36180 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 12, 1975 schools; to the Committee on Education and from such facility; jointly to the Commit­ on International Relations to begin imme­ Labor. tees on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, diate studies of the relationship of the Unit­ By Mr. UDALL: and Ways and Means. ed States with the United Nations and to re­ H.R. 10715. A bill to establish a Voter Reg­ By Mr. CONLAN: port, within 3 months, to the Speaker of the istration Administration Within the General H.R. 10719. A bill to reduce and limit U.S. House of Representatives recommendations Accounting Office for the purpose of admin­ contributions to the United N91tions; to the with respect to whether the manner and istering a voter registration program through Committee on International Relations. nature of such relationship should be the Postal Service; to the Committee on By Mr. CORNELL (for himself and changed; to the Committee on Rules. House Administration. Mr. OBEY): By Mr. JACOBS: By Mr. VIGORITO: H.R. 10720. A b111 to amend the Menomi­ H.J. Res. 724. Joint resolution designating H.R. 10716. A bill to amend title XX of nee Restoration Act; to the Committee on National Ski Week; to the Committee on the Social Security Act to provide that no Interior and Insular Affairs. Post Office ,and Civil Service. State shall be required to administer individ­ By Mr. JONES of Tennessee (for him­ ual means tests for the provision of educa­ self and Mr. HUBBARD): tion, nutrition, transportation, recreation, H.R. 10721. A bill to amend the authoriza­ PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS socialization, or associated services provided tion for the West Tennessee Tributaries thereunder to groups of low-income individ­ project; to the Committee on Public Works Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private uals aged 60 or older, and to limit the fre­ and Transportation. bills and resolutions were introduced and quEmcy of recertifications of eligibility for By Mr. ROONEY: severally referred as follows: services under such title; to the Committee H.R. 10722. A bill to provide Federal as­ By Mr. DOWNING of Virginia: on Ways and Means. sistance to the Commonwealth of Puerto H.R. 10724. A b111 for the relief of Alberto By Mr. BEDELL (for himself, Mr. Rico for the construction of a youth recre­ de la Vega-Ripol; to the Committee on the BAUCUS, Mr. BLANCHARD, Mr. BOWEN, ation center. in honor of Roberto Clemente; Judiciary. Mr. · D'AMoURs, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. jointly to the Committees on Interior and By Mr. LITTON: HALL, Mr. JENRETTE, Mr. LoNG of Insular Affairs, and Government Operations. H.R. 10725. A bill for the relief of Chao­ Louisiana, Mr. McKINNEY, Mrs. By Mr. WOLFF (for himself and Mr. Hsiung Chang; to the Committee on the MEYNER, Mr. 0BERSTAR, Mr. PATTER­ BURKE of Florida) : Judiciary. SON of California, Mr. PATTISON Of H.R. 10723. A bill to suspend U.S. partici­ By Mr. POAGE: New York, and Mrs. SPELLMAN) : pation in the activities of the United Nations H.R. 10726. A bill for the relief of S. Sgt. H.R. 10717. A bill to require committee re­ General Assembly until the Congress ap­ George L. Easterwood, U.S. Army (retired); ports on proposed legislation to contain proves renewal of snch participation and to to the Committee on the Judiciary. statements of the reporting and recordkeep­ cut off all U.S. payments in support of the ing requirements which will be imposed on General Assembly; to the Commit~e on In­ private business as a result of the enactment ternational Relations. of such proposed legislation; to the Com­ By Mr. SCHULZE (for himself, Mr. PETITIONS, ETC. mittee on Rules. ARCHER, Mr. DERWINSKI, Mr. EMERY, By Mr. BURGENER (for himself, Mr. Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. KEMP, Mr. Mc­ Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions BEARD of Rhode Island, Mr. BEDELL, DONALD of Georgia, Mr. MooRE, and and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk Mr. HARRINGTON, Mr. JENRETTE, Mr. Mr. WINN): and referred as follows: KETCHUM, Mr. LITTON, Mr. RINALDO, H.J. Res. 725. Joint resolution directing 297. By the SPEAKER: Petition of the Mrs. SPELLMAN, Mr. STEPHENS, Mr. the Attorney General to conduct an investi­ Bo-ard of Commissioners, Kalamazoo County, VAN DEERLIN, Mr. BOB WILSON, and gation of the finances of New York City to Mich., relative to revenue sharing; to the Ms. PETTIS) : determine whether any violations of Federal Committee on Government Operations. H.R. 10718. A bill to guarantee to every laws have contributed to that city's financial 298. Also, petition of Evelyn Karfiol, New resident of any long-term care facility re­ crisis; to the Committee o~ the Judiciary. York, N.Y., and others relative to defining ceiving .Federal assistance, or providing care By Mr. RYAN: education as an essential service in the event to federally assisted patients, a fair admin­ H. Res. 862. Resolution to direct the Com­ of a default by the city of New York; to the istrative hearing prior to his or her removal mittee on Appropriations and the Committee Commtttee on the Judiciary.

E ~XTE , N. SIONS OF REMARKS WILLIAM T. PECORA AWARDS erals, Materials, and Fuels of the Senate ence is taking him seriously, and wtten they SYMPOSIUM Interior Committee, to devise a mecha­ cease to take him seriously, he isn't going nism to make sure the Nation's minerals to last long. So, let me get on with some seri­ and mining policy is effectively imple­ ous speculation and some hard facts. HON. LEE METCALF mented. First, the facts. OF MONTANA For the better part of two days we have I commend Senator DoMENICI's speech heard from some of the foremost scientists IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES to my colleagues and hope that his in the field of satellite technology and geo­ Wednesday, November 12, 1975 warnings are heeded by Government logic surveying, exto111ng the virtues of our policymakers. I insert the full text of LANDSAT program. ' Mr. METCALF. Mr. President, I was Senator DoMENICI's speech to the Pecora And, I agree, as a member of the Senate pleased to see the exceptionally large Awards dinner to be printed in the REc­ Aeronautics and Space Sciences Committee, turnout of sdentists, technical experts, ORD. the LANDSAT has not only been a majqr and Government and agency officials at breakthrough for the present, but holds the There being no objection, the address promise of an even greater future as we try the recent William T. Pecora Awards was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, Symposium, cosponsored by the U.S. as follows: to solve the energy, materials, and minerals Geological Service, the American Min­ crises we confront. ing Congress, and many professional ADDRESS BY U.S. SENATOR PETE V. DOMENICI The facts are clear. More than 121 nations groups, in Sioux Falls, S. Dak. last week. I am honored to be here today with you have used data gleaned by the satellites. This intense interest in the successful all and especially at this awards ceremony in Private enterprise has composed about 40 honor of Dr. W111iam Pecora. My congratula­ percent of users. Data from the satellite has use of LANDSAT program of the Gov­ tions to Dr. Bockmann and Dr. Nordburg on ernment to seek out energy and mining become an important part of the research their outstanding work and their awards. effort by energy companies. sources should encourage all Americans Winston Churchill once joked, "I always We can truly point to the LANDSAT pro­ concerned about self -sufficiency for the avoid prophesizing because it is much better gram as a great example of space-age tech­ Nation in these areas. to prophesy after the event has already taken nology working to solve an earth-bound prob­ This success shows that proper use of place." lem. And the American people need to be told some space-age technology can help I am going to break the Honorable Mr. this. They need to know that the mi111ons solve Earth problems. Churchill's rule today and engage, 1f not they have sent to Washington to support I was especially interested in the re­ in a little prophecy, at least in a little specu­ the space program are returning dividends lation, With you all. If I sound a little serious, to the nation and to society. marks of my colleague from New Mexico, or a little grim, I hope you excuse me. You But, they need to know something else. Senator PETE DoMENICI, who has shown know, Will Rogers warned that "a comedian They need to know that this nation's failure great interest in the field of mineral and can only last till he either takes himself to implement the Mining and Minerals Policy mining policy for the country. He and I serious or his audience takes him serious." Act of 1970 threatens to undo all the benefits have coauthored legislation, now pend­ I turn around W1ll's comment by saying that our advanced technology promises us. ing before my Subcommittee on Min- a politician can last only as long as his audi- This nation begs for a coherent minerals November 12, 1975 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 36181 policy. Failure to devise this national pollcy the Interior for Energy and Minerals. At the This research has been financed by the has put us in the position of being prey to American Mining Congress' own Mining Con­ government. Our Congress has appropriated potential minerals embargoes of greater vention, Dr. Carlson warned that cur de­ monies for the Los Alamos work. It is not threat to our economic security than even pendency on foreign sources for critical min­ a secret project. the oil embargo. erals is increasing dramatically. He drew that At the same time, the Department of In­ Let us go back in time, more than a decade. ominous parallel between increasing depend­ terior has shelved a plan to store helium and Let us recall that back in those now-misty ency on oil, and the embargo that flowed literaly hundreds of thousands of cubic feet days of the early 1960's geologists and energy from our lack of self-sufficiency, and the of it are being vented into the atmosphere specialists from throughout the nation were minerals situation of today. right now. warning of an energy crises in the 1970's. As important, Dr. Carlson noted that an In the very near future-seven to ten The federal government even issued a report, increasing trend toward excluding all mining years-we are going to need that helium for indicating that this nation could not depend from federal lands has combined with our our new transmission lines. And, we are go­ forever on oil and gas to fuel its economic growing need for foreign-produced minerals. ing to pay outrageous prices to reclaim it boom, and that we were growing even more This combination holds potential dangers for from the very atmosphere we are sending dependent upon foreign sources. our economy and our security. it to now. But, gas was 20 cents a gallon, natural gas It's all very well to discuss possible prob­ Is that a materials policy? I sometimes was being sent into the air by the trillions lems, you may say, but do you have any in­ wonder if Congress ever talks to the bu­ of cubic feet each year, and Americans paid stances where our failure to implement the reaucracy, or the agencies to each other. no heed. Worse, America's policymakers paid Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 has We are going to need helium, so let's make no heed, and government reports languished hurt the nation already? And, I have such plans to conserve it. We may need strategic on the shelf. instances. stockpiles of copper, and many other min­ We were told the internal and religious First, let me reveal what I call the "Great erals, so let's not deplete them, but keep difference among the nations that now form Copper Caper of 1974." them steady or increase them. the Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Congress authorized the disposal of part The Pentagon, and some weapons makers, Countries were too great to make unified, of the nation's stockpile of copper in the have made their concern over strategic min­ cartel action by them possible. The talk of an 93rd Congress. The General Services Admin­ erals known. It has established a Materials embargo was pooh-poohed. After all, we were istration proceeded to dispose of about Steering Group to keep abreast of materials told, America is the biggest user and without 251,000 tons of refined copper, in competitive outlooks in critical minerals and ma.terials. us, those nations have no place to sell their bidding. Aluminum, titanium, chromium, and oil. The government received about 90 cents nickel have come under close scrutiny by How similar that all sounds to what is now per pound for the copper from its stockpile. the Pentagon planners, since these materials happening in the area of minerals. We are Yet, domestic copper was frozen at 68 cents especially, are in short domestic supply and told that tin exporters and nickel exporters per pound and domestic producers, under a are largely purchased from foreign producers. and aluminum exporters can never really Department of Commerce order, were in­ We should emulate on a government-wide make a cartel work against us because of dif­ cluded under a defense priorities system that scale the Pentagon's prudence. ferences among these nations' forms of gov­ meant they had to sell their copper to de­ Today, I am pleased to tell you that Sena­ ernments, because of differences in their cul­ fense customers a.t that frozen price. And tor Lee Metcalf has written me and told me tures. Talk of a possible embargo on these still, the government was selling copper at of progress on our bill, which would creatP. a minerals is again, just as talk of an oil 90 cents per pound. You will all remember National Minerals Council to implement the embargo 10 years ago, brushed aside as not that the international, unfrozen price of Mining and Minerals Policy Act. This bill, realistic. · copper exceeded $1.10 a pound at the same S. 552, was co-authored by Senator Metcalf, It happened, need I remind you, in oil, time. and his Subcommittee on Minerals will soon despite the assurances of the economists. It I argued for a halt to the sale. The sale begin public hearings on it. happened just like the professionals in the proceeded anyway. I asked for a GAO investi­ Senator Metcalf's letter to me, writtP-n field warned it could. gation of stockpile liquidation in general earlier this month, is good news. It is good Today, the professionals are warning us and inquired whether or not we could sim­ news for America and good news for min­ again. They are again like voices in the wil­ ply sell some of our stockpile copper, needed erals producers and users. It means that we derness, warning a public that seemingly for defense and security purposes, to these are going to take the first legislative step cannot hear and advising a government that defense and security purchasers. It seemed toward creating a central agency to coordi­ seemingly will not hear. so logical to me. But, the government pro­ nate our nation's minerals activities. It Again, a federal agency has warned of an ceeded under Congressional order to move means that we will have independent judg­ impending material and minerals crisis. In at cross-purposes, announcing a final sale ment on our vulnerability and on our re­ the United States Geological Survey report of stockpiled copper just one month before source strengths. I urge you all to support this year, "Mineral Resources Perspectives," the copper-exporting nations of tlie world this bill and to encourage its goals. we are warned that we are overly-dependent met to discuss joint pricing in Zaire. That In addition, I have decided, based upon on foreign sources for many critical minerals. was two weeks after the bauxite-rich na­ the events of the past two years, to push two When I first studied this problem, in late tions jointly raised their prices. other pieces of legislation. First, I have in­ 1973, this nation was already entirely de­ The handwriting was already on the wall. troduced a bill that would direct federal de­ pendent for some critical minerals on foreign The problem was, and is, that two govern­ partments to undertake an immediate review producers. As I said in a March, 1974, Senate ment hands were writing on two different of public lands withdrawn by executive ac­ speech, "Most Americans do not realize just walls and neither knew, apparently, about tion from minerals exploration. how little of critical metals and materials the other. Here we are liquidating a stock­ This b1ll responds directly to the Mining we now provide for ourselves. Unfortunately, pile at the very time our imports were in­ and Minerals Policy Act of 1970, which noted this nation has never bothered to devise a creasing with severe economic consequences that it was the government's responsibility policy that will make sure we always have for private industry. There we were sup­ to encourage private enterprise in orderly enough of these strategic and critical ma­ posedly implementing a Mining and Min­ development of domestic mineral resources. terials." As the USGS report notes, this situ­ erals Policy Act, but without a central mech­ We can no longer afford the iuxury of mil­ ation has worsened. anism for doing it. lions of acres of federal land with mineral The United States is almost entirely de­ That was my introduction to the minerals resources lying uninventoried ahd useless. pendent on foreign nations for manganese, The other bill I have begun to draw, and mess in government. Incidentally, the GAO which I hope to introduce soon, would pro­ cobalt, chromium, titanium, niobium, stron­ did make a report at my insistence this tium, and sheet mica. We are more than 75 vide for a one-year complete moratorium on March on stockpiles of strategic minerals the sale or other disposal from our stock­ percent dependent in aluminum, tin, plati­ held by the government. Lo and behold, num, tantalum, bismulth, fluorine, asbestos, piles of strategic and critical materials. This GAO came to the conclusion that stockpile bill, which I have held otr on for ,.,everal and mercury. We receive more than 50 per­ objectives of strategic and critical materials cent of our zinc, gold, silver, tungsten, nickel, months while hoping that other remedies should be reconsidered because of shortages. were possible, would give us a chance to cadmium, and potassium from other coun­ I move now to helium, another example evaluate our minerals situation and possible tries. Even in such minerals as copper, iron, of abject failure to communicate between strategic stockpile needs in the future. lead, salt, and magnesium, we are signifi­ government agencies and Congress. We can no longer allow the finest spacP.­ cantly dependent upon foreign nations, na­ One of the solutions to the energy crisis age technology in the world, a technology t1'0riS whose governments have become in­ is to improve our electrical transmission that holds promise to deliver us from de­ creasingly hostile to our own. lines. At Los Alamos Scientific Laboratories, pendency on foreign nations for our minerals And, as the USGS report concludes, this in my state, great research has been done. and oil and gas, to be hamstrung by lack of slavish dependence is unnecessary. The na­ We are near a breakthrough. Soon, if the coherent minerals policy. The work 0f NASA, tion has vast mineral resources, but lack of lab's work is turned into practical applica­ your work, and the future of the American a uniforin minerals policy has crippled ef­ tion, we will be able to transmit huge quan­ people demand that space-age technology forts to identify and appraise our true min­ tities of electricity through very tiny lines combine with modernized policy to protect erals situation. Obviously, such an ostrich­ great distances-and with virtually no loss the nation's economy and the nation's secu­ like policy bodes great danger to the nation. of electricity. rity. Late last month, this refrain was echoed But, we are going to need a lot of helium NASA has done its job. It has given us by Dr. Jack Carlson, Assistant Secretary of to make this system work. the technology. USGS is doing its job. It 1B 36182 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 12, 1975 using the technology to make data available out for New York. But there's a mighty big Last month, as the Natural Gas Emer­ and is warning us of possible danger We difference between a bail-out and assistance. gency act was moving through the Senate, have the tools. We have a goal. We have will­ The City and the State have taken remedial an amendment was added that would have ing professionals. action. The movement of reform seems solid. made it unlawful within five years for a ma­ Now, it is up to the Congress to move What is needed now is the firm hand of jor oil company to operate in more than one quickly toward establishing a policy mecha­ the Federal government to provide the area of crude-oil production, transportation nism that can make sure all of our tools are strength to see us through. or refining-marketing. The amendment used most efficiently to meet our goals. failed by a 54 to 45 vote. That is the least we in Congress can do. The second amendment offered to the It would qe more than ironic, it would be natural-gas-deregulation bill would have tragic, if the work of such innovators as Dr. OIL INDUSTRY PLANNING INTEN­ forced the 15 largest crude-oil producing Pecora and his successors were not fully real­ companies to "divorce all interests in refin­ ized because of a failure by national leader­ SIVE LOBBYING EFFORT ing, transportation and marketing." It was ship. defeated 49 to 40. HON. WILLIAM J. HUGHES A related amendment to the same bill would have affected the 20 largest crude-oil FEDERAL ACTION NOW OF NEW JERSEY producing companies, denying them the right IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to own any other form of energy, such as Wednesday, November 12, 1975 coal or geothermal energy. It was defeated, HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL 53 to 39. , OF NEW YORK Mr. HUGHES. Mr. Speaker, the Wall Both oil and political observers interpret these votes as stunningly close under the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Street Journal of November 11, 1975 re­ ports that the American Petroleum In­ circumstances. Sen. Hollings, for example, Wednesday, November 12, 1975 estimates that if every Senator had been on stitute will, according to its president, hand, the margin would have been 52 to 48. Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, it is time Frank Ikard, earmark a "substantial In other words, nearly half the Senate ap­ for us to take decisive action to help New part of its budget" for a "grassroots" pears to consider the oil industry's leading York City out of its financial woes. With campaign as a countermeasure to legis­ companies to be uncompetitive. It is also every passing day of inaction, New York lation pending in Congress that would known that some Senators who voted against falls deeper into financial peril. Many of require divestiture of the major vertically divestitutre have claimed that they favor my colleagues are under the false impres­ and horizontally integrated oil corpora­ it but would prefer to see such a bill con­ sidered on its own merits after extensive sion that we are seeking a total bail-out tions. public hee..rings. for New York. This is not the case. We The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oil men have been chagrined as well as must see to it that New York receives im­ Monopolies and Commercial Law is cur­ surprised at the narrowness of the margin mediate financial aid. New York State rently conducting hearings involving, in the Senate. "It was like a bolt of light­ and the city have already taken those among other possibilities, divestiture of ning," said a spokesman for one major oil austerity measures which demonstrate industry holdings. In the interest of ap­ company. As a result, Clifton C. Garvin Jr., to all of us in Federal Government that chairman of Exxon Corp., the world's big­ prising Members of this announced lob­ gest oil company, suggests that the industry we are serious about placing our house bying effort on the part of the API, 1 in­ "has to review a lot of its efforts because in order. No further cutbacks can be sert in its entirety the Wall Street Jour­ "this isn't a problem that will go away over· made without causing a total breakdown nal article of November 11: night." in the city. The Federal Government [From the Wall Street Journal, Nov. 11, 1975] Mr. Garvin and many others in the oil in.­ must now provide the emergency as­ OIL INDUSTRY GROUP PLANS BIG CAMPAIGN dustry say they are convinced that breaking sistance to insure that the city survives. To BLOCK LEGISLATION To SPLIT UP FIRMS up the big oil companies wouldn't harm just I would like to share with my colleagues stockholders of those companies but eventu­ CHICAGO.-A Washington lobbyist for a ally would hurt fuel consumers. "We can't an editorial that was recently aired over major oil company is circulating a "press help but conclude that the end result for one of the local television stations in release" here that purports to announce the the consumer would be higher costs and New York. These comments underscore filing by 20 major oil companies of a lawsuit scarcer supplies," Mr. Garvin said. the need for immediate action. I urge to break up the eight most influential Sena­ His comments generally are echoed by my colleagues to seriously consider these tors on Capitol Hill into "lots of little law­ other oil men, including independent oil views. The editorial follows: makers.' ~ producers, interviewed at the API meeting The press release, obviously, is tongue-in­ yesterday. The Independent Petroleum Asso­ Without Federal help, the City of New cheek, but, parody aside, there is growing York will be bankrupt by year's end-tapped ciation of America, or IPAA, which represents concern within the oil industry about the in­ 4,100 oil producers who often are at odds out, broke, unable to pay its bills. That's creasing threats toward "divestiture"-the not a threat. It seems a certainty. with the major oil companies, in fact, al­ potential breaking up of the bigger oil com­ ready has approved its own policy statement Sixty per cent of the nation's bankers in panies into lots of smaller companies. convention here this week hold that view. regarding potential divestiture of the ma­ That concern was evident yesterday­ jors. That statement essentially draws the So does the outfit that rates all the bond clearly overshadowing the hot issue of petro­ issues, Standard and Poor's. Its president, same conclusion as Mr. Garvin's, noting ad­ leum pricing-as the American Petroleum ditionally that the breaking up of the major Brenton Harries, told those bankers, "As un­ Institute's annual meeting began. The oil in­ companies wouldn't benefit the independents. palatable as the spectre of Federal interven­ dustries' big trade organization promptly tion is, the social and economic consequences Harry Trueblood, chairman of Consolidated began a "grass roots" campaign intended as Oil & Gas Co., a Denver-based oil and gas of default of the proportions we are facing a countermeasure against possible divesti­ producer, said that the IPAA "took that posi­ clearly makes it the lesser of two evils." ture. tion because of the fear it (divestiture) is Congress is now considering rescue legis­ "Divestiture is suddenly the industry's nothing more than a move toward national­ lation-basically Federal loan guarantees to No. 1 problem," asserted Frank Ikard, the ization" of the entire oil industry. "This is states trying to save their cities from finan­ former Texas Congressman who is API's an overt move to cripple the industry," he cial collapse. Such guarantees would be ac­ president. said. companied by stiff requirements for reform. But even as the API was beginning its Clearly, however, all segments of the oil That is as it should be. countermeasure, which will involve the industry aren't so vociferously opposed to For the Federal plan to work, Congress spending of vast sums, two of the Senators divestiture actions aimed at the major oil must act quickly between its lengthy Co­ considered among the leading proponents of companies. Edwin Jason Dryer, general sec­ lumbus Day, Veterans' Day and Thanksgiv­ divestiture were meeting a block away with retary of the Independent Refiners Associa­ ing recesses. And the balky Ford Administra­ the Society of Gasoline Marketers of Amer­ tion of America, advocates a "moderate" al­ tion-accurately termed "simplistic and neg­ ica. The two Senators, Ernest Hollings (D., ternate to divestiture that would require in­ ative" toward the City's crisis by Governor S.C.), and Gary Hart, (D., Colo.), didn't tegrated petroleum companies (those with Carey-must wake up to reality. Shallow sug­ leave any doubt-with the gasoline market­ crude-oil production refining and marketing gestions like raising the sales tax to 10 per­ ers, at least-that they intend to press even operations) to operate their divisions as cent or grinding out another study of the harder in their stepped-up efforts to break separate profit centers. Mr. Dryer said he be­ welfare situation are not the answers. up the oil companies. Lieves such a change in antitrust laws re­ There are two overriding reasons for Fed­ "We should have it back in the Senate by quiring this separation would put independ­ eral assistance in this crisis. First, it is over­ next spring, and definitely before the next ent refiners on the same competitive basis due-primarily for a history of Federal anti­ election," Sen. Hart said. as the major oil companies in the acquisi­ urban legislation and interference. And sec­ The Senate alree.dy has come surpris­ tion of crude oil. ond-and most important-because it is to ingly close in trying to force the oil compa­ The oil industry nonetheless hopes to the benefit of all Americans to do so. nies to spin off major parts of their opera- change public opinion regarding divest.iture. WCBS does not believe in a Federal bail- tions. · The industry's spokesmen are convinced that November 12, 1975 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 36183 Congressmen favoring divestiture are ap­ That cut represents the generation of U.S. tempt to glut the bill to even the present pealing for mass votes and that if the ap­ weapons that is intended to counter the new Administration. There has been a number of parent animosity toward the industry can be Soviet weapons-continuing development on administrations that have attempted to do overcome at the grass-roots level, then the the B-1 bomber, the Trident submarine, the so. Congressmen's views also will change. covey of new fighter planes from the F-15 to And as I think, as Mr. Rothwell pointed "If people really understood our business, the F-17, and so forth. out, this effort seems to breed down at the the popular clamor for divestiture would dis­ The issue before Congress as it considers Department of Justice. I too had the pleasure appear overnight," Charles Spahr, chairman the defense budget is not whether it meets of serving there as well as in the Congress. of Standard Oil Co. (Ohio) , said. some arbitrary congressional limit on spend­ You just see it there. It is also kicked For its countermeasure, the 8,500-member ing, but whether it is needed to make the around by the American Bar Association API will commit a "substantial part of its United States secure. The proposed $90.2 bil­ every year at their meetings. I think the at­ budget," Mr. Ikard said. Among other things, lion figure fails to meet this criterion. tack comes from attorneys more than any­ the API plan to establish a vastly expanded one else. It is interesting that the present public relations program and to finance vari­ Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop­ ous industry studies by university academi­ ment for example in her early days of au­ cians and others on the economic "advan­ NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDE­ thorship wrote a book for McGraw Hill on tages" of oil companies having operations How to Start a Law Practice off the Robin­ in multiple segments of the industry. PENDENT BUSINESS URGES VIG­ son and Patman Act. I don't think that that OROUS ENFORCEMENT OF ROB­ is the way to start a law practice. In fact as INSON-PATMAN ACT Mr. Dixon said, it is almost a dormant mat­ ter right now as far as the Robinson and Patman Act is concerned. DEFENSE CUTS UNWISE HON. JOE L. EVINS But whenever I talk to these gentlemen OF TENNESSEE at Justice or anybody else from the Ameri­ can Bar Association or what have you, one HON. BOB WILSON IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of the questions I ask is why are we going Wednesday, November 12, 1975 to revisit Goodyear and Anheiser Busch cases OF CALIFORNIA and why do we have to revisit A&P cases? IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. EVINS of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, And now A&P has its price and pride cam­ Wednesday, November 12, 1975 the Honorable Mike McKevitt, Wash­ paign. Borden's milk is the latest of their ington counsel for the National Feder­ dilemmas. Mr. BOB WILSON. Mr. Speaker, ation of Independent Business, recently I think it is a situation that is going to under leave to extend my remarks in the testified before the Special Ad Hoc Sub­ have dramatic impact on small and inde­ RECORD, I include the following: committee on Anti-Trust, the Robinson­ pendent businesses across the country. I (From the San Diego Union, Nov. 3, 1975] think the latest point that gives it a flare is Patman Act and Related Matters of the this consumer advocacy, that is, this big DEFENSE CUTS UNWISE House Small Business Committee on be­ pitch that the consumer is going to benefit It was refreshing to read the ather day half of the Robinson-Patman legislation, from it. I think it may be a temporary bene­ that Sen. William Proxmire of Wisconsin stating that it "is essential to the pres­ fit but I don't think it is going to be a long­ used opinions of the Central Intelligence ervation of free and open competition in term benefit to the consumer because in Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency reality where that difference is made up, is in arguing with Secretary of Defense James American industry." Mr. McKevitt, a former Member of a feed back to the-stockholders. Let's face it, R. Schlesinger over the rate of the Soviet man is not perfect by any means and as a military buildup. Congress, charged that repeal of this result we have to face reality as to what is Mr. Schlesinger believes that the Soviet landmark piece of legislation, as has re­ going to flow out of this. Union "may be outspending us by 50 per cent cently been suggested by officials of the I think, for example, House Judiciary on defense." Sen. Proxmire released the Ford administration, would have a major Committee put it very distinctly when it testimony of both William E. Colby, director impact on the economy of the Nation. said: "this committee is of the opinion that of the CIA, Lt. Gen. Daniel 0. Graham, DIA the evidence is overwhelming that price director, in heatedly challenging the budget A former Assistant Attorney General, McKevitt also charged that e:fforts tore­ discrimination practices exist to such an ex­ figures. tent the survival of independent merchants, The use of the CIA and the DIA as intel­ peal this act "seems to breed down at manufacturers, and other businessmen is ligence authorities, which they are should the Department of Justice" and that it seriously impaired and immediate legislation help remind American citizens that these "Just isn't in vogue" at the Federal is necessary". agencies do serve an essential function in Trade Commission. helping to preserve the security of the United Chairman Patman also put it very well States--whatever their overzealousness may Because of the interest of my col­ when he said: "In the of the consider­ have been in the past. This point was partic­ leagues and the American people in this ation of the proposed legislation Congress ularly underlined in the Proxmire-Schle­ important matter, I place in the RECORD found that price discrimination had been a singer exchange because the senator from herewith a portion of the statement weapon of sellers who held some degree of Wisconsin is not exactly a champion of the monopoly power. made by Mr. McKevitt to the subcom­ This power has been effectively employed intelligence community. mittee. Unfortunately, the remainder of Sen. by powerful sellers effectively destroying Proxmire's share of the dialogue was not The statement follows: competition and it has the tendency to cre­ inspiring. STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE MIKE ate stronger monopolies." The simple fact is that all of the informa­ McKEviTT So as a result of all this, I think one of tion that we have about the spending of the Mr. Chairman, I appear today on behalf of the answers is "why don't we have more Soviet Union on its military forces is but an the National Federation of Independent Busi­ activism at FTC?" Why don't we have peo­ educated estimate. The Russians are a tight, nesses which is an organization now having ple down there with the concern of the gen­ closed society and the variables such as a mmebership of 431,000 small and independ­ tleman to your right, Commissioner Mcin­ categories of military spending and morale dent business firms across the country. tyre, and others? factors cloud the value of raw budget figures. They are extremely concerned about the I think there are abuses right now that If, however, our educated estimates are latest talk about repealing the Robinson­ exist. I think one of the answers, and I would placed in proximity to what we can see, it is Patman Act or even modification of it. There hope this Ad Hoc Committee would do so, evident that the Soviet Union is not stinting are several bills pending now, for example, is to direct some of its interest to the FTC on defense. Its navy is modern, larger than which in effect I think of us at the table and the Robinson-Patman law enforcement.

On another occasion, intruders in her class­ system's Bureau of Attendance. And with tion" of the Consumer Agency "would be room threatened her with a knife. recent layoffs, there just aren't enough tru­ to act as an ombudsman for consumers A robber walked into a class at Public ant officers left to cope with the problem. School 181 in Brooklyn and, telling the These truants loiter in the streets, in parks in legal proceedings and hearings before teacher he had a knife under his shirt, in­ or in department stores. They hang out at Federal departments and agencies." structed her to give hlm her money with­ subway stops, often looking for trouble. As evidence of the need for such an out alarming the students. He then forced Sooner or later, many of them gravitate to agency, the Long Island Press editors her to call another teacher from her class­ schoolyards, or sneak into school hallways, noted that on the same day the bill room. After robbing the second teacher, he where they disrupt classes, terrorize students passed the House a congressional study forced the two teachers to escort him down and teachers and steal everything in sight-­ was released showing that- the hall to the front door. including purses slung around the shoulders Reported incidents, however, frightening of teachers, typewriters and food from school More than half of the people named to though they may be, do not tell the whole refrigerators, which they sell to unscrupu­ nine regulatory agencies since former Presi­ story of violence in the schools. Thousands of lous grocers. dent Nixon took office came from the very youngsters, for example, are robbed by other Overcrowding also contributes to the vio­ industries they were supposed to regulate. students of their money but do not lence. Although some school officials may The editorial follows: report the rip-offs because they are afraid of think that UFT President Albert Shanker's THE CoNsUMER LosEs AGAIN retaliations. And, at some schools, violent in­ estimate that there are at least 17,719 over­ cidents are hushed up, when possible, to pre­ crowded classrooms in the city is a high, Legislation to create a badly needed federal vent the school from acquiring a bad name. there's no doubt that the schoolrooms are consumer protection agency has passed both "You see every kind of crlme you ca..""l bulging with too many kids. houses of Congress. But it squeaked by with imagine in the schools today," reports Ed Tens of thousands of kids have to go to only nine votes in the House. That's a mar­ Muir, school safety representative for the schools on double sessions and, with the over­ gin much too small to overcome President United Federation of Teachers and the Board crowding, it's easy !or intruders to mingle Ford's promised veto. of Educa.tion. "Beatings, kniflngs, sexual as­ with groups of students and wander unde­ Ironically, earlier on the same day the bill saults, extortions, you name it. A kid can buy tected through the hallways. Fights break passed the House, an unusual joint hearing dope or a lethal weapon at many high out in passageways jammed with students by Senate and House committees heard the schools." jostling each other. results of a study of nine federal regulatory Indeed, the deans of many high schools Racial tensions, too, cause violence. At agencies~ The conclusion should have curled have locked up in their offices boxes with New Utrecht High School, which is about some hair on Capitol Hlll, but obviously collections of such weapons, including zip 80% white, cops are frequently stationed in didn't. guns, walking sticks with pointed metal ends, the school when racial flare-ups are !eared To show how much a watchdog committee knives and sundry other weapons, including and some days the sidewalk leading to the 1s needed to monitor the government on be­ chains and clubs. elevated train stop is lined with pollcemen half of the consumer, the study disclosed The rise in school violence follows a trend to protect black kids. This year, there have that more than half of the people named to towards more youth crime in general. Juve­ been fights between white and black youths nine regulatory agencies since former Presi­ nile arrest statistics show that 19 youths and a washroom fight between black and dent Nixon took office came from the very were arrested !or murder in 1970 and 77 in white girls. industries they were supposed to regulate. 1974. During the same period, the number of The violence is spreading even to schools Victor H. Kramer, law professor at George­ rapes by juveniles jumped from 99 to 261; in upper-middle class areas. For example, a town University-a member of the study the number of robberies from 3,013 to 4,765 teacher in a junior high school in Bayside, team-laid it on the line. "Partisan political and the number of 9..ssa.ults from 789 to 1,312. Queens required medical attention after he considerations dominate the selection of reg­ Undoubtedly, layoffs in the school system .was kicked hard in the groin by a girl stu­ ulators to an alarming extent," he said . since the city's budget crisis have also played dent in the lunch room. "Alarming in that other fp.ctors--such as an important part in the rising violence. The Peter Beeler, a social science teacher at security guard force in the schools have been competence, experience and even, on occa­ Boys and Girls High School summed up the sion, regulatory philosophy-are only second­ cut in half. Teachers have less time for prob­ attitude of many of his colleagues when he lem kids. Special programs !or kids who do ary factors." complained: "We're demoralized. It's impos­ That's true, unfortunately. Also unfortu­ not fit into regular programs have been cut sible to teach in these conditions." drastically. nate and ominous-is that while President Ford clalms reform of regulatory agencies is "rr'S JUST STARTING" one of his major goals, the White House de­ So far this school year, Muir reports, 186 clined a congressional invitation to partici­ assaults have been reported against teachers. THE CONSUMER LOSES AGAIN pate in the hearing. During the corresponding period last year, One would think judging by the adminis­ only 10 had been reported. "It's just start­ tration's opposition to this bill, that the pro­ ing," commented Muir. "I have no doubt that posed consumer protection agency would do the assault figures will rise dramatically again no more than add to the bureaucracy and this year." HON. BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL OF NEW YORK poke new official noses into the nation's busi­ Susan Hutchner, a perky elementary school ness community. Not so. Its sole function teacher in her 20s, was attempting to break IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES would be to act as an ombudsman !or con­ up a squabble between two third graders in Wednesday, Novemb~r 12, 1975 sumers in legal proceedings and hearings a classroom when one of them, a husky little before federal departments and agencies. boy, cracked her over the hand with a ruler. Mr. ROSENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, last There seems to be almost no hope that When she grabbed the ruler, the boy rose week the House passed the most monu­ President Ford, who as a congressman from from his seat cursing and pushed her hard mental piece of consumer legislation that Michigan supported similar legislation four against a metal chalk tray. As a result, two of Susan's vertebrae were cracked and she has ever been considered by the Con­ years ago, wlll sign this blll into law, or that has been bed-ridden for months, including gress. Congress will override his veto. That's two weeks at Mount Sinai Hospital in trac­ This legislation was given the most shameful. Those responsible should be kept tion. careful consideration and was the cul­ in mind during Campaign '76. Many teachers come up with bruised shins mination of many years of study, hear­ from attacks by hard-kicking first graders. ings, and hard work by Members on Some kindergarten teachers have to take both sides of the aisle. Its final enactment tetanus shots when they are bitten by pupils. SHANGHAI DOCKS AND RAILWAYS is essential if the interests of consumers Much of the worst violence, however, is CLOSED BY STRIKES committed by outsiders who enter schools al­ are to be properly represented before the most at will--stealing, disrupting and, fre­ Federal agencies. quently, attacking anyone who tries to stop Unfortunately, the bill did not pass HON. LARRY McDONALD them. wit h the margin that will be needed if OF GEORGIA "We can't make the school doors absolutely the President carries out his promise to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES secure b~ause of fire laws," explains Carl veto it. That would be truly ironic in Irish, chief of security for the school system. light of the fact that Representative Wednesday, November 12, 1975 "Kids open them from the inside and in­ as truders get in." Ford he supported virtually identical leg­ Mr. McDONALD of Georgia. Mr. Not all the intruders are neighborhood islation as a Member of the House dur­ Speaker, we are led to believe by certain toughs or addicts out to raise the money !or ing the 93d Congress. naive visitors and others who sympathize a fix. Many are kids playing hooky. The urgent need for an Agency for with Mao Tse-tung that everyone 18 OUR VIOLENT SCHOOLS Consumer Protection was expressed ex­ happily at work in Communist China. On any given day, up to 200,000 of the tremely well by an editorial in the No­ These persons always tell us that Com­ city's 1.1 million students may cut school, vember 11, 1975, Long Island Press. That munist China appears to have solved says Phllip Kaplan, who works in the school editorial pointed out that the "sole func- nearly all the problems that bedevil our 36198 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 12, 19'75 society. Well, not quite, it turns out. BALBOA HOSPITAL · ... AS IT'S the end of WW I, patients numbering 800 Would you believe that labor unrest has GROWN were recovering-and sometimes dying-in tents along the brown hills overlooking San hit Communist China? It seems that Diego. some Chinese workers feel they need In 1919 Balboa was officially designated a higher wages and better working con- ' HON. BOB WILSON Naval Hospital by the Secretary of the Navy. ditions. The news item from the London OF CALIFORNIA In the '20s with North Island, the Marine Daily Telegraph of November 6, 1975, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Corps Recruit Depot and the Naval Train­ follows: ing Center in full operation, the hospital Wednesday, November 12, 1975 did a brisk business in broken jaws, cuts [From The Daily Telegraph, November 6, Mr. BOB WILSON. Mr. Speaker, un­ and other liberty-related injuries. 1975] San Diego was so dependent on the eco­ SHANGHAI DOCKS AND RAILWAYS CLOSED BY der leave to extend my remarks in the nomics of Balboa that the city donated an­ STRIKES RECORD, I include the following: other 17 acres to the Navy to expand the Dockers and railway workers in Shanghai, BALBOA HOSPITAL ... As IT'S GROWN-THE hospital. Included in the donation was In­ the world's most densely populated city, have SPRAWLING MEDICAL COMPLEX BEGAN BACK . spiration Point which offered a magnificent gone on strike in the last few months for IN 1915 AS A TENT CITY ESTABLISHED BY TH'E view of the city. Eastern sailors "purchased" higher wages and better working conditions. MARINES Inspiration Point more than once from fast­ Western journalists who accompanied Herr (By Joseph John Trento) buck real estate salesmen. Schmidt, West German Chancellor, to China The first hospital buildings went up in the No President ever stayed at Balboa Naval early 1920s, costing more than $1 million. last week reported that four strikes closed Hospital. the main dockyards and railway stations. Capt. H. C. Curl was the facilities first com­ No important general ever recovered from manding officer. While the first permanent The labour unrest wras believed to be the war wounds at Balboa. reason why Herr Schmidt's visit to Shanghai No great admiral ever sailed his fleet into buildings were designed for 300 patients, the was cancelled. daily census of those years showed an average San Diego harbor and then WillS taken to patient load of 400. He was taken instead to Urumohi, China's Balboa. remote western area near the Lop Nur nuclear Balboa has none of the glory of a Tripier By the mid 1920s, another 500 beds were site. or a Walter Reed Hospital. Balboa's special added to the hospital. Despite the increased Officia.l Chinese sources have said' the la­ place in the American military tradition is capacity, the hospital was still overcrowded bour unrest was due to the failure of Com­ in the heart of the average naval man who because of the growth of the Pacific Fleet. So munist party officials to "share in the man­ was mended back to health at Balboa. the city gave more land and further expan­ ual work of the masses." Balboa has healed many more military sion was under way. men than any other medical facility in the In 1927 the hospital had Civil War veterans EGALITARIAN WAGE and Spanish American War veterans, as well But it was known that there had been world. More sailors, Seabees, POWs and om­ cers have come through its doors than any as men from World War I, under treatment. "worker trouble", with former Red Guards, By 1930 the hospital had 1,000 beds-and was now Radicals, opposing the eight-grade wage other medical center in history. "Without Balboa, God only knows how still overcrowded. scale endorsed by the Constitution and de­ many more we would have lost," James For­ In the '30s, the hospital opened its doors manding immediwte moves towards ran egali­ to members of the Civilian Conservation tarian wage. restal, Secretary of Navy under Roosevelt, said toward the end of the wwr in the Pa­ Corps. The Hospital Corpsman School, opened Many older workers, however, were de­ cific. They were not empty comments, the in the late 1920s, contributed greatly to the manding "more co-operation" from the Balboa Hospital, which started out as a tent legendary quality of health care available at higher-paid cadres-which is a round-about city in 1914 grew and grew, has seen it all. · Balboa. Chinese way of demanding higher wages and For reporters, :q1ost mllitary hospitals are By World War II, 137,460 corpsman served better working conditions. goldmines. If no one famous is around, then the Navy, Marines and infantry. The school Reports that labour troubles had spread to there are usually people who assisted the graduated 14,907 in 1945 alone. By the end a score of large industrial plants in Shanghai famous. In other words, you can always find of the Korean Conflict, 15 of those graduates last March were followed by official "leaks" an angle at a naval hospital. But at Balboa received Congressional Medals of Honor. that Wang Hung wen, had been sent back to that is not quite the case. The "anr, ~ e" of Many, sadly, were given posthumously. his home town to restore order. famous, or those who served the famous, is During World War II, San Diego donated Wang, 39, is the "whiz-kid" who became not to be found. another 55 acres of land to the hospital. As third in the Communist party hierarchy after In fact it is amazing that such a success­ the war progressed it was obvious that the Chairman Mao Tse-tung and Premier Chou fully huge facllity has healed so few big 56-buildings, 1,400-capacity hospital was not En-lai. names. big enough for the sick and injured. He has not apparently been completely The men and women who come to San The Navy took possession of the museums successful in his clean-up, although it is to Diego for medical help fight the wars, not of Balboa Park. In tents ... in ornate build­ his credit that the troubles have not so far run them. ings, the sick and the wounded were cared spread to the light industry or passenger The people who come to Balboa are men for. transport. like Dieter Dengler. Who's Dieter Dengler The Navy did nat relinquJsh. these build­ But he does not appear to have fulfilled you ask? Dengler was the only American to ings until three years after the war was Chairman Mao's expectations. escape from a POW camp in North Vietnam over. The Museum of Man housed 759 pa­ Whereas Wang used to sit with Mao when -an act of heroism that brought Dengler tients alone, while other museums and build­ he received foreign heads of State, his place the Navy Cross, but nonetheless an act most ings were used as beds, dorms, and offices. has now been taken by Teng Hsiao-ping, vice Americans have forgotten. Some 30,000 corpsman were trained at the premier, and he now -appears to have been de­ Dengler, like the more th

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Thursday, November 13, 1975 The House met at 12 o'clock noon. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE in praise of his distinguished service to the Nation. The Reverend Martin H. Phillips, A message from the Senate by Mr. Evangelist Association, Pueblo, Colo., of­ Sparrow, one of its clerks, announced fered the following prayer: that the Senate had passed with amend­ THE RETIREMENT OF MR. JUSTICE 0 Lord, our Saviour and our Guide, we ments in which the concurrence of the DOUGLAS pray for the people who have given them­ House is requested a bill of the House (Mr. ALBERT asked and was given selves to serve the people of this great of the following title: permission to address the House for 1 Nation, the United States of America. W-e H.R. 9915. An act to make technical minute and to revise and extend his believe that our Nation is great for Your amendments to the Federal Rules of Evi­ remarks.) Gospel because our Nation was founded dence, the Federal Rules of Criminal Pro­ Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, I join on Your Gospel of Truth; and so may we, cedure, and to related provisions of titles 18 thousands of Americans across the land 0 Lord, go on with a faith no storm can a.nd 28 of the United States Code. in expreSS'ing deep regret over the fact shock. We will do this because of Your The message also announced that the that Mr. Justice Douglas has, for very powerful hand of guidance-yes, that Senate disagrees to the amendments of serious health reasons, found it neces­ same hand of guidance that has caused the House to the bill