27324 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 4, 19·70 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS CRUSADER KHACHADOORIAl{ wear for the general" public, as well as for students using laboratory and shop facilities in schools. HON. F. BRADFORD MORSE Alaska was the first state to enact a law OF MASSACHUSETTS based almost verbatim upon the two bills which Representative Khachadoorian had IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES filed in the Massachusetts Legislature in 1967. OF CALIFORNIA Monday, August 3, 1.E70 Sponsored by ophthalmologist • Milo H. Fritz, a member of the Alaska House of Rep IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES Mr. MORSE. Mr. Speaker, in the early resentatives, this law, which became effective Tuesday_, Augusi 4, 1970 1950's, when I was teaching law at Boston in May 1969, provides that "no person may University, I had the privilege to meet fabricate, distribute, sell, exchange, or have Mr. CRANS'.l'ON. Mr. President, an and get to know a young law student, now in his possession ... eyeglasses or sunglasses impressive proposal for a family health State representative to the Massachu unless they are fitted with plastic lenses or clinic in a small, agricultural community setts General Court, Gregory B. Kha with glass lenses which are tempered or qase in the San Joaquin Valley of California, hardened." The bill also outlaws frames was recently funded with a migrant chadoorian. manufactured of cellulose nitrate or other Mr. Khachadoorian's performance as health grant by the Public Health Serv highly flammable materials. ice. I supported the proposal and was a student, his career, and his achieve Connecticut was the second state to enact OP.: ments as a dedicated and effective public almost identical legislation, also based on Mr. pleased that it was approved. Some servant are especially notable, for he has Khachadoorian's ·original texts. "This ts just position had peen expressed by various been almost totally blind since the age the beginning," says Mr. Khachadoorian: He individuals, many of whom are associ of 14. fervently hopes to see such"·legislation passed ated with the medical professton. But I was greatly impressed with his abil 'in all 50 states, and there are increasing indi the merits of the proposal clearly out cations that such hopes are justified. weighed the criticisms. ity, his drive and courage, and the con Meanwhile, he continues to press for safety cern he displayed for others, despite his In a recent editorial, the Fresno Bee eyeglass legislation in Massachusetts, his na endorsed the clinic and made so.me wise own handicap, when I first met him al tive state. The present bills were filed in De most 20 years ago, and I was privileged cember 1969 fo.r action by the 1970 Legis suggestions about how the decision to to have had a hand in his decision to lature. Actually, three bills will be proposed go ahead should be greeted by the var enter politics. ' to the Legislature: 1) mandatory use of ious interested parties. I am not surprised that he has been hardened glass or plastic lenses, 2) a ban on I believe that Senators will be inter cellulose nitrate based frames, 3) a bill ·in- ested in this example of local response enormously effective in his role as legis corporating both provisions. · lator, nor that his efforts for eye safety to a Federal project. I ask unanimous Although Mr. Khachadoorian would of consent that the editorial be printed in legislation have had an effect far beyond course prefer legislation covering all eyeglass the RECORD. the boundaries of the Commonwealth of and suuglass wearers in 50 states, he bellev.es Massachusetts. Indeed, he provides a that a state-by-state approach may possibly There being no objection, the editorial demonstration of courage and public be more realistic. was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, devotion from which every man-with or In the course of his continuing campaign as follows: without the benefit of sight-can draw ln support of hi.s legisli:i.tive proposals, he ad ORANGE COVE CLINIC CAN SUCCEED great admiration. dresses indUiStrlal. cllurch, sc,hool, civic and After a flurry of resistance from local phy other community groups. Opposition in the sicians, plans are going forward f-0r a. fed.er- It is, therefore, with the deepest re past he says, came mainly from a few oph r ally subsidized clhilc which wiir mainly spect, and with enormous pride and sin thalmic manufac~urers, although this has serve families of season.al farm workers 1n the cere warmth in being able to call Gregory lessened considerably. Orange Cove-Dinuba areas of Fresno and Tu Khachadoorian my good friend, that I His staunchest &upporter and coll.aboraoor lare Counties. share with my colleagues today the fol is his wife, Mary, a vivacious brunette. They The clinic will be operated initially by the lowing article from News, the publication met at the National Braille Press, Inc. in Fresno County Economic Opportunities ·eom of the NationaJ Society for the Preven Boston, where she is. chief stereotypist. He mlssion, with a policy board which will in tion of Blindness, Inc.: recal)s tpat he ~s sell1ng tickets for a bene clude workers, physicians and community fit ball and, as 8.n inducement, offered to representatives. CRUSADER KifACHADOORIAN dance with any takers. Mary took him up on Local physicians, health officers and oth Gregory B. Khachadoorian, State Repre his offer, and then on his proposal of .mar ers have argued• that the clinic proposal was riage, which was celebrated in 1959. sentative to the Massachusetts General Court hastily! developed ~d .111-concelved and a from the 7th Middlesex District Arlington Queried about his hobbies, the 41-year clinic would be much more useful elsewhere and Lexington, and one of the Massachusetts old legislator unhesitatingly named eating -and besides, they were not adequately con Society's most active and newest board mem and reading-in that order. His husky, .slx sulted. Their annoyance is understandable bers, credits his legislative career to a blind foot frame ·testifies, to the pursuit of the up to a point, although the criticism of· the ing accident incurred when he was 14 years former. Mary even attended an Armenian project appears to be overstated. It is likely old. cookin~ school to learn how to prepare his the clinic will, indeed, fill a need and-prop • Mr. Khachadodrian was working in a garage ~avorite dishes. His wide scope of interests erly operated-will gre.atly expand health checking the a~ pressure }n a tire when the and knowledge reflect extensive use of the care opportunities. split rim flew off the wheel and struck him variety .of materials now .available in braille. The US Department 9f Health, Education, across the bridge of his nose and eyes causing An eloquent speaker, he ls equally at home and Welfare has acknowledged that the pri -almost total blindness. in Armenian and Turkish, the former being vate practitioners anointed out- that while a system could be but still there is a long way to go, And Group on f'.DP for the House o~ ~epresenta- designed in a matter o:( months, and hard- tives. ' ware moved in in a matter of days, the estab- there are some roadbl·ocks. Recalling that the neeq for -computers in . lishment of a valid data base, without which It seems to me that a. record of the the Congress was recognized in the early the computer would stand idle or spew out history of the effort to date, where it '60s and was covered in a bill which the worthless information, might take years. stands now, and some of the problems in- Senate passed in 1969, but on which the A valid data base means careful culling of volved. would be of value. I submit for the House did not act because it carried too many raw data, with which Congress is now over consideration of my colleagues the fol- extraneous items, Chartrand traced for Gov- whelmed-books, reports,, etc. Es~blishment lowing article from the magazine Gov- ernment Executive the recent h~~ry of the of too many topical requirements, especially . •tte b · situation: those which involve nonrecurring data ernment Execu t ive, wn n Y semor "Brademas, frustrated by the lack of action would place an ,impossible burden on evei:{ editor, Leon Schloss: on any of the several bills introduced in the the most ~ophistlcated electronic equipment. CoNGREss NEEDS COMPUTERS-BUT THEY'RE - House, originated a Resolution which was As one member said: "Computers have re- MANY YEARS AWAY endorsed by the Democratic Caucus, with curring data, they chew it up. But too much (By Leon Shloss) the result that the Speaker instructed the - nonrecurring data could outrun the art state, HIGHLIGHTS House Administratiun Committee to ·take and blow up the machine. We must cut aotion." down the flow of data in order to increase I-There a.re more than 4,200 computers "So," Chartrand continued, "a Working the flow of information." - in use by the U.S. Government, but only Group was appointed by Waggoner, the Many, including Brooks, feel that overrid three of them are on Capitol Hill where a Chairman of the Administration Oommittee's ing need is for a system which can lock into congr.ess, overwhelmed by the information Subcommittee on Electrical and Mechanical the Budget Bureau computer system (now explosion, needs them most. Office Equipment, comprising Edward J. b i tin ti ) th t Co neral Accounting Office, e ng pu opera on 80 a ngress can 2-R ealiz a ti· on o f the nee d came lo years Mahoney Of the Ge receive realtlme lnformatlon on the essen- ago but little has been qone about it despite Thomas E. Ladd of the House Clerk's Office tials of the budgetary process. But, as Brooks the best efforts of a number of understanding and myself. said three years ago in predicting a $5-bil legislators. "We have drawn on the expertise of the h h ff ti f 3-There are reasons for the seeming in- private ·sector, which ha.a made more than 11adon-a-¥edar satev 1ngsdt roug de_daect ve use 0 40 presentations by companies ranging from vance sys ms esign an a process- ertia-lack of cooperation by the ·Executive ing techniques: "The most advanced data Branch, the galloping technology of the Au- the nonprofit organizations like the Stanford system tn the world won't work unless proper tomatl<: Data Processing art, partisan poll- Research Institute, through the big ma.nu- data ts avanable from the units of Govem tlcs-and inertia. facturers like IBM, to the smaller systems ment . at the functlonaJ. levels. This means Today, there are more than 70,000 com- design and analysis oompan.ies like Infor- that this broad Government"'..wide effort to puters in operation in the U.S. alone;:-more · mation System8 Corp., and specialty firms improve our. budgetary and approprtation than 4,200 of them in Federal Government dealing in peripheral equipment like the cycle will be handicapped.until a.J,l Federal de Remote Console Corp." service. And of these 4,200, Congress has only At press time, Waggoner had announced partments and agencies develop adequate cost three! that he intended, in June, to place under accounting systems." . Of these three, two are performing worth- · contract one or more companies to determine Neither the .needed compatlbllity of sys- while but relatively insignificant chores. The overall needs of the m:anager: Thls was made tems nor the $5 billion annual savings has Senate's ls automati.ng the members' mailing possible by House appropriation of $500 eventuated. The Budget Burea.u computer lists. The one in the House handles payroll, thousand. - · system has advanced to a point where it can special accounting and inventory applica- "Meanwhile," Chartrand continued, "we "reach down" for information.on 1,200 items, tions. The computer in the Library of Con- . have started a survey to- determine congres- hopes to increase this figure to ~.ooo to,9,000 gress is more gainfully employed. Among sional infotmatlon requirements. we have items. "But Congress is not tuned fn on a other things, it yields monthly status ~eports interviewed about 150 Oongressmen and/or real-time basis. on 250 major pieces of legislation_, with their staffs, and hope to get to a total of One Congressional office criticized the Ll- weekly updates, which go to all the members 250. brary of Congress for proceeding on an ADP _of Congress. "As surveyed, the Congressmen give· first system for the House alone. The spokesman But the information explosion and the priority to real-time.bill status; where is the said, logically, the system should cover both growing complexity of the Government de- bill in the legislative process and what is its House and Sei;iate. But he admitted, ruefully, mands a much broader utilization of Auto- status, are thel'e eompanlon bllls, ha.ve. hear- that "nothi~g is being, done about it." He matte Data Processing (ADP). There are ' ings been held, have committee reports been added: "It is short-sighted to develop inde- 30,000 bills before Congress and even the macfe?- Second, budgetary information in- pendent syst~ms. They probably wouldn't be most expertly staffed Congressional offices eluding Federal assistance funds-who's able to talk to each other, plus the fact that cannot adequately brief their principals on spend1ng: how much, where and o.n what? the en,ra cost of two systems would run into the status of the_ legislation. The' result is "Next, we will try to determine the best the tens of milUons of dolla'tS." that the Congressman ls called to the floor approach to creation of an efficient ln!orma- (At press time, Congress' appeared ready to to vote on measurs he knows virtually noth- tion system using the counsel of the Uni- approve legislation that would create a. joint ing about. verslty of Michigan's S'J.rvey Research Cen- committe~ on data processing with wide Just as frustrating to the member is the ter, and of individuals and of the.overall sys- powers to provide Congress with computers.) lack of real-.time -(right now) information terns management company that 1s sele<:ted. Who is to be made reilponsible for system on the budget process. ~y.- the time the Fed- "At that point. we should know .the state- design? Brooks' first choice ts the General ~c eral budget is prin.ted it is pracJ;lcally of-the-art well enough to determine existing counting Office, his second the Library of obsolete. systems which might be appropriate, and· be Congress' Legislative Reference SerVice. Meanwhile many states, such as-New York, able to make specific recommendations." In early 196.9- Brooks introduced a bill to Pennsylvania, Florida, , Iowa, Wisconsin, · Waggoner wants to create some quick serv- remove the ADP issue from the languishing Hawaii and North Carolina, are using com- ices for the House-an attra.ctiye sample to _ Congressional reorganization blli. In It he puters to yield legislative status and budget show what a full-scale system could do. He pointed out the long lead time necessary to information. takes a "building block approach," building introduce an Automatic Data Processing aya- 27326 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 4, 1970
tem as a major reason for separating the leg ning being done in preparation for the THE NEW FARM PROPOSALS islation. 1976 bicentennial celebration. I ask Brooks says: "Program budgeting, sup ported by a modern data processing system, unanimous consent that the column be HON. BILL ALEXANDER will give the President and the Congress se printed in the Extensions of Remarks. oF ARKANSAS lective control over Federal expenditures far There being no objection, the article IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES beyond the present capabilities. Nonessential was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, Tuesday, August 4, 1970 or low priority items could be easily located as follows: and dispensed with and the funds allocated to meet priority requirements. Exacting in PEoPLE-To-PEoPLE SuGGEsTEo FOR ExPo Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. Speaker, under formation woUld be immediately a.vallable to (By Al Ha.as) leave to extend my remarks in the the President and the Congress as to how the The men planning the 1976 bicentennial RECORD, I include the following editorials budget could be altered at any given time so here are deeply interested in staging a peo- which I have previously referred to as to have the most desirable impact upon ple-to-people affair. earlier today: our national economy." They don't want that trade show feel [From the Memphis (Tenn.) Press-Scimitar, "We must," Brooks continued, "take ad that usually pervades this sort of interna- July 23, 1970] vantage of these new techniques as soon as tional exposition. They want the nations FARM BILL SHENANIGANS possible rather than wait until circumstances that will participate to get people involved, Two weeks ago, the U.S. Senate decided force them upon us. Tens of billions in pub lic funds can be saved and a significantly stimulate an interaction of human beings, to clamp a $20,000-a-year lid on the amount higher efficiency in Government operations not display the tires and camera.a their in- any farmer could get from the government can be achieved if we move forward now." dustries produce. for taking part in the federal crop control That statement was made on February 28, A logical way to help put the emphasis on program. It was a good idea, calculated to people during this exposition might be to save the taxpayers $300,000,000 to $400,000, 1967. utilize a very handy source of humanity- a year. The typical legislator, working a 60-hour 000 week which includes multiple committee the residents of this city. But now the bill is in the House of Repre- duties, chamber debates a.nd votes, and the Amidst all its urban shortcomings and in- sentatives-and some rather strange (if pre omnipresent constituents' demands, increas .adequacies, Philadelphia has a huge re- dictable) things are happening. ingly operates at a disadvantage. As the source-two million diverse, interesting and Instead of a $20,000 lid, the House Agricul then-Sena.tor Hubert H. Humphrey said in potentially educational human beings. It ture committee has recommended a $55,000 the early '60s: "We need more, better or more has people :from a.11 sorts of ethnic and eco- lid for the next three years. And instead of varied information.•' nomic backgrounds and life styles to match. $20,000 per farmer, the lid would be $55,000 The seriousness of the problem was noted 0 in this statement by a Management consult bo:1~ ~:~~ :~~~;~io:nto:~~o :reif:; pe~~~;" a farmer-theoretically at least- ing team studying Congressional function city's human diversity, in which visitors could g~t $55,000 for not raising wheat, $5~, ing: "Congress is burdened by an ever in would simply alight from the bus, walk ooo for not raising cotton and another $50,- creasing workload. The weight of this work around and talk With people? 000 for not raising feed grains. load, as felt personally by legislators, is a Wouldn't it be an education for a woman save $300,000,000? The latest estimate is serious impediment to a greater Congres from a small white, plains town to talk with $58,000,000, and even that is doubtful if the sional effectiveness." That was in 1965. another mother in a black North Philadel- big corporate farmers find ways to divide Dr. John S. Saloma, writing in 1968 on phia neighborhood? Wouldn't it be a revela- their land and collect separate subsidies for "Systems Politics: The Presidency and Con tion to find out what it's like to raise eight each parcel. gress in the Future," predicted that a "num children on a small welfare check in a. hot Already exempted from the proposed lid by ber of competitive dimensions in Congress little asphalt canyon where "turf" ls gang the House Committee are the farms owned by are likely to accelerate acceptance of inno slang for territory and nothing else? states and municipalities. This means, for vations in decision-making" developed else wouldn't it be interesting to an Italian ex- example, that Montana could continue to get where. He enumerated: position visitor to tour an !ta.Io-American $640,000 a year from Uncle Same for not The built-in tension between authorizing neighborhood in South Philadelphia where, planting crops on state-owned land. and appropriations committees, both anxious in his own language, he could chat about There is always the chance, of course, that to control program decision. life here and back home? • the $20,000 subsidy limit approved by the The publicity incentive for committE; and Wouldn't it be llluminating to a small- Senate will be accepted by the House, as it subcommittee chairmen generally to identify town American to learn from a Germantown should be. In fact, the House has accepted themselves With innovations and to push resident that Philadelphia really isn't a big (and the Senate rejected) a. $20,000 limit for their implementation. city, but a political federation of small towns tWice before. The perennial Congressional fear that like Germantown, Kensington and Frank- But the chairman of the House Agricul- Congress is yielding initiative and authority ford? ture Committee, Rep. W. R. Poage, D-Tex., to the President. It occurred to me that someone from Salt says the big guns of both parties favor the Party competition. Lake City or Vienna might get a kick out of higher figure. The generational divide between "activist" watching human beings help other human And Agriculture Secretary Clifford M. and seniority Congressmen. beings in a Get set Center. Hardin, who apparently speaks for the ad- That was in 1968. A London bus driver's wife might be in- Ininistratlon, says he'll oppose any lid lower k than $55,000 per crop. As Brooks so prescientally said in 1966: terested in how her Logan counterpart ma es . Even a $55,000 cell1ng is better than the "That question is not if ADP will be used ends meet. present unlimited subsidy program, which in Congress, but when. For many years, there What I am talking about is utilizing the permitted seven corporate farms to collect have been suggestions that Congress adopt greatest resource this city has--a huge re- more than $1,000,000 apiece (one collected data processing as part of its operations. servoir of diverse human beings with some- more than $4,000,000) from the taxpayers Unfortunately, this cannot be done simply thing human and worthwhile to share with last year. by the installation of data processing equip others. But t;he shenanigans wm continue as long ment in the basement 0f the office bulld And what would make this kind of utiliza.- as the federal government spends billions ings. Before ADP can be used effi~iently by tion more workable than it may seem on the ($3,700,000,000 last year) to jack up farm Congress, it must be effectively established surface ls the essentially friendly and out- prices by keeping crops out of production. throughout the Executive Branch." going nature of Philadelphians. At some point, Congress is going to have This assessment of the typical Philadel- to phase out the subsidy program and let phlan is admittedly a subjective one. I can't the farm market find its own level. Then document it. It ls just a feeling I have, bol- there won't be any need to build loopholes THE 1976 BICENTENNIAL CELEBRA stered by my experience working as a reporter into the Ia.w. TION IN PHILADELPHIA in other towns. I have found it is a lot easier to knock TYRONZA, ARK., July 24, 1970. on someone's front door, or stop him on the Mr. CHARLES H. SCHNEIDER, HON. HUGH SCOTT street, and talk With him in this town than Editor, Memphis Press-Scimitar, OF PENNSYLVANIA the others I've worked in. Memphis, Tenn. The ma.n in the neighborhood in this city DEAR MR. SCHNEIDER: With reference to the IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES is typically a friendly person With a sense of editorial "Farm Bill Shenanigans" which ap Tuesday, August 4, 1970 humor, a feeling for his little community peared in the Press-Scimitar on July 23, it and the life style it represents, and some may not be unreasonable for you to take a Mr. SCO'IT. Mr. President, Mr. Al thing to sa.y about it. stand for llmitation of payments under our Haas, of the Philadelphia Inquirer staff, It would be a shame to waste this kind cotton program, even though such proposed recently wrote a column about the plan- of a resouree. limitation is as un-American as the "ha.m- August 4, 1970 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 27327 mer and sickle" because it is a camouflaged country derive from our farm programs?" ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF CAPT. WIL method of land reform; but it is unreason Some are even going so far-as you are-to able when you base your conclusions on a urge abandonment of our farm program. Cer LIAM L. IRONS, A FORMER SENATE premise which is false and misleading. This tainly, the taxpayers would be delighted to be PAGE false premise is that cotton farmers are re relieved of the cost of farm programs. They ~ei ving government subsidies for "not plant- do cost. Consumers would be pleased to feel ing" cotton. _ th.at they were going to get unlimited pro HON. JOHN SPARKMAN Under the present cotton program a farmer ductions at cheaper prices. But very few OF ALABAMA ':Ilay receive government funds from two consumers recognize that the removal of sources. One source is a price support loan these controls would almost certainly mean IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES based at 20.25c per pound for "Middling 1" less long-time production. We do not have Tuesday, August 4, 1970 cotton, and the proceeds of such loan is con to analyze the entire profit motivation sys siderably below cost of production in the tem to state that neither the present Amer Mr. SPARKMAN. Mr. President, I in United States. The other source is a price ican farmer, nor whoever might succeed vite to the attention of the Senate the support payment based on the domestically him-this could be giant corporation farm unique accomplishments of Capt. Wil allotted acres the farmer plants, the purpose ing or a completely socialized agrlculture liam L. Irons, one of our former pages. of which is to erase the deficit between cost is going to permanently continue to produce I have watched the achievements of this of production of cotton and the sale pro without a reasonable expectation of a moder ceeds from the open market, plus a reason ate profit. Over the years we have sought young man for many years, now, and it able return on the farmer's land, labor and through farm programs to provide that pros is always inspiring to see a young man capital. You can verify this statement by pect of profit by attempting to achieve a who has hitched his wagon to a star. checking with the local ASCS office in Mem rough balance between supply and demand. Captain Irons served as a U.S. Senate phis. It is implicit in your editorial that you This is the basis for our agricultural policy. page in 1957. He then won a 4-year oppose farm programs in general, as you We seek to encourage farmers to limit their scholarship to the University of Virginia conclude that "At some point, Congress is production to something like the demand for and graduated in 1963 as a Dupont re going to have to phase out the subsidy these products. And I think any fair program ..." I wlll admit that this entire minded person would agree that the farmers gional scholar. problem of farm programs and limitations of are entitled to have a !air return from their In 1966 he received a doctorate degree payments are too complex to deal with com investment and labor if they are to con in jurisprudence at Samford University. pletely in a letter, but there are a few points tinue to feed and clothe our people at rea He then served as law clerk to the pre I would like to call to your attention. sonable prices. American consumers are still siding judge of the Alabama Court of The need for a farm program was initiated spending a smaller portion of their dispos Appeals. in 1789 when our Congress enacted the fir.st able income for food and fiber than most of tariff act to protect fledgling industry in our their neighbors around this world. At the escalation of the Vietnam war, United States. By this action, subsidy be I would like . to emphasize that "Farm Captain Irons was called to active duty as came one of the oldest economic principles policy ls not something separate." It ls a a Reserve officer with the U.S. Air Force. written into U.S. Laws. Subsidy and subsidy part of an overall effort to serve our national Since that date his military career has like programs have helped develop U.S. banks, interest at home and around the world. been truly outstanding. housing groups, colleges, airlines, railroads, Agriculture is not an "island"; it is an in Captain Irons received numerous ci waterways, merchant fleets and many other tegral part of our economic continent and tations and the Air Force Commendation businesses and industries. Your newspaper national strength. The two basic goals of benefits from what amounts to subsidy from our farm policy are: Better income for farm Medal his first year in military service. the post office. But without the development ers and balanced abundance for our con In 1968 he won a scholarship to Valley of these businesses and industries, including sumers. There is no contradiction between Forge, Pa., to work on the Congressional yours and mine, our United States would not the two. Both goals must be stimultaneously Medal of Honor project for the U.S. Air be the world power it is today. So subsidies sought and achieved. A farm policy that Force at the Archives Building at Free do have their place in this society. sought one and not the other would be un doms Foundation. Captain Irons was But when the question arises today, ''Why realistic. A farm program which achieved personally selected by the judge advocate can't American farmers operate without a one and not the other would be a failure. general of the Air Force to attend the subsidy in a free economy like everybody You further confuse your urban readers else?"-the simple answer is that other by emphasizing the theory that one farmer pilot class of the newly established Judge groups are not in a completely free economy. could collect three limitations of $55,000 Advocate Professional School at Maxwell Industry groups--both management and la each. If you will investigate, you will find Air Force Base, Ala. Last year he was bor-have a means of acting together for this number to be insignificant. Could you chosen as the outstanding junior officer bargaining and strength. Professional people not serve your readers and your country from over 350 eligible junior officers at have institutions of control that represent better by making a better determination Air University, a major air command. their interests. And there is nothing wrong of the facts of the farm program before edi At 24, Captain Irons was chosen for with this. But the farmer-of all major eco toraliztng about it? Recessions are !arm-bred nomic groups--is the only one without a and farm-fed, and what you are proposlng who's who in Alabama demonstrating his broadly effective means of advancing his ob a phasing out of farm programs without talent for leadership in the civilian as jectives in the arena of supply and demand. phasing out other subsidies and protection well as the military community. He has He pays minimum wages to his farm workers could lead to depression. been cited for his outstanding perform as required by his government; he pays union In conclusion, I do not wish to be under ance of duties by every commander he scale wages in his purchases of farm ma stood as saying that we have no problems has served. chinery, autos and trucks, various fuels, rub as a result of our present farm program. Soon he will be completing his active ber goods, insecticides and herbicides, etc.; As long as man is in charge o! anything, duty tour, and I think it only fitting that and he pays taxes to support an economy that there will be imperfections. But if we ex includes many other subsidies. How, then, pect perfection, and if one by one we counted in this age of dissent and rebellion, we can your American farmer sW'Vive when he out people or programs for the least fault, honor young men such as Captain Irons, is buying in a "protected" market unless he, tt wouldn't take us long to get where we who devotedly met a commitment fio the too, is given some "protection" on the sale had no people and no programs with which Nation in an hour of crisis. His devo of his product? The farmer has no means of to live. We see flaws and fa111ngs in high tion to duty, leadership, and integrity as organizing effectively to regulate prices and places, as well a.s in people of ordinary pur a military officer are in the highest tra production, as industry, labor and the pro suits; and if we let ourselves, we could be fessions do. The individual farmer, operating come cynical. What we need is more under ditions of our reserve officers. only one of over 2 million farm units in standing and more explaining of things. We As one of our most outstanding junior this country, does not have the power to set a.re all living in an imperfect world o! im officers in the Armed Forces, Captain prices. Nor ls he able by himself to accomplish perfect people; and we shall surely find Irons has set an example for the youth desired adjustments in production and some disappointment in other people, as they of America to follow. Such achievement prices. Even 1! the farmer had the power to will in us. But the more understanding-of by this officer refiects great credit on all balance production exactly with demand at each other that we all are, the more we all members of the U.S. Air Force and armed a certain price level, it might not be good sha.Iil find what we all so much seek-un for the national interest to permit this. So, services. _ shouldn't the government have the respon derstanding of ourselves. I ask unanimous consent that a brief sibility of helping manage this abundance? Agriculture is a major source of the great biographical sketch published in "Distin And shouldn't the farmer who cooperates in strength of our country; it contributes much guished Personalities in the South" be this program-which is in the national tn to the economic, physical, and-yes---even printed in the Extensions of Remarks. terest--be permitted to receive the benefits of the spiritual might of this nation. Let us the program in which he is participating? treat it with the consideration it is due. There being no objection, the bio The taxpayer has a right to ask the ques Very truly yours, graphical sketch was ordered to be tion, "What benefit does the rest of the C. L. DENTON, Jr. printed in the RECORD, as follows: CXVl--1722-Part 20 27328 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 4, 1970
!RONS, WILLIAM L . Legislative and judicial branch.es b/Birmingham, Ala Jun 9, 1941; h/316 Em ploy Employment in the Legislative Branch in Gran Ave Birmingham, Ala; ba/Office of the Month ment Increase Decrease June 1970 totaled 30,720, an increase of 1,143 Sta.ff Judge Advocate Malxwell AFB, Alia.; as compared with June 1969. Employment in oc/Attorney; p/Dr George V Irons Sr Bir the Judicial Branch in June 1970 totaled July 1969 ______3, 049, 502 +9, 140 ----·------mingham, Ala.; ed/BA Univ of Va. 1963, JD August. ______3, 015, 864 ---·------· -33, 638 6,887, an increase of 179 as compared with Samford Univ 1966; cp/ Founder Am Trial September. ____ •• __ __ 2, 945, 752 ------·--·- -70, 112 June 1969. Lawyer's Assn 1967, Mem Birmingham, Ala. October. __ ___ .... ---· 2, 927, 741 ------· -18, 011 Executive branch. and Am. Bar Assn; Asst in Research of Rheu November_- ---···--· 2, 913, 598 ---- -·-----· - 14, 143 December ...... - 2,912,661 · ------· - 937 Civilian employment in the Executive matic Diseases for Howard L Holley 1961-62, January 1970 ______2, 893, 593 --·--··------19, 068 Branch totaled 2,944,147 in June 1970, as Asst to Prof Hahn Univ of Va.. 1962-63; Law February ______• 2,892,4&9 ----·· ··---- -l, 124 compared with 8,040,862 in June 1969, a net clerk for firm of Speir, Robertson & Jackson, March ____ • . . ______2, 975, 192 +82, 723 ------decrease of 96,215 during the year. (Exclusive 1964--65 and James L Shores Jr Birm·ingham; April..·---.• --·--·-- 3, 053. 060 +11. 868 -· ------May ____ _---- - · - · · · __ 2, 976, 759 ---· -· --··-- -76,301 of the 24,278 temporary census employees on Trustee Bankruptcy for US Dist Court North June __.... · ------2, 944, 147 ----·---. --- -32, 612 the rolls in June 1970, the net decrease would ern Dist of Ala; Clerk Fed Dist Court N Dist be 120,493.) of Ala, Southern Div 1961; Mem Research Total Executive Branch employment inside Group Cumberland Sch of Law Samford Univ Total employment in Civ111an Agencies of the United States in June 1970 was 2,732,441, 1966; Court of Appeals St of Ala Law clerk the Executive Branch for the month of June a. decrease of 63,758 as compared with June to Presiding Judge Price; Mem Gav's Staff of was 1,724,940, a decrease of 34,388 as com 1969. Total employment outside the United St of Ala; Ala Assn of Cert Judge Advocates; pared with the May total of 1,759,328. Total States in June 1970 was 211,706, a decrease of mil/Commissioned from Civilian practice a.s civilian employment in the M111tary Agencies 32,457 as compared with June a year ago. 1st Lt US Air Force 1966, Mem 35lst Combat in June was 1,219,207, an increase of 1,776 Civilian employment by the military agen Support Group SAC, Cert Judge Advocate as compared with 1,217,431 in May. cies decreased 122,411 during fiscal year 1970, Gen USAF Nat Defense Medal, Presidential Unit Citation Awd and Medal, Presidential The civilian agencies of the Executive and there was a net increase of 26,196 in em Unit Citation Ribbon with Oak Leaf Cluster, Branch reporting the largest net decreases ployment by the civilian agencies. Employ Aide-de-Camp to Gov of St of Ala ap.J>ointed were Commerce Department with 71,658, (re ment by civilian agencies in June 1970 by Adjutant Gen; Ca.pt USAF, Asst Staff flecting a. decrease of 73,496 in temporary totaled 1,724,940 as compared with 1,698,744 Judge Advocate Whiteman AFB, Mo and employees involved in taking the 19th De a year ago. Civ111a.n employment by military cennial Census)., and Treasury with 2,447. agencies totaled 1,219,207 in June 1970 as Gunter AFB, Ala 1967.L,.Hdqrs 14th Air Force Air Defense Command, Claims Officer Gunter The agencies reporting the largest net in compared with 1,841,618 a year ago. AFB, Reserve Affairs Officer, Proj LITE. Of creases were Post Office with 10,515, Agri The major change during the fiscal year ficer, Acting Trial and Defense Counsel USAF culture with 8,964, Veterans Administration was the 122,411 decrease in civilian employ various Air Force Bases; r/Mem and Past with 4,668, Department of HEW with 3,121, ment by the Defense Department. Among Press SS Class, ·'Teacher SS; pa/Candidate Interior with 2,888, Transportation with the civilian agencies, decreases were re Ala House ofrRep 1966, hon/Ail: Force Com 2,757, and Justice with 1,227. · ported by Agriculture with 6,629, Veterans In the Department of Defense small net Administration with 3,127, and State with m~ndation Medal.;1968, Page US Senate 1957; HS: Euclidean Math Honor Soc, Nat Honor changes in major agencies reflect offsetting 2,358; and increases were reported by Com Soc, Ala Boys State. 1958; Uni.v of Va~ 4 yr increases in temporary seasonal (primarily merce with 21,765 {reflecting temporary 19th Decennial Census employment of 24,278 in Scholars}:lip, S~ull ancI' Keys Polit Soc, Sigma "disadvantaged") employment and general Chi, Numerous Athletic Honors; Cumberland reductions in regular employment. June 1970), Treasury with 5,915, Transporta Sch of Law Samford Univ: Annual Fresh Total Executive Brancb. employment IN tion with 3,408, and Justice with 3,347. ~n Moot Court Competition Law Day Win SIDE the U,nited States in June was 2,732,- Full-time employment in permanent posi ner 1.964, Pres Sigma .Delta Kappa; Listed in 441, a decrease of 16,189 as compared with tions in Executive Branch agencies totaled Ma.rt!Jfdale Hupbell Law Direct ory an"d May. Total employment OUTSIDE the United 2,552,565 in June 1970, as compared with JAGAR, Candidate for Kuhnfield Out stand States in June. was· 211,706,. a decrease of 2,633.762 in June 1969-a _decrease of 81,197. ing Judge Advooo.te Award 1968. 16,423 as compared with May. · Reductions in the Department of Defense The total of 2,944,147 civ111an employees totaled 97 ,163 during the year,' offset by a net of the Exectitive Branch reported for June increase of 15,966 in civ1~1an agencies. Civi h ·~j 1970 includes 2,552,565 full time employees li&n agencies reporting the major increases in permanent positions-a decrease of 10,885 in full-time permanent employment were FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT, from the preceding month of May. Treasury with 6,038, Transportation with JUNE 1970 The Executive Branch employment total 3,493, Post Office with 3,237, and Justice with of 2,944,147 includes some foreign nationals 2;901. The largest decreases were reported by employed a.broad, but in addition "there were AID with 1,267 and State with 1,040. 104,159 . f~reign ~ationals working for u.s; CHANGES IN FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT agencies overseas during June who were n-0t (A.a of the .end of fiscal years 1960-1970) ' . OF. TEXAS counted 'in the usual persennel rep0rts. The number in May was 105,811. 'Federal eivllian employment changes, fiscal 1:N ·-TH~ Hous:E o~ R~PRESENTATIVEs years 1960-70, in agencies of the Executive Tuesday, AugUst 4, 1970 · Legislative and jud.ictal branch.'33 Branch-showing defense agencies, civilian Employment in th~ Legislative Branch in agencies, and tota.ls--follows: . Mr. MAHON. Mr. Speak~r. I includ~ a the month of June ' totaled 30,720, an in release highlighting the June 1970 Fed crease of 1,141 as compared with the preced- eral civilian personnel report of~ the · ing month of May:' Employment 'in the Judi- Fi~ cal Civilian Joint Commit~ on Reduction of Fed cial Branch in the month of June totaled year-end (as De pa rtm ent a~=~~~~~ eral Expenditures: 6,887, an increase of 31 as compared with of June 30~ of Defense Defense) Total May. . . . ' ' ---~-=------=-'---- FEDERAL 0rvn.IAN EMPLOYMENT, JUNE 1970 + 46, 808 + 15, 802 T~ta.l civilian empfoyment in the Exeeu The by ' the tive, Legislative and Judicial Branches-of the tot~is:~v~~:::.~:/::;:ea ' rn~~ -- - ···- - - ~ .·. -~: ~~ :+--41.062 + 36, 337 Co~it~ee !Or June includes 5.9,651 disad ~ · 196C·:::::~~= · · + 27 , 11 1 ' + 50, 292 + 77, 403 F.ed.eral Governtt).ent in the ,month of June· v~ntagetl persons employed under federal 1963- --·-·---- • - 19, 582 + 32 ,621 + 13, 039 was -2,981,75~, as compared ~th 3,013,194. in 2 8 3 , -7, 780 -27, 963 opP<;rtunity pr'?grams, an incrElase 6f 39,973 ; .• t:tl~ preceding month Of .May, a'b).s W¥ ,a net, ~m ::: : ::~:·: +~ °3 ' ~ 5 5 +22, 590 + 26, 545 ov~r tp.~ pr~cedlng month of May · -" 1966. ____ ..:..· .. : 1 0 4 3 9 5 ..... 125, 511 + 229, 905 decrease of 31,440, due prim~y to reduc +n. 443 _+ m . 917 t ion in temporar~ ~ensus employment, ofi'i;;et SUMMARY FOR FISCAL -Y:EAR 1970-E~DED J,UNE- rn~L======· +~ ~ 1: m . + 37 , 979 + 52, 363 by increases in !"egular seasonal ~mplOy 30, 1970 , 1969 .~ _ .!... : . _ -1-24, 569 - 4,822 t-19, 747 - -96, 215 ment and suminer employment of the -~'dis For-many yea.rs the Committee, in its stat~- 1970 . - - ~ -~---- 7 122,411 + 26, 196 advantaged" under y-outfi opportunity pro- ment accompanying the month'ly personnel grams. ~· .1. report. for June-the last J;nonth of the )isca.l EXECUTlVE BRA.NCH year-has summarized the changes in federal · In addition, Mr. Speaker, I include a ciVilian employment during the ye~r ending. tabulation excerpted from the Joint Civilian emp101ment in the Executive Following this practice, changes during fiscal Branch in the month of June tot.med, 2,- Committee report, on personnel em year 19'70 a.re summarized bE:low: ployed .!ull-time in permanent positions 944,147. This was a net decrease of 32,612 as Total civilian employment tn the Execu compared with employment rewrted·in the tive, Legislative and Judicial Branches of the by execµtive branch agencies during preceding month of May. Employm~nt: b-y Fed~ral Go11ernment was 2,981,7!?4 as of June June 197-0, showing comparisons with months in fiscal 19'10, which began July l, . 30, 1970, as compared with 3,076,647 1n June J.une· 1969 and the Budget estimates for 1969, follows: a year ago. This was a decrease of 94,893. Jun~ 1970 and June 1_971: August 4, 1970 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 27329 FULL-TIME PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT which drew thousands of people and most of the politicians of the state to the Texas race Estimated Estimated track. Our 3-man sports staff was already June 30, June 30, overwhelmed with a baseball playoff. Harry Major agencies June 1969 June 1970 1970 1 1971 1 graciously consented to attend the Texas Derby and contribute a story. 83, 000 85, 300 As deadline approached, Harry could not 25, 600 26, 700 be found. He was finally located in the clothes 8!£~~~~~---~~ ======~~: m ~~: m closet of an omce which John Rosenfield then 30, 700 31, 000 occupied. He had isolated himself so that he ~iiji~~~nf~i~gtforis~~=:::::::::::::::: :::::::: :: ::: :::::::: 1, 2~~: m 1, 1~: m 1, 165, 900 1, 110, 100 Health, Education, and Welfare______102, 941 102, 297 102, 500 105, 100 could think. He apologized for being late. Housing and Urban Development______14, 307 14, 661 14, 900 16, 000 "I have only finished the first eight pages," Interior______------______------58, 156 59, 349 59, 300 61, 100 he said. "Why don't you take them and edit Justice _____ -- ______------______------35, 106 38, 013 37, 600 39, 100 them, and I will finish up." Labor_------9, 723 10, 217 10, 300 10, 800 Post Office_ -_------______562, 381 565, 618 567, 000 585, 000 The sports statf got the eight pages and State __ ------______------24, 658 23, 618 23, 900 23,400 read it. It was a classic summation of all the Agency for International Development______15, 753 14,486 15, 000 14,400 political news Crozier had learned from his Transportation ______------______60, 386 63, 879 63, 600 70, 300 86, 700 93, 500 political friends. 7, 000 6, 900 He had written eight pages and had not 5,300 5, 500 yet ever mentioned the horse race. Hiir~~~~~~c~~~~!i~~~~======General Services Administration______======______== 7I:36, ~~176 36,4008t ~~1 36,400 36,800 Harry was a person. There wlll be nobody National Aeronautics and Space Administration______31, 733 31, 223 31,400 30, 600 Office of Economic Opportunity______2, 856 2, 387 2,400 2, 500 around ever like the Concho Kid. It has been 1 1 14, 700 14, 900 said that he was courtly, and he was. But he ~:~~Ti~ec~~~foe-syste-m=:::::: :::::::::::: : ::::::: : :::::: : ::: • i:m i:~~~ 6,600 4, 100 was something harder to attain. Harry was Small Business Administration______4, 099 4, 015 4, 100 6, 500 debonair. It showed in the tilt of his broad Tennessee Valley AuthoritY------11, 987 12, 657 12, 300 13, 300 U.S. Information Agency______10, 500 9, 989 10, 200 10, 100 brimmed hat and the lift of his chin, which Veterans' Administration ______------__ ___ 147, 606 148, 497 148, 500 150, 200 said, "The slings and arrows of outrageous 27, 800 28, 900 fortune (he would have used the Shakes ~~n~~~:~nac~=~:~~~:: : :: :: == == :::::: :: :: :: :: :=::=::::::: :: ::::: ______~~~~~ ______~~~~~~- 10, 000 15, 000 pearean phrase) wlll never daunt me, .H'S.ITy Total_ ___ ------______------______------___ 2, 633, 762 2, 552, 565 2,602, 800 ·2, 597,200 Benger Crozier." They never did. either, and he endured a lot of slings and arrows. 1 Source: As projected in 1971 Budget document; figures rounded to nearest hundred. Harry was a delight to all of us who knew him, and his memory wlll be green as long as we live. TEXAS MOURNS LOSS OF LEGEND of July 15, 1970; the San Antonio Express ARY NEWSPAPERMAN, HARRY of July 15; 1970; the Waco News-Trib NEWSMAN CROZIER DIES - ·BENGE CROZIER . une of July 15, 1970; the Waco Times Harry Benge Crozi-er. veteran Texas news paperman, di~d in an Austin hospital Tues Herald of ·July· 15, 1970; the Dallas day morning after an illness of several weeks. HON. RALPH YARBOROUGH! Times-Herald of July 15, 1970; the Beau He was 78 years old. mont Enterprise of July 15, 1970; the Funeral services are pending. . OF TEXAS Abilene Reporter-News of July 14, 1970; Crozier had .a newspaper career which be IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES the Wichita Falls Herald of July 15, 1910-; gan before World War I and was interrupted - Tuesday, August 4, 1970 and by Mary Jane Bode in the ~Austin on occasion when he was, aide to governmen Times of July 16, 1970 be printed in tal figures and for other public service. He Mr.. YARBOROUGH. Mr. President, was a member and chairman of the Texas the Extensions of Remarks so that the. Employment Commission through the 1940s. one of the legendary newsmen of Texas, Nation can know of the years of excel Harry Benge ·Crozier, died in Austin, Crozier's only survivor is a sister, Mrs. lent work done by Mr. ·crozier and of the Horace Smith of Miami, Fl~. Tex., on July 14, 1970. He would have high esteem the people of Texas had been 79 on July 27, 1970. ' for him. ... :Mr. Crozier began his new~paper .ca DEATH coMiS AT 78 ·To HARRY CRozIEB There b.eillg no. objection, the artieles Harry Benge Crozier, widely-known Texas reer in. 1.912. During his li;[e he -held i,m were ordered to be printed in, the RECOR~. portant positions outside the newspaper 1 newspaperman, died Tuesday in a local hos as follows: pital. He finally lost ~ 13-year fight against business, including the position as chair HARRY£ENGE C.ao~IEa-1891-1970 cancer. lie would have been 79 yea.TS old July man of the Texas Employment Com.mis (By Paul Crume) 27. ' ' sion, but writing was 'always his first Funeral servlce1> will , be at 5:30 p.m. love. He was writing a weekly column They burled tfarryBen'ge Crozier lifAustin, Wednesday, and with him a whole kind of Wednesday at Cook Funeral Honie. Burial for the Long News Service' at the State Texas journalism. Harry may have bt!en, by will be in Stp.te ·celt\.etery. ,, capitol until shortly befor~. ~s ·de4t1?-. .• the standards of his day;- tlie best political Pallbearers will be Harold Young, Robert One ~ ~r. Croi~er ~ _{iepartures tro:\t}J reporter who ever ·tested the forks of the Fool, Ernest Boyett~Dr. }!orace Snilth, Robert the newsp.ap-er business was in. _, 1956 .. creek. • , · · Crozier Howe, Lee G~ Williams,. -Stuart Long and Garth Jones. - That iyear 1 ~ was : a candidate- for Gover He grew up in an old tradition. He was widely known as·· tlie reporter who could The family has suggested that friends may nor of -Te-x:a-s. In the first: primary~ J; wish to make memorial contributions to es trailed by 165,000-'votes. -MP. ·crozier· write the longest stories and the-ones closest to a deadline of his · day,~ Novladays, a be t~pllsh a Harry . Benge Crozier scholarship came r t.o work on my ~li.~f for the 1 gl.nning reporter is .. told to make his story fund at Southwester~ . University in George month prior tb the. second primary. ,Jn as short and as swift as possible. Then, the town, which he attended. th~t l ~Itio'ritb, we made so much progress city editor might tell a reporter of a lunch The service will be conducteci'by Chaplain that it,took weeks after the polls closed eon-cluh speake:c, "Give us about a 1column." Clinton Ker.sey,. cha.plain of the Texas House for them to declare that I l:iad not been Russell Lord, I think it · was, became man-.. of Representatives. . elected. aging editor of the New York Times on the Though he was a political writer who cov strength of writing a complete newspaper ered the scene for a large part of the last 60 When · Hanj Benge · Ciozi~r dfecI, page just.on Lindbergh'B takeoff in the Spirit yea.rs, Crozier was more than a reporter. · He newspapers all over Texas noted his pass of St. Louis. was also an aide and confidant of political ing and recounted his great career ooth Crozier could wtlte ·for pages on the siln- · leaders; a publicist; a public servant; a as a ,writer and iJ1. public serVice. plest ·of events. The style might get a little courageous example to others fighting a long Mr. President, I ask unanimous con florid. You had to patch out tb.e stuff. as battle against cancer; and a friend to many sent 'that the following articles from the best you could. But· a Crozier story was a at every level of life. Dallas Morning ·News of .July- lo, 1970 fascinating reading experience. Gov. Preston Smith , in a statement issued by Paul Crume; tlie Austin stateSman of And all the reMers who followed him loved from his office, said that all Texans are deeply July 14, 1970; two ·articles from the Harry_ saddened by arozier's death.· Harry was fascinated by politics and politi "He leaves- a legacy . ot great ~rlting and Austin Ainerican of July 15, 1970; the cians, particularly Texas politics and Texas reporting which is a great credtt..to the news Dallas Morning .News of July 15, 1970; politicians, to the end of his days. paper profession. the Fort Worth Star-Telegram of July Once he was drafted to do a sport story "All of us who ·knew' hiln and respected his 15., 1970; the San Angelo Standard on The News. Arlington Downs was running immense talent and insight are ,grieved· by Times of July 15, 1970; the Ho~ton Post then, and the Texas Derby was 'an event his death." - · 27330 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 4, 1970
In August 1965 these friends gave "A Din first marriage, died after an operation in De Though he left newspapering for years to ner for Harry" in Austin and more than 500 cember 1967. do public relat ion s and serve as aide to politi attended. The notables included every kind !Us only survivor is a sister, Mrs. Horace P. cal leaders, Crozier returned to it in the last of figure from a United States senator to a Smith of Miami, Fla. decade. But he was never far away from Texas Capitol bootblack, and Harry would In his la.st years, Crozier lived at his farm, newspaper people and his friends among them have been the last man, to name them in Hickory Acres, east of Austin, with his dog, were many. descending order. Suzie Q, and various unnamed cats, ducks - At the famous "Dinner for Harry" in the Harry Crozier was born in Pa.int Rook, and chickens. middle 1960s, in t ruth, it seemed that about Concho County, and went to Southwestern half of the hundreds of people present were University at Georgetown for the purpose of LEGENDARY REPORTER WAS HARRY newspapermen, t h ough t hat was not really studying law. But he wound up as a.n assist (By Homer Olsen) the case. ant in English to a professor named John H. For Harry had more friends than the ordi Harry Benge Crozier was a. legendary Texas nary man acquaintances; and they are the McGinnis who later, like Crozier, worked newspaper reporter in the Richard Harding years for the Dallas Morning News. ones who are saddened now by his passing. Crozier did not finish Southwestern, where Davis-pattern. As a matter of fact, they were contempo HARRY CROZIE R.' S RITES WEDNESDAY he was a. classmate of Frank Dobie, who did. raries and their paths crossed at least once Crozier went to San Antonio and in the fall in the early professional years of the Texan AusTIN.-H&rry Benge Crozier, former cor of 1912 got job cub reporter with the a. as a. and the later period of the more widely respondent for The Dallas Morning News and Express, thanks to the help of a local politi known journalist. dean of State Capit ol newsmen, will be buried cian who had been a cow-puncher with Crozier was working on the Galveston News at 5 :30 p .m . Wednesday at the St ate Crozier's dad in West Texas. Cemetery. In the winter of 1913 Crozier came to Aus in 1915 when Gen. Frederick Funston sailed into harbor in the transport Kilpatrick, Crozier, 78, died Tuesday morning in an tin to cover his first session of the Legisla carrying troops bound 'for possible trouble in Austin hospit al. ture (the 33rd). Thereafter in a political and Veracruz, Mexico. The friendly, courtly newsman was a living general reporting career that took him from Also on board the Kilpatrick, it so hap legend around the statehouse, where he the Express the Galveston News, the Fort to pened, were two newspapermen who were served first as a reporter for the San Antonio Worth Record and then the Dallas News, he Express in 1913. After t hat, he worked for the covered nearly every legislative session to the perhaps the most illustrious Americans in the business--Richard Harding Davis and Galveston News and was transferred to its 42nd in 1931. Then he went to New York as Dallas affiliate-The Dallas Morning News. In director of public relations for the American Jack London. They were accompanying Funston to Mex his early days, Crozier was a fellow political Petroleum Institute. ico on the chance that another war might writer with the laite E. M. (Ted) Dea.ley, son of C~er returned to Texas later to become the founder of The Dallas News, and they director of information for the state health break out. There was no war, of course, but the Galveston visit of the troopship made became lifelong friends. depa.rt.ment but left that post after a year to good copy for Crozier and other Texas re Gov. Preston Smith said Crozier "leaves a work for Coke Stevenson who was then lieu porters on the scene. legacy of great writing and reporting which tenant governor. In 1941 Stevenson appointed As for the distinguished journalistic visi is a great credit to the newspaper profession. him as employer representative on the Texas All of us who knew him and respected his Employment Commission, and he stepped up tors, Crozier couldn't recall afterward that there had been anything special about them immense talent and insight are grieved at to the chairmanship in 1945. He served the his death." commission until a. new admll.nistration Caine except that both were resplendently dressed. In Crozier held many jobs and made numer in in the early 19506. Then he returned to those days reporters didn't interview other reporters even if they were celebrities (a ous friends. More than 500 of them, from as public rela.tions. far a.way as New York, attended a testimonial In between stints on the Dallas News he word hardly applicable to newspapermen of the time) , and the Kilpatrick eventually de dinner for him in Austin five yea.rs a.go. was the paper's c1.ty editor for a periiOd and Former Gov. Coke Stevenson and U.S. Sen served as its Fort Worth correspondent dur parted without the local reporters writing much if anything about them. a.tor Ralph Yarborough, among others, were ing the oil booms of Burkburnett and Ranger. on the program. He and Tad Moses took over and modernized Crozier, while primarily a. political writer, was a widely experienced journalist who During Stevenson's political career, Crozier the Cattleman magazine. In later years he served at times as his public relations man would say that the cattleman was the great could cover any kind of story. He began on the San Antonio Express and thereafter the and Gov. Stevenson appointed Crozier to 'be est oompliment ever paid him because it kept employer-member of the Texas Employment for 30 yea.rs the form&t he brought it. Fort Wor.th Record (the Purple Heart Service Foundation, and a no cost to them. fact that you "take this obligation freely." charter member of the chapter. The prin With the demise of the Milwaukee Every member of the brigade of midshipmen, cipal speaker, Mr. Donald Turek, execu and every midshipman over the years, entered Braves, and the reduced use of the shelter this academy of his own volition, of his own tive director of the Milwaukee County and bleachers the chapter searched for free will. And thLs I trust is the case wit h War Memorial Center, presented a most a new project. They had an idea for a each of you. In taking this step you be inspiring and fitting message for the project in their midst and did not know come a part of a very select and extraordi occa~ion. it. Francis Awe, past commander of the nary group of young men. In fact, before The highlight of the evening was the .chapter, who is blind and a league bowler you take it-as you sit here at this moment induction of three Army Vietnam vet suggested a new project, known as you are already a very select group. In a erans: Congressional Medal of Honor re year when we had more applicants than "blind bowling." With the help of Fran any time in the history of the Naval Acad cipient, Gary G. Wetzel, who served in cis Awe who knew some young blind in emy-you have succeeded in gaining admis the 173d Assault Helicopter Co., Lai Khe, dividuals whose parents are veterans, the sion. Vietnam; Robert W. Engstrom, 3/5 Cav chapter organized a bowling team and Almost all of you did very well in high alry; and Ervin E. Wells, l 73d Assault league which has participated in tourna school, in academics, athletics, or extra Helicopter Co., Lai Khe, Vietnam. ments in Madison, Green Bay, and Chi curricular activities. As a consequence, you Fred Gettelman Chapter No. 44 of the cago. The chapter ·also sponsored the will find the competition here much tougher. Disabled American Veterans of World league to the national blind bowling To excel under these circumstances is a War II was organized in the city of Mil tournaments in Louisville in 1968, New wonderful opportunity and challenge. waukee in 1945. For many years the Here, you will have the opportunity to York in 1969, and Detroit in 1970. In gain a.n outstanding college education, and chapter had a membership of only World 1970 the team placed fifth in the class I am sure you are dedicated to that pur War II veterans and was the first, and A division. pose. But your dedication and purpose should largest, World War II chapter in the When the new hospital was nearing extend far beyond that, for here you will also State. Nickolas Cendretta, the first chap completion at the Veterans' Administra prepare to become leaders of men. From your ter commander, and two fell ow officers, tion Center in the mid-1960's the chap past experience in school, scouting, or ath Comrade Moltke and Comrade Schneider, ter decided to erect a memorial to remind letics, you may have already learned tha.t be attended the Disabled American Veterans the patients, residents, and visitors of fore you can lead you must know how to National Convention at New York City follow, and much of your plebe year will the chapter's interest in the welfare, be devoted to developing that ability. in July 1945, where they accepted the comfort, and enjoyment of the veterans. Plebe year and especially Plebe summer charter of Fred Gettelman Chapter No. A memorial-consisting of a fountain ls a time of development in a very new and 44. The charter was presented at the first and planters-graces the main lobby of different environment, and you may feel official meeting on August 2, 1945. the hospital. A plaque reads that it was some pressure and stress in the process. Some Since its organization in 1945, the donated jointly by Chapter 44, Disabled of you may be a little bit overwhelmed after chapter has grown at a steady rate to a American Veterans and Chapter 96 of one day. SOme of you are going to get very membership of approximately 200 dis the Military Order of the Purple Heart. homesick; homesick for all sorts of things. abled veterans representing both World Some of you, most of you, are going to miss Gettelman Chapter No. 44 also spon Wars, the Korean conflict, and the Viet sors a supply booth at annual Wisconsin your girl. Some of you are going to be home nam war. Chapter No. 44 has set a record sick for mom's cooking and some of you are over the years for active female member conventions of the Disabled American going to be homesick just for an environ Veterans where official DAV merchan ment where people know you and care about ship and at the present time a female you. We d-o not know you yet, but we are disabled veteran of World War II is the dise is displayed and sold. It is the only going to get to know you better each day senior vice commander. chapter in the Nation providing this type and, while you may not sense it immediately, Throughout its 25-year history, Gettel- -of service. - 27338 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 4, 1970 can continent, which would be subject much as 60 per cent over the northern hemi On the State level, Chapter 44 also phere, where traffic is expected to be the has had two members serve as State to the greatest number of SST flights, as most dense. commanders and several have served as well as the greatest number of shatter Shoot enough particles from sulfur dioxide, elected and appointed State officers. On ing sonic booms which are expected to hydrocal'lbons and soot into the stratosphere the national level, Gettelman Chapter spread a noise-destruction cone 50 miles to double the normal levels globally and in has been a warded three of the top prizes wide beneath the aircraft. crease them by as much as 10 times where in a nationwide DAV contest for public One scientist at the month-long meet there is dense traffic. relations and Americanism, the only ing, contemplating the possible conse This could raise the temperature in the stratosphere by as much as 6 to 7 degrees chapter in the State of Wisconsin to be quences to the earth's stratosphere, centigrade. The scientists said they do not honored this way. The chapter has also stated that "when you change something know what this temperature change In the had remarks appearing in the CONGRES on a global basis, you had better watch stratosphere would mean on earth. SIONAL RECORD commending its service out." He was referring specifically to the But, warned William W. Kellogg, associate to disabled veterans and the community. expected rise of 6° to 7° in the cen director of the National Center for Atmos Gettelman Chapter No. 44 is proud tigrade temperature of the stratosphere pheric Research in Boulder, Colo., "when you that it& members are veterans from all which surrounds the earth. change something on a global basis, you had walks of life, including a Federal judge, better watch out." I have commented often in the past Current plans call for prototype supersonic a county judge, several past State and about this project, which I consider to transports to begin flying in 1972. By 1973, national commander::; of other veterans be an insult to the taxpayers of this Department of Transportation experts said, organizations, and many veterans and country and a sad admission by the cur SSTs should have had 100 hours of flying citizens who have distinguished them rent administration of just how unwill time---enough to determine whether the fed selves and the chapter. ing they are to place the best interests eral government should go ahead with its The officers and members are always of the greatest number of our people heavily subsidi2Jed program. mindful of those who have assisted the Both France and Britain are proceeding ahead of hi.gh-ftying welfare handouts even faster with the development of super chapter and its programs. For example, for the powerful few who will build and sonic transports. a citation was presented to the Gettel use the SST boondoggle. Even subsonic jet planes create environ man brothers-Fred and Tom-in the Developers of the first passenger jets mental changes. Kellogg reported that name of their father, Fred Gettelman. did not request that the Government pick Weather Bureau observers a.t Denver and at This was in recognition of Mr. Gettel up the tab. Yet those behind the SST Salt Lake City have noted an increase in man's contribution in sponsoring the project hope to receive public handouts, cirrus clouds since 1958, when the jet age chapter which bears his name and in started. in return for which the taxpayer will He said these clouds are formed by the honor of the numerous civic and pa receive sonic booms and possibly gray usual contrail of a jet-readily visible to any triotic activities in which he participated. skies or worse forever. The aforemen one watching a jet plane against the blue sky. In 1962, the chapter initiated an award tioned article on what this aircraft could The SST recommendation was the strong to be made on a statewide basis for do to our climate follows: est to oome from the MIT conference, which "Outstanding Disabled Veteran of the generally tried to avoid gloomy predictions SST CALLED THREAT TO CLIMATE Year." The award is presented in rec about the environmental health of the world ognition of active service to the disabled (By Stuart Auerbach) that have been favored by many experts. and the community. Past Commander WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS., Aug. 1.-A high-level Oarroll L. Wilson, director of the study Francis Awe was recipient of the second environmental study group warned today group, said these early warnings about the that supersonic transports could change the environmental crtsis had served to aJert pub annual award in 1963 at the State con world's climate by creating permanent layers lic officials to the dangers facing the earth. vention at Lacrosse. of smog in the atmosphere. But these officials were faced with the lack The current officers are: Comdr. The scientists said that gases and particles of basic information needed to plan programs George Anton; Senior Vice Comdr. Mary from a single SST jet would remain for three to reverse the trend. Ann Gendron; Junior Vice Comdr. John years in the windless upper reaches of earth's "Relevant data on critical global prob L. Hammel; Treasurer Frank J. Czecho atmosphere. If SST's fly in any large numbers lems is very poor and this seriously limits linski; Judge Advocate Robert W. they will create a new layer of stratospheric our under&tanding of their meaning," the Schroeder; Historian Marvin Gabriel smog that will remain ''forever," they said. MIT study group said. son; Chaplain Clifford Kuehl; Trustees The Massachusetts Institute of Technol "Far better estimates well Into the 21st Francis Awe, John S. Hanke, Wesley ogy's study of Critical Environmental Prob century are needed in order to assess the ex lems, concluding a month-long program here, pected impact of man on the world ecological Wiedenhoeft; Adjutant John Anthony urged a slowdown in plans to produce the system to give him time to take a.ction to Ruhl. SST until scientists determine how it will af avoid crisis or oatastrophe" fect the earth's atmosphere. Wilson and other officials of the study This unexpectedly strong recommendation financed by 11 federal agencies, five founda ETERNAL POLLUTION COULD BE came at a time when the controversial SST tions and MIT-hoped that it.s recommenda THE SST'S LEGACY program faces close scrutiny by Congress, tions would infiuence public policy. which is bothered both by its high costs and The MIT study-bringing together 70 ex its possible environmental effects. perts from federal agencies, universities and Up to now, most concern has centered on corporations on the Williams College cam HON. CHARLES H. WILSON the sonic booms produced by the SST--so pus here-focused on global environmental OF CALIFORNIA called noise pollution. Just last month, Wil problems "whose cumulative effects on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES liam M. Magruder, the SST program manager ecological systems are so large and prevalent for the Department of Transportation, said it that they have world-wide significance. Tuesday, August 4, 1970 is "very remote" that the SST could affect "No world organization is charged With the Mr. CHARLES H. WILSON. Mr. world climate. responsibility to determine the status of Speaker, an article on the front But atmospheric experts here feared other the total glob.al environment and allerting page of Sunday's Washington Post raises wise. man to dangers which may result from his "The stratosphere where supersonic jet practices." serious questions concerning the rapidly transports Will fly at 65,000 feet is a very Among its other findings, the MIT group: deteriorating state of our environment, rarefied region with little vertical mixing," Called for "a drastic reduction in the use with particular emphasis on the possible they said in the conference's final report. of DDT" which has seriously affected the consequences which extensive use of the "Gases and particles produced by jet ex balance of nature in many parts of the world. administration's proposed SST jet air haust may remain there from one to three Urged the curtailment of the use of mer craft will have on our atmosphere. The years before disappearing." cury and other heavy metals as pesticides 70 distinguished experts who attended Ail.d if SST planes keep adding pollutants and other biological uses because of their the Massachusetts Institute of Tech to the stratosphere, the upper atmosphere potential poisonous nature to many marine nology's Study of Critical Environment smog will remain forever. orga.nisms and ultimately to human life Using Federal Aviation Administration es itself. al Problems warned that the SST could timates of 500 SSTs in the air by 1990, each As much as 1.5 million tons of oil end up create a heavy blanket of pollution in flying at 2.7 times the speed of sound, en in the world's oceans through leaks from the stratosphere which could last "for vironmental experts here calculated that the ships, offshore drilling accidents, and indus ever." Water vapor in the stratosphere jet engines would: trial wastes. In addition, 3.3 million tons of could increase 10 percent worldwide and Increase water vapor in the stratosphere oil-mostly used in lubricating cars and up to 60 percent over the North Ameri- by 10 per cent on a global basis and by as other machines-are lost each year. August 4, 1970 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 27339 TESTIMONY OF MAJ. GEN. WIN 11zation, more units and persons are needed Ohio Guardsmen also were UEed nine times STON P. WILSON BEFORE than are in the regular components"-end for natural disasters during this period, at a. quote. Section 3078 (and 8078) further cost to the State of $155,800. Costs of Na PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON specify that "the Army Nation.al Guard while tional Guard active duty in Mississippi for CAMPUS UNREST in the service of the United States is a com Hurricane Camille oo.m.e to more than $1.3 ponent of the Army," and "The Air National mlllion. Guard while in the service of the United Attachment #1 shows the costs State by Hon.G. V. (SONNY) MONTGOMERY States is a component of the Air Force." Sec State. You will note that 11 States, Puerto OF MISSISSIPPI tions 3079 and (8079) provide that-When Rico and the District of Columbia reported not on active duty, members of the Army no oosts. Although the District of Columbia IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES National Guard of the United States (and guard has been involved frequently in civil Tuesday, August 4, 1970 Air National Guard of the United States) disturbance operations, the costs were borne shall be administered, armed, equipped and by the Federal government. Three States Mr. MONTGOMERY. Mr. Speaker, on trained in their status as members of the Illinois, South Carolina. and Ohio-had costs this past July 17, Maj. Gen. Winston P. Army National .Guard (or Air National exceeding $1 million. I emphasize this State Wilson testified before the President's Guard). The Army National Guard and Air responsibility to make certain you under Commission on Campus Unrest. General National Guard are defined in Section 101 stand clearly that neither the Department of Wilson, who is Chief of the National of Title 32, United States Code as: "* * • Defense nor the National Guard Bureau de Guard Bureau, presented a very interest that part of the organized militia of the sev cide when the Guard will be ordered into ac eral States and territories, Puerto Rico, the tion in a. Sta.te emergency. That's a. decision ing profile on a Guardsman. He also gave Canal Zone, and the District of Columbia, of civ111an authority-normally the Gover some facts on the case of civil disorders active and inactive, that- nor-when it has been determined that the to the taxpayers. I would like to share " (A) is a land force (or air force) capabilities of the law enforcement agencies his remarks with my colleagues: (B) is trained, and has its officers ap under his control will not be sufficient to PRESENTATION OF MAJ. GEN. WINSTON P. pointed under the sixteenth clause of Sec cope with the disturbance. WILSON, CHIEF, NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU tion 8, Article I, of the Constitution; When your Commission Staff invited me (C) is organized, armed, and equipped to appear before you, they asked for an ex Mr. Chairman, I appreciate very much the wholly or partly at Federal expense, and, planation of a Governor's authority to use opportunity to appear before this Presiden (D) is Federally recognized. the National Guard. In that regard, I believe tial Commission. I would like to make it Thus it can be seen that our National it's important to understand that the States clear that I do not come before you to give Guard is unique in two respects: First it has are empowered to have a National Guard expert testimony on the educational as the distinction of being the oldest military through Article I, Section 8 of the Consti sumptions, procedures and practices of the organization in the United States. Secondly, tution. In effect, that authority gives Con institutions of higher learning in this coun and more important, it is the only military gress the power to organize and discipline try. organization in the United States with a the militia. It speclftcally reserves to the My appearance here today is in my oftl.cial dual responsibility-one to the State, and States the authority to train the m111tia ac capacity as Chief of the National Guard Bu one to the Federal Government. It ls a Inili cording to the discipline prescribed by Con reau. It is in this role that I qualify as an tary organization available to the Governor gress. Significantly, Congress-subsequent to expert on National Guard affairs. My service of a State for use in maintaining the peace the writing of the Constitution-has de with the Guard covers a period of over 41 and public safety within the State; it ls also manded that the substance and manner of years. I have been on active- duty with the a military organization available to the Pres training given the Naitional Guard conform National Guard Bureau since 1950. I have ident for federal service under certain cir to the training given the active Army and served as both Chief of the Air Division cumstances. At the present time, the ARNG Air Force. and as Bureau Deputy Chief. I became Chief and the ANG are the only non-regular mili Title 32, U.S.C. provides for the Federal of the National Guard Bureau in 1963 and tary units which may be utilized by the support, inspection, training and discipline am currently serving my second tour in that President in federal status without first de of the National Guard. The active Army and capacity. claring a national emergency. Air Force provide the training standards, al The National Guard Bureau, which was It is a well-known fact that the National locate the equipment, a.nd subject all units originally established in 1908, does not have Guard has had more experience with civil and personnel to regularly scheduled inspec a command function; it is a sta1f and co unrest than anyone except the legally-con tions to determine their compliance with ordinating agency. As Chief of the National stituted local and State law enforcement Federal standards and regulations. This 1s the Guard Bureau. I do not command the Na agencies of the nation. certainly, in terms o'f process by which personnel (and units) are tional Guard. Under the Federal Constitu number of times utilized, no other military granted "Federal Recognition" a.nd 1s pre tion, in time of peace the National Guard organization can compare its experience with requisite to all aspects of Federal support to belongs to the respective States with the that of the National Guard. Since January the states in the maintenance of their Na Command vested in the Governor who serves 1968 to the end of May 1970, for example, the tional Guard. In other words, the National as its Commander-in-Chief. Whenever the National Guard has been utilized 324 times. Guard 1s subject to the same standards of Guard is ordered to active duty or called The number of Guard personnel called up train!lng as any reserve oomponent--only the into active federal service, which generally during this period totaled 220,698. On only peace-time management structure is differ occurs in time of war or during a national three occasions during this period was Fed ent. emergency, this command passes to the eral assistance required. All three of them Going back to the Constl:tutlon, its au President of the United States. were in April, 1968. At that time--in the thors were careful to grant to Congress only The function of the National Guard Bu aftermath of the assassination of Dr. Martin the authority to govern ". . . such Part of reau is to formulate and administer a pro Luther King--Guardsmen were Federalized them (the Militia) as may be employed in the gram for the development and maintenance and Federal troops were called in to assist at Service of the United States." The Tenth of Army and Air National Guard units of Chicago, at Baltimore and in the District of Amendment clearly indicates that the au the 50 States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Columbia. thority to control the actions of the Militia Rico and the District of Columbia. This is During the height of campus unrest last when not in Federal service is reserved to carried out in accordanee with current De May, National Guardsmen were used on 24 the States. partment of the Army and Air Force policy. occasions at 21 universities in 16 States. You The Congressional Record for the first ses As Chief of the Bureau, I report to the Sec are aware, I'm sure, that the civil disorders sion of the 64th Congress (1915-1916) indi retaries of the Army and Air Force through create an economic impact on the States, cates that there wa.s oonsdderable sentiment the respective Chiefs of Sta1f. In addition, I which pay for these operations from State for attempting to 11mit the uses to which a serve as principal sta1f advisor to the Chiefs revenues. State costs for the more than 200 state might put the Guard, particularly of Staff on all National Guard affairs. times the Guardsmen have been called by strike duty. Nevertheless, the law that Con Section 261, Title 10, U.S. Code provides Governors to cope with Civil disorders since gress passed-the National Defense Act of that the Army National Guard of the United 1968 amounted to nearly $15 milllon. The 191~ontalned language providing that States, and the Air National Guard of the costs are all inclusive, covering pay and al nothing in the act was to be construed as United States are among the reserve com lowances for the men, rations, gas and oil limiting the authority of a State to "use" ponents of the armed forces. Section 262 for the vehicles, rental charges and other ex its National Guard within its borders in time goes on to explain the purpose of the re penses incurred as a result of ordering the of peace. Similar langua.ge appears today in serve components:-and I quote, "The pur Army and Air National Guard to State active section 109(b) of title 32, U.S. Oode. ROse of the reserve components is to provide duty. You should be aware, also, that a Governor trained units and qualified persons available The cost of State active duty for other can seek additional military support by re for active duty in the armed forces, in time domestic emergencies, such as :floods, torna questing Federal forces. The underlying con of war or national emergency and at such does, missing persons searches, forest fires, stl:tutional authority is the duty of the other times as the national security requires, and other natural disasters are not included United States under Article IV, Section 4, to to fill the needs of the armed forces when in costs I have cited. Ohio-where the Guard protect each of the states "on Applloation ever, during, and after the period needed to has been used 23 times for disorders since of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when_ procure and train additional units and qua1- January 1968--leads the country in civil dis the Legislature cannot be convened) against i1ied persons to achieve the planned mobi- turbance costs of nearly $2.5 million. The domestic violence." This pledge 1s imple- 27340 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 4, 1970 mented by Chapter 15 of title 10, U.S.C., a,nd varies from four months to a year, depend trol plans in accordance with Department particularly 10 U.S.C. 331. ing upon his specialty. Much Of this train Of the Army Field Manual 19-15, titled, "Civil As outlined by the Attorney General in a ing, by the way, is not identified as riot Disturbances and Disasters." Paragraph 6-1 letter to the Governors of the various states training. Yet, many hours could be consid of that manual states: "Units must be effec on 7 August 1967, the three basic legal re ered in that category. I'm talking about the tively trained for operations in any civil quirements for using federal troops to quell handling of weapons, drill formations, ex disturbance situation to which they may be domestic violence are-- perience with tear gas, for example. Much committed. Such training ls designed to 1. That a serious "domestic violence" ex of this training is valuable preparation for give each individual an understanding of the ists. facing any kind of threat. entire subject area a.nd enable him to func 2. That such violence cannot be brought With his active duty training behind him, tion. efficiently both individually and as a under control by the law enforcement re he will return to his hometown unit fully members of a unit. This training must be sources ~vallable to the Governor. qualified in his field and will rejoin his sufficiently intensive and continu1ng to de 3. That the legislature or the Governor re company of a.bout 200 men. Now, he will velop individuals to the point that they will quests the President to employ armed forces devote one weekend every month toward in carry out distasteful and dangerous assign of the U.S. to bring the violence under con creasing his individual proficiency as a mem ments with disciplined response to orders and trol. The request by the Governor ls essen ber Of that unit. The minimal 192 hours of an objective attitude." unquot.e. tial if the legislature cannot be convened. training he undergoes on weekends each On August 9, 1967, I sent a letter oo the I think it is important that you under year includes an initial 33 hours Of special Adjutants General of all 50 States, the Dis stand that only a very small percentage of ized riot control training. Additionally, he trict of Columbll.a a.nd the Commonwealth of National Guardsmen earn their living attends 15 days of annual training each sum Puerto Rico, instructing them to conduct through full time service with the Guard; mer. This effort qualifies him for accomplish extensive riot control training during the most of them work at their o'Wn profession ment of the Guard's dual mission. months of August and September, 19-67, in or in priwte industry. Assuming that he Our typical Guardsman has served an aver accordance with the requirements of Army works in private industry, chances a.re he age of two -to four years in the National Subject Schedule 19-6-(T) , dated 7 August earns between 20 and 25 dollars a day. Guard. He will remain in the Guard for six 1967. That training consisted of an initial Whereas, if his rank in the National Guard years to satisfy his military obligation. About 33 hours of unit and 18 hours of command is a Private First Class and his Governor 15 per cent serve beyond that time and be and staff oivil dist.urbance training. Addi orders him to active State duty, his pay--ex come career Guardsmen. tiona-lly, all units ass-igned a civil disturb cept for a very few States which have pro Our career Guardsman ls about 30 years ance mission receive 16 hours of refresher vided for higher pay and allowance!r-drops old. He is a mature individual, probably a training each year. (Bee attachment #2). to that of an active Army PFC. The la.test man with growing children. As a Non-Com In a further attempt to provide senior pay rate for this rank is less than $8.00 per missioned Officer, he is the backbone of his oftlcers with a maximum of training and un day. About the only hope this Guardsman unit. Chances are, he chose to stay with derstanding -0f civil dis,turbance situations. has is that his duty will be short and that the Guard because he feels a sense of duty to the a,(ltive Army established t-he Senior Offi he won't receive an injuty that might pre his country ·and because he likes comrade cers Civil Disturbance Orientation Course. vent his returning to his civilian job. This ship and the sense of belonging to an orga known as SEADOC, at Fort Gordon, Georgia. bl'ings me to the individual National nization. He earned his stripes through per During the period _1968-1969, the National Guardsman himself. sonal leadership and acquiring specialized Guard sent 993 senior officers to that course. Who is 'this National Guardsman ordered military slt.1lls. Civilian law enforcement officers attending by State authorities to face unr-est on our The Guard protlle of an average first lieu the school total 1,464. college campuses or open violence on Amer tenant shows that he ls about 30 years of age During the Spring of 1968, my Deputy ican city streets? What ls the makeup of an and has spent approximately nine years in Chief, !14~jor General Greenlief, and I per average young Guardsman? · the National Guard This officer is more than sonally reviewed all of the States' riot control He comes from your hometown or the -city likely married with. two children and is ad plans for thefr efieetiveness. In each case where you live. If he works, he may be a vancing steadily in his civilian job, His com tb.\' P.la.ns revealed the current thinktng o!. young businessman or 1-earning ·a profes mission was received either through an Offi Department of the Army in riot control pro slon. He ma.y be a skilled worker o'r a college cer Candidate School or by appoir..tment cedures, reflecting the sweeping changes student. .r based on professioila.l status, such as a Ci6c-" which were brou~ht about after the Detroit The typical Guardsman ~ t'm talking about tor, lawyer, dentist or clergyman. The strong situation of 1967. , joined the National Guard when he · was points favorirlg this young officer include re_,. ln reviewing the plans, we and key mem about 21 years old. His present-· age is about sponsible leadership, military qu-ali~catlon, bers _of our staff visi!'.f4. most of 'the States. 23. At the tlme he joined his 10cal unit, he personal loyalty and, unquestionable pa I can assure you that one could not help but was single or recently married. -- triotism. Ma.ny of our Guardsmen have com be impressed by the amount of work and Your young Guardsman has completed bat·experience from World War II, Kore'a and coordination that had gone into the plan high school and probably more than :one Vietnam. That's a qtitck ·1ook at representa- ning. We foUnd the States well prepared to ;r-ear of college. There is -a. good _chance 'that tive Guardsmen. · · · meet any p0ssible clvll,,dlsorder. While there he graduated from college just th.is last year. Now ... _if we look ai recent history, '1t,s were some. equipment shortages., that defi In any case, he scored high· on the 'mental easy to recognize that we have experienced ciency-for the most pa.rt--has since been and physical tests given ·for enlistment quali- changes a.t 'an unprecedented ra.te. The fuel remedied. Each Statfi staff had devoted thou ftca.tion:' · J ~. • • for the fire of change is the demand for lm':"' saz;i.~ of hours tq the task. Coordination. hacf By choosing to join the National Guard }TI'ovement in human conditions; the de been made with other State and Feder.al au he has mlide a deliberate decision '8.bout hdw mand to eratiicate poverty, pisease, famine, thorities. They met with each other, discussed he' would fulfill his military obligation. When and th_e d~mand .to give recognition to the t_heir problems, est~blished chains of co:r;n our Gu.ardsman ·joined the uni(, he tbok an dignity ijnq uniquene~ of every in.ctlvicl'µal. mand. Task forces had been determined. Con oath to fulfill the dual mission·- I "spoke of ·The traditional role bf the Nation-al Guard voy routes h!\,d be,en drawn. Locations of yital earlier. Iri short, he swore io' obey the orders in State service ha5 6een one of assistitlg poiilts,.suw.as po\fce stations a.no, fire houses of the President o! the ·unit ed States· and local government to combat the ravages df) ha.ct peen pi'np_o(nted, Detal~s of maintaining the-Gdvernor of 'his- State. : '· " . ' human sufferin.g when natural disaster-fl:r:e, activlt~es in 'tl\e . cit'~es, even tlown to the · AS'ca newly- enlisted National Guard 're fiood, hurricane and earthquak~trikes .' In coll~tio:Q, of garbage, had b~en re~l'Ved. I}l cruit, this young fellow is ordered to active the la.st- 20 years that traditiona.l role has effect, the,¥ ...hJtd done one whale of a job duty an'd sent to an active mi11tary station, undergone drastic change. · in a short tiine-and they had doile it wen, where he receives his initial ~flitary train In the case of 'the National Guard, the indee~. ~ ' · ~ · ing ·from active duty military personnel. starting point for this' drastic change goes The ·reV.iewing process 'for these plans is Every qu~lified American, ynder ~he law, back to- the Olvil Rfghts movement of the a con.tJnuous operation, ge¥ed to pertinent choice of the manner .Irr whlch 1950's. · information available to the Stat~ and ~he h~- ~ ~e 1 will fljlfllI his ftrt1it9:iY ob~gatfo:q.. Charging, This wa.s ·follo:wed ' by the extended \ise o~ Bm·eau. OJ)e of the most eff~tiv~ means for thl!t a man is '~dodging•• the draft by join Guard tr<>een a.Ccepts its responslbllity with dedication and All ARNG combat a.nd combat support take~ by the Guard and t!le Armed Services. determination. I hope ·you will recognize now units, and all combat service support units However, L .wquld nq1; . want to discuss this that Guardsmen~ are ·vo'lunteers, prepared ·to whose missions include support of civil au topic without paying tribut e to the improve perform both a' Federal and a State mission. thorities are required by Continental Army ments local anq·Sta.te la}V enforcement agen They are trained in accordance with Federal Command Regulation 350-1, Appendix xv. cies have made. :r;t>.ey ha.ye done a tremen standards as presc:rtbed by the Congress for Atinex AA, -to include in their annual train- · dous job. They a.re,- after '8.11, the frontllne the active military ser-vices. They-are properly ing·programs a minimum of etght hours of equipped-to perform theii missions. They are troops, and w~ in ~he Ql}ard go in oi;tly to preparatory civil disturbance training for assist them. We wor)t V?ith them as an addi supervised and inspeoted l)y the· active m111- new members, and a maximum of 16 hours of tary servlces"to irlsure they live. up to the es tional law enforcement r~urce of the Gov refresher trauiing 'for the unit. The Conti ta.blished stantlards. They are ·prepared to nental Army Command Regulation further ernor, usually under t.lleir able direction and carry their weight in cambat with. a foreign leadership. I t:an assure you we have found decrees that unit trainlrig programs will not enemy, if that is .necessary, and they have exceed the 16 hours refresher training unless police officials to' Qe dedicated, competent· proved, to be an effective force belonging. to and .cooperative.. · · the Governor for the augmentation of local fust approved by Commanding General, Guardsmen have ~ Withstood the verbal and State litw enforcenient agencies. United states continental Army command. abuse of an angry mob. They h~ve suffered I do not ehvy you in carrying out your The guidance !or civil disturbance train the indignity of many other forms of abuse. commission. Ypu face .a challenge of monu ing 'ls Army Subject Schedule lQ-6, which I can guarantee you-indeed-that · these mental magnitude. I hope that my presen- outlines a 33-hour .progrl;}m of subjects, Arm~ 27342 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 4, 1970 Subject Schedules are used as guides by the duct ing appropriate subjects as integrated fiscal 1969 and more than double fiscal 1965. commander to formulate his annual trainingor concurrent trainl.µg, or by increasing the Customs ofiicials estimate that during the program. length of the Unit Training Assembly, or by peak month of August they will be process The Army National Guard commander has utilizing commander's time. ing about 22,000 arrivals daily. the flexibility to exceed the established pre- The following table is extracted from Con In June 1968, in an effort to improve the pa ratory and refresher training, without ap-tinent al Army Conu:nand Regulation 310-1 handling of such crushes and end the delays proval of Commanding General, United and reflects prescribed subjects and training of an hour or more then being experienced States Continental Army Command, by con-times: by many passengers, the Customs Bureau discarded t he old method of examining every passenger's belongings. Now, as passengers Hours fo r move through the checkpoint where pass Hours Hours for individual ASUBJSCH refresher preparatory ports and health cards are screened, they are Subject 19~ training 1 training 1 given a color-coded card. Most receive a card that instructs a control ofiicer farther down Introduction ______: ____ --- t he Une to allow them to pick up their lug Policies and legal conside rations ______1 ------~ ------1 ------1 gage and leave the customs area without Military leadership, responsibilities and discipline ______2 1 1 delay, often within 10 minutes after deplan Evolution of a civil disturb a nce ------~ --- - ·------1 ------1 ing. But about 35%, up from 25 % prior to Control measures and application of min imum force ______2 1 1 the inauguration of Operation Able early last Riot control agents and munitions ______2 2 1 Formations ______------______4 4 1 month, receive the "color of the day" (it's Communications train ing ______2 (') ------changed every day for security reasons) and Antilooting and antisniping measures ______4 2 1 are channeled into baggage inspection lines. Antiarson measures and protection of firefighters ______2 1 1 Civil disturbance operations in a built-up area ______Not everybody who must undergo baggage . Practical exercise (FTX) ______------______4 (1) ------8 4 ------inspection is suspected of smuggling. Many ~~~~~~~~~--~-~ are routed through the baggage inspection Tot aL __------33 16 8 lines because they have indicated on their customs declarations that they are bringing 1 To be conducted within the period January through May. more than the allotted $100 of dutiable 2 Integrate or conduct concurrently. goods into the country. The inspector exam a Integrate into FTX. ines the traveler's acquisitions, determines the duty and sends the individual to a cMhier for payment. (Rates vary from 3 % for cut Jade to 22¥2 % on cotton knit ap GUARDING THE GATES-THE gers have to open their bags for inspection parel.) BUREAU OF CUSTOMS and the plane itself was gone over with a fine-tooth comb. A FALSE COMPARTMENT The results? No contraband, a few dollars But to keep smugglers off balance and dis in extra duty and a number of strained courage amateurs from getting into the field, HON. HOWARD W. ROBISON tempers. "It's an outrage," said the mother the passengers who go through the baggage OF NEW YORK of an 18-year-old Dutch youth who had inspection lines also include a large number selected more or less at random. In this cate IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES been whisked into a small search-and-sei zure room because of a suspicious-looking gory might be a well-traveled businessman Tuesday, August 4, 1970 looking bulge in his Jacket that later turned who appears overly nervous or (elaborately casual), an expensively dressed dowager re Mr. ROBISON. Mr. Speaker, I am out to be nothing more sinister than a pha tographic light meter. "We've traveled all turning from three weeks in Paris or an inex pleased to insert in the RECORD an article over Europe and never seen anything like pensively dressed young man from the Mid which appeared in the July 28, 1970, ed.i this." dle East or South America who says he is visiting the U.S. as a "tourist." tion of the Wall Street Journal. This TIGHTENING UP story points out some of the many dif "There are a lot of clues to look for," says Such sentiments wlll doubtless be echoed a customs omcial at JFK. "Most are fairly ficulties faced by the U.S. Bureau of many times over in the coming months. obvious-like the student from a Midwestern Customs in carrying out its official re Travelers have traditionally been less than college whose passport indicated he had sponsibilities. Although our most press fond of the U .8. Bureau of Customs, which made a number of trips to the Middle East ing concern is to halt the flow of illegal is a branch of the Treasury Department and over the past year. When he was sent to bag narcotics into the country, the Bureau's one of the two major Government services gage inspection, a big cache of hashish was responsibilities are far broader. Faced that makes more money than it spends (the found in a false compartment in his suitcase. with an enormous and difficult task, the other is the Internal Revenue Service) . He turned out to be a courier for a pusher Armed with a hefty appropriation from Con with a big clientele on campus." Bureau has demonstrated the resource gress for about 1,000 additional men, cus in Most of the 400 or so seizures made fulness necessary to make significant toms is stepping up its campaign against monthly at JFK fall into three categories: roads into the problem of stopping smugglers of narcotics and other contra Narcotics, including marijuana and hashish; smuggling, and I am most pleased to see band at the very time that international prohibited items other than narcotics, such that Congress has recently provided ad travel is building towards its seasonal peak. as guns or other weapons; and such luxury ditional appropriations to allow it to "Operation Able," as it's called, isn't in goods as jewelry, furs or haute couture carry on and expand its efrorts to stem tended to duplicate the massive tie-ups that clothing. That's not to say the routine doesn't the tlow of illicit merchandise. "Operation Intercept" caused along the Mex vary occasionally. Inspectors at JFK still ican border a year ago. Blitz t.actics like' marvel at a German who tried to get past The article follows: those used agatnst flight 641 will be limited customs with two miniature Doberman CUSTOMS STEPS UP HUNT FOR DRUGS, 'I'HUAT to flights that agents have reason to be pinschers sewn into the lining of his coat, ENING DELAYS FOR TRAVELERS--AGENTS lieve are being consistently used by narcotics or the Italian who endured a seven-hour ADDED, BUT TIP-OFFS DEEMED CRUCIAL; IN couriers. But customs ofilcials themselves plane ride from Genoa with 16 pounds of SPECTORS KNOW MOST OF THE TRICKS-BLITZ concede that the general tightening up of salami taped to his waist. ON KLM's FLIGHT 641 operations now under way is likely to ca.use (The dog smuggler was apparently under (By Thomas J. Bray) extra delays and aggravations for footsore the mistaken impression that it is 1llegal to NEW YoRK.-For the 92 passengers and tourists. import canines; 1f vaccinated, the only re eight crew members of KLM .fiight 641, the A look as customs at Kennedy airport- striction is a 5 % duty. Cured and cooked trip across the Atlantic from Amsterdam overall the nation's single busiest port of meats, however, are strictly prohibited.) to New York on a recent Wednesday after entry-tells a good deal about what the One of the most common tricks employed noon seemed fast, pleasant and routin~at traveler is up against thiS year. It also shows by tourists out to cheat customs ls also the least until the plane touched down at John that the oft-maligned but little-understood easiest to detect-substituting the label of F. Kennedy International Airport. customs service has its own considerable a domestic couturier for that of a foreign Waiting there was a beefed-up force of frustrations to deal with. apparel maker. For one thing, the sewing several dozen customs inspectors. plain job is usually quite amateurish. For an A COLOR CODB other, most customs inspectors spend their clothes agents and aircraft search specialists. Although the customs force of about 300 The plane's cargo waa escorted under armed apprenticeship in the cargo end of the cus inspectors, agents and staffers at JFK ha.s toms operation; at the end of a year or so, guard to a receiving area where it was been growing a.bout 5% a year, international they have little difficulty distinguishing be searched parcel by parcel. Crew members cargo volume and passenger traffic has been tween foreign and domestic styles and were taken aside, ordered to discard their growing at an even more rapid clip. In fact, weaves. jackets and thoroughly frisked. All passen 3,672,441 travelers passed through the huge The range of a veteran customs inspec ger luggage was painstakingly examined JFK International Arrivals Building in the tor's knowledge about foreign merchandise usually only about 30 % of incoming passen- fiscal year ended June 30, up 18.7% from is often startling. Harry Singer, an ex-JFK August 4, 1970 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 27343 inspector who now tea~hes Customs Bureau toms untouched in the hopes of trailing him ls spent in a windowless Air Force transport recruits at the bureau's new training center and uncovering his U.S. contacts. Remote plane or in closely guarded hotel rooms. on Long Island, recalls the case of a woman control television cameras with zoom lenses Outwardly assured but with an almost dif who marched up to his counter and declared are installed at strategic points a.round the fident manner, the vice president is keenly a diamond bracelet valued at $10,000. Mr. customs area for keeping an eye on such in aware of his role in the Nixon administration Singer looked at her coolly, then demanded dividuals, and teletypewriters a.re used to and of his ability to command a prominent that she produce "the other bracelet." spread the word to inspectors on the baggage place in the news media he often castigates. Stunned, the woman opened her purse and lines. The agents also have authority to take "I'm the hard political guy-you can't be pulled out a companion bracelet also valued over a ta.xi and operate it if the suspect ap like Jello," he observed during an overnight at $10,000. pears to be headed for the cab line. trip last week to speak at an education meet A GOOD GUESS The JFK customs force is due to be en ing in Denver. "As soon as I saw the first bracelet, I recog larged substantially under Operation Able, At another point he observed, not alto nized the pattern as one that Van Cleef & Ar which was conceived primarily as an anti gether in jest, "I haven't said anything con pels makes for export--and I also knew that narcotics campaign. But some question troversial all week." whether this expansion will have much im that particular pattern always comes 1n SHOW TWO SIDES pairs," says Mr. Singer. "It was only a guess pact on professional narcotics rings, which deal ma.inly in heroin and cocaine. There is Traveling with the vice president shows that this lady might have the other one" two sides of the man. The public-a blunt but it turned out to be a pretty good guess. some indication that the big-time smugglers don't try to sneak their goods through the speaking champion of Middle American vir The penalty for cheating can be stiff, al tues and beliefs. The private-an introspec though jail sentences usually are reserved major ports of entry. At JFK, for example, there hasn't been a major seizure of "hard" tive man deeply concerned with the prob for narcotics cases or smugglers of commer lems of government and the public image he cial items, such as watch movements. Fraud narcotics 1n almost six months. Also, it's evident that the most critical has acquired. ls extremely dlfilcult to prove where it in In recent weeks, Agnew has made a con volves everyday merchandise, agents say, so need in the war on narcotics ls for im proved intelllgence. Only 5 % of all seizures scious attempt to repair what he feels is a a system of fines has been worked out that mistaken image, magnified by the media, of serves both to punish the offender and en at JFK-and at most other major ports of entry-are made on the basis of prior infor a stumbling buffoon who often says the rich the Treasury. wrong thing. It's something that has haunted If an individual is caught trying to smuggle mation. The rest are ma.de "cold"-that is, as the result of the alertness of an on-the him since the 1968 presidential campaign goods whose total value is up to $500, he and his often-quoted remarks about "Po is usually fined on the spot up to six times scene inspector or agent. While this may be a credit to the rank-and-file customs per lacks" and a "Fat Jap" and "if you've seen the normal duty. If the value of the goods one city slum, you've seen them all." is more than $500, they are seized by customs sonnel, who a.re generally considered among the most highly skilled and highly motivated He has met privately with representatives inspectors for appraisal by import specialists of various segments of the media, including and even stiffer fines are levied. law enforcement authorities in the nation, it also speaks volumes about the need for an those critical of him, and likes to have a Customs agents at JFK recall a well-known small number accompany him on his flying show business personality who was caught enlarged intelUgence network. There a.re signs that this weakness is being trips in hopes they will see him a thoughtful a.bout a year or so ago trying to smuggle student of government and of the nation's $15,000 to $20,000 worth of clothes and remedied. The Customs Bureau is moving to computerize the mass of data on smugglers problems, rather than as the blunt-spoken jewelry past inspectors. Her merchandise was administration spokesman. seized, she was fined an amount equal to the and their associates that has been collected domestic value of the goods and she was over the years, and several outside experts UNFAIR CRITICISM offered a chance to buy back her loot--agaln have been brought in at high levels to help "I hope that as people get to know me at the full domestic price. She declined, and strengthen the overall intelligence effort. better, as they always do, some of those the merchandise was sold at one of the Meanwhile, Operation Able, whatever its who feel that I am divisive and harsh will Customs Bureau's periodic-and usually well shortcomings, is producing increased sei see other sides in me and will see the positive a.ttended-auctions in downtown Manhattan. zures of drugs. In the first six weeks of the side of my personality," Agnew said during stepped-up effort, customs seized a total of GIVING KIDS A SCARE the trip to Denver. 10 tons of marijuana., 40 pounds of heroin He feels that much of the criticism, from Customs officials insist, however, that they and cocaine and 311 pounds of hashish na political foes and the press, has been unfair. try to avoid a Draconian image. Invariably, tionwide. This was up sharply from the cor But he appears to have dlfilculty coming to the first question asked of a traveler on the responding period a year earlier, when agents grips with the notion that a comn1ent, such baggage inspection line is whether he has picked up one and a half tons of marijuana., as the one about the slums, might be dam anything "extra" to declare beyond what he a.bout 17 pounds of heroin and cocaine and aging even if literally accurate. has listed on his customs declaration. If he 119 pounds of hashish. He feels that nothing he has sa!d has had says yes, bis declaration is amended by the anything to do with contributing to campus inspector and that's usually the end of it. unrest which he sees as the result of per "Our first interest is in making sure the missiveness and lack of discipline by the col Government gets what it's due, not in en AGNEW LIKES HARD, POLITICAL leges and universities. trapping people," says a customs man. And although customs officials generally ROLE Yet he concedes he cannot go safely to deal as harshly as the law allows with nar any college campus in the country-except cotics violators, they have been known to possibly in a carefully controlled situation. wink at youths caught with small amounts of HON. BOB WILSON Agnew appears to be becoming less sensi tive to criticism-even to the point of ac marijuana that are clearly for personal use. OF CALIFORNIA "We'll take them into the search room, flush knowledging in private that a phrase in the stuff down the toilet and scare them a · IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a recent speech might have been too strong little, but you hate to ruin a kid's life for one Tuesday, August 4, 1970 and he says anyone in public life must ex lousy cigarette," says one customs agent. pect some harsh response to his views. (Such treatment may also reflect the fa.ct Mr. BOB WILSON. Mr. Speaker, many STRONGLY IN TUNE that U.S. attorneys in the New York area news articles and editorials have been Agnew's views remain, as before, strongly seldom will bother to prosecute such cases). written about Vice President SPIRO ln tune with those of President Nixon: be A smuggler who gets past the passport AGNEW, both for and against him. Carl lief in the success of the administration's checkpoint and the inspectors on the baggage P. Leubsdorf, in a recent article in the efforts 1n Southeast Asia to extricate the line can't afford to breathe too easily. Only United States from Vietnam while upholding 30 minutes after the blitz on KLM flight 641, San Diego Union, has captured a rather touching personal view of Mr. AGNEW U.S. commitments; a hard-line view that one of the agents on the plainclothes squad Soviet arms advances must be matched if that constantly circulates a.round the cus and his role in our society as a spokes there· ls to be any hope of arms control; toms area snared a well-dressed young man man for the "middle American." I a conviction that Mr. Nixon has reversed off a South American flight carrying five one thought the article would be of interest the nation's priorities to put more emphasis pound packets of hashish in a tape recorder to my colleagues in the House and, with on domestic social problems, rather than and in his pockets and undershorts. their permission, insert it in the RECORD, defense. The man had been cleared through the in Though he came to the vice presidency spection line and thought he was free to go as follows: AGNEW LIKES "HARD, POLITICAL" ROLE from two years as governor of Maryland when the a.gent pulled him a.side for further and without prior Washington experience, questioning. "I don't really know why I VICE PRESIDENT BECOMES BLUNT SPOKESMAN FOB Agnew feels he ls as equipped as anyone stopped him," recalls the agent. "He just MIDDLE AMERICA to handle the job, and appears supremely looked wrong traveling alone and carrying (By Carl P. Leubsdorf) confident of his ability to handle anything that big tape recorder." WASHINGTON.-Travellng around the coun that might come along, including the presi TV MONITORS try, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew leads a dency. Sometimes, of course, agents deliberately strange, monastic life. Between carefully - A political practitioner of what might be allow a known smuggler to pass throU:gh cus- rationed public appearances, most of his time called the .a.rt of nonpolitics, Agnew shuns 27344 EXTENSIONS OF.- REMARKS August 4, 19'10 the company of the usual sort of political cient regardless of the prevailing eco to force the Executive to spend excessive associates, both in his travels and at his · nomic climate. Toaay, in particular, as amounts, making it impossible to achieve destination. the administration directs its efforts to- its budget objectives-. This contributes to a sense of, insulation _ ward arresting the destructive momen- Each year, the Executive constructs a one feels while traveling with Agnew, a sense . . · . . . budget' with an eye to the overall prospect that goes beyond that which has come to tum of ~fiat1on, such ii;ieffi.c1enc~es ~e for and economic effects of revenue, expen be associated with the presidency and vice come decidedly more serious. Leg1Slat1ve diture and lending totals, and Congress presidency in recent years. imprudence at a time of economic crises breaks down this spending into 13 appro DoEsN'T Miss wINDows can very quickly become fiscal irrespon- priations bllls. Then the Congress proceeds to act upon each measure in isolation, with Thus, traveling to Denver in the Alr Force sibility. out adequate regard for the effects each transport assigned him-he doesn't mind its There is a great enchantment today given appropriation will have on the budget lack of windows-Agnew was accompanied by with the concept of reordering our na- - as a whole. All too frequently, Congress has a speechwriter, a resea.Tcher, two secretaries, tional priorities to meet the changing di been preoccupied with the growth of indi four reporters, more than a dozen Secret mensions of our time. Our approach to . vidual trees, while ignoring the implications Service agents and two regular traveling com- this task, however, has basically been a of a rapidly expanding forest. And the Ex panions-Dr. William Voss, his personal rerun of the policy of the last 8 years. ..ecutive Branch has been forced into the un physician, aL.d Roy Goodearle, who functions The magic response to every social ill fortunate position of a woodsman who must as a combination political aide, tour manager thin this forest by pruning someone's favor and press secretary. seems to be a progressively bigger Fed- · ite trees. on the three-hour flight, an hour was con- eral appropriation. This cannot be char Administrations have approached the task sumed in chatting with newsmen, much of acterized as a reordering of our priorities. of changing the nature of the budget "for the rest in playing gin rummy with Voss, To reorder the Nation's priorities re est" in different ways. The Johnson Admin with whofn Agnew has pfayed for hours on quires that we examine the -obvious eco istration attempted to reorder priorities by top of hours from Washington to Katmandu. nomic constraints and then separate the recommending that both defense and non Arrivilig at sea.led-off Buckley Air Force f th th t defense programs expand simultaneously, the Base, Agnew talked briefly with Denver re- necessary programs rom ose a are famous philosophy of "both guns and but porters, then sped downtown in a five-ca.r merely desirable. This we have failed to ter" which wreaked a havoc on the nation's motorcade over an unannounced route to the do. economy that has continued into the pres Brown Palace Hotel, not to emerge again We must realize that the old spend- ent. The inflation engendered by the unus until his departure the following day. and-elect philosophy is simply no longer ually large deficits of the Johnson years went He stayed in the Eisenhower suite, a. pan- credible. Our reluctance to abandon it, a long way to eroding the very benefits to eled, eighth-floor apartment often bceupied in light of the enormous evidence to its the economically disadvantaged which were by the late president, and spent time work- · d nl to be ild being sought by federal spending on social ing on future-speeches and other business. unwis om, can o Y lead one W er- programs. The deficit financing of these He ma.de some phone cans, but found time ment. Why must our only answer to the programs has turned into a boomerang. over cocktails-he sipped Scotch and water- complex problem of modern life be to The Nixon Administration has ta.ken a to discuss for more than an hour subjects spend public funds as though there were d'fferent, and in the long run more effec ranging from nudity at rock festivals to his no tomorrow? We must admit, I think, tive, approach to reordering priorities. The image. His listeners were the four newsmen that a large part of it can only be attrib current Admi.nistration has shifted resources and two Republican governors, John Love of uted to political motivations that are, among competing demands within the frame Colomdo and Tom McCall of Oregon. at best, misdirected. Perhaps too, we are work of a. budget aimed toward balance at On a trip to Denver two weeks earlier the overly infiuenced by the belief that the high employment. To our mind, this ap vice president stayed two nights and found public exno.nts some form of constant proach to re-orienting the benefits of gov time for two rounds of golf. That trip also .t'""' ernment spending will produce much more produced a demonstration outsde the hotel movement from us in an effort to resolve la.sting a.nd beneficial effects. But it is es that led to violence and serious injury to one our many national problems. It is as Ar sential that the Congress match this deter policema.n. len J. Large wrote in the Wall Street mination to produce a budget in harmony This time all remained quiet. Agnew dined Journal when he spoke of "that elemen with the needs of the economy, while redi with Voss and Goodea.rle and went to bed tal force in nature that compels men in recting federal objectives. early. public life tO do anything but just stand Congress occupies the controlling position The next day, he went by a. second-floor there." Unfortunately this kind of reac in the budget process, yet does not use its passa.geway to the new part o! the hotel for powers in a. coherent, relevant fashion. Ra his speech to the Educational council of the tive approach to problem solving often tionalizing the Congressional budget process Sl{ates, giving an optimistic view of America. leads to exorbitant programs which are does not mean reducing a few appropriations It had n.One of the "red meat" he likes to neither appropriate no:r politically ac while allowing others to balloon out of con throw to political audiences and the only tionable. Ultimately it does damage to trol. Nor does budget rationality inlply that excitement came when a bank of colored both the ecpnomy and its intended bene revenues can be cut substantially without spotlights, encased in steel, tore loose from ficiaries. due consideration for the need for appropria the ceiling and held only by electrical wires Mr. Speaker, I am including in the tions. Rationality in the way the Congress dangled uncertainly over Agnew's head. RECORD the statement of the minority handles the budget ea.ch year involves seeing the total budget in its relation to the total members of the Joint Economic Com needs of the economy, refusing 'to vote higher mittee. Hopefully my colleagues will find appropriations or lower revenues than re TIME FOR A RESPONSIBLE BUDGET wisdom in its observationsA It is meant to quest~ without enacting offsetting budget be purposive not accusatory, suggesting changes, and specifically, controlling federal constructive-economic imperatives which spending. .Those in control of the Congress shirk HON. CLARENCE J. BROWN can aid us. in our efforts to make more their responsibillties when they demand that oF oaio effective use~ of o~r limited fu:ianc"ial re the whole budget be somehou different from IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sources . . the sum of its parts. We call upon Congres -The statement follows: Tuesday, August 4, 1970 sional leaders to fulfill their responsibillties STATEMENT BY MINORITY MEMBERS OF THE in this area, and to become the major force Mr. BROWN of Oliio. · ~r: Speaker, JoiNT EcoNoMic COMMITTEE in shaping a. rational budget policy, both in when the Joint Economic Committee re- Recently, there . has been . a movement terms of revenue and outlay totals and .com cently coneluded its examination and re- among some in Congress to rec.apture cer ponent program priorities. view of the economy at midyear, the . ta.in "legislative pr~rogatives," parti~ularly minority members of the committee re- in the field of foreign policy. There has been leased a statement which addressed it- . much public debate on this issue. But there · Mll.JLIONS OF INDUSTRIAL INJURIES self to the failure of Congress to exer- · ls 'one' area of interest to this Committee A YEAR where those in control of the Congress have .. cise its budgetary "prerogatives" by set- abandoned the prerogative of the Legislative ting reasonable and necessary limits to Branch in recent years and appear to be re- HON. WILLIAM D._ FORD , Federal spending. peating this performance again this year. OF MICHIGAN The statement further criticized the That is the prerogative of defining sp•mding IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES current congressional methodology of ex- limits for each of the functions of the fed amining the budget's component parts eral government. This has taken the form Tuesday, August 4, 1970 with seemingly little regard for the cru- - of excessiv:e appropriations, while leaving it . . . to the Executive Branch to determine spend- Mr. Wn..LIAM D. FORD. Mr. Speaker. Clal relationship each Of those parts has • ing llmits -a·mang the various functions of . 25 milUon industrial injuries a year not to the w~ole. Certainly this kinyees about job hazards. r Any ·employee Commissions. This has unsuccessfully been manding ·task-his injury isn't counted. entering the fi11ID.S examin~ in the study attempted for nearly two decades because of would have slightly greater than one chance strong Industrial and state's rights opposi This charade will not occur if Congress in ten of receiving any safety training with tion. passes H.R. 16785. The Daily Labor Re in the first few days in his job on how work Third, adoption of the "serious injury in port in its account of Mr. Gordon's pro safety and health violations and injuries dex" concep~ as a proper yardstick to deter -posal for a "seriou.s injury index" says: were to be reported. . mine the job safety and health standings of If statistics were collected for all serious Changing th:e "yaTdstick" produced dra all firms. matic Increases in th"e number of industrial Fourth, exploitation of existing federal and work injuries, and not just disabling ones, injuries and deaths. the count woul9. include the disabling in state government accident and employment Information compiled for survey firms juries, all eye injuries, all fractures, all in statistics sources, thereby avoiding duplloa using an alternate work Injury measure tion in fillngs by firms. jurl~s requiring a visit to the doctor, and .all those requiring a change in job but with called the "serious Injury index", which com Fifth, experimentation in the use of com no loss of time. bines both disabling and non-disabling in puter assisted statistical procedures for es juries, revealed a ratio of ten serious injuries timating job safety and health data. Becau.se Congress must soon decide on for every disabling injury reported. This Sixth, funding of expanded Federal and the merits of two differing bills, ,I com means that the current national level of in state data collection and processing efforts mend my colleagues the press release juries reported by t.he National Safety Coun in the work injury and occupational disease to ·cil Qf 2.5 million disabling injuries should and health field. by Jerome Gordon, the .daily report ac be more like 25 mlllion "serious injuries". · Mr. Jerome B. Gordon is an independent count of his press conference, the Dietsch The American Telephone and Telegraph management consultant and was former article on -the same press conference, and Company, which left the National Safety founder and president of Delphic Systems the language from both H.R. 16785 ·and Council competitions, reported over a three and Research Corporation, which executed the accompanying House Labor Com hundred pel" cent Increase in their internal the study. mittee report on the bill: company work injury experience when they Mr. Gordon has been ca.lied as an expert adopted a modified version of the "serious witness to testify on Occupatlona.l Safety T'WENTY-FIVE Mn.LION INDUSTRIAL INJURIES A YEAR . injury Index". and Health· matters before the U.S. Senate A Secretary of Labor directed sub-commit and House of Representatives. In 1969, Mr. '(By JerDme B. Gordon) tee of the American National Standards In Gordon dlsclose<;l the vast undercoun ting of Twenty-five million serious injuries and stitute-the nation's primary safety and In serious accidental pesticidal poisonings and deaths go unoounted' in ·the Nation's work dustrial standards organization-has been deaths in testimony before the Senate Sub places due to improperly run and under wrangling for over seven months over wheth Commlttee on Migratory Labor. He is author funded programs operated by the Federal gov er to report _out the adoption of a modified of a proposal for the significant reallgnment ernment and the National Safety Council. version of the serious Injury index. How of federal job safety and health functions. Further, these conditions are perpetuated' by ever, they have been stymied by considerable The proposal has three ~ain features: industry dominance of private safety stand Industry and trade association pressure. a. The establishment of a RAND-type of ards organizations which literally allow most The report also found that the federal pro federal corporatio~ to have exclusive respon · finns to compose their own records on in gram of work injury measurement seriously sibl~ty of developing federal job safety and dustrial accidents and hide thous,a,nds of over-represented both Manufacturing and health standards and conducting related re serious hazards.on the job. Larger firms In its sample, further com- search and certification programs. This ls the thrlist of a oontroversial 700 - pounding the basic error. The ~partment b. The establishment of a compllance and page report prepared for the U.S. Depart of .Labor survey had over 28 per cent more technical assistance arm of the federal and ment of Labor dealing with an evaluation of Manufacturing firms than was deemed neces state governments called the U.S. Occupa the nation's industrial safety statistic,s. The sary:, and had an average number of 63 em tional Safety and Health Service. in depth study was directed by worker ployees per reporting firm, more than fl ve c. The financing of an expanded job safety and health p.rogram through a national trust safety and health advocate Jerome B. Gor time.a the national average of 15~ In addi- don and a team of systems analysts in-the - tion, a. major gap in sampling for work in fund deriving proceeds from a tax on em· wake of Congressional criticism of job safety juries was the virtual absence of significant ployer wor.km~n·s compensation premiums. and health statistics-a subject of some in numbers of reporting firms In the Pacific The proposal has such diverse backing as terest in the Occupational Safety and Health states. Senator Jacob Javits of New York, and the Act now languishing before both the House Far more serious, the report con.tends ls ~IO and 't]nited Automobile Workers and Senate. the combination of fiscal starvation-and un of America. Job hazards are worsening. The disa01ing witting sabotage by the 16 voluntary co injury frequency tate for firms In Manu - operating states on the effectiveness of the STUDY FOR LABOR DEPARTMENT Is SAID To facturing as compiled by the Bureau of Labor Department of Labor .work Injury Survey. SHOW 8-10. PERCENT UNDERREPORTING OF Statistics reached a level of 18.6 injuries per The program currently consists of two full JOB INJURIE~ million man hours C'f work in 1968-a rate time professionals and ls funded at a level of A private. oqnsu~~nt: Jero!Ile :J3. Gordon, last achieved in 1952 ! $225,000. The stuqy estimated that the nec who recently compl~ted a s_tudy of the Labor The study revealed that not only should essary funding to cover both present deft- Department's industrial accident statistics this rate be higher, but that the yardstick . ciencies and exp~d the job ~ety and _for the agency, estimates that they under- 27346 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 4, 1970 state disabling injuries by 8 to 10 percent, pertmen.ts in the use of computers in the re (From House Labor Committee Report} or 200,000 cases a year. porting, and funding of expanded reporting REPORTS AND REPORTING And if _serious work injuries were reported, programs. Adequate information ls the precondition rather than just disabling injuries (those Gordon said that BLS's accident reporting for responsive administrati'on of practically that cause a loss of at least a day's work), is in the hands of two full-time professionals .all sections of this billl. However, at the pres the number would be 1000 times what it and one in each of the 16 states, and is ent time, the Federal Government and most is now, or 25 million injuries a. year, com funded at $225,000. The Department of Labor of the states have Inadequate information pared to the 2.5 million reported. eliminated an extra $500,000 for job safe'ty on the incidence, nature, or causes of occu Gordon turned in his report on June 30, and heal th da.ta needs from the fiscal 1972 pational injuries and deaths. For diseases, 1970, under a $58,000 contract entered into bud.get, he said. He estimated that adequate the information gap ls even larger. Thus, the on June 20, 1969. The contract negotiations funding would run to $1.7 million to $3 mil first action of both the Federa.l and Stat.e started while a Democratic holdover, David lion annually. Governments should be to remedy these gaps Swankin, was still director of the Bureau with the institution of adequate statistical of Labor Standards, which had charge of [From the Washington Dally News, July 29, programs. The long-standing charade of the occupational safety activities for the Depart 1970] Z.16 standard is specifically recognized and ment until a recent reorganization. HAPHAZARD GATHERING OF DATA: THE UN rejected by the language of the Committee Fearing that his study will not see the COUNTED Mn.LIONS HURT AT WORK bill which requires that a.11 deaths, injuries light of day, Gordon obtained the support of {By Robert Diet.sch) and ailments should be recorded at least the United Auto Workers in calling a press Ten times as many American workers are once. conference to report its results. He had been To assure the completeness of data, Sec a witness on the subject during the hearings injured each year as omcial reports now show, a report prepared for the Labor Depart tion 9 ( c) directs the Secretary of Labor to on occupational health and safety by the cooperate with the Secretary of Health, Edu Senate and House Labor Subcommittees. ment asserted today. The $58,000 study, sent to the department cation and Welfare in devising regulations A BLS source said tha.t the report was con a month ago but still not omcially released, which implement this goal. The Committee sidered "quite factual and true" and that contends the annual on-the-job injury total recognizes the fact that some work-related BLS "acknowledges what he says" but tha.t is 25 million, not 2.5 mlllion. injuries or aliments may involve only a "resource limita.tions" proba.bly will prevent This evaluation ls expected to be used by minimal loss of work time or perhaps none anything being done about it. industrial unions and Democratic legislators at all, thus these might not be of enough Gordon blamed what he called BLS' "dis as additional arguments for enactment of value to the Government bodies to require mal and unfortunate" failure in its job acci a strong occupational safety and health bill record-keeping thereof. However, the Com dent statistics on industry dominance Olf the this year. Such a measure has been approved mittee was not offered any statutory lan reporting programs relied on. BLS staitistics by the House Education and Labor Com guage which was not subject to the greater are based on reports from 16 states using mittee and a similar measure is expected peril of allowing under-reporting. The Com the American Na;tional Sta.ndards Institute to be approved shortly by a Senate Labor mittee therefore intends that its language of method of recording and measuring work in subcommittee. "all work-related injuries, diseases and ail jury experience, aooording to a BLS explana The study, undertaken in June, 1969, was ments" should be treated as a minimum floor tion. ANSI has a heavy industry representa prepared under direction of Jerome B. Gor which includes such conditions as work tion and develops safety stan.da.rds by the don and the Delphic Systems and Research related loss of consciousness, treatment by I\ consensus method. Corp., which he formerly headed. In 1969, physician {even if the treatment occurs only The 16 st3ltes are Maine, Oonn.ooticut, New Mr. Gordon was among congressional wit once and subsequent treatment is by a nurse York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, nesses who charged that accidental poison or medical technician) , and records of dis South Carolina, Georgia, F'lortda, Alabama, ings and deaths from pesticides were seri eases which are incurred from work exposure Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, and ously undercounted. {such as asbestosis and silicosis) and which Wyoming, and Arkansas. Two of the most in may not be known to an employer until after dustrialized non-participant states, Califor INDUSTRY DOMINATION an employee retires and applies for medical nia and Illinois, are described as having Mr. Gordon said the 10-fold undercount benefits under his retirement plan. These "their own individual system." ing of industrial injuries was the result of latter records may be available or known Gordon's study covered five state programs "improperly run and underfunded federal only to state omcials and not to the employer, relied on by BLS, in New York, Wisconsin, government programs" and of industry and thus the employer would ha.ve no such Michigan, Arkansas, alld Georgia, and one domination of safety standard measurements record-keeping responsibility; however, in outside, in California. The estimate of an 8 and private safety standard organizations. such case, the Committee expects that the to 10 percent error in the nationa.l statistics In general today, an injury is counted in Secret.e.ry of Labor and the Secretary of wa.s based on the results of the study in cau the national total only if the worker ls Health, Education and Welfare will develop fornia. absent from his job the day after he is other means by which the Government can If statistics were collected for all serious injured. Thus if a man slips on a greasy carry out their explicit responsibilities to re work injuries, and not just the disabling ones, factory floor, breaks two fingers but is back port the incidence of these problems accu the count would include the disabling in on the job the next day-perhaps assigned rately. juries, all eye injuries, all fractures, all in to a less demanding task-his injury isn't At the same time, the Committee recog juries requiring a vis-it to the doctor, and a.11 counted. nizes the need t.o assure employers that they those requiring a change in job but wiith no Mr. Gordon said his study showed that if will not be subject to unnecessary or dupli loss of time, Gordon said. _a more realistic injury index were used {he cative record-keeping requests and has speci The Daniels occupational health and safety called his "the serious injury index") , there fically stated this intent in Section 9(d). To would be "a ratio of 10 serious injuries for that end, the Committee intends that wher bill (H.R. 16785) provides t.iha.t the Secretary every disabling injury reported today." Of Labor in cooperation with the Secretary ever possible, reporting requirements should of Health, Educaition, and Welfare "sha.11 The commonly accepted annual death toll be satisfied by having an employer report make regulations requiring employers to keep from industrial accidents is 14,000. Mr. Gor relevant data only to one Governmental records of all work-rela.ted injuries, diseases, don said the "actual total is far greater;" agency a.nd that other Governmental agen and ailments which arise from conditions however, he said he could not provide a cies, if any, should then acquire their in present in the working environment." specific figure. formation from the original agency. In its report on the bill, the House Labor A 300-PERCENT HIKE The Committee also intends that the an Committee &a.id that this language "should be The report charged that industry and state nual reports of both the Department of La treated as a minimum ftoor whioh includes gathering of job injury statistics is done bor and the Department of Health, Educa such conditions as work-related loss of con haphazardly in many cases. Mr. Gordon said tion and Welfare should contain comprehen sciousness, treatment by a phy&ician {even if when American Telephone and Telegraph sive presentations of all this data, together the treatment occurs only once and subse Co. adopted a modified version of his "serious with an analysis thereof so that this Com quent treatment is by a nurse or medical injury index," the company "reported over mittee and others in Congress may review technician) , and records of diseases which a 300 per cent increase in its internal com the adequacy of progress and the possible are incurred from work exposure {such as pany work injury experience." need for further legislation. asbestosis and smcosis) and which may not Mr. Gordon also said that too often "job be known to an employer until after his injury information handed out by the La.bar employee retires and applies for medical Department and the National Safety Coun FROM H.R. 16785: INSPECTIONS, INVESTIGA benefits under his retirement plan." cil ls accepted as gospel." He charged that TIONS, AND REPORTS Gordon said that the recommendations "industry sets the standards for the Na SEC. 9. (a) In order to carry out the pur made to the Labor Department in his study tional Safety Council" and implied that in poses of this Act, the Secretary, upon pre call for development of strict mandatory dustry's main concern is to keep the number senting appropriate credentials to the own reporting standards "exclusively" by the of reported injuries low. er, operator, or agent in charge, is author federal government, "strong federal interven- The occupational safety and health b111 ized- 1:1on" t.o geit improved reporting under state · approved by the House committee is much (1) to enter upon at reasona-ble times any workmen's compensa.tion laws, use of the ;=stronger tl1an one proposed by the admin workplace where work is performed to which "serious injury" concept, elimination of -du istration and favored by business organiza this Act applies; and plication in federal and state reporting, ex- tions. (2) to inspect and investigate during August 4, 1970 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 27347 regular working hours and at other reason jet during World War II and helped mind and cordial manner. He was a able times, and within reasonable limits and to make many substantial contributions member of an illustrious congressional in a reasonable manner, any such place and family. His grandfather, John C. Kunkel, all pertinent conditions, structures, ma to the Armed Forces. chines, apparatus, devices, equipment, and Mr. Kimball, who learned his engi was a Member of the 34th and 35th Con materials therein, and to question any such neering through correspondence courses, gresses. His great-grandfather, John employer, owner, opera.tor, agent or em left industry in 1949 at the request of Sergeant, was a Member of the House for ployee. President Truman to become Assistant eight terms. His other great-grandfather, (b} For the purposes of any investigation Secretary of the Navy for Air. At the Robert Whitehill, was a Member of Con provided for in this title, the provisions of time of boiling controversies over unifi gress in the ninth through 13th Con sections 9 and 10 (relating to the attend cation, he per.formed great service in gresses. And his great-great grandfather, ance of witnesses and the production of maintaining the separate roles of all of Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, served as books, papers, and documents) of the Fed a Member of the Continental Congress eral Trade Commission Act of September 16, the Armed Forces. He became Under 1914 (15 U.S.C. 49, 50), a.re hereby ma.de ap Secretary of the Navy in May 1949 and during the Revolutionary War. plicable to the jurisdiction, powers, and was named Secretary of the Navy in John Kunkel, the man so many of us duties of the Secretary or any officers desig June 1951. As such he directed the major knew and liked, was a worthy descendant nated by him. expansion of the Navy that followed the of this distinguished American family. As ( c) Each employer shall make, keep, and start of the Korean war. a boy, he attended the Harrisburg and preserve, and make available to the Secre After leaving Government service, he Phillips Andover Academies and grad tary such record of his activlties concerning uated from Yale College and the Harvard the requirements of this Act, and shall make returned to industry to head the Aerojet reports therefrom to the Secretary, as he General Corp., and made it one of the Law School. He became a successful may prescribe by regulation or order as nec outstanding companies in the missile and farmer,J>anker, and lawyer. While serv essary or appropriate for the enforcement space fields. ing in the House from 1939 through 1951, of this Act. The Secretary shall also make In recent years, as he moved into re he was chosen by his fellow Republicans such regulations as may be necessary to as tirement, Mr. Kimball continued his use to be head of the Wednesday Night Club, sure that employers keep their employees ful public service. He founded a factory a study group addressed by scholars in continuously informed of their rights, privi in the Watts area of Los Angeles and many fields. During those years, he be leges, and obligations under this Act. The came known as the top-ranking bridge Secretary in cooperation with the Secretary made a special effort to hire people with of Health, Education, and Welfare shall make out high school educations or with dis player in Congress, according to the rec regulations requiring employers to keep rec advantaged backgrounds. He trained the ords of the American Contract Bridge ords of all work-related injuries, diseases, local Watts people not only in indus League; his wife was also a bridge play and ailments which arise from conditions trial skills, but in management, and ing champion. present in the working environment. turned the factory over to them. He also John Kunkel came out of retirement to ( d) Any information obtained by the Sec serve again in the House from 1961 to retary, the Secretary of Health, Education, was helping to develop the University of North Africa in Morocco. 1966. Both his wife and he were nearing and Welfare, or a State agency under this the lifemaster category when John re Act shall be obtained with a minimum bur Mr. Kimball and Doris Fleeson were den upon employers, especially those oper married in 1958, and their marriage was tired for the last time froin Congress in ating small businesses. Unnecessary duplica an extremely happy one. 1966. One of the half-serious reasons tion of efforts in obtaining information shall Doris Fleeson established a reputa John gave for his retirement at that time be reduced to the maximum extent feasible. tion for precision and for fairness in a was that the killing legislative pace set (e) A representative of the employer and by President Johnson left him no time a representative authoriZed by his employees newspaper career spanning 40 years. A Washington correspondent for the New for playing bridge. shall be given an opportunity to accompany He was a valued and esteemed Member any person who is making an inspection un York Daily News starting in 1933, she der subsection (a) of any workplace. was at one time the only woman cover of Congress during all his service here. ing Franklin D. Roosevelt's campaign. He was a respected member of the Pub During World War II she was a war lic Works Committee and, although he DEATH OF TWO FINE AMERICANS: correspondent for Women's Home Com was a member of the minority party, was DAN A. KIMBALL AND DORIS panion magazine. After the war she be assigned extremely important committee FLEESON KIMBALL gan the syndicated Political column tasks by the chairman. He leaves a wife which was eventually carried in over 90 and many thousands of friends and well HON. L. MENDEL RIVERS newspapers. wishers, all of whom will grieve at John Among the many journalism awards Kunkel's passing for a long, long time OF SOUTH CAROLINA she won were the Raymond Clapper to come. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Award, the Theta Sigma Phi Headliner Tuesday, August 4, 1970 Award, and the Missouri Journalism VIETNAM TROOP STRENGTHS AND Mr. RIVERS. Mr. Speaker, this past Award. She was a strong advocate of TROOP CEILINGS week saw an event of great sadness for women's rights and was one of the two many of us here in the Capital and for female reporters who fought successfully the Nation in the passing of two fine to get restroom facilities for women re HON. DONALD M. FRASER and lovP.ly Americans. porters in the Capitol Press Galleries. OF MINNESOTA Dan A. Kimball, the former Secretary Their friends will miss their warm per IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of the Navy and retired board chairman sonalities, and the Nation will miss their Tuesday, August 4, 1970 of Aerojet General Corp., died on July inspiration. 30. Thirty-six hours later, his dear wife, Mr.FRASER. Mr. Speaker, each week the Department of Defense releases a the nationally syndicated political col LATE HONORABLE JOHN CRAIN umnist Doris Fleeson Kimball, followed "troop strength" figure for Vietnam. As KUNKEL a note 1 to President Nixon's statement her husband into death. of September 16, 1969 indicates: Funeral services for the couple were ... within the authorized ceiling, all units held at the Navy chapel, and burial was HON. JOSHUA EILBERG a.re shown at 100 percent strength. In actual in Arlington National Cemetery. OF PENNSYLVANIA practice, most units a.re slightly below full Dan Kimball, a large, energetic, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES strength, so that actual strength normally affable man, was a high school dropout is less than the authorized ceiling by 1 or who made good. The son of a Mississippi Tuesday, August 4, 1970 2 percent. River steamboat captain, he quit high Mr. EILBERG. Mr. Speaker, I mourn I thought it might be useful for Mem school in his second year to work in an the passing of former Representative bers to have a brief recapitulation of automobile garage. He then served in John Kunkel of Pennsylvania. John died the Army Air Corps in World War I. of a stroke on Monday, July 27, in the 1 "United States Troops in Vietnam," He went into industry, and when Harrisburg Hospital. All who knew him, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Docu World War II came, he was a company both inside and outside the Halls of Con ments, Monday, September 22, 1969, page vice president. He became head of Aero- gress, will always remember his keen 1267. 27348 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 4, 1970 troop ceiling reductions, as well as a on the various target dates established by It has been his special privilege to witness table showing actual-and proposed-re the President are made. Because the the attainment of practically all of the goals ductions in the number of men in-Viet "strength" figures are now determined after which he struggled on behalf of human betterment; as well as regards to closer un nam. each Thursday, the dates for these :fig derstanding ' between his country and · In the following table, comparisons of ures do not c-0incide with the President's Panama. "troop ceilings"'' and "troop- strengths" target dates. - During the past six decades he has always sought a relationship between our two coun VIETNAM TROOP CEILING ANO TROOP STRENGTH TRENDS tries based on a mutuality of outlook, inter est, and purpose, and has never failed to Cumulative show an active concern with the welfare and Reduction in Reduction in strength Announced troop ceilings Actual troop strength progress of our two peoples. ceiling strength reductions · His many defenses of the rights of non u.s. citizens on the Canal Zone have exem 549,500 on June 7, 1969 ______537,500 as of June 7, 1969 t ______: ______plified. the sympathy, appreciation and 524,500 as of Aug. 31, 1969 ______511,800 as of Aug. 28, 1969______25, 000 25, 700 25, 700 484,000 as of Dec. 15, 1969 ______472,500 as of Dec. ll, 1969______40, 500 39, 300 65, 000 friendship so lacking in human relations, 434,000 as of Apr. 15, 1970 ______425,500 as of Apr. 16, 1970______50, 000 47, 000 112, 000 though so essential to harmony and under • 406,700 as of July 30, 1970 ______~ ------18, 800 130, 800 standing in world affairs. 384 0002 as of Oct 15, 1970 ______374,000 as of Oct 15, 1970______50, 000 32, 700 163, 500 No individual qualifies more for the Flr<>t 28(000 2 as of spring 1971. ______274,000 as of'spring 1971______100, 000 100, 000 263, 500 Canal Gold Medalllon than Maurice H. Total reduction by spring 1971------265, 500 263, 500 ------Thatcher. The Tribune ·and its readers fully share in this deserving tribute. t President Nixon announced his first redeployment of U.S. troops from Vietnam on June 8, 1969. 2 This line shows the target for further troop reductions. SPECIALLY BLESSED, SUPERBLY A TRIBUTE FOR HONORARY PUBLIC of the Canal Incentive Awards Program will SERVED SERVICE TO HON. MAURICE H. be given to Maurice H. Thatcher. THATCHER ON HIS 100TH"" BffiTH For more than 60 years Mr. Thatcher, the HON. DURWARD G. HALL DAY only surviving member of the Isthmian Canal Com.mission, has rendered conspicuous serv OF MISSOURI ice to both the administration of the Canal IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. LEONOR K. SULLIVAN and in assisting all Governors in carrying Tuesday, August 4, 1970 out their important responsib1llties. OF MISSOURI Official sources at Balboa Heights revealed Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, Marvin Van IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that this highest- recognition by Canal or gilder, editor of the Carthage, Mo., Press. Tuesday, August 4, tno ganization was prompted because of Mr. has authored a moving and compassion Thatcher's invaluable assistance in securing ate commentary about a father who has Mrs. SULLIVAN. Mr. Speaker, as we enactment of the new Cash Relief bill signed on July 24 by President Nixon. lost his son in battle. travel through life, it is our lot to meet The article follows: many different kinds of people under l'..fr. Thatcher was a vital and constructive every conceivable circumstance. Some we figure among the ·members of the Isthmian AT A WARRIOR'S GRAVE-SPECIALLY BLESSED, enjoy-some we love-some we admire Canal Commission. He served as Chief of the SUPERBLY SERVED some we try to emulate-and some siin Department of Civil Adnilnistration which (By Marvin Vangilder) controlled Canal Zone civil affairs and in I saw a man standing alone in the midst ply perchance pass our way. cluded the body's representation in its re It of a crowd over the grave of his uniformed is seldom we meet one who-encom lations with the Republic of Panama and son. passes all of the wonderful virtues we the foreign diplomatic missions accredited It seemed-and it was so--that he bore ourselves would like to have. One of our to this country. the weight of all the grief of the ages upon former colleagues, the Honorable Mau Even in the period 1910 to 1913 he brought shoulders never designed for such a burden. rice H. Thatcher is that kind of person. vigor, enthusiasm and an enlightened point Yet there was a dignity a.bout him which of view to civil affairs and to international com.munica.