1962 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 6145 By Mr. SAYLOR: relative to the selection of the city of American registry and to permit the use of H.R.11177. A bill to provide for the estab­ Antioch as a site for an experimental saline such vessel in the coastwise trade; to the lishment of a land conservation fund, and water conversion piant; to the Committee on Committee on Merchant Marine and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Fisheries. Interior and Insular Affairs. Also, memorial of the Legislature of the By Mr. DOMINICK: State of California, memorializing the Presi­ H.R. 11178. A bill to amend section 2318 of dent and the Congress of the United States PETITIONS, ETC. the Revised Statutes of the United States relative to west coast shipbuilding; to the (relating to reservation of mineral lands) Committee on Merchant Marine and Fish­ Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions to prohibit sales of gold by the United eries. and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk States for nonmonetary purposes; to the Also, memorial of the Legislature of the and referred as follows: Committee on Banking and Currency. State of California, memorializing the Presi­ 291. By the SPEAKER: Petition of Walter H.R. 11179. A bill to provide that the price dent and the Congress of. the United States C. Peterson, city clerk, Los Angeles, Calif., at which the Coast and Geodetic Survey sells relative to Federal aid for State Highway relative to opposing Federal income taxation aeronautical radio navigation charts and Route 115; to the Committee on Public of the interest derived from public bonds; to certain related material to the public shall Works. the Committee on the Judiciary. not be less than the total cost thereof; to 292. Also, petition of Marjorie Merritt, city the Committee on House Administration. clerk, South Pasadena, Calif., relative to By Mr. WIDNALL: PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS opposing legislation that would place an H.R. 11180. A bill to provide that the Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private income tax on the income from State and National Capital Planning Commission shall bills and resolutions were introduced local bonds; to the Committee on the undertake a study to determine the best and severally referred as follows: Judiciary. possible location for the National Cultural 293. Also, petition of Isabel L. Dedmore, Center; to the Committee on Public Works. By Mrs. BOLTON: city clerk, Maywood, Calif., relative to op­ H.R. 11181. A bill to exempt from taxation certain property of the National Society, posing legislation for Federal taxation of MEMORIALS Daughters of the American Colonists in the interest derived from public bonds; to the District of Columbia; to the Committee on Committee on the Judiciary. Under clause 4 of rule XX:C:, memorials the District of Columbia. 294. Also, petition of F. A. Ziemer, city were presented and referred as follows: By Mr. BROWN: clerk, Vernon, Calif., relative to opposing By the SPEAKER: Memorial of the Legis­ H.R. 11182. A bill for the relief of Lawrence legislation for Federal taxation of interest lature of the State of California, memorializ­ E. Bird; to the Committee on the Judiciary. derived from public bonds; to the Committee ing the President and the Congress of the By Mr. BROYHILL: on the Judiciary. United States relative to price supports for H.R. 11183. A bill for the relief of Isabel K. 295. Also, petition of Hisao Uema, presi­ milk; to the Committee on Agriculture. Lanning; to the Committee on the Judiciary. dent, assembly of the village of Kadena, Also, memorial of the Legislature of the By Mr. RIVERS of Alaska: Okinawa, requesting the re·turn of adminis­ State of California, memorializing the Presi­ H.R. 11184. A bill to authorize the admit­ trative authority of Okinawa to Japan; to dent and the Congress of the United States tance of the vessel City of New Orleans to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS First Annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Din­ espousal of the principles of the Demo­ The officers of the sponsoring Women's cratic Party and the programs of the ad­ Democratic Club of Cabell County inform me ner at Huntington, W. Va., Is Ad­ that this is the first of what they pledge ministration; and C.H. Koontz, of Char­ will be an annual Jefferson-Jackson Day ob·­ dressed by Senator Randolph leston, legislative auditor for the West servance in Huntington. Congratulations Virginia Legislature. not only for this splendid beginning, but EXTENSION OF REMARKS Although official business prevented also for the determination to carry forward OF Mayor John Durkin, of Huntington, from into the future. remaining for the program of the even­ Real progress has been made and is being ing, he was present to extend official made by our country under the aggressive HON. ROBERT C. BYRD leadership of President John Kennedy and OF WEST VIRGINIA greetings to the visiting guests and to Vice President LYNDON JOHNSON, IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES extend congratulations to the sponsor­ But in assessing the measure and the ing Democratic Women's Club of Cabell quality of this progress we should give ade­ Monday, April 9, 1962 County, the officers of which are the quate consideration to the fact that the Mr. BYRD of West Virginia. Mr. following: Kennedy administration has been in office President, more than 400 persons at­ Mrs. Andrew Kitchen, president; Mrs. approximately 2 weeks less than a year and tended the first Jefferson-Jackson Day Kemp Cottle and Mrs. Joe Gessner, vice a quarter. presidents; Mrs. John Edwin Greene, In that relatively short span our admin­ dinner which the sponsoring Democratic istration truly has our Nation on the move Women's Club of Cabell County held on treasurer; Mrs. Charles Adkins, secre­ again. This is so because the Democratic Saturday, April 7, 1962. This dinner will tary; and Mrs. Homer Chapman, corre­ President and Vice President, working with be an annual event in Huntington. sponding secretary. the Democratic Congress, accepted willingly Russell Dunbar, a prominent Hunting­ State Chairman McDonough, in intro­ the challenging struggle of the unfinished ton attorney and active participant in ducing Senator RANDOLPH, referred to business of America. Democratic Party affairs, was toast­ the latter as "Mr. Ready Democrat" and And, my fellow Democrats, ours is an ad­ noted that the Senator has pledged ac­ ministration imbued with the spirit of the master, and the official party organiza­ Democratic Party which, although the oldest tion was represented by the Democratic tive participation in the party's cam­ political party in existence, is still the young­ State chairman, Robert P. McDonough, paign effort in this year's elections. est in this country measured by vitality. of Parkersburg; by the associate Demo­ Mr. President, I ask unanimous con­ Ours is the party of youth and the admin­ cratic State chairman, Mrs. Thelma sent to have printed in the RECORD the istration exemplifies this characteristic un­ Hall, of Madison; and by the Cabell speech by my colleague at this significant der the leadership of a President who sees event. our country and the world in terms of the County Democratic chairman, Hanley tomorrows while not relying entirely on the Morgan. And my good friend and col­ There being no objection, the speech yesterdays. league Senator JENNINGS RANDOLPH was was ordered printed in the RECORD, as the principal speaker. follows: It is because the Democratic Party surveys Also present and appropriately recog­ SPEECH BY SENATOR JENNINGS RANDOLPH, OF the present in terms of the future that, with nized were Representative Ken Hechler, WEST VIRGINIA, JEFFERSON-JACKSON DAY only mild interruptions in the past 30 years, of Huntington, who ably represents his DINNER, HOTEL FREDERICK, HUNTINGTON, we have merited the confidence of the ma­ district; Hon. Milton Ferguson, mayor W. VA., SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1962 jority of the American people. There is Mr. Toastmaster, Chairman McDonough, Justice in this condition, for our party itself of Wayne and a former State tax com­ ladies of the host Women's Democratic Club has confidence in the citizen and in the missioner; and Mrs. Hilda Long, pub­ of Cabell County, and fellow Democrats, it American future. lisher of the Huntington Advertiser, a is with gratitude that I acknowledge the These-.qualitiea~youth, optimism, confi­ daily afternoon newspaper, the editorial privilege afforded me to address. this signifi­ dence in the frontiers of the future-lie at policies of which are vigorous in their cant gathering. the heart of the American spirit and of the 6146 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE April 9 Democratic Party. It was this spirit which We have buttressed NATO by increasing In its first year, the administration, with again resulted in the mandate of the elec­ our own strength and by persuading other the cooperation of the Congress, doubled the torate having been given to our party in nations to do likewise. acquisition rate of Polaris submarines, 1958 and in 1960. OUR ROLE IN THE UNITED NATIONS doubled the production capacity of the Min­ It is this purpose which continues to uteman missile, increased by 50 percent the animate the Democratic Party and provides We have frustrated the Communist efforts aircraft on ground alert, and doubled the it with new vigor and new ideas. to obstruct and neutralize the United Na­ strategic military manpower reserve. These tions. If we are to avert the unparalleled DEMOCRATIC VICTORIES AHEAD have been significant gains in our country's disaster of nuclear war, maintain the vision efforts to bolster our deterrent capabillty And this purpose, translated into per­ of what the United Nations must become­ and thus enhance the cause of peace. formance, will bring the deserved victories an effective agency for bringing the rule of Vice President JOHNSON has aptly said which will be ours in the elections this law into international affairs. "We have stopped strolling in the spac~ year-and again in 1964. In addressing a meeting of a unit of the moonlight and have started running toward The party of the administration in office American Association for the United Nations the moon." :t has been a year of big deci­ and in control of the Congress is expected at Charleston, W. Va., on December 8, 1961, sions and one of magnificent progress in the to lose seats in the legislative bodies in a~ I made a statement appropriate to reem­ field of space and astronautics, including off-year election. But this is not going to phasize. It is this: not only Col. John Glenn's successful triple occur in 1962. I predict that when the re­ As armaments continue to spiral upward orbiting of the earth, but marked also by sults are tabulated in all States and in all we live in ever increasing danger of war by the fact that we launched in 1961 eight times congressional districts there will emerge accident or miscalculation. In this atmos­ as many earth satellites as did the Russians. larger Democratic majorities both in the phere of uncertainty and increasing tension Furthermore, in communications, weather, House of Representatives and in the Senate. the ultimate testing time of freedom is just and navigation, we have made very important And in the elections 2 years hence, Presi­ now beginning. scientific strides. dent Kennedy and Vice President JOHNSON The unity which we must create among will be reelected-not by a narrow margin, the free Nations will not remain viable if DOMESTIC ECONOMY PROGRAMS BOLD but by a very substantial plurality. predicated solely upon a shared antagonism While achieving the numerous accomplish­ I do not make these prognostications to communism. It must be built on the ments so important to our country in its ex­ frivolously, and I do not fashion them from firmer foundation of a community of aims ternal affairs and in the areas of security and the fabric of pure partisanship. and aspirations among our allies. And this science, the administration and the Congress Bear in mind the remarkable fact that an Will· require a greater degree of intellectual ~ave taken bold and adventurous steps to administration elected by less than 51 per­ honesty and hard self-scrutiny than we have improve our domestic economy. cent of the voters enjoys, just slightly more heretofore given to the task. The West Virginia delegation. in the Con­ than a year later, a poll rating of approxi­ In saying this, I declared last December gress has made noteworthy contributions to mately 80 percent. This rating has been that I specifically refer to the practice in re­ the support accorded administration pro­ earned by reason of a record of dedication cent years of the United States depending too posals, and I give assurance that we have had to duty and real performance. heavily on the United Nations as an arena a real measure of cooperation from the White in which to conduct our foreign policy. Too House and most agencies and departme.nts But, my fellow Democrats, I am not in any of the executive establishment. · degree inviting or suggesting a resting on often our willingness to take problems to the U.N. has been a cloak for our own lack of I am privileged to pay tribute to the high the oars. We dare not contemplate such a degree of devotion to duty and to the faith­ luxury. policy. In so doing, we have not strength­ ened the United Nations, and we have not fulness of my Democratic colleagues-Sena­ PROGRESS EXCELLENT, BUT MORE WORK AHEAD served the cause of freedom by posing prob­ tor ROBERT C. BYRD and Representatives KEN The record of progress under the alert and lems which could not be solved in that HECHLER, CLEVE BAILEY, HARLEY 0. STAGGERS, aggressive Kennedy administration is excel­ forum. ELIZABETH KEE, and JOHN M. SLACK, JR.