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1961 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 6283 substance, not the extravagance. They Freedom is born in pain, in struggle, in NOMINATIONS should report the thinking, not merely sacrifice. Our history reminds us of this. The man who asks only for stability in Executive nominations received by the some expressions of passion and emo­ Senate April 19, 1961: tion. They should report to the Ameri­ Africa is wrong. Stability for Africa is re­ can people what the leaders of countries garded by many to mean continued hunger, U.S. ATTORNEY sickness, poverty, and illiteracy. William T. Thurman, of Utah, to be U.S. or peoples are asking the world to under­ We welcome change for Africa and her stand, rather than indicate that public attorney for the district of Utah for the term peoples. That is why this Nation has pledged of 4 years, vice A. Pratt Kesler. meetings are but sessions at which the to share its resources-and we ask other na­ noisy, the impolite, the intemperate, or tions to share theirs-to help the African COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS the emotional can cause disturbances people make the economic and social prog­ The following-named persons to be m~­ which work their way into page 1 head­ ress-the changes toward which they strive. bers of the Commission on Civil Rights: lines, as a result of some emotional and We in America do not seek to dominate. Erwin H. Griswold, of Massachusetts. physical extravagances and abuses. We do not seek to control. We do not seek Spottswood W. Robinson III, of the Dis­ to tell Africans how to live or how to work trict of Columbia. Mr. President, I ask unanimous con­ or how to govern. We want only to share sent that excerpts from my remarks at what we know and what we have, so that the meeting on African Freedom Day be our African neighbors may build and grow CONFIRMATIONS printed at this point in the RECORD. as they choose. There being no objection, the excerpts Hunger, poverty, sickness, and illiteracy Executive nominations confirmed by were ordered to be printed in the RECORD, are the enemies of freedom and dignity. the Senate, April 19, 1961: We must join together-unite as one to as follows: GOVERNOR OF GUAM EXCERPTS OF REMARKS BY SENATOR HUBERT H. overcome these ancient enemies of humanity. William P. Daniel, of Texas, to be Governor HUMPHREY, AFRICAN FREEDOM DAY, NEW of Guam for a term of 4 years. YORK, N .Y., APRIL 17, 1961 We do not ask that the people of Africa accept our ways, our policies, or our system; FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION I am grateful that you have allowed me nor do we consider neutralism a political Philip Elman, of Maryland, to be a Federal to join with you for this African Freedom sin. We, too, have had in the early years Day program. I am honored to share this Trade Commissioner for the unexpired term of our Republic an adherence to neutral­ of 7 years from Sept. 26, 1956. platform with the distingUished representa­ ism-to noninvolvement. Read George tives of several new African nations. I am Washington's Farewell Address. Our hope hopeful that this observance-and others •• ..... •• is that the people of Africa can work against like it-will serve to remind the American the scourge of hunger, illness, and ignorance people of the yearning and struggle of the people of Africa for freedom. Independence, r ather than waste their energies and re­ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES freedom, and anticolonialism are hallmarks sources in a cold war struggle that can bene­ in our history. fit neither them nor the rest of humanity. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1961 We need to know-constantly and more There may be forces in the world today deeply-that the people of Africa today which are afraid to leave Africans free to The House met at 12 o'clock noon. struggle toward a life for which Americans develop, free to choose their own form of The Chaplain, Rev. Bernard Braskamp, have fought and died-a life of individual government, free to build their own social D.D., offered the following prayer: dignity, national independence, and political and economic systems. We Americans are freedom which we have won, and our fight not afraid. We are confident that the peo­ Joel 14: 1: The ways of the Lord are .continues as we here in America strike down ple of Africa will choose liberty and democ­ right and the just shall walk in them . the walls of segregation and discrimination. racy- if they have the opportunity for Almighty God, grant that during this But it was many years ago that we won choice. Yes, we believe that Africans want day we may be courageous and zealous freedom for our people and our lands. We freedom from hunger, disease, ignorance, and illiteracy. We are ready to help. in seeking to find the right ways and must regain a sense of excitement about it. means of solving the perplexing prob­ Freedom must be for us what it is to the That is why we wish to offer eaucation, people of Africa today-an exciting, dy­ not domination. That is why we wish to lems lest human life end in delusion and namic, vital, precious, imperative condition offer food, not force. That is why we wish disaster. of life and right of every man. to offer help, and not h arassment. Show us how we may make further If I could make just one request of my We offer the h and of friendship. We hope advances and participate more help­ countrymen relating to their attitudes to­ it will be accepted. We say: "Stand, and fully in the sublime adventure of leading ward Africa, it would be this: Let us dismiss walk proudly. Walk to freedom and dig­ mankind away from the devastating from our minds any attitude of authority nity." Look to the future; waste not our spirit of hatred into the spirit of love. or influence of superiority. Let us, above energy and emotion on the sins of yesterday. Deliver us from all cold and com­ all, approach the people, the governments, and the nations of Africa as equals-part­ Mr. HUMPHREY. Mr. President, I placent tempers of mind toward those ners, friends, and neighbors. may say it was a great privilege to ap­ members of the human family who are And I go even further. I would suggest pear; and we in this Nation, regardless held in hard places by the clutch of cir­ that this Nation would do well to approach of any interruptions, regardless of the cumstance and unable to carry their the vibrant and noble struggle of the African attempts of those who would try to stop heavy burdens. people with a touch of humility. the onward march of freedom, will con­ Bless our President, our Speaker, and This I know: The American people want tinue in our efforts, and we will not our chosen representatives with a pa­ all men to win and sustain freedom. We want the people of Africa to live, work, and be diverted from our task. We are tient and persevering faith as they con­ prosper under full freedom. We want the unafraid. As I said to some at the front duties and demands which only people of Africa to achieve and enjoy the meeting, we welcome the contest; we the range and reach of Thy divine wis­ dignity of freedom. welcome the fray; we welcome the op­ dom and grace can help them meet and We know that there can be no human portunity to pit ourselves, to put our­ master. and individual dignity where men are beaten selves not only against the problems of Hear us in the name of our blessed down by the burdens of hunger or bound Lord who alone can draw humanity by the chains of squalor. the day, but against those who create We know also that there can be no free­ the problems of the day. away from the horrors of war and into dom where there is no right to choose. the orbit of peace. Amen. Freedom is not passive; it is not merely an absence of restraint. Freedom is a positive, ADJOURNMENT dynamic force-the opportunity to freely THE JOURNAL choose. Yes, to accept or reject. Mr. HUMPHREY. Mr. President, in The Journal of the proceedings of We believe that the people of Africa must accordance with the suggestion previ­ yesterday was read and approved. be given a chance for freedom of choice, ously made, I move that the Senate now the opportunity to plan and achieve the cul­ stand in adjournment until 12 o'clock tural, political, economic, and social develop­ MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE ment to which they are entitled. noon tomorrow. We do not want just stability in Africa. The motion was agreed to; and <at 6 A message from the Senate by Mr. We want progress and growth and achieve­ o'clock and 10 minutes p.m.) the Senate McGown, one of its clerks, announced ment. "Stability" implies lack of change, adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, that the Senate had passed, with amend­ the status quo. April 20, 1961, at 12 o'clock meridian. ments in which the concurrence of the 6284 CONGRESSlONAL RECORD - · HOUSE April 19 House is requested, a bill of the House of This enormous undertaking has been RESIGNATION FROM COMMITTEE the following title: organized largely through the efforts of The SPEAKER laid before the House H.R. 5189. An act to amend the Internal one of the Americas' leading conductors, the followi.pg resignation from a com­ Revenue Code of 1954 to exempt from tax Guillermo Espinosa, music director of nuttee: income derived by a foreign central bank of the Pan American Union.

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