EXTENSIONS of RE,MARKS FOOTPRINTS on the MOON Outlet That, All Too Often Heretofore, Only Can No More Feel Or Know the Gales of War Has Seemed to Offer

20188 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 21, 1969 tional defense; to the committee on Armed 182. Also, petition of the National Confer- relative to Federal revenue shari.ng, and so services. ence of Lieutenant Governors, Atlanta, Ga., forth; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

EXTENSIONS OF RE,MARKS FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON outlet that, all too often heretofore, only can no more feel or know the gales of war has seemed to offer. earth than it can the invisible solar And so there has been that. wind, it seems to me that the greatest of HON. HOWARD W. ROBISON Was Apollo ll's trip necessary in order all possible dividends the Apollo 11 in­ OF NEW YORK to help resolve the mysteries of the cos­ vestment could pay would be in terms of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mos? Well, such a question provokes all an enhanced sense of world brotherhood. kinds of answers. As Life also noted, For despite the flag and all the over­ Monday, July 21, 1969 man's curiosity and adventurous spirit tones of national glory and prestige, this Mr. ROBISON. Mr. Speaker, if it is has always seemed insatiable, adding: was an adventure in which all mankind proving difficult for most of us to "come Americans in particular have needed a participated. The reactions from nearly down to earth" today, there is good rea­ quest, across the mountains or the continent, everywhere abroad today prove that-­ son-for we have just witnessed one of into the sky and sea, to the poles or inside giving emphasis once more to the human the most fantastic technical and scien­ the atom. need to recognize the fact that we are, tific accomplishments of mankind's So it was probably inevitable that we after all is said and done, truly "riders long history. would, some day, toss our hat over the on the earth together." Fantastic, amazing, unbelievable­ "space wall," as the last President Ken­ Among the variety of messages left in yes, all such adjectives and more of nedy said so we could "then explore the that tiny silicon disk on the lunar sur­ wonder, admiration, and common pride wonders on the other side." face by our astronauts was this one from in man's indomitable spirit apply on From the material standpoint, it is President Tito, of Yugoslavia: this "day of participation" which, questionable what we will find of value May this majestic fulfillment of the an­ though formally declared only for Amer­ cient dream of the human race ... bring on the moon, or farther out in mysteri­ closer the realization of humanity's age-long icans, is undoubtedly being experienced ous space. Perhaps, at best, we will find by all the people of this globe whose vision to live in peace, brotherhood and joint some keys to help us unlock some of the endeavor. rulers have permitted them to know of remaining secrets of our universe-how Neil Armstrong's "small step" to the sur­ it was formed, if not why-and even And perhaps that--or something like face of the moon. though we may find no new sources of it--is Apollo ll's real message. As we now wait for the safe return taxation, one supposes that just push­ If it is-and as we begin to decide to earth of the first men on the moon, ing back the boundaries of knowledge is where next to go in space-let us also each of us is attempting after his own something that bears no price tag. remember that America's ability to help fashion to assess and understand the So, again, there is that. move this world of ours toward peace meaning of this tremendous adventure. To which, Mr. Speaker, there already and brotherhood depends on more than Should we have attempted it? Was it have been a whole host of valuable tech­ power and prestige. If, as President Ken­ worth it? Where, in space, should we go nical "spin-offs" with domestic applica­ nedy said, we cannot afford to be second from here? tions from the space eff ort--and surely best in space," neither can we afford to It does little good now, really, to ask if will be more of the same yet to come; be second best in the effort to move that we should have attempted it--for we a more practical justification for what world from "an era of confrontation to did, the money has been spent and, thus we have done if neither knowledge nor an era of negotiation." Nor second best far, well spent if success be the yard­ the sheer exhilaration of high adventure in the endeavor to improve the quality of stick. is enough. our own civilization, on the basis of which Was it worth it? Well, who can really Of course, there are those who say that rather than on feats in outer space we say? our own problems here on earth-and will be judged. Nor second best in our Our Puritan heritage demands "good here at home-are such, and of such ur­ ideals-and our guiding philosophy-on reason" for nearly everything we do-es­ gency, that we might better have con­ which matters, too, and our devotion pecially when public moneys are in­ centrated thereon instead. This is a dif­ thereto, we shall also be judged. volved. Was this "giant leap for man­ ficult argument to counter, even though Therefore, even as this is a day for kind" necessary from the standpoint of Life once again remarked on the "acute self-congratulation, so is it, too, a day national prestige? Probably not, but yet human misery" prevailing in Spain when for re-dedication-for the full American surely our Nation's prestige is higher this Columbus used the Queen's money for dream has yet to be realized. day in nearly every corner of the earth his historic voyage, saying further: than it has been. And that is good; good It is possibly one of the greatest tragedies in terms of international good will, no of our time that the eradication of ghettos ROUTE TO MOON LIES THROUGH matter how fleeting that change of mood and the cleansing of the air and the water TENNESSEE toward us on the part of other people or the cure for cancer do not offer quite the may be. Especially good for us, too, for same stimulation (as space exploration). HON. JOE L. EVINS our own confidence in ourselves has been And that is something we might well OF TENNESSEE badly shaken for many months, now. As ponder, today, in the hope-that I, for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Life magazine sought, editorially, to put one, would consider a promising one­ all this in perspective some weeks back: that out of this lift in national spirit we Monday, July 21, 1969 It is jarring to consider what might be all now have experienced, and out of our Mr. EVINS of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, our national mood today if Russia were on revived sense of community, could come as the scheduled launching of the Apollo the moon and our international contribu­ both a new confidence and a new sense 11 moon mission nears, it is appropriate tion were the war in Vietnam. of resolution toward our more mundane, to point out that the testing for the So there is that. earthbound problems. huge Saturn rocket motors was carried But was the trip necessary to beat the If, Mr. Speaker, this should prove to be out at Arnold Engineering Develop­ Russians to the moon? Again, probably possible, the cost of Apollo 11 would ment Center at Tullahoma, Tenn., in the not, though the fact remains that we have been well worthwhile. Fourth Congressional District which I did. And there is a sort of lift to our Thus there is possibly that. am honored to represent in the Con­ national spirit from that fact. Besides But as I review my own thoughts gress. which there is a more important consid­ while watching Neil Armstrong and In this connection I place in the eration in all this-in the possibility that "Buzz" Aldrin-wonder of wonders-­ RECORD herewith my recent newsletter international competition of this sort­ making those historic footprints on the Capitol Comments, because of the in­ as in economic, athletic, or cultural con­ moon's surface, footprints that will stay terest of my colleagues and the Amer­ tests-provide the challenge that is in­ there for centuries in the Sea of Tran­ ican people in this important scientific herent in feelings of nationalism with an quility alongside an American flag that project. July 21, 1969 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 20189 The newsletter follows: suffered for the lack of opportunity in It is also very clear that, if we do not HISTORIC APOLLO MOON MISSION UNDERLINES the past. get relief by way of quota agreements, VITAL ROLE OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN An article in the building and con­ the only way we can get relief is by FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT struction Trades Bulletin, volume XXII, amending the trade bill to stop eff ec­ (By JOEL. EVINS) No. 6, dated June 1969, which follows, tively currently escalating destructive The scheduled historic Apollo 11 moon mis­ describes the success of this effort: imports from low-standard, foreign, sion underlines the vital importance of re­ The drive of the Building and Construc­ competitive sources. search activities in the Fourth Congressional tion Trades Department, AFL-CIO, to open The article referred to follows: District. Research in space exploration and the way to apprenticeship training for mi­ QUOTAS LoOM: TEXTILE IMPORTS CHALLENGE other important areas is underway at the nority workers continues to show good re­ NIXON Arnold Engineering Development Center and sults, and more and more, is attracting fa­ (By Joseph R. Slevin) Tennessee Space Institute at Tullahoma, the vorable comments. Atomic Energy Commission at Oak Ridge, and In an extensive analysis of the Apprentice­ WASHINGTON.-President Nixon is finding Tennessee Technological University at Cooke­ ship Outreach Program, vigorously supported it hard to carry out his campaign promise to ville. by the Department, as well as other sections protect U.S. textile manufacturers against The giant Saturn rocket which is scheduled of organized labor, the federal government foreign competition. to power the three astronauts to the moon and some civil rights groups, the official Secretary of Commerce Maurice Stans has for the dramatic lunar landing was tested at magazine of the U.S. Labor Department's returned battered, bruised, and empty­ the giant testing facilities at Arnold Engi­ Manpower Administration notes: handed from consecutive swings through neering Development Center at Tullahoma. "That the program in 48 major cities had Europe and the Far East. The key textile The third stage of this giant rocket was test­ placed 2,325 minority group members in producing countries flatly rejected the White ed more than 80 times in one of the huge test building trades apprenticeships by the end House emissary's demands that they curb cells at this facility in our District. Comple­ of 1968, after less than two years' operation. their exports to this country and they are menting the work at AEDC is the University (The program now has been extended to 53 now waiting for Nixon to make the next of Tennessee's Space Institute research in centers.) move. related fields-aerodynamics, propulsion, "That the number of registered apprentices Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and Tai­ supersonic combustion, electrical engineering rose from 207,500 in January, 1967, to 240,000 wan are the prime U.S. targets. Administra­ as well as plans for research in space medicine in Japuary, 1969. The number of minority tion strategy calls for initiating a quota and space biology. apprentices during the same period rose agreement in the Far East and then per­ In Oak Ridge the Atomic Energy Commis­ from 9,300 to 15,600. The increase in minority suading the Europeans to go along but the sion and oak Ridge National Laboratory are participation was 68 percent. Asian countries have bluntly rejected all of engaged in a broad range of defense and "That the increa8e in the number of ap­ Stans' overtures. peacetime research projects in life sciences, prentices for Negroes during the two years Stans wants the President to throw his full physical sciences and all aspects of reactor was even greater, rising from 4,100 to 9,400, weight behind a high-pressure drive to force development. An outstanding development is a jump of 120 percent." the textile producing countries to accept the the harnessing of the atom for production of export restrictions that the United States electric power for peacetime uses. Tremen­ The apprenticeship Outreach program has vaiinly been trying to impose. He has dous research is being performed in the bio­ seeks out Negroes, Spanish-speaking urged Nixon to use all of the financial and medical area in Oak Ridge. Oak Ridge is also Americans and Indians and prepares trade leverage that the United States can developing as a center for research into the them for apprenticeship entry in the bring to bear. problems of our cities, large and small. construction trades. The thrust of the The Secretary needs an answer before he At Tennessee Tech University research is in leaves next Saturday for an annual round of progress in ma.ny areas-including engineer­ effort to bring more minority workers talks between ranking U.S. and Japanese ing, biology, education, economics, highway into jobs is not to lower journeyman Cabinet members. The President's decision safety and science. The Engineering Depart­ standards but to help youngsters start will profoundly influence the future course ment for three years has been working with out with better backgrounds and a better of U.S. trade policy. As this was written, the the National Aeronautics and Space Admin­ chance to make the grade. question still was on Nixon's desk. istration in the development of materials for Stans has been waging a solitary battle. space travel resistant to high velocity pellets He has had the unyielding opposition of the to protect space travelers from small meteor­ QUOTAS LOOM: TEXTILE IMPORTS State and Treasury Departments and of the ites. Designs have also been developed and President's own Trade Negotiations Office. recommended to NASA for spacecraft shields. CHALLENGE NIXON If Nixon insists on pressing for the multi­ Tennessee Tech and its · Upper Cumberland lateral quotas that Stans has been seeking, it Economic and Resources Development Center will be a clearcut victory for the quiet, con­ are engaged in a practical program of provid­ HON. PHILIP J. PHILBIN servative cabinet officer who was his chief ing research and technical assistance to com­ OF MASSACHUSETTS fund raiser before the Republican conven­ munities and businessmen in the Upper IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion. If Nixon moves toward a more selective, Cumberland area. Monday, July 21 , 1969 From Coffee County to Anderson County­ less protectionist position, it will be an from the southern fringe of our District to Mr. PIDLBIN. Mr. Speaker, in revising equally decisive defeat for the Commerce the eastern edge-research is assuming Secretary. and extending my remarks, I include a Stans urged a tough line in a memoran­ greater and greater importance in shaping the very thoughtful, timely article by the future of Tennessee and the Nation. dum that he gave the President earlier this able financial writer of the celebrated summer, after his return from the Far East. Boston Globe, Mr. Joseph R. Slevin, en­ It is a memorandum from Stans and olllly titled "Quotas Loom: Textile Imports from Stans because none of the other agen­ APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING Challenge Nixon." cies would indorse Stans' rigidly protection­ This article points out the difficulties ist approach. of getting relief from cutthroat foreign Nixon's costly campaign pledge was given to the makers of synthetic and woolen tex­ HON. GLENN M. ANDERSON competition for American industries and tiles. Cotton textile producers are covered by OF CALIFORNIA their employees being hurt by the grow­ an international quota agreement that the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing flood of cheap imports, not only in United States negotiated in 1962. textiles and shoes, but many other kinds Stans' goal is a quota agreement that will Monday, July 21, 1969 of products, that are currently flooding limit the sade of all foreign synthetics and Mr. ANDERSON of California. Mr. the Nation, and threatening the stability woolens to American consumers. He wants Speaker, I would like to call to the at­ and prosperity of our economic system. the producing countries to negotiate the ar­ tention of my colleagues that a program rangement "voluntarily" at Geneva and that I hope that the President will listen ls what they unequivocally have refused to for increasing minority-group enroll­ to the appeals of those industries and do. ment in apprenticeship training pro­ workers who are being seriously injured The angry European response is that grams has been organized by the Build­ by these steadily increasing imports from across-the-board quotas will open the gates ing and Construction Trades Depart­ many foreign countries. to a flood of restrictionist trade curbs Mid ment, AFL-CIO. The purpose of the It is clear that little headway has been that the result will be the destruction of the program is to seek out Negroes, Spanish­ made by the Government in coming to post-World War II drive toward freer trade. speaking Americans and Indians to pre­ an agreement on proposed quotas to "The Europeans say we don't know where we are going and they are perfectly right,'' a pare them for entry as apprentices in keep imports at reasonable levels. This veteran official says bitterly. "We don't know the construction trades. This is an ex­ country wants constructive trade with where we are going." cellent example of the type of compensa­ other nations, where that is possible and Mounting quantities of attractive, oom­ tory training and opportunity that feasible without adversely affecting our peti,tively priced foreign shoes now are pour­ needs to be provided for those who have own industries and their workers. ing into American shops. European negotia- 20190 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 21, 1969 tors have told Stans that they are unhappily CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM OF masquerade. Perhaps Congress should con­ certain that the United States next will de­ RADIO FREE EUROPE duct a public investigation of U.S. propa­ mand quotas on shoes if it gets quotas on ganda "efforts." synthetics and woolens. The less developed countries ·such as HON. EDWARD J. DERWINSKI Taiwan and South Korea raise an equally fundamental argument. They point out that OF ILLINOIS the wealthy United States cannot hope to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LONG-TERM FARM LEGISLATION SHOULD LIMIT ANNUAL COTI'ON, encourage the poorer nations to become Monday, July 21, 1969 self-sufficient, industrialized countries if it WHEAT, AND FEED GRAIN PAY­ bars their products from the American Mr. DERWINSKI. Mr. Speaker, at a MENTS TO A SINGLE PRODUCER market as soon as their manufacturers begin time when there is growing interest in TO $5,000 exporting large quantities of textiles, or the obvious defects in the Voice of shoes, or transistor radios. America, it is equally frustrating to not.e the current ineffectiveness of Radio Free HON. SILVIO 0. CONTE LUNAR LANDING DAY, A Europe. OF MASSACHUSETTS NATIONAL HOLIDAY In an article oommen ting on RFE, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Dumitru DanieloPol, writing in the June Monday, July 21, 1969 28 San Diego Union, provides a l ery HON. CHARLES H. WILSON needed constructive criticism of the or­ Mr. CONTE. Mr Speaker, when my OF CALIFORNIA ganization. amendment placing a $20,000 ceiling of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The article follows: total farm payments passed this House RADIO FREE EUROPE Is HURTING AMERICA by a vote of 224 to 142 on May 27, 1969, Monday, July 21, 1969 critics of my proposal argued that an Mr. CHARLES H. Wll.SON. Mr. (By Dumitru Danielopol) appropriations bill was not the proper ve­ Speaker, yesterday we witnessed one of MuNICH.-Criticlsm of Radio Free Europe hicle to effect this change. la growing on both sides of the Iron Curtain. the greatest moments in man's history. East Europeans scoff at RFE as a weapon I disagreed then and I disagree now, To the list of names that include3 man­ against Soviet repression in Eastern Europe. since I must confess to a lack of faith in kind's greatest explorers, Marco Polo, The "detente" years of Kennedy-Johnson the House Agriculture Committee's will­ Columbus, Magellan, Lewis and Clark, took out the RFE stuffing and left a bland, ingness to embrace or even seriously con­ Peary and Byrd, must be added Arm­ ineffective operation. sider such proposals. strong, Aldrin and Collins. The feat that Critics say RFE fare ls so innocuous that Nevertheless, while I remain skeptical they have performed has uplifted the the Reds don't even bother to jam the broad­ about that committee's responsiveness, I spirit of all mankinc! and opened new casts anymore. Some claim that the station have today presented my views on the to took a turn to the political left early in 1960 vistas of infinite beauty and challenge and that now, far from oombattlng commu­ need for a payments limitation before the human race. nism, many Free Europe broadcasts actually that committee, chaired by the distin­ Accolades shall befall these intrepid support some of the Red regimes and offi­ guished gentleman from Texas. mariners for the remainder of their days. cials. Because this proposal would not be Youngsters will grow up having played Some desks are accused of a ttacklng De tied to an appropriations bill, I was able Apollo lunar landing games instead of Gaulle and supporting Daniel Cohn Bendit to suggest more extensive changes than cowboys and Indians. Future astronauts (Red Danny) during last year's French crisis. were passible earlier. can now realistically envision manned They also are charged with attacking na­ Mr. Speaker, for the information of my excursions to Mars, Venus, and the other tionalist trends behind the Iron Curtain, trends that could weaken the Soviet strangle­ coll~agues I now insert in the RECORD a planets of our solar system. I, there­ hold. copy of my statement before the House fore, think it appropriate, at this time, to The RFE has actually hired as broadcast­ Agriculture Committee: introduce the following resolution which ers and writers Communists who fled in re­ STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE SILVIO 0. CONTE attempts to signify, in a small way, our cent years from behind the Iron Curtain. BEFORE THE HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITI'EE recognition of the visible as well as the Visitors coming to the West, tell how ON JULY 21, 1969 as yet unknown ramifications of this people in the satelllte countries are shocked Mr. Chairman, although I am a co-sponsor monumental achievement. A national to hear on an American radio station the of H.R. 12222, the Administration blll to ex­ holiday is called for since the flight and voices of many Communists who for years pand our current food stamp program, I ap­ have blasted the United States from their preciate this opportunity to testify today in landing was a national effort and evoked own Red stations. a national sense of pride and satisfac­ support of a proposal to place a celllng on The criticism of Free Europe's "soft line" farm subsidy payments as part of any long­ tion. My resolution follows: is sharpest in exile newspapers. Editors of term farm legislation. JOINT RESOLUTION these little papers, struggling to keep sparks I don't believe there is much that needs to Whereas mankind has thrown off the of resistance alive after 25 years, are obvi­ be added to the excellent presentation made shackles that have limited its existence to its ously angry about Radio Free Europe. Some by Secretary Hardin last week in support of native terrestlal orb and opened urp the far are printing the names and background of the Administration food stamp bill. I am sure reaches of this solar system to human ex­ former Reds now working for RFE. that improvements can be made on this blll ploration and investigation; and On the Romanian desk, for instance, ls and I strongly urge this Committee to report Wherea.s the achievements of Astronauts Jacob Popper, a notorious Communist police the strongest possible blll to eradicate the Nell A. Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael stooge in Jassy before going to Israel and scandal of hunger and malnutrition in this Collins refiect the combined efforts of hun­ hence to RFE. land of plenty. But, on the whole, it must be dreds of thousands of American citizens; and He was a professional writer wno advo­ said that the Administration blll represents Whereas the people of the United States of cated the bur.rung of "bourgeois libraries" an excellent beginning and a genuine com­ America have shared the hopes and aspira­ in Romania in the late 1940s. He was notori­ mitment. tions of the Apollo Mission crew and par­ ously anti-Western and anti-American. I do want to make one further comment ticipated in this experience through the use Another man on the Romanian desk ls on the food stamp legislation before turning of the television and radio communication Edgar Rafa.el who has been publicly accused to the subject of a farm payment ceiling. It media; and of being a former agent of the Communist is essential that the food stamp blll be given Whereas, the magnitude of the accom­ security police. Exiles claim he ls abroad be­ immediate attention. Under no circumstances plishment is unprecedented in the entire his­ cause he fears reprisals after the changes of should this vital legislation be delayed pend­ tory of mankind: Now, therefore, be it policy in Bucharest. ing what ls likely to be a much lengthier Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep­ As a member of the RFE he applied for process of putting together a new farm bill. resentatives of the United States of America American citizenship but was rejected by the Mr. Chairman, as this Committee knows, in Congress assembled, That the Congress of Justice Department for his Communist af­ our present farm program is scheduled to the United States do hereby designate that filiations. continue through 1970. Despite the inade­ the twentieth day in the month of July The damage to the image and prestige of quacies of that program, there ls no need fo1 shall be a national holiday to commemorate the United States ls considerable. haste in devising a new and more sound farm the land1ng upon the surface of the Moon Although RFE calls itself a private orga­ program. of the first representatives of mankind, Neil nization supported by contributions, it draws In contrast, all of us surely must realize A. Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin; and be it most of its money from official U.S. sources now the great urgency of acting quickly and further and its policy ls dominated-if not dlctated­ decisively to eliminate the conditions under Resolved, That the twentieth day of July by a small group of men in the State De­ which some ten to fifteen mllllon Americans shall be known forthwith as Lunar La.ndlng partment. are today suffering from hunger and malnu­ Day. Perhaps the time has come to drop the trition. July 21, 1969 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 20191 It would be absolutely intolerable to hold program payments to the large corporations Agricultural specialists fully fam1liar with this food stamp bill hostage until the passage and individual land owners have not only the administration of these programs advise of a new farm bill. I trust no one on this wasted government funds badly needed for me that the Secretary of Agriculture can Committee would permit this needed food other domestic programs; they have wors­ easily adjust the diversion goals for the vol­ stamp legislation to be used as a device to ened the position of the average-sized family untary programs to compensate for the ef­ perpetuate our present inadequate farm pro­ farmer. Giant corporations and other large fects of a reasonable annual payment limita- gram. farmers have used these excessive govern­ tion for each program. - My main purpose here today, however, is ment payments to further add to their land With respect to cotton, even the analyst.s to speak to the matter of long-range farm holdings and bid up land prices. These huge in the Department of Agriculture's own Eco­ legislation. payments have tightened the squeeze still nomic Research Service have predicted there Gentlemen, I make no pretense, particu­ further on the family farm. would be no appreciable increase in total larly before this distinguished Committee, to Every survey I have seen indicates that a production with this change. The distin­ being an authority on the overall subject of majority of farmers favor a reasonable limi­ guished former Under Secretary of Agricul­ farm legislation. tation on farm program payments. A Doane ture, Dr. John A. Schnittker, who also sup­ I have, however, spent a good deal of time Agricultural Service Survey showed last year, ports this $5,000 per program ceiling, has considering one major aspect of that pro­ for example, that some 85 per cent of farmers confirmed this view. gram. I refer to the matter of farm subsidy themselves want to limit the size of farm In a paper delivered at a Symposium on payments. I am convinced that there is no program payments. Public Problems and Policies at Iowa State justification for the continuation of exces­ Studies in the Department of Agriculture University on May 27, 1969, Dr. Schnittker sively large payments to a handful of cor­ in the last months of the previous admini­ stated: porate farming giants. stration, and additional studies made in the "It will be objected that such a limitation Last May 27, our colleagues in the House last few months, led Secretary Hardin to ad­ would make the voluntary payment-based supported my amendment placing a $20,000 vise the House during the debate on the production control programs inoperative. 1970 agricultural appropriations that, "The ceiling on total farm payments for the sec­ That claim is false. So little grain (especially ond year in a row. This year they did so by Department of Agriculture believes it is pos­ feed grains but also wheat) is grown on the even greater margin of 224 to 142. sible to design a sound farm program that really large farms that the effect of greater Although the other body has once again limits the number of dollars that can be production from payment limits as low as failed to go along with that proposal, I am paid to any one farmer for programs follow­ ing the 1970 crop year." $5,000 per program can be ignored. Large sure I speak for a majority of this House in cotton payments, on the other hand, have urging our conferees to insist on the House Mr. Chairman, had a $5,000 limitation on been justified, not to reduce output but to amendment with all possible vigor. payments to individual cotton, wheat and increase it. No one will argue tha.t limiting But, whether or not that amendment pre­ feed grain producers been in effect for the 1968 programs, 84,728 producers would have payments will lead to a cotton surplus. No vails this year, we must still address our­ one needs to take seriously the claim that a selves to the long-range need for reform in had their payments limited. These 84,728 payment limit will lead to new grain sur­ this area. In more recent studies of the prob­ producers received $917 million in 1968, al­ pluses." lem I have become convinced that there is a most one-third of the total payments under these three programs. A $5000 limitation Still on the subject of cotton, I should better proposal--one easier to administer mention briefly one additional major change and, more importantly, capable of saving would have reduced their payments by $493 million. that is needed. This is the repeal of the so­ twice as much as my previous proposal. called "snapback provision," section 103 ( d) Mr. Chairman, when I proposed a $20,000 At my request the Department of Agricul­ ture has, prepared a table reflecting the dis­ (12) of the 1965 Act. This device was in­ ceiling in the House, Secretary Hardin's serted into that bill because large cotton analysis and report on 1968 farm program tribution of these producers by state and the strikingly low percentage of such produc­ interest.s had foreseen the inevitable success payments were not available. of some form of payments ceiling and aicted Since then, these materials have been made ers when compared with the total number of producers receiving payments. I have at­ to prevent its application to cotton by a pro­ available through the Senate Appropriations vision automatically reinstating the old and Subcommittee on Agriculture. tached this table at the close of my state­ ment. obsolete price support system. No rational In recent testimony before that body, Sec­ program for a payments ceiling can permit retary Hardin estimated that a billion dol­ I know of no better way to reduce govern­ this provision to stand. It would defeat the lars, or more than a third of the $2.9 billion ment expenditure on farm programs up to clear intent of Congress. $500,000,000 than to place a $5,000 limit on paid to cotton, wheat and feed grain pro­ Mr. Chairman, I should briefly explain why ducers in 1968, were income supplements, in individual producers' payments. A limitation as low as $5,000 would affect approximately I now advocate for long-term farm legisla­ no way related to supply-adjustment needs. tion a limitation on each separate program They were payments over and above the 85,000 producers out of a total of 2,372,000 who received payments in 1968--only three instead of a ceiling on total payments which amounts needed as economic incentives for the House has voted to apply to Fiscal Year acreage diversion and other supply-adjust­ to four percent of the total. Those affected are the corporations, the wealthy landowners 1970. I do so because farm program admin­ ment practices. istrators at the Department of Agriculture These income supplement payments--$508 and the large operators, most of whom have have concluded that this approach would mtllion to cotton producers, $368 mtllion to high incomes by any reasonable standard. We greatly simplify its ad.ministration. More­ wheat producers and $148 mililon to feed would need a fifteen percent reduction in over, it would simplify pla.n.ning for those average payments to all producers of these grain producers-were in addition to the $1.9 farmers Who plant more than one of these btllion total paid to these three groups for crops to achieve the reduction in government three crops. supply-adjustment purposes. They were net expenditures that could be achieved by a $5,000 payment limitation. In conclusion, Mr. Chairman, I cannot additions to the producers' income from farm overemphasize the importance of incorpora t­ product sales. It is probable that these sup­ A $5,000 payment limitation would affect about 8 percent of the cotton producers, 3 ing a payments ce1Ung in any future farm plemental income payments wm be even program. The American taxpayer who faces higher in 1969 and 1970, especially for cotton percent of the wheat producers and 2 percent of the feed grain producers. Approximately another burdensome year of the surtax is producers. rig.htly demanding that economies be made Mr. Chairman, a limitation on the amount two-thirds of the cotton is produced by the where they can. And Congress ha.s now heard of these supplemental income payments wlll producers who would be affected by a $5,000 from no less an authority than Secretary not defeat the supply-adjustment features limitation, one-fourth of the wheat and a fifth of the feed grains. Hardin himself that more than one-third of of the programs. all farm payments are, in effect, income sup­ On the basis of the facts made avail­ If the cotton producers affected by a pay­ plements. They are not needed as part of any able to the Holland Subcommittee by Sec­ ment limitation are permitted to increase supply-adjustment program. retary Hardin, I now urge this Committee to their acreage and the minimum diversion re­ Perhaps it is not altogether inappropriate include a limitation on the annual pay­ quirements for wheat and feed grain pro­ that the farm subsidy program is being con­ ments made to individual cotton, wheat and ducers are reduced in proportion to their pay­ sidered as we also consider pending food feed grain producers to $5000 per crop. With ment reduction, a $5,000 limitation on pay­ stamp legislation. It is ironic that our farm appropriate adjustments in these programs ments to an individual producer would be program is virtually unique in possess!~ an the effect of this ce1ling can be limited solely more than equitable and do no damage to the open-ended "baickdoor financing" feature to the income supplement part of the pay­ voluntary supply adjustment programs. under which the Department of Agriculture ments. The changes in the cotton program would borrows whatever funds are required from I am aware, of course, of the low levels of encourage acreage reductions on the part of the Treasury and is reimbursed through ap­ income earned by most farmers. I believe those producers now growing cotton primarily they need the help that an intelligently to collect the government payments, which propriations in a later fiscal year. designed supply and price stabilization pro­ wm fully offset the increased planting on the Surely, as others have noted, it would be gram provides. But there is no legitimate part of those affected by payment limitations. far more justifiable to ha.ve this sort of fi­ reason for continuing the excessively large And a 5 to 10 percent increase in the volun­ nancing to provide food for hungry familles government payments which have been a tary acreage diversion goals of the wheat and and underfed children. prominent feature of these programs in re­ feed grains programs would compensate for There has been a great deal of talk 1n re­ cent years. the reduced diversion from those crops by cent years, Mr. Chairman, to the effect that Mr. Chairman, the excessively large farm large producers whose payments were limited. our government all too often has its priori- 20192 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 21, 1969 ties out of order. I know of no clearer ex­ problems but they would be no greater in vania who had valiantly lost their lives ample of this than the disturbing contrast administering a $5,000 than in administering in Vietnam in the cause of peace. of providing largesse to corporate farmers a $10,000 or a $25,000 payment limitation. It has been brought to my attention while we have food distribution programs I respectfully urge that you include a for the needy that do not begin to satisfy $5,000 payment limitation to producers of that two names were inadvertently left their needs. cotton, wheat and feed grains in any bill off the list. I am convinced, Mr. Chairman, that my finally approved by this distinguished Com­ These two men, like the 79 others from proposal 1s an equitable way to reduce farm mittee to extend the Agricultural Act of Erie, Crawford, and Mercer Counties, program expenditures by the substantial 1965. went to Vietnam and gave their lives amount of $500 million. A limitation on pay­ Thank you again, Mr. Chairman, for this bravely. They, too, deserve our recogni­ ments at any level creates administrative opportunity to appear before you. tion for their sacrifice. I extend to their PRODUCERS RECEIVING $5,000 OR MORE FROM SPECIFIED PROGRAMS AND TOTAL NUMBER OF PRODUCERS, BY STATES, 1968 families my hope that their sacrifice w111 soon lead to peace in Southeast Asia and Producers receiving $5,000 or more from- Total producers, 3 programs throughout the world. The two, to whom I would like to pay Percentage Cotton Feed grain Wheat receiving tribute, are: State program program program Total Number $5,000 or more Cpl. Anthony DeGerolamo, Jr., of Wheatland, Pa., killed in Vietnam, Feb­ Alabama ______1, 698 117 3 1,818 75, 410 2. 4 ruary 5, 1968, and Arizona ______1, 073 83 36 1, 192 2, 017 59.1 Ale. Donald I. Bowers of Meadville, Arkansas______3, 242 4 16 3, 262 35, 465 9. 2 California______2, 567 80 244 2, 891 8, 802 32. 8 Pa., killed in Vietnam, June 16, 1966. Colorado ______1 455 1, 352 1, 808 Connecticut______19, 452 9. 3 323 ------Delaware ______------__ _ 29 _------_ 29 1, 449 2. 0 Flo ri da ______30 105 ------135 7,967 1.7 Georgia ______1, 457 517 8 1, 982 50, 651 3. 9 GULF THREAT Idaho ______2 1, 131 1, 133 19, 416 5. 8 Illinois ______9 3, 111 47 3, 167 111 , 882 2. 8 Indiana ___ ------__ _ 1, 952 19 1, 971 90, 520 2. 2 Iowa ______5, 531 3 5, 534 138, 352 4. 0 HON. JOHN D. DINGELL Kansas______1, 126 4, 217 5,343 131 , 758 4. 0 OF MICHIGAN Kentucky ______23 226 5 254 64, 270 • 4 Louisiana ______1, 358 9 9 1, 376 Maine ______-- ______---- __ -_- _---- ______-- __ -- ______24, 935 5. 5 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Maryland ______52 5 57 249 ------Monday, July 21, 1969 Massachusetts ______-- __ ------______6, 470 • 9 159 ------Michigan ______302 19 321 65, 489 • 5 Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, the Chris­ Minnesota------l, 780 149 1, 929 98, 665 2. 0 tian Science Monitor of July 14, 1969, Mississippi______3, 732 39 14 3, 785 70, 506 5. 4 Missouri ______889 1, 698 51 2, 638 101, 883 2. 6 carried an editorial entitled, "Gulf Montana ______------12 3, 296 3, 308 22, 794 14. 5 Threat" in which hazards posed by ex­ Nebraska ______------______3, 362 566 3, 928 92, 552 4. 2 Nevada ______15 ------10 25 cessive use of DDT, dieldrin, and similar pesticides are discussed. So that my col­ ~:: ~:r~f;_~i~:~ == = = ::::: ::: :::::::: :: :: :: :: :: :------4fi------4------44 - 3, rn~514 ------~~1.2~ ~ New Mexico ______639 573 267 1, 479 6, 784 21. 8 leagues may have an opportunity to read New York ______35 20 55 20, 887 . 3 these fine comments, I include the text North Carolina______469 288 1 758 93, 231 • 8 North Dakota______37 2, 857 2, 894 68 , 855 4. 2 of the editorial at this point in the CON­ Ohio______1 710 29 724 92, 551 • 8 GRESSIONAL RECORD: Oklahoma ______667 108 1, 906 2, 681 61 , 551 4. 4 GULF THREAT 8, 415 9. 9 30, 195 • 2 Ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson tells of ======- ______8 ------the decline of the osprey, or "fish hawk," in South~i~~~f Carolina~fa~E ______======:::=______1,247 --106~~ -~~~4 1, ~~~357 43, 788 3. 1 South Dakota ______1 580 576 1, 157 51 , 953 2. 2 the latest National Geographic. In the Con­ Tennessee______1, 038 102 3 1, 143 76, 167 1. 5 necticut River nesting area alone, reproduc­ Texas ______13, 862 4, 352 1, 946 20, 160 145, 355 13. 9 tion ls down to but a seventh or eighth of Utah ------1 121 122 4, 836 2. 5 what it was only a dozen years ago. Vermont______-_------_- _- _------_- _------408 ------Virgin ia______10 81 4 95 27, 960 • 3 The low reproduction rates, of course, are Washington ______17 2, 766 2, 783 13, 024 21. 4 known to be caused by man-made pollutants. 5, 852 • 1 Chiefly in the form of pesticides, these are ==: ===: =: =: ======:: == ==: -- -i- 50, 839 • 7 Wyoming~fs~to~~~tn!~______= ______d3 ------109 37~112 passed on through the insect-fish-bird life 2, 473 4. 5 cycle. The result is sterile eggs, or eggs whose TotaL __ ------34, 028 28, 047 22, 653 84, 728 2, 050, 347 4.1 shells are too fragile to support the nesting parent. It was sadly ironic that Mr. Peterson sin­ TAX DEDUCTION FOR FARM show a breakdown of money paid for com­ gled out the Florida Everglades ospery pop­ OPERATORS pliaince. Also all balance paid to other pro­ ulation as one that seemed to be holding its grams charged to farm programs. Urban citi­ own against decline. For on the same day zens reaid "6 mllllon f.arm subsidy." You and that his article appeared in the National HON. JOE SKUBITZ I know about 30 % goes to those who comply Geographic, reports of a threat to natural OF KANSAS with A.S.C. programs. A bl'eakdown on the life from the other shore of the Gulf of Mex­ balance of 6 blllion is just as important as ico surfaced. The Department of Agriculture, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the new law on truth and amount of inter­ it became known, was weighing the satura­ Monday, July 21 , 1969 est and carrying chairges. tion of a.n Air Force base near San Antonio Yours truly, with dieldrin-supposedly two to 15 times Mr. SKUBITZ. Mr. Speaker, in re­ ------. a.s deadly as its sister slow-to-break down sponse to my recent newsletter and ques­ pesticide, DDT. The purpose of the satura­ tionnaire about one out of four have t ion was allegedly to subdue exotic insects enclosed a letter expressing their further that may be imported from Vietnam and views. I suggest to my city cousins in AMERICAN LIVES LOST IN elsewhere on aircraft using the field. Congress that they read the views ex­ Many experts are aghast a.t the project. VIETNAM They point out that the ba.se is near the San pressed in the following letter. A copy Antonio River, which empties into the Gulf of this letter has already been submitted of Mexico. As one Texas ecologist said, "That to the appropriate committee: HON. JOSEPH P. VIGORITO amount of dieldrln, if it got a.way, would be JULY 1, 1969. OF PENNSYLVANIA enough to sterilize the bays a.11 along the Congressman JoE SKUBITZ, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Gulf Coast." Wash ington, D.C. Thus the Florida. ospreys, too, are threat­ DEAR Sm: Since fa.rm part.ty at present time Monday, July 21, 1969 ened. is near 72, why not allow all bonafide farm The Sa.n Antonio disclosure ha.s had at oper.aitors to deduct 28 % of income tax off tax Mr. VIGORITO. Mr. Speaker, on June least one positive result. The Department of due &1t date of payment? For a majority of 26 I entered into the Extensions of Re­ Agriculture has responded to protests with farm operators this deduction would match marks of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD the a 30-da.y ba.n on the use of dleldrin, DDT, dollars received by those who cooperate. Do names of those young men from the and sevien other persistent pesticides while away with farm subsidy programs. Also 24th Congressional District of Pennsyl- it reviews their side effects. July 21., 1969 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 20193 There is something profoundly disturbing BADGER BOYS' STATE GOVERNOR of the party platform, drawn up by the res­ a.bout an egg that will not hatch. One JUNGBACKER olutions committee of which I was a member. needn't be a. particular poetic person to be The preamble of the platform said we should moved by its symbol of sterility, hopeless­ "concern ourselves with topics not only rele­ ness. And the thought that man should be HON. WILLIAM A. STEIGER vant to Badger Boy's State, but also with deprived of the glorious soaring and plung­ OF WISCONSIN topics relevant and vital to the state of Wis­ ing which ospreys have long enacted over consin," and that the programs of Badger the gulf waters is a hard one indeed. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Boy's State be expanded oo include not only Clearly, as the ospreys and other indica­ Monday, July 21, 1969 the mechanical functions of government, but tors of the general environment deadening the issues of concern within government as show us, the use of pesticides and other pol­ Mr. STEIGER of Wisconsin. Mr. · well. This is what I based my platform lutants must be cut back at once. Speaker, one of the best prac·tical train­ upon; the establishment of ia Wisconsin ing laboratories for young people in Issue school similar to the other five schools government and politics is the American run during the encampment. With this Legion's Badger Boys' State program school we would accomplish the objectives of our party platform. CAPT. GEORGE I. A. WAIDNER conducted each year on the campus of Ripon College in Ripon, Wis. At these The party platform was accepted without too much difficulty so that by nine o'clock week-long conferences, 1,000 high school the candidates began to give their speeches HON. CLARENCE D. LONG juniors from all over the State organize before the assembled Federalist party. There OF MARYLAND their government and elect city, county, were seven candidates running for the office IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and Sta;te officials. of governor in the party primary. I was for­ This year, John P. "Pete" Jungbacker, tunate enough to become the Federalist can­ Monday, July 21, 1969 a junior at Oshkosh High School was didate for governor. The victors of each party Mr. LONG of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, I elected governor of Badger Boys' State. immediately went to their respective party "Governor" Jungbacker wrote his im­ headquarters for instructions. The general recently had the honor of attending the state assembly was to be held Wednesday Naval Reserve change of command cere­ pressions of the week at Boys' State and night and additional campaign material had monies in Baltimore, Md., where Capt: they were published in The Paper, to be produced and distributed for each George I. A. Waidner retired after serv­ Oshkosh. This report is the work of an candidate. The fine work done by the party ing from August 1926 through July 1969. outstanding young man interested in members in distributing posters did much Captain Waidner has been an outstand­ working in the American political tradi­ to influence the vote. ing officer in the Reserves and a credit to tion. I am proud of the work of "Pete" The assembly was held ait eight o'clock his country. Under his command, the Jungbacker and accordingly recommend Wednesday night and was one of the most this report to the attention of my col­ moving and thrilling moments of my li!e. Naval Reserve units in Baltimore re­ Supporters on both sides Y'elled for their ceived two national and 22 commandants' leagues: candidates. All the men aspiring for state performance awards. He has provided BOYS' STATE GOVERNOR DISCUSSES HIS positions spoke before their constituents. outstanding leadership to the 24 Naval EXPERIENCES Because I ran for governor and was a Federal­ Reserve drilling units in Baltimore, and (By John P. Jungbacker) ist, my speech was the last one to be given. for his untiring efforts was awarded the Badger Boy's State is an intensive, one This is what I had hoped for. My opponent Navy Commendation Medal. I should like week study in government at state, county, would give his speech first and would place and cl ty levels run by Badger Boy's State pressure on me to give a better one, and to honor this exceptional officer and time would not be a factor. The floor- dem­ exemplary man by sharing the following Inc., an affiliate of the American Legion. This year Oshkosh High School sent seven onstration could be long, and hopefully citation with my colleagues: delegates oo Ripon. They were chosen as sway votes to the Federalist side. With the The Secretary of the Navy takes pleasures juniors by the OHS faculty. conclusion of the program there was nothing in presenting the Navy Commendation When I first arrived at B.B.S. confusion left to do but wait until the voting and Medal to Capt. George I. A. Waidner, U.S. seemed oo be the word of the day. The 1061 tabulation of the votes began at 11 :30 the Naval Reserve, for service as set forth in the delegates were given physical exams, instruc­ next morning. At four o'clock the official elec­ following: tions on various aspects of camp function, tion returns were posted at election head­ Citation: For meritorious service from Au­ Badger Boy's tee shirts and caps, and finally quarters--! had won with 532 votes to 487 for gust 1926 through July 1969 while serving the citizen manuals which contained a vast thie opposition candidate Jim Ketterhagen of in various units of the Naval Reserve Pro­ a.rray of material. Elm Grove. The campaign had ended, the gram in Baltimore, Maryland. Captain Wald­ We were then sent oo our dorms which inauguration lay ahead with the duties of ner exercised exceptional leadership and would be home for a week. I met my cLty the governorship awaiting me. masterful ability in the organization, man­ counselor and then went to my room where The candidates were sworn in in an inspir­ agement and administration of the Naval my personal contact began with other mem­ ing ceremony by Justice Bielfuss of the Wis­ Reserve Program in the Baltimore area. By bers of the camp. I had been told earlier that consin Supreme Court and the assembly was his superior knowledge of Reserve matters, there would be leaders, scholars and ath­ addressed by Governor Knowles. and his sound judgment in utilizing his letes from all over Wisconsin at Ripon, but My week at B.B.S. was one which I shall knowledge to best advantage in the organi­ was amazed at the diversity of individuals I remember always, not only for the honors zation and management of the twenty-four found. All the boys were different, yet all given me, but also for the opportunity of get­ Naval Reserve drilling units, he has made had something in common-they were resi­ ting to know many fine young men from a significant contribution to their increased dents of the state of Wisconsin. They rep­ the state of Wisconsin. mobilization readiness. The untiring efforts resented presidents of their classes and of Captain Waldner throughout his years of student councils, editors of papers, athletes Naval Reserve participation contributed to and scholfil's. two national and twenty-two Commandants' Upon my arrival to Ripon I had considered performance awards received by Baltimore running for some state office. At the first CAPTIVE NATIONS WEEK units. The national honors were the Ad­ state party caucus meeting the idea of run­ miral C. W. Nimitz Trophy for the best na­ ning f·or governor sermed a possib1lity. tional Naval Reserve Submarine Division, and The Federaus.t st... te convention was to be HON. WILLIAM T. MURPHY the Admiral D. C. Lyndon Trophy for best held on Tuesday night and my decision to OF ILLINOIS national Naval Reserve Crew. The Comman­ run for gov·ernor oame on Sunday afternoon. dants' awards for outstanding performance Th us I had two days to make myself known IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES were awarded to Naval Reserve units of the oo the 530 Federalists that v. ould vote in Wednesday, July 16, 1969 Surface, Submarine, Security Group, Mobili­ the state primary. I soon found thait the :r- >;st Mr. MURPHY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, zation Team, Construction Batta.lion, Mili­ effective place to campaign was the sn~k tary Sea Transportation Service and Advance bar located in the Brooks Memorial Union. throughout this week, July 13-19, Ameri­ Base Programs. By his exemplary performance Here it was possible to talk in depth with cans will join in a great undertaking­ o! duty throughout his naval career, Captain the other delegates of Booger Boy's State observance of Captive Nations Week. I Waldner upheld the highest traditions of the on both the proposed party platform and the am happy to join with my colleagues in United States Naval Service. expanded ones of the other gubernatorial Congress in commemorating this impor­ For the Secretary. candidaites. tant occasion. T. H. MOORER, The state primary election was held Tues­ Admiral, U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval day night in the Ripon College commons. Since its establishment in 1959, Cap­ Operations. The first order of business was the adoption tive Nations Week has become a signifi- 20194 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 21, 1969 cant part of American national life. Each all this is going to end. Is there no escape SENATOR GRUENING'S REMARKS year, during the third week of July, from Big Brother's omnipresent ear? It some­ BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE times seems as if the late Justice Brandeis, a Americans everywhere hold appropriate leading liberal of the 1920s, was right when ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS ceremonies, television and radio pro­ he said that other police actions "are puny grams, and public discussion forums in instruments of tyranny and oppression when remembrance of their fellow human compared with wiretapping." HON. PAUL N. McCLOSKEY, JR. beings trapped behind the Iron Curtain. The fact is, however, that every one of these OF CALIFORNIA In my own city of Chicago, Captive Na­ instances took plaice more than a year ago, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tions Week is traditionally observed with at a time when wiretapping was illegal un­ Monday, July 21, 1969 enthusiasm and dedication, and this year der a statute passed by Congress in 1934. promises to be one of the most meaning­ They were condoned because the courts, in­ Mr. MCCLOSKEY. Mr. Speaker, in the cluding the Supreme Court, failed to take a past few years Congress has become a ful of these occasions. clear stand on what was wiretapping and The people of the Third District of vigorous advocate of foreign aid for what was legal. It Illinois, as well as citizens throughout Is it legal if the wiretapping is done off of family planning. has only been the country, are aware of the indivisibil­ the victim's property? For years, the Supreme through the earmarking of funds by Con­ ity of freedom. They know that wherever Court said it is; then, in 1967, it said it isn't. gress for an AID population program any human being is oppressed, wherever Is wiretapping a form of search and seizure that something more than just a minimal any fellow human being is denied the as defined in the 4th amendment? At first program has finally been undertaken by the court said no; more recently it said yes. the agency. most basic right of human liberty, then But in saying yes, it suggested that wire­ their own liberty is diminished. tapping would be legal if conducted with a The House Republican Research Com­ Thus, Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege for court warrant, as in the person of a person's mittee Task Force on Earth Resources me to join in solemn commemoration property. and Population has been working for of this great time of rededication to the Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy urged some weeks to develop more effective use ideal of freedom and justice for all. that the matter be faced honestly and that of Government funds and efforts in the wiretapping be permitted under specified field of population planning. New sug­ conditions. Mr. Johnson professed to deplore gestions in this area were recently pre­ wiretapping, yet it was under his adminis­ GOVERNMENT WIRETAPPING GONE tration that Mrs. Chennault's calls were sented in testimony on July 11 before the WILD? monitored because she opposed the cessation House Committee on Foreign Affairs, by of bombing Viet Nam. former Senator Ernest Gruening, a pio­ Despite Mr. Johnson's objection, Congress neer in the field when he served as chair­ HON. ABNER J. MIKVA last year passed an omnibus crime control man of the Senate Subcommittee on OF ILLINOIS bill authorizing wiretapping in instances in­ Foreign Aid Expenditures. Senator volving national security or major crime Gruening's remarks are worthy of re­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES when a warrant has been obtained specifying view by all of us who are charged with Monday, July 21, 1969 clearly what is being sought. Both Mr. Nixon and his attorney general, Mr. Mitchell, have determining priorities of Federal expend­ Mr. MIKVA. Mr. Speaker, last year's indorsed the use of wiretapping against itures, particularly in view of the empha­ omnibus crime bill and recent disclosures crime. sis President Nixon has attached to pop­ have revealed just how important it has There is no evidence thus far of abuses un­ ulation planning in his message to the become to clear up the confusion con­ der the Nixon administration. But in view of Congress last week. I therefore am glad past experience, and the new law, we are to off er Senator Gruening's remarks for cerning wiretapping and electronic sur­ entitled to an explicit staitement on what the veillance. While we are all committed to government's policy is. The people are en­ inculsion in the RECORD at this point. effective crime control, there can be no titled to know under what conditions they TESTIMONY OF ERNEST GRUENING BEFORE THE compromising the clear constitutional may be subject to wiretapping. There may be HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAms, protection against illegal search and cases in which it is justified, but Justice JULY 11, 1969 seizure. Brandeis' warning was not an empty one. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate this opportu­ Because of the confusion surrounding Wiretapping is a dangerous habit for the nity to testify before the House Commit­ the question, the Congress wisely estab­ government to get into; and if it is tolerated tee on Foreign A1fairs on the Foreign As­ at all, it must be under clear and strict sistance Authorization for fiscal year 1970. lished a National Commission for the limits. As one who has long been concerned with Review of Federal and State laws Re­ the perils to mankind of the population in­ lating to Wiretapping and Electronic crease, it is a source of deep immediate Surveillance. Unfortunately this com­ THE SLEEPING BEAR DUNES concern to me, as I suspect it may be also mission is not scheduled to begin its NATIONAL LAKESHORE to members of this Committee, that top business until 1974; despite the fact that officials in AID have not yet given genuine some of the members have been duly support and force to population programs. appointed. To rectify the problem and to HON. JOHN D. DINGELL As this Committee well knows, funds for OF MICHIGAN the AID population program were first ear­ begin the important study as soon as marked by the Congress, with the leader­ possible, I have introduced H.R. 12808 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ship taken by this Committee, in 1967. This to activate the commission immediately. Monday, July 21, 1969 earmarking was accomplished over the ob­ In order to share with my colleagues jections of AID bureaucrats and $35 million the concern for immediate action I wish Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I have was provided and obligated in fiscal year 1968. to insert into the RECORD a July 10 today introduced two bills to establish In fiscal 1969, again over the objections of editorial from the Chicago Tribune. The in the State of Michigan the Sleeping AID buroo ucratS, $50 million was earmarked Tribune's clear delineation of the prob­ Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. for population and very close to that amount lem makes its editorial a worthwhile The Sleeping Bear Dunes area is one of was obligated. Now again in fiscal 1970, the the few remaining dune areas on Lake AID agency has declined to ask for any in­ reminder of the dangers inherent in creases in population funding and a number unrestricted Government wiretapping: Michigan that has not as yet been com­ of witnesses before this Committee have WmETAPPING GONE WILD mercially developed. However, if this specifically urged that the earmarking be valuable natural resource is to be pre­ Recent days have brought a dismaying suc­ eliminated. Before the Congress took the lead cession of new examples of wiretapping o,r served, early legislative action is in this field, there was no program worthy of other electronic eavesdropping by the govern­ essential. the name. Now the level of funding is $50 ment. The victims range from. Cassius Clay For this reason, I have introduced two million, but I think we can be sure from to Mrs. Claire Chennault, and from the late separate bills to create the Sleeping Bear past experience that unless the earmarking Dr. Martin Luther King to the Mafia. There Dunes National Lakeshore. I feel that is retained, the level of funding not only will are constant new revelations about the ex­ both bills have great merit and it is my not increase, it will probably decline. tent to which the late Robert F. Kennedy, as sincere hope that one of the two bills, In fl.sea.I 1970, I believe that a. vigorous attorney general, went in getting evidence or a revised version including provisions imaginative effort, with adequate staff in the against Jimmy Hoffa of the teamsters' union. field to help develop necessary programs Some of this oo.vesdropping seems to have from both bills, will be the subject of should appropriately be at not less than the gone on for years on end, and for purposes early hearings before the Committee on $100 million level. Nearly four years ago a which are obscure at best. The average citi­ Interior and Insular Affairs and that the White House Conference committee recom­ zen, guaranteed against invasion of his pri­ House will be afforded an opportunity to mended an annual AID population budget of vacy and 1llegal search and seizure by the vote on the legislation before the end $100 mil11on. Every year about 70 million Constitution, may reasonably wonder where of the first session. people are added to the world's population, July 21, 1969 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 20195 but AID continues to argue against in­ will not be 100% effective and therefore will which experience has repeated·ly shown are creased population control programs. not get as much support from the U.S. I be­ used by military men to upse.t civilian re­ Additional funds are needed to support lieve this is a reasonable exercise of discre­ gimes and constitute a tragic waste of our United Nations programs at an expanded tion in the use of U.S. funds and would have funds and a policy which is counterproduc­ level. The recent report of the United Na­ broad support from the citizens of this tive. But as of today I feel that while the tions Association of the United States called country. Those countries not willing to ac­ foreign aid program has done some good in for a UN Commissioner of Population and cept U.S. dollars for family planning pro­ the past in a few countries, i·t has never eventual expenditures by the UN system of grams would recognize that these funds- been well administered and on the whole it $100 million per annum. Other nations will 5% of their total U.S. assistance-could then has been, in my view, a costly failure. It ls join in supporting such a truly multilateral be transferred to international or regional pertinent that I made while in the senate effort, but the United States will need to programs, including United Nations agen­ two searching investigations of our foreign make a substantial commitment. cies. aid program--one for ten countries in the Research in contraceptive development is To carry out such a program will require Middle East and one for Laitin America, botih also urgently needed. A once-a-month pill, a more than mere lip service and speech­ Of which were published as Senate docu­ long acting injection or a successful sub­ making by AID officials. It will require, in ments. If any one wan ts to appreciate the cutaneous implant would be tremendously addition to the earmarked funds, sufficient extent of the mishandling of our foreign aid helpful in a country like India. This re­ personnel to stimulate and encourage new I would refer them to these reports. One re­ search should be supported not only by projects and to provide follow-through and port is entitled "A Report of a ·study of NIH in the U.S., but also by AID here and support for existing programs that may run United States F'oreign Aid in 10 Middle East­ overseas where it can have greatest impact into difficulties. Out of a total AID appro­ ern and African Countries," 88th Congress, on family planning programs in the develop­ priation of $1.7 billion last year, just under 1st Session, and the other "United States ing countries. $50 million or about 3 % was allocated for Foreign Aid In Aotion: A Case Study," 89th From my own travels and investigations population; yet out of total AID personnel Congress, 2d Session. and the hearings I conducted as Chair­ of over 7,000, only 60, or less than 1 % were It also seems to me difficult at this time man of the Subcommittee on Foreign Aid allocated for population. A $100 million pro­ to justify our pouring vast sums into foreign Expenditures of the Senate Committee on gram should realistically have staff support countries for schools, health, resource devel­ Government Operations. I am convinced of 300-400 people, including at least one full­ opment and much else when we deny funds that $100 million co'!ld be usefully expend­ time population officer in every AID mission for similarly needed projects to our own ed today to support programs of government, and interdisciplinary teams in many coun­ people. In my State of Alaska some vital and private organizations, and to provide tries, as well as increased staff in Wash­ authorized projects are not being financed necessary commodities such as vehicles, ington. as part of the Administration's drastic cuts, medical equipment, contraceptives and au­ The director of the population program and this is going on everywhere in the diovisual supplies, and to encourage educa­ should be at the level of Assistant Adminis­ United States. I take the old fashioned view tion and information activities. trator for Population and should be able to that the interests of the American people The worldwide need and demand for more speak with authority for population activ­ should have priority. But to return to the and better family planning is great. Those ities throughout the agency. If the program subject of population control the one thing who argue that $100 million is too much for is not at this level, it will be downgraded that, in my view, would justify support of AID to spend on the population problem by others in the agency. the foreign aid legislation in this Con.gress should be reminded that unless population As in the case of the funding and the per­ would be its provisions to help every country growth is checked, the rest of our AID pro­ sonnel problem, an Assistant Administrator which is the recipient of our aid to introduce gram will be wasted. What is the value, moral for Population could, of course, be designated birth control measures and limit the popu­ or practical, of providing more food or more by the agency without legislation, but it is lation as far as possible. Unless this is done, schools if the result is only going to be an a measure of the lack of real priority that the whole foreign aid program will continue even larger number of hungry people, of adult AID gives to the population program, that to be a disaster and increasingly so. illiterates, of children out of school? It is not in fact, funds have not been allocated, ex­ It is far later than we think. We are on only U.S. assistance that is wasted under such cept as Congress required. Personnel in suf­ a collision course with world chaos and un­ circumstances, but also the determined and ficient number and rank have not yet been less we act now vigorously, forthrightly, un­ self-sacrificing efforts of the developing provided because the Congress has not yet qualifiedly, determinedly, we shall inherit countries which see their own much needed made such requirements statutory. In my that chaos. It may even be too late but the capital devoured by each new generation. view, the time for such action has clearly time to act is now, and I want to take this There has been much self-righteous talk come. opportunity to congratulate the Members of on the part of AID officials about not forcing Mr. Chairman, five Presidents of the United Congress who have had the understanding aid-recipients to undertake population pro­ States have supported this cause-Presi­ of the gravity of this problem and are taking dent Truman and President Eisenhower, who the appropriate steps to try and avert ir­ grams, and not conditioning U.S. aid on self­ remediable disaster. help in the population field. The time has served as honorary chairmen of Planned come, I respectfully submit, when we should Parenthood; President Kennedy, who altered In conclusion, I would like to spell out very seriously consider the need to condition U.S. policy to provide assistance in popula­ what I think specifically should be the kind U.S. assistance on a realistic recognition by tion; PreSll.dent Johnson, who spoke some of amendment to the existing legislation aid-recipients of how headlong population 44 times about the urgency of the popula­ that will achieve the desired result. growth really defeats both their own and our tion problem and the need for action; and POPULATION AMENDMENT TO H.R. 11792 basic objectives. Neither the U.S. nor the most recently President Nixon who in his What the proposed Population Amendment developing countries have resources to waste. foreign aid message urged AID to build on to the Foreign Aid bill would do: past successes in family planning. Those nations which directly or indirectly 1. It would place AID population pro­ deny their citizens access to competent and Yet, the fact remains that without the grams in a secure position of priority and sympathetic methods to prevent unwanted leadership and initiative of the Congress and funding within the foreign aid effort. children should not look to the United States most particularly of this Committee, there 2. It would retain in force the population to pay the bill for indifference and disregard would probably be no program to this day. earmarking provisions enacted into law in toward what the United Nations has already I strongly and respectfully urge that this 1967 on the initiative of the Congress, which termed "a basic human right". Committee not only retain the earmarking AID has repeatedly sought to eliminate or I would like to suggest to the committee provisions and increase the sum of to not nullify. that you seriously consider adding to the less than $100,000,000, but also that it re­ 3. It would increase the sum of money ear­ existing language in support of population quire AID to provide sufficient staff and sup­ marked from $50 million in fiscal year 1969 and family planning a provision requiring port at a level within the agency commen­ to $100 million in fiscal year 1970. In FY that not less than 5% of the total dollar surate with the importance of the problem 1968 $35 million was earmarked by the Con­ funds provided in any country programs be and that you seriously consider a further gress over AID objections and since that time available only for population and family requirement that 5% of each national pro­ AID has repeatedly refused to seek annual planning programs. Funds not obligated un­ gram be allocated to population control increases in population program funding. der this proviSll.on could be reallocated to in­ measures. 4. It wou1d guarantee personnel pro­ ternational or regional programs in the same I would like to say, parenthetically, that portional to the dollar size of the population fiscal year. In other words, a country would while I supported foreign aid in my first assistance program in order to ensure effi­ only get 95 % of the projected assistance if it years in the Senate, I did seek to rectify some ciency, imaginative program development failed to utilize any aid for family planning. of its abuses and shortcomings by amend­ and appropriate surveillance. This approach would not force any gov­ ments, some of which were accepted. I could 5. It would make available to each country ernment to undertake a family planning not see the justification, for instance, for at least 5 % of the total dollar assistance only program. However, it would ensure that making loans to self-liquidating projects for population programs. This provision does funds for such a program would be available with no repayment of principal for 10 years not coerce or pressure any foreign govern­ and would not, for instance, be deflected to and with a ridiculous interest rate of % ths ment to undertake population programs if it build a prestigious-looking steel mill. It of 1 per cent. does not wish to do so, but this language would in effect show aid recipients that the I consistently opposed, and would oppose guarantees a minimum level of AID support U.S. believes any economic development pro­ again were I in the Senate the military ap­ for such programs if undertaken. If any gov­ gram which neglects the population problem propriations for Latin American countries ernment does not choose to undertake such 20196 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 21, 1969 a program or to utmze AID assistance for it, and gave great promise for the future. CAPTIVE NATIONS WEEK, 1969 the available dollar funds could be used in­ Now all that is erased and only fond stead to support regional or international recollections remain. But to live in the population programs, publtc or private. hearts of those we leave behind us is not HON. JOHN WOLD 6. It would raise the level of AID respon- OF WYOMING , sib111ty and authority in administering pop­ to die. ulation programs sufficiently to emphasize The good Lord has placed His finger IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the high priority of the population issue and upon them and they sleep the sleep of Wednesday, July 16, 1969 the concern of the Congress in encouraging the blessed. vigorous and innovative activities. At this time, I think of the lines in the Mr. WOLD. Mr. Speaker, in 1959, a I wish to thank the Cammittee for the op­ 23dPsalm: man who gave his entire life to the portunity to be heard on perhaps the most defense of liberty, both as a soldier and crucial problem facing mankind. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for as a civilian, declared the first Captive Nations Week. The purpose was to AMENDMENT TO H.R. 11792 Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me. demonstrate American sympathy for To promote the foreign policy, security, the populace of Eastern Europe which and general welfare of the United States My condolences go out to HUGH, hi.s had been enslaved in the years im­ by assis.ting peoples of the world to achieve wife, and their dear ones. economic development within a framework mediately following World War II. of democratic economic, social, and polit­ Another 11 years have now passed ical institutions, and for other purposes since President Eisenhower first an­ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of TO BUILD A STABLE ASIA nounced that the third week of July was Representatives of the United States of to be a time of solemn remembrance of America in Congress assembled, those whose freedom of thought, reli­ SEc. 1. Section 208 of H.R. 11792 is hereby HON. WILMER MIZELL gion, and action have been swallowed up amended by deleting line 24, page 18, begin­ OF NORTH CAROLINA by a monolithic structure which neither ning with the words "The President" through IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES acknowledges human worth nor per­ line 4, page 19, and inserting in liel.: thereof mits dissent. the following: Monday, July 21, 1969 "SEC. 209. (a). Of the total funds provided While it is true that time changes to carry out the provisions of part I of this Mr. MIZELL. Mr. Speaker, Alexander much, we cannot deceive ourselves that Act for any fiscal year, not less than $100,- Hamilton once said, "Learn to think freedom returns as regularly as the 000,000 shall be available only to carry out continentally"; today we should reword evening tide nor that the tyrant will the purposes of this title and, notwithstand­ that to say, "We must learn to think in­ mellow and then wither away with the ing any other provision of this Act, funds tercon tinen tally." passage of time. used for such purposes may be used on a There is no question that progress on In the long stretches of peace- grant or loan basis. domestic issues is vital to our future, but "(b) Of the total U.S. personnel assigned Writes Hilaire Pelloc- to carry out the provisions of part I of this their relationship to our foreign inter­ Act in any fiscal year, in Washington and ests is not an either/or matter. There is we are not afraid. But ... we are watched overseas, the proportion assigned to carry out a strong interrelationship, an interwoven by large and awful faces from beyond and the provisions of section 208 and section 209 pattern that links both foreign and on these faces there ls no smile. shall be the same as the ratio of the funds domestic affairs. At long intervals we have indeed been authorized in section 209(a) to the total It is true that our success in meeting confronted by these unsmiling faces and funds available under part I of this Act. At least one full-time population officer shall be urban and human problems in our so­ each time we start in surprise. assigned to each overseas AID mission. ciety w111 have a great deal to do with We see the tanks rumble through the " ( c) Of the total dollar funds allocated our strength in facing the rest of the streets of Budapest in 1956; to any country program, in any fiscal year, world and in the free world's acceptance We watch a wall go up in Berlin in not less than 5 per centum shall be available of our leadeTship. It is also true that we 1961; only to carry out the purposes of sections 208 will not be able to shift a substantial We observe the troops in the city of and 209. Funds not obligated under this pro­ proportion of our resources from defense Prague in 1968. vision for any one country may be re­ to domestic needs until we can help build The forces of oppression themselves allocated within the same fiscal year to re­ gional, interregional, or international popu­ a world of compatible nations. remind us periodically that time has not lation and family planning programs." To think intercontinentally in this ef­ effaced the harsh realities which are the SEC. 2. Subsection 624(a) of chapter 2 or fort to secure an ordered world, means lot of Eastern Europe and that subject Part III of the Foreign Assistance Act of that we must give high priority to Asia. nations are not a phenomenon which 1961, as amended, ls hereby further amended Asia is on the -;erge of nation al and in­ vanished with the dawning of the demo­ by inserting after the comma following the dustrial changes that confronted Europe cratic age. For the people behind the Iron words, "part I'' the following "one of whom from the 15th to the 19th century. As Curtain, however, the reminders do not shall be designated Assistant Administrator Asia tries to absorb these changes, it come at intervals. for Population." must be remembered-that half the peo­ Imperialism, a force associated with ple of the world live there-that three the 19th century, has survived and is potential nuclear powers are there-that with us yet: an anachronism to be sure, SOLACE FOR THE CAREY FAMILY four of the six most populous nations are yet no empty form. The denial of self­ there with problems of food shortage and determination and national sovereignty the mobilization of industrial potential. runs counter to the Universal Declara­ HON. EMANUEL CELLER That is why the President has wisely tion of Human Rights, adopted by the OF NEW YORK chosen to take a trip to these Asian na­ United Nations in 1948 as empires were IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tions. The President has made this for­ being liquidated all about the globe, but ward and constructive decision because for half of Europe it is as if the birth Monday, July 21, 1969 he knows that in order to bring peace to of the 20th century were yet to be. Mr. CELLER. Mr. Speaker, a dreadful the world, it must be brought to Asia. By The concept of a free society has tragedy has befallen our respected col­ the visits with these Asian leaders of gov­ evolved at immeasurable cost over un­ league, HUGH L. CAREY, of New York, his ernment he can understand at firsthand countable years, yet for half of Europe dear wife, and family. Their sons, Hugh, the aspirations of Asians and the prob­ it has no reality. The world yearns for Jr. and Peter met their death in an lems blocking those aspirations. He can a permanent, happy adjustment of the automobile accident while in the flower communicate the fact that he shares relations between men; half of Europe of their youth. They were the pride of their aspirations and their hopes for de­ has a society at once artificial, unhappy, their parents and beloved by their many velopment of a community of thriving, and inflexible. friends. No words can assuage the grief self-sufficient, and independent nations America's position is clear. President of those who loved them. Only time can in Asia. Nixon, in his inaugural address, stated: bring balm to the wounds. Out of the President's trip can come We seek an open world-open to ideas, The parents recall with glowing pride new understanding between nations to open to exchanges of goods and people, a the days they watched their sons grow. help shape the plans to build a stable world in which no people, great or small will The child bloomed into brilliant youth Asia in the wake of the Vietnam war. live in angry isol,ation. July 21., 1969 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 20197 This goes beyond mere national policy; COMMENTARY OF JOSEPH MCCAFFREY Because of what you have done, the heav­ it is a quest for a system which will, in Caught in a seemingly endless squeeze are ens have become a part of man and as you Erich Fromm's words, enable man to pre­ the members of the Un:ited States Capitol talk to us from the Sea of Tranqu111ty, it vail. For so long as a large power bloc guide force. inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring oontinues to promulgate the doctrine of The guides who show visil.tors around the peace and tranqu111ty to earth. For one Capitol Building are not, technically, em­ priceless moment in the whole history of "spheres of influence" however, this will ployees of the Un:ited States Government. man, all the people on this earth are truly never be possible. They are free lance workers selected by Con­ one. In Lithuania, a law was passed on gressional leadership, who depend on the 25 June 29, 1968, which provided that chil­ cents a head collected from each tourist to If ever there was an occasion, Mr. dren may be taken from parents who pay theil.r salary. The guides work co-opera­ Speaker, to bond the ties of free men do not bring their children up accord­ tively with the money being pro-rated everywhere, dedicated to the common ing to the Communist moral code. More­ among them. They have no pension fund, no purpose of freedom and liberty for all, sick leave, no benefits of any kind-unlike this must be it. Captive Nations Week over, should the parents have the temer­ Congressional employees. is an irony in the shadow of this accom­ ity to provide their children with a For years the guides have tried to get on plishment of man's milestone victory religious education, the parents are liable the Congressional payroll where they would over the mystifying and hostile environ­ for a prison term of up to 3 years. It is be adequately taken caire of. In turn; they small wonder that in all save one of the have pointed out, the chinzey demand that ment of outer space. But the hostility of captive nations, the population has de­ every American taxpayer pay 25 cents to be outer space is one of physical elements clined in proportion to that of the world shown around his own Capitol could be done whose character is without emotion, away with. But red tape, which is manufac­ while the hostility on earth broods in in the years since World War II. We may tured somewhere in the bowels of the Capitol the minds of men. While rededicating be forgiven if we assume that this is not by shifts of nameless men and women work­ ourselves to "peace and tranquility" on the result of brilliant policies of popula­ ing around the clock, has successfully earth, and recognizing that the spirit of tion control. blocked this. freedom still persists despite the decades Physical atrocities such as the slaugh­ Since 1956, 13 years ago, this is what has of repression of the people of the captive ter of the kulaks in the 1930's or the happened to a few guides who had to quit work because of old age and illness. One nations, let us hope and pray that the mass murders in the Katyn Forest in the died in the poorhouse at Manassas, Virginia, inspiration gained from man's conquests 1940's are but a facet of a system which another, (one of the most colorful guides to in outer space will serve as a calalyst to ha>s driven millions to desert their home­ ever show tourists around the Capitol) had breech human frailties in pursuit of lands for the West. Equally significant is to be taken· care of by a daughter until he freedom, individual liberty, and self-de­ the effect which captivity has on the spir­ died, impoverished. Another is in a nursing termination for the captive millions. itual growth of every citizen of the hos­ home but her social security pension is not tage nations. Just as physical growth is enough to continue her there, and because she was not a Oapitol employee she has no stunted and contorted by a lack of light, other income. CAPTIVE NATIONS so is spiritual growth affected by want The Capitol guides are the only represent­ of liberty. As Americans we rededicate atives of the United States Congress most ourselves this week to the right of every people meet in their visits to Washington. HON. DOMINICK V. DANIELS man and of every nation to develop, to The Capitol guides should be treated for OF NEW JERSEY grow, and to attain that full measure of what they are, human beings needing cOIIl­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sideration and fair treatment. They have a prosperity and beauty which only free­ Wednesday, July 16, 1969 dom can assure. compelling ca;se, if only those who a;re re­ sponsible would pause long enough to listen. Mr. DANIELS of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, this is the 10th year since the CAPTIVE NATIONS AND THE MOON laite President Eisenhower issued the THE U.S. CAPITOL GUIDE FORCE first proclamation declaring the third WALK week in July to be Captive Nations Week. For the 10th time we pause to reflect on HON. SAMUEL N. FRIEDEL HON. JOHN E. HUNT the repression of m1111ons of freedom­ OF MARYLAND OF NEW JERSEY loving peoples by the Soviet Union. For IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the 10th year we stand to declare our IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES abhorrence of the enslavement of a Monday, July 21, 1969 Monday, July 21, 1969 hundred minion people who, were it not Mr. FRIEDEL. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Mr. HUNT. Mr. Speaker, it is with for the guns, the slave l·abor camps, and Joseph Mccaffrey, who is recognized and deep significance to me that the venture the terror imposed upon them, would widely respected as one of the most of Apollo 11 into space should coincide enjoy their rightful blessings of justice knowledgeable and perceptive commen­ with the 10th annual observance of Cap­ and liberty. tators on the activities of the Congress tive Nations Week. We are, this lQ:th anniversary, espe­ has once again called our attention to The impact of this truly historic and cially horrified. Less than a year ago we the sorry plight of the members of the brilliant feat on the minds of men every­ were witness to the Soviet rape of U.S. Capitol guide force. where will perhaps not be fully realized Czechoslovakia. For months prior to the In his July 12 broadcast over WMAL­ for years to come; but there is nothing Soviet invasion we anxiously watched TV channel 7 here in Washington, D.C., else in the history of mankind that has while Czech leaders sought to assert their Mr. Mccaffrey directed his comments to so engulfed the spirit and awe of the independence, to develop their own na­ the two main points which I made when human mind and humbles even the tional life free from foreign dictates, to I introduced my bill, H.R. 6965 to estab­ bravest of men. Astronaut Neil Arm­ live free from terror ·and repression, and lish the Capitol Guide Service. strong captured the imagination and re­ to secure the blessings of freedom. At that time I pointed out that many spect of a worldwide audience when on The Czech people embraiced the plans Members of Congress feel that tours of man's first step onto the moon he de­ and shared the dreams of their liberal our Capitol should be provided without clared: leaders. The Soviet response wais vicious charge to our fellow citizens, who already That's one small step for man, one giant and horrifying. In a few short weeks a pay for its maintenance through their leap for mankind. courage1ous people who wished only to taxes and that as a gesture of good will It is reported in the morning papers of live in freedom and in peace with the the same courtesy should be extended to this date that with the exception of world saw their dreams smashed by the our foreign visitors. I also called atten­ China, communications of the event might of Soviet tanks and guns. Armed tion to the financial plight of the Capitol were beamed and dispatched to every men and secret police secured the re­ guides under the present system. corner of the globe. Hundreds of mil­ pression dictated by Moscow's fear that I am pleased that Mr. Mccaffrey has lions of people around the world the seeds of Czech freedom might spread taken an interest in this very real prob­ watched the live telecast as history un­ to other lands held captive. lem and I commend his remarks to my folded before them. In the face of this horror and less than colleagues. The full text of Mr. McCaf­ President Nixon, speaking directly to a year later, we read that Soviet Min­ frey's commentary follows: the astronauts on the moon said: ister Gromyko has declared a period of 20198 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 21, 1969 "mlr i druzhba," peace and friendship to­ by 1970 unless action is taken to counter as they chopped down huge old shade trees ward America and the world. Soviet ac­ this inflationary increase. The President said and ripped up lawns to turn a downtown in a recent statement that the Nation faces Los Angeles park into a blacktop parking tions toward its neighbors seem gravely a "massive crisis" unless a "revolution" in lot. inconsistent with his declaration to the health care is brought about by the private It was done in the name of "progress." It world. sector in cooperation with the Federal Gov­ was all perfectly legal. We found it re­ For over two decades the people of ernment. pugnant. Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Es­ The basic problem is that the exploding Beverly Hills Assemblyman Alan Sieroty tonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithu~nia, Po­ population coupled with programs making has a bill in the legislature that will put a land and Rumania, as well as the other high cost health care available to millions of stop to the park-wreckers, or at least slow captlve nations have been denied .the additional citizens are over-taxing present them down. facilities and methods. Officials say new ap­ Sieroty's bill is AB 1918. It would require freedoms and independence promised proaches, new thinking, new methods keyed any governmental agency or public utility them at the close of World War II. The to lower-cost alternatives are regarded as es­ that destroys a park to replace it with an­ regimes of these Soviet colonies have sential if this problem is to be solved. other equal park in the same area for the consistently refused to grant free and The HEW report said, in part: same users. open elections. All attempts to bring "Our overtaxed health resources are being As you might expect, the blll's major about a free society are met with the wastefully utilized and we are not adding to opposition has been coming from the State most vicious repression. them fast enough to keep pace with rising Department of Public Works and the State But in spite of the most recent Czech demand. Our health priorities are criticallY. Division of Highways. Those are the two out of balance. Our incentive systems all lead agencies that have traditionally ripped up outrage and in spite of over two decades to overuse of high cost, acute-care facilities, public parks because they are an easy vic­ of Soviet domination over the peoples of while the need increasingly is for lower-cost tim. The Los Angeles park was a perfect Eastern and Central Europe, I do not be­ alternatives." example. lieve that the oppression can endure. The report emphasizes the need for a better S '..eroty's AB 1918 already has the approval Man was born to be free. It is as if there system of training doctors and nurses to as­ of the Natural Resources Committee, and is something in his soul that ever moves sure that sufficient medical personnel will be now comes up a week from today before him toward liberty, something in his will available to our people. Emphasis on hospital Assemblyman Frank Lanterman's Way and improvement should include expansion of fa­ Meanr. Committee. that leaves him no rest until he is truly cilities for out-patient treatment and other free. Sons inherit it from fathers and so If AB 1918 becomes law, it will be the first fac111ties to ease the pressure on hospitals, major step ever taken to protect our local it grows. The greater the oppression the the report continued. The Administration is parks from destruction by their worst greater is the desire for liberty. And placing curbs and closer controls on the enemy-our own government. there is no force on earth that can con­ amount of payments for various Federal med­ tain it. ical aid programs and the Public Health As we are anxious for the present con­ Service is preparing recommendations on im­ dition of the Eastern and Central Euro­ provements needed in our health care sys­ pean peoples, we are also optimistic that tem. K. STEFAN POMIERSKI-AN EXCIT­ Certainly the health insurance companies, ING LEADER their oppression will not endure. We physicians, hospitals, medical schools, busi­ pray and we believe that the shackles ness, and the Federal, state and local govern­ which bind them will be broken and they ments should join together in solving this will rise up a free people. acute problem of health care for those who HON. PHILIP J. PHILBIN need and require it. Costs must be cut and OF MASSACHUSETTS services must be improved. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RISING HEALTH CARE COSTS MUST Monday, July 21, 1969 BE CUT AND SERVICES IMPROVED SAVE OUR PARKS Mr. PHILBIN. Mr. Speaker, I was very deeply saddened by the recent passing HON. JOE L. EVINS HON. GLENN M. ANDERSON of my dearly beloved friend, Mr. K. OF TENNESSEE Stefan Pomierski, which recently oc­ OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES curred in Riverhead, Long Island, N.Y. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Monday, July 21, 1969 Born in Poland of a noble family, and Monday, July 21, 1969 with the title of Count, Mr. Pomierski Mr. EVINS of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, came to this country years ago when the matter of steadily increasing and in­ Mr. ANDERSON of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring to the at­ conditions in Poland and Europe were flated medical and hospital costs pose a deteriorating as a result of war and the critical problem in health care. tention of my colleagues in the Con­ gress what one thoughtful man has pro­ activities of the twin totalitarian sys­ In this connection I place in the REC­ tems of communism and Hitlerism. ORD herewith my recent newsletter, Cap­ posed as a solution to counter those forces seeking to eliminate our public He was highly gifted and had attended itol Comments, because of the interest of the University of Leipzig, the University my colleagues and the American people parks, the one last remaining refuge of beauty in some of our crowded cities. of Heidelberg, Oxford University in in this most vital and important problem. England, Cracow Technical University, The newsletter follows : Beverly Hil's Assemblyman Alan Sie­ roty has a bill before the California Leg­ and other famous Polish institutions of CAPITOL COMMENTS: RISING MEDICAL AND learning. HOSPITAL COST MUST BE REDUCED TO AVERT islature that will put a stop to the park­ CRISIS IN HEALTH CARE wrecking, or at least slow it down. His Possessed of extraordinary linguistic talents, he actually spoke fluently in 11 (By Joe L. Evins, Fourth District, Tennessee) bill would require any governmental agency or public utility that destroys a languages, and had a working knowledge As the public is faced with rapidly increas­ ing medical and hospital costs, the Congress park to replace it with another equal of many language systems in the world. and the Administration are taking a long, park in the same area for the same users. He was a dedicated student of religious hard look at health care services through­ If Assemblyman Sieroty's bill becomes and general philosophy and political out the country. While Congressional com­ law, a valuable model and precedent for science, particularly that of the United mittees study and investigate the reasons for other cities across the entire United States and the free world. increased costs in Medicare, Medicaid and States may be established. Mr. Pomierski was passionately de­ general health services, the Department of Radio Station KFWB of Los Angeles, Health Education and Welfare in a hard­ voted to the cause of Polish freedom, hitting report declared that the Nation is in under the direction of Gordon Davis, vice and the liberation of the Poli.sh people danger of a breakdown in its health care pro­ president and general manager, and from the repressive system imposed upon gram. Gene Fuson, editorial director, recently them by the Soviet Marxist, satellite In this report, Secretary Robert Finch and presented an editorial, which follows, regime. Dr. Roger 0 . Egeberg, the recently appointed concerning Assemblyman Alan Sieroty·s He spent a great deal of his time and Assistant Secretary for Health, of HEW, said bill to save our parks: personal funds in support of this cause, that medical costs are increasing at a rate AB 1918: WHO WRECKS ONE, BUILDS ONE and organized various, effective organi­ twice as fast as the increase in the cost of living. The cost of a day in a hospital, ex­ (By Gordon Davis) zations to work for its objectives, and cluding doctor bills, has risen from $44 in Just one month ago, we described the for the resettlement in this country of 1965 to $70 today and could reach $100 a day sickening sight of state construction crews Polish refugees. July 21, 1969 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 20199 In his early life he became an Ameri­ He lived a long, active life, devoted War I and served as a juniC>i' finance omcer can citizen, and no one could be more to standing up boldly, and :fighting un­ with the Merchant Marine. zealous, loyal, devoted, and committed ceasingly for the things in which he be­ In 1935, he moved to Glen Cove and estab­ lished himself as a re·al estate broker and to our country with greater fervor, depth lieved-his ideals and his loyalties. general insurance executive. From 1935 to of feeling and total fidelity than this He has left us a rich heritage-the 1940 he was the Senior Area Supervisor of the learned, Polish nobleman, K. Stefan strong, fearless advocacy of truth and National Youth Adm1nis1lration on Long Is­ Pomierski. principle in a world that seems to be land. In fact, I regarded him as one of the putting less and less value upon these At the outbreak of World War II, he most patriotic Americans I have ever essential universals so basic to the free worked in an administrative position wt.th known. He was particularly eloquent of way of life. the United States War Manpower Commis­ sion and initiated the establishment of the speech in a nwnber of languages, and He fought the good fight, and he never first two training centers on the island for this facility made him most sought gave up his principles and his convic­ the War Industries. He also served as a liaison after as an after-dinner speaker, leader, tions, which he carried with him to his ofilcer between the War Manpower Commis­ and presiding officer of a nwnber of last resting place. sion and foreign groups, and as a member organizations. Such a man must be admired for his of the board of the omce of Price Admin­ Some of the speeches I have heard talents, praised for his courage, honored istration, City War Council, and the War him make about the great significance, for his loyalties and loved for his resolute Bonds Committee. During the Korean War, Mr. Pomierski and invaluable worth of American citi­ allegiance and the truths he fought for was the acting civil defense Director for zenship, and the benefits and blessing and passed on to the friends he loved. Glen Cove. In rooognition of his war services of our great country, were among the Mr. Pomierski was endowed with rare he received a Presidential Citation, a Certif­ most stirring and impressive talks that personal qualities and the capacity of icate of Award from the Governor of New I have ever heard. making friends. Warmhearted by na­ York, the Commander's Cross of Polonia Re­ He spoke with force and conviction, ture, generous of spirit, interested in peo­ stituta, the Gold Cross of Merit by the Gov­ at times with fiery expression and sen­ ple and in a wide range of human events, ernment of Poland, ofilcial decorations from sitivity, yet always in the measured l·an­ he was truly a citizen of the world, court­ Greece, France and Serbia and the Papal guage and rational pattern of the in­ Blessing for his -stand against communism. ly, well-mannered, urbane, a devotee of Following the wars, Mr. Pomi~ski as­ tellectual and the highly cultivated music and the performing arts, whose ex­ sumed many civic responsibilities, includ­ individtl!al. ceptional linguistic powers enabled him ing membership on the Neighborhood. As­ Mr. Pomierski devoted much of his to sing and recite in several different sociation Board of Dirootors, the Communi>ty life to writing and working for the languages. Chest, the Polish National Home, and the causes, political aims, and moral prin­ He possessed an exceptional sense of USO. He was named President Emeritus o! the American Order of General Pulaski; was ciples to which he was irrevocably humor and always was an extraordinary commissioned a colonel by the Governor of pledged, and other activities, in which conversationalist of magnetic presence the Commonwealth of Kentucky; and was a he was successful, were frequently sub­ welcomed in every gathering. Trained in member of the City Library Borurd of Trust­ ordinated to the greater demands of the best classical traditions, he would ees. questions of freedom, personal liberty, often conclude his musical renditions Mr. Pomierski is survived by his widow, free enterprise, justice for all that were with the famous student song-Gaudea­ Anna A. Celie; a son, Joseph; and two grand­ such a definitive part of the philosophy mus Igitur. children. and makeup of this gifted leader. A solemn mass of requiem was offered a.t He is survived by a wonderful family­ st. Isidore's Church, Riverhead, and inter­ He won the confidence of many peo­ his lovely wife, Anna, a native of River­ ment was at St. Isidore's Cemetery. ple by his strong, effective expression head, Long Island, N.Y., an American­ in many languages, his eloquent tongue, Polish girl of beauty, understanding, and [From the New York Times, June 27, 1969) · and his resolute adherence, PM'ticularly devotion to him, two brothers, sons, K. STEFAN POMIERSKI, 75, Ex-INSURANCE MAN, to the ideas and principles of hwnan grandchildren, nephews and nieces, who Is DEAD freedom, individual liberty, and the were surely the apple of his eye, and who RIVERHEAD, L.I., June 26.-K. Stefa.n Pom· rights of mankind, in which he so pro­ will miss him in death as they loved him ierski, a retired realtor and insurance man, foundly believed. in life. and a leading in Polish-American activities, Count Pomierski was an idealist in I join them in mourning his sorrowful died yesterday at his home at Broad Avenue, many ways, but he was also very much passing, and the irreparable loss which Aquebogue. He was 75 years old. a realist, who could not be swayed or they, and all of us who knew and loved Mr. Pomierski was president emeritus of diverted from his high goals by the him, have susfained. Stefan Pomierski the American Order of General Pulaski. honeyed promises, the f'alse, rosy fought the good fight for God and coun­ He was born in Poland and came to the United Staites during World War I, when he preachments, or the insincere profes­ try all his life, and now in death I know served with the Uni·ted States Shipping sions and pressures, of radical, political he will be rewarded and blessed by his Board. In World War II he served with the reformers. Maker in his eternal, heavenly rest. War Manpower Oommission. This proud son of Poland and loyal He was a man of distinction, color, and From 1935 to 1940 he was a Long Island American saw very clearly the need for many interests, a citizen of the world, an supervisor for the Youth Adininistration. a progressive, political community and exciting cosmopolitan, an intriguing During the Korean War, he was acting civil national atmosphere, where free discus­ companion and friend, who saw clearly defense director of Glen Cove. Surviving are his widow, the former Anna sion could exist, equality of treatment the dangers on our course and gave free­ A. Celie; a son, Joseph; a brother, and two for all was assured, and where institu­ ly of himself to preserve individual lib­ grandchildren. tions could be changed by the people erty and freedom in the Nation and whenever it was necessary to serve the world. May the good Lord grant him K. S. POMIERSKI, POLISH LEADER, DIES public interest. peace rest. AQUEBOGUE.-K. Stefan Pomierski of Broad I knew Count Pomierski very well. I Mr. Speaker, I insert as part of my re­ Avenue, an active leader of Polish Americans had great admiration and affection for marks certain newspaper articles con­ and a president emeritus of the American him. I al.so had great respect for his cerning Mr. Pomierski's passing: Order of Genera.I Pulaski, died Wednesday of learning, his intellectual attainments, [From the Glen Cove (N.Y.) Record-Pilot, a heart attack. He was 75. his linguistic mastery, and his alle­ July 3, 1969 J Born of a Polish noble family in Pomorze, he emigrated to the United States in 1914. giance to the doctrines of human free­ POMIERSKI, LONG HERE, DIES AT 75 During World War I, he served in the U.S. dom, and the perpetuation of liberty, Konstanty Stefan Pomierski, 75, who had Merchant Marine and had an administrative democracy and justice in this great Re­ lived in Glen Cove for 31 years, died at his position with the U.S. Manpower Commission public of ours, and in the world, to which home in Aquebogue, L.I., on June 25 after during World War II. For services rendered he devoted a large part of his life. a long illness. during the two world wars, he was decorated He was a Polish freedom :fighter in Mr. Pomierski, who had been born a mem­ by the governments of Greece, France and the best sense, but he was also a cou­ ber of an ancient Polish noble family in Serbia, and he received a U.S. Presidential Pomorze, Poland, was educated in Germany. citation. During the Korean War, he was rageous and gallant worker and :fighter After graduation from a classical college, he acting civil defense director for the city of for the American Constitution, the did post-graduate work in Germany, London Glen Cove, where he lived for 31 years. American way of life, and the realization and New York. A self-employed general insurance agent of the American dream. He oame to the United States during World and realtor, he was aotive in civic organiza- CXV--1273-Part 15 20200 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 21, 1969 tions for more than 30 years. He had served Whereas, such disorders disrupt the prog­ community in the State. The present as a senior area supervisor with the National ress of the vast majority of students who population, according to the 1965 census, Youth Administration, was a member of the seriously seek an education; and is 11,988. Glen Cove library board and a founder of the Whereas, such activity on the part of a is "I am an American" Day. few students reflects unfavorably on the It not surprising to note that the But his special interes·t was in aiding Po­ majority who come to learn and not to burn; industrial economy has kept pace with lish emigres and victims of prisoner of war and the population boom. While East Long­ camps. In 1950, he received a Papal blessing Whereas, such activity not only endangers meadow is primarily a residential town, from the Vatican for his services. our educational system, but also our eco­ it is well balanced with large industries, He is survived by his widow, Anna, of nomic and governmental systems; and beginning with the Package Machinery Broad Avenue; a son Joseph, of Aquebogue; Whereas, Pl Kappa Phi Fraternity supports Co., the American Saw & Manufacturing a. brother John, of Glen Cove; and two grand­ the right of dissent and demonstrations Co., and the newest surging industry­ children. within proper and reasonable limits; The rosary will be recited for him tonight Be it therefore resolved, that Pl Kappa Phi the Milton Bradley Co. at 8 in the Danowski funeral home, on Marcy Fraternity urges other Greek organizations In the field of education East Long­ Avenue, Riverhead. A solemn High Requiem to join our Brotherhood in a concerted effort meadow boasts a commendable record of mass will be sung Saturday at 9: 30 a.m. in to provide constructive leadership on our achievement. The opening of the new St. Isidore's R.C. Church, Riverhead, Inter­ college and university campuses toward the high school in 1960 was a major event ment will take place in St. Isidore's R.C. goal that student controversies may be in the history of the town. The site in­ Cemetery. presented within the bounds of established cludes a football stadium with track, school procedures and with due regard for [From Newsday, June 27, 1969) the rights of fellow students; and baseball diamond, soccer and hockey Be it further resolved, th.at when s.tudent fields, tennis courts, and hockey rink. K. POMIERSKI: RITES SET One of the two towns in the western part Riverhead-Services will be held tomorrow pleas and complaints are properly presented, for Konstanty Stefan Pomierski, 75, who died Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity will support and of the State to have a metropolitan coun­ Wednesday at his home in Aquebogue. defend the right of students to have fair cil for educational opportunity program, Pomierski, a retired real estate agent and hearings and equitable consideration by ap­ East Longmeadow has enrolled 18 non­ general insurance executive, was a Glen propriate school officials. white pupils from Springfield in grades Cove resident from 1935 to 1966. The book, 1 through 4. These pupils will be given "Long Island: A History of Two Great Coun­ the opportunity to continue through to ties,. Nassau and Suffolk," describes him as high school graduation. Each of these "one of the outstanding citizens of Polish TOWN OF EAST LONGMEADOW extraction in the Nassau County section." It pupils has a host family in town, on hand said that he "devoted his activities exten­ to help in any situation. sively to various efforts during World War II, HON. EDWARD P. BOLAND Proud of their prosperous and progres-. including his important service as Nassau sive town the citizens of East Longmea­ supervisor of the National Youth Admin­ OF MASSACHUSETTS dow paid tribute to their achievements in istration." IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES their recent 8-day 75ith anniversary cele­ The book lists among Pomierski's "out­ Monday, July 21, 1969 standing services" his participation on the bration. Events ranged from a swim meet, Glen Cove board of the Office of Price Ad­ Mr. BOLAND. Mr. Speaker, the beauti­ an art exhibit, fireworks, a band concert, ministration and on the War Council of ful town of East Longmeadow in south­ a carnival, and concluded with an excit­ Glen Cove during World War II. During the western Massachusetts has just cele­ ing gay nineties anniversary ball. Korean war, Pomlerski was acting civil de­ brated its 75th anniversary. This gala Mr. Speaker, I include the program for fense director of the City of Glen Cove. In 8-day occasion recalled the proud history the 75th anniversary celebration of East recognition of his war services, he received Longmeadow in the RECORD: a presidential citation, a Gold Cross of Merit. of a residential and industrial New Eng­ He had also received citations from Poland, land town which borders a large metro­ PROGRAM Greece, France, Yugoslavia. politan city, an affluent suburb, and the SATURDAY, JUNE 28 Pomierski was also president emeritus of State of Connecticut. 10:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.: "Swim Meet" at the American Order of General Pulaski. He Settled in 1740, East Longmeadow was the High School Pool, no oh.arge, open to all. was a former member of the board of direc­ an integral part of the town of Long­ Trophies and ribbons awarded. Sponsored by tors of the Glen Cove Neighborhood Associ­ local Y.M.C.A. George La.Brood, Chairman; ation and the board of trustees of the Glen meadow until July l, 1894, when it was incorporated as a separate town. Al­ Peg LaBroad, Bob Gibson, Assistant. Cove Library. He is survived by his wife, 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P .M.: "Outdoor Art Ex­ Anna; ·a son, Joseph; two brothers, Jan and though the question of the division of hibit," show and sale at the Livery, Roman, and two grandchildren, Patricia and Longmeadow into two parts was brought Shaker Road. Registration forms available Joseph. Services will be a.t St. Isidore's Catho­ into public view as early as 1865, it was from Raymond Ellison, recreation director. lic Ohurch at 9 :30 AM, followed by burial not until after 30 years of debate that the Sponsored by the Council for the Aging and in St. Isidore's catholic Cemetery. Commonwealth of Massachusetts estab­ Teen-Age Group. lished East Longmeadow by an act signed 12 :00 P.M.: Boy Scout Troop #275 Camp­ on May 19, 1894, to take effect July 1, ing at Center Field. Scouting skills. Charles 1894. Spaulding, Scoutmaster, in charge. Visitors FRATERNITIES ON CAMPUS The town's early economy both before welcome. (Until 2:00 P.M. Sunday) DISORDERS 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.: Y.M.C.A. Young and after the division was sustained by Adults Concert, High school athletic field, the brownstone quarry industry. In its bands. "Egg," "Temple", "Cin'', "Incredibly HON. RICHARD H. POFF heyday of quarrying, East Longmeadow High" plus folk singers. No charge. Spon­ OF VIRGINIA had more than 50 sandstone quarries sored by East Longmeadow Y.M.C.A. Dr. Ray­ mond Racicot, Chairman. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES employing several hundred persons. With the turn of the century the women of 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.: Y.M.C.A. "Chicken Monday, July 21, 1969 East Longmeadow, perhaps more than in Barbecue" H.S. Athletic Field. Sponsored by any other section of western Massachu­ East Longmeadow Y.M.C.A. W. Lynn Gage, Mr. POFF. Mr. Speaker, I know my Chairman. colleagues will be interested to learn the setts, moved to the forefront in the battle 6 :00 P.M.: "Fire Engine Parade." More than attitude concerning campus disorders for women's suffrage. This fine civic 30 pieces of fire apparatus, antique models, held by a large representative group of spirit is illustrated further by the fact bands. marching units. Parade route: Birch­ college students. that 75 years after its incorporation East land Park School to High School via Elm, At its national convention in August Longmeadow still maintains its original Mapleshade, North Main to Center, Maple 1968, the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity passed town meeting form of government. Street. Sponsored by local firefighters. a resolution on this subject. In the more recent history of the town, 8:00 P.M. to 11:00 P.M.: Y.M.C.A. "Up With East Longmeadow has continually pro­ People Show" sing out Springfield. High Under leave to extend my remarks, I School singing groups. A show for the entire quote the text of that resolution in full: gressed forward to keep pace with the family. Larry Carnes, Director; Frederic PI KAPPA PHI FRATERNITY RESOLUTION 20th century. During the preceding dec­ Stevens, Dr. Earl Tompkins, Marshall Han­ Whereas, Pl Kappa Phi Fraternity ls deeply ade from 1950 to 1960 the population in­ son, assisted by East Longmeadow Y.M.C.A. concerned about the serious disorders oc­ creased 110 percent from 4,900 to 10,300. Jr. Leaders Club. Pete Sibley and Lynd.a Ca-s­ curring on American and foreign oollege and In addition the growth rate during that sidy, Advisors. Sponsored by Ea.sit Longmea­ university campuses; and period was the second highest of any dow Y.M.C.A. Admission 50 ¢. July 21, 1969 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 20201

SUNDAY, JUNE 29 School Band. Bring your lawn chairs and United Methodist Church Group. Hot dogs, 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.: "Outdoor Art blankets. cold drinks, souvenir hats, ballons, etc. Exhibit", show and sale. (see details, Satur­ 8:00 P.M. to 11:30 P.M.: "Battle of the Open at 11:00 A.M. Daily through July 5th. day, June 28.) Bands", high s

SENATE-Tuesday, July 22, 1969 The Senate met at 11 o'clock a.m. and list anew in the service of Thy higher the Journal of the proceedings of Friday, was called to order by Hon. MIKE GRAVEL, kingdom to abolish poverty, to eliminate July 18, 1969, be dispensed with. a Senator from the State of Alaska. injustice, to banish hate and war that The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ The Chaplain, the Reverend Edward the sins of earth may not be exported pore. Without objection, it is so ordered. L. R. Elson, D.D., offered the following because Thy kingdom of righteousness prayer: has first been fulfilled here. Amen. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE O Thou who art above and beyond but ever near, we stand in Thy presence this DESIGNATION OF ACTING PRESI­ A message from the House of Repre­ day to thank Thee for man, for the maj­ DENT PRO TEMPORE sentatives, by Mr. Hackney, one of its esty and mystery of his person, for the reading clerks, announced that the The assistant legislative clerk read the House had passed, without amendment, brilliance and ingenuity of his mind. We following letter: rejoice that "when the morning stars U.S. SENATE, the following bills of the Senate: sang together" at the dawn of time, PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, S. 38. An act to consent to the upper Thou didst crown all creation by mak­ Washington, D.O., July 22, 1969. Niobrara River compact between the States ing man in Thine own image, and breath­ To the Senate: of Wyoming and Nebraska; and Being temporarily absent from the Senate, S. 1590. An act to amend the National ing Thy creative spirit into him. I appoint Hon. MIKE GRAVEL, a Senator from Commission on Product Safety Act in order Eternal Father, we thank Thee now the State of Alaska, to perform the duties of to extend the life of the Commission so that for the new dimensionless and unfath­ the Chair during my absence. it may complete its assigned tasks. omable vistas opened to all mankind, as RICHARD B. RUSSELL, The message also announced that the by his wisdom and in Thy good provi­ President pro tempore. House had passed the following bills, in dence man has slipped the bonds of Mr. GRAVEL thereupon took the chair which it requested the concurrence of earth and soared to lunar lands and as Acting President pro tempore. the Senate: spaces. Give Thy servants journeying H.R. 7517. An act to amend the Canal Zone mercies on the return voyage to the Oode to provide cost-of-living adjustments haven of home amongst us on this planet. THE JOURNAL · in cash relief payments to certain former As we off er our thanks and praise for Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I ask employees of the Canal Zone Government, the wonder of the realms beyond, we en- unanimous consent that the reading of and for other purposes;