4978 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE March 26. As we misjudge or confuse or obscure these them in the family of God-that place SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR elements we diminish profoundly the pos­ where peace in life, and eternal happi­ Mr. BOGGS. Mr. Speaker, I ask . sibilities of peace and even the possibilities ness will reign. of survival, at least of survival in freedom. unanimous consent that the Select Sub­ To our Nation today falls no social work­ We ask these blessings through Thy · committee on Labor may sit today during er's chore of improving the world's hygiene. Saviour Son, ·Jesus Christ our Lord. general debate. Our challenge is not that of the carnival Amen. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to · barker called upon to exton the excellence the request of the gentleman from Loui­ of his show so that every passerby will at siana? least want to peek inside. Our challenge is THE JOURNAL not that of the marathon runner who, if only The Journal of the proceedings of· There was no objection. hls breath holds out, will find his competitor Thursday, March 22, 1962, was read and gasping and falling by the wayside. approved. Our chore and challenge is simply the ded­ COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS icated, wise use of every element of our na­ Mr. BOGGS. Mr. Speaker, I ask tional power to secure the peace of the world WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVEN­ unanimous consent, notwithstanding the by reducing to impotence the opposing power TION PLANS sessions of the House, that the Commit-· that threatens it. tee on Public Works be permitted to sit This is not work for a young nation. It is The SPEAKER laid before the House work for a mature nation in a real world. the following communication, which was during general debate during the week It is the continuation in our time of the read and referred to the Committee on of March 26. realistic course that Washington set for us. Appropriations: The SPEAKER. Is there objection to It is time now to use the power which his the request of the gentleman from Loui­ policies permitted to grow. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S., siana? We, nor the world, may have no second COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, There was no objection. chance in this challenge. Washington, D.C., March 22, 1962. We will write, through indecision and un­ Han. JoHN W. McCoRMACK, reality, nothing but an address to the fare­ The Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives, FOREIGN TRAVEL BY MEMBERS OF well of freedom in the world. CONGRESS Or we will write, with the pen of our Washington, D.C. morality and the sword of our responsi­ DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the pro­ Mr. GROSS. Mr. Speaker, I ask bility, a great testament to man's triumph visions of section 2 of the Watershed Protec­ tion and Flood Prevention Act, as amended, unanimous consent to address the House over tyranny and terror-a great testament the Committee on Agriculture has today con­ for 1 minute and to revise and extend to man's dignity and his determination to my remarks. live not as animals cowering in pens of au­ sidered the work plans transmitted to you thorital"ianism, but as men cast in the image by Executive Communication 1331 and re­ The SPEAKER. Is there objection ferred to this committee and unanimously to the request of the gentleman from of God and knowing no fear but of Him. approved each of such plans. The work Our lives would be meanly led and, finally, Iowa? plans involved are: There was no objection. ignobly lost if we accept any lesser dedi­ North Carolina, Gum Neck watershed; cation. Tennessee, Pine Creek watershed; Texas, Mr. GROSS. Mr. Speaker, in the northeast tributaries of Leon River; Okla­ CONGRESSIONAL RECORD for Wednesday, RECESS UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK A.M., homa, Wagon Creek watershed. March 21, 1962, there are listed several Sincerely yours, reports by chairmen of committees of MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1962 HAROLD D. COOLEY, expense accounts of junketing Congress­ Mr. MUSKIE. Mr President, in con­ Chairman. men. On page 4753 of the CONGRES­ formance with the previous agreement SIONAL RECORD of that date the Chairman RESOLUTION APPROVING THE WORK PLAN FOR entered into, I move that the Senate now GUM NECK WATERSHED, NORTH CAROLINA of the Committee on House Administra­ stand in recess until 9 o'clock on Monday tion, Mr. BURLESON, lists the committees Be it resolved by the Committee on Agri­ next. culture of the House of Representatives, That that have filed reports, and then he con­ The motion was agreed to; and (at 1 the plan for works of improvement for the cludes with this astounding final para­ o'clock and 45 minutes p.m.) the Senate Gum Neck watershed, North Carolina, sub­ graph: took a recess under the order previously mitted to the Speaker of the House of Rep­ The following committees have expended entered, until Monday, March 26, 1962, resentatives by Executive Communication funds for oversea travel but have failed to at 9 o'clock a.m. 1331 and referred to the Committee on Agri­ report expenditures as required by law: culture pursuant to section 2 of the Water­ Agriculture, Education and Labor, Inter­ •• ...... •• shed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, state and Foreign Commerce. as amended (16 U.S.C. 1002), is hereby ap­ proved. Mr. Speaker, I hope it will not be nec­ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Approved March 22, 1962. essary that the Attorney General of the be called upon to enforce MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1962 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE WORK PLAN FOR the law with respect to reports on the NORTHEAST TRIBUTARIES OF LEON RIVER The House met at 12 o'clock noon. WATERSHED, TEXAS part of junketing Congressmen. The Reverend Archie J. Cochrane, Old Be it resolved by the Committee on Agri­ St. Andrews Church, Bloomfield, Conn., culture of the House of Representatives, PRINTING OF ADDITIONAL COPIES offered the following prayer: That the plan for works of improvement for OF HEARINGS, COMMITI'EE ON the northeast tributaries of Leon River EDUCATION AND LABOR Almighty, gracious, and Holy God, watershed, Texas, submitted to the Speaker who, from the hearts and souls of men of the House of Representatives by Executive Mr. HAYS. Mr. Speaker, by direction art able to draw forth true great­ Communication 1331 and referred to the of the Committee on House Administra­ ness; so enlighten in us our understand­ Committee on Agriculture pursuant to sec­ tion, I call up House Resolution 510. ing of Thee that we shall at all times tion 2 of the Watershed Protection and Flood The Clerk read as follows: Prevention Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1002), sense the presence in our lives of this Resolved, That there be printed for the seed of greatness which Thou hast so is hereby approved. Approved March 22, 1962. use of the Committee on J:ducation and graciously sown in us at our creation. Labor one thousand additional copies of part Help us to nourish and to bring to RESOL UTXON APPROVYNG THE WoRK PLAN FOR 1 of the hearings held by that committee on maturity those things we know to be PINE CREEK WATERSHED, TENNESSEE the impact of imports and exports on em­ ployment. truly great in Thy sight: Love of Thee, Be it resolved by the Committee on Agri­ love of our fellow man, and love of the culture of the House of Representatives, The resolution was agreed to. truth; so that with these elements of That the plan for works of improvement for A motion to reconsider was laid on the spiritual health we may more vigorously the Pine Creek watershed, Tennessee, sub­ table. pursue the responsibilities that lie be­ mitted to the Speaker of the House of Rep­ foreus. resentatives by Executive Communication 1331 and referred to the Committee on Agri­ PRINTING OF ADDITIONAL COPIES We make our prayer in the sincere culture pursuant to section 2 of the Water­ hope that, in Thy good time, all nations shed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, OF CIVIL DEFENSE HEARINGS of men will accept these Thy gifts, and as amended (U.S.C. 1002), is hereby approved. Mr. HAYS. Mr. Speaker, by direction take the place Thou hast prepared for Approved March 22, 1962. of the Committee on House Administra- 1962 ' CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 4979 tion, I call UP House Concurrent Resolu­ out "one hundred thousand" and insert in PRINTING OF HOUSE DOCUMENT tion 405. lieu thereof "two hundred thousand." 