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Mr. R,u:GLE, Mr. RISENHOOVER, Mr. H. Bes. 811. Resolution to condemn the bers of th& U.S. Armed Forces missing in ac­ RoBDIBON', Mr. RoGERS, Mr. RoN• United Nations Third Committee reSolution tion and confined as prisoners of war in OAL10, ML RoONEY, Mlr. RosENTHAL, equating Zionism with racism; to the Com­ Southeast Asia and of all American civilian Mit'. Ros'I'ENKOWSKr. Mr. RoUSH, Mr. mittee on International Relations. personnel who are listed as missing in RoYBAL, Mr. RuPPE, Mr. Russo, Mr. By Mr. O'NEILL (for himself, Mr. Southeast Asia and should, upon his return RTAM, M!'. &NTINI, Mr. 8ARASIN, and MYERS of Indiana, Mr. NEDZI, Mr. to the United States, report back to the Mrs. 8cHROEDBJt) : OBEBsTAR, Mr. OBEY, Mr. OTTINGER, Congress on the results or his request; to the H. Bes. 808. Reeolution to condemn tiut Mr. PATTISON of New York, Mr. Committee on International Relations. United Nations Third OOnunittee reSOlution PRICE, Mr. REUSS, Mr. RICHMOND, equa.tlng ZioDi&m with racism; to the COm­ Mr. RODINO, Mr. ROUSSELOT, Mr. mittee on International Relations. SARBANES, Mr. STAGGERS, Mr. JAMES By Mr. O'NEILL (for himself, Mr. V. STANTON, Mr. STRATTON, Mrs. SUL­ MEMORIALS LIVAN, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. CHARLES SEBELIUS. Mlr. SEIBERLING, Mr. XXII, SHARP, Mr. SHIPLEY, Mr. SHRIVER, WILSON of Texas, and Mr. YATES) : Under clause 4 of rule memorials Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. SIMON, Mr. SKu­ H. Res. 812. Resolution to condemn the were presented and referred as follows: BI'l'Z, Mr. SLACK, Mr. SMrrH Of Iowa, United Nations Third Committee resolution 272.. By the SPEAKER: Memorial of the Mr. SNYDER, Ms. SPELLMAN, Mr. equating Zionism with racism; to the Com­ Legislature of the Territory of Guam, rela­ STARK, Mr. STEED, Mr. STEELMAN, Mr. mittee on International Relations. tive to inspection of the military facUlties STEIGER of Wisconsin, Mr. STOKES, By Mr. O'NEILL (for himself, Ms. in Guam; to the Committee on Armed Serv­ Mr. STUDDS, Mr. SYMINGTON, Mr. .ABZUG, Mr. AMBRO, Mr. ANDERSON of ices. TALCO'l"l', Mr. TAYLOR of North Caro­ California, Mr. ANNUNZIO, Mr. AsH­ 273. Also, memorial of the Legislature of llna,Mr.THOMPSON,Mr.THONE,and BROOK, Mr. BAUMAN, Mr. BEARD Of the Territory of Guam, relative to home rula Mr. TRAXLER) : TENNESSEE, Mr. BoLAND, Mr. BRnWN for the people of Guam; to the Committee on H. Res. 809. Resolution to condemn the of Michigan, Mr. BRowN of Califor­ Interior and Insular Affairs. United Nations Third Committee resolution nia, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. CEDERBERG, eqwWI.ng Zionism with racism; to the- Com­ Mr. CLAY, Mr. COTTER, Ml'. DRINAN, mittee on International Relations. Mr. EARLY, Mr. ElLBERG, Mr. FASCELL, By Mr. O'NEILL (for himself, Mr. Ms. FENWICK, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. FORD PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS UDALL, Mr. ULLMAN, Mr. VAN DEER· of Michigan, Mr. FoRSYTHE, Mr. GIL- Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private LIN, Mr. VANDER JAGT, Mr. VANDER 1\tAN, and Mr. GRADISON): VEEN, Mr. VANIX, Mr. WAGGONNER, H. Res. 813. Resolution to condemn the bills and resolutions were introduced and Mr. WAMPLER, Mr. WEAVER, Mr. United Nations Third Committee resolution severally referred as follows: WHrl:E. Mr. WHITEHURST, Mr. W:arr­ equating Zionism with racism; to the Com­ By Mr. MOAKLEY: TEN, Mr. WIGGINS, Mr. BOB WILSON, mittee on International Relations. H.R. 10340. A bill for the relief of Irving M. Mr. WmTH, Mr. WoLFF, Mr. WYDLER, By Mr. O'NEILL (for himself, Mr. Sobin Co., Inc., and/or Irving M. Soben Mr. YATRON, Mr. YOUNG of Georgia, RINALDO, Mr. MO'ITL, Mr. ZEFERETTI, Chemical Co., Inc., and/or Sobin Chemicals, Mr. YOUNG Of Florida, Mr. ZABLOCKI, Mr. MOSHER, Mr. SCHEUER, Mr. Inc., and/or Daniel E. Hicks (Inc.); to the Mr. DOWNEY of New York, Mr. LIT­ BEARD of Rhode Island, Mr. HANLEY, Committee on the Judiciary. TON, and Mr. SoLARZ) : Mr. BENITEZ, Mr. DENT, Mr. HOLLAND, By Mr. OBERSTAR: H. Res. 810. Resolution to condemn the Mr. PREYER, Mr. JoNEs of Tennessee, H.R. 10341. A bill for the relief of Herman United Nations Third Committee resolution Mr. MILFoRD, Mr. NEAL, Mr. HUGHES, R. Klun and Helen Klun; to the Committee equating Zionism with racism; to the Com­ Mr. EDGAR, Mr. DUNCAN of Oregon, on the Judiciary. mittee on International Relations. Mr. DOWNING of Virginia, Mr. COR­ By Mr. RUNNELS: By Mr. O'NEILL (for himself, Mr. MAN, Ms. MEYNER, and Mr. ST GER­ H.R. 10342. A bill for the relief of Aida J. GREEN, Mr. HALL, Mr. HAYs of Ohio, MAIN): Wild; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Ms. HOLT, Ms. HOLTZMAN, Mr. HUTCH• H. Res. 814. Resolution to condemn the I.NSON, Mr. JoHNsoN of California, United Nations Third Committee resolution Ms. JORDAN, Mr. KASTENMEIER, Mr. equating Zionism with racism; to the Com­ KEMP, Mr. KOCH, Mr. LAGOMARSINO, mittee on International Relations. PETITIONS, ETC. By Mr. GILMAN: Mr. LEGGETT, Mr. LEHMAN, Mr. LEVI­ Under clause 1 of rule TAB, Mr. McCLORY, Mr. MCKAY, Mr. H. Res. 815. Resolution to express the sense xxn, MACDONALD of Massachusetts, Mr. of the House of Representatives that the 270. The SPEAKER presented a petition of MNl'sUNAGA, Mr. MEEDS, Mr. MrrCH• President should, upon visiting the People's Bud Freeman, Lindsay, Okla., and others, ELL of Maryland, Mr. MOAKLEY, Mr. Republic of China, request the appropriate relative to Federal automobile and truck MURPHY of New York, and Mr. Chinese officials use their good offices to ob­ standards, which was referred to the Com· MURPHY of fllinois) : tain a full and complete accounting of mem- mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS THE U.N. AND RACISM instrumental in satisfying historic yearnings ture requires total disregard and disrespect for a Jewish homeland by partitioning the for the value o! established precedent in U.N. little Mideast land of Palestine into Jewish deliberations. and Arab states in 1948. If a U.N. majority can repeal its own HON. HARRY F. BYRD, JR. The horrible sut!ering European Jews ex­ rationale for Israel's existence today, it can OF VmGINIA perienced during World War II under the rewrite its Universal Declaration of Human. odious "master race" dogma of German dic­ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES Rights to legalize slavery tomorrow. tator Adolf Hitler was a major factor in a Maybe it is too much to expect of a Wednesday, October 22, 1975 U.N. majority's acceding to the creation of U.N. that is now dominated by callous dicta­ Mr. HARRY F. BYRD, JR. Mr. Presi­ Israel. Jews also had encountered persecution tors of the left and right to have any respect in other lands as they sought to retain their for precedent, history or tradition, let alone dent, to my colleagues in the Congress, sense of religious identity. I commend an editorial from the Rich­ for elementary human decency. After all, an Now, a committee representing the full assembly that can wildly cheer for a presi­ mond Times-Dispatch of Tuesday, Octo­ membership of the "new" U.N.-a U.N. whose dent who feeds his political opponents to ber 21, 1975. ranks have been swollen by admission of the crocodiles (Idi Amin of Uganda) or for a It is captioned "The U.N. and Racism." many nations that did not even exist in guntoting guerrilla who masterminds the I ask unanimous consent that this edi· 1948-has turned around and declared that muTd.ers of Olympic athletes (Yasir Arafat) torial be printed in the RECORD. those who have aspired for the creation of a could hardly be expected to shed a tear if There being no objection, the editorial Jewish homeland are themselves racists. Israel's three million people were all shoved Zionism, the movement favoring a Jewish into gas ovens tomorrow. was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, nation, "is a form of racism and racial dis­ as follows: Nevertheless, what U.S. delegate Leonard crimination," decreed the august commit­ Garment said, needed saying badly: [From the Richmond Times-Dispatch, tee, by a vote that wasn't even close. "Under the guise of a program to eliminate Oct. 21, 1975] It is not surprising, although it is regret­ racism the United Nations is at the point of THE U.N. AND RACISM table, that the Arab nations which originally officially endorsing anti-Semitism, one of the The United Nations has made a 180-degree opposed setting aside a portion of Palestine oldest and most virulent forms of racism turn on the question of Israel. for Jews would take this position. However, known to human history . . . this is an ob­ It was, of course, a young U.N. that was for other U.N. members to assume this pos- scene act." EXTENSIONS-OF REMARKS .,. O.c.,tob~~ 22,. 1975 .

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Act of 1975, passed early in the year, in addi­ ported out H.R. 7887, which would cut wait­ ~mployed or underemployed as· a result of tion to providing for tax rebates, established ing time for food stamps. adverse economic conditions became law the important principle of declining tax ll.C.4. Education: Hearings began July earlier in the year. benefits relative to increasing income. Also, 24th before the Postsecondary Education ID.I. Martin Luther King Birthday Na­ the oil depletion allowance was greatly lim­ Subcommittee of the House Educatton tional Holiday: Two days of hearings were ited, as called for in the Legislative Agenda. and Labor Committee on renewal of the held during the week of September 8th on The House Ways and Means Committee be­ Higher Education Act. Hearings have been legislative proposals to designate the birth­ gan hearings on major tax reform legisla­ completed on the Student Financial Aid Act. day of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., tion in the Spring, and in September began Caucus members are actively opposing at­ as a national holiday. Hearings were before adopting reform proposals, including elim­ tempts to dilute allocation formulas and to the Census and Population Subcommittee ination of a number of "tax shelters" andes­ llmlt affirmative action requirements. Hear­ of the House Post Office and Civil Service tablishing a minimum tax. The tax reform ings have also been held on extension of the Committee. package will come to the House floor later Vocational Education Act. The Education ID.J.l. Rape Prevention and Control: A this year. for All Handicapped Children blll has passed program for rape prevention and control. - II.A.3. Budget and Appropriations. The both the House and the Senate. the subject of a Caucus endorsed blll, was Caucus voiced major concern in a public m.A. ChUd Care: Hearings on child care included as a section of the Health Revenue statement in May 1975 on the House Budget legislation concluded July 15th before the Sharing Act, which was enacted into law Resolution which set as a goal, an unemploy­ House Subcommittee on Select Education of over presidential veto on July 29, 1975. ment rate of 7.4 per cent by the end of June the Education and Labor Committee. The 1976. The Caucus felt that Congress was hearings were held jointly With the Senate buckling under to the President's preoccupa­ Labor and Public Welfare Committee. tion with deficit levels. The narrow margin III.B.l. Voting Representation for the Dis­ by which the Budget Resolution passed (200- trict of Columbia: Hearings before the House PHILIP BASKIN HONORED FOR 196) provides impetus for making the second Judiciary Committee's Civil and Constitu­ EFFORTS Budget Resolution, scheduled for committee tional Rights- Subcommittee began in the markup In October, more responsive to na­ Spring on H.J. Res. 280, which would pro­ tional needs. Caucus members have taken vide for two United States Senators and the the lead in increasing appropriations for a number of voting Members of the House of BON. JOSEPH M. GAYDOS number of social programs. such as for the Representatives to which the District of OF PENNSYLVANXA Community Services Administration (form­ Columbia is entitled based on population. erly OEO) and education program funds. There are over 120 co-sponsors of the blll. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES II.B.l. Voting Rights Act of 1965: On Au­ Ill.B.3. Amnesty: Hearings on the subject Wednesday, October 22, 1975 gust 6, 1975, the President signed Into law of amnesty of those who have refused to pE'r• a seven-year extension of the historic Vot­ form mtlltary service have been taking place Mr. GAYDOS. Mr. Speaker, recently I ing Rights Act of 1965. In addition to con­ before the Subcommittee on Courts, CIVil had the pleasure of attending a testi­ tinuing coverage In the mostly southern Liberties and the Administration of Justice monial dinner honoring one of the most states a.trected by the law preViously, the new of the House Judiciary Committee. prominent legal and civic leaders in the law expands protections to many Spanish­ II.C.1. Gun Control: Over 100 btlls to lim· Pittsburgh area-Mr. Philip Baskin. speaking and other minorities. The Caucus lt the sale. transfer and possession of fi~­ The occasion was the 25th anniversary took an active role In building support across arms have been introduced In the House. the country for the blll's passage in the of the State of Israel bond campaign Hearings, which took place across the coun­ and Mr. Baskin was singled out for pub­ House and Senate. The House passed the try in the Spring before the Judiciary Com• Voting Rights Act extension June 4th by a mittee's Crime Subcommittee, are continuing lic recognition because of his "exemplary margin of 341-70, and the Senate passed this Pall. efforts" on behalf of the Jewish and· the bill July 24th by a vote of 77-12. Many m.D.l. Antitrust: A btll to amend the general communities in southwestern Members previously unsympathetic to the Sherman Antitrust Act to remove the exemp• PennSylvania. law but direct beneficiaries of the votes lt tion for state fair trade laws passed the The guest list was indicative of the es­ provides voted for the extension. House of Representatives by a vote of 380-11 teem in which Mr. Baskin is held: u.S. II.B.2. Universal Voter Registration: A biD on July 21, 1975. The bill is presently pend­ which proVides for simplified registration by Senators HENRY M. JACKSON and ing before the Senate Judiciary's Subcom­ RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Congressman postcard, H.R. 1686, has been reported out of mittee on Antitrust and Monopoly. the Elections Committee of the House Ad­ m.D.3. Commodity Price Marking and Con· WILLIAM S. MOORH:::AD, Gov. Millton S. ministration Committee and is presently sumer Protection Agency: A blll to require Shapp, Allegheny County Commissioner pending before the full committee. price marking on individual commodity items Leonard C. Staisey, Pittsburgh City II.C.l. General Revenue Sharing: Legisla­ is pending before the Consumer Protection Councilman Louis Mason. tive hearings begin in late September before Subcommittee of House Interstate and For­ Rabbi Aaron B. nson of Temple Sinai; the Intergovernmental Relations Subcom­ eign Commerce. The blll to establish a Con­ Mr. Herman Fineberg, chairman of the mittee of the Government Operations Com­ sumer Protection Agency has been reported mittee on proposals to extend the general anniversary dinner; Saul Elinoff and out by the House Government Operations Harry J. Wagner, cochairman of the 1975 revenue sharing program. A number of House Committee and Will come before the full and Senate committees have held oversight House shortly. Israel bond campaign; Mrs. Mark E. hearings on the program earlier in the year. m.E.l. Rhodesta.n Chrome: The Caucus Mason, chairman of the women's divi­ The House Judiciary Committee's Civil and has strongly supported legislation to repeal sion; Joseph M. Katz, cochairman of the Constitutional Rights Subcommittee Will the Byrd Amendment, which authorizes the dinner; Harold Gondelman, associate -hold hearings in early October on civil rights President to Import chrome from Rhodesia chairman of the bond campaign; Rabbi aspects of revenue sharing. The caucus has in disregard of United Nations sanctions. Morris A. Landes of Adath Jeshw·un continued to raise critical questions regard­ That bill, H.R. 1287, has been reported out congregation and Mrs. Samuel Sherman. ing the value of general revenue sharing for of the International Relations Committee minorities and the poor. and will reach the House floor shortly. The selection of Mr. Baskin as the II.C.2. Health Care: A number of major m.E.3. African Development Funding Act: honoree for this occasion was not a coin­ bills have been introduced in the 94th Con­ Hearings on legislative proposals provide for cidence. As Mr. Fineberg so aptly stated: gress, as in earlier Congresses, to establish a U.S. membership In and contributions to the I can think of no one more deserving of system of national health insurance. How­ African Development Fund are taking place_ this honor than Phil Baskin nor a more fit­ ever, the Congress has failed to move aggres­ before the Subcommittee on International ting time to honor him for his wonderful sively forward to pass such legislation. The Development Institutions and Finance of the service for Israel than at this salute to the first hearings on that topic this session Will House Banking, Currency and Housing Com­ silver anniversary of Israel bonds ••• begin this Fall before the Health Subcom­ mittee. mittee of the Ways and Means Committee. Ill.F.6. Hatch Act Reform: The Federal Mr. Baskin's interests, activities, and n.c.3. Social Insurance: No major pro­ Employees' Political ActiVities Act, which associations throughout the Pittsburgh posals for reform of the welfare system have permits federal government employees to area attest to this richly deserved award. moved forward in Congress. Early In the year. participate in partisan election campaigns A partner in one of the leading law an Administration attempt to increase the has been reported out of the House Post Of­ firms in the city-Baskin, Boreman, Wil­ cost of food stamps was soundly defeated. fice and Civil Service Committee and will ner, Sachs, Gondelman & Craig-Mr. Hearings and debate on the food stamp pro­ reach the House floor shortly. Baskin has practiced in all county courts, gram continue. Legislation to cut back on ni.H.l. Llmlted Moratorium on Repay­ the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. the the food stamp program (S. 1993) has been ment of Home Loans: The Emergency Home­ u.s. district, circuit, tax .and Supreme introduced, while proponents of the program owners' Relief Act, providing temporary as­ Courts. He is a member of the Allegheny seek to strengthen and extend its benefits. sistance to help defray mortgage payments County, Pa. and American Bar Associa­ The House Agriculture Committee has re- on homes owned by persons temporarily un- tions. 3'3727 October ~' 1975 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS that considerable time and effort were ex­ The net effect of these pleading requirements As a civic leader, he has served on the pended in the preparation of the document. is to discourage or preclude domestic com­ Board of the Civic Arena Auditorium In at least two important respects, however, panies from obtaining relief from unfair for­ Authority almost continuously since 1962 I believe the tentative rules do not refiect eign competition. and also is on the board of the Pittsburgh the intent of Congress. First, the pleading The second area of serious concern involves Zoological Society, the Civic Light Opera requirements set forth in Section 153.27 are Treasury's proposal relating to modification Association, Carnegie Library, and the so extensive and difficult to satisfy that they or revocation of dumping findings. Regula­ will serve to inhibit or actually prevent some tions now in effect allow the Secretary to Carnegie Institute. He was an assistant terminate a dumping order only if certain solicitor in Allegheny County's Law De­ exercising their rights under the Antidump­ ing statute. Second, the lack of any mean­ conditions are met, including the passage of partment from 1953 to 1958 and later ingful safeguard in the pt•oposed rule gov­ a "substantial period of time" following served as special counsel through 1960. erning revocation of dumping findings con­ entry of the order. The proposed regulation Also, from 1961 to 1969, Mr. Baskin was tained in Section 153.44 presents a serious would permit revocation or modlfication of a member of Pittsburgh City Council, threat to the future efficacy of the Anti­ any finding upon request provided the appli­ serving as finance chairman. dumping law. cant (1) had refrained from dumping for His dedication on behalf of the Jewish With respect to pleading, the regulations two years and (2) offered assurances be community is most meritorious. On two propose to greatly expand and formalize its would not dump in the future. Adoption of occasions he has set·ved as Pittsburgh requirements. For example, this is seen in this regulation would merely codify an ill­ the changes regarding price information. advised policy already being followed. chairman for the Israel bond campaign. Under the regulations currently in effect, One of the cases in wbich the new pro­ He is active in numerous Jewish organi­ the Department requires the complainant to cedure was applied involved the American zations and presently is chairman of the provide "to the extent feasible ... such de­ pig iron industry (Quebec Iron and Titanium Pittsburgh Board of Governors of Israel tailed data as are available with respect to Corporation). On two separate occasions in Bonds and a board member of Pittsburgh values and prices.... " The proposal, in con­ recent years the industry successfully Histadrut, and the Pittsburgh American trast, has the effect of shifting the prima1·y brought actions against dumped imports Jewish Community. His advice on Israel's responsibility for monitoring and inves­ from abroad. In each case, the Tariff Commis­ economic situation has been sought by tigating dumping practices from the Trea.s• sion found injury and the Tre.asury Depart­ ury Department to the private sector. This ment entered a dumping finding. Two years the highest leaders of that nation, in­ proposed transfer is in complete contradic­ later the Department announced its inten­ cluding Prime Ministers David Ben­ tion to promises made by the Department tion to revoke the existing order insofar as Gurion, Golda Meir, and Yitzhak Rabin. to COngress in the past. In the Customs it pertained to Quebec Iron. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Baskin has been the Simplification Act of 1956, for example, Con­ I can sympathize with what I trust is the recipient of many awards during an il­ gress ordered the Secretary to recommend Department's motivation, i.e., to prevent lustrious career but I know this recent any amendments to the Antidumping Act dumping orders from remaining in effect tribute, paid him by his friends, will be which he considered necessary to provide for long after they serve .any legitimate pur­ pose. It is my understanding that in the his most memorable. greater certainty, speed and efficiency in the enforcement of the statute. past such orders sometimes remained in Treasury did indeed adopt a new form effect for decades. I agree that a mechanism which would require information needed to must be available to prevent such occur­ monitor dumping. However, the form ap­ rences. On the other hand, it must be recog­ plied only to articles subject to ad valorem nized that the two conditions or safeguards TREASURY DEPARTMENT'S PRO­ duties and not to duty free items or items on which revocation or modification is predi­ POSED REGULATIONS TO IMPLE­ covered by specific rate tariffs. Even more cated in the proposed rule, namely no dump­ MENT ANTI-DUMPING PROVI­ unfort'lmate, I am advised that the price re­ ing for two years and assurances of no SIONS porting requirements are not vigorously en­ further dumping, are, in fact, illusory. Once forced even when the form is applicable. The a dumping order is entered, no rational per­ proposed regulations would complete the son will engage in dumping for one very gradual shift of the investigatory and evid­ practical reason: any price advantage real­ HON. HENRY J. NOWAK entiary burden from the Department to the ized by dumping will be negated by the OF NEW YORK complainant. assessment of special dumping duties. (Of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Perhaps a few of the giant multi-national course a durnaping finding does not set the corporations, with offices abroad and large amount of dumping duties for future impor­ Wednesday, October 22, 1975 supportive staffs at home, will possess the tations. Rather, the Bureau of Customs com­ Mr. NOWAK. Mr. Speaker, I have capability to secure such information and pares the U.S. price of the import with the some serious concerns about the Treas­ assemble it in the form required by Treasury. foreign home market price for each ship­ ury Department's proposed regulations Certainly the small and medium size com­ ment. If the U.S. price is lower, a special panies cannot furnish this data without dumping duty is assessed equal to the dif­ designed to imPlement the anti-dump­ spending huge sums for overseas investiga­ ferential.) Thus, the .absence of dumping ing provisions of the Trade Reform Act tions and other assistance. Most firms sim­ following entry of an order can in no way of 1974. ply do not have the financial resources to pay be construed as an indication that the im­ With our high unemployment rate and for such services. The net result is that, as porter will continue to refrain from dumping record of plant closures in recent years, far as these firms are concerned, the law once the order is lifted. Similarly, the re­ we in the Buffalo area are acutely aware against foreign dumping has been all but re­ quirement of assurances offers no comfort of the havoc and economic distress that pealed, expressly contrary to Congressional to the American business or labor unit being intent. subjected to the onslaught of unfairly priced often can be traced to unfair foreign Similar detailed pleading requirements are goods. What is the effect of such assurances? competition. proposed for injury information. I recognize Unlike, the situation in which the Depart­ I have forwarded to Treasury Secre­ that under the Trade Act the Secretary must ment determines that dumping margins are tary William Simon a statement detail­ determine if there is substantial doubt minimal and accepts assurances in return ing my concerns about the Department's whether an industry is being injured and, if for a discontinuance of the proceeding, there so, refer the case to the International Trade is no monitoring of future shipments. Neither proposed regulations. I would like to Commission for a preliminary determination. is there a provision for reinstating the orig­ share that statement with my colleagues: It would appear, however, that the proposed inal dumping order if the assurances are HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, regulations demand more information at the violated. Under these circumstances, assur­ Washington, D.C., October 21, 1975. pleading stage than the COmmission does in ances represent little more than a charade. Hon. WILLIAlll[ E. SIMON, connection with a full-scale injury investi­ In essence, therefore, a durnaping finding Secretary of the Treasury, gation. Some of the information sought is under the Treasury proposal is effective for Washington, D.C. clearly irrelevant (e.g. unemployment and only two years. I doubt if there is a company DEAR- MB. SECRETARY: This letter is in re­ profit figures of industries other than that in the United States that can afford the very sponse to the request for comments on pro­ of the complainant). Other data probably considerable time, effort and money required posed regulations to implement the Trade could not be obtained by the complainant to prosecute a dumping action in return for Reform Act of 1974. I will limit my com­ without violating federal antitrust laws (e.g. such short term relief. ments to proposed regulations 19 CFR 153.27 capacity utilization of the firms represented I implore the Department to reconsider and 19 CFR 153.44 under authority of P.L. by the petition). And still other statistics the proposed regulations to be more in line 93-618. are readily available to the Department since with the Congressional intent to continue The Secretary and his staff are to be con- they are derived from figures recorded by its an effective antidumping policy. gratulated for having done a thorough and Bureau of Customs (e.g. volume and value Respectfully yours, competent job. The draft certainly indicates of imports of the merchandise in question) • HENRY J. NOWAK. 33728 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October ''22, ·· 19 7 5

WORLD FOOD CRISIS SYMPOSIUM­ Use of Feed Additives: Animals are often Dr. WALKER. During the .next two· days VIII-RESEARCH IN AGRICUL­ as much as 15% more emcient in converting there is going to be much said &bout the · TURAL EFFICIENCY AT UNIVER­ feed into weight gain by the use of materials world food crisis-the theme of the Focus SITY OF KENTUCKY such as DES or other growth-stimulating Forum Conference on the World Food Crisis. additives. Some people object to the use of I think it 1s paradoxical that a.t the same these materials and make various claims con­ time we are talking about this fOOd crisis cerning, mostly unproven, health hazards. that has become so prominent in ·the world HON. JOHN BRECKINRIDGE The objectors, however, are not the hungry OF KENTUCKY that we are also faced with a severe energy people. Even if there were some valid objec­ crisis. The energy crisis is not unrelated to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tions, the benefits would still be much great­ er than the risks. the food crisis-the one impinges on the Wednesday, October 22, 1975 other. The remarks I would like to make to­ Mineral Research: Several feeds do not day are primarily related to energy and its Mr. BRECKINRIDGE. Mr. Speaker, have the exact balance of minerals for the relationship to food production. Taking au efficient,. low-cost food production is the most efficient feed utilization. Work in dairy engineer's viewpoint, I hope that I can make and swine is geared to finding the proper you aware of some of the things we think goal of agricultural research at the Uni­ amounts and ratios of minerals for the most versity of Kentucky and similar institu­ efficient milk and meat production. we can do, some of the things we think we tions throughout the United States. It ought to be doing, and some of the things Protein-Amino Acid Work: This is being we are going to attempt to do. will be an attainable goal for an increas­ studied by the swine and dairy groups in order to improve protein utilization. Protein Without question, the most important ing number of developing nations and commodity in any society is food. I t hink their institutions abroad, with the pas­ is usually the most expensive major nutrient. More efficient use will allow more produc­ Ghandi once said that even God did not dare sage of H.R. 9005, which incorporates the tion With the same protein input. go before a starving man except in the form Findley amendment to strengthen the Vitamin A Research: The lack of this vita­ of bread. Be that as it may, if a. man is go­ role of the Nation's universities in in­ min is the third most critical human nu­ ing to enjoy clothing, recreation and all of creasing the agricultural production in trient deficiency behind protein and energy. the other things he desires, he is first going developing countries. Its role in animals is being studied to ascer­ to have to have an abundance of food. A A discussion of agricultural research at tain more effective means of utilization. modern industrial society that provides a Much of the data obtained may be adaptable high living standard for its people is based the University of Kentucky constituted to man. upon a small fraction of people in the agri­ an important part of its World Food Treating Feed Protein So That There is cultural areas producing the food and fiber Crisis Symposium held April 1 and 2 of Less Loss in Fermentation in the Rumen: for the remaining populus of that society. this year. Dr. James Kemp of the Univer­ By doing this, fuller use may be made of this Agric-ultural technology enables this to oc­ sity of Kentucky Animal Science Depart­ expensive part of the ration. cur in the United States. Fewer and fewer people have been able to produce an abun­ ment emphasized more efficient livestock MANAGEMENT dance of food that has maintained the high production, and Dr. John Walker of the Recycling Animal Waste: Excreta from living standard in this country. It has been Agricultural Engineering Department re­ livestock contains valuable nutrients. The brought about primarily by substitution of lated food production to the energy crisis. waste can be converted into livestock feeds. fossil energy for human labor and has re­ Because it is helpful to state in concrete The poultry group in cooperation with the sulted in a higher and higher input of en­ terms what such agricultural research is Agricultural Engineering Department is ergy into our food production system. accomplishing, I include their discussion working on this. Back in the days of our very early fore­ Early Weaning of Pigs: By early weaning, fathers man expended about .15 calories of in the RECORD: sows can be rebred much sooner and thus energy to acquire a calorie of food. In 1970 THE WORLD FOOD CRISIS FORUM, UNIVERSITY be more efficient breeding units. More pigs in the United States the average was about OF KENTUCKY, APRIL 1, 1975 can be produced with fewer breeding ani­ 8.5 calories of energy input to acquire a (Remarks of James D. Kemp, and John N. mals. calorie of food. If you just looked at the last Walker) Mastitis Control in Dairy Cattle: Proper 50 years, there has been about a 10 fold in­ management can greatly reduce losses from crease in the amount of energy that has gone Dr. KEMP. The unofficial motto of the De­ this problem thus enabling more milk of partment of Animal Sciences for many years into agricultural production. Many people higher quality to be produced more say that we are taking more calories of en­ has been "A Better Product at Less Cost". economically. Many of the projects of the Department over ergy to produce food than we are getting in the long run are geared to produce better PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS return. This bothers me some because I think products more efficiently. We recognize that Hormonal Control of Breeding Cycles and it is a tote.lly erroneous way of looking at what is "better" for one group may not be Fertility: Work in the Department helped food production. I would ask each of you to "better" for every other group. We also rec­ set the stage for the birth control pill. If look at the clothing you are wearing and tell ognize that not all research is, nor should it this pill could be properly used, thus helping me what calories went into producing that be, for the purpose of feeding people. How­ control population, there would be fewer peo­ clothing and how many calories it is worth? ever, we can group the research of the De­ ple to feed. Work on control of fertility and And yet, for a commodity as basic as food partment roughly into four categories. Much breeding cycles may allow more efficient and people are saying tha.t if agriculture can't of the research will do much to increase or economical control of breeding animals. produce food for less calories than we are ob­ improve the world's food supply. The four Genetic Manipulation of Genes Through taining in the form of food then agriculture groups are: (1) Nutrition; (2) Management; Selection and Crossbreeding to Produce More is inefficient. I would ask you to look at the (3) Genetics and Physiology; and (4) Proc­ Economical Cattle, Sheep and Swine: work automobiles you ride home in tonight and essing. in progress using exotic breeds of cattle and ask yourself what calories does that auto­ NUTRITION sheep to develop crosses adaptable to more mobile represent. In no other segment of our efficient utilization of forages. society do we ask "What is the energy input Use of Forages: There are millions of acres as compared to the energy output." When it of land in the U.S., including many in Ken­ FOOD PROCESSING is in terms of basic commodity, such as food, tucky, that are suitable only for forage pro­ Work with Improved Shelf-Life in Dairy we should not do so either. duction. This forage cannot be used directly Products: By processing and packaging dairy The energy inputs into our food system are by man but must be converted into useful products for greater shelf-life, a greater dis­ many and varied. On the farm they include products by converting it into meat, wool and tribution of the products can be achieved. fuel, electricity, machinery, tractors, build­ milk. In addition, there are large amounts of Transportation and storage losses will be re­ ings, the energy going into those buildings, crop residues such as straw, corn stalks, etc. duced. the energy going into labor and all of the that only ruminants can utilize. Also, many Pork Curing Methods: Pork curing is operations related to the preservation of food processing residues such as beet pulp, geared to improving keeping qualities and food. There is a. great amount of energy in­ citrus pulp and even bakery waste, are used thus shelf-life. This should allow wider dis­ volved in the production of fertilizer, chem­ for feed. In fact, between two-thirds and tribution of the products. icals. irrigation, and the improved seeds that three-fourths of all beef gains are from foods Pesticide Residues in Food Especially Dairy are used on farms. Off the farms there is a humans do not normally eat. Research in the Products: Use of pesticides sometimes causes great deal of energy used in processing, pack­ Department of Animal Sciences is geared to­ contamination of food products. A study of aging and transportation of our food. It is ward programs of nutrition, breeding and the effects of residues on the microfiora of this input of energy that has made us a food management that will enable cattle and dairy products and the possible health haz­ surplus nation. sheep to use these feeds more efficiently. ards of the products has been undertaken. If you look at the long-term pattern of Use of Non-protein Nitrogen Such as Urea By knowing residue levels and the effects of energy use, you will see we have followed a as a Substitute for Protein: Ruminants have these levels, a. larger quantity of safer food sigm:>ida! type of growth. We initially had a the ability, through the microbiological sys­ products can be made available. very \'ery low energy input a.nd a relatively tems in the rumen, to convert this NPN into Other projects deal with other aspects of low level of food production. Then as we a form that can be synthesized into meat, producing high quality animal proteins. Peo­ started to put energy input into our food milk and wool. Thus a material that cannot ple of the world want these protein foods ~s production system, we find that for an incre­ be used for food by man is converted into they recognize their importance in develop­ ment of energy input we got a large return a usable form. ing a better diet. in terms of fo:Jd production. However, in the October .22, -1975 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS - M729 last few ye81'8 we 1lncl that as w~ have con­ There is one other area where we would like important question which is, "Is that beef tinued to put more and JDOil'e energy into our to conduct research and it also is an area that is produced on forages going to have the agricultural production, we obtain a corre­ with considerable potential. Thls is the area quality desired by the consumer?" This is spond.tnglJ smaller increase in agricultuml of utilization of agricultural refuse. We hear not an engineering consideration. We can production. The beneft.ts of increased energy a lot about waste. Waste is really a resource provide the machinery, the computer pro­ usage seem to have tapered out. I would to an imaginative person. In the United · grams and the mathematical language but it however caution you to not adopt the policy States man disca.Tds something like 600,000,- is up to the animal scientist to say whether that we can make cuts in that energy with­ 000 tons per year of energy bearing waste, the beef we produce on that land can have out having· sJgnificant impact · upon the and about two-thirds of that waste is agri­ a quality acceptable to the consumer. If there amount of food produced. For instance, if cultural residue. is a large price dlfferentla.l between grain­ you ~ve been reading the pa.pers you are One of the real problems in agriculture fed beef and grass-fed beef, are you, the aware that a curtaUment of natural gas to this last year was to find the energy re­ consumer, still going to eat grain fed-beef the fertilizer industry ma.y have very serious quired for the drying of grain. We have or are you going to eat grass-fed beef-it consequences on the food abundance in this looked at the energy that exists in the resi­ is up to you. nation because nitrogen fertilizer is essential due of corn stalks, and wheat stubble and it to the corn and other g.rain production of is an interesting analysis. There are six to this nation. ten times of energy in the residue, as the Protein is the essential element to all hu­ amount necessary to dry the corn or wheat. JOSEPH P. LUNA TRIBUTE man diets. The world population is de­ It is possible that agriculture could be an pendent upon it. You can get it from two energy producer if we can find an inefficient, principal sources--from grains or from ani­ profitable and economic basis to utilize agri­ mals. Many people say we ought to consume cultural refuse. HON. HENRY. HELSTOSKI grain directly and obtain our proteins in In doing this, we must look at the total OF NEW JERSEY this way. I would suggest to you that good energy. This includes determining the energy IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nutritional balance optimally involves some involved. in going out collecting the refuse, animal protein. More importantly, we have grinding it or processing it into a form that Wednesday, October 22, 1975 a great deal of land in this country which is can be utilized or burned and to determine Mr. HELSTOSKI. Mr. Speaker, last only suitable for the production of forages, the energy that will have to be put back month I was privileged to participate in such as grass. Man cannot directly utUlze on the fields in terms of fertilizer if we do a tribute to a special man deserving of this agricultural commodity for protein food. not leave the residue in the fields. This area This is one area in which we propose to con­ of waste utilization is an area in which a special recognition. It was my great duct research. We are going to be looking at significant research opportunity exists to aid pleasure to join many good friends, emi- _ beef production. Beef production is a par... Kentucky citizens and Kentucky farmers. nent community leaders, and distin­ ticularly critical area. As suggested earlier in QUESTION. Relative to the research you dis­ guished elected officials on September 19 the discussion about the calories required to cussed on the production of beef by use of as a speaker at a function in Lodi, N.J., produce food, it takes about 15 calories of forages, what specifically do you propose to honoring this extraordinary man, Joseph energy to produce a calorie of beef. This is do and what will be the primary direction of P. Luna, on the occasion of his 70th even higher than it is for most other agricul­ that endeavor? tural commodities. Beef is still something Dr. WALKER. The specific objectives of our birthday. most consumers enjoy and beef can utilize research in this area. as it is now defined is Joe has given most generously of his the forages that man cannot directly utilize. really doing a feasibility study. It wm be a. time and energies over the years to be of Now, what about this land on which we study involving three departments: Agron­ service to the people in the borough of produce forages? It turns out that this is the omy, Animal Science, and Agricultural En­ Lodi and surrounding localities. He has dominant class of land in the United States. gineering. It is devoted to looking at the land compiled an impressive record of accom­ Approximately 54% of the total land area of resources to determine the effect of the adop­ plishments and is an outstanding credit the 48 continental United States is in grass­ tion of certain land utilization schemes and to his family and community. land, shrub land or open forested land. In to then evaluate our capabilities for produc­ Kentucky about 66% of the total crop land ing red meat. For each of these schemes we Because Joseph P. Luna is so worthy of is in land most suitable to forage production. are going to be looking at the required energy the acclaim which was bestowed upon This represents about 6.6 million acres of inputs. We are also going to be looking at him with such deep affection and appre­ land in Kentucky. At the present time the the dollar inputs into each of those produc­ ciation, I wish to enter into the RECORD forage from this 6.6 million acres is being tion schemes. Hopefully, upon conclusion of a copy of the program for this event utilized by about 3 million head of livestock. the research we will be able to say that if a. which is enlightening as to why this On unimproved forage land we can produce given production practice was instituted on salute was given to this exemplary public about 2,000 lbs. of forage per year per acre. cool season grasses then we will be able to servant: If land is improved or more efficiently man­ produce "x" pounds of beef with a given PROGRAM aged the production can be increased 3 to 4 energy input. If the energy input is restricted Our National Anthem, Assemblage. times relatively easily and certainly the po~ or if the economic dollar is restricted, then tential for a. five fold increase in production we should be able to project the restrictions Welcome and Introduction of Toastmaster, is possible. that would be placed on the production of John J. Lattanzio, Chairman. One of the principal methods of doing this beef. We would know what our resources are Master of Ceremonies, Marinus C. Galanti, is through renovation, i.e., the introduction and how we can best utilize those resources Dean, Fairleigh Dickinson University. of legumes into grassland. Legumes are natu­ in terms of cool season grasses and the pro­ Invocation, Rev. Hector DiNardo, C.R.M., ral nitrogen fixing plants and ellmina.te the duction of beef. Pastor, St. Joseph's R.C. Church. Toast, Guy Luna, Son of Honored Guest. need for nitrogen fertilizer. With the intro~ QUESTION. In your beef production feas­ Remarks, John Bombace, Mayor of Lodi. duction of legumes a much higher produc~ ibility study, are you going to consider the tivity of this forage land is possible and production of beef on all land and in com­ Remarks, Henry Helstoski, United States where before 3 million head of livestock were petition with grain and other food produc­ Congress, 9th District, New Jersey. being supported on the unimproved forage tion or just on land primarily adapted to Address, John J. Breslin, Former Bergen land, the potential in Kentucky is to support grass? County Prosecutor. 15 million head of cattle if all other factors DR. WALKER. We will be looking at all of Address, Joseph F. Job, Sheriff of Bergen were kept constant. These grasslands can also the land classes in the cool season grass County. be improved by the use of nitrogen fertilizer. ranges. We wlll not initially attempt to dis­ PRESENTATIONS It takes 150 to 200 pounds of nitrogen tinguish between them. We wlll, however, Response, Joseph P. Ltma. fertilizer per acre per year to do this. This is maintain the land class identification, for Benediction, Rev. Hector DiNardo, C.R.M. equivalent to 35-46 gallons of fuel oil-a high instance, Type 1 land is fiat and very adapted Dinner and Dance Music by Neglia's Or- energy consumption. This is an extravagant for row crop production. I would not sug­ chestra. waste of fossil energy and one that I think gest the use of such land into cool season we ought to be doing something about. I'm grasses even though it could be used for coal TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH P. LUNA proud to say that Kentucky leads the nation season grasses. By maintaining the land clas­ Joseph P. Luna was born in New York City in renovation of grasslands. I'm also very sification information which is available to on September 19, 1905, the son of the late pleased to say that the Agricultural Engi­ us, we should, after the study is complete, be Anthony and Caroline Luna. The famUy neering Department at the University of Ken­ able to say all right if we restrict our beef moved to Lodi when he was only five years tucky has developed a piece of machinery production to specific classes of land then old. He was educated in the local schools of which brings about a once over the field this is the potential beef production. I think that municipality. form of renovation which in itself cuts the the significant thing is and I don't think it is In the early 1920s he worked for Joseph energy required for renovation by a factor of well understood-we can produce more beef Paci, builder, as foreman. In 1928, he became approximately one third. than we are now producing on the e forage owner of the Litwin Decorating Company in Kentu.cky, therefore, has done a. great deal lands if we will adopt land improvement New York City. In 1939, he became Chief to bring about a possible 4 to 5 fold increase sche~nes and we can also do it with a. lower Clerk of County Board of Election and re­ in beef production on a constant land base. energy input. This will pose an additional signed in 1950. In 1950 became project man- 3372t0 .EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS .October- 22, _1975 ager of. Joseph J. Brunetti Construction Co. Let us hope that Mr. Peretz will con­ At least .75 percent of IRA armaments are In 1962 ·became credit manager and head tinue to bring the spotlight of public American-made. In the la~t eight months the salesman for Mazzo Oil Co. In 1963 was ap­ criticism on those in this country who Provisionalists apparently built up new pointed tax collector and treasU.rer of the support or excuse terrorist acts under stockpiles of weapons from the U.S,, includ­ Borough of Lodl. ing gelignite explosives and armalite rilles. As a young man his ambition was to be­ the guise of "nationalism," or "libera­ NorAid raises its money from a variety of come a politician. He accomplished that tion," and who by their actions under­ sources, social events in the Irish community, dream. At age 24, he was appointed to the mine our own security. The article fol­ a few wealthy supporters, collection cans in General Assessment Board in 1929. In 1930, lows: bars bearing such labels as "Help Stop Brit­ he was elected to the Board of Education and FRIENDS OF THE IRA ish Torture in Ireland." The money sup­ served two three year terms. Became a coun­ One afternoon early this September a bomb posedly pays for "relief work" among the cilman in 1936 and elected mayor in 1941 for exploded in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel in Catholics of Northern Ireland. In truth the five two-year terms the longest tenure in the London, killing two, injuring scores more. money appears destined to support the activ­ borough's history. In fact, Luna was the only Almost 300 Americans were staying in the ities of the Provisional IRA, the chief ter­ war and peace time mayor. In 1959, he was hotel at that time; it was only an accident rorist organization. re-elected to the council. that hundreds were not killed. The bomb Some of the Amerioan fund-misers have Service, community and sp01·ts associations was one of a series planted in the London admitted at least part of this association. have taken much of his time. He served on area by the Provisional Irish Republican Brian McCusker, a NorAid official, was re­ the Board of Trustees of Felician College and Army-whether on orders from the leader­ cently interviewed for a television docu­ Boys' Club of Lodi. Served as the first Grand ship of the Provisionals or a semi-independ­ mentary broadcast by the Thames Network Knight of St. Michael's Council and was ent unit is not clear. in Britain. "I support the Provisional IRA, chairman of the 1969 Cancer Crusade of the It costs money to run a terrorist organiza­ I support their policy, the Provisional IRA New Jersey Division. tion. The current bombing campaign, like so policy which is the ultimate liberation of A joiner, he belongs to the Lions Club ot much else of the bad works of the Provisional Ireland, the 32-county concept under a fed­ Garfield; Haworth Country Club, 19th Hole IRA, may well have been financed out of the eral Ireland," he said. "It is the only solu­ Club of Saddle River Country Club, Paramus; wallets of some Irish-Americans who, along tion to the Irish problem." Did he support Democrat Mayors' Association of Bergen with Col. Gaddafi of Libya and Gen. Amin the Provisionals' use of violence, which County where he won the first Mayor Award of Uganda, belong to that dwindling num­ seems to be the organization's only policy? in 1966 and is a member of the Bergen Coun­ ber who believe that "British imperialism" "I support the use of violence to achieve ty Cultw·al and Heritage Commission. is of any significance in the modern world. that end, yes." Married to the former Gertrude Onorato Insofar as Ireland is concerned, they are 50 While McCusker blandly denied that any the couple resides at 56 Garibaldi Avenue. years out of date. So are the members of the NorAid money went for arms, Paul O'Dwyer, There are four children-Mrs. Howie (Carole) two branches-Official and Provisional--of New York City Council president, and a di­ Stamato, Guy Luna, Mrs. Michael (Mary) the Irish Republican Army. Both branches rector of the Irish Nation-al caucus, was Polisse and Charlotte, who attends Lodi High continue to believe that the problem in somewhat franker about the assistance from School at home. He has two brothers Michael Northern Ireland is the British presence. On the U.S. Asked on the same broadcast if any and Charles and a sister Mrs. Jennie Ruvolo. the contrary, the real problem is the conflict of the money raised in the U.S. went to the between the bigots among the extreme Prot­ Provisionals, he replied, "Oh, yes, I would estants and Catholics, particularly the IRA think so." To purchase guns? "I wouldn't itself and Protestant paramilitary groups have any doubt about that." O'Dwyer was that are intent on preventing any peaceful also asked if he supported the Provislonals. "F'RIENDS OF THE IRA solution to the confiiot. "I don't condenm them. I consider the Provi­ The current chain of bombings in London sionals as a logical outcome of oppression, is only an echo of what is happening in and the Provisionals are no di1ferent from HON. LARRY McDONALD Ulster, which is gripped by a horrifying ven­ the American revolutionaries that we are OF GEORGIA detta culture motivated by a depth of hatred going to celebrate, 200 years ago." and a glory in killing that is incomprehensi.. It seems that many in the Irish-American IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ble to an outsider. The two sides, the IRA community have bought this romantic and Wednesday, October 22, 1975 and the militant Protestants, wage war no"t dan~rous nonsense. The Provisionals are only against each other but also against th·e not freedom fighters; they are tough terror­ Mr. McDONALD of Georgia. Mr. entire population. The totals for Northern ists who have found their purpose and im­ Speaker, I would draw the attention of Ireland are staggering-more than 1300 portance in fighting a battle against British my colleagues to a most informative deaths on all sides since 1969, and more than domination-which is not the issue today in article in the New Republic of October 13,000 injuries. The latest twist is an in­ Northern Ireland. The Provisional and regu­ 18, 1975. Entitled "Friends of the IRA," crease in "sectarian killing"-the arbitrary lar IRA do not enjoy any significant follow­ the article links the Marxist terrorist murder of innocent Catholics and Protes­ ing in the government of the independent tants-gasoline station attendants, motor­ Republic of Ireland in the south; their can­ bombings and assassinations in North ists, pedestrians, pop singers-in alleged re­ didates regularly win only a small percent­ Ireland with supporters of both the "Of­ venge for the equally arbitrary murder of age of the votes in any election. In the north, ficial" and "Provisional" factions of the other Catholics and Protestants. In addition, the majority of Catholic voters supports the Irish Republican Army-IRA-in this the Provislonals have engaged in a series of nonviolent Social Democratic and Labour country. bombing campaigns within England, killing party. The editors of the New Republic draw 52 and injuring 1000 since 1972. The cw·rent Many Americans who contribute to the our attention to the fact that Paul Provisional campaign in London iS linked IRA would be surprised to learn that their O'Dwyer, the chairman of the New York to a new "limited offensive" they have funds are going to organizations dedicated to opened: one day alone, September 22, the Marxist socialism. Of course, the IRA groups City Council-and, it will be recalled, an Provisional IRA set off 20 bombs throughout have gone out of their way to disguise this inveterate "joiner" of Marxist fronts­ Ulster. fact. Former IRA activist Maria Maguire, in is fully aware that funds supposedly col­ ·The ascendancy of the terrorists, partic­ her book. To Take Arms, recounts how IRA lected for relief work in Northern Ire­ ularly the IRA, is to a significant degree fundraisers, when sent to the United States, land are in fact being used for the pur­ made possible by large subsidies fr()m Irish­ were told to drop all their references to chase of guns. The article states: Americans in the United States. The full ex­ socialism and all of their criticisms of the tent of the assistance is unknown. But the Paul O'Dwyer * * * was somewhat frank­ Roman Catholic Church. But, in fact, the files of the Foreign Agents' Registration Office official IRA maintains close links with Mos­ er about the assistance from the US. Asked in Washington, D.C., suggest that the aid on the same broadcast if any of the money cow-oriented Communist parties. It pays no must be very large. One of the major fund­ attention to the genuine SoViet oppression raised in the US went to the Provisionals, raising groups, NorAid (the Irish Northern he replied "Oh, yes, I would think so." To of its minorities, and one of its journals ac­ Aid Committee) officially declared that it tually sought to justify the Soviet invasion pw·chase guns? "I wouldn't have any doubt had remitted $823,000 to Ireland between a~o:ut that." of Czechoslovakia in 1968. The Provisional 1971 and 1973. Between January 1974 and IRA maintains active links with various Martin Peretz has recently assumed January 1975, it declared an a.dditional $213,- Third World revolutionaries in Europe. and the editorial direction of the New Re­ 000. One of the two chief recipients of t:Peir the Middle East. money "'as Joe ca-hlll, known as the Provi­ Most interesting is its friendship · with public. I am delighted that he and· his sional "quartermaster" until his alTest iil new colleagues on the magazin~ hav~ ap~ Libya. "We support the revolutionaries of 197g by the IriSh Navy while in the process Ireland who oppose Britai.n and are moti~ parently finally understood the relation­ of r:umiing guns into Ireland. ;rt is said tha-t vated by nationaliSm and religion," · Col. ships between the Palestinian terrori.sts, lllUCl;l more of the money raised in the United G$dd.afi has declared. over Libyan radio. "The the mA, and other Moscow-supported St~tes, far beyond what· is officially reported, Libyan Arab Republic has stood by the revo­ movements which had so enamored cer­ never leaves the country, but. is spent on :the lutionaries of Ireland •.. There are ·arins tain members of the staff under the mag­ purchase of guns · a.ncl,·oth.er- weapons, • which a.nd·'there is support for the revoluti6narH~s azine's former direction . . in turn are smuggled" :to gunmen 1n··l•relatitl; ot' i:frelil.nd."'·' sov-Iet-made Tocket ·launchers October 22, 1975 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 38731 used in Northern Ireland apparently reached However many Americans stlll fall. to under­ might be more responsive to human needs the Provisiona.ls from the Middle East prob­ stand that contributions to· the mA help and priorities. ably through Libya. Concrete proof came none of the people of Northern Ireland, It was also hoped that this Congress when the Irish Navy captured the Cypriot Catholic or Protestant, but rather provide would utilize its new role in determining freighter Claudia in the process of attempt­ the financial wherewithal for civil war. How budget and economic policy to provide vi· ing to smuggle $80,000 worth of arms into much better if, the next time the collection able alternatives to vetoes in such vital areas Ireland. Among those arrested was Joe Cahlll, box came around, the donors listened not of domestic concern as the Emergency Em­ the designated co-recipient for NorAld's to the myths but to the truth. Officials of the ployment Appropriations and housing legis­ funds unti11973. The arms were Libyan. (The independent Republic of Ireland, which dis­ lation, has resulted in considerable public depth of Col. Gaddafi efforts to best "British owns the IRA completely, tried to get that skepticism about whether progreslve polit­ imperialism" should be underestimated-of message across. Money sent from America to ical rhetoric is being translated into posi.. late he has also been flirting with some o1 the Provisionals, the foreign minister of the tive, forceful action. the extreme Protestants) . Irish Republic, Garret Fitzgerald, said, "helps Further, this Congress has, tn part, ac­ The IRA has found a very powerful appeal to finance murder, sowing bitter seeds of dis­ cepted the Administration's position that the for the Irish-Americans. It has called up sension among Irishmen. It assists in the ef­ budget deficit and danger of continued infla­ the ghost of the Irish Revolution of 1916 and fort to subvert democracy in Ireland and tion should guide and dictate spending pri· wins dollars and supporters by portraying it­ may yet precipitate a holocaust of immeasur­ orities. Numerous economists, both within self as fighting British oppression. This is a able proportions.... Hundreds of the deaths and outside the Administration, have re­ fantasy. The British gain nothing by sending in Northern Ireland have resulted from the futed the 'deficit scare' argument. Yet, the their troops to Northern Ireland. It costs money collected in the United States being new House Budget Committee passed a Budg­ Britain over one btllion dollars a year in used for the purchase of guns by the Irish et Resolution setting spending· targets tha.t subsidy to keep apart the extremists and Republican Army.... Every dollar bill con­ represent no viable alternative to Administra­ prevent civil war. The real oppression in tributed to agencies such as the Irish North­ tion proposals. The American people are be­ Northern Ireland comes from the unholy al­ ern Aid Committee contributes to the kill­ ing told that fear of increasing the budget liance of extremists on both sides who terrify ing of Irish people." deficit tempers government initiative in the inhabitants with fake visions of apoca­ But the message does not get across. On meeting urgent human needs. It is the posi­ lypse and genuine violence. another occasion, Fitzgerald pointed out that tion of the Congressional Black Caucus, that Newspaper editorials in London declare if an African country should be sending arms jobs create a fiscally solvent nation, that the more frequently these days that Britain can­ and money "to, say, the Black Panthers or an only buffer which poor and moderate income not simply foresake Northern Ireland, wish organization like that in America," many of families have against inflation is a job. a plague on all extremists and withdraw. It the Irish-Americans who support the mA With more than 25 mililon poor people is an indication that public sentiment is "would resent this very bitterly." But, he ln the nation today and some six million. leaning in this direction. However, such a said, "they do the same thing to us in Ire­ out of a total of eight to ten million job­ walk-out would not be a liberation, but land." less workers, drawing unemployment com· rather a disaster, not only for the 1.5 million penr;;ation, public frustration and outrage has people of Ulster, but also for those in the reached a critical peak. The people are re­ Republic of Ireland. A protracted war would quiring substantive answers, direction and follow, economic life would cease, and when CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS action on their concerns. the shooting was over, the Marxist common­ Advocate and interests groups within the wealth of the mA would undoubtedly be no Congress such as the Democratic Caucus, the closer to realization than before. Conor Democratic Study Group, the Republican Cruise O'Brien, a cabinet minister in the Re­ HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL Caucus are all vying for their share of leg· public of Ireland, earlier this year warned OF NEW YORK islative initiatives in addressing critical eco­ Americans who "think of themselves as IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nomic, domestic and foreign policy issues friends of Ireland" that a British withdrawal before the nation. would mean "a shattering civil war in Ire­ Wednesday, October 22, 1975 Black America has become increasingly land, bringing different forms of disastrous Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, the Con­ aware of the role of elective politics in consequences on all parts of the country gressional Black Caucus held its annual garnering support for their needs and priori­ and on all sections of the population." ties. Over 3,000 Black Elected Officials have A few extremists are beginning to recog­ dinner weekend on September 26 and 27. been voted into political offices, and the Con­ nizing the truth of this prediction. The lat­ Many persons from across the country gressional Black Caucus in November, 1974, est British-sponsored effort to find a formula participated in discussions of legislative gained a new representative from Memphis, for power-sharing, a constituti.. mal conven­ issues facing the country in general and Tennessee. Translating these numbers into tion, has been stalemated by failure of the the black community in particular and power is a difficult task-Black Elected Of­ Catholic's Social Democratic and Labour contributed· to the work of the caucus. ficials still represent a fractional percentage party-the hardest group of all-and the Among the materials prepared for the of all elected officials in the nation. The con· Protestants' United Ulster Coalition to reach daylong issue workshops held Septem­ gressional Black Caucus is the formal orga­ an agreement. In mid-September, however, nization of seventeen black Members of the William Craig, tlll now one of the hardest of ber 26 was a piece, "About the Congres­ House-in a body of 435 Representatives the the hard-line Protestants, suddenly endorsed sional Black Caucus," which summarizes Caucus proportionally constitutes only 4 per­ power-sharing as an emergency measure. caucus activities during this session of cent of the House Membership. This was a dramatic turn-around for Craig. Congress. I am inserting "About the Since its inception, however, the Congres­ "It was because I recognized the sincerity of Congressional Black Caucus, September sional Black Caucus has grown in stature the SDL," he explained. It was also because 1975" in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD in and power. Caucus members constitute a po· he recognized that a failure of this conven­ response. to the interest shown by our litlcal experienced and knowledgeable group. tion might well bring much closer the day of colleagues and by many others across the They have established viable relationships British withdrawal, to be followed by all-out with other Members of Congress on issues civil war. Other hard-line Protestant leaders country: and legislative mandates of mutual concern. like the Rev. Ian Paisley, however, stm live BOUT THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS, The Caucus, as a formal legislative advo­ In their dream world, ranting about the SEPTEMBER 1975 cate within the Congress for the interests of "Papists," digging themselves into their THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS; A 9-MONTH black · citizens, has consistently identifled bunkers. Paisley, with help from the mercu­ OVERVIEW, 1ST SESSION, 94TH CONGRESS issues that address problems facing the black rial racist Enoch Powell, has succeeded in Foreward community, the poor and the nation as a isolating Craig. In the face of an America~ public anxious whole. The current economic crisis has At the same time, the Provisional IRA does to remove the bad taste of. Watergate and gre_atly increased the number of citizens who everything it can to undercut progress toward the trauma of a near-depression level econ­ power-sharing. Their tool continues to be be~r the burden of unemployment and pov­ omy, the 94th Congress appeared, at its erty, and who are now speaking out on violence. In addition to their share of sec­ onset, ready to assume more power and di­ tarian niurder, they have opened their "lim­ issues and problems that the Caucus has re-­ rection. than it exercised during the Nixon peatedly raised. Proponents of the status quo ited offensive•• in Ireland and in London to years. cut the ground out from the moderates and find it increasingly difilcult to separate the New Members of Congress, particularly interests of black and white workers and of frustrate any move toward a settlement. IRA Democra_ts, emerged as an organized and violence not only kills and maims, but also black and white consumers. All are the vic­ active f~rce. They succeeded in toppling sev· provides ammunition for those extreme eral powerful and conservative committee tims of this government's and the private Protestants who stand just as firmly and chairpersons. Victories on such issues as a sector's unwillingness to meet human needs. violently against power-sharing. more liberal tax stimulus (tax rebate) that As the number of victims grow, many of the A somewhat clearer recognition of the proposed by the Administration; halt­ Caucus• heretofore unresponsive colleagues Provislonals' true character caused some us ing an attempt b'y the President to increase in the Congress, have begwi to recogniZe our congressional supporters of the cathoUc the cost of food stamps: the· voting rights issues ~n_d -have joined in our efforts to p~ minority In Ulster, Including Sen. Edward leglslatlon recently passed by the House were · progressive legislation. · · Kennedy, to refrain from supporting tbe mA. all poslttve indicators that the 94th Congress In view of its new initiatives and strength- 33732 EXTENSIONS, OF .. REMARKS· Octobf!r -22, 1975

ened ability to gain support, the Congres~ Parliamentary procedures workshop held ices Administration (formerly OEO Pr.o~ siona.l Black Caucus has this year: for Members' staffs. . grams). . · 1. Developed a Legislative Agenda for the Planning for May Ad Hoc Hearing on Full Caucus members are successful in assiSt­ 94th Congress and action strategies to gain Employment & Economic Crisis. ing the Mound Bayou Community Hospftal support for that Agenda.. Planning actiVity for Annual Dinner and (a black controlled hospital serving poor 2. Developed an effective operation, capa­ Legislative workshop. residents in a four-county area of the Mls­ ble of creating various support mechanisms Development of process for Federal Agen­ sissippi Delta Region) secure HEW funds from black and other technical resource cy Oversight issues. vital to its continuance. people who assist in advancing the Caucus' April Continued follow-up on full employment. Legislative Agenda. Published first .issue CBC NEWSLETTER August 3. Developed an oversight mechanism, ca­ FOR THE PEOPLE. pable of monitoring and evaluating the im­ Caucus members involved in successful Legislative meeting on Voting Rights leg­ defeat of a bill to provide military aid to pact of federal programs on black and poor islation and release of Caucus position. communities. Turkey. A number of Caucus members ex­ Memorandum opposing Waxman-Scheuer pressed concern about Turkey's failure to 4. Developed Vigorous oversight and orga­ Amendment to Health SerVice Bill (Affirma­ nizing strategies on full employment, affirma­ tive Action). limit the growth of poppy plants used in the tive action, military spending reductions, CBC action alert and support network production of addictive drugs illegally sold minority enterprise, voting rights and the on voting rights activated. and used in the U.S. U.S. policy toward Africa and other coun­ Letter to the President and public in­ Final preparation for the Caucus Fifth An­ tries. terest organizations opposing Nathaniel nual Dinner Weekend. . . . particularly the In addition to the legislative program, a Davis nomination as Assistant Secretary for legislative workshop. process has been developed which allows full African Affairs. Planning for Forum on Southern Africa participation and leadership by all Caucus Meeting of the CBC Annual Dinner Plan­ and U.S. pollcy. members, based on their congressional com­ ning Committee. Meeting with Secretary of State Henry mittee assignments and related issue assign­ Meeting with President Kenneth Kaunda, Kissinger re: U.S.-Africa Polley. ments within the Caucus itself. The leader­ Republic of Zambia. Participation in planning meetings for ship role of the Caucus has been strength­ CBC members participate in Joan Little December, 1975 Conference of Black Elected ened by the current broader distribution of Press Conference. Officials. its members on key House Committees (e.g. Beginning development of CBC Media Congress in Recess-August. Ways and Means, Rules, Budget, Appropria­ TaskForce. September tions and International Relations). Several May Implementation of the Congressional Black Caucus members have assumed significant CBC May 20th Ad Hoc Hearing on Full Caucus Fifth Annual Dinner Weekend. 'I,'his House subcommittee chairmanships and Employment. year's Dinner Weekend Theme is "From leadership positions in key congressional Development of follow-up plans on the Changing Structures to Using Structures: groups (Democratic Caucus, Democratic hearing and formation of a Legislative Task 1876 to 1976". Dinner Weekend Activities Study Group). Force on Full Employment. Include: Friday, September 26, 1975--Legis­ The attached charts reflect the key or­ Meeting with Secretary, Department of la.tive Workship, Cocktail Reception, Bene­ ganizational activities and focus of the Con­ Transportation. fit Concert: Saturday, September 27, 1975- gressional Black Caucus during the first six Continued planning activity for Dinner Benefit Fashion Show/Luncheon, Annual months of the 94th Congress. and Legislative Workshop. Dinner. MAJOR ACTIVITIES AND FOCUS OF THE CONGRES• Distribution of analyses of unemployment Participation in planning meetings for SIONAL BLACK CAUCUS JANUARY TO 1\LUtCH rates by local labor force areas of congres­ December, 1975 conference-Black Elected 1975 sional districts. Officials. January Distribution of analyses of 1974 congres­ Annual Dinner Weekend: September 2&-27, New Executive Director and staff organized. sional election results with respect to in­ 1975. omce organized around new legislative di­ fluence of black electorate. rection. Development of legislatJve workshop out­ Development of mailing list around new line for CBC Dinner Weekend. THE FLORIDA EXPERIENCE legislative goals. Development of Technical Resow·ce Net­ Refinement of communication process be­ work. tween individual offices of members and CBC CBC statement opposing nominations of William Knecht and Edith Green to Board HON. JOSEPH L. FISHER operation re: legislative agenda. Assignment OF VIRGINIA of specific Caucus staff llasons to CBC. of Directors Legal Services Corporation. Formal development of legislative priori­ Position statement on Vietnamese Ref- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ties. ugees. Wednesday, October 22, 1975 state of the Union Response in open letter June to the President. Legislative alert on Voting Rights Act. Mr. FISHER. Mr. Speaker, Resources Analysis and critique of FY 1976 Budget, Follow-up on development of Resource for the Future-RFF-the nonprofit re­ as proposed by the President. Network. search organization with which I former­ · Voting Rights Background Analysis. Re-organization and expansion of CBC ly was associated, has in recent years, Preliminary planning for Full Employment maUing lists on congressional district basis. like Congress itself, become increasingly Inltlattves. Continued follow-up and planning for leg­ interested in the problems of land use Media workshop for staff of CBC a.nd in­ islative task force on Full Employment. diVidual members. CBC response to Rep. Fortney Stark's (D­ and growth management. Last spring, Calif.) request for Caucus membership as a the Johns Hopkins University Press-pub­ February non-black member. lished for RFF a book that looks at these Election of Caucus omcers. Study mission by CBC members to Liberal/ problems as they arise in Florida, which, Publication of CBC Legislative Agenda- Senegal. CBC represented by members at 94th Congress. besides being probably the fastest-grow­ Mozambique Independence celebration. ing majoi· State in the Nation, must ac­ Reception for Rep. Ford, new CBC member. Development of CBC fact-sheet series on Prellminary planning for Caucus legislative Issues related to Legislative Agenda. commodate to some unusual environ­ support and technical resource network. Letter to President Ford opposing Boors­ mental and resource constraints. This Caucus support and initiative in Rep. tin's nomination as Librarian of Congress. book, "The Florida Experience: Land and Dellums appointment to Select Committee on July Water Policy in a Growth State," by Intelllgence (CIA-Oversight). Luther J. Carter, is important because, # Study Mission to Liberia and visit to Development of Plans for 1975 Dinner although the Florida situation is in some Weekend. Senegal completed (June 28th-July 3rd). Planning meetings for ad hoc hearing on Caucus members involved in the mission respects unique, the basic problems there Full Employment. initiate a series of follow-up meetings with are generic and of a kind common to land Letter to President Ford opposing nomina­ U.S. State Department Otliclals to review use and growth management in all tion of former Governor John Bell Williams their findings and encourage more supp01·­ States. to the Federal Elections Commission. tive U.S. policies toward Africa. , Two chapters from "The Florida Ex­ Continued initiatives around the Voting perience" have been reprinted in whole March Rights Act to ensure passage of a strong Design CBC Newsletter FOR THE PEOPLE. blll by the U.S. Senate. in a volume of "Readings on Land Use Legislative Agenda followup and ~evel­ Support of the Labor-HEW Appropriations Policy" prepared by the Congressional opment of system for tracking !or key legi&­ Blll, passed by the House but threatened Research Service of the Library of Con·..; lation. with a Presidential v~to. Cacus members suc­ giess for the Se~te Committee oP. ;rn"'"" _ Development of legislative. sup_port gr9up cessfully pushed through, in June, amend­ terior and Insular Aft'airs. One chapter is around CBC agenda. . . ments to the Labor-HEW bill that woUlc! pro­ a)lout Federal, State. and local action to Completion·of ~ce organtza.tlon~ vi~e increased ,e-ppport ror CommuJP.~ Serv- protect an area of "criUcal concern, · in ·October 22, 1975 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS ZJ-3.733 The above points may be referred to as lands" of centt·a.I Florida, north Florida, and -this case the Big Cypt·ess Watershed that policy, structure and politics. the panhandle; can be regarded as develop­ adjoins the Everglades. The other is ment-tolerant-bearing in mind the caveat about the problems-and, not least, the POLICY that in the citrus and lake country of the problems of intergovernmental rela­ The legislature should spell out clearly a central Highlands, protection of aquifer re­ tions-involved in finding a suitable site policy for growth and land use in Florida. It charge, water quality, and scenic amenity for a key regional facility: the long pro­ should go beyond bland statements that will require strict limits on growth. Thus far, merely call for an "orderly a.ccommoda.tion" only one fully acceptable means for disposal posed south Florida jetport, which will of growth or for the best possible balance of large volumes of sewage effiuent has been not be built anytime soon but may be between conservation and development. The found: the ocean outfall, with the effiuent needed some day. legislature might begin with three propo­ (after secondary treatment) being dis­ The July-August issue of "Florida En­ sitions. First, that Florida., as the only sub­ charged well offshore and carried away by vironmental and Urban Issues," pub­ tropical region of the continental United ocean currents. For this reason, large urban lished by the Joint Center for Environ­ States, is in many ways unique in its nat­ concentrations can be a.coommodated more mental and Urban Problems of Florida ural and esthetic endowment. Second, that easily along the coasts of peninsula. Florida Atlantic University and Florida Interna­ it is to the benefit of all Floridians to culti­ than in inland areas. vate a strong sense of place a.nd a sense of With respect to whether certain kinds of tional University, featured excerpts from responsibility for keeping development in growth are desirable or not, some judgments the conclusions of "The Florida Experi­ harmony with natural and esthetic values. are easily made. Florida is clearly not the ence." Because of their relevance to other Third, that while Florida (taken as a whole) place for polluting industries of any kind, States besides Florida, I ask that they be has the land and other resources necessary to and any company that wants to build an oil reprinted here, with the editor's preface.· accommodate continued growth and de­ refinery, a chemical plant, or similar facility The article follows: velopment, much of the land in the state should bear the burden of proving that it will has only slight tolerance for development THE FLORIDA EXPERIENCE not pollute. Any permit for the construction and some has none at all; further, that of a plant that could conceivably give rise to (By Luther J. Carter) certain parts of Florida do indeed seem to be a damaging pollution incident should per­ A long-time observer of Florida's environ­ outgrowing their resources and present abil­ haps be conditioned upon the posting of a ment, Luther Carter has examined the man­ ity to accommodate more people.... The high bond to indemnify the state in case such agement and use of Florida's land and water policy should have these four basic objec- an incident does in fact occtir. Had the phos­ resources from the beginning of statehood tives: · phate companies been subject to such a. re­ in 1845 up to the present in his recently To try to answer, under the rubric of a quirement, the Peace River would probably published book, The Florida Experience. Be­ ""growth poucr' for Florida, these three not have been devastated four times during cause the bulk of the book was researched questions: What are reasonable and legally the past 14 years by the escape of clay slimes. and written prior to late 1974, some of the defensible limitations on growth? What kind The exigencies of a developing national fuel specific recommendations he suggests in the of growth should be t>ncouraged? And where shortage will dictate some oil ~llling off the book's final chapter "Finding the Way" reor­ will growth be most desiraNe? Florida coast, but, again, any permits for ganizing the state's environmental agencies, To establish a. comprehensive set of "Flor­ drilling within the state's territorial limits creating a "one-stop" permitting system, ida Standards" that would extend the exist­ should be conditiohed on promise of sub­ adopting a Local Government Comprehensive ing concept of environmental quality stand­ stantial indemnity to the state in case of Planning Bill and formulating a statewide ards beyond the protection of air and water spills.... growth policy-have materialized in part dur­ quality to the conservation of natural sys­ Perhaps the most controversial question to ing the 1974 and 1975 legislative sessions. tems and the enhancement of living ameni­ arise with respect to growth policy will be The following excerpts from the book's last ties. These standards would apply through­ that of striking an appropriate balance be­ chapter primarily focus on Carter's own pref­ out Florida, wherever development is allowed. tween tourism and the "retirement industry". erences for statewide poltcles for growth, land To have all land in Florida placed into one Many Floridians intuitively believe that the classification and environmental standards, or another of these four basic classifications: state should encourage tourism but discour­ some innovative ideas about revamping Flor­ Preservation zones, where little or no devel­ age the continued influx of retirees, especial­ ida's cabinet system and insights into the opment would be allowed; conservation ly into the Gold Coast region. This intui­ average citizen's role in drafting state and zones, where development would be limited tion, I would submit, is essentially well local environmental policies. His desire for and C(.nflned to enclaves carefully de­ founded if an exception is made for the nu­ opening up new channels for citizen input is signed for compatiblllty with natural ecologi­ merous thinly populated counties of no:-th a special concern, and he ·notes that, "If cal and hydrologic systems; agricultural Florida. and the panhandle where the estab­ growth and development can be made to con­ zones, where development would again be lishment of retiree communities could be form to the policies and decisions of respon­ limited and stringently regulated; and de­ beneficial . . . sible elected officials, the individual citizen velopment zones, where most urban and As for the questio:n, "How much growth?", and voter will surely benefit. In fact, the citi­ suburban growth and development would oc­ hard and fast growth ceUings for an entire zen may come to enjoy more meaningful cur. Land zoned for preservation would, with local jurisdictlon-f>uch as the one adopted political influence than ever before, espe­ rare exceptions, remain in that classification in 1972 by Boca Raton-may be unwise and cially if innovative methods are developed permanently. Land zoned for conservation, legally indefensible. Usually it should be for him or his community representatives to agriculture, or development could be trans­ enough to observe a policy of allowing only take part in the planning process or even ferred from one classification to another, such development as can be accommodated to vote on alternative futures for his city, though never routinely or without a clear without loss of environmental quality. county, or region." showing that transfers are in the public in­ SECOND POLICY; THE FLORIDA STANDARDS terest. A PROPOSED SOLUTION The establishment of comprehensive en­ Although recognizing the value of much To plan "the placement of those public facilities that are necessary to development-­ vironmental protection and amenity stand­ of what the governor and legislature have ards to apply to development throughout already done toward establishing land and that is, the roads, interceptor sewers, power transmission lines, and water control works­ the state will be essential to effective land water mana:~ement policies, I shall neverthe­ use control. Why? Because they can be made less set forth my own prescriptions. Finding in such a way as to reinforce growth pollcles responsive to the following critical realities the solution will, I am persuaded, require: and zoning. These will be the infrastructure plans. of land use policy and regulation: A state policy, with supporting standards Cqmprehensive planning and zoning tend and guidelines, establishing a program of FmST POLICY; DmECTING GROWTH to be long, drawn-out and rather abstract. comprehensive planning and zoning ~nd a Once established, a. growth policy for Pending preparation of a comprehensive clear s&t of goals for conservation and devel- Florida would influence, often decisively, the plan, standards can themselves help serve to . opment. · outcome of a variety of specific land use de­ prevent abuses of land a.nd water resources. Reforms and innovations in the structure cisions facing state and local officials. An ap­ Also, after the plan has been adopted, stand­ of government at the state and local levels propriate policy would necessarily take into ards should help ensure the protection a.nd to facilitate the adoption and observance of account such considerations as the "intoler­ enhancement of environmental quality in plans-and of budgets conforming to the ance" of some areas for development; the those numerous area.s where development is plans-that properly reflect these aforemen­ relative importance of various kinds of eco­ allowed and-encouraged. · tioned goals. Also, existing tax policies nomic a.ctivity to overall. prosperity, plus Development is, by virtue of the market should be modified in keeping with the goals their effect on environmental quality; the ex­ economy, a dynamic and continuing process and structural changes that have been isting distribution of population and the im­ that occurs unevenly, in large and small adopted. . balances such as found between the popula­ ln'crements . . . But, given the enforcement Steps to give citizens a meaningful part tion of southeast Florida and that of the of appropriate standards, even the piecemeal in regional and state planning and to in­ panhandle; a.nd of course, the question of development of an area can occur in a crease their influence through better infor­ what Floridians want their state to be ... rational and desirable manner. ' · mation, more honesty in government (i.e. less Regarding where growth and development The local and state officials who make land conflict of interest), more participation in might best occur, the coastal ridge areas of use decisions are fallible men and women the shaping a.nd review of alternatives, and South Florida. a.nd that region's few sandy exercising wide powers of discretion. Stand­ better a.ccess to the courts. inland plateaus, together with the "high- ards will not only guide official decisions but 33734 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 22, 1975 could also give citizens acting as "private state authorities have not placed in any other ment. In preparing the plan, the commis­ attorneys general"-a concept I shall come zoning category. In the main, this would be sion would pull together into a eoherent to later-better means of challenging 1n land that is easily dcve:opable (With little or whole the policies and plans of the various court any private or official actions that fiout no drainage or filling required) and not in departments of state government. such as the public's interest in a high quality of life. intensive agricultural use. thos.., of the departments of transportation, What precisely would the Florida Stand­ FOURTH POLICY: INFRASTRUCTURE community affairs pollution control, agri­ ards consist of? First, they would include culture, and natural resources. It would also existing standards of air and water quality. The construction of facilities such as roads, airports, int~rceptor sewers and the like has, review and integrate the comprehensive Those standards have always had major im­ of course, generally followed development in land use master plans and infrastructure plications for land use . . . But the Florida Florida and has not praceded or accompanied plans received from the 67 counties, resolv­ Standards would be related to not just a it according to a deliberate plan. Yet one of ing conflicts among those plans and making few indices of environmental quality, but the most powerful levers available to local sure that each plan conforms to state policy. to many. They would, for instance, ensure and state officials for controlling land use Each year's Florida Plan would be tied public access to ocean and Gulf beaches and lies in their authority to decide when and closely with the state budget, and, like the to all publicly owned lakes rand 1 also rein­ budget itself, would be subject to the review force those provisions of existing law in­ where essential public facilities will be built. Th~ infrastructure plans and the zoning that and approval of the legislature. tended to protect coastal wetlands . . . Will determine patterns of future growth and To adopt and keep updated the Florida The standards would aim at making every development should be prepared in close Sta.ndards within the general policies estab­ new community, whatever the income level concert. The infrastructure plan would in­ lished by the legislature. of its residents, a place of esthetic appeal­ clude at least three distinct functional plans: To assume the statutory duties of the cab­ indeed, given Florida's lush subtropical one for transportation, another for waste inet with respect to matters such as bulk­ climate, every community could literally be­ management, and the third for water man­ head lines, dredge-and-fill permits, beach come a garden through imaginative land­ agement. Although each of these might con­ setback lines, areas of critical concern, devel­ scaping and planting. The preservation of tinue to be prepared and executed separately, opments of regional impact (ORis), and the natural features such as sloughs and cy­ all should reflect objectives and priorities state water resources plan ... pressheads would be strongly encouraged if established for the overall regional plan. Ordinarily, the comm1sslon would decide not made mandatory. Such abominations as questions by majority vote, the governor's strip development along urban highways STRUCTURE vote counting the same as those of the other would be forbidden. In the case of both new If Florida's growth and development is to members. But the governor perhaps should commercial and residential construction, the be guided in a positive and politically re­ be given the prerogative of vetoing any com­ Florida Standards would encourage planned sponsible manner, a comprehensive struc­ mission decision that falls to receive the unit development ... The [standards] ture for planning and decision making must support of at least five of the other six would not remain static, but would evolve be established, with ultimate power residing commission members. Each commission mem­ as new concepts and technologies open up in Tallahassee but with local government, ber would serve full-time, receive the same possibilities for a better adjustment between and especially county government, playing salary as a department head, and have a man and his environment. For example [if the principal implementing role. small personal staff. The present state De­ solar heating and cooling proves econom­ REFORM OF LOCAL GOVERNMEN'r partment of Administration, with its plan­ ical], the Florida Standards could be At the bottom of the structure. most ur­ ning and budget divisions, would provide amended to encourage, if not require, ban ·ounties perhaps should have the kind the staff support for the commission. The builders to equip new homes to tap this of two-tiered local government contem­ staff director would be appointed by the inexhaustible energy source . . . plated in the Metropolitan Dade County governor with the commission's concurrence. THIRD POLICY: LAND CLASSIFICATION charter and now apparently approaching The Florida Commission could be made The zoning [or land classification] that I fruition under Dade's new political leader­ up of appointive instead of elected officials, have in mind would differ greatly from the ship. An alternative, however, would be a but such a body almost certainly would be conventional kind practiced in many Florida countywide consolidated government on the too weak politically to decide effectively the many controversial issue3 on its agenda. The counties. In the past, private interests have Jacksonville-Duval County model. In either tendency would be for those developers and generally been allowed the initiative in de­ case, I would propose that the county gov­ ciding what land in Florida is to be devel­ ernment be responsible for establishing an local officials who happened to be outraged oped, even if recently many developers have enforceable general land use master plan by some decisions to go over its head to the had their plans !rustrated by local officials and at least minimum zoning regulations governor and the legislature and try to get who are feeling the heat from citizens de­ for the entire county. All decisions by in­ those decisions reversed. This has happened manding moratoriums on new construction. dependent municipalities or speciallzed repeatedly in the case of the pollution con­ trol board, an appointive body. As an elec­ What is needed is a zoning policy that firmly agencies (such as water management dis­ tive body, the Florida Commission would be guides the developer away from areas where tricts) having a substantial impact on land in a far stronger position to- defend its development wlll not be in the public inter­ use would be subject to review by the county actions. est to other areas where it will be. governing body. (Carter now questions whether the ap­ Lands to be placed in preservation zones REFORM IN TALLAHASSEE would include, for example, underdeveloped pointive policy-making body for the new fiood plains and wetlands of high econologic, A top reform priority should be to abolish Department of Environmental Regulation hydrologic, and esthetic value, these to in­ the cabinet system. Floridians have had an will be strong enough to carry out its re­ clude many of the "high marsh" areas along understandable attachment to this system, sponsiblllties effectively.) the coast (areas subject only to periodic tidal perhaps chiefly because of its relative open­ ROLE OF REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCILS flooding and hence not p1·esently protected ness and because many people prefer to en­ Regional planning councns comprised of as regular tidal or submerged lands) and trust especially important issues to a group local government representatives have not, some of the more important interior wet­ of independently elected officials than to in either Florida or other states, generally lands. any one official, even though that c>fficlal distinguished themselves by their influence Conservation zones would be established might be the governor. These are indeed on land management or the growth process. for environmentally sensitive areas where virtues not to be lightly given up, especially But this may be in part because such bodies limited development is to be allowed ..• when they are associated with a body that have too seldom been put in a position where PUD districts could be authorized by law and has been a part of Florida tradition for their reports and recommendations could allowed to undertake such development, even neal'ly 90 years. For this reason, if for no prove a decisive infiuence. Under Florida's in the face of problems of multiple property other, there 1s an argument to be made for Environmental Land Management Act of ownerships. Conservation and preservation establishing a new body of elected officials 1972, however, regional planning councils zoning, together with the establishment of to cope with the intensely polltical issues now have the role of preparing impact anal­ additional parks and preserves, should pro­ of growth policy and land and water man­ ysis reports on DRI.s . . . While the gov­ tect most of the important rema.ining natural agement. This body might be called the ernor and legislature appear to have acted ecosystems in Florida . . Florida Conservation and Development quite wisely in giving the regional planning The preservation of much of Florida's Commission, or simply the Florida Com­ councils an enhanced role and some state farmland should, in my view, be provided for mission. I would suggest that it be made financial support, some improvements could through agricultural zoning, but such zoning up of the governor, who would be its chair­ be made. It might help if some planning should take into account the complex rela­ man, and six other members to be independ­ council members could be appointed by the tionships between land committed to agri­ ently elected at-large for four-year staggered governor, especially in the case of councils culture and land devoted to other purposes. terms. serving regions where there is not yet much Development zoning would, at its broadest, The commission's duties would be: public concern about uncontrolled growtb cover all existing cities, and suburbs and To make up and approve the "Florida and its effect on the quality of life. land designated for new towns, industrial Plan", which would be the annual plan set­ POLITICS parks. transportation or utility rights of ting forth the broad planning and policy The political feasiblllty of any program for way. and more generally, land that local and framework for the state's physical develop.. the regulation of growth and de-velopment October 22,- 1975 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 33735 will, quite obviously, depend on whether it found by the court to have otherwise per­ The national conference would not is understood and supported by a majority formed a valuable public service. Already, constitute a lobbying organization for of the citizens affected. Accordingly, there is there have been a number of federal court a need for truly meaningful, not merely pro rulings providing for fee recovery on the the equal rights amendment. It would forma, citizen participation in land use plan­ theory that the plainti:ffs have been acting in simply provide a forum for the discus­ ning at the county level. the role of private attorneys general. sion of the full range of women's issues CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN PLANNING A MAJOR TESTING GROUND and an opportunity to focus attention on The county plans will be of such impor­ Because of the urgency of Its problem of the contribution of American women to tance that innovative methods to bring about accelerated growth, Florida is clearly a major the first 200 years of our Nation's history. public participation in their development testing ground for the development of I sil1.cerely hope that this measure will Will be needed. For each county, and for some growth policy and a better process of ll.nd be granted a rule and reconsidered by large areas within a county, the basic ques­ and water management. What are Florida's the House. It deserves the support of tion for planners and decision-makers will prospects of succeeding in bringing growth every Member of this body who truly be: What is the best mix of developmental, and development under effective and en­ cares about the rights of women in agricultural, conservation and preservation lightened public regulation? The answer, America. zoning? ... which must be equivocal, involves a paradox. County governments could point up these The continuing heavy in:fiux of new people concerns by having citizens help formulate into Florida will, in one :::ense, make success and review two or more alternative plans, less likely because it allows no respite. On the with one pla.n perhaps emphasizing conser­ CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS other hand, the very massiveness of the WEEKEND vation goals, while another emphasizes de­ growth pressures keeps people aroused and DINNER velopment. The county board, in cooperation determined to find a way to protect their with the Florida Commission, could schedule quality of life. Further, there is the ironical planning conferences and invite all interested fact that the very newcomers who add to the HON. WALTER E. FAUNTROY individuals and groups to offer statements severity of the growth problem help make OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA and plans as to the best pattern of conser­ that problem politically more amenable to vation and development for the area in ques­ strong remedies. 'Ihey generally are not be­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion. Conferees would presumably include holden to local business or political interests, Wednesday, October 22, 1975 representatives of municipalities, state and and their self-interest lies chiefly in preserv­ federal agencies, com:ervation groups, cham­ ing and enhancing the living amenities that Mr. FAUNTROY. Mr. Speaker, at the bers of commerce, associations of architects attracted them to Florida . . . Congressional Black Caucus' recent din­ and builders, labor unions, farm groups, in­ It is frequently pointed out by these con­ ner weekend, for which I had the privi­ ner-city minorities, and so on.... The end cerned Floridians that, with uncontrolled lege to serve as the planning committee product of the conferences would be a report population growth contributing to pollution broadly setting forth, for the area under con­ chairman, participants were presented and other problems, Florida will become less with material showing the House com­ sideration, an array of alternative plans or attractive to tourists at the same time that "futures". more and more of them are discovering the mittees and subcommittees on which our TAX REFORM attractions of competing resorts in the Ba­ members serve. I am inserting that list­ The political acceptability of any effective hamas and the West Indies. Furthermore, In­ ing in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD for program of land use planning and regulations creesing numbers of Floridians are realizing the information of our colleagues and of may be compromised if some property own­ that, while the state and local governments the public: ers are allowed large profits as a result of can do nothing about population growth CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS COMMITTEE zoning and infrastructure decisions while trends nationally, they can reduce or at least AND SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, 94TH others are denied the most profitable use of direct and redistribute such growth in Flor­ CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION their land. Although thls problem exists even ida by land use controls. This idea, I suspect, (Hon. CHARLES RANGEL, Chairman) under conventional land use regulations, the will prove to be an increasingly powerful one problem wlll be more acute under a system in public debate about the "growth prob­ NAME, HOUSE COMMITTEE, AND SUBCOMMITTEE where zoning changes and variances are rela­ lem". It could eventually become as appeal­ ASSIGNMENTS tively few and where roads and other facili­ ing to the leaders of the thinly populated Han. Yvonne Burke (Calif., Dist. 28) 336 ties are planned more to guide development counties in north Florida and the panhandle Cannon HOB, 225-7085. than to respond to it. Perhaps the best way who want more people, as It is to those lead­ Appropriations: State, Justice, Commerce of coping with this problem is to enact laws ers on the Gold Coast who think that the and Judiciary; HOD-Independent Agencies. allowing the state to levy a special capital population growth in their area must be Han. Shil'ley Chisholm (New York, Dist. gains tax on profits realized from the sale of restrained. 12) 123 Cannon HOB, 225-6231. unimproved land. The state of Vermont may Education and Labor: Elementary, Second­ have shown the way in this matter with its ary and Vocational Education; select Edu­ 1973 tax law designed to discourage short­ cation; Post-secondary Education. term speculation.... An antiwindfa.lllaw of FINAL PASSAGE OF H.R. 9924 Han. William Clay (Mo., Dist. 1) 328 Can­ this kind should tend to cool the speculative non HOB, 225-2406. fever that wlll inevitably continue in regard Education and Labor: Labor-Management to those lands zoned for agriculture that are HON. HELEN S. MEYNER Relations; Labor Standards; Equal Oppor­ near urban areas where some rezoning for OF NEW JERSEY tunities. development may be inevitable. Like the spe­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Post Office and Civil Service: Chairman, cial capital gains tax, a fair and rigorously Employee Political Rights and Intergovern­ administered property tax would also do Wednesday, October 22, 1975 mental programs; Postal Facilities, Mail and much to eliminate inequities associated with Labor Management. land values created through zoning or infra­ Mrs. MEYNER. I regret that I was un­ Hon. Cardiss Collins (Til., Dist. 7), 1123 structure decisions. able to be here yesterday for the vote on Longworth HOB, 225-5006. PRIVATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL final passage of H.R. 9924, a b111 to direct International Relations: International Re­ All bureaucracies, at whatever level of gov­ the National Commission on the Observ­ sources, Food, and Energy; International Or­ ernment, seem eventually either to lapse into ance of International Women's Year, ganizations. a comfortable, un:fiappable routine or to be­ 1975, to organize and convene a National Government Operations: Commerce, Con­ come otherwise unresponsive to legitimate Women's Conference. I would like the sumer, and Monetary Affairs; Government demands made upon them by citizens. Evi­ record show that if I had been present, Activities and Transportation. to Han. John Conyers (Mich., Dist. 1), 2444 dence of such administrative paralysis can be I would have voted "aye." seen in the leniency with which pollution Rayburn HOB, 225-5126. control laws sometimes have been enforced in I am a cosponsor of H.R. 9924 and I Government Operations: Manpower and Florida and other states. Citizens concerned deeply regret the failure of the House Housing, Government Information and In­ about proper enforcement of laws pertaining of Representatives to pass this measure dividual Rights. to growth policy and land and water manage­ under suspension of the rules. Many of Judiciary: Chairman, Cr!me. ment may ultimately have to go to court. the arguments raised against the bill Hon. Ronald Dellums (Calif., Dist. 8), 1417 They may well lack the means to do so, how­ Longworth HOB, 225-2661. yesterday were specious. Armed Services: Military Compensation, ever, and under the rules which American The $10 million authorization for 56 courts generally follow, a successful plaintiff Military Personnel. cannot recover his attorney's fees from the State con:erences, a national conference, District of Columbia: Chairman, Educa­ defendant.... The legislature could offer re­ and a report to Congress is in line with tion, Labor and Social Services; Fiscal Af­ lief here by providing for recovery where the expenditures on similar conferences in fairs. plaintUl' either prevalls on the me1·its or is recent- years. Select Committee on Intelligence. CXXI--2125-Pa.rt 26 38736 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October ·22, 1975 . Hon. Charles C. Diggs, Jr. {Mich., Dist. 13}, Member, Democratic Caucus Steering and The latest Labor- Department statistics 2208 Rayburn HOB, 225-2261. Policy Committee. show that in September 85.4 million persons District of Columbia, Chairman: (All Sub­ Hon. Andrew Young, Regional V.P. Demo­ had jobs nationwide and the number of per­ committees). cratic Study Group. sons in a labor for~ of 93.2 million who were International Relations: Chairman, Inter­ out of work was 7.8 million, or 8.3 percent. national Resources, Food, and Energy; Inter­ In New England current unemployment national Operations. rates are running ahead of the national aver­ Hon. Walter E. Fauntroy (D.C., Delegate), UNEMPLOYMENT HITS NEW age with Rhode Island as high as 16 percent 326 Cannon HOB, 225-8050. ENGLAND HARDEST and Massachusetts between 12 and 13 per­ Banking, Currency and Housing: Housing cent. The regional employment figure for and Community Development; Consumer Af­ August was 8.4 percent. fairs; International Development Institu­ The Labor Department report released to­ tions and Finance; Financial Institutions HON. MICHAEL HARRINGTON day does not give any strutistical relationship Supervision, Regulation and Insurance. OF MASSACHUSETTS between employed and unemployed persons District of Columbia: Fiscal Affairs; Chair­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nor does it have statistics which show the man, Government Operations; Judiciary. relationship between the increase in jobs and Hon. Harold E. Ford (Tenn., Dist. 8), 1609 Wednesday, October 22, 1975 the area's increase in population. · Longworth HOB, 225-3265. Mr. HARRINGTON. Mr. Speaker, un­ In 1970 there were 203,325,298 persons in Banking, Currency and Housing: Do­ employment remains one of our most the United States and the New England mestic Monetary Policy; Housing and Com­ pressing economic problems, particularly population was 11,847,186. The number of munity Development. persons unemployed in the nation was Vettirans Affairs: Cemeteries and Burial in New England where projected unem­ 3,756,000,' or some 5 percent of the work Benefits; Education and Training. ployment rates through 1980 are grim force. In 1965, 3,366,000 out of 74,455,000 Select Committee on Aging: Housing and indeed. An excellent, but sobering, arti­ persons were unemployed. In 1955, 2,904,000 Consumer Interests. cle which appeared in the October 5 out of 68,899,000 persons, or 4.4 percent, Hon. Augustus F. Hawkins (Callf., Dist. 29), issue of the Boston Globe offers insight were unemployed. 2350 Rayburn HOB, 225-2201. into the projected unemployment rates, The report, released by Wendell D. Mac­ Education and Labor: Chairman, · Equal and focuses particularly on the bleak Donald of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Opportunities; Post-secondary Education; New England figures. regional office in Boston, cautioned the Manpower, Compensation and Health. and statistics "should be viewed as providing Safety. While employment on the national guidelines of future trends rather than as House Administration: Chairman, Electri­ level is expected to increaEe by 22 per­ a precise statement of New England man­ cal and Mechanical Office Equipment; Ac­ cent over the next 5 years, New England's power in 1980." counts; Personnel and Police. projected employment increase is only The most substantial gains in new jobs-- Hon. Barbal'a Jordan (Texas, Dist. 18), about half that figure. The changing 85 percent or 480,000 out of the 568,00o­ 1534 Longworth HOB, 225-3816. business world, the chronic energy are seen in the category of white collar . Government Operations: Manpower and crisis, industrial automation, and the re­ workers while in the area of blue collar _Housing; Intergovernmental Relations and sulting decline in manufacturing in the workers, little or no gains are expected Human Resources. in this decade. Some 2,928,000 white collar Judiciary: Monopolies and Commercial New England region are a good part of jobs are seen by 1980, compared to 1,724,000 Law; Administrative Law and Governmental the reason why New England's job future blue collar positions. Relations. is not as bright as the rest of the Nation. In the white collar breakdown of cur­ Hon. Ralph H. Metcalfe (Ill., Dist. 1), 322 In an effort to better acquaint my col­ rent and anticipated job trends (the Cannon HOB, 225-4372. leagues with the enormous economic study runs from 1970 with projections to Interstate and Foreign Commerce: Con­ problems besetting the New England re­ 1980), the labor department points out, sumer Protection and Finance; Transporta­ gion, I submit the following article by however, that increase in the New Eng­ tion and Commerce. John Burke for publication in the CoN­ land area of the number of white collar Merchant and Marine and Fisheries: workers is expected to be only 20 percent Oceanography; Merchant Marine; Chairman, GRESSIONAL RECORD. The text of the arti­ between 1970 and 1980, which is about 10 Panama Canal. cles follows: percent below the national average in this Hon. Parren· Mitchell, (Md., Dist. 7) 414 (From the Boston Globe, Oct. 5, 1975] work area. Cannon. HOB, 225-4741. U.S. REPORT SAYS N.E. To LAG FAR BEHIND The data released by the Labor Depart­ Budget: Chairman, Task Force No. 5, REST OF NATION IN 1970-80 JOB GROWTH ment does . not give a state-by-state list­ Human Resources. (By John c. Burke) ing of just where the job opportunities are Banking, Currency and Housing: 'General expectec:l to occur, but it does give data Oversight and Renegotiation; Housing and A U.S. Labor Department rep9rt released on some of the specific occupations that Community Development. today projects a relatively grim future for the most job opportunities will be in. Small Business (On Leave) • the job market in New England during the Employment in the professional and tech­ Hon. Robert N. C. Nix (Pa., Dist. 2) 2201 current decade in comparison to the rest of nical occupational category is expe·cted to Rayburn HOB 225-4001. the nation. · increase 160,000 jobs by the time the decade International Relations: Chairman, Inter­ Only a 12 percent gain in the number of ends and 18-percent of the region's workers national Economic Polley; International Re­ employed persons in New England is expected are expected to be in this Job classification sources, Food and Energy. during the period from 1970 to 1980, while the compared to 16 percent nationwide. Post Office and Civil Service: Postal Fa­ national increase is expected to average 22 The department said "projected employ­ cUlties, Mall and Labor Management; Postal percent. ment would be even higher except for the Service. In the period from 1960 to 1970 the num­ anticipated slowdown in the need for teachers Hon. Charles B. Rangel (New York, Dist. ber of employed persons in the nation went and engineers which, together, account for 19) 107 Cannon HOB, 225-4365. from 70,612,000 to 78,627,00D-an increase of 25 percent of all professional workers. The 11.32 percent. The U.S. Comme1·ce Depart­ rate of increase in teachers• jobs has been re­ Ways and Means: Public Assistance Over­ ment reports for 1960 did not give a New sight. duced by the slower increase in the number England figure which would allow a regional of pupils while engineering expansion has Hon. Louis Stokes (Ohio, Dist. 21) 303 gains' comparison. Cannon HOB, 225-7032. slackened with diminished emphasis on The Labor Department report said, how­ space exploration. Appropriati.ons: Labor-Health, Education ever, the. total number of employed persons "Offsetting these lower growth rates is the and Welfare, BUD-Independent Agencies; ·in New England is expected to rise to 5,381,· increasing need for. highly trained workers District of Columbia. 000 by 1980, an increase of 568,000 over 1970. in solving the region's transportation, en­ Budget. Nationwide the Labor Department sees the vironmental and urban renewal problems." Hon. Andrew Young (Ga., Dist; 5) 332 Can­ number of jobs increasing to 95,800,000 by The report says that "continued research . non HOB, 225-3801. 1980. in the region's research firms and labora­ Rules. The changing business world, the energy tories, the solving of social problems, and problems, autoJDation,_self,.s¢r~ce, the de­ POSrriONS OF CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP the need to operate and maintain a growing cline in manufacturers in New England and number of computers will all require trained Hon. Shirley Chisholm, Assistant Secretary the overall economy are seen as reasons why of Democratic Caucus. New England's job future is not as bright as professional and technical workers. Such oc­ Hon. Cardiss Coll1ns, At-Large Whip. the rest of the nation. What is more cupations invariably require a. minimum of Hon. Barbara Jordan, Member, Democratic dejecting. some college or technical training while a Caucus Steering and Policy Committee. The job areas hardest hit by the decline college degree, or higher, is required ln most Hon. Ralph Metcalfe, Secretary, Demo­ are those occupations performed mainly by cases." cratic Study Group Executive Committee. low-income persons. The LabOl' Department feels that in the Octobe1· 22., 1.975_ EXTENSIONS .QF REMARKS: 33.737 area of "managers an

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-is preparing for ·a trip to Communist of the majority of powerf:ul and independent ~ris~ to arm themselves, with the support of ·China, it appears to be entirely appro­ war lords FUrther, they bole were the words of Dr. Wllliam Hazel­ House and the Senate is distorted. forgotten. tine, a California Mosquito Control official Members of Congress are allowed rights to I am pleased to have this opportunity to the delegates of the Western Agricultural "revise and extend" their comxnents made on to reflect briefly on what I consider to Cheinical Association meeting in Scottsdale, the floor. Thus it is not uncommon for a Arizona. be a most positive influence on our There have been over 1200 Ulnesses and 58 congressman to "clean up" hls language and society: the family. We have all heard his speech by striking out sentences or words deaths attributed to mosquito carried en­ he wishes he had not said. This sort of cen­ claims by social critics that the family cephalitis this year. sorship distorts the truth about what really has become irrelevan~an outmoded Mr.· Russell Train, head of EPA has happens in Congress. unit. I think the contrary is true. strongly denied any link of pesticide restric­ Even worse is the congressional penchant First, I think there is no better alter­ tions to this epideinic. He has even .called such suggestions "a smear campat&n" and for allowing non-speeches to be inserted into native in the caring for children than the the body of transcripts of ·actual floor ses­ linked it to Agriculture Secretary But~ and establishme.nt of a secure relationship some Congressman who are working for bet­ sions. Since there is no difference in the print between child and parent or gilardian. of the real speeches and the fake speeches, ter pesticide legislation. the reader is totally misled. The greatest of sacrifices is required to "The facts clearly argue against Mr. A celebrated case in point was the Con­ provide such security: All parents must Train's denial. He is trying to shift the gressional Record of Oct. 18, 1972, which had strive constantly to provide a lasting blame away from his agency, while the evi­ Hale Boggs, Louisiana Democrat, making a commitment to their children. They dence shows EPA to be largely responsible speech tn the House that day, praising "stg­ must have a capability to love deeply. for lack of mosquito control," Dr. Hazel­ nlflcant legislation enacted during this ses­ These commitments should be the same tine continued. sion." Mr. Boggs actually was dead on Octo­ Consider these facts. as are required for a success~ul mar­ After many years of only scattered cases of· ber 18; his airplane had crashed in Alaska riage-a permanent relationship. two· days before.· He had simply left his encephalitis, suddenly we have over 1200 iiu• speech behind, and lt was Inindlessly printed Second, it may be true that the "con­ man cases in the U.S. and over 50 deaths in the Congressional Record. ventional" family unit may not be as from the disease. The respected Congressional Quarterly, a prevalent these days as i+ used to be. But AU the envlronmente.l regulations andre­ non-government journal based in Washing­ thart is not important. What is important strictions on manufacturers have naturally ton, had an apt account of the Record. It is that, regardless of the structure, the increased the costs of pesticides they said, "rt reci>rds not only what was said in produce. . unified, loving family still represents a Increased restrictions and required testing Congress but also what members want peo­ lifestyle of working for the common to prove safety add more costs. ple to believe they would have said had they good. · Secondary effects, such as shortage of ba­ been there. It's hard to tell one from the The Watergate years, the Vietnam war, sic cheinica.ls occur because we can not drill other." and other tragic events in recent history for oil in sensitive areas and delayed Alas­ The misuse of the Congressional Record set forth deep divisions in our country. kan on is not available. This adds more threatens the interpretation of th~ intent And yet we recover, gradually sometimes, costs to the available pesticides. . of Congress in passing many bllls. Quite EPA financed studies clearly show chem­ often the courts .and federal executive agen.. but we are strong enough to do so. I think the will and the strength of our Nation­ ical co~ts have increased and wlll continue cles must read the Record to determine "the to go ~p, b~ca.use of added restrictions. Work 1p.t.ent of Congress" on vatious new laws. the working-for-common-good at­ on new chemicals for control of public health Since -the Record is so frequently misused. titude of so many·of our citizens--Can be pests wm decrease. interpretation can be distorted. attributed, in no small measure, to the Cheap residual chemicals, such as DDT, There have been numerous attempts. over influence . of the· ,unified, loving, strong are banned Or so restricted that they are the years to reform the use of the Congress- . family. unavallable for any quick use. 3·3·746 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 22, 1975 "These facts alone show Mr. Train has the present process--to speed up the whose application was denied and who re­ taken a position he can not defend, no mat­ process and to eliminate the huge back­ quested reconsideration, the opportunity to ter how many times he denies any respon­ logs which have developed over the past discuss his case fully and completely with a sibility for reduced mosquito control or the State agency decision maker. By involving consequent disease epidemics. Higher costs several years. There was not a consensus the claimant more fully in the decision mak­ mean less use of pesticides, and more mos­ as to what should be done, but there was ing process, we hope to identify, at an ear­ quitos go uncontrolled. considerable agreement that steps should lier point in time, those claims that should be "In the past 15 months, one of the major be taken to provide: paid. Additionally, where the decision is ad­ mosquito control chemicals has doubled. in First, for an early face-to-face con­ verse, we expect the claimant to be more sat­ cost and new replacement chemicals cost ference in which an individual whose isfied that he has been given a "fair shake" many times more than the older chemicals. claim was not allowed would be told in and will be less likely to request a hearing. Agencies on fixed budgets obviously must use some detail why he .could not qualify for Of course, for those who do request a hear­ less chemical and this means more mosquitos. ing, the file will be more fully documented. "EPA and its environmentalist friends are the benefits; a major cause of increased costs and reduced Second, for time limits on the various Earlier in my statement, I listed three pesticide availabllity, and they should be steps in the appeals process; and steps which hold some promise of im­ prepared to accept the consequences of their Third, for a clarification of the rules proving the process. On August 1, I intro­ actions. They have reduced the available for conducting hearings and the appoint­ duced a bill, H.R. 9230, which would tools for insect control and this clearly re­ ment of the administrative law judges sults in higher risks of disease epidemics. mandate each of these steps. I am not Environmental. purity seems to have some who conduct social security and SSI convinced that enactment of this bill .is high hidden costs. hearings. all that is needed. In fact, I suspect there "EPA has recently enacted rules which will When the Commissioner of Social is a great deal more that could be done­ even restrict ditching and draining opera­ Secm·ity, James B. Cardwell, appeared some of it legislative, some of it adminis­ tions. These water management techniques before the subcommittee, he said that trative. I am convinced though, that H.R. were the very same ones offered by environ­ the backlog of cases waiting for hear­ 9230 represents the minimum that we mentalists as good ways to reduce pesticide ir..g was about 107,000 cases and that have to do. I am encouraged by the action uses in wet land areas. One Mosquito Control Agency has already been ordered to stop the median processing time was about 7 of the Subcommittee on Social Security ditching until tt flies an impact statement months. He estimates that the backlog in holding hearings on this matter. 1 and gets a permit. can be reduced by about 1,000 cases a hope that a bill will be repOrted to the "It seems obvious that Mr. Train has never month. This means that sometime in full House in time for us to act this tried to control mosquitos, and he seems to 1984, social security and SSI appeals will session. lack understanding on many other benefits be reviewed on a current basis. This, of from the use of chemicals. course, is too long to wait. I believe that "EPA has said that pesticides might harm the Social Security Administration wants KASTEN: BETTER, NOT MORE, GUN people, therefore they should be restricted in to LAWS use. Such restriction neglects chemical uses move more quickly than this. How­ to protect human health at the same time. ever, it appears that Congress will have This neglect is what now seems to scare Mr. to provide it with some assistance. HON. STEVEN D. SYMMS Train when the epidemics occur. The roots of this problem, Mr. Speaker, OF IDAHO "Good disease control depends on disease are as much in the law as in the ad­ prevention, instead of trying to stop an ministration of the law. In the past few IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES epidemic after it starts. Willingness by EPA years the Social Security Administration Wednesday, October 22, 1975 to give crisis exemptions for special control has assumed the responsibility of ad­ chemicals after the disease occurs, clearly Mr. SYMMS. Mr. Speaker, in 1974, my shows a lack of concern for those who are ministering two new programs, the black colleague from Wisconsin, Representa­ already diseased or dead. lung program and the SSI program. In tive BoB KAsTEN, was named the Wiscon­ "EPA restrictions have even caused many addition, the public has become aware sin Wildlife Federation Legislator of the promising mosquito control chemicals to be of the fact that just because some Gov­ Year. Recently, the Wisconsin Wildlife discontinued. ernment employee says an individual is Federation asked Mr. KAsTEN to provide "Many Congressmen that have looked into not entitled does not necessarily mean an article on gun control for its publi­ EPA's actions under the new pesticide law that he is not. Government employees, cation, The Wisconservation. I would like are upset. Agriculture as well as public health like the rest of the world, make errors. has actually suffered under EPA's action. The to place a copy of that article in the Congressional Committee on Agriculture has As things stand now, when someone is CONGRESSIONAL RECORD in order to bring even held up EPA funding, to try and get told he does not qualify for social secu­ it to the attention of my colleagues. It more balance in EPA rule making. rity benefits or for SSI payments he is is an articulate statement for Represent­ "Mr. Train's recent attacks on those who told something along the lines of "you ative KAsTEN's views on the issue of gun point out the serious consequences of his do not qualify because you are not dis­ control, and particularly how they relate actions are part of his fight with the Con­ abled within the meaning of the law"; to the concerns of sportsmen and con­ gress over this legislation." o= "you do not qualify for SSI because servationists: your assets exceed the amount prescribed KAsTEN: BETTER, NoT MoRE, GUN LAws by law." I do not know how everyone From all accounts. it is painfully clear would react to a letter like the disallow­ SOCIAL SECURITY APPEALS: A that we are not wlnnlng the war on crime in ance letters sent out by the Socia: Secu­ the United States. NEED FOR A TIMELY AND FAffi rity Administration, but I do know that Firearms-particularly handguns-play a REVIEW SYSTEM my reaction, and apparently the reac­ major role in the commission of crimes. Al­ tion of many people who receive the let­ most 70 percent of all murders in 1974 were HON. ROBERT" W. KASTEN, JR. ters, would be to file an appeal. Unfor­ committed with han.qguns, and an over­ tunately, even in the appeals process you whelming majority of robberies are com­ OF WISCONSIN learn little about the reasons why you mitted with firearms. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Some suggest that the remedy is to outlaw do not qualify. firearms. I disagree. The answer is to put the Wednesday, October 22, 1975 It is my opinion, and the opinion of man who used guns in the commission of Mt·. KASTEN. Mr. Speaker, the sub­ some of the people who testified before crime in the penitentiary. .commlttee on Social See

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Thursday, October 23, 1975 The House met at 10 o'clock a.m. Mr. SIKES. Mr. Speaker, the opening ADJOURNMENT FROM THURSDAY, Father John A. Licari, St. Anne's Cath­ prayer today was delivered by Father OCTOBER 23, 1975, TO TUESDAY, olic Church, Pensacola, Fla., offered the John A. Licari, pastor of the Catholic OCTOBER 28, 1975 following prayer: Church of St. Anne in Pensacola, Fla. Mr. O'NEILL, Mr. Speaker, I offer a 0 God, You once said to Your dis­ Father Licari is a native New Yorker, privileged concurrent resolution presence here today. There was no objection.