August 9, 1984 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23615 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS LET'S STOP KIDDING Huete will have the longest runway in I strongly recommend the following OURSELVES ABOUT NICARAGUA Central America and will be able to re­ Washington Times article to all of my ceive any aircraft in the Soviet inven­ colleagues in the House who share my HON. WM. S. BROOMFIELD tory. concern about military developments OF MICHIGAN It is obvious that a basis has been in Nicaragua. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES laid for the receipt of modern jet fighters and large military aircraft, [From the Washington Times, Aug. 7, 19841 Thursday, August 9, 1984 such as the heavy-transport planes Tucked away in the Reagan administra­ tion's recently released green book on Nica­ e Mr. BROOMFIELD. Mr. Speaker, it and Soviet Backfire bombers. If Nica­ ragua's military buildup-cum-aggression is time to wake up and face the facts ragua were to receive Mig fighters, the against its neighbors, is a little mystery that about Comm.andante Ortega's plans Sandinistas could rapidly develop a should leave us worried and wondering. for Nicaragua. That country's unpre­ formidable air force. It deals with the much-neglected topic of cedented military buildup continues In June of this year, Comm.andante the Sandinista's emerging air arm. Admit­ unabated. While many of my col­ Ortega stated that Nicaraguan pilots tedly, compared to much sexier subjects like leagues still insist that the Sandinistas were being trained to fly both Mig's subversion of El Salvador or Nicaragua's are peace-loving nationalists, facts and Mirage fighter aircraft. A high­ amassing of huge armored ground forces­ prove otherwise. Recent information level defector from Nicaragua said discussion of a banana republic-sized reveals that a newly constructed air­ that there were already Mig's waiting luftwaffe tends to invite yawns if not ridi­ cule. port near Managua is capable of han­ in Cuba for the Nicaraguan pilots who Further, the raw facts are already well­ dling the largest Soviet bombers. will graduate from schools in Bulgaria. known, even outside the arcane world of the Modified versions of these aircraft can A less obvious, but extremely threat­ intelligence community. Everybody knows collect vital intelligence as they fly up ening prospect, is that Nicaragua will that since 1980 the Sandinistas have laid the west coast of the United States. allow Soviet intelligence-gathering air­ down the foundation for the best air force The following article points out that craft to use Punta Huete Air Base to between the Rio Grande and the Darien, at the Nicaraguan buildup to support perform communications collecting the least. Soviet intelligence flights could be a operations along the west coast of the Managua has in hand already a formida­ real threat to America's security. United States. Intelligence intercepts ble anti-aircraft capability: 120 ack-ack guns of this nature provide highly valuable of Soviet manufacture and a minimum of Already, the Sandinistas have a for­ 700 SA-7's-shoulder-mounted surface-to-air midable air force by Central American information regarding U.S. military missiles-some of which are rumored to be standards. They have about 10 MI-8 communications and military capabili­ in the hands of the Salvadoran guerrillas. helicopters and 6 AN-2 light-transport ties. This data could be used by the The Sandinistas have 10 armed MI-8 heli­ aircraft that they received from the Soviet Union in the event of a limited copters, six AN-2 light transport planes, and Soviet bloc. Despite initial Soviet and conflict in the area. Already, daily in­ two troop-carrying AN-26s, courtesy of Sandinista claims that the helicopters telligence flights are being made over Moscow, with more to come. Tripoli has re­ were for civilian use, they have been the east coast by Cuban-based Tu-142 cently supplied four Italian-made trainer armed, and camouflaged, and are reconnaissance bombers. They, too, and tactical support aircraft which are far monitor U.S. military and civilian com­ more deadly than the handful of push-pull flying military missions against the Cessnas left over from Somoza days that anti-Sandinistas and Indian insur­ munications and extract valuable in­ once formed the core of the Sandinista air gents. formation from their flights. wing, and were last seen harassing Miskito Nicaragua also received four Italian­ In the late 1950's, our country essen­ Indian civilians in December. tially sat back and believed Castro's More than 100 Nicaraguans have been re­ made trainer /tactical support aircraft claims that he would build a democrat­ ceiving pilot training in the Soviet bloc over from Libya. These airplanes are armed ic society for the Cuban people. The the last three years and, according to one with machineguns and have been used Sandinistas did the same in 1979 and defector, Mig aircraft meant for Nicaragua in combat operations against the anti­ took U.S. aid while promising to build are waiting in Cuba. Waiting for what? It all Sandinistas. The Nicaraguan Air Force a free and open country. Even before depends. They may go when the pilots has also received helicopters from finish their training or, more likely, when Libya, along with 20 Libyan pilots and anyone heard of the Contras, the San­ and if the U.S. government makes the big mechanics. Two Soviet-made AN-26 dinistas had drawn up detailed plans move against Managua. transport planes arrived in 1983 to to have the biggest and best military In any case, Mig-19s or 2ls could arrive support their newly created airborne in the region. To me, their intentions from Cuba within an hour. It is a near special troop battalion. are obvious. straight line south from a Cuban airbase They will become a client state of like San Antonio de los Banos over water Preparations for using Soviet fighter the Soviets and the Cubans and will

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. 23616 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 9, 1984 and more than 140 feet wide, the biggest in have not been able to reach California­ It is a pity that Hamby and her compan­ Central America, nearly double the length until now.e ions did not use their "full access to speak of Washington's National airport, and only to whomever she choose" to speak to some a shade shorter than Mexico City's busy of the Miskito Indians who have been commercial airport located at 7 ,500 feet THE TRUTH ABOUT CENTRAL forced into "relocation camps." In fact, the above sea level-an altitude which requires AMERICA IS UNPLEASANT plight of the Miskito Indians seems to have greater runway length for safe take offs. escaped their attention altogether. ready exists at underutilized Sandino air­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES As for whether the Sandinistas are waging port, which in contrast to Pearls in Grenada war on their neighbors, no serious observer is a modern airport fully capable of han­ Thursday, August 9, 1984 questions this. In spite of almost $120 mil­ dling jetliners. • Mr. OXLEY. Mr. Speaker, it is a lion in U.S. aid in the first three years of Less than 20 miles northeast of Managua the revolution, the Sandinistas embarked on the shores of Lago Managua, Punta can rare occurrence that such a striking almost immediately after coming to power be easily observed by anyone in a commer­ and accurate letter