118, ENTITLED "THE HOUSE COM­ The Clerk read as follow~: The amen~ent was agreed to. MITTEE ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIV­ Resolved by the House of Representatives The resolution as amended was agreed to. . . ITIES, WHAT IT IS-WHAT IT (the Senate . concurri~g), That there · be DOES" printed for the use of the House Committee · A motion to reconsider was laid on on Government Operations five tholiffand the table. Mr. HAYS. Mr. Speaker, by direction additional copies of the committee print of the Committee on House Administra­ "Civil Defense-1961, Hearings · Before a tion, I call up House Resolution 542. Subcommittee of the Committee on Govern­ PRINTING OF PARTS I, n, AND m The Clerk read the resolution, as fol­ ment Operations, :Bouse of Representatives, OF HEARINGS ON SMALL BUSI­ lows: August 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, and 9, 1961," issued by . NESS PROBLEMS thJ Committee on Government Operatioll$ Resolved, That there be printed for the use during the Eighty-seventh Congress, first Mr. HAYS. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Un-American Activities session. of the Committee on House Adminis­ thirty-five thousand additional copies · of tration, I call up House Concurrent House Document Numbered 118, Eighty-sixth The resolution was agreed to. Resolution 419. Congress, first session, entitled "The House A motion to reconsider was laid on the The Clerk read the concurrent res­ Committee on Un-American Activities, What table. olution, as follows: It Is-What It Does". Resolved by the House of Representatives The resolution was agreed to. PRINTING OF ADDITIONAL COPIES (the Senate concurring), That there shall A motion to reconsider was laid on the OF VETERANS' BENEFITS CALCU­ be printed for the use of the Select Com­ table. mittee on Small Business, House of Rep­ LATOR resentatives, one thousand five hundred ad­ Mr. HAYS. Mr. Speaker, by direction ditional copies of parts I, II, and III, of PRINTING OF HOUSE REPORT EN­ of the Committee on House Administra­ Hearings on Small Business Problems in the TITLED "MANIPULATION OF PUB­ tion, I call up House Concurrent Resolu­ Poultry Industry, Eight-seventh Congress, LIC OPINION BY ORGANIZATIONS first session. tion 25. UNDER CONCEALED CONTROL OF The Clerk read as follows: The concurrent resolution was agreed THE COMMUNIST PARTY" to. Resolved by the House of Representative Mr. HAYS. Mr. Speaker, by direction (The Senate concurrtng), That after the con­ A motion to reconsider was laid on clusion of the second session of the Eighty­ the table. of the Committee on House Administra­ seventh Congress there shall be printed fifty tion, I call up House Concurrent Resolu­ thousand two hundred and forty additional tion 412. copies of a Veterans' Benefits Calculator pre­ PRINTING OF "INAUGURAL AD­ The Clerk read the concurrent resolu­ pared by the Veterans' Affairs Committee DRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF tion, as follows: of which two thousand copies shall be for THE UNITED STATES FROM the use of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, Resolved by the House of Representatives GEORGE WASHINGTON TO JOHN (the Senate concurring), That there be two thousand copies for the use of the Com­ F. KENNEDY" mittee on Finance, thirty-seven thousand printed for the use of the Committee on Un;.. four hundred and eighty-five copies for the Mr. HAYS. Mr. Speaker, by direction American Activities ten thousand additional use of the House of Representatives, and of the House Committee on Administra­ cop1es each of parts 1 and 2 of the House eighty thousand seven hundred and fifty­ tion, I call up House Concurrent Resolu­ Report Numbered 1282, Eighty-seventh Con­ five copies for the use of the Senate. gress, first sesston, entitled "Manipulation of tion 451. Public Opinion by Organizations Under Con­ Mr. SCHENCK. Mr. Speaker, will the The Clerk read the concurrent res­ cealed Control of the Communist Party". olution, as follows: gentleman yield? The concurrent resolution was agreed Mr. HAYS. I yield. Resolved by the House of Representatives to. Mr. SCHENCK. This means that the (the Senate concurring), That there be printed, with illustrations, twenty-seven A motion to reconsider was laid on the number of copies sent to Representatives thousand two hundred additional copies of table. will be automatically distributed on a pro House Document 218, Eighty-Seventh Con­ rata basis. gress, first session, entitled "Inaugural Ad­ Mr. HAYS. They will be placed to the dresses of the Presidents of the United States PRINTING OF HEARINGS RELATING credit of the Members in the filing room from George Washington to John F. Ken­ TO H.R. 4700, TO AMEND SECTION and each one will be so notified. nedy", of which twenty-two thousand and 11 OF THE SUBVERSIVE ACTIVI­ Mr. SCHENCK. I thank the gentle­ fifty copies shall be for the use of the House TIES CONTROL ACT OF 1950 man. of Representatives, and five thousand one hundred and fifty copies shall be for the Mr. HAYS. Mr. Speaker, by direction The resolution was agreed to. use of the Senate. A motion to reconsider was laid on of the Committee on House Administra­ the table. The concurrent resolution was agreed tion, I call up House Concurrent Reso­ to. lution 414. A motion to reconsider was laid on the The Clerk read the concurrent resolu­ PRINTING OF ADDITIONAL COPIES table. tion, as follows: OF PUBLICATION "OUR FLAG" Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That there be Mr. HAYS. Mr. Speaker, by direction PRINTING OF "HEARINGS RELAT­ printed for the use of the Committee -.n of the Committee on House Administra­ ING TO REVISION OF H.R. 9120 AND Un-American Activities ten thousand addi­ tion I call up House Concurrent Resolu­ H.R. 5751, TO AMEND THE SUBVER­ tional copies of "Hearings Relating to H.R. tion 408. SIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL ACT 4700, To Amend Section 11 of the Subver­ The Clerk read as follows: OF 1950" sive Activities Control Act of 1950, as Amended (the Fund for Social Analysis)", Resolved. by the House of Representatives Mr. HAYS. Mr. Speaker, by direction (the Senate concurring). That the publica­ Eighty-seventh Congress, first session. of the Committee on House Administra­ tion entitled "Our Flag", publ1shed by the The concurrent resolution was agreed Office of Armed Forces Information and Ed­ tion, I call up House Resolution 541. ucation, Department of Defense, be printed The Clerk read the resolution, as fol­ to. with illustrations as a House document; and lows: A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. that two hundred thousand additional copies Resolved., That there be printed for the be printed, of which one hundred thousand use o! the Committee on Un-American Ac­ shall be for the use of the House of Repre­ tivities fifteen thousand additional copies of PRINTING OF "GUIDE TO SUBVER­ sentatives, and one hundred thousand shall "Hearings Relating to Revision of H.R. 9120 be for the use of the Senate. and H.R. 5751, To Amend the Subversive Ac­ SIVE ORGANIZATIONS AND PUB­ With the following committee amend­ tivities Control Act of 1950", Eighty-seventh LICATIONS" ments: Congress, first session. Mr. HAYS. Mr. Speaker, by direction Page 1; line 5, strike out "two ·hundred The resolution was agreed to. of the Committee on House Administra­ thousand" and insert in lieu thereof "three A motion to reconsider was laid on the tion, I call up House Concurrent Reso­ hundred thousand"; and on line 6, strike table. lution 416. CVIII-314 4980 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-· HOUSE March 26 The Clerk read the concurrent resolu­ This bill also would make one minor While there is a ·real justification and tion, as follows: substantive alteration in the association's need to adjust depreciation schedules to Resolved by the House of Representatives charter. This modification, which was the useful life of business and industrial (the Senate concurring), That the publica­ requested by the association, would equipment, there is little justification to tion entitled "Guide to Subversive Organiza­ merely change the number of persons the award of tax credits for ·the pro­ tions and Publications", prepared by the who may serve on its board of governors. curement of facilities on a basis notre­ Committee on Un-American Activities, An identical bill has been reported by lated to their life expectancy. The tax House of Representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, first session, be printed as a House the Senate Judiciary Committee and credit is merely a tax saving loophole document; and that there be printed one placed on the Senate Calendar. with tax losses grossly out of line to any hundred thousand additional copies of said The bill was ordered to be engrossed aid to the Nation's economy. document of which sixty-five thousand shall and read a third time, was read the thircl be ·for the use of said committee and thirty-: time, and passed, and a motion to recon­ five thousand shall be prorated to the Mem­ sider was laid on the table. SALUTE TO SENATOR DOUGLAS ON bers of the House of Representatives and the IDS BffiTHDAY ~nate for . a period of ninety days after which time the unused balance shall revert TAX CREDITS AND DEPRECIATION Mr. REUSS. Mr. Speaker, I ask to the Committee on Un-American Activi­ ALJ.