14332 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 18, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS OUTDOOR RECREATION Minerals Corp. in April 1975, and learned CHILDREN AND POLITICS that the company planned to move its lead mining operation from the Flat HON. THOMAS F. EAGLETON River area west to Viburnum some 60 HON. DONALD M. FRASER OF MISSOURI miles away. The company indicated that OF MINNESOTA they had 20,000 acres of mined land near IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES Flat River and would probably sell most IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, May 18, 1976 of the acreage. Tuesday, May 18, 1976 Mr. EAGLETON. Mr. President, I call BOR moved quickly to ascertain State Mr. FRASER. Mr. Speaker, the Senate to the attention of my colleagues a highly interest in the property and initiate a recently failed to override the President's attractive program initiated by a small State conceptual development plan. veto of the child care bill, H.R. 9803. As but effective Bureau 1n the Department Working with the Bureau of Mines State you know, the debate centered on the of the Interior. liaison officer for Missouri, BOR repre­ Federal Interagency Day Care Require­ The Bureau of Outdoor Recreation is sentatives and State officials arranged a ments which are tough enough to compel principally responsible for the mandate meeting with St. Joe offi.oials to present given to the Secretary of the Interior in a proposal for a new State park including an estimated 80 percent of all day care 1963 by Public Law 88-29 to insure that specific acreages and a financial analysis centers to close down due to noncompli­ all American people of present and future for the company. The meeting was, in ance. The alternative was H.R. 9803 generations be assured adequate outdoor effect, a sales promotion to the minerals which provided $125 million to keep the recreation resources. company, outlining procedures and po­ centers open and in compliance with This mandate means more land and tential benefits of both a complete dona­ these standards. facilities, accessible to Americas millions, tion and a bargain sale--sale for less While I think the controversy created dedicated .to public outdoor recreation than the fair market value-to the State. over this bill has provoked necessary dis­ use. Acquiring land for outdoor recrea­ The benefits of a complete donation were cussion about the Federal role in estab­ tion and open space, particularly near emphasized by explaining that the State lishing such standards, I also think it is urban areas, is a costly proposition in could use the appraised value of the important for us to be aware of the con­ these days of inflated realty prices and donated acreage for their matching share sequences of our actions--or inaction­ increasing demands on resources for resi­ of a land and water conservation fund for the people in these programs. For dential and commercial development. grant to develop the park. A complete this reason, I ask that the text of a The Land and Water Conservation Fund, donation would yield greater public rela­ May 17, 1976, New York Times article be the Federal Government's most effective tions benefits for the St. Joe Minerals printed in the RECORD. Anthony Lewis funding source for recreation land Corp. as well as bring potential new dol­ acquisition and facility development, has lars in to the local economy and provide describes the impact of our debate on a invested nearly $2 billion in increasing additional recreation opportunities for mother and child in Minneapolis. I urge America's recreation estate. Over $800 company employees. my colleagues to be aware of such real­ million has been used by the Federal St. Joe Minerals Corp. made a dona­ ities "at the heart of our abstract politi­ recreation land managing agencies to tion of 8,500 acres to the Missouri De­ cal debates." The text follows: acquire 1.5 million acres of nationally partment of Natural Resources. This will CHILDREN AND POLITICS significant land. Another $1.2 milllon has be the second largest State park in Mis­ (By Anthony Lewis) been invested by the States in acquiring souri, offering a variety of outdoor expe­ MINNEAPOLIS.-Nestled against a wall of 1.4 million acres and funding another riences to residents and visitors. St. Mary's Bas1llca, a hulking old church 10,000 projects for recreational develop­ The Bureau of Outdoor Recreation near downtown Minneapolis, is a small play­ ment. ground. Ten children, 2 ~ to 6 years old, use has recognized that one reason more pri­ the swings and slide and run over to talk The Land and Water Conservation vate land is not donated for outdoor rec­ with their teacher, Michael Young. They are Fund obviously cannot do the whole job; reation and open space is that it does not in a day-care center: Child Garden Mon­ and State and local budgets are already occur to public agencies to ask for it. tessori. overcommitted. BOR realizes that many individual One of the kids is 3~-year-old Laura To help take the pressure off the landowners, organizations, and corpora­ Lacey. She is well-dressed, bright, articulate, L&WCF, the Bureau of Outdoor Recrea­ tions with unused acreage, currently con­ happy, active: the model of what we have tion has embarked on an innovative tech­ come to think of as the middle-class child. nical assistance effort to open privately sidered "dead assets," would be willing to But in fact the Federal Government pays owned land for public recreation. One donate or ''bargain sell" land to public her fee at the center, $130 a month. agencies if they were made aware of the Laura Lacey is the reality at the heart of aspect of this initiative is assistance to potential, attractive tax benefits from a private landowners in developing plans an abstract political debate. President Ford charitable donation and the multiple recently vetoed a b111 providing added funds for public, noncommercial recreation use side benefits such as public relations and for day care, saying that it violated his prin­ of their lands. The thrust of this effort is corporate recognition for a public­ ciples for Federal aid, and the Senate failed public management through use agree­ spirited deed. The program is working. to override the veto. Unless Congress tl.nds ments of public recreation. Thus, the land a way around the President's objections, remains productive and in private Private contributions will undoubtedly Laura Lacey will have to leave the Child ownership, yet available for public en­ play an important role in helping to in­ Garden day-care center. joyment. sure the continued availability of recrea­ Laura's mother, Geraldine Lacey, a slim In addition, by outlining potential tax tion resources. BOR's technical assist­ attractive woman of 34, is separated from advantages and public benefits to be de­ ance program, in fiscal year 1975 alone, her husband. She worked as a secretary but initiated donations totaling over 20,000 found, she said, that she did not make rived by an individual, organization, or enough to support herself and the child. So corporation, BOR is encouraging private acres, valued at $10 million plus over 13 miles of urban trails. she went back to school, to the University landowners to donate land, facilities, and of Minnesota, where she hopes to become a services for recreation. In this Bicentennial Year, many of us nurse. While there she is on welfare-a fact The payouts to the public have already are conscious of the great need to insure that troubles her. been great. An outstanding example of a high quality life for future Ameri­ "People think of welfare as a leech on so­ private action initiated by the Bureau of cans-a life which includes ample oppor­ ciety," Mrs. Lacey said, "and I feel that way, Outdoor Recreation is the donation by tunity to enjoy the natural beauty of our too. My ego is bruised. I want to study to St. Joe Minerals Corp. of 8,500 acres to Nation through outdoor recreation. The get otf welfare." Mrs. Lacey had Laura in a private home the Missouri Department of Natural Re­ Bureau of Outdoor Recreation is success­ first--a woman minding half a dozen chil­ sources for a new State park. The value fully accomplishing its mission by en­ dren-but that turned out to be a depress­ of the donation is estimated at $2 million. couraging private gifts of recreation land ing place. Then she looked at many day­ BOR field personnel visited the St. Joe to the Nation. care centers before choosing Child Garden. May 18, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14333 "The kids looked so nice here," she said, fare of the people of Missouri as ade­ THE TERMITE TRAP .. and they were interested in Laura when she quate transportation. Missouri has pros­ came--didn't resent a new child, as I'd seen pered largely because of its superior net­ in other places. I was so happy to see that. work of highway, rail, air, pipeline and HON. HELEN S. MEYNER And I thought it mattered that there was a waterway transportation facilities. All OF NEW JERSEY man teaching here. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "I hope I don't have to move Laura now- communities in Missouri, from metro­ 1 don't think it's healthy to keep changing. politan areas to the smallest farm cen­ Tuesday, May 18, 1976 I'm just depressed . . ." ters, share equally in the good things of Mrs. MEYNER. Mr. Speaker, I recently The situation of Geraldine and Laura Lacey life because of the unparalleled trans­ received a letter from a constituent, is not unusual in the United States now. portation system serving the American There are 2.8 million American children be­ Mr. Harry J. Hof, Jr., of Sparta, N.J., in people everywhere. which he points out yet another example tween 2 ~ and 6 who live with their mother Transportation plays a significant role alone. And altogether, 6.5 mllllon of that: of bureaucratic insensitivity and con­ age have working mothers. in virtually every facet of the produc­ sumer exploitation in the pest-control The trend toward working mothers and tion, distribution, and consumption of industry. An expert in his field, Mr. Hot single-parent fam111es has made day care an goods. While the contributions of trans­ recommends "congressional action to essential factor in many lives. It enables portation to the national economic well­ correct this sickening situation" in many women to work instead of going on being take precedence over other con­ welfare--and thereby to save public funds. siderations, a people's political and mili­ which the Federal Government promotes Welfare costs the Government about three tary success are directly related to the inadequate and inaccurate information times as much as day care. facilities for moving people and property on pest control, while certain segments The Federal Government now provides $600 of the private sector exploit home­ million a year for care of children in poorer from one locality to another. Also, good owners who depend on pest control for famllles, matched by $200 mllllon from the transportation, along with efficient their homes. I wholeheartedly agree with states. The question inevitably debated is communication, makes possible unity Mr. Hof, and I urge my colleagues to to what extent Federal standards for day and cooperation among scattered care should go along with Federal money. peoples. take a close look at his letter, which Congressional supporters of day-care funds, Economic factors are in general the follows: such as Senator Walter Mondale of Minne­ most important in the development of a HoME PRoTECTION SERVICE Co., sota, have not wanted to set up a tight net­ Sparta, N.J., May 14, 1976. work of Federal rules. They agree that regula­ Nation's transportation. Commercial Representative HELEN S. MEYNER, tion should be left largely to state and and industrial growth stimulate inven­ House of Representative, localities. tion and innovation in agriculture, min­ Washington, D.C. on the other hand, studies have shown ing, and manufacturing, which in turn, DEAR HELEN: Because of the fear-psychol­ widespread and gruesome examples of bad tend to increase demand for transporta­ ogy tactics of exterminators, American day care: unsafe buildings, children ignored tion. Mechanization makes possible a homeowners spend $750 mllllon each year for because of inadequate staff, and so on. Sen­ greater division of labor, which increases termite control work. When homeowners are ator Mondale and others in Congress have productivity. Large scale production be­ informed that termites are present, they felt that Federal money should not be used immediately visualize the complete destruc­ to send children to such places-that it comes possible if extensive markets can tion of their homes and frequently pay should be used, gradually, to assure a decent be developed; this calls for the interact­ exhorbitant fees for treatments. environment in places where children will ing effects of industrial and commercial Subterranean termites are the most over­ spend as much as eight hours day. progress. rated insects in the world. Various chemical In 1974, after long negotiations, the Ford Transportation is both a cause and a companies offer rewards totaling at least $18 Administration and Congress agreed on mod­ result of an advancing society. Especial­ thousand for anyone who can prove that est Federal standards. A new law required ly in modern times, transportation de­ termites destroy sound lumber. It has never day-care centers, first, to meet state and velopment has reflected the rate of ad­ been claimed! local rules on fire, safety and health. And it Because all lumber had been alive at one established stafiing standards, for example vance of a country. time, it contains spores. These reproduce as one adult teacher or volunteer to about six Transportation has had a profound in­ fungus when the wood becomes wet over a children between 2~ and 6. fluence on the currents of history. What period of time. The fungus llves on the When the time approached to apply those nation has become great that did not cellulose in the wood and partially disin­ standards, it turned out that many centers give major attention to the development tegrates it. Although the termites llve below could not meet them. Conditions were worse of transportation? the ground, they can sense the presence of than had been realized. The states asked for Human beings have demands, both fungus-rotted wood. They enter it directly more time and more Federal help. if it is in the soil. Because these blind, stertle That was the aim of the vetoed bUl. It personal and collective, that can be sat­ workers cannot withstand air or light, they delayed the standards a bit longer and pro­ isfied only by transportation services. build shelter tubes to enter the wood if it vided an extra $125 m1111on to help the states Solving transportation problems of the is above grade. They fill their bodies with the meet them. President Ford, in vetoing it, said future will depend largely on view1ng fungus-rotted cellulose and return to the nothing about the earlier agreement, worked transport as a whole, without favoring termitary where they regurgitate it to feed out so carefully by his own people and Con­ one from the other. Also, any successful the colony. When they reach solid cellulose, gress. He objected to the whole idea of Fed­ transportation plans and policies will they cannot feed upon it. eral standards and introduced the new de­ need to be an integral part of a broad Although many infestations occur in only mand that day-care money be included in one small area of the home, most extermina­ Federal block grants for community services. economic and social development plan. tors treat the entire home despite the fact Unless Congress acts on new legislation, Fed­ No man is an island unto himself nor that the other areas are constructed so that eral standards will now take effect without is transportation, but rather we are de­ termite infestations are impossible there. money to meet them. pendent one upon the other. Professor Louis Vasvary of Rutgers Uni­ The ~al reason for the veto was evidently Good transportation is a main artery versity is co-author of the present Dept. the specter of Ronald Reagan. The President of progress; it is, therefore, most fitting of Agriculture termite bulletin. I spent wanted to look tough, and what could be that we salute the dedicated men and hours of correspondence with him and tougher than to drive children out of day­ women making up our vast transporta­ Warren Welsh, Senior Sussex County Agent care centers. Gerald Ford should have to ex­ for the Dept. of Agriculture Extension plain to Laura and Geraldine Lacey. tion systems on the occasion of National Service. Not only did they concur on the Transportation Week, May 16 to 22, 1976. termite situation, but Professor Vasvary National Transportation Week is ana­ wrote a new termite bulletin. This will en­ tionwide project of Traffic Clubs Inter­ able many homeowners to easily correct the NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION national, sponsored in conjunction with infestations themselves or demand honest WEEK the National Defense Transportation As­ termite control of exterminators. When he sociation, shipper and business groups, submitted this bulletin to the U.S. Govern­ and chambers of commerce, and the De­ ment Printing Ofiice, he was told that they did not have funds for it. He was also in­ HON. THOMAS F. EAGLETON partment of Transportation, to focus at­ formed that even 1f funds were available, OF 1\USSOURI tention on both the achievements and they would not print the bulletin until they IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES the challenges of the transportation in­ had disposed of all the old ones. dustry in the United States, and other­ It seems so incredible that these officials Tuesday, May 18, 1976 wise help to create a better understand­ can allow unscrupulous exterminators to Mr. EAGLETON. Mr. President, few ing and appreciation for its capabilities bilk American homeowners out of hundreds things are as vital to the economic wei- and objectives. of millions of dollars each year. In ten years, 14334 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 18, 1976

that represent $75 b11lion. Congressional We have to deal with what exists. A BICENTENNIAL PRAYER (1776--1976) action to correct this sickening situation So we are not espousing a war against the (By Rabbi Esor Ben-Sorek) should result in the everlasting gratitude of rtver system on behalf of the beleaguered the American public. railroads, nor any instant drastic action to 0 Lord of Hosts, Sincerely, "make them even" at terrible cost to the The glory is Thine !iARRY J. HOF, Jr. agricultural realities or the consumer costs But the honor is mine- that would result. The honor of being a free man in a free land. We know that in this whole equation Here where I am equal, there is no king or Lock Number 26 at Alton is important. It monarch, emperor, kaiser or czar­ No one before whom I need bow humbly !ow LOCKS AND DAM 26 processes more cargo than the Panama Canal which is now the center of presidential de­ Save Thee, the King of Kings, the Holy One. bate. To this precious blessed land my fathers :fled So, should we give three cheers for the From hatred persecution, wanton bloodshed HON. ROBERT H. MICHEL Corps of Engineers and "full speed ahead" And made a home and haven here Where their children could be called Ameri­ OF ILLINOIS on their plans for Lock 26? Noway! cans. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The thing that has placed the whole situa­ 0 Thou who doth from spacious skies e'er Tuesday, May 18, 1976 tion at hazard and may ultimately endanger reign, lllinois crops, etc., is the penchant the Corps Grant blessings to this land on every moun­ Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, the ques­ seems to have for turning every problem and tain-top, farm and field and vale and tion of what to do with the problem of project into some kind of grandiose scheme plain Locks and Dam 26, the deteriorating at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars. And cause as swift to :flow as rivers which navigation facility on the Mississippi The Corps plan for Lock 26 is a massive never cease River at Alton, ill., has perplexed the one, with "sUls" so deep it has raised visions To all mankind, America's great Peace. Congress in the past, and may continue of a 12 foot channel and giant b081t motors Amen. intensifying the use-or misuse--of the to do so. river. The issue cuts across a multitude of Opposition has stalled the whole proposi­ DIVISION OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS competing interests, with the national tion, and a plan so grand invited opposition. interest difficult to find in the process. The resulting delays merely increase the FOR THE SEC Environmentalists and farmers, barge dangers to the existing system because they operators and railroad companies all create a situation of no action at au. have their own views. When this kind of thing plunges into the HON. JAMES H. SCHEUER political and bureaucratic morass of a Great OF NEW YORK And when the bill to rebuild the fa­ Debate, the only thing we can be sure of is cility came before the House last year, it endless inaction regardless of the hazards IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES did so under a bit of parliamentary trick­ to energy, agriculture and anything else in Tuesday, May 18, 1976 ery that covered up all those issues, and this state. mandated its defeat on procedural The Corps has created these hang-ups be­ Mr. SCHEUER. Mr. Speaker, I am in­ grounds. fore by their seeming super-ambition to dock troducing a bill today that would create But the matter must one day soon be the Queen Mary at Peoria some day. a Division of Consumer Affairs within decided on its merits by those of us in God knows those engineers know a lot the Security and Exchange Commis­ I more about the locks, their designs and their sion-SEC. This Division would be this Chamber. In that regard, want to needs than I do--or most of the critics prob­ take this opportunity to make my col­ ably. charged with responding to requests for leagues aware of an insightful editorial But why must we have a system where information and complaints received by on Locks and Dam 26 which appeared they make their usual super-duper proposal the SEC. recently in the Peoria Journal Star. In as the only possibility, the only right way When the SEC receives a complaint an even-handed way, Editor C. L. Dancey to do it, and the only proposition to be ex­ about a s.tock brokerage firm today, it examines some of the important ques­ amined? forwards It to the firm in question with tions raised by the project. I would like I do know that engineers working for folks a request for its comments. Not surpris­ other than the U.S. government find it pos­ his article placed here in the RECORD: sible to lay out choices and price tags, and ingly, the firm normally responds that RoLLIN' ON THE RIVER the scale of advantages, etc., improved. the complaint is without foundation. Ran rates are roughly 20 per cent higher The present "take it or leave it" (until The SEC then forwards this response to than those for hauling heavy materials up next year) aproach, and the apparent tend­ the complaining party with a form let­ and down the river in barges. There are two ency to always option for the most grandi­ ter stating that the Commission is not reasons for that. One is the obvious eftlciency ose new construction they can dream up has authorized to act on behalf of investors, involved in the massive tonnage that one created a ruckus we probably didn't need­ and suggesting the retention of private tow can handle. The other 1s that the basic and might create a real crisis if the dam is In system of the "road-bed" for boats is fi­ permitted to run-down, meanwhile, that we counsel. many cases, the amount in nanced by Uncle Sam where feasible, where­ certainly don't need 1 controversy is so small that retaining as railroads have to finance their own at There has to be a better way for the work private counsel is not economically feasi­ heavy cost-plus taxes. of the Corps to be laid out and decided upon. ble, and the complaints of the small That 1s manifestly unfair. Of au the regulations we have on people investor fall through the cracks However, it is also true that in those not spending pubic moneys, how do we rea­ unresolved. places where the natural advantage of the sonably curb and regulate the Corps of En­ This SEC system clearly needs to be river exists, our society ought to make the gineers and the vital work they really do improved so that the small investor may most of it. perform and must perform on our rivers? The simple fact is that without the revival And, eventUally, how do we relate the receive the protection and benefits which of the river transport system, there is no costs thereof to the users of the "free" river? the Commission was created to provide. way in the world we could transport that At these kind of price tags, the "free ride" A response to a complaint should ex­ massive tonnage of the modern grain crops for river tramc is getting ridiculous. tend, whenever possible and appropriate, of much of the Middle West to its far-otr beyond a simple referral of the com­ markets. plaint to the firm against whom the We strain both storage fac111ties and trans­ port now with the incredible tonnage of A BICENTENNIAL PRAYER complaint was made. In many cases a nunois crops alone. visible SEC investigation would be far Likewise, the cost of energy and food . ~ more productive than an in-house check would unquestionably rise if we had to HON. NORMAN F. LENT by the firm involved. transport the bulk coal all by ran and the OF NEW YORK In addition, the Division would serve grain, as well. IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES as a consumer advocate within the SEC, The system is unfair, but it exists and the biggest part of the inequity is "natural" Tuesday, May 18, 1976 advising the Commission with respect to and not a.rtiftclal. the effect on small investors of proposed Mr. Mr. There are things that could be done to LENT. Speaker, the distin­ action by the Commission--or any reg­ make it more equitable, but we cannot sud­ guished rabbi of the Seaford, N.Y., Jew­ istered exchange or association-and denly let the lock system go to pot because ish Center, Dr. Esor W. Ben-Sorek, has making recommendations for other of this inequity. You can't change horses in written a moving prose prayer honoring action. the middle of the stream without great our Nation's Bicentennial. His feelings Finally, the Division would have the risks, and that would be dumping otr one are those of an immigrant's son, and I authority to assist persons who are or horse in mid-stream when the other is st111 commend them to my colleagues' at­ may become parties in civil litigation if, on the far bank! tention: due to the size of any potential recovery May 18, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14335 or potential legal fees, retention of pri­ (3) by striking out "10-year" each place was the reading of a congratulatory letter vate counsel would be economically in­ 1t appears in subsection (c) and inserting in sent by our former colleague, President feasible and SEC assistance would be in lieu thereof "12-year"; and (4) by striking out "10-year" in subsec­ Gerald R. Ford. the public interest. tion (d) and inserting in lieu thereof "12- As a friend, I am very proud for Tom Mr. Speaker, I hope that this bill will year". Iorio receiving this award. In my years provide a forum for much needed discus­ SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on the in the House I have come to rely on Tom sion in the area of consumers and their earlier of- Iorio for many things related to the leg­ relation to Federal agencies. Many of (1) the da.te of the enactment of this Act; islative activities of the House. I feel our constituents feel that the Govern­ or confident when dealing with Tom, that (2) the close of May 31, 1976. ment is a vast bureaucracy unresponsive the advice and information he offers wlll to the needs of all except the rich and be sound and unimpeachable. powerful. We must insure that this is not In addition to his time-consuming the case. TRIBUTE TO D. THOMAS IORIO-A duties in the House, Tom Iorio has been FRIEND TO ALL IN THE HOUSE OF very active in the Italo-American com­ VETERANS EDUCATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES munity and has been awarded for his BENEFITS efforts. He has received two distinguished honors from the Republic of Italy, in­ HON. MARIO BIAGGI cluding the title of Cavaliere Uffi.ciale 1n HON. JOHN M. MURPHY OF NEW YORK the Order of Merit of Italy, and in 1974 OF NEW YORK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the title of Commendatore 1n the star IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, May 11, 1976 of Solidarity of Italy, the highest civilian award given to a foreign national. Tuesday, May 18, 1976 Mr. BIAGGI. Mr. Speaker, it was my Tom Iorio's life has been a deeply Mr. MURPHY of New York. Mr. personal privilege and honor to have at­ satisfying and rewarding one for him­ Speaker, today, I am introducing legis­ tended yesterday's ceremony in the Ray­ self and for those of us fortunate enough lation which will extend the time period burn Room during which my good friend to know him. As he approaches the age in which veterans of the U.S. Armed Tom Iorio was presented with the distin­ of 75, Tom remains as astute and knowl­ Forces from the Vietnam era can utilize guished and highly coveted John W. Mc­ edgeable as ever. It has been said that the educational benefits they earned by Cormack Award of Excellence. I can a man's greatness can be measured by their service. This proposal will extend think of no man more deserving of the the reliability of his word. On this score. the existing deadline by 2 years thereby award than Tom Iorio, whose 31 years Tom Iorio receives unanimous praise allowing those veterans who are in school of service to the House is without from both sides of the aisle, for when a to finish or at least prepare their al­ parallel. Member wants to get information and ternatives. While Tom's official title is Pair Clerk the position of other Members on leg­ It must be recognized that each armed to the Majority Office of the Sergeant islation, Tom Iorio is often consulted conflict of our history represents a at Arms, his importance to the Congress goes far beyond his assigned duties. Tom and is always prepared with the answer. unique phase of our political, social, and It has been my personal pleasure to economic cycles. The Vietnam veteran, Iorio represents perhaps the most knowl­ pay tribute to Tom. I know his lovely unlike the veteran of past decades, was edgeable source of information about wife Clara and how proud she is of her discharged into a society of unemploy­ current legislation as well as important House procedures. His assistance has husband's accomplishments. I offer my ment, recession, spiralling inflation, and warmest congratulations to Tom, and his an ever-increasing demand for advanced benefited me and all Democratic Mem­ bers of the House. wife and can say without qualification educational degrees. The Vietnam vet­ that Tom Iorio is a dear and valued eran, like other veterans, was also dis­ Yet Tom Iorio holds a special place in the hearts of those of us who are fortu­ friend. There are few in the House who charged into a society of obligations, cannot credit Tom Iorio with making obligations which had to be met under nate enough to represent the great city of New York. Tom Iorio is one of the their work somewhat easier. He is a increasingly severe economic conditions. warm, compassionate human being who For most young heads of households the city's most respected native sons. He was born and raised on the East Side of New deserves only the best of what life has to task of "breaking even" utilized all offer. energy allowing little for the considera­ York, affectionately known as Little Italy. tion of higher education. Prior to coming to Washington, Tom Under normal circumstances, I believe served with distinction as a deputy sher- 11I in Brooklyn. He has remained in close IN REMEMBRANCE OF FORMER ILLI­ 10 years would be enough time for a stu­ NOIS GOVERNOR OTI'O KERNER dent to complete a college degree; how­ touch with New York politics. No one ever, a veteran's readjustment from familiar with the New York political years of military service does not always scene will ever forget the tireless efforts HON. ROBERT McCLORY denote normal circumstances. Problems, which Tom Iorio made on behalf of the OF ILLINOIS both economic and social, can make com­ late Honorable John Rooney in his last IN THE HOUSE OF' REPRESENTATIVES campaign for the House. In John ing home a diffi.cult experience. Being Tuesday, May 18, 1976 a veteran myself and knowing the sacri­ Rooney's own words, "I didn't win that fices which are made in any war, I urge race, Tom Iorio did." Mr. McCLORY. Mr. Speaker, I am my colleagues to enact this legislation Dedication, loyalty to friends, and a pleased to participate in this tribute of and allow the veterans of Vietnam an master of his profession; those are but respect to the late Otto Kerner, former additional 2 years in which to secure a a few of the outstanding qualities of Tom Governor and judge who served the State future for themselves and their fami­ Iorio. These traits and others are what of Dlinois and the Seventh Federal Jud­ lies: merited Tom Iorio's receiving the Mc­ icial Circuit. H.R.- Cormack Award, the highest award The passing of former Governor Ker­ A blli to amend title 38, United States Code, which can be presented to a House em­ ner recalls a long and sometimes stormy to provide for a 12-year delimiting period ployee. Tom, it should be noted, was political career. Governor Kerner's con­ for a veteran to complete a program of chosen from a list of 10,000 candidates tributions as Governor of Illinois for 8 education and is only the sixth person ever to win years, as county judge, and later as a Be tt enacted by the Senate and Home of the award. Tom will soon also receive the Federal judge, established an almost rec­ Representatives of the United States oj "Man of the Year Award" from the ord career of public service. America tn Congress assembled, That section Doormen's Society. I have been a lifelong friend of the 1662 of ttUe 38, United States Code, 1s The bipartisan praise which was di­ Kerner family, including the late Gover­ amended- rected at Tom during yesterday's cere­ nor's father who served as attorney gen- (1) by striking out "10" in subsection (a) eral of Dlinois and likewise as a judge of and inserting in lieu thereof "12"; monies demonstrated that his friend­ (2) by striking out "10-yea.r" 1n subsec­ ships with Members of the House tran­ the Federal Court of Appeals. tion (b) and inserting in lieu thereof "12- scend political ideologies. One of the Governor Kerner has always main­ year"; highlights of yesterday's award ceremony tained a home in my congressional dis- CXXII--905-Pa.rt 12 14336 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS Jr!ay 18, 1976 trict where other members of his family take, Congress ought to correct it. The sad I sincerely urge your attention to this pro­ reside as well as many personal friends. failure of the Southern and Chessie plans is gram and earnestly solicit your views on this proof of the need for change. Meanwhlle, you, subject which is far and away the most im­ Prior to his passing, I recommended the taxpayer, are paying the bill. mediate and serious issue facing local gov­ th~t Governor Kerner be granted a par­ ernment in New York State today. don by the President. While this has not Sincerely yours, yet occurred, I hope that President Ford JoHN V. N. KLEIN, will nevertheless grant the Kerner par­ LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE Suffolk County Executive. don. WELFARE BURDEN Mr. Speaker, it is fitting that former Governor Kerner be laid to rest 1n Arlington National Cemetery in tribute HON. THOMAS J. DOWNEY THE "HEAT" VERSUS THE "LIGHT" to his service to his country both in the OF NEW YORK ON THE PANAMA CANAL Illinois National Guard and during IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES World War II 1n North Africa and Sicily. Tuesday, May 18, 1976 HON. GLENN M. ANDERSON I extend deep sympathy to all members of the Kerner family. Mr. DOWNEY of New York. Mr. OF CALIFORNIA Speaker, it is no secret that local gov­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ernments in many States ~re bending Tuesday, May 18, 1976 under the weight of social services costs. GUESS WHO PAYS FOR CONRAn.? My own county of Suffolk in New York, Mr. ANDERSON of California. Mr. for example, commits more than 50 per­ Speaker, the "heat" in the 1976 cam­ cent of its general fund budget to welfare paign for the Oval Office has been suffo­ HON. ROBERT E. BAUMAN costs that are mandated by the State. cating what "light" exists about the sov­ OF MARYLAND The final solution for New York and ereignty of the United States over the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES many other States has not yet been de­ Panama Canal Zone. Tuesday, May 18, 1976 termined, and the debate continues. The facts are the canal is vital to our John V. N. Klein, the Suffolk County international trade, commerce, and de­ Mr. BAUMAN. Mr. Speaker, television executive, is deeply involved in this mat­ fense interests. As such, I believe any re­ station WJZ-TV, Channel 13, in Balti­ ter, and has expressed his thoughts to me negotiation or relinquishment of our more recently aired an editorial entitled recently. I think they deserve wider at­ rights to this strategic waterway would "Guess Who Pays For Conrail?" The tention, particularly as it appears that be a grave mistake for the United States television station's editorial department greater numbers of groups, governments, to take. has correctly described the very difficult and individuals argue for total Federal Usually the House does not ratify situation in which the Delmarva Penin­ control of welfare. Mr. Klein's letter treaty negotiations, a perogative of sula and the Eastern Shore of Maryland follows: the Senate, who gives advice and con­ finds itself as a result of the intransi­ MAY 14, 1976. sent to ratification by the President of a gence of certain rail unions in the recent Re Welfare Reform. treaty. However, article IV, section 3, negotiations by the Southern Railway to Hon. THOMAS J. DOWNEY, paragraph 2 of the Constitution states: purchase railroads in the area. The edi­ U.S. Congressman, Longworth Office Build­ The Congress shall have Power to dispose torial properly makes the point that Con­ ing, Washington, D.C. of and make all needful Rules and Regula­ gress must change the law to prevent DEAR ToM: A great deal has been said over tions respecting the Territory or other Prop­ unions from standing in the way of rail­ the past years about the need for welfare re­ erty belonging to the United States . . . road improvements in this country. form. You, of course, are aware of the enor­ mous impact on local governments such as I believe the canal is a duly paid for I recommend to the Members reading Suffolk where over fifty percent of a $400 territory of the United States. Therefore, this editorial, and I hope that legisla­ milllon general fund budget is expended on the yielding of any property paid for tive action will be taken soon to correct seven percent of the population. Indeed, 1f from appropriated funds, such as the this abuse: the local participation by the county gov­ Panama Canal, must be approved by the GUESS WHO PAYS FoR CONRAn.? ernment in the cost of welfare, including House as well as the Senate. Conran 1s a new railroad system sub­ Medicaid, were lifted in New York State from Mr. Speaker, if a new treaty comes sidized by you, the taxpayer. On April 1, the backs of the local government, Suffolk before this body, I will vote against any Conrail took over a 17,000-mile network of County could eltminate the general fund bankrupt railroads. The economic future of property tax completely. Regrettably, New scheme that I feel will jeopardize our in­ Maryland's Eastern Shore, and to some ex­ York State is one of only seventeen of the terests as a Nation in the canal. In the tent, the economy of Baltimore is tied into nation's fifty states where local government interim, I am frankly worried. the fortunes of Conran. But Congress made must bear any significant portion of the cost In February 1974, Secretary of State Conrail a piece of cake for railroad labor of social services. Kissinger and Panamanian Foreign Min­ unions. As a result, Maryland's transporta­ Perhaps you are also aware of the fact that ister Juan A. Tack reached an agree­ tion picture has some gloomy spots. all counties tn New York State have now de­ ment on a set of eight principles to serve First, the Chessle System got involved. clared their intention to refuse to appropri­ as guidelines for the formulation of a That's the major railroad serving the Balti­ ate additional funds for welfare tn 1977 over new treaty. These highly controversial more area. Chessie was wllltng to take over 1976 expenditure levels and to cover the cost principles call for an entirely new treaty 2,000 miles of the Conrail System, try to of welfare over-runs in 1977 by dismantltng operate it at a profit, and take it off the the balance of county government. In Suf­ with a fixed termination date, ending taxpayers' backs. But the Chessie System folk, that wUl become painfully clear on Sep­ the basic concept of perpetuity; the re­ couldn't match the generous labor terms of tember 25, 1976, when I deliver the 1977 turn to Panama of the Canal Zone; a the Conrail legislation, so the negotiations Budget to the County Legislature. That "just and equitable" share for Panama broke down. Chessie claims it would have budget will virtually el1m1nate all optional of the financial benefits from the canal; had to meet some of the very conditions services of county government and effect sig­ a role for Panama in administering the that made these railroads bankrupt in the nificant lay-offs of county personnel in or­ canal during the life of the new treaty, first place. der to cover the county's share of an esti­ mated $30 to $40 mtllion Increase in welfare. and total responsibility for its operation Then the Southern Railroad offered to take upon termination of the treaty; joint over, operate and Improve the ran network The county executives have approached on the Eastern Shore. But one union, em- the Governor and state legislative leaders to protection and defense of the canal by ploying 55 people in Maryland, balked at effect specific reforms at the state level. A the two nations; the rights necessary for Southern's terms. Fifty-five people thereby very clear and definite legislative and admin­ the United States to regulate the :flow of threatened the jobs and the economy of istrative program has been developed by the ships through the canal and to operate, 800,000 people. And no one in that union New York State Association of Counties and maintain, and defend it; and provisions would have lost his job. So Conran w111 take presented to Governor Carey and legislative for the future enlargement of the water­ over, but no one knows for how long. leaders. way. But we don't blame the unions for turn­ The Welfare Reform Task Force of the Na­ ing down the offers of private railroads when tional Association of Counties has s1m11arly Mr. Speaker, I believe some of these Conrail offered them a better deal. The fault prepared. a working draft of welfare reform principals go too far, especially in light lies with Congress for including provisions proposals. For your convenience, I am en­ of the attacks of Ambassador Nander that discourage private railroads from taking closing a copy o! that working draft dated Pitty, the delegate from the Republic of over. Since Congress made the original mis- February 24, 1976, and reprinted Apr111, 1976. Panama to the Organization of Amert- May 18, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14337 can States. He was quoted as accusing gress about the danger of excessive Gov­ Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and the United States of a ''policy of strang­ ernment regulation and the pervasive the Amalgamated Clothing Workers. ulation" of Panama, of "paternalism, threat of big government and undermin­ In the garment industry, many Ameri­ colonialism, and oppression." Further, ing free enterprise. can companies now cut their material in Ambassador Pitty was quoted as saying Much of this rhetoric comes from busi­ this country, then ship the material "he regards his mission in the OAS as nessmen-from those regulated individ­ abroad to be sewn a.nd finished by foreign one of destroying the (U.S.> policy of uals and companies who .roundly de­ labor for importation back into this arrogance toward Panama." This does nounce big government. country. not sound like statements from a coun­ In this context, I found the following Why do these manufacturers send their try interested in international harmony. editorial by Stanley Modic most interest­ work abroad? In the first place, they can Historically, our territorial sovereignty ing. It originally appeared in the May 10, avoid American laws and union contracts was established on December 2, 1903, 1976, issue of Industry Week and I com­ on wages and working conditions. In fact, when the United States agreed to pay mend to your attention this thoughtful many garments now brought into this the Republic of Panama $10 mlllion, plus commentary: country under this system are produced a yearly annuity for, "in perpetuity the SPIRIT Is WILLING, BUT • • • under sweatshop conditions reminiscent use, occupation, and control" of this 10- We've been on the spring circuit o! busi­ of the early days of the industrial revolu­ m.ile-wide Canal Zone. Article 111 of this ness and trade associations meetings. Each tion. Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty granted the seems to feature at least one speaker warning Second, the manufacturer who keeps United States "all the rights, power and about the dangers of our bUTgeontng federal his costs low by using foreign sweatshop authority • • • which the United States bureaucracy and its spreading tentacles o! labor is actually rewarded by item 807 by government regulation. being charged a lower duty on the goods would possess and exercise as if it were Audience response to such speeches 1s en­ the sovereign of the territory • • • to couraging. Hearty applause greets comments he brings into this country than a foreign the entire exclusion of the exercise by about the need to curtail government in­ manufacturer. the Republic of Panama of any such volvement in business. Funny anecdotes Mr. Speaker, item 807 must be re­ sovereign rights, power or authority!' about the bungllng o! bureaucrats even bring pealed. Our subcommittee will continue The $10 m.illion which the United cheers. to investigate those parts of our trade States paid to Panama under article The concern seems genuine. In polling policy that encourage the erosion of em­ XIV as well as the $250,000 to be paid members attending its annual meeting, the ployment and industrial capacity in the Chamber of Commerce o! the United States annually during the life of the treaty found 87% described "the impact o! govern­ United States. We cannot continue to were expressly stated to be "the price or ment regulation o! business" as "generally allow the weakening of the industrial compensation for the rights, powers, and harmful." Even more, 93%, consider govern­ base of this country through misguided privileges granted in this convention." ment regulation as a "serious" or "very seri­ trade policies. I am asking why we, as a nation, should ous" deterrent to economic growth; 68% ex­ nullify a treaty which was legally rati­ pressed the !ear that the government bu­ fied, and give back territorial rights reaucracy wlll get bigger. The audiences even rally around the cry o! UPPER CUMBERLAND ELECTRIC which were legally purchased. the speakers urging business to fight back. In The people in favor of relinguishing !act, a large majority o! those polled by the MEMBERSHIP CORP. COMMENDS U.S. sovereignty over the Panama Canal Chamber !eel business leaders and trade asso­ CONGRESSMAN EVINS FOR 30 claim that unless there is a new treaty ciations should exercise leadership in bring­ YEARS OF HONORABLE SERVICE the United States can expect disruptions ing about regulatory reform. and violence. I am more worried about But that is about as far as the enthusiasm the fate of 13 military bases, about 10,000 seems to go. HON. MARILYN· LLOYD military men, 29,000 civilian employees Another Chamber survey at the meeting OF TENNESSEE showed 43% of those polled have never both­ and their families in the Canal Zone, ered to volunteer in a political campaign. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and 6,000 U.S. citizens living in Panama. Asked why they don't get more involved, 10% Tuesday, May 18, 1976 Similarly, the voices in favor of re­ admitted "apathy" and 47% pleaded "no linguishment argue that the canal is eco­ time"; 9% confessed to not even contributing Mrs. LLOYD of Tennessee. Mr. nomically and militarily a "convenience" money to a candidate or cause. More discour­ Speaker, as you know, our colleague JoE and not a necessity to the United States aging yet, 46% said their firm or organization L. EviNs, the dean of the Tennessee dele­ as it may have been in earlier years. Are doesn't even have a pollticalln!ormation or gation, is leaving Congress at the end of these people blind to the visits of Gen. get-out-the-vote activity, and 26% of those this, his 15th term and recently he was don't even favor starting one. his Omar Torrijos to Castro's Cuba? It's obvious that when it comes to business praised for outstanding record of We have not been exploitive or im­ vs government regulation the spirit is w1111ng, service and support for public power­ perialistic in our relations with the Re­ but the fiesh 1s weak. specifically, rural electrification. public of Panama. If anything, the Cheers and applause won't get the job The board of trustees of the Upper United States has imProved the economic done. Cheerleaders are fine. But it'll take Cumberland Electric Membership Corp. plight of Panama. We have spent in ex­ dedicated players to win this contest. adopted a resolution citing Congressman cess of $6.8 billion for the defense, op­ EVINs' record as a champion of rural eration, and maintenance of the Cs.nal growth and progress. The Congressman Zone. has built a reputation during his 30 years Mr. Speaker, it is my belief, and I ITEM 807 MUST BE REPEALED in Congress as a champion of small town think the belief of the American people, and rural America. that the United States should maintain The Congressman, over the years, has and strengthen its defense, commerce, HON. ROBERT N. C. NIX been a strong supporter of the Rural and trade interests in the Panama Canal. OF PENNSYLVANIA Electrification Administration and the Doing what we have always done; that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tennessee Valley Authority-although is the message I believe we should send Tuesday, May 18, 1976 he has been critical of TVA for its policy to the Department of State. of constant rate escalation. Because of Mr. NIX. Mr. Speaker, I am today In­ the interest of my colleagues and others troducing legislation to eliminate item in this matter, I place the resolution 807 of the Tariff Schedules. from the Upper Cumberland Electric SPIRIT IS WILLING, BUT • • • This provision is a loophole in our Membership Corp. in the RECORD here­ trade laws which virtually encourages with. American manufacturers to have their The resolution follows: HON. WILLIAM L. ARMSTRONG products assembled or finished by inex­ RESOLUTION IN APPRECIATION FOR JOEL. 011' COLORADO pensive foreign labor. EviNs 30 YEARS SERVICE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I heard graphic testimony of the ef­ Whereas, Joe L. Evins is retiring after fects of this provision on one industry thirty years of honorable service to the 4th Tuesday, May 18, 1976 when the Subcommittee on International Congressional District of the State of Ten­ Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Speaker, a Economic Polley, which I chair, heard nessee; and great deal of rhetoric is heard in Con- representatives of the International Whereas, Mr. Evins has proven his ablllty, 14338 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 18, 1976 his sincerity and his interest in the welfare library. The training of teachers and CONGRESS NOW HOLDS THE KEY of the people of the 4th Congressional Dis­ volunteers became a model for all the trict; and schools in the district. His work with the Whereas, Mr. Evins has proven to be a HON. CLAIR W. BURGENER friend of the electric cooperatives and the Dad's Club stimulated renovation of Far­ general development of the 4th Congressional relly Swimming Pool-a spot of school OF CALIFORNIA District throughout his service on the many property that is now in great demand by IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES committees of the United States House of children and senior citizens alike. Tuesday, May 18, 1976 Representatives; and Mr. Speaker, excellence in education Whereas, Mr. Evins has constantly been a is a goal to which all teachers aspire. Mr. BURGENER. Mr. Speaker, this friend of the Upper Cumberland Electric There is no question among those who SUnday's Los Angeles Til:les carried an Membership Corporation and has assisted excellent article by our own colleague, this Cooperative in its endeavors from time know Mr. McCormick that he achieved that goal. I know that you join me in the gentlewoman from California, Mrs. to time; now therefore all Be it resolved that we the Board of Trustees wishing him good fortune in the years PETTIS, which should be of interest to of Upper Cumberland Electric Membership to come. of the Members. Corporation express our sincere thanks for Many of my colleagues will recall that excellent service and our best wishes to her late husband, Congressman Jerry Congressman Evins and his family for a long JACK ANDERSON'S PECULIAR Pettis, worked diligently on his legisla­ and happy retirement and be it known that SOURCE tion, the "Desert Protection Act." Upon this resolution will be a matter of record of taking up her duties in this House. Mrs. the omcial Board Meeting of the Cooperative PETTIS h'l.S continued the effort to ob­ May 1,1976. HON. LARRY McDONALD tain passage of this important legislation. ------OF GEORGIA As one who is a cosponsor of this legis­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lation, I was impressed with the elo­ LOYCE L. McCORMICK RETIRES Tuesday, May 18, 1976 quence of her explanation of the need for this legislation to become law. She HON. FORTNEY H. (PETE) STARK Mr. McDONALD of Georgia. Mr. paints a dramatic picture of the problem Speaker, on May 11, 1976, Jack Ander­ OF CALIFORNIA which faces our beautiful and fragile son's column consisted of an attack on desert lands and makes a strong case for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES me and one of my staff members. Our enactment of the Desert Protection Act. Tuesday, May 18, 1976 crime according to Anderson wa.s that I commend this article to my colleagues Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, it is with my staff member is married to a man that and insert in the RECORD at this point: great pleasure and honor that I bring issues a newsletter that Anderson dislikes. CONGRESS NOW HOLDS THE KEY I revealed the truth about this matter in to the attention of my colleagues a de­ (By SHmLEY N. PErriS) the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Of May 12, voted public servant and active citizen 1976. Can you imagine what would happen 1f the from my district, Mr. Loyce L. McCor­ news media were to carry stories about mick, principal of Roosevelt Elementary Now I would like to tell you something vandals looting and destroying our historical School, in San Leandro, Calif. On May about the source used by Jack Anderson monuments in Washington, D.C.? Or of 8, 1976, he retired from a long and dis­ for his smear attack. William F. Haddad, visitors to Independence Hall in Philadelphia an employee of New York State Assembly chipping off pieces of the Liberty Bell to take tinguished career in education, and he home as souvenirs? Or of motorcyclists cut­ deserves our recognition. Speaker Stanley Steingut, has been a source of information for Jack Anderson ting deep tracks across the White House Mr. McCormick received a bachelor of for many years. Anderson admitted be­ lawn? arts degree from East Central State fore the Watergate Committee that Had­ As a member of Congress I can tell you College, Ada, Okla., in 1939 and be­ dad had provided infonnation to him that my omce phone would not stop ringing, gan his teaching career at the junior and I shudder to estimate 'the tons of mail about the Waterga,.te break-in prior to its I. and other members, would receive from high school level. However, World War taking place. irate citizens demanding to know why Con­ II intervened and between 1942 and 1946 William F. Haddad was born in Char­ gress was not doing something to stop such he served in the Army. He was discharged lotte, N.C., July 25, 1928. He is a graduate destruction of our nationa! treasures. as a first lieutenant, having served the of Columbia College and then did post­ These people would be justified in press­ majority of time in the European theatre. graduate work at Georgetown University, ing Congress to end such wanton destruc­ After completing his master's degree specializing in Russian affairs. His career tion. After all, these links with our past be­ in history at Stanford University in 19.51, long to all of us, not to just a few people at Georgetown is one of the many in­ who would llke to tear them up as mementos he served as a teaching vice president cidents in his life about which Haddad at Cleveland Elementary School. He re­ of a summer vacation. is reluctant to talk. Haddad was employed On the other hand, bring up the continu­ mained at that post until his appoint­ in the omce of a U.S. Senator at that ing senseless destruction and vandalism tak­ ment as first principal of the newly com­ time and phoned the State Department ing place in the more than 16 m11lion acres pleted Madison Elementary School in demanding infonnation for the Senator. of the California Desert which are public 1954. Then in 1964 he was appointed He claimed that the Senator was going to lands, and you may get an indifferent reac­ principal at Roosevelt Elementary make a speech about the Soviet Polit­ tion. Maybe that is why Congress has been School. buro and needed biographical data im­ slow to develop legislation to protect the desert. Yet some in Congress have tried. Im­ Mr. McCormick proved himself to be a mediately. omcials at the State Depart­ mediately after taking omce last year I rein­ dedicated and innovative administrator. ment immediately prepared declassifl.ed troduced the Desert Protection Act originally Unafraid of change, he constantly sought summaries of the information Haddad written by my late husband, U.S. Repre­ new and better instructional methods. He demanded. sentative Jerry L. Pettis. This measure would also went to great lengths to draw the omcials at the State Department soon preserve and protect both the Indian arti­ community into the affairs of the school, learned that the Senator had made no facts and all of the many other desert re­ requesting recommendations from the such speech but that Haddad had wanted sources through a comprehensive, multiple­ Dad's Club and the PTA for improve­ use, land management plan. Ideally, this the material for use in a class project. plan would make the most careful use of ments of the physical plant and educa­ They provided this information to Had­ mineral resources and recreation potential, tion opportunities for the students. dad's professor, Dr. Joseph I. Coffey, who preserve archaeological treasures, and pro­ A brief mention of some of the changes after an investigation gave Haddad an tect rare plants and a.nlmals. he was instrumental in bringing about "F" in the course. Georgetown omcials To guarantee grass roots input 1n the de­ point to his unqualified success in both terminated Haddad's participation in the velopment of this plan, the representatives areas. Antiquated portable classrooms degree program because of his plagiar­ of groups who use the desert and 1ts resources were replaced by open-space complexes ism. for recreation, study and business would be with the newest education materials. A brought together with representatives of fed­ Tomorrow I would like to tell you more eral agencies holding public land in the modem two-way communication system about the strange career of Will1am F. desert, desert speclallsts, state and local rep­ was installed. A multimedia center was Haddad, a poor boy who got rich work­ resentatives, and residents o! the desert, in­ added to supplement the standard ing for the poverty program. cluding American Indians. May 18, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14339 My blli also would require the secretary tain community. On her birthday, the a rational approach to issues. Donegan of the Interior to set up an interim desert good people of Rough and Ready are represents a conservative viewPOint protection program until the long-range plan honoring her and I, in this way, want to against governmental intrusion into pri­ 1s formulated. pay tribute to an outstanding commu­ vate affairs. He was an effective member Multiple-use land planning is a great con­ of the minority party on the Judiciary cept, but without money and manpower to nity leader. effectuate the plan, it 1s useless. It is like Mr. Speaker, there have been attempts Committee on Small Claims Court and a lock without a. key. There can be no doubt to deemphasize our smaller post offices. Public Defender Legislation." that Congress now holds that key. On I have maintained that this is an unac­ Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to join the 'I'hursda.y, after three years of intensive work, ceptable policy because the post offices St. Louis Globe-Democrat in recognizing the House Interior and Insular Affairs Com­ and their postmaster serve as the heart the efforts of these two outstanding leg­ mittee reported out omnibus legislation of these communities. There is no better islators. which, 1n addition to incorporating the example of this than Rough and Ready Desert Protection Act, provides the first com­ prehensive, statutory statement of goals and and the service given by Helen Avery. authority for use and management of fed­ The sponsors of Helen Avery's surprise MR. WALTER GARDNER-A SENIOR erally owned lands. party point out that her deeds have gone CITIZEN WHO TAKES PRIDE IN Nowhere than in the California Desert is unsung, her contributions have not been AMERICA there a greater need to give the Bureau of recognized, things which they seek to Land Management the enforcement powers correct on her special recognition day. outlined In this Public Land Policy and Man­ May I congratulate the Community of HON. RONALD A. SARASIN agement Act--or, as it is more commonly Rough and Ready for such a fine and OF CONNECTICUT called, the BLM Organic Act. There, as in wonderful postmaster and to Helen IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES other lands it admlnlsters, the bureau's pres­ ent ca.pa.b111ty to enforce the lawful use of Avery congratulations and best wishes. Tuesday, May 18, 1976 Keep up the good work. these lands is limited to persuasion, coopera­ Mr. SARASIN. Mr. Speaker, during tion and education. Apparently, from the our Bicentennial Year, Americans are growing list of vandalistic acts, these "tools" just aren't working. celebrating the hard work of our Found­ Without providing the funds for adequate MISSOURI LEGISLATORS HONORED ing Fathers, the inspired pragmatism manpower to wield that authority, giving that brought forth a nation of freedom BLM enforcement or pollee powers would be and glory, a system of government unsur­ a pointless exercise. Incredible as it may HON. GENE TAYLOR passed throughout the world, and a cali­ seem, the BLM now has only 27 rangers to ber of people who are strong, generous, patrol the 16 mlllion acres of the California OF MISSOURI and determined to insure that the free­ Desert. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Although this key legislation has found dom we have had for 200 years continues bipartisan support within the Interior Com­ Tuesday, May 18, 1976 for our generations yet to come. mittee, there are several provisions which the Mr. TAYLOR of Missouri. Mr. Speak­ While we are celebrating, though, we Department of the Interior opposes-partic­ er, recently the st. Louis Globe-Demo­ are also questioning. We are engaging ularly those tightening Congressional control crat, a prominent Missouri newspaper in national self-analysis, the results of over BLM activities. And, despite the demon­ which could well determine the course of strated need to equip BLM rangers with nec­ announced awards for meritorious serv­ ice to nine members of the Missouri action for the United States in the next essary pollee powers, some members of Con· 200 years. Some people have lost faith gress are reluctant to give the BLM federal General Assembly. law enforcement authority. The selections were made by an and hope, some have allowed their dis­ The House blll now goes to the Rules Com­ anonymous committee representing the illusionment with temporary situations mittee. If it is passed there-and success is newspaper and several groups interested to dissipate their underlying faith in a not certain by any means--the legislation in State legislation. The awards have form of government that has endured for would reach the floor of the House for a. vote. two centuries. A s1milar blll, which includes desert protec­ been presented every 2 years since 1958 to pay tribute to lawmakers who have Fortunately, however, most Americans tion legislation sponsored by U.S. Sens. Alan still take great pride in their country Cranston {D) and John Tunney {D) of Cali· done outstanding work in the public in­ fornia, has already passed the Senate. terest. and have great hope for the future. With Political realities being what they are, we The recipients will be presented with this hope and effort our liberties will might just see the House "forgetting" to ad­ inscribed silver plates and certificates by continue. To that end, I would like to dress itself to this controversial issue before the publisher of the Globe-Democrat, G. share with you the thoughts of a senior it adjourns for the November elections. It has Duncan Bauman, at a luncheon on citizen in my district, who, though dis­ already neglected other complex and con­ abled with rheumatism, took the time troversial issues such as tax reform and a May 26, 1976. I am pleased to announce that two of and cared enough to share with me his long-range comprehensive energy plan. pride in country and his faith in our Most people visit the desert and leave it the honorees aFe residents of the Mis­ undisturbed for others. But without the souri Seventh Congressional District future. proper law enforcement protection, others which I am proud to represent. I know of THE STARS AND STalPEs FOREVER W1ll go on thoughtlessly destroying and de­ their work in our State legislative bod.y "Long ago our flag had but thirteen stars facing this rich historical and natural won­ and I certainly agree that they have com­ representing the States of the Union. Our der, piece by piece. country was young then and has grown so piled outstanding records in behalf of mighty that today it boasts of fifty stars on their constituents and the people of our Jits field of blue. We must an respect the flag. State. It 1s a symbol of our birthright, our heritage, HELEN AVERY-A LADY FOR OUR Senator Emory Melton of Cassville the freedom for which countless men have fought and died. Let us revere the memory TIMES who represents the Missouri 29th sena­ torial district was named for having, of the Unknown Soldier. It is important to "served with honor and conviction, rep­ remember that we are the greatest nation on resenting a respected conservative posi­ ea.rth-a nation under God and a democracy. HON. HAROLD T. JOHNSON Loyalty to it means protection of it no mat­ OF CALIFORNIA tion. Melton has been a leader in the ter what the cost. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES senate fight against bureaucratic redtape and the intrusion of the authority of "But we must also respect the rights of Tuesday, May 18, 1976 other nations and the brotherhood of all State administrative agencies. He has men. I..et us ta.ke an imaginary trip into space Mr. JOHNSON of California. Mr. represented the 'common folks' of his and there build a reviewing stand for our Speaker, next Wednesday, May 26, the Ozark district. Melton is described as famous leaders. Imagine the thrilling spec­ historic and colorful community of one lawmaker none of his colleagues ever tacle now ready to untold before our eyes. Rough and Ready, Calif., will be paying has anything bad to say about." Sitting on the stand are Washington, Mad­ to its Representative George Donegan, ison, Lincoln. Now the largest parade ever tribute favorite citizen, Helen assembled is putting on a display never to Avery. Helen Avery is our postmaster in Springfield, district 146, was cited for be forgotten. Marching by are the men of Rough and Ready. She has served in this being "considered one of the respected the Army, Navy, :Ma.rlnes, the brave of all capacity for many years and, in so doing, voices in the minority party in the house. years past who sacrlfk:ed to ensure our 11b- has been the mainstay of a fine moun- He became a voice of moderation and of el't1· 14340 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 18, 1976 "Now we hear the greatest of all band Whereas, during our Bicentennial Observ­ export controls and thus disrupted nor­ marches. •stars and Stripes Forever'. What ance, it 1s most appropriate that we recog­ mal supply and demand marketing. They patriotic feelings that stirs 1n all hearts. nize an historical municipal office which All regimented fiags are being proudly car­ grew out of the traditions of our demo­ effectively depressed grain prices, in some r1ed by the standard bearer to the rousing cratic heritage, cases below production costs and denied music. Stand1ng erect are those 1n the re­ Now, therefore, I, Dr. John A. Rocco, grain producers a fair and equitable viewing stand. All br1skly salute the Red. Mayor of the Township of Cherry H111, 1n price for their product. Yet, while mar­ White and Blue. the County of Camden, State of New Jersey kets were restricted and prices depressed, "Suddenly there 1s stlence and a complete do hereby proclaim the week of May 10 inputs to production such as fertilizer, blackout. The stars disappear from the sky, through May 14, 1976, as Municipal Clerk's diesel fuel, baling twine, and heavy equip­ then the marching heroes fade and finally Week, 1n recognition of the vital services the impressive figures of Washington, Madi­ they perform and their outstanding dedica­ ment skyrocketed in price. son and Lincoln vanish. Reluctantly, we re­ tion to the communities they represent. Farmers in this country were rightly turn to earth 1n our space ship. All that 1s outraged by this series of events. They left 1n the sky 1s the revieWing stand. Tb.1s saw this as a betrayal of their legitimate experience w1ll long be remembered. interest by a government that encour­ "It 1s hoped that something of our leaders' aged them to plant their fields, "from spirit wlll rub oft' on us. Let us cherish our "FARMING" 1976 proud fiag and all it stands for. It should fencerow to fencerow." However, this is never be destroyed or desecrated, but re­ an example of what can happen if de­ garded as something sacred 1n its symbolism. cisions on agriculture policy are con­ Let us be proud that it was the first to be HON. ROBIN L. BEARD trolled by an agency of Government implanted on the moon, and of the valiant OF TENNESSEE which is not responsible for agriculture, men who made that possible. Long may it IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES but rather for international policy. wave there over our land and 1n the hearts It is incredible to me, and I am sure of all Americans! God Bless America!" Tuesday, May 18, 1976 to many other Members of this Congress, Mr. BEARD of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, that this series of events could have oc­ last month the Bolivar, Tenn. Bulletin­ curred 1n the name of our national inter­ est. I submit to you that it is not in our MUNICIPAL CLERK'S WEEK Times devoted an entire edition to "Farming 1976." I would like to call your national interest to pursue a policy that attention to an article that appeared in discriminates against agricultural prod­ that edition which very clearly articu­ ucts, that uses agricultural commodities HON. EDWIN B. FORSYTHE lates a sentiment which is becoming as a pawn in international politics, that OF NEW JERSEY more widespread among farmers in this damages our credibility as a supplier IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES country. The title of the article is "Why abroad, and that causes a severe and un­ Tuesday, May 18, 1976 Farm?", written by Mr. Jerry Cllfft. I justifiable financial burden on the would like to relate to you and the other American farmer. Mr. FORSYTHE. Mr. Speaker, hav­ Members present a few comments I have Mr. Speaker, I plan to introduce legis­ ing served as mayor of my hometown, extracted from the article, which I feel lation today that would limit the pos­ Moorestown, and having been extremely are extremely important. sibllity that agricultural commodities active all my life in municipal affairs, Mr. Clifft expresses frustration that could again be used as a tool to accom­ I know full well how important our ded­ the operating expenses of farmers are at plish some international political ob­ icated municipal clerks are to each and an all-time high; that equipment and jective. This bill seeks to eliminate the every citizen. other inputs are priced completely out of inequity which exists in our export Dr. John A. Rocco, mayor of Cherry reason. In contrast, farm products and policy. Hill, N.J., a delightful community lo­ farm income remain low. He is troubled My legislation proposes something cated in my district, recently dedicated by this apparent imbalance 1n our econ­ that might be called a "balanced em­ the week of May 10 through May 14 as omy which does not appropriately re­ bargo concept." This concept addresses Municipal Clerk's Week. I thought this ward the farmer's work and investment. the problem of falling farm prices for was a most appropriate way to recog­ The frustration expressed in this ar­ a commodity under export control, while nize the valuable service provided by ticle is due in large part to a farm econ­ the prices of production inputs continue these employees of the people, and I omy overwhelmed by government in­ to rise. A balanced embargo would re­ wanted to share in this recognition. volvement. The American farmer has strict the export of related agricultural Therefore, I am inserting the text of always represented the backbone of the inputs, such as fertilizers, during the pe­ Dr. Rocco's proclamation at this point free enterprise system in this country, riod of the embargo on an agricultural in the RECORD: yet slowly Government has pushed its product. For example, if com were placed PROCLAMATION way into the farm sector with a mass of under embargo, phosphate fertilizers Whereas, municipal government, 1n order Federal regulations which restrict the would also come under export restric­ to best serve the needs of the citizenry, tions. This approach would prohibit the must be operated with efficiency and in an operation of the free market system. orderly manner; and Perhaps the most severe meddling that manufacturers of agri-business inputs Whereas, the efficiency and order with Government has become involved in, has from selling abroad the domestic surplus which government carries out its public been the tampering with the farmers' created by the embargo on the final functions is strongly reliant on procedures markets. Our recent history of em­ product. Marketing the surplus would re­ and records; and bargoes, moratoriums, curtailments, and duce domestic supply and cause the Whereas, the Municipal Clerks admlnlster other devices to impose export controls prices of needed inputs to rise, once the the procedures and keep the records; and embargo was lifted. But a balanced Whereas, an organized source of knowl­ on agricultural commodities have had a edge about a community and its govern­ disastrous effect on farm income. The im­ embargo would assure the farmer that ment activities is vital to the smooth gov­ position of these various export control when the embargo was lifted, he would erning of that municipality; and devices are especially aggravating when have access to needed inputs at approxi­ Whereas, the Municipal Clerks provide the American farmer was told that it mately the same price he received for his and maintain such a body of knowledge; was in the national interest to maximize product prior to the embargo. and food production to meet an increasing The blll does not intend to challenge Whereas, the streng7th of local govern­ domestic and international demand for the authority of the President to estab­ ment depends upon the citizens' opinion of farm products. Farmers were given as­ lish export controls. However, it does in­ it, and such opinion is formed largely by the image set forth by the municipal govern­ surances from the executive branch that tend to insure that when an export con­ ment employees; and they would have free ac.cess to export trol 1s deemed to be 1n the national in­ Whereas, the Municipal Clerk is the mu­ markets, and they responded with rec­ terest, then the consequence of that de­ nicipal official most closely 1n dally contact ord grain crops. cision wlll not mean that farmers as a with the citizenry, and therefore 1s a key Seemingly unaware of previous com­ group will suft'er an undue burden. position to mold sound publlc opinion; and mitments, the executive branch imposed Mr. Speaker, the legislation I plan to May 18, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14341 introduce is very short, and I would ask HONOR TO LINDQUIST remarks which were made on April 26 that it be printed in its entirety at the A most noteworthy item was all but over­ at the 64th annual meeting of the Cham­ close of my remarks. looked in the zip through Lindsborg by ber of Commerce of the United States The general economy continues to reg­ King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. by the president of the chamber, Dr. Rushed as he was, the King took time to Richard L. Lesher. ister a steady growth. Indeed, the per­ honor Dr. Emory Lindquist, long-time presi­ formance thus far in 1976 is turning out dent of Bethany College, later Wichita State So often today we hear attacks on to be stronger than earlier anticipated. president and now teaching at WSU. every aspect of our way of life. and pre­ Inflation is slowly being brought under Lindquist received the Commander Award dictions of gloom and doom for the control, and unemployment is declining. of the Swedish Royal Order of the North future. It is, therefore, a refreshing The future of the agricultural economy Star. This is a cherished award for outstand­ change to read Dr. Lesher's speech. seems equally bright. Farm income dur­ ing civil1an accomplishments. He shows us how far we have come, ing the first half of this year is likely to It came to Lindquist as a surprise, which how much we owe to our social and busi­ total well above last year's levels. Ex­ made the occasion even warmer. ness system, and how bright the future ports of major crops in 1975-76 are ex­ His work in Swedish-American history and can be-for Americans and for all man­ culture is well-known in this area. It in­ kind-if we continue to trust in the pected to be substantially higher than cludes five books on the subject, much of it last year. Feed grains and soybeans are embracing the Swedish-American life in institutions and the science that have currently enjoying stronger than ex­ Central Kansas. His last volume, for example, given us our unprecedented prosperity. pected foreign demand, and exports have is a history of Bethany College. Dr. Lesher's speech follows: been pushed up from earlier forecasts. The professor is himself the embodiment 200 YEARS OF PROLOGUE: To ADVANCE HUMAN Inputs are still very high, but farmers of that heritage, both in family and in his PROGRESS will face a much-improved situation, profession. His scholarship and his talents as (By Dr. Richard L. Lesher) perhaps the most favorable since 1972. an educator have made him one of our most Thank you Mr. Smith and thank you distinguished citizens. It was good that the ladies and gentlemen. I hope you enJoyed Of course, input prices in general will King paused long enough to recognize his still be rising, although the rate of in­ that classic debate as much as I did. I know service. it has given me food for thought to last for crease is slowing. These are encouraging a long time. facts, and we must do everything we can SWEDISH AWARD SURPRISES NATIVE SoN My opportunity, as I see it, is to take Just to insure that nothing impedes this re­ (By Bonnie Johnson) a few moments to reflect on 200 years of covery. It is my opinion that the best way Emory Lindquist, former Wichita State prologue; to find guidance for the future to stimulate that recovery is to remove University President and current University and to speculate on some of the major Government involvement and restore the Professor, received the Commander Award characteristics we might expect to be im­ free enterprise system to the farm econ­ from the Swedish Royal Order of the North portant in the third century of this great Star Saturday from King Carl XVI Gustaf nation. omy. The bill I propose today is con­ Finally, I would like to relate the Chamber sistent with that direction. of Sweden. King Gustaf presented the award to Lind­ of Commerce of the United States to our qUist in a brief visit to Linsborg, Kansas as present and to our future. part of a 27-day tour of the United States. Let me begin by mentioning the mission Lindquist said the Royal Order of the statement of the U.S. Chamber. This state­ ment grew out of a thorough and probing HONOR FOR DR. EMORY LINDQUIST North Star was founded in 1748 to recognize achievement in civilian life, including such discussion which took place last summer as things as government service, Judicial ca­ we began developing a long-range plan for pacities and research. the National Chamber. Our mission is: HON. GARNER E. SHRIVER "I believe I received the award because of "To advance human progress through an OF KANSAS my interest in Swedish-American history economic, political and cultural system, and culture," Lindquist said. based on individual freedom. incentive, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Lindquist, whose grandparents were born initiative, opportunity and responsib111ty." Tuesday, May 18, 1976 1n Sweden, has written ftve volumes dealing That statement, I believe, Will serve us With various aspects of Swedish-American well to guide and direct our activities. It Mr. SHRIVER. Mr. Speaker, I wish to llfe. could also serve as an overly simplified state­ take this opportunity to extend warmest His latest book is entitled Bethany in Kan­ ment of what our Founding Fathers intended congratulations to an eminent scholar sas-The History of a College. A volume that for this nation. It certainly makes it clear and professor, Dr. Emory Lindquist of has been translated 1n Swedish is entitled that the destiny of the country belongs in Vision for a Valley-Olof Olsson and the the hands of the people-and in the private Wichita, Kans., who received the Com­ Early History of Lindsborg. sector to the maximum extent possible­ mander Award from the Swedish Royal LindqUist 1s a graduate of Bethany Col­ and only when there is no alternative should Order of the North Star from King Carl lege and served as president there from 1983 it be entrusted to the government. XVI Gustaf of Sweden. The presenta­ to 1953. He began teaching at WSU 1n 1953 But more important, it is a positive state­ tion ceremony took place during King and served as president from 1963 to 1968. ment of desire for progress in all areas of Gustaf's visit to Lindsborg, Kans., where Lindquist said he didn't know he was go­ human activity-human rights, social and he participated in colorful observances ing to receive the Commander Award and economic development, the arts, science, of Swedish-American contributions to was called out of the audience after rthe per­ medicine and so on. These are desirable goals formance of Handel's "Messiah!' for this nation and for all of the peoples our Nation's Bicentennial. "I thought the king was very gracious and of the world. And it seems appropriate to The award and presentaiton came as modest 1n his manner," Lindquist said. "He me that our responsibtlity is to all of the a surprise to Dr. Lindquist. I should point 1s truly a people's king." people of the world-in addition to our own. out that Emory Lindquist is one of our Lindquist said the thing that impressed That's one of our early ideals we have lately Nation's foremost authorities on him most, however, was the klng's vlsit to been in danger of forgetting. Swedish-American history. He has writ­ the Bethany home for the aged. So, let's take a moment and go back to ten five books on the subject. "He vlsited and shook hands With all the the beginning, to understand our history residents who had been born 1n Sweden," and our heritage. As Kansans we are proud that King Lindquist said, "and he was on a very tight To paraphrase the inscription on the Gustaf took the time to visit Lindsborg, schedule." Statue of Liberty: and to honor Dr. Lindquist with this dis­ This nation was built by the bodies and tinguished award. Dr. Lindquist, a uni­ minds of the tired, the poor and the huddled versity professor at Wichita State Uni­ 200 YEARS OF PROLOG: TO AD­ masses, yearning to breathe free. They came versity, has served as president of VANCE HUMAN PROGRESS to a wilderness from all parts of the world, Bethany College in Lindsborg and as of many religlous backgrounds. Many were president of Wichita State University. fleeing religious persecution. Others were HON. JOHN J. RHODES fleeing oppressive government. Most were Under leave to extend my remarks in OJ' ARIZONA humble and poorly educated. the RECORD, I include a well-deserved edi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I repeat--they came to a wilderness, a torial from the Hutchinson News and an frontier, a region devoid of the refinements article from the Wichita State University TuesdaY. May 18, 1976 and comforts of the advanced nations of student newspaper, the Sunflower. Mr. RHODES. Mr. Speaker, I woUld western Europe whence they came. The articles follow: like to call to the attention of the House It is critically important to understand 14342 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 18, 1976 that grinding poverty was the normal con­ poor is to maintain a healthy and growing with the rest of the world-in space, 1n dition for the masses throughout the world economy. All boats rise together when the medicine, and in basic science. This, too, is at that time. It is also important to under­ tide comes ln. a marked contrast to the practices of the stand that things were worse here than in The poor in this nation have gained more so-called "closed" societies. the rest of the world. Not all of our early from our economic growth than from all of And let's do away with the nonsense that settlements won their battle with starvation. our government aid programs put together. greedy America is raping the world. How By 1618, a total of 1,800 colonists had left More recently, the cries for redistribution often have you heard statements like this: England for the New World, and only one of wealth have increasingly related to inter­ "America, With 6% of the world's popula­ third of them--600-remained alive. national affairs. There are those here and tion, is consuming 40% of the world's goods." As one of the early leaders of the James­ hundreds more around the world who be­ Statements like that have been repeated town colony wrote, "There were never lieve that the advanced and wealthy nations by hundreds of high-level officials here and Englishmen left in a foreign country in such should share their wealth with the poorer abroad. And such statements are patent11 misery as were we in the new-discovered nations. This argument brings to mind a false for two reasons: Virginia.." quotation from an Abraham Lincoln speech: First of all, we have not even discovered The New World did not guarantee riches, "You cannot bring about prosperity by dis­ or created a. fraction of the world's potential happiness or succes5-{)nly the freedom to couraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the wealth, and won't have done so 200 years from pursue those goals. weak by weakening the strong. You cannot now. Our chief economist, Carl Madden, recently help the wage-earner by pulling down the And second, nothing 1s ever "consumed" in produced a brilliant paper that boils down wage payer. You cannot further the brother­ an absolute sense. The petroleum that we buy the millions of years of human existence in hood of man by encouraging class hatred. from abroad provides the fertilizers and the a most enlightening fashion: "You cannot help the poor by destroying power to help America. feed the world-a role He quotes an estimate by the London the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by which is undoubtedly going to lfall to us in­ Economist that in the year of the birth of spending more than you earn. You cannot creasingly during our third century. Jesus there were about 250 million people on build character and courage by taking away Sure, we buy ~ of the world's output. And earth. These people had an annual per capita a. man's lnitia.tive and independence. You we produce ~ of the world's output. And income roughly equivalent to 200 of today's cannot help men permanently by doing for what we produce pays for what we consume. dollars. them what they could and should do for I've just touched upon another major prob­ One thousand seven hundred and seventy themselves." lem area-energy. six years later-the year of our Declaration of Lincoln makes it quite clear that redistri­ Make no mistake about it: In the short Independence-world population had grown bution of wealth would be self-defeating run, this is a critical and complex problem. to about 750 mi111on, but real annual income for both the wealthy and the poor. Our growing dependence of imported petro­ remained at about $200 per person. On the other hand, America is helping the leum makes us vulnerable to political and Then something happened. Something hap­ world's people rise to higher standards of economic blackmail. It is a dangerous posi­ pened of such magnitude that it would be living. tion to be in. And things may get worse before difficult for us to comprehend it, 1f we hadn't We are often criticized for leading the they get better. been conditioned to take it for granted. world into periods of infiation, or alternately, But, in the long run, it is unlikely that we In the 200 years between the founding of into recessions or depressions. But how often will ever run out of energy. This spaceship this nation and today. world per capita do we hear the other side-that our sustained earth that we live on dissipates more natural income rose from $200 to about $1,000. economic growth and development has pulled energy from the sun, the wind, and the tides For thousands of years, per capita income up the economies of many other nations? than we could ever use in many lifetimes. had remained relatively unchanged. And And not just our trading partners. Interna­ There is a b11lion years of energy locked in then in the comparatively brief span of 200 tional trade is mutually beneficial, creating the waters of the oceans. All we need 1s the years it suddenly increased by 400%. jobs both here and abroad. key to the lock. And we're going to find it. But even that dramatic increase is only The multinational corporation-which Hence, another prediction: American re­ a small part of the real story. While per seems to be constantly under attack for search and ingenuity will help lead us to new capita income rose from $200 to $1,000, world various reasons-is seldom given credit for power sources offering energy abundance for population rose from 750 million to nearly helping to reduce poverty in various parts all eternity. Probably in America's next 100 four billion. of the globe. But it has done so. And in years. Think how much gross income had to in­ my opinion, it offers the greatest hope of Then there are those who predict the de­ crease to keep ahead of the huge increase abolishing world poverty in the future. mise of the world because we are rapidly in population. We should remember that through inter­ "exhausting" our resources. Better yet, let's find out: national trade, not only goods and services But once again, the loftier perspective of a Multiply population in 1776 by per capita are exchanged. Also exchanged are the intel­ longer time frame suggests tha-t one day we income that year and you get a gross world ligence, training, organization and financial will master the principles of recycling that income of about $150 billion. techniques necessary for economic develop­ Mother Nature tries to teach us. Now, multiply current population by cur­ ment. With the exception of fossil fuels, virtu­ rent per capita income and the resulting It 1s naive to judge America's contribution ally all of the natural resources tha.t were figure is current world income: Some four to the world only by the amount of foreign in the system at the beginning of time are tr1llion dollars per year. aid 1n the federal budget. still here with us-the glass of wa.ter you That's an increase of 2,567% ••• a 27- Human progress, worldwide, depends on us had for lunch might have been shared at foZd increase/In 200 years/ in so many ways. the Last Supper, or at the Constitutional If that's not the greatest secular miracle For example, some environmentalists would Convention. The precious metals which you 1n human history, I'd like to hear what's in have us believe that American-generated carry may have been first refined by the first place. pollution is endangering the very existence ancient Egyptians. And, up to now we've been talking only of of the world. But, how often is this story Given enough energy, we wlll be able to world averages. The change from conditions told: That the colll.tiUtment to environmental make anything out of anything. For the in 1776 is even more dramatic lf you break record, you can make a sllk purse out of a down the figures by type of economy. protection 1s stronger in America than any­ where else in the world? sow's ear-in fact, somebody already has. In 1972, Gross National Product per per­ That our relative investment in environ­ That•s enough to make my point. The son averaged $3,670 in industrial countries, mental research and development 1s greater spirit of this whirlWind tour of history 1s a $580 in centrally planned countries, and than any other nation? positive belief that all things are do-able. If t280 in developing countries. In the U.S., That we have made substantial progress we have the faith, and the initiative, we GNP per person was $5,590. in cleaning up our air and water? Will never lack the resources. The point of all this is that our economic And that someday, it wm be our R & D, If we have the fa-ith. system has proven to be the best system in our technology, and our know-how that is This noble experiment of our forefathers aU of history for creating wealth-and put to work cleaning up the environmental has borne magnificent fruit. This restless, wea-lth 1s critically important to human problems of the rest of the world? contentious, challenging, dynamic, big land progress; to health, to welfare, to education, Speaking Oif research and development, or of ours. This people-generous to a fault, to a high standard of living, and to llfe science and technology, it is instructive to jealous of their rights, committed to itself. Wealth is the product of creative and note that our Founding Fathers were quite progress-this people called "America." imaginative economic activity. concerned about the "technology gap" of We have freed man from the slavery of Throughout our history, there have been their era. Jefferson and others were worried poverty. those among us who have argued for a re­ that America might never catch up with the We have opened his mind and his universe. distribution of wealth-but after many dec­ advanced nations of western Europe. We have shared our wealth with the world. ades of devotion to that cause there 1s now Today, the roles are reversed. But it needs And we have done Lt a.ll with techniques ample evidence to support the proposition to be made clear that the fruits of our ex­ and institutions dimly understood at best, that the best way to advance the lot of the penditures and research have been shared and under attack much o! the tlm.e. May 18, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14343 We have given man the greatest of all In conclusion, ladies and gentleman, I'd pie to understand better the economic sys­ possible gifts: Faith in himself. like to leave you with this simple thought: tem that makes our country tick--even in a But the challenge of success, of prosperity, Where the northern ocean darkens, recession-and underpins the highest livtng of maturity can be even more difficult than Where the rolling rivers run, standards of any major country. This 1s not the challenge of povel'!ty. It is often harder Past the cold and empty headlands, to say that those of us in industry are all to remodel an old building than to build Toward the slow and westertng sun, that smart either; we make mistakes, too. anew. There our fathers, long before us, But we are now deeply concerned, as the Nevertheless, we stand today on a point of Armed with freedom, faced the deep; handwriting on the wall becomes clearer by departure, unmatched in all history. And What they won With love and labor, the day. We'd llke to share these concerns. now I a.m not talking about the Bicenten­ Let their children watch and keep. and what we have learned. with you. nial. It is just a coincidence that the dawn In real economic growth-the growth rate of a new era comes on our 200th birthday. after you subtract the ln:fiation-the United States ranked 17th among the 20 most a.d• For 40 years we have turned increasingly vanced economies in the Free World during away from our inner resources and toward CAPITAL FORMATION the 1960s. We were tied with Ireland and the central government for the solution to behtnd such nations as Iceland, Austria, a.ll problems. And we have just about reached Greece, Portugal, and Yugoslavia. the point where the marginal cost of addi­ HON. JOHN T. MYERS What caused our country's deplorably slow tional government service surpasses the OF INDIANA rate of growth? A major factor: not enough benefits to be gained from it--both in eco­ money invested in new plants and equip­ nomic and political terms. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment. In a brilliant recent study, the economist Tuesday, May 18, 1976 THE RECORD S~CE 1960 Edgar Browning shows that further efforts Mr. Mr. Since 1960 the United States has had the a.t income redistribution in this country can MYERS of Indiana. Speaker, lowest level of private capital investment in produce-at best--only small gains for the in this election year, there has already relation to Gross National Product (GNP) poor, at enormous cost to productive incen­ been a great deal of discussion of the of any major industrialized nation in the tives for the middle class. problem of unemployment in our Nation. Free World. U.S. business investment aver­ And as for political freedom-well, we The center of controversy has been the aged a shade over 13.5% of GNP in the should remember that the original antitrust role which the Federal Government period 1960-73. Japan's figure was more than laws were passed not against business, but should play in putting people back to twice ours. In West Germany it was 20%; against the looming power of government. work. in France, over 18%. They are called the Constitution and the Bill As a direct result, the American labor of Rights. Those on the other side of the aisle force's productivity is growing much more There is little excuse for ignorance of the from me have proposed the Humphrey­ slowly than that of most of the countries threat. The political geniuses who gave us Hawkins bill, H.R. 50, which would call with which the U.S. competes in world mar­ birth also bequeathed us ample warning. for total Government control of the plan­ kets. Productivity, the measure of output Listen to them now: ning of our economic future. per hour worked, is the key to improving George Washington: "Government is not However, I am proud to have joined living standards. reason, it is not eloquence ... it is force. Like over 100 other Members of this body who What's likely to happen if our economy flre, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful believe in the free enterprise system, in more or less stagnates instead of grows? master.... " sponsoring the Jobs Creation Act, H.R. If lt becomes clear to everyone that the Thomas Jefferson: "The natural progress of economic pie isn't going to get appreciably 8053. bigger, every group will begin fighting for a things is for liberty to yield and government The Jobs Creation Act would provide to gain ground." larger piece of that static pie. Women, blacks the private sector with the necessary and other racial minorities, and young peo­ And this chilling prophecy from Mad.lson­ capital to increase production and hire ple of all backgrounds will be the hardest the father of the Constitution: "Remember, individuals who are unemployed. The hit. College graduates will find job-hunting democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, even tougher. More and more of them will exhausts and murders ltelf. There never was greatest advantage of this legislation is that it would cut unemployment without have to take jobs lower in the economic a democracy that d.ld not commit suicide." scale. This will further squeeze every mi­ Is he right? The light of Uberty grows dim increasing taxes, and it would not add to nority and everybody else. and tllckers. our increasing national debt or to our Rising social strife can create a backlash But there is hope. For all our carelessness, bloated budget. People would be placed against efforts toward cleaner air and water we yet remain the longest enduring society on jobs that would be permanent, instead and toward the funding of health services of free men governing themselves without of the temporary make-shift jobs under and education. It can produce pressure to benefit of kings or dictators. Humphrey-Hawkins. push older workers out early. And we are waking up. For the first time in In recent months, the Mobil on Corp. CORPORATE EARNINGS MUST RISB our recent history, there is a consensus-and has published a series of articles in the If we as a people are to avoid such divisive it is almost unanimous-that we have dele­ Nation's leading newspapers explaining bitterness, we are going to have to put some gated to government more power than is of our emotional hang-ups aside and face up wise, to do things for which it is ill suited. the economic problems of our Nation. On Sunday, May 9, 1976, the following ap· to facts. The belief that business has pros­ This song is an old song. What is new 1s pered in recent years while individuals have the consensus-majorities and minorities­ peared in the Washington Post and other This suffered simply is not true. The evidence on Democrats, Republicans and independents­ newspapers. is the fourth in a six­ this is incontrovertible. What a lot of peo­ rich and poor. The message is on the tongues part series. ple find difficult to swallow is that corporate of spokesmen from all parts of the political The comments contained in this article earnings have to rise to levels substantially spectrum. help explain the need for the capital for­ above those of recent years if our country is The task now is to implement the con­ mation which is suggested in the Jobs not to get into even deeper trouble. sensus; to move from rhetoric to action. Creation Act: Government obviously has a decisive role To accomplish that task, we must pay close SOCIAL MOBILITY OR CLASS W AUAJU!:? to play in promoting economic growth. Only attention to several principles: government can formulate economic pollcy. The economic confusions of m1111ons of Only government can disavow the adversary 1. We must reinvest the intellectual en­ Am.erica.ns-espectally the educated, con­ dowment of our Founding Fathers, and re­ cerned members of the middle class, who position that politicians have created with kindle an appreciation of freedom, private exert great ln:fiuence on public policy-are respect to private business, and replace it property, and individual incentives. with a more responsible and productive re­ frustrating their efforts to make this a coun­ lationship. Only government can create a 2. We must rebuild or remodel those in­ try of growing opportunity for all our people. stitutions that don't serve us well-if some healthier economic climate-though it can­ In fact, their economic misunderstanding not operate a business efficiently. of the houses of government have leaky roofs, threatens to dtmtntsh the opportunity for the time to repair them is now; and social progress and better living standards Economic growth is the last, best hope for 3. We must celebrate the noble experiment for those still enduring second-class citizen­ the poor and for all the rest of us. Sheer re­ ship of one sort or another. Because the one distribution of income cannot do the job. by our understanding, by our support, and We must create a steadily larger income pie. more than support, by our commitment ... thing worse than not knowing something IS knoWing things that aren't so. This can be done only through economic our commitment to the continuation of our growth. And only profitable private business system not only for our own benefit, and our TBB NEED FOR VNDZRSTANDING can make the capital investments that pro­ chlldren's, but !or all the chlldren of the We don't mean to offend you, but we feel duce economic growth and jobs and tax world. keenly that there 1s a desperate need for peo- revenues. 14344 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 18, 1976 THE CITIZEN'S BICENTENNIAL stand political pressure, economic and ph11- gaging in willful pollution and :from violating PLATFORM osophical independence from the regulated the law. To accomplish this goal, government interests and consumer sensitivity; prohibit­ needs new powers, including: ing employment by an agency-regulated flrm Independent Consumer Advocate-Creat­ HON. BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL within three years of departure from govern­ ing an Independent Consumer Protection ment. Agency within the Executive Branch to repre­ OF NEW YORK Citizen Standing to Sue-Assuring citizens sent consumer interests before the courts and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the right to challenge illegal government the federal agencies which dally make deci­ Tuesday, May 18, 1976 action in court and. to compel agencies, which sions affecting the health, safety and eco­ are too often ineffective or subservient to nomic well-being of consumers. Mr. ROSENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, as special interests, to obey the law. Federal Chartering-Requiring large mul­ chairman of the Government Operations Attorneys fees--Providing compensation tinational corporations to obtain a federal Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer to citizens for costs incurred in participating charter (in addition to a state charter) and Monetary Affairs, I have become in­ in litigation or agency proceedings on behalf which would increase corporate disclosure, creasingly aware of the problems of con­ of the public interest. protect employee rights, limit monopoly Private Attorney General-Encouraging growth and subject the corporation to strict sumers who wish to have a voice in the citizens to act as private attorneys general federal requirements for democratic corporate policy decisions which affect their health, by rewarding citizens who successfully en­ governance and increased influence of stock­ safety, and economic well-being. force the law against corporate violators in holders, workers and consumers. This is While private businesses are permit­ the public interest with a share of the pen­ needed because corporations have outgrown ted to writeoff their lobbying costs as alty imposed. their state-based origins and need to be business expenses, citizen groups rarely Oivil Service Accountabllity-Giving citi­ brought back under control. have a steady source of income because zens the right to challenge the tenure of or State Anti-Trust Enforcement-Permitting contributions for lobbying activities are to seek damages from government officia-ls State Attorneys General to file class action who arbitrarily refuse to enforce the law or antitrust damage suits on behalf of citizens not tax deductible. who engage in wasteful practices or harass­ of their states. A new fund-raising venture-the Citi­ ment. Federal Antitrust Enforcement-saving zens Action Fund-has been founded to Initiative, Referendum, Recall-Expanding consumers blliions annually by vigorously en­ raise money for citizen groups across the the use of ballot box instruments which per­ forcing existing antitrust laws and enacting country which lobby and are not chap­ mit citizens to hold office holders account­ new laws to cover ollgopollstic industries. In ters of a na tiona! group. These groups able: the initiative, permitting citizens to some industries, such as food and energy. a enact legislation without legislative action; single company controls the product from its are all working for the basic American natural origins to its consumption. Vertical principle that citizens should have a the referendum, allowing citizens to express their opinions on controvers1al public issues divestiture (splitting off production from re­ voice in the kind of community and the and the recall, authorizing citizens to re­ tan functions) and horizontal divestiture kind of country in which they live. This move unresponsive office holders. (prohibiting control of near substitutes such includes making business and govern­ as oil company ownership of uranium, coal ment accountable to the people. CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY TO CITIZENS and other energy sources) would increase Economic competition leads to the produc­ competition and curta11 the power of cor­ With this ideal in mind, the Citizen tion of the best possible goods at the lowest porate giants. Action Fund has developed a legislative possible price. As competition has disap­ Fam.lly Farms-Discouraging corporate platform which outlines the necessary peared, economic concentration and corpo­ takeover ot independent famlly farms which elements for effective and responsible rate abuse have generated higher prices and are efficient food producing units. government. I commend the Citizen's inferior or unsafe products. And, as corpo­ ENERGY POLICY TO SERVE THE ECONOMY AND Bicentennial Platform to my colleagues rate power has exploded, citizens have been THE PUBLIC NOT THE OIL COMPANIES and am inserting it in the RECORD at this deprived of the ab111ty to be heard and to choose. Corporate accounta.bllity can be The costs of energy-in resource depletion, point: sought through: pollution, and dollars-and-cent&-6kyrocket THE CITIZEN'S BICENTENNIAL PLATFORM while national energy policies serve only the Consumer Class Actions--Permitting con­ convenience of the major oil, coal, and utlllty THE BICENTENNIAL PLATFORM sumers to join together to file smaJl but iden­ companies. Energy prices should refiect the Two hundred years ago delegates from the tical claims against the same company to true costs of production-but energy users thirteen original colonies gathered in Phila­ facilitate recovery of damages and prevent should not be at the mercy of either the delphia to declare that citizens have the right unjust enrichment. OPEC oil cartel or the U.S. firms that domi­ to organize their government "in such Form Small Olaims Court-Providing individual nate domestic energy production. as to them shall seem most likely to effect consumers with an accessible judicial forum The federal government, instead of inter­ their Safety and Happiness." It is time to to give quick and inexpensive redress to vening against other interests in behalf of reassert that principle by equipping citizens small injuries caused by producers and mer­ the energy companies, should regulate the with the power and tools to make govern­ chants. industry in behalf of the eclectic economic ment and business responsible to the people Residential Utllity Citizen Action Group­ and pol1ticalinterests our government is sup­ and to determine the quality of life in their Establishing a voluntary check-off contribu­ posed to serve. This means rejecting deregu­ community and in their country. tion system on ut111ty bllls to raise funds tor lation of natural gas prices, subsidies to syn­ Consumer groups sponsoring this platform citizen oversight and participation in the thetic food producers, and other schemes seek to make their voices heard to govern­ regulation of state-granted monopolies. for increasing company profits without really ment before policy decisions are made which Consumer Cooperative Bank-Creating a adding to energy supplies. And it means re­ affect their health, safety and economic well­ Consumer Cooperative Bank modeled after ducing the consumption and waste of energy being. The environmental organizations are the successful farm credit system to make while encouraging the development of di­ actively working to use the earth's limited loans for development of local consumer verse, decentralized, more efficient and re­ resources wisely, prudently and with fore­ cooperatives. · newable energy production systems. sight and concern for future generations. Equal Credit-Assuring that credit 1s avail­ ENVmONMENTAL PROTECTION TO SAFEGUARD Based upon these ideals, this bicentennial able to all who seek and deserve it without legislative platform outlines the necessary HEALTH AND SAFETY regard to sex, age, marital status and race. Polluters portray the environment as nice elements for effective and responsive govern­ Product Information-Requlring complete ment. but not necessary-something that's just too and prominently displayed information at costly to protect. And some industries avoid GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY TO CITIZENS the point of purchase to assist consumers, in the cost of environmental safety by forcing Government decision-makers must be made making intell1gent marketing decisions, in­ others to pay-workers with their lives 1n responsive and accountable to the funda­ eluding mandatory price marking, unit pric­ mine explosions or industrial poisoning, mental needs of consumers by: ing, nutritional labelling, product care, in­ farmers and fishermen with their llvellhoods Open Government--Guaranteeing direct gredients, net and drained weight, additives when land ls strip mined and waters pol­ citizen access to government decisions by re­ and expiration dates, health and safety warn­ luted, all of us with our help when toxic quiring agencies and the Congress to hold ings and warranty information. substances and other pollutants enter the open meetings and requiring high level civil GOVERNMENT ACTION TO PROTECT CITIZENS air and water. servants to keep public logs of industry and FROM CORPORATE ABUSE A healthy environment means more than citizen contacts. When corporations hold excesslve market protected wildlife, parklands, and recreation Freedom of Information-Assuring that power. their resource&-1lnancial and tech­ opportunities--it means a sound economy, citizens have unfettered and inexpensive ac­ nlcal-are so vast that citizens cannot hold more jobs, and good publlc health. Cancer cess to government Information. them accountable. Citizens must therefore and respiratory disease caused by pollutants High Quality Regulators--Selecting gov­ look to government to prevent corporations cost dearly in lives and money. Environmen­ ernment regulators with the capacity to with- :kom treading on individual rights. from en- tally dangerous nuclear and synthetic fuels May 18, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14345 mean higher energy costs. Destroying rivers better be used to clean up the nation's pol­ the House of Representatives. ( 1346 Connect­ and wetlands to subsidize the barge industry lution. (Contact: Environmental Action.) icut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20005, debilitates our railroads and creates pres­ The bottle btll 202-833-1845) sure for more highways. (S. 618, H.R. 3246) Whlle wasting natural Environmental Policy Center-specializes Our environment and economy can be pro­ resources, throwaway bottles and cans cost in energy, land use and water resource issues tected through: money-in higher market prices and garbage and serves as the Washington information Toxic Substance Control-requiring that collection costs. National legislation stmllar center for state and local environmental, chemicals be tested for safety before they to that passed in Oregon and Vermont would agricultural, and community organizations. are marketed, not after they are found to require a mandatory deposit. (Contact: En­ EPC lobbies on strip mining, offshore oil, cause cancer and other diseases in workers Vironmental Action.) nuclear power, synthetic fuels, energy facility and consumers. siting, coastal zone management, and Corps Air and water pollution control-workers Plutonium breeder reactor of Engineers legislation. (324 C Street, SE, and consumers, wildlife and the land, air, Despite mounting evidence that a pluto­ Washington, DC, 20003, 202-547--0500) and water, should not be the recipients of nium breeder reactor, which produces fuel Public Citizen-Hee.ded by Ralph Nader, industrial and municipal waste. Air and water for other reactors, is neither economical nor Public Citizen groups litigate, lobby, research, pollution control standards should be en­ safe, the breeder is the Adm1nlstration's participate before the federal agencies, courts forced, not weakened. number one energy development funding and Congress on behalf of citizen interests, Jobs and the environment--energy com­ priority. (Contact: Public Citizen.) and foster citizen action in communities panies and some other industrial producers Strip mining across the United States. They advocate say that production increases and jobs are (H.R. 9725) America needs to produce more structural reforms In tax policy, corporate assured only if industry is free from environ­ coal-but it must be mined safely, burned accountab111ty, freedom of information, mental regulation. Workers know that tough cleanly and strip mined lands must be re­ health care delivery, occupational health, strip mine regulations mean more jobs in the claimed. Federal strip mine standards can safe energy production, consumer choice in mining industry, that producing synthetic assure full production without ecological the marketplace and citizen participation in fuels takes capital---.and jobs--away from damage. (Contact: Environmental Polley government decision-making. ( 133 C Street, other more labor-intensive industries. But Center.) SE, Washington, EMJ, 20003, 202-546-4996) success in cleaning up the environment will Offshore oil production come only with a federal government honest Mandates strict environmental safeguards, enough to reject industry blackmail of work­ state and local control of the onshore im­ ers into accepting weaker pollution and pact of offshore production and increased THE GOOD NUCLEAR POWER safety standards. competition among companies bidding to CANDO ISSUES ON WHICH YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE produce on from public lands to insure that Each citizen can effect the outcome of increased offshore production respects the pending legislation. Environmental and con­ natural resources and local economies of HON. ROBERT H. MiCHEL sumer groups urge you to Write your mem­ our coastal regions-where 80% of Amer­ OF ILLINOIS bers of Congress about the following bllls: icans live. (Contact: Environmental Policy IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Center.) Consumer Protection Act Tuesday, May 18, 1976 (S. 200, H.R. 7575) Creates an independent WHAT IS THE CITIZEN ACTION J'UND? advocate to represent the interest of con­ The Citizen Action Fund was recently Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, we have sumers before federal agencies and courts, formed to arrange fund raising projects for heard a great deal about the potential and establishes a central clearinghouse for public interest groups throughout the coun­ harm that might ensue from a nuclear consumers. Having passed both houses of try who lobby and who are not chapters of powerplant that suffered an accident. Congress, the bill will soon go to President a national group. The Fund was organized In my view. this sort of fear is not backed Ford, who has threatened to veto it. Write to by the five national organizations listed be­ the President urging him to sign the Con­ low and is directed by actor Robert Redford, by solid evidence, but results rather sumer Protection act. (Contact: Public Citi­ Warner Brothers board chairman Ted Ash· from the scare tactics employed by those zen, Consumer Federation of America, Con­ ley, Wells College President and former Texas who would thwart our energy develop­ sumer Action Now.) legislator Frances (Sissy) Farenthold, Nash­ ment program. for reasons either sin­ Toxic Substances Control Act ville, Tennessean publisher John Seigen­ ister or foolhardy. (S. 776, H.R. 10318) Authorizes the EnVi­ thaler, and University of Massachusetts Further damage to the scaremonger's ronmental Protection Agency to require test­ President Robert Wood. Each of these five cause has been done, I feel, by an article ing of chemicals prior to marketing and, 1! founding groups are supported by private appearing in this week's Newsweek mag­ necessary, to limit use or require recall. Man­ contributions. The premier showing of "All azine by Dr. Edward Teller. datory premarket testing is crucial if the the President's Men" is the fl.rst project of Dr. Teller documents, in contrast to bill 1s to serve its preventive purpose. (Con­ the Citizen Action Fund. The premier wUl the potential harm, the good nuclear tact: Environmental Action, Public Citizen, benefit over 25 consumer and enVironmental groups in more than a dozen d11Ierent cities. power can do, for example the tremen­ and Consumer Action Now.) dous benefits that can result for the un­ Attorneys• fees The founding national groups are: Consumer Action Now-A six-year-old en­ derprivileged and poverty-stricken ma­ (S. 2715) ProViding compensation for costs vironmentally concerned consumer organiza­ jority of the world. of participation by citizens in administrative tion which focuses on how consumer behaVior His case is convincing, and I feel that and judicial review proceedings where the affects the environment. The New York based all Members will profit by considering participant could not otherwise afford to group deals with issues ranging from air pol­ participate or has a small economic stake lution and toy safety to over the counter it, for which reason I include it here in in the outcome and would present Views not drugs and no-fault automobile insurance. the RECORD: otherwise represented. (Contact: Public Citi­ (49 East 53rd Street, New York, NY, 10022, NUCLEAR SALVATION zen and Consumer Federation of America.) 212-PL2-1220) (By Edward Teller) National no-fault automobile insurance Consumer Federation of America-A fed­ Today people all over the world know we (S. 354, H.R. 9650) Establishes minimum eration of over 200 national, state and local must do something about the environ­ national standards for no-fault insurance, organizations, joined together to advocate ment. Unfortunately, too few of them un­ assuring every American driver lower cost consumer rights before Congress, the Presi­ derstand what the real problem is. One part Insurance. (Contact: Consumer Action Now dent, the regulatory agencies, the courts, and of this problem is greater by far than all and Consumer Federation of America.) industry, CFA's lobbying has included advo­ its other parts put together-pollution by Consumer cooperative bank cacy of the Consumer Protection Act, na­ poverty. tional health insurance, improved consumer (S. 2681, H.R. 10881) Creates a bank mod­ There 1s poverty in our country, but in product warranties, creation of the Consumer relative terms, we are well off. Three-quar­ eled after the successful farm credit system Product Safety Commission, and supermar­ to loan money consumer cooperatives. ters of the world is wretchedly poor. Pollu­ to ket pricing. (1012 14th Street, NW, Washing­ tion by poverty leads to hunger and disease. Government seed money would be repaid by ton,I)C, 20005, 202-737-3732) participating cooperatives, until the cooper­ That kind of pollution kills. That kind of Environmental Action-A Washington pollution generates hatred. And that's the atives own the bank. (Contact: Public Citi­ based environmental organization which lob­ zen and Consumer Federation of America.) pollution that may become the cause of the bies on solld waste management, toxic sub­ third world war. The B-1 bomber stances, the B-1 bomber program and trans­ There 1s no single method by which world­ The B-1 bomber program, costing $100 btl­ portation issues. The group publishes a bi­ wide poverty can be alleviated. But efforts lion, poses numerous environmental threats: weekly magazine, Environmental Action, and to relieve it have taken a turn !or the worse damage to the fragile ozone layer, waste of its polltlcal committee runs the Dirty Dozen due to the energy shortage. precious fuel supplies, and bombarding Amer­ campaign, an election effort to defeat twelve At the present time the world consumes icans with sonic booms. Th1s money could of the most antlenvlronmental members of the energy equivalent of 120 million barrels 14346 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 18, 1976 of oil a day. Of this, 70 million barrels come Indeed, there is no better subject with spending public funds for surveys or from wells in the form of oil and natural which to scare people than nuclear energy. polls of public opinion or attitudes. My gas. A llttle more than 30 mill1on comes What is new, what is not completely under­ from coal. A llttle less than 20 milUon is ob­ stood, is always frightening. But nuclear amendment would prohibit such activity. tained from other sources, among which the energy is a special case. burning of wood and wastes and hydro­ It comes from a remote part of research electric power are the most important. that, in the minds of many people, borders Today 4 billion people live on the earth. on science fiction. It was developed in war­ BLOOD PRESSURE TREATMENT By the year 2000 it will be 7 billion-and we time and was shrouded in secrecy. It came to PROGRAM can do little about it. This means that if, by the attention of mankind when, in two the turn of the century, we consume energy strokes, more than 100,000 people were killed only at the present per capita rate, we would in the final days of a terrible war. require the equivalent of 210 mill1on bar­ THE FIRST PRIORITY HON. JOHN J. FLYNT, JR. rels of oil a day. If we had demonstrated the bomb to the OF GEORGIA THE YEAR 2000 Japanese first, we probably would not have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES But limiting consumption to the present needed to use it on their cities. Then today per-capita use would only perpetuate the we would feel safer and have a more rational Tuesday, May 18, 1976 misery of the majority of mankind. Energy attitude toward nuclear energy. The Cali­ Mr. FLYNT. Mr. Speaker, one of the is needed not only for industry. It is also fornia initiative would have no chance of most effective programs for the early de­ needed for effective production o! food. passing. Without more energy the underdeveloped Can we, in our democratic society, over­ tection and subsequent treatment of hy­ world will not progress. In fact, it will starve. come unreasonable fears? Can we give first pertension has been developed by the Among the nations, India and Pakistan were priority to the great international issues that Georgia Heart Association. hardest hit when OPEC boosted the price of ultimately affect every one of us? Or will Dr. Jack E. Birge, a family physician oil fourfold. scare tactics and provincial considerations of Carrollton, Ga., has provided leader­ By the year 2000 we will need at least the prevail? ship for the Georgia Task Force for High equivalent of 300 million barrels per day. Oil Every environmental issue can be allevi­ Blood Pressure in the schools. This and gas cannot ever provide more than 100 ated by appropriate action. Smokestacks and breakthrough has been endorsed and im­ million barrels a day. One must be optlm.1stic automobile emissions can be cleaned up. to believe that we can get from coal as much Strip-mined land can be restored to excellent plemented by the Georgia Heart Associa­ as another 100 million. Hydroelectric power, condition. tion in conjunction with volunteer work solar energy in all its forms (including the But no environmental problem is more in local school districts throughout the use of wood, solar heaters, solar electricity important, or is harder to relieve, than State. Thus far the program has reached and others) together with geothermal ener­ worldwide poverty. Energy is one of the keys more than 26,000 students and the num­ gy probably cannot yield more than the to solving the problem. ber is increasing every week. The ideal equivalent of 50 m1llion barrels a day. Let us not start with a long step in the objective of course is to discover the ab­ Yet the goal of 300 million barrels can be .wrong direction. sence of hypertension or high blood pres­ reached-if we employ nuclear reactors. Nu­ clear power is clean. Industrial reactors are sure but if it exists actually or poten­ so safe that we know of not a single individ­ tially, the sooner it is detected the more ual in America whose health has been dam­ FEA PUBLIC OPINION POLLING effective the treatment. aged by the nuclear nature of such a reac­ The Georgia Heart Association has re­ tor. Expensive "accidents" have occurred but ceived an award and commendation no one was hurt. Each accident, affecting the from the National Center for Voluntary pocketbook, led to improvements that made HON. JAMES L. OBERSTAR Action for introducing and carrying out life around reactors even safer. OF MINNESOTA this program. The program has been en­ THE CALIFORNIA REFERENDUM IN THE HOUSE OF REP'R.ESENTATIVES dorsed by the National High Blood Pres­ The reactors should be deployed primarily Tuesday, May 18, 1976 sure Education Center, the Office of in the advanced countries where they can be Health, and the Commissioner of Educa­ handled with the greatest safety. The energy Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, when supplied by nuclear reactors could reduce oil tion. Today, Tuesday, May 18, 1976, the the FEA authorization bill comes u_p for President of the United States will re­ consumption in these advanced countries, to consideration on the House floor, in­ the world's benefit. Every barrel of oil that a. 't ceive Dr. Birge, Mr. Nell Shulman, country like the United States imports is tend to offer an amendment to restrict Sandra Lee Owen, and others in the taken away from other countries where the FEA's authority to conduct public opin­ White House in connection with this pro­ need is greater. This is as strong an argu­ ion polls. gram. Also today the National Center for ment for cutting oil imports as our goal of I testified before the Energy and Power Voluntary Action will make the award to "energy independence." Subcommittee in support of a bill which the Georgia Heart Association during a Yet, in the midst of this desperate world­ I had introduced and which I suggested luncheon at the Kennedy Center. wide need for energy, certain groups in Cali­ as an amendment to the Federal Energy fornia have put a referendum on the ballot In the February 1, 1976, issue of Pa­ in next month's election that could have Administration Act of 1974 to correct tient Care, this program was described in disastrous consequences. Passage of this ini­ abuses of agency authority in the con­ an editorial, "A Peach of a Blood Pres­ tiative would effectively forbid deployment duct of public opinion polling. sure Program in Georgia." of more reactors and would reduce the ma.xt­ In response to my testimony the sub­ Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to share mum permitted power of present reactors to committee has cut back on the FEA pub­ this editorial with my colleagues. It fol­ 60 percent of capacity (this would not en­ lic relations budget and attempted by lows: hance safety to any great extent but would language in the committee report tore­ make any reactor an economic fiasco) . Under strain future such activities of the FEA. A PEACH OF A BLOOD PRESSURE PROGRAM IN th1s proposal these consequences could be GEORGIA avoided only by an utterly unworkable bu­ While the subcommittee's action is Schoolchildren search for hypertension: In reaucratic procedure. Oregon and more than commendable, in my judgment it does a program of three years' standing, the Geor­ a dozen other states are ready to follow the not go far enough nor provide the safe­ gia Heart Association is uncovering unsus­ lead of California. As a. result, the American guards I feel are necessary to prevent pected hypertension in the hard-to-reach nuclear industry could be dead in a couple of recurrence of this activity. under-45 age group by teaching fifth, sixth, years. If this should come to pass, America PURPOSE OF THE AMENDMENT and seventh graders the basics of blood pres­ will have turned its back on the one over­ sure measurement and lending them equip­ whelming environmental trouble of the The subcommittee hearings showed ment to use at home on their parents. Initial world-poverty. that FEA spent over $600,000 in public successes are leading to statewide adoption It 1s remarkable and fortunate that among opinion surveys or polling, and that such of the program, expected to be complete by responsible legislative bodies no b111 has been expenditures were part of a broad scale 1978. The program suggests that broader passed that would stop the building of nu­ effort to mold public opinion in order to teaching of basic physiology and of the limi­ clear reactors. The opponents of nuclear influence Congress to deregulate natural tations of restorative medicine might reverse power are, therefore, turning to the mass of some depressing trends in the personal the voters. These voters are fully capable of gas and other fuels. The FEA is charged health habits of adult Americans. understanding the issues, 1f they learn the with carrying out the law rather than to Last May In this space we suggested that facts. But they are subjected to sensational endeavor to influence public opinion, the money spent in promoting "Hypertension stories and become easy prey to scare propa­ particularly with respect to legislation. Month" to physicians and other health pro­ ganda. It has no business or justification for fessionals might be better spent 1n the pub- May 18, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14347 Uc schools. Children, we reasoned, might well The novel approach of teaching children to ports Act Amendments of 1976," tore­ have greater success in convincing their do "clinical" tasks attracts newspaper and duce the burden of Federal reporting re­ parents of the importance of blood pressure local TV coverage. The infiuence of the pro­ quirements and the avalanche of Wash­ monitoring and early treatment of hyper­ gram goes far beyond the fa.mllies of the tension than physicians and other health students themselves. ington-generated paper. In the spirit of professionals have had so far. The Georgia program has approximately the bill, I will say no more. It recently came to our attention that 60 trained teachers instructing some 20,000 there has been for three years in Georgia a students a year in 17 different school systems. public school program that goes far beyond GHA officials say the program wlll be ex­ the scope of our suggestion. It has tested an tended statewide by the end of 1978. They END THE FEDERAL ENERGY approach so beautifully simple that one also expect to get queries from all over the ADMINISTRATION wonders why it wasn't instituted nationwide country about their methods. A booklet now long ago: Explain to youngsters of age 11-13 in preparation-for distribution to all who the rudiments of blood pressure physiology, request it-has a foreword by Assistant Sec­ HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER teach them how to take blood pressure read- retary for Health Theodore Cooper. Says Dr. 1ngs and make them overnight loans of Cooper: ". . . our task of bringing high blood OF COLORADO sphylgmomanometers and stethoscopes so pressure under control throughout the na­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES they can take their parents' blood pressures tion 1s far from complete. A major portion Tuesday, May 18, 1976 at home. This way, you screen the hard-to­ of the remaining effort lies in developing reach under-45 age group for hypertension, more effective school health education pro­ Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, the and you can follow up with professional care grams which focus on health hazards and Federal Energy Administration Renewal when suspicion arises. their avoidance. Act, H.R. 12169, is scheduled to be con­ Easier said than done? Not terribly. The If the nation elects to wait to reach its sidered by the House soon. Congressman citizens after they are adults and have formed program, developed by Georgia Heart Associ­ FLoYD FITHIAN and I are planning of­ ation (GHA) volunteers from the ideas of life-style patterns which are deleterious to to Jack E. Birge, MD, a family physician of health, our health care system w111 always fer a substitute to this bill-one which Carrollton, Ga., has had the eager support of be in the position of playing catch-up ball. abolishes the FEA and transfers its school officials, science teachers, public The work described here, to mount a unique functions to other departments and health nurses, local physicians-everyone new program of hypertension awareness agencies. The substitute is entered along whose time and support is needed to make it among school-age children, is one exampre with other amendments we plan to offer work . of providing students with this kind o! in the amendments section of today's The program has two main thrusts: preparation. REcORD. The following explains the sub­ To offer through the standard school cur­ "I commend the Georgia Heart Associa­ stitute: riculum practical education on high blood tion and the local school districts with pressure, including sound principles of pre­ which it is working for their wlllingness to EXPLANATION OF ScHROEDER-F'ITHIAN SUBSTI­ vention and care pioneer such an important educational· TUTE To ABOLISH THE FEDERAL ENERGY An­ To provide some skill in measuring blood MINYSTBA.TION AND COMPARISON TO H.R. endeavor." 12169 pressure, not only to reinforce the learning The GHA program has the obvious bene­ experience but also to enable the student to fits of uncovering unsuspected hypertension I. The FEA Office of Executive Manage­ pass along the benefits of his knowledge to and restoring some therapy dropouts to con­ ment and Administration 1s abolished, ex­ family and friends. trol. These benefits alone are sufficient to cept for the Office of Private Grievances and The GHA approach wlll be described in justify the program's careful study by Redress. The Office of Private Grievances and detail by program coordinator Sandra Lee health professionals everywhere. It's worth Redress is transferred into the Office of Reg­ Owen, BSN, in a presentation• at the Na­ noting here that local physicians who as­ ulatory Programs and then transferred to tional Conference on High Blood Pressure sist the program need to devote only a little the Federal Power Commission. H.R. 12169 Control in New Orleans at the end of March. time to it. Their advice and a show of sup­ provides funding levels for the Office of Ex­ Basically, the plan has five easily accom­ port are the principal elements required of ecutive Management and Administration at plished steps: them. On the other hand, they receive con­ $8,655,000 for the Transition Quarter and 1. Professional volunteers instruct public siderable benefit themselves. Some of their $33,324,000 for fiscal year 1977. Only the schol teachers (of science, physical educa­ own patients, asymptomatic and unsuspect­ funding for the Office of Private Grievances tion, or health} in the appropriate presenta­ ing, are almost sure to be "referred" in and Redress is retained at $730,000 for the tion of the basic facts relating to high blood for much-needed assessment of elevated Transition Quarter and $2,191,000 for fiscal pressure--etiology, physiology, therapy, con­ year 1977 (included in authorization level for blood pressures. In one series of 2,278 BP Regulatory Programs). trol, associated risks-and in blood pressure measurements by schoolchildren, 108 con­ measurement techniques. firmed elevations were discovered and fol­ RATIONALE 2. Teachers provide a five-day instruction lowed up. Abolishing the Office of Executive Manage­ unit that includes lectures, films, and prac­ The program also contains a seed o! ment and Administration will el1.m1nate ap­ tical demonstrations to students in the fifth, greater promise: reaffirmation of the belief proximately $32,000,000 from the fiscal year sixth, and seventh grades. Parents are asked that every individual is responsible for pre­ 1977 budget. Offices under this office include to consent to the instruction beforehand. serving his own good health to the limits of the-Office of Administrator, Office of Manage­ 3. Qualified teachers or health professionals his knowledge and abllity. In that concept ment and Administration, Office of General verify the students' ability to measure blood lies not only our best hope for a relatively Counsel, Office of Communications and Pub­ pressure accurately. disease-free society but also for a medical lic Affairs, Office of Congressional Affairs, and 4. Students take home blood pressure test­ care system that can meet all reasonable Office of Intergovernmental, Regional, and ing equipment and supplementary education demands upon it at reasonable costs. Special Programs. All of these functions can aids for their parents. Each student takes Too many adults persist in indifference to be absorbed by the Departments and Agen­ three BPs on each subject (brothers and sis­ severe health hazards despite widespread cies to which the various functions overseen ters as well as parents--and perhaps neigh­ warnings. Too broadly the conviction pre­ by them are transferred. For example, the bors and friends). If any subject's readings valls that the right to good health includes Federal Power Commission General Counsel are consistently greater than 160/95, he is restorative miracles upon demand at any w11l oversee the legal affairs of the Office of informed (by health authorities, not the physician's office. Perhaps by giving our Regulatory Programs when it is transferred. child) that he should have his blood pressure children a better understanding of their The Department of Interior's Congressional checked by a physician or in a health depart­ basic physiology and of the limitations of Liaison Office can handle correspondence ment clinic. restorative medicine, we can help future with regard to FEA functions transferred to 5. Everyone concerned with the program generations do better than we ourselves can the Department of the Interior, etc. promotes it actively, by word of mouth or do. It's a thought worth considering. II. The FEA Office of Energy Policy and through any public media available to them. Analysis is transferred to the Energy Re­ search and Development Administration. H.R. 12169 provides funding levels of $8,137,- • "The 3 Rs and HBP: A unique approach REDUCING FEDERAL PAPERWORK 000 for the Transition Quarter and $34,971,- to high blood pressure education," a paper co­ 000 for Fiscal Year 1977 for this Office. The authored by Sandra Lee Owen, BSN, Georgia substitute contains these funding levels. Heart Association, 2581 Piedmont Road NE, HON. WILLIAM LEHMAN RATIONALE Atlanta, GA 30324; Jack E. Birge, MD, Car­ OF FLORIDA rollton, Ga.; NeU Shulman, MD, Emory Uni­ Transferring the functions of this office to versity School of Medicine, Atlanta; E. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ERDA wlll permit a rational, Integrated ap­ Bentley, PhD, Cooperative Education 8erv1ce Tuesday, May 18, 1976 proach to Energy pol!cy and planning. The Agency, Atlanta; and S. Mann, Computer Office now operates the National Energy In­ Science Department, Georgia Institute of Mr. LEHMAN. Mr. Speaker, I a.m. to­ formation Center which collects and dis­ Technology, Atlanta. day introducing a bill, the "Federal Re- seminates data, forecasts and analyzes short- 14348 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 18, 1976 ages and impacts, coordinates energy policy ter and $49,961,000 for Fiscal Year 1977. In gave the prime mandate for such activities processes, and formulates alternative ener­ addition, a continuation of the Electrical to the Energy Research and Development gy strategies. These functions are s1m1lar to Utility Study which the FEA has been carry­ Adm1nistration. In addition, the Federal those planned for ERDA in the b1lls Con­ ing on to improve state electric ut111ty rate­ Energy Administration's entire solar energy gress is considering to create an Energy Ex­ making 1s funded in a lump sum of $13,056,- program right now is without any statutory tension Service. Furthermore, ERDA has the 000, presumably to be prorated over the justlfl.cation in the FEA Act of 1974. Fur­ technological tools e.nd information (with fifteen month period covered by the Transi­ thermore, solar energy demonstration is regard to such innovations as alternative tion Quarter and the Fiscal Year. The Schroe­ within the jurisdiction of the House Com­ energy sources and improved conservation der-Fithian substitute includes the funding mittee on Science and Technology, and this technologies) to better estimate forecasts !or the electrical ut111ty study and identical addition 1s therefore subject to a point of on which policy is based, and ERDA has an funding for the Transition Quarter, but re­ order on the floor of the House. As ERDA omce for Planning and Analysis duplicating duces funding for Fiscal Year 1977 to $16,- covers this field and has implemented many many of FEA's functions. 934,000 the amount which the Subcommittee solar demonstration projects, FEA activities m. The FEA Office of Regulatory Programs on Energy and Power alloted to this func­ in this area can only be duplicative and is transferred to the Federal Power Commis­ tion, a reduction of $37,365,000. counterproductive. sion. H.R. 12169 provides funding levels of RATIONALE VIII. Section 4 of the Schroeder-Fithian $13,23'8,000 for the Transition Quarter and This om.ce promotes actions to reduce de­ substitute delegates oversight responsib111- $62,971,000 for Fiscal Year 1977. Because ties on the FEA disbandment to the Director funding figures in the Schroeder-Fithian bill mand for fuels, to improve fuel efticiency, and to analyze environmental impacts and of the omce of Management and Budget. include within this Office the omce of Pri­ Among the responsib111t1es in this area are vate Grievances and Redress, the substitute implications of energy policy. Except as to such things as the public relations campaigns that the Director of OMB must make efforts funds this oftice at $13,968,000 for the Tran­ to assure that FEA functions transferred sition Quarter and $64,650,000 for Fiscal which FEA carries on among industry users, ERDA presently either duplicates or fur­ are integrated into the bodies they are trans­ Year 1977. ferred to to assure the least possible dupli­ RATIONALE nishes FEA with required background infor­ mation on many programs which are carried cation of efforts. The Director of OMB must Having the omce of Regula.tory Programs on by the omce. Again, an integrated ap­ report to both the Senate and House Com­ within the Federal Energy Administration proach-where all approaches from the very mittees on Government Operations on his best points out the short-term intentions of theoretical to the very practical are in one actions in this regard ninety days after en­ Congress in creating the FEA. The omce has permanent agency-will present economies actment of the act. responsib111ty over price regulation and allo­ for the taxpayer and a more efticient use of cation of oil and oil products. For the short­ knowledge. term, having the regulatory framework with­ V. Energy Resource Development (includ­ in the same agency which advocates con­ ing the Office of Strategic Petroleum Re­ servation and expansion of energy develop­ serve) are transferred to the Department of WINNERS OF 103D INTERSTATE ment is not harmful. However, now a situa­ the Interior. The Funding levels in H.R. 12169 ORATORICAL CONTEST tion is developing where the FEA, charged of $3,052,000 for the Transitional Quarter both with developing the Administration's and $16,934,000 for the Fiscal Year 1977 are energy policies and with regulating oil pro­ ducers, refiners, and marketers is neglecting continued in the substitute. HON. ALVIN BALDUS to do a good job at regulation because its RATIONALE policy leanings are towards deregulation. The Energy Resource Development Oftice OF WISCONSIN This situation must be altered else the na­ may sound like it should be in ERDA; how­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion face a repetition of problems faced in ever, it 1s directed towards development of Tuesday, May 18, 1976 the Atomic Energy Commission which caused available energy supplies. In other words, its that agency to be dissolved into ERDA and functions involve implementation of energy Mr. BALDUS. Mr. Speaker, I would the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. development plans rather than research into like to call to the attention of my col­ The Federal Power Commission has exper­ how plans should be implemented. Thus the · leagues two winners of the 103d Inter­ tise in the field of energy regulation because Energy Resource Development o:mce rightly state Oratorical Contest. it regulates interstate natural gas. Indeed, belongs with the Department of the In- Two brothers from the University of many, if not e.ll, of the persons it regulates terior, which oversees the nation's natural . . . in the production level are also being regu­ resources. The Interior Department can eas- WISconsin In Eau Cl~ire swept the first lated by the FEA. Transfer of the FEA's ny handle decisions which ordering on and and second place positions at the Inter­ Regulatory Program to the FPC does not gas fired power plants to turn to coal, or state Oratorical Contest, held May 7 and mean that it need be immediately integrated developing petroleum reserves and storage 8 in Gatlinburg, Tenn. into the FPC's organizational structure. It entail. In fact, the Interior Department's Bu- John and Mike Rindo of Muskego, does mean that effective leadership wlll be reau of Mines and United States Geological Wis., defeated top orators from 18 States given it so that it does its job in an unbiased surveys are prime information sources for to :finish first and second in the annual manner. Furthermore, transfer to the FPC such decision-making. contest. It was the :first time in the his- should mean that the substantial bias at VI. The Office of International Energy Af- tory of the tournament that two broth- the FEA towards regulating small pro­ fairs is transferred to the Energy Research . ducers and marketers while neglecting major and Development Administration. Funding ers from the same school placed In the companies will be el1m1nated. In addition, levels for H.R. 12169, of $300,000 for the first two spots. many of the duplicate reporting require­ Transition Quarter and $1,921 ,000 for Fiscal The national championship concludes ments of the FEA and the FPC as to produc­ Year 1977, are continued in the substitute. the most successful season that the Uni- tion and reserve data can be consolidated. The $37,365,000 cut in funding for this of­ RATIONALE versity of Wisconsin-Eau Claire forensics fice is not done in furtherance of a policy of The Office of International Energy Affairs and debate teams have ever had. Stu­ anti-energy conservation, but rather, in fa­ coordinates and reviews international ener- dents under the direction of coaches vor of a policy of fiscal responsib111ty. This gy affairs of such agencies as the State De- Grace Walsh and Robert A. Lapp have funding was added on in the full Commerce partment, the Defense Department, and the collected more than 80 trophies in the Committee mark-up, never having been con­ National Security Council. It averse s inter- course of the past year, including the sidered in the Subcommittee on Energy and national energy agreements. Again, the Power. It exceeds the budget levels author­ ERDA has a simllar omce and, again, there 1s Wisconsin Collegiate Forensics Associa- ized for this function and wlll draw funds duplication of !unctions which consolidation tion debate and forensics championships. from other categories. No direction is given into one permanent, integrated agency wm This is the sixth straight year the Eau to the expenditure of these funds. Rather, the alleviate. Furthermore, ERDA's mandate in Claire team has won the WCFA cham­ Committee report on H.R. 12169 speaks to the nuclear :field (and the highly secret in- pionship. them as ". . . funds added to the FEA budg­ !ormation it sometimes must use to deal in As coach Grace Walsh said regarding et ... [which] ... might be wastefully or inefficiently spent." The nation needs a mas- ~An'!~~~r ~!,a)tom~~n~~~;i~ ~~d~~~ra;~: her team's success: sive program of energy conservation, but requires much basic support from ERDA. To have won the state championship for short-term crash spending programs are VII. The funding in H.R. 12169 for a solar the sixth consecutive year, to have won every notoriously inefficient and counterproductive demonstration project 1s not included 1n the tournament of the Twin Cities Forensics to later well-thought out requests !or Schroeder-Fithian SUbstitute. The funding League, to have accumulated a total of more funding. level here is $2,945,000 apparently to be pro- than 80 trophies, and to have broken a 103 rated over the Transition Quarter and Fls- year record of the Interstate Oratorical Asso- IV. The FEA Oftice of Conservation and En­ ca1 Year 1977. elation by having two brothers place first vironment 1s transferred to the Energy Re­ search and Development Administration. RATIONALE and second makes this a dream year for any Funding levels for these programs in H.R. Congress passed the Solar Energy Demon- coach! 12169 are $7,386,000 for the Transition Quar- stratton and Development Act in 1974 and I would certainly have to agree with May 18, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14349 her assessment, and I congratulate her notes some 22 persons "close" to their Byalin from MPOC's national omce staff and everyone at the university for their own organization. is coordinating all MPOC national work fine performance. The MPOC associated group of J4C for the J4C and has served as MPOC national board members includes Arthur representative on the J4C interim com­ Kinoy, representing MPOC; MPOC Po­ mittee. litical Council members Ella J. Baker, Arthur Kinoy said at the conclusion of BICENTENNIAL DISRUPTERS: MASS Moses Harris, Jim Haughton and Bob the March J4C meeting, "We have begun PARTY ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Lewis; Jose Alberto Alvarez, first secre­ to find the way of merging the strength tary of the U.S. Branch of the PSP; of our various movements, the key to Muhammand Kenyatta, Black Economic victory. • • • Now, let's get on with the HON. LARRY McDONALD Development Conference Weather Underground's Prairie Fire Vernon Bellecourt, American Indian apparatus, and their allies want to ac­ Mr. McDONALD of Georgia. Mr. Movement ; Antonio Rodriguez, complish is the creation of a Marxist­ Speaker, the Mass Party Organizing CASA Black Panther Party; and David Commenting on the July 4 Coalition­ McReynolds, War Resisters League TARZAN J4C-the MPOC Political Council-PC­ New American Movement-NAM­ ing a 12-month M.A. program entitled While we are all aware of the various the remnants of the People's Party­ "Law and the People's Movement," to be Tarzan paraphernalia that can be pur­ PP-and the Prairie Fire Organizing taught by National Lawyers Guild mem­ chased at any toy or novelty shop, many Committee-PFOC. ber Lee Goldstein. The M.A. program people are probably not aware that this MPOC and Arthur Kinoy's followers has been designed for "nonlawyer ac­ man of the jungle has a city which bears have had a long relationship with the tivists who need to acquire legal skills his name. I am proud to represent the Cuban-oriented Puerto Rican Socialist to do more effective political work." city of Tarzana. Calif., which is set Party-PSP-which also is working close­ MPOC is providing "energetic support" against the backdrop of the Santa Mon­ lY with the PFOC and other groups in for the July 4 Coalition, and claims that ica Mountains. This area, which now the Hard Times coalition. The main the success of the J4C March 27-28 contains one of my district offices, once thrust of the PSP's U.S. mainland or­ meeting in New York ''lay in part in the included the ranch of Edgar Rice Bur­ ganizing is developing mass demonstra­ ability of MPOC to play a leading role, roughs. In 1928, this city, formerly tions in Philadelphia. Those demonstra­ particularly in reaching out to the black known as Runnymede m, took on the tions are being organized through the movement:• MPOC PC member Ro Reilly name of Burroughs' famous creation. PSP-initiated July 4 Coalition-J4C-a has been working on the J4C national I know Tarzan fans everywhere will PSP front calling for a "Bicentennial staff "first in organizing for the national join me in paying tribute to the excep­ without colonies;" and on whose 67 at­ conference and now as the coordinator tional nature of a very enduring char­ large member national board MPOC of the actual events on JulY 4." Ken acter, Tarzan-King of the Jungle. 14350 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 18, 1976 FINANCIAL STATEMENT Last year I also announced the forma­ several significant improvements over the tion of a supplemental account, the First CCC in structure and program. District Congressional Caucus, created The YCC includes a younger group (15- to HON. EDWARD MEZVINSKY solely for the purpose of assisting with 18-year olds) than did the CCC and works OF IOWA with them summers before they get bored some of the expenses entailed in running and drop out of school, before they get dis­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a congressional office in excess of those couraged about getting a job, before they are Tuesday, May 18, 1976 reimbursements provided for by the alienated from society or go on drugs or de­ House of Representatives. All receipts velop racial and class animosities. Mr. MEZVINSKY. Mr. Speaker, as I came from Iowans in amounts that did Unlike the CCC, the YCC seeks to recruit have done in the past, I take this oppor­ not exceed $200. In 1975, the caucus ex­ a cross section of our population, including tunity to disclose my .finances for the both sexes. The YCC is for everyone. This 1s preceding year. I believe the public has pended $3,645.55, received contributions important because as Gallup points out, the right to know the nature of their rep­ of $3,647.50, and now reports a balance "Chlldren from so-called better homes are of $1.95. A complete accounting of all not behaving appreciably better than those resentative's holding and obligations. At receipts and expenditures is on .file with from less advantaged ones." a time when trust in Government is at a the Clerk of the House of Representatives The objectives of the YCC program are low ebb, disclosure can be an important and available upon request. for participants to- reassurance that a Congressman's judg­ Learn about the natural environment. ments are independent of his personal Learn to use, manage, and protect natural interests. resources. My income tax returns have, on an Accomplish needed conservation work. THEY REALLY DIG THE YCC Be gainfully employed. annual basis, been made available, upon Acquire increased self-discipline and self­ request, through our Washington and dignity. Iowa offices. For 1975, my wife Marjorie Work and relate better with peers and and I have paid $9,950.36 in Federal in­ HON. LLOYD MEEDS superiors. come tax and $2,802.73 in State and lo­ OF WASHINGTON Build lasting cultural and communications cal income taxes. Additionally. I hereby IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES bridges among youth from various back­ submit our annual accounting of finan­ grounds. cial holdings and obligations: Tuesday, May 18, 1976 The YCC is phenomenally successful in Mr. MEEDS. Mr. Speaker, in response achieving those objectives. That is attested FINANCIAL STATEMENT OJ' MR. AND Mas. to not only by the official evaluations con­ EDWARD MEZVINSXY, MAY 1, 1976 to increased interest in the Young Adult ducted by the University of Michigan Insti­ ASSETS Conservation Corps legislation which ex­ tute for Social Research, but by the com­ Cash on hand and in banks 1 ____ $12, 095. 00 tends the highly successful and popular ments of YCC participants, parents, and staff Secuuities• ------195,288.00 Youth Conservation Corps. I submit the and by local newspaper articles describing Real estate~------185, 000. 00 following article for insertion in the YCC programs throughout the country. Retirement plans"------12, 463. 00 RECORD. It is refreshing to read reports indicating Loans and mortgage~~------34, 387. 00 This legislation has received the sup­ that more than 95 percent of YCC partici­ Cash surrender value •------715.00 port of various conservation groups, and pants enjoy their experience and feel it is Personal proper~------33,000.00 worthwhile, hardly any drop out for reasons as indicated by this article appeals to associated with the program, and significant educators as well. learning about conservation and ecology Total ------472,948.00 I recommend this article to all Mem­ takes place. LIABILITIES bers interested in youth employment and In many camps, the assessed value of the Notes payable to banks s ______115, 000. 00 resource management: work projects alone almost pays for the en­ tire cost of that YCC program, including the THEY REALLY DIG THE YCC I Mortgages on real estate"------154, 664. 00 educational and recreational activities. Interest accrual to date 1o______1, 563. 00 (By Sidney Dorros) At Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland, Are you tired of being offered as solutions for example, every $1 of the 1975 YCC budget Total ------271,227.00 to the awesome problems of today's youth resulted in $.95 worth of paths, stream im­ Net worth ______201, 721. 00 more of the same conditions that created the provements, recreational facllities, and other problems in the first place? I am. physical improvements to public parks. For Total liabllities and net Let me give a few examples of what I the program nationwide, the average value worth------472,948.00 mean: greater permissiveness to remedy of projects accomplished equals more than 1 Philadelphia Savings Soc. (savings acct. problems caused by excessive permissiveness, three-quarters of each dollar spent on YCC and cd), $7,195.00; U.S. House of Representa­ even less direction for problems caused by including national administration and over­ tives Sergeant at Arms, $4, 700.00; cash, lack of adequate adult direction, and almost head costs. $200.00. complete abdication of responsibility for in­ To me, the most impressive aspect of the 2 800 shares of A. Mezvinsky Stores, Inc., culcating values as a solution for problems YCC has been the effect of the program upon book value $11,504.00; 377% shares of A & F caused by lack of a common value system. my 16-year-old daughter Carol, who was one Realty Company, Inc., book value $77,285.00; Recently I've had an opportunity to learn of the lucky few to participate in the pro­ 76 shares A.T. & T. (NYSE), present market about a federally sponsored program that gram last summer. My wife and I have value $4,339.00; 100 shares First Women's has had great success with thousands of noted positive and, so far, lasting changes in Bank (OTC), present market value $1,600.00; youth during the past five years in alleviat­ her personality including greater self-con­ 18 shares Cont. B. & T., 3 shares CIT present ing these problems while building very im­ fidence and dignity, increased ability and in­ market value $500.00. portant values and skills. terest in carrying out many kinds of physical 3 2214 Wyoming Avenue, NW, Washington, The name of the program is the Youth work, more social poise and ability to work D.C. Conservation Corps (YCC). If you're not and play with all kinds of people of both 4 U.S. Civll Service Retirement Plan, familiar with it, don't feel embarrassed. sexes, and a much happier outlook on life. $11,412.42; NBC retirement plan $1,051.00. Administered by the U.S. Departments of All this, plus net pay after expenses of about 5 Family loans, $9,387.00 (secured by prom­ Interior and Agriculture in cooperation with $350, is a great deal to get from eight weeks issory note and collateral; purchasers of Iowa. state governments, it has been dubbed "the of one summer. City, Iowa, property $25,000.00 (secured by only remaining secret program in Washing­ The significance of the YCC for our mortgage). ton." I assume it has remained relatively daughter is pleasantly impressed in the 6 Metropolitan Insurance Company, whole unpublicized for the following reason: Al­ memories of my wife and me by an experi­ life policy. though it's a relatively uncontroversial fed­ ence which we refer to as "The View from 7 Automobile, furniture, clothing, fine arts, eral program that works, it would cost a the Bridge." etc. substantial amount of money if demand for On P&rents' Day we visited Carol at the s 400 shares of A. Mezvinsky Stores, Inc. it were to increase. YCC in Catoctin Park. We had never seen and 292¥3 shares of A & F Realty Company, Even the famous pollster George Gallup, her look so happy or proud. She was stand­ Inc. are pledged as security for $90,000.00 in who advocated in the September-October ing on a sturdy wooden bridge tha.t she and bank loans with Iowa State Bank and Trust; issue of Today's Education the establishment nine other members of a work crew had and 260 shares of A. Mezvinsky Stores, Inc. of "a new kind of conservation corps" simi­ built as part of an elevated nature trall in are pledged as security for $25,000.00 in bank lar to the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) the marsh adjoining Owens Creek picnic loans with New London State Bank. of the 1930's, seems to be unaware that the ground. 11 First mortgage $129,664.00; second mort­ Youth Conservation Corps exists. "I never worked so hard in my life," Carol gage $25,000.00. The basic objectives of the CCC and the had told us after we inspected the tl"a11, 1o See footnote #8 above. YCC are similar, but I think the YCC offers "and I never had so much fun." May 18, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14351 J'How come you enjoy working hard here Here are just five suggestions to stimulate Today's Education has carried many dra­ and usually avoid easier chores around educators' imagination and action: matic stories about how teachers have im­ home?" my wife wanted to know. 1. Practice a. high degree of school and proved d1scipl1ne and learning by recogniz­ "Because here I work with other kids. teacher autonomy in developing school pro­ ing, developing, and enlisting the aid of stu­ We can complain to each other and encour­ grams under broad national, state, and local dent leadership. age each other, and together we accomplish goals and guidelines. However, traditional academic programs do something really big and useful. Seeing our School board members, admlnlstrators, and not offer as many opportunities for signifi­ trail being used by park visitors makes all parents please take special note of this first cant student leadership a.s do work projects. the sweat and aggravation over our mis­ suggestion. Another great block to the practice of stu­ takes seem worthwhile." "Teaching successfully in today's schools dent leadership in schools is the reluctance "You mean to say that with all the stiaff of some teachers to allow young people to they have here and the detailed plan you requires the freedom to improvise responses to unanticipated momentB and opportunities. learn "the hard way," that is, by mak.ing were given at the beginning of the summer, in It necessitates flexibility •••" declared NEA mistakes. Sometimes, order to develop you still made mistakes?" I asked. leadership and learning we have to risk "Well, we could never have managed a.t Executive Director Terry Herndon in a recent speech (National Press Club, October 9, rather serious errors. &11 1! the sta1f hadn't laid out the basic "The main thrust of our YCC program is structure for us, but lots of decisions were 1975). to develop leadership," Jim Schafer told us. left up to us. We learned from our mis­ He went on to tell how some school sys­ "We've created as many leadership opportu­ takes, and most important of all, we learned tems directed from the top induce "conform­ nities as possible." how to get a.Iong and work with each other. ity rather than creativity" and how "teachers In summary, this article suggests several In my opinion, the program is really ex­ are denied the excitement of formulating methods teachers or admlnlstrators can cellent. What do you think, Dad?" their own programs and accounting to their adopt from the successful YCC programs to "I think it's so successful," I replied, colleagues and patrons for the results. In­ simultaneously provide both greater free­ "that many teachers could get some ideas stead, even the most competent are frequently dom and greater order in school and society. from YCC for Unprovtng their teaching, reduced to the repeated performance of spec­ especially for reducing restlessness, improv­ These methods include coupling strong ified tasks, ln specified ways, at specified teacher direction with strong student in­ ing d.lsc1pline, and dealing with several times, in specified stations." other problems in most schools." volvement; fostering group action as well aa Contrast this description of a prevalent indiVidual responsib111ty; setting clear stand­ "Well," Catrol replied "as you know, most school condition with the first "secret of of the senior staff members of YCC are ards and value systems while proViding op­ YCC success" named by Jim Schafer in our portunity for students to question, modify, teachers during the school year. Problems interView with him: here aren't as halrd to handle as they would develop, and make such values their own; "Autonomy in planning each camp's own and proViding opportunities for challenging, be in the classroom. Kids who are dog-tired program under broad national goals and ad­ from hard physical work are not likely to be socially useful, physically active work. ministrative pollcies elicits the most creative Many of us who grew up in an era when very restless. And, as far as dlseipllne is thinking and enthusiasm and enables us to concerned, one reason there's so little d.l.ftl­ excessive permissiveness and lack of clear adapt to specific local needs and conditions. direction by adults were the rule have had culty is that everyone likes being pa.rt of When people feel their program is their own, YCC and doesn't want to mess up the right to wait 20 years or more to find out the error to stay 'a.t camp. they give more to it and get more out of it." of such practices. We cannot afford another "The staff enforces some strict rules about This should apply to schools a.s well as YCC. 20 years of the same. a few things like bedtime and no drinking 2. Do thorough teacher planning in ad­ or drugs, and being kicked out is the penaLty vance, but allow for changes and for mean­ for the worst offenses. The Student Court ingful student involvement. handles other cases. They're not soft either, A factor that has contributed to the effec­ INTRODUCTION OF ''NATIONAL but they always explain the reason for their tiveness of the YCC program at Catoctin seems to be the detalled plan distributed to COMMUNITY HEALTH WEEK" punishment. I don't mind the rules and JOINT RESOLUTION WITH CO­ cll.scipline because we have a lot of freedom, all corps members in advance of their arrival too, and they treat us like responsible peo­ a.t camp so that they and their parents know SPONSORS ple." exactly what to expect. Later, when my wife and I talked with The program, which uses many different Jim Schafer, the program director, he con­ kinds of resources and methods, includes field Hon. Yvonne Brathwaite Burke firmed much of what Carol had told us. (An trips, presentations by experts from outside, OF CALIFORNIA Association member, Mr. Schafer teaches learning by doing, and work experience. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES socla.l studies at nearby catoctin High 3. Establish adult-conceived standards and School) . He was very enthusiastic about the rules for the classroom and school. Tuesday, May 18, 1976 value of teachers of working for the YCC In the name of "democracy," many school Mrs. BURKE of California. Mr. Speak­ in the summer. leaders have taken the position that teachers er, last December I introduced a joint "Here teachers have an opportunity to should not impose their own values on stu­ work with youth under physical conditions dents. Thus, many teachers are discouraged resolution to designate March 13-19, quite different from those they are used to, from working toward one of the most im­ 1977, as "National Community Health and they have a chance to be more creative portant purposes of our schools-the devel­ Week." Today, I am reintroducing this than in a conventional school situation. opment of a common core of values. I belleve, resolution with 29 cosponsors. They take back new ideas to the classroom however, that it 1s not reasonable to expect Community health centers have been just as our young people do. children of elementary or even high school "Teachers a.s well as YCC participants en­ established under the auspices of Federal, age to develop philosophies and codes of be­ State, and local governments to insure joy and benefit from the close interpersonal havior that require the combined wisdom relationships between youth and adults. The and experience of our entire socla.l heritage. that no individual or community is de­ nied health services because of unavail­ camper-staff ratio at residential camps like 4. Help proVide many opportunities for ours is much smaller than the pupU-tea.cher students to work, work, work. ability, inadequate financial resources, or ratio in almost any school. At Catoctin, for Hard physical as well as mental work, other such barriers. example, we have a sta1f of 14, counting youth group work, and socially useful work are A growing number of communities are leaders, for about 40 corps members. probably among the greatest unmet needs already observing National Community Teachers who are interested in working of most youth today. The YCC program has on any kind of YCC project or who wish Health Week under the sponsorship of shown that suburban, amuent youth are as the Community Health Association, Inc. information for their students should com­ hungry for and benefit as much from such municate with one of the following: work as do the inner-city poor. This organization is headed by my good Director, Manpower and Youth Conserva­ friend, Dr. Ruth J. Temple of Los An­ tion Programs, U.S. Department of Agricul­ Furthermore, the effectiveness of learn­ ing by doing in one educational practice that geles, who has devoted much time and ture, Forest Service, Washington, D.C. 20250; energy to the establishment of commu­ or Director, omce of Manpower Tra.lning and has stood the test of time. Through new Youth Activities, Department of the Interior, emphases in career education and other in­ nity health centers. omce of the Secretary, Washington, D.C. fluences, many educators are now coming to Designation of a National Community 20240. believe that academic or theoretical learn­ Health Week would provide an opportu­ One of the most appealing features of the ing and learning how to work in the "real nity for a united effort in health educ~­ YCC program 1s that it provides a new en­ world" should be related more than they tion by bringing individuals and orgaru­ vironment, new people, and new kinds of have been in the past. Therefore, teachers zations active in the health field together experiences. Even though the schools can­ are urged to stretch their 1mag1nation and ingenuity to help provide youth with many with education, business, labor, religious, not hope to provide these sorts of stimuli, and civic groups, as well as individual I belleve that they could benefit by intro­ more work experiences related to school and ducing several o! the basic methods YCC the outside world. citizens. This would encourage coopera­ uses to meet the needs of youth and society. 5. Foster student leadership. tion in the common cause of preventing 14352 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 18, 1976 disease and attaining high-quality, eco­ mal lives by insulin and other drugs may ent, I would have voted on matters com­ nomical, and efficient health care. I urge develop other types of pathology as they grow ing before the House as follows: older. Among the most serious of these late "Yea" on rollcall No. 271, final pas­ my colleagues to join me in this endeavor. complications is blindness caused by dis­ orders of the small blood vessels in the retina. sage of the Senate bill, S. 2679, Commis­ The number of dia.betics blinded in this way sion on Security and Cooperation in is growing rapidly. Public health experts pre­ Europe. THE NEED FOR INCREASED dict that, unless effective treatment is found, "Yea" on rollcall No. 272, House Reso­ DIABETES RESEARCH diabetes will soon rank first among the causes lution 1183, providing for consideration of blindness. of H.R. 10210, Unemployment Compen­ This prospect makes particularly welcome sation Amendments of 1975. reports that a. large-scale study conducted HON. ROBERT F. DRINAN by the National Institutes of Health has OF MASSACHUSETTS found an effective treatment to combat dia­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES betic retinopathy, source of this blindness. Even with that, however, the basic nature of PERSONAL INCOME TAX PROCE­ Tuesday, May 18, 1976 diabetes and the causes of its many lesions DURES NEED CHANGE Mr. DRINAN. Mr. Speaker, many are stm not understood. Only additional members of the public are unaware of fundamental research can provide a cure. HON. JOSEPH L. FISHER the severity and pervasiveness of dia­ OF VIRGINIA betes. From 1965 to 1973, the prevalence of diabetes in the United States increased IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THE WOMEN'S BANK OPENS IN Tuesday, May 18, 1976 50 percent, so that now 5 percent of the SAN DIEGO population, or approximately 10 million Mr. FISHER. Mr. Speaker, as a mem­ Americans, suffers from the disease. ber of the Ways and Means Committee, In 1974 alone, more than 600,000 new HON. CLAIR W. BURGENER I have been keenly interested in the cases of diabetes were diagnosed. The in­ OF CALIFORNIA simplification of the income tax laws. cidence of diabetes is increasing so rapid­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In this connection, I am inserting into ly that, unless a means of prevention is Tuesday, May 18, 1976 the RECORD a paper recently prepared by found, the average American born today Dr. Oscar Kiessling of Falls Church, Va., will have more than one chance in five Mr. BURGENER. Mr. Speaker, a bank which proposes changes in the personal of developing diabetes. opened in Mission Valley of San Diego income tax procedures. Dr. Kiessling has Diabetes directly caused 38,000 deaths on March 31 that captured nationwide served as an economic adviser to the in 1974, and strong evidence indicates interest and set a precedent for the en­ U.S. Tariff Commission and has published that diabetes and its complications are tire West. several articles on various topics of an responsible for more than 300,000 deaths It is the Women's Bank in San Diego, economic nature. each year, making diabetes the third an organization worthy of our attention, Dr. Kiessling's paper does not neces­ ranking cause of death in the United since this California bank is leading our sarily reflect my own point of view; how­ States, headed only by cardiovascular country in a movement toward financial ever, I did want to share his opinions disease and cancer. equality for men and women. with my colleagues: Diabetics are 25 times more prone to The bank opened its doors after 2 years PERsoNAL INCOME TAX PROCEDURES NEED blindness than nondiabetics, 17 times of hard work by a small group of San CHANGE more likely to contact kidney disease, Diego citizens, both men and women, who (By Oscar Kiessling) five times more likely to be stricken with sold 150,000 shares of stock and acquired Care in walking through our living room gangrene, and twice as likely to suffer $1.5 million in working capital. Now the is needed these days. The floor is littered from heart disease. bank is State chartered, FDIC insured, with papers, records, receipts, checks and In addition to the physical, social, and and after only 1 month, recorded $1 mil­ other items required to complete the annual psychological problems associated with lion in deposits. tax forms. What is happening here is repeated diabetes, there is the staggering economic The Women's Bank is more than a full­ in millions of homes throughout the land­ cost. It has been estimated that the an­ service bank-it is an educational tool, and often not without famlly arguments as nual cost to the United States of dia­ offering a hand to all, including those to who made boos-boos in record keeping. This is all part of the annual tax hassle that betes, not even including its complica­ who find the world of finance incompre­ par81lyzes productive work and congenial tions, is $5.3 billion per year. hensive and formidable. The bank spon­ family life in the first quarter of the year. In recent years the Congress has taken sors seminars on investing, taxes, or how That the tax forms have become so nu­ a major step toward waging an effective to read financial sta.tements. It has free merous and complicated as to confuse even battle against diabetes. That was the lectures during the lunch hour with ideas the experts is common knowledge. Similar enactment in 1974 of the Diabetes Mel11- on budgeting, establishing a good credit hypothetical data sent to different ms and tus Research and Education Act, which rating, or financial considerations for the commercial processors' offices turn in widely created the National Commission on homemaker or community volunteer. different results. Behind this is a vast bu­ reaucracy which breeds fear in most hearts. Diabetes. The bank offers a service exclusive to The ms has 1.7 million employees and an Due to the pressing need for increased its area called S.O.S., Specialized Orga­ annual budget of $789,000,000. The agency research into the prevention and treat­ nizational Services, which counsels, with­ receives 77.5 mUllan personal tax returns per ment of diabetes, I was gratified to read out charge, customers on financial affairs year, of which about 22 percent are non­ an editorial in the May 12 New York after divorce or the death of a spouse. taxable. For 1974 it is estimated that 22 mil­ Times that cites an important new devel­ The bank has even designed a children's lion returns required correction. Although opment in research at the National Insti­ play area near its lobby so parents can the bulk of such corrections were in favor of tutes of Health and that advocates addi­ transact or discuss business leisurely. the government, many also benefited tax­ tional diabetes research. It is more gratifying to see such an payers. What an individual taxpayer's liabil­ ity 1s seems to be importantly determined The editorial follows: idea root and prosper in San Diego. by which IRS office it is sent to, as well as AIDING DIABETICS by the views of the particular person who The philosopher who complained that reviews the return. progress consists mainly of submitting new The mushrooming army of commercial tax problems for old ones might well have been PERSONAL EXPLANATION form processors is now a large industry. The thinking of diabetes and its victims. A half­ IRS reports (prellmlnary for 1975) 113,000 or­ century ago a serious case of diabetes was ganizations (firms, partnerships, and indi­ equivalent to a death sentence. Then came HON. MARTHA KEYS viduals) engaged in "personal services". the discovery and use of insulin, an advance There are also 148,000 engaged in legal that has added many years to the life expect­ OF KANSAS services, 111,000 in accounting services, 25,700 ancy of diabetes victims. One result is that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES C.P.A.'s and 137,000 in "other related tax the number of diabetics in this country-now Tuesday, May 18, 1976 services ... Many of the firms or indiviuals of about 10 million-is increasing rapidly. By course, also have employees. These figures do 1990 this number is expected to have doubled. Mrs. KEYS. Mr. Speaker, on Mon­ not include the large number of persons who But the gains have been made at a price. day, May 17, 1976, I was unavoidably moonlight preparing individual tax returns Those granted longer and more nearly nor- absent from the House. Had I been pres- in the first quarter of the year. It has been May 18, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14353 estimated that in 1974 62% of all taxable ply extensive information on the revenue The die was cast, according to Ra.nard, in returns came through such channels. Since impact of various plans having only a liberal a private White House meeting Jan. 5, 1973, fees for this work are ta.x deductible, there personal exemption, plus fiat rates on the less than three months after President Park is less left for both the government till and remainder of income. But archaic blunder­ Chung Hee had seized unlimited power via the taxpayers. buss tax procedures die hard. It wlll take martial law in Seoul, disbanding the elected There is, in addition, a very large number a lot of support at grass roots to get the parliament, scrapping the country's constitu­ of socially-minded volunteers who, for free, changes made which would mean a better tion and placing political opponents under help members of retirement and fraternal life for most of the people. house arrest. organizations, churches, people in nursing At the time of Park's action the State De­ homes and hospitals, the handicapped, in­ partment refused to say whether the United valids, the homebound and others. The en­ States approved or disapproved, saying only tire picture is a strong indictment of the SOUTH KOREAN ABUSES that it was not consu1ted about or associated procedural tax morass into which we have TOLERATED with the decision. Nevertheless, the Park re­ been euchred, and which, irrespective of the gime reportedly remained uncertain about amount of taxes paid, needs to be changed. Washington's tolerance for one-man rule in Politicians hear plenty about tax problems Korea, where the U.S. is massively involved from constituents, but appear immobilized HON. DONALD M. FRASER militarily, economically and diplomatically. with regard to making effective changes. OF MINNESOTA The January, 1973, meeting was between Nixon and Korean Prime Minlster Kim Jong Under the innocuous term "Tax Reform", IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES they talk mainly about "closing loopholes, PH, No. 2 to Park at the time, who had taken Increasing exemptions, new deductions, big­ Tuesday, May 18, 1976 the occasion of President Truman's funeral ger allowances for the poor," and simllar to come to the United States as head of the items. Such actions would merely make the Mr. FRASER. Mr. Speaker, the de­ Korean delegation. present forms even more complicated, and struction of democratic rule and loss of "Unlike other Presidents, it is not my in­ they would have to be changed frequently to human rights in South Korea. in 1973 tention to interfere in the internal affairs of keep abreast of the impact of continuing in­ and 1974 has caused dismay among your country," Nixon told his Korean visitor, flation on family finances. More fundamental Americans. Equally dismaying is the re­ according to Ra.nard who was not present in changes are in order. port by Don Oberdorfer in the May 17 the meeting but received this account from A good place to test new tax procedures 1s authoritative sources. Ram.ard said that in his Washington Post that the U.S. Govern­ view, "The Koreans had to interpret Nixon's with the "65 year-old and over" group, the ment evidenced no concern about these elderly retired. There are now 22.4 million of remarks as meaning, 'Whatever you do is such persons, or 10.5% of the total popula­ actions of the South Korean Government your business, we're not getting involved." " tion. These people have serious problems in and, in effect, gave the green light to Ranard said it is his assessment that in the preparing tax forms. Aunt Marge's vision, for President Park to continue along the context of the times, Nixon's statement was example, is clouded by diabetes. She cannot same repressive path. the authoritative U.s. signal Park had been read the fine print. Uncle W11l's arthritic Don Oberdorfer has covered the Far hoping for. Ranard is now director of a Wash­ hands can no longer hold a pencil. How many East for the Washington Post for a num­ ington-based study group concerned with are in better or worse health is uncertain, human rights, the Institute for International ber of years and is knowledgeable about Polley. of course, but more than one-third in the developments within South Korea as a over-65 age group are past 75, and many are Nixon's reference to the policy of "other in nursing homes. Old people also occupy a result of many visits to that country. Presidents" is unclear. In 1961, President disproportionately large share of the 1,800,000 The House Committee on Interna­ Kennedy refused to apply strong press\M'eS regular hospital beds. tional Relations took note of the events recommended by the embassy in Seoul to roll The U.S. Treasury reopens seven million re­ in South Korea in reporting H.R. 13680. back the military coup of Park, who was then turns from the elderly clientele (1972 figures The most prominent were the recent ar­ a general, against the elected government. are the latest available). With exemptions, Later Kennedy successfully pressured Park rests and trials of political and Christian to return the country to constitutional ru1e these returns represented 20.8 million per­ leaders in South Korea for having called sons. Of the total forms filed, 2.4 m111ion re­ by standing for election as a civlllan. ported "no owe", but regulations required for a. return to democracy in Korea in a According to Ranard, he learned that filing the forms with all items listed. The statement read in Seoul Cathedral on Nixon's assurances were reiterated to Park 4.6 million returns with ta.xa.ble income March 1. himself by Gen. Alexander M. Haig, then furnished 9.6% of total personal income taxes The House Committee voted to reduce Army vice chief of staff, on a visit to Seoul collected. The average tax paid was $1,957 the request for military aid and title I, later in 1973. Haig reportedly promised the per taxable return. Elderly persons in the Public Law 480 assistance for 1976 and Korean leader that the United States would highest income brackets ($500,000 and over) 1977 to the same levels at which aid was provide the funds as previously agreed for a paid only 0.5% of the taxes paid by the entire provided in 1975. In the absence of $1.5 blllion Korean m111tary modernization group. program and that the United States would Most of the elderly filing taxable returns stronger administration action, this is "not in-terfere" in internal affairs. to (over 70%) use long form 1040 and itemlz~ perhaps the only means open Congress In mid-1973 the foreign pollcy apparatus deductions of obvious reasons. They have to express its dismay at the course of in Washington began a major review of extraordinary medical, dental, and personal events in South Korea. These actions in Korean relations looking toward a new basic care expenses, and many owning homes have no way jeopardize the security of South policy document, issued in 1974 as National heavy property taxes. They would be un­ Korea, for the United States continues Security Memorandum 154. able to make ends meet if they took the to station over 40,000 men in South Korea Among other topics, the memorandum standard deductions. under our bilateral mutual security dealt with U.S. policy toward the Korean Isn't it time to provide this over-65 age agreement. It would be a travesty on de­ domestic scene, where signs of opposition to group with an alternate form and a sim­ Park and strong repression were evident. plified procedure, giving a more liberal ex­ cency if the only response of the U.S. Government to the increasing repres­ The controversy accelerated after Park's emption, such as a fiat $10,000 per person secret police (KCIA) kidnaped former oppo­ with a fiat 5% tax above that amount to sion of President Park were an increase sition presidential candidate Kim Dae Jung $50,000, and 10% above that? Since not all in all forms of aid over the 1975 levels. from self-exile in a daring ,midday raid on a oldsters might find it advantageous or wish In case our colleagues missed it the Tokyo hotel. to use such a form, the regular form should article by Don Oberdorfer follows: ' Late in January, 1974, Kissinger met with continue to be available to them, at least [From the Washington Post, May 17, 1976] during a period of transition. senior officials at the State Department to review the forthcoming pollcy directive. In If such an arrangement proves workable SOUTH KOREAN ABUSES TOLERATED for most of the elderly, variations could (By Don Oberdorfer) Korea, Park had just responded to a "restora­ be developed for average families who also tion of democracy" campaign of catholic and President Nixon and Secretary of State Protestant leaders, polltical critics and stu­ sorely need relief from the punishing labor Henry A. Kissinger expressed U.S. lack of required under the present system. With a dents by decreeing 15-year jail sentences for interest in the destruction of democratic anyone opposing or criticizing his rule. properly designed plan, some of the rich ru1e and loss of human rights in South might also be encouraged to crawl out of Ambassador Phllip C. Habib, who was home Korea in 1973 and 1974, according to a former temporarily from his post in Seou1, presented loopholes instead of paying high legal and State Department official concerned with tax counse1or fees. the draft recommendation that U.S. policy Korean affairs. should be to counsel moderation. Fortunately, some Congressmen are now Donald L. Ranard, who was State Depart­ concerned with the need for substantive ment country director for Korean affairs By Ranard's recollection the following ex­ change summed up Kissinger's attitude, and changes in tax procedures instead of dabbling from March, 1970, to November, 1974, said with minutiae. Co116I"essman Joseph L. Fisher actual U.S. policy a.s transmitted in private the U.S. policy. of the Ways and Means Committee has re­ by the top American officials, was at variance Kissinger: Why counsel moderation? cently requested the IRS and the Joint Com­ with the public claim o! U.S. concern for Habib: If you were where I am (in Seoul), mittee on Internal Revenue Taxation to sup- human rights. you would want to do so. 14354 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 18, 1976 Kissinger: No, I wouldn't. I don't think building of six galleys to protect the Con­ despair melt away was a miracle unto itself we should be involved. So why counsel? tinental Forces when they crossed the for this headmistress. So many discordant Despite secret pollee harassment, arrests symbols can create dismay in a. head of and trials by closed courts martial, Korean numerous navigable rivers of Virginia. school--shattered chlldren seeking answers students, and other critics continued to de­ Congress also authorized the establish­ 1n drugs, sex, and messianic leadership; mand an end to one-man rule. In early Aprll ment of a hospital in Vlrglnla, to be budgets that won't balance; personalities 1974, Park decreed penalties up to death for staffed with "two surgeons, one apothe­ tearing in different direction; children trying student demonstrators and their sponsors, cary, six mates, one clerk, one store keep­ to understand the confusion of the adults; and began extensive arrests. er, and a nurse to every ten sick.... " and leadership seemingly based on lies, brib­ About this ttme, Kissinger learned that Congress rejected General Lee's re­ ery, and deceit. Habib had taken it upon himself to express quest that reinforcements be sent to his The result, a cynicism, and cynicism is de­ concern privately in Seoul about the increas­ structive to the cynic and to those who are ing violations of human rights. According to department, however, because it felt-- forced to listen. This head of school was in Ranard, Kissinger ordered that a cable go The uncertainty of the enemy's design, and dismay-a. treasured student had taken his out to Habib to "tell him to get off their the number of regiments already sent into life. Everywhere, it seemed as 1f a gigantic (Korean government] backs." Canada, it w1ll be inexpedient, at present, hand were stripping the leaves and buds off The U.S. "hands off" policy about Park's to order any troops, raised in Pennsylvania, the trees before they had a chance to bloom. rule and its attendant repression was not ex­ or the colonies to the eastward thereof, to The question were endless, and the answers pressed in public, where officials maintained the southern department. seemed few. that "the Korean government 1s well aware VISIT SPANS CENTURIES of our position on the matter of human Our visit took us across a span of centuries; rights." the ancient walls of Constantinople, t.be As criticism grew among U.S. church A CONSTITUENT REFLECTS UPON minarets of Istanbul: the ruins of Troy gaz­ groups, and 1n the news media, and Congress WORLD TRAVEL ing across the Dardanelles to the resting following the arrest of the country's only place of the heroes of the Gallpolis cam­ living former President, imprisonment of a paign; the moon rock on display in Tehran Roman Catholic bishop and the death sen­ HON. SHIRLEY N. PETTIS and set 1n an architectural masterpiece dis­ tence imposed on a popular poet for violat­ OF CALD'ORNIA playing 2,500 years of Persian history; Per­ ing Park's anti-dissent decrees, the State IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sepolis with its statues of bearded monarchs Department on July 30, 1974, issued a "spe­ and a tent city that housed and fed their cial report" to Congress. That report said for Tuesday, May 18, 1976 contemporary counterparts. the first time that "we do not approve of Mrs. PETTIS. Mr. Speaker, the world Everywhere we went (Turkey, Iran, Ku­ Korea's policies on human rights." The wait, Arabia, Egypt, and Greece) we were im­ statement also said that U.S. support for outside the United States 1s often pressed by contrasts: old and new, rich and "an independent, self-reliant" Republic of viewed to be a hostile and uninviting poor, rubble and ma.gnificient architectural Korea had greater priority. place. Certainly a part of our cynicism masterpieces. Yet, in all this there seemed Evidently because of NiXon's attitude, the 1s valid, for there are many countries to be a harmonious whole and the whole was "special report" began, "The issue" of hu­ who despise us and all that we stand for. people; people who were living and working man rights in the Republic of Korea is cur­ together yet blending ancient traditions with rently a matter of concern to the Congress, However, there are many, many other countries who continue to look up modern technology. Everywhere we went, peo­ the Department of State and the pubUc." to ple were friendly, supportive, and eager to No mention was made of the White House. the United States as a world power. show us their monuments, their ideals, tra­ A former official of the U.S. embassy 1n These countries praise our way of life ditions, and customs. They wanted to help Seoul, who served there through the end and our democratic system of govern­ us to understand them. We wished to learn. of the Nixon era., said he and others were ment. But underneath the surface was the same told repeatedly that "there wlll be no change As one who has traveled extensively question-"Here and There"-the same fears, in U.S. policy no matter what you might throughout the world, Mr. Speaker, I and the same uncertainty about the future. report and no matter what happens here." The search for values seems to be worldwide. The official did not Wish to be quoted by can personally attest that nothing fos­ name. ters international friendship more nor AN ECHO CAN BE ~ Habib, recently named to be under secre­ breaks down the barriers which divide us Stlll, there is an echo that can be hea.rd tary of state for political affairs, would not faster than the one-to-one contact which from the temples at Karnak, the ruins of comment on the incidents described by Ran­ comes with such travel. Knossos, and the Parthenon in Greece. There ard except to invite attention to official gov­ For this reason, I was delighted to read is a statement made-even a shout. When ernment statements during the period con­ men build monuments, and they search for cerned. Kissinger did not respond to an op­ an article written by a constituent of harmony and balance between heaven and portunity to discuss the matter prior to pub­ the 37th Congressional District, which I earth, they walk like gods. lication. represent. In her article, which I am in­ I returned refreshed and belleving once Ranard, who retired in November, 1974, serting today, Mary Stow Warring of more that people who live in faith together, after more than 30 years as a career govern­ Idyllwild, Calif., recounts her recent who build temples to the dignity of man and ment official, said, there is as yet no sign travel and how such an experience turned the "unknown god,'' Will indeed long endure. that U.S. policy toward Park's rule in Korea ''cynicism to wonder." And even if we today fall to do these things has changed. as we walk upon this, our stage in history, The U.S. government has had little to say Mr. Speaker, I ask at this time that my the spirit of man cannot be erased. as previously accepted freedoms have been colleagues take a moment to read the fol­ For our noblllty lies with God, and any snuffed out, except to claim that U.S. con­ lowing article: philosophy that fails to understand this fact cerns are being made known in private to (From the Christian Science Monitor, cannot endure. And those that do under­ the Korean government. May 10, 1976] stand w1ll inspire the future, the civiliza­ Rana.rd said he doubts any fundamental FoR HEADMISTRESS, TRAVEL TuRNS CYNICISM tions w1ll then once more stand upon the change in policy will take place as long as To WONDER shoulders of giants. Kissinger is Secretary of State. (By Mary Stow Warring) IDYLLWILD, CALIFORNIA.-Foreign bazaars, women wearing chardars, ca.cophonic taxicab horns--impressions. Impressions--in and out RATIONAL ALTERNATIVES TO EX­ TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO of 18 airplanes, searches, guards With ma­ TENDING THE FEDERAL ENERGY TODAY chine guns, wrestling of luggage, and gifts ADMINISTRATION making the weight heavier and heavier. Yet, for my traveling companion and my­ HON. CHARLES E. WIGGINS self, the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of HON. FLOYD J. FITHIAN OF CALIFORNIA the Middle East only provided the framework OF INDIANA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for the trip. Each day would unfold as if it IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES were its own miracle. The Inira.cle was once Tuesday, May 18, ~976 more being 1n a. state of wonder. Wonder at Tuesday, May 18, 1976 Mr. WIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, 200 years the majesty of creation, nature's world; the gentle affection in eyes that could express Mr. FITHIAN. Mr. Speaker, I am in­ ago today, on May 18, 1776, in response when words count not; the awesome relics of serting, for the benefit of my colleagues, to a. request from Gen. Charles Lee, Com­ ancient cultures; the quality of artistic cre­ a comparison of the funding levels con­ mander of the Southern Department, the ation stated in myriad forms. tained in H.R. 12169 and the Schroeder­ Continental Congress authorized the To once more stand in awe and feel the Fithian substitute to H.R. 12169: May 18, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14355 COMPARISON OF SCHROEDER-FITHIAN SUBSTITUTE TO H.R. 12169, THE BILL REPORTED BY THE HOUSE INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE COMMITTEE TO EXTEND THE FEA FOR 39 MONTHS

H.R.12169 Schroeder• funding Fithian FEA office level funding level Schroeder-Fithian function disposition

Executive Management and Administration: Transition quarter •••...... ----·.------•• ------$8,655,000 0 Abolishes this office (except for Office of Private Grievances and 1977------.------.------.--.----.------33,324,000 0 Redress, transferred to FPC). Energy Policy and Analysis: Transition quarter __ .------~ 8,137,000 8,137,000 Transferred to the Energy Research and Development Administra- 1977------.------· ------34,971,000 34,971,000 tion. Regulatory Programs: Transition quarter----··------13,238,000 13,968,000 Transferred to the Federal Power Commission. Includes authoriza- 1977---••• ------•• ---.------62,459,000 64,650,000 tion for the Office of Private Grievances and Redress. FPC has tong experience in natural gas price regulation and alloca- lion. Conservation and Environment: Transition quarter------~------7,386, 000 7, 386,000 Transferred to Energy Research and Development Administra- 49,961,000 16,934,000 lion. 1977 f:iectiicai-utiiiiY 5iudy: r·ransitiiiii -ciuarter iiiid- i977 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 13,056,000 13,056,000 Energy Resource Development: Transition quarter_------·-·------·------·- 3, 052,000 3, 052,000 Transferred to the Department of Interior. 1977 ----.------•• ------16,934,000 16,934,000 International Energy Affairs: Transition quarter __ ------_------·------300,000 300,000 Transferred to Energy Research and Development Administra· 1, 921,000 1,921,000 tion. 1977 soiariie-riiiinSiritiori: Yransitiiin -Ciuarte_r_ ciiiii" i9ii: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 2,945,000 0

As you will note from the chart, the stituent of mine from Rome, Ohio, re­ his wife Barbara, son Norman, daughter most significant savings o:fiered by the cently sent me the following poem which Kay, and his four grandchildren in wish­ Schroeder-Fithian substitute result from he has written. I want to share it with ing "Bud" Revis many years of happy. the abolition of FEA's topheavy Office of my colleagues as we approach Memorial and well-earned retirement. Executive Management and Administra­ Day in this Bicentennial Year. tion. Nearly $40 million could be saved A BICENTENNIAL MEMORIAL during fiscal year 1977 and the transition Many men have died, for freedom's sake ••• quarter by this change alone. Everywhere, throughout the world. OUR NATIONAL FORESTS-CON­ Significant savings would also be real­ Many lives, the enemy did take, GRESS SHOULD PLAY A PART ized by the transfer of the functions of on the :flelda where flags unfurled. FEA's Office of Conservation and Envi­ R ockets, rl:fles, cannon balls were :flrec1 • • • HON. GEORGE E. BROWN, JR. ronment to the Energy Research and De­ Independence, self-rule sought. And the men fought on, hungry, wet, and OF CALIFORNIA velopment Administration-ERDA. The t1red IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES amount contained in the Commerce L Ike the General satd they ought. Committee bill, H.R. 12169, for the FEA's Let your splrlts rise, let them show no fear, Tuesday, May 18, 1976 Don't forget the dead ... show love, Office of Conservation and Environment Mr. BROWN of California. Mr. Speak­ is fully $37.8 million above the President's And throughout thts Bicentennial Year, You should offer thanks above. er, in the last 2 months I have spoken budget request. It could be reduced often on the subject of the multiple use largely because of the existence of par­ of our national forests, the need to pro­ allel ERDA conservation programs. vide adequate timber supplies to meet An additional $2.9 million would be rising demand, the cost of wood :fiber in saved by omitting the authorization for HONORING ALBERT H. "BUD" REVIS UPON HIS RETIREMENT housing, and all the various considera­ duplicative solar energy demonstration tions involved in the management of our projects. Since ERDA, which already has public forests. Pressures are mounting jurisdiction over solar demonstration HON. ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO from every side as the House Agriculture projects, is not in a position to use more OF CALIFORNIA Committee moves closer to markup, and in funds an efficient manner, these funds IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the complexity of the problems becomes must regrettably be dropped. Solar ener­ Tuesday, May 18, 1976 more evident as the information ac­ gy is extremely promising and funds to cumulates. speed the development of its potential Mr. LAGOMARSINO. Mr. Speaker, Congress has long since given the ma­ should be supported by every responsible taking note of some of the traits we most jor responsibility of national forest man­ legislator. Yet when we have committed admire in our fellow man one comes up agement to the U.S. Forest Service. Even all of the resources which can effectively with words such as ability, dedication, so, we are now being called upon to be used in the effort, we need to draw the devotion, responsibility, modesty. But judge this management, to scrutinize it line. If the space race of the 1950's and how do you describe a man who has for its adequacies and failures, draw con­ 1960's taught us anything, it is this­ touched the lives of thousands of ~ung clusions, and then to legislate. It is pos­ money alone cannot buy an advanced people in 25 years of leadership in the sible that we have handed over too much technology. Time, too, is a crucial factor. athletic field: Additional words would responsibility, with too little oversight. It is my most sincere hope that my col­ have to be adaptability, amiability, cre­ Why else would letters like the following leagues will seriously consider the ra­ ativity, perseverance, patience, prudence, two which I would like to include in the tional and responsible alternatives to ex­ and wisdom. RECORD, one from a private woodlot tending the life of one of Washington's Albert H. "Bud" Revis has had to ex­ owner and the other from the American most onerous bureaucracies, the Federal ercise all of these in his 33 years, total, Institute of Architects, be so fraught Energy Administration. The Schroeder­ of teaching, coaching, and as athletic di­ with concern. These people are question­ Fithian substitute to H.R. 12169 1s one rector at Santa Barbara City College. ing the misjudgments and inequities in such alternative. He needed degrees of AA, BA, and MA the present management system which to do it but the results are evident in the have led to concern over future timber quality of competition and superiority supplies, over the destruction of the nec­ POEM FOR MEMORIAL DAY provided by S.B.C.C. teams in football, essary ecological balance in our forests, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis, and and over the state of a:fiairs where the HON. J. WILLIAM STANTON track. They have not won every game, private timber owner cannot compete OF OHIO but of defeat "Bud" feels "it is not the with ridiculously low prices of national IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES worst of failures. Not to have tried is forest timber. true failure.'' I urge my colleagues to read these Tuesday, May 18, 1976 Now in 1976. "Bud" will retire. Because sincere expressions of concern, hoping Mr. J. wn..LIAM STANTON. Mr. of this extraordinary career I ask the you will come to the conclusion I have Speaker. John Yarlsh, a friend and con- Members of the House to join with me, reached-that it is time for Congress to 14356 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 18, 1976 shoulder some of the responsibility for Please read the attached letter for a bet­ The latest figures obtainable (1976) confirm our national forest management by ter explanation of the dilemma the private the fact that the average price being paid woodland producer faces. to Texas farmers today for pulpwood is $5.75 strengthening guidelines and restrictions Yours truly, per cord. Will that be the going price for cord and conducting future oversight. JOHN D. RICHARDSON. thirty years hence? Ponder for a while, what The letters follow: has happened to the cost of everything else THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF RICHARDSON'S NURSERY, the farmer needs since World War II. As far A.RCHrrECTS, Garrison, Tex., April2,1976. as pulpwood is concerned, even the purchas­ April 26, 1976. PROGRESSIVE FARMER, ing value of the dollar has remained un­ DEAR SENATOR: The American Institute of General Editorial Office, changed! Almost incredible, isn't it, but true. Architects has followed closely the discus­ Birmingham, Ala. In summary, can you conscientiously and sion and debate surrounding the two pri­ DEAR Sms: Should I grow Pine timber on prudently plan Pine trees on land currently mary legislative proposals on management of my farm? valued at $300 to $500 per acre, pay taxes, the national forests currently under consid­ If you own land in Texas suitable for Pine control fires and insects, and get satisfaction eration by the Interior and Agriculture trees, you must have this question answered out of your labor, management and invest­ Comm1ttees-S. 2926, the National Forest accurately and without bias toward any ment? Timber Management Reform Act, and S. 3091, group or industry. Then you can make up Our wives and children are as patriotic and amendments to the Forest and Rangeland your own mind. hard working and unselfish as any group In Renewable Resources Planning Act. As you There are many sources of information on the whole Country. They are justly proud of meet on April 27th and 29th to consider this subject. Farm magazines will tell you the framed certificates of praise and thanks these bills, we urge your support for S. 2926, of the profit and pleasure to be derived from awarded to us by Civic Agencies but we must sponsored by Senator Jennings Randolph. this undertaking. Federal, State, County and be practical and also consider their welfare The architectural profession is concerned School District experts will encourage you if and when widowhood comes. These prized with the cost and supply of lumber for cur­ and hold your hand while you plant a new honors hung in the parlor have great senti­ rent construction and with timber resources pine forest. "Unlimited" help and assistance mental value but can't be traded in for food for the future. But we are also deeply con­ may be promised and obtained from the wood at the grocery store. cerned with the protection and enhance­ using industries. The Environmentalists and This letter is being written from Garrison, ment of the national forests as an important many well intentioned Civic Organizations Texas (Nacogdoches County) where we have element of our natural environment. will urge you to "grow more trees". the desire and the potential for growing good Major criticism of S. 2926 has been that But the bottom line, compelling question timber. Why must we sell our standing pulp­ it legislates speciflc standards for manage­ still has to be: Will this splendid venture wood for $5.75 per cord when exactly the ment of forest resources which would re­ make me any money? Under present circum­ same product brings $20.00 in Georgia and strict professional manageabillty. The legis­ stances and in the light of the past twenty $17.55 in Florida? Even though we are as lation does provide standards for manage­ years of experience the regrettable answer near, or even closer, to the Paper Mills and ment; but we believe that, rather than im­ must be "No." For the following reasons: other users than are the tree farmers in our posing restrictions, tt would provide an op­ I am a tax-paying individual and I have sister States. portunity for a higher quality of forest to make a living off my hard earned land. Speaking for myself, a small producer ot management. I am not a philanthropist wealthy enough wood and for other independent wood pro­ The principal objective of S. 2926 is to es­ to undertake a long term venture like this ducers in East Texas, your comments and tablish timber management standards in­ simply for the commendable goal of "the constructive suggestions will be welcomed. tended to bring about more equitable and greater good of the public". Hasn't the time come, at long last, for us multiple-use, sustained-yield practices in the First, let us calmly examine the past to band together? national forests which reinforce the purposes which "is prologue to the future". Aside Sincerely, of the Multiple-Use Sustained Yield Act of from the Soil Bank Payment, how much JOHN D. RICHARDSON. 1960. The bill restricts the size of clearcuts, money have you taken in from the trees you prohibits massive cutting of immature trees, planted twenty years ago? In many instances discourages management of trees in even-age your reply Will be "None". But you may stands closely associated with the practice protest: "It is good land use and It is good WHAT THE LAW OF THE SEA CON­ of clearcutting, and precludes transfer of im­ for the Country." God Bless you. We are all portant hardwood forest areas to pulpwood in favor of what is good for the Country FERENCE NEEDS IS A MONNET tree species. Though strong, these measures and there are many other avenues to follow leave considerable room for fiex1b111ty by the for our beloved Country which has many professional forest manager. In any legis­ present and urgent needs. HON. ROBERT W. EDGAR lation which affects the operation of the Others of you may reply: "Well, I sold OF PENNSYLVANIA Forest Service and establishes standards for my pulpwood once and got $3.00 per cord IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES timber management, the AIA believes it is and they cut about three cords to the acre." Tuesday, May 18, 1976 important that there be provisions to: (1) Still others may lament: "After I real­ slow down the rate of liquidation of old ized that the very ones who encouraged and Mr. EDGAR. Mr. Speaker, I hope Mem­ growth timber; (2) prevent logging in mar­ urged me to grow Pine trees would only bers will be interested in reading a ginal areas where soil is fraglle, regrowth is offer me $3.00 per cord after tying up my thoughtful speech on the current crisis slow, and other multiple-use values are high; land for twenty years, I bulldozed and (3) prevent conversion of large scale eastern burned the small trees and changed land in the ongoing United Nations Confer­ hardwoods to other species; and (4) careful­ use again". (There is ample photographic ence on the Law of the Sea by one of my ly regulate the application of clearcutting evidence of this practice and sad turn of constituents, Dr. John J. Logue, director and other potentially damaging logging prac­ events.) of Villanova University's World Order tices. Whom shall we fault? Certainly not the Research Institute. As you know, the The American Institute of Architects Public Agencies-their intentions were con­ giant 156-nation Conference met from strongly recommends Committee approval of scientious and noble. Certainly not the wood S. 2926. We appreciate the opportunity to March 15 to May 7 at UN Headquarters using industries. They simply followed the It will im­ comment and trust that you will give our dictates of free enterprise and competition. in New York City. resume its recommendations careful consideration. We ourselvs are to blame. "We have met portant deliberations in the same place Sincerely, the enemy and he is us" in the words of the from August 2 to September 17. Dr. LOUIS DE MOLL, well known quotation. Logue's talk was given on April 2 at the President. It takes a very large block of our life-time opening session of a most interesting In­ to grow trees and we know lt. If we are will­ ternational Student Symposium on the RlcHABDSON'S NURSERY, ing to dedicate that much of our allotted Law of the Sea held at Pace University Ganison, Tez., May 5,1976. Biblical span "of three score and ten years" under the joint sponsorship of Pace and Senator JENNINGS RANDoLPH, to growing Pine trees and then virtually give U.S. Senate, the wood products to the wood using indus­ Villanova Universities. Washington, D.O. tries John Donne summed it up for us: Dr. Logue's talk is entitled "What the DEAR SENATOR: Your position to improve "Never send to know for whom the bell tolls. Law of the Sea Conference Needs Is a the prices private land owners receive for It tolls for thee" Or in a more famlllar ad­ Monnet.'' In it he says that the national their timber products 1s very well taken. monition: "We have made our bed and we interests of our own and every other na­ The glowing reports of huge profits de­ must lie on it." tion will be better served by a bold and rived from planting and growing timber are Before we jump head first into producing generous approach to law of the sea mat­ written by vested interested and published pulpwood for the pulp mills and others we Without question by the news media. ought to take a good long look at the fol­ ters rather than by the "least common Recently the National Forest Service sold lowing record of prices paid to the farmers denominator'' approach which seems pulp wood for three dollars ($3.00) per cord. for their labor and time and investment. to him to characterize recent nego­ This kind of competition ts causing our Thirty years ago, right after World War II, tiations in the conference. He urges the private forest land to be mismanaged and and with construction and newsprint etc. delegates to have the vision and states­ neglected. booming, pulpwood sold for $6.00 per cord. manship with respect to the problems of May 18, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14357 the sea which two great Frenchmen, took a close look at some of the key issues revolution has begun. And youth can-and Jean Monnet and Robert Schuman, fa-cing the Law of the Sea Conference. should-play an important role in promoting showed with respect to another impossi­ it, in helping the people of every country With them were law of the sea diplomats to understand that ocean wealth, properly ble problem: the reconciliation and re­ from 16 countries, including the United used, can help build bridges between East building of Western Europe after World States, the Soviet Union, Nigeria, Trini­ and West, between North and South, that War ll. He says that two Monnet-Schu­ dad and Tobago, Nepal, Poland, and a strong and generously endowed ocean au­ man proposals, the European Coal and Singapore. thority can help bring the nations of the Steel Community and the European A high point of the symposium was a world together in the way the European poal Common Market, played a key role in session on ocean pollution on board the and Steel Community and the European bringing about a reconciliation of France 80-year-old Norwegian squarerigger, the Common Market brought the nations of Western Europe together. That is my hope. and German and the building of a peace­ Barba Negra, moored in the East River. My text tonight 1s from Hamilton-not ful and prosperous Europe. He contends As their special guest, the students were HamUton Shirley Am.erasinghe, the great that a strong ocean authority with sub­ honored to have the president of the Law President of the Law of the Sea. Conference, stantial funding can play a similar role of the Sea Conference, Ambassador H. S.. who will be with us tomorrow on the Barba in helping to build bridges between East Amerasinghe of Sri Lanka. From the Negra---.but from the American statesman and West, between North and South. He poopdeck of the Barba Negra the Ambas­ and political theorist Alexander Hamilton. would use a substantial portion of those sador gave a brief report on the progress Somewhere in the Federalist Papers Alex­ trillions of dollars of ocean wealth to of the conference and made a plea that ander Hamilton said that you do not truly wUl an end, a purpose, an objective unless build peace, ecological sanity and eco­ all nations refrain from making new uni­ you will the means to the accomplishment of nomic development. lateral claims to ocean space. After that that objective. Let us apply that text to our Dr. Logue's thesis is simple. It is that he met and talked with the student par­ world organization and the things we say the Law of the Sea Conference is stalled ticipants. it stands for. not so much by the selfishness of par­ I hope members will find the time to In 1945 in San Francisco delegates !rom ticipating nations as from their "lack of read Dr. Logue's speech. It comes from many nations dedicated the United Nations imagination." He believes it is essential an experienced observer of the Law of to the goals of peace, economic and soclal that the conference revive the concept the Sea Conference who is acquainted advancement and "larger freedom". But-­ of ocean mineral wealth as the common and we must be honest-in the thirty-one with diplomats from all parts of the years since San Francisco the nations of the heritage of mankind, and make that con­ world and has lectured on the law of world have given the United Nations next to cept the heart of the Law of the Sea the sea in 13 countries. I recommend it nothing with which to do its job. If we treaty. to you. apply Alexander Hamtlton's test we are He reminds us that in December of "WHAT THE LAW OF THE SEA CONFERENCE forced to conclude that the members of the 1970 the United Nations General Assem­ NEEDS IS A MONNET United Nations clearly did not mean what bly endorsed the common heritage con­ (By John J. Logue) they said at San Francisco. For if they had cept by a unanimous vote. Yet, according meant what they said they would have given It is a great honor and a great pleasure the United Nations the means, the money to to Dr. Logue, in the Law of the Sea Con­ to talk before this International Student do its job. To take but one example: the ference the concept of the common Symposium on the Law of the Sea.. I'm more U.S. contribution to the .. world fire depart­ heritage is "dying from neglect." Many moved than I can say. I really am. I think ment" is less than New York City gives its coastal states are insisting that the pro­ we have a wonderful miX here: students fire department. It is less than 1/200th the posed law of the sea treaty give them from the United States and some fifteen amount of the U.S. annual military budget. other countries, law of the sea diplomats all the resources, marine and mineral, and professors, some of them leading scholars But we have another chance. The great in a 200-mile exclusive economic zone­ in this important policy area., and, of course, wealth of the oceans offers us a tremendous EEZ, resources which under traditional some representatives of non-governmental opportunity to "put our money where our international law belonged to no state. organizations. mouth is", to give the UN and the interna­ Dr. Logue finds the EEZ and the common I know that there have been other student tional community the means to keep the heritage incompatible because, as he conferences on the law of the sea but this is peace, to build development, to save the the only international one I am aware of. I delicate ecological system of our planet. Be­ points out, cause I want a stronger United Nations The overwhelmlng proportion of exploitable think such a symposium is overdue for I can think of no policy area. which needs more doesn't mean I endorse everything the UN ocean mineral wealth, including some public attention, more serious refiection and does. Far from it. But I belteve a reformed twenty-four trtlllon dollars' worth of on, 1s more citizen action than the law of the sea.. and strengthened UN Is essential if we are within that zone. You see I think you students can-and to keep the peace and buUd the new economic should-play an important role in all those order which is so desirable and so essential, He favors instead a 200-mtle mixed so much in the interest of all countries. SO economic zone-MEZ. In it the coastal areas. And as an American I know what a tremendous contribution students can make the focus of my remarks 1s on the need to state would be required, depending on its if they take an issue seriously. American assure that a very substantial part of the per capita GNP to give 1 to 20 percent students played a crucial part in ending the tremendous mineral wealth of the oceans he of the "within 200" revenues to a World Vietnam War. They played a key role in regarded, as Ambassador Pardo proposed in Common Heritage Fund, to be used for the struggle for civil rights. They made a 1967, as .. the common heritage of mankind" appropriate purposes. He stresses that he major contribution to developing ecological and used for the high purposes I have men­ is talking about sharing mineral wealth consciousness among their fellow citizens. tioned. but not about sharing fish. The young people of many other countries However I am sorry to have to report to have also played constructive roles in the you that the concept of the common heritage Dr. Logue believes that the concept of politics of their countries, many of them of mankind Is dying from neglect. Yet that the common heritage must and can be playing leading roles in the achievement of concept, properly understood and properly revived because it is "central to almost national independence and later in the implemented, is central to almost every is­ every issue before the Law of the Sea struggle for economic and social develop­ sue before the Law of the Sea. Conference. Conference." He says "a meaningful and ment. It 1s central to the resolution of the im­ generous implementation of the common Yes, it Is my hope, my wild dream, that portant issue of dispute settlement proce­ heritage principle" is "the only guarantee this very modest symposium and you young dures. It is central to preservation o! the people taking part in it can help develop a oceans' ecological system. It is central to the that a meaningful law of the sea treaty consciousness among young people-and not question of resource ownership. It Is central will last." As he puts it, so young peopl&-<>f the tremendous but to the question of whether we shall have a We must remember that the treaty wtll not fieeting opportunity which the world has in viable international ocean authority. Un­ enforce itself. It will not provide for a United this Law of the Sea Conference: an oppor­ fortunately many coastal states insist on Nations Navy. The treaty w1ll be lived up to tunity to use some of the trUllons of dollars getting all the mineral resources within 200 only if nations believe it has a strong moral of ocean mineral wealth to aid development, miles of shore-where the overwhelmlng claim on them as well as being in their to promote ecological sanity and to expand proportion of ocean wealth is-in a. 200 mUe self-interest. the peacekeeping capacity of the United "exclusive economic zone" or EEZ. However I am happy to say that the geographically Let Nations. me add just a word about the fine I am afraid the Law of the Sea Confer­ disadvantaged nations-and your keynote symposium at which Dr. Logue spoke. It ence is not moving very far in these direc­ speaker, Ambassador Upadhya.y of Nepal, has brought together some 70 students from tions. To get it moving in a more positive played an important role in their efforts-­ 15 countries and a number of young and cUrectlon wlll require a. broader understand­ are beglnning to see and say that the com­ not-so-young professors who specialize 1n ing of the ocean question, indeed., a verita­ mon heritage concept must be revived. law of the sea matters. Together they ble ocean consciousness revolution. That What the geographically disadvantaged na- 14358 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 18, 1976 tions are beginning to say-and say loudly­ order, the new political order we need 1f the development. It is the Trilateral Commis­ is that it is wrong to give the great­ nations of this troubled world are to save sion's 1976 report: "A New Regime for the est proportion of the really valuable mineral themselves from the dangers implicit in nu­ Oceans." The Commission is made up of wealth of the oceans, wealth that thirty ·clear proliferation, in the conventional arms prominent individuals from North America, years ago belonged to no one, to a few we are seeing, in the grave economic and Europe and Japan. Its members include coastal states. Yes, 1f the EEZ is adopted ecological crises we face. W1lliam w. Scranton, David Rockefeller, and it will give all the twenty-four trllllon dol­ Let me try to say it very simply. I admire Edwin Relschauser. On page 8 the report rec­ lars-twenty-four thousand b111ion dollars­ and respect the Law of the Sea Conference. ommends that approximately one-half of of oil within 200 miles of shore off the coastal I have friends and acquaintances in many the resources royalties in the area between states. By the way, that figure of twenty-four delegations. I respect and have genuine af­ 12 and 200 miles be given to the interna­ trillion dollars is based on a UN study made fection for its excellent leadership. But I tional community. That almost takes my by Dr. L.G. Weeks (A/AC.138j87). The geo­ stlll believe that what the Law of the Sea breath way. It 1a a good deal more than I graphically disadvantaged are wUling to ac­ Conference needs is a Jean Monnet, a Robert have been proposing! cept an economic zone, even a 200-mile one, SChumann and the broad vision which those Another proposal which has generated. but not an EEZ. They feel that a substantial two great Frenchmen brought to the troubled some interest, especially in the Third World, part of the aforementioned twenty-four tril­ old continent of Europe in the fortxes and 1s the idea of a 200-mile mixed economic lions, should be part of the common heritage. fifties. Let me explain what I mean. zone (MEZ) from which the coastal states They know that if it isn't, a huge amount In January of this year I lectured at the would be required to give to a World Com­ of that wealth wUl go to a relatively few University of Iceland. I explained to my mon Heritage Fund between one and twenty states, many of them already very rich, e.g., listeners that I would be arriving in the percent, depending on its per capita income. the United States, Canada, Norway, Australia, Netherlands the next day. I said that I could, Third World countries are beginning to see South Africa, New Zealand, the United King­ but would not ask the Netherlanders if the that while regional economic zones may be dom and the Soviet Union. French and the Germans were likely to go to appropriate for fishing, there must be global In a recent talk before the Foreign Polley war with each other. I would not ask them sharing of mineral revenues, both within Association I tried to focus on the bizarre because the Netherlanders would, quite ap­ and beyomd the EEZ. character of the move for the 200-mile EEZ. propriately, think I was out of my mind! Mark Twain once said that "The report of Let me try it on you. Let us suppose that This is a very important point. Why do my death is an exaggeration." So are the Mayor Beame has persuaded the New York Europeans-and almost everyone else-think reports of the death of the common heritage. City Council to reduce the size of Central the idea of France and Germany going to war The concept has life because tt has logic. Park, to dispose of the outer 200 yards of is absurd? After all they waged three very As I have said, it is the cement, the blue, the park, much of it immensely valuable be­ bloody wars in seventy-five years. Yet there the dream that will make the treaty mean­ cause of its location along Fifth Avenue or is no chance that they wU go to war today. ingful. It may seem too late in the Confer­ 59th Street or Central Park West. Now let us Why? I believe that one of the most impor­ ence for the common heritage to be revived. suppose that a Council hearing the manager tant reasons is because of the success-not I don't agree with that judgment. At the of the very posh Plaza Hotel on 59th Street perfect success but success-of the two great American Constitution Convention in my says: "You must make us a free gift of the institutions they fathered: The European home city of Philadelphia, one of the most tract of land opposite us since we are closer Coal and Steel Community and the European important creations was the presidency. It to that land than anyone else." Let us sup­ Common Market or Economic Community. is interesting to recall that the presidency pose that the manager of the very posh Hotel Through these institutions the French and was dealt with only very late in the Con­ Pierre on Fifth Avenue says: "We hereby de­ Germans and a handful of neighboring coun­ vention. It was created because at that point clare that we own the land opposite us. Now tries intertwined their economies and their in the Convention it was felt to be necessary and logical. I think we are reaching a point since w~ are the first to claim it and since political destinies. They got to know and we are closest to it, you must gtve it to us trust each other and in that way helped in the Law of the Sea Conference were dele­ free." You know and I know that no one in build a new and peaceful and prosperous gates are beginning to see that a meaningful New York City would take seriously the ar­ Europe. We can and should apply their in­ and generous common heritage concept 1s gument that owners of property opposite sights to our troubled world. For through a necessary and logical if we want a treaty Central Park would be entitled to a free gift strong, powerful, well-funded ocean author­ that will last. of land which has been the common heri­ ity we can bring North and South together, One reason for my optimism is that I tage of all New Yorkers for some 100 years. we can bring East and West together. think I know the delegates rather well. The What the Law of the Sea Conference needs thing that is most strlking to me is that even But what would be dismissed as absurd in among delegations committed to the ex­ New York City is being applauded as "moral" most is a broad vision. What the world needs clusive economic zone there is a deep sense and "desirable" and "inevitable" in the Law is not a least common denominator treaty but a treaty inspired by and incorporating a of regret as to what has happened to the of the Sea Conference. The "ocean commons" common heritage. There 1s a sense that a that was no one's property, res nullius, for generous version of the common heritage principle. And those who have that vision­ bold and beautiful dream 1s dying. And there more than three centuries is now being is, I think, in almost every delegate a feeling claimed as the exclusive property of the ! call them "common heritagers"-need a that it would be a wonderful thing if, some­ states adjoining that commons. A battery strategy of persuasion. For it is not too late how, it could be restored to its proper place of arguments is used-legal. historical, phi­ for the Conference to rethink-and revive­ in the Treaty. losphical, geological and what have you-to the common heritage concept and give it the The common heritage will not be revived defend the concept of the EEZ. The argu­ central place in the treaty it should have­ unless there is a much broader understand­ ments are eloquently presented by learned it must have-if that treaty is to last. ing of its importance, a much broader under­ advocates. But the geographically disadvan­ I have already mentioned the creative role standing of the ocean question as a whole. I taged are not impressed. Their common sense the geographically disadvantaged states are think you students from many countries-­ tells them that there is something wrong playing in the Conference. I think that a and students who do not happen to be here with a solution that gives the greatest por­ most important role can and should be today-can and should play an important tion of ocean wealth to a few rich states and played by those citizens of the geographi­ role as apostles of the common heritage a few developing states and not a penny of cally advantaged states who dlsagree with idea. I think you have the energy, the in­ it to most of the geographically disadvan­ their countries• law of the sea policies. Let telllgence, and the heart. taged states. me give you four examples. Last spring in an Yes, I think you young people can play Now I obviously think the ocean coastal excellent series of articles the Toronto an important role in turning the Conference states are being a bit selfish when they ad­ Globe and Mall raised searching questions around, in helping the delegates to write-­ vocate the EEZ. But what I really fault those about Canadian law of the sea policy. Last and sell-a bold and generous treaty. In states for is not selfishness but a lack of year Thor Heyerdahl, Norway's most famous that way we will be showing we believe that imagination. The ocean coastals say they citizen, urged that Norway contribute as every person on thfs globe is a pa.rt of the want a law of the sea treaty-and one that much as 25 per cent of its offshore mineral human famUy and that \Ve have a common w1lllast. But they do not seem to understand revenues to a World Common Heritage Fund. destiny as shipmates on the good ship Earth. that a meaningful and generous implementa­ And Jacques Cousteau of France took a very tion of the common heritage principle is the similar position. In Britain the well known essential cement, the glue, the dream, that scientist and author, Lord Ritchie-Calder, 1s will make a meaningful law of the sea treaty one voice among many who have urged that possible. It is the guarantee. the only guar­ Britain share some of its offshore oU reve­ A TRmUTE TO DR. JOHN ffiCKEY antee, that a meaningful law of the sea nues with the developing world. All four treaty will last. For we must remember that countries support the EEZ but not all their HON. JOSHUA EILBERG the treaty w111 not enforce itself. It will not citizens. And because the very rich coast-al provide for a United Nations Navy. The treaty countries are now supporting EEZ the geo­ OF PENNSYLVANIA will be lived up to only if nations believe 1t graphically disadvantaged are seeing more IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has a strong moral claim on them as well as clearly that the EEZ never was the ticket to Tuesday, May 18, 1976 being in their self interest. Third World economic progress that it was In my view a generous implementation of alleged to be. Mr. EILBERG. Mr. Speaker. Dr. John the common heritage principle is an essen­ But before I leave the developed countries, Hickey is retiring from his active affili­ tial step on the way to the new economic let me mention one recent and very hopeful ation with Father Judge High School, May 18, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14359 Philadelphia, Pa., and I would like to concern to both of us. Our discussion was Secondly, a concern that our leaders, 1n take this opportunity to honor a man very cordial and productive, and left me their justifiable desire to restore a measure o! investor confidence, could find them­ who is both noted in his field and for his with a feeling that Cardinal Cooke is a selves cutting so deeply into human service ability to give fully of himself. man who is deeply concerned about the programs that there would result a serious Born on September 18, 1976, he at­ destiny of the Nation. erosion of confidence and hope for the mil­ tended St. Joseph's Preparatory School, During Holy Week and Passover, the lions of people for whom these human life­ St. Joseph's College, and Jefferson Medi­ Cardinal issued some remarks which I support services are essential to susta.tn cal School, graduating in 1951. In 1955 think illustrate quite clearly his resolve them and their families; he was approached by Rev. Joseph in providing the guidance which we need Thirdly, a concern that people who are already su1fering the effects of prolonged Cutter, OSFS, to serve as Father Judge's in order to realize that we have the capa­ unemployment, continUing inflation and High School's team physician. His af­ bilities to solve our present domestic cutbacks in services might be forced to firmative response was prompt and woes. Hopefully my colleagues will re­ shoulder a disproportionate share of even without hesitation. view the Cardinal's speech and reflect on deeper cutbacks in the months and years During the next 21 years his generosity it as this legislative body attempts to ahead; knew no bounds. He was always ready grapple with the major issues of the day. And finally, a concern that so many Amer­ to serve no matter what time or what­ The Cardinal's statement follows: icans seem to continue to rega.rd the cur­ rent crisis only as a fiscal problem a.ffecting ever the possible personal inconvenience. THE HUMAN CRISIS IN NEW YORK-HOLY New York City and New York State and not His kindness was complete; he has never WEEK AND PASSOVER-1976 as a national urban crisis of major propor­ been known to refuse his teams' call for (Statement of His Eminence, Terence tions affecting people throughout the medical care at any time or any season. Cardinal Cooke) United States. The following remarks attest to the During the next few days throughout the The Catholic Bishops of New York State impact that Dr. Hickey has made upon cities, towns and vlliages within the ten have repeatedly insisted that the poor and the people he has served for so long: counties of the Archdiocese of New York, the disadvantaged should in no way be made mUUons who share our Judea-Christian re­ the scapegoats either for the past mistakes Rev. Joseph Murray, OSFS, sums up ligious tradition will gather with their of governmental officials or for the inab111ty the school's relation with Dr. Hickey by families in a prayerful spirit to observe a of today's leaders sufficiently to stimulate saying: time of worship and reflection In this sacred the economy and to eliminate unemploy­ His work has been untiring and far be­ time we are all conscious of our dependence ment. yond our ability to value both in terms of on God, Our Father. He has called us to The catholic Bishops of the United States service or in friendship. We will be hard be His children and, with Him as Father, at our general meeting last November, pressed to replace this dedicated man. to be brothers and sisters to each other called attention to the human crisis con­ within His one human family. At no time fronting American cities s.nd threatening Rev. William Dougherty, OSFS, a during the year are we more aware than now the common good and dignity of millions former athletic director, repeats words that He is our true hope-our only true guide of our fellow citizens. so often heard in regards to Dr. Hickey's on the journey of life. During these holy At this time of Holy Week and Passover, years of service by saying: days, we are even more aware, as our immi­ we are very conscious of the plight of our grant ancestors were, of the promise of a new centers of population. They have been bat­ He was avatlable day or night. When other life fulfilled in a new land. doctors might require appointments, Dr. tered by recession, inflation and unemploy­ These are indeed days for prayerful reflec­ ment and now they struggle under the diffi­ Hickey was always one to respond, "Bring tion and concern, especially for all whose culty of stagnant or eroding tax bases and the boy right down!" lives have been affected by the financial and an increasing number of people of all ages Rev. Daniel McLeman, OSFS, a soccer human crises that have captured the head­ who have become service dependent. coach and former athletic director, says lines since last Spring. Our public officials It is not my desire to deny that a serious that: and civic leaders are seeking to find a way to commitment to belt-tightening must take maintain the fiscal and social viabllity of place if our urban and near-urban neigh­ In all my dealings with Dr. Hickey he has our communities. The poor and disadvan­ borhoods and communities are to survive, always impressed me by his outstanding abtl­ taged as well as those whose lives are devoted and yet we cannot allow the structures of ity to carefully diagnose a case and, where to their service, are deeply concerned that our communities to be torn apart or even to any doubt existed, his willlngness to seek aid their present situation, with its stringencies, be severely wounded. Nor can we accept the in his judgment. carries only the future promise of less serv­ tragic inab111ty of our American society to Brother James Williams, OSFS, de­ ices and fewer programs to meet their human provide adequate human services for the needs. And people in the middle-families children, the aged, the helpless and those scribed Dr. Hickey as: with children, taxpayers, those engaged in who are educationally disadvantaged. A good man, always available at games or corporate enterprises and businesses-are What we need during these holy days is a when needed. wondering where it wUl all end. How can our spirit of understanding, of faith and of hope. communities as we have known them con­ Rev. William F. Davis, OSFS, the We need a spirit of understanding so that tinue to exist. we can recall that our nation and its com­ Principal and another former athletic The result of this confusion is that the director, amply sums up Dr. Hickey's promise of life's fulfillment for people in so munities were conceived in difficulties, grew many of our cities, towns and villages Is through them and, with God's help, devel­ performance with the following praises. oped the courage and strength to forge ~ He says: now being seriously endangered. Unemploy­ ment continues to exist at an unacceptably country that became a land of promise and Dr. Hickey has provided hundreds of high level. Life in so many areas of our a haven of hope for our forebears. young men, their parents, coaches and school communities is in a process of deterioration. We also need a spirit of faith to encourage officials all the outstanding traits of a gen­ Conflicts intensify as human service pro­ us to believe that a nation which came tleman, a true professional and as a dedi­ grams meeting health, social welfare and through the deep and perplexing problems cated servant. He has served this communi­ educational needs compete against each of the great Depression has within itself the ty for 21 years and his prudence, wisdom, other, aud often neighbors are pitted creativity, the talent and the human re­ and humility have given us more than we against each other 1n their struggle to have sources to measure up to the present chal­ could ever have hoped for. We will miss his supportive services maintained. lenge. service more than we can say but I am sure I am deeply concerned about the present From this understanding and this faith, we his friendship will be with us. I thank him crisis for our communities and the threat can all taA.e hope-renewed hope to over­ in the name of all those who have benefited of continUing crises for our people in the come the discouragement and sense of frus­ from his service. foreseeable future. On e'arlier occasions I tration which this crisis casts upon us. have stated that this present crisis 1s not This week we relive the Passover of the simply a fiscal problem. In its true dimen­ Lord and the passage through su1fering and TERENCE COOKE: sions it is a huma.n problem as well. Deep CARDINAL moral and human issues 81l'e involved. The death to newness of life in a land of hope A MAN OF VISION current and future deliberations of our gov­ and promise. This is truly a holy week of ernmental officials and civic leaders will be hope for us I This is a week for reflection decisive in the quest for equitable and just and for prayer! HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL solutions to what is truly an unprecedented In our prayers during these sacred days, OF NEW YORK problem. let us ask our Father in Heaven for the pre­ As we enter these days of prayerful re­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cious gift of hope. fiection, we cannot be unmindfUl of some Hope that we will be ever thankful for His Tuesday, May 18, 1976 basic human and moral concerns: gifts to this nation and to its people; First, a concern that 1n the search for a Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, recently I restoration of fiscal integrity, the integrity Hope that our national, state and local had the opportunity to meet with Car­ of life for so many people who live 1n our officials and our civic leaders w1ll return -dinal Cooke to discuss several matters of communities could be seriously jeopardized; from the reflection of the holy days with ~ maar--906-Part 12 14360 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 18, 1976 renewed and lively commitment to serve require car manufacturers to improve their tion with a halftime football game (Nor­ the people of our communities; gas mileage? Yes, 80; no, 20. mandy-Parma.) at Byers Field. Hope that our land will continue to be 17. Should an extension of the tax cut be (4) Painted every fire hydrant on Pleas­ a land of opportunity and new life for those coupled with an equal reduction in federal ant Valley Road from State Road to Broad­ who come after us as it has been for us and spending, as proposed by the President? Yes, view. (That includes 27 fire hydrants. This for those who came to it before us; 80; no, 20. project won the special recognition of Mayor Hope that all children, who are our future, 18. Should the federal government be re­ Petruska.) wlll receive from our society all the support quired by constitutional amendment to have ( 5) Became the first Parma. school ever to they need to become the concerned citizens a balanced budget? Yes, 80; no, 20. receive permission to decorate the exterior and the leaders of our communities tomor­ 19. Should busing be used to achieve racial of a. building. Norma.ny's Bicentennial club row; balance in schools? Yes, 5; no, 95. painted the overhang to the entrance of Nor­ Hope that the families of New York and 20. Should the United States pull out of mandy in red, white, and blue colors with the throughout our country wlll be blessed with the United Nations? Yes, 66; no, 34. dates 1776-1976 predominant over several a rebirth of that family spirit which has been 21. Should the United States take more stars. the backbone of our American society; outspoken positions in the United Nations? (6) Arranged and conducted a faculty Bi­ Hope that our society will respect older Yes, 70; no, 30. centennial beard and moustache judging people, recognize its debt to them and afford 22. Should the United States continue to contest. During the summer of 1975 letters them the opportunity to Uve out their lives have full sovereign control over the Panama went out to every Normandy male faculty tn health, decency and respect; Canal and Canal Zone? Yes, 87; no, 13. member encouraging them to participate in Hope that the poor, marginal working 23. Should the United States government this project. At the beginning of the year we familles and those living on fixed incomes reestablish diplomatic and economic rela­ had 37 men with beards or moustaches. will not be singled out as the means to tions with CUba? Yes, 58; no, 42. {7) Printed Bicentennial scholarship and relleve society's financial pressures; 24. Should the United States provide mili­ contest information and distributed this in­ And finally, hope, that in a spirit of true tary assistance to Egypt? Yes, 65; no, 35. formation to all students. As a. result: charity and justice we in this land of promise 25. Should the United States continue its a. Laurie Gabriel was selected as Nor­ w1ll all give ourselves, as great-hearted vol­ present detente policy with the Soviet Union? mandys' Representative in the Hugh O'Brien unteers, to the service of all our brothers and Yes, 66; no, 34. Bicentennial Leadership Contest for lOth sisters in the One Human Family of God. 26. Should the United States intercede in graders. Northern Ireland to help resolve the current b. Normandy High School Girls won all problems there? Yes, 20; no, 80. three divisions in the American Legion Gov­ 27. Is the United States government doing ernment Test given to Parma area. lOth, 11th, RESULTS OF QUESTIONNAIRE enough to end world hunger? Yes, 60; no, 40. and 12th graders. Elizabeth Volk, Helen Ra.cka.s, and Francine Straka won the lOth. 11th, and 12th grade divisions respectively. HON. MARIO BIAGGI Francine and Helen tied for overall winners OF NEW YORK and were both given bronze medals and $25 NORMANDY HIGH SCHOOL bonds. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PROJECTS c. Karen McGroarty was selected as the Tuesday, May 18, 1976 only student among the winners (2nd place and a $50 bond) in Parma's efforts to select Mr. BIAGGI. Mr. Speaker, earlier this HON. RONALD M. MOTTL a flag and a. logo. The winning entry was sub­ year, I distributed a questionnaire to the OF OHIO mitted by a commercial artist. residents of my congressional district. d. Dean Carmichael and Michelle Beerer I now wish to insert the results into the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES were the only Parma student winners (2nd RECORD for the benefit of my colleagues: Tuesday, May 18, 1976 place) in Cleveland's Oral History contest. (8) Normandy is one of only a few area QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS Mr. MOTTL. Mr. Speaker, it is com­ schools that have obtained (from Booster [In percent] mendable that many youths of our Na­ Club and American Legion) a Bennington 1. Should the federal government provide tion are becoming actively involved in flag that is flown daily at the school. more housing and recreational services for the Bicentennial celebration through (9) Normandy's Bicentennial Committee 1s senior citizens? Yes, 80; no, 20. their schools. That is pleasing to me in cleaning up and researching an abandoned 2. Should older Americans have to take a graveyard as to its local history. means test to participate in senior citizen that I think such school projects serve (10) Normandy's Bicentennial Committee center programs? Yes, 21; no, 79. a meaningful role in the learning proc­ has interviewed 1st graders and Senior Citi­ 3. Should a national health insurance bill ess and generally are free of the com­ zens as to their views on the Bicentennial. provide "cradle to grave" coverage for all mericalism which has accompanied They have used these interviews as the basis Americans? Yes, 58; no, 42. other Bicentennial projects. of a. school newspaper article and a display 4. Should national health insurance cover­ One school which I feel deserves spe­ in the school showcase. age be provided only in cases of catastrophic cial mention in the scope and degree of (11) Normandy's Bicentennial Committee lllnesses? Yes, 52; no, 48. is planning on planting a tree and memorial 5. Should an immediate crlminal penalty its Bicentennial activities is Normandy time capsule in the school's courtyard. be imposed on an employer who knowingly High School in Parma in my congres­ ( 12) Normandy's Bicentennial Committee hires illegal aliens? Yes, 64; no, 36. sional district. has designed a Bicentennial ID card that is 6. Should unconditional amnesty be Under the direction and guidance of given to outstanding club members and area granted to a.llens 1llega.lly residing in this Faculty Chairman Charles M. Spinner, contributers to Normandy's Bicentennial nation at this time? Yes, 25; no, 75. students at the high school have engaged celebration. 7. Should private ownership of handguns in activities ranging from conducting a (13) Printed Bicentennial news bulletina be banned? Yes, 55; no, 45. for faculty and curriculum materials for 8. Should mandatory minimum prison sen­ Lexington-Concord memorial mile run, Social Studies faculty. tences be imposed on persons convicted o! to sponsoring a faculty beard and mus­ {14) Normandy is hosting the 80 member using a. gun in crime? Yes, 79; no, 21. tache contest, to planting a tree and a Elyria. Bicentennial Chorus May 21st as a 9. Should the death penalty be restored? memorial time capsule. Bicentennial Song Fest. Yes, 86; no, 14. I ask my colleagues in the House to ( 15) Normandy is also featuring the wide­ 10. Should the age at which juveniles can join with me in congratulating this fine ly acclaimed Columbus Whitehall High be tried as adults be lowered for certain seri­ school for its outstanding accomplish­ School Flag salute in the May 21st program. ous crimes? Yes, 81; no J.U. ments during our country's 200th anni­ (16) Provided Normandy students the op­ 11. Should corporal punishment be used portunity to participate in a number of again in our schools as a means to improve versary. American Experience field trips which em­ school safety and end violence? Yes, 84; no, Here is a complete list of the projects phasized America's cultural and historical 16. Normandy High School has undertaken: heritage. 12. Should the federal government spend NORMANDY HIGH SCHOOL PROJEcrs more money to create public service jobs? (1) Conducted a Lexington-Concord Me­ PRESERVING OUR CITIES-EVERY­ Yes, 16; no, 40. morial Mlle run as part of the Parma Relays 13. Should oll and gas prices be fully de­ of Aprll, 1975. Historical fact sheets were dis­ ONE'S CONCERN controlled? Yes, 64; no, 36. tributed to the public and the Bicentennial 14. I! no, should there be a gradual phase club presented a trophy to the winning out of oil and gas price controls OVE'r a. runner. HON. GLENN M. ANDERSON specified period of time? Yes, 59; no, 41. (2) The Bicentennial Club designed and OF CALXFORNU 15. Should a multi-blllion dollar energy re­ created their own unique Bicentennial T­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES search and development program be created shirt for sale to raise money for other Bicen­ Tuesday, May 18, 1976 to make the United States self-sumcient in tennial projects. energy resources? Yes, 78; no, 22. (3) Provided first fireworks (in shape of Mr. ANDERSON of California. Mr. 16. Should the United. States government the Liberty Bell) ever presented 1n conjunc- Speaker, the public has, in recent years, May 18, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14361 become increasingly aware that the un­ portunity and help to residents, homeowners, get businessmen, bankers, and corporation hooe-to-be homeowners, employers, and in­ leaders to reinvest. It 1s not going to be easy restrained use of natural resources would vestors. It wm be their energies and their to get local om.c1a.ls, state om.c1a.ls, or Con­ lead to problems. Every State in the commitment that wm save and rebuild gressmen and national leaders to enact laws Union has witnessed the birth of private America. that will help save and rebulld America. groups, forming to do battle for the con­ Public leadership and private leadership servation of irreplaceable lands and must mobilize a national effort to save and waters. rebuild the neighborhoods and cities of this Awareness has also grown with respect country. Such a national mobilization must INCREASING LABOR SUPPORT FOR provide the American people with the tools to the need to preserve our cities. Cities to do the job. FEDERAL LOAN GUARANTEES are the hub about which our political and These are the programs that can help them FOR SYN'I'HEIIC FUELS economic systems rotate. Foremost do the job: among those seeking to maintain Amer­ A Neighborhood Conservation Program that ica's vital urban communities has been aims directly at conserving housing, indus­ HON. OLIN E. TEAGUE NAHRO, the National Association of trial and commercial buildings, and public OF TEXAS facUlties. Such a program would provide tax Housing and Redevelopment Officials. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NAHRO is a bipartisan, nonprofit orga­ credits and incentives to nomeowners, in­ vestors, and lenders who xnake commitments Tuesday, May 18, 1976 nization engaged in community housing to neighborhood conservation areas; would and development programs. help people and businesses by making federal Mr. TEAGUE. Mr. Speaker, Angelo A popular slogan of this group is: loans available for property improvement or Fosco, general president of the Laborers' "Can America Afford 'Throw Away• provide federal insurance for local programs International Union of North America, Neighborhoods, Cities and Towns?" serving the same purpose; would help local expressed the union's strong support of Obviously, the answer is, "We cannot." governments provide public facillties by up­ H.R. 12112 Federal loan guarantees grading existing ones or replacing out-moded At this point, I would like to insert a ones. for synthetic fuels-in a letter to Chair­ recent article published by this group, A City Rebuilding Program that encourages man MIKE McCoRMACK of the Subcom­ "The New American Realism: Save and and supports private reinvestment in the mittee on Energy Research, Develop­ Rebuild America," into the RECORD. I city, when long-term financing and heavy ment and Demonstration. hope others may gain as much from it front-end investment are required. Such a Mr. Fosco emphasizes that United as I have. program would remove physical conditions States and world supplies of petroleum THE NEW .AMERICAN REALISM: "SAVE AND that blight neighborhoods, discourage in­ are finite and that their exhaustion can REBUILD .AMERICA'' vestment, stimulate abandonment; would provide tax incentives or tax credits to prop­ be projected within the next 30 to 40 The new politics of America 1s realism. erty owners and businesses participating in years. When this occurs he warns that The mood of America is to save and re­ rebuilding; would provide public loan and we must already have in place adequate build America. public grant assistance to local governments alternative sources of energy which will The leadership in this country must sense and private enterprise for rebuilding pur­ permit the Nation's uninterrupted eco­ this new realism, must feel the mood. poses. nomic development. He tells us: We know our resources are not unlimited, A HO'USing Program that supports both nor are our choices for using them. The This Union looks to the Federal Govern­ neighborhood conservation and city rebulld­ ment to provide leadership, planning and sta.rk sentinels of inflation and unemploy­ ing by providing interest subsidies, direct ment, of energy shortages .g.nd housing short­ support to the development of such alter­ loans, direct grants, tax incentives, and tax natives. In this vein we have placed our­ ages remind us of our ll.lnttatlons. credits. such a program would encourage and We are tired of patchwork policies and selves on record in support of nuclear de­ assist home ownership; would create new velopment, the Coal Slurry Bill and now scatter-shot progra.ms---often designed to housing for !amUies of all incomes on re­ fulfill political slogans. We want to fight to wish to join with those asking for Federal cycled urban land; would encourage the leadership in developing energy technology. save wharti we have built and rebuild what lender, the builder, the middle-income fa.m­ cannot be saved. In the neighborhoods and Uy, and the low-income !a.mlly to reinvest Aside from nuclear energy, Mr. Fosco cities of America, we want to recreate op­ in their community by conserving existing feels that coal and oU shale represent portunities for everyone to live, work, and houses or building new housing; would buUd play, secure and confident that the quality publlc housing for special groups: the poor, the most viable energy sources for the of life 1s improving. the elderly, the handicapped. near future. Although we have abund­ Look!ng back 200 years, we are proud of Realistically, the American people know ant coal reserves, serious problems exist what we have done. We have wrested farms that there is a lot of good housing th&t just in burning coal to produce electricity. from valleys and plains. We have hMnessed needs fixing up. There are good neighbor• The stack emission from coal-fired elec­ great rivers. We have built homes and fac­ hoods that need streets repaired, schools tric generators creates a public health tories and cities on the face of the land. modernized, and shopping improved. We hazard which could, if not overcome, we h.g.ve used the a.bunde.nce C1! our resources know we have created houses, factories, and significantly increase the rate of cancer to shape a life that few people in history stores that are not being used to the fullest. have achieved. A neighborhood conservation program can and lung disease among the American But we know now we have paid a high bring them back to Ufe. We know there are populace. A logical method to overcome price. We have abused the land. We have some places that need to be rebuilt in the this problem would be the gasification of wasted our resources. We have built and neighborhoods and the cities, A city rebuild­ coal. Reducing the coal to liquid or gase­ a.bandoned only to build again. There are ing program can help those places change. ous forms would permit the removal of bleak reminders of abuse and waste--pol­ Above all, we know that we need new housing many of these poisonous elements before luted wa.ters, fouled aiT, abandoned homes, for young people, the elderly, and the the final product is burned. dilapidated neighborhoods, decayed cities. handicapped. An additional advantage to coal gasi­ The best place to start saving and re­ If we build new housing to take advantage fication over present methods of coal use building America 1s to build upon what we of the schools, parks, and streets that are have already built--the homes, the schools, already in place, we wtll protect investment is the ease with which this new coal the streets, the hospitals, the fa.ctories, the already made, we will save money, we w1l1 form could be transported. We could stores and otllce buildings that stand as save energy, we will stop &busing the land move the new fuel efficiently and eco­ monuments to our energy and creativeness and wasting our resources. nomically through the already existing in every village, town, and city in the coun­ These are national needs; they exist in pipeline network that traverses our try. Most of us Uve in these places. What every city, village, and town in the country. country to carry petroleum products better place to start rebuilding? And, in But this is where we've got to stand: from their points of extraction to their the process, save precious resources. strengthening the foundations that we have ultimate markets. Products of both coal We must now lay as a cornerstone of already buUt; recommitting our energies and domestic policy-the saving and rebuilding our resources; getting government and busi­ gasification and on shale plants could of America. The best foundation for the ness to help us, so that we can help our­ easily be cut into this transportation cornerstone 1s in the neighborhoods, vlllages, selves rebuild America. system. towns, and cities that we have already This is a. realistic program. rt fits the mood The Laborers' International Union is created. ot Am.erica today. It needs--urgently neecl&-­ a building trades union and they are We must provide the publlc programs and tobedone. not unaware of the employment aspects the private initiative to help them. Straight­ It 1s not going to be easy !or you and me of this legislation. The synthetic fuels forward, comprehensive policies and pro­ to arise and say, "This 1s where we want to program will not only employ thousands grams at all levels of government and in­ stand. Th1s 1s where we have got to start of laborers to construct the demonstra­ dustry are essentlal to accomplish this task. saving and rebuUding America: in the neigh­ borhoods, 1n the v1llages, 1n the towns, and tion plants but many thousands of jobs With th.1s unmistakable purpose and firm will direction, we can give incentive and op- 1n the cities." It 1s not gotng to be easy to outside the construction industry 14362 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 18, 1976 be generated by manufacturers and sup­ Gateway Arch of the Jefferson National which described an educational treat­ pliers of equipment, materials and serv­ Expansion Memorial, carrying visitors to ment program being offered by Wood­ ices to the construction sites. the top of that incredibly beautiful en­ haven Center, which is located in my dis­ Mr. Fosco concludes his letter with the gineering marvel. trict in Philadelphia. The school for re­ following statement detailing the neces­ Mr. Speaker, throughout the existence tarded people, a cooperative venture be­ sity for Federal loan guarantees if this of our Nation, Congress has recognized tween Temple University, the city of Nation hopes to develop synthetic fuel a fundamental need to support the ex­ Philadelphia, and the Commonwealth of technologies. He says, pansion of America's transportation Pennsylvania, is funded in part by the There appears to be lLttle posslblllty that capabilities on land and water and in State's Department of Public Welfare. these technologies w111 develop in a reason­ the air. Sometimes these programs of What is happening at Woodhaven has able time without Federal loan guarantees. massive Federal assistance to transporta­ national implicatiQns as it offers a The capital costs of this development are tion expansion or technology have been glimpse of what a retarded person could staggering and in some cases, amount to denounced at the time of their proposal do, given the support of government, and figures approaching the total networth (sic) of the companies proposing to build the as monstrous "giveaways" of tax moneys. the people. Without it such a person plants. The technology involved has been But we have earned back our public in­ could be lost in a dark corner of an in­ proven feasible by theoretical engineering vestments in these programs many times stitution for a lifetime. studies and prototype plant operations, but over through increased economic activ­ The conclusion the article reaches is a remains to be proven by operation on a com­ ity and creation of employment oppor­ tentative one as much of the future of mercial scale in an actual plant. In order for tunities. In time of war, our transporta­ deinstitutionalization of retarded people operating companies to raise the funds nec­ tion facilities and capabilities have saved in this country will depend upon the vi­ essary to establish such commercial plants innumerable lives. sion we, who occupy this Chamber have, at a reasonable interest rate, it would re­ quire the direct intervention of the Fed­ The transportation industry, unlike and the vision of those whom we repre­ eral Government-not through a subsidy, many other segments of the economy, is sent. The future for retarded people is but through loan guarantees which w1ll re­ fiercely competitive as between railroads, also dependent upon the support we are assure the money market. We choose to sup­ truck lines, barge lines, pipelines, and willing to give to community services port loan guarantees rather than subsidy so forth, in the haulage of bulk cargoes which will permit a facility such as or direct government development of these and this frequently leads to efforts by Woodhaven Center to in fact return peo­ facilities because loan guarantees provide the one or another form of transportation ple to community life and the under­ minimum assistance that is absolutely neces­ seeking to block Federal programs which standing that as we draft Federal law sary to develop this technology at little or no cost to the taxpayer; and w1ll assure a are viewed as helping competing forms. and regulations inherent in them must smooth passage by the United states into a For example, the railroads often oppose be the ability of citizens to utilize pro­ energy-sufficient future. highway development; truckers have grams within the familiar surroundings been known to oppose assistance to the of their own community. railroads; both the truckers and the rail­ At this time I enter into the RECORD roads generally fight against river trans­ the newspaper article: NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION WEEK portation improvements. However, we "AN AWFUL LOT OF LoVE"-REwABDS, REPRI­ need all of these modes of transporta­ MANDS USED To TEACH RETARDED HON. LEON OR K. SULLIVAN tion, and we need them able to function (By Barbara Lewis) at high efficiency if our transportation "Good girl, Diana, staying in your seat." OF MISSOURI needs are to be met. The teacher hugged the little girl with the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES This is not a nation with an excess of blond pigtails, patted her head, and gave her Tuesday, May 18, 1976 transportation equipment and capacity. a pretzel stick which was promptly eaten. If we are to expand our economy suffi­ Diana, a student at the Woodhaven Center, Mrs. SULLIVAN. Mr. Speaker, I am ciently to provide jobs for all who want a state school for the mentally retarded operated by Temple University, was learntng grateful to Mr. M. J. McCarthy of the to work and are will1ng to work, we must Santa Fe Railway in Kansas City, the to stay in her seat. encourage not only the expansion of our She and other children in the classroom Missouri State chairman for National productive capacity but also of our capac­ were also learning, through the system of Transportation Week this year, for alert­ ity to move goods quickly and econom­ treats and praise for good behavior and repri­ ing me to the fact that this is National ically. mands for bad behavior, to stop wetting Transportation Week-May 16 through Each form of transportation has its themselves, biting themselves, scratching and May 22. Since this is an annual event of own special advantages. Whlle I recog­ hitting others, making loud noises and falling great significance to the business com­ nize the competitive drive which moti­ on the floor. munity of Missouri, particularly to the "We teach through behavior modification," vates all of them, I feel that the Congress said Steve Mlgotsky, Diana's teacher. "We men and women engaged in our extensive should make sure that all can prosper, transportation industry which is a key­ try to ignore something inappropriate and for we need all of them as part of our try to reinforce with tender loving care what­ stone of our S.tate's economy and pros­ total transportation capability. ever is appropriate. perity, I want to take this occasion to And during National Transportation "The kids here are very low-functioning," urge my colleagues in the U.S. House of Week we salute them all. Friday is Na­ he said. "They have to be taught basic skills Representatives to reflect on the im­ tional Defense Transportation Day, 11ke staying in their seats. We had one child portance to all of our districts and con­ marking the contributions of this in­ who would bite himself every 10 minutes in stituents of the role of transportation in class. At the beginning we would hold his dustry to national security. National hands down whenever he bit himself, and literally making the wheels of America Transportation Week is a national proj­ give him a treat or a pat on the head every turn. ect of Traffic Clubs International, aided minute he didn't. Now he hasn't bit himself My own city of St. Louis, the Gateway by the National Defense Transportation for months." to the West, grew from a tiny fur trad­ Association, the Department of Trans­ The staif tries to provide 10 times more ing post more than 200 years ago to its portation, and many business groups. positive than negative reinforcement, he said. present greatness, first as the base for the Ideally, the chUd will be praised or rewarded Lewis and Clark Expedition, then as the 10 times for "good use of hands" for every time he or she is reprimanded for hitting or staging area for the thousands upon THE WOODHAVEN CENTER throwing something. Eventually, he said, the thousands of pioneers who ventured into chlld won"t need the rewards, but we will the great West by wagon train, horse- engage in good behavior naturally. back, or on foot, and later as a principal HON. JOSHUA EILBERG "There's an awful lot o! love here among transportation hub between east and OF PENNSYLVANU. the staff and kids," said Robert Raucci, ad· m1nlstrat1ve assistant to Pennsylvania state west. Every mode of transportation is im­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES portant the St. Louis area-highway, senator Henry J. Cianfrani (D, Phila.) atter to a tour ot the center Friday. rail, air-including space-pipeline and Tuesday, May 18, 1976 Thirty-two state legislators from south­ waterway transportation, and we even Mr. End3ERG. Mr. Speaker, on Aprll eastern Pennsylvanla were invited by Par­ have a unique form of vertical transpor­ 12 the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin ents of Woodhaven Center to take a first· tation inside the great stainless steel carried an article by Barbara. Lewis hand look at the school, the first publlc fa- May 18, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14363 clty of its kind in Pennsylvania. More thaD others. And we could be perfect, but if there's able to do, has been cold-bloodedly done a dozen legislators visited the center Friday no place for these people to go when they by the butchers of the KGB." or sent representatives. leave, it's all a waste of time." In the words of Stanley H. Lowell, Most, agreeing with Raucci, were impressed with what they saw. They also recognized chairman of the National Conference on some problems at the school, which opened Soviet Jewry: in late 1973. ORDEAL OF A SOVIET DISSIDENT Colonel Davidovich's death was a direct re­ There is no kitchen on the premises, and sult of continued harassment and persecu­ food for the 300 students, most of whom llve tion by the Soviet authorities. there, is trucked in from Cornwall Heights, Pa. It is usually cold when it arrives, as the Mr. Speaker, I find it ironic that last HON. BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL August, the U.S.S.R. signed the Helsinld legislators discovered when they were served OF NEW YORK. a lunch of cold soup, cold gr111ed cheese agreement, guaranteeing basic liberties sandwich, pickles, carrots, and celery, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to all peoples. The Soviets pledged to "re­ cake. Tuesday, May 18, 1976 spect human rights and fundamental Woodhaven, at 2900 Southampton road, freedoms, including the freedom of Northeast PhUadelphia, is set up to provide Mr. ROSENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, on April 24, the pressure of the KGB :finally thought, conscience, religion or belief, for short-term services--lasting anywhere from all without distinction as to race, sex. sl.x months to two and a hal! years--to re­ took its toll on a courageous Soviet dis­ tarded persons in southeastern Pennsylvania. sident, Yefim Davidovich. Having sur­ language or religion" and to "promote The center's goal is to teach them enough vived five heart attacks, he died from and encourage the effective exercise of so they won't have to be 1nstitutional1zed his sixth on April 24. The persecution of civil, political, economic, social, cultural the rest of their llves. Mr. Davidovich, sadly, is typical of the and other rights and freedoms." The per­ "We used to be content to get rid of the harassment which befalls those Soviet secution and death of Yeflm Davidovich deviancy, to create a doclle, bland, unas­ indicate that Soviet leaders are living in suming, unthreatened chlld," said Adlai citizens who seek to exercise fundamen­ tal human rights. the age of Stalin rather than in the age Boyd, assistant director of education and of Helsinki. training at the center. Yefim Davidovish was a retired colonel "Our goal now is to teach marketable sk.11ls. in the Red army, who had been wounded There's no such thing as a ceiling to learn­ 5 times in World War II and was decor­ ing abllity. Saying a retarded chlld has ated on 15 occasions. His fall from grace BICENTENNIAL DISRUPTION PLANS reached his llm1t is completely falile," he began in 1972, when Colonel Davidovich said. Retarded persons can learn an unlimited DEVELOP more d111lcult than teaching "normal" sought permission to emigrate to Israel. persons. The secret police immediately undertook Most of Woodhaven's students, whose ages a campaign of harassment against him HON. LARRY McDONALD range from 5 to 50 and whose conditions and th~ five other retired army officers OF GEORGIA range from "borderline" to "severe" retarda­ who wished to leave. The KGB arrested IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion, spend five hours in class each day. Those the officers for allegedly encouraging who have progressed beyond the basic sk.llls Russian citizens to emigrate and for dis­ Tuesday, May 18, 1976 of speech, tollet training, and dressing them­ tributing Zionist propaganda. Mr. McDONALD of Georgia. Mr. selves may learn "pre-academic" or voca­ tional skills. Although the government promised Speaker, the July 4th Coalition, J4C, now In each classroom, a staff member keeps Davidovich an emigration permit in May operating from P.O. Box 998, Peter Stuy­ a chart on each student, showing the num­ 1973, it soon put him and his fellow of­ vesant Station, New York, N.Y. 10009, fs ber of times he or she was reprimanded for ficers on trial for producing antistate accelerating the pace of its organizing bad behavior and rewarded or praised for literature. Because of widespread pro­ for a massive counterdemonstration to good behavior. Monthly charts show each tests on the eve of Secretary Brezhnev's the Fourth of July Bicentennial cele­ chlld's progress in achieving the goals set for visit to the United States, the charges brations in Philadelphia. him at the start of his Woodhaven sojurn. During the past 3 weeks, Alfredo Lopez, The learning atmosphere carries over to were dropped. Nevertheless, regular po­ the cottages where most of the students llve lice harassment of Davidovich continued. member of the political committee of the during the week. In the cottages, as in the Strained by the exhausting daily inter­ Puerto Rican Socialist Party, PSP, and classrooms, charts are kept showing each rogations, the colonel developed a seri­ J4C national coordinator, has spoken at student's progress in dropping bad habits, ous heart ailment. numerous radical gatherings in the Mid­ such as biting or yelling, and in picking up Colonel Davidovich refused to be si­ west and Northeast, reporting on the good habits, such as sitting quietly or tying lenced. On May 9, 1975, the 30.th anniver­ March 27-28 formal constitution of the his shoes. sary of the defeat of the Nazis, he spoke J4C and outlining plans for the event. In addition, the chlldren receive a halt­ According to a report in the Philadelphia hour of personal attention from a specialist aJt a memorial service in Minsk for those in the cottage every day. The specia11sts con­ Russian Jews who had perished in World Inquirer, the demonstrations are planned centrate on personal skills, such as teach­ War II. Colonel Davidovich condemned for Fourth of July "with or without city ing the chlld to wash himself or brush his the Stalinist terror which had itself de­ permission." teeth. stroyed millions of human beings. As a Sources within the revolutionary The students-Woodhaven staffers call result, the KGB escalated its reprisals. groups forming the J4C have provided them "clients,"-are sent to the center by Secret police warned Davidovich that the following information on the March the mental-health/mental retardation base they would retry him on the charges 27-28, 1976 meeting: service unit in their community, said Adlal Some 230 representatives from ap­ Boyd. which had been dropped in 1g,73. The Woodhaven contracts with the base service government stripped the military hero of proximately 100 radical, revolutionary unit to reach certain goals with the chlld. his rank and his officer's pension. and "progressive" national and commu­ After a 30-day evaluation period, the staff In February of this year, Colonel nity organizations jammed into the law sets up a program for the client with spec11lc Davidovich suffered his fifth heart at­ lounge of New York University Law objectives. tack. The government refused to admit School on Washington Square to prepare "At the end, the kid shoud be ready him into a hospital. Despite widespread for a new broad front of Castroite and to go into a less restrictive environment, new left groups in the United States. whether it's his home, a group boarding pleas by Soviet citizens on the dying dis­ home, or an apartment with very loose super­ senter's behalf, the Kremlin refused him Conference organizers announced that vision," Boyd said. permission to emigrate. At the same time, 102 organizations had representatives The problem, he said, is that most com­ Soviet officials assured concerned Ameri­ present from 55 towns and 27 States to munities aren't ready to provide these kinds cans that Davidovich was in :fine health. hear Philadelphia's Muhammad Ken­ of environments for retarded citizens. With Last week, the colonel suffered h1s yatta, head of the Black Economic De­ no place else to go, he said, many retarded s~th heart attack. He died at the age of velopment Conference, convene the con­ persons end up in the ••back wards" of in­ 54. A group of 32 courageous Soviet Jews ference with solidarity greetings from stitutions. the Provisional Revolutionary Govern- "This is not a good. place," he said, en­ appropriately charged that Davidovich compassing Woodhaven's red brick build­ had been "killed by organs of the KGB ment of the Republic of New Africa, ings and rolling green lawns with a sweep because of his struggle to emigrate to RNA, a small though militant negro ~ hls arm. "But it's better than most of the Israel. What the Hitlerltes had been un- separatist group; the International In- 14364 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 18, 1976 dian Treaty Council; and the Puerto Alan Charney, New American Movement. Those organizations with representa­ Rican branch of the Soviet-dominated Martlyn Clement, Inter-religious Founda- tives at the March 27-28 July 4th Coali- World Peace Council headed by Noel ttion for Community Organization. tion meeting included: Slim Coleman, National Tenants Organiza- Colon Martinez. tion. LisT OJ' REPRESENTATIVES The keynote address was delivered by Virginia Collins, civil rights activist. Action for Women in Chlle. Jose Alberto Alvarez, first secretary of Burt Corona, National Alliance Against Afrlka.n People's Party. the U .S. branch of the PSP, who said Racist and Politica.l Repression. African People's Socialist Party. that the United States had been weak­ Rene Clrla Cruz, Union of Democratic Agricultura.I Workers Association. ened by the "victory of the Vietnamese Filipinos. Alliance for Labor and Community Action, Tal D'Amato, Midnite Special. Washington, D.C. people" and the results of the war 1n Barbara. Dane, cultural worker. Indochina. Alvarez said that now while Alternative Press Syndicate. Ivy Davis, Law Students Civil Rights Re- American Friends Service, Committee, Na- u.s. imperialism is on the defensive, "all search Council. progressive sectors, in the United States tionwide Women's Program. Dave Dellinger, Seven Days magazine. American Indian Movement. must unite and "demonstrate a new and Emile di Antonio, filmmaker. ARISE, NYC. higher level of unity, so that they can Jimmy Durham, United Nations Office of Attica Now. "reinforce and deepen the trend of im­ the International Indian Treaty Council. Anne Gael [Durham], Native American Ba.ltimore Chile Group. perialist decline and the advance of our Solidarity Committee. Black Economic Development Conference. struggles. The July 4 mobilization in Gavrielle Gemma, Workers World Party. Black Economic Surviva.l, Brooklyn. Philadelphia is an opportunity to do Wilbur Haddock, United Black Workers. Black Panther Party. this •• Moses Harris, Black Economic Survival. Brooklyn Committee to Defeat 8-1. The "unity" theme was central to the Jim Haughton, Fightback. Bryn Mawr-Haverford Socia.l Action Ronnie Sue Jaffee, Rank and File, District Caucus. meeting. The various demands to be Caucus for a New Polltica.l Science. raised were discussed and different orga­ 1199, Hospital Workers Union. Rev. Muhammad Konya.tta, Black Eco­ Center for Autonomous Socia.l Action nizations debated which were priorities nomic Development Conference. (CASA). and how they should be phrased. Alfredo Arthur Kinoy, Mass Party Organizing Committee for the Freedom of the Puerto Lopez stepped in to sum up the discus­ Committee. Rican Nationalists. sions, and the majority of those present Rev. Frederick Douglas Kirkpatrick, folk­ Committee to End Sterilization Abuse. basically agreed that the issues were un­ singer, Deacons for Defense and Justice. Communist Party, USA. Patrick Knight, Loca.l 371, Social Service Co-op City Tenants Organization. important, what really was important Deacons for Defense and Justice. was getting as many demonstrators as Employees Union, District Council 37, AFSCME. Delta Minlstry. possible into Philadelphia. Yurt Kochiyama, National Committee for District 65, Boston loca.I. Three general demands were agreed to, Defense of Political Prisoners. Ecumenica.l Program for Interamerican each with many subsidiary demands to Karen Koll1a.s, Quest, a feminist quarterly. Communications and Action. suit the large number of J4C groups: Bob Lewis, labor attorney. El Comite. THREE GENERAL DEMANDS Alfredo Lopez, National Coordinator, July Ethiopian Women's Reparation Committee. 4th Coalition. Fightback. 1. For a. Bicentennia.I without colonies-- Friends of Indochina. Freedom for a.ll oppressed nations. Don Luce, Clergy and Laity Concerned. Harry Magdotr, Monthly Review. Friendshipment. Independence for Puerto Rico. Federation of Socialist Puerto Rican Uni- Sovereignty for American Indians Nations. Alberto Marez, Crusade for Justice. Key Martin, Youth Against War and Fas­ versity Students. National Independence for Colonized Black Ganlenkeh Support Committee. People in the U.S. cism. Rev. Paul Mayer, New York Theological Granite State Alliance, N.H. Self-Determination for Mexican People in Seminary. Guardian. the U.S. Hard Times Coa.lition. Stop the CIA/Mllitary Intervention in Dave McReynolds, War Resisters League. Sala.dine Muhammad, African Peoples Hartford Federation of Teachers. Other Nations. Intercommuna.I Surviva.I Committee. Stop U.S. Government Aid to Repressive Party. Ed Na.ka.watase, Native American Affairs, International Indian Treaty Council. Regimes. International Workers Party. 2. For full democracy and equality. This Community Relations Division, AFSC. Hank Neussiein, Rank and File Telephone Jesuit Conference, omce of Socia.l M1n1s­ included: tries. Defeat 8-1 (Senate Blll 1) and All Repres- Workers. Imari Obadele, Provincial Government of Jlhad News. sive Legislation. Lance Yellowhand Defense Committee, Equal Rights for Gay (homosexua.I) People. the Republic of New Africa. Susan Ortega, U.S. Committee for Pana- Pittsburgh. End the Oppression of Women. Liberation Support Committee, East Coast. s. For jobs and a. decent standard of living. manian Sovereignty. Sidney Peck, anti-war activist. Loca.l 215, District Council 1707. The principal demand was for "Jobs for a.ll at Manchester Food Club, Pittsburgh. living wages and a guaranteed income!' Darron Perkins, Black Panther Party. Walter Pietsch, A.R.I.S.E. Mass Party Organizing Committee. Conference organizers constantly re­ Milton Pokorne, Taxi Rank and F'tle. Mid Night Special. emphasized that the J4C was the begin­ Lance Pustin, Pralrie Fire Organizing Com- Mountain Community Union, Morgantown, mittee. W.Va. nings of a great mass movement which Movimiento Popular Dominica.no. must contain all the varied left groups Arturo Rivera., Federation of Socialist Puerto Rican University Students. National Coa.Iition for Social Change. and that arguments over the correct line Jovollno Ramos, Commission on Justice and National Committee for the Defense of Po- were totally out of place within the J4C. Liberation, National Council of Churches. lltical Prisoners. A 67-member executive board for the Antonio Rodriguez, Center for Autono­ National Lawyers Guild. July 4 Coalition was selected. They in­ mous Social Action ( CASA) . National Student Coalition Against clude: Helen Rodriguez, Committee to End Ster­ Racism. AT-LARGE MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE BOARD ilization Abuse. Native American Solidarity Committee. New American Movement. Jose Alberto .Alvarez, Puerto Rican Socialist Sheila. Ryan, Palestine Solidarity Commit­ Party. tee. New Unity, Springfield, Ma. Akll Aljundl, Attica Now. All Shabazz, Youth Against War and Fas­ New World Resource Center, Chlcago. Lindsay Auden, New York cism, Philadelphia. New York City Unemployed Council. Against 8-1. Coalition Ann Sparanese, Venceremos Brigade. New York Coalition to Defeat 8-1. Steve Ault, National Coalition of Gay Paul Sweezy, Monthly Review. New York Student Coalition Agai.nst Activists. Peter Van Delft, Boston Local, District 65, Racism. Ella Baker, civ11 rights activist. Distributive Workers of America. New York Theological seminary. Norma Becker, anti-war activist. Edwin Vargas, American Federation of Non Intervention in Chile. Ben Bedell, The Guardian. Teachers, Hartford, Conn. Local. Northwest Bronx Peace Committee. Vernon Bellecourt, American Indian Move­ Chiqut Victoso, Dominican Republic Task Organiz1ng Committee for a. Fifth Estate. ment. Force. Joe Waller, Afrikan Peoples Socialist Party. Paredon Records. Rosa Borenstein, Puerto Rican Solidarity Penn State University Coalition. Committees. Rev. Phillip Wheaton, Ecumenical Program for Interamertca.n Communication and Ac­ People Against Racism in Education. NYC. OWen Brooks, Delta Ministry. tion. Palestine Solidarity Committee. Juan Chacon, Local 890, United Steel Cora Weiss, Frtendsblpment. People for Economic Survival. Workers of America. Margaret Wright, People's Part7. People for Radical Action, NJ. May 18, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14365 Peoples BiCentennial, Chicago. and San Francisco. The San Francisco Average attendance for the facillty's three Peoples Bicentennial Commission, Man- J4C is operating from otnces at 362 Capp theaters has been 80 percent since open.tng chester, New Hampshire. Street, San Francisco, Calif. day; Pralrie Fire Organlzing Committee. The biggest money-loser in Center history Progressive SOcialist Workers. The July 4th Coalition organizers are was "Odyssey," the Eric Begal/Brynner must­ Puerto Rican Solldarity Committee. now hoping for some 80,000 demonstrg.­ cal later retitled "Home Sweet Homer" when Puerto Rican Socialist Party. tors to descend on Philadelphia. It is booked onto Broadway. It lost $649,028; Queens Coalition for Peace and Justice. interesting to note that representatives The biggest money-maker: ''Hello Dolly," RESIST. of both the Communist Party, U.S.A., starring Pearl Bailey, which netted $103,690; Republic of New Africa. and its arch rival, the Trotskyist Com­ Some performing groups get special rates Revolutionary Marxist Organizing Commit- munist Socialist Workers Party, were on Center halls-In the case of the National tee, Baltimore. present at the coalition meeting. The Symphony, because it Is "an important cul­ Seven Days. tural resource." Social Service Employees Union, Local 371. likely result is a joint effort, as with the Since opening, the all-electric arts complex Socialist Caucus, Gay Academic Union. old New Mobilization Committee during has reduced its power consumption by 33 per Socialist Party, NYC. the anti-Vietnam protests, to bring the cent (last year's bill was $874,227.10)-and Socialist Workers Party. largest possible number of U.S. leftists won a Federal Energy Ad.mln1stration cita­ Spartacist League. to Philadelphia. It is also significant that tion. Stars for a New Age. chapters of the People's Bicentennial The Center pays Martin Feinstein, its ex­ Strike Support Committee, Amherst, Mass. Commission also had representatives ecutive director of performing arts, $57,- Third World Women's Alliance. 115.32. No one else on its sta1f 1s paid more present although the PBC is currently than t-40,000; Twin Cities Women's Union. organizing its mass demonstrations for Underground Tonight Show. $69,000 a year 1s spent to care for indoor Unemployment Council of Philadelphia. Fourth of July in Washington. plants; Union of Democratic Filipinos. The GAO, in its report, suggested that the United Black Workers. Center m!ght meet its loan obligations by United Electrical Workers Union. increasing theater occupancy beyond the United Members Committee 1199. A FISCAL REPORT ON THE KEN­ current 80 per cent. Stevens considers this U.S. Committee for Panamanian Sover- NEDY CENTER FOR THE PER­ an irony of governmental logic: "I told them eignty. FORMING ARTS they need an accountant who understands Venceremos Brigade. the arts," he says. "Eighty per cent 1s prob­ War Resisters League. ably the best occupancy rate in the country." Wisconsin Alliance. The report shows the Center to be popular Worker Unity, St. Louis, Mo. HON. TENO RONCALIO with tourists as well as ticket-buyers. The Workers World. OF WYOMING national memorial to President Kennedy 1s Youth Against War and Fascism. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES surpassed only by the Smithsonian's Mu­ Youth International Party. seums of mstory and Technology and Tuesday, May 18, 1976 Natural History as Washington's most popu­ The main thrust of the July 4th Coali­ Mr. RONCALIO. Mr. Speaker, the lar tourist site. It attracts about 3.5 m1111on tion organizing at this time is the devel­ Public Works Committee Public Buildings visitors annually (compared to the 1,276,573 opment of local city and State coalitions and Grounds Subcommittee under the tickets sold for performances last year). to organize numbers of people to travel chairmanship of Bo GINN will soon be The Kennedy Center was established by an to Philadelphia on July 4. In many areas, handling legislation which will affect the act of Congress signed into law by Presi­ the members of the Mass Party Orga­ dent Eisenhower 1n 1958. After years of de­ Kennedy Center. In order that interested liberation-which entailed consideration of nizing Committee or the New American Members may have background informa­ a location on the Mall, an arts complex buUt Movement, NAM, are taking a leader­ tion on this great institution, I am in­ into Union Station, and various designs that ship role in J4C organizing. serting into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD an Included a giant clam shell thrust into the One city coalition formed under the article by Tom Zito which appeared in Potomac-the present riverbank site was impetus of NAM wrote: the Sunday, May 16, 1976, Washington established. American public opinion 1s Increasingly Post that contains detailed information Congress approved the appropriation of $23 aware of the enormous problems that we're on the Kennedy Center which may be of m.ill1on to match private contributions for facing in the 1970's. Domestically we're the construction, and later authorized the plagued by high unemployment, poor wages interest to our colleagues. loan o! $20.4 milUon from the Treasury De­ and working conditions, and severe cut­ The article follows: partment as in:flation drove the final cost of backs in necessary social services. While ARTS AND ECONOMICS: A CENTER REPORT the Center to $73 m1111on. &tevens, one of the government expects us to pride our­ (By Tom Zito) the most successful real-estate tycoons in American history, was quick to point out to selves on the degree of "democracy" that we In its first four and one half years the enjoy, we face Senate BID 1 and the con­ Kennedy Center has more than doubled its congressional questioners in 1972 that con­ tinued systematic oppression of women and annual box office receipts from $5.4 million to struction costs had escalated 50 per cent be­ racial and ethnic minorities. Around the this year's anticipated $13 million, has put tween 1967 and 1971, and demonstrated to world the government continues to spend on about 5,000 performances before a total them that the Center came to less than two­ our tax dollars 1n support of repressive re­ audience of more than 7 mi111on. and has thirds the cost of New York's Lincoln Center gimes and the subversion of progressive come to be considered, in the words of pro­ on a cubic-foot basis. ones. This same mechanism 1s at work in ducer David Merrick, "the most successful By the time construction was completed, the so-called "legitimate" domain of U.S. cultural fac111ty in the world." Stevens had worked some ingenious shu11llng control over Puerto Rico and the Native At the same time, the $73-milllon arts com­ of the financial deck in a manner that al­ American nations. plex, which opened on Sept. 6, 1971, amid lowed the Center to open (by transferring In the face of all this and more, the ad­ predictions that it would never pay its own funds from various accounts to continuously ministration seems to believe that we should way, concedes the findings of a recent audit cover his hand, while covering those loans want to "celebrate" our nation's 200th an­ by the General Accounting Office. On Dec. 31, with substantial advances from concession­ niversary. To add insult to Injury, President 1978, the Center will be unable to hand over aires) but undercut the faclllty's ultimate Ford intends to host the Queen of England $5.8 mi111on 1n Interest due the Treasury De­ ability to carry its interest burden. In addi­ and the Pope in Philadelphia to join us 1n partment on $20.4 milllon in construction tion, the anticipated revenue from the park­ the celebration! The BUYcentennial. loans. ing garage-largely conceived as a source of We believe that this charade requires a These aspects of the Center's programing income for paying bond interest-was re­ response. We're going to Philadelphia on July and economic status were revealed in a duced when its 1,450 planned spaces shrank 4th to make that response. The demonstra­ special 400-page report provided in response to 1,250. tion wm be very broad-based, focusing on to 31 questions submitted to Kennedy Center Stevens now says: "We agree with the con­ three areas of concern: 1. Jobs and a Decent chairman Roger L. Stevens by The Washing­ clusions of the GAO that Kennedy Center Standard of Living; 2. Full Democracy and ton Post. wm be unable in 1979 to make the payments Equality; and 3. A Bicentennial Without The report also notes that: required on the principal and interest of the Colonies-Freedom for all Oppressed Na­ It may be time, as Stevens puts it, for garage bonds. If the public service and pro­ tions. "serious considerations by the Congress" on gramming activities of the Center were cut the Treasury Department loan 11 the Center back completely, and the halls operated While the Philadelphia Bicentennial ls to continue to fulflllits mandate. &<>lely as booking situations for profit, and events remain the principal target of the The Center is currently $650,000 ahead of the parking fees increased as suggested by J4C, two subsidiary events are being or­ its projected gross income of $12.4 million for the GAO, then the Center would possibly be ganized on the west coast in Los Angeles fiscal 19'76; able to pay both the principal and interest 14366 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 18, 1976 of these bonds. However, it should be pointed and the fees so high that its impossible to CATHERINE HECHLER DIES AT 96-­ out that the bond issue was conceived as a put an act in there that costs more than method of financing in 1964, when there was $5,000 and make a profit. Now there are very EAST HILLS VILLAGE IDSTORIAN not an Arts Councn and the u.s. government few popular acts willing to play for that had not yet begun to provide aid to the arts. kind of money, which ls why you get so Therefore, serious considerations by the Con­ Uttle rock at the Kennedy Center." HON. LESTER L. WOLFF gress at this time may be in order to enable Some organizations, like the National OF NEW YORK Kennedy Center to fulfill the mandates of Symphony Orchestra, the Washington Per­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Kennedy Center Act." forming Arts Society, the Opera Society of In effect, Stevens feels the interest is Washington, the American Ballet Theater Tuesday, May 18, 1976 money owed to the government by the gov­ and the New York City Ballet enjoy reduced ernment and might be easlly forgotten. He's rental rates because of their special relation­ Mr. WOLFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise to ex­ also quick to point out that the Center has ship with the Kennedy Center. The National tend my deepest sympathy to our dis­ totally avoided the federal programming Symphony, for example, pays the Center a tinguished colleague from West Virginia subsidies advocates and critics alike thought $155,000 annual base rent for 171 perform­ (Mr. HECHLER) over the loss of his would be necessary when the arts complex ance dates. In 1972 the Center went so far mother, Catherine Elizabeth Hechler. was conceived. as to give the orchestra a $150,000 contll1- Catherine Hechler was a constituent It 1s the Kennedy Center's dual role as a bution. "Their contributions were shaky of mine, a resident of East Hills, N.Y., for memorial/performing arts faclllty that that year," says Stevens, "and they're an im­ the past 67 years. She was a constituent places responsibll1ty for its operation 1n sev­ portant cultural resource of Washington. Be­ eral hands. The National Park Service, as it sides, the one thing in the world I don't whom I considered it an honor to repre­ does for any other monument in the Federal want to get involved in is the finances of sent. For 67 years, Catherine Hechler City, cleans the fioors, washes the windows the National Symphony." was a leader in our community. The and heats and cools the Kennedy Center at It is through Kennedy Center Productions, Roslyn News wrote: a cost of about $3 mlllion annually (versus, Inc. (KCPI) that the Kennedy Center can Her death marks the end of an era in for example, $500,000 spent on the Washing­ stage shows like "Odyssey" without risking Roslyn's history. ton Monument). The Center reimburses the the solvency of the Center itself. Incorpo­ Park Service for 23.8 per cent of the utlllties rated in 1972 at Stevens' suggestion, KCPI's Among her many contributions to the as its performing arts share of the overall main function is to provide attractions for Roslyn community, Mrs. Hechler was a operation of the bu1ld1ng, the ratio deter­ the stages of the Kennedy Center and the founder of the Roslyn branch of the mined by the percentage of hours the thea­ nation. A particularly important function of American Red Cross, a founder of the ters are in use in relation to the number of the organization is ensuring that the houses Roslyn District Visiting Nurse Associa­ hours the bu1lding itself 1s open. of the Kennedy Center never go dark for tion-later the Nassau County Home In its performing arts function, the Center lack of presentable material. KCPI solicits Bureau-a Republican committeewoman ran up a deficit of $276,261 in its first year of private contributions to cover the costs operation. the report indicates. The following necessary to prepare a work for production, in district 22, Greenvale, for over 25 12 months, fiscal 1973, yielded a surplus of and also helps underwrite ambitious produc­ years and one of the first trustees of the $139,715; 1974's surplus was $163,315; 1975's tions brought into the Kennedy Center that Village of East Hills. Mrs. Hechler also $187,693. All of these surpluses came through are sure-fire money losers (like the Center's served as official historian for the village private contributions, which substantially inaugural Bernstein "Mass"). All profits are of East Hills, a position which she held offset operating deficits. In 1975, for instance, donated to the Kennedy Center, and fre­ until her death. She was singularly de­ the Center began enjoying a $24,000 "oll quently productions are sent out on the voted to the community, to preserving its royalty"-a dividend from a gift of o11 stock. road, which explains how some Broadway history, to enriching the quality of the There are currently 162 members of the Cen­ shows bear the legend "The John F. Kennedy ter's Golden Circle club who each contribute ~enter for the Performing Arts presents.... " present and enhancing prospects for the $1,000 annually. The Enchanted,'' "Headhunters" and future. To her many endeavors, she The Center fully assumes all responsibility "Pippin," as well as the music "Festival of brought her special brand of kindness, for programming and operating its three the Old and the New" have all been KCPI good will and optimism. theaters (the American Fllm Institute func­ projects. While the Center's books now show Mr. Speaker, Catherine Hechler truly · tions autonomously, paying an annual rental a KCPI deficit of $242,253. Stevens says helped to mold the Roslyn community. of $24,000, plus 8 per cent of the Center's profits not yet reported on "Pippin" w111 put We are indebted to her and will sorely maintenance fee), booking outside produc­ KCPI clearly in the black. miss her energy, foresight and faith. tions considered to be of sufilcient artistic Beyond his work as unsalaried director of I would like to share with my col­ merit by its board of directors, and origi­ both the Kennedy Center and KCPI, Stevens nating its own attractions through the is stlll actively involved in the production of leagues the article about Catherine auspices of Kennedy Center Productions, plays on Broadway. It is not unusual for Hechler that appeared in the Roslyn Inc.-an independent, nonprofit corporation some of these productions to appear on News; it is a fine tribute to a very great which mounts theatrical ventures tha.t debut Kennedy Center stages, and this has under­ lady: on the Center's stages. standably raised questions of conflict of CATHERINE HECHLER DIES AT 96; EAST HILLS In many ways the Kennedy Center is interest. The Kennedy Center board of VILLAGE HISTORIAN like any other arts auditorium in the nation. trustees notes in the report that "of the (By Marian Altman) Outside promoters generally are able to approximately 90 legitimate plays and procure a hall and independently put on a musicals presented at the Kennedy Center Catherine Elizabeth Hechler, a resident show. The Concert Hall, for example, costs since 1971, Roger Stevens could personally of East Hills for the past 67 years, died on benefit from "Old Times," "Finishing May 6 at the age of 96. Her death marks the about $2,500 to rent for a single performance end of an era in Roslyn's history. including box office and usher fees, but ex­ Touches" and "Creation of the World." In cluding stage hands--a figure somewhere none of these productions were sufficient Born Feb. 6, 1880, on a farm in Ballwin, between the rentals of New York's s1m1larly funds recouped to fully pay the investors. Mo., she was a graduate of Central Wesleyan sized Avery Fisher and Carnegie Halls, ac­ With respect to each of these attractions College and taught in the St. Louis County cording to the Kennedy Center report. It Mr. Stevens• personal financial interest w~ Schools until her marriage to Charles Hech­ costs the Center an average of 47 cents to disclosed in detail to the board of trustees ler in 1909. The Hechlers came to Roslyn im­ print and sell a ticket; last year the fac111ty prior to the engagement. In all instances, mediately following their wedding when Mr. spent $168,625 on Instant Charge telephone the booking terms for the attractions were Hechler was appointed superintendent of the orders. approved by the board without the participa­ Mackay Estate, a position he held until tion of Mr. Stevens and on terms that were Mackay's death in 1939. "The real problem 1s that we have the Until his death in 1962, Charles Hechler highest stage-hand rates 1n the country," deemed in the best interest of the Kennedy Center. In all instances the terms were con­ was active in local and North Hempstead says Stevens, who has produced over 150 Civil and polltical affairs, serving on the plays in New York, Washington and around sidered by the board of trustees and the Kennedy Center staff to be not ·better than Town Board for many years. He was treas­ the country. "We'd never come to Washing­ the terms given other producers whose at­ urer of the Village of East Hllls for 20 years, ton with a new play in the '50s because lt tractions have been presented at the on the Roslyn Board of Education for 24 cost so much 1n stage-hand fees to mount Kennedy Center and the board considered years (serving as its president for six years), the thing." that the loss of such presentations would director of the Bank of Hempstead Harbor "There's no doubt that the Kennedy be to the Center's financial and artistic and chairman of the board of the Roslyn Center has had a tremendous impact on detriment." National Bank and Trust Company. Mrs. Hechler, equally active 1n community culture and the arts here 1n Washington," "In fact," says Robert Whitehead, Stevens' says Jack Boyle, one of the country's biggest affairs, helped found the Roslyn Branch of partner of 25 years, "every time they book the American Red Cross and was appointed rock promoters. "But the halls are so small- one of our shows down there, we get one of 2,600 seats you can use 1n the Concert Hall- to its executive committee in 1917. During the lousiest deals 1n the business." World War I, she prepared and served food, May 18, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14367 in a tent, in Camp Mills; during World War Interested, aware, committed, never bored stronger, when his prospects are more aus­ IT, she was chairman of staff aides. She as­ with life, Mrs. Hechler enjoyed her many picious.... " sisted at every blood bank for many years activities and was always available to offer Bruzonsky, writing in Interchange, a pub­ and in 1971 was honored for having given 55 a kind word or answer a question about Ros­ lication of a small American JeWish group years of service. lyn's past. At a party given in 1970 at the called Bretra (alternative) , adds: As soon as women were permitted a voice Bryant Library, Mrs. Hechler at the age of "The letter from the 76 Senators may well in government, Mrs. Hechler was elected as 90 was a featured speaker. She ended her prove to have been a mistake. While it a Republican Committeewoman in District little talk with these words: "I can truly say stopped the verbal articulation of America's 22, Greenvale, where she served tor over 25 that in the 60 years I have lived in Roslyn, I conception of a Middle East peace, to the years. She was also vice-chairman and mem­ have never had a dull moment." confusion of everyone, it did not stop its ber of the executive board of the Nassau Mrs. Hechler is survived by her two sons, implementation. In fact, the letter may have County Federation of Republican women. Ken, Congressman since 1959 from Hunting­ made it easier for K1ssinger since it pre­ One of the first trustees of the Village of ton, W.Va., author of "Bridge at Remagen." vents Israeli supporters from challenging East Hills, she served later as Official His­ and Charles Hechler Jr., a free-lance pho­ the fundamentals of American policy, forc­ torian, a position she held untn her death. tographer who has had a serious interest 1n ing them to focus on the slow and subtle In 1913, Mrs. Hechler, along with other art all his life. Charles Hechler resides 1n the manifestations of pressure which have been prominent women in Roslyn, helped found famlly home 1n Roslyn. groWing since 1975. In effect, Israel is get­ the Roslyn District Visiting Nurse Associa­ Friday evening services at Lewis Funeral ting all the pressure implicit in option 1, tion, and later the Nassau County Home Home were conducted by the Eastern Star. without the benefit of an articulated over­ Bureau. Her friends of many years ago read On Saturday, May 8, services were conducted all policy to challenge." like a history of our area, from Mr. and Mrs. by the Reverend Charles Calcagni of the Would the man elected President next No­ Samuel Andrews who lived in the home that Congregational Church of Manhasset. Inter­ vember decide to review that «option 1"? became the Blue Spruce Inn; Mrs. Thomas ment followed in the family plot 1n Roslyn Certainly the same objective conditions-the Clapham whose home was later bought by Cemetery. on-swollen American economic and political Benjamin Stem; the Peter Letsons, from the interest in the Arab world, the higher ($2 Mackay Dairy; the Leon Rushmores, whose biillon a year) post-1973 cost of supporting land was sold to Levitt for the Country THE NEXT PRESIDENT'S MIDEAST Israel, the interest in Soviet-American Club development, and Mrs. Christopher POLICY detente-will be there pressing on any new Morley with whom she served on committees President. So will be many of the old bureau­ for the Red cross. She remained loyal to the crats. It is- wrong to think that only a. Re­ Mackays all of her life and frequently ex­ publican President, and only a Secretary of pressed her love tor the famlly. HON. DAVID R. OBEY State of a particular sort, would choose 01" be compelled to address such conditions. In 1919, Mrs. Hechler was initiated into the OF WISCONSIN Order of the Eastern Star, Glen Cove-Nako­ In my view, there 1s really only one way mis-Roslyn Chaper No. 432. She was Worthy IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Israel can gain some assurance that the Matron in 1927, and received her 50 year pin Tuesday, May 18, 1976 United States won't continue leaning on in 1969. She was historian of the Glen Cove it-in the name of a settlement plan, whether Chapter No. 580. Mattie Lee Horton of East­ Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I wanted to enunciated openly or not-to make con­ ern Star, upon hearing of her death, stated insert into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD at cessions it deeply fears to make. That is, of that Catherine Hechler "was loved by all who this time a most sober article on the course, for Israel to proclaim the territory knew her. There was never a word of criti­ policy choices facing Israel by Stephen it will yield up for peace and on that basis cism, always words of encouragement. She Rosenfeld. The points he makes may not seek to enlist American support for its plan. wrote lovely poems for each of her Eastern I think that Israel is much more likely to be pleasant but they must be faced. regain and hold the firm long-term Ameri­ Star sisters as they were going up the line." The article follows: Carol York, speaking as past president of can support it desperately needs by taking the Roslyn Heights Garden Club, recalled THE NEXT PRESIDENT'S MIDEAST POLICY the initiative--on the Palestinians as well that Mrs. Hechler was a frequent and proud (By StephenS. Rosenfeld) as on territory-than by sticking in the exhibitor of the chrysanthemums which she Election-year drag notwithstanding, is cramped shrinking barga.1ning posture that grew in her back yard, for which she won the Rabin government currently is in. That there such a thing as an American Mideast is the way Israel can best get the United many blue ribbons and tri-colors. Historian policy aimed not at stalemate but at settle­ of the Garden Club, Mrs. Hechler always took ment-a policy carrying enough bureaucratic States to demand concessions from Arabs great delight in the fact that her birthday, thrust and popular consensus to be put into as well as themselves. It is, 1f you wtll, the Feb. 6, usually coincided with the annual way to put the monkey on the Arabs' back. effect after the election, 1f not before? I am not talking strictly about mora.J. fac­ meeting of the club, and "it was a time to Plainly, the Israel government hopes not. rejoice and celebrate." Mrs. York, deeply tors, although the morality that Americans Prime Min1ster Rabin has made no secret of perceive in Israeli poUcy is of tremendous moved by Mrs. Hechler's death, said, "With his judgment that Israel's best bet is to hang the death of Catherine Hechler our commu­ importance to a nation like Israel, which on untll 1977 and then cope as well as pos­ seeks American support on the basis of a nity has lost its first lady. She epitomized sible. One does not have to suspect he is presumed moral stand. Being a vigorous merely bowing to fierce Israeli domestic poli­ charm, graciousness, intelligence, and vital working democracy, which Israel is, 1s one good humor. Those of us who have chosen tical pressures. Given continued Arab un­ willingness to make the kind of commitments aspect of this stand. Treating the Palestin­ the Roslyn area for our homes owe a great ians fairly, 1f and as they treat Israel fairly, debt to the early residents like the Hechlers. to peace that could ease Israeli a.nxieties, is a second aspect. We are the beneficiaries of a remarkable type there 1s good reason for Israel to try to But one must acknowledge as well the real­ of dedicated commitment to community--a tough it out. I think, however, that there 1s such a thing politik of the situation. As long as Israel rare and genuine concern-which has made is not seen to be taking advantage of all the the greater Roslyn area so unique." as an American settlement policy, and that the Israelis are going to have to deal with it avenues to peace possibly open to lt, then For many years, Mrs. Hechler made ar­ the breadth and depth of the American rangements of the chrysanthemums she loved sooner or later, reluctant as they and many of their American Jewish supporters may be commitment are bound to erode. Israel and so well, and presented them to numerous many American Jews might like to see the people. Among her favorites was the Roslyn to face up to the fact. Everybody knows the basic equation of United States accept Israel as "a symbol of Republican Club, to which she presented ar­ American steadfastness," in James Schles­ rangements for their meetings which took such a settlement policy: territory for peace. It surfaced as the Rogers Plan in 1970, as the inger's words. But Israelis would be foolish place at Carpenter's Hall. She was named to think that "American steadfastness" wlll Honorary Life Member of the Club because Brookings Institution report a few months ago. be moblllzed regardless of what Israel does of her dedicated loyalty. on its own. The Hechlers moved into their famlly Indeed, according to Mark Bruzonsky, a home on Glen Cove Road 1n 1931 when it perceptive young Washington writer who read was still part of the Mackay Estate, and it the Edward Sheehan "Foreign Policy" article remains today the Hechler home, a quiet re­ closer than the rest of us, the United States THE SECOND WAR BETWEEN THE minder of Roslyn's past. It stands to remind was heading toward public statement of that STATE8-PART ill us of a time when people like the Hechler& basic equation in its Mideast "reassessment" involved themselves 1n the Roslyn Negihbor­ last year. hood House, the Village Improvement So­ To get around the expected opposition, HON. MICHAEL HARRINGTON ciety, the founding of the various Incorpo­ Sheehan wrote, "Kissinger's advisers envi­ OF MA.SSACHUSETI'S rated villages in Roslyn, the start of nursery sioned Ford going to the American people ... schools and sewing classes and home eco­ pleading the necessity for Israeli withdrawal IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nomic classes in private quarters because in exchange for the strongest guarantees.'' Tuesday, May 18, 1976 such services were needed, and the hundred But the May pro-Israel letter of 76 senators other concerns for their fellow man that was killed that option. Kissinger decided, accord­ Mr. HARRINGTON. Mr. Speaker, to­ exemplified by the life that Catherine Hech­ ing to Sheehan, to put oft' that option to day I am inserting the third of an eight­ ler lived. "some future time when the President is part series concerning regional economic CXXII--907-Part 12 14368 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 18, 1976 development which appeared in the May THE REGION'S BOOSTER erans and Social Security benefits, the pay­ 17, 1976, edition of Business Week. As I Regional developers, government planners, back ratio falls to only 49%. "A good deal have emphasized previously, the burden and others concerned about the growth prob­ of the wealth of these states goes to Wash­ lems of the industrial Midwest are busily try­ ington and gets distributed in the South and of our country's regional imbalance does West," says Indian's Orr. "We are now ac­ not fall on the Northeast alone, but ex­ ing to reverse the trend. In their industry recruiting, city fathers can still make a tually subsidizing the states that are suc­ tends to all of the States in the indus­ strong case for the Great Lakes. Despite its cessfully competing against u.s." trialized North. The accompanying text economic troubles, the region continues to The Great Lakes states are also looking addresses the problems that the indus­ account for 32% of total U.S. manufacturing for ways to attract and hold top profes­ trialized Midwest is facing due to a employment and absorbs nearly 30% of all sional talent. Like capital and jobs, profes­ shrinking tax base, among other factors. U.S. capital spending for manufacturing sional talent now tends to flow southward or I strongly recommend the article to plant and equipment. westward. While one of every four PhDs in The five-state region and bordering metro­ the country is educated in the region, only my colleagues. one in six works there. The text of the third installment politan areas, such as Pittsburgh and St. Louis, produce 80% of the nation's auto­ Some limlted growth proponents praise the follows: mobiles, 75% of lts steel, and 62% of its new economic character of the Midwest. BEHIND THE DECLINE IN MIDWEST MANU­ machine tools. Because of the region's central Other experts, such as Widner, find bitter FACTURING location, transportation network, and skilled irony in the region's problems. "The indus­ For a century, Midwesterners watched with labor force, developers can also sell the in­ trial Midwest has historically inherited the pride as the Great Lakes states of Ohio, dustrial Midwest as an attractive primary out-migration of the poor from the South,'' Michigan, Indiana, lllinois, and Wisconsin location. Within a few weeks, in fact, Volks­ Widner say. "Now the tax base to handle evolved from an agricultural center into the wagen is expected to announce that its first that problem is draining back to the South, country's mightiest and most concentrated U.S. assembly plant will be in Ohio. but the poor are left behind," he adds. "The industrial complex. The economic power came In many ways, in fact, Ohio could be rep­ industrial Midwest 1s simply bleeding to from mini.ng, steel production, refining, and resentative of many of the problems of the death." transportation systems tied to the Great industrial Midwest--and its sales appeal. Lakes. In turn, the lakes and railroads linked "Ohio is preeminently a manufacturing the region with the rich timber and iron ore state,'' says Paul Craig, an economist at Ohio MR. BROOMFIELD'S THOUGHTS ON of the North and the coalfields of the lower state University. "Some 35% of all Ohio em­ ISRAEL, THE CONGRESS, AND Midwest and Appalachia. A chain of ethnic ployment and 40% of gross state product are AMERICAN DIPLOMACY cities along the Southern rim of the lakes, in manufacturing. Nationally, only 25% of swollen by a massive influx of European im­ employment is in manufacturing." Further­ migrants, emerged as strategic manufactur­ more, Craig adds, Ohio manufacturing is ing centers, major markets, and gateways to heavily concentrated in durable goods: pri­ HON. J. WILLIAM STANTON the West. mary metals, metal fabricating, machinery, OF OHIO Today, this vast industrial heartland is electrical equipment, and transportation IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES losing momentum. Its old manufacturing equipment. cities, faced with shrinking tax bases, are "There is a general misimpression that the Tuesday, May 18, 1976 decaying. Like New England two decades ago, durable manufacturing industries are sick Mr. J. WILLIAM STANTON. Mr. the region's growth rates in population, per­ and stagnant nationally," says Craig. "Noth­ Speaker, yesterday my colleague from sonal income, and employment are rapidly ing could be further from the truth." From Michigan (Mr. BROOMFIELD) addressed slipping behind those of the booming South­ 1948 to 1973, Craig notes, the country's real east and Southwest. output of durable goods-the combined total the Men's Club of Congregation Beth Since 1950 manufacturing employment in of consumer durables and producer durable Shalom in Oak Park, Mich., on Israel, the Great Lakes states has grown only 4.3%. equipment--expanded by 251%. while real the Congress, and American diplomacy. That compares with 76% in the Southe1'1.St, gross national product expanded only 159%. I found his remarks to be suffused with 141% in the Southwest, and a national aver­ To help lure industry, boosters are spread­ discerning observations and analyses on e.ge of 20%. Between 1967 and 1972, capital ing far and wide. Ohio's Governor James A. subjects of major concern to us all. More­ expenditures in manufacturing increased Rhodes personally led a group of local and over, this speech provides an especially only 12% in the Great Lakes states and Penn­ state officials that lobbied in Wolfsburg, Ger­ relevant and timely backdrop for Con­ sylvania (the latter is economically tied to many, for the U.S. Volkswagen plant. Two that region by the steel industry). During weeks ago, Rhodes joined another regional gress' consideration later this week of the same period, they rose 21% in the South­ grade mission to Japan. Robert D. Orr, Lieu­ international security assistance legisla­ east, 19% in the Southwest, and 12% across tenant Governor of Indiana and the leader tion for fiscal year 1976 and 1977. In the u.s. of that state's industry-recruiting drive, short, it is must reading and I commend Ralph Widner, former head of the Appa­ hopes to get the topic of regional economic it to your immediate attention: lachian Regional Commission and now development on the agenda for the Midwest I thank you for the invitation to appear director of the Ohio-based Academy for Governors Conference in Indianapolis in before Congregation Beth Shalom today. Contemporary Problems, puts it bluntly July. I am pleased to have this chance to give when he says, "The industrial Midwest is the With the rapid growth of service indus­ ·you my impressions of where we stand in new economic problem area of the country." tries, many metropolitan areas are also going ·the Middle East and how the Ford Admin­ The traditional Vigor of the industrial Mid­ after service companies--so far, with only istration plans to proceed on the path to­ west is being sapped by three important na­ mixed success. At a time when Chicago, Cin­ ward a just and durable peace in the area. tional trends: cinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and As the ranking minority member of the The ecdbomic shift from manufacturing other manufacturing centers are losing pop­ House Committee on International Relations, to services-which now represents nearly ulation, other metropolitan areas that have I have worked closely with the Ford Admin­ two-thirds of the nation's private-sector em­ become educa-tion and service centers are istration on the formulation and imple­ ployment--means that more and more com­ growing and thriving. Among the healthiest mentation of American foreign policy. I have panies are less shackled by geographical re­ are Columbus, Ann Arbor, and Indiana-polis. had the opportunity personally to discuss our quirements. Unlike manufacturing com­ Yet the region's services employment con­ Middle East and security assistance policies panies, which are often restricted by trans­ tinues to traU the rest of the country. Since with the President on several recent oc­ portation and raw material needs, service 1950 services hiring in the Great Lakes region cas!ons (most recently this week while we companies are freer to move wherever they has grown only 55%, compared with a na­ returned together to Michigan). I would like choose. And many choose to go where the tional average of 65% and a growth rate in to reassure you on two basic points. living is cheaper-and often better. the Southeast and Southwest of 79%. Three months ago, speaking in the Dis­ The industrial Midwest--like New Eng­ Many Midwestern economists look to New trict, I noted that American support for land-is losing a growing number of factories England for answers to their regional prob­ Israel transcends politics, traditional con­ to the Southeast and Southwest. In the past lems. New England, for instance, has made a cepts of alliance, and Big Power rivalry. Our 20 years, for instance, the Akron-based rub­ fairly successful attempt to attract more and support for Israel is a moral issue; indeed ber companies have moved production fa­ more high-value-added technology indus­ 1t is a moral imperative. cUlties closer to new Southern markets, trim­ tries. However, the industrial Midwest lags There ts no inclination anywhere in Wash­ ming employment of rubber workers in Akron behind the Northeast and other regions in ington, or anywhere in this country, to walk by hal!. attracting the federal research and develop­ away from our moral commitment to Israel. Automation may be taking the biggest Job ment funds crucial to such industries. Only To do so would be to betray everything toll of all. According to Edmund Ayoub, as­ 5% of federal R&D dollars are now spent in America has stood for for the past two sistant research director of the United Steel­ the region. hundred years. workers of America, employment among pro­ A PH. D. DRAIN This AdminJ.s.tra.tion and this Congress are duction and maintenance workers in the in­ As shown in the chart on page 94, in fact, determined. to provide Israel with the where­ dustry peaked in 1953 at 571,000. By the early the region receives total federal outlays equal withal, the m111tary and economic assistance 1970s, employment dropped to a pre-reces­ to only 64% of its federal tax burden. Com­ and the moral support, to preserve its inde­ sion low of 400,000. Along the way, produc­ paring actual tax collections with total fed­ pendence and integrity as a Jewish state. tivity increases have taken up the slack. eral ald, payroll. defense contracts, and vet- Any analysis of American Middle East policy May 18, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14369 must begin from this premise. The American fairs power grab, encroached upon the Presi­ the relationship between America and Israel. commitment to Israel is not in question. dent's authority, and dared him to react. I am confident that both countries are work­ The President, the Congress, and the After President Ford called Congress' bluff ing for a common objective-peace and se­ American people, even in a time of economic by vetoing the Security Assistance Blll, Con­ curity. We are pursuing a d11ficult, elusive distress, overwhelmingly support assistance gress quickly caved in and removed some goal, but one that is well worth the chase. to Israel on a massive, unprecedented scale. of the provisions that were most objection­ To the extent that there are differences We support this aid, we are prepared to make able to the Executive Branch. One of the between Israel and the United States, they this sacrifice, because we believe in what factors contributing to the unusual speed are famtly d11ferences, differences of approach Israel stands for; because we are honored to with which Congress went about "eating and not of principle. They shall be resolved count that brave country as a friend; and crow" was the urgent, compelling require­ because both parties seek to resolve them because we shudder at the very thought of ment to come up with a coherent, substan­ and get on with our work as partners 1n the what might transpire if Israel is unable to tial, and acceptable program of assistance to pursuit of peace. defend itself and stand on its own two feet. Israel. They wlll be resolved because neither Israel Aid to Israel is not charity; it is an invest­ I can tell you categorically that this vital nor the United States can afford the price ment in democracy and decency. program will not become a victim of the of failure. I take issue with those who suggest that internal squabble between Congress and the the Administration 1s pressuring Israel for President over authority to conduct our unreallstic concessions as a quid pro quo for foreign policy. Our assistance for Israel will continued aid. We recognize, as most Is­ not be jeopardized because all parties--the JENSENISM ll raelis recognize, that true security can only Democratic Congress, the Republican Presi­ come with peace, and peace will not blossom dent, and the American electorate all realize forth from the status quo. If there is to be that a strong, confident and secure Israel is HON. ANDREW YOUNG peace in the Middle East, there wlll obvious­ an indispensable ingredient of our foreign OP GEORGIA ly have to be territorial and political ad­ policy and a prerequisite to peace in the justments in the area. But it is not for this Middle East. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES or any other government to dictate to the As you can tell from my remarks, I sin­ Tuesday, May 18, 1976 parties what these adjustments should be. cerely believe that Congress is going too The United States has neither the right, the far in asserting its prerogatives in the field Mr. YOUNG of Georgia, Mr. Speaker, ab111ty, nor the inclination to impose a peace of foreign affairs. I do not think this country I join our colleagues Representatives in the Middle East. (And that goes for the can function effectively in the international CHISHOLM, METCALFE, MITCHELL of Mary­ Soviet Union too.) arena if we have 535 indivlduals-100 Sen­ land, and MADIGAN in submitting the fol­ We can, and we are, doing everything pos­ ators and 485 Congressmen-pretending to lowing article by Prof. Jerry Hirsch en­ sible to bring the parties together, for im­ be Secretary of State and clamoring to make titled ''Jensenism: The Bank of Science proved understanding. But we recognize that foreign pollcy. Belleve me, I have been in a genuine peace in the Middle East can only the House long enough to know it won't Without Scholarship." I believe that this be one that is genuinely acceptable to the work. article will set the record straight re­ parties concerned. We understand that Is­ The American Congress has an accepted, garding the undocumented sources of rael, as the party being asked to make the important foreign pollcy function that cen­ Jensen's writings. It is hoped that those major territorla.l concessions, must be con­ ters on oversight and control of the purse. who use propaganda to further the vinced that such concessions will indeed It has the ab111ty to function as a construc­ causes of racism and divisionism in our lead to peace and acceptance and wU1 not tive, responsible force in foreign affairs. society would not be misled by the pose intolerable security risks. Israel must Congress has also undertaken significant also be assured that she can count on the foreign policy initiatives; it has, for ex­ theories of Jensen. firm, un:fla.gging support of the United States ample, been the conscience of the Adminis­ Part ll of Professor Hirsch's thought­ in the event the Arabs remain intransigent. tration in the field of human rights. provoking article follows: I can also reassure you, again from first­ But what concerns me is that Congress, JENSENISl\4 II hand experience, that President Ford's re­ in its fascination with and desire to legis­ Lest I leave the impression that only be­ cent veto of the Fiscal Year 1976 Security late in the field of "fundamental human havioral scientists have been gulled by Jen­ Assistance legislation-with its more than rights", focuses almost entirely on countries senism, note the following tribute from Brit­ $2 blllion for Israel-was totally unrelated such as Chlle and Korea. Wholesale abuses ish geneticist Eaves: " ... The HER article ... to reports of friction between Tel Aviv and of human rights in India are conveniently is unparalleled in breadth and lucidity as a. Washington over the so-called interim overlooked. And that greatest perpetrator of review of the genetical and environmental quarter question. outrages against the conscience of mauind­ determinants and correlates of intelli­ President Ford's veto was occasioned by a the Soviet Union-is allowed to purchase gence.... (IJ commend it as a useful sum­ genuine, deep-felt, fully-justified concern grain and technology vital to its survival mary of the evidence relating to the geneti­ that a hostile Congress was attempting to whlle it keeps mllllons of people pent up cal determination of individual differences in legislate the conduct of our foreign relations, within its repressive borders, people innocent intell1gence and as a source of data and hy­ robbing the President-and future Presi­ of any crime save for the desire to live in the potheses relating to differences between races dents-of important fiexibillty and author­ country of their choice. and social classes.... No one who reads Jen­ ity in the process. I say that if Congress, dlslllusioned with sen's papers can fail to recognize a facility Reacting to past abuses and excesses, Viet­ the progress of detente, wants to play a leading role in human rights, wants to with the literature which is shared by few nam and Watergate being the most obvious of his critics.... " ao (pp. 250-251) examples, Congress has attempted to use its block discriminatory policies, and seeks to authorization of assistance legislation as a act as a responsible force in foreign affairs, Even Dobzhansky nods sympathetically: lever to pry concessions from the Adminis­ let us take a close look at the policies of the "It is unfortunate that the writings of Jen­ tration and win for Congress a larger share Soviet Union and .ask ourselves how far we sen ( 1969) , Eysenck ( 1971) and some others of the foreign policy action. are prepared to go in sustaining a regime are eagerly exploited by racist propagandists, Congress attempted to strip the President that dally tramples human rights and af­ perhaps without consent of the scientific in­ of his ab1Uty to 11m1t trade with Viet Nam fronts the world with its pollcies of repres­ vestigators themselves." n (p. 11) And, in in the vain hope that unilateral concessions sion. Ernst Mary's updated abridgement or his to the Communists wlll produce information Friends of Israel in this country have a classic volume on evolution, some solid bio­ on our MIA's; Congress has imposed an ar­ difflcult, sensitive mission of the highest im­ logical information had to be pruned away bitrary ceiling on arms sales abroad, a ceil­ portance. We must work to insure that Is­ to make room for his new Jensen-based dis­ ing that inhibits our ab111ty to interact with rael obtains from the United States the full cussion about the "correlation between per­ other nations, places American business at measure of support necessary to maintain its formance in I.Q. tests and genuine [siciJ in­ a serious disadvantage, and could impact security and to deter aggression. At the same telligence (Jensen 1969) ."as (p. 406) adversely on shipments to Israel in the fu­ time, we must seek to preserve and strength­ Recently Oxford's J. R. Baker relies on ture. Congress has also legislated an end to en the overall fabric of friendship between both Jensen's "original" and Eysenck's pop­ our military assistance programs abroad. Israel and the United States. We must rec­ ularization in the treatise claimed by the Of greatest concern to the President is ognize that the vitaUty and sincerity of this prestigious Oxford University Press in the Congress' increasing resort to the "legisla­ friendship is at least as important as specific New York Review of Books (February 2, tive veto" as an instrument-of question­ levels of assistance at any given time. 1974) to be ''Written with a thoroughness able constitutionality-to enforce its will in American assistance to Israel is obviously uncharacteristic in the usual treatment of foreign affairs and cripple the ability of the significant, and there is room for legitimate this subject" and touted with the following Executive Branch to act decisively. Congress disagreement on that critical question of rhetoric on the dust jacket: •• ... it was high has claimed the ability to cancel, by con­ "how much 1s enough?" Our assistance, how­ time that someone wrote about race as current resolution, arms sales and arms ever, is only part of a bigger picture. It is a Baker does, i.e. 1n the spirit of a one-man transfers abroad, even when they are con­ tool designed to give Israel the power, the Royal Commission" by Sir Peter Medawar, ducted within straight commercial channels; confl.dence, and the latitude to examine care­ nobel laureate, and "A most impressive dis­ Congress would also like the ability to ter­ fully all roads to peace. play of profound scholarship and vast eru­ dition ...• provides the essential basis upon minate assistance to nations it deems to be There is no erosion of American support in violation of basic human rights. for Israel, no weakening of the American Congress, ln short, went for a foreign a!- commitment. I am extremely confident about Footnotes at end of article. 14370 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 18, 1976

which any objective, rational and sclentlft.o for each generation wa.s presented, graphf­ FOOTNOTES discussion of racial differences must pro­ cally in the report but without accompany­ 80 ceed" by none other than Arthur R. Jensen! L. Eaves. Review of Genetics and Educa­ ing :figures" (p. 637)-(= no datal). In ad­ tion by A. R. Jensen, Heredity, Vol. 30, No.2 Therefore, it should come as no surprise that dition, Thompson himself states: ''Mean "Dr. Baker's conclusion ... is that in certain (1973)' pp. 25~251. scores of bright and dull animals of each 81 T. Dobzhansky, Genetic Diversity and racial groups there is a higher proportion of generation are presented graphfcally in :figure persons capable of developing high intell1- 44." (Italics added) Human Equality (New York: Basic Books, gence than in other groups." aa Inc., 1973), p. 11. We are informed by two sources (Jensen 82 E. Mayr, Populations, Species, and Evolu­ And finally we learn to be skeptical about 43 1972; Times Literary Supplement, Summer tion (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, the prevalling standards of quality control, 1973 ") that Jensen's "classic" paper Is also scientlflc judgment and scholarly integrity 1971)' p. 406. reprinted in "CongressiOnal Record, May 28, 31 J. R. Baker, Race (New York: Oxford when we find that Jensen is now deciding on 1969, Vol. 116, No. 88, pp. 14189-14217." 411 University Press, 1974). the merits of articles submitted to the Reassure Jensen fans that they have little 84 American Journal of' Human Genetics." It American Journal of Human Genetics. to fear: exa.m.tna.tion of the CongresSional Vol. 25 (1973), p. 692; vol. 27 (1975), p. 816. makes the Cattell shortcomings understand­ Record o! the United States reveals that their 35 able (see below). Jensen, HER. hero has been able to cover his tracks and 84 L. J. Cronbach, "Heredity, Environment, m. THE NADm OF SCURJULITY reduce his risk at perjury or contempt-of­ and Educational Policy," Harvard Educa­ On page 31, Jensen • presents as his Fig. 4 Congress charges-nellther the purloined tional Review. Vol. 39, No. 2 (1969), pp. 338- the graph and caption listed as my Fig. 1 Figure 4 nor the Thompson reference with 347. ·the false pagination appears there I In place and gives in the text immediately beneath it 1r1 A. R. Jensen, "Reducing the Heredity-En­ the following explanation: " .•. within only of the latter we :find that on page 14216 vironment Uncertainty: A Reply," Harvard six generations of selection the offspring of in the alphabetically ordered references be­ Educational Review, Vol. 39, No. 3 (1969), pp. the 'dull' strain make 100 percent more errors tween D. P. Moynihan a.nd R. D. Tuddenham 449-483. in learning the maze than do the offspring of 1s a blank space into which has been in­ 88 J. L. Fuller and W. R. Tompson. Behavior the 'bright' strain (Thompson, 1954) ." And serted: "[Page 122 of manuscript was not Genetics (New York: Wiley.1960). the only reference appearing in his bibliog­ included in printed copy submitted)", as 811 W. R. Thompson, "Genetics and Inheri­ raphy for this :figure and the accompanying shown in my Fig. 4, which is a photograph tance of Integrated Neurological and Psychia­ statement is to a 123-page 1954 publication of the Congressional Record-he has omitted tric Patterns," Proceedings of the Assocta­ by W. R. Thompson. Again, on page 456 of 30 references and all the :figures from the tion for Research in Nervous and Mental the summer issue in Jensen's fallacious ri­ 1969 HER travesty in the version provided to Diseases, Vol. XXXIII (Baltimore: Williams poste to Lee Cronbach's criticism,• which our Congress, the ultimate source of the and Wilkins, 1954), pp. 209-231. appeared in the spring issue, he alleges: "In funds that have financed the Jensenism dis­ 10 A. R. Jensen, Genetics and Education fact, in the study which I cited as an exam­ grace. (New York: Harper & Row, 1972). ple, and from which my Figure 4 ts taken, ]f; was introduced by John R. Rarick, the 41 1bid. rats were bred for learning abllity that gen­ congressional representative of St. Francis­ ~ R. Robinson, Genetics of the Norway Rat eralized across 24 dlfferent mazes. . . • Fuller ville, Louisiana, " •.. because of the signif­ (New York: Pergamon, 1965), pp. 637 and 777. 3 and Thompson (1960) ." fl1 (p. 456; italics icant :findings ... [by Jensen) in the :field ' Jensen, Genetics and Education. added) What Jensen misrepresents to be "24 of environment, heredity and behavior." (p. ""By the COlour of Their Genes?" Times dlfferent mazes" is repeatedly described by 14189) The following year under the head­ Literary Supplement (London) (August 3, his own source (Fuller and Thompson 1960, line ''Integration May Harm Blacks" (p. 1973). p. 212) in the singular: " ... the Hebb­ 22519, July 1, 1970," Rarick again introduces '~>Congressional Record, Vol. 115, No. 88 Williams maze . •••. It consists of a square Jensen testimony beginning on page 22524. (May 28, 1959), pp. 14189-14217. enclosure . . . a starting box . . . a goal box. More fully to appreciate Ra.rdck's con­ 48 Ibid., Vol. 116, No. 110 (July 1, 1970), pp. . • . Barriers ••. interposed in various ways stituency and philosophy, note: " ... Rarick 22519-22526 . between the starting box and the goal con­ is the most rapidly right-wing member of stitute the problems." aa (Italics added) Congress ... who some claim was once as­ Consultation of Thompson (1954), how­ sociated with the Ku Klux Klan, regularly ever, reveals another graph-his Fig. 44 (on inserts the most vitrioUc kind of far-right. page 217) • which appears as my Fig. 2. sometimes anti-Semitic, propaganda into the THE NEED FOR TEACHING ETH­ Furthermore, Thompson's article occupies Congressional Record. Even his fellow South­ ICS AND CITIZENSHIP IN OUR only 23 not the 123 pages Jensen misrepre­ ern conservatives don't take him very seri­ SCHOOLS sents it to be. In our exchange at Cambridge, ously." (M. Barone, G. Ujlifusa and D. Mat­ England, I urged the audience to read ·thews, The Almanac of American Politics. Thompson for themselves in order to appre­ (Boston: Gambit, 1974), p. 398: fortunately, HON. CHARLES E. BENNETT Rarick has now been defeated dn the 1974 ciate Jensen's misrepresentation. There, OF FLORIDA Jensen expressed surprise. In the Harper & primal'iles after four terms in Congress), con­ Row reprinting of his 1969 HER travesty, sult The Citizen published by the whtte Citi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Jensen (1972) presents on page 10210 the two zens Councils of America, 254 E. Gr11ftth Tuesday, May 18, 1976 :figures and caption which appear t\S my F1g. Street, Jackson, Mississippi, and read the ac­ 3, preceded on page 101 by the following counts of the Citizens Councils and their Mr. BENNETT. Mr. Speaker, Owen statement in a footnote: "At a meeting of goal " ... to wage unremitting war in defense Frisby, vice president of the Chase Man­ the Brain Research Association on July 17, of segregation," in C. Vann Woodward's The hattan Bank, has brought to my atten­ 1970, in Cambridge, England, Professor Jerry Stranger Career of Jim Crow, and in Jack tion several articles that illuminate the Peltason's 58 Lonely Men. As late as summer Hirsch accused me of having faked or altered pressing need in the Nation's schools for the graph in Figure 4 to make it more 1974 the situation had stlll not changed. It strongly favor an hereditarian interpretation. appears that all states except Louisiana hs.ve programs to stimulate an awareness of The :figure that appears here was directly re­ taken some action "for compliance with Title ethics and citizenship among American produced (by photography, not re-drafting) VI of the Civll Rights Act of 1964. . . . young people. from the source in which I found it (Robin­ Louisiana . . . refused . . . to :file desegrega­ Both "Moral Education," a Wall Street son, R., Genetics of the Norway Rat. New tion plans and has . . . been sued by the Journal editorial, and the Tom Braden York: Pergamon, 1965, page 637). In check­ Justice Department for compliance.... " article, "What Was Wrong With Their ing this :figure against the original data, tt J'ENSENISM Education?'' point out this tremendous turns out that one data point Is in error. Moynihan, D. P. Employment, income, and need and lack in our present educational I have had the graph re-drafted with the the ordeal of the Negro famlly. InT. Parsons system. necessary correction, as shown in :figure 4'." Q & K. B. Clark (Eds.). The Negro American. (Italics added) I never said "faked" or ar­ I also submit the findings of a recent Cambridge, Mass.: Houghton-M11Hin, 1966. Gallup poll in which 79 percent of those gued "to make it more strongly favor an Pp. 134-159. hereditarian interpretation." (The conference interviewed favored public school in­ was tape recorded.) I have no way of d1s­ [Page 122 of manuscript was not included struction in morals and standards of in printed copy submitted.] tlngu1shing Jensen's fakery from his Incom­ conduct. petence. Consultation of Robinson a ( 1965, Tuddenham, R. D. Psychometrlcizing Pia­ p. 5S7), rellance on which he only belatedly get's methode cllnique. Paper read at Amer. Mr. Speaker, I have a bill, H.R. 53, confesses 1n 1972, corroborates 1t a.s the pre­ Educ. Res. Ass., Chicago, February, 1968. which undertakes to fill the ethical edu­ viously unacknowledged source of Jensen's Tyler, L. E. The psychology of human dif­ cational gap in our Nation's schools by :figure, which in 1989 was deceptively attrib­ ferences. (3rd ed.) New York: Appleton-Cen­ providing grants upon local application uted to Thompson 1964. It a.Iso revea.Is a tury-Crofts, 1965. by a public school which requests such new Jensen misrepresentation. Jensen's claim U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Racfal iso­ aid for the purpose of setting up pro­ in 1972 to have consulted "the origtnal data" lation in the public schools. Vol. 1. Washing­ grams to teach ethics and citizenship. I 1s there revealed as misleading because Rob­ ton, D.C.: U.S. Government Printinc .Oftlce, believe this is a concept whose time has inson states explicitly: ''The average score 1967. come. May 18, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14371 I strongly urge the House to take wonder whether our college and university deal with morals and moral behavior:• 84 prompt action on this bill. We should lose presidents are giving a.ny thought to the percent of parents with children in pubUc no further time in starting our effort question of what it is. schools favored the instruction, while 12 to It would be sad to think that 10 or 20 years percent were opposed. Eighty-five percent of prepare more adequately the next gen­ from now a future President would again parents with chtldren in parochial schools eration of American young people to face surround himself with such bright young supported it, with 13 percent opposed. the issues and problems of the future in men, so well dressed, so well graduated and Two-thirds of those interviewed also be­ a more adequate manner. so ill prepared to face questions of right and Ueved that people today do not lead lives The articles follow: wrong. that are as honest and moral as the lives of [From the Wall Street Journal, Jan. 25, 1975] There has been a good deal of soul-search­ people in the past. ing among lawyers, sensitive about the fact To the question. "Do you think people in MoRAL EDucATION that so many of these men were members general today lead as good Uv~honest and Watergate provided the 1lnal push, but of the bar. As a result, it has been officially moral-as they used to," 66 percent said no other social problems from drug use to rising proposed that law schools make a. conscious and 30 percent said yes. crime have spurred U.S. public schools to pay endeavor to get to the questions of ethics The proportion of negative responses has more attention to questions of moral and during a training which ma.y now lean in increased 14 percentage points since 1965 ethical development. A Christian Science the direction of the expedient. when the same questions was asked and 52 Monitor survey found widespread enthu­ But by the time anybody enters law school percent said no whtle 39 percent said yes. In siasm in schools for courses in "moral de­ he ought to have had some acquaintance 1952, opinion was about evenly divided with velopment," "character education.. and with moral questions. In four years of un­ 47 percent saying that morality was declin­ ••value clarlfication." dergraduate study, some professor, some ing and 46 saying it was not. In a certain sense this represents a turn­ course, some reading should ca. use him to ask The survey was based on personal inter­ about in the direction of American educa­ himself whether a thing is right rather than views with 1,538 adults, aged 18 and over, tion. In the early years schools placed great whether a thing can be done. conducted in more than 300 selected local­ stress on moral a.nd ethical development Which is why our colleges and universt­ ities throughout the nation during the along with the three Rs. Whatever their other ties ought to be looking closely at their po­ period Jan. 23 tJ Jan. 26. defects, Wllllam McGuffey's "Eclectic Read­ litical science and business administration ers" and s1mllar primers sought to impart an departments. Can it be sheer coincidence ethical consciousness. But directed efforts th-at so many of those who have admitted to impart standards lessened as American guilt in the Watergate affair--or who have PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION society became more complex and pluralis­ been indicted by gmnd juri~took under­ tic. graduate degrees in these subjects? The revised effort to teach moral principles Consider the list: Donald Segretti, who has in schools is, however, not a particularly already served a prison term, graduated in HON. DAVID C. TREEN radical change, even in modern terms. It business administration from the University OF LOUISIANA would be hard for good teachers not to con­ of Southern California. So did Herbert W. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES vey a set of ethical and moral principles to Kalmbach, the President's personal attorney their students through their words and ex­ who pled guilty to selling an ambassadorial Tuesday, May 18, 1976 ample and through their interpretations of post. H. R. (Bob) Haldeman, Mr. Nixon's for­ Mr. TREEN. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Alvin literature, science and other academic sub­ mer chief of staff who has been indicted on Ackerman, a constituent of mine from jects. By this process, there can be little several counts, is a business administration doubt that schools always have tended to graduate from UCLA. Morgan City, La., asked me to bring to reflect the ethical or moral framework of the Among Watergate majors in political sci­ the attention of my colleagues President society that surrounds them. ence are John Ehrllchman at UCLA, Dwight Lincoln's admonition that our Nation, as We would admit to some concerns over ef­ Chapin a.nd Gordon Strachan (international it grows in numbers, wealth, and power forts to formalize this process and to make relations) at USC, Jeb Magruder at Willla.ms, not forget "the gracious hand which it a conscious and directed part of the school Charles Colson at Brown. preserved us in peace, and multiplied curriculum. In a plurallstic society, speciflc The institutions are among the country's and enriched and strengthened us." I be­ standards of belief are better set by such finest. But what was wrong with the educa­ lieve we should admit that sometimes in bodies as the church, where membership 1s tion? Are business administration and politi­ our congressional debates in Congress, voluntary, or in the home than by state­ cal science two subjects that do not lend directed schools. themselves to ethical questions? Or are they "we have vainly imagined, in the deceit­ There is -always the danger that the state being taught that way? fulness of our hearts, that all these bless­ efforts wlll come into conflict with personal Walter Lippmann pointed out many years ings were produced by some superior wis­ and private beUefs or that they wlll attempt ago that the diminishing religious faith of dom and virtue of our own... In accord­ to foster an allegiance to selective, and not Americans posed a problem for the public ance with Mrs. Ackerman•s request. I altogether wholesome values. Mllitarists 1n morality. Americans would have to reason am inserting in the RECORD the Presi­ pre-war Japan, for example_, seized upon their way rather than having it handed to dential proclamation proclaiming April moral instruction in the schools (shu-shin) them from the pulpit. How useful, then, the 30, 1863, as a Day of National Humilia­ to forge a doctrine of blind obedience to the educational system, and how important the emperor. This sort of thing may make for a. great books which posed the great moral tion, Fasting and Prayer. more orderly society but it carries risks for a. problems? The proclamation follows: democratic, free nation. Is a man required to read any of these PROCLAMATION APPoiNTING A NATIONAL PAST• Having said that, however, we have little books in four years of business administra­ DAY, MAaCH 30, 1863 BY THB Pal:smENT OP doubt that there are generally accepted ethi­ tion? Or of political science? Or is he chained THE UNITED STATES OJ!' AK!:BICA cal and moral verities that have ha.d a place to questions of management, manipulation Whereas, the Senate of the United States, 1n almost every society and religion down and image? devoutly recognizing the supreme authority through time. The simple principle of "do In his book, "Public Opinion,'• Lippmann and just government of AlmJghty God 1n unto others as you would have, etc.," is a recounts the scene in Book V of the "Repub­ all the affairs of men and of nations, has by prescription for ethical conduct, for example, lic" when Socrates stalks out after warning a resolution requested the President to desig­ that is hard to improve upon, whatever Adelmanthis to attribute the usefulness of nate and set apart a day for national prayer sophists might try to make of it. philosophers "to the fault of those who w111 and humiliation: We would hope that the ethical revival the not use them, and not to themselves." And whereas, 1t 1B the duty of nations as Monitor sees would reafllrm doubt that some How sad to reflect that, 2,000 years after well as of men to own their dependence upon youngsters in our society receive no worth­ Plato, graduates of our finest colleges have the overruling power of God; to confess their while ethical guidelines, from either church not only never used philosophers but were sins and transgressions in humble sorrow, or family. And too many modern adults, 1n never reqUired to hear them. yet with assured hope that genuine repent­ the schools, churches and households, are ance w111 lead to mercy and pardon; and to reluctant to exercise moral authority, per­ [From the New York Times, Apr. 18, 1975] recognize the sublime truth, announced in haps because of a confusion in their own be­ the Holy Scriptures and proven by all his­ liefs. If the latest movement restores the MORALS INSTRUCTION FAVORED IN SCHOOLS BY tory, that those nations only are blessed notion that adults can and should provide '79 PERCENT IN SURVEY whose God 1s the Lord: moral leadership, it wUl be welcome indeed. A large majority of Americans favor the And insomuch as we know that by h1s instruction on morals and moral behavior in diVine law nations, like individuals, are sub­ [From the Washington Post, Apr. 17, 1974] the schools, according to the latest Gallup Jected to pun1shments a.nd chastisements 1n Poll. this world, may we not justly fear that the Wffi.AT WAS WRONG WITH THEm EDUCATION The survey found that '79 percent of those awful calamity of civll war which now deso­ (By Tom Bmden) interviewed supported the Instruction. while lates the land ma.y be but a pnntshmeut 1n- There was something wrong with the edu­ 15 percent were opposed. 1licted upon us for our presumptuous s1J1a. cation of those who surrounded President To the question. "Would you favor or op­ to the needful end of our national reforma­ Nixon during the Watergate crimes, and I pose instruction in the schools that would tion as a whole people? We have been the 14372 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 18, 1976 recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven. terms as Deputy Mayor to Robert F. Wagner And what of thoroughbred horsemen? Has we have been preserved, these many years, and as President of the New York City Coun­ o:tr-track betting hurt or helped the interests in peace and prosperity. We have grown in cll, prior to his appointment as President of people who raced horses at NYRA tracks numbers, wealth, and power as no other na­ and Chief Executive Omcer of the New York during the last five years? Let's look at NYRA tion has ever grown; but we have forgotten City Off-Track Betting Corporation by Mayor purses. These stood at record levels in 1970. God. We have forgotten the gracious hand Abraham D. Beame on March 4, 1974. On In that year the average dally total purse which preserved us in peace, and multlplled August 1, 1974 Mr. Screvane became Chair­ money at NYRA tracks was $93,000. During and enriched and strengthened us; and we man of the Corporation's Board of Directors. 1974 the average dally total NYRA purse had have vainly lmaglned, in the deceitfUlness He was reappointed to six year terms as increased by 32% to $122,000. Total NYRA of our hearts, that all these blessings were Chairman and President of the Corporation purses were $22 million in 1970. By 1974 produced by some superior wisdom and Vir• on December 14, 1975. NYRA purses had risen to $32 million, an in­ tue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken crease of 49.5%. OTB contributed $8 million, success, we have become too aelf-8U1Dclent to REMARKS BY PAUL R. SCREVANE BEFORE THE or 74%, of this increase. feel the necessity of redeeming and preserv­ AMERICAN HORSE COUNCIL, WASHINGTON, There can be no question, I think, that ing grace, too proud to pray to the God that D.C., MARCH 11, 1976 thoroughbred horsemen have benefited from made us: Members of the panel, ladies, and gentle­ off-track betting in New York. This is be­ It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves men: My name is Paul Screvane. I suppose cause purses, under New York State law, are before the offended Power, to confess our na­ most of you know that I serve as the Presi­ directly related to pari-mutuel handle, and tional sins, and to pray for clemency and for­ dent and Chairman of the Board of Directors OTB has enormously increased the part­ giveness: of the New York City Off-Track Betting Cor­ mutuel handle on racing in New York. I have Now, therefore, in compliance with there­ poration. already said that the NYRA handled $750 mil­ quest, and fully concurring in the views, of The purpose of this panel is to discuss off­ lion in 1974. OTB handled an additional $418 the Senate, I do by this my proclamation track betting. That is, I am afraid, an original million on NYRA races that year, which in­ designate and set apart Thursday the 30th idea. There is no issue in the sporting world creased the total handle on NYRA races by day of April, 1863, as a day nf national humll­ more in need of serious discussion, but I can 55.8% to $1.17 billion. And horsemen direct­ iation, fasting, and prayer. And I do hereby recall, almost without exception, only dia­ ly proftted from this increase. request all the people to abstain on that day tribe and rhetoric in the trade and sporting This is the essential point concerning off­ from their ordinary secular pursuits, and to press. Here-and I choose at random-is track betting's effect upon racing in New unite at their several places of public worship Jerry Hauck, president of Harness Horsemen York: OTB has increased the market tor and their respective homes in keeping the International, saying in the Horsemen's legal pari-mutuel wagering. This is a fact of day holy to the Lord, and devoted to the Journal for Aprll that "We-meaning, I take great slgnlficance to horsemen, track owners humble discharge of the reUgious duties it, you-must watch the OTB people. They and operators, and government. proper to that solemn occasion. All this being have an ambition to destroy racing". It may also be the only encouraging fact done in sincerity and truth, let us then rest Who's the better for remarks like that? I concerning the racing industry in New York humbly in the hope authorized by the divine had hoped-! do hope-to engage in a dia­ and the neighboring States. Racing has been teachings, that the united cry of the nation logue with horsemen, who are, after all, the dangerously over-extended in the Northeast. wlll be heard on high, and answered with foundation of the pari-mutuel betting indus­ There are too many races on too many racing blessings no less than the pardon of our na­ try, but Mr. Hauck's comment is rather a days in the New York area--and next year tional sins, and the restoration of our now non sequitur. It's confusin~, too--harness there w1ll be major tracks opening at Mea­ divided and suffering country to its former racing, in New York, is dolilg well enough. dowlands across the Hudson in New Jersey. happy condition of unity and peace. Average daily harness handle in 1974 was up The racing industry has broken a law that In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my 14% relative to 1970. Harness purses had in­ says you cannot profitably increase your hand, and caused the seal of the United creased by 35% over the same period, so there product without also increasing the market States to be amxed. wouldn't appear to be anything seriously the for your product. Industries that break this [L. S.J Done at the city of Washington, matter with New York harness racing. But law undergo--sooner or later-serious con­ this thirtieth day of March, in the year of perhaps OTB's "destructive ambitions" con­ traction. This--and I am talking about tracks our Lord one thousand eight hundred and cern only the flats. Shall I examine the closing-wlll happen to the racing industry sixty-three, and of the independence of the New York Racing Association? unless something is done to prevent it. United States the eighty-seventh. 1970 was a record year !or the NYRA. The Protectionlsm--anti-OTB legislation-is ABRAHAM LINcoLN. Association's average daily handle was $3.2 not the answer. Only the near-term interests By the President: mllllon. Average dally part-mutuel revenues, of a few individuals and corporations will be WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. net of money returned to the bettors and served by policies designed to protect a de­ payments to the State, were $183,000. With clining market. admissions and concessions total average The answer is growth. The market for part­ dally revenues came to $252,000, or $59 mll­ mutuel racing must be increased. And it is REMARKS BY PAUL R. SCREVANE, llon, for that year. Legal off-track betting simple, short-sighted folly to suppose tha" CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW YORK began operations in 1971. And OTB did im­ racing can increase its market by restricting CITY OFF-TRACK BETTING COR­ pact local track handle and attendance in access to pari-mutuel wagering. PORATION that year and in 1972. But by 1974 the rela­ What racing needs, and does not have, are tionship between the tracks, OTB, and the nationally-or at least regionally~onceived market for pari-mutuel betting in New York policies designed to insure the interests of all was maturing. It is instructive to compare the partners in the part-mutuel industry­ HON. JOHN M. MURPHY NYRA handle and revenues for 1974 to the OF NE'W YORK of track owners and horsemen and govern­ 1970 figures. ment. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Handle, at $750 mlllion, was about 1.0% greater than the $743 mlliion the NYRA re­ The first principle, because it is the over­ Tuesday, May 18, 1976 ported for 1970. But the number of racing riding need, of such policies should be to days had been increased, from 234 to 265, develop interest in the sport of ra.cing. Racing Mr. MURPHY of New York. Mr. must find more personalities in its horses and Speaker, under the leave to extend my and average dally handle was down 10.9%, to $2.8 million, from the record level of 1970. riders. And mcing must create more events remarks in the REcORD, I include the fol­ One would therefore expect pari-mutuel of wide and general interest for these per­ lowing: The testimony of Paul R. Sere­ revenues to be down also, but this was not sonalities to compete in. vane, the chairman of the board of the the case. Average daily pari-mutuel revenues Television is the most effective and perhaps New York City Off-Track Betting Corp., had increased by 24.7%, to $228,000. Total the only way to accomplish these things on before the American Horse Council in average dally revenues, including admissions the scale that is needed. OTB has spent $5.7 Washington, D.C., in March of this year. and concessions but excluding contributions mlllion on televised racing since 1971. We Mr. Screvane has been a distinguished from uTB, had also increased, by $26,000, or have made this expenditure to increase the public servant in New York City for 10.2%, to $278,000. The NYRA, then, was in public's exposure to racing. We ha.ve shown better condition, so far as revenues are con­ that this increases the public's participation years, and his statement does an ex­ cerned, in 1974 than in 1970, even without in pari-mutuel wagering on horse races. You cellent job of enumerating the benefits of OTB's financial contribution. But off-track should not !ear the challenges of televised the off-track betting program, while betting contributed $8 million, or $30,000 for racing. You should accept them. touching upon the future of racing in the each racing day, to the NYRA in 1974. This And as racing develops a larger market for United States. This 1s an area of consid­ money increased the Association's total reve­ its sport, for the spectacle of horses running, erable interest in New York and around nues to $81.5 mlllion, or $308,000 for each day it should capitalize on the public's interest the Nation, and I commend Mr. Sere­ of racing, an increase in total average da.lly by increasing the public's access to pari­ vane's remarks to my colleagues. revenues of 22.2% over 1970. There 1s nothing mutuel betting through ofr-track betting in these figures to support the contention systems. PAUL B.. ScuvANE that o:tr-track betting has hurt New York It will not be easy to restore American Paul Screvane completed twenty-nine Racing Association revenues. NYRA revenues racing to sound economic health. But I think years of service to New York City, including are up, and not down, compared to 1970. that New York's experience with ofr-track May 18, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14373 betting has proven that the idea of creating to the legislative vehicle chosen for the ex­ mittees. But the fact of the matter is that a new market for racing by increasing the tension, H.R. 12169. Extending the life of the b111 before the Rules Committee today. public's access to pari-mutuel betting is the FEA may be simply a perpetuation of H.R. 12169, has not been reviewed by the ap­ sound. OTB has caused enormous growth in a mushrooming administrative anachronism, propriate committees. pari-mutuel handle. Track revenues have in­ but extending its life by side-stepping con­ I am requesting, Mr. Chairman, that the crea~ed. Purses have grown. Government has current committee jurisdictions, as H.R. Rules Committee grant concurrent jurtsdlc­ realized a. greater return on the investment 12169 clearly does, appears to be a threat to tion on this blll to both the Committee on that it made when pari-mutuel racing was the orderly transaction of business in these Government Operations and to the Commit­ legalized. This much has been accomplished. chambers. tee on Science and Technology. The subject More-much more-remains to be done. I believe a bit of history is in order. matter of the blll clearly pertains to the leg­ There are complicated and difficult problems That the FEA was formed two years ago as islative jurisdictions of these two commit­ before us, but I believe that 1f each of the a temporary agency is an indisputable fact. tees. It should be returned for their con­ several partners in the pari-mutuel industry The Federal Energy Administration Act of sideration before moving on to the House will agree to cooperate in the management o:t floor. 1974 provided the statutory authority for The House Government Operations Com­ that industry all of us will benefit. the new FEA, but its personnel and many o:t Thank you. Are there any questions? its functions originated in other government mittee has jurisdiction over the creating and termination of federal agencies. As you agencies and departments. The Interior De­ know, the Government Operations Commit­ partment furnished the Offices of Petroleum tee was responsible for the original Federal Allocation, Energy Conservation, Energy Data Energy Administration Act. The Govern­ and Analysis, and Oil and Gas.: The now­ ment Operations Committee should have FITHIAN: FEA SHOULD BE ABOL­ defunct Cost-of-Living Council supplied its ISHED concurrent jurisdiction over any legislation Energy Division. And the FEA's regulatory extending the agency's life beyond the date sections borrowed heavily upon the Depart­ set by that Act, whether 39 months or 39 ment of Treasury's talent and manpower. minutes. I might add that our colleagues in HON. FLOYD J. FITHIAN The Federal Energy Admlnlstration Aot the Senate, in recognition of this fact. specified clearly and directly that the per­ OF INDIANA granted Jurisdiction on similar FEA legisla­ sonnel and functions performed by the tion to their Government Operations Com­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES agency could be returned to their original mittee. Tuesday, May 18, 1976 locations in government at the termination The blll also contains an authorization of the Act, just 43 days from today. "Bor­ for solar energy demonstration projects Mr. FITHIAN. Mr. Speaker, I respec­ rowed" personnel were specifically assured amounting to nearly $3 million for FY 77. tively urge my colleagues in the House to in the b111 that they could return to their The inclusion of this odd authorization JOin with Congresswoman PATRICIA former positions in permanent agencies of clearly places the blll within the concurrent SCHROEDER and myself to abolish the government following the termination of the jurisdiction of the Science and Technology FEA. The President was directed by the act Committee, to which the rules of the House Federal Energy Administration-PEA. to transmit a full report outlining the dis­ grant jurisdiction over all energy research I cannot support legislation, such as position of the functions of the F'EA upon and development except nuclear research H.R. 12169, the Commerce Committee its termination, or on the reorganization of and development. bill, which will continue the life of this the federal government for the management Jurisdictional considerations aside, I find needless bureaucracy, an agency which of energy policy. In short, every step was it extremely disturbing that the Commerce has been a spokesman for the special in­ taken two years ago to allow us to let FEA committee has chosen to duplicate the func­ terests. quietly expire on June 30. tions of ERDA within the FEA. Authoriza­ The FEA is one of the fastest growing But since the original FEA Act two years tions for $229 million for PY 1977 ERDA solar ago, the FEA has widely expanded its opera­ energy projects-an increase of $67 m1llion bureaucratic agencies in Washington. It tions, flagrantly soliciting a permanent role has over the Presidential budget request--al­ has politicized the energy issue and in national energy policy, often acting with­ ready have been approved by the Science and squandered millions of dollars on a com­ out legal authorization and, in some cases, Technology Committee. ERDA, an agency puterized public relations campaign to acting in defiance of its charter. In the with considerable expertise in these IJlaltters. justify its own existence. It is the classic past two years the agency has instituted, has indicated that it is not in a position to example of a temporary agency which without legislative or presidential authoriza­ use more funds for solar energy in an em­ expands and expands, duplicating func­ tion, nuclear power promotion activities, nat­ cient manner. FEA, without experience in tions of other agencies and creating over­ ural gas deregulation lobbying efforts, and the administration of solar energy demon­ most recently, its own solar power program stration projects, could hardly be expected lapping jurisdiction. in direct competition with ERDA programs. be to do any better. In any case, authoriza­ Waste in Government must reduced, To be sure, the FEA's operations have been tions of this type which openly encourage and a good place to start is with the legally expanded as well in recent months, inter-agency competition, can only serve FEA. By abolishing FEA, we could re­ most notably in the Energy Conservation and to hamper our long-range solar energy de­ distribute a few key FEA activities to Policy Act of 1975. But it should be noted velopment efforts. existing Government om.ces and ellmi­ that nothing in this act extends the life of Representative Schroeder and I plan to nate most of the agency's divisions, sav­ the FEA beyond June 30, 1976, nor obligates offer a substitute measure to the Commerce ing the taxpayer millions of dollars. this body to enact an extension. Committee's b111 s1mllar to H.R. 13795, which Our goal should be quite simple-the Nor can it be argued that the FEA 1s we introduced last week. This substitute elimination of FEA. We must stop its crucial to our national energy effort. Two would provide for the orderly transfer of abuse of power. We must stop its efforts years ago our energy policy was narrowly necessary FEA functions to permanent agen­ focused on immediate results--ending the cies and the formal termination of FEA. If to bring politics into the energy issue. long lines at the gas pump, making sure that this substitute measure 1s not successful, We must halt the Big Oil influence on scarce supplies of fuel were fairly distributed, we plan to offer a series of amendments to American energy pollcy. and surviving the Arab Oil Embargo. We transfer various functions of the FEA to Today, I testified before the House needed an agency like the FEA to help ac­ other federal agencies. We seek a ruling from Committee on Rules concerning the abol­ complish these goals. Things are cllfferent the committee which w111 allow these amend­ ishment of FEA. I would like to share today. We don't have the critical short-term ments to be brought to the floor. these comments with my colleagues in supply problems we did in 1974, nor are we In conclusion, Mr. Chairman, I would make the House, and ask that they be re­ likely to see them again in the foreseeable one final request of the Rules Committee. future. Even on price controls, as you know, Should the committee decide to grant the printed in the RECORD: are coming off. We realize now that we have blll a rule today, I ask that floor action be TESTIMONY OF HoN. FLOYD J. FITHIAN OF a long-term energy problem and need long­ postponed for three legislative days. FEA INDIANA, BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON term solutions to it. We need solutions only extension is an extremely complex issue, RULES, TuEsDAY, MAY 18, 1976, CONCERN­ scientists and technicians can give us, solu­ touching on the potential government re­ ING H.R. 12169 tions which take years of research, testing, organization, the budgetary process, and Mr. Chairman, Members of the Committee, and demonstration. We need the efforts of national energy policy. Members should have I would like to thank you for the oppor­ agencies like the Energy Research and De­ adequate time to review not only the leg­ tunity to speak to you this morning regard­ velopment Adm1n1strat1on, established to islation before the committee today, but to ing H.R. 12169, the Commerce Committee's further these purposes, not an extra layer of assess possible atlernatives to it in detall b111 to extend and expand the Federal En­ bureaucracy to hamper them. before casting a vote on the ftoor. A three ergy Adm.1n1strat1on. Leg1slat1on to expand the agency's budget, da.y postponement would provide this cru­ I must tell you from the outset that I am manpower and respons1b111t1es would be bad cial time. strongly opposed to extending the 11fe of public policy even if it had received the con­ Thank you for the opportunity to testify the FEA. I a.m even more strongly opposed stdera.tlon of the appropriate Iegisla.tlve com- this morning. 14374 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 18, 1976 TRffiUTE TO RABBI DR. SAMUEL through its centuries, remained central to its At that meeting I called upon ICEM BELKIN-DISTINGUISHED EDUCA­ existence and su1fused every nook and cranny to work within the context of the Hel­ TOR AND RELIGIOUS LEADER of its multifaceted educational structure. He was as my late father o.b.m. said of him, sinki Declaration to help reunite families. on one of his visits to our congregation, even This is one of the basic human rights HON. MARIO BIAGGI as G-d said of Moses, "A faithful servant spelled out in the declaration which all in ALL my house." he saw to it that every of the signatories pledged to work for. OF NEW YORK room and division of the Yeshiva home in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES It is my belief that ICEM's contacts its context was faithful to G-d and His with the governments of the East Euro­ Tuesday, May 18, 1976 teaching. How did he do it all? What was the secret pean countries would be invaluable in Mr. BIAGGI. Mr. Speaker, both the of his strength? this area and that the organization's Jewish and the educational communities Dean Paulsen of the Cardozo SChool of Law records of the results of its efforts in this of this Nation lost a true friend with the of Yeshiva University, which wlli open in area would help us to evaluate the suc­ recent passing of Rabbi Dr. Samuel Bel­ September, and which is the fruition of yet cess of Helsinki. This proposal was im­ another, but, alas, final dres.m of Dr. Belkin, mediately endorsed by James Carlin, the kin, president of Yeshiva University of tried at its recent convocation to illustrate New York. the kind of special courage and faith that State Department's representative at the Dr. Belkin in addition to being recog­ had allowed Dr. Belkin against all odds and meeting along with the spokespersons of nized as a leading American educator in the face of the most strained economic many other countries. was held in high regard among the Jew­ circumstances to embark on one ambitious At this time I enter into the RECORD ish American community. In his more enterprise after another with the following my statement and that of Mr. Carlin: than 3 decades of leadership at Yeshiva, story: A man had slipped off the peak of a JOSHUA ElLBERG'S STATEMENT Dr. Belkin combined innovation with thousand foot high mountain. Lucklly about I am pleased to be here once again and tradition, and helped make the Univer­ midpoint, as he hurtled earthward, he caught appreciate the opportunity to make a few on to a protruding tree branch and desper­ remarks to this Executive Committee. In sity one of the most prominent educa­ ately clung to it. He looked 500 feet down tional institutions of this Nation. His my capacity as Chairman of the Subcom­ and shouted-"Is there anyone down there?" mittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and tenure as president was one of the long­ But there was no answer. He then looked up, International Law of the House of Repre­ est in American education history. heavenward and shouted: "Is there anyone sentatives Committee of the Judiciary, I fol­ In their May 1976 newsletter, the up there?" And a voice responded: "Yes! low the activities of ICEM very closely. I Young Israels of Mosholu Parkway paid I am the L-rd your G·d, if you have faith am aware of the importance of the service tribute to the memory of Dr. Belkin. you shall be saved. Do you believe?" "Yes,'' it provides to my own country and other They highlighted his vast contributions the man answered. "If so," the Heavenly voice refugee and/or migrant receiving countries, resumed, "loosen your grasp from the branch and am not unmindful of the many thou­ to the education and spiritual growth of and let yourself drop." The man looked up thousands of Jewish students. The trib­ sands of new refugees- it has assisted to again and timidly asked: "Is there anyone reach the United States over the past year. ute was written by Rabbi Zevulum Char­ else up there?" It is very useful to me to gain a first-hand lop whose vast knowledge of Dr. Belkin Dr. Belkin had what he himself describe as impression of the current work of ICEM allowed him to write a truly moving trib­ divine optimism. To him it wasn't another and I listen to the discussion of ICEM's ute which few friends and associates of pretty figure of speech. But he lived danger· programs with great interest. Dr. Belkin will ever forget. I offer this ously and oftentimes he loosened his grasp from the branch and let himself drop because There is, Mr. Chairman, another area which excellent article for the consideration of he genuinely believed that it was G-d's will. deserves our attention and I recommend it all my colleagues: It was uncanny that Dr. Belkin was put to to you for your consideration. It particularly DiviNE OPTIMISM AND THE LEAP OF FAITH rest on the eve of SHVEE-EE SHEL comes to mind since I have firmly believed (By Rabbi Dr. Shmuel Belkin O.B.M.) PAISACH, the Seventh Day of Passover, when for sometime that more attention should be given to the Helsinki Declaration. I am With the passing of Dr. Samuel Belkin, we particularly commemorate the miracle of the splitting of the Red Sea: Israel's success· concerned that the intent of that Declara· o.b.m., American Judaism has lost its chief tion is not being fully met, particularly in spiritual architect. Yeshiva University, its ful crossing over to the other side and the mass drowning of the pursUing Egyptian the area of the freer movement of people. To various schools and services, which were all this end I have co--sponsored a blll in the the product of Dr. Belkin's extraordinary hordes. The Torah tells us that Israel with the sea House of Representatives which bears the vision and energy, very possibly constitute name of COngresswoman MUUcent Fenwick the greatest single Jewish contribution to in front of them and the Egyptians to the rear, were beginning to lose heart. G-d com­ calling for the establishment of a COmmis­ the American civillzation as well as the sur· sion on Security and Cooperation in Europe. .est guarantor of the survival of our Torah manded Moses V'Yisau, "let them start to faith, in its authentic mold, on these shores move." OUr Rabbis explain that the waters of A companion measure in the United States and beyond. the sea would not divide unless the Jews Senate, sponsored by Senator Case, passed He was only 64 when he died, and yet he would first display an act of faith. It was the Senate only last week. The Commission, served what may very well be the longest Nachshon ben Aminadov the Prince of the if established, would pay particular regard unbroken tenure as President of an Ameri· tribe of Judah who took the plunge and the to the provisions of the Helsinki Declara­ can University in all our history. This in waters indeed did not begin to recede "untu tion relating to cooperation in humanitar­ itself is no mean achievement. But, in· they reached his very nostrUs." ian fields. It would operate as a "watchdog" credibly, it is only the smallest and least Dr. Belkin was never afraid to take the body. I have spoken on this matter on sev­ important aspect of his accomplishment. His plunge-that almost literal Leap of Faith eral occasions before various bodies in the more than three decades of leadership sig· which was the expression of absolute trust 1n House, since I am firmly convinced that n11led a measure of advance in diversity and G-d ... Divine Optimism. there should be a public monitoring of how excellence unprecedented ·in American edu· May His Soul Rest In Peace. the various signatory governments carry out cation. What may have taken Harvard and Rabbi zevulun Charlop. the provisions of the Declaration. other prestigious citadels of learning a cen· What has all this to do with ICEM? I think tury or two to accomplish was embraced by there would be much merit in this inter· Yeshiva 1n the single span of his presidency: 'national body looking thoughtfully at the The Ferkauf School of Education, the Wurz­ ICEM AND THE HELSINKI results of the Conference on Security Co­ weUer School of Social Work, the Belfer DECLARATION operation (CSCE) in Europe to see if there School of Science and the diadem of his is not an opportunity to give some practical graduate school aspiration, the Albert Ein­ meaning to the conclusion endorsed by stein Colege of Medicine, its hospital and thirty-five heads of State ln Helsinki in Sue Golding and Kennedy Institutes, all HON. JOSHUA EILBERG August of 1975. As I am sure the members came into being under his aegis. OF PENNSYLVANIA of this Committee wm recall, the signatories But from our point of view, more 1mport­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES solemnly adopted the following: "The par· ly and the true achievement of his genius ticipating States will deal in a positive and was that he managed to preserve and even Tuesday, May 18, 1976 humanitarian spirit With the applications of enhance Yeshiva's commitment to Torah Mr. EILBERG. Mr. Speaker, last week persons who wish to be reunited with mem­ learning 1n the Yeshlva proper and through I attended the 49th Session of the Execu­ bers of their family, with special attention the founding of Stern College for Women tive Committee of the Intergovernmental being given to requests of an urgent char­ and the James Striar School. With all its acter-such as requests submitted by per­ extraordinary expansion, unlike the fate of Committee for European Migration, sons who are 111 and old." The Declaration the Divinlty schools of the Ivy League col­ which met in Geneva, Switzerland. ICEM goes on to say, "the participating States will leges which were the original cornerstones was formed in 1952 to assist in the move­ support the efforts of Red Cross and Red "that was disdained by the bullders," the ment and resettlement of refugees and Crescent Societies concerned with the prob­ primal spiritual thrust of Yeshiva, nurtured has worked in every area of the world lems of family reunification." from the classical fonts of Jewish learning where there are refugees. The Reunl:flcation of famllles has always May 19, 1976 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 14375 been given special attention and priority in it of some value and consistent with ICEM's Congressman Ellberg has rightly pointd out the field of refugee resettlement. ICEM has basic mission. that the Declaration stemming from CSCE had much experience in this type of ac­ Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for permitting provides us with an opportunity for a new tivity. This is the kind of activity ICEM, to­ me to address the Executive Committee. I initiative. ICEM is tailor-made for this. gether with the international voluntary wish you the best possible success in your There would be considerable value for agencies, engages in dally. ICEM, within the deliberations. ICEM in the CSCE context in collaboration context of the CSCE, could well serve as the with the appropriate arms of the Red Cross in becoming an active instrument in pursuit focal point for contacts with governments JAMES CARLIN'S STATEMENT of family reunification and a repository for and private organizations for the purposes The Executive Branch of the U.S. govern­ the data. necessary to effect such reunifica­ of family reunlfl.ca.tion. ICEM, in collabora­ ment "solidly supports" Congressman Ell­ tions. ICEM could serve as a focal point for tion With the Red Cross, could develop the berg's proposal, which he called "a practical contacts with governments working closely practical measures needed to give real mean­ and constructive response to Helsinki." with the network of national and interna­ ing to a very human aspect of the Helsinki We share the view that ICEM does have a tional voluntary agencies who have stores of Declaration. ICEM has the capacity to re­ practical role to play in this regard. In our information on individual cases. spond to this basic and humanitarian need. dealing with refugee problems over the years, ICEM also has access to international Such a response would advance our ob­ we have always given special consideration to financing for the movement of people, in­ jective of improving relations between Euro­ the divided famll1es and have always worked cludlng long experience in the administra­ pean States. I sincerely hope that the Execu­ for their reunification. We very much appre­ tion of loan funds, should such be required. tive Committee wm take steps to imple­ ciate the cooperation ICEM has given us in ICEM can bring together all the necessary ment Helsinki. this regard. ingredients for the preparation of travel and I encourage an expression of views on We believe that it is possible to bring re­ for the reception of the traveler. It can serve this proposal with the hope that you find newed focus on this very human problem. as the catalyst as well as the prime mover.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Wednesday, May 19,1976 The House met at 12 o'clock noon. Senate had passed with an amendment s. 3420 The Chaplain, the Reverend Edward G. in which the concurrence of the House Be it enacted by the Senate ana House Latch, D.D., offered the following prayer: is requested, a bill of the House of the of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 'l"hat (a) The Lord is the strength of my li/e.­ following title: H.R. 8719. An act to provide for an amend­ there are authorized to be appropriated to Psalms 27: 1. ment to the Washington Metropolitan Area the International Trade Commission $11,- Eternal God, who art the strength of Transit Regulation Compact to provide for 789,000 to carry out its duties and functions Thy people in every age and our strength the protection of the patrons, personnel, and during fiscal year 1977. in this present hour, we pause in Thy property of the Washington Metropolitan (b) There are authorized to be appropri­ presence to acknowledge our dependence Area Transit Authority. ated to such Commission $12,036,000 to carry upon Thee, to offer Thee the gratitude of out its duties and functions during fiscal The message also announced that the year 1978. our hearts and to pray for faith, hope, (c) In addition to the amounts authorized and love as we face this day and the days Senate had passed bills of the following under subsections (b) and (c), there are au­ that lie ahead. titles, in which the concurrence of the thorized to be appropriated to such Com­ Amid all the changes on this earthly House is requested: mission such amounts as may be necessary scene help us to build our lives and the S. 2839. An act to supplement the author­ for fiscal years 1977 and 1978 for increases ity of the President and various Federal agen­ required by law dUring such fiscal years in life of our Nation upon the moral cies to collect regular and periodic informa­ salary, pay, retirement, and other employee foundation of truth and love. Help us at tion on international investment, and for benefits. all times, and in all places to maintain other purposes; MOTION OFFERED BY MR. ULLliiL\N our integrity, to be truehearted and S. 3035. An act for the relief of Alice W. wholehearted in our endeavors and to Olson, Lisa Olson Hayward, Eric Olson, and Mr. ULLMAN. Mr. Speaker, I offer a keep ourselves committed to the highest Nils Olson; motion. good of our beloved country. S. 3122. An act to extend the authorization The Clerk read as follows: God bless America and make her a for appropriations to carry out the Endan­ Mr. ULLMAN moves to strike out all after channel for good in our world. May Thy gered Species Act of 1973; the enacting clause of senate bill s. 3420 and s. 3399. An act to authorize and direct the insert in lieu thereof the proVisions of H.R. spirit living in us bear fruit in an abun­ 13396, as passed by the House, as follows: dant harvest in the days to come, through Admlnlstrator of General services to convey Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. certain land in Cambridge, Massachusetts, SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OJ' APPROPRIATIONS, to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Subsection (e) of section 330 of the Tar11f s. 3432. An act to authorize an increase Act of 1930 ( 19 U .S.C. 1330 (e) ) :Is amended­ THE JOURNAL in the monetary authorization for certain ( 1) by inserting " ( 1) " immediately before comprehensive river basin plans previously ''For"; and The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam­ approved by the Congress; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the fol­ ined the Journal of the last day's pro­ S. 3436. An act to authorize appropriations lowing new paragraphs: ceedings and announces to the House his for research, development, and demonstra­ "(2) (A) There are authorized Ito be appro­ tion under the Noise Control Act of 1972. priated to the Commission for necessary ex­ approval thereof. penses for fiscal year 1977 not to exceed Without objection, the Journal stands $11,339,000. approved. "(B) Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall There was no objection. APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON authorize appropriations for more than- S. 3420, AUTHORIZING APPROPRI­ "(1) four employees for each commissioner ATIONS TO THE INTERNATIONAL (other than the commissioner who is the MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT chairman of the Commission) who serve as TRADE COMMISSION A message in writing from the Presi­ the personal staff of the commissioner; and dent of the United States was communi­ Mr. ULLMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask "(U) six employees who serve as the per­ cated to the House by Mr. Roddy, one of unanimous consent to take from the sonal staff of the chairman of the Commis­ Speaker's table the Senate bill (8. 3420) sion. his secretaries. "(3) There are authorized to be appropri­ to authorize appropriations to the Inter­ ated to the Commission for each fiscal year national Trade Commission and ask for after September 30, 1976, in addition to any MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE its immediate consideration. other amounts authorized to be appropri­ The Clerk read the title of the Senate ated for such fiscal year, such sums as may A message from the Senate by Mr. bill. be necessary for increases authorized by Sparrow, one of its clerks, announced law 1n salary, pay, retirement, and other that the Senate had passed without The SPEAKER. Is there objection to employee benefits.". the request of the gentleman from Ore­ amendment a bill of the House of the gon? SEC. 2. ELECTION OP CHAmMAN; ADMINYSTRA­ following title: TXON OP THE COMl\USSl:ON. H.R. 2279. An act for the relief of Mrs. There was no objection. (a) IN GENERAL.--8ubsect1on (c) of sec­ Louise G. Whalen. The Clerk read the Senate bill, as fol· tion 330 of the Tarlfi' Act of 1930 (19 u.s.c. The message also announced that the lows: 1330 (c) ) :Is amended to read as follows: