23704 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 7, 1981 EXTENSION OF REMARKS EFFECT OF HIGH INTEREST either. Take the rural electric utility I thank the Honorable Clarence C. New­ RATES and cooperative sector for example: comer, Judge of this distinguished United Interest as a percent of total costs can States District Court, for the invitation he HON. ED JONES be in excess of 50 percent. has accorded to me. I deeply value the privi­ Contrary to the general impression lege and the opportunity to say a few words OF TENNESSEE that rural electrics borrow from the of greeting to you our newest fellow citi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES zens. Just a few minutes ago, you received Rural Electrification Administration the oath of American citizenship and you Wednesday, October 7, 1981 at very low interest rates, 85 percent have just given your allegiance to the de­ e Mr. JONES of Tennessee. Mr. of REA financing is loaned at rates mocracy, to the heritage, to the spirit and to Speaker, I want to take a moment currently in excess of 15 percent. the laws of our country. today to speak out on an issue that The effects of the high interest rates It was here in Philadelphia that freedom has been of growing concern to me on the consumer of the rural electric in the New World was born in 1776. As you over the past several months: The cooperative are devastating. The aver­ know, our Nation was founded by immi­ age monthly interest cost of energy grants.

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. October 7, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23705 laws of our State Legislature and the Ordi­ CHARLESTON NAVAL SHIPYARD quired by their husbands' careers in nances of our City. EMPLOYEES SHOULD NOT BE the Armed Forces and yet who now What is the second fundamental responsi­ LIABLE FOR NAVY ERROR live in or near abject poverty, aban­ bility of good citizens? Socrates said it over doned by the country they felt they 2,500 years ago

79-059 0-85--16 (Pt. 18) 23730 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 7, 1981 Then and for years before and after, fair state's largest shopping mall on the turf an educational aspect it never had before, week was often vacation week for Danbur­ that for much of its history was covered she said. ians. They would have a second job for fair with little more than hoof prints, shoe "In the olden days, we didn't have New week, perhaps as a fair officer, operating a prints and tent poles. Yorkers. We'd have people who'd come and stand, serving as a fair policeman or volun­ Miss Yaple has made the fair a part of her ask how one plate of Baldwin apples got teering at one of the church booths. Octobers since 1927. That year she visited it first over another plate. This was the days Some would work at the fair days and with her family, which lived in Westchester when you had people who really knew their return to downtown jobs at night, because County, N.Y. Since then she has exhibited varieties," she said. Fair Week always brought an influx of visi­ poultry, competed against other squash­ As an example of just how well people tors. Hotels and restaurants on Main and growers, and coordinated the local granges knew their varieties, Miss Yaple tells a story White Streets did extra business, and so did in showing their flowers, fruits, vegetables, of two farmers who once feuded for a year some downtown stores, as visitors from out­ canned goods, and baked goods. over a plate of bell peppers. It happened of-town took advantage of the opportunity Miss Yaple originally became involved back in 1950, after a competition to pick the to shop. with the fair after her family moved to a best plate of five bell peppers. The farmer The Danbury Fair that area residents New Milford farm from New York State. who took second place insisted that his pep­ knew a half century and more ago began to With 54 years of fairs in her blood, she pers were closer to the ideal qualities of a change as agriculture in Fairfield and Litch­ says she'll feel like something is missing bell pepper and felt he should have won the field counties gave way to other activities. come closing day next week. $2.50 premium. World War II made the big difference, not "Usually, as you break everything down "They proceeded to get into this argu­ just in the agrarian life that the two coun­ on the last night you say, 'See you next ment and didn't speak to one another all ties once knew, but in the fair which reflect­ year,' " Miss Yaple said. "There's a tradition week. Their trucks were side-by-side packing ed that life. at the fair-you don't say goodbye, just 'See up on the last day, and do you think they Physical changes made by John W. Leahy, you next year.' This year it's just going to spoke to one another? Of course not. All the new owner of the fair, in the 1940s and be goodbye." this over five peppers and $2.50. It lasted later, improved and expanded the grounds Miss Yaple says friendships are renewed until opening day the following year," Miss considerably. Paved walkways, resting areas during the 10 days of the fair, even if people Yaple recalls. and free attractions, including the bright, haven't seen one another for an entire year. Then there are the people who ask the gay replicas of animals along the perimeter They've always returned each fall to renew crazy questions or bring vegetables or fruit and through the grounds, were things the those friendships and make new ones. for Miss Yaple to see. The sign above her fairgoers of old did not experience. They "The fair does something. If you're in­ office in the center of the Big Top reads have given children of recent generations volved in it, during the 10 days there's a "superintendent" and accordingly, people thrills that their parents and grandparents sense of camraderie. It's a blending of all look to her for answers. did not have. kinds of people," she said. "They bring me all kinds of things to look But somehow, in the minds of many who "You make a lot of friends who you see at," she said. "One man brought me a big now qualify as "old timers," the passing of only once a year," she says, but those bug in a box. He had punched holes in the the agricultural and horticultural competi­ friends know they can call on one another box so the bug could get air. But it was only tions and displays cannot be offset by the during the year if they need any kind of a common, ordinary squash bug.'' emphasis which has necessarily gone to the help or advice. Other people have brought her everything carnival aspects in recent decades. But this year, when the goodbye is a real from pieces of wilted vine to pumpkin mar­ For many of them, the "real" Danbury goodbye, that continuity of friendships will malade and pumpkin soup. But the one she Fair expired a long time ago, when harness disappear. "Come this time of year, the fair may remember most is the fellow who racing and similar events passed from the is a part of you," Miss Yaple said. "It's brought her a glass milk bottle full of grubs, scene. really a part you just aren't going to re­ a common insect larvae, to ask what they After John Leahy took over the fair, it place. This time of year is not going to be were and whether they would ruin his became a local saying that "Leahy's luck'~ the same without the fair.'' garden. was responsible for the spell of good weath­ As director of the Big Top over the last 35 "Actually, what I spend my week doing is er which usually accompanied the 10-day years, Miss Yaple has made the fair an on­ directing and answering questions," she period to which he had extended the fair. and-off, year-round activity. The Big Top is But good weather for fair week was long said. the large canvas-covered exhibition hall When next fall comes, however, there will the norm. In fact, Gov. John H. Trumbull that houses displays and competitions be­ made much of it during his 1928 visit to the be no fair and no one to ask the questions tween granges of agricultural products, in­ that Miss Yaple has enjoyed answering for fair. Skies had cleared after a night of rain cluding fruits, vegetables, canned goods, so many years. and the governor said he was mystified by baked goods and flowers. the way in which Danbury had always man­ She begins the night the fair closes by dis­ [From the New York Times, Oct. 5, 1981] aged to have glorious sunshine for its tributing information packets for the fol­ annual fair. He asked he be given the secret lowing year's fair. She said she answers oc­ A BITTERSWEET OPENING FOR DANBURY of the fair's power over those who control casional questions through the year until STATE FAIR the weather. summer, when planning starts in earnest. of each instrument are virtually identical and at the 40 percent marginal tax bracket the dividend income only. therefore are not a consideration. There tax on this interest income would equal This report examines the effects that are, however, differences between the two $720, an increase of $160 over 1981, and the these changes in the tax treatment of inter­ instruments. The ASC's will be available at aftertax rate of return would equal only est income will have on the tax liabilities a lower minmum denomination; $500, as op­ 10.81 percent, a reduction of 1.6 percentage and investment returns of typical taxpayers. posed to $10,000 for Treasury bills. Howev­ points over 1981. Specifically, attention focuses on two major er, earnings for a portfolio of Treasury bills Additionally, the reduction in aftertax areas. First, the report compares the after­ of varying terms and yields are available to yield is more pronounced at higher margin­ tax yield, at various marginal tax rates, on investors through money market mutual al tax rates. This is the result of a progres­ the All Savers Certificates and on an alter­ funds which have minimum balance require­ sive tax system in which reduction in tax­ native instrument with a taxable interest ments as low as $500. The penalty for liqui­ able income is relatively more important at yield. Second, the combined impact of the dating the two instruments also differ. For higher marginal tax brackets than it is at general tax rate reductions and the repeal the ASC's the penalty is forfeiture of the lower marginal tax brackets; for instance, a of the partial interest exclusion on the tax tax exemption for interest earned. For T­ $1.00 reduction in taxable income is worth liabilities of typical taxpayers is analyzed. bills, early liquidation would result in a cap­ $.050 to a taxpayer in the 50 percent mar­ SUMMARY OF FINDINGS ital loss if interest rates have risen and a ginal tax bracket but the same $1.00 reduc­ The provisions in the Economic Recovery capital gain if interest rates have fallen. tion in taxable income saves a taxpayer at Tax Act of 1981 affecting the tax treatment This analysis does not take into account the 20 percent marginal tax bracket only of interest income will alter both the tax li­ the effects that the introduction of ASC's $0.20. Therefore, for a given level of invest­ abilities and investment returns of typical or other developments might have on the ment, loss of the interest income exclusion taxpayers. The most important changes are interest rates paid by other investment in­ has a relatively more pronounced effect on as follows: struments. That is, all three comparisons taxpayers in higher marginal tax brackets. 1. The introduction of All Savers Certifi­ use the same T-bill rate for 1981 and 1982. The second comparison is graphed in cates will indirectly . However, the interest income ex­ exclusion. sands of dollars. 2 clusion increases the aftertax yield of an in­ vestment by sheltering the first $400 of EFFECTS ON INVESTMENT RETURNS income from taxation. This section of the report provides an 1 At the time of this report 18.01 percent was the The exclusion of the first $400 of interest analysis of the effects of the All Savers Cer­ average investment yield on the most recent auc­ income also results in a higher aftertax tificates and repeal of the interest income tion of 52 week T-bills. 2 It should be noted that T-bill notes are sold only yield on a T-bill in 1981 than on an ASC in exclusion on the investment returns of typi­ in denominations of $10,000 or more. For the pur­ 1982 for investors at the 30 percent margin­ cal taxpayers. Three comparisons are used pose of this comparison, however, it has been as­ al tax bracket. In the absence of the inter­ to demonstrate the effects of the change in sumed that T-bills can be purchased in increments est exclusion the aftertax rate of return on the tax law on the initial investment op- of $1,000. a T-bill and an ASC would be identical for October 7, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23733 investors in the 30 percent marginal tax TABLE 1.-AFTERTAX YIELD OFT-BILLS AND ASC's IN 1982 the tax liabilities of six hypothetical tax­ bracket 08.01 percent, the pretax yield of a payers. T-bill multiplied by the untaxed portion of Marginal tax bracket (percent) T-bill !

TABLE 2.-CHANGE IN TAX LIABILITIES FOR JOINT RETURNS WITH INTEREST INCOME BETWEEN 1981 AND 1982 [Assuming 2 exemptions and standard deduction]

Amount of interest income

Income level $100 $250 $500 Rate Actual Rate Actual Rate Actual 1 2 Difference 1 Difference Difference reduction reduction reduction reduction 2 reduction 1 reduction 2

(!) (2) (3) (I) (2) (3) (!) (2) (3) $15,000 ...... $170 $151 $19 $167 $120 $47 $165 $89 $76 $20,000 ...... 256 234 22 253 198 55 250 162 88 $25,000 ...... 367 342 25 362 300 62 359 259 JOO $30,000 ...... 497 468 29 493 421 72 490 374 116 $40,000 ...... 830 791 39 825 728 97 820 664 156 $50,000 ...... 1,196 1,152 44 1,190 1,080 110 1,182 1,006 176

• Assuming continuation of $400 interest exclusion. 2 Assuming termination of $400"interest exclusion and interest income is not earned from all-savers certificates.

Table 3 shows the percentage of the ex­ TABLE 3.-PERCENTAGE OF TAX RATE REDUCTION FOR looking, innovative, and responsive pected tax rate reduction that is offset by JOINT RETURNS OFFSET THROUGH REPEAL OF INTEREST both to the dynamics of ideas and the the repeal of the interest income exclusion. INCOME EXCLUSION-Continued permanence of values, we can look to The percentage of the rate reduction offset the future with confidence and hope. by the repeal of the interest exclusion in­ Amount of interest income creases as interest income increases from $0 As one whose congressional district $100- $250- $500- includes several exceptional colleges to $400 and remains .constant thereafter. Income level percent percent percent Additionally, the percentage of the rate re­ of rate of rate of rate and universities, I am deeply interest­ duction that is offset through the repeal of reduction reduction reduction ed in the development of new educa­ the interest income exclusion is larger for tional ideas and the application of low income taxpayers than it is for upper $50,000 ...... 3.7 9.2 14.9 those ideas to meet the needs of our income taxpayers. society. I believe that this is an area of • concern that should be of the most TABLE 3.-PERCENTAGE OF TAX RATE REDUCTION FOR QUALITY IN EDUCATION vital interest to all Members of this JOINT RETURNS OFFSET THROUGH REPEAL OF INTEREST House. INCOME EXCLUSION Last month I was privileged to HON. MARGARET M. HECKLER attend the inauguration of Nannerl 0. OF MASSACHUSETTS Amount of interest income Keohane as the 11th president of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wellesley College, a renowned $100- $250- $500- Income level percent percent percent Wednesday, October 7, 1981 women's college located in my home­ of rate of rate of rate e Mrs. HECKLER. Mr. Speaker, the town of Wellesley, Mass. Since its reduction reduction reduction future of our Nation rests in large part founding 1870, Wellesley College has $15,000 ...... I 1.2 28.1 46.1 on the quality of the education that been at the forefront of the women's $20,000 ...... 8.6 21.7 35.2 our next generation of leaders is re­ education movement, graduating stu­ $25,000 ...... 6.8 17.J 27.9 $30,000 ...... 5.8 14.6 23.7 ceiving today. To the extent that our dents who are not simply well versed $40,000 ...... 4.7 11.8 19.02 educational institutions are forward- in academics, but well prepared for 23734 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 7, 1981 life. Both through its outstanding edu­ liberal arts education is that it does not about intellectual and physical discovery cational facilities and faculty, and assume a specific future for its beneficiaries. comparable to our own, Bacon called on his A liberal arts college delights in equipping colleagues to refresh and reconstruct the through the work performed at the students for an array of possible futures and arts and sciences, "to try the whole thing Wellesley College Center for Research in doing so makes several futures possible. anew upon a better plan." He also reminded on Women, the college has contribut­ Margaret Clapp, addressing this same them, as we need to be reminded, that the ed greatly to the advancement of topic at that inauguration in 1950, pointed best powers of our intellect depend not only women in all aspects of our society. out that a liberal education is designed to on being "supplied with the proper aids," President Keohane's inaugural ad­ equip each student with the "power to but also on being "content to wait upon dress is an eloquent exposition of the think" which is a "handle to which any skill nature instead of vainly affecting to over­ challenges and responsibilities of can be fitted as a tool." In our own times, rule her." women's education today, and for the the skills available to humankind to fit to What about our own most distinctive mis­ future. Her recognition of the central the handle of clear thinking are manifold. sion in such an instauration, our special con­ We have a vastly increased capacity to make cern with liberal arts education for women? roles of an educational institution-to a difference in the world-to transform the Throughout Wellesley's history, at inaugu­ instruct, but also to serve as a commu­ features of the globe, to touch the universe. ral ceremonies and at other times, this topic nity in which ideals can be shared by Our tools of measurement and memory and has been at the forefront of attention. all its members-applies not only to control are powerful beyond the imagina­ To appreciate why this should be so, recall women's schools, but to all our institu­ tion of our predecessors, and extended every what preparation for a woman's life was like tions of learning. moment. before the bold pioneers of the nineteenth Mr. Speaker, I believe that President No liberal arts college worthy of the name century opened colleges and universities to Nannerl Keohane's observations con­ can ignore such challenges today. To meet women. Even among those classes suffi­ tain much that can be of value for the them we must do three things well: ciently privileged to provide an education First, we must ensure that our students for their children, the norm for daughters Members of this House, as we look to have grasped the rudiments of several es­ had always been exposure to the decorous, the future. As I salute President Keo­ sential technological skills, such as comput­ decorative and domestic arts, rather than hane on the occasion of this fine ad­ ing, and are familiar with the basic methods the liberal learning that was the hallmark dress, I ask that the text of her speech and processes by which scientists reach of an educated man. Of course there were be reprinted in the RECORD for the their bold conclusions, even though not all exceptions: An unusually talented and de­ benefit of all my colleagues: students become specialists in science or termined daughter of an unusually tolerant INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF NANNERL 0. KEOHANE, technology. In this way we make it more or eccentric and loving father might be tu­ PRESIDENT OF WELLESLEY COLLEGE likely that educated persons in the future tored with her brothers, or allowed free run Members of the board of trustees, other will be informed users of the powerful tools of the library, and emerge sometimes as a Wellesley Colleagues, and assembled at their disposal, capable of appreciating well-educated person. But such women were friends: All academic festivals, and especial­ and taking advantage of their powers. These isolated in their experience. For each, the ly inaugurations, blend the ancient and the persons will also be perceptive and responsi­ liberal arts was an adventure without com­ novel. The charter of the college, the seal ble critics of such tools and techniques. Crit­ panions. There was no sisterhood of schol­ and the keys symbolize aspects of the life of icism based on ignorance is the worst sort of ars: and certainly, no theory of a woman's this community that have flourished since luddite behavior; criticism based on famili­ education. its first days. The element of novelty comes arity and respect is something else altogeth­ The notion that a young woman should be in the person being inaugurated. What er. liberally educated on the same grounds as a stamp will she place on these venerable ma­ In the second place, we must ensure that young man-for her own sake, as an individ­ terials? In framing answers to this question, all students are familiar with the linea­ ual and a potentially useful member of soci­ a new president inevitably returns to old ments of the mature humanism developed ety-was virtually unknown. themes: The purposes of education, the in many ancient cultures, including-but When colleges first opened for women, place of the academy in the world. not limited to-the Hebraic and Hellenic, therefore, it had to be proved that educa­ Such themes are dangerous. As James and brought forward through modern liter­ tion would not harm them physically or March put it in writing about the college ature and art into the present day. Such make them wholly unfit for their tradition­ presidency: "Almost any educated person cultural depth and breadth will make it al pursuits. Next it had to be shown that lib­ can prepare a speech on the goals of the more likely that students will be sensitive to eral learning, as it had been devised for university. Almost no one will listen to such important human values that overarch gen­ young men, would actually be of benefit to a speech voluntarily." To rescue me from erations. And those who specialize in science young women, without being diluted or re­ such a dilemma today, I rely upon your nat­ and technology will stand a better chance of arranged especially for them. Then it had to ural curiosity, and the fact that new van­ being creative and imaginative inventors of be demonstrated that,, given a climate of ex­ tage points offer fresh perspectives on fa­ new tools. pectation and encouragement, rather than miliar territory. Finally we must ensure that students are discouragement and deflection, women At the inauguration of Wellesley's eighth trained to understand the complexities of cannot only benefit from but excel at every president, Archibald MacLeish used another human social life, and to respect the dignity field of the liberal arts. metaphor to make this point. "In education­ of each individual person. This should make All these stages in the campaign for the al institutions," he said, "A new administra­ it less likely that we treat other human education of women have involved struggle. tion is always a new beginning, for it is by beings as objects to be controlled, or as the On all these fronts, the struggle continued. this method that educational institutions, means to more sophisticated forms of There are still those who assert that if like other shell-forming animals, achieve knowledge and discovery. young women are educated they will devel­ their growth." A nice image that, of stable It should also help ensure that there will op inappropriate ambitions to pursue pro­ accretion and patterned change. be a future, and that it will be one in which fessions, or to combine careers and family But MacLeish spoke of the fears and fore­ extended human powers serve human pur­ life, and that this will lead to the crumbing bodings for the future that marked that poses. of the moral foundations of society. There year of 1950, and admired the spirit of affir­ These three desiderata are of course the are still those who hold, publicly or private­ mation represented by the induction of a sciences, the humanities, and the social sci­ ly, that women cannot be philosophers, or new president. At a time when many ques­ ences, presented under the rubric of re­ physicists, or engineers. tioned whether there would be any future, thinking what a liberal arts education needs In such an atmosphere, while these strug­ MacLeish noted that "To educate at all is to to do to serve its scholars well in the 1980's. gles still continue, there is an important profess a faith in the future of the most ex­ A liberal arts college as fortunately placed place for women's colleges. Our colleges plicit kind, since education, by its nature, as­ as Wellesley, in cooperation with MIT, were initially founded because the tradition­ sumes a future." where pioneering developments in science al institutions refused to accept women as Education, by its nature, does indeed and technology occur in unparalleled students. Almost all the major institutions assume a future-not only in the sense Mac­ number, has a special responsibility and a of higher education in this country have Leish used here, of hypothesizing that there special opportunity to participate in such a now become coeducational. Thus it might will still be time to do things that are worth "new instauration" of well-proven modes of seem that the battles have been won. But doing, but in another sense as well. Educa­ learning. such a conclusion would be short-sighted tion assumes the future, takes on the guise I choose the term "instauration" to bring and quite unwarranted. of the future, becomes the future as it is ex­ to mind Francis Bacon's robust intellectual It is true that coeducational institutions perienced today. For in educating ourselves, energy, the spirit that should inform our have important strengths in bringing young we shape the future. The great virtue of a enterprise. In 1620, a time of excitement women and young men together in an easy October 7, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23735 and collegial environment that conduces to Thus scholars-both teachers and stu­ community that bears a much closer resem­ understanding and to friendship. They also dents-in a women's college have a distinc­ blance to one we would call ideal. open a wide range of unique educational op­ tive and pioneering contribution to make to Such a community would prepare us for portunities to women as well as men. For "the new instauration" of liberal learning all kinds of lives. It would also make us this, all supporters of women's causes throughout our intellectual life. aware that there are better and worse ways should wholeheartedly salute them. But co­ Perhaps more important than any of to live, and more and less just ways to treat educational colleges and universities, de­ these other assets is the opportunity we other human beings. It would teach us that spite much goodwill and hard work, have have to build a community free from ad­ there are patterns of life worth living and not reached the point where they provide a verse discrimination and oppression of all fighting for, and that freedom and privilege truly egalitarian and sex-blind learning en­ sorts, grounded in our knowledge of the bat­ to take part in such a life for some, and not vironment for members of both sexes. Social tles to free women from such shackles in for others, is by definition incomplete. Thus prejudices and barriers against women in the past. Even the women among us who we could be equipped to help make the certain fields, and against women accom­ have lived privileged lives can understand world, as President McAfee expressed it, "As plishing, leading, exploring, remain strong what it means to experience prejudice based good a place for all men desires to take the foremost place lity. It would be hard to overstate the im­ in the mighty struggle. All our plans are in portance of this asset, for the students (in­ outspoken opposition to the customs and HON ..ROBERT K. DORNAN cluding male and female exchange students> the prejudices of the public. Therefore, we OF CALIFORNIA as well as for the members of the faculty expect every one of you to be, in the noblest itself. Our coeducational institutions have a sense, reformers ... IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES long way to go to catch up on this score. At I believe that God's hand is in it: That He Wednesday, October 7, 1981 this point coeducation refers primarily to is calling to womanhood to come up higher, the mixture in the student body and is only to prepare itself for great conflicts, for vast e Mr. DORNAN of California. Mr. gradually being extended to those who reforms in social life, for noblest usefulness. Speaker, contemporary international teach and administer as well. At a women's college one is also more The nobleness of the reformer's spirit politics has taken on the appearance likely to discover, through the well-known Durant enjoins us to take up is that it is not of a tale of horror, a continuing series joys and sorrows of dormitory living, a purely self-reflexive. Since women have ex­ of crises and tragedies from the assas­ depth of friendship for other women that perienced, in too many of the world's soci­ sination of presidents and popes and enriches the lives and memories of so many eties, oppression and disadvantage, we can prime ministers to the forcible seizure Wellesley alumnae, and provides the basis be reformers with a special edge of shared experience; but our reforming spirit should of hostages as well as terrorist activi­ for an "old girls' network" of amazing ties of every imaginable kind. strength and flexibility. extend beyond ourselves to other human Too often the case for a women's college beings of either sex who still suffer discrimi- · One of the most heart-rending and today is made in terms of special shelter, as nation and lack of opportunity by reason · least publicized atrocities that is though a women's college were a half-way solely of race or class or condition of birth. taking place even as I speak is the bar­ house for those young women not yet quite If we fail in this, we fail in the noblest use­ barism perpetrated by modern-day pi­ confident enough to try their wings in the fulness envisioned more than a century ago by the founders of the college. If we suc­ rates who prey upon helpless boat real world of coeducation. Such a defense is people in the seas of Southeast Asia, quite inappropriate to Wellesley, and to the ceed, we shall have embarked upon a pro­ other colleges for women represented here gram of "affirmative action" that fully de­ particularly the Gulf of Siam. The today, and at the almost simultaneous inau­ serves the name of affirmation. hapless passengers of these refugee guration of Mary Metz as president of Mills And we must begin here, by building a boats are cruelly subjected to robbery, College across the continent. Today, as in community worthy of the name in this rape, and even murder. Girls as young the past, a women's college is a place for lovely place. This was Mildred McAfee Hor­ as 10, 11, and 12 are raped repeatedly pioneers. ton's great theme in her own inaugural ad­ while relatives look helplessly on. The Members of the faculty of a women's col­ dress: The vision of the college as a commu­ women are often subsequently abduct­ lege do not have to be persuaded that it is nity as nearly ideal as possible, rising above important to teach about women, whether all lines of discrimination, built upon coop­ ed to an island infamously referred to one is educating women or men. Thus, eration and understanding sympathy as a as rape island, there to be subjected to courses are more likely to include material bond between individuals. "Such a commu­ the vicious cruelty of these neobarbar­ from the new scholarship on women. Stu­ nity," she said, "would supply the rest of ians. Yet virtually nothing is being dents are more likely to take the initiative the world with an example of the joy of done to put an end to these atrocities. in asking the questions that require such living in a rational social system. From it In a penetrating article by Colum­ scholarship to provide answers, thus teach­ students can go to the ends of the Earth de­ nist Jack Anderson that recently ap­ ing their teachers the importance of consid­ termined to take the fineness of their col­ ering such issues. Special courses in lege experience into the workaday world." peared in the Washington Post, the women's studies are more likely to be devel­ We know, of course, that such ideals are entire shocking episode is movingly de­ oped by faculty and students centerally en­ subject to subversion by all the necessary scribed along with specific recommen­ gaged in planning other parts of the cur­ realities of life. Actual social systems, in­ dations as to what must be done to riculum as well. And since we know that cluding our community at Wellesley, must bring this tragedy to a swift conclu­ women can perform brilliantly in all the tra­ struggle with the deadening experiences of sion. I commend this excellent article, ditional disciplinary modes, we can be poor communications, inefficiencies, misun­ along with one of my own recent ex­ bolder and more innovative in criticizing derstanding, hard choices. tensions, for the serious consideration those disciplines for there selective distor­ But these should not become the excuse tions and their areas of blindness, without for abandoning too easily our efforts to of my colleagues as well as all con­ fearing the cold hostility of an environment work towards our goals. If we maintain our cerned citizens and wholeheartedly en­ in which such questions seem strange and commitment, and our sense of humor and dorse Jack Anderson's recommenda­ out of place. sense of priorities as well, we can create a tion to "send in the U.S. Cavalry." 23736 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 7, 1981 A SCENARIO MADE TO ORDER FOR RONALD from hard times, and the Thai government There can be little doubt that we are REAGAN is not enthusiastic about prosecuting its indeed experiencing a crisis in the to pass ments a larger role in the program crease substantially the number of the reduction in the debt service payments than they currently have, and would people assisted by Federal housing required by virtue of the loan under this give them the incentive to find ways to programs. At this point the program is section on to the tenants; and to accept cut costs. In exchange for the loan the still envisioned as a demonstration, tenants who are certificate holders under however. I note here that the Presi­ section 8 of this Act; developer would be required to pass "(2) which secures a mortgage with a through the savings to the tenants in dent's Housing Commission has been principal amount not more than the amount the form of reduced rents and to discussing a similar program, to be which could be insured for the project accept section 8 certificates. The Sec­ triggered when the market reaches a under section 207 of the National Housing retary of HUD would monitor rent crisis. The administration has initiated Act, and with an interest rate and other levels and would have to approve all drastic cuts in housing programs and terms and conditions which the Secretary increases. has indicated that it does not believe determines are reasonable; The loans would be repayable after that the housing markets are in a "(3) which is newly constructed or sub­ 30 years, or upon the sale, conversion, crisis. Judging from testimony re­ stantially rehabilitated at the time the loan is made and which contains five or more or other disposition as prescribed by ceived by the Housing Subcommittee dwelling units and is used predominantly the Secretary, with simple interest and from calls and letters from my for residential purposes; and computed at a rate that takes into ac­ constituents, I think that there is con­ "(4) which meets other conditions consist­ count long-term Treasury borrowing vincing evidence to the contrary. ent with the purpose of this section and costs. Although it is not presently in By selecting cities with the tightest specified by the Secretary. the bill, a requirement that some por­ housing conditions for this demonstra­ "(d)(l) The first mortgage on a project tion of rental income go toward repay­ tion we should be able to gain a firm subject to a second mortgage under this sec­ ment may be added. A further addi­ idea of the soundness of the split ap­ tion may be insured under title II of the Na­ tion may be to allow these loans to be proach. If severing the tie between de­ tional Housing Act. used for the development of lower­ velopment assistance and rental assist­ "(2) Section 213(d) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 does income, limited-equity cooperatives. ance proves to be a more cost-efficient not apply to this section. A comparison of current and pro­ way of expanding the supply of mod­ "(3) Other provisions of this Act which spective program costs encourages me erately priced rental housing, and the Secretary determines are inconsistent to believe that the savings from this allows us to serve more low- and mod­ with the purposes of this section shall not program could be substantial. At the erate-income families more effectively, apply to this section. rental end, it costs roughly half as then we will have made an important "(e) In allocating assistance under this much to assist a family in an existing contribution to Federal housing section, the Secretary shall insure an ade­ unit as it does to assist it in a new or policy. quate distribution of the funds authorized substantially rehabilitated unit. In Mr. Speaker, I ask that the text of according to population and the market con­ most cases it also offers them greater the bill be printed in the RECORD. ditions in various regions in order to provide an adequate demonstration in areas with freedom of choice and greater mobili­ H.R.-- low rental vacancy rates and other factors ty. In an extremely tight market, how­ A bill to amend the United States Housing constraining the supply of rental housing. ever, this is not always the case; expe­ Act of 1937. The Secretary shall give a priority in allo­ rience in Brooklyn leads me to believe Be it enacted by the Senate and House of cating assistance under this section to pro­ that some strengthening of the exist­ Representatives of the United States of posals involving local contributions in such ing housing support program would be America in Congress assembled, That the forms as donations or sales below market of desirable before we shift too much of United States Housing Act of 1937 is amend­ real property. In no case may assistance our emphasis on it. ed by adding at the end thereof the follow­ under this section be provided with respect At the other end, subsidizing devel­ ing: to any unit of local government which has opment up front rather than over a "HOUSING DEVELOPMENT LOAN DEMONSTRATION not demonstrated satisfactory progress in PROGRAM meeting its assisted housing needs. long-term contract promises to reduce "(f)(l) Rents charged for units in any costs to the Government substantially. "SEc. 17. The Secretary is authorized, pursuant to applications submitted by such project during the period in which a It is not difficult to see the advantages States or units of local government, to pro­ loan under this section is outstanding with of a one-time loan of $25,000 per unit vide second mortgage loans or other compa­ respect to the project shall be approved by over a 20-year contract at more than rable assistance to owners of multifamily the Secretary. In approving such rents, the $7,000 per unit per year. Estimates rental housing projects to assist in financing Secretary shall attempt to assure reasona­ have shown that this approach could the construction or substantial rehabilita­ ble rentals to tenants and a reasonable save over 30 percent of current costs, tion of such projects. return on the investment of the owner. "(b)(l) The amount of the second mort­ "(2) Any schedule of rents submitted by even assuming that the loan is com­ an ownerito the Secretary for approval shall bined with a 20-year existing housing gage loan for a project assisted under this section shall be that amount which the Sec­ be deemed to be approved unless the Secre­ subsidy for each unit produced, and retary determines is sufficient to provide an tary informs the owner, within 60 days after that there is no repayment. The fact initial rental which does not exceed the receiving such schedule, that such schedule that virtually all recent section 8 con­ maximum monthly rent established for the is disapproved. struction projects have required addi­ area for existing rental dwelling units assist­ "(g) Not later than April 1, 1983, the Sec­ tional assistance through GNMA fi­ ed under section 8. retary of Housing and Urban Development nancing, tax-exempt bonds, or a finan­ "(2) Any loan made under this section shall transmit to the Congress a report on­ cial adjustment factor further en­ shall be secured by a second mortgage on "( 1} the design of the program under this the project and shall not be amortized, but section; and hances the potential for savings. shall be repayable upon the earlier of "(2) the Secretary's initial assessment, At $25,000 per unit, $1.1 billion, the the expiration of 30 years after the loan was based on a review of applications, of the ca­ amount authorized in this bill, could made, or (B) the sale, conversion to other pacity of applicants to carry out the demon­ support a production program of use, or other disposition of the project, as stration and the workability of the mecha­ 40,000 units. This amount does not determined by the Secretary. When due, nism provided by the program as a housing necessarily reflect the actual cost of such loan shall be repaid with interest development incentive. 23738 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 7, 1981 "(h) There are authorized to be appropri­ hard work, she had done more about it y," we say, 'that's good, but let's look at it ated for assistance under this section not to than anyone in America. · this way.' It's a soft voice, touching the exceed $1,100,000,000 for fiscal year 1983. child, helping him before he's in trouble. Of the amount available pursuant to the Marva Collins was a very worried woman. Mrs. Collins believes in teaching children preceding sentence, not more than But were the kids in her school learning self-reliance and a "good, classical education $20,000,000 shall be available for technical today? filled with morality." assistance and evaluation of the demonstra­ "Please let them be learning," said Marva Collins, the schoolteacher who has made na­ She also believes good education begins tion under this section.".• tional headlines for several years simply with parents. "Parents have to get a good being great at her job. "I hope someone is education," she said. "But most of the time I'd rather they leave them CRIMINAL CODE REVISION teaching them something back there." She was apparently thinking that Thurs­ alone. I tell my students they're bright and HEARINGS day night, too, when a standing-room-only the parents tell them they're dumb. I'd crowd of 1,500 listened to her talk at the rather they leave them alone and trust good HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. University of Dallas in Irving about her teachers.'' Some parents have criticized Mrs. Collins OF MICHIGAN method of educational success. Making speeches is nice, she said, but, for not teaching ner students enough black IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "I'm happiest when I'm teaching." literature in the classroom. Wednesday, October 7, 1981 Mrs. Collins has become a superstar be­ "I think that's very biased," she said. "A cause she cares about kids. Six years ago the horse can't kick and pull at the same time. I e Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, the former Chicago public school teacher start­ don't worry about what other people think. Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee ed Westside Preparatory School in Chica­ My kids know about the stock market, CD's, on Criminal Justice, which I chair, will go's West Side. Since then, her name and capital returns, black history; Scandinavian begin hearings on legislation to revise notions have popped up frequently in na­ history. They know a little bit about every­ the Federal Criminal Code later this tional magazines and on talk shows. thing. month. These hearings will focus on Actress Cicely Tyson is starring in a made­ She's reaching the children at Westside for-TV movie about her life, "Welcome to Prep. Many mornings they're at the school two bills, H.R. 1647-which was intro­ Success: The Marva Collins Story," that will door at 7:15 or 7:30 a.m., she said, "and duced by two members of the Subcom­ air nationally in December. Her biography, school doesn't start until 9 o'clock." mittee on Criminal Justice, the gentle­ "Marva's Children," will hit bookstands in Fame sometimes comes between Mrs. Col­ man from Ohio (Mr. KINDNESS) and January. lins and teaching. After appearing on the the gentleman from Texas Democrats, who have much more in "causing bodily harm" under section 1 of WASHINGTON.-The Senate was at its best common with the moderate wing of the Article 221 of the penal code. This charge when on Sept. 24 it refused to drop an Democratic Revolutionary Front than they relates to an alleged scuffle with a police­ amendment proposed by Christopher J. do with the oligarchy, were demoted to a man outside the police station on the day of Dodd, Connecticut Democrat, requiring subordinate role. his arrest, June 14, 1980. President Reagan, in advance of any further The Reagan policy has diminished to the The Prague Municipal Court sentenced United States assistance, to certify twice a vanishing point the influence of Mr. Duarte Rudolf Battek to seven and a half years' im­ year that El Salvador is working to put an and the Christian Democrats, returned the prisonment, to be served in the second end to the "indiscriminate torture and oligarchy to its formerly dominant position, stricter prison regime, to be followed by murder" practiced by its armed forces. This and associated the good name of the United three years' protective surveillance . Rudolf crisis. The Administration condemns as Battek has appealed against the sentence. Administration policies have completely "straight terrorism" the dynamiting of Amnesty International believes that undermined El Salvador's civilian leader­ power lines by insurgents, and remains Rudolf Battek, a sociologist aged 57, is a ship. President Jose Napole6n Duarte silent while Salvadoran forces routinely prisoner of conscience, imprisoned because stands for reform, for negotiation, and for practice torture and assassination. of his political beliefs. He has a long history an end to the savagery of the armed forces. United States policy in Central America of harassment and imprisonment since 1979. But the Administration's policy of rejecting has created a serious rift with our allies. Re­ In January 1977 he signed the manifesto of negotiation has given .final authority to the cently, France and Mexico correctly recog­ the unofficial Czechoslovak Human Rights hardline military of El Salvador. Moderate nized the revolutionary movement as a "rep­ Movement, Charter 77, and became one of civilian leaders in Central America fear that resentative political force" that must be its most active members. In 1978 he joined the Administration's insistence on military dealt with if a lasting peace is to be at­ VONS to ices of Soviet mining experts. The Soviet of the broadcast industry. I believe develop the specific schedule to be used. In Union . has shown increasing interest in that public interest groups have essence, the system would modify the FCC's Afghan minerology since the military occu­ placed an unreasonable amount of present rules requiring a gross percentage of pation. In the last 10 years, Soviet geologists faith in the present system of regula­ air time for public affairs programming by invited by former Afghan governments had tion to assure the public is properly giving added weight to programs that are tended to minimize the importance of broadcast during prime listening and view­ Afghan iron, chrome, uranium, coal and oil served. Even with all the present regu­ ing hours, to those that are locally pro­ deposits. Now that the USSR, through mili­ lations the "bandit" broadcaster can duced, and to those that are especially tary force, enjoys sole access to Afghani­ still do a lousy job yet the good broad­ costly to produce. Any programming which stan's mineral resources. Soviet experts rec­ caster-typical of the vast majority-is now qualifies for public service credit would ommend intensive mining operations. saddled with too much paperwork and continue to qualify and certain new types 23746 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 7, 1981 , and purpose of the meetings, when sched­ *Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs the contiguous United States. uled, and any cancellations or changes Business meeting, to mark up S. 1230, 235 Russell Building in the meetings as they occur. authorizing the minting of special Finance coins commemorating the 1984 Taxation and Debt Management Subcom­ As an additional procedure along summer Olympic games in Los Ange­ mittee with the computerization of this infor­ les, Calif. To hold hearings on miscellaneous tax mation, the Office of the Senate Daily 5302 Dirksen Building proposals. Digest will prepare this information 9:30 a.m. 2221 Dirksen Building for printing in the Extensions of Re­ Governmental Affairs 10:00 a.m. marks section of the CONGRESSIONAL Civil Service, Post Office, and General Energy and Natural Resources RECORD on Monday and Wednesday of Services Subcommittee . To resume hearings on S. 1544, authoriz­ each week. To hold hearings on S. 134, S. 1422, and ing funds for fiscal years 1982, 1983, Any changes in committee schedul­ S. 1444, bills authorizing the Adminis­ and 1984 for State and local energy trator of General Services to donate block grant programs. ing will be indicated by placement of certain Federal personal property to an asterisk to the left of the name of State and local governments. 3110 Dirksen Building the unit conducting such meetings. 1318 Dirksen Building ~nvironment and Public Works Meetings scheduled for Thursday, Governmental Affairs To hold hearings on the nomination of October 8, 1981, may be found in the Energy, Nuclear Proliferation, and Gov­ John A. Todhunter, of Maryland, to Daily Digest of today's RECORD. ernment Processes Subcommittee be Assistant Administrator for Pesti­ To hold hearings on S. 1226, to establish cides and Toxic Substances of the En­ the National Nuclear Property Insur­ vironmental Protection Agency. MEETINGS SCHEDULED ance Corporation, to provide supple­ 4200 Dirksen Building mental insurance coverage for certain Judiciary OCTOBER 13 clean-up costs following damage to nu­ Immigration and Refugee Policy Subcom­ 10:30 a.m. clear powerplants. mittee Joint Economic Room to be announced To hold hearings to discuss policies re­ Economic Goals and Intergovernmental Governmental Affairs lating to deportation and exclusion. Policy Subcommittee Intergovernmental Relations Subcommit­ 412 Russell Building To resume hearings on the effects of de­ tee Judiciary fense spending on the economy. To resume hearings on State implemen­ Security and Terrorism Subcommittee 2212 Rayburn Building tation of certain Federal regulations, To continue hearings on the origin, di­ focusing on standards of the Occupa­ rection, and support tactics of terror­ OCTOBER 14 tional Safety and Health Administra­ ism. 9:00 a.m. tion. 6226 Dirksen Building Governmental Affairs Room to be announced Judiciary Energy, Nuclear Proliferation, and Gov­ Judiciary •separation of Powers Subcommittee ernment Processes Subcommittee •constitution Subcommittee To resume hearings on S. 1647, restrict­ To hold oversight hearings on Soviet To resume oversight hearings on the im­ ing the power of Federal courts in energy and Western European energy plementation of the Freedom of Infor­ matters of court-ordered school security matters. mation Act, and on S. 1247, S. 1235, busing, focusing on certain community 3302 Dirksen Building and S. 587, bills providing for the pro­ problems. 9:30 a.m. tection of certain confidential infor­ 2228 Dirksen Building Judiciary mation from the disclosure require­ Constitution Subcommittee ments of the Freedom of Information OCTOBER19 To resume hearings on S.J. Res. 110, S.J. Act. 9:30 a.m. Res. 17, S.J. Res. 18, and S.J. Res. 19, 2228 Dirksen Building Finance measures, amending the Constitution 10:00 a.m. Energy and Agricultural Taxation Sub­ to establish legislative authority in Environment and Public Works committee Congress and the States with respect To hold oversight hearings to review To hold hearings on S. 750 and S. 1288, to abortion. those programs administered by the bills providing energy tax credits for 2228 Dirksen Building Environmental Protection Agency, and industrial and commercial business to 10:00 a.m. on the proposed budget for the EPA. encourage investment in new energy Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 4200 Dirksen Building conserving equipment. Agricultural Research and General Legis­ Governmental Affairs 2221 Dirksen Building lation Subcommittee To hold hearings on pending nomina­ Judiciary To hold hearings on the Commodity Fu­ tions. •Agency Administration Subcommittee tures Trading Commission's pilot pro­ 3302 Dirksen Building gram in options trading for nonagri­ 10:30 a.m. To hold oversight hearings on the im­ culture commodities. Energy and Natural Resources plementation of the Military Person­ 324 Russell Building To hold hearings on S. 1674, modifying nel and Civilian Employees Claims Act 1:00 p.m. certain provisions of the Revised Or­ of 1964, title XXI of the Criminal Judiciary ganic Act of the Virgin Islands and Code. *Immigration and Refugee Policy Sub­ providing certain other authorities af­ 357 Russell Building committee fecting the territories and possessions Judiciary To hold hearings to discuss the present of the United States. Constitution Subcommittee conditions of the mass refugee asylum 3110 Dirksen Building To resume hearings on S.J. Res. 110, S.J. process. 1:30 p.m. Res. 17, S.J. Res. 18, and S.J. Res. 19, 412 Russell Building Judiciary measures amending the Constitution 2:00 p.m. Security and Terrorism Subcommittee to establish legislative authority in Foreign Relations To resume hearings on the origin, direc­ Congress and the States with respect To resume hearings on the Airborne tion, and support tactics .of terrorism. to abortion. Warning and Control System 2228 Dirksen Building 2228 Dirksen Building and the F-15 enhancements 10:00 a.m. arms sales package to Saudi Arabia. OCTOBER 16 Energy and Natural Resources 4221 Dirksen Building 9:30 a.m. Energy Regulation Subcommittee and Judiciary Commerce, Science, and Transportation Water and Power Subcommittee To hold hearings on S. 1639, to modern­ Merchant Marine Subcommittee To hold joint oversight hearings on hy­ ize the extradition laws of the United To hold hearings on S. 1682, allowing droelectric development and related li­ States. certain subsidized liner vessel opera­ censing procedures. 2228 Dirksen Building. tors in the foreign commerce of the 3110 Dirksen Building 23748 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 7, 1981 Environment and Public Works deauthorizing certain water resource Labor and Human Resources Nuclear Regulation Subcommittee projects within the jurisdiction of the Education Subcommittee and Employ­ To resume hearings on S. 1662, estab­ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and ment and Productivity Subcommittee lishing a Federal program for the in­ other pending calendar business. To hold joint oversight hearings on the terim storage and permanent disposal 4200 Dirksen Building implementation of vocational educa­ of high-level nuclear waste from civil­ Environment and Public Works tion and youth employment programs. ian powerplants. Nuclear Regulation Subcommittee 1224 Dirksen Building 4200 Dirksen Building To hold joint hearings with the Commit­ 1:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. tee on Energy and Natural Resources Judiciary Finance on S. 1606, to provide for a nuclear Constitution Subcommittee Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service property damage insurance fund, and To resume hearings on S. 1554, proposed Subcommittee Bail Reform Act. To hold hearings on the recovery of at­ to provide additional funds for the cleanup of the contaminated nuclear 6226 Dirksen Building torneys fees in tax cases. 2:00 p.m. · 2221 Dirksen Building facility at Three Mile Island. 3110 Dirksen Building Environment and Public Works Governmental Affairs Environmental Pollution Subcommittee Intergovernmental Relations Subcommit­ Governmental Affairs To hold hearings on S. 1018, authorizing tee To resume oversight hearings on the funds through fiscal year 1986 for the To hold hearings to discuss alternative congressional budget process. protection and conservation of fish Federal housing programs. 3302 Dirksen Building and wildlife resources along the coast­ 3302 Dirksen Building Judiciary al barriers of the Atlantic and gulf Business meeting, to consider pending coasts. OCTOBER 20 calendar business. 4200 Dirksen Building 9:00 a.m. 2228 Dirksen Building Labor and Human Resources OCTOBER 22 To hold oversight hearings on the im­ OCTOBER 21 9:00 a.m. plementation of the Comprehensive 9:00 a.m. Governmental Affairs Employment Training Act . Governmental Affairs Energy, Nuclear Proliferation, and Gov­ 4232 Dirksen Building To hold hearings to examine the current ernment Processes Subcommittee 9:30 a.m. acquisition process in the Department To hold oversight hearings on certain Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry of Defense. activities of the Office of Surface Agricultural Credit and Rural Electrifica­ 3302 Dirksen Building Mining Reclamation and Enforce­ tion Subcommittee 9:30 a.m. ment, Department of the Interior. To hold oversight hearings on the bid­ Governmental Affairs Room to be announced ding, purchasing, and elections proc­ Intergovernmental Relations Subcommit­ 9:30 a.m. esses of the Rural Electrification Ad­ tee Governmental Affairs ministration. To hold oversight hearings on certain Intergovernmental Relations Subcommit­ 324 Russell Building activities of the Advisory Commission tee Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Intergovernmental Relations. To resume hearings on fiscal disparities Surface Transportation Subcommittee 224 Russell Building within the Federal Government. To hold oversight hearings on the im­ 10:00 a.m. 6226 Dirksen Building plementation of the Household Goods Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Judiciary Transportation Act . 9:30 a.m. in the State of Minnesota. 3110 Dirksen Building Governmental Affairs 3110 Dirksen Building Judiciary Permanent Subcommittee on Investiga­ Environment and Public Works Juvenile Justice Subcommittee tions Business meeting, to consider pending To hold hearings to examine the impact To resume hearings on alleged corrup­ calendar business. of media on juveniles. tion in the International Longshore­ 4200 Dirksen Building 6226 Dirksen Building men's Association's influence and con­ Governmental Affairs trol over the waterfront industry NOVEMBER6 along the east and gulf coasts. To resume oversight hearings on the congressional budget process. 9:30 a.m. 3302 Dirksen Building Judiciary •Judiciary 3302 Dirksen Building 2:00 p.m. Constitution Subcommittee Immigration and Refugee Policy Subcom­ To resume hearings on Senate Joint mittee Energy and Natural Resources To hold hearings on granting amnesty *Energy Regulation Subcommittee and Resolution 110, Senate Joint Resolu­ to certain illegal aliens. Water and Power Subcommittee tion 17, Senate Joint Resolution 18, To resume joint oversight hearings on and Senate Joint Resolution 19, meas­ 2228 Dirksen Building ures amending the Constitution to es­ *Labor and Human Resources hydroelectric development and related licensing procedures. tablish legislative authority in the Labor Subcommittee Congress and the States with respect Business meeting, to consider S. 1182, 3110 Dirksen Building to abortion. improving the administration of the OCTOBER30 2228 Dirksen Building Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' 10:00 a.m. Compensation Act by removing certain 10:00 a.m. *Energy and Natural Resources inequities, reducing incentives for Judiciary To continue oversight hearings on the fraud and abuse, and assuring immedi­ To resume oversight hearings on the im­ implementation of title I, establishing ate compensation benefits and compe­ plementation of the Copyright Act of wellhead prices for natural gas, of the tent medical treatment for injured em­ 1976, focusing on section 101 relative Natural Gas Policy Act . 4232 Dirksen Building 2228 Dirksen Building 3110 Dirksen Building 23750 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 7, 1981 NOVEMBER 10 Labor and Human Resources NOVEMBER 17 8:30 a.m. Labor Subcommittee 9:30 a.m. Energy and Natural Resources To continue hearings on S. 1541, pro­ Labor and Human Resources posed Retirement Income Incentives Labor Subcommittee Energy and Mineral Resources Subcom­ and Administrative Simplification Act. To resume hearings on S. 1541, proposed mittee 4232 Dirksen Building Retirement Income Incentives and Ad­ To hold oversight hearings on America's ministrative Simplification Act. role in the world coal export market. Veterans' Affairs 4232 Dirksen Building 3110 Dirksen Building To hold oversight hearings on the ef­ 10:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. fects of the use of Agent Orange. Environment and Public Works Labor and Human Resources 412 Russell Building Business meeting, to consider pending 10:00 a.m. calendar business. To resume hearings on S. 234, to encour­ 4200 Dirksen Building age the establishment of home health Judiciary care programs and to provide expand­ Criminal Law Subcommittee NOVEMBER 18 ed coverage of home health services To resume hearings on S. 101 and S. 751, 10:00 a.m. under the medicare and medicaid pro- bills to eliminate or establish an alter­ Energy and Natural Resources grams. native to the exclusionary rule in Fed­ Business meeting, to consider pending 4232 Dirksen Building eral c'timinal proceedings. calendar business. 10:00 a.m. 5110 Dirksen Building 3110 Dirksen Building Environment and Public Works 2:00 p.m. Business meeting, to consider pending Judiciary CAN CELLATIO NS calendar business. Criminal Law Subcommittee 4200 Dirksen Building To continue hearings on S. 101 and S. OCTOBER 15 751, bills to eliminate or establish an 9:30 a.m. NOVEMBER 11 alternative to the exclusionary rule in Judiciary 9:30 a.m. Federal criminal proceedings. Criminal Law Subcommittee Labor and Human Resources 5110 Dirksen Building To resume hearings on S. 101 and S. 751, Labor Subcommittee bills to eliminate and establish an al­ NOVEMBER 13 ternative to the exclusionary rule in To resume hearings on S. 1541, proposed Federal criminal proceedings. Retirement Income Incentives and Ad­ 10:00 a.m. 5110 Dirksen Building ministrative Simplification Act. Energy and Natural Resources 4232 Dirksen Building *Energy and Mineral Resources Subcom­ OCTOBER 22 10:00 a.m. mittee 9:30 a.m. Energy and Natural Resources To resume oversight hearings on Ameri­ Judiciary Business meeting, to consider pending ca's role in the world coal export Constitution Subcommittee calendar business. market. To resume hearings on S. 1554, S. 1253, 3110 Dirksen Building 3110 Dirksen Building S. 482, and S. 440, bills to amend the Federal Criminal Code with respect to NOVEMBER 12 NOVEMBER 16 the circumstances under which a 1:30 p.m. person charged with or convicted of a 9:30 a.m. crime may be released on bail or per­ Judiciary Judiciary sonal recognizance. Constitution Subcommittee Constitution Subcommittee Room to be announced To resume hearings on Senate Joint To resume hearings on Senate Joint Resolution 110, Senate Joint Resolu­ Resolution 110, Senate Joint Resolu­ OCTOBER 26 tion 17, Senate Joint Resolution 18, tion 17, Senate Joint Resolution 18, 9:30 a.m. and Senate Joint Resolution 19, meas­ and Senate Joint Resolution 19, meas­ Judiciary ures amending the Constitution to es­ ures amending the Constitution to es­ Courts Subcommittee tablish legislative authority in the tablish legislative authority in the To hold hearings on S. 653, proposed Congress and the States with respect Congress and the States with respect Habeas Corpus Procedures Amend­ to abortion. to abortion. ments Act. 2228 Dirksen Building 2228 Dirksen Building 2228 Dirksen Building