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CONGRESSMAN MURTHA Phase Four-and I want to talk about a few COMPARISONS BETWEEN U.S. AND U.S.S.R. MILITARY SPEAKS ON DEFENSE POLICY specific military problems to illustrate the STRENGTH situation as we begin this new period. The first question involves the perform­ U.S. U.S.S.R. HON. JOHN P. MURTHA ance of the all-volunteer army. The United OF PENNSYLVANIA States has troop strength problems. The Active armed services personnel ...... 2,100,000 4,300,000 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Military reserve strength ...... 870,000 6,800,000 Army is about 50,000 short of its peacetime Nuclear warheads .•...... 9,500 4,000 Wednesday, May 28, 1980 manpower strength. In worse shape are the Strategic missiles ...... 1,700 2,415 back-up forces, reserve strength is only at Warplanes •.•.••...•...... •..•...... ••... 5,800 8,100 e Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, I insert Tanks ...... 11,100 50,000 about 75 percent of its peacetime strength. Submarines: into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD the Moreover, we have to look at the type of Nuclear ...... 70 85 following excerpts from a speech I Diesel ...... 5 158 recruits we are getting. In many recruiting Aircraft carriers...... 13 3 prepared for a Memorial Day presen­ groups less than half of the volunteers have Major surface warships ...... 172 240 tation in Somerset. These remarks graduated from high school. One colonel re­ outline many of my concerns about ports that about 300 of his 2,500 soldiers go Mil~:fronfp~~~~t -~~- .. ~. .. ~'.~~-~--~~ .. ~'.~~ -· 12 the present and future trends of to class during the year because they can't American defense policy. read above a fifth grade level or can't speak What those figures show, ladies and gen­ The excerpts follow: English. And this at a time when our weap­ tlemen, is that we will have to undertake a Usual Greetings. ons are becoming increasingly sophisticated major cominitment in this country to up­ In the rush of national and world events, and technical. grade our Inilitary defenses. You know, I sometimes in Washington we lose track of A third manpower problem is that we often say there's no first, second, and third what is important and essential. During would have trouble mobilizing quickly in in defense; there are no medals for coming many debates in Congress I remind my col­ case of war. In our present situation, it in second, the only thing that counts is leagues of one simple fact: the primary re­ would take us over 100 days just to find out who's number one because that country can sponsibility of the Federal Government is to control world policy. For the past few years who we could draft, much less begin to train I have been saying the Soviet Union and insure America's defense, to make certain them. our military strength is sufficient. United States are roughly equivalent in Memorial Day has become a time for look­ · That's a key reason why I recently voted strength. Now, I am changing my position. I ing back at the brave men and women who for a return to registration, because it would no longer believe the United States is even have served our country, and looking ahead cut 115 days from the time it would take our equal, and I think it will take 4 to 5 years of to America's role in the world. Our concern country to mobilize. And I will say very concentrated effort and spending to return this year is heightened, because we realize frankly to you that if the present trends our superiority. that as we gather here today 53 Americans continue in manpower as I have outlined And that superiority is essential. Our are still being held captive in Iran. In the here, we may have to return to an actual entire economy is now dependent on a thin rush and pressures of our daily lives, we draft. line of oil tankers making their way from sometimes lose track of the anguish being The second major problem we have is in the Middle East. If we cannot defend that experienced by these American citizens. Me­ route and insure our tankers' safety, then the coordination of the free-world Inilitary we can be thrown into a massive depression morial Day is a time to remember that kind alliance against the Soviets. The fact is that of situation and contemplate what it means at any time by the Soviets interrupting that the Communists are better organized. Even oil flow. And meanwhile, the Soviet Union for America, and our role in the world. though our NATO troops in Europe repre­ Quite frankly, ladies and gentlemen, as I has invaded Afghanistan in a blatant power look at the state of America's defense on sent our front line combat defense units in move. They are now poised on the edge of this Memorial Day, 1980, I am concerned. case the Soviet Union started a march into the Middle East countries. For our own As many of you know, I have been active in Europe, we recently had to take equipment safety and for the safety of the free world, the U.S. Marines since the time of the from U.S. troops and National Guard units we must make it clear to the Soviet Union Korean War. I served in Vietnam. I now just to supply these troops with basic weap­ that we will not tolerate their aggression, serve on the Defense Appropriations Sub­ ons. Much of the present National Guard and that we will take whatever military committee in Congress which oversees virtu­ equipment is outdated. steps are necessary to defend our interests ally all the spending on defense in our coun­ One of the major tasks we face is rebuild­ and the cause of freedom. That is why we try. And I am concerned about much of ing the free-world alliance so that we bring need military registration and may need the what I see. together the allies into a cohesive unit, and draft. That is why we must continue to Basically, I think that America has gone spend as much as is necessary to insure our make the necessary military preparations to defense strength Germany I was taken to spending dropped dramatically, ·we ended year I predict we will approve an even larger the Berlin Wall, and I went up in the towers the military draft, and Americans no longer one. This type of spending is essential. Let around that wall, and I looked out at the wanted to take a forceful world role. With me make a few comparisons as to how the wall separating Communist Berlin from this U.S. attitude, the Soviets pulled up to U.S. and the Soviet Union compare against Free Berlin. And I saw the U.S. and commu­ us in defense capability. I now think we are one another after the tremendous spending nist soldiers watching each other through on the edge of the next development- of recent years by the Soviet Union. binoculars with the dogs patrolling on the

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. May 28, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12575 communist side of the barrier and the weap­ Vilnius railway station. This report has not long-awaited recession is more evident. And ons at hand. And I was very moved by that yet been verified. it does not look mild; on the contrary, it experience, because I thought to myself: The Latvian-language newspaper, Latvija may well be long and deep. And that means look at that wall-the communists have to is faced with growing numbers of later on. Also, it raises the very real threat June 4, 1980, Jack Kraizman will be pensioners as the people who joined the of retaliation: if Japan cannot export its named "Man of the Year" by Congre­ union during the years of expansion reach cars to America, the Japanese may choose gation B'nai David in Southfield, retirement age. With their profits dropping to cut back on their purchases of our food, precipitously, the automakers are cutting Mich. Jack is an extraordinary man, their capital spending and introducing ex­ thus harming the American farmer. Per­ whom I have known for years, and he pensive rebate plans to stimulate sales. Gen­ haps the best approach to the problem is richly deserves the honor he will re­ eral Motors has reduced its dividends. It is one that proceeds in steps. First we seek vol­ ceive. questionable whether Ford, which has suf­ untary controls on the part of the Japanese, Jack has been extremely active in fered setbacks in its North American oper­ then we price their cars here as our cars are community, religious, and professional ations, will be able to sustain its position as priced in Japan, then we force them to as­ organizations. I have been most close­ a worldwide competitor. Chrysler is scram­ semble their cars here, and finally, if all else bling just to keep its head above water. fails, we curb imports. ly associated with him as a result of Even these grim facts do not give the his work with the Jewish War Veter­ whole picture. At a time of sagging sales and Despite the gloom, there are hopeful ans, of which he is a past commander profits, Detroit is struggling to adapt to a signs. The government and the automakers of the Michigan chapter. It was Jack changing market. The industry is doing are beginning to put away their quarrels. who called my attention to the fact away with the big cars that were its main­ They understand that the industry is so im­ that decisions of the Board of Veter­ stay during the past two decades, and it is portant to the nation's well-being that coop­ ans Appeals may not be subject to tooling up to manufacture the small models eration must replace confrontation. A basic review in court, and I have subse­ demanded by law and consumer preference. question of the 1980s-a genuinely difficult The process of conversion is costly: produc­ one to answer-is the extent to which the quently introduced legislation to tion of the 1980-85 lines may require $70 government should become involved in the remedy this inequity. Jack's interest in billion in capital outlays. A further compli­ coming worldwide commercial struggle for a this issue reflects his overriding con­ cation is the increasing share of the market• bigger share of the car market. Also, the in­ cern for justice and the welfare of all being taken by importers who have small troduction of small models should revive citizens. cars to sell. Imports may soon account for sales and recapture some of the market now Jack emigrated to the United States 30 percent of all sales. The impact on going to imports. Finally, Japanese plants from Russia as a child, and attended autoworkers is yet another concern. Thir­ are already being established in this coun­ elementary through law school in teen of 40 assembly plants have been shut try. down, about 300,000 people have lost their Michigan. His life has been a testa­ jobs, and many more fear that they will be A leaner and more competitive American ment to the opportunities that Amer­ next to join the ranks of the unemployed. automobile industry must, and in my view ica has traditionally made available to To make things worse, some experts are will, emerge from the current trouble. For all people; his many successes have re­ asking whether the automobile has a future the companies that adapt to changing de­ sulted from his dedication to making in a world of shrinking petroleum reserves. mands, most experts see a bright future.e May 28, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12577 THE DARK SIDE OF THE TITO and in huge China would remain outside the HONORING MR. RON FRANK LEGACY Soviet orbit. The strategic advantages of reintegrating Yugoslavia into the Warsaw Pact are almost HON. DAN LUNGREN HON. EDWARD J. DERWINSKI as compelling for the Soviets as the benefits OF CALIFORNIA OF ILLINOIS of ideological conformity. Soviet access to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES air and naval bases on the Adriatic would IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES transform the eastern Mediterranean into a Wednesday, May 28, 1980 Wednesday, May 28, 1980 Russian lake. Soviet troops on the borders e Mr. LUNGREN. Mr. Speaker, for of Greece and Italy would destabilize the more than 200 years, small business e Mr. DERWINSKI. Mr. Speaker, it is precarious political balance in those two has provided the backbone of the not unusual for eulogies for the de­ countries and undermine the whole south­ American economy, and has exempli­ ceased to ring mellifluously if not ern flank of NATO. always quite true. When Mao Tse-tung fied the American spirit and character In Moscow, Konstantin Rusakov, as head through the traits of individual initia­ died a few years ago, some American of the Bloc Department of the Soviet Com­ tive, self-reliance and creativity. papers were hard put to even call him munist Party's Secretariat, has the main re­ a Communist, as if in fear of a libel For the fifth consecutive year, the sponsibility for proposing a coordinated Long Beach Area Chamber of Com­ suit. We see a somewhat similar situa­ operational plan to the Politburo for the tion in the case of Marshal Tito's merce is making an extra effort to rec­ winning b:- ck of Yugoslavia. Drawing on ognize the importance and contribu­ death earlier this month. To provide a inputs fron. the KGB and from the defense, little balance to the generally highly economic and foreign ministries, Rusakov tions of small business to the economy favorable press comment, Cord must already be far advanced in his prepa­ and the free enterprise system. One of Meyer's recent column on Tito is of in­ ration of an assessment of Russian re­ the chamber's efforts is the presenta­ terest. The cult of personality that the sources and a phased strategy for their de­ tion of the annual "Small Business Yugoslav dictator fostered and foisted ployment. Award" during May-Small Business Month in Long Beach. on his country provides a dark side to As the famous Yugoslav dissident, Milo­ the Tito legacy. The Meyer column ap­ van Djilas, tried to warn a year ago, the The 1980 award was presented Tues­ peared in the Richmond Times-Dis­ greatest danger does not lie in the small un­ day, May 13, to Mr. Ron Frank, presi­ patch on May 16, 1980, and is reprint­ derground group of active pro-Soviet Yugo­ dent of Frank Bros., a retail furniture ed below: slavs but rather in the possibility that ele­ and home furnishings business located ments in the existing Yugoslav communist in Long Beach. THE DARK SIDE OF THE TITO LEGACY bureaucracy and police apparatus may Frank Bros. was established in 1930. decide that a rapprochement with the Ron began at the bottom of this Soviet Union is the only way to preserve family-owned business, earning 10 "The evil that men do lives after them, their monopoly on power in the wake of cents a day. He worked his way up the good is oft interred with their bones." Tito's death. There are already disturbing So wrote Shakespeare and so it may be for from janitor to stockboy, to salesman, signs of cooperation between intelligence to assistant manager, and became Tito, whose funeral inspired such indis­ services. criminate praise that it obscures the dark president in 1961. side of his legacy. Despite his daring innovations, Tito never Frank Bros. enjoys an admirable For all his achievements, Tito leaves changed the basic structure of communist reputation in the Long Beach retail behind him a cult of personality that rule. When party supremacy was threatened community. The establishment has cannot long survive his death and a swollen by Croatian separatism in the early '70s, he long been known for its exceptional one-party bureaucracy that cannot function re-established the authority of the Central line of quality and unique merchan­ effectively under the annually rotating lead­ Presidium. In his old age, he strengthened dise. ership that he bequeathed to his successors. the secret police, the dreaded UDBA, under In addition to being a successful and Leonid Brezhnev's benign presence and its present chief, Gen. Franjo Herljevich, a respected businessman, Ron Frank is soft words at Tito's funeral should not for a tough Leninist. Tito even ordered the assas­ also very active in community, civic, moment mislead the Carter administration sination abroad of his opponents and sen­ and charitable affairs. He is on the as to Soviet intentions toward the first com­ tenced his domestic critics to long prison munist state that asserted its independence terms. board of the Long Beach Heart Associ­ of Moscow's rule. ation, a member of the Industry-Edu­ On the other side of the ledger stand the cation Council of Long Beach, a Grey­ Accumulating over the years, there is a deep national antipathy toward Russian he­ body of hard evidence available to President Y leader for 3 years for the Long Carter that the Kremlin has assigned the gemony and the profound changes in Yugo­ Beach YMCA, a Rotarian, secretary­ highest priority to winning back, after slav society brought about by the open bor­ treasurer of the Queen Mary Tour, a Tito's death, the loyalty and obedience of ders, higher living standards and access to board member of the Long Beach Bou­ the Yugoslav Communist Party. The Rus­ the West that Tito's policy permitted. levard Improvement Association, has sians view their Yugoslav comrades as lost There is a new generation of Yugoslavs, 70 served two terms on the chamber's sheep who have strayed only temporarily per cent of the population, for whom the partisan battles of World War II and the na­ board of directors, and is a founding from the fold. member of the committee of 300, the The Soviets are not likely to risk anything tionality funds are a vague historical memory. For them, Tito in his last years support group for the annual running so destructive of their hopes of selective de­ of the Long Beach Grand Prix. tente in Western Europe as an armed inva­ was a respected but much too repressive sion on the Afghan model. Rather the real father figure, and their sympathies lie with Ron Frank exemplifies the men and threat is a relentless carrot-and-stick strat­ the West. women in small business, who, egy designed to exploit every conceivable In a recent interview with this reporter, through their tremendous drive to suc­ Yugoslav vulnerability by overt and covert the noted Yugoslav emigre author, Mihailo ceed, characterize our free and dynam­ means. Mihailov, who spent seven years in Tito's ic people, and thus guarantee the Economic pressures, diplomatic blandish­ jails for his outspoken opinions, warned future of our society.e ments, secret penetration agents and na­ that Tito's personality cult will fade more tionality divisions, all will be orchestrated in quickly than Mao's. Both Mihailov and the effort to restore the Soviet hegemony Djilas see the best hope in an alliance be­ BUREAUCRATIC QUAGMIRES OF that Tito escaped. tween the more liberal communists and the REDTAPE The stakes in this cat-and-mouse game are general population that can lead by gradual very high. The Yugoslav heresy sticks like a steps toward a more open and pluralistic so­ HON. TONY COELHO bone in the Kremlin's throat, and Tito's ciety. condemnation of the Soviet invasions of OF CALIFORNIA Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan encour­ Whether American foreign policy-makers IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES aged disobedience in Rumania and among have the subtle skill required to encourage Wednesday, May 28, 1980 Western communist parties. If the Yugo­ and protect this evolution will determine slavs can be brought back into line, only the not only the future of Yugoslavia but of the e Mr. COELHO. Mr. Speaker, I ruling communist parties in tiny Albania NATO alliance as well.e thought my colleagues would be com- 12578 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 28, 1980 forted to know that we are not the [From the Omaha World Herald, May 18, DERWINSKI) and numerous other only ones in the world who must 1980] Members of Congress, I have spon­ hassle labyrinthian bureaucratic quag­ A TRUE BALANCED BUDGET NEEDED sored H.R. 262, a bill which would au­ mires of redtape and rules and regula­ The Conference Board has issued a new thorize the construction of a monu­ tions. set of inflation statistics which put into fig­ ment to Gen. Draza Mihailovich. Gen­ ures something we already knew-inflation eral Mihailovich was a Yugoslav patri­ Indeed, the Imperial Clinical Indus­ is eroding purchasing power drastically. ot who saved the lives of several hun­ tries of Australia might even rival our The business-funded research unit said dred American airmen during World own Occupational Safety and Health that in 1970, a family of four with an War II. Those airmen have formed Administration and Environmental income of $10,000 a year had $8,640 left to themselves into an organization, the Protection Agency in regulatory zeal. spend after payment of federal income and Social Security taxes. National Committee of American While I was in England recently to This year, that same family would need Airmen Saved by General Mihailovich, help kick off National Epilepsy Week $20,187 just to stay even. Taxes would take whose only goal is to honor this man in that country, a friend of mine gave $3,408 of the gross and an additional $8,139 to whom they owe so much. H.R. 262 me the following announcement: would be needed to make up for price in­ authorizes the private construction creases. and maintenance of this monument Imperial Clinical Industries of Australia Four-person families with salaries of has announced the discovery of a new fire­ $15,000 to $20,000 in 1970 require incomes somewhere in Washington; no public fighting agent known as WATER in the skills and procedures of bond: love for children. negotiation, mediation, and peacekeeping. HON. RAPHAEL MUSTO Day in and day out, these people vol­ The Academy is headed by Major General OF PENNSYLVANIA unteer to help, guide, and love millions lndar Jit Rikhye, former Commander of UNEF in Gaza and Military Adviser to UN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of children aged 3 and 4. Their work is remarkable. Their success is even more Secretaries-General Hammarskjold and Wednesday, May 28, 1980 astonishing. Thant. The Academy had conducted numer­ ous professional training programs around e Mr. MUSTO. Mr. Speaker, the Le­ In particular, I think of the Head the world, including the Foreign Service In­ highton Area Chamber of Commerce Start program in Mingo County, W. stitute's seminar in Multilateral Diplomacy has seen fit to honor Albert U. Va., 16 centers, under the direction of in 1979 and 1980. In addition to its training "Brady" Koch as the "Man of the Ida Mae Copley, work with over 400 activities, the Academy produces and pub- 12580 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 28, 1980 lishes practitioner-oriented publications in Israel's right to exist is coming from both tute that provides training to government the conflict resolution field, such as the West and East. officials from 114 nations in the skills of "Peacekeeper's Handbook." Former Secre­ 5. Most Israelis with whom the Task Force peacekeeping, mediation, and negotiation. tary of State, Vance, who continues to serve spoke believe that Israel is finding the mili­ He previously served as Director of Develop­ as a member of the Academy's International tary occupation of the West Bank and Gaza ment of the Academy. Advisory Board, said of this publication: increasingly difficult to maintain. The Pal­ Mroz completed his doctoral work at the "This handbook will unquestionably help to estinians including small children, are be­ Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He strengthen the UN's peacekeeping capabili­ coming ~penly rebellious and antagonistic. has served as a National Science Foundation ties. It would be of particular use in training Incidents of mass civil disobedience and acts Teaching Fellow in Boston and has earned of the sort we have recently proposed." of violence are becoming more common and three master's degrees in areas of interna­ <1978). difficult to control. Fears of wider violence tional politics, international law and organi­ The "Third Middle East Task Force" was by extremist Arab . All parties conflict resolution skills and techniques, in­ of the other group favors an end to the agree that a period of confidence-building ternational political and security matters, Arab-Israeli conflict. Likewise they doubt will be necessary to allay these fears. There and the Middle East. Additional informa­ that the leadership of their adversary equal­ was some feeling that outside guarantees tion is available upon request.• ly seeks an immediate end to the conflict. might be helpful, as part of a comprehen­ Many feel that the major initiative for sive settlement, possibly under Security peace will come from the youth of the coun­ Council auspices. Some Arab leaders, includ­ tries and from the military, the latter be­ ing the PLO, also hoped that a final settle­ CYRUS VANCE cause of a deep-seated frustration over their ment would include an agreement by the inability to achieve a decisive military victo­ signateurs to limit great power military ry as a result of great power interference presence in the region. HON. HERBERT E. HARRIS II . The crucial Egypt and Oman) do not see where the question is clearly how one reconciles the Camp David process is going. They fear that on the career of Cyrus Vance. During security needs of Israel and its neighbors acceptance of Mr. Begin's "full autonomy" the past 3 % years he worked to build with the exercise of Palestinian self-deter­ by the Committee. The Committee acknowl- cause he used this position to influence leg­ C. Finally, as to the argument that disci­ edges that it has the burden to prove by islation. The Committee squarely rejected plinary proceedings are not adversary in clear and convincing evidence that the ex- this charge. H.R. Rep. 96-930 at 5. More­ nature, the best answer can be found in the penditures were not reimbursement, H.R. over, as previously pointed out, the bill Rules of Procedure for the Committee on Rep. 96-930 at 6. Mr. Hamilton, instead, which Mr. Hamilton claims was stopped by Standards of Official Conduct, which estab­ relies upon mere "suggestion" from the evi- Mr. Wilson, had nothing whatsoever to do lish nearly all of the traditional procedures dence. He claims the timing of the transfers with his Committee assignments. Therefore, of an adversary hearing including the rights "suggests" they were not campaign related. there is no support for Mr. Hamilton's as­ to counsel, cross examination, and the pres­ However, the largest of the transfers, that sertion that this punishment is especially entation of evidence in a respondent's in Count 7, was made to pay off a loan ob- fitting given the particular facts of Mr. Wil­ behalf. These Rules, adopted by the Com­ tained in 1970, an election year. Mr. Hamil- son's case. mittee on which Mr. Hamilton serves, pro­ ton also chooses to ignore the testimony of Lastly, Mr. Hamilton urges the House to vide the very procedures requested by Rep­ Committee witness Chlan, an accountant of uphold the Committees' Report in order to resentative Powell, and denied by Repre­ many years experience, that when a person satisfy public opinion. It is a sufficient sentative Celler. They therefore belie Mr. is reimbursed, he is entitled to spend that answer to state that where fundamentally Hamilton's claim that disciplinary proceed­ reimbursement money as he sees fit. H.R. fair procedures and sufficient evidence are ings are investigatory and non-adversary in Rep. 96-930 at 157-58. The evidence con- lacking, as they are here, the House of Rep­ nature. cerning the status of Mr. Wilson's personal resentatives, as an institution, earns no II. MR. WILSON'S OBJECTIONS TO THE account simply begs the question of wheth- public respect by sacrificing one of its Mern­ COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION er the transfers were reimbursement. Mr. bers.e A. SEVERITY OF THE CHARGES Hamilton further suggests that the trans- fers were "laundered" through an office ac- 1. There is no pattern or practice of mis­ count. · ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN conduct. The Committee charged in its There was no evidence that Mr. Wilson INDEPENDENCE statement of Alleged Violations that the signed any of the checks to the Office Ac­ misconduct occurred between 1971 and 1978. count or even knew about the transfers. It sustained only charges alleged to have oc­ HON. EDWARD J. DERWINSKI H.R. Rep. 96-930 at 152, 154, 155. A finding OF ILLINOIS curred in 1971 and 1972, more than seven of guilt based on reasoning of this sort re­ years ago. There is no claim or evidence calls the King's reply to the Knave in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that these transactions continued past 1972. "Wonderland." The Knave, in denying that Wednesday, May 28, 1980 2. The charges are less severe then those he had written a certain document, pointed in the cases relied upon by Mr. Hamilton. out the absence of a signature. To which e Mr. DERWINSKI. Mr. Speaker, Each of the three cases cited by Mr. Hamil­ the King replied: "If you didn't sign it, that today, May 28, commemorates the 62d ton involves a Congressman who profited di­ only makes matters worse. You must have anniversary of the proclamation of in­ rectly from his official status. In short, each meant some mischief, or else you'd have dependence by the Armenian people member received a "quid pro quo" for an of­ signed your name like an honest man." L. ficial action. Such is not the case here. The from Russian and Ottoman Turkish Carroll, "Alice's Adventures in Wonder­ domination. On this day in 1918, the Committee admits that the evidence failed land." 1820866>. to show that the receipt of money by Mr. Armenians united their forces in an Wilson occurred under circumstances which D. AGE OF THE CHARGES attempt to establish a free Armenia. might be construed as influencing the per­ Mr. Hamilton conveniently ignores the However, they were prevented from formance of Mr. Wilson's governmental lynchpin of Mr. Wilson's argument; it is achieving this goal by the fortunes of May 28, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12583 war, the indifference of the World Mr. Speaker, a thoughtful article Democratic nomination for the United War I allied powers, and the states­ along this line, relating essentially to States Senate. men of that period who unfortunately the recent primary elections in Mary­ Let the record show that Edward T. Conroy and Victor L. Crawford voted ignored the justice of the Armenian land, has been composed by a Wash­ against this "gun control" law. Robert L. cause. ington Post columnist, Bill Gold. His Douglas voted for it. The Armenian people have suffered column, entitled "What Does 'Gun In the Republican race, Dr. Roscoe G. centuries of persecution but steadfast­ Control' Mean to You?" is attached Bartlett is attacking Sen. Charles M. Math­ ly maintained their unique cultural, for the purpose of further clarifying ias's position on gun controls. Bartlett is artistic, and linguistic identity. Howev­ this subject. Indeed, he has articulated against controls, He says, "One of the first er, one of the most remarkable things my views far more eloquently than things Hitler did was to pick up (citizens') in this long and excruciating visitation these introductory paragraphs. guns." He concedes that gun control is not a major issue in this race, but some people are of persecution, injustice, and extreme The article follows: single-issue voters, and politicians must suffering is that the Armenian people WHAT DoEs "GUN CON.TROL" MEAN TO You? therefore "campaign on issues that help you retained their faith, their courage, "Gun control" has been injected into win." their beliefs, and their hopes and sur­ today's Maryland Primary races for United The implication is that Mathias favors vived as a Christian nation. I salute States senator. Background information gun controls, but Mathias's voting record the brave Armenian people on this an­ may therefore be useful. does not bear this out. niversary of their independence and To those who become emotional about Mathias is aware that Maryland's Joe encourage them to continue to perse­ their right to own handguns, any "gun con­ Tydings was blasted out of the Senate by vere in their hope for legitimate resto­ trol law," however mild, is regarded as a pre­ the gun lobby. Mac is a smart enough politi­ ration of independence and freedom to lude to the confiscation of all guns. Red­ cian to avoid the error made by the turkey Armenia. blooded Americans would be left without that decided to attend a turkey shoot be­ weapons with which to foil a would-be dicta­ cause he was curious to find out what takes Armenian-Americans have made tre­ tor. place at such events. mendous contributions to our nation­ At the other extreme are those who Mathias says he recalls only two or three al, political, economic, educational, become emotional about the danger of guns occasions in the past decade in which he has and artistic success. As loyal Ameri­ and want to make it illegal for anybody to had an opportunity to vote on gun laws of cans, they have maintained a very own any weapon for any reason-presum­ any kind. He voted against registration of proper interest in the restoration of ably not even a steak knife, a hammer, a guns and against licensing of owners. The freedom to the brave Armenian people cane or a woman's high-heeled slipper. only gun law he supported was the one to To those of us who understand what ban manufacture of "Saturday night spe­ still held in bondage in the historic cials." Dr. Bartlett's attack is therefore land that is their birthright. On this makes supporters of both these extreme po­ sitions so emotional, the term "gun control highly suspect. anniversary of Armenian independ­ laws" means many things. To me, it means I am not impressed by support for a law ence, let us remember Armenia and laws that protect a qualified citizen's right aimed at low-priced handguns. Such a law all other people who are still deprived to own a weapon, but only under specifically merely makes guns a bit more expensive. It the right of self-determination and described terms. does little to keep guns out of criminal who are held captive by Soviet tyran­ My kind of law would require that all hands. ny .e guns be registered to their owners, just as I think those who vote in Maryland today automobiles are. It would demand that a have a legitimate interest in knowing where prospective owner demonstrate that he can the candidates stand on gun controls of var­ operate his gun safely, just as he must now ious kinds, especially the innocuous controls GUN CONTROL DOES NOT MEAN that merely give local policemen a chance to GUN CONFISCATION demonstrate that he can drive safely before he obtains a driver's license. take a look at who it is that wants to buy a My law would spell out specific criteria for gun, and for what purpose. HON. ROBERT McCLORY determining who is qualified and who is not. However, I do not believe in single-issue voting. I think our gun policy is important, OF ILLINOIS Convicted criminals would be barred from. gun permits. So would persons with a record but I would not vote for or against anybody IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of mental or emotional instability. Minors on that single issue. In fact, I don't even Wednesday, May 28, 1980 would be ineligible. So would aliens, tran­ know what "gun control" means to each sients and others who do not have "commu­ candidate or each voter.e e Mr. McCLORY. Mr. Speaker, it is nity roots." quite apparent that the expression My law would, of course, also deal with a FOREIGN POLICY SURVEY IN "gun control" has a variety of mean­ gun owner's responsibilities. It would pro­ ings-which tend to excite the emo­ hibit guns from being carried about, much THE 18TH CONGRESSIONAL DIS­ tions of many Americans. This is par­ as our present "concealed weapon5" laws TRICT ticularly so among those who are ap­ specify. It would restrict guns to safe stor­ prehensive that the expression means age in homes and businesses for protective HON.JAMESJ.BLANCHARD purposes. It would make the prompt report­ the confiscation of all firearms of MICHIGAN ing of gun thefts mandatory. OF every description-leaving the Ameri­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES can people potentially at the mercy of It would not, repeat not, ban all handguns willy-nilly. Such a law would be obeyed only Wednesday, May 28, 1980 some Communist dictator from abroad by honest citizens, who would then become or even emerging from within our easy prey to criminals who ignored the law. e Mr. BLANCHARD. Mr. Speaker, re­ country. The argument that we could "stop the gun cently I mailed out a foreign -policy My own thoughtful study of our traffic" by prohibiting all gun sales is pure questionnaire to the residents of the Federal laws relating to firearms con­ nonsense. There are already between 50 mil­ 18th Congressional District of Michi­ vinces me that we in the Congress lion and 100 million guns in private hands, gan. I think it is useful for my col­ and it might take 100 years or more for ex­ leagues to be apprised of the feelings have been dreadfully deficient in pro­ isting guns to become inoperative with age. viding for controlling the interstate For 100 years, a man would not even be able of those people who were kind enough trafficking in firearms-particularly to defend his home against a midnight to respond to the questionnaire. There the illegal trafficking in handguns. break-in. were approximately 25,000 respond­ Mr. Speaker, political officeholders During the recently concluded session of ents. The results are as follows: and candidates are vulnerable to the the Maryland legislature, Sen. J. Joseph 1. Do you support registration? attacks of the emotionally motivated Curran introduced a bill to require a 21-day For men only 28 percent. persons who misinterpret or misunder­ waiting period for anybody who wants to For men and women 58 percent. stand the intentions of those of us buy a handgun. The bill would have permit­ Not at all 12 percent. who feel that some improvements in ted the Maryland State Police to check the Not sure 2 percent. purchaser's record. 2. Should we restore some version of the our firearms laws could assist local law Curran's mild and reasonable "gun con­ draft? enforcement personnel in reducing trol" bill was defeated! Yes 71 percent. gun-related crimes in the areas which Three of the men who voted on it in the No 22 percent. they serve. state legislature are now running for the Not sure 7 percent. CXXVI--792-Part 10 12584 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 28, 1980 3. Should the U.S. boycott the 1980 It will also require that certain func­ than the contracting out of relatively non­ Summer Olympics if they are held in tions such as those essential to main­ sensitive activities such as janitorial or laun­ Moscow? taining a strong defense posture dry services. Traditionally, the Navy has Yes 80 percent. remain in-house due to the paramount held the view that no more than 30 percent No 17 percent. of the NARF's workload could be contracted Not sure 3 percent. · public interest. out to private firms if these facilities were 4. How would you rate the Carter Admin- Several pieces of correspondence to maintain full mobilization capability in istration's handling of the hostage crisis? which I have viewed have purposely the event of a national emergency. Yet the Excellent 5 percent. distorted the intent of the legislation current Navy policy will very shortly force Good 22 percent. in an attempt to confuse Members of the NARF's to contract out fully 45 percent Fair 28 percent. this House. Although I am shocked by of the Navy aircraft maintenance work. Poor 42 percent. the tactics employed, I am not sur­ This poses a serious potential threat to our Not sure 3 percent. national defense effort. prised that the vested interests which It is appalling to me that no one in the 5. Do you think that the Soviet invasion benefit from deficiencies in the Feder­ of Afghanistan requires that we provide aid government even knows how much money is to Pakistan? al Government's procurement prac­ actually being spent on the contracting, al­ Yes 43 percent. tices are opposing this legislation. At­ though the estimates range as high as $150 No 40 percent. tempts to eliminate Government waste billion annually. Certainly efforts to control Not sure 17 percent. are always opposed by groups and in­ federal spending by limiting the number of dividuals who are riding the gravy federal employees have not worked. When 6. Should the U.S. increase the level of faced with personnel ceilings, agencies military aid to Egypt? train. However, I feel that this Con­ simply hire contract employees, often at a Yes 45 percent. gress has demonstrated its desire to higher cost than doing the job in-house. No 39 percent. exercise fiscal restraint and I would And when contractors begin to hire contrac­ Not sure 16 percent. caution my colleagues to carefully tors to do some of their work, it seems to me 7. Would you support an American mili­ scrutinize the vague generalities which we have reached the pinnacle of waste. tary intervention to defend oil-producing are being employed by opponents of The final benefit which would result from countries from a Soviet invasion? enactment of R.R. 4717, of course, is the Yes 67 percent. H.R. 4717. A number of my colleagues who are limitation on the year-end spending spree in No 21 percent. which many federal agencies are engaging Not sure 12 percent. thoroughly familiar with the issues at the present time. When HUD obligates 49 8. Which statement do you think should addressed in the legislation and who percent and HEW 20 percent of their ex­ guide our foreign policy? are also closely identified with fiscal penditures and grants and contracts in the Let every nation know whether it wishes conservation have congratulated me last month of the fiscal year, I agree with us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, on clearly identifying a wasteful prac­ you that the taxpayer's money is slipping bear any burden, meet any hardship, sup­ tice and introducing a legislative down a bottomless hole, further fueling the port any friend, oppose any foe to assure rampant inflation we are currently experi­ the survival and the success of liberty-44 remedy. They have urged me to vigor­ ously pursue this matter and I want to encing. percent. Please do not hesitate to call on me if I'm interested in the rights and responsi­ state flatly that I intend to do just there is any way in which I can give R.R. bilities of the United States. We are not the that. 4 717 a boost. policemen of the world, and we shouldn't I have recently received a letter of With all best wishes, I remain pretend that we can be. Let us tend to our support on H.R. 4717 from my good own business, which is great enough as it is. Cordially, We have neglected our own affairs-51 per­ friend and colleague from Virginia, G. WILLIAM WHITEHURST.• cent. In between-5 percent.e Mr. WHITEHURST. Portions of the cor­ respondence follow this statement. I would like to commend Mr. WHITE­ MSGR.THADDEUSA.HERUDAY H.R. 4717 HURST for his solid, straightforward support, and I would urge all of my HON. LYLE WILLIAMS HON. HERBERT E. HARRIS II colleagues to consider the points con­ OF OHIO OF VIRGINIA tained in the letter from my distin­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES guished colleague. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, May 28, 1980 Wednesday, May 28, 1980 TEXT OF LETTER FROM CONGRESSMAN WHITEHURST e Mr. WILLIAMS of Ohio. Mr. Speak­ e Mr. HARRIS. Mr. Speaker, today I DEAR HERB: Through my service on the er, I would like to call your attention would like to comment on H.R. 4717, Armed Services Committee, I have found and the attention of my colleagues in my bill to eliminate waste and pro­ that the current personnel ceilings have se­ the U.S. House of Representatives to mote economy in the operation of the verely hampered the ability of many of our the humanitarian accomplishments of Federal Government. This bill which military industrial facilities to perform effi­ a resident of my district. The man is enjoys the cosponsorship of 63 of my ciently and to maintain our armed forces in Msgr. Thaddeus A. Heruday, pastor of an adequate state of . preparedness. As a St. Stanislaus Church in Youngstown, colleagues has been favorably reported result of artificially low personnel ceilings, by the Committee on Post Office and work has been contracted out from the mili­ Ohio. Civil Service and more recently by the tary industrial activities solely because the Monsignor Heruday was born May 5, Government Operations Committee. federal government has insufficient person­ 1905, in Cleveland, Ohio, and was or­ A large number of Members have ap­ nel. Inevitably, when a federal agency con­ dained May 30, 1931. During his life­ proached me to discuss the volume of tracts out work purely as a result of an arti­ time he has served many people and correspondence which they have re­ ficially imposed personnel ceiling, the gov­ made many contributions to the spirit­ ceived on the issues addressed by the ernment and the taxpayers end up paying a ual and physical well-being of literally much higher price. Opponents of the bill thousands of people. proposal. A great deal of the corre­ who state that this proposal would substan­ spondence supports the cost-effective tially reduce contracting by the federal gov­ Monsignor Heruday first came to my requirements of the bill. However, I ernment obviously believe that the private district in 1940 when he was appointed am becoming increasingly concerned sector cannot provide goods and services as pastor of St. John the Baptist Church with inquiries which contain distor­ economically as government in-house in Campbell, Ohio. There, he helped tions of the intent of the legislation. sources. I believe in the competitive free en­ start a kindergarten and first grade Simply stated, the bill would require terprise system and do not feel that this that eventually developed into a agencies to accomplish their missions would be the case. school for students in grades K through the most economical means A second major drawback, I believe, to ex­ through 8. He also helped establish a cessive contracting out from military indus­ available while recognizing that cer­ trial activities such as my own Norfolk Puerto Rican mission at that church. tain functions are inherently govern­ Naval Air Rework Facility is that it can In recognition of Monsignor Heru­ mental in nature and must be per­ weaken our defense capability. A decision to day's work, the Holy Father Pope formed in-house. H.R. 4717 imple­ contract out work from a facility like the John the 23d named him a domestic ments·this current Government policy. NARF must be taken with far greater care prelate. However, Monsignor Heruday May 28, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12585 did not rest on his laurels. He planned But will they really? Consider the true or the last extensive wild river in the East the purchase of land and the erection wilderness, which one dictionary defines as funds. accept the NRC decision. But, in the end, A Member, officer, or employee of the e As Commissioner Victor Gilinsky said in Representatives in violation of clause 1 of his written opinion, a decision to exempt the Code of Official Conduct, Rule XLIII, India from the central provision of the Nu­ the Rules of the House of Representatives, A DEDICATED POSTAL clear Nonproliferation Act should not be and also violated clause 4 of the Code of Of­ EMPLOYEE made "without a full understanding of the ficial Conduct of the House of Representa­ price we may be forced to pay." tives, Rule XLIII, the Rules of the House of That price could be a world in which Representatives, in that he accepted a gift, HON. JOHN W. WYDLER every confrontation of regional powers car­ to wit, $500.00, from a person, Lee Rogers, OF NEW YORK ries the danger of nuclear catastrophe for having a direct interest in legislation before everybody. the Congress. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Congress owes it to the American people­ gap in the institutional memory of the 35,000 gallons. The major single in­ the Administrator of the Environmental Congress. crease came in the first quarter of Protection Agency of this section. The total amount of Federal assistance 1980. ginia must bear a share of the respon­ The interview follows: sibility to reduce water-sewer rates. It provided to the Authority under this section may not exceed $18,000,000. TOUGH EMISSION TESTS CALLED FOR BY requires Virginia to assume 25 per­ SEC. 2. In addition to grants made under cent-$6 million-of the $24 million MUSKIE the first section of this Act, the Administra­ of ing are in place, according to Senator cent until the State money is in hand. such section. Edmund S. Muskie, Democrat, Maine. The State is clearly responsible for de­ SEc. 3. No grant may be made under this Ten years after he introduced the Clean veloping the Occoquan policy and the Act unless the Administrator receives such Air Bill, Muskie has not relaxed his efforts UOSA advanced water treatment reasonable assurances as the Administrator to achieve the statutory auto emissions system and must accept some of the fi­ may require to ensure that the Authority standards and says the government must nancial obligation presently straining will use all Federal assistance provided "hold the auto companies' feet to the fire" under such grant to reduce the sewer rates until the standards are met. local budgets to their limits. At the charged by the Authority to its customers Following are Senator Muskie's answers to same time, Virginia will be meeting its in Fairfax and Prince William Counties, Vir­ queries from Automotive News concerning original commitment to fund a major ginia, and the cities of Manassas and Manas­ his view on progress of the emissions stand­ portion of the costs of this project for sas Park, Virginia. ards. the localities. My legislation will pro­ SEC. 4. Grants made under this Act may Automotive News. Are you in general sat­ vide the necessary incentives to bring be subject to such terms and conditions as isfied with the progress made under the the Administrator may require to carry out Clean Air Act? Has the progress been great­ about a joint Federal/State effort to the provisions of this Act. er in stationary sources or mobile sources? enable both to meet their responsibil­ SEc. 5. There is hereby authorized to be Muskie. Progress has been made, and I am ities and resolve this problem in an appropriated such sums as may be necessary proud of that progress. However, the date equitable manner for the local juris­ to carry the provisions of this Act.e by which all areas of the country were to dictions. achieve healthful air was 1975, as mandated in the 1970 Clean Air Act. It is now five Inflation is already too great a ED MUSKIE REFLECTS ON THE years later, and many areas are not even burden without adding excessive •CLEAN AIR ACT 10 YEARS close. The majority of these problems are charges for water and sewer services. LATER due to mobile source pollution. There is a Such services are not a luxury-these recognition now that the air pollution prob­ are services that should be provided to lem in dirty air areas was more severe and HON. GEORGE E. BROWN, JR. complex than we initially understood when the public at reasonable rates that OF CALIFORNIA we wrote the 1970 Act. they can afford. The Federal Govern­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES We have revised our expectations as to ment has mandated a number of meas­ Wednesday, May 28, 1980 the amount of time and effort required to ures to clean up our rivers and protect achieve our goals. But the goals remain the our water supplies from further degra­ e Mr. BROWN of California. Mr. same. dation over the past decade. We have Speaker, in one of his last interviews Greater progress has been made in devel­ a responsibility to see that these meas­ as a U.S. Senator, Secretary of State oping the automobile pollution control tech­ ures and standards are met in ways Edmund S. Muskie, the father of the nology than in stationary source cleanup. Clean Air Act, discussed his views on We are close to achieving the statutory auto that fairly distribute the costs when emission standards. Stationary sources in­ benefits go beyond jurisdictional this essential and important Federal clude many more industries and technologi­ boundaries. I urge your support of this law. For those, like myself, who were cal cleanup processes than do mobile legislation. in Congress 10 years ago, it is some­ sources. times difficult to remember that there In autos we are talking about one industry The following is the text of my bill, are few Members of Congress here and a limited number of technologies. The H.R. 7431: today who were here 10 ye·ars ago complication comes in urban areas where 12594 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 28, 1980 simply substituting clean cars for dirty ones toward public policy than their U.S. coun­ ing. The concept of averaging is inconsistent will not be adequate. terparts. with the requirement of the act that each The most widely exceeded ambient stand­ Q: Recently regulatory reform has become and every vehicle achieve a certain level of ard continues to be photochemical oxidant, a buzz word. The Joint Economic Commit­ emission reduction which then reduces the the two components of wqich, hydrocarbons tee is looking at the feasiblity of a regula­ ambient concentrations of auto-related pol­ and nitrogen oxide, are emitted by the auto­ tory budget; Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen, lutants. Averaging is not an agreeable con­ mobile. In 1978, of 105 urban areas in the Democrat, Texas, has introduced legislation cept. How can you implement an assembly country with populations of at least 200,000, to mandate a regulatory budget; the Wall line test and an inspection and maintenance virtually all exceeded the primary, health Street Journal in an editorial called on Con­ program using the concept of averaging? protective standard. gress to establish a regulatory budget to set Q: The 1977 amendments to the Clean Air In contrast, violations of the sulfur diox­ limits on compliance costs that agencies Act mandate inspection and maintenance ide standard are limited to a few parts of may impose. As chairman of the Senate programs which will soon affect some 100 the country-approximately 100 counties or Budget Committee, how do you feel about major urban areas. The general public has parts of counties in Arizona, Nevada, Utah these proposals? long opposed inspection for safety and is be­ and the north-central regions. A: As a general proposition I oppose arbi­ lieved to oppose emission inspections as It is clear that attainment of the oxidant trary limits which bear no relation to statu­ well. In view of the costs and inconveniences standard is our most ubiquitous cleanup tory requirements. The Congress enacts spe­ of these programs do you support EPA's problem. Additional measures beyond auto cific requirements such as auto emission thrust in this direction? Would you support emission control are required. That is where standards for reasons which include consid­ a cutoff or reduction in highway money for the mobile source problem becomes more erations other than costs. It is the preroga­ communities resisting inspection and main­ difficult than cleaning up stationary tive of the Congress to change those re­ tenance? sources. Local and state governments are quirements in each statute if it feels that its A: First of all I don't necessarily agree being asked to modify habits of their popu­ judgement on a specific issue has changed. I with your characterization of public opinion lations which have been many years in de­ have very real reservations about generic of safety inspections and the assumption velopment. These are difficult to change. regulatory reform legislation which seeks to that emission inspection will also run into Q: Section 109<2> of the Act told EPA amend specific statutes by imposing limits opposition. However, I do support the imple­ to set ambient air quality standards that are and requirements which either have been mentation of an inspection and mainte­ "requisite to protect public health" plus "an specifically rejected or bear no relationship nance program. adequate margin of safety." Other laws­ to the problem to which a specific standard EPA must require this under the 1977 like the 1976 vehicle safety law-allow an is directed. amendments to the Clean Air Act. Inspec­ administrator to consider "technological Q: The Clean Air Act requires that EPA tion and maintenance programs must be im­ feasibility" and "economic practicability" in determine before allowing a vehicle to be plemented in areas which will not achieve setting standards. If you had it to do over sold that it meets emission standards over auto-related ambient standards by 1982, as a again, would you have changed the reliance its useful life. This has resulted in a costly condition for receiving an additional five­ on public health and given more considera­ certification of prototypes. Eric Stork now says the program is nearly have been shown to be one of the most cost­ which were technically and economically useless as an indicator of actual on-the-road effective ways of achieving incremental pol­ feasible. Because the auto industry had emission performance. As an alternative lution cleanup. In areas where automotive complete control over the decision on what would you now favor assembly line testing pollution is and has been an intractable was "feasible," absolutely no progress was on a random basis? Or would you-as Stork problem, it seemed reasonable to the Con­ made. In fact, the "feasible" emission con­ recently recommended to the Swedish EPA­ gress in 1977 to require, as a condition for trols adopted caused an increase in NOx equivalent-favor a system of emission fees receiving extra time for cleanup, that areas emissions. More importantly the question based on performance of in use cars? with such difficulty implement this reason­ poses a non sequitur. Health standards are A: First, for the program to be credible able measure. The sanction of reduction in based on scientific information on the levels each consumer should be guaranteed that highway money puts teeth into this require­ of pollution which affect health. To suggest the car he buys meets the standard when he ment. So I do support this mechanism that scientific data on health effects should buys it and for its useful life. Second, certi­ which is tied to the failure of communities be compromised because that level of clean fication testing is primarily a convenience to do the minimum necessary to receive an air is difficult or expensive to achieve is for auto companies so they will not begin extension under the Clean Air Act. absurd. producing models which don't meet stand­ Q: In view of the energy crunch and with Q: In retrospect was it a good idea in view ards. Third, every car which comes off the the domestic auto industry severely strained of the costs and disruptions to both govern­ assembly line should be tested and inspec­ for capital to down-size cars would you favor ment and industry to set auto emission tion tests should be provided in those areas a bending of the law to allow more diesel en­ standards in the Clean Air Act itself rather with serious air quality problems to ensure gines? than allowing them to be set by an adminis­ in use compliance. Motorists should have A: No. I do not favor a bending of the law trative agency? warranty coverage for non-complying vehi­ to permit the marketing of more diesel en­ A: I challenge the assumption that there cles. gines. At this point there is no evidence that has been any disruption. If there has, it has None of these programs standing alone diesel technology needs more favorable been the result of industry failure to take can give us a meaningful auto emission con­ treatment than the gasoline engine. And it the mandate of Congress seriously and act trol program over the useful life of vehicles. would be unwise in my view to permit diesel in a timely way. So I would not favor dependence on any technology to compete on anything other Q: In early 1970s your view was that in component by itself, but I would not recom­ than an equal basis with gasoline engines. It order to get the auto companies to clean up mend abandoning the certification process would not be beneficial to the auto industry emissions, it was necessary to hold their feet at this point either. I am not ready to en­ to ignore pollution control requirements as­ to the fire. Do you now detect a better cli­ dorse a system of emission fees. The result sociated with diesel technology in the short­ mate? Or is the situation unchanged for would be to permit non-complying cars to run because they will have to deal with it at items like safety and emissions control for continue to operate in violation of the law. some point. It makes sense from a business which there is not a ready market such as This is counter to the philosophy of the point of view to deal with those problems at exists for fuel economy? Clean Air Act that cars must be built to the outset to determine if diesel technology A: I still believe we cannot relax our ef­ comply with given emission standards over can compete favorably with gasoline engines forts to achieve the statutory auto emis­ their useful life, and if they do not comply in all aspects, inciuding their effect on the sions standards, and that we must still they must be brought into compliance. This environment and the extent to which those "hold the auto companies' feet to the fire." is a critical part of the strategy to achieve effects can be minimized. I'll be beter able to answer the question ambient air quality standards to protect In addition, I am confident that the auto after the statutory standards have been public health. industry can solve the technological chal­ achieved and if we don't have another lob­ Q: The question of averaging vehicle emis­ lenge presented by diesel technology just as bying barrage to delay those standards sions or requiring each and every vehicle to they eventually met the challenges associat­ again. · meet the standards has raged for years. The ed with pollution control technology in the Q: In terms of emission control how would law itself is not entirely clear. Did you early 1970s. By bending the law we would you compare the attitude, response, and intend averaging? If you oppose averaging, remove any impetus for forcing the develop­ progress made by the Detroit companies vs. why? ment of diesel technology further. This re­ the import companies? A: In my view the law is clear now and has mains one of the most significant handles A: I feel generally that some foreign man­ been clear since 1970. We intend that each we have in achieving the maximum cleanup ufacturers have been more forthcoming. and every new vehicle meet applicable emis­ and fuel economy possible in auto technol­ They seem to have a less defensive attitude sion standards. We never intended averag- ogy. May 28, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12595 Q: In your view, did emission require­ the lowest of any industrial country. The thing that most concerned Princeton ments significantly add to Chrysler's finan­ Last year the personal rate of saving project officials when bids came in for this cial plight? Or were they even a factor? in America was barely 3 percent. job is that the two lowest bids were from A: No. Emission requirements were not a Japan has a 20-percent rate; Germany, West Germany and Finland. Only Phelps­ factor in Chrysler's financial plight. Dodge and Anaconda in this country bid on Chrysler's financial problems appear to a 15-percent rate. the job. Neither one was close to the have been related to its inability to compete Recently, the Washington Post car­ German and Finnish bids, according to DOE and to management problems unrelated to ried an article describing how Federal officials. federal standards. contractors have been forced to buy At each end of each of the 20 magnetic Q: From what you have learned over the major high technology components coils in the Princeton Tokomak, enormous last 10 years, what would you have done dif­ from foreign suppliers for t:t;ie first steel rings will hold the copper coils rigidly ferently? What the same? Has EPA en­ in place. Each ring weighs 15,000 pounds time in decades. That news is just one and is being forged out of a supertough and forced the law as you wished? Has the more indicator of what will happen if waiver authority been abused? Does the law superhard steel called "nitronic" steel. All need changing? we don't move quickly to stimulate in­ the rings are being forged by the Japan A: I think the structure of the auto emis­ novation and increase productivity. Steel Co. sion program which we created in 1970 re­ Mr. Speaker, I include the article in "These rings have a six-foot radius and mains sound. I cannot think of anything the RECORD at this point. they're six inches thick," one Energy De­ major I would have done differently. On the [From the Washington Post, Apr. 14, 19801 partment official said. "The Japanese were other.hand, the enforcement of the act has not only the lowest bidder, they were the produced slower progress than I hoped for. INFLATION, PRODUCTION PROBLEMS ERODE only suppliers who could deliver these very For example, I do not believe we can have "BUY AMERICA" RULE special rings on the schedule at which we an effective program until two major com­ cil of Economic Advisers. William B. John­ WASHINGTON, MAY 19.-In an exercise that ston, the chief policy planner at the Trans­ e Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, this has large implications for the American portation Department, summarizes the past Monday, Memorial Day, the Sec­ economy in the 1980's, the Carter Adminis­ challenge of shaping industrial policy this retary of the Army, Clifford L. Alex­ way: "Is there any way to get turned from ander, Jr.,· delivered the principal ad­ tration has been appraising the vitality of market solutions to a jointly planned strat­ the entire American automobile industry egy?" dress at the Arlington National Cem­ and whether it can prosper without Govern­ etery. My family and I were in attend­ ment assistance. "Even the most enlightened macroeco­ nomic policies"-those that deal with the ance and I feel that his speech should Initiated by the Secretary of Transporta­ be shared with the other Members of tion, Neil E. Goldschmidt, last winter, the entire economy-may need to be supple­ appraisal is described by officials as a first, mented by policies that focus on particular the body. cautious exploration by Washington into sectors, Stuart E. Eizenstat, the White It is set forth herewith: what looms as the dominant economic House domestic policy chief, told a Universi­ policy issue of the 1980's for the advanced ty of North Carolina audience on May 10. ADDRESS OF HON. CLIFFORD L. ALEXANDER, JR. Mr. Eizenstat said it was President Car­ countries-"industrial policy." I am honored to personally represent Precisely what that phrase means is open ter's view that "we must strengthen the basic industries in our country-modernize President Carter this Memorial Day at Ar­ to interpretation and is likely to become a lington National Cemetery. subject of national discussion. In general, them, increase their productivity and their industrial policy means a deliberate, com­ competitiveness in world markets; we Memorial Day is not simply a holiday, or a prehensive effort by government to assist cannot let them deteriorate one by one." three day weekend for some, but it is set Industrial policy recently has been a aside as a special time to remember. What is and to subsidize some industries. it that we remember on this day? We re­ LIMITED STEEL POLICY IN 1978 major research topic of the Council on For­ eign Relations and the Trilateral Commis­ member our soldiers-all those men and The Carter Administration delineated a sion, private study groups. women, of all races and creeds, who have limited steel policy in 1978 when it pledged served in and with the armed forces of the to guarantee up to $550 million of private In the United States, industrial policy has United States in times of war and in times loans for steel plant modernization and also an unfamiliar ring, as "energy policy" did 10 of crisis. We remember, and are grateful to gave the industry protection from imports years ago. In Europe and in Japan, industri­ those who lost their lives in our defense. We with the so-called trigger-price mechanism, al policy is better understood and accepted. remember, and are grateful to our veter­ intended to keep imported steel from being "From an ideological point of view, we in ans-those who served their country as a sold below cost. this country are much less interventionist," part of the armed forces, and who them- This month it authorized $1.5 billion in says Nancy S. Barrett, a Deputy Assistant . selves remember on this day the hardships, Federal loan guarantees to keep the Secretary of Labor, who attended an indus­ the battles, the friends and comrades at Chrysler Corporation afloat and received trial policy conference in Madrid earlier this arms no longer with us. Finally, we remem­ pleas from industry executives and union month. ber today that as a nation we have been for­ leaders for a variety of aids to an industry "The overwhelming view was that it's a tunate. whose sales have been declining sharply for way to make the free enterprise system We have faced many dangers; we-and our months. work better," Miss Barrett said. "It's not so­ form of government-have survived in part These stopgap measures might eventually cialism. Everybody said we need to make an because of the sacrifices our soldiers have lead to an industrial policy for the auto in­ environment in which private enterprise can been prepared to make. The remembrance dustry that could include import protection, thrive." of so many who have served, and who have relief from complying with clean air and The American view that the Government died in our defense, must strengthen our re­ safety regulations and tax advantages. Thus should not be "interventionist" is reflected solve to keep this country a bastion of free­ far, President Carter has opposed import in the comments of the policy planners ex­ dom of which we can all be proud. protection, sentiment is mixed on regula­ amining the needs of the auto industry. Today we pause to thank those men ahd tory relief and the Treasury Department Without exception, they voiced doubt in in­ women who served and died in our defense, and Congress would prefer to give tax incen­ terviews that the Government could do as who are buried in this magnificent national tives for all types of investment, not just for good a job as Detroit in deciding on invest­ cemetery, and in cemeteries large and small autos. ments, products and prices. around the world. The fact that we are free Whatever the final shape of automobile "For the Government to come in and say to sit here today is ample proof of the debt policy, it is likely to serve as a point of de­ 'you ought to do this or that and we'll stake of gratitude we owe our armed forces. How parture for possible help for other indus­ you to it' would be a disaster," said the best do we repay it? The obvious answer is a tries. Treasury's Mr. Hessler. simple one. We keep this country strong 12598 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 28, 1980 enough to remain free; we use that freedom STATEMENT BY G. WILLIAM Expansion Act of 1962, were made in 1975 wisely, in the knowledge that freedom :Vit~­ MILLER, SECRETARY OF THE by Treasury Secretary Simon and in 1979 by out compassion and honor and equality is TREASURY, ON OIL IMPORT Treasury Secretary Blumenthal. In both not freedom at all; we strive to make this cases, virtually every agency of the govern­ -country better, in the knowledge that no FEE ment certified in detail the acute dangers matter how far we have gone on the road to posed to our international military, politi­ equality and justice for all our citizens we HON. RICHARD BOLLING cal, and economic interests by excessive oil have much farther to go before we rest. OF MISSOURI imports. During all this time, our oil import There are other fitting ways to remember IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES bill has steadily escalated. The dangers have multiplied. our fallen soldiers on this Memorial Day. Wednesday, May 28, 1980 Perhaps the best thing we can do-the most The threat posed to our economic interest appropriate gesture we can make-is to e Mr. BOLLING. Mr. Speaker, the by oil import dependence was vividly drama­ thank those who serve today in the armed following statement of the Secretary tized by the explosion in world oil prices in 1979, triggered by the turmoil in world oil forces. Our gratitude for their service, their of the Treasury, G. William Miller, markets during and after the Iranian revo­ professionalism, their dedication, is the best made to the Subcommittee on Trade lution. From December 1978 to April 1980, living memorial for our honored dead. of the House Ways and Means Com­ the average OPEC official price of crude oil This country is defended today by armed mittee, deserves the attention of every on the world markets rose by 125 percent, forces made up entirely by volunteers. That Member: from just under $13.00 to over $29.00 per means that all of our soldiers, our sailors, STATEMENT OF HON. G. WILLIAM MILLER, barrel. our men and women of the Air Force and SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY As in 1973, the impact of this price explo­ Marines are very special people. They have sion on our economy was direct and momen­ volunteered to serve, and to defend, all of Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the courtesy tous. The U.S. inflation rate last year soared that you and the subcommittee have shown to 13.3 percent as the higher world oil prices us. They are dedicated to their country; to in agreeing to hear my testimony at this their jobs as members of the uniformed coursed rapidly through our economy. More point in your deliberations. than 3 percentage points of that increase services; to the future of our country. You have before you the question of Our men and women in uniform are today can be traced directly to the oil price explo­ whether to block implementation of the ten sion. This trend intensified in early 1980. on duty in many parts of the world. In some cent gasoline conservation fee imposed by places they are in danger. In others, they During the first three months of this year, the President in March. inflation rose to an annual rate of 18 per­ are ready to be called on if extraordinary As you know, the implementation of the cent, with higher energy prices directly ac­ service is required of them. They are worthy fee was enjoined yesterday by the U.S. Dis­ counting for roughly one-third of the in­ of our respect, and our confidence and we as trict Court for the District of Columbia. creases. a nation need to show particularly our en­ The government is appealing this decision. The 1979 oil price explosion was the single listed force that we are proud of them. I While the matter is thus before the courts, I most important factor pushing our economy have seen them at the DMZ, in the Panama strongly recommend that the sub-commit­ into recession this year: It was the primary Jungle Training Center, as part of the crack tee defer its own review of the issue. The cause of the acceleration in inflation, the Berlin Brigade, as weary but willing trainees Congress need not deal with the questions consequent swift escalation in interest rates, at Fort Dix. Our sailors serve often for of substantive policy raised by the fee until and the massive drain of purchasing power months at a time and around the clock at its legal status is clarified. which have combined to throw the U.S. sea. Our airmen and marines show equal However, with your permission, I will take economy into reverse gear. dedication carrying out their missions. They this opportunity to deal with the major sub­ The world's dependence on imported oil speak their minds and have the inner stantive issues. poses potentially serious problems for the strengths this nation of individuals is Let me be blunt: For far too long, it has international financial system. The oil ex­ known for. been assumed that the United States lacks porting nations this year are likely to earn the basic political discipline to recognize Some of our soldiers in uniform who are current account surpluses totalling $100-120 and act on its own clear self-interest in billion-larger than the GNP of most of the working today have been summoned to limiting its consumption and importation of answer emergency calls here at home. Some world's countries. The oil importing nations foreign oil. Without this discipline, our of course face an equivalent deficit. While are serving at the refugee centers which prospects for economic security, and for a have been set up on various military instal­ the international financing requirements vigorous and independent foreign policy, posed by these imbalances are huge, we be­ lations to house and process the Cubans would be very poor. Our prospects for exer­ who have arrived so precipitously in our lieve the system can handle the recycling of cising world leadership in any area of policy these funds in an immediate sense. But it country during the last few weeks. Our would be compromised. Leaving aside the would be highly imprudent simply to stand young Americans in uniform are getting a legal question for the moment, for the Con­ by and watch the world's oil bill and financ­ first-hand lesson in what this country is all gress to reject this measure to reduce our oil ing swell year after year. about, and they are themselves examples of import dependence could only be interpret­ A failure to stem oil imports would have the best that this country has to offer, with ed as a flight from the hard economic reali­ serious consequences for our own efforts to their warmth and humanity and efficiency. ties faced by the nation. The fee raises the achieve lasting improvement in the U.S. This past Thursday I was with President price of gasoline by a mere 10 cents. Back­ dollar balance of payments and to maintain Carter as he inspected the devastation ren­ ing away from such a moderate and sensible a stable dollar. In 1978, our oil bill was $42 dered on many hundreds of square miles by step would send a very troubling signal to billion. Last year it was $60 billion. In 1980, Mount Saint Helens. Our people in uniform the American people, to the world financial we project it to rise to between $85 and $90 are quietly but bravely searching for sµrvi• markets, and to the governments of OPEC. billion, in spite of an expected reduction in vors near the mountain and recovering the This gasoline conservation fee will have oil import volume. This mushrooming defi­ direct and important benefits: after approxi­ cit is by far the largest single negative ele­ remains of the dead. mately 12 months, it will cut our oil imports President Carter described an appropriate ment in our balance of payments, threaten­ by about 100,000 barrels per day, and the ing the stability of the dollar and thus our vision of America in his State of the Union savings will increase to about 250,000 barrels Address. efforts to solve our domestic inflation prob­ after 3 years. But the fee's importance tran­ lems. "An America strong and free. scends these direct benefits. The fee consti­ tutes a clear test of our national will: Are we The stability and strength of the dollar in "An America at peace. the foreign exchange markets in recent "An America with equal rights for going to squeeze the fat out of our oil con­ sumption and proceed in an orderly manner months has a number of sound bases. But women-and for all citizens. toward energy security over the new one of the major reasons is the growing per­ "An America with jobs and good health decade? Or are we going to leave our future ception around the world that the U.S. is at care and education for every citizen. prosperity and national security hostage to last moving aggresively to solve its energy "* • • An America of justice, tolerance foreign events? The fee alone will not decide problems. The President's decision to phase and compassion." this watershed question-but it is rightly out oil price controls was a major step in building confidence in the dollar's long term This vision of America is not beyond the perceived as an important part of the answer. prospects. This gasoline conservation fee is reach of a united people who have the will another such step. In both instances the and determination to succeed. There will be THE OIL IMPORT PROBLEM world saw our system of government pro­ challenges. We will meet them with the best There can be no serious question that this duce decisions in which long run economic that is in us • • • so that those who lie here nation's security is threatened by excessive good sense prevailed over well-entrenched indeed will not have died in vain. oil imports. Formal findings to precisely this political considerations. This was long­ Thank you.e effect, pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade awaited good news that we had at last gen- May 28, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12599 ( erated positive momentum in the energy at very high levels for this time of year. Dunsten jumped from the 65-foot­ area. Thus, there will be little opportunity for re­ high bridge to rescue the children. Not A decision by the Congress to shift now to finers to pass through any of the fee to only was she success!ully able to guide a more passive course would be extremely heating oil. The same is true for residual oil short-sighted. We would be mortgaging our and other distillate products. five hysterical children to shore with­ hopes for more fundamental improvement Second, the fee applies to imported gaso­ out assistance-she also administered in our economic prospects, replacing for­ line, but not to imports of other refined cardiopulmonary resuscitation to an ward momentum once again with confusion products. Thus', competition from imported 11-year-old boy who might otherwise and stalemate. distillate products will tend to prevent refin­ have died. QUESTIONS RAISED ABOUT THE FEE ers from being able to pass the fee through Miss Dunsten's courage and compas­ to products other than gasoline. sion are further enhanced by her mod­ In this subcommittee and elsewhere, a Third, the refining companies have noti­ number of questions have been raised about esty: She alleges that, having grown fied the Department of Energy that the fee up on the water and being accustomed the fee. With your permission, Mr. Chair­ will be passed through to gasoline, not to man, I would like to address the major ones. other products. DOE has established a to swimming and diving, her feat was 1. Why impose a fee when oil imports are system to monitor the pass through effects not so great. I must respectfully dis­ already falling and world oil markets seem of the conservation fee. Secretary Duncan agree. Her heroic act is deserving of to be well supplied? would be happy to appear before you to dis­ full and appropriate recognition, and U.S. oil imports have indeed declined in cuss this monitoring effort and to report she herself is more than deserving of volume terms, to an average rate of 7.4 the results to you on an on-going basis. the gratitude of this Chamber. Indi­ mmb/d so far this year compared to 8.4 for It is understandable, but short-sighted, for the equivalent period last year. This is viduals such as Miss Dunsten are more those .who are concerned with heating oil than assets to humanity-they are largely the result of the increase in world prices to oppose the gasoline conservation oil prices in 1979, which have encouraged fee. The conservation fee will help instill shining examples to be admired and conservation through greater energy-effi­ discipline in world oil markets and dampen emulated, at least emulated to the ciency and, less .Pleasantly, through a retar­ further OPE.C price increases. This will help extent that it is possible. dation of economic growth. World oil mar­ moderate heating oil prices. I know that my colleagues will join kets have eased, and spot prices have actual­ In summary, Mr. Chairman, I cannot me in expressing thanks to Miss Dun­ ly declined, as world consumption has fallen stress too strongly my belief that it would sten, and in according to her the rec­ temporarily below the rate of oil produc­ be unwise for Congress to disapprove the ognition which she has earned.• tion. President's decision to impose the gasoline But it is sheer folly to assume that this conservation fee. Low gasoline prices are a will last or that the energy problem is some­ major cause of our over-consumption of im­ how "solved." As we should have learned, ported oil. By way of comparison, the tax on world oil markets do not long remain in sur­ gasoline is $1.14 a gallon in Germany, $1.62 SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS plus. The medium term trends for the world in France, and $1.83 in Italy, the conserva­ Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, oil supply are not propitious; our economic tion fee will increase gasoline prices in U.S. agreed to by the Senate on February growth will resume; markets will likely be by a dime. If we cannot do this, one can 4, 1977, calls for establishment of a tight again well before the mid-1980s. It is fairly ask: What precisely are we willing to system for a computerized schedule of precisely at times of market slack that the do to meet the energy challenge?• consuming nations face the danger of mis­ all meetings and hearings of Senate reading a temporary quiescence of oil prices committees, subcommittees, joint com­ and of giving up on their conservation ef­ mittees, and committees of conference. forts. This is what we did for nearly five TRIBUTE TO DEBORAH This title requires all such committees years after the 1973 oil shock. That is why . DUNSTEN to notify the Office of the Senate we suffered so greatly when the next shock Daily Digest-designated by the Rules arrived, in 1979. Committee-of the time, place, and We must not repeat this error. This fee is HON. NORMAND. SHUMWAY purpose of the meetings, when sched­ needed to communicate the inevitable to OF CALIFORNIA American consumers-that gasoline prices, uled, and any cancellations or changes over the long term, are going up and that oil IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in the meetings as they occur. 'conserving improvements must continue Wednesday, May 28, 1980 As an interim procedure until the anQ-accelerate, not be put in mothballs. To computerization of this information reverse this message would invite the same e Mr. SHUMWAY. Mr. Speaker, I am becomes operational, the Office of the reversion to business as usual that para­ privileged to count among my con­ Senate Daily Digest will prepare this lyzed our energy policy through the last stituents a young woman who recently information for printing in the Exten­ half of the 1970's. demonstrated remarkable courage and sions of Remarks section of the CON­ 2. Isn't the fee inflationary? compassion. Miss Deborah Dunsten, of GRESSIONAL RECORD on Monday and As a technical matter, the gasoline fee will Angels Camp, Calif., undertook a Wednesday of each week. add about .5 percentage points to the 1980 rescue effort of such awesome propor­ inflation rate in direct terms, and perhaps Any changes in committee schedul­ tions that she was called to Washing­ ing will be indicated by placement of another .3 percentage points indirectly over ton by the President to receive the the longer run. However, without the fee, an asterisk to the left of the name of and the conservation psychology it will help Presidential Humanitarian Medal of the unit conducting such meetings. sustain, we face the near certainty of even Honor. As the father of six children, I Meetings scheduled for Thursday, greater inflationary pressure over the personally find it difficult to adequate­ May 29, 1980, may be found in the longer term from a renewed surge in U.S. ly express my appreciation, admira­ Daily Digest of today's RECORD. gasoline consumption and oil imports. The tion or regard for Miss Dunsten. At oil price increases that would result from this time, I would like to share her act such an increase in imports would not only of bravery with my colleagues, as I be­ MEETINGS SCHEDULED add to inflation but also to our import bill. lieve that a description of that act will The fee revenues, by contrast, would stay at MAY30 home. move others in this Chamber as it has 9:00 a.m. 3. With gasoline markets relatively soft, moved me. Finance won't the fee in fact be passed on to other oil On March 23, Miss Dunsten was Taxation and Debt Management General­ products, such as heating oil? riding her bicycle home from a shop­ ly Subcommittee This question has been of particular con­ ping errand while visiting relatives in To hold hearings on the following mis­ cern to the sub-committee. I believe this Huntington Beach. As she crossed the cellaneous tax legislation, S. 2484, concern to be misplaced, for several reasons: Santos Arched Bridge above the Coy 2486, 2500, 2503, 2548, and H.R. 5043. First, the markets for heating oil and Sea-Water Canal, she was alarmed to 221 Dirksen Building other oil products are if anything "softer" hear high pitched screaming coming 10:00 a.m. than the gasoline market. Refiners are now Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs pricing heating oil and other uncontrolled from the water below. Looking down, To continue hearings on S. 2704, autho­ products according to their own best eco­ she saw five elementary school-age rizing the Federal Reserve Board to nomic advantage. We do not believe the fee children and a capsized rowboat being regulate transactions in certain finan­ ~ill change their calculations. The heating swept toward the open sea. At great cial instruments. oil market is exceptionally soft, with stocks risk to her own life and limb, Miss 5302 Dirksen Building CXXVI--793-Part 10 12600 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 28, 1980 Energy and Natural Resources Select on Small Business JUNE 12 To resume hearings on S. 2665, to pro­ To hold oversight hearings on the im­ 9:30 a.m. vide for the development of an ade­ plementation of the Small Business Labor and Human Resources quate national coal distribution Administration's loan assistance pro­ Health and Scientific Research Subcom­ system by acquiring the necessary grams as they apply to veterans of the mittee rights-of-way to grant access for coal Armed Forces program. 4232 Dirksen Building disputes between organizations of su­ 3110 Dirksen Building 2:00 p.m. pervisors and managerial personnel Governmental Affairs Appropriations and the U.S. Postal Service, and S. Federal Spending Practices and Open Transportation Subcommittee 1938, to increase government efficien­ Government Subcommittee To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ cy and to provide a mechanism for To resume oversight hearings on alleged timates for fiscal year 1981 for the raising the level of protection of work­ fraud and mismanagement practices in U.S. Railway Association and the ers, the general public, and the envi­ Federal agencies performing communi­ Washington Metropolitan Area Trans­ ronment against unnecessary radi­ ty services, including the Departments portation Authority. ation exposure. 1224 Dirksen Building 3302 Dirksen Building of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Agriculture. Labor and Human Resources Select on Indian Affairs 3302 Dirksen Building To hold oversight hearings on the im­ Education, Arts, and Humanities Subcom­ plementation of Federal recognition mittee procedures, relating to the acknowl­ JUNE6 To resume hearings on Title II, pro­ edgement of nonrecognized Indian 10:00 a.m. posed Youth Education and Training tribes. Labor and Human Resources Act, of S. 2385, proposed Youth Act. 5110 Dirksen Building Health and Scientific Research Subcom­ 4232 Dirksen Building mittee JUNE3 To hold hearings on the possible health 9:30 a.m. effects caused by inadequate disposal JUNE 18 Appropriations of toxic waste. 4232 Dirksen Bujlding 10:00 a.m. Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit­ Labor and Human Resources tee Joint Economic To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ To hold hearings on the employment­ Education, Arts, and Humanities Subcom­ timates for fiscal year 1981 for the unemployment situation for May. mittee U.S. Geological Survey, Department of 2128 Rayburn Building To continue hearings on Title II, pro­ the Interior. posed Youth Education and Training 1223 Dirksen Building Act, of S. 2385. proposed Youth Act. JUNE 10 4232 Dirksen Building Environment and Public Works 9:30 a.m. To hold hearings on the nomination of Judiciary John S. Hassel, Jr., of Georgia, to be To hold ioint. hearings with the Labor Administrator of the Federal Highway and Human Resources' Subcommittee JUNE 19 Administration. on Health and Scientific Research on 4200 Dirksen Building S. 1865, proposed Radiation Exposure 9:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Compensation Act. *Labor and Human Resources Energy and Natural Resources 4232 Dirksen Building Health and Scientific Research Subcom­ To hold oversight hearings to review the mittee progress of the negotiations on the Labor and Human Resources future political status of the Trust Health and Scientific Research Subcom­ To hold hearings on S. 1424, authorizing Territory of the Pacific Islands. mittee funds for fiscal years 1981-84 for the S-407, Capitol To hold joint hearings with the Commit­ advancement of international coopera­ tee on the Judiciary on S. 1865, pro­ tion and assistance in health matters. posed Radiation Exposure Compensa­ 4232 Dirksen Building JUNE4 tion Act. Veterans' Affairs 10:00 a.m. 4232 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on S. 2020 and 2596, Governmental Affairs 10:00 a.m. bills to provide educational assistance Business meeting, to consider S. 333, to Select on Indian Affairs programs for those individuals who strengthen Federal programs and poli­ To hold oversight hearings on the im­ enlist in the Armed Forces, and to cies for combating international and plementation of the Tribally Con­ hold oversight hearings on the imple­ domestic terrorism; S. 2160, to require trolled Community College Act. mentation of current educational in­ public disclosure of certain lobbying 5110 Dirksen Building centive programs to promote an All activities to influence issues before the Congress; and S. 2, to provide for a Volunteer Force. review of Government programs every JUNE 11 412 Russell Building ten years. 9:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 3302 Dirksen Building •veterans' Affairs Commerce, Science, and Transportation Select on Indian Affairs To hold oversight hearings on the activi­ To hold hearings on S. 1957 and H.R. To hold oversight hearings on the im­ ties of the Office of the Inspector 4310, bills to promote increased use of plementation of the Judgment Fund General of the Veterans' Administra­ U.S. waterways and provide for contin­ Distribution Act. tion. ued recreational boat safety programs. 5110 Dirksen Building 412 Russell Building 235 Russell Building May 28, 1980 E.XTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12601 JUNE 26 estimates for fiscal year 1981 for cer­ JULY 24 9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. tain programs of the Department of Transportation. Commerce, Science, and Transportation Commerce, Science, and Transportation Science, Technology, and Space Subcom­ Science, Technology, and Space Subcom­ 1224 Dirksen Building mittee mittee To resume hearings on the administra­ To hold hearings on the administra­ tion's transition plans to develop an tion's transition plans to develop an operational land remote sensing satel­ operational land remote sensing satel­ JULY 1 lite system. lite system. 235 Russell Building 10:00 a.m. 235 Russell Building Veterans' Affairs To hold oversight hearings on the im­ JULY 29 JUNE 24 plementation of small business loan 10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. programs for veterans recommended Select Committee on Indian Affairs To hold hearings on S. 2166, to establish Appropriations by the White House Conference on Small Business. a National Institute of Native Ameri­ Transportation Subcommittee can Culture and Arts Development. To resume hearings on proposed budget 412 Russell Building 6226 Dirksen Building