-to lent. However, there are goals yet to be ac­ I am not suggesting that we "go it alone." the principles of our party and the best in­ complished. There must be significant addi­ I am recommending, however, that we be terests of both the State and the Nation as tions to the audit of performance in the scrupulously honest in our appraisal of our expressed through their actions in the Con­ months and years immediately ahead-and own ideals and in the capacity of the United gress. these additions, in some instances, will not Nations to serve them. We do no disservice The pace. of progress in the vital areas of be easy to achieve. They will come to to the U.N. when we acknowledge that, as congressional and administration efforts to fruition only as a consequence of further presently constituted, there are some prob­ improve the economic status of our country diligent effort by all of us who believe in lems it cannot solve. Indeed, we may help and its citizens perhaps has not been as the principles of the Democratic Party and preserve the United Nations and allow it to rapid as some of us had hoped. who labor to construct meaningful programs grow strong if we do not prematurely over­ But again we must take cognizance of the for the common good on the foundation of burden it. fact that our domestic economic problems ~hese precepts of our party. I believe there is a cognizance by the have been long in the making and the pres­ And, of course, it is a time-honored re­ present administration of the need for such ent administration has been on the scene quirement that even the wisely conceived and a reappraisal of our country's role in rela­ less than 15 months. the best constructed program must have pub­ tionship to that of the United Nations. Even though we may manifest impatience in expressing our hopes and expectations lic acceptance and appreciation. We must PEACE CORPS ACCLAIMED all work harmoniously and vigorously in ef­ concerning domestic economic progress, we forts to encourage the broadest possible pub­ Perhaps one of the most significant of all should not overlook the fact that at the end lic consensus for the programs of our party. achievements the cause of world peace and of the first year of this administration there At the bedrock, however, must be efficient to identify our country's peaceful efforts and were a million more people working than and effective party organization and stimu­ objectives more closely with other coun­ at the same time the prior year. And in­ lation of voter participation in maximum tries-especially with the struggling new Na­ come from wages and salaries advanced 7 degree. tions-was the establishment of the Peace percent while, at the same time, net farm Corps and the beginning of projects during income increased by more than a billion So, there is work to be done by each and the first year of this infant but fast-matur­ dollars, or approximately 6 percent. every one of us. We must all join in meeting Last month, the President, in speaking of these requirements or the victories on the ing agency. I was a firm believer in the concept of the a February drop in unemployment, re­ bright horizon will fade into the shadows of marked: "I think this economy has more the gloom of frustration. Peace Corps from the beginning of efforts to bring about its creation. That my name is vitality in it than some of its premature • • * * * associated with those of other cosponsors on mourners." He was able to point to the fact What are some of th~ major challenges the legislation which brought the Peace that the number of unemployed in the Na­ faced and the significant achievements real­ Corps into being is one of the most gratify­ tion declined by 120,000 to 4,543,000. This ized by our country during the first year of ing developments of my career in the represented a 19-month low of 5.6 percent of the new President? Congress. the work force-still too high, of course, We have an adminl.Btration which has It is evident that the Corps has helped to but an improvement. boldly moved ahead in the field of our rela­ restore, in many underdeveloped sections of It ls essential that we look realistically the world, the vision of America as a nation at some economic facts. tions with other nations. The American economy has shown a ca­ And notwithstanding turnovers and un­ committed to the improvement of the life and enhancement of opportunity for all pacity to grow at an average annual rate easiness in the domestic political affairs of between 4 and 5 percent, without inflation­ a number of Western Hemisphere countries, people. And it is heartening to know that in the House of Representatives, where the ary strain, during periods other than de­ we are justified in asserting that there haa original Peace Corps measure faced much pression or war. This growth rate is been a strengthening of our friends in this hostility, there ls a popular readiness to grant measured by changes in total national pro­ hemisphere through the launching of the this vital new agency an increase of m::>re duction; States in uniform dollars. Alliance-for-Progress program. than 100 percent in appropriations and a OUR INADEQUATE GROWTH RATE We have stood firm at Berlin in the face of threefold increase in personnel to enable it But during the period 1953-61, the aver­ threats and bluffs. to expand its most purposeful endeavors. age annua·. growth rate was only 2.5 percent, 1962 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 6147 or hardly better than half the rate required­ which began precisely a year ago, will have activities of the very helpful Small Busi­ in view of the ever-accelerating technology­ the power to continue for a long time. ness Administration be accelerated at the to absorb increases in the labor force and If the businessman, however, invests only more realistic pace being maintained by in productivity per man-hour. subnormal totals in factories and equipment, SBA under this administration. It means This unsatisfactory record has been com­ we are in for trouble. Once more the up­ that the manpower retraining features of poundt:d of a fairly rhythmic succession of turn will falter, and we will be facing the the Area Redevelopment Act and the sweep­ booms, periods of stagnation, recessions, and threat of the fifth recession of the post­ ing new Manpower Utilization and Train­ inadequate recoveries. World War II period uncomfortably soon. ing Act passed by Congress and signed by The deficient growth rate has led to a The American consumers have done and the President last month provide important chronically rising level of unemployed man­ are doing their part in sustaining the ad­ tools to be brought into action with dis­ power. Indeed, the peak of each boom thus vance by increasing their spending. Like­ patch and vigor. It means that there is far reached since 1953 has found us with wise, government at every level-Federal, validity in the President's recommended more unemployment than the peak of the State, and local-also has been performing long-range antirecession public works pro­ immediately preceding boom, and the trough and is performing its part in aiding the gram with its provision for partial im­ of each recession has found us with more economic recovery by broadening expendi­ plementation at the earliest possible date. unemployment than the trough of the im­ tures. It means-especially for West Virginia and mediately previous recession. But the expansion induced by Govern­ other coal-producing States, that the Gov­ It ts my- privilege to be a member of the ment and the consumers is a year old. ernment's coal research programs must be Senate Labor Committee's Sucommittee on Consumers are not going to continue accelerated, as the present administration Employment and Manpower. I assure you boosting their spending if the economy gives evidence of being determined to do. that the facts reaching us demonstrate very shows signs of sliding again. These are purposeful programs intended clearly that unemployment, far from being So the conclusion to be reached is that to aid industrial, economic, and manpower concentrated in a few sectors of the economy, the next stimulant must come from higher development. No one of these programs has become generally distributed throughout business spending. alone will perform a miracle, but in combi­ most of the important areas of the economy. WEST VIRGINIA ECONOMIC PICTURE nation they will be helpful. They have to And we find, too, that a very large and do with business and industrial expansion consistent increase in the chronic level of With reference to our West Virginia situa­ and manpower utilization. Thus, they are idle plant capacity have accompanied the tion, there are both elements of encourage­ meaningful in the sense that they are keyed chronic increases in idle manpower. ment and discouragement in the latest State to both the improvement of economic growth What 1s the outlook for improvement in department of employment security report. and the affording of new job opportunities. the economic picture based on business The favorable factors are these: At. mid­ The element of "dole" is not present in these .spending on factories and equipment? February, 527,400 persons were •employed programs. Fortune magazine estimates spending in this throughout the State, representing a gain of In West Virginia our foremost needs are area of economic activity will be at a rate 100 from mid-January and 600 over the industrial expansion and diversification. of $40 billion. If this rate develops as fore­ previous year. Total unemployed numbered This is not a statement of new need. These casted, the previous peak record established 76,100, a drop of 8,100 during the month and have been our obvious requirements for a in 1967 will be exceeded and the increase 29,300 lower than a year ago. number of years, and especially since the will measure 15 percent over 1961. Unfavorable, however, is the fact that the mid-1950's when rapid mechanization of coal Fortune's experts emphasized-and econo­ civilian labor force dropped to an estimated mining brought an acceleration of manpower mists in Government agree-that conditions 603 ,500, which is 28,700 lower than mid­ displacement in that basic industry. are right for the businessman to add zest February 1961. This indicates extensive out­ It is indicated and it is appropriate that to the economic recovery for these rea­ migration of our workers. a tribute be paid to the efforts of many sons: Meanwhile, however, there is a measure dedicated citizens of our State and helpful First, the need for investing in moderniza­ of encouragement to be read in the March citizens of other States who have been de­ tion of plants and in cost-saving produc­ issue of the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele­ votedly and vigorously assisting in the ag­ tion equipment is imperative. phone Co.'s "Business in West Virginia" gressive campaign to bring about the indus­ Second, the cash to finance the construc­ summary, which reports: trial expansion and diversification so vitally tion is available. "Business activity in West Virginia ad­ needed. · Third, the Government is taking vital vanced on a broad front in February. The second consecutive strong monthly increase STATE ADMINISTRATION, LEGISLATURE AND steps to encourage the spending. PARTY LEADERSHIP MERIT PRAISE Fourth, the usual tendency of business­ further confirmed the opinion that Decem­ men ts to expand their spending budgets ber's pause was a temporary one." It was And here, too, I am privileged to express over initial plans during a period of busi­ noted, too, that more than a year has passed a special sense of gratification concerning since the bottom of West Virginia's recession the outstanding accomplishments of our ness advancement. in December 1960, and there was reassurance · The real answers, of course, are months Democratic State administration under the in the declaration that "the index of gross persuasive leadership of Gov. Wally Barron, away-but the prospects seem to be rea­ State product has already risen 10 points sonably favorable. and with the vigorous cooperation of the during the recovery and now exceeds the Democratic legislature. Together, they have • • • level achieved in 1957-a strong year for the faced trying conditions with courage, bold­ INDUSTRY MUST MODERNIZE economies of West Virginia and the Nation. ness, and imagination. They have fashioned Standpatism, lethargy, and obsolescence The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, and implemented programs and instrumen­ are the enemies of progress in this age of ad­ which reached 17.4 percent during the reces­ talities which give promise of providing last­ vancing technology and rapid change. In­ sion, has dropped to 9.9 percent of the labor ing solutions for grave problems. vestments in facilities and equipment-in force." I commend especially the establishment other words, modernization and expansion­ In line with the unfavorable element of of the West Virginia State Department of by American industry will be the key to the employment security department report, Commerce and the creation of a Washington the continuing success of democracy and the telephone company summary also in­ Liaison Office staffed by a special assistant -the free enterprise system in the competi­ cludes the realistic observation that "job to the Governor. Those of us represent­ tion with communism. openings in the State, however, have been ing our State in the Congress have reason We must have not only the men to match insufficient to absorb most jobless workers to know and to be grateful for the work our times but, also, the forceful leadership who, it is generally believed, have migrated of these new offices and the capable serv­ within our business community which will to .other Sta.tes . . Thus, employment has ices being performed by Commerce Commis­ forge a future filled with a challenge to barely exceeded the low point of the past sioner Hulett Smith and the Governor's Spe­ achieve and the faith to accomplish our recession." cial Assistant, Paul Crabtree. country's goals and better serve the national This bears out the national experience; The fact ts that Hulett and Paul are sym­ interest and the cause of peace. namely, that the peak of each boom thus bols of the seldom before duplicated quality far reached since 1953 has found us with and degree of cooperative spirit which pre­ We have an administration which is ag­ more unemployment than the peak of the gressive and progressive. And I have faith vails between the Federal Government and immediately preceding boom, and the the State government-and between the that the end product of the labors of the trough of each recession has found us with 87th Congress will be conducive to a bolster­ State's Democratic Party headed by Bob Mc­ more unemployment than the trough of Donough and the National Democratic Party ing of the businessman's outlook and plan­ the immediately previous recession. · ning. and the Kennedy aµministration. But the American who holds the key to OUR PROGRAM NEEDS The esprit de corps engendered by these whether our country's current economic up­ It is clearly indicated, therefore, that there relationships are of inestimable value to our swing stays strong through 1962 and well must be acceleration of economic growth at people and will doubtless augur well for the into 1963 is in considerable degree, the both the State and national levels. It indi­ future of the Democratic Party in West U.S. businessman. .cates, too, that there is need for the Area Virginia. If the businessman comes through with a Redevelopment Act program signed into law Knowing of the real affection President sharp stepup in his spending for new plants by the Democratic President after pr.ior Kennedy has for West Virginia and being and modern equipment in the months ahead vetoes by his predecessor of the other party. a ware of his expression of sympathetic in­ our economy will be stronger. The upturn, It attests to the requirement that the loan terest in our problems, we have doubtless 6148 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE April 9 been too prone to expect quick, miracle-type to provide insured coverage for all senior The time has passed when our youth can solutions through Federal Government inter­ citizens eligible or to become eligible . to be expected, in a take:t?--for-granted kind of cession and actions. participate in that system. The national way, to easily or automatically integrate into Make no mistake about it, my fellow West chairman of the other party admitted a few our society. Rather, this can be accom­ Virginians, we have been accorded recog­ days ago that existing programs for care of plished successfully only by careful, creative, nition and a substantial measure of assist­ the aged are inadequate. He does not yet farsighted planning. ance from our national Government. But we join us in favoring the social security ap­ Among other things, we need to (1) en­ must bear in mind that the laws and regula­ proach-but he and his party seem to be courage adult interest in, and leadership tions which apply to the other 49 States also withdrawing reluctantly from their former for, this gigantic challenge; (2) provide apply to West Virginia in matters such as no retreat policy. greater opportunity for participation in civic, the negotiation and awarding of Govern­ Antirecession legislation should be pro­ church, recreational, and other activities; ment contracts, the making of loans, and the vided, and a cornerstone seems to me to be and (3) opening new job opportunities. De­ award1ng of grants. the public works program proposed by the spite the fact that the Nation stlll has 4 GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS HELP EMPLOYMENT President, and now including a plan for im­ million adult unemployed-for whom we mediate implementation of an employment must find jobs-we must also plan for jobs With a helpful degree of sympathetic acceleration measure similar to one I joined for the 26 million young folks entering the understanding and a more cooperative spirit Senator CLARK, of Pennsylvania, and Senator labor force in the next 10 years. prevailing in Washington, our businessmen PELL, of Rhode Island, in cosponsoring in the As well, this involves earlier beginnings of and industrialists are coming more and more 1st session of this 87th Congress. vocational training-to equip youth for use­ to bid competitively and to negotiate with I associate myself with a recent remark ful employment. a reasonable degree of success for Govern­ by our Vice President in which he declared The Nation, if it falls to create such posi­ ment contracts. Consequently, we are no that we have a long way to go-a hard way tive programs, however, can expect that de­ longer the a.lmo6t totally overlooked and non­ to go-but we are moving. We have begun, linquency-instead of being reduced-will participating State in this area of activity grow. which has real potential for improving our as President Kennedy admonished us to do economic status and job opportunities for in his world-acclaimed inaugural address. Following a recent study, the allegation our workers. This is attested to especially And if we will close ranks our party will be was made that we waste a million kids a year. by the substantial defense and non-defense remembered and our country will be pre­ Such a vast army of jobless, useless-and prime contracts won competitively during the served. sometimes placeless-youth, could be real so­ past year by Marietta Manufacturing Co. of cial dynamite-a wellspring of delinquency Point Pleasant, by the FMC Corporation and crime. Ordnance Division of South Charleston, by Needed: , Youth Development and Anti­ Unfortunately, the high rate of delin­ the Carroll Division of Watson Electronics at delinquency Programs quency among youth often 1s preceded-or Martinsburg, and by the Hercules Powder Co. accompanied-by adult, and, yes, even com­ at Rocket Center near Keyser. New employ­ munity delinquency. ment afforded under these contracts will ex­ EXTENSION OF REMARKS Naturally, this does not absolve our young ceed 3,000 jobs. 01' folks, themselves, from utilizing their God- We have reason to be optimistic that other 1nst11led sense of morality and responsibility. prime contracts will be awarded to firms pro­ HON. ALEXANDER WILEY Nevertheless-it does demonstrate that the pointing finger of accusation at youth, some­ ducing or planning to produce in West OJ' WISCONSIN times can correctly be turned around-re­ Virginia in the near future to provide even IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES more jobs. quiring a soul searching in adult behavior, Another favorable development during the Monday, April 9, 1962 mores and moral conduct-and, yes, laws. past year has been the location within our For these reasons, then, we also need real­ State of branch production units of well Mr. WILEY. Mr. President, the istic efforts to discourage delinquencies, in­ established prime defense contractors, youth-of Wisconsin and America-rep­ cluding the following: notably, facilities of the aircraft and missile resent one of the greatest, most precious 1. Reemphasize that .any delinquency ef­ industries for the first time-Lockheed at assets of our national life. forts-first and foremost-are the responsi­ Clarksburg and North American Aviation at The future of our Nation-of freedom bilities of the home-the parents of America. Princeton; the highly diversified Melpar, a 2. Expand positive efforts by the churches, itself-of the ideals in which we believe: schools, teachers' association, fraternal, serv­ division of Westinghouse Air Brake, at Fair­ All of these values depend upon our youth mont; and Harrington and Richardson's West ice, and other groups to carry on youth de­ Virginia Ordnance Co. subsidiary at Wheel­ of today-our leaders of tomorrow. velopment programs. ing to produce under that Massachusetts We, as adult citizens, however, must 3. Modernize our courts and penal correc­ company's defense contracts. ask ourselves: Are we creating a national tional institutions to meet the unique prob­ We are gratified to have Kaiser Aluminum climate for best utilization and develop­ lems in this field. expanding extensively near Ravenswood, to ment of the great reservoir of energy, 4. As necessary, strengthen Federal laws to have Corning Glass increasing operations in imagination, and talent--as well as mo­ prohibit traffic of weapons, narcotics, obscene our State, to have Virginia Electric & Power rality-of youth; or, is present-day en­ literature, and other such materials falllng Co. installing a huge new operation in Grant into the hands of young folks. County, and to have the Chesapeake & Ohio vironment allowing dissipation and waste 5. Encourage higher standards of presen­ Railway substantially augmenting the staff of this priceless human resource? tations through television, radio, magazines, and payroll here in Huntington by con­ Recently, I was privileged to discuss books, and other media. centrating talent and activities in the for­ the outlook in these fields in a broadcast In attempting to create more effective mer Government-surplus plant it acquired over Wisconsin radio stations. I ask youth development programs, our society within the past year. There are many other unanimous consent to have the text of also must not fall to stress-in its news re­ plants I could list. my remarks printed in the RECORD. porting and community recognition pro­ We have considered where we have been grams-that more than 95 percent of our during the first year and a quarter of the There being no objection, the text was youth are conducting themselves dutifully, present Democratic administrations in Wash­ ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as constructively, and usefully as keystones in ington and Charleston. Now where are we follows: home and community life. going? Today there are more than 66 million boys We must induce and enable our business­ and girls under 18 years of age-the hope of men to expand, to outthink, to outmanage, America of tomorrow. and outproduce our adversaries. We must As a nation, however, we have a special The National Lottery of Finland rally our workers to make the best of every­ concern for, and interest in, the more than thing with efficiency and at the lowest cost. 12 million youth between 12 and 17 years­ TRADE, TAX, AGED CARE MEASURES the teenagers. Why? At this age, these boys EXTENSION OF REMARKS This means we must have a more modern and girls are emerging from the shelter of OF trade program-but one which will be homelife into the outside world. equitable and just to domestic industries However, let me make this clear: Gradu­ HON. PAUL A. FINO and American workers, whether producing ation into society should not, and must not, OF NEW YORK for export or !or domestic markets in com­ provide an excuse for either: ( 1) Abdica­ petition with imports from abroad. tion of the responsibllity of parents; or (2) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES It means, too, that the tax program to be for society to develop spoon-feeding pam­ Monday, April 9, 1962 passed by the Congress must likewise be a pering ·programs. modern one which will enhance our national The challenge, rather, is to cr~ate the kind Mr. FINO. Mr. Speaker, I would like growth and be equitable. of programs to progressively absorb the de­ to bring to the attention of the Members Medical care for the aged should be veloping capablllties of youth into useful of this House an example of cultural strengthened. I stand with the administra­ activities, both in homelife and in the com­ advancement through gambling reve­ tion for expanding the social security system munity. nues. I refer specifically to the nationa1 1962 