34728 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 10, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS FRANCES G. KNIGHT-EXCELLENT passports are listed as additional workloads address this afternoon before the National ADMINISTRATOR performed by the Domestic Operations Di­ Federation of Republican Women, I ac­ vision since they are handled as a special cepted with alacrity and with much pleas­ service for other Government agencies. Other ure. Some years ago John Foster Dulles told HON. JEROME R. WALDIE services handled by this division are as fol­ me that in a free society, public attitudes lows: post adjudication of Insular applica­ OF CALIFORNIA could be crucMtl in forming public policy. He tions, review of Post Office applications went on to say that those of us who have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (Washington Only), filing of Locater and lived with foreign affairs should speak out Tuesday, October 10, 1972 Status Cards, and other services. and tell the story of our own experiences. During FY 1972 the Foreign Operations Di­ So I am doubly pleased and honored to be :Mr. WALDIE. Mr. Speaker, I commend vision received a total of 46,844 cases from here because I .am. well aware of the wide in­ Frances G. Knight, Director of the Pass­ the Foreign Service Posts and other areas fluence that you have in America. I also port Office, on that Agency's highly s~c­ throughout the world which required action know that you are hardworking and dedi­ cessful year. I think few people reallze or advisory opinion. This represents an in­ cated Republioons. the extent of the service offered by the crease of 12.4% over the 41,689 oe.ses received I am very pleased to note in your calendar from the same sources during FY 1971. In of events that you are having an opportunity Passport Office. This Office is responsible FY 1972, 45,965 cases were completed as com­ to visit some of the historic places in and for many activities other than accepting pared to 40,208 in FY 1971, an increase of around Boston. After your Boston Tea Party passport applications and issuing pass­ 14.3%. is over Saturday, if your weekend remains ports. I was informed, and impressed by The Foreign Operations Division performs open, I urge you to visit one or all three of Mrs. Knight that once again the colle?­ a multitude of services and support activi­ the northern New England states, Maine, New tions made by the Passport Office were 1n ties which are both directly and indirectly Hampshire, and Vermont, and witness the excess of direct operating funds, this year involved in the processing and production of opening of the fall foliage season. If you do, passports issued overseas. you will see the forests coming alive in bril­ by $14,570,000. The casework category of Foreign Opera­ liant color. It could be an experience tha.t The following is a summary of the year­ tions Division consists of fraudulent natural you will never forget. Then you can return end report of the Passport Office for the iZa.tion. oertific~tes of los3 of nationality, home refreshed and ready to rededicate your­ fiscal year 1972: registration application, passport application, selves to bring about an overwhelming Re­ In Fiscal Year 1972 the Passport Office is­ consular reports of birth, correspondence and publican victory in November. sued a total of 2,605,321 passports. This vol­ consular letters, advisory opinions, and lost Since January 1969, President Nixon's for­ ume of passports issued represents an in­ and found. eign policy initiatives have electrified people crease in workload of 12.7 % over the pass­ The fourth division is the Legal Division all over the world. His critics, including cer­ ports issued the previous year. Personnel which performs mainly service oriented work tain members of the Democratic Party, have utilization increased by 12.0% in FY 1972 of a legal and quasi-legal nature. These ac­ been mystified and confused. As a former from 702 man-years utilized in FY 1971 to tivities and services are not directly related Ambassador to four countries, who began in 786 man-years utilized in FY 1972. to the processing and issuance of passports. the Foreign Service as a Vice Consul in India During FY 1972 the Passport Office col­ During the FY 1972 the legal division com­ many years ago, I have followed the Pres­ lected an estimated $25,955,783 in passport pleted 34,788 cases ranging from travel con­ ident's initiatives with more than casual fees, an increase of 14.2% over FY 1971. Di­ trol cases to civil action. This represents a interest. rect operating funds for FY 1972, including 16.3% increase over the 29,919 cases that were This morning I heard on NBC's Today Show pay for permanent personnel for which funds completed in FY 1971. The workload con­ that for the first time in seven long years are not allocated to the Passport Office, sisted of: discretionary actions, fraud cases, seven days have gone by without a single amounted to approximately $11,389,000, re­ criminal prosecution, child custody cases, American death in Vietnam. I hope the sulting in a surplus of collections in excess of and circular outlooks. Democratic Party has taken note of this direct operating funds amounting to ap­ wonderful news. proximately $14,570,000. What President in your memory has ever In addition to the basic workload of proc­ inherited such a mess as our President did essing and issuing passports, the Passport Of­ THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN AND THE in January, 1969? I am sick and tired, as fice also furnished numerous other services CANDIDATES-ADDRESS BY HON. I am sure you are, of the baleful hounds that and performed many other significant and ROBERT C. HILL try to sicken the minds of the people around important work functions, studies and proj­ the world by saying that our President has ects not directly related to the processing no plan to end the war. I do not like to use and issuance of passports. The Passport Of­ HON. NORRIS COTTON statistics to prove a point, but they are so fice is composed of four divisions which carry impressive in this case. 547 thousand Ameri­ out the various work function. OF NEW HAMPSHIRE cans were in Vietnam in 1969 and there are First, the Administrative Division is pri­ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES only 37 thousand there today. I recognize marily responsible for providing personnel Tuesday, October 10, 1972 that there are several thousand Inilitary per­ and administrative support, technical serv­ sonnel in the surrounding area, helping to ices, equipment and supplies to all the oper­ Mr. COTTON. Mr. President, the make it possible for the President to phase ating areas of the Passport Office. The Divi­ Honorable Robert C. Hill hails from the the United States out of the war, but all sion's work functions are generally service State of New Hampshire and has had a the same, what an accomplishment in four oriented and, in the main, are not directly distinguished career in the diplomatic years? related to passport processing. In several I wish the entrepreneurs of doom, such as significant functions, however, such as mail service, having served as Ambassador to the candidate of the opposition party and processing, filing of applications, accounting, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, and his talkative seventh man, Mr. Shriver, and and name clearances the workloads per­ more recently, Spain. the self appointed Diplomatic Representa­ formed in this Division are closely associated Ambassador Hill recently delivered a tive to the Paris Peace Talks, Mr. Salinger, with passport processing. speech before the National Federation would let the President, Secretary of State, During Fiscal Yetar 1972 the Administra­ of Republican Women Executive and Secretary of Defense, and Dr. Kissinger con­ tive Division experienced increases in all Board Directors meeting in Boston, in tinue to work ourselves out of this mess that categories of support work, as well as in­ which he expressed his views of the na­ we inherited from the Democratic Adminis­ creases in nonmeasured workloads involving tration. Unfortunately, this is expecting too budget submissions, data for other agencies tional campaign and of the candidates. much in a political year. of government, special studies, projects and By request, I ask unanimous consent No well informed person in foreign a1fairs services. that his remarks be printed in the thinks for a moment that the rest of the Secondly, the Domestic Operations Divi­ RECORD. long road out of Vietnam is not without sion 1s primarily responsible for the issuance There being no objection, the address problems and years of resolve on the part of of passports in the United States and for the was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, the people of South Vietnam, if they are to operations of the ten Passport Field Agencies as follows: remain free and survive as a nation, but there and the National Office in Washington, D.C. is another ingredient in Southeast Asia that In addition to its normal workload of issu­ ADDRESS BY FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR ROBERT should not be forgotten. The United States ing passports to the general public, the Divi­ C. Hn.L BEFORE THE NATIONAL FEDERATION did not cut and run and leave this area to sion is also involved in numerous services and OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN EXECUTIVE AND be overrun by the Communists to the north. work functions, as well as sta1f and manage­ BOARD OF DmECTORS MEETING Don't think other nations in the world have ment duties which are not directly related to When your president, Mrs. Armitage, and lost sight of this important fact. the processing and issuance of passports to my friend, Mrs. Mildred Tottman from New President Nixon's handling of Vietnam is a the general public. Diplomatic and Official Hampshire, invited me to give the keynote perfect example of his wide experience in October 10, 1.972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 34729 foreign a ffairs. He well knows that dealing "But he supported what he called Wars of cordance with Public Law 92-226 and that with an enemy can only be done through National Liberation. That is, small fanatical such a suspension is now "required" by the strength. groups, heedless of life, well armed, who factual situation existing in the aforemen­ How well I remember those lonely days could so disrupt society as to give minorities tioned nations of Southeast Asia. after the California defeat when he prac­ control of whole nations. 2. Parties. Plaintiff Anthony R. Martin­ ticed law in New York. During those years "North Vietnam was the first success, Trigona is a citizen of the United States and he studied, traveled, a~d worked to prepare nourishing such groups all over Southeast a taxpayer of the United States. himself for leadership, in the event he was Asia, defying opposition even from the Defendant Richard M. Nixon is President called upon by his countrymen. He made world's strongest nation, the United States. of the United States and is currently a can­ many trips abroad during the 60's consult­ "I suggest that from these two acts, Khru­ did&te for reelection to that office. ing with world leaders like DeGaulle, Ade­ shchev's line and Hanoi's example, all the 3. Statement of the Action. nauer, and His Holiness, and many others. rest have been inspired to act--the Tupa­ A. There is a nationwide epidemic of drug How embarrassed a former Ambassador of maros, the IRA, for awhile the Panthers here, infestation in the United States whioh is France to the United States must be because those guerrillas in Munich, and others. injurious to the citizens of the United States. he urged DeGaulle not to see Mr. Nixon in "I don't mean Russia controls them; in­ B. The Congress of the United States, in 1963, because he was a has-been politician. deed she seems frightened at how far out enacting Public Law 92-226, found that ef­ DeGaulle's alleged reply to his Ambassador of control Khrushchev's idea has gone. But fective international cooperation was es­ was, "I shall see Mr. Nixon. I believe his she and Hanoi" (and I would add Castro of sential to any successful effort at stemming future is ahead of him." Cuba) "have created a new fashion in revo­ the flow of dangerous drugs into the United During these years I saw the President lution, against the people, rather than for States. frequently. I continued to be amazed that them. C. The Congress provided the President at no time did he show discouragement. He "It is going to be unpleasant, but civilized of the United States with two discretionary just kept moving along and preparing him­ people are going to have to accept much more powers and one mandatory power, namely: self to serve his country, if called upon. police security, and put up much tougher (a) "The President is authorized to con­ As responsible ladies, I am sure you are resistance until the fashion dies, or is dis­ clude agreements with other coun­ following the dangerous and explosive de­ credited by defeats." tries... "; " ... the President is authorized velopments in the Middle East. This is an So ladies of the National Federation of Re­ to furnish assistance to any country... ": area of world affairs where I have had no publican Women, let's continue to look at (b) "The President shall (emphasis added) personal experience, except from the van­ life carefully and realistically, but let us not suspend economic and military assistance ... tage point of Spain, which, geographically, lose that great American ideal, Peace on with respect to any country when. . . such rests on the other side of the Mediterranean. Earth and good will toward mankind. God country has failed to take adequate steps to However, during my three years in Spain, bless you ladles, and God bless the United prevent narcotic drugs. . . " we watched events in the Middle East care­ States of America. D. The President of the United States is fully and reported our observations to Wash­ Thank you and good afternoon. under a statutory requirement to suspend ington. Despite the serious situation today, aid when the facts and circumstances in­ Secretary Rogers and Assistant Secretary dicate that a nation has failed to comply Sisco deserve great credit for the direction with the purpose of Public Law 92-226. of U.S. P<;>licy in this area. They have not E. The President of the United States, sought newspaper headlines, but have sought COMPLAINT AGAINST PRESIDENT Richard M. Nixon, agrees with this interpre­ tangible solutions to historic problems that NIXON tation of the statute, to wit: On Monday, have existed for centuries. Their good judg­ September 18, 1972, President Nixon stated ment and advice has brought much praise and was quoted as follows (emphasis added): from foreign officers of many countries in HON. SIDNEY R. YATES "The President of the United States is re­ Europe. quired by statute to suspend all American In recent days we have read about a dan­ OF ll.LINOIS economic and military assistance. . . I shall gerous uprising in Uganda. My wife and 1 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES not hesitate to comply with that law. I con­ just returned from London where refugees Tuesday, October 10, 1972 sider keeping dangerous drugs out of the and exiles are streaming in by the '!:: undreds United States just as important as keeping in an effort to find a new life. I trust you Mr. YATES. Mr. Speaker, I have been armed enemy forces from landing in the have noted that the United States has re­ requested by my constituent, Mr. An­ United States. mained calm. To my knowledge, we have thony R. Martin-Trigona, to place in the The language of the President clearly in­ not tried to be the policemen of this traaic CONGRESSIONAL RECORD his complaint dicates in his own words that (a) he is under situation. At last that day is over, thar~irs a statutory, non-discretionary requirement to the President's foreign policy. against President Nixon, which he has to suspend aid and (b) since he is required . No doubt there are many in the audience filed in the U.S. District Court for the to "comply" with this statute, his execu­ who have questions and observations about Northern District of Illinois, in case No. tive discretion is circumscribed by that the President's trips to China and Russia. 72C 2382. The complaint seeks to require statute. These trips may be the most important for­ the President to suspend military and F. The President has within his posses­ eign policy events in the second half of the economic aid to certain nations for their sion documents, evidence and facts conclu­ ;rwentieth Century. No doubt you have noted failure to comply with Public Law 92- sively establishing violation and non-com­ the months of careful preparation that led pliance with the statutory mandate of Pub­ up to these awesome state visits. Only time 226, requiring the suspension of such aid lic Law 92-226 and the attendant require­ will tell if these foreign policy initiatives will to any country which has failed to take ment on the President to suspend aid under bring the lessening of international tensions adequate steps to prevent the :flow of the statute. that people all over the world yearn fur. drugs. G. The President has failed to act and These are a few of the areas of thE: world The complaint follows: suspend aid in violation of his statutory that I thought you ladies might be Interested [In the United States District Court for the obligation, acting in excess of and beyond ln. Yet, there is one more, and it leaves me Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Divi­ and ignoring his statutory duty, and with­ with a heavy heart in raising the subject. sion, Civil Action No. 72C 2382] out justification in falling to take such re­ Yet, it is absolutely essential that you under­ quired susDension action. stand the purpose and meaning. I speak of PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, EX H. The President also has within a.nd un­ terrorism. Recent events in Munich, London, REL. ANTHONY R. MARTIN-TRIGONA, AN­ der his control and possession documents Stockholm, and Madrid are only a few acts THONY R. MARTIN-TRIGONA, PLAINTIFFS, VS. and other materials reposing in the execu­ of violence that have again startled the RICHARD M. NIXON, DEFENDANT tive agencies including, but not llmlted to, world. Howard K. Smith, eminent newscaster COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY JUDGMENT AND the Department of State, Department of for ABC, stated on his September 7, 1972 INJUNCTIVE RELIEF Defense and Central l'ntelllgence agency, all broadcast the following: The plaintiffs complain of the defendanrt indicating that suspension is required un­ "A lot of study and thought has to be and say: der the terms of the appllcable statute for given to how we got into a situation in which 1. Jurisdiction. This court has jurisdiction the referenced na.tions. tiny bands of ruthless terrorists can disrupt under, inter alia, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1361, 1331; 28 I. The President can take official notice of nations, as in Northern Ireland, or the world u.s.c. §§ 2201, 2202. the fact that at least one government does as in Munich. ' This is an action in the nature of manda­ not even provide for criminal penalties for "Until a better analysis comes up, I pro­ mus to require the President of the United the control of some dangerous drugs and the pose this. States to suspend military and economic aid President oan and must take official notice "In the year 1960, Khrushchev, the key­ to the following nations: Republic of Viet­ of this failure to enact a.ppropri8ite statutory noter of a still monolithic Communist move­ Nam, Kingdom of Laos, Kingdom of Thailand, remedies within and for the Kingdom and ment, made this speech, announcing a under the provisions of Public Law 92-226, government of Laos. change in line. 86 Stat. 24. This action also seeks a declara­ J. The President can take as prima facie "He said, in a nuclear world, big wars are tory judgment that the President of the evidence of non compliance the large num­ no longer feasible. And he proposed co-exist­ United States is "required" to suspend mili­ ber of drug addicted American milltary per­ ence. tary and economic aid to the nations in ac- sonnel who have returned from The Repub- 34730 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 10, 1972 lie of Viet-Nam and the Kingdom of Thai­ almost single-handedly put the program with the trappers right to capture and land. together. kill certain fur-bearing animals, it would K. The President ca.n take officla.l notice On weekends he devotes his free time merely set down standards for more of United States government testimony tending to show that the national traffic has to the program, which is patterned after humane treatment of these animals. grown from a trickle to a. torrent during his a very successful similar program in Other traps are available, some costing a.d.m.1.n1&tra.tion. Richmond, Calif. no more than the leg traps, and killing L. The President has not requested any Its purpose is threefold: First, moti­ the animal instantly. waiver or modification from the Congress of vate low and underachievers academi­ Another type of device traps the his clear (and understood by 1/he President) cally, second, elevate the level of self­ animal alive, after which it may be statutory responsiblllty with respect to the esteem and aspiration of the partici­ suspension of aid for nations in Southeast safely transported or killed humanely by Asia.. pants, third, make the students aware the trapper. M. It is clear from the referenced statute of the many opportunities existing in The need for such legislation was that the duty to suspend aid is a. mandatory aviation and aviation-related careers. brought to my attention by petitions one on the President and he has so inter­ Some of the areas covered in the pro­ bearing hundreds of signatures from preted it and stated his duty to comply gram are basic aeronautics, meteorology, concerned schoolchildren in Cincinnati thereunder. and navigation. area schools. N. Th81t mandamus wlli lie to require an The Richmond and ETA programs They recognized the inhumane way in officer of the United States to perform an have demonstrated that they are sig­ act which he is under a. duty to perform and which animals are abused for the sake of which he is "required" to perform to "com­ nificant motivating factors in stimulat­ profit, and have taken the initiative to ply" with a. statutory responsib111ty. ing poor students to improve their make themselves heard. 0. That based on the facts and materials achievement levels significantly in their I urge my colleagues to draw their 1n the public record, matters of involvement regular academic course, and in inducing attention to this legislation. It would 1n which the Central Intelligence Agency has potential "dropouts" to remain in school help to eliminate a problem for which stated a. position, and matters of official and complete their educations. the abused have no spokesman. record, the President must, on the basis of Aviation education is not only an effec­ clear and convincing evidence, a. preponder­ ance and indeed, evidence which establishes tive and viable antidropout tool-it is the point to which it is directed beyond any also a highly motivating force that pro­ reasonable doubt, suspend aid to the refer­ vides the kind of challenge that many THE END OF YOUR NOSE enced nations. young people desperately need early in P. That the President has made no finding life, especially during their school years. against the weight of the public evidence It is noteworthy to observe that the indicating conclusively that the referenced ETA program is strictly a volunteer ef­ HON. FRED SCHWENGEL nations have fa.Ued to take meaningful, se­ fort. Lloyd Haynes and his associates OF IOWA vere and productive actions to stem the flow IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of dangerous drugs into the United St81tes have given freely of their time to make . and to United States personnel and depend­ the program work. They all have one Tuesday, October 10. 1972 ents. thing in common-a deep commitment WHEREFORE, THE PLAINTIFFS SUE to helping young people. Mr. SCHWENGEL. Mr. Speaker, today AND DEMAND JUDGMENT AS FOLLOWS: That commitment is shared by Chuck I am inserting in the RECORD an editorial 1. That the plaintiffs have and receive Dobson and the other dedicated staff in by George T. Nickolas, of Davenport, judgment that the President must comply the FAA's Aviation Education Division Iowa. Mr. Nickolas is a contract specialist with the clear statutory intent and suspend who have been instrumental in helping with the Procurement and Production aid to the nations in question. develop the ETA program. I hope the Directorate of the U.S. Army Weapons 2. That the evidence available in the pub­ Command at Rock Island, ill. He is a past lic domain establishes beyond any reason­ FAA will intensify their efforts in this able doubt, with a. convincing weight of the area. State of Iowa commander of the Disabled evidence, and with a. preponderance of the An example of the application of the American Veterans, a member of the evidence, that the referenced nations have learning through aviation concept can Iowa Governor's Committee on Employ­ fa.Ued to take action contemplated under the be seen on the October 27 "Room 222" ment of the Handicapped, and the cur­ statute and must have their aid suspended. series. rent chairman of the Bi-State Commit­ 3. That the President is under a. duty to tee on Employment and Services for the "comply" with the statute, and must now Through the efforts of Lloyd Haynes, the FAA, and William D'Angelo, execu­ Handicapped. so comply and suspend aid to the nations in Mr. Nickolas writes eloquently on the question. tive producer of Twentieth Century Fox, Respectfully submitted. the October 27 telecast, entitled "Lift, problems of the handicapped and I urge my colleagues and all who read the CoN­ ANTHONY R. MARTIN-TRIGONA, Thrust, and Drag," will be based on the Relator ana InatvUlual Platnttf!. concept. Hopefully, the telecast will go GRESSIONAL RECORD to ponder on his re­ a long way toward stimulating nation­ marks which follow: wide interest in this very promising ap­ THE END OF YOUR NOSE proach. (By George T. Nickolas) EDUCATION THROUGH AVIATION Architectural barriers can be a. problem to everyone during their lifetime and yet, few IN SUPPORT OF HUMANE TREAT­ people are doing anything about removing MENT OF FUR-BEARING ANIMALS these barriers. It is a. problem which could HON. ROBERT P. GRIFFIN be compared to a. fly on the end of your nose OF MICHIGAN which you have difficulty seeing. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES HON. WILLIAM J. KEATING The various Governor and local committees Tuesday, October 10, 1972 on Employment of the Handicapped con­ OF OHIO duct promotional programs to generate ac­ Mr. GRIFFIN. Mr. President, most IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion to remove architectural barriers. They Americans know Lloyd Haynes as Pete often meet with resistance from well-mean­ Dixon, a high school teacher on the ABC Tuesday, October 10, 1972 ing businessmen who visualize only those handicapped in wheelchairs or those with Television series "Room 222." Few know Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, today I visual leg disabilities. They don't, unless they him as the prime mover behind an Edu­ became a sponsor of a bill originally are aftilcted, see the man with a heart condi­ cation through Aviation program­ introduced in the House of Representa­ tion, the man with a lung problem, the el­ ETA-in Santa Monica, Calif. The pro­ tives by Congressman BROOMFIELD of derly, or even the mother who wheels her gram embodies the concept of learning Michigan, which would prohibit the ship­ baby in a stroller. through aviation fostered by the Federal ment in interstate and foreign commerce There are over 18 million handicapped Aviation Administration. of fur or leather from an animal trapped Americans today who find themselves slaves to the architectural barrier master. Why does From securing the use of ground school in any part of the United States or a our society continue to build imposing flights facilities, recruiting pilots as instructors, foreign country which has not banned of stairs, high street and parking lot curbs, to arranging transportation for the the manufacture, sale, or use of leghold narrow doorways and doors that are d11ficult young people involved, Lloyd Haynes­ or steel jaw traps. to open? who happens to be a licensed pilot-has This legislation would not interfere Our society has done much to help bring October 10, 1.972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 34731 the handicapped out of their houses and Practical considerations certainly mllltate surface mining, preparation and ap­ many have been put to work to become pro­ unequivocally against nationalization." proval of mining plans designed to pro­ ductive citizens; but untll we can remove Many of the recommendations of the tect the environment, bonds to cover the barriers to permit their free movement, ASTRO Report for rehab111tating U.S. rail­ reclamation costs, and periodic inspec­ they will remain shut out of the mainstream roads are included in the proposed Surface of living. They are precluded from just doing Transportation Act of 1971 now before Con­ tions once a permit or lease is issued. the simple things of life like shopping, en­ gress. Major elements of the surface trans­ More than 54 million acres of public and joying the theater, and going to the super­ portation industry-the regulated motor, Indian lands-mostly in the West-have markets. water and rail carriers-have joined in press­ coal deposits. Maybe today you are able to walk around ing for passage of the Act as have countless In releasing the GAO report ermits The timing and scope of technical exam­ the shortcomings of the bill. There are and leases covered by its review (53 for BLM inations and the submission and approval of and 12 for BIA), GAO found that: exploration and mining plans, others, such as those related to enforce­ The required amount of performance ment. But they are not serious enough The required technical examinations had to not been conducted for 35 of the permits and bonds, warrant opposition to the bill. leases. The purpose of a technical examina­ The need for adequate documentation of Indeed the bill is vastly superior, even tion is to determine the effