September 6, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 29617 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS TESTIMONY OF DR. EUGENE LINSE public Elementary and Secondary Schools. Mohammedans, Baptists, Methodists, non­ Members of both political parties recognize believers, Presbyterians, or members of any this need. Both are currently advocating the faith because of their faith or lack of it, concept o:( educational tax credits as a Con­ from receiving the benefits of public welfare HON. JOSEPH E. KARTH stitutional way of aiding these parents who legislation." OF MINNESOTA now face the difficult task of meeting increas­ (3) there is no entanglement of Govren­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing tuition costs. H.R. 16141 possesses ele­ ment with religion in this Act; there is ments found in all 41 bills on tax credits nothing different here than in any tax credit Wednesday, September 6, 1972 that have been introduced in Congress while or deduction currently allowed in law. Mr. KARTH. Mr. Speaker, the House they differ in details, they all have the same I wish to thank you for this opportunity purpose: help these parents by giving them to present position of Citizens for Educa­ Committee on Ways and Means has been tional Freedom on pending tax credits legis­ holding hearings on a matter of impor­ at least some credit for their educational · expenses. H.R. 16141 opposes t~e $200 tax lation. tance-H.R. 16141-a bill that would credit per pupil. A much more realistic figure allow tax credits for parents of children would be $400 per pupil less than 50 percent attending private elementary and sec­ of the current expenditure alone in public CATCH 22, INDIAN STYLE ondary schools. education in the poorest of states. I am pleased that a distinguished mem­ Tax credits, except for educational ex­ ber of my congressional district, Dr. Eu­ penses, are not a new idea the Federal Gov­ ernment currently perinits credit for a va­ HON. ALAN CRANSTON gene Linse, the president of Citizens for riety of reasons, such as, for retirement in­ OF CALIFORNIA Educational Freedom, testified before the comes, for business investments, and certain IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES committee on a vital section of H.R. types of foreign taxes. 16141, title II. The Governme·nt allows large corporations Wednesday, September 6, 1972 I believe the testimony of Dr. Linse is credit for business expansion. Theologically Mr. CRANSTON. Mr. President, on of particular significance as we consider a loss in Federal revenue is incurred in grant­ February 2, 1972, I introduced a bill March 1972? after four months of battle, the moral of There are probably three main J;easons. First, public schools and buildings. In that the South Vietnamese forces has never been it is clear from the conversation of Soviet time, respect for other persons, respect higher. In the words of Lt-Gen. Nguyen diplomats in a number of capitals that the for individual integrity, and respect for Van Minh, Commander of III Corps, whose Soviet Government knew that Vietnamisa­ our institutions has been weakened. I troops held An Loc against a furious Com­ tion was working and that the power of the believe the Supreme Court was mis­ munist assault, "my men are now three South Vietnamese Government within its own guided in its decision. I know the ma­ inches taller." borders was increasing. jority of citizens share my belief. What matters for the future of South Viet­ Secondly, the Russians and the North Viet­ I am encouraged by the strong stand nam is the fact that the recent battles have namese both knew that a successful offensive the leadership of the Republican Party 29620 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 6, 1972 has taken on the school prayer issue, does not seem to be a distinction thMi he "How is my son?" A wife asks: "Is my and I am hopeful that Congress will h.1mselt is prepared to make. husband alive or dead?" move swiftly to restore the right of Nor is it just a washed-up movie actress Communist North Vietnam is sadistic­ with lots of money who hates the old. Listen prayer to our citizens. to Tom Wicker, the movement's representa­ ally practicing spiritual and mental gen­ The text of the Republican platform tive on The New York Times, describe the ocide on over 1,757 American prisoners plank on school prayer follows: la.bor leaders of the country. "They were still of war and their families. We affirm our view that voluntary prayer mumbling threa,.ts and recriminations around How long? should be freely permitted in public places­ their frayed cigars--elephants on their way particularly~ by schoolchildren while at­ to the boneyard." tending public schools-provided that such Well, maybe. But many Americans still prayers are not prepared or prescribed by have some reservations about whether they CASPER MATHER, WELL-KNOWN the state or any of its political subdivisions are ready to turn political and moral power ALASKAN, DIED AT 97 and that no person's participation is coerced, over to the elites. Many intellectuals will thus preserving the traditional separation of agree, but the sectarian intellectuals see a church and state. way to power and they are grabbing !for it. HON. NICK BEGICH Where these sectarian intellectuals stand is OF ALASKA nicely outlined by Arnold Beichman (himself IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES an i:rutelleotual) in his new book, "Nine McGOVERN "ELITES" TO PURIFY Lies About America." Anyone wishing to Wednesday, September 6, 1972 know what the sectarian intellectuals really US ALL think about the rest of us should read the Mr. BEGICH. Mr. Speaker, on July book. 19, 1972, Casper Mather, well-known J. Among the lies Beichman documents are: Tsimpsean wood carver and one of the HON. EDWARD DERWINSKI "America. is a fascist country," "America five remaining pioneers of New Met­ OF ILLINOIS means genocide," "the American worker is a. lakatla, died at Ketchikan General Hos­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES honky," "our political system is a. fraud," pital at the age of 97. I would like to pay Wednesday, September 6, 1972 "American values are materialistic,'' "Amer­ tribute to this man who symbolized a ica is insane,'' "the American people are generation that dimly remembered the Mr. DERWINSKI. Mr. Speaker, cer­ guilty." The people who believe these things days in Alaska before the white man and tainly, we recognize the natural tendency hate the rest of us, make no mistake about it. looked forward to conquering the diffi­ of political commentary to reflect the In fact, there was much hatred at the Democratic convention. The pro-McGovern culties of a new way of life. partisan view of an individual, and I be­ journalists sang the praises of the delegates Casper Mather was born in 1875, and, lieve it behooves us to study objective re­ for drinking less than delegates at previous as a young boy accoma:>anied Father ports of the political scene. Therefore, I conventions. But many of these delegates William Duncan, a missionary sent from direct the special attention of the Mem­ did not need to drink; they were getting their England, to their new home on Annette bers to a column in the New World of kicks other ways. Political rhetoric is fre­ Island in Alaska. Father Duncan had a August 25th by Father Andrew M. Gree­ quently abusive, yet it 1s harmless because profound influence on Casper Mather's ley which is, in my judgment, a very no one takes it seriously, neither those who life, and Casper believed that "Christian­ scholarly commentary on the makeup of use it nor those who are attacked by it. But when Allard Lowenstein and Father Drinan ity was the greatest gift of the white man McGovern supporters. attack Mr. Nixon there is pure venom in to our people." He, himself, was a staunch McGOVERN "ELrn:s" To PURIFY Us ALL their voices. They not merely want to beat Christian who preached to his people on (By Father Andrew M. Greeley) him; they want to destroy him because he Sundays, both in English and in his na­ Among other things, the 1972 campaign is "immoral." tive tongue. On one occasion, accompa­ is an attempt by those who are the intellec­ And not only Mr. Nixon, I think. One of nied by his wife, Casper went to many tual and cultural elites of the country-and the female crazies said that it was a "purify­ churches in New York, Chicago, and by their own standards are also an elite of ing" convention. Right I The old and the other cities to tell the congregations of moral concern and ethical sensibility-to corrupt and the uneducated and the ethnic the missionary work among the Indians. take over political power. They have already were purified right out of the party. The taken over the Democratic party, and their Chicago delegation, duly elected under the He was chosen because he "knew more sights are now set on the White House. laws of the State of illinois was purified be­ about Alaska than anyone else." Forty-five per cent of the McGovern dele­ cause it was old and immoral. The labor lead­ Casper had traveled extensively gates at the Democratic convention had at­ ers were purified because they were on their throughout Alaska. When he was a young tended graduate school as opposed to 4% of way to the boneyard. But the purification man during the gold rush, he went to the national population. They were very has just begun. Now the party has been Chilkoot Pass and packed loads for men much concerned, of course, about "balanced" purified, next the nation. What does Mr. McGovern think of all this? who wanted to dig for gold. In Casper's delegations--although none of them sug­ words, "They were all crazy; it was hard gested that there should be adequate repre­ His admirers say he is a decent, honorable sentation for the 89% of the American popu­ man who is not an extremist. But if he has work, but we made lots of money." Later, lation which did not go to college, or even repudiated the purifiers, he has yet to do it he traveled all over Alaska, learning for the 60% of the young people who never in a very loud voice. about the land and its people .. He trapped went to college. Who are these people that are going to use fur animals, fished for Alaska salmon, As one McGovern enthusiast said to me the young of the nation to purify the rest and did all of the many things Indians when I expressed doubt that Gloria Stelnem of us? Listen to Norman Podhoretz, who had learned to do to earn a living in the or Bella Abzug spoke for very many American knows them all too well from having associ­ rugged climate. women. "But they know what the interests ated with them most of his life. They are of women really are and most women don't." unwilling "as a class to understand them­ At one time, he even had a ship cap­ This is elitism pure and simple; but that's selves as part of the common run of mail­ tain's license. He and his brother Paul what the name of the game is. kind, to understand their own implication knew how to pilot boats, had grown up As lfor moral sensitivity, consider Shirley in the common run of human experience .•• on the water, and knew all about the MacLaine's comment tha.t the Daley delega­ the intellectuals have been trained to be­ rocks and islands where they lived. tion was so old she didn't know how they got lieve that they transcend the common des­ Father Duncan encouraged them to read out of bed in the morning. Most people would tiny by virtue of the power of their minds." books on navigation and steam engines, consider such a crack to be cruel, vicious which they did before going to Juneau and politically inept, but one must under­ and passing the examination. Nearly 50 stand that the elites consider youth to be clean and pure and the rest of us to be im­ MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN­ years later, during World War II, the moral and corrupt. There is no need to ab­ HOW LONG? Coast Guard called him, renewed his stain from offending the old or the ethntc. old license, and asked him to be ready in or the workingman. They are politically fin­ case he was needed. ished. The legions of the young are going to HON. WILLIAM J. SCHERLE His wife and 12 children were claimed deliver the country into the keeping of people OF IOWA by the tragedy of tuberculosis. Alone like Miss Ma.cLaine. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES during his later years, Casper earned his Obviously, Mr. McGovern himself is not so living by carving totem poles, peace pipes, naive. Yet those of us who have never voted Wednesday, September 6, 1972 for a Republican in all our lives would like war clubs, bows and arrows, and other to be able to distinguish between Mr. Mc­ Mr. SCHERLE. Mr. Speaker, a child wooden objects for the tourist trade. The Govern and some of his supporters, but it asks: ''Where is daddy?" A mother asks: art of wood carving had been passed September 6, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 29621 down to him through many generations, tion to be unconstitutional. Since that manner which includes local interest and and the long hours of careful and loving time subsequent court decisions have participation. I wish to submit the fol­ attention were evident in the hand­ found that de facto segregation, resulting lowing article pertaining to this matter carved figures. Casper was a real artist in from neighborhoods being predominantly from Rural Electrification magazine, en­ wood and each of this productions were of one racial group, is also unconstitu­ titled "A New Light on Rural Develop­ authentic, taken from the lore of his tional. ment,'' by James V. Smith, Administra­ wood carving ancestors or the legends of In the absence of Congressional ac­ tor of the Farmers Home Administra­ his people. Some of the designs were bor­ tion, the lower Federal courts have issued tion. rowed from other Canadian and Alaskan a wide variety of remedies to insure that [From Rural Electrification, August 1972) tribes, with the influence. of tha Tlingit all school children have equal educa­ A NEW LIGHT ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT and Haida tribes, among others, being tional opportunity. One of the many re­ (By James V. Smith) medies drawn up by the courts was the seen in his work. Each figure was carved Wher I heard that one rural community with great care and concentration with extensive transportation of pupils from had been polled on its interest in rural de­ his handmade tools. one school to another often over long velopment and had overwhelmingly refused The totems he carved told ancient distances. to take part in it, I was amazed and a little legends of his people, stories of battles The result of all this court action has shocked. Why would a community reject and other happenings, or of the lineage been a new evil to match the older one improvement? In this particular case, the of an Indian family. But, even more im­ of racially segregated schools. That evil residents thought "rural development" meant portantly, the wood carvings of Casper is the disruption of communities and the that a factory would invade their com­ transportation of school children to munity and they did not want it. Mather will serve as a reminder of a man To me rural development is a package in­ who has become such an unforgettable achieve social goals. I strongly concur volving ideas, initiative and action pro­ part of Alaskan history. with the President's statement that grams that will bring new life and new op­ "schools exist to serve children, not to portunity to rural areas. If communities we bear the burden of social change." It is serve think it means only bringing in a fac­ wrong to expect that our schools can be tory, we have not told our story well enough. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT the sole factors in achieving social We must infbrm rural people of the many change. things that can be done, and of the importance of local participation and ini­ HON. EARL F. LANDGREBE There were many reasons why I ob­ tiative .... jected to the use of forced busing as a The most important contacts must be OF INDIANA major means of ending discriminatory IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES made by the states and counties. Rural De­ schooling. velopment Committees should use every pos­ Wednesday, September 6, 1972 First, I felt that Congress had to re­ sible avenue to advise each community of the Mr. LANDGREBE. Mr. Speaker, in assert its duty to enact legislation and opportunities to determine its destiny. The passing the Equal Opportunity Act, I to secure the rights guaranteed under town, community, or area can select the kind the Constitution in the 14th Amend­ of help it wants from the dozens of pro- feel that the House of Representatives grams available to it. . has made a historic decision to restore ment. I could not stand by and see this power usurped by the Federal courts. Some will decide that they need factories the inherent balance in our Federal sys­ and other alternative sources of employ­ tem between the power of the courts and Second, I feel that our governmental ment. Some will emphasize new homes, the legislature. But more than this, by structure must sustain the rights andre­ which will improve the local economy by our action we have reaffirmed the right sponsibilities vested by the States in the providing work and an expa,nded tax base. and the power of Congress to enforce the local school boards. Others will continue their present course. equal protection laws as they are guar­ Third, we dare not allow the legiti­ If communities are to be improved, the anteed under the 14th Amendment. mate concerns of parents to be muffled ~eeds must be assessed and plans worked out. ~hen help can be sought. These two actions should serve as a by Federal regulation. The enforced turning point for the renewal of the busing orders of the courts resulted in The Farmers Home Administration pro­ just such a disruption of peoples' lives. motes rural development through three ma­ Federal structure and serve notice at jor thrusts: A rural housing program pro­ the same time that we will not desist Fourth, forced busing does not really vides funds for single-family dwellings, from our efforts to see that every Ameri­ contribute to solving the racial problems rental units, and self-help housing. Farmer can receives the equal protection of the in America. On the contrary, it com­ programs help families purchase or improve laws of our land. pounds the problem by stirring up emo­ farms, provide short-term operating funds, tions in many communities throughout and help restore farming operations dis­ It would be valid at this point to refer the country. rupted by natural disaster. Community serv­ directly to the words of the 14th Amend­ Above all, the undue attention which ices loans permit thousands of families in ment: rural areas to enjoy an adequate water supply No State shall make or enforce any law forced busing has attracted has di­ for the first time. Industry finds ideal loca­ which shall abridge the privileges or im­ verted attention from what must be our tions along these water lines. This means munities of citizens of the United States; prime area of concern-that of improving jobs and real and viable rural development nor shall any State deprive any person of the quality of education for all students. spearheaded by USDA. life, Uberty, or property, without due proc­ In addition to this, we must face the ess of law; nor deny any person within its hard fact that quality education can ,jurisdiction the equal protection of the only take place in an orderly atmos­ laws. phere. Discipline and learning go hand FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT, The amendment goes on to state, how­ in hand and to achieve that end we must JULY 1972 ever that "Congress shall have the power make a major effort to reduce the pres­ to enforce, by appropriate legislation the ·ent chaos in the classroom. HON. GEORGE H. MAHON provisions of this article." This, then, is the crux of the matter before us. It OF TEXAS must be clearly understood that Con­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gress is specifically given the power of A NEW LIGHT ON RURAL Wednesday, September 6, 1972 DEVELOPMENT enforcing the guarantees of this amend­ Mr. MAHON. Mr. Speaker, I iriclude a ment to the Constitution by specific leg­ release highlighting the July 1972 civilian islation. Up to this point, Congress has HON. TIM LEE CARTER personnel report of the Joint Committee failed in its appointed duty and left this OF KENTUCKY on Reduction of Federal Expenditures, task to the Federal courts. Congress has together with a fiscal year 1972 summary allowed the courts to assume a legislative IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, September 6, 1972 of payroll costs and average employ­ role completely at variance with the Con­ ment: stitution; the passage of this bill Jill Mr. CARTER. Mr. Speaker, the rural SUMMARY OF PAYROLL COSTS AND AVERAGE redress that imbalance. areas of our Nation must be viewed as .,..!:DERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT-FISCAL The Supreme Court, in its historic one of our most valuable resources. I YEAR 1972 ruling in Brown against the Board of deeply feel that the development of our The total annual payroll cost of civilian Education, found de jure school segrega- rural areas should be carried out in a employment in the Legislative, Judicial and 29622 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 6, 1972

Executive Branches of the Federal Govern·­ AVERAGE EMPLOYMENT-FISCAL YEAR 1972 Executive Branch ment in fiscal year 1972, ended June 30, 1972, Civilian employment in the Executive Civilian employment in the Executive was $31,717,000,000. This was $2,170,000,000 Branch during the 12 months of fiscal year higher than in the preceding fiscal year, and Branch in the month of July, as compared 1972 averaged 2,839,163 as compared with with the preceding month of June, follows: an all-time high. 2,857,014 in fiscal year 1971. This was a de­ Total average federal civilian employment crease of 17,851 in average employment. in all three Branches for the 12 months of The average Executive Branch employ­ July June Change fiscal year 1972 was 2,879,379. This was a ment total of 2,839,163 for fiscal year 1972 decrease of 15,511 as compared with total includes an average of 2,530,037 full-time Civilian agencies ______1, 717,474 1, 715,608 +I, 866 average employment irr fiscal year 1971. employees in permanent positions; the total Military agencies ______1, 095,160 1, 107,761 -12, 601 This summary of annual payroll costs and of 2,857,014 for fiscal year 1971 includes an '· Total, civilian average employment for fiscal year 1972, fol­ average of 2,526,088 full-time permanent employment______2, 812,634 2., 823,369 -10, 735 lowing practice of many years standing, is employees. This was an increase of 3,949 in submitted along with the Joint Committee's average full-time permanent employment. regular monthly report for July 1972 which The following tabulation shows average The civilian agencies of the Executive carries payroll figures for June, the last employment for the Executive Branch, Branch reporting the largest increases dur­ month of fiscal year 1972. Figures are from broken between civilian and military agen­ ing the month of July were Agriculture with reports certified by the agencies as compiled cies, for fiscal year 1002-72. 8,928, HEW with 4,314, Interior with 3,487, and published monthly by the Joint Com­ Veterans Administration with 2,902 and mittee on Reduction of Federal Expendi­ Treasury with 1,626. The largest decrease was tures. Average civilian employment, in Postal Service with 21,231. In the Depart­ Executive branch ment of Defense the largest decreases were PAYROLL COST&--FISCAL YEAR 1972 Fiscal Civilian Defense reported by Army, Air Force and Navy. Within the Executive Branch payroll costs year agencies Department Total1 Total Executive Branch employment inside in fiscal year 1972 totaled $31,193,000,000, an the United States in July was 2,663,630, a de­ increase of $2,114,000,000 over the previous crease of 7,440 as compared with June. Em­ 1962 ______1, 373,484 1, 058,676 2, 432, 161 year. The following tabulation shows Exec­ 1963 ______1,417,937 1, 063,720 2., 481,657 ployment outside the United States in July utive Branch annual payrolls, broken be­ 1964 ______1,434,104 1, 042., 552 2, 476,656 was 149,004, a decrease of 3,295 as compared tween civilian' and military agencies, for the 19661965_-- ___ -_--___---__-_ 1, 443,376 1, 02.4, 482 2., 467, 858 with June. past 10 years--fiscal years 1962-72: 1, 500,349 1, 074,080 2., 547,429 The total of 2,812,634 civilian employees of 1967 ------1, 605,919 1, 2.34, 474 2.,840, 393 1968 ______1, 654,973 1, 2.80, 853 2., 935,82.6 the Executive Branch reported for July 1972 [In rounded amounts] 1969 ______1, 655,976 includes 2,468,423 full time employees in 1970 ______1, 305,664 2., 961,640 1971______1,694,157 1, 2.64, 2.07 2, 958,364 permanent positions-a decrease of 37,265 1, 694,897 1, 162,117 2. , 857,014 from the preceding month of June. Executive branch-Civilian employee payrolls 1972 ______1, 710,991 1, 12.8, 172 2, 839,163 Legislative and judicial branches Fiscal Civilian Defense year agencies Department Total1 1 Excludes foreign nationals not on regular rolls (averaging Employment in the Legislative Branch in 99,684 for fiscal year 1972); includes employment of disadvan­ July totaled 33,998, an increase of 307 as taged persons under youth opportunity programs (averaging 33,- compared with the preceding month of June. 1962 ____ $7,898,000,000 $6, 318, 000, 000 $14, 216, 000, 000 543 for fiscal year 1972). Employment in the Judicial Branch in July 1963____ 8, 659,000,000 6, 603, 000, 000 15, 262, 000, 000 1964__ __ 9, 2.97, 000,000 6, 818, 000, 000 16, 115, 000, 000 Average employment for the Legislative totaled 8,281, an increase of 38 as compared 1965 ____ 10,043,000,000 7,102., 000,000 17,145,000,000 Branch in fiscal 1972 was 32,072, an in­ with June. 1966_--- 10, 875, 000, 000 7, 732, 000, 000 18, 607, 000, 000 Disadvantaged persons 1967_ ___ 11,727,000,000 8, 668, 000, 000 2.0, 395, 000, 000 crease of 1,437 over the previous year. Aver­ 1968_--- 12, 919, 000, 000 9, 395, 000, 000 22,314,000,000 age employment for the Judicial Branch in The total of 2,854,913 reported by the 1969 ____ 13,840,000,000 10, 2.98, 0001000 24, 138, 000, 000 fiscal year 1972 was 8,144, an increase of 903 Committee for July includes 61,112 disad­ 1970 ____ 15,621,000,000 11, 213, 000, 000 26, 834, 000, 000 over fiscal year 1971. 1971_ ___ 17,480,000,000 11,599,000, 000 29, 079, 000, 000 vantaged persons employed under Federal 1972_--- 18, 992, 000, 000 12, 201, 000, 000 31, 193, 000, 000 THE MONTH OF JULY 1972 opportunity programs. This is an increase of 7,692 over June due to the hiring of tempo­ Total civilian employment in the Execu­ rary summer aids. 1 Excludes pay for foreign nationals not on regular rolls ($533,- tive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches of 000,000 for fiscal year 1972); includes pay for disadvantaged the Federal Government in the month of persons employed under youth opportunity programs ($93,000,- In addition, Mr. Speaker, I would like 000 for fiscal year 1972). July was 2,854,913 as compared with 2,865,- to include a tabulation, excerpted from 303 in the preceding month of June. This the Joint Committee report, on personnel Payroll for the Legislative Branch in fiscal was a net decrease of 10,390, primarily due employed full-time in permanent posi­ year 1972 totaled $412,000,000 an increase of to reductions in Postal Service and Defense $42,000,000 over the previous year. Payroll for Department employment, parti-ally offset by tions by executive branch agencies dur­ the Judicial Branch in fiscal year 1972 totaled increases in regular seasonal employment ing July 1972, showing comparisons with $112,000,000, an increase of $14,000,000 over and summer employment of the "disadvan­ June 1972, June 1971 and the budget the previous year. taged" under youth opportunity programs. estimates for June 1973:

FULL-TIME PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT

Estimated Estimated June 30, June 30, Major agencies June 1971 June 1972 July 1972 19731 Major agencies June 1971 June 1972 July 1972. 19731

84,252 82,511 81,320 83,400 General Services Administration______38,076 36,002 35,708 39,400 28,435 28,412 2.8,172 29,700 National Aeronautics and Space Adminis- ~~~~~~~~~Defense: ~ ======. tration______29,478 27,428 2.7, 253 26,800 Civil functions __ __ ------30,063 30,585 29,856 31,300 Panama Cana'------13,967 13,777 13,651 14,000 Military functions ______------___ _ 1,062, 741 1, 009,548 994,011 1, 005,800 Selective Service System______5, 569 5, 791 5, 759 6,100 Health, Education, and Welfare ______104,283 105,764 105,946 99,500 Small Business Administration______4, 004 3, 916 3, 829 4,000 Housing and Urban Development______16,030 15,2.00 15, 164 16,000 Tennessee Valley Authority ____. ______13, 612 14,001 14,000 14,000 Interior ______------__ 57, 570 56,892 56,166 56,900 U.S. Information Agency______9, 773 9, 255 9, 285 9,400 Justice ______------42,662. 45,446 45,572. 46,300 Veterans Administration ______.______158,635 163,179 164,241 174,100 Labor ____ ------______------___ _ 11,352 12,339 12., 374 12.,600 All other agencies______31,333 33,499 33,533 34,600 State ______------______23,398 22,699 2.2, 715 22.,800 Contingencies------_. 5,000 Agency for International Development_ 13,477 11,719 11,486 11,800 Transportation. ______------68,482 67,232 66,099 69,200 SubtotaL ______;;_ .; ______. 1, 955,530 1, 910,854 1, 891,667 1, 933,300 Treasury ______90,135 95,728 95,600 99,200 U.S. Postal Service ______,.: ______564,782 594,834 • 576,756 618,500 Atomic Energy Commission ______6,920 6,836 6, 781 6,900 Civil Service Commission ______5,324 5,260 5,259 6,000 Total a______.; ______2, 520,312 2, 505,688 2, 468,423 2, 551,800 Environmental Protection Agency ______5, 959 7,835 7,887 8,500

t Source: As projected in 1973 budget document; figures rounded to nearest hundred, a July figure excludes 2,901 disadvantaged persons in public service careers programs as com­ a Subject to revision, pared with 3,250 in June, September 6, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 29623