£JW ANCES unanimous consent to address the House ties. Mr. VANIK. Mr. Speaker, I ask for 1 minute and to revise and extend The concurrent resolution was agreed unanimous consent to address the House my remarks. to. for 1 minute and to revise and extend The SPEAKER. Is there objection A motion to reconsider was laid on my remarks. to the request of the gentleman from the table. The SPEAKER. Is there objection Wisconsin? to the request of the gentleman from There was no objection. Ohio? Mr. REUSS. Mr. Speaker, today is the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DAY There was no objection. 70th birthday of a great public servant, Mr. VANIK. Mr. Speaker, in connec­ Senator PAuL DouGLAS, of Illinois. I The SPEAKER. This is District day. tion with the discussion this week on the have been privileged to serve with the The Chair recognizes the gentleman Senator on the Joint Economic Commit­ from south carolina [Mr. McMILLAN]. tax credit provisions of the Revenue Act of 1962, a great deal will be said of the tee. I have come to know him as a tower need to increase our depreciation and of moral and intellectual strength. A incentive allowances. Much will be man of devotion to principle and to hard GRANTING THE AMERICAN NUMIS':' made of the higher rates and shorter pe- work, his leadership in the fight for the MATIC ASSOCIATION PERPETUAL riods of depreciation for industrial public interest in all legislation is an in­ SUCCESSION equipment and plant in other countries, spiration to his colleagues. I know that all Members of the House Mr. McMILLAN. Mr. Speaker, by di­ particularly in the Common Market countries. will want to join with me on this occa­ rection of. the House Committee on the sion in saluting him for his past service District of Col urn bia, I call up H.R. It must be noted, however, that there is a definite relationship between the size and in extending best wishes for the 10573. future. · The Clerk read the bill, as follows: .of depreciation allowances and the sta­ bility of the government. In countries I include as part of my remarks an Be it enacted ·by the Senate and House of where the free enterprise system is in editorial from today's Washington Post Representatives of the United States of . greater danger, the rate and amount of which gives a brief outline of his in­ America in Congress assembled, That (a) spiring career: section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to allowable depreciation must necessarily incorporate the American Numismatic As­ be increased. In light of current devel­ PoLnnCAL PROFESSOR sociation", approved May 9, 1912 (37 Stat. opments in Argentina. a complete depre­ When PAUL DoUGLAS switched in mid­ 108), is amended by striking out "succession ciation of investment in 1 year or even career from professor · to politician, he of fifty years, save as hereinafter provided." 1 day would not be a sufficient induce­ brought to the U.S. Senate the best fruits and inserting in lieu thereof "perpetual ment for industrial development. of an academic background and of experi­ succession.". ence as a fighting member of the U.S. Marin_e Frankly, while there is considerable Corps. These embraced an exceptional blend (b) Section 5 of such Act is amended by validity to the updating of depreciation inserting immediately after "vested in a of intelligence and education, of courage and board of" the following: "not less than". allowances in the United States, the need toughness. Few Members of the Senate is not as critical as appears by most pub- match this grasp of public atfairs; few rival Mr. McMILLAN. Mr. Speaker, by an licized comparisons. In the United his readiness to do battle valiantly for so act of May 9, 1912, Congress granted a States, as well as in England, an indus­ great a variety of causes--civil rights anp Federal charter to the American Numis- trial investment has a greater expect­ conservation, tax reform and governmental economy, social security and economic de- matic Association, as a corporation in ancy of full usefulness than it has in velopment. · the District of Columbia, for a period of most other countries. In this century For a quarter century, PAUL DoUGLAS was 50 years. As this term will expire on and because of the devastation of war, an eminent member of the University of May 9 of this year, H.R. 10573 seeks to · the industrial plant life of most Euro­ Chicago's Economics Department, a distin­ confer a perpetual charter upon this pean countries has not exceeded 20 years. guished writer in his professional field and organization. Quite obviously, Belgium, the Nether- a lively participant in local etforts to create good government. He joined the Marines The American Numismatic Associa- lands, Italy, and Germany have had to as a private in 1942, when he was 50, for a tion was founded in 1881 as a nonprofit adjust through necessity to this reality. characteristic reason-because he couldn't organization, and presently consists of · The investment tax credit proposed bear to stay safe at home when he had urged more than 22,200 members in all 50 .by the Revenue Act of 1962 when com­ others to fight--and came out a lieutenant States and in a number of foreign coun- bined with existing depreciation allow­ colonel having been wounded twice, at tries. Its activities include the span- ances would raise American depreciation Peleliu and Okinawa. Few men better exem­ soring of an annual Coin Week, during schedules for industrial equipment with­ plify the ideal of the Marines expressed not long ago· by its Commandant, Gen. David which the 350 local clubs are encouraged in striking distances of Italy, Belgium, Shoup, as a corps of men who fight, without to present public coinage displays, with and the Netherlands and place them far hate, for what they believe to be right. emphasis upon the historical and cul- ahead of England, Canada, Japan, Senator DouGLAS will observe his 70th tural significance of numismatics. France, and West Germany. This con- birthday today in his 14th year as a U.S. This is a particularly appropriate year elusion is based upon consideration of Senator. We congratulate hin. warmly; and to confer perpetual succession upon this a 10-year asset within a 5-year period. we wish the country many more years of his worthy association, because next Au- Frankly, where the Government pro­ useful service. gust 15-18 the American Numismatic vides more security to business and the Association together with the Canadian free enterprise system, the tax contribu­ Numismatic Association will hold a joint tion of industry, and business can be GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY convention in Detroit, Mich., the first rightfully greater than it is in countries Mr. O'HARA of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, such international convention ever held in which a lesser responsibility is under- I ask unanimous consent to extend my in the United States. taken. remarks at this point in the RECORD. 196fJ CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-·HOUSE 4981 The SPEAKER. Is there objection That she may obtain that rank is the object t;he period, choirs singing Greek and Ameri­ of our most ardent wishes. can hymns, and talks by Stephanos Rocanas, to the request of the gentleman from Greek consul general here, Cedric Foster, a Illinois? Although official U.s. intervention was radio commentator, and Mayor Daley;· There was no objection. not to be forthcoming, our citizenry con­ The choir represented 100 voices from 10 Mr. O'HARA of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, tributed both money and American man­ Greek Orthodox churchs ln Chicago and on this 141st anniversary of Greek In­ hood to the cause of Greek independence. was led by George Demopulos of St. Constan­ dependence Day we commemorate what, It is altogether fitting that this should tili Church, 7351 Stony Island Avenue. in a sense, was the rebirth of a great na­ have been the case. The debt of Western Evzones American Legion Post 1039 posted tion. culture to Greek ideas and ideals is mon­ the colors. · Ancient Greece gained and lost her Yesterday had been proclaimed Greek In­ umental, and the discharge of this debt dependence Day in Chicago by Mayor Daley, independence even before the birth of has produced a continuous and deep­ The celebration was sponsored by the Greek Christ, and men who today assemble to seated rapprochement between Greece Orthodox communities and the Federated ponder the great questions of our time and the rest of the Christian world. The Committee of Hellenic American Organiza­ might well reflect that Greek history, United States in particular bas con­ tions in Chicago. before the Christian era even began, is tributed mightily to, and benefited great­ The 16 Greek Orthodox churches in the rich with triumphs and tribulations ly from, this course of events. area. combined the patriotic celebration with which mirror many of the same enigmas observance of a religious holiday, the An­ confronting us in this hour-the threat TRUMAN GIVES HELP WHEN NEEDED nunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. of foreign domination, colonialism, fed­ Toward the end of freedom and sta­ Mass was said in all the churches and eralism, and the preservation and exten­ bility for postwar Greece, President Tru­ Bishop Alml11anos omciated at a service in sion of a democratic form of government. man in 1947 conceived and executed, in the morning in Annunciation Cathedral, 1017 the doctrine which bears his name, a North La Salle Street. Western political thought, indeed all Dr. Basil Photos served as chairman of the of Western culture, owes an inestimable brilliant counterstroke to Communist patriotic celebration. Peter. Gianukes was debt to the statesmen and thinkers of ravishment of the stricken nation. This treasurer and John Damianos was secretary. pre-Christian Hellas. . One of our own vital infusion of economic and military The celebration recalled the day in 1821 eloquent statesmen, Daniel Webster, paid aid enabled Greece to maintain that in­ when Archbishop Germa.nos hoisted a Greek tribute to this debt as he pleaded for dependence which had been won at so fiag in a monastery west of Athens to mark American support of the Greek War of great a cost, and she has since taken her the beginning of the revolution against the Independence. He declared that: place as a member of NATO and a full­ , which had enslaved the :tledged partner in the Western alliance. Greek people for 400 years. This free form of government, this popu­ The revolution continued throughout the lar assembly, the common council held for The United States has in turn received country until the fall of 1826, when inde­ the common good, where have we contem­ immeasurable contributions from the pendence was achieved. Greece became a plated its earliest models? This practice of who have come to this country. kingdom in 1830. free debate, and public discussion, the con­ The first immigrant arrived in 1848, and test of mind with mind, and that popular today over 600,000 persons of Greek de­ HISTORY LINKED WITH PROUD PRESENT eloquence, which, if it were now here, on a scent live among us. By their industry, Let us remember that this anniversary subject like this, would move the stones of thrift, and adaptability, they have over­ of Greek independence marks both a the Capitol-whose was the language in come the deficiencies in education and stirring history and· a proud present-­ which all these were first exhibited? Even the rebirth of freedom in a nation where the edifice in which we assemble, these ·pro­ vocational training which handicapped portioned columns, this ornamental architec­ the early voyagers to our shores. Greco­ the :tlame had never been completely ex­ tural, all remind us that Greece has existed, Americans are now a valuable and ac­ tinguished, and the inception of a valu­ and that we, like the rest of mankind, are cepted element in American life, and able partnership in the Western Alliance greatly her debtors. they have also maintained a sufficient for the maintenance of freedom now. DESTINY OF GREECE ENTWINED WITH OURS cognizance of their own culture to re­ The sons of Greece who are among us mind us all of their proud history. today are perhaps our most poignant re­ In truth it does seem that fate has minders of this history. irrevocably entwined the destiny of Famous Greek names among us range Greece with that of the United States from the immortal Harry Agannis in the and the continental powers. Greece was world of sport to. Dimitri Mitropo~os, first subjugated by the Roman Empire in former conductor of the New York MEDICAL CARE FOR THE AGED the second century B.C., and from that Philharmonic Orchestra. The SPEAKER. Under previous or­ time, for more than 1,900 years, she The Second Congressional District der of the House, the gentleman from fought bitterly yet unsuccessfully for has many evidences of Greek culture Oregon [Mr. DuRNol is recognized for 90 her independence. Finally, 141 years and that quality of perfectionism minutes. ago, in the early years of a century identified with the Greek tradition. The Mr. DURNO. Mr. Speaker, I have to­ which was to become known as an era Church of Saint Constantin is the largest day asked for a special order of 90 min­ of national revolutions, the continuity in Chicago, in­ utes to continue the discussion of the of centuries of alien domination was deed one of the largest in the Nation. problems of the aging. shattered by the Greek War of . Inde­ Among its parjsbj.oners are leaders in I listened attentively, and thoroughlY pendence. The Turkish yoke was cast medicine, law, education, politics, busi­ appreciated and enjoyed the remarks aside, and with no small measure of ness, and charity. _Among those who made last Monday, under special orders, thanks to naval assistance from France, have carried on in the tradition of by the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. Great Britain, and Russia. Thermopylae, the name of a decorated CuRTIS] and· those of my colleague from U.S. sympathy for the insurgents was hero of who sleeps in Michigan [Mr. DINGELL]. expressed not only in the Halls of Con­ Arlington Cemetery comes to my mind­ I did not seek recognition during their gress, but by President Monroe himself. George Dilboy. presentation; I would ask that I be ex­ In his message to Congress which set CHICAGO'S OBSERVANCE OF DAY tended the same courtesy. We will have down the famous Monroe Doctrine, he Mayor Daley proclaimed Sunday plenty of time for a question and answer stated: March 25 Greek Ind~pendence Day in period at the conclusion of each section A strong hope has been entertained, Chicago. I include an article from of my·remarks, or when I conclude. - · founded on the heroic struggle of the the Chicago Tribune of March 26 I propose to divide my statement into Greeks, that they would succeed in their describing the ceremonies which marked five titles. - · contest and resume their _e,qua.l station Title I wili be given over to -some gen­ among the nations of the earth. It is be­ the occasion: lieved that the whole civilized world takes GREEKS MARK INDEPENDENCE - DAY IN RITES eralized remarks concerning the overall a. deep interest in their welfare '! • • their More than 4,000 Chicagoans of Greek an­ problems of the aging. cause and their name have protected them cestry attended a program in Medinah Tem­ _Title n will present my credentials to from dangers which might, ere this, have ple yesterday marking the 141st anniversary the House; my authority to speak. · overwhelmed any other people ~ - -• •- there Title m will establish my position as is good cause to believe that their enemy has of Greek independence. lost forever all .domination- o! them; that The colorful celebration included. scores a doctor-Co~ressman. My relation ·to Greece ,wilJ. become an. independent nation. o! dancers dresse

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE · March 26 4984 ...... ·'... .' On page 1, lines 3 and 4, are these areas for services rendered by interns attained the age of 65 and is entitled words: and residents in training. to ·monthly insurance benefits -under That this Act may _be cited as the "Health Third. Mr. Speaker, I inSist that this section 202~" · Insurance Benefits Act of 1961." will result in the practice of medicine Because of these limitations, it is esti­ by the hospital. By the back door of mated that as many as 4.5 million Here propaganda enters and truth dis­ the hospital, through placing the four people over the age of 65 would not be appears. categories of doctors mentioned on a covered under this program. A tidal wave of carefully planned contract basis with the hospital. Section 1606 through 1611 define out propaganda has swept over the country, Fourth. This bill does provide for the the rules and regulations governing the organizing ·senior citizen groups under practice of medicine to that extent. It provider of these services. These sec­ the delusion that this "health insurance" is unfair, it is discriminatory, it will al- tiorts are technical details that are un­ -will care for their medical needs during ter the concept of freedom of choice, will important to this discussion. their twilight years. This is the com­ divide medicine, and put hospitals of- Section 1612 provides for the creation mon understanding of the majority of ficially in the field of medical practice. of a health insurance advisory council. our citizens s.s to what is being ·offered Fifth. The bill does not provide for the This section I heartily endorse. them. services of a private duty nurse. The remainder of the bill sets up a Public relations firms are hired to ex-­ Section 1603 takes up skilled nursing Federal social security trust fund, spec- pand upon this great exaggeration of home services. · i:fies the technical details of its man- promises, which will not "be fulfilled. Under ( 1) and I quote: agement, and revises the tax schedule Title I contains the health-benefit Nursing care provided by or under the upward under amendments to the In­ provisions, along with the table of con­ supervision of a registered professional nurse, ternal Revenue Code of 1954. tents and the findings and declaration or provided by or under the supervision of a The increase of the tax is gradual of purpose. licensed practical nurse. through the sixties. After December 31, Title XVI, sec. 1601, contains the "pro­ My criticism: It places on the same 1968, the rate shall be 4% percent on the hibition against interference" clause level registered and practical nurses. In wage earner up to $5,000 of his wages. which is supposed to protect the prac­ the main, their education, their train- A similar effective rate increase would tice of medicine, or the manner in which ing·, their abilities are totally different. be levied against the employer. · medical services are provided, against This is a dangerous, impractical sec- Thus on January 1, 1969, the tax rate the pressures of government. I wonder tion. would be 9% percent of $5,000 for pur- if there is anyone here so naive as to Section 2-6 provide essentially the poses of social security. Secretary Ribi­ believe that we, as a Congress, after same services except that of doctors, tl:\at coff brought up the probable necessity to authorizing and approving this act, in­ section 1602 provides. I have no objec- increase the wage limit taxed to $5,200 volving hundreds of millions, probably · tions to these general provisions. in the hearings. In the case of the self- billions of dollars, would not have the Section 1603 describes rules for home · employed the rate would be 7% percent desire, yes, and the responsibility to see health services. on the same date. that the money expended was used ac­ I have no objection to this section C And so, Mr. Speaker, we come back to cording to the exact wording of this bill. except to point out that under "(1) for the socia~ sec~ity concept of hospital Section 1601 specifically says: part time or intermittent nursing care apd nur~mg_ ho.me c~r~ for th:e aged .. Except as o~herwise sp~fically provided, · provided for one under the supervision · The bill provides limited ~ssistance. m to exercise any ·supervision or control over of a registered professional nurse" five fields. These are hospita:l. nur~mg the administration or operation of any such eliminates the practical nurse. hom~. home care and outpatient diag- hospital, facillty, or agency. Why eliminate the practical nurse in nostic procedures ~nd · healt~ cent~rs. Mr. Speaker, should this bill pass, · the home health services, and place her on Up to 90. .days m a hospital WI~h a responsibility rests with the Congress. an equal status in subsection B, under $90 ~eductlble feature; 180 d~ys m .a We must see that the money taken is skilled nurses care? nursmg ho~e. home car~. and diagnostic from the general fund and not from the Under section 1603 (d), outpatient procedures .m the ~:mtpatient department working men and working women in hospital diagnostic services, the .bill of a. hospital, With the first $20 de· America. "limits these outpatient diagnostic serv- ductible. · . . Section 1602 provides a free choice of ices to a hospital, or by others under It would provide appr~ximately 25 per- facilities providing an agreement has arrangement with them made by a cent of the cost of medical care. . been reached with the facility. Not a hospital., __,. It would raise social security taxes to free choice, but a free choice among This obviously means the elimination 9% percent o~ January 1, 1969, and on those who conform. of all diagnostic procedures in the doc- a $5,000, possibly $5,200 salary. Section 1603 provides and describes in­ tor's office or the medical groups .or What will it cost? These :figures patient hospital services in four cate­ clinics scattered across the width and strangely vary a great deal. HEW says gories: breadth of our land. No hospital is $1.100 million by 1964. Insurance under­ No. 1. Bed and board with the $90 deduc­ going to relinquish the lush profits of writers say $2.5 billion during the same tible feature. their laboratories and diagnostic facili- period. · No. 2. Routine nursing, drugs, equipment ties. Not only is this unfair but it is the The New York Board of Trade using that is customarily furnished. practice of .medicine again by the hos- figures of the national healt~l survey for No. 3. Other diagnostic and therapeutic pitals as they practice with their staff, 1957-58 estimated costs for 1960 would items that are customarily furnished by in­ contract physicians within the hospital. have been $4.3 billion. hospital services. Section 1604 is concerned with de- These figures bear a direct relation- Number (3) however, excludes, and I ductible features and duration of serv- ship to expected cost and real cost of quote: ices. government medicine in Great Britain, No. 4. Medical or surgical services provided This brings to your attention once Canada and New Zealand. by a physician, resident, or intern, except again deduction of up to $90 for hos- The King-Anderson bill places the in the field of pathology, radiology, physiatry, pital admissions; deduction of $20 for total responsibility for financing on one or anesthesiology, and except services rend­ diagnostic services within the hospitals,· segment of our society. The working ered in the hospital by an intern, or a resi­ and the relationship of duration of serv- force and his counterpart should not be dent in training under a teaching program ices between inpatient hospital care and asked to bear this burden alone; rather approved by a recognized body approved for skilled home nursing care. through the General Fund, we should all the purposes by the Secretary. I would point out that section 1604 participate. First. I would point ·out that this "ap­ does not provide for the very services Next I want to tell you what the King­ proved body" is by the Secretary, of that are so vitally important to our Anderson bill will not do. Its inade­ Health, Education, and Welfare, not elder citizens; namely, catastrophic, quacy is best expressed in the negative. medicine, not hospital. longstanding chronic illness, to which First. It wUl not cover 3-4.5 million Second. This bill does provide for pay­ they are most prone. of the aged who are not under social ment of medical fees in four categories Section 1605 "entitlement to benefits" security. They .are the members Gf so­ and for payment in especially selected defines the beneficiary as "one who has ciety who need it most. I 1962 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 4985 . - Second. It will take care of many el- Fifth. One representing the Insurance process of establishing homes and fam­ . derly who can well afford to take care Underwriters of America . ilies, alo:e being asked to bear the full of themselves. This free ride on our tax Sixth. ·One representing the Blue burden of their elders, when in reality, it system is certainly unfair to the working- Cross Association. should be all of us. man who must foot the bill. · Seventh. One representing the Blue Once the method of financing is re­ Third. The pending bill would requii:e Shield Association. solved, I would. suggest increased empha­ everyone, regardless of income, to pay Eighth. One representing the Ameri­ sis on other aspects of the aging pro­ the same amount of taxes at the same can Osteopathic Association. gram. rate up to $5,000 of income. Ninth. One representing the Ameri­ First. There should be definite pro­ Fourth. This bill would wipe out the can Nursing Association. grams of self-help. great progress made by our private in­ Tenth. One representing the para­ Second. Revise the limitations of surance carriers in this field. There are medical groups. earnings upward. 9 million citizens over .65 with· such Eleventh. Three members from the Third. There should be insurance re­ policies. public at large. forms at both State and National levels. . Fifth. The pending bill would not The Commission would study and in­ Fourth. There should be increased cover the cost of a doctor's service at vestigate all of the present activities in Federal aid and loan programs at lowest home, office, or except under certain cir- · which Federal aid is extended to State possible interest to encourage housing cumstances, in the hospital. and local governments for the medical for the elderly and especially for the Sixth. The pending bill would not care of the aged. · construction of multipurpose nursing cover surgeon's fees, or dental bills. The Commission would also evaluate homes and convalescence hospitals. Seventh. The pending bill would not and correlate the 2,281 pages of testi­ And finally, Mr. Speaker, I arise in the cover medicine outside a hospital or mony presented to the Ways and Means defense of my profession of medicine. I nursing home. Committee last year. have spoken to thousands. I have re­ Eighth. This bill provides nothing for The Commission might want to pre­ ceived letters from hundreds of prac­ preventive medicine. No consideration sent a majority and minority report. To ticing physicians and I assure you.-·that is given to keeping the elderly person the extent found feasible, )lowever, the they are in agreement with the recom­ happy and well. This type of care is plan should contain the following basic mendations and conclusions that I have much more important among the aging elements: expressed here today. This has been ·than it· is during the productive years of First. It should be voluntary. particularly noticeable since my intro­ ones life. Second. It should be in accordance duction of H.R. 10513. Ninth. And finally, it will fail to pro­ with the ability to pay as evidenced by Mr. DEROUNIAN. Mr. Speaker, will vide up to 75 percent of the cost of medi­ the amount of' income tax paid, with the the gentleman yield? cal care. It is totally inadequate in the Federal and State Governments contrib­ Mr. DURNO. I yield to the gentle­ field that it should protect most. The uting the amount of the cost beyond the man from New York. aged are in hospitals 2 Y2 times as much ability of the individual to pay. Mr. DEROUNIAN. Mr. Speaker, I as younger people. They are prone to Third. It should -provide adequate have listened to the gentleman's analy­ long chronic wasting diseases of degen­ medical care,. including the cost of cata­ sis of the bill H.R. 4222. I think it is · erative character. To this kind of care strophic illness. something that had to be done. There it is seriously inadequate. Fourth. It should be administered . is too little known about what this bill TITLE V through nongovernmental insurance does not do. The gentleman's comments companies. Because ·I felt that there was grave that it supplies only 25 percent of the Fifth. It should be a simple basic in­ average medical expense of a family are danger in the King-Anderson bill; be­ surance contract stated in a concise un- cause I felt there was little likelihood very pertinent. Does not the gentleman derstandable manner. • agree that last year in a hearing before that H.R. 4222 would be passed out of Sixth. It should provide that the con­ Ways and Means Committee this year, the Committee on Ways and Means Sec­ tract be available to all qualified in­ retary Ribicoff stated that in his opinion and because I felt there had been ample surance companies on an individual or and expert testimony presented to the a 10-percent contribution was about all cooperative rbasis so as to spread par­ the social security fund would stand? Committee by individuals and interested ticipation in the plan as widely as organizations, I am presenting my con­ Mr. DURNO. I was attending the cept of medical care for the aged in H.R. possible throughout the United States. hearing on that day. Secretary Ribi­ 10513. Seventh. It should provide for a coff did say that 10 percent would be My bill is relatively simple, yet I think permanent advisory committee charged the saturation point for the social it might resolve all the differences, the with reporting to the Congress annually security tax. on changing costs and changing medical Mr. DEROUNIAN. I thank -the gentle­ confusion, and the conflicting recom­ techniques. men~ations which have been made to the man for his contribution to the under­ Congress in the course of its considera­ Eighth. The Commission, not later standing of this problem. tion of the problem of medical care of than January 31, 1963, shall submit to Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, will the· the aged. the President for transmittal to the Con­ gentleman yield? My proposal is similar to a bill intro­ gress its final report, including recom­ Mr. DURNO. I yield to the gentle­ duced by Representative FoGARTY, but is mendations for legislative action. man from Missouri. confined to medical care alone. I think Ninth. Six months after the transmit­ Mr. HALL. I have listened with a this problem is of such magnitude to tal to Congress of the final report, the great deal of interest, as a fellow fresh­ require the full attention of a national Commission shalt cease to exist. man elected to this House, to this very advisory medical commission. The technical details have not been ti:oely and worthwhile speech by my This medical commission would have brought up as I consider them irrelevant distinguished professiona~ colleague 21 members appointed by the President. and not important to this discussion. from Oregon. I know not only of his They would be those people and those Mr. Speaker, I would conclude my re­ own qualifications under title II of his groups who know most about the so­ marks by saying that I am deeply sincere speech but also of his extensive war ciological, economic, and medical aspects in my.efforts to resolve this highly com­ experience, his able work as a legis­ of the program. plex and complicated sociological prob­ lator and founder of the Blue Cross and The commission would be composed of lem that has in its background econom- · Blue Shield principle in the State of 21 appointees, and would be: ics and health. Oregon, but his work with State health First. Three from the Federal Gov­ I am saddened that it has become a in general and his long practice in ernment. political issue. particular. Second. Three from State govern­ My concern is for the people involved. I think it is well at this time to dis­ ment. Our elders, caught in an economic cuss just a little bit further the question Third. Three from the American Hos­ squeeze, should be enjoying their golden of H.R. 4222. pital Association. years, full of rich maturity and in many I would like to know if th;) gentle­ Fourth. Three from the American cases productivity. Our youngsters, in man from Oregon, a distinguished Medical Association. the work force of our country and in the physician and surgeon, would agree that 4986 CONGRESSIONAL R~CORD - -HOJJSE Marek 26 outside of the-questien of helping our­ ties-there have been 2,281 pages of have withheld .from their salaries a cer­ selves, our own families, our own kin, testimony before the Cominittee on Ways tain proportion of their wages, match securing help where needed at county and Means on this problem las·t summer the Salaries 'of their employees creating and State levels before the Federal Gov­ and these are all experts on medical a fund for the:caie of an; by discrimina- ernment participates, maybe H.R. 4222 care.. They are people in -the field of . ton' means of reaching a certain age, is totally unnecessary. I think it is hospitals, they are people in the field of whether or not these people, indeed, are totally unnecessary. If the gentleman medicine, they are people in the field of in need of that care. · will yield further, this proposed coml government, they are people in the You have further pointed out beauti­ pulsory Federal health program, which field of labor, they are people in the field fully, in my opinion, Dr. DURNo, the fact alleges to supply over 25 percent exten­ · of Blue Cross and Blue Shie1d and in that this is engaging in COrPorate prac­ sive and expensive service to those the Insurance Underwriters of America. tice to the tune of 40,000 or 50,000 esti­ drawing social security benefits, would Now the Committee on Ways ·and mated physicians that work in hospitals, not do this· at all, as the gentleman has Means is a tremendous committee, a such as the radiologists, the anesthe­ so beautifully pointed out. .- · wonderful committee. But it has a tre­ tists, the pathologists, the physiother­ And a person who cannot pay 75 per­ mendous amount of duties to perform in apists, and the others. CorPorate cent of their charges and has a $90 this session of the Congress. I was. practice is not in our modern system deduction from hospital care, certainly, doubtfut as to whether or not further of medicine, and this was a finding of the cannot pay the 100 percent, and may consideration would be given to that bill, Hess committee, a self-censuring com­ need help in the 75-percent area as well and so in an effort to get something mittee of the American Medical Associa­ as in the 25-percent area. Now this is which would really be worthwhile and tion years ago. You have very aptly, a fact of record and one of broad accept­ which would strike at tlie heart of the I think, dubbed it as the 25 percent bill. ance. I believe the gentleman would problem, I am proposing my measure. ...-And, certainly they brought out that it agree with me that the proof is in the Mr. LANGEN. Mr. Spea~er, will the brings in not only big government, col­ broad accepta11;ce of the Kerr-Mills bill gentleman yield? lective government, but a certain amount which is a statute of record of the 86th Mr. DURNO. I yield to the gentleman of interference and also that it elimi­ Congress, by acceptance in the various from Minnesota. nates freedom of choice. For these rea­ States. This law went into effect less Mr. LANGEN. I want to take this sons alone we would not like the bill and than 1% years ago, October 1, 1960, to time to compliment my colleague, the perhaps second the motion and· associate be exact and in the ensuing period 27 distinguished gentleman from Oregon, ourselves with your idea that much of States have endorsed it completely and for the very eloquent and excellent man­ it is perhaps political gain. 11 others now have it under active con­ ner in which he has documented for the I would like to call your attention, sideration and are taking advantage of Members of the House this material on just as you have in quoting a recent it. This existing law has two facets. a very significant and controversial book, to the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD for For one, it provides Federal funds to subject. AJ3 one who has had the op­ March 6 under the title of "Administra­ those States wanting to establish med­ portunity of serving with the gentleman tion Medical Proposal, a Mirage." That ical 2-ssistance for the aged for those on committees, I can truthfully say this is an expression we use out West for persons who can afford all normal living is only another· example of the very water in the desert when it·really is not expenses except those of medical care or precise and detailed manner in which he there. In involves an analysis by the catastrophic medical care as it is often approaches all of the problems that come Aetna Insurance Co. actuaries as to the referred to. before us. On today particularly, we 25-percent effectiveness of this bill. On the other hand, it provides match­ in the Congress and the people of the Further, if the gentleman would yield ing funds to those States desiring to United States should be grateful for the additionally, I would like to go back to improve the scope of the total medical contribution he has made by offering a the first session of this Congress, to the benefits for the aging who are on old­ clarity and an understanding of this RECORD of September 7, under the gen­ age assistance rolls. So the Kerr-Mills problem which obviously needs the at­ eral title of "Operation Survival," where bill, of course, is an addition to all the tention and serious consideration of the some of these things are clearly laid out other State health programs, many of Congress. that would be detrimental and constitute which are excellent, built on this own Mr. DURNO. I thank the gentleman a further hoax on the puBlic. Congress' existing vendor bill, if you from Minnesota very much for those I certainly want to thank the gentle­ please. The law places administrative very kind remarks. man for what he has done today and responsibility there at the local level May I add one more thing for the associate myself with everything except where it belongs. It gives aid to people RECORD, because I think the people per­ those portions with which he has dissoci­ who actually need it and not just to haps will be reading it. They may won­ ated himself. And, perhaps the new bill, those of an arbitrarily chosen age group. der where they can get some impersonal which I have not had the opportunity Then, on top of this, the AMA which facts and figures and statistics that are to study, btit if it involves such princi­ does provide the personal services known not oriented around the whipping boy; ples as being voluntary and according to as doctor care, among the total of med­ the AMA, but are part of a release by the ability to pay and the need and the ade­ ical cost, have gone in with the Blue Blue Cross Association and the Ameri­ quate care of the people and the avail­ Shield organization and recently an­ can Hospital Association. This is a ability to all, spread across the country, nounced a jointly sponsored program brandnew book entitled .. Financing of with commissions set up, and a clear, di­ under which any elderly .person in the the Health Care of the Aged, a Study rect report to the Congress, that part I lower income brackets can obtain a wide of the Dimensions of the Problem." It is am certainly endorsing. I thank the range, including catastrophic care bene­ in two parts, and I think it is available gentleman very much. fits for as little as $3 a month. I hope to anybody who would write to the Blue Mr. DURNO. I want to thank, again, the gentleman would agree with me Cross Association or the American Hos­ the gentleman from Missouri who, as I further that the social security system pital Association. have previously said, is so eminently proposal should) thereforeJ be stopped in Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, will the gen­ qualified in this field. He has contrib­ its tracks. tleman yield further? uted materially to the discussion of the I thank my colleague for yielding. Mr. DURNO. I will be happy to. problem here today. Mr. DURNO. I thank the distin­ Mr. HALL. I would like to rise again guished doctor, my fellow freshman col- to compliment the gentleman, as my col- RAILROAD MERGERS league in 'the Congress from Missouri. league before me has done, on the clear, He has served in many facets in medi­ succinct, and able way in which he has Mr. EVERETT. Mr. Speaker, I ask cine in peace and in war and is an au­ presented this . fact:finding, straight­ unanimous consent that the gentleman thority on this subject. I particularly from-the-shoulder, down-to-earth an­ from Ohio [Mr. AsHLEY] may extend his appreciate his remarks with respect to alysis of exactly where we stand and remarks at this point in the RECORD and the Kerr-Mills approach. I would point · particularly .has brought out the fact include extraneous matter. out to the gentleman the· reason I am that the existing legislation on the bill The SPEAKER. Is there objection bringing out this bill of mine is that H.R. 4222 would require the taxpayers to the request of the gentleman· from there has been so much confusion­ and the earners who are in a relative Tennessee? · there have been so many interested par- minoritY, now, to pay and be taxed and There was no objection. 1962 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 4987 Mr. ASlll.JEY. Mr. Speaker, it is my Mr. ALGER. public notice of settlements in patent Inter­ Mr. BERRY. ferences"; to the Committee on the Judi­ belief that the present railroad merger ciary. movement has reached such an extensive Mr. BALDWIN. 1854. A letter from the Attorney General, scale that it now has become a real threat (The following Members of Commerce, transmitting a draft of a pro­ the Committee on Education and Labor on Mr. FINO. posed bill entitled "A bill to provide for the impact of imports and exports; without 4988" CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE · March 26 amendinent· (Rept.' No. 1491). Ordered to Papers. House Report No. 1503. Report on By Mr. McFALL: - be printed. the disposition of certain papers of sundry H.R: 10915. A .bill to amend title 38, United Mr. HAYS: Committee on House Admin­ · executive departments. Ordered to be States Code, to establish a Court of Veterans' istration. House Concurrent Resolution 405. printed. Appeals and to prescribe its jurisdiction and Concurrent resolution ·authorizing the print­ functions; to the Committee on Veterans' ing of additional copies of hearings on civil Affairs. defense for the Committee on Government PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ·By Mr. MATHIAS: Operations; without amendment (Rept. No. Under clause 4 of rule XXII, pursuant H.R. 10916. A bill to amend the act known 1492). Ordered to be printed. to the order of the House of March 22, as the Life Insurance Act of . the District of Mr. HAYS: Committee on House Admin­ Columbia, approved June 19, 1934, and the istration. House Concurrent Resolution 25. 1962, the following bill was introduced act known as the Fire and Casualty Act of Concurrent resolution authorizing the print­ March 23,1962: the District of Columbia, approved October ing of additional copies of a veterans' bene­ By Mr. FOGARTY: 3, 1940; to the Committee on the District of fits calculator; without amendment (Rept. H.R. 10904. A bill making appropriations Columbia. No. 1493). Ordered to be printed. for the Departments of Labor, and Health, By Mr. MILLS: Mr. HAYS: Committee on House Admin­ Education, and Welfare, and related agencies, · H.R. 10917. A b111 to increase the supply istration. House Concurrent Resolution 408. for, the fiscal yea,r ending June 30, 1963, and of available investment capital for the fi­ Concurrent resolution authorizing the prtnt­ for other purposes. nancing of sales and rental housing by ex­ ing of the publication entitled "Our Flag" [Introduced and referred March 26, 1962] tending to certain corporate obligations as a House document, and providing for ad­ Federal Housing Administration insurance ditional copies; with amendment (Rept. No. Under clause 4 of rule XXII, public benefits similar to those available for mort­ 1494). Ordered to be printed. bills and resolutions were introduced and gages; to the Committee on Banking and Mr. HAYS: Committee on House Admin­ severally referred as follows: Currency. ' istration. House Concurrent Resolution 419. By Mr. BREWSTER: H.R. 10918. A bill to amend the National Concurrent resolution providing for addi­ H.R. 10905. A bill to authorize the grades Housing Act to prohibit the inclusion of tional copies of "Hearings on Small Business of major general and brigadier general in the draperies and carpeting as part of the mort­ Problems in the Poultry Industry, 87th Con­ Medical Service Corps of the Regular Army, gage security in the case of FHA-insured gress"; without amendment (Rept. No. 1495). and for other purposes; to the Committee on mortgages covering multifamily rental hous­ Ordered to be printed. Armed Services. ing projects; to the Committee on Banking Mr. HAYS: Committee on House Admin­ By Mi'. BYRNES of Wisconsin: and Currency. istration. House Concurrent Resolution 451. H.R. 10906. A bill to amend the Internal H.R. 10919. A bill to amend the Subversive Concurrent resolution authorizing the print­ Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for addi­ Activities Control Act of 1950 to authorize ing of ad(:Utional copies of House Document tional depreciation deductions and to elimi­ the payment of rewards to persons who fur­ 218, 87th Congress, 1st session, entitled "In­ nate certain inequities in the valuation of nish information leading to convictions of augural Addre~ses of _the Presidents of the inventories; to the Committee on Ways and organizations or individuals of · failure to United States"; without amendment (Rept. Means. register as required by such act; to the Com­ No. 1496). Ordered to be printed. . By Mr. CHENOWETH: . mittee on Un-American Activities. · Mr. HAYS: Committee on House Adminis­ H.R. 10907. A bill to amend the Agricul­ · H.R. 10920. A bill to amend title IX of the tration. House Resolution 541. Resolution tural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, Social Security Act to increase the amount authorizing the printing of additional copies to provide for marketing quotas on Irish which may be made available to the States of "Hearings Relating to Revision of H.R. potatoes through establishment of acreage out of the employment security administra­ 9120 and H.R. 5751 To Amend the Subversive allotments; to the Committee on Agricul­ tion account for certain administrative · ex­ Activities Control Act of 1950", 87th Con­ ture. penditures; to the Committee on Ways and gress, 1st session;. without amendment (Rept. By Mr. JAMES C. DAVIS: Means. · No. 1497). Ordered to be printed. H.R. 10908. A bill to establish a basic By Mr. PELLY: Mr. HAYS: Committee on House Adminis­ policy for the determination of statutory H.R. 10921. A bill to provide medical care tration. House Resolution 542. Resolution salaries and the a_nnual review of the ade­ for certain persons engaged on board a vessel providing for additional copies of House DoC­ quacy of the major statutory pay systems of in the care, preservation, or navigation of ument No. 118, 86th Congress, 1st session, the Federal Government; to the Committee such vessel; to the Committee on Interstate entitled "The House Committee on Un­ on Post Office and Civil Service. and Foreign Commerce. American Activities, What It Is-What It By Mr. EDMONDSON: By Mr. RHODES of Arizona: Does"; without amendment (Rept. No. 1498). H.R. 10909. A bill to amend title 23 of the H.R. 109.22. A b111 to authorize the Sec­ Ordered to be printed. United States Code to provide for a National retary of the Interior to exchange certain Mr. HAYS: Committee on House Adminis­ Highway Academy; to the Committee on lands in the State of Arizona; to the Com­ tration. House Concurrent Resolution 412. Public Works. mittee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Concurrent resolution authorizing the print­ By Mr. FINO: H.R. 10923. A bill to amend the act ap­ ing of additional copies of House Report No. H.R. 10910. A bill to provide that cigarettes proved July 14, 1960 (74 Stat. 526), as 1282, parts 1 and 2, 87th Congress, 1st ses­ sold in interstate commerce shall be pack­ amended, relating to the establishment of sion; without amendment (Rept. No. 1499). aged and marked so as to show the nicotine a register of names in the Department of Ordered to be printed. content and the tar content of the cigarettes Commerce of certain motor vehicle drivers; Mr. HAYS: Committee on House Adminis­ in each package; to the Committee on Inter­ to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign tration. House Concurrent Resolution 414. state and Foreign Commerce. Commerce. Concurrent resolution authorizing the print­ By Mr. HALPERN: By Mr. RIVERS of Alaska: ing of additional copies of "Hearings Relating H.R. 10911. A bill to establish a Depart­ to H.R. 4700, To Amend Section 11 of the ment of Veterans' Affairs; to the Committee H.R. 10924. A b111 to authorize the coinage Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950,, as on Government Operations. of 50-cent pieces i:n commemoration of the Amended (the Fund for Social Analysis) ", · By Mr. JOHNSON of California: lOOth anniversary of the purchase of Alaska 87th Congress, 1st session; without amend­ -H.R. 10912. A bill to authorize the estab­ from Russia; to the Committee on Banking and Curtency. ment (Rept. No. 1500). Ordered to be lishment of the Whiskeytown National Rec­ printed. reation Area in the State of California; and By Mr. SHELLEY: Mr. HAYS: Committee on House Adminis­ for other purposes; to the Committee on In­ H.R. 10925. A bill to amend the law relat­ tration. House Concurrent Resolution 416. terior and Insular Affairs. ing to pay for postal employees; to the Com­ Concurrent resolution to print as a House . By Mr. KEARNS: mittee on Post Office and Civil Service. document the publication "Guide to Sub­ H.R. 10913. A bill to amend the District By Mr. SIKES: versive Organizations and Publications" and of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 to provide H.R. 10926. A b111 to provide for the estab­ to provide for the printing of additional that the Armory Board may not establish lishment of the Fort San Marcos National copies; without amendment (Rept. No. parking fees in excess of 50 cents for pri­ Historic Site; to the Committee on Interior 1501). Ordered to be printed. vate passenger cars at the District of Co­ and Insular Affairs. · · Mr. COOLEY: Committee on Agriculture. lumbia Stadium; to the Committee on the By Mr. THOMPSON of Louisiana: H.R. 946. A bill to extend to oyster planters District of Columbia. H.R. 10927. A blll modifying the Galcasieu the benefits of the provisions of the present By Mr. McDOWELL: River and Pass, La., navigation project, to law which provide for production disaster H.R. 10914. A bill to provide for the issu­ provide for the construction of a salt-water loans for farmers and stockmen; with ance of a special postage stamp in com­ bar,rier system; to the Committee on Public amendment (Rept. No. 1502). Referred to memoration of the 175th annive:rsary of the works. the Committee of the Whole House on the first ratification of the Constitution of the By Mr. THOMPSON of Texas: State of the Union. United States, by the State ·of Delaware; to H.R. 10928. A b111 to transfer casein or lac­ Mr. THOMPSON of New Jersey. Joint the Committee on Post Office and Civil Servl:. tarene to the ·free list of the Tariff Act of Commit_tee on t_!le pisposition of Executive ice. 1930; to the Committee on Ways and Means. 1962 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE 4989 By Mr. MORRIS K. UDALL: EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, H.R. 10929. A bill to authorize the Secre­ SENATE ETC. tary of the Interior to exchange certain lands in the State of Arizona; to the Committee on MoNDAY, MARCH 26, 1962 The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ Interior and Insular Affairs. pore laid before the Senate the following By Mr. ASHLEY: