20832 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 16, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS ADDRESS BY NAVY SECRETARY Force and a Marine Amphibious Brigade. erized war games within the Defense De­ JO.HN LEHMAN Thus we shall have the capability to under­ partment had forced a mechanistic fixation take major amphibious operations to secure on prograins, and a knee jerk response to our maritime security simultaneously in two military force probleins. That fixation HON.CHARLESF.DOUGHERTY separate areas of the world. brought forth a generation of military lead­ OF PENNSYLVANIA Finally, and most importantly, this new ers conditioned to think mechanistically, to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES class represents a large step in the revital­ manage "prograins" but disdain military in­ ization of our key national asset, the U.S. Wednesday, September 16, 1981 tuition and judgment. On the national level, Navy, and a quantum improvement in our strategy often focused on areas of immedi­ e Mr. DOUGHERTY. Mr. Speaker, on ability to safeguard U.S. interests overseas, ate concern, despite an increasing array of Tuesday, August 4, 1981, the Honora­ through the ability to project power from geopolitical shifts, which should have been ble John Lehman, Secretary of the sea to shore when needed. accommodated by adjustments in the This ship class has been a long, hard time planned use of naval forces. It is not neces­ Navy, addressed those present in Seat­ coming. Many of you here today are veter­ tle, Wash., for the keel laying of the sary to match Soviet force levels on a man­ ans of the Washington skirmishin'g neces­ for-man or ship-for-ship basis. Instead, what LSD-41. That event, most significant sary to bring this ship into being. Your was and is needed, is a maritime strategy in the history of America's amphibi­ vision and your persistence have triumphed. which concentrates superior power at the ous defense efforts, was a turning I congratulate you on that persistence. And point of confrontation, and does so with point and a renewal of our commit­ I do not speak of triumph in a narrow, bu­ precisely "tailored" forces. ment to our Nation's security. I would reaucratic sense. I speak of triumph in a na­ tional sense, as our country strives to regain An important prerequisite in formulating like to share Secretary Lehman's its sense of purpose and confidence and a maritime strategy, is to pay more atten­ words on that occasion with all Ameri­ builds to restore the unquestioned maritime tion to those military leaders who possess cans. superiority so vital to our existence. the foresight to recognize the requirements AnDRESS BY HON. JOHN LEHMAN, SECRETARY Clearly, an immense change has taken ahead, and the seasoned judgment to grasp OF THE NAVY place in the United States in the past year. its strategic implications. Such leaders clear­ We have come to realize that, as leaders of ly foresaw the requirements of amphibious General Barrow, Mr. Smith, Distinguished warfare in the decade preceding the Second Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is certain­ the free world, we have been possessed of a dangerous uncertainty for some time over World War. Fully a decade before that war, ly my pleasure to be with you here in the Admiral Chester Nimitz and General Hol­ Great Northwest. the utility of committing military force for Since assuming my duties as Secretary of national purpose. We had forgotten the les­ land Smith conceived and practiced the sons of two terrible world wars; That strategy of crossing the Central Pacific. the Navy-and Secretary of the Marine There were Marine and Navy officers who Corps-few events have been more pleasura­ strength, not weakness, halts aggressors; that strength is the only real deterrent, ignored the experts' suggestions in the late ble than to preside today at the keel laying 1940's that amphibious warfare was anach­ of the LSD-41, the lead ship of a new am­ weakness an open invitation. Today it is ob­ vious that America has now recalled these ronistic. Those men knew there would be an phibious class. Beginning a new class is "Inchon" in the 1950s. Others, on sighting always an important milestone in the histo­ important lessons. We are revitalizing. We are renewing our traditional American char­ the helicopter in the fifties, knew it would ry of the Navy, but the LSD-41 represents add a revolutionary dimension to amphibi­ much more: acter. And we are again becoming strong It is the first amphibious ship to be start­ and filled with resolve. ous warfare in the sixties and they were cor­ ed since the keel was laid for the LHA-5, The clear mandate of the last presidential rect. These were great and daring thinkers, almost five years ago. election was a call for renewed national not unlike those who today recognize the It is the fi.rst amphibious ship to be strength, prestige and self-confidence. This value of VSTOL, the LCAC, the LAV, and funded in ten years. resurgence of demand for national the LSD-41 class,-and have the military It is designed to carry the air cushion strength-and a Commander in Chief and judgment to grasp the strategic implications landing craft, or LCAC, which adds a revolu­ Congress dedicated to carrying out the will of the 1980s and beyond. tionary dimension to amphibious warfare. of the people-will inevitably ask the U.S. Our task in the decade ahead is clearly to As such, it represents a commitment to a Marine Corps to shoulder a major burden in deter Soviet aggression, a formidable goal in new technology. any commitment of military force for na­ the wake of unprecedented Soviet military The keel laying of the LSD-41 also signi­ tional purpose, as has always been the case expansion. Our response cannot be in num­ fies the reversal of one of the most senseless in the past. A Marine Corps of Americans bers alone. It must be in the ability to con­ conditions in the Navy today. The fact is who represent the best in soldierly virtue. A centrate warfighting capability at the that the U.S. Marines-that splendidly­ Corps which has held high the concepts of point-or points-of confrontation. The trained, superbly-disciplined team, and the duty and honor, and the qualities of large number of Soviet options is such that most ready fightilig force found in the strength and self-confidence, even in the landbased defenses overseas will never be world today-are fully prepared to go wher­ lean years of the recent past. A Corps sufficient for our needs, given even the most ever necessary in the world . . . yet are which, in the face of social and other pres­ optimistic budgetary and procurement envi­ unable fully to utilize that splendid readi­ sures, changed what needed to be changed, ronments, and assuming that the necessary ness because we lack sufficient sealift to get but staunchly maintained a tradition of dis­ basing arrangements were politically achiev­ them there. ciplined excellence and a world-recognized able. Nor is it prudent to assume that a Let me state my position unequivocally: expertise in amphibious warfare-a form of Soviet military confrontation, if it comes, the amphibious forces will be at the very warfare which may be more important to will occur where we are best able to counter forefront of the Navy in the decade ahead. our Nation's future in the years ahead than it. If history teaches us anything, the re­ The strategic requirements of the decade it has been anytime in our history, with the verse will probably be the case. The Soviets cry out for amphibious capability-forces possible exception of the Pacific Campaign must be made to understand-and be with the flexibility and combat power em­ in the Second World War. shown-that we intend to confront them bodied in the Marine Air Ground Task It is not enough, however, to build ships militarily wherever our interests require. If Forces-forces capable of safeguarding our and recruit men. We must begin with the we succeed in doing that, we may never vital interests by deterrence-, but if deter­ formulation of the strategy itself. It is a dif­ have to use our capability. It is the deter­ rence fails, by performing on the battlefield ficult matter, in that we have long focused rent value of strong naval forces which we as Marines have always performed. In this largely on the technical aspects of our naval seek, not confrontation. regard, the Department of the Navy, in ·the probleins. Too often, naval strategy was What I propose strategically is not new. first months of the Reagan Administration merely a function of the momentum of Mahan called armed naval capability sea­ established, in a dramatic break from Carter force structure and modernization. The force. He postulated that a maritime nation policies a firm policy to develop sufficient strongest arguments for new ships were should aim at acquiring a superiority in sea­ amphibious lift to transport simultaneously that old ships were old and due to retire. force that enables it to project its seapower the assault echelon of a Marine Amphibious The misuse of systeins analysis and comput- to the most distant quarters of the earth. It

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. September 16, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 20833 is from that imperative that Mahan derived anced naval force of air, surface, subsurface, high risk, the legacy of our past mistakes. the concept of "Command of the Seas" so and amphibious elements brings to any situ­ Let the historians say in the decades to relevant today. ation may find application in the entire come, that we did not fail that test. The perceived capability to concentrate range from diplomatic signalling and crisis I recall that Secretary of the Navy James the Nation's naval resources and to project containment, to on-scene military action. Forrestal, observing from aboard a ship the . power ashore stabilizes the global environ­ In the event of a Soviet attack on our vital raising of the flag from the stormed heights ment, according to Mahan, into a condition interests in Southwest Asia, defeat of Soviet of Iwo Jima, turned to General Holland favorable to that nation possessing com­ naval forces at sea will be absolutely crucial. Smith and said: "The raising of that flag on mand of the seas. Recently, for the first Lacking secure sea lines of communication, Suribachi means there will be a Marine time · ever, Soviet naval expansion has no other military effort-afloat or ashore­ Corps for the next 500 years." threatened to overtake our sea superiority. can be sustained. The sea is the Soviets' I hestitate to refute a very distinguished Obviously, Admiral Gorshkov has carefully greatest vulnerability-a place where geog­ predecessor but that statement isn't true read the lessons of Mahan. raphy greatly disfavors them. As a conse­ any longer-if it ever was. The future exist­ Critical to the Soviets perception, is the quence, it is here that our superiority must ence of the U.S. Marine Corps simply will naval capability to provide presence. This be strongly maintained, enhanced, and ex­ not be dependent on an event that took unique naval mission is particularly relevant ploited. Naval forces will also make a major place 36 years in the past, however inspiring to a strategy which seeks to influence and contribution to the U.S. Air Force's respon­ that scene may still be. The Corps must jus­ deter. Naval presence does not require re­ sibility for air superiority ashore, which tify its existence and its claim to scarce De­ gional basing, a political irritant in many must certainly be attained before there can fense resources not on what it has done in parts of the world. Naval presence is also a be a successful employment of ground the past, but what it can do now and in the sine qua non in the perception of ·our allies forces in Southwest Asia. The geostrategic future to smite our enemies and confound and the Third World, and has much to do realities are such that naval air and surface their threats to the peace. No one with any with the way in which they regard Super­ forces would probably have to provide both real understanding of the complex and chal­ power balance. security of the seas and the air, working to­ lenging requirements of the decade ahead The world of the eighties is not only a gether as never before. Amphibious forces questions the utility of the Corps. Perhaps world becoming more interdependent. It is would then be the likely spearhead to more than ever before in American history, also a world of increased turbulence. Our secure a lodgement area, followed by the in­ our Nation will come to realize in the strategy must include the protection of troduction of other forces, as necessary. decade ahead just how vitally important the sources of raw materials and their convey­ Geographic reality, the growing threat, Corps is. And that says a good deal. ance to us and our allies, including the pro­ and our balanced Navy-Marine Corps capa­ The survival of America could well depend tection of our source of vital fossil products bility combine together, then, to mandate a on the capability resident in the Marine and strategic materials. strong and effective maritime strategy as Air /Ground Task Forces and the Navy The Middle East and Southwest Asia will the key U.S. national security requirement Team that takes them to the distant quar­ probably dominate the world's stage in the of the next decade. The effectiveness of ters of the earth where America's interests 1980s, as did Europe in the 1940s, Northeast such a strategy is unmatched, in that the lie. The U.S. Marines know well the sacri­ Asia in the 1950s, and in the capability is exercised only at the point of fices which may be entailed in the commit­ 1960s. If we have learned from history, the confrontation, whether it be in Southwest ment of military force for national purpose. correct question today should be how best Asia, the Caribbean, Africa, or elsewhere. And they stand ready to make those sacri­ to protect our vital interests in the region, The unexceeded flexibility and mobility of fices. All the Corps asks for is sufficient sea without placing half a million or more naval forces enable them rapidly to provide lift to do their job; and our Marine Corps is ground troops in the area for an indetermi­ a powerful instrument of U.S. foreign policy going to get it.e nate period of time. in the most distant quarters of the earth. The kind of ground force presence which Continued equipment modernization will we have in Europe and Korea will not work be critical in developing this vital instru­ DYNAMIC TELEVISION in Southwest Asia-or in the Caribbean or ment to its maximum utility. Several prom­ PROGRAMING Africa for that matter. The U.S. simply does ising programs, all designed to provide sub­ not have sizeable forces in place, nor sup­ stantially increased tactical mobility for the plies prepositioned. Neither does it possess Marines, are uniquely associated with the HON. JAMES M. COLLINS the host-nation support agreements, nor the LSD-41. A new medium helicopter will even­ OF binding alliances that we have in Europe tually replace the over-aged tactical assault and elsewhere. transport helicopters. Increased numbers of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES These combined problems of access and heavy lift helicopters will satisfy the need Wednesday, September 16, 1981 distance compel the U.S. to rely principally for more battlefield and ship-to-shore lift. on seapower, supplemented by amphibious Four of the new landing craft air cushion e Mr. COLLINS of Texas. Mr. Speak­ assault. Its "over the horizon" presence vehicles will be carried in the well deck of er, for many years in serving on the would not be a political liability, nor provide each LSD-41. Communications Committee, I have a raison d'etre for increasing instability. These revolutionary craft will enable wondered why TV does not have more Amphibious forces can move ashore without rapid ship-to-shore operations from stand­ actual true life stories. All this TV the degree of permanence-and thus risk­ off positions, and expose about three quar­ soap usually is humorous but provides associated with other ground forces. ters of the world's littorals to amphibious no inspiration. The comparative attractiveness of sea­ operations. is based forces for the kinds of tasks required I have referred to the partnership of the Nothing more interesting than the by the situation in Southwest Asia, and else­ Navy and Marines in meeting the amphibi­ truth. The young people in America where, has long been recognized. The distin­ ous challenges through the years. That need to hear the exciting stories of guished British strategist B. H. Liddell Hart, partnership always includes, and must rely people who have built great businesses observed in 1960: heavily upon, the experience and know-how in America. "An amphibious force of modern type, op­ of American industry. It is only through the I would like to see some of these erating from the sea and equipped with hel­ dedicated efforts of the designers, manag­ foundations in America invest in pre­ icopters, is free from dependence on air­ ers, and workers at this shipyard and others paring a series of 1-hour documenta­ fields, beaches, ports, and land bases with around the country that our plans for a all their logistical and political complica­ strategy of unquestioned maritime superior­ ries based on the lives of great indus­ tions: The use of ... any land-based force is ity and a thoroughly revitalized amphibious trial leaders of this country. I think a more irrevocable step, since its commit­ capability can be turned into reality. As the the oil industry would do well to make ment is more definite and its withdrawal Secretary of the Navy-and, as the Secre­ one on John D. Rockefeller. The Ford more difficult. A self-contained and sea­ tary of the Marine Corps-I feel that I can Foundation would provide a great based amphibious force, of which the U.S. speak for both services in extending heart­ service to this country if they would Marine Corps is the prototype, is the best felt thanks for your cooperation and your develop a series on Henry Ford. The kind of fire extinguisher, because of its contributions-in the past, today, and into Firestone Co. could do well to give us flexibility, reliability, logistic simplicity and the future. one on Harvey Firestone. A series of relative economy." We are all in this together-with the Navy Naval presence in Southwest Asia will and Marine Corps Team-as we move for­ programs on Thomas Edison would be clearly transmit the desired message, mili­ ward through this dangerous decade. We most valuable. tarily as well as diplomatically. The multi­ are now moving quickly in the right direc­ In my home State I thought of so faceted projection capabilities which a bal- tion, but we still face a time of testing and many opportunities. In our neighbor- 20834 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 16, 1981 ing city of Fort Worth, the Amon tening to their constituents, many of whom nomic program. An underlying tension in Carter Foundation should prepare one are deeply worried about the economy and the program-it stimulates the economy on Amon Carter. We have a living doubtful that the President's economic pro­ with an expansionary budget while restrain­ gram will provide relief soon. Mr. Reagan ing it with tight money-has led many ob­ legend in Eddie Chiles and I wish the remains a popular Chief Executive, but the servers to believe it will not work. Its princi­ Western Co. would film the story of developments of the past few weeks present pal objectives-economic growth, high em­ his initial years. him with a formidable challenge. ployment, and low interest rates and infla­ In my city of .Dallas we could pre­ Before the recess, the President was tion-now seem to be out of reach. pare the most exciting as well as moti­ riding the crest of a major legislative victo­ As Congress sets to work on the economy, vational series of shows. ry. He had persuaded Congress to pass a there will be the usual wrangle to keep The excitement of seeing how Texas radically reduced budget and a massive tax money flowing after the government's ap­ Instruments was started by Eric Jons­ cut. These initiatives were the fundamental propriated funds run out September 30. The elements of Mr. Reagan's economic pro­ deadlines for the second budget resolution son, Cecil Green, and Gene McDer­ gram, which promised faster economic and the appropriations bills will be missed, mott would make a great series. Two growth and lower inflation. His hopes were so it is likely that the government will be fi­ great insurance executives ·would be that economic problems had been tentative­ nanced again by continuing resolution, a Ted Beasley of Republic National and ly solved-at least in the short term-and stopgap, emergency measure. The resolu­ John Carpenter of Southland who that he could tum his and Congress' atten­ tion itself will produce some of the fiercest sparked their companies to greatness. tion to other issues. legislative battles of the remaining months The story of Jodie Thompson who But things have not worked out as the of the session. The President is expected to started the 7-11 stores from a small ice President expected. The economy, rather use the resolution to do more budget cut­ than spurting ahead, has shown some trou­ ting, and there may be a "yes-or-no" vote on house to where it is now a retailing bling signs. Interest rates have soared to a single large package of cuts, rather than a milestone would be a good show. record levels, and they seem to be holding series of votes during which members would There are so many great oilmen like there. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones aver­ be subject to strong pressures from their H. L. Hunt and Ed Cox where their age has dropped more than 100 points to a constituents. history should be told through their 15-month low. The Consumer Price Index So, as the President and the Congress experiences. rose strongly during July. Huge and infla­ begin business again, we find ourselves in an Perhaps the Haggar Co., which sells tionary budget deficits are looming just uncomfortable situation largely of our own more slacks than any company in the ahead. Older persons are very nervous making. The tax cut was exceedingly large­ world, would prepare the story show­ about proposed cuts in social security. To probably too large. The country may be de­ compound the problems, there are rum­ prived of revenue to support important mili­ ing how J. M. Haggar started as a trav­ blings of discord within the President's ad­ tary and domestic programs. One solution is eling salesman and eventually built ministration. One indication of discord a tax increase, but a tax increase is unlikely this great clothing Haggar factory. among his top advisors is the unusual under present circumstances. Another solu­ Two of our current business leaders number of contradictory statements from tion is a leaner budget in which all items­ are Norm Brinker and Ross Perot who them on the place of military spending in including defense and entitlements-are started from scratch and became the budget. scaled back to keep them in line with reve­ giants in industry. The bad economic news will force Mr. nue. The Congress must now act vigorously Or take Mary Kay Cosmetics which Reagan and Congress to tackle economic to prevent larger deficits by making further issues again. Indeed, it is now clear that eco­ reductions.e is one of the success stories of all nomic issues will dominate the congression­ times. Or we can study Mary Crowley al agenda for several months, just as they whose character is an inspiration. did before the August recess. Yet other mat­ BETHLEHEM STEEL LOOKS TO With production costs needing to be ters put off during action on the budget and FUTURE underwritten, we need to have founda­ tax bills are crowding in upon us. Among tions prepare these programs for them are extensions of the voting rights public television. Many privately and clean air legislation, the sale of radar­ HON. DON RITTER owned TV stations would also run equipped aircraft to Saudi Arabia, major OF PENNSYLVANIA "surgery" on social security, decisions on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES them as a public service. the basing of the MX missile and the pro­ We need more of the Horatio Alger duction of a new strategic bomber, the nom­ Wednesday, September 16, 1981 message to America. And what could ination of Mrs. O'Connor to the Supreme • Mr. RITTER. Mr. Speaker, while have more of an impact on young Court, and social items such as crime, abor­ media profess gloom and doom about Americans than to have actual true tion, and prayer in school. These matters the effect of President Reagan's pro­ stories.e cannot be postponed indefinitely. In order to keep his pledge to slash taxes, gram on American industry and the rearm America, and balance the budget, the economy, I would like to share an edi­ MORE ACTION ON THE President apparently decided during August torial that appeared in one of my local ECONOMY to recommend a new round of budget cuts newspapers, The Easton Express, even before the $36 billion in cuts already August 19, 1981, regarding Bethlehem HON. LEE H. HAMILTON passed take effect. Out of a spending total Steel, whose home office is located in of about $700 billion in 1982, $225 billion the city of Bethlehem, Pa., in my con­ OF INDIANA will go for defense, $250 billion for social se­ gressional district. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES curity and other retirement, $100 billion for interest on the national debt, and $25 billion In the words of a top official at Wednesday, September 16, 1981 for veterans' programs. Only $100 billion Bethlehem Steel Corp., "I am thor­ e Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I will be left for all other government func­ oughly convinced that the Reagan ad­ would like to insert my Washington tions. Large reductions in defense and social ministration is on the right track Report for Wednesday, September 16, security may be forced upon Congress. The • • •." As the editorial points out, 1981, into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: scope and details of possible reductions in Bethlehem Steel Corp. has made a defense are not known, but figures of $30 solid commitment to revitalize that in­ MORE ACTION ON THE ECONOMY billion to $50 billion for the multi-year plan dustry. Crucial decisions await the President and have been discussed. While such reductions Congress as we return from the August would be significant, the size of the tax cut Mr. Speaker, we all hope to see recess. These decisions will be made in a po­ makes me doubt that they would be suffi­ other industries follow the example of litical atmosphere remarkably changed cient to prevent a deficit greater than the Bethlehem Steel and make their com­ from that of a month ago. Many legislators $42.5 billion which Mr. Reagan is project­ mitment to get America moving again. who went home pleased with the work of ing. Most estimates now put the deficit at The editorial follows: Mr. Reagan and Congress have come back least $20 billion higher. Likewise, the [From the Easton Express, Aug. 19, 19811 in a panic on account of high interest rates. chance for a balanced budget by 1984 is Some are even suggesting remedies as dras­ thought to be slipping away. BETHLEHEM STEEL LoOKS TO FuTURE tic as credit controls to bring interest rates Complicating the upcoming work of Con­ Bethlehem Steel Corp. took full page ad­ down. Members of Congress have been lis- gress is the doubt about the President's eco- vertisements this week, not only in The Ex- September 16, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 20835 press and area newspapers, but in the na­ September 11, 1981, to thank him for vich recently authored a tribute to tion's major publications like the his valuable contributions to the city. this outstanding Serbian resistance Times to tell the United States it was plan­ When Bob came to Campbell in leader, which appeared in the July 31 ning to make a solid commitment to im­ prove steel production. 1964, the city was in poor financial edition of "The Diocesan Observer," a The announcement contrasts with those condition. There was only $1,500 in leading Serbian newspaper published of many other major industries lately which the general fund and no one to in Libertyville, Ill. have been using their profits, not to mod­ manage the city's $200,000 in annual During World War II, over 500 ernize their own plants, but to diversify into expenditures. Bob quickly assessed the Americans who were shot down over other industries. situation and did what was necessary Yugoslavia were rescued by the forces Bethlehem Steel's board is showing that it to get the city back on its feet. of Gen. Draza Mihailovich. Most of is listening to President Reagan's economic Over the last 17 years, the city of the American airmen were evacuated philosophies, that it is going to prove that Campbell has grown and prospered revitalization of the industry will not only to safety by a series of dramatic air return the United States steel making to under Bob's guidance. The city has rescue missions, which picked them up the foreground, but will aid in the nation's gained a national reputation as being a in the heart of Axis-occupied Yugo­ economy recovery. stable and fun community that is will­ slavia and flew them to . In fact, the key message of the advertise­ ing to try something new. For exam­ The American airmen involved have ment is "Mr. President, we're in steel to ple, the babysitting program that was organized into a National Committee . And to prosper." started by the firefighters and sup­ of American Airmen Rescued by Gen­ It is those kinds of words that could boost ported by Bob has received national eral Mihailovich, and are continuing receptivity of President Reagan's programs, attention and has been copied by the ones that he spoke about in pre-election their efforts to build a memorial in days and the ones that he has been discuss­ many cities around the country. And Washington, D.C., to honor him. As ing in national television talks. The presi­ this year the city's fire department sponsor of a bill to authorize this dent has promised that if taxes for business has become the first in northern Cali­ monument, I believe that the time has are cut and the national expenditures re­ fornia to join the We-TIP program to come for the great role which General duced, then industry will have more money try to control the problem of arson, a Mihailovich and his Chetniks played to put into modernization. The results that program Bob was behind all the way. in the cause of freedom during World should come, Steel says, will be more jobs, Bob's tenure in Campbell has also War II, to be properly recorded in his­ more production, more demand for steel. seen a growth of community spirit. In tory. Therefore, I urge my colleagues And the by-product will be to end the spiral­ ing inflation and to make the United States 1967, a major bond issue was passed by to join with me in supporting this leg­ economically sound again. the city's voters and later a program islation. I wish to insert Dr. Radoje­ This prime Lehigh Valley industry points entitled "Congress for Community vich's comments at this point to pro­ out. that its projects, when completed, will Progress" was established to involve vide information on General Mihailo­ bring about increased efficiency, substantial local residents in identifying commu­ vich's heroic actions: energy savings, better product quality, im­ nity needs and goals for the future. THE SERBIAN PEOPLE AND GENERAL proved customer service and job security. Bob helped bring about this kind of MIHAILOVICH It is heartening to see any industry make spirit. this kind of commitment today, but as Beth­ (By Dr. George M. Radojevich) lehem Steel said, it only demonstrates its Bob received his bachelor of science Serbia and her people have a long and glo­ confidence in the future. and master's degree from the Universi­ rious history. From the time of their arrival For too many years, United States indus­ ty of Washington. In addition, he has in the Balkans in the sixth century, the try has been developing its own negative taken many courses in continuing edu­ Serbs were constantly improving the regions image. Workers have felt that they were cation prograiDS on city management in which they lived and they often had to easily discarded resources as one industry and has received his secondary teach­ fight to protect them from foreign enemies. after another closed outdated plants to relo­ ing credentials. The great contributions of the Serbian cate in modern ones in cheaper labor mar­ Bob has participated in many con­ people to western civilization and the cul­ kets. ture of enlightened society are well known The example set by Bethlehem Steel ferences and seminars on labor rela­ everywhere and are accorded generous should be followed by other industries. The tions and enjoys a reputation as an treatment in all encyclopedias of the cul­ re-investment of profits by many industries able labor negotiator. He is currently a tured world. in their own plants-instead of being used to member of the International City The heroic struggle of the Serbian people try to take over other lucrative industries to Management Association, the League for liberation from Turkish captivity and fatten profits only-will demonstrate to the of Cities, the Kiwanis, and the Elks from other occupiers, lasting for five centur­ American people that industry is no longer Club. Much of his community involve­ ies, is also well known to the world. the ogre of the economy. ment centers around his love for Also generally recognized is the contribu­ It could go a long way to rebuilding the tion of the Serbian people in the Balkan faith Americans have in its industrialized sports and recreation. Bob has always War of 1912, when all the Balkan nations society, dispelling the almost universal worked closely with the city's recrea­ became free after five centuries of Turkish belief that industrial and business leaders tion prograiDS. captivity. thought only of the buck and not the socie­ Mr. Speaker, I ask you and all my Indeed, the heroic struggle of the Serbian ty as a whole.e colleagues in the House to join with people on the side of the Allies in World me in thanking Bob for his 17 years of War I won the admiration of the entire service to the city of Campbell and to world. Even the Germans, their Emperor, ROBERT STEPHENS HONORED and General Staff, were forced to publicly encourage his continued involvement admit that they were amazed by the hero­ in our community.e ism of the Serbian people and soldiers. HON. NORMAN Y. MINETA The Serbian King Peter I and Crown OF CALIFORNIA GEN. DRAZA MIHAILOVICH Prince Alexander, together with the govern­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment of Nikola, Paste, insisted pertinacious­ ly to the Allies that a Second Front be Wednesday, September 16, 1981 HON. EDWARD J. DERWINSKI formed in Greece. This proposal finally re­ e Mr. MINETA. Mr. Speaker, it gives OF ILLINOIS sulted in the creation of the famed Salonica Front. On this front, the defenses of the me great pleasure to rise today to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES honor an outstanding public servant, Central Powers were smashed for the first Wednesday, September 16, 1981 time, the troops of Austria- and Mr. Robert Stephens, who is retiring Bulgaria capitulated, and from that front as the city manager of Campbell, e Mr. DERWINSKI. Mr. Speaker, this the entire Balkan peninsula was liberated. Calif., after serving the city for over 17 year marked the 35th anniversary of While the Serbian, French and English years. the death of Gen. Draza Mihailovich, forces fought shoulder to shoulder in the The city of Campbell will be honor­ the savior of American airmen during Salonica campaign, the Serbian units bore ing Bob with a testimonial dinner on World War II. Dr. George M. Radoje- more than their share of the battle and suf- 20836 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 16, 1981 fered the heaviest losses. This fact was pub­ most serious credibility test since the comet, it visited us and then departed quick­ licly recognized by all the Allies as well as November 1980 election. Having won ly, trailing only a long in the reality the Serbian people-prevented ants in recent history, called the crisis region of the Persian Gulf despite the Russia from being completely crushed by of confidence the equivalent of a West's enhanced interests and responsibil­ the Nazi offensive before the winter of 1941 Budgetary Dunkirk. In this same ities, with the naval balance deteriorating in and, in doing so, helped the Allies to win the essay, Mr. Schlesinger, an individual the Far East, and with trouble even in the war. Caribbean

79-059 0-85-11 (Pt. 16) 20852 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 16, 1981 ant United States Attorneys and state and/ b. That a waiting period be required for The Freedom of Information Act or local prosecutors. the purchase of a handgun to allow for a 31. The Attorney General should order a 8. The Attorney General should direct the mandatory records check to ensure that the comprehensive review of all legislation, National Institute of Justice and other purchaser is not in one of the categories of guidelines, and regulations that may serve branches of the Department of Justice to persons who are proscribed by existing fed­ to impede the effective performance of fed­ conduct research and development on feder­ eral law from possessing a handgun. eral law enforcement and prosecutorial ac­ al and state career criminal programs. 19. Title I of the Gun Control Act of 1968 tivities and take whatever appropriate 9. The Attorney General should take all prohibits the importation of certain catego­ action is necessary within the constitutional steps necessary to reduce substantially the ries of handguns. However, the Act does not delay in processing criminal identification framework. prohibit the ' importation of unassembled 32. The Attorney General should seek applications. parts of these guns. It is recommended that 10. The Attorney General should take all amendments to the Freedom of Information the Act be amended to prohibit the importa­ Act to correct those aspects that impede steps necessary to reduce substantially the tion of unassembled parts of handguns. delay in processing requests for technical criminal investigation and prosecution and 20. The Attorney General should support to establish a more rational balance among assistance from state and local criminal jus­ or propose legislation to authorize the tice agencies. individual privacy considerations, openness Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to in government, and the government's re­ 11. The Attorney General should expand, classify semi-automatic weapons that are where possible, the training and support sponsibility to protect citizens from criminal easily converted into fully automatic weap­ activity. programs provided by the federal govern­ ons as Title II weapons under the Gun Con­ ment to state and local law enforcement trol Act of 1968. Centralizing Federal law enforcement personnel. 21. The Attorney General should direct Junctions 12. The Attorney General should exercise the United States Attorneys to develop 33. The Attorney General should study leadership in informing the American public agreements with state and local prosecutors whether to transfer the firearms, alcohol, about the extent of violent crime. In that for increased federal prosecutions of con­ and arson law enforcement functions of the connection, the Attorney General should victed felons apprehended in the possession Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to seek to build a national consensus that drug of a firearm. the Department of Justice; to transfer the abuse, crime, and violence have no rightful 22. The Attorney General should direct Border Patrol functions of the Department place in the schools and, when these condi­ the National Institute of Justice to estab­ of Justice to the Department of the Treas­ tions are found to exist, vigorous criminal lish, a.S a high priority, research and devel­ ury; and to transfer the licensing and com­ law enforcement should ensue. opment of methods of detecting and appre­ pliance functions of the Drug Enforcement 13. The Attorney General should take a hending persons unlawfully carrying guns. leadership role in ensuring that the victims Administration to the Food and Drug Ad­ of crime are accorded proper status by the Crimes against Federal officials ministration of the Department of Health criminal justice system. 23. The Attorney General should support and Human Services. 14. The Attorney General should require, or propose legislation to make a federal of­ Housing Federal detainees in local jails and as a matter of sentencing advocacy, that fense any murder, kidnapping, or assault of State prisons federal prosecutors assure that all relevant a United States official or of a federal 34. The Attorney General should seek a information about the crime, the defendant, public servant who is engaged in the per­ waiver of the requirements of the Federal and, where appropriate, the . victim, is formance of official duties. Procurement Regulations for contracts en­ brought to the court's attention before sen­ 24. The Attorney General should support tered into for temporary housing of federal tencing. or propose legislation to make a federal of­ prisoners in local detention facilities and/or 15. The Attorney General should direct fense any murder, kidnapping, or assault on should seek legislation to amend the Grant officials in appropriate branches of the De­ a state or local law enforcement officer or and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977 partment of Justice to give high priority to on a private citizen committed in the course (Public Law 95-224) to establish and author­ testing programs to reduce violent crime of a murder, kidnapping, or assault on the ize the use of intergovernmental agreements and to inform state and local law enforce­ President or Vice President. with local governments for detention space ment and the public about effective pro­ Arson and services for federal prisoners. grams. 25. The Attorney General should conduct 35. The Attorney General should support PHASE II. RECOMMENDATIONS a study of the feasibility of transferring the or propose a legislative appropriation for Federal law and its enforcement anti-arson training and research functions the implementation of a Cooperative Agree­ Narcotics of the United States Fire Administration to ment Program that would allow the United the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire­ States Marshals Service to assist local gov­ 16. The Attorney General should support arms. ernments in acquiring equipment and sup­ the implementation of a coherent, and con­ 26. Arson should be the subject of a spe­ plies necessary for jails to meet require­ sistent enforcement policy with regard to cial statistical study on a regular basis by an ments for housing federal prisoners and narcotics and dangerous drugs including- should support or propose a legislative ap­ a. A foreign policy to accomplish the appropriate agency as determined by the interdiction and eradication of illicit drugs Attorney General. propriation for capital improvements of de­ including the responsible use of herbicides 27. To eliminate problems that often tention facilities used to house federal pris­ domestically and internationally. emerge when gasoline or other flammable oners, with priority given to those facilities b. A border policy designed to effectively liquids are used in arson, current law creat­ under litigation or court order for over­ detect and intercept the illegal importation ing federal jurisdiction over arson started crowding. of narcotics, including the use of military by explosion where interstate commerce is 36. The Attorney General should support assistance. involved should be amended to encompass or propose legislation to amend 18 U.S.C c. A legislative program, consistent with arson started by fire as well as by explosion. 5003 to permit a quid pro quo arrangement recommendations in this report, to reform Tax cases whereby the federal government could the criminal justice process to enhance the 28. The Attorney General should support house state prisoners and the states house a ability to prosecute drug-related cases. similar number of federal inmates without or propose legislation to amend the Tax requiring an exchange of funds. Guns Reform Act to balance legitimate law en­ 17. The Attorney General should support forcement needs with personal privacy in­ Adequate personnel resources Jor Federal or propose legislation to require a mandato­ terests by permitting the limited use of In­ responsibilities ry sentence for the use of a firearm in the ternal Revenue Service records and infor­ 37. The Attorney General should seek a commission of a federal felony. mation by other l aw enforcement agencies. substantial increase in personnel reso.urces 18. The Attorney General should support 29. The Internal Revenue Service should for federal law enforcement and prosecute­ or propose legislation to amend the Gun be afforded adequate resources to investi­ rial agencies to enable them to effectively Control Act of 1968 to strengthen its ability gate tax offenses and financial dealings of perform their present responsibilities and to trace firearms used during the commis · drug traffickers and other illegal business the additional responsibilities recommended sion of an offense and prohibit dangerous activities that are associated with violent by this Task Force. individuals from acquiring firearms. Specifi­ crime. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE cally, the Act should be amended to provide 30. The Attorney General should review the following: and restructure if necessary the "Dual Pros­ Bail a. That, on a prospective basis, individuals ecution Policy" as it relates to prosecution 38. The Attorney General should support be required to report the theft or loss of a of tax offenders who have committed other or propose legislation to amend the Bail handgun to their local law enforcement offenses prosecuted by the Department of Reform Act that would accomplish the fol­ agency. Justice. lowing: September 16, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 20853 a. Permit courts to deny bail to persons <2> the date of pronouncement of a feder­ Justice statistics who are found by clear and convincing evi­ al right which had not existed at the time 51. The Attorney General should ensure dence to present a danger to particular per­ of trial and which had been determined to that adequate resources are available for sons or the community. be retroactive, or the collection and analysis of statistics on b. Deny bail to a person accused of a seri­ <3> the date of discovery of new evidence crime, its victims, its perpetrators, and all ous crime who had previously, while in a by the petitioner which lays the factual parts of the justice system at all levels of pretrail release status, committed a serious predicate for assertion of a federal right. d. Codify existing case law barring litiga­ government and for the dissemination of crime for which he was convicted. these statistics to policymakers in the De­ c. Codify existing case law defining the au­ tion of issues not properly raised in state court unless "cause and prejudice" is shown, partment of Justice; other agencies of feder­ thority of the courts to detain defendants as al, state, and local government; the Con­ to whom no conditions of release are ade­ and provide a statutory definition for gress; and the general public. quate to assure appearance at trial. "cause." d. Abandon, in the case of serious crimes, FEDERALISM IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE Disaster assistance the current standard presumptively favor­ Fugitives 52. The Attorney General should support ing release of convicted persons awaiting im­ 43. The Attorney General should seek ad­ or propose legislation to allow direct finan­ position or execution of sentence or appeal­ ditional resources for use in the apprehen­ cial assistance to supplement the resources ing their convictions. sion of major federal fugitives and state fu­ and efforts of state and local governments e. Provide the government with the right gitives who are believed to have crossed that have demonstrated that they are suf­ to appeal release decisions analogous to the state boundaries and who have committed fering a criminal justice disaster or emer­ appellate rights now afforded to defendants. or are accused of having committed serious gency of such unusual nature and propor­ f. Require defendants to refrain from crimes. tion that their own resources fall short of criminal activity as a mandatory condition addressing the need, and he should request of release. Training of State and local personnel adequate funds to support such assistance. g. Make the penalties for bail jumping 44. The Attorney General should estab­ more closely proportionate to the penalties lish, and where necessary seek additional re­ Federal funding for research, demonstra- for the offense with which the defendant sources for, specialized training programs to tion, evaluation, and implementation of was originally charged. allow state and local law enforcement per­ innovative programs Insanity defense sonnel to enhance their ability to combat se­ 53. The Attorney General should ensure rious crime. that: 39. The Attorney General should support 45. The Attorney General should seek ad­ a. Adequate resources are available for the or propose legislation that would create an ditional resources to allow state and local research, development, demonstration, and additional verdict in federal criminal cases prosecutors to participate in training pro­ independent evaluation of methods to pre­ of "guilty but mentally ill" modeled after grams for prosecutors. vent and reduce serious crime; for dissemi­ the recently passed Illinois statute and es­ 46. The Attorney General should ensure nating these findings to federal, state, and tablish a federal commitment procedure for that the soon-to-be established National local justice agencies; and for implementing defendants found incompetent to stand trial Corrections Academy will have adequate re­ these programs of proven effectiveness at or not guilty by reason of insanity. sources to enable state .and local correction­ the state and local level. Exclusionary rule al personnel to receive training necessary to b. Grant awards for implementing such 40. The fundamental and legitimate pur­ accommodate the demands on their agen­ demonstrated programs require a reasona­ pose of the exclusionary rule-to deter ille­ cies for managing and supervising increased ble match of state or local funds and be lim­ gal police conduct and promote respect for populations of serious offenders. ited to a reasonable time period. Exchange of criminal history information the rule of law by preventing illegally ob­ Assisting State and local corrections tained evidence from being used in a crimi­ 47. a. If the eight-state prototype test of nal trial-has been eroded by the action of the Interstate Identification Index is 54. The Attorney General should seek leg­ the courts barring evidence of the truth, successful, the Attorney General should islation calling for $2 billion over 4 years to however important, if there is any investiga­ direct the Federal Bureau of Investigation be made available to the states for construc­ tive error, however unintended or trivial. to begin immediately the development of tion of correctional facilities. Criteria for a We believe that any remedy for the viola­ the index and should ensure that adequate state's obtaining federal assistance under tion of a constitutional right should be pro­ computer support and staff are available to this program include <1> demonstration of portional to the magnitude of the violation. develop and maintain it for the federal gov­ need for the construction; <2> contribution In general, evidence should not be excluded ernment, all 50 states, the District of Co­ of 25 percent of the overall cost of the con­ from a criminal proceeding if it has been ob­ lumbia, and appropriate areas of federal ju­ struction; and (3) assurance of the availabil­ tained by an officer acting in the reasona­ risdiction outside of the United States. ity of operational funds upon completion of ble, good faith belief that it was in conform­ b. If the prototype test demonstrates that construction. Funds should be allocated by ity to the Fourth Amendment to the Consti- such an index is not feasible, the Attorney a formula which measures a state's need for tution. · General should direct the FBI to develop al­ prison construction relative to all states. Sentencing and parole ternative proposals for the exchange of fed­ 55. Within 6 months the National Insti­ tute of Corrections , which would ad­ 41. The Attorney General should support eral, state, and local criminal history infor­ mation, which may include a national data minister the program described in Recom­ the enactment into law of the sentencing mendation 54, would develop models for provisions of the proposed Criminal Code base of such records or message switching. 48. The Attorney General should support maximum, medium, and minimum security Reform Act of 1979 which provide for great­ facilities of 750 and 500 beds, er uniformity and certainty in sentencing or propose legislation to authorize and pro­ vide adequate resources for grants to state from which states would choose the appro­ through the creation of sentencing guide­ priate model for construction. In addi­ lines and the abolition of parole. governments to establish the central state repositories of records and the criminal jus­ tion, over the 4-year period, NIC would com­ Habeas corpus tice information systems required for par­ plete studies pertaining to the possible es­ 42. The Attorney General should support ticipation in the III program, or alternative tablishment of regional prisons, the feasibil­ or propose legislation that would: criminal history exchange programs as dis­ ity of private sector involvement in prison a. Require, where evidentiary hearings in cussed in Recommendation 47. management, and the funding needs of local habeas corpus cases are necessary in the 49. The Attorney General should direct jails. The Attorney General should review judgment of the district court, that the dis­ the FBI to revise its long-range plan to NIC's findings and other relevant informa­ trict court afford the opportunity to the ap­ reduce duplication of criminal history infor­ tion to determine the need for additional propriate state court to hold the evidentiary mation services between the Identification funding upon completion of the 4-year as­ hearing. Division and the National Crime Informa­ sistance program. b. Prevent federal district courts from tion Center to take into account the results 56. The Attorney General should support holding evidentiary hearings on facts which of the eight-state prototype test of the III. or propose legislation to amend the Federal were fully expounded and found in the state 50. The Attorney General should seek ad­ Property and Administrative Services Act of court proceeding. ditional resources for the FBI to reduce the 1949 to <1 > permit the conveyance or lease c. Impose a 3-year statute of limitations backlog of requests for fingerprint and at no cost of appropriate surplus federal on habeas corpus petitions. The 3-year name checks and to enable it to respond to property to state and local governments for period would commence on the latest of the such requests more promptly, including correctional purposes and <2> ensure such following dates: those from non-law enforcement users, and conveyances or leases be given priority over <1 > the date the state court judgment should assign high priority to swift comple­ requests for the same property for other became final, tion of computerizing fingerprint files. purposes. • 20854 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 16, 1981 57. The Attorney General should support on the frontline of defense for our so­ ysis. A machine is unnecessary in this proce­ or propose legislation to amend the Voca­ ciety, protecting the residents of cities dure, and the patient is fully ambulatory. tional Education Act and other applicable and towns from the dangers of fire The technique involves the instillation by statutes to facilitate state and local correc­ and disaster. gravity of 2L fresh dialysis solution into the tional agencies' ability to gain access to ex­ peritoneal cavity through a permanent peri­ isting funds for the establishment of voca­ Tomorrow, the city of West Bridge­ water, Mass., will honor a man whose toneal device. The solution is removed by tional and educational programs within cor­ siphon after six to eight hours, and re­ rectional institutions. record of devoted public service is un­ placed. This is repeated every six to eight JUVENILE CRIME surpassed in the Commonwealth: hours, seven days per week. Juvenile fingerprints former Fire Chief Edwin T. Gibson. The procedure is simple and can be 58. The Attorney General should direct, Chief Gibson served the people of learned quickly. Because the dialysis is con­ and if necessary seek additional resources West Bridgewater for 48 years, during tinuous, there are no fluctuations of body for, the Federal Bureau of Investigation to which time he earned the respect, ad­ chemistry, and as a result, patients report accept fingerprint and criminal history in­ miration, and friendship of all who feeling nearly normal most of the time, in formation of juveniles convicted of serious were privileged to work with him. He contrast to intermittent dialysis. crimes in state courts and should support or exemplified the courage, resourceful­ CAPD, however, demands strict adherence propose legislation to amend Section 5038 of ness, and integrity that are the hall­ to procedure in order to avoid peritonitis­ the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre­ mark of the municipal firefighting vention Act to provide for fingerprinting the major drawback of this method. Perito­ and photographing of all juveniles convict­ forces of Massachusetts. Upon his re­ nitis results almost exclusively from failure ed of serious crimes in federal courts. tirement he has left behind one of the to maintain compliance with the aseptic technique of the procedure, 1 and it can be Federal jurisdiction over juveniles most proud, and one of the most effi­ cient, fire departments in the Com­ fatal or result in loss of function of the peri­ 59. The Attorney General should support monwealth. toneal membrane for further dialysis. Com­ or propose legislation to amend Section 5032 pliance has presented a special problem of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency The citizens of West Bridg~water have lost the services of a great leader with CAPD, because the dialysis procedure Prevention Act to give original jurisdiction itself must be repeated at least three times to the federal government over a juvenile and a great friend. But as he marks who commits a federal offense. a day, seven days per week. This repetition his retirement tomorrow night he and the fact that the procedure is relatively Youth gangs must know that that friendship, and easy to integrate into one's daily lifestyle 60. The Attorney General, where appro­ that sense of respect and appreciation places a unique stress on continued compli­ priate, should expand the use of federal in­ he earned over so many years, will not ance that is not present with intermittent vestigative and prosecutorial resources now fade with time. I am proud to offer forms of self-care dialysis. The procedure in­ directed against traditional organized crime him my most sincere thanks and con­ evitably becomes routine and the absence of activities to the serious criminal activities of gratulations here today, and I ask all machinery and monitoring devices tends to youthful street gangs now operating in met­ de-emphasize the importance of technique. ropolitan areas of the country. my colleagues in this House to join me in tribute to this most distinguished Because of its great simplicity, CAPD ap­ Federal juvenile justice program public servant, Edwin T. Gibson.e pears to be very adaptable and widely appli­ 61. Funding of juvenile justice programs cable; however, in the majority of cases, should be done according to the criteria set CAPD is used only for home or self care. forth in Recommendation 53; such pro­ IDENTIFYING CANDIDATES FOR When initially presented with the options grams should be considered for funds along CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY of dialysis methods, patients may choose with all other programs within the adminis­ PERITONEAL DIALYSIS CAPD without having adequate insight into trative framework for general funding. the difficulties of self-care. A patient who is VICTIMS OF CRIME HON. BOB EDGAR compliant in an outpatient dialysis setting Federal standards for the fair treatment of may not be compliant with CAPD; reliabil­ victims of serious crime OF PENNSYLVANIA ity varies in the same patient with different 62. The Attorney General should establish IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES treatment situations. Errors in patient selec­ and promulgate within the Department of Wednesday, September 16, 1981 tion will result in increased morbidity and Justice, or support the enactment of legisla­ mortality. e Mr. EDGAR. Mr. Speaker, if the tion to establish, Federal Standards for the For these reasons, we have found it neces­ Fair Treatment of Victims of Serious Crime. Government is serious about saving sary to try to identify the factors which Third-party accountability money in the health care area, all of characterize a successful CAPD candidate 63. The Attorney General should study us should become aware of an innova­ and an unsuccessful one. Certain character­ the principle that would allow for suits tive new procedure of self-care dialy­ istics of patients and their environment may against appropriate federal governmental sis. Susan Perras, R.N., and Dr. Antho­ be considered risk factors. An attempt was agencies for gross negligence involved in al­ ny R. Lappacosta, of the Bryn Mawr made to associate these characteristics with lowing early release or failure to supervise Hospital in Pennsylvania gave me a patient success or failure measured by the obviously dangerous persons or for failure tour and a complete briefing of contin­ incidence of peritonitis or deteriorating to warn expected victims of such dangerous uous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. blood chemistries. persons. Their article which follows explains in From February 1979 to February 1980, 14 Victim compensation some detail the process. It is now up to patients with end-stage renal disease of di­ 64. The Attorney General should order us to make sure that our regulations verse etiologies and various clinical back­ that a relatively inexpensive study be con­ of dialysis do not discourage home or grounds were started on CAPD. New end­ ducted of the various crime victim compen­ self-care. The article follows: stage renal disease patients chose CAPD sation programs and their results.e after being presented with the Patient Bill [From Dialysis & Transplantation, February 1981] of Rights and various options of end-stage HONORING CHIEF EDWIN T. renal disease management. IDENTIFYING CANDIDATES FOR CONTINUOUS Our CAPD procedure is similar to that of GIBSON AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS Doctors Moncrief and Oreopoulos. 2 3 The Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis HON. MARGARET M. HECKLER :1077, 1979. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES with success in performing CAPD, as meas­ 2 Moncrief, J. W. "Exchange Instructions and Wednesday, September 16, 1981 ured by incidence of peritonitis and deterio­ Sterile Tubing Change" . One of the most recent developments in a Oreopoulos, D. G., et al. a simple and safe tech­ is no higher calling in our Nation than dialysis methods is continuous ambulatory nique for continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis public service-and no more crucial peritoneal dialysis pilot procurement program to Criminal Law Subcommittee general obligation bonds to pay speci­ March 31, 1983. To hold hearings on S. 904 and S. 907, to fied eligible liabilities. 424 Russell Building provide penalties for the assassination, Room to be announced 20858 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 16, 1981 Labor and Human Resources 10:00 a.m. 2:00p.m. Investigations and General Oversight Sub­ Energy and Natural Resources Judiciary committee and Labor Subcommittee Energy Research and Development Sub­ To continue hearings on proposed legis­ To hold joint oversight hearings on the committee lation to reform the Federal criminal activities of the Occupational Safety To hold oversight hearings on the viabil­ laws and streamline the administra­ and Health Administration. ity of the domestic uranium mining tion of criminal justice. 4232 Dirksen Building and milling industry. 228 Dirksen Building 10:30 a.m. 3110 Dirksen Building Environment and Public Works Environment and Public Works SEPTEMBER 30 To hold hearings on the nominations of Business meeting, to consider pending 9:30a.m. Matthew N. Novick, of the District of calendar business. 4200 Dirksen Building Commerce, Science, and Transportation Columbia, to be Inspector General, Foreign Relations To hold joint oversight hearings with Environmental Protection Agency, and the House Committee on Science and Lee M. Thomas, of South Carolina, to To hold hearings on the nominations of Ronald I. Spiers, of Vermont, to be Technology on Federal patent policy. be an Associate Director of the Feder­ Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of 235 Russell Building al Emergency Management Agency. Pakistan, and Harry G. Barnes, Jr., of Environment and Public Works 4200 Dirksen Building Maryland, to be Ambassador to India. Transportation Subcommittee 4221 Dirksen Building Business meeting, to mark up S. 1024, SEPTEMBER 24 Judiciary authorizing funds through fiscal year 9:00a.m. Juvenile Justice Subcommittee 1986 for the construction and safety of Commerce, Science, and Transportation To hold hearings to explore certain Federal highways. To hold hearings on S. 1402, establish­ issues relating to the early detection 4200 Dirksen Building ing uniform width and length stand­ of juvenile crime. 10:00 a.m. ards for commercial motor vehicles on 2228 Dirksen Building Energy and Natural Resources interstate highways. Business meeting, to consider pending 1224 Dirksen Building SEPTEMBER 28 calendar business. •small Business 9:00a.m. 3110 Dirksen Building *Select on Indian Affairs Judiciary To continue hearings on the impact of To hold hearings on S. 874, providing Immigration and Refugee Policy Subcom­ high interest rates on business and to for additional protection of steelhead mittee examine their future credit needs of trout as a game fish. To hold hearings on matters relating to business. 1202 Dirksen Building the hiring of illegal aliens. 424 Russell Building 9:30a.m. 412 Russell Building 9:30a.m. Foreign Relations *Judiciary Commerce, Science, and Transportation International Economic Policy Subcom­ Separation of Power Subcommittee Merchant Marine Subcommittee mittee To hold hearings on proposals to restrict To continue hearings on S. 1593 and S. To hold hearings on international in­ the power of Federal courts in matters 125, bills revising and clarifying U.S. vestment policy. of school busing, focusing on the social regulation of international liner ship­ 4221 Dirksen Building impact of forced busing. ping in the U.S. foreign trade. Labor and Human Resources 2228 Dirksen Building 235 Russell Building Aging, Family, and Human Services Sub­ 2:00p.m. Judiciary committee Environment and Public Works •constitution Subcommittee To resume oversight hearings on the Transportation Subcommittee To resume oversight hearings on the im­ role of the Federal Government in Business meeting, to continue markup plementation of the Freedom of Infor­ family planning programs of Title X of S. 1024, authorizing funds through mation Act, and on S. 1247, S. 1235, of the Public Health Services Act. fiscal year 1986 for the construction and S. 587, bills providing for the pro­ 4232 Dirksen Building and safety of Federal highways. 10:00 a.m. 4200 Dirksen Building tection of certain confidential infor­ Ju,diciary mation from the disclosure require­ To hold hearings on proposed legislation OCTOBER 1 ments of the Freedom of Information to reform the Federal criminal laws Act. and streamline the administration of 9:30a.m. 2228 Dirksen Building criminal justice. Foreign Relations 10:00 a.m. 2228 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on the Airborne Warn­ Foreign Relations ing and Control System