians But fewcan countries easily exculpate and few t u t e f or Free Labor D eve 1opmen t , an d nied that it had accepted this arrangement themselves. The re....f-es of Heng samrtn in its 18 years o f exist ence it t rain e d and made pointed criticism of the "illegal ,sµ.u th 350 000 1 b 1 d d entry" of UNICEF and Red Cross teanis to and Pol Pot, and their allies, Vietnam, the more an , a or : ea ers .an · Pol Pot's sanctuaries. It was a final attempt Soviet Union and China, can be directly union members in Latin America and to steer all aid through Phnom Penh and it blamed for fighting over the country with the Caribbean countries. This program failed. scant regard for the lives of the civilians. has sown the seeds of freedom for the This' followed a series of other defeats. for But the continuing antagonism between labor movement in many cquntries, Heng Samrin: At the Havana conference of Hanoi and Washington is also crucial. Since and is an enduring bond between the the Six.ti~. Cambodia has borne the brunt ni d nonaligned nations, neither delegation from of the rivalry between these two nations. If· U te States and many Latin coun- Cambodia was seated; at the U.N., Pol Pot the two powers ever sat down and began to tries. kept his seat. After these failures in the in- resolve their differences there might · be In his farewell remarks to the 13th ternational ar_ena, Hanoi turned back to the . reason to believe a politic~ solution for this biennial conventioh of the AFL-CIO, battlefield. The Vietnamese have begun a strategically placed country could be found. George Meany summed up a lifetime· dry season offensive to wipe out Pol Pot and Continued obstinacy can only spell more. in which he helped to construct the ~J;. ti~{~~F~:m~ue:~~nn~~ s~; tragedy.e house of labor on a solid foundation. problem facing Cambodia, not food. He said: . . GEORGE MEANY .This federation is the house of labor. It is HANOI'S TURNAROUND well-built, ready to stand, and to shelter workers long beyond the lifetime of every­ Just as· the United States began chanipi.. one ·in this hall. And there are plenty of oning aid for famine victims, Hanoi changed HON. ~TIHEW J. RINALDO o• NEW JERSEY rooms in the house of labor to aecommodate its policy. Washington decried Hanoi for all organizations of workers. Today, the -blocking western aid. Hanoi countered that IN THE-HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES American trade union movement is vital, dy­ Washington's newest friend, China, was namic, growing. It is strong and unified. arming the troops of the genocidal leader Tuesday, January 22, 1980 Pol Pot. Heng Samrin officials-and Hanoi e Mr. RINALDO. Mr. Speaker, the George Meany made it that way. He now said that Cambodia only faced a·"food death of a great American, George was the master builder of the Ameri­ shortage" that could be solved with one Meany, saddens -all the friends and can labor movement.• good harvest. supporters of working men and women "This so-called famine is a trap, a Chinese in this countly .whose lives and futures plot,'' said Cu Dinh Ba, counselor for the IT WILL LIVE ON Vietnamese mission at the U.N. "The only were changed for the better by George. problem facing Kampuchea is a return of Meany during his leadership of the J>ol Pot ... the West is playing up [the APL-CIO. He has left behind a list of HON •.CHARLES B. RANGEL fa.minel to supply food and ammunition to achievements that is remarkable. OP NEW YORK the Pol Pot forces." Minimum wages, equal rights, im­ IN THB HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES During an interview. Ba and Vietnamese proved health and safety standards in Ambassador Ha Van Lau said aid could only the work place, guarantees of pension Wednesdav. January 23, 1980 be given to PhnoIW Penh, that the situation benefits, and recognition of the bar­ · • Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker. on Jan­ was riot so severe to warrant aid to Pol Pot gaining rights of millions of American uary 15, the birthday of the late Dr. as well. War had become the paramount issue. war and _the politics of control of workers. Martin "Luther King, Jr., was cele­ Indochina. For if the resistance troops are His credo was "In unity there is . brated throughout the Nation. The not destroyed dufulg this dry season, the strength," and he did as much as. any ·Reverend Killg, as the foremost leader Vietnamese could face cont~ued 111en111a American in history to unify working of the clvll rights movement in our Na­ -war that would drain their · alreadY tmr­ people. George Meany carried on the tion's history, is remembered by peo­ dened economy. great crusade of the American labor ple of all -racial -and social backgrounds Apparently, the Chinese military aid to movement that had initiated free pub­ as a man who strove to insure freedom Pol Pot has been sufficient to allow .his lic education, an end to child ·labor. and dignity for all human beings. troops to continue damaging the Vietnam­ the efght-hour day, protection against Dr. King came to the public eye fn ese forces. There are more guns rn ·Cambo­ dia now, visitors have said, than food. And garnishment, apprenticeship laws, cre­ December of 1955 with his leadership ~use of the close friendship between the ation of a national bureau Qf labor sta­ of the Montgomery bus boycott. On United States and China-and American tistics, workers• compensation, and December 1 of that year. a black support of Pol Pot at the U.N.- Hanoi is f~ collectiye bargaining. woman named Rosa- Parks, a seam- 554 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 23, 1980 stress tired after .a ·,hattl day"s. work,·re~ -with an inspiration and a perennial electoral arm of . the N~tional Caucus of fused to give up b~r :se3t on a b.us. to a call for love and understanding that Labor Committees, Itself an offshoot of the white person the law re'Q.ufre(I_~· Her transcends the current struggle. Even Marxist Students for • Democratic Society as turned Into-among other things-an au­ subsequent arrest sparked a citywide when the promise of the civil rights thoritarian antl:Jewish cult. La.Rouche is a boycott of the bus system by the city"s movement is fulfilled, and I am sure "former" Trotskyite_.who once termed him­ blacks. As a politically active pastor at that day will come ii} the not-too-dis· self "the American Lenin." a Montgomery church, Dt. King be­ tant future, the spirit and greatness of Nevertheless, ori December 18th, the Fed­ came the leader of the struggle. Dr. King will live on. From his pulpit eral Election Commission made Lyndon The boycott luted 382 days; Dr. at· the .Ebenezer Baptist Church, to La.Rouche an authorized recipient of federal King's problem as a tactician was, in the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and matching funds as a Presidential candidate. his own words, to "be militant enough finally to that hotel balcony in Mem­ Yoi1 ·see, Mr. La.Rouche appUe~ for the funds as a Democrat . and quali­ tion and yet moderate enough to keep lived his message of human dignity. It fied by raising $100,000 with $5,000 coming this fervor ·within controllable and will live on.e from at least 20 states in contributions of Christian bounds." When he was ar­ $250 or less. WASBilfG't<>N,-President Carter began love was not confined to any one rejected his self-revelation as the new 1979 with a burst of optimism about· the na- group of people or specific interest. Lenin and expelled him, La.Rouche for tion's economy. . . The nobleness of his spirit was evi- a time played with a second Trotskyite "First," he wrote In his annual economic denced by a refusal to give into the splinter group, the Workers -League, · report last January, "the rate of inflation should slow this year to about 7 Ya per cent temptations of violence and politics ln before deciding to organize .his own over the ye&l' as a whole. and to somewhat achieving his goals. Reverend King faction in Students for a Democratic below 7 per cent by the end of the year. Sec­ would not trade the life of one man Society, the National Caucus of Labor dnd, moderation of inflation will help us to for · another. In 1964 he was .awarded Committees . avoid a recession and- improve the prospects the Nobel Peace Prize. In his accept- After falling to destroy rival Com· for sustained economic growth in 1980 and ance speech . he crystallized this phi- munist factions via the use of thug­ beyond." losphy: gery and violence during 19'72 and Now, as 1979 fades, the cold economic numbers of the year brand the President ei­ Nonviolence is the answer to tlie crucial 19'73, La.Rouche decided to form a ther as a terrible seer. a Pollyanna, or an in­ political and moral questions or our tunes- united front with · conservatives and effective leader. Inflation this year was 13 the need for man to overcome oppression .Republicans. When that did not work, per cent, not 7'1ii. A recession is on the hori­ an,:! violation without resorting to violence LaRouche and the u .S. Labor Party zon. If not already here. The prospects for and oppress~on. alined themselves with Colonel Qad- sustained economic growth for 1980 and be- Dr. King may-be best remembered dafi, the chief patron of the most ex­ yond are dim, indeed. . f or ·the 1963 . march on Washington. treme elements of the Palestine Liber· It doesn't take much analytical ability to the largest civil rights demonstration ation Organization. From there it was conclude that obviously something went wrong, Neither does it take much analytical in the history of the United States. only a short time before the USLP's ability to decide what went wrong. What's About 250,000 people,. 60.000 of them alliances witb varie>us U.S. anti-Semitic ·not so obvious is who is to blame for this in­ white, gathered on behalf· of the civil groups w~o .also _report on Qaddafi flationary boom, and whether anything rights bill then pending Congress. No and the PLO with warm approval be­ could have been done to preveµt its untime­ . one there that day, and indeed few came a matter of public record. ly visitation µpon the American economy. Americans ~live today, will forget the The following very excellent brief The Carter administration is carefully at­ scene at the Lincoln Memorial when item about La.Rouche and his bizarre tempting to nurture the notion that events , Reve~end King said, "I have a dream." political ..cult written by William P. beyond its control were responsible for·this As a founder and president of the Hoar appeared in the January 16, year's fall into the economic sinkhole. As the weeks produced .one bad economic re­ Southern Christian Leadership Con- 1980, issue of the Review of the News:. port after another. the administration ference, Reverend King left us with an Question. What is the truth aboutoLyndon showed more resourcefulness in identifying important forum in which to co1.1tinue H. La.Rouche? villains than it did in developing the follow­ the struggle and realize his dream. Answer. Until November of 1979, Mr. La­ ing policies to take some of the sting·out of More importantly though, he left us . Rouche was head of the U.S. Labor Party, the the price increases. January 23, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 555 . , One week the villain was OPEC. The -next nther. than W&Wng until tomorrow. Inna­ ~ENATE COMMI'ITEE MEETINGS w~~k. it wu the weather. Then it was the ·. tionary psychology was obviously gripping ·i>rolit-rnarglna of tlie oif companfes: -o:r it ~the country, but Carter did little more than Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, was tJie high interest rate .policies of the to feed it by continuing to raise the level Df agreed to by the Senate on February · Federal Reserve Board, the terrible produc- federal spendlng equal with the rate of ill· 4. ·1977. calls for establishment· of a tMty performance by industries ~d work- f}ation. system for a computerized schedule of ers, the powerful special interests, the greed Though he uttered great rhetoric about all meetings and hearings of Senate ot the big unions, or lack of action in ·con- sacrifice and the rieed for more austerity, he committees, subcommitte~s. Joint com­ sress. shunned advice to cut the budget. · · mittees, and committees of conference. ; Interestingly enough, the year's events def Miller proved to be as soft a touch at the This title requires all such committees· hot record a time when an adm1nlstration Federal Reserve as he is now at the Treas­ ~fficial came ·out and declared: "Yea,h, infla· ury/ As an interim procedure until the doubled oil prices in one year. True, food than the. Miller-led Festeral __ Reserve was computerization of this information costs did contribute greatly to rising price$. doipg. becomes operational, the Office of the True, It was the Federal Reserve Board's W. Michael Blumenthal. the former Senate Daily Digest win. prepare this ,high interest rates which pµshed up the Treasury secretary picked by Carter because 'cost of housing. - he was that department's abominable snow- · !nformation for printing in the Exten­ But also true is that the next time the ad~ ~an. tried. to persuad~. M_!!ler to__ l_lghten · sions of Remarks section of the CON· ministration begins looking for villains, it· .monetary policies . In t~at- year. But _Miller GRESSIONAL RECORD on Monday and sh,ould go to the mirror. Amazingly In this rebuffed him. - Wednesday of each week. · last year, this administration. found itself Fin~y. wltJi the dollar slnklna fast.. and Any changes in committee schedul­ constantly surprised by events which caused 'with Inflation skyrocketing~ Carter put Paul ing will be indic~ted by placement of . 1979's great inflation. It could never under: A. Volcket In charg6 of the Federal Reserve . an asterisk to.the left of -the name of stand the results of its own Inaction. · and moved Miller to th~ Treasury~ Volcker the unit conducting such meetings. Barry Bosworth, a bright economist who respond~ witb an historic ~umaround of Meetings scheduled for Thursday, quit·tlie government after becoming tired o1 monetary policy. He Jumped Mlller's _lnef· January 24, 1980, may be found in the political temporizing with the inflation .tective policy of trying to slow the money problem said the administration never liad supply by controlling Interest rates. An offi. Daily Digest of today's RECORD. • · cial had put his foot down. MEETINGS SCHEDULED a contlnJency plan to deal with any .sharp Eco.nomists wm argue for years bo t Increase In food and fuel prices. · . h a u "We had a policy- OI? up all around the U.S., made a mistake In passing the Chrysler bail­ 235 Russell Building th~ · administration sat back helplessly. . Q..\l~ ]?1Jl. Thts. .ts a~CMe _ .w.here_emotton--tbe, Washington failed to seize the opportunity compassion tot work:ers arid communities af-! Environment and Public Works to rally the American people around a fected by. a. Chrysler failure-prevailed ovet To hold oversight hearings on the Gen­ greater consei'v9:tion effort. The people ~ economic theory. · eral Services Administration's leasing were ready. Carter wasn't. · . But ~thin. the next several years. a num- practices and rental payments for un- · When the President announced his new ber of aging industrial. companies ·may. be occupied office space energy program after aoine Camp David faced with the same problem. Communities 4200 Dirksen Building soul-searching, he did nothing about conser- faced with plant closings wDl not forget thtt Judiciary vation In ~he short run. The gasoline line~. Chl'ysler precedent. 'rhe Une at the U.S. To hold Joint hearings with the Commit­ were begtnnlng to disappear because Saudi. Treasury may begjn to form soon. tee on Commerce, Science, and Trans­ / Arabia had decided to raise production tern: So'wha\ dtd Carter do on the positive side portation on i,ropos~d legislation to es­ porarily, telling Carter It was giving him a to try to move \he U.S. economy Into a firm· tablish a new policy for allocating Christmas present early. ~ever has this er tootlnglnihe 1980s? . rights to Inventions made under Fed­ President faced up to the hard question of Be announced an "industrial innovation" eral Government grants and contracts. . curbing gasoline waste. '. policy late fn the year. But lt came so late · _235 Russell BuUding In his first two years .In office, Carter and was such a bland copy of more far­ Joint Economic made a number of decisions-Including in· .reaching proposals made In Congress that it To hold hearings on the Consumer Price creasing the federal budget deficit-that will have to wait. carter shied away from Index figures for December. eventually helped push up·the rate of infla- proposing 'tu .Incentives to help the U.S. 6226 Dirksen Building tion. This had an effect on·OPEC. Believing economy become more competitive. JANUARY28 that the U.S. was trying to pay for its oil ·0n food prices, he did riot go very far In with devalued paper , the trying to dismantle some of the price-sup· 10:00 a.m. OPEC countries responded rationally-they port systems, which have benefited· large· Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs . raised prices. The OPEC nations saw that . corporate farmers at the expense of the To hold oversight hearings on the New · Carter had put a compliant· 0. William MID- .. consumers. But he did approve a major York City Federal loan guarantee pro­ ,er In charge of the money-making Federal '.' ·grain sale to .Russia which Is now raising gram. Reserve Board, and MHler•s main wish was ' I food prices further. 5302 Dirksen Building· to respond to Carter's political goals. 'l'he result of 1979's economic events was Energy and Natural Resources Energy When he came Into office, Carter fn,herit- double-digit inflation, uncertain energy sup­ Regulation Subcommittee ed a terrible Jnflation problem. The annual plies, higher food prices, a less competitive To hold hearings on the Department of l'ate was at a bedrock 6 to 7 percent; fur- industrial sector. and a decline ·in the stand­ Energy's proposed standby gasoline ra­ thermore, consumers had learned how to ard of _living. It Is not a. good way to begin a tioning plan. ~ve wi•h .lt, buying an~ .borrowing _n9..w, . ·· new decade.e 311Q)?irksen Bulldln~ 556 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 23, 1980 JAJIU.ARY 29 Labor and Human Resources Aging sti~ i FEBRUARY5 8:30 a.m. committee -- · · 8:30 a.m. Energy and Natural Resources ·To hold Joint oversight hearings with Energy and Natural Resources To hold closed hearings to assess the po­ the Special Committee on Aging on To resume closed hearings to assess the lltJcal, military, economic, and social regulations to implement ·the Older political, military, economic, and social factors affecting world oil production Americans Act Amendments of 19'18. factors affecting world oil. production and consumption over the next dec­ 4232 Dirksen Building and consumption over the next dec- ade. Select on Indian Affairs ·ade. S-40'1, Capitol To hold hearings on S. 2055, to establish. I S-407, Capitol 9:30 a.m. a reservation for the confederated 9:30 a.m. Governmental Affairs _ tribes of Siletz Indians' of Oregon. · Labor and Human Resources Governmental Efficiency and the District 6110 Dirksen Building Special on Aging Employment, Poverty and Migratory of Columbia Subcommittee ~abor Subcommittee To hold hearings on S. 2122, to clarify To hold Joint· oversight hearings with, · the ·Subcommittee on Aging of th1' To hold oversight hearings on the activi­ the authority of tlie · Council of· the ties of the Legal Services Corporation. District of Columbia to ad.opt emer- Committee on Labor ,1md Human Re­ sources on tegulattons to implement. 4232 Dirksen Building gency legislation. · Select on Small Business 3302 Dirksen Building the Older Americans Act Amendments Judiciary of 19'18. · To hold hearings on the effects of deci­ Business meeting, to consider committee 4232 Dirksen Buil~g sions by United States Steei. Corpora­ ~udget and other ac:lminiaJ;rative mat­ Joint Ecenomtc tion to shutdown several steel plants, To begin hearings on the state ot the focusing on their plans to create new ters. job activities. 2'228 Dirksen Building U.S. economy. • 318 Russell Building. 424 Russell Building 10:00 a.m. . _ 10:00 a.m. Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs JANUARY31 Select on Indian Affairs To continue oversight hearings on the ,1J:30a.m. New York City federal loan guarantee To hold hearings on, S. 1998, to provide i:,rogrsun. Energy and Natural.Resources for certain public lands to be held in To resume closed hearings to assess the trust by the United States for the 5302 Dirksen Building political, military, economic, and social Tule River Indian Tribe. factors affecting world oil production' 5110 Dirksen Building and consumption over the next dec­ FEBRUARY6 JANUARY30 ade. 9:00 a.m. ~407, Capitol I 9:00 a.m. Judiciary 9:30 a;m. Labor and Human Resources Child and Human Development Subconi­ Criminal Justice Subcommittee ~~:i\'fJion Subcommittee mittee To hold Joint hearings with the, Sub- Buslne-ss meeting, to consider S. 1790, committee on Child and Human De- To hold hearings o~ S. 1843 and H.R. velopment of the Committee on labor proposed Privacy Protection Act. 2977, proposed Domestic Vtolence Pre­ and Human Resources on S. 105, to 457 Russell Building vention and Services Act. probibit the intentional restraint of a 10:00 a.m. · . 6226 Dir~sen Building child in -violation of a valid State cus- .. Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs 9:30 a.m. tody determination. Consumer Affairs Subcommittee Labor and Human Resources 6226 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on S. 1928, proposed Handicapped Subcommittee Labor and Human Resources Fair Financial Information Practices To hold oversight hearings to examine Child and Human Development Subcom- Act, and s. 1929, proposed Privacy of current problems and pi:ograms of the mittee · Electronic Fund Transfers Act. hearing impaired, and to explore fu­ To hold Joint hearing on the proposed · 5302 Dirksen Building ture technological developments de­ Parental Kidnaping Prevention Act of 10:30 a.m. signed to handle their problems. 1979 . Taxation and Debt Management General- Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 6226 Dirksen Building ly Subcommittee Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee 9:30 a.m. To continue hearings on S. 219, to pro~ To hold hearings on S. 21'1'1, proposed Budget vide a Federal income tax deduction to Emergency Home Purchase Assistance To hold hearings in preparation for re­ taxpayers who make a charitable de­ Authority Amendments. porting the first concurrent resolution duction whether or not they itemize 5302 Dirksen Building · on the fiscal year 1981 Congressional their other deductions. budget. Energy and Natural Resources 1318 Dirksen BUilding T~ resume hearings to review those 6202 Dirksen 'Building items in the President's budget for fis­ 10:00 a.m. FEBRUARY! cal year 1981 which fall within its leg­ Banking, Housing. and Urban Affairs 10:00 a.m. islative Jurisdiction and consider rec­ Financial Institutions Subcommittee Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs ommendations which it will make To resume oversight hearings on money Economic Stabilization Subcommittee thereon to the Budget Committee, to market mutual funds, focusing on the To hold oversight hearings on the im­ hear officials from the Department of impact of the growth of money market pact of high interest rates on infla­ Agriculture. funds on regulated financial institu- tion. 3110 Dirksen Building . t.tons and monetary policy. 'i302 Dirksen Building .Governmental Affairs 5302 Dirksen Building To resume consideration of S. 262, to re­ Energy and Natural Resources FEBRUARY4 quire that all Federal agencies conduct· Business meeting, to consider committee 9:00a.m. a regulatory analysis before issuing budget and other pending calendar regulations and to require. the use of business. Armed Services less time-consuming procedures to de- 3110 D~ksen Building General Procurement Subcommittee cide cases. · 10:00 a.m. To resume hearings on the Soviet 3302 Dirksen Building Union's defense expenditures and· pro­ Environment and Public Works FEl3~{!ARY '1 To hold an. organizational meeting to grams, and on the defense aspects of consider committee budget and other export licensing procedures. 8:30 a.m. adminfstrative\lllatters. 1114 Dirksen Building Energy and Natural Resources 4200 Dirksen Building. 10:00 a.m. To resume closed hearings to assess the Energy and Nalural Resources _ political, military, economic, and social Finance factors affecting world oil pr.oduction Taxation and Debt Management General­ To review those items in the President's and consumption over the next dec­ ly Subcommittee budget for fiscal year 1981 which fall ade.· To hold. hearings on S. 219, to provide a, within its legislative JurisdictiQil and J::onsider recommendations which It , S-407, Capitol · Federal income tax deduction to tax-. 9:30 a.m.,. payers who make a charitable deduc-' will make thereon to the Budget Com­ tion ·whether or not they itemize their, mittee, to hear officials from the De- Judiciary partment of Energy. _ Criminal Justice Subcommittee other deductions. To hold hearings on S. 1482, to set forth .2221 Dirksen Building, 3110 Dirksen Building certain pretri~. tri~. ·_ and appellate· January 23, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 55,7 procedures for criminal cases involving To resume hearings on the U.S. embargo -io:oo am. classified information. . of grain and technology exports to the Energy and Natural Resources 357 Russell Building Soviet Union. Business meeting, to resume considera-· ·10:00 a.m. 5302 Dirksen Building tion of proposed authorizations for fis­ Banking, ,Housing, and Urban Affairs FEBRUARY25 cal year 1981 for the Department of · To resume oversight hearings on the Energy, , and other pending calendar New York City federal loan guarantee 10:00 a.m. Energy and Natural Resources business. · program. 3110 Dirksen Building 5302 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on S. 1280, proposed· Energy Management Partnership Act. ll:30a.m. FE_BRUARY8 3110 Dirksen Building Veterans' Affairs 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. To hold heatings to receive legislative Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Labor and Humab Resources Health and recommendations for fiscal year 1981 Consumer Affairs Subcommittee Scientific Research Subcommittee from Veterans of Foreign Wars. To resume hearings on S. 1928, proposed To resume hearings on S. 1652, propo_sed 318 Russell Building Fair Financial Information Practices Nutrition Labeling and Information MARCH5 Act, and S. 1929, · proposed Privacy of Amendments of 1979 to the Federal Electronic Fund Transfers Act. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 10-:00 a.m. 5302 Dirksen Building 4232 Dirksen Building Energy and Natural Resources FEBRUARY 13 Business meeting, to continue considera­ 10:00 a.m. FEBRUARY26 tion ·of proposed authorizations for fis­ Energy and Natural Resources 10:'ooa.m. cal year 1981 for the Department of To resume hearings to review those Energy and Natural Resources Energy, and other penqing calendar items in the President's budget for fis­ To continue hearings on S. 1280, pro­ business. cal year 1981 which fall within its leg­ posed Energy Management Partner­ 3110 Dirksen Building islative Jurisdiction and consider rec­ ship Act. ommendations which it will make 3110 Dirksen Building MARCH6 thereon to the Budget Committee, to Labor and Human Resources 9:30 a.m. hear officials from the Department of To consider those matters and programs Veterans' Affairs the Interior. which fall within the committee's ju­ Business meeting, to , consider .those 3110 Dirksen Building risdiction with a view to submitting its items in the President's budget for fis­ FEBRUARY 19 views and budgetary recommendations cal year 1981 which fan within its leg­ 8:30 a.m. , . to the Committee on the Budget by islative jurisdiction and to consider Energy and Natural Resources March 15. recommendations which it will make To resume closed hearings to assess the 4232 Dirksen Building thereon to the Budget Committee by political, military, economic, and social Select on Indian Affairs March 15. factors affecting woPld oil production To hold hearings on S. 2066, to convey 412 Russell Building and consumption' over the next deP-­ certain land in Colorado to the Ute 10:00e..m. ade. Mountain Ute Indian Tribe. 'Energy and Natural Resources S-407, Capitol 5110 Dirksen Building Business meeting, to continue consldefa­ 2:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. · tion of proposed authorizations for fis­ Technology Assessment Board Veterans' Affairs . cal year 1981 for the· Department of Business meeting on pending Boarl To hold hearings to receive legislative Energy, and other pending calendar business. recommendations for fiscal year 1981 business. Room EF-100, Capitol from Disabled American Veterans. 3110 Dirksen Building · 318 Russell Buildi?g ~RUARY20 •select on Indian Affairs 9:00 a.m. FEBRUARY27 To hold hearings on S. 1507, to provide Veterans' Affairs 10:00 a.m. for the purchase of certain facilities, To hold hearings S. 1188, to revise ·the Energy and Natural Resources Energy lands, and water rights in and around vocational rehabilitation programs ad­ Conservation and Supply Subcommit­ the San Luis Rey River. San Diego, ministered by the Veterans' Adminis­ tee California, to be held in trust for~ and tration. · To hold hearings on S. 1934, proposed operated and maintained by certain 412· Russell Building Municipal Solid Waste to Energy Act. boards of .Mission Indians. 10:00 a.m. · 3110 Dirksen Building 5110 Dirksen Building Energy and Natural Resources FEBRUARY28 MARCii7 Business meeting, to consider proposed 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. authorizations for fiscal year 1981 for Veterans' Affairs _ the Department of Energy, and other Banking, Housing, and Urban Affaira To hold hearings on the recruitment International Finance Subcommittee r"nding calendar business. and retention of qualified health-care 3110 Dirksen Building To resume· hearings on S. 864, 1499, professionals to staff the . Veteraru( 1663, 1744, bills to facilitate the forma· Laoor and Human Resources Administration health-care facilities. · Health and Scientific Research Subcom- tion i:>f U.S. export tradiilg companies 412 Russell Building to - expand export part1c1pation by mittee · hJ:OOa.m. To hold hearings on S. 1652, proposed smaller U.S. companies. Energy and Natural Resources 5302 Dirksen Building Nutrition Labeling and Information· Energy Conservatio-!!_ and Supply Subcom­ Amendments of 1979 to the Federal mittee MARCH 10 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. To ·continue hearings on S. 1934, pro­ .l0:00 a.m. 4232 Dirksen Builqmg posed Municipal Solid Waste to Ener­ Banking, Housing, an~ Urban Affairs FEBRUARY21 gy Act. Consumer Affairs Subcommittee 8:30 a.ni. 3110 Dirksen Building To resum:e .hearings on S. 1928, pro-posed Energy and Natural Resource& FEBRUARY29 Fair Financial Information Practices To resume closed hearings to assess the l,;11v c:,,.Ul. Act, and S. 1929,' proposed Privacy of political, military, economic, and social Labor and ·Human Resources Electronic Fund Transfers Act. factors affecting world oil production Employment, Poverty and Migratory · 5302 Dirksen Building and consumption over the next dec­ Labor Subcommittee MAR~H 11 ade. To hold hearings on proposed legislation 10:00 a.m. S-407, Capitol authorizing funds for fiscal year 1981 9:30 a.m. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs for the Legpl.l::;ervices Corporation. Consumer Affairs Subcommittee · Veterans' Affairs 4232 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on the Federal govern­ To continue hearings on S. 1928, pro­ ment's efforts to assist Vietnam-era MARCH4 posed Fair · Financial Information veterans in readjusting to society and 8:00 a.m. Practices Act, and S. 1929, proposed finding employment opportunities.- Veterans' Affairs Privacy of Electronic Fund Transfers 412 Russell Building To resume hearings on the Federal Gov­ Act. ernment's efforts to assist.Vietnam-era 5302 Dirksen Building FEBRUARY22 veterans in readjusting to society and Labor and Human Resources 10:00 a.m. finding employment and education Health and Scientific Research Subcom­ Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs In­ opportunities. mittee ternational Finance Subcommittee 412 Russell Building To hold hearings on S. 2144, proposed 558 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 23, 1980 Health Professions ~Dal Assist­ 10:00-a.m. APRIL 1'1 ance and Nurse Training Act.· Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs 9:30 a.m. · 423~ Dirksen Building Consumer Affairs Subcommittee Labor and Human Resources MARCH12 To resume hearings on S. 1928, proposed ·To liold oversight hearings on the devel­ Fair Financial Information Practices opment of children who benefit from 10:00 a.m. Act, and S. 1929, proposed Privacy of adoption by facilitating their place· Labor and Human Resources Electronic Fund Transfers Act. ment in adoptive homes. Health and Scientific Research Subcom- 5302 Dirksen Building mittee · 4232 Dirkse:q BuilCling To continue hearings on S. 2144., pro­ MAYl posed Health Professions Educational 10:00 a.m. Assistance and Nurse-Training Act. MARCH2& Labor and Human Resources Child and 4232 Dirksen Building 10:00 a.m. Human Development Subcommittee To hold hearings on issues Congr~ss MARCH20 Banking, Housing and Urban Affau-s Consuther Affairs Subcommittee might consider which would affect 9:00 a.m. To continue hearings on S. 1928, pro­ youth in the coming decades. Veterans' Affairs posed Fair Financial Information 4232 Dirksen Building Business meeting, to consider $. 1188; to · ·Practices Act, and S. 1929, proposed MAY22 revise the vocational rehabilitation Privacy of Electronic Fund Transfers 9:30 a.m. programs administered by the Verter­ Act. Labor and Human Resources Child and an's :Administration. 5302 Dirksen Building Human Development Subcommittee · 412 Russell Building To hold oversight hearings to examine MARCH2'1 issues affecting infant mort&Uty, and preventable birth defects. . 9:30 a.m. APRIL2 4232 Dirksen ;Building Veterans' Affairs 9:30 a.m. To hold hearings to receive legislative Veterans' Affairs JUNE2 recommendations for fiscal year 1981 To resume hearings on the Federal gov­ 9:30 a.m. from AMVETS, Paralyzed Veterans, ernment's efforts to assist Vietnam-era Veterans' Affairs Blinded Veterans, W.W.I. Veterans, veterans in readjusting to society, and To hold oversight hearings on the activi­ and Military Order of the Purple­ the use of excepted appointments for ties of the Inspector General of the Heart. disabled veterans. Veteran's Administration. 1202 Dirksen Building 412 Russell Building 412 Russell Building