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August 18, 1972 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E 7605 a thorough, explanation of what Kleindienst our communities, our states and our nation system. We must support those legislators meant by asserting there was no evidence are run. who will work for the Hart-Magnuson No- known to him of a federally punishable con­ This Resolution will not tell you whom to Fault auto insurance bill, which will give spiracy. On July 25 the students also wrote vote for. Americans real insurance protection in auto to Garment asking for a meeting with him But it will say that you and those asso­ accidents. and President Nixon to discuss the Nixon ciated with you should choose wisely, because We need comprehensive child care, an edu­ Administration’s handling of the petition. As -if you and they choose wisely, our commu- cation policy which provides every Ameri­ of the writing of this report (August 8), * nities and states and the nation will be gov­ can with all of the education he or she neither letter has been acknowledged. Nor are erned well. can utilize without regard to ability to pay, they expected to be, considering the numer­ Choosing wisely is not always easy. and we need a full range of consumer pro­ ous leters sent to the Justice Department In the hot atmosphere of American poli­ tections in the market place. and the Nixon Administration concerning tical campaigning, charges are replaced by We need an environment that is health­ the Kent State case which have never been counter-charges, claims are superseded by ful, we need enforcement of laws which pro­ acknowledged. counter-claims, today’s promises smother tect workers, and we need welfare reform yesterday’s and tomorrow’s smears lie in without destroying job rights of welfare ambush, awaiting their call into the political workers. action. We need livable cities for all Americans, Despite this, we must choose well. jobs for everyone who can work, and we need POLITICS, 1972 And we can, if we disregard the charges and a climate of considerateness toward each the counter-charges, the claims, the prom­ other, not a climate of confrontation. ises, and the smears. That is not a long list—that is only a HON. WILLIAM R. ANDERSON Wherever possible, whenever there is a rec­ beginning. OP TENNESSEE ord, we must look at the record. Where a candidate has a record, it should IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES Fortunately in many elections there is a be checked, and where a candidate does record. not have a record, positions should be Thursday, August 17, 1972 All of the national candidates seeking the established before support is offered. Mr. ANDERSON of Tennessee. Mr. nominations of the major parties have rec­ Those seeking our support for the highest Speaker, as the United States approaches ords. All of the incumbent Congressional national office, the Presidency of the United its 200th anniversary the American peo­ candidates for the House and Senate, and States, also have held or hold office, and many of those seeking state and community they have records. ple face the twin tasks of improving the offices have records. Therefore, when we make our decision on conduct of our nation’s foreign relations But they must be looked at carefully. the Presidency, we should check their record. and building a better country for our Some politicians have so small a sense of If a candidate tries to sound as though he own 210 million citizens. Because of truth, and so vast an imagination, that they invented tax reform, we have a right to ask these important needs, the elections that can convert votes against us into votes for us, where he stood on it before the campaign will be held this November will be among when they are campaigning. started, and where he stood on it when he the most significant in our Nation’s his­ It is not unusual for an anti-labor legis­ had the authority to do something about lator—on the state or national level—to tell it? tory. us that he has just voted to protect the rights The American electorate must, there­ As we might expect, we will find our long­ of working people, when he has actually just time friends through the years have con­ fore, choose wisely from the many voted for “compulsory open shop”—a vote sistently voted to remove the inequities in candidates who seek to govern our directly opposite the interests of working the tax burden, and take some of it off communities, our states and our Nation. people. workers. And we will find that some who We cannot allow ambitious candidates to And it is not unusual for an anti-labor claim to be our friends are capable of deliv­ ride into office on the crest of inflamma­ legislator to tell us that he has always been ering an emotional spiel about taxes, but did tory rhetoric. We cannot allow dema­ in favor of tax reform, but neglect to tell us not deliver the votes to do anything about that to him tax reform means taking taxes it when they could have helped us. gogues to divide us by appealing to our off corporations, and the very wealthy, and emotions rather than our reason. Arous­ I f a candidate takes an obviously emo­ putting them on middle and low income tional issue— any emotional issue— and at­ ing the public and appealing to the workers. tempts to ride it into office by inflaming the people on the basis of their fears rather So the record requires scrutiny. voters, we have a right to ask—what is the than their hopes is an inadequate sub­ Every Local President and Local legislative candidate’s record? What has the candidate stitute for bringing an issue to light on chairman in our Union has been sent a vot­ accomplished on the issue? How many of the basis of its merits. Too often in the ing record analysis of each incumbent mem­ his promises has he actually delivered on, ber of Congress. Many state central bodies past, we have permitted emotional issues and how many are just hollow, crowd-inflam­ prepare a voting record analysis of members ing promises? to serve as a smokescreen obscuring de­ of the state legislature. bate on pertinent matters. These should be reviewed, so that our votes The facts and the answers will be in the It is vital that in this year’s election, are given or withheld on a basis of the facts record, for every issue that concerns us. the American people should scrutinize and the record, and not on emotions or Therefore, Be It Resolved: That the Com­ the record of candidates using past voting erroneous information. munications Workers of America will give rather than glittering promises as a crit­ We must oppose those legislators who maximum consideration and exposure to the would take away our right to strike, and record of each candidate for office who seeks erion in selecting the best men for vari­ who would end collective bargaining by in­ our support and our votes, and ous offices. stalling a compulsory arbitration system, Be It Further Resolved: That we will dis­ Recently, the Communications Work­ with arbitrators chosen by the government. seminate the facts from the record showing ers, of America, which represents more We must oppose those legislators who try which candidates are true friends of work­ than 550,000 people, passed a resolution to pass off a sales tax in disguise, such as the ers, and which candidates want to woo our at its annual convention calling for a value added tax, as tax reform, when value votes from us with emotion instead of sub­ added tax is actually the opposite of tax stance, and close examination of the voting records reform. of all candidates for political office. Be It Finally Resolved: That the mem­ We must support the true tax reform legis­ bers of the Communications Workers of Because of its timeliness and impor­ lators— those who woqld correct the errors America will strive throughout the months tance, under unanimous consent, I insert in the system which now place an unfair between now and election day, November 7, this resolution entitled “Politics 1972” share of the tax burden on low and middle to give our fellow workers, and others we in the R ecord . I agree with the CWA income earners, while the wealthy and the know and talk with, the true facts from the not on every single issue, but with by corporations too often can avoid any tax record about candidates running for office. far the great majority of issues discussed payment at all. We must support those who would elimi­ in the resolution. nate the percentage depletion allowances for The resolution follows: INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE EYE minerals and the intangible drilling costs CARE PROGRAM P o l i t i c s , 1972 loophole, who would disallow special treat­ Less than half a year from now, hundreds ment for stock options and other favoritisms, of thousands of Communications Workers of including accelerated depreciation, invest­ HON. SAM STEIGER America members, their families, and mil­ ment credit, long-term capital gains, and O F A R IZ O N A lions of other Americans will file into voting who would tax profits held overseas by multi­ places all over the country. Young and old, national corporations. IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES rich and destitute, radical and reactionary, We must support those legislators who will T h u rsd a y , A u g u s t 17, 1972 Democrat and Republican.— all will make ■work for passage of the Kennedy-Griffiths their marks, and flip their levers, in the ritual version of National Health Insurance, which Mr.

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