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January 23, 1969 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1691 Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Robert W. Komer, of Virginia, to be Am­ POSTMASTERS United States of America to the Republic of bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary All the postmaster nominations st111 pend­ Equatorial Guinea, which was sent to the of the United States of America to Turkey, ing in the Senate which were submitted to Senate on J anuary 9, 1969. which was sent to the Senate on January 9, the Senate since the 91st Congress convened 1969. and prior to J anuary 21, 1969. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS CONSUMER EDUCATION IN THE elude two from the affluent area west of I am reminded of a remark that New York SCHOOLS Rock Creek Park. Traffic Couunissioner Wylie made at his final press conference upon his retirement. He was asked whether he had any answer to Man­ HON. JOSEPH D. TYDINGS CONGRESSMAN OTTINGER DIS­ hattan's traffic congestion. He thought for a while and then said , yes he did, and he OF MARYLANll CUSSES "CHALLENGE FOR TODAY: A LIVABLE CITY" thought maybe it was the only answer. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES "Make all the north-south streets one way going north and in 24 hours it would be Thursday, January 23, 1969 HON. THADDEUS J. DULSKI Westchester's problem." Mr. TYDINGS. Mr. President, the Dis­ OF NEW YORK As a Westchester representative, I can't say I'm too enthusiastic about that Idea, but trict of Columbia school system, in co­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES operation with the neighborhood legal I do recognize a strong element of truth in it. Wednesday, January 22, 1969 The answer to urban and suburban traffic services program of the Office of Eco­ congestion is to get the cars off the city nomic Opportunity, is innovating a con­ Mr. DULSKI. Mr. Speaker, the first streets and the only way to do that is to sumer education program which I feel anniversary meeting of the New York offer people a better way to get around. should serve as an example to be fol­ State Association of City Councils was Every local official recognizes this and lowed by other communities across the held last weekend in my home city of would give high priority to mass transit if Nation. Buffalo, N.Y. he could. The basis of the program is a law As a former member of Buffalo's com­ But the local official has relatively little course being offered to the elementary mon council, I am well acquainted with power under the present system and is de­ and junior high students in the 30 pendent upon the mercies of the state. the problems faced by our cities today, In 1967, we New Yorkers authorized a $2'!:, schools in the District. The course, "You and I am very much interested in the b1111on transportation bond issue which was and the Law-Rights and Responsibili­ success of this organization. Together, to be the panacea for our transportation ties," is designed to teach youngsters the through this organization, members of problems. Today, two years later, we've made rudiments of the law so that they will the city council of our cities in the Em­ virtually no progress, and what we have know when creditors are taking advan­ pire State may be able to help each other done has been going in the wrong direction. tage of them. The children, in turn, will and, at the samE> time, to work collec­ Of the $523 m1lllon in bonds and notes that have sufficient background in credit buy­ tively to deal with these problems. have been issued, 90 per cent has gone for ing to be able to give advice when their The new State association is restricted new highways. Barely 10 per cent has been committed to the kind of mass transporta­ parents purchase goods on credit. to cities outside Metropolitan New York tion that is really needed by the new urban An article describing the program ap­ City of 30 ,000 or more population. suburban c1v1lizatton we live in today, and peared in the January 7 edition of the One of the main speakers at the Buf­ almost all of that has gone to make up the Washington, D.C. News. I would like to falo meeting was my colleague, the gen­ deficit without improving service on the fast share it with my colleagues, and there­ tleman from New York (Mr. OTTINGER ) . deteriorating Long Island Railroad. fore ask unanimous consent that it be Following is the text of his remarks: From every corner of the State, citizens printed in the RECORD. CHALLENGE FOR TODAY : A "LIVEABLE" CrTY are protesting against the depredations of new highways. Here in Buffalo, it is the Ken­ There being no objection, the article (Address by Congressman RICHARD L. OTTIN­ was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, more Expressway. In my own district, it is GER before the New York State Association the Hudson River Expressway. I know there as follows: of City Councils, Buffalo, N.Y., January 17, 1969) are citizens who have a suspicion that the CHILDREN To LEARN LAW To HELP PARENTS State's answer to difficult problems is to pave D.C. schools and Neighborhood Legal Serv­ I am pleased and honored to Join with you them! But the State officials who have the ices wm try to keep Washington parents from at this first anniversary meeting of the New authority are not listening, are not re­ being gyped in credit buying and home pur­ York State Association of City councils. Your sponsive to the real needs. chases by giving their children a basic course membership h as one of the most challeng­ This attitude that "big brother knows ing-and, potentially, one of the most legis­ best" is reflected in almost every State pro­ in law. lative responslblllties in the country today. Lawyers and school officials hope the 1,500 gram affecting our cities. The formation of this Association 1s a wel­ elementary and junior high students in 80 come advance toward strengthening the role In 1968, Governor Rockefeller introduced schools who take the "You and the Law­ of local officials in meeting the great new his proposal for dealing with the problem of Rights and Responsiblllties" course will re­ challenges of urban-and suburban-Amer­ our inner cities. What he called for was not member what they have learned when their ica today. a program of State aid to help our cities act parents decide to buy a house or a car. Juve­ The constituency you represent now com­ to resolve their own individual and unique nile and family law as well as Constitutional prises the overwhelming majority of our peo­ core city problems. No. He called for an Ur­ safeguards also will be covered. ple---and our n ational problems. To a very ban Development Corporation with the power The law program is scheduled to start in great extent, the future of this country ts to condemn private or municipal property February and March with Neighborhood going to depend on our effectiveness in re­ and then bu1ld what ever the corporation Legal Services lawyers supervising what is to solving these problems and creating a live­ thinks is a necessary project for the city. Of be taught. able and economically viable economy. course, local officials can participate in hear­ Beginning today teachers are undergoing It is my conviction that an essential ings and present plans. modifications and two days of orientation for the course. ingredient in any resolution wm be to alternatives, but any of you who have par­ A similar program has been carried on strengthen and enlarge the powers and the ticipated in Transportation Department Informally for three years in 11 Southeast respons1b1l!t1es of the people who are most hearings know how effective that is. sixth grade classes by Dr. Katherine Nutter­ responsive to the needs of our urban popu­ We are trying to approach the problems of v1lle, an 80-year-old VISTA voluteer assigned lation, the local officials. This ts the reason the new urban-suburban society with gov­ to Neighborhood Legal Services. that I am so enthusiastic about the forma­ ernmental tools designed for a world we have The expanded law course has no specl.fic tion ot this A..csociation and the role it can left behind. The answer is not to grant un­ curriculum, said Mrs. Irene Rich, program play. limited powers to the State. The State must coordinator. If it is successful, parents, Let's take a simple problem: transporta­ be held to strict standards which w111 assure teachers and students may write a permanent tion. If the metropolitan complex is going full participation in planning and execution curriculum over the summer, she said. to work it needs a fast, efficient system for of projects to the officials who are directly Under the pilot program, each class wm moving people around. responsive to the people who m 3.ke up our pick a problem people in its neighborhood A modern highway system is essential to a new social structure; to give a meaningful wm face and learn how to solve it. "For ex­ strong and growing national economy, but say to the m ayors and managers, the council­ ample it might be how to buy a television," experience and reason both combine to prove men, aldermen and supervisors-and through Mrs. Rich said. that automobiles and highways aren't the adequate hearing provisions, to the people The 30 schools carrying the program in- answer to the city's transportation problem.

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