October 21, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 24801 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS LAW OF THE SEA AND zens to the strategic minerals of the international negotiations established to NATIONAL SECURITY deep seabed. Although assured access codify a new law of the sea. is what we in the Congress called upon Over the last seven years, a third Law of our negotiators to achieve in title II of the Sea conference has been periodically in HON. JOHN 8. BREAUX session under United Nations auspices. The OF LOUISIANA our domestic deep seabed mining legis­ result has been a "draft convention," that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lation, the Reagan administration's is, the proposed text of a new treaty. The interagency review has demonstrated scope of this most recent effort has been Wednesday, October 21, 1981 how woefully short of that goal we are very ambitious-too ambitious, some would • Mr. BREAUX. Mr. Speaker, many in the existing Draft Convention text. argue. The draft convention seeks not only Members, especially those who partici­ Mr. Speaker, Secretary Lehman's to cover the traditional issues of law of the pated in our debate of last year when analysis is succinct, forthright, and, sea, such as questions of navigation and ter­ ritorial waters, but also to adopt rules for we enacted the Deep Seabed Hard typical of a man of his integrity, does the mining of the seabed and the protection Mineral Resources Act, will recall my not hold any punches. I request that of fisheries, and to draw up a charter for a concern with the Draft Convention his speech be inserted in the RECORD new and potentially powerful international text which has been emerging from at this point and I urge my colleagues organization. negotiations at the Third United Na­ to take a few moments to consider his Whether or not one is well-grounded in tions Conference on Law of the Sea thoughts on the law of the sea and na­ the compelling treatises of Hugo Grotius or

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. 24802 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 21, 1981 and others-have taken it upon themselves available from the deep seabed, jet engines tion of Enterprise operations, and "equita­ to convey the impression that the interests could not be manufactured. Without man­ ble" distribution of mining rights. If two­ of the Navy, indeed of our Nation's security, ganese, found in abundance on the ocean thirds of the States party to the treaty wish demand that the United States embrace this floor, many important steel products could to amend provisions concerning the system Draft Convention. Our evaluation does not not be produced. Today we are 95 percent of exploitation, they may do so only after support this conclusion. In fact, from the dependent on external sources for manga­ five years' negotiation and following ratifi­ point of view of our security interests, we nese; 98 percent for cobalt. For these strate­ cation by two-thirds of the assembly mem­ must not only evaluate the navigation provi­ gic materials and others, ocean mining holds bers. Thus, if the United States were to dis­ sions of the Convention, but the rules pro­ the promise of reduced national vulnerabil­ agree with duly ratified changes, it would be posed for seabed mining as well. For it is ex­ ity. bound by them nevertheless-unless it exer­ tremely important that we preserve flexibil­ It is certainly conceivable that a Law of cised its option to denounce the treaty in its ity in obtaining the strategic mineral re­ the Sea treaty could protect and promote entirety. sources that our future defense efforts may vital U.S. interests. However, this Draft Although the assessment is incomplete at require • • • resources that our future na­ Convention appears to fall far short in its this time, we must keep firmly in mind that tional economy will almost certainly re­ seabed mining provisions. Moving now to the important provisions within the Draft quire. the specific, I will outline some of the Ad­ Convention governing navigation on the In a recent public statement, Deputy As­ ministration's principal areas of concern: high seas be fully consistent with our na­ sistant Secretary of State Kronmiller put it The Draft Convention places the develop­ tional security imperatives. With the strong­ succinctly: "After more than a decade of ment of all resources of the seabed and sub­ est interest in preserving maximum freedom compromises on access to seabed minerals, soil lying beyond the geographic limits of of movement at sea for our naval combat­ this Administration is taking a long hard national jurisdiction under burdensome ants, the U.S. has viewed with great concern look at the results. Although our review is international regulation. This area repre­ the emergence of provisions for 12-mile ter­ not yet complete, it is already clear that ele­ sents approximately two-thirds of the ritorial seas and 200-mile exclusive economic ments of the Draft Convention pertaining earth's submerged area. The draft includes zones. In the U.S. view, areas to seaward of to seabed mining do not meet our national mineral deposits found beneath the surface 3 miles remain high seas under existing interests and objectives." of the seabed. Little is known of these de­ international law, based upon historical The views of the Navy Department on this posits today, but in the future they may usage. The Draft Convention represents a subject may appear to represent a departure well have substantial economic importance. considerable divergence from our current from previous policy. This is correct, but One proposal would establish a suprana­ only in relation to the position that the juridical positions. Under such circum­ tional mining company, the Enterprise, stances, it should not, therefore, be surpris­ Carter Administration was willing to accept. which would benefit from significant dis­ Not uncharacteristically, that Administra­ ing that the Navy and the Administration criminatory advantages relative to the pri­ have given strong voice to concerns for our tion sought less than had been previously vate firms in developed countries. Arguably, asked for in United Nations negotiations. It essential navigation interests. was well known, for example, that the the Enterprise could monopolize production I trust that these few examples serve to regime for the exclusive economic zone set of seabed minerals. Moreover, the Draft make clear the insufficiencies-even the po­ out in the Draft Convention did not reflect Convention would require the United States tential danger-of the proposed treaty when the preferred position of earlier administra­ and other nations to provide the initial capi­ viewed in light of either our national securi­ tions. A careful reading of the Draft Con­ talization for the Enterprise, in direct pro­ ty or economic interests. It should also vention also reveals that navigation inter­ portion to their United Nations contribu­ make obvious the reasons for the Adminis­ ests are compelled to rely upon a highly tions. The American taxpayer, therefore, tration's studied and cautious approach to complex assortment of treaty provisions. In­ would have to provide the dominant capital the Draft Convention. formed opinion concerning the correct in­ share for a supranational mining organiza­ A humorist once gave the following defini­ terpretation of those provisions is-to un­ tion controlled by other nations, and which tion of the word "yours." "Yours," he said, derstate-quite varied. may well act in ways not beneficial to the "is anything which up to the present others It would be unreasonable to ignore the in­ U.S. interest. What we have here, with have not been able to get away from you." tense scholarly debate that has taken place sweeping authority over almost all activities Like most good writing in the genre, it con­ over certain critical elements of the pro­ on the seas, is a large, complicated, highly tains an element of truth. In this case, an posed navigation regime, including the con­ organized, unelected powerful organization. important element. troversial straits transit provisions. On the We should think long and hard about the Perhaps the American people have tired other hand it would be just as unreasonable creation of such an entity as "the Enter­ of their long years of sacrificing U.S. nation­ blindly to accept the arguments of treaty prise." al goals and interests for the greater supra­ critics and to reject the treaty without care­ Through transfer of technology provi­ national interests of the world's community ful thought. We have chosen the most rea­ sions, the sale of proprietary information of nations. In the view of many, the return sonable tack: To acknowledge that questions and technology now largely in U.S. hands on some of these investments has been woe­ may be legitimately raised and carefully would be virtually compulsory under certain fully insufficient. Too frequently, the prac­ considered. circumstances. With certain restrictions, the tical application of our national compassion It must be understood that the willingness · Enterprise, through mandatory transfer, if and fairness has produced results inimical of this Administration to reassess the navi­ guaranteed access on request to seabed to U.S. interests-or it has produced nothing gation provisions of the Draft Convention is mining technology owned by others. Similar at all. The feeling of having been "used" not an indication that our naval interests access to privately-owned technology is fur­ pervades. Little is more rankling than unap­ are somehow viewed to be of greater or ther guaranteed for any developing country preciated-and often unrequited-interna­ lesser importance, in relation to what are planning to go into seabed mining. It is most tional cooperative efforts. often seen as "conflicting" seabed mining important that we carefully consider how It is time to take a new look at the Law of interests. On the contrary, the Administra­ such provisions relate to our security-orient­ the Sea Treaty draft with a primary focus tion has demonstrated a heightened concern ed technologies, current and future. on U.S. interests-and with important, but for both, and does not view them as compet­ The Draft Convention creates a one­ comparatively lesser concerns for our ability ing-much less conflicting. There are ex­ nation, one-vote international organization, to assist the rest of the world. This should tremely important strategic factors involved governed by an assembly and a 36-member not sound startling. What I am saying is with each issue, and the Administration's Executive Council. While the Soviet Union simply what we all know to be true-charac­ review has taken all factors into account. and its allies have three guaranteed seats in teristic of both humans and nations alike. Our absolute commitment to U.S. naval and the Council, the United States would be But it is often important that we state and maritime security is complemented by our forced to compete with its allies for repre­ restate such ideas, if only so we may better strong determination to achieve reliable sentation. The great bulk of votes would be behave in accordance with them. As H.G. access to strategic minerals-including those possessed by the Third World nations, the Wells said, "There is a time when the best of the deep seabed. Naval strength and mo­ so-called "Group of 77," rather than by thing that wise men can do is to keep re­ bility are not sufficient answers to an inse­ those countries contributing the technical peating the obvious." Now may be such a cure supply of critical materials, which expertise and financial resources to the or­ time. would likely threaten not only the success ganization. This would result in politiciza­ There is little new in such a focus. We will of defense-related high technology enter­ tion of the governing process. continue to behave as a great nation should prises, but possibly the viability of our in­ After fifteen years of seabed production, behave, in accordance with an historic per­ dustrialized society as well. Let me give two the provisions of the treaty will be reviewed spective of freedom, justice, and reason that examples. to determine whether they have fulfilled has made us unique in history. We will not, Without cobalt, now obtained largely appropriate policy considerations, such as as the Soviet propagandists will become from unreliable land-based sources, but protection of land-based producers, promo- more aggressive, expansionary or imperial. October 21, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 24803 We will remain what we have always been­ dresses the compelling need to protect between private Earth station owners the primary guarantor of freedom in the against the unauthorized reception of who live in areas where only this tech­ world. Our national aim-and the aim of our subscription television signals. · Navy-is to continue that vital guarantee nology provides them with the prom­ . . . and to insure that freedom of the seas is One of the more exciting aspects of ise of a diversity of program services, a non-negotiable freedom. the emerging telecommunications and program producers and distribu­ As always, we will support international technologies is the fact that program­ tors who have a legitimate property law and the codification of just agreements ing can be offered to subscribers di­ right that is worthy of protection. In among nations-these are confluent with rectly on a per channel or per program our own traditions. But we will be firm in basis, thereby increasing the opportu­ any event, I agree with the statement defense of our freedom of the seas. And we nities for delivering programing that of my colleague, Mr. WAXMAN, that will not be a party to agreements in which meets the more specialized interests of prosecution of this class of individuals U.S. national interests, and those of our the viewing public-something adver­ is not the intent of this legislation. allies and friends, are not promoted in a rea­ tiser-supported programing aimed at a Rather, this bill is aimed instead at sonable and balanced way. those pirates who are engaging in the Certainly there is some risk in any major mass audience is less able to provide. policy decision made at this time. But the However, this new means of program practice of unauthorized reception for risk, for instance, of losing this particular delivery is being severely threatened. their own commercial advantage or fi­ treaty does not outweigh the future implica­ The proliferation of products, such as nancial gain. tions of an agreement unfairly constructed "black box" decoders and satellite Again, I want to commend the gen­ in favor of one portion of the international Earth stations, permit many to receive tleman from California for his efforts. community at the expense of another. a subscription signal-transmitted via For now, those who seek to offer views on As chairman of the House Telecom­ the subject should not assume that national satellite or over a multipoint distribu­ munications, Consumer Protection interests, the Defense Department's inter­ tion system or subscription television and Finance Subcommittee of which ests, or the Navy's interests, argue for U.S. service even though they have not Mr. WAXMAN is a distinguished acceptance of the Draft Convention, and paid to do so. member, I fully intend for my subcom­ that it is only a small number of self-serving If these unauthorized receptions are mittee to hold hearings and take fur­ mining companies th.at have stirred up op­ not checked through the explicit pro­ position. My purpose in speaking with you ther action on this bill as expeditious­ vision of penalties for these recognized ly as possible.• here today is to say-firmly and clearly­ violations of section 605 of the Com­ that this is not true. At issue is U.S. nation­ al security, our vital national interests, and munications Act, then the financial vi­ the global environment in which our U.S. ability of these new services will be THE REAGAN ADMINISTRA- maritime superiority will operate in the dec­ jeopardized, and the increasing avail­ TION'S PROPOSALS TO AMEND ades to come. These are very high ability to the public of a diversity of THE FREEDOM OF INFORMA­ stakes • • • Let us not forget that. programing, from a diversity of TION ACT Thank you.e sources will be undermined. As we enter an age in which direct PERSONAL EXPLANATION broadcast satellite , legislation which we intro­ creased. However, in their use of During this time, I expect that we duced last week that amends section Earth stations pay television signals will continue to work with the admin­ 605 of the Communications Act of are also being picked up, even though istration to attempt to refine its pro­ 1934 by providing for strengthened the companies distributing the sub­ posals; thus, I see our introduction and penalties for the piracy of pay televi­ scription services have not authorized study of this bill as another step in sion signals. I want to praise and com­ those individuals to do so. It is my our subcommittee's general review, mend the leadership of Mr. WAXMAN hope that this legislation can serve as begun earlier this year, of the Free­ in drafting this legislation which ad- a vehicle for reaching an agreement dom of Information Act.e 24804 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 21, 1981 HOUSE RESOLUTION 243 Increased energy conservation, the to a large number of projects that are increased use of renewable energy even now under negotiation. Certainly, HON. TOM HARKIN sources such as solar, wind, geother­ we must reduce our budget deficits. mal, and the increased use of plant However, I believe that this would be OF IOWA material for alcohol and biomass can one of the worst places to reduce our IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES increase our energy independence. It assistance to taxpayers. The fact that Wednesday, October 21, 1981 can also decrease our costs. And, by a majority of the House, 228 Members, e Mr. HARKIN. Mr. Speaker, I re­ using cogeneration, the use of waste have joined in cosponsoring House cently introduced House Resolution heat, we can also save resources and Resolution 243 clearly shows that the 243 together with Representatives JEF­ cut costs. need to preserve these tax incentives is FORDS, WOLPE, SCHNEIDER, FAZIO, In addition, the cost of producing widely felt by the Members of this electricity is skyrocketing. Every new body.e GEORGE BROWN, and a majority of the electric plant built-whether it is a nu­ House. This resolution places the clear plant or a coal plant-will create House of Representatives on record in higher electricity costs. Through con­ A TRIBUTE TO FRITZ REDER opposition to any repeal or reduction servation, we reduce our need for new in the conservation and renewable plants and, thus, help keep our costs HON. LYLE WILLIAMS energy tax incentives. down. These incentives include: OF OHIO If conservation and the use of re­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The residential renewable energy newable sources of energy are such credit allowing a 40-percent credit on good ideas, why do we need tax incen­ Wednesday, October 21, 1981 the first $10,000 invested in active tives to get people to use them? For e Mr. WILLIAMS of Ohio. Mr. Speak­ solar, certain passive solar compo­ several reasons: er, I would like to bring to the atten­ nents, wind, photovoltaic, and geother­ In a perfect world of perfect infor­ tion of the U.S. House of Representa­ mal equipment; mation, people would know the exact tives a man well respected for his ef­ The residential energy conservation costs and savings involved, and would forts on behalf of the Saxon Club of credit allowing a 15-percent credit on make their energy investments in Youngstown, Ohio. up to $2,000 invested in specific energy those areas in which the technology is The man is Fritz Reder. Mr. Reder conserving home improvements such well established. However, people do moved to this country in 1956 from as insulation and weatherstripping; not have perfect information. Many Wiesbaden, Germany. He has devoted The business/industrial renewable people fail to install energy-saving de­ many hours of his time to the Saxon energy investment credit providing for vices or use renewable energy sources Club and other ethnic groups. He is a a 15-percent investment tax credit for even though it would be financially member of the Youngstown Saxon solar, wind, and geothermal equip­ beneficial for them to do so. Our cur­ Club Branch 30 where he held various ment for industrial purposes; rent tax incentives provide the added offices. He served on the club's build­ The hydroelectric and biomass cred­ impetus they need. Second, in many ing committee in 1967 and 1974. He its which provide an 11-percent and areas, the technology is new or experi­ also spent countless hours gathering 10-percent credit, respectively, for in­ mental. The industries are just start­ cultural artifacts from the club's cul­ dustrial equipment in those technol­ ing to grow and there is some legiti­ ture room. He personally made or do­ ogies; and mate question about whether the nated several items for display in that The alcohol fuels production credit technology will be cost effective; but room. which provides for a 40-cent-per-gallon the stakes are worth the risk. We need Mr. Reder was a representative of credit for alcohol used to make gaso­ to provide incentives so that the the Landsmannschaft of the United hol. United States can maintain the lead it States. He also promoted the ex­ All of these credits are temporary, now enjoys in renewable energy tech­ change of brass bands between the most ending at the end of 1985. They nology. Clearly, Europe and Japan are United States, Austria, and Germany. are designed to reduce our Nation's de­ rapidly increasing their assistance to To the many friends and admirers pendence on imported oil at a rapid these industries. The United States he has in the Saxon Club, Mr. Reder rate. The incentives are also designed previously led the world in auto sales. will always be thought of as a fine and to develop solid conservation and re­ We have lost the majority of the auto concerned person always ready to give newable energy industries so we can market to other nations. We cannot of himself for the betterment of all. manufacture these materials at a com­ allow that to occur in renewable This esteem for Mr. Reder was demon­ petitive price domestically and over­ energy and energy conservation equip­ strated on October 15 of this year seas. ment. when the Youngstown Saxon Club Our Nation has experienced consid­ The Treasury Department is now re­ held a testimonial dinner in Mr. erable economic difficulties and dis­ viewing the usefulness of the conser­ Reder's honor. Those attending have ruptions since 1973 because of the vation and renewable energy tax in­ said they felt that was the least they rapid increase in the price of oil. In centives and will shortly make a rec­ could do for a man who has done so 1972, U.S. petroleum imports cost $5 ommendation to the White House. I much for them and their organiza­ billion. In 1980 they cost $85 billion. hope they will fully consider the huge tion.e Most experts agree that is the primary impact that these technologies can reason the United States suffered have on the cost of the energy in the under a 13-percent rate of inflation in United States, on the increased energy A NICE IDEA THAT HAS NOT 1979-80. independence of our country, on con­ WORKED Now petroleum prices have stabi­ servation and the use of renewable lized and our imports are down. How­ energy sources, and on our ability to HON. ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO ever, we cannot be complacent. I re­ sell our products overseas. OF CALIFORNIA member the strong resolve people felt Government funding of research IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in 1973. That resolve later evaporated. and grants for installation of conserva­ We cannot allow that to happen again. tion and renewable energy materials Wednesday, October 21, 1981 America must reduce its dependence have already been drastically cut. The e Mr. LAGOMARSINO. Mr. Speaker, on imported oil, especially given the administration is clearly planning to we recently voted to extend the Voting instability of the Mideast, the region propose further reductions. To pro­ Rights Act, an action which I support­ from which a major portion of our im­ pose repeal of these tax provisions at ed and voted for, and it will soon be ported oil comes. this time would create severe damage the Senate's turn to act. During the October :21, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 24805 floor debate, I indicated my concern But bilingual voting is a fede.ral require­ offset losses in :mother crop by having this with one provision of the act, dealing ment, and since it is, Mr. Hamm"s approach type of operation. I would like to explain with the requirement for printing bal­ to compliance seems the best way to handle what impact high interest rates have had on lots in languages other than English. I a well-intentioned idea that simply hasn't my operation. produced the hoped-for results.e The major impact is that through high in­ noted the experience of several coun­ terest periods my repayment ability is great­ ties in my district with the provision, ly lessened. For example, an increase of one and voted to amend that section of the HIGH INTEREST RATES AND percent reduces my ability to repay $1,600 act to make it more practical; an THE FAMILY FARM on my loans. This interest puts a squeeze on amendment which unfortunately did next year's funds. If interest continues to not pass. HON. PAUL SIMON climb the squeeze will eventually eliminate In that regard, I would like to share me from farming. Higher interest rates in­ with my colleagues an editorial which OF ILLINOIS crease my cost of operation. Interest is an recently appeared in the Ventura IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES overhead cost and must be paid first. The Wednesday, October 21, 1981 items which I purchase for production in­ County Star-Free Press, on October crease as a result of processors passing the 15, 1981, entitled, "A Nice Idea That e Mr. SIMON. Mr. Speaker, the cost onto the purchaser. The same is true Hasn't Worked": family farmer has been the backbone when the final processor purchases our A NICE IDEA THAT HASN'T WORKED on which this country's productivity grain, hogs and cattle. Due to the loss of net Under the heading of nice ideas that was founded. The men and women income through higher interest paid, higher haven't worked too well, we would have to who are family farmers have fed this cost, and lower sales prices, less money is include bilingual voting. Nation since its earliest days. They are available for the purchase of farm equip­ That was mandated by the federal Voting ment, consumer items or the items that Rights Act of 1975, recently extended by people who understand the economy, would increase the efficiency of my oper­ Congress, which required election material because they have provided the basis ation. This eventually will result in severe to be printed in the native languages of mi­ for its health and growth for years. production efficiency losses. The higher in­ norities constituting more than 5 percent of They have done so while having to terest charges have caused the curtailment the population. adjust to every turn in our Nation's of many feeder operations which will tight­ The goal was to encourage greater partici­ economy, and having to remain pro­ en the supply of meat to the consumer. The pation by minorities in the American elec­ ductive. The family farmer has to bottom line is that a slowdown in the farm­ tion process. But it really hasn't turned out ing sector leads to losses in other areas. that way. know not only about soil conditions The impact of high interest is also being In most of California, as in Ventura and weather patterns, he or she must felt on local businesses. As farmers have less County, the primary thrust of bilingual also know about the economic climate, money, or as money becomes tighter, farm­ voting material has been in Spanish. But ex­ and how to adapt to its shifts. The ers spend less and in turn local and national perience has shown that very few voters family farm is a critical barometer to businesses slump. In addition higher cost have used the Spanish-language material our economic health, and the farmer money creates cash flow problems for many that was made available. is telling us that things are becoming people other than farmers. For example, In the June 1980 primary election, for ex­ most farmers purchase production items in ample, 7,180 Spanish-language ballots were very sick. A farmer in my district, Lindel Whitelock of Grantsburg, Ill., the spring of the year, however they do not printed in Kings County; two were used. have income until fall due to the time re­ Similar results are found throughout the has taken the time to spell out very quired to produce a crop. Agriculture, unlike state. simply and clearly what high interest other areas of production has a 3-6 month This experiment in bilingual voting hasn't rates are doing to his farm business. time lag in starting an income flow after been cheap. Extra expenses added an esti­ His is a small operation, he and his inputs are made. The only exception is the mated $750,000 to the cost of the 1980 gen­ wife run 560 acres on which they grow dairy business. Farmers pick up input items eral election in California. And the cost per and do not usually pay for these items for Spanish ballot used, where it has been cal­ corn, grain, sorghum, and wheat and raise hogs and cattle. Mr. Whitelock 60 days and then he pays generally with culated, has been steep. borrowed money. The supplier has to re­ In San Bernardino County 1980, $108,000 originally offered these comments to plenish his stock and pay for that stock was spent to provide bilingual election mate­ be placed in the record of the House within 30 days. This policy then puts the rials. With only 113 ballots used, the cost Budget Committee. For those who local merchant in an income expense cost was $950 a ballot. have trouble understanding how dire In Ventura County, the cost hasn't been squeeze. Farmer resistance to high interest so prohibitive, because the county's chief the high interest situation is, they and higher money costs is creating problems elections officer, Clerk-Recorder Bob provide a very apt lesson. Because to local businessmen. These are the prob­ Hamm, has taken a different approach. Mr. they explain the interest rate crisis so lems that occur now, but let's take a look at Hamm makes Spanish voting material­ well, I am inserting a summary of Mr. what can be anticipated in the future if sample ballots and voting instructions­ higher interest persists. Whitelock's remarks into the RECORD: If high interest rates continue, everything available to those who ask for it. Each poll­ COMMENTS ON INTEREST RATE SITUATION BY ing place has a sample ballot in Spanish, the farmer and consumer alike purchases and at precincts with heavy Spanish-speak­ LINDEL WHITELOCK, GRANTSBURG, ILL. will increase in price due to the added cost. ing voter registration, there is an election I am a family farmer. My background in These production or consumer items, will be worker who is fluent in Spanish, to provide farming and farm financial management higher not only to those who have to aid to any voter who asks for it. gives me an understanding of the current borrow money to buy them, but the higher The cost of printing the Spanish language agricultural situation and the impact high costs will be felt by those who pay cash. material was about $40,000 for the two elec­ interest rates have had on the family farm. Farmers are going to be asked to take a tions of 1980, says Mr. Hamm. There were The farm which I operate has been and still larger risk because elevator operators are about 1,700 voters who asked for voting ma­ is a farm which is suffering due to high in­ less willing to forward price our products be­ terials in Spanish, putting the added cost at terest rates and high costs. cause of the interest they must pay on the about $24 per voter (if all 1,700 voted). Let me describe the plight my wife and I margin money required when a farmer locks That beats printing thousands of bilingual currently face. I own and operate 420 acres in a contract. At this point farmers are not ballots, to have only a few of them used. and rent another 140 acres. My land has all able to forward price any wheat because ele­ The irony is, Mr. Hamm was actually been purchased. My interest rate on my real vators will not make a bid. Higher interest threatened with jail by federal elections of­ estate mortgage is 12% percent. In addition rates make it very unattractive for farmers ficials for failure to comply with the Voting to my real estate loan I have a loan for to purchase livestock to go into feed lots. Rights Act in 1976. Logic finally prevailed, equipment and operating expenses. The in­ This in turn could possibly lead to a short­ and the feds accepted his procedure. terest on this money is the prime rate plus age of meat and higher inflation because of Some Taxpayers are impatient with the one percent, offered by a bank in St. Louis, higher grocery costs. Higher interest costs whole idea of bilingual voting, since English Missouri. This means the interest on my op­ simply take money from the family farmer is the language of this country. And there erating money has exceeded 20 percent for and give it to the wealthy who have the are limits to how far elections officials over one year. Our operation is of a general money to loan. should go to try to overcome plain apathy nature. We have corn, grain, sorghum, For many farmers who may find them­ by non-voters, no matter what language wheat, hogs and cattle. Basically, if there is selves in serious financial difficulty, there they speak. one good area of farming, we are able to will be no out. High interest rates coupled 24806 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 21, 1981 with low prices make it almost impossible MESSAGE FROM HOME ON THE Cutter Duane to prepare the ship for a 21- for anyone to enter agriculture and more ECONOMIC RECOVERY PRO­ day patrol; they were going to the nearby particularly farming. Farm equipment, real GRAM: STICK TO YOUR GUNS Georges Bank to enforce the fishing regula­ estate, durable goods, fertilizers for buildup tions. purposes are not selling simply because no But they never left. one has the money to purchase these goods. HON. JOHN EDWARD PORTER Just before departure the captain stunned Allis Chalmers, for example has experi­ OF ILLINOIS his superiors by "recommending" that the enced a 35 percent decrease in sales since IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cutter be kept in port for extensive repairs. one year ago. Furthermore this translates to The boat was 44 years old, he explained, unemployment not only at AC's factories Wednesday, October 21, 1981 and so ridden with deficiencies and deterio­ but at local dealerships. High interest is cer­ e Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, not ration that he decided it was not safe to tainly not helping the items the government take it even on an everyday patrol. reports say they are helping. long ago an old friend from college days who has been a very successful The electrical system was rotting, for one High interest will not balance the budget, building contractor telephoned to tell thing. And the boiler looked as if it could nor will it reduce inflation. To balance the blow. Then there were the ventilation budget income must increase to match me his feelings about the Reagan eco­ shafts running throughout the ship; they spending.e nomic recovery program. were laden with years of accumulated Specifically and naturally he was grease and a spark could send rolling fire concerned about high interest rates from one end of the vessel to the other. MR. KANER'S WINNING POEM and advised me that his company, Thus Capt. Mincks gave tradition the which had earned millions in recent deep six. years, was now, with the new home He refused to put out to sea. HON. PETER A. PEYSER market virtually dead, barely existing But if the incident shocked Mincks' supe­ OF NEW YORK on money borrowed at interest rates riors, it should not have surprised them. The Duane is just one of many elderly and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that would soon mean bankruptcy. I expected his next words would be undependable ships in the U.S. Coast Guard Wednesday, October 21, 1981 today, and it may in fact personify a service to urge congressional pressure to that has quietly become overworked, out­ •Mr. PEYSER. Mr. Speaker, I am en­ loosen the Feds tight reins on money dated, ill-equipped and in trouble. tering in the RECORD a poem written growth. Instead he said: Indeed the venerable service, which has by Paul Kaner, a senior citizen living You tell the President to keep right on roots in the American Revolution, is awash in the city of Yonkers. doing what he's doing and to stop these in the sea of hard times. Its commandant, throwaway HUD spending programs that Adm. John Hayes, says the force is in "des­ This poem won first prize in a city of pay contractors three times the value for perate straits"; some of its deck sailors, even Yonkers-sponsored senior citizens public housing and waste billions of taxpay­ more candid, feel conditions today are right poetry contest. er dollars. out of His Majesty's Ship Bounty. In addition to being a fine poet, Mr. He demanded continuing efforts to And outside observers are quick to agree. Kaner, who is a graduate of Columbia Last year the General Accounting Office cut Federal spending and waste, to cut studied the Coast Guard from aft to fore­ University, has won numerous awards taxes, and to end excessive bureaucra­ for his paintings and drawings. deck and reported that it can no longer be cy and regulation. expected to carry out all of its duties. One I am pleased to share with my col­ He said: GAO researcher adds privately that the leagues, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kaner's win­ If my company's going to go broke after state of the service is scandalous. ning poem, a moving statement of so many years of success, it will be the fault The scandal may be most evident in the love. of all the stupid economic policies that Coast Guard's fleet. The GAO believes it is GONE Is MY LOVE Washington has pursued in the past. But if too gray and thin to meet its responsibil­ it is to happen, I sure don't want to go ities. The average age of a ship in the Coast I speak of one-a love so fair, under without accomplishing something. Guard in now 23 years old, and the number With halo formed of golden hair, You people in Washington who have finally of cutters

79-059 0-85-7 (Pt. 19) 24808 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 21, 1981 the leaders of the ACTWU have taken by jury or due legal process. The Amalga­ ably find it harder to get loans for their a lead role in this area, in concert with mated Clothing and Textile Workers Union education. other New York labor groups who has since its very inception actively support­ Whether nationwide or in our state alone, ed the cause of human rights and equality the ultimate impact of the spending cuts on have also spoken out on this issue. for all people in all lands. people's lives can only be estimated. Thou­ The contributions which they make As President of the United States of sands of families will be deprived of income can only enhance the work of the ad America founded on the principles of justice and assistance they need to make ends hoc committee, whose primary role is and equality and human rights, we respect­ meet. The cuts may carry high social costs, to elevate this issue in U.S. foreign fully call upon you to use your immense in­ including increased crime or urban unrest. policy and to expedite a peaceful solu­ fluence with the British government to take Most experts believe that under the changes tion to this tragic situation. the necessary and inevitable steps of a approved by the President and Congress, I commend the leaders of the phased out withdrawal of British troops the very poor who are totally dependent on from Northern Ireland as a prelude to welfare will be spared major losses, but the ACTWU for their initiative in this achieve the peace and unification of that ill­ poor who have low-paying jobs may have to area and look forward to working with fated nation 8 centuries overdue. quit work altogether. The experts also be­ them in advancing peace and justice Sincerely yours, lieve that the cuts are coming at a time for all people of Northern Ireland. MURRAY H. FINLEY, when poverty in the United States is grow­ The letters follow: President. ing. However, predictions about the overall AMALGAMATED CLOTHING AND JACOB SHEINKMAN, condition of the poor are difficult to make TEXTILE WORKERS UNION, Secretary-Treasurer. because social programs are run by state New York, N. Y., October 5, 1981. SOL STETIN, and local governments, many of which have Hon. MARGARET THATCHER, Sr. Executive Vice President. not yet decided what to do. Prime Minister, SCOTT HOYMAN, The cuts in spending raise- profoundly c/o British Consulate, Executive Vice President.• complex questions for policymakers. It is New York, N. Y. clear that the nation is changing course DEAR MADAM PRIME MINISTER: The Amal­ after years of extraordinary growth in enti­ gamated Clothing and Textile Workers CUTS IN SOCIAL SPENDING tlement programs such as welfare, food Union affiliated with the American Federa­ stamps, school lunches, and unemployment tion of Labor and Congress of Industrial Or­ compensation. Most of these well-inten­ ganizations deplores and condemns usurpa­ HON. LEE H. HAMILTON tioned programs started off rather modestly tion of the people of Northern Ireland OF INDIANA and then exploded in size and cost. Between through the use of British troops and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1970 and 1981, the cost of living rose 138 armor. percent, yet during the same period federal We deplore the denial of the Catholic Wednesday, October 21, 1981 spending for entitlement programs more population in Northern Ireland and the dis­ e Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I than quadrupled, from $70 billion to $295 crimination of jobs, living standards and po­ would like to insert my Washington billion. Entitlements now account for litical representation. We further condemn report for Wednesday, October 21, almost half of all federal spending, up from the illegal imprisonment of men and women 1981, into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 22 percent in 1956. With increased size and for alleged crimes without trial by jury or cost have come waste and bureaucracy. If due legal process. For some 800 years the CUTS IN SOCIAL SPENDING the present trend were to continue un­ people of Northern Ireland have been sub­ The spending cuts in social programs are changed, entitlement programs would con­ jugated, exploited and discriminated against beginning to pinch. Such is the message I tinue to grow and would threaten any at the hands of the British government. get as I travel around the 21 counties of the chance to balance the federal budget. I do As an organization founded and devoted Ninth Congressional District. not find in Congress any dissent from the to the principles of human rights with The cuts in spending which have already proposition that the growth of entitlement equality of justice for all people in all lands, been made will have far-reaching effects. programs must be slowed, but the effort to we call upon you to begin the necessary and Across the nation, 700,000 families will lose cut them back is bound to provoke a strong inevitable task of a phased out withdrawal all or part of their welfare benefits. About public reaction. Congress realizes that the of British troops of occupation of Northern 1.1 million persons will no longer receive necessary curtailment in federal spending Ireland as a means of achieving the goal of food stamps. For thousands of children, will never be achieved by attacking fraud, peace and justice and the unification of the school lunch prices will go higher and meals waste, and abuse. We must do our best to Irish nation 8 centuries overdue. will be smaller. Some 1.5 million unem­ eliminate such excesses wherever they exist, Sincerely yours, ployed workers will not have 13 extra weeks but we should recognize that the cuts in MURRAY H. FINLEY, of benefits. Approximately 900,000 people social programs now on the books will cause President. will not get the public service jobs they had hardship for many citizens. JACOB SHEINKMAN, been counting on. Fewer federally subsi­ The cuts in spending should prompt Con­ Secretary-Treasure~ dized housing units will be available, and gress to think carefully about the role of SOL STETIN, rents will rise to between 25 percent and 30 government in a democratic society. All of Sr. Executive Vice President. percent of the occupant's income. Scores of us want ours to be a compassionate society. SCOTT HOYMAN, other changes will be made in these pro­ I do not find any real opposition to the gen­ Executive Vice President. grams. About 70 percent of all cuts made so eral idea that government should protect far are in programs which help the poor. the genuinely needy against the reverses of AMALGAMATED CLOTHING AND Low-income Hoosiers will also suffer. In life. At the same time, no one wants to TEXTILE WORKERS UNION, Indiana, as Governor Robert Orr has said, bestow unwarranted benefits on persons New York, N. Y., October 5, 1981. "the cuts will bring pain and more pain." who do not need them. To do so places an The PRESIDENT, Aid to families with dependent children, the unfair burden on taxpayers. While all of us The White House, biggest welfare program, will be cut from 10 subscribe to the view that government Washington, D. C. percent to 20 percent. About 20,000 of the should undertake to do only the things DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: The Amalgamated 400,000 households in Indiana which receive which people cannot do for themselves, Clothing and Textile Workers Union found­ food stamps will become ineligible, and there are many different interpretations of ed in 1914 with a membership of 455,000 in 12,000 other households will have their al­ that principle. A more serious problem is the United States and Canada deplores and lotments trimmed. The size of school that our economy is no longer growing rap­ condemns the usurpation by the British lunches will be reduced and their cost will idly. government of the people in occupied increase. Two-thirds of the 60,000 people After a generation of improvement in our Northern Ireland. who draw trade readjustment assistance will standard of living, the nation has entered a We concur and support whole-heartedly lose it. Ten thousand public service workers period of slower growth. Economic growth, the official policy statement of the AFL­ will be dropped. In 57 categorical programs however, has been an indispensable factor CIO with which we are affiliated condemn­ for social services, funding will fall from in achieving a wide range of social goals. We ing the centuries old blatant discrimination $204 million to $180 million overall. There must, of course, take the necessary meas­ of the Catholic population in jobs, living will be other effects as well. Towns, cities, ures to increase our rate of growth, but standards and political representation. We and counties will see their revenue sharing until we succeed there will be increased ten­ deplore further the denial of basic human trimmed from $87 .6 million to $83.2 million. sion over the distribution of income. We rights such as imprisonment of Irishmen Although it is too early to judge with cer­ simply cannot address all the needs of all and women for alleged crimes without trial tainty, Hoosier college students will prob- who require, or think they require, a help- October 21, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 24809 ing hand. Controlling government expendi­ Not only will they be unproductive, but THE DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIP­ tures, a task which is difficult enough in pe­ our increasing cost of welfare and crime is MENT DISCLOSURE AMEND­ riods of rapid growth, becomes more diffi­ becoming a national scandal. However much MENTS OF 1981 cult still in periods of slow growth. we deplore it, there is no sense at all in de­ There is general agreement that the costs nying that lack of education and training is of our social programs have increased while HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN our ability to pay for them has not. Almost a direct cause of crime, drug addiction and all of us agree that cuts in spending must be despair. The main response to rising crime OF TENNESSEE made, but if these cuts are to be made then seems to be a willingness to spend lavishly IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES on new prisons, not on programs that might extraordinary efforts must also be made to Wednesday, October 21, 1981 guarantee social justice and equity for those stop crime. people at the lower end of the economic Russia, our political competitor, and e Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I am spectrum. If government is going to encour­ Japan, our economic competitor, are spend­ today introducing the Durable Medi­ age economic growth with tax reductions of ing billions to capitalize on their youth's po­ cal Equipment Disclosure Amend­ many kinds, then it must do everything in tential. Both are engaged in hugely ambi­ ments of 1981. This bill would amend its power to ensure that available resources title XVIII of the Social Security Act are distributed fairly. If Americans do not tious educational and technical develop­ perceive the tax and spending cuts as fair, ment programs. Ninety-eight percent of all to requfre that medicare beneficiaries then it is a safe bet that the policies which Soviet children now complete the mandato­ who are considering the purchase or set them will, in time, be repudiated.• ry 10-year primary and secondary school rental of durable medical equipment program. Only 75 percent of American chil­ covered by medicare be given dren make it through high school. certain specific information about the More importantly, virtually every student equipment they are considering. This INVESTING IN PEOPLE receives 10 years of mathematics, five years disclosure requirement is placed on of physics, four years of chemistry, five and the durable medical equipment suppli­ a half years of biology, five years of geogra­ er. The bill provides that, if such dis­ phy, three years of mechanical drawing and closure is made, the supplier may HON. RICHARD L. OTTINGER 10 years of workshop training for both boys accept an assignment of medicare ben­ OF NEW YORK and girls. efits and charge the beneficiary the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Meanwhile, the Japanese are pursuing a disclosed price rather than medicare's Wednesday, October 21, 1981 similarly intensive scientific training pro­ determination of the reasonable and gram and achieving astounding results. customary charge. e Mr. OTTINGER. Mr. Speaker, I Japan now graduates as many engineers The purpose of this bill is to focus want to bring to the attention of my every year as the United States, and Japa­ attention on the problems in the DME colleagues a recent article by Howard nese students score the highest in the non­ program under medicare and to stimu­ J. Samuels which was printed in the Communist world in math and science. late discussion by proposing a solution. New York Times. Mr. Samuels' com­ The economic implications for the future Simply stated, the problem is that the ments describe the devastating impact productivity of America's work force are assignment program for durable medi­ of President Reagan's cuts in funding glaring enough, but the "skills gap" may be cal equipment is not working as Con­ for education, job training, day care, a greater threat to our national security gress has intended-to help medicare and other social services. As he clearly than shortages of sophisticated weapons. beneficiaries obtain needed supplies points out, these are false economies. Buttons and video screens do not wage and equipment. Excluding the sale or Spending in these areas are invest­ wars-people do. A recent survey of 23,000 rental of oxygen equipment and items ments in the future of the Nation, not recruits at the San Diego Naval Base costing less than $50, it is believed just debits on the budget. showed that 37 percent of them could not that a small percentage of DME pur­ The text of Mr. Samuels' article fol­ read at the 10th-grade level. chases and rentals are subject to as­ lows: It is easy to understand why Americans signed claims. have become disillusioned about spending The reasons for this are not hard to INVESTING IN PEOPLE on human services. Education, child care

1 standards." The automotive industry, hard Efforts to draw attention to the be pro-American. However, the premise of hit by competition from Japan and West problems of Soviet Jews by Represent­ the AW ACS sale is that the Saudis want to Germany, has pressed for delays in meeting ative MIKE BARNES and organizations be helpful. The sale needs a new premise new auto pollution standards on the like the Chicago Action for Soviet unless the Saudis endorse the Camp David grounds that such added costs would hurt process and especially the multinational the competitive position of American cars. Jewry are commendable. People like force for the Sinai. By 54-42 percent, a majority opposes post­ Pamela Cohen in Chicago and the As Carter did with SALT II, Reagan chose poning "the current deadlines for auto com­ Feldmans who live in my district have to get into a game of "chicken" with Con­ panies meeting auto pollution standards." increased my awareness of the prob­ gress, thereby risking paralysis in govern­ Although Americans show some sympathy lem, and as a result, I wrote to both ment, discord in the country and disrespect for the plight of the auto industry, the President Leonid Brezhnev and Am­ in the world. He assumed that Congress, desire for clean air runs deeper. bassador Anatoly F. Dobrynin regard­ afraid of being blamed for that, would When Americans were asked what ought ing the Feldman brothers and the flinch. Reagan's men must not have noted to be done about renewing the Clean Air that, regarding SALT II, Congress did not Act, 29 percent said the law should be made Stolar family. I sincerely hope the ef­ flinch and was not blamed for the damage stricter, 51 percent wanted to keep it as it is forts of such dedicated people will Carter caused. and only 17 percent wanted to make it less have an impact on an unnecessarily re­ The Administration has chosen to poison strict. So, by 80-17 percent, the American strictive Soviet policy.e our politics by impugning the motives of op­ people want no part of any effort to ease up ponents, implying that they are craven on air pollution standards. While this is about "the Israeli lobby." This libel comes down marginally from 86-12 percent in May MIDDLE EAST STABILITY from people inexhaustibly obsequious and 82-12 percent in February, public opin­ toward a Saudi regime that molests U.S. in­ ion is clear: Air pollution standards should HON. ROBERT K. DORNAN terests while refusing even slight compro­ not be relaxed.• OF CALIFORNIA mise to help the President out of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AWACS crisis his men have caused. At first, a reason for gritting one's teeth CALL TO CONSCIENCE VIGIL: Wednesday, October 21, 1981 and supporting the sale was to prevent the THE FELDMAN BROTHERS AND e Mr. DORNAN of California. Mr. President's Middle East policy from becom­ THE ABRAHAM STOLAR Speaker, during the recent debate con­ ing a shambles. But a policy of treating FAMILY Saudi Arabia as a pillar is inherently a _ cerning the sale of AWACS to Saudi shambles. A remaining reason for approving Arabia, my comments were under­ the sale is that if it is disapproved the Ad­ HON. TOM RAILSBACK scored by the succinct arguments ministration may spend three years offering OF ILLINOIS made by Mr. George Will; I commend abject apologies to the Saudis. this penetrating evaluation of the ex­ Speaking of abjection, consider the mus­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES plosive Middle East to my colleagues: ings of ex-presidents Ford and Carter in Wednesday, October 21, 1981 CFrom Newsweek, Oct. 26, 19811 favor of accommodating a terrorist organi­ zation, the PLO. The musings are a remind­ e Mr. RAILSBAC){. Mr. Speaker, I WHO Is OUR MIDEAST PILLAR? er of why Ford's Presidency made Carter's want to draw attention to the plight of (By George F. Will) Presidency possible, and why the country the Feldman brothers, Vladimir and As a bass fisherman casting with light line refused to renew either. In their airborne Efim, and the Abe Stolar family who and a high wind, I have produced some press conference, Carter was in character, have repeatedly been denied permis­ dreadful snarls. But I have rarely seen any­ laying down the law about abstract "rights" sion to emigrate from the Soviet thing as snarled as the AW ACS argument. and sermonizing about how Israel is violat­ Union. The argument is less about hardware than ing "the heritage of the Jews." But Carter is about the suspicion that there is afoot a consistent. The logic of his Administration's Vladimir and Efim Feldman are twin radical reorientation of U.S. policy. It is initial policy of pushing for a "comprehen­ sons of Riva Feldman, now living in about how much weight the Saudi regime sive" settlement, which would have maxi­ New York. Mrs. Feldman first request­ can bear. And it is about adopting the Saudi mized the leverage of the most extreme ed permission for her family to leave approach to peace, which means accommo­ party at the table, pointed to an embrace of the Soviet Union in 1970, but was de­ dating the group the Saudis sponsor, the the PLO. Indeed, Sadat went to Jerusalem tained until 1980. Soviet authorities PLO. to derail Carter's policy. But now Carter did not allow her sons to leave on the Regarding AW ACS, the Administration and Ford have retreated from solemn com­ has entangled a sensible question with a nutty pledged that the United States would not I understand that both successfully question . But if accommodation of 24830 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 21, 1981 the PLO is, as Ford and Carter say, inevita­ point out that it would be preferable the past, he brought patience and for­ ble, the PLO has no need to abandon the for Congress to conduct its own inves­ bearance. terrorism and intransigence that have won tigation in the form of hearings to de­ it the status of an inevitability. Heaven pre­ When most Arab leaders called for serve us from small minds bandying large termine the economic impact. Until the eradication of the State of Israel, notions of what history says "has to take this has been done, I have no choice Sadat extended the hand of peace. place," and playing fast and loose with the but to use the overwhelming evidence Sadat was among the first to recognize nation's honor. Leaving honor aside, where available to support the economy of the importance of including all sides if frequently has been left, let this be said: my State. of the Middle East dispute in the our ex-presidents are pushing Egypt toward In these times of tight budgets for peace talks. radicalism and Israel toward South Viet­ Federal, State, and local governments, No man possessed greater courage nam's fate. it is especially important to consider Bruno Kreisky, Austria's Chancellor, than Anwar Sadat. He was a good holds the Olympic record for fawning over carefully the economic impact of this friend to the American people and we the PLO, but even he was momentarily so­ type of legislation. I understand, for shall miss him deeply. bered by the PLO statement about shaking example-, that the allotment or loan Sadat rose from poverty, moved into the hand that pulled the trigger to kill program can add between $6,000 and the ranks of the revolutionaries, Sadat. When Ford and Carter urged appeas­ $10,000 per acre to the value of farm emerged from the shadow of his friend ing the PLO, they were flying home from land. If this is suddenly reduced, land and leader, President Gamal Abdel the funeral of a man who opposed the PLO values will plummet along with prop­ Nasser, and went on to become not and paid with his life. They could have erty tax revenues. At a time when found a more tasteful time to advocate re­ only a world leader but the most pow­ warding those who execrated Sadat while local governments need funds to sup­ erful figure the Arab World had seen he lived and rejoiced at his death.e port programs that are being rightful­ in generations. ly restored to them, they would have When Nasser died of a heart attack less to spend for such things as on September 28, 1970, few believed HEARINGS NEEDED TO EVALU­ schools, assistance to the elderly, anyone could fill his shoes-much less ATE TOBACCO PROGRAM police, and fire protection. the little-known politician named The intense debate surrounding this Anwar el-Sadat, the vice president. HON. FRANK WOLF matter has also pointed out the need But in less than 3 years in office, OF VIRGINIA for changes in the loan program, par­ Sadat showed his determination to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ticularly in regard to escalating sup­ achieve a position of leadership among Wednesday, October 21, 1981 port prices. Because of my concern his people by accomplishing what his over the possible economic impact of predecessor could not. While Nasser •Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I do not such legislation and my desire to have smoke and do not condone the habit. I had led the Arabs in battles in the the program evaluated and made more 1967 war against Israel which ended in do not have any tobacco farms in my efficient, I have today sent a letter to district of northern Virginia. However, humiliation for Egypt, Sadat was able the chairman of the House Agricul­ to lead Egypt to restore a sense of I have listened carefully to the debate ture Committee requesting that hear­ and have been particularly impressed pride in the Egyptian people through ings be held to address these areas. his bold initiatives against Israel. The with the arguments presented by my Until such time as those hearings are colleagues, including Mr. CHARLES Egyptian successes, though limited, held and more information is avail­ prompted Sadat to trumpet: "This was RosE of North Carolina and others. able, I refuse to gamble my vote on an Clearly, this is not a health issue a glorious Arab victory." amendment that could jeopardize the The true measure of Anwar Sadat and it is not a smoking issue. It is a economic health of Virginia and the referendum on the tobacco allotment was in his determination not to be me­ rest of the country and hurt countless morialized as a military leader, but as or loan program and the system it rep­ small farmers in the process.e resents. Once this distinction has been a statesman for peace. made, I want to express my opposition He saw himself as a statesman and to the amendment based on my con­ ANWAR SADAT: A GIANT AMONG after the war, he vowed to go to the cern over the economic impact of this MEN ends of the Earth-"even to the Israeli legislation to Virginia and the rest of (parliament)" to discuss peace, if it the country. When the ripple effect is HON. DAN COATS saved even one Egyptian soldier's life. considered, the impact on store OF INDIANA By then, Sadat had committed an­ owners, equipment manufacturers, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES other bold act-against the Soviet bankers, and scores of others who do Union. He gave the boot to the Soviet business with farmers could be stag­ Wednesday, October 21, 1981 ambassador, six other diplomats, and gering. • Mr. COATS. Mr. Speaker, Anwar 700 advisers, although the U.S.S.R. For example, Mason Carbaugh, the Sadat was a giant among men and we had invested billions of dollars in a Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture, are all lesser today for his death. dam and other projects vital to eco­ informed me that this legislation His assassination is a grave blow to nomic upgrading in the land of the could result in a total loss to the econ­ Egypt, places the fragile Israeli-Egyp­ Nile. omy of $1.9 billion per year. The Vir­ tian peace treaty in jeopardy and At the same time, Sadat began an ginia Farm Bureau Federation agrees plunges the entire Middle East into a unprecedented era of friendship with with these figures. dangerous new crisis. the United States. He invited Europe­ Gov. John Dalton announced in These awesome consequences are, in an and American firms to do business April the results of a study conducted themselves, the measure of Sadat's in Egypt under his new economic liber­ by the University of Pennsylvania's greatness. As a human being and as a alization policy. Wharton Applied Research Center statesman, he made inspired contribu­ Then came Sadat's trip to Israel which further supports these figures. tions to lifting Egypt out of poverty that shattered Arab precedent and The study shows that tobacco is re­ and toward securing and consolidating horrified other Arab leaders. It was sponsible for more than 1 out of 20 peace in the volatile Middle East. followed by Prime Minister Menachin jobs in the Commonwealth and gener­ Sadat was a courageous apostle of Begin's own precedent-shattering jour­ ates compensation totaling over a bil­ peace. Where others carried only ney to Egypt and led to the 1978 U.S.­ lion dollars annually. hatred in their hearts, he carried com­ mediated Camp David accords. Sadat, Although I value all the information passion and offered compromises. who shared the 1978 Nobel Peace supplied to me by organizations both Where others approached negotiations Prize with Begin, will long be remem­ for and against the legislation, I must with suspicion and the animosity of bered for his November 1977 trip to October 21, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 24831 Israel, which helped make possible the outstanding playing years, from 1974 He certainly meets the criteria the September 1978 Camp David peace through 1977, compiling stunning sta­ board of trustees set for the award re­ agreement. tistics during 60 games: 110 pass recep­ cipients, namely: It is true that it takes two to make a tions netting 1,883 yards; an average I. The recipient must be an individual who peace pact, and Sadat's cosigner on of 19.l yards per catch 275- level waste immobilization. Last HRD-81-91, June 2. The 1972 amendments to the Longshore­ 6241.e spring, the administration requested men's and Harbor Workers' Compensation $37 million for its TMI program; of Act increased the number of compensation FEDERAL TMI COMMITMENT: A this $27 million was a part of the 3- claims. Acc. No. 115783, HRD-81-107, June GAME OF SMOKE AND MIRRORS year $75 million effort. The Congress 12. has already authorized $31 million of VETERANS' AFFAIRS HON. ALLENE. ERTEL the $37 million fiscal year 1982 re­ Cost of VA Medial Care to Ineligible Per­ quest. This is certainly not new sons is High and Difficult to Recover. Acc. OF PENNSYLVANIA money. No. 115817, HRD-81-77, July 2. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The $48 million data acquisition part Providing Veterans with Service-Connect­ Wednesday, October 21, 1981 of the $123 million is a commitment ed Dental Problems Higher Priority at VA entered into by the Carter administra­ Clinics Could Reduce Fee-Program Costs. •Mr. ERTEL. Mr. Speaker, yesterday Acc. No. 115856, HRD-81-82, June 19. the administration finally provided de­ tion to work with EPRI to collect Letter Reports tails on its position on assisting in the useful data during the TMI-2 cleanup; funding of the cleanup at Three Mile $12 million of this was spent in fiscal The future of the Department of Veterans years 1980 and 1981. The administra­ Benefits remains uncertain due to cuts in Island unit 2. To most Pennsylvanians' VA's fiscal year 1982 budget. Acc. No. disappointment, it is little more than a tion last spring requested another $10 115785, HRD-81-106, June 30. smoke and mirrors trick which gives million of this for fiscal year 1982 and the false impression that a new Fed­ announced its intention to request $10 ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE million more for each year of the Illegal Tax Protesters Threaten Tax eral commitment had been made to System. Acc. No. 115742, GGD-81-83, July assist in the cleanup funding. cleanup. DOE acknowledges that this 8. Despite Energy Secretary Edwards' money will not assist or offset the rhetoric, the administration has re­ cleanup at all. None of this is new GENERAL GOVERNMENT money. Federal Pay-Setting Surveys Could Be jected all present plans for the clean­ Performed More Efficiently. Acc. No. up, including Governor Thornburgh's This overall $123 million plan, begun 115687, FPCD-81-50, June 23. proposal. In a letter to Pennsylvania under the Carter administration, has Civil Agencies Should Save Millions by Congressmen, Secretary Edwards been openly discussed and described Recovering Silver from Photographic stated: "It would not be appropriate for the last 6 months. GAO looked at Wastes. PLRD-81-48, July 31. for the Federal Government to enter this plan as a part of their report re­ Bank Secrecy Act Reporting Require­ into an open-ended commitment to fi­ leased last August, entitled "Greater ments Have Not Yet Met Expectations, Sug­ nance a fixed percentage of cleanup Commitment Needed to Solve Con­ gesting Need for Amendment. GGD-81-80, July 23. costs or to commit funds without tinuing Problems at Three Mile Federal Facilities Acquisition and Man­ regard to whether those funds were to Island," and concluded that DOE was agement: Issues for Planning. Acc. No. be used for one of the two legitimate correct in its estimate that the $75 115789, PLRD-81-51, July 14. Federal responsibilities identified million R. & D. plan would offset the 24834 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 21, 1981 TMI-2 cleanup costs by about $25 mil­ made it clear that it was not open October 25, the two-level George lion. Particularly instructive in the ended. While it was stated that the Washington Bridge will celebrate its debate on whether yesterday's com­ level of Federal R. & D. expenditures 50th anniversary. mitment represents anything new is might be increased if it is discovered The only 14 lane suspension bridge DOE's response to the GAO report, that the cost of the identified tasks is span in the world it is the longest dated August 7, 1981, in which this $75 greater than is now believed, it is also structure. From tower to tower, the million R. & D. program is described, clear that such an eventuality would bridge leaps in uninterrupted splendor as well as the $10 million per year data elevate the overall total cost of the for 3,500 feet across the Hudson River collection program. DOE Assistant cleanup. The signficance of this is that which flows 250 feet below the span. It Secretary Heffelfinger's letter states: even if this occurs, the shortfall in the is tall and proud and mighty towers The Department is moving forward with a required Federal involvement under stand 600 feet high. Three Mile Island research and develop­ the Governor's plan will, at best, ment program to provide valuable data re­ remain unchanged, and may well in­ The George Washington Bridge's lated to nuclear safety and cleanup technol­ crease if the cost of decontaminating second level has been known affection­ ogy. This program will also provide techni­ TMI-2 has been underestimated. ately as "Martha" and is the gateway cal support to the General Public Utilities We now know what the administra­ to the major traffic arteries between Company for prompt, safe and efficient fuel New York and New Jersey. It is 119 removal and waste handling operations. The tion is against-everything that has been proposed to date. We do not feet wide and its cables contain Department current projects expenditures 105,000 miles of wire. The annual traf­ of about $75 million over 3 years (beginning know, however, what the administra­ this October) for research and development tion supports. An answer to this ques­ fic volume is more than 83 million ve­ in the fuel and waste processing area, and tion is critical for any serious progress hicles, as a contrast on its opening about $10 million per year to acquire data on the problem. Inaction serves only day, October 25, 1931, 55,523 vehicles on radioactivity distribution, electrical to make everything worse. As the TV made the crossing. The busiest single equipment performance, and other areas re­ commercial says, you can pay now or day, November 21, 1978, when 140,290 lated to nuclear safety. you can pay a whole lot more later. cars, busses, and trucks were carried It is obvious that the administration Everyone, particularly the Federal eastbound across the Hudson. has rejected Governor Thornburgh's Government, pays a far more dear Of deep social significance is the TMI funding plan, as well as all other price if the administration does not strong economic development of proposals on the table. In Edwin offer constructive and realistic alter­ Bergen County and its 70 communities Meese's letter to the Governor, the ad­ natives to the proposals that it has re­ because of the George Washington ministration's view is made clear: The jected.• Bridge. Business, industry, population, responsibility for the financial bur­ tax ratables all benefit because of this dens created by the TMI accident structure. must rest primarily with those who A SALUTE TO THE PORT AU­ Last year, during the water short­ produced and used the electric power THORITY OF NEW YORK AND age, New York and New Jersey offi­ from the facility, not the Federal Gov­ NEW JERSEY'S GEORGE WASH­ cials sought and obtained permission ernment. INGTON BRIDGE AND BAY­ from the port authority to install 36 Governor Thornburgh's plan re­ ONNE BRIDGE ON THEIR inch water pipelines across the bridge quired the Federal Government to GOLDEN JUBILEE to carry water from the Delaware make a contribution to the cleanup of River via upstate New York back $190 million. The administration's po­ HON. FRANK J. GUARINI across to New Jersey. sition offers $25 million for the clean­ OF NEW JERSEY up, and leaves the Governor $165 mil­ The annals of history will show that lion short. The administration has also IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the bridge was dedicated as a memori­ expressed opposition to a Government Wednesday, October 21, 1981 al to friendly cooperation between the program to provide property damage e Mr. GUARINI. Mr. Speaker, within States of New York Governor Frank­ insurance which could also be made the next few weeks two golden anni­ lin D. Roosevelt and Governor Morgan available for the TMI cleanup. versaries will be celebrated spotlight­ F. Larsen of New Jersey. By trying to give the opposite im­ ing the George Washington Bridge The other anniversary I am spot­ pression-that the administration sup­ and the Bayonne Bridge, built and ad­ lighting is the 50th anniversary of the ports the principles of the Governor's ministered by the Port Authority of Bayonne Bridge which links Staten plan-the administration has injected New York and New Jersey. Island, N.Y. with Bayonne, N.J. It is new uncertainties into the complex The Port Authority of New York the longest steel arch bridge in the debate on the TMI-2 cleanup funding and New Jersey came into existence in world and is considered one of the and made it more difficult for other 1921 by a compact between New York most spectacular bridges, as its mid­ cost-sharing plans, which do not rely and New Jersey to advance projects in span clearance permits ocean going on Federal contributions, to attract fields of transportation and world vessels to use this entrance to Port the necessary legislative attention. As trade and to develop and operate ter­ Newark without interference. such, the administration has actually minals and other facilities of transpor­ The bridge has a 1,675-arch span worked against a solution, and thus, tation and commerce. and is 8,460 feet long with an annual increased the risks that a public Over the years the port authority traffic volume of 3,800,000 vehicles. health and safety hazard will develop, has financed, constructed, and cur­ The height of its beautiful arch above that GPU will go bankrupt, and, iron­ rently operates 26 major facilities rep­ water is 327 feet at the crown. From ically, that the Federal Government resenting an investment of over $3. 7 opening day, November 15, 1931, to may be required to pay for the entire billion. The Governor of each State the end of 1981, the four-lane span has cost of the cleanup. appoints one-half of the 12 commis­ carried 116 million vehicles, and not Not only is the Federal commitment sioners to the port authority while re­ only helped serve the bistate region not new and provides only $25 million serving the power to veto actions from and its great ports and modern termi­ toward the cleanup, it is also not open the commissioners from his State. nals, it serves the Army and Navy at ended, as some have reported. Secre­ There are 7,700 individuals working the Bayonne Military Base and Gov­ tary Edwards made several unclear with the port authority whose com­ ernment facilities on Staten Island. statements yesterday which confused pact envisions the operation as finan­ The bridge was authorized by legisla­ the issue. Later, however, DOE Assist­ cially self-sustaining. tion passed in New Jersey and New ant Secretary Shelby Brewer clarified Specifically, I would like to spotlight York in 1925, and represents a port au­ the nature of the commitment and two anniversaries hP.inlr r.P.lebrated. On thority investment of $18.4 million. October 21, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 24835 Appropriate ceremonies have been SUPPLY-SIDE ECONOMICS-PART is for too many people, "higher prices," planned with Federal, State, and local II rather than an increase in the quantity of officials to commemorate these anni­ money. He does not consider inflation to be necessarily bad. He tells us it can be a fore­ versaries. I am pleased to have been HON. LARRY McDONALD runner to a healthy adaptation to new con­ invited to participate by Port Author­ OF GEORGIA ditions. He holds a theory that inflation ity Chairman Alan Sagner to both IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES precedes all the major steps forward in ceremonies on Saturday, October 24, Wednesday, October 21, 1981 world history. He claims that inflation is 1981, at 11 a.m. at the George Wash­ not the prime economic problem because it ington Bridge plaza, when I will join e Mr. McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, yes­ may be necessary to sustain certain govern­ Gov. Brendan T. Byrne, New York terday I offered part I, for my col­ ment spending programs. As he phrases it, leagues and any others who might be "To say that the Federal Reserve should Governor Hugh Carey, Port Lee interested in the full implications -of not accommodate government spending is, Mayor Nicholas Corbiscello and New supply-side economics, an in-depth in practice, to say that business should York City Mayor Edward I. Koch, who analysis by noted Austrian school pay." Our inflation began, according to are scheduled to officiate. economist, Percy Greaves. Gilder, with the government's "necessary On November 15, 1981, ceremonies spending to accommodate the baby boom as We ended yesterday's dissertation by it moved into schools and colleges. But then spotlighting the Bayonne Bridge anni­ Mr. Greaves, as he introduced the the surge acquired a momentum of its own, versary will be held. I shall be pleased more popular writers on the matter of impelled as much by political enterprise as to participate with Bayonne Mayor supply-side economics. As we continue, by social needs." He opposes the political Dennis Collins, and Anthony Gaeta, Percy Greaves gets into the heart of enterprise but not the so-called social needs. borough president of Staten Island. George Gilder's "Wealth and Pover­ Like other supply-siders, Gilder considers ty." inflation a tax. He prefers it to high tax A bit of nostalgia was brought to my rates on business and the rich. He thus con­ attention by my administrative aide In concluding with part II, Mr. Greaves clearly demonstrates that siders inflation an acceptable substitute for Neil J. Carroll. Over the weekend he the high taxes he opposes. When inflation showed me a medal which his father supply-side economics is nothing more, supports government programs, he ap­ received on the first day of trafffic in as he suggests, than a "halfway proves. He prefers inflation to high taxes. 1931. As a motorcycle policeman, Cor­ house" with no "firm foundation." "Any attempt to fight inflation by mone­ This Nation cannot continue with tary contraction alone," he says, "will cause nelius Carroll led the procession such philosophy or practice. For that more destructive, and more permanent in­ across the great span. Needless to say, reason I urge all to pay heed to the flation." You need inflation, he claims, as a this commemorative medal is highly age-old adage that "he who will not supply-side stimulus. If the "money supply," cherished by the Carroll family. Cor­ read has no advantage over he who as he calls it, or the "quantity of money" as nelius Carroll rose in ranks to be Ba­ cannot read." The conclusion of Mr. I prefer, is constant, then there would be yonne's police chief, and his widow, less investment, less production and prices Greaves remarks follows: would go up to reflect higher government Susan, a resident of Bayonne, intends Gilder has read widely, but not wisely. costs. So for Gilder an expanding quantity to join Neil at the ceremonies. While he is not particularly familiar with of money, that is inflation, makes possible Webster defines a bridge as a struc­ Mises or any other of the better books, he more business activity, more supply and is, ture spanning and providing transpor­ has read a lot of the leftist books. He dis­ therefore, good. tation over a waterway, railroad, or agrees with some of them-the Heilbronners Government, in Gilder's view, is a factor other obstacle. In my opinion, howev­ and the Galbraiths. He pokes fun at them of production which needs to be made more constantly, because he does have this faith productive. He faults our government for er, these structures can be described as in capitalism. He considers investment a not being as productive as it should be. So, helping to provide opportunity, chal­ form of "giving." The investor gives this he seeks to make government more produc­ lenge, hope, happiness, friendship, money to society without any knowledge tive. The fundamental problem, as he sees courage, patriotism, and brotherhood. that he is going to get anything back. He it, is not inflation. but collapsing produc­ Both structures stand as symbols of looks down on self interest. He claims "the tion. What matters is the supply side and he essence of productive work under capitalism feels our government has fallen short in inspiration and progress. They are a is that it is altruistic." He considers Adam maintaining as much "supply" as it should. part of a panorama at sunrise and Smith all wrong in his emphasis on self in­ Gilder maintains there is a free lunch sunset each day, with their seemingly terest. He has faith that capitalism works. under capitalism. This free lunch is the effortless beauty and charm, with He thinks most investors have that same emotions, the visions, the faith in the ideas their myriad of lights shining like a faith, although on some pages he does that can expand production. He considers giant necklace in celestial beauty. admit that some businessmen have self in­ both labor and resources "enormously elas­ terest in mind. He does not know or under­ tic" and the solution is to expand them. They bathe in symmetry with harmo­ stand the role of savings, and he considers Their expansion is, for him, a free lunch. He nious balance. Truly they project government as productive as private indus­ believes there are limitless returns from the scenes that no artist can capture. try. He believes government's role includes metaphysical capital that he talks about If it were possible to deliver a mes­ education, health, environment, public and that tax cuts are the only way to bal­ sage to these works of grandeur, I be­ works, hospitals, research and a number of ance the budget. Business, he says, doesn't other intangibles. As he has no understand­ have to worry about inflation. "It can deal lieve these four lines from Edwin ing of monetary theory, he believes that with inflation by raising its prices." Govern­ Markham's poem "Advice" would be hoarding is a cause of depressions. ment regulations are needed. They should appropriate: One of his solutions is government child .be adopted whenever the benefits exceed Stand straight; allowances as "are currently in effect in costs. Then, he admits that many costs are most Western industrial nations." He be­ impossible to measure. Step firmly, throw your weight; lieves that if our government paid child al­ Glider has one rather startling opinion, The heaven is high above your head lowances to all families, poor families would but maybe you will like it, Congressman. He And the good gray road is faithful to your have an inducement to get off of welfare be­ says, "Our politicians are our aristocrats." tread. cause they would still get the family allow­ One of our problems is that we do not pay ances. He approves of anti-discrimination them enough. Senators, governors, mayors I am certain that all my colleagues laws and the Department of Energy which and Congressmen should be paid at least will join with me in recognizing the he thinks attempts "to disperse" the effects four or five times their current salaries. If outstanding achievements of the Port of shortages. He approves of rent control, as they were, he believes they wouldn't be so Authority of New York and New he believes it diffuses the effects of housing envious of the rich and they would be more Jersey, and add their voices in praise shortages. He claims that many government in tune with the situation. for current Board Chairman Alan jobs are worth subsidizing. Glider has a strong faith or religious Gilder's solutions are always government belief in capitalism. He believes that capital­ Sagner, and all its Commissioners, of­ payments. We should not let inflation inter­ ism is both altruistic and irrational. He has ficials, and employees, past and fere with what he considers essential gov­ no understanding of its rationale. On the present, for a job well done.e ernment projects. Inflation is for him, as it other hand, he thinks that socialism and 24836 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 21, 1981 government planning are rational, while he Deputy Director of the Joint Economic Bartlett does not seem to realize that the considers planning by individuals irrational. Committee of the Congress, of which Sena­ chief benefits of reducing capital gains He seems to believe profits are a matter of tor Jepsen is currently the Vice Chairman. taxes are primarily that it unlocks capital luck. He does not know the difference be­ In the next session of Congress Jepsen will and permits investments to be transferred tween gambling and speculation and he's assume the Chairmanship and Bartlett is to where they can better satisfy customers. completely confused on planning, ration­ slated to become the Director of this impor­ He thinks of such a tax reduction merely as ality and leadership. tant committee. He has gone far, and he has a means of increasing income for the gov­ The other book on supply-side economics done it to a large extent by accepting and ernment. More revenue for the government that I have recently read is Reagonomics. It promoting the Kemp premises. is the prime drive of all supply-siders. is getting a lot of favorable publicity. In Bartlett tells us that Carter kept one of Bartlett says nothing about the labor fact, I would suggest to its author, Mr. Bart­ his promises, the promise to make our unions or the double taxes on dividends. He lett, or Bruce as I know him, that he ought income taxes more progressive. He also real­ prefers inflation to a balanced budget or to be worried that he has gotten so much fa­ izes that Carter sought the so-called "excess high taxes. Although all of his arguments in vorable publicity from publications that do profits taxes" on oil companies as a vote­ favor of tax reductions concern the higher not usually endorse "conservative" causes. buying fund, somewhat as years ago I wit­ tax rates and capital gains, he and the other However, like the books of Galbraith, it nessed Roosevelt create the social security supply-siders reach the illogical conclusion may push the author up into the higher trust fund as a "kitty" he could spend to that the tax reductions must be across the income tax brackets. keep himself popular. Roosevelt is not wor­ board. He also wants to index income tax Bruce Bartlett came to me about 15 or 16 rying about present day social security pay­ rates. He says it is "unlikely" that we shall years ago when he was a junior at Rutgers. ments. Neither is Carter such concerned stop inflation. So, in his words, "indexation He was then writing a paper on Pearl about those of us who have to pay higher will eliminate the pain of inflation." Harbor and he had somehow learned that I prices for gasoline to provide our govern­ Let me show you what some of our young knew something about Pearl Harbor. So he ment with more spending money. people are thinking of the late President came to me for some help. He wrote a rea­ Bartlett scores some good points against Franklin D. Roosevelt by reading a para­ sonably good paper on Pearl Harbor. A few Sweden's welfare state. One interesting graph from Bartlett's book. Remember he years later he wrote a book on the same thing I learned, and I assume it is true, is belongs to a generation born long after the subject with many good points. However, he that in 1978 in Sweden a family of four with New Deal. Such generations have no person­ was not entirely happy with my review of it. an income of $4,600 was given benefits that al knowledge or memory of the New Deal as During his senior year, he became interest­ brought their income up to $14,000. At the do those of us who have reached my ripe old ed in Austrian economics. He again visited same time, a similar family with an income age. This is what he has to say about Roose­ me and we discussed economics at some of $23,000 was brought down by taxes to velt: length. I have thought he had read my "Un­ $14,000. So families with earned incomes be­ "In the 1932 election, when the Socialist derstanding the Dollar Crisis," but his Rea­ tween $4,600 and $23,000 were allocated the Party received almost a million votes, or gonomics shows little evidence of it. So same incomes. That is socialism with a more than 6% of Herbert Hoover's total, the while Gilder has been coming up from a vengeance. specter of socialism as a threat to the estab­ leftish background to the half-way house of Bartlett does say that some government lished order was driven home forcefully. supply-side economics, Bartlett, a prolific spending must be cut. He hopes that the tax Roosevelt, it can now be seen, was at heart a writer for conservative publications, has, in cuts will persuade people to switch from lei­ conservative, in the sense that he opposed my judgment, fallen from some of the sure to work and from consumption to sav­ socialism and radical change. facilities needed to get our goods ment. They just want to cut taxes across cuts, should take it upon itself to levy to market. the board so that government can have unfair, unwarranted, and unbearable more revenues! new taxes upon the users of these In the past, Mr. Speaker, the im­ Thank you!e rivers. provement of these facilities has been The fact is the locks and dams along far easier said than done. The Corps LOCKS, DAMS, RIVER TAX MAY the network of rivers, particularly in of Engineers repeatedly has submitted SINK NO. 1 INLAND PORT the upper Ohio River region, are dete­ plans for major repairs to the locks riorating rapidly and despite contin­ and dams but, except for emergencies, HON. JOSEPH M. GAYDOS ued pleas for assistance the Govern­ funding has not been forthcoming. In ment has ignored the situation. In­ fact, no waterway modernization proj­ OF PENNSYLVANIA ect has been approved for construction IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES stead, in recent years it has concen­ trated on creating a new source of rev­ in the region since 1964, according to Wednesday, October 21, 1981 enue from the rivers, departing from a DINAMO. e Mr. GAYDOS. Mr. Speaker, this century-old policy in the process. It was for that reason I introduced past August the U.S. Army Corps of On April 7, 1981, I inserted into the H.R. 3619 last spring. This legislation Engineers officially credited the Port RECORD a detailed summary of the se­ authorized critically needed naviga­ of Pittsburgh, Pa., as the Nation's No. rious condition of some 30 locks and tion improvement projects along the 1 inland port. dams along the Ohio, Allegheny, Mo­ Monongahela and upper Ohio Rivers. The corps reported that in 1979, the nongahela, and Kanawha Rivers. In On June 3, the legislation was referred last year for which figures are avail­ that summary, it was pointed out the to the Office of Management and able, the port handled nearly 41 mil­ projected lifespan of these structures, Budget for comment. lion tons of freight. That is 19 million when they were built, was 50 years Frankly, I am reluctant to hazard a tons more than its closest competitor ago. Yet, the average age of the struc­ guess as to what OMB's comments and the tonnage was exceeded by only tures mentioned already exceeded 50 might be in view of that agency's 12 seaports in the Nation. Further­ years and one was pushing 75. burning desire to slash budgetary more, the total tonnage for the entire These aging and crumbling locks and funds in all areas except the military. Port of Pittsburgh region, which in­ dams are hardpressed to handle the This feeling is reinforced by reports cludes West Virginia's northern pan­ volume of traffic which passes the administration will renew its re­ handle and Ohio sections, was a record through them today. Experts agree quest to Congress, submitted earlier 72.5 million tons, a figure topped by they will, in their present condition, this year, to establish a new schedule only five of the seaports. be incapable of meeting the challenges of user charges for commercial vessels Products accounting for this overall they will face tomorrow as the Nation on the rivers. The proposal seeks to re­ total included: Coal, 51.6 million tons; moves forward in its campaign to in­ cover from the users a substantial por­ oil/gasoline, 5.9 million tons; sand/ crease productivity in the face of tion of the costs for dredging, con­ gravel/crushed rock, 5.5 million tons; growing foreign competition. struction, and maintenance of river iron/steel, 4.1 million tons; chemicals, Minor disruptions in the moving of channels, locks, dams, and ports. 2.5 million tons; coke, 369,973 tons; products shipped by river cause mam­ Despite my misgivings, however, I and other commodities, 2.4 million moth problems and monstrous cost in­ hold out hope that OMB will recog­ tons. creases. For example, this summer nize that by clamping too tight a lid Those figures make very clear the new gates had to be installed on one of on the spending of Federal money to importance of the Port of Pittsburgh the locks. The construction lasted just replace the crumbling system of locks to the Nation's inland waterways 2 weeks but shippers were delayed 30 and dams it might well be pulling the system and they should emphasize hours or more per trip. Translated plug on the waterway industry's abili­ how vital it is to the national interest into direct and indirect costs, these ty to help build a new beginning for that we maintain a highly efficient delays cost the companies shipping by America.e and smoothly operating network of river more than $50 million. inland ports. The rivers are much The solution, of course, would be to more than merely a major economic replace most, if not all, of the existing SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS generator. locks and dams. The cost of such a Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, They provide energy efficient trans­ program, however, has not been seri­ agreed to by the Senate on February portation, commercially as well as rec­ ously contemplated nor calculated to 4, 1977, calls for establishment of a reationally. They are a key element in my knowledge. But, it has been esti­ system for a computerized schedule of national defense, a source of water for mated that replacement of just three all meetings and hearings of Senate industrial plants and communities lo- of the locks would cost between $2 and committees, subcommittees, joint com- 24838 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 21, 1981 mittees, and committees of conference. high level nuclear waste from civilian 10:30 a.m. This title requires all such committees powerplants. Commerce, Science, and Transportation to notify the Office of the Senate 4200 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on the nominations of 10:00 a.m. Sonia Landau, of New York, and R. ' Daily Digest-designated by the Rules Energy and Natural Resources Committee-of the time, place, and Kenneth Towery, of Texas, each to be · To resume hearings on S.J. Res. 115, ap­ a member of the Corporation for purpose of the meetings, when sched­ proving the President's recommended Public Broadcasting. uled, and any cancellations or changes waiver of law to expedite the construc­ 235 Russell Building in the meetings as they occur. tion and initial operation of the 1:00 p.m. Alaska Natural Gas Transportation As an additional procedure along Foreign Relations with the computerization of this infor­ System. 3110 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on the proposed Con­ mation, the Office of the Senate Daily •Judiciary vention on the Conservation of Ant­ Digest will prepare this information Juvenile Justice Subcommittee arctic Marine Living Resources . Geoffrey Swaebe, Daily Digest of today's RECORD. versing the decline in donations of art of California, to be U.S. Representa­ to nonprofit institutions, S. 851 and S. tive to the European Office of the MEETINGS SCHEDULED 852, bills increasing the amount artists United Nations, with the rank of Am­ may deduct in taxes for their charita­ bassador, Frank Shakespeare, of Con­ ble contributions, and S. 1733, provid­ necticut, to be a member of the Board OCTOBER 23 ing a procedure for determining the for International Broadcasting, and 9:30 a.m. fair market value of certain assets for Mark Goode, of California, to be a Finance estate tax purposes, and providing for member of the Board for Internation­ Energy and Agricultural Taxation Sub­ declaratory judgments relating to in­ al Broadcasting. committee stallment payment of estate tax. 4221 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on miscellaneous tax 2221 Dirksen Building Judiciary proposals. To hold oversight hearings on merger 2221 Dirksen Building OCTOBER 27 policy in the private sector. 10:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 2228 Dirksen Building Energy and Natural Resources Governmental Affairs To continue hearings on S.J. Res. 115, To resume hearings to examine the ac­ OCTOBER 28 approving the President's recommend­ quisition process of the Department of ed waiver of law to expedite the con­ Defense. 9:30 a.m. struction and initial operation of the 3302 Dirksen Building Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Alaska Natural Gas Transportation *Labor and Human Resources To continue hearings on S. 1686, S. 1703, System. To hold hearings on S. 1483, proposed S. 1720, and S. 1721, bills promoting 3110 Dirksen Building Radiation Exposure Compensation competition among certain financial Judiciary Act. institutions, expanding their range of Criminal Law Subcommittee 4232 Dirksen Building services, and protecting the depositors To hold hearings to discuss the final 9:30 a.m. and creditors of such institutions. report of the U.S. Attorney General's Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 5302 Dirksen Building task force on violent crime. To resume hearings on S. 1686, S. 1703, Foreign Relations 2228 Dirksen Building S. 1720, and S. 1721, bills promoting International Economic Policy Subcom­ mittee Labor and Human Resources competition among certain financial institutions, expanding their range of To hold hearings on international in­ Education Subcommittee vestment policy. To hold hearings on the proposed Pell services, and protecting the depositors Grant Family Contribution Schedule, and creditors of such institutions. 4221 Dirksen Building providing assistance to college stu­ 5302 Dirksen Building Governmental Affairs dents from low-income families. Small Business Permanent Subcommittee on Investiga­ 4232 Dirksen Building To hold oversight hearings on imple­ tions 11:00 a.m. mentation of the Small Business Ad­ To resume hearings on alleged corrup­ Foreign Relations ministration's direct loan program. tion in the International Longshore­ To hold hearings on the nominations of 424 Russell Building man's Association's influence and con­ John D. Negroponte, of New York, to 10:00 a.m. trol over the waterfront industry Energy and Natural Resources be Ambassador to Honduras, and Energy and Mineral Resources Subcom­ along the east and gulf coasts. Robert C. McEwen, of New York. to be mittee 3302 Dirksen Building a U.S. Commissioner on the Interna­ To hold hearings on S. 1516, to expedite Labor and Human Resources tional Joint Commission, United exploration and development of geo­ Business meeting, to consider the nomi­ States and Canada. thermal resources. nations of John R. Van de Water, of 4221 Dirksen Building 3110 Dirksen Building California, to be a member of the Na­ tional Labor Relations Board, and C. OCTOBER 26 Environment and Public Works To hold hearings on the nominations of Everett Koop, of Pennsylvania, to be 9:30 a.m. Robert A. Jantzen, of Arizona, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife of the Public Health Service, and to be To hold hearings on the use of Defense Service, Department of the Interior, Surgeon General of the Public Health Production Act authorities to stimu­ and Carlos C. Campbell, of Virginia, to Service. late domestic production of cobalt. be Assistant Secretary of Commerce 4232 Dirksen Building 5302 Dirksen Building for Economic Development. 10:00 a.m. •Environment and Public Works 4200 Dirksen Building Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Nuclear Regulation Subcommittee Judiciary To receive a briefing from Secretary of To hold hearings on S. 1662, establish­ Business meeting, to consider pending Agriculture John R. Block on the ad­ ing a Federal program for the interim calendar business. ministration's soil conservation policy. storage and permanent disposal of 2228 Dirksen Building 324 Russell Building October 21, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 24839 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Labor and Human Resources NOVEMBER4 Consumer Subcommittee Education Subcommittee 9:00 a.m. To hold hearings on Senate Concurrent To hold oversight hearings on title III Governmental Affairs Resolution 33, disapproving the Feder­ of the Higher Education Act . wellhead prices for natural gas, of the users. 4221 Dirksen Building Natural Gas Policy Act

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