~d verities words cannot express. One hundred years young. What pleas relations. ure, joy and good he has·brought to the A f'ather who has lost a son in battle From 1922 until 1933 he served in the U.S. in Vietnam or in any theater of war in any thousands and thousands and thousands House of Representatives from the district age-knows a special kind of pain, an ex he has touched during this century. His of Louisville, Ky. He gave of himself to many cruciat1Ifg wrture which others can only gentle warmth and concern for all of his causes on behalf of the people of the Isthmus partly help him bear: fellowmen, coupled with his courtly dig of Panama. Being mortal, he is acutely a.ware of errors nity, has caused many to gravitate to his He fathered the legislation creating. the he may have,IX13de in the rearing of his son, side and to his causes through the years. ferry service across the Canal, later known of lost opportunities for companionship and It was a privilege to observe the love as Thatcher Ferry. Then he pressed deter expressions of the unique fraternity which minedly to win approval of the U.S. Congress can exist only in the relationship of father and companionship he and his lovely of a law which provided non-U.S. citizen and son. wife enjoyed during their years together employees of the Panama Canal with dis For these he can only ask-and when he and their sharing of the important ability retirement benefits. asks instantly receive-the total forgiveness things in life. They brought a new depth The law enacted in 1944 has extended of God. of understanding and affection to the benefits to thousands of Panamanians, West He is overwhelmed with the knowledge peoples of Panama with whom they lived Indians and retirees of other nationalities. that with the loss of his son he has lost a. and worked for so many years. Mr. Thatcher is a man from whom all men portion of himself--an extension of his body. Much has been written about the ac who believe in devotion to duty and dedica his mind, his soul. There is a vacantness tion to service can take insRiration. The within .him which time, the patience of his complishments of Maurice H. Thatcher many honors he has won include the Va.sco family and friends and the love of God can during his century of service, but I be Nunez de Balboa from Panama., Eloy Alfaro soothe but cannot fill. lieve one of the highest honors is the Foundation from Ecuador and the Orden de He can find constructive value in that announcement by Governor Leber of the Bolivar from Venezuela. vacant part of himself as he uses it to open Canal Zone that he is the recipient of the For his steadfast fidelity to the ideals of the eye of his heart and soul to the pains first gold medallion for Honora}.'y Public Pan Americanism, his constant espousal of and frustrations of others. Out of the cru Service. The Panama Tribune, in its good-neighborly relations as a most positive cible of death's valley, he thus arises to a. editorial column of August 1, 197.0, pre way of life, and his tireless contribution to finer realm of J;ervice, a nobler purpose and the realization of tangible benefits for the a more gentle nature. sents the basis for this award and I want common people, he ha.s earned a. place in But the most powerful emotion within to share it with my colleagues. the distinguished company of such great him must be one of intense pride produced It is an extreme honor and privilege Americans linked to the Panama Canal as by the knowledge that his son has given for me to join in saluting a wonderful Col. George W. Goethals, Col. William c. himself for something greater and more en man on the attainment of his lOOth Gorgas, Col. David D. Gaillard and John F. during than any man-for the right of all birthday-Maurice H. Thatcher: Stevens. men to choose their own way-for the indi This gallant and indomitable old man has vidual dignity and freedom without which Fmsir CANAL GOLD MEDAL-To FORMER Gov. always been a spokesman for those Americans no life has ·value or purpose-for a tradi THATCHER who truly believe in respect of human tion of national truth and honesty and The first gold medallion struck for Hon dignity, social justice for air peoples, and in decency which-expresses man's finest, most. orary Public Service under the new features the idea.I of Christian brotherhood. angelic ideals-for the preservation of a. August 4, 1970 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 27349 system which places concern for 1'he indi sion the construction of such major The report had "nothing in it we didn't vidual above the desires of kings or king projects, thus it is not really in their in know before," and did not even mention the doms-for the opportunity for the sons of terest to find scientific flaws which might peripheral canal, Gianelli said. other men, over the centuries to come, to In a letter to McCloskey last week, he rise above the animal character which always jeopardize the construction of dams, blamed waste disposal problems in the south holds forth a glittering appeal and to attain canals, and the like. bay for the level of pollution. nobility of character, each in his own special Thus it is mandatory, Mr. Speaker, "The only real solution to the pollution o! way-for the standards of justice which that there be a system of "checks and San Francisco Bay is proper treatment of have been lifted via a star-spangled banner balances" to keep some restraint on the wastes combined with a regional waste treat above a million ramparts throughout the builders. ment collection and disposal system," he said. earth by the hands of sturdy, earthy but The U.S. Geological Survey recently The average volume of water in the south eternally victorious young men in the com issued a preliminary report, Mr. Speaker, bay for waste assimilation and waste removal mands of all the heroic captains from Wash is constant and "all of the fresh water in ington to Westmoreland and beyond who which may be the cause for the full re California" could not be expected to play have dared to man the defenses against examination on the State-financed Cali more than a "minor" role in disposing of it, international selfishness. fornia water project, the Bureau of Rec he indicated. Even in Vietnam, where issues are more lamation's San Luis project, and the McCloskey replied today that Gianelli's as confused and purpose is more complex Corps of Engineers' proposed projects in sertion that what ls needed are more waste perhaps especially in this painful morass the north coast of California, principally treatment facilities is "absurd." where the ancient enemy has arisen in a new the Eel River. "That ls absolutely wrong because the guise, these are the goals for which young phosphates to which the USGS report ad men give themselves. ·The U.S.G.S. report which shows the dresses itself are not taken out of water by When a son does so, three must be in the relationship of fresh water inflows to secondary sewage treatment and no one has father a humble sense of gratitude that a the bay to water quality in that body of ever proposed that the entire 66 sewage part of himself can be the means of purifying water may only be the tip of a gigantic treatment plants in the area be upgraded to and ennobling the race; there must be a soul iceberg of environmental questions on tertiary status, which would be an immense enriching pride that his son has fallen in the above projects. cost. battle for an eternal ideal and thereby has There are those, Mr. Speaker, who "To say that we're not concerned with the risen to the heights of an eternal reward. would rather not see the larger part of infiow of the Sacramento River with regard He must know that so long as these ideals to phosphates is an absurd statement. survive in the bosom of man, whether in that iceberg explored. I would number "We've spent over $800 million in the bay hours of triumph or in days of troubled the director of the State department of in the last 15 years to upgrade sewage treat struggle, his son lives on in the flutter of a water resources, William R. Gianelli, ment plants and we're counting on spend flag which wlll not be stilled even when the .and our Governor, Ronald Reagan, ing hundreds of millions more in the next wind is calm, in the sound of a poignant •among those persons. decade. But none of that will effect phos bugle of truth over a million battlefields and Evidence of pressure to suppress and phates." amid the quiet crosses where the real victors diminish the importance of this report "Both the salinity and the phosphate in of every war-those who gave themselves for gredient of sewage effluent in the sout h bay something worth the price-are graciously have been manifest since disclosure of are shown by the USGS report to be in remembered. its contents was made in May. versely proportionat e t o the inflow of fresh For t h ose who give themselves for any However, these efforts are being water from the Sacramento River," McClos thing less-the false glamour of being pub countered by the tremendous interest k'0y said. licly against prevailing standards, the fool and concern of Californians and by alert "Gianelli's dead wrong." ishness of narcotic or hypont ic techniques and extraordinarily able press coverage The congressmen also challenged the im of avoiding duty-he can know only pity. of this issue. plication ln another statement by Gianelli For such a fat her, surely God has a special Mr. that the USGS report might be unreliable sense of love and a shared combination of a Speaker, I would at this time enter and covered only a flood year, 1969, when grief and pride. For He too gave a cherished into the RECORD two articles which indi there was an unusual amount of fresh water Son in such a cause. cate the nature of these efforts to distort fl.owing into the bay. Receiving that eternal gift, the father who the importance of the U.S. Geological "It turns out that 1969 is not unusual at has seen that part of him which really mat Survey and to keep vital facts from the all," McCloskey said. "From 1952 through ters given in combat can hold his head high public. 1969, a period of 17 years, there are at least in the councils of men and declare, "Thank The articles are, "McCloskey Calls Gi 4 years where there have been flood flows God for my son. He gave himself, but he of this quantity-1952, 1956, 1958 and 1969." was not wasted. He was caught up by a noble anelli Reply On Peripheral Canal 'Ab Mccloskey also said there appear to be ideal which cannot die and in it he lives in surd' " from the Fresno Bee of July 20, "even further conflicts" between vaz:ious a special, unending way wherever love and 1970, and "Scientists Shy From Canal statements by Gianelli concerning the sig laughter and dignity and justice remain Fight" from the Oakland Tribune of nificance of the USGS report. bright flames of hope in the bosoms of men. July 23, 1970. .J . Gianelli said last week the report seemed For this indeed was a man, a giant rising tall The articles follow : at first glance "to be in conflict with the vast and strong above the wasted crowd, a bruised weight of scientific and technical data" on McCLOSKEY CALLS GIANELLI REPLy ON but unbroken vessel of purposeful heroism. bay water circulat ion. In him, as in the very Son of God, love is PERIPHERAL CANAL "ABSURD" "He now appears to be challenging the ac born again in a realm which knows no shame (By Michael Green} curacy of the report,'' Mccloskey said, "but and where death is a vanquished image en WAsHINGTON.-Controversy over t he possi two weeks ago, he was saying there was gulfed in the one enduring reality which ls ble effects of the proposed peripheral canal nothing in it he didn't already know." love itself." on the ecology of San Francisco Bay heated Even earlier, at the hearings of the House Such a father is specially blessed, for he up again today with a fresh exchange between conservation and natural research subcom has been superbly served by a very special California Water Resources Director Wil mittee in San Francisco, Mcclosky said, Gia son. liam R. Gianelli and Rep. Paul N. McCloskey nelli testified he had no information to in Jr., R-San Mateo. dicate there would be any adverse effect on McCloskey termed "absurd" statements by the bay by building the proposed peripheral CALIFORNIA'S WATER PROJECT Gianelli in response t o an earlier letter from canal, and stated he would welcome any such THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG Mccloskey concerning a recently issued report information, but now is rejecting it. by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Depart McCloskey has called for the subcommit ment of Interior. tee t o hold new hearings in San Francisco to HON. JEROME R. WALDIE The report indicated a "direct relation examine the apparent "conflict" in Gianelli's ship,'' McCloskey said, between pollution statement and examine the new information OF CALIFORNIA brought to light in the USGS report. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES problems in the bay and the amount of fresh water inflow from the Sacramento River. Gianelli wrote Mccloskey last week he Tuesday, August 4, 1970 would "welcome" such hearings and would The congressmen said the survey showed be pleased to appear but added: "I do not Mr. WALDIE. Mr. Speaker, the U.S. pollution decreased when fresh water inflows believe you will find the USGS report Geological Survey is renowned for its were high but increased when they were low. changes any of the facts I presented to this Gianelll dismissed claims by McCloskey and committee last August." ability to make scientific investigations another leading foe of the proposed periph without the political encumbrances all eral canal, Rep. Jerome R. Waldie, D-Contra Scn:NTISTS SHY FROM CANAL FIGHT too frequently encountered regarding Costa Count y, that the report gave ofilcial major public works projects. credence to their concern over the effect in (By Fred Garretson) The Corps of Engineers and the Bu the bay of diverting large volumes of fresh The four U.S. Geological Survey scientisfa reau of Reclamation have as their mis- water around the delta. whose study of ancient ocean sediments set 27350 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 4, 1970 off a. modern political storm in California lations and the manner in which they are quoted a decision by a Los Angeles federal appeared before the Bay Conservation and being promulgated. judge: Development Commission yesterday and said Rather than the method of accepting "Any policy that disqualifies a potential they didn't want to get drawn into a political employee because of their having been ar controversy. written comment for 30 days, as the rested once, or more than once, discriminates The USGS scientists-D. S. McCulloch, Treasury Department proposed, a mat in fact against Negro applicants." D. H. Peterson, P. R. Carlson and T. J. ter of this scope and complexity ought The officers concluded that "arrest records Conomos-have issued a report which has to receive full public hearings. have no place in the procedure being pro been widely Interpreted as proof that opera I ask unanimous consent that a perti posed. They are irrelevant, misleading and tions of the State Water Prolect will have a nent article from July 21, 1970, issue of racist in point of fact." catastrophic effect on the environment of The Dispatcher, published by the Inter- BLACKLIST San Francisco Bay. The USGS experts presented detailed national Longshoremen's and Ware They also expressed fear that the new regu scientific findings to an overfiow crowd at housemen's Union, be included in the lations could be used. as a form of blacklist tending the BCDC meeting in Oakland, but RECORD at this point: ing, and asked that a clause barring de under cross examination the government ILWU RAPS CUSTOMS SCREENING certification for political reasons or for experts said they wouldn't offer conclusions reasons having to do with labor union affilia SAN FRANCisco.-Customs regulations is tion or activity be added. on "political questions." sued last month-allegedly to combat pilfer McCulloch, lead.el' of the USGS team, said, Also, the letter said, the new customs regu age of cargo--are "vague and impractical," lations are superfious because of remedies "We are just studying paleosediments" would supersede the courts, and might even (ancient depositions of silt} and decided to against theft and pilferage contained in the destroy the Pacific Coast LongshActual Estimated Estimated Actual Estimated Estimated I !linois (percent) United States, United States, United States, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, Programs 1969 1970 1971 1969 1970 1971 1969 1970 1971
Grants for comprehensive health planning ______$6, 711, 400 $7, 700, 600 $7, 230, 900 $260, 900 $299, 900 $287, 000 3.9 3.9 4. 0 Grants for comprehensive public health services ______63, 709, 800 87, 235, 700 87, 235, 700 2, 719, 800 3, 888, 100 3, 888, 100 4.3 4.5 4. 5 Maternal and child health services awards ______38, 400, 607 38, 516, 526 46, 933, 694 1, 320, 706 1, 326, 856 1, 619, 408 3. 4 3.4 3. 5 Crippled children's services awards ______44, 617, 337 45, 219, 738 45, 712, 135 1, 529, 504 1, 518, 568 1, 546, 004 3.4 3.4 3.4 Construction and modernization of hospitals and related health facilities ______259, 291, 081 166, 821, 779 77, 338, 051 9, 624, 188 6, 123, 740 2, 966, 106 3. 7 3. 7 3. 8 Old-age ass istance ______1, 172, 029, 875 1, 373, 694, 000 1, 485, 666, 000 29, 535, 348 41 , 938, 000 48, 510, 000 2. 5 3.1 3.3 Aid to the blind ______:______51, 961, 038 58, 240, 000 60, 930, 000 l, 132, 725 l, 282, 000 l, 330, 000 2. 2 2.2 2. 2 Aid to the permanently and totally disabled ______426, 148, 693 513, 439, 000 577, 967, 000 21, 988, 000 27, 811, 000 31, 623, 000 5.2 5.4 5. 5 Aid to families with dependent children ______1, 704, 919, 231 2, 119, 272, 000 2, 526, 287, 000 84, 777, 412 92, 398, 000 102, 699, 000 5. 0 4.4 4.1 Medical assistance: Payments to vendors and for State and local administration ______2, 254, 704, 511 2, 637, 365, 000 3, 092, 837, 000 90, 916, 426 107, 367, 000 124, 112, 000 4. 0 4.1 4.0 Maintenance administration, social services, and State and local training ______607, 979, 898 762, 895, 000 837, 857, 000 27, 512, 770 37, 610, 000 41, 371, 000 4. 5 4.9 4.9 Child welfare services _____ ------______44, 750, 671 44, 712, 541 44, 760, 800 1, 867, 121 1, 867, 662 1, 867, 000 4. 2 4.2 4.2 BasicAct. State ______grants program, sec.__ 2,______Vocational Rehabilitation _ 336, 150, 364 428, 814, 853 489, 870, 567 14, 500, 000 16, 773, 529 17, 227, 226 4.3 3.9 3. 5 Innovation of vocational rehabilitation services ______2, 569, 996 3, 111, 378 3, 111, 378 44, 360 157, 153 157, 153 1.7 5.1 5.1 Construction of community facilities of the mentally re- tarded ______------11, 761, 738 10, 024, 330 7, 859, 135 513, 046 425, 028 299, 914 4.4 4.2 3.8 Programs for the aging ______15, 536, 000 12, 625, 600 12, 625, 600 582, 400 479, 700 479, 700 3. 7 3. 8 3. 8
WORLD TENSIONS RESPOND TO fully-to bring about what all of us steer the world away from tensions and pro NIXON wantr-world peace. Today, the outlook is mote peace. brighter. There are hopeful develop When President Nixon took office, he trav eled to Europe and to Asia to meet with the ments in Indochina, the SALT talks, and heads of foreign governments, and to convey HON. E. ROSS ADAIR in the Middle East. These developments OF INDIANA the message that "negotiation not confronta are detailed in the current issue of the tion" was the new U.S. world pollcy. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Republican Congressional Committee's As new developments broke last week, his Tuesday, August 4, 1970 Newsletter. I commend this article to the efforts began to pay off: In Vietnam, the Saigon Government has Mr. ADAIR. Mr. Speaker. Despite the attention of my colleagues: agreed to accept a coalition government, pro barrage of criticism to which he is sub WORLD TENSIONS RESPOND TO NIXON vided it is freely elected without pressure ject almost daily, President Nixon has The Nixon Administration has made prog from the Communists. Mr. Nixon emphasized been working steadily-and success- ress on three major fronts in its efforts to that the U.S. will insist on safeguards for free CXVI--1723-Part 20 27352 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 4, 1970 elections. Meanwhile, another contingent of Answers: A. 31.7; B. 29.9; C. 5.6; No re organization reside in Fort Worth, Tex., 1,600 U.S. troops left Vietnam as the with sponse 32.8. and it has been my pleasure to personal drawal plan moved along in schedule and as 2. Do you favor lowering the voting age battle deaths dropped to 77, one of the lowest below 21 for federal elections to--A. 18 B. 19 ly meet many of them and do whatever weekly totals. C. 20 D. I do not favor the proposal. possible in e:ff orts to obtain information In the Middle Ea.st the President has pro Answers: A. 17.7; B. 55; C 5.0; D. 40.5; No and assist in arranging a trip to Paris posed. a 90-day cease-fire 1n the air and land response 31.2. for them to meet with the North Viet warfare a.long the Israeli-Arab border, so that 3. The Welfare System should-A. provide namese delegates. peace talks can begin. The Arab nations have a. federally guaranteed annual income B. re When these POW and MIA wives had indicated they will accept the terms proposed quire all able-bodied adults to be available a press conference in Fort Worth re by the President. The Israeli Government has for or work training before receiving wel accepted with some reservations, notably fare C. be eliminated entirely. cently to urge participation in the writ that assurances be made that the Soviet Un Answers: A. 3.3; B. 58.1; C. 7.2; No re ing campaign, their request became ion wlll not utlllze the cease-fire to further sponse 31.4. known to, and impressed a group of build up forces in the Arab nations. The 4. Should the Constitution be amended energetic, patriotic, and productive talks would be the first real effort to define to specify mandatory retirement for Fed young business executives in Fort Worth issues, discuss settlements and get the two eral Judges and Members of Congress--A. known as the Action Ambassadors. sides together. Yes B. No C. Undecided. These men are part of the Fort Worth In the SALT talks, a new U.S. proposal was Answers: A. 44.1; B. 14-6; C. 9.7; No re made that the Soviet Union and the U.S. sponse 31.6. Chamber of Commerce and are a select limit their strategic nuclear missiles to about 5. With respect to pistols (hand guns only) group of doers in the true sense of the the number they have now or less. The plan do you favor-A. federal registration B. fed word. On this occasion they formed a would set an over-all numerical limit on nu eral legislation to encourage state licensing special committee, headed by John clear arms, with each nation deciding on how C. no change in existing legislation D. relaxa Lamond, met with the wives, and took many ICBMs, nuclear submarines or bombers tion of existing law. on the project of spreading the word of it would deploy. Answers: A. 20.1; B. 21.3; C. 21.l; D. 5.1; the writing campaign in every feasible The Soviet Union has made no move to ac No response 32.3. method. This included writing letters cept or reject the Nixon missile-curb plan. 6. Most effective in combating in:fl.ation Further details wlll be explained to the Rus is--A. Wage and price controls B. Credit con themselves, making speeches to other sians this week and an answer is expected trols C. Personal contact by the President civic groups to request participation, ar after Kremlin officials have had time to study with Business and Labor leaders attempting ranging for billboard space, supplying fully the offer. to keep the wage-price spiral in check. office space when needed, and requesting Mr. Nixon faces a thorny path as a peace Answers: A. 27.0; B. 19.1; C. 17.3; No the mayor of Fort worth, Hon. R. M. maker in today's nuclear world. But the U.S. response 36.5. Stovall, to proclaim "Prisoner of War has moved off dead center, away from the 7. Do you favor all-volunteer armed Freedom Week." The mayor complied "armed camp" philosophy of the past eight forces--A. Yes B. Yes, but not until the war in and encouraged civic participation, writ years, and into the heart of serious talks Vietnam is over or scaled down drastically about stopping the fighting where it is go C. No, the draft system should be left in ing a letter himself and mailing it to ing on, and heading off a world atomic-arms operation D. None of the above. start off the week. race. Answers: A. 18.2; B. 16.0; C. 27.9; D. 5.6; - Mr. Speaker, the sparkplug and chair No response 32.3. man of the Action Ambassadors is one of 8. To fund anti-pollution programs tn Fort Worth's busiest citizens, and most states and cities do you favor-A. Direct ex civic-minded businessmen, Mr. Don RESULTS OF 1970 QUESTIONNAIRE penditure of federal funds only B. Federal aid with matching funds from each state c. Woodard. The other members of the State funds only for the projects D. None of Action Ambassadors are of the same mold HON. GEORGE BUSH the above. and they provide the spark that helps OF TEXAS Answers: A. 4.5; B. 47.7; C. 8.7; D. 7.2; the entire community in many and vari No response 32.0. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ous ways. I know the chamber president, 9. Should chairmen of Congressional com Mr. Harry Werst, though extremely able Tuesday, August 4, 1970 mittees--A. Be elected by all members of himself, is grateful for their assistance. their committee B. Be chosen on a political Mr. BUSH. Mr. Speaker, in May of this party basis C. Inherit the chairmanship Their continuing efforts to get letters year I distributed a questionnaire to ap through seniority. to Hanoi are deeply appreciated by me, proximately 240,000 households in the Answers: A. 56.9; B. 3.7; C. 6.5; No response and by the wives and families of our Seventh Congressional District of Texas, 32.9. prisoners. J join them in urging all Amer asking for opinions on many of the great 10. Do you believe the federal government icans to write letters asking for civil issues facing the Nation. More than 34,- should share a fixed percentage of tax funds treatment and release of these men, by 000 persons responded to the IBM ques with the states--A. Yes B. No C. Undecided. writing to United We Stand, Post Office Answers: A. 34.7; B. 17.6; C. 15.3; No tionnaire, a record return in the 4 years response 32.4. Box 100,000, Fort Worth, Tex. 76101. I have conducted the poll. The results of this survey, tabulated by computer and made available to the PRISONERS OF WAR news media, clearly indicate the constit PEACE CORPS WORK IN ffiAN uents of the Seventh Congressional Dis TERMED GREAT SUCCESS trict are not satisfied with the status quo. HON. OLIN E. TEAGUE They want to see improvement in the OF TEXAS operation and service our Government IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. BOB WILSON provides. They want the men who repre OF CALIFORNIA sent them to have high ethical standards. Tuesday, August 4, 1970 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES And, they want constructive action taken Mr. TEAGUE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Tuesday, August 4, 1970 by Congress to see that these needed all Americans are concerned about the changes are put into effect. welfare of the prisoners of war being Mr. BOB WILSON. Mr. Speaker, with I make this opinion poll available so held by North Vietnam, and many of us my colleagues' permission, I would like that others may see how the people of are doing everything possible to call to place the following article in the REC the Seventh Congressional District feel greater public attention to their plight. ORD. Written by Mr. Ray McHugh, a dis on these important matters: Hopefully, if world opinion has any effect tinguished writer for Copley News Serv on the North Vietnamese, a campaign to ice, the article tells of the tremendous CONSTITUENT RESPONSE--GEORGE BUSH achievements of the 200 young Ameri QUESTIONNAIRE 1970 let the rulers in Hanoi know of our hu [Results in percent] manitarian concern could have some ef cans working for the Peace Corps in Iran on many diversified projects. It gives me 1. Regarding ethics for Congressmen-A. fect. It is certainly worth trying. all details of his finances should be public One of the efforts being made is a great pleasure to acknowledge the posi record. B. financial arrangements that could letterwriting campaign initiated and tive efforts of these young Americans, color his judgment should be public record. sponsored by the Tarrant County Wives especially since this Nation seems to be C. he need not disclose any of his personal and Families of Prisoners and Missing so preoccupied with what is wrong with finances. in Action. Several of the wives of this a small segment of our youth. August 4, 1970 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 27353 [From the San Diego Union, Aug. 2, 1970) But where in the Peace Corps is there an lcs in Beginning Reading: A Guide for Teach PEACE CORPS WORK IN !RAN TERMED A GREAT assignment to match that of Charles Paine ers and Parents." SUCCESS o:f Warwick, R.I., a young tow-headed engi The phonetic system-that is, learning the (By Ray McHugh) neering graduate of Brown University? sounds that make up words and so becoming able to pronounce and even spell words that TEHRAN, IRAN.-Join the Peace Corps and $24 MILLION A YEAR LEASE Charlie is working as a programmer o:f five aren't already in one's vocabulary-is the program a computer or help build a univer only genuine way of acquiring literacy. Yet sity graduate school library in international IBM 320 computers that the Iranian govern ment ls leasing at a cost of $24 million a year. even today only a minority of American pri law or play French horn in a national sym mary schools employ phonics. (Once upon a phony orchestra. Teamed with an English computer expert who directs the Tehran data processing center, time, they all did.) This is explained clearly All this and more is happening here in in the CBE's "occasional paper" mentioned Iran where the American volunteer program Charlie is working alongside a small group of Iran's first computer technicians. above, with overwhelming evidence to sup has embarked on one of its most diversified port the argument. national aid efforts. "The real need here is for middle-level "We do a lot more than teach people the programmers," said the young engineer. "This Mr. George Weber, writing about "Some abc's," said Charles Duncan of Waukegan, is an entirely new tool in Iran and it's going Current Issues in Reading" in this pamphlet, Ill., an English major who served two years to take time before the country learns how concludes that ITA, or the Initial Teaching to use and apply it." Alphabet, is ineffectual-and inferior to un here as a volunteer and now acts as a re adulterated phonetic methods. The ITA has gional supervisor under Paul Zimmerman, a enjoyed some popularity here and in Brit Washington, D.C., attorney who directs the ain, in recent yea.rs, as a kind of halfway 192 volunteers working here. house between phonics and look-say; but its Iran has been a Peace Corps "success" THE RIGHT TO READ employment has been disappointing. country since the first young men and wom en came in 1964. Since then more than 1,000 The CBE's pamphlet includes a list of U.S. volunteers have served here-men effective phonics programs available to and women of all ages. The Shah of Iran has HON. JOHN M. ASHBROOK schools. Of some 100 publishers at reading borrowed features of the Peace Corps for his materials for children, only a few emphasize OF OHIO genuine phonics. The readers and programs domestic education corps that with army IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES support is trying to bring literacy, basic of J. B. Lippincott Company and Open hygiene, new farm techniques and rudimen Tuesday, August 4, 1970 Court Publishing Company are especially tary community development to his nation's commended. As president of one educational 55,000 vlllages. Mr. ASHBROOK. Mr. Speaker, the Au foundation and consultant to three others, In a. 1968 speech at Harvard University, the gust 1 issue of the Baltimore Sun carried this commentator is happy to report that Shah called for a. "universal welfare legion" a timely article on reading improvement Open Court, Lippincott, and a few other to combat hunger, poverty and social injus by Russell Kirk, the respected educator, reforming publishers are beginning to make tice throughout the world. their mark in both public and private author, and syndicated columnist. We schools; but still the large majority of REQUESTS MORE SOPHISTICATED hear these days about "the right to read" American ch1ldren are badly taught how to As Iran fashions its own domestic attack and about a proposed program in the U.S. read. on basic problems, its requests of the Peace Office of Education which would help Incidentally, everyone seriously interested Corps have grown more sophlsticated, more remedy deficiencies in the reading habits in the improvement of early schooling ought diverse. of our children, many of whom, we are to support the Counc11 for Basic Education. "This isn't the largest country program," told, labor under the handicap of inade One can become a regular member for $5 said Zimmerman, who previously had worked quate reading skills. Columnist Kirk rec a year. The counctl's monthly bulletin, with the Peace Corps in India, "but it is cer keenly edited by Mr. Mortimer Smith, Is tainly one of the most diverse." ommends a return to the phonetic system terse and mighttly informative; and the CBE The greatest emphasis is still on teachers which was the method employed tradi issues many valuable studies (of other fields of English. Eighty volunteers a.re working for tionally in the schools until a few decades than reading instruction, too) from time to the Iranian Ministry of Education. But 31 ago. For those in search of more data on time. The CBE operates on a shoestring, for are now engaged in city planning and, ac this issue, the references to sources of in a national organization-a budget of little cording to one corpsman, these engineers formation cited in the column should be more than $100,000 per year. • • • and architects a.re handling virtually all the helpful. It's not only English that can and should planning projects for the Minlstry of In I insert the above-mentioned column be taught phonetically: This is true of an terior outside of Ira.n's metropolitan areas. languages. The Open Court firm (which The Ministry of Agriculture is using nine in the RECORD at this point: began as a foundation) recently sponsored American extension a.gents. The Ministry of SUGGESTIONS ARE OFFERED FOR READING a conference at Lake Geneva, Wis., on edu Health has six Peace Corps nurses. Five IMPROVEMENT cational improvement; and I attended, along Americans a.re engaged in home ooonomics Regardless of social condition, color, or the with Clifton Fadiman and James Koerner and housing design; five are working on for quantity of money invested in school plant, and Dr. Arthur Trace and others who have est and fishery projects; 25 are teaching it is quite possible for any child of average written effectively in this field. I found es varied courses in Iranian universities. intelligence to learn to read competently and pecially Interesting a talk by Professor John William White of San Diego, a business with enjoyment. (Indeed, most children of Francis Latimer, executive secretary of the and finance major at the University of less-than-average intelligence can be made American Classical League. Southern California., is one of seven assigned literate, too.) Dr. Latimer described the reinvigoration to Iran's developing national tourist organi But if fallacious methods of instruction in CYf instruction in Latin-in "ghetto" schools, zation. reading and writing are employed, even the of all places. "Inner city" Latin programs HELPS TO BUILD LmRARY brightest child may sink to the condition have been highly successful in such cities Richard Binder of Cicero, Ill., a University of a clumsy lip reader and seem a dullard. as Washington, Detroit, and Philadelphia.. At of Illinois graduate who aspires to work in Millions of American children, over the past Northwestern High School, Detroit--where the Library of Congress, has spent the last four decades, have been denied true reading 99 per cent of the pupils are Ne1:roes, at two years helping build and organize the skills by being subjected to the silly "look latest formal report on the Latin program library for the graduate school of interna say" method: the "Dick & Jane" readers and there-a full Latin curriculum ls main tional studies at the University of Tehran. all that rubbish, you know. tained, with seven sections taught. Learning Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Gary of San Diego, Many parents became aware of the decay of Latin properly greatly helps children to im graduates of San Diego State College, are literacy almost 20 years ago, when Mr. Rudolf prove their reading and writing of English; teaching English in remote Shahre-Kord. Mr. Flesch published his little book "Why Johnny and Latin can be made a very interesting and Mrs. David Peterson of Plainsfield, Ill., Can't Read." A few years later, other parents study, even :for very young pupils. Phonetic have a similar assignment in Tehran. They perceived how bad reading instruction was in very young pupils. are only two of 37 married couples serving many American schools wb.en they came upon The "look-say" illusion about language in Iran. Dr. Arther '!'race's book comparing Ameri :instruction-intellectually and practically Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gehler of Wauwau can and Russian school readers, "What Ivan tosa., Wis., graduates of the Julliard School of Knows That Johnny Doesn't." Controversy discredited, but still prevalent in most school Music, have one of the most unusual husband about all this remains one of the most burn districts-reduces our reading to a kind O'f and wife assignments anywhere in the Peace ing issues in public schools everywhere. English equivalent of Egyptian hieroglyphics Corps. Don plays clarinet and Susan plays To the parent who desires to understand or Chinese characters: one has to memorize the flute in the national symphony. They what this dispute is all about, I now com single words without any phonetic pattern as also teach music. mend a brand-new succinct publication o:f a guide. Down with this fallacy of the 1920's ! The French horn spot in the orchestra is the Council for Basic Education (725 Fif If I hadn't learnt phonics at my mother's filled by Jerry Kempton of Traverse City, teenth Street, NW., Washington, D.C.). It can ,knee, I'd not be writing this column, for Mich. be got got 50 cents, and it is entitled "Phon- good or ill. 27354 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 4, 1970 ADDRESS BY ALOYSIUS A. inent military leaders in the War of Inde CONGRESSIONAL REPORT SENT TO MAZEWSKI pendence. They, and scores of officers and en NINTH PISTRICT RESIDENTS- listed men from Poland contributed much to the cause of American freedom. JULY 27, 1970 In the sector of our panorama, depicting HON. EDWARD J. DERWINSKI the epochal War between the States, we see HON. LEE H. HAMILTON OF ILLINOIS General Vladimir Krzyzanowski a.t Gettys OF INDIANA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES burg, Generals Schoei:s and Karge on other front s and hundreds of officers and thou IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, August 4, 1970 sands of enlisted men from Poland. Tuesday, August 4, 1970 Mr. DERWINSKI. Mr. Speaker, in a In the first World War, Polonia gave the ceremony held on Friday, July 17, at In United States Armed Forces 300,000 volun Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, under dependence Hall in Philadelphia, Pa., teers of Polish origin. More than one million the leave to extend my remarks in the Americans of Polish heritage served in. the RECORD, I include the following: to commemorate the 90th anniversary U.S. Armed Forces during World War Two, of the Polish National Alliance, the presi many of them, like Colonel Gabreski, gain CONGRESSIONAL REFORM dent of this outstanding fraternal insur ing heroic stature, many others attaining For the past two weeks, the House has ance organization, Mr. Aloysius A. Ma high ranks of trust and responsibility. been working on the Legislative Reorganiza zewski, addressed the gathering. Verily, this historic panorama speaks elo tion Act of 1970, the first legislative reform quently of the fact that the Poles were never blll to be scheduled for floor action since In his address he emphasized the con strangers to America, and that America was 1946. The bill is the result of more than a tributions of Polish Americans to the never a strange land to them. year's study by the Committee on Rules, growth of this land and I am pleased to The American soil soaked up Polish blood which began its consideration of this matter insert his address into the RECORD at from the earliest days of pioneering explora by examining congressional reorganization this point: tions and settlement3, through all crucial propos~ls introduced by more than 200 Mem ADDRESS BY ALOYSIUS A. MAZEWSKI wars, and the sklll and knowle .ge of Polish bers of Congress, including myself. workers and farmers contributed much to While many Members who have been call Through its elected officials, and many the development of our country. Our fa ing for congressional reform consider this bill prominent members --from all walks of life, thers and grandfathers were, what we call in a disappointment because it does not cor the Polish National Alliance returns today present-day semantics, "a silent majority" rect many of the deficiencies of the House, to its place of origin, after completing a 90- of hard workers and devoted citizens who they nonetheless regard the scheduling of year cycle which witnessed unprecedented knew the value of freedom and appreciated the reorganization bill for floor action as a growth and exemplary fidelity to high ideas the value of opportunities and who, through major advance. I welcome the action now of this great fraternity of and for Americans their devotion to an ideal, sacrifices and being taken on this proposal, and support of Polish heritage. frugality, open the educational gates for as well efforts to strengthen it . In term of history and tradition, this, for their children and grandchildren, so they Briefly stated the bill attempts to: the current generations of Americans of could enter the mainstream of American life, ( 1) Provide Congress with new sources of Polish origin, is "Philadelphia Revisited". and contribute even more to the national information and research, including develop This is the moment of renewal of our faith and cultural fabric of America and to the ment of an automatic data processing sys in the greatness and relevancy of the PNA stamina of its people. tem expansion of the Legislative Reference ideals of service in the areas of patriotism, Indeed, our ethnic ancestors in the colo Service-Congress' research arm, provisions civic act ivities, cultural pursuits, economic nial days and the first decades of the Re for additional budgetary information, and and s.ociological progress, buttressed by the public, as well as our grandparents and an increase in committee staff. deepening awareness of our Polish ethnic parents were as Americans in term of pa (2) Write into the rules of the House identity. triotism and devotion to the country and it.s democratic and equitable committee prac This is the moment of our recommitment institutions of freedom, as any other group tices, many of them now followed by some and rededicat!on to the fixed purposes of of the Anglo-saxon st.ock. committees. Polonia's increasingly meaningful, acknowl And we, as the second, third and fourth (3) Open more committee proceedings edged, recognized and rewarded participa generations of Americans o:t" Polish ancestry, to the public and, under strict regulation, tion in the mainstream of American life. must be proud of our Polish American heri permit broadcasting of committee hearings. And for us, mature generations of the tage. (4) Write into the rules of the House sev Polish National Alllance and, conversely, of The names of Pulaski and Kosciuszko are eral improvements in floor procedure, some American Polonia, t his is the moment of as American as those of Washington and already sanctioned by custom. t ruth. Jefferson. A wide range of amendments have been It is incumbent upon us to ask and answer In our contemporary America, we contrib and will be offered to the bill, including a several questions of unmost importance. ute much to the stability and security of series of bipartisan anti-secrecy proposals Namely:- our nation. It is our historical and tradi designed to open House procedures to pub Are we sufficiently aware and appreciative tional heritage to value freedom, and we lic scrutiny. These amendments include the of the heritage the American pioneers from know from our ancestral experiences that recording of heretofore unrecorded "teller" Poland and the PNA founders have left us? freedom without civic and social responsibili votes, disclosure of record votes in commit Are we aware of the great potentialities ties leads to anarchy and destruction of tee, assuring adequate time to review joint for the future that are inherent in the PNA moral and spiritual values. House-Senate conference reports, and guar ethnic and ideological structure, which, in Reared in the Polish tradition of the love antees of debate time on major amend turn, stems from t he deeds, civic wisdom of freedom steeped in responsibilities, we ments to bills. and social virtue of the PNA founding cherish and respect the principles and values These anti-secrecy amendments are fathers? that made America great. That's why you urgently needed if our legislative process is Are we ready to carry and to pass on to don't see Polish-sounding names among the to be democratised and modernized. Secrecy younger generations the torch of service that destructive forces that are trying to rip in the House is corrosive. It undermines the illuminated the 90 years of the PNA history America. apart, and deepening the cleavage democratic process by denying Members in and nearly 400 years in the history of Pol of disunity in our nation. formation they need to make intelligent leg ish participation in the founding, develop At the far end of our historic panorama, islative decision and by denying voters in ment and growth of our country? we see limitless vistas of growth, opportuni formation they need to make informed elec Our answers to these questions must be ties and service to the ideals, left us as an toral decisions. It also destroys public con affirmative. enduring legacy by the PNA founder-the fidence in the House as a responsive legis Standing in this august hall of American ideals that withstood the tests of past crises lative body. It makes the House incompre Independence, we are scanning the distant and are today like beacons illuminating our hensible to the average citizen and con horizons of American past; to find the well future. tributes to the growing distrust of elected springs of our Polish American heritage. At this moment of our rededication and officials. And we see a majestic panorama which recommitments to these ideals, we will place Two of the most pernicious secret House starts at Jamestown in Virginia in 1608, and a wreath at the base of the Liberty Bell. This procedures have to do with the appropria extends to our times. revered symbol of American freedom is no tions process and the taking of unrecorded Our ethnic ancest.ors were among the stranger to us, either. The Polish National votes on amendments to bills offered on the founders, developers, and defenders of the Alliance was active in its restoration and House floor. first English colony in Amreica. Through the preservation in 1893. In appreciation of this Over the past decade, Congress has ap Zaborowskis and Curtius' in the former New contribution, the Liberty Bell was sounded propriated an average of more than $130 bil Holland and New Amst erdam colonies; on many Polish historical occasions--not lion a year to run the federal government, through the Sadowskis they contributed ably on May 3rd, on September 12 to mark fund public programs, and carry out national much to the exploration and development of Sobieski's victory at Vienna, on October priorities. In each instance, the appropria Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Ohio. 11th-the anniversary of Pulaski's death, and tions process was initiated in and dominated In a moment, we will unveil at this hall October 16th-the anniversary of Kosci by the House of Representatives. And in each the portraits of Kosciuszko and Pulaski, em- uszko's death. instance, the progress of appropriations leg- August 4, 1970 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 27355 islation through the House was dominated I am Babe Ruth and the World Series. I William Edward Burghardt DuBois was by secrecy-in hearings, committee votes, am 169,000 schools and colleges, and 250,000 one of the greatest scholars America has hurried House consideration, and secret churches where my people worship God as House-Senate conferences. Such a process they think best. I am a ballot dropped in a ever produced. Born in Great Barring concentrates the "power of the purse" in the box, the roar of a crowd in a stadium, and ton, Mass., he earned doctorates in law, hands of a few men and makes a farce of the voice of a. choir in a cathedral. I am an arts, philosophy, and literature. In 1905, the principle of representative government. editorial in a newspaper, and a letter to a he was a founder of the NAACP. For 24 Dealing with amendments to bills by un Congressman. years he was editor of the NAACP's recorded teller votes needs to be abolished I am Eli Whitney and Stephen Foster. I monthly magazine, Crisis. Dr. DuBois and chiefiy because the people have a right to am Tom Edison, Albert Einstein and Billy his wife were granted Ghanaian citizen know the performance of their elected rep Graham. I am Horace Greeley, Will Rogers, ship in 1963, 6 months before his death. resentatives in Congress. The recording of and the Wright brothers. I am George Wash these votes would also strengthen the House ingt on Carver, Daniel Webster. Although Dr. DuBois, who, in 1963 at the as a representative body by encouraging the I am Longfellow, Harriet Beecher Stowe, age of 95, joined the Communist Party, participation of more Members at the Walt Whitman, and Thomas Paine. had been associated with numerous left amendment stage of the legislative process. Yes, I am the nation, and these are the ist causes, his wife's political views are The public's right to know is the corner things that I am. I was conceived in freedom unclear, and the Justice Department's de stone of any democracy. Only when the Con and, God willing, in freedom I will spend nial statement makes her subversive af gress legislates openly can an elected repre the rest of my days. filiation no more specific. Since Nkru sentative be held accountable to his con Ma y I possess always the integrity, the mah's fall, Mrs. DuBois has resided in stituents. The Legislative Reorganization courage and the strength to keep myself un Cairo, retaining a Tanzanian certificate Act of 1970 has my strong support. shackled, to remain a citadel of freedom and a beacon of hope to the world. I am the of identity which is valid for travel in the United States. United States. I have received many letters of indig I AM THE UNITED STATES nation and protest from many black in SHIRLEY GRAHAM DuBOIS tellectuals, organizations, and individ uals. They attack this action against HON. LESTER L. WOLFF Mrs. DuBois on several grounds. Her hus OF NEW YORK HON. SHIRLEY CHISHOLM band is hailed as the greatest American IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW YORK black scholar for his achievements in the Tuesday, August 4, 1970 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fields of civil rights and for the historical Tuesday, August 4, 1970 and sociological studies he has done. They Mr. WOLFF. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Jess are incensed that his widow cannot re Markel, an outstanding constituent of Mrs. CHISHOLM. Mr. Speaker, I rise turn to the country of her birth. For what the Third Congressional District and a today to register a protest in the name appears to be the ludicrous assertion that longtime friend of mine has made a sig of all black Americans over the denial of somehow a 71-year-old woman repre nift.cant contribution to patriotism. He a nonimmigrant visa to Mrs. Shirley sents a threat to this Government. They has written a sensitive and thought Graham DuBois by the State Depart are hardly surprised because it is but an provoking pamphlet on the history of the ment. The daughter of a Methodist min other manifes ta ti on of the oppression and United States, a history which each one ister, Mrs. DuBois was born in Indiana suppression of blacks in this country. of us should proudly recall. I would, and attended schools in Spokane, Wash., Further they point to the frequency with therefore, like to extend my remarks to and at the Sorbonne, where she studied which representatives of such regimes include this distinguished gentleman's music. In the 1930's after returning to as South Africa are granted free entry. insightful views of what the United the States, Mrs. DuBois taught music at Shirley Graham DuBois has been in States means to him and what it should the Morgan College, earned degrees at vited to speak at Fisk, at Columbia; she mean to zs.ch one of us, in the RECORD: Oberlin, and worked with theater groups is anxiously awaited by many other I AM THE UNITED STATES in Chicago and at Yale. From 1941 to Americans who wish to know her and to I was born on July 4, 1776, and the Dec 1943, she served as a USO director. become acquainted with Dr. DuBois laration of Independence is my birth cer Writing in the early 1930's, Mrs. Du through her. tificate. The bloodlines of the world run in Bois become recognized for her biogra my veins, because I offered freedom to the p!iies offamous black heroes for children. oppressed. I am· many things, and many peo Among those she has written about are: A GREAT CREDIT TO THE UNITED ple. I am the United States. Jean Baptiste Pont Du Sable, George STATES I am 200 million living souls-and the ghost of millions who have lived and died Washington Carver, Phyllis Wheatley, for me. and Benjamin Banneker. Her biography, I am Nathan Hale and Paul Revere. I stood "Frederick Douglass, There Was Once a HON. ALLARD K. LOWENSTEIN at Lexington and fired the shot heard around Slave," was the winner of a Guggenheim OF NEW YORK the world. I am Washington, Jefferson and Fellowship and the Julian Messner IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Patrick Henry. I am John Paul Jones, the Award for the best book combating in Green Mountain Boys, and Davy Crockett. I tolerance in America. Tuesday, August 4, 1970 am Lee, Grant, and Abe Lincoln. Now a citizen of Ghana, but living in Mr. LOWENSTEIN. Mr. Speaker, I am I remember the Alamo, the Maine and disturbed by the remarks of the gentle Pearl Harbor. When freedom called, r an Cairo, Mrs. DuBois applied in February swered and stayed until it was over, over to the State Department for a visa, in man from Iowa SENATE-Wednesday, August 5, 1970
The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was Flood our lives with the wisdom and ate, I appoint Hon. JAMES B. ALLEN, a Sena called to order by Hon. JAMES B. ALLEN, beauty of Thy presence. Grant that the tor from the State of Alabama, to perform a Senator from the State of Alabama. words of our mouths and the medita the duties of the Chair during my absence. RICHARD B. RUSSELL, The Chaplain, the Reverend Edward tions of our hearts may be acceptable in President pro tempore. L. R. Elson, D.D., offered the following Thy sight, O Lord, our strength and our prayer: Redeemer. Amen. Mr. ALLEN thereupan took the chair as Acting President pro tempore. O God, who hast given us the night for rest and the day for labor and serv DESIGNATION OF ACTING PRESI ice, grant that we may use all the cir DENT PRO TEMPORE MF.SSAGE FROM THE HOUSE cumstances of this day to further a righteous order of human life. And as we The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk A message from the House of Riepre work may we grow in the graces of the will please read a communication to the sentatives, by Mr. Berry, one of its read Master of Life. Senate from the President pro tempore ing clerks, informed the Senate that Grant that we may use success as a of the Senate (Mr. RUSSELL). pursuant to the provisions of section way of thankfulness; use failure as a The assistant legislative clerk read the 2(a), Public Law 91-354, the Speaker way to better effort; use praise as a way following letter: had appointed Mr. RoGERS of Colorado humility; use disappointment as a U.S. SENATE, and Mr. WIGGINS as members of the to PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, way to patience; use pain as a way to Washington, D.a., August 5, 1970. Commission on the Bankruptcy Laws of endurance; use danger as a way of cour To the Senate: the United States. age. Being temporarily absent from the Sen- The message announced that the