October 20, 1971 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 37143 By Mr. PEPPER (for himself, Mr. and its wage stabilization activities; and to By Mr. CAREY of New York (for him­ GALIFIANAKIS, Mr. BROYHILL Of North mandate the Construction Industry Stabili­ self, Mrs. AllzuG, Mr. ADDABBO, Mr. Carolina, Mr. JoNES of North Caro­ zation Committee to prepare a plan ~or con­ BADILLO, Mr. BIAGGI, Mr. BINGHAM, lina, Mr. BURTON, Mr. HOSMER, Mr. struction industry bargaining reform within Mr. BRASCO, Mr. BoLAND, Mr. BURKE CHARLES H. WILSON, Mr. GIAIMO, 12 months of the date of enactment of this of Massachusetts, Mrs. CHISHOLM, Mrs. GRASSO, Mr. SIKES, Mr. HAGAN, act; to the Committee on Education and Mr. DELANEY, Mr. DULSKI, Mr. Dow, Mrs. MINK, Mr. BRADEMAS, Mr. MAD­ Labor. Mr. HANLEY, Mr. HALPERN, Mr. KOCH, DEN, Mr. ScHwENGEL, Mr. LONG Of By Mr. BROYHILL of Virginia: Mr. MURPHY of New York, Mr. Maryland, Mr. HARRINGTON, Mrs. H.J. Res. 931. Joint resolution to provide PODELL, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. ROSENTHAL, HicKS of Massachusetts, Mr. WIL­ for the acknowledgment of the generous gift Mr. PEYSER, Mr. RYAN, Mr. SCHEUER, LIAM D. FoRD, Mr. RUPPE, Mr. liEL­ of President George Washington; to the COm­ Mr. TIERNAN, and Mr. WOLFF) : STOSKI, Mrs . .ABZUG, Mr. BRASCO, Mr. mittee on Education and Labor. H. Res. 653. Resolution calling for peace in HALPERN, Mr. KEMP): By Mr. BURKE of Florida: northern Ireland and establishment of a H.R. 11380. A bill to amend the act of Au­ H.J. Res. 932. Joint resolution authorizing united Ireland; to the Committee on Foreign gust 13, 1946, to increase the Federal con­ the President to proclaim the week beginning Aft" airs. tribution to 90 percent of the cost of shore on the last Monday in October of each year By Mr. CAREY of New York (for him­ restoration and protection projects; to the as "National Magic Week"; to the Committee self, Mr. RODINO, Mr. HARRINGTON, Committee on Public Works. on the Judiciary. Mr. ~. Mr. MrrNISH, Mr. COTTER, and Mr. YATRON) : By Mr. PEPPER (for himself, Mr. RAN­ By Mr. HOGAN: H.J. Res. 933. Joint resolution designation H. Res. 654. Resolution calling for peace in GEL, Mr. RoSENTHAL, Mr. .KEITH, Mr. northern Ireland and the establishment of a SCHEUER, Mr. STRATTON, Mr. BYRNE of of first week in February of each year as united Ireland; to the Committee on Foreign Pennsylvania, Mr. J. WILLIAM STAN­ .. National Salesmen's Week"; to the Com­ mittee on the Judiciary. A1fairs. TON, Mr. VIGORITO, Mr. ST GERMAIN, By Mr. CHAPPELL: Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. DoWNING) : By Mr. MIZELL: H. Res. 655. Resolution to authorize a study H.R. 11381. A bill to amend the act of Au­ H.J. Res. 934. Joint resolution designating the square dance as the national folk dance of national fuels and energy policy; to the gust 13, 1946, to increase the Federal con­ Committee on Rules. tribution 90 percent of the cost of shore of the United States of America; to the to By Mr. STRATTON: restoration and protection prc-jects; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H. Res. 656. Resolution: Peace in Ireland· Committee on Public Works. By Mr. VANIK: H.J. Res. 935. Joint resolution: Frequency to the Committee on Foreign Aft"airs. ' By Mr. PICKLE: of White House Conference on Aging; to the H.R. 11382. A bill to permit the donation of Committee on Education and Labor. surplus agricultural commodities to certain nonprofit organizations serving American By Mr. CLANCY: MEMORIALS H. Con. Res. 432. Concurrent resolution to servicemen; to the Committee on Agriculture. relieve the suppression of Soviet Jewry; to Under clause 4 of rule XXII, H.R. 11383. A bill to provide that the im­ position of taxes the proceeds of which are the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 277. The SPEAKER presented a memorial appropriated to the highway trust fund shall By Mr. RANGEL (for himself, Mr. AD­ of the Legislature of the State of California be suspended during any period when DABBO, Mr. BLACKBURN, Mr. BRASCO, relative to ocean vessels, which was referred a..,ounts in the fund are impounded or other­ Mr. BRINKLEY, Mrs. CHISHOLM, Mr. to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Mr. Mr. CoLLXNs Fisheries. wise withheld from expenditure; to the Com­ CLAY, CoLLIER., of Inittee on Ways and Means. Illinois, Mr. DIGGS, Mr. EILBERG, Mr. FORSYTHE, Mr. GUDE, Mr. HAL­ By Mr. PODELL: PERN, Mrs. HICKS Of Massachusetts, PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS H.R. 11384. A bill to extend the act of Sep­ Mr. HORTON, Mr. METCALFE, Mr. tember ao, 1965, relating w high-speed PUCINSKI, Mr. ROSENTHAL, Mr. ROY, . Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private ground transportation, by enlarging the au­ Mr. ScHWENGEL, Mr. STOKES, Mr. bills and resolutions were introduced and thority of the Secretary to undertake re­ WAGGONNER, and Mr. YATRON): severally referred as follows: search and development, removing the ter­ H. Con. Res. 433. Concurrent resolution ex­ By Mr. BROYHILL of Virginia (by mination date thereof, and for other pur­ pressing the sense of Congress that there poses; to the Committee on Interstate and request): should be a boycott in the United States of Foreign Commerce. H.R. 11388. A bill for the relief of George French-made products until the President E. Chlplock; to the Committee on the Judi­ By Mr. ROSTENKOWSKI: determines France has taken successful steps ciary. H.R. 11385. A bill to amend title of the n to halt the processing of heroin and its By Mr. CARNEY: Social Security Act to eliminate the reduc­ exportation to the United States; to the tion in disability insurance benefits which H. Res. 657. Resolution congratulating the Committee on Ways and Means. members, coach, and managers of the Camp­ is presently required in the case of an indi­ By Mr. RYAN (for himself, Mr. ADDAB­ vidual receiving workmen's compensation bell Athletic Club baseball team on their BO, Mr. HALPERN, Mr. ScHEUER, and winning the 1971 National Amateur Base­ benefits; to the Committee on Ways and Mr. SEmERLING) : Means. ball Federation Junior Tournament; to the H. Con. Res. 434. Concurrent resolution Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. SIKES: expressing the sense of Congress that any H.R. 11386. A bill to limit U.S. contribu­ individual whose earnings are substandard tions to the United Nations; to the Commit­ or who is amongst the working poor or near tee on :ii'oreign Affairs. poor should be exempt from any wage freeze PETITIONS, ETC. By Mr. ANDERSON of Illinois: under the Economic Stabilization Act of Under clause 1 of rule XXII, H.R. 11387. A bill to promote econoinic 1970, as amended, and a.mendments thereto 147. The SPEAKER presented a petition of stability in the construction industry; to pro-· and regulations issued thereunder pursuant Larry C. Hayes, Joliet, Ill., relative to broth­ vide legislative authorization for the Con­ to Executive Order 11615; to the Committee erhood, which was referred to the Committee struction Industry Stabilization Committee on Banking and Currency. on the Judiciary.

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DISTRICT GOVERNMENT UTILIZES ation-we need to increase our use of GoVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT THE PARAPROFESSIONAL paraprofessionals in the medical field. OF CoLUMBIA, I would like to bring to the attention Washington, D .C., October 8,1971. of all my colleagues a letter which I have Hon. GILBERT GUDE, HON. GILBERT GUDE U.S. House of Representatives, received from Mr. ComerS. Coppie spe­ OF MARYLAND cial assistant to the mayor, regarding this Washington, D.C. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DEAR MR. GUDE: I am pleased to take this very matter. I might add that it is good opportunity to inform you of the District of Tuesday, October 19, 1971 to see the District government getting Columbia's e1fort to increase the utilization down to the nitty-gritty of using para­ of health paraprofessionals in city programs Mr. GUDE. Mr. Speaker, America is funded by Federal grant monies allocated in the midst of a health crisis, and one professionals in the important work of upgrading health care in the city. I hope under the Emergency Employment Act of of the primary problems is the shortage 1971. The District's allocation under Section of medical manpower. However, the pic­ that the other areas of the country will 9(a) (1) of the Act totals $2.68 million. ture need not be so dreary as there is an follow Washington's lead. Through this program, the Department of answer which might relieve the situ- The letter follows: Huzn.an Resources 1s provided. a fine oppor- 37144 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 20, 1971 tunlty to expand public health manpower in this area, please do not hesitate to contact THE PLIGHT OF SOVIET JEWRY and services with paraprofessional assistance. me. This etfort complements and strengthens al­ Sincerely yours, ready on-going employment of health para­ CoMER S. CoPPlE, professionals with appropriated funds. Special Assistant to the Ma1/or-Com­ HON. EDWARD P. BOLAND Included in our application for funding are missioner. OF MASSACHUSETTS 21 Nursing Assistant positions, 9 Health Aide IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES positions and 7 Physical and Occupational Therapy Assistants. This amounts to 9% of Tuesday, October 19, 1971 the total number of grant funded positions IN SUPPORT OF AMENDMENT TO Mr. BOLAND. Mr. Speaker, the plight in the District's plan. As an indication of FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRA­ of Soviet Jewry grows more alarming day the kinds of the services to be expanded with TION ACT OF 1961 these positions, I would like to cite some ex­ by day. The Soviet Government's bigotry, amples, as follows. Four Nursing Assistants now all but institutionalized, strikes out will be employed at Forest Haven Residential HON. ROBERT PRICE at the Jew everywhere in Russian life-­ Center for the Mentally Retarded in an effort OF TEXAS in jobs, in housing, in education, in to improve the ratio of staff to retarded pa­ travel, in cultural activities of every kind. tients which, regretfully, is far below stand­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES More than 2,300,000 Jews now live un­ ards of the American Association of Mental Tuesday, October 19, 1971 Deficiency. Seven school health aides will pro­ der the Kremlin's yoke. Yet no news­ vide sorely needed on-site health care in Mr. PRICE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I paper-indeed, virtually no publication elementary and junior high schools. Two am today introducing a bill to amend whatever-is published in Yiddish. No neighborhood health aides will provide out­ Public Law 87-128 to permit the Farmers school teaches in the Jews' tradition or reach services for neighborhood clinics in Home Administration to make insured the PIC and Adams Morgan areas. These aides tongue. No theater celebrates their cul­ conduct community meetings, follow-up pa­ loans for emergency purposes. This bill tural he1itage. No central organization tients with broken appointments, make home will permit emergency loans to be made binds them together in common purpose. visits to reach all persons needing public on the same basis as FHA farm operat­ Even food, the Kosher dishes Jews have health services, especially children and pre­ ing and farm ownership loans are now savored in a tradition still surviving after natal cases. made. thousands of years, is denied them: few In addition to these already approved posi­ It is a companion bill to S. 2559 in­ shops, if any, carry these foods or their tions, we are currently involved in formulat­ troduced in the Senate on September 22, principal ingredients. ing a proposal for funding under Section 6 of the Emergency Employment Act. This sec­ 1971, by Senator EASTLAND, for himself, Soviet Jews endure persecution almost tion provides funds for particular geographic Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BELLMON, Mr. DoLE, Mr. reminiscent of the 18th century czarist areas which suffer a very high unemployment LONG, Mr. STENNIS, and Mr. TOWER. pogroms that left hundreds of thousands rate and the District's allocation under this The need for emergency loans is al­ hanged and pilloried throughout Russia. section is $689,000. We expect to request ways uncertain and they are made from funding for additional School Health Aides, It is hardly surprising, Mr. Speaker, an emergency credit revolving fund es­ that many Soviet Jews want to emigrate Neighborhood Health Aides and Nursing As­ tablished on October 15, 1961, by sub­ sistants. The Nursing Assistants would be to Israel. But the Kremlin grants few utilized in support of a recently initiated title C of the Consolidated Farmers Home exit visas-perhaps 10 percent of those Pediatric Practitioner Program whereby Administration Act of 1961. sought, and even these slowly and nurses are being trained to relieve the pedia­ In recent years the number of emer­ grudgingly. Their cost is nothing short trician by performing physical examinations gency loans made each year has varied of extortionate; about $1,000, afabulous and seeing pediatric patients for routine well from 13,000 to 24,000 totaling $90,000,000 sum to any Russian citizen. After years of child visits. to $108,000,000. groping through the redtape strewn in The purpose of the Emergency Employ­ Because of the extended drought in their path by Soviet officialdom, Jews ment Act is to create transitional jobs for un­ Texas and Oklahoma and the tornado in employed and underemployed persons in granted visas face still more vexing ob­ areas of priority public service need. A special Mississippi in February of this year, the stacles. Their departures are delayed­ emphasis is placed upon the recruitment and fund became exhausted. This situation often for months, sometimes for years. hiring of veterans of the Vietnam era. In­ was not anticipated when the 1972 budget And, since they must explicitly renounce deed, the regulations of the Department of was sent forward. Soviet citizenship to become eligible for Labor for the program have set the goal of When the exhaustion of the fund was visas in the first place, they are sus­ one-third of the participants being Vietnam anticipated, the Secretary of Agriculture pended in a kind of eerie political limbo-­ veterans. The District is therefore making a sent up a request for an additional $65 concerted effort to communicate with Vet­ without jobs, without permanent living erans offices and organizations to ensure that million, which fortunately reached the quarters, without official status of any veterans are made aware of and benefit from Senate the day they were marking up kind. They become, as the newspapers these opportunities. the agricultural appropriation bill for whimsically say, "nonpersons." Another important element of this pro­ 1972. The needed funds were authorized I know my colleagues join me in urging gram is that these jobs be transitional-that when the need became known. Had the the State Department to renew its efforts is, that they lead to full-time employment request been received a few days later in positions not funded by the Emergency many farmers might have lost their for Soviet Jews. Employment Act. We expect to be able to homes as a result of the Farmers Home We in the Congress must continue to absorb well over half the participants as va­ make their plight known to the world. cancies occur in permanent positions of the Administration's being without funds to respond to their emergency situations. We must continue to make speeches. We District of Columbia government. The De­ must continue to sponsor resolutions. We partment of Human Resources is planning Mr. Speaker, these emergency loans an intensive training program for the para­ have saved many farm families from fi­ must continue to plead with worldwide professionals (as well as for other EEA par­ nancial disaster. They are administered organizations like the United Nations. ticipants) in order to promote their capacity by the Farmers Home Administration Even the Soviet Union, no matter how to perform effectively on the job, adval\Ce in the same careful manner as all other glacially aloof to the world community, their personal career development, and secure FHA loans are administered. cannot ignore public outrage. permanent employment. The training will A rally held Sunday night in my home include general training and orientation to Under this amendment emergency the District government, Department of Hu­ loans will continue to be subject to the city of Springfield, Mass., helped muster man Resources, the world of work and in such appropriation process as at present. Per­ just that kind of aroused opinion. areas as community resources, reporting mitting them to be sold and insured, how­ With permission, Mr. Speaker, I put skills, working with the deprived and the ever, will relieve the pressure on the in the RECORD a Springfield Union article emotionally and physically handicapped. Ad­ emergency credit fund. It will permit describing the rally. ditionally, the Nurses Aides will be provided an 80 hour course on basic skills concurrent the Farmers Home Administration to The article fOllows: with on the job performance, and the Health respond to emergency situations without SOVIET JEWS BREAKXNG THEIR SILENCE Aides will be given more intensive training exhausting the fund as quickly as at Jews living in the Soviet Union are break- in interviewing, problem solving, medical present. ing their "silence" in response to government self help, and care of children. I hope that it will be possible to ob­ oppression of Jewish culture, a keynote If you should have any further questions tain favorable action on this bill in the speaker told 2000 persons at a rally Sunday regarding the District of Columbia program present session of Congress. in Springfield. October 20, 1971 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 37145 DIVERGENT VIEWS BUSINESSMAN GETS FOOD STAMPS "In· my business,'' he said, "you can start The struggle between the Soviet govern­ with almost nothing-no capital-but you ment and Jews is seen by Jews as one for can build your business and be successful." cultural freedom, but the government sees it HON. CHARLES S. GUBSER Koster's "zero" income for food stamps pur­ as a political struggle threatening the state, OF CALIFORNIA poses is an exaggerated but quite plausible example of loopholes in the food stamp law. Eugene Gold, district attorney of Kings IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES County, (Brooklyn) N.Y., said at the Jewish There have been numerous stories of food community Center, 1160 Dickinson St., yes­ Tuesday, October 19, 1971 stamp abuses. terday. Perhaps the most fiagrant abuse of all is the Mr. GUBSER. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Lee one which allows hippies and young people "The Jews of the Soviet Union are no long­ M. Koster, a highly respected business­ rrom ordinary famllies to get food stamps in­ er Jews of silence and many have gone to tended for the poor. The resentment has been prison for their demonstrations . against man in my congressional district, recent­ ly took the time and trouble to provide a especially keen among those who, like Koster, religious oppression," he said at the rally, believes in working for a living. sponsored by the Springfield Jewish Federa­ concrete example of how the food stamp "This is still a country where a person can tion. program is abused. I urge each and every start with nothing and if he worked hard and According to Elle Asher, federation assist­ one of my colleagues to read the article did the types of things that successful people ant director, about 2000 persons marched entitled "He Tests System" by K. W. Lee require themselves to do, he could become a from Beth El Temple, 979 Dickinson, at which appeared in the Sacramento success," Koster said. 10:30 a.m. to the parking lot of the center Union: "It's very hard for some people to under­ for the ra.lly. stand this. They seem to feel a person born in HE TESTS SYSTEM: BUSINESSMAN GETS FoOD UNDER CANOPIES life has something coming to him. I don't STAMPS He said 10 rabbis led the march, walking think so. Life 1.s like banking. You have to under five Chupoth, the canopy under which (By K. W. Lee) make some deposit before you can make any Jewish couples are married. SAN JosE.-Lee M.Koster, 35, is an up-and­ withdrawals. "I get sick and tired. of taking care of some The rabbis marched with Torahs, since the coming capitali.st. He's worth a quarter million dollars 1n people who don't like to work. I work hard. I rally in support of Soviet Jews coincided with am a responsible man. I take care of my the celebration Sinchat Torah, he said. real estate and other holdings, he says. He travels a lot and vacations in Bermuda fa.mlly and me. I get tired of my taxes going ·sinchat Torah marks the conclusion of the and .Mexico. up and up. Another $50 increase this year is yearly reading cycle of the first five books His four-member family lives ln a two­ due to welfare alone. of the Bible and the beginning anew of the story home valued at $50,000. He has an "My attitude is this: If my ~lected repre­ cycle, he said. office and a secretary. He estiina.tes his annual sentatives who are more concerned with re­ Persons in the prooession carried signs income ranges from $35,000 to $50,000. election than representing the people who reading, "I am my brother's keeper," ..His­ And the Kosters have been on food stamps elected them keep passing the law and pass­ tory shall not repeat," ..Free our Soviet since July 1. ing the money out, I am going to take advan­ brothers," and "Jews of silence no more." It's all above board. tage of the very system they created and "There is no Soviet Jewish plan to change To his social worker and presumably the spend the money to bring my tax right down the government of the Soviet Union. The food stamp law, this entrepreneur 1.s tech­ to what it ought to be. Jews living in Russia want the right to live nically without income. "If everybody would get on the bandwagon and worship as Jews, or be given visas to So, each month Koster pays $2 and receives and take advantage of the system, then a.ll go to Israel," Gold said. $106 worth of food stamps. these incompetent legislators-which most of According to Gold, who visited Kiev, Mos­ But why would an amuent man like him them are--would be forced to re-evaluate the cow, Riga, and Leningrad in the Soviet Union want to be on a program intended for the monster they have created." last April, a Jew who applies for a visa to needy? Koster said he received the second monthly batch of $106 food stamps Friday from his Israel is subjected to harassment by the "I wanted to test if the food stamp system social worker. KGB, the Soviet secret pollee. is as loose as what people say it is,'' he .said. Asked if he plans to apply !or his stamps He said a person who has applied to go to "I need the food stamps like a hole 1n next month, he replied: Israel may lose his job, perhaps be arrested, the head. Sure anybody can use them but very few people are in dire need of them. "I think I have established a pattern, and or have his apartment taken away. it 1.s obvious to any prudent per.son who looks "The amazing thing 1s that just because $1000 PRICE at the evidence that this isn't just a mi.stake you have no cash you are entitled to food by a social worker. "The oost ·of a visa is about $1,000 and you stamps." must renounce Soviet citizenship to get one. "It's a part of a parasitic system, and I A.s Koster explained it, this is how his think I have made my point." But even after a visa is granted a person may more-than-willing social worker has reduced not be allowed to leave Russia. Instead, he his income to zero for food stamp purposes: may be held in limbo, as a non-person, un­ "About a month ago I went down to the able to get work or find an apartment to live food stamp center on Gish Road (San Jose) in as an object lesson to frighten others from to apply for food stamps. This social worker THE POLLUTION PRAYER applying for visas," he said. seems like a nice guy. He's about 26 or 27 While in the Soviet Union, he said, the Jew.s and wore long hair, a beard, and an earring he talked to expressed fear of what might in his left ear. He said he had a degree in HON. WILUAM L. HUNGATE happen to them. music. OF MISSOURI "Not all 3 million Jews wish to leave the "I showed all my records, expenses and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Soviet Union, but most hope for a time when bills. He went over them. It took about 10 to they can realize their Jewishness openly in 15 minutes. He didn't ask a lot of questions. Tuesday, October 19, 1971 the country,'' he said. If somebody wanted to cheat, he could walk Mr. HUNGATE. Mr. Speaker, as we The rally was attended by representatives right over him but that was not my intention. approach consideration of a constitu­ of 10 Western Massachusetts congregations, "I showed him everything. My business ex­ Asher said. penses ran about $2,000 a month. I told him tional amendment and the issues it pre­ sents, one of my constituents has .sub-­ They were Beth El Temple, Kodimoh Syna­ my annual income. He said that doesn't mat­ gog, Sinal Temple and Temple B'nal Jacob, ter. He said what counts was the income of mitted a "non-denominational prayer" the preceding month. I explained to him I which may be relevant today, although all in Springfield, Congregation Rodeph Sha­ was anticipating a big check and had got back it may not be acceptable: lom and Congregation Sons of Zion in Hol­ from a vacation in Bermuda. yoke, Congregation B'nal Israel in Northamp­ "He said, according to his calculation, I The polluter is a shepherd I sha.ll not want. ton and representatives from Pittsfield, had technically no income. He said my in­ He maketh me to lie down in DDT pas­ Greenfield, and the University of Massachu­ come was offset by the cost of operating my tures. setts, he said. business. So I had no income. He leadeth me beside waters that smell like Speakers at the rally were Rabbi Stanley "I could hardly believe it. It was absolutely a still. M. Davids of Sinai Temple, Elliot Allen, com­ incredible. They mailed me $106 worth of food He restoreth my gall. munity relations chairman of the federation, stamps for $2." He leadeth me into the paths of gaseous­ Rabbi Marc E. Samuels of B'nai Jacob, Rabbi Koster, a former invest.l,gator with the dis­ ness for his profit-'s sake. Yea, as I walk Jordan Ofseyer of Beth El, Rabbi Daniel trict attorney's office and a Los Angeles through the valley of the shadow of smog, I Jeyzer of Sons of Zion and Rabbi Arthur County ex-sheri1I's deputy, said he went into fear his evils for they art with me--his hot Langenauer of B'nai Israel, he said. sales work seven years ago. "I deal with rod and graft discomfort me. He prepareth a table before me !rom which I dare not eat. As the names of 40 Jewish prisoners in the professional people and business men-! make money on sales of life insurance, heaJth Soviet Union were read, the Hakofah, or He anolntest my head with oll-spllls; my insurance, real estate, stocks and various sewers runneth over. procession of Torahs symbolizing the differ­ annuities." · Surely goodness and mercy sha.ll follow me ent cities where Jews are oppressed, con­ Koster said he regarded himself as "the last cluded the rally, he said. all the days of my life--but only if I dwell in breed of entrepreneurs. the house of Ralph Nader for ever. 37146 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 20, 1971 GAINS SEEN IN WAR AGAINST has taken what is described as a "remark­ The tragic problem with that "commit­ ABUSE OF AMPHETAMINES able" dip. ment" is that there will be no prisoner return Pharmacists responding to a poll in Okla­ until the North Vietnamese Communists, for homa City reported declines in ampheta­ one reason or another, decide to return them. HON. WILLIAM R. ROY mine prescriptions of from 5o-90%. So far, all overtures have met with outright OF KANSAS Response to a Vermont State Medical So­ rejection or doubletalk. ciety House of Delegates resolution urging The prisoner relatives also heard from Sens. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES restraint and careful selection in prescrib· Edward M. Kennedy and George s. Mc­ Tuesday, October 19, 1971 ing of all drugs subject to abuse-particu­ Govern. larly amphetainines--drew these reactions McGovern broadly implied that the Nixon Mr. ROY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to from pharmacists in central Vermont: AdministTation had not negotiated a release call to the attention of my colleagues an One called the decline in prescriptions of the prisoners for political reasons. Ken­ article which appeared in the October 4 "dramatic"; another said the reduction was nedy struck an even lower blow. He tied issue of the American Medical News, "at least 80% , probably higher"; another in Nixon's projected visit to Red China and entitled "Gains Seen in War Against druggist reported only one amphetamine said: prescription in the three weeks following "While he's over there in Peking, your hus­ Abuse of Amphetamines." the ban. bands and sons are rotting." The article tells of some of the efforts Porter H. Dale, MD., VSMS president, said The purpose of this intemperate type of of doctors and medical societies to re­ that ln his opinion the legitimate use of insinuation, of course, is to belittle the Presi­ verse the rising tide of drug addiction in amphetamines is "essentially controlled" ln dent politically. That, in itself, would be of this country. his state. no great moment; Nixon 1s competent to As a physician, I realize all too well He noted in a recent newsletter, however, defend himself. the dimensions of the problem we have that the "real problem remalns, as before: It is of no great moment, either, that such facing us. I am proud that members of illicit drug traffic." Dr. Dale called for the utterances reflect the political and moral "moral and financial support of those en­ standards of the men who make them. my profession, who daily see the necessity gaged in the enforcement of drug laws," and What is most deplorable ls that while the of proper drug usage, are acting volun­ the identification and regulation of all sup­ target is a political adversary, the vlctims tarily to curb the use of amphetamines ply channels. are the hearts and minds of the helpless and other drugs subject to abuse. The Dr. Dale also said physicians can help families of prisoners of war. The word for article follows: curb the thefts of amphetamines from of­ such tactics is despicable. GAINS SEEN IN WAR AGAINST ABUSE OF fice and medical bags that have been occur­ AMPHETAMINES ring "with alarming frequency" in recent months by eliminating any lnventory of The medical profession's positive efforts to the drugs. WENDELL COLTIN CITED FOR HELP­ help stem the tide of the nation's drug abuse The latest to seek curbs on drug prescrib­ ING AGED, ILL problem are gaining momentum. ing is the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty More state medical societies are joining the of Maryland. growing movement to voluntarily curb the prescribing of amphetainines. They are In a strongly worded resolution passed HON. F. BRADFORD MORSE getting dramatic results and have drawn by its House of Delegates, the medical so­ OF MASSACHUSETTS ciety requested physicians in the state to praise from President Nixon for their efforts. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The President, in an address to the Ameri­ "cease use" of metha'done except in care­ can Medical Association House of Delegates fully controlled addict-treatment programs, Tuesday, October 19, 1971 last June in Atlantic City, challenged the in cases of "urgent medical need" and when exceptions are granted by the state Secre­ Mr. MORSE. Mr. Speaker, I am proud medical community to join in an an-out to share with my colleagues the honor battle against the drug menace (AMN, June tary of Health and Mental Hygiene. 28, 1971). A companion resolution urged physicians that was recently accorded Mr. Wendell President Nixon's more recent comments to restrict prescriptions of amphetamines Coltin of the Boston Herald Traveler were contained in a letter to Edward M. and methamphetamines to "truly recog­ who has received national recognition for Harrell, MD, president of the Louisiana State nized cases of medical need." The measure his devoted efforts to ease the burden of Medical Society, who had urged presidents was modeled closely after a resolution ap­ loneliness and illness shared by so many and secretaries of the state's parish medical proved last June by the AMA at its annual senior citizens. societies to seek a total ban on the prescrib­ 'convention. Through his energies, our elderly in ing of amphetainines and methampheta­ Massachusetts have found a more pro­ Inines with the exception of clearly recog­ ductive life and have gained a better un:­ nized conditions, such as narcolepsy and POW'S, NIXON, AND MEDDLERS selected cases of hyperactive and brain-dam­ derstanding of this rapidly changing and aged children. complex society. . Dr. Harrell also asked each member to HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN I am pleased to bring to my colleagues' look at his individual prescribing practices OF TENNESSEE attention the following article from the to insure that all prescriptions for drugs Boston Herald Traveler noting Wendell with abuse potential "are written with IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Coltin's selection to receive the Better caution." Tuesday, October 19, 1971 Life Award of the American Nursing "As a profession, we have a clear-cut obli­ gation to provide leadership in this mount­ Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I would Home Association. ing problem," Dr. Harrell wrote. like to place in the RECORD today an edi­ The article follows: In a letter sent from the Western White torial from the October 1, 1971, issue of WENDELL COLTIN CITED FOR HELPING AGED, House in San Clemente, President Nixon the Knoxille, Tenn., News-Sentinel. This ILL lauded the effort. touches on a subject that concerns all of Wendell H. Col tin the Herald Traveler med­ "You and your colleagues across the coun­ us-POW's: icare columnist will receive the annual Bet­ try are the indispensable front-line soldiers ter Life Award of the American Nursing in this 'war' on illicit drugs," the President POW's, NIXON, AND MEDDLERS Home Association in recognition of his out­ told the Louisiana Society president. "Dur­ About the only thing heartening about standing service to the aged and the ill. ing earlier periods of great difficulty, our being a prisoner of war is that it probably 1s The award was announced yesterday by people have come together in a unified better than being killed in action, or being officials of the national association and Ar­ national effort and prevailed over adversity. shattered by a boobytrap. thur B. Stein, president of the Massachusetts "I am confident that, by working together But it is a heart-breaking, frustrating Federation of Nursing Homes. once again, we can meet the drug abuse experience for relatives at home. They rightly Coltin will receive the citation at the an­ crisis and eliminate this threat to the well­ are impatient to get their men back. The nual convention of the ANHA next month in being of our society. The splendid contribu­ uncertainty as to when, if ever, thls will Anaheim, Calif. tion you are making toward this end rep­ happen makes for painful weeks, months The recipient of the Bay State Better Life resents an important beginning, and I and years. Award in 1969, Coltin was then commended want you to know how grateful I am to you This week a. group of these relatives, meet­ as one of the nation's top leaders in the com­ and your fellow physicians." ing in Washington, were addressed by Presi­ munications media for "outstanding service In Oklahoma, where Oklahoma State Med­ dent Nixon. and effective efforts that have resulted in ical Assn. President Ed L. Calhoon, MD., Nixon said everything possible is being lasting contributions to the improved insti­ called for voluntary restrictions on the writ­ done to repatriate the prisoners. And he tutional health care of the aged in the com­ ing of prescriptions and approving of refills added a "personal commitment." He said he munity and the nation." for amphetainines, the number of prescrip­ believes "we will eventually succeed in our The Massachusetts Federation represents a tions for the drugs being filled in the state goal." majority of the 690 nursing homes and ex- Octobe1· 20, 1971 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 37147 tended care facilities in the Bay State, com· statement that the court-imposed desegre­ the court plan went into effect when schools prising more than 32,000 beds. gation plan for these schools-in effect for opened nearly four weeks ago. School officials three weeks-was not working. say about half of the system's 50,000 students In the last 15 months, Thomas said, some now attend school outside their neighbor­ 7,000 white children have left the school hoods, probably 8,000 more than last year system, removed by parents in anticipation when a more limited desegregation plan was THE RESEGREGATION CONTINUES­ of and in reaction to extensive desegrega­ implemented. WHITE STUDENTS FLEE NORFOLK tion. The "white flight" represents a 20 per Much of the increa,se in busing is at the SCHOOLS cent drop in the total white population and elementary school levels. Bus trips for 1st has produced a city school system now at the through 6th grade children average less than "tipping," with 52 percent white children a half hour one-way, but can last close to an HON. ROMAN C. PUCINSKI and 48 percent blacks. hour where some schools in the upper, largely OF ILLINOIS D.C. GIVEN AS EXAMPLE white, Northern section of the city are paired with schools at the extreme Southern black IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The steady abandonment by the white section of the city. Tuesday, October 19, 1971 middleclass of city schools in Norfolk, and Children are a,ssigned to a school for grades elsewhere in the South, Thomas asserted 5 and 6, and neighborhood, for the first four Mr. PUCINSKI. Mr. Speaker, just be­ "can only lead to the graduate deterioration grades, then to another school for grades 5 fore the August recess I called attention of our public educational system, as it has in and 6, and of course to different junior and of the House to the increasing phe­ communities like Washington, D.C." senior high schools. In many cases, parents nomenon of white children leaving public The school board chairman made clear his this year did not know where their children schools in increasing numbers where game pla.n for "Pha-se Two." If a "workable" would be assigned until two or three weeks desegregation plan "acceptable to the great before school opened. massive busing has been ordered by the majority of our people" can be developed, COST ADDED IRRITANT court. In my remarks I include the result then the courts, it is hoped, will yield in the of a survey conducted on my staff which face of the destructiveness caused by the An added irritant in the situation here showed an alarming degree of resegrega­ plan they had imposed. is that parents pay out of their pockets for tion-schools going from white to all To Joseph A. Jordan Jr., the only black the court-ordered busing: a quarter a day black-as a result of massive busing and on the seven-member elected city council, or about $45 per child a year and possibly that prospect spells disaster. "There's no in­ even more if the private bus company gets I warned that unless courts take another a post price freeze fare increase approved. look at this whole problem of busing, the between," he said in an interview last week. "If the courts stand firm, things can be Like most Virginia cities, Norfolk schools Nation's public school system in many resolved, but if they weaken, we're headed have never had a bus fleet, although many areas of the Nation will become an all for another 20 years of confusion." children in junior and senior high schools black school system. Jordan accused Thomas and other officials have ridden regular public bus lines to school. Mr. John Mathews of the Washington of undermining the desegregation plan. "If School board chairman Thomas and others Star has performed a notable public serv­ you work to degrade the system, you'll have have suggested the schools establish their all kinds of flight, from blacks too, who own "yellow bus" system, a '"'apital expendi­ ice by calling attention to the problems ture of $3.5 million and an annual operating unfolding in Norfolk, Va., as a result of don't want a poor school system," he said. The councilman maintained that "black cost of about $750,000. The state would foot massive busing. flight" is already a reality. Nearly half of the about half the annual operating cost, but I am placing Mr. Mathews' excellent city's younger Iniddle income blacks, Jordan none of the initial spending for buses, ga­ article in the record as a followup to said, are fleeing to black enclaves in the rages and other equipment and facilities. my own remarks last August. I hope it suburbs of Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, City hall officials oppose such a plan, argu­ will help the Nation's courts sober ap In or to Portsmouth, because they cannot find ing that taking away school busing business adequate housing or schools in Norfolk. from the Virginia Transit Co. would bank­ this whole issue of massive busing. Mr. rupt the private company and force the city Mathews' article follows: ALTERNATIVE OFFERED to take over the entire public bus system. "WHITE FLIGHT" IN NoRFOLK! SOUTHERN While making his judgment that the court­ Officials also say there is no money in city SCHOOLS ENTERING CRUCIAL INTEGRATION ordered desegregation plan has failed, school or school budgets to pay the approximately PERIOD board chairman Thomas offered his own al­ $1 million annually in bus fares now paid by (By John Mathews) ternative. He suggested busing of older chil­ parents. NAACP lawyers, charging the city NoRFoLK.-This vibrant port city, cur­ dren in 5th through 12th grades, but reten­ With a deliberate attempt to sabotage the de­ rently basking in the warm afterglow of tion of neighborhood schools-with no bus­ segregation plan, are asking the appeals court summer, .and other large cities throughout ing-for the youngest children, from kinder­ to require the city to provide immediate free the south, are now entering "Phase Two" of garten through the 4th grade. transportation for all school children. the school desegregation process. Thomas estimated that his plan would pro­ The busing costs have caused many hard­ "Phase Two" is the crucial period of this vide about three-quarters of the system's ships which have come to the attention of school year when sweeping court-ordered children with 13 years of integra.ted school­ Jesse L. Allen, an assistant superintendent desegregation plans are in effect and the fu­ ing and the remaining fourth with at least 8 for pupil personnel services. He cited the ture health of Southern school systems and years. case of a family on welfare with five chil­ the success or failure of racial integration The Thomas plan is considerably less com­ dren bused to schools-an annual cost of hang in the balance. prehensive than the plan required by the $225. Following a hardline school board pol­ During "Phase One" of the last several Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last icy against granting any exceptions to school years, Southern school boards accepted a de­ July which now is being appealed by a white assignments, Allen had to refuse any relief gree of integration, but argued in the courts parent group, but not by the school boord. to the welfare family which presumably is against abandonment of neighborhood The court plan suggested by an educa.tional readjusting its limited budget to get its school and against large scale busing. That consultant of the National Association for children to school. phase ended abruptly on April 20 when the the Advancement of Colored Peopla, required Allen':; office also keeps figures on disci­ U.S. Supreme Court handed down its his­ that virtually au schools reflect the system­ plinary problems in the schools. Last year, toric Swann decision, requiring maximum wide ratio at the time of 55 per cent white he said nearly 5,000 suspensions were issued possible desegregation and the use of busing and 45 per cent black. in the school with probably a majority to where needed. After children were counted at the end ot black students. Just last week a police report The new phase has a new vocabulary, September, school officials discovered an ab­ said disciplinary incidents had increased this which is no longer legalistic, but practical. solute loss of 5,600 white children in the year, most of them occurring on buses. last 15 months, taking into account the de­ Thomas, the school board chairman, ac­ "WHITE FLIGHT" CITED clining birthrate. The loss figure is substan­ knowledges that disciplinary problems are The talk is now of "white fiight"-middle­ tial. but less than the 7,000 estimate used by prevalent, but he notes: "We used to have class whites pulling their children out of Thomas. fights and now we have racial incidents if public schools and placing them in private With the overall white population down to it happens to be between a black boy and schools or fleeing to white suburbs; of "re­ 52 per cent compared to the 55 per cent esti­ a white boy." segregation"-schools becoming blacker be­ mate used by the courts, the individual school The black councilman, Jordan, maintained cause there are not enough whites to go racial balances were seriously affected. Half that police reports invariably indicate more around; and of physical dangers on school the 56 elementary schools now have black fights or other incidents involving blacks buses, racial frictions and violence in the majorities and the overall elementary school than whites. "The reason for this," he said, schools. population is evenly divided between the "is thal; if a black assaults a white as a "Pha,se Two" strife surfaced here in Nor­ races. Blacks also are in the majority in three matter of course, the white reports to police. folk a week ago when the moderate school o! the 10 junior high schools and in one o! But, l;>lacks have no confidence in police and board chairman, Vincent J. Thomas, shocked the five high schools. won't make reports, but will handle the and shook the city by declaring in a lengthy Despite the shift in expected enrollments, matter themselves." 37148 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS Octobet" 20, 1971 Jorda.I.L and other blacks in Norfolk con­ that impede progress, but we do not oppose often are possessed of few of the skllls the tinually become angered by what they view progressive, just wars. Not only do we Com­ job market demands. as a concentrateci campaign on the part of munists not oppose just wars, we actively The true purpose of secondary education whites to prove that desegregation is not participate in them." can, of course, always be debated. Some edu­ working, like the Thomas statement and the It is apparent what kind of war Rennie cators have long held that for those who are police report, both issued after less than a Davis and his followers think the United not college bound the main objective should month of the school year. States and the South Vietnamese are fight­ be a general education that prepares them for Mrs. Vivian T. Mason, the only black on ing. citizenship in a democratic free society. Job the seven-member appointed school board What kind of war do they think the Viet training can come afterwards when they ac­ which oversees a school system with a 48 per Cong and the Hanoi Communist dictators tually find a job, the argument goes. cent black population, points to what she are fighting? There is some logic to this, but it is a sees as many successes in the last two years logic more applicable to the past than the of large scale integration. Schools like Booker present. Certainly, it is difficult to gear T. Washington, a formerly black high school, THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT public education to the changing needs of ' attracted only half the assigned whites in the job market. Students who are encouraged September, 1970, but after a positive, un­ AND CAREER EDUCATION to pursue a specialty and then find it difficult eventfU- school year double the number to get a job to make use of their skills will showed this past September. almost certainly feel frustration. Like other blacks interviewed in Norfolk, HON. VICTOR V. VEYSEY All the same, public school vocational Mrs. Mason insisted that the black com­ OF CALIFORNIA training does not have to be so narrow that munity dislikes the inconvenience of busing, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES it would lock a. student into a specialty. It but fee.. it insures equality of school re­ can be argued that in th.is era it is better sources. As a black teacher aide in a school Tuesday, October 19, 1971 to have some skill than none at all, even put it, 'With whites here, you can be sure we Mr. VEYSEY. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow if that skill is not instantly marketable. And will never have part-time schools again." the House is scheduled to begin consid­ given what appears to be a dearth of profi­ cient talent in all sorts of skilled and semi­ eration of the Higher Education Act of skilled occupations the problems of finding a 1971. I would like to once again call my job would seem to be not so much greater colleagues' attention to the fundamental DAY OF INFAMY than the problems some college graduates improvement this bill offers to career face. education in America. There are, however, even stronger argu­ HON. WILLIAM G. BRAY This bill offers an opportunity for oc­ ments than these. The drift away from OF INDIANA cupational and career education to every career orientation in education-at the col­ lege level as well as the high school level­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES American who desires it, and assures that this option is clearly spelled out at every may well be partly responsible for some of the Tuesday, October 19, 1971 confusion and frustration that afilict many level in the educational process. Our young people. To introduce stronger encour­ Mr. BRAY. Mr. Speaker, it is at times present emphasis on an academic degree agement to think in career terms at a young­ unbelievable to see to what depths some as the only socially acceptable educa­ er age may well help to restore a sense of · persons will sink. The following editorial tional goal is costing us dearly. purpose among your people who now lack from the Indianapolis, Ind., Star con­ Aimless college students waste 4 years such a sense. cerning plans of the new left for Veter­ of their lives, at great public expense, But perhaps most important is the possi­ ans Day gives an excellent example: and graduate with little or no prepara­ bility that introduction of career orientation tion for how they must make a living. in secondary education will remove some of DAY OF INFAMY the damaging stigma that attaches to pur­ "New Leftist" Rennie Davis, friend of the Many of them a wake rudely to the reali­ suit of careers that do not involve college Old Leftists who run North Vietnam, has zation that a bachelor's degree counts for training. There can be little doubt that this announced plans to give a unique touch to very little in a world filled with other de­ stigma has caused too many s<;udents to Veterans Day, Oct. 25, at Washington, by gree holders. They tend to blame "the drift aimlessly into college when they could having representatives of the Viet Cong ad­ system" for their dilemma, and to some have been spending the.ir time more usefully dress an antiwar assembly near the White extent they may be justified. training for other pursuits. House. Tomorrow the House can take a giant This drift has several undesirable effects. The Vietnamese Communists will not be step toward correcting this imbalance by It may discourage the individual from de­ there in person. They will be in Paris and veloping his or her best talents or skills. It will speak via a telephone circuit connected supporting the occupational education denies needed talents and skills to the econ­ to a public address system. - title of the higher education bill. I urge omy. The presence of aimless students on This will happen on a day set aside to my colleagues to do so. college campuses dilutes the efforts of the honor the veterans of this nation's wa.:rs. A recent article from the Wall Street colleges to provide first-rate education to Some 50,000 of these veterans were slain Journal describes eloquently the problem those students with a genuine academic bent. by the forces of the enemy who will be ad­ this title aims to correct. In other words, the present system is highly dressing the socalled antiwar assembly near The article follows: inefficient if we are to assume that one role the White House. of education should be to prepare people for It is perhaps an indication of deep changes [From the Wall Street Journal, Sept. 18, 1971) a useful role in the economy as well as a that have taken place in the nation to re­ REVIEW AND OUTLOOK--CAREER EDUCATION responsible role as citizens. To fill that role fiect what would have happened if Nazi­ One of the hopes of Sidney P. Marland Jr., some educators will have to adopt some new Japan Axis sympathizers had arranged for U.S. Commissioner of Education, is to take attitudes toward their task. These also will Hermann Goering, Heinrich Himmler, Hideki some of the aimlessness out of secondary ed­ be some considerable expense in developing Tojo and Admiral Yamamoto to address an ucation in the United States. the curricula, teachers and laboratories for "antiwar" rally in the nation's capital dur­ There can be considerable doubt about how this purpose. ing the closing months of World War II. far the federal government should be per­ Even so, if the fruits of such an effort will "New Leftist" Davis indignantly told an mitted to go in pressing its curriculum ideas be to improve the skill level and productivity outdoor rally of some 600 students at the on the states as the quid pro quo for federal of the economy, to create greater job satis­ University of Vermont several days ago, money grants. Educational administration factions for a wider number of people and to "There is absolutely no evidence to support should be left as decentralized as possible to remove some of the class and status consider­ the view that the Vietnam war is winding meet the diverse needs of different commu­ ations that have attached themselves to down. This is the most incredible deception nities. work, the effort will have been well worth yet to come from the office of the presi­ However, Mr. Marland was himself a local making. dency." school superintendent and his belief that He did not say anything about the desir­ schools need more purpose is well worth the ability of the Communists winding down attention of state and locai superintendents. WHEELCHAIR ATill.ETE their part of the war. This is perhaps unfor­ Some in fact already are proceeding along tunate, for he seems to have more of an in the lines Mr. Marland suggests. with Hanoi and the Viet Cong than he does What Mr. Marland is concerned about is HON. ROMANO L. MAZZOLI if with the American government, and he the large number of high school students OF KENTUCKY could persuade the Reds to wind down their who have no plans either for college or for a war, the whole thing might stop. specified type of work after they finish high IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES But then, different people have different school. Somewhere close to half the nation's Tuesday, October 19 1971 attitudes about different wars. Or as Mao high school students fall into this cate­ 1 Tse-tung, chairman of the Chinese Commu­ gory and end up in what are known as "gen­ Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, in this era nist Party, once put it: eral education" courses, the commissioner ob­ of automation and computerization, the "We Communists oppose all unjust wars serves. When they finish high school they marvels of modem technology make us October 20, 1971 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 37149 forgetful of the plain, old-fashioned sat­ balanced on the edge of the gutter all the While I am not totally familiar with isfaction of doing things for ourselves­ way. But it stayed up and knocked three the background of Jack Russ, who was pins down. selected as ''Outstanding Doorman of the with our hands. Sometimes, we need to O'Brien released the brakes, backed up to be reminded by the example set by the the ball-return area, and carefully marked Year for the House Floor," or of Sgt. Earl less fortunate who have had to overcome the score. Gassett, winner of the "Outstanding severe obstacles to do the ordinary things He repeated this routine for nearly an hour Police Officer of the Year" award, .I wish of life. in scoring his 51. He later said, with justified to extend to these two gentlemen my Such an exemplary person is Mr. pride, that his highest score ever was 104. congratulations and best wishes. Johnny O'Brien, of Louisville, Ky., who Several balls ended up in the gutter. When Our work here in this Chamber is made has refused to allow cerebral palsy to this happened, O'Brien made an elaborate a little bit easier and smoother because gesture of disgust. of the dedication of people like Jimmy keep him from the pleasure and satisfac­ After he had released the ball, he often tion of doing things for himself. He is a seemed to try to communicate with it, to Carter, Jack Russ and Sergeant Gassett. courageous, admirable young man whose correct its errant course with an awkward life is a reproach to those of us who let "body English." Then the automatic pin­ minor aches and pains get the upper setter would effortlessly and precisely sweep hand. away the pins he had left. IS CANCER A PROPRIETARY I would like to call the attention of my "Johnny plays every chance he gets," his DISEASE? mother said. "His brother-in-law usually colleagues to the endeavors of Mr. takes him over to the bowling alley, and a O'Brien by inserting in the RECORD an friend of his brings him home." HON. DAVID R. OBEY article from the Louisville Courier­ Mrs. O'Brien said her son has made several OF WISCONSIN Journal by John Filiatreau. It is entitled friends while at Pa.rkmoor. "One of his "Athlete." friends took him up to Cincinnati for a. base­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The article follows: ball game one day last week. Everybody likes Tuesday, October 19, 1971 ATHLETE Johnny. Of course, he's got a good person­ ality." Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, the New York (By John Fillatreau) Mrs. O'Brien says that next to bowling, her Times of October 14 took editorial note Ours is a nation of armchair athletes. We son's greatest interest is baseball. "Oh, he11 of the advertising campaign mounted sit in our living rooms, beer in hand, and soak tell you anything you want to know about against the effort of the gentleman from in the vicarious thrills. baseball. He reads an awful lot about it. He's Florida the Washington Post editorially bowl is not a poetic experience. His scores JAMES LEE CARTER NAMED OUT­ applauds Mr. RoGERS' subcommittee for are seldom even average. But his courage is STANDING DOORMAN OF THE voting down the proposed independent richly instructive to those of us who take our HOUSE GALLERY cancer agency and adds its hope that-- bodies for granted. The House subcommittee will be sustained O'Brien, 31, is physically handicapped. in its judgment on this emotion-laden sub­ Cerebral palsy has robbed him of most of his HON. JOSEPH P. ADDABBO ject when the matter reaches the floor and motor control since an injury he suffered at OF NEW YORK that the Senate can be persuaded to follow birth. Much of his energy is sapped by In­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the recommendations of those who oppose voluntary, random motions of his arms and stripping cancer studies out of the existing body. Tuesday, October 19, 1971 framework of biomedical research. He is a wheelchair athlete. Mr. ADDABBO. Mr. Speaker, the New Mrs. Toni Wheatley, cashier at Parkmoor, Mr. Speaker, today's Post also carries says O'Brien's handicap hasn't kept him from York delegation is proud to claim James a letter from Dr. John A. D. Cooper, improving his game. She said he plays two Lee carter as one of its own. president of the Association of American or three times a week, and has been coming Mr. Carter, who was named "Out­ Medical Colleges, in reply to one of Oc­ to Parkmoor for about four years. standing Doorman of the House Gal­ tober 6 from Dr. H. Marvin Pollard, pres­ "At first he could hardly get any of them lery," U.S. House of Representatives, by ident of the American Cancer Society. down there at all," she said. "Now, I think the Doormen's Society, is well known on he plays a pretty good game . . . He gets a I think Dr. Cooper's letter is commend­ Capitol Hill. James Carter is always able in its detail and its restraint. big kick out of it." courteous, efficient in his tasks and help­ Most of us have seen wheelchair-bowlers ful to the Members and guests. The two editorials and the letter show before. Some are good at the game. Some Jimmy, as he is known by all Hill peo­ how a voluntary health organization can can compete with able-bodied athletes. But tend to regard a disease as proprietary, O'Brien's disability is severe. He bowls with ple, has been employed at the Capitol for extreme difficulty, and intense concentration approximately 25 years and has worked and can seem to imply that non-proprie­ is required. on both the House and Senate side. tors do not care or that nothing is being On a recent afternoon, when Parkmoor was In his first job, Jimmy worked in the done. In the case of cancer, both impli­ nearly deserted, O'Brien interrupted a con­ Senate restaurant and recalls with cations could not be more wrong. versation to ask one of the men relaxing at a. pleasure his association with some of the I include the three items at this point: table to help him down to the lanes. "No, (From the New York Times, Oct. 14, 1971] you go on," groused the first man he asked outstanding members of the U.S. Senate, for help. A second man rose to assist O'Brien, such as President Truman, Vice Presi­ CANCER POLrriCS and the first yelled, "Just roll him all the way dent Barkley, Senator Robert Taft, Sen­ The effort of Representative Paul G. Rogers down!" O'Brien smiled. ator Robert Wagner and many more. to win Congressional approval for a sensible As the men resumed their conversation, Jimmy transferred from the Senate approach toward cancer research has appar­ he got ready to bowl. It took several minutes restaurant to the Sergeant at Arms and ently produced panic among the proponents to locate the holes in his bowling ball. After after spending 11 years on the Senate of a rival measure thaJt the Senate passed putting the ball into a special holder attached last summer. Such panic is the only explana­ to his wheelchair, he wheeled himself, back­ side, transferred to the House. tion for the high-powered advertising cam­ wards, to the line, spun the chair around, His family, his church and his work paign launched by the American Cancer So­ put on the brakes to keep it from moving, are high on Jimmy's list of priorities. I ciety in support of the Senate measure. and with a. pendulum motion released the hope for James Lee Carter many more The Senate last summer was persuaded to ball. years of happy association with this establish an essentially separate cancer re­ The ball rolled extremely slowly. It seemed House. search agency whose head would report only 37150 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 20, 1971 to the President. The most likely result if Part of the need for a new agency, if we tute, New England Deaconess Hospital, Bos­ the Senate bill became law would be the are to believe the advertisement, is that it ton; and Dr. Henry Kaplan, Chairman of the beginning of the destruction of the National would be "an advance in the mechanics of Department of Radiology, Stanford Univer­ Institutes of Health-probably the world's administration" which would free cancer sity, and a member of the Panel of Consult­ greatest biomedical research institution. Tl1e researchers from the "red tape which now ants. The major advances in cancer have nega,tive reaction among scientists was sum­ slows the cancer fight." That statement, plus come from scientific fields which have not marized in these words by the magazine the assertion that it "would be futile just to been the center of the applied cancer research "Science" recently: "Few issues have so pour more money into the existing system," effort. The views of "scientists" can carry at united the biomedical community as the pro­ is a charge of gross mismanagement against least as much weight in this matter as those posal to remove the National Cancer In­ the National Institutes of Health and the of "doctors." stitute from N.I.H. . .. No major scientific Department of Health, Education and Wel­ It is stated that S. 1828 is based upon ex­ body, apart from the American Cancer So­ fare. It is a charge that we think has not haustive study by a panel of experts who ciety, supports the proposal, and numerous been and cannot be proved. Indeed, if the would ha.ve liked to support the "status quo" organizations from the National Academy of situation is that bad, it seems strange that but reluctantly came to the conclusion that Sciences downward have spoken out against the panel of experts which first recommended an independent cancer authority is neces­ it." the new agency never .saw fit to discuss the sary because the facts so dictate. With expert help from thhe biomedical problems of research management with any In the report of the Scientific Committee community, Representative Rogers has fash­ of the top officials of either HEW or NIH. of the panel referred to by Dr. Pollard (a ioned a substitute bill that would safeguard Inherent in the drive for a new cancer report that comprises 140 pages of the 149 the vast research program of the N.I.H., while agency is the promise that a cure can be page report of the overall panel), which ex­ permitting grea,ter flexibility for the Insti­ found if only enough money is devoted to haustively examines and assesses the prob­ tute's efforts against cancer and other dis­ the search and administered in a particular lems, obstacles, and opportunities relating to eases. The Rogers bill is far superior to the way. This is a promise which the supporters further progress in cancer research, there is one the Senate passed, and the American of the new agency are careful to hedge. no mention of the need for an independent Cancer Society does the cause of combating knowing as they do that the cure or cures cancer authority or of any organizational cancer no favor by its campaign against the may still be years or decades away. Yet it is problems. It is quite clear from the assess­ useful Rogers initiative. that appeal which has given the drive for a ment of this scientific group that the major new agency its popularity, a popularity barriers to progress in cancer are scientific [From the Washington Post, Oct. 19 1971] underlined by the heavy mail to members of and not organizational. The report of the Congress which resulted when columnist Ann panel provides no evidence or findings to THE CONQUEST OF CANCER Landers took up the cudgels for the agency support the sweeping organizational changes The fight over the proposal to establish a some months ago. Nevertheless, President recommended. new Conquest of Cancer Institute is building Nixon was right when he said last winter that Dr. Pollard states that"... all that S. 1828 toward a climatic finish. A House subcommit­ "scientific breakthroughs are still required boils down to is an advance in mechanics of tee last Friday voted down the proposal and they often cannot be forced-no matter administration. The essential intellectual backed by the White House for creating such how much money and energy is expended." and scientific relationships would remain an independent agency, substituting in its It is worth noting in passing that many of the same ..." place a bill strengthening the position of the the basic discoveries which have helped doc­ S. 1828 would give to the Director of the existing cancer institute inside the structure tors to understand cancer better did not Conquest of Cancer Agency extraordinary of the National Institutes of Health. Since originate in the context of cancer research. .power and authorities which would be un:­ the Senate had previously passed the White We hope that as the House subcommittee available to the Director of the NIH for all House plan by an overwhelming majority will be sustained in its judgment on this other disease and biomedical research pro­ and since the White House shows no signs of emotion-laden subject when the matter grams in the NIH. Thus, the cancer effort backing down, the way seems clear for a fight reaches the floor and that the Senate can would be separated out of the other re:.. on the House floor or in a conference com­ be persuaded to follow the recommendations search activities in the NIH and the contrL­ mittee or both. of those who oppose stripping cancer studies butions they can make to advancing our There have been few other legislative pro­ out of the existing framework of biomedical knowledge about neoplasia.. posals in recent years tha.t have divided the research. Creation of an independent cancer pro­ nation's medical community so sharply. In gram would force into the over-burdened Of­ our letters column today, the President of HEAD OF MEDICAL COLLEGES ASSOCIATION ON fice of Management and Budget and the Ex­ the Association of Medical Colleges challenges THE CANCER AGENCY PROPOSAL ecutive Office of the President decisions some of the points raised earlier this month (By John A. D. Cooper, M.D.) which neither is capable of carrying out. by a letter from the President of the Ameri­ In The Washington Post of October 6, Dr. Pollard notes that the creation of ana­ can Cancer Society. We might let the ex­ there appeared a letter from H. Marvin Pol­ tional cancer agency will not fragment NIH change go at that except for the full pa.ge lard, president of the American Cancer So­ . but rather strengthen it and that the Ameri­ advertisement in this newspaper last week in ciety, Inc.• entitled "A New Opportunity to can Cancer Society was one of the original which it was asserted that objections to the Fight Cancer." Dr. Pollard states that the supporters of the National Cancer Institute bill come mainly from those "who do not recent House hearings in Washington on and obviously would not "embrace any pro­ have expert cancer knowledge" and "do not legislation aimed at expanding the nationa.l posal that would harm what we helped to fully understand the situation." The implica­ attack on cancer makes it pertinent for the create." tion of the ad, like the implication of similar public to have a clear understanding of the Dr. Pollard testified before the Senate ads that have appeared elsewhere, is that both the facts and the issues surrounding the committee in support o! a bill that would the only way to conquer cancer is to estab­ proposal contained in the bill S. 1828 to abolish the National Cancer Institute. lish a. new institute with that as its goal and establish an independent Conquest of Can­ No one who has appeared before the com­ that only those who want the new institute cer Agency within the National Institutes of mittees in the House and Senate has urged are ready to support an all-out attack on Heal·th, which has been passed by the Senate any delay or diminishment in the attack cancer. but now rejected by Congressman Paul upon cancer. As stated by Congressman Rog­ If the situation were really as simple as the Rogers and his Subcommittee on Public ers. there is a need for a most careful and authors of this advertisement make it seem, Health and Environment. deliberate examination of a proposal which there would be no dispute over the White Unfortunately, Dr. Pollard's letter will add holds within it the potentiality of destroying House proposal. There is no opposition that only to public confusion and misunderstand­ the one institution, the NIH, that has made we know of to increased federal funding for ing concerning the legislation now being so much of the scientific progress under­ cancer research nor to a. federal commit­ considered by the Congress and the most ef­ lying a greater medical capability in cancer ment aimed at providing whatever funds are fective way to confront this dread disease. possible. necessary to find a cure for cancer. But it Dr. Pollard states that S. 1828 is supported Dr. Pollard holds that S 1828 will not fi­ does not follow that the creation of a. new by the majority of doctors who are cancer nancially harm the budgets of the other NIH free-wheeling agency which reports only to specialists and opposition comes only from Institutes, citing the fact that the Congress the President is either the only or the best scientists who are not experts in cancer and appropriated $142' million more than the way to channel those funds. And that is what thus do not fully understand the situation. President requested for FY 1972 for NIH re­ the fight is all about. Many distinguished investigators in the search institues, other than the National It is true that many of those researchers field of cancer, most of whom are also con­ Cancer Institute, as evidence. who focus solely on cancer favor the estab­ cerned with the care of patients. have ap­ The President's request for 1972, while lishment of a new agency. That is hardly sur­ peared before the House committee in oppo­ supporting a $100 million special appropria­ prising. Any group of researchers on any sub­ sition to this bill. Among them are Dr. How­ tion for new cancer initiatives, drastically ject would love to have an agency devoted ard H. Hiatt, Head of the Cancer Division, cut the support for other institute programs. exclusively to their field. If there is to be a Department of Medicine. Beth Israel Hos­ Thus, the much-publicized increase ot $100 special institute for cancer, why not one for pital, Boston; Dr. Robert Handschumacher. million for cancer research in the Presi­ heart diseases? They kill twice as many peo­ American Cancer Society Professor of Phar­ dent's budget was obtained programs ple. Or for arthritis, from which far more macology, Yale University; Dr. George Ni­ upon which further progress in cancer is people su1fer. chols, Jr., Director, Cancer Research Insti• dependent. October 20, 1971 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 37151 True, the Congress appropriated, as Dr. "persistently violated the principles" of fective instrument for peace, because it Pollard has noted, some $142 million more the charter. will truly be the organizati.on of the for the NIH programs other than the Na­ Expulsion of the Republic of China United Nations. tional Cancer Society had little to do with In this reversal of the President's budget. Dr. from the United Nations is an unjust conclusion, Mr. Speaker, I reiterate, Pollard, in testifying before the HEW appro­ and unjustifiable act-and this, Mr. that the United States cannot continue priations subcommittee in the House, urged Speaker, is a view which is shared by to pay the price for the United Nations if only a further increase of $66 million in the many of my colleagues in this Chamber it expels the Republic of China and backs in the other NIH research programs. and in the Senate. Mr. Speaker, on Oc­ brings in Communist China. The American Cancer Society, although in­ tober 13, a congressional delegation vited, did not join the Coalition for Health presented the President with a petition, Funding, whose activities were principally signed by 336 Members and stating that responsible for the increase in research fund­ we "are strongly and unalterably op­ COMPENSATION FOR VICTIMS OF ing. CRIME IN THE DISTRICT OF CO­ Dr. Pollard suggests that if S 1828 is not posed to the expulsion of the Republic of passed, the "status quo" in respect to cancer China from the United Nations." LUMBIA research will be retained, and implies that Mr. Speaker, when I last addressed such action will contribute in some way or this body on this subject, on October 6, another to the death of 300,000 persons in I suggested one approach which the HON. ABNER J. MIKVA this nation from cancer. United States could take to insure that OF ILLINOIS Such an implication is untrue. There is be­ the Republic of China would not be ex­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fore the Congress an alternative, approved pelled from the United Nations. Since Tuesday, October 19, 1971 last week by the subcommittee. This bill will that time, I have written to U.S. Ambas­ pTovlde the means for mounting a broadly Mr. MIKVA. Mr. Speaker, street crime coordinated assault upon cancer using the sador to the U.N., George Bush, outlining full scientific resources of the Nm as well the same proposal. threatens to destroy the very fabric of as the National Cancer Institute. It provides However, we in the Congress must not our society. It is a daily and nightly fact for the high level of leadership, and the ad­ stop at making policy suggestions. If we in every city of America, and the District min1Sitl"'81tive authorities to undertake this are serious in our opposition to this in­ of Columbia is unfortunately no ex­ urgent cancer effort. Rather than sowing the sanity of expelling the Republic of China, ception. seeds of division and destruction, this ap­ and, Mr. Speaker, we are dead serious To the people of the District who must proach will strengthen the entire structure walk the streets to and from their homes, of the NIH so that this nation can continue in this opposition, we must act. Today, I · to be the beneficiary, not only in cancer but am introducing a bill to limit all of the whose homes and families are ever in also in the other major disease areas, of the U.S. contributions to the United Nations. danger of being victimized, crime and vigorous biomedical research programs which We can no longer continue to finance an the fear of crime intrudes rudely upon this institution has brought into being and or!lanization which not only acts against their daily lives and security. so well advances. the national interest of the United As a society, we must do all within our The nation's academic medical centers find States, its primary source of funds, but power to combat the continuing increases ilt unfortunate that essentially subordi.na.te in the crime rate. But in the meantime, administra~ve problems have been utilized also fails to fulfill its primary tasks. to obscure the fundamental scientifi.c a.nd According to this legislation, U.S. con­ we have an obligation to help those peo­ policy issues. These centers, which carry out tributions to the regular budget of the ple we have failed to protect, the count­ a major part of the basic and applied researoh United Nations and its specialized agen­ less victims of street crime who sutier in cancer and a substantial part of the treat­ cies and U.S. voluntary contributions to personal and financial injury. ment of cancer patients have carefully ex- the multitudinous special programs of It was the need for mutual protection - amined the bills in Congress. They enthusi­ will from his enemies that first brought man astically support the Rogers bill as the most the United Nations be reduced from effective instrument to mount the attack about 37 percent to about 7 or 8 percent. out of the cave. As society developed, a against this dread disease. This is the approximate percent the tacit agreement was reached among the population of the United States is of the members that they would give up their total population of UN. members. individual rights of self-protection in UN. officials will then realize how un­ return for a system of laws which all REDUCE THE U.S. CONTRmUTION fair it is for them to depend on one would be obligated to obey. For its part, TO THE UNITED NATIONS country. An international organization the state agreed to enforce those laws for should depend on the resources of eaeh the protection of all its members. and every member nation, and not just Every time a citizen is victimized by HON. ROBERT PRICE on one member. Since the organization crime, society has failed to live up to its OF TEXAS has its headquarters in the United States, half of the bargain. Until we are success­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES it is already consuming some of the re­ ful in providing better protection against sources of this Nation. The land in New criminal injuries, I propose that we im­ Tuesday, October 19, 1971 York City which the United Nations is plement a compensation system which Mr. PRICE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, using could otherwise be used for park would Sl>read the burden among all the the U.N. General Assembly is now de­ and recreational facilities. The police~ taxpaying members of society, rather bating the question of Chinese repre­ men who guard the diplomats could be than leaving it to be borne by the un­ sentation in the United Nations. The used to offer better protection for the fortunate few who happen to be vic­ lackeys of Communist China have called people of the city. The addition of at timized. for the expulsion of the Republic of least 4,900 people in New York places a To accomplish this I have introduced China from the organization which Na­ greater burden on city communications, the Crime Victims Compensation Act of tionalist China helped to create, and to transportation, and housing. Thus, we 1971. It would establish a five-member bring in, in their place, the representa­ in the United States give to the UN. commission, appointed by the Mayor of tives of the People's Republic of China. quite a lot apart from the direct financial the District of Columbia, to award com­ We in the Congress have been particu­ contribution. pensation to persons victimized by street larly distressed over this situation be­ Mr. Speaker, I referred to the failure crime in the District of Columbia. cause we unconditionally oppose the ex­ of the UN. to live up to its obligations to Compensation would be limited to pulsion of the Republic of China from keep peace in the world. Some people say medical expenses, lost earnings, and the United Nations. To expel the Re­ that the ineffectiveness of the United funeral expenses in the case of death­ public of China from the United Nations Nations is due to the lack of willingness in other words, losses due to personal is to ignore and to nullify its 26 years as on the part of the member nations to al­ injury suffered during the commission of an honorable and active member of the low the U.N. to be effective. If we stop a crime of violence. Property loss would United Nations. To expel the Republic giving the U.N. more than one-third of not be compensable. · of China from the United Nations is to all its money, other member nations will .Any loss over $50 would be compen­ brand it an outlaw, since article 6 of the learn how to shoulder the burden of re­ sated, up to a maximum of $10,000. The U.N. Charter allows for expulsion from sponsibilitY. and then maybe the United bill provides an initial authorization of the organization when a member has Nations will have a chance to be an ef- $2 million for fiscal year 1973. CXVII--2337-Pa.rt 28 37152 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 20, 1971 Mr. Speaker, the need for compensat­ I outlined above, has only been success­ Guard, holding the rank of Sergeant; ing victims of crime is as compelling as ful in producing greater disruption and member of the Methodist Church; the the rationale. Most victims of street heightened tensions. In short, it has gen­ Boonsboro, Md., Historical Society; Jay. crime are poor. While crime is a threat erated more heat than light on this crit­ cees; and the Sons of the American to wealthy and middle class commu­ ical issue. Revolution. nities, it thrives in poor communities. This bill is designed not to restrain I am proud of the recognition of this The Crime Victims Compensation Act the courts, not to interfere with the ju­ outstanding young man, and I take this would distribute evenly among the citi­ dicial process, but to delay the imple­ opportunity to call the attention of my zens of the District the financial burden menting of forced busing in order to give colleagues to his work as doorman on of our collective failure to protect in­ the courts the time they need to resolve the main door of the House of Rep. dividual citizens. this difficult situation once and for all. rcsentatives. We have properly expressed our con­ Presently, the lack of a clear-cut decision cern, through numerous laws and court and understanding of this question has rulings, for the constitutional rights of only served to erode the credibility of RESPONSE TO OBEY QUESTION­ people who are accused of crime. We our court system. NAIRE CALLS FOR LESS SPEND­ have amply expressed our concern, Furthermore, because of the length of ING ON SPACE AND ARMAMENTS through legislation and Federal assist­ time needed to complete the appeals ance, for the agencies and officers who process, busing will be an accomplished fight crime. It is high time we provided fact before the issue has been decided by HON. DAVID R. OBEY some assistance for our fellow citizens the Supreme Court. I can find no rhyme OF WISCONSIN who are victimized by crime. or reason in following through on busing IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES with its great cost in terms of time and Tuesday, October 19, 1971 money which would uproot children from their neighborhood schools when there Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, this fall I BUSING is a possibility that in 2 or 3 years the distributed to all of the residents of district court order will be overturned. Wisconsin's Seventh Congressional Dis­ Indeed, I find that not only lacking in trict a questionnaire seeking opinions on HON. WILLIAM S. BROOMFIELD good sense but also unjust. the important issues which the 92d Con­ OF MICHIGAN Mr. Speaker, surely, the more rea­ gress will face during the coming months. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES soned, prudent course of action is to hold Nearly 10,000 persons responded to the Tuesday, October 19, 1971 back on busing for the time being. Even questionnaire and I believe a report on in those cases where the Supreme Court the results may be of interest to my col­ Mr. BROOMFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I rise has sanctioned busing it has indicated leagues. today to introduce legislation which will that it should be used only as a tool of An overwhelming majority of those act to postpone the effectiveness of a last resort. I would now ask that oppo­ who responded to the questionnaire U.S. district court order requiring busing nents to busing be allowed to plead their favored less Federal spending on space to achieve racial balance until all appeals case at their forum of last resort before programs and armaments. Ninety per­ to that order have been exhausted. any action is taken. cent of the respondents favored less This measure does not seek to decide In conclusion, I would emphasize that spending on space programs and 88 per­ the merits of the busing issue. Clearly, cent indicated a desire for reduced this is a legal problem and properly the approach that this legislation takes is fair to both sides of the busing con­ spending on armaments. Meanwhile, 86 within the jurisdiction of the courts. percent favored more funds for pollution However, it is designed to delay busing troversy. I, therefore, urge that·it receive the careful and immediate deliberation cleanup, 85 percent favored more money until the question has been completely for health, 82 percent asked for more for adjudicated. It provides an automatic of the House. law enforcement, 70 percent wanted more stay of proceedings on a lower court's for fighting poverty, and 65 percent fa­ busing order pending the hearing of all vored more funds for education. appeals. JACK RUSS NAMED "OUTSTANDING The questionnaire featured several To my mind, this is a fair and equi­ DOORMAN OF THE YEAR FOR THE questions relating to the war in South­ table approach to this most difficult prob­ HOUSE FLOOR" east Asia. By better than a 60-to-40 mar­ lem and a review of the facts will con­ gin Wisconsin's Seventh District citizens firm this. favor withdrawing all American troops First of all, there are conflicting judi­ HON. WILLIAM M. COLMER from Vietnam by the end of 1971. In cial, legislative, and administrative state­ OF MISSISSIPPI addition, 66 percent of the respondents ments on the validity of forced busing, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES said they oppose continued U.S. involve­ under what circumstances it may be im­ ment in an air war in Southeast Asia plemented and to what extent children Tuesday, October 19, 1971 after U.S. ground troops have withdrawn. can be bused. This confusion as to just Mr. COLMER. Mr. Speaker, it is al­ By a better than 4-to-1 margin there­ what the law says and requires is further ways a great honor to be selected for an spondents favor increased congressional compOunded by the extremely long time a ward by your peers. A young man from participation in decisions relating to war that a process of appeals will take. my congressional district was recently policy and by the same margin they Mr. Speaker, surely one of the para­ given the Doorman of the Year award by expressed the belief that it is unlikely mount ingredients of any law is its the House Doormen's Society. This young that the release of American prisoners clarity. The law, to be meaningful, must man, Jack Russ, hails from Picayune, of war can be secured before a cease:fire be clearly defined so that the public can Miss., and has been a doorman for the is agreed upon. understand and obey it. The courts have House of Representatives for 4% years. Mr. Speaker, my questionnaire included no greater respOnsibility than to resolve He is blessed with a combination of vir­ 29 questions. So that other Members of through the cases which come before tues. He is not only affable, but he also Congress may be aware of the thinking them any confusion or ambiguity that is capable and industrious. of the residents of central and northern may exist within the law. Jack was born in Poplarville, Miss., on Wisconsin I ask that the complete results However, when there are conflicting March 26, 1945, the son of Mr. and Mrs. be printed in the REcORD at this point. judicial decisions on a point of law, when Walter Denny Russ. Jack is happily The questionnaire follows: the judiciary itself appears to be uncer­ married ·to an attractive and talented OBEY QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS tain, when there is a delay in the resolu­ young lady and they have one son. (All percentages rounded to nearest whole) tion of a problem, it is not surprising that After being graduated from Picayune THE WAll this confusion should be reflected by the High School, he attended Pearl River Are you satisfied that President Nixon is public. Junior College where he was selected for ending the war in Vietnam? I propose that this is the situation in Honorable Mention All American on (In percent) my home State. The suddenness and the football team, and now is enrolled in abruptive nature of recent district court the University of Maryland. He is a mem­ 1res ------53 orders, together with the confusion which ber of the District of Columbia National NotNo ------sure------3413 October 20, 1971 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 37153 There 1s a proposal in Congress to require allow him to see and correct the information subsidized health insurance program for the the President to bring home all U.S. troops in that file? poor and the unemployed? by the end of this year. How would you vote (In percent) 39 %-Establish a single national system on this measure? Yes ------86 of comprehensive health insurance for all (In percent) No ------9 citizens, to be financed out of a government For it------61 Not sure------5 trust fund? Against it------39 Attempt to restrict the information-gath­ POLLUTI ON CLEAN-UP Would you be satisfied if by the end of ering activities of government agencies, so Throughout the country, some industries, 1972 the U.S. were no longer involved in that fewer files are started in the first place? ordered by government agencies to install combat operations in Vietnam but was still (In percent) pollution abatement equipment are threat­ financing and conducting an air war in Yes ------70 ening to shut down or relocate i!' forced to Southeast Asia? No ------18 comply. Do you think companies that say (In percent) Not sure------12 they cannot afford to install equipment re­ Do you think that the U.S. Attorney Gen­ quired by cleanup orders and still stay in Yes ------20 business should be required to make public No ------66 eral should be able to bug or wiretap citizens Not sure------14 without first obtaining the permission of a sufficient economic data to support their judge? claims? Should Congress permit the President to (In percent) conduct the war in Southeast Asia a.a he (In percent) alone sees fit or should Congress participate Yes ------29 1res ------89 more fully on decisions relating to war No ------7 No ------61 Not sure------4 policy? Not sure------10 (In percent) Do you think that surveillance of the polit­ THE ECONOMY Leave to President------18 ical activities of private citizens and public Please rank these problem areas of the Congress participate more ______82 officials by military intelligence personnel economy from 1 to 6 in what you consider to Do you think we can get American POW's should be allowed to continue? be their order of seriousness. back before the shooting stops? (In percent) 31 %-Inflation. 34%-Government Spending. (In percent) Yes ------~------28 13 %-Taxes. No ------56 Yes ------14 Not sure------16 5 %-Prices. No ------60 16 %-Unemployment. Not sure------26 HEALTH CARE 1 %-Interest Rates. AGRJ:CULTURB Please r-ank the following health and med­ Do you think the Administration's eco­ Do you favor legislation to curb the spread ical care problems from 1 to 6 in what you nomic policies are working? of corporation and hobby farming? consider to be their order of seriousness: (In percent) At national level? 19%-Accessibllity of doctors. 6% Quality of health care. 1res ------13 (In percent) 7%-Availabillty of medical care (clinics, No ------62 Yes ------75 pharmacies, hospitals etc.) . Not sure------25 No ------25 62%-Cost of health care. TAX SHARING At state level? 6%-Inadequacy of health insurance cov­ The President has suggested that the fed­ (In percent) erage. eral government distribute $5 billion of fed­ Yes ------72 In response to problems of the availability eral tax money to state and local govern­ No ------28 and quality of health care, should the federal ments to spend as they choose, with no Do you favor stricter sanitation standards government: strings attached. Do you think this is a for dairy imports? Leave it to doctors, hospitals and insurance good idea? (In percent) companies to try to work out these problems? (In percent) Yes ------84 (In percent) Yes ------24 No ------4 No ------59 Not sure------12 Yes ------26 Not sure ------17 No ------60 PRIVACY Not sure------14 Do you think this tax sharing can be done only when the federal budget runs a surplus Do you think there has been more of a Increase grants and loans to medical (as opposed to a year such as this when the tendency recently for the government to in­ schools and their students to turn out more federal government is running a $21 billion fringe unnecessarily upon the average Ameri­ doctors and other health care personnel? deficit)? can's privacy than there was ten years ago? (In percent) (In percent) (In percent) Yes ------72 Only with surplus______76 ~ore ------67 No ------15 Even with deficit------24 Same ------30 Not sure------13 If you were voting in Congress would you: Less------3 Assign Public Health Service doctors and (Please rank 1-2-3 in order of your prefer­ To protect the privacy of American citizens nurses to rural and urban areas where pri­ ence) should Congress: vate practitioners are in short supply? 12%--:-Support the President's tax sharing Prohibit government agencies from selling (In percent) plan described above? mailing lists (such as the IRS list of regis­ tered gun dealers or st-ate motor vehicle Yes ------79 33%-Rather see the federal government registration lists) ? No ------15 take over the cost of welfare, thereby remov­ Not sure______6 ing the burden from the local property tax? (In percent) Encourage the growth of pre-paid group 55%-Prefer a system of tax credits, which Yes ------83 health organizations offering a full range of would permit you to deduct a portion of your No ------9 medical services to all residents of a given state income tax payments from your fed­ Not sure------8 region? eral income tax bill? Pass a "Truth in Mailing Lists" law to (In percent) How would you rate the ability of each require a company or charity to disclose how level of government to spend your money it got your name 1! it makes unsolicited Yes ------61 wisely and operate effectively? offers or appeals to you by mail? No ------19 Not sure------20 (In percent) (In percent) To help pay the high costs of medical care, Federal: Yes ------86 should the federal government: Excellent ------3 No ------9 Not sure------5 (Select one) • Ciood ----~------12 35%-Provide or subsidize health insur­ Fair ------32 Order all government agencies to keep their Poor ------53 files as confidential as the Census Bureau ance coverage only for catastrophic illnesses? State: does? (the Census Bureau is required by (This kind of program would take effect after Excellent ------~---- 5 law not to open its files to any other agency.) you had used up other health insurance ben­ Good ------20 (In percent) efits, or had spent a certain amount-say $2,000-for your family's doctor bills, X-rays Fair ------26 Yes ------72 and other medical services in one year.) Poor ------~--- 49 No ------15 Local: Jqot sure------13 26%-Require that employers make avail­ Excellent ------7 Reqttlre that government agencies notify able to their workers a basic health care plan ------21 a citizen when they start a :file on him (ex­ (with employees and employers sharing the ~ cept in cases of crime or espionage) , and cost of the plan), while setting up a separate Fair ------31 Poor ------41 37154 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 20, 1971 SPENDING PIUOJUTlES practicing Christian. The Lord's Prayer is contributes little to a genuine educational Do you favor spending more or less moneJ the supreme act or adoraJtion and petition program or to understanding of the Bible. on the following programs? or it is debased. Reading the Bible in the ~oreover, both the Lord's Prayer and the (In percent) public scliools without comment, too, has Bible belong to a particular religious tradi­ Pollution cleanup: been of dubious value as either an educa­ tion, and their use in religious exercises in tional or religious experience. The more we the public schools does result in a religious ~ore ------86 attempt as Christians or Americans to in­ preference and invites the risk of sectarian Law ~enforcement: ------14 sist on common denominator religious exer­ divisiveness in the community. In turn, any cise or instruction in the public schools, the devotional use of the Bible designed to avoid ~ore ------82 greaster risk we run of diluting our faith and or Ininim.ize the sectarian aspect results in Space~ programs: ------18 contributing to a vague religiosity which a distorted conception of the Bible and a identifies religion With patriotism and be­ dilution of its religious message. ~ore ------10 comes a national folk religion. ~ ------90 At the same time, in candor, these de­ Furthermore, any religious exercise de­ Transportation: cisions must be seen as a. watershed. They signed to minimize the sectarian element, More ------44 whether it be a nonsectarian prayer or Bible open an era in which Christianity is kept readings that ignore religious teachings, ~ ------56 separate from the state in a way that was Armaments: foreign and would have been repugnant to serves to promote a vague or a syncretistic religion that conveys none of the substance, ~ore ------12 the minds of our ancestors at the time when the depth, anq cutting edge of the historic Less ------88 the Constitution was written and ever since. Christian witness. Education: They signalize the fact that the United States of America, like many other nations, The nature of our contemporary pluralistic More ------65 and democratic society requires a re-evalua­ ~ ------35 is past the place where underlying Christian Poverty: culture and beliefs are assumed in its life. tion of practices which though sanctioned by historical usage had their origin at a time J4ore ------70 This event intensifies the task of the when the Protestant influence was dominant ------30 church. It heightens the need of the church Health:~ in the shaping of many public practices in­ for strength to stand alone, lofty and un­ cluding the public school program. A due l!ore ------85 shaken, in American society. It calls for regard for all religious faiths and also for Less ------15 greater depth of conviction in all Christian men and women. nonbelievers and noncomformists of all kinds makes ~it imperative that the public n. IN'l'ERPRE'l'IVE MEMORANDUM, 1964 schools abstain from practices that run the LUTHERANS OPPOSE PRAYER The United States Supreme Court has de­ risk of intrusion of sectarian elements and clared it unconstitutional for states to re­ divisiveness. The public school serves a AMENDMENT quire religious exercises such as prayer reci­ unique and valued place in helping to build tation and the reading of the Bible without a civic unity despite the diversities of our comment in the public schools. (Engel and pluralistic culture. HON. FRED SCHWENGEL Schempp cases, 370 U.S. 421 and 374 U.S. It should also be noted that when the OF IOWA 203.) It is natural that the Court's decisions state deeply involves itself in religious IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have created controversy and have aroused practices in the public schools, it is there­ by not only appropriating a function prop­ Tuesday, October 19, 1971 misgivings and questions on the part of those who have both an interest in the public erly served by the church and the family Mr. SCHWENGEL. Mr. Speaker, as schools and a. concern for the religious and but subjecting the freedom of believers and evidenced by the following statements, a moral nurture of our children. To some it unbelievers alike to the restraint that ac­ large portion of the Lutherans in this has seemed that the Federal Constitution companies the use of governmental power should be expressly amended to nullify these and public facilities in the promotion of country are opposed to the proposed con­ decisions and otherwise restrict the appli­ religious ends. This construction is particu­ stitutional amendment regarding prayer cation of the religion clauses of the First larly re!evant in the case of religious exer­ in public buildings: Amendment. cises in the public schools. Children are PRAYER AND BmLE READING IN THE PUBLIC Criticism of the Court's rulings has been required to be in school by compulsion of ScHOOLS directed to the following points: that prayer public law, the religious exercises are pre­ (Adopted by the Second Biennial Conven­ exercises and Bible reading in the public scribed by public authority, public school schools have the sanction of historical usage, :Cacilities are used and the teacher-the tion, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 2-9, symbol of authority in the classroom-su­ 1964) that to call these practices a form of reli­ gious establishment is to carry constitutional pervises the exercises. These factors com­ (Note.-In June, 1963, the Executive interpretation to an unwarranted extreme, bine to operate with indirect coercive force Council of the Lutheran Church in America that to invalidate these practices at the re­ on young and impressionable children to adopted a brief statement on prayer and quest of a. minority is to deny majority rights, induce them to take part in these exercises, Bible reading in the public schools in the and that exclusion of such religious practices despite a freedom to be excused from par­ light of decisions on those matters by the has the effect of conferring a constitutional ticipation Even persons with a genuine re­ United states Supreme Court (Engel and blessing upon secularism as an official phi­ gard for prayer and the Bible may object to Schempp cases, 370 U.S. 421 and 374 U.S. losophy. having their children engage in these exer­ 203). cises when they are supported by the com­ The Biennial Convention of the LCA in The Church is properly concerned about these questions. The validity, the meaning pulsion of law. July, 1964, received an interpretive memo­ Having said this, however, does not fore­ randum attached by the Executive Counc11 and the effect of the Court's decisions touch on matters of vital interest to Christians, close the legitimacy of having any reserva­ to the prior statement. The significance of both in terms of their responsibility under tions about the Supreme Court's decisions. the memorandum was in its fuller analysis of The legal question whether the establish­ the Court's decisions and in the Blttention it God for the good of the public order and their special calling in Christ for the sake ment clause of the First Amendment is prop­ gave to related proposals to amend the Con­ of the Gospel. erly interpreted to apply to religious prac­ stitution of the United States. tices in the public sc!lools is a matter on The convention ratified the statement of It does not appear, however, that the church need be alarmed over the results which scholars disagree. It is quite valid the Executive Council (in the words of the to ask whether the Fourteenth Amendment pertinent resolution) "as amplified and in­ reached by the Court in these cases. Persons of goodwill may have differences of opinion should be used to make the First Amend­ terpreted by" the memorandum. ment apply to every school community in The statement of the Executive Council on the con·ectness or desirab1lity of these decisions. At the same time believers and the United States, regardless of the religious (I) "as amplified and interpreted by" the character of the local community. memorandum (II) constitutes the official nonbelievers alike may share the view that in the end these decisions may have a. whole­ A more serious question, moreover, goes to posLtlon of the Lutheran Church in America some effect in clarifying the role of the pub­ the concept of neutrality respecting reli­ on prayer and Bible reading in the public gious matters, which played a central part schools and the question of constitutional He school with ,respect to religious matters. amendm.ent.) The Executive Council statement of June in the Court's decision handed down in 1963 rtlcognizes that from a religious point of 1963. Clearly public school programs must I. STATEMENT BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, 1963 view not much is lost as a result of the de­ be directed to secular purposes, and yet We do not believe that much has been cisions of the U.S. Supreme Court in the the schools cannot be absolutely neutral in loot in terms of the specific points covered school prayer and Bible reading cases. Reci­ regard to religious matters. Any education by the recent decisions of the United States tation of prayers when prescribed by public premised on ind.i1Ierence to the religious Supreme Court in the school prayer and authority easily becomes a formal, mechani­ factors in history, in American life and in Bible reading cases. If the Lord's Prayer were cal exercise that neither reflects nor contriD­ the life of the individual, is an inadequate to be recited in schoolrooms only for the utes to genuine religious piety and rever­ education. Furthermore, the vacuum intro­ sake of the moral and ethical atmoophere it ence. Bible reading without comment may duced by the exclusion of religion opens creates, it would be worth nothing to the take on the form of a ritualistic exercise that the door to the cult of secularism. The Con- October 2'0, 1971 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 37155 stltutlon prohibits the establishment of all in areas vitally touching on religious liberty and non-Christians. Under these circum­ kinds of religion-whether theistic or secular Finally, and this is most important, the pro­ stances we believe that it is best for the in character. posed amendments in their substance would public school not to engage in prayer or Recognizing these considerations, the give constitutional sanction to distinctively other religious worship exercises. Court has wisely stated that schools may sectarian practices in the public schools with We support the idea that home and church properly present programs for the objective all the risks involved or impinging upon free­ have the responsibility for a religious edu­ study of the Bible and of religion. How dom of conscience and belief and creating cation which seeks commitment and provides successfully this can be done, without the religious divisiveness in the community. time for prayer or devotional exercises. intrusion of sectarian elements, remains to The Constitution should not be amended be seen. This points up the challenge to the except to achieve large and important pub­ SECTION ON "RELIGION IN THE SCHOOLS" FROM churches and to the public schools to give lic needs and purposes consistent with the CHURCH-STATE RELATIONS IN THE U.S.A. serious attention to ways of studying the basic nature of our constitutional system. (A Statement Commended by the Second Bible and religion that will do justice to the The current proposals for constitutional General Convention of the American Lu­ religious factor and at the same time serve amendment do not meet these standards. theran Church, October 21-27, 1964) the larger neutrality which an even-handed Parents, churches and school authorities would be better advised to direct their efforts RELIGION IN THE SCHOOLS interpretation of the Constitution requires. 27. Reading of Scripture and addressing The LCA Commission on Church and State to programs for study of religion and the Bible in the public schools and to the for­ diety in prayer are forms of religious expres­ Relations in a Pluralistic Society is cur­ sion which devout persons cherish. To compel rently exploring this question and will re­ mulation of types of programs which co­ ordinate the secular educational programs of these religious exercises as essential parts of port its conclusions to the Church in due the public schools with programs of a strictly the public school program, however, is to in­ time. religious nature conducted by the churches fringe on the distinctive beliefs of religious Christians should realize, however, that themselves, rather than to seek constitu­ persons as well as on the rights of the irre­ not too much may be expected of the public tional sanctions for devotional exercises in ligious. We believe that freedom of religion schools in dealing with religious matters. public schools that have at most '8. minimal is best preserved when Scripture reading and The schools must be careful to abstain from religious value, which invite the intrusion of prayer are centered in home and church, practices and teaching programs that in­ sectarian influences into the public school their effects in the changed lives of devout volve commitment to ultimate truth or val­ system risk the violation of the rights of persons radiating into the schools and into ues. On the other hand, it should be possible religious freedom and are a potential source every area of community life. It is as wrong for the public schoQls to teach respect for of conflict in the community. for the public schools to become agents for the spiritual and moral values that reflect atheism, godless secularism, scoffing irre­ the community consensus and which for most STATEMENT OF THE BOARD OF PARISH EDUCA­ ligion, or a vague "religion in general" as it citizens have their roots in the Christian, TION, LUTHERAN CHURCH, MisSOURI SYNOD, is for them to make religious rites and cere­ and in the antecedent Hebrew tradition. JULY 29, 1966 monies an integral part of their programs. Our democratic society rests on certain The Dirksen Prayer Amendment seeks to 28. It is a distortion of the constitutional moral assumptions. But even here the public encourage the opportunity for a voluntary principle of neutrality of the state toward re­ schools must be careful. In teaching respect participation of students in prayer without ligion to insist that public schools ignore for the ethics of a democratic society, they prescribing the form or content of any prayer. the influence of religion upon culture and cannot commit themselves to either a theis­ To encourage prayer is a laudable objective. persons. A rounded education ought to in­ tic or a humanistic philosophy respecting The public school, however, does not seem clude knowledge of major religious groups the sources and motivation for ethical con­ .to provide appropriate circumstances for and their emphases, the influence of religion duct. The nurture of an informed, vital and upon the lives of people, and the contribu­ joint prayer. tions of religion to society, taught in history, relevant religious faith remains the respon­ The amendment would forbid any author­ sibility of parents and the churches.· literature, social science, and othe• courses ity to prescribe the form or content of prayer. at levels consistent with the maturity and In view of these considerations it does not Yet in any group situation prayer without seem that anything of importance is to be comprehension of the pupils. The objective imposed form or content is impossible. One for the public schools in this direction is un­ gained through an amendment to the Com­ possibility of avoiding imposing form and stitution that woUld sanction prayer and -derstanding rather than commitment, a content is in providing a time for meditation teaching about religion rather than a teach• Bible reading in the public schools. The Su­ and prayer where each in his own words and preme Court has not held that there can be 1ng ot religion. Churches ought to offer their in his own way prays privately. Such private assistance to the public schools in preparing no prayers in public schools. Nothing in the prayer is already a possib111ty, although it Court's decisions precludes school authori­ for and in supporting the teaching of such might be desirable to provide a time-slot for courses. ties from designating a period of silence for a moment of private prayer. prayer and meditation or even for devo­ 29. Whether and how distinctive religious While the public school is not the place holidays should be recognized in the public tional reading of the Bible or any other book for group prayer or worship, there are some during this period. Opportunity for volun­ schools, and whether public property may be things that it can do with respect to reli­ used for religious displays and ceremonies, tary participation in prayers of the student's gion. The public school can take a posi­ own choice is not governed by these deci­ we believe are matters best decided by the tive attitude toward religion and point to the responsible authorities in each community sions which dealt only with situations large role that religion plays in the lives of where school authorities were directly in­ in light of (a) the interests and desires of many people, and it can point to the in­ the people of that community, (b) govern­ volved in prescribing the kind of prayer and fluence that religion has exerted on individ­ in giving direction to it. Moreover, the ment's obligation to benevolent neutrality in uals and on society in general. The public religious matters, (c) the protections and Court's recognition that the objective study school can study religious art, religious mu­ opportunities for redress guaranteed any of religion and the Bible in the public sic, and religious literature. More of this schools is consistent with the First Amend­ minorities and (d) the possib111ty that the ought to be done. In all this, however, the religious significance of the holiday will be ment gives promise to a constructive public school must show respect for all re­ approach to neutralizing secularistic tend­ lost as it becomes simply a seasonal rite or ligious faiths, and respect the rights of those ceremony. encies in public education. who are irreligious to hold their opinions. Furthermore, the Supreme Court has not We are sympathetic to public school teach­ 30. Released time, dismissed time, and outlawed reference to God in public docu­ ers and administrators in their problem of shared time are means deserving of greater ments, proceedings or ceremonies. No con­ dealing with religion in the public school exploration so that the churches can give stitutional amendment is necessary to assure program. We support the idea that commu­ religious education, competently and in ac­ the freedom of the federal and state govern­ nity representatives must work with public cord with their distinctive doctrinal empha­ ments to give appropriate expression to the school educators to define the proper role ses, to pupils enrolled in the public schools. religious factor in our history and in the of the public school in teaching about Such programs would require rejection of lives of our people. religion. the dogmatic and inflexible approach fostered On the other hand, there is disadvantage The Board of Parish Education of The by the slogan "separation of church and in using the amendment process to deal with Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, feels that state." Such study might result in encourag­ the present issue and there is risk in the the Dirksen Amendment fails to recognize ing genuinely benevolent neutrality on the results that would be achieved by it. The fully the religious pluralism of the American part of government and a fresh approach to proposed amendments would represent only scene. We believe that Christians cannot join the free exercise of religion in education not a piece-meal way of dealing with religious with non-Christians in addressing God in cir­ otherwise attainable. practices in public schools in public life. cumstances that deny Jesus Christ as Saviour It would be a use of the amendment process and Lord. We believe likewise that non­ PRAYER IN THE PuBLIC ScHOOLS not to state general and fundamental prin­ Christians should neither be expected to par­ (A Statement Commended by the Church­ ciples but to sanction certain specific and ticipate in Christian prayer nor should they the American Lutheran Church, Oct. 26, detailed practices. That is, to say the least, a expect Christians to join them in prayers that 1964) questionable use of the amendment process deny Christ. Voted by the Second General Convention, Moreover, such an amendment would raise The concept of voluntary participation in The American Lutheran Church, October 26, new problems of interpretation and could prayer provides either a coercive force or an 1964 (GC64.26.118) to adopt the following lead to unintended and unsuspected results embarrassing situation for both Christians resolution: 37156 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 20, 1971 Whereas, The president of the church in practices which encroa.ch upon freedom ot visitors who come to watch the proceed­ his message has called attention to the deep belief and conscience. ings in this great Chamber are well concern among our people regarding the Su­ The Constitution as the basic law of the preme Court decision on prayer in the public land should not be amended, p&rticularly in served by Sgt. Earl Gassett. We are for­ Schools, and the vLtal and sensitive areas of religious lib­ tnnate indeed to have this outstanding Whereas, There are attempts from many erty and of church-state relations, except individual in our police department. sources to achieve changes via legislative to achieve some great and compelling public The members of the Doormen's Society process and constitutional amendment; and purpose or need. FOr the reasons stated recognizes this fact as well. I gladly offer Whereas, The president of the church has above, we believe that it would be a step in my warmest congratulations today to indicated the desirability of guidance by the the wrong direction to amend the Consti­ Sergeant Gassett on his well-deserved church for its people; and tution in order to achieve the purpooes of the honor. Whereas, Dr. Paul Ka.uper, a professor of proposals now pending before Congress. constitutional law, has prepared a statement This expression of our disapproval of these at the request of the president of the church proposals for constitutional amendment does (Report of the President, Exhibit A, pages 89 not mean that we disapprove of reference to STEVE BLASS-CONNECTICUT and 90) ; therefore be it God and to belief in and dependence upon NATIVE Resolved, That this convention commends him as found in various Mpects of our the president of The American Lutheran public life. ·on the contrary, we believe that Church for his concern relative to the Su­ these are appropriate practices, not because HON. JOHN S. MONACAN preme Court decision regarding prayer in they contribute to the vitality of the nation's OF CONNECTICUT the public schools and the events following religious life, bu.t because they are a. legiti­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mate expression of our religious heritage. the decision; and be it further Tuesday, October 19, 1971 Resolved, That the statement by Professor Indeed, to say that the Constitution requires Ka.uper concerning proposals to amend the the deletion in the public life of all such Mr. MONAGAN. Mr. Speaker, Wash­ United States Constitution to give constitu­ references rooted in the history and life of our people is to interpret the Constitution ington Post sports writer Shirley Povich tional sanction to certain types of religious has given excellent testimony to a young practices in public institutions be com­ a.s manifesting hostility to religion. It is im­ mended as a. carefully reasoned document for portant also that our public schools rec­ man from "the land of Canaan, Conn."­ study by the members of The American ognize the relevance of religion and atrord Steve Blass, who in two eventful games Lutheran Church. opportunity for study of the Bible and of of the world series. reversed a losing religion as essential to the purposes of public streak and clinched a series victory for educa,tion. SUPREME COURT DECISION ON PRAYER IN THE The Supreme Court's decisions do not out­ the Pittsburgh Pirates. PuBLIC SCHOOLS law prayer and study of the Bible in the Blass is a Connecticut native, and (A Statement by Professor Paul Kauper public schools. They prohibit only officially still lives in our State with his parents, Concerning Proposals to Amend the United prescribed religious exercises calling for Mr. and Mrs. William S. Blass, his wife, States Constitution to Give Constitutional corporate participation. Unfortunately, the and two sons, David and Chris. I hope Sanction to Certain Types of Religious Prac­ Supreme Court's decisions have been relied that I shall not be thought parochial tices in Public Institutions.) upon in some instances to furnish pretexrt when I say that all the citizens of Con­ Proposals are now pending before the Con­ and license for the use of the public school gress of the United Sta.rtes to amend the classroom both to discredit religion and to necticut share the pride of the Pirates Constitution in order to give constitutional deny opportunity for the voluntary expres­ victory-due in a large part to the strong sanction to certain types of religious prac­ sions by students of their faith. This is a pitching arm of steve Blass. tices in public institutions and in the public gross distortion of the Supreme Court's de­ Maybe it was by "divine instructions," life. Some of these proposals are directed only cisions. The Constitution assures the free that the Pirates scouts found steve Blass, to the matter of prayer and Bible-reading in exercise of religion. The sohools must see to as Mr. Povich states. But whatever the the public schools and are designed to over­ it that this freedom is fully respected. reason, the citizens of Connecticut, and come the etrect of the Supreme Court's deci­ Commission on Research and Socfl"l sports fans across the Nation, hold great sions dealing with these practices. Others go Action. The American Lutheran Church. 4'2" further and would give constitutional sanc­ South Fifth Street, Minneapolls, Min­ respect for this star athlete. tion also to references to God and to expres­ nesota. 55415. The article follows: sions of belie! in God in public ceremonies, THIS MORNING--WITH SHIRLEY POVICH in public documents and on the coins or ob­ BALTIMORE.-Back in 1960, scouts of the ligations of the United States. Pittsburgh Pirates, as if given divine in­ We believe that it would be unwise for the SGT. EARL D. GASSETT NAMED OUT­ structions, went down to the land of ca.na.a.n Congress to give its approval to any such STANDING POLICEMAN BY THE (Conn.} and signed a young schoolboy amendment. Without attempting to pass HOUSE DOORMEN'S SOCIETY pitcher named. steve Blass, and today for the judgment on the soundness of the Supreme Pirates it ca.me up Inilk and honey in the Court's decisions in declaring ofll.cia.lly pre­ 1971 World Series, plus paychecks of 8lt least scribed prayer and Bible-re.a.ding practices to HON. GEORGE W. ANDREWS $18,000 for each man, because Steve Blass constitute an establishment of religion in was here, pitching another beaut against the violation of the First and Fourteenth Amend­ OF ALABAMA Orioles. ments to the Constitution, we do recognize IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES He's the srume chap who turned the whole that such practices are essentially ritualistic Tuesday, October 19, 1971 Series around Tuesday by winning the third in character, that any form of religious prac­ game, succoring the twice-floored. Pirates. tice opens the way for sectarian intrusion Mr. ANDREWS of Alabama. Mr. Today, if Blass didn't quite match the ele­ into the public school program, that such Speaker, the House Doormen's Society gance of that three-hit pitching job, he made practices otrend minority groups, and that in made a wise choice in its selection of everything supremely conclusive for the Pi­ the end religion sufi'ers and religious liberty Sgt. Earl D. Gassett as its outstanding rates with a four-hitter amidst all the pres­ in its fullness is threatened when govern­ sures of t.be decisive seventh game. ment uses the power of its laws and the pub­ policeman. For the second time in the Series, Blass lic school program to prescribe an official It has been my pleasure to know Earl was again proving he could lick one of Balti­ faith. Devotional exercises for the cultivation Gassett since he came to Washington more's four 20-ga.me winners, Mike Cuellar. and nurture of religious faith belong in the over 6 years ago to join the U.S. Capitol It was a near thing, with the final score a home and the church. Police, after serving honorably for 20 squeaky 2-1, because Cuellar, too, was mag­ Insofar as some of these proposed amend­ years in the U.S. Navy. ni.flcent. Like Blass, he had a sly curve ball and a gOOd fast one and a change of pace, ments are directed to the further purpose Sergeant Gassett is a native Alabam­ of validating references to God on public plus his screw ball, and after seven innings, occasions, and in public ceremonies, procla­ ian, and his home, Skipperville, is in my Cuellar, like Blass, was pitching a two-hitter. mations, and documents, they are unneces­ district. I consider him a constituent of But, unlike Blass, Cuellar didn't have a sary since neither the holdings nor the chief mine, as well as a friend, and am proud Clemente going for him. In the fourth, Ro­ opinions in the cases decided by the Supreme to do so. berto Clemente, as he often does, hit one out Court support the view that the Constitu­ Since becoming a member of the finest of the park to set Blass up in a 1-o lead. tion outlaws reference to God and to expres­ And that proved to be the d11ference, with police force in America, Sergeant Gas­ the two teams m.a.tchlng each other's one­ sion of belief and dependence upon him sett has achieved an outstanding record. whether it be in the public school or on vari­ run eighth innings. ous public occMions. Moreover, any attempt His performance has consistently re­ The last cruel frustration for the Orioles to deal with these matters by constitutional flected the high professional standards came with the game-ending out, which amendment creates problems and difll.culties required by the department. evolved !rom what appeared to be a B.altl.­ of draftsmanship and may open the door to Members of this body and the many more hit that would put the tying run on October 20, 1971 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 37157 ba.se. But shortstop Jack Hernandez, sta­ WIFE PLEADS FOR MATE IN RUSSIA Atlanta Jewish Welfare Federation's Leader­ tioned himself brightly behind second base ship Forum for help in bringing public opin­ in the special shift the Pirates used against ion to bear against the Russian emigration Merv Rettenmund, grabbed off the ground HON. FLETCHER THOMPSON policy which has left her stranded in Is­ ball that was headed toward center field and OF GEORGIA rael with the child her husband has never had an easy play. seen. It set off an on-field celebration by the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES After 15 years of submitting applications Pirates among themselves, and they em­ Tuesday, October 19, 1971 Rita, her parents and sister were allowed to braced and kissed each other, indiscriminate­ leave Russia in September 1969. ly, before cutting out for the dugout to avoid Mr. THOMPSON of Georgia. Mr. She had been married a month and the the flood of fans onto the field. Blass led Speaker, during the past months, Ameri­ permission did not include her husband, the sprint to safety, his cap lost, his shirt­ cans have grown increasingly aware of Yakor Gluzman. tail flying and his upraised arms showing his Jewish Soviet citizens and their struggle He lives in the Ukraine where he works happiness. to combat the efforts of cultural homog­ as a carpenter. He is a university trained At the outset of today's game, Secretary enization by the Soviet Government. ' biologist but under current policy cannot of State William Rogers was tapped for the pursue his professional career because of throw-out-the-first-ball role. He performed Not only are the Jewish citizens of the his desire to emigrate to Israel. the ceremony, and it was an episode th~t Soviet Union denied the right to enjoy Soviet officials indicated to Rita that she evoked a. rare unanimity among Rogers­ their culture and heritage, they are also should go to Israel and once there send watohers on both sides of the Suez Canal. prohibited from emigrating so that they an affidavit to her husband requesting that Both the Arabs and Israelis agreed that might enjoy it in a more open society. he be allowed to emigrate. Rogers threw a curve. Despite numerous international agree­ "We thought that a. father to a. child Baltimore manager Earl Weaver called time ments signed by the Soviets, which affirm and a husband to his wife would be al­ in the first inning with Boog Powell at bat. both the right of cultural diversity and lowed to go without delay," she explained. He complained to umpire Nestor Chylak that the right of emigration, Jews living in "Immediately after the birth of my son, Blass was not obeying the pitching rules, that nan, I sent an affidavit to my husband. Blass' right foot was not in contact with the the Soviet Union are not permitted to "We waited for half a. year for an answer, pitching rubber when he was delivering the have their own schools, a national reli­ and in August of this year my husband pitch. Blass scoffed at the whole idea, but gious organization and are strictly lim­ received a refusal to his request to re­ umpire Chyla.k nevertheless took pains to ited in terms of the number of books and unite with his family in Israel. Two weeks go to the mound and show the Pirates' pitch­ magazines they may publish to serve the later my husband made an appeal, but er how it must be done. intellectual interests of their fellow Jew­ the refusal was confirmed, she added. Inevitably, there were cynics among the ish citizens. Rita came to the United States in the crowd who suspected that Weaver was merely If they express a desire to emigrate, hope that enough sympathy and support attempting to psyche Blass or provoke him will rectify the injustice she feels she is ex­ to temper. But those who know Weaver best Soviet Jews face discrimination and har­ periencing. would not agree to this, and hasten to point assment. The latest evidence of this "I believe that your intervention before out to the dum-dums who are quick to think which has come to my attention is a the Soviet authorities wl1l help to give my evil of all persons that the Orioles' manager story in the October 18 edition of the child his father and to give me back my 1s merely a strict constructionist who wants Atlanta Constitution. It tells of the husband," she said. enforcement of both the letter and the spirit plight of a young Jewish mother who "Every mother and wife will understand of the rules, and in fact has possibilities as left the Soviet Union before the birth of me and will be able to imagine my terrible a. Nixon nomination for the High Court. her child, believing that her husband horror of the future. Every father that ca­ Blass was completely unaffected by weav­ would be permitted to emigrate shortly resses his son's head will be able to imagine er's gambit, if it was a gambit, although after the suffering of my husband, who cannot the fifth inning Weaver tried the same stuff after she did. This young woman, Rita even look at his child. again. But by this time, Blass' game plan was Gluzman, left Russia with her family in "My son has already learned to say 'Papa,' being revealed. It was the simple blueprint September of 1969, after an application but who knows when his papa. will be with that called for shutting out the Orioles while process that took 15 years. To date, her us? My child is growing up as a fatherless waiting for Clemente to hit a ho~e run, husband has been denied permission to child, while his father is longing with all which he did on Cuellar's last pitch to him join her in Israel. his heart to be with him." in the fourth. I insert this newspaper article into the Blass also dealt personally with Don Bu­ CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. Mrs. Gluzman ford, the pesky Oriole who got on base the has come to the United States in the hope CHARLOTTE T. REID first two times up, with a walk and a. hit. to After Buford singled with one out in the of bringing public opinion bear which third, Blass made a deceptive little motion might allow the release of her husband. HON. ROBERT PRICE that taught Buford not to take too big a lead I hope that, after reading this article, my off first against right-handed pitchers, and colleagues will join me in protesting this OJI' TEXAS picked him off cleanly. It went into the latest example of Soviet hypocrisy in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES books as "Buford caught stealing," but it treatment of its Jewish citizens. Wednesday, October 13, 1971 was a. clean trap by Blass, who baited the Mr. Speaker, may I suggest to my col­ Oriole into going. leagues, that if they wish to protest, as I Mr. PRICE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, over The useful second run of the Pirates was do, this latest discriminatory act of the the years Congress has been fortunate in scored in the eighth on Jose Pagan's two­ Russians against their Jewish citizens, having a number of competent and well­ bagger off the left-center wall. There were qualified ladies as legislators. Since 1962, some carpers who said center fielder Retten­ that they write the Soviet Ambassador, mund bobbled the rebound a. bit, and others expressing their outrage at this denial of Congresswoman Charlotte T. Reid has who said Boog Powell shouldn't have cut off a basic human right by the Russians. served the people of her home State of the relay to the plate. But all of this fault Further, may they bring to the attention Dlinois most admirably and must, there­ finding with the Orioles could have been of the Soviet Ambassador that his na­ fore, be included in that number. avoided by Willie Stargell, who scored from tion signed the Declaration on Colonial­ Although Mrs. Reid had not held office first on Pagan's hit. Among the 47,291 plus ism in 1960, which in part affirms that prior to her election to the Congress, in the park, only Stargell, who stopped almost she was far from an amateur in the arena too long at second base, was unaware that "Everyone has the right to leave any the ball was hit too deep to be catchable. country, including his o-.vn, and return of public affairs. She had worked dili­ The Orioles finally put two hits together in to his country," yet the Soviets, in this gently for her late husband in many local the eighth and came up with one futile run, instance, are willfully violating and re­ political contests and in his successful which scored on an infield out. If Blass was fusing to live up to the agreement they primary for Congress. She was also a to buckle under the pressure, the time ap­ signed. veteran of many years' service in civic peared ripe when he took his skimpy one-run The article follows: and charitable organizations in her lead into the last of the ninth against the WIFE PLEADS FOB MATE IN RUSSIA hometown of Aurora, ill. power and the glory of the Baltimore batting During her first term in Congress Mrs. order, Boog Powell, Frank Robinson and (By Gene Ray) Merv Rettenmund, any of whom could tie A young Israeli woman whose husband Reid served on the Committee on Inte­ the game with one swipe. None of 'em got on has been denied permission to leave Russia. rior and Insular Affairs. Her service on base, none of 'em got the ball out of the in­ tearfully pleaded with Jewish leaders in At­ this committee plus her work for her field, against the imperturbable Blass, to lanta Sunday to "help us get Papa back!' party was outstanding enough to earn whom this game, and this day, belonged. Rita. Gluzma.n, 23, asked 125 delegates to her selection as one of the two first-term 37158 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 20, 1971 Members of the House of Representatives ployed families in the time between when "Our income has pretty much stabilized. to speak at the opening session of the their unemployment compensation is ex­ It's the individuals who keep us going, not 1964 Republican National Convention in hausted and the time they are eligible for that the groups don't help. It just seems that San Francisco. public assistance." we depend to the small donations to keep Although critics of the project have charged the food bank open." Mrs. Reid's outstanding service and at­ that the food bank supports a steady clientele "We need volunteers to help man the food tention to her legislative homework of long-hairs, Mrs. Arthur says that the great­ bank nearly as much as we need donations," earned her selection to the House Com­ est percentage of repeaters are older people. she added. mittee on Appropriations in the 90th ELDERLY ARE PROUD Volunteers should contact Mrs. Teddy Congress, after serving only two terms. "They are usually elderly people who are Norkett at 3-9049 and donations may be sent Her contributions to this committee, as too proud or fearful to participate in regu­ to the group's treasurer, Mrs. Elsie Fields at well as to the House as a whole, have lar programs," Mrs. Arthur said. Such regu­ Rt. 2 Box 557, Vashon, Mrs. Arthur explained. been exceptional. It is in recognition lar programs might include public assist• "Vashon isn't that different from other ance, food stamps or social security. places," she concluded. "We have poor; we of her devotion to country, constituents, have unemployed; we have elderly; and we and fellow Members that I join with Up to 80 percent of the people assisted by the food bank are classifled as "-qnemploy­ have people with problems. They all need our others in expressing mixed feelings as help. Maybe they're just not as obvious here." to her leaving. On the one hand, she will able" by Mrs. Arthur. They are either too be missed by her colleagues in the House young or too old to seek work. who shall lose the benefit of her graceful NEW POOR presence; on the other hand, we honor "We're -also dealing with a new class of UNITED STATES A TREATY­ her and wish her well in her new service poor," Mrs. Arthur believes. "Because they BREAKER with the Federal Communications Com­ have some resources, they don't come under regular assistance programs. mission. All of us who have had the priv­ "A chunk of people who come in are re­ HON. JONATHAN B. BINGHAM ilege of serving with Mrs. Reid in the past cently unemployed and have never received look forward to working with her in her any sort of assistance before." OF NEW YORK new capacity in the future. The volunteer worker points to several rea­ IN'TIIE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sons for the growing draw on the food bank: Tuesday, October 19, 1971 "Unemployment benefits are running out for many people hit by the job recession. Mr. BINGHAM. Mr. President, that HELPING NEIGHBORS IN NEED: ''We're feeling the efi'ects of welfare at­ the United States might come to lead the MARCIA ARTHUR tacks. nations of the world in its willingness to "The general assistance curtailment really violate international treaties would be hurt a lot of people. shocking to most .A,mericans who regard HON. FLOYD V. HICKS "There is a lack of flexibility on the food this Nation as honorable in its interna­ OF WASHINGTON stamp program. One-halt the people eligible for food stamps cannot alford to buy them tional dealings. In today's Washington IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES because there are minimum levels. Either Post, however, Stephen M. Sc-hwebel, Tuesday, October 19, 1971 they have to be able to purchase a certain Professor of International Law a.t the amount, or they get none at all. Some people Johns Hopkins University and Executive Mr. HICKS of Washington. Mr. Speak­ cannot afford to buy even the minimum Director of the American Society of In­ er, recently, I cited the efforts of Mrs. amount." ternational Law, presents compelling evi­ Jean Logan of Tacoma, Wash., to com­ HALF ARE CHILDREN dence that the United States is on the bat hunger in Pierce County which is a The percentage of children served by the verge of becoming just that-the world's severe problem in view of high unem­ food bank comes very close to matching those leading treaty-breaker. Professor Schwe­ ployment, the exhaustion of unemploy­ of Neighbors 1n Need facilities in Seattle, ac­ cording to Mrs. Arthur. bel's article bears thoughtful attention ment compensation benefits, and the ad­ by the Members of this Congress. The ministration's !allure to deal with or even Figures she cited show that nearly 51 per­ cent of recipients from the facility are chll• text follows: recognize the problem. I am deeply grat­ dren. Seattle shows that service to 56 percent [From the Washington Post, Oct. 19, 1971] ified that in response the plight of the to of its clients ar~ to those under age 17, ac• AN EXAMINATION OF FoUR RECENT CASES-- hungry, Washington citizens have rallied cording to Mrs. Arthur. UNITED STATES NEARS FRONT RANKS OF to help their neighbors in need. TREATY-BREAKERS The supervisor of a "temporary" Va­ 1,000 SERVED The number of people served on the Island (By Stephen M. Schwebel) shon Island project to keep needy families 1s expected to top 1,000 within a week, fig­ The congressional threat to withhold funds and individuals f~om going hungry. ures projected by Mrs. Arthur indicate. from the U.N. if its membership does not The article follows: Since its inception on the Island early in vote our way on Taiwan is only the latest BACKGROUND: FooD BANK SERVES HUNGRY February the program has distributed food in a series of American actions that display IsLANDERS to 966 people through the fourth week of a pronounced indi1rerence to treaty obliga­ (By Nelson Phillips) September, Mrs. Arthur said. tions and a trend to ignore international law The supervisor of a "temporary" Island "August was our heaviest month, with 237 project to keep needy families and individuals people served," she added. The Preside-nt of the United States has had from going hungry said this week that there "The food bank gave away 63 boxes of a good deal to say about the rule of law, in­ is no relief in sight, but that "they would food, but our heaviest day was September 14, ternationally as well as nationally, especially like to be able to go out of business." when 79 people came to the food bank. A when he was Vice PTesident. Democratic Marcia Arthur, of Neighbors in Need, said couple of days like that, and we could be out ideals and the rule of law marched together, the group's operations continue to grow, but of food." in his view, while, in contrast, the dictator­ that a.n alternate solution to the hunger WISE SHOPPING ship of the proletariat was notorious for its problem 1s needed. "We buy food every two months, and spend record of broken trea.ties. The overall program, which was set up about $300 in donations." But more recently, Mr. Nixon has said less about the world rule of law. More important, originally on a six-month basis, wlll ma.rk its In order to get more food, she explained, first anniversary of operation thJs month, volunteers travel to a warehouse that stOcks the United States gives signs of emerging in twice the expected time, although the facllity unlabeled cans rejected by retail grocers and the front rank of treaty-breakers. on the Island has operated only eight cases of food in which a ja.r or two may be Violations of treaties by states are, of months. broken. course, not unusual, though they are far less common than often supposed. The great in­ "We're still ahead of the game," Mrs. ••It's a real mess when a couple o! jars in Arthur said. "We're fllling in the gaps before stances of treaty violation or all~ violation a case of applesauce are broken," she said, tend. to concentrate in problems of war and a regular program can be initiated." stick "but the volunteers wash each jar, and peace. Often the legal issues are contentious. FEW REPEATERS labels on all the cans." In the CUban missile crisis, the United States She stressed that, contrary to the belief of She feels that this allows distribution of quarantine was widely, though by no means some Islanders, the group claims to have a more food per dollar than would be possible universally, accepted by international law­ repeater rate of only one percent. it the organization shopped at regular retail yers and other governments to be lawful. "We are not designed to be a maintenance outlets. United States actions in Indochina have program.'' she explained. MONEY IS PROBLEM been vigorously attacked, and defended, on "We think of ourselves as helping people Money, of course, is always a problem with legal as well as political, strategic and hu­ once. We try to get people over the hump. Of­ charitable organizations, and Neighbors in manitarian grounds. The United states in­ ten, in recent months, we have helped unem- Need is no exception, says Mrs. Arthur. tervention• in the Dominican Republic ln October 20, 1971 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 37159 1965 was also attacked but weakly defended, stated the case for payment in no uncertain sists in violating or threatening to violate un­ for, in law, it was virtually indefensible. terms. Even George Meany has reversed him­ disputed treaty obliga.tions, other states will What is relatively new is that in areas self and called for payment, thus eliminating be the less inclined to aedit its fresh com­ which go much less to the heart of a state's the political tool which White House espous­ mitments. Little mare than a year ago, Wa.sh­ security, aetu11l or perceived, and where the al ot payment could involve. But the fact ~ton rightly protested Egyptian, if not So­ law of the matter is clear rather than con­ remains that the in:fluence of the White viet, violation of international understand­ tentious the United Sta.tes ha.s increasingly House has not really been brought into play. ings respecting the stationing of missiles at evidenced contempt of the law. This is no Pressure has not really been exerted. The im­ Suez. Today, the United States seeks at SALT partisan matter; the phenomenon is a bi­ pression on Capitol Hill is that the Presi­ to define and assume mutually binding treaty partisa.n brew Of reaction in a Democratically dent does not care, while Congressman obligations with the U.S.S.R. of the highest led Congress and indifference in a Republi­ Rooney does; and as long as that impression moment. If not the essence of .s:ecurlty, then can-held White House. prevails, so does Congressman Rooney. tlh~ whole structure of international trade Four eases in point may be cited. A sub­ A third case arose last week. The Senate and credit a.nd the whole being and poten­ stantial number of mem•bers of Congress has voted to require the United States to tial of international orga.niza.tion, are bound and the Senate, under the leadership of Sen­ resume imports of chrome from Rhodesia. up with the vitality of treaty obligations. ator Buckley, have indicated that, if the Those imports would violate a universal ban This 1'undamenta.I of international law and United Nations General Assembly expels the on importation of certain Rhodesian prod­ life is so .real that it may be hoped that even government of the Republic of China in ucts imposed by binding resolution of the the realists of the White House staff will Taipei, they will oppose payment on the United Nations Security Council. The United recognize--and act upon-it. current scale of U.N. assessments upon the States legally could have vetoed that reso­ United States. Secretary of State Rogers and lution. It voted for it. Pursuant to it, and Ambassador Bush are reported to have taken to his authority under the United Nations note of this congressional sentiment in the Participation Act, President Johnson or­ course of their current intensive diplomatic dered that imports of chrome from Rho­ ABORTION LAW BRINGS TROUBLE, conversations in New York. desia to the United States cease. Again, in BRITON ADVISES The United Nations might well act un­ this ease, there is no controversy about the soundly were it to unseat Taipei-prejudicing internatv.>nal law of the matier; tt is ab80- as it would "the ch&nces of Formosa's con­ lutely clear that the United States is bound HON. ROMAN C. PUCINSKI tinuing independence of Communist rule-­ not to tmport Rhodesian chrome and that, but it would not .act unlawfully. However, if it does, it will violate its obligations under OF ILLINOIS the Ullited States (w:he:ther or not on con­ a treaty, namely, the United Nations Char­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gressional initiative) threatens or seems to ter. Article 25 of the charter provides that: Tuesday, October 19, 1971 threaten to react illegally to a policy deci­ "The Members of the United Nations agree sion with which it, or important elements of to accept 11.nd carry out the decisions of the Mr. PUCINSKI. Mr. Speaker, there is its Congress, disagree. Ambassador Bush and Security Council in accordance with the considerable debate in the Nation about Assistant Secretary ~f state Samuel de Palma present Charter." liberalizing State abortion laws. have now denied tha.t the government of the In this ease too, there is the pattern of United States means to make any such right-wing congressional initiative (Sena­ I should like to call attention to an tbreat, denials which are reassuring. And it tors Harry Byrd and John Stennis) coupled article which appeared in the Chicago may be expected that, if Taipei were to be with White House compliance. The Secre­ Sun Times quoting the results of abor­ unseated, the Secretary of State actually tary of State reportedly voiced opposition to tion law changes in Great Britain. would be among the last to sup-port such con­ the congressional move when he met 'With A member of the British Parliament gressiona.I retaliation. Virtually bankrupt as a visiting delegation of the Organization 'for strongly urges we let American laws the U.N. now is by reason of the unlawful African Ullity. But the President has re­ stand cites England has defaults of the Soviet bloc and France, a se­ mained silent, and White House legislative and he .results vere reduction of payments imposed by the liaison reportedly has not oeen seen. Sen­ experienced with her liberalized abortion United States could topple its shaky finan­ ators .Fulbright and McGee put up a good laws. I believe the observations oi Mr. cial stru~ure altogether. Nevertheless, there but loslng fight to give the President an Norman St. John-Stevas deserve the is exploi'ta.tion of a congressional disposition authority he did not seek, the authority to widest attention. toward the tnterna.tionaJly unlawful-with deb.ar chrome imports if U.S. interests or The Chicago Sun Times article fol­ the gravest risks both to the credit of the treaty obligation required. They were not lows: United Nations and the United States. helped by the absence during critical votes ABORTION LAW BRINGS TROUBLE, A second case goes back 14 months, when of Senators McGovern, ,Ba;yh, Harris, Muskie, BRIToN ADVISES and Jackson, among others. As of this writ­ George Meany appeared before a subcom­ (By William C. Harsh Jr.) mittee of the ..House Appropriations Commit­ ing, the House Conference Committee has tee to urge that the United States threaten not been appointeli or Instructed; accord­ A Conserva.tive member of the British to withhold tts assessed contribution to the ingly, it is not impossible that the Byrd­ Parliament said Sunday that Britain has had Internationa.I Labor Organimtion. He pro­ Stennis .amendment will still be stricken. "a bad time" With its liberalized abortion claimed !himself to be fed up with wh.at he The four:th example ls that of the inter­ law and warned that the effects of such a law saw as increasing Communist dominance of national aspects of President Nixon's econom­ here "would be fa.r worse." the n.o, of which "the last straw" was the ic program. The surcharge, among other Norm.an St. John-Stevas, who led. the fight appointment by the ILO's director general of measures, Violates United States obligations against Britain's abortion law th'&t took effect a SoViet national as assistant director under the GeneraJ. Agreement on Ta.rifl's and in April, 1968, told more than 1,000 persons general. Trade (GATT). The closing of the gold win­ meeting in the Pick-Con.:,aress Hotel that "the The cbai.rlnan of the suocommittee, Con­ dow does not comport With United States 1aw has created an .abortion consciousness gressman John J. Rooney, was not satisfied obligations under the Articles of Agreement that puts tremendous pressure on gir1s t-o with -the threat to wltbhold funds; he in­ 01! the International Monetary Fund (IMF}. have abortions." sisted th&t they be withheld. What was the If the a.dministmtion, in deciding upon these John Cardinal Cody of the Archdiocese administration's reaction? The representa­ illegal steps, weighed their negative impact of Chicago a.nd illinois Bouse .Majority tive .of the Depar.tment of Labor supported. upon the international 1egal structure. 'there Leader Henry Hyde (R-Chiea.go joined st. Mr. Rooney, while the representative of the has been no public sign of it. These meas­ John-Steva.s in greeting the overflow crowd Department of State had the guts and good ures have, however, aroused less internation-al at the meeting, whiqh was sponsored by sense to oppose .b.1m. WJ.th :t.he .assent Qf or­ c.rtticism on legal grounds than on grounds Birthright of Chicago and the illinois Right ganized labor and business, Mr. Rooney•s of economics, equit_y and dlp1omacy. This in to Life Committee, both anti-abortion viewpoint carried. in both Houses. It ho1ds part is because it 1s widely recognized th11.t, groups. to this day. The United states has 1'11.iled to in this case (unlike the foregoing three) the SCUIE BAD EFFECTS pay half its assessment for last year and all United States has had good reason to act, St. Jobn-Stevas said legal abortions in of its assessment for lthla. There is ..t:l:Gt :the and because other states had earlier violated Britain, which will exceed '90.000 this year. least dispute tha.t failure 1;o pay these bind­ their GATT and :IMF oollgations when eco­ have stl:alned Bli:ta.in's limited gynecologi­ ing usessments is in 'Violation of U.s. legal nomic crisis impelled them to do so. Yet the cal facilities, "upset" some "Inedical person­ obliga.tions; Mr. Rooney himself on the fioor abdunate diplomatic stance taken not by nel who feel forced to participate in abor­ of .the House stated. in reply to the charge the diplomats but by the Secretary of the tion operations. and a.llowed "a r.acket in thalt .his policy would cause a default by the T.rea.sury llas tended to dissipate the initial the priYate sector in which doctors will United States on an '8S~ent which had und.ersta.nding with w.hicb n.s. measures perform an abortion on demand if the prlce already been levied upon lt: "Thel'e ls not were received. Crlticism of the lack of 1aw as is right." an,y question about tb&t.•• well as of tact on the U.S. side is now eon.­ Britain's law allows abortion if two doc­ After a 'IWhllit, itbe administration adopted sidemble. tors .agree that the operation would safe­ a unified policy in favor of payment of U.S. Performance of treaty obligations is im­ guard the mother's life or health, tn-at "the assessznents to the n..o. President Nixon has portant if the "credibility" of the United child is likely to be born deformed, or that publicly set out that policy, and the Secre­ States is important. To be credible is sim.­ the operation would benefit other children tary o! State forcefully, if belatedly, has ply to be believed. If the United States p-er- in the family. 37160 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 20, 1971 He said the majority of operations are operating youth camps to the formulation of For instance, a U.S. News and World Re­ performed to safeguard the mother's life or this bill. port study of worktime and purchasing pow­ health, a provision he charged is construed We would like to offer to HEW the stand­ er, based on average wage and price levels too liberally by some doctors outside Brit­ ards developed by the American Camping As­ in the U.S. and USSR during the '60s, showed ain's National Health Service. He said that, sociation and the professional skills of its of­ that a Soviet worker labored twice as long within the health service, the provisions are ficers and members as we work toward a com­ as his American counterpart to buy a loaf strictly adhered to. mon goal-healthy, safe, and happy children of bread and 9 minutes, compared with 2 SOME ARE CALLOUS in our American Camps. minutes, for a pound of potatoes. For the Sincerely, St. John-Stevas said he is opposed to abor­ luxury of a pound of butter, he had to ERNEST F. ScHMIDT, work 2 hours and 41 minutes against his tion "because I don't like taking life" and Executive Director. charged advocates of liberalized abortion U.S. opposite number's 20 minutes and an Dr. JoHN J. KIRK, hour and 48 minutes, compared with 12 min­ "are callous about this form of life (the National President. fetus)." utes, for a dozen eggs. A pound of roasting beef, likely to be He said it is his impression that sentiment of very different quality in the two coun­ is developing against liberalized abortions tries, could be bought by a U.S. worker after in this country, and he urged the courts and SOUNDS GOOD, BUT- about 14 minutes' work, while a Russian legislatures in this country to let strict abor­ had to put in close to an hour. tion laws stand. No, the occasions lvan Q. and Mrs. can St. John-Stevas conceded that, in general, HON. WILLIAM G. BRAY flip the pages of Pravda or Izvestia to the he is opposed to injecting the law into phil­ OF INDIANA sound of bacon and eggs "frying and splat­ osophical questions, but argued that "the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tering" are not exactly numerous. Neither· law in this sphere does help reinforce moral are the poor souls likely to be able to en­ attitudes." Tuesday, October 19, 1971 joy such simple pleasures on any kind of ~egular basis until, as RLC says, there is Mr. BRAY. Mr. Speaker, the Soviet a change in the style and content of Soviet Union, the so-called workers' paradise, is AMERICAN CAMPING ASSOCIATION leadership" and "a more tangible Unk 1s still a very long way from remotely established between effort and reward." ENDORSES YOUTH CAMP SAFETY resembling what it claims to be. The fol­ Meanwhile, isn't it sad there are so many lowing editorial from the Indianapolis around who keep saying America is bad and HON. DOMINICK V. DANIELS Ind., Star puts the matter in proper that everything would be A-okay if only perspective: we had a system more like they have in the OF NEW JERSEY good old USSR? SouNDs Goon, BUT ••• IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES A recent press release from the Soviet em­ Tuesday, October 19, 1971 bassy in Washington contains this glowing excursion into life in the good old USSR: "In POLITICS AND THE SUPREME Mr. DANIELS of New Jersey. Mr. the morning the rustling of newspaper pages COURT Speaker, in a special meeting last Friday In the kitchen drowns out the frying and in Martinsville, Ind., the board of di­ spattering noises of bacon and eggs." rectors of the American Camping Asso­ Sounds kind of cozy, doesn't lt? But is lt HON. GLENN M. ANDERSON really so? ciation omcially endorsed title 19, the A reliable source of facts about the Soviet OF CALIFORNIA Youth Camp Safety provision of H.R. economy and Soviet life in general is the New IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES '1248, the Higher Education Act of 1971. York based Radio Liberty COmmittee which Tuesday, October 19, 1971 The American Camping Association, a specializes ln research on the USSR through national and international nonprofit or­ analysis of official Soviet data and specialist Mr. ANDERSON of California. Mr. ganization, was founded in 1910 by men journals published in Russia. Speaker, the Supreme Court, established A recent RLC report on Soviet agriculture by our forefathers to uphold the Con­ and women interested in organized points out that only one per cent of the camping tor boys and girls. Its mem­ Soviet Union's cultivated area has more ·than stitution, is currently overworked and bership of more than 7,000 men and 28 inches of rainfall a year, compared wUh 60 undermanned. Two vacancies exist on women represents the leadership of al­ per cent in the United States, and that this the Bench. These vacancies should be most every aspect of camping, and these natural handicap has been immensely ag-_ filled by qualified indlvlduals so that camps are attended by about 4 million gravated by the Communist hierarchy's the Nation's highest court can function children every year. refusal to deviate appreciably from a cen­ em.ciently and effectively. trally "planned" economy which has xnade Mr. Speaker, the President has the Since I am the sponsor of title 19, it about every mistake in the book so far as agrl.. is especially rewarding to me to have the culture is concerned. constitutional responsibility to nominate enthusiastic support of this outstanding As a result, RLC says, "The approach to individuals whom he feels are qualified organization whose first and foremost what are known as 'scientifically determined for th~ Supreme Court. There is no legal aim is to protect the lives and well-being norxns of consumption'-not to mention definition of "qualified," thus, the Presi­ of our youngsters who attend camp. what the Soviet consumer would like to dent has a wide latitude in this regard. We expect the Higher Education Act to eat--is proving to be a very long haul" and However, on two previous occasions, the come before the House any day now, this "even the reduced targets for meat. eggs President's definition of "qualified'' has and vegetables (well below present U.S. not necessarily been that of the major­ week or next, and I call upon all my consumption levels) are hardly likely to be colleagues to give title 19 their whole­ reached much before 1990 at the earliest and ity of the Senate. Yet, the fact remains, hearted support. probably not before the turn of the century he may nominate whomever he pleases. I herewith submit for the RECORD the at anticipated rates of progress." But, Mr. Speaker, I respect the Court, letter of endorsement of title 19 from Mr. The ordinary Soviet citizen's diet in fact and I feel that it-as an institution-has consists largely of edible grains and pota­ been degraded by the method that nomi­ Ernest F. Schmidt, executive director, toes. comparing actual consumption of se­ nees are considered by the administra­ and Dr. John J. Kirk, national president, lected foods in the U.S. and USSR in the tion. Partisan politics and the forth­ of the American Camping Association. 1960s, the RLC report shows that the So­ coming election seem to be the over­ The letter follows: viet consumer eats 2.4 times as much bread and grain products and 2.9 times as many ridinc considerations in selecting nom­ AMERICAN CAMPING ASSOCIATION, inees to the Supreme Court. Martinsville, Incl., October 15, 1971. potatoes as the average American consum­ er, while the American consumes 2.4 times It appears that the administration has Hon. DoMINICK V. DANIELS, as much meat and 3 times as many eggs as defined "qualified" as "any person who Chairman Select Subcommittee on Labor, his Soviet counterpart. The Russian con­ pleases the South." Washington, D.C. cept of edible meat, incidentally, includes I am not opposed to the South or to DEAR MR. DANIELS: The Board O! Directors such things as offal, suet and slaughter fats. southerners, but I am opposed to a sys­ of the American Camping Association enthu­ Relating all this to the pay check, it should siastically endorses HR 7248, The Youth be remembered that Russian men and wom­ tem of selection which completely dis­ Camp Safety Act. en work long hours at wages often no better regards the legal ability of a. person. This Association appreciates the opportu­ than welfare payments in the U.S. So their Perhaps I am naive but I feel that those nity that has been afforded it to apply the ability to purchase many items, luxuries to appointed to the Supreme Court should: expertise gained in 61 years of experience in them, 1s strictly limited. First, be thoroughly acquainted with the October 2-o, 1971 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 37161 Constitution; second, have a high de­ California. State Appeals Judge Mildred L. ture, the county boards of supervisors, gree of expertise in legal matters; and Lillie a very tough lady with no use for the and other public agencies in the desert Warren court's libertarianism. third, possess unquestionable integrity. The line was finally drawn at conservative counties, the National Wildlife Federa­ If the person meets those three quali­ Democratic Sen. B.obert Byrd o1 West V.ir­ tion, the Sportsmen's Council oi Cen­ fications, and if they happen to be south­ ginia, who has never practiced law and is tral California, the National Audubon erners .and "strict constructionists," then not a member of the bar. He was Just too un­ Society, the Desert Protective Council, so be it. But, Mr. Speaker, let us look qualified for Mitchell. The upshot last week Inc., and the Sierra Club. for highly qualified individuals and not was the selection of Mrs. Lillie and Herschel Secretary of the Interior Rogers Mor­ be so concerned with the political ad­ .H. Friday of Little Rock, Ark., best known as ton issued a statement on July 1, 1971, vantages Df such an appointment. attorney for anti-integration suits. Four other names were sent to the ABA for in which he said that because the Cali­ At thiS point, Mr. Speaker, I insert the approval, in case trouble developed over Fri­ fornia desert is "so attractive to so many following article in the CoNGRESSIONAL day o.r Mrs. Lillie. Until the last minute, the people, it is in serious trouble and imme­ REcom> which aJ)peared in the October list also included U.S. District Judges Arlin iliate action is needed if the desert as 18, 1971, issue of the Washington Post: Adams of Philadelphia (who is Jewish) and we know it is to survive the mounting NIXON AND "MATERIAL FOR COURT the highly regarded Frank Johnson of Mont­ pressures being placed upon it." He con­ gomery, Ala. Finally, however, they were tinued by stating: (By Rowland Evans and Robert Novak) eliminated for being too liberal. Their in­ President Nixon's astonishing attitude to­ clusion mignt generate a late campaign .for There is need for a program that will give ward the Supreme Court, which has .now 1Jlem. Thus, the six names sent the ABA were us an opportunity to protect the California painted him into a political corner, was re­ uniform in both mediocrity and acceptability Desert and its resources. vealed Oct. 8 when he met -a.t the White to the segregationist South. The Congress must act promptly to en­ House With top advisers to discuss filling the Mr. Nixon was ill-prepared for what hap­ two vacancies. pened when those names were publiShed last act my bill so that natural, scientific, Blata.n'tlly ;mediocre prospects were sug­ Thursday. The press and the bar condemned economic, and social values in the Mo­ gested and, consequently, the possibility of the choices. Even high White House staffers jave Desert can be saved. Because as disapproval by the American Bar Assn. were heartsick. Moderate Republicans won­ the authors of the Reader~s Digest ar­ (ABA) was raised. Mr~ Nixon bristled and, dered out loud whether Mr. Nixon's interest ticle said, "there is no time to wait." startling .his unbelieving aides, made clear in excellence, m.eager in many other govern­ The article follows: mental appointments, had hit bottom. Prom­ in uncharacteristicany colorful language TROUBLE IN THE MoJAVE just what the ABA could go do about it. In inent .:Tewish Republicans weTe furious that short, "the 'President -was not going to let no Jew was on tne list. (By Earl and Miriam Selby) questions of legal quality interfere with his The furor forced Mr. Nixon to rethink his Th~ mystique of California's great Mojave political designs for the Supreme Court. position. Although Judges Friday .and Lillie Desert .is that of a la.nd bitterly hostile to That led to two lncontes:tably mediocre definitely had been picked, the White House life, barren, a place where, as some g.eolo­ electtons. ..a wave nf p<1blic and professional issued a smokescreen statement that 15 gists once wrote. they were "20 miles from rep-qgnanee and, :fin8J.ly, a White House deci­ names were 'still under consideTation. So, at water, 20 miles from wood, and 40 feet from sion to rethink the whole business. At tbe this writing, the President must either stick helL" weekend. Mr~ Nixon had. dug himself into an­ to his undistinguished selections or igno­ Like Inilllons of other Americans, we shared other hole. miniously retreat. Once again, playing poli­ that idea--until we spent time in the Mojave. At the heart of Mr. Nixon's court troubles tics with the Supreme Court has proved the Then we came to see it as a .national treasure is bis determination to .appoint law-.and­ worst politics of all. unlike anything else in this country. order -conservatives pleasing to the ·old segre­ The problem is people: some 11 million gationist South without regard to ability. people who live in the cities of southern That de:termingtlon is Shared, with mono­ California just two hours away; people who maniacal infiexibility, by Mitchell and Dep­ TROUBLE IN THE MOJAVE want to escape, even for a little time; people uty Attm:ney .General Richard Kleindienst. wllo want to collect rocks, or hunt, or ride their motorcycles; people who want to build Kleindienst., in particular, is convinced of a jetport, or speculate in land, or prospect for boundless political capital :flowing from anti­ HON. ROBERT B. (BOB) MATHIAS OF CALIFORNIA mineral rlches. The temptation is to believe liberal court selections. In ch.arge of recom­ the Mojave can absorb anything man does to mending Judici-al apPointments, Kleindienst IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES it. To understand why this is not so, you sought om hardliners without worrying need to see the desert as it really is. about qu.ality. Tuesday., October 19, .1971 Nature has ~read a table of richness in Two weeks ago, during -a. session of top Mr. MATHIAS of California. Mr. the Mojave. Last spring we walked in fields adminstration oftWia1s, a fascinating possi­ Speaker, I want to call to the attention so fertile they sprout seven cuttings of al­ bility for 1tbe court was put forward: Elliot of all my colleagues an article in the Oc­ .!a.lfa in a single year. We saw lilies 40 feet Richardson, Secretary of Health, Education tober issue of Reader's Digest entitled tall, as well a.s .micro-dot flowers visible only and Welfare. A former attorney general of ..Trouble in the Mojave." This article wllen we were fiat on our stomachs. We fished Massachusetts, the gr~atly respected Rich­ .for rainbow trout, fed wild berries to robins. way ardson would be an adornment on the court. deals with the tragic the Mojave As m.any as 25,000 cattle and 140,000 sheep Under no conditions, said Klenidienst. The Desert is being despoiled. graze on the Mojave. One of every four fryer­ reason~ Richardson is too liberal on civil The authors described the desert as chickens in California is desert-bred. The rights and, therefore, would displease the '"a treasure in trouble." They said that .annual wortn of minerals taken from the South. under present conditions nitm~:y soon be­ ground is $11.0 .million~ Later, moderate administration officials come one vast sandy slum." Even the topography has become an asset. proposed Edward Levi, president of the Uni­ This article further illustrates what I J:n the last 20 years, dozens of prototypes of versJ.ty of Chicago. A renowned legal scholar, military planes have been flight-tested at Levi is a strict constructionist and scarcely told the Members of the House on July Edwards Air Force Base, where 45 square a wild-eyed t:adicaL 'S.esides, he would end :8, 197-L, when :I introduced the California .miles of dry lake bed make an ideal runway the absence of any Jews on the court, .an desert bill. At that time I said: for emergency landings. absence begun under Mr. Nixon in 1969 for The o:verall environment of the California But the Mojave is more. William Pit t once the first time ln 53 yeaTs. But Levi, too, was Desert with its ecological, economic and rec­ called public parks the "lungs of London," vetoed. The reason: He did not fit the law­ rewtional resources is in danger of being de­ and that is what the desert is for America. and-order, anti civil rights formula. Sitroyed. It offers city residents a chance to breathe, The wholly political nature o! the selection to· escape their tensions, to look on land process can be seen in the attitude toward a I introduced H.R. 9661 to preserve the undisturbed by man. woman justice. ~iginally, Mr. Nixon ha.d no desert's environment and to .satisfy the Like a giant scoop, the Mojave stretches intention of appointing a woman but, gradu­ public demand for new and expanded westward from the Colorado River to t:t.e ally, realized that would be bad politics, uses. This bill will provide for the im­ Sierra Nevada, from. the transverse mountains indeed. mediate and iuture protection, develop­ bord~ring the Los Angeles basin northward That set off a mad search for a law­ ment, and administration of the desert's into Death Valley. In this vastness-three and-order woman judge. Perhaps the best 12 million acres -of public land. times as big as Connecticut-the Mojave has qualified prospect, Judge Shirley Hufstedler an endless panorama of life and moods. The of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Los Angeles, I am happy to say that this bill was kangaroo rat, for instance, has learned to was immediately ruled out as a liberal Demo­ eospon..sored by 27. of DQY colleagues in live here without much water by develop· crat. Finally, Kleindi~nst hit pay dirt. He the California delegation. It also has the ing kidneys four times a.s emctent a.s man's. gleefully told associates he had found in support of the California State Legisla- Some desert plants have seeds with a coat- 37162 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 20, 1971 1ng that washes off only when rains are heavy wantonly chewed up by ORVs-"offroad ve­ makes us think we may be getting enough to assure moist soil for the entire life hicles" such as motorcycles, dune buggies through. cycle. Cactus wrens have some inner sense and jeeps. When cycles roar across BLM Such an event occurred when the that tells them not to lay eggs in years when lands, they scar the desert for decades. Tank there would not be enough spring flowers to trails left from World War n maneuvers are October 15 edition of Life magazine support the insects the birds need !or their still clear after 30 years of weathering. appeared on the newsstands. young. Petroglyphs and pictographs, priceless rock Life's main editorial was an essay en­ It can be an inhospitable land. A few years carvings, drawings and paintings made by titled "The Arms Race Hasn't Stopped" ago, hundreds of robins scouring the Mojave Indians up to 3000 years ago, have literally by Hugh Sidey. Mr. Sidey made several for water during a particularly virulent hot been quarried out or, in some cases, shot into points which I consider important: spell fin.ally found it, but died on the edge shambles by gun addicts using them for Years ago, when our advantag~ was huge, of it, too exhausted to drink. Mojave's sands target practice. some degree of unilateral disarmament by us have been measured at 170 degrees in July. In Penny's view, it is futile to think that sounded vaguely plausible. But now even But with an average elevation of 2100 feet the desert is not going to be used by people; Senate Doves grow silent when shown the above sea level, it also has winter snows. to him, the only question is how they Will do Russian figures: 550 Soviet ships on the Spring sandstorms can denude cars With a it. He bas spearheaded action to channel NATO north flank alone; half again as many 75-mile-per-hour sandblasting. Vicious ORVs into certain parts of tb..e desert which land based ICBM's as we have; a nuclear sub thunderstorms set off canyon mud flows that have already been ruined. Penny also got fleet that will be bigger than ours in a couple shove giant boulders 600 feet a. minute. federal, state and local otncials to join in the of years. None of this keeps people out. In 1940 the first comprehensive studies of the desert's Mojave had a population of about 30,000. recreational uses, which showed that with Sidey also points out that a "really Today there are ten times that number. proper management up to 50 million visitor­ major Soviet breakthrough'' is expected The biggest concentration is in the western days a year could be accommodated. Manage­ by our top experts. It seems that the end's Antelope Valley, but the swelling is also ment would include such things as giving Soviets are spending far more on research communities as Barstow, Needles and BLM staffers the status of rangers with Twentynine Palms. With more people come powers to enforce regulations; federal pro­ and development than is necesary for more cars, more homes, more industry, more tection of the desert's irreplaceable resources; parity with us. And our spy satellites are pollution, more trash. and initiation of a conservation and educa­ seeing objects and construction in Russia Smog is beginning to ravage desert vege­ tion program. BLM estimates that this work, that none of our experts can explain. tation. In Antelope Valley the underground plus needed long-range data collection and Mr. Speaker, I am familiar with these water is being used up twice as fast as moun­ planning, could be done for $28 million over points, as are those of my colleagues who tain runoffs can replenish it. Even the new a five-year period in both the Mojave and its have done research in this area. There supplies anticipated from the $3-billion proj­ smaller sister desert to the south, the Colo­ are many other, more disturbing facts ect bringing water from northern california's rado. Without such procedures, the enormous Mr. Sidey could have discussed. But the Feather River may not meet all the demands. potential will be lost. Still, talk of boom abounds. Several years The plan bas been submitted to the U.S. chief significance of the article is the ago, Lockheed invested $50 million in a new Interior Department and Congress. On their very fact that it appeared in Life, which plant for its L-1011 TriStar jets at Palmdale. decision rests the future of the Mojave. And can hardly be characterized as a tool of And the city of Los Angeles has already be­ there is no time to wait. the military-industrial complex. gun acquiring land for the $900-million a.ir­ We are excited about this break­ port it is planning in the same area. through. I would like for all of my col­ Precisely because the Mojave is so big there leagues to read this remarkable article has never been any unified plan for control­ ling developments. Real-estate promotions THE ARMS RACE HAS NOT and I insert it at this point in the unacceptable in one county find haven in STOPPED RECORD: another. While some subdividers plan con­ THE ARMS RACE HASN'T STOPPED scientiously, with paved streets, deed restric­ Back in 1962, the story goes, New York tions and open-space provisions, others use HON. FLOYD SPENCE attorney John McCloy was assigned by Presi­ only a bulldozer blade to denote roads to OF SOUTII CAROLINA dent Kennedy to make sure that the Russians come, someday; and in staking out the followed through on Nikita. Khrushchev's smallest possible plots they invite the worst IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES promise to remove their missiles and bombers of suburbia's ticky-tack. Tuesday, October 19, 1971 from Cuba. Not long after, McCloy and There is ample evidence of the results of Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister V. V. poor planning. About 80 percent of the Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Speaker, a number Kuznetsov were sitting on a rail fence at Mojave, more than seven million acres, is of us in this body have made several at­ McCloy's country place in Stamford, Conn. federal land. In the 1950s, when the pressure tempts recently to dramatize a situation "We will live up to this agreement," said the was to get public lands onto tax rolls as which we feel has grave implications for intense, athletic Russian. "But we will never private property and damn the consequences, the future peace and security of this be caught like that again." the Federal Bureau of Land Management country. I refer to the status of our mili­ In a f_ew months there began in Russia (BLM) auctioned off tens of thousands of the a program of arms buildup and development acres under its jurisdiction. Much of it tary and defense capabilities vis-a-vis that, except for a few pauses, has been wound up as the pawn in land speculation. those of the Soviet Union. accelerating for almost a decade. Even as People met the "residence" requirements by We have organized two events in par­ arms limitation talks went on, the Soviet putting up small shacks, then abandoning ticular which we thought were especially Union has been producing more new weapons them. And they will remain until torn down, successful, though the press coverage was and at a faster rate than any nation in peace­ because hardly anything rots in the hot, dry somewhat disappointing. These were a time in history. air. we saw one canyon road, known locally special order on national defense on There is a pressing awareness today in as "tin-can alley," littered with thousands Washington about the consequences of the of cans. They had been used to feed silver August 4, in which 88 Congressmen par­ Soviet effort. It does not dominate thinking miners--90 years ago. ticipated, and a hearing on September 2, or even catch the imagination in the way J. Russell Penny, a plain-talking man, took of the Special Committee on Defense China does (Henry Kissinger had another of over as the BLM director in California five Priorities, attended by four Congress­ his finest hours last week announcing his years ago. He has brought a fresh breath to men and three distinguished experts in la.test trip to Peking). But it lurks naggingly the agency. But BLM at present is hope­ the field of national defense. in the background. In Kissinger's own stra­ lessly outmatched in the desert. Although it Our hope has been to convey to the tegic shop in the White House, for example, still controls nearly three fourths of the they calculate that we have only one more Mojave and is charged with maintaining it American people the frightening facts year to try for an agreement at the SALT in public trust !or all of us, it has never we have uncovered about our military talks. If none comes and the Russians con­ been given enough men or money to do its posture, thus changing the atmosphere tinue their buildup, they say, in all likeli­ job. Visitor-days--a technical term in which in which such matters are discussed in hood we will be forced to rejoin the arms the number of visitors is multiplied by their this country these days. Hopefully, we ra.ce. days in the desert--now run about five mil­ could reverse the alarming fashion of Years ago, when our advantage was huge, lion a year on BLM lands. Yet, BLM has only berating and deriding all things military, some degree of unilateral disarmament by us enough men to assign one to every million so that it would no longer be expedient to sounded vaguely plausible. But now even acres. The results are shocking: Sena.te doves grow silent when shown tlhe Under the best of care, it takes from 25 to be antidefense. Russian figures: 550 Soviet ships on the 35 years to nurse fragile desert vegetation While the results of our efforts have NATO north fiank alone; half again as many from poor to good condition. Yet hundreds frequently been discouraging, every now land-based ICBMs as we have; a nuclea-r sub of thousands of desert acres have been and then something happens which fleet that will be bigger than ours in a couple October 20, 1971 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 37163 of years. Pentagon officlals say they hesita;te BAY AREA CHAPTER OF NATIONAL achieve the most synergistic effect as regards to release all the new intelligence on Soviet BUSINESS LEAGUE minority economic development; (3) foster arms for fear of credibility problems. A new the growth and expansion of existing and program of Soviet missile tests, for example, new indigenous business enterprises, and has just been detected. attract new industry from outside the mi­ HON. RONALD V. DELLUMS nority communities which will create jobs The PentagQn's research and development OF CALIFORNIA director, John Foster, paces agitatedly in his and reduce or eliminate minority underem­ office and tells visitors that new develop• IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ployment and unemployment; (4) constitute ments in Russian weaponry are now coming Tuesday, October 19, 1971 a focal point for the mobilization of minority so fast and are so complex thllit it is difficuLt community financial and other development to know how to tell the press and the public Mr. DELLUMS. Mr. Speaker, as we all resources, and for external financial and about them. They run across the board, the know, during the 1970's a major thrust other development resources; and ( 5) provide Pentagon charts show; in missiles, planes, of the black effort for freedom, justice, the means !or minority community residents ships, undersea warfare, radar. Foster has and equity will be in the direction of to invest in themselves and their individual gone to Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird's translating the civil rights victories of and collective destinies, since these corpora­ office so frequently over the past weeks with tions will be community-owned, community­ fresh news about Soviet advances that final· the past decade into the kind of concrete controlled, and community-oriented. ly he stopped and compiled a list. It had economic achievements that will make As an indirect result, the project will more than 20 items on it. Laird and his men the attainment of these goals possible. probably strengthen the program and opera­ then ordered a detailed study of the Russian One of the more notable thrusts being tions of the National Business League and its buildup of the past ten years and a new taken in these efforts has been mobilized local chapters within the target cities. The assessment of where we stand. by the National Business League. The accomplishment of this indirect result, how­ Laird, Foster, the admirals and the gen­ league has its main o:ffices here in Wash­ ever, is not to be confused with the project's erals expect to hear of a really major Soviet ultimate purpose, although this purpose is breakthrough one day soon. The Soviet mill· ington, and there are energetic branches very similar to that of the NBL. It is hoped tary research and development budget is all over the country. Behind the leader­ that each NBL chapter in assisting in the known to have been extremely high for years, ship of Mr. C. J. Patterson, the Bay Area implementation of this project will devote exceed1ng anything necessary for mere parity chapter of the National Business League more attention to the ways and means with us. The Pentagon thus considers a de­ has begun an ambitious series of pro­ through which they can wttract more mem­ velopment comparable to Sputnik in 1957 or grams in my congressional district and bers and develop more substantial funds for the gigantic H-bomb of 1961 to be a virtual surrounding communities. local operations. certainty. Suppose, suggest the experts, that The NBL has had a reasonable ~egree of one day our satelllte pictures reveal in se­ I have received from Mr. Patterson a success in conducting the kinds of activities quence how a high-powered laser beam de­ brief summary of the aims and objec­ as set forth under previous projects, despite veloped by Russia instantly cuts the wings tives of the Bay Area chapter, and I the inadequacy of funds provided !or that off a jet bomber? Or, they say, maybe we would now like to insert them into the project. We hope, through the implemen­ wake up some morning to find that the So­ RECORD so that my colleagues can also tation of current projects, to build on that viets have assembled a fleet of hundreds of see the nature of this impressive pro­ success, to attract the membership required surface and undersea ships out in the Paclfic, gram: to provide additional financial resources, to capable of preventing America from sending achieve a greater degree of organization ef­ a land army beyond the shores of North NATIONAL BUSINESS LEAGUE-BAY AREA fectiveness, and to progress further toward America. CHAPTER the goal of each chapter being able to support In such an event,· Pentagon worriers say, THE NATIONAL BUSINESS LEAGUE! rrs PURPOSE, required minority business development serv­ a violent polltical reaction here would turn OBJECTIVES, AND GOALS ices from its own budget. doves into hawks and hawks into vampires. The NBL program is essentially a program B. The chapter's objectives Nixon's defense budget cutbacks would be of community organization and coordination denounced as blind irresponsibility, and a of management and technical assistance pri­ There are four major objectives sought by frenzy of arms spending would be touched marily directed toward the disadvantaged the Chapter: off. minority owners and prospective owners of 1. To effect economic development in­ This kind of thinking has brought a new small businesses located initially in the Bay minority community through providing- a · somberness in some levels of Washington of­ Area. The purpose which it seeks to accom­ focal point for combining resources for a ficialdom. And the milltary men who go to plish is to increase the management skills stated goal; suburbs, luncheon clubs and campuses re­ and business performance of Black and other 2. To identify, evaluate, and develop busi­ port more receptive audiences now for their minority-group business owners. The follow­ ness opportunities within the management descriptions of expanding Soviet power. Not ing is a detailed description of the Chapter capacity and financial resources of the long ago their claims were being contested, in terms Qf its general purpose, objectives community and its LDC; even ridiculed. and scope. 3. To collect, catalogue, and evaluate in­ formation about franchises, dealerships and Even the men most concerned in the Pen­ A. The general purpose of the NBL Bay Area distributorships, including those in the SBA tagon concede that the United States, with chapter program, and to disseminate such informa­ its elaborate mix of weapons, still holds a The Chapter is a concentrated effort to slight edge over the Soviet Union. Our tech­ tion through the LDC as a reference center; mobilize critical resources within both the and nology still has a two-year lead. We have amuent and disadvantaged communities for 4. To conduct research and prepare busi­ begun work on new undersea weapons and a the purpose of marshalling a comprehensive ness feasibility studies so as to provide up­ new long-range bomber. Merely to keep up attack upon the complex set of obstacles to with the Russians, Laird is now planning to to-date economic, commercial and business the achievement of business success by dis­ information in target areas. seek an increase in defense spending for the advantaged persons. The ultimate purposes next fiscal year, just when everyone else talks of the Chapter basically are the same as C. The scope of the project of defense cutbacks, reduced taxes and peace those of earlier NBL Projects-i.e., to en­ The program can begin operation on a one dividends. But grim surprises could upset courage and stimulate the growth and ex­ to ten cities basis. Each office would be even this kind of planning. At this very hour pansion of businesses located within mi­ staffed by a minimum of three persons and there are photographs from our unsleeping nority communities, to increase business would conduct to a large extent the same aerial cameras, say intel11gence sources, entry on a sound basis with increased prob­ activities that are conducted under existing showing objects and construction in Commu­ abilities for success, to develop the most programs, with the exception that the Local nist territory that so far have baffied all the viable of such businesses into sources of Development Corporation would be the core experts. ga.inful employment for minority-community of their activities as well as the core of eco­ Por the last two and a half years Laird residents, and to develop the owners into re­ nomic development within the minority has begun each week with his Armed Forces sponsible community leaders who can plan community. Polley Council, gathering all the top civilian the economic growth and development of These local staffs would have comprehen­ and military men around his conference table their communities. sive back-up, in terms Of research, marketing to chart the broad objectives. Inevitably, A major difference between the current management, and technical expertise, from Vietnam led the list. Then one morning a few Project and earller NBL Projects, however, is the national office of NBL. This would in­ months ago the group assembled, stood up that the current Project envisages the estab­ clude business proposals and joint ventures for the arrival of Laird, settled back in their lishment of a local development corporation With white industry-already packaged and chairs and scooped up the agendas laid out (LDC) in each of the target clties which will actively soliciting minority entrepreneurs to on the blue felt before them. The first topic (1) make possible a more comprehensive and implement them. The services of the NBL's on the list was the balance of strategic forces. effective program for minority economic de­ Council of Economic Advisors will also be a Vietnam was fourth. It has been that way 1D. velopmelllt that has been true to-date; (2) strategic adjunct in this area. Laird's oftlce almost every Monday morning combine all the components of economic de­ Local project offices would be responsible since then. velopment into one program in order to to a National Director. The National Di· 37164 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 20, 1971 rector would have as his immediate back-up nority people and serve both the minority and white businessmen as well as commu­ a management and technioal assistance statr and white communities, thereby giving mi­ nities in a variety of ways. which would be prepared to render specific norities a participatory role in the economic or general management and technical assist­ life of the nation. Products and services are SBA PROGRAMS ance in any of six areas. The areas are: importa.nrt, but equally important is man­ The NBL will maintain close contact with 1. Economic Base Studies-Determining the agement, for, in the long run, it is the man­ the National Office of the SBA, and keep in­ development potentials of target areas and agement of companies which creates the base formed of any new programs or directives. projections o! employment, population, in­ for competition with each other. These will then be disseminated to the local come, land requirements, housing, and public A third function of the national office will project directors and chapter presidents. The facilities. · be research and development. This entails primary purpose of this relationship is: 2. Retail Business-Feasibility, timing and inltiaJting research as well as acting upon 1. To thoroughly understand and inter­ priorities for downtown and inner-city retail request. This information will then be made pret to the disadvantaged business commu­ development, marketing feasibility for shop­ available to the local development corpora­ nity the "rules of thumb" and interpretations ping centers, and marketing site studies for tion's staff, as well as disseminated through given to the guidelines for administering the drug, food and other retail outlets. NBL publications as a regular service. Actual 502 and other minority assistance programs; 3. Industrial Development-Marketing and packaging o! proposals wm most often take 2. To follow-up loan applications for dis­ economic analyses of potentials for industrial place as a result of cooperative actions be­ advantaged persons who experience inordi­ development and the ab111ty to make cost tween the local staff, the national staff and nate delays before receiving decisions; analyses of specific proposed business proj­ the involved portion of the community. 3. To assist the SBA in developing and pro­ ects. The· research and development function viding management assistance programs 4. Financing Business Development-As­ would identify areas of opportunity in order suited to the needs of the disadvantaged certa1n1ng public and private ftnancial to be alert to marketing and distribution community; and sources and acquiring funds for the local de­ problems and opportunities, as well as to any 4. To make the SBA aware of any alleged velopment corporation in order to make it management and technical assistance neces­ grievances which members of the disadvan­ effective. sary in developing a particular project. The taged community may have about any aspect 5. Manpower Training-Development of research and development function will like­ of any SBA program and to assist in the solu­ . needed skills, including the managerial capa­ wise be capable of utilizing modern manage­ tion of these grievances or misunderstand­ i bllities required for specific business enter­ ment and :financial tools such as EDP, CPM, ings. . prises. :firm valuation theories, value of money 6. Inner-City Redevelopment-Studies of theory etc., and be familiar with the eco­ the need for public improvement in target nomic as well as the political environment. SLIPPING DEFENSE CAPABn..:I'rY area neighborhoods and subsequent invest­ The objective of all these functions is to ment possibilities. This should encompass :find, analyze, and package opportunities in housing and commercial resources needed to sales, distribution, marketing, and manufac­ HON. JOHN G. SCHMITZ turing for the establishment of business and redeem and sustain rebuilt areas. This will OF CALD'ORNU include the economics of large-scale develop­ projects owned and managed by minority­ ments, to include locational analysis, cost group members. The policy is to encourage IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and timing of infrastructure investment, em­ and assist minority businessmen to move Tuesday, October 19, 1971 ployment and tax status potential, as well as into the economic mainstream of America by pricing and financial policies. making available to them attractive business Mr. SCHMITZ. Mr. Speaker, at this ' Such assistance would consist of and in­ packages involving new or existing ent~r­ point in the RECORD I would like to insert , volve fund raising, financing, legal matters, prises. If deemed necessary, a business model the major portions of a speech made by one-to-one counseling, business seminars, will be established. Maj. Gen. George J. Keegan, deputy and economic development workshops con­ The fourth function would be the estab­ lishment of a community relations depart­ chief of staff, Air Force Logistics Com­ ducted to deal with general as well as specific Air problems. Outside specialists and consultants ment. Sound community relations require mand, Wright-Patterson Force Base would be used where deemed appropriate. the recognition of mutual expectations of delivered to the Fourth Joint Services When the local development corporation NBL and the community in which both must Logistics Data Exchange for Inertial takes on a project-whether in the retail, operate, as well as the existence of mutual Systems Meeting which took place in Los industrta.l, or manufacturing :field, regard­ trust and respect. In addition, effective com­ Angeles, Calif., on August 2 and 3 this less of the excellence (however desirable) of munication is a requisite for getting things year. the product or service-the project must be accomplished. Its basic purpose is to estab­ The general's talk goes far beyond the able to market and sell that product in order lish and insure a favorable cllmate in which field of logistics to encompass important to make a profit. But modern marketing and the community is willing and able to satisfy sales techniques are almost unknown to most the legitimate needs of minority business­ facets of economics, history, technology, minority businessmen. Therefore, the na­ men. NBL chapters and the LDC's are an in­ and the continued massive Soviet mili­ tional office w1ll provide market research­ tegral part of this program-both as partici­ tary buildup. Pointing to the decline of e.g., what products are needed in the market, pants and as recipients. our forces relative to the Soviet Union in where these products can be marketed, how The minority businessman has been short the last 10 years, the general states that: they can be marketed and at what profita­ of capital, management experience, and gen­ As a profession:a.l military man I find it billty. The national staff would be thor­ eral know-how. These reside in the white quite incomprehensive that the security of oughly familiar with the latest marketing business community. Representatives of the free world and 3,000 years of the works techniques, such as the Market Dominance white business and industry have expressed of man should now rest on such a slim theory. This information would then be a desire to transfer these to minority busi­ margin of assurance. made available to the local development cor­ nessmen, and the effectiveness of our com­ poraJtion staff and then to the community. munity relations staff will have a definitive One need not be a professional mili­ The national staff will assist the minority impact on whether this transfer occurs at aU tary man to feel a sense of growing dis­ business in marketing and distributing its and, 11 so, whether it is accomplished effec­ belief and anxiety at our failure to ade­ product and/or service. The local and na­ tively. quately respond to the growing Soviet tional o:fllces will also provide management The minority businessman must be made strategic threat. Just last week Secretary and technical assistance. The local staff will receptive to new ideas, a new jargon, and have access through the national staff to the assistance he vitally needs. The white of Defense Laird brought to our attention paid and volunteer consultants where community must be made aware of the the fact that the Soviets will catch the needed. unique problems facing minority business­ United States in number of Polaris-type The objective is to educate the minority men or the communication gap w111 widen ballistic nuclear submarines in 1973, 1 community to understand the increasingly instead of closing. Further, it must be tied year ahead of the intelligence estimates complex mechanics and economics of the into a meaningful program that assures cited by Secretary Laird last February. business and commercial world in order to equally meaningful results. The community Secretary Laird also pointed out that be able to funotion effectively in that world. relations component must work closely with Only in this way can businesses and projects the economic development programs of NBL the Soviets have recently been testing be established which contribute meaning­ and SBA in order for the programs to have SS-ll's with three warheads, the Soviets fully to the economic development of the maximum effect. have approximately 900 of these Minute­ minority community. NBL will orient them In addition to creating a favorable climate man-type missiles, have tested a longer to and equip them with modern manage­ for minority businessmen, the community range submarine weapon, their current ment and financial tools which will permit relations group will assist them in pooling submarine missile can reach practically them to function as creative, efficient and resources, concentrating efforts, and estab­ any point in the United States within 7 effective participants in the free enterprise lishing a "bank" of management experience minutes when :fired on a depressed tra­ system. in the local community; make important jectory, and have been testing a new The ultimate objecrtive is to enable minor­ technical data and information available tty peoples to own and operate profitable through publications; run training confer­ .ABM weapon. business enterprises which employ other mi- ences; hold tradeshows; and assist minority The talk by General Keegan follows: October 20, 1971 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 37165

KEYNOTE ADDRESS "LOGISTICS SUPPORT OF IN­ ernment charged With large acquisition pro­ and its sources of Middle Eastern oil is no ERTIAL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY" BY MAJOR grams. There was much of it in evidence at less distressing. GENERAL GEORGE J. KEEGAN, JR. last night's reception. In times of difficulty The Soviet investment in support of Today, for the first time, industry and the we are sometimes quick to find fault and Hanoi-from a conflict point of view-ap­ commercial airlines have joined With govern­ probably a bit emotional if not indiscriini­ pears to have been quite profitable. The mental agencies to review the status of US nate in our assignation of responsibility for United States has been demoralized, her inertial systems technology-from its most our larger ills. Witness the Ivy League's re­ people divided, and her councils of defense expensive point of view, namely that of cent dissolution of its ROTC detachments become more uncertain. A vast public debt logistic support. This is as it should be. along with efforts to end defense sponsored and down turn in our economy has forced America is now caught up in a technologi­ fundamental and applied research in the na­ us to look inward. And we have been forced cal crisis of great dimension. Since what is tion's top universities and their associated to cut our investment in defense technology happening to inertial technology is common laboratories. I would offer a simple reininder to the bone. It is a challenging strategic to the larger problems, I suspect that what that profit motive and incentives have been, climate to say the least. And it is one which we do here collectively may help to point the and continue to be, a most powerful force invites greater irresponsibility and risk tak­ way out--by perinitting the nation to do for freedom and econoinic growth. ing on the part of our opposition. more with less. More often, it is our neglect of profit in­ The picture of the economic environment I am not certain that my 11Inited knowledge centives and their proper administration is also a spotty one. of inertial systems engineering and design which should be the target of our approba­ Professional economists know only too well necessarily qualifies me to be your keynote tion. that American prosperity and a strong de­ speaker. On the other hand, I have had a Our challenges here today is to share our fense posture have gone hand in hand. Thus, long peripheral relationship With Research experience, profit from our Inistakes, and at a moment when our values are under great and Development--including a supporting concert our management efforts in such a assault, a reordering of priorities has fallen role in nuclear detection, thermonuclear way as to restore the econoinic credibility upon us rather sharply. technology, and ICBM decisions, the estab­ of our technological industrial base-by These trends are part of the great price lishment of a separate command for R&D setting the pace in the field of inertial sys­ for responsibly trying to keep the world free in the Air Force, the U-2, the SR-71, and tems development. from aggression while trying to sustain the the authoring of several pre-Sputnik works Let me start with the first of the larger most enduring social revolution in history. on Soviet Science, R&D, and technical ed­ propositions which circumscribe our tech­ Somewhere in the process, we seem to have ucation. nology. lost sight of the need to keep our expenses Today I am involved in the logistics sup­ In today's world, freedom, econoinic health, in balance With our profit and investment port planning for weapon systems and in­ and survivability are interdependent if not margins. Possibly my meaning can be clari­ ertial subsystems. Therefore, my frame of indivisible. The foundations of each, in my fied by historical analogy. reference shall be on the larger historical judgment, are under assault as never before. _\ccording to some social scientists, we see relationships and perspectives which influ­ Our futures are being circumscribed increas­ in England-separated by some forty to fifty ence our work today. I have had to rely on ingly by important "characteristic" com­ years-much of what may be happening here some of our better logistic engineers at pulsions-compulsions which can only be at home. Newark (AGMC) for specific comments on in­ ignored at our peril. These compulsions re­ England as the seat of the first great in­ ertial technology. My comments may appear late: to the strategic environment in which dustrial revolution became and remained for long on philosophy-that's what Air Force we live; to the loss of momentum in the many years the hub of the world econoinic Generals do-and short on the engineering great American logistic and econoinic revolu­ universe. Under the aegis of the "Pax-Britan­ end. tion; and thirdly, to the options or choices nica," America prospered, flowered, and My message to you today is made up of a open to us in the future. emerged into the Twentieth Century as did few simple propositions. Trends in the strategic environment are the once viable British empire. Whatever the First, we are riding on the declining crest not favorable. historians may claim for the British empire of the greatest sustained period of tech­ The age of American plenty-of American and its colonial character, 1t is also to be nological growth in mankind's history. our Inilitary-and econoinic world doininance is noted that the underdeveloped peoples of developments in inertial navigation are hav­ coining to an end. Yet, war and its preven­ the world achieved more materiel, medical, ing a substantial impact upon the growth tion continue to be the central preoccupa­ educational, and psychological gain under and development of the United States econ­ tion of the major powers. Defense continues the brief span of that empire than they had omy, upon our venture into space, and upon to take and demand the lion's share of our in the previous two thousand years. It was the improvement of implements for the de­ budget, our human and intellectual resources, also out of the same wellsprings of industrial fense of the free world. as well as our materiel treasure. While the empire that the first formally organized so­ Secondly, our great technological base is world has been made a much better place cial conscience emerged on a national scale. not kr.eping pace With the external threat to live in-in large part due to US efforts And out of that strength, the tide of conflict and internally, our technological futures are since World War II-I believe it to be a more was turned in World War I and the bastion now being circumscribed by competing eco­ dangerous place than ever. of freedom in Europe held through the initial nomic demands and the reorienting of our The overwhelining strategic superiority of and decisive phases in World War II. social values. the United States of the 50's and early 60's­ For England, the cost and sacrifice have Thirdly, our unrequited romance with de­ which provided us with a great margin of taken an enormous econoinic toll. With wis­ sign for the sake of performance and un­ security and diplomatic leverage is now gone. dom and foresight, the British met what has disciplined neglect of logistics support haS The delicate and fragile balance must now been called the revolution of rising expecta­ brought us to the point where the life cycle be measured With a "micrometer." tions in the developing countries by volun­ costs of maintaining our weapons systems far As a professional Inilitary man I find it tarily granting independence to her colonies, exceed the original costs of their acquisition. quite incomprehensible that the security of a series of actions which exacted a further As a result, US industry and defense are pric­ the free world and 3000 years of the works econoinic toll. We see it today in all its forms ing themselves out of the defense competi­ of man should now rest on such a slim and manifestations. Finally, a point was tion from abroad. margin of assurance. Hope has never been a reached when England could no longer sus­ As a consequence, we can no longer afford sound preinise for the ultimate security of tain herself in defense and in fulfilling the that which we need in order to assure a com­ nations. It takes a great deal more. domestic needs of human welfare. These can fortable margin of national security. Our For sheer size and rate of investment in be paid for only out of profits earned 1n the experience With inertial navigation systems defense, the Soviet technological base and world's free markets. seems to provide a classic example of the effort are now greater than our own. Invest­ And in the process, "Fabian Socialism" problem at hand. ment in the development, test, and produc­ struck further blows at the whole philo­ Lastly, we now have an unsurpassed oppor­ tion of modern weapons of war exceeds that sophical foundation of the very profit and tunity to exploit the costly errors of the past of the US by a substantial margin. In sheer property concepts which had nurtured the and for converting the llab111ty into the pace megatonnage throw weight capability; in industrial revolution and mankind's two setter for the solution of some of our more numbers of advanced fighter prototypes-the greatest centuries of human progress. serious technology related logistic support Soviets have long since surpassed the United The lesson is one which we must under­ problems. States. Soon the numbers of their Polaris­ stand. When you cease being competitive in Inertial technology--as with much of de­ type submarines will probably surpass our those markets, you retrench or die-you can­ fense technology-must now be maChicago Tribune, Willard Edwards, pro- are challenging the system, degrading it? I other ousted Foreign Service officer, who, un- cxvn--2338--Part 28 37168 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 20, 1971 der oath at his own request, accused Mace the possibility Sept. 27 when he ruled that "I'm afraid they [the political prognosti­ of responsibility for "a sick and corrupt, the Detroit public schools were segregated, cators] will have to reassess Michigan," said personnel system which had wrought havoc said he doubted the problem could be solved Mrs. Irene McCabe, who put together a large to the careers of dedicated officers." without a metropilitan-area school district, antibusing group in Pontiac. The support of In addition to his Senate ordeal, Mace and ordered the state board of education to the leading Democrats for busing was "po­ was forced to appear before a grievance board come up with a plan for such a district in litical suicide,'' she said. hearing charges by Hemenway that his dis­ 120 days. Democrats facing election soon have not missal had been based on false and slan­ To the parents of the Detroit metropolitan necessarily supported the leaders' position. derous records. He spent 90 minutes squirm­ ar~Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Coun­ Two noted liberal Democrats, representatives ing under cross-examination, evading and ties-that means busing. James G. O'Hara and John D. Dingell, re­ falling to recall. At the end of this, one of There are nearly one million students in cently come out strongly against busing for the three-member panel asked ll.im if he the public schools of the three oountles and integration. They both depend on suburban would like to be judged by "someone with the 108,000 of those are black, according to last votes. same attitude which you have with regard to fall's count. Most of the black students, Another effect has been a split between grievances." The board appeared unimpressed 84,000, come from the Detroit schools. antibusing whites in Detroit and in the sub­ by his insistence that he would. The thought of busing was enough to make urbs. Detroit whites who generally oppose Chairman J. W. Fulbright [D., Ark.], after eight women at their monthly pinochle game busing want the cross-busing to the suburbs. the Senate committee hearings, said he would in Roseville put down their cards and talk The bulk of the children in Detroit's schools vote against confirming Mace's nomination. for two hours. are black and such busing would mean more But Mace's boss, Wllllam B. Macomber Jr., "My husband said it's really something at whites in schools in the city to keep com­ deputy undersecretary for management, hur­ the shop," said GTace Vert. "The older men pany With the children of the white Detroit­ ried before the committee to plead for him. are really bitter." era. It was "terribly unfair," Macomber said, to "They're treating the children like a bunch In one integrated neighborhood in the make Mace the target of all that was wrong of cattle,'' said Lorraine Sklrke. "Why can't city, a white called to his white neighbor, with State Department. they put it up to a general public vote, like who is selling his house and moving to the Mace may evenutally win Senate approval. daylight savings time?" suburbs: "Gerry, Gerry. Take the sign down. The State Department hierarchy is mustering The specter of city-suburban busing raised They're all going out to Birmingham." heavy pressure in his behalf. It has been put all the old fears among the white women: Blacks probably do not want their children on notice, however, that it can no longer, that their children would be sent to inferior bused either, "but if that's what it takes With impunity, eliminate talented subordi­ schools-the Detroit school board spends [to get a good education] I'd have her bused nates whose only fault is fearlessness in ex­ $675 a child per year while the suburbs spend from here to Mississippi," one black man said pressing opinion. up to $1,200-that there would be beatings of his daughter. and robberies, and no more after-school ac­ Wllliam Penn, executive director of the tivities, and intermarriage. National Association for the Advancement of The panic spreads completely around Colored People, said that "if white folks are BUSING IS MICIDGAN'S BIGGEST Detroit from the old rich suburbs to the going to the same schools" as blacks, then POLITICAL ISSUE east--the Grosse Pointes-to the working those schools will be improved. class suburbs of Warren, Roseville, East INTEGRATION WAS FOSTERED Detroit, Dearborn and Southgate; the white The impact of Judge Roth's decision is HON. ROMAN C. PUCINSKI collar suburbs of Oak Park and Southfield, the more stunning because Detroit--and this OF ILLINOIS and the rich auto executive lands of Bir­ the judge acknowledged-may have done mingham and Bloomfield Hills. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES more to foster integration than any school If the near hysteria was predictable, there district in the North. Tuesday, October 19. 1971 are a few reactions that were not. The Detroit school system created the first One effect: The idea of a black's buying integrated textbook. It created its own black Mr. PUCINSKI. Mr. Speaker, the tur­ a house in a white suburb almost sounds history program-years ago. It put much of moil being created in American public • • • do to some whites, compared to the its new-school money into areas that had school systems in the wake of massive thought of busing. become predoininantly black. It aggressively busing orders by local courts is best de­ "It would be different if a colored person recruited black teachers until two-fifths of scribed in a recent New York Times an­ moved in and sent their children to our the teaching force is black, and it built up a alysis of the situation in Michigan. school,'' said Mrs. Hilda Miller, one of the large number of black administrators and That the courts have gone berserk in pinochle players. school principals. White students were for­ "If they take care of their property," added bidden to transfer from schools that were their orders is no longer a matter of de­ Mrs. Jackie Medici. She and the other wom­ turning black. bate. But the fact that they will destroy en made it clear they did not necessarily A PATTERN DISCERNED this Nation's public school system is a want black neighbors, but they said they matter of deep concern to all. found the idea less unacceptable than they But Judge Roth said that practically all This usurpation of power by courts an did three years ago. society, particularly the Federal Govern­ will ment, had conspired to create a segregated over the Nation lead to the only log­ A SATISFYING DISCOMFORT housing pattern, and that the Detroit school ical alternative, a constitutional amend­ Another effect has been a grim satisfaction board and the state had failed to act effec­ ment prohibiting busing out of neighbor­ among blacks over the discoinfort of white tively to change this pattern. hood schools against a child's or his par­ liberals in the white suburbs. In addition he could find instances in the ents' will. "Seeing that the white liberals don't mean past of boundary juggling to allow whites to The New York Times article follows: a thing to us" brings more support from avoid schools in changing neighborhoods, and BUSING Is MICHIGAN'S BIGGEST PoLrriCAL younger, more militant blacks, said Francis of the busing of black children past white ISSUE Kornegay, director of the Urban League in schools to other black schools. Detroit, noting some liberals' complaints And while the judge has not yet ordered (By Jerry M. Flint) about the possibil1ty of busing. busing to and from the suburbs, he made it ROSEVILLE, MICH.-"We just came back The political outlook has also been af­ seem inevitable. from vacation yesterday. They didn't say fected. Michigan had been counted as a safe "My daughter, she's a teacher, she doesn't how are you. They said, 'Did you hear?" " And state for the Democratic Presidential nomi­ think it's such a bad idea," says Mrs. Medici when Margaret Hagen and her husband, Don, nee in 1972, and Senator Robert P. Griffin, of the pinochle group here. She and her heard, they were about as angry as the hun­ a Republican, had been expected to have a daughter had argued the point "hot and dreds of thousands of other white suburban­ tough fight for reelection. Now, Senator Grif­ heavy," she said. "She sees things different." ites around Detroit. fin has introduced a constitutional amend­ "If she had kids of her own, she wouldn't," What they heard was that their children ment against busing. His most likely oppo­ said Mrs. Miller. were to be taken from their suburban schools nent in the Senate race, Frank Kelley, the and bused into the inner city of Detroit, and State Attorney General, a Democrat, signed a that black children from Detroit would be statement supporting busing. streaming to the suburbs. But the heart of the Democratic vote is in GUN CONTROL ACT OF 1968 That possibly has made busipg the biggest the white working-class suburbs where bus­ political issue in Michigan. Meetings a.re held ing is probably the biggest issue. And, as the nightly in suburbs. School boards and city uproar grew, Mr. Kelley announced that councils are passing resolutions. Petitions are RON. ROBERT L. F. SIKES when he -signed the pro-busing statement, OF FLORIDA being sent to Washington, and local pollconcerts, anything. Mr. RARICK. Mr. Speaker, Henry A. them on a manageable scale. In the cities, We can do something about the medical Kissinger, the No. 1 adviser and chief the problems have become too big to man­ problems of the country, too. In many de­ pleted areas, it's impossible to keep doctors. confidant to the President, plays a vital age. role in the decisionmaking of our coun­ By 2000, the U.S. will have 100 million In such areas, we could establish telemedi­ people more. If present trends continue and cine. With two-way TV, we can have remote­ try and the course we are pursuing. I they all crowd into urban areas, we're going distance diagnosis. thought that our colleagues would find to have a crisis. The problems we already How do you go about establishing the new of interest a recent report on Henry A. can't manage wlll destroy us. systems you are talking about? Kissinger which, along with recent news­ We must create conditions that will make GoLDMARK. I was a member of a committee paper articles on the social activities of it possible for this growth to take place in on telecommunications of the National Auld call it the Kissinger South Vietnam's Vice-president, Nguyen Cao feller and is controlled by the Rockefeller Administration. Ky, would attend and speak at the rally which Brothers) and Tower International Inc. called for a. military victory in South Viet­ (headed by Cyrus Ea.ston, Jr.) announced [From the Washington Post, Oct. 15, 1971] nam. The New York Times of September 26, plans as revealed in the N.Y. TIMES of Jan­ KissiNGER To LEAVE SATIIRDAY 1970 noted that Henry A. Kissinger, President uary 16, 1967 in an article entitled "Eaton Nixon's adviser on foreign policy, had sched­ Joins Rockefeller to Spur Trade with Reds." The White House announced yesterday uled a meeting in Paris with Vice President The TIMES no.ted tha.t the joint effort of that Henry A. Kissinger, assistant to the Nguyen Cao Ky to try to "persuade him not International Basic Economy Corp. and President for national security a'ffairs, 'Will to attend the March for Victory rally here Tower International, Ine. is seen as combin­ leave Saturday for Peking to make arrange­ next week.'' The White House confirmed that ing the investment skills and resources of ments for President Nixon's visit to China. Mr. Kissinger was flying to Paris ·and would the Rockefellers and the special entree to Kissinger will be accompanied by nine offi­ meet with Mr. Ky, with the end result, of Communist o1ficialdom that Tower enjoys cials to make arrangements and to work out course that Ky was pressured into not ap­ largely as a result of contacts cultivated over an agenda !or the President's trip. pearing at the patriotic ra.lly. the last 15 yea.l"S by Cyrus Eaton, Sr., always No date has been announced for the Presi­ Another of Henry Kissinger's secret activi­ welcomed as a V.I.P.ln Communist countries. dent's visit except that it will be before ties was to obtain a $100 million cut-back After his return from the 8ecl"et meeting May 1. There has been speculation that it in the Defense Department's budget for intel­ with Chou-E>n-La.i, .K1ssinger made a hurried will be substantially before that time, and ligence-gathering operations. Veteran intelli­ .and secret trip to London where r~portedly Kissinger's visit at this point strengthens the gence officials viewed this as a move by Kis­ he conferred with a mystery man named belie! the President's trip will not be long singer to tighten his White House control Victor Louis at the Soviet Embassy. Victor delayed. over all intelligence operations. Since intel­ Louis, whooe real name is Vit&ly Yevgenye­ White House pr~ss secreta-ry Ronald L. ligence estimates are used as a. key factor vich Lui, is a high ranking member of Soviet Ziegler said Kissinger and hts party will fly in the formation of American foreign policy, .Intelligence who carries out secret diplo­ on a presidentla.l jet via Hawaii, Guam. a tighter control of national intelligence matic missions for the Soviet government Shanghai and Peking. They will return the operations would greatly increase Kissinger's with heads of state and key internationalists northern route with a single stop in Anchor­ already tremendous infiuence in the making throughout the world. age, Alaska. o! foreign policy. It was Vietor Louis who arranged the sale The longer route to Peking is to give the In 1970 when the Soviet Embassy held a of the Khrushchev Memoirs to LIFE magazine party some time to rest before arriving in the grand scale celebration o! Lenin's birthday, after their careful editing by the KGB~ Louts. Chinese capital !or !our days of negotiations, Henry Kissinger was designated as the Nixon who is reportedly a millionaire, is so impor­ it was said. The group Will spend the night Administration's representative for the Lenin tant that he resides in a three-story mansion in Guam and arrive in Peking Wednesday. birthday celebration, this designation re­ located 15 miles outsi{le of Moscow with a Oct. 20 (Tuesday, Oct. 19, Washington time). portedly being Kissinger's own idea. swimming pool, pine wood sauna. private Col. Ralph Albertazzle, the President•s pilot, will the 'Rircra!t ami Through the unusual media of the society tennis court and garage which contains his command thus have the experience of landing in China be­ section o! the Washington Post o! Febru­ five automobiles. His standard of living ex­ ceeds that of some of the most important fore carrying the President. He Will pick up ary 20, 1971, in a column written by Dorothy a Chinese navigator on landing at Shanghai. McCardle, we learn that it was Henry Kis­ members of the Soviet hierarchy. Although singer who worked on President Nixon's State the secret meeting between KGB agent Vic­ Since English is the universal language of o! the World message. So powerfUl has Henry tor Louis and Henry Kissinger was not re­ air traffic controllers, Alberta.zzi Will not need Kissinger become at the White House that ported by the world press~ NEWSWEEK mag­ an interpreter to communicate With con­ even the liberal editor of the Harvard Crim­ azine on August 9. 1971 did report that trollers in China. son, David Lamiau, writing for the Wash­ Victor Louis has made application for an The party is expected to make only a re­ Ington Post of July 11, 1971 observed "Kis­ American visa and has put out private feelers fueling stop ln Shanghai. But It wm be met singer has used his position in government :for a meeting with Kissinger. there by a Chinese delegation that will ac­ as a protective cloak to conceal his larger am­ In addition to having been on the payroll company it to Peking, -a. flight of less than bitions and purposes. Far !rom being de­ of the Council on Foreign Relations and hav­ two hours. The 1Ught ftom Guam to Shang­ tached, objective arbiter of presidential de­ ing been a long-time member of that organi­ hai is just under four hours. cislonmaklng, he has become a crucial molder zation, Henry Kissinger was accepted by the Accompanying Kissinger w111 be Brig. Gen. and supporte:- of Mr. Nixon's foreign policy. Bllderberg group and was permitted to attend James D. Hughes, military aide to the Presi­ Instead of merely holding the bureaucracy at at least one of their meetings. His name ap­ dent; Dwight L. Chapin, deputy assistant to comfortable arm's length, he has entangled peared on the list of pa;rUcipants at the the President; Brig. Gen. Albert Redman, it in a web o! useless projects and studies, Bllderberg Conference held a.t Will.la.msburg. head o! the White House communications cleverly shifting an important locus of ad­ Va. March 21-.22, ~ [He also attended the agency; press assistant Timothy G. Elbourne; visory power ~rom the Cabinet departments April. 1971 Bilder~rg meeting at Woodstock. Secret Service agent Robert H. Tay1or, head to his own office." Mr. Landau also noted that, Vt.. Ed.] A number of other C.F.R. members of the White House detail; Alfred LeS. as a confidential adviser to the President, a.re also connected with the Bllderberg group Jenkins, di:reetor of the State Department's Kissinger has successfully daimed executive whose meetings are so secret that the Amer­ division of Asian Communism A:ffail's; and privilege when asked to testify on the record ican press does not even report them. The the ~ollowing mem..J>ers of the National Secu­ in congressional hearings. C.F.R. has had as active members Soviet rity Council staff: .John H. Holdrittge, Informed sources state that Henry A. agents Alger Hiss, Lauchlin Currie and Harry Winston Lord and Jonathan Howe. Jenkins Kissinger is not only a protege of Nelson A. Dexter White; Herbert Matthews, wllo as­ 1Lnd Holdridge speak Chinese and will act as Rockefeller, but has been an adviser to him sisted Castro to power; .Joseph Fels Barnes, interpreters. ~ for over 15 years. 'The original relationship 1denti:fied as a Communist, who wrote Elsen­ goes back to KiSsinger's student days at hower's "Crusade in Europe" fOi" him; Cyrus [From the Washington Post, Oct. 15, 1971] Eaton. pro-Soviet multi-millionaire; identi­ Harvard w'hen he received a Rockfeller Fund PROBLEMS OJ!' A Plu:SIDENTIAL ADVISER Fellowship for political theory. Kissinger at­ fied OOmmunist John K. Fairbank, whose tended both the 1964: and 1968 Republican advice on Chinese Communist a:ffair.s 1s now (By Maxine Cheshire) Conven-tions as a Rockefeller aide and 1s being sought by U.S. officia.ls. Presidential adviser Henry Kissinger is credited with having pushed the Republican Another interesting member of the sub­ having girl problems again. platform towards a more dovish position on versive C.F.R. Js George A. Lincoln. Director This time it's movie starlet Judy Brown, Vietnam. Ki.sS.I.nger was also associated with of the 011ice of Emergency Preparedness, a.n best-known for her role in -the X-mted the Rockefellers in the special studies proJ­ executive agency which has jurisdiction a.n4 Danish sex ftlm, ..'I'hreesome,.. which was ect in 1956-57 and then from 1958-59 when control of the carrying out of the executive Impounded briefly by the U.S. government he was reSea.rch secretary for a Council on orders issued by Presldent Nixon when he two years 'ago. (She has 'also appeared. tn R­ Foreign Relations special discussion group, declared a state of national emergency ..for rated films "Women in. Cages.. and "'The Big again on Rockefeller's recommendAtions. eoon<»nic reasons" and then announced h.ls Doll House.") Henry KiSSlnger•s prograan for trade, cul­ wage and price freeze. 'I'h1s 90-day "freeze" In the .current issue of Silver Screen maga­ tural and diplomatic rela.tlons with Commu- is but "Phase I" of bigger but unfortunately zine, the 27-year-old actress and the 4:8-yea.r- October 20, 1971 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 37173

old Kissinger are the subject of a cover story He had his name stenciled in large letters ANOTHER SETBACK FoR THE CONSUMER headlined: "Does NiXon Know? His Top Ad­ across the back of his shorts. The House of Representatives has thrown viser Is Having a Secret Romance With Desi The host, John Lehman, wore his cam­ the consumer a bone, but unfortunately Arnaz' Special Girl." bridge University rowing blazer over a pair of there's very little meat on it. Miss Brown, a former Miss University of boxer shorts that had been tie-dyed and The creation of a consumer protection Missouri, said yesterday that she had decided then stitched strategically by his girl friend agency is a vital step in giving the average to make public her year-long friendship with with a toad in needlepoint.. citizen a voice to counter those spe<:ial­ Kissinger because she was "tired" of being The toad is the emblem of the Cambridge interest lobbyists in Washington. But when kept in the background while he allows him· dining society to which Lehman belonged in that voice is merely a whisper instead of a self to be photographed on dates with other, his student days, the Ancient Order of shout, the agency may delude rather than better-known actresses such as Marlo Gonville Loungers. protect the consumer. Thomas and Jill St. John. Trouserless parties are a tradition with That is why Rep. Benjamin Rosenthal of Kissinger, informed that the article is now that group according to Lehman a former Elmhurst, one of the leading consumer ad­ on the newsstands, called Miss Brown "a University of Pennsylvania faculty member vocates in Congress, voted against the bill to publicity maniac." He has never seen her on and a cousin of Princess Grace of Monaco. create the very agency he himself proposed. the screen, he said, and has seen her in per­ The Gonville Loungers, whose members in­ "Mediocrity and compromise won out over son only three times. clude television's David Frost, recently cele­ excellence and courage," he said. But other sources, including Los Angeles brated their 511 th anniversary at a sans Mr. Rosenthal's-and Ralph Nader's-­ television newsman David Horowitz, say the pantalons gathering for which Lehman :flew complaint is that the new agency will be meetings have been more frequent. They in­ to England. restricted against acting in most cases com­ sist that she has visited Kissinger at both This is the second trouserless party that ing before federal regulatory agencies. And San Clemente and Palm Springs and dined Lehman has staged in Washington with the these agencies, unfortunately, have been too with him in Hollywood at such well-known help of two bachelor roommates who share prone to favor those they are supposed to restaurants as Chassen's, the Chianti and his Georgetown row house. regulate, rather than the consumers they are The Bistro. Last year's was held in December, "But supposed to represent. Kissinger says their last date was at The some people complained of getting a little Mrs. Virginia Knauer, President Nixon's Bistro on July 14, the night before President chilly," Lehman explains. "So this time we special assistant for consumer affairs, par­ Nixon announced he was going to China. He moved it up to a warmer month." rotted the administration line that the has had no contact with her since. He had a six-piece rock band and most House bill will "provide the consumer effec­ .. When these ladies start using me for pub­ of his guests had a rollicking time. "But tive representation on matters that affect his licity," he said, "that is when I decide to there is always someone," he says, "who health, his safety and his pocketbook." She terminate the relationship." stands around looking very sheepish in his insists that its "wide margin of support ... garters." refutes the contrary claims of the few re­ Several weeks ago, at a Hollywood party Women guests all wore elegant long dresses. maining critics." How, then, does she ex­ given by Comedian Buddy Hackett, Kissinger Men who did not take the invitation's word­ plain the wide margin of support in the was introduced to June Wilkinson, whose fig­ ing seriously were met at the door by a maid Senate for the stronger bill preferred by Mr. ure is familiar to readers of Playboy maga­ who insisted they remove their trousers. She Rosenthal and Mr. Nader? The Senate vote zine. With measurements of 43-22-36, she provided boxer shorts for those who came in last year was 74 to 4, and a similar vote this has been featured four times as "The Bosom." briefs. year is likely. Kissinger and Miss Wilkinson both con­ Only one man resisted. Kent Crane, of The Senate is the consumer's last hope. If firm that he called later and asked her to Vice President Agnew's staff, firmly refused the strong bill passes there, perhaps the con­ have dinner with him. But there is some dis­ to shed his dignity or anything else. ference committee can put some bite back agreement about what happened after that. The guest list included a large number into the bill. We doubt if Mr. Nixon will She says she accepted and they went to of Lehman's colleagues on Kissinger's Na­ veto any consurr -':" bill-even the strong one Scandia. He says he began having second tional Security Affairs staff, various other he doesn't want-just before an election year. thoughts about the publicity which might White House staffers, plus a few from Capitol result and broke the date to go out instead Hill and other branches of the government. with Ali McGraw and her husband, Bob Kissinger, who gets asked almost every­ Evans. where else tn Washington, did not get an NIXON ADMINISTRATION TURNS Miss Wilkinson says Kissinger must have invitation. "I knew he was going to be out his dates confused. It was the third time he of town," said Lehman. ITS BACK ON HUNGRY AMERICAN called her that he canceled at the last min­ CmLDREN ute. The second time he called her, she says, she was the one who couldn't make it. HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL [From the Washington Post, Oct. 25, 1970} ANOTHER SETBACK FOR OF NEW YORK BLACK TIE, BUT No PANTS CONSUMERS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (By Maxine Cheshire) Tuesday, October 19, 1971 The engraved invitation read: "Black Tie HON. BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL sans pantalons"-meaning that male guests Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, the Nixon should arrive without trousers. OF NEW YOaK administration has callously turned its The party was given two weeks ago by IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES back on millions of poor children in its John Lehman, a member of the staff of Dr. attempt to cut back the free school lunch Henry Kissinger, special assistant to Presi­ Tuesday, October 19, 1971 program. dent NiXon for national security affairs, Kis­ Mr. ROSENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, the Apparently, the specter of hungry chil­ singer did not attend. House was guilty last Thursday of engag­ The event should be forever memo.. able in dren does not haunt the consciences in an administration where the social highlight ing in a deceptive consumer practice. the White Hou~ and the Department of ot the week can be Julie Eisenhower having After beating back the efforts of 160 Agriculture. Proposed changes in school her girl friends over for an afternoon cup of Members to strengthen the bill, the House lunch regulations-changes which are in tea and a movie showing of "Othello." approved legislation to establish a new ­ definite conflict with the intent of Con­ Visualize, it you can, Adm. Rembrandt Federal Consumer Protection Agency. In gress-would return approximately 1 Robinson, Kissinger's liaison with Chief of my judgment the House's action was a million American schoolchildren to the Naval Operations Adm. Thomas Moorer, re­ disservice to the cause of consumers, be­ level of hunger they faced ptior to enact­ splendent topside in gold braid and artistical­ cause the Agency will be prohibited from ly attired below in fiower-bedecked skivvies ment of the National School Lunch Act. trimmed in rumes. representing their interests when most House Joint Resolution 923 which There was Richard V. Allen, key Nixon of the decisions are made and policies would assure that the school lunch pro­ campaign adviser on foreign affairs and for­ established affecting the health and eco­ gram COil'tinues and that the breakfast merly deputy to Kissinger. wearing a tuxedo nomic well-being of the consuming pub­ program for needy children would be ex­ jacket over a pair of women's knee-length lic. panded is a promising sign. It is crucial bloomers dyed psychedelic colors. One can only hope that the Senate will tha.t Congress have the courage to tell A stockholder from Villanova, Pa., Lehman approve a stronger bill-one that will do the President to stop playing politics noted, wore a costume that could get him the job. dis­ arrested in some states. ms underwear was with the health and well-being of made !rom an American flag. An editorial 1n the Long Island Press advantaged children. Richard Smyser, Kissinger's Vietnam ex­ of Sunday, October 17, sums up the di­ A recent article in the Washington Post pert and former member of the Pa.rls peace lemma in an effective way. I am insert­ describes exactly what a backward and 'talks delegation, wasn't trying to rem.aln ing this editorial 1n the RECORD at this regressive step the admfntstration pro­ anonymous in the crowd. point. poses at a time when we sbould be work- 37174 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 20, 1971 ing to fulfill our commitment that no Congress and the reformers-has repeatedly tlons aimed at rural development have falled. made far larger federal commitments to meet This lobby group has been formed by a. child should go to bed hungry. the food. needs of the poor. The federal gov­ number of experienced politicians who want The article follows: ernmeillt, 1n e:ffect, 1n0ved to fill a basic hu• to provide an effective voice in government [From the Washington Post, Oct. 1'7, }971] man need that ha.d been largely ignored by for rural areas, including small towns and UNRESOLVED QUESTION: WJLL THE GoVERN• state and local government. small cities as well as agriculture itself. MENT FEED THE HUNGRY? But at the vary moment tha.t the coun­ Prominent in the new organization are a (By Nick Kotz) try may be on the verge of fulfilling a com­ number of ex-governors of states which have mitment, the Nixon administration has TUral development difficulties. When the Johnson administration asked begun to reexamine its implications. The two who seem to be the principal congress for $1 million to sta.rt a pllot It is balking at completing the job of leaders at t his point are Norbert Tieman, a school breakfast program for poor children, reaching several mlllion chlldren, who still Republican and former governor of Ne­ Rep. Jamie Whitten replied indignantly: "Do don't have free lunches. It tried to cut 1 braska, and Edward Breathitt, former Demo­ you contemplate having a pilot dinner pro­ million persons from the food stamp program. cratic governor of Kentucky. Other ex-gov­ gram--evening meals--ealled supper where It is now trying to elim.inate 1 million chll­ ernors involved in the organization are I grew up?" dren already in the free lunch program. And Winthrop Rockefeller of Arkansas, Dewey Whitten's reaction was predictable. As most ironically, it is pushing a welfare re­ Bartlett of Oklahoma, Leroy Collins of Flori­ chairman of the House Agriculture Appro­ form blll that would eliininate food stamps, da, Phil1p Ho:ff of Vermont, Harold Le:V~der priations Subcommittee, he neve!' has showed and could leave 90 per cent of the welfare of Minnesota, Orville Freeman of Minnesota. much sympathy for federal programs to feed poor with less total aid than they receive (who is .also an ex-U.S. secretary of agricul­ the poor or do anything else to help them. today. ture), and Robert McNair of South Carolina. But Whitten, in his own folksy manner, Part of the administration's reexamination Senator James Pearson (Rep., Kan.) and posed a question which is stlll unresolved­ of its food aid commitment is purely fiscal. the extent of the federal responsibility to Senator Hubert Humphrey (Dem., Minn.) The Bureau of Management and Budget has spoke at the organizational meeting of the feed the hungry of thl8 nation. repeatedly resisted providing more funds for Resolution of that question becomes in­ Coalition for Rural America. But members of programs that keep outgrowing their budgets. Congress are not officially members of the creasingly important as the Nixon adminis­ Part of the administration's re-thinking is tration in program after program has at­ coalition. The coalition is intended to do philosophical. -The administration believes .for rural interests wha.t the National Urban tempted to impose a celling on federal food that state and local governments are shirk­ ald. In almost every instance, Congress bas Coalition does ior cities. Presumably, the ing from their duty to pay part of the cost Coalition for Rural America wlll lobby for reacted by ordering the administration to of school lunches. feed all of the poor. such rural development bUls as those in­ Finally, the administration's commitment troduced by Humphrey and Pearson. Only five years ago-or 10 at the most­ to feeding the hungry is compromised by its there was no issue. The problems of hunger For a hundred years state and fed~ral gov­ political approach to welfare reform. In try­ ernments have been pouring vast resources and malnutrition, along with the other re­ ing to design a welfare blll that appealed to sults of poverty, were seen dimly if at all by lnto the development of commercial agricul­ conservatives, the administration had to save ture, largely ignoring the interests of the the public and the government. It was as­ money and minim.1ze benefits. sumed that the Balvation Army, local gov­ towns and nonfarm workers associa.ted with Thus, it has pushed through the House a agriculture. The by-passed people who are ernment or private charity kept anyone from welfare bill that could badly blur its commit­ going hungry. .squeezed out of iarming by the advancement ment "to put an end to hunger in America." of new technology have been sorely neglected There were relatively small federal food A family of tour in Los Angeles, Calif., that programs-food stamps, surplus commodities, by government on all levels. now gets $2,600 a year welfare cash and $600 The theory that building a strong, efficient and school lunches-but no one in or out of in food stamp benefits could come out with government looked closely to see whether commercial farm industry would bulld pros­ $2,400 in welfare and no food stamps. Food perity for rural America has not worked out. they actually met the needs of the poor. once again would be the budget item, which The programs were adopted to help Ameri­ Clearly, the time has come for reorienta­ has to give way to paying the landlord and can agriculture dispose of its surpluses, and tion of government eiiort in rural communi­ they were administered with that thought in the doctor. ties. Commercial agriculture cannot be ig­ So the hunger issue is yet unresolved. The nored, because the business of farming de­ mind. country, In a surge of emotion, legislation, si.D.ce 1967, however, an ever-growing band pends heavily on government help in sup­ and political rhetoric made a. large commit­ ply management, credit, price supports and of food aid reformers has zeroed in on the ment to alleviate one problem of poverty. problem of hunger and the inadequacy of so on. But the large commercial farmers of Perhaps the implications of that commit­ today need little attention in the form of federal programs. This awakening to hunger ment were not thoroughly understood. was part of a larger awakening to the prob­ technical assistance and education on new lems of severe poverty in our amuent land. Nevertheless, Congress had repeatedly, by technology. The commercial suppliers of fer­ large bi-partisan votes, told the adminis­ It was not by accident that educators such tilizer, machinery and other inputs are pro­ tration It wants to end bunger in America. viding much of this assistance, which was as Leslie Dunbar of the Field Foundation And the poor have been given good reason concentrated on hunger. Thinking pragmati· formerly the monopoly of the Land Grant to believe that they now will have more to agricultural colleges. cally, they saw little hope of achieVing rapid eat than empty promises. gains for the poor in welfare, housing, or In the rural communities of today, EJCten­ job training. But perha.ps hunger was a sion and other government agencies ought to basic enough human need and problem to be concentrating more and more on the peo­ arouse public support for action. As a result ple of small towns, the "people left behind" of the work of the reformers, the senate se­ COALITION FOR RURAL AMERICA 1n the process of farm enlargement and re­ lect Committee on Nutrition, and the last duction of work opportunity in farming. two administrations, the federal government A new thrust is needed toward developing has assumed a greater respons1bll1ty for feed­ HON. JOHN H. TERRY nonfarm business opportunities in agrlcul­ ing the poor. OP NEW YORK tural areas. In addition, there is a crying need In just a few years, participation Jn the for better social services, especially educa­ Food Stamp program increa.sed from less IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion and health. than 2 m.1lllon to more than 10 m1llion. Seven Tuesday, October 19, 1971 The problems of rural America are not new. mlllion poor children receive free or reduced They have been studied and reported upon price school lunches today compa.red with 2 Mr. TERRY. Mr. Speaker, recently I by academic experts for many years. Now million earlier. The school breakfast program met with representatives of a new group what is needed is the practical eiiort of poli­ has gone from a pilot program resisted by calling themselves "Coalition for Rural ticianS to get something done in the direc­ Whitten to one reaching almost 1 million America!' This is certainly a lobby whose tions that research has pointed out. children. And a summer feeding program 1s time has come, in my view. The case for feeding several m11llon children in day care such an organization was put very suc­ and recrea.tion eenters. The federal costs of these programs has cinctly in a guest editorial from the Des risen from several hundred milllon to more Moines Register, which was placed in the LAKE FOREST, ILL.--OUTSTANDING than $3 blll1on A year. Congress repeatedly Daily Messenger of Canandaigua, one of AMERICAN COMMUNITY has pas~ legislation liberalizing each of the very fine dailies in my congressional these programs. President Nixon has signed district. What is said in the editorial ap­ the bills with ranrare. pledging ..to put an plies to all of rural America and 'I cer­ HON. ROBERT McCLORY end to hunger in America" a.nd 1io provide tainly wish the "Coalition for Rural OF ILLINOIS every poor child with a school lunch. tree America" well in its work. The editorial IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Local citizen, church and welfare rights follows: groups have insisted that their communities Tuesday, October 19, 1971 fully implement the improved food pro- RURAL AMElt'ICl\N LoBBY The new "Coalition for Rural America" Mr. McCLORY. Mr. Speaker, .in a ~~hort, the federal government, in a se­ formed in Washington the other day looks recent issue of the New York publication, ries of ad hoc decisions-mostly initiate-a by like it might succeed where other organiza- Women's Wear Daily, there appeared a October 20, 1971 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 37175 highly prejudicial, irresponsible, and fac­ urb. It ranks 6th in a. recent Chicago R.e­ er to be taking two high school subjects and tually inaccurate article concerning Lake gional Hospital study based on median home for 12th graders to be graduated with enough Forest, m.-a residential community lo­ value [$68,100], percentage o! homes over credits for a yea.r of college work. $50,000 [68 per cent], assessed valuation per II the private clubs and private schools cated in my 12th Congressional District. capita [$8,214] and other factors. At about tend to be somewhat divisive, Lake Forest The article in question is an example the same time, a. new survey by Chicago churches and civic organizations have a of the type of sensationalism which is Today put Lake Forest lOth among Chicago's strong unifying effect on the community. So sometimes peddled as journalism. 267 suburbs in terms of median income [$18,- does the desire of moot residents to preserve The Women's Wear Daily article, hav­ 691] and average household wee.lth [$34,346]. the monetary, esthetic and ecological values ing been reproduced in the October 11 Lake Forest money is generally not spent they find 1n their home town. Most con­ issue of the Chicago Tribune, produced ostentatiously in the coinmunity. [A burglar tribute to the teen-agers' efforts to collect such a reaction that the Tribune has now reportedly robbed five Green Bay Road man­ old bottles and newspapers for recycling, sions early one predawn morning and netted thru C. L. A. {Clean Land. Air and Water]. printed a factually accurate and bal­ only $35 for his efforts.] "Fewer families have City government boards and committees, anced article which describes the true live-in help, or leave their children with church groups, women's associations, and character and makeup of one of the out­ nursemaids or send them away to camp for other civic organizations all cut across social standing residential communities of our a.U summer than 1n Highland Park," ob­ and economic lines in Lake Forest. So do the Nation. served a. woman who has lived in both ad­ Deer Path Art League and the Community I should add that while many residents joining communities. Music Association with its women's commit­ of Lake Forest enjoy the advantage of Market Square, the city's central shopping tee, which support the Lake Forest Sym­ area and reputedly the first planned shop­ phony Orchestra. Its conductor is Victor uncrowded living, in my opinion, they ping center in the United States, usually im­ Aitay, concertmaster of the Chicago Sym­ embrace and express few prejudices based presses newcomers as having a kind of great­ phony. on race, color, religion, economic status, aunt dowdiness. But most find themselves Most Lake Foresters are also united 1n and other frequent bases of personal bias. defending its cramped status quo against feeling there is something unique, altho At the conclusion of the Chicago Trib­ slurs from outsiders like they would a great­ largely undefinable, about their city. For une article, I have included the Tribune's aunt's virtue. many, it is a sense of "smalltown" in contrast explanation and apology regarding fac­ Zoning ordinances are intended to keep to "suburb," of old-fashioned neighborliness tual inaccuracies in the Women's Wear commerical establishments in Lake Forest as and courtesy. Altho 1,100 of its residents ride low-key as possible. Stores are prohibited the commuter trains to Chicago daily, an in­ Daily story: from using more than 15 per cent of their creasing number have offices or studios or LOOKING AT LAKE FOREST window space or front area to display their busii).esses in the community itself. (By Joan Beck) name or for other advertising signs. Neon This is still a place where tratnc regularly Mrs. Beck is a Tribune writer specializing lights are banned. The zoning board recently stops on Green Bay Road to let a row of ducks in child care and development who lives in turned down a. drug chain's standard plans to parade across from pond to park where pre­ Lake Forest. modernize its Lake Forest branch as too Pottawa.tomie arrow heads can be found in Describing Lake Forest 1n the old cliches garish, but worked with the outlet to develop the muddy fields in the spring. of social snobbery seems as superficial and a. more suitable design. irrelevant to many residents of the Far North "It's probably the only Walgreen's in the BEG YoUR PARDON suburb as reporting on Gloria steinem in country with a wood-panelled front," says A story supplied by the Women's Wear terms of bust, waist and hip measurements. Paul Reaume, Lake Forest city manager. Daily News Service and printed in the Fem­ Like women weary of being viewed as noth­ VAST OPEN AREAS inique section of The Tribune Oct. 11 con­ ing more than sex symbols, most Lake For­ Lake Forest's 15 square miles of land make tained several factual errors. esters are angry and embarrassed when it the 6th largest community in Illinois in The story described how various people in stereotyped as nothing more than society terms of area. It still contains vast open acre­ Lake Forest live. symbols. ages of woods, weeds, farm crops and pas­ The story stated: Fem.inique's article about Lake Forest [Oct. ture--a fact which arouses keen local interest "Things that used to shock, such as white 11], reprinted from Women's Wear Daily~ in zoning provisions. socialite Flossie Curtis getting married to followed the shallow, old paz-ty line about Community planners hope to control the black garbage collector Jack Casselberry some "right clubs" and the "right private schools" city's growth to a maximum of about 25,000 20 years ago, hardly lift an eyebrow today. for children who "all have Ferraris." Dozens by 1980 and have set a three-acre minimum The Casselberrys still are the only black fam­ of Lake Foresters have objected sharply to on much of the remaining tracts of vacant Uy in town." this portrait of their home town, ea.lling it property. Ordinances requiring that no two That statement is false. "grossly inaccurate, outdated and unfair." Lake Forest buildings can be "excessively Miss Curtis did not marry Jack Cassel­ The most obvious error was the statement similar or excessively dissimilar" also tend berry. tha.t there is only one black family in Lake to discourage mass builders-and probably Mr. Casselberry's wife, Joan, is Negro. The Forest. It can be refuted only by the kind some architectural innovation as well. Casselberry family is highly respected in Lake of black-white statistics that seem so de­ Zoning rules and high land costs have kept Forest. meaning to those of us who do not see neigh­ Lake Forest growth to a slower pace than The Casselberrys are not the -only black bors and friends in racist and ethnic terms. most Chicago suburbs. New home building family in Lake Forest. There are 840 bl~k residents in the com­ did reach a peak of almost 200 homes an­ The 1970 United States Oensus Bureau re­ munity, according to the 1970 census, up nually, but ha& slacked off below predicted port states that there are 340 black people in from 224 in 1960. This represents 2.17 per levels 1n the last two years-which has led Lake Forest. In the 1969 census, there were cent of Lake Forest's total 15,642 population. some Lake Foresters to complain that the 224 black people living in that Lake County Only Evanston and Glencoe, among Chicago's just-opened second high school may not have suburb. been necessary yet. The Lake Forest-Lake Northern, Northwestern 1Llld Western sub­ The Tribune regrets publication of the er­ urbs, have a larger percentage of blacks. Blu1f District 115 now operates an east campus with about 800 juniors and seniors rors appearing in the article from Women•s WORK FOR INTEGRATION Wear Daily and apologizes. in the old McKinley Road location and a new Some examples of prejudice can still be east campus, still under construction at Ken­ found; more are undoubtedly covered skill­ nedy and Waukegan Roads, with a. similar fully with polite veneer. But many Lake For­ number of freshmen and sophomores. esters have long worked energetically and It is true that private schooling in Lake JET CURFEW NEEDED AT sincerely to achieve a genuine racial integra­ Forest tends to split much of the social old LAGUARDIA tion 1n the community. At least one white guard from what is now the majority of the family has adopted black children. A black community. About 25 per cent of the city's family acted as hosts to a white Norwegian youngsters do attend private or parochial BENJAMIN exchange student thru the American Field BON. S. ROSENTHAL school, chiefly Lake Forest Country Day OF NEW YORK Service program this past school • • • wealth School; Lake Forest Academy for boys; Ferry still very much a part of the city. Hall for girls; WOOd.la.nds Academy, a. Catho­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES But they are only a part. Lake Forest has lic prepa.ra.tory school; and st. Mary's. a. Tuesday, October 19~ 1971 doubled 1n size in the last two decades and Catholic elementary school. much of the in1lux has consisted of business That Lake Forest's school taxes need pro­ Mr. ROSENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, the executives, l·awyers, bankers, brokers, artists vide !or only 75 per cent of the city's chil­ problem of excessive noise abuse from jet and other successful professionals who now dren makes local real estate taxes noticeably traffic has dominated citizens' concerns make up an upper middle elass majority 1n lower than those in many other suburbs. The the clty. ever since the first jets began swooping city's public schools offer ra.ther standard and soaring over their bom.es. The situa­ Lake Forest's a.ttra.ctlons "for most of this kinderga.rten-thru-4lth. grade fare. But a city­ growing group are not so much BOCial prestige wide intermediate school brings 5th and 6th tion has deteriorated fer residents as jet as open land, comparatively low taxes, schools graders together where they C1l.ll be grouped traffic has increased to a point of a con­ and the suburb's great physical beauty. by ability in znath and Englis.h. Btlgh.t stant bombardment of notse. studies Altho the newcomens are generally a.muent, youngsters get enrichment programs which amply demonstrating the psychological Lake Forest 1s not Chicago's wealthiest sub- eventually make it possible for an 8th grad- and physical traumatic effects on people 37176 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 20, 1971 have been made on the debilitating ef­ of toleration which once existed in their tion. Most of our witnesses have been fects of jet noise. The noise impact is 10 neighborhoods. They find that their homes college presidents, members of national times more disturbing during the normal offer not less, but more noise, more distrac­ tion and more simple human discomfort associations representing institutions of sleeping hours, when it is much more than their jobs in the heart of the city. higher education, and others who view difficult to assimilate sounds, than dur­ Recognition of this serious problem is a higher education through institutional ing the day. first step for the Port Authority, LaGuardia eyeglasses. We have not heard enough Action by airports and airlines to Airport management, and the airlines them­ from faculty. We have heard almost remedy the problem have been inade­ selves. Alleviation of this situat ion is not nothing from trustees. And the opinions quate for the most part. The constitu­ terribly difficult. A reasonable solution of students--the main reason for our tional right to domestic tranquility in­ would be to begin curtailment of all com­ support of higher education-have not mercial, especially jet, traffic at LaGuardia cludes freedom from noise. Unfortunate­ from scheduling departures and arrivals be­ been solicited. ly, this generally has been blatantly tween 10 p .m. and 7 a.m., the hours nor­ One of the encouraging results of my ignored by the noisemakers. mally used for sleeping. efforts to insure greater equity and pre­ One of the few successful attempts at About 7.2 percent of the total operations dictability in the Education Opportunity regulation has been the ban on late eve­ at LaGuardia were conducted between 10 p .m. Grant-EOG-program has been the ning and predawn jet traffic at Wash­ and 7 a.m. during a nine-month period from interest and concern of students. My ington National Airport. I strongly urge June 1970 to March 1971, according to the proposal, which failed in committee, is "Other airports to follow this example. It Federal Aviation Administration. This may designed to get the aid where student is morally, socially, and environmentally seem like a small number-about 67 total fiights per night--unless you happen to live need actually exists. The committee bill necessary. nearby. Then the di:o. of the aircraft be­ holds to the old approach that money I wish to insert into the RECORD the comes almost unbearable. Aircraft noise should first be distributed according to following letter that I have sent to the during the normal sleeping hours has a some arbitrary State allotment formula, Port Authority of New York, LaGuardia compounding impact on residents because then subjected to a process of institu­ Airport management and the airlines the noise cannot be assixnilated as it is dur­ tional grantsmanship, and finally made using that airport, requesting them to ing the day with other noises. One jet liner available to students who can convince agree voluntarily on a curfew at La­ taking off at Inidnight has ten times the effective noise impact of the same plane their financial aid officer of their need. Guardia in the interests of all concerned taking off at noon. Such a program has worked for 6 years citizens: This point cannot be overly emphasized. with these inequities to the student. The CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, FAA records of scheduled air fiights on an committee bill will open up even greater HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, average day during March 1971 shows that potentiality for inequitable treatment of Washington, D.C., October 19, 1971. there were 36 scheduled arrivals and de­ students in need. DEAR Sm: Increasingly, and at a very dis­ part ures during the stated nine-hour pe­ Mr. Speaker, I hope that each of our turbing rate, residents of Queens are furi­ riod out of a total of 718 regularly scheduled colleagues will take the time to study ously complaining about the "sleep-shatter­ fiights. Thirty-four of these operations were ing whine and roar" of jet aircraft operating jet aircraft. These fiights represent a con­ this issue. I intend to raise it on the floor out of LaGuardia Airport. The complaints stant bombardment to nearby residents, es­ of the House when H.R. 7248 comes be­ have been present for some time but are pecia!ly during the night-time hours when fore us for consideration. even more vociferous today because the Port their noise disturbance is at its worst. Because I believe that Members would Authority and those responsible have failed Washington National Airport prohibits like to see what student groups are doing to substantially reduce engine noise levels. scheduled jet commercial traffic between 10 and saying on the EOG issue, I am in­ Acoustics experts have said that everyone p.m. and 7 a.m. The FAA, which runs Na­ serting a letter which I just received living in a city could be stone deaf by the tional, and the airlines operating out of the from Mr. Peter Coye, acting executive year 2000 if noise levels keep rising a.t the airport, have a voluntary agreement on the director of the National Student Lobby. present rate. Noise pollution is becoining a night fiight liinitations. The agreement be­ serious health hazard. Urban noise has been gan in 1966 and has worked rather well. Following his letter is some information rising at the rate of one decibel a year and Only Ininor adjustments by the airlines were directed to students around the country if it continues every urban dweller will be needed in rescheduling fiights to conform. on the newly formed National Student deaf by the end of this century, less than 30 Similar agreements exist in Los Angeles, Lobby. years from now. Boise, Idaho, and Fresno, California. Following that information, I am in­ Noise, like so many other forxns of pollu­ I strongly urge you to act promptly to serting into the REcoRD a news bulletin tion, is a product of our technological ad­ secure voluntary agreements to discontinue put out recently by the Washington vancement. But this need not be. Pollution all commercial, and especially jet, traffic op­ Campus News Service. Attached to their does not have to be the price of progress. erations at LaGuardia between 10 p.m. and Noise is more than uncomfortable. It is 7 a .m. I recommend such actions be taken news bulletin is a fact sheet which com­ debilitating. It can and does interfere with now, before tough legislative measures be­ pares the new EOG proposal with the our sleep, our work and our leisure. come unavoidable. The constitutional right program proposed in H.R. 7248. Studies have indicated thwt loss of effi­ of domestic tranquility includes freedom The letter and bulletin follow: ciency due to noisy working conditions could !rom oppressive n<>ise. Steps must be taken by NATIONAL STUDENT LOBBY, be reducing our Gross National Product by the Port Authority, airport management Washington, D.C., October 18, 1971. several billion dollars a year. Millions more and the airlines to protect and respect the Congressman ALBERT H. QUIE, in potential workmen's compensation claixns right and to halt the acoustic abuse heaped Washington, D.C. are believed generated annually by noise­ mercilessly upon the citizenry. If I may be DEAR CONGRESSMAN QUIE: For the past induced hearing losses in perhaps as many as of help in securing such agreements and pro­ several weeks I have been following the bill 15 mUlion American workers. · There is evi­ viding the residents of Queens a quieter en­ H.R. 7248 and the amendments which you dence of a close relationship between noise vironment, please call on me. are considering to that bill. I would like you exposure and body fatigue as well as psycho­ Sincerely, to know that I support your proposed reform logical and social stresses. BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL, of the Educational Opportunity Grants pro­ The community residents near LaGuardia Member of Congress. gram. suffer the consequences of decades of ne­ I have been in contact with several Con­ glect of the noise pollution problem. Most of gressmen concerning this bill and I have them have lived in New York City for many urged them to supp<>rt your amendments. I years. They live in established communities COLLEGE STUDENTS SPEAK OUT ON :reel that I have been successful at explain­ and not in hurriedly-assembled subdivision EQUITY IN STUDENT AID LEGIS­ ing the value of targeting money on students tracts. Most of them were there before the LATION rather than on institutions when the Fed­ jets arrived. eral government distributes aid to needy They used to live in comfortable, conven­ students. Your proposed reform of the E .O.G. ient neighborhoods which, whlle noiser per­ HON. ALBERT H. QUIE program. would assure that minority and haps than rural areas, nonetheless struck OF MINNESOTA underprivileged students are given an a reasonable balance between city hustle and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES equal chance to attend college. bustle and suburban quietness. But today, In the past weeks I have been in constant that balance is gone. Now those people come Tuesday, October 19, 1971 contact with our constituency and without home from their jobs and find thexnselves Mr. QUIE. Mr. Speaker, in the next hesitation I can say that the students of beneath an intolerable roar as jetliner after America are in support of your proposed re­ Jetliner screeches over their roofs. The night few days the House will consider H.R. :rorm of the E.O.G. program. They have asked does not bring peace to them because La­ 7248, The Higher Education Act of 1971. me to inform you about their pooltlon on Guardia does not understand or recognize For almost 2 years the Special Subcom­ this issue and to furthermore express to the the citizen's right to quiet. mittee on Education has been holding Congress the seriousness o! this matter in These city dwellers have lost that balance hearings on the needs of higher educa- the Ininds of students. October 20, 1971 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 37177 To fail to pass H.R. 7248, with the amend­ Every effort will be made to time such ref­ school, and will be set at a level determined ments you propose, would be to short-change erenda to coincide with scheduled student by the membership to cover the entire annual thousands of needy students in both the government elections so as to avoid the need­ expenses of the NSL. urban and rural areas of our country. less cost of an extra balloting. If, however, it We invite your student government to be­ If there is anything which the National is impossible to hold both the student gov­ come a part of the National Student Lobby, Student Lobby can do to insure the passage ernment elections and the NSL ba.lloting si­ and ask you to do what you can to convince of H.R. 7248 with the amendments you pro­ multaneously, and the student government your student government to join. pose please speak with me. cannot afford a separate NSL referendum, the This will involve contacting members of Sincerely, student council will be authorized to cast the your student government and student news­ PETER L. CoYE, student body's votes on the NSL ballot. Each paper who might be interested in the NSL Executive Director. student government will cast a number of and obtaining their help in placing our votes proportional to the number of students proposal before the student council. It may The ratification of the 26th amendment to at that college. involve a great deal of effort on your part, the Constit ution has created an opportunity The membership of the National Student but this is an opportunity that will not for students to dramattcally increase their Lobby will be divided into regional caucuses come again for decades. influence in American politics and society. so as to increase communications within an The NSL is part of the effort to insure that Organized, this new force can begin to area small enough to make travel and tele­ the enfranchisement of the 18- through 20- make its impact felt on the federal govern­ phone calls financially reasonable to mem­ year olds in this country will result in mean­ ment--where the crucial decisions are made bers of the NSL. ingful change. We cannot and should not on matters of civil liberties, higher educa­ Each regional caucus will meet once a year depend on big, non-student contributors. tion, war, poverty, and the environment. to vote on matters such as the Executive Di­ Therefore, we ask that a check for the first Th1s potential force will not, however, or­ rector (the hired staff person responsible for year's membership fee be enclosed with your ganize itself spontaneously, nor can it be the activities of the national office), the an­ ~tud~nt government's membership applica­ organized effeCtively by people outside the nual budget, and the Executive Committee. tion. campus community. What is needed is a Each regional caucus will elect two mem­ Working together we can make the Na­ mechanism that is controlled by students bers to the Executive Committee, which will tional Student Lobby a strong and effective that will aid campuses in organizing for ef­ act as watchdog of the national office. student voice in governD;lent. fective political action, and will give them a The Executive Committee will make inde­ Sincerely yours, strong voice in the government that affects pendent reports to the NSL membersh1p, will PETER BIRDSALL, their lives. hire members of the staff other than the Ex­ PETER COYE, In the past, students have not been heard ecutive Director (who is hired by the mem­ CRAIG FENECH, in committee hearings on the extension of bership) , and will assist in the preparation SPENCER RElBMAN, the draft, on a.id to higher education, or on of the annual budget. Coordinating Committee, National protecting the environment. Nor have they Thus, students will have both direct and Student Looby. been heard at election time, when their votes indirect controls over the activities of the of­ could mean the difference in vital races fice that will be speaking in the name of Following is the news release put out across the nation. students. by the Washington Campus News Serv­ The experience of the California Student The National Student Lobby will have ice and a fact sheet comparing my pro­ Lobby has already demonstrated the effec­ three major elements: posal with that in H.R. 7248: tiveness of having a well-defined mechanism One, an office in the Capital with staff and EDUCATION GROUPS BAND TOGETHER ON Am to lobby for student interests. Dick Twohy, facilities adequate to discover, in the mass of GRANTS legislative counsel of the California Student legislation. those bills and issues of key im­ portance to large groups of young people; to WASHINGTON (WCNS) .-Representatives of Lobby, has reported an 81% success rate on a score of education groups-from the Col­ 47 bills on which he has taken a position, analyze, follow, and infiuence such legisla­ lege Entrance Examination Board to the Na­ and has played a major role in influencing tion; to initiate and propose new laws. bills ranging from an effort to raise graduate Two, a communications network through tional Student Association-have banded to­ which to help mobilize campus communities gether in support of federal aid to the need­ tuition to $2,500 (dropped by the author) iest students. to increased funding for the Economic Op­ to register to vote and to vote on election portunity Program (passed Education Com­ day, to convey current information to thou­ The group is attempting to solicit support mittee). s~nds of students on each campus, to deter­ among college students and various organi­ zations for a proposal to ensure that poor We invite your student government to mine the thrust of student opinion on given become a member of the National Student issues, to develop an exchange of information students retain first access to federal grants, Lobby-an organization which will both and resources between campuses and the regardless of where they study. The proposal lobby in support of student interests and capital-to involve directly the greatest is expected to be made in the form of an number of young people in helping shape a amendment to H.R. 7248, "The Higher Edu­ work to maintain the political strength at cation Act of 1971,'' when that bill reaches election time to make the student voice more equitable and responsive legal and so­ cial system. the floor of the House in the next week or meaningful to legislators. so. . The NSL is a non-profit. registered lobby Three, an extensive network of lobby of­ fices throughout the nation wh1ch can pro­ President Nixon also proposed a new stu­ in Washington, D.C. It is the only national dent aid program in his higher education student organization with a tax status that vide direction for the aotivities of the NSL, work to increase student participation in message to Congress last February. With new allows it to lobby Congress in behalf of stu­ legislation he hoped that more t.han 1 mil­ dent interests. It has a permanent staff and the political process (through voter regis­ tration and get-out-the-vote drives), and lion more students would receive aid. It office in the national capital to monitor the would assure that federal funds go first, and activities of Congress and the Executive, and mobilize local public pressure in the home in the largest amounts, to the neediest stu­ to make the needs and interests of students districts of key legislators. Extensive challenge though it is, we be­ dents in order 1io place them on an equal known throughout the government. footing with students from higher-income This permanent mechanism will make stu­ lieve this triple a.im can be accomplished through the combination of many competent families. It would mean that (high school dents a constituency to which Congressmen students') choice of a college would be based will listen, for it will not disappear in the young people and adequate financial re­ sources. on their educational goals rather than upon summer, nor will its memory be only one to their families' financial circumstances. four years long. Of the two, financial resources are by far the more rare in the student communi_ty. "The most emotional issue Congress faced In order to be effective, the lobbying efforts Nonetheless, the University of California this year in the area of higher education of the NSL must be followed up at election student governments have shown that an centered on institutional grants," Represent­ time. The NSL, with other groups across the effective lobbying operation can be supported ative Albert H. Quie (R-Minn.) told the nation, will seek to aid campuses in organiz­ by student funds. group at a recent meeting. "But no one stood ing into an effective political bloo--capable It is essential that the NSL also be sup­ up for students." of defeating public officials who refuse to ported by students, for the structural guar­ Under H.R. 7248 as it wa.s passed by the recognize the need for change tn this coun­ antees of student control will be meaning­ House Education and Labor Committee, try, and electing representatives committed less if the NSL is dependent on large, non­ higher income students cOuld have access to to a reordering of this nation's institutions. student contributors. these grants, through their colleges, even be­ The NSL will not endorse any candidates, During the first year, it will be necessary fore poor students. A student could not re­ but it will take positions on issues, and will to depend on some private funds wh1le the ceive more than $4,000 in four years, but his seek to affect government policies related to membership of the NSL grows, but it is grant would not be automatically renewed those issues. hoped that by its second year the NSL will frOID year to year as is presently the case The positions taken by the NSL will be be self-sustaining. under the Education Opportunity Grant adopted through an annual ballot to be sent For the first year, membership fees will ( EOG) program; and financdal aid officers to each member student government of the be 30 for schools with less than 1,000 stu­ would have authority to determine a ram­ NSL by the national office. The ballot will dents, $40 for schools with between 1,000 fly's "contribution.. and decide who was then be put before the student body as a and 4,999 students, and $50 for schools with eligible. referendum, and the results of such refer­ 5,000 students or more. In succeeding years, Under the amendment being proposed by enda on campuses across the nation will de­ however, membership fees will be propor­ Rep. Quie and others, students would re­ termine the policies of the NSL. tional to the number of students attending a ceive $1,400 per year less the contribution of 37178 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 20, 1971 his family, or half his estimated "need" to quire different "contributions" from the LEAD: THE INEXCUSABLE attend an institution, which is less. Stu­ same student. POLLUTANT dent aid officers would use a standard for­ New Proposal mula for determining what each student 3. Student would be assured of the same could contribute. And students would con­ amount of EOG, depending on the "contri­ HON. WILLIAM F. RYAN tinue to have the same assurance of receiv­ bution" he could make and the "cost of at­ OF NEW YORK ing aid from year to year if they continue tending. Possible for student with high cost IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to qualify. and no contribution to receive $5,600 in four Quie told the "coalition" group recently Tuesday, October 19, 1971 that the committee-passed bill would seri­ years. ously erode the six-year federal commitment H.R. 7248 Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, over the that "federal aid should go first where the 3. The same student could be denied any course of the past few years, the Amer­ need is the greatest." EOG or given amount up to $1,500. A grant ican public has become increasingly "A serious problem in this bill is the in­ could not exceed half his total financial aid aware of the host of chemical contam­ creased power given to financial aid officers," package. Could not receive more than $4,000 inants plaguing our health and our en­ Quie said. "There is a 28 percent turnover of in four years, or if necessary, $5,000 in five. vironment. Most of these hazards carry aid directors annually, which means many New Proposal complex and strange-sounding names directors have little experience. Under our bi­ 4. Sophomore, junior or senior in good partisan proposal, they would follow stand­ such as polychlorinated biphenyls. standing has same assurance of EOG if he Others are known by a jumble of letters ard guidelines less susceptible to mischief," continues to qualify under the formula. "Students from families of middle and up­ and numbers such as DDT and 2,4,5-T. per incomes would still have access to fed­ H.R. 7248 But perhaps the most devastating of all eral work-study and loan programs," Quie 4. Unlike the present law, an initial year is known by a simple, fou,r-letter word: said. "In fact, under the EOG proposal, fami­ EOG recipient has no assurance for renewal; lead. lies with incomes of $12,000 and above would must compete for a grant each year. Lead is directly responsible for the qualify-but the student would not receive New Proposal an EOG as large as those in greater need." poisoning of some 400,000 young chil­ Rep. Quie said student leaders and stu­ 5. Institution would receive whatever dren each year who are a1Hicted with dent editors should make their views known amount all of its eligible students are en­ lead-based paint poisoning as a result by writing to their Congressman and sending titled to under the formula. of ingesting lead-tainted paint and plas­ copies to him for possible publication in the H.R. 7248 ter fallen from dilapidated housing. Of Congressional Record. "My colleagues in the 5. Institution receives part or all (if pro­ these children, 1,600 will incur moderate House do not know the wishes of students. gram is fully funded) of its approved request. to severe brain damage; 800 will be so Only this eleventh hour effort will turn the The requesting procedure allows institutions severely a1Hicted that they will be forced tide in favor of the students who need finan­ with large aid base and experienced aid officer cial aid the most." to spend the remainder of their lives to get greater shares. institutionalized; for 200 others, there New Proposal FACT SHEET ON THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTU­ will be no hope at all-for they will die NITY GRANT (EOG) ISSUE 6. Views EOG as a "base" of aid to provide from the devastating effects of this equal access to college. State & institutional PRINCIPLES BEHIND NEW EOG PROPOSAL chemical. aid, wor:t/study etc. would be built upon this EOGs should be available to eligible stu­ base. Most needy have first access to available Countless others will take potentially dents wherever they study. funds. harmful levels of lead into their bodies A student's financial resources should be H.R. 7248 as a result of the emissions from automo­ evaluated alike by all institutions. 6. Views EOG as grant for students who bile exhausts, from chewing on lead­ Students with similar need should receive could not otherwise attend "but for" the tainted pencils, from coming in contact similar grants. grant. Allows middle & high income families with any of the multitude of unfettered Prospective students should be able to to have same first call on available funds, uses of lead. count on aid, according to their resources, when they cannot afford expensive schools. well in advance of entering college. - The pervasiveness of this substance and Whatever Congress appropriates, students New Proposal its danger are cited in an article by with the least financial resources for further 7. Half-time students eligible proportion­ Paul Craig which appeared in the Octo­ education should receive the grant aid first. ately; after first year, students at proprietary ber 2 edition of Saturday Review, en­ These principles form the basis for a new schools eligible; no family contribution ex­ titled "Lead, the Inexcusable Pollutant." proposal (outlined below) which is expected pected for veterans. I commend it to the attention of my to be introduced on the floor of the House H.R. 7248 colleagues: in the next few days as an amendment to 7. Same. (From the Salturday Review, Oct. 2, 1971) H.R. 7248, "The Higher Education Act of New Proposal 1971." LEAD, THE INEXCUSABLE POLLUTANT 8. Authorizes "such sums as tnay be neces­ (By Paul P. Craig) BASIC FORMULA FOR NEW PROPOSAL sary." Estimated first year oost-$500 million, If the crust of planet earth were to be Each undergraduate student enrolled In H.R. 7248 an eligible institution would receive an chopped into a million pieces, somewhere be­ 8. Authorizes $295 million for fiscal 1973, tween ten and fifteen of them would con­ amount equal to either $1,400 minus "family then "such sums as tnay be necessary." contribution, or one-half of his "need" to sist of the chemical element lead. As far attend that institution, whichever amount SUMMARY as scientists have been able to discover up to now, le&d contributes nothing to the de­ is less. The new proposal, which will be presented on the House floor, adopts the same philos­ velopment or tnaintenance of life, either in COMPARISONS OF EOG IN THE NEW PROPOSAL plants, or in animals, or in man. On the AND THE COMMITTEE BILL H.R. 7248 ophy as the basic education opportunity contrary, the evolutionary process that grant program in the Senate's bill, S. 659. Aid New Proposal brought forth the huxnan species seems to is "targeted" on the students with the least have recognized long ago that lead is poison­ 1. No state allotment formula. EOGs avail­ in the way of family contribution. The able to neediest students wherever they go. ous to life; the farther upward one searches amount of discretion available to ' both the in the chain of species that feed upon other H.R. 7248 Commissioner of Education (HEW) and any species, the less lead is found. 1. Includes state allotment formula un­ financial aid officer is less than under present Yet, within the degree of accuracy to which related to number of needy students; results law. Students themselves are the major fac­ such matters have been measured, the sci­ in inequitable distribution of money, favor­ tor in determining who gets a grant and how ellltiflc indications are tha.t the surface ing some states (students) over others. much. waters of earth's oceans today contain ten New Proposal H.R. 7248 (the Committee bill) relies on times as much lead as they did before the arbitrary state allotment formulas; the abil· human animal emerged. 2. Each institution would use the same And the American people today are carry­ :Lty of the financial aid officer to be a good system (simllar to Amer. College Testing or ing around in their bodies o'p.e h und1'ed times College Scholarship Service) for analyzing "grantsman" in getting funds for his institu­ the amount of lead they would have absorbed "contribution," considering income, assets, tion; and finally his own human judgment 'from. a. primitive environment. number of children in college, unusual medi­ about who should get a grant and in what Whalt does this mean? cal expenses, cost of living. amount. This approach would allow higher Simply that xnan has changed his natural H.R. 7248 income students to benefit even before needy environment to such an extent and has 2. Requires consideration of same factors, students if the aid omcer decides they could employed lead in making the changes in but does not prohibit different interpreta­ not attend his institution "but for" an EOG. such a way as to systematically poison tion of them; different colleges could re- It is a totally different philosophy. himself. October 20, 1971 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 37179 Originally, all the lead on earth was buried so through food. This lead, which enters the fourth of the amount commonly considered in the planetary crust. Man began digging stomach, is rather inefficiently absorbed by hazardous to adults and almost half the lead out the metal about 5,000 years ago, probably the body, and only about 5 to 10 per cent of indicative of acute poisoning in children. after finding it accidentally in the ores from the lead ingested actually enters the blood At best, the margin of safety concept is which he obtained silver. Tin also was stream. Inhaled lead is far more serious, for questionable; at worst, it can be disastrous. present in silver-bearing rock, and could be the fine particles emitted by automobiles are The definition of the margin depends in large mixed with lead to form pewter and so pro­ retained within the alveoli of the lungs and degree upon the sophistication of diagnosis. vide a protective coating for copper pots and are absorbed by the body with an efficiency Safety levels are set so that known deleteri­ pans that otherwise poisoned the food pre­ of about 40 per cent. Thus, a small quantity ous effects do not occur-at least not often. pared in them. Lead was likewise popular of lead inhaled can do far more damage than As diagnostic techniques improve, effects in with potters, who used it as glazing for a large quantity consumed. By emitting lead individuals can be detected at lower levels. ceramic vessels. into the atmosphere, man has bypassed com­ As statistical techniques improve, it becomes The poisonous effects of lead on the hu­ plex and effective mechanisms designed by possible to search for subtle effects in large man organism have long been recognized. nature to keep the lead burden of humans populations, as well as for synergistic effects The early Romans, in their quest for silver, low. in which the sensitivity of the body to a smelted large amounts of ore that contained Because of these circumstances, the emis­ particular insult is increased due to the lead. About 400 tons of lead were recovered sion of lead through the exhaust pipes of presence of some other pollutant, dietary for each ton of silver. The mining and internal combustion-engined automobiles deficiency, or the like. With increased so­ smelting were performed by slaves, who un­ has become man's greatest worry in connec­ phistication, one also can detect groups of doubtedly often died of lead poisoning. tion with lead poisoning-greatest because people who are especially sensitive. In the The lead was used for a wide variety of it has been growing constantly since 1923, case of lead, it is essential that the most purposes, including roof sheathing, and cook­ when lead was first introduced as an addi­ sensitive group-the children-be given par­ ing and wine vessels. Democritus noted that tive to automotive fuel. Although concen­ ticular emphasis in setting permissible cri­ the acidity of wine could be reduced by the trated in the cities and hence visited most teria and standards. addition of lead oxide. Pliny specified that heavily on city dwellers, atmospheric lead There has developed in recent years a con­ leaden pots must be used in making grape is carried by the winds and deposited all over siderable body of data indicating that a mar­ syrup; dissolved lead apparently improved the globe. The index of its presence is the gin of safety for lead exposure may not the flavor of the syrup. lead content of the Greenland icecap, which exist at all and that damage may occur even Since the ruling classes had most access has been traced back to 800 B.C. and shown at low exposure levels. If this is the case, Lt to leaden vessels, they constituted the group to have been explosively accelerated during is imperative that unnecessa.ry exposure to that was most poisoned. The resulting de­ the last half century. all types of lead be held to an absolute cline in their birth rate and in their crea­ The total daily intake of lead in the food minimum. tive and governing ability has been docu­ and drink of an individual American is typi­ Experiments with animals offer an excel­ mented impressively by Dr. S.C. Gilfillan in cally about 300 micrograms, of which 15 to 30 lent approach to the search for low-level an ingenious piece of detective work (see micrograms is absorbed. The average city effects. In an elegant series of tests carried SR, Aug. 7, 1965). dweller experiences an atmospheric lead out over many years in a special low-lead­ Centuries after the Roman Empire col­ level of about 2 micrograms per cubic meter. level laboratory, Dr. Henry Schroeder of Dart­ lapsed, apparently without understanding He inhales about 20 cubic meters of air per mouth College has found that chromium­ what had happened to it, pioneers of mod­ day, of which 40 per cent, or 16 micrograms, deficient mice carrying lead burdens typical ern American civilization acted to prevent a is absorbed. Thus, at least one-third of the of those found in the American people have repetition of the performance. Governors of total lead. absorbed by average American reduced life spans and increased suscepti­ urban dwellers arises directly from atmos­ bility to disease. Chromium deficiency is the Massachusetts Bay Colony. in New Eng­ thought to occur in many humans. Recent land outlawed .the distillation of rum in pheric lead. In unfavorably situated cities, the concen­ experiments in Russia have shown that rab­ leaded vessels in order to prevent what were tration of atmospheric lead can be substan­ bits exposed to atmospheric lead at levels then called "the dry gripes." tially higher than the levels just mentioned. not much different from those found in some Generations of boys on both sides of the In midtown Manhattan, for example, average U.S. cities exhibit various functional dis­ Atlantic played with toy lead soldiers until values of 7.5 micrograms of lead per cubic abilities and pathological anomalies. the toys were shown to be connected with meter of air have been reported. Lead con­ Detailed statistical studies are Recessary to sickness and the death of children who nib- tent of some city dust approaches 1 per delineate the extent of these subtle effects, bled on them. . . cent, which is equal to the proportion of which may consist of a diminishing of in­ During the early years of the twentieth lead found in some ores. Grass harvested from telligence by a few points, a decrease in century, lead poisoning was common among alongside highways has been found to con­ nervous coordination and mechanical dex­ house painters. The most characteristic symp­ tain as much as one hundred times the lea-d terity, or a general rundown feeling. tom was wrist drop, a tendency of the wrist concentration of grass not exposed to auto­ In contrast to many other pollutants, lead muscles to sag. The sagging resulted from mobile exhaust. Recently, at the Staten is a cumulative poison. Studies of Americans lead interference with the nerves that con­ Island Zoo, two leopards were paralyzed, a show that the older a person is, the more lead trol the muscles. horned owl's feathers dropped out, and a is concentrated in his body. (A slight de­ The early mortality of painters and work­ number of captive snakes lost their ability crease occurs in persons over sixty years of ers in the lead processing industry was rela­ to slither. All proved to be victims of lead age.) The total body burden of lead in mid­ tively high and easily identified. On diag­ poisoning, and the source of the lead was dle-aged Americans is about 200 milligrams, nosis, action could be taken to eliminate the the grass, leaves, and soil in outdoor cages, of which about 90 per cent is concentrated in sources of exposure. The most decisive action as well as the paint on the cage bars. Dr. the skeletal structure. was banning lead from interior paint some T. J. Chow of Scripps Oceanographic Insti­ As the impact of lead effi.uent upon our years ago. This protected the painters, but tute recently reported that in San Diego health and our economy becomes recognized, not the infants and toddling children who average values of lead are now 8 micrograms the need for controls is increasingly evident. picked off and ate paint peeling from neg­ per cubic meter of air; he noted that the The most stringent of these will have to be lected walls. New coats of lead-free paints concentrations are rising at a rate of 5 per adopted by the United States which now blocked off the danger residing in the old cent per year. There can no longer be any consumes about 1.3 million of the total world leaded paints, but when the new coats wore question that atmospheric lead is at a dan­ lead consumption of 2.2-mlllion tons. Some thin and were not in their turn covered, the gerous level. of this consumption-the part that goes into underlying lead paints again came within The degree of the danger cannot be stated electric batteries, solder, and pewter-can be reach of the children's hands. precisely without an accurate measure of the recycled at the end of the useful lifetimes of Convulsions, delirium, coma, severe and amount of the lead burden now being car­ those products, but lead used as a gasoline irreversible brain damage, blindness, paral­ ried by the bodies of Americans and of the additive cannot be recovered. It can only be ysis, mental retardation, and death can re­ margin between this level and that known prevented from entering the atmosphere in sult from lead poisoning. In children, the to produce crippling or fatal effects. If the the first place. early symptoms are particularly subtle. Vic­ m argin is small, it is important to search The impact of at mospheric lead emitted tims become irritable, sleepy, or cranky. They for subtle effeots that would not be noticed from automobile exhausts constit utes a may be troubled either with diarrhea or its in a conventional public health survey. threat to health so severe that on this count opposite, constipation. Only if a pediatrician The most commonly used indicator of ex­ alone lead emissions should be prohibited. is looking for lead poisoning is he likely to posure to lead is the concentration of lead However, the major pressures for the elimi­ identify it in a child, for most children are in t he blood. There is at present a narrow nation of lead from gasoline so far have not frequently irritable, sleepy, or cranky. So, margin bet ween the average blood level in resulted primarily from this important con­ although lead poisoning is known to be one Americans and the level associated with se­ cern, but rather from the fact that lea d in of the major sources of injury to young chil­ vere poisoning. The level considered diag­ gasoline int erferes with the cont-rol of m any dren in low-income families (two hundred nostic of lead poisoning in healthy males is other automobile emissions. die every year in America. alone) , lead's im­ 0.8 parts of lead per mlllion (ppm) parts of Of the many met hods proposed to cont rol pact on other children can only be surmised. blood. Today the average American's blood the amount of hydrocarbons, carbon mon­ Most lead that enters the human body does lead concentrat ion is about 0.2 ppm--one- oxide, and oxides of nit rogen leaving t he ex- 37180 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 20, 1971 haust pipes of automobiles, one of the most The EPA published in June an Interim search advisory group, and consultant discussed is the catalytic converter. The cata­ report on a massive study of lead in several to the Interdepartmental Materials lytic converter depends on the filtering major cities. A comparison between atmos­ Council of the Federal Council for Sci­ capability of porous material with a large pheric lead levels measured in 1961-62 and surface area in proportion to the volume oc­ again in 1968-69 showed that ambient levels ence and Technology; he serves on the cupied. The pores in the material fill rapidly had increased by 13 to 33 per cent in Cin­ naval research and development advisory with lead particles when leaded gasoline is cinnati by 33 to 64 per cent in Los Angeles, group; he is a fellow of the British In­ used, and the process of converting the other and by 2 to 36 per cent in Philadelphia. The stitution of Metallurgists. and has been pollutants to their harmless constituents is results of this important and alarming EPA the recipient of various university, tech­ blocked. study were unfortunately omitted from a nical society and Navy Department To end the blockage, major auto makers National Academy of Sciences' study of lead awards. equipped most of their 1971 models with low­ released early in September. which concluded It has been my honor to have had the compression engines able to operate on 91- from older information that "the lead con- octane lead-free gasoline. This surprise ac­ 1ient of the air over most major cities has benefit of Mr. Promisel's wise advice tion forced the oil companies to shift petro­ not changed over the last fifteen years." The when he served as a member of an ad hoc leum refining methods. Several of them have omission of the most recent and best study committee evaluating the need to es­ introduced low-lead and lead-free gasoline from the NAS report led the Academy to rec­ tablish a national materials policy. Mr. throughout the country. ommend in its final conclusion only that Promisel's suggestions and counsel were Low-compression engines get fewer high­ more research is required on the health im­ very instrumental in the reports that led speed miles per gallon of fuel. Also, there is pact of automative lead. Subsequently, the .some evidence that emission of a.romatic to legislation creating a National Com­ press reported that the Academy study mission on Materials Policy, and to the hydrocarbons increases as lead content of fuel showed that "lead is an overstated peril" falls. These points have been argued force­ (The Wall Street Journal, September 7). approval of the Commission members fully by the Ethyl Corporation and by Du Meanwhile, the President's Council on Envi­ by the Senate this past July. Pont, the primary makers of tetraethyl lead, ronmental Quality reported that there is little Again, Mr. President, I wish to reiter­ the gasoline additive. "Pollution control de­ doubt that, at the present rate of pollution, ate my congratulations to Mr. Promise! vices that will operate on leaded gasoline can diseases due to lead toxicity will emerge on his election to the post of ASM presi­ be built, they say. As alternatives to catalytic within a few years. The National Academy dent. converters, they have demonstrated proto­ lead study is a dramatic example of how our type thermo-reactors, which are claimed not most prestigious scientific body is iricapa,ble to foul when leaded gasoline is used. Theo­ of taking a stand regarding the risks asso­ FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES AND retically {but nat yet practically), lead par­ ciated with introduction into the environ­ ticulates can be removed from the exhaust ment of substances that damage people in POPULATION RESEARCH ACT stream by special filters and separation de­ insidious epidemiological ways. vices. Continued use of lead in gasoline, It seems fair to say th81t if we did not now Ethyl and Du Pont contend, will provide have lead in our gasoline, and if some gaso­ HON. JAMES H. SCHEUER needed engine lubrication and avoid a con­ line manufacturer proposed to add lead to OF NEW YORK troversial phenomenon called "valve seat his product, his proposal would be denied. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pound-in," which may cause rapid wear of We are clearly risking our health for the valve seats in cars using unleaded gas. sake of cheap speed on the road. Although Wednesday, October 20, 1971 From an environmental point of view, the lead in gasoline does not constitute the most Ethyl and Du Pont approaches to the lead Mr. SCHEUER. Mr. Speaker, the Sep­ problem cannot be rejected or ignored. The severe threat to health and well-being con­ tember 15. 1971, Federal Register con­ fronting society, it is one of the most un­ tained proposed regulations for the Fam­ environmentalist is primarily concerned with necessary threats--hence an unforgivable what comes out of the exhaust pipe ra.ther one; yet, one we must all bear. ily Planning Services and Population Re­ than what goes into the gasoline. Reaction search Act of 1970. These regulations processes occurring in the internal combus­ have provoked widespre·ad protests, be­ tion engine are complex and poorly under­ cause they would allow family planning stood. What is essential is that automotive NATHAN E. PROMISEL NOMINATED services to be provided free of charge emissions' be controlled as expeditiously as AS PRESIDENT, AMERICAN SOCI­ only to those who are classified as medi­ possible, using the best technology currently ETY FOR METALS available. cally needy under State medicaid pro­ While the gasoline suppliers are now pro­ grams or those who fall below the official viding low-lead gasoline, it costs several cents HON. J. CALEB BOGGS poverty level, whichever is higher. Forty­ per gallon more than leaded gasoline of the five States, containing 89 percent or the same octane rating. Cost-conscious motorists OF DELAWARE therefore are avoiding the new fuel. They will IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES national need for subsidized family plan­ ning services, have no definition of med­ have to be encouraged to buy it. The en­ Wednesday, October 20, 1971 couragement could come through govern­ ically needy. so the effective cutoff point mental regulation. With official standards in Mr. BOGGS. Mr. President. Nathan E. would be the poverty level of about $4,170. force, all manufacturers would compete on Promise! was elected today to serve as Those who do not fit this strict definition an equal footing. Unfortunately, such stand­ president of the American Society for of low-income family would be charged ards have yet to be set, although the En­ for family planning services. vironmental Protection Agency has promised Metals for a 1-year term. It is a great them for mid-December. By that time, a honor for the society to have such a dis­ Many Members of Congress have ex­ year and a half will have passed since the tinguished president. I wish Mr. Promise! pressed their opposition to these regu­ Environmental Defense Fund's petition to well during his term in office. lations because all generally accepted the U.S. Department of Health, Education, Mr. Promise!, executive director of the estimates of need for subsidized serv­ and Welfare for establishment of criteria National Materials Advisory Board of ices are currently based on the near and standards for lead. the National Academy of Sciences. brings poverty Federal income level, which is President Nixon has demonstrated his con­ a far more realistic estimate of patients' cern over lead poisoning by ordering all fed­ to the presidency a distinguished career el'ally owned vehicles to operate on unleaded in the materials field. He was with the real ability to pay for preventive medical gasoline; however, because of bulk buying Navy Department for many years. retir­ care. Such a strict. low definition of eligi­ under lang-term contract, the order cannot ing in 1966 as chief materials engineer bility would have disastrous effects on take practical effect until the next fiscal year. and the administrator for materials ex­ the entire program. since it would appear The President has also proposed a tax on ploratory development. In 1966 he as­ then that the Federal Government is lead, but Congress has not been enthusiastic sumed his present assignment with the only interested in limiting the number of about enacting one. National Academy of Sciences. children born to the poor and minority Spurred by the 1970 Clean Air Act amend­ ments sponsored by Senator Edmund S. Mr. Promise! is a member of numerous groups. The appearance of such a pro­ Muskie of Maine (they authorized consid­ technical societies. He is chairman of the gram emphasis would also seriously eration of environmental health effects ot Aerospace Materials Division of the threaten our international credibility in fuel additives), the Environmental Protec­ Society of Automotive Engineers and has establishing and expanding family pro­ tion Agency has issued several reports on served on the board of trustees of the grams abroad to combat unrestrained the danger of lead pollution amd OJ?. the eco­ American Society for Metals. He is a population growth. nomics ot its removal. One recent document, I am including at the end of my re­ published in August, said lead-free gasoline consultant to the NATO Science Com­ could be made avail.a.ble across the country mittee and chairman of the long-term marks several of the letters sent to the by 1975 at a.n additiona-l cost to the motorist study on nonmetallics of the NATO de­ Department of Health, Education, and of between 0.2 and 0.9 cents per gallon of fense research group; he is U.S. repre­ Welfare by my colleagues in the House. fuel. sentative to the OECD materials re- As one of the principal sponsors of this October 20, 1971 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 37181 act, I urge the National Center for Fam­ The policy of making services available to past year with the passage of the Family patients at the near-poverty level has also Planning and Population Resea.rch Act of ily Planning Services to revise these been recognized in all estimates of need used 1970 and the creation of the Commission on regulations so that they conform with by both public and priva.te agencies, by the ­ Population Growth and the American Fu­ congressional intent, the administra­ President, and by the Secretaries of HEW in ture. We supported these measures whole­ tion's stated objectives, and the best Congressional hearings. The goal of providing heartedly. interests of the country: subsidized family planning services to 5 mil­ We feel that the proposed definition of OCTOBER 15, 1971. lion women in the United States, as pro­ eligibility would represent a very serious set­ Dr. FRANK BECKLES, posed by the President, is based on 125 per back for the Federa.l program, particularly Director, National Center for Family Plan­ cent of the poverty level as an income factor. as we understand that previous HEW analy­ ning Services, Health Services and Men­ Congress clearly intended this goal to be se.s of the health care needs of the poor have tal Health Administration, Rockville, reached within the next 4 years. Although set the medical indigency level at, as a mini­ Mel. artificially reducing its potential caseload mum, the near-poverty level-125% of the DEAR MR. BECKLES: As one of the principal below the 5 million women goal might lessen poverty level. While it is true that 7 out of House sponsors of the Family Planning Serv­ the :fiscal pressure on HEW, we do not think every 10 babies are born into middle- and ices and Population Research Act of 1970, I it is either consistent with Congressional upper-class families proving that it is not protest the proposed regulations for that Act intent, the administration's stated objec­ the pO<>r with inadequate medical resources which were published in the Federal Register tives, or the best interests of the oountry. who contribute the lion's share of births, we of September 15, 1971. My objections focus Some additional objections must also be firmly believe it is vital that all segments of on two sections of the proposed regulations. raised. Inoome level eligibility requirements our population be provided the education Section 59.2(e) defines "low-income family" are cumbersome and costly to administer. and the funds to effectively limit family size, so that most States would have to limit pro­ The establishment of a "means test" also if they desire. The poverty level is not an vision of free services to families with annual deters the voluntary participatiton of many adequate level to define those who need sub­ incomes of $4200 or less. Section 59.5.(5) re­ persons who need and desire the service. Po­ sidized preventive services such as family quires that service agencies charge for fam­ tential patients would be unsure of their planning, and the effect of this regUlation ily planning services provided to those who eligibility and unnecessarily offended by would apparently reduce the prospective do not fit this strict definition of "low-in­ having to take a "pauper's oath." Rather than caseload for subsidized family p-lanning serv­ come family." face possible refusal, many would simply ices by a substantial percentage-estimated These sections of the proposed regulations stay away from the service clinics. Further, as high as 40%. As we stated in the Declara­ distort Congressional intent. While I believe clinics restricted solely to the poor would tion of Purpose of P.L. 91-572: "It is the pur­ that it is important for women from low-in­ be extremely vulnerable to charges that the pose of this Act to assist in making volun­ come levels to be priority recipients of pro­ Federal government is only interested in tary family planning services readily avail­ gram services, the Congress intentionally did limiting the number of children born to the able to all persons desiring such services" not tie these programs to a particular in­ indigent. (emphasis added). In our opinion, it is ob­ come level. Instead, your Department was to Such charges, given the ethnic background vious that Federal funds must be directed target these programs through any other of <>f poverty in the United States, W<>uld of at that portion of our p<>pulation which does a number of alternatives. For instance, the necessity have ra.cial undertones. The at­ not now have access to family planning. regulations might have required that clinics mosphere thus created for the program and As the prime sponsors of House Joint Res­ be located in areas with high concentrations for potential consumers of the service would olution 837, declaring a United States policy of poverty which would ensure that the over­ hardly be conducive to increased patient en­ of achieving population stabilization by vol­ whelming majority of patients would have rollments necessary to meet the HEW and untary means, we cannot overemphasize our income levels low enough to force them to Congressionally determined goal-first set concern with the possible effect of this regu­ dwell in poverty neighborhoods. Regulations forth by the President--of service to 5 mil­ lation. The time clock which records the might have emphasized the recruitment of lion women. population-natural resource balance in our patients through the maternity wards of Given these objections, I fail to under­ nation is quickly running out, and it is long public hospitals or through outreach pro­ stand the setting of an eligibility standard past time for America to work toward popu­ grams in poverty areas. In this way residents based solely on income, unless it is to limit lation stabilization. We believe that we must of low-income neighborhoods w<>uld receive artificially and arbitrarily the number of now recognize that we do not want to race the most news about family planning serv­ women to be served. We h<>pe that your De­ ahead to find the breaking point for our so­ ic"'s offered in their area. partment Will ultimately promulgate regula­ ciety or to determine at what fatal number By leaving open the arrangements through tions for this program which will facilitate, our society begins to break down from stress which priorities for service might be estab­ not hinder, the implementation of the Fam­ and crowding. Federal programs must be lished, the Congress hoped to provide the ily Planning Services and Population Re­ aimed at preventing these occurrences. Secretary with enough latitude to assure that search Act, and which are acceptable to the We feel it is essential, therefore, that Sec­ no one in need of subsidized family planning Oongress and to the people for whom the tion 59.2(e) of these proposed regulations be services would be turned away. We assumed program is designed. To produce anything carefully restudied, with a view to providing that, while giving priority to low-income less is to oondemn millions of women to oon­ family planning services for those citizens women, the Department would continue its tinued ill health, to the suffering involved in who, because of lack of knowledge or finan­ present policy for provision of family plan­ infant and maternal death now so ignomini­ cial means, do not now have access to these ning services as prescribed in the guidelines ously high among the poor, to the continued services. for Title V of the Social Security Act, which oppression of unwanted childbearing, and With kind regards. reads: to lasting poverty. Sincerely, "Require no direct charge for services to Sincerely yours, MORRIS K. UDALL, the patient. Income standards shall not be JAMES H. SCHEUER, M.C. FRANK HORTON. used to exclude individuals from receiving services." (Page 5, Conditions of Grant CONGRESS OF THE UNrl'ED STATES, OCTOBER 14, 1971. Award-#7) Washington, D.C., October 13, 1971. Dr. FRANK BECKLES, In fact, the 5-year plan HEW recently sub­ Hon. ELLIOT RICHARDSON, Director, National Center for Family Plan­ mitted to the Congress contains the follow­ ing Services, Health Services ant! Mental ing cogent statement of the rationale for Secretary, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D.C. Health Administration, Department of such a policy: Health, Education and Welfare, Rock­ ..To wait until families increase to the DEAR ELLioT: We read. with some alarm regulations concerning Grants for Family ville, Mel. point of becoming classified as poor or near­ DEAR DR. BECKLES: I am concerned by the poor before subsidized family planning care Services, published in the September 15, issue of the Federal Register. As we have proposed regulation, Section 59.2(e) to Title is provided would defeat the program's sec­ strongly supported Congressional efforts to 42, Chapter 1, Subchapter D, Part 59, an­ ondary objective of helping individuals and nounced in the Federal Register on Septem­ families to avoid the dependency which may establlsh voluntary family planning pro­ grams to be available to all citizens desiring ber 15, 1971, and dealing with the subject be caused by the birth of an unsought child. such services, we take serious issue with Sec­ of qualification for free family planning serv­ The universe of need for family planning ices. should, therefore, include a group of in­ tion 59.2 (e) of the above-cited regulations­ dividuals larger than that which already falls the definition of "low-income families" for The regulation, if adopted, would require below the official poverty line." whom subsidized family planning services are that persons seeking free services meet the allowed. test either of "medically needy" as defined In view of this statement it is incompre­ We are well aware that the population under State Medicaid programs or o'f income hensible that HEW has chosen to use in­ below the otlicial poverty level, whichever is come level alone as a determinant of eligibil­ problem is a problem of all Americans, not ity for services. Denying these family plan­ any one group, and, as such, it must be dealt higher. Few states, at present, have any defi­ ning services, with consequent costly results with at the Federal level. Although Federal nition of "medically needy". Thus, the basic to the individual, the family and the com­ leadership in population has been largely in· qualifying test will be a poverty line meas­ munity cannot be justified by economic con­ direct in the past, Congressional recognition ure. siderations, since the program's benefits far of the import of popUlation on the future In many areas of the nation, the poverty outweigh its moderate costs. well-being of this nation ha.s emerged in the line is below the level which reflects the 37182 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 20, 1971 need for this family planning assistance. If, lation be revised to carry as the eligibility THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC­ in the judgment of the Secretary of HEW, level for free family planning services the ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW an income test is administratively neces­ lower minimum budget level formulated by sary, it should be set at a point which re­ the Bureau of Labor Statistics so that more flects the urgency of establishing an effective low-income people will be able to take ad­ HON. HERMAN BADILLO free family planning program. vantage of the subsidized family planning OF NEW YORK The Planned Parenthood World Popula­ services. tion Association recommends that i'f a means Thank you very much. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tests is used, eligibility should be set at the Very truly yours, Wednesday, October 20, 1971 lower mi.nimum budget level as established PATSY T. MINK, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In their Member of Congress. Mr. BADn.LO. Mr. Speaker, last July experience, such a level will be more realistic 27, I inserted in the CONGRESSIONAL REC­ in providing the vital services to the people OCTOBER 6, 1971. ORD a review of two books on the Domin­ who need it most. I support this proposal and ican Republic by the noted Latin Amer­ commend it to your careful attention. Dr. FRANK BECKLES, With best wishes, Director, National Center for Family Plan­ i-can authority, Norman Gall. The review Sincerely, ning Services, Health Services and Men­ appeared in the New York Review of JONATHAN B. BINGHAM. tal Health Administration, Department Books. In his review, Mr. Gall presented of Health, Education, and. Welfare, Rock­ a study of terrorism in the Dominican ville, Md. Republic-a study which implicated cer­ OCTOBER 13, 1971. DEAR DR. BECKLES: I am writing to you to Dr. FRANK BECKLES, express my concern over proposed regulations tain U.S. personnel. Director, National Center for Family Plan­ which would effect the implementation of This week, a rebuttal to Mr. Gall's ar­ ning Services, Department of Health, P.L. 91-572. These regulations were published ticle was presented to me by Ambassador Education, and Welfare, Rockville, M4. in the Federal Register, September 15, 1971, Quisqueya Damiron de Alba, Consul DEAR DR. BECKLEs: I have received a copy Title 42, Chapter 1, Subchapter D, Part 59. General of the Dominican Republi-c in of Dr. Alan Guttmacher's letter of September I believe the proposed eligibility standard the Commonwealth of Puerto Rieo. In 30th addressed to you concerning Title 42, to be self-defeating to the purposes of the the interests of fairness, I present here­ Chapter 1, Subchapter D. Part 59 regulations Federal family planning program. This regu­ with for inclusion 1n the RECORD, that issued in the September 15th issue of the lation permits family planning services to be Federal Register. provided without fee only to those classified opposing point of view: I should like to advise you that I concur as medically needy under State Medicaid THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-ANOTHER POINT with his position-that I too believe that the programs or those falling below the official OF VIEW Department would be falling short o! the poverty level, whichever is higher. Hon. HERMAN BADILLO, goals established by both the Congress and Few states have established a level below Representative in the House of Representa­ the President in 1969 if the proposed "means" which the state government considers an in­ tives, New York. test were implemented. dividual or family indigent with regards to DISTINGUISHED CONGRESSMAN BADILLO: In­ I would o'! course be interested in your ab1lity to meet their own medical expenses. spired by my unswerving conviction, con­ thinking in proposing the means test and Ev:en where such standards exist the question cerning the ample spirit of understanding why you find it necessary in this instance of their validity remains highly open to ques­ and confraternity which characterizes you, but not in other HSMHA health programs, as tion. I do not hesitate to state as a Dominican a rule. A nonfarm family of four earning approxi­ woman, arguments, facts and events that Thanking you, I am, mately $4,170 can barely provide for their demonstrate the repeated and great achieve­ Sincerely, basic needs. The social and economic situa­ ment in the social and economic process in EnwARD I. KOCH. tions families of this type find themselves in which the Dominican Republic have been do not lend themselves to initiating proper actually surging which are contrary to any OCTOBER 13, 1971. medical attention except in the most dire cir­ distorted images about our country in the Dr. FRANK BECKLES, cumstances as social workers employed by exterior. Director, National Center for Family Plan­ State and Federal health, welfare and educa­ Thus, receive this exposition, with the as­ ning Services, Health Services and Men­ tion programs can well attest to. surance that it carries a message of the tal Health Administration, Department While I appreciate and recognize that it is highest feeling of every Dominican mother, of Health, Education, and. Welfare, the goal of the National Center for Family Dominican sister, every Dominican bride RockviUe, Mel.. Planning Services to promote family planning and every Dominican woman..•• Re: Title 42, Chapter 1, Subchapter D, Part and lend assistance whenever possible to THE CURRENT SrruATION IN THE DOMINICAN 59, Federal Register, September 15, 1971. needy families seeking information and med­ REPUBLIC DEAR DR. BECKLES: I am writing in protest ical attention in this area I strongly question In a recent essay published by U.S. writer against the proposed regulations cited above whether these proposed regulations will ac­ Norman Gall-the literary critic, and the which define, in Section 59.2(e), "low-in­ complish such goals. I propose that these author of several articles in which he has come family" for whom subsidized plan­ regulations in fact will delay the realization accused the U.S. Government of attempt­ ning services are available. of these goals. I believe these regulations ing t~maintain its hegemony over Latin The regulation would provide free family hamper rather than facllitate the intent o! America by terror through the armed forces planning services only to those classified the Federal family planning program as out­ and police pursuant to U.S. Foreign Aid Leg­ as "medically needy" under the State Med­ lined in P.L. 91-572. The purpose of this pro­ islation from which you quoted for the icaid programs or those who fall below the gram is to expand, not restrict the number of Congressional Record has added a new target official poverty level, whichever is higher. Re­ families eligible for such assistance. By lim­ to the extensive series of objectives which portedly only five states (Connecticut, Mass­ iting the number of families entitled to sub­ international communist conspiracy has set achusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Washing­ sidization of family planning services by the for this part of the free world. It involves ton) have "medical needy" levels above the Federal government we may well, when the destroying the new born democratic process current poverty level while the remaining 45 total picture is evaluated a few years from initiated by the Dominican people at the States (89% of the national need for subsi­ now discover such restrictions have cost this end of the 1965 civil war. dized family planning) would be eligible by nation dearly in both financial and emo­ In his articles "Santo Domingo: The Pol­ using the poverty level of $4,170 for a fam­ tional terms, well beyond the savings indi­ itics of Terror", Mr. Gall writes with a per­ ily of four. cated on a formal balance sheet. fect mastery achieved through his long years The "poverty" and the "near poverty" The legislation as approved by Congress spent in exercising political intrigue. level are inadequate and too low to define does not require an established eligibility According to this so-called "noted Latin those who need subsidized preventive fam­ standard and will restrict the availability of American authority", the direct effect of U.S. ily planning services. The proposed regula­ these services for families of low-income, the intervention in the Dominican Republic in tion makes it more difficult to administer very ones who historlcally need these services 1965 has been the creation of a state of local programs under restrictive require­ the most. "chaos, corruption, political instability, so­ ments, reduces prospective caseloads by at Knowing that the aims of the legislation cial and economic dislocation, including the least 40 percent and basically thwarts the and the ~ational Center are identical I urge a. suppression of civil liberties, the stifiing of intent of P.L. 91-572 which provides for re-evaluation of these proposed regulations the voices of constructive dissent and ter­ national family planning services to reduce so that the goals sought in P.L. 91-572 may rorism." Such an imaginative description of unwanted pregnancy. PL. 91-572 does not be realized. infernal conceptions is an open and impu­ require a specific eligibility criterion in or­ Your very kind consideration of this mat­ dent challenge to the unbelievable, shameful der to implement priority for low-income ter is deeply appreciated and I look forward realities which only Stalin and Hitler in their families. Specific eligibility criterion as to hearing from you relative to this matter mad degeneration could create. stated in the proposed regulation will reduce of mutual concern. Gall's technique in trying to obtain that services to low-income families. Sincerely, credence be given to his article iS not new I request that you give this your careful GUY VANDER JAGT, although well plotted: the deformation of attention and urge that the proposed regu- Member of Congress. isolated facts, malicious construction of Octobe1'· 20, 1971 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 37183 newspaper features, vague statements and, government revenues and expenditures. Thus Political Terrorism, Professor Juan Bosch of course, complete omisSion of the aston­ the Dominican people are kept informed of and Norman Gall-The 1965 civil war have ishing progress achieved by the Dominican the use of every single cent they pay in taxes. had deep repercussions that only time and Republic under the leadership of its present Political Instability-Except for the bloody good will among the Dominicans will eva­ President Dr. Joaquin Balaguer. Let us see events occasionally brought about by left nesce forever. now how consistent is the barrage of accu­ and right-wing forces, which have been sen­ Revolutions and foreign interventions are sations launched by Gall. sationalized, peace prevailed in the country. not new to the Dom.inican Republic. The Do­ Chaos.-Chaos is confusion and certainly Not the peace imposed by sheer force of arms minican people have an amazing capacity for chaos at its highest was what President Bal­ or by the military but the peace arising out suffering and for overcoming misfortunes. aguer inherited when he took office in 1966. of satisfaction and gratefulness of a people However, people like Norman Gall can find The country was deep in bankruptcy. There who presently are leaving behind the historic ma.ny things to comment upon and much was confusion in the affairs of the State, deficiencies which had been hindering their more to infer from Communism-a new fac­ just as in the sugar industry, the backbone progress and who see in the future under tor which has a foothold in this small coun­ of the country's economy, the recovery of Dr. Balaguer achievements never dreamed try. When the April 1965 civil war broke out, which seemed impossible. The State-owned of. the communists had progres3ed farther than enterprises were in shambles. Social and Economic Dislocaton--In this expected by Dominicans themselves. The suc­ The schools in the country were inade­ respect, Gall shamelessly lies. Even the most cess of Fidel Castro in Cuba and the halo quate and under the control of young com­ destructive opposition against Dr. Balaguer's of prestige that surrounded him in the first munist leaders who had laid their hands on Administration does not dare approach such years, together with the period of extreme them to carry their indoctrination work. The subjects. Dominican society, as a direct ef­ liberalism which followed the disappearance road network was in bad repair and new land fect of the activity of Dr. Balaguer's gov­ of Trujillo's iron-fisted dictatorship, left a communications systems badly needed at the ernment is now characterized by a sense of wide vacuum open to the progress of Marx­ time had become a problem which could not progress and well-being during the last five ism and Leninism which centered mainly on be solved at once. Public health was at the years. hundreds of young people. This youth who peak of inefficiency with the hospitals burst­ With respect to the economic field there followed the communist preaching and prac­ ing with patients and completely lacking is much to say. In the years of Dr. Balaguer's tice because they believed it would make the medicines. rule, the national gross income has been Dominican Republic into a new world of un­ Farming was in disarray as a result of consistently increasing as well as the per limited liberties, with the enjoyment of the neglect for several years under administra­ capita income; both foreign and domestic good life without obligations of any kind tions which would disregard the claims of private investment in large and medium whatsoever to be assumed either now or in thousands of peasant families badly in need businesses and in small enterprises reaches a the future by those of them who would be of land, and hungry who in dangerous mood, figure over 500 hundred million pesos ($500,- called to become components of the Social­ would switch to larger civil commotions. The 000,000) and has created over 50,000 riew ist State. bureaucracy, ill-composed and not in the jobs and other productive activities which Prof. Bosch, while writing stories unfold­ least interested in fulfilling its duties, fell did not exist when Dr. Balaguer took office. ing a native Dominican atmosphere, became prey to fraud and bribery. The Dominican Government investment, which is under acquainted with mass communication sys­ tragedy at the time was exceedingly critical the personal direction and supervision of Dr. tems during his exile and studied political and threatened to worsen as a result of bitter Balaguer, whose day of work averages 14 science, thus a great mastery in the art of hatred and rancor between the factions hours and spends at least two days every mass agitation to a such high degree as to who had fought in the civil war and who week flying in a helicopter to all the areas become a true professional in this field. were increasingly calling for more blood to of the country, amounts to a similar figure, So although unknown to most of the Do­ quench their insatiable thirst for violence. including credits from various international minican populace who hardly had heard of But President Balaguer was not a man to be institutions and U.S. Foreign Aid. Among the him under the propaganda apparatus of the overcome by such problems. He immediately notable works under construction are two Trujillo regime, he won the first free elec­ drafted and put to work a plan which in a hydroelectric dams, power plants, important tion held in the country in 40 years in 1962. few months resulted in the operation of the irrigation systems, bridges and other major But Bosch did not know the people he was to sugar industry with a profit. He asked the infrastructure works for the furtherance of govern and the knowledge lost during 25 Dominican Congress to approve an austerity the country's economic development. years in exile he could not possibly recover in program de3igned to balance the national The Dominicans are awed at the fact that just a few months. budget and to allocate huge amounts to it has been possible to do so much in such a So, his attempts--as an unexperienced cover the more urgent needs in education, short span. theorist out of touch with the people-to public health, agriculture, agrarian and other The Suppression of Civil Liberties and the put into practice an ultra-liberal platform important sectors of Dominican life. stifling of the Voices of Constructure Dis­ way to Bosch, the beginning and the end of He used international loans in building sent-Aga.in, Norman Gall's evaluations are his new born administration. Seven months new roads as well as in repairing those that fully in error. The Dominican people have later, a campaign launched by the right­ had deteriorated. He organized the bureauc­ never lived in such an ample environment of winged forces in collusion with a military racy, created a safe atmosphere for private guarantees as they are now enjoying. This group from which again emerged an un­ investment, distributed lands to over 20,- does not mean that the institutions in known man, Col. Elias Wessln y W~ssin, was 000 peasant families in farm projects and fol­ charge of maintaining law and order are per­ enough to overthrow his government and low up plans which are still in progress, en­ fect. They are not in any country and, in send him into bitter exile from which he acted laws encouraging industrial develop­ the Dominican Republic as elsewhere, there came back in 1965, but only when the revo­ ment, animal husbandry and agriculture, may be from time to time errors or excesses lution was already under the control of the built and continues to build housing projects which must be corrected or some control at Inter American Peace Force of the OAS and for workers and low-income groups. Through least must be applied to prevent their repeti­ there was no hazard to his life. the implementation of other measures vary­ tion. Undoubtedly, Prof. Bosch, whom the "con­ ing from tax reforms through a government Dominicans, those who rule and those who stitutionalist" f-action wanted back in power, program of reproductive investment has laid are ruled, are far from being perfect citizens. had engendered the policy of violence and the foundation of what is known as the first But one thing is certain: in the Dominican political violence, which since 1965 generated flow of integral economic development that Republic both the people and the govern­ into what is known in the Dominican Re­ the Dominican Republic has known in its 127 ment are increasingly strengthening their public today as political terrorism. years of independence. association and mutual understanding with In 1966, Bosch ran again as the candidate Corruption-Norman Gall does not specify a view to solve any problems affecting civil of his party in the election held in June of in his article the kind of corruption that liberties and human rights. that year under the auspices and the super­ exists in the country. ill-informed and worst­ As to stifling the voices of "constructive" vision of the OAS during the provisional motivated he is surely referring to corrup­ dissent, a strange phenomenon is taking government of Dr. Hector Garcia-Godoi. But tion in the Dominican Administration. place: the opposition has been so exceedingly Bosch could not win this free election not In all countries throughout the world there slanderous in its expressions that the people even with the help of all the Dominican are in larger or lesser number, public of­ themselves are now turning a deaf ear to Communist organizations and groups. ficials who gain wealth through favoring cer­ their utterances. The noble institution of the The majority of the country had laid its tain interests. Those cases which have been right to disSent has been so abused by the eyes on a brilliant Dominican philosopher, discovered in the Dominican Republic are opposition that most parties and groups op­ lawyer, a Dominican man of letters who few. They have been brought to oourt and posing the government are distintegrating at while serving in high posts in Trujillo's re­ sanctioned whereas President Balaguer is a fast pace. Even the second largest party in gime even as high as the presidency, had alert to keep this type of vice to a minimum. the country, Juan Bosch's Dominican Revolu­ not imbued his hands in the blood of his It is proper to mention at this time a tionary Party, has lost a large number of countrymen nor received a single cent from unique feature in the history of Latin Amer­ adherents who have formed new groups or graft. That man was Balaguer. Through his ica. The Dominican government, complying associations rather than oppose Dr. Balaguer's election, the people had solved two prob­ with precise instructions issued by Presi­ government. They try from non-political po­ lems all at once. Firstly, it had put at the dent Balaguer, has been-publishing since sitions to collaborate on the strengthening of head of its destinies a fellow oountryman the first of every month of his administra­ the democratic process and economic devel­ whose unimpeachable conduct was known tion a detailed statement showing all the opment of the country. wen to them and secondly, it had definitely CXVII--2339-Part 28 37184 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 20, 1971 rejected Prof. Bosch, who insisted with his Banda" which operated 'for several months fiicted upon the national image and gov­ alienating demagogic verbosity in implant­ in the Dominican capital and many other ernment." ing a class struggle which he himself took cities. "Bosch says that the communist or anti­ pains to divide into at least five different The truth of the matter is that the group, communist label is applied now to political strata.. made U!) mainly of former members of the foes, but that the problem remains "the This wise and praiseworthy decision of the Maoist Dominican Popular Movement (MPD) same with these names or the ones it had Dominican people at one of the most dim­ and known as "La Banda," was disbanded before." But he adds that actually the prob­ cult crossroads of their history is treated after personal instructions were issued by lem "seems greater because the country has with an ignominious lack of respect by Nor­ Dr. Balaguer as he suspected that some mem­ 12 to 14 times the population as in the times man Gall when he says that "President Ba­ bers of the Police might have been using the of Baez, and because we now have news­ laguer ... was placed in power by U.S. group for illegal purposes. papers and radio and television stations and troops and U.S. money". How can such fal­ On September 10, 1971, in a televised due to "these factors the people in every sity and brazenness be possible? speech to the country, President Balaguer corner of the country can know in a matter In ascribing political terrorism to Dr. said: "I do believe, as I want to be frank of minutes what is happening at the capital Balaguer's Administration, Norman Gall even with myself, that the Police has tried city or in Santiago, and that whoever lived withheld facts which are not in the interest to make avail of the stri'fe within the left­ in El Seybo cannot die of old age without of Red subversion. wing parties and that it has used it in a knowing what was happening in Santiago Norman Gall does not mention in his re­ manner not always proper to the members or in the northeast of the country. The view that during the provisional government of the groups called "La Banda" as inform­ ex-president added that so then as now the of Dr. Garcia Godoy more than 200 Domini­ ers to help locate many rogues and discover a members of that social group which he calls cans were killed in vendettas of the factions number of facts that the authorities have low bourgeoisie "have dedicated themselves that fought in the revolt, notwithstanding not been able to clear up through their own to politics hoping to raise socially and eco­ the presence of over 25,000 soldiers of the means. Such tactics are self-defeating." nomically and therefore have changed parties Inter American Peace Force. Those uncon­ "If it is true that La Banda has helped in more often than changing shoes". trollable forces, which even that large inter­ no small part to stop both common and "He expressed that many poor people "grow national army could not control, continued political delinquency, it is no less true that it up with bad habits and develop from their in existence even after Dr. Ba.laguer took of­ has also projected into the minds of the early years an enormous ambition to rise fice. people a false image of the Police, making without acquiring the capacity to rise eco­ But Gall has his own intrigue system. One it appear to be in connivance with a certain nomically and socially by means of studies of his quotations from a book by Profesoor type of political gangland in order to put and without the means to go into busi­ Jerome Slater regarding U.S. intervention an end to terrorism With its help." ness." in Santo Domingo, a book which Gall claims "It is necessary for the National Police to "A great part of these persons, consider to review as a "literary critic", reads as fol­ take radical steps to destroy every vestige Bosch, become policemen or go into the lows: "It is not clear what Balaguer's role is of any blamable understanding between this armed forces, and another "minor" part be­ in this, but although he has condemned what institution and the "Anti-Terrorist Band." comes "revolutionary" or at least they be­ he calls 'uncontrollable forces' behind the "To this end, I have asked General Perez y lieve to have become revolutionary." violence and on several occasions has shaken Perez (Chief of the National Police) to se­ "According to the perredeista leader, those up the police leadership, there is a growing cure the resignation of Lieutenant (Oscar) who become policemen or go into the armed feeling among moderate Dominicans that he Nunez as a controversial figure which the forces, "are subject to a certain discipline (Ba.laguer) is encouraging the rightist ter­ opposition accuses of serving as liaison be­ and to anti-communist lectures so perma­ rorism or, at best, has been inadequate in tween the Police and "La Banda". I have also nent that it leads to act in the same manner his response to it." Both Slater and Norman ordered that this group be dis~?olved without at all occasions; but others, those who be­ Gall are wrong. Moderate Dominicans, in­ hesitation. There is a fact in connection with lieve themselves to be revolutionaries, are formed Dominicans and the people know very La Banda which the citizenry should bear in not subject to any type of discipline, are not well the origin and development of the politi­ mind: the revolutionary leftists and the op­ prepared ideologically, and when someoue cal terrorism. position p~rties have been indulging all over tells them that they have to kill to overthrow Gall, quoting Jose Moreno, a former priest the country, especially in the last few days, the government, they start killing so nat­ who is now teaching sociology at the Univer­ in a series of repugnant atrocities in order to urally and call it a revolution." sity of Pittsburgh says in his review that the make public opinion ascribe them to that "He added that those who today killed rebel faction which backed Bosch "agreed to group of transgressors of public order." civilians were the policemen killers of yes­ let the civilians organize themselves into In the days following Dr. Balaguer's ad­ terday and condemned the practice that of commando (neighborhood militia) units dress, several hundred alleged members o! today and yesterday." which became the most powerful instrument La Banda were arrested by the National Po­ "He expressed that the members of the low in the hands of the rebels. By the end of lice and brought to court. Thus was curbed bourgeoise, poor and very poor who consid­ May there were in the city 117 commando by President Balaguer, once more, a danger­ ered themselves revolutionaries, believe that posts where 5,000 men lived, ate and slept ous attempt by extremist groups to disturb they could have an immediate revolution, together." Among those 5,000 men there the peace and hinder the progress prevailing right away, and thwt the only thing needed were many young men who from 1962 to 1965 now in the Dominican Republic. was that everyone would have a revolver and had been indoctrinated in Communist tac­ As for Juan Bosch, who since has written that to have a revolver the only thing to do tics. After the revolt, the commando units a thesis which is a blend of Communism and was kill a policeman." killed over 100 policemen who had been tak­ Fascism, entitled "Thesis on Dictatorship "That was what they believed", affirmed en prisoners by the rebels. with Popular Backing", which has been Bosch, "and their leaders also believed this, The identifications of these young men adopted by his Dominican Revolutionary because it happened that their leaders also have not been recorded but it is well known Party and the reiterated support of the came from the sa.:me social groups." And that a large number returned to normal, majority of Dominican communists, fearing what happened, in his opinion, was that regenerative tasks while others formed auton­ that a number of members of his party might those young men changed ideas and dedi­ omous bands that have operated as com­ be fostering terrorist acts in the name of La cated themselves to do with their own group mon criminals and the rest have taken lodg­ Banda, as was denounced by Dr. Balaguer, what they did before with their policemen ings in the slum areas bordering Santo issued a simplistic statement in which he and armed forces groups." Domingo which they use as hangouts for attacks historical and sociological facts to "Bosch thinks that it was inevitable that their political terrorism activities. this type of phenomenon of political violence such a thing would happen, but he said to Those centers of violence must be con­ which was reported in El Caribe, on Septem­ be surprised that the leader of such groups trolled at all times as in any other demo­ ber 1, 1971, which is attached herein and "were not aware that would happen, in the cratic country in the world and the Police translated as follows: same manner as he is surprised that the carry out frequent raids which are de­ "Former President Juan Bosch declared same who now protect and help revolution­ scribed in the attacks by the opposition as yesterday that the existence of La Banda has aries are not aware that they are incurring "police brutality and excesses." But 4 mil­ a social explanation and justification. But in the error as prior revolutionary leaders." lion hard-working Dominicans cannot be he denied that said organization explained "When those boys call themselves commu­ at the mercy of a few small Communist or justified itself !rom a political point o! nist," he added "without reaUy being com­ bands. view." munist or anything of the sort, what they The government makes an all-out effort "The President of the Partido Revolu­ were doing with the actions was to discredit everyday to prevent violence at the same ciona.rio Domlnicano (Dominican Revolution­ com·munism; and now when they call them­ time tries that those young men get the ary Party) pointed out that what has hap­ selves anti-communists, or its equivalent message of peace that the country is living pened to the members of La Banda is exact­ which is the beginning of the revolutionary now and offers them an opportunity for re­ ly what has been happening to thousands spirit". (Emphasis added.) generation. of young men in our country for at least one "He emphasized that last Saturday three According to Gall, behind every "repres­ hundred years." articles referring to "La Banda" were printed: sive action" is the hand o! the CIA or o! "During another radio presentation on one in the New York Times, the most tmpor­ any other branch of U.S. Intelligence, and Tribuna. Democra.tica, the political leader tant newspaper in the United States; another also emphatically mentions that the Domini­ analyzed the cause which in his opinion, orig­ in the Miami Herald, the most ~mportant can police organized a terrorist group "La inated "La Banda" and the damage it has in- paper in the southern pari oJ tA4J Vnite4 October 20, 1971 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 37185 States and another in a weekly publication_ ahora mlsmo, y que para eso lo unico que Dijo el ex manda.tario que "en muchos edited in New York by a very important habia que hacer era que cada uno tuviera sitios la gente no puede ya resistlr tanto association, the "Trinity Church". "And yes­ un revolver, y para tener un revolver lo que agravio". terday, Monday the three newspapers of the habia que hacer era matar un policia". Pero a:fiadio que esta convencido de que capital city (Santo Domingo) published edi­ "Eso lo creian ellos", afirm6 Bosch, "y lo las cosas que hace ese grupo "no desacredita torials referring to La Banda, all condemning creian sus lideres, porque resultaba que sus a sus miembros, sino que desacredita a las it very energetically." (Emphasis added.) Hderes procedian de las mismas capas sociales autoridades". "He reiterated that 'La Banda' is dis­ de done procedian ellos". "Y no los desacredita solamente aqui, sino crediting the country here, and in foreign Y lo que occurio a su juicio, fue que "esos tambien en el extranjero", siguio diciendo. lands, those who are using it are finishing jovenes dieron media vuelta y se dedicaron Puntualizo que el sabado Ultimo "salieron the revolutionary spirit of t•he people, and a hacer con sus antiguos compaiieros revolu­ en los Estados Unidos tres articulos sobre La. let's wait and see if Dr. Balaguer and his cionarios lo mismo que antes hacian con los Banda; uno en The New York Times, que es government are capable of resisting the dis­ policias y los guardias". el periodico mas importante de aquel pais; credit 'La Banda' is pmduci ng outside the Bosch opina que era inevitable que tal otro en The Miami Herald, que es el mas country in the same manner that they are re­ cosa suce apoyan a esos antiguos revolucion­ importante de la region del sur de los Es­ sisting the discredit here". (Emphasis added.) arios no se den cuenta de que ellos estan tados Unidos, y otro en una. publicacion "He assured that neither the government cometiendo exactamente el mismo error que semanal que publica en Nueva York una nor Dr. Balaguer will be able to overcome the antes cometieron los lideres revolucionarios asociacion religiosa que es muy importante, discredit." que los usaron dizque para hacer la revolu­ la de la Iglesia de Trinity Church". cion". "Y ayer lunes los tres perlodlcos de la BOSCH ANALIZA LAS CAUSAS EXPLICAN "Cuando esos muchachos", aiiadio, "se capital (Santo Domingo) publicaron edi­ EXYSTENCIA BANDA llamaban a si mismos comunistas, sin que torlales sobre La Banda, todos condenandola (Por Alvaro Arvelo hijo) fueran comunistas ni cosa parecida, lo que de manera energica", a:fiadio. Reiter6 que La Banda "esta desacreditando E1 ex presidente Juan Bosch declaro ayer hacian con sus actos era desa.credltar al que la existencia de "La Banda" tiene ex­ comunismo; y a.hora., cuando se Haman a aqui y fuera de aqui a los que estan usandola plicacion y justificacion social. si mismos anticomunistas y exterminadores para acabar con el espiritu revolucionario de Pero nego, asimismo, que dicha organiza­ del comunismo, lo que hacen es desacreditar este pueblo, y vamos a ver si el doctor cion se explique o se justifique desde el punto al anticomunismo, o lo que es lo mismo, Balaguer y su gobierno son capaces de resistir de vista politico. fomentar el espiritu revolucionario, y al mis­ el descredito que les produzca La Banda mo tiempo, desacreditar al gobierno y al fuera de aqui en la misma forma en que E1 presidente del Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) manifesto que a los sistema en capas de la sociedad que hasta resisten el descredito que les produce aqui". miembros de ese grupo "ha venido pasandole a.hora los apoyaba o por Io menos no los In this respect, it is of interest to recall lo que a miles y miles de jovenes en nuestro combatia". that just before returning in 1970 from his pais desde hace por lo menos cien aiios". Advirtio que "asi como se equivocaron los third exile period which this time had been que creyeron que con esa gente podia for­ self-imposed, Bosch made a trip to a num­ Durante otra intervencion por Tribuna. marse lo que algunos llamaban el ejercito ber of communist countries including North Democratica, el dirigente politico analizo revolucionario de tal o cual grupo, asi se Korea, Communist China and North Viet­ las causas que han provocado, a. su juicio, la. equivocan los que creen que los bandidos nam, where he was treated as a true comrade integracion de "La Banda", y el prejuicio que pueden formar el ejercito anticomunista". and although he wrote lightly about his ex­ ha causado a la imagen nacional y al Para Bosch, "los bandoleros son bandoleros perie:!lces, he has never stated the true ob­ gobierno. siendo comunistas o anticomunistas, y aque­ jectives of his trip to the Communist camp. Pero aiiade que en la actualidad el llos que los usan para fines politicos cometen But, it is generally agree~ that Bosch went problema. "se ve mas grande :;,lorque el pais la misma equivocacion que los que preten­ there to obtain backing to seize power in the tiene 12 o 14 veces mas poblacion que en dieron usar los para :fines politicos de izqui­ Dominican Republic. los tiempos de Baez, y porque tenemos erda". The belief that an infamous campaign periodicos y estaciones de radio y de televi­ "Los bandoleros desprestigian cualquiera aimed at impairing the reputation of Dr. sion y debido a eso la gente del ultimo rincon causa ala que sirvan y a cualquiera persona Balaguer's Administration abroad, especially de la Republica sabe a1 minuto lo que esta que les de apoyo", preciso. in the United States, which ca.n pave the pasan do en la capital o en Santiago o en E1 En este punto de su alocucion radial, Bosch way to results similar to Allende's in Chile Seybo, yen los tiempos de Baez, el que vivia critico la entrevista televisada que se hizo explains why in the last few months Dr. en el Seybo se moria de viejo sin saber que el pasado sabado del jefe de "La Banda•'. Pena Gomez, Secretary General of the cosa habia. pasado en Santiago o en la Linea Mas adelante, dijo que en los procesos Dominican Revolutionary Party, has been Noroeste". revolucionarios, "que a veces duron muchos personally directing in New York, Washing­ Entiende el ex presidente de la Republica onos, la lucha de clases se hace muy in­ ton, D.C. and Puerto Rico an offensive to que tanto entonces como ahora los miembros tensa, como se ace fuerte el oleaije en la bring into disrepute the image that Dr. del grupo social que el llama baja burguesia mar cuando hay vientos de ciclones; y a.sl Balaguer has created abroad through repeated "se han dedicad<> a la politica para ascender como el oleaje fuerte va tirando a los orillas magnificent achievements in putting the social y economicamente y han cambiado de y a las playas todo lo que no es propio del house in order in the Dominican Republic partido como quien se cambia los zapatos". mar, asi la intensificacion de la lucha de and initiating its social and economic prog­ Expres6 que mucha gente pobre "crece con clases propia de los tiempos revolucionarios ress. malos habitos y desarrollan · desde sus prim­ va tirando a las orllla.s de sociedad a t<>dos Ambassador QUISQUEYA DAMIRON eros a:fios una enorme ambicion de ascender aquellos que no tienen las condiciones na­ DE ALBA, sin que puedan adquirir la capacidad para turales para mantenerse dentro del campo Consul General of the Dominican Re­ ascender social y economicamente por el de la lucha". public, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, camino del estudio y sin que puedan con­ Indlco que en el pais el movimiento social U.S.A. seguir los medlos para establecer negocios·~ "produce muchos bajos peque:fios bur gueses OCTOBER 19, 1971. Una parte de esas personas, considers. pobres y muy pobres, y a.si como un alto Bosch, se ha.ce pollcia.s y guardias y otra n\imero de ellos acabara siempre cansandose parte, "la menor", se hace "revolucionaria., o de luchar contra el sistema, a.si sucepacitan cree ella que se hace revolucionaria". estudiando y se hacen cargo de que para que Segun el criteria del lider perredeista, los BOISE COUPLE MAKES PROBLEMS este pais cambie hay que trabajar por el OF THE ELDERLY A PERSONAL que se meten a policia.s y a guardia.s "estan cambio, y hacerlo todos los dias, a. todas las sometidos a una discip1ina y a una predica horas, de manera organlzada, sin hacerse la CONCERN anticomunista permanente, que los neva a llusion de que una revolucion es un juego actuar siempre en una forma igual; pero los de quinielas en el que uno puede sacarse el ostros, los que creen que son revolucionarios, premio sin hacer mas esfuerzo que pedirle a HON. FRANK CHURCH no estan sometidos a ninguna dis ciplina, un amigo 35 o 30 centavos para. comprar un OF IDAHO no se preparan ideologicamente; y cuando vigesimo". IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES alguien les dice que hay que matar para Acerca de las actuaciones de "La Banda", Wednesday, October 20, 1971 tumba.r al go gobierno, rompen a matar co­ el ex presidente de la. Republica asevero que biemo, rompen a mata-r como si tal cosa y la misma "recorre los barrios de la capital Mr. CHURCH. Mr. President, Mr. and creen· que eso es la revolucion". provocando a los jovenes; haciendolos presos, Reitero que "los que hoy matan civiles Mrs. Ernest K. Morehouse, of Boise,. golpeandolos y con frecuencia matandols". Idaho, are a remarkable couple. Through son los que ayer mataban policias y guard­ Y afirmo que los miembros de La Banda las", y condeno esa practica. "'de ayer y de "andan provocando a Ia gente del pueblo their efforts some elderly citizens in Boise hoy". porque ellos viven de eso; necesitan golpear, will have hours of enjoyment that they Expres6 que los integrantes de la baja matar, prender para ganarse Ia comida, might not otherwise have had. burguesia'' pobre y muy pobre, que se con­ aunque, desde luego, muchas veces comen The Morehouses, in working with the sideraban revolucionarios, crefan que aqui sin ganarse el plato que se tragan, pues se elderly, came to realize that many of podia hacerse Ia revoluci6n immediatamente, van sin pagarlo". them had no facilities for entertainment. 37186 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 20, 1971 Many of the housebound could do noth­ With all the e1fort and good intentions [From the Washington Post, Oct. 19, 1971] put forth by the Morehouses, problems keep ing, save sit in their homes or apartments THE DISTRICT LINE with no access to the world around them. arising, and they realize wit h his failing health and their semi-retired status, they (By Bill Gold) The Morehouses decided that with cannot hope to keep pace with the demand Regular readers of this column may recall some effort they could help to solve that of the products they are distributing. that a few days ago I wrote about Mitch Kur­ problem, and that is exactly what they Of course, the program can only advance man. Mitch is the one-man lobby for setting have done. Making use of repairable or as people donate useable or repairable sets, up federal safety standards for youth camps. donated television sets, radios, and record and repairmen donate their time and work. His teen-aged son was drowned when a players and records, the Morehouses have More than 150 persons have donated sets. slimmer camp counselor took a group of been placing the items in the homes of Many more are needed, as well as all types boys into dangerous rapids in canoes. In the elderly persons who are most in need. of records. years that followed, Mitch worked unceasing­ Volunteers are needed to assist in pick­ ly to get the government to a.dopt safety The response has been fantastic. ing up and delivering the donated goods. standards designed to minimize the danger of Mr. President, this is an example of Secretarial help is needed to answer out-of­ similar tragedies. how people who care about the needs of town letters and keep a record of the re­ After Mitch's story appeared here, I re­ the elderly can make a great difference in quests and the placements. Others could as­ ceived a letter from Mrs. David B. Duane of their lives. The Morehouses should _be sist by making second visits to check on 6202 Wilmett Rd., Bethesda. She told me she commended for their efforts. the operating condition of the sets. wanted to help in Mitch's campaign, and ex­ I ask unanimous consent that an Room for storage of the sets large enough plained why. She wrote: article dealing with the efforts of Mr. and to afford space for repair work is "desper­ "I am interested because my family has a Mrs. Morehouse, published in the Idaho ately needed," Morehouse said. "We are summer cottage on a New Hampshire lake hoping someone will be able to donate the where several youth camps are located. Daily Statesman of September 27. 1971, use of a room on the ground fioor tha.t is "You wouldn't believe the numbers of be printed in the Extensions of Remarks. at least 500 square feet in area, with utili­ children my father, my husband, our neigh­ There being no objection, the article ties. An entrance where a vehicle can back bors and I have had to rescue. These Children was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, up to for loading and unloading is needed." are involved in all sorts of water sports with­ as follows: "We do stipulate that none of the articles out proper training themselves or without NEEDY ELDERLy GIVEN TV SETS AS FRIENDLY is to be sold when the people no longer proper (read 'any') supervision. The parents ACT BY BOISE PAIR have need of them," Morehouse said. "They of these children, having paid quite a sum are to be given back for redistribut ion. When "to the camps, assume that the children are in (By Carrie EWing) we have storage room, we do accept pieces competent hands." To Mr. and Mrs. Ernest K. Morehouse, 2823 of furniture and appliances for the needy Mrs. Duane's letter concluded with the Innis, happiness is supplying the elderly With elderly.'' question: "To whom do we write to help push used television sets, radios or record players. The Friends of the Elderly have one aspi­ the Daniels-Peyser safety amendment to H.R. In order to be a beneficiary of this non­ ration: That their small beginning ''will light 7248 to a vote? Who are the key people in­ profit service, recipients must be unable to a torch and spread nationwide"-that more volved?" a1ford the sets from their source .of income of "our civic-minded people will take a Before I attempt to formulate an answer and they must have reached the age of 65. broader interest in the lives and happiness for Mrs. Duane and others who want to The unique venture by the Morehouses of these elderly. We trust some organization help, let me put this disclaimer on record: developed as a result of their volunteering will get the task really rolling." I do not represent myself as having any to assist the office of El-Ada, Inc. with the special skill or knowledge in the field 0! poll­ distribution of food commodities, furniture tical maneuvering; what I suggest can there­ and bedding to the needy. fore be regarded as merely one observer's "When we went to the homes of di1ferent opinion of proper 9r effective procedure. people, we became aware tha.t the elderly GROWING SUPPORT FOR YOUTH In my view, it is best for each person to persons were really the ones who needed CAMP SAFETY communicate with his own senators and our help," said Mrs. Morehouse. "The youn~er representative rather than to seek out "key" ones have a life ahead of them to accomplish members of the Congress. many things. But the elderly are the . on~s HON. DOMINICK V. DANIELS Those we elect to speak for us are the mem­ who have given us our country as 1t lS, OF NEW JERSEY bers most interested in our views. Whether maintained our freedoms. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES you are or or against federal safety stand­ "In many of the homes of the elderly, ards for youth camps, your own representa­ even though they llved in the nice apart­ Wednesday, October 20, 1971 tive and your own senators are the ones who ments, only meager furniture was available. Mr. DANIELS of New Jersey. Mr. most want to hear from you, and the ones we noticed many of them had no way of most likely to be influenced by your support entertainment-being housebound-no tele­ Speaker, I am pleased to report to my or opposition. vision, ra.dio or record player. So we de~i~ed colleagues that support is growing for Residents of the District of Columbia have to limit our volunteer work to prov1dmg the bi-partisan youth camp safety no senator of their own, but at long last home entertainment sets for the unfortunate amendment-title 19 of the higher edu­ they do have their own spokesman in the elderly-the people in our own age group." cation bill, H.R. 7248. During the hear­ House. So even District Liners can now make Designating themselves as Friends to the ings conducted on camp safety the re­ their voices heard. Elderly in March of 1970, the Morehouses And "now" is when a message from you wlll have placed 57 TV sets. sponse has always been overwhelmingly in favor of regulations that would pro­ really count. As these lines are written, the "We go to visit the individuals to deter­ House leadership expects the youth camp mine their needs," Morehouse said. "I~ their tect the health and safety of our young­ sight is bad and they prefer a rad1o, we sters. This was solicited response. What is safety issue to reach the fioor "any day now, supply a ra.dio. Some prefer a record player. perhaps this week, perhaps next." elating is the enthusiastic response from There will be oppositon from some camp Sometimes both a TV set and radio or record hundreds of parents who, unsolicited, player are placed, depending on the need. operators, who will complain of government have given their sincere and strong en­ "interference" in their a1fairs. There will be "But the thing that strikes us is the dif­ dorsement for protective legislation. support from other camp operators, who see ference in their attitude before and after A Bethesda woman is quoted in today's the establishment of federal safety stand­ they receive the sets. When we go the first ards as a boon to their entire industry. And time to visit them, they open the door in Washington Post as saying that we there will be opinions in between,_with the a glum, unresponsive mood, like they'~e just "would not believe the numbers of chil­ usual at tempts to compromise, amend, water wa1ting for their last day here to arnve. dren" her family has had to rescue from down, and even scuttle the entire camp safety "Then, when we call back in a few weeks the lake where they spend their sum­ movement. to see if the set is working satisfactorlly, mers. The camps in the area provide our knock on the door brings a cheerful, lit­ So it is right now-today-that support for smiling face, making obvious that those peo­ tle or no supervision of water sports. As the Daniels-Peyser bipartisan amendment to ple have found contact with the world again. a result, the children were left on their H.R. 7243 will be most effective. Residents of own. How many would have drowned had this area can phone their congressmen, in "In case of the record player, an etrort is addition to writing. Even those who retain made to supply the individual's favorite it not been for the vigilance of a few pri­ legal residences in distant states have easy records, including religious ones. We also in­ vate citizens? How many children will access to their hometown representatives, and quire if the people would like to attend risk their lives next summer? If no mini­ I hope they'll make their views known. church. If so, and transportation is the mum standards are in effect, 8 mil­ Incidentally, those of you who think that problem, we contact the pastor, priest, or lion children will be unprotected. We bishop and arrangements are made to take t he Youth Camp Safety Amendment would them to church on a permanent basis. We must act now. indeed constitute unwarranted government are strictly non-denominational in this re­ Bill Gold's District Line column fol­ "interference" in private business affairs spect." lows: should also make your position known. I hap- October 20, 1971 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 37187 pen to disagree with you on the safety issue, Approximately coincident with the Con­ due to monopolistic practices and govern~ but I am even more opposed to organized trol Data suit against mM was an announce­ ment control. pressure groups that don't want contrary ment by the Justice Department that they You are now witnessing events which will opinions to be heard at all. would investigate IBM and its practices. Since eliminate the United States as the long-range that time, nothing whatever has been heard leader in the world's industrial computer from our faithful Justice Department. This market and will remove any final vestiges of silence is in spite of the phenomenal quan­ competitive pressures which promote tech­ tity of real evidence within the computer nological progress. This is happening before IDM MONOPOLY PRACTICES industry of the inability of its constituents your very eyes! If you fail to restore com­ to compete with IBM. petitive practices to our industry immedi­ Up to now, IBM, in an effort to substan­ ately and continue to let David fight your HON. JEROME R. WALDIE tiate its position, could claim that, indeed, battles, then when Goliath is slain, there OF CALIFORNIA their size and popularity was, by and large, won't be enough of us around to bury the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES accidental. People bought their equipment body. for data processing because its basic struc­ Very truly yours, Wednesday, October 20, 1971 ture and design was one best suited to the GERALD H. LARSEN, Mr. WALDIE. Mr. Speaker, the Justice requirements of a commercially-oriented President. computing activity. It would, indeed, be un­ Department has filed suit against the fortunate for the Justice Department (or IBM Corp., charging them with monop­ anyone else, for that matter) to misconstrue LIQUID METAL FAST BREEDER olizirut and attempting to mononoli7.e IBM's ability to "build a better mousetrap" REACTOR the general purpose field of the computer with some mysterious overpowering capabil­ market. The suit also charges mM with ity on their part to dominate and control the discriminatory practices in their mar­ computer industry. Surely, IBM would claim, HON. WM. JENNINGS BRYAN DORN keting. they are innocent of any and all wrong­ OF SO~ CARO~A The suit, Mr. Speaker, will have a ma­ doings. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES jor impact on the computer industry in The strange thing about that argument is its compelling superficial merit. In point of Wednesday, October 20, 1971 this country. For too long now, reliable fact, many companies who found themselves computer firms which are able to produce unable to compete in the data processing in­ Mr. DORN. Mr. Speaker, the follow­ equipment to compete with mM have dustry, such as General Electric, SDS, and ing resolution concerning liquid metal been forced out of the market by this even Control Data, could be found, if one fast breeder reactors was adopted by the giant. A recent example is the decision closely examined their hardware capabilities, Board of Trustees of the South Carolina by RCA to leave the commercial com­ to lack features offered by IBM. This point, Electric Cooperative Association, Inc. puter field. while bearing no relationship to the real is­ This is a most timely resolution which I In order for my colleagues gain a sue in question, has created a tissue-thin highly commend to my colleagues: to smoke screen but one apparently thick better understanding of the problem in enough so as to cloud the vision of the Jus­ LIQUID METAL FAST BREEDER REACTOR this particular economic field, I insert the tice Department. Whereas, due to tuel shortages, pressure following letter from Gerald H. Larson, But now the real cards are on the table. from environmentalists and extremely high president, Unicorn Systems Co. of Los RCA has, since the inception of mMs Sys­ construction cost, there is a widespread con­ Angeles, in the RECORD. tem/360 product line, maintained equipment viction in, and out, of the electric industry The letter follows: and software compatibility with IBM's prod­ that the Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor is sorely needed and that the demonstration UNICORN SYSTEMS Co., uct line to the point where RCA has been ac­ Los Angeles, Calif., October 5, 1971. cused of being fanatic. As long as RCA could plant construction program should be started Hon. JEROME R. WALDIE, maintain its position in the computer indus­ immediately, and House of Representatives, try, IBM could point to an equivalent mouse­ Whereas, delay in introducing the Breeder Washington, D.C. trap and a pattern of success for that mouse­ Reactor is costing this country far in excess DEAR Sm: Two weeks ago RCA (The Radio trap. This is no longer possible! RCA's in­ of the funds needed for building demonstra­ Corporation of America) publicly announced ability to continue in the computer business tion plants, said cost of potential benefits for their decision to leave the commercial com­ with less expensive but identical products to each year in which the Breeder Reactor is de­ puter marketplace. This tragic event elim­ IBM, clearly demonstrates that IBM's layed is worth $1.3 billion according to re­ ina.tes a vital and significant national re­ strength is not in their product. IBM's cent AEC estimates, and source of industrial computer technology. strength is in their market dominance and Whereas, the benefits from the Breeder These resources are a fundamental founda­ the tactics used by IBM to perpetuate that Reactor will inure to all persons in the tion of our present and future social and dominance within its own customer base and United States and, therefore, the cost of the economic structure. and within the customer base of other manu­ demonstration breeder reactor should be a The purpose of my letter is to pla-ce a cer­ facturers. Federal Government function, and not a tain amount of the responsibility for this Many of us in the computer industry function of the utility and manufacturing tragedy squarely upon your shoulders. Hav­ recognized this without the need for RCA industries and thereby removing from AEC ing done this, I will then urge you to take to slap us in the face with the evidence. the extreme difficulty of protecting the pub­ immediate and decisive steps to correct the The Justice Department did not. Up to now lic interest while accepting large sums of de­ present unfortunate situation as Lt exists in it appears as if you too had not considered velopment money from said industries, and the computer industry. I will also urge you this issue significant enough to require the Now therefore be it resolved, that the dele­ to take long-range permanent action which Justice Department to take immediate ac­ gates to the South Carolina Association of will ensure our country of an adequate com­ tion. Our nation is the poorer for your failure Electric Cooperatives, assembled i.n meeting petitive computer industry built on the prin­ to act. If you do not act immediately to at Myrtle Beach, South carolina, the tenth ciples of free enterprise and conducive to the drastically change the pattern in the com­ day of September, 1971, hereby, respectfully competitive spirit for which the United puter industry then, one by one, each of the request the Congress of the United States to States has always a-cted as a champion. Let contenders in this industry will slowly die enact necessary legislation to authorize the me begin by attempting to explain why the leaving only IBM. mM's grip is so strong Atomic Energy Commission to initiate a present situation is a tragedy of national and their dominance so complete that your crash program to begi.n construction of suffi­ proportions. immediate intervention is completely justi­ cient prototype breeder reactors in conjunc­ The domestic and international computer fied and adequately warranted. tion with reliable manufacturers (at least industry is completely dominated by IBM It is a sad comment on the state of Amer­ two) to develop and perfect said breeder (International Business Machines Corpora­ ican government when our Justice Depart­ reactor at the earliest possible date, and that tion). This domination is an obvious fact, ment allows Control Data's lawsuit to fight sufficient funds be promptly appropriated to whether dollar sales, share of market, or sim­ the Justice Department's battles. In the end, cover the full cost of the entire program, ply physical size are used as a measurement David slew Goliath because there was no one and criteria. Claims of unfair practices have been else with the courage to act. But David and Be it further resolved, that a copy of this charged against IBM by Control Data Cor­ Goliath and the society in which they existed resolution be forwarded to each Member of poration. These have formed the basis for a are now, at best, figments of the imagination. Congress from South Carolina. significant lawsuit between the two com­ Shall we be accorded the same fate? This is to certify that the above is a true panies. Since justice is insensitive to time, it In your own lifetime, you have been a and correct copy of a resolution adopted by will probably be another five to fifteen years personal witness to the Board of Trustees of the S.C. Association before that lawsuit is resolved. It was my Japan's complete erosion of the consumer of Electric Cooperatives at a meeting held at good fortune to have spent six years with electronics industry in the United States; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on September C<>ntrol Data. Corpomtion during the period Continually increasing dominance <>f Eu­ 10, 19'71, and that same has neither been 1960-1966. I am therefore confident of Con­ rope and Japan in the automotive industry: rescinded nor modified. trol Data's position in this lawsuit and their and R. B. AWBREY, eventual triumph. Non-profitability of the airframe industry Secretary.