UNSUBSIDIZED HOUSING NEW EMPHASIS IS GIVEN SUBSIDIZED HOUSING wide lending. Only substantial and unlikely PROGRAMS As the Secretary of Housing and Urban changes in feder~l and state laws could les­ Development has stated on numerous occa­ sen the national market's dependence on sions, this difficulty is an outgrowth of the FHA. HON. RICHARD T. HANNA dual role FHA has been required to play as Finally, it is essential that the FHA mort­ gage insurance system exist as an adjunct of OF CALIFORNIA an insurer of credit-worthy mortgage loans cm4 as the vehicle through which housing the private mortgage market with ample re­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES subsidies to the poor have been distributed. serves (the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Wednesday, September 6, 1972 As a result, FHA has been unable to play Fund) and secondary financial facilities (the either role well. Federal National Mortgage Association) to Mr. HANNA. Mr. Speaker, the claims An unsubsidized system of mortgage in­ withstand a period of sharp or prolonged of the incumbent administration not­ surance can rely on the fact that most home adversity. withstanding, the Nation's accomplish­ purchasers are sound financial risks, knowl­ BOLD NEW STEP NEEDED ments in meeting the housing needs of edgeable of the facts of the real estate market If it is concluded that a continuing, self­ our people have not been without severe and able to conduct real estate transactions sustaining federal system of mortgage insur­ problems and some pain. Not the least in a sound manner. In writing insurance for ance is needed, the question then becomes: of these has been the exposure of the such a market, it should be possible to pro­ What changes, if any, are necessary in order vide prompt service with a minimum of ad­ to make it more effective? What is needed inadequacies of certain of our Federal ministrative overhead and paper work. housing programs. is not a revision within HUD, but a bold, new In contrast, the subsidized market is char­ step forward to create an organization that An article in the August 1972, edition acterized by uninformed buyers motivated has a primary goal to improve and expand of the Mortgage Banker states very suc­ by a desperate need for shelter. Purchasers the present market-oriented system, and cinctly, yet quite adequately, the fears not only need assistance in the costs of hous­ will find more economical ways to perform and concerns I have both felt and ex­ ing, but also training in the techniques of present functions. One obvious way to create pressed from time to time. I commend personal financial management and the pres­ such a new organization would be for the to my colleagues Mr. Jackson's observa­ ervation of the real estate. Due to the lack Congress to charter a new federal mutual of dependable market data, appraisals are mortgage insurance corporation. This cor­ tions ~- s to the efficacy of the retention made with difficulty under these programs. poration may remain subject to the general within HUD of the Federal unsubsidized All of these factors make processing an appli­ supervision of the Secretary of HUD, as na­ housing programs: cation a.nd servicing a loan complicated, ex­ tional banks are subject to the supervision UNSUBSIDIZED HOUSING PROGRAMS SHOULD BE pensive, and time consuming. of the Comptroller of the Currency. SPUN OFF FRoM HUD As policy has developed, HUD has been The corporation Inay be controlled by a (By Philip C. Jackson, Jr.) forced to place its primary emphasis on the broadly representative board of trustees ap­ subsidized sector O'f the market. As the dis­ The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) pointed by the President. The capital for the tributor of federal housing subsidy funds, corporation initially should be derived from is convinced that the Federal Housing Ad­ HUD has the responsibility of assuring that ministration's unsubsidized programs can­ a transfer and continuance of the existing they are properly and effectively adminis­ $1.4 billion in reserves of the FHA mutual not be sustained as part of the operations tered. Further, the successful administration of the Department of Housing and Urban mortgage insurance fund. This would provide of housing subsidy programs had direct im­ a reserve sufficiently large to be an ade­ Development offices where they must compete pact on the broad responsibility of the de­ with subsidized housing and community de­ quate base for expanded operations. There­ partment for coxnmunity development. a.fter, the affairs of the corporation should velopment programs. The unsubsidized pro­ The question then moves another notch grams can be managed more effectively-to be carried by the fees and premiums charged forward: Can a system be devised which participants. The charter should provide the benefit of all parties involved, including would retain the unsubsidized market, mort­ HUD-if separated within HUD or spun off that the reserves shall be invested in such ob­ gage insurance function within HUD and still ligations as are legal investments for Federal in a federally chartered, private, and be workable? Our industry is working with mutually-owned corporation. MBA has given Reserve Banks. The corporation should be HUD Commissioner Gulledge on revisions in subject to all of the requirements of the civil this matter serious study and consideration. procedures with this goal in mind. Among The prevailing concern over the future rights legislation applicable to other private other features, the revisions would place in­ financial institutions. course of subsidized housing programs of creased reliance on outside fee appraisers and FHA ignores the persistent decline o! FHA's mortgagee analysis of credit requirements. HUD SPECIALISTS NUCLEUS OF PRIVATE CORPORATION unsubsidized programs. Yet, the unsubsidized Yet, even if these changes prove successfUl programs. spec.tiically the mutual . mortgage in improving the quality of service to the un­ The management and staff of the new insurance (MMI) programs, have served this subsidized buyers and sellers, they would not mutual corporation would operate under the nation well for nearly four decades. These change the fact that market programs will direction of the trustees. The initial employee programs helped lift a seriously depressed continue to be the stepchild of the depart­ nucleus might be derived from those person­ industry off the ground in the thirties. They ment--eating the leftovers after the admin­ nel now in HUD having special training and provided the base for the nationwide mort­ istrative requirements of the subsidized pro­ skill in the underwriting and appraisal proc­ gage market that developed in the postwar grams have been satisfied. Furthermore, the esses. Adequate provision for continuing re­ years and contributed most significantly to unsubsizided programs will continue to be tirement, tenure, and fringe benefits similar the task of catching up with the massive burdened by the legislative process: which to that available under Federal Civil Service housing shortage that faced the nation in controls appropriations for personnel and au­ should be available to those employees who 1945. They provided a vehicle attractive to thorizations for insurance activity. desire to transfer. Thereafter, additional staff borrowers because of the low borrowing cost., would be added according to the current or and to investors because of the protection of MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE STILL NEEDED future needs of the corporation's activity. insurance and assurance of standard ap­ Some have pointed with satisfaction to the The operational goal of management praisals, inspections, and underwriting pro­ reduced role of mortgage insurance in the should be to build a highly competent team cedures. Throughout its entire history, the private market as evidence that government of experts in the skills of underwriting and mutual mortgage insurance program was participation is no longer needed in this appraisal to serve the interests of their pol­ privately-oriented and supported by private field, and that non-government-sponsored icyholders and participants. In addition, the lenders. Throughout its entire history, pre­ private sources are now adequately and com­ same team may, by contract, serve th.e de­ miums and fees have more than covered op­ petently serving this function. True, the sus­ partment for appraisal, underwriting, con­ erating expenses and losses under the MMI tained period of inflating real estate values struction analysis, and engineering func­ program. since 1935 has finally encouraged supervised tions. Further, the corporation should be Despite this unqualified success, MMI pro­ lenders to enlarge maximum permissible able to contract to employ its special skills grams are falling into disuse. The evidence is loan-to-value ratios. The success of these to liquidate foreclosed properties acquired clear. More and more builders of unsubsidized programs does not mean that FHA mutual by HUD or other agencies of the federal gov­ homes, and sellers of existing unsubsidized mortgage insurance has out-lived its mission ernment which acquire private housing homes, are having difficulty in participating of broadening-both economically and geo­ through the operation of various laws. ill the FHA system because of mounting de­ graphically-the nation's housing market. The proposed changes aim to: lays and complexities in its underwriting The FHA system offers the one effective 1. Make housing available at lower cost to process. This process is not an even swap means so far devised for providing a nation­ a larger number o! American families. between FHA and conventional mortgage wide flow of mortgage funds. The Federal 2. Reduce the level of federal expenditures markets. When builders and sellers refuse Home Loan Bank System, despite its partic­ by removing one of the current functions to "go FHA," they cut. off many low-income ipation program and the operation of the and, as a consequence, lowering the number families from the housing market. and re­ Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, of federal employees. duce the :flow of funds into l<>€al market cannot do it., The commercial banking sys­ 3. Make the federal unsubsidized mortgage areas. Conventional lenders, then, have less tem, without the backing of PHA insurance, insurance system more responsive to current competition and are free to charge higheJ' cannot do it. Life insurance companies have demand by eliminating imbalances attend­ interest rates. :found FHA insurance necessary for nation- ant to the legislative process. 29624 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 6, 1972 4. Provide HUD with a specialized team of are nearly complete. The building, built in SECRETARY OF THE NAVY WARNER experts in appraising, credit underwriting, 1762, witnessed gatherings which included SPEAKS AT THE KEEL-LAYING OF and construction analysis, thus enabling the George Washington, Rochambeau and Lafay­ department to concentrate on tts much more ette, as well as the adoption of the State's THE U.S.S. "VIRGINIA" difficult responsib111ties Ci! human relation­ Act of Independence on May 4, 1776. ships and urban development. The Nebraska ARBC recently elected offi· 5. Avoid confusion between welfare- and cers, and State Senator Wayne Zeibarth was HON. THOMAS N. DOWNING market-oriented functions, each of which re­ chosen chairman by the 15-member Com­ OF VIRGINIA quires specialized talent and training. mission.... Gov. George Wallace of Ala· IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES There is widespread support for these con­ bama has appointed Bobby Bowick as direc­ structive proposals. After 40 years of changes tor of the Alabama ARBC .... Gov. Wendell Wednesday, September 6, 1972 in the fiscal and social environment, FHA Ford of Kentucky recently announced that Mr. DOWNING. Mr. Speaker, on the should face this natural evolution. It would Charles J. Hellmann has been appointed ex­ first day of our recess just concluded, the be a. giant step forward for the nation's ecutive director of the state's Bicentennial Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable housing programs. Commtssion. Hawall Bicentennial Chairman, Thurston John W. Warner, led a most distin­ Twigg-Smith, wrote the ARBC that receipt guished group of visitors into the First of the State Commission's federal grant "ts Congressional District of Virginia with NEWS BULLETIN OF THE AMERI­ really a lifesaver. It's exactly the boost we the high purpose of authP,nticating the CAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL need." With the money, the Commtssion in­ keel of the U.S.S. Virginia, the sixth ves­ tends to open a permanent office and create sel of the U.S. Navy to bear the name COMMISSION a staff to asstst in planning and implement­ of our State. ing celebration projects. Those of us who shared the occasion The City of Lansing (Mich.) ts proposing HON. G. WILLIAM WHITEHURST a Michigan Bicentennial Park, a htstori­ at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry OF VIRGINIA cal-cultural-educational-recreational com­ Dock Co. were deeply moved by the elo­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES plex occupying 130 acres of Grand River quence of Secretary Warner's remark waterfront, to the State ARBC. "The entire which is inscribed upon the authenti­ Wednesday, September 6, 1972 thrust of the Michigan Bicentennial Park cated plate of the vessel: Mr. WHITEHURST. Mr. Speaker, I am concept is to provide a dynamic, exciting ur­ My mission is to pledge to bring a genera­ inserting in the RECORD the August 21, ban park in the center of the state capital tion of peace to my children, to your chll· 1972, edition of the news bulletin of the for the people of Michigan," said Clarence dren, and hopefully to children the world H. Rosa, design committee chairman for the over. American Revolution Bicentennial Com­ city's ARBC Committee. · mission-ARBC. I take this action to Ann Hawkes Hutton, ARBC Commission The keel was authenticated most ap­ help my colleagues be informed of ac­ Member and author-historian of Bristol propriately by Secretary and Mrs. Warn·· tions and developments across the Na­ (Pa.), has been included in the 37th Edi­ er's 13-year-old daughter, Virginia. tion preparing for the 200th anniversary tion of Who's Who in America. Mrs. Hutton, We are proud to have the opportunity of our country in 1976. The bulletin is who is also chairman of the board of the to build another great vessel for on.r compiled and written by the ARBC Com­ Washington Crossing Foundation, is recog­ nized for her definitive research on the year peacetime Navy in Newport News. munications Committee staff. The bulle­ 1776. We are proud indeed to have the op­ tin follows: After receiving a federal grant check, P. portunity to share the feelings of Secre­ BICENTENNIAL BULLETIN Bradley Morrah, Chairman of the South tary Warner. The National Association of Negro Musi­ Carolina ARBC said, the Commission hopes I am proud to include them in the cians held its annual convention in New to be "self sustaining, without any addi­ RECORD so that all of the Members might York City recently. Keynote speaker Dr. Wal­ tional burden to the taxpayer" for the state's share the opportunity which was ours ter F . Anderson, director of music programs part in the Bicentennial. He further stlllted on a sunny August day: for the National Endowment for the Arts, sug­ that the Commission plans a "grand celebra­ tion" involving all the agencies in the state, REMARKS BY HONORABLE JOHN W. WARNER, gested a national archive of the works of SECRETARY OF THE NAVY-KEEL LAYING Oll' black musicians and composers. Dr. Ander­ counti"es and even individual commissions in the larger cities. U.S.S. "VIRGINIA" (DLGN-38), NEWPOR'r. son stated that the nation's Bicentennial NEWS, VA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1972 celebration would be an appropriate time for David L. Davies, Chairman of the ARBC such recognition of the musical contribu­ of Oregon, announced that the state's federal Greetings and amenities: tions of black Americans. grant wlll assist in the establishment and Admiral Rickover's eloquence has set the The Florida Bicentennial Commission operation of the State Bicentennial Commis­ tenor-for today's occasion-he has ordered adopted a half-million dollar budget for sion. Davies pointed out thlllt the Nation's the helmsman to set a course that will pay 1972-73. Largest expenditures are grants of 200th anniversary will be centered on in­ honor not only to our great state but to the $130,000 to Third Century USA and $100,000 dividual and local activities. "Oregon with its ladies of Virginia. to Interama. Lt. Gov. Tom Adams, Chairman history and outstanding local leadership re­ I fervently hope that the thundering tide of the Florida Commission, said $42,230 has cord can well be in the vanguard of the of women's lib wm not wash out to sea the been allocated as "seed money to be disbursed states in the observance of the Bicentennial old traditions emanating from ancient times to 16 scattered communities on a matching in 1976." whereby JJt is the woman who impa.rts to a fund basis for local Bicentennial projects. On July 25th, the National Association of ship its spirit. Mariners facing the unknown The purpose of this money is not to stage a the Physically Handicapped, Inc. resolved: perils of a vast and trackless sea, put their celebration-we would oppose such use of "Whereas, 1976 will mark the 200th 'Birth­ faith not only in a stout ship but in that un­ the funds-but to stimulate the development day' of the United States of America; and seen guiding spirit provided by ladies who of meaningful progra.m.s." whereas, plans are currently being formu­ participate from the laying of the keel to Kenneth Fulk, Secretary of the Iowa lated for a uniquely diversified celebration, the sponsor's thrust of the bottle to slip her ARBC, reported that the Stlllte Commission not just in one particular U.S. city, but from land to sea. has set up preliminary planning organiza­ scattered across the country with one city My current service to the Navy as Under tions in all but two of Iowa's 99 counties. in each state being selected to develop a Secretary and Secretary is nearing the four­ Fulk said when the Commission receives Bicer tennial Park Project: and Whereas, year mark and I daily pause to pay respect federal funds, an additional staffer wm be many of these proposed projects include to those who have entrusted me with the hired "to go to the schools and colleges. We great potential for the redesigning and re­ responsibility of being "top hand" in the really want to get students involved; after building of city environments which are Navy. It has been not only an honor for me all this fall's freshmen are the class of '76." more compatible with human needs; now but for my family, particularly today when Fort Frederick State Park in western let it be resolved that NAPH join with other my daughter inscribes her initials in the keel Maryland recently held a two-day Bicenten­ organizations of and for the handicapped of this great ship. nial preview with a three-hour re-enactment in making .1976 the target year on which all You may fairly ask of me why should a of authentic Revolutionary War drills, of our needs and rights will have been girl of but 13 be the one to impart her spirit drums, music, musketry and crafts by the recognized and responded to by a society to this ship. My message to my daughter and which will once and for all include every to her generation is simple. It is to tell her First Maryland Regiment. In the afternoon and all the children throughout the free other demonstrations that typified colonial individual in America within the concept world that this ship will protect them only life in Maryland were presented. of a Barrier-Free Design." if they protect it. Hon. George F. McDonald Jr., Chairman of John Conrad, Chairman of the North I would also like to share with you a story the Rhode Island Bicentennial Commtssion, Dakota ARBC, reports that the money from I told my daughter about one of the most announced at a press conference that the State's federal grant will be used for informa­ memorable events of my life-my visit to Commission's plans to restore the Old State tional materials and guidebooks encouraging the Moscow summit with the President of House on North Main Street in Providence local involvement in the Bicentennial. the United States. September 6, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 29625

There, in full view of the citizens of the LONGS WIN FREEDOM OF INFOR­ sired documents was made a year and 8 Soviet Union, he laid a wreath at the ceme-· MATION SUIT AGAINST IRS months ago. IRS and Justice Department at­ tery which commemora.tes the brave people torneys shot the works in an all-out drive who died during the siege of Leningrad in to keep the information door closed. World War II. He told the people of the Soviet HON. WILLIAM S. MOORHEAD The Longs stuck to their guns. With their backs to the wall, they filed some 300 pages Union that he saw at the ceme·tery a picture OF PENNSYLVANIA of a 12-year-old girl. She was a beautiful of legal briefs and memoranda to establish child. Her name was Tanya. The pages of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES their right to know. her diary tell the terrible story of war. In Wednesday, September 6, 1972 The Freedom of Information Act was the simple words of a child, she wrote of passed to force bureaucrats to disclose, upon the deaths of the members of her family. Mr. MOORHEAD. Mr. Speaker, among request, nearly every kind of information "Geine in December, Grannie in January, the many cases involving the Freedom they compile at public expense. But ms offi­ Leka next, then Uncle Vasya, then Uncle of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) that cials virtually ignored it. They went right on Lyosha, then Mama and then the Savichevs," have come to the attention of the For­ brushing off taxpayers who dare to ask for and then finally, these words, the last words eign Operations and Government Infor­ a peek at manuals, statistics and similar in her diary, "all are dead. Only Tanya is documents that the Service stamps "for in­ left." mation Subcommittee is that of Mr. and ternal use only" or "for official use only." Unlike Tanya's generation, we in this coun­ Mrs. Philip H. Long of Bellevue, Wash. IRS disclosure staff members, headed by try have been fortunate, by the grace of and their long struggle with the Internal Donald 0. Virdin, have fiaunted the act so God, to have been free of foreign invaders Revenue Service bureaucracy. arrogantly that they were raked over the coals for many generations. The Longs' case, the subject of dis­ last April by the House Foreign Operations One reason for this blessing has been the cussion with IRS officials who testified in and Government Information subcommittee, high seas which surround our island nation­ April before our subcommittee during chaired by William S. Moorhead, D-Pa. The oceans which have made it impossible for committee's staff director, William G. Phil­ anyone to attack us, oceans which have given hearings on the administration of the lips, said IRS was the "most fiagrant" of us in the past the time needed to build our Freedom of Information Act, has now all U.S. agencies in violating the act. IRS strength when danger has threatened. been decided by the Federal court in policies had almost become a "national scan­ The defense of our country has always de­ Seattle, Wash., and the information re­ dal," he said. pended, upon control of the seas. We have quested-the IRS "closing agreement Phil and Sue wanted to examine the IRS listened with comfort and security to their handbook"-has been turned over to "closing agreement handbook." This is a bible gentle wash upon our shores. We must never them by order of the court. used by service employes in negotiating allow that lullaby to send us off to sleep. The struggle over this information agreements with taxpayers affecting their The oceans no longer provide that protec­ tax liabilities. tion. Today a danger can come overnight consumed 8 months and vast expendi­ Judge Beeks found that the handbook isn't and can come stealthily, hidden beneath the tures of time and money both on the "solely" related to IRS internal personnel surface of these once friendly seas. part of the plaintiffs and untold sums of functions, as its attorneys contended. The We must carry the ·message to today's U.S. taxpayers' dollars in IRS adminis­ service must come across, he ruled, because children, to this generation experiencing trative and Justice Department attor­ the book "clearly" affects members of the change now, that leisure without liberty is neys' time in fighting the public's right public-taxpayers. an empty victory, that idealism without la­ to know. Yet this case is but one of many The Longs also wanted to examine audit bor and energy betrays rather than serves statistics that IRS had compiled at public their hopes for the betterment of mankind. pursued by the Longs in their determined expense. For many years, earlier reports of One of America's most priceless assets is efforts to force the IRS to live up to the the same kind were prominently displayed the idealism which motivates its young peo­ law of the land. I commend these out­ on shelves of the Treasury Department ple. Always have they strived to make this a standing Americans for their courage library, open to the public. But they were better world. Today's youth is an exception and perseverance. They are fighting the whisked away last March-along with row only because they seem to be trying harder. battle of many millions of our fellow on row of other statistical reports-when They long to _divert their labor and energy citizens against the secrecy-minded bu­ embarrassing figures were published in this from material pursuits to thoughts, dreams reaucrats of the IRS and other executive column. and creation for the betterment of all man­ The library shelves still are as bare as a kind. agencies. night club fan dancer. And that's the way We don't fault this goal; in fact, in secret Mr. Speaker, at this point I include an IRS moguls want to keep them. So service many of us have similar dreams. We don't article by the distinguished tax writer, lawyers argued that such statistics are ex­ wish to dampen these dreams, but our ex­ Mr. E. Edward Stephens commenting on empt from disclosure under the Freedom of perience has shown that now you should gain the court decision in the Long case, ap­ Information Act. an awareness of the responsibilities you must pearing in the Washington Star-News But Judge Beeks ordered IRS to hand them soon shoulder. for August 27, 1972: over. He said they're "entirely factual" and One of these responsibilities-of co-equal not "inextricably intertwined" with any IRS importance to any other-you must assume COUNSEL FOR THE TAXPAYER-IRS LOSES A policy-making process, as IRS attorneys con­ is that of participating in national defense. ROUND tended. Some may elect to serve in uniform, others (By E. Edward Stephens) Phil and Sue have sent a load of statistics may elect to work in great shipyards such as Dear Counsel: to me. In columns to come, I'll let you in this one, where for generations the hands of In past columns, you have exposed the In­ on some secrets that IRS has been keeping Virginians have built the :finest ships to be ternal Revenue Service's failure to comply from you. found anywhere in the world, and others may with the 1967 Freedom of Information Act. elect to support national defense through Have any taxpayers gone to court and forced indirect means. But all must be aware and IRS to furnish documents? CONGRESSIONAL REFORM all must shoulder the responsibility. Yes. On Aug. 9, Philip H. Long and his I view today's ceremony as a passing of the wife, Susan, chalked up a glorious victory mantle of responsibility from the sponsor in the U.S. District Court at Seattle, Wash. of the last ship to bear the name Virginia to It was a day of emancipation for all Amer­ HON. MARVIN L. ESCH my daughter and her generation. As this new ican taxpayers. ms warriors were ordered to OF MICHIGAN generation takes up its responsibilities to appear before Judge William T. Beeks, to be IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES work toward a more peaceful world, let us told what they must do to get in step with think of Tanya and the other children the Freedom of Information Act, now in its Wednesday, September 6, 1972 throughout the world who have not enjoyed sixth year of operation. Mr. ESCH. Mr. Speaker, the wisdom the blessing of freedom we have known so This is the first time taxpayers have pre­ long in this country. vailed over the deft maneuvers of IRS and of the division of powers in our Constitu­ As President Nixon has stated, let us d.o Justice Department lawyers in a freedom-of­ tion between the Executive and the Con­ all that we can to insure that no·other chil­ . information case. They did it without coun­ gress has been ·continuously reempha­ dren will have to endure what Tanya did sel too. sized in history. Unfortunately, as the and that your children and ours, all the At a cost topping $10,000, Phil and Sue Federal Government has grown more children of the world can live their full lives have mastered the Freedom of Information complex Congress has not equipped it­ together in friendship and in peace. Act. Contact them at 4885 Lakehurst Lane, self with the tools necessary to maintain As the great mass of the next U.S.S. Vir­ Bellevue, Wash. 98006, if IRS turns you down itself as an independent and effective ginia rises above her keel, aided by skills and for requested information. These courageous, talents of our finest craftsmen, we shall be­ unselfish people will tell you what to do. No partner in our Federal system. This gin to see another instrument of peace charge. problem could perhaps be best summed cloaked in spartan grey. We welcome her For Phil and Sue, it's been a long, hard up in a statement by James Madison in birth today. struggle. Their original request for the de- 1788. He said: 29626 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 6, 1972 I believe that there are more instances of the Government Accounting Office which mentary subterfuge. Several years ago abridgement of the freedom of the people by provides independent sources of infor­ my own Committee on Education and the gradual and silent encroachment by those mation for Congress in research areas, Labor, became the first committee in the in power than by violent and sudden usurpa­ and in the case of the latter, a postaudit Congress to make all of its hearings open tions. of Federal programs. to the public. This included the markup An independent role for Congress has A second area of concern relates to sessions where legislation is actually been proscribed because as our federal the congressional role in determining our written. I believe all the committees system has become more complex we Federal budget. The record of Congress should undertake such a reform so that have not taken the same care the Execu­ on budgets in the last 15 years has been citizens are better able to find out how tive has to modernize its functions. The consistently poor. Congress never once their Representatives voted on any given result is that Congress is unable to han­ takes the time to consider the budget as legislation. dle the new and complex problems which a package. Members of Congress have A final question relating to congres­ face our Nation. very little information on a comparative sional structure concerns the rule which Five years ago I wrote a paper entitled, basis of budget categories. How can Con­ allows Members of Congress to revise the "The Need for Reform." In it I said: gress reasonably expect to deal with the substance of their remarks in the dailf If Congress is going to remain a viable force budget and to deal with changing na­ CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. I believe it is im­ in our federal system, then it must squarely tional priorities if it does not consider portant that we limit this practice to face the need for change. It must fill the void a comprehensive picture of the budget? grammatical and stylistic changes so left by its failure to exercise effectively its It would be helpful to Members of Con­ that the substance of what is said on the oversight obligation. It must adopt reforms gress to have the budget computerized floor or in committee will be an accurate which make it physically and structurally so that comparative analysis can be record. possible to review what administrations have done with the laws it has passed. It must be made on categories, much the same as is REASSERTING THE CONGRESSIONAL ROLE IN willing to take a long hard look at its rules done within the departments in the ex­ WARMAKING POWERS and traditions to determine which ones are ecutive. It has become especially clear with the inconsistent with the times and then be will­ Congressional information on over­ Vietnam conflict that Congress' role in ing to adopt the necessary changes. sight of Federal programs could also be war-making powers has been greatly improved. The Government Accounting reduced from that originally prescribed Since that time, myself and a number Office which performs this function for in the Constitution. During the last two of my colleagues, have worked to bring the Congress has been recently reorga­ sessions of Congress I, along with several about reforms to meet these challenges. nized. While the quality of reports done other Members, have proposed legislation Our efforts have centered on five areas: by GAO has been high, it has been con­ which would limit the ability of the First, information sources for Congress; sistently limited in staff. I believe this is President to get us into armed conflicts second, congressional structure and unfortunate as the basis for an improved overseas without congressional assent. staffing; third, definition of the congres­ congressional information flow is there. Those who have supported the Presi­ sional role in warmaking powers: fourth, The need to upgrade this system as we dent's actions have claimed that he has definition of the congressional role in go into the 1970's and 1980's remains an some mystical implied powers which give budget and financial control, and fifth, important task. him the right to, by himself, take this campaign financing reform. CONGRESSIONAL STRUCTURE AND STAFFING country into war. In our representative INFORMATION SOURCES FOR CONGRESS · The manner in which Congress orga­ system, foreign policy decisions, especial­ In many legislative areas the only nizes itself can have a significant impact ly the decision to go to war, should be source of information for Members comes on how it is able to respond to the issues made on the broadest possible base. If directly from the executive. Obviously, if facing it. this is not done in future conflict situa­ Congress is to play a viable role in the One of the most detrimental aspects tions, we can expect to receive the same making of policy and in the drafting of of the present structure is that which indication that our representative sys­ legislation it must develop independent bases committee chairmanship on senior­ tem is breaking down which was so ob­ sources of information. This is especially ity. There are some 16 chairmen of key vious during the height of the conflict in critical in technological areas where committees in the House and the Senate Vietnam. During this session, the Senate many Members of Congress have a dis­ over 70 years of age. While age ,is not was able to pass a measure which would tinct lack of expertise. This prOblem was necessarily an indication of competency, prohibit the President from sending un­ never better demonstrated than with re­ many instances of roadblocks to signifi­ authorized troops overseas without con­ cent consideration of the supersonic cant national legislation can be attrib­ gressional assent, unless it could be transport. Proponents of the SST claimed uted to the seniority system during this shown that they were protecting Ameri­ that the supersonic plane would create and other sessions. A more rational sys­ can lives and property. This legislation few if any environmental problems. The tem would require a vote of confidence in gives the President adequate emergency opponents of the SST claimed that the each session by the chairman's col­ powers so that he could handle emer­ proposed "dodo bird" as many of the en­ leagues to insure that the person who gencies while Congress is acting. How­ vironmentalists liked to call it, would can handle the job serves as chairman­ ever, it limits his ability to carry on ex­ wreak havoc on our ecosystem through a system that Republicans have adopted tended conflicts. Many of the opponents massive amounts of noise and air pollu­ for choosing their ranking members on of this legislation say that Congress can­ tion. The controversy involved complex each committee. not act rapidly enough in crisis situa­ scientific considerations, and Members of A second problem relating to congres­ tions. It has been demonstrated to me Congress were besieged by information sional structure is the limited availabil­ time and again that this characteriza­ from both sides of the issue. While much ity of minority staff on the committees. tion is patently untrue. When Congress of this information was helpful, it would Most of the work of the Congress is done needs to act, it can act. have assisted many Members of Congress in the committee and much of that work, The House has also passed war powers to have an independent analysis of the particularly in the area of analyzing legislation during this session but clearly technological implications of the plane. complex legislation, is carried on by that the intent of the manager of the House In' more generalized issue areas, such as staff. It seems illogical to me that the bill was to prevent the issue from being the energy crisis which faces our Nation minority party is not guaranteed ade­ seriously considered. I -am hopeful that today, Members of Congress could truly quate staffing. during the next session of Congress we benefit from an independent technologi­ If Congress is to be truly responsive to will be able to pass a meaningful war­ cal assessment of alternatives in resolv­ the people then it must open up its de­ powers bill. ing the competing demands of energy and liberations to the people. The first steps BUDGET AND FINANCIAL CONTROL ecology. The solution which I have sup­ at this were taken in the Legislative Re­ The divergence between congression­ ported in the last few Congresses and organization Act of 1970. One section of ally established perogatives in budget which passed the House during this past that act initiated an easier procedure and fiscal matters and the level of con­ session is for the creation of an Office of for requesting recorded teller votes on gressional activity in this area has been Technology Assessment. The OTA would the floor of the House, a procedure which extremely great. First, this has been operate in a similar manner to that of had heretofore allowed the Members to caused by the overall level of Federal the Congressional Reference Service and hide their votes under a layer of parlia- spending. This year the budget will ex- September 6, l972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 29627 ceed $240 biliion. The budget document allowing the President to impound funds set as their goal a more responsive and runs over 1,100 pages and is divided into in a department or agency on a percent­ responsible government. While many of 14 separate appropriations measures. At age basis. If this percentage funds cut is these reforms will move Congress toward no time in congressional consideration is applied to all bureaus in that agency or that goal, the key in my mind to a more the budget ever examined from a com­ department equally, the President is re­ responsive and responsible government prehensive point of view. There is no cost quired to notify the Congress of his im­ is based on continued citizen involve­ comparison being done. How can we talk poundment. Either House of Congress ment. Deeper citizen involvement in all of seriously restructuring our national then has 60 days to disagree with that our congressional districts would insure priorities when Members of Congress impoundment. Congressional action will that Members of Congress could not do cannot really sit down and consider force him to cease the impoundment. If their job without consulting their con­ alternatives? the President wants to target his im­ stituency. It would insure that innova­ The ability of individual Members of poundment against a specific program or tive legislative proposals do not become Congress to become involved in tax and agency, he must notify the Congress in lost in an antiquated congressional appropriations measures is also limited. advance. Either House then has 30 days structure. It would insure that the budg­ Most authorities on the budget agree that to disagree with this impoundment. The get document would be a financial plan subcommittees in each House make the final title of this bill calls for a compre­ of competing priorities, and that that preliminary decisions which are assented hensive year-long study involving the document was studied carefully and in­ to for the most part by the full Appropri­ leadership of both Houses of Congress as tensively. It would insure that Congress ations Committee and then are given well as the Comptroller General of the come to grips with the question of crisis­ minimum consideration on the floor. United States in looking at the congres­ management. In short a greater degree This means that the members of the sional budgeting process. The study of citizen involvement would insure that Appropriations Committee hold a great should produce alternatives to the pres­ Congress begins to reestablish the re­ deal of personal power on the budget. A ent inadequate system. One additional sponsibilities they have let slip through similar position is present on tax matters provision of the bill is an indemnification their hands to the Executive. with members of the House Ways and clause which requires that after the Fed­ In the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Means Committee and the Senate Fi­ eral Government has established a pay­ case, Justice Jackson admonished the nance Committee. ment schedule, that it must keep to that Congress that the tools belonged to the Congress still works through a two­ schedule or face the burden of paying man who can use them. The wisdom of step budgeting process which requires extra costs incurred as a result of the de­ Justice Jackson applies to all powers of authorization before funds can be ap­ lay. The Fiscal Responsibility Act obvi­ Congress. propriated. The folly of this system is ously will not solve all of our Federal best demonstrated through the record of problems relating to budget and fiscal education appropriations and authoriza­ problems. However, I think that it is a DRUG ADDICTION tions. In fiscal year 1971, the level of au­ step in the right direction. thorized expenditures for Federal pro­ CAMPAIGN FINANCING grams in education amounted to over $11 HON. MICHAEL HARRINGTON Access to the political system is an im­ OF MASSACHUSETTS billion. In the same time period, however, portant aspect of a representative gov­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the appropriations for those programs ernment. The 1970 election proved to me amounted to only $4 billion. and to many other Members of Congress Wednesday, September 6, 1972 In recent years, the President has felt that the cost of political campaigns was Mr. HARRINGTON. Mr. Speaker, few it necessary to impound appropriated jeopardizing the potential for participa­ funds to help balance budget expendi­ issues facing us today are the subject tion for most Americans. of as much concern, and as much misin­ tures. This takes away congressional While realistic campaign guidelines perogatives in the appropriations area. formation, as that of drug addiction. have yet to be established the first step Everyone agrees that we ought to do Impoundment of funds has been criti­ has been taken by the Campaign Reform cized from many quarters. However, ~omething about the problem, but much Act of 1971. The act limits the amount of what is done is misguided because it is Members of Congress should realize that that can be spent on the electronic media part of the responsibility for wise budget­ based on false premises about the situ­ in political campaigns. As one who has ation. There is an organization in Mas­ ing falls on their shoulders. In March of worked many hours for the first reform this year I introduced the Fiscal Re­ sachusetts which is doing a good deal to in financing of political campaigns since correct this situation by circulating cor­ sponsibility Act of 1972. the Fair Campaign Practices Act of 1925, H.R. 15509 would make -a start at re­ rect and thoughtful information about I was particularly pleased by the passage drug addiction and its attendant prob­ organizing the congressional appropria­ of this legislation. It also requires de­ tions process and other budgetary proce­ lems. It is called the Committee for a tailed reporting of expenditures so that Sane Drug Policy and the set of ques­ dures. Congress has traditionally been an elected official's campaign expendi­ very late in passing appropriations bills. tions and answers attached to these re­ tures become a matter of public record. marks are an example of the work this Last year the last appropriations bill was I have favored opening campaign fi­ passed 252 days into the fiscal year. Al­ committee has been doing to advance nances to public view for all of my public public understanding of drug addiction though this budgeting procedure can be life. Denying the public access to infor­ patched up through supplemental and and the role that Government ought to mation on campaign financing seems play in combating it: continuing appropriations, these meas­ somewhat analogus to the come-ons used ures are hardly adequate to fit the needs QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON "THE BRITISH by carnival barkers at the county fair. SYSTEM" of our system. The first title of the Fis­ The public interest will be served if dur­ cal Responsibility Act reestablishes the Question.-What is "the British system'' ing this first election with new reporting for treating heroin addiction? fiscal year to coincide with the calendar requirements, they inform themselves on Answer.-In Britain addicts can get daily year. Basically, this would allow Congress their candidates financing and press for heroin from the government. Official clinics 12 months to consider the budget instead enforcement of the provisions against dispense a range of services-medical care, of the 6 it now has. The second title those who are not complying with its detoxification, encounter groups, family case­ of the bill requires that at the beginning work-but they get almost all addicts under requirements. care by starting where they're at-on the of each budgetary cycle, Congress estab­ The Tax Reform Act of 1971 made a lish an expenditure limitation taking into needle. Addic·ts are seen weekly and given a step toward involving more citizens in prescription for their drug-injectible heroin, account all the competing priorities in the political process. Beginning with this injectible methadone, oral methadone, or a the budget. This would help Congress to election, taxpayers can deduct up to $50- combination of these. The prescription can consider the budget as a financial docu­ $100 for couples-or count up to $25-$50 only be filled at a pharmacy on a daily basis. ment rather than 14 separate appropria­ for couples-as a tax credit on their in­ Doctor and patient together decide which tions bills. The third title of the Fiscal come tax returns for political contribu­ form of treatment the patient can make use of. Responsibility Act regulates the Presi­ tions. This tax benefit will encourage Q.-What are the goals of the British sys­ dent's ability to impound funds. It estab­ wage earners to get involved in cam­ tem? lishes two types of impoundments-one paigns. A.-The ultimate goal in treating the ad­ a pro rata or percentage impoundment All of the ideas discussed in this paper dict is to help him to become drug free. 29628 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 6, 1972 Until that ha.ppens and in the ca.ses where ple drug use, which limit their functioning. A-Yes. A number of well-documented it doesn't, the goal is to help him function 40% of British addicts are, however, em­ books advocating legal heroin for addicts as norma.lly a.s possible and to keep him ployed. (And one youthful group of 218 a.d­ ha.ve been written, the best known being Al­ under medica.! ca.re to minimize the second­ dicts receiving intensive services at St. Clem­ fred R. Lindesmith's The Addict and the Law ary complications of a.ddiction such as over­ ent's Treatment Center had an employ­ (Vintage Book, $1.95). Groups supporting dose rea.ctions and infections from unsterile ment record which rose from 10% to an aver­ heroin maintenance have included the New needles. The goal for society is to a.void age of 55-56%.) York Academy of Medicine ( 1955), the Joint a.ddict-induced crime a.nd to prevent the rise Q.-Can an addict be stabilized on a given Committee on Narcotic Drugs of the A.M.A. of a black market in addictive drugs. dose of heroin, or will he always crave more? a.nd the A.B.A. ( 1958, 1961), the Council of Q.-Is this system a new development? A.-British doctors do stabilize patients on Judges of the Na.tional Council on Crime and A.-No, the British have always handled a set dose and even reduce the dosage grad­ Delinquency ( 1964, 1971) , the Sa.n Fra.ncisco addiction a.s a medical, not a criminal prob­ ually in many cases. They admit a lot of Committee on Crime (1971), Americans for lem. When drug control legislation was first "haggling" occurs between doctor and pa­ Democra.tic Action ( 1971), Committee for a enacted in the 1920's, doctors were given tient over the amount of drug to be given, Sane Drug Policy ( 1971), the Special Com­ wide discretion to treat addicts a.s their pro­ but patients can usually be persuaded to mittee on Crime Prevention and Control of fessional practice dicta.ted. Such treatment content themselves with a fixed dose if as­ the A.B.A. (1972), a.nd the new Drug A'buse ha.s consistently included the provision of ad­ sured that they won't experience withdrawal. Council (Washington, New York, 1972). CUr­ dictive drugs. Since 1968, however, prescrip­ Q.-Does Britain have a black ma.rket in rently, the Vera. Institute of Justice in New tion of heroin for purposes of maintenance heroin? York is seeking government a.pproval for a. has been confined to special government A.-There are 1llegal transactions of heroin concrete proposal offering a. highly struc­ clinics and to certain hospitals. in Britain. Addicts do sometimes share or sell tured heroin maintenance program to 300 Q.-How large a population of addicts does some of their own legal supply, although the ha.rd core a.ddicts who have refused or failed Britain have? more skilled and ca.reful prescription in the in that city's methadone progra.m. A.-Under 3000. clinics h~ sharply reduced the illicit circula­ FOOTNOTES Q.-Why have some people claimed that tion of addictive drugs. There is also a small 1 black ma.rket in "Chinese .heroin" from The number of addicts known to the "the British system" is a failure? Home Office during 1969 peaked at 2,881. The A.-During the 1960's the rate of addic­ Hong Kong. The la.rge scale, organized traf­ fic in narcotics which attracts criminal in­ number a.ctual1y receiving drugs at the end tion in Britain began to climb ala.rmingly. of the yea.r, however, wa.s just 1466. In 1970 Between 1958 and 1968 the number of per- · vestment in this country, however, does not exist in Britain where the low price of legal tha.t end of the yea.r figure was reduced to sons known to be receiving any kind of ad­ 1430. The 2600 figure often cited in recent dictive drug rose from 442 to 2,782. The num­ heroin makes competition unprofitable. (A bottle of 100 heroin tablets, worth $1000 on reports a.bout English a.ddicts is apparently ber receiving heroin rose during these ten the approximate number of addicts known to years from 68 to 2,240 and their a.verage age the streets of New York, retails at $2.16.) Q.-Is there any relationship between the Home Office during 1970. dropped until 33% were teenagers. Investiga­ 2 B. V. Stimson and A. C. Ogborne, "A Sur­ tion revea.led serious over-prescription by a British addicts and crime? A.-Britain remains free of the kind of vey of a Representative Sa.mple of Addicts sma.ll handful of doctors with the resultant Prescribed Heroin a.t London Clinics, " Bul­ surplus of heroin creating a "gray ma;rket" street crime which has plagued American cities in recent years, in pa.rt because addicts letin on Narcotics, 12:4, October-December and many new addicts. Concern about thiS 1970. problem led the British to restrict prescrip­ don't have to maintain expensive habits by tion for addicts to newly established govern­ stealing. This does not mean that British ment clinics as of April 1968 and prompted addicts a.re never involved in crime. A study many observers abroad to conclude prema.­ in 1969 of 111 addicts showed tha.t 41% TAKING TANGLEWOOD OUT OF THE turely that the British approach had failed. had convictions for non-drug related offenses WOODS In 1969, however, the rate of addiction slowed prior to their first use of heroin. 34% of the and in 1970 the number of addicts seen at 111 reported current involvement in non­ 2 the clinics actually. decreased :~__and this de­ drug related crime. Thus, a.lthough the pro­ vision of heroin ma.y not reform persons dis­ HON. SILVIO 0. CONTE spite improved reporting procedures. OF MASSACHUSETTS Q.-Are there some addicts unknown to posed to criminal a.ctivity; the amount of medical authorities? a.ddict crime in this sample did decrea.se after IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES A.-Yes, but studies have shown their the addicts became involved with a. clin1c. Wednesday, September 6, 1972 number to be small. Q.-Is it illega.l for a person to possess Q.-Isn't methadone a preferable drug for heroin without a medical prescription? Mr. CONTE. Mr. Speaker, of the many maintenance? A.-Yes. The maximum punishment for outstanding events that take place in A.-Yes, methadone, a synthetic relative of illegal possession is seven years and for traf­ my district eaeh year, one that consist­ heroin, is longer acting and needs to be ad­ ficking fourteen years in jail. In 1970, 226 persons were convicted for unlawful posses­ ently attracts thousands of delighted ministered only once a day instead of every 4 visitors is the annual Berkshire Festival to 6 hours. Accordingly, British doctors try to sion of heroin, down 52 from the year before. persuade addicts to switch drugs, but if a (6,682 convictions were obta.ined in 1970 for of the Boston Symphony Orchestra held patient is managing well on heroin, he is gen­ offenses involving ca.nna.bis.) in the Music Shed at Tanglewood. erally permitted to remain on it. The num­ Q.-Are British addicts ever cured of their The recently completed 1972 sununer ber of patients receiving heroin, either alone drug habit? season was the most successful ever. or in combination with other drugs, has been A.-Yes, but the number successfully re­ More than 257,000 people enjoyed the reduced from 81% in 1968 to 31% in 1970. ha.bllita.ted rema.ins small. St. Clement's Treatment Center reported tha.t 86 of 218 brilliant concerts given by the Boston Contrary to the practice in this country, Symphony in the unparalleled natural however, three qua.rters of the addicts on pa.tients treated between 1968 and 1970 were methadone choose and are allowed to inject taken off drugs altogether and were not using beauty o:f Tanglewood. it like heroin. - opiates 6 months later. Many of these pa.­ I would like to take this opportunity to Q.-Does heroin do physical harm? tients were, however, a.busing alcohol, hallu­ applaud the symphony for ·its high A.-Unadulterated heroin administered by cinogens, barbiturates, etc. Britain ha.s not standards of excellence and for the many sterile procedures in a tolerance-related dose found an answer to multiple drug use by hours of pleasure it accords its listeners. does nothing injurious to a person already young people. Q.-Could heroin be legally given to ad­ An article reviewing this past season at addicted. A study at Lexington Hospital in Tanglewood appears in today's edition of 1970 of 31 chronic opiate addicts, whose dicts in this country? years of addiction averaged 35 yea.rs, con­ A.-Yes. The Federa.l Comprehensive Drug the Christian Science Monitor and I cluded, "opiate effects per se must be dif­ Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 now include it along with my remarks: ferentiated from the medical complications provides that any resea.rch with a. drug in TAKING TANGLEWOOD OUT OF THE WOODS associated with the hectic way of life pursued Schedule 1 (e.g., heroin) requires registration (By Louis Snyder) with the Bureau of Narcotics a.nd Dangerous by youthful heroin addicts. While there is (NoTE.-With bolder and more innovative ample evidence that the aberrant way of life Drugs and approval from the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfa.re and from progra.mming, the Boston Symphony's 35th followed by most heroin abusers has both Berkshire Festival last month chalked up acute and chronic medical consequences the Food and Drug Administration. To gain approva.l, a proposal would have to satisfy a.n 18 percent !ncrease in attendance over (1. e.-tetanus, overdose, hepa-titis, endocar­ 1971. Armed with better ecological man­ ditis) there is 1nsufllcient scientific ba.sis for va.rious criteria., including the provision of adequa.te safeguards against diversion of the ners (there was a. marked decreased in Utter) maintaining that long-term use of opfates­ drug and community support for the project. and a substantial musical curiosity, this in and of itself-is related to any major Proposals would also have to receive state yea.r's audiences were obviously delighted to medica.! condition." a.pproval. Thus until the idea becomes a lot see some of the festival's traditional cobwebs Q.--Can persons maintained on heroin more acceptable than it is at present, it will brushed away.) function normally? remain a difficult and discouraging project LENox, Ma.ss.-Over the vast green expanse A.-Yes, other things being equal. Of for any medical program to undertake. of Tanglewood, the morning after the :flnal course many British addicts have severe so­ Q-Ha.ve there been proponents for heroin Berkshire Festival concert doesn't seem to cial and personal problems, including multi- maintenance in this country? differ much from year to year. Gone are the September 6, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 29629 warming-up sounds of a blossoming student to the Fromm Foundation, of Charles with the Brecht Weill "Jasager" and Monte­ oboist from the direction .of Music Center Wuorinen's Fromm-commissioned Concerto verdi's "Coronation of Poppea." headquarters; no longer faced with large, ex­ for Electrified Violin and Orchestra (with And during the Fromm events, Collage, an pectant crowds to please, the groundskeepers Paul Zukofsky as soloist), and the first repe­ offshoot of the BSO itself, comprising six who are usually cutting grass and raking tition, in wider-open spaces than Boston's young orchestra members and three outside paths are out of sight, and bird families that Symphony Hall, of Olivier Messiaen's "Et recruits, made a promising official debut in nest in the rafters of the huge Music Shed Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum," in extraordinary performances of works in the finally have the place to themselves again. which winds, brass, and particularly percus­ cqntemporary idiom, which is their raison Looking south through the pines, nothing sion anticipate the tonal terror and gran- d'etre. Now if enough modern pieces can be obscures the serene, Giottesque landscape deur of Judgment Day. · found really worthy of their talents. . . . in which Lake Mahkeenac nestles--a view ELEMENT OF DARING "I sense a sea change in these audiences," that admittedly often kept Nathaniel Haw­ Mr. Perry remarked. It has been happening thorne from writing when he spent more Mr. Thomas, who has never given the gradually, but it's very evident this sum­ than a year within sight of it, here on the impression of being a fearfully treading mer. Many new people and more young ones former Tappan estate in 1850-51. .angel where challenging scores are con­ are coming to the concerts-they really ap­ On Aug. 21, 1972, the day after the Boston cerned, rose mightily to both occasions, and preciate the sweep of Tanglewood and its Symphony's 35th Berkshire Festival had end­ in doing so contributed the element of daring very denial of the traditional concert-hall ed, the Tanglewood scene, cool but drenched on a large scale that finally brought Tangle­ ritual. They come to absorb the beauty of the with sunshine, was predictably quiet. Yet wood programming out of the traditional music and the place. And they obviously only yesterday afternoon, 12,884 people had woods. respect it from the way they treat it-plenty gathered here for Mahler's Eighth-the Stories circulated at Tanglewood a.bout of applause when they're pleased, and almost climax of a summer of almost unprecedented the incompatibility of composer and some no litter at all!" popularity. BSO musicians during rehearsals of the So the shining statistics may spring from Now the grounds were without as much as Wuorinen piece (age-old music history re­ the "new audience," more favorable weather a discarded program or an empty picnic peating itself), and indeed theTe were a few than usual, restored pride Within the orches­ boos from the audience at the first per­ tra itself ("They're playing again with that box to testify to even one concertgoeT's pres­ formance. ence. In fact Tanglewood's operations man­ 'we're-really-something' air," an old-timer ager, James Kiley, is reported still amazed So was it the music? The performances? noticed), fresh programming, the economy, at the sudden ecological bent of this season's The weather? The economy? or another coming of age for Tanglewood audiences: "Almost nothing to be picked up Thomas D. Perry Jr., the orchestra's man­ after some years of being taken for granted. ager since 1954, wryly admitted that he Whatever it is, Tanglewood in 1972 was full next day," he is quoted as saying. couldn't be sure. "Managers always know AN "UNBELIEVING SQUARREL" of the vitality and promise that must have why things go wrong," he explained, "but prompted Miss Gertrude Robinson Smith, But the return of good ecological manners when they go as well as they have this sum­ the festival's tireless founder and advocate, wasn't the only distinguishing feature of mer, we're nonplussed." to say in 1936: "There are all kinds of things the festival summer of '72, one recalled, as As might have been expected, Mr. Perry that can be done musically. Let your imagi­ a lone squirrel streaked unbelieving across was not without his theories, however. De­ nation go as far as you like and you will not the deserted lawn. For 24 scheduled BSO spite the tremendous cost of maintaining go too far." concerts, 8 open rehearsals, Tanglewood-on­ Tanglewood-the concert season is only eight The message, like Hawthorne's view, hap­ Parade (an annual day of musicmaking), weeks long-and the necessity for main­ pily is still With us. and Boston Pops at Tanglewood, more than taining the musicians as though they were 257,860 arrived to listen. on tour ("after all, in Boston, they are at There were some too, not included in home, but here they must naturally re­ this figure, who partook of recitals and con­ ceive per diem rates"), the festival repre­ certs by Fellows of the Berkshire Music Cen­ sents a special challenge. To keep Tangle­ REMOVAL OF FEDERAL EXCISE TAX . ter, others who crowded the West Barn for wood, like any finely attuned mechanism, in APPLIED TO SPARE PARTS FOR productions staged by the two-year-old working order-a 707 aircraft was cited­ PRIVATELY OWNED URBAN TRAN- · Music Theater Project, and those who bent it must be used often and to best advan­ SIT BUSES a.n ear to the five contemporary "festival­ tage. Thus, for audiences' sake as well as its within-a-festival" concerts presented by the own, the BSO must not rely exclusively on Berkshire Music Center and the Fromm repeats of its Boston programs (a general HON. RICHARD H. FULTON Music Foundation, marking the lwtteT's 20th complaint several years back), but regard OF TENNESSEE anniversary. Tanglewood as a place where it can serve a The grand total attendance represented new repertory and a new public. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES an 18.5 percent increase over 1971, and as For the past several years, Ozawa, as Wednesday, September 6, 1972 one gazed at the empty, shadowy shed artistic director with Gunther SCihuller at pondering why, the squirrel scampered Tanglewood (Bernstein is its adviser), has Mr. FULTpN. Mr. Speaker, I am today lback bearing an unidentifiable but substan­ been conscious of this need to appeal to introducing legislation which would seek tial prize between his teeth. audiences who are now coming armed with to remove the 8-percent Federal excise NEW EXCITEMENT IN AIR a substantial musical curiosity-not as a tax currently being levied against pri­ group of potluck listeners. Unusual works, vately owned bus companies when they In retrospect, reawakened interest and ancient and modern, have crept into the burgeoning response came as no surprise. regular festival programs, and for Tangle­ purchase spare parts for their vehicles. Almost from the beginning of this Tangle­ wood have been reserved a number of special This action, I believe is not only the wood season, except for a few early rain­ ones, seldom undertaken because of their natural second step following 1971 legis­ drenched filled the Berkshire air. A Bee­ large musioal demands, like Berlioz lation lifting the 10-percent tax from thoven weekend, which reunited the whole "Damnation of Faust,'' Beethoven's Missa original private-line bus purchases; it is orchestra for the summer, with retiring Solemnis, and this year's Eighth Symphony a necessary step to help keep many of music director William Steinberg and direc­ of Mahler. tor-elect Seiji Ozawa in charge, racked up a these private mass transit firms operat­ The formation· of a Tanglewood Festival ing. 'COunt of 26,903 listeners--the Sa.turctay­ Chorus, based in Boston, under John Oliver's >evening audience for the Ninth Symphony direction, has also made such projects more Currently, 938 of our Nation's 1,079 'being the largest (14,851) since 1963. feasible. And the obvious eagerness of listen­ urban transit systems are privately ' Leonard Bernstein's appearance in a ers to hear these rarities live, under optimum owned. Many, such as several of the lines •Brahms program drew 13,374 devotees, either conditions, is indicative of the catholicity of serving Washington, D.C., and the Nash­ lOf the composer or the conductor or both; taste existent these days among record ville Transit Co. serving my own con­ 'Eugene Ormandy, on two nights before collectors. stituency, face growing deficits-deficits opening his own Sa.ratoga-Philadelphian fes­ INTEGRAL PART RESTORED which can only grow larger by keeping tival, attraoted. more than 14,000 to hear In forming the Music Theater Project two this tax is effect. Within the past 17 years, him conduct the BSO; Colin Davis renewed summers ago with Ian Strasfogel as its head, 258 cities have lost their transit systems his love-feast with the orchestra and 26,730 the Berkshire Music Center has restored an hearers in three concerts; and in single en­ and many more have either required local integral part of the festival scene to do what subsidies or outright municipal purchase gagements, Aldo Cecca.to, James Levine, its name implies--present innovative stag­ Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, and Karel AncerJ, ing of music drama, with the operatic to continue operations. This trend must with noted soloists and tempting programs, cobwebs brushed away. In a small cleverly be reversed. made honorable shoWings. converted barn on the property, turn-away The Congress in 1970 recognized that It remained for BSO associate conductor audiences have sought out short pieces by aid for urban mass transit was required Michael Tilson Thomas to come forth with Harrison BirtWistle, Erik Satie, Ligeti, Offen­ when it approved a multimillion-dollar the two musical blockbusters of the bach, and this summer a tailor-made pre­ capital grant program. Yet balanced summer-the premiere, in a BSO tribute miere-Robert Selig's "Chocorua"-along against this is the $800,000 to $1.9 mtl- 29630 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS Septem ber 6, 1972 lion in Federal excise taxes estimated to RAMSEY CLARK OVERSTEPS Committee of which I am vice chairman. be demanded yearly of private buslines It is hard to think of a precedent for Ram­ The bulletin follows: purchasing spare parts. A discrepancy sey Clark's treating with an acknowledged BICENTENNIAL NEWS, clearly exists when we offer financial as­ enemy of the United States and his return Washington, D.C., August 28,1972. with conditional "agreements" signed, on The third quarter Commission meeting of sistance yet continue to demand a coun­ Clark's own word, by Hanoi's deputy premier the ARBC will be held in Washington, D.C. terproductive tax. and minister of foreign affairs. instead of Atlanta, Ga. on September 7 and Private bus company spare part levies The mildest question the action raises is: 8. The Atlanta meeting is being rescheduled flow into the $85 million highway trust By what authority does Citizen Clark un­ for December. fund, constituting perhaps 2 percent of dertake negotiations with the Hanoi govern­ At the first meeting of the Mississippi the fund's total revenues. This is not a ment in obvious contravention of negotia­ American Revolution Bicentennial Commis­ tions already being carried on by the duly sion in Jackson, Gov. William Waller told great percentage from the Government's installed government of the United States? the gathering of state and local dignitaries point of view; however, it is quite a bit Clark may dmagree with the administration the Commission was created, "to see that to those buslines affected. A look at the as violently as he pleases and criticize as Mississippi has her proper place in the cele­ current estimated excise tax expendi­ loudly and publicly as he pleases. That is bration of the nation's 200th year of success­ tures of a few private buslines amplifies any citizen's privilege. fu government." Hon. James P. Coleman is the point: But it is not his privilege to intercede or Chairman of the Commmsion and Perry An­ 1. Nashville Transit Company (Nashville, interfere in disputes between the United derson Snyder is the recently appointed Tennessee) : States and a foreign power. As a. lawyer and Director. former attorney general of the United States, A seminar about the American Revolution Federal excme tax------$9,700 he must have some knowledge of the Logan Bicentennial celebration was held at North Number of buses------117 Act. And if his excuse rests on the premise Dakota State University in Largo on August F.E.T./bus ------$82. 90 that this is an undeclared war, it is a shaky 8. In the morning, "A Call to Action," the 2. Loumville Transit Company (Loumvme, premise, indeed. Fifty thousand American official ARBC film was shown and informa­ Kentucky): dead bear witness to the fact that it is indeed tion about the Bicentennial was provided. Federal exc~e tax ______$12,000 a war, far too grim and important to brook During the afternoon session, discussion Number of buses______197 interference by any private zealot or politi­ centered on how communities in North Da­ F .E.T./ bus ------$60. 91 cal crusader. No one has given Ramsey Clark kota can plan for their participation in the 3. Niagara Frontier Transit System (Buf­ authority to act as agent for the American 1976 celebration. Joseph Satrom, Exec. Di­ falo, New York) : people; he knows well enough what course rector of the Commission, and other mem­ the law prescribes for one seeking that right. bers of the State Commission attended the Federal excme tax ------$21, 000 Number of buses______483 As a matter of fact, Clark's astonishing meeting. indiscretion caps the climax of the whole Alexander A. Bleimann, Grand Master of F.E.T./bus ------$43. 50 parade of politically motivated visitors who the Richmond District Grand Lodge, Free and 4. Milwaukee & Suburban Transit Cor­ have trouped to Hanoi, lmtened to the gospel Accepted Masons, and General Chairman of poration (Milwaukee, Wisconsin): as propounded by the Communist govern­ the Richmond Masonic Bicentennial Com­ Federal excme tax------$24,000 ment, taken a guided tour of prison camps mittee, reports that his group is actively Number of buses______538 and dikes and bombed areas, lent themselves working on plans for 1976. He also noted F.E.T./bus------$44.60 to the artful propaganda devices of Radio "There is no other group in the country 5. New Orleans Public Service, Inc. (New Hanoi, and returned to challenge anew the which is so well connected with the Bicen­ tennial than the Masonic Fraternity. General Orleans, Loumiana): morality of the Nixon administration. It isn't necessary to hold any brief for George Washington, a Master of the Virginia Federal exc~e tax------$49,000 the President to perceive how this Lodge, entrusted important affairs of the Number of buses______494 strengthens the Communist hand at the new Republic and the war itself to his gen­ F.E.T./ bus ------$99.20 Paris negotiations and encourages them to erals who were all Masons." As my colleagues can see, these excise raise their price for peace. The ARBC Speakers Bureau annual report At the same time it strikes us as mmerably includes the following statistics: ARBC Staff taxes add up to a considerable amount, poor politics. The Democrats' thesis that and Commission members addressed 83 particularly considering the financial Vietnam betokens moral laxity on the Re­ groups in 29 states. Audiences covered were pressures many of these lines currently publicans' part rings hypocritical against service and professional organizations, his­ face. the low moral tone of this ploy, and we be­ torical societies, med:ia associations, travel Mr. Epeaker, my legislation would ease lieve it will so strike the American public. groups, universities and elementary and sec­ the burden, and provide even a small Sen. McGovern cannot, of course, be held ondary schools. measure of retroactivity by exempting responsible for the words or actions of Clark Beginning in September the United States or Jane Fonda or any other private citizen Travel Service will initiate a series of nation­ from the tax those vehicle parts already working in hm behalf. But McGovern has it wide grassroots "Selling of America." working sold by manufacturers to dealers, but not in his power to repudiate this particularly seminars which will take place between the yet in use at the time of the bill's en­ dangerous kind of trifling with the national 50 state travel directors and the highest level actment. It is a measure I believe sorely interest and he should db it promptly. The foreign and domestic staffs of USTS. James T. needed by our Nation's private mass Vietnam War is a valid issue, but it can be Hamilton III, Acting Assistant Secretary of transit industry-and a measure de­ handled on a responsible level without a Commerce for Tourism said, "The accelerated signed, and I hope destined to build covey of bumbling amateurs trying to take Bicentennial-invitation program is designed over the execution of U.S. foreign policy. to meet the challenge of President Nixon's rather than "overtax" those systems July Fourth radio address, in which he called upon which America in the future must on all levels of government, the travel indus­ increasingly depend. try and the American business community to seek means of attracting more foreign NEWS BULLETIN OF THE AMERI­ visitors to the United States during the cele­ CAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL bration." RAMSEY CLARK OVERSTEPS COMMISSION Allston Jenkins, President of the Philadel­ phia Conservationists, Inc., suggested in a letter to the Commission that "the com­ HON. EDWARD J. DERWINSKI HON. G. WILLIAM WHITEHURST memoration of our nation's bicentennial be OF VmGINIA directed toward local and regional re-enact­ OF ILLINOIS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment of historic events of our past." He sub­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mitted a sample proposal: A covered wagon Wednesday, September 6, 1972 Wednesday, September 6, 1972 train to follow the Oregon Trail from St. Mr. WHITEHURST. Mr. Speaker, I Louis to Oregon making camp a.t night, Mr. DERWINSKI. Mr. Speaker, a very where the vacationing public could Join in a thoughtful and objective editorial com­ am inserting the August 28, 1972 edition of the news bulletin of the American chuckwagon supper, camp-fire, and song fest. mentary on Ramsey Clark's recent visit Several trains could take part at intervals to North Vietnam was carried by the Revolution Bicentennial Commission­ of 100 miles or so. Chicago Daily News of Wednesday, Aug­ ARBC. I take this action to help my col­ Students in grades K-12 in the Jefferson ust 16. The points made are still perti­ leagues be informed of the plans and County Schools, Steubenville, Ohio have sub­ nent as the performance of Mr. Clark activities underway across the country in mitted creative writings for an American since he returned from Hanoi shows preparation for the observance of this Heritage Publication. A volume will be de­ that the analysis in this editorial was Nation's 200th anniversary in 1976. The veloped for each year of the Bicentennial eminently correct. bulletin is compiled and written by the Era, and Dr. A. Eileen Cozart, Research, Cur­ The editorial follows: staff of the ARBC Communications riculum and Evaluation, Department of Edu- September 6, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 29631 cation. welcomes _guest writings from schools quite astounding to read of the action Britain's difficulties in caring tor the ref­ across the country. A few suggested titles taken recently by the government of ugees once they start to arrive. are: "My Community and Its Place in His­ rt is presumed that Mr. Rippon is having tory"; "Memories ot Growing Up in Rural Uganda against some 50,000 permanent discussions with ministers of the Kenya and America •.• or In a City in America"; "My residents of that country of Asian citi­ Tanzania governments during brief visits School 50 Years Ago," "Symbols of America." zenship or descent. there. Credit lines Will be gdven to pupil, teacher, According to unconfirmed information Originally the British Government is grade and .school. Dr. Cozart emphasized tha;t; emanating from Uganda both citizens thought to have hoped these governments, · the project is not a contest but an involve­ and noncitizens of Uganda who trace especially thalli of Kenya, could bring pres­ ment of children and young people toward their backgrounds to India and Pakis­ sure to bear on General Amin. But this hope a publication dedicated to the celebration has all but dissolved. of the nation's 200th ,anniversary. Send man­ tan are being summarily deported with a uscripts to Dr. Cozart at the Court House, 90-day deadline and without any com­ EVERYONE LOSES Steubenville, Ohio 43952. pensation for their homes and other At this point, the whole affair appears to Items from the August Virginia Independ­ properties. be one in which no party stands to gain. 'ence Bicentennial News: The 225 young Mr. Speaker, this action by a black The affected Asians suffer the uncertainties men entering Hampden-Sydney College will African country, evidencing the most of knowing that Uganda intends to deport have the honor of graduating in the 200th heartless prejudice and injustice, appears them, that Britain is prepared to take them year of the college's .founding. Two of the only as a last resort, and that an ill-dis­ original trustees of the college were James to have evoked little criticism among ciplined Ugandan Army and pollee force await Madison and Patrick Henry.... At the Uni­ the great civil rights leaders o·f this and them if they exceed the early November versity of Virginia, restoration of the Ro­ other nations. deadline. tunda 1n accordance with Jefferson's original Mr. Speaker. I hope that prejudice and Other Asians, thinking themselves Uganda plan for it, is now underway as a result of the injustice of this type will not be over­ citizens, are seeing their citizenship docu­ University's Bicentennial Planning Commit­ looked or condoned because the perpetra­ ments rejected-and in .some cases destroy­ tee effort.••. On July 4, Alexandrians began ed-by examiners of the Amin government. tors in this instance are black. Indeed, Does this mean that they become stateless? an 8-month "Think-On Bicentennial," de­ if signed .to .solicit ideas for the city's ob­ we are to establish a world free of prej­ If so, where do they go before the time limit servance Df the anniversary. Final date for udice and injustice, we must treat all runs out? the subxrussion Df ideas is February 22, 1973. citizens alike regardless of their race, CRASH P!tOGaAM: At a meeting of the Board of Education, color, or other identifying characteristics. The British must mount an expensive City School District, Syracuse, (N.Y.) mem­ Mr. Speaker. I am attaching herewith crash prQgram to house.. feed, and. assimilate bers resolved: ... That the Board of Educa­ a recent article an editorial which ap­ tens of thousands of possibly penniless re­ tion and the staff of the City School Dis­ peared in the August 15 issue of the fugees at a time when its own race relations trict support in principle and in every way Christian Science Monitor. which is illu­ are delicate. In addition, .Britain's unemploy­ possible the efforts of the City, County, ment hovei:S near the 1 million mark And tts State, and Nation in creating a worthwhile minating on this subject: labor rel8/ti()DS a.re tense. and. meaningful experience for the Bicen­ AstAN-EXPULSIQN 0J.U)ER STANns-UGANDA For its part, Uga.nda. stands to suffer -a tennial Celebration planned for 1976." FRUSTRATES BRITISH ENVaY period of extreme economic dislocation and The Oklahoma Bicentennial Commission (By FrMeric Hunter,) readjustment. t'ecently sponsored a workshop in Okl"&homa NAiaOBI, KENrA.-At it faces the threat ot General Amin's seizure of power has al­ City. Governor David Hall and other digni­ 50,000 British-Diana -deported. to its Shores ready caused a chaotic upheaval in the econ­ taries heard Reader's Digest senior editor, in less than 90 days. .Britain dnda its rela­ omy, with five of Uganda's seven principal Robert O'Brien and Commission Member, tions with Uganda becoming ever more like exports declining last year and. lts foreign Clarke T. Reed praise Oklahoma's early -ef­ a nightmare. asse~ falUn~ by more than one half at a time forts to organize. Mrs. Gladys Warren, Chair­ Britain faces two dilemmas. First it is try­ when m.iUta.ry expenditure d()Ubled. man of the Commission, reported "Ideas are ing to negotiate a matter of extreme 4etlcacy The deportation order is likely to deprive pouring in and many of them are excellent... from a position of extreme weakness. Second Uganda of lts most economicAlly knowledge­ Prnf. Richard P. McCormick, Commission it is seek>ing to negotiate with a regime which "&ble and entrepreneuriat class. While the de­ Member_, presented a check of $13,500 (ftrst t'efuses to play the game or international re­ portations will undoubtedly A:fricanize the installment of the $45,000 Federal grant) to lations by the rules practiced. in interna­ economy, lt will be an economy which oper­ Governor William T. Cahlll on August 9th tional diplomacy. ates at a much lower level. 1n Trenton, New Jersey. 'The nightmar~ is that Britain has ret tG The ARBC of Connecticut has begun an talk directly with the government of Gen. THE PLIGHT OJ' UGANDA~ .A.siANS ambitious publications program consisting ldi Amin on this matter of obvious mutual Whatever one might think of Ugandan of 30 to 40 booklets of some 60 pages each. importance. The first five boo'klets, due to be published President Amin's impulsive action in ex­ next year, will be on the following topics: AMIN WON'T CONFEK pelling 50,000 Asians holding British pass­ Connecticut, The Provision State; Connecti­ On his arrival here ln. N.atrobl from Uganda ports, there is no denying Britain's moral cut in the Conttnentai Congress; Connecti­ late Sunday a.fternooD.. Oeo:ffrey Rippon, a duty to acoept responsibility for the Asians. cut .Military Leaders J.n the Revolution; senior .British minister sent to negGtiate And this the Britislh Government 11M said it Stamp Act 'Crisis in Connecticut; a.nd Ne­ with General AmiD.. ackD:Dwledged that he will do. groes in C&nnecticut during the Revolu­ had failed tn hla bid to meet the eratic At the same time the sudden ln.ftux of tionary Period.. Th,e Commission is currently Ugandan leader. He had been in Kampala al­ thousands of East African Asia.ns would put negotla.ting a publlshing contract with Pe­ most two full days. Mr. Rippon said his a tremendous burden on Britain's capacity quot Press of Chester, Connecticut. Eric , schedule had been agreed. in principle With to absorb -nonwhite immigrants and risk Hatch Commission Chairman, has expresse4 .General Amin before he lett London Friday igniting racial tensions. the hope that one ot the purposes to be night. Britain therefore is Justifted in asking for served by the program wilt be to stimulate Mr. Rippon appearecl not only frustrated the cooperation of other members of the public school tea-ching of the Revolutionaf7 and embarrasse4, but all!IO puzzled. '"I can't Com.inonwealth. and partlc'Ula!'ly of India War history in the State. make General Amin meet me," he said. ...I and. Pakistan, in seeking -a solution of this won'-t bite him." acute human problem. The British minister's problem ts that he The number Of nGnwhite immigrants en­ is approaching the Amin -expulsion order u tering Britain a1f'tef' World War n and de­ a policy matter to be ne~otiated. General -colonization attained such proportions in UGANDA PERPETRATES INJUSTICE Amin refuses to negotiate. the '60's that the Labour government of ON DESCENDANTS FROM ASIA Mr. Rippon stated that he had written the Harold Wilson bad to introduce legislation Ugandan leader a pers.onal letter outlining to reduce the flow. the practical problems involved in the mass Under pressure from his l'ight wing, Con­ HON.. ROBERT McCLORY movement of thousands of people. lie also servative Prime Minister Edward Heath added stll1 more controls. The existing legis­ 0'11' lLLINOIS expressed hopes that negotiations at 'SOme level could begin soon. lation permits 3,500 E·ast Mrican Asia.ns IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOREIGN-EXCHANGE EDICT with British passports to enter Britain each Wednesday, September 6, 1972 year with their families proTided they have In an attempt -to solve the problem cre­ special work wouchers. 'This annual quota, Mr. McCLORY~ Mr. Speaker, in con­ ated by Uganda's shorta,ge ·of foreign ex­ which covers Kenya .and Tanzania as well .as nection with the apparent efforts on an change, General Amin has signed a decree international scale to reduce .racial and prohibiting the export of foreign .exchange ~!~~t~;~; ~=:~~:::ur c!~n~:es~~ "from Uganda. Thus it appears the Uganda to the rescue by .a.ocepting some of the ex­ ethnic prejudice-particularly the large­ Government intends to deport the Asians pelled Asians. scale national efforts in this country to without letting them ·take any assets with There seems little hope of persuading Gen­ judge citizens on an equal basis, it is them. This decree, if enforced, wlll magnify eral Amin to revoke his decision. His move CXVIII--1866-Part 22 29632 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 6, 1972

w~s designed to eilihance his own position only a renewal of their great Italian heritage, Democratic noise to the contrary, there's and popularity by playing on his people's but also an interest in Italy as a friend been no backdown of government involve­ distrust of the Asians, who have long rep­ and Ally of the United States. ment in housing, Social Security, education, resented a prosperous middle class dom­ Sincerely, health, and welfare. And the Environmental inating Uganda's commercial and profes­ GRAHAM MARTIN. Protection Agency, created by Nixon, is as sional life. The most that can be hoped for much cursed by industry as it is by anyone is an extension of the General's 90-day dead­ else. The administration has not pushed line for the Asians' departure. hard enough to make welfare reform and rev~ The problem of nonwhite immigrants has NIXONIAN AMERICA: A STEADY enue sharing realities instead of bright new been a continuing embarrassment for both COURSE concepts, but the Democrats are equally to Labour and Conservative governments in blame for that. Britain. The European Commission on Hu­ There is much bellowing in civil liber­ man Rights is currently investigating cases HON. GERALD R. FORD tarian circles about repression and suppres­ of Asians with British passports who have sion by the Nixon administration. But Jerry been refused entry to Britain and have been OF MICHIGAN Rubin and the Chicago 7 are free and so is shuttlecocked from country to country with IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Angela Davis. Daniel Ellsberg benefited from no place to go. Wednesday, September 6, 1972 a decision by Nixon's Supreme Court. Law In accepting responsibility for the Ugan­ enforcement authorities feel the pendulum dan Asians the Heath government has taken Mr. GERALD R. FORD. Mr. Speaker, on law-and-order has some distance to go the only honorable course open to it. it is refreshing to read the comments of before it's swung back to their side. Some Americans need to be loved a little a newspaper columnist who has no ax more by their President than others:-- Btacks to grind but is interested only in shovel­ don't feel such love from Nixon, but there ing aside verbal garbage and getting at have been no major urban riots since he took A MESSAGE FROM THE AMBASSA­ the facts. That is the kind of material office. Blacks increasingly fall into the middle DOR OF ITALY that comes from the typewriter of Nick class and its afflictions. Tell blacks that un­ Thimmesch. His column which appears der Nixon the civil rights budget tripled, in the Sunday, August 27, edition of the that he made a record number of appoint­ HON. PETER W. RODINO, JR. ments of blacks to top positions, and that OF NEW JERSEY Chicago Tribune is the best proof of record school integration was achieved in that. Thimmesch writes the truth, and his years, well, most blacks won't believe it. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I would like to give that truth the widest Wednesday, September 6, 1972 possible circulation. In that spirit, I place THE SOCIAL ORDER The McGovernite college youth don't be­ Mr. RODINO. Mr. Speaker, recently a Nick Thimmesch's August 27 column in lieve it, either, but there are 18 million non­ group of New Jersey residents traveling the RECORD at this point. student youths who don't feel that antago­ through Europe with the Ace Alagna NIXONIAN AMERICA: A STEADY COURSE nistic. Civic Association met with the American (By Nick Thimmesch) More action against hard drugs, and less Ambassador in Rome. As a matter of MIAMI BEACH.-As President Nixon arrived against soft. More long hair, and less opposi­ here for his coronation, it's fair to ask, what tion to it. A freer movie screen, stage, and protocol, never before had the Ambas­ printed expression, and less worry about it. sador met with so large a group in the kind of government has he given the Uni.ted States since he was inaugurated? And how More government and more distrust in it. Embassy. It was indeed a historic occa­ effective was he in keeping that balance, vital More talk about the urban and mass-transit sion. to our kind of society, between freedom and crises, and only nominal effort to relieve I am most pleased to learn of so warm order? What's gone on since 1969? them. and special a gathering. Ambassador The Vietnamese war goes on, but differ­ So this is Nixonian America. Steady as she Graham Martin exchanged views with ently. Nixon brought more than 500,000 goes, straight ahead, but not fast enough troops home, drastically reduced U.S. casual­ for some. Scarcely any glamor. Overall, the Mr. Alagna and with a great many mem­ President has a steadier hand on his rudder, bers of the group. All agreed it has been ties, but the American war is now in the air and on the water in enormous scale. which is the U.S. government, than McGov­ a highly informative get together. Fol­ North Viet Nam.is no longer a fearful colos­ ern has on his, which is his campaign. lowing the August 4 visit, the Ambas­ sus backed to the hilt by China and the sador wrote the following letter which Soviets. And the world is as tired of Hanoi's appeared in the Italian Tribune News of intransigence as it is of our marathon show September 1. I would like to share his of military might. MISS TEENAGE AMERICA words with you at this time: The American people are disgusted with RoME, the war, but not making a major decision August 8, 1972. on it as they were four years ago. The show­ HON. ROGER H. ZION Mr. ACE ALAGNA, boating by McGovern on how to end it all, Publisher, Italian Tribune News, including Pierre Salinger's illicit diplomacy, OF INDIANA Newark, N.J. amounts to pesky politics. It's Nixon, Dr. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Henry Kissinger, President Thieu, and the DEAR MR. ALAGNA: It was a pleasure to Wednesday, September 6, 1972 meet the group which called on me on Au­ Communists in North Viet Nam and else­ gust 4. We speak of the "special relationship" where who ,will settle this ordeal. Mr. ZION. Mr. Speaker, I am extremely which unites Italy and the United States. BOND IS UNRAVELING proud to bring to the attention of my There are many historical reasons for this, The bipartisan foreign policy bond began colleagues the fact that Miss Teenage not the least being factors related to the to unravel before Nixon took office, and now America hails from my own congressional unification of Italy. The strongest bond, it's a jumble of yarn. The President has most district. however, is one of blood. of the Senate behind him on the Strategic When our nation soon celebrates its bicen­ Arms Limitation Talks agreements and the Lovely, 17-year-old Carla Tevault of tennial of our independence, one-tenth of new relations with China and the Soviet Un­ Petersburg, Ind., has just won this high our population will be composed of Ameri­ ion, but there's growing dissent on his right honor in the 13th annual Miss American cans of Italian origin. Such citizens take to make war and his wisdom in keeping high Teenager Pageant at New York City. great and highly justified pride in their levels of troops in Europe. Since military Carla, who is now beginning her fresh­ "mother country," with its vast repository of strength has been an instrument of U.S. for­ man year at Indiana University has culture spanning millenia. eign policy for a generation, the demand to brought much pride to Petersburg and Since there is this special identification, reduce it, for better or worse, comes out as southern Indiana. She has brown hair such Americans also should have particular a new form of isolationism. This situation interest in the Italy of the present and fu­ clearly developed in the Nixon years. and green eyes, is 5 feet, 8 inches tall, ture, not only of the past. The President's Peking and Moscow trips and weighs 123 pounds. A pageant Aside from its highly important role within are celebrated as surprising turnabouts for spokesman said that Carla was chosen Europe itself, Italy is a key member of the him. But I think his handling of the econ­ for her poise, appearance, and person­ Atlantic Alliance. As such it is one of our omy is an even greater surprise. Nixon put­ ality. most important Allies. The continuation of ting in price-and-wage controls and presid­ In a locality famous for pretty, intelli­ Italy as a strong and viable member of the ing over record budgets? But infiation seems Alliance is a matter of concern to all Ameri­ curbed, and the Aprll-thru-June economic gent, and all•around wholesome young cans and particularly to those . of Italian growth rate of 9.4 per cent is lively and en­ ladies, we are all delighted with this descent. I therefore hope that the members couraging. Unemployment is expected to drop young lady and the honors she has so of the group whose visit I so much enjoyed to 5 per cent and employment is at a record recently brought to her home community will have as a remembrance of their trip not 83 million. and her State. September 6, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 29633 VERY REVEREND WARREN F. The new St. Thomas Church stands today man who built his house on rock. When the DICHARRY DEDICATES NEW ST. as the fruit of your courageous faith. In a rainy season set in, the torrents came and kind of present-day paraphrase of Our Lord's the winds blew and buffeted his house. But THOMAS CHURCH own words regarding His resurrection, you it did not collapse, for it had been solidly have said in effect: "Destroy this temple and set on rock." in three years we will raise it up again!" And "May the Lord bless you and keep you. HON. HALE BOGGS you have been true to your word. May He let His Face shine upon you and be OF LOUISIANA Yes, St . Thomas Church has risen from the merciful to you. May He look upon you kindly IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ruins, and what a worthy tribute it is to your and give you peace." In the name of the devotion! Shining white in the bright Mis­ Father and of the Son and of the Holy Wednesday, September 6, 1972 sissippi sun, this beautiful church, even more Spir it. Amen . Mr. BOGGS. Mr. Speaker, during the than its predecessor, is truly (in the words recess, I attended dedication services for of the dedication plaque) "a beacon for fish­ the new St. Thomas Church in Long ermen and a symbol of Catholic faith." Standing boldly on the very edge of the Gulf, TEAMSTERS CHARGE LETTUCE Beach, Miss. This is not a new congrega­ it demonstrates your complete and childlike tion; its roots go deep into the history confidence in your Heavenly Father. In its BOYCOTT "RAIDS" THEIR UNION of the area. The services were held to perfect proportions, its balance between the dedicate a new church to replace a struc­ vertical and the horizontal, it proclaims to HON. VICTOR V. VEYSEY ture lost in the terrible fury of hurricane everyone who sees it your own dual dedica­ Camille on Sunday, August 17, 1969. The tion to the love of God and the love of your OF CALIFORNIA sermon was delivered by the Very Rev­ neighbor. In its memorial chapel are pre­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES served the crucifix and statue of Our Lady Wednesday, September 6, 1972 erend Warren F. Dicharry, rector of St. from the old church, thus keeping a sense In Mary's Seminary, Houston Tex. his of continuity with th~ past glorious tradi­ Mr. VEYSEY. Mr. Speaker, the August sermon, Father Dicharry gave a moving tions. And in its simple but beautiful inte­ 28 issue of U.S. News & World Report account of the strength and determina­ rior, it bespeaks your ardent desire to wor­ contains a factual refutation of the oft­ tion of people who, having lost every­ ship God in awareness of His Presence and in appreciation of His Liturgy. These sur­ repeated story that the lettuce dispute in thing, retained their faith and will tore­ California is an attempt to unionize im­ build their homes and their communities. roundings form a pressing invitation to "wor­ ship God in spirit and in truth." Here, it is poverished laborers. The facts once again I am inserting Father Dicharry's sermon easy to take to heart St. Paul's reminder to are shown to be that at least 70 percent in the RECORD and calling it to the atten­ the Romans: "Offer yourselves as a living of the lettuce grown in California is al­ tion of my colleagues. sacr~fice holy and acceptable to God, your ready harvested by members of the SERMON FOR THE DEDICATION OF ST. THOMAS spiritual worship" and to the Ephesians: Teamsters Union. and 15 percent by the CHURCH "Follow the way of love, even as Christ loved United Farm Workers Union headed by Your Excellency, Bishop Joseph Brunini, you. He gave Himself for us as an offering to Cesar Chavez. Little if any nonunion Very Reverend Cecil Parres, Provincial of God, a gift of pleasing fragrance." the Vincentian Fathers, the Honorable Hale Yes, it is indeed a source of great and spe­ lettuce is shipped out of the State. Boggs, the Honorable W1lliam Skellie, the cial joy to be here for the dedication of the The article clearly shows the lettuce Right Reverend Monsignor Michael Camp­ new, the resurrected, St. Thomas Church. boycott is not a crusade to organize un­ bell, Members of the Long Beach Ministerial But we are here for more than the dedica­ protected workers, but simply a public re­ Alliance, Father William Pittman, Very Rev­ tion of a physical structure. We are here to lations power play by one union against erend and Reverend Fathers, Beloved Sis­ dedicate and consecrate anew the Church another. The Teamsters aptly call it a ters, Parishoners, and Friends of St. Thomas that is, the People of God dwelling and wor~ shipping in this area. It is in this sense that raid on their membership. I hope my col­ Parish . . . It is always a source of joy to leagues will not be taken in by the decep­ participate in the dedication of a new church. St. Paul addresses his epistles to the Church But it is a source of very special joy indeed of God which is at Corinth. to the Churches tive call to boycott nonunion lettuce. to assist in th~ dedication of the new Saint in Galatia., and so on. It is in this spirit that The article follows: Thomas Church here at Long Beach, Mis­ he challenges the Corinthians .as follows· [From the U.S. News & World Report, sissippi. For this is not just a new church; "Are you not aware that you are the tempi~ Aug. 28, 1972] it is a resurrected church, a church risen of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in WE'VE BEEN ASKED .ABOUT ••• CAMPAIGN To from the ruins and, as such, a shining sym­ you. If anyone destroys God's temple (and BoYCOTT LETTUCE bol of the extraordinary faith and courage he is referring to disunity and factionalism), God will destroy him. For the temple of God A drive is intensifying for a nationwide of the priests, sisters, and people of this consumer boycott of one of the country's im­ parish. is holy, and you are that temple." And per­ haps even more explicitly he declares to the portant farm products-the iceberg lettuce Three years ago, on Sunday, August 17, grown in the rich valleys of California and 1969, Long Beach was ravaged by the fiercest Ephesians: "You form a building which rises on the foundation of the apostles and proph­ Arizona. The stakes in this campaign are hurricane ever to strike the United States. high. I need not describe it, for those of you who ets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cap­ stone. Through Him the whole structure is On one side is the militant United Farm were here that night can never forget the Workers Organizing Committee headed by screaming wind, the pounding water, the fitted together and takes shape as a holy temple in the Lord; in Hlm you are being Cesar Chavez. It is seeking to organize the deadly darkness, the tragic loss of life. I was 15,000 farmhands who harvest and field pack in Rome when it all happened, but about built into this temple, to become a dwelling place for God in the Spirit." about two thirds of the lettuce consumed in two weeks later I came here with my brother, the U.S. Father Harold Dicharry, to see if we could Today. therefore, we are here to perform the dedication not only of this beautiful On the other side are growers, many of recover any of his belongings from the them large corporations, whose yearly crops ruined rectory. I was absolutely appalled at church but also and especially of you, the priests, the sisters, and the people of this bring them about 175 million dollars. They the desolation all around: the demolished oppose the Chavez effort on the ground that homes, the uprooted trees, the washed out parish, invoking upon you God•s choicest blessings and graces in order that you may they already have contracts with a rival streets, the town literally swept away from union. the shore. But perhaps the most vivid pic­ commit and consecrate yourselves anew to His love, His worship, and His service. The If a major part of the consuming public, ture in my memory as in yours is the one through the boycott, can be persuaded to which was also carried in newspapers around word church, which comes to us from the Greek by way of the Teutonic, means "the stop buying head lettuce in stores or eating the country-the picture of St. Thomas it in restaurants, the UFWOC hopes to pres­ Church shattered beyond repair. And even Lord's House." May Jesus Christ, whom St. Thomas the Apostle acknowledged .as "my sure growers into recognizing their union as more moving was the picture of the parish­ the sole bargaining agent for field workers. ioners of St. Thomas gathered next to the Lord and my God," take possession as Lord devastated church and participating in the not only of this structure, but of each and AFTER GRAPE BOYCOTT Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered by your everyone in this parish. May He ·be truly The lettuce fight, so far, is running the pastor, Father Frank O'Malley, on the very and completely the Lord, that is, the Master, same course as the grape boycott organized by first Sunday after the disaster. the Ruler, the very Heart and Center of your the union about five years ago. That drive was Your unselfish and unshakeable faith on lives. May He, with each celebration of the so successful that most California growers of that occasion and ever since has been an in­ Eucharistic sacrifice in this church, grant table grapes were finally forced to sign up spiring example to us all. Your own homes you the grace to offer yourselves completely ·with the union headed by Mr. Chavez. to Him, with Him, in Him, and through Him There is this difference, however: The were damaged or destroyed, but your imme­ to the Father. so that, as the bread and wine diate thought was that of rebuildtDg the UFWOC, which is atmiated with the AFL­ are transformed into His Body and Blood CIO, this time may be on a collision course House of Gad. Your awn businesses were in you too may be transformed spiritually int~ with the powerful Teamsters Union. . many instances literally wiped aut, but you Him. And may He be able to say of you The Teamsters already have contracts to were determined to "be about your Father's as He said at the conclusion of His Sermon represent the workers of about 170 California business" and to restore His worship in a on the Mount: "Anyone who hears My words and Arizona growers. These cover approxi­ worthy edifice. and puts them into practice is like the wise mately 70 per cent of all lettuce produced 29634 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 6, 1972 in the two States. The UFWOC, on the other As the drive for a lettuce boycott gains Warfare as a method for settling disputes hand, has four growers under contract, cov­ momentum, some officials foresee the battle must be eliminated-and eliminated rapidly. ering about 15 per cent of lettuce output. lines being formed more clearly between the Institutions strong enough and fair enough The remaining 15 percent is harvested by Chavez union and the Teamsters. In that to resolve the conflicting interests of nation­ nonunion labor. event, they feel, those caught in the cross states must be bulit-and built rapidly. The Chavez union does not recognize the fire will be the growers and, increasingly, the The United Nations is our starting point. Teamster contracts. At the Keene, Calif., American public. I know that, for many of you, the United headquarters of UFWOC, union official Hub Nations is a piece of the "Establishment", to Segur says: be looked on with suspicion and doubt. I sus­ "There is no such thing as a Teamster pect that, for most of you, it is a disappoint­ contract. It's a piece of paper used by the FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE EARL WAR­ ment. That is a feeling I understand and growers for public-relations purposes. Dues REN SPOKE TO A GATHERING OF share. aren't collected, and there is no administra­ I was Governor of California when the tion of benefits. The industry is just using CONGRESSIONAL INTERNS Charter of the United Nations was signed in those so-called contracts as a disguise for the San Francisco. My hopes that mankind was fact that workers aren't organized." Hon. PETER H. B. FRELINGHUYSEN at last turning the corner, away from the "THIS IS A RAID • • • " barbarism that had culminated in the Sec­ OF NEW JERSEY The Teamsters do not agree. Einar Mohn, ond World War, were as high as the hopes director of the Western Conference of Team­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of men could be. sters, put it this way: Wednesday, September 6, 1972 But it is absolutely vital that we realize "We consider our contracts still valid. the root of our disappointment is not in the This is not a jurisdictional dispute, since Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, Charter of the United Nations. Instead, it is we have contracts. This is a raid on our on August 1, former Chief Justice Earl in ourselves-in our unwUlingness to insist membership by UFWOC." Warren, who is Chairman of the United that nation-states use and develop the United The lettuce boycott began officially on Nations Association of the United States, Nations as a new and different way for han­ May 3. But it did not come to widespread dling their relations and their mutual prob­ attention until the Democratic National spoke to a gathering of congressional in­ lems. Convention, when it was endorsed-with a terns at the Library of Congress, Coolidge All of us, in every nation-without regard television audience listening in-by about 20 Auditorium. I include his interesting and for ideology, race, or religion; and without State delegations. Senator Edward Kennedy informative remarks for the RECORD: regard for fundamentally changed condi­ (Dem.), of Massachusetts, in his Convention REMARKS OF CHIEF JUSTICE EARL WARREN tions-are permitting relations between appearance, supported both the Democratic states to be conducted in essentially the same On behalf of the United Nations Associa­ way that has prevailed for the past two tickets and the campaign against nonunion tion of the United States, it is a pleasure to lettuce. thousand years. The continuation of these The UFWOC claims that any lettuce sold welcome you to this conference on the UN. attitudes and habits pose the gravest peril without its symbol-a black eagle-is non­ Also, at the very outset, I want to express for the whole human race. union, even though it might bear a Team­ my deep appreciation to Representative Fra­ I ask you to read the Charter of the United sters' label. So far there has been only spor­ ser and his colleagues on the House Foreign Nations. Then ask yourselves if it does not adic picketing of stores, but more of this Affairs Committee, including its outstanding provide--as our Constitution has provided­ action is likely. staff; to Senator McGee; to Undersecretary­ the base for building new and dynamic rela­ The Farm Workers' boycott is being en­ General F. Bradford Morse, and to your col­ tions between men and their institutions. dorsed by the United Auto Workers, other leagues on the Bipartisan Committee of the We Americans have been given time to de­ unions, mayors of big cities and some Gov­ Congress for helping us make this day pos­ velop the resources of the Constitution. We ernors. sible. And may I also express my thanks to members of the human .:ace do not have so Marshall Ganz, UFWOC boycott coordina­ all of you for the interest that has brought much time to develop the resources of the tor, says: "After just three months of orga­ you here. Charter of the United Nations. nizing, we're at the same level it took us Let me also bring you a word of reassur­ All that I have said is merely background two years to reach in our boycott of table ance. Despite the indications on the pro­ to the expression of my profound agreement grapes." gram, I am not going to talk for half an hour. with the statement of purpose in the Pro­ Full-time workers are setting up local boy­ I guess the program planners assumed some gram of this conference which asserts that cotts in 40 cities, Mr. Ganz claims. of you might find it difficult to get here by "if we are going to build effective institu­ MEANING TO GROWERS 9 :45 on a summer day and used this device tions to help shape our nation's priorities, to make certain Mr. Mooney would be able the task cannot be done without the younger The union says that each person who ab­ to start promptly at 10:15. From what I have stains from buying lettuce for a year will generation's values, ideals, and vitality." I heard of his presentation, I am happy to yield would only add that the situation requires cost the growers $15. But growers assert that time to him. the boycott has shown no effect, so far, on another important attribute of youth, and Time, however, is not the measure of my that is impatience. the demand for lettuce and that, in fact, delight in being with you. For me, it is a the latest quotations by the State market Currently, we are witnessing a negative welcome opportunity. There must never be a form of impatience in the reluctance of the news service indicates that "demands ex­ generation gap in relation to the concern ceeds supply." Congress to appropriate funds for the United which brings us together-the urgent need to Natiohs itself, as well as for many related A carton of 24 heads of lettuce has been stop the killing of our fellow man; to protect bringing around $3, compared with about $2 programs. in late July. Tom Merrill, whose family op­ and enrich the future of the human race, and What we need to witness is a positive erates a 3,000-acre farm in Salinas, Calif., of this small planet that is our home. form of impatience that demands to know commented: Science and technology are changing the why we continue to tolerate the Connally "Seems as though every time they try to physical environment and our social rela­ amendment which condemns the World crank up the boycott, the price of lettuce tions so substantially and at such an ac­ Court, and its capacity to build a body of goes up a bit." celerating rate that the methods and institu­ world law, to idleness; why there are not California's position on the dispute, as tions on which society depends are lagging more initiatives to develop the peacekeeping stated by William I'. Cowan, chief deputy far behind. Too often these methods and in­ as well as the peace-building functions of director of the State's department of agricul­ stitutions have become inadequately respon­ the United Nations; why the United States ture, is this: sive to the needs of today-and grossly in­ fails to ratify conventions relating to human "The claim that California iceberg lettuce adequate to the needs of tomorrow. rights, and why such a massive portion of is 'nonunion' is ridiculous. The truth is that Discontent and demands for change are our resources, both human and material, are not only understandable, they are essential. more than 85 percent of all head lettuce devoted to the instruments of war and de­ harvested in California and Arizona is har­ These comments with special force to the methods and institutions by which we han­ struction rather than to the institutions of vested under union contracts. peace and human development. "Some of the Teamster Union contracts in dle relations between nation-states and prob­ the Salinas Valley go back 30 years. Cali­ lems that are of common concern to the The United Nations can only be what the fornia's State government has taken no steps family of man. member states make it. Admittedly, the to support this boycott which is a jurisdic­ For centuries, war and the threat of war, United States cannot, by itself, build a more tional dispute between two unions." however barbaric, have been used for the effective United Nations. But, most assuredly, How do farm laborers fare in the lettuce pursuit of national interests; but on a scale a more effective United Nations will not be fields? The Chavez union declares they are that mankind could tolerate. Now, virtually built without strong, persistent leadership underpaid. State officials say that, in 1972, within your lifetimes, and certainly within from the United States. California lettuce workers have hourly earn­ mine, we have brought about a fundamental I believe the Charter of the United Na­ ings ranging from $5.70 to $7.41, on a piece­ change in the nature of war. Warfare now tions is an inspiring expression of our deep­ work basis. Their working conditions, the has become so destructive of man, of his est instincts as a people and our highest State says, are "far better" than those found works, of his essential environment, it is no interests as a nation-state. I believe it to be in any other State. longer either rational or tolerable. sorely neglected. I believe your generation September 6, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 29635 -has no more noble or exciting opportunity OUR BOMBS FALL ON PEOPLE of bamboo and thatch and two rather hand­ than to gi:ve it vitality. some brick buildings ·are under construction. You have on your side the fact that science Across the road there is a technical school, and technology are imposing disciplines that HON. PAUL N. McCLOSKEY, JR. training students to be assistant doctors and clearly ,go beyond the capacities of nation.­ OF CALIFORNIA pharmacists. states. Problems .such as abuse of the en­ At 9:35 a.m. that Sunday, a group of four vironment, management of seabed resources, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES planes dropped iO explosive bombs, one ton modification and control of climate, the uses Wednesday, September 6, 1972 each, near the hospital. This was followed of outer space, satellite communications, and at 10-minute intervals by two further groups, so on, all require some multinational frame­ Mr. McCLOSKEY. Mr. Speaker, most each of four planes, dropping cluster bombs. work for solution. Inescapably, they are of the Nation shares a sense of dismay I was told that each cluster bomb contains bringing us face to face with the imperative today over the senseless slaughter of 300 pellet bombs, -spherical, about two and of bringing a worldview to the affairs of Israeli athletes in a political terrorist ac­ five-eighths inches in diameter, with plastic man. - tion. As in the case of the assassinations jackets. 'The cluster bomb explodes in the Also on your side is the fact that the same and assassination attempts by which we air, releasing the pellet bombs, which are science which threatens to destroy us all, ·intended to explode just above the ground, has also made it possible, for the first time, have lost four national leaders in our own where they will do the most damage. The for man to live bountifully upon this planet. country in less than 10 years, we wonder pellet bombs in this instance did not contain But only man himself will civilize our whether or not the world is seeing a pellets, but the casing itself fragmented into global village and make it habitable. growing acceptance o;f violence as a small rectangular pieces of metal each about The United Nations provides the means for means of political protest. We wonder four by 10 millimeters. Each pellet bomb achieving greatly-if we are willing to use it. whether or not our national taste for breaks into about 300 such fragments. The The will to do that must now-and in the violence in television, movies, and cur­ one I was shown had a casing marked L22, future-bridge all generation gaps, Let us rent literature may not play a part in the was khaki in color, and had been manufac­ waste no more time. Let us do all we can, be­ tured in August, 1971. ginning now, to build a world in which we motivation of individuals to commit acts The bombing of the .hospital completely can, in the words of the UN Charter, live of seemingly senseless tragedy. destroyed two of the buildings and heavily together in peace with one another, as good It seems to me, Mr. Speaker, that as damaged another. One of the buildings de­ neighbors. the world's largest and most powerful stroyed had been for traditional medicine Thank you again for being here, and for nation, enjoying a standard of living un­ (Chinese and Vietnamese hospitals ordinarily giving me the opportunity to be with you. paralleled in history, we should specifi­ offer patients a choice between traditional and western forms of treatment1) . The sec­ cally question what part is played in the ond building destroyed was the dental clinic. encouragement of terrorists around the In all, nine persons were killed and 11 world by the fact that the United States wounded. Of the nine killed, four were pa­ PEOPLE DO CARE is daily killing and maiming hundreds of tients, the others were medical workers and innocent civilians in North Vietnam. At their children. Of the 11 wounded, (me was the same time, as we deplore Palestinian an assistant doctor, one a nurse, and seven HON. JOSHUA EILBERG terrorism or Irish terrorism, might we not were children. Of the seven persons in the OF 'PENNSYLVANIA also consider a cessation of the indis­ nurse's family, four were killed, including her husband and three children. The wounded IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES .criminate killing which necessarily ac­ assistant doctor lost a boy in the raid, and Wednesday, September 6, 1972 companies our devastating air war in two of his other children were wounded. Southeast Asia. The first bomb to hit a building threw bodies Mr. EILBERG. Mr. Speaker, one of What American child can be taught of patients as far as 20 meters; the head of the many complaints we hear about our respect for human life when our nation­ one patient was found three days later 100 society today is that people do not care al policy is to indiscriminately destroy meters away. about anyone but themselves. the lives of Vietnamese civilians our pilots I saw and photographed the dental clinic, We have all heard reports about per­ never see? flattened by the blast from a bomb that had sons being beaten or robbed or killed fallen nearby. I also examined the bomb, If our national policy is to use anti­ which had been dug out, and another, a dud. while a crowd watched and did nothing. personnel bombs and napalm against the I then went through the wa.rds of the So I am happy to report to you today villages and countryside of Vietnam, hospital, going from bed to bed and examin­ about a group of men, the Philadelphia what do we tell our children about the ing the paltients' records. They included the Fire Officers Union, who went out of value of human life? Are we not guilty of following: their way to help someone else. hypocrisy in wringing our hands over Girl, Xuong, aged eight. Lower spinal cord Recently, the Sisters of Mercy, in my 11 Israeli lives when we daily ac­ cut by a pellet from a fra.gmenta.tion bomb. .city, .Philadelphia, acquired a new and .quiesce in the expenditure of millions of L@wer body permanently pa.raly2led . more modern home for their vocational Baby girl, Tha.o, three months old. She was dollars to kill many times that number of being held by her grandfather. Her father school and convent. Unfortunately, they Vietnamese? What kind of nation have had been killed in the bombing; her mother, did not have the money to pay for the we become? wounded in the backbone, is in the hospital transportation of the equipment and We are reported to have over 200 in town. The baby still has a pellet unda­ furnishings for the school and their resi­ B-52's and more than 400 fighter bomb­ her jawbone which will be removed !alter. dence. ers operating in Southeast Asia. The Boy, Chien, three yea.rs old. A bomb frag­ When George A. Yeager, president of ment toce his left arm so badly that the arm heaviest raid of the war on North Viet­ had to be amputated just belo·w the the officers union, heard about the sis­ nam was reported. only a few days ago, shoulder. all ters' problem he asked the members, involving over 200 planes. What only 12 Young male, Manh, 20 years old. He was officers of the Philadelphia Fire Depart­ planes could do in killing and maiming being trea.ted by traditional mediclne and ment, if they would help the nuns make innocent Vietnamese children was well was about to be discharged when the bomb the move. described by Howard Professor George S. struck. Open skull wound with some brain Yeager also asked the Crown Cork & Wald's eyewitness account of the bomb­ damage, bone broken in focearm, pellet in Seal Co. for some help. The company re­ ing of the Thanh Hao hospital in North chest, a.ll results of a fragmentation bomb. sponded by giving the fire officers the use Male, An, 34 years old. Another patient in Vietnam last December 26. The follow­ traditional medicine. Both lower legs shat­ of six tractor trailers. The company also ing part of Professor Wald's account offered to supply the drivers, but they tered and in a cast. Also, so much skin was should give us pause today as we express lost fro~ scra.ping against the ground that were not needed. our unanimous shock over yesterday's skin grafting will be needed later. On August 12 of this year 75 officers, events i.n Munich: Boy, Thinh, nine years old. Right foot from every .civil service grade in the de­ tFrom the Washington Monthly, May 1972] torn off. Crutches. partment, three of their sons, one retired Boy, Jaing, 13 years old. Son of the vice fireman, and one off -duty fireman ar­ OUR BOMBS FALL ON PEOPLE director of the medical school. Fragments rived at the ·old school at 8 a.m. Five (Excerpts from Professor George Wald's ac­ in chest that entered through back. hours and 10 trailer loads later, four count of the bombing of Thanh Hao) Boy, Hung, 10 years old, son of an assist­ floors of furniture and equipment had I visited a dispersed portion of the Thanh ant d

Ferry, is overloaded. Porro told the hearing ballgames, and may spend tortuous hours the U.S.0 In addition to ordinary household officers that sewerage generated from the fighting their way home unless solutions wastes are all mining, construction and sports complex could not fiow into the county to these major problems are found before hospital wastes, and junked automobiles. processing plant with present facilities. 1975. So far, the sports authority does not All these "wastes" have to be dealt with, Dr. c. J. Touhill of Enviro-Engineers, lead­ seem to have any of the answers. preferably in a way that retains some of· ing experts on problems of solid waste dis­ In a recent article in the National Geo­ their value and is also ecologically sound. posal, raised the serious question, still un­ graphic magazine, entitled "Can We Save At this time, 90% of the refuse collected answered by the sports authority, of waste Our Salt Marshes", Porro stated in an in­ is either burned or deposited in a landfill. pollution disposal. He pointed out that the terview with the author, Professor Stephen Neither is particularly satisfactory. Landfill Little ·Ferry Sewerage Treatment Plant is Hitchcock, "Man is outwitting himself. operations derive a small value from the re 4 already over-loaded. Dr. Touhill believes the Technology has taught us to conqu~r, and fuse; landfill is worth about $1 a ton 7 where only practical solution would require the many marshes have lain undisturbed only it is needed. Understandably, many locali­ authority to have their own sewerage con­ because man at first couldn't modify them. ties have no swamps to fill in or ski slopes trol plant at a cost of $3 to $5 million. Scientists say, for nature's sake-and for to construct and for these, the land used is Construction procedures--It is estimated man's sake-don't blacktop it all. The scales lost. New York City, for example, consumes by engineers that it will require 3 million must tip in favor of conservation and res­ 200 acres a year with its landfill operations. cubic yards of landfill to prepare the sports toration. Land for development must be 94 % of U.S. landfills shave been labeled un­ complex site for construction. found elsewhere." sanitary by the Public Health Service.o In How will such an enormous amount be ideal circumstances, landfill is objectionable transported to the 750 acres? The Sports Au­ for only two reasons: 1) It requires extensive thority plans are to bring the fill up the tracts of land; 2) It does not permit any Hackensack River on barges and then pipe ALTERNATIVES TO THE PRESENT of the valuable elements of the trash to it under high pressure water lines onto the SYSTEM OF SOLID WASTE be retained. site. Again, engineers estimate it will require DISPOSAL Incineration is the other major method 30 billion gallons of water to dredge the fill of solid waste disposal. About 75% of the onto the site. incinerators currently in use contribute to To complete the process in reverse, the ai!' pollution 10 and after burning, a residue water will then be piped back into the river, HON. GILBERT GUDE of twenty percent or more remains. While re­ carrying with it waste pollution materials. OF MARYLAND latively pollution-free incinerators can and Richard Plunkett of the National Audubon IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have been constructed, three major hurdles Society, said recently, "The construction face them: 1) They have to conform to rigid schedule to complete the sports complex by Wednesday, September 6, 1972 standards; 2) Plastics corrode fiues; 3) The 1975 will devastate the environment in the Mr. GUDE. Mr. Speaker, each summer combination of the rigid standards and the meadowlands." He pointed out that con­ damage caused by the corrosive plastics struction firms, working under specific com­ I sponsor an intern program for a num­ makes them expensive to operate, usually pletion date assignments in their contracts, ber of high school juniors from my con­ about $7 a ton.u wlll have little interest in protecting the gressional district. During the 3 weeks These two methods do not provide for the environment from the massive effects of they are here they listen to prominent recovery of any useful material from trash. heavy construction and the resultant pol­ speakers, take a number of tours, and Because trash is the only "resource" that is lution caused. participate in individual research for increasing, it seems advisable to develop Hackensack Meadowlands master plan­ methods and then employ the methods to my office. take advantage of the materials in it. The Master plan has projected 200,000 new Out of this research have come many residents in the Carlstadt meadowlands and Economics is important in the develop­ another 200,000 coming to work in the in­ valuable and timely reports. In particu­ ment of alternate ways for dealing with this dustrial parks, a total of 400,000 persons lar, Miss Amy Kyle's analysis of solid problem. No venture can be inordinately ex­ using transportation adjacent to the sports waste disposal alternatives has been pensive and still succeed. The return has to complex. chosen by my Intern Selection Commit­ help pay for the process; therefore, trash should be examined to see what materials The Meadowlands Commission went into tee as the best report. I believe that an of value it contains. effect in 1969, and issued their Master Plan examinaiton of this report would be Paper constitutes the major portion of in 1970. They did not, originally, contem­ helpful to our understanding of the trash. (see table 1) For the values, assume plate a race track in the sports complex. problem and the possible solutions. On Sept. 9, 1970, the N.J. Racing Commis­ that it is recycled to the original industry. sion noted: "It is clear to us and it will soon Five other students deserve special Food yard and garbage compose the second be equally clear to the public that the race­ recognition for their reports. They are largest portion. They are valuable as com­ Miss Lisa Smith, Mr. Jeff Francis, Mr. post. The remainder is made up of very track in the proposed location is incompatible little of any one material and, in that form, with the Meadowland Commission's plans for David carbone, Miss Linda A. Mallin, has only fuel value. the best use of the meadowlands." and Miss Martha King. Pollution and politics go together. Take Miss Kyle's paper and a list of the POTENTIAL VALUES IN TRASH for example, the "Wetlands Act", passed by other participants in my program fol­ the State Legislature in 1970. The Act states that no property owner can dredge or fill in low: Potential value of property under water in order to protect ALTERNATIVES TO THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF component and preserve the marshlands. SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL Dollars per Dollars per However, the "Wetlands Act" excluded (By Amy Kyle) Percent by ton of ton of weight component trash the Hackensack Meadowlands from the "And man created the plastic bag and the law. Porro concludes that the meadowlands tin and aluminum can and the cellophane was left out of the Act in order to allow Paper, paperboard ____ 50 100 50 wrapper and the paper plate and the dis­ Ferrous metaL ______the continuing dumping of refuse and gar­ posable bottle and this was good because 9 20 2 bage there. Aluminum ______1 200 2 Man could then take his automobile and Glass, ceramics ______10 10 1 More than 35,000 tons of garbage from buy all his food in one place and he could Garbage, yard waste __ 20 15 1 Bergen, Hudson, and Essex Counties are save that which was good to eat in the Miscellaneous, dumped in the meadowlands each week. etcplastics, ______textiles, refrigerator, and throw away that which 10 :s .50 The most critical question raised by Dr. had no further use. And pretty soon the Touhillis "The New Jersey Sports Authority earth was covered with plastic bags and has agreed to remove all of the garbage that 1 Value as compost. aluminum cans and paper plates and dis­ 2 Value as fuel. has been deposited in 750 acres (the sports posable bottles and there was nowhere left complex site) over a half century." How­ to sit down or to walk and Man shook his The value of paper in trash dwarfs the ever, their report doesn't say where they head and cried, 'Look at all this God-awful other values. However, several hurdles stand would move a possible 260 million to 400 litter." ll-AJtT BUCHWALD, 1970. between trash and this value. 1) This is the mlllion cubic feet of solid waste. American industry produces an astound­ No estimate has been made of the pos­ upper limit; 2) Several obstacles exist be­ sible millions of dollars it would cost even ing amount of disposable packaging. Fifty tween the dump and the industiral stock­ billion cans and fifty billion bottles are dis­ pile. These figures should be used only as a if there was a place to dispose of it. 3 Dr. Rickles, in concluding his testimony carded annually. In 1966, 1,804,000,000 .yardstick to compare various methods. Other before the hearing commission observed pounds of plastics (20% of the total plas­ factors that need to be considered: 1) The "Clearly, the problem without adequate mas~ tics produced) were used in packaging. By cost of separating the material from trash transit, to empty traffic on weekends from 1976, this figure is expected to double.{ Half and converting it to a usable form, including the sports complex, wlll be chaotic . . . the of the paper produced is used for packaging the processing losses and degradation of same cannot be said for air pollution-it (25.2 of 46.6 million tons in 1966) ,6 800 mil­ materials; 2) The existence of a market to wlll not be chaotic--simply deadly. lion pounds of waste are produced daily in absorb recycled materials that is close Giant sports fans may wen have to come enough to the production site to allow.ship­ equipped with gas masks to watch the foot- Footnotes at end of article. ping at reasonable cost; 3) The degree of 29640 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 6, 1972 difficulty involved in disposal of final residue trend ls toward creating it, not to sell, but plete than with oil or petroleum. Although after other materials are removed. as a way of changing unwanted organic methane is the most desirable fossil fuel it Using these criteria, we can compare varl• wastes into a substance suitable for the en­ is in the shortest supply. This process pro­ ious methods: vironment. This process has a number of vides a renewable energy source. Methane disadvantages; (1) Incineration and pyrolysis would be produced near the population. A. INCINERATION will accomplish the same end and will pro­ Gas distribution systems are already in oper­ Two possible things of value may be ob­ duce usable heat and less residue; (2) It is ation; there would be few transportation tained from incinerators. They are heat re­ produced in cities but can be used only in problems. It would cause no change in the covery and material recovery from the resi­ rural areas; (3) The disposal of the sub­ lifestyle of the American people. due. In Europe, the heat produced in the in­ stance may become a problem. Composting is The potential appears to be enormous. cenerators is successfully used to run steam not likely to become a solution in itself. Used Agricultural and urban solid wastes total 1.5 generators. The major drawback is in the in coitl.bination With other procedures, it billion tons a year. Each pound of organic fact that the paper is used as a fuel which could prove useful. waste will produce ten cubic feet of methane is of low value compared to its recycling 30 D. CELLULOSE FmER RECOVE~Y for a possible total of trillion cubic feet value as shown in Table 1. The residue con­ per year, which is 1 ¥2 the total consumption tains many valuable components. (See Table Twenty percent of the 55 million tons of of natural gas today, $6-9 billion worth. 2.) The US Bureau of Mines has developed paper produced yearly in the US is made from There would be a considerable cost to a process that can separate the elements of waste paper, most of which comes from com­ developing fac111ties from the fermentation this residue by a. relatively simple screen­ mercial courses. 70% of it comes from cor­ of the organic wastes with sewage water for ing process at a. reasonable cost of $4 a ton. rugated board or newsprint which is sorted, seven days. Underground tanks would have It seems possible that an incinerator using baled, and shipped by commercial dealers to be installed, but the costs have to be the heat and the residue might be able to or volunteers to paper mills. There is a good weighed against the cost of developing new operate near the breakeven point. However, market for these fibers. The problem arises gas resources and transporting gas from with the increased strictness of air pollu­ in their separation from the remainder of the distant regions.u · tion standards, it appears doubtful that this refuse. Several approaches are being tried: In solving the trash problem, a new tech­ is the most feasible alternative in many 1) Removing paper from raw trash and sell­ nology needs to be developed for making cases. ing it; 2) A procedure developed by Black products from nonvirgin sources. The atti­ Clawson, Co. which involves pulping raw TABLE 2.-Composition of typical municipal tude that everything is made to be used and incinerator residue garbage directly in a machine similar to a then discarded is slowly changing. The tech­ large-scale kitchen blender. Mechanical sep­ nology is needed. There is no reason that [Percent by weight) aration of cans, shoes, bones, glass and other Tin cans______17 trees should be cut down at the rate that non-disintegratables occurs, then a fine they are when the average load of garbage Other iron and steeL------11 screen catches the cellulose fibers. Most of Other metals______2 contains the same percentage (50%) of fibers the fiber can be recovered and the glass and used in making paper that a tree does. Re­ Glass------44 metal can also be sold. using our waste is not impossible, but it will Ceramics, stone, tricks______2 The US Forest Products Lab in Madison Partially burned or unburned organic take some effort. Wisconsin combines "dry sort" methods Funds have to be appropriated to allow the 1natter ------9 with the wet pulp method. The FPL wants Bureau of Solid Wastes Management to con­ Ash ------15 to develop a method for the upgrading of duct the necessary research. Also, a program From the U.S. Bureau of Mines, Report crude pulp to high quality, material, which of Federal subsidy of recycling projects 7204, 1968. is necessary before it can replace virgin tim­ should be begun to help commercial re­ B. PYROLYSIS ber in "any" ways. A problem encountered in - cyclers begin to catch up to the industrialists Like incineration, pyrolysis involves a this research stems not from the "casual" who have a great head start. Miners of the "burning" process, but in this case air is contaminants, like dirt, in the paper, but nation's waste should be given all the tax in the waxes, pigments, and plastics added privileges and advantages long enjoyed by excluded and the heat is applied externally. to the paper by the manufacturers. It produces charcoal and some ash similar users of the nation's natural resources. In to the ash remnant of incineration. Other A second problem encountered in this, as is any case, an attempt should be made to products include methyl alcohol, acetic acid all, attempts at recycling, is its effect on the stop unnecessary exploitation of our re­ and some heavier oils; however, these are market. 78% of the paper produced is dis­ sources by use of already used materials not likely to be readily marketable. At this carded. Successful reclaiming of these fibers available. time, a plant in Delaware is being constructed could allow the introduction into the market FOOTNOTES of high quality fibers of a quality compara­ 2 to operate under this system which would ble to that of virgin timber. These processes Small, William E. Third Pollution. New handle 500 tons of garbage a day. The proc­ seem w show great promise of eventually be­ York, Praeger. 1971. p. 89. ess will include a composting step to handle a "A Costly Cure" Forbes. January 1, 1971. ing successful in their aim.12 the bulk, the removal of metal and glass, 'Ibid. Small. p. 23. and the pyrolysis of the residue. E. PRODUCTION OF METHANE GAS FROM ORGANIC o Ibid. p. 27. A related process is being developed by the WASTES e Ibid. p. 32. Firestone Rubber Company. It is designed Organic wastes can be converted to meth­ 7 Grinstead, Robert R. "the New Resource". to deal with the problem caused by old, worn ane (natural) gas. This process would be Environment. December 1970. tires. Tires can be pyrolyxed to yield about most effective in coping with the tremendous 8 "The Garbagema.n's Lament" Newsweek. 45% solid carbonized residue with the re­ amount of animal waste produced at feed· June 29, 1970. maining 55% a mixture of gases and liquids lots each year (estimated to be 13 blllion 10 Butrico, Frank L. "Solid Wastes and Land similar to petroleum compounds. tons, seven times that of urban areas) ,13 Pollution". Current History. Ju:ly 1970. The importance of this procees lies in its Centralizing of food processing and animal u Ibid. Grinstead. ability to convert organic matter into char­ feeding makes it difficult to return wastes to 13 Ibid. p. 7. coal, which then can be sold for fuel. This the soil which practice ignores the chemical 13HBohn, Hinrich L. "A New Clean Gas". process shows a potential for simplifying the emergy in carbon compounds. Composting Environment. December 1971. problems of extracting heat values from the causes C-C bonds and C-0 bonds to be BIBLIOGRAPHY refuse and also meeting pollution standards. broken and C0 and H 0 to be formed. The 2 2 1. Bohn, Hinrich L. "A New Clean Gas" C. COMPOSTING solar energy of photosynthesis is dissipated. When methane is produced, this energy is Environment. December 1971 p. 4--7. This process involves the biological oxida­ retained for later use. · 2. Carpenter, Richard A. "Information for ti.on of organic parts of trash to a stable and Organic wastes, even dilute sewage, spon­ Decisions in Environmental Policy" Science. ecologically acceptable form. Usually the or-· taneously yield methane. Unlike the pyrol­ June 12, 1970 p. 316. ganic material is shredded' and left to cure ysis process, this procedure needs water. In 3. Carter, Steve "BIRP Proves Practical and in windrows which are turned over after a the absence of oxygen, micro-organisms Economically Feasible in Phoenix, Arizona" three to five week period, or in large rotat­ transform wastes in an action called anaero­ American City. December 1971 p. 28. ing cylinders for three days. Sewage sludge bic digestion, yielding a gaseous mixture of 4. "Industrial Alcohol from Waste Paper" Chemistry. is used to moisten the compost. The process about 72% methane and the remainder a November 1971. $5-10 5. "A Costly Cure" Forbes. January 1, 1971. costs per ton. About ¥:! to % ton is a combination of C0 , ammonia, hydrogen, made from one ton of garbage, which is and small amounts 2 of mercaptans and 6. Gardner, Richard N. "For Global Initia­ screened to remove plastic, metal, and large amines. 50-80% is transformed into volatile tive" Saturday Review. July 4, 1970. glass pieces. It is low in nutritive value and products. The remainder can be used as 7. Grinstead, Robert R. "The New Re­ is best used in reclamation of barren or dry landfill, incincerated, or pyrolyzed. source" Environment. December 1970. land or strip mined slopes. It can also be This is an important development because 8. Marx, Leo "American Institutions and used to stab1lize steep slopes and road em­ methane is becoming more and more widely Ecological Ideals" Science. November 27, 1970. bankments. It can also be used in certain used, being relatively pollution free: 1) It is 9. McHenry, Joseph A. "How to Doctor a specialized crops. easily cleaned of potential pollutants; 2) It Quarry for Landfill" The American Citv. De­ At this point, compost has low value. The leaves no ash; 3) Combustion is more com- cember 1970. September 6, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 29641

10. "Re-Usi~g W~stes tp Loop the System" .MONTHLY CALENDAR OF THE is brought up-to-da.te from the post World National Parks. January 1970. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION war II years with the last of a two-part ex.­ 11. "The G~bageman's Lament" News­ hibition. A survey made in the community week. June 29, 1970 .. disclosed five main areas of concern and 12. "The Return of the Returnables?" HON. HENRY P. SMITH Ill frustrations shared by Anacostia.ns: hous­ ing, unemployment, education, drugs and Newsweek. Sept. 21, 1970. OF NEW YORK 13. Quigley, Carroll "Our Ecological Crisis" crime. These concerns are the subjects of Current History. July 1970. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the five sections of the exhibit. Photographs, 14. Small, William E. The Third Pollution. Wednesday, September 6, 1972 text, drawings, video tape prograxns and a New York Praeger, 1970. slide/tape show trace the development of 15. Xanten, William A., ".Let's Speak up on Mr. SMITH of New York. Mr. Speaker, the problexns and tell where the community Solid Wastes" American City. it is my privilege each month to insert in is today. Anacostia Neighborhood Museum. the RECORD the monthly calendar of the Through 1973. LIST OF 1972 INTERNS Smithsonian Institution. The September Sunday 17-The Gospel Truth '72-a jazz/ Debra Ann Bichner, Sherwood High School. calendar of events follows: gospel music festival. Twelve well-known, Mary v. Bobinger, Academy of the Holy local groups will perform from 1-6 p.m. at Cross. SEPTEMBER AT THE SMITHSONIAN Cedar Hill, home of Frederick Douglass, 14th Mary Brady, Ursuline Academy. Sunday 3--concert: Songs by Stephen Fos­ and W Streets, S.E. The program is being David Carbone, Atholon High School. ter, featuring Jan DeGaetani, mezza.-soprano; presented by the Anacostia Neighborhood Hugh Carroll, Good Counsel High School. Leslie Guinn, baritone; Gilbert Kalish, piano Museum in cooperation with the National Thomas P. Carter, Wheaton High School. and melodeon; Robert Sheldon, flute and Capital Parks as part of the Museum's 5th Anne Bruton, Regina. High School. keyed bugle. The musical instruments are Anniversary Celebration. Food and soft Elliot Chabot, Peary High School. from the collection of the Division of Musi­ drinks will be sold. The public is invited. Pamela Cooper, Academy of the Holy cal Instruments, and were used in the recent Wednesday 2Q--Lecture: Man and Cosmos: Names. recording by these artists, 3 p.m. The Ren­ History of the Solar System. Lecturer: Owen Bill Cochran, Alholton High School. wick Gallery, 17th and Pennsylvania Avenue, Gingerich, Smithsonian Astrophysical Ob­ Steve Cooper, J. F. Kennedy High School. N.W. Limited seats available. For FREE servatory. First in a series of nine lectures Michael Curley, Rockville High School. tickets call 381-5010. sponsored by the National Air and Space Deborah S. Dorman, Woodward High Wednesday 6-Exhibition: Red Groom's As­ Museum and the SAO, and designed for the School. tronaut. A wood, cloth, acrylic and plastic Washington academic and professional com­ Melanie G; Dorsey, Holton Arms School. sculpture of astronaut Da..Vid Scott on the munity. The series will provide a. comprehen­ Brenda Joyce Eden, Arundel High School. moon by an artist considered to be "one of sive and current survey of man's past, pres­ Julie Femia.no, Glenelg High School. the freshest and most original young Ameri­ ent, and future concepts of the solar system, Josephine Ferraioli, Damascus High School. can artists ..." The 11-foot-high sculpture with particular emphasis on the results of Ward W. Fetrow (Chip), Damascus High was created in December 1971-January 1972 space science research during the past dec­ School. as part of a larger construction and was first ade. One-hour lecture followed by question Kris N. Foster, Gaithersburg High School. displayed at the Guggenheim Museum. Na­ and answer period. 7:30 p.m., History and Jeff Francis, Paint Branch High School. tional Portrait Gallery, through November 19. Technology Building auditorium. Free admis­ Gordon Gottlieb, Einstein High School. Design film: Music Rack. Wendell Castle, sion, limited seating. The publlc is inVited. Stephen B. Heiman, Sidwell Friends woodcraftsman and artist, is shown making a Design film: Design and Man. A filmed School. complex music rack. Continuous half-hour look at industrial and commercial design and Debbie Jones, Immaculata Preparatory showings beginning at 10:30 a.m.; last show­ the design process. Continuous half-hour School. ing at 2:30 p.m. The Renwick Gallery. showings beginning 10:30 a.m.; last showing, Laurie Kahn, Sidwell Friends School. Thursday 7-Exhibition: A Century of 2:30 p.m. The Renwick Gallery. Kristie A. Kenney, Magruder High School. Weather & Crop Service. Marking 100 years Tuesday 26--Exhibition: The Right To Martha E. King, Howard High School. of cooperation between the Department of Vote. Ballot boxes, taxpayer lists, Suffragette Sharon Kothe, Notre Dame Academy. Agriculture and Commerce in providing manifestos, as well as cartoons, posters, and Elizabeth Gail Korn, Walter Johnson High weather reports and forecasts to fanners, and clothing, tracing the history of voting rights School. going back to 1849 when Joseph Henry, as as they have been extended to the landless, Michael Kowler, Springbrook High School. the first Smithsonian Secretary, pioneered soldiers, blacks, women, Indians, and 18- Amy Kyle, Montgomery Blair High School. the nation's weather mapping network. year-olds. Museum of History and Tech­ Deborah Linn, Einstein High School. · Weather xna.ps and measuring devices from nology, through January 31, 1973. Elizabeth Litrel, J. F. Kennedy High School. then to now are included as well as a tele­ Wednesday 27.-Lecture: Man and Cos­ Ann MacNaughton, Winston Churchill printer providing the latest weather infor­ mos: The Sun. Lecturer: A. G. W. Cam~on, High School. mation from headquarters in Suitland, Md. Yeshiva University. Sponsored by the Na­ Linda Ann Mallin, Howard High School. First floor, National Museum of History and tional Air and Space Museum and the Smith­ Paul D. Mannina, Peary High School. Technology. Through December 31. sonian Astrophysical Observatory (see Sep­ Ellin Marans, Springbrook High School. · Thursday 13-Design fllxns: Glas-leerdam. tember 20 for series details. 7:30 p.m. His­ Michael R. McKinley, Wilde Lake High Dutch film on the design and manufacture tory and Technology Building auditorium. School. of glass. Continuous half-hour showings Free admission, limited seating. The public Robert Miller, Sidwell Friends School. from 10:30 a.m.; last showing 2:30p.m. The is invited. Margaret Ann Murch, Sherwood High Renwick Gallery. Design films: With These Hands. A nar­ School. Friday 15-Film: C & 0 Canal documen­ ra.ted film showing eight artist-craftsmen Mary O'Donnell, Ursuline Academy. tary-a filmed account of citizen action that working in their studios. Continuous half­ Karen Orlansky, Bethesda Chevy Chase succeeded in preserving the historic canal hour showings beginning 10:30 a.m.; last High School. along the Potomac. British-made, the film showing 2:30 p.m. The Renwick Gallery. Howard Present, Bethesda Chevy-Chase offers an opportunity to see how others view Lunch:box forum. Subject to be announced. High School. the workings of the U.S. citizens in achiev­ 12 noon. Room 449 Smithsonian Institute Sharon L. Ramsburg, Glenelg High School. ing a public purpose. Opening program of "Castle" Building. Sponsored by the Na­ Anne Reinburg, The Academy of the Holy the fall lecture series sponsored by the Na­ tional Air a.nd Space museum. Cross. tional Parks and Conservation Association. 8 Thursday, 28.-National Capital Shell Quinn Scamahorn, Montgomery Blair High p.m. Natural History Building auditorium. Olub: Informal discussion, conducted by School. Exhibition: The Way of Good and Evil: staff members of the Smithsonian's Division William Short, Wootton High School. Popular Religious Lithographs of 19th Cen­ of Mollusks, 7:30 p.m. Monthly meeting, Lisa Smith, Academy of the Holy Names. tury America. Fifty-six prints including Bib­ 8:25 p.m. Room 43, National History Build­ Joshua E. Teichman, Wheaton High Heal, moralizing and temperance movement ing. Public is inVited. School. themes, selected from the Harry T. Peters Friday 29.-Exhibition: The Hand and the Gerald Vetter, Gaithersburg High School. "America on Stone" Collection. National Col­ Spirit: The Religious Impulse in American Neal S. West, Woodward High School. lection of Fine Arts, through November 12. Art, 1700-1900. Over 120 paintings and sculp­ Gordon A. Whitt, P·aint Branch High Fifth anniversary celebration-Anacostia tures in the first major exhibition ever held School. Neighborhood Museum. ActiVities will in­ documenting specifically religious intent in Elizabeth Williams, Walter Johnson High clude a parade of drum and bugle corps, American art that developed both in the School. speeches by Smithsonian and city dignitaries, "high" art of Sargent, Copley, Eakins, West Nancy Winkler, Wilde Lake High School. and the preView opening of an exhibit en­ and other trained professionals and the "na­ Nicki Markman, Winston Churchill High titled Evolution of a Community, Part II tive," or folk, art of Fine Arts. Special Ex­ School. (see Sept. 16). Food will be available at mod­ hibition Gallery, NCFA, through November 5. Garth Weldon, Duke University {formerly est prices. 6:3Q-9 p.m., 2405 Martin Luther from Damascus) King Jr. Avenue, S.E. The public is invited. CREATIVE SCREEN Fll.M SERIES John Daly, University of Maryland (form­ Saturday 16--Exhibition: Evolution of a September 7, 9-Bouquet, The Art of the erly from Good Counsel High School). Community, Part II. The history of Anacostia Conservator. 29642 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS. September 6, 1972

September 21-November, Zagret, Bits,· RADIO SMITHSONIAN Freer Gallery of Art Multiple man. Radio Smithsonian, a program of music Recent Accessions in Japanese Art. Approxi­ Program begin 11: 15 a.m., 12: 15 & 2: 15 and conversation growing out of the Insti­ mately twenty works of art including paint­ p .m. National Collection of Fine Arts. tution's many activities, is broadcast every ings, metalwork and ceramics purchased by FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF ANACOSTIA NEIGHBOR­ Sunday on WGM8-AM (570) and FM(103.5) the Freer Gallery during the past ten years. HOOD MUSEUM, SEPTEMBER 15, 1967-72 from 9-9:30 p.m. The program schedule for Museum of Natural History September: The Anacostia Ne-ighborhood Museum The Shadow of a Stone Age Hunter. The opened five years ago as an expeirimental ex­ 3rd-The Importance of Continental Drift. unique remains of a 30,000-year-old Stone tension of the Smithsonian Institution-an Nicholas Hotton and Erle Kauffman, paleon­ tologists at the National Museum of Natural Age human, excavated from a cave in Spain idea that grew out of a conference on mu­ and preserved in plastic by Smithsonian seums and education, co-sponsored by the History, discuss the effects continental drift technicians. The photograph above shows the Smithsonian in August 1966. The building, may have had on living things. mound of earth removed from its original lo­ that houses the museum is a former neigh­ lOth-Exploring Queen of Sheba Land. cation in the Santander cave and readied for borhood movie theater that had also been Archeologist Wendell Phillips tells of his ad­ shipping to the U.S. The exhibit, with dia­ used as a skating rink, dance hall and a venturous explorations to the sand-covered Old Testament cities of Southern Arabia; grams and text, will be on display through church. The area citizens played a major role October, when it will be returned to Spain. in establishing and operating the museum Too Busy Having Fun, Mrs. Alice Roosevelt and local youth groups did much of the work Longworth, daughter of President Theodore Museum of History and Technology of renovating and decorating both the ex­ Roosevelt, reminisces about her days in the Olympic Stamps. Paper college designs by terior and interior of the building. John R. White House. Lance Wyman, die-proofs and full uncut Kinard whose background included a wide 17th-The 1972 Festival of American Folk­ ·sheets of four new postage stamps issued for range of self-help programs in both the life. Part I. A sampling of the people and the XX Olympiad at Munich, Germany. United States and Africa, was appointed the music that make the Folklife Festival one of Through September. museum director. Mr. Kinard and his staff the Smithsonian's most popular events. Music Machines-American Style. Barrel have emphasized exhibits that have been 24th-The 1972 Festival of American Follc­ organs and player pianos to the most up~to­ suggested by the neighborhood residents and life. Part II. date high fidelity equipment. Tapes of the have presented such varied activities as free UPCOMING EVENTS machine sounds are played and excerpts from filmed musical productions shown through" jazz concerts, exhibits on the history and Classes and workshops development of the Anacostia area, and the out the day, as follows: · role of black people in science and art. International Filmmakers. 14-week class September 1-21 Highlights from MGM The anniversary will be celebrated with beginning September 13. Beginning in Oc­ Musicals. a parade, speeches, the opening of a new tober, workshops and classes for both adults September 22-28 Songs of Disney. exhibit and a jazz; gospel music festival (see and young Associates, in many subject areas. Atlantic Cable. Paintings, photographs September 15, 16 and 17 in the Calendar A detailed schedule is available from the and artifacts documenting the technological listings below). Associates office, Smithsonian Institution, triumph of 1858 when .the first undersea Washington, D.C. 20560. cable was completed linking North America DEMONSTRATIONS Performing art series with Europe. Museum of History and Technology 10-week series of five performances and National Collection of Fine Arts Music Machines-American Style. Mechan­ five informal discussions on alternate Sculpture of Hiram Powe1·s. Selections ical and electronic music machines. Monday Wednesdays beginning October 18. Perform­ from the contents of the 19th century through Friday, 1:30 p.m., 2nd floor. . ances will be at the John F. Kennedy Center artist's Florence studio, including a. model Spinning and Weaving-Wednesday and for the Performing Arts and the discussions of the famous "Greek Slave" and other full­ Thursday, 1- 2 p:m. . will be held in the Freer Gallery of Art with length marble and plaster sculptures and Machines . Tools. Wednesday, Thursday, distinguished persons associated with the portrait busts of famous Americans. On view Friday, 1-2 p.m. . performing companies or a well-known critic ·indefinitely. Musical Instruments. Temporarily discon- or expert in the field. The series must be · National Portrait Gallery tinued. · purchased as a whole. $66.50 Associate mem­ Hand-Set Printing Presses. Monday, Tues-· bers; $75, non-members. Registration dead­ Notable Women from the Gallery's Col­ day, Thursday, Friday, 2-4 p.m., 3rd floor. line: September 25. lection in Honor of Women's Week . . Fifteen DRUGS: A SPECIAL EXHIBITION . portraits from the permanent collection in a Women at work .special exhibition to commemorate the an­ Schedule of Special Activities Luncheon/ Lecture Series. October 5, 26 and niversary of the 19th Amendment. Portraits Arts and industries Building · November 15. $25 Associate members; $30 . include those of Edna St. Vincent Millay and September: · non-members. Harriet Beecher Stowe. 1-Films: Brian at 17 and Epitaph. Con­ Domestic study tours Ira Aldridge. Rare oil portrait of this black tinuous showings 10:30 a.m.-12:30, 1:30-5:30, American actor (1807-1867), recently ac­ (Call Mrs. Kilkenny, 381-5910). quired by the Portrait Gallery. The portrait 6:3Q-8:30 p.m. Olymplc National Park: September 16-22. 2- 3-New York Free Theater. Performances .painting by Henry Perronet Briggs, depicts Instruction in Photography (Maine) : Sept. the famous tragedian dressed as Othello, con­ at 1:30 and 4:30p.m. 24-29. 4-Inner Voice of Lorton. Performances at sidered to be his greatest role. Arizona Astronomy Weekend: Oct. 6-9. 1:30 and 4:30P.M. HOURS Blockade-Runners' View of the Carolinas: 5-Films: Slow Death and A Day in the Smithsonian museums are open seven days Death of Donnie B. 10:30 a.m.-12:30, 1:3o- Oct. 12-27. a. week from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Cafeterhi, 5:30, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sanibel Island, Florida.: Nov. 5-10. MHT, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 6-Inner Voice of Lorton. Performances at Nature's Past (Florida's West Coast): Nov. Summer hours-10 a.m.-9 p.m.-will con­ 1:30 and 4:30p.m. 12- 19. tinue through Labor Day for the History and 7-Films: The People Next Door and Curi­ Day tours Technology Building, the Natural History ous Alice. 10:30 a.m.-12:-30,-1:30-5~30, 6:30- - (Call Moya King; 381-5157). Building, and the Arts and Industries Build.:.. 8:30p.m. Along the Brandyw.ine River: Oct. 4 or 11. ·ing. · · 8-Films: Changing and Darkness. 10:30 7:45. National Zoo buildings are open from 9 a.m.-12:30, 1:30-5:30, 6:30-8:30 p.m. a.m.-6 p.m. seven days a week. · W,interthur: Tour of the rooms and pr~va.te 9-10-Film:·. THX1138. 10:30 a.m.-12:30, Anacostia Neighborhood Museum is open 1:30-5:30, 6:30-8:30 p.m. ·. park of the Henry Francis duPont Museum. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. weekdays, 1-6 p.m. weekends. -7:45 a.m.- 6:15p.m. Sept. 30 or Oct. 14. $25 11-Panel discussion: Medical and Non- FOREIGN .STUDY TOU.RS . Medical Implication of Drug Treatment ·Resident Associates, $30 non-members. Modalities: Two-hour programs at 10:30 a.m. Winterhur: In..:depth study of American For members of the National and Resident and 2 p.m. Original papers will be presented, Queen Anne furniture and American silver Associates. For further details on tours, -listed followed by a full panel discussion with time Nov. 4, 7:30 a.in.-6:15 p.m. Nov. 4. $30 Resi­ below, write Miss Schumann, Smithsonian devoted to questions from the audience. dent Associates, $35 non-members. Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560. 12-Films: The Opium Trail and U.S. 10:30 Alexandria's Heritage. Walking tour. Sept. ·1972 a.m.-12:30, 1:30-5:30, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 14 or 21. $18.50 Resident Associates; $21.50 Pakistan and Afghanistan: Oct. 9-Nov. 8 13-Films: Drugs of Abuse and 11:59, Last non-members. (Waiting list only). Minute To Choose, Antique Tour in London: Nov. 2-10, $475. 10:30 a.m.-12:30, 1:3Q- CONTINUING EXHmiTIONS 5:30, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 1973 Arts and industries building 14-Films: Ebena and To Find Our Life, Peru: Archaeological sites. Feb. B..,.March 5. ·10:30 a.m.-12:30, 1:30-5:30, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Air Force Art. A selection of paintings Morocco: March 6-27. 15-Films: Skezag and David. 10:30 a.m.- marking the -25th anniversary of the U.S. Air Cave Paintings: April2-26. 12:30, 1:30-5:30, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Force and depicting the milestones in the Middle East: April21-May 16 . (For further scheduling or last-minute history of, Us operations. On display indefi­ . Baroque rour of Ge1·many .aruL . Aus~riq.: changes, call 737-8811.) nitely. May 13-June 4. September 6, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 29643

African Safari: July 17, three weeks. kidnapped and even tortured. We must take the loan, with percentages of this amount International Aerospace Tour: Sept. 10, 2 swift and effective action to make certain going to individuals in four cities. Caron also weeks. that the entire world knows that such acts received three other loans in August: one Sites of Civilization: Oct. 6-28. Waiting can be undertaken with no possibility of from Buffalo Enterprises for $357,500, one list only. escape. from Pacific Finance Loans in Los Angeles PUPPET THEATRE WENDELL WYATT, for $257,500; and the third one-$700,000- The Hullabaloo Election of Osbert or Jess. Member of Congress. came from a Kansas City attorney. A new, original production beginning Sep­ ADDITIONAL FUND MONEY tember 13 by Allan Stevens and Co. Hulla­ These amounts apparently weren't enough baloo is the story of Osbert Peabody Wright to complete construction of the Landmark, and Jessica Sweetwater as they campaign for TEAMSTERS PENSION FUND AND because in August, 1967, an additional Fund the top prize in puppetland-President of ORGANIZED CRIME loan of $2,600,000 was made to Caron. the Puppet Theatre. All the trappings of a A curious situation then arose in March, real-world campaign abound-parades, ral­ 1968, which is yet another example of the lies, rumors and image-making--and the HON. SAM STEIGER fast and loose methods of the Fund trustees. children in the audience vote to elect the OF ARIZONA Although the Fund had loaned $8,100,000 to candidate of their choice. Performances will Caron, he hadn't applied for a gambling be in the auditorium of the History and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES license from the Nevada Gaming Control Technology Building, through November 12. Wednesday, September 6, 1972 Board. If a person is denied such a license, The schedule is 10:30 and 11:30 a.m., he of course cannot operate a gambling es­ Wednesday through Friday, and 10:30 a.m., Mr. STEIGER of Arizona. Mr. tablishment in Nevada. But this is exactly 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Speaker, before the recent recess I in­ what happened. Caron withdrew his appli­ holidays. Children's admission is $1; adults, serted in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD the cation before the Board after it began prob­ $1.25; groups of 20 or more, 76 cents (S.I. first part of an article that appeared in ing into how he had obtained his financing. Employees and Resident Associates admis­ the August issue of the magazine Over­ Two months later, the Pension Fund began sion, 75 cents). Reservations are recommend­ drive. I would now like to call your at­ foreclosing on the loans. ed. Call 381-5395. The Puppet Theatre is The Landmark hadn't opened yet when presented by the Smithsonian's Division of tention to the second part of the article, Caron began searching for a buyer. The Performing Arts. "How the Central States Pension Fund Howard Hughes organization agreed to pur­ The Marvelous Land of Oz will be per­ Finances the Nevada Schemes of Orga­ chase it, but the deal was not completed formed September 1-4 at 11 a.m., 12 and nized Crime." until June 30, 1969, the day before the Land­ 1 p.m. The article follows: mark officially opened for business. Accord­ MUSEUM TOURS How THE CENTRAL STATES PENSION FUND FI­ ing to Tom Bell, a lawyer for Hughes Tool Group tours are available by appointment NANCES THE NEVADA SCHEMES OF ORGANIZED Company, the Landmark was purchased for at the following museums: CRIME-PART 2 $17.3 million in cash, with $8.1 million of that going to pay off the Pension Fund loan. National Portrait Gallery-381-6285. KANSAS CITY MAFIA AND THE LANDMARK National Collection of Fine Arts-381-6541. HOWARD HUGHES IN DEBT TO 'FUND Las Vegas' Landmark Hotel 1s another ex­ The Renwick Gallery-381-5811. That should be the end of that particUlar Freer Gallery of Art-381-5344. ample of the link between organized crime and the Fund, although this hotel/casino escapade, but Overdrive has unearthed in­ was apparently built without the assistance formation which throws a question mark over of the Moe Dalitz group. the affair. According to the records of the The developer was Frank Caron (also Pension Fund, Caron's $8.1 million loan was MUNICH MASSACRE known as Frank Badami and Frank Carac­ not paid off by Hughes Tool Company. A ciolo) , whose only convictions are two Pension Fund document states that the gambling fines paid in the 40's. In 1968, an Caron loan was "taken over" by Hughes Tool HON. WENDELL WYATT assault and battery charge was filed against Company. This means tha.t part of the pur­ OF OREGON him (and later dropped) after he allegedly chase arrangement was that Hughes take over the unpaid Ql.roll loan and pay it off. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dragged an interior decorator through a casino by his hair. Verifying this is another document turned 'QP, Wednesday, September 6, 1972 Construction on the building that was by Overdrive, an agreement between the later to become the Landmark began in 1961. Fund and Hughes Tool Company and Hotel Mr. WYATT. Mr. Speaker, the Munich The next year, financing difficUlties · arose. Properties, Inc. (the Hughes company which massacre yesterday makes imperative On November 3, 1962, Caron met with the operates some of his businesses in Nevada). immediate appropriate international ac­ following persons in Kansas City in an at­ The terms of this agreement, dated June 30, tion to prevent such tragedies in the tempt to secure money: 1969 (the same day Hughes bought the hotel), state that Hughes wlll repay the $8.1 future. I wish to share with my col­ ROY LEE WILLIAMS GETS IN THE ACT leagues my telegram Secretary of mlllion in quarterly payments of $202,500 to Roy Lee Williams, head of Local 41 in Kan­ beginning October 1, 1969. In looking at State William P. Rogers in which I call sas City and Joint Council 66, is currently Fund records this year, entries show that for the United States to initiate such being prosecuted by the Justice Department's the loan has been paid so far as originally action: Strike Force for embezzling $20,000 from the scheduled. SEPTEMBER 6, 1972. Local. His trial for embezzlement some years Sources familiar with the Hughes opera­ Hon. WILLIAM P. RoGERS, ago ended with his being acquitted, although tion report that it is his practice to pay Secretary of State, Department of State, · four others charged in the same incident · cash in any transaction. The Landma.rk deal Washington, D.C. were convicted! is a radical deviation :from that pattern. One DEAR MR. SECRETARY: All decent citizens Of Nick Civella, "executive vice president" might wonder why Hughes woUld change his the world are as frustrated as they are sor­ of the Kansas City Mafia, whose record con­ practices; pa.rticruarly since he now is deal­ rowful and outraged at yesterday's Munich tains dozens of arrests. Nick and his brother ing with the Pension Fund. Numerous at­ massacre. Some aggressive action simply must Carl are among the 9 individuals active in tempts were made to have this question an­ be taken to prevent the repetition of the organized crime who are officially banned swered by Hughes officials, but they refused senseless kill~ng of innocent people. from setting foot in Nevada casinos. to discuss the matter. I respectfully urge that you immediately Morris (Snag) Klein, Civella's "financial OVER $20 MILLION IN CIRCUS CmCUS convene an international convention on ter­ adviser," and who served time in prison for rorist, murder and kidnapping. The purpose his part in the Kansas City vote fraud scan­ Jay Sarno and Stanley Mallin seem to have of this convention would be to obtain agree­ dals of the 1940's. Since then, he has been a unique influence with the Pension F~nd ment among the nations of the world that · convicted of income tax evasion. · that few others do. As f841" back as 1957, the each sig~ator country wouid refuse sanctuary Motel Grezebrenacy, better known as Max pair had been wheeling and dealing mUlti­ to all persons involved in acts of "interna­ Jaben, an admitted gambler who is also million dollar schemes through the Fund. tional terrorism and kidnapping" or attempts banned from Nevada casinos. Jaben served Their current operations in Las Vegas, at such crimes. I would urge that such pro­ time in prison later for income tax evasion. though, prove to be the most interesting. posed agreement would specifically include The results of the meeting were that These two men have arranged Pension skyjacking. All nations signing should agree Williams would attempt to arrange a Pen­ Fund loans of more than $43 million for just to apply economic and other sanctions to any sion Fund loan, with those present receiving two Las Vegas casinos. country failing to join in the agreement. a "fee" for their part. It took four years, but Circus Circus, a recently-built casino on Under the agreement ·each country would finally Caron was granted a Fund loan of the Strip (the hotel section is stlll under surrender quickly to any other country in $5,500,000 in August, 1966. The loan was construction), has received a total of $18,- which the criminal act occurred any persons . made to Frank Caracciolo and Plaza Tower, 100,000 thus far, with an OK given :for them so accused. Inc., a company controlled by Caron. In Sep- to pick up $4,583,000 more whenever they The time is' past to sit idly by and ring our tember,'it was reported that Caron was com- . want it. This amount of money has onlY hands as we see innocent people murdered, plaining because it cost him $500,000 to get been loaned since February, 1971, which in- 29644 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 6, .19:72 dicates that the Fund must have had plenty 1965. Further information shows that most bankrupt, with Dranow grabbing $116,431 of faith in a nonexistent venture to pour in of this money is stU' unpaid, and, in fact, and running. His close association with Hoffa that much money. And perhaps their faith it has been thrown in the Kings Castle bank­ led to his entanglement with several other was slightly misplaced. On June 27, the In­ ruptcy proceedings as money due the Fund. multi-million dollar Fund loans. When the ternal Revenue Service slapped a $1,191,463 Yet this money was for an lll-fated venture legal dust settled a couple of years after the lien on Circus Circus, charging that taxes on the same site presently occupied by Kings Riverside kickback, Dranow had a record had been unpaid from December 31, 1970 Castle. It was called Lake Tahoe Hotel. showing bail jumping and convictions for t hrough March 31, 1972. Within 24 hours, Although financial records show that this mail fraud, wire fraud, bankruptcy fraud and however, who should come streaking in with money is owed by the corporation, OVER­ income tax evasion. a bag full of cash to bail out Circus Circus DRIVE has obtained documents showing that The Riverside Hotel subsequently was but Allen Dorfman, one of the chief kick­ the loans were made to individuals: $700,000 taken over by new owners who immediately back artists connected with the Fund and lent to Cal Kovens, and $2,600,000 borrowed received a Fund loan of $2 million. That was who is a smooth operator when it comes to by Harold Riel and Roy Gene Lewis. The in 1969. Now, the balance due on that loan funneling money out of the United States. background of two of these men is worth is $2,200,000. AND $20 MILLION IN CAESAR'S PALACE noting. Only four Nevada loans have been dis­ FRAUD CONVICTIONS OF BORROWERS covered which are not connected with gam­ The other casino Sarno and Mallin have bling and apparently are not controlled by been involved in is Caesar's Palace. Since Cal Kovens has been involved with anum­ 1965, the Fund has dumped $20,413,000 into organized crime. Two of them, however, have ber of multi-mlllion Pension Fund loans dat­ run into financial difficulties. it. Yet today, almost $18 million is still due ing back almost to its formation. So involved A $475,000 loan was obtained by Hank the Fund. Operating Caesar's Palace is a com­ was Kovens, in fact, that he has been con­ Greenspun, publisher of the Las Vegas Sun, pany called Desert Palace, Inc., a subsidiary victed four times of mail fraud, once of wire but it has since been repaid. of the actual owners, Lum's, Inc. fraud, and once of conspiracy to commit One clue to the type of ownership which fraud, in connection with these loans. As re­ TEAMSTER OFFICIAL AND NON-UNION TAXIS has been at Caesar's Palace can be seen as far cently as 1967, he was connected with some Homer (Dutch) Woxberg, former secretary back as 1965. Overdrive has learned that after of the events leading to the Beverly Ridge Es­ of Local 224 in Los Angeles, received a $225,- the first Fund loan of almost $10 million was tates Fund loan, its bankruptcy and the re­ 000 loan in 1962 to operate Checker Cab in made, a meeting was held in Palm Springs, cent federal indictments arising out of it. Las Vegas. An attempt was made to hide the California, in October, 1965. The purpose of Roy Gene Lewis is currently under indict­ fact of Woxberg's ownership by having an the meeting was to discuss the division of ment for fraud and perjury in connection outfit called Ardmore Leasing obtain the loan, ownership of Caesar's Palace. Attending that with his involvement in Beverly Ridge Es­ but it was discovered anyway. Perhaps such meeting were Mafia members Vincent Alo tates. During that period of time, Lewis was effort was devoted to concealing ownership and Anthony Salerno, New England Mafia as­ an official of the Los Angeles Building and because Woxberg was still a Union official, sociate Elliott Paul Price, and convicted pro­ Safety Commission, a body which made sev­ and the drivers for Checker were non-Union. fessional sports fixer Jerome Zarowitz (Mr. eral favorable decisions for Beverly Ridge. This loan was finally paid off just this year. Zarowitz is no small time operator; he at­ While he was doing this, he was also identi­ In 1965, Chris Jo, Inc., borrowed $1,500,000 tempted to fix an NFL championship game) . fied as having a financial interest in the proj­ from the Pension Fund to operate Decatur Until recently, Zarowitz and Price were ect. When this conflict of interest was dis­ Shopping Center in Las Vegas. It wasn't suc­ part of the management group running covered, pressure was exerted to have him re­ cessful, and a Trustee's Deed Upon Sale fil~d Caesar's Palace. In December, 1970, federal sign. One of those who used his influence to in August, 1969, shows that the Pension officials discovered a lock box of Zarowitz' on keep Lewis in his city post was Frank Ma­ Fund took it over because of Chris Jo's de­ the casino premises. Inside was over $1 mil­ tula, a convicted liar, officer of Los Angeles fault on the loan. The next month, a new lion in $100 bills. Another official of Caesar's Local 396 and a trustee of the International. buyer was found who picked up the loan Palace during this time was Nathan Jacobson, Subsequently, though, Lewis was forced to (which still showed a balance due of $1 ,483,- whose current involvement is King's Castle resign. 000). The tenns for the new loan are unavail­ casino near Lake Tahoe. able, but one document shows the same bal­ "THE WEIRDEST DEAL I ' VE SEEN" a n ce due in March of this year. KINGS CASTLE AND BANKRUPTCY In July, the bankruptcy court announced Caesar's Palace isn't the only venture in­ that a buyer for Kings Castle had been SKATING TO BANKRUPTCY volving Fund money that Jacobson has been found, but his identity wouldn't be revealed Another Las Vegas enterprise that received connected with. In May, 1969, he began re­ until after the details had been worked out a Fund loan and then ran into money t rou­ ceiving the first of what were to be a series toward the end of July. The proposed pur­ bles was the Las Vegas Ice Palace, a public of four loans totaling 9.7 million. The money chaser, OVERDRIVE has learned, is a Reno skating rink. A Fund loan was made in De­ was used for the construction of Kings psychiatrist, Richard C. Gilmore. The sale has cember, 1967, for $580,000, but less than two Castle, a hotel casino near Reno. not been finalized, Dr. Gilmore said, and if it years later, it went bankrupt, still owing the Almost as soon as Kings Castle was open, doesn't go through, he will lose the $30,000 Fund $612,857. In November, 1971, it re­ however, there were financial problems. This he had already put up. When asked why he opened as Ronnie Robertson's International past January, Jacobson said he was going to would risk losing $30,000, he replied that it Ice Palace, and received a $700,000 Fund loan. "reorganize" his operation. But a few weeks was better to be out that amount instead of A company called Marlee, Inc., picked up a later, Kings Castle was closed and in bank­ millions if those details weren't taken care of. $1 ,955,000 loan from the Valley Bank of Ne­ ruptcy court. The Pension Fund at this time And the sale may very well fall through. vada in September, 1968, for constn10tion of claimed that Jacobson was in default on $7 One person has said that the Teamsters don't a gambling casino in downtown Las Vegas. million in loans, and that he hadn't made want Gilmore in because he's "not their kind Upon completion of the casino-called the any payments for four months. Overdrive has of people." A look at Jacobson's recent activi­ Carousel-the Pension Fund bought the loan learned that this was a slight misstatement. ties seem to confirm this: Jacobson is cur­ from the bank. Almost all of that money is The actual situation was that Jacobson rently under indictment for kidnapping and yet to be repaid. At one point last year, Mar­ hadn't made a payment on any of the loans extortion. Trial is tentatively set for Septem­ lee was in default on ground rent, tax and for five months, his past due payments alone ber. insurance escrow for the period June, 1970 were $700,000, and the total still due on the And as one lawyer familiar with the Kings through January, 1971 to the tune of slightly under $100,000. Yet Al Garbian, the owner of loans was $10,425,000-$700,000 more than he Castle bankruptcy proceedings remarked in the Carousel, was able to borrow another borrowed in the first place. But that isn't the bewilderment: "This is the weirdest deal I've $40,000 from the Fund in September, 1971. final cost. A source close to the Fund reports ever seen." THE ALADDIN HOTEL that the Union is paying $50,000 per month RIVERSIDE BANKRUPTCY AND A BAIL-JUMPER for guards and maintenance of the vacant The most recent Pension Fund loan to a In nearby Reno, the Riverside Hotel sports gambling casino that has been uncovered is buildings. At this rate, by August, $300,000 a lengthy history of involvement with the more will have to be tacked onto the total one made on March 27 to the Aladdin Hotel Fund. The first loan to the hotel was $2,- for $3 million. One of those signing for the which has been poured into the project. 750,000, and was made in October, 1962. Two loan was a convicted bookmaker, Sam Dia­ As far as information which has been pub­ months later, the Riverside promptly went mond. Diamond also is president of the Alad­ licized, Jacobson seems to be the only person bankrupt. The person who arranged the din. His involvement With Nevada gambling involved as a principal on Kings Castle. Over­ loan for a kickback ranging between $60,000 goes way back. It was reported that in 1947 drive has discovered, though, that the and $100,000 (there is a discrepancy because he was one of several gangsters who got to­ amounts cited so far, and the persons con­ of bounced checks involving the payoff, and gether less than 24 hours after mobster nected with this project, are far from com­ it is not known whether all the graft due was Bugsy Siegel was shot to death. They met in plete. finally paid) was Benjamin Dranow. order to determine how to gain control of HIDDEN INTERESTS Dranow's involvement with the Fund goes the Flamingo Hotel, which Siegel had been Other documents show that a company way back to 1958 when he borrowed $1 ron­ running. It has also been learned that Mor­ called Sierra Tahoe Investment Corporation lion from the Fund to operate the J. W. ris Shenker received a $500,000 fee this year received Pension Fund loans of $2,600,000 1n Thomas Department Store in Minneapolis. for his part in the sale of the Aladdin by February, 1965, and $700,000 in December, Under Dranow's guidance, the store went Recrion Corporation. September 6, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 29645 COMMUNIST REVOLUTIONARY RE­ aware of his activist background when the first amendment, we are not bound to CEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS UNDER he was hired to fill the new housing aide subsidize the participants in revolution­ THE PROVISIONS OF THE EMER':' post. He also admitted having been the ary planning. Eminent jurists have de­ GENCY EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1971 editor of a west coast underground news­ clared that the Constitution is not a paper which was published during the suicide pact. period 1967 to 1969. Since receiving his Since the Department of Labor has HON. RICHARD H. ICHORD appointment as a Redwood City housing indicated that Ransom's employment is OF JIIISSOURI aide, Ransom has continued his active consistent with the public service guide­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES participation in the affairs of the Ven­ lines under the act, I must question how Wednesday, September 6, 1972 ceremos. many more David Ransoms are receiving I wrote to the Secretary of Labor on Federal doles. Mr. !CHORD. Mr. Speaker, Congress February 23, 1972, enclosing a copy of Mr. Speaker, I am sure many of our recently passed the appropriations bill the Redwood City Tribune news article. I colleagues will agree that it is clearly for the Department of Labor for the fiscal pointed out that the payment of Federal not in the public interest to allocate year ending June 30, 1973, providing for funds to Ransom, who is actively work­ Federal funds to an individual who fav­ an allotment of $1,250 million for ex­ ing with an organization devoted to the ors the violent overthrow of our demo­ penses necessary to carry into effect the overthrow of the Government by force cratic society. But it is not enough to Emergency Employment Act of 1971. The and violence, is a serious misuse of the abhor this situation. It calls for action act was later vetoed by the President. taxpayer's money. I requested the facts on the part of the Secretary of Labor, At the outset, I want to make it clear concerning Ransom's appointment. It who has the responsibility for the ad­ that I do not question the great benefits was not until June 16, 1972, some 4 ministration of the Emergency Employ­ which this act has brought about in re­ months later, that I finally received are­ ment Act. Surely, it is not asking too ducing unemployment. It has provided ply to my letter. On that occasion, Mal­ much for the Secretary to counsel the many vital public services which prior to colm R. Lovell, Jr., Assistant Secretary State and local governments that per­ the passage of the act had been dras­ for Manpower, far from being disturbed sons who are active in the affairs of tically curtailed because of a lack of local by this obvious misuse of taxpayer's revolutionary organizations should not and State revenues. No problem facing money, stated that the program guide­ be eligible for responsible positions un­ this Nation has been more thoroughly lines under the provisions of the Emer­ der the provisions of the act. It seems to documented than the plight of ow· State gency Employment Act do not allow for me that the public service em:qloyment and local governments as they grapple the hiring or discharge of participants on guidelines must be thoroughly reviewed with unemployment problems and de­ the basis of political a:tnliation, and since by the Labor Department to determine clining resources. there was no evidence of specific illegal what corrective measures are necessary However, I am concerned over the fact activity on the part of Ransom, the De­ in coping with this type of situation. If that Federal funds allotted under this partment of Labor was not in a position the dilemma cannot be resolved by ad- act ar.e being funneled to pay the salary to take any action to remove him from . ministrative regulations, then it is the of an individual who is a self-admitted his position. obligation of the Secretary to make rec­ active member of the Venceremos, an Certainly, legitimate political affilia­ ommendations for remedial legislation. avowedly revolutionary organization tions cannot and should not be the basis I am hopeful that the Secretary of La­ seeking the overthrow of the U.S. Gov­ for adverse action against an employee bor will take appropriate steps to rec­ ernment by force and violence. Since receiving Emergency Employment Act tify this situation, without making it January 31, 1972, David Ransom, an ac­ funds, but is it not a distortion of our tive member of the Venceremos orga­ necessary for the Congress to consider language to put violent revolution in the some form of amendment to the act, es­ nization, has been holding the respon­ · category of political activity? It is totally sible position of community dev.elopment tablishing conditions of employment unrealistic for the Labor Department to which are more clearly in the national specialist with the housing concern com­ impose on itself guidelines so restrictive mittee of Redwood City, Calif. He is interest. that it cannot take into account an in­ I insert at this point in my remarks drawing a salary in excess of $10,000 dividual's active participation in an or­ from Federal funds being channeled into articles from the Redwood City Tribune ganization devoted to the overthrow of · and Birmingham News along with copies Redwood City from San Mateo County, · the Government. If this is the Depart­ under the provisions of the Emergency of my correspondence with the Depart­ ment's idea of being consistent with pub­ ment of Labor in regard to this matter: Employment Act. lic service guidelines under the act, then Last October, the Committee on Inter­ [From the Redwood City (Calif.) Tribune, it is high time to draw up new guidelines, Feb. 8, 1972) nal Security, which I chair, held hear­ particularly for those individuals who are ings with regard to two Maoist groups, RANSOM HIRED FOR RC STAFF occupying positions of responsibllity. (By Ken Rowe) the Revolutionary Union and its more If there is one thing that is of vital violence-prone splinter group, Vencere­ concern to all of us-it is what is done David Ransom, a 31-year-old former college mos. It was clearly established that both with the people's money-the money instructor, underground press editor, anti­ organizations are Marxist-Leninist war and civil rights activist, ghost writer and they appropriate through us for various congressional candidate, has been hired as a groups unalterably devoted to the idea Federal undertakings. The taxpayers of staff aide to work with the Redwood City that violent revolution in the United the United States, whose incomes are Housing Concerns Committee. States is inevitable and desirable. It was depleted each year by a multibillion dol­ Ransom has been assigned to work in the the finding of the committee that the lar defense budget to insure the security city's Planning Department office. He will Revolutionary Union and the Vencere­ of the Nation, are being further tapped be paid $889 per month, under the federal mos constitute a potential threat. to the to insure the comfortable Federal finan- Emergency Employment Act, to aid the com­ internal security of the United States. mittee. A primary concern of the committee . cia! security of an individual whose con­ is to foster development of low-income hous­ For those desiring further information -duct demonstrates deep and abiding hos­ ing in the city. concerning the insidious nature of these tility to the United States. This certainly A native of New York and a graduate of two organizations, copies of the commit­ constitutes a maladministration of the Harvard University, Ransom, who earned a tee's report are available from the com­ act and a perversion of our responsibility master's degree in English from Stanford, mittee and the Government Printing to the taxpayers. quit Stanford's doctoral program "to work Office. Mr. Speaker, the Venceremos is not in the community." He had worked at Stan­ Shortly after David Ransom received just an insignificant extremist group. It ford as a teaching assistant and English in­ his appointment as a Community Devel­ structor. · has regularly conducted classes in Ransom was an editor of the Peninsula Ob­ opment Specialist, he was interviewed by revolutionary tactics, guerrilla warfare, server, an "underground" bi-weekly tabloid a reporter for the Redwood City Tribune, and sabotage, as well as holding periodic which ended publication on the Peninsula in and the results of the interview were re­ training sessions in the use of rifles, September of 1969. ported in the February 8, 1972, issue of handguns, and automatic weapons. It is An anti-war activist since 1965, Ransom that newspaper. During the interview was the 1968 Peace and Freedom Party can­ an organization ready to take up arms didate in the 11th Congressional District, Ransom admitted that he was an active against the Government. Although some r-qnning against incumbent Rep. Paul N. member of the Venceremos organization. judicial decisions insist on very broad (Pete) McCloskey Jr., and San Bruno Demo­ He stated he assumed city officials were permissiveness under the protection of crat Urban Whitaker. Ransom culled only 29646 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 6, 1972 a couple of thousand votes, but presented an violence is a serious misuse of the taxpayers' for a Democratic Society, which several years anti-waz platform which political observers money." ago produced a violence-prone, extremist termed "articulate.•• Chairman !chord was sorely mistaken! splinter group ca-lled Weathermen. Ransom was a leader in hte successful, res­ Not only was the Labor Department appar­ Early this year, the Revolutionary Union identalist fight which blocked the Willow ently unconcerned, but it took its leisurely published a pamphlet in which it described Expressway project in Menlo Park last year, time to tell him so, and then only after itself as a "national Communist organiza­ an effort which he said "saved 400 units of !chord wrote a second letter asking what tion made up mainly of workers, students, low-and-moderate-income housing." was going on. Again, several months elapsed blacks, browns, Asians, native Americans Viewed by some observers as a "radical," before he finally heard from Assistant Secre­ and whites." It also declares, "We must join Ransom Is a member of the revolutionary tary Lovell, who loftily disclaimed Labor De­ together into a single Communist party, with Venceremos organization. He said he assumes partment responsibility on three typically the discipline, division of labor, an'd strategy city officials were aware of his activist back­ bureaucratic grounds: and tactics capable of leading the immediate ground when he was hired to fill the new The city hired the Venceremos Commu­ struggle of the people and, when the time housing aide post, but added in an interview nist revolutionary and is pay1ng him $868 a is right, organizing the people to deal the that the format of application forms pre­ month to develop "new a.pproaches to solv­ death blow to the imperialist-capitalist cluded listing of his political affiliations. ing low-income housing problems." system." Ransom, a bachelor and a resident of 410 The city is satisfied with the job he is Park St., Redwood City, recently has been doing and "as long ws his performance re­ FEBRUARY 23, 1972. unemployed. He has been associated with the mains satisfactory, they have no problem Hon. JAMES D. HODGSON, Pacific Studies Center, a humanities research with his continuing in the position." Secretary of Labor, organization, since 1969. The Redwood City personnel officer Washington, D.C. Ransom also was the ghost-writer for maintains there is no "violation o·- the Pub­ DEAR MR. SECRETARY: I am enclosing a copy "P.O.W., Two Years With the Viet Cong," a lic Employment Program guidelines." of a newspa-per article which alleges that book by George E. Smith, a former U.S. Army In this alleged technicality, Assistant Sec­ one David Ransom, an admitted member of Green Beret soldier captured by the Viet retary Lovell fully concurred. He informed the revolutionary organiza-tion "Venceremos" Oong and later released. Smith's story Is, in !chord: was appointed to an $868.00 per month j()b part, sympathetic to the Viet Cong. "As our program guidelines do not allow with the Redwood Oity, California Housing for the hiring or discharging of participants Concerns Committee and that his Sil.lary will (From the Birmingham News, July 27, 1972] on the basis of political affiliation, and we be paid from Emergency Employment Act TAX MONEY PAYS GOOD SALARY TO COMMUNIST have delegated authority to hire within our funds. I understand that this Act is admin­ REVOLUTIONARY guidelines to agent jurisdictions ••• the istered by the Department of Labor. (By RobertS. Allen) Department is not in a position tv take any The Committee on Internal Security heard action to remove him from his position." testimony in October, 1971 concerning the WASHINGTON.-Money VOted by Congress Understandably, Rep. !chord waa shocked to create employment Is being used to pay Revolutionary Union and its more violence­ and outraged. In reply, he sharply repri­ prone splinter group, Vencerem.os, which good slaries to avowed Communist revolu­ manded the Labor Department: tionaries and other extremists. clearly established that both organzations "It appears to me that the difficulty lies i~ are Marxist-Leninist groups unaLterably de­ How many is not known. But in one defi­ inadequate Public Employment Program voted to the idea that violent revolution in nitely established case, the Labor Depart­ guidelines. Certainly, legitimate political af­ the United states is inevitable, and desirable, ment is refusing do anything on the to filiations cannot be the basis for adverse ac­ and tha-t the members of those groups expect ground that it's up to the local authorities tion against an employee under the program, to take an active, armed part in the antici­ who hired the Communist revolutionary. but I believe it is totally unrealistic to im­ pated revolution. That was the startling brush-off experi· pose guideUnes so restricted that you cannot I know you will agree that the payment enced by Rep. Richard !chord, D-Mo., chair­ take into account an employee's active par­ of Federal funds to one who is actively work­ man of the House Internal Security Com­ ticipation in an organization devoted to the ing with an organimtion devoted to the mittee, when he asked Labor Secretary overthrow of our government." overthrow of the Government by force and James Hodgson to crack down. After months In a 200-page report published last month, violence is a serious misuse of the taxpayers' of stalling, !chord finally got a letter from titled "America's Maoists: The Revolutionary money. Assistant Secretary Malcolm Lovell passing Union, The Venceremos Organization'," the I will be most apprecla-ti ve if you will fur­ the buck to the local officials. Internal Security Committee, brands them.as nish me with facm concerning the allega­ Indignantly, !chord told Lovell: the "two principal Maoist organizations in tions in the enclosed article. "In view of the findings of the Internal the U.S." Also that they are "a part of the Very truly yours, Security Committee that the Revolutionary larger revolutionary scene and adds signifi­ RICHARD H. !CHORD, Union and Venceremos organizations con­ cantly to the sound and fury of the political­ Chairman. stitute a potential threat to the internal se­ ly disaffected." curity of the United States, it is dimcult for "By constant emphasis on firearms in the APRIL 11, 1972. for me to justify the expenditure of Federal context of their use against police and public funds for the salary of a publicly admitted Hon. JAMES D. HoDGSON, authorities," continues the report, "they cre­ Secretary of Labor, U. S. Department of La­ active member of the Venoeremos." ate a climate encouraging to those inclined The Communist extremist is being paid bor, Washington. D.C. to resolve grievances against the government DEAR MR. SECRETARY: Under date of Febru­ $868 a month by the Redwood City, Calif. by violent action ••• They have gathered Housing Concerns Committee-with funds ary 23, 1972 I wrote to the Deparlment call­ firearms and explosives and have trained ing attention to a newspaper article which provided by the Emergency Employment Act. members in their use under anticipated guer­ This measure, passed by Congress in 1971 alleged that one David Ransom, a member rilla warfare conditions. of the revolutionary orga.nimtion "Vencere­ with a $750 million appropriation, author­ "The Revolutionary Union already had one izes the Secretary of Labor to enter into mos," has been appointed to a job with the delegation in Red China. Members of RU Redwood City Housing Concerns Committee contracts with units of Federal, state and were ordered to seek employment in plants local governments, public agencies and in­ and that his salary would be paid from funds having Inilitary contracts and in telephone administered by the Department of Labor. stitutions to undertake public service proJ­ companies." ects des1gned to create jobs-with the U.S. I expressed my view tha-t payment of Federal Treasury pay1ng the bill. Accordi~g to the report the Revolutionary funds to a member of an organization seek­ Union was formed in 1968 in Palo Alto, Oallf., ing the overthrow of the government was a Last February, !chord got wind that the with the prime tenet of "an armed over­ misuse of taxpayers• money and I requested Redwood City agency had hired an admitted throw of the government." Principal orga­ facts concerning these allegations. member of the Venceremos and wrote the nizers in:cluded "II. Bruce Franklin, a dedi­ As of this date I have not received a reply Labor Secretary citing the extremist nature cated Communist revolutionary who was a to my letter. I would be mosrt appreciative for of the Venceremos-a "violence-prone splin­ professor at Stanford University, his wife an early response to my inquiry about this ter of the Maoist Revolutionary Union." Jane Franklin, Robert Avakian, a leftist po­ lnllltJter. !chord pointed out that sworn testimony, litical activist in the San Francisco-Berkeley Sincerely yours, in the hands of his committee "clearly es­ area, and Leibel Bergman, a dedicated long­ RICHARD H. !CHORD, tablished that both organizations are Marx­ time Commun'ist." Chairman. ist-Leninist groups unalterably devoted to In January 1971, there was a split in the the idea that violent revolution in the United RU organization over basic ideological dif­ MAY 15, 1972. States is inevitable and desirable, and that ferences. Dissidenm, under the leadership ot Hon. JAMES D. HODGSON, members of these groups expect to take an Bruce Franklin, formed their own organiza­ Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor, active, armed part in the anticipated revolu­ tion with the name Venceremos. . Washington, D.C. tion. This group has n'o known connection with DEAR MR. SECRETARY: I have not as yet re• "I know you will agree that the payment the Venceremos Brigade, made up of U.S. ceived a response to my request of Pebruary of Federal funds to one who is actively work­ youths who have gone to Cuba for the os­ 23, 1972 for information pertaining to an al­ ing with an organization devoted to the tensible purpose ot cutting cane. Most of legation that the salary of David Ransom, a overthrow of the government by force and them are members of the leftist Students member of a revolutionary organization, September 6, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 29647 would be paid from funds administered by guidelines. Certainly, legitimate political af­ QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS FROM your Department. filiations cannot be the basis for adverse THE FOURTH DISTRICT OF The prompt attention of your Department action against an employee under the above PENNSYLVANIA to this inquiry of nearly three months ago program but I believe it is totally unrealistic and my letter of reminder of April 11 would to impose on yourselves guidelines so restric­ be greatly appreciated. tive that you cannot take into account an Sincerely yours, employee's active participation in an orga­ HON. JOSHUA EILBERG RICHARD H. !CHORD, nization devoted to the overthrow of the OF PENNSYLVANIA Chairman. Government. Very truly yours, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, RICHARD H. !CHORD, Tuesday, September 5, 1972 Chairman. Washington, D.C., June 16, 1972. Mr. EILBERG. Mr. Speaker, each year Hon. RICHARD H. !cHORD, Chairman, Committee on Internal Security, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, I conduct a poll, by mail, of my con­ House of Representatives, Washington, Washington, D.C., August 25, 1972. stituents. I continue to find this tech­ D.C. Hon. RICHARD H. !cHORD, nique a valuable and useful tool in help­ DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: I am very sorry for Chairman, Committee on Internal Security, ing me to better represent the people the delay in responding to your letters. We House of Representatives, Washington, of my district. have made inquiries through our regional of­ D.C. Last May I mailed my annual ques­ DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Thank you for your fice concerning Mr. David Ransom and have tionnaire to every household in my dis­ now received a reply. letter of June 26, 1972, in which you enclose Mr. Ransom was hired by Redwood City on a copy of your Committee's report to the trict in Philadelphia. The results have January 31, 1972 as a Community Develop­ House on the objectives of the Revolutionary been tabulated and I am now mailing ment Specialist. His job has to do with devel­ Union and the Venceremos Organization. them to the more than 152,000 house­ oping new approaches to solving low income This report contains information about Mr. holds in my district. housing problems. David Ransom, a Public Employment Pro­ At this time I enter this most recent The City is aware of the article from the gram participant in Redwood City, Califor­ report to my district in the RECORD : Redwood City Tribune dated February 8, nia, about whom we have had previous cor­ JOSHUA EILBERG REPORTS TO THE PEOPLE, respondence. 1972, which you enclosed with your letter. AUGUST 1972 The City states that they are satisfied with We certainly share your concern about the Mr. Ransom's performance during the time appropriateness of Mr. Ransom's employ­ Dear Friend: The results of the ques­ he has been on the job and that as long as ment. However, the Public Employment Pro­ tionnaire I mailed to you during the spring his performance remains satisfactory, they gram gives to local elected officials maximum have been tabulated and, as I promised, I have no problems with his continuing in his flexibility in the design of the program and am sending the results to every home in the present position. the selection and rejection of individual ap­ Fourth Congressional District. This year it The City personnel office takes the position plicants for employment. Therefore, as long is clearer than ever that you want the Fed­ that there has been no violation of the Pub­ as a local jurisdiction is operating its Public eral government to concentrate on solving lic Employment Program guidelines. The Employment Program in keeping with the domestic problems such as crime and drugs project officer concurs with this position. constraints of the Act and the Regulations and the nation's economic problems. As our program guidelines do not allow and Guidelines issued pursuant thereto, we Many of you made additional comments for the hiring or discharging of participants do not feel it appropriate for the Federal about the quality of life in our cities. Most on the basis of political affiliation, and we Government to intervene in what is essen­ of the complaints centered on the fear of have delegated authority to hire within our tially a local personnel transaction. increasing crime and drug abuse and the fact guidelines to agent jurisdictions on one hand, We have, however, made known to local that the average working man's take-home­ and as we have only the allegations of a officials information about Mr. Ransom's pay buys less and less every week. In addi­ newspaper article and no evidence of specific background. tion there were a great many complaints illegal activity on the part of Mr. Ransom As indicated in our letter of June 16, 1972, about the pollution of our environment and on the other hand, the Department is not in our review of the Redwood City Public Em­ the quality of our public transportation and a position at this time to take any action to ployment Program showed the City to be school systems. remove him from his position. operating its program in accordance with the As your representative in Congress I have We have also reviewed the City's position Act. Please be assured that we will continue tried to find solutions to these problems by and the PEP guidelines with our Solicitor's to monitor closely the Redwood City Public introducing and supporting legislation de­ Office. It is their opinion that if there is no Employment Program to insure its continued signed to meet our needs as individuals and evidence of illegal activity or poor program adherence to program standards. those of society as a whole. performance, we should not interfere with We appreciate your interest in this matter. Crime must be fought on two levels, law the City's hiring and selection process. Sincerely, enforcement and prevention. Right now four If I can be of further assistance, please let MALCOLM R. LOVELL, Jr., out of every five felonies are committed by me know. Assistant Secretary for Manpower. "graduates" of our prison system. In addition Sincerely, to punishing criminals for their crimes we MALCOLM R. LOVELL, Jr., must rehabilitate them so that they do not Assistant See1·etary for Manpower. commit more crimes when they are released. For this reason I have introduced a bill to CONDEMNING THE ACT OF TERROR improve our prison system. I am also support­ JUNE 26, 1972. AND MURDER AGAINST ISRAELI MALCOLM H. LOVELL, Jr., ing proposals to improve and strengthen our CITIZENS Assistant Secretary for Manpower, U.S. De­ police forces, such as the Emergency Crime partment of Labor, Office of the Assist­ Control Act. ant Secretary for Manpower, Washing­ Drug abuse is still increasing. This year I ton, D.C. HON. JAMES J. DELANEY supported measures designed to cut off all aid DEAR MR. LOVELL; Coincidental to the re­ OF NEW YORK to, and place economic sanctions on, coun­ ceipt of your letter concerning the employ­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tries which do not help us in the fight against ment of admitted Venceramos member the drug traffic. In addition, I am a sponsor David Ransom by Redwood City, California Wednesday, September 6, 1972 of the Narcotics Addict Treatment and Re­ under the Emergency Employment Act, I Mr. DELANEY. Mr. Speaker, the wan­ habilitation Act of 1972, Military Addicts Bill have just submitted a report to the House and the Drug Abuse Control Corps Bill. ton murder of Israeli citizens by Pales­ Tax relief and reform must be accom­ furnishing details concerning the revolution­ tinian guerillas at Munich, Germany is ary objectives of the Revolutionary Union plished quickly. Our present tax laws place an unprecedented act of international and Venceremos. I am enclosing a copy of too great a burden on those in the middle in­ the report for your information and guid­ terrorism and an outrage against hu­ come group. For this reason I have sponsored ance. Information concerning Ransom ap­ manity. legislation to close tax loopholes for the pears on pages 124-6 and 131. It is impossible to believe that in such wealthy and big business, which would give In view of the findings of the Committee a serene setting of peace and interna­ the government more than $4 billion almost on Internal Security that the Revolutionary tional cooperation an insane act of this .immediately, along with proposals to help the single tax payer and working couples. Union and Venceremos organizations con­ nature could happen. It leaves an in­ Our environment is still under a continu­ stitute a potential threat to the internal se­ delible stain on civilized society. curity of the United States it is difficult for ous attack from all sides. Part of the problem me to justify the expenditure of Federal I join with men and women of decency is the fact that c nforcement of the new funds for the salary of a publicly admitted throughout the world in condemning this tougher anti-pollution laws causes economic active member of Venceremos. unspeakable atrocity, and I extend my hardships for both labor and business. In It appears to me that the difficulty lies in deepest sympathy to the families of these order to break down this barrier I am spon­ inadequate Public Employment Program tragic victims. soring the Small Business Pollution Abate- 29648 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 6, 1972 ment Loan Assistance and Worker's Readjust­ jobs due to permanent or temporary shut­ you who took the time to respond and all of ment Assistance Act, which provides funds to downs caused by the new environmental those who added their own thoughtful com- business to help it comply with the new regulations. ments. · laws. It also gives workers reimbursement for Your voice is heard. On the reverse side you With best wishes. lost wages, job training, employment serv- will find the results of the questionnaire re­ Sincerely, 1oes and moving expenses when they lose their ported by percentage. I want to thank all of JOSHUA EILBERG.

CONGRESSMAN JOSHUA EILBERG REPORTS YOUR VIEWS (Rounded off to nearest percentage "No respon se" not tabulated)

Un· Un­ Yes No decided Yes No decided

1. Dois you working? believe ___ the__ _Pres_____ident's_____ program______of wage and_____ pri_ce__ contro_.• __ ___ls (b) Congress has given the President the power to cut off aid and 16 67 14 use other economic weapons against countries which do not 2. Do you favor the President's method of giving big business tax act effectively to break the drug pipeline which operates breaks so extra money can "trickle down" to the average tax- within their borders and ends in this countT Do you think payer or do you favor direct tax relief for the individual taxpayer we should cut off aid to such countries as hailand, Laos, as one means of stimulating the economy? Cambodia, and Vietnam if they do not cooperate in th is Trickle down •• ____ - ---- ___ ------_____ ••• ___ .-- Direct aid ______10 area?------90 90 (c) Would you favor economic sanctions against France , Turk~, 3. Nonessential Government spending must be i:ut. If you were and Middle Eastern and South American countries if they o writing the Federal budget which program would you cut first? not cooperate fully in solving this problem?. ______88 (check one) 8. (a) Elimination of penalties for the possession of marihuana if it is on~ for personal use was recently recommended by a Fe eral commission headed br, former Governor Raymond P. Shafer. Do you approve of t1is idea? ______37 55 8 (b) Do you favor the legalization of marihuana? ______22 67 10 9. Do you approve of busing as a means of integrating children?. ••• 8 88 4 ~~ !~l~;~i~;;~;;=;i;;~;~;;;;:;~;~=~=;;~~~i: :::;; 10. (a) Would you support additional controls over air and water pol· lution and increased use of Federal funds for such programs? _ 87 (h) Pollution controL. •• ______----__ • 01 (b) Are you satisfied with the program being made to clean up the environment? ______------______13 72 14 m~e~~=ie ==~======~~ (c) Are you prepared to bear some of the cost of cleaning up the 4. Do you have more money to spend for luxuries now than you did in environment either in the form of increased taxes or higher past years?----- ______• ______------__------_- - ••••• 18 75 prices from some goods and services? ______• 60 32 5. Federal revenue sharing is about to become a rea lit~ . Which of the lL (a) Were you upset b~ the charges that the Justice Department following problems facing Philadelphia do you t ink the funds approved the ta eover of the Hartford Fire Insurance Co. should be used to help solve? by ITT after ITT promised to give a political party $400,0007. 70 21 (l) Police and fire protection ______40 (b) Do you think this indicates that big business has too close a (2) Environmental protection ______29 relationship with government? _. ______79 13 (3) Public transportation ______24 (c) Do you feel Richard G. Kleindienst should be confirmed as Capital improvements ______7 (4) 1 25 42 32 &. (a) Should the Federal Government administer a comprehensive 12. d -ti-iiiii iiie-Admfnistra:- national health care insurance plan?. ______oti~~r~:ri!'v~":~~ !re i>eiiig toi tiie -by 69 21 10 tion about the war in Indo-China?------19 70 10 (b) If yes, which plan do ~ou favor? (check one): (b) Do you feel the media are reporting the war accurately?. ____ 24 60 16 (1) Federal healt insurance for the poor; Govern- (c) Do you support the President's policy in Vietnam and the ment payments to help all other families rest of Indo-China? ______41 48 11 meet costs of catastrophic illnesses._. _____ 14 (d) Would ~ou support an immediate pull out from Vietnam if the (2) Comprehensive national health insurance for Nort Vietnamese release the Americans they are holding all Americans, financed partially from in- prisoner?------·----- ______------76 16 creased social security taxes and partially 13. Do you feel Russia and the United States should try to impose a from Federal general revenues ______43 settlement on Israel and the Arab countries?. ______33 55 11 (3) Health care plan similar to medicare for entire 14. What do you think are the three most pressing problems facing population; option for individuals to pur- America today? Mease list in order of urgency. (Using a weighted chase approved private insurance plans in- point system, the following results were tabulated.) t stead of national plan ______29 (4) Voluntary income tax credit for purchase of private health insurance; free health bene· ~: ~f~~n~~~~ ~:~~-~~~~======J~:; fits for the poor ______:: ~~~~:o~~ent ~ == = = ~ = ~~ = = = ~ == = = ~= =~= == = = ~======~~: ~ (5) Establishment of Federal standards for health 15. What is the one local problem which troubles you the most7 z benefits provided by private insurers; bene- 1. Crime and drug abuse ______43. Z fits for poor subsidized by Federal and State funds. ______. • ___ 7 ~: ~:~Jst~~~sf3~~:~\:~ ======J: 7, (a) Law enforcement officials agree that 40 to 60 percent of all 4. Taxes. __------______---.----- ____ ••• 6. 8 c:rime is caused by drtlg addicts who need money to support their habits. Do you think a system of Government operated clinics-similar to the present system in England-which supply drugs to addicts free or for a small charge would help to solve this problem?· ------·---· 46 40 14

aThe remaining 18.6 percent included welfare, education , taxes, racial problems, Government tfhe remaining 34.9 percent went to a wide range of problems. epentiOAs, and foreign policy.

MAJ. GEN. LEO HENRY SCHWEITER cancer, General Schweiter was Chief of RITES FOR Ex-WICHITAN GEN. SCHWEITER Staff of the Army in Vietnam. TUESDAY His many decorations included the Maj. Gen. L. Henry Schweiter, 55, carlisle, HON. GARNER E. SHRIVER Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Pa., former chief of staff, USARVN (U.S. OF KANSAS Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, two Army, Republic of Vietnam), and former IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wichita resident, services at 3 p.m. Tuesday Purple Hearts, and the Bronze Star. in Arlington (Va.) National Cemetery Chapel. Wednesday, September 6, 1972 It is my privilege to be well acquainted He died Wednesday in a Carlisle hospital Mr. SHRIVER. Mr. Speaker, it was with members of the Schweiter family, after a long illness. with deep personal sorrow that I learned and I know the great personal loss which A native Wichitan, Schweiter was gradu­ of the passing on August 23 of a distin­ they and our Nation have suffered. I take ated from Kansas State College, Manhattan, guished American and patriot, Maj. Gen. this opportunity to salute and pay tribute in 1939 and commissioned as a second lieu­ Leo Henry Schweiter. General Schweiter to the memory of a brilliant general, Leo tenant. He entered the mi11tary service in Henry Schweiter. 1941 after obtaining a master of arts degree was a native of Wichita, Kans., which is and serving as an instructor at the University Mrs. Shriver and I join in extending in my congressional district, and he was of Missouri, Columbia. our heartfelt sympathy to his wife, Vir­ part of a pioneer family which contrib­ During World War II, Schweiter saw action uted significantly to the progress of ginia, his four children, and to his moth­ in the defense of Bastogne, Belgium, during Wichita. er, Mrs. Otto Schweiter of Wichita. the Battle of the Bulge. . · · He was a dedicated soldier. His out­ As a part of my remarks, I include an As a lieutenant colonel, he participated 1n standing service to our country extended article from the Wichita, Kans., Eagle landings at Inch()n and Wonson, Korea and over a 31-year period beginning in 1941. which reported the death of General commanded a battalion in the S2d Infantry ·At the time of his retirement because of Schweiter. Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. September 6, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 29649 Between the Korean War and the Vietnam If we really want to save Vietnam, let's would be a lot worse" ... "A public success conflict, Gen. Schweiter served in command stop the bombing before there's nothin'g left as far as it goes" ... "I am very well pleased positions in the United States and Europe to save. with it." ... "For the working man it has and held key staff positions with the joint been a success." Chiefs of Staff. Schweiter was promoted to brigadier gen­ A TRIBUTE TO THE LATE MOST eral in 1966 and to major general in 1968. REVEREND JAMES A. McNULTY He received the Distinguished Service CHIEF BARRON'S ACHIEVEMENT Medal; the Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster for gallantry; two Purple Hearts; the Bronze HON. HENRY P. SMITH III Star Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and OF NEW YORK HON. WALTER FLOWERS the Distinguished Flying Cross. OF ALABAMA Survivors include his widow, Virginia; a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES son, Henry James, and three daughters, Gail Wednesday, September 6, 1972 Ann, Mary Jean and Caroline, all at home; Wednesday, September 6, 1972 his mother, Mrs. Bertha Schweiter, Wichita; Mr. SMITH of New York. Mr. Speaker, a brother, Otis, San Anselmo, Calif., and two on Labor Day afternoon the Niagara Mr. FLOWERS. Mr. Speaker, I am de­ sisters, Mrs. William A. Nixon, Wichita, and frontier lost a great spilitual and com­ lighted to bring to the attention of my Mrs. Lyman Bratzler, Lansing, Mich. munity leader. The Most Reverend James colleagues and others an article about A. McNulty, Bishop of the Roman Cath­ Chief George Barron of the Bessemer olic Diocese of Buffalo since 1963, entered Police Department. This interesting the heavenly fellowship of saints on that story appeared in the August 31 edition STOP THE BOMBING day. of the Bessemer News: During the last decade, Bishop Mc­ CHIEF BARRON'S ACHIEVEMENT HON. BELLAS. ABZUG Nulty has led his church in western New As a fellow veteran of World War II and OF NEW YORK York to new plateaus of strength and among those who have educated children and seen them off to establish homes of their own, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES spirituality, and he has ever been an outstanding ecumenical leader in the we stand in awe of the achievement of George Wednesday, September 6, 1972 Barron, chief of police in Bessemer. Buffalo and western New York commu­ As were so many of us veterans of the Mrs. ABZUG. Mr. Speaker, as the nity. Great Depression, Mr. Barron did not enjoy bombing of North Vietnam continues and Bishop McNulty was a great leader, a a formal (i.e., college) education, but got a as the mining of the ports of that country good friend, and a fine citizen. His pres­ taste of it in attending a pretty rigid FBI continues it must become clear to all ence was enriching to all of us, and his National Institute course. that we are not winding down the war in passing is mourned by all of us. That, however, was nothing to the under­ taking Mr. Barron entered into, in entering Southeast Asia but merely changing its Samford University as a freshman, subject character. We have replaced our ground to all the rules and regulations (so far as troops in South Vietnam with Air Force WAGE-PRICE FREEZE POLL curricula was concerned) as the freshmen personnel in Thailand and Navy person­ fresh out of high school. nel off the coast, but the devastation con­ For about three and a half years Mr. tinues unabated. HON. JOSHUA EILBERG Barron's days were divided into four parts: I would like to call to your attention a school, work, study and sleep, with the latter OF PENNSYLVANIA sometimes the sufferer. TV editorial that was heard on the CBS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES affiliate in New York City: Although there are numerous cases in Wednesday, September 6; 1972 which people even older than Mr. Barron WCBS-TV EDITORIAL have entered college classes and successfully Subject: Stop the bombing Mr. EILBERG. Mr. Speaker, the morn­ completed them, we still think it's a feat well· Spokesman: Sue Cott ing newspaper in my city, the Philadel­ worth commending. Broadcast: August 17, 1972, 6:55 p.m. phia Inquirer, polls its readers on various It must have taken some of the stamina Last week the American combat role end­ topics several days a week. that Mr. Barron exhibited in Marine Corps ed in Vietnam. But American involvement fighting during World War II, for him to have was far from over. Because as the ground On Monday, September 4, the paper hung in there and completed the course. war was grinding to a halt, the air war had published the results of the survey on In doing so, incidentally, he becomes (ac­ reached a new high. We find this accelerated the question, "Do you think the wage­ cording to Commissioner Ed Porter) the only massive air war disturbing an·d baflling. For price freeze has been a success?" The police chief in Alabama to have a BS degree past experience proves that this is a bankrupt response was 81.3 percent "no," and 18.7 in police administration. policy. percent said "yes." We add our congratulations to the many According to the Cornell University Air The results of this poll indicate clearly he has received. War Study Group's report, by the end of last the feeling of the general public about year the United States had dropped three times as many bombs on Indochina than the administration's economic policies. They have been a disaster for the work­ were dropped on all of Europe, Asia and SALUTE TO COAST GUARD Africa in World War II. But this brutal ingman and his family. punishment did not bring North Vietnam to As one of the persons who called the IN ALASKA its knees-nor did the bombing prevent sup­ paper stated: plies from ;reaching its troops. Rather the Nixon has succeeded in freezing wages bet­ HON. NICK BEGICH population Of North Vietnam was mobilized ter than he has succeeded in freezing prices. to meet the challenge and rebuild the roads OF ALASKA and bridges knocked out by American bombs. At this time I enter into the .RECORD . IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Now the United States is once again com­ the results o: the poll and the comments Wednesday, September 6, 1972 mitting enormous manpower and fire power which accompanied them: to the air war. And there is no question that Do You THINK THE WAGE-PRICE FREEZE HAS Mr. BEGICH. Mr. Speaker, the CoaSt this vast deployment of power and tech­ . BEEN A SUCCESS? Guard in Alaska has a tremendous re­ nology has made life more difficult for the sponsibility to safeguard the enormous North Vietnamese. But it still doesn't seem How you voted: no-81.3 percent; yes-18.7 . to be bringing the end of the conflict any percent. shoreline of the State with the small closer. Even commanders in: the field have ad­ SAMPLE "NO" COMMENT: number of vessels and craft available. mitted that there has been little tangible "J:'l'ot to the working man" ... "There Yet, they have done yeoman service, not ·effect on the war itself. are too many special favors" .. . "It is only only in the patrolling of Alaskan waters, The bombing however, has had a tangible enforced selectively" ... "Nixon has suc­ and the apprehension of violators, but effect in human terms. For whether it is of­ ceeded in freezing wages better than he suc­ in other areas as well. Today I would like ficial policy or not, many civilians have been ceeded in freezing prices" . . . "This is to salute the Guard for their efforts in killed--or made homeless. And ironically another crazy scheme of the Nixon admin­ two very 'l:.nique situations which hap­ more in South Vietnam than in the North. istration" ... Control the government spend­ The Cornell Study estimates that there were ing and they will have done something." pened last month. over a million civilian casualties and six mil­ SAMPLE "YES" COMMENTS On August 8, 1972, the Coast Guard lion refugees in South Vietnam. What's more, "I am glad he had the courage to do it" cutter Confidence while on patrol, inter­ the devastation of this rural society has been .. . "Particularly since the public has profited cepted an SOS from what was believed ruinous. from it" . .. "Without controls inflation to be a Gibson Girl emergency radio in 29650 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 6, 1972 the Shumagin Island group. Later they Confidence located seven very hungry part in transporting 2 tons of salt to the monitored the words ''Chirikof Island" people. Case closed. Island which was used to keep the freezer and "no food." Weather was poor, and St. Lawrence Island is in the Bering brine at a safe operating temperature, aircraft were unable to pinpoint the lo­ Sea, closer to the Siberian Peninsula than thus saving the village meat supply. cation of the transmission. The Confi­ to the Seward Peninsula. This very isola­ In both instances, the actions of the dence placed land parties ashore, and it tion can cause difficulties, as happened Coast Guard were above and beyond the was subsequently learned that Kodiak in early August. The entire village meat call of duty. I am certain that my col­ Airways had placed a group of persons supply was in imminent danger of spoil­ leagues join me in saluting the efforts on Chirikof Island 2 weeks before, and ing when unusually high summer tem­ of the U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska, and the party was to have come out 3 days peratures, coupled with problems with in thanking them for the extra con­ before the transmission was received. the freezing system, raised the tempera­ cern they have so ably demonstrated in Weather had precluded their removal. tures in the village of Savoonga's freezer these instances. Late in the evening of August 8, the facility. The Coast Guard personnel took Thank you.