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 6149 lottery of Finland where the proceeds are penalize them now for making a free to certain basic rights and freedoms, we divided between the National Opera, the choice is certainly most unfair and un­ must prove to the entire world, particu­ National Theatre and the Ministry of democratic. larly to those countries behind the Iron Education. In its 1961 report the Civil Rights Curtain and to those on the brink, that Finland is a small nation of a little Commission indicated that in some in­ the United States is a land where such over 4 million persons, but size notwith­ stances voting discrimination on racial freedoms and the rights of each and standing, it is noted for cultural and grounds was practiced by requiring every individual are respected and pro­ artistic attainment. The Finns are not voters not only to be able to read and tected by the highest standards of jus­ a rich people, and they find it difficult to write, but to give a ''satisfactory inter­ tice. If we are to continue to preach provide for the sustenance and promo­ pretation'' of the Constitution, and to democracy, freedom, and equality to the tion of their cultural heritage. They are calculate their age to the very day. rest of the world, the Congress must ful­ quite dependent upon the national lot­ My bill will protect the right of all fill its responsibilities and enact strong tery as a means to this end. There is citizens, including the Puerto Ricans, to laws which will absolutely guarantee no evidence that they find this money participate in Federal elections if they these rights regardless of race, ancestry, somewhat tainted, for unlike many have at least a sixth-grade education, color, religion, or national origin. Americans they are not plagued by pious regardless of race, creed, or color. It I therefore urge that the House of Rep­ hypocrisy in these matters. will prevent the misuse of so-called lit­ resentatives give prompt and favorable The national lottery of Finland brings eracy tests in some of our Southern consideration to these measures. in over $4,330,000 a year based on the States in keeping qualified Negroes from 1961 figures. About one-third of this voting, but would also protect the right money goes to the treasury in the form of the individual State to make literacy of revenue. The lottery in this country a qualification for voting. The Great Economic Issue Today: Trade is a small operation but produces- big My second bill provides for the prompt results. desegregation of public schools. It is EXTENSION OF REMARKS Mr. Speaker, if we were not blind to most appropriate that the Congress of human and financial reality, we could the United States enunciate the law of OF learn quite a bit from the Finns. A na­ the land in spelling out the decision of HON. DANIEL K. INOUYE tional lottery in the United States could the Supreme Court in 1954, which held bring a tremendous lift to our taxpayers. that there should be no segregation in OF HAWAII We could, painlessly and voluntarily, public schools. President Kennedy has IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES raise over $10 billion a year in additional pointed out that a strong America re­ Monday, April 9, 1962 revenue and apply it toward tax cuts and quires the assurance of full and equal reduction of our national debt. rights to all its citizens, of any race or Mr. INOUYE. Mr. Speaker, in our of any color, among them the right to struggle with the Communists, the free public education. United States has often been lectured This bill would provide that assign­ "to get off the defensive and seize the Proposed Civil Rights Legislation ment of all students to public schools initiative." However, as President Ken­ would be made irrespective of race or nedy noted: EXTENSION OF REMARKS color, and would require every school While this is not an unreasonable urge, its OF board to adopt a desegregation plan concrete application is more difficult. In the within 6 months from the date of en­ military . area, the initiative rests with the HON. BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL actment of the bill. It permits the Sec­ aggressor-a role that we shun by nature and OF NEW YORK tradition and our alliances are largely, there­ retary of Health, Education, and Wel­ fore, defensive. In the paramilitary arenas IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fare, if called upon to do so, to render of subversion, intimidation, and insurrec­ Monday, April 9, 1962 technical assistance to school boards in tion, an open and peaceful society is again the preparation, adoption, and imple­ 1,1,t a disadvantage. But there is one area in Mr. ROSENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, I mentation of such desegregation plans, particular where the initiative can and has am today introducing in the House of and to grant financial assistance where been ours-an area of strategic importance Representatives three bills dealing with necessary to carry out such plans. · in which we have the capacity for a stm civil rights. One of the main provisions of the bill greater effort-the area of economic policy. President Kennedy in his state-of-the­ would authorize the Attorney General The Marshall plan, point 4, and the Union message this year stressed the of the United States to institute a civil ~lliance for Progress are examples of our importance of human rights, and em­ action against any school board which initiative in this area. These programs phasized the fact that there is still much fails to put into effect a plan of school were devised not only to thwart commu­ to be done in the field of civil rights. desegregation within the time specified .. nism but to strike a blow for freedom. My first bill provides for the abolition Our public school system must be pre­ of the literacy test and other perform­ served and strengthened, and no child THE GREAT ECONOMIC ISSUE TODAY: TRADE ance examinations as a qualification for should be denied his right to a free pub.: The great international issue today­ voting. Such arbitrary and unreason­ lie educatior.. because ·of his race, color, one with far greater consequences than able discrimination has no place in our creed, or national origin. any foreign aid program-is the U.S. democracy, although unfortunately it The third bill calls for the establish­ trade policy. Our trade policy affects has been used as a means of depriving ment of the Civil Rights Commission as our national security, for our military many of our citizens from exercising a permanent agency within the executive and economic commitments abroad must their right to vote. As I pointed out in branch of the Government, and requires be paid for by a favorable balance of a statement recently before Subcommit­ the submission of a yearly report to the trade. Our trade policy affects every tee No. 5 of the House Judiciary Com­ President and the Congress on its ac­ sector of our economy. mittee, 19 States have literacy require­ tivities of the preceding year and on any The crops grown on 1 out of every 6 ments, including my own State of New recommendations for further action. acres by the American farmer is sold on York. The law in New York is restric­ The Commission has done a remarkable the foreign market. Sixty percent of our tive in that it requires voters to be able job in the past in bringing to light some rice, 49 percent of our cotton, 45 percent to read a:Qd write English. It is most of the problems of discrimination in this of our wheat, and 42 percent of our soy­ unfortunate that this requirement thus country, and in bringing about a realiza­ bean production are exported. works to prevent so many of our Puerto tion of the national objective of equal We export twice as many manufac­ Rican citizens who are literate in Span­ rights and equal opportunities for all tured products as we import. Since ish but not in English from participating our citizens. It can certainly continue its 1945, machinery, vehicles, wood, paper, in elections. This was estimated as work in the field of human rights, thus and chemical exports from the United affecting some 200,000 Puerto Ricans in guaranteeing that there will be no denial States have doubled. One out of every 1961. When Puerto Ricans were granted of constitutional rights to any of our three workers in manufacturing is em­ U.S. citizenship 45 years ago they were fellow Americans. ployed in a firm that exports. Thousands permitted to choose between English and As the leader in the effort to establish more owe their jobs directly or indirectly Spanish as the official language; and to man's dignity as an individual, entitled to exports. 6150 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE April 9 Our export industries are our strong­ THE EUROPEAN COMMON MARKET mon Market has ipdicated its willing­ est. most efficient, and highest paying In the sixties, some 90 percent of the ness to bargain down its external tariff growth industries, and not our lowest free world's industrial production may in exchange for trading concessions with paying industries. A good example is soon be concentrated in two great mar­ outsiders, particularly the United States. U.S. coal-almost $55 million was sold kets: The United States and the Euro­ Hence, whether or not these two enor­ to the Japanese in 1960 and 1961. The pean Economic Community, popularly mous markets in the free world will grow U.S. coal miner is paid 8 times more per known as the European Common Mar­ apart and engage in a trade· war or hour than a Japanese coal miner, but ket. Th-e United States has a popula­ whether they will expand the flow of he produces 14 times as much coal so tion of 185 million and a gross national trade and thereby stimulate and that the real cost per ton of U.S. coal is product of $500 billion. The European strengthen the respective economies will far smaller. Common Market, including the United be determined by the trade policy of the Today, about 60 to 65 percent of our Kingdom which has applied to become a United States. imports do not compete with the goods member, has a population of 250 million HAW All AND FOREIGN TRADE we produce. Forty percent of our im­ and a gross national product of $245 ports are raw materials. More than 90 billion. The U.S. exports to Western Foreign trade has a direct impact on percent of our manganese or chrome ore Europe account for one-fourth of our the life and livelihood of the American for our steel mills is imported, as is 84 total exports. people in every State. Any change in percent of the bauxite for our aluminum. Ever since the end of World War II, tariffs could bring about serious disloca­ To state it more graphically, if the the U.S. policy has been to support tions in a State's economy causing the United States stopped trading abroad, greater European unity. Our aim was closing of some plants and unemploy­ the shortage and price rise would make twofold; to curb the kind of European ment with all its social problems. these items virtually nonexistent: coffee, nationalism which led to two World Wars It is difficult to gage the exact effect cocoa, spices, anything in tin cans, by encouraging the establishment of a of world trade on Hawaii. Recently, the aluminum kitchenware, new radios, common economic system, and to help tariff on Hawaiian pineapple was raised television sets, telephones, washing create a strong Western Europe which in the Common Market. This move was machines, and cars. would help guard the security and pros­ not unexpected, for pineapples from While exports represent about 3.9 per­ perity of free nations. The pooling of French territories have had a distinct cent of the gross national product in French and German coal and steel pro­ advantage over Hawaii in sales to Com­ 1960, or about $1 out of every ~25, Am~r­ duction under a common authority was mon Market countries. However, this ican exports account for more than one­ one step toward that direction. increase in tariff could mean a further sixth of the world commerce. The Marshall plan brought the states­ loss of the West German market which, TRADE IN PERSPECTIVE men of these nations together. The heretofore, was the leading oversea buyer of Hawaiian pineapple products. What do all these statistics mean? It United States asked them to determine means that the United States is con­ not just the needs of their respective The extent to which Hawaii is involved suming more raw materials than our countries, but the needs of Western with international trade should be em­ land is capable of producing; that we are Europe. phasized. In 1960 Hawaii exported $44 not self-sufficient in a wide variety of In 1958, six European nations-France, million of agricultural products, or minerals; that exports are crucial to Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland, and roughly 15 percent of the islands' total the prosperity of many of our, farmers Luxembourg-signed a treaty to bring agricultural produce. Included were and some segments of industry. Fur­ about a European economic community. $41.5 million for field crops, $1.1 million thermore, the U.S. needs for raw mate­ The treaty members pledged to: First, for livestock and livestock products, rials will increase, for the rate of popula­ remove tariffs and other trade barriers $984,000 for fruits and nuts, and $377,000 tion increase in the United States is among themselves; second, create a uni­ for vegetables. among the highest of the world's major form system to regulate trade between In 1960 exports of manufactured goods countries. themselves and the rest of the world; from Hawaii were estimated at $15.5 mil­ We are the world's largest trading third, abolish restrictions on the move­ lion. This is less than 1 percent of the nation and many free world countries ment of labor, capital, business enter­ gross State product. But over 23,000 depend on our imports and exports. We, prises and services within the new com­ workers or over 9 percent of the labor in turn, must look to exports to pay not munity; fourth, coordinate monetary force are employed by manufacturing only for our raw materials but to help and fiscal policies in order to promote establishments reporting exports of $25,- us pay for our other oversea expenses high employment and stable prices in 000 a year or more. These firms range such as maintaining troops in Berlin; to each country; and, fifth, establish a com­ from Dole Corp., Libby McNeill & Libby, pay for our aid to less developed coun­ mon agricultural policy. California Packing Corp., to California tries; to pay for the deficits caused by The Common Market nations set a Ink Co., Pacific Chemical & Fertilizer, the outflow of American capital to tax­ timetable of 12 to 15 years to accomplish Honolulu Iron Works, to smaller apparel haven nations. the reduction of tariffs. Trade barriers and furniture companies. In 1959, the United States ran a deficit among the original six members have TRADE EXPANSION ACT in its balance of payments of $3.7 billion: been reduced by 50 percent at the be­ The Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act in 1960 it was $3.9 billion. In 1961 this ginning of 1962, nearly 2 years ahead of expires in June. If our exports are to re­ deficit is estimated at over $1.5 billion. schedule. Other countries, notably for­ tain and expand their position in the This deficit will grow unless it is offset mer colonies of members of the Common world market, and if the aim of our by foreign investments in the United Market, were accepted as associated foreign policy is to bring about this great­ States and a favorable balance of trade. states and have free access to the Com­ est advance in increased living stand­ But more important, trade will deter­ mon Market. ards, especially in newly developed areas, mine the size and shape of the free For Alliance for Progress countries, the our trade policy must be revised, not ex­ world. Japan, Canada, Philippines, special concessions made to former Euro­ tended. Chile, Venezuela, Peru, India, Uruguay, pean colonies, particularly the African states, accentuate Latin America's trade The United States needs a trade policy Liberia, Pakistan, and other free world that grants new authority first, to nego­ countries must have access to new mar­ problems, for both continents produce kets for their raw materials and new cotton, coffee, bananas, and other fruit. tiate broad trade agreements rather than manufactured goods if their economies The Common Market with its common one that negotiated item by item-a are to expand to meet the demands and external tariff wall against the rest of bargaining technique obsolete in many needs of their people, and if their new the world, presents a serious threat of cases: second, to exchange tariff con­ industries are to be successful. If the discrimination against American exports cessions; and, third, to increase trade free nations do not off er growing trade and against the goods of free nations to strengthen our balance of payments. opportunities with the West-opportuni­ such as Canada, Japan, and countries Of utmost importance is the reten­ ties which will allow them to pay eventu­ in Latin America. tion of the most-favored-nation princi­ ally for their needs with exports-these How much of a handicap this tariff ple which would assure our other trading countries will be forced to turn to the will be; depends 9n the imported product partners that any tariff concessions Communist bloc for their market. and Eur,ope's demand for it. The Com- would be extended to them. 1962, CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 6151 The new Trade Act should also con­ review and overhauling. The buildup for its given adequate staff help on all House com­ tain some kind of trade adjustment pro­ continuation and expansion is beginning. mittees. House committee figures have gram to give prompt and e:ff ective help President Goulart, of Brazil, proved again been collected to show that staff members to those :firms and workers who face the adage "the best defense is a good offense." responsible to the Democrats total 462 while Instead of apologizing or defending the only 89 staff members on House committees genuine hardships as a result of compe­ expropriation of American industry he pro­ are responsible to the Republicans. tition from increased imports. The aim claimed that other property will be taken of such a program would be to help and paid for, if, as, and when he sees flt. :firms modernize their equipment and For this, the United States wined and dined him and gave him the key to the Treasury. plants, to help :firms and workers move Speech Hon. Vernon W. Thomson, of into lines of work in which they can com­ Apparently, he will get $100 million or more by as a gift. Castro's success has undermined Wisconsin pete more effectively. U.S. prestige and property throughout this I feel that the United States should hemisphere, until every Latin American equip itself to meet the challenge and nation is further prey now to Communists EXTENSION OF. REMARKS the advantages that the European Com­ and anti-U.S. sentiment. We now further OF mon Market offers by adopting a liberal aid and abet our demise by lauding the trade policy. The alternative is to re­ expropriators and rewarding them by grants HON. ROBERT W. HEMPHILL treat from some oversea commitments of money. It's almost too fantastic to be OF SOUTH CAROLINA to believable and some say Mr. Kennedy's pop­ which are vital the security of the free ularity is greater than ever. Meanwhile, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES world. This is unacceptable. Cuba is arming militarily with Russian Monday, April 9, 1962 planes> tanks, and artillery. The United States complacently rests easy 90 miles Mr. HEMPHILL. Mr. Speaker, on the away. Ninety miles is no missile gap. And 30th of March of this year, the able and Washington Report the Monroe Doctrine is dead. distinguished Congressman from the A public works pump priming $600 million Third District of Wisconsin, the Honora­ to help unemployment has been asked by the ble VERNON w. THOMSON, former Gov­ EXTENSION OF REMARKS President even as Congress is asked to con· OF sider a $2 billion standby fund to combat ernor of the great State of Wisconsin, future recessions. The pump priming fail­ and I were on a program at the South­ HON. BRUCE ALGER ures of the past have taught this adminis­ eastern Dairy Marketing Clinic, held at OF TEXAS tration little, it seems. Public works proj­ Chattanooga, Tenn. He and I discussed IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ects fail since the unemployed are not in there the pros and cons of the proposed these areas, by trade or geographically, and, Federal milk sanitation legislation, and Monday, April 9, 1962 worse yet, recessions are encouraged by the his people who favor that legislation can tax take of the Federal Government from the rest assured that he was, as he always is, Mr. ALGER. Mr. Speaker, under leave taxpayer to pay for these projects. Where's to extend my remarks in the RECORD, I the money coming from? is still the appro­ a determined advocate of their cause. include the following report: priate question. He made a magnificent presentation and WASHINGTON REPORT Floor debate on the administration's prop­ I am happy here to include it in the (By Congressman BRUCE' ALGER, Fifth District aganda to support legislation asked of Con­ RECORD, as presented by him: gress brought to light shocking power plays of Texas, April 7 ~ 1962) PRESENTATION BY CONGRESSMAN VERNON W. by the President and his lieutenants. Not The second supplemental appropriation THOMSON AT THE SOUTHEASTERN DAIRY .MAR­ only is the taxpayers' money spent incor­ KETING CLINIC, CHATTANOOGA, TENN. passed with House membership refusing to rectly for this purpose, but the propaganda go on record (not enough Members arose to is false and misleading. The administration I am a Representative in Congress from support the demand for a record vote) . admits (p. 5926, CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Apr. America's Dairyland, the State where men are Earlier, on a motion to recommit, the bill 4) distributing material widely to explain men and the dairy cow is queen. Let me failed 235 to 153. I voted to recommit to and support the legislative requests. In put this into perspective for you. The U.S. limit the U.S. portion of the United Nations debate I pointed out the State Department's Department of Agriculture tells us, for in­ payment. It seems wrong to me for us to widely distributed pamphlet called Together stance, that our friends in South Carolina pay $25 million toward the Katanga-Congo We Grow Strong, which says that U.S. auto produced 540 million pounds of milk in dispute, when other nations are failing to industry- could not exist without oil from 1961; in Georgia, 1,032 million pounds were do their part. For that matter, the time is Kuwait. Other equally fallacious representa· produced; in Tennessee, 2,347 million; while long overdue when each nation should bear tions about world trade are being distributed in Wisconsin we produced last year 17,997 the same share as every other or those, like to accompany our present consideration of million pounds of milk. In terms of cash the United States, contributing more should the Trade Expansion Act. It is becoming farm income from milk, in South Carolina have a larger vote percentage to match their quite apparent that administration claims it represents 6.9 percent; in Georgia it repre­ contribution. As In the U.S. income tax, so in of a freer trade bill are absolutely misleading sents 6.4 percent; in Tennessee, it repre­ the United Nations-the Communist doc­ and erroneous. sents 15.4 percent; while in Wisconsin it trine is followed from each according to Muzzling of the press is a danger today, represents 53.7 percent of cash farm income. ability to pay, to each according to his needs. greater than ever before. The portrayal of In my capacity both as Governor of Wis­ So we continue to belittle success and this situation in the U.S. News & World consin and as a Member of the House of achievement and aggrandize inability, a sure Report, April 9 issue, is a real eye opener. Representatives, I have been deeply and di­ way to stultify the accomplishment of a The title, "The Kennedy Image, How It's rectly concerned with the promotion of a world of self-respecting and respectful neigh­ Built," could be reentitled "A Dictator's sound and prosperous dairy economy for my bors. Freeloaders, do-gooders, something­ Demands of the News Media." Here again, State and our Nation. for-nothingers are part of this pattern, the naive idealistic average citizen who I would like to present to you the view­ hardly a sound basis for a realistic world thinks "it can't happen here" is unaware point of the Wisconsin dairy producer on of hard knocks. The appropriation bill, of the real danger, it seems to me. When this vital issue of milk sanitation legisla­ totaling $431.8 million, highlighted again our a news reporter is threatened or punished tion. First, let me say that I have absolute­ worsening fiscal position. As the Kennedy by being denied news material because he ly no desire, nor do the dairy farmers of spending demands grow the deficit increases, failed earlier to depict the President as he Wisconsin, to hurt the farmers of Tennessee, and now we learn the gross national product wished to be depicted, news control is com­ New York, Texas, or any oth~r State. It and tax income will be less than anticipated. plete. The problem today is now one of is just a fact of life in this world in which The deficit widens even more. both sides of the issues getting through to we live that some groups are always anxious The Peace Corps amendment, asking Con­ the people. When you realize that the liberal to preserve the status quo. This situation gress to up the next year's expense from the o:- radical side, such as Keynesian economics, not only exists between different groups on earlier request of $40 to $64 m1llion, passed, Fabian socialism, communism, the ADA different commodities, but it has been ap­ 816 to 70, although many Members felt the views, and labor leaders' legislative observa­ parent many times right within the dairy program too new for accurate evaluation and tions do get complete coverage you can industry itself. It has happened not only increase. It appears that Government is estimate the brainwash of our people. Un­ on the national level, but, I think we can moving into private missionary efforts, in­ fortunately, there are too few conservative all fairly say, it has also happened within cluding YMCA, YWCA, and others. At the media, writers and commentators. our own States. The dairy industry as a outset few realize the ultimate domination The imbalance of the professional staffs whole is one of the most important ones in of Government when participating in joint of the House committees which are loaded America today, and I think we can all agree projects. In this instance, private and reli­ with Democratic appointees poses a serious that it is faced with some very serious prob­ gious missionary work will be replaced. Few, threat to good government and proper repre­ lems. Of course there are a variety of causes if any, know where the Peace Corps is going. sentation of all the people. This week I for this, but I submit that one of the most Many Members, even proponents, agree the introduced a resolution, House Resolution important causes of our trouble is and has foreign aid program is long overdue a general 538, to insure that the minority party is been the erection of artificial trade barriers 6152 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE April 9 that are not based on common sense or sani­ The Wisconsin dairyfarmer then si~ply a shield to protect the uneconomic entre­ tary standards. asks, "Why not let me have the opportunity preneur. We in Wisconsin do not seek to gain any to produce dairy products more efficiently?" So much for the past and the present. unfair advantages over local dairy farmers So much for the past. Let's lqok at the Let us move to the future for dairying in in other areas of America. Dairy farmers present in regard to dairying. The Agri­ America. In many ways it is a bright fu­ located next to large metropolitan markets cultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, ture, even though beset with problems. New have a number of advantages based simply the law under which Federal milk marketing science and technology is coming into play on geography. Now, if all our Wisconsin orders are established, has a provision in sec­ each day. Our universities and experiment dairy farmers could resettle around the city tion 2(C) (5) (G) which states: stations are finding better ways to produce, of New York or around the cities covered "(G) No marketing agreement or order market and use nature's most perfect food. by the now existing 81 Federal milk mar­ applicable to milk and its products in any The development of whole milk powder and keting orders, they would have no cause marketing area shall prohibit or in any man­ canned sterile whole milk is just in its in­ to complain. Unfortunately, however, they ner limit, in the case of the products of fancy. Perhaps in this new technology lies are not, so they must ship milk from long milk, the marketing in that area of any milk the answer to some of our problems if-and distances, pay expensive transportation costs or product thereof produced in any produc­ I stress this is a big "if"-new and more and then face an uphill fight for markets tion area in the United States." ingenious restrictive devices aren't adopted which in many instances are dominated by This provision was inserted into the law to affect the new technology. unduly restrictive local economic barriers many years ago by the late Representative These restrictive devices aren't the wave acclaimed as sanitation standards: Such as August Andresen, of Minnesota, who for over of the future-they are the wave of the requiring a certain model of drinking cup 30 years served on the House Committee on past. As illustrated by the present economic in a barn by Chicago, requiring a certain ex­ Agriculture. developments in Europe, the wave of the terior finish on bulk tanks in Pennsyl­ This amendment was accepted by Congress future is for ·expanded trade. The nations vania, longer legs on bulk tanks than the for the very reason that it was the clear in the Inner Six of the European Economic 3-A standards in Louisiana, 400 cubic feet congressional intent that trade barriers Community are now forming a customs union of air space per stanchion in Maryland, while should not be built up in this country to break down ancient trade barriers be­ Washington, D.C., requires 600, Ohio requires· between various sections of the Nation in tween their nations. Like the Articles of gutters 16 inches wide and 8 inches deep, the marketing of milk. It is still on the law­ Confederation in our Nation's early history, while Nevada prescribes 14 inches wide and books today but, unfortunately, it is not the Common Market is see~ing to allow the 4 inches in depth. Washington, D.C., re­ being realistically enforced. If the Admin­ free interchange of goods and commodities quires individual cloth towels which are istration farm bill now pending before Con­ between its members, thus allowing the most laundered and sanitized after each usage or gress were passed in its present form, even efficient producers in that area to produce a single service paper towel to wipe the udder this provision would, in fact, be nullified. free of restrictions. The development of the of each cow. Nevada requires the milk house What, then, the Wisconsin dairyfarmer European Common Market is of vital signifi­ to be windward from the barn, while Cali­ asks, is the difference between a policy of cance to our Nation. We have a huge stake fornia requires a two-room milk house. prohibiting or limiting the marketing of in the prosperity and strength of Europe. Many municipalities refuse to accept milk milk in any one area of the country and If we are to be in a competitive position with produced or· handled under the supervision of prohibiting or limiting the marketing of the Common Market, we, too, must reject other jurisdictions having substantially oranges in any one area of the country? Is the same type of restrictive devices that equivalent dairy standards, such as Kansas it any more justifiable for a local segment of protect Italian Fiats from German Volks­ City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kans. The in­ the dairy industry in Hawaii, for example, wagens and Texas milk from Wisconsin milk: numerable variety of inspections per year to prohibit Wisconsin milk than it would be In conclusion, let me say this: Realistic required by different jurisdictions and the for orangegrowers in an Alaskan hothouse sanitation legislation is an absolute must impossible and costly duplication of inspec­ to prohibit the sale of California oranges in for the economic survival of the most effi­ tions (Wisconsin, 23) are but a sampling of Alaska? cient dairy farmer. It need not be Federal the conflicts of regulation and the multipli­ The marketing problems of our Wisconsin legislation if all or most States adopt fair cation of costs and uncertainties faced by a dairyfarmers is only one aspect of the prob­ and reasonable provisions and do not exer­ farmer attempting to qualify to serve an out­ lem, of course. Its twin is local sanitary cise their local police power to unduly bur­ of-State market. standards. The proposals in Congress to den and obstruct milk marketing under the Let's take a look at this basic issue in the establish a uniform standard to prevent dis­ guise of acting to promote public health perspective of time, the past, the present, crimination in this regard are both fair and standards. We in Wisconsin would like the and the future. Restrictive trade devices, as reasonable. opportunity to provide the metropolitan you know, are nothing new. They have been The standards proposed in those bills are consumer with a high standard product. We devised and erected since t~ beginning of high standards. The Public Heath Service are blessed with the weather, the topography man's first venture into commerce and trade. model ordinance and code, which is the and the skills of generations of efficient dairy They still exist in many shapes and forms standard in those bills, was developed with fam111es. We merely wish to compete fairly today in all parts of the world. They ex­ the aid of a national advisory committee of and economically with other areas blessed isted in 1776 when the American Colonies experts in public health, dairy, and veteri­ with geographic proximity to urban markets. threw off the yoke of English oppression and nary science. formed our great Nation. Since the code was first established in The early efforts of the Founding Fathers, 1924, it has been revised 12 times to keep as you know, resulted in the Articles of Con­ abreast of modern techniques alld new scien­ Quality Stabilization Legislation federation, which in effect represented a tific knowledge. These standards are cur­ customs union. Later, when the device rently in effect in over 1,900 communities proved to be ineffective, the Constitution and 35 States. It is a standard which pro­ EXTENSION OF REMARKS was adopted, making the United States truly vides consumers with a high degree of pro­ OF a political union. Even in the days of the tection which ls of vital importance, par­ Confederation, tariffs, trade restrictions, and ticularly in view of the importance of milk HON. RAY J. MADDEN taxes were recognized as unhealthy for a to growing boys and girls. OF INDIANA prosperous economy. The Constitution spe­ It is a standard of long standing in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cifically protected free trade among the State of Wisconsin. It is a standard that States and a large body of constitutional guarantees the basic purity and quality of Monday, April 9, 1962 law has been built on the proposition that the product produced, and let me add par­ Mr. MADDEN. Mr. Speaker, I am no one State can discriminate in commerce enthetically that you must not delude your­ hereby submitting a statement made oy against her sister States. This principle of selves with the fiction that the purity or encouraging the free flow of goods and com­ quality of the product produced in any one me before the special subcommittee of modi ties in interstate commerce has allowed of your States is superior to that produced the Senate Commerce Committee at the our Nation to grow and prosper. in the greatest dairy State in this Union. It beginning of their hearings on Senate It lets Detroit make our cars, and it lets was and is essential to the maintenance of Joint Resolution 15!:, known as the qual­ Iowa raise our hogs. It lets Milwaukee brew our preeminent position that we establish ity stabilization bill. This is a compan­ our beer, and it lets California and Florida and maintain and improve every phase of ion bill to H.R. 10335 fl.led by me and produce our oranges, and Tennessee produce agriculture required to meet the most rigor­ identical bills filed by five other Members Jack Daniels. The Constitution doesn't pre­ ous standards established anywhere, that of the House of Representatives. vent other States from making cars, raising policy is vital to competitive agriculture. hogs, brewing beer, or growing oranges, of We have no intention in Wisconsin of being STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN RAY J. MADDEN, course, but it allows the most efficient and a residual supplier only, and we willingly ac­ FIRST DISTRICT OF INDIANA, BEFORE A economical producers in Michigan, Wiscon­ cept the challenge- to meet any standard of SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE sin, Iowa, California, Florida, and Tennessee purity or quality and compete against any­ ON COMMERCE RELATIVE TO SENATE JOINT to do so by prohibiting the other States one for the most efficient production. RESOLUTION 159 from erecting restrictive and burdensome I, too, believe in States rights and local Mr. Chairman and members of the special barriers to the free flow of the goods and responsibility, but I would not stultify the subcommittee of the Senate Commerce commodities. importance of those terms by using them as Committee, I am grateful to the chairman 1962 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 6153 and members of this committee for your de­ distributor, the -retailer, and the consumer. of competing resellers known to the trade­ cision to hold hearings this week on the It is of fundamental importance that this mark owner to be committing similar acts quality stabilization bill, Senate Joint Reso­ bill be recognized as one not aimed at harm­ of unfair competition will constitute a valid lution 159. Your cooperation demonstrates ing any legitimate business, but as a measure defense against any action brought under that you are much concerned over the dev­ of economic benefit to all. this law. astating methods of merchandising in re­ BUSINESS FAILURES With the enactment of the quality stabili­ cent years that is causing a great damage zation bill, the reseller and the public will The Senate Small Business Committee has know where each manufacturer stands as to to the manufacturers, retailers, and con­ reported that small business failures (bank­ sumers throughout the country. policy and quality consistency. The manu­ ruptcies---businessmen giving up the strug­ facturer no longer will have the convenient Basically, the quality stabilization bill gle for survival) climbed in 1960 to the offers a major step in curbing dishonest excuse that he cannot protect good resellers highest point since 1933 and the great de­ against unfair competition. practices that are misleading -the consumer pression. The House Small Business Com­ in merchandise values. It spells out bait mittee, in its December 16, 1960, report FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED BY SUPREME COURT advertising, deceptive pricing, and published entitled "Status of Small Business (1948- The quality stabilization bill contains misrepresentations of the product, as reasons 1958) ," 86th Congress, 2d session, made this none of the usual fair trade language. There why a manufacturer may protect the prop­ frightening statement: is no provision for contracts; as the bill is erty rights in his brand name or trademark. "Most small retailers discontinue busi­ wholly predicated on the owner's property The public will be helped by the enact­ nesses without going through bankruptcy. rights in his good name; there is no depend­ ment of the quality stabilization law since This explains why, of the 139,000 who dis­ ence on a nonsigner clause as is the case the established price and quality symbolized continued business in 1959, only 6,873 with fair trade. by the brand name will be a standard from showed up among the business failures." The essential difference is that fair trade which it may judge the competitive values There are about 2 million retailers in enforcement is to compel a dealer to raise his of products. The consumer will be guarded America: 88 percent of them operate in only prices for a product, while under the quality against the loss-leader operator who uses one location from one store; 70 percent in­ stabilization bill, the action is one akin to the honored brand name or trademark to dividually own their own businesses. These trespass-to stop a reseller from abusing a build store traffic at the expense of his more are not huge outfits--over 75 percent have manufacturer's property right in his trade­ honest competitors, while recouping his loss annual sales under $100,000. mark. at the same time on overpriced, inferior, There are 165,000 merchant wholesalers in The quality stabilization bill simply pro­ and blind merchandise. the United States: 91 percent of them are vides that when a trademark is abused, the OPERATION active owners of unincorporated businesses; trademark owner may deny that unfair re­ If the owner of the trademark elects to 71 percent operate from only one building. seller further use of the brand name or trade­ come under quality stabilization, the re­ It is the well-known brand names---brands mark. Essentially, it is a confirmation by tailers arid distributors must cooperate with with a reputation for reliability-that are Congress of the unanimous decision of the the owner or manufacturer in maintaining taking it on the chin. If these brands did U.S. Supreme Court in Old Dearborn Dis­ the stabilized price of that trademarked not have such an excellent reputation, do tributing Co. v. Seagram-Distiller's Corp. product. This enables the manufacturer to you suppose they would be of interest even (299 U.S. 183 (1936)), that the manufac­ continue to build quality into his stabilized for one minute to the discounter who needs turer possesses property rights in the good brand-name product. If the retailer vio­ a traffic builder for his kind of selllng? will symbolized by his trademark. The bill lates the provisions of the quality stabiliza­ We cannot permit the further degenera­ describes how the manufacturer may protect tion law, the brand-name owner can re­ tion of the brand-name system of distribu­ his trademark as it moves along the channels voke the retailer's right to use the brand tion. We must arrest the growing rate of of distribution. name. If the distributor violates the rev­ failure of small business in this country. CONSTRUCTIVE COMPETITION INSURED ocation order, the brand-name owner (the We must give the incentive to the manu­ facturer in this country to build toward The quality stabilization bill leaves the manufacturer) can then institute a Fed­ Sherman Act intact. Any group of manu­ eral civil suit for damages. excellence, and we must protect the con­ sumer from Junk merchandise. facturers or wholesalers or retailers who This legislation will call for no Govern­ abuse the quality stabilization bill to effect ment bureaucracy or department to super­ Quality stabilization covers specific areas illegal collusive price fixing between them­ vise or enforce the quality stabilization law. in which a manufacturer can control-that selves would b_e courting the same prosecu­ The law is 100 percent optional and the is, prevent--the unfair use of his own prop­ tion as the heavy electrical firms and their manufacturer, retailer, wholesaler, or con­ erty-his trademark-by the reseller. These executives experienced not long ago in· Phil- sumer can choose to come under or stay out areas are: adelphia. _ of quality stabilization. It provides a wholly 1. Intentional misrepresentation as to To underscore that the quality stabiliza".' meritoriou& and worthwhile opportunity for make, model, size, age, etc. tion bill will promote competition, it must quality products to be distributed through 2. Bait and switch merchandising tactics. be emphasized repeatedly that the manu­ quality-conserving resellers. 3. Price. facturer alone must make the basic market­ NOT FAIR TRADE To repeat, it is not compulsory that the ing decision-whether to stabilize his price, Since its introduction last January 1961, brand-name owner use the law. as a means of restoring and improving qual­ the merits of this proposed legislation have MECHANICS OF USING THE LAW ity, or to rely primarily on price alone to at­ come to the attention of thousands upon tract customers. It is after all, his brand The manufacturer who does elect to use and his reputation which is at stake. Only thousands of manufacturers, distributors, re­ the quality stabilization law will publish a tailers, and consumers. This bill is not fair he can make the decision. specific retail price at which his trade­ Wholesalers and retailers will be free, too, trade legislation and is not a price-fixing marked product must be sold. He has this measure. to determine whether they wish to handle right so that he may protect the quality of products of stabilized quality or a competi­ The quality stabilization bill has now be­ the product, the good will of his brand come one of the 'most widely publicized and tive unstabilized one. They may elect to name, the ethical reseller and the con­ handle top brand lines which are stabilized acclaimed measures that await action in this sumer. This is not to say that the manu­ session of Congress. In our long and critical and others on which they can vary the price. facturer cannot change his specific price. It is their decision. If they elect to handle struggle against communism, the American Not at all. Competition is promoted-not system of free enterprise must be our major the quality stabilized brand, they must re­ restricted-by the quality stabilization bill, spect the law and the· manufacturer's estab­ weapon. Business failures in recent years and the interaction of co!llpetitive forces will and the growing lack of protection for con­ lished policy. This means that the reseller insure that the manufacturer's price rep­ may not abuse the brand name by misrepre­ sumer purchases must be given considera­ resents fair value or else that manufacturer tion by this Congress. The marketplace is sentation as to make,-model, size, age or other will be forced out of his business. Any price details of the quality-stabilfzed brand, by rapidly becoming infested with the so-called established under this law will be at the fast buck merchandisers. bait and switch merchandising techniques manufacturer's peril. This is the way the or by selling that brand name product at OPTIONAL free enterprise system should function. other than the manufacturer's specific price. In giving the manufacturer the optional If a retailer knowingly violates the pub­ right to control his trademark, safeguards are lished policy of the manufacturer by en­ THE CONSUMER'S INTEREST also established for the distributor, the re­ gaging in any one or all of the three specific This legislation safeguards the consumer. tailer and, most important, of all, the con­ practices named in the bill-price deviation, This committee is not unmindful of the sit­ sumer. It is imperative in considering the bait and switch tactics, misrepresentation, uation that results when an unprincipled bill, that you fully realize that its use by the then the manufacturer may revoke the right retailer can take advantage of a product by manufacturer, retailer, and consumer is op­ of that offending retailer to make any fur­ running a loss-leader ad. For every dollar tional. No product can be stabilized under ther use of the manufacturer's name, brand spent by the misguided customer who is the proposed quality stabilization law unless or trademark. brought in on account of this ad, sacrificing competitive proctucts are available to the The quality stabilization bill is not a one­ a brand name or a ti:ademark of some pro­ consumer. And .sale -or purchase of a proct­ way street. It imposes an obligation un the ducer, tha,t customer spends_ an estimat~ uct stabilized under the proposed law is also manufacturer as well. The bill states that $9 for inferior products at the regular or completely voluntary on the part of the lack of due diligence in revoking the rights higher price. Now, what happens? It does 6154 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE April 9 not take long untn that honored product may be few in: number·but they are power­ National Frozen Food Association, Inc. loses customers. Soon the loss-leader adver­ ful and heavily financed, and growil).g in size .American Association of Small Business. tiser drops the brand name product and and number every day. National Association of Glove Manufac- picks up another quality product to tempo­ Enactment of the quality stabilization bill turers. rarily pack his store -.11th unsuspecting cus­ will give manufacturers the confidence to National Association of Retail Druggists. tomers. It is operations of this kind that build better products instead of cheaper Paint & Wallpaper Association of Amer- the quality stabilization bill will control by pr oducts with poor quality. .lea, Inc. protecting the customer, the producer, and This bill will give the bargain seeker an National Marine Products Association. the small retail man. opportunity of knowing what ii; a bargain by Retail Tobacco Dealers of America. We need protection for the small retailer, placing a standard of value as a gage. National Association of Tobacco Distribu- the consumer, labor, and for the man who NONPARTISAN tors. National Retail Farm Equipment Associa­ invents a product or spends his adult life This is strictly nonpartisan legislation. and great sums of money to establish a tion. Ten U.S. Senators of both parties have co­ Conference of State Pharmaceutical Asso• brand name or trademark. sponsored quality stabilization, and seven Enactment of the quality stabilization bill Members- from both parties-have intro­ elation Secretaries. will result in availability of products in duced the bills in the House of Represent­ American Pharmaceutical Association. which the public can have confidence-con­ atives. I thank you. fidence in their stabilized price and in their I am hereby submitting with my statement quality. Customers can buy that which they the list of more than 50 national trade and seek: quality and price, or, price alone. The professional organizations that have en­ retailer, by offering both quality stabilized dorsed this quality stabilization bill: Chemical Progress Week, 1962 and unstabilized brands, can give the con­ Quality Brands Associates of America, Inc. sumer an excellent mix of durable, high National Retail Hardware Association. quality products and products of lesser qual­ National Retail Furniture Association. EXTENSION OF REMARKS ity whose prices flt his pocketbook or his National Association of Retail Clothiers OF limited needs. and Furnishers. I feel confident that there will be many National AppJiance & Radio-TV Dealers HON. CLEVELAND M. BAILEY brands, made by reputable manufacturers, Asrnciation. which will not be stabilized even though National Sporting Goods Association. OF WEST VIRGINIA some of their brands are stabilized. The National Office Machine Dealers Associa­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES quality stabilization bill will affect discount _tion. merchants only as to the products the Retail Jewelers of America. Monday, April 9, 1962 manufacturers place under quality stabiliza­ Master Photo Dealers & Finishers Asso- Mr. BAILEY. Mr. Speaker, under tion and then, only as to the brand name ciation. thereof. On those products the manufac­ Independent Garage Owners of America. leave to extend my remarks, I would like turer will have the legal and equitable right Toy Wholesalers' Ai:sociation of America. to bring to the attention of my colleagues to protect his property. But the discounter Wholesale Stationers' Association. in the House that April 9-13, 1962, is be­ is optionally free to handle quality stabi­ National Stationery & Office Equipment ing observed nationally as Chemical lized products along with merchandise that Association. Progress Week. he does not elect to come under quality National Wholesale Jewelers Association. It is the ninth annual observance. stabilization. American Fishing Tackle Manufacturers This year's theme, "New Worlds Through It is not the purpose of the quality stabili­ Association. zation bill to put anyone out of business. Archery Manufacturers & Dealers Asso­ Chemistry," is more than just a slogan to Indeed, it is my conviction that it will reduce ciation. the men and women of the chemical in­ the number of small businesses whose own­ National Association of House to House dustry. It implies the industry's vital ers find it neceEsary to liquidate. I predict Installment Companies, Inc. role in America/s race to the stars, and that enactment of the quality stab}lization Marine Manufacturers Safety Equipment it applies to exciting advancements in bill will result in a drastic drop in the num­ Association. other chemical products-from synthet­ ber of small business failures. Gift & Decorative Accessories Associa- ic fibers to miracle drugs. Obviously, the buying public will benefit tion of America. from this bill. For the first time in a num­ Sporting Goods Jobbers Associa:t;ion. PROGRESS THROUGH RESEARCH ber of years, the consumer will have a Billiard & Bowling Institute of America. Chemical Progress Week spotlights the standard against which to measure quality. American Watch Association, Inc. continual advancements made by the The quality stabilization law will also give Automotive Service Industry Association. chemical industry to contribute to protection to the consumer against entrap­ Fountain Pen & Mechanical Pencil Man- healthier, more comfortable, safer lives ment and unwise purchase of the loss-leader ufacturers' Association, Inc. merchant specializing in bait-and-switch National Wholesale Hardware Association. for every American. tactics. Watch Material Distributors of Aimerica. Each year more than 500 new indus­ HELP RESTORE EMPLOYMENT National Association of Bedding Manufac- trial chemicals are developed in the labo­ In urging speedy consideration of this bill turers. ratories and research departments of by this committee, I direct your attention to The National Association of Shirt, Pajama more than 12,000 producers in the indus­ the fact that unrestrained price slashing is & Sportswear Manufacturers. try. Chemical companies on an indus­ rapidly disabling labor, industry, resellers, National Indu,strial Distributors Associa- trywide basis spend more of their own and the public. Our entire economy will tion. Christian Booksellers Association. money on research-outside Govern­ continue to deteriorate at a time when lead­ ment grants and private endowments­ ing economists and statesmen agree we need, National Small Business Men's Association. instead, economic growth to strengthen our National Congress of Petroleum Retailers. than any other U.S. industry. In 19(?1, Nation for survival. National Shoe Manufacturers Association. the chemical industry allotted approxi­ I represent the great industrial Calumet Wallcovering Wholesalers Association. mately $800 million for basic and prod­ region of Indiana. In recent years purchas­ American Research Merchandising Insti- uct research. tute. ers and small retailers have been asking me American Retailers Association. For every 10,000 persons employed in what can be done to reestablish confidence National Art Materials Trade Association. production facilities in the chemical in­ in retail marketing. Unemployment in my dustry, there are 623 working in re­ area is critical. Motor and Equipment Manufacturers As· sociation. search-the highest proportion of any Enactment of this quality stabilization National Shoe Retailers Association. U.S. manufacturing industry. legislation will contribute more toward re­ Northamerican Heating & Airconditioning storing employment than any other legisla­ PROGRESS THROUGH GROWTH AND DIVERSIFICA­ tion that can be enacted by Congress. When Wholesalers, Inc. TION a manufacturer is forced to make 15 men do American Watch Manufacturers Associa­ tion. Manufacturing Chemists' Association, the work of 20, and is forced to employ Inc., the national trade association of the cheaper and less-skilled labor as well as National Association of Women's & Chil- inferior materials, both American labor and dren's Apparel Salesmen, Inc. industry, reports that the chemical in­ the American consumer are injured where it National Audio-Visual Association, Inc. dustry is fourth in size in terms of as­ hurts most. Smaller manufacturers of National Bicycle Dealers Association, Inc. sets-$26 billion-among U.S. indus­ trademarked products have been forced to National Office Furniture Association, Inc. tries; fifth, in terms of sales-nearly $30 close their factories or downgrade the quality National Outerwear & Sportswear Asso- billion last year. of their products to suit the high pressure, ciation. But, despite the size of the industry, falsely advertising retailers, as a means of The Automotive Warehouse Distributors the combined sales of the three largest staying in business. This type of retailer Association, Inc. companies account for only 17 percent 1962 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 6155 of total industry sales. And nearly 65 Nor is the industry content to stand In my State of West Virginia, there percent of the industry's plants employ still. Last year, according to U.S. Gov­ are 41 establishments employing 40,577 less than 20 people each. In all, ·some ernment figures, the chemical industry people; with an annual payroll of $256,- 830,000 men and women are employed in spent more than $1 ½ billion on new 738,000. West Virginia ranks 12th in America's chemical industry. plants and equipment. the chemical manufacturing industry.

ing was repeated despite Israel's com­ Harrison, Va. Macdonald Rousselot HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Harvey, Mich. Michel St. Germain plaints to U.N. truce supervisors. Healey Miller, Schwengel The U.S. delegation to the U.N. pressed Hebert George P. Scott TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1962 vigorously for a one-sided vote of censure Hoffman, Ill. Moulder Selden Hoffman, Mich. Murphy Shelley The House met at 12 o'clock noon. in the face of disputed testimony by Holifield Nedzi Smith, Miss. The Chaplain, Rev. Bernard Braskamp, Maj. Gen. Carl C. Von Horn, Chief of Huddleston Nix Spence D.D., offered the following prayer: Staff of the U.N. Truce Supervision Or­ Jarman O'Brien, Ill. Steed ganization, regarding the presence of Jennings Patman Thompson, N.J. Jones, Ala. Powell Van Pelt Micah 7: 7: Therefore I will look unto Syrian fortifications along the Israel­ Kee Pucinski Walter the Lord; my God will hear me. Syrian frontier. Kelly Rains Whitten O Thou who canst lift us out of weak­ Israel has presented facts to indicate Kitchin Rhodes, Ariz. Wilson, Ind. Kluczynski Roberts, Ala. Yates ness into power and out of weariness into a heavy buildup of Soviet-made weapons Lankford Roosevelt Zelenko peace, may we daily be blessed with the by Syrian forces along the frontier area L'. bonati Rostenkowski faith that will make us faithful. which gives rise to a question of alternate Grant that we may seek diligently and The SPEAKER. Three hundred and Syrian intentions against Israel. fifty-seven members have answered to covet earnestly Thy divine wisdom and The unilateral condemnation of Israel their names, a quorum. strength for the duties and responsibili­ leaves unpunished Syria's hostile ac­ ties of our high calling. By unanimous consent further pro­ tions, and could serve as an open invita­ ceedings under the call were dispensed Inspire us with devotion and dedica­ tion to Syria to resume its harassment with. tion to that which is noble and true in of Israel shipping. It can only lead to order that we may have within our hearts a further aggravation of an already the throb and thrill of Thy joy which the tense situation. REGULATION OF TEXTILE IMPORTS world cannot give or take away. The United States has repeatedly and Mr. ELLIOT!'. Mr. Speaker, by direc­ Endow us with that magnanimous and firmly expressed its support and deep tion of the Committee on Rules, I call up sacrificial spirit of our Saviour who nev­ commitment to an effective peace in the House Resolution 589 and ask for its er spared Himself in the great mission of Middle East. immediate consideration. giving to needy humanity the morning Therefore, I am today introducing a The Clerk read the resolution, as fol­ wonder and glory of a new day. resolution requesting the Secretary of lows: Hear us in His name. Amen. State to furnish to the House of Rep­ Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resentatives, at the earliest practicable resolution it shall be in order to move that date, full and complete information with the House resolve itself into the Committee THE JOURNAL respect to the motivation, and underly­ of the Whole House on the State of the The Journal of the proceedings of yes­ ing reasons, for the sponsorship by this Union for the consideration of the bill (H.R. terday was read and approved. country and support before the Security 10788) to amend section 204 of the Agri­ Council of the U.N. of the censure of cultural Act of 1956. After general debate, Israel which occurred on April 9, 1962. which shall be confined to the bill, and shall MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE continue not to exceed one hour, to be equally divided and controlled by the chair­ A message from the Senate by Mr. man and ranking minqrity member of the McGown, one of its clerks, announced COMMITI'EE ON INTERIOR AND Committee on Agriculture, the bil: shall be that the Senate disagrees to the amend­ INSULAR AFFAffiS read for amendment under the five-minute ments of the House to the bill (S. 205) Mr. ROGERS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, rule. At the conclusion of the consideration of the bill for amendment, the Committee entitled "An act to expedite the utiliza­ I ask unanimous consent that the Com­ shall rise and report the bill to the House tion of television transmission facilities mittee on Interior and Insular Affairs with such amendments as may have been in our public schools and colleges, and in be permitted to sit this afternoon during adopted, and the previous question shall be adult training programs," agrees to the general debate. considered as ordered on the bill and amend­ conference requested by the House on The SPEAKER. Is there objection to ments thereto to final passage without inter­ the disagreeing votes of the two Houses the request of the gentleman from vening motion except one motion to recom­ thereon, and appoints Mr. MAGNUSON, Texas? mit. Mr. PASTORE, Mr. MONRONEY, Mr. COT­ There was no objection. Mr. ELLIOTT. Mr. Speaker, I yield TON, and Mr. CASE of New Jersey to be myself such time as I may require, after the conferees on the part of the Senate. which I will yield 30 minutes to the gen­ CALL OF THE HOUSE tleman from Ohio [Mr. BROWN]. Mr. BOW. Mr. Speaker, I make the Mr. Speaker, House Resolution 589 CENSURE OF ISRAEL point of order that a quorum is not calls up for consideration H.R. 10788, a Mr. FARBSTEIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask present. bill which amends section 204 of the Agri­ unanimous consent to address the The SPEAKER. Evidently a quorum cultural Act of 1956. This bill comes be­ House for 1 minute and to revise and is not present. fore the House under an open rule with extend my remarks. Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, I move a 1 hour of general debate. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to call of the House. Section 204 of the Agricultural Act au­ the request of the gentleman from New A call of the House was ordered. thorizes the President to negotiate York? The Clerk called the roll, and the fol­ agreements with foreign governments There was no objection. lowing Members failed to answer to their providing for limitation of imports of Mr. FARBSTEIN. Mr. Speaker, the names: any agricultural commodity or products, Security Council of the United Nations [Roll No. 63) including textiles or textile products. has voted to censure Israel for its part Anderson, Ill. Cahill Dingell Section 204 also authorizes the Presi­ in last month's Lake Tiberius incident Andrews Casey Dooley dent to issue regulations implementing on the basis of a U.S. introduced and Anfuso Celler Dowdy those import agreements. Barrett Chelf Dwyer actively supported resolution. Batun Church Fascell But before discussing the details of the This resolution was introduced despite Blitch Coad Finnegan amendment to this section, let me sketch Boykin Collier Flynt briefly the background of the problem clear evidence that Syrian guns had fired Breeding Curtis, Mass. Fulton first upon Israel shipping in clearly rec­ Brewster Dawson Gavin with which the bill deals; namely, the ognized Israel waters and that the shoot- Buckley Derwinski Grant rise in cotton textile imports.