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SHCHARANSKY TRIAL sent him. I have also submitted the argu­ that Shcharansky had access to military se­ REMEMBERED ment to the court that has jurisdiction to crets is for that nation's leaders to boast hear an appeal from Shcharansky's convic­ that they are defying the express conditions tion. and in the United crets. Each such refusnik had received a no­ As one example of Soviet disregard for States. He did nothing in secret: that was tification from the Soviet authorities and minimum standards of judicial proce­ neither his method nor his purpose. each was free to communicate that fact to dure, Soviet officials refused to allow The Soviet authorities now claim that this the press-as many did. All Shcharansky did open, public spokesperson was, in reality, a was to collate this public information and Shcharansky's lawyer, Harvard law secret operative of the American Central In­ transmit it-in convenient form-to the Alan Dershowitz, to repre­ telligence Agency, that he was stealing American press in to demonstrate sent him at the trial. Dershowitz did, Soviet military secrets and covertly passing that no state secrets were involved, that the however, submit testimony to the them on to American agents, diplomats and Soviet excuses for denying exit visas were Soviet court on Shcharansky's behalf. reporters. pretextual. This was his right under Soviet With the Madrid review conference If the charges were not so serious, they law and under the Helsinki Accords. the of the Helsinki accords in mind, I would be comic indeed. Imagine how incom­ irony is that if any Soviet secrets were re­ bring to the attention of my col­ petent an American intelligence agency vealed at all-and Toth denies that any leagues the closing statement that would have to be to have engaged someone were-they were revealed by the Soviet emi­ like Shcharansky as a spy. His phone obvi­ gration authorities themselves when they Prof. Alan Dershowitz submitted to ously tapped, his every movement openly sent public notices to refusniks declaring the Soviet court. In his statement, surveilled, his roommate a KGB plant, that the factories, research ships, and labo­ Dershowitz concludes that the signifi­ Shcharansky was the worst possible candi­ ratories in which these refusniks had cance of the court's decision goes date for the espionage game. Imagine how worked were involved in "state secrets". beyond its immediate imps.ct on incompetent the Soviet counterespionage Shcharansky cannot legally be convicted of Shcharansky himself to the implica­ apparatus would have to be to have let revealing "secrets" that had already been tions that it has for the integrity of someone like Shcharansky-a man who had revealed by the Soviet authorities. the entire Soviet judicial system. publicly declared his allegiance to Israel and But what of Anatoly Shcharansky, the who had demanded the right to emigrate man, the husband, the son? We do not know The statement follows: there-have access to military secrets. what remains of the 29 year old smiling THE CLOSING .ARGUMENT BY ANATOLY Shcharansky was not a spy. United States man who was carried away to a KGB prison SHCHARANSKY'S LAWYER IN ABSENTIA President Carter did not lie when he public­ on March 15, 1977. Between that date and Shortly after the arrest of Anatoly ly assured the world that he had inquired July 10, 1978-a period of nearly 16 Shcharansky, his wife-Avital-asked me to deeply within the C.I.A. and the State De­ months-Anatoly Shcharansky was a non­ serve as his American lawyer. I accepted partment and had determined that Shchar­ person in the Soviet Union. Nobody-not his with a profound sense of responsibility but ansky never had any connection with the mother, not his lawyer, not his wife-was al­ with little hope of affecting the outcome of C.I.A. Shcharansky did not work for the lowed to communicate with him in any way; the case. Shortly thereafter, Shcharansky's C.I.A., not did he have access to any mili­ nobody knew his physical or mental condi­ mother, Ida Milgrom, sent me a written tary secrets. tion; nobody knew what his captors were message from the Soviet Union asking me to The only information to which he had doing to him in the secrecy of this KGB for­ try to represent Shcharansky at his Moscow any access at all was computer technology, tress. Nobody knew, for sure, whether he trial. I agreed to try, but again without since that was the field in which he had was alive or dead. much hope. My pessimism, it turns out, was worked several years prior to his arrest. But Then, on July 10, 1978, he ·was taken to a well founded: repeated requests to attend the Soviet Union imports virtually all of its courtroom for his trial-a trial which under Shcharansky's trial and appeal have been computer technology from the United Soviet law must be open to the public. But rebuked. I have decided, however, to submit States, under an assurance-made binding who has been allowed to attend this public to the Soviet Court the following closing ar­ by American law-that this technology will trial? Not the American or western press, gument that I would have made on Shchar­ never be put to any direct or indirect mili­ though Shcharansky has become a house­ ansky's behalf had I been allowed to repre- tary use. For the Soviet Union now to claim hold word through much of the world. Not

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CXXVI--1395-Pa.rt 17 22190 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 20, 1980 American diplomats, though that country is Wednesday, August 13, 1980, into the Soviet Union. Other important tactical nu­ charged with being the recipient of Shchar­ CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: clear weapons are two new atomic artillery ansky's espionage. Not any of Shchar­ THE MEANS To DEFEND AMERICA shells now under development for the ansky's friends or supporters, though they Army. These 8-inch and !55-millimeter pro­ are willing to testify on his behalf. Not even During a series of recent public meetings jectiles will give our troops a potent nuclear his mother-who had not laid eyes on him in the Ninth District I have been impressed capability at short range, and if fitted with for 16 months-was allowed to enter the by the growing interest of Hoosiers in neutron warheads they would offer a strong courtroom during the trial. The pretense for America's defense posture. Often it is not defense against the armored columns of the excluding his mother was that the prosecu­ enough to answer their question with an Soviet Union. Another tactical nuclear tion claimed that it intended to call her as a overall assessment of our defense effort. weapon under development is the Navy's witness; needless to say, it never called her They want to know precisely what steps we Tomahawk, a cruise missile designed to nor allowed her to see her son. Indeed, the are taking in response to growing Soviet knock out Soviet ports and shore facilities prosecutor-and the court-have been un­ military power and the dangerous world in from far at sea. willing to call as witnesses those people who which we live. One frequent question is: Do Conventional weapons are also being im­ have most direct knowledge of the alleged the men and women of our armed forces proved. In the Army, the XM-1 main battle "crimes" of Anatoly Shcharansky. Where have the modem weaponry they need to tank is coming on line, as are two new was Robert Toth, the journalist to whom defend America? combat vehicles for the mechanized infan­ Shcharansky allegedly passed secrets? He Spending for armament, both to procure and to research, develop, test, and evaluate try. The Army is improving its principal has declared his willingness to come to the anti-tank missile, the TOW, and it has a Soviet Union to state under oath what he new weapons, has been rising steadily over the past several years. If Congress accepts new lig~t anti-tank weapon, the Viper. A has already written in the American press, laser-gwded projectile, a general support namely that none of the material given to the President's latest request for a defense budget, funding for procurement will reach rocket system, and an advanced attack heli­ him by Shcharansky ws classified as secret copter will also strengthen the Army under the Soviet regulations. Where was $40.6 billion next year, a real increase of 6 percent. Funding for research, development, against Soviet armor. Air defense will be the testimony of Professor Vitaly Rubin bolstered with the addition of a better anti­ who allegedly recruited Shcharansky's KGB testing, and evaluation

percent of all military messages are trans~ with temperatures above absolute zero velopment, with another $196 million mitted via satellite circuits. <-459.4 degrees Fahrenheit) radiate such budget this year in what is the Pentagon's "We were pushed into space too fast, heat rays. The sensor, through a small on­ most heavily funded research effort today. mostly to save money," says one defense de­ board computer, will direct the final maneu­ Another one billion dollars is planned to be partment insider. "Satellites are very cost­ vers of the weapon, firing propellants in spent over the next five years perfecting effective for many missions." But the appar­ dozens of small tubes mounted around the such weapons. ent economic benefits of such technology cylinder's periphery. These minirockets also Lasers already have chalked up some dem­ have been at the expense of greater vulner-' will provide thrust for final maneuvers and onstration kills. In 1973, the Air Force ability, continues the official. "We have now lethal ramming of the target. Ground tests downed a winged drone with a laser beam; got to face up to the real costs of these sat­ of the system are to be completed this year; the Army destroyed winged and helicopter ellites, which include the costs of ensuring flight tests for which targets already have drones in flight in 1976, and the Navy de­ that they are there when needed." An air­ been ordered could run as early as 1981 or stroyed an antitank missile in flight in 1978. craft carrier costs one .billion dollars to 1982. This fall, the Air Force plans to shoot build and another one and one-half billion This A-SAT missile, however, will be able down air-to-air missiles with a carbon diox­ dollars to defend with ships, submarines, to do only half the job. It will be able to de­ ide gas dynamic laser carried aboard a modi­ and other systems. The same economic logic stroy defenseless enemy satellites. But it fied jet tanker aircraft in the most realistic should be applied to military satellites, will not be capable of intercepting a Soviet test so far of the laser as a weapon. Housed argues the official, "otherwise space will be A-SAT aimed at a U.S. target because the in the forward cargo section of the plane, our Achilles' heel, if it isn't already." U.S. tracking system cannot predict its orbit this monster laser reportedly packs one mil­ Moscow has argued that space is an exten­ with sufficient precision and speed. Thus lion watts of power. It fires its beam from sion of the atmosph~re in terms of national the quest for exotic weapons that fire at the just behind the cockpit of the KC-135. A 23- sovereignty. In various statements, the Sovi­ speed of light. inch telescope is used to focus the beam on ets have let it be known that only those re­ Because of its virtually instantaneous, the target missile. Air Force Secretary Hans connaissance spacecraft protected under the speed-of-light velocity, a laser weapon does Mark describes the tests as a "proof of con­ Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty have the not need to lead a target by much. A laser cept" comparable to General Billy Mit­ right of safe passage overhead. The capabili­ fired from the ground against a 100-mile­ chell's sinking of a battleship with bombs in ty to knock down other satellite intruders high satellite would reach the target in less 1921, a demonstration that revolutionized may have spurred Soviet work on A-SAT than a thousandth of a second, during warfare. technology, as well as the recognition that which time the satellite would travel a mere The primary difficulty with a laser is that the U.S. military's increased reliance on 20 feet in its orbit. The laser beam is point­ air absorbs and scatters its beam, defocusing space facilities had increased this country's ed by moving mirrors to reflect its light, it and sapping its energy. For these reasons, vulnerability. permitting rapid changes of direction to Secretary Mark believes that "laser weapons Seven test flights of the Soviet hunter­ new targets. Another plus is the absence of will not be practical below 25,000 feet be­ killer satellites were conducted between recoil because of the massless photons cause of difficulties in propagating the 1968 and 1971. The Pentagon did not react "fired" by the laser. beam through the atmosphere. We see the strongly then because Soviet guidance Lasers and satellites entered the world weapons operating around 35,000 feet, seemed too poor for the A-SATs to use con­ about the same time. Invented in 1960, the where 99 percent of the water vapor is ventional warheads, and nuclear warheads laser is unique and powerful because it below you, and there are essentially no were unsuitable. Besides being banned by emits coherent light-light waves that are clouds." the 1967 treaty forbidding "weapons of mass perfectly aligned, like soldiers marching in Laser A-SATs in space would be far more destruction" in space, nuclear warheads pro­ close order. By contrast, ordinary light is efficient and flexible than ground based duce radiation that can disrupt friendly as noncoherent, its waves marching out of step weapons. A prime location would be a geo­ well as enemy satellites. But in the second and in different directions. synchronous orbit, 22,300 miles up. Many test series between 1975 and 1978, the Sovi­ Light and other forms of electromagnetic vital national security satellites are there. ets demonstrated a weapon that homed in radiation are radiated when energy is lost Laser A-SATs could conceivably defend a by radar close enough for the shrapnel from from within an atom, ion, or molecule. Its flock of unarmed satellites and be on duty its conventional explosive charge to destroy wavelength depends on the specific event about 1995, defense officials estimate. De­ the target. that released the energy, when an electron velopment costs probably would run over Two years ago, Defense Secretary Harold orbiting a nucleus "drops" from a higher to $15 billion for 8 to 12 such battle stations Brown concluded that the Soviets possessed a lower state, for example, or when the that could look down and control all of an "operational" A-SAT system that could bonds holding atoms in a chemical com­ near-earth space. deny the United States access to low pound reduce their bending and oscillating For all their power, such laser space forts orbits-out to about 300 miles. The Soviets motions. In earlier lasers, an intense pulse would not be powerful enough to destroy "also have several efforts underway to im­ of ordinary light was discharged into a crys­ rising ICBMs with their refractory nose prove upon and complement this system," tal to "pump" electrons to higher, unstable cones and thick-walled rockets. Another, al­ William J. Perry, director of DOD's re­ states from which they decayed to emit a though less likely, candidate to be used as search and engineering, told Congress last weak but coherent beam. an ICBM death ray is the particle beam February, just weeks before the Soviets re­ Lasers have since grown thousands of weapon that fires charged or neutral sumed testing a 600-mile-high killer. Testing times more powerful. Most high energy de­ particles out of accelerators . A 10,000-watt defense of hardened sites against nuclear craft's guidance system, along with orders laser can slice through a one-inch-thick threats." DARPA is spending $23.4 million to take the F-15 into an intercept trajec­ steel plate at the rate of several inches per studying the potential this year. It has also tory. A two-stage rocket will boost the A­ minute. A 2.5-megawatt laser would be capa­ convened a panel of experts to examine SAT close to the target, after which the ble of destroying fast-moving aircraft and PBWs. Wolfgang Panofsky, director of the weapon's terminal guidance will take over. air-to-air missiles. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and a homing in on the "black body" infrared ra- So far the defense department has spent panel member, said going into the review diation emitted by the target. All objects more than $1.3 billion on laser weapon de- that PBWs seemed "a very unlikely applica- 22224 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 20, 1980 tion" of the technology. Even so, some mili­ Some experts maintain that lasers will not U.S. diplomats received their warning in tary specialists claim that the Soviets are work as advertised. One skeptic, Richard an article Aug. 6 in the national weekly further along in the development of particle Garwin of Harvard, quips that "the easiest organ of the Writers' Union, the Literary beam weapons and have tested them at a way to kill someone with a laser is to drop it Gazette often used for KGB attacks on secret installation at Semipalatinsk in the on them." Perhaps. But at this point, their Westerners. Judy Mandel and her husband central Soviet Union. The issue is murky at technological momentum seems irresistible. James, who works for the State Depart­ best. U.S. technology, in all of the ancillary sys­ ment's Foreign Buildings Office in Moscow, In more pedestrian realms, DOD is also tems Her­ authorities offered to let Klose appear Los Angeles Committee for the Protec­ bert Scoville Jr. warns that "no comfort before 10 p.m. on Aug. 4. When Klose pro­ tion of Foreign Born inviting her to an should be taken in the theory that an A­ tested further that he would prefer to leave organizational meeting. In the letter, SAT treaty will move warfare away from as scheduled without testifying, the pros­ the United States was labeled a "police the earth and spare mankind from the hor­ ecutor's office relented, though reserving state," and the Justice Department rors of a nuclear holocaust. An attack on re­ the right to call him in Sept. 10 when Klose was said to be full of Fascists using connaissance or communication satellites is scheduled to return to Moscow. He did will inevitably be viewed as the preamble to leave without incident and is now in the Gestapo methods. Suspecting the com­ further aggression on earth. A conflict in United States. Since his arrival in Moscow mittee to be a Communist front orga­ space, if it occurs, will only be the first stage in mid-1977, Klose has been criticized by the nization, her husband suggested that of a much broader war." Soviet press for alleged ties to the CIA and she mail it to the FBI. Once high powered lasers are perfected, for writing about strikes in Soviet cities. A week, later, a special agent of the and certainly once they get into orbit, the The move was seen as an effort to put Klose FBI arrived on the Miller doorstep to prospects for space war increase greatly. Ef­ under psychological pressure, and to wam discuss the letter. He told Marion that fective laser A-SAT systems on both sides him and his colleagues they were under sur­ the Bureau suspected the committee would be destabilizing, according to one ar­ veillance. gument, much as effective antiballistic mis­ In other criticism, the newspaper Soviet of being a Communist front, but sile systems would be, by tempting Russia objected to Olympic Games report­ lacked sufficient evidence to label it a first strikes. Laser A-8ATs in space might ing by the Moscow correspondents of the subversive organization. He asked her also destroy the ABM treaty, opening up a Christian Science Monitor and the Balti­ to attend the meeting and report back race for those weapons as well. more Sun as "wicked nonsense." to the FBI. August 20, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22225 One evening seemed a small enough with the Attorney General as a Com­ in the campaign. By "real issues" I do not sacrifice to Marion, and she agreed to munist front organization. necessarily mean the ones that people in­ quire about most frequently. Rather, I go. Marion thought her ordeal was over, mean those which have moved to the top of The meetings turned out to be exact­ her job done. But that was not to be. the nation's agenda whether or not they ly what the Millers expected. Speaker As soon as she arrived home, her hus­ have been widely publicized. Although they after speaker attacked the United band showed her a sheet headed "An may not always be "glamorous" enough to States, charging it with using germ Open Letter" which she recognized grab headlines, the real issues are what we warfare and committing atrocities in immediately as the work of her former should be grappling with in this country Korea. colleagues in the Communist under­ during this election season. As I review recent presidential campaigns, Shocked by what she had witnessed, world. I am struck by how often the candidates Marion went home and wrote a com­ The letter. a vicious personal attack took up the wrong issues or, at least as it plete report for the FBI. Little did she on the Millers. calling them informers turned out, failed to discuss issues that later suspect that the Bureau would like and distorting Marion's testimony to became important. In 1964, Lyndon Johnson her report so much that they would make her appear to have libeled inno­ and Barry Goldwater talked about social se­ ask her to join their organization as an cent foreign born people, was distrib­ curity and the use of nuclear weapons, but informant. uted to every family in the neighbor­ Vietnam and urban decay were the matters Marion thought carefully about the hood. that dominated Mr. Johnson's second term. As In 1968, Richard Nixon and Hubert Hum­ assignment before she accepted. a The smear campaign began to work. phrey debated Vietnam and the programs of double agent, she would have to pre­ That very night, Marion's young son the Great Society, but they left key con­ tend to support ideas which in reality Paul asked her if she was a spy. She cerns-inflation and East-West detente­ she abhorred. And once she joined the began receiving anonymous obscene aside. George McGovern and Mr. Nixon did Communist Party, she feared getting telephone calls, and hate mail poured not really speak of energy, unemployment, in so deep that she would lose all con­ into their mailbox. or Watergate in 1972. Gerald Ford and tacts with old friends and associates. One night, a rock was thrown Jimmy Carter said little about relations with the Soviet Union and nothing at all But, thinking of the American sol­ through their living room window about Iran in 1976. diers then dying for the cause of free­ with a note threatening them, and Now a new presidential campaign is upon dom in Korea, aware that someday suggesting they leave town. The next us. Before Mr. Carter, Ronald Reagan, and her own son might be in their place, day, Paul Miller reported the incident independent challenger John Anderson go she decided to become a counterspy. to the police, and they promised pro­ at one another in earnest on the issues of -Marion joined the Los Angeles Com­ tection. But even that would not mend their choosing, let me indicate the basic the good relations they once had with questions I think the candidates should be mittee for the Protection of Foreign addressing. Born in November 1950, and put in surrounding neighbors. What can be done to restore the effective­ many long hours doing clerical work Paul decided that the only way to do ness of government? To my mind, no single at their dinghy headquarters in down­ that was to let people know what they issue is more important than this. The fail­ town Los Angeles. In 2 months, she had done in Washington. By the fol­ ure of government to gain the support and was made a member of the executive lowing afternoon, their story and confidence of the people remains the most committee, and soon was invited to photos were on the front pages. Their impressive shortcoming of our political life telephone rang off the hook again, but today. It arises in almost every public meet­ join the Communist Party. Since the ing I have, in almost every piece of corre­ party could not tolerate split-house­ this time they heard messages of con­ spondence that comes across my desk. How holds, Paul Miller joined as well. gratulations. They received a letter can we organize and administer government The Millers devoted all their free from J. Edgar Hoover and a telegram so that it can do its job efficiently for the time to assignments, study classes, from President Eisenhower. next four years? It is not sufficient for the picket lines, fund drives, and propa­ But most gratifying to the Millers candidates to answer the question by refer­ ganda campaigns. Their home was were the calls from friends and neigh­ ring to their own personal skills or by recit­ bors, who were ashamed at turning ing a list of the problems and complications thrown open to party functionaries they see. They must tell us how they are who used it to entertain at all hours of their backs on them, and begged for­ going to build .the coalitions and shape the the day or night. Their presence alien­ giveness. policies necessary to the governance of a ated the Millers' old friends. Now everyone knows of the truly very diverse and open democracy. heroic work done by Marion and Paul In order to insulate their children What is the proper role of government? from the influence of their "com­ Miller. Marion has been seated and Closely related to the effectiveness of gov­ honored by civic and patriotic organi­ ernment is the role that government ought rades," the Millers sent them to zations ever since. And she has also re­ to play. The trend in America over the last Sunday school at the local temple, and several decades has been to increase power tried to teach them to uphold the mained an active participant in the po­ litical process. As an undercover agent, at the federal level as a way to move against values they were publicly attacking. she learned what to expect from those social and economic problems nationwide. Soon, however, the Millers' com­ The candidates, I suspect, will probably not who advocate totalitarian rule. Ever favor continuing the trend, so the issue for rades began to put pressure on them since, she has been a tireless worker them then becomes the change that they to involve their children in Commu­ on behalf of the cause of freedom and would bring about. Which federal responsi­ nist youth activities. The strain was democratic values we cherish. bilities must be eliminated? Which should becoming so great that Marion devel­ In closing, I just want to say thanks, be transferred to other units of govern­ oped ulcers, and she took a leave of ab­ Marion, for a job well done.e ment? How do we go about making such sence from both her Communist orga­ changes? Behind these deceptively simple nizing and her spying activities. questions lies a whole host of others. To ISSUES OF THE 1980 CAMPAIGN what extent should the taxing and spending By the end of 1955, the FBI told powers of government be invoked to correct Marion that they had enough infor­ economic problems? How is the power of mation to prove that the committee HON. LEE H. HAMILTON government to be used to achieve social jus­ was a Communist front group. In Oc­ OF INDIANA tice? There are also questions about the dis­ tober, Marion spent 5 days in Wash­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tribution of power within the federal gov­ ington as a witness before the Subver­ ernment itself. Do the candidates want to sive Activities Control Board Examin­ Wednesday, August 20, 1980 bolster the authority of the President, or do er. As a result of her testimony, the e Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I they want Congress, a separate but equal Examiner found that the Los Angeles insert my Washington report for branch of government under the Constitu­ Wednesday, August 6, 1980, into the tion, to be more assertive? Committee for the Protection of For­ What role should the United States play eign Born and other such groups CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: in the world? Rhetoric about "not being throughout the country were subver­ ISSUES OF THE 1980 CAMPAIGN pushed around"-all too common in presi­ sive groups, and a recommendation About this time every election year I dential campaigns-may draw applause on was made to require them to register begin to ask myself what the real issues are the stump, but it really does not help to 22226 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 20, 1980 answer the fundamental question. At a To resume closed hearings on the Public Boston African American National minimum, the candidates must be asked to Integrity Section, Criminal Division, Historic Site in Massachusetts. spell out how they see the responsibilities of of the Department of Justice. 3110 Dirksen Building this country in organizing world peace, deal­ 5110 Dirksen Building Joint Economic ing with nations of the Third World, medi­ 10:00 a.m. Priorities and Economy in Government ating conflicts in the Middle East and else­ Budget Subcommittee where, responding to the crises in Latin Business meeting to continue considera­ To hold hearings on the C-5A wing America, supporting human rights, and tion of proposed Second Concurrent modification program, focusing on the countering Soviet adventurism. Without ex­ Resolution revising the Congressional wing problems and other structural ception, the candidates will claim that the Budget for the Federal Government defects of Air Force aircraft and their United States should be a superpower, but for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983. budgetary and economic consequences. what does the claim mean? What is the mis­ 6202 Dirksen Building. 5300 Dirksen Building sion of a superpower in the last 20 years of Commerce, Science, and Transportation 2:00p.m. the century? What face should the Ameri­ To hold hearings on the nominations of Judiciary can superpower present to the world? Are Reuben W. Askanase, of Texas, to be a To hold hearings on the nomination of the candidates willing to acknowledge to the member of the Board of Directors of Norman P. Ramsey, to be U.S. District voters that such a role implies a heavy the Corporation for Public Broadcast­ Judge for the District of Maryland. burden? ing; Thomas R. Donahue, of the Dis­ 2228 Dirksen Building What are the intentions of our principal trict of Columbia, to be a member of adversary, the Soviet Union? This is the the Communications Satellite Corpo­ AUGUST26 question to be put to the candidates to test ration; Alfredo A. Cantu, of Colorado, their views of the central dilemma of Ameri­ 8:00a.m. Marcus B. Crotts, of North Carolina, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry can foreign policy: how to deal with the and James M. Rosser, of California, Soviet Union. Do the candidates believe Rural Development Subcommittee each to be a member of the U.S. To hold oversight hearings on the socio­ that the Soviet Union is an expansionist, op­ Metric Board; and Rear Adm. Herbert portunistic, or defensive power? Do they in­ economic effects of nuclear waste sites R. Lippold, Jr., to be Director of the on nearby rural areas and small com­ terpret Soviet adventurism as a sign of in­ National Ocean Survey, National Oce­ ternal strength or a mask for domestic munities. anic and Atmospheric Administration. 324 Russell Building weakness? How the candidates answer will 235 Russell Building probably determine what kind of decisions 9:30a.m. they would make both on national defense Environment and Public Works Commerce, Science, and Transportation and on relations with allies and other coun­ Water Resources Subcommittee Aviation Subcommittee tries. Business meeting, to continue markup To continue oversight hearings on the We should not expect the candidates to of a proposed amendment to authorize scope of airline safety, focusing on answer these four questions completely. additional water resources and supply how to minimize human factor fail- They are too difficult, and the answers project studies, and navigation, flood ures. simply are not obvious. Most of us could not control, beach erosion, and dam safety 235 Russell Building give answers to our own satisfaction, and projects to S. 1641, Water Resources Governmental Affairs some of us would have doubts about a candi­ and Development Act (pending on Governmental Efficiency and the District date who answered too glibly. Nonetheless, Senate Calendar). of Columbia Subcommittee as we consider the knowledge, experience, 4200 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on S. 3025, proposed and character of the candidates in the 1980 Finance Inspector General Act, focusing on the presidential campaign, we may hope that Business meeting, to continue markup organization of audit and investigative these four questions will at least set the of proposed legislation to reduce taxes. units at the Departments of Justice, bounds of the debate.e 2221 Dirksen Building State and Treasury, the Agency for In­ Judiciary ternational Development, and the In­ Subcommittee to continue hearings on ternational Development Cooperation SENATE COMMiTTEE MEETINGS matters relating to its investigation of Agency. individuals representing the interests 6226 Dirksen Building. Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, of foreign governments. agreed to by the Senate on February 318 Russell Building Labor and Human Resources 4, 1977, calls for establishment of a To hold oversight hearings to examine Labor and Human Resources the effectiveness of current workers' system for a computerized schedule of To hold hearings on the nomination of all meetings and hearings of Senate compensation programs in dealing John C. Truesdale, of Maryland, to be with occupational disease claims, and committees, subcommittees, joint com­ a member of the National Labor Rela­ to explore alternatives to the present mittees, and committees of conference. tions Board. compensation systems . to notify the Office of the Senate Joint Economic 4232 Dirksen Building Daily Digest-designated by the Rules To hold hearings on the Consumer Price 10:00 a.m. Committee-of the time, place, and Index figures for the month of July. Energy and Natural Resources purpose of the meetings, when sched­ 6226 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on H.R. 7330, authoriz­ uled, and any cancellations or changes ing funds for fiscal year 1981 for cer­ AUGUST25 tain insular areas of the United States; in the meetings as they occur. 9:00a.m. S. 2735, proposed Territorial Assist­ As an interim procedure until the Governmental Affairs ance Act; and S. 2992, to provide for a computerization of this information Permanent Subcommittee on Investiga­ review of current energy needs of U.S. becomes operational, the Office of the tions trust territories, and to analyze poten­ Senate Daily Digest will prepare this To hold oversight hearings on the De­ tial applications of sail-assisted tech­ information for printing in the Exten­ partment of Labor's investigation of nology to reduce energy cost for inter­ sions of Remarks section of the CoN­ the Teamsters' Central States pension island transportation. GRESSIONAL RECORD on Monday and fund. 3110 Dirksen Building 3302 Dirksen Building Wednesday of each week. 9:30a.m. Governmental Affairs Any changes in committee schedul­ Permanent Subcommittee on Investiga­ Commerce, Science, and Transportation tions ing will be indicated by placement of Aviation Subcommittee an asterisk to the left of the name of To hold oversight hearings on the scope To continue oversight hearings on the of airline safety, focusing on how to Department of Labor's investigation of the unit conducting such meetings. the Teamsters' Central States pension Meetings scheduled for Thursday, minimize human factor failures. fund. August 21, 1980, may be found in the 235 Russell Building 10:00 a.m. 3302 Dirksen Building Daily Digest of today's RECORD. Energy and Natural Resources Judiciary Parks, Recreation, and Renewable Re­ To hold hearings on pending nomina­ MEETINGS SCHEDULED sources Subcommittee tions. To hold hearings on S. 2807, and the 2228 Dirksen Building AUGUST 22 substance of H.R. 7411, bills designat­ Veterans' Affairs 9:30a.m. ing the United First Parish Church in To hold joint oversight hearings with Judiciary Quincy, Massachusetts, as the Adams the Select Committee on Small Busi­ Improvements in Judicial Machinery Sub­ National Historic Site and the sub­ ness on the implementation of small committee stance of H.R. 7 434, to establish the business loan programs for veterans August 20, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22227 recommended by the White House Governmental Affairs SEPTEMBER 10 Conference on Small Business. Permanent Subcommittee on Investiga­ 9:30a.m. 412 Russell Building tions Labor and Human Resources Select on Indian Affairs To continue oversight hearings on the Handicapped Subcommittee Business meeting, to mark up S. 2829, Department of Labor's investigation of To resume oversight hearings on the im­ authorizing funds for the settlement the Teamsters' Central States pension plementation of the Education For All of Indian claims in the State of Maine. fund. Handicapped Children Act . proposed Youth Act. rity system. 4200 Dirksen Building 4232 Dirksen Building 5110 Dirksen Building