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EXTENSIONS 0~ REMARKS A Liberal Goes Off His Rocker publicans alike. It was particularly reas­ U.S. Constitution and helps to bolster the suring to have my colleagues commend me in Socialist-Communist cause. I believe his the House of Representatives for my restraint liberal voting record and his radical left­ EXTENSION OF REMARKS and actions during this incident. wing actions, consistently to the left CYf ADAM OF CLAYTON PowELL, speak for themselves. You Mr. Speaker, further I include a sam­ can call him whatever name you wish. I HON. ED FOREMAN ple of the hundreds of kind telegrams I am sure that sound, responsible Texans who OF TEXAS have received commending my restraint review GONZALEZ' records are capable of and actions during this incident: placing a suitable name on the gentleman IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES from San Antonio without my assistance. SAN ANTONIO, TEX., Wednesday, October 30, 1963 October 30, 1963. As a conservative, I have consistently Mr. FOREMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ap­ R epresentative ED FOREMAN, fought to reduce the size, cost, and control House Office Building, Washington, D.C.: of the Federal Government. I am more in­ preciate this opportunity to present, by terested in extending freedom than I am way of my Washington Report, an exact The citizens association deeply regret the u n principled attack against you by HENRY in promoting a welfare state. Therefore, account of the very unfortunate and em­ B. GONZALEZ. We apologize in the name of not only will I work at my very best in my barrassing incident created by the man the citizens of 20th District. Carry on the Armed Services Committee and on the from San Antonio [Mr. GONZALEZ] yes­ House Floor toward this goal, but, when my · fight. committee and the House are not in session, terday in his unwarranted and disgrace­ Respectfuly, I will continue to travel across these United ful physical attack upon me. RoBERT C. MOORE, States at my time and expense to work for The report follows: President, the Citizens. the election of responsible conservatives, A LmERAL GoEs OFF Hrs ROCKER ( OR, AN IR­ both Democrat and Republican. DALLAS, TEX. RESPONSmLE AND VULGAR HOTHEAD GETS Congressman ED FOREMAN, I can do my job most effectively in ·the MAD I FIGHTING WHEN Hrs ULTRALmERAL Washington, D.C.: second instance, believe, by pointing out VOTING RECORD Is ElcPOSED) the liberal voting record of those Members Your dignity, character, dedication to the of Congress who are working to replace our It was 12 :25 p.m., Tuesday, October 29, ~vernment are above reproaq_h. We're be­ 1963, during a. quorum call on the floor of hind you. free enterprise system with a Socialist-wel­ fare state. I'll try to leave the name call­ the U.S. House of Representatives. I was KATHY and CLIFF GOLDSMITH. · sitting in the second row visiting with two ing to the hardworking Washington news of my colleagues, Mr. BEN REIFEL, of South correspondents. SAN DIEGO, CALIF., Sincerely yours, Dakota., a.nd Mr. DEL CLt.WSON, of California, October 30, 1963. ED FOREMAN, when suddenly Mr. HENRY GONZALEZ, of San ED Congressman FOREMAN, Member of Congress, 16th District Texas. Antonio, Tex., rushed up to me and ex­ Washington, D.C.: claimed, "I understand you called me a. Call them as you see them with best re­ Communist." gards to you and your family. I replied, "No, HENRY, I did not call you BEV AND RAY STONECIPHER. a. Communist. I did say, however, that I be­ The 120th ~nniversary of B'nai B'rith lieve your ultralibera.l, leftwing voting rec­ MIDLAND, TEX., ord does a. disservice to the U.S. Constitution October 29, 1963. and helps to bolster the Socialist-Communist Hon. ED FOREMAN, EXTENSION OF REMARKS ca.use." House Office Building, OF Before I could finish my statement, GON­ Washington, D.C.: ZALEZ interrupted, "Well, I'm gonna beat the . Congratulations. West Texans are behind HON. ABNER W. SIBAL ______out of you, in fa.ct, I may Just pistol- you 100 percent. OF CONNECTICUT whip you the way we do down in San An­ JACK·Rl7SSELL. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tonio." RAY STEWART. "OK," I said, "Get after it." Wednesday, October 30, 1963 GoNZALEZ, motioning toward the door into Mr. Speaker, yesterday morning, after the Speaker's lobby, said, "Step out that door reading recent news articles, and before Mr. SIBAL. Mr. Speaker, under leave and I will." Mr. GoNZAL!2 attacked me, I had written to revise and extend my remarks, I want I got up, walked to the door, and as I the following letter to the editor of the to take this opportunity of offering trib­ stepped off the House floor into the lobby, El Paso Herald-Post: ute to B'nai B'rith, the remarkable GONZALEZ swung [a.t me] with his rig~t Jewish service organization which this fist. He missed my head and ]?.it my right CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, month observes its 120th anniversary. shoulder. He was furious, cursing loudly Washington, D.C., October 29, 1963. and acting like a vulgar, berserk madman. Mr. RoBERT W. LEE, On October 13, 1843, 12 Jews of Ger­ I said, "HENRY, you a.re unduly upset. I Editor, EZ Paso Herald-Post, man origin met in Sunsheimer's Cafe in do believe you have lost your mind. In fa.ct, . EZ Paso, Tex. New York to found an organization I cannot imagine a. supposedly intelligent DEAR PETE: I was somewhat surprised to which would unite all Jews, without re­ adult exhibiting this type of conduct in the see the front page headlines and story on gard to national origin, for the purpose Halls of Congress-I am a.shame4 _for you." your paper Thursday, October 24, 1963, quot­ "of inculcating the purest principles of With this, I turned and walked back onto ing me as calling HENRY GONZALEZ a. "pinko." philanthropy, honor, and patriotism." the House floor. GONZALEZ was still stand­ But I was even more surprised to read the In the following years, B'nai B'rith has ing in the lobby with his fists doubled, shout­ editorial in the following day's edition, en­ ing vulgar, uncomplimentary charges and titled "FOREMAN Goofs," in which you con­ succeeded in such magnificent measure insults. demned me at considerable length for this that today it is a world-renowned rally­ Admittedly, it was difficult, indeed, for me misquotation. Knowing you personally, and ing point for all Jews. to restrain myself and maintain dignity being particularly familiar with your fine From B'nai B'rith, volunteers respond­ while subjected to this obscene and intem­ newspaper and your outstanding background ing to President Lincoln's plea, joined the perate attack by Mr. GONZALEZ. However, I of fairness and responsibility in news stories ranks of the Union Army. Since then, sincerely believe that most of my west Texas and editorial writing, this sudden barrage of B'nai B'rith volunteers have served with friends would have expected me to mainta.in news and editorial castigation of me by you my composure and uphold the dignity of my and your newspaper came as quite a shock­ distinction in both world wars. During office i:ather than resorting to the savage and ing surprise, indeed. the Baltimore flood of 1868, the Chicago indecent action exhibited by the man from Apparently, one of your enterprising fire of 1871, and the San Francisco fire of San Antonio. I hope and trust that upon Washington correspondents, in his zeal to 1906, B'nai B'rith members rushed to the reflection of this unfortunate incident, Mr. write a colorful and controversial front page a.id of the victims. As a forerunner to GoNZALEZ will exhibit the intelligence not story at a time when congressional news was the American Red Cross, B'nai B'rith to attempt such an irresponsible tirade again. very dull, decided to do a bit of name call­ has aided its fellow ·citizens in time of The hundreds of telephone calls and tele­ ing for me. Your correspondent called me, grams from a.cross the country compliment­ discussed the California. incident with me, trouble without regard to religion. ing me on the handling of this situation have and asked if I thought HENRY B. GONZALEZ The Anti-Defamation League was or­ been a sourc13 of encouragement and re­ was a "pinko." My reply was that, in my ganized under auspices of B'nai B'rith to assurance in the intelligence and concern of opinion. HENRY GONZALEZ' Ultraliberal, left­ combat anti-Semitism in the United Americans everywhere-Democrats and Re- wing voting record does a disservice to the States. 1963 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 20667 It established the Hillel Foundation, trend in the aerospace industry of the the Augusta Association chairman for which is a vital cultural force on cam­ State. The award of additional future this ~pp~arance, Mr. David P. Smith: puses throughout America. programs to Texas will only maintain If the churches can't fight communism The Pioneer American Hospital for the gradual decline predicted. then certainly no one else is going to carry research on tuberculosis and chest dis­ There has been much publicity on the their fight for them. eases was founded by B'nai B'rith at establishment of the NASA Manned Denver. At Hot Springs, Ark., B'nai Space Flight Center in Houston, Tex. B'rith initiated the first important hos­ We naturally recognize the significant pital center devoted to relief of arthritis. contributions this new Center is making On Pinkos and Patriots Both are non-sectarian, free hospitals and will continue to make within the for the needy. scientific community of our State, but it EXTENSION OF REMARKS B'nai B'rith is, in fact, the first na­ should be pointed out that, although tional service· organization to have been many contracts are let out of this center, OF founded in America. It predates not the bulk of these contracts are let in · HON. ED FOREMAN only the Red Cross but such other orga­ other States with the main beneficiaries nizations as the Salvation Army, the being California and New York. OF TEXAS Grange, the WCTU, Kiwanis, Rotary, In going from fiscal year 1961 to fiscal IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA~IVES and even the Daughters of the American year 1963-May---California's share of Wednesday, October 30, 1963 Revolution. the NASA budget has grown from $149 Mr. FOREMAN. Mr. Speaker, Mr. It has grown to include nearly 500,000 million to $448 million; New York from Bernard Baruch once said: members in 40 countries and has become $44 million to $60 million, Ohio from $8 million to $20 million, and Texas from Every man has a right to his opinion but an integral part of the American scene. no man has a right to be wrong in his fact.s. At the age of 120, B'nai B'rith has only $12 million to $30 million. The $30 mil­ begun its work. To its members, I off er lion spent in Texas represents only 3 My purpose today is to set the facts my congratulations and very best wishes percent of NASA's budget. straight, to clarify and briefly discuss for continued growth and success. Texas companies will continue to bid a seemingly very interesting and disturb­ for Defense and NASA contracts in fields ing for some, to say the least, subject and where they are eminently qualified to recent news article by a Washington news compete. They ask only that they be correspondent employed by the Scripps­ Texas Economy Lags given the awards when they are judged Howard Newspapers. the best for the job to be done. This is Being familiar with this newspaper all that I: would ask. It would be grossly group and knowing of thejr outstanding EXTENSION OF REMARKS unjust, however, to have any Texas com­ OF background of fairness and responsibility pany who so qualifies lose out on any in news stories and eq.itorial writing, I HON. OLIN E. TEAGUE award as the result of a false impression was indeed surprised to see a . story OF TEXAS that "Texas is getting more than its fair written by one of their dedicated and share." IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gentlemanly Washington correspondents, Mr. Seth Kantor, last week in which Wednesday, October 30, 1963 I was quoted as calling 20 of my col­ Mr. TEAGUE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Keeping the Faith Against Communism leagues in this body as "pinkos." I should like to make an effort to correct Apparently, in his zeal to·write a color­ a multitude of misinformation which has EXTENSION OF REMARKS ful and controversial front page story at been appearing of late in newspapers and OP a time when congressional news was very periodicals concerning Texas' share of dull, this enterprising correspondent de­ Federal contracts. This misinformation HON. ROBERT G. STEPHENS, JR. cided to do some name calling for me. has been of great concern to me, when in OF GEORGIA Pinko seemed to be a very popular and reality the economy of the State of Texas IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES controversial name, so he wrote a story, is lagging in this field. Wednesday, October 30, 1963 "FOREMAN Labels 20 Colleagues Pinkos.'' Through the free use of generalities Earlier the Washington correspondent a completely erroneous impression exists Mr. STEPHENS. Mr. Speaker, in the had called me and asked, "How, or on in some quarters that Texas has been daily news we hear so much about civil what votes do you classify these liberal getting more than its proper ·share of rights and the persecuted minorities that members?" Defense and NASA contracts. In reality, it behooves me to call to your attention I replied: nothing could be further from the truth. the forgotten minority-professing I believe one representative grouping where In fact, quite the contrary is true and I Christians. All over the world the 2,000- you could pick out the most llbera1 Members would like to set the RECORD straight year struggle is still being waged and of Congress was on the House Un-American with some specific facts and figures. people who want to be followers of Christ Activities Committee vote, they seemed to be In a comparison of fiscal year 1958 to are being ''thrown to the lions" in as fairly well grouped together on that vote, fiscal year 1962 military expenditures in wanton a fashion as in the days of the about 20 of them as I relnember. California grew $2.5 billion, or 42 per­ Roman martyrs. The correspondent said: cent; New York, $340 million, or 11 per­ One group I want to commend which HENRY GONZALEZ. was among those 20, cent; Ohio, $116 million, or 10 percent; is keeping the faith in this fight is the would you classify him as a pinko? and Texas was r.educed $461 million or Baptist Brotherhood of the Augusta 30 percent. Much has been made of the (Ga.) Association of Baptist Churches I replied,: award of the TFX contract to Convair composed of 42 Baptist churches. This I do not care to place a name on him or in Fort Worth. It should be noted that group is doing something about it. anyone else. In my opinion, HENRY GoN­ In ZALEz's ultraliberal, leftwing voting record less than one-third of the total dollars connection with other Baptist or­ does a disservice to the U.S. Constitution on this program will actually be spent ganizations in Georgia, the Baptist and helps to bolster the Socialist-Communist in Texas. The balance will be spent in Brotherhood of Augusta is sponsoring in cause. I bellev~ his voting record and his other States, such as New York and Con­ November a Russian-born Christian, radical leftwing actions speak for themselves. necticut, to name just two. Paul Voronaeff, to tell the story of the You can call him whatever name you wish. The Bureau of Business Research of Communistic conspiracy to overthrow I am sure that sound, responsible Texans the University of Texas in a recent eco­ Christianity. who review Mr. GONZALEZ'S record are capable nomic survey showed a decline in actual This is certainly the time to bring of placing a suitable name on the gentleman employment for the State starting in again to the American people the threat from Sa~ Antonio without my assistance. 1960. Comparisons of these predictions to Christian beliefs. Mr. Voronaeff's ap­ I did not call HENRY GONZALEZ a pinko with actuals since the survey was com­ pearance will be at the Curtis Baptist or Communist. I only referred to his pleted show that, even with the TFX in Church, Augusta, on November 5, and he liberal voting record. Fort Worth, the decline is twice as rapid will witness to his personal encounters After this conversation, the corre­ as predicted. In' other words, the TFX as a Russian prisoner pecause he is a spondent then did take it upon himself to does not arrest the steady downward believer in Christ. As aptly expressed by label these 20 Members of Congress as 20668 CONGRESSION.Af. RECORD-· HOUSE October 30 pinkos. It 1s· unfortunate tliat this hap­ There ca.n ,be only one flag, the Stars and . Next, I .suggest to thein -that· they dig up pened.. I make no apology for what I Stripes, or .the Bed ftag of the gbdless :Union tbe l9S2-platf9rm from the grave that they said; I only ·want to clarify what was of the Soviet. buried 1t in, read it ·over, and study 1t, There can be only one national anthem-: breath life into -it. and follow it in legisla­ said: · I am sure all 20 of these fine, dedi­ The ·~star-Spangled Banner" or the "Inter­ tive and executive action~ .to the end that cated and distinguished liberals actually, nationale." they make good their promises to the Amer­ honestly and sincerely do love their There -Cl!-ll be only one victor. ican people when they put forth that plat­ country. I am sure they just vote for form and the candidate that stood ·upon it more government programs and bureaus The famed speech-which led many to 100 percent. In short, make good. and controls and costs because they be­ believe Smith, the beloved, happy war­ Next, I would suggest that they ·stop com­ lieve that a welfare state is best for rior of New York's East Side, would lead promising with the fundamental principles America. a third party in the 1936 Presidential laid down by Jackson and Jefferson and These folks are just fine, dedicated, election-was delivered before the Amer­ Cleveland. -ican Liberty League. Smith asked: Fourth: Stop attempting to alter the form trustworthy American patriots whose and structure of our Government without voting record would lead one to believe, What happens to the disciples of Jeffer­ recourse to the people themselv.es as provided perhaps, unknowingly, they may endorse son .and Jackson and Cleveland? • • • in their own Constitution. This country be­ a socialist United States of America. There is only one thing we can do'. We can longs to the people, and it doesn't belong Now, I say this in no way disrespectful either take on the mantle of hypocrisy or to any administration. we can take a walk, and we will probably Next, I suggest that they read their oath at all, nor do I use the House un:..Amer­ do the latter. ican Activities Committee vote as my of office to support the ·constitution of the only criteria. Most of these fine Amer­ And take a walk Al Smith did. He United States. And I ask them to remember went to Europe in the summer of 1936 that they-took that oath with their hands on icans vote for most, if not all, of the the Holy Bible, thereby calllng upon God Al­ welfare programs that are introduced. ~nd thus did not support F.D.R.'s can­ mighty Himself to witness their solemn I just do not happen to believe that didacy. In 1940 he supported Wendell promise. It is bad enough to disappoint us. way-that is all. . · Willkie. Sixth: I suggest that from this moment I believe that an all-knowing, all-pro­ Smith, the 1928 Democratic Party they resolve to make the Constitution the viding, all-powerful Federal Govern­ candidate for President, had been known civil bible of the United States, and pay it ment is contrary to the basic philosophy as an opponent to President Roosevelt, the same . civil respect and reverence that who had followed him as Governor of they would religiously pay the Holy Scrip­ of our American way of life-and, I be.;. tures, and I ask them to read froin the Holy lieve that any government big enough New York. But his lifelong party affilia­ Scripture the parable of the prodigal son to give you everything you want, is big tion had prevented an open break. But, and follow his example. enough to take everything you have got. he told_ friends, the steady movement My interest is to streamline govern­ of the country toward the left was too So spoke my . kind and type of poli­ ment and try to make it more efficient, great not to be opposed now. tician. I wish we had more men who ·be­ because I want to reduce "its size, cost, · He explained: · lieved like Al Smith did. and control. I am more interested in · I was born in the Democratic Party and extending freedom than · I am . in pro­ expect to die in it, but I can call upon moting a welfare 'state. My aim is not innumerable witnesses to testify to the fact to inaugurate .new Federal programs, that during my whole public life I put American Art Week but to cancel old ones that do violence to patriotism above partisanship. the Constitution, or that impose on the Smith, who knew the results of prej­ EXTENSION OF REMARKS people an unwarranted financial burden. udice firsthand from his experience in . OJ' To say the least, I was surprised to the 1928 presidential election in which read in the national wire service yester­ his religi_on was a prime issue, saw sev­ HON. ROBERT McCLORY day, where a veteran and distinguished eral dangers tn the first years of the OF ILLINOIS gentleman Member of this great body F.D.R. tenure in the White House. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "verbally spanked me" as the wire car­ He asked: ·wednesday, October 30, 1963 ried it, for statements I supposedly made. What are these dangers I see? The first about another Member. Yet, no refer­ is the arraignment of class against class. Mr. McCLORY. Mr. Speaker, the sig­ ence whatever was made concerning the The next thing that I view as being dan­ nificance of American Art Week, being violation of the decorum of this House gerous to our national well-being is govern­ celebrated between November 1 and 7., by the gentleman from San Antonio, ment bureaucracy instead of what we have should attract the attention of all Mem­ who, during a fit of anger, threatened been taugh:t _to look for, government by law. bers of the Congress as well as citizens to "pistol whip" me as he does in San The next thing that is apparent to me 1s throughout the Nation. the vast building up of new bureaus of _Founded in 1931 by the American Art­ Antonio and struck me with· his fist. government. I believe an .apology is 'due me by the ists Professional League, Inc., of New gentleman· from San Antonio [Mr. GON­ Smith, a strict advocate of constitu­ York City, American Art Week is being ZALEZ] for liis violent attack upon me tional government, pointed out that the celebrated in various States and com­ in these Halls of C_ongress. This should writers of the Constitution had seen the munities throughout the United States. be expected of any reasonable and sane need for a balance of power in govern­ In 1962 Illinois placed second in the adult who had exhibited such irrespon­ ment: Nation for its activity during Art Week, sible, disgraceful, and vulgar conduct. What we want, and what we insist on, and Lake County, which is in the 12th We need a few more Democrats, and and what we are going to have, is the ab­ Congressional District which I repre­ Republicans, alike, who think, work, and solute preservation· of this balance of power sent, was the leading county in the State. speak as Al Smith did one January night which is the keystone, the arch upon which Art leagues· and associations in various in 1936. · . the whole theory of

and McHenry County Art Leagues-and by the United Nations and which has con­ country holds for them. C commend to my colleagues and to the tinually ignored and flouted resolutions American sympathy with the plight of citizens. of the 12th Congressional Dis­ adopted by the United Nations, where it the Czechoslovakian people has been trict and of the Nation the theme of now sits with all .the trappings of ho.nor. manifest in our press and in Congress. this year's American Art Week-"Ob­ We cannot move closer to this regime, It is evident today as w·e recall the 20 serve and Enjoy American Art." as we appear to be doing, without for­ years following the founding of the Re­ feiting, to the degree by which we move, public on October 28, 1918. Those years our standing with our free world allies. were marked by the enlightened leader­ Whether or not this is the intention of ship of Presidents T. G. Masaryk and Seventh Anniversary of the Hungarian such moves, it is without question the Eduard Benes. The development and Fight for Freedom effect of them. progress of that nation established for Suppose we had lost our own Revolu­ it an international reputation as a model tion; that it had been just as brutally EXTENSION OF REMARKS of democracy in Europe. crushed by th.e British and a puppet It behooves all who enjoy the fruits OF government installed. Suppose then that of a free society to recall the tragedy our principal ally and backer, France, which the Czechoslovakian people have HON. ABNER W. SIBAL had extended its hand toward the puppet OF CONNECTICUT been forced to endure. In the postwar government and agreed to deal with it in period from 1945 to 1948, the fate of that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES international councils. What would country was in the balance until that Wednesday, October 30, 1963 American reaction have been? fateful day in February of 1948 when a I submit, Mr. Speaker, this is very close Communist coup took over the Govern­ Mr. SIBAL. Mr. Speaker, I take this to what is our present policy toward the time today to recall the events of the ment and initiated the 15 years of suffer­ puppet regime of Hungary and that the ing for the Czechoslovak people. Hungarian revolution, which just 7 years Hungarian people and others who are ago this week, tore apart forever any re­ In those 15 years, the failures of the struggling to be free, must feel today as Communist regime in its attempt to im­ maining myths concerning the benevo­ we would have felt in like circumstances. lence of Soviet control over the Iron Cur­ Pose a foreign ideology on Czechoslovakia I hope Americans everywhere will take are well known. tain countries, and which exposed anew this occasion to remember the Hun­ the limitless treachery and total ruth­ garians who fought for freedom 7 years In attempting to control the :fires of lessness of Communist oppression. ago and, in spite of apparent thaw be­ freedom, the Communist regime has This spontaneous bid by a proud peo­ tween ourselves and Moscow, to remem­ tried to eliminate all the humanitarian ple for a free government was lost ideals so cherished by that country's ber what it is we are :fighting for and people. through an overwhelming combination honor the memories of comrades who of lies and brute force. Thousands of gave their lives in the same cause. The mute evidence of that failure lies patriots were killed. Nearly 200,000 in the barbed wire and mine :fields sepa­ Hungarians fled the country, rating the people from the free world. · After assurances by the Russians that On the 45th anniversary of the birth Soviet troops would be withdrawn from Anniversary of Czechoslovak Republic of the Czechoslovak Republic, I want to all of Hungary, which were given on Oc­ extend my best wishes to the people of tober 28 to Premier Imre Nagy, Soviet that brave country and to all Americans EXTENSION OF REMARKS of Czechoslovakian ancestry, I join in forces in massive strength surrounded OF Budapest on,,.November 1 and launched the prayer that the oppression of their an attack on the city on November 4. HON. CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI native land may soon be ended. They used 200,000 men with 2,500 tanks OF WISCONSIN and armored cars. - IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI~S Along with Premier Nagy, General Pal Maleter served as a focus of this nation­ Wednesday, October 30, 1963 Medicare Hearings Announcement wide rebellion. · General Maleter was Mr. ZABLOCKI. Mr. Speaker, Mon­ Applauded seized while attending a so-called nego­ day marked the 45th anniversary of the tiation meeting with the Communists birth of the Czechoslovak Republic. All EXTENSION OF REMARKS and soon after murdered. The Premier, over the world free people once again 01' likewise betrayed, was seized and subse­ raise their voices in encouragement and quently murdered as well. By the end sympathy to the people of that valiant HON. JAMES ROOSEVELT of the :first week of November, the Red nation which has been under Communist OF CALIFORNIA curtain had dropped again over Hun­ domination for more than 15 years. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gary. Despite oppression and brutal domina­ In the intervening years, up to the time tion at the hands of the Communist Wednesday, October 30, 1963 the present administration took office, forces, the spirit of the Czechoslovak Re­ Mr. ROOSEVELT. Mr Speaker, dur­ the United States maintained a strong public and the heritage of greatness ing the congressional campaign last fall, position of condemnation against the which the free leaders of that proud na­ the good people of the 26th District in Communist Hungarian puppet govern­ tion have left behind still is enshrined Californil]I. repeatedly queried me on the ment. Earlier this year, the present ad­ in the hearts of their sons and daughters, provisions of the President's proposal for ministration regrettably reversed our both within their homeland and abroad. hospital insurance for senior citizens, country's policy and failed to challenge Suffering under the twin disasters of and expressed the need for immediate the right of the Hungarian puppet gov­ 6 years under Nazi totalitarianism, the legislation in this area. During those ernment to a seat in the United Nations. Czechoslovak people from 1948 have en­ brief weeks at home and from the great The issue never came to a vote and the dured the terrible yoke of communism. volume of mail. received on this subject puppet delegation was admitted. There Despite the fact that the people of since the beginning of this year, it is are other signs that our Government is Czechoslovakia have been suppressed by obvious that medicare is still of primary moving toward softer measures. totalitarian powers, incorporated forcibly importance to my constituents, and I This would be understandable and de­ into the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub­ was, therefore, extremely pleased to hear sirable if the situation in Hungary had lics, deprived of their individual political, the recent announcement of the Com- truly changed. But it has not. The economic, and religious freedoms, the mittee on Ways and Means that hear­ government now in office is the very same people of that country long for the day ings are scheduled on the matter begin­ regime which had to be rescued by Mos- when their country will once again re- ning November 18. 20670 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-· HOUSE , ' October 30 Because of its preoccupation with~ these same concept;. Wlill~ he will nev~r be as the 'first duty of citizensh.ip. But a more other measures of import, particularly· forgotten as a ·soldier, history will surely partisan, more, self-Se.eking man CO.]lld not honor him more highly.for helping his coun­ have . accomplish~d for freedom and for the tax bill, ~he Committee on Ways and trymen to un_µerstand that the victorie_s of America what George Marshall accomplished. Means·found it necessary to defer action peace are to be won by those nations which The lesson of this example applies to us on medicare. It is hoped the Congress· pursue their objectives in a straight line of all. ·over tlie past quarter century, our sys­ will not now become so involved with dedicated purpose--withou t distractions,· tem and our people have been challenged as other issues that · this vital legislation divisions or diversion. never before. We have been challenged to will once more be overlooked. I applaud Two decades ago, on the very eve of our meet new opportunities and new responsi­ the committee for its announcement, and: greatest national danger, George Marshall bilities by new means and methods, .new urge it to act expeditiously, · took command of an army equipped with policies and purposes. We have succeeded in broomsticks. No general coµld have had our response because our system, our insti­ much confidence in tha_t army's readiness. tutions and· our traditions have been free of But George Marshali did have confidence in dogma and have permitted us to exercise the the American people--and in their political genius of innovation and inventions under a Vice President Lyndon Johnson's Remarks systems. On the foundation of that confi­ free and flexible system. dence, he persevered without despair, with­ · Today we have reached a point of new at the George Marshall Memorial Dinner out deriding the system or its leaders, with­ responsibility and new opportunity. We can­ out doubting the people. Through the dark not know fully the forces responsible for the EXTENSION OF REMARKS days of "Too Little, Too Late"-days many evidences of change within the system of OF of us · still remember so vividly from the communism. We realize the objective of Southwest Pacific-his unwavering con­ that system for world domination has not HON. OLINE. TEAGUE fidence inspired in his countrymen the c,on­ changed-and will not change. We do not OF TEXAS flclence indispensable ·for a great and suc­ realistically expect the character of com­ cessful national effort. munism to be negotiated away by the repre­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Only a few years later, 16 years ago now! sentatives of communism who come to the Wednesday, October 30, 1963 civilian George Marshall as Secretary of conference table. State saw the nations which had been lib­ But we must and we shall hold steadfastly Mr. TEAGUE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, erated at such sacrifice from one aggression to the character and objectives of our own I had the honor and pleasure to attend lying prostrate before a new aggressor. society. We shall not reject realistic op­ the George Marshall Memorial dinner Europe's harvest had failed. France was portunities that arise to relax tensions. and last week, and enjoyed particularly the free, but without food. England was safe, promote honorable peace. We can know ar.d tribute paid to this great soldier and but without coal for heat. Italy was Ub­ believe that i? a world which wants peace, erated, but a Communist coalition was with­ the most telling pressure we can exert upon statesman by our Vice President, the in 10 percent of occupying control of the Honorable LYNDON JOHNSON. the Communist system will be. a continuing government. Greece saw guerrillas advanc­ pressure for peace. Peace and freedom are Under leave to extend·my remarks _in ing across the countryside to within 20 the points of our offensive. The free world the RECORD, I . include Mr. JOHNSON'S miles of Athens. Turkey was resisting Com­ has the offensive for peace today-and we speech: munist claims to vital provinces. shall keep it. · Only 3 years after the end of the war, !hat REMARKS OF VICE P.RE.SIDENT LYNDON JOHN­ We shall keep it by maintaining both the B . great victory seemed destined to be· made SON, GEORGE MARSHALL MEMORIAL DINNER, strength of our arms and the initiative of hollow-the sacrifices to have been in vain. WASHINGTON, D.C., OCTOBER 23, 1963 George Marshall knew how desperately our diplomacy-~eeting new challenges as On this occasion, honoring the great man me.n everywhere wanted peace. At that de­ new opportunities. As citizens, let us ·fill we do, the temptation is very strong to eulo­ cisive moment, he instilled into our policy our roles by exemplifying in our citizenship gize and memorialize. For all of us who knew the simple but powerful proposition that those qualities of George Marshall-confi­ him, whether as soldier or statesman or those who want peace must be strong enough dence, perseverance, courage, and unselfl_sh­ friend, our memories carry the strongest to keep peace. On that proposition, ·Amer­ ness. sense of respect and awe for one of the most ica has stood ever since-and stands tonight. exceptional Americans of our history­ In Greece and Turkey, in Western Europe George Catlett Marshall.· and southeastern Asia, we as a nation have Remarks of Vice President Lyndon B. In the context of eulogy, we could review held steadfastly to a straight line purpose his remarkable career, dwell upon the high of building strength, military.. economic, and Johnson, George Mars~ll Memorial trusts which he held, and pay just tribute political. Because we have built it, because Dinner, Washington, D.C., October 23, to the success of the enterprises he led and other .freemen have joined with us in main­ the programs he initiated in support of the taining it, because together we have demon­ 1963 cause of freedom. strated our willlngness to use it, we are to­ But to speak of George Marshall in the day realizing exactly the results George Mar­ EXTENSION OF REMARKS past tense would be an injustice to this oc­ shall foresaw. casion-and to these times. Out of the his­ We have negotiated and ratified the test OF toric years of the middle 20th century, other ban treaty because we are strong, not be­ men may have written their names on the cause we are weak. We are encountering HON. JOHN BRADEMAS record of history with a more flamboyant and exploring other opportunities for other OF JlfDIANA hand. But as that record comes into truer negotiations and other agreements because IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES perspective, the name and record of George our adversaries learned beyond all doubt 1 Marshall stands forth in bolder relief as a year ago in Cuba that we not only have the Wednesday, October 30, 1963 continuing influence upon our times. strength to meet aggression but we have the Mr. BRADEMAS. Mr. Speaker, under As soldier, lie guided the forces of freedon\ will to use that strength against any who to victory in the first global war. As states­ would breach the peace in our hemisphere, unanimous consent, I include in the REC­ man, he set in motion new forces of freedom or in the world. ORD an outstanding, address by the dis­ to make that first global war also the last George Marshall is gone. The great ar­ tinguished Vice President of the United such conflict. mies he commanded have been disbanded. States, the Honorable LYNDON B. JOHN­ Today the harvest is ripening in the fields The great plan which bore his name has long SON, at the George Marshall memorial which were sown by this unselfish and dedi­ since ended. But his influence continues dinner in Washington, D.C., on October cated man, and there are lessons. for us to to shake the world in which we live tonight. 23, 1963. apply-lessons from both the work he pur­ As his works live on, so the spirit of his sued and the spirit of character he exempli­ character should also live on in our lives At this event, which was sponsored by fied. today. Few men of our times have made so the Association of the U.S. Army, Vice In pursuit of the victory in World War II, great or so indelible an imprint of character President JOHNSON spoke inspiringly of George Marshall offered his countrymen a as did George Marshall. Had he been a the magnificent contribution which Gen. living lesson of the necessity for confidence,. selfish or self-centered man, had be been a George Marshall made to the security of for perseverance, for courage. He helped to partisan, had he been less respectful of the the United States and to the cause of teach us an indelible lesson about the neces­ institutions of our system or less confident human freedom. sity for allies and the equally imperative of the capacity o! our people, the history we necessity !or unity within a free alliance­ recount tonight might be very different than The Vice President's remarks follow: Likewise, in his direction of our strategies, it 1s. REMARKS OF VICE PRESIDENT LYNDON B. he taught much that is fnvaluable about Once, when he was asked about his poli­ JOHNSON, AT THE GEORGE MARSHALL MEMO­ keeping first things first, fixing upon our ob­ tics, George Marshall replied, "My father RIAL DINNER; WASHINGTON, D.C., OcTOBER jectives and pursuing them steadfastly with­ was a Democrat, my mother was a Republi­ 23, 1963 . out ·distraction, division or diversion. can-I am an Episcopalian." On this occasion, honoring the great man As statesman, George Marshall again im­ Such an answer seems inconsistent in this we do, the temptation is very strong to bued our national policies and purposes with era when partisanship is so exalted by many eulogize and memorialize. For all of us 1963 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 20671 who knew him, whether as soldier or states­ THAT DECISIVE MOMENT free world has the offensive for peace today­ man, or friend, our memories carry the George Marshall knew how desperately and we shall keep it. strongest sense of respect and awe for one ' men everywhere wanted peace. At that de­ We shall keep it by maintaining both the of the most exceptional Americans of our cisive moment, he instilled into our policy strength of our arms and the initiative of history-George Catlett Marshall. the simple but powerful proposition that our diplomacy-meeting new challenges as In the context of eulogy, we could review those who want peace must be strong new opportunities. As citizens, let us fill our his remarkable career, dwell upon the high enough to keep peace. On that proposition, roles by exemplifying in our citizenship those trusts which he held, and pay Just tribute America has stood ever since-and stands qualities of George Marshall-confidence, to the success of the enterprises he led and tonight. pe.rseverance, courage, and unselfishness. the programs he initiated in support of the In Greece and Turkey, in Western Europe cause of freedom. and southeastern Asia, we as a nation have But to speak of George Marshall in the held steadfastly to a straight-line purpose of past tense would be an injustice to this building strength-military, economic and Rightwing Reactionaries Busy in Local occasion-and to these times. Out of the political. Because we have built it, because historic yea.rs of the middle 20th century, other freemen have Joined with us in main­ Election Campaigns other men may have written their names on taining it, because together we have dem­ the record of history with a more flamboyant onstrated our willingness to use it, we are EXTENSION OF REMARKS hand. But as that record comes into truer today realizing exactly the results George perspective, the name and record of George Marshall foresaw. OF Marshall stands forth in bolder relief as a We have negotiated and ratified the test continuing influence upon our times. ban treaty because we are strong, not be­ HON. GEORGE M. RHODES As soldier, he guided the forces of free­ cause we are weak. We are encountering and OF PENNSYLVANIA dom to victory in the first global war. As exploring other opportunities for other nego­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES statesman, he set in motion new forces of tiations and other agreements because our freedom to make that first global war also adversaries learned beyond all doubt 1 year Wednesday, October 30, 1963 the last such conflict. ago in Cuba that we not only have the Mr. RHODES of Pennsylvania. Mr. Today the harvest is ripening in the strength to meet aggression but we have the Speaker, all Members of Congress are fields which were sown by this unselfish and will to use that strength against any who dedicated man, and there are lessons for us would breach the peace in our hemisphere­ interested in the local and State election to apply-lessons from both the work he or in the world. contests throughout the Nation next pursued and the spirit of character he e:x­ George Marshall is gone. The great armies Tuesday. Every Member knows that any emplified. he commanded have been disbanded. The strong political trend that becomes evi­ A LIVING LESSON great plan which bore his name has long dent will have an impact on legislation since ended. But his influence continues to before the Congress, as well as on the In pursuit of the victory in World Wa.r II, shake the world in which we live tonight. George Marshall offered his countrymen a As his works llve on, so the spirit of his important elections in 1964. living lesson of the necessity for confidence, character should also live on in our lives What will be most interesting to watch for perseverance, for courage. He helped to today. Few men of our times have made so will be the activities of rightwing ex­ teach us an indelible lesson about the neces­ great or so indelible an imprint of character tremists who are increasing their influ­ sity for allies and the equally imperative as did George Marshall. Had he been a sel­ necessity for unity within a free alliance. ence and power in the Republican fish or self-centered man, had he been a Party throughout the Nation. Likewise, in his direction of our strategies, partisan. had he been less respectful of the he taught much that is invaluable about institutions of our 1:1ystem or less confident On a national level the extremists keeping first things first, fixing upon our of the capacity of our people, the history we seek to create confusion, suspicion, and objectives and pursuing them steadfastly recount tonight might be very different than distrust of representative government. without distraction, division, or diversion. it is. They seek to picture our high courts, As statesman, George Marshall again im­ the Congress, and the President as bued our national policies and purposes with Once, when he was asked about his politics, these same concepts. While he wlll never George Marshall, replied "My father was a enemies of the people. On a local level be forgotten as a soldier, history wlll surely Democrat, my mother was a Republican-I where these extremists have infiltrated honor him more highly for helping his am an Episcopalian." CIVIC organizations, luncheon clubs, countrymen to understand that the victories Such an answer seems inconsistent in this schools and churches, they seek to brand of peace are to be won by those nations era when partisanship is so exalted by many Democrats as immoral, dishonest, cor­ which pursue their objectives in a straight as the ftrst duty of citizenship. But a more rupt, and disloyal. line of dedicated purpose-without distrac­ partisan, more self-seeking man could not tions, dhisions, or diversion. have accompilshed for freedom and for It is not difficult to see the connection Two decades ago, on the very eve of our America what George Marshall accomplished. between these local contests and the greatest national danger, George Marshall A FREE AND FLEXmLE SYSTEM controversial legislation now before the took command of an Army equipped with The lesson of this example applies to us Congress. broomsticks. No general could have had all. Over the past quarter century, our sys­ Republican leaders tell the people that much confidence in that Army's readi:pess. tem and our people have been challenged national issues are not involved in local But George Marshall did have confidence in as never before. We have been challenged campaigns but among themselves they the American people-and in their political to meet new opportunities and new respon­ talk differently. The presence of Verne systems. On the foundation of that confi­ sibllities by new means and methods, new Stephens in my district, sent there from dence, he persevered without despair, with­ policies and purposes. We have succeeded in out deriding the system or its leaders, with­ our response because our system, our in­ Washington Republican headquarters, is out doubting the people. Through the dark stitutions and our traditions have been free further evidence of the real GOP objec­ days of "too little, too late"-days many of of dogma and have permitted us to exercise tive. us still remember so vividly from the South­ the genius of innovation and inventions un­ An editorial in a recent issue of the west Pacific-his unwavering confidence in­ der a free and :flexible system. New Era, a Reading weekly publication, spired in his countrymen the confidence Today we have reached a point of new quotes a former Congressman in proving indispensable for a great and successful na­ responsibility, of new opportunity. We can­ this point: tional effort. not know fully the forces responsible for the Only a few years later, 16 years ago now, evidences of change within the system of THE TOTAL PuRPOSE civilian Geqrge Marshall as Secretary of communism. We realize the objective of that "We want people to become aware of our State saw the nations which had been lib­ system for world domination has not total purpose. We are not merely anti­ erated at such sacrifice from one aggression changed-and will not change. We do not communist.'' lying prostrate before a new aggressor. realistically expect the character of com­ Those words, spoken by former Congress­ Europe's harvest had failed. France was munism to be negotiated away by the repre­ man John H. Rousselot, ls probably one of free-but without food. England was sentatives of communism who come to the the frankest and most honest statements safe-but without coal for heat. Italy was conference table. ever made concerning the true goal of the liberated-but a Communist coalition was But we must and we shall hold stead­ Nation·s extreme rightist organization, the within 10 percent of occupying control of fastly to the character and objectives of our John Birch Society. the Government. . Greece saw guerrmas own society. We 1:1hall not reject realistic Ex-Congressman Rousselot is the Birch So­ advancing across the countryside to within opportunities that arise to relax tensions ciety's Western States' governor and conse­ 20 miles of Athens. Turkey was resisting and promote honorable peace. We can know quently knows whereof he speaks when he Communtst claims to vital provinces. and believe that in a world which wants says that his secret organization has a total · Only 8 years after the end of the war, peace, the most telling pressure we can exert purpose which is not confined to fighting that great victory seemed destined to be upon the Communist system will be a con­ communism. made hollow-the sacrifices to have been 1n tinuing pressure for peace. Peace and free­ The total purpose is finding expression in vain. dom are the points of our offensive. The the local elections ot Reading and Berks _20672 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE October 30 .county where rightist thinkers are now run­ institutions and responsible leaders. They armchail's, savagely. second-guess political ning the Republican Party. -are united by a shared vision of a vast inter­ leaders. Total purpose, as applied to the John .nal Communist threat. In this nightmare, It is the rightwingers who have tried to Birch Society, includes such radical propos­ -they see themselves as the forces of good force the choice between Red and dead, re­ als as doing away with social security; re­ combating hordes of evildoers or dupes. fusing to acknowledge that Americans can pealing the Federal income tax and thereby Let's look at the rightwing's priority list endure alive and free. destroying the American concept of taxa­ of againstisms, bearing in mind that not all AGAINSTERS tion according to one's ab111ty to pay; with­ extremist groups advocate the entire list, · drawing from the United Nations; and op­ but some do, and almost all espouse most Mr. Speaker, Senator CLAIRE ENGLE, position to virtually every kind of Federal of it. of California, in discussing these extrem­ aid program beneficial to the people. 1. They are against labor unions. Along ists in a San Francisco speech said: A victory for the Republican John Birch­ With the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and They are sowing distrust for all American ers would place corporation lawyers and big National Association of Manufacturers, they institutions-its schools, its courts, its gov­ businessmen in control of city hall and the would begin by enforcing a national open ernment. court house. shop law and would clamp unions under anti­ What do they stand for? They stand for These are the same people who are pro­ trust law restrictions. nothing. They are against everything. moting adoption of right-to-work legislation They talk in terms of right to work and They accuse everyone who disagrees with in Pennsylvania-legislation which would free enterprise. What they really want is their brand of "Americanism" of being a weaken or destroy most legitimate labor to butcher collective bargaiping. They yearn Communist. They want to wreck the integ­ unions. Right-to-work laws are a form to turn back the clock to the days when the rity of the Supreme Court. They want to of compulsory helplessness" for workers be­ individual worker was at the complete mercy destroy the American trade union movement. cause all forms of union security would be of his employer. They deplore a system They stir resentment against our participa­ wiped out and employees would be helpless which permits workers, through their tion in the United Nations. They damn our prey. unions, to sit at a table on a par with em­ tried and true social security system, as so­ So here is the big link. You have big busi­ ployers and bargain over wages and Job con­ cialism. They want the income tax repealed. ness, John Birchers, right-to-workers, ditions. They want it ended. They villify the foreign-born and minority antilaborites and ultrarightwingers, all Join­ 2. They are against Chief Justice Earl group Americans. They spread seeds of ing forces in an attempt to capture the city Warren of the U.S. Supreme Court. They suspicion everywhere. They breed contempt and county in the name of Republicanism. want his head. They want him impeached for fellow humans and contempt for author­ (some want to impeach all nine Justices) ity. Mr. Speaker, during the past few because they claim absurdly "more -than 33 And they do this insidious wor'k wearing weeks many fine tributes were paid to decisions" by the Supreme Court under War­ masks of respectib111ty and labels of super the memory of Senator Estes Kefauver ren's leadership "favored the Communist patriotism. by Members of the House and Senate cause-:• PATRIOTISM The decisions right-wingers attack ac­ and by citizens from all over the Nation. tually defend the basic liberties of all Amer­ Mr. Speaker, the South Omaha Sun He has been recognized as one of the icans: freedom of speech, freedom of the had this to say about patriotism. truly great men of our time. He was press, freedom of association, freedom of Pa·triotism is not-as some seem to think­ courageous, honest, able, and dedicated. equal access to public fac111ties, transporta­ a matter of proclaiming one's own adoration As one who was closely associated with tion, and schools. of the flag while derogating that of one's the Senator from Tennessee I remem­ They practice a clever form of geographical fellow citizens. The true patriot doesn't ber quite well how he was frequently the selection. In the south, the rightists exploit wear his stars and stripes upon his sleeve; racism and assail the school desegregation he doesn't say-or think-that he and he target of smears from the extreme right decision. Elsewhere they beset decisions alone, or his group and his group alone, is because of his untiring efforts for social which have protected citizens from unfair the only reliable keeper of the sacred flame. justice, and for enactment of liberal and court punishment or congressional harass­ ~atriotism is of the deed, not merely the progressive legislation. . ment o-n political grounds. word; of attitudes, not attitudinizing; of a He was the Nation's most outstanding 3. They are against what they call "big healthy discontent with things as they are leader in the :fight against organized Government." By this, they mean strong and a resolve to do better, not the smug re­ crime and corruption. Yet the groups Central Government. They mouth the word fusal to countenance criticism or change, not which are now pouring money into local "Washington" as if they were chewing standing pat on dogma, not sitting tight on campaigns under the pretense of fight­ lemons. They say Washington usurps States the status quo. rights, individual rights and (this is when Patriotism, in short, is of the heart and ing crime and corruption, are the same they howl loudest) corporate rights. What mind, not the lungs, and so far as we can :financial interests which poured gigan­ they are really against are the laws which see, the hearts and minds of the American tic sums into Tennessee to defeat Sena­ protect the Jaws of the weak against the people are sound. tor Kefauver in his last reelection cam­ fists of the strong. paign.· 4. They are against a truly free public Mr. Speaker, I wish to include with school system which introduces students to my remarks the following articles which new ideas and different viewpoints. They Hon. Carl Vinson Recipient of a Great claim our schools "brainwash" our children illustrate further the well-financed and into communism. They fear and hate aca­ American Award well-organized drive of the right-wing demic freedom Just as they fear and hate Republicans to block social reform and free speech, and they want to crush it-be­ national progress: cause at heart they fear and hate the free EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF [From the Typographical Journal, June 1963] democratic process. They want to undermine the public school WHAT Is THE RIGHT AND WHY Is IT WRONG? system-which organized labor has done so HON. CHARLES L. WELTNER No single definition fully encompasses the much to build up-and convert it into an OF GEORGIA rightwing. It could be called a flo~k of indoctrination ground for future rightists. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES maiden antis. But this would portray only They succeed alarmingly in some areas by a crowd of busybodies harmlessly nosing censoring textbooks, capturing school boards Wednesday, October 30, 1963 about in everyone's affairs. The rightwing and parent-teachers• association, and gag­ Mr. WELTNER. Mr. Speaker, Mr. is much more than that. It is dedicated, ging teachers through intimidation. determined, and dangerous. It has money, Hubert F. Lee, for 34 years editor of 5. They are against the United Nations. - Dixie Business, has announced the 1964 manpower, and militancy. They dredge up phony arguments and manu­ Rightwingers basically are againsters. facture phony facts to show the U.N. is Com­ recipient of that publication's A Great They set out a whole smorgasbord of spites. :rp.unist dominated, which it isn't. They American Award. I am pleased to ad­ They fl.re salvos of propaganda bombarding conveniently overlook the valiant peacekeep­ vise the Members that our colleague and individuals and institutions they fear and ing function the U.N. has performed in many the dean of this House, the gentleman mistrust. What they are for-what positive world crises, the matchless contributions of from Georgia, CARL VINSON, has oeen proposals they advance-is as clear as Lon­ U.N. special agencies to world health, agri­ selected for this honor. don fog. For example, most of them would culture, and education. They are blind to destroy the social welfare programs which its unique value as a forum for all the na­ Honors are nothing new to such a dis­ cushion the hardships of old age or unem­ tions of the world. tinguished Georgian, whose service, ployment. Yet, they offer no alternative 6. They are against any efforts to negotiate spanning almost a half a century, has solution. a just and lasting peace. They are the war­ received justly deserved recognition They package their programs in the red, whoopers who belittle our Government's at­ throughout the world. I commend Dixie white, and blue of anticommunism, but theirs tempts, to reduce world tensions. Clv111an Business for its selection of Chairman 1s an anticommunism which weakens democ­ rightwingers are backstopped by a pool of VINSON, who truly deserves the title "A racy by showering suspicion on democratic retired admirals and generals who, from their Great American." · <.. 1963 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 20673 A Special Duty for ltepablicau · governments pay llp service to liberal dogma ernment employees discharged from the Gov­ they seem Ull!l,ble to control the emergence ernment. It means that any employee of this of ant111beral forces in their midst. The large agency who is charged by an anony­ EXTENSION OF REMARKS more massive the government complex, the mous informer of having "wrong" opinions, OP greater the possib111ty that these forces will associating with "wrong" people, or doing emerge. They appear under various guises: any other vague "wrong" thing can be sum­ "military secrecy," "national security," "in­ marily dismissed and remain forever tainted HON. STANLEY R. TUPPER ternational competition," "dominant govern­ in Government files and records without any OF MAINE mental Interest," or Just plain expediency. understanding whatever of why it happened IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In the last Congress, the House Committee and by whom it was caused. Repeatedly it on Un-American Activities, backed by the has been demonstrated that gross injustices Wednesday, October. 30, 1963 Kennedy administration and the House lead­ occur when the Government operates in this Mr. TUPPER. Mr. Speaker, in the ership, tried to push through by unanimous fashio~, and there is no commensurate im­ September issue of Harper's magazine consent a bill that went under the title of provement in Government security. "Industrial Security." A small group of us As disquieting as the bill itself, was the an article by the distinguished gentle­ in the House barely beat this bill down by procedure under which its proponents orig­ man from New York, JOHN V. LINDSAY, less than a majority vote, under a procedure inally attempted to put it through. Despite appeared entitled "A Special Duty for which requires two-thirds for passage. The loud cries of warning and protest from the Republicans." bill would have given the Government sum­ American Civil Liberties Union, two attempts This featured report has received wide mary power in effect to remove from their were made to pass the bill on the Consent interest thr-0ughout the country, and I Jobs, without due process, up to 6 mlllion Calendar, a procedure reserved for uncon­ Americans employed in private industry and troversial "little" bills which are thought would like to take this means to acquaint universities on defense contracts or on re­ to have unanimous. approval. There is no colleagues on both sides of the aisle with lated research. The rationale of the blll was debate. Admittedly this particular bill pre­ this valuable article: that since classified information relating to sented a close question because of the sen­ A SPECIAL DUTY FOR REPUBLICANS defense contracts and research is spread all sitive nature of the agency, but personal (By JOHN V. LINDSAY) over the country ln the giant industrial de­ rights are nonetheless diminished, and full fense system and in universities, the Gov­ debate was called for. (NoTE.-JOHN V. LINDSAY is now in his ernment must have power to screen out from The Attorney General continues to press third term in Congress as a Republican Rep­ access to such information any person it for legislation that will permit the FBI to resentative from New York City. In World believes to be a security risk. The decision tap wires without court orders in cases "pre­ War II, he saw action in the Mediterranean not to grant a due-process hearing on some senting a threat to the security of the United and Pacific on Navy destroyers; he got his undisclosed charge could be made under the States"---a phrase which can mean anything law degree from Yale in 1948 and practiced In terms of the proposed legislation at various to all. Wiretapping is dirty business. Im­ New York and before the U.S. Supreme Court, subordinate levels in the Pentagon. The bill proper~y used it is the worst kind of invasion He is on the House Judiciary Committee and made no provision for appeals to the courts of privacy. Modern electronic listening and has sponsored legislation for individual in individual cases. eavesdropping devices have made the threat rights, welfare, and education.) IS "SECURITY" WORTH THIS PRICE? to indlvidual rights posed by unchecked, un­ As I am a member of the minority in Con­ limited use of this power all the more dan­ gress, and since the maJority is large and Three of us objected to passing the bill on gerous. their whips take instruction from the Execu­ the Consent Calendar. It was then sched­ Recently there came to light a widespread tive, I am especially conscious of the mi­ uled for floor action under "suspension of practice in the Pentagon of using lie detec­ nority's obligation to restrain the Govern­ rules," a procedure which bypasses the Rules tors on Pentagon personnel. There is a whole men,t from whittling down basic individual Committee and is reserved for relatively non­ unit which does nothing but train people rights and liberties. The obligation applies controversial bills. Only 40 minutes of de­ how to administer lie-detector tests. Some no matter which party is in power; no p~rty bate ls permitted and amendments may not months ago, in connection with a leak to a in power has been without excesses--excess be offered. However, passage requires the news reporter of a nonclassifled Pentagon use of Government or congressional power affirmative votes of two-thirds of the Mem­ memorandum, the country was treated to to impinge on individual liberties. As a Re­ bers present and voting. Six of us,. all rela­ the spectacle of a few layers of brass in publican with high respect for the philos­ tively new to the Congress, three Republi­ the Pentagon, · including the Deputy Secre­ ophy of Lincoln, I see it as the special task cans and three Democrats, then went to work tary of Defense, voluntarily submitting to of my party to redefine the role of the in­ to muster support for an attack on the bill. lie-detector tests at the request of an out­ dividual in our half-garrison, half-welfare We were required to overcome the Secretary raged and embarrassed. Pentagon security leviathan state. of Defense, the Attorney General, the House chief. Contrary to the preva11ing view of m:, leadership, and the entire membership of the La.st year, I and five other relatively Junior party's national leadership, I believe that the Un-American Activities Committee under Republican members of the House Judiciary real danger of increasing centralism does whose direction the bill was being handled Committee-Joined later by a few Junior not lie in the comparatively modest Federal on the floor. We mustered enough "No" Democrats-were barely able to hold the line expenditures for the destitute, for educa­ votes to prevent two-thirds, but we still fell against a bill which would have made lt a tion, and for health, but rather in the per­ short of majority. The bill therefore, pre­ crime to "obstruct" a Government investi­ vasive threat to individual liberties that sumably, will be offered again under pro­ gator in the course of his work. Under the stems from undue concentration of military, cedures which require a simple majority for draft originally submitted by the Depart­ police, or economic power. passage. Meanwhile, the Government has ment of Justice, an irate housewife who These liberties include the rights to speak been operating an industrial security system merely administered a tongue lashing and freely, to dissent, to assemble and to peti­ by Executive order of the President but un­ brandished a broom because she objected to tion and protest, to travel without harass­ der limitations imposed by the Supreme having her home invaded--or even an ag­ ment, to take up or defend unpopular causes, Court. The legislation now demanded by the groosive lawyer defending his client--could to receive the full benefits of due process, Government would remove some of these have been included. and to avoid the frustrations, and arbitrari­ limitations. Three years ago during the Eisenhower ad­ ness of weighty bureaucracy. I received mail from several scientists and ministration the House passed with only one Certainly one of the functions of_the ml­ researchers telling me of lost Jobs and de­ nay vote--min~ so-called antiobscenity nority in representative government must be stroyed careers because they had not been bill, which would have given the Postmaster to protect such liberties from erosion by the given a chance to refute charges and hence General summary powers to prevent dis­ pressures of Government. Alexis de Tocque­ had been denied access to information tribution of books and periodicals thought ville commented that his major doubt about needed for their work. The immediate em­ by one official in the Post Office to be obscene. our system was "the possible tyranny of the ployer, the defense plant, or the university The measure was pressed by a Republlcan majority." In no area is this truer than the was helpless in these situations; the Fed­ Postmaster General and sponsored by a Dem­ area of individual rights. But neither the eral Government had taken charge of the em­ ocratic Congresswoman, accompanied by Democratic nor the Republican party is now ployer-employee relationship. flowered encomiums from the Democratic taking a strong enough stand for the protec­ In May of this year the House of Repre­ majority leader. It was a major and pr-ob­ tion of these rights. The Republican record sentatives passed, by a vote of 340 to 40, a.bly unconstitutional assault by Govern­ has been less than distinguished · on this H.R. 950 (to amend the Internal Security ment on the personal right of free speech. subject. The Democratic record is rapidly Act of 1950) which tosses into the ashcan The b111 placed the full burden of proving getting worse. . any semblance of due process for accused em­ innocence on the mailer and attempted to Massive complexes of institutional power ployees of the National Security Agency, an exclude the courts from reviewing the merits tend to roll up individuals in their path. organization which handles highly secret of cases on appeal. Surely the works of This is true In both the private and the pub­ mllitary and cold war operations. The bill, Geoffrey Chaucer would never have survived lic arenas. The combination can be devas­ which was backed by the Kennedy adminis­ 1! such a government tool had existed ln tating-as President Eisenhower warned in tration and the leadership on both sides of the 14th century. The American Book Pub­ his reference to the colossal power of the the aisle, denied hearings and all other Ushers Council and other organlza.tlons military-industrial complex. Although most normal procedures which protect most Gov- finally came to -~he rescue and the bill was 20674 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE October 30 jettisoned in the Senate. A reasonable pro­ A recent development is the use of Gov­ first amendment protection of free speech. posal was then drafted by a number of us ernment leverage to induce people volun­ How can people communicate if they can't and enacted. tarily to give up first and fifth amendment travel, whether across a street or an ocean? The House has passed by a vote of 338 to rights. Government employees, consultants, It is possible that the State Department is 40 a bill pressed by this administration private citizens in contractual or subcon­ waking up a little. Recently, when I threat­ which broadens the old World War I Sedition tractual relationships with the Govern­ ened a tirade on the floor of the House, the Act. The Sedition Act, which has been al­ ment-a large and still-growing segment of Department reversed its earlier refusal to most dormant for 40 years, makes it a crime the pop-µlation-are asked to sign away bill validate a passport to Albania for a constitu­ for any person in the jurisdiction of the of rights protections. ent of mine. He is an author who had con­ United States to make false statements de­ Regulatory agencies increasingly have tracted to travel by ship through the Greek signed to interfere with the Armed Forces, or moved in the direction of demanding vol­ Isles in the company of Britieh scholars and to attempt to interfere with enlistment. untary waivers of rights. Recently, for students of Greek civ111zation. The port of Constitutional lawyers agree that this act ls example, the Federal Trade Commission Durres, Albania, was to be a 1-day stop to the most stringent curb on the personal right mailed out mass requests to small apparel see some of the finest Greek ruins of all. of free speech ever enacted in our country's manufacturers demanding that they sign The predicament of the single American on history, including even the Smith Act. carte blanche "consent orders" binding them board would have presented a fine picture of Under the Sedition Act, some may recall, not to engage in the practice of sharing American foreign policy as he stood on the in 1918 an American woman was prosecuted, promotional advertising costs with retailers. gangplank-his passport surrendered to the convicted, and sentenced to 10 years in Few if any of these manufacturers were captain on U.S. Government instructions­ prison for saying, "I am for the people and under any charge of any specific wrong­ while his British counterparts departed for the Government is for the profiteers." Two doing. Admittedly, many manufacturers the short bus trip, passports, and notebooks years later, in 1920 when passions had calmed, split the cost of advertising at the insist­ in hand. an appellate court rev.ersed this decision. ence of the large retailers, a practice which Tp.e theory of the Department's position A preacher, whose audience was a woman, violates the Robinson-Patman Act. But the was that, since the United States does not two old men, and another clergyman, was normal method of handling allegations of have relations with Albania, it will not allow convicted and sentenced to 15 years for caus­ wrongdoing is on a case-to-case basis­ a citizen to travel in Albania, for his own ing insubordination and obstructing recruit­ complaint, answer, proof, and hearing. By protection. But the Department will make ing by preaching and issuing leaflets on the signing this consent order, the language of exceptions to its blanket area travel ban Christian duty of pacifism. He was pardoned which was unusually vague, the manufac­ whenever, in its sole Judgment, it finds the a year later. Under a State act, modeled on turer voluntarily surrendered his rights to cause worthy. According to State Depart­ the Federal act, a woman was prosecuted for appeal to the courts from the terms of the ment practice, a citizen's interest in the discouraging women from knitting socks for order. Two liberal-minded· Commissioners distribution of an estate in Albania would the soldiers overseas by saying, "No soldier that this devise set a new and frightening come under the exception-which means ever sees these socks." handed down blistering dissents, charging that a legacy of rare books on Greek mythol­ The amendment to the Sedition Act, over­ precedent. ogy would qualify, but a scholar's interest whelmingly passed by the House · of· Repre­ An argument can be made for denying in seeing the original stuff would not. sentatives, broadens the act ta include state­ public schoolteachers the right to invoke ments made by Americans overseas. The the protections of the fifth amendment as THE FIRST DUTY OF GOVERNMENT Justice Department thinks it necessary be­ a. condition of employment, or letter carriers The structure of modern society, based cause of our continuing mmtary commit­ the right to strike against grievances-but as it is on a high degree of organization, ments abroad. the practice nevertheless diminishes the encourages the growth of central power com­ NmBLINO AT THE BILL OF RIGHTS worth of the Bill of Rights, and the practice plexes. Today virtually nothing in the Con­ The bulwark of freedom is the first amend­ :widens. Recently even the voluntary aspect stitution except the B1ll of Rights effectively ment. Of all the personal rights and lib­ was abandoned when the Department of limits Government power in any field. It is erties stated in the Bill of Rights it ls the Justice nearly succeeded in pushing through the final barrier. And even here, the wall most treasured. It restrains constituted au­ Congress a bill concerning the transporta­ has been breached, as the pressures of na­ thority from interference with the rights of tion of gambling devices which would have tional security, international competition, individuals to speak freely, to worship freely, permitted the Department to force individ­ automation, and population expansion have to assemble peaceably, and to petition against uals to waive the fifth amendment in ex­ brought about pragmatic compromises of grievance. But the first amendment is a change for grants of immunity against very fundamental rights. What were once dike that must continually be shored up. prosecution. thought to be absolute guarantees and safe­ If neglected, it will begin to crumble, and guards in the B111 of Rights have become will finally burst. Rather than pressing for WHO CAN VISIT ALBANIA? mere weights on a scale ·which can be tipped legislation which will further erode the first Congress also seems oblivious to the nar­ the other way by the counterweights of amendment, the Government ought to be rowing of our basic rights. Bills against "the competing interests at stake." Con­ seeking legislation to empower it to invoke individuals are routinely scheduled for con­ trary to the common view, the Supreme the protection of the amendment on behalf sent-calendar passage until an objection· Court has not made the protection of the of individuals. knocks them off onto a calendar that requires B1ll of Rights grow to the same extent as In spite of the excellence of most parts fuller debate. Often they are brought up constitutional grants of power to govern­ of the administration's proposed civil rights under rules that do not permit amendments. mental complexes in other areas-and yet bill in this Congress, the administration A favorite day is Monday, when many Mem­ the need for maximum protection of basic omitted asking for legislation that would bers are still away from the Capitol on week­ rights is greater today than ever before. enable the Government to invoke the pro­ end trips to their States and districts. This point is cogently made by Yale Law tections of the first a.mendmen t on behalf of Last fall when a large group of women in Professor Charles Reich, former law clerk individuals who are in no position to do so New York and Washington assembled and to Justice Hugo Black, in a recent. article for themselves. Negroes have been attacked' petitioned against atom-bomb testing, they in the Yale Law Journal: in the streets for gathering together in were subpenaed by the House Un-American "In a mass society, with access to informa­ peaceable assembly in order to petition Activities Committee. There were four or tion about what is happening in Govern­ against grievances; The first amendment five Communists among them, and presum­ ment increasingly difficult to obtain, with in­ specifically protects "the right of the people ably the committee's purpose was to expose creasing monopolization of all the media of peaceably to assemble and to petition the this for the edification of the general public communication, and with heavy pressure for Government for a redress of grievances." as well as of the other ladies involved. But conformity from the large-scale organizations Coupled with the 14th amendment, the what happened to first amendment rights­ for which most people work, freedom of ex­ protection it affords the individual ap­ the right to assemble, to speak, and to pression and political association are easily plies against all governmental units. But petition-in the process? Few but the ladies reduced to impotence. If it is true that they the Federal Government ·cannot invoke first seemed the least bit troubled by the point. are indis~nsable to the functions of a free amendment protections on behalf of indi­ In the last 5 years I have spent more time society, could it not be argued that the need viduals in the absence of a statute. The than I should care to account for, shuttling for maintaining maximum legal protection statute has been proposed in the past-in between the House and Senate and the State of these rights has been greatly increased by fact the House passed it in 1957 only to . Department in order to contest legislation or modern developments? The Court has have it buried in the Senate-and four of regulations designed to place curbs on the weighed 18th century needs for rights ~gainst us on the Ininority side of the House Judi­ right of Americans to travel. Several years 20th century demands for power." ciary Committee, besides the chairman of ago the Supreme Court held that Congress In those cases where the Court has the committee, have introduced it again. had not authorized the State Department to "weighed the competing interests" and found The importance of "the right of the people deny citizens passports without fair hear­ the individual's interest greater than the peaceably to assemble" has been clouded in ings-the fifth · amendment right of due Government's, it 11:1_ strange ind~ed that the the public mind by instances of nonpeace­ process. The State Department has been Court should have been attacked by self­ able assembly, but its importance neverthe­ trying ever since to reestablish its authority styled "conservatives" for . su~verting the se­ less remains. In all the discussion about to deny passports in this arbitrary fashion. curity of the Nation. These ladies and civil rights there has been scant mention One day perhaps the Supreme Court will de­ gentlemen should, rather, take comfort in of first amendment rights and obligations. clare the right to travel 1s surrounded with the fact that the 18th century concept of 1963 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 20675 individual liberty can be reconciled wJ,th tlie breeds in Democrat machine control, to cans wonder what is uppermost in the ad­ needs of the 20th century. · wisely restore the responslb111ties of the ministration's planning-the national inter­ our Government was instituted to secure States and end the wasteful, warping cen­ est or the Kennedy interest? to individuals their inalienable rights of life, tralization of power in Washington. Gover­ Even the hopes of peace cannot be sepa­ liberty, and_the pursut of happin~. In a nor scranton wisely has said that the re­ rated from the administration's hopes for society as complex and rapidly changing as evaluation of State and Federal responsibili­ pow:er. How can any American be confiden~ ours, it is the highest function of Govern­ ties is a top priority need in this Nation. It that the next· concession or the one after ment to safeguard those inalienable rights is a need which never will be met under that is statesmanship or Just plain politick­ so that human beings may live in self-respect Democrat control. It is a need to which ing? and without !ear. The Bill of Rights marks Republican principles are pledged. _ Three years ago, this Nation and the great off a protected area in which each individual In Senator HuGH ScoTT you have one of .the alliances it had forged stood firm and com­ may develop himself and express himself great champions of another fight against ex­ mitted against Communist aggression. in his own way. But even that delimited ecutive encroachment and excess. Unlike American power, dedicated to a world of area can be restricted in the absence of a his senatorial colleague from this State. he open societies, had blunted the thrust of vigilant and vocal public opinion. I fear for · does not believe that Congress ls the greatest world communism around the world. the guarantee of the Blll of Rights for I have stumbling block to democracy. .He does not But today, American power, newly rededi­ never known a day or heard of a time when hold that the legislative branch must be­ cated-not to open societies but simply to the forces of myopia and tyranny were not come a mere rubber stamp for the whims' of making the world safe for diversity-is frus­ at work. There seems to be little concern any President. He holds, as I do, as you do, trated in our own hemisphere, torn by fail­ about the subject today. The absence of as Republican principles do, that the legis­ ures in southeast Asia, shamed by the wall concern-and therefore of watchfulness-is lative branch is the key to-an open society, in Berlin, and helpless as the greatest alli­ an unhealthy condition. In a society in­ that it is the people's forum, and not the ance for peace ever conceived, NATO, drifts creasingly given over to massive organiza­ Executive's plaything. aimlessly on a sea of indecision, its helm tion structures, in which individualism is Your State chairman, Craig Truax, stands loosened by a lack of consultation, communi­ either regarded with suspicion or ignored as in the same mainstream of American politi­ cation, and purpose. unimportant and unproductive, the absence cal necessity and need. He knows, as I know Republicans built bipartisan foreign pol­ of primary concern over individual rights and you know, that the political challenge icy for this Nation. They believed and still and liberties can lead to the stagnation, 1tnd to Republicans is to restore government to believe that partisan politics should stop at ultimately the corruption, of both govern­ the people, to make government at all levels the ocean's edge. But where is that biparti­ ment, and the free system that government once again dependent upon the people, not sanship today? It has not been scrapped is supposed to !epresent. turn the people into depende!}ts of the gov­ by Republicans. It has been scrapped by an ernment. administration that believes in bipartisan­ The pendulum of power in this- country ship only after the fact. has swung far past the point where honest Where ls the administration principles that Address by Senator Goldwater Before men once worried about an imbalance in can build such bipartisanship, that can re- · the Federal system which was stacked against store strength and purpose to free world Pennsylvania Republicans the National or Central Government. The alllances? It ls lost hopelessly in adminis­ concern today must be about a pendulum of tration expediency. But such principles can power that has swung toward disruption of be built by Republicans, and on Republican EXTENSION OF REMARKS every balance in our Federal system, that ·to­ OF principles. Those principles are not secreted day threatens to sweep away the system it­ away · in private diplomatic correspondence, HON. HUGH SCOTT self, substituting monolithic government in they have been published and pronounced the name of efficiency and progress. for all to know. Republican principles in OF PENNSYLVANIA But what sort of efficiency? The sort of foreign policy rest upon a belief that the IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES efficiency that says the planners in Washing­ world cannot permanently endure part slave ton can spend your money more wisely than Wednesday, October 30, 1963 and part free, that.. establishment of a world you can. What sort of progress? The prog­ in which men can live in freedom, security, Mr. SCOTT. Mr. President, I ask ress that stumbles backward toward depres­ and national independence ls the essential unanimous consent to have printed in sion-born make-work programs rather than condition for real peace. striding forward to real Jobs based upon real the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD the text of Republican principles proclaim that an ac­ an address delivered by the distinguished industrial and business expansion. _ tive strategy aimed at destroying the walls All it really means is efficiency in electing of communism does not increase the risk of Senator from Arizona [Mr. GoLDWATER] liberal Democrats and progre~ in perpetuat­ war-but, indeed, offers the best preventive before the Republican "Keystone Kick­ ing Democrat baronies in the bureaus of of war. off Dinner" at Hershey, Pa., on October Washington and the boss citadels of ma­ Last year, the Republican declaration of 10, 1963. chine-ruJed cities. It is not the country that principle and policy put it this way: "By There being no objection, the address counts in that equation. What counts are its effect on freedom, American foreign pol­ was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, New Frontiersmen and their cronies. icy must be Judged~nd not by its effect on as follows: · · Perhaps the overly tolerant wni say that popUlarity polls or on the attitudes o! neu­ all politicians have played this game. There tral leaders." New Frontier Democrats, now, TExT OF A SPEECH BY SENATOR BARRY GOLD• are differences today, that make the situation don"t even· try to match that with words, WATER, REPUBLICAN, OF ARIZONA, BEFORE THE far more grave. First of all, the liberal Dem­ REPUBLICAN "KEYSTONE K!CKOFP DINNER" much less deeds. The vitality of American ocrat alliance for power today means that leadership in the cold war has waned to the OCTOBER 10, 1963, AT THE liERsHEY SPORTS no Democrat candidate for office at the na­ ARENA, HJ;RSHEY, PA. vanishing point. The cold war seems to have tional level can be nominated or elected ended as quietly and quickly as the 50-mile If ever there has been a symbol of Republi­ without the support of big city political hike. Ended in the eyes of Washington, that can unity, Republican hopes, and Rtlpublican bosses and their corruption-ridden machines. is-hardly in the eyes of Moscow. victory, this meeting 1s it. Good men, sound This puts the hammerlock of boss rule programs, Republican principles, and Repub­ But how could it be otherwise? Is a party squarely on the necks of every American, re­ dominated by the concerns of machine pol­ lican dedication-all are represented here gardless of where they live. It puts the boss­ Just as they wm be, successfully and re­ itics ever likely to inspire men to great mis­ ism of the cities into power in the seat of sions in great causes? Can it mob111ze the soundingly, in 1964. power itself, Washington, D.C. This is a Keystone meeting and it has a hopes 'of the world when it must worry most keystone message. The crusade f()ll' good There is an international implication as about mobilizing votes? government begins in our Staltes, in our well. A party and an administration so be­ We Republicans are concerned by the fate statehouses, in our home governments, and holden to the bosses must be prepared also of the caiptive nations abroad. All Americans in our citizens' homes. Likewise, the Repub­ to play precinct politics with the hopes of should be concerned by the capture of the lican Party is based firmly on principles that the whole world. Democrat Party by the poiitical bosses here form the foundation of good government, What confidence can any American have . at home. clean and_responsible government, from the today that when an international issue is You, in Pennsylvania, have partioular rea­ town to the White House. decided at Hyannis Port it will not be de­ son to be concerned. Many of yaur citizens Our eyes are not fixed hypnotically on the cided on the basis of clan politics? ·Your live in political captive nations, captive to glitter of power. Our eyes are focused on own Senator ScoTr has seen the peril of this such machines as the Green machine. The the power of principles and on government political game that the Kennedy adminis­ great victory that you won here last year at every level which serves the people, but tration can play with the same gusto it plays reflected the realization by your citizens of does not coerce them, which represents the touch football. He has warned that even the need to smash that captivity. But one people, but does not regiment them. the Cuban situation may provide the admin­ election cannot do the job. One man cannot No State better shows tlie challenge and istration with a grandstand play for the 1964 do the job. · forecasts the victory than Pe~ylvania. . In elections. And the administration's reluc­ The mess that you inherited cannot be the administration of Governor Scranton and tance to come to grips with it now, to ev:en cleaned up completely until the cynical alli­ Ray Shafer, we see the challenge to each of enforce the rigid controls that followed the ance between machine political bosses and the States; to ·root out the corruption that missile crisis, must make millions of Amert- the Kennedy machine in Washington is it.self '20676 • CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-·HOUSE October 31 ·brougiit t.o ·an end. The Green machine is tier· Democrats. It· is they who remain dren; these people have·created an image and not· ·an isolated political dictatorship, self­ :trozen in the most. barren regional waste- destroyed th~r. moral&'!~ sustaining and self-protected. It is sustained land of all-the regions of machine ma.nip- Why haven't the Kennectys sent a ·Peace by Its -connection wtth the national admin­ ulation a.nd boss domination. Corps in t.o clean up that sort of backward- istration, wtth its pa.trona.ge, with its po­ What is the liberal Democrat wasteland ness? The answer is obvio.us-. They can't: litical power, with its money power. · It 1a like? What Is its weedy and seedy reality, They have seen the conservative mood of 'protected by the- same connections. the reality behind all of the glowing talk of :America wash away their support across the The best way to whip the Green machine, the New Frontier? Nation, they see the waves of discontent t.o return local government t.o the people It's the Democratic city committee in lapping even at their· fortress cities. ",fhey ,,, is t.o return the National" Government t.o the Philadelphia refusing to turn over its ftnan- must and they wm draw ever closer to the people. The same ls true of the situations clal records to a special grand Jury investi- political bosses, and the bosses to them. It in western Pennsylvania., in Allegheny and gating city hall scandals. It's · falsified means their political survival and, as in any Westmoreland Counties. Sever the links of requisitions to cover shortages in city funds. jungle, that is the highest law they know. political corruption that bind Washington It's zoning applications mysteriously Principles are mere slogans in such a Jun­ t.o the -bosses, and decent men and women granted. It's judges clamping legalistic lids ~ gle. National inter~sts are · mere trading everywhere will have a chanee, their best on probes of Democrat scandals. It's at- stamp bonuses when self-interest comes first". chance to clean up the messes in their cities, tempts t.o force State employees to contrtb- Given a choice between the co~ntry and towns, and counties. ut~ percentages of their wages to the the clan, has the national Democrat leader­ And always remember this: the Job can Democrat Party. It's the forced resignation ship ever chosen the countryt Will they? only be done through the Republican Party. of investigators assigned to probe the mess. Can they? No matt.er how decent the Democrat who is It has its moments of high irony as well. When it comes to choices, their choice ts elected in an attempt at local reform, the Listen, for instance, to Democrat Judge clear: government of the Kennedys, by the power of the machines, hooked int.o the Joseph Gold, as quoted in a leading news- Kennedys, and for the Kennedys. socket of power in Washingt.on, will send paper, criticizing a member of his own party, And for anyone who would make a differ­ his hopes up in a puff of smoke~ Democrats Joe Clark, !or suggesting that some Demo- erent choice, the course ts clear: return the who want 1t.o ·do something find that they erats are tied in with racketeers. How did government t.o th~ people. And .the way is can't:-not through the Democrat Party. It the good Judge- defend his· party? Let me clear~ the electio~ of Republicans in the will take Republicans t.o do the job, and quote him: "For 6 months prior to election towns, th~ cities, the States, the Congress~ all who are interested in seeing the job done day, Joe Clark, by his own confession, st- and the White House tn 1964. · must vote for them. · lently accepted the support of · racketeers Republicans were able, once, to , inspire It takes, t.o· sum it up, Republican prin­ outside of Philadelphia. After his election, the world with the ·concept of open skies-­ ciples t.o do the job-principles that start he denounced these sinister elements wtth- a concept which must be revived before the wtth dedication to local government and local out whose aid he might not have been re- world is forever walled off into separate ac­ responsibllity, principles that are not shack- elected." · commodations for the free and for ~he cap- · led to narrow interests but are pledged to What a typical defense. And also how tive. . . national interests, principles that aim toward: typical in that it pits Democrat against I say Republicans have another challenge the revitalization of local government rather Democrat in the Jungle that grows just a right at home. To inspire all decent men than aiming at its destruction. few figurative steps behind the manicured and women, regardless of their party, with This is a basic theory of government that lawn oft~ White House. a concept of open cities; American cities Is involved. On the liberal Democrat sUie But look deeper int.o the Democrat waste- open to the fresh air of political freedom, there ls the principle of centralized power land: crime in the cities, rampaging while open to growth and prosperity and change, and subordinated· people. · On the Repub­ showcase displays of this or that hoodlum open to the energies of citizens who want to lican side there ls the principle of limited are expected t.o divert our- eyes from the fes- save their homes and build their future, power and responsible people. tering corruption. · open to safe streets~ sound schools, and · Republicans sometimes are . criticizeci for Look at western Pennsylvania where a honest accounting. regional concentration .when rising new handful of conscientious pollcemen tried to It is not open skies that mark the Demo­ strengths in any part of the country · find break up a gambllng complex. How did the crat New Frontier around the world. It is the voters there . thinking .Republlcan and' liberal Democrat officials respond? Two of closed deals. voting Republican. .Republicans should not the policemen were assigned to cleaning out It. is not open cities that mark the national apologize for this. They should be- proud stables. Another was sent to pound a beat. administration at home; it is elosed wheeling of it. The truth ls that wherever Industry Another was sent to supervise parking at a and dealing; Is growing, wherever people are making new skating rink. Again, ~hat a typically Demo- It ls. the historic task of the R.epublican homes, wherever men and women are trying· crat reaction. Party in the years ahead t.o inspire integ- to make a good future, they are thinking And still the wasteland grows and flour- rity at home and rebuild the leadership now Republican. It 'is not, race or region that is ishes thanks to its connection with Wash- being lost around the world. forming the great new s.hifts in American· ington. Still, the ·contradictions between the We, can do this because we are a truly na­ politics-race and region are the domain of big talk of the big boss and the petty, cor- tional party, undivided by the borders of the Democrats. The Republican shift is rupt reality of his little-boss supporters. In political baronies. We can do this because formed o.f people in every· class, of every Washingt.on, we hear a lot of talk about we are a party united in principle, not race, in every region who are tired of the helping young people. But how does this shackled t.o the conformity of one man's tired old cliches of the Democrats, tired of inspirational leadership wor-k in the boss- dogma. the planned deficits, the planned depend­ controlled cities? Bill Devlin can tell you We can do this because Republican inter­ ency, the formless goals and the goading of how. Describing the situation in Philadel- ests are American interests, because our power. phta recently, he said that "public servants faith is in freedom, and our .freedom is in No, it ls not ..Republicans who , are grasp­ are setting an example to our children of the people-in the sacred rights of the ing at regional straws. .It ls the New Fron- corruption instead of leadership. To chil- individual.

· HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES those moods of doubt and despair to MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE which we are tempted to surrender. A message from the Senate by Mr. We humbly acknowledge that our hu­ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1963 McGown, one of its clerks, announced man souls, alike in their sin, their sor- . that the Senate had passed without The House met at 12 o,clock noon. row, and their search for peace, often amendment bills and a joint resolution The Chaplain, Rev. Bernard Braskamp, fail to understand that Thy ways and of the House of the following titles: D.D., offered the following prayer: Thy divine wi11 are the only foundation · H.R.1049. An act to amend sections 334, and basis on which to build a better 367, and 369 of the Bankruptcy Act (11 Psalm 128: 1: Blessed is every one that world. feareth the Lord; that walketh in His U.S.C. 734, 767, 769) and t.o add a new sec­ Grant that daily we may put forth a tion 355 so as to require claims to be filed ways. and to limit the time within which claims O Thou who wert the God of our fa­ faithful and heroic effort in behalf of a social order which has in it. more of dis­ may be filed in ~hapter XI (arrangement) thers, who trusted in Thee and were not cipline and self-denial, of partnership proceedings .to the time prescribed by section confounded or put to shame, help us to 57n ot. the Bankruptcy, Act (11 U.S.C. 93n); believe that the faith which supported and cooperation, of peace and good will. . H.R. 1311 ~ An act for the relief o! Jolan them in their days of trial and tribula­ Hear us in Christ's name. · Amen. Berczeller; . . . . H.R. 1345. An act for the relief ot Peter tion is abundantly able to sustain us. Cars·on; · · · - It inspires and fortifies ,us to know THE JOURNAL · H.R. 2260. An act !or the reUef of Mrs. that Thou art with us in these troublous Rozsi Neuman; days to give courage and comfort and The Journal of the proceedings of yes- · H.R. 2446. An act for the relief of Mrs. strength to conquer and cast out all terday was 't'ead and approved. Barbara Ray Van Olphen;