to the editor ap­ on a monumental arms buildup and rapid cial airliner making an approach from the pears in the Washington Post. There­ move into the arms of the Soviets and north to Sandino. In fact, the next time the fore, I submit the following letter Cubans. reader goes to Managua, I suggest moving to from Faith Ryan Whittlesey which ap­ Anastasio Somoza, whom the people of the left side of the plane as the pilot an­ peared in the Post on Saturday, July Nicaragua overthrew in 1979, had an army nounces the final approach to Managua 28, to set the record straight on our of about 8,000. By contrast, the Sandinista Punta Huete stands out, clear as a bell. The Central American policy. army numbers over 100,000 with a stated goal of putting 250,000 was murky, but it was still quite visible. In I have rarely read such a truthful men in uniform- in a country of 2.8 million. fact, with a so-so camera, the traveler description of the Marxist/Sandinista This buildup of forces, and the installations should get a better shot of it than the regime in Nicaragua and I recommend to go along with it, began two months after muddy photos the U.S. government chooses this letter to my colleagues who are in­ Somoza's departure. We have the aerial to release. terested in the truth about Central photographs to prove this. The Sandinista Why is it being built with no apparent America. defense minister, Humberto Ortega, admit­ effort at concealment? That is only a minor [From the Washington Post, July 28, 19841 ted in 1983 before the Council of State that mystery. Sometimes, as detective mystery this arms buildup is not in response to an fans know the best way to hide something is SANDINISTA: UNFORTUNATELY, THE TRUTH Is "external threat" but is a fulfillment of the to leave it out in the open. UNPLEASANT historical mission of the FSLN. Its mere physical presence does obscure Assuming that Colman McCarthy's I also cannot help wondering if Hamby one startling fact that the green book let column "The Other Side of Sandinistas" spoke to anyone from the Roman Catholic slip for the first time Punta Huete's con­ [Style, July 81 is an accurate portrayal of hierarchy. Just this week Archbishop crete runway is a full meter thick-which is the testimony of Oregon state senator Jen­ Obando y Bravo led a march to protest the to say 3 feet plus 3 inches. What is intrigu­ nette Hamby, I must take exception to the treatment of Father Luis Armando Pena, ing and disturbing about this-especially accusation that the administration is feed­ who has been accused of "spying." Last with our Mig fixation-is that it is double ing anyone "outright lies." The basis of the week also saw 10 foreign priests expelled by the thickness necessary for even the largest administration's policies to secure the well­ the Sandinista government. Archbishop of the Mikoyan family of fighters the Mig being of the people of Central America, in­ Arietta of San Jose concelebrated a Mass 25, and that Mig, code-named Foxbat, is cluding Nicaragua, is so well documented, by with nine of the 10 expelled priests, and in four times heavier than the Mig-21, the eyewitnesses who have spent more than 10 his homily he said: "There were still in the best and biggest fighting craft the Nicara­ days in the area, that fabrication would not world men and women of good will who did guans are likely to get. only be immoral, it would be a waste of not believe a totalitarian regime had en­ What is going on? Answer, Punta Huete is time. throned itself in Nicaragua. Now those being built to serve far more than Mig air­ To cite a few examples, let us recall the people know the truth." craft. It is, in fact, designed to accommodate experiences of Prudencio Baltodano, a Pen­ Finally, the question must be asked: anything in the Soviet bloc inventory. tecostal preacher without any political am­ "What is a 'Marxist-democratic' model?" Alarmists point to the nuclear-bomb-car­ bition or involvements, who only wanted to This is every bit as likely as Satan and the rying Tu-22M, better known as the Backfire farm his land, care for his family and Lord agreeing to jointly rule Purgatory. The bomber. But that seems an unlikely answer. preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, in Febru­ two systems are fundamentally incompati­ The Backfire carries only enough fuel for a ary of this year, Baltodano learned first­ ble, and no hyphen will disguise that fact. one-way trip to the United States, and there hand of the Sandinista Communists' policy Both Thomas Jefferson and Karl Marx are already bases in Cuba on which Back­ toward religious freedom. Captured by San­ would be offended by it, and rightly so. fires can land. But the whole thesis depends dinista soldiers, he had his ears cut off and We in the administration wish that the on a doomsday scenario which requires the his throat cut. Miraculously, he survived "outright truths" of Central America were belief there will be a Cuba or a Nicaragua and is now in the United States witnessing not so unpleasant. They are. But this ad­ left after a Soviet first strike-dubious prop­ to the sad truth of religious persecution and ministration deals with facts, based on a ositions at best. torture. continuous flow of firsthand information More conventional analysis suggests Teofilo Archibald, a leader of the Afro­ drawn from Central Americans who daily MiGs, and indeed that is quite likely, since American Creole population, was also in are risking their lives, fortunes and sacred there are no less than 16 revetted areas de­ Washington two weeks ago bearing witness honor in the cause of a free Central Amer­ signed for aircraft shelter. to human rights violations. During a press ica.-Faith Ryan Whittlesey. • case, airbases of this quality rarely serve a torn out, and challenged anyone in the single purpose. The second possibility, room to tell him that there was no torture moreover, fits right into the Soviet pattern in Sandinista Nicaragua. There were no UNDER THE GUN IN OAK PARK of adding undramatic, but very real and ad­ takers. vantageous increments to their overall mili­ Both these victims emphasize that they tary and intelligence capabilities. were the lucky ones. Baltodano tells of HON. HENRY J. HYDE Punta Huete, I would argue, is tailor-made other preachers who did not survive the mu­ OF ILLINOIS for Soviet Tu-95 Bears, or rather the Soviet tilation of their bodies, Dr. Othniel Seiden, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES naval reconnaissance version of that craft, a Denver-based physician who spent three the Tu-142. With a flying radius of 5,150 weeks in the refugee camps in Honduras, Thursday, August 9, 1984 miles, this huge four turbo-prop engine re­ also tells of torn-out fingernails, eyelids connaissance and antisubmarine plane could scarred from sand and pepper, and scars •Mr. HYDE. Mr. Speaker, before the without intruding in anyone's airspace from whippings on the bottoms of feet. He 1980 redistricting, I had the pleasure cruise up the U.S. West Coast and return also saw Achilles tendons cut and tendons in of representing the community of Oak with fuel to spare. For years, Bears based in the hands cut to make the thumbs useless. Park, IL, as part of my congressional Cuba have monitored the East Coast, but So much for Sandinista social reforms. district for 8 years. Though I no August 9, 1984 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23617 longer represent Oak Park, I continue get acclimated and finding schools, doctors, "Although I received some threatening to have an abiding interest in that a church and other services. And of course, I phone calls, I was never scared. I suppose I community's activities. had to find shopping and parking facilities. was vulnerable: I'm divorced now and live "It was my observations of how and why alone in an apartment on a main street in Recently, the Chicago Sun-Times such basic services were convenient or in­ Oak Park. But I simply refused to speak to ran an interesting profile piece on Oak convenient that really led to my present anyone who wouldn't give me their name. Park's very energetic and effective job," she said. "With everyone else, I found that if you president, Sara Bode. Oak Park has "When we finally moved back to Oak Park just explain your position, and correct inac­ long been a model community for the in 1972, one of the things beginning to curacies and exaggerations that tend to Nation, and under the leadership of happen here was the downtown develop­ grow up around an issue, you may not get individuals like Ms. Bode, will contin­ ment project-village park mall. After at­ agreement, but you can have a rational con­ ue to be so. I commend the following tending a public meeting about it, I wrote a versation."• article to the attention of my col­ letter to the trustees saying I was terribly concerned that they weren't doing it right. leagues: "Three weeks later I was appointed to the THE LATIN AMERICAN DEBT: A [From the Chicago Sun-Times, July 2, 19841 Mall Commission," Bode said. PERSPECTIVE FROM THE UNDER THE GUN IN OAK PARK: A 1984 F'RON- Bode long has been an indefatigable vol­ REGION TIERSWOMAN LEADS HER VILLAGE THROUGH unteer. While living in Mobile, Ala., she TROUBLED TIMES joined the League of Women Voters, eventu­ that social and cultural must give to the defense of the rights and HON. THOMAS A. DASCHLE principles must be as much a part of com­ interests of its population. OF SOUTH DAKOTA munications policy as a commitment to effi­ To assume a factual equality among na­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ciency, innovation, and competition. Those tions when the inequalities are notorious, principles are diversity, the availability of a Thursday, August 9, 1984 wide choice of information services and and to propose an inequality of rights, when sources; access, the ability of all Americans, such an equality must be recognized in e Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. Speaker, it is important to note that the Democratic not just a privileged few, to take advantage order to assure that countries can live to­ of this growing array of information serv­ gether, is the starting point of an estrange­ party went on record in Lan Francisco ices and sources: and opportunity, a commit­ ment from political reality around which in support of the concept of universal ment to education and diverse ownership, other economic and financial fictions can and affordable telephone service for particularly by minorities and women, that cluster. all Americans. The platform specifical­ will give every American the ability to take In our judgement it is urgent to return to ly states our party's resolve to "pre­ advantage of the computer and the telecom­ a more realistic appraisal of the situation. vent regulatory decisions which sub­ munications revolution. We support the Remember ladies and gentleman that it stantially increase basic telephone Fairness Doctrine and Equal Time require­ was Henry Kissinger who said not too long rates and which threaten to throw ments, along with other laws and regula­ ago: "The developing nations are crushed large numbers of low-income, elderly, tions to the electronic media which encour­ under the twin burden of debt and collaps­ age or require responsiveness to community ing hopes of progress . . ." or rural people off the telecommunica­ needs and a diversity of viewpoints.• " ... if the peoples of the West lose faith tions networks." This platform posi­ that democratic governments have control tion refutes the ill-conceived and over their economic destinies, the economic unfair Federal Communications Com­ INTRODUCTION OF THE BROAD­ crisis could become a crisis of Western de­ mission residential access fee proposal, CASTING PUBLIC RESPONSI­ mocracy. Each country will turn inward to which would have cost American con­ BILITY AND DEREGULATION protect its immediate patrimony, eroding co­ sumers millions of dollars and ulti­ ACT OF 1984 operation and paradoxically deepening the mately created a tiered system of tele­ world recession. In a world of many perils, phone service, available primarily to HON. AL SWIFf continuing economic weakness is likely to the wealthy. undermine the ability of the democracies to The platform language endorses the OF WASHINGTON conduct an effective foreign policy or to provisions of H.R. 4102, which this IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES maintain their collective defense." body overwhelmingly approved last Thursday, August 9, 1984 Ladies and gentlemen, for us it is indis­ pensable, in the first place, that the govern­ November. H.R. 4102 rejects the FCC •Mr. SWIFT. Mr. Speaker, today, ments of the developed countries take into access charge proposal and establishes four of my colleagues on the Commit­ account the consequences incurred by the a fund for the support of telephone tee on Energy and Commerce are join­ indebted countries of Latin America by systems in high cost areas. Unfortu­ ing me in introducing the Broadcast­ adopting certain domestic economic policies. nately, the Senate does not plan fur­ ing Public Responsibility and Deregu­ It is urgent that the developed countries ther action on this legislation. lation Act of 1984. In addition to understand that we can neither solve a The platform position properly ac­ myself, the Members are the gentle­ problem whose origin and evolution largely knowledges the significant role tele­ man from Michigan CMr. DINGELL], escapes our control, nor can there be, on the communications will continue to play the gentleman from Colorado CMr. other hand, a continued insistence on a con­ in our society with its ability to link WIRTH], and the gentlemen from ditionality whose social and political costs cities to rural areas, customers to busi­ Texas [Mr. LELAND and Mr. BRYANT]. will end up generating problems that will be nesses, and computers to computers. It much more severe and costly than the ones I would like to share with my col­ is imperative that all Americans have leagues our joint statement and ask that it is supposed to solve. continued access to this system with­ We und~rstand that it is possible and nec­ that it be inserted in the CONGRESSION­ essary to find constructive solutions to the out exhorbitant cost and I applaud the AL RECORD at this point. present situation; solutions that will benefit delegates for approving this far-sight­ ed and worthy position. JOINT STATEMENT ON THE INTRODUCTION OF all while anticipating tensions. We are con­ THE BROADCASTING PuBLIC RESPONSIBILITY vinced that these constructive solutions will Following is the text of the party's AND DEREGULATION ACT OF 1984 first be reached by political agreements be­ platform on telecommunications. Today, we are introducing legislation enti­ tween the governments of the developed TELECOMMUNICATIONS tled the "Broadcasting Public Responsibility countries and the governments of the Latin Telecommunications is the infrastructure and Deregulation Act of 1984". This bill is American countries. It is only through such of the information age. The last decade has the product of 15 months of negotiations agreements, and the steps that they will seen an explosion in new technologies, ex­ aimed at developing compromise broadcast enjoin, that the conditions that apply today panded competition, and growing depend­ reform legislation. in the technical treatment of the external ence on high quality telecommunications. The legislation provides a basis for remov­ debts of our countries can be modified. Nationwide access to those networks is be­ ing much of the regulation about which the We must make reality count before it coming crucial to full participation in a soci­ broadcast industry has long complained, erupts unexpectedly among the fictions ety and economy that are increasingly de­ while at the same time assuring that broad­ that are stubbornly adhered to. We must be pendent upon the rapid exchange of infor­ casters will be accountable to the public for quick to create new conditions that will add mation. Electronically-delivered messages, their use of the public airwaves. Most sig­ economic and political certitude and viabili­ and not the written word, are becoming the nificantly, this legislation repeals the com­ ty to the handling of the external debt. dominant form of communication. A citizen parative renewal process, thus removing the In this sense there exists an ample field to without access to telecommunications is in threat of a competing challenge to the in­ danger of fading into isolation. Therefore, cumbent broadcaster's license at renewal explore where reasonable proposals for our the proper regulation of telecommunica­ time and providing the broadcast industry countries and the developed nations can be tions is critical. We must encourage compe­ the degree of renewal certainty it has long found with regard to a wide range of issues. tition while preventing regulatory decisions sought. The legislation also codifies sub­ Thank you.e which substantially increase basic telephone stantial portions of the FCC's administra­ rates and which threaten to throw large tive deregulation of radio and television li­ numbers of low-income, elderly, or rural censees. This will reduce or eliminate future people off the telecommunications net­ FCC regulation of commercial announce­ works. We must also insure that workers in ments, ascertainment, and program logs. the telecommunications industry do not These reforms will significantly reduce the find their retirement or other earned bene- burden placed on radio and television sta- 23620 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 9, 1984 tions at the time of license renewal and THE SOVIETS LAUGH AT INTER­ The Soviets are also violating the throughout the license period. NATIONAL AGREEMENTS AND spirit of the Helsinki accords. Al­ At the same time, this broadcast reform UNDERSTANDINGS though not an official treaty, the ac­ legislation seeks to assure that television stations will continue to be accountable for cords are an international understand­ their programming performance and re­ HON. WM. S. BROOMFIELD ing and all signatories are pledged to abide by the letter and the spirit of sponsiveness to the communities they serve. OF MICHIGAN The legislation establishes a system of the accords. The Helsinki accords quantification, by which television broad­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES clearly call for increased tourism casters will have delineated for them in Thursday, August 9, 1984 among the signatory countries as well clear and unambiguous terms the program­ e Mr. BROOMFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I as improvements in the conditions of ming obligations which they must meet, and tourists in those countries. The ac­ provides in statute the licensing standards am deeply concerned about· yet an­ other Soviet violation of international cords also call for efforts to promote which will apply at renewal. In addition, the understanding among the citizens of bill makes modest reform to the petition to accords and understandings. While the deny process and enacts a small increase in Kremlin postures about being a peace­ signatory nations to include increased the EEO standards applicable to the broad­ loving nation which respects interna­ contacts among travelers from differ­ cast industry. In sum, the scheme set out by tional accords, Soviet actions under­ ent countries. The recent harassment the legislation imposes the minimum mine Soviet claims. The following arti­ of U.S. tourists in Leningrad is certain­ burden on the broadcaster necessary to pro­ cle on this subject clearly shows how ly a bold violation of the spirit of the tect the public, while still assuring the nec­ the Soviets have recently violated Helsinki effort. Many incidents involv­ essary accountability. signed agreements with impunity. ing innocent American tourists have It should be pointed out that on each The Department of State is to be occurred in the past few years. Soviet issue, the bill by no means provides the ap­ security officials routinely block any proach we would prefer to take. Instead, it commended for calling the attention represents our efforts to compromise and of all Americans to the fact that there contacts between Russian citizens and provide relief for the industry, yet still have been serious incidents involving visiting American tourists. In recent maintain the necessary amount of licensee tourists and others in Leningrad. Just months, an American professor lost accountability. a few days ago, the Department issued his belongings after his room was en­ Also, the bill essentially addresses only a travelers' advisory alerting U.S. citi­ tered, and an American exchange stu­ the so-called "core" issues that were under zens to possible danger in traveling to dent was beaten unconscious by a discussion in the negotiations-quantifica­ Leningrad. The advisory said that U.S. group of Soviets in Leningrad. On July tion, reform of the petition to deny process, citizens face danger of arrest and 28, another American professor was and EEO requirements. We believe that con­ denial of access to U.S. officials if they picked up by a plainclothesman as he sideration of broadcast legislation also visit that city. After issu·ng the notice, was going to a meeting with a Soviet should properly include such issues as the personal attack and political editorial rules, the Department learned of other seri­ scholar who specializes in 18th centu­ the lack of programming available to ad­ ous incidents involving American tour­ ry literature. He was detained for 2 dress the needs and interests of our nation's ists. hours. This flagrant h arassment must children, and other broadcast policy issues The action was taken as the result of stop. as well. These issues are important and numerous assaults on Americans and Someday in the near future, our ne­ should be considered as part of any compre­ the beating of a marine guard assigned gotiators will again sit down at the ne­ hensive measure which provides regulatory to the U.S. consulate in that Soviet gotiating table to discuss important relief to the broadcast industry. city. Without explanation, a group of arms agreements with Soviet repre­ We do not expect this bill to receive the Soviets beat Sgt. Ronald Campbell as sentatives. I harbor grave doubts that support from the broadcast community he was walking near the American the Kremlin is sincerely interested in which it deserves. Over the course of 15 consulate. He was jailed and held for 2 fulfilling the promises it makes in months of effort to reach a consensus on hours before being released to U.S. broadcast legislation, it became apparent solemn international accords. that the industry will press for substantial consular officials. Trust is a key element in interna­ deregulation, but is unwilling to accept As a member of the Embassy staff. tional understanding. It is a sine qua meaningful assurances that the public's in­ Sargent Campbell had certain rights non for future progress in improving terest in the use of its airwaves be protect­ under the Vienna Convention. In that relations. Trust is a basic element. If ed. In addition, throughout this period, in­ agreement, it clearly states that diplo­ the Soviets are unwilling to treat our dustry support for statutory reform has mats have immunity against certain tourists and diplomats with the re­ eroded as the FCC has continued its system­ actions. Roughing up or accosting for­ spect and courtesy which they deserve, atic dismantling of the regulatory mecha­ eign diplomats is a clear violation of can we trust the Kremlin to abide by nisms which assure public accountability. their immunity. In the spring, a For­ the commitments made in high-level These irresponsible administrative actions, eign Service consular officer was as­ talks? This question is food for serious which remain subject to repeal or revision saulted by a group of Russians. by subsequent Commissions when the cur­ thought. rent fever of deregulatory mania subsides, Additionally, a U.S.-U.S.S.R. Consul­ With these concerns in mind, I rec­ provide far less long-term stability and cer­ ar Convention stipulates that Ameri­ ommend the following article to my tainty for the broadcast industry than the can citizens, to include tourists and colleagues in the House: statutory reforms contained in this bill. diplomats, who are detained have the CFrom the Washington Post, Aug. 4, 19841 Moreover, the actions by the Commission right to call a consular officer without demonstrate an insensitivity to the public delay in order to notify the nearest MARINE BEATEN, JAILED IN LENINGRAD interest which cannot be tolerated. As the diplomatic facility that they are being might live. Until recently, sideration. A Soviet diplomatic representative ap­ most late-term pregnancies have been ended The State Department routinely issues peared two hours late, addressing the by fetal expulsion procedures that some­ travelers' advisories, alerting U.S. citizens to marine by name although he had never pro­ times result in live births. To avoid this "un­ conditions in foreign countries. More than vided it. The U.S. consulate was contacted wanted" outcome, abortionists lately have 200 advisories are in effect throughout the at 5:30 a.m., when it was told that the been turning to a relatively new method of world, although none has recently been marine had been picked up because he was abortion by which the unborn child is dis­ issued for the Soviet Union. seen throwing rocks at a passing car. Camp­ membered by a knife while inside the womb, Officials here said concern about condi­ then removed part by part. tions in Leningrad began to grow in April, bell then was released and returned to the The new post-viability provision of the Il­ when U.S. vice consul Ronald Harms was as­ consulate with an American diplomat.• linois law, then, is designed effectively to saulted by a group of Russians as he was prohibit this grotesque, feticidal method of leaving a restaurant after lunching with a abortion. Taken in conjunction with earlier dissident contact. U.S. officials said Harms WHY THE ACLU IS GAMBLING viability, the prospect of losing this abortion was hit several times and knocked down. WITH ROE method scares pro-abortion doctors, and Soviet officials have vigorously denied the hence their compatriots at the ACLU. They charge. want the federal courts to say that Roe vs. In June, Hofstra University biology pro­ HON,. HENRY J. HYDE Wade really means not only a right to an fessor Carlton Phillips, who was in the OF ILLINOIS abortion, but a right to a dead child, too. Soviet Union on a one-month scientific ex­ Fetal pain is an aspect of the abortion change, reported that his hotel room in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES issue that President Reagan has done much Leningrad had been broken into and his be­ Thursday, August 9, 1984 to bring before the public. Almost any ob­ longings stolen, according to the National jective observer who looked at the medical Academy of Sciences. •Mr. HYDE. Mr. Speaker, Steven R. facts would agree that, at least at some Cln another Leningrad incident reported Valentine has written a thought-pro­ point in gestation, the unborn child is capa­ yesterday by the Associated Press, fellow voking article which concerns the on­ ble of feeling pain. And any of the methods students said Andrew Espinosa of High­ of abortion now in prevalent use, therefore, wood, Ill., was seized by a number of men as going abortion controversy which ap­ may cause incalculable pain to the unborn he was strolling June 10. Espinosa was peared in the Washington Times on children who are the targets. Recognizing found unconscious in the basement of a August 8. I am pleased to share it with these facts, and the reality that abortion is building containing the offices of the Lenin- my colleagues: legal by direction of the Supreme Court, the 23622 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 9, 1984 Illinois General Assembly took a humane down Cit already has issued a temporary re­ tation of appropriate songs were pre­ step. It provided that doctors must show the straining order), then Illinois has a right to sented by the All-American Chorus of same humane consideration toward doomed appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the unborn children that is asked for dogs and Seventh Circuit, and, ultimately, to the U.S. the 82d Airborne Division from Fort cats who are "put to sleep." Supreme Court. Bragg. This outstanding group also The fetal pain issue, too, scares the abor­ By the time the case reaches the Supreme presented a medley of tunes featuring tion industry and its friends at the ACLU. It Court, is argued, briefed, and considered, the anthems of all branches of the tends to humanize the unborn child. Per­ President Reagan's re-election, coupled with Armed Services. haps worse yet, from their perspective, re­ vacancies on the high bench, might provide I want to thank Ken and his staff quiring doctors to tell expectant mothers the margin by which it could be used to re­ for their help and assistance and also that their babies might feel excruciating verse Roe vs. Wade altogether. Five of the Colonel Daniel and his most able staff, pain when they are aborted might lead to a six pro-Roe Justices are now older than 75. sharp drop in the number of abortions. And two of the three anti-Roe are under 60. in particular, Col. James E. Rousey, Lt Thus, by its lawsuit, the ACLU seeks to Even if the composition of the court when Comdr. Dick Steele, and Lt. Comdr. have the federal courts say that Roe vs. Keith vs. Daley reaches it is not such that Terry Fowler, for all their work in Wade forbids Illinois to invade the "priva­ Roe vs. Wade can be reversed, it will provide making this, one of the first such cere­ cy" of the "physician-patient relationship" a means by which to win significant restric­ monies in the Nation, one that our by trying to alleviate fetal pain. tions on the abortion "right." Do a majority MIA families from the Tar Heel State Information released recently by the Na­ of the Justices really mean to say that Roe can be proud of. tional Academy of Sciences indicates that as vs. Wade means a right to feticide? An effec­ many as 60,000 newborn Chinese girls are tive right to cause the unborn child pain as Several members of the State veter­ killed each year because their parents it is aborted? A right to sex-selection abor­ ans' organizations also attending the prefer boys. The shocking NAS report de­ tion? ceremony as well as several members scribes in gory detail the methods by which Thanks to the new ACLU lawsuit, we may of the military. There was not an eye baby girls are killed. For example, some ex­ find out.e without a tear as the ceremony con­ pectant Chinese parents keep a water cluded with a "Missing Man" flyover bucket by the maternity bed in which to by four F-4 Phantom jets from the drown the little girls as soon as they are NORTH CAROLINA MIA born. CEREMONY 4th Tactical Fighter Wing. A beautiful Sex-selective abortion in America is the red, white,· and blue program was pro­ moral equivalent of sex-selective infanticide HON. JAMES T. BROYHILL vided through the courtesy of the in China. Amniocentesis, and other prenatal V.F.W. Department of North Carolina. genetic screening procedures, are becoming OF NORTH CAROLINA Ronald Green is their commander and more widely used each year as parents seek IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES William Cleve Cox, the adjutant. I to avoid the births of "defective" children. Thursday, August 9, 1984 invite you to review our most memora­ Virtually all these tests have to be under­ ble program: taken quite late in pregnancy, and the wait e Mr. BROYHILL. Mr. Speaker, for the results is usually several weeks. A North Carolina was one of the first Prelude- 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Band. by-product of amniocentesis, as well as most States to accept your invitation to Presentation of Colors- Color Guard­ of these other tests, is revelation of the sex host a ceremony to present Bronze Seymour-J ohnson Air Force Base. of the unborn child. Thus, even if the child Medals to the families of the men Opening Remarks- Kenneth E. McDon­ is genetically "normal," the mother can missing-in-action CMIAJ from South­ ald, Director, Veterans Administration, Re­ choose a late-term, extremely painful that they seek, then no state legisla­ Administration regional office in Win­ "Missing Man" Flyover. ture is to be permitted to presume to tell ston-Salem. Ken, with the help of sev­ The North Carolina congressional any woman which are legitimate reasons for eral members of his staff, Charles W. delegation presented the impressive having an abortion. Williams, Jr., Assistant Director, Caro­ Bronze Medals to the next of kin of Second, and perhaps more important, if lyn Gordon, and Majorie Shields, put the following: the sex-selection statute in Illinois is upheld together a most memorable and appro­ in the federal courts, then it will be estab­ priate ceremony to honor the families NORTH CAROLINIANS MISSING IN ACTION IN lished that Roe vs. Wade does not mean SOUTHEAST ASIA that women have the right to choose which of our MIA's. MAJ Murray L. Borden, U.S. Air Force. kinds of unborn children should be permit­ The 2d Marine Aircraft Wing Band LTJG Edward D. Brown, Jr., U.S. Navy. ted to live until their natural birth. gave the prelude and the color guard CW3 James E. Butler, U.S. Army. In short, might the next step for states from Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base EM2 Franklin H. Canup, Jr. U.S. Navy. like Illinois be to ban genetic abortions presented the colors. Then, after CMSGT Fred L. Clarke, U.S. Air Force. where tests show that the unborn child was Ken's opening remarks, Comdr. John LTCOL Lawrence Y. Conaway, U.S. Air Down's syndrome, spina bifida, or some Maiorana, USN, from Camp Geiger, Force. other malady? That is what may really gave a most inspiring invocation. Col. PFC Andrew J. Craven, U.S. Army. scare the abortion industry and the ACLU. Gerald A. Daniel, the commander of CAPT John H. Crews, Ill, U.S. Air Force. Thus, in Kieth vs. Daley, the abortionists WO Frederick L. Cristman, U.S. Army. and the ACLU seek to preserve and expand the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing, Sey­ COL Edgar F. Davis, U.S. Air Force. the Roe vs. Wade "right to an abortion." mour-Johnson, and the mayor of LTJG Carl L. Doughtie, U.S. Navy. But the new Illinois law is a state statute. Goldsboro, Hal K. Plonk, welcomed CAPT Charles G. Dudley, U.S. Air Force. And if the U.S. District Court strikes it the MIA families. A beautiful presen- SOM Raymond L. Echevarria, U.S. Army. August 9, 1984 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23623 LTC Marvin L. Foster, U.S. Army. my wife Dorothy. And, I thought, "There, THE SEAMIER SIDE OF THE MAJ William 0. Fuller, U.S. Air Force. but for the grace of God, is my own family." SANDINISTAS CAPT Robin F. Gatwood, Jr.. U.S. Air And, as I thought about what I would say to Force. you today, I thought about what I would COL William W. Hail, U.S. Air Force. want someone to say to them if I were still HON. WIWAM S. BROOMFIELD CAPT Frederick M. Hall, U.S. Air Force. missing. OF MICHIGAN CPL Joseph N. Hargrove, U.S. Marine If I were still among the missing, I would Corps. want someone to say to my family, "Amer­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SP4 Joel C. Hatley, U.S. Army. ica appreciates your sacrifice. America ap­ Thursday, August 9, 1984 MAJ Charles J. Huneycutt, Jr., U.S. Air Force. preciates your years of waiting-of wonder­ e Mr. BROOMFIELD. Mr. Speaker, SFC William D. Johnson, U.S. Army. ing if your man is dead or alive. America ap­ the evidence is out. The Sandinistas ADJl Melvin T. Krech, U.S. Navy. preciates the stand your family made in the are involved in drug trafficking. They SFC Kenneth R. Lancaster, U.S. Army. on-going battle between freedom and Com­ LT Larry G. Lewis, U.S. Navy. munist enslavement. America will not forget have been caught redhanded and MSG James M. Luttrell, U.S. Army. the price you paid and continue to pay in cannot deny the facts. The following LT Michael T. McCormick, U.S. Navy. that battle." Department of Justice release provides LTCOL James M. McGarvey, U.S. Marine Vietnam was an unpopular war. The trag­ an excellent look at Nicaragua's in­ Corps. edy was not so much that we lost South volvement in helping to bring illegal MAJ Richard M. Milikin, III, U.S. Air Vietnam to Communism, although that was drugs into the United States. Force. a great tragedy. But the greatest tragedy of According to available information, SSG Jerry L. Moore, U.S. Army. Vietnam was that we committed our finest Mr. Frederico Vaughan, an aide to the SGT Larry K. Morrow, U.S. Army. young men, but we never committed the MAJ Peter P. Pitman, U.S. Air Force. Minister of the Interior of Nicaragua, heart of our nation. But I believe we learned Mr. Thomas Borge, provided secure MSG John H. Robertson, U.S. Army. some valuable lessons in Vietnam. We MSG Mike J. Scott, U.S. Army. storage facilities in Nicaragua and had SFC Lee D. Scurlock, Jr., U.S. Army. learned about the true nature of Commu­ cocaine loaded into an airplane to be Mr. James E. Simpson, State Dept. nism. We saw that the intent of our enemies taken to Florida. Although the cocaine MSGT William C. Sutton, U.S. Air Force. is to divide and conquer-divide America and conquer the world. Today's young originated in Colombia, plans are COL Paul G. Underwood, U.S. Air Force. being made to shift the cocaine-proc­ CW3 Jimmy L. Watson, U.S. Army. Americans understand that-Vietnam is a CMSGT Donald L. Wright, U.S. Air Force. popular course on college campuses today essing laboratories from Colombia to CW3 Dennis W. O'Melia, U.S. Army. and I believe our young people will correct Nicaragua in the near future. COL Robert A. Govan, U.S. Air Force. the mistakes we made in under-estimating Attorney General William French It was indeed a privilege and honor our enemy. I believe with every fiber of my Smith said that the indictment against for the North Carolina congressional being that, if we don't correct our mistake Senor Vaughan and 10 codefendants delegation to host this ceremony and I of under-estimating the intent of the en­ was returned in Federal District Court emies of freedom, we will lose that freedom. in Miami. wanted to share with you also the If I were still among the missing, I would most inspiring and fitting special ad­ Appearing in a recent article in the want someone to say to my children, "Stand Washington Times was a photograph dress that was given to the audience for freedom!" Soon after I returned from by my good friend, Capt. Eugene taken clandestinely by the Drug En­ Vietnam, I saw an ad in a college newspaper forcement Administration. It clearly "Red" McDaniel, USN, retired. Cap­ protesting draft registration. The ad said, tain McDaniel, as you know, was a "Nothing is worth dying for." And I shows the cocaine-loading operation at POW himself for over 6 years, and was thought, What have we done to our chil­ a Nicaraguan military airfield. Visible the former Chief of the Navy Liaison dren that would cause them to refuse mili­ in the photograph are a Nicaraguan Office here in the House of Represent­ tary service by saying, "Nothing is worth soldier, Mr. Vaughan, and a Colombi­ atives. His remarks were as follows: dying for." Let me say that I love my two an congressman, Pablo Escobar. All of REMARKS OF CAPT. EUGENE "RED" McDANIEL, sons and I pray every day that they will the above are obviously involved in USN, NORTH CAROLINA POW /MIA COM­ never be called on to lay down their lives for loading large bags aboard a C-123 air­ MEMORATIVE CEREMONY, SEYMOUR JOHNSON their country. But, if they are, I hope I craft in which the DEA-provided AFB, NC, JULY 23, 1984 never hear one of them say, "Nothing is camera was hidden. It gives me a sense of high honor to have worth dying for." Many men died that we The use of military personnel and a part in the bestowing of this long overdue might know freedom. America would never facilities has led U.S. authorities to commemoration of the sacrifices made for have been born if our forefathers had said, conclude that the operation had the America by our servicemen who are still "Nothing is worth dying for." And America approval, and may have been con­ missing in action in Vietnam. I also feel a will not survive if we in our time say, "Noth­ troled, by Nicaraguan Defense Minis­ deep humility. I feel a deep humility be­ ing is worth dying for." ter Humberto Ortega, brother of junta cause I was one of the fortunate ones. I Let us pray for that young man who said, came home. "Nothing is worth dying for", that he might leader and Sandinista Presidential Yesterday I returned from the Washing­ know and that we might know also, if there candidate Daniel Ortega. Mr. ton convention of the National League of is nothing worth dying for, then there is Vaughan's presence implicated Mr. Families of Prisoners and Missing in South­ nothing worth living for. Borge. east Asia. It has been my privilege to serve And, if I were still among the missing I Of particular concern is why the on the National League's Board of Directors would want someone to say to my family, Nicaraguans are involved in interna­ for the past year. It has been a frustrating "Keep the faith!" Those are the words we tional drug trafficking. In addition to experience for me. It has also been an in­ tapped on the walls of our cells in that Com­ the obvious need to obtain hard cur­ spiring experience. To see the determina­ munist prison in Hanoi for 2,110 long days rency to purchase arms for the Salva­ tion of the families of those of my compatri­ and nights. "God bless you". we said. "Keep ots still missing in action in Southeast Asia, doran guerrillas, the Sandinistas are the faith." That was the key to our surviv­ also trying to weaken the fabric of to be a part of the effort to determine the al-faith, Faith in our God-and faith in our status of those brave men, to be witness to American society by the introduction the love and loyalty of their families-that nation. of more narcotics into our country. experience has deepened my own devotion Your sons and your husbands and your fa­ Recent hearings regarding Cuban in­ to my country and has increased my deter­ thers are not forgotten. God bless you­ Keep the faith.e volvement in bringing drugs into the mination that your sons and your husband United States revealed similar pat­ and your fathers will never be forgotten. I am also determined that every effort will be terns of operation and interest in ob­ made by the government that sent them to taining hard currency, as well as a war to determine their fate. desire to corrupt another generation As I looked out into the faces of the wives, of young Americans. There is also in­ mothers, fathers, sons and daughters at the formation available regarding a high­ National League Convention, I thought of level Cuban-Nicaraguan meeting in 23624 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 9, 1984 1981 · to discuss strategy regarding the refueling and maintenance of aircraft There will be little long-term eco­ large-scale illegal drug trafficking to used to transport cocaine from Colombia nomic health for the steel industry the United States. and Bolivia to Nicaragua, and from Nicara­ gua to Mexico, and the United States," the until we have coordinated action at Although some of my colleagues in indictment said. the Federal level. Many factors affect this Chamber still paint the Sandinis­ Cocaine deliveries were set into motion the future of the steel industry: Inter­ tas as well-meaning nationalists who last April when Bates flew to Medellin, Co­ national trade, environmental con­ just want to be left alone, I offer a lombia, and discussed with Ochoa and Esco­ trols, safety regulations, antitrust, and more critical assessment of that failed bar Gaviria the transportation of some 3,300 merger policies, worker retraining. revolution. My view is based on facts, pounds of cocaine from Colombia to South The list goes on. The Federal Govern­ and intelligence, and not on romantic Florida, the indictment said. In May, the indictment added, Lehder ment has treated each of these prob­ emotionalism. Let the truth be our lems separately. Each committee in guide. Thoreau once said that: "it provided that amount of cocaine in Colom­ bia to be smuggled into Florida. Congress and each executive agency takes two to speak the truth-one to Ochoa then made available a twin-engine approaches problems from the limited speak and another to hear." Let us all aircraft to fly some 1,500 pounds of cocaine perspective of their own particular rededicate ourselves to do a little more from Colombia to Nicaragua, where it would mission. hearing. later be taken to the United States. With these thoughts in mind, I rec­ On June 3, the indictment said, Vaughan The most promising step in this di­ ommend the following Department of supervised in Managua, Nicaragua the refu­ rection was the Steel Tripartitie Com­ Justice release about Nicaraguan in­ eling of the Titan twin engine aircraft trans­ mittee created by the Carter adminis­ volvement in drug trafficking to my porting 700 kilograms of cocaine. tration in 1978. Sadly, one of the first After takeoff, the aircraft was forced to actions of the Reagan administration colleagues in the House. land in Nicaragua and the pilots were ar­ A Federal grand jury today indicted 11 was to abandon this committee in view rested by Nicaragua authorities. On the fol­ of their philosophy of limited govern­ persons on drug trafficking and conspiracy lowing day, Vaughan secured the release of charges involving a major cocaine shipment the pilots from custody and provided secure ment. smuggled into the United States via Nicara­ facilities for the aircraft and the cocaine. After over 3 years of prodding the gua. Near the end of June, Vaughan talked on administration grudgingly announced One of the defendants is Frederico the telephone to a person in Miami about it would create a committee. Almost a Vaughan, who has been identified in court picking up a load of cocaine that would be year later, we are still waiting for documents previously filed in this case as an delivered from Nicaragua to South Florida, aide to the Minister of the Interior of Nica­ action. the indictment said. I believe we need to create a broad ragua. On June 25, Vaughan and two other de­ The indictment said that Vaughan was a fendants-Escobar Gaviria and Gacha­ based steel advisory committee by law key figure in the drug trafficking ring, loaded some 1,452 pounts of cocaine on an so we can rely on the existence of a which also includes three top-level produc­ airplane in Managua, Nicaragua, to be deliv­ specific structure and a clear mandate ers and traffickers in cocaine in Colombia. Vaughan showed a drug-flight pilot a ered to Florida. at the top levels of government. The landing strip in Managua, Nicaragua, to be After 1,452 pounds of cocaine were flown steel industry's problems are serious. used by airplanes carrying cocaine from into the U.S. from Nicaragua, a total of $1.5 The industry is basic to our national Nicaragua to the United States, the indict­ million in U.S. currency was delivered in interest. We need an across-the-board, early July to Vaughan and Escobar Gaviria, ment said. and they requested that the pilot who coordinated approach involving all the In addition, the indictment said, Vaughan interests concerned. provided secure storage facilities for cocaine brought the money then deliver some 2,200 and had cocaine loaded onto an airplane to pounds of cocaine from Nicaragua to the Under my bill, the committee would be taken to Florida. United States. consist of 27 members-seven from the Attorney General William French Smith Three defendants were charged with vio­ Federal Government, seven from in­ said that the indictment against Vaughan lating the continuing criminal enterprise dustry management, seven from labor, and 10 co-defendant was returned in Federal law, 21 U.S. Code 848, the Drug Kingpin three from local governments, and district court in Miami. statute: Escobar Gaviria, Ochoa, and Carlos Bustamante. It is the most serious Federal three outside experts. This bill sug­ The Attorney General said that develop­ gests making the composition of the ment of the case was supervised by United drug law and carries a maximum penalty, States Attorney Stanley Marcus of Miami upon conviction, of life in prison without committee more broad compared to and Peter Gruden, who is in charge of the possibility of parole. that of the Carter administration and Miami office of the Drug Enforcement Ad­ All 11 defendants were charged with two that of the Reagan proposal in several ministration. counts of conspiracy-conspiracy to import ways. I think it particularly important In addition to Vaughan, the defendants and distribute cocaine, 21 U.S. Code 963; conspiracy· to possess with intent to distrib­ to include the several Federal agencies include three persons identified as top-level whose programs affect the industry. traffickers in Colombian cocaine-Carlos ute cocaine, 21 U.S. Code 846. Each count Lehder, Pablo Escobar Gaviria, and Jorge carries a maximum penalty, upon convic­ Similarly, I think it important to in­ Ochoa. tion, of 15 years in prison. clude local public officials from com­ Other defendants include Gonzalo Rodri­ Other counts in the indictment charged munities which are severely affected guez Gacha, identified as a major traffick­ substantive cocaine trafficking violations by the industry's condition. I have also ing figure in Central America; Carlos A. and illegal use of travel or facilities in carry­ included outside experts who may Bustamante, identified in court papers as an ing out drug and conspiracy crimes.e have particular expertise and objectiv­ owner ·of Auto World Corporation in Miami; Paul Elzel, an interpreter for traffickers; ity about the industry's problems. A Luce Bustamante, who delivered money for A COMPREHENSIVE STEEL broader council, in my view, can bring the ring; Juan A. Puentes, involved in trans­ INDUSTRY POLICY NEEDED broader perspectives-and hopefully porting cocaine; Felix Dixon Bates, a drug­ more creative solutions. flight pilot; and a John Doe known as HON. DOUG WALGREN The bill charges the council with "Jota," an accountant for the traffickers. four tasks: First, to advise the Presi­ The indictment said the conspiracy to OF PENNSYLVANIA dent on the condition of the steel in­ smuggle cocaine into the United States from IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Nicaragua began last February. As part of dustry and the effects the industry the plot, the indictment said, Lehder, Esco­ Thursday, August 9, 1984 has on local communities; second, to bar Gaviria, and Ochoa would move their e Mr. WALGREN. Mr. Speaker, the monitor modernization and technolog­ cocaine-processing laboratories from Colom­ American steel industry is operating at ical changes affecting the steel indus­ bia to Nicaragua. an alltime low, having been beaten try; third, to focus research efforts of "It was further part of this conspiracy significance to the industry; and that Frederico Vaughan • • • would protect about by an unprecendented surge in cocaine distribution personnel and equip­ subsidized imports and the aftershock fourth, to assess the impact of Gov­ ment and would supervise the shipment of of the recession in many parts of the ernment policies affecting the indus­ cocaine into and out of Nicaragua as well as country. try. August 9, 1984 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23625 The bill would provide special em­ CFrom USA Today, July 19841 riment of family life and especially of the phasis on modernization. Only by PAID HOMEMAKING: AN IDEA IN SEARCH OF A education of the children. modernizing our industry will we be POLICY "(b) The work of the mother in the home