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17010 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 26, 1977 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS TRIBUTE TO CAPTAIN EDMUND A. cellent reputation earned by the Long ing breakdown in the extended family, and MILLER, USN Beach Naval Shipyard. the disadvantages endemic to their minority In addition, Captain Miller has been group status, the Spanish-speaking elderly involved in community affairs. He is cur­ find themselves in even more precarious cir­ HON. GLENN M. ANDERSON rently a member of the board of direc­ cumstances than the majority of the Ameri­ OF CALIFORNIA can elderly po~ulation. tors, Long Beach Chamber of ~ommerce; Although the Spanish-speaking population IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a member of the board of advisers of the comprises tl\e second largest minority group Thursday, May 26, 1977 School of Business and the Department in this country, small commitment, even in of Industrial Technology at California rhetoric, bas been made to address its Mr. ANDERSON of California. Mr. State University, Long Beach; a member unique neec!s. Funds allotted for services to Speaker, the Long Beach Naval Shipyard of the advisory board of the Harbor Oc­ the eldet>lf are not equitably distributed by has long been a vital economic force in agencies to provide for the needs of the Puer­ the Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor cupational Center, Los Angeles Unified to Rican and Other Hispanic elderly. The area. Since August of 1975, the shipyard School District; and has twice served on myth of the return migration of Puerto has grown and flourished under the su­ career education policy seminars spon­ Rican elderly has been dispelled by findings sored by the George Washington Univer­ in recent surveys conducted in New York pervision of Capt. Edmund A. Miller, sity Institute of Educational Leadership. City. In so basic a benefit as Social Security, USN, whose performance as commander Captain Miller is also an ordained deacon only 50% of the Hispanic elderly receive of the shipyard has been the epitome of in the Southern Baptist Church, and has benefits compared to 75% of the remaining professionalism and high quality. long served as a church school teacher. elderly population. When Captain Miller's retirement be­ Some of the crucial factors in the lag be­ comes effective in September of this year. His long and successful military career tween available services and participation by the shipyard and the harbor area com­ is reflected in his many decorations, the Puerto Rican and Other Hispanic elderly munity will be without his energetic which include the World War II Victory are: the lack of program.s to train researchers leadership and the example he has set Medal, the European Occupational and related personnel, the paucity of His­ Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, panic-directed agencies, and the lack of bi­ through hard work and devotion to duty. lingual, bicultural personnel at all levels in Captain Miller will be remembered for the American Service Medal, the Korean Campaign Medal with one star, and the agencies responsible for providing services to the openness and fairness he brought to the Spanish-speaking elderly. Outreach his position, as well as being one of the Korean Presidential Unit Citation. through the use of bilingual, bicultural per­ outstanding commanders in the ship­ Mr. Speaker, throughout his career sonnel and bilingual literature (S.S.A. or yard's 34-year history. Captain Edmund A. Miller, USN, has ex­ S.S.I. application forms, information and re­ Born in Booneville, Miss., on August 9, emplified the qualities which make a per­ ferral literature, newsletters, etc.) must be 1927, Edmund A. Miller grew up in the son successful in life, both as a civilian more comprehensively developed so as to in­ town of West Point, Miss. He attended and in the military. I would like to take sure maximum utilization of benefits and this opportunity to extend by heartiest entitlements by the Puerto Rican and Other Marion Military Institute in Alabama, Hispanic elderly. In addition, training pro­ and Mississippi State University. He was congratulations to him as he approaches grams must be established for the purpose of appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in the date of his retirement. developing skills of Hispanic senior citizens 1945; graduated and received a commis­ His lovely wife, Hannah, and their to prepare them for serving on committees, sion as an ensign in June 1949. children, Edmund A., Jr., and Anita, staffing centers, and assuming the strong After spending 5 years at sea, Captain must all be very proud of his outstand­ leadership needed to reach the objective of ing career and many accomplishments. effective outreach to, and involvement of, the Miller was ordered to the Massachusetts Spanish-speaking community. These pro­ Institute of Technology in 1954. He grad­ grams would also have a recruitment compo­ uated in 1957 with a master of science nent that would enlist personnel qualified to degree in naval architecture and marine bring existing services to the Puerto Rican engineering, and a professional degree THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES OF and Other Hispanic elderly. Puerto Rican and of naval engineer in naval construction. NEW YORK'S PUERTO RICAN AND Other Hispanic elderly must be offered proper While attending MIT, Ed-as he is HISPANIC COMMUNITY: VI training to insure ongoing, creative and known to his many friends-was elected meaningful employment. Although there are services available to the to the honorary engineering fraternity HON. HERMAN BADILLO Puerto Rican and Other Hispanic elderly, of Tau Beta Pi and the honorary re­ OF NEW YORK they are alarmingly inadequate. Therefore, search fraternity Sigmi Xi. In later IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES we further recommend that the federal level years, Captain Miller received a master of S.S.I. benefits be immediately increased at of science degree in administration from Thursday, May 26, 1977 a rate which catches up to the Bureau of George Washington University. Mr. BADILLO. Mr. Speaker, I am Labor Statistics' lower level of living stand­ Following his graduation from MIT, pleased to include in today's RECORD an­ ard and be adjusted to the middle level as Captain Miller saw tours of duty at the soon as possible on a regional basis. We urge other in the series of position papers that the Legislature to stand firm in their con­ Philadelphia Naval Shipyard-1957-59; were presented at the conference on the viction that when cuts are projected they not supervisor of shipbuilding in Pascagoula, problems of Puerto Ricans and His­ be at the expense of the level of basic income Miss.,-1959-62; aboard the U.S.S. Am­ panics in the New Yotk metropolitan for our poorest elderly citizens. We further phion ­ perwork generated by the Federal Gov­ 8EmERLJNG, is reintroducing the Social resentative of the clients who will be serTed ernment. At that time. I placed my faith if the rights of the HispanJC elderly are to Security Rights Act- along with 49 co­ be preserved. The Puerto Rican and Other in the newly created Federal Paperwork sponsors. As a former cosponsor in the Hispanic elderly mus't be apprised of the Commission and had high expectations 94th Congress. I am pleased again to be alternatives to institutionalization and how that relief from the onerous paperwork associated with this legislation. to pursue these alternatives. Again, this in­ burden bt:ing borne by the American Recently, the Chairman of the House volves Puerto Rican and Other Hispanic people would soon be on the way. An Subcommittee on Social Security circu­ persons at the policymaking level as well editorial which recently appeared in the lated a questi0DI1aire to Members and as at the providing leveL Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper We recommend a. universal, comprehen­ their caseworkers ho deal with social captured my sense of disappointment sive health security program for all, as pro­ security matters. In replying, my sta1f posed in the Kennedy-Corman bilL Further­ and the feelings of millions of people and I noted considerable i.mprovemen t more, such a program should be adminis­ across the cotm ry. I would like to insert 1n the responsiveness of the Social Se­ tered by a. proportlonate representation of it at this point in the REcoRD for the curity Administration-SSA-over the the Hispanic elderly population. Th.is bill benefit of the distinguished Members of past 5 years. Indeed, the actual process­ represents the best of the current legisla­ body: this blg of claims and the appeals process h~ tion and should be expanded. We recom­ THE PAPERWORK DISASTER mend the funding and development of inno­ improved over the same time period, va tlve senior centers In Puert.o Rican and As Lewis carron put- It, the warrus and the largely due to legislation passed in De­ othel" Hispanic communtttes under the carpenter were walking on the beach and cember 1975. guidance of Puerto Rican and Other His­ wept to see such quantities o sand. The wairws. in his innocence, asked, "If Yet I continue to receive more legiti­ panic elderly and with Boards of Df:recton from and statr sensitive to the Puerto Rican and seven maids with. seven mops swept it for mate complaints constituents about Other Hispanic cultural heritage. Puerto ha.If a year, do you suppose that they could social security programs-and in par­ get it clear? .. Rican and Other H1spanie comm.unity per­ ticular about the disability insurance sons should be given the responslbfilty of The carpenter, obviously a realist, replied, program-than about any other Federal outreach and plibllclty regardJn.g these serv­ "I' doubt it.,. and shed a. bitter tear. Substitnta federal government paperwork program. These concerns continue to ice~. Nutrftfon services should include such for Carroll's quantities of' sand and vou be­ deal With the long delays in disability programs as ho~ programs, mea• on-wheela,. congregate meal programs. etc.. gin to get an idea of the utter !mprobabllity claim determination; with the appeals that the P'ederal Pllperwork Commi8Slon and should re.tlect the Puerto Rican and Oth­ wm process; and with the complicated, er Hispanic elderly'a roots. The prevalence fulfill Its mission. lengthy procedures involved in replacing commission was In 1975 by of the role of the "a.buelita" among the The set up missing benefit checks.. Claims still former President Ford, and its aim-to eut an Puert.o Rican and O'Uler Hispanic elderly not processed promptly, often because indicates that child-care faclllties must be down on paperwork, especially forms private citizens and businesses must fill out-ts of lack. of adequate experienced and pwvided in conjunction with senior centers . heartily endorsed b,y President Carter. ·trained representatives in the district in the Spe..!lish-speakfng communities. To respond to the 1&ck of tn:tormation on The federal bureaucracy being what lt ts, oftices. In fact, in Januazy of 197'Z the the Puerto RJcan and Other Hispanic el­ the commission didn't Iimlt itself to a mere median processing time was 220 days. derly. we recommend that funds be allo­ seven maids. The first thing It did was to The Soeial Security Rights Act would ca. ted for research and tor the tra1n.1ng of hire 208 employees, buy three sopbistfca.ted insure ibat the SSA take the necessary Puerto Rican and Hispanic personnel to con­ copying machines and has now succeeded In digesting Its entire $11 miilion budget while steps to eliminate its hearing backlog- duct this research. 81,592. cases in January 1977-and to ex­ To enter Into the subjects of the effect.s producing a massive new dune of paperwOl'it of inflation on incomes al older persons, of its own to dd to the mountain it's sup­ pedite benefit ela.im procesmng delays. n housing, transportation, security, age d.ls­ posed to cut down to workable size. requires that initial and reconsideration crimination-611 ery complicated and com­ One public member ~ an accountant from decisions be: made within 90 days. Hear­ C8.lifornia who represents small business­ plex issu~ all affecting the life style and ing and appe'3.Is decisions on all soci l existence of Puerto Rican and Hispanic el­ men, says this year and a half on the com­ mission is. ''the most frustrating experience security claims must be made within 120 derly persons-ls beyond the limits of this days. Claimants wo.uld have the rid! to paper. They are problems atfeetlnp: an citi­ I've ever had. He's had to acquire: an extra zens and require broad, forthright city, state, :four-d.ra.wer filing cabinet just to store the receive benefit payments if their claims and federal legislation_ However, regardless paperwork generated. internally by the cam­ were no decided within these time limits. m.iSslon... of the changes made,. humane and universal The bill would enable benefit recipients legislation must be developed at least in A few months ago, the Oftice of Manage­ to submit a request to replace a missing the interest of all senior citizens respecting. ment and Budget l!eported that. although the number of forms citizens must fill out check if the regular payment were not the special needs of. the Puerto Rican and within 5 de­ Hispanic elderly. had dropped. the amount of paperwork had received days of the regular increased. At that time is required 143 mll­ livery date. The SSA would be required non man-hours per year to do the work- to provide a duplicate check within 10 13 million more than before the drive to days or an explanation as to why the eliminate unnecessary pa~rwork began. The recipient is not entitled to it. Thfs pro­ THE PAPERWORK DISASTER reasons: ew programs, more people in old programs and-worst of all--eonsolidatlon at vision is directed at the often devastat­ some reiattTely simple forms into fewer but ing e:ffect of a lost cheek upon persons HON. HAROLD E. FORD tu more time"-consuming longer ones. whose sole source of income is social OP 'l!ENNi:SSEE The commission is due to go out of busi­ security. IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES ness in October. Based on the rec d to date, With increasing SSA responsibilities to will it have made much o! dent in the administer not only social security, b~ Thursday, May 26, 1917 paperwork dune? ~ the carpenter, we doubio it, and join him in shed.ding a bitt.er supplemental security income-SSI­ Mr. FORD of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker. and now aid for families with depend­ I rise today express my deep concern tear a.bout. the way things are done ill to Washington. about the monl.$ of redtape and govern­ ent chlldren-AFDC-Cangress must ment forms that are stitling the citizens not ignore the exfsting inadequate revel of this country. As a former small busi­ of service to persons who have contrib­ uted regularly to their social insuxance. nessman, I am all too familiar with bat­ SOCIAL SECURITY RIGHTS ACT tles being waged by honest Americans This bill is well named, Americans who who are making every e1fort to comply are eligible fOI' social security have with the rules and regulations of the HON. CHARLES W. WHALEN, JR. rights • • • and these J'ights are earned. U.S. Government. OF OHIO I believe the Social Security Rights Act When I came to Congress in 19'Z5, I IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES will force both the SSA and the Congress. had great hopes and aspirations about to address in a realistic manner how new cleaning-up the bureaucracy and achiev­ Thursday, Ma11 Z6. 1977 programs or program revisiollS' can be ing meaningful reductioDS m the seem­ Mr. WHALEN. Mr. Speaker, today my administered by the SSA. I believe en­ ingly endless number oi forms and pa- friend, the gentleman from Obio, Mr. actment will go a long ay to.ward mak- 17012 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 26, 1977 ing the SSA work for the people it was CONSUMER ADVOCACY Bil.L terfere in the proceedings of other federal regulatory agencies, which were themselves established to serve. established to represent the consumer. HON. TRENT LOTT OF MISSISSIPPI SPERRY SOFTBALL LEAGUE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAHONING COUNTY COURTHOUSE HON. LESTER L. WOLFF Thursday, May 26, 1977 "HISTORY OF LAW" MURALS Mr. LOTI'. Mr. Speaker, please permit TO BE HONORED IN EXHIBITION OF NEW YORK me to call to the attention of my col­ IN 1'HE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES leagues an editorial which recently ap­ Thursday, May 26, 1977 peared in the Laurel Leader-Call, an ex­ HON. CHARLES J. CARNEY Mr. WOLFF. Mr. Speaker, I had the cellent newspaper serving south Missis­ OF OHIO privilege on Saturday, May 21 to partici­ sippi. I think that this commentary IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES states quite well my own reasons for pate in a presentation made to the Thursday, May 26, 1977 Sperry Softball League, in light of their feeling that the very last thing this Na­ outstanding achievement on behalf of tion needs is an Agency for Consumer Mr. CARNEY. Mr. Speaker, the "spirit the field of mental health and their Advocacy. of the law" has never been more mag­ warm and generous contribution to the The article follows: nificently captured than through the Rehabilitation Institute, located in CONSUMER ADVOCACY BILL four murals displayed in the Rotunda of Mineola, Long Island. Along with the first crabgrass and dande­ the Mahoning County Courthouse in In 1974, a small group of Sperry em­ lions of spring, that hardy perennial the Youngstown, Ohio. ployees met to discuss how they might Agency for Consumer Advocacy blll is pop­ I am pleased to announce that the ping up again. This year, the idea is to rall­ help local agencies which serve the road it through Congress so fast that ef­ Williams College Graduate School of Art handicapped. The idea which came out fective opposition won't have time to develop. History in Williamstown, Mass., will be of this meeting was to hold a softball The ACA is an idea whose time has come honoring the four murals in the Ma­ marathon which would raise funds to and gone. Since its proposal eight years ago-­ honing County Courthouse as well as help one agency aiding the handicapped. when it was called the Consumer Protection other famous paintings by Edwin How­ The idea mushroomed within Sperry, Agency-there has been a revolution in con­ land Blashfield-1848-1936-during an and the first year over 350 employees sumer protection acts and regulatory reor­ exhibition in its museum of art in the participated in a game that lasted 29 ganization. These new developments include month of February 1978. consecutive hours, with 17 of those hours the establishment of the Consumer Product Mr. Blashfield was a student of Bonnat played in a torrential downpour. Safety Commission, the Federal Energy Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health ir... Paris and a member of all the leading Each year since that time, the com­ Administration, the National Highway Traf­ painting societies in America and abroad. munity minded spirit within Sperry, and fic Safety Administration, the Environ­ He was also the president of the Ameri­ their deep compassion for the handi­ mental Protection Agency, the Magnuson­ can Federation of Fine Arts. Mr. Blash· capped has built a larger and better Moss Federal Trade Commission Improve­ field was given the place of honor in the Marathon. Each year, the concept behind ments Act, the Hart-Scott Antitrust Improve­ Rotunda of the Library of Congress in the Marathon-concern and compassion ments Act, the Toxic Substances Control Washington, D.C., and his paintings for the handicapped-has been carried Act, the Medical Devices Amendments of hang in some of the country's most nota­ to more and more Long Island residents 1976, the "Government in the Sunshine" Act, ble buildings. and has brought about greater under­ the Freedom of Information Act Amend­ ments, and countless other consumer pro­ The paintings in the Mahoning County standing and acceptance of our handi­ Courthouse were painted at the sugges­ capped neighbors. tection bills. Consumer "advocacy" sounds like a great tion and under the direction of Charles The Sperry Softball League has shown idea, in the abstract. It isn't until you get F. Owsley, architect, in 1911, and with others what caring for people is all beneath the label that you learn what a bu­ the cooperation of the building commis­ about. They have helped to foster a more reaucratic farce the sponsors have in mind. sion. The commission believed that the accepting environment on Long Island, • Consider the following list of functions erection of this monumental building, in which the handicapped can live and for the agency, to which has been added, in expressing one of the highest forms of work. parentheses, the existing governmental architecture, should include some recog­ The Rehabilitation Institute-TRI-is bodies) responsible for the same function: nition of the sister art, painting. a voluntary nonprofit organization Plead the consumer's case within the gov­ The four phases in the "history of founded in 1965. Its founders, Dr. Ed­ ernment. (White House Consumers Advisor.) law" are depicted in these paintings: The mund Neuhaus and Mrs. Louise Fried­ Improve the ways rules and regulations are made. (Commission on Federal Paperwork; law of classical antiquity, the law of the man, whose diligence and hardwork have Bible, the law of the Middle Ages, and spurred the blossoms of the institute, Oftlce of Management and Budget; General have thus far placed over 1,300 rehabili­ Accounting Oftlce) modern law. tated clients in competitive employment Aid the President and Congress in iden­ The first period is a picture showing tifying ineftlcient government programs. (All the Shepherdess symbolizing the ruling and have returned hundreds more to of the above.) force in the time of antiquity, which was healthy productive lives as homemakers. Help correct inequities in those programs "love and tenderness," as further ex­ By virtue of its exemplary achievement, that are designed to protect consumers. pressed by the child holding the lamb. TRI has garnered the respect of its peers. (Consumer Advisor; Paperwork Commission; TRI was awarded the 1976 program of Ombudsmen and Consumer Advcx:ates in the The second painting shows the law of the year award by the Long Island Re­ various federal agencies and departments; force by arms, during the Roman domi­ habilitation and Counseling Associa­ senators and representatives) nation of the world. The next painting tion-the first award of its kind ever Help fight inflation by monitoring govern­ shows the "law of faith" during th'I given. mental actions that unnecessarily raise costs medieval period when the church was the Accepting the award for Sperry were for consumers. (Council on Wage and Price dominant force .of law. vice president of personnel, Mr. Harold Stabillty) The final painting, and perhaps the Dahl, and the commissioner of the Litigate on behalf of consumers in court. most interesting one, shows "modern Sperry Softball League, Mr. Lou Jak­ (Federal Trade Commission: Justice Depart­ law," which ls created by the people and litsch. Although both of these men work ment; Consumer Product Safety Commission; for the people. This idea is forcibly others) brought out by the copy of the Declara· at full time jobs, they have evinced that The truth is, the ACA would have nothing there is always time to work and care for to do with individual consumers. Rather, it tion of Independence held up as a model others. Other distinguished members of would function as a taxpayer-financed for all nations, and under the rig!l.t arm the marathon committee representing mouthpiece and lawyer for self-appointed of the tigw·e is the ballot box. Sperry at the ball were Jim McDonald, consumer activists. The small figure in this picture, stand· Art Rommel, and Ms. Chris Lynch. The ACA would also hav., a license to in- 1ng next to a telephone and machinery, May 26, 1977 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 17013 conveys the fact that laws of all nations turn to the United States next week. I was deposed 1n March 1976 and Js in jail over all ages are fast becoming reduced am hopeful that the contribution made awaiting trial; her Wnister of Finance, Jose to a common standard by reason of rapid by these consumer spokespersons will Gelba.rd, has taken refuge in Washington, D.C., and is resisting extradition with the communication and understanding encourage the State Department to con­ help of infll:len.tial figures in the Cal"ter Ad­ among them. tinue the practice of inviting qualified m.ln1stratlon. Mr. Speaker. these paintings have consumer representatives to attend Federal and state authorities have investi­ served as an inspiration to all who have future commodity conferences which re­ gated the collapse of the bank a.nd simply passed through tbe halls of the Mahon­ late to the interests of the Amerian re­ closed tlleJr Investigations. Neither is any­ ing County Courthouse. It is my pleas­ tail consumer. thing likely to be done about the high-level ure to bring public recognition of these political figures who were involved. an. tbe excell~!l t works of art. New York end of the GraJ.vBs' "ten-orist in­ vestment IJe'?'Vlce." Nevertheless, the public U.S. COVERUP OF ARGENTINIAN interest requires an exa.mina.tion o! the evi­ TERRORIST INVESTMENT IN NEW dence 11..nldng U.S. cit.izens to m1lllons of YORKBANKi doll.an worth of assets bel.ong:l..ng te> Marxist­ UNITED STATES BACKS DOWN AT Lenlrust assass!ns.. SUGAR NEGOTIATIONS The On.Iver fortune was founded. by Juan HON. LARRY McDONALD Gra.lver (fa,ther of David and Isidoro) and his bother Pedro, who emigrated to ArgenU.na OY GEOBGIA HON. OBERT F. DRINAN from Poland as boys. The Gralver mother.> OF' MASSACHUSETTS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES were backers of dictator Juan Per6n and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVF..S Thursday, May 26, 1977 ma.de their first millions in the early 1950s 1n real-estate speculation and oonstrucUon Th.urSda'!/1 May 26, 1977 Mr. McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, recent before moving into banking in partnership with .Juan•s brillla.nt SOD David in the 1960s. Mr. DRINAN. Mr. Speaker. the inter­ investigations in Argentina. have revealed that a group of Argentinian financiers, In 19'l3r the Graivers and Jose Ber Gelb:ard national negotiations between sugar were financial backers o! Peronist President producing and consuming nations in the Graiver group, which owned two banks in and others in Hector Camporar who prepared. the way :far Geneva. which opened 6 weeks ago, a.re the return of Juan a.nd Isabel Peron l&ter in scheduled to end tomorrow. The purpose La.tin America and Europe, used their the year by legalizing the various Communi:st of this conference was the formulation banks and dummy accounts to transfer parties and relea.sing hundreds o! Jailed ta­ of a new intern.a tional sugar agreement out of Argentina millions of dollars in rorists. to insure stable and !air prices for pro­ kidnapping ransoms extorted by the Per6n's appeal for support was to the- revo­ ducers and consumers alike. Peronist terrorist orgawza­ lutionary Left, the radlca.l student" sector and According to reports relayed to me tion, and additional millions embezzled the frenetic labor union&. Daring Juan from the Argentinian treasury by deposed Per6n's exile (1956-1973), the Peroni.st& had from Dr. Lee Richardson. president of encouraged formation of the Montoneros ter­ the Consumer Federation of America, President Isabel Peron and her Finance Minister, ror1st organization, the armed w'..ng o! the who is serving as a consumer representa­ Jose Gelbard, a member of the Perow.st You1h, which ca.rr1ed out Tictous tive at the conference, it appears unlikely Graiver group now living in Washington. attacks on the Argentine milltary and on that an agreement will be reached before D.C., and resisting extradition. The American-owned businesses ancl their execu­ adjournment. In an effort to reach an Peronist Movement is broad enough to tives. Key Montoneros received terrortst include the leftist Montoneros which col­ training in Cub~ as well as indoctrtnation in accord, however, the United States has Marxism-Leninism. 'Ibese te:nortsts scon retreated substantially from its earlier laborated. with the Trotskyite Communist ERP terrorists, as well as unrepentant criticized Pex:6n ior being too "moderate," bargaining position in the talks. The and when Juan Peron chided them at his American delegation is no willing to Nazis who fled to Argentina after World Warn. 1974 May Day rally. 30,000 Montoneros and agree to a floor price for sugar of 11 their supporters stalke~ out of a mass rally cents per pound, well above the curreni In this country the Gratvers operated tn . market price. Even more significantly, flamboyantly. gaining introductions to After Peron died on July 1, 1974, the our delegation has compromised its de­ high level business and political circles Montoner03 and their crypto-Communist mand that. an extensive reserve supply by paying political figures large "con­ supporters amo:ig the Pero.nists planned to sulting fees." Again,. the involvement. of take absolute- power Via "'popular struggle'" of sugar be maintained to protect against an:l utterly defeat the Argentine conserva­ sharply escalating prices. Early in the Sol M. Linowitz~ friend and adviser to Mr. Gelbard, with La.tin American leftists tives and the military. conference, the United States had pro­ Mel.nwhlle. the Montoneros-connected Jose posed a reserve of four million tons; our is noted. And I submit the following article ex­ Gelba!'d was Finance Minister in the campora delegates have now suggested 2.S million a.:nd the Peron Governme::its. He was alsa tons. 37 percent less. posing the current known facts of this neck-deep in the Graiver banking operation. I realize, Mr. Speak.er, that interna­ a1f air for the particular consideration of O.:i Gelba.rd'& advi::e, Is:ibeI Per6n established tional commodity negotiations such as my colleagues on the Banking Com­ an account in Juan and David Graiver•s these require careful diplomacy and mittee: Banco Comercfa.l de Ia. Plata 1n November judicious compromises to obtain an ac­ (From the Review of the News. May 25, 19771 1972, six. months before she and her husband cord acceptable to all parties. I am con­ BANJtl:NG Fem TEBBoalsTs. returned to Argentina, 1n the name o! the "Isabel Per6n Cruzada de Ia. SoI1dar1ad... (Hy cerned, however, that the American rep­ Rees) Then. as the Argentine newspaper La. Nueva resentatives appear willing to make Early this month the press of Argentina Pr.:>vincl~ reported: numerous concessions to the sugar pro­ and Uruguay broke news of an enormous "Apparently in the spring o! 1974. thl'.ough ducing states while receiving little in scandal involving an Argentinian tntema­ the help of Jore Ber Gelba.rd, the Montoneras return to protect the American consumer ttonal banking group (the Gralvers) which organizations deposited a $17 million. check invested milllons of dollars obtatned fro.in against a repetition of the 1974 sugar of the United Swiss Bank in the la Plat& kidnappings and extortion by the Montoneros boom when prices soared to more than terrorists, along with untold millions 1n pub­ dOmercial Banlt. Later this money. a product 6-0 cents per pound. We should not agree lic funds embezzled by a former Argentine of k.iclna.pings an:i rob!>eries by Peronist to a price floor unless we obtain an ac­ President and her Mln.Ister of Finance, who arme::l ba.nds, was deposited in two banks be­ companying price ceiling in return. I were secretly 1n league with the Leftist ter­ longing to Gralver-the Banco de America would prefer t.o see no international rorists. A New York bank was bought and de! Sud and the Ba.nk Pour l'Amertque du s:ugar agreement ai all than to acquiesce used to provide the terrortst.s and their crimi­ Sud of Belgium, and a third b3.W4 the Suisl!e­ nal allies with a "laundered" monthly income Banlt. with whl::h Gelbard, Broner and in an accord which fails to represent Graiver and. other leaders or the group con­ adequately the interests of the American from the Interest on their loot. As a result of these manipulations, the stl.ntly worked." retail consmner. American Ba.Wt and Trust Company failed­ These banks were closely linked with the I look forward to receiving the reports the fourth largest bank failure in u .s. his­ American Bank and Trust Company (A.B.T.) of Dr. Richardson and the other two tory. David Graiver and his father, Juan, the in which David Graiver and his father soon consumer representatives who attended leaders at the investment group, are reported pun:hased contromng interest ror '14 mil­ the Geneva negotiations when tbey re- dead. The larcenous President Isabel Peron lion, of which $9 million was In cash. The 17014: EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 26, 1977 Montoneros terrorists, you see, had received "Liberals" as Theodore Kheel were intro­ to examine those who were a.sSociated with e reported $60 million ransom from the 1974 ducing Graiver into New York City political them. They include: kidnappings of the Born brothers, Argen­ and financial circles. Sol M. Linowitz, who according to a Janu­ tinia.n grain magnates, and there was need Once in control of A.B.T. and its assets, ary account in the Buenos Aires daily, La for serious cash management. The $17 million Graiver began making heavy loans to his Nacion, has acted as Jose Gelbard's U.S. Montoneros "investment," handled by the other ventures in Belgium, Switzerland, and attorney, claiming that Argentina's request Graiver group, brought the terrorists a Argentina.. Graiver's New York political for his extradition is part of an anti-Semitic monthly income f.rom interest of $130,000. friends received loans, some of which were plot. This has since been denied by a spokes­ In a May 4, 1977, press conference, Argen­ highly questionable, and received various man for Mr. Linowitz, who stated that al­ tine President Jorge Videla said that the in­ "consulting fees." At the same time, A.B.T. though Ambassador Linowitz knew Sr. Gel­ vestigation of the Graiver group had been ini­ received such plums as the Carter campaign bard, they had no professional relationship. tiated by the Buenos Aires Provincial Police, account-which may or may not have been Maybe so, maybe not. When the Argentin­ who were an investigation of augmented as a means· of purchasing politi­ ian Government made its formal request for illegal currency tramc. The investigation led cal favor. Gelbard's extradition in December 1976, the to operations of the Graiver group and de­ The bubble did not burst until August radical Council on Hemispheric Affairs veloped two aspects, one of them purely 1976, after the Montoneros, harried by the (C.O.H.A.), directed by New School professor criminal and related to megal currency traf­ Argentine military Government w°t'ic'!l de­ Larry Birns who has been active in pro­ fic. "The second aspect, the most significant posed Isabel Per6n in March 1976, demanded Castro endeavors, rallied to Gelbard's sup­ one," said President Videla, "is that this so­ the return of their lllicit millions. port. Since a number of those involved with called Graiver group was working for sub­ On August 6, 1976, a few days before the C.O.H.A have in the past acted as "L1nowitz version. It had received several million dol­ total collapse of the Graiver financial empire, surrogates" in producing distillations of the. lars to operate, both inside the country and David Graiver left New York's La.Guardia. Linowitz Commission recommendations (fi­ abroad, for the benefit of subversion and with Airport with a pilot and copilot in a char­ nanced by the Ford Foundation), C.O.H.A. complete awareness of the origin of thts tered Falcon jet. Headed for Acapulco, may reasonably 'be thought to have acted as capital." Mexico, Graiver was reportedly carrying $28 a "Linowitz surrogate" in aiding Gelbard. The Argentinian government charges that million in negotiable securities. Around Castroite Birns charged that the extradi­ deposed President Isabel Peron, with the as­ 2 A.M. on the following day, the jet went tion request was "an act of political subter­ sistance of Jose Gelbard, also dlverted huge down in Mexico. The bodies of three occu­ fuge" and suggested that anti-Semitism was sums of public funds through the "Cruzada" pants were burned beyond recognition. No involved. Meanwhile Argentine Outlook. a account. It is believed that money from this fiight recorder and no voice recorder were newsletter with which Birns is connected, account was in fact used by David Graiver found at the crash site. A Mexican report has been supporting revolutionary "political in purchasing the American Bank and Trust refers to "tape transcriptions" of a pilot­ prisoners" in Argentina and has charged Company; and that the New York bank was to-tower conversation-but the tapes were that the Argentina anti-Communist military one of the means used to transfer the ter­ erased before they could be audited by in­ Goverment is "fascist," "reactionary," and rorists' ransom horde to other Graiver-owned vestigators, and the near automatic partici­ deliberately anti-Semitic. banks in Belgium and Switzerland for ex­ pation by the U.S. National Transportation Mario Noto, prior to his taking omce as change into "usable" currency. Safety Board in the investigation of the Deputy General Counsel of the Immigration As reporter Richard Karp observed in his crash of a fiight whic'tl originated in the and Naturalization Service on May 16, 1977, meticulously researched articles on the col­ United States was curiously omitted. was Jose Gelbard's Washington, D.C., attor­ lapse of the A.B.T. published by Barron's in Most damaging to the omcial Mexican re­ ney. December 1976: "How much money filtered port of the Graiver crash is a photo of the Mayor Abraham Beame of New York, be­ out of the Argentine treasury into Isabel's wreckage which shows part of the aircraft tween his terms as City comptroller and account is anyone's guess. When the gen­ sitting amidst upright trees. As Barron's mayor, was a director of Graiver's American erals moved in on Isabel last spring, Eco­ Bank and Trust and head of the bank's commented: "If the Falcon had careened finance committee. nomic Minister Gelbard fled to the U.S." into the wooded mountainside, it would have "El Grupo Graiver" did not operate in our plowed those trees under like so many New York City Democratic Party political country in a vacuum. When David Graiver, matchsticks. In other words, Falcon Jet 888 bosses Mead Esposito and Patrick Cunning­ the portly, 35-year old Argentinian operator, AR did not collide with a mountain, but ham both received fees from Graiver's A.B.T. move:i to New York in 1975 to buy control­ simply fell out of the sky, possibly the re­ Former Secretary of State Wllliam P. ling interest in the American Bank and Trust sult of an exploslon in the air." Rogers, former Citibank chairman George Company, he had the help of many promi­ Relatives of David Graiver went to the ac­ Moore, and Organization of American States nent political and financial figures from the cident site and "positively" identified the Secretary-General Alejandro Orfila provided "Liberal" Establishment. Papers obtained by remains, which they quickly had cremated friendly references as to David Graiver's in­ our investigative news team establish links tegrity. Perhaps coincidentally, Secretary­ between one or more members of the Gratver in violation of their religion. David Graiver . had omcially ceased to exist, but the pos­ General Orfila received a $300,000 loan from group and Sol M. Linowitz, President Carter's A.B.T. Panama Canal giveaway architect; Mario sibility remains that he may have staged the crash and vanished (perhaps) during a Theodore W. Kheel, the prominent New Noto, the recently appointed Deputy Com­ York labor negotiator, received a $25,000 missioner of the Immigration and Natural­ refueling stop. With David Graiver declared dead, the in­ quarterly stipend from David Graiver for ization Service; New York City Mayor Abra­ vestigations into the operations of the Amer­ "advice and consultation." He also helped, ham Bea.me; New York Carter campaign and was helped by, the Graivers in making treasurer Howard Samuels, who placed the ican Bank and Trust Company commenced. In its December articles, Barron's informed several major investments. Carter campaign funds in Graiver's Amer­ Howard Samuels, a former New York State ican Bank and Trust; New York City Dem­ the American financial community that the ocratic Party political bosses Mead Esposito Graiver-controlled A.B.T. had been "robbed gubernatorial candidate, former head of the and Patrick Cunningham; and, Theodore W. of its assets via massive borrowing on behalf Off-Track Betting operation in New York, Kheel, a well-known labor negotiator who of dummy companies" and that the Graivers and Jimmy Carter's state finance chairman, was on Graiver's payroll as a "consultant" had stolen depositors' money by diverting it used the A.B.T. for the safekeeping of Car­ at $100,000 a year. into fake investments. The article con­ ter campaign contributions. This may be Others involved include Abraham Feinberg cluded, "the ingenuity of those who looted one reason why the Argentinian press has of New York and Ph1llip Klutznick of Chi­ the bank was matched only by the laxity of speculated that the Graivers or their bank cago, both well-known Democratic Party those charged with watching it." were themselves contributors to the Presi­ fundraisers. In Argentina, where the investigation of dential campaign of James Earl Carter Jr. According to published reports, Graiver the Gaiver group's operations is continuing, Republican Party political boss Vincent and his Banco Comercial de . were many of its members are under arrest. These Albano received from the Graivers some $7 provided with a letter of recommendation include Lidia Papaleo de Graiver, David's million in cash for his controlling stock in from U.S. Ambassador J.ohn P. Hill; from wife or widow; Isidoro Graiver, his brother; the Century National Bank and Trust Com­ O.A.S. Secretary-General Alejandro Orfila, and David's uncle, Pedro Graiver. Their pany. Graiver subsequently borrowed $500,- who received a large loan from A.B.T.; from assets, and those of other Graiver group 000 from Century and pledged his Century former Secretary of State William P. Rogers; members including Eva Gitnacht de Graiver, interest against some of his massive borrow­ and, from former Citibank chairman George Enrique Brodsky, and Jorge Rubinstein, ings from A.B.T. Moore. have been frozen by the Argentinian author­ Abraham Feinberg was chairman of A.B.T. Apparently no one publicly expressed cu­ ities. when it closed its doors last September. riosity about the origins of the $9 million Since it is now apparent that a major Phillip Klutznick was A.B.T.'s chairman cash and the additional $5 million in various criminal network and terrorist support ap­ from 1963 to 1972, and was also chairman securities with which the Argentinian banker paratus was operating via the Graivers' of the Swiss holding company that sold bought controlling interest in American banking interests in New York, Buenos Aires, A.B.T. to Graiver. As Richard Karp com­ Bank and Trust. After all, such well-known Belgium, and Switzerland, it is appropriate mented in Barron's: May 26, 1977 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 17015 "All of these big loans to Graiver had to High School and continues through a national companies to shelter earnings from be approved by ABT's boa.rd of directors or spectacular performance at the 1972 petroleum production, refining and distri­ its executive committee, or a.t the very least Olympics. Rejected by the National bution. by some high officer or a. director such as Abe No one knows what it actually costs multi­ Feinberg, Stanley Kreitman, Saul Kagan, Hockey League because of his weight, he emerged in the past 2 years as one of the national companies to ship oil to the U.S. on Jose Klein (who kept his seat) and Alex­ foreign flag tankers. Rather than reflecting ander szasz (Klein's right-hand man). Nation's premier players. His determina­ true operating costs, it appears that trans­ "Even if one grants that David Graiver tion, talent, and assertiveness was espe­ portation prices are no more than artificial simply hoodwinked the officers and directors cially visible during his team's perform­ numbers set to enable multi-nationals to of ABT into lending him large sums of ance in the Canada Cup when he was transfer the greatest possible profits to their money, it is unlikely that he could have Team U.S.A.'s most valuable player. foreign flag of convenience shipping sub­ acted a.lone in diverting deposits in ABT sidiaries. These enormous profits basically a.re to his numerous dummy operations over­ Gordie Howe, during the presentation of the award at The Club in New York's beyond the reach of American taxation. seas. Huge sums fl.owed through ABT as time Most other maritime nations have recog­ deposits and wound up a.s 'investments' in World Trade Center, said that Ftorek, nized the economic benefits to be derived Graiver's deep pockets in other countries. "had been an inspiration" to all of New from a cargo preference policy, as evidenced Who were his accomplices? That remains a. England's upcoming crop of junior by the adoption of various forms of cargo mystery." hockey players. More than that, Ftorek's preference by 38 nations. Among them a.re But, of course, that is not the only mystery, accomplishments on the ice have done a France, Spain, Japan, Venezuela and the or the only unanswered question. Others of good deal in promoting New England's Arab oil exporting nations. paramount concern are: It's time to turn the tide in favor of the Why was the F.B.I. investigation of the already burgeoning reputation as the home of tremendous high school and U.S. economy and the U.S. taxpayer. We need Graivers' New York operation closed? to support a cargo preference program that Wa.s Jose Gelbard the contact between college hockey talent. Recruiters no would give U.S. tankers a greater share in American Bank and Trust and the Argen­ longer have to spend months exclusively the transportation of our oil imports. tinian terrorists? in Canada evaluating just Canadian tal­ How did Jose Gelbard achieve "political ent. New England high schools and col­ refugee" status in the United States, and leges are offering the best competitive WHY IS THE MIGHTY SOVIET UNION why was this extended to his son, Fernando? hockey programs in the Nation. Were Fernando Gelbard and David Graiver AFRAID OF THE FRAIL SEMYON partners, and are Fernando Gelbard's recent I salute Robbie Ftorek; his determina­ GLUZMAN? trips to Switzerland related to Graiver fam­ tion, skill, perseverance, and profes­ ily businesses? sionalism have done a great deal in What investments are the Gelbards now bringing New England to the forefront HON. EDWARD I. KOCH making in the Los Angeles area? With whose in American hockey. OF NEW YORK money? IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES What is the status of the F.D.I.C. report on these outrages, and how will investors Thursday, May 26, 1977 in American Bank and Trust be reimbursed? FOREIGN OIL TANKERS HURT THE Mr. KOCH. Mr. Speaker, on numerous Did the Graivers and Gelbard hold a meet­ AMERICAN ECONOMY occasions one after another of my col­ ing in mid-1976 with Robert Vesco in Santa. leagues has stood up and asked why the Domingo to form Overseas International Soviet Union will not let Soviet Jews Services? HON. JOSHUA EILBERG emigrate to Israel. Why does the mighty What is being covered up and who is being protected? OF PENNSYLVANIA Soviet government expend so much en­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ergy harassing and repressing Jews who The answers to these and other questions request permission to leave? Today I rise are known to a small and decreasing number Thursday, May 26, 1977 of people. David Graiver has vanished and on behalf of a Soviet prisoner of con­ is presumed dead; his father, Juan Graiver, Mr. EILBERG. Mr. Speaker, in recent science, Semyon Gluzman, who dreams has now been reported dead: two lawyers days I have taken the opportunity to of going to Israel but who languishes in intimately involved in the Graiver-Gelbard acquaint my colleagues in the Congress a Soviet strict-regime labor camp for his relationships have died mysteriously. with the problems which are caused to decency and his dreams, and I again ask Fortunately others who know this story, the United States by foreign oil tankers. the same questions. and who have documentary evidence, are The damage being done to the Ameri­ Dr. Gluzman is a 29-year-old psychia­ alive. Now that well-organized terrorists can economy by the carriage of so much trist who graduated from Kiev Medical have learned how to operate through our of our oil imports in ships flying the flags School in 1968 and was offered a position banking system, it is imperative that those of other nations is one of the most serious as a psychiatrist at the Dnepropetrovsk who know the full details of these transac­ aspects of this problem. Special Psychiatric Hospital, where tions provide public testimony. Conserva­ So that my colleagues will be aware of tives are urging Senators William Proxmire Leonid Plyusch was being held at the and Congressman Henry Reuss, respective the gravity of the situation, I am placing time. Because he recognized and refused Chairmen of the Senate and House Banking in the RECORD a copy of a fact sheet to be associated with the morally de­ Committees, to look into these matters at which has been provided to me by the praved Soviet practice of comm.itting once. U.S. Maritime Committee to Turn the healthy political prisoners to psychiatric Tide--a committee composed of shipping hospitals and medically treating them companies, unions and land-based in­ for insanity, Dr. Gluzman declined the dustries which support our merchant position. ROBBIE FTOREK marine: In 1971, Gluzman joined two fellow FOREIGN OIL TANKERS HURT THE AMERICAN psychiatrists, who remain anonymous, in HON. JOE MOAKLEY ECONOMY writing an alternative psychiatric diag­ While the United States strives for do­ nosis in absentia for Gen. Pytor Grigo­ OF MASSACHUSETTS mestic energy independence: we rely greatly renko in which they rejected the oflicial IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE~ on imported oil transported in foreign flag finding that Grigorenko was mentally ill. tankers. We are producing about one million Thursday, May 26, 1977 fewer barrels of oil a day than in 1973, and For this action motivated by human Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, this importing a million more. Our dependence on decency, Gluzman was convicted of "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda," week, Robbie Ftorek, a 152-pound, wiry, foreign oil imports is growing daily. The U.S. is now importing 45 % of its oil. a standard catch-all charge commonly towheaded young man from Needhg,m, 96 % is carried on foreign flag tankers. leveled at political dissenters, and sen­ Mass., was named the most valuable Next year our oil bill to foreign nations will tenced to 7 years in a strict regime player in the World Hockey League. The come to perhaps $40 billion. We pay $1 billion corrective labor camp. smallest player in the entire WHL, Ftorek alone to foreign flag tankers to carry our While incarcerated, Dr. Gluzman has has earned the same trophv which in imported oil. By contrast, U.S. flag tankers been strongly influenced by his fellow past years had belonged to other hockey return 71¢ of every dollar they receive back to our economy. This negative balance of Jewish prisoners and ardent Zionists greats such as Gordie Howe, Bobby Hull, payments position has recently effected the Anatoly Altman, Hillel Butman, Leib and Marc Tardiff. worst trade deficit in our nation's history. Knokh, and Lev Yagman, from whom Ftorek's story begins back at Needham Foreign flag oil tp.nkers are used by multi- came his dream of becoming a resident 17016 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 26, 1977 and citizen of Israel. In October 1975 palgns and they can, of course, vote. But they couragement of the fiscal court to pur­ can't have a working Involvement in cam­ chase the necessary equipment to meet Gluzman wrote to his parents: paigns and they shouldn't. I am a Jew, and my Judaism speaks for The Hatch Act was written to protect civil State landfill standards; the prepara­ more than memory-memory of the victims servants from political abuse but these tion of an environmental inventory for of genocide and of the persecutions caused changes could let them in for terrible a sewer and water plan for the commu­ by prejudice become dogma. My Judaism lies trouble. Although the bill includes provi­ nity; the planning of a nature study in the knowledge of our people as they are sions prohibiting bosses from coercing em­ center and the organizing of a successful today, with their own State, their own his­ ployees or conducting political business on etfort in establishing a city park; work tory and, happily their own weapons. My government time, it would be very difficult with local leaders in improving commu­ Uncle Abram who was shot at Babi Yar did to prove that anyone had broken the law. As not grant me any "reconsiderations." Every all of us who have ever worked in an office nity water systems and better sewage September my spirit seet hes with indignation know, it's easy to exert pressure on co­ disposals; pushed for and established a for him. You know why. workers very subtely. local radio station, adult education Some civil servants might Indeed have a classes at local schools, vocational edu­ In denying its citizens, Jewish and peo­ better understanding of who should be cation classes, and local craftsmen ple of other faiths alike, the freedom to ·elected to office and why. But their first job classes, for local forest products. emigrate, the Soviet Union not only vio­ is to keep the government run nin g smoothly As you can- see from this impressive lates the Helsinki accord, to which it is in spite of the changes in political leader­ record, Mr. Speaker, the Powell County a. signatory, but it violates a funda­ ship a.t the top. And that's the way it should stay. Rural Development Committee has dis­ mental and universal right, for without tinguished its citizens, the State, and the freedom to emigrate, the individual does Nation, in their worth-while endeavors not have a choice between embracing the on behalf of their community. I am principles of government under which he USDA HONORS POWELL COUNTY pleased to recognize the members of the was born and seeking a ditferent form of RURAL DEVELOPMENT COMMIT­ committee, a list of which is attached government elsewhere. Without that TEE below, for their fine work and outstand­ choice, there can be no genuine freedom, ing achievements-exemplary achieve­ democracy, or legitimacy to a nation. ments 'Which should constitute a chal­ Again, I ask, why is the mighty Soviet HON. JOHN BRECKINRIDGE lenge to us all: Government afraid of a handful of peo­ OF KENTUCKY POWELL COUNTY RURAL DEVELOP~ENT ple who wish to leave, who would no IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (INTER-AGENCY) CoMMITTEE longer be in the U.S.S.R.? Perhaps the Thursday, May 26, 1977 Barbara Crabtree, Ky. Dept. Human Re- Soviet rulers are not afraid of them, as sources. such, but of the influence they might Mr. BRECKINRIDGE. Mr. Speaker, I Doug Fig, U.S. Forest Service. have over the millions who remain-of rise today to honor a select group of fel­ Robert Friel, Powell County School. the massive discontent that is locked low Kentuckians from neighboring Pow­ Dan Grlgson, Coop. Ext. Ser. away in their· hearts and of the wide­ ell County, Ky. The Powell County Rural Grace Marsh, Bur. Rehab. spread protest that would erupt if that Development Committee has been singled John Moore, U.S. Forest Service. discontent came to the surface. out by the U.S. Department of Agricul­ Ronald Ray, FmHa. If ture to receive a Superior Service Rae Rogers, Comp. Care Ctr. the Soviet Union is the mighty world Glyn Skidmore, Ag Stab. & Conserv. Ser. power it purports to be, then it should Award at the 31st Honor Awards Cere­ Rose Swope, Coop. Ext. Ser. not be afraid of people like Semyon Gluz­ mony presented by our friend, the Secre­ Jackson Taylor, Coop. Ext. Ser. man. We cannot rest until all the people tary of Agriculture, Bob Bergland. Roger Wiedeburg, Soil Conserv. Ser. who wish to leave the Soviet Union are This national recognition for the Pow­ Ann May Howard, Ky. River Foothills allowed to go. ell County Rural Development Commit­ Council. tee is being presented for the committee's Mary Lavin, Powell Co. Manpower Office. service as a dynamic catalyst and a fol­ lowup resource in stimulating involve­ HATCH ACT ment, by many Kentuckians, in projects which have dramatically improved the THE FOUNTAIN SQUARE SENIOR social and economic well-being of Powell CITIZENS CENTER HON. EDWARD J. DERWINSKI County, Ky. OF ILLINOIS As chairman of the Congressional IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. DAVID W. EVANS Rural Caucus, a member of the Family OF INDIANA Thursday, May 26, 1977 Farms and Rural Development, and Spe­ cial Studies Subcommittee of the House IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. DERWINSKI. Mr. Speaker, one of Thursday, May 26, 1977 the obvious factors in the debate and Agriculture Committee, and one who is ultimate vote in the House on the Hatch deeply interested in rural development, Mr. EVANS of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, Act issue is the great preponderance of I am honored that my neighbors in Pow­ the Fountain Square Senior Citizens editorial opposition to H.R. 10. ell County have been singled out by Sec­ Center which is located in the Sixth Con­ In fact, outside of the Washington Post retary of Agriculture Bob Bergland to re­ gressional District at 901 Shelby Street in whose support of the bill is conditional, ceive this award. The Powell County Indianapolis celebrated its fourth anni­ editorials across the country have been Rural Development Committee has had a versary on May 21, 1977. appearing in one voice against the long record of involvement in rural de­ Since the center opened in 1973, it emasculation of the Hatch Act. velopment since its beginnings in Janu­ has provided senior citizens on the south­ Typical of the editorial commentary is ary of 1962. One of the main reasons for side of Indianapolis a place to relax, meet one broadcast by WBBM, CBS Radio, its etfectiveness, in a rural county in the their friends and share the companion­ Chicago, on May 18, in opposition to Appalachian foothills with a total popu­ ship of other senior citizens through changes in the Hatch Act. The editorial lation of over 7,700, lies in the fact that va:rious activities. follows for the review of the Members: its members have been an integral part There are two individuals associated HATCH ACT of every community development etfort with the center who deserve special rec­ We are opposed to changes in the Hatch in the county during the last 14 years. ognition for their commitment and dedi­ Act that would allow federal employees to I understand that the achievements cation to the success of the center. participate in political campaigns by working of the committee are long and varied, its As director, Mrs. Betty Sexson has directly for candidates or seeking office them­ activities including the construction of given above and beyond the call of duty aelves. Chartging the current restrictions on an 80-bed nursing home; the develop­ to assure the Fountain Square Senior the political activity of civil servants would ment of a dental health education pro­ Citizens Center never closes to those who open the door to too many chances for abuse. The House of Representa ti ves is ready to gram; the establishment of a well-baby need its services. vote on a bill allowing civil servants to par­ clinic and a rescue squad, enrolling over Another person· who must be com­ ticipate more fully in the political process. 30 volunteers in an emergency medical mended for their work with the center, is But they have enough access to the process technicians school; support of the an­ Mr. George Cafouros, who publishes the right now. They can contribute to cam- nual Red-Reiver clean-.up program; en- Southside Spotlight, a weekly community May 26, 1977 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 17017 newspaper. Mr. Cafouros has used his administration provoked the tuna indus­ deserves the commendation and support newspaper as a vehicle for community try. Tunaboat owners "beached" their of the Congress. service by publicizing the center and boats and threatened to transfer their This new policy is a great advance. But when it was short on funds he assisted vessels to foreign flags. Cannery employ­ we need to consider going further in some in raising several thousand dollars so the ees, pawns in the struggle, have been laid areas. Specifically we should look into center could stay open. off by the thousands in California and setting an overall limit annually for all As a member of the Select Committee Puerto Rico. Price increases of 20 to 50 our arms transfers, perhaps around $9 on Aging in the House of Represent­ percent for a can of tuna have been billion as a starter; setting regional sub­ atives, I am committed to helping our predicted by the industry. On the other limits within the overall figure; and con­ older Americans and will continue to be side, environmentalists have called for firming arms transfers exclll8ively to of­ of assistance to the Fountain Square a consumer boycott of tuna. ficial channels. Senior Citizens Center. While I am deeply concerned about the Mr. Speaker, while congressional busi­ supermarket cost of a can of tuna in ness prevented me from attending the America this summer, I am more worried fourth anniversary celebration of the about another aspect which in the heat REPRESENTATIVE LINDY BOGGS Fountain Square Senior Citizens Center, of this internal struggle we tend to over­ RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE I wanted to make my colleagues aware of look. How does American permissiveness FROM SAINT MARY-OF-THE­ the dedicated and hardworking people of the slaughter of porpoise look to other WOODS COLLEGE which reside in Indiana's Sixth Congres­ countries? Porpoise, a cheap source of sional District. protein, is needed and used by other countries for human consumption. We talk with compassion of feeding the HON. JOHN BRADEMAS world's starving people, but we leave 6 OF INDIANA THE GREAT TUNA-PORPOISE WAR million porpoise for the sharks. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Crucial diplomatic negotiations are Thursday, May 26, 1977 scheduled this month for the protec­ HON. HELEN S. MEYNER tion of marine mammals. In Austra­ Mr. BRADEMAS. Mr. Speaker, one of OF NEW JERSEY lia, the International Whaling Commis­ the most popular and respected Mem­ bers of the House of Representatives is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sion meets shortly. What of our insistence our distinguished colleague, CORINNE C. Thursday, May 26, 1977 to Japan and the U.S.S.R. that they ad­ here to strict "management procedures" BOGGS, better known as LINDY, repre­ Mrs. MEYNER. Mr. Speaker, the senting in Congress the Second District in bringing about the replenishing of the of Louisiana. "great tuna-porpoise war" has been in world's depleted stocks of whales? Can progress now for over 5 years. Its earliest we expect them to comply when we our­ Many of us in the House of Represent­ beginnings go back some 25 years when selves refuse to "back off" of another atives have known LINDY and knew her the Japanese tuna industry was offering late husband, the distinguished majority cetacean? In California, the Inter-Amer­ leader of the House, Hale, for many, such stiff competition that our tuna fieet ica Tropical Tuna Commission convenes decided to switch to the purse seine in June. Can the United States expect many years and few persons have con­ method of "on porpoise" fishing from Central and South American members to tributed so much to the service of the large netboats costing about· $5 million accept tough restrictions on the killing House and to their country than Hale each. The rewards for this capital invest­ of porpoise if we ourselves refuse to im­ and LINDY BOGGS. ment were great: Just one of these sleek prove our record? Since coming to Congress in 1973 to vessels returning from a 3-month cruise Legislation is before us, Mr. Speaker, succeed Hale, LINDY has been an out­ can expect to sell a full load of tuna for which would undercut the Marine Mam­ standing leader in a wide variety of areas about $1 million. The lucrative profits, mal Protection Act, extending for 2 more of concern. reminiscent of those earned by New Eng­ years the indulgence which the tuna in­ I am delighted therefore, Mr. Speak­ land whalers in the 19th century, have dustry has used to excellent advantage er-and not at all surprised-to note drawn giant, multinational corporations for the last 5. The passage of this bill that on May 8, 1977, LINDY BOG.GS was into the business. Today, in the tuna would simply indicate to other nations awarded an honorary degree by Saint fishing waters of the eastern tropical whom we face at the negotiating tables Mary-of-the-Woods College, Ind. Pacific, few foreign boats can compete that we do not take seriously our talk I insert at this point in the RECORD a successfully with our efficient fieet. about protecting marine mammals. If we the remarks of Mrs. Thomas Walsh, But at what environmental cost. Since do not, why should they? graduate of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods the introduction of the new method, ap­ College, who lives in Washington, D.C., proximately 6 million porpoises have on the presentation of this honorary de­ been drowned in the great purse seine gree to our distinguished colleague. nets of the American tunaboats. PRESIDENT CARTER'S NEW ARMS TESTIMONIAL FOR CORINNE CLAIBORNE BOGGS, Five years ago, the tuna-porpoise con­ TRANSFER POLICY MEMBER OF CONGRESS, SAINT MARY-OF-THE­ troversy began in earnest with the pas­ WOODS COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT ExERCISES, sage of the Marine Mammal Protection MAY 8, 1977 Act. The Federal Government then gave HON. PAUL SIMON Lindy Boggs, the first woman to chair the OF ILLINOIS national convention of a major American notice to the industry that the slaughter political party, has compiled an impressive of porpoises would have to be "ratcheted" IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES record on behalf of justice in the political downward, with zero incidental mor­ Thursday, May 26, 1977 forum. tality the ultimate goal. Born to a politically active Louisiana fam­ Progress in enforcing compliance with Mr. SIMON. Mr. Speaker, President ily, Corinne Claiborne met her future hus­ the act has been less than encouraging. Carter's new arms sales policy which is ·band, Hale Boggs, at Tulane University. With Since 1972, with a 1-year grace period based on a presumption against such their marriage and his subsequent election granted by Congress and 3 years of an transactions is a step in the right direc­ to Congress, Lindy Boggs was thrown into tion. grass roots political activity, becoming an indulgent, dilatory administration, tuna active campaigner for causes and candidates boats have drowned an estimated 800,000 I am particularly pleased to note that at local, state and national levels. porpoises. the President is committed to a reduc­ Her years of volunteer activity and the po­ Encouraged by their success in delay­ tion in the sale of our arms export busi­ litical savvy that developed with them were ing the enforcement of the act, the tuna ness, to limiting the transfer of advanced recognized in March, 1973 when-following industry has now repeated its insistence weapons and their technology, to curbing the disappearance of her husband's plane that more time is needed for compliance. the sales promotion activities of Ameri­ over Alaska the previous October-Lindy We have a bill before us

SENATE-Friday, May 27, 1977

(Legislative day of Wednesday. May 18, 1977) The Senate met at 10 a.m., on the ex- The legislative clerk read the follow- Mr. President, I have nothing more at piration of the recess, and was called to ing letter: this time. order by Hon. SPARK M. MATSUNAGA, U.S. SENATE. Mr. BAKER. Mr. President. I yield to a Senator from the State of HawaiL PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, Washington, D.a .• May 27, 1977. the distinguished Senator from South To the Senate: Carolina. PRAYER Being temporarily absent from the Senate The Chaplain, the Reverend Edward on official duties, I appoint Hon. SPARK 1\4. L. R. Elson, D.D., offered the following MATSUNAGA, a Senator from the State of DECISION BY JUDGE RICHARD prayer: Hawaii, to perform the duties of the Chair OWEN REGARDING UNEMPLOY­ during my absence. MENT BENEFITS FOR STRIKERS Let us pray. JAMES 0. EASTLAND, O God, our Father, help us to learn Presitlen.t pro tempore. Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, a few the lessons that life is teaching us. Save Mr. MATSUNAGA thereupon took the days ago, I offered an amendment to us from multiplying our mistakes, from chair as Acting President pro tempore. repeatedly yielding to the same temp­ S. 275, the Food and Agriculture Act, tations, from refusing to see our own which would have made strikers in­ eligible to receive food stamps. By a faults, from concealing our bad judg­ THE JOURNAL ment, from harboring resentment and vote of 38 to 56, the Senate tabled that ill will-until personality is blemished Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President, amendment. That action was a dis­ and the Creator's image is effaced. I ask unanimous consent that the Jour­ appointment not only to me, but more Keep us close to Thee, O Lord, and nal of the proceedings of yesterday. importantly, to everyone who believes close to the people we serve. Help us dally Thursday, May 26, 1977, be approved. that our programs of public assistance to grow stronger, purer, kinder, to shed The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ must be limited to the truly needy. old faults and to gain new virtues, until. pore. Without objection, it is so ordered. This issue will come back to haunt us by Thy grace, life becomes altogether again. The Federal Government and the new. By becoming better help us to make States are reaching the end of their ropes a better world. COMMITTEE MEETINGS in terms of the financial resources they Be with us in our coming in and our can afford to allot for welfare programs. going out, now and forever. Amen. Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President, I believe we got an order yesterday Every food stamp dollar gobbled up by authorizing all committees to meet dur­ strikers, with the consent of the Con­ APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESI­ ing the session of the Senate today, did gress, is a dollar taken away from the DENT PRO TEMPORE we not? poor, the hungry, the destitute elderly, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ and needy cblldren. Giving food stamps will please read a communication to the pore. Yes, we did. to strikers might be good politics, for Senate from the President pro tempore Mr. ROBERT c. BYRD. I thank the some, but it is not good government. In (Mr. EASTLAND) • Chair. my mind, it breaks faith with both the