14072 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE June 8, 1979 for weekends. You can get to the beaches in restaurant in just three months, can now burg one of the top 10 business growth cities four hours from here. It's a good place to boast to be the man responsible for the best in the United States. Wiener schnitzel in the South. The developments in Spartanburg today live." seem to point unmistakably to the fact that About 22 per cent of the local population The European influence in Spartanburg has, all the same, been modest. The Spartan­ Europeans can make money in America by is black, and racial integration has gone many different routes: on a huge direct well. New and quite expensive housing proj·· burg influence on the Europeans who have invested locally has been tremendous. Rich­ manufacturing investment scale like Hoechst ects are beinD" developed, indicating con­ and Michelin; on a somewhat more modest, siderable prosperity, and lavish mansions are ard Tukey reports that an increasing number of Europeans, especially Germans, are show­ but still substantial, corporate manufactur­ to be found in the plush residential areas on ing basis, like Sulzer of Switzerland or t!1e fringes of city limits. ing interest. This is confirmed by local businessmen. Asians have not moved into Eduard Kuesters Maschinenfabrik of Ger­ If the foreigners in Spartanburg are big many; or on a more individualistic basis like fish in a small pond, they like it that way. Spartanburg, and no efforts seem to have been made to encourage them. the operations run by Rudolf Mueller and Bryan Little evidently enjoys his self-assured Bryan Little; or just by buying a local firm role as unofficial British consul. Local French Mueller believes that his operations will and leaving it in the hands of competent and Swiss businessmen take pride in being continue to "grind out profits." Forster be­ local people, as Rentokil has done. the official consuls of their countries in this lieves that Hoechst's local output will double Spartanburg isn't a fun place, or a city city. or treble in the next decade. Optimism seems lacking local social and political problems. The Germans have made an annual to be widespread, despite the ailment of the It isn't a very attractive place, even though Oktoberfest into a big cultural success with textile industry in general. The industrial the countryside seems quite pleasant. But the local community. They have also had a base is becoming more diverse and therefore here Europeans have found social status and tiny influence on eating habits. A rather stronger; and the conservative politics of prosperity, and their example is bound to be mediocre delicatessen, known as Ankies, the area, combined with the profit potential influential on investors in Europe today as seems to thrive, and Rudolf Mueller, having and the rather unhurried pace of life, has, they look for opportunities on this side of developed the Sheraton into a well-known according to Money magazine, made Spartan- the Atlantic.e

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Friday, June 8, 1979 The House met at 10 a.m. and was that the Senate had p3.ssed bills of the mittee on Surface Transportation of the ealled to order by the Speaker protem­ following titles, in which the concurrence Committee on Public Works and Trans­ pore CMr. BRADEMAS). of the House is requested: portation be allowed to sit today, Friday, S. 495. An act to authorize the establish­ June 8, 1979, while the House is in session ment of the Frederick Law Olmsted National under the 5-minute rule. DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO Historic Site in the State of Massachusetts, Mr. Speaker, this has been cleared TEMPORE and for other purposes; and with the minority, and they have no ob­ S. 721. An act to amend the Civil Rights The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before Act of 1957 to authorize appropriations for jections. the House the: following communica­ the United States Commission on Civil Rights The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there tion from the Speaker: for fiscal year 1980. objection to the request of the gentleman WASHINGTON, D.C., from Pennsylvania? June 7, 1979. There was no objection. I hereby designate the Honorable JoHN TRUCK DRIVERS COMPLIMENTED BRADEMAS to act as Speaker pro tempore on FOR PEACEFUL TACTICS IN WASH­ Friday, June 8, 1979. INGTON DEMONSTRATIONS PERSONAL EXPLANATION THOMAS P. O'NEn..L, Jr., RHODESIA So, Mr. Speaker, I compliment them. I

D This symbol represents the time of day during the House Proceedings, e.g., D 1407 is 2:07 p.m. • This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. June 8, 1979 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 14073 most hit the car in front of me when I not to provide a mechanism to permit of 275 persons in the most devastating heard that. the U.S. Virgin Islands to serve as a airliner crash in the history of aviation. I wonder if our foreign policy all of a conduit to enable foreign doctors to slip Mr. Speaker, I, again, know nothing sudden is to reward perfection and be into the United States. personally about the cause or causes of against imperfection. It makes it quite I firmly believe that the 120,000 peo­ the DC-10 crash except what the news interesting, because I am glad he found ple of the U.S. Virgin Islands, in addi­ media has reported. But I do know some­ perfection in the People's Republic of tion to the 1% million tourists who an­ thing about air crashes. I have walked China whose leaders are unrepentant nually visit our islands, must be pro­ a way from three crashes and several for the brutal murders of from 20 to 50 vided adequate medical assistance to forced landings. I also know something million people in the last two decades. I which they are entitled. about airworthiness of airplanes and the am glad he found perfection in the So­ I urge the House to adopt this legisla­ strict rules of the Federal Aviation Ad­ viet Union which systematically denies tion. mimstration in certifying airplanes for human rights. I am glad he found per­ Thank you, Mr. Speaker. airworthiness. In fact, I personally fection in Cuba where peace, brother­ grounded my own light airplane last hood, and progress prevail. week for cracks that had developed in I am especially glad he found perfec­ ANOTHER NEWS MEDIA EVENT the two propeller spinners of the plane. tion in Panama, whose dictators have the Washington Post on June 6, 1979. of their policy. I have reluctantly considered introduc­ To characterize Judge Robinson's deci­ Mr. Speaker, maybe by that standard ing legislation in the form of a constitu­ sion as a vote of no confidence in the it is easy to l}nderstand why he did not tional amendment to reverse the case of Federal Aviation Administration in view find perfection in Rhodesia. "Bear" Bryant against The Saturday of past strictness and present strictness Evening Post which has done more to of the FAA is the height of irresponsibil­ contribute to the increasing irresponsi­ ity. My fear is that this piece of trash LEGISLATION TO PERMIT FOREIGN bility of a large segment of the national and similar pieces may frighten the FAA PHYSICIANS TO PRACTICE IN THE news media than any decision I know. to the extent that unwarranted delays, VIRGIN ISLANDS Today it is practically impossible for repressive, unneeded, and unproductive Atlanta Constitution con­ "The decision by District Judge Aubrey ers. One of the major reasons for this tending that Bert Lance's indictment Robinson to order all of the nation's DC-lOs severe loss was the shortage of physicians was a media event. I do not pass upon grounded is an astonishing vote of no con­ in our hospitals. We are in a crisis situa­ the merits of the Bert Lance indictment fidence in the Federal Aviation Administra­ tion today. as I know nothing about the matter ex­ tion. It is rare for a federal judge to over­ The bill which I am introducing today cept what I have read in print, heard rule a regulatory agency on a technical mat­ ter, especially one so clearly committed by is not intended to facilitate the migra­ over the radio, or seen on television. All Congress to an agency's care as air safety has tion of foreign physicians from foreign of the foregoing brings me to the matter been to the FAA. But Judge Robinson's ac­ locations into the Virgin Islands and which prompts me to rise today and that tion reftects a public sentiment that some­ then into the U.S. mainland. I want to is the media event now occurring in this thing is wrong with the plane despite the stress this point because my intent is country brought about the tragic death assurance by the FAA that it is airworthy 14074 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE June 8, 1979 when faulty engine mounts have been re­ 2641) to amend section 106 of the Civil Rights and handicapped. The Civil Rights Com­ paired. Act of 1957 to raise the limitation on appro­ "Regardless of what happens to Judge priations for t he United States Commission mission Authorization Act of 1979, as re­ Robinson's order on appeal or on a rehear­ on Civil Rights, and the first reading of the ported, is a necessary step for that review ing and regardless of how many flights it bill shall be dispensed with. After general to begin. I urge your support for it and affects, the fact he has entered it will change debate, which shall be confined to the bill the rule. the focus on the investigations now under and shall continue not to exceed one hour, Mr. LATTA. Mr. Speaker, I yield my­ way into the May 25 crash in Chicago. The to be equally divided and controlled by the self such time as I may consume. first effort of the investigators will be to chairman and ranking minority member of Mr. Speaker, this rule provides 1 hour determine, precisely, why the engine fell off the Committee on the Judiciary, the bill of general debate for the consideration the wing; that's what the judge has de­ shall be read for amendment under the five­ manded to know before he lets the planes minute rule. At the conclusion of the con­ of H.R. 2641, the Civil Rights Commis­ go back into the air. But the investigators sideration of the bill for amendment, the sion Authorization Act of 1979 Under this will then be forced to concentrate, as they Committee shall rise and report the bill to rule, the bill will be open to all germane should have all along, on questions concern­ the House with such amendments as may amendments. There are no waivers of ing the performance of the FAA. have been adopted, and the previous ques­ points of order and this is somewhat of "One question, in light of the judge's or­ tion shall be considered as ordered on the a rarity. der, will be whether that agency has been bill and amendments thereto to final passage Mr. Speaker, the purpose of the bill l1egligent in the last 10 days in permitting without intervening motion except one mo­ made in order by this rule is to authoriz~ the DClOs to continue to fly after their en­ tion to recommit. gine mounts passed new inspection require­ $14 million to carry out the provisions ot ments. But another question is of even The SPEAKER pro tempore. The the Civil Rights Act of 1957. more importance. That is whether the FAA's gentlewoman from New York

Gephardt Long, La. Ritter Nolan Sawyer Walker Mr. Richmond with Mr. Bob Wilson. Giaimo Long,Md. Robinson Oakar Scheuer Whitehurst Mr. Roberts with Mr. Young of Alaska. Gingrich Lowry Roe Pepper Schulze Williams, Mont. Mr. Santini with Mr. Cleveland. Simon Williams, Ohio Ginn Luken Rosenthal Price Mr. Smith of Iowa with Mr. Coelho. Glickman Lundine Rostenkowski Pritchard Smith, Iowa Wilson, Bob McClory Roth Quillen Spellman Wilson, C. H. Mr. Stark with Mr. Philip M . Crane. Gonzalez Mr. Stewart with Mr. Dixon. Goodling McCormack Royer Rangel StGermain Wilson, Tex. Gore McKinney Russo Richmond Staggers Wolff Mr. Udall with Mr. Dougherty. Gradison Madigan Satterfield Roberts Stark Wright Mr. Wright with Mr. Duncan of Tennessee. Gramm Maguire Schroeder Rodino Stewart Wydler Mr. Yatron with Mr. Edwards of Oklahoma. Grassley Marks Sebelius Rose Stockman Yatron Rousselot Stump Young, Alaska Mr. Charles H . Wilson of California with Gray Marlenee Seiberling Mr. Erlenborn. Marriott Sensenbrenner Roybal Treen Young, Mo. Green Mr. Zablocki with Mr. Grisham. Guarini Matsui Shannon Rudd Trible Zablocki Gudger Mattox Sharp Runnels Udall Zeferetti Mr. Young of Missouri with Mr. Hagedorn. Guyer Mavroules Shelby Sabo Vander Jagt Mr. Atkinson with Mr. Johnson of Colorado. Hall, Ohio Mazzol1 Shumway Santini Walgren Mr. Bingham with Mr. Myers of Pennsyl- Shuster Hall, Tex. Mica D 1030 vania. Hamilton Michel Skelton Mr. Kogovsek with Mr. Murphy of Illinois. Mikulski Slack Hance The Clerk announced the following Mr. Gaydos with Mr. Gibbons. Hanley Mikva Smith, Nebr. pairs: Hansen Miller, Ohio Snowe Mr. Frost with Mr. Huckaby. Harkin Minish Snyder Mr. Charles Wilson of Texas with Mr. So the resolution was agreed to. Harris Mitchell, Md. Solarz Andrews of North Carolina. Solomon The result of the vote was announced Harsha Moakley Mr. Applegate with Mrs. Bouquard. Moffett Spence as above recorded. Heckler Mr. Foley with Mr. Davis of Michigan. Hefner Mollohan Stack A motion to reconsider was laid on the Holland Montgomery Stangeland Mr. Garcia with Mr. Diggs. Hollenbeck Moore Stanton Mr. Biaggi with Mr. Eckhardt. table. Holt Moorhead, Steed Mr. Bevill with Mr. McEwen. Holtzman Calif. Stenholm Mr. Brinkley with Mr. McDade. Stokes PROVIDING FOR CONSID ERA TION Hopkins Mottl Mr. Brooks with Mr. Whitehurst. Howard Murphy, Pa. Stratton OF H.R. 2374, AUTHORIZING ES­ Hubbard Murtha Studds Mr. John L. Burton with Mr. Walgren. TABLISHMENT OF OLMSTED NA­ Hughes Myers, Ind. Swift Mr. Heftel with Mr. Sabo. Hutto Natcher Symms Mr. Hightower with Mr. Sawyer. TIONAL HISTORIC SITE IN MAS­ I chord Neal Synar Mrs. Byron with Mr. Hammerschmidt. SACHUSETTS Ireland Nedzi Tauke Mr. Clay with Mr. Hinson. Jacobs Nichols Taylor Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, by Thomas Mr. Jones of Tennessee with Mr. Hyde. Jeffords Nowak Mr. Lloyd with Mr. Jeffries. direction of the Committee on Rules, I Jenkins O'Brien Thompson call up House Resolution 282 and ask Jenrette Oberstar Traxler Mr. Mathis with Mr. Lent. Jones, N.C. Obey Ullman Mr. McDonald with Mr. Lungren. for its immediate consideration. Jones, Okla. Ottinger Van Deerlin Mr. Cotter with Mr. Martin. The Clerk read the resolution, as Kastenmeier Panetta Vanik Mrs. Collins of Illinois with Mr. Mc­ follows: Kazen Pashayan Vento Closkey. H. RES. 282 Volkmer Kelly Patten Mr. Davis of South Carolina with Mr. Wil- Kemp Patterson Wampler Resolved, That upon the adoption of this Kildee Paul Watkins liams of Ohio. resolution it shall be in order to move, sec­ Kindness Pease Waxman Mr. Derrick with Mr. Treen. tion 402 (a) of the Congressional Budget Act Kostmayer Perkins Weaver Mr. Dellums with Mr. Walker. of 1974 (Public Law 93-344) to the contrary Kramer Petri Weiss Mr. Dodd with Mr. Williams of Montana. notwithstanding, that the House resolve it­ LaFalce Peyser White Mr. StGermain with Mr. Quillen. Whitley self into the Committee of the Whole House Lagomarsino Pickle Mr. Simon with Mr. Schulze. Latta Preyer Whittaker on the State of the Union for the considera­ Leach, Iowa Pursell Whitten Mr. Runnels with Mr. Stump. tion of the bill (H.R. 2374) to authorize the Leach, La. Quayle Winn Mr. Roybal wit h Mr. Markey. establishment of the Frederick Law Olmsted Leath, Tex. Rahall Wirth Mr. Rose with Mr. Leland. National Historic Site in the State of Massa­ Lederer Railsback Wolpe Mr. Price with Mr. Lehman. chusetts, and for other purposes, the first Lee Ratchford Wyatt Mr. Nolan with Mr. AuCoin. reading of the bill shall be dispensed with Wylie Levitas Regula Mr. McHugh with Mr. Beard of Rhode Is­ and an points of order against section 1 of Lewis Reuss Yates Livingston Rhodes Young, Fla. land. the bill for failure to comply with the pro­ Loeffler Rinaldo Mr. Miller of California with Mr. Bonier of visions of clause 5, rule XXI are hereby Michigan. waived. After general debate, which shall be NAYS-0 Mr. McKay with Mr. Bonker. confined to the bill and shall continue not NOT VOTING-155 Mr. Ford of Michigan with Mr. Evans of to exceed one hour, to be equally divided Addabbo Davis, Mich. Heftel Georgia. and controlled by the chairman and rank­ Ambro Davis, S.C. Hightower Mr. Dicks with Mr. Deckard. ing minority member of the Committee on Anderson, ill. Deckard Hillis Mr. Chappell with Mr. Scheuer. Interior and Insular Affairs, the bill shall be Andrews, N.C. Dellums Hinson Mr. Addabbo with Mr. Anderson of illinois. read for amendment under the five-minute Andrews, Derrick Horton rule. It shall be in order to consider the Huckaby Mr. Fuqua with Mr. Erdahl. N. Dak. Dicks amendment recommended by the Committee Applegate Diggs Hyde Mr. Zeferetti with Mr. Mitchell of New Archer Dixon Jeffries York. on Interior and Insular Affairs now printed Atkinson Dodd Johnson, Calif. Mr. Breaux with Mr. Andrews of North on page 3, lines 5 through 23 of the bill, and AuCoin Dougherty Johnson, Colo. Dakota. all points of order against said amendment Badham Duncan, Tenn. Jones, Tenn. Mr. Conyers with Mr. Frenzel. for failure to comply with the provisions of Kogovsek Bauman Eckhardt Mr. Corman with Mr. Pritchard. section 401 (a) of the Congressional Budget Beard, R.I. Edwards, Okla. Lehman Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344) are hereby Leland Mr. Flood with Mr. Rousselot. Bevill Erdahl waived. At the conclusion of the considera­ Biaggi Erlenborn Lent Mr. Fowler with Mr. Rudd. Bingham Evans, Ga. Lloyd Mr. Hawkins with Mr. Bauman. tion of the bill for amendment, the Com­ Bolling Fary Lott Mr. Johnson of California with Mr. Bad- mittee shall rise and report the bill to the Bonior Ferraro Lujan ham. House with such amendments as may have Lungren Bonker Flood Mr. Mineta with Mr. Archer. been adopted, and the previous question Bouquard Foley McCloskey shall be considered as ordered on the bUl Breaux Ford, Mich. McDade Mr. Murphy of New York with Mr. Forsythe. Mr. Pepper with Mr. Gilman. and amendments thereto to final passage Brinkley Forsythe McDonald without intervening motion except one Brooks Fowler McEwen Mr. Rangel with Mr. Goldwater. Burton, John Frenzel McHugh Mr. Rodino with Mr. Cheney. motion to recomml t. McKay Byron Frost Mrs. Spellman with Mr. Clausen. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen­ Chappell Fuqua Markey Mr. Staggers with Mr. Horton. Martin Cheney Garcia Mr. Wolff with Mr. Hillis. tleman from Massachusetts (Mr. MoAK­ Clausen Gaydos Mathis LEY) is recognized for 1 hour. Clay Gibbons Miller, Calif. Mr. Nelson with Mr. Lott. Cleveland Gilman Mineta Mr. Ambro with Mr. Lujan. Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield Coelho Goldwater Mitchell, N.Y. Ms. Ferraro with Mr. Trible. 30 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio Moorhead, Pa. Collins, lll. Grisham Mr. Fary with Mr. Stockman.

programs and studies on discrimination me that the problems of dis~rimination number of words and I rise in opposition because of age and handicap which this against the aged and the handicapped to the amendment. Congress dictated last year. Is that not are tremendously important. Therefore, Mr. Chairman, I trust that this correct? the argument ought to be to put the amendment will be resoundingly de­ Mr. SENSENBRENNER. I believe the money in so they can follow through on feated. I think we should point out to the Commission can tighten its belt and con­ those problems. members of the committee that this duct the studies mandated to the Com­ Mr. BUTLER. Mr. Chairman, would amount of $14 million is exactly the same mission based on the lower figure. the gentleman yield? amount that we authorized last year for When Congress is reducing the budg­ Mr. SENSENBRENNER. I yield to the this coming fiscal year. I also point out to et of the FBI, when it is reducing the gentleman from Virginia. my good friend, the gentleman from Il­ budget of the Immigration and Naturali­ The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gen­ linois

Emery Leland Pursell Mr. Grisham for, with Mr. Hawkins against. Daniel, R. W . Ireland Pickle Ertel Long, La. Quayle Mr. Jeffries for, with Mr. Dougherty Danielson Jacobs Preyer Fascell Long,Md. Rahall against. Daschle Jeffords Pritchard Fazio Lowry Ratchford Mr. Livingston for, with Mr. Horton de la Garza Jenkins Pursell Reuss Fish Luken against. Dellums Jenrette Quayle Fisher Lundine Rinaldo Derwinski Jones, N.C. R ahal! Fithian McCormack Roe Mr. Lungren for, with Mr. McDade against. Devine Jones, Okla. Railsback Flippo McHugh Rosenthal Mr. Quillen for, with Mr. Gilman against. Dickinson Kastenmeier Ratchford Florio McKinney Rostenkowski Mr. Rousselot for, with Mr. Wolff against. Dingell Kazen Regula Ford, Mich. Maguire Russo Mr. Rudd for, with Mr. Richmond against. Dixon Kemp Reuss Ford, Tenn. Markey Santini Mr. Breaux for, with Mr. Rangel against. Dodd Kildee Rhodes Gaydos Marks Scheuer Donnelly Kostmayer Rinaldo Ginn Matsui Schroeder Messrs. GORE, LONG of Maryland, Dornan LaFalce Robinson Glickman Mattox Seiberling Downey Lagomarsino Roe Gonzalez Mavroules Shannon and BROWN of Ohio changed their vote Drinan Latta Rosenthal Gore Mazzoli Sharp from "aye" to "no." Duncan, Oreg. Leach, Iowa Rostenkowski Gray Mica Skelton Mr. ROYER and Mr. FOUNTAIN Duncan, Tenn. Leach, La. Roth Green Mikulski Slack changed their vote from "no" to "aye." Edgar Lederer Royer Guarini Mikva Solarz Edwards, Ala. Lee Russo Gudger Minish Stack So the amendment to the committee Edwards, Calif. Leland Satterfield Guyer Mitchell, Md. Steed amendment was rejected. Edwards, Okla. Levitas Scheuer Hall, Ohio Moakley Stokes The result of the vote was announced Emery Loeffler Schroeder Hamilton Moffett Stratton English Long, La. Sebelius Hanley Mollohan Studds as above :recorded. Ertel Long, Md. Seiberling Harkin Murtha Swift D 1210 Evans, Del. Lott Sen sen brenner Harris Natcher Thompson Evans, Ind. Lowry Shannon Heckler Neal Traxler The CHAIRMAN. The question is on Fascell Luken Sharp Hefner Nedzi Vanik the committee amendment. Fazio Lundine Shelby Heftel Nowak Vento The committee amendment was agreed Fenwick McClory Shuster Hollenbeck Oberstar Volkmer Findley McCormack Skelton Holtzman Obey Waxman to. Fisher McHugh Slack Howard Ottinger \Veaver The CHAIRMAN. If there are no fur­ Fithian McKinney Smith, Nebr. Jacobs Panetta Weiss ther amendments, under the rule, the Flippo Madigan Snowe Jeffords Patten Whitley Florio Maguire Snyder Jenrette Patterson Williams, Mont. Committee rises. F ord, Mich. Markey Solarz Jones, N.C. Pease Wirth Accordingly, the Committee rose; and Ford, Tenn. Marks Spence Kastenmeier Perkins Wolpe the Speaker pro tempore Kansas New York City, which was built, as national park system. that the Secretary should have the nec­ were so many of the urban parks, on a essary authority to obtain the best pos­ Mr. Chairman, I am pleased and proud base of dumps and swampland. Sixteen to point out that this legislation enjoys sible expertise to carry out the intent of other major urban parks followed, in­ the act. broad bipartisan support in Congress as cluding Jackson Park in Chicago, Belle well as the support of the administra­ Section 3 establishes the authorization Island in Detroit, South Park in Buffalo, tion. H.R. 2374 has been strongly en­ for funding. Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, and dorsed by scholars in the design and con­ In addition to the efforts of our col- the "Emerald Necklace" park system in servation disciplines, and has widespread . 14086 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE June 8, 1979 public backing. I hope that my colleagues putting that into a park way uptown pending bill, H .R . 2374, to establish the will overwhelmingly approve this bill where nobody will ever see it?" Frederick Law Olmsted Historic Site. It and once again, Mr. Chairman, I com­ That is the kind of vision that we need is a noncontroversial measure, but one mend the chairman of the subcommit­ today and that the gentleman from Cali­ that is important if we are to move tee, the gentleman from California April 1979"; amended and supplemented, and the Act of into a cooperative agreement with an ap­ propriate entity for the management of the (2) In section 6, after "$61,610,000" insert August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666), as amended. "plus $10,000,000", and after "herein", in­ SEc. 3. There is authorized to be appropri­ archival collection acquired for the purposes of this Act; Provided That the authority to sert "said total development ceiling to be re­ ated such sums as may be necessary to carry duced by $10,000,000". out the purpose of this Act. enter into such agreements or to make pay­ ments under this Act for such purposes shall SEc. 205. The Secretary of the Interior is Mr. PHILLIP BURTON (during the be effective only to the extent, or in such authorized and directed to acquire by dona­ amounts, as are provided in advance in Ap­ tion, or by purchase with donated or appro­ reading). Mr. Chairman, I ask unan­ priated funds, a suitable collection of whal­ imous consent that the bill be considered propriation Acts.'." 2. After the last Committee amendment, ing artifacts and associated items for pres­ as read, printed in the RECORD, and open insert the following: Page 2, after line 24, ervation and display at the National Mari­ to amendment at any point. insert: time Museum located at the Golden Gate The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to TITLE II National Recreation Area. There are author­ the request of the gentleman from Cali­ ized t o be appropriated such sums as may SEc. 201. The National Parks and Recrea­ be necessary to carry out the provisions of fornia? tion Act of 1978, approved November 10, There was no objection. 1978 (92 Stat. 3467), is amended as follows: this section, but not to exceed $3,000,000 for the purchase of said collection, which sums COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS (1) Section 318, re: Point Reyes National Seashore is amended by: may be appropriated from the amounts pre­ The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will re­ (a) in subsection (a), changing the phrase viously authorized for development purposes port the first committee amendment. "numbered 612-80, 008-E and dated May at said recreation area. The Clerk read as follows: 1978" to "numbered 612-80, 008-F and dated SEc. 206. The Land and Water Conserva­ Committee amendment: Page 2, line 6, March 1979"; tion Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 897) , as after "designer," insert "there". (b) in subsection (b), changing tJhe word amended (16 U.S.C. 4601-4 et seq.), is fur~ "The" at the beginning of section 5(a) to ther amended as follows: Mr. PHILLIP BURTON. Mr. Chair­ "Except for property which the Secretary (1) In section 5, change "Ninety-fifth Con­ man, I ask unanimous consent that all specifically determines is needed for inter­ gress" to "Ninety-sixth Congress"; the remaining committee amendments, pretive or resources management purposes of (2) In subsection 7(a), within the para­ the seashore, the "; graph numbered (3), change "Ninety-fifth except the last committee amendment, Congress" to "Ninety-sixth Congress"; and be considered as read, printed in the (c) in subsection (c), after "May 1, 1978", inserting "or, in the case of areas added by (3) In subsection 7(c), change "expire ten RECORD, and considered en bloc. action of the Ninety-Sixth Congress, May 1, years from the date of enactment of the The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to 1979", and at the end of the subsection, authorizing legislation establishing such the request of the gentleman from Cali­ following the word "property", inserting boundaries; and (11) acquil·e by donation, fornia? "that were in existence or under construc­ purchase with donated funds," to "apply There was no objection. tion as of May 1, 1978"; only to those boundaries established sub­ (d) in subsection (d) changing the phrase sequent to January 1, 1965; and {ii) acqutre The remammg committee amend­ by donation, purchase with donated or ap­ ments, except the last committee amend­ "subsection (c)" to read "subsection (c) and (d)", and adding tJhe following at the end propriated funds,". ment, are as follows: thereof: SEc. 207. The Act of August 18, 1970 (84 Committee amendments: Page 2, line 7, Stat. 825), as amended, is further amended "(d) The Secretary shall accept and shall as follows: strike the word "as" and in line 8 strike the manage in accordance with this Act, any land word "Site." and insert "Site (hereinafter re­ and improvements within or adjacent to the (1) In, section 8 near the end thereof, de­ ferred to as the 'Site')."; seashore which are donated by the State of lete the sentence "Each report and annual Page 2, line 13, strike the figure "39" and California or its political subdivisions. The listing shall be printed as a House- docu­ insert "90-101": boundaries of the seashore shall be changed ment.", and insert in lieu the following: Page 2, line 16, strike the words "Frederick to include such donated lands.". "Each report and annual listing shall be Law Olmsted National Historic"; (2) Section 551, re: the National Trails printed as a House document: Provided, Page 2, lines 20 through 23, strike all of System Act, is amended in paragraph (9), That should adequate supplies of previously subsection (c); by adding the following at the end thereof: printed identical reports remain available, Page 2, line 24, after "SE:::. 2." insert " (a}" "(8) The North Country National Scenic newly submitted identical reports shall be and strike the word "property," and insert Trail, a trail of approximately thirty-two omitted from printing upon the receipt by "Site,"; and the Speaker of the United States House of hundred miles, extending from eastern New Page 3, following line 4, insert a new sub­ York State to the vicinity of Lake Sakakawea Representatives of a joint letter from the section (b) and (c) reading as follows: chairman of the Committee on Interior and in North Dakota, following the approximate Insular Affairs of the United States House "(b) The Secretary is authorized to enter route depicted on the map identified as 'Pro­ into a cooperative agreement with an appro­ of Representatives anct the chairman of the posed North Country Trail-Vicinity Map' in Committee on Energy and Natural Resources priate entity for the management of the the Department of the Interior 'North Coun­ archival collection acquired for the purposes of the United States Senate i~dicating such of this Act. try Trail Report', dated June 1975. The map to be the case."; and (c) Within three years of the date of en­ shall be on file and available for public in­ (2) Insert "(a)" after "SEc. 8." and add actment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub- spection in the office of the Director, National new subsection (b) as follows: Park Service, Washington, D.C. The trail mit to the Committee on Interior and In­ "(b) Within six months of the date of en­ sular Affairs of the United States House of shall be administered by the Secretary of actment of this subsection, the Secretary the Interior.". shall submit to the Committee on Interior June 8, 1979 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 14089 and Insular Affairs of the United Sta~es appropriated under this Act shall be effective nated as "Nature Conservancy Lands" on the House of Representatives and the Commit­ on October 1, 1979. Notwithstanding any map referred to in section 301 of this title) tee on Energy and Natural Resource~ of. the other provisions of this Act, authority to or any similar national, nonprofit conserva­ United States Senate, a comprehensive Na­ enter into contracts, to incur obligations, or tion organization, or an affiliate or subsidiary tional Park System Plan', which document to make payments under this Act shall be thereof shall constitute a professional guide for the effective only to the extent, and in such shall be acquired only with the consent of identification of natural and histori~ themes amounts, as are provided in advance in ap­ the owner thereof: Provided, That this re­ of the United States, and from which can­ propriation Acts. straint on acquisition authority shall not ap­ didate areas can be identified and selected TITLE III ply in any case in which th~ Secretary _deter­ to constitute units of the National Park Sys­ SEc. 301. In order to protect the nationally mines that (i) a property IS undergomg or tem. Such plan shall be revised and up- is about to undergo a change in use which significant natural, scenic, wildlife, marin~ , dated annually.". . ecological, archeological, cultural, and sci­ is inconsistent with the purposes of this SEc. 208. (a) The Secretary of the Intenor ent ific values of the Channel Islands in the title, or (ii) a property described in clause is authorized to revise the boundaries of the State of California, including, but not lim­ (1) of this subsection (b) is offered by the following units of the National Park System: ited to, the following: owner of record as of the date of enactment (1) Carl Sandburg Home National .I_listoric ( 1) the brown pelican nesting area; of this title, for sale or disposal. Site, North Carolina: to add approximately (2) the undisturbed tide pools providing (c) (1) The owner of any l?r~v.ate property seventeen acres. species diversity unique to the eastern Pa­ may, on the date of its acqUisition and as a (2) Chickamauga and Chattanooga Na­ cific coast; condition of such acquisition, retain for him­ tional Mllltary Park, Georgia and Tennessee: ( 3) the pinnipeds which breed and pup self a right of use and occupancy of all or to add approximately one acre. almost exclusively on the Channel Islands, such portion of such property as the owner (3) Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania including the only breeding colony for may elect for a definite term of not more County Battlefields Memorial Nation_al Mil­ northern fur seals south of Alaska; than twenty-five years, or ending at the death of the owner, or his spouse, whichever itary Park, Virginia: to add approximately (4) the Eolian landforms and caliche; twenty acres. ( 5) the presumed burial place of Juan is lat er. The owner shall elect the term to be (b) Sections 302, 303, and 304 of the Rodriquez Cabrillo; reserved. Any such right retained pursuant National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (6 ) the archeological evidence of substan­ to this subsection with respect to any prop­ (92 Stat. 3467) shall be appli_cable to ~he tial populations of Nat ive Americans; erty shall be subject to termination by the boundary revisions authorized In subsectwn Secretary upon his determination that s~ch (a) of this section, except that for the there is hereby established the Channel property is being used for any ~u~pose :Which purposes of this sec ~ ion, the date of enact­ Islands National Park, the boundaries of is incompatible with the admimstratwn of ment referred to in section 302 of such Act which shall include San Miguel and Prince the park or with the preservation of the re­ shall be deemed to be the date of enactment Islands, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, sources therein, and it shall terminate by of this section. and Santa Barbara Islands, including the operation of law upon notification by the (c) For the purposes of acquiring lands rocks, islets, submerged lands and waters Secretary to the holder of the right, of such and interests in lands added to the units within one nautical mile of each island, as determination and tendering to him the referred to in subsection (a) there are au­ depicted on the map entitled, "Proposed amount equal to the fair market value of thorized to be appropriated such sums as Channel Islands National Park" numbered t hat portion which remains unexpired. may be necessary, but not to exceed $280,000 159-20002 and dated April 1979, which shall (2) Wit h respect t o any property ~or whi~h for Chickamauga and Chattanooga National be on file and available for public inspection a right of use and occupancy is retained, said Military Park and not to exceed $214,000 fo: in the offices of the Superintendent of the right may also include the tran~fer of fe~al Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County park and the Director of the National Park and non-native animals t o locatwns outside Battlefields Memorial National Military Park. Service, Department of the Interior. The of the park and the retention of exist~ng SEc. 209. The Secretary of the Interior is Channel Islands National Monument is uses (including, but not limited to, grazmg authorized and directed to take such meas­ hereby abolished as such, and the lands, activities and operations, and for those lands ures as may be necessary to provide for the waters, and interests therein withdrawn or identified in section 302(b) , not to exceed a continued protection of the historic Palmer's reserved for the monument are hereby incor­ fift een-year period for the control and man­ Chapel in the Cataloochee Valley of the ported within and made a part of the new agement of feral and non-native animals by Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Channel Islands National Park. selective control techniques used before the Importance of the chapel in memorializing SEc. 302. (a) Within the boundaries of the d ate of enactment of this title). the early settlement of the valley and in park as established in section 301, the Secre­ (3) In the case of any property acquired providing an opportunity for interpreting tary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to by t he Secretary under this t itle wit h respect the cultural traditions of the former resi­ as the "Secretary") is authorized to acquire t o which a right of use and occupancy was dents of the valley is hereby recognized, and lands, wat ers or interests therein by dona­ not reserved by the former owner under sec­ the Secretary is authorized to make suitable tion, purchase with donated or appropriated tion 302 (c) ( 1), at the request of the former arrangements for the history of the chapel funds, transfer from any Federal agency, ex­ owner, the Secretary may enter into a lease change or otherwise. Unless the property is to be communicated to park visitors and agreement with the former owner under for the chapel to continue to be used for wholly or partially donated, the Secretary which the former owner may cont inue any memorial purposes by former residents and shall pay to the owner the fair market value exist ing use of such propert y which is com­ their descendants. of the property on the date of its acquisition, pat ible with the administration of the park less the fair market value on that date of SEc. 210. Section 304(a) of the Act of and with the preservation of t he resources any right retained by the owner. Any lands, t herein. October 21 , 1976 (90 Stat. 2732), is amended waters, or interests therein owned by the by inserting after " to the jurisdiction of the" (4 ) Any right retained pursuant to this State of California or any political subdivi­ subsection, and any lease entered into under the following: "Secretary of the Army, the sion thereof may be acquired only by dona­ land under the jurisdiction of the". paragraph (3) , shall be subject to sue~ access tion or exchange. Notwithstanding any other and other provisions as may be reqmred by SEc. 211 . The Act of June 30, 1944 (58 provision of law, Federal property located Stat. 6i5) , as amended ( 16 U .S.C. 450bb), Is t he Secretary for visitor use and resources within t.he boundaries of the park shall, with management. further amended (1) by changing " 'Bound­ the concurrence of the head of the agency ary Map. Harpers Ferry National Historical having custody thereof, be transferred to the SE c. 303. (a) The Secretary is directed to develop, in cooperation and consultation Park,' numbered 385-40, OOOD and dated administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary April 1974" to " 'Boundary Map, Harpers wit h the State of California and various for the purposes of the park: Provided, That knowledgeable Federal and private entities, Ferry National Historical Park,' numbered the Secretary shall permit the use of fed­ 385-80,021A and dated April 1979" and a natural resources study report for the park, erally owned park lands and waters which including, but not limited to, the following: changing "two thousand acres" to "two thou­ (i) have been transferred from another Fed­ sand four hundred and seventy-five acres" in ( 1) an inventory of all terrestrial and eral agency, or which (il) were the subject marine species, indicating their population the first section; and (2) by changing "$1,- of a lease or permit to a Federal agency as 300,000" to "$1,600,000" in section 4. d ynamics, and probable trends as to future of the date of enactment of this title, for numbers and welfare; SEc. 212. Subsection 5(b) of the Act of essential national security missions and for October 13, 1964 (78 Stat. 1087) , an Act "To navigational aids, subject to such terms and (2) recommendations as to what actions authorize the Secretary of the Interior to co­ conditions as the Secretary deems necessary should be considered for adoption to better operate with the State of Wisconsin in the to protect park resources. protect the natural resources of the park. designation and administration of the Ice (b) Notwithstanding the acquisition au­ Such report shall be submitted within two Age National Scientific Reserve in the State thority contained in subsection 302 (a). any complete fiscal years from the date of enact­ of Wisconsin, and for other purposes," as lands, waters, or interests therein, which ment of this title to the Committee on In­ amended (16 U.S.C. 469h), is further are- terior and Insular Affairs of the United States amended by changing "$425,000" to "$2,500,- (1) privately owned on Santa Rosa Island, House of Representatives and the Commit­ 000". or tee on Energy and Natural Resources of the SEc. 213. Section 320 of the Act of October (2) owned wholly or in part by, or which United States Senate, and updated revisions 21, 1976 (90 Stat. 2732) , is amended in sub­ hereafter may be owned by, or under option of such report shall be similarly submitted section (j) by changing "$13,000,000" to to the National Park Foundation, The Na­ at subsequent two year intervals to cover "$23,700,000". tu're Conservancy (including any lands, wa­ a period of ten years after the date of SEc. 214. Authorizations of moneys to be ters, or interests therein which a.re desig- enactment of this title. 14090 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE June 8, 1979 (b) The Secretary is authorized and di­ management of The Nature Conservancy and buildings on properties within the sea­ rected to enter into and continue coopera­ other private property for research, resources tive agreements with the State of California management, and visitor protection and use. shore. for the enforcement of Federal and State All funds authorized to be appropriated for Mr. Chairman, all these amendments laws and regulations on those lands and wa­ the purposes of the Channel Islands National have been cleared with the minority, ters within and adjacent to the park which Monument are hereby transferred to the and I ask for their adoption. are owned by the State of California. No pro­ Channel Islands National Park. Effective Oc­ The CHAIRMAN. The question is on vision of this title shall be deemed to affect tober 1, 1979, there are hereby authorized to the amendments to the committee the rights and jurisdiction of the State of be appropriated such further sums as may amendments offered by the gentleman California within the park, including, but be necessary to carry out the purposes of (Mr. not limited to, authority over submerged this title, but not to exceed $500,000 for de­ from California PHILLIP BURTON). lands and waters within the park bound­ velopment and the following amounts for The amendments to the committee aries, and the marine resources therein. acquisition: $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal amendments were agreed to. SEc. 304. (a) Subject to the provisions of years 1980 through 1983, inclusive, such The CHAIRMAN. The question is on section 301 of this title, the Secretary shall sums to remain available until expended. the committee amendments, as amended. administer the park in accordance with the For the authorizations made in this section, The committee amendments, as provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 any amounts authorized but not appropri­ amended, were agreed to. Stat. 535), as amended and supplemented ated in any fiscal year shall remain available The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will re­ (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.). In the administration for appropriation in succeeding fiscal years. of the park, the Secretary may utilize such port the final commitee amendment. statutory authority available for the conser­ The CHAIRMAN. The Chair recog­ The Clerk read as follows: vation and management of wildlife and nat­ nizes the gentleman from California Nicaragua and the recent Today all we have to do is to ask the The credit expansion to finance debt is handling of that matter by the Interna­ American taxpayers, how do they ad­ the reason that this is all passed onto the tional Monetary Fund and the direction just? They adjust one way. We adjust average American in high prices. given our delegate by the Department by these exchange currencies and these Mr. SOLOMON. Is it not also true, Mr. of International Affairs of the Depart­ funds. But the American taxpayer ad­ Chairman, that the industrialized na­ ment of the Treasury was wrong and justs only one way: By paying more to tions with currency such as the Swiss seriously threatens our Nation's interest live. They are getting desperate about franc, the French franc, the German in both the operation of the Interna­ this. It is very confusing about what is deutschemark, is it not true these indus­ tional Monetary Fund as well as our happening in the international money trialized nations have been begging the future political interest in Central markets and what we have done to our United States of America to balance America. I, therefore, find myself inca­ money. The sole cause of this confusion their budget so that we can stop print­ pable of supporting this legislation in is that the money is paper, and this is ing counterfeit money at the rate of 30 spite of the outstanding job that Chair­ the vehicle we have to continue with in and 40 and 50 and 60 billion dollars a man NEAL has done in the preparation order to perpetuate the fraud. year? and presentation of this meritorious bill So, I think it would be wise, if you are Mr. PAUL. They have been begging us to the Congress. really concerned about inflation, to reg­ to do that and it might be wise to look The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the ister a vote here against the interna­ at what the Swiss do. They stay out of rule, the Clerk will now read the com­ tional crap game that is going on. the International Monetary Fund and mittee amendment in the nature of a Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Chairman, would they have prices that are stable or drop­ substitute recommended by the Com­ the gentleman yield? ping. They have relatively no inflation. mittee on Banking, Finance and Urban Mr. PAUL. I yield to the gentleman Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Chairman, so the Affairs now printed in the reported bill from New York. truth of the matter is the reason we must as an original bill for the purpose of Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Chairman, being now appropriate these funds which used amendment. a new Member in this House, I am not to be taken care of by themselves is be­ The Clerk read as follows: familiar with this off-budgeting pro­ cause the American dollar has devalu­ ated, inflation is rampant in this coun­ Be it enacted by the Senate and House cedure, which I understand is fiscal gim­ of Representatives of the United States oj mickry. But, is it true that this board try, breaking the backs of the American America in Congress assembled, That sec­ used to operate, used to pay its own ex­ people and it is caused by the U.S. Con­ tion 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide penses without looking to the Congress gress with these hell-bent-for-leather that the Exchange Stabilization Fund shall to appropriate money? spending sprees that have been on for not be available for p3.yment of adminis­ the last 5 years that has raised our na­ trative expenses; and for other purposes" Mr. PAUL. Yes; this is exactly right. approved November 8, 1978 (Public Law 95- They were able to manage so-called tional debt from $500 billion to $900 bil­ lion in just 5 years, and that is an SO-per­ 612; 92 Stat. 3092), is amended- profits by the exchange of currency ( I) by inserting "(a)" after "SEc. 5."; enough to pay their expenses. cent increase in our national debt. This body ought to be ashamed of what they (2) in subsection (a), as so designated by Now, can we be any more suspicious have done to the value of the American paragraph ( 1), by inserting "and $22,375,000 if the Treasury comes to us and says dollar in this country today. Is that not for fiscal year 1980" after "1979"; and "We would like for this to be a budget­ right? (3) by adding at the end thereof the ary item." We should only be distrust­ Mr. PAUL. I think the gentleman is following new subsection: ful of something like that. The reason exactly right. Even though this is a more "(b) There are authorized to be appro­ they need it in the budget is that they priated for each fiscal year, after fiscal year difficult example of how we handle our 1979, listed in subsection (a) such addi­ need cash from the American taxpayer, inflation, I do think by your comments and that is the crime of it all. tional sums as may be necessary for increases you have brought it to light to show required by adjustments in salaries, pay re­ So, yes, it used to fund itself. Last how this Fund represents how we do tirement, and other employee benefits au­ year they funded it and this year again things here in Congress. thorized by law and for other nondiscretion­ they are doing it, but we have a respon­ Mr. SOLOMON. I appreciate the gen­ ary .costs.". sibility of calling this to the attention tleman's calling this to our attention and Mr. WYLIE (during the reading). Mr. of our colleagues and the people of this I am going to cast a protest no, too. country. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that Mr. LEACH of Iowa. Mr. Chairman, I the committee amendment in the nature Mr. SOLOMON. If the gentleman have no further requests for time, and would yield further, I am very suspicious of a substitute be considered as read, I yield back the balance of my time. printed in the RECORD, and open to of that too. Mr. NEAL. Mr. Chairman, I yield such Let me ask the gentleman this: Why amendment at any point. time as he may consume to the gentle­ The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection can they not pay their own way now? man from Nebraska CMr. CAVANAUGH). What has happened that they have to to the request of the gentleman from Mr. CAVANAUGH. I thank the chair­ Ohio? look to us for money? Is it because the man for yielding and it is with great American dollar has been devalued so reluctance I rise in opposition to the There was no objection. much? legislation. AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. WYLIE Mr. PAUL. My own estimation would I would first like to commend the Mr. WYLIE. Mr. Chairman, I offer an be is that our dollar is so weak that we chairman and ranking minority member amendment. have lost so much in our trade, and I for what I consider to be outstanding The Clerk read as follows: would not claim to be an expert on that, work on an outstanding piece of legisla­ Amendment offered by Mr. WYLIE: Strike but that would be my suspicion. The tion. all after the enacting clause, and insert in weakness in the dollar would represent I have rarely cast protest votes as a lieu thereof the following: the loss of the money that we have had Member of this House but in this in­ That section 5 of the Act of November 8, and we are showing net losses with thi~ stance I feel compelled to do so. This is 1978 (92 Stat. 3092) is amended by inserting fund. "and $22,375,000 for fiscal year 1980," after not based upon the merits of the legisla­ "1979,". D 1330 tion. I think it is both wise and appro­ Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Chairman, I won­ priate that the Congress exercise its au­ Mr. WYLIE. Mr. Chairman, my der what the gentleman thinks causes thorizing jurisdiction over the Depart­ amendment, simply stated, would strike this weakness of that dollar. ment of International Affairs but I be­ out language on page 2 which says, Mr. PAUL. There is only one thing that lieve the handling by this Department of "There are also authorized to be appro­ causes the weakness of the dollar and its responsibilities with regard to advis­ priated for each fiscal year listed in sub­ that is the expansion of the money sup- ing our representation to the Interna- section (a) such additional sums as may 14098 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE June 8, 1979 be necessary for increases required by consideration the bill

Lent Price Stewart Mr. Brooks with Mr. Nolan. have 5 legislative days in which to revise Livingston Quillen StJUmp Mr. Brinkley with Mr. Miller of California. Tauke and extend their remarks, and to include Lloyd Rahall Mr. Eckhardt with Mr. Evans of Georgia. extraneous material, on the bill just Long, La. Railsback Thomas Mr. Holland with Mr. Fowler. Treen passed. Lujan Rangel Mr. John L. Burton with Mr. Broomfield. Ratchford Trible r.ungren Mr. McKay with Mr. Grisham. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. McCloskey Richmond Udall MoAKLEY). Is there objection to the McDade Roberts Van Deerlin Mr. Yatron with Mr. Hawkins. McEwen Rodino Vander Jagt Mr. Young of Missouri with Mr. Hightower. request of the gentleman from North McKay Rose Walker Mr. Wolff with Mr. Huckaby. Carolina? Marriott Rousselot Waxman Mr. Charles Wilson of Texas with Mr. Whitehurst Martin Roybal Trible. Rudd Williams, Ohio Mikva Mr. Kogovsek with Mr. Walker. PERSONAL EXPLANATION Miller, Calif. Runnels Wilson, Bob Min eta Russo Wilson, C. H. Mr. Charles H. Wilson of California with CMr. BAUMAN asked and was given Mitchell, N.Y. Sabo Wilson, Tex. Mr. Williams of Ohio. permission to address the House for 1 Moorhead, Pa. Sawyer Wolff Mr. Lent with Mr. Murphy of Illinois. Murphy, Til. Schulze Wright Mr. Alexander with Mr. Stump. minute and to revise and extend his Murphy, N.Y. Simon Wyatt Mr. Atkinson with Mr. Tauke. remarks.) Wydler Myers, Pa. Smith, Iowa Mrs. Chisholm with Mr. Ratchford. Mr. BAUMAN. Mr. Speaker, earlier Spellman Yatron Nelson Ms. Holtzman with Mr. Gilman. today I was absent during four rollcall Nolan StGermain Young, Mo. Oakar Staggers Zeferetti Mr. Long of Louisiana with Mr. Brown of votes, because I was attending the grad­ Pepper Stark Ohio. uation of my 13-year-old daughter, Mr. Mikva with Mr. Jeffords. ~ 1350 Eugenie Marie, better known as Genie Mr. Rahal! with Mr. Marriott. from the Country School in Easton, Md. The Clerk announced the following Mr. Waxman with Mr. Railsback. pairs: During those impressive ceremonies Mr. BEREUTER and Mr. WHIT­ Genie Bauman won two special awards Mr. Jones of Tennessee with Mr. Mitchell for excellence in English prose and in of New York. TAKER changed their vote from "yea" Mr. Myers of Pennsylvania with Mr. to "nay." history, the highest honors for her class Quillen. So the bill was passed. in both subjects. Mr. Mineta with Mr. Forsythe. The result of the vote was announced Had I been present earlier I would Mr. Addabbo with Mr. Erlenborn. as above recorded. have voted as follows on the rollcalls: Mr. Staggers with Mr. Erdahl. The title was amended so as to read: Rollcall No. 193, adoption of the rule Mr. Cotter with Mr. Abdnor. "A bill to authorize appropriations for on H.R. 2641, the Civil Rights Commis­ Mr. Boland with Mr. Andrews of North the international affairs functions of the sion authorization: Vote, "no." Dakota. Department of the Treasury for fiscal Rollcall No. 194, rule for H.R. 3347, Mr. Zeferetti with Mr. Andrews of North Treasury Department international af­ Carolina. year 1980.". Mr. Wright with Mr. Archer. A motion to reconsider was laid on the fairs authorization: Vote, "no." Mr. Fuqua with Mr. Gibbons. table. Rollcall No. 195, Amendment by Mr. Mr. Nelson with Mr. Goldwater. Mr. NEAL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani­ SENSENBRENNER reducing the authoriza­ Mr. Frost with Mr. Hillis. mous consent to take from the Speaker's tion in H.R. 2641 from $14 to $11 million: Mr. Florio with Mr. Horton. table the Senate bill CS. 976) to authorize Vote, "yes." Ms. Ferraro with Mr. Carter. appropriations for the international af­ Rollcall No. 196, final passage of H.R. Mr. Richmond with Mr. Badham. fairs functions of the Department of the 2641: Vote, ''no." Mr. Bingham with Mr. Rudd. Mr. Rangel with Mr. Rousselot. Treasury for fiscal year 1980, and ask for its immediate consideration. Mr. Giaimo with Mr. Sabo. LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM Mr. Johnson of California with Mr. Hinson. The Clerk react the title of the Senate Mr. Corman with Mr. Hammerschmidt. bill. CMr. RHODES asked and was given Mr. Chappell with Mr. Treen. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there permission to address the House for 1 Mr. Breaux with Mr. Wyatt. objection to the request of the gentle­ minute.) Mr. Bevill with Mr. Wydler. man from North Carolina? Mr. RHODES. Mr. Speaker, I take this Mr. AuCoin with Mr. Schulze. There was no objection. time to inquire of the gentleman from Mr. Fary with Mr. Sawyer. The Clerk read the Senate bill, as New York (Mr. ROSENTHAL) as to the pro­ Mr. Anthony with Mr. Jeffries. follows: gram for the balance of the week and Ms. Oakar with Mr. Hyde. s. 976 Mr. Pepper with Mr. Clausen. for the next week. Mr. Price with Mr. Cleveland. Be it enacted by the Senate and House oj Mr. ROSENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, will Mr. Rodino with Mr. Livingston. Representatives of the United States oj the gentleman yield? Mr. Roberts with Mr. Lujan. America in Congress assembled, That section Mr. RHODES. I yield to the gentle­ Mr. Van Deerlin with Mr. Martin. 5 of the Act of November 8, 1978 (92 Stat. man from New York. Mr. Early with Mr. McDade. 3092) is amended by inserting "and $24,000,- 000 for fiscal year 1980," after "1979". Mr. ROSENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, the Mr. Ashley with Mr. Whitehurst. program for this week has been con­ Mr. Beard of Rhode Island with Mr. Ander- MOTION OFFERED BY MR. NEAL son of Illinois. Mr. NEAL. Mr. Speaker, I offer a cluded. Mr. Biaggi with Mr. Aspin. motion. The program for the House of Repre­ Mr. Garcia with Mr. Barnard. The Clerk read as follows: sentatives for the week of June 11, 1979, is as follows: Mr. Foley with Mr. Bonker. Mr. NEAL moves to strike out all after the Mr. Flood with Mrs. Bouquard. enacting clause of the Senate bill, S. 976, and On Monday, June 11, the House meets Mr. Rose with Mr. Coelho. to insert in lieu thereof the provisions of at noon. There are no bills scheduled on Mr. Murphy of New York with Mr. H.R. 3347, as passed, as follows: the District Calendar, and there are no Coleman. That section 5 of the Act of November 8, bills on the Suspension Calendar. The Mr. Moorhead of Pennsylvania with Mr. House' will again consider H.R. 2444, De­ Philip M. Crane. 1978 (92 Stat. 3092) is amended by inserting "and $22,375,000 for fiscal year 1980," after Mr. Runnels with Mr. Davis of Michigan. partment of Education Organization Mr. Simon with Mr. Deckard. "1979,". Act. We will vote on amendments and Mr. StGermain with Mrs. Spellman. The motion was agreed to. on the bill and complete consideration Mr. Stark with Mr. Dougherty. The Senate bill was ordered to be read of same. Mr. Davis of South Carolina with lVIr. a third time, was read the third time, On Tuesday, June 12, the House meets McEwen. at noon. There are no bills scheduled on Mr. Lehman with Mr. Fish. and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. the Suspension Calendar. The House will Mr. Diggs with Mr. Lungren. consider House Resolution 198, to dis­ Mr. Conyers with Mr. McCloskey. A similar House bill CH.R. 3347) was laid on the table. miss contested election in Maryland's Mr. Udall with Mr. Lloyd. Seventh District; and H.R. 111, to pro­ Mr. Cheney with Mr. Vander Jagt. Mr. Clay with Mr. Bob Wilson. vide for the implementation of the Mrs. Collins of Illinois with Mr. Stewart. GENERAL LEAVE Panama Canal Treaty of 1977. There will Mr. Derrick with Mr. Smith of Iowa. Mr. NEAL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani­ be votes on amendments and on the bill, Mr. Dicks with Mr. Roybal. mous consent that all Members may and the House will complete considera- 14100 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE June 8, 1979 tion of that bill. We will stay in later ning of the day. That being the case, a The Federal budget, on the other hand, than usual on Tuesday, if necessary, to motion will be offered to instruct the has increased more than 600 percent in complete this bill that day. conferees to insist upon the langauge terms of silver, since 1941. If gas had On Wednesday, June 13 , the House dealing with the sense of Congress on gone up as much, we would be paying will meet at 10 a .m . and will consider Rhodesia-Zimbabwe, so that may entail $5.83 a gallon, in today's paper money. H.R. 4388, energy and water appropria­ some debate at the beginning of the day The lines and shortages we see in the tions for fiscal year 1980, subject to a rule on that motion. gasoline market today are caused en­ being granted; and H.R. 4390, legisla­ tirely by Federal regulations and con­ tive appropriations for fiscal year 1980, trols. If we want to keep reasonably subject to a rule being granted. DISPENSING WITH CALENDAR priced gasoline, and have plenty of it. we WEDNESDAY BUSINESS ON 0 1400 need to get the Federal Government out WEDNESDAY NEXT of the energy business. On Thursday, June 14, the House will Mr. ROSENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, I ask The only way to allocate fairly a scarce meet at 10 o'clock a.m., to consider H.R. unanimous consent that the business in commodity like gasoline is the price sys­ 4394, HUD-independent agencies appro­ order under the Calendar Wednesday tem. And the price system can only func­ priations, fiscal year 1980, subject to a rule be dispensed with on Wednesday tion fully in a free market. rule being granted, and also H.R. 3821, next. Recently, the American Institute for intelligence and intelligence-related ac­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Economic Research, in Great Barring­ tivities authorizations, fiscal year 1980, objection to the request of the gentleman ton, Mass., published an excellent ana­ an open rule with 1 hour of general from New York? lysis of gasoline pricing and gasoline ra­ debate. There was no objection. tioning. I would like to insert it in the On Friday, June 15, the House will RECORD at this point: meet at 10 o'clock a.m., and will consider RATIONING GASOLINE AND CONTROLLING ITS H.R. 4393, Treasury-Postal Service ap­ ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY, JUNE PRICE propriations, fiscal year 1980, and H.R. 11, 1979 American shoppers are accustomed to find­ 2462, maritime authorizations, fiscal Mr. ROSENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, I ask ing what they want when they want it, with year 1980, an open rule with 1 hour of unanimous consent that when the House their frustrations usually limited to discov­ general debate. ering that what they want costs more than adjourns today it adjourn to meet at 12 what they want to pay. Thus, the prospect of The House will adjourn by 3 p.m. on o'clock noon on Monday next. Friday and by 5:30 p.m. on all other long lines at filling stations, closed pumps, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there and empty tanks is shocking to Americans. days except Tuesday and Wednesday. objection to the request of the gentleman In their anger, many consumers evidently Conference reports may be brought up from New York? have concluded that the shortage of gasoline at any time, and any further program There was no objection. has been artificially created by oil companies will be announced later. and must be solved by government action. Mr. RHODES. Mr. Speaker, will the Administrative rationing, price controls, gentleman tell the House if he really ex­ PERMISSION FOR COMMITTEE ON and punitive taxation of those who gain pects to complete the Department of AGRICULTURE TO FILE REPORT from higher prices have been among the sug­ Education bill on Monday? gested actions. Such measures would not ON H.R. 3580 solve the problem even though they appear It is my understanding that there are Mr. DE LA GARZA. Mr. Speaker, I ask feasible. The production and consumption already over 200 amendments in the of petroleum products differ from other eco­ RECORD on this bill and, unless we in tend unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture may have until midnight nomic activities in ways that foster the sort to go very late on Monday, it does not of misguided policies that have been adopted seem that that is a realistic objective. tonight, June 8, 1979, to file a report on to date, but we know of no reason to believe Mr. ROSENTHAL. If the gentleman the bill Jimmy Carter to say, and the mood of those voting underlined just once, that the elections in Zimbabwe PERSONAL EXPLANATION the ardent desire of the people of Zim­ Rhodesia were an impressive feat for a place babwe-Rhodesia for a peaceful transfer that had never had multiracial elections be­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a of power from white to black as opposed fore; that they were a lot more impressive previous order of the House, the gentle­ to the bloodshed and terror promised by than the fake polls and m1litary grabs by man from California Cyrus Vance chose to and certainly not by beating Britain, which It totally ignores the significant ad­ repeat and broadcast threats by certain is chiefly responsible for Rhodesia, to a sanc­ vances made toward black-majority rule governments against ours on the Zim­ tions decision. in Zimbabwe-Rhodesia. It refuses to give babwe-Rhodesia issue, thereby giving Many Americans, however, are appalled any hope to those who seek a peaceful such threats greater credibility than by the impression of its policy the admin­ istration has conveyed. They think the ad­ resolution of the conflict in Zimbabwe­ they would otherwise have. Such prophe­ ministration is ignoring fairness and Rhodesia. And it makes U.S. policy to­ cies may, of course, be self-fulfilling. In impartiality in order to court those black ward that new government hostage to the meantime, they make the United African states, mostly petty dictatorships or the desires of those who do not share our States look weak and unprincipled. paper democracies, that insist that no aspirations for democracy and human The objective of most African govern­ Rhodesian government with even one white rights. ments is black-majority rule in Zim­ fingerprint on it deserves the time of day. In a shocking statement, the President babwe-Rhodesia. They want to know This distorts the views of a good number concluded that the April elections had of officials. But it is a distortion fed by the that the United States shares this ob­ administration's own acts and words, and it been neither free nor fair. It is difficult jective and is working to that end. For accounts for the puzzlement and hostility to conceive of any President of the 2 years, the United States made futile that its policy has stirred even in quarters United States making such an observa­ calls for an all-parties conference. This where a sympathetic reaction might be ex­ tion in the light of the overwhelming evi­ approach got us nowhere. Now we have pected. dence to the contrary presented by credi­ the opportunity to achieve that objec­ In this light, Mr. Carter's statement yester­ ble and respected individuals such as tive by encouraging the Muzorewa gov­ day was something of a blunder, and an es­ Allard Loewenstein, Bayard Rustin, other ernment to implement black-majority pecially untimely one given that the question of lifting sanctions comes up in Freedom House observers, and the ob­ rule and democracy in Zimbabwe-Rho­ the Senate a.c; early as next Monday. He was servers sent by the American Conserva­ desia, and yet we are not taking it. not content to say that the elections did not tion Union. And there is greater flexibility for im­ meet his "free and fair" test and that his I very much agree with the June 8 plementing black-majority rule in Zim­ decision served the American interest. He did Washington Post editorial on this point babwe-Rhodesia than many here in the not have the political tact to show himself which I am placing in the RECORD after United States argue. A black majority more than grudgingly open to the substan­ my statement. exists in both houses of Parliament and tial progress made toward democratic rule Compare the electoral process and its in the cabinet. The Prime Minister and in Salisbury, and eager to preserve and con­ solidate those gains by helping to end the results, the formation of the new black­ the President of the country are black. imminent threat posed to them by the war. majority government, and the other The lingering white privileges or safe­ He had the clumsiness to virtually dismiss aspects of the significant progress to­ guards in Zimbabwe-Rhodesia are a fre­ Prime Minister Muzorewa and the arrogance ward black majority and democratic rule quent feature of the transfer of power to say that his decision was in the interest in Zimbabwe-Rhodesia with the avail­ from white to black in Africa. Indeed, of the ,people of Zimbabwe RhodeSiar---this able alternatives. Patriotic Front leader safeguards existed at one time in Tan­ despite the fact of their participation in the zania, Kenya, and Zambia. The white recent poll. Robert Mugabe, a self-proclaimed Marx­ Can Jimmy Carter's policy be saved from ist, has stated that he is committed to a privileges/ safeguards in Zimbabwe­ Jimmy Carter? Tune in on the Senate one-party state and considers elections Rhodesia will expire in 10 years. Mean­ Monday.e a "luxury." Joshua Nkomo has refused while they are designed to give the white to participate in elections until he is in minority some assurance that they will office: he stated in a May 1979 U.S. tele­ have a continuing place in Zimbabwe­ SECRET SERVICE CRACKS SUSAN B. vision appearance that he would not stop Rhodesia. Even so, these entrenched ANTHONY COIN CAPER fighting to go to an all-parties confer­ privileges can be modified and abridged The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a ence. Should either of these individuals through legislative and governmental previous order of the House, the gentle­ come to power the prospects for real processes, before the end of that 10-year man from Illinois (Mr. ANNUNZIO) is democracy in Zimbabwe-Rhodesia would period. recognized for 5 minutes. be slight. The President's decision on Zimbabwe- e Mr. ANNUNZIO. Mr. Speaker, I wish June 8, 1979 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 14103 to report that the Secret Service has the public on July 2. After those dis­ current energy crunch. The realities of our solved the theft and premature sale of tributions had begun, the difficulties en­ predicament--dwindling domestic fuel sup­ the new Susan B. Anthony coins. countered by the Secret Service would plies, overdependence upon foreign oil pro­ ducers, oil-fired inflation-make it impera­ In the middle of May, I began seeing have multiplied a hundredfold. tive that the Congress act in a responsible reports in coin publications and news­ The Secret Service overcame these and and responsive way to not only meet the papers that a number of the new Susan other obstacles and solved the case present crisis but to provide for our energy B. Anthony dollars were in the hands of quickly and efficiently. I have sent a let­ future. coin dealers. This disturbed me since ter to Director Knight of the Secret Yet, recent events indicate that for some these coins were not scheduled to be re­ Service congratulating Agent McDonnell members of the Congress, it is "politics as leased until July 2, 1979. I ordered my and his agents for their excellent work. usual." Recently, the House voted down the staff to begin an investigation. The staff Too often, law enforcement officers are President's standby emergency gas rationing discovered that the coins first began ap­ maligned rather than given the praise plan-not because it wasn't needed, but be­ cause the issue presented a political oppor­ pearing at a coin show held in Detroit they justly deserve. I take this opportu­ tunity. The plan, despite its flaws, was prob­ on April28. Further investigation showed nity to publicly thank the Secret Serv­ ably the best compromise attainable. It was that the U.S. Mint had distributed some ice for acting promptly to protect the certainly the most favorable plan to states 10,000 coins to 20 coin equipment man­ average coin collector from this rip-off like Arkansas. ufacturers for testing purposes. Officials scheme.• A few days later, a majority of House of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Democrats voted in favor of a non-binding carried specimen coins in their pockets resolution opposing the Administration's to show to bankers. The Detroit branch DECONTROL AND "PREVAILING plan for decontrol of domestic oil prices. of the Federal Reserve Bank had dis­ WINDS" POLITICS The vote was another example of "prevail­ tributed over 11,000 coins to 120 banks ing winds politics" designed to demagogue The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a the consumer price issue. In fact, that vote in Michigan. Some of those banks re­ previous order of the House, the gentle­ had a lot more to do with 1980 presidential ceived up to 2,000 coins, ostensibly for man from Arkansas (Mr. ALEXANDER ) is politics than it did with energy. training and educational purposes. One recognized for 30 minutes. The era in which we live is dominated by of those banks in turn had loaned 250 • Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. Speaker, com­ the politics of appearance. The Democratic coins to a large retailer. The staff also ing to grips with this Nation's energy di­ Caucus vote last week conveyed the ap­ discovered that a New York bank had lemma continues to elude the Congress pearance of opposition to higher gas prices. received a shipment of 2% million Susan and the President. Unfortunately, we are not dealing with ap­ B. Anthony coins. Earlier this week it was my privilege pearance, the oil shortage is real. These coins remain the property of And these are the realities: The U.S. is to address a noon luncheon of the Ameri­ consuming more than 20 million barrels of the United States until July 2. A release can Bus Association membership. I would oil per day and about 7.5 million of those of July 2 was chosen so that· everyone like to share with my colleagues the re­ barrels come from foreign sources-mostly would have an equal opportunity to ob­ marks I made to that group on these and from the OPEC countries of the middle tain the coins. It was totally unfair to other energy-related matters. East-a fragile, unstable, and volatile area, me that some coin dealers had these It is time that this Nation comes to grip at best. Iran, just a year ago, was one of ou~· coins in advance, while the thousands with realities of the energy problem. staunchest allies and a dependable supplier of coin collectors who played by the rules We have observed the results of the poli­ of oil. Today, they have closed their doors would have to wait until July 2. In ad­ tics of appearance. to our ambassador. Saudi Arabia, long the most moderate of the OPEC nations, has dition, I felt that these few insiders DECONTROL AND "PREVAILING WINDS" could make tremendous profits by hav­ joined other oil producing countries in a POLITICS policy of punitive escalation of prices. Our ing these coins illegally in advance. (By Bill Alexander) support of the Mideast settlement has made On May 18, I sent a letter to Attor­ The writer and critic, H . L. Mencken, once the U.S. a target of the Arab oil weapon. ney General Bell, asking the Justice De­ observed that "for every problem there is a Yet we have done nothing .to halt our partment to conduct an investigation. solution that is simple-but wrong." addiction to foreign oil. We have become a On May 21, the Secret Service was called Those who oppose decontrol of domestic nation of oil junkies, willing to pay any into the case and a team led by Special oil prices are taking a position which is not price to maintain our $50 million-per-day Agent Frank McDonnel began its work. only simple but popular-and just as wrong. foreign oil habit. Nobody even blinks when By May 30, that team had located the It must be obvious that there is no simple OPEC announces a new price hike, yet there coin dealer who had paid $2 ,100 for 1,300 solution to the problem. There is no simple, is a howl of protest in the Congress and readily available fuel to replace oil. There is among certain presidential contenders when Susan B. Anthony dollars. Then, the no crash research and development program it is proposed that domestic oil prices be Secret Service hit an apparent dead end. underway which will result in an immediate allowed to rise to a level which will en­ The coin dealer did not know the name technological solution. There is no easy fix courage expansion of proved reserves while of the person he obtained the coins from. for the economic dislocations caused by the forcing conservation of dwindling supplies. Agent McDonnell's team was not to be energy crisis. The fact is, we have no choice but to allow thwarted, however. Using other leads, The only solution is to arrive at self-suf­ decontrol of domestic oil. Voluntary conser­ they centered their investigation on the ficiency by developing the proper energy mix vation measures have failed. Ra.ti.oning Michigan National Bank. The bank had which will contribute to our continued plans, even the best of them, are unfair, in­ been sent 2,000 Susan B. Anthony dol­ growth as a nation. The needed mix will cer­ effective and potentially ruinous. There are lars by the Detroit Federal Reserve Bank. tainly include fossil fuels-because we can­ lots of other simple solutions-but they are These coins were supposed to be kept in a not now dispense with them-but must also all wrong too! include new technologies for production of We have got to stop kidding ourselves vault at the bank. On Monday, June 4, power from nuclear, solar, wind, ocean ther­ the Secret Service arrested an official of and demonstrate the resolve to start paying mal, wave and tidal, hydrogen, fusion, bio­ the true price of our energy needs. the bank. mass conversion and alcohol fuel sources and liquified coal. However, the oil industry should not be The Secret Service and its agents, es­ given a license to steal. It has been esti­ pecially Frank McDonnell, are to be com­ When our Founding Fathers wrote the Dec­ mated that decontrol of domestic oil would mended for their work in solving this laration of Independence, they affirmed our result in windfall profits of about $7 billion inalienable right to "the pursuit of happi­ case. They had two handicaps they had ness." Since the beginning of this century, per year-and that estimate is probably too to overcome: First, they had no idea we've been pursuing it by car. conservative. I favor a windfall profits tax on all earnings in excess of those reported how many coins were illegally in circula­ For most of us though, happiness is a new tion or where they had come from. At car, boat, plane, camper, electric blanket, by the oil companies on December 31, 1978. the time of their investigation, nearly microwave oven or some other object that In addition, 100 percent of the revenue cap­ 250 million coins had already been struck depends upon energy consumption from tured by the tax ought to be spent for the and distributed to Federal Reserve manufacture to use. The question facing development of alternative energy sources banks, coin equipment manufacturers, the American people and their elected rep­ and the expansion of domestic oil reserves. and some commercial banks throughout resentatives today is how to slow down our A tax on windfall profits was successfully pursuit of consumer happiness long enough used during World War II. If the energy the country. Second, the Federal Reserve to make sure our children will have the crisis is really the "moral equivalent of war", banks planned on making massive distri­ same inalienable right. it ought to be used again. butions of the coins to thousands of Not since the days of the Great Depres­ And because the energy crisis is not only banks beginning the first week of June sion has the Congress faced a burden of real but immediate, we need to accomplish in order to make the coins available to responsibility to match that imposed by the the following without delay: 14104 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE June 8, 1979 We must encourage fuel conservation sary season of Robin HoOd Dell. We send under section (7) or any programs author­ through the use of mass transit and public special greetings to Maestro Eugene Ormandy ized under the National School Lunch Act "· transportation. and the members of the Philadelphia Or­ (3) in subsection (e), by striking out "a~d We must increase our exports to maintain chestra. the succeeding fiscal year" and inserting in the value of the dollar during this critical The history of Robin Hood Dell is a success lieu thereof "and for the three succeeding transition period until we can lessen our story-appropriately being celebrated with fiscal years"; dependence upon foreign oil. the performance of Beethoven's Ninth Sym­ (4) in subsection (i), by striking out "For We must adopt policies which will en­ phony-which inspires its own Ode to Joy. the fiscal years beginning October 1, 1977, courage immediate expansion of proved re­ The Dell has made invaluable contributions and ending September 30, 1980" and inserting serves of domestic oil. The Congressional to the cultural vitality of the City of Phila­ in lieu thereof "For the fiscal year ending Office of Technology Assessment estimates delphia and afforded great pleasure to all who September 30, 1978, and for each succeeding that at $22 a barrel, which is just participate in the Summer Festival, which at fiscal year ending on or before September 30, about the world price, oil companies would the new Dell has been broadened to include 1982"; and be able to nearly double our current do­ ballet and opera as wen as the orchestra. (5) by adding at the end the following sub­ mestic reserves to 25 billion barrels. New Your Philadelphia plan, worked out by section: offshore well-exploration could be increased Fredric Mann, has been a model for the "(j) (1) States which are responsible for by providing a system of tax rebates to Nation and the world for voluntary partner­ the administration of programs under this companies successful in finding new sources. ships between private citizens and local gov­ Act and under the National School Lunch Removal of existing tax advantages enjoyed ernment. The Dell's policy of free admission Act shall administer such programs in a by oil firms doing business with certain has allowed many citizens who might not manner which substantially co.mplies with overseas suppliers would also make domestic otherwise have such an opportunity to enjoy the applicable standards established by the reserve development a more attractive and artistic performances of the highest quality. Secretary under paragraph (2) or under any profitable prospect. The importance of re­ This is a proud occasion for all of you, and other provision of this Act or the National serve expansion is underscored by the fact I am happy to commend you for your dedi­ School Lunch Act. Whenever the Secretary that only about a two year supply of oil cation and hard work over the past decades. determines after consultation with the State remains in our domestic reserves! You have my best wishes for an equally suc­ educational agency, that in the administra­ We must improve the energy efficiency of cessful future. tion by a State of any program under such all our home, industrial and transportation JIMMY CARTER. Acts there is a failure to substantially com­ equipment-especially private vehicles. ply with any applicable standard established We must proceed immediately with a com­ by the Secretary or that the administration prehensive study of the full potential of bio­ REGARDING H.R. 4136, CHILD of any such program is otherwise seriously mass conversion, alcohol fuels and coalliqui­ NUTRITION ACT deficient, the Secretary may withhold from fication. the State some or all of the funds made avail­ Yesterday the House Democratic Steering & Foreign Affairs. August 1980 as National Sport Avia.tion Mr. FITHIAN. :.Ionth; to the Committee on Post Office and Mr. SCHEUER. Civil Service. Mr. MooRHEAD of Pennsylvania. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUB­ LIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Mr. STARK. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Mr. TRAXLER. Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of Mr. McDoNALD. committees were delivered to the Clerk Under clause 4 of rule XXII, sponsors for printing and reference to the proper were added to public bills and resolutions calendar, as follows: as follows: ADJOURNMENT Mr. BRADEMAS: Committee on House Ad­ H.R. 117: Mr. ROBINSON. Mr. LEDERER. Mr. Speaker, I move ministration. House Resolution 268. Resolu­ H.R. 1013: Mr. ADDABBO, Mr. ALBOSTA, Mr. that the House do now adjourn. tion providing funds for the further expenses BEDELL, Mr. BONIOR Of Michigan, Mr. BUTLER, Mr. CHAPPELL, Mr. DOUGHERTY, Mr. DUNCAN The motion was agreed to; accord­ of the Committee on House Administration; with amendment (Rept. No. 96-258). Re­ of Oregon, Mr. EDGAR, Mr. EvANS of the Vir­ ingly

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CXXV--887-Part 11 14108 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 8, 1979 nomic grounds, and indefensible in Ught o! payments is strong. Each IMF member has a multilateral institutions which would have the current political situation. quota, and is legally obligated to make sub­ prohibited any o! the funds being used for Respectfully, scription payments to the IMF equal to that specific countries. At the time o! these Tom Harkin, John Cavanaugh, Paul quota. Thus the member's quota determines amendments, the Administration quite cor­ Simon, Donald Pease, Howard Wolpe, its obligation to provide financing. It also rectly argued that it could not place su~h Rick Nolan, Michael Barnes, Ted Weiss, determines its access to IMF resources. limits on the funds that it contributed. They Tom Daschle, Robert Drinan, Andrew If a member develops a balance o! pay­ also said that the United States only had Maguire, Berkley Bedell, Gerry Studds, ments problem and adopts an economic sta­ one vote in such agencies, but assurances Bennett Stewart, Christopher Dodd, bilization program giving substantial justifi­ were given that Judicious use o! that vote Fred Richmond, William Brodhead, cation o! the member's efforts to overcome its would be made. Apparently, that pledge was John Seiberling, Edward Markey, Tony difficulties, that member is entitled to use its not serious. Hall, Donald Edwards, Augustus Haw­ currency to purchase freely usable curren­ kins, Ron Dellums, Peter Rodino, John cies under the IMF's regular credit facllity in Second, in consideration of any loan, the conyers, Patricia Schroeder, Toby Mof­ an amount determined mathematically by its abiUty to repay should be a consideration. fett, Richard Ottinger, Adam Benja­ IMF quota. In such a calculation, the stablllty o! the min, John Burton, Edwin Forsythe, I! a member in balance o! payments diffi­ government involved should be a !actor. Leon Panetta, Alvin Baldus, Pete Stark, culty experiences a temporary shortfall in its Recent events would indicate that the Robert Edgar, Dale Klldee, Thomas export earnings due to circumstances largely Somoza regime is not stable. To quote your Downey, David Bonior, George Mlller, beyond its control, and cooperates with the response: ". . . . the Nicaraguan Govern­ Timothy Wirth, James Weaver, William IMF to solve its payments difficulties, that ment has been unwilling to work toward a Green, Clarence Long, Raymond Led­ member can use its currency to purchase democratic solution to its political crisis." erer, Shirley Chisholm, Robert Garcia, freely usable currencies under the IMF com­ The existence of such a "political crisis" Dan Glickman, Members of Congress. pensatory financing fac111ty, also in an makes the ab111ty of the Somoza regime to Paul Tsongas, U.S. Senator. amount determined by its IMF quota. repay the loan questionable at best. Under its charter, decisions on IMF opera­ Finally, I would point out that in similar THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, tions are made only on the basis o! economic circumstances last !all, our own role post­ Washington, D.C., May 15, 1979. and financial criteria. Application o! human poned the approval o! a request by Nica­ Hon. DALE E. KILDEE, rights considerations to IMF transactions ragua. House of Representatives, would represent an effort to deny a country I find the argument that we should not Washington, D.C. the rights in the IMF to which it is legally consider our own policy in casting our vote DEAR MR. KILDEE: Thank you for your let­ entitled. Not only would this be inequitable, to be inadequate. It disappoints me that ter of May 10 urging that the United States it would determine members' willingness to the United States government may have con­ oppose requests by the Nicaraguan Govern­ meet their IMF obl1gations. It could also tributed to the continuing violation of hu­ ment for balance-of-payments financing invite other countries to raise political ob­ man rights within Nicaragua. from the International Monetary Fund jections to IMF transactions, including pos­ Once again, I appreciated your considera­ (IMF). I have considered this matter care­ sibly those involving the U.S. (The U.S. has tion of our original request. fully and concluded that the United States drawn !rom the fund on 24 occasions in Sincerely, should not oppose the requests. amounts totaling $6.5 b1llion.) DALE E. KILDEE, Before explaining the reasons for this de­ The IMF is the world's central monetary Member of Congress.e cision, let me emphasize that our position on institution and is unique. It 1s not a develop­ the IMF requests is in no way an act o! ment bank or AID agency and differs funda­ political support for the Nicaraguan Gov­ mentally in character, purpose and operation COURT STREET CARNIVALE ernment and should not be so interpreted. from development banks and AID agencies. Our attitude toward the Nicaraguan Gov­ The IMF's purpose is to promote interna­ ernment has been made clear by the State tional monetary cooperation. and to help pro- HON. FREDERICK W. RICHMOND Department. We deeply regret that the Nic­ . vide the framework for an open, growing OF NEW YORK araguan Government has been unwilling to world economy. work toward a democratic solution to its The IMF's membership is widespread and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES political crisis. This has led the United spans a broad political spectrum. Despite the Friday, June 8, 1979 States to take a number of steps, such as the confiicts-political, social and even m111- withdrawal of the U.S. military mission, and tary-that have arisen among members !rom e Mr. RICHMOND. Mr. Speaker, those a general reduction in U.S. diplomatic pres­ time to time, the membership and the IMF of us in Congress who represent densely ence. We deplore the continuing violations as an institution have carefully respected the populated inner-city districts are con­ of human rights that have occurred in re­ rules in the charter, recognizing that all stantly reminded of the vital importance cent weeks, and we remain convinced that benefit from the universal system represented of community spirit in the preservation the overall situation in Nicaragua cannot by the IMF, and that all lose from politicizing and revitalization of our neighborhoods. substantially improve without a resolution the institution. of the deepening domestic political crisis. An outstanding example of commu­ This matter must therefore be seen not nity cohesiveness will come to life in Let me also emphasize that respect for hu­ just as a Nicaraguan issue, but also as an man rights is a fundamental element of issue involving the policies and practices of my Brooklyn Congressional District on U.S. foreign policy. We have launched ma­ the IMF. Nicaragua is a member of the IMF, Sunday, June 24, as residents of the Car­ jor initiatives to promote that objective, has met its legal obligations, and should be roll Gardens and Cobble Hill communi­ initiatives which I strongly support, and I treated accordingly. The financing it has re­ ties celebrate the revitalization of the believe we must use all appropriate policy quested 1s available to all members who meet instruments to that end. important Court Street business district The IMF, however, is not an appropriate the criteria, and Nicaragua has met the cri­ during the Court Street Carnivale. instrument for these efforts, and an attempt teria. For these reasons, the United States On the day of the carnivale, 20 blocks by the United States to introduce human did not dissent !rom the IMF action. along Court Street will be transformed rights considerations into IMF decisions, by I hope you will find this response help­ into a traffic-free, day-long festival. opposition to the financing request for Nic­ ful in explaining the U.S. position on there­ quests from the Government o! Nicaragua The Court Street Carnivale will run aragua, would be a serious mistake. It would from Atlantic Avenue, through the Cob­ be seen as a U.S. move to politicize the for balance o! payments financing !rom the IMF-an institution that has remained re­ IMF. I! I can be o! further assistance on ble Hill and Carroll Gardens brownstone markably free of political interference, and this matter, please do not hesitate to call communities, to Nelson Street, beginning whose continued success requires that it re­ me. at 11 a.m. and continuing tmtil 6 p.m. main that way. Politicization of the institu­ Sincerely, Highlights of the festival include: par­ tion would severely damage it and harm the W. MICHAEL BLUMENTHAL. ticipation of the Court Street merchants, interests o! the United States and other offering a superb mix of southern Ital­ member countries for the following reasons. MAY 21, 1979. ian and Middle Eastern food; old­ Hon. W. MICHAEL BLUMENTHAL, The IMF is the centerpiece of our efforts fashioned outdoor sidewalk sales; an to promote a stable and smoothly operating Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D.C. endless parade of crafts, antiques, and international economic system, and improve collectibles; rides and games; and enter­ the economic well being of people through­ DEAR MR. SECRETARY: Thank you !or your out the world. It can further these interests May 15, 1979, response to the letter of May tainment throughout the day. only so long as it is permitted to serve the 10, 1979, which was sent by a number of my The carnivale is a production of the purposes for which it is intended. colleagues and me. I must admit tho.t I am Carroll Gardens Association. However, Every member of the IMF has both legal disappointed with your response !or sevP.ral planning and administration of the event rights and obligations-including the right reasons. are being handled by an ad hoc Court to receive financing when experiencing bal­ First, I would like to point out that I have Street Carnivale Committee. The com­ ance of payments difficulties, and the obliga­ consistently opposed amendments to au­ mittee is made up of residents and mer­ tion to provide financing when its balance o! thorization and appropriations bllls !or chants from the area. June 8, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14109 As congressic.nal representative of the Most any member of our committee nonprofit corporation to purchase all Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill com­ would agree with me when I say that the the petroleum and petroleum products munities, I am honored to present the 95th Congress probably spent as mucb imported to the United States. Though opening remarks at the carnivale. The or more time on the airline deregulation it should have been done before, it is opening ceremony will begin at noon in bill as it did on any other piece of leg­ absolutely necessary now. Therefore, I Carroll Park-on Court Street. Many lo­ islation. Therefore, I feel our committee urge you, my colleagues, to sponsor and cal and State legislators, as well as politi­ has a responsibility to monitor the im­ support H.R. 3604 to legislative fulfill­ cal, civic, and community leaders will be plementation of this legislation and to ment. present. assess how closely our directive are I urge my colleagues to read the Saudi Mr. Speaker, Brooklyn's Court Street followed.• statements as it provides us with in­ Carnivale serves as a national model of sight concerning the official Saudi posi­ the community and neighborhood pride tion rather than garbled version or upon which our great American cities scenarios provided by the administra­ have been built.• COORDINATION AMONG OPEC tion or media commentators. STATES URGED The statement follows: FEDERAL AVIATION ACT COORDINATION AMONG OPEC STATES URGED HON. BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL It appears that OPEC countries are about OF NEW YORK to enter a war of real confrontation with a number of parties. The oil-producing coun­ HON. GENE SNYDER IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF KENTUCKY tries can no longer yield to additional pres­ Friday, June 8, 1979 sures, and they can no longer remain unin­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES volved while viewing a number of alarming Friday, June 8, 1979 e Mr. ROSENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, on scenes on the oil markets. Despite all this, June 1, the commentary entitled "Co­ they are being asked to adopt measures that • Mr. SNYDER. Mr. Speaker, my col­ ordination Among OPEC States Urged" contradict their own interests. league and ranking minority member of was broadcast on the official Saudi Ara­ The operation by certain major powers of the Public Works and Transportation bian radio. The statement declares that huge oil stockpiles or price manipulations by Committee, BILL HARSHA, in a recent the Saudis are against the United States, companies at the expense of the producing insertion in the RECORD made reference Japan, the other industrial nations and countries and at the expense of the coun­ to some matters on which our committee the multinational oil companies stock­ tries of the world which are aspiring tor had expressed themselves last year when more development and prosperity, all these piling oil. It further states that a limited negative manifestations in the relations be­ we reported out the airline deregulation number of multinational oil companies tween the producing countries and the vari­ bill. I would specifically like to call at­ have manipulated oil prices so that ous parties must be resolved in favor of our tention to Mr. HARsHA's comments relat­ they have made extravagant profits countries, our peoples and resources. ing to section 408 of the Federal A via­ at the expenses of exporters and con­ What is happening now is that the in­ tion Act regarding airline mergers and sumers. dustralized states, which have resorted to acquisitions, and I would like to asso­ The Saudis plan to propose three stockpiling, are not contributing to the ciate myself with those remarks. OPEC solutions at the June 1979 OPEC long-term solution o! the problem. They are It was the intent of the committee in complicating it and causing us to be more session. First, through OPEC coordina­ cautious toward each other. However, they amending the Federal Aviation Act to tion abolish oil companies' direct deal­ will not force us to adopt haphazard steps judge airline mergers on traditional ings with oil markets such as Rotterdam that would exhaust OPEC's reserves and its antitrust principles established by the and restore a unified OPEC price. Sec­ huge deposits or to rely on an uncertain fu­ Clayton and Sherman Acts as applied ond, limit or prohibit oil sales to the in­ ture. The practical solutions to lessen cur­ to mergers in unregulated industries. dustrialized states if they continue to rent tensions on world oil markets are avail­ Congress did not intend for airline mer­ mainta.in stockpiles. Third, reduce the able and capable of absorbing many strong gers to be scrutinized on vague public control of the multinational oil company collisions which might occur. The leading interest grounds when they withstand solutions are perhaps the following: over financing, supply and control of oil. First, the establishment of full coordina­ antitrust examination. Price manipulation has been indulged tion among the OPEC countries themselves The new act intends to permit those in by most OPEC members. The multi­ for the adoption of measures to confront the mergers that will serve to benefit the national oil companies have probably world co!Ilpanies and to abolish the present public even though they may violate the indulged in the same sport as they are measures in the interest o! the peoples o! Clayton Act. Only in this respect is pub­ in the business of making profits rather the region and their entities. This coordina­ lic interest to be taken into considera­ than protecting the public good or wel­ tion must provide abolition of direct deal­ tion. In other words, if a merger pro­ ings with the on markets and provide com­ fare of this or any other nations. It is mitments to a unified price which must be posal is worthwhile to the public despite essential that we discover-with or with­ agreed upon again by the OPEC countries. some anticompetitive impact, it should out Saudi aid-and disclose such price It must also remove the world companies' be permitted. manipulations and profiteering. opportunity to manipulate prices 1! we reach The Civil Aeronautics Board has been In the past and the present the multi­ agreement on a balanced policy that would directed by the act to allow maximum national oil companies, Exxon, Socal, thwart many of the companies' alms of over­ statutorily defined play of free market Texaco, and Mobil-the partners in throwing OPEC after succeeding ln their ef­ forces, in the airline industry. This in­ ARAMCO-working together with the forts to shake lt from within. Second, reappraisal of open dealings with cludes mergers that do not violate the Saudis, have bilked the U.S. Treasury industrialized states on the basis of a true antitrust laws, or that, while violating through the scam called the foreign tax assessment of their requirements ln order to antitrust provisions, are still congruous credits-actually royalties-claimed by prevent any form o! oil supply to them 1! with the public interest. ARAMCO. It is time that someone pro­ they continue to stockpile and demand in­ The Congress also made perfectly tect the U.S. public. And, it is time we creased production on the pretext o! meet­ clear in its directive to the CAB that ended the allowance of disguised royalty ing the world's requirement for on. there should not be any transition pol­ payments as foreign tax credits claimed Third, an analysis of the conditions o! icy with regard to airline mergers. A by U.S. oil companies. Therefore I urge world markets to determine their require­ wait-and-see policy on these mergers you, my colleagues, to support the bills ments and define the methods of dealing with them in a manner that would reduce would be inconsistent with the rapid introduced by CHARLES VANIK, FORTNEY the control of the world companies over fi­ deregulation we envisioned and that the STARK, and GERALD SOLOMON, and to urge nancing, supply and control of .oil. Board is effecting. our colleagues on the Ways and Means What the world companies are attempting All too often, administrative agencies Committee to act promptly and cor­ Is a kind of war a.galnst the OPEC countries have not adhered to legislative intent, rectly to end the foreign oil tax credit. In order to create an atmosphere of hatred and as ranking minority member of the Further if OPEC wishes to reduce, toward It and to moblUze feellngs to pave the wav for any vengeful step that is con­ Aviation Committee, I am concerned limit the role of U .S. multinational oil cealed behind their envious ambitions and with the direction deregulation will ulti­ companies in the financing, exploration, pollcles. mately take the airline industry in years development, transportation, marketing, It is indeed regrettable to say that these to come if the congressional intent is and control of foreign crude oil, it is plans began to bear fruit in the absence of not adhered to. necessary that this Nation establish a actual and total coordination among there- 14110 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 8, 1979 gion's states. The industrialized states and colleagues will recall. It was election field of accounting have noted that the the world companies have benefited from the year and the Congress quit in mid-Octo­ principles underlying the two systems varied prices among the OPEC states by pre­ ber. Second, our delegation "pre­ are incompatible. senting the case to world public opinion in a empted" no one's plane. Third, subway manner that could at least be described as I believe that the authority on which unjust. We are in a dangerous phase and we systems are an integral part of most this proposal is based should be repealed. must make efforts to achieve this coordina­ nations' civil defense systems, as Mr. That is why I have cosponsored H.R. tion to avoid any unexpected dangers.e Anderson should know. Fourth, Ireland 3795, introduced by my friend from Ohio, does have a civil defense system on Mr. KINDNEss. I urge my colleagues to which it spends more capita than we join me in cosponsoring this important TRUTH EVADES JACK ANDERSON do. Fifth, we did not have a special legislation.• AGAIN plane, but one from among the squadron at Andrews Air Force Base that is sup­ posed to furnish aircraft for all three POPE JOHN PAUL II HON. LARRY McDONALD branches of Government for travel. OF GEORGIA Sixth, I ordered no limousines. TheY HON. EDWARD J. DERWINSKI IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES were ordered by the State Department and I canceled them as soon as I OF ILLINOIS Friday, June 8, 1979 learned about them. Seventh, we all took IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES • Mr. McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, from one bus the remainder of the trip and Friday, June 8, 1979 December 30, 1978, through January 9, all rode together. Eighth, my trip was e Mr. DERWINSKI. Mr. Speaker, the 1979, a delegation from the House Armed ordered and approved by the chairman whole world is watching the dramatic Services visited Ireland, Norway, Swit­ of the House Armed Services Com­ trip of Pope John Paul II, to Poland, his zerland, Egypt, and Israel studying civil mittee. I do not believe I have any more native land. Aside from the religious mo­ defense, received a status report on the "clout" with the Air Force than any tivation of the trip, it represents a tre­ strategic arms limitation talks and met other congressional delegation desig­ mendous breakthrough in the govern­ with the leaders in Egypt and Israel rel­ nated by a committee chairman to ment control of information, which is ative to the current peace efforts. A re­ travel. standard practice in Communist coun­ port of this trip was made and issued on In sum, Jack Anderson does a disserv­ tries. March 8, 1979. ice to the U.S. Congress and the United I believe the Members will be especially On May 31, 1979, columnist Jack States with these statements of his con­ interested in a statement by Aloysius A. Anderson made some comments on the taining all these falsehoods, and I believe Mezewski, president of the Polish Ameri­ Ireland portion of that trip and true to the record should be set straight.• can Congress in reference to the trip of form, his report was about 98 percent Pope John Paul II, and its impact on wrong. A copy of the transcript of Ander­ SYSTEM FOR HOSPITAL UNIFORM Americans of Polish descent. I wish to son's statement is inserted at this point: REPORTING insert it at this point: CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATIONS ON TOUR POPE JOHN PAUL II'S TRIP TO POLAND (By Jack Anderson) During the current visit of Pope John Paul Congressmen are the world's most deter­ HON. TOBY ROTH II to his native Poland, American Polonia mined travelers. Each tourist season they OF WISCONSIN shares the joy and the awareness o! this mo­ set out from Capitol Hill in droves to ex­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mentous event with the Polish nation, deeply plore the world. Such is the scope of this conscious of the beneficient and transcen­ great migration that it can be said that the Friday, June 8, 1979 dental contributions the Catholic Church has sun never sets on C001gress while it's out of • Mr. ROTH. Mr. Speaker, it is ironic been making and continues to make to Po­ session. Well earlier this year, Congress de­ that at a time when Congress is consid­ land's founding and development in terms or clared a brief recess and the Congressmen spiritual and cultural values and its inde­ took off into the wild blue yonder. Well, I've ering legislation to contain hospital costs, structible "will to be". just seen the confidential cables on some of we are now faced with a pending regu­ We are deeply aware and appreciative of their trips. One delegation was headed by lation by the Department of Health, the !act that the first Polish Pope's visit to Georgia Congressman Larry McDonald. He Education, and Welfare that would in­ his native land constitutes a unique and belongs to the House Armed Services Com­ crease hospital costs by adding substan­ epoch-making !act in the m1llennial annals mittee. Well, this gives him clout with the tially to the regulatory burden that hos­ o! the Catholic Church in our ancestral Air Force so he pre-empted an Air Force pitals must bear. home. plane from another Congressional group Hospital administrators in my district And on this singular occasion Americans with less clout. Now this group was on its have expressed grave concern over these o! Polish origin and heritage do underscore way to study subway systems in faraway the unbreakable ties which spiritually and cities. McDonald was eager to visit Ireland. proposed regulations-known by the culturally exist between them and the coun­ This was necessary, he insisted to study acronym "SHUR"--or system for hos­ try of their origin. Ireland's civil defense system. But Ireland pital uniform reporting. The sense, substance and relevancy o! these doesn't have a civil defense system to speak I find three major ftaws in these pend­ ties are best demonstrated on that forever o!. The U.S. Embassy cabled back diplo­ ing regulations: memorable day of October 16th, when the matically, let me quote, "Irish efforts in this First. The high dollar coot forced on first Pole was elected the Supreme Pontiff direction are modest, indeed." hospitals in order to comply with the of the Roman Catholic Church. Americans of Meanwhile, the Air Force put a special reporting requirements. Polish origin shared with the Polish nation plane at McDonald's disposal so the Con­ the unbounded joy, pride and thanksgiving gressmen toured Western Europe in style. Second. The likelihood that hospitals stemming from that singular event. They brought along their wives to study the will need to keep two sets of books-one Thus, aware of this kinship and spiritual women's angle. Now according to the cables, for HEW and one in order to properly and cultural ties with the land of our an­ McDonald ordered six limousines !or his manage the hospital. cestry, we hope that Pope John Paul II's party in Ireland but later he became appre­ Third. The lack of any discernible visit to Poland will open and fac111tate a way hensive about this extravagance and changed benefit to result froni this reporting sys­ to resolution of many conflicting problems his mind. Instead, he requested only one tem. that exist between the Church and the sec­ limousine-for himself and his wi!e. He let ular authorities in Poland. the rest o! the party travel by bus. Moreover, these reporting require­ We would like to see the construction o! 0! course, not all our wandering legisla­ ments appear to go beyond the intent many more new churches than heretofore, to tors are glorified sightseers. In the world of Congress in enacting the medicare­ satisfy the spiritual needs o! the expanding outside, where a large part of the U.S. budget medicaid· antifraud and abuse amend­ population; taking in America the freedom is being spent, Congressional delegations ments of 1977. Although the legislative of information !or granted, as a natural have uncovered waste. But most o! them history indicates that the current medi­ right, we would like to see Poland's mass have merely contributed to the waste. media more accessible to religious matters, care-medicaid reimbursement system and we would llke to see the circulation Now I will just try to cover the major was not to be combined or replaced with restrictions placed on such Catholic publica­ errors in Mr. Anderson's statement. a uniform reporting system, HEW's pro­ tions as the renown and respected "Typod­ First, it was not a "brief recess" as my posal does so. In addition, experts in the nlk Powszechny" lifted. June 8, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14111 Thus watching with anxiety and concern think we could live with that on a security ing, and boost the credib111ty of the CIA and many seemingly insurmountable problems basis." He went on to say that our enemies other agencies. and challenges of contemporary Poland, we already know (the budget) in the first place Rebuttal: Disclosure of total NFIP appro­ sincerely hope that the Pope's visit to his and it's broadly published. priations is not intended to be a panacea.. native land wil pave the way for a more 8. Conclusion of the Church Committee However, it is one step in not only construc­ equitable, just and proper attitude of the was: "The Committee agrees that there will tively informing the public about intelllgence Communist government toward the religious be pressure for more detailed revelations, activities, but this disclosure will also help life in Poland and its most important repre­ but the Committee views such pressure as a increase the presumption of openness sur­ sentative, the Roman Catholic Church now sign of a healthy democracy. If a decision is rounding intelligence activities. This pro­ headed by a great Son of Poland. made not to disclose further information, sumption will strengthen public support for we extend to His Holiness our most sin­ disclosure can be resisted as successfully in intelligence activities and for truly neces­ cere wishes that his visit to his homeland the future as disclosure has been resisted in sary secrecy regarding intelligence xnatters. will bring him great joy and everlasting en­ the past." 3. Releasing a CIA budget figure w111 iden­ couragement to his native land.e 9. Claims about damage to the national tify intelllgence trends and indicate to our security resulting from publication of the enemy what we are doing. aggregate figure for each intelligence agency Rebuttal: Such trends cannot be deduced must be viewed in the light of far more de­ from disclosure of a single aggregate figure. tailed, and continuing, exposure of the If these trends could be so deduced, Admiral INTELLIGENCE BUDGET TOTAL budgets of other agencies vital to the na­ Turner, former Director Schlesinger, and SHOULD BE DISCLOSED tional security. Disclosure of funds appro­ others would oppose such disclosure. They priated for the Department of Defense and have had many opportunities to do so and the Atomic Energy Commission did not and have not. HON. ROMANO L. MAZZOLI does not reveal vital national security in­ 4. Since disclosure of an intelligence ap­ OF KENTUCKY formation. propriation figure will be meaningless With­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 10. Senator Symington noted, there's out disclosure of what the money is being nothing secret about the cost of a. nuclear used for, there will be increased demands Friday, June 8, 1979 aircraft carrier or the cost of the C-5A. But for additional budgetary information, and, • Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, when the knowledge of the cost does not equ.a.I knowl­ in due course, more and more information House takes up H.R. 3831, to authorize edge of how the weapons operate or how about U.S. intelligence activities will be re­ appropriations for the intelligence and they would be utilized. Similarly, knowledge vealed. While such a. revelation will be very intelligence-related activities of the U.S. of the overall cost of intelligence does not useful to an adversary possessing a sophisti­ tn any way entail the release of informa­ cated analytic ca.pab111ty, it will be mean­ Government, I intend to offer an amend­ tion about how the various intelligence ingless to even generally well-informed mem­ ment to require the President to disclose groups function, or plan to function. bers of the public. the total amount of the National For­ 11. In a. society based on the consent of Rebuttal: Disclosure of an aggregate figure eign Intelligence Program Italy. The land of Michaelangelo, Botti­ passenger rail service is well documented quire up to two years to put into effect; de­ pending on circumstances, some might yet celli, Da Vinci, Verdi, and Puccini, and in a recent study published by the U.S. be avoided. Galileo, Marconi, and Fermi, holds spe­ Conference of Mayors, which indicates When Amtrak was created in 1971, it had cial meaning for Americans and the that since 1971, when Amtrak was cre­ no employees, no tracks, no rolling stock, no world as we pay tribute to today's demo­ ated, less than 3 percent of Federal stations, no nothing. Congress gave it only cratic Italy. transportation subsidies has gone to $40 million for starters; while appropriations Amtrak-only $2.6 billion out of $94.5 have grown, they have been decided annually. The emergence of an Italian Republic billion. Furthermore, New York Times denying the possib111ty of long-range plan­ after World War II was inspiring to all Columnist Tom Wicker, in an excellent rung. No recent Admin1stration has believed of us who watched totalitarianism take in rail passenger service more than grudg­ hold on other parts of Europe and article describing Federal Government's ingly; as a result Amtrak has been the red­ shortsided failure to respond to the en­ around the globe at that time. I served headed stepchild of American transporta­ during the war in Italy with the 1st ergy crisis by encouraging rail travel, tion. points out that the administration has Yet, it has survived and grown, if not into Armored Division of the U.S. Army. After proposed to increase Federal funding for a good service at least beyond most expecta­ the war ended, I became involved in a highway construction by 6 percent at the tions. When gasoline shortages materialized letterwriting campaign from the United same time it planned a !-percent cutback this year, people began flocking back to States when Italy elected its new parlia­ in Amtrak funding. As we move toward trains. Advance bookings are up 90 percent ment. During that election, the Italian over· last year. Trains leaving Chicago for people made a commitment to rebuild consideration of Amtrak's fiscal year the West Coast are now fully booked and last 1980 authorization, I hope that my col­ their nation into a strong democratic winter over 70,000 callers were unable to state. leagues in the House will take the time make reservations on New York-to-Florida to read Wicker's commonsense analysis, trains. Since that time, Italy, like many other which I am inserting in the RECORD. I As a result, and because of assiduous nations, has confronted its share of dif­ also hope that officials at DOT and the lobbying by rail service supporters, Congress ficulties-a struggling economy, high un­ White House will take note: may be somewhat more in the mood to con­ employment, social unrest, and inci­ cede at least some value to Amtrak. The dences of domestic terrorism. However, in REPRIEVE FOR AMTRAK Senate recommended, for example, $3 million (By Tom Wicker) and the House $18 million more than the meeting these adversities, the Italian Amtrak, threatened only a few weeks ago D.O.T. for assisting states that want to pay people have demonstrated the strength with emasculation, may be at least partially for additional Amtrak service; and the House of character and resoluteness of will rescued by a combination of ridership gains recommended for 1980 a ratio of 80 percent which marks their great history. In this forced by the energy crunch and vigorous rall Amtrak and only 20 percent state funding context, tht Italian Republic will enter its butr lobbying. Not that the needed commit­ for such additional service (rising to 50/50 34th year with the experience of over­ ment has as yet been made to develop first­ in 1982). coming several crises within the frame­ class rail passenger service; but at least the But this is only the merest start on what Administration's meat ax appears to have needs to be done, 1! a really useful rail pas­ work of the democratic principles estab­ been stayed for a while. senger system is to be re-established. Long­ lished in 1946. And why not? With President Carter com­ term financing to make possible long-term Mr. Speaker, all Americans are pleased plaining daily that he cannot persuade the plann1ng is essential. More capital funds are by Italy's steadfast commitment to pre­ American people that the energy crisis is real, needed to upgrade equipment and roadbed serve their democracy, but I know that it would hardly make sense to cut in half 1f passengers are to be attracted on more Americans of Italian descent are espe­ what little rail passenger service the nation than an emergency, no-gas basis. A stable has. With every sign pointing to more, not route structure, complementing airline and cially proud. less, restraint on private auto travel in the bus service, needs to be established. I am privileged to count myself among future, Amtrak needs to be strengthened, Another prospect worth exploring is a re­ the millions of Americans of Italian not truncated. turn of the old railway postal service. Mall origin who have brought the richness of Yet, remarkably, the Administration is subsidies are a traditional way to encourage the Italian culture to our land and en­ proposing to shift money saved in all passen­ transportation development, as with the hanced our American way of life. The ger appropriations to highway funding. Even embryo airlines in the 1930's; the intercity many contributions of these Americans as it prepared to slash Amtrak funds by postal trucks in use now burn mlllions of gal­ about 19 percent next year, a 6 percent in­ lons of gas but cannot carry passengers; and continue to grow in the arts and the crease to $6.93 billion in highway construc­ in any case, mail delivery could hardly be fields of science, medicine, education, tion money was requested. worse. Amtrak already serves 20 of the 21 cit- law, and government. Apparently for the main purpose of saving ies where the Postal Service's bulk mall cen­ As we all join in paying tribute to $1.4 billion over five years-about the cost of ters are located, and one study shows Amtrak the Italian nation and its people on their New York's proposed Westway for automo­ can also handle first-class m.ail for distances 33d anniversary as a Republic, I want to biles-the Department of Transportation up to 1,000 miles. sent Congress a plan to lop off 12,000 miles Above all, Amtrak needs what ls not yet take this opportunity to reaffirm the (43 percent) of Amtrak routes and some of in sight--an Administration and a Congress friendship between our two countries its most popular trains. Transportation Sec- enthusiastically committed to ran passenger and look to a bright future.• June 8, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14113 THE PAY OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES BANKING LEGISLATION-TRANSAC­ both to customers of depositor institutions TION ACCOUNTS and to the institutions themselves, namely the future of transaction accounts on which HON. EDWARD J. DERWINSKI interest is paid notwithstanding the long HON. JOHN H. ROUSSELOT statutory prohibition against the payment OF ILLINOIS of interest on demand deposits. OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES It is a privilege to appear on the same Friday, June 8, 1979 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES panel with the distinguished former senator Friday, June 8, 1979 from New Hampshire, Tom Mcintyre, who Mr. DERWINSKI. Mr. Speaker, as so ably championed the cause of financial re­ ranking minority member of the House e Mr. ROUSSELOT. Mr. Speaker, many form during his tenure as Chairman of the Post Office and Civil Service Committee, of us in the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Financial Institutions of I am interested in the practical proposals have received large amounts of mail con­ the Senate Banking Committee. It is no coin­ contained in the President's Fed&ral pay cerning a decision handed down on cidence that the Senator and I represent, re­ April 20, 1979, by the U.S. Court of spectively, the Northeastern United States reform package. and California in the West, areas which have Therefore, I was pleased to see the Appeals for the District of Columbia seen the fiercest competition for retail de­ positive editorial response in this morn­ which held that share draft accounts of­ posits and in which the demand for new fi­ ing's Washington Post, which follows my fered by credit unions, automatic trans­ nancial services has been greatest. remarks. It is especially important to fer accounts offered by commercial banks I also want to acknowledge my successor note that in addition to his civil service and remote service units operated by sav­ as Ranking Minority Member of the Sub­ reform legislation, the President is to be ings and loan associations violate Fed­ committee, the distinguished Representative eral statutes which prohibit the payment from Ohio, Chalmers Wylie. To be ranking further commended for his efforts to help on such an active subcoinmittee is always a improve the etliciency of the Federal of interest on demand deposits. challenging job, but the recent court deci­ bureaucracy: The court acknowledged that present sion has made it even more so. You have my THE PAY OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES law is obsolete, but ruled that the courts best wishes and full moral support. The President's proposed changes in the and banking agencies lack the power to In my statement I shall discuss the re­ way federal salaries are calculated won't do act in the face of existing Federal stat­ cent history of the Subcommittee's considera­ much for his popularity with civil servants. utes. However, the court permitted the tion of financial reform legislation, set forth If adopted, they would eventually cut the accounts and services to be offered until some basic facts which I believe the Subcom­ amount of money the government pays its January 1, 1980, to give Congress time mittee should keep in mind as it grapples employees by about $3 billion a year. While to resolve the policy issues raised by with the issues raised by the court decision, that will be hard for civil servants to accept, and make several specific recommendations the decision. concerning the direction in which the Sub­ the fact is that the Carter proposals go in In­ the right direction. They are an obvious next The Subcommittee on Financial committee should move as it attempts to re­ step in the prolonged effort to make govern­ stitutions of the House Banking Com­ spond to the mandate of the Court of Ap­ ment salaries fully comparable to those paid mittee, on which I formerly served as peals. by private industry. ranking minority member, held 3 days RECENT BACKGROUND The central, and most controversial, item of hearings on transaction account leg­ Chairman St Germain, Senator Mcintyre, in this new plan is that which would in­ islation on May 15-17, 1979, and addi­ and I share vivid recollections of the debate clude the value of fringe benefits when fed­ tional hearings are planned on June 12- which took place during the 93d Congress eral and nongovernmental salaries are com­ 14. The hearings have focused on Sub­ and which resulted in Federal ratification of pared. These benefits, estimated to run committee Chairman ST GERMAIN'S bill, what was then referred to as the NOW ac­ about 30 percent of the real cost of the gov­ count "experiment." The original two-state H.R. 3864, which would repeal the pro­ experiment was quickly expanded to include ernment payroll, are not counted now. hibition against the payment of interest It may have been a proper accounting the rest of New England. While not every­ technique to disregard such costs when the on demand deposits and would confer one is totally delighted with conditions in civil servants won their struggle some years transaction account powers upon all fed­ the New England financial markets today, I back to make the government pay "com­ erally insured depository institutions believe it is safe to say that none of the dire parable" salaries. But as the fringes-pen­ which presently lack them. The subcom­ predictions which were made when Congress sions, vacations, medical benefits and so on­ mittee will also consider H.R. 4305, a bill considered the NOW account legislation has have increased dramatically in value in both come to pass. sponsored by Congressman ANNUNZIO In 1975 the House defeated a proposal to the public and private sectors, excluding which purports to legalize the accounts them distorts "comparab1Uty" beyond recog­ extend NOW accounts nationwide, but a.t the nition. Most employees in private industry and services which the court found end of the 95th Congress, New York was began long ago to count the value of those illegal. added to the list of States in which Federally­ benefits when comparing job offers from On the first day of hearings, May 15, chartered depository institutions could offer I testified before the subcommittee and NOW accounts. In 1975-76 this Subcoinmit­ different employers. tee conducted a series of extensive hearings, The president's other big change would be presented my views on the implications popularly known as the "FINE study" on the to break up the nationwide pay scale for of the court decision. Although I stated subject of financial reform. Although many white-collar workers. This would mean that that I had some reservations regarding excellent proposals were considered and a preva111ng local wage rates would be taken H.R. 3864, I also expressed my firm belief valuable record was made, the results of the into account when federal salaries were set. that- Study were inconclusive. Given the difference in the cost of living be­ The entire period has seen "piecemeal" tween Washington and, say, Plains, Ga., there congress is not going to tell the millions of customers of depository institutions that movement in the direction of authorizing all i:; an argument for making government sal­ depository institutions to offer interest-bear­ aries reflect local conditions. Large private they must give up services which they have found to be convenient. ing transaction accounts, prixnarily as a. re­ companies know they must pay more in sult of what might be called "creative inter­ Washington or New York than they pay in While my statement does not point pretations of the statutes which govern the xnany southern and southwestern coinmuni­ to an easy way out of the current di­ ties for the same quality of worker. powers of depository institutions by the au­ lemma, I can assure my colleagues that thorities which regulate those institutions. If Congress goes along with the president strenuous efforts are being made to find Unless the Court of Appeals decision is set on all this, Mr. Carter wlll have fulfilled one a solution which can be enacted before aside between now and the end of this year, of his major campaign promises. His civil or another stay of its order is granted it ap­ service reform legislation, which passed last the court-ordered suspension takes effect. In the hope that the full text of my pears that Congress will have to face the un­ year, provided the government with some of palatable decision of whether to enforce the the flexibility it needs to deal with a large, statement will be helpful to my colleagues prohibition against the payment of interest and sometimes blundering, bureaucracy. His and to their constituents who have an on demand deposits or to cast it aside, once pay proposals would go a long way toward interest in the transaction account issue, and for all. quieting the constant (and growing) com­ I am inserting it in the RECORD at this plaint from business organizations, state and FACTS WHICH LEGISLATORS MUST FACE local governments, and also ordinary citizens time: Recent hearings held both on and off Capi­ that federal salaries are too high. As unwel­ STATEMENT OF JOHN H. ROUSSELOT tol Hill on the various proposals to improve come as the pay proposals xnay be to federal Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcom­ alternatives available to small savers have employees, eliminating the basis for that mittee: I am grateful to the distinguished been marked by some fairly heavy rhetoric. widespread complaint may be more impor­ Chairman of the Subcommittee on Financial Spokesmen for savers' organizations have tant to their economic welfare in the long Institutions for the opportunity to testify complained that in.fiation and high taxes run. on a matter which is of great importance, wipe out the interest on thelr sa.vlngs and 14114 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 8, 1979 even part o! the principal. Spokesmen for next year. Many of the innovative services tell the millions of customers of depository depository institutions argue that they can­ which are now being developed challenge not institutions that they must give up services not earn a. sufficient return on their assets only regulation Q and the prohibition against which they have found to be convenient. In to improve their payments to savers. It is the payment of interest on demand deposits my judgment, this assurance should be pro­ important to recognize that the underlying but also the restrictions against interstate vided as soon as possible, and does not have cause of the increased tension between sav­ bank branching contained in the McFadden to be done at the expense of broader finan­ ers and depository inst itutions is the infla­ Act. The advent of electronic fund transfer cial reform legislation. tion from which this country has suffered services poses a formidable threat to tradi­ 4. Depository institutions which presently ever since it tried to provide guns for the war tional notions of what constitutes a. lack the ·authority to offer transaction ac­ in Vietnam and butter for the ambitious "branch." counts, consumer loans, and variable rate "Great Society" social programs at the same Finally, it must be recognized that many mortgages should be granted these powers. time. depository institutions, particularly those Of course, I am speaking primarily of Fed­ Inflation at the rate we have experienced which are located in the most competitive erally-chartered savings and loan associa­ in the post-Vietnam war period plays havoc market areas, will need to obtain new powers tions, assuming that credit unions will ulti­ with interest rate ceilings on rates paid to so that they can improve their earnings and mately be confirmed in their ab1llty to offer savers and charged to borrowers, which were their a.blllty to compete for retail deposits. share draft accounts. established in quieter times. Volatile money At the same time, the managers of many of The new powers will not be welcome on the market conditions create especially serious these same institutions are either opposed to part of all of these institutions, but they are difficulties for thrift institutions, whose new grants of authority or are prepared to needed by many, and I believe the thrift business of financing housing necessarily in­ accept them reluctantly. This is because they industry wlll be severely handicapped in its volves long-term commitments. The inabil­ prefer to specialize in the financing of agri­ a.b111ty to compete against other depository ity or unwillingness of responsible Federal culture, in the case of many small banks, or institutions, as well as non-depository, insti­ authorities, and I refer primarily to the housing, in the case of most thrift institu­ tutions. The grant of new powers may be Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve tions. They have no desire to see their in­ coupled with a phaseout of regulation Q System, to control infia.tion has caused the stitutions become "homogenized," yet the over a. period of years sufficiently long to instability in financial markets which we market, much more than the Congress or enable the industry to adjust to its new com­ have all decried. Savers, borrowers, and de­ any other power is forcing them to move in petitive environment and sufficiently short pository institutions are the victims of this that direction. to provide a.n incentive to make the necessary governmental neglect. WHAT IS TO BE DONE? adjustments. Five years seems like a. reason­ Legislators should bear in mind that there There are a number of suggestions which able period to me. The increasing competitive are millions of customers of depository in­ I would offer as a set of appropriate responses strength of credit unions and money market stitutions who are using, and benefiting to the circumstances which have been dis­ mutual funds which are not subject to regu­ from, the services which the Court of Ap­ cussed above: lation Q suggests that the importance and peals held violative of Federal law. The court utility of this regulation are likely to decline itself had the interests of these customers 1. The most effective single action which could be taken to reduce the pressure on our in any event. in mind when it stayed the effective date of Throughout the consideration of financial its suspension order until January 1, 1980. nation's financial system would be to restore monetary stability. The cause of inflation reform legislation it should be borne in mind Credit unions have nearly a million mem­ is not mysterious. Infia.tion results from the that the objective is not for Congress to bers with share draft accounts, and these ac­ creation of money at a. faster rate than is replace one "structure" of financial institu­ counts total more than $800 million. More justified ,by the a.billty of the economy to tions with another, nor to dictate to institu­ than three quarters of a million commercial increase the production of goods and services. tions how they should manage their new bank customers are utilizing automatic The cure for infiation is not to go to the powers, for Congress is not wise enough to transfer accounts, with total deposits of opposite extreme, to suddenly and dramati­ make these decisions. Instead, Congresa more than $6 billion. Moreover, we know that cally reduce money growth and bring on a should establish a legislative framework many banks have been offering automatic severe recession, for this creates the demand within which institutions can adapt to meet transfer services to selected customers !or for "countercyclical" spending and "cheap" the needs of the marketplace. years. In fact, when the Federal financial in­ money which serves as an excuse to crank up In conclusion, I would like to comment stitutions regulators promulgated their au­ the engines of infiation for another ride on briefiy on the Chairman's b111, H.R. 3864. tomatic transfer regulations last fall, a the infiation roller coaster. The cure is for Certainly the combination of the repeal of number of bank executives remarked that the Federal Reserve to announce that it is the prohibition against the payment of inter­ they never thought they lacked the author­ going to gradually reduce the rate of money est on demand deposits with the grant of ity to offer what they considered to be "over­ growth to realistic levels and keep it there, authority to offer transaction accounts is a. draft protection" to checking account cus­ and then for the Fed to achieve its an­ simple and direct way to respond to the court tomers who had money in their savings decision. However, I do have two major accounts. nounced goals. Organizations of savers and of depository institutions should use their reservations: Remote service units have proven to be a. considerable influence to encourage the Fed First, I a.m concerned that it may not be valuable service for customers of savings and to adopt this course. Even Members of Con­ possible to achieve enactment of this simple loan associations. One large California. as­ gress can be of some help in promoting this and direct proposal before the clock runs out sociation operates 32 remote service units at cause. on the millions of customers who wm suffer "convenience booths" in high traffic loca­ 2. Congress should provide some tax in­ 1f the court-ordered suspension of services tions. Remote service units enable customers centives for the small saver. At present, the should take effect. It would not surprise me to save not only time but also gasoline, balance is heavily tilted toward debt and if the Chairman shared this concern about which is of great importance, especially in consumption, instead of toward savings and his own b111, but I am sure he wlll do his best gasoline-starved Southern California. Frank­ investment. The explosion of consumer debt to meet the court's deadline. ly, I do not understand what the court had which has reached a. peak in recent months Second, I note that H.R. 3864 differs from a in mind when it held that withdra.wls from shows that the small saver understands this. similar blll which the Chairman introduced RSU's are functionally equivalent to a. check, I am confident that 1f the balance is tilted last year, in that it applies to all Federally­ given that there is no negotiable instru­ the other way, the saver will respond, and insured depository institutions, not just to ment with which a. third party can be paid. accordingly have introduced two bills, H.R. Federally-chartered institutions. I have a. Nevertheless, thrift institutions do offer so­ 734 and H.R. 735, which would exclude from basic philosophical objection to removing called "blll-payer" and "telephone transfer" gross income the first $1,000 and $2,000, from the States the authority to determine accounts which may operate beneath a legal respectively, of interest earned on savings the extent of the powers to be exercised by cloud under the reasoning o! the court de­ held in depository institutions. There are their chartered institutions. Although I cision. several other proposals which provide other appreciate the frustration on the part of my We need to be mindful o! the fact that tax incentives to savers, and I am hopeful colleagues with the policy decisions made by customers of depository institutions have that they will receive serious attention by many States when they exercise their sov­ plentiful alternatives to traditional check­ the Committee on Ways and Means, on which ereign powers-the impractical usury stat­ ing and savings accounts, and the exist­ I serve. utes which some States have adopted are a. ence o! these alternatives contributes to the 3. Some form of relief should be afforded good example-! st111 believe there are values pressure for financial reform. Money mar­ as soon as possible to the m1llions of cus­ worth preserving in the "dual banking" sys­ ket mutual funds, some of which pay in­ tomers of depository institutions who are tem. After all, it was the "dual banking" terest at rates in excess of ten percent, and presently using the services which now stand system which made NOW accounts possible most of which permit shareholders to write to be suspended under the court decision. in New England. checks in amounts above a. specified mini­ Congress has a mandate and an incentive I thank the distinguished Chairman and mum, have enjoyed phenomenal growth and to address the larger policy issues raised by Members of the Subcommittee for giving me now hold more than $20 blllion. Sears has the court decision, and I hope that it can the opportunity to testl!y on the legislation announced plans to sell its obligations to fulfill this mandate. At the same time, I and wish them every success in dealing with customers In small denominations, beginning firmly believe that Congress Is not going to the co:mplex Issues which It ratses.e June 8, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14115 BOSTON COLLEGE HONORS VICE Hundreds of thousands of Americans have That does not mean that the Soviets have PRESIDENT MONDALE been drawn in terrible fascination to the in any way undermined the strength of our volcanic relics of that disaster, the child deterrent forces. It does not mean that they with his dog, the merchant in his store, the have achieved strategic superiority. And it HON. EDWARD P. BOLAND table set for breakfast, all frozen in time by does not mean we are weak. the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. It means that we are in overall balance. OF MASSACHUSETTS More than curiosity about Roman Ufe and And to remain in balance, we are forced to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES art has made the story of Pompeii so com­ match what they do, and they are forced to Friday, June 8, 1979 pelling. What touches deep chords in us is do the same, in a. spiral of ever-increasing the totality of the disaster, its suddenness, risk and cost. But the stark reality is that • Mr. BOLAND. Mr. Speaker, on May 21, its power, its abillty to destroy in a. few mo­ neither of us can win an all-out arms race. 1979, I was pleased and honored to be ments the fruits of centuries. It is a. futile search for temporary advantage. able to attend the commencemnet exer­ For us, Pompeii is a distant mirror. For The more each side builds without restraint, cises at Boston College. The ceremony we, too, live in the volcano's shadow. the more each nation is impoverished, and I've been in public life now for nearly the less secure each nation and the world was an impressive one--degrees were 20 years, and in politics for nearly 30. If you become. Sheer sanity, common sense, and a. conferred on graduates of eight schools ask me what single issue concerns me most decent respect for mankind call upon our and colleges. These graduates, as well as about the world in which our children will genera. tlon to do something to stop this the entire Boston College community, live, I would have no difficulty in saying insanity before we are destroyed. are to be congratulated. Rev. J. Donald what that is. It is the fear that the world We are not in decline. To point to weapons Monan, S.J., the president of Boston Col­ would resort to the use of nuclear weaponry. systems that Soviets have built which we do lege, and his faculty and staff have made No other danger jeopardizes so completely not possess, is to forget that we unilaterally the legacy of our civilization. And no other chose not to build them because we do not Boston College one of the premier edu­ peril threatens to trlvialize so utterly the need them. cational institutions in the world. hopes and dreams that a college commence­ To incant the names of nations whose At the commencement ceremonies, ment symbolizes. friendship we have lost, is to ignore the new Boston College conferred an honorary As the Holy Father said in his first encyc­ bonds of friendship we have built with doctor of laws degree on Vice President lical: countless nations that celebrate the rebirth WALTER MONDALE. The degree recognized "Man lives Increasingly in fear. He is of democracy and human rights. To bemoan the Vice President's many contributions afraid that his genius and initiative can the limits that responsibillty places on our radically turn against himself. He is afraid power, is to shirk our new maturity that tells to the Nation, both as U.S. Senator and that it can become the means for unimagin­ us that there is not an American solution for as Vice President. Certainly, all of us able self-destruction, compared with which every world problem. present concurred in Boston College's de­ all the cataclysms and catastrophes of history We are not number two. We are secure to­ cision to honor this ''beloved tribune of seem to fade away." day. We are taking steps to ensure that we the Republic." From that awful fear is born an awesome wlll remain secure tomorrow, and we will After receiving his degree, the Vice responsibillty. For unlike a volcano, nuclear never sign a treaty with any nation that President addressed the convocation on weapons are built by nations. And unlike a. makes · a. single compromise with that the question of the SALT II agreement. volcano, the power to reduce the risk of strength. nuclear warfare is held in human hands. The second bad question I have heard re­ Mr. Speaker, I have never listened to a I believe that the new Strategic Arms Lim­ cently is this: "The Russians are our enemy. better commencement address. The Vice itation Treaty represents a. historic chance Why should we give them this treaty as a. President's excellent appeal for ratifi­ for our country to seize that responsibillty, gift?" But the SALT treaty is not a. gift to the cation was powerful and to the point­ and to reduce that risk. Soviets. It is an agreement that serves the without ratification of a SALT II agree­ The SALT treaty, as one observer has said, security interests of our nation and of the ment, this Nation, and the rest of the must not only be approved by the Senate. It world. world, faces the very real risk of nuclear must be ratified, understood, sanctioned, We are not seeking to reach a. strategic conftagration. A great deal of-debate has and affirmed. arms agreement with the Soviet Union in already occurred on the agreement and Our decision on SALT rests on our abil­ order to do them a. favor. This agreement is the Vice President addressed that debate ity to sort out the good arguments from the in our interests, and in the interest of inter­ bad, the responsible questions from the national security. It doesn't weaken us; It in his speech. His talk was convincing demagoguery. What muddles the decision strengthens us. as well as inspiring and I believe it should are questions that rest on false assumptions. You have permitted me to serve in this be widely disseminated. This morning I want to look at three bad highest councils of government. I sit on all Mr. Speaker, Boston College's 1979 questions about SALT, and three good ones the crucial advisory and policy bodies bearing commencement was a memorable event as well. on American defense. And I can guarantee for all who attended. In large part, that The first bad question is this: "American you that no President, not this President, and power in the world has declined, and now not any other, and no mi11ta.ry establishment, memory was due to the quality of the we are number two. Why should we sign a and no civllian advisors, would ever for a sin­ Vice President's speech. I consider myself treaty that codifies our inferiority? Why gle moment permit the security of this nation privileged to have heard it firsthand. I should we agree to carve our weakness in to be in doubt. Never. That is not the Issue. want to take this opportunity to insert marble?" The issue is to get out of this insanely esca­ into the RECORD the Vice President's de­ But to ask that question is to believe a. lating race into an enforceable agreement gree citation as well as a copy of his im­ profoundly inaccurate premise. Economi­ that will permit us first to cap, then restrain, portant speech: cally, politically, militarily, and socially, the then reduce and someday eliminate the unbe­ lievable risk of nuclear a.nnihila..tion from the DEGREE CITATION-WALTER F. MONDALE, United States of America. is the strongest nation on earth, and we will remain so. OUr face of the earth. To prevent holocaust: that DOCTOR OF LAWS defenses are unsurpassed, and our will to is our interest. That is the Soviet interest. Tn 1976, in his forty-eighth year, he was resist is firm. And there is no American gen­ And that is the challenge for all of us in this summoned by the people of the United States eral or admiral who would exchange our generation. to the chair once occupied by Theodore forces with those of any other nation, now or The third bad question I hear is this: Roosevelt, John Adams, and Thomas Jeffer­ in the foreseeable future. "Why should we trust the Russians to 11ve son. Schooled in the practice of Law in his Let me give you a. sense of the massive up to the terms of this agreement?" native Minnesota., he was first appointed, power we posse::s. Each warhead on one of It is a. bad question, because it imposes that then twice elected, to the United States Sen­ our Poseidon Inisslles is two times more de­ the SALT agreement is based on trust. Noth­ ate. In all the seasons of political life he has structive than the atomic bombs dropped on ing could be further from the truth. This won the warm confidence of the American Hiroshima and Nagasaki. One Poseidon sub­ treaty is based on the hard-nosed reality of electorate and the affection of a. multitude of marine carries more than 140 of these war­ suspicion. 'The diplomatic language of the friends. Boston College rejoices to greet as an heads. And each Poseidon can deliver more SALT negotiations is not so polite as to ig­ honorary Doctor of Laws this beloved tribune destructive force than all the bombs, nuclear nore the sad lessons of history, that nations of the Republic, who represents to all our and conventional, that were dropped during sometimes lie and cheat to serve their ends. people and to the nations abroad the candor World War n. We have 31 such submarines. and honor of America. at its best. Soviet compliance with the terms of this And they carry only a portion of our more treaty can be verified every step of the way. than 20,000 nuclear weapons. We have a. multi-billion dollar intelligence SPEECH BY VICE PRESIDENT MONDALE In only one realm does the Soviet Union network second to none in the world. We have A year ago, an exhibit opened here in Bos­ compete with us. Because the Soviets invest photogra!Jhic sa..tellites, radar stations, and ton that attracted thousands of viewers. It a. tragically high proportion of their resources monitoriing devices that keep us in astonish­ showed the treasures that had been exca­ in military spending. they have achieved ingly close touch with Soviet military activ­ vated from the ruins of Pompeii. rough strategic equivalence with us. ity. And the SALT agreement expressly for- 14116 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 8, 1979 bids the use of any methods to interfere with I! the treaty 1s not ratified, the U.S.-Soviet is paid a fourth of Wfhat he l'night otherwise our surveillance. arms race will spiral upward. We will spend earn in the job market, he is in effect assum­ This treaty 1s not built on trust: it is built blllions and blllions for new weapons that ing a 75-percent tax burden. It seems to me on technology, American technology, the ftn· buy us absolutely no advantage. When the that those of us outside the m111tary have est 1n the world. horror of nuclear proliferation rears its head, the responsibll1ty of assuming these costs, It is also built on seven yea.rs' experience we wm have little authority to speak out not those we have asked to serve. with Soviet behavior in SALT ONE. In that against it. Every nation with which we want Therefore, I am not in favor of a return agreement, a standing body was established to enter serious negotiations wlll surely ques­ to registration for the draft because, it seems to deal wLth allegations on misconduct. Ev­ tion our sincerity. Above all, our cherished to me, doing so would be putting the camel's ery single issue our country brought to that identity as a peace-loving people wlll be nose into the tent to fac111tate an eventual body was resolved to our satisfaction. dogged by skepticism and smirking disbelief. return of the full Selective Service System. As we decide on SALT, let us ask instead And to be seen as a hypocriticll nation, with Granted, the volunteer system does have the truly important questions. peace on its lips and war in its heart, 1s a problems, but they wlll not be correctly and First, wlll this treaty really stall the arms risk we must never, never run. responsibly solved by reinstating the draft. race? It will. It will place important limits on Someday, perhaps, we will have a world without nuclear weapons. And someday, per­ Rather, what is needed is increased funding mlsslles, bombers, weapons, warheads, and in this area to enable the Armed Services to new systems. Let me give you just one exam­ haps, nation wm not fight with nation, and, attract more highly qualified personnel away ple. Today the Soviet Union has about 2500 as the Bible foretells, the lion shall lie down with the lamb, _ and the swords shall be from careers 1n the private sector. Such long-range misslles and bombers. Under the funding wlll allow the military to offer com­ terms of the SALT treaty, they must dis­ beaten into ploughshares. It is not a hapless vision. It is the hope petitive salaries. The result will be a stronger, mantle 250 of them. Without the treaty, we more efficient, and more capable fighting force estimate that they could have up to 3000 that buoys us through a thousand storms. It's the lifeblood of the college education we capable of insuring the continued free exist­ strategic mlsslles and bombers by 1985, one­ ence of the United States and her people.e third more than the tota.l they're permitted celebrate together today. And occasionally under this agreement. And 1! they build to the world 1s blessed with a signal that these that level, we would have no alternative but hopes are not 1n vain, a sign like the fraglle to keep pace, at an additional cost approach­ new miracle in the Middle E!tst. ing $30 bUlion. Not one of those dollars The dream of disarmament, the dream of THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE would buy us more security. SALT wlll pre­ peace: as visions go, they remain peaks in the YOUTH CAMP IN NASHVILLE, vent that senseless waste. SALT wlll stall the distance. But the SALT treaty is a step to­ TENN. arms race. ward them. And as we move in their direc­ Second, will SALT really make us more tion, let us link our own efforts to the an­ secure? It wm. By stalling the arms race, it cient quest from which they spring. It was stab111zes the strategic balance. By sustain­ the Jesuit philosopher TeUhard de Chardin HON. WILLIAM HILL BONER ing the rules of verification, it blocks the who described that quest this way: OF TENNESSEE route to cheating and camouflage. By cap­ "Someday," he sate!, "after mastering the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ping the warhead totals, it lessens the likeli­ winds, the waves, the tides, and gravity, we hood of nuclear war. By forging the link of shall harness for God the energies of love. Friday, June 8, 1979 mutual interest with the Soviets, it eases And then, for the second .time 1n the history East-West tensions and opens new paths to of the worlc!, man w111 have discovered • Mr. BONER of Tennessee. Mr. Speak­ Detente. By slowing the arms spiral, it tells fire." e er, I rise today to bring to the attention other nations that we mean business in our of my colleagues and the American public opposition to nuclear proliferation. SALT an outstanding program in an active and makes us more secure. DEFENSE FUNDING NEEDED-NOT positive organization in the city of Third, and finally, is this really the best NEW DRAFT Nashville. The Andrew Jackson Lodge treaty we could get? It is. When President No. 5 of the Fraternal Order of Police Carter meets with President Brezhnev next in Nashville, Tenn., every summer con­ month in Vienna, he wlll conclude a nego­ HON. RON PAUL tiating process that in fact has lasted ten ducts a camp for underprivileged boys years, led by three Presidents of both par­ OF TEXAS and girls of the Nashville area. The ties. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES members of the Nashville Police Hundreds of highly-trained technical spe­ Friday, June 8, 1979 Department give their time and money cialists have worked on the negotiations in to operate this worthwhile camp. Many Geneva, people like Professor Donald Hafner • Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, our colleague, of the kids who attend come from broken o! Boston College. Countless m111tary experts the Honorable PmLIP M. CRANE, is one homes or homes where one parent or have been asked for their advice. Members of the most eloquent Members of this of Congress from both parties have been in­ the other is serving time in jail. The volved. Our allies have been closely con­ House. kids are taught personal hygiene re­ sulted, especially 1n the last two years as we Recently he made an excellent state­ sponsibility, a spirit of competition: and have moved to resolve the most difficult ment on the draft and national defense, a respect for authority. Numerous sports­ questions. that I would very much like to bring to related activities are conducted in which In its breadth and complexity, this treaty my colleagues' attention. We all need to the youngsters are evenly divided into exceeds all other arms control agreements listen to PHIL CRANE: combined. In its intensity and comprehen­ teams and the members of the winning siveness, these negotiations are without pu­ DEFENSE FuNDING NEEDED--NOT NEW DRAFT team in each event are rewarded with a allel in history, unless it be the time the The recent calls for reinstatement of the popsicle for their achievement. sons of Saint Ignatius and the sons of Baint draft have alarmed Americans all across this Three camps of 1 week each will be Dominic clashed over grace and free wm. country, and well they should have. In times conducted this summer. I believe this is Could we have come up with a treaty that other than those in which a country is in­ cooled down the arms race even more dra­ volved in hostlllties or about to go to war, an excellent opportunity for the under­ matically? But the deepest possible cut is ex­ the draft is a form of involuntary servitude privileged youth of Nashville to grow actly what this country has always wanted. wfhf.ch imposes unnecessary restrictions on both physically and mentally. They are And what we have achieved is the biggest the freedoms of draftees and their families shown by instruction and example the possible reduction that ten years of painstak­ alike. Some of our distinguished colleagues direction their lives should take. If it ing negotiation could produce. have argued that economies can be made by were not for the FoP·camp in Nashville Could we have made the Soviets agree to abolishing the present volunteer system and many of the young people of this are~ further concessions? That's what every returning to the draft. It is widely accepted, American President every day of these ten however, that there is little or no money to would be lost to drugs and a life of years has aimed for, and the treaty we have be saved in such a move unless the salaries crime. today reflects that relentless bargaining. And paid to draftees is reduced to a subsistence I commend the police officers of Nash­ that is why your two outstanding Senators, level. Such a salary, though, would be a gross­ Ted Kennedy and Paul Tsongas, have lent ly unjust and unfair compensation for the ville for their efforts in providing this their support to SALT, and for that they de­ interruption of these young people's educa­ much-needed service to the Nashville serve our gratitude. tions, careers, and lives, to say nothing of the community. Many times our law en­ It is futile to compare this treaty to one injustice of receiving such a minimal reward forcement personnel do not receive the we might have produced had we been nego­ for the loss of their 13th Amendment rights­ proper credit for their accomplish­ which call for the protection of citizens from tiating with ourselves. The alternative to this ments. This is one of the best methods treaty is no treaty at all. And so we must involuntary servitude. compare it not with some fond hope, but But the real question involved here is who to prevent crime: Showing the youth of with the grim strategic outcome that would will shoulder most of the manpower costs to our Nation, tomorrow's leaders, that exist in the absence of this accord. maintain a top-filght military. U the draftee someone cares about their futura.e June 8, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14117 DRIVE TO MODIFY CONSTRUCTION said the group hopes to convince Rep. Nor­ inform my colleagues in the House of GRANT RULES man Mlneta (D.-Calif.), chairman of the House Public Works Subcommittee on Over­ Representatives of the work of an out­ sight and Review, to hold hearings on the standing individual, one Edward G. issue. The group also ultimately hopes to Gorman. I know the residents of his HON. BOB TRAXLER prod Sen. Edmund Muskie's (D.-Me.) Envi­ jeweled community, Redondo Beach, as OF MICHIGAN ronmental Pollution Subcommittee to hold well as those in the Gorman family­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES similar hearings, though Bory said the Joanne, Monica, David, and Nikki would Muskle subcommittee has been less than like to thank Ed for a superb 'job as Friday, June 8, 1979 eager in the past to examine this issue. e chamber of commerce president.• • Mr. TRAXLER. Mr. Speaker, fre­ quently, attempts by the Congress to deal with significant national and local problems go awry, because of the bu­ RECOGNITION OF MR. EDWARD G. SUPPORT BUILDS FOR SYNTHETIC reaucracies charged with implementing GORMAN FUEL LEGISLATION them. All of us are keenly aware of the need to have a healthy and clean envi­ HON. ROBERT K. DORNAN ronment to benefit the public welfare. HON. WILLIAM S. MOORHEAD One such program is the EPA construc­ OF CALIFORNIA OF PENNSYLVANIA tion grants program for wastewater IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES treatment. Friday, June 8, 1979 Friday, June 8, 1979 The Appropriations Committee re­ • Mr. DORNAN. Mr. Speaker, of the • Mr. MOORHEAD of Pennsylvania. cently made a significant reduction in Mr. Speaker, my legislation to produce the fiscal year 1980 budget request for 14 jeweled communities which constitute California's 27th district, the city of Re­ 500,000 barrels of synthetic fuel daily the Environmental Protection Agency's has recently received a good deal of construction grants program. Many dondo Beach stands out with distinc­ tion, rich in its blending of community preBs attention. In these articles the need Members have been receiving complaints for Government support of synthetic about the inability or failure of EPA to progress, industry, citizenship, and rec­ reation. Situated on the blue Pacific liquid fuels and synthetic chemical food­ speedily process grants to local commu­ stocks is clearly outlined. As chairman nities for wastewater treatment con­ Ocean, just north of a peninsula named for its abundance of green by the ex­ of the Subcommittee on Economic Sta­ struction. There is growing concern on bilization, which produced this legisla­ the part of municipal officials, contrac­ ploring Spaniards, Redondo Beach has long been a beautiful place to live and tion, I believe that prompt passage of the tors, and engineers about the impacts of bill is highly desirable. these delays upon the health of our pop­ work. In thriving Redondo Beach, a distin­ Our current oil shortage has led us ulace and this being a major factor in to an increo.sed dependence on unreliable the rapidly escalating costs of construct­ guished gentleman has the privilege of representing this ctiy as its chamber of foreign imports. America's growing en­ ing these vital projects. I call to my col­ ergy needs arc met with more expensive leagues' attention an effort by the Amer­ commerce president. During 1978-79, he has served honorably, and for this serv­ and shrinking supplies from abroad. ican Consulting Engineers Council to Furthermore, our own limited supplies help the Congress, through oversight, to ice he will be remembered at the 58th Annual Chamber Installation and are diminishing in geometric proportion. insure the prompt and correct imple­ Yet we have abundant reserves of coal mentation of the construction grants Awards Banquet on July 11, 1979. Mr. Speaker, Edward G. Gorman is which can be processed into natural gas program. I am including an excerpt from and petroleum products. As our situa­ the Air/Water Pollution Report of June appreciated by Redondo Beach and the tion becomes more desperate, the impor­ 4,1979: citizens of my district for quite a num­ ber of reasons. During his term as tance of quickly moving ahead in the de­ ACEC SPEARHEADS DRIVE To MODIFY EPA velopment of a viable synthetic fuels in­ CONSTRUCTION GRANT RULES chamber president, he has been success­ ful in bringing forth and overseeing dustry is self-evident. The American Consulting Engineers Coun­ At this time I would like to include in cil is spearheading a drive to prod Congress some innovative programs instituted by Into holding oversight hearings on Environ­ the chamber. A sand ski championship, the RECORD articles from the New York mental Protection Agency's wastewater truly a "world-wide" media event, had Daily News, Washington Post, Wall treatment construction grants program with its roots in the Gorman presidency. Street Journal, and New York Times dis­ an eye toward modltying the program to Southlanders also remember and appre­ cussing the Moorhead synthetic fuel eliminate some of the agency's current cum­ legislation: bersome requirements. ACEC's Larry Bory ciated the Redondo Beach Super Bowl Sunday featuring the largest 10-km [From the New York Dally News, June 7, said last week that engineers and state and 1979] local omcials from more than two dozen cross-country run in the Los Angeles states would converge on Washington dur­ area. In addition to these great programs, CARTER AND DEMS GUSH OVER SYNTHETIC ing June and July to lobby their Congress­ Ed also saw, as a cosponsor, to the success On., GAS men for changes in the EPA-administered of a series of seven jet ski races in the (By Jerome Cah111) program (A/WPR, May 28, 1979, p. 211). pier/King Harbor area. WAsmNGTON.-House Democratic leaders Bory said the pilgrims had reached "con­ said yesterday that President Carter has sensus" on five key short-term goals: (1) Ed's credentials as a hard worker in agreed to join them in a lo.rgc-scale govern­ force EPA to approve fac111ty plans or de­ government and industry are evident. ment program to develop synthetic gasoline signs within 90 days, With automatic' ap­ He was employed by the firm of Rock­ and oll out of coal, oil shale and other proval if EPA has not made a decision; (2) well International as executive advisor, abundant domestic resources. amend the Clean Water Act to permit com­ later becoming a consultant for them. Majority Leader Jim Wright (D-Tex.) told bined grants for fac111ties plan and design Since 1971, he has practiced law in Re­ reporters that Carter extended his blessing steps; (3) eliminate retroactive application to the plan during a White House breakfast of EPA grant requirements; (4) relax Fed­ dondo's Riviera Village. His admittance meeting with congressional leaders as a long­ eral procurement rules for small communi­ to the New York State Bar took place term solution to the nation's energy trou­ ties; (5) and change some "extremely bur­ in 1963. Eight years later, he was ad­ bles. He said the program could cut u.s. oU densome" procurement requirements for en­ mitted to practice law in the State of imports by as much as 2.5 milllon barrels a gineers. The movement--which 1s call1ng it­ California. day by 1985. self "Operation PUMP" (Program to Un­ Representing the Redondo Beach TO INCLUDE SUBSmiES tangle Municipal Projects)-also has a long­ term strategy aimed at removing EPA from chamber, Ed Gorman continued such White House Press Secretary Jody Powell day-to-day management of the program and widely supported events as the Interna­ was a good deal more cautious about the turning it over to the states. tional Surf Festival, the South Bay Medal congressional proposal. Asked to confirm of Valor Ceremonies. Easter sunrise ob­ Wright's statement that Carter is endorsing Bory said ACEC had already expressed sim­ the plan, Powell said Carter was "somewhat ilar sentiments to top EPA construction servances and "Redondo Beach Day" at encouraged" about the prospect of a con­ grant o11ic1als, but "the EPA's attitude seems both the State Capitol and the Los An­ sensus developing in Congress, but refused to be this 1s just another example of engi­ geles County Fair. to go into detail. neers' trying to increase their profits." He Mr. Speaker, it truly .is a pleasure to The heart of .the House leaders' program 14118 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June B, 1979 1s a blll approved by the House Banking But White House officials were !ar less ex­ market-guarantee contracts with private in­ Committee that would provide direct loans pansive or specific than congressional leaders dustry to build new aluminum, copper and and loan guarantees !or the construction of about the detalls of the new legislation. Ac­ nickel capacity. The private companies, un­ synthetic fuel plants and up to $2 billion in cording to them, Mr. Carter ca. u tioned the der these agreements, obtained private fi­ federal price subsidies. leaders that he'd have to review carefully nancing, received five-year tax amortization In addition, Wright and the Democratic the cost of a.ny such plan, and thalt it prob­ certificates, and gave the Government the Polley Committee in the House are backing ably couldn't be funded out of the regular option to buy, at specified or preva.lling mar­ amendments that would glve the President federal budget. It might come out of the pro­ ket prices, any part of the output that could sweeping powers to ease environmental re­ posed windfall-profits tax on oll-company not be sold to Inllita.ry or commercial users. strictions on pipeline projects and to initiate revenues, they said. The long-run cost of these projects to the emergency measures to conserve gasoline and White House aides also noted that the Government was negligible, since the new oil. Carter administration has sent Congress pro­ capacity was privately financed and the Gov­ The synthetic fuels blll, sponsored by Rep. posals covering some of the same areas raised ernment later resold excess inventories to Wllliam Moorhead (~Pa.) whipped through in the congressional plan but that these have private buyers or to the original producers the Banking Committee on a ao-1 vote early been rejected. They said the administration at higher prices than it originally paid. in May without stirring much opposition. It welcomes the congressional proposal, how­ The authors now propose a s1Inllar plan had the strong backing o! congressmen !rom ever, as an indication the government finally for energy. Through joint Government­ coal-producing states, but also won the sup­ may be able to take some bold action to in­ industry e1forts, the nation would create a port o! advocates o! so-called "biomass" en­ crease energy supplies. synthetic oll industry in much the same ergy projects, which convert garbage, wood­ way that it once created a synthetic rubber chips, corn stalks and other plant Ute into [From the New York Tlmes, June 6, 1979] industry and doubled its nonferrous metal gasollne substitutes. PLAN TO COUNTER THE On. CARTEL capacity. EXPECT FIGHT FROM NUKE FOES The Iranian revolution has again exposed · The Government would subsidize the dU­ However, congressional sources predicted the utter vulnerablllty of the United States !erence, l! any, between the cost of synthetic the amendments being pushed by Wright to interruptions in oil supply. The rapid run­ fuel and current market prices, using the would stir up bitter opposition !rom environ­ up in prices resulting from the subtraction additional supplles to reduce imports or mentallsts, advocates o! solar energy, and of a couple of mllllon barrels a day has stlll bulld up stockplles. Either way the leverage foes o! nuclear energy. not run its course. ot OPEC would be reduced, and this might Despite the prospects !or a fight, House Saudi Arabia, the reluctant dragon, has lower world prices !or the country's remain­ leaders appear determined to push their en­ now announced that it regretfully is raising ing needs. ergy proposals as alternatives to the gaso­ the price of its Berri-field crude to $17.87 a Unquestionably, the initial costs would be line rationing and conservation measures barrel as a means of achieving "stablllty" in high. Synthetic fuels are llkely to cost be­ that have been defeated soundly in Congress. world oll prices before the June 26 meeting tween $5 and $10 a barrel more than im­ of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting ported crude for several years to come. Even [From the Wall Street Journal, June 7, 1979] Countries. And Iran itself has raised the 1! the world market price cllmbs enough to CARTER, CONGRESS LEADERS AGREE TO BACK price of its crude again. make the costs of synthetic competitive, pri­ PLAN FOR BIG PuRCHASES OJ' SYNTHETIC With other OPEC countries charging from vate companies might be hesitant to take FuEL $1 to $5 more than Saudi Arabia, the oll the risk of huge investments without some cartel has already exploited the interruption price guarantees, lest. OPEC cut the price WASHINGTON .-President Carter and top of supply from Iran to achieve the 50 percent once new synthetic capacity has been in­ congressional leaders have agreed in prin­ price increase that was predicted for this stalled. The planners estimate the one-time ciple to support a new program under which year. This wlll add about $22 blllion to the investment cost at roughly $20 b1llion for the federal government would purchase ~arge UniteQ. States' oll import blll, which last each mlllion barrels of synthetic capacity, amounts o! synthetic fuel. year came to $43 blllion, and wlll cost the or $100 bllllon for the proposed program. Sources said the congressional leaders went world as a whole an extra $70 b1llion. More­ But the cost to taxpayers would be much to the White House yesterday to urge Mr. over, it is imposing severe pressures on both less. With OPEC now free to manipulate the Carter to agree that he would sign such infiation and production, threatening the world oll price and arrest supplies, the pro­ legislation as a way to spur the production United States and world economy with an­ gram could actually mean net savings a.s o! synthetic fuels, such as gas and llquid other siege of stagfiation. well as far less economic vulnerablllty. fuels made !rom coal, oil made !rom shale The paramount issue here 1s how to deal A blll wlth provisions slmltar to the and alcohol fuel made !rom farm products. with the threat of future interruptions in authors' plan has been introduced in Con­ In addition, the Senators and Representa­ oil supply, whether in Iran (as may happen gress by Representative Wllliam S. Moor­ tives, including House Speaker Thomas again, with Arabs in the Persian Gulf oll head, Democrat of Pennsylvania. It calls for O'Nelll (D., Mass.) and House Majority Leader center fighting Government troops, and with James Wright (D., Texas), also proposed that Government measures to achieve a national the Soviet Union hoping to swing Iran into production goal of "at least 600,000 barrels the package include legislation giving the its orbit) or elsewhere in the troubled Mid­ per day of crude oil equivalent of synthetic President the power to expedite construc­ dle East, North Africa or other parts of the fuels and synthetic chemical feedstocks" tion of energy projects, such as the proposed third world. within five years. The Democratic majority oil pipelines from California to Texas. A proposal by three leading members of leader, Representative James C. Wright Jr. Despite the agreement in principle, the Washington's foreign-policy community of Texas, has said that he would favor a sources said there so far isn't any agreement could provide a much greater degree of pro­ much larger production target for synthetic on the details o! the legislation or the tection of the economy than is llkely to re­ amount that would be spent on it. fuel. The House Banking Committee has sult from the unaided market response to approved the Moorhead blll by 39 to 1, but The House leaders are envisioning a mas­ OPEC's concerted strategy and soaring prices. sive package that would quadruple the cost it is stm waiting for White House support. o! an already costly blll that the House Bank­ Lloyd Cutler, a lawyer who has taken on Those who believe the United States needs ing Committee has approved. That measure various negotiating jobs for Secretary of such a plan believe that it would give this would set a national goal of producing 500,- State Cyrus R. Vance; Paul R. Ignatius, pres­ country a positive means of regaining con­ 000 barrels of synthetic fuel dally within five ident of the Air Transport Association and a trol of its own destiny and of striking back years, roughly the total amount of oil cur­ former Secretary of the Navy, and Eugene at the oil cartel. rently used by the Defense Department. The M. Zuckert, a lawyer and former Secretary defense agency would have up to $2 billion of the Air Force, have drawn up a plan by GETTING TOGETHER ON GAS PRODtTCTION to buy such fuel. In addition, the Energy which the United States could create a syn­ (By Joseph Kraft) Department would get millions more in order thetic oll industry capable of producing 5 mlllion barrels a day-about half the coun­ Thanks to gas llnes and soaring prices, to guarantee loans for the construction of the irresistible power of an idea whose time synthetic-fuel plants. try's current import requirement-Within the next five to 10 years from sources such has come is now on the verge of asserting The Congressmen see the leglslatlon as itself in the American approach to the en­ a bold stroke to ease U.S. dependence upon as shale, tar sands, heavy olls, coal and farm crops. ergy problem. The idea ls government part­ the world on-producing cartel and help nership With industry in the production ot achieve energy independence, which they see In essence, the plan calls for the establlsh­ synthetic gasollne. as a military, economic and strategic neces­ ment of a Government corporation to do Known technical possib111ties abound. sity. what the United States Government has Programs for putting them to work are now Mr. Carter also favors greater synthetic­ done before in other national emergencies. popping up an over Washington. fuels production as a way of loosening the During World War II, the Government solved Among the technical possib111ties, prob­ grip of the oll cartel. In recent weeks, the critical shortages of natural rubber, alumi­ ably the most dramatic center around the White House has even been preparing an in­ num and steel by bullding plants operated use of coal as a base. The United States has ternational proposal to be presented to U.S. by private companies under leases or man­ hundreds of millions of tons of unused coal. ames this month that calls for expanding the agement contracts. The coal can easlly be changed to methanol, synthetic-fuels industry in all Western na­ During the Korean War, another method which can then be treated to produce high­ tions. was used. -The Government -entered into octane gasoline. Department of Energy of- June 8, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14119 ficials figure synthetic gasoline produced · between government and business, oppose BROOMFIELD DISAPPOINTED IN that way could be sold commercially at the plans root and branch. There is also op­ PRESIDENT'S RHODESIAN POLICY about $1.30 per gallon. position from consumer groups and inside Synthetic gasoline can also be produced the administration on the grounds that the !rom shale, and !rom tar sands, which are on industry will reap a bonanza. . HON. WM. S. BROOMFIELD both plentiful in this country and abroad. But the 39 to 1 vote for the Moorhead blll Another potential source 1s dosing gasoline in the Banking COmmittee reflects the politi­ OF MICHIGAN with various forms of alcohol to produce cal realities. Price hikes and shortages have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gasohol. demonstrated overwhelming support for the Friday, June 8, 1979 Price has been the principal obstacle to production answer to the energy problem. development of synthetic fuels. Before 1973, "In the next few weeks," an Energy Depart­ e Mr. BROOMFIELD. Mr. Speaker, as when gas was going for around 30c per gal­ ment official said the other day, "It's going one who has supported the policy of en­ lon, there was no point in even thinking to be a flood." couraging majority rule in Rhodesia, I much about synthetics. The mushrooming o! was deeply disappointed at the Presi­ prices in 1974 set in motion some thought [From the Washington Post, May 6, 1979] about government stimulus !or more pro­ dent's decision Thursday to continue duction. Among other people, Vice President SYNTHETIC FUEL SUBSmY ADVANCES QUIETLY economic sanctions indefinitely against Nelson Rockefeller and Sen. Adlai Stevenson (By George c. Wllson) that nation. developed proposals. A House subcommittee that usually stays While the new government of Prime Even then, however, more conservation on the fringes of national energy pollcy has Minister Muzorewa has a long way to go looked llke a more attractive alternative than quietly approved a blll that would provide up before attaining the standards we have more production. As it happens, industrial to $2 blllion to subsidize the synthetic fuel raised, I believe our policy should be to users have cut back heavlly on consumption industry. encourage the progress they have made. of energy. Whereas it used to require about Chairman WUliam S. Moorhead (D-Pa.) of The recent elections in Zimbabwe may one-percent growth in energy consumption the economic stabll1zat1on subcommittee to yield a one-percent gain in gross national championed the blll in an attempt to force not have been all that the President had product, now a half-percent increase in en­ the Carter administration to push American oped for but they were an impressive ergy consumption is enough to accommodate industry into large-scale production o! syn­ feat in a country where the black ma­ a one-percent rise in economic activity. thetic fuels. jority previously had no voice. We should But experience since the Iranian troubles The president, under the legislation the recognize that achievement and · have cut oil supplles last fall has revived the idea subcommittee approved Thursday by voice the courage to praise it. o! stimulating more production !or two rea­ vote, would use the $2 blllion to make up The President's decision to ignore these sons. First o! an, it has become clear that the dUierence between the price of synthetic facts only places added obstacles in the whlle conservation is useful, it is no answer. and natural fuels. The Pentagon, which uses By accident or design, the oll exporting about 500.000 barrels of fuel a day, would path of the new government. It lends en­ countries grouped in the OPEC cartel can be a llkely customer for the synthetic fuel. couragement to its enemies and renews always cut back production more than the One congressional source characterized the the possibility of a bloody war. importing countries can cut consumption. subsidy package as "a sleeper" that is the Mr. Speaker, the following editorials The present world shortage is apt to be re­ biggest step any subcommittee has yet taken from today's Washington Post and the peated over and over again. toward a government-backed synthetic fuel June 11 issue of U.S. News & World Re­ Moreover, prices have been rocketing up­ industry. port speak eloquently on this subject. wards. Last week six different OPEC countries If the $2 blllion in subsidies falled to en­ The articles follow: raised prices in a move capped by Algeria courage industry to bulld synthetic fuel which drove the price o! crude, which started plants, the legislation would authorize the THE PRESIDENT'S RHODESIA BLUNDER this year around $12 a barrel, to $21 per government to bulld them itself and then Is it not possible for Jimmy carter to say, bari'el. lease them to private operators. just once, that the elections in Zimbabwe That increase will probably be generallzed Fuel produced by squeezing on from shale Rhodesia were an impressive !eat !or a place at an OPEC meeting in Geneva on June 26. would be eligible !or subsidies, as would fuel tha.t had never had multiracial elections be­ The price of gasoline, now running at over prOduced by turning coal into gas or liquid fore; that they were a lot more impressive 80 cents per gallon in the United States, w111 fuel. such processes have drawn fire in the than the fake pollS and milltary grabs by almost surely rise to over $1.25 before the past from environmentalists on grounds they which power is sorted out in most other year is out. So, synthetic gasollne 'tould be are unacceptably destructive. African countries, but th81t hard considera­ Garry DeLoss, an energy specialist with the tions of national interest compel the United competitive, provided a way could be found States to llmlt the political credit it give to ensure industry against sudden cuts in Environmental Polley Center, said yesterday ca.n he was not aware the subcommittee had to these elections now? OPEC prices designed to wipe out the I! the president did say something like competition. approved the measure, adding that his or­ tha.t.-he sa.id something very different yes­ In these conditions there has been a sud­ ganization is "in principle" against subsidies terday in announcing that the elections den resurgence of interest in programs !or for producing oll from shale and coal. were not "free and !air" enough to justify government partnership with industry in the Moorhead and his allles counter that the his llfting of sanctions now-he would dis­ production of synthetic gasolltle. The most time has come !or the federal government to solve the better part of the resistance, that advanced project is a bill put forward by engage in a bold program to lessen American has plagued his Rhodesia pollcy. For there­ Rep. W111iam Moorhead (D-Pa.) that would dependence on foreign on by stimulating sistance does not come primarily from dis­ amend the Defense Production Act o! 1950 to synthetic fuel production. agreement with the substance o! the pollcy. provide up to $2 bil11on in guarantees !or The subcommittee amendments to the De­ Tha.t substance comes down to an effort to production o! synthetic fuelS. fense PrOduction Act, which expires Sept. 30, coax the two sides into a deaJ th81t will The Moorhead bill passed the Banking would direct the president to achieve within 1) produce a representative government, Committee by a 39 to 1 vote on May 8. It five years "a national production goal of 2) end the civll wa.r raging between them, wm probably clear the House early next 500,000 barrels per day crude oll equivalent 3) nlp the threat of Cuban-Soviet interven­ month, and then move on to the Senate. of synthetic fuels and synthetic chemical tion and 4) keep the United States on the The administration has a variety of pro­ feedstocks." sweet side of black Africa and white Africa grams !or subsidizing synthetic crude pro­ The newly approved b111 also would allow alike. Few Americans would carry their re­ duction and gasohol. The proposed windfall the president to organize corporations to speot !or Bishop Muzorewa into support for tax on on profits, for example, includes an achieve that goal. a wider war, and certainly not be beating Energy Security Fund that would make Fuel from coal gaslflcation, coal liquefac­ Britain, which is chiefly responsible for Rho­ money available for new production. tion, conversion o! shale, lignite, peat, solid desia, to a sanctions decision. Many private individualS and groups have waste "and the conversion of any organic Many Americans, however, are appalled by been pushing the idea in various ways. Prof. material into fuel" would all be eligible for the impression of its pollcy the administra­ Walt Rostow o! the University o! Texas has the federal subsidies. tion has conveyed. They think the admlnls­ Backers of the blll include Koppers Co. t:mtion is ignoring fairness and impartiality one plan. Fellx Rohatyn, the financier who in order to court those black African states, helped rescue New York City from bank­ Inc. of Pittsburgh, which is in Moorhead's mostly petty dictatorships or paper democ­ ruptcy, has another. A third is being circu­ congressional district. The b111 1s expected racies, that insist that no Rhodesian govern­ lated by three prominent Washington at­ to go before the parent House Banking Com­ ment with even one white fingerprint on it torneys-Lloyd Cutler, Paul Ignatius and mittee next week. deserves the time of day. This distorts the Eugene Zuckert. The Moorhead subcommitte amendments views Of a good number of officials. But it 1s a Exactly which one of these proposals will are llkely to be challenged on jurisdictional distortion fed by the administration's own prevail is not clear. Nor when. Free enter­ grounds by House committees that tradi­ acts and words, and it accounts !or the puz­ prise freaks, suspicious or any cooperation tionally handle energy leglslation.e zlement and hostWty that 1ts polloy has 14120 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 8, 1979 stirred even in quarters where a sympathetic States. They are misguided in their opposi­ reaction might be expected. tion to giving Muzorewa bre81thing space, carry with it major economic and diplo­ In this light, Mr. Carter's statement. yes­ but they should not believe that they can matic consequences. Stop for a moment terday was something of a blunder, and an dictate U.S. foreign pollcy by shutting otr oll. to consider what the effect on our cur­ especially untimely one given that the ques­ TRADE HUNGER rent energy and gasoline problems would tion of ll!ting sanctions comes up in the be if the United States hastily moved to Senate as early as next Monday. He was not Peace and commerce could mean every­ content to say that the elections did not thing to Zimbabwe's neighbors. Zambia, one lift sanctions against Rhodesia and Ni­ meet his "free and fair" test and that his of the protesters, already has itself breached geria LOUIS STOKES Her friends and students are planning the Senate to end sanctions. OF OHIO a "Tribute to Betty" celebration this What Carter and the United States des­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES weekend back in Long Beach, and I would perately need is more time to watch develop­ ments, persuade doubters, gather support Friday, June 8, 1979 like to share the achievements of this re­ and dispel certain myths about Zimbabwe. markable woman they will pay tribute to. Muzorewa deserves a chance to show what he • Mr. STOKES. Mr. Speaker, I rise on Mrs. Wilcox is an example of the can do in the face of both besetting dangers this occasion to extend my commenda­ Horatio Alger story in action. and nebulous opportunities. tion to President Carter for his decision She was born and raised in rural Iowa. Some of the elements to be weighed: not to lift economic sanctions against She attended a one-room rural school ELECTION ARGUMENTS Zimbabwe Rhodesia . . His determination until eighth grade, and graduated from A mass of evidence on both sides seems to that the election in Rhodesia was not high school with a normal training boil down to the conclusion that the election free and fair and that American in­ certificate. of Muzorewa went forward with irregu­ terests would not be best served by lower­ She began teaching in 1938 with her larities, but was spectacularly fair consider­ ing economic barriers was a proper de­ high school education. While she was ing the obstacles imposed by his Soviet-sup­ cision. teaching in rural Iowa schools, she com­ ported enemies. The percentage of eligibles No election held pursuant to a con­ pleted a 2-year teacher training course voting doubled that of Americans in the last stitution ratified only by the white mi­ congressional election. and became principal of her school. nority and in which certain parties were In 1949, Betty came to southern Cali­ UNBALANCED CONSTITUTION excluded can be considered fair. No elec­ fornia. She taught in Redondo Beach The small white minority gets a dispro­ tion in which significant numbers of schools and went to UCLA at night. She portionate 28 percent of the parliamentary blacks were forced to vote by security seats for a llmlted period. This serves not only eventually received her B.A. and an M.A. to reasure the whites against death or dis­ forces and in which a secret ballot was as well. possession during the transit to complete not guaranteed can be tenned free. The In 1957 she began teaching in Long black rule, but is a practical measure to President's determination that the elec­ Beach schools. prevent precious know-how from fleeing the tion was not free and fair is most defi­ She pioneered the remedial reading country before it gets started. Forgotten in nitely correct. More importantly, how­ program in Long Beach and the first the uproar has been the fact that Zambia, ever, President Carter acted in the best Long Beach reading workshop. Tanzania and Kenya began exactly the same interest of the United States. By lifting way. She designed textbook guides for Eng­ sanctions now, the United States would lish and social studies, and trained in­ AFRICAN ENMITY completely forfeit its capacity to func­ numerable student teachers. Warnings against lifting sanctions have tion as the facilitator of a negotiated been received over and over from black Afri­ The Long Beach Press Telegram and can states, and now comes one from Julius settlement in Rhodesia. the Long Beach Teachers Association Nyerere, respected elder statesman of Tan­ The effect of this action would be to awarded her their Golden Apple Award zania. But no one really can sort out the send exactly the wrong message to black for teaching excellence. expected propaganda from serious intent. African leaders in the frontline states In 1974 she was nominated by the Long NIGERIAN OIL and throughout the continent. Ameri­ Beach Unified School District for Cali­ The most frightening deterent to recogni­ can credibility with virtually all of black fornia Teacher of the Year. In 1975, she tion of Zimbabwe Rhodesia is the intimation Africa and much of the Third World was nominated Outstanding Secondary by Nigerians, now America's second-largest would suffer tremendously as our com­ Educator in America. source of imported on, that they would re­ mitment to majority rule would be In 1977, she was given the PTA Honor­ examine their relations with the United seriously called into question. This would ary Certificate of Merit Award. June 8, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14121 This weekend, however, Betty Wilcox plain of Taunton; and 21 great-grandchll­ Presidential candidate Alf Landon called it will retire from her lcng teaching career. dren. He was the !ather of the late Francis J. "a. cruel hoax" in the 1936 Presidential cam­ Sullivan, formerly o! Centervllle.e paign and lost in a. landslide. Then the right Through the years she has given in­ wing took the issue to court and Social Se­ spiration and served as a model for hun­ curity was victorious after a. 1937 Supreme dreds of children. She is loved by parents, Court decision upholding the validity o! both students and her fellow professionals SOCIAL SECURITY the taxing and benefit provisions. alike. BENEFITS BROADENED We all wish her a well deserved rest. Over the years, the IAM and other forces Long Beach will miss her. But I know HON. JAMES H. SCHEUER !or progress were able to broaden Social Se­ that taking her place in the Long Beach OF NEW YORK curity, always after a. tough battle in Con­ schools will be many she inspired to pur­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gress. sue a teaching career when they passed Now the system Includes the original old through her classes as young students.• Friday, June 8, 1979 age retirement benefits currently paid to 22 mlll1on retired Americans. e Mr. SCHEUER. Mr. Speaker, I in­ The system has been broadened to provide clude in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD a fa.mlly income in the case of death of the statement by the International Associa­ bread-winner and to provide against loss of SULLIVAN, 90, WON FAME ON tion of Machinists on social security income due to permanent disab111ty. Those DIAMOND which appeared in the Machinist. My provisions are explained on the next page. colleagues should read this statement In 1965 the Act was again broadened, this HON. MARGARET M. HECKLER carefully before undertaking to tinker time to remove the threat o! insecurity with the social security system. arising from medical bllls for those over 65 OF MASSACHUSETTS The statement follows: and those permanently disabled. This is the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Medicare section of Social Security. Part A SOCIAL SECURITY: BEST INSURANCE BUY of Medicare covers hospital Insurance and Friday, June 8, 1979 At the be~inning of each month, nearly 34 Part B covers medical bllls. Part B is "volun­ • Mrs. HECKLER. Mr. Speaker, baseball mllllon Americans open the most important tary" and requires a.n a.ddit10nal monthly is an important facet of American life, piece of mail they receive, their Social Se­ payment by beneficiaries. This was a. sop to and John J. "Jack" Sullivan was a curity checks. the American Medical Association and a. For mlllions of these beneficiaries, it is burden for retirees. The fact that 95% o! prominent figure in that sport. His out­ their only source of income, the difference beneficiaries chose to pay for the extra. standing career was highlighted in 1976 between destitution and dignity. For a.t least coverage did not convince the AMA o! the whe he was inducted into the Hall of 13 million, the checks mean that they are foolishness of "voluntarism." Fame. able to live above the poverty level deter­ Many improvements remain to perfect the Professionally, Jack Sullivan was re­ mined by the u.s. Government. Social Security System's financing and de­ spected and personally he was admired Most of these beneficiaries realize that So­ cial Security is the best type o! insurance livery. What is not needed are amendments by his community. Jack Sullivan passed they can get for the money they paid into to weaken existing benefits. away earlier this week, and I would like the system over the years. In fact, Social 1964 CAMPAIGN ISSUE to take this opportunity to share with Security Administration actuaries point out Over the years since the adoption o! Social my colleagues the article that appeared that the benefits cannot be compared on a. Security, opponents have sought to weaken in the Taunton, Mass., Gazette, about dollar and cent basis with any private policy it. In 1964 Republican Presidential candi­ this exceptional individual: because Social Security cannot be duplicated date Barry Goldwater hinted he would re­ SULLIVAN, 90, WON FAME ON DIAMOND by any private insurance carrier. It is a life, peal 1t. He later backtracked, after even accident and health insurance policy for Republican newspapers chided him. But hiS John J. "Jack" Sulllva.n of 31 Va.Ula.ncourt every worker. advocacy of repeal was seen as one factor 1n St., retired firefighter and one of the city's Social Security is universal. This mea.ns his resounding defeat. best-known baseball players, died Monday a.t that 100 million are paying into the system Almost yearly, the Reader's Digest runs a. his home after a. brief lllness. He was 90. which maintains very low administrative He was the husband of the late Cella. A. story about how bad and fisca.lly sha.key the costs, something private carriers could never system is. (Donahue) Sulllva.n. duplicate. For 34 years he was employed as a. fire­ It also contains hospital and medical cov­ Now, a.n attempt to weaken the Social Se­ fighter with the Taunton Fire Department, curity System is being mounted by the Carter erage and it 1s portable. This means that you Administration. until retlrhig in 1951. do not lose your benefits 1! you change jobs, But Sulllva.n was perhaps better known stop paying for months or years because Thls attempt is different !or two reasons: for his interest and participation in local of unemployment, other hardship or mness. It is the first time a. Democratic President baseball circles. During the 1920's, when It is broad, applying no means test or re­ ever suggested gutting the Social Security amateur and semi-professional teams thrived quiring no minimum earned to qualify. System; It is the first time that a. President in this area, he played second base for the has made any recommendations on Social former Whittenton Athletic Association UNDER ATTACK Security without first consulting the Ad­ team, whlle his brother Harry, played first. Despite these advantages, Social Security visory Council on Social Security. The club was a. member of Class "B" of the has been under attack ever since 1t came in­ Three Social Security experts including former New England League circuit and to being a.s a.n idea.. Nelson H. Cruikshank, President Carter's played games 1n Brockton, Portland, Me., Although Social Security Systems were in own counsellor on aging, have testified Lewiston, Me., and in the Blackstone Valley effect a.s early as the 1880s 1n Germany and against carter's proposed cuts. League. 1911 in England, the United States did not adopt a. system untll 1935-pa.rt of Franklin After their testimony, Rep. Robert F. From 1922 to the early '30's, he coached St. Drina.n (D, MA), a. member of the House Mary's High School baseball squads and its D. Roosevelt's New Deal. The original Act set up a.n old age assist­ Select Committee on Aging, commented: "I stars such as Arthur "Buck" Mahoney. have before me a. statement by Stanford Sulllvan also was associated with Little ance or retirement program to insure that League baseball in its early years in the city. Americans would no longer have to endure Ross, commissioner of Social Security (about He coached Taunton High School baseball hunger and lack o! shelter as hardships of the cuts) . I must say it is very embarrassing teams during the war years. old age. The program included a. set of pro­ for a. Democrat who supports the Adminis­ In April of 1973, he, Albert Weyga.nd and visions to finance Social Security on taxes tration to hear two, three, four experts on Wllliam E. Chamberlain met to recall their paid by employers and employees equally. Social Security come and say that none of memories of early sports, a. reunion recorded The Act provided a. period of adjustment the Administration proposals should be in the Gazette. with enrollment and contribution collections adopted. It is very embarrassing for Sulllva.n was inducted into the Portland, beg1nn1ng in 1937 and payments beginning Democrats." Me., Hall of Fame in 1976. in 1940. That gave the opposition time to GOOD INSURANCE AT ANY A(iE He was born in Taunton, son of the late mount a campaign against both the provi­ SOCial Security is the All-American llte James J. and Honora. (Mulcahy) Sulllvan, and sions and phllosophy of the Act. Insurance policy. had been a. lifetime Taunton resident. He was As opponents of progress always do, they While usually thought of as a. retirement educated in city schools and was a. com­ first attacked Social Security as "coming too benefit, Social Security provides a.n umbrella. municant of Immaculate Conception Church. soon." The day Roosevelt announced he was o! coverage to workers of all ages. When a He is survived by three sons, John J. Sul­ considering help !or the aged, the New York worker covered by Social Security dies--at llvan Jr., and Edmund J. Sullivan, both of Times ran a. subheadline that sa.ld "Time is any age-survivors' insurance begins paying Taunton, and James H. Sulllvan of Attle­ Not Ripe for Old Age Insurance." monthly benefits to widows, widowers and boro, ma.gtstra.te of the Fourth District Court When the "too soon" argument failed, the dependent chlldren. In the case o! workers in that city. right wing left its closet of greed and at­ who die a.t a. young age, thooe benefits may Also a. daughter, Mrs. Cecella. K. DeCha.m- tacked Social Security openly. Republican far surpass the premiums pa.ld In. 14122 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 8, 1979 Take the profile of a young, male, produc­ disablllty, and this dlsa.b111ty has lasted, or roar of the greatest spectacles in racing, blind tion worker in a manufacturing plant who can be expected to last, not less than 12 to the greatest spectacle in forgetfulness. dies in his early thirties. Upon his death, a months. You must be "fully insured" and Their young lives were the currency that monthly survivors' benefit is paid to: have worked under Social Security for five paid for all this. Can we not find time to His widow at age 65 or at age 60 with a years (20 quarters) during the last 10 years remember, and give praise to God? reduced benefit. The choice is hers. prior to your disablllty. -Rev. Russ BLOWERS .• His widow at age 50 1f she is disabled. Special provisions are in force for younger His widow at any age if she ha.s a depend­ workers. A worker who becomes disabled be­ ent child under age 18 or a disabled child tween 24 and 31 years old qualifies for dls­ who is entitled to Social security. ab111ty benefits if he worked in one-half TIME TO FIGHT OIL MONOPOLIES His unma.rrled children under age 18, or of the quarters between the time he is 21 22 1f full-time students, and those 18 or over and the time he is disabled. A person dis­ HON. FLOYD J. FITHIAN if they become disabled before reaching 22. abled before age 24 is eligible if he worked His dependent parents age 62 or older. six quarters of the last 12. There are special OF INDIANA His divorced wife 1f she is not married and rules for disabled blind people. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES is either caring for a dependent child under When a disabled worker applies for Social Friday, June 8, 1979 18 or disabled, or 1f she is 62 and was married Security disabllity benefits, he or she wm to him for at least 10 years. be considered for vocational rehabllltation. • Mr. FITHIAN. Mr. Speaker, I am There are extensive benefit tables under Disability benefits can be denied if a worker privileged to join today as a cosponsor of the various circumstances. But a rule of refuses, without good cause, to accept coun­ the Energy Antimonopoly Act of 1979, thumb is that each surviving dependent, with seling, retraining or other services made the exception of an aged widow or parent, available through state vocational rehabil­ which is being introduced by my col­ w111 receive a monthly benefit amounting to itation agencies. leagues Mr. UDALL and Mr. SEIBERLING. three-quarters of the benefits the deceased If a disabled worker returns to work in This bill amends section 7 of the Clayton worker would have received 1! he or she lived spite of his disab111ty, Social Security bene­ Act to prohibit 16 of the largest oil com­ to retire at age 65. fits wm continue during a trial work period panies from acquiring any company with Social Security will pay a surviving widow of up to nine months, not necessarily con­ assets exceeding a value of $100 million. or widower at age 65 the full monthly bene­ secutive. A worker capable of doing sub­ As the energy crisis facing America fit of the deceased spouse. At age 60 the early stantial work after nine months, continues benefit is reduced to 71Y2% of the spouse's to receive benefits for an adjustment period has deepened, many of us have awaited full benefit, for life. A disabled survivor can of three additional months. some signal of corporate responsibility collect a monthly benefit at age 50 of 50% There is a waiting period of five months from the oil giants. We have watched of the deceased's age-65 benefit. The closer to after a disab111ty begins before benefits wm their earnings and profits rise, hopeful of age 65 the survivor is, the smaller the reduc­ be paid. If a worker returns to work and increased exploration for new oil and tion. subsequently becomes disabled within five gas. We have sought their support for A survivor forfeits the monthly benefit years, benefits will start without another necessary energy conservation. We have upon marriage. A widow under age 60 who five-month waiting period, provided the urged restraint in fuel price increases. remarries a worker covered by Social Secu­ second disab111ty is expected to last 12 rity, wlll continue to receive survivors bene­ months or more. Instead, the oil giants have responded fits for her dependent chlldren by her first The amount of your monthly disab111ty to the energy crisis with price gouging, husband. Survivors' benefits for children are benefit is the same as the amount of the supply manipulation and an apparent not stopped or reduced, even if their mother retirement benefit you would get if you were failure to turn their capital toward de­ remarries and their new stepfather adopts already 65. Payments you may be receiving veloping new oil and gas resources. them and contributes to their support. Adop­ . as military disab111ty pay are not offset No one can ignore the enormous wealth tion of a lone, surviving child Will not dis­ against Social Security benefits. Combined and economic power of the oil giants. qualify tha.t child for survivor's benefits. Worker's Compensation and Social Security Clearly, they control a disproportionate Children's benefits cea.se when they reach benefits cannot go above 80% of your total 18 or when they marry. The benefits continue average earnings before you became share of the American economy. to age 22 for fulltime students. One of Presi­ disabled.e The major oil companies, out of 1 year's dent Carter's especially painful proposals cash flow, could buy every single share would eliminate the student benefit for or­ of the American steel industry. If Exxon phans, age 18 to 21. went on a buying spree, it could acquire As with retired workers, Social Security payments to a surviving dependent are re­ THE YOUNG MEN WHO NEVER CAME out of accumulated cash alone the assets duced if the dependent works and earns more BACK of J. C. Penney, DuPont, Goodyear and than the earnings limit for the year. In 1979, Anheuser-Busch. that limit is $4,500 for those over 65 and No one expects big oil to buy the steel $3,480 for those under age 65. However, if a HON. ANDREW JACOBS, JR. industry, or Exxon to buy those four mother works and earns enough to reduce OF INDIANA large corporations. But recent history her benefits, her earnings wlll not reduce the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES suggests that the scenario may not be monthly survivors' benefits paid to each of Friday, June 8, 1979 too far o1f. her dependent children. According to a report recently released Socia.! Security also includes a $255 lump • Mr. JACOBS. Mr. Speaker, the Rev­ by the Federal Trade Commission, oil sum death benefit paid to a deceased worker's erend Russel Blowers of Indianapolis is spouse living in the same household. If there my kind of minister: companies now own, in whole or part, is no spouse, the benefit is paid to whomever The merry month of May in Indianapolis. three of the top four coal producers and pays the burial expense or directly to the USAC and CART lawyers racing each other three of the top four uranium producers. morbl.oian. While the $255 does not pay even to the courtroom. Bloody Mary breakfasts Since 1973, oil firms have acquired com­ most funeral expenses in most parts of the panies with over $4 billion in assets in USA, it does serve another useful purpose. It and prestigious patio parties, 33 mllllonaire serves as a trigger for survivors to collect playthings pampered and polished, 400,000 the mining and manufacturing sectors of other benefits they might be entitled to but human beings paying to be squeezed into the economy alone. aren't aware of. or near to a 2Y2 -mile oval; backyard bar­ becues and topping off the tank; a 4-day In 1974, Mobil Oil invested its excess INSURANCE FOR EVERYONE profits not in oil and gas exploration, as weekend. The dellghts of suburbia. their corporate advertising suggests, but One of the biggest myths about Social Haven't we forgotten someone? Is the Security is that it is only for people over music turned so high we cannot hear the in a takeover of Marcor, a $2.8 billion 65. A fact, realized by far too few Americans, bugle playing taps? Are we staying so long diversified corporation whose assets in­ is that for more than 20 years, Social Secu­ at the shopping mall that we do not have clude Montgomery Ward. Arco bought rity has included a disablllty insurance pro­ time to remember Bunker Hill and Antietam, Anaconda 2 years ago, with massive hold­ gram for all American workers, regardless of Chateau-Thierry and Guadalcanal, Pusan ings in the copper industry. Exxon has age. and Danang? Here and there in peacetime just announced its intention to acquire If you become totally disabled, at any age, America a motley group of patriots gathers Reliance Electric Co., a firm with assets you can start collecting monthly benefits (mostly old soldiers in tight uniforms) to just as 1! you had reached retirement age. keep a rendezvous, to hear a speech, to wave of more than $100 million. The top 20 oil To be eligible, you need medical proof a flag, to listen to the fiat bugler a.nd dab companies all have similar acquisition from your doctor, hospital, or clinic where eyes with crumpled kleenex. But not much records. you have had treatment, and it should show more. Mercifully, they sleep through our May What do these conglomerate mergers you are unable to do any sort of substantial orgy, those ya.ung men who ~eve_r came back mean for our economy? They produce no work for pay because of physical or mental from our foreign wars. They are deaf to the new oil or gas, create no new jobs, and do June 8, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14123 nothing to help the fight against infla­ league, Mr. CHAPPELL, already has more through their fingertips, who need money to tion. They diminish the competition than 25 cosponsors. I urge the rest of my get started. Meanwhile, exploration rigs are which is the cornerstone of our free en­ colleagues to join me in sponsoring this rusting from non-use. My own small experience has proved to me terprise system. They increase the size long overdue humanitarian legislation.• that there are oil and gas reserves to be of corporate bureaucracy, which is as found within the United States and there wasteful and senseless a growth in the are people out there who can find tt. Government bureaucracy. ENERGY CRISIS The government has taken a position of Worst of all, this epidemic of giant oil heavy taxation for the oU companies. That's empire building does nothing to reduce HON. PETER A. PEYSER counter-productive and is not going to create America's reliance on imported petro­ more energy or lessen our dependence on OF NEW YORK foreign oU. As long as we are dependent on leum. It just makes big oil richer, but IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES foreign oil, inflation will rage and the dolla.r diverts capital which could be allocated will deteriorate with the resultant, tradition­ to oil and gas exploration. Friday, June 8, 1979 al social disintegration that follows in the With President Carter's regrettable de­ e Mr. PEYSER. Mr. Speaker, I am in­ wake of inflation. cision to phase in decontrol of oil prices serting in the RECORD today an article Let's not concentrate on taxing the on that appeared in the June 8 edition of companies. Let's tax ourselves but do tt prematurely, oil company profits will bal­ creatively. loon-yielding some $22 billion by 1985 the New York Times written by Samuel This is what I have in mind: even if the proposed windfall profits tax J. Lefrak. My experience has shown me that we have is enacted. Oil companies now crying I think what is said here is of great much undiscovered energy that can be uti­ about the windfall profits tax plan claim importance and something that we in lized but a lack of capital has prevented ex­ that they need additional profit to find Congress and the executive branch ploration. What 1s needed is a National more oil and gas. The record suggests should look at. Energy Fund that Will finance the explora­ tion and development of our own energy otherwise. ENERGY CRISIS resources. Since 1972, oil prices have risen by 164 (By Samuel J. Lefrak) A fund can be created in the same way we percent, but oil production in America I began thinking about the energy situa­ financed World War II. Instead of War actually has dropped by 8 percent. Rath­ tion ln 1973, the year of the oil embargo. Bonds, let's have Energy Bonds. Industrial er than investing price-related profit in­ It seemed to me that my company had two co.rpora.tions, banks, pension funds and in­ creases in energy research, exploration, choices. We ~ould live in fear every time a surance companies should be compelled to sheik or an OPEC member bocame angry invest a specific portion of their earnings or and development, oil companies have in­ with the United States, or we could find a assets in these bonds. vested it in department stores, shoe way to make ourselves independent. These funds could then be made available manufacturers, insurance companies and Of course, we began by taking all the noc­ through a Na tiona! Energy Bank to finance almond orchards. essary energy conservation steps. We installed exploration or tochnical research in alterna­ It is time to stop this buying binge more efficient boilers, invested in insulation tive resources. before big oil gains control of an even and solar energy. But the final answer was In World W81r n, we planted victory gar­ to find sufficient oil and gas in the United larger share of the American economy. dens to augment the country's food pro:iuc­ S1iates to be independent of outside forces. tion. Children collected tin cans and tin foU. The answer to our energy problems is not I had heard e. good deal about "wild­ The National Energy Fund 1s a return to to give the oil giants a stranglehold on catters," adventurers who would go out into the "do-lt-yourself" principles of our coun­ wider segments of our economy, but rath­ the unexplored areas and discover oil. try. The energy is out there waiting. The er to encourage diversity and competi­ Basically, my information came from the people who can do the job are rea.dy.e tion among energy companies and en­ movies. You remember this scene-when an ergy sources. I urge my colleagues to oil derrick begins spouting an ~ean of on join me in support of the Energy Anti­ and the onlookers go crazy with excitement. With small knowledge and no experience, monopoly Act of 1979.• my company decided to go into the energy THE OLDEST MAN IN NEW YORK exploration business. We studied the eco­ nomics of oil exploration and traveled into the West and South into on country to find HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL SPEEDING UP DISABIT.JTY PAY­ on and gas. OF NEW YORK MENTS TO THE TERMINALLY ILL We learned it takes talented people, geol­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ogists, geophysicists and petroleum engineers to find on and gas. Friday, June 8, 1979 HON. TOBY ROTH We learned that the small independent e Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I would OF WISCONSIN compe.nles and not the majors do most of like to bring to the attention of my col­ the wildcatting in the United States. leagues an article written in the New IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES We learned that it takes a lot of money Friday, June 8, 1979 to find on and gas. And we learned that if York magazine, dated May 28, 1979, de­ you want to get into on and gas exploration scribing one of New York's oldest senior • Mr. ROTH. Mr. Spealter, the average you have to risk your money because no citizen's who should be commended for terminal illness costs $20,000 per patient. bank, insurance company, pension fund or his outstanding contributions to the city The trauma, which affects not only the government agency will lend a small inde­ of New York and who resides in my dis­ patient, but also his family and loved pendent so much as one dime for explora­ trict. He should also be commended for ones, can be devastating to all involved. tion. his longevity in life and should be a It is a terrible oversight that under the We started exploration. What happened? OUr first successful on well was in Roberts guiding example to the many of us who present social security disability law, a have not yet had the pleasure of reach­ terminal patient receives no help during County, Texas. We found natural gas in Dewey County, Oklahoma. We are currently ing the ripe age of 106 years. the time when he is most in need. Every 'dr1lling or participating in approximately I encourage my colleagues to read the claimant for disability insurance must 100 wells annually. We have been lucky, but article which I insert into the RECORD, sit out a 5-month waiting period. For the we have proven that we can find energy "The Oldest Man in New York." terminally ill, that is a period during domestically. which their physical condition is rap­ Best of all, we are now energy independent. THE OLDEST MAN IN NEW YORK idly declining. For some, this period con­ We are consuming less than we are produc­ (By Terry Cllfl'ord) stitutes the rest of their lives. ing. "First thing I do every morning," says Mr. What is the message In all of this? The Henry Jones, who 1s 106 years old, "I get me Clearly, the terminally ill are deserv­ message is that there is oil in the United a cup of black coffee, eat two raw eggs, and ing of their earned disability benefits Sta.tes and we have got to go out there and have a drink of whiskey. Then I'm gone with while they are still alive. Very often, the get it! We have an emergency that 1s equiva­ the wind." first checks arrive the day, the week, or lent to a war. Dependence on foreign on is The oldest New Yorker goes off for his con­ the month after the disease has taken its eroding our coutnry through inflation and stitutional through the bleak streets of final toll. destroying the value ot the American dollar Harlem. "The more I move, the better I and changing the fabric of American life. feel," he explains. "A bed is no good for me; I ha-ve cosponsored legislation that will There are very few people who have suffi­ it takes my strength." The day we met, Henry eliminate the disability waiting period cient private capital to go out to explore for told the story of his life while puffing on a for the terminally ill. oil but there are many talented oil men, Camel. He has smoked a. pack a day for most H.R. 3992, introduced by our col- men who can really smell oll and feel U of his llfe. CXXV-888-Part 11 14124 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 8, 1979 "I was born in St. Kitts, British West John Dillinger and the FBI, sent Henry some Indies, when they drove all the dogs out of food and aid, and eventually moved him into We would all take note of this letter, town on St. Patrick's Day," says Henry, a clean one-room apartment above the club. and learn to recognize and label re­ meaning March 17, 1873. The only child of These days Henry is a supremely active pression, whether it comes from the left a full-blooded Cherokee Indian mother and member of the Golden Star Club, delivering or right. a native West Indian father, Henry came meals, newspapers, and good cheer to home­ OPEN LETTER TO THE SOCIALIST REP'CliLIC OF here with his family when he was three and bound elderly people in Harlem. He squires VIETNAM has lived in New York "on and off for about old folks who cannot travel alone around 85 years." the city, and dances vigorously at parties. Four years ago, the United States ended "New York used to be a heavenly place, Last summer, he slipped away from some its 20-year presence in Vietnam. An anniver­ a garden city," recalls Henry wistfully. "But timid folk he had taken to Coney Island and sary that should be cause for celebration is, now you better not go out 'cause there's all boarded the Cyclone. instead, a time for grieving. these animals, lions and tigers, on the streets "I have no advice, no blah, blah, blah," With tragic irony, the cruelty, violence looking for trouble, and your life's in dan­ says Henry Jones, when asked what others and oppression practiced by foreign powers ger." can do to live as long as he. "God Almighty in your country for more than a century made me. His will brought me to what I a.m. continue today under the present regime. Henry studied to be "a surgical doctor" Thousands of innocent Vietnamese, many for six years at Tuskegee Institute, but his Ain't nothing but God Almighty's wlll. If it's not in His wlll, you're a dead duck." whose only "crimes" are those of conscience, chronic asthma prevented him from enter­ e are being arrested, detained and tortured in ing that profession. "That's the way it was," prisons and re-education camps. Instead of he recalls. "I was outdone." Henry, however, bringing hope and reconc111a.tion to war-torn kept up his interest in medicine, inspired HUMAN RIGHTS Vietnam, your government has created a by his Aunt Elizabeth, a mid-wife who once painful nightmare that overshadows signifi­ worked as a maid for L1111an Carter. HON. GLENN M. ANDERSON cant progress achieved in many areas of Viet­ "I can find medicine everywhere I go, even namese society. in New York City. See that tree out there?" OF CALIFORNIA Your government stated in February 1977 says Henry, pointing to the backyard of his IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that some 50,000 people were then incar­ West 127th Street bullding. "Its leaves, Friday, June 8, 1979 cerated.• Journalists, independent observers boiled, are a sure cure for bunions." Henry and refugees estimate the current number knows how to keep his legs from becoming e Mr. ANDERSON of California. Mr. of political prisoners between 150,000 and stiff ("Rub a slice of lemon down the back Speaker, much has been said and much 200,000. of them") and how to prevent spring fevers Whatever the exact figure, the facts form ("Eat a bit of sulfur"). For muscle cramps, has been written about this administra­ tion's campaign on behalf of basic hu­ a grim mosaic. Verified reports have appeared he recommends a few drops of turpentine in the press around the globe, from Le Monde on sugar. "Ain't no need of being scared man rights throughout this world. I and The Observer to the washington Post of turpentine," he says reassuringly. "Just think the President has won some real and Newsweek. We have heard the horror a few drops every few months wlll straighten concessions in his fight, and for these stories from the people of Vietnam-from you right up." the world should be thankful. But from workers and peasants, Catholic nuns and Henry is happy with "a bowl of lettuce time to time the President, and this Con­ Buddhist priests, from the boat people, the with vinegar and stronger pepper" for · din­ gress, have been criticized for singling artists and professionals and those who ner; he loves all raw vegetables and has out human rights violators on a selective fought alongside the NLF. never eaten much meat. "Me and rabbits are The jalls are overfiowing with thousands just about first cousins," he says, grinning basis. 'rhere is no room for pragmatism upon thousands of "detainees." and showing his four remaining teeth. in dealing with this issue, the argument goes. People disappear and never return. Henry's jobs have included harvesting People are shipped to re-education centers, clams and oysters in Baltimore, plowing If one were to examine the record of fed a starvation diet of stale rice, forced to mules in Georgia, picking peanuts on Presi­ this Congress, it would be seen that we squat bound wrist to ankle, suffocated 1n dent Carter's father's farm, and performing have not always been evenhanded in "connex" boxes. as a high diver in the Ringling Bros. Circus. our criticisms. Some of our more conserv­ People are used as human mine detectors, He worked for three railroads, the merchant ative Members have spoken out against marine, and the United States Postal Service clearing live mine fields with their hands (before blacks were allowed to carry mail). repressive leftwing governments, while and feet. He was a stevedore on Pier 2 in South Brook­ rushing to the defense of rightwing hu­ For many, life is hell and death 1s prayed lyn when a 150-pound weight fell on his man rights violators. And we have also for. chest, laying him up in the Swedish Hospital seen some liberal Members speaking crit­ Many victims are men, women and ch11- in Brooklyn for a year and a half. Later, as ically of these same rightwing nations, dren who supported and fought for the Jimmy Walker's chauffeur, he drove the dap­ but defending leftist governments that causes of reunification and self-determina­ per mayor around in a white English obviously violate their citizens' rights. tion; those who as pacifists, members of re­ Steamer. I have tried to be more consistent on ligious groups, or on moral and phllosophic "I always loved to gamble," says Henry, this question, generally voting to reduce grounds opposed the authoritarian policies who ran his own casino. Later on, he was a of Thieu and Ky; artists and intellectuals New York City landlord. And on another our foreign aid to countries, rightwing whose commitment to creative expression is occasion, Henry Jones was a self-described or left, that seem to systematically de­ anathema to the totalitarian policies of your "shylocker," getting 25 cents on the dollar. prive their own citizens of those basic government. Henry figures he had about $14,000 lent out rights that Americans long ago learned Requests by Amnesty International and when "Roosevelt came to be president and to take for granted. others for impartial investigations of prison wanted all the gold in Washington." The Frankly, I think there might be in­ conditions remain unanswered. Fam1Ues who banks closed and Henry "almost went bum stances of overwhelming strategic im­ inquire about husbands, wives, daughters or bum." But he always managed to find a little portance that call for us to deal with the sons are ignored. work because "I would just love to have It was an abiding commitment to funda­ some jingle jingle in my pocket." And when problem more pragmatically. But this mental principles of human dignity, freedom he had it, he shared it, and stlll does. "If I should be a pragmatism based on our na­ and self-determination that motivated so got 2 cents," says Henry, "I'm willing to turn tional security, and not necessarily the many Americans to oppose the government one loose to those that need it." ideology of the nation involved. of South Vietnam and our country's par­ Henry married in 1914 and had four chil­ Mr. Speaker, I would like to share with ticipation in the war. It is that same com­ dren, all of whom he has outlived. In 1933, our colleagues an open letter that was mitment that compels us to speak out a few years after his wife's death, Henry against your brutal disregard of human took up with another woman. "I got hold of printed in last week's Washington Post. rights. As in the 60s, we raise our voices now this here gold grabber," he remembers, smil­ Its author, Joan Baez, is someone with so that your people may live. ing. "She took my apartment, my furniture, whom I have often disagreed in the past. We appeal to you to end the imprison­ everything. I was like the song says--a She has espoused leftwing causes, and ment and torture--to allow an international matchbox could hold my clothes." was a virulent opponent of this Nation's team of neutral observers to inspect your A few years ago, Henry escaped from a involvement in Southeast Asia. One prisons and re-education centers. nursing home and got himself a place in might expect her, then to remain silent We urge you to follow the tenets of the Harlem, saying he preferred living with rats on the oppressive Government of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and and roaches to being in one of those de­ Socialist Republic of Vietnam. But in the International Covenant for Civll and moralizing institutions. Someone informed Political Rights which, as a member of the Essie Davis, who runs the Golden Star this letter, Ms. Baez is openly critical United Nations, your country is pledged to Senior Citizens Club on West 127th Street of that Government and the wanton dis­ uphold. about his plight. Miss Davis, an elderly lady regard it daily demonstrates for its peo­ We urge you to reaffirm your stated com­ who was caught in tile crossfire between ple's basic human rights. mitment to the basic principles of freedom June 8, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14125

and human dignity . . . to establish real Bradford Lyttle. A CALL TO PROTEST: WHAT HAPPENED? peace 1!1 Vietnam. Frank Manklewicz. On Feb. 3, 1979, I published in America JOANBAEZ, Bob T. Martin, News Editor, the Country "A Call to Protest," urging readers to protest President, Humanitas/International Almanac. to South Africa's Ambassador Donald B. Sole Human Rights Committee. James A. Michener, Writer. the "banning" of a Catholic priest, Father Marc M1ller, Director, Fund for Free Ex· Smangallso Mkhatshwa in Johannesburg. CO-SIGNERS pression. On March 30, Ambassador Sole visited me Ansel Adams, Photographer. Edward A. Morris, Attorney. in my o.mce, conceding that the volume of Edward Asner, actor. Mike Nichols, Producer. mall to him had been impressive. The Am­ Albert V. Baez, Ph.D. Peter Orlovsky, Poet. bassador, however, is not yielding in any way Joan C. Baez. Michael R. Peevey, President, California on the legality or the appropriateness of the Peter S. Beagle, Writer. Council for Environmental and Economic silencing and banishment for five years of the Hugo Adam Bedau, Professor of Philoso­ Balance. black priest who is the executive director of phy, Tufts University. Geoffrey Cobb Ryan, Director, Fund for the Catholic bishops' conference of the eight Barton J. Bernstel.n, Professor of History, Free Expression. southern African nations. Stanford University. Ginetta Sagan, Director, Huma.nitas/ I.H.R.C. Ambassador Sole speciallzes in technicali­ Daniel Berrigan. ties. He noted that Father Mkha.tshwa could Robert Bly, Poet. Leonard Sagan, M.D., F.A.C.P. Charles M. Schulz, Cartoonist. not have been banned as claimed for recom­ Ken Botto, Artist/Photographer. mending disinvestment of American corpora­ Kay Boyle, Professor, San Francisco State Ernest L. Scott, Publisher. tions in South Africa, since such advocacy University. Jack Sheinkman, Secretary-Treasurer, is not, contrary to popular opinion in the John Brodie, Broadcaster. A.C.T.W.U. United States, a crime. He also pointed out Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, Former Governor, Jerome J. Shestack, President, Interna- that Father Mkhatshwa has not exercised his State of Califor.nia. tional League for Human Rights. statutory right to obtain from the Govern­ Yvonne Braithwaite Burke, Former U.S. Gary Snyder, Poet. ment in writing those reasons for his ban­ Congresswoman. I. F. Stone. ning, which the minister of justice can dis­ Henry B. Burnett, Jr., Editorial Chairman, Rose Styron, Writer. close "without detriment to public pollcy." I Politics Today. William Styron, Writer. have written to Father Mkhatshwa about Herb Caen, Journalist. Lily Tomlin, Actress/Comedienne. this right, but undoubtedly he and the other David Carllner, General Counsel, American Peter H. Voulkos, Professor of Art, Univer- 140 persons banned in South Africa con­ Civil Liberties Unio.n. sity of Callfornia at Berkeley. cluded that an appeal for reasons to the Gov­ Cesar Chavez, Union Leader. Grace Kennan Warnecke, Photographer. ernment would be futile. Richard Pierre Claude, Editor, Universal Llna Wertmuller, Film Director. In responding to the many readers of Human Rights. Morris L. West, Writer. Bert Coffey, Immediate Past Chairman, Dr. Jerome P. Wiesner, President, Massa- America who wrote him, Ambassador Sole California Democratic Party. chusetts Institute of Technology. tried to manipulate the words of the Holy Norman Cousins. Jamie Wyeth, Artist. Father in Mexico to suggest that Father E. L. Doctorow, Writer. Peter Yarrow, Entertainer. Mkhatshwa had violated the directives of Benjamin Dreyfus, Attorney. the Holy See. Sharp rebukes for such tactics Charles W. Yost, Special Adviser, Aspen caused him to desist from the contention Ecumenical Peace Institute Staff. Institute. Mimi Farina, Entertainer, Executive Di­ that Father Mkha.tshwa had gone beyond rector, Bread and Roses. (NoTE.-Titles and/or affiliations listed for the role of a Catholic clergyman. Lawrence Ferllnghetti, Poet. identification purposes only. No organiza­ Ambassador Sole communicated with his Douglas A. Fraser, International President, tional endorsements implled.) e Government about the many letters that United Auto Workers Union. came to him from American Cathollcs. He Dr. Lawrence Zelle Freedman, Foundations declined to show me the letter that he re­ Fund Research Professor in Psychiatry, Uni­ ceived back from his Government. versity of Chicago. SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT RE­ On March 30 I told Ambassador Sole in Joe Fury, Producer. FUSES TO LIFT BANNING ORDER my o.mce that my conclusion was that Allen Ginsberg, Poet. ON FATHER MKHATSHWA neither he nor his Government cared about Herbert Gold, Writer. the opinions of American Catholics who David B. Goodstein, Publisher. wrote requesting a rational explanation of Sanford Gottlieb. why a Catholic priest, contrary to the funda­ Richard J. Gouggenhlme. HON. ROBERT F. DRINAN mental principles of international law and Denis Goulet, Sr. Fellow, Overseas Develop- OF MASSACHUSETTS basic justice, was prohibited from exercis­ ment Council. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing his right as a citizen and as a priest in South Africa. Bill Graham, Producer. Friday, June 8, 1979 Lee Grant, Actress. In response, Ambassador Sole could only Peter Grosslight. • Mr. DRINAN. Mr. Speaker, the South stammer that these Cathollcs were seeking Thomas J. Gumbleton, Bishop, Archdio- African Government's banning of Father to interfere with the internal governance of cese of Detro! t. Smangaliso Mkhatshwa, a black Catho­ his country. Terence Hallinan, Attorney. lic priest has raised the wrath of hun­ When I showed Ambassador Sole the very Francis Heisler, Attorney. large file of letters I had received, he ap­ Nat Hentoff, Writer. dreds of Catholics and other concerned individuals in this country. This banning peared to be a bit taken aback but stlll un­ Rev. T. M. Hesburgh, C.J.C., President, relenting. I asked him whether there was Notre Dame University. order has prevented Father Mkhatshwa anything that American Cathollcs could do John T. Hitchcock, Professor of Anthro­ from preaching, writing, or otherwise to prevent the further banning of Father pology, University of Wisconsin. engaging in any of the activities which Mkhatshwa. The Ambassador was impressed Art Hoppe, Journallst. his faith and his chosen career require at my insistence and finally suggested that Dr. Irving L. Horowitz, President, Transac­ of him. I could write to a. high-ranking South Afri­ tion/SOCIETY. Late last year I met Father Mkhatshwa can prelate whom he named. He said that his Henry S. Kaplan, M.D., Stanford Medical Government was favorably disposed to this Center. in South Africa and pledged my support bishop because he was not polltical. The Am­ R. Scott Kennedy, Resource Center for for e1forts to lift the banning order that bassador urged me to keep secret my plea to Non violence. has been imposed on him. In March 30, the prelate in question so that his Govern­ Roy C. Kepler, Member, War Resisters I met with South African Ambassador ment would not feel overpressured. I am League. Donald Sole to protest the banning. After writing to the person designated with some Seymour S. Kety, Professor of Psychiatry, a terse exchange of views, Ambassador hope but no certainty that good results wiU Harvard University. Sole was unwilling to comprehend the follow. Peter Klotz-Chamberlin, Resource Center injustices that are being lodged against Ambassador Sole represents and symbolizes for Nonviolence. Father Mkhatshwa and the other 140 the adamant deterinination of his Govern­ Jeri Laber, Executive Director, Fund for ment to do everything that is necessary to Free Expression. South Africans who are forced to bear the burden of being banned. inhibit and prevent the organlzatlon of the Norman Lear, Producer. 17 Inillion black persons in South Africa.. He Philip R. Lee, M.D., Professor of Social I call the attention of my colleagues let it slip out that Father Mkhatshwa was Medicine, University of California at San to an article on this meeting which ap­ banned because he was a member of a black Francisco. peared in the recent edition of America, political party. The Ambassador was clearly Allee Lynd. the National Catholic Weekly. impressed at the Inilltancy of the 2 Inilllon Staughton Lynd. The article follows: Catholics in South Africa and in e1fect con- 14126 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE June 11, 1979 ceded that the Government is determined to Ambassador Sole is annoyed but not yet tremendous intluence in an of southern prevent any further Catholic activities de­ shaken at the many Catholics who have Africa. signed to bring about political equality for written him to protest the banning of Father I urge those who want justice in south the blacks of South A!rica. _ Mkhatshwa. Additional letters might per­ Africa to send their protests about the in­ Ambassador Sole reflects that determina­ justice done to Father Mkhatshwa to South tion and has sought in several ways to "cool" suade Ambassador Sole to urge his Govern­ Africa's Ambassador to the United States, those Catholics in America who want to en­ ment to relax its punishment of this 32-year­ His Excellency Donald B. Sole; South A!rican courage Catholics and others in South Africa old, dynamic graduate of Louvain who, if he Embassy; 3051 Massachusetts Ave.; Wash­ to rise up against apartheid. could exercise his priesthood, would be a ington, D.C. 20008.e

SENATE-Monday, June 11, 1979 The Senate met at 11 a.m., on the RECOGNITION OF THE ACTING newspaper, Hobart Rowen comments on expiration of the recess, and was called MINORITY LEADER the idea of moving aggressively in the to order by the President pro tempore. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under syn-fuels area as one true way to help the previous order, the acting minority end America's dangerous dependence on PRAYER leader is recognized. foreign nations for more than half of our The Chaplain, the Reverend Edward Mr. TOWER. Mr. President, I yield 5. petroleum needs. L. R. Elson, D.D., oft'ered the following minutes out of the minority leader's Quite astonishingly, neither of these prayer: time to the distinguished Senator from articles mentions a proposal remarkably New Mexico. · similar to the Ignatius-Zuckert-Cutler Let us pray. plan-the visionary approach recom­ "God of our life, through all the cir­ mended more than 3 years ago by the cling years, RECOGNITION OF SENATOR late Vice President, Nelson Rockefeller. We trust in Thee; DOMENICI This plan was formally presented to the Senate October 20, 1975, in the form of In all the past, through all our hopes The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The and fears, s. 2532, and hearings were held on the senator from New Mexico is recognized. Rockefeller energy independence author­ Thy hand we see. Mr. DOMENICI. I thank my good With each new day, when morning lifts ity in the spring of 1976-almost friend from Texas for yielding me 5 min­ exactly 3 years ago. the veil, utes of his time. We own Thy mercies, Lord, which never I find it truly a tribute to the grand fall." vision, the ability to discern the policy -Rev. HUGH T. KERR, 1916. ENERGY SUFFICIENCY behind a problem, and remarkable far­ sightedness of the late Nelson Rocke­ 0 Lord, in the crucial days in which Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, when feller that now, in a different form-but we live and work, grant us an abiding this Congress convened earlier this year, a form so like his plan as to be essentially sense of the transcendent and the eter­ one of the :first speeches I made on the the same thing-his proposal is drawing nal. Bless all who labor here with pure Senate floor concerned the need to break so much attention and praise. I think we hearts, clear minds, sound judgment, the OPEC cartel or to do whatever we must acknowledge our debt to his plan, and steadfast dedication. And to the could to move in that direction. which would have put this Nation in so President, his counselors, and all others I introduced into the RECORD at that much better an energy posture today if it in authority give Thy grace in abundance time an article on how this might be had been adopted by the Congress. and that higher wisdom which comes accomplished that appeared in Harpers During the past 6 weeks of my review from above that justice and peace may magazine. Nothing has happened in the of the proper vehicle for pushing an all­ prevail at home and throughout the intervening quarter of a year to make me out offensive against our dependence on world. Amen. change my mind: Breaking the cartel foreign oil, I have reviewed many bills through a policy of energy proliferation and proposals. I am especially mindful RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY still remains one of the essential tasks of H.R. 3930, introduced by Representa­ LEADER confronting America. tive MooRHEAD and approved by the It has been obvious for some time that House Committee on Banking, Finance The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under a Manhattan project-type approach is and Urban Affairs. This bill contains a the previous order, the majority leader needed. That project, carried out at Los sound and logical approach to truly be­ is recognized. Alamos, N. Mex., committed the full re­ ginning to bring synthetic fuels from sources of the Nation to the production of such things as oil shale, coal gas, and THE JOURNAL the atomic bomb. The outcome of the coal liquids into commercial production war depended upon the success of those as soon as possible. I am concerned that Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President, scientists who worked in what all of us H.R. 3930 fails to address one of the most I ask unanimous consent that the Jour­ who lived in New Mexico at that time central issues now hindering commercial nal of the proceedings be approved to knew only as "The Secret City." Such development of syn-fuels, and that is the date. an all-out, production-oriented project issue of the extremely time-consuming The PRESIDENT pro tempore. With­ worked then. It will work now. It is the regulatory process that now surrounds out objection, it is so ordered. only way to achieve even a semblance of such development. That problem must be energy self-suiliciency for America by addressed in any new program. If and 1988. when H.R. 3930 comes to the Senate, I ORDER FOR RECESS UNTIL 9 A.M. will work to amend it provide for the TOMORROW For the past 6 weeks, I have attempted to to decide just what legislative policy, in kind of expedited regulatory and review Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President, the form of specific measures, would best process that Vice President Rockefeller I ask unanimous consent that when the start us on the road of breaking the provided for in his energy independence Senate completes its business today it cartel. Just this past weekend, I note that authority. stand in recess until 9 a.m. tomorrow the Washington Post carried two arti­ I am a1so aware that this week will see morning. cles on this issue. In one, "A Plan to the introduction of a major piece of leg­ The PRESIDENT pro tempore. With­ Boost U.S. Oil and Break OPEC's Grip," islation on the Senate side that attempts out objection, it is so ordered. a plan put forth by Paul Ignatius, Eu­ to enhance production of energy from Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President, gene Zuckert, and Lloyd Cutler is out­ near-term and syn-fuel sources. This I reserve the remainder of my time. lined. Later in that same issue of the bill, at least as I understand !t, contains

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