10626 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE April 19, 19 71 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Monday, April 19, 1971

The House met at 12 o'clock noon. MAKING IN ORDER CONSIDERATION veterans, and certain dependents, as pro­ The Chaplain, Rev. Edward G. Latch, OF SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRI­ vided lby Public Law 91-584; $8,700,000 D.D., offered the following prayer: ATIONS for increased automobile allowances for disabled veterans, as provided. by Public The honest man comes to the light so Mr. MAHON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani­ Law 91-666; and $283,000,000 for un­ that it may be clearly seen that God is in mous consent that it may be in order on anticipated increases in the rate and unit all he does.-John 3: 21 (NEB). Thursday of this week to consider a joint costs of participation in training pro­ resolution making certain urgent sup· o God, our Father, we lift our hearts grams 1by veterans' depenld.ents. unto Thee in this hallowed moment and plementary appropriations for the cur­ We understand that balances in the bow our heads at the altar of prayer, rent fiscal year. existing appropriations could be ex­ thanking Thee for the days of renewal The SPEAKER. Is there objection to hausted before action on the general which have been ours and praying for the request of the gentleman from supplemental bill is finalized. wisdom and strength as we face the Texas? Then, as a resul·t of the fairly recent trying tasks of this troubled time. Em­ Mr. GROSS. Mr. Speaker, reserving earthquake in California and storms and power us with Thy spirit that we may the right to object, would the distin­ disasters in the Middle West and Gulf rise above pettiness and prejudice and · guished chairman of the Committee on States, there is a request before us for learn to work together with a glad good Appropriations tell the House what sub­ $290 million for disaster relief and loan will for the welfare of our country and jects are proposed to be dealt with in programs. There is urgency attached. to the well-being of mankind. this expedition of certain supplemental them since they relate to assistance as Guide with Thy truth and support appropriation funds? a result of natural disasters. with Thy love those who lead our Na­ Mr. MAHON. Mr. Speak.er, will the It is therefore proposed, I would say tion in this forum of freedom-our gentleman yield? to my friend from Iowa, that we lift these Speaker, our Representatives, he who Mr. GROSS. I yield to the gentleman. three items out of the regular supple­ assumes office representing the District Mr. MAHON. Mr. Speaker, the gentle­ mental and give them early attention. of Columbia, and all who labor with man makes a very appropriate inquiry. Of course, the special resolution to be them under the glowing dome of this The President has sent to Congress re­ presented will be subject to amendment, glorious Capitol, that Thy kingdom of quests for numerous supplementary ap­ but we have been urged over a period of justice and freedom and good will may propriations for the current fiscal year quite some time to act as quickly as pos­ go forward until the earth becomes a 1971 which ends on June ·30 next. The sible, and we felt that we should yield planet where men live together in true Committee on Appropriations has over a to these urgent requests ahead of the bro,therhood and enduring peace: To period of some weeks been holding hear­ regular supplemental bill. the glory of Thy holy name. Amen. ings on them. We hope to report a gen­ Mr. GROSS. Is the gentleman saying erial supplemental bill early next month, that there are three i terns or there may but we cannot be certain just how quickly be more than three, perhaps six or seven THE JOURNAL Congress will take final action on it. In items? The SPEAKER. The Chair has ex­ the meantime, there are a handful of Mr. MAHON. There are seven appro­ amined the Journal of the la'St day's pro­ pressing items which must be accom­ priations, but there are three areas of ceedings and announces to the House his modated in the very near future. appropriation involved, and I have men­ approval thereof. There are requests before us for $16.3 tioned those three. Without objection, the Journal stands million for the Occupational Safety and Mr. GROSS. And they are all of an approved. Health Act which goes into effect on the emergency nature? There was no objection. 28th of this month as a result of legisla­ Mr. MAHON. They are. tion passed by Congress late last year. It Mr. GROSS. Is the gentleman saying is the desire of the administration to get further that the material in respect to MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT this program underway. There is also these bills will be available before A message in writing from the Pres­ considerable interest in the Congress to Thursday? ident of the United States was communi­ move ahead. The request has been before Mr. MAHON. The material is available cated to the House by Mr. Geisler, one of us for some time and we feel it should today. The hearings are now available his secretaries. be acted urpon soon. That is one of the and, of course, the budget requests from items. the President have been available for A second item is the result of various some time. The joint resolution and re­ MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE laws enacted by the last Congress and port will be available just as soon as the unanticipated caseloads. There are two committee acts, which will be on Thurs­ A message from the Senate, by Mr. requests for a total of $736 million for day. Arrington, one of its clerks, announced Veterans' Administration mandatory­ I would like to say further that the that the Senate had passed concurrent type benefits--$434 million for com­ gentleman from Ohio

Jones, Ala. Pettis Smith, Iowa Mr. Rarick with Mr. Young of Florida. numbers of people visiting them. Clergy­ Jones, Tenn. Peyser Snyder Mr. Fraser with Mr. Rangel!. men, business, and students interested in Kazen Podell Spence Mrs. Green of Oregon with Mr. Pettis. ending the war should contact their Keith Preyer, N.C. Stafford Mrs. Runnels with Mr. duPont. Kemp Price, Tex. Staniton, Mr. St Germain with Mr. Smith of Cali• friends, family and colleagues in other Koch Pryor, Ark. JamesV. parts of the country and urge them to Kyl Purcell Steele fornia. Lennon Quie Steiger, Wis. Mr. Stubblefield with Mr. Whalley. express their opposition to the war to Lent Railsback Stubblefield Mr. Blanton with Mr. Peyser. their Congressmen. Lloyd Rangel Symington Mr. Cabell with Mr. McCollister. But for those who do not heed my Long, La. Rarick Talcott Mr. Cotter with Mr. Kemp. words, I urge that their actions be gov­ McCollister Reid, Ill. Teague, Calif. Mr. Meeds with Mr. Thone. Teague, Tex. erned by self-control. Implicit in the McCulloch Rhodes Mr. Brinkley with Mr. Fish. Macdonald, Riegle Thone right of expression is the assumption that .Mass. Robinson, Va. Udall Mr. Kazen with Mr. Goldwater. it will be carried out in a prudent and Mailliard Rodino Vander Jagt Mr. Vanik with Mr. Spence. Mann Rooney, Pa. Vanik Mr. Purcell with Mr. Stanton. orderly manner. If we are to maintain Mathias, Calif. Rosenthal Ware Mrs. Griffiths with Mr. Sandman. the great range of freedom of expression Mayne Royi Whalley Mr. Symington with Mr. Dellums. that we have enjoyed during our history Meeds Runnels Whitten Mr. Udall with Mr. Badillo. as a Nation, we must exercise judgment Michel St Germain Widnall Miller, Calif. Sandman Wilson, Bob Mr. Preyer of North Carolina with Mr. Lent and care in presenting our position. FUr­ Morse Schwengel Woltf Mr. Dowdy with Mr. Hillis. thermore, if our stated purpose is to Murphy, Ill. Sebelius Wydler Mr. Denholm with Mr. Riegle. gather support for our cause and demon­ Murphy, N.Y. Shriver Young, Fla. Mr. Edwards of Louisian a with Mr. Good- strate the necessity for our withdrawal Obey Sisk ling. O'Hara Smith, Calif. Mr. Flynt with Mr. Ware. from Indochina, then we must also con­ SO te to allow a man officer, taught to :fight and kill, who was from a representative of the American who has given over 50 years of dedicated given orders and obeyed them as any Parents Committee, Inc. service to this country to go out under a good soldier should; or cloud, maligned unfairly by many criticisms. Alternatively, Lieutenant Calley should Now, I don't mean that some criticism of not be punished because the war is im­ DEFENSE OF J. EDGAR HOOVER him, of me, of anybody, is not justified. But AND THE FBI he is taking a bad rap on a lot of things and moral; and, if Calley is guilty, so are the he doesn't deserve it. Army and political leaders of this Nation. The 'SPEAKER. Under a previous order Question: I would like to get back to Mr. Let me state as simply as possible my of the House, the gentleman from Hoover and the FBI. Is there any credence reaction to these two propositions. Maryland France, Thailand, and and is later synthesized into its most intense cotics that otherwise would have gone to the Turkey joined me in sponsoring this res­ and dangerous form, heroin. Although legal young people of America were picked up? olution and it was adopted unanimously. production and export of raw opium and its That was why those taps were carried on. by-products is entirely controlled in theory Now let's talk about the other area where rn pressing for adoption of this reso­ and to some extent in fact by the Single I think Mr. Risher is more concerned about. lution I called upon my fell ow IPU dele­ Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, They say what about the taps not made by gates to recognize that we can no longer adopted under United Nations auspices, in court orders but are made by the national tolerate the illegal production and in­ actuality, the diversion of opium into the security? I checked that, too. The high, in­ ternational traffic of dangerous drugs illegal market continues to be a major prob­ sofar as those taps are concerned, were in the and if we want to solve the drug problem lem which has not been effectively reached years 1961, 1962 and 1963. In those years, the by this convention. we have all got to quit dawdling and Actually, the opium problem consists of number of taps was between 90 and 100. Now, and start working together. Their unani­ in the two years that we have been in office-­ three parts: the demand, illicit supply and and get this number-the total numbe: of mous endorsement of the resolution was illegal traffic. Demand for illegal narcotics, taps for national seeurity purposes by the a highly gratifying development of sig­ although a problem familiar to many coun­ FBI, and I know because I look not at the nificant importance in the war against tries, cannot really be handled on an inter­ information but at the decisions that are illegal drug abuses. So important did the national level. Instead, each country must made-the total number of taps is less, has Council consider this problem, that it try to educate and treat its citizens w'ho are been less, .than 50 a year, a cut of 50 percent was voted to keep it on the agenda for tempted to use and abuse narcotic drugs. from what it was in 1961, '62 and '63. As far The problems of supply and traffic are both the fall meeting and to circularize the of tremendous international concern, and it as Ar·my 5urveillance is concerned, once we members with a questionnaire to provide saw what happened to the Democratic Na­ is upon these problems that we, as repre­ tional Convention, that had even been car­ suggestions for action in this field. sentatives of the Parliamentary governments ried to the surveillance of Adlai Stevenson, I include here the text of my state­ of the world, must focus our attention. who later became a Senator, we stopped them. ment to the Council which was followed There are approximately two million drug I simply want to put that all in perspec­ by unanimous acceptance of my resolu­ users and addicts in the world, and the tive by saying this: I believe the Nation's United States has the largest single number tion by the Inter-Parliamentary Union: of heroin addicts-The National Institutes Press has a responsibility to watch Govern­ INTERNATIONAL CONTROL OF ILLEGAL NARCOTICS ment, to see that big brother isn't watching. of Health estimates 250,000. Every year that (Statement of U.S. Representative JOHN S. number increases. The numbers a.re also in­ I don't want to see a police state. I argued creasing steadily in Western Europe, Iran, the right of Privacy Case in the Supreme MONAGAN, Democrat Of Connecticut, at the Inter-Parliamentary Union Meeting at Ca­ the Far East, and South East Asia. Souith Court and I feel strongly about the right ()If America, although it grows cocaine on its privacy. But let's also remember that the racas, Venezuela, Aprll 17, 1971) Oontrol of illegal production and illegal western coast and has recently begun to President ()If the United States has a re­ cultivate opium poppies, is not yet disturbed sponsibility for the secur.l.ty of this country export Of dangerous narcotic drugs is a prob­ by a serious domestic narcotics problem. Any and a responsibility to protect the innocents lem of international dimensions that we par­ liamentarians ignore at our peril. Although country, however, even a South American from those who might engage in crime or state, may be next, and may soon find itself who would be dangerous to the people of these drugs are usually grown or produced in rural areas of the world, they are quickly with a high percentage of its population in­ this country. capacitated by drugs. Since no country is In carrying out that responsibility, I de­ transported to the heavily populated cities where they are sold for high prices and immune, it is imperative that we forge a fend the F.B.I. in this very limited exercise strong instrument of international coopera­ ()If ta.pping. wreak their destructive havoc on human lives. Countries, both large and small, know tion and work collectively to conquer this One final point: You talk about police overwhelming problem. state. Let me tell you what happens when of the debilitating effects of narcotics, and yet are not taking effective action to prevent Controlling the supply of narcotics is diffi­ you go to what is really a police state. cult. The opium poppies are grown in under­ You can't talk in your bedroom. You can't their traffic and use. International cooper­ ation is urgently needed to achieve effective developed areas of the world where labor and talk in your sitting room. You don't talk land are cheap. Harvesting is tedious. After on the telephone. You don't talk in the bath• control over this pervasive prdblem. As rep­ resentatives of Parliaments of the interna­ the poppy pods fall to the ground, each one room. As a matter ()If fact, you hear about tional community, we must make it clear that must be individually lanced by hand, and going out and talking in the garden? Yes, after the "gum" has dried, it must be col­ I have walked many times through gardens we can no longer tolerate rthe illegal produc­ tion and traffic which allow substances origi­ lected by hand. Approximately ft ve and one­ in various places where I had to talk about half hours of labor are needed to produce something confidential, and you can't even nally intended to alleviate pain and suffering themselves to become ca.uses of human misery one ounce er! raw opium. That labor, how­ talk in front of a shrub. That is the way it and social decay. ever, is highly rewarding. The farmer, for works. Although there a.re several kinds of nar­ instance, often receives a price for his illegal What I am simply saying is this: There cotic drugs in illicit use tod!ay, opium and opium, alm.ost twice as much as he would are police states. We don't want that to hap­ the psychotropics are largely responsible for receive on the legal market. After it is col­ lected, the opium is oonverted into a mor­ pen to America. But America ls not a police the present crisis. The psychotropic sub­ state, and as long as I am in this Office, we stances include chemically produced stimu­ phine base, ten pounds of raw opium yield­ a.re going to be sure that not the FBI or lants, depressants, and hallucinogens; a.xn­ ing one pound of morphine base. From the any other organization engages in any activ· pheta.mines, barbiturates, and LSD, among fa.rm nearly all of the morphine base travels, ity except where the national interest or the by land or sea, to Marseilles, where it is others. They can bring about hallucinations turned into heroin. In Europe, the wholesale protection Of innocent people requires it, and and even addiction, and because they are price for heroin is $142.00 a.n ounce, but by then it Will be as limited as it possibly can relatively inexpensive and easy to acquire the time the heroin reaches New York, it is be. That is what we are going to do. they are in high demand. worth, on the retail market, $6,232.00 an April 19, 1971 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 10639 ounce in its pure form. In the illegal market, $46.6 million is for law enforcement; $53.4 AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR the price of the raw opium equivalent will million for treatment and rehabilitation of HELD BY NORTH VIETNAM have increased nearly 10,000 times between drug abusers; $12.4 m11lion is for educational the farm and New York City. The farmer and training purposes; and $'23.2 million for

ward Thailand, apprehension mounts in that Berlin, that indefensible symbol Oif free­ even many in our country seem to welcome ancient kingdom. dom whioh we neventheless are committed it.13 North Korea, reckless and arrogant, at­ to defend, remains surrounded by Com­ Whatever one's views on this point may be, tacked an American ship and plane with munist forces which perk>dicaJ.ly block or the critical question now is what sort of world impunity and constitutes a threat so serious harass access routes by land and air. Berlin order will exist in the years ahead. There is that some 60,000 American troops remain in has assumed crJsis proportions a number of every reason to believe that the Soviet Union South Korea 17 years after the tenuous times in the past. No one can be stll"e that envisions the new era as one which it will armistice there.& the future will ·be different. dominate, employing its military power and Despite internal convulsions, Red China Other areas the threat of its use to promote and attain maintains the world's largest ground forces its own imperialistic objectives. 'Ilhe foregoing are the more vistble and and is acquiring a significant nuclear capa­ Second best in a troubled world bility. Its despotic regime harbors and pro­ aictive d1an.ger areas in a troubled world, but motes the most virulent hatred of America.e ruptures of peace could come anywhere. A Thus, as we enter the 1970's America is Its ambitions within Asia-beyond Taiwan­ war was oonclud.ed in Afr'!ca. earlier this yea.r confronted with an inherently unstable remain obscure, although already it has con­ with heavy loss of life and infinite human world situation in which "little wars and quered Tibet, conducted border incursions suffering. There aire few stable governments revolutions" can escailate and major wars against India, and indicated a continuing in either Africa or South !Amertca, where develop on short notice. We face a world in covetousness toward Southeast Asia. pliots and revolutions and terroristic activities which the military balance of power is shift­ Some think the greatest threat to peace are oommoD.1place. Cuba, now an 11il"nled and ing from the West to the East, and the world in Asia lies along the Soviet-Chinese border erratic Communist power, is a major base order sustained by dominant American pow­ where ancient hostilities have been exacer­ for subversion, the export Of revolution, and er is fading a.way. In the most optimistic bated. However this may be, Asia is a con­ poosibly for Soviet naval operations. view, a precarious order will continue as the tinent of discord and unrest with military Communists have common objective two superpowers maintain an uncertain bal­ ance of deterrence. A less optimistic view, strength mounting in the four Communist It is true that the solidarity of the in­ powers. There is no peace or prospect of it. and one supported by the weight of the ternational Communist movement has been evidence, is that the United States will be­ The Middle East fractured. The ifrlendshlp between -the Soviet come a "second rate" power subordinate to The situation in the Middle East, in terms Union and Red China has ·ctissol ved. Even the manifest Soviet military superiority. In that of possible escalation into major confronta­ boasted unity of the Warsaw Pact members case, the world order of the future Will bear tion, appears to be even more serious. A state depends nakedly upon the military might of a Soviet trademark, with all people upon of undeclared but active war existed between the Soviet Union and its openly avowed whom it is imprinted suffering Communist Israel and its Arab neighbors until the Au­ ''.right" to employ this might against any repressions u gust 1970 cease fire. Although the Arab states recalcitrant member.11 But this disunity among Communist THE END OF U.S. MILITARY SUPERIORITY have ia.n implacable hatred of Israel they a.re The facts set forth in the Reports of the incapable of waging modern war without the powers does not necessarily enhance rthe chances of peace for the Free World. The President and the Secretary of Defense, men­ weapons, technicians and economic support tioned above, clearly foreshadow the end of provided by the Soviet Union. hate propaganda of both the Soviet Union U.S. military superiority.15 This was prede­ The strategic significance of the Middle and Red China against t he United States ex­ ceeds that leveled against each other. Each termined by decisions made in the 1960's, East is profound. The petroleum resources which resulted in the reduction, postpone­ there are vital to the economic well being of has always proclaimed that the principal enemy is "imperialistic America." The Marx­ ment and abandonment of strategic defense much of the Free World. Effective control of measures and weapons systems. These deci­ these resources-at least to the extent of ist dream of unity among Communist coun­ tries may have faded, •but the Marxist pur­ sions reflected the budgetary priorities of being able to deny th.em to the Free World­ the Vietnameses war as well as a desire to de­ is an obvious Soviet strategic objective. Per­ pose Olf oommunizing the world remains the goal of ever'y Communist party. escalate the strategic ar.ms race by an ex­ haps a less obvious objective is the reopen­ ample of self-imposed restraint. ing and control of the Suez Canal. This This, in briefest summary, is the clls­ waterway, as important to the Soviet Union ordered state of the worild at the

fense ·acquisition and tracking. As the radar ens an historic American policy, namely, THE CUTBACK IN DEFENSE SPENDING installation is the long lead time component, freedom of the seas. rt is in this mixed climate of euphoria lt is possible that the Soviets are extending The U.S., traditionally a sea power, has ex­ and retreat tha.t a major retrenchment in their Galosh ABM system to protect many tensive worldwide commitments. These range Amet1ica's defense effort has been deemed other areas. They are some five years ahead from the defense of U.S. states (Hawaii and necessary. The defense budget proposed for of the United States in this vital element of Alaska), and its territories and bases, to the FY 1971, totaling $71.8 blllion in proposed 33 strategic power. To the extent that Soviet protection of American citizens and invest­ e~nditures, reflect.s the largest single cut­ cities and industrial areas are protected ments in soores of countries. These commit­ back in defense spending since the Korean (while ours remain unprotected), the credi­ ments also include treaty obligations to our War.to Yet a significant portion of our polit­ bility of our retaliatory threat diminishes. allies, and the supplying of U.S. Armed Fores ical and intellectual leadership is demand­ FOBS. The Soviets are developing a frac­ a.broad. our extensive international trade is ing even more drastic reduction. tional orbital nuclear weapons system de­ essential to the continued prosperity of our Difficult budgetary decisions signed to minimize warning time.34 This people. U.S. commitments in all of these re­ weapon is consistent with a first-strike strat­ spects can be fulfilled only by maintaining In addition to the public malaise, it must egy, as it virtually precludes the possibility control of the seas, now being increasingly be recognized tha.t the Administration and of enough warning to fire our missiles or get challenged by Soviet naval power. the Congress a.re confronted with extreme­ our bombers off the ground. ly difficult budgetary decisions. The prob­ For some three centuries the British navy lems include (i) pressing and escala.ting Soviet SLBM's. The Y-class submarines de­ preserved freedom of the seas and fostered scribed above will have the capability of domestic needs, (ii) inflationary costs, (111) international trade. There were also other the continued draiin. of the Vietnam.ese war, eliminating most of our B-52 bomber force.:ia naval powers, including the U.S., Japan, Ger­ Also these SLBM's will constitute a grave and (iv) the imperative necessity of a budg­ many, France and Italy. All of this has et more nearly in balance after years of threat to Washington, D.C., and to our na­ changed beyond recognition in a dramatic tional command centers. deficits. shift of sea power. All of these navies (ex­ Quite a.part from public and political pres­ It is clear from the foregoing and other cept that of the U.S.) have ceased to exist evidence that the Soviets never have ac­ sures, there is an obvious need for some as blue water fleets. England has dismantled restructuring of natlional priorities as well cepted the assumption upon which American its great bases around the world, and the strategic planning has been based. The struc­ as the effecting of all possible economies. vacuum thus created is beLg filled by the The impact of all of these pre&Sures cen­ ture of both their offensive and defensive Soviet Union. The Indian Ocean and the forces st rongly indicates that they have tered on the defense budget, which the Sec­ Mediterranean east of Malta. are already dom­ retary Of Defense describes as a "bare bones" planned-and are moving to achieve-a first­ inated by Soviet naval power. There are no strike capability of destroying our urban one. It is also recognized as "traditional," limits to the seas in which the Soviet navy pending to some extent the outcome of the centers and neutralizing our retaliatory now operates, as demonstrated by its naval weapons except such Polaris submarines as SALT talks and affording time for a more maneuvers.89 happen to be on station.oo penetra.tling anaJysis by the new administra­ In contemplating what risks responsible In the new era--in which a Soviet world tion of defense needs, options and priorities. officials and members of Congress are willing order is envisioned by its Communist rulers­ Inadequate fun ding this navy will increasingly endanger the most to assume on behalf of the American people, As understandable as the resulting budget it is well to remember that we have no de­ vital diplomatic, military and economic in­ terests of the U.S. ma.y be, at entails the assumption of defense fense whatever against Soviet ICBM's and risks which seem unjustified.41 The $71.8 SLBM's which now have the capability of Retreat from the threat biUion dollars proposed for FY 1971 is $9.8 killing perhaps half of our population-more The situation which our country faces is bill below the Johnson administration budg­ than 100 million people-by a surprise first without precedent. For a few years following et proposal for FY 1970, and constitutes 7% strike. World War II our national security was com­ of estimated gross national product--the Soviet "blue water" navy plete and unchallenged. In the early 50's the lowest percentage since FY 1951. This pro­ posed funding would constitute 34.6 % of The weapons descri'bed above relate to the Soviet Union became a nuclear power and, with gradual but increasing momentum, it the total federal budget, the lowest commit­ Soviet Union's strategic nuclear capability. ment to defense since FY 1950.4!? The growing Sov'iet Navy is a threat of a undertook to challenge American superiority. different kind, and yet it confirms SOviet in­ But we enjoyed marked advantages in our Greater Soviet effort tentions to be the world's dominant military industrial base, our technology, and in the There has been no comparable restraint power. sheer number and quality of strategic weap­ exercised by the Soviet Union either with re­ For centuries, both under the Czars and ons. In the 60's our complacency in this re­ spect to overall defense spending or the fund­ more recently under Communist rule, Russia spect became so great, and our preoccupation ing of its strategic programs. On the con­ was a land power with limited capability at with the Vietnam war so distracting, that we trary, the trend of Soviet defense spending sea. Virtually landlocked, it was not a mari­ neglected our strategic posture. continues steadily upward. Its total military time power in a "blue water" sense. This has As a result, we enter the 70's confronted funding about equals that of the U.S., al­ changed strikingly in recent years, as the so­ by (i) a superior Soviet offensive missile though its gross national product (GNP) is viet Union has now achieved a challenging capability, (ii) a marked Soviet advantage in barely half that of this country. If expendi­ naval capability. It has the largest conven­ defensive missile capability, (iii) a menacing tures on the Vietnam war are excluded, the tional submarine fieet; it is moving raipidly Soviet fleet, and (iv) with respect to all of total Soviet effort substantially exceeds that to overta.ke the U.S. in ballistic missile sub­ these, a Soviet commitment and momentum of the U.S. But :the mix of the spending ds es­ marines; it has by far the strongest force of which is quite unmatched in this country. pecially meaningful in view of its effect upon surface-to-surface misslle-launohing ships; We are also confronted, as Red China orbits the strategic balance of power. The Soviet and it leads the U.S. in numbers of cruisers, its first satellite, with the certainty of a new Union is spending significantly more than destroyer escorts and patrol boats. Only in and growing ICBM capability from that irra­ the U.S. in the buildup of its strategic of­ aircraft carriers-presumably considered by tionally hostile nation. fensive and defensive weapons. the Soviets to be vulnerable to missile­ Within a span of less than two decades we The results of this greater Soviet effort are launching vessels and aircraft--has the So­ have moved from complete security to peri­ now reflected in their dramatic gains in viet navy faiiled to challenge the U.S. lous insecurity. ICBM's, SLBM's and other advanced weap­ More important than numbers is the qual­ Yet, the response of the public generally, ons systems. If we continue to permit the ity of the vessels. Although our carrier force much of the media and many political lead­ Soviet Union to outdistance the U.S. in de­ is formidable indeed, the U.S. has failed to ers ranges from apathy and complacency to fense effort, it is inevitable that the security maintain a. balanced navy of modern surface affirmative hostility-not against the poten­ of this country will be endangered. As Secre­ ships. The majority of our fleet vessels are tial enemies which threaten us-but toward tary Laird has warned: more than 20 years old, many with obsoles­ our own military establishment and the very "Time and again in our past history our cing weapons and equipment. By contrast, concept of providing defense capabilities ade­ nation has paid a heavy price for allowing its most of the Soviet fleet is relatively new and quate to protect this country and its vital armed forces to dwindle to levels that proved modern,37 often with vessels of greater speed, to be too low to discourage or to counter fire power and more advanced electronics interests. The state of public opinion is such aggression." than comparable vessels in the U.S. :fleet.as that some responsible leaders, fully familiar In view of the crescendo of demands for The Soviet naval buildup, like its strategic with the threat, believe it is futile to seek further reductions in defense spending, we missile deployment, is a major element in adequate defense funding. Thus, we respond may be well along the road to reliving this the shifting balance of military power. Al­ as a nation-not by appropriate measures to past history. though not itself a. direct threat to the con­ strengthen our defenses, but by significant THE THREAT TO TECHNOLOGICAL SUPERIORITY tinental United States (except the subma­ curtailments which widen the gap. rines), the new and growing Soviet naval There a.re three disturbing trends in de­ In short, the mood of the people and fense funding: (i) the magnitude of the strength affects adversely the diplomatic and much of the Oongress is almost one of pre­ economic position of the United States overall reduction, (ii) the unfavorable bal­ throughout much of the world. It also threat- cipitous l"etrea.t from tlhe challenge. This ance between Soviet spending on strategic cha.llenge. Th.is paradox in response to possi­ forces as compared to our effort, a.nd (ill) a. ble nationaJ. peril is without precedent in similar unfavorable balance in the critical Footnotes at end of article. the h'istory of this country. area of research and development (R&D). 10646 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE April 19, 1971

Of these, perhaps the last is the cause for new weapons systems. If a major technolog­ But it is prudent to remember rthat the greatest concern. ical breakthrough should catch us by sur­ OommUillist concept of negotiation ls radi­ Soviet challenge to U.S. technology prise the results could be catastrophic.Ga cally different from ours. They view it as a Hope of survival-Technological superiority component of conflict, with the objective of The U.S. has enjoyed a. clear technological gaining an f its military ca­ and to a lesser extent the Soviet Union. It is The American people must be reminded pability and its will-would be the gravest possible that in the long run Red China is that basic Communist dogma. contemplates threat to the peace of the world. more likely to rupture peace t han any other the em.ployment--over such time span a.s nat ion. may be necessary--<>! the entire arsenal of FOOTNOTES 15 See also Mr. Laird's address of April 20, pressures against the U.S. as the strongest 1 U.S. Foreign Policy for the 1970's, Report 1970, at the Annual Luncheon of the Asso­ democratic power. Despite discord among to the Congress by President Nix.on, Feb. 18, ciated Press, N.Y. Times, April 21, 1970; and Communist sta.tes, there has been no 1970, p. 122. (Referred to herein as the Presi­ data reported in The Military Balance 1970- ameliorat ion of this doctrin al goal. Through­ dent's Report.) 1971, published by The Institute for Strategic out the past quarter century, when the Soviet 2 Defense Report for Fiscal Year 1971, by Studies, London, 1970. 16 Union was relatively weak strategically, it Secretary Laird !before the House Subcom­ President's Report, p. 120 and Secretary precipitated or supported crisis after crisis-­ mittee on Defense Appl"lopriations, Feb. 25, Laird's Report, p. 35. See The Military Bal­ directly or through puppets and satellites­ 1970, p. 1. (Referred to herein as the Laird ance, supra, p. 6, which ·reports about 1300 designed to extend its influence and to create Report.) operational IC'BM's in July 1970. Intelligence disarray within the U.S. and the Free World. 3 It should be remembered here that in estimates of the number of ICBM's actually Throughout this time it waged, as did Red recent years intelligence provisions fre­ deployed a.re extremely accurate. But esti· China, massive political warfare against the quently have understated these cwpa;bilities. mat es of production rates (and hence future United States, including subversion and Laird Report, supra, pp. 34, 101. operational strength) have consistently erred propaganda as well economic and diplo­ i The folly of relying on assumptions as to on the low side. See Laird Report. p. 34. as 17 matic pressures. Nor did the Soviet Union intentions, rather than upon known capa­ Secretary Laird's Report, p. 35. The So­ hesitate to employ techniques of military bilities, is documented by countless military viets are continuing to produce SS-9's at a rate of about 50 per year, and will have some blackmail. surprises down through history. Pearl Harbor It is irrational to think, with the balance is a. classical example. More recent examples 300 by the end of this year. See Laird, Ad­ of military power now shifting dramatically involving the Soviet Union include the Cu­ dress of April 20, 1970, supra. The Institute in its favor, that the policies of the Soviet ban Missile Crisirs and Czechoslovakia. See for Strategic Studies, based in London, pub­ hierarchy will be less hostile, disruptive and Senator Henry M. Jackson, Senate Speech, lishes annually The Military Balance (cited supra) and a. complementary publication imperialistic. July 9, 1969. A recent study of Kremlin policy noted 5 Plans to withdraw 20,000 American troops entitled The Strategic Survey. Although the Soviet effort to achieve nuclear superior­ are opposed by the South Korean govern­ there are variations in detail as to types ity, and commented: ment. As indicated in a recent on the scene and numbers of weapons, the data. pub­ "Presenting the world with a clear cut report "there is no real peace in Korea to­ lished by The Institute for Strategic Studies superiority in numbers of nuclear weapons day." N.Y. Times, article by Philip Shabe­ generally corroborates the unclassified in­ coff, June 24, 1970. formation of the U.S. Defense Department. may appear to some leaders in the Kremlin 18 a feasible political means for consolidating 8 Mao Tse-tung recently issued a fresh in­ See The Military Balance, supra, p. 6, its own alliances and disintegrating the op­ dictment against the U.S., calling for a. which credits the Soviet Union with 800 "protracted peoples' war" against American SS--ll's, with deployment continuing. posing forces. Such a major shift in the 19 worldwide balance of power may also "imperialism," and concluding: "People of The distinction between MRV and MIRV heighten the risk of confrontation, with vast the world, unite and defeat the U.S. aggres­ is that in the former the multiple separate costs in the present and unforeseeable dan­ sors and all of their running dogs!", N.Y. warheads are not independently guided to 71 Times, May 21, 1970. targets. gers in the fut11re." 20 As our country ponders its future course, 7 The Suez Canal has other strategic sig­ Secretary Laird estimated last February d'rifting as we are into a position of inferior­ nificance. The Soviet Union continues to that if the Soviets follow a "High Force-High Technology" approach they will probably ity or possibly even freezing that status by supply North Vietnam by se~. Soviet ships agreement, our people-as well as respon­ from Black Sea ports now require nearly 40 have their first "MIRV's by mid-1971 and a sible officials-should consider the capabil­ days to reach Vietnam by sailing around very formidable hard target kill capab11ity ity of the U.S. to respond in the types of Africa. (by MIRV's) by the mid-1970's." Laird Re­ situations which are likely to arise in the 8 See The Military Balance 1970-71, The port, p. 104. The recent Pacific testing of 70's and beyond, and which may include; (i) Institute for Strategic Studies, London, p. 45. multiple reentry vehicles on improved SS-11 a Soviet-inspired and supported war against 9 See editorial comment, The New York missiles indicates the Soviets are significantly ahead of this schedule. Israel; (ii) some other form of Soviet take­ Times, September 20, 1970. The Soviet Union 21. See Laird Report, p. 103. Secretary Laird over of the Middle East, with its coveted oil also shared responsibility for Syria's brief recognized that this cannot be a firm esti­ reserves; (iii) a new confrontation over the but dangerous intervention in Jordan's Sep­ status of Berlin; (iv) extension of the Brezh­ tember 1970 civil war. mate at this time. 22 nev doctrine to selected non-Communist lo The recent Soviet-West German non­ See Dr. John S. Foster, Director of De­ countries; (v) another Cuban-type crisis, aggression pact may result in some surface fense Research and Engineering, Statement perhaps in La.tin or South America. if not lessening of tension, but as long as Soviet before Subcommittee of House Armed Serv­ again in Cuba.; (vi) nuclear blackmail over ground, air and missile forces a.re maintained ices Committee, March 9, 1970, p. 9 et seq.; issues affecting our vital interests; (vii) -the in Ea.stern Europe, with the capability of Laird Report, pp. 48, 49, 103, 104. See also The disruption, by force or other sanctions, of overrunning and destroying Western Europe, Strategic Survey of 1969, supra, pp. 30, 31 the international trade upon which the eco­ there can be no assurance of peace and free- where the "new and more accurate guidance nomic well being of our people depend; (viii) dom. systems" a.re discussed, and the conclusion intensi1ied levels of subversion to the point 11 The Brezhnev doctrine, announced as reached: "The whole future of land-based of threatening our internal security; and (iX) justification of the invasion of Czechoslo­ ICBM's has been called into question (by this outright aggression against allies-in West­ vakia. In commenting on this proclaim.eel 1In.proved accuracy), since it begins to seem ern Europe or elsewhere-whom we a.re com­ right of aggression, the New York Times said: possible that J?.O amount of protection for mitted to defend. "This reliance on force and contempt for ICBM silos can compensate for the improve­ It is difficult to believe that the proud and law must raise fears that some day Moscow ments in accuracy now in prospect." This responsible people of this country would will decide that the sovereignty and terri­ judgment by The Strategic Survey applies knowingly tolerate a national strategy which torial integrity of non-Conununist nations pmmarlly to the vulnerability of U.S. mis­ could invite these types of situations, leaving is also being interpreted" in a way which siles. us virtully helpless to respond effectively. justifies Soviet intervention. New York Tim.es 23 See Secretary Laird's Report, pp. 39, 40 Certainly there would be no conscious tolera.- editorial, Sept. 28, 1968. and 50. April 19, 1971 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 10649

2 ~ A technological breakthrough in the un­ mid-70's the Soviets will probably have "a 49 See Laird's Report, supra, p. 66. derwater detection and tracking of subma­ submarine force capable of destroying most so Foster, supra, pp. 9, 10. rines could give the first nation to achieve it of our alert bomber and tanker force before 5J. Alternative systems under consideration a. decisive advantage. See Interview with Dr. it can be airborne." secretary Laird's State­ include (i) the mobile basing of Minute­ John S. Foster, Jr., Air Force/Space Digest, ment, pp. 50, 105. The Defense Department man-type missiles, and (ii) an undersea July 1970, pp. 31, 35. It has been suggested confirmed for the first time on April 23, 1970 long-range missile system (ULMS's) with that such a technological breakthrough may that Y -class Soviet submarines, With 16 nu­ submarines capable of launching missiles of be achieved by "sensing devices that could clear missiles are patroling our Atlantic Sea.­ ICBM range. Dr. Foster, supra, p. 12. secre­ reveal every submarine in the oceans to de­ board. N.Y. Times, April 24, 1970. secretary tary Laird's Statement, pp. 48, 49. The Sovi­ tection." See news report on a Pre-Pugwash Laird reports that as of April 1970 the Soviets ets may already be well ahead of the U.S. in Conference on New Technology and the had over 200 operational launchers on nu­ developing a mobile ICBM. The Strategic Arms Race, Racine, Wisconsin. The Wash­ clear submarines for submerged launch Survey for 1969, supra, at ·p. 29, states: "A ington Post, Sept. 9, 1970, p. A-3. SLBM's, plus 70 launchers on diesel sub­ mobile ICBM has certainly been under de­ 25 The U.S. has plans for a test model of m arines. Laird's address, supra p. 11. velopment for some time, and the Soviet a new supersonic bomber (B-1). A force of 36 Senator Jackson recently informed the Union has claimed that it is already opera­ such bombers capable of long distance air-to­ Senate that "there is no doubt that their tional." ground launches would add fiexibility and (the Sovtiet's) program, if continued, will 52 Foster, supra, p. 14; Laird Report, supra, diversity to our deterrent capability, and also produce a first-strike capability unless the p. 49. would be useful in limited, non-nuclear con­ U.S. takes appropriate counter measures." 53 Science and Technology, Tools for Prog­ frontations. Such bombers must be designed, Senate Speech, Aug. 5, 1970. ress, report of the President's Task Force on however, to operate from numerous smaller 37 The Soviets have been more innovative Science Policy, April 1970, p. 38: "Technology and dispersed airfields to minimize vulnera­ than the U ..S., having pioneered in gas tur­ will not stand still; on the contrary it will bility from ICBM's and SLBM's. bine propulsion, in developing a variety of likely move more rapidly. The penalty for 26 The Strategic Survey of 1969, supra, p. surface-to-surface missile-launching ships, technological surprise can be enormous." 28. It is not suggested that the Survey itself and pOSSlbly in new techniques of ASW. 5' Other problems related to technology and was misleading. The tabulation which re­ 38 Nor have the Soviets neglected the sup·­ R&D have been identified in the main body ceived the wide press publicity was only one port elements for world-wide naval opera­ of the P·anel's Report. of many tables in the Survey, which also tions. They have tankers, supply and mainte­ 66 The first of these, the Test Ban Treaty of included a great deal of relevant data. on nance vessels, supported by an impressive 1963, halted nuclear testing in the atmo­ megatonnage, accuracy and survivability. merchant m arine fieet. They also have em­ sphere. The Soviets only agreed to this at a ~7 Of the total warheads assigned to the phasized, more than any other nation, ocean­ ti·me when their test program, involving U.S. 1,8'53 represent the optimum load of our ographic studies and surveys. Their trawl­ high-yield weapons with both offensive and B-52 force, while 450 were assigned to Soviet ers-used extensively for intelligence pur­ defensive (ABM) capabilities, was well ahead strategic bombers. A similar distortion of poses-regularly patrol our coasts. of America's. We had previously been duped SLBM's apparently was included in the tab­ 39 In April 1970 Soviet maneuvers, descri'bed during the late 50's into the cessation of ulation. assigning 1,328 warheads to Polaris by U.S. Naivy spokesmen as the "biggest in testing similar weapons on the specious submarines. history," involved some 200 warships. As­ theory that the Soviets might follow a good 28 This Statement addresses broa.dly the sxiated Press story, April 23, 1970. example. The second agreement was the st rategic balance of power and does not dis­ ~o Laird Report, supra, p. 21. United Nations' ban on the use of outer space cuss comparat ive tactical or general force u Secretary Laird warned that in defense for military purposes, an agreement which capabilit ies. Secretary Laird's 'Report, and funding and in the defeNa.l of decisions on the Soviet Union appears already to have especially the appendices, indicate the supe­ vital defense measures "we are literally at violated in spirit. The third of these limited riority of the Communist powers in non-nu­ the edge of prudent risk." Address of April agreements is the Nonproliferation Trewty, clear military power. See also the publications 20, supra, p. 5. recently approved, which leaves a number of of The Institute of Strategic Studies, supra. 42 Lailrd Report, supra, p. 22. The detailed non-signing nations free to develop nuclear 29 Gen. Andrew J. Goodpaster, Supreme Al­ facts and figures are set forth in the Reports weapons. lied Commander in Europe, has warned that of the President and the Secretaa:y of De­ 58 One may recall the disillusionment after "the balance of security there ls shifting in fense mentioned above. These include a com­ the hopes engendered 1by the "spirit of Ge­ favor of the Soviet bloc." He stated that the parison which indicates the neglect of stra­ neva" and "the spirit of Camp David" were Warsa.w Pact forces "form a concentration of tegic funding {after adjusting for inflation) dashed by Soviet duplicity. military power that exceeds anything the since the 'beginning of the Vietnamese We.F. :;; James Reston, New York Times, Dec. 8, world has previously seen. These Soviet forces The FY 1971 defense funding ls only $3.8 1960, p. 46. far exceed anything that is required solely billion, or 7 % aibove the 1964 level of defense 58 Acheson, Present at the Creation, w. W. for defense." Richmond Times-Dispatch, Sep­ spending prior to the Vietnamese wa.r. As Norton & Co., N.Y., 1969, p. 729. tember 16, 1970. the cost of that war 'has been running at 69 Past negotiations have occurred when the so William Beecher, writing in the N.Y. more than $25 'billion per annum, 1t is evi­ overwhelming weight of bargaining power lay Times, Oct. 28, 1969, assumes a 100 kiloton dent that strateglc spending-fair tJb.e defense on our side of the table. Now, when the U.S. warhead on our MIRV, and states that the of the oountry-has •been curtailed sharply. is relatively weaker, and when the issue ls the Soviet MI·RV warhead ls 50 times more power­ 43 It is difficult to kn.ow exactly what the future security of our country, it is prudent ful than our MIRV. The Strategic Survey Soviet Union is spending on defense. The to be skeptical as to .the genuine mutuality for 1969, supra, p. 29, assumes a 200 kiloton statements a;bove refiect estimates pulblished of any agreement accepta.ble to the Soviet warhead on MIRV's. See also Laird Report, by various sources. See Department of De­ Union. p. 102, as to Soviet MIRV. fense Posture Statement, Jan. 15, 1969; Li­ 00 The competttion between the Soviet a1 As a part of this protection, the USSR brary of Congress studies; and Stanford Re­ Union and Red China for dominant infiuence has deployed the most elaborat e radar warn­ sea.rch Institute Studies. Mr. Laird has said in smaller Oommunist countries does compli­ ing and counter-measure systems. It also that "the Soviet Union, as far as offensive cate the situat ion, making it less likely that has devoted a greater effort than the U.S. S'1lrategic weapons systems, is outspending the either will take the lead in exercising an to advanced fighter interceptor aircraft {the U.S. in the ratio of three to two convertied am.eliorating infiuence. Foxbat, for example) and to ground-to-air to dollains.'' Press conference, Feib. 18, 1969. 01 Although the full extent iOf Soviet partic­ missiles. with larger defense forces in these See also address of Sen. Henry Jackson, U.S. lpation in this violation may not yet be categories than the U.S. Senate, Aug. 6, 1970. known, press reports and commentators indi­ a2 The Military Balance 1970-71, supra, p. '1 «Laird Report, supra, p. 33. catf• that "the Kremlin broke its word, lied aa Although critics in this country doubt t5 Testmon y of Dr. John S. Foster, Jr., Direc­ to the United States and double crossed the the feasibility of an ABM system, one must tor of Defense Research and Engineering, be­ developing peace." See, for example, Roscoe assume the Soviets would not 1be spending fore a subcommittee of the House Armed and Geoffrey Drummond, Richmond Times­ billions on such a system unless they had full Services Committee, 91st Congress, March 9, Dispatch, Sept. 10, 1970; Joseph Alsop, The confidence in its effectiveness. Dr. John S. 1970. See also the Reports of the President Washington Post, Sept. 21, 1970; and Evans Foster, Jr., and many qualified U.S. sc:'lentists, and the Secretary of Defense, supra. and Novak, The Washington Post, Sept. 21, have no doubt that an effective ABM sys­ t0 Other essenUals to the development and 1970. tem is within the competency of existing deployment of advanced weapons systems re~ 62 In addressing the Senate on July 9, 1969, technology. See interview with Dr. Foster late to procurement and defense planning, Sen. Henry M. Jackson said that "an increas­ published in Air Force/Space Digest, July contracting and test ~ ng. These and related ing number of informed western analysts 1970, p. 31 et seq. See evidence marshalled by matters are discussed in the body of the assess the Soviet Union {today) as a danger­ Sen. Henry M. Jackson in his ABM debate Panel's Report. ous and unpredictable opponent." speeches to the Senate on Aug. 6 and 11, 47 See Foster, supra, p. 28. GS The President's Report, p. 111. 4 1970. A major component of the ABM sys­ s See Foster, supra, p. 30 et seq. Dr. Fost er 64 "Parity" ls inherently a theoretical-not tem, the Spartan missile, successfully !inter­ points out that total R&D spending, both a realistic--concept, as there are too many cepted an ICBM over the Pacific in a. test on civilian and military, is still greater in the variables both a.s to the quality and charac­ August 28, 1970. United States, but the trend is unfavorable teristics of various weapons and the circum­ 34 President Nixon's Report, supra, p. 125. even with the ad, the those that are found employable. The on April 21. House adjourned until tomorrow, Tues­ condition of the economy and the pro- Mr. CORMAN, for 60 minutes on May 3. day, April 20, 1971, at 12 o'clock noon. April 19, 1971 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 10655 EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ments to the long-range disposal plan and of the Interior to employ a.liens in a scientific ETC. to the draft of proposed legislation previ­ or technical capacity; to the Committee on ously submitted to authorize the disposal Interior and Insular Affairs. Under clause 2 of rule XXIV, executive of amosite asbestos from the national stock­ 576. A letter from the Assistant Secretary communications were .taken from the pile and the supplemental stockpile; to the of the Interior, transmitting a draft of' pro­ Speaker's table and referred as follows: Committee on Armed Services. posed legislation to provide for financing the 564. A letter from the Acting Administra­ economic development of Indians and Indian 553. A letter from the Boa.rd of Tnlstees of tor of General Services, transmitting an organizations, and for other purposes; to the the Federal Hospital Insurance 'D'ust Fund, amendment to the long-range disposal plan Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. transmitting the 1971 Annual Report of the which accompanied the previously submitted 57'1. A letter from the Chairman, Indian Board, pursuant to section 201 (c) of the So­ draft of proposed legislation to authorize the Claims Commission, transmitting a report on cial security Act, as amended (H. Doc. 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No. 92- of minors within the District of Colum­ States of America, Defendant, pursuant to 88): to the Committee on Ways rand Means bia."; to the Committee on the District of 60 Stat. 1055; to the Committee on Interior and ordered to be printed. Columbia. a.nd Insular A1fairs. 555. A letter from the Board of Trustees of 566. A letter from the Secretary of Health, 578. A letter from the Chairman, Indian the Federal Supplementary Medical Insur­ Education, and Welfare, transmitting the Claims Commission transmitting a report of ance Trust Fund transmitting the 1971 An­ Annual Report of the Department of Health, the final conclusion of judicial proceedings nual Report of the Board, pursuant to sec­ Education, and Welfare for fiscal year 1970; in docket No. 18-G, Red Lake Band, et al., tion 201 (c) of the Social Security Act, as to the Committee on Education and Labor. Plaintiffs, v. The United States of America, a.mended (H. Doc. No. 92-89); to the Com­ 567. 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A letter from the Under secretary of Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended; draft of proposed legislation submitted Feb­ Agriculture, transmitting a draft of proposed to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. ruary 17, 1971, to control the generation and legislation to amend the Federal Crop In­ 569. A letter from the Secretary of Agricul­ transmission of noise detrimental to the hu­ surance Act, as amended; to the Committee ture, transmitting a draft of proposed legis­ man environment, and for other purposes, on Agriculture. lation to establish a revenue sharing program pursuant to section 102(2) (c) of the Nation­ 558. A letter from the Director, Office of for rural development; to the Committee on Management and Budget, Executive Office of al Environmental Policy Act of 1969; to the Government Operations. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ the President, transmitting a report tha.t the 570. 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587. A letter from the Tulsa Regional So­ 598. A letter from the Comptroller General tion, and expa.nsl.on of low-cost mea.1 pro­ licitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, of the United States, tra.nsmlttlng a report grams, nutrition training a.nd education transmitting a copy of rthe decision on appeal on measures needed in the Department.s of programs, opportunity for social conte.cts, in the matter of the helrship determina.tion the Army and Navy to insure compliance and iflor other purposes; to the Committee of Josephine Gonvl[ Pappan, deceased half­ with contract specifications in construction on Ec:Lucation and La.bor. breed Kaw allottee, pursuant to 82 Stalt. of military fac111ties; to the Committee on By Mr. EVANS of Colorado: 1420; to the Committee on rthe Judiciary. Government Operations. H.R. 7470. A b111 to lncorporate Retired 588. A letter from the Acting Chief Com­ Enlisted Association, Inc.; to the Commit­ missioner, U.S. Court of ·Claims, transmitting tee on the Judiciary. copies of the opinion and findings of fact in REPORTS OF CO:MMITTEES ON PUB­ By Mr. GALIFIANAKIS (for himself, the case of Stephen H. Clarkson v. The LIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Mrs. ABZUG, Mr. ADAMS, Mr. BOGGS, United, States, pursuant to 28 U.S.-0. 1492 and Mr. TEAGUE of O&lifornia, and Mr. 2509, and House Resolution 1216 of the 90th Under clause 2 of rule xm, reports of WHITEHURST): Congress; to the Committee on the Judiciary. conunittees were delivered to the Clerk R.R. 7471. A bill to amend the Public 589. A letter from the national director, for printing wnd reference to the proper Health Service Act to encou:rage physicians, Boys' -Olubs of America, transmitting a an­ calendar, as fallows: dentists, optometrists, a.nd other medical personnel to :practice in areas where short­ nual report and financial statement of the [Pursuant to the oraer of the House on Boys• Clubs of America, pursuant to Public .ages or suoh. personnel. exllst, and for orther April 7, 1971, the following re']JOTt was filed, purposes; to the Oommittee on Interstate Law 988, 84th Congress; to the Committee on on April 15, 1971] the Judiciary. and Foreign Commerce. 590. A letter from the Acting Director, Office Mr. GARMATZ: Committee on Merchant By Mr. GIBBONS: Marine and Fisheries. R.R. 5208. A bill to of Management and Budget, Executive Office R.R. 7472. A blll to amend section 620 of of the President, transmitting plans for vari­ authorize appropri,ations for procurement of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to sus­ ous works of improvement prepared under vessels and aircraft and constructdon of shore pend, in whole or in part, eoonomic and the Waitershed Protection and Flood Preven­ a.ind offshore establishments for the Ooast military assistance and certain sales to any tion Act, as amended, each of which involves Guard; with amendments {Rept. No. 92-124). oountry which fails to take appropriate steps at least one structure which provides more Referred to the Oommlttee C1! the Whole to prevent narcotic drugs, produced or proc­ than 4,000 acre-feet of total ca.-pacity, pur­ House on the State of the Union. essed, in whole or in pa.rt, in such country suant to section 5 of the act; to the Commit­ [Pursuant to the order of the House on from entenl.ng the United States unlaw­ tee on Public Works. April 7, 1917, the following report was filed, fully, and :for other purposes; to the eom­ 591. A letter from the Ad·ministrator, En­ on April 151971) mlttee on Foreign Affairs. vironmental Protection Agency, transmitting Mr. GARMATZ: Committee on Merchant R.R. 7473. A blll to provide for the manda­ the comments of Federal agencies and de­ M81rine a.ind Fisheries. R.R. 6479. A bill to tory civil commitment of certain na.rcotlo partiments on the legislative proposals of the provide for the licensing of personnel on cer­ addicts, to provide for more facllities for Environmental Protection Agency for water tain vessels (Rept. No. 92-125). Referred to treating, supervising, and controlling nar­ pollution control, pursuant to section 102 (2) the Committee of ·the Whole House on the cotic addicts, and for other purposes; to the (c) of the National Environmental PoUcy State of the Union. Oommittee on the Judiciary. Act of 1969; to 1ihe Committee on Public By Mrs. GREEN of Oregon: Works. [Submitted, April 19, 1971] R.R. 7474. A bill to protect the public 592. A letter from the Acting Administra­ Mr. STAGGERS: Committee on Interstate health 'by amending the Federal Food, Drug, tor, National Aeronautics and Space Admin­ and Foreign Commeree. R.R. 5066. A btl1 to and Cosmetic A.at to assure the safety, relia­ istration, transmitting a report of the pro­ authorize appropriations for fiscrul years 1971, bility, and effectiveness of medical devices; posed transfer of research and development 1972, and succeeding fiscal years to carry out to the Oommittee on Interstate and Foreign funds appropriated to NASA in fiscal year the Flammable Fabrics Act, a.s amended; with Commerce. 1971 ·to the construction of facilities appro­ amendments {Rept. No. 92-126). Referred to By Mr. GUBSER: prla.tlon, for the construction of an addition the Committee of the Whole Hlouse on the R.R. 7475. A bill to amend the Interna.l to the Data Reduction Center, Ames Research S'tate of the Union. Revenue Oode of 1954 to allow a deduction, Center, Moffett Field, Ca.Hf., pursuant to not in excess of $600, for amounts pa.id to section 3 of the NASA Authorization Act, support a parent of the taxpayer who ls 1971; to the Committee on Science and Astro­ PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS totally disabled, blind, or 65 or more years of age; to the Committee on Ways and nautics. Under clause 4 of rule XXII, public 593. A letter from the Chairman, U.S. Means. rAtomic Energy Commissron, transmitting bills and resolutions were introduced and By Mr. GUDE: a copy of the Comm.Lssion's report on severally referred as follows: R.R. 7476. A bill to amend the Wagner­ Fundamental Nuclear Energy Research- By Mr. ANDERSON of California: O'Day Act to extend the provisions thereof 1970, supplementing the Commission's 1970 H.R. 7463. A bill to protect seals from being to severely handicapped individuals who are Annual Report; to the Joint Committee on pursued, ha.rassed, or killed; and for other not blind, and for other purposes; to the Atomic Energy. purposes; to the Committee on Merchant Commilttee on Government OperatiK:>ns. H.R. 7477. A bill to protect ocean mam­ RECEIVED FROM THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Marine and Fisheries. By Mr. BARING: mals from being pursued, harassed, or killed; 594. A letter from the Comptroller Gen­ R.R. 7464. A b111 to amend the Vocational a.nd for other purposes; to the Committee on eral of the United States, transmitting ,a Rehab111tation Act to increase the Ininimum Merchant Marine and Fisheries. report on the examination of financial state­ State allotments provided for therein; to H.R. 7478. A bill to amend title II of the ments of the Student Loan lnsura.-nce Fund the Committee on Education and Labor. Social Security Act to permit the payment for fiscal year 1969; Office of Education, De­ By Mr. BROOMFIELD: of benefits to a marrted couple on their com­ partment of Health, Educ.ation, and Wel­ H.R. 7465. A bill to amend the Internal bined earnings record where tha.t method of fare (H. Doc. No. 92-90); to the Comm1ttee Revenue Code of 1954 to require the con­ computation produces a higher combined on Government Operations and ordered to sent of the taxpayer concerned before a per­ benefit; to the Committee on Ways and be printed. son who prepares a tax:payer's income tax Means. 595. A letter from the Comptroller Gen­ return m.ay use or disclose for other purposes By Mr. HUNT {for himself and Mr. eral of the Unit.ed States, transmitting a re­ any information furnished for the prepara­ WYLIE): port on improvements being made in the tion of such return; to the Committee on R.R. 7479. A bill limiting 1ihe use of pub­ controls over Government testing equip­ Ways and Means. licly owned or controlled property in the ment acquired by contractors, Department By Mr. CELliER: District of Columbia, requiring the posting of Defense; to the Committee on Govern­ R.R. 7466. A blll to amend the Immigra• of a bond for the use of such property, and ment Operations. tion and Nationality Act, a.-nd for other pur­ for other purposes; to the Committee on 596. A letter from the Comptroller Gen­ poses; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Public Works. era.I of the Unit.ed St.ates, transmitting a By Mr.DENT: By Mr. KEE: report that improved. financial adm.1n1stra.­ H.R. 7467. A bdM to a.tnend article 52 of H.R. 7480. A bill to suspend Federal finan­ tion and revision of fees are needed in the the Uniform Code of Military Justice to re­ aital assistam.ce to the National Railroad Pas· consular services program of the Department quire the concurrence of all members of a senger Corporation until the Congress has of State to the Committee on Government court-martial to convict any person of Vio­ approved. the basic system of intercity ra.U Operations. lating a punitive article under such code; passenger service designated by the Secretary 597. A letter ft-om the Comptrolle1" Gene1"al to the Committee on Armed Services. of Transportation; to the Committee on In­ of the United States, transmitting an assess­ H.R. 7468. A blll; National Public Employee terstate and Foreign Commerce. ment of the impact Of the Teacher Corps Relations Aot; t.o the Committee on Educa­ H.R. 7481. A bill to amend the Rail Pas­ program at the Un.ivers:l.ty of Miami, tion and Labor. senger Service Act of 1970 to require the adm.1nlstered by the Office of Education, De­ By Mr. EDWARDS of Call~rnia.: Secretary of 'Tu'a.nsportation to include a pa.r!tment of Health, Education, and Welfare; R.R. 7469. A bill to amend the Older Amer­ route from Norfolk, Va., to Clncininati, Ohio to the Com.m.ittee on Government Opera­ lela.ns Act C1! 1965 to provide grantB to States via. Portsmouth, Petersburg, Lynchburg, a.nd tions. for the establishment, malntena.nce, opera- Roanoke, Va., and Bluefield, Welch, Iaeger, April 19, 1971 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 10657

Wllliamson, and Kenova, W. Va.; to the Com­ tional drug control assistance; to the Com­ 117. Also, memorial of the ~enate of the mittee on Interstate and Foreign commerce. mittee on Foreign A1fatrs. State of Oklahoma, relative to maintaining H.R. 7482. A blll to provide a.n additional By Mr. THOMSON of Wisconsin: sufllcient armed forces in South Vietnam to periOd of time for review of the basic na­ H.R. 7493. A blll to provide a Bureau of insure release of American servicemen held tional ra1l passenger system; to postpone for Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education as prisoners of war; to the Committee on 6 months the date on Which the National in the De,pa.rtment of Health, Education, and Foreign Affairs. Railroad Passenger Corporation is authorized Welfare, and to provide for an Associate 118. Also, memorial of the Legislature of to contract for provision of intercity rail pas­ Commissioner in such Department to man­ the State of Kansas, relative to the pro­ senger service; to postpone for 6 months the age such a Bureau; to the Committee on posed reorganiza.tion of the functions of the date on which the Corporation is required to Education and Labor. Department of Agriculture; to the Commit­ begin providing intercity ra.11 passenger serv­ By Mr. VAiNIK: tee on Government Operations. ice, and for other purposes; to the Commit­ H.R. 7494. A bill to amend the Internal 119. Also, memorial of the Legislature of tee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Revenue Code of 1954 to raise needed addi­ the State of New Mexico, relative to the H.R. 7483. A ·bill to amend the Rall Passen­ tional revenues by tax reform; to the Com­ transfer of vacant and unreserved public ger Service Act of 1970 to reduce the amount mittee on Ways and Means. domain lands in New Mexico to the State; to a State, regional, or local agency may be By Mr. WINiN: the Committee on Interior and Insular required to reimburse the National Railroad H.R. 7495. A b111 to encourage States to Affairs. Passenger Corporation for certain ran pas­ establish abandoned automobile removal 120. Also, memorial of the Legislature of senger service provided by the Corporation; programs to provide for tax incentives for the State of Idaho, relative to regulations of to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign automobile scrap processing; to the Com­ the Department of Transportation cla$Sl!ying Commerce. mittee on Ways and Means. farm vehicles as commercial vehicles; to the By Mr. KOCH (for himself and Mr. By Mr. WYLIE {for himself and Mir. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ EILBERG): HUNT): merce. H.R. 7484. A bill to amend the Internal H.R. 7496. A •bill to a.mend title 39, United 121. Also, memorial of the Sena.te of the Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a deduction States Code, to exclude from the mails as a State of Ohio, relative to the inclusion of to tenants of houses or apartments for their special category of nonmailable ma.tter cer­ the Ohio cities of Cleveland, Columbus, proportionate share of the taxes and interest tain material offered for sale to minors, to Toledo, Dayton, Cincinatti, Akron, and paid by their landlords; to the Committee on improve the protection of the right of pri­ Youngstown in the Railpa.x system; to the Ways and Means. vacy by defining obscene mail matters, and Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ By Mr. PATTEN (for himself. Mr. DRI­ for other ptwposes; to the Committee on merce. NAN, and Mr. COLLINS of Illinois): Post Office and CivH Service. 122. Also, memorial of the Legislature of H.R. 7485. A bill to amend title n of the H.R. 7497. A bill .to amend title 39, United the State of Connecticut, ratUy1ng the pro­ Social Security Act to permit the payment States Code, as enacted 1by the Postal Reor­ posed amendment to the Constitution of the of benefits to a married couple on their com­ ganization Act, to improve the procedures by United States extending the right to vote to bined earnings record where that method of which the Postal Service may prevent the use citizens 18 years of age and older; to the computation produces a higher combined of .the mails to obtain remittances of money Committee on the Judiciary. benefit; to the Committee on Ways and or property .for obscene and other indecent 123. Also, memorial of the Legislature of Means. matter, and for other purposes; to the Com­ the State of Idaho, ratifying the proposed By Mr. PEYSER (for himself, Mr. mittee on Post Office and Civil Service. amendment to the Constitution of the ScHEUER, Mr. Dow, and Mr. GOLD­ By Mr. BROOMFIELD: United States extending the right to vote to WATER): H.J. Res. 554. Joint resolution proposing a.n citizens 18 years of age and older; to the H.R. 7486. A bill to repeal section 15 of amendment to the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary. the Urban Mass Transit Act of 1964, to re­ United States relating to the election of the 124. Also, memorial of the Legislature of move certain limitations on the amount of President and Vice President; to the Com­ the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, rela­ grant assistance which may be available in mittee on the Judiciary. tive to allowing greater immigration to the any one State; to the Committee on Banking By Mr. GUBSER: people of Ireland; to the Committee on the and Currency. H.J. Res. 555. J'Oint resolution designating Judiciary. By Mr. RANGEL: the square dance as the national folk dance 125. Also, memorial of the Legislature of H.1R. 7487. A bill to amend the Foreign of the United St.ates of America; to the Com­ the State of Michigan, ratifying the proposed Assistance Act of 1961, as amended; to the mittee on the Judiciary. amendment to the Constitution of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. JONAS: United States extending the right to vote to By Mr. ROYBAL: H.J. Res. 556. Joint resolution providing for citizens 18 years of age and older; to the H.R. 7488. A bill to a.mend the Public the establishment of an Annual Youth Ap­ Committee on the Judiciary. Health Service Act to provide for a. com­ preciation Week; to the Committee on the 126. Also, memorial of the Legislature of prehensive review of the medical., technical., Judiciary. the State of Mississippi, relative to declaring social, and legal problems and opportunities By Mr. WYATT (for himself and Mr. an official "Week of Concern" for American which the Nation faces as a result of medical. EVINS C1f Tennessee) : prisoners of war and those missing in action progress toward ma.king transplantation of H. Con. Res. 265. Concurrent resolution; in Vietnam; to the Committee on the organs, and the use of artificial organs a Joint Committee on Executive Impound­ Judiciary. practical. alternative in the treatment of ment of Funds; to the Committee on Rules. 127. Also, memorial of the Legislature of disease; to a.mend the Public Health Service By Mr. BROTZMAN (for himself a.nd the State of Nevada, relative to amending the Act to provide assistance to certain non­ Mr. SPENCE) : Constitution of the United States to prevent Federal institutions, agencies, and organiza­ H. Res. 386. Resolution to amend the Rules Congress from trucing interest in State evi­ tions for the establishment and operation dences of indebtedness; ·to the Committee of region:a.J. and community programs for of the House of Representatives to create a standing committee to be known as the on the Judiciary. patients with kidney disease and for the 128. Also, memorial of the Legislature of conduct of training related to such programs; Committee on the Environment; to the Com­ mittee on Rules. the State of Nevada, relative to bankruptcy and for other purposes; to the Committee on laws; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Ways and Means. 129. Also, memorial of the Senate of the By Mr. SAYLOR: State of New Jersey, relative to the taxation H.R. 7489. A blll to provide for the develop­ MEMORIALS of New Jersey citizens who work in Penn­ ment of federally owned minerals; to the sylvania by the Commonwealth of Pennsyl­ Committee on Interior and Insular A1fairs. Under clause 4 of rule XXII, memorials vania; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. SAYLOR (for himself, and Mr. LONG of Louisiana) : were presented and referred as follows: 130. Also, memorial of the Legislature of H.R. 7490. A blll relating to the construc­ 114. By the SPEAKER: Memorial of the the State of New Mexico, relative to the tion of an oil pipeline system in the State Legislature of the State of Okliahoma, rela­ bombing of the U.S. Capitol; to the Com­ mittee on the Judiciary. of Alaska; to the Committee ~ Interior and tive to setting aside additional acres from Insular Affairs. production; to the Committee on Agricul­ 131. Also, memorial of the Legislature of By Mr. SAYLOR {for himself, and Mr. ture. the State of New Mexico, relative to law en­ KOCH): 1'15. Also memori'8.l Of the Legislature of forcement on Indian lands; to the Commit­ H.R. 7491. A blll to amend the Fish and the State of South 0arol1na, relative to the tee on the Judiciary. Wildlife Act of 1956 to provide a cr1minal continuation ar price supports and other aid 132. Also, memorial of the Legislature of penalty for shooting 8lt certain birds, fish, programs to tobacco farmers; to the Com­ the State C1f Arkansas, relative to research and other animals from an aircraft; to the mittee on Agriculture. in disposal or useful utilization of organic Committee on Merchant Marine and Fish­ 116. Also, memorial of the Legisl>Siture of wastes; to the Committee on Public Works. eries. the State of South Carolina, relative to re­ 133. Also, memorial of the Senate of the By Mr. SCHEUER: quiring that credit cards contain the ad­ State of Alabama, relative to textile imports; H.R. 7492. A bill to amend the Foreign AB· dresses of persons to whom issued; to the to the Committee on Ways and Means. sis~ance Act of 1961 to provide for intern&- Committee on Banking and Currency. 134. Also, memorial of the Legislature of 10658 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE April 19, 19 71 the State of New Mexico, relative to Federal­ By Mr. HEBERT: By Mr. RYAN: State revenue sharing; to the Committee on H.R. 7500. A bill to provide for the place­ H.R. 7505. A bill for the relief of John Ways and Means. ment of Lt. Gen. Keith B. Mccutcheon, Alexander Staine and his wife, Georgiana 135. Also, memorial of the Legislature of U.S. Marine Corps, when retired, on the re­ Melba Staine; to the Committee on th~ the State of North Carolina., relative to tex­ tired list in the grade of general; to the Com­ Judiciary. tile imports; to the Committee on Ways and mittee on Armed Services. By Mr. VANIK: Means. By Mr. ARENDS: H.R. 7506. A bill for the relief of Tan J. I. H.R. 7501. A bill to provide for the place­ Kie Sloe; to the Committee on the Judiciary. ment of Lt. Gen. Keith B. Mccutcheon, PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS U.S. Marine Corps, when retired, on the re­ tired list in the grade of general; to the Com­ PETITIONS, ETC. Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private mittee on Armed Services. bills and resolutions were introduced and By Mr. O'NEILL: Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions severally referred as follows: H.R. 7502. A bill for the relief of Mariano and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk By Mr. ADDABBO: Gerbaudo; to the Committee on the and referred as follows: H.R. 7498. A bill for the relief of Marco Judiciary. 57. By the SPEAKER: Petition of the Board V1scogl1os1; to the Committee on the Judici­ By Mr. ROSTENKOWSKI: of Commissioners, Salt Lake City, Utah, rela­ ary. H.R. 7503. A bill for the relief of Giovanni tive to clemency for Lt. William L. Calley, By Mr. HANLEY: Gusella; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Jr.; to the Oommittee on Armed Services. H.R. 7499. A bill for the relief of Ricardo By Mr. ROYBAL: 58. Also, petition of W. Grant Kilbourne, Musel, Carmala Musel, and Giovanna Musel, H.R. 7504. A bill for the relief of Rafael Pocatello, Idaho, relative to the price of im­ husband, wife, and minor child; to the Com­ Rueda-Lopez; to the Committee on the ported sulfur from Canada; to the Commit­ mittee on the Judiciary. Judiciary. tee on Ways and Means.

SENATEr-Monday, April 19, 1971 The Senate met at 11 a.m. and was MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT authorization and appropriations bills, called to order by Hon. JoHN V. TuNNEY, Messages in writing from the President therefore, will be sent to the calendar by a Senator from the State of California. of the United States submitting nomina­ the committees as early as possible in The Chaplain, the Reverend Edward tions were communicated to the Senate the legislative year. Insofar as these L. R. Elson, D.D., offered the following by Mr. Leonard, one of his secretaries. measures are concerned, the timing ob­ prayer: viously depends not only on the action Eternal Father, we thank Thee for this of the House and the Senate committees new day resplendent in the beauty of EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED but on that of the departments and springtime, for work to do and strength As in executive session, the President agencies and the executive offices of the with which to do it. pro tempo re laid before the Senate mes­ President. In these perilous days, we pray for a sages from the President of the United Since we have yet to see a regular ap~ fresh anointing of the Divine Spirit in States submitting sundry nominations, propriations bill reach the Senate floor, all our human endeavors. Spare us from which were referred to the appropriate and it is April 19 with the fiscal year be­ mere idolatry of the past or from the committees. ginning July 1, I think it is a good time chronic fondling of ancient myths. But (For nominations received today, see to note that between 1964 and 1970, only help us to recover our pristine purpose the end of Senate proceedings.) six regular appropriations bills out of 73 and the early idealism of "one Nation became law prior to the beginning of the under God with liberty and justice for fiscal year for which they provided all." Make us amenable to new ideas THE JOURNAL funds. In the 91st Congress, none were that are right. Give us a hospitality of Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I ask enacted prior to July 1. In some cases, mind and magnanimity of spirit toward unanimous consent that the Journal of enactment did not take place until we those with whom we differ. Make us un­ were 6 months or more into the fiscal the proceedings of Thursday, April 15, year. afraid of the sacrificial way which is 1971, be dispensed with. noble and good. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ As has been noted time and again, O Lord, grant Thy higher wisdom to pore. Without objection, it is so ordered. there is, clearly, a need for procedural our leaders and to the people which en­ remedies in this situation and they are ables us to sort out the mixed motiva­ needed not only in the Congress. The tions, to identify the partial truths from THE STATUS OF APPROPRIATIONS distinguished senior Senator from the whole truth, and to commit ourselves LEGISLATION IN THE SENATE Washington rk derives on new authorizing legislation. That leg­ as Acting President pro tempore. from that source. It is to be hoped that islation, in tum, more often than not is