6482 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 27, 1979 up. Any amendments to the resolution to move to table the resolution if there lution 8. There is a time agreement on could cloud the issue, and we could have are amendments offered to it. If there that resolution. Following that, I would many problems with a voting time. But are no amendments offered to it, or none hope the Senate could take up the coun­ here is the opportunity for the Senate to are adopted, I would like to see an up­ tervailing duties legislation, which is vote up or down, and have a showdown or-down vote on the resolution, on the Calendar Order No. 51, H.R. 1147, an act once and for all. I am going to be clearcut issue of whether or not the Sen­ to extend temporarily the authority of against it, and intend to try to get a vote ate wants to vitiate the action that it the Secretary of the Treasury to waive on it. took 3 weeks ago. the imposition of countervailing duties. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Due notice was given in the RECORD. So I think in sum, there will be rollcall objection to the request of the Senator Resolutions are often called up here votes tomorrow. Tomorrow is only Wed­ from West Virginia? Without objection, without giving a day's notice, with the nesday. It could be a long day; no reason it is so ordered. resolutions approved. There were some why it should not be, in order to com­ Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, will the suggestions at that time that it ought to plete our business. We will be in session Senator yield? be called up and voted on the same day, on Thursday, and in accordance with Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Yes, I yield. but I said "no," to call it up one day and my promise, which I am carefully keep­ Mr. STEVENS. I thank the Senator vote on it the next. ing, there will be no rollcall votes Friday from West Virginia for his explanation If there are going to be amendments if we are in, unless there be some emer­ for the record of what transpired here to Senator HART'S resolution, I would gency situation. today, but I am compelled to state for understand that any Senator would want I yield the :floor. the record also that we have a Senator to reserve his rights, one of those rights

EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS ENERGY PROBLEMS ground, TRW has for some years been vitally son will force continued progress by indus­ concerned with the following aspects of en­ try. However, these efforts alone will not pro­ ergy: vide a solution which will permit a continu­ HON. ELWOOD HILLIS We have directed great attention to energy ation of our life style. In fact, increased pro­ in our internal operations so that less units ductivity is the fundamental factor by which OF INDIANA of energy will be utilized in each unit of improvement in living is obtained. Energy IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES output. As a result, in 1978 we used 26 per­ and productivity are closely interrelated. It cent less energy per unit of output for our Tuesday, March 27, 1979 is quite clear that the balance of trade 100 domestic manufacturing operations than impact of oil imports could have been mini­ • Mr. HILLIS. Mr. Speaker, I recently we did in 1972. Also important, our total mized if the U.S. had been successful in received a letter from P T. Argell, vice absolute consumption of oil is down 23 per­ maintaining and increasing certain levels of president of TRW, Inc. The letter out­ cent. We have a strong corporate policy state­ manufactured exports. Furthermore, 70 per­ ment on energy conservation, one of in­ cent of final U.S. oil consumption is for lines the praiseworthy efforts by TRW dustry's best energy reporting systems, and transportation; this figure includes the to conserve on energy. The attitude and we anticipate continuing improvement. energy required for production of motor approach of TRW needs to be adopted by Our products and services are constantly fuels as well as end use. The American people our entire business community and re­ reviewed to insure that their efficiencies are must recognize all of these ramifications. flected in the energy policies of the Fed­ being maximized from an energy standpoint. They must be involved in an active and cre­ eral Government. Much progress has been made but only two ative effort towards increasing our energy Recent announcements by the OPEC examples need be cited. First, some of our use, efficiency, and productivity if they wish oil ministers of higher prices are cause automotive parts have been reduced by over to maintain and improve their life style. 20 percent in weight to support automotive Our purpose in writing to you may be sum­ for great concern. Those increases manufacturers in building lighter auto­ further illustrate the urgency of reduc­ marized in the belief that normal, free­ mobiles. Second, the entire product line of market economic forces are the preferred ing our energy demands. TRW's ap­ our submerged petroleum pumps is under­ solutions for most economic matters. If it proach and attitude toward energy con­ going an extensive engineering review with becomes necessary for government to inter­ servation should be brought to the at­ the established objective of increasing the vene, this must be done in a cooperative tention of the American people and used operating efficiency by at least 5 percent, fashion involving all persons and institu­ as an example of how to address the en­ and preferably by 10 percent where practicable. tions concerned with the issues. We think it ergy problems now facing this Nation. I We are conducting extensive communica­ is essential to the American public and hope my colleagues will share TRW's let­ tions with our employees to insure that they industry to address this situation in the ter with their constituents. The letter appreciate fully the importance of energy cooperation and understanding fashion of follows: conservation and its ultimate impact on the which much of our history has shown us to MARCH 21, 1979. American way of life. be superbly capable. The solution rests in Hon. ELWOOD H. HILLIS, We believe that the energy situation is this direction as opposed to finger-pointing House of Representatives, crucial to the United States. The record and attempting to blame difficulties on Russell House Office Building, shows that American industry has done an someone else. Washington, D .C. outstanding job of energy conservation in We stand ready to assist you and members DEAR CONGRESSMAN HILLIS: As you and compliance with the Energy Policy and Con­ of your staff in any way which will be other members of the 96th Congress address servation Act of 1975. Also, TRW studies beneficial. the energy situation of the U.S. again, we show that U.S. industrial energy efficiency Sincerely, thought it in order to acquaint you with our has increased more rapidly than other indus­ P. T. ANGELL, views of the situation. In the way of back- trialized nations since 1972. Economic rea- Vice President.e

• This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. March 27, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6483 MINORITY RESOURCE CENTER FOR enthusiastic endorsement now of both TVA We must remember the entire past or we chairman S. David Freeman and Richard will be doomed to relive its misery. TVA Freeman, .the other board member. It is an idea that is long overdue. If the goal of the United Nations Hu­ HON. HAROLD E. FORD Black enterprises have been neglected in man Rights Commission is to adopt the awarding of contracts for such major international measures for preventing a OF TENNESSEE governmental agencies. Last year, as the TVA repetition of the crimes of genocide, then IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES . chairman notes, such businesses were . a true account of the brutal treatment Tuesday, March 27, 1979 awarded only a small fraction of 1 per cent of the Armenian people must be in­ of TVA 's total purchases. cluded in the report. The Commission • Mr. FORD of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, The problem has been the result of lack should be a forum of global debate on today I seek the support of my colleagues of proper access to such contracts and lack of infprmation. Black businesses often have human rights. Let us not allow it to on the House Appropriations Committee, not had the resources to bid competitively · escape into silence. For we are the hope Subcommittee on Public Works, in insur­ even when they were capable of doing the of the persecuted, the imprisoned, and ing that a $3.2 million proposed budget work the .contracts demanded. the tortured. We must not let them for a Minority Resource Center be in­ Surely the development of minority busi­ down.• cluded in the Appropriations Commit­ ness and the creation of job opportunities tee's budget for the Tennessee Valley Au­ within that part of the region should be just thority (TV A) . The Resource Center as important as the development of agricul­ FARM SAFETY WEEK would devise approaches for making TVA ture, recreation and electricity. After all those programs and activities more supportive minorities represent 22 per cent of the 27 million population of the seven-state TVA HON. W. HENSON MOORE of minority economic needs and interests region. They should be given first considera­ throughout the region. tion when contracts representing jobs and OF LOUISIANA Specifically the Resource Center would incomes are being parceled out. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rectify the disparity which has excluded Tuesday, March 27, 1979 minorities from meaningful participation in the economic development programs CONGRATULATIONS TO U.N. AM­ • Mr. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, rarely in financed with billions of dollars in public BASSADOR SET MONJIAN ON the political arena does a public servant funds over the past 46 years. It would tap PARAGRAPH 30 get a second opportunity to make a gross minority talents in business, the profes­ error twice-and remain a public ser­ sions and education, and link these tal­ vant. However, it is my unpleasant duty ents with TVA projects. To achieve this HON. ADAM BENJAMIN, JR. to inform the House that for the second end satellite TVA offices will be set up OF INDIANA year in a row, President Carter has not throughout the valley. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES only issued a proclamation designating The Resource Center would be an on­ Tuesday, March 27, 1979 "National Farm Safety Week" but has going institutional mechanism. It would also at the same time requested elimina­ be staffed by competent minority profes­ e Mr. BENJAMIN. Mr. Speaker, a great tion of funding from the proposed fiscal sionals from throughout the region. This step forward in the cause for human year 1980 budget for the farm safety staff would work directly with TVA per­ rights was achieved when the United program, administered by USDA's Ex­ sonnel in design, development, and im­ Nations Commission on Human Rights tension Service. plementation of programs in the follow­ agreed to reconsider its Report on Geno­ In his March 23, 1978 proclamation is­ ing areas: cide by taking another look at the de­ sued during the last Congress, the Presi­ Economic research and analyses; leted reference of the Armenian genocide dent stated: "Anything that diminishes Economic/ business feasibility studies; which occurred during the years 1915-18. the ability of farmers and ranchers to Minority purchasing and business This reference, commonly called Para­ meet these vital needs (production of developments; graph 30, recognized the crimes perpe­ food and fiber) is of great concern." I Management and technical assistance trated on the Armenian people by the certainly felt that his action was of great in support of business and economic de­ Ottoman Empire. Nearly 2 million per­ concern to us all since zero funding for velopment projects; sons were massacred or deported from an important program can only diminish Sources and support mechanism for their provinces in Turkey. This was the its effectiveness. But, to add insult to in­ equity and debt financing and bonding; first mass ethnic slaughter in modern jury, he stated in the Monday, March 19, Manpower development and training; history and brought the realization of 1979, proclamation designating July 25 and the horror behind the word "genocide." through July 31, 1979, National Farm Experimental and demonstration proj­ The world learned that genocide was a Safety Week, the following: ects in the development of alternative violation of the essential human right I also ask those who serve agricultural energy sources and in energy production, from which all others derive: The right producers to support their accident-reducing conversion, and conservation. to life. efforts by providing encouragement and ed­ If implemented, the Center could begin During the proceedings of the Human ucational aids. Rights Commission, efforts were made by to reverse the conditions of exclusion According to the President's fiscal year which are costly to the entire Nation in a few parties to exclude any reference to these massacres. This would have been a 1980 budget, it will be pretty hard for the terms of waste, human resources, and the Extension Service-the primary educa­ loss of regional and local technological travesty. An honest study of the crime of genocide would be far from complete tional arm of the U.S. Department of and industrial capabilities. Agriculture-to provide anything except With leadership, and financial support without an inclusion of the atrocities from the Congress for the Center, posi­ committed on the Armenian people. In a few cheers from the sidelines due to the tive steps could be taken to create new this Commission no virtue can be found fact its capable personnel will not be pro­ jobs, strengthen the business and indus­ in silence. vided funding for farm safety work. trial base, and promote long-term eco­ Through the admirable efforts of the But, Mr. Speaker, all is not lost. The nomic growth and development in minor­ U.S. delegation, and especially that of House Agriculture Committee, on which ity and poor communities throughout the U.S. Representative to the United Na­ I had the privilege to serve for 4 years, valley. tions, Mr. Set Monjian, the Commission has recognized the need for continued The largest Midsouth daily newspaper, agreed to delay the final passage of the farm safety education by recommending the Commercial Appeals, ran the follow­ report and reconsider the Armenian to the Budget and Appropriation Com­ ing editorial: genocide reference. mittees a $1,500,000 funding level for Ex­ Inclusion of this reference would be a tension's farm safety €ndeavors for fiscal TVA AIMS To HELP MINORITIES great victory for human rights. Acts of year 1980. This compares with a fiscal The Tennessee Valley Authority direc­ year 1979 appropriation of $1,020,000. I tors will be meeting in Memphis April 5 to destruction can only be prevented in the vote on a plan to expand job opportunities future if those of the past are recog­ am sure even the President-once a for minorities by giving them a share in nized. An omission of the crime of the farmer himself-could rationalize a TVA 's $3 billion annual work contracts. magnitude inflicted upon the Armenian $480,000 increase over last year's appro­ The Tennessee Valley Center for Minority people would defeat the purpose of the priation in order to help avoid future Economic Development, Inc., was proposed by Commission and only serve to provide farm accidents and the resulting costs. Rep. Harold Ford of Memphis and has the collateral support for future massacres. His recent proclamation argued for im- 6484 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 27, 1979 proved farm safety stating there were out that the most killings occur as the result and for all who hold dear the principles more than a half-million farmers, em­ of violent domestic situations. The availabil­ of national, religious, and human rights, ity of a lethal weapon in such situations, he ployees, and others who suffered from says , can change them from family fights the Byelorussian Day of Independence farm and ranch accidents that totaled that end in a black eye to disasters. serves as a reminder that we should re­ almost $5 billion in losses. He also added: "In Great Britain (where handguns are dedicate ourselves to support these brave The pain and personal loss to the injured not readily available), if you become enraged people as they continue their fight for and to their families and friends cannot be wit h your wife and feel that you want to kill selfdetermination. We should mark this measured. her, t he only weapon available to you is your occasion by urging those who carry out bare hands." Tanay said. "Homicide then be­ our own Nation's foreign policy to con­ What we really need, Mr. Speaker, iS comes a matter of strength and persistence. a measure of accountability on the 'Part "The problem with a gun is that while it tinue to voice the American belief that of the current administration. I feel sure causes a great deal of destruction, it provides basic human rights should never be that the House Committee on Appropria­ little aggressive gratification. denied.• tions will seriously consider fullfunding " If a person has a rage reaction and has for this program, and will not contradict no weapon other than his bare hands, it THE SAW MILL FLOOD its previous position on farm safety. I takes a little time so that the self can be CONTROL PROJECT reasserted. The aggression is discharged. only hope that one day the administra­ There is time for the person to become him­ tion will realize that its commitment to self again. Make up and go on living. HON. DOUGLAS WALGREN U.S. agriculture must be based upon more " If he has a gun, the effort, the discharge OF PENNSYLVANIA than proclamations and should reflect a of aggression-which is the essential part of determination to keep American farmers it-is so minimal and yet the destructive IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and ranchers safe, economically stable, effects are so tremendous." Tuesday, March 27, 1979 and productive.• Secondly, he points out the rarity of actual imposition of severe penalties such as life e Mr. WALGREN. Mr. Speaker, on imprisonment or the death penalty in deal­ Wednesday, March 21, I testified before ing with habitual killers. the Subcommittee on Water Resources of "One of the problems with our system of GUN CONTROL the Public Works Committee concerning punishment," he said, "is that the more the Saw Mill Run flood control project. severe the penalty, the less likely it is to be imposed." I made this statement on behalf of the HON. LIONEL VAN DEERLIN And finally, he said that many killings residents of the West End area of the OF could be prevented by confining and treating city of Pittsburgh. The citizens of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the mentally disordered persons who have the West End have worked hard over the pot ential to become killers. last decade to revitalize their neighbor­ Tuesday, March 27, 1979 "Our whole approach is irrational," he hood and have proven the economic and e Mr. VAN DEERLIN. Mr. Speaker, said. "We do it only retrospectively. In order social benefits that would flow from the to attract the attention of the criminal jus­ since I was first elected to Congress, in t ice system, you have to commit the act first. completion of this project. 1962, I have supported stronger gun con­ "Nobody looks at the people in a rational I would like to bring my statement to trol laws, as have sizable majorities on way. Homicide is not being studied. It's being the attention of my colleagues: most public opinion polls whenever this only condemned. That will not make it go THE SAW MILL RUN FLOOD PROJECT issue is raised. away." e Mr. Chairman and Members of the Sub­ A willful minority has been able to committee: I am grateful for this opportu­ block passage of effective legislation. nity to appear before the Subcommittee on Meanwhile, the toll of gunshot slayings Water Resources to present the case for the continues to mount. Many of the killings SIXTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE Saw Mill Run Flood Project in the West End take place only because a firearm is in­ BYELORUSSIAN DEMOCRATIC RE­ area of the City of Pittsburgh. stantly available. PUBLIC This is a small project as flood control projects go, requiring an investment of only Dr. Emanuel Tanay, a Detroit psy­ $5.2 million. But it is the last essential link chiatrist, believes that in a domestic fight HON. GLENN M. ANDERSON in a decades-old effort started by my prede­ when a gun is not handy, "There is time cessor in the U.S. Congress, Jim Fulton, and for the person to become himself OF CALIFORNIA I feel his spirit urging us on today. again * * * makeup and go on living." IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES This flood project is essential because the With a gun, the first blow is often final, Tuesday, March 27, 1979 existing channel of the Saw Mill Run Creek and there is no chance to make amends. now repeatedly overflows its banks in the The San Diego Evening Tribune cov­ e Mr. ANDERSON of California. Mr. West End causing substantial flood damage. Speaker, each year, in the month of But the worst thing is that high water now ered a recent talk by Dr. Tanay to the causes the sanitary sewer line to back up Vista Hill Foundation in San Diego. I March, the Byelorussian people from around the world commemorate a special and overflow. This investment is essential believe the article to be of sufficient in­ to eliminate once and for all a condition terest to include it at this point as an day of freedom. It was on the 25th day that causes this neighborhood to become an extension of my own remarks. of this month in 1918, that the nation open sewer at high water. GUN CONTROL CALLED WAY TO REDUCE LETHAL of Byelorussia proclaimed its independ­ The West End community has unfairly VIOLENCE ence from Communist Russia and de­ borne the brunt of wealthier suburban (By Darla Welles) clared the autonomy of the Byelorus­ growth on the hills of Saw Mill Run Water­ sian Democratic Republic. Unfortu­ shed which reaches far into the South Hills. Cutting this nation's homicide rate, ac­ With new houses, the run-off of rain water cording to Detroit psychiatrist Dr. Emanuel nately, the Soviet army made the reign of freedom short-lived. Ten months later, has come more rapidly-..,.-and as the waters Tanay, could be as simple as one. two, three. rise, raw sewage from these new communi­ Tanay, who is a clinical professor of psy­ Russian military forces overcame the ties overflows the sanitary sewer line. chiatry at Wayne State University and newly declared democratic government. In response to citizen organization in the chairman of the American Psychiatric Asso­ Throughout the years, the Byelorus­ West End, the city of Pittsburgh has made a ciation's committee on psychiatry and the sians have persisted in their pursuit of real commitment to a strong residential­ law, was here yesterday to speak at a seminar freedom. At the end of World War II, industrial future for this community. The on violence sponsored by the Vista Hill City has committed $500,000 to move district Foundat ion. the All-Byelorussian Congress convened to issue a second proclamation of inde­ police and maintenance centers into the West He listed in an interview three steps for End. The City has already invested $1,200,- limiting the number of killings that occur pendence, but this effort was quickly 000 on construction of a section of new in this country, all three of which he con­ thwarted by the might of the Russian sanitary sewer line that was designed to fit siders t o be "so simple that no one will pay Army once again. part and parcel with the relocation of the any attention to them. The people of Byelorussia have main­ channel proposed by this project. In short, "Certainly we could reduce our homicide tained a strong desire to be free of the a great investment has been made already in rate by very simple measures," Tanay said. oppressive rule of the Soviet Govern­ reliance on approval of this project. "By diminishing the number of guns in cir­ ment. Their relentless spirit and courage The Saw Mill Run Creek is located entirely culation. By keeping in confinement people has remained unbroken in spite of the in Allegheny County with approximately who are habitual killers. By providing hos­ fifty percent of the drainage basin within pitals for people who are clearly potential constant violations of human rights that the Pittsburgh city limits. The drainage area killers, because they are sick." they must face each day. is 19.4 miles square, the topography is hilly, In advocating gun control, Tanay points For Americans of Byelorussian origin and the flood plain is narrow except where March 27, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6485 it widens to about 600 feet in the West End poses of chapter 2, and notwithstanding any "(2) any determination of such an issue area. other provision of chapters 21, 23, and 24 of shall be made as if this section had not been The Corps of Engineers investigated many this subtitle, if all of the requirements of enacted." different types of flood control and deter­ subsection (b) are met with respect to serv­ (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.-The table of mined that a channel modification, such as ice performed by any individual- sections for such chapter 25 is amended by the Saw Mill Run Project, was economically " ( 1) such service shall be treated as being adding at the end thereof the following new feasible and beneficial. The Saw Mill Run performed by an individual who is not an item: Project would provide protection from flood­ employee, and SEC. 3508. Alternative Standards !or de­ ing with an average reoccurrance of fifty "(2) the person for whom such service termining whether individuals are not em­ years. The amount of flood damage would is performed shall not be treated as an em­ ployees." ployer with respect to such service. be reduced by at least 92 percent. SEC. 3. SOCIAL SECURITY COVERAGE. We are not asking !or government funds "(b) REQUmEMENTs.-For purposes of sub­ !or re-development. We only ask to remove section (a), the requirements of this sub­ Section 210 (a) of the Social Security Act a public nuisance and the community will section are met with respect to service per­ is amended by striking out "or" at the end develop itself. f orced by any individual i!- of paragraph (19), by striking out the period I urge the committee to approve this proj­ " (l) CONTROL OF HOURS WORKED.-The in­ at the end of paragraph (20) and by insert­ ect and complete a twenty-year effort to dividual controls the aggregate number of ing in lieu thereof"; or'', and by adding after solve this problem once and for an.e hours actually worked and substantially all paragraph (20) the following new paragraph: of the scheduling of the hours worked. "(21) Service which, under section 3508 of "(2) PLACE OF BUSINESS.-The individual the Internal Revenue Oode of 1954, is treated does not maintain a principal place of busi­ as being performed by an individual who is INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR TAX ness, or, if he does so, his principal place of not an employee." STATUS CLARIFICATION ACT OF business is not provided by the person for SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 1979 whom such service is performed, or, if it is The amendments made by this Act shall so provided, the individual pays such person apply to service performed after December rent therefor. For purposes of this paragraph, 31, 1979 .• HON. RICHARD A. GEPHARDT the individual shall be deemed not to have OF MISSOURI a principal place of business if he does not perform substantially all the service at a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fixed location. COMMEMORATION OF GREEK Tuesday, March 27, 1979 "(3) INVESTMENT OR INCOME FLUCTUATION.­ INDEPENDENCE DAY " (A) The individual has a substantial in­ e Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, today vestment in assets used in connection with I am introducing the b111, H.R. 3245, to the performance of the service, HON. C. W. BILL YOUNG clarify the standards used for determin­ "(B) The individual risks income fluctua­ OF FLORIDA ing whether, for Federal income tax tions bec1.use his remuneration with respect withholding, social security, and unem­ to such service is directly related to sales IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES or other output rather than to the number Tuesday, March 27, 1979 ployment tax purposes, an individual is of hours actually worked. an independent contractor or an em­ "(4) WRITTEN CONTRACT AND NOTICE OF TAX • Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, ployee. RESPONSIBILITIES.- on May 29, 1453, Constantinople fell into In order to provide taxpayers with " (A) The individual performs the service the hands of the Ottoman Turks, and some direction and guidance in dealing pursuant to a written contract between the with contradictory, and often oppressive, individual and the person for whom such more than 1,000 years of Byzantine his­ IRS administrative actions last year, the service is performed- tory came to an end. Soon after, Greece Congress enacted a section in the Rev­ " (i) which was entered into before the per­ was also placed in a servitude which enue Act of 1978 that provided relief formance of the service, and lasted almost four centuries. As a result, "(11) which provides that the individual what was left of the Hellenic culture was from inequitable retroactive assessments wlll not be treated as an employee with re­ for small businesses, the self-employed, spect to such service !or purposes of the forced to be buried in the monasteries and other independent contractors. That Federal Insurance Contributions Act, the or to be passed from one generation to temporary relief expires on December 31, Social Security Act, the Federal Unemploy­ another by secret gatherings of worship­ 1979, at which time we must set forth ment Tax Act, and income tax withholding pers and children seeking a knowledge of specific guidelines for those taxpayers at source; and their historic past. In this way, the Hel­ "(B) The individual is provided written who are not within the "safe harbor" of notice, in such contract or at the time such lenic traditions were maintained, and the the common law. This is a bill that will contract is executed, of his responsibility desire for a liberated Greece was always achieve that goal and, thus, has the sup­ with respect to the payment of self-employ­ present. port of many independent contractors ment and Federal income taxes. On March 25, 1821, Archbishop Ger­ within affected industries, including real " ( 5) FILING OF REQUmED RETURNS.-The per. manos and his fellow churchmen of Agia estate, insurance, and direct sales to. son for whom such service ls performed files Lavra raised their banner of rebellion­ name a few. any information returns required in respect I recommend this proposal for your re­ of such service under section 6041 (a) . the sign of the cross-and the Greek war view and possible cosponsorship: " ( C) SPECIAL RULES.- of independence had begun. Although R.R. 3245 " ( 1) SECTION NOT TO APPLY TO CERTAIN IN· the Ottoman Turks were ruthless in their DIVIDUALS FOR PURPOSES OF SOCIAL SECURITY massacre of Greeks, even to the extent A blll to amend the Internal Revenue Code of TAXES.-For purposes of chapters 2 and 21, 1954 to clarify the standards used !or de­ of executing the ecumenical patriarch of this section shall not apply to an individual the Orthodox Church, Greece was deter­ termining whether individuals are not em­ described in section 3121 ( d) (3) (relating to ployees !or purposes of the employment certain agent-drivers, commission-drivers, mined to overthrow the yoke of bondage. taxes full-time life insurance salesmen, home By 1830, she was guaranteed her inde­ Be it enacted by the Senate and House workers, and traveling or city salesmen). pendence, and the world witnessed the of Representatives of the United. States of " ( 2) SPECIAL RULE FOR CONTRACTS ENTERED rebirth of the Greek nation. America in Congress assembled, INTO BEFORE 1981.-With respect to contracts entered into before January 1, 1981, subpara­ Yesterday, throughout the Sixth Con­ SHORT TITLE gre3Sional District of Florida, Greek­ SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the In­ graph (b) (4) of this section shall be deemed dependent Contractor Tax Status Clarifica­ to be satisfied if such contract clearly indi­ Americans celebrated the 158th anniver­ tion Act of 1979". cates that the individual is not an employee sary of Greek Independence Day, as well (either by specifying that the individual is as the religious commemoration of the STANDARDS an independent contractor or otherwise), SEC. 2. (a) IN GENERAL .-Chapter 25 of the provided that the notice required by sub­ Feast Day of the Annunciation. The Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to paragraph (b) (4) (B) is given be!ore Jan­ United States shall always be indebted general provisions relating to employment uary 1, 1981." to Greece and her people for the prin­ taxes) is amended by adding at the end "(d) No INFERENCE.-!! all the require­ ciples of government handed down to us, thereof the following new section: ments of subsection (b) are not met with and as the ethnic programs of yesterday "SEC. 3508. ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS FOR DE­ respect to any service- TERMINING WHETHER INDIVID­ pointed out, the celebration of Greek " ( 1) Nothing in this section shall be con­ independence reminds us all of that ideal UALS ARE NOT EMPLOYEES. st>rued to infer that the service is performed "(a) GENERAL RULE.-P-or purposes of this by an employee or that the person for whom bequeathed to the world by the ancient subtitle other than chapter 22 and !or pur- the service is performed is an employer, and Greeks-freedom.• 6486 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 27, 1979 HOW I WOULD HAVE VOTED Resolution 134, amended, to provide for Soviet team that had toppled a number the expenses of investigations and of national collegiate powerhouses. studies to be conducted by the Commit­ The Sycamores of Indiana State Uni­ HON. GERALDINE A. FERRARO tee on Science and Technology. OF NEW YORK versity were finally rated No. 1 in the "Yea" on Roll No. 54, a vote on House Nation during the final few weeks of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Resolution 139, amended, to provide season, but many still did not believe Tuesday, March 27, 1979 funds for the expenses of studies and they could carry their success into the e Ms. FERRARO. Mr. Speaker, the fol­ investigations to be conducted by the tournament, where they would face lowing is a list of recorded votes taken by Committee on Interior and Insular "tougher" opponents. But they did, and the House of Representatives since the affairs. they reached the national finals. 96th Congress convened for which I was "Yea" on Roll No. 55, a vote on House I want to congratulate Michigan State unavoidably absent. Because my con­ Resolution 140, amended, to provide for for their great victory last night. They stituents have a right to know my posi­ the expenses of investigations, studies, are deserving national champions. tion on matters coming before the House, and oversight functions to be completed I also want to offer my congratulations I have indi: ated how I would have voted by the Committee on Government to Indiana State, who have a record to had I been present. Operations. be proud of, and whom I am proud to FEBRUARY 27, 1979 "Yea" on Roll No. 56, a vote on House represent in the House.• "Yea" on Roll No. 14, a vote on S. 37 Resolution 123, amended, to provide for to repeal a section of Public Law 95-630 the expenses of investigations and dealing with financial privacy so as to studies to be conducted by the Commit­ THE TAIWAN ISSUE AND THE SEEK­ remove a paperwork burden from all tee on Post Office and Civil Service.• ING OF A NO-FORCE PLEDGE financial institutions. FROM THE PRC MARCH 6, 1979 "Yea" on Roll No. 22, an amendment THE AGONY O'F DEFEAT HON. LEE H. HAMILTON to H.R. 2439 that rescinds $37 million in OF INDIANA appropriations for construction of new facilities for the National Institute of HON. JOHN T. MYERS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Child Health and Human Development. OF INDIANA Tuesday, March 27, 1979 MARCH 20, 1979 IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES e Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, during "Yea" on Roll No. 42, a vote on final Tuesday, March 27, 1979 the recent debate over Taiwan legisla­ passage of H.R. 1301 dealing with the tion, there was considerable discussion sale of lottery materials outside the • Mr. MYERS of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, over the degree to which the United United States. "the thrill of victory and the agony of States, in its negotiations with the Peo­ defeat" is a cliche that has been grossly "Yea" on Roll No. 43, a vote on House ple's Republic of China, sought to obtain overused, but it is certainly an appropri­ a Peking no-force pledge against Taiwan. Resolution 118, to establish a Select ate explanation of the feelings of the Committee on Committees. . members of the Indiana State Univer­ I had correspondence with the State "Yea" on Roll No. 44, a vote on House sity basketball team, and their fans, as Department on this subject which indi­ Resolution 156, the rule for the consid­ the Sycamores suffered their first defeat cates that, in fact, during the last rounds eration of H.R. 2283, legislation to of the season last night in the national of talks with the PRC, such a pledge was amend and extend the Council on Wage championship game played in Salt Lake not a focus of negotiations although the and Price Stability Act. City, utah. United States felt that it obtained a method to insure that Taiwan could "Yea" on Roll No. 45, an amendment After finishing their regular season maintain its own security in the future. to H.R. 2283 that sought to direct the with a perfect undefeated record, the Council on Wage and Price Stability to I attach for the interest of my col­ Sycamores won their Missouri Valley leagues a copy of a Washington Posted­ hold regional hearings on matters Conference tournament and entered the affecting general consumer interests and itorial of February 12, 1979, and my ex­ NCAA playoff with an unblemished 29-0 change of letters with the Department of to enlist public participation to monitor record. They proceeded to defeat such anti-inflationary programs. State. powerhouses as Virginia Tech, Okla­ FEBRUARY 12, 1979. "Yea" on Roll No. 46, an amendment homa, Arkansas, and DePaul to earn a Hon. , to H.R. 2283 that extends the Council spot in last night's national champion­ Secretary of State, Department of State, on Wage and Price Stability for 1 year ship game. After experiencing the thrill Washington, D .C. rather than the 2 years proposed in the of victory 33 consecutive times, the DEAR MR . SECRETARY: There has been con­ bill. Sycamores realized the agony of defeat siderable press reporting recently concerning MARCH 21, 1979 for the first time last night when they what occurred during the negotiations with lost to Michigan State 75-64. the People's Republic of China on the nor­ "Yea" on Roll No. 47, final passage of malization of relations regarding the Taiwan H.R. 2283, to amend the Council on Indiana State was truly the "cinder­ issue. Wage and Price Stability Act to extend ella team" of this year's NCAA tourna­ I would like to know: (a) whether or not the authority granted by such Act to ment. They were cast into that role on a no-force pledge against Taiwan was soug-h.t­ September 30, 1981. July 26 of last year when head during negotiations and discussions with the "Yea" on Roll No. 48, a vote on House Bob King suffered a heart attack and Peking government; (b) if it was, what form Resolution 13 providing for the estab­ was forced to step down as coach. On it took and what was the Chinese reply; and lishment of the Select Committee on October 11, just 6 weeks before the (c) if it wasn't, why wasn't it? Narcotics Abuse and Control. Sycamores' first game, assistant coach I appreciate your consideration of these Bill Hodges was elevated to acting head questions and look forward to an early reply "Yea" on Roll No. 49, a vote on House With best regards. Resolution 83, to establish a Select Com­ coach. Although ISU had been selected Sincerely yours, mittee on Population. for the National Invitation Tourna­ LEE H. HAMILTON, MARCH 22, 1979 ment the preceding 2 years, most "ex­ Chairman, Subcommittee "Yea" on Roll No. 51, passage of H.R. perts" did not rate the Sycamores as on Europe and the Middle East one of the top teams in the Nation. Al­ 2774, to authorize appropriations for DEPARTMENT OF STATE, fiscal years 1980 and 1981 under the though Coach Hodges' team began to roll Washington, D.C., March 23, 1979. Arms Control and Disarmament Act. up victory after victory, there were DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Secretary and "Yea" on Roll No. 52, a vote on House still skeptics who would not give ISU the Dr. Brzezinski have asked me to reply to your Resolution 36, amended, to provide for credit they deserved. The charge often letters of February 12 on the non-use of heard was that ISU does not play a tough force question in negotiations with the the expenses of investigations and People's Republic of China (PRC). studies to be condu: ted by the Commit­ schedule and that they were still un­ We believe that the discussions on this tee on the Judiciary. tested. These charges came despite the issue have too often ignored the history of - "Yea" on Roll No. 53, a vote on House fact that the Sycamores defeated the our negotiations with the Chinese. I would March 27, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6487 like to review the record on this issue. In the gress' determination to write language as­ versary of the Proclamation of Inde­ 1955-513 period, the United States sought to serting the American interest in the security pendence of the Byelorussian Democratic obtain a non-use of force pledge from the of Taiwan. Mr. Carter himself, playing catch­ Republic. Many Byelorussian-American Chinese. Beijing (Peking) argued repeatedly up, now asserts that the United States might that our formulations on this issue consti­ even go to war to protect the ,island. But to communities across the country com­ tuted open interference in their internal be afraid to ask . ... What must the Chi­ memorated the event on that day. affairs and if accepted would undermine nese have thought when they saw the Car­ I would like to join in a tribute to these their sovereignty. The United States, for its ter administration tiptoeing so? brave people and to acknowledge their part, would not accept the vague Chinese That question, it seems to us, is relevant fight for freedom from Soviet domina­ formulations, because they avoided an explic­ to the way Mr. Teng conducted himself when tion. it pledge the PRC would renounce its right he left. The very next day he attacked the Despite repression, the Byelorussian to attempt to take Taiwan by force. With the United States for bungling in Iran and "for failure to agree, this issue became a sterile allowing the to place a lot of people have succeeded in maintaining and bitter subject between the two countries pawns on the world's chessboard." It is hard their national identity and their desire with both sides accusing the other of using to know what to make of this. Either Mr. for freedom. They have fought at every it for their own propaganda purposes. Teng was deeply disappointed in his talks opportunity for liberation. They are a One of the premises behind the talks in here, in which case the administration's people with a well-developed culture and the early seventies was to find areas of claim to have made history with him is ab­ a strong sense of nationalism. agreement and to avoid propaganda debates. surd. Or he was led to believe that such at­ We should continue our support for It was clear in these discussions that the tacks would serve the useful purpose of spur­ the Byelorussian cause and I would urge Chinese would not agree to a renunciation ring the United States to greater anti-Soviet of the use of force on Taiwan. For the Amer­ exertions-one wonders in this connection my colleagues to take a moment to re­ icans' part, we spoke often of the importance how he interpreted being received for his member those still suffering and fighting or a peaceful settlement of the issue; but first American meal in Zbigniew Brzezinski's for the cause of human dignity.• there was no point in insisting on a specific home. Chinese non-use of force pledge as part of The question is not academic. Mr. Teng our new relationship. The Chinese had every is obsessed by neighboring Vietnam's march reason to asume that the U.S. side-if it seri­ rtnto Cambodia. This may well be the reason ously wanted a normal relationship-was he suddenly accelerated China's drive toward RURAL CAUCUS OPPOSES WEAK­ not going to resurrect this old dispute. nonnalization last fall. Having massed forces ENED AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT Hon. LEE H. HAMILTON. on Vietnam's border, he is threatening un­ 'I'hus, given the negotiating record on tohis specified "prudent ... sanctions." Unques­ issuo from preceding Administrations, it tionably, China has a problem. But so does HON. WES WATKINS would have been useless to make this a con­ the United States. For Mr. Teng, by coming OF OKLAHOMA dition for United States agreement to nor­ to Washington as this crisis flowered, did a lN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES malization and would have doomed our very clever thing. efforts at the outset. What the Administra­ If the United States, notwithstanding its Tuesday, March 27, 1979 tion did instead was to get the substantive last-minute warnings, essentially stands stlll • Mr. WATKINS. Mr. Speaker, House equivalent of a verbal pledge on non-use of while China moves against Vietnam, this force by putting a unilateral statement on country will appear as a co-conspirator to the Resolution 173 is a unanimous expres­ the record with Chinese agreement not to Soviet Union-at a moment when the over­ sion of the members of the executive contradict it and then, more importantly, to whelming American interest lies in moving committee of the Congressional Rural ensuro Taiwan could continue to defend toward a SALT agreement. Alternatively, 1f Caucus. itself indefinitely by establishing that we the United States steps back, it will appear The resolution declares the sense of would continue arms sales. In this way, we to many, in Washington as well as Peking, the House of Representatives opposing were able to find a way around the semantic as unreliable a.nd weak. Either way, Peking the weakening of the Department of impasse while taking concrete steps to ensure becomes the arbiter of American policy to Taiwan could maintain its own security. Agriculture through the transfer of the an unacceptable degree. Forest Service and the business and in­ We believe this approach, coupled with Underneath these considerations lies a the political, economic, and military context deeper reason for queasiness. It 1s the im­ dustry programs of the Farmers Home of normalization, effectively provides as pression that has sttll not Administration. meaningful an assurance as possible that gotten on top of the baste ideological split Mr. Speaker, attached is the resolu· force will not be used to settle the Taiwan between Secretary of State Vance, with his tion which fully related why we find the issue. first-things-first emphasis on SALT, and Na­ administration's reorganization proposal I hope you will find this useful. tional Security Adviser Brzezinski, whose unacceptable : Sincerely, readiness to challenge the Kremlin can take DOUGLAS J . BENNET, Jr., on a gratuitCYUs edge . In the China case, HOUSE RESOLUTION 173 Assistant Secretary Mr. Carter's advisers took different ap­ Whereas a strong and effective Depart­ for Congressional Relations. proaches. Demonstrably, he did not demand ment of Agriculture ls essential to the eco­ from them a fully thought-out and worked­ nomic and social well-being of the Nation Two WASHINGTON TRIANGLES out policy before proceeding. and the world; What is this new China connection? Is In brief, the capital's liberals, presumably Whereas on March 1, 1979, President Carter it as substantial and help!ul as the admin­ including Mr. Vance, are scared by how close announced his plans to transfer the Forest istration was proclaiming while Vice Pre­ the United States has gotten to a regime Service from the Department of Agriculture mier Teng Hsiao-ping was here? Several new with, it seems, only anti-Sovietism on its to a new Department of Natural Resources developments impel us to ask. One ls the mind-although Mr. Brzezinski appears to and to transfer the Business and Industry revelation that Jimmy Carter never asked revel in it. Many conservatives are troubled Programs of the Farmers Home Administra­ Peking for a pledge not to use force to re­ by the looseness evident in the treatment of tion from the Department of Agriculture to gain Taiwan. The other ls the performance Taiwan. Jimmy Carter looks foolish for the the Economic Development Administration; of Mr. Teng. questionable management of two critical Whereas the Forest Service and other agen­ Why was a no-force pledge not sought? Washington triangles, Moscow-Peking-Wash­ cies within the Department of Agriculture The administration seems to have felt that ington and Carter-Va.nee-Brzezinski. He have done an outstanding job of enhancing since a request was certain to be refused­ leaves a lot of anxious Americans and for­ and protecting the Nation's renewable nat­ and since Taiwan's security did not depend eigners alike right back where they were in ural resources on both public and private on it anyway-it would only make trouble mid-1978, wondering just who's in charge.e lands; to ask. There was evidently a disposition on Whereas the Business and Industry Pro­ the part of both the m111tant Brzezinski wing grams of the Farmers Home Administration and the moderate Vance wing not to jostle a.re critical to the ab1Uty of the Department normalization, which both wanted for their of Agriculture to operate a broad and com­ own foreign-policy reasons and which Jimmy BYELORUSSIAN INDEPENDENCE prehensive program for the economic devel­ Carter wanted for political considerations as DAY opment of rural America; well. And whereas these two provisions of the But surely Taiwan was owed at least the President's reorganization proposals would Americans' best effort to extract the strong­ HON. EDWARD J. PATTEN severely weaken the Department of Agricul­ est guarantee. The lapse suggests an almost OF NEW JERSEY ture and lessen its ab111ty to be the overall indecent yearning, if not an irresponsible service agency for rural America: Now there­ haste. How revealing that Jimmy Carter, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fore, be it. when queried about it at a news conference, Tuesday, March 27, 1979 Resolved, That it is hereby declared to be dissembled. We do not say Taiwan's security the sense o! the House o! Representatives is the worse off as a result. On the contrary, • Mr. PATTEN. Mr. Speaker, Sunday, that the transfer of the Forest Service and the disclosure ls sure to strengthen Con- March 25, 1979, marked the 6lst anni- the Farmers Home Administraticn Business 6488 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 27, 1979 and Industry Programs from the Department visibility as a Cabinet agency will make always result in victory for Bobby, but, of Agriculture is unacceptable and, that any the Federal education effort more ac­ nevertheless he is just as proud just reorganization proposal which would dimin­ countable and responsive to the Con­ . having been a participant. ish the Department's resources is unaccept- gress, the public, and the "education Bobby is recognized by his club for able. · SEC. 2. The Clerk of the House o! Repre­ establishment," none of which wants or his asset by the love and concern he sentatives shall transmit copies of this reso­ would permit Federal interference in the shows to the club as well as his peers. lution to the President .and the Secretary of schools or Federal intrusion into State .His peers often mention that Bobby has Agriculture." and local decisions. Moreover, by remov­ maintained above average grades at his Sponsored by the Executive Committee of ing education from health and welfare, junior high school level which has helped the Congressional Rural Caucus: also removed would be the mindset which them and his friends in the right direc­ Wes Watkins, Chairman; Ed Jones, Vice­ must properly be brought to bear by offi­ tion. Chairman; James T . Broyhill, Vice Chairman; Bill Alexander, Gunn Mc­ cials fulfilling the uniquely Federal re­ No one better than this young man can Kay, Les Aucoin , John Paul Hammer­ sponsibilities toward health and welfare. maintain such stature and still find time schmidt, Gillis Long, Richard Nolan.e The current Federal educational struc­ to show his respect for his parents, who ture -is scattered in over 40 Federal de­ he brags so much about. partments and agencies and leads to a Bobby Powell is a young man who is A DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION lack of coordination of the Federal edu­ highly recommended and in our opinion cation effort. A Department of Educa­ very much entitled to this award.• tion will put in place an effective man­ HON. CARL D. PERKINS agement structure, conducive to more OF KENTUCKY · efficient delivery of services to States, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES local government agencies, and public EXPRESSION OF REGRET AT THE Tuesday, March 27, 1979 and nonpublic institutions. It would also RESIGNATION OF GSA ADMINIS­ provide the opportunity to reduce mas­ TRATOR SOLOMON e Mr. PERKINS. Mr. Speaker, 78 Mem­ sive paperwork requirements and dupli­ bers of the House of Repr~sentatives cative regulations which have evolved in have joined in cosponsoring H.R. 2444 the past from low-level Federal educa­ HON. WILLIAM HILL BONER which establishes a separate Cabinet­ tion officials each operating separately OF TENNESSEE level Department of Education. and independently with no accountabil­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I take this opportunity to briefly de­ ity to one education official. Tuesday, March 27, 1979 scribe for my colleagues what H.R. 2444 Not only will H.R. 2444 improve the would do and why its enactment is so management and efficiency of the Fed­ • Mr. BONER of Tennessee. Mr. desperately needed. eral Government's limited but necessary Speaker, I rise this morning to express The proposed Department of Educa­ role in education, but it will also go far my regret and sense of loss for our Na­ tion would include more than 150 pro­ toward improving the management of tion at the resignation of an honest, effi­ grams currently housed in HEW and six health and welfare programs. Taking the cient, and dedicated public servant, Jay other Federal agencies and approxi­ "E" out of HEW will enable the Secre­ Solomon, Administrator of the GSA. mately 16,000 employees. The new De­ tary of the Nation's largest department In less than 2 years, Administrator partment's budget of over $13 billion CHEW) to devote more scrutiny, over­ Solomon has attained national recogni­ would be larger than five other existing sight, and attention to the growing prob­ tion for his leadership in the self-investi­ departments-Energy, Justice, Com­ lems of welfare and health. gation and internal housekeeping relat­ merce, Interior, and State. However, H.R. New challenges and demands created ing to the recent troubles experienced by 2444 provides for no new program au­ by declining enrollments, shifting popu­ his agency. thority. It would simply consolidate lation patterns, local property tax re­ Typical of the acclaim his efforts have existing programs, personnel, and funds. volts, failing confidence in public educa­ inspired are the comments of the chair­ Maj or components of the new depart­ tion, and high dropout rates will require man of the House Committee on Govern­ ment would include: Office of Education, the Federal Government to more effec­ mental Operations, the Honorable JACK National Institute of Education, and tively manage existing resources and BROOKS: Office of Assistant Secretary for Educa­ existing programs if education is to ful­ I have had occasion to work closely with tion, all currently comprising the Edu­ fill the fundamental role in personal and a number of GSA Administrators, and I can cation Division of HEW; the education­ technological advancement it has played say without hesitation that Jay Solomon ls related activities of the Office for Civil traditionally. . one of the very best we have had. Rights in HEW; the college housing loan While a Department of Education can­ Jay Solomon has drawn upon the program in HUD; the overseas depend­ not in and of itself solve all our educa­ strength of the private sector to reform ents' schools in the Department of De­ tional problems, it would be a giant step GSA's administrative management prac­ fense; the nursing and health profes­ toward improving the education of all tices and assure more efficiency and sions student loan programs in HEW; citizens of this Nation by enabling the economy in Government. Blue ribbon the law enforcement student loan pro­ Federal Government to assist more effec­ panels, with members from the leader­ grams in the Department of Justice; the tively State and local agencies to meet ship of the Nation's institutions, univer­ migrant education programs in the De­ their needs.• sities, and businesses, were convened partment of Labor; the telecommunica­ under his leadership to examine GSA's tions nonbroadcast programs in HEW; practices and advise the Administrator certain science education programs in on such things as construction rules, the National Science Foundation; the ROBERT POWELL, BUENA PARK leasing practices, architect-engineer se­ USDA Graduate School; and special in­ BOYS' CLUB BOY OF THE YEAR lection, management of the stockpile and stitutions for which HEW exercises strategic materials, disposal of surplus budgetary oversight, including Howard property, financial management, and re­ University, Galla.udet College, the Amer­ HON. JERRY M. PATTERSON organization. ican Printing House for the Blind, and OF CALIFORNIA The Administrator has brought the the National Technical Institute for the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES agency to the forefront in President Deaf. Tuesday, March 27, 1979 Carter's urban policy program, made The Department of Education will not GSA a leader in historic preservation increase the bureaucracy or increase the e Mr. PATTERSON. Mr. Speaker, no and energy conservation. Federal presence in the classroom. In­ matter how many things that Bobby During his tenure, Federal buildings deed, the new· department will be an Powell has to do during his busy sched­ throughout the country have been made additional deterrent to Federal control ule, he somehow finds the time to make accessible to handicapped persons; public of education. H.R. 2444 specifically pro­ his daily contribution to the boys' club. buildings have been made available to the tects the rights of States and local gov­ Words such as courtesy, understand­ citizens for use after normal office hours ernments to determine their own edu­ ing, and ambition can only begin to de­ by civic and community activities; and cation needs and policies and specifically scribe this energetic young man. excellence in design and landscaping prohibits Federal intrusion in those Playing in tournaments against other have become a way of life in the Federal areas. In addition, the Department's very members and other boys' clubs may not Government. March 2·1, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6489 W.olf Von Eckart of the Washington Let there be peace on Earth. California in 1976 turned up an alarm­ Post wrote of Solomon's efforts: And let it Begin with Sadat.e ing fact. Rand reported that some area Now we have a G.S.A. Administrator, Jay physicians were responding to escalating Solomon, who is enthusiastically devoted to malpractice insurance costs by going good art and architecture. Solomon believes bare, that is practicing without any in­ that integrity and quality in government MEDICAL AND LEGAL PROFES­ surance. In some parts of California the buildings can do much to restore integrity SIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE study found that up to 25 percent of and quality in American life. TAX EQUITY ACT the physicians had no commercial cover­ This, I believe, characterizes the tenure age. The national average is believed to of Administrator Solomon. be between 10 and 15 percent. Prior to becoming GSA Administrator, HON. DONALD J. PEASE It is our feeling that our legislation, Jay Solomon was chairman of the board OF OHIO which we have nicknamed "Malplite," of Arlen Shopping Centers Co., vice pres­ IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES would be of direct assistance to physi­ ident of Arlen Realty & Development Tuesday, March 27, 1979 cians who are struggling to cope with Corp., and also a member of the board rising malpractice insurance rates. By of Arlen Realty, Inc. •Mr. PEASE. Mr. Speaker, I am today setting up a mechanism that helps doc­ . Following his graduation from Van­ introducing the Medical and Legal Pro­ tors to establish and maintain reserve derbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., fessional Liability Insurance Tax Equity funds we give them a tool to help con­ Solomon joined in the operation and Act, H.R. 3259. The gentleman from trol rising insurance costs. As physicians management of the theater chain his Washington

Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr. (Ind.-Va.), who Wis.), pointing out that committee hearings et. Of course, if the President impounds offered the balanced-budget amendment, ex­ had never been held on the proposal, con­ appropriated funds (even to balance the plained in a two-minute statement that he fessed: "The truth of the matter is that we budget) he may violate the Congressional was simply fulfilling one of President Car­ do not know beans about the niceties of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (passed in ter's campaign promises. His brief remarks budget." The House then voted overwhelming reaction to the Nixon administration's refusal made up the entire debate; not one other approval of the balanced-budget require­ to spend funds that Congress had senator commented on the proposal. The ment. Many of those voting in favor said that appropriated) . amendment passed, 58 to 28, with Sens. Alan they wanted to go on record in support of a In addition to confusion over who is sup­ Cranston (D-Calif.), Edward M. Kennedy balanced budget without actually requiring posed to do what under the balanced-budget (D-Mass.) and George McGovern (D-S.D.) one. The amendment, they said, could easily law, there is puzzlement over how it is to be among the liberals in opposition. The bill be superseded by the action of a later Con­ enforced. Since the law declares simply that itself then sailed through, 69 to 16. gress. And so, within a month the IMF bill outlays shall not exceed receipts, without Next, when the House appointed conferees was signed into law, amendment in tow. making anyone in particular responsible, who to meet with their Senate counterparts to Now, five months later, people are begin­ could be named as a defendant in a lawsuit if reconcile the different versions of the IMF ning to ask what the law means. According the budget weren't balanced? And who would bill, Rep. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) to Byrd, it means that the President "will have standing to bring suit? How would any­ moved that the House conferees be in­ have an obligation to submit a balanced one know at what point during fiscal 1981 structed to accept the balanced-budget budget to the Congress for 1981." It could that outlays exceeded receipts? Would the amendment. The House debate was more ex­ also mean that regardless of what the Presi­ courts even consider the balanced-budget tensive than the Senate monologue, but few dent submits, Congress is obligated to turn requirement a justiciable issue? Most likely speakers discussed the merits of the idea, down appropriations that exceed receipts for the judiciary would find the law to be hor­ and no one explained how the amendment 1981. A Congressional Research Service memo tatory, without any binding effect at all. was supposed to work. on the amendment's legal et!ect suggests a At least one statement made in Congress Several congressmen feared that they were t hird possibility: The President may have to about the balanced-budget requirement voting on a balanced budget in 1981 without spend less than Congress appropriates, if seems accurate: ". . . many efforts will be having studied it. Rep. Henry S. Reuss (D- that's what is necessary to balance the budg- made to set aside, ignore or evade" it.e

SENATE~-Wednesday, March 28, 1979

The Senate met at 11: 45 a.m., on the U.S. SENATE, peace treaty signed in Washington on expiration of the recess, and was called PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, Monday. to order by Hon. MAx BAucus, a Senator Washington, D.C., March 28, 1979. To the Senate: This treaty has been cause for consid­ from the State of Montana. Under the provisions of rule I, section 3, erable celebration this week, and I have of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby been among those commending the prin­ PRAYER appoint the Honorable MAx BAucus, a Senator cipals in these negotiations for their ini­ The Chaplain, the Reverend Edward from the State of Montana, to perform the tiative and commitment. L. R. Elson, D.D., offered the following duties of the Chair. The vast majority of my colleagues in prayer: WARREN G. MAGNUSON, the Senate, I believe, wish to be faithful President pro tempore. partners in the continuing Middle East Let us pray: Mr. BAUCUS thereupon assumed the peace process. Almighty God, Crom whom all holy de­ chair as Acting President pro tempore. The security and success of that part­ sires and all just works do proceed, we nership rests heavily on the willingness beseech Thee to remove from this Earth of the administration to take the Con­ every vestige of hate and hostility, rancor RECOGNITION OF LEADERSHIP gress and its leadership into the admin­ and vindictiveness which contaminate The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ istration's confidence, to solicit our coun­ the climate for peace and obstruct the sel as well as our consent, to let us know coming of Thy higher kingdom. Let not pore. Under the previous order, the ma­ jority leader is recognized. precisely the nature and extent of the the glowing achievement of one accord agreements being made with our friends conceal the unfinished task of creating a in Israel and in Egypt. just order for peoples still ravaged by THE JOURNAL President Carter gave us a brief sum­ disorder, injustice, and violence. Guide mary of the proposed U.S. economic as­ by Thy Holy Spirit the leaders of the Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Journal sistance package associated with this world in the work which remains to be treaty in a briefing at the White House done. of the proceedings be approved to date. on Monday following the signing cere­ Look upon us in this place that we The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ mony. may obey Thy commandments a1.d pos­ pore. Without objection, it is so ordered. But the pJedges of military assistance sess that peace which the world cannot Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President, outlined in the Post this morning, includ­ give nor take away, that peace which I have no requests for my time, so if the ing the possibility of direct U.S. naval passeth all understanding and endures distinguished minority leader wishes to action to break a sea blockade and other eternally. proceed, I shall reserve my time for the such military interventions, were news moment. "Whom shall we trust but Thee, O Lord? to me. Where rest but on Thy faithful word? We are taking steps into the unknown None ever called on Thee in vain: RECOGNITION OF LEADERSIDP in these momentous days, Mr. President, Give peace, O God, give peace again." The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ and we all want to play as constructive -HENRY BAKER, 1854. pore. Under the previous order, the mi­ a role as possible within the limits of Amen. prudent policy. nority leader is recognized. I simply urge the administration to be APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESI­ very sure it gives the Congress the oppor­ DENT PRO TEMPORE A PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE tunity we genuinely seek to be a full­ and fully informed-ally in the waging The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk Mr. BAKER. Mr. President, the banner of peace. will please read a communication to the story in this morning's Washington Post Senate from the President pro tempore reported that the United States has made JAY SOLOMON (Mr. MAGNUSON) . certain pledges of economic, political, The assistant legislative clerk read the and military assistance to Israel in the Mr. BAKER. Mr. President, I am de­ following letter: event Egypt violates the terms of the lighted to join my distinguished fellow

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