June 21, 1966 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE 13841
EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS
Conservation Activity in Missouri Expands ing 11 approved for construction opera in the community. Representative forms tions. These projects will reduce sub of government were established in the Through R.C. & D. Project Work stantially the erosion on uplands and the community as was the means of protec flood damage to cropland and pasture. tion for the individual. Trial by jury EXTENSION OF REMARKS It gives me great satisfaction to report was initiated in Iceland and this essen OF that Missouri is taking advantage of all tial part of democracy carried forth in HON. RICHARD (DICK) ICHORD the conservation tools provided by the the new communities. Congress toward greater development Democracy has been inherent in the OF MISSOURI and care of our basic resources. lives of the Icelandic people for more IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES than 1,000 years as they had estab Tuesday, June 21, 1966 lished a representative form of govern Mr. !CHORD. Mr. Speaker, last No ment characterized by their Parliament vember, Agriculture Secretary Orville L. The 22d Anniversary of Independence of or Althing founded in the year A.D. 930. Freeman designated areas in 10 States to Iceland Consequently, when independence came receive U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1944 the Icelandic people were pre planning assistance for resource con pared to live under a democratic govern EXTENSION OF REMARKS ment. servation and development, a conserva OF tion program authorized by the Congress History allo,wed Iceland to contribute in the Food and Agriculture Act of 1962. HON. QUENTIN N. BURDICK significantly to the development of These locally sponsored projects, addi America. Historians have maintained OF NORTH DAKOTA that the Vikings would not have come to tions to ongoing USDA programs in re IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES source conservation, are aimed at assist the North American Continent had it not ing rural communities in the develop Tuesday, June 21, 1966 been for the halfway point of Iceland. ment and multiple use of land and water Mr. BURDICK. Mr. President, Friday Early Scandinavian explorers were able resources. was the 22d anniversary of the independ to replenish supplies and repair their Missouri was one of the States that ence of the Republic of Iceland. It is vessels before going on to further coun applied for the USDA-assisted R.C. & D. appropriate that the Senate pause to rec tries. Today the island country is an project. Since receiving authorization ognize this occasion because of the con essential partner in NATO. The coun for project planning, sponsors of the tributions made by this tiny island nation try has leased land to the United States Missouri project have moved ahead with to our own country. for the use of NATO forces. Iceland is a number of proposals, many of which Coming to North America in the early also a connecting link in our distant early have been approved for technical help 1870's, the Icelanders settled in central warning line through which aircraft are from appropriate agencies. Canada, near Winnipeg. Some moved kept aloft over the island countries of This activity, in addition to the recent · into the Dakota Territory and estab Iceland and Greenland for defense pur organization of three new soil conserva lished communities there despite the poses. tion districts making a total of 68 in the hardships entailed in developing new set And so, Mr. President, because of the State, is an important advance in soil tlements. contributions Iceland has made to our and water conservation work in Missouri. Thorstina Walters, a native of Iceland country, I believe it is only appropriate It is an indication of the widening in reared in North Dakota, in her book that all of us acknowledge Icelandic In terest and involvement in improved soil "Modern Sagas" stated: dependence Day, 1966. and water management among Missouri In general, most of the early settlers were farmers and ranchers. Indeed, a second young, energetic, and thrifty. They were group of landowners in a nine-county anxious to learn from the experience of oth area in southwest Missouri have filed ap ers who were better orientated to the new Amendments to the Housing Act of 1949 plication for another R.C. & D. project land than they were. in the State. In not too long a time the Icelanders in EXTENSION OF REMARKS I am especially impressed with these the Dakota territory began to take pride in OF developments because they reflect an in breaking the sod and to have a liking for the prairie. To them, the prairie became a tensification in concern for soil and symphony of sounds. There were times when HO~. RODNEY M. LOVE water resources that conservation leaders the tall grass swaying in the wind seemed OF OHIO in Missouri have worked hard to to speak the language of the ocean waves IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES stimulate. that washed the shores of their oceanbound I am informed that since 1960, 26 homeland. And often enough the faint stir Tuesday, June 21, 1966 counties have held successful referen ring of the breeze whispered of hidden op Mr. LOVE. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I dums for formation of soil and water portunities still lying buried under the soil introduced two bills, H.R. 15789, to conservation districts. . This is the kind of Dakota's vast prairie. amend title I of the Housing Act of 1949 of progress we need in Missouri to join The Icelandic people who settled in to authorize financial assistance for the ranks of those States that are 100- North Dakota did take advantage of the urban renewal projects involving the percent covered by soil conservation opportunities of the country they lived central business district of a community districts. in. They established thriving communi without regard to certain requirements The objectives of the Missouri R.C. & ties in the land they conquered and are otherwise applicable and, H.R. 15790, to D. project collectively will contribute to constantly striving to improve the com make certain expenditures of the city of increase living standards and enlarge munities and their country. Today Dayton, Ohio, eligible as local grants-in economic development of the potential about 1,000 of these Icelandic-Americans aid for the purpose of title I of the Hous of small watershed projects for flood are citizens of North Dakota. The com ing Act of 1949. prevention, irrigation, and recreation munity of Mountain, N. Dak., is among These bills would greatly accelerate through improved management of wood the few true Icelandic-American com the present urban renewal program by land potential and a marketing coopera munities remaining in our country. It allowing noncash credits for the Sinclair tive for wood products and through was among those established at the time Community College and the county improvement of transportation and com of early settlement and depicts the char courts-jail complex. These noncash munication facilities. acteristic unity and community pride at credits could then be used for other Farmers and other landowners as w2ll tributed to the Icelandic people. urban renewal projects in Dayton. Also, as the whole State generally will benefit The small communities were and still these measures would permit us to begin, from Missouri's small watershed proj are examples of the democratic way of at an earlier date, a project of vital im ects, which as of May 1 number 20 au life. Early local governments were cen portance to the entire Dayton com thorized for planning assistance includ- tered around the individual and his life munity. This would be a. project in the 13842 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE June 21, 1966 inner west Dayton area--an area of ex Commission~d on November 25, 1961, the output of about 300 powerful radio tremely blighted housing and highly the "Big E" has been performing yeoman stations operating simultaneously. She concentrated social and economic con service for the United States. Along has 900 television receivers, a closed ditions. These problems are more severe with the carrier Independence, she par circuit television station, and generates in this area of Dayton than in any other ticipated in the Cuban quarantine and sufficient electricity to meet the needs of part of the city. was subsequently deployed to the Medi a city of over 2 million people. In addi My request for consideration of credits terranean. tion, her equipment includes such mod is a natural outgrowth of the present In July 1964, the Enterprise in com ern and complex items as the naval tac local grant-in-aid procedure which has pany with her nuclear-powered escorts, tical data system, a data processing and been developing since the Housing Act the Long Beach and Bainbridge, circum communications system which evaluates of 1949. As you know, this act provides navigated the globe in Operation Sea enemy threats and recommends counter that cities should be given credit for Orbit. This task force comprised of nu moves to shipboard commanders in mil public improvement activities necessary clear-powered surface ships performed lionths of a second. A second mechani for revitalization of declining areas. the entire 65-day globe-circling voyage cal brain is the integrated operational This revitalization is very necessary for without receiving any fuel, food, or other intelligence system which stores data aiding private development. provisions en route. It was an unprec from reconnaissance flights to be called Mr. Speaker, it is my feeling that all edented history-making feat, impossible up as needed .in order to provide the cities in the United States with urban of duplication without replenishment by tactical commander with a full back renewal programs would benefit by the conventional-powered surface ships. ground of information on any given tar enactment of H.R. 15789 and, it is my In December of last year, the Enter get area. She represents, therefore, one sincere hope that the Congress will prise was deployed to Vietnam and be of the most amazing engineering feats of recognize the importance of this meas came the first nuclear-powered ship to modern times. ure and the value of H.R. 15790 to Day engage in combat operations. For the The word "enterprise" signifies bold ton, Ohio, by giving favorable considera :first time in our naval history, vessel ness, initiative, and readiness to under tion to these two measures during this operations were completely independent take important missions, and this aptly session of Congress. of the limitations of propulsion by either describes the world's only nuclear Powered aircraft carrier which is the wind or limited fossil fuel supply. Two pride of the U.S. NavY, It also charac oil-burning escorts were her sole limita terizes the shipbuilding and ship repair tion, for which the nuclear-powered car capabilities of the San Francisco Bay San Francisco Welcomes the U.S.S. rier carried black oll for refueling. area and particularly the naval ship Enterprise On her second day on station in South yard, and represents a tribute to these Vietnam waters, the Enterprise broke the Pacific coast facilities by the selection existing record for the number of sorties of the Naval Air Station at Alameda as EXTENSION OF REMARKS flown in a single day by setting a new OF her home port, joining as she does the high of 165. three other aircraft carriers also home HON. WILLIAM S. MAILLIARD Displacing more than 83,000 tons, the ported at this location-the U.S.S. Han "Big E" is the largest warship in the cock (CVA-19), the U.S.S. Coral Sea OP CALIFORNIA world. Her flight deck area is equivalent (CVA.-43), and the U.S.S. Ranger CCVA- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to almost 4½ acres. and the total height 61). Tuesday, June 21, 1966 of the ship from the keel to mast top is As befitting the occasion, there will be equal to that of a 25-story building. Mr. MAILLIARD. Mr. Speaker, today a huge ·welcoming reception for the En Powered by eight nuclear reactors pro the nuclear-powered attack aircraft car terprise and her crew today at the Ala ducing over 200,000 hor.espower, this $444 meda Naval Air Station, and I wish to rier U.S.S. Enterprise will be arriving on million carrier has a top speed of more join my voice in extending a warm per her :first visit to her new home port at than 28 knots. Her evaporators produce sonal welcome to the commanding officer the Naval Air Station, Alameda, Calif., enough water for the daily consumption of the U.S.S. Enterprise, Capt. James M. following a tour of more than 8 months of almost 1,500 homes. She has over 900 Holloway III, USN, and the approxi 1n combat operations in the South China telephones. The total output of all elec mately 5,000 officers and men of that Sea. tronic equipment on board is equal to gallant ship.