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31700 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 26, 1973 Clark amendment No. 519, dealing with be reduced. The leadership on both sides which was sent to the Senate on Septem funds for aircraft carrier, on which there will do our best to have that done. ber 20, 1973. is a 4-hour limitation. Following the disposition of the Clark CONFIRMATIONS amendment, the Senate will take up the ADJOURNMENT TO 9 A.M. Humphrey amendment, which has to do Executive nominations confirmed by Mr. with an overall cut, on which there is a Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. President, the Senate September 26, 1973: if there be no further business to come DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE time limitation of 2 hours. before the Senate, I move, in accordance Mr. President, that is about as far as I William W. Blunt, Jr., of the District of can state the program into Friday. with the previous order, that the Senate Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of The PRESIDING OFFICER. May the stand in adjournment until the hour of Commerce. Chair inquire as to whether or not there 9 a.m. tomorrow. UNITED NATIONS is any time limiation on the pay pro The motion was agreed to; and, at Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr., of New Jer posal? 7: 39 p.m., the Senate adjourned until sey, to be the Representative of the United Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Yes. I am glad tomorrow, Thursday, September 27, 1973, States of America on the Economic and So at 9 a.m. cial Council of the United Nations, with the the Chair called that oversight to my r ank of Ambassador. attention. W. Tapley Bennett, Jr., of Georgia., a For There is a time limitation on Senate NOMINATIONS eign Service Officer of the class of Career Resolution 171. Under the law there is Minister, to be the Deputy Representative of Executive nominations received by the a time limitation of not to exceed 2 hours the United States of America to the United Senate September 26, 1973: on that resolution. No motion to recom Nations, with the rank and status of Am RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. mit would be in order. No motion to William E. Schaufele, Jr., of Ohio, a For amend would be in order and no motion Wythe D. Quarles, Jr., of Virginia, ro be a member of the Railroad Retirement Board eign Service Officer of class 1, to be Deputy to reconsider following a vote on the for the term of 5 years from August 29, 1973 Representative of the United States of Amer resolution would be in order. So, at the (reappointment). ica in the Security Council of the United Na tions, with the rank of Ambassador. most, it would be 2 hours. A motion to DEPARTMENT OF STATE Barbara M. White, of Massachusetts, a For reduce that time would not be debatable, Henry A. Byroade, of Indiana, a Foreign eign Service Information Officer of the class and such a motion would be in order and Service Officer of the class of Career Minister, of Career Minister for Information, to be the the time could thereby be reduced. to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni Alternate Representative of the United potentiary of the United States of America States of America for Special Political Af Mr. TOWER. :Mr. President, will the to Pakistan. Senator yield? fairs in the United Nations, with the rank of OZARKS REGIONAL COMMISSION Ambassador. Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. I yield. Bill H. Fribley, of Kansas, to be Federal DEPARTMENT OF STATE Mr. TOWER. I think the time on the Cochairman of the Ozarks Regional Commis Kingdon Gould, Jr., of Maryland, to be Am Clark amendment for funding for air sion, vice E. L. Stewart, Jr., resigned. bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary craft carriers could be reduced. I would of the United States of America to the King have to confer with the Senator from dom of the Netherlands. Iowa, but we will probably not require 4 WITHDRAWAL William R. Kintner, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten hours. Executive nomination withdrawn from tiary of the United States of America to Thai Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. I thank the the Senate September 26, 1973: land. (The above nominations were approved Senator. I hope that will be the case, and OZARKS REGIONAL COMMISSION I think it certainly is possible. subject to the nominees' commitment to re William Hinton Fribley, of Kansas, to be spond to requests to appear and testify be I would hope, also, that time on some Federal Cochairman of the Ozarks Regional fore any duly constituted committee of the of the amendments on tomorrow could Commission, vice E. L. Stewart, Jr., resigned, Senate.) EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS U.S. SOVEREIGNTY IN THE PANAMA U.S. CONTROL OF PANAMA CANAL IMPORTANT Panama Canal. As part of this treaty we paid CANAL ZONE TO NATIONAL SECURITY Panama an initial sum of $10 million; we Recent Washington reports indicate that indemnified neighboring Colombia to the the administration may be willing to go tune of $25 million .and agreed to pay Pan HON. HARRY F. BYRD, JR. along with demands that the United States ama a substantial rent which figure has been OF VffiGINIA surrender control of the Panama Canal. The increased several times. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES United Nations favors this, in support of the Total cost to the United States for 647 Republic of Panama. square miles of the Canal Zone far exceeds Wednesday, September 26, 1973 Some weeks ago our U.S. Ambassador to that of many other territorial acquisitions the U.N., John Scali, told a meeting of the including the Louisiana Purchase-that vast Mr. HARRY F. BYRD, JR. Mr. Presi Security Coun cil that our own State Depart area stretching from the Mississippi River to dent, the September 5 edition of the ment supports the Panamanian govern the Rocky Mountains, and from the Gulf of Jackson, Miss., Clarion-Ledger included ment's demands for an end to the 1903 Mexico to Canada-and such notable addi an excellent editorial concerning the is treaty by which we were granted the Panama tions as Alaska and Florida. Congress and the sue of U.S. sovereignty in the Panama Canal Zone in perpetuity. American public was told in 1967 that there Canal Zone. Fortunately, however, a majority in Con would be a series of anti-American riots in It is my feeling that there can be no gress has taken a dim view of such a giveaway Panama unless we did not give Panama what compromise of the basic principle of contrary to our national interest. Past ef it wanted. We are being told the same thing forts to appease Panama have been defeated now, but it is vitally important that we sovereignty. The editorial sets forth a but now, in 1973, the same political black maintain a position of strength in Latin number of important reasons for main mail is being attempted again-this time America-and the pivotal point in our de taining control by the United States in aided and abetted by the U.N. fense arrangement is the Panama Canal and the Canal Zone. There can be no compromise on the basic the Canal Zone. I ask unanimous consent that the text issue: Will we voluntarily forfeit sovereignty New treaties negotiated within the UN of the editorial, "U.S. Control of Panama over the Canal-sovereignty recognized as framework as proposed would compromise part of international law for 70 years? American Interests and weaken our defense Canal Important to National Security," Senator Harry F. Byrd, Virginia Demo posture in the Western Hemisphere. Could be included in the Extensions of Re crat, has spotlighted some basic aspects of anyone seriously contend that Panama with marks. this controversy in a recent Senate address a population of only 1,500,000--about a mil There being no objection, the editorial worth repeating here and now: lion less than Mississippi's population was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, The United States, by treaty in 1903, ob could defend the Canal Zone by itself? Could as follows: tained the right to hold in perpetuity the the uninterrupted movement of commercial September 26, 1973 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31701 or military ships be guaranteed under any way they can keep in touch with their home RESTORATION OF FISCAL Panamanian regime of the moment? town. RESPONSIBILITY What assurance is there against some But it's the local and county service that Castro-type government grabbing control of we appreciate the most. Pana.ma.? That tiny Republic has been no So, to put it on the record, we'd like to toriously susceptible to political upheaval, note that the postal service is a real service HON. HERMAN E. TALMADGE with 44 Presidents having come and gone in to us-and to you, the reader, and we felt OF GEORGIA we should say so clearly. 70 years. It was just a few years ago that the IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATE~ President of Panama was assassinated; his Getting your paper ready for mailing in First Vice President then assumed office but volves quite a few steps. Wednesday, September 26, 1973 was soon removed for having been involved First, as soon as our first press run is off in the assassination. The Second Vice Presi the press (usually this is the sports section), Mr. TALMADGE. Mr. President, I dent then took over, and he was thrown out we begin to address the papers. have received a number of letters from the next year.