May 9, 1974 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14125 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS DESERVED RECOGNITION FOR Congressman Chappell believes that a bal the administration asking them to take anced Federal budget holds the key in the concerted action to assure a full ac BILL CHAPPELL fight against inflation and that Congress must reassert itself in the budget-making counting of all American prisoners of process. "We cannot continue to spend more war and those missing in action in Viet HON. ROBERT L. F. SIKES than we take in," the Congressman asserts, nam. More than a year has passed since the agreement ending American military OF FLORIDA adding that the $24 billion interest payment on the national debt last year "is one sure involvement in Vietnam was signed. IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES way to feed the fires of inflation." Chappel is Nevertheless, a large number of Ameri Thursday, May 9, 1974 a prime supporter of budget-reform legisla can servicemen remain unaccounted for. tion. Mr. President, I ask unanimous con Mr. SIKES. Mr. Speaker, one of the As a Member of three appropriations sub most gratifying experiences for me dur committees (1) HUD, Space, Science, Veter sent that the text of a concurrent reso ing the past 5 years has been the oppor ans; (2) Foreign Operations; (3) and Dis lution on this subject, adopted by the tunity to observe the exceptional work trict of Columbia, Chappell scrutinizes the Indiana State Senate, be printed in the and outstanding leadership of our dis budgets of more than 20 Federal agencies. Exensions of Remarks. tinguished Florida colleague, BILL CHAP Questioning, probing, snipping away, he There being no objection, the text was PELL. Now he has been honored through helped to cut $3 billion from the President's ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as budget in Fiscal Year 74. He fought for im follows: the commentary of veteran Capitol Hill proved medical care for veterans, and addi correspondent Joseph Mccaffrey on tional energy research funds. He more than CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Washington radio station WMAL's "Meet offset those increases by demanding and get A concurrent resolution XXXI memorial· the Member" broadcast. Mr. Mccaffrey ting a $1 blllion cut in the foreign aid budg izing the President and Congress to obtain praises our colleague for his eff'orts to et request. full disclosure of the actual number of Pris While hard at work trying to reduce spend oners of War and accounting for Servicemen balance the Federal budget as a member ing, Chappell has continued to expand his missing in action, and to obtain the prison of the Appropriations Committee. That unique communications system in the huge ers' immediate release. praise is indeed well deserved. nine county Fourth District of Florida. Six Whereas, Over one year has elapsed since BILL CHAPPELL came to Congress as a special citizens advisory committees a.re hard the hostilities in Viet Nam were ended by freshman with a wealth of legislative ex at work studying problems that face the treaty; and perience developed during his 12 years Fourth District and the Nation-crime, re Whereas, Complete return of all prisoners in the Florida House and his service as tired citizens, youth, environmental control, of war, with full disclosure of those missing vocational education and oceanography. in action was agreed to in said treaty; and Speaker of that body. In Washington, his Their recommendations have been trans Whereas, There are a number of Ameri· abilities were immediately recognized by lated into bills by the Congressman, and he can servicemen missing in action who have his colleagues on both sides of the aisle. has already seen four included in legislation not been adequately accounted for; and BILL CHAPPELL is a hard worker and he passed by the House. Whereas, Evidence from various reliable does not hesitate to vote his convictions. In addition to the six specialized commit sources continues to come to light that a As senior member of the Florida delega tees, Chappell has formed an ACTION Com number of American servicemen are still tion, I can attest to his positive actions mittee (Action in the Community to Involve being held prisoner, some under very inhu Our Neighbors). The Congressman works mane oonditions: Now, Therefore, on behalf of all Florida. with ACTION members through get-togeth Be it resolved by the Senate of the Gen A number of leaders in the House ers in the neighborhoods, mobile office trips eral Assembly of the State of Indiana, the among them Chairman WILBUR MILLS of over the district and with bulletins and let House of Representatives concurring: Ways and Means, Minority Leader TIP ters to encourage direct contact between the Section 1. In the interest of all Americans O'NEILL, and our late and beloved Hale people and their elected representatives. we urge the President and Congress to take Boggs-have journeyed to BILL CHAP "Both they and we need this kind of close all appropriate action to obtain the quick PELL's district to honor him. At the begin communication," Chappell says. "It proves release of all remaining American prisoners our people can have a more effective voice of war and also to obtain a full accounting ning of this his third term in the Con in the workings of their government." of .all American servicemen missing in action. gress, the leadership vested in him a sig Mr. Chappell tells the people of his Dis Section 2. The Secretary of the Senate is nal honor for a third-term Member-a trict, "What you think, how you feel a.bout hereby directed to forward copies of this res seat on the powerful Appropriations our country, and what you are willing to do olution to the President and Vice President Committee. As a member of that com for our country, all are vital to our future of the United States, to the Speaker of the mittee, I can speak without reservation as a free nation. The people of the Fourth House of Representatives of the Congress of to the effective work BILL CHAPPELL has District are showing the kind of stuff they the United States, and to all the members of are made of. It is gratifying to see your Congress from the State of Indiana. accomplished both on the full commit faith in our nation reflected in your fine Adopted by voice vote this thirteenth day tee and in the three subcommittees on actions during this particular time in our of February, 1974. which he serves. His appointment to a history." third subcommittee by Chairman MAHON Mr. Chappell has long recommended ac is one more testimonial to the significant cessibility to the people and because of that contributions that BILL CHAPPELL has has set up three full time offices and seven MOE BILLER TESTIFIES BEFORE made to the committee and the Congress. part time offices in the Fourth District. He WILSON POSTAL SUBCOMMITIEE tries to keep as close to the men and women Joe Mccaffrey had high praise for our he represents as possible. colleague's citizens' advisory committees, Mr. Chappell was a member of the Florida HON. CHARLES H. WILSON as did Chairman MILLS, who once said he State Legislature where he served as Speaker knew of no other congressional district of the House, prior to his election to the OF CALIFORNIA which had committees of citizens to de Congress in 1968. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES velop legislation. Thursday, May 9, 1974 Mr. Speaker, because some of our col leagues may have missed the "Meet the Mr. CHARLES H. WILSON of Cali POW'S AND MIA'S fornia. Mr. Speaker, earlier this week Member" broadcast, I hereby submit a the Subcommittee on Postal Facilities, transcript to be inserted into the REcoru>: Mail and Labor Management, which I MEET THE MEMBER HON. VANCE HARTKE chair, held the second in a series of hear (By Joseph Mccaffrey) ings on the capital investment programs One of the watchdogs of the Treasury is OF INDIANA IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES of the U.S. Postal Service. The hearing, Florida's Bill Chappell. He received the which gave representatives of the postal Watchdog Award in 1972 for his efforts to Thursday, May 9, 1974 trim the Federal budget and has considera employee unions an opportunity to pre bly increased his influence in the 93rd Con Mr. HARTKE. Mr. President, on sev sent their views on the current status gress as a new member of the powerful eral occasions during the past year, I of the Postal Service was a valuable one, House Appropriations Committee. . have written to various officials within providing us with substantial new in- 14126 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 9, 1974 formation as well as an update on largest postal plant in the nation and pos use the lavatory. It's World War II again in programs in which we have ongoing sibly the world was shut down. the swamp facility. interest. A possible national disruption of postal What happens when you project a facility Among the union officials to appear service is not an idle threat, nor, indeed, is it for 2,600 workers and you hire more than a threat at all. It is a reasoned conclusion 3,500-with more to come? What happens is before us was Moe Biller, president of arrived at by responsible officers of the larg that you have no place to stand-let alone the New York Metro Area Postal Union, est postal union in America. sit down-in the lunchroom. Coffee-stained the largest local serving U.S. Postal What the Congress intended in enacting work clothes are the postal workers OD 's. Service employees. the Postal Reorganization Act and what the Workers volunteered for the Jersey City Moe is a courageous labor leader who USPS has perpetrated on the country in at facility, based on promises-which proved to has been active in postal unions for over tempting to implement that goal are two be lies-from management. All of the other 35 years and whose knowledge and very different things. degradations to which they had been sub If I were to sum up in a word what the jected simply came to a head when USPS experience is greatly admired through USPS has done to the postal service in the arbitrarily announced unacceptable shift out the postal community. past three yea.rs-and in that same word changes. Our union fought those changes in His statement before our subcommit describe its apparent and obvious end-goa.1- federal court and in arbitration. We must tee, which focuses on what he describes tha.t word would be "dehumanization". h ave been doing something right. We won as the "dehumaniz·ation" of postal em There is only one bulk center in the in both arenas, even forcing a pre-arbitration ployees by the USPS management and country now, and we have it. Before any of settlement in the latter case. the scandalous conditions which exist the 20 other bulk centers are built at a. cost By the way, those tour assignment s were at the New York Bulk and Foreign Mail of additional hundreds of m1llions of dol ordered for January 21, 1974. Today-May 7, lars, please heed our experience. 1974-the bulk facility is still not geared for Facility in Secaucus, N.J., provides clear In its dollar-sign, black-ink, balance ut ilizing those tours. Mismanagement? evidence that, despite some improve the-books approach to mail delivery, espe Worse. Managerial stupidity. ments instituted by Postmaster General cially in the bulk program, the USPS has Forget that the USPS provided only ha.If Klassen, on the whole the Postal Service succeeded in: · the locker space actually required for workers, is still not adequately responsive to the Effecting mass relocations of workers to a but don't disregard the fact that tons of mail needs of postal employees or the general remote facility; must sit outdoors in expensive trailers for a public and, therefore, some corrective Mandating arbitrary and unconscionable week and more because "someone" miscal action by Congress must be taken. shift changes; culated storage needs. Apparently, the design Disrupting the family lives of thousands of ers never checked to see that ma.ii boats don't The very incisive statement by Mr. workers; leave every hour on the hour-but often a Moe Biller follows: Stepping up the exodus of career postal week or more apart . STATEMENT OF MOE B I LLER workers through retirement and resignation; When we tried to tell the service that Mr. Chairman and members of the sub Wiping out seniority considerations en combining foreign, military and bulk mail committee: My name is Morris Biller. I am joyed for more than a decade; operations into one wouldn't work, they Presiden,t of the New York Metro Area. Postal Crea.ting the suspicion among minority scoffed. Now, in view of the total failure of Union, the largest postal union in the na groups that the bulk-center concept is de this program, that concept is being aban tion, with 26,000 members. I also serve as signed to preclude them from postal service doned. Regional Coordinator of the American jobs-although some 50 poc cent of New York The bulk-center concept depends on the Postal Workers Union, and in that capacity area. employees are non-white. That percent massing of huge volumes of mail from other I speak for a total of some 70,000 postal em age may be higher elsewhere; dispatch points-for the purpose of expedit ployees in the Northeastern part of the Ignoring repeated union attempts to fore ing delivery. Despite the USPS contention country. stall confrontation and to keep the bulk that bulk mail is moving a. little faster, we One of the major thrusts of your inquiry fac1Uty opera.ting; and know otherwise. The best barometer in this has to do with the blllion-dollar bulk-center Fa.Uing to provide housing a.t the remote country concerning mail flow is the postal concept. Much of what you have learned to facility a.s mandated when the bulk-center worker. He says no. date about the bulk program is the result concept was conceived. The United Parcel Service is knocking our of plans, projections, conjecture and even All of these actions led to a massive shut brains out in terms of rapid delivery. One of wishful thinking. As the only union leader down of the New York Bulk and Foreign the reasons may be that UPS cioesn't route a in the country with .any bulk-center experi Mail Center in Jersey City, N.J., from Janu package from 42nd Street to a swamp in an ence, I hope you will listen carefully to what ary 21 through January 24, 1974. Workers other state before delivering it to 48rd Street. I have to report to you. stayed out despite leadership compliance Can the bulk concept work a.tall, or should But, first let me tell you that I have been with court orders that they tell them to it be abandoned before it bankrupts the serv directed by my union members to carry a return to work. Although we have a huge ice? I simply don't know. I am here to relay very clear and explicit and forceful message membership, we are a tight, unified labor the experience of many thousands of postal to you concerning the bulk operations of union that speaks with a single voice. Never workers to the effect that it is not working. the United States Postal Service, as well as theless, despite our history of responsibility, And, in view of the total loss of credibility of other of its operations. And let me start the workers' frustration was such that even the USPS, nothing less than a thorough by advising you th.at the 70,000 postal work court order could not get the conveyor belts investigation by the Congress can determine ers in our region-constituting more than running again. whether it is salvageable. In any event, it 11 per cent of the total national work force- If venality could be proved, the decision could be catastrophic 1f the other centers welcome this investigation. of the USPS to locate its first bulk center were to be opened before the Jersey City Through me, they have been calling for in a Jersey swamp would be indictable. center is fully operational, fully tested and just this type of probe for more than a. year. Transportation, frankly, stinks, as does the working at least a.t acceptable levels. And, they are, I believe, reflecting a dissatis swamp. There is only one highway in the Can the taxpayer continue to subsidize faction with the postal service that is shared vicinity, and when it ls closed due to acci dents, fog or storms, thousands of workers such costly blundering? I leave the answer by hundreds of thousands of their co-workers to you committee members and your col in all the states and by countless millions of a.re either late in reporting, or cannot report at all. Under administrative-leave provisions, leagues who must vote massive public sub Americans who use the postal service. sidies for USPS each year. They welcome this probe because they have however, they must be .Paid anyway. Chairman Wilson, in opening these hear The officers of my union have asked me to faith in the Congress and because they be invite this subcommittee-and to urge this lieve that this court-of-last-resort holds ings, said that establishment of the bulk their last hope for seeing the service sal centers was so far advanced that the com committee-to come to our region for an on vaged from the unconscionable and out mittee could only hope to avert future site inspection and for local public hearings. rageous bumbling that has placed it on a mistakes. We don't ask you to listen just to us, but to collision course with self-destruction. Let me respectfully advise you from first the workers. They know where it's a.t. Be Instead of building my presentation to hand experience what some of those mistakes cause, where it's at is where they are at, and what might sound like a sabre-rattling con were. they don't want the service to fall. clusion, let me say this at the outset: Despite your having suffered through years In this regard, I might mention that since America is faced with the very real possi of high-decibel oratory in Congress, I defy USPS's boa.rd of governors moved into their bility of a. national disruption of postal you to understand a single eight-hour shift new penthouse headquarters here in Wash service. in that monstrous swamp facility with all ington they haven't ma.de any significant I cannot tell you when it will come, but I of the clamor-producing machinery modern attempt to determine first-hand what is can tell you that it is coming. I could not science can provide, but with none of the happening in the country's first bulk center. tell you a year ago when the lockout or sound-reducing materials or techniques that In fa.ct, it took virtually a court order to get strike--choose your own term-would come same science is providing in private industry. them involved in the January dlsruption in New York, but I could tell you it was Not since ~orld War II, perhaps, have even after the prototype of their bllllon coming. And it came, last January, when the Americans been forced to stand in line to dolla.r bulk program was shut down tight. May 9, 1974 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14127
While you are ln the New York area-and The Industrial Revolution helped make that the Times-and I therefore must also we hope earnestly that you will come-look America. the most affluent nation in the conclude the American public-had no right at what is happening at other facllitles world. But, since it was truly a revolution to see what was going on. (These three rec since the USPS succeeded the former Post rather than an orderly transition, it took a. ommendations can be implemented by Office Department. Would you believe we had heavy toll. Miners died slow deaths ln un amending t.he Postal Reorganization Act of to throw a picket line a.round pa.rt of Rocke derground tombs and even slower deaths 1970); and feller Center because 28 women workers were from lung disease. Sweat shops accounted ( 4) On-sight inspections and local public forced to share a single commode in the tor countless deaths and malmings of men, hearings in the New York area by this sub manager's office? women and even small children. But, in re committee. We have nothing to hide. we Would you believe that one postal facility cent decades, the private sector-albeit with have everything to show you. was closed down because the workers were Congressional, union and social prodding The 70,000 workers in the region believe unable to handle maJl in 21-degree tempera that together with the Congress we can ha.s addressed itself to safety and health steer the postal service off its collision course tures? The broken boiler responsible for the problems. But, not so the USPS. While at with disaster. condition is still held together with scotch tempting to automate the postal service, it is Thank you. tape and paper clips and I expect this facility emulating not the private-enterprise ap :Will be closed down next winter. proach of the late 20th Century, but the Physical conditions in many of our fa disastrous approach of the earliest days of cilities are unbelievable. One worker-at the Industrial Revolution. least-even takes off his work clothes out I realize that you cannot possibly-with THE NIXON TRANSCRIPTS side his apartment door so that he won't all of the problems of governing that you face carry roaches home. dally-fully understand how deep-rooted the HON. RONALD V. DELLUMS Safety? Put a.side for now the fa.ct that workers' feelings a.re. one worker lost an a.rm in a conveyor belt At the very moment that you a.re inquir OP CALil'ORNIA after USPS was warned by the union that the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES equipment was unsafe. Even more frustrat ing into the modernization programs of the ing, perhaps, is the fact that the service's postal service, the directors and the board of Thursday, May 9, 1974 governors--with no accounta.biUty to any much-touted safety program is a fiasco. It Mr. DELLUMS. Mr. Speaker, I would is the product of managers talking to man one-are creating a climate of rebel11on that agers and no-one talking to the man or is coming to a head. like to call my colleagues' attention to a woman who operates the machine. The pres Is this any way to run a post office, or even statement by the man who has done so ent local and regional health and safety com a toonerville trolley? much to make us proud to be politicians: mittees have been a total failure. I can On behalf of 70,000 postal workers, the Congress is, of course, on its (inaudible). document for you that health-endangering leadership of my union again urges you to And yet they are so enormously frustrated and life-endangering conditions have gone come to the New York area and help prevent that they are exhausted. Isn't that the uncorrected for several years after they were the continuance and the spread of an event point? reported to managment. ually-fa.ta.I disease in the postal service In the bulk facility and elsewhere, some total dehumanization. I completely agree with the President. conditions a.re so bad that one of my offi Conditions in my region are not substan That is exactly the point. Will our sense cers proposed that hard-ha.ts be issued to our tially different from those in other parts of of betrayal and outrage remain as in workers. In addition, guard rails are missing; the country, except that we have had the audible as the President? Or do we really Ughtlng ls so poor as to be conducive to ac added experience of the nation's first bulk take seriously what we say about the cidents; equipment design ls so faulty that center operation. pride and vigilance of a self-governing workers constantly admonish each other to I am constantly in touch with postal union people? watch their fingers, hands and arms lest they leaders and workers throughout the country, be caught in the machinery. The litany of It takes a long time before a guest be and I can tell you that many if not most comes so obnoxious we feel we must ask hazards is endless. agree with the officers of the New York Metro In the areas of safety, health and labor Area Postal Union when they say a national him to leave. It takes an even longer time relations, the USPS has built a consistent disruption of postal service is not only pos before we feel that a President has over track record of arrogance. sible or probable but virtually certain un stayed his welcome and must be forced Chiseled in granite on the fa.ca.des of postal less the Congress heeds our plea and re out. But when a President feels that buildings across the country is a now-famous transcripts such as these represent a de legend which pays tribute to the dedication sponds to our recommendations. of the postal worker. Chip that legend a.way. The postal workers in this country want fense, then I feel that time has come. Cover it up. Forget it. the service to survive and prosper. They The few people who are still hardy helped it thrive for decades. And, not once in enough to support the President-as op There was morale, an esprit, in the postal this presentation have you heard me voice service when I entered it in 1937. It con posed to those who merely say, "Well, tinued, with some ups and downs, through a WO!d of opposition to automation, per se. That is not our thrust, as it has been in the perhaps he still isn't impeachable''-no the intervening decades. Now, it is all but Canadian postal strike. We are sophisticated longer say Mr. Nixon is believable when gone. enough to realize that you cannot run a 20th he says anything about Watergate: in The USPS has almost succeeded in destroy Century postal plant with 19th Century stead, they say, "Watergate isn't im ing the human factor in the postal service. equipment and techniques. We will learn to portant." I agree that this is the only In its mechanization-mania., it forgets that run your machines and even improve on possible defense left-a fact which the we a.re flesh-and-blood people not holes in your techniques. But, whUe you a.re speeding computer cards. We can't go home and ex White House itself doesn't seem to have into the future mechanically, don't expect grasped. · pect the respect of our wives and our chil us to sit still while the USPS degrades us dren if we have just spent more than a third with antiquated and barbaric working con Is Watergate important? Mr. Nixon of our waking hours in an atmosphere of dis ditions. thinks that only the "(adjective-deleted) respect and even degradation. Our recommendations to you a.re both rea Republicans" would have that opinion, We tried to get that message a.cross in the soned and reasonable. They include: and that Democrats will shrug it off as New York strike of 1970. We tried to get that ( 1) Greater Congressional oversight of ''fun-and-games." message to you from the swamp in January, USPS's massive capitalization program, at 1974. I am trying earnestly, on behalf of the same time avoiding hindering those pro I assure Mr. Nixon he is mistaken. 70,000 workers in our region-and possibly grams that are working. We want oversight, Here is one Democrat who thinks the vast majority of the service's 600,000 not over-kill; otherwise-who thinks that Watergate workers-to get that message to you again. (2) The right to strike for postal workers. While we continue our struggle for every and the unending stream of lies and cov While hoping we would never have to exer er-up evasions strikes at the very heart working man's inalienable and inevitable cise that right, we will not accept, nor do right-the right to strike-we wm not be we now accept the second-class citizenship of a democracy: the truthfulness of the deterred in our quest for human dignity by that has been forced upon us; facts that serve as the basis of public a clause in a contract, by any law that helps (3) Forcing USPS to comply with stand debate, especially when those facts are deny us that dignity or by any conclusion ards set by the Occupational Safety and guaranteed by the moral authority of that when we entered government service we Health Administration. USPS claims com government and its leaders. surrendered our rights as citizens. pliance, but again there ls no oversight. No But it seems hardly worthwhile for me I know of not a single postal worker who one is allowed into the faclllties for inspec would rather walk a. picket line without pay to get up here and denounce Mr. Nixon. tions. The secrecy at the Jersey bulk center As than pursue his chosen life's work and col is such that a New York Times reporter made eloquent .as I am, I could never do the lect his paycheck. But, and this is something a game out of it for an entire month, calling job on Mr. Nixon that he has done to USPS has yet to learn, there are things more the general manager twice a day asking for himself. A poet once observed "what a important than that paycheck. permission to enter the premises. He was told tangled web we weave, when first we 14128 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 9, 1974 practice to deceive." The surprise is that Kessling o.f Liberty, Mr. David C. Kohl with gasoline and was running an errand with all the practice Mr. Nixon has been and Mr. Robert E. Lee, both of Glassport, when the mishap occurred. getting, he never got any better. and Mr. William Cidboy of Port Vue. A sister of Mrs. Miller was left in the car Mr. Nixon has neatly summed up his Committee chairmen include Mr. Kohl, to attend the children. She left the car for a minute to remind Mrs. Miller to pick up an own dilemma: Mr. Kessling, Mr. Vincent J. Restauri, item. What the hell does one disclose that jsn't Mr. Anthony J. Marcen'elle, Mr. Law "I still can't believe how fast it happened," going to blow something? rence S. Knapp, and Mr. Clifford C. Mrs. Miller said. "I was in the store only sec Our President spent a year trying to Williams. onds when someone ran up and said, 'Your find the answer to th.at question. He still Mr. Speaker, I commend the officers car's on fire.'" hasn't found it. and members of the South Allegheny It was unknown whether the small boy was Kiwanis Club. I know they will add to playing with matches or the fire was a result the already glowing record of Kiwanis of spontaneous combustion. International's outstanding accomplish SOUTH ALLEGHENY KIWANIS CLUB ments and make this a better world in which all can live. TRIBUTE TO RICHARD E. HON. JOSEPH M. GAYDOS CHEVERTON OF PENNSYLVANIA JOHN GLOVER SAVES TWO IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. RICHARD F. VANDERVEEN CHILDREN OF MICHIGAN Thursday, May 9, 1974 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. GAYDOS. Mr. Speaker, one of the . Thursday, May 9, 1974 most renowned and respected service HON. GEORGE M. O'BRIEN organizations in the world is Kiwanis In OF ILLINOIS Mr. VANDERVEEN. Mr. Speaker, I ternational. It encircles the globe and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES am saddened by the May 8, 1974, death more than 267 ,000 individuals proudly of Richard E. Cheverton, 58. Dick was wear the lapel pin which identifies them Thursday, May 9, 1974 news director of WOTV television chan as being dedicated to serving youth, Mr. O'BRIEN. Mr. Speaker, in these nel 8 in Grand Rapids, Mich. community, and Nation. days when we are deluged with tales of Because of his belief in the public's Kiwanians come from every walk of violence, strife, and corruption, it is re right to know he helped develop the best life and are bound by the common freshing to read of man's humanity to and most competitive news markets in motto: "We Build." Voluntarily, they as ward man. western Michigan. sume the mantle of leadership. They Today I would like to commend John I quote from the May 8, 1974, issue of work with the young, the old, the poor, Glover, a gentleman whose quick-think the Grand Rapids Press: the handicapped, and the sick. They en ing averted a terrible tragedy in my He was past president of the national courage church attendance and point hometown of Joliet, Ill., last week. By Radio-Television News Directors Association the way to career possibilities for aspir keeping a cool head in an emergency, Mr. and of its regional and Iowa components, a ing students. Glover was able to save ·the lives of two director of the Associated Press Radio-Televi sion board and of the National Editorial Con The organization is an ever-growing small children trapped in a burning car. ference. one. It started with 16 clubs in 1916 and I would also like to commend two Joliet Cheverton was a co-founder and charter now numbers 5,948. I am pleased, there city employees, Dan Hennessey and Ray member of the Press Club of Grand Rapids fore, to inform my colleagues today of Stefanski, who assisted in the rescue and and a member of the club's first board of the .formation of another member club in extinguished the fire. governors. . Kiwanis International-the S.outh Alleg I am proud to submit for the RECORD a He was news director of both WOOD-AM heny Kiwanis Club, organized in my 20th story which ran in the Joliet Herald and FM and the former WOOD-TV until a Congressional District of Pennsylvania. N ews describing their actions : Federal Communications Commission order changed the name of the latter to WOTV, fol The South Allegheny Club was orga JOHN GLOVER SAVES Two CHILDREN lowing sale of the radio facility to local own nized March 11, 1974, primarily through (By Terry Haig) ers. the guidance and sponsorship of the Mc A tragedy was averted Friday on Joliet's Cheverton was a graduate of Monmouth Keesport Kiwanis Club and its president, west side when John Glover came to the res College in Illinois. He worked for various Mr. Albert L. Greenberg. On May 17, cue of two small children trapped in a burn newspapers in eastern United States before 1974, Mr. William Laughlin, the Penn ing car. going to New York city to be a sports writer. sylvania District Governor of Kiwanis, Glover of 110 Third Avenue, had just driven Shortly afterward, he was named the first will present the new club's charter to Mr. his auto into a parking space outside a busi editor of Parade, the Sunday newspaper sup ness at Jefferson and Hickory Streets when plement tabloid. Edward A. Pollack of 1015 Woodland he noticed Clint and Stephanie Miller st rug After return from naval service in World Ave., Port Vue. Mr. Pollack, a man highly gling inside their father's car. War II, he became a reporter, then news di respected for his work in church and Three-year-old Clint was trapped in the rector for a radio and television station in community activities, is the first presi back seat of the car and his five-year-old Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He came to Grand Rapids dent of the South Allegheny Club. I have sister was attempting to open a front door as news director in 1956. been graciously invited to participate in which was apparently jammed. On April 19, Cheverton was awarded the the program for that evening along with "I yelled at her to open the back door," AP's First Amendment Award for his efforts Mr. Stanley S. Skrymes, the district's said Glover. The girl responded and the two in defense of the public's right to know and youths were carried from the scene to an the journalist's right to publish. lieutenant governor; the Rev. Leo Beck, ambulance whLch had just arrived along with His television news operation was declared pastor of St. Eugene's Church and a fire fighting units. the best in outstate Michigan. Awards won charter member of the new club, and a Glover said the family was fortunate the under his leadership included The RTNDA's number o.f prominent residents of the auto door opened by pulling the handle. "If Edward R. Murrow award, The Peabody area. she would have had to pull up on the knob, award, The Sigma Delta Chi and DuPont Assisting Mr. Pollack in leading the it might have been a different story," he said medallions and the Gold Medallion of the South Allegheny Club during its first later at the hospital. Detroit Press Club. year of operation will be Mr. Harry N. Clint, whose parents live at 515 Columbia Cheverton was one of four survivors in Street, was listed in good condition Satur a party of six, when a Polish airliner, carry Henderson of Lincoln, first vice presi ing members of a station-sponsored Euro dent; Mr. Charles E. Gibson of Port Vue, day at Saint Joseph Hospital. He suffered minor burns and smoke inhalation. pean tour and others, crashed in Russia. He second vice president; Mr. Dennis P. spent eight days in a Russian hospital and Hutskow of Glassport, secretary, and Police units responding to the emergency several more days in Moscow before coming are recommending Glover and two city e·m-· home. Mr. James L. Blaha of Port Vue. ployes for commendations. Directors of the club include Mr. Jo He is survived by his wife, Virginia; his Police said Dan Hennessey and Ray Stef mother, Mrs. Maude Griffith; a daughter, Mrs. seph J. Anderko of Glassport, Mr. Clyde anski assisted in the rescue and were re Thomas (Nancy) Campbell, all of Grand Doonan of McKeesport, Mr. Frederick sponsible for extinguishing the fire. Rapids; a son, Richard E. of Philadelphia; Gibson Jr. of Port Vue, Mr. Robert W. Mrs. Miller said she had just filled the car and one granddaughter. May 9, 1974 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14129' HOSPITAL MAGAZINE WARNS OF gressional Record, this time to statements As a matter of fact, the opposition eloquently EMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST ma.de by the congressman who both last year led by Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D-N.Y.), very and this year sponsored the amendments specifically spelled out the areas of disease MEDICAL RESEARCH to restrict NSF fetal research support, Rep. research that were being endangered. Angelo D. Ronca.no (R-N.Y.). When Rep. What was being r·eflected in the over Roncallo introduced his proposal in 1973, he whelming vote was the reaction of members HON. BELLA S. ABZUG spun this tale of horror (Congressional Rec of Congress to highly organized and vocal OF NEW YORK ord, vol. 119, pt. 16, pp. 20946-20947). pressure. And clearly the only antidote to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "Just last summer, Dr. Peter A. J. Adam such pressure is a. counterpressure from Thursday, May 9, 1974 of Case Western Reserve University in Cleve those in the best possible position to exert land went to Helsinki. Supported by NIH it-physicians. Unfortunately, to date there Ms. ABZUG. Mr. Speaker, the recent funds, he and three Finnish researchers per has been very little such counterpressure. vote in the House limiting fetal research formed some of the most abominable ex In saying this, there is no intention to de is described as politically motivated in periments on live human fetuses that I have nigrate or minimize the very outspoken ever heard of. stand taken by the leadership of the Boston ter!erence with the freedom of medical · "Let me quote to you the description medical community, or by the American research in an editorial in the June issue printed in Medical World News: Academy of Pediatrics through the chairman of Hospital Practice. " 'To produce these data., the investigators of its Committee on the Fetus and Newborn, This monthly magazine has a nation severed the heards of 12 previable fetuses ob Dr. L. Stanley James of the Columbia Uni wide reputation for the high quality of its tained by abdominal hysterotomy at 12 to versity College of Physicians and Surgeons, medical reporting and articles written by 20 weeks gestation. The heads were then or of the deans of New York State's medical leading medical scientists and practi perfused through the internal carotid schools. The hard truth is that !or most arteries.' members of Congress, committees of the tioners. It correctly describes the "emo "Can you believe this, Mr. Chairman? It is American Academy of Pediatrics and medical tion-arousing" campaign against fetal the making of a. new Frankenstein. These school deans cut very little ice. They repre re.search as "a rampage of know-noth people cut the heads off living human fetuses sent damn few votes back home. ingism." The editorial follows: while they still had a heartbeat and stuck A much more potent force would be the A RAMPAGE OF "KNow-NOTHINGISM" them up on tubes. All this to find out if physicians of their own communities and (By David W. Fisher) some sugar substitute called BOHE could districts speaking through county and state serve as a human energy source." medical societies. It would seem to us that On April 11, in Boston, Mass., five physi Noteworthy, of course, ls the fact that the the most effective course of action would be cians connected with Boston City Hospital "previable fetuses" in the cited report be for concerned physicians to raise the issue in were indicted by a grand jury. One was ac came "living human fetuses while they still their medical societies and to do their best cused of responsibility for the death of a 24- had a. heartbeat" in Rep. Ronca.Ho's perora to move them into action in support of free :week abortus removed by hysterotomy in an tion. Note too, that the purpose of Dr. Ada.m's dom of research and against flagrant politi abortion completely legal under Massachu cal interference with that freedom. setts law. The charge: manslaughter. The research ln Rep. Roncallo's version was to other four had been involved in a study of check out "some sugar substitute." In point antibiotic transport from maternal to feta.I of fact, the objective of the investigation circulations. Their method had involved ad was a comparative study of metabolic energy ministration of the antibiotics to women sources in the fetal brain, specifically a. com NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION scheduled for abortions, then measuring con parison of the utilization of glucose and of WEEK centration In fetal tissue posta.bortion. They an alternative meta.bollc substrate, n-fJ-hy were charged under a 19th century statute droxybutyrate (BOHB). This did not prevent forbidding the removal of human bodies or the congressman from referring back to this "abomination" in the debate this spring, HON. THOMAS F. EAGLETON remains for dissection, an anti-grave-rob OF MISSOURI bing law. when he announced: "As for 1ne and man On April 25, in Washington, D.C., the U.S. kind, I will stick to saccharine rather than IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES condone vivisection of live human fetuses.'' House of Representatives approved by a. vote Thursday, May 9, 1974 of 281 to 58 an amendment to its 1974-75 (Congressional Record, 12505, May 1, 1974.) appropriations bill for the National Science However, the purpose of this editorial is Mr. EAGLETON. Mr. President, few Foundation forbidding the expenditure by not to document the demagogic procllvities things are more vital to the economic the NSF of any funds in or out of the coun of members of our Congress. Res ipsa Zoqui welfare of this Nation than an adequate try to "support research . . . on a human tur. Rather, it is to underline the nature of an organized assault on medical science, an transportation system. Missouri has fetus which has been removed from the womb prospered largely because of its superior and which ~as a beating heart." assault that threatens some of the most On various other recent dates, in Boston, promising investigative efforts in biomedi network of highway, rail, air, pipeline Mass., Trenton, N.J., Sacramento, Ca.Ii!., and cine today. In preparing to write this edi and water transportation facilities. This Albany, N.Y., bllls were introduced into the torial, I spoke with a number of men and network knits together the communities respective state legislatures to ban, limit, or women actively involved 1n investigations of Missouri from major metropolitan encumber human feta.I research. related to prenatal detection of disease, the areas on both sides of the State to the Clearly, a pattern exists. The assault on development of genetic studies involving smallest farm centers. All depend upon fetal research is a concerted one, well orga human embryonic tissue culture lines, the nized by the national antiabortion or "Right antenatal development of immunologic com Missouri's unparalleled transportation to Life" forces. These forces, frustrated by petence, etc. The clear consensus was that network and all prosper on account of it. legislative and judicial actions stripping any form of fetal research was risky in the Through St. Louis, the Gateway to the away the fabric of anti-abortion laws, have context of indictments for manslaughter and West, flows a steady movement of com apparently made a decision to mount an grave-robbing and of legislative attacks born merce going east and west, north and emotion-arousing campaign depicting scien in ignorance and nurtured in imprecision. south. Here are joined the eastern and tific researchers as fiends in lab coats deriv Many echoed the statement ma.de in the New western railroad systems, the Missouri ing sadistic plea.sure from experimenting on York Times by Dr. Frederick C. Robbins, and Mississippi waterway traffic, our vast and torturing helpless "infants." The "know Dean of Case Western Reserve medical school nothingists" approach of this campaign is (and a Nobel laureate for work demonstrat system of pipelines, one of the greatest clearly exposed when one reads the debate on ing the feasib111ty of the growing of polio concentrations of motor carriers in the the NSF limitation amendment that took virus in human embryonic tissue lines): world and one of the Nation's busiest place in the House of Representatives. Thus, "You have to be a brave fellow to do fetal airports. Rep. Lawrence J. Hogan (R-Md.) is quoted research these days." This Nation's greatness owes in large in the Congressional Record (11931, April 25, What ls being built is hysteria. And, un measure to its ability to move goods and 1974) as follows: happily, it is being done with a.ma.zing suc people. The State of Missouri has a proud "I submit that this is a subject of debate cess. It wlll be recalled that the vote in the on the floor of the House today precisely House of Representatives approving the Ron record in the development of transporta because of the ethics of the medical profes callo amendment was overwhelming, a mar tion of all modes and it will expand its sion, which has brought us to a point where gin very close to five to one. In reading the transportation leadership as the economy medical doctors no longer acknowledge their full text of the debate, it was clear that this of the State and the Nation continues responsibility to preserve life, but fully ac vote did not reflect any ideologic revulsion to grow. knowledge their authority to destroy life. by Congress against fetal research. Indeed, It is most fitting, therefore, that we That's the status of medical ethics in this some of the individuals who voted for the country today... amendment actually spoke on the :floor salute the dedicated men and women By way of further lllustra.ting the emotion against its burden. Nor did it reflect a fail making up our vast transportation sys- · mongering employed in the assault on fetal ure on the pa.rt of opponents to make clear tem on the occasion of National Trans- ; research, one can turn again to the Con- the antiscientiflc character of the proposal. portation Week, May 12-18, 1974. ~J 14130 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 9, 1974 PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HELPS THE clubs, reaching 90 million women around ities. So we are not preempting States BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION the world, and the Farm and Garden rights in this area. The Federal respon Club in contact with thousands of garden sibility would include distribution of the clubs. registration forms and providing assist HON. WILLIAM A. STEIGER People-to-People International stands ance to State officials on registration-by OF WISCONSIN ready with information on how any orga mail or election problems generally. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nization can start its own bicentennial Prospective voters would return their Thursday, May 9, 1974 program without waiting for direction or completed forms to State officials, not to funds as a result of this meeting. a Federal agency. Responsibility for veri Mr. STEIGER of Wisconsin. Mr. Above all, People-to-People Interna fication of information, validation and Speaker, today, more than any other time tional wants the world now, through 1976 notification of registrations remains with in the history of the world, people from and beyond, to be one in which all peoples the State. It is important to note that every country on our planet are looking can live in peace. Given the chance, peo State and local officials would retain for knowledge that will lead to a per ple always show respect and warmth for jurisdiction over establishing the quali manent peace. each other regardless of governments. fications for all voters and the processing Founded by President Dwight D. Ei That is the goal of People-to-People of all applications except that the resi senhower, People-to-People Interna to know and understand and enhance the dency requirements for eligibility to vote tional accepted the challenge in 1956 to quality of peace. in Federal elections would be set at 30 create international understanding in the days nationwide. world as a final passport to peace. A Voter Registration Administration Since that time, every President of this ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO VOTE would be established within the General great country has stood firmly behind Accounting Office to prepare the post the Eisenhower concept known as the HON. J. EDWARD ROUSH card registration forms, including upon People-to-People program. OF INDIANA them information necessary to comply President Kennedy said: IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES with State registration laws and such The nature of these People-to-People ac other information as deemed necessary. tivities is as varied as the individuals in Thursday, May 9, 1974 The Postal Service would then deliver volved. The housewife whose recipe contains the yeast of kindness. The soldier whose arms Mr. ROUSH. Mr. Speaker, I was ex such forms to the voting age population embrace homeless waifs. The doctor who tremely disappointed yesterday when the at least once every 2 years, not earlier heals with humility. All assert a single House voted down the rule and thus pre than 120 days nor later than 60 days theme-the power of people, acting as indi vented consideration of H.R. 8053, the before the close of registration for the viduals, to respond imaginatively to the Voter Registration Act. It is my hope that next Federal election in each State. Post world's need for peace. this proposal to ease voter registration card forms would also be made available President Johnson said: will once again be voted out of commit at post offices, upon rural and star routes People-to-People works outside government tee and come to the floor of the House and at military installations. The bill in a field vital to us all-the promotion of before the end of this session of Con provides penalties for fraudulent regis friendship among ci_tizens of every land so gress. tratton by mail and authorizes States they will understand each other and want We hear a lot these days about voter and the VRA to cooperate on the detec peace. I know of no other task more impor disillusionment and apathy. If any time tion of violations. tant for the peoples of every country. is the right time to make it easier for Earlier this year I received a letter President Nixon stated in a White people to vote, encourage them to do, it from the Governor of Minnesota which House conference- is now. I hope we have a chance in the testified to the success of that State's Finally, may I say with regard to the Peo near future to take up the Voter Regis post card and election day registration· ple-to-People program that those little things tration Act establishing a national sys law that passed in 1973. Their program you do-receiving a foreign student, spend tem of post card registration for all fed went into effect August 31 of last year ing time with an individual from a foreign eral elections. and the Governor reported that between country-seem inconsequential when you Our present registration system dis that date and· the end of the year, a weigh them against the great decisions that criminates against men and women who total of 11,152 people in the city of have to be made in the Congress or in the State Department or in the White House. work daily from nine to five; it discrim Minneapolis had registered by mail. They But . . . the fact that they have been here, inates against the sick and the elderly found no fraudulent registrations in this the fact that they know from visiting our who cannot find transportation against number of votes and they found that in homes and our offices that Americans are a the women with small children at home; 1973 there were 28,433-or 12.6 percent people dedicated to peace-this fact will against the poorly educated who do not more registered voters than in 1971. make them leaders in the cause of peace. know where or how to register. Personally I have great faith in the People-to-People International has re I agree with the League of Women American people in their conduct of elec cently accepted the challenge to encour Voters that- tions and I want them to vote. I believe age all nonprofit, nongovernmental orga Millions of Americans fail to vote not be no American should be interfered with nizations to find leadership among them cause they are disinterested, but because in the pursuit of the right to vote. I selves in respect to America's 200th they are disenfranchised by the present elec resent the difficulties that potential birthday. In a meeting held on Decem tion system. voters have had in registering and voting. ber 3, 1973, important nonprofit, NGO's The fact that in 1972 almost half of Thus, I support this bill wholeheartedly with international dimensions were our eligible voters did not vote is a strik and I believe it is a chance for us to brought together by People-to-People ing illustration of the need for simpler, broaden and deepen the relationship be International to discover new ways to more easily available voter registration. tween the people and the Government. host the millions of international visitors Sixty-two million potential voters did That has been the course of American to the United States. not participate in the 1972 election and a democracy since 1789-expanding and The emphasis of this meeting was to poll found that three-fourths of these encouraging the vote. I hope we have a not wait for Congress or the American nonvoters would have voted had they chance to show our faith in the integrity Revolution Bicentennial Administration been able to do so. It is a fact that 80 of the American voter. to show the way, but for each organiza to 90 percent of thos~ registered to vote, tion to pick up the challenge and develop do vote. leadership within their own organization. Therefore it is time that we take steps THE RETIREMENT OF CHARLES To invite their colleagues, members, and to stop the decline in voter participa PATRICK counterparts from overseas to come see tion-from 64 percent of the voting age and share their homes. population in 1960 to 55 percent in 1972. HON. CLAIR W. BURGENER This is the whole concept of People-to- The Voter Registration Act moves us in OF CALIFORNIA People, people getting to know and under that direction. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES stand each other. Representatives at the This bill will establish a post card voter December 3 conference were the leaders registration system designed to work Thursday, May 9, 1974 of this Nation's strongest and fair-reach within the framework of established Mr. BURGENER. Mr. Speaker, for 24 ing organizations such as the women's election procedures of States anc: local- years San Diegans have had the valu- May 9, 1974 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS · 14131 able service of Charles Patrick as a troduced which would extend the provi Vietnam in hopes that the Congress will leader in our educational community. sions of the Soldiers and Sailors Civil be prodded into increasing the already His leadership has been a major factor Relief Act to Commissioned Officers of massive military assistance that props in the development of a community col the Public Health Service. up the Saigon regime. I do not believe lege system of recognized quality. We expect to hear from administra Congress will fall for Saigon's annual Charles Patrick has retired from his tion witnesses on May 20 and will hear scare show. As indicated in a New York post as acting superintendent of the public witnesses the remainder of the Times article of April 20, by James M. San Diego Community College District. week. Markham, "most diplomats, journalists, But we can look back over the accom and informed Vietnamese do not believe" plishments of his career in San Diego the apocalyptic predictions of the Saigon and realize the results of his leadership. MORE OF THE SAME VIETNAM government. Today, 55,000 students are benefiting SHELL GAME Mr. Speaker, Congress should not allow from the institutions of the district and itself to be hoodwinked any further in uncounted others are enjoying the bene HON. MICHAEL HARRINGTON this matter-either by the Saigon dicta fits of the education they received at one OF MASSACHUSETTS torship or by our own Department of of the four colleges which comprise the Defense. We must close the loopholes in San Diego Community Colleges. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES existing law that enable the Pentagon With four major campuses and a staff Thursday, May 9, 1974 to skirt the intent of Congress and cover of over 2,000 the San Diego Community Mr. HARRINGTON. Mr. Speaker, on up stockpiled aid for South Vietnam. We College District is now a major factor two occasions last month the House must close the loopholes in the existing in higher education in southern Cali clearly indicated its opposition to in statute designed to limit aid, under the fornia. The development of San Diego creased military aid to South Vietnam. MASF program so that even the possi Evening College has contributed a major On April 5, while considering the sup bility of further multimillion-dollar "ac new concept in undergraduate collegiate plemental military procurement au counting errors" will be squelched. We education. The adult division of the dis thorization, the House rejected a pro should call for a full and searching in trict has added a new dimension to the posal to increase the statutory ceiling vestigation into the often ambiguous and traditional tasks of adult education. on obligational authority under the contradictory claims of the Department All of this has been accomplished with MASF-military assistance service of Defense surrounding the disputed $266 Charles Patrick as the driving force funded-program by $474 million. On million. Most important, we should not ·behind development. He has come to be April 10, the House confirmed this earlier allow ourselves to be deceived by the recognized both locally and nationally by action while debating the fiscal year 1974 antics of the Saigon regime, whose lack professionals and laymen as an inno supplemental appropriations measure. of veracity is beyond all doubt. vator with a commitment to expanding Mr. Speaker, the texts of the articles the opportunities of students whether Two days after the House rejected the by Michael Getler and James M. Mark additional $744 million in aid, Secretary ham follow: they are pursuing a specific degree or of Defense James Schlesinger wrote to expanding their educational back the Armed Service Committees of the [From the Washington Post] grounds outside of a degree oriented "HIDDF.N" ARMS AID IN BUDGET DISPUTED House and Senate, indicating that $266 commitment. million worth of aid to South Vietnam. (By Michael Getler) With a record like this, Chuck Patrick that had been applied against the ceiling The Pentagon acknowledged yester~ay that can take pride in his accomplishments. on fiscal 1974 obligations should not, in its last three budget requests included a to We will miss his leadership but we wish fact, be applied, since, in the view of the tal of more than $1 billion to build a reserve him well and hope that he will continue stockpile of weapons for possible use by allies Department of Defense, the $266 million in Asia-rather than by American forces. to find the time to remain active in our represented obligations made in years community for years to come. The Defense Department denied, however, prior to fiscal 1974. The net effect of this that it had sought to hide the money in its change would have been to make an ad budget. ditional $266 million in military aid But, after lengthy questioning by news available to the South Vietnamese men at the daily Pentagon briefing and a HEARINGS SLATED ON HEALTH subsequent Pentagon-ordered search of con MANPOWER ACT AND NURSE regime. An April 17 article in the New York gressional testimony, Defense Department TRAINING ACT officials as of late yesterday were unable to Times, by Leslie H. Gelb, says of the produce any record showing that this request Pentagon's sudden realization of tlie for funds had been clearly labeled or ex self-professed "accounting error": plained to Congress or the public. HON. PAUL G. ROGERS The Pentagon has told a Senate Commit The questioning arose after Sen. J. W. Ful OF FLORIDA tee that it has found $266 million extra for bright (D-Ark.) charged that the adminis IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES military aid to South Vietnam this year tration was "hiding" $490 million in the new funds that military officia13 said they did not fiscal 1975 budget now before Congress. Thursday, May 9, 1974 know they had. This hidden item is typical of the way the Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Speaker, to The upshot is that the Saigon government executive branch tries to get around con day I introduced H.R. 14721, the will receive additional arms this year in that gressional cuts in foreign aid," Fulbright Health Manpower Act of 1974 for myself, amount though Congress will refuse to raise said. "Congress turns off or cuts down the the spending ceilings, as requested by the flow from one foreign aid spigot and they Mr. KYROS, Mr. SYMINGTON, Mr. HAS Nixon Administration. open up another one somewhere." TINGS, Mr. HEINZ, and Mr. HUDNUT; and The chairman of the Foreign Relations H.R. 14722, the Nurse Training Act of Today's Washington Post contains an Committee leveled his charges after his aides 1974 for myself, the cosponsors of the article by Michael Getler suggesting that attempted to get an explanation from the health manpower bill and Congressman the $266 million "accounting error" may Pentagon about what specifically was in- PREYER. These bills would extend and be just the tip of the iceberg of the Viet . eluded in that category of the defense budget substantially revise existing programs nam aid coverup. According to the Post which will cost $2.2 billion and is labeled article, the Pentagon has padded each of as "Support of Other Nations." found in titles VII and VIII of the Pub This section includes $1.45 billion for mili lic Health Service Act to provide assist its last three budget requests to hide tary assistance to Vietnam. But it also in ance to schools and students in the nearly a billion dollars worth of military cludes, Fulbright was told, $490 million to health professions. . equipment intended for South Vietnam buy and stockpile "war reserve" equipment I am pleased to announce that begin and our other Asian "allies." The article and ammunition "earmarked specifically for ning May 20, the Subcommittee on Pub indicates that the chairman of the Sen use by" South Vietnamese, South Korean or lic Health and Environment will con ate Foreign Relations Committee, Sena Thai forces, if necessary. duct hearings on these two bills, an ad tor J. WILLIAM FuLBRIGHT, has charged Neither the official U.S. budget for the I fiscal year 1975 beginning July 1 nor any ministration bill which am advised that the Defense Department is ''hiding" other publicly released document at this time will be presented to the Speaker next $490 million, in the fiscal 1975 budget makes any mention of the $490 million for week, H.R. 14357 by Dr. ROY, H.R. 14196 alone, intended for aid to Southeast war reserves stocks for allies. by Mr. SYMINGTON, H.R. 11539, an ad Asian countries. In describing the $2.2 billion "Support for ministration bill which would revise the To put the icing on the cake, President Other Nations" category, the official budget national health service corps program, Thieu has been actively seeking to exag book describes only the separate military and H.R. 13174, a bill which I have in- gerate the military situation in South aid for South Vietnam and virtually all the 14132 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 9, 1974 other relatively small items in the category, [From the New York Times) rate of inflation of 65 per cent-one of the 'but not the war reserve stocks. SAIGON'S ALARMS STm SKEPTICISM highest in the world; in the first three-and In attempting to explain the situation, (By James M. Markham) a-half months of 1974. The cost-of-living Pentagon spokesman Jerry W. Friedhelm re index rose by another 22 per cent. vealed that about $500 million had been SAIGON, SOUTH VIETNAM, Aprll 19.-0nce Gasoline now costs $1.47 a gallon. Scan similarly earmarked in fiscal 1974 and an again, heavy fighting has erupted in scat dals surround the distribution of increas other $25 million in fiscal 1973, the first year tered parts of the country. And, once again, ingly scarce and costly fertilizers (not to in which funds were included for additional the Saigon Government has been making mention scrap metal, rice and other com stockpiles that could be used by Asian allies. apocalyptic predictions about a Communist modities) and the fertilizer shortage may It has been known for many years that the offensive. Last year such predictions were endanger the next rice crop, according to United States stockpiled equipment for its taken with a degree o-r seriousness, at least economists. own forces. But it was not known generally first, and mulled over and for the most part In the big cities, swollen in population by that weapons were being stockpiled for other finally rejected. This time most diplomats, the war, people are going hungry. On the nations, even though those weapons would journalists and informed Vietnamese do not destitute central coast, there have been re be under U.S. control. believe the Government. ports of acute malnutrition. Friedhelm yesterday pointed out references On the contrary, it ls widely believed that
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Monday, May 13, 1974 The House met at 12 o'clock noon. S. 514. An act to amend the act of June 27, 998. Under the new language added by the Rabbi Marvin I. Bash, Arlington 1960 (74 Stat. 220), relating to the pres recent amendment the Chairman of the Com Fairfax Jewish Congregation, Arlington, ervation of historical and archeological data. mittee of the Whole is given the authority and discretion to terminate a quorum call Va., offered the following prayer: The message also announced that the in the Committee when 100 or more Members O Lord, protect the men and women Senate had passed bills of the following appear. The rule provides that if, during th6 of this Chamber and grant them health titles, in which the concurrence of the quorum call, a. quorum does appear, the of mind and body, happiness, and long House is requested: Chair may announce to the Committee the.t a quorum is present and declare a quorum life. May they be guided by Thy infinite S. 411. An act to amend title 39, United wisdom, so that their deliberations will States Code, with respect to certain rates of constituted. If the Chair makes this deter be marked by reason and compassion, postage, and for other purposes; and mination and announcement--and it must S. 3009. An act to provide that moneys be pointed out that the Chairman does not clear thinking and charity, righteous have to follow this procedure-the new rule judgment and understanding. due the States under the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, then provides that further proceedings un We ask of our representatives a dedi derived from the development of oil shale der the quorum call shall be considered as cation to the highest ideals of justice resources, may be used for purposes other vacated and the committee shall not rise and equity. May they lead us in the than public roads and schools. but shall continue its sitting and proceed building of a democratic society in with business. When this discretionary au which none will be privileged and none The message also announced that Mr. thority is exercised by the Chair no umes will be disadvantaged-but all men will CANNON and Mr. DOMINICK were ap either of those Members responding or of the pointed as additional conferees on H.R. absentees will be printed in the RECORD or have a chance to realize their full po the Journal and no announcement of the tential for themselves and their fami 12565, supplemental military procure number which has responded will be re lies. ment aut.horizations. corded. O Lord, bless our country and those Under the present bell and light system leaders who strive to uphold her noblest the advent of a quorum call in the Commit ideals, in thought and in deed. Amen. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER tee of the Whole (or for that matter in the to House) is announced by 3 bells and 3 lights. The SPEAKER. The Chair desires Five minutes later the three signals are make a statement. The Chair makes the again activated. THE JOURNAL following announcement: Under the revised procedure now being The SPEAKER The Chair has ex On April 9, 1974, the House adopted promulgated the three bells will continue to amined the Journal of the last day's House Resolution 998 which amended signal the beginning of a regular quorum proceedings and announces to the House the rules of the House in several re call. his approval thereof. spects. The provisions of that resolution If the Chairman announces in advance became effective 30 days following the at the time a quorum call commences in Without objection, the Journal stands Committee of the Whole-that he intends to approved. adoption of the resolution and are now exercise his discretion and will vacate pro There was no objection. part of the rules of this body. ceedings under the quorum call when 100 Two of the new rules require changes or more Members have appeared-then one in the legislative call system. Since these long bell will precede the three regular bells changes require considerable explana at the start of the quorum call and three MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE tion, the Chair will insert a detailed lights will be illuminated. A message from the Senate by Mr. statement in the RECORD at this point Thereafter when the Chair does exercise and will have a copy of the statement his discretion and announces that a quorum Arrington, one of its clerks, announced is constituted one long bell wlll be rung to that the Senate had passed with an mailed to the office of every Member indicate that further proceedings will be va amendment in which the concurrence today. These new bell and light signals cated and the three lights turned off. If a of the House is requested, a bill of the will become effective immediately and quorum has not appeared at the expiration of House of the following title: will be used hereafter whenever the new the first five minutes one long bell followed H.R.13998. An act to authorize appropri rules relating to the taking of quorum by three regular bells will again be -rung to ations to the National Aeronautics and calls in the Committee of the Whole and indicate that the "notice" quorum call is still Space Administration for research and de to the procedure for voting on a series in progress. velopment, construction of facilities, and of motions to suspend the rules are im Thus under the so-called notice quorum research and program management, and for call procedure one long bell followed by three other purposes. plemented. regular bells wm be sounded each five min The statement is as follows: utes unless one of two events takes place The message also announced that the On April 9, 1974 the House adopted House during the time period permitted under the Senate agrees to the report of the com Resolution 998 which amended the rules of rule: mittee of conference on the disagreeing the House in several respects. The provisions of that resolution took effect 30 days fol ( 1) A quorum appears and the Chair va votes of the two Houses on the amend lowing passage and as of last Thursday are cates proceedings (as explained above this ments of the House to the bill (S. 3062) part of the rules of this body. The chair 1s will be announced by one long bell and the entitled "An act entitled the "Disas taking this opportunity to advise members extinguishing of the three lights); or ter Relief Act Amendments of 1974." of certain modifications in the legislative (2) A quorum not having appeared, the The message also announced that the call system which are required by these Chair at any time during the 15 minute pe changes in the rules. riod directs the ringing of the three regular Senate agrees to the amendment of the The chair would direct the attention of bells to signal that a regular quorum call has House to a bill of the Senate of the fol the Members to rule XXIII, clause 2. As commenced. Members who have not already lowing title: amended by section 3 of House Resolution responded under the "notice" quorum call