22290 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE September 16

EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

Distortion in the Washington Star Party. I stated to the delegates that White House such as the one following the they were under the Hatch Act, and tragic assassination of John F. Kennedy-a change effected with the full confidence of EXTENSION OF REMARKS could not campaign; but that I was an the American· people-an orderly transition OF elective offi.cer, not under the Hatch Act, impossible of achievement by any other and could, and would, campaign there. government. HON. RALPH YARBOROUGH Such conduct was ethical and proper, You are building for the future of the OF TEXAS but it seems to have irritated the Star Federal employee by the high standards you IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES reporter. have set in your relation to the public in­ If the response of the delegates present terest Wednesday, September 16, 1964 was any criterion of their feelings-and Your membership has increased by 25,000 or 30,000 in the past few years; it is now up Mr. YARBOROUGH. Mr. President, I have had enough political and public­ to.136,000, and is still growing. on last Tuesday morning, September 8, speaking experience to know that it was, You have good cause to be proud of your I spoke in Dallas before the national con­ my speech was approved by the dele­ role, as I am proud of mine as a Member of vention of the American Federation of gates at Dallas. If I called those Fed­ the Senate in helping to make the Federal Government Employees. On Wednesday eral employees any names, they did not Government attractive to the highest caliber afternoon, September 9·, the Washington seem to realize it when the time for ap­ of men and women. Star printed an extraordinary article plause came. A great step forward was accomplished However, to be impartial and candid when President Kennedy signed into law about my speech--extraordinary because the Salary Reform Act of 1962, including the of its distortion. in my report to the Senate, I point out principle of comparability. And another This story, this fable in the Washing­ that later an officer of AFGE told me step was achieved when President Lyndon ton Star, was printed at page A-2 in the that a member said to him, "Well, he B. Johnson signed the"pay bill last month. September 9 issue. Its caption reads as did not win me over, I am still a Repub­ I worked with your federation on this bill; follows: ''U.S. Classified Workers As­ lican." In the course of my remarks, I · we were successful in increasing the raise for sailed by YARBOROUGH on Pay Activity." had invited any Republicans who were classified employees in the middle grades. This is a very misleading headline, to dissatisfied with their party to "come In the next Congress we shall continue over and join us Democrats." But I do to look at such matters as the "level of com­ say the least. In fact, I praised the petence" provisions in the 1962 act which American Federation of Government not believe that Americans resent being have caused you concern. Employees for the fairness and skill of asked to join either of the two great This 88th Congress has already improved the presentation by its offi.cers of its case, American political parties now in ex­ the Health Benefits Act of 1959, and it ls my before the Senate Post omce and Civil istence in the United States. hope that we can turn more attention now Service Committee, on which I serve. I In order to set this matter straight, to needed reforms in the retirement system. recounted the history of the recent Fed­ I ask unanimous consent that my pre­ I might add while we are on this subject eral pay raise act in Congress, narrated pared text, as released to the press at that I introduced two bills which I think the AFGE Convention, be printed in the would greatly improve the retirement plan. how the House bill raised the salaries of I have been concerned for some time about the employees in the low brackets and of RECORD. all the sick leave that may be lost by an those in the high brackets, but left those There being no objection, the excerpt employee retiring after many years of dedi­ in the middle brackets-E-9 through from the speech was ordered to be cated service One of my bills (S. 1661) pro­ E-12-without comparable salary raises. printed in the RECORD, as follows: vides that orie-half of this accumulated sick I properly credited the AFGE with having THE WELFARE OF THE FEDERAL WORKER leave at retirement shall either be compen­ ably called this discrimination in pay in­ (Exc;:erpt of a speech delivered by Senator sated for in cash as severance pay or all the crease to the attention of the Senate RALPH W. YARBOROUGH before the National accumulated sick leave shall be used as add­ Post Office and Civil Service Committee, Biennial Convention of the American ed service time in computing the annuity. Federation of Government Employees, at Another of my bills (S. 1662) would cor­ with a resulting correction of this gross rect the inequities in the survivor annuities inequity by our committee, by the Senate, the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas, Tex., Tues­ day, Sept. a, 1964) plans. by the conference between the two Obviously their chance for enactment in Houses, and ultimately by Congress it­ Fellow Americans, fellow Government this session is less than bright, but I assure workers, I am honored to be your guest at you I will be back next year to reintroduce self. this national convention of the American The first paragraph of this Washing­ these and to work for their passage. We Federation of Government Employees. As must not allow the Federal service again to ton Star article reads as follows: a ranking member of the Post Offi.ce and stand still while the rest of the world goes An extraordinary attack on Government Civil S~rvice Committee, legislation affecting marching by. classified employees as ingrates and snobs your lives has been an important part of ·my These great strides have been made by a has been made here by Senator YARBOROUGH, responsibility. Democratic majority in Congress over the Democrat, of Texas, at the American Federa­ I believe our committee, under the leader­ outspoken opposition of the current Re­ tion of Government Employees biennial con­ ship of the great chairman, OLIN JOHNSTON, publican Party leadership, which knows no vention. has worked as hard as any congressional greater pleasure than to denounce the Fed­ group iri American history to bring about eral Government--a Republican Party that This is a complete distortion of what legislation to improve the life of th-e Gov­ has as one of its greatest unspoken goals­ was actually said. Never at any time, at ernment employee. unspoken but well understood-the curtail­ any place, either publicly or privately, This 88th Congress takes second place to ment of Federal service and the death of the have I called Government employees, no Congress in American history in the work union movement. classified or unclassified, either ingrates it has done to bring the Federal employee It has been a Democratic Congress that or snobs. Such a statement is patently to a more nearly equal standard with the has paved the way for first-class citizenship ridiculous. worker in private industry. for you and others like you. What has been accomplished was done If we are to maintain these gains, if in In my speech to the AFGE, I narrated with the influential and effective work of fact, we are to prevent a loss of all that has that of the 592,500 U.S. postal employees, the American Federation of Government been achieved, you owe it to yourselves and approximately 400,000 belong to em­ Employees. It has been in many cases your to your country to vote and above all, to ployee organizations; but that of the informed membership, the respect held for encourage others to vote for a forward­ more than 1 million classified anc;. wage your organization by Members of Congress, looklng Government. board U.S. employees, less than 250,000 the executive branch and agencies of the For first of all you are. American citizens belong to any kind of employee orga­ Government that has made you a partner in with full rights of participation in your nization. I urged the AFGE to recruit the shaping of new laws. Yours is a dynamic Government, and citizenship carries no organization, a part of a dynamic adminis­ greater responsibility than the selection of prospective members, so as to have the tration team. The AFGE gets things done. those who will represent you well in the organized voice that postal employees Within your organization is the experience, years to come. I am a candidate for re­ have. the know-how, the day-to-day accomplish­ election to the U.S. Senate, running against At Dallas, I did, indeed, make a par­ ment that makes it •possible for the Ameri­ a Republican opponent who sows seeds of tisan political speech for the Democratic can Government to undergo a change in the distrust against the Federal Government, 1964 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE 22291 who endorses wholeheartedly the backward perienced directly by some of you here Mr. Speaker, I would like to insert in philosophy of the current National Repub­ and to be experienced by future genera­ the RECORD some rather pertinent re­ lican leadership. tions through the pages of history. Los I am a straight-ticket I)emocrat, for this marks about the Kiwi project by the edi­ has always been the party of peace, pros­ Alamos is not only a creature of and a tor of Missiles and Rockets: perity, of hope, the party of vision, and the creator of the nuclear age, but also a But last month's test marked more than party of action. And with your vote, we pioneer in the continuing development of a milestone in the program. It demonstrated shall continue the forward march in the atomic energy to meet the ever more what a determined and capable design team spirit of Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy, John­ stringent demands of military security can accomplish in the face of setbacks in son, and Humphrey. and the new requirements of the space research and development. age. True, Los Alamos is now only one The years beyond-when automated and of a number of Atomic Energy Commis­ manned spacecraft are landing on Mars, when man pushes further into space in the search sion installations, and the Government for life outside this planet-will owe a debt Los Alamos, New Mexico's Latest Contri­ shares the responsibility for nuclear de­ to the determined group who carried out bution to the Space Age velopment with private firms and re­ their own search in the western desert into search institutions. Nevertheless, the the troubles of the Kiwi project-B-4A. contribution of Los Alamos has continued EXTENSION OF REMARKS to be a unique and vital one. These are but a few of the programs at OF It was decided after World War II that the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. HON. JOSEPH M. MONTOYA the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory · Just what is the contribution of this should be kept as a permanent research laboratory to New Mexico and the Na­ OF NEW MEXICO center primarily concerned with the de­ tion? Its benefits are immeasurable. It IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES velopment of atomic weapons but also has brought to New Mexico a commu­ Wednesday, September 16, 1964 engaging in basic nuclear research. Al­ nity of more than 13,00Q persons and the though many of the original personnel Atomic Energy Commission, partly be­ Mr. MONTOYA. Mr. Speaker, on Au­ left with the ending of the war, by 1947 cause of Los Alamos. in fiscal year 1963 gust 28 a power test of the nuclear rocket the problem of scientific manpower had incurred more costs in this State than reactor Kiwi B-4A was conducted at the begun to be solved and the construction in any other. Yet the $93 million oper­ Nuclear Rocket Development Station, of more permanent facilities was in ating costs of the Los Alamos Scientific Nev., by the University of California Los progress. Clementine was a familiar Laboratory and the $184 million invested Alamos Scientific Laboratory. The test, name in Los Alamos about this time. in it are no measure of its contributfon which was a successful one, is the cul­ This fast plutonium fuel reactor was suc­ to our economy and daily living. The mination of seven previous tests-first ceeded in the mid-1950's ·by the Omega contribution of Los Alamos is one of begun in 1959. The Kiwi project has had West reactor. Another research reactor, technological strength, strength essen­ as its basic objective the development of Supo, the Los Alamos water boiler, had tial to our military security, our world basic graphite nuclear rocket technology. its startup in 1950, and during the late leadership, and the preservation of the With the completion of the Kiwi project, 1950's work was done on aqueous homo­ peace. And its promise is. of continued Los Alamos will be directing its future geneous reactors. security and leadership in a still newer nuclear rocket efforts to development of The atomic weapon activities of Los era, the space age. advanced, higher power, graphite reactor Alamos have been guarded by strict se­ technology under the project name, curity. It is only through nuclear testing Phoebus. that the public has become aware of the The industrial team of Aerojet-Gen­ advances being made in this area. On Yom Kippur eral Corp. and the Westinghouse Astro­ March 1, 1954, as part of Operation Cas­ nuclear Laboratory are continuing devel­ tle, the first hydrogen bomb was exploded, EXTENSION OF REMARKS opment of the reactor series which is and the United States became the pos­ OF being adapted from the Kiwi reactor for sessor of a superweapon whose destruc­ application to the Nerva nuclear rocket tive power is beyond the scope of our HON. EDNA F. KELLY engine. human comprehension. The role of the OF NEW YORK The nuclear rocket program-desig­ Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in de­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nated Project Rover-is a joint Atomic veloping this fusion bomb was recognized Wednesday, September 16, 1964 Energy Commission-National Aeronau­ on July 8, 1954, when President Eisen­ tics and Space Administration program hower awarded a special citation to the Mrs. KELLY. Mr. Speaker, it wou14 administered by the Space Nuclear Pro­ laboratory. be well for the world if every one of ua pulsion Office. Los Alamos' contribution to the devel­ would dwell on the purpose of the Jewish In a great sense the groundwork for opment of atomic energy is probably best observance of Yorn Kippur, taking stock, nuclear space propulsion has been laid shown by a glance at several of its pres­ on this solemn occasion, of how far we through the success of the Kiwi project. ent activities. Together with Sandia have fallen short of our proper goals and We are on the brink of witnessing a great Corp. and the Lawrence Radiation Labo­ of our solemn intentions--of how much event-the beginnings of the nuclear ratory at Livermore, Los Alamos con­ we have done that we should not have space age. We might even compare the tinues to have responsibility for the de­ done, and of how much that we should success of the Kiwi project in the space velopment of nuclear weapons required have done we have left undone. By the age with the combustible engine and its for our national security. Thus, the 1964 physical sacrifice of fasting, and of long profound effect on the motorcar industry. completion of the new Phermex electron prayers, the Jewish people on this oc­ It is altogether fitting that this revo­ accelerator and supporting facilities is casion symbolize their repentance for lutionary accomplishment in the space just one more step in the development past failures, and their intention to do age took place in Los Alamos-the Kitty of an advanced weapons arsenal. The better in the future. The spiritual mean­ Hawk of the nuclear age. And the birth­ Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory is also ing of the ceremonies and prayers of the place of the atomic bomb. participating with the Department of day is concentrated in the passage from The early story of Los Alamos is one Defense in the Vela surface-based detec­ Isaiah, always read in the synagogue of the most remarkable of all time: the tors program directed to detecting these services on Yorn Kippur: creation of a secret community, the as­ explosions through instrumented satel­ Is not this the fast that I have chosen? sembling of the cream of this Nation's lites. Satellites instnqnented by the To loose the fetters of wickedness, to undo scientific manpawer, and, less than 3 Atomic Energy Commission have already the bands of the yoke, and to let the op­ years after the first controlled nuclear been orbited by the Atlas Agena and have press go free. * * * Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry and that thou bring chain reaction, the design, construction, functioned successfully. the homeless to thy house? When thou sees1 and explosion of an atomic bomb, which But Los Alamos' role in the space age the naked, that thou cover him and that thou hastened the end of World War II and is not limited to this military program hide not thyself from thy fellow man. Then heralded the dawn·of a new era. as we have seen with the research and shall thy light break forth as the morning Yet, Los Alamos is more than a Kitty development involved with the Kiwi proj- • • • and thy righteousness shall go before Hawk, more than a dramatic episode ex- ect. thee. 22292 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE September 16 On this occasion of repentance, of nition to the new state and even went so addition, the tariff policy of the particular mourning for the dead, and of prepara­ far as to cut off its trade with Malaysia. party in power can have great effect upon the market price to be received for minerals and tion for the joys and achievements of The situation has steadily deterlorated metals, and therefore impinges directly upon the new year, my prayers are with my during the last year. In Djakarta, Pres­ the profitab111ty and feasib111ty of mining Jewish friends, and I am happy to feel ident Sukarno still calls for a policy of operations. that I too may be remembered in their confrontation against Malaysia and the The tariff policy is not the only way in prayer and worship. Indonesian Government has been ac­ which the Federal Government may affect tively supporting the guerrllla movement mining markets. After World War II many in the Borneo territories of Malaysia. minerals and metals were stockpiled, looking toward the day of another national emer­ The United States has not been as gency in which they might be needed. In The First Anniversary of Malaysia deeply involved in the dispute between the 1950's, the policy of trading surplus agri­ Indonesia and Malaysia as it has been cultural products for strategic minerals and EXTENSION OF REMARKS in others. Attorney General Robert metals began. This resulted in the creation OF Kennedy did make a trip to southeast of a second stockpile. The policy which the Asia in January of this year to try to Government follows with reference to the HON. ADAM C. POWELL mediate the dispute. And the U.S. Gov­ retention or disposition of stockpiled min­ OF NEW YORK ernment has tried to check President erals and metals is profoundly important to the marketing situation. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Sukarno's aggressiveness by refusing to The position of the Government insofar as consider new foreign aid programs for Wednesday, September 16, 1964 marketing is concerned is so predominant as Indonesia. But, for the most part, the to be able to cause rumblings at the market­ Mr. POWELL. Mr. Speaker, on Sep­ United States has deferred to Great place, even with indirect action or by the col­ tember 16 the Federation of Malaysia Britain as the principal Western power lateral affects of Government activity. For celebrates the first anniversary of its involved. instance, as you know many minerals and independent existence, and we wish to As the people of the new state of metals are stockpiled either as ore, or as low­ take this opportunity to extend warm grade material which_needs smelting or bene­ Malaysia celebrate their first anniver­ ficiation before use. In these days of peace­ felicitations to His Majesty, the Yang di­ sary on September 16, we in the United time, Government officials felt it wise to up­ Pertuan Agong; His Excellency, Prime States also honor these democratic and grade part of our national stockpile. The Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman; and His freedom-loving people. Their courage in policy was evolved of paying the processor Excellency, the Malaysian Ambassador these days of tension, their progressive in kind-in other words, with part of the to the United States, Dato Ong Yoke Lin. attitude and stanch stand against com­ product which he had refined or upgraded. The Federation of Malaysia, consist­ munism assure the continued close and This system could not cause any great dis­ ing of the former federation of Malaya amicable support of the American peo­ ruption in the market because the processor receiving the payment in kind was a person and the British territories of SingaPQre, ple. I am confident that there will be knowledgeable in the ways of the market, and North Borneo, and Sarawak, was joy­ a long and friendly relationship between therefore disposed of the material in such a ously proclaimed 1 year ago on Septem­ our two countries. manner as to leave the market relatively ber 16, 1963. The idea of a new state in unaffected. southeast Asia, called Malaysia, was first However, another Government official got proPQsed by Prime Minister Tunku Abdul the idea that he could get more people in­ Rahman in the month of May 1961. The Address Delivered to the American Mining terested in processing stockpile materials if he paid the processor in some material other proposal was well received by the British Congress Convention, September 14, than that being processed. In other words, Government which gave it its full sup­ Portland, Oreg., by the Honorable John you might pay the beneficiator of manganese port and encouragement from the very by releasing aluminum to him. This practice start. J. Rhodes, of Arizona could be dangerous to the market because it There was opposition to the creation could result in the release of stockpile ma­ terial into the hands of persons who have no of Malaysia by the Communist countries EXTENSION OF REMARKS of the world. They attacked ·it as a sin­ interest in maintaining the sta;b111ty of the OF market of that material, or do not possess ister attempt of the West to perpetuate the necessary knowledge to do so. Thus far, its special form of colonialism in south­ HON. JOHN J. RHODES the quantities so released and the time of east Asia. In Indonesia, · President OF ARIZONA release have not caused havoc in any metal Sukarno also began to speak out against IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES markets, but this policy could be dangerous Malaysia calling it a dangerous threat if it were not kept under strict surveillance Wednesday, September 16, 1964 · to his country of almost 100 million by the industry and by Government. people. Mr. RHODES of Arizona. Mr. Speak­ The actions of the Government have cer­ tainly been devastating concerning the min­ During· the following year, a serious er, under leave previously granted, I ing of our most precious metal-gold. There crisis developed between Indonesia and would like to include in the RECORD the is neither the time nor the inclination to go those who were planning the new state following transcript of an address I into all of the reasons that gold has been of Malaysia. Several attempts to settle delivered to the American Mining Con­ pegged at the price of $35 an ounce. In my the dispute by negotiation and compro­ gress Convention in Portland, Oreg., on opinion, these reasons are good and suffi­ mise failed in their main purpose. Presi­ September 14 concerning our national cient ones, and at this time I have no quar­ dent Sukarno's government announced policies as they affect the mineral indus­ rel with them. However, I do disagree with the reluctance that it . was adopting a policy of "con­ tries. of the Federal Government to do anything frontation" toward Malaysia and that The transcript follows: to encourage the mining of gold. A task the ultimate aim of this policy was to It is well for the mining industry to con­ force of the International Monetary Fund, crush the new state. sider carefully the positions of the two politi­ in a very searching analysis of the inter­ In spite of the intense opposition by cal parties which affect it. Literally, the national monetary situation, recently came Indonesia and the major Communist Federal Government is in ~ining up to its to the conclusion that the expanded velocity powers, the Soviet Union and China, the ears. To begin at t:Qe beginning, Federal law of trade in the free world will require a basic Federation of Malaysia was finally pro­ governs the manner by which discoveries medium of exchange which exceeds the avail­ are claimed in most of our land area which able gold supply, and also exceeds the level claimed on September 16, 1963. In this is mineral bearing. Then, Federal law gov­ of dollar credits which we can afford to have country the formation of the new state erns the use of the surface over mineral in the hands of other countries. The alter­ was hailed as an encouraging and signifi­ claims, and the extent of subsurface rights. natives seem to be: (1) Find a brand new cant event. The U.S. Government an­ In other words, ft controls the environment medium of exchange; (2) curtail trade in nounced that it welcomed Malaysia and in which most mining operations must be the free world; (3) increase the supply of that it looked forward to "close and carried out. Under certain conditions, Fed­ gold. cordial relations between our two eral loans are available for the discovery I think we can say without serious fear and development of mining ventures. The of contradiction that the first alternative 1s nations." operation of the mines, while mainly regu­ impracticable at the time being. We can However, regional tension was greatly lated by State law, must also be cognizant of also say that the second is unthinkable. intensified immediately following the Federal laws having to do with fair labor This leaves only the third alternative-in­ formal proclamation of Malaysia. In­ standards, labor relations, taxes, depletion creasing the supply of gold-as the means donesia did not extend diplomatic recog- allowances, and many other matters. In of keeping free world trade expanding, and 1964 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE 22293 at the same time keeping the dollar credits erly utilized, to provide the solution to these enterprise system. For instance, we pledge in the hands of foreign nations from rising needs. Along these lines, the Republican an overhaul of the entire tax structure. I to imprudent levels. platform pledges "full cooperation of all think it ts important to all industry that I have for years advocated the payment of governmental levels and private enterprise this be accomplished, and that the watch­ a subsidy for newly mined gold. This would in advancing the balanced use of the Na­ word in the new tax system be balanced be a one-time payment, would be made in tion's natural resources to provide for man's budgets, industrial expansion, job creation, legal tender, and would be charged as a gen­ multiple needs." The enactment of the and a high velocity economy. Inherent in eral expense to the Government. The gold, Wilderness Act, after many years of hear­ most of our platform is a basic reliance upon after it has been purchased and put into the ings and negotiation, occurred in this Con­ the free enterprise system to carry the major gold reserve, would assume the value of $35 gress. In its first forms, the wilderness share of the load of our economic endeav­ per ounce. Gold sold out of the gold reserve bill was inimical to the multiple-use con­ ors--etther alone or in partnership with Gov­ would be sold at that price. cept. Over the years, opponents and pro­ ernment. Equally inherent in the platform I have heard estimates as to the increase ponents of wilderness legislation were able to is the idea of smaller government and bigger in the output of gold which would result conduct full discussions, and with the help people. This platform returns to the con­ from such a plan. If the estimates are cor­ of the able staffs of the Interior and Insular cept that the Government should do only rect, the increase in the domestic gold pro­ Committees of the House and Senate, were those things for the people which the peo­ duction would be spectacular. I can think able to evolve a bill and a program witb ple cannot do at all, or as well, for them­ of no better way to aid the mining industry, which other users of the public lands can selves. This is a hard-hitting platform, and and also to help solve one of our knottier live. Had it not been for the strength of the one which in my opinion places the Repub­ problems of domestic and international multiple-use concept, and the devotion which lican Party in the mainstream of American finance. many people feel toward it, this piece of leg­ thinking in this year of 1964. I commend Government can also be helpful to the islation either would have been passed pre­ it to you for your reading, and solicit your mining industry. It can be helpful in con­ maturely, or not passed at all. In my opin­ support for its principles. tinued research aimed at more efftcient ion, the Wilderness Act owes its very ex­ methods of discovery and development of istence to the fact that it now is in a form mineral resources. Research into mine which ts not radically contradictory to the safety and the physical risks involved in multiple-use concept. mining have been and will continue to be I had previously mentioned the importance My Talks With the Presidential Giants helpful both to the mine operator and the of the Government in the areas of price sta­ miner himself. By continuing a reasonable bility. It is certainly important to the min­ EXTENSION OF REMARKS ing industry to know the policy of either depletion allowance, as the Republican plat­ OJ' form pledges to do, we can continue to help political party with regard to the mainte­ . our mining industry to show a reasonable nance and/or disposition of the national HON. EUGENE SILER profit, and to spend the necessary money for stockpile. A penchant to turn the stockpile exploration and development to insure an into quick cash, could certainly be danger­ OF KENTUCKY adequate supply of minerals and metals for ous to the markets. On the other hand, ab­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES solute refusal to allow some flexibility in the future generations. Wednesday, September 16, 1964 The technology of mining and processing level of the stockpile would be shortsighted. of mineral products has advanced so rapidly Flexibility should never become market Mr. SILER. Mr. Speaker, this week I in the last several years that ore bodies management, as this would really put pro­ forwarded to the newspapers in my con­ which were formerly hardly worth mention­ ducers at the mercy of the Government, but gressional district an article written by ing are now extremely valuable. Many of some action taken in emergencies to level me· on the subject of my talks with the those bodies were claimed by companies or the more acute peaks and valleys of supply individuals some years ago, and the claims and demand should be beneficial. presidential giants-Washington, Lin­ were patented under the prudent man In my opinion, the mining industry should coln, and Jefferson. It has occurred to theory. At the time of patent, those claims always try to make sure that an administra­ me that this article might be of general were not commercially feasible. However, tion ls in power which realizes the inherent interest to some people outside my con­ the foresight and ingenuity of the mining dangers in improper management of the gressional district and accordingly I am industry led the persons who patented the stockpile, and is dedicated to the principle now inserting it in the CONGRESSIONAL claims to believe that some time in the fu­ that the stockpile wm never be used in such RECORD. The article is as follows: ture the time, trouble, and money expended a manner as to hurt free enterprise or dam­ in perfecting their patents would become age our free mining industry. It should The Washington skyline along the Potomac a good investment. recognize that the primary purpose of the River is dominated by three memorials There ts every reason to believe that ad­ stockpile--to provide for the national de­ erected to presidential giants who led our vances in mining technology Will occur fense--carries with it a secondary responsi­ Nation in other years. These memorials are which wm be at least comparable to those bility. That responsibility is to use the for Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson. we have already made. Yet under the De­ stockpile in such a way as to provide for the But what a mookery that we cease to fol­ partment of the Interior's present criterion, maximum benefit to all our citizens and to low their counsel in these times. Memorials many ore bodies which wm be commercially the free enterprise system are for memories. Yet we remember only valuable in the future could not now be I have also mentioned that the tariff poli­ their names, not their precepts. patented. I recognize the reasons for the cy of any administration ls important to I go out to the long shadow of Wash­ - change in the policy of the Department, and the mining industry. The U.S. Tariff ington's tapering spire that reaches 555 feet some of them are valid. Certainly, our land Commission has recently held exhaustive toward the clouds. "General," I say to his policy should always guard against fake and hearings in an attempt to determine the imagined presence, "You wrapped us in frivolous mining claims. However, the rec­ probable effect on domestic industry of the swaddling clothes and gave us a healthy ord of the mining industry in taking nothing inclusion of certain products in the list to start. Now look. We number over 180 mil­ and turning it into something makes me feel be discussed in the Kennedy round of GATI' lion and our stars have grown from 13 to that the Government owes to this industry talks. As yet, no recommendations have been 50. Do you have any comment?" the trust and confidence which is inherent made. In Geneva, no additions or deletions "Why yes, Congressman, I do. You must in the prudent man test for patenting claims. from the public list of commodities which recall that I once gave a farewell address in In other words, your record ts good enough might form the subject of the Kennedy which I told the people to beware of entan­ that in my opinion government should say round have been made. While I have no gling foreign alllances. But, among other en­ to you, "If you are willing to risk your time desire to be unduly political, it ls widely tanglements, our country has been engaged and money in perfecting a pwtent, we are opined in Washington that the main reason in some kind of a Vietnam conflict for the willtng to ,give you the same type of break these decisions have not been made public past 10 years. This has already cost $3 bil­ which we have given you in the past." Along concerns the proximity of the elections, both lion and hundreds of American casualties. these lines, you will note that the Repub­ in Great Britain and in the United States. Vietnam ls nearly 7,000 miles away. It ls lican platform of 1964 contains a pledge for Strong cases were made for fiexible im­ very foreign and we are very much en­ "continuing review of public land laws and port quotas for lead and zinc, for retention tangled. We must be off our rocker to do policies to secure maximum opportunity for of the present copper tariff, and for other such things." The General fades away with all beneficial uses of the public lands; in­ applications of tariff and quota policies to heavy sorrow and I move on over to the cluding the development of mineral re­ other minerals and metals. The facts needed Lincoln Memorial hard by the Potomac. sources." for making a decision are certainly in the Mr. Lincoln is lonely and brooding sitting The multiple-use concept of public lands hands of the U.S. Tariff Commission, and I there in his large chair. Knowing he came has been evolved through the years as the for one do not feel that it is asking too much from Kentucky soil and the plain people of best means of providing maximum utiliza­ to request that it proceed posthaste to leit us his time, I am not backward about accost­ tion of one of our great public treasures for know the recommendations it will make to ing his spirit that seems to be neither earth­ the best interests of all our people--in this the President. bound nor tonguetied. "Well, Emancipator, generation and in future generations. It There are many portions of the Republi­ it must be a great feeling to know that you recognizes not only the needs of our citizens, can platform dealing indirectly with mining, preserved. the Union and took your place but the versatility of our public lands, prop- as they deal with all the segments of our free among our country's immortals." 22294 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE September 17 He replies, "You said a mouthful about Democratic Party, "it must be quite a satis­ that is never in balance; it has a Federal debt preserving the Union, but have you forgot­ faction to you to realize you started the very of more than $300 billion that no one plans ten about my statement calling on Americans political party that now controls the White to reduce. Do you think I could sleep if I not to violate the laws, to have full reverence House, the Senate, and the House of Repre­ were still living at Monticello? Why, I always for law and order, never to redress any sentatives. Have you any misgivings about would be taking 10 aspirins daily and 2 tran­ grievance by mob action? Yet riots this year the whole business in this election year of quilizers every night. Congressman, you are in Harlem, Philadelphia, Rochester, and 1964?" a Republican and I am a Democrat. But we other places have cost 5 lives, nearly 1,000 "Well, Congressman SILER, you are a Re­ see many things very much alike. If you injuries, and more than $6 million in prop­ publican from the mountains of Kentucky. were running this year, I think I would vote erty damages. And these terrible acts have But you and many others have often quoted for you. And, if I were running, I think you been done by some of the very people for me as saying that the Government that gov­ would vote for me." whom I gave my life." So spoke the Great erns the least governs the best. I believe it "Of course, Mr. Jefferson, you bet your Emancipator and I have never seen such then and still believe it now. Yet right here boots I would. But not for bigger, bigger, sadness and disappointment in a human face. are the plain figures-more than 2 million And now I cross the Tidal Basin to find out people are working for the Federal Govern­ bigger government." what is on the mind of Thomas Jefferson. ment; it has more bureaus than ever before; Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, America's And right there stands Mr. Jefferson, a fine it is meddling in more things, clear out to great trio. While we hail them, we do not figure of a man, if I ever saw one. "Hello, the heads of the hollows, than ever in his­ heed them. And that is a very poor memorial Mr. Jefferson," I greet the founder of the tory; it has a Federal budget of $98 billion indeed.

LIMITATION OF DEBATE DURING views. will be printed as a Senate docu­ SENATE MORNING HOUR ment to the same extent and number as the report on the bill itself has previ­ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1964 On request by Mr. INOUYE, and by ously been printed? unanimous consent, statements during The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. The Senate met at 11 o'clock a.m., the morning hour were ordered limited BARTLETT in the chair) . The views of and was called to order by the President to 3 minutes. pro tempore. the Senator from California will be Rev. Edward B. Lewis, pastor, Capitol printed as a Senate report and will con­ Hill Methodist Church, offered the fol­ EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATION stitute part II of that report. lowing prayer: Mr. KUCHEL. And the number of The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid be­ copies of that part II will be the same Eternal God, our Heavenly Father, fore the Senate a letter from the Acting as the number of copies of the original? make us aware of the fact of Thy pres­ Assistant Secretary for Congressional The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ence at all times in our midst, especially Relations, Department of State, trans­ Senator is correct. in the sanctuaries of our hearts. mitting, for the information of the Sen­ Mr. KUCHEL. I thank the Chair. For the President of these United ate, a copy of a decree (and translation The PRESIDING OFFICER. The in­ States and the elected servants of this thereof) in homage to the 188th anniver­ dividual views of the Senator from Cali­ body, we pray during these moments. sary of American independence issued fornia will be received and printed. We also pray for the citizens of this great on July 2, 1964, by the President of the Nation. Help us all, O God, without Argentine National Senate, and a resolu­ whom we are lost. tion passed on the same date by the Ar­ BILL INTRODUCED We need not summon Thee to be with gentine Senate in support of the decree, A bill was introduced, read the first us, for Thou art here. Rather, we pray, which, with the accompanying papers, time, and, by unanimous consent, the open Thou our eyes of faith, that we may was referred to the Committee on For­ second time, and referred as follows: be guided by light, even in darkness. eign Relations. By Mr. CASE: Unstop our ears, to hear great calls of S. 3197. A bill to amend title 23 of the life from God and mankind. Make our United States Code to increase the total minds sensitive, and our hearts submis­ PETITION mileage of the National System of Inter­ sive, for present-day needs and chal­ The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid be­ state and Defense Highways; to the Com­ lenges. mittee on Public Works. fore the Senate a resolution adopted by (See the remarks of Mr. CASE when he in­ On this anniversary day of the rati­ the Common Council of the City of Buf­ troduced the above bill, which appear under fication of our Constitution, we pray for falo, N.Y., protesting against any attempt a separate heading.) Thy continued guidance of great leaders. to thwart the Supreme Court decision Guide our courts, as they interpret the relating to legislative apportionment, Constitution; enlighten our leaders, as which was referred to the Committee on INCREASED MILEAGE FOR NATION­ they guard it and debate it; give the peo­ the Judiciary. AL SYSTEM OF INTERSTATE ple a deep appreciation of it, so as to act HIGHWAYS and live in such a way that they will deserve its freedom. THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, Mr. CASE. Mr. President, I intro­ We pray in the name and spirit of AND MAINTENANCE OF CENTRAL duce, for appropriate reference, a bill Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. ARIZONA PROJECT-INDIVIDUAL to amend title 23 of the United States Code to increase the total mileage of VIEWS (PART 2 OF S. REPT. NO. the National System of Interstate High­ THE JOURNAL 1330) ways from 41,000 to 50,000 miles. On request by Mr. INOUYE, and by Mr. KUCHEL. Mr. President, I send Tne completed por.tions of the Inter­ unanimous consent, the reading of the to the desk my individual views on S. staite System have already produced nu­ Journal of the proceedings of Wednes­ 1658, authorizing the construction, op­ merous benefits to the public, including day, September 16, 1964, was dispensed eration, .and maintenance of the cen­ great savings in traveling time. And the with. tral Ari~ona project. My views are in completion of the entire authorized pro­ vigorous opposition to S. 1658. · gram can be expected to produce addi­ Earlier, on August 6, at page 17853, tional benefits. But the increasing MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT­ the Senate received a report on the bill. growth of our population and the in­ WITHDRAWAL OF NOMINATION Consent was asked for and obtained that crease in motor vehicle use make it ad­ A message in writing from the Presi­ the report be printed together with such visable that the Interstate System be dent of the United States, withdrawing additional or individual views as would expanded from its presently authorized the nomination of Charles E. Casey, of be subsequently filed. I now file my 41,000 miles. California, to be a member of the Board views. Even now, the Federal Bureau of Pub­ of Parole, was communicated to the Sen­ I ask the Chair to advise me. lic Roads has requests from various ate by Mr. Ratchford, one of his secre­ Is the Senator from California correct States, including New Jersey, for an ad­ taries. in his understanding that his individual ditional 20,000 miles of highway, over