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May 23, 1978 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 15143 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS THE HUMAN CONTRACT it is only a fig leaf in the industrial jungle. The grant only needs to be repaid if the Both labor and now realize that steel is doing well enough to personal problems can and often do result in is absenteeism, turnover, low labor morale, re­ afford it. The purpose of the grant to HON. TOM HARKIN duced productivity and curtailed production. create an extra 17,300 jobs in the Saar OF IOWA But not all are aware that they must address region-and in the meantime, we con­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES themselves to the human causes and not tinue to import subsidized European to the unproductive consequences. If a con­ Tuesday, May 23, 1978 steel. structive program of human is to be It is a clear and uncontestable fact e Mr. HARKIN. Mr. Speaker, Leo established in the organized workplace, both that most of the governments of the Perlis, director of the AFL-CIO Depart­ labor and management must recognize the simple truth that the company employee and world are subsidizing steel production to ment of Services, has writ­ the union member are, in fact, one and the keep their people working-and they are ten a very thought-provoking article, same p-erson. exporting their steel and their unem­ "The Human Contract," that exists, or To serve this person as a total human ployment to the . The con­ at least should exist, between the worker, being and not just as a productive machine tinuation of the subsidized, unfair steel his or her union, and the employer. Mr. or a dues-paying member is · the joint re­ imports threatens the support of the Perlis points out that many of the prob­ sponsibility of labor and management. American public for international lems and discords that arise in the ­ A and positive approach to the alleviation of personal and family problems trade.e place are not necessarily attributable to of the company employee/union member can the workplace or to any discord between be spelled out in a supplementary agree­ MAN AGAINST WAR the employer and the employee. Rather m-ent, the human contract, with a carry-over these problems may spring from per­ provision to the union contract for the sonal and human problems outside of handling of grievace procedures. HON. JONATHAN B. BINGHAM the workplace but which directly affect The union contract covering wages, hours OF and working conditions is the product of the production and labor-management rela­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tions. Mr. Perlis has given us something politics of confronation around the collec­ tive bargaining table. The human contract Tuesday, May 23, 1978 to think about: That the responsibility covering health, welfare and living condi­ of both the employer and the labor union tions may be achieved through the politics e Mr. BINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. toward the worker does not begin when of cooperation around the conference Richard L. Simon, a neighbor and dear the worker shows up on the job and ends ta.ble.e friend, recently sent me a copy of a fas­ when the worker leaves the job to return cinating letter written to her late hus­ home. Both employers and the union EUROPEAN STEEL SUBSIDIES: EX­ band on White House stationery, dated must become more concerned with the PORTING THEm UNEMPLOYMENT April 4, 1956. The letter, which was worker's total health and happiness, and TO THE UNITED STATES OF ln.beled personal and confidential, not just his health and happiness on AMERICA follows: the job. This can only be achieved, as APRIL 4, 1956. Mr. Perlis points out, not by confronta­ DEAR DICK: Th'ank you for your letter, tion between unions and employers, but which brings up subjects too vast to be HON CHARLES A. VANlK discussed adequately in a letter. by cooperation between employers, the OF OHIO Suffice it to say here that I doubt that any union, and the worker. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES columnist-and here I depend upon heresay Mr. Speaker, I believe my fellow mem­ Tuesday, May 23, 1978 as I have no time to read them-is concern­ bers will find this article by Mr. Perlis ing himself with what is the true very illumin~ting: • Mr. VANIK. Mr. Speaker, in the 'first problem of the day. That problem is not THE HUMAN CONTRACT 3 months of 1978, more steel was im­ merely man against man or against nation. It is man against war. (By Leo Perils) ported than in any previous 3-month I have spent my life in the study of mili­ WASHINGTON.-The union contract does period in our Nation's history-nearly 6 tary strength as a deterrent to war, and in not cover most p-ersonal problems workers million tons, and from the price of this the character of mllltary armaments neces­ face. Even those agreements which provide imoorted .steel, it is clear that unfair sary to win a war. The study of the first of fringe benefits, such as coverage dumping practices are still occurring. these questions is still profitable, but we are for health care, do not deal with the real The question is: Will the new trigger rapidly getting to the point that no war can and often tragic family needs of employees price system, which did not really be­ be won. War implies a contest; when you get in the interrelated worlds of the home and to the point that contest is no longer in­ the workplace. Yet it is those human prob­ come effective until late March and volved and the outlook comes close to de­ lems that often affect production and labor­ April, begin to stem this flood of illegally struction of the enemy and suicide for our­ manag-ement relations. priced steel? If it does not, then the 1978 selves-an outlook that neither side can The ultimate solution of marital discord economic outlook for the American steel ignore-then arguments as to the exact may be found in the counselor's office or in industry is uncertain-and the long­ amount of available strength as compared the family courtroom, but its consequences range picture is a disaster. to somebody else's are no longer the vital are immediately apparent by poor perform­ I would like to provide for the record issues. ance in the workplace. The alcoholic may When we get to the point, as we one day eventually wind up in a detoxification cen­ two recent examples of the types of prob­ will, that both sides know that in any out­ ter or in an Alcohollcs Anonymous fellow­ lems we face from State-subsidized for­ break of general hostillties, regardless of the ship but the result of his irrational behavior eign steel competition. The Wall Street element of surprise, destruction will be both is instantly evident in turnover and absen­ Journal of April 28 reported that the reciprocal and complete, possibly we will teeism. A distraught employee, depressed by nationally owned British Steel Corp. ex­ have sense enough to meet a.t the conference overwhelming debts and legal entanglements, pects to lose $732 million in the current table with the understanding that the era is a poor candidate for a gung-ho produc­ year-and this comes on top of a loss of of armaments has ended and the human tion llne. These are only a few of the many race must conform its actions to this truth human problems which affect the workplace. $805 million last year and $173 million or die. Misplaced company concern for the welfare of the year before. In other words, over a The fullness of this potentiality has not its employees may have been expressed best 3-year period, this company has lost $1.7 yet been attained, and I do not, by any means in 1955 by th-e exploitative theme of a con­ billion-and yet they are still shipping decry the need for strength. That strength ference co-sponsored in Garden City by the steel to the United States at subsidized must be spiritual, economic and mllitary. All Long Island Industries Association and the rates and limiting the employment op­ three are important and they are not mu­ Mental Health Association of Nassau County: tually exclusive. They are all part of and "Productivity for Business and Industry portunities of our workers. the product of the American genius, the through Emotional Health." , where there is less state American will. Now both union leaders and corporate than in most foreign coun­ But already we have come to the point executives are beginning to see that the tries, has just announced a 5-year in­ where safety cannot be assumed by arms union contract simply didn't cover it all, that vestment grant for steel of $116 million. alone. But I repeat that their usefulness be- CXXIV--953-Part 11 15144 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 23, 1978 comes concentrated more and more 1n their established, there have been no cases in their lives. Some State legislators have characteristics as deterrents than in instru­ which there was a need to address this been led to believe that if they can just ments with which to obtain victory over op­ ponents as in 1945. In this regard, today we question. Eighteen out of the 26 existing hold out for one more session, the ERA are further separated !rom the end of World amendments to the Constitution were will die and their constituents will not War II than the beginning of the century passed without any attached time limit hold them accountable. was separated !rom the beginning of the stipulation. In 1917, with the 18th All of the great equal rights and pro­ sixteenth century. amendment, Congress decided to make a tection amendments have taken a great Naturally I am not taking the time here 7-year limitation in order to avoid hav­ deal of struggle and debate to pass. The to discuss the usefulness of available mlli­ 13th, 14th, and 15th required a civil war tary strength in putting out "prairie fires"­ ing the amendment fioating around the spots where American interests are seriously States for a period of time which ex­ to accomplish; the 19th amendment took jeopardized by unjustified outbreaks of ceeded the political vitality of the issue. from 1848 until 1920 to be ratified. Along minor wars. I have contented myself with a In this amendment, as in the 20th, 21st, with the question of precedence should few observations on the implications of a and 22d, the 7-year stipulation was at­ also be considered the need and the in­ major arms race. tached to the amendment itself and thus tensity of debate. Finally, I do not believe that I shall ever was ratified by the States along with the A two-pronged question has arisen in have to defend myself against the charge amendment. Beginning with the 23d, the area of rescission. The first is that I am indifferent to the !ate of my countrymen, and I assure you that there are the clause was attached instead to the whether three States or seven are now experts, technicians, philosophers and ad­ resolution. This shift represents a kind required for ratification-since four visers here, who give far more intelllgent of compromise-signifying the right of States have made an effort to rescind. attention to these matters than do the Congress to impose time limits and to The second is whether, if the extension commentators. make the limit a procedural matter in­ is granted, States may be allowed to res­ With warm regard. stead of a constitutional one. cind until the second deadline. At the Sincerely, Because until this time, every amend­ hearings for House Joint Resolution 638, D.E.e ment has been ratified within a 4-year the Justice Department testified to the period, the question of time extension effect that while the Constitution gives has never been explored. The guidelines Congress the power to deal with the pro­ EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT TIME that are most often used in the extension cedural detail of time limits, there is LIMIT EXTENSION debate concern a need for ratification nothing short of an amendment to ar­ within a "reasonable time and with a ticle V that could be interpreted as a sense of contemporaneous consent." Both designation of power to the States to re­ HON.ROBERT W. EDGAR of these issues will be open for debate ject their ratifications. OF PENNSYLVANIA when the resolution comes up. Regarding the procedure for voting on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Is extension a good idea? The oppo­ the issue-there are three choices-a concurrent resolution simply requiring a Tuesday, May 23, 1978 nents of ERA see extension as trying to "change the rules in the middle of the majority vote in both Houses, a joint res­ • Mr. EDGAR. Mr. Speaker, there are game." Through powerful lobbying olution, requiring two-thirds majority in several key questions that must be con­ efforts, Stop ERA forces have managed to both Houses without the President's sidered when addressing the issue of the cause a stalemate situation in several of signature, and a joint resolution requir­ extension of the ratification period for the 15 States that have not ratified. In ing a simple majority and the Presi­ the proposed 27th amendment. These some of these States, there is no chance dent's signature. The best argument for are: for ratification before the deadline be­ a concurrent resolution is that since ex­ First. Is it constitutionally possible for cause either the amendment cannot tension is being considered a procedural Congress to extend the time allowed for come up on the calendar before March matter there is no need to use the joint ratification, and what are the prece­ of 1979 or the legislature does not meet resolution that would bring with it the dents? before then at all. Six out of the un­ force of law. The concurrent resolution Second. Even if extension is possible, ratified States have never addressed the could also be revised without repeal. should Congress use this power? ERA in both of their houses on the floor. In conclusion-Congress has the right Third. What decisions can be made In some States political tactics have to extend the time limit and perhaps about the legality of rescision both in the been employed to delay the considera­ also has the responsibility to at least event of extension or not? tion and/ or passage of the ERA. In Illi­ consider the desire of the American pub­ Fourth. What procedure should the nois, for example, the new State con­ lic to continue discussion on the issue. Congress follow if it decides to grant stitution requires a three-fifths majority The issue of women's rights is "far too extension? against terrorism. chops, bacon, and ham. While not down­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I urge those of my colleagues who grading the hogs' usefulness in those Tuesday, May 23, 1978 have not yet cosponsored House Resolu­ areas, and not trying to make the hog tion 48 to do so, and join in urging the the beautiful animal that it is not, I do • Mr. McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, yester­ Rules Committee to report this reso­ not believe the full range of benefits that day the FALN terrorist group took re­ lution out to the fioor for a vote.e we derive from this animal are known by sponsibility for bombs that exploded at very many people. the Department of Justice, at Kennedy There is a famous photograph taken International Airport in New York, at BILINGUAL by Mr. Joe Munroe which depicts two Newark International Airport in New INEFFECTIVE hogs nuzzling each other. The picture Jersey, and in Chicago . . has been widely reprinted on posters The four-city bombing spree came ex­ and on buttons. The buttons have the actly 2 weeks after the four remaining HON. ROBERT McCLORY saying, "hogs are beautiful." The but­ witnesses jailed for refusing to answer OF ILLINOIS tons evoke a lot of laughter because the grand jury questions were released on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 8 in New York following expiration simple fact is, hogs are not physically Tuesday, May 23, 1978 beautiful. of a grand jury that was attempting to But like so many things, beauty is investigate the terrorist group during • Mr. McCLORY. Mr. Speaker, as a con­ only skin deep. Hogs are, in fact, a beau­ the past 18 months. The four men, Pedro sistent supporter of bilingual education tiful animal whose worth to mankind Archuleta of La Punta, N. Mex., a leader in order to aid primarily the children goes far beyond hams, bacon, and pork of the People's Agricultural Cooperative who come from Spanish-speaking homes, chops. in Tierra Amarilla who was jailed last I am nevertheless disappointed in the A recent article written by Lyle W. July; and the brothers Julio, Luis, and lack of effectiveness of the bilingual edu­ Borg titled, "Hogs for Living" was issued Andres Rosado had claimed that the cational program which is funded out of by the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. It purpose of the grand jury investigations the Office of Education. A recent report told me many things about hogs which was to destroy the Puerto Rican inde­ points out the deficiencies in the existing I had not known, although I felt that I pendence movement. But the reported bilingual education program. had quite a bit of knowledge of the use­ questions at which the witnesses balked An editorial which appeared in the fulness of this animal. We in Iowa are were related to their knowledge of fugi­ May 22 issue of the Chicago Tribune em­ very proud of the hog; one out of every tive FALN members Carlos A. Torres, his phasizes the shortcomings of bilingual four hogs in this country is produced in wife, Haydee Beltran Torres, Lucy education as presently administered. It Iowa. I hope that all Members of Con­ Rodriguez, and her friend, Oscar Lopez is my view that the program should be gress have taken the opportunity to en­ Rivera. overhauled with a view toward providing joy the delicious Iowa chop that is now Following their release on May 8, the far greater local control-and responsi­ on the House menu. I would spokesman for the group, Julio Rosada, bility. like to insert Mr. Borg's article into the told the press : The Chicago Tribune editorial follows: RECORD so that my colleagues will have a We neither support nor condemn the [From the Chicago Tribune, May 22, 1978) FALN. much better idea of the many benefits we BILINGUAL ED CHALLENGED derive from this beautiful animal: The FALN has accepted responsibility A government-sponsored study of blllngual HOGS FOR LIVING for bombings in which five human beings education has confirmed some of the most have been murdered, and others in serious suspicions held about this program. (By Lyle W. Borg) Ostensibly intended to ease and speed the Thousands of Americans, including at least which scores of victims have been in­ transition of children from non-English­ one famous actor, have the Iowa hog to jured. The FALN's bombings have speaking families into the mainstream of in­ thank for keeping them alive. They are the ranged from car bombs on the streets struction in English, bilingual education in­ people who have had heart valves trans­ which scattered shrapnel through booby­ evitably attracted employees and constitu­ planted from hogs. traps to pipe bombs. ents with quite another purpose--to develop One of the more recent recipients of the The FALN has openly boasted of its and enlarge a non-English enclave within the heart valve was actor John Wayne. And since ties to the Cuban Government with its public schools. The empire builders of course about one-fourth of all the hogs in this want a maximum number of pupils for a country come from Iowa farms, chances are communique No. 6 stating in October maximum length of time. Enrolling in bi­ it was an Iowa hog that provided Wayne with 1975: lingual education pupils with no need of his heart valve. We especially acknowledge the moral sup­ their own to be there and keeping pupils It takes about six weeks to stablllze heart port given to our by the Cuban longer than could be reasonably justified valves to preserve the tissue and make it people and government in a speech made by could be understandably tempting. more adaptable to the human body. With a Prime Minister Fidel Castro in August in A report recently released by the federal self life of five years, the valves sell to hos­ which he said that the Cuban government Office of Education contains figures even pitals for $600 to $1200 each. would do all it could to support the FALN. worse than a prejudiced critic of bilingual There are a number of other human me­ The FALN is now in its 4th year of education might have guessed. Less than a dicinal uses for parts of the hog. operation. With the drastic cutbacks in third of the 5,300 pupils in 38 projects re­ Insulin from the pancreas of 130 hogs is FBI domestic intelligence programs un­ viewed had significantly limited command used to keep one diabetic alive for a year. of English. And 85 per cent of the bilingual Porcine grafts of blankets of skin from hogs der the "guidelines" introduced by for­ education pupils were kept in segregated are used as temporary coverings for victims mer Attorney General Edward Levi and classes after they were ready for instruction of severe burns. ACTH from a hog's pituitary continued under the present administra­ in English. The study also found that vet­ gland is used to treat arthritic patients be- tion, the FBI is trying to fight terrorism erans of bilingual education did not get on 15146 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 23, 1978 any better than similar pupils who had al­ and we have been truly blessed by the America as national chairman of the Broad­ ways been in regular classes. inspiration of his good deeds and by his casting-TV- Commission, national chair­ These findings suggest that the public is man of the Commission on Social Justice, not getting much for the $135 million that good example. I know I am proud and and head of its delegation to the Confer­ the federal government spent in the current honored to be numbered amongst his ence of Presidents of Major Jewish Organi­ year for b111ngual education. The benefici­ many, many friends. zations. Among other posts, he has served as aries of this program appear to be the sal­ Rabbi Panitz's long list of exemplary President of the Louis Marshal Lodge of aried employees, rather than the pupils.e achievements throughout his lifetime B'nai B'rith, Vice President of the North span the needs and concerns of all of our Jersey Jewish Family and Children's Serv­ people, and with your permission I would ice and long time chairman of its Child Care CONGRESSIONAL SALUTE TO RABBI like to insert at this point in our historic Committee, member of the National Rabbinic DR. DAVID H. PANITZ, TEMPLE Advisory Committee of the United Jewish journal of Congress a brief biography Appeal, member of the Board of Directors of EMANUEL, PATERSON, N.J., UPON which will provide you with some of his THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS the Jewish Federation of North Jersey and activities and responsibilities, as follows: its Board of Jewish Education, chairman of RABBINIC ORDINATION Rabbi David Hirsh Panitz, son of Nettie the Paterson Board of Education's Adult Ed­ and the late Ezekiel Panitz, was born in ucation Advisory Committee, chairman of Baltimore in 1918. He was educated in the the Passaic County Narcotics Rehabilitation HON. ROBERT A. ROE public schools of that city, graduated from Board, and has rendered more than 6,000 OF NEW JERSEY both the Academic and Teacher Training hours of volunteer chaplaincy services at the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Schools of the Baltimore Hebrew College, Barnert and Medical Center. Tuesday, May 23, 1978 received his undergraduate education as well Rabbi Panitz is the author of "Studies in as the graduate Master of Arts degree from the Legal Responsa of Joseph Colon" (re­ • Mr. ROE. Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, the Johns Hopkins , and was searches in 15th century Italian Jewish his­ June 4, residents of my congressional dis­ ordained in 1943 at The Jewish Theological tory), co-author, with his wife, of "Simon trict and State of New Jersey will join Seminary of America, which later conferred Wolf, U.S. Consule to Egypt", and of numer­ with the congregational families of Tem­ upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity, ous articles and chapters in various . He honoris causa. is married to the former Esther Leah Allen­ ple Emanuel, Paterson, N.J., in com­ A disciple of Wi111am Foxwell Albright at tuck; they have three sons, Rabbi Jonathan memoration of the 35th anniversary of the Johns Hopkins University in Near Eastern A. Panitz (married to Jane Royal), of Salis­ the rabbinic ordination and in deep ap­ languages, history and archeology, Rabbi bury, Maryland, Raphael I. Panitz, doctoral preciation of the outstanding record of Panitz taught Bible at the George Wash­ candidate at the University of Pennsylvania service of a national and international­ ington University in the nation's capital. He in Near Eastern Studies, and Michael E. Pa­ ly renowned spiritual adviser, esteemed now teaches Homilectics in the Rabbinical nitz, rabbinical student at the Jewish Theo­ author, exemplary educator, community School at the Seminary. logical Seminary, and two grandchildren, leader, distinguished citizen, and good The Spiritual Leader of Paterson's Temple Zimra and Obadiah. The Rabbi's major re­ Emanuel since 1959, he earlier was Rabbi at laxation comes from listening to his large friend, Rabbi Dr. David H. Panitz, whose Temple Adath Yeshurun in Syracuse, N.Y., at collection of classical records and from read­ standards of excellence in promulgating, Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in New York ing in his personal library of more than enhancing, and preserving the richness City, and at Adas Israel Congregation in 10,000 volumes. of his Jewish religious and cultural herit­ Washington, D.C. age have truly enriched our community, Rabbi Panitz has fashioned an outstanding Mr. Speaker it is a privilege and honor State, and Nation. record of service to his congregational to seek this national recognition of Rabbi fam111es, to the entire Jewish people, to Panitz and all of his good works. I ask Mr. Speaker, I know that you and our Israel, and to the larger community. He is a colleagues will want to join with me in my colleagues here in the Congress to Commissioner of the Paterson Board of Edu­ join with me in expressing our most sin­ extending our:. warmest greetings and cation; Chaplain of the Passaic County Jail; felicitations to Rabbi Panitz; his good has just completed a fifteen-year tenure as cere appreciation for the richness of his wife, Esther; their three sons, Jonathan, Chairman of the Passaic County Alcoholic wisdom and quality of his leadership Raphael, and Michael; daughter-in-law, Rehab111tation Board; is national chairman which have immeasurably contributed Jane; and grandchildren, Zimra and of the Joint Commission on Rabbinic Place­ to our Nation's spiritual, cultural, and Obadiah, on this most joyous occasion ment of the Rabbinical Assembly, the United educational endeavors and the quality and join with his family in great pride Synagogue of America and the Jewish of life and way of life for all of our Theological Seminary; national Co-Chairman people. If he could but know the high of his lifetime of achievement in devo­ of the State of Israel Bonds Rabbinic tion and dedication to the Jewish com­ Cabinet; national chairman of the Inter­ esteem with which he is held in the munity and to all of our people. Religious Cooperation Committee of the hearts of our people and could but ex­ Mr. Speaker, the people of my con­ B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League; Vice­ perience the pleasure and comfort that gressional district are singularly hon­ President of the Jewish Concilation Board he has imparted to his fellowman over ored by, and wish to wholeheartedly com­ of America; President of the New Jersey these many years, he would surely en­ Board of Rabbis; Secretary of the Coalition of joy the abundant rewards of happiness mend to you, the distinguished and dedi­ Religious Leaders of New Jersey; and is a cated lifetime of outstanding public serv­ and success which he so justly deserves. member of the Plenum, the Domestic Policy We do, indeed, salute Rabbi Dr. David ice rendered by Rabbi Panitz. At the Committee and the International Affairs H. Panitz, a good friend and great helm of Temple Emanuel and ever stead­ Committee of the Synagogue Council of fast to the ideals and principles of his America. American.• alma mater, the Jewish Theological Sem­ Always active in inter-faith and inter­ inary of America, he has not only en­ group endeavors, he has held high positions at the National Conference of Christians and deared himself to his congregation and Jews: has preached and lectured at scores of THE HIGH COST OF REGULATION the Jewish community, but his interre­ churches, colleges and civic ; ligious and interfaith activities have truly has served, in Paterson, as Chairman of the redounded to the spiritual and moral in­ Mayor's Brotherhood Committee, Co-chair­ HON. MORRIS K. UDALL tegrity of all faiths and materially con­ man of the Commission on Jewish-Catholic OF ARIZONA tributed to the spirit of brotherhood and Dialogue and Co-chairman of the Task Force IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for Community Action to Combat Poverty. truth of knowledge among all mankind. Tuesday, May 23, 1978 As a:1 educator and author, he has In Conservative Judaism, he has served as helped to strengthen the very basic fab­ National Secretary, member of the Commit­ • Mr. UDALL. Mr. Speaker, in an edi­ tee on Jewish Law and Standards and na­ torial in the March 20, 1978, issue of ric of our society, developing the minds tional chairman of the Committee on Re­ and hearts of our people, young and gions for the Rabbinical Assembly; was a Newsweek magazine, Henry Ford II, adults alike, to work in greater harmony member of the Seminary's Rabbinic Cabinet, chairman of Ford Motor Co., warned and good will in achieving life's purpose a Fellow of the Seminary's Herbert H. Leh­ against the ever-increasing cost of com­ and fulfillment. man Institute of Talmudic Ethics and chair­ plying with the rules and regulations of As a community leader, he has brought man of the Rabbinic Tutors Committee of the Federal Government. Mr. Ford makes enlightenment and encouragement, aid­ the Seminary's Jnstitute of Religious and So­ the point that we must increase the use ing, comforting, and rehabilitating those cial Studies; and has served the United Syn­ of economic incentives in order to agogue of America on the National Youth achieve our national goals, that we must in need of his good counsel and judg­ Commission and chairman of the Committee ment. on Peace and Religion of the Joint Commis­ use the carrot as well as the stick. As a friend, the warmth of his friend­ sion for Social Action. I have received permission from Mr. ship and untiring efforts are boundless He has served the Synagogue Council of Ford to have the editorial reprinted here, May 23, 1978 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 15147 and commend it to my colleagues' and its customers, and only later does the House overwhelmingly approved this im­ attention: impact begin to be felt by the society at large portant conservation initiative on May in terms of general price rises, slower eco­ 19. I was not pleased that I was some­ THE HIGH COST OF REGULATION nomic growth and fewer jobs. One of our (By Henry Ford II) critical needs today is a "sunset law" fo-;o where between my district and the La As I look at our country today, I see a regulations and regulatory agencies. Guardia shuttle when the final votes on powerful but uncertain and unsteady giant What the regulators evidently do not rec­ the bill took place. Had I been present being trussed up in a growing web of rules ognize is that they are forcing some funda­ for our session on Friday, I would have and regulations to the point where it can no mental changes in the structure of om voted as follows: Rollcall No. 337, "yea"; longer exert its strength freely and effec­ economy. To the extent that some companies rollcall No. 338, "nay"; rollcall No. 339, tively. I am reminded of the story of Gulliver are unable to sustain the level of spending; "nay"; rollcall No. 340, "yea." • in the land of the Lilliputians. required by government regulation, they Perhaps it's only a coincidence that the could find it necessary to cut back opera• recent period of r~. pidly rising government tions, reduce product lines or-at the ex­ WHO KILLED JACK ARMSTRONG? spending and roughshod regulation also has treme-simply go out of business. One auto­ been a time of high unemployment, slow mobile company has already dropped out ot productivity improvement, soaring govern­ the heavy-truck business because, by its own HON. JOHN J. RHODES ment deficits and unprecedented peacetime account, it "could not keep pace with tho OF ARIZONA inflation. But I don't believe it's a coinci­ growing list of government standards." De• dence at all. Despite a mounting record of spite efforts by government throughout the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES failure and frustration, our leaders have years to prevent concentration in industry, Tuesday, May 23, 1978 failed to grasp the fact that too much gov­ the regulators are fast bringing. us to the ernment inevitably leads to economic decay. point where only the largest companies can e Mr. RHODES. Mr. Speaker, Walter It is obvious to everyone-or should be­ survive. Wriston, the chairman of Citicorp, one of that the more government spends, the less What troubles me mcst about all of this the Nation's largest financial institutions, wealth is left for productive investment as is our apparent inability or unwillingness also is a very acute and penetrating ob­ well as for private consumption. What is not to recognize that there is something wrong server of the economic scene, and he does so obvious-and our lawmakers and regu­ about the way we look at our national prob­ not like the trends he sees developing. lators apparently choose to ignore it-is that lems and the way we try to solve them. We private spending to meet government re­ want clean, sparkling rivers and streaxns For example, he is concerned about quirements has similar consequences. wherever we go. But must we close down all emerging attitudes that seem to deni­ I am not arguing with the need for gov­ the industrial plants along their shores to grate individual initiative and creativity, ernment action to conserve energy, reduce achieve that goal? We want clean air. But is the well-springs of our economy. Fur­ harmful and protect the health 90 per cent clean much worse than 99.9 per thermore, he believes that Government, and safety of all of us. But I am arguing with cent clean? We want safe motor . through high taxes and the increasing the tendency to sanctify each goal-to seek But can the alone guarantee abso­ flood of regulations, has become a prin­ instant perfection with little regard for costs lute protection from accidents and injuries? cipal reason for such negative attitudes. and consequences. In our natipnal effort to Several years ago, I went to Washington solve common problems caused by our pri­ at the invitation of the late Sen Hubert Mr. Wriston's views on these matters vate choices, we have spent too much time Humphrey to testify before the Joint Eco­ are ably and succinctly told in a column on moralistic and ideological disputes and nomic Committee. I suggested that this by Marshall Loeb that appeared in the too little time seeking practical compromises. country would be well-served if we intro­ May 1 issue of Time magazine. I com­ Our real task is to find the best balance duced into the conduct of our national mended it to my colleagues and I insert it between benefits to people as citizens and economy some of the planning concepts that in the RECORD: costs to people as consumers. are common in business. We had better know and understand all the factors that WHO KILLED JACK ARMSTRONG? DESIRABLE GOALS must be taken into account when we size (By Marshall Loeb) I am not at all reluctant to say that some up the economy and lay out our course for The stock market has come alive, industrial automotive regul~:~.Uons have been needed. the future. We cannot have economic production is growing like a young colt, and The industry simply did not respond quickly growth, balanced or ot herwise, if we ap­ 4 million more Americans are at work than and effectively enough to the harmful side proach problexns narrowly. We must know a year ago. Then why do so many people feel effects of vastly increased automotive usage how each action affects another, and be so skeptical and tentative about the in highly populated areas. And some ob­ willing to change or eliminate those that economy? viously desirable goals such as reduced emis­ are counterproductive. Walter Wriston, probably the nation's most sion of pollutants and increased passenger INCENTIVES influential banker, thinks he has some an­ protection in the event of accidents could It seems to me also that we have made swers. As chairman of New York's Citicorp, not have been achieved as readily without he is a gilt-edged Establishmentarian who uniform, across-the-board government man­ too little use of incentives in attempting to resolve many of our most difficult social gets an insider's rare look at loan-seeking dates. In retrospect, I think it is fair to say and environmental problems. That's the es­ corporations and bends elbows with their also that the law requiring greater fuel econ­ sence of this economic system that has chiefs at the Metropolitan Club and the omy in motor-vehicle use has moved us fas­ served our country so well for so many years. Greenbrier and the Business Roundtable. ter toward energy conservation goals than Even a donkey will respond to a carrot as Yes, says Wriston, business should be strong competitive, free-market forces would have well as a stick. The more we can encour­ both in 1978 and 1979, which is as far as done. age people--manufacturers and consumers anybody can foresee. But he is bedeviled by But the effect of even the most desirable alike--to want to do what should be done many questions about modern America, in­ law can be unnecessarily costly and disrup­ because it is demonstrably in their best in­ cluding who killed Jack Arxnstrong and tive to both manufacturers and consumers terests to do so, the less damage will be whether Abe Lincoln could be elected today if it is interpreted in a narrow or punitive done to our economy and to the society at and what's doing with the Laffer Curve. Let way by those who enforce the law. Regula­ large. Wriston explain three of the problexns that he senses worry the nation: tory decisions can have far greater impact That assumes, of course, that we can ar­ than was intended or foreseen by those who The first is high taxes. "The taxpayers are rive at some better way of deciding-by con­ in revolt. You see that in the Jarvis Initia­ enacted the basic legislation. To the extent sensus-what our national priorities should that those decisions are biased or overzeal­ tive in , which would drastically be. To paraphrase Winston Churchill, never cut property taxes. You see it in people ous, there can be no hope of seeing the law before have so few attempted to speak for carried out objectively. leaving New York State by the thousands and so many with such devastating results. fleeing Massachusetts for New Hampshire. INSIDIOUS POWER (Copyright 1978 by Newsweek, Inc. All The attraction of the Sunbelt is not just the There is a real danger that regulation will rights reserved. Reprinted by permission.) e sunshine but that there is no income tax in continue to feed upon regulation and become Texas. Just about anywhere in the country, not so much a means to an end as an end if local authorities try to raise taxes, citizens in itself. With the labyrinth of regulations, PERSONAL STATEMENT come over the wall in protest." many in Washington and elsewhere find History's lesson, as University of Southern thexnselves possessed of a power greater in California Economist Arthur Laffer has some respects than that of the Congress or HON. THOMAS J. DOWNEY shown in the so-called Laffer Curve, is that state legislatures. when taxes go up, economic activity goes It is an insidious kind of power. It lacks OF NEW YORK down. Empires from Rome to Britain reached accountability to the people, has few real IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES their fullest fiower when their taxes were restraints and avoids any immediate public Tuesday, May 23, 1978 low, Wriston remarks, and started to self­ outcry because it does not make any direct destruct as taxes rose. Americans feel un­ or substantial demands upon the U.S. Treas­ 0 Mr. DOWNEY. Mr. Speaker, as an easy about their economy, partly because ury. The staggering cost ot meeting regula­ early cosponsor of H.R. 39, the Alaska federal, state and local governments tax tions falls first upon the affected industry lands bill, I was quite pleased that the away 29% of the gross national product. 15148 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 23, 1978 Warns Wriston: "We are getting very close to an educational institution full time or tution" as "an educational institution the point where high taxes will cause the did you take at least one-half of a full­ which normally maintains a regular fac­ economy to deteriorate." time load during anY 8-month period of ulty and curriculum and normally has a The country is also upset about the spread of Government regulation. "What worries the tax year? (Students attending less regularly organized body of students at me," Wriston says, "is that General Motors than half-time are ineligible.) the place where its educational activi­ and Citlbank have a fighting chance of obey­ Second. Did you pursue your studies ties are carried on." This definition ing all the new regulatory laws because we at an eligible institution?

Present law Proposal Yea r OASI Dl HI Total OASI Dl HI Total

Emp~o§ eJ~ -~~~ -~~~~~~~~~~- ~~ ~ ~ ~ ______7 4. 275 0. 775 1.00 6. 05 ------1979 ------4. 330 . 750 1. 05 6. 13 4. 330 0. 375 1. 05 5. 755 1980_ ------4. 330 . 750 1. 05 6.13 4. 330 ------1. 05 5. 380 1981 _------4. 525 . 825 1.30 6. 65 4. 525 ------1. 30 5. 825 1982-84 __ ------4. 575 . 825 1.30 6. 70 4. 575 ------1. 30 5. 875 1985_------4. 750 . 950 1.35 7. 05 4. 750 ------1. 35 6.100 19901986-89 and ___ later_----- ___ -______------______----______------_-______------_ 4. 750 . 950 1. 45 7.15 4. 750 ------1. 45 6. 200 5. 100 1.100 1. 45 7. 65 5.100 ------1. 45 6. 550 Self-employed : 1978_ ------6. 0100 1.0900 1.00 8. 10 ------1979_------6.0100 1. 0400 1. 05 8. 10 6. 0100 . 52 1. 05 7. 5800 1980. ------6. 0100 1. 0400 1. 05 8. 10 6. 0100 ------1. 05 7. 0600 1981 _------6. 7625 1. 2375 1. 30 9. 30 6. 7625 --·------1. 30 8. 0625 1982- 84------6. 8125 1. 2375 1. 30 9. 35 6. 8125 ------1. 30 8.1125 1985_------7. 1250 1. 4250 1. 35 9. 90 7.1250 ------1. 35 8. 4750 7. 1250 1.4250 1. 45 19901986-89 and _ _later-- -· _ --__-______------______------______-----_------______-_--__ 10.00 7.1250 ------1. 45 8. 5750 7. 6500 1.6500 1. 45 10. 75 7. 6500 ------1. 45 9.1000

Other proposals have been put forward. consider it as a solution to the contro­ mins Engine Co., Inc., of Columbus, Ind. One would be similar to mine, but would versy.• Mr. Miller recently delivered an ad­ change the financing of the medicare dress to the 11th annual "Business program instead of disability. Because A CORPORATE LOOK INWARD: in the Arts" award luncheon entitled, "A that proposal undermines the connection WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE ARTS Corporate Look Inward: What Is Good between contributions and entitlement to MAY BE GOOD FOR BUSINESS for the Arts May Be Good for Business." hospital benefits for older people, I be­ I ask unanimous consent to insert in lieve it to be less desirable. However, pro­ HON. JOHN BRADEMAS the REcoRD the text of his remarks as ex­ posals to separate other programs which cerpted and published in the Chicago are not directly age related from the OF INDIANA Tribune: payroll financing should be examined. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The article follows: The debate over the proper level of Tuesday, May 23, 1978 A CoRPORATE LooK INWARD: WHAT Is GooD payroll taxes and the financing of social • Mr. BRADEMAS. Mr. Speaker, one of FOR THE ARTS MAY BE GOOD FOR BUSINESS security will continue. I am putting for­ the outstanding leaders of our country is (By J. Irwin Mlller) ward my proposal in the hope that other J . Irwin Miller, chairman of the Execu­ American businessmen today are indig­ Members will see its advantages and tive and Finance Committee of the Cum- nant. They are having troubles with profit CXXIV--954-Part 11 15160 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 2·3, 1978 margins, troubles with government regula­ dustrial pollution. I think it does. In a air-conditioned houses, with pools, patios, tors, troubles with foreign governments. On Newsweek column, Prof. Friedman, com­ and barbecues? Divorces can happen there, top of all this, antibusiness sentiment is menting on business and pollution, argued too, and children can leave such homes in growing-among the young, among house­ that business should not really do anything wives, among consumers generally. "It's not ang~r. that costs money and that it isn't compelled Are they compassionate fami11es, each of fair," we businessmen tell ourselves. "No­ to do by law or by direct contribution to body mentions or gives us credit for the whose members find happiness in the happi­ profit. ness of the other, share with each other? Few great contribution of business to the nation Now let's refiect on that a little. Do you and to the world." ... To all this my reply, children leave such homes, no matter where really imagine that an individual, after be­ they travel. as a business manager of more than 40 years' ing told explicitly and by long example that service, is, "Down boy!" It is the ancient task of the best artists his company has no responsib111ty to him or among us to awaken us. The artist at his We had better ask ourselves a hard ques­ to anyone else except insofar as it maximizes tion or two. The papers have reported that best helps each of us to discover what our its legal profits~o you imagine that such best might be, helps us tru1y to see our neigh­ more than 430 corporations disclosed to the an individual wlll be of a mind to make a IRS that they had made a variety of lllegal bor helps him to see us. If all this is true, loyal commitment to the welfare and prog­ the artist helps us to discover the good political and other payments. We have all ress of his company, to go to extraordinary the~ read about multlmlllion-dollar bribes given things in our own selves, helps us to be at lengths in helping to solve its problems? Or home with ourselves, and in so doing can help by business even to heads of state. We know do you imagine that s'uch a worker, assuming about housing development scandals, secu­ us to make America a home for all its mem­ he is in on the shop fioor, might be inclined bers. rity frauds, bank scandals, lawyers going to to maximize his own legal profits by stretch­ jall, doctors ripping off Medicare. But most ing out the work so that he can get more I think such an America might be a very of all we have our own cocktail hour con­ overtime--or maybe even a little Sunday good place for any business. So money and versation-about personal experiences at air­ double time? Perhaps Prof. Friedman can be time and concern spent here might turn out line counters, at department stores, with excused for his naivete. He is a tenured really not to have been "spent" at an.e automobile and TV repairmen. Why get in­ professor and hasn't had to meet a payroll. dignant? Who would expect any other public Let me add to his opinion that of a well­ response than the one we now receive? known businessman, Henry Ford, founder of AUGUST A. PINELLI: AN OUT­ The pathetic thing about us is our most a very successful profit-making business. He STANDING CITIZEN frequently proposed solution: a new wave of once wrote to a complaining stockholder: programs to "tell Americans the story of "Business and industry are first and fore­ business." As we say, we must effectively most a public service. We are organized to do HON. DON H. CLAUSEN counter the teaching of socialistic college as much good as we can everywhere for every­ OF CALIFORNIA professors. So, when an begins to de­ body concerned I do not believe we should IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES velop a reputation for losing passenger bag­ make such an awful profit on our cars. A rea­ gage, its first response is all too often to sonable profit is right, but not too much. So, Tuesday, May 23, 1978 mount a multimillion-dollar advertising it has been my policy to force the price of the Mr. DON H. CLAUSEN. Mr. Speaker, campaign to instruct the public in how well car down as fast as production would permit e it handles . We all know similar ex­ and give the benefit to the users and laborers the city of Sonoma is fortunate in being amples; they are embarrassing. with resulting surprisingly enormous profits blessed with many outstanding local What has all this to do with business and to ourselves." leaders. Such a man is August A. Pinelll, the arts? I have begun with this kind of People such as Henry Ford are saying who was born, raised, and has always statement because I would like to lay to rest meaningful freedom wm stay alive, and de­ lived in Sonoma. the notion that business support of the arts mocracy will exist, only among people who As a teenager he went to work in is "good for the image of business." A store feel fairly treated, recognized and who feel the hardware store and 10 years later that gives contemptuous service at the individually that they have a chance to use counter, a manufacturer who makes shoddy he was owner and operator of the busi­ their abillties to the full. ness. He also assisted in organizing the products, a multinational which bribes heads So Henry Ford was more realistic than of states, if it counters by advertising its Prof. Friedman. We save ourselves, our busi­ volunteer :fire department, served as a. superb collection of avant-garde paintings, ness, only by making -:;his society work volunteer :fireman and eventually be .. invites public comment printable not even came :fire chief. in Playboy. equally well for all its members. To me that means. among many other thin~s. voluntary Like his father before him, he served The American public is pretty patient. It individual and collective concern, voluntary as a member of Sonoma City Council is tolerant with all who try, and it is tolerant giving-giving knowledge, time, money wher­ of business when it perceives it to be trying. from 1932 to 1954, during which time ever we are convinced it wll~ improve quality, On the other hand, business itself has long he served several terms as mayor. correct evils, extend equity in America. The He was chairman of city cemetery told Americans to expect great things from case for corporate giving is an essential part the products and services of business, and of corporate survival. commission for 30 years, and at the has beautifully described the "miracles" same time served as a trustee for local business had wrought. It is therefore not at But why the arts? Are they not just an ornament, a status symbol, OK in good times, school board and for the Sonoma State all surprising that the expectations of Hospital. He was a leader in the forma­ Americans from business are reasonably but something to be quickly abandoned at high. any sign of a downturn, something surely tion of the boys club, and served as a When the products of business really less than the reality of living and surviving? member of its board for many years. work, when business is known to step up and I suppose we have to ask, What is real? Well, He served on the public utilities commis­ accept responsibllity for mistakes, when it I'm not about to give up wi111ngly all the sion, and has frequently been called serves its customers with understanding and creature comforts that America has achieved, upon to advise area, State and county humanity, when it obeys the laws of every nor the luxuries possessed here by such an astonishingly large portion of the population, officials and organizations for several land in spirit as well as letter, then I think decades. He is a lifetime member of St. the image of business will change for the and neither are you; but why is it that, in the better. midst of our superb material achievements, Francis Solano Church, a longtime Well, then, if business can probably not do we aren't the most deliriously happy people member of the local Kiwanis Club, and much to change its image simply by sup­ on the face of the Earth? was appointed in 1976, as the first Hon­ porting the arts, why should business give to There is today not a group among us, orary Alcade of the city. the arts? Let's back up one step. Why should young or old, rich or poor, black or white, In addition he served on the Sonoma business give at all? There are those who say man or woman, that doesn't have some de­ draft board for World War II, and 1 it should not. gree of anger in its collective or individual year on the county grand jury. His ef­ Milton Friedman expressed this opinion life, some feeling that there ought to be more forts in working for passage of State most forcefully in a New York Times Maga­ to life than this. We say that men and women legislation called the Hospital District zine article. He said: "The social responsi­ are alienated, and we point to the highest b111ty of business is to increase its profits ... divorce rate of our history. We say that chil­ Act resulted in the construction of the only people can have responsibilities. Bust­ dren and parents are alienated. We say that Sonoma Valley Hospital. ness as a whole cannot be said to have re­ blacks and whites are alienated. Mr. Speaker, one word, one thought, sponsiblllties . . . In a free society there is Do you know what an alien is? He is a fel­ is woven throughout Mr. Pinelli's life­ one and only one social responsib111ty of low who has no home here. He may not know and that is service-to his family, to his business-to use its resources and engage in where home is, but for him he does not find church, to his community, he selflessly activities designed to increase its profits as it hera. devoted his time, energies and resources. long as it stays within the rules of the Why do Americans suddenly feel alienated, game." homeless? Twenty-three hundred years ago, There is an old saying, "If you want You may be thinking that perhaps this in a play by Euripides, a character said: something done-look for a busy man." doesn't really exclude generous support of "Where the good things are, there is home.·· People have been looking to August the United Way, going the extra mile for What are the good things t.hat will make Pinelli for years as the man who gets customers, voluntary efforts to clean up in- America a home for all its people? Are they things done in Sonoma. May 23, 1978 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 15161 It has been said that freedom rests, program of community involvement to est admiration for a man who has been and always will, on individual respon­ help those less fortunate. asked to call them as he sees them, as­ sibility, individual integrity, individual Dr. Hill's commitment to educational suming of course that he does, in the effort, individual courage and individual opportunity is not only demonstrated in face of angry 280-pound linemen and 7- religious faith. August Pinelli is truly a his classroom and school board rooms, foot centers. free man. His guiding philosophy seems but in his personal life as well. He and his But, in any case, I must take this oc­ to be similar to that of the person who wife, Mary, exemplify sensitivity and casion to remind my colleagues that in said: "I am only one, but I am one. I concern for others in all they do. They California, to retire and have your cannot do everything, but I can do some­ and their five children have opened their friends present for a joyous occasion on thing; and what I should do and can home and their hearts to five "adopted" June 3, just 3 days before the election in do, by the Grace of God, I will do." children-from , Germany, Paki­ my home State, where the voters will be The citizens of Sonoma realize how stan, and Denmark. There is no doubt deciding on the merits of the Jarvis deeply in debt they are to Mr. Pinelli. that the international understanding amendment, combines what has to be the To express their appreciation and to they were able to develop firsthand and greatest amount of courage with the best serve as an inspiration for others to at home, has been applied both in Dr. of timing. emulate his dedication, the city of Hill's professional and community work. So, with that in mind, let me join with Sonoma will name a park in his honor. I am proud to join all those who ad­ Jay Settle's many friends in wishing him So that the nation may be aware of mire and respect the many accomplish­ the very best in his retirement years the high esteem in which the city of ments of Dr. Frederick Hill to congratu­ ahead, during which he can reflect on a Sonoma holds August Pinelli, I am en­ late him on the many outstanding con­ worthy career of excellent achievements tering my remarks in the CONGRESSIONAL tributions he has made over the years. for the youth of our Nation.• RECORD. I want my colleagues in the Con­ Through it all, Dr. Hill has retained gress and people throughout the Na­ his commitment to helping others, and tion to be a ware of the high esteem in his sense of honesty, integrity, under­ OIL SHALE which the city of Sonoma holds August standing, and humor. What more can be Pinelli.e said for the sense of well-being I know HON. FRANK E. EVANS he so rightfully feels at this crossroad in his life. OF COLORADO TRIBUTE TO DR. FREDERICK W. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HILL, NOTED EDUCATOR My warmest wishes today to Dr. Hill, his family, and friends on the occasion of Tuesday, May 23, 1978 a tribute richly deserved.e • Mr. EVANS of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, HON. NORMAN F. LENT on Monday, May 22, I introduced legis­ OF NEW YORK DR. WILLIAM J. SETI'LE lation to test the commercial, environ­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mental, ·and social viability of various oil Tuesday, May 23, 1978 shale technologies. This legislation was HON. ROBERT E. BADHAM developed by Senator FLOYD HASKELL in • Mr. LENT. Mr. Speaker, Dr. Frederick OF CALIFORNIA his Senate Committee on Energy and w. Hill, superintendent of the Hicksville IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Natural Resources. I would like to in­ Public Schools on Long Island, is retir­ clude for the RECORD a section from the ing after 40 years of distinguished serv­ Tuesday, May 23, 1978 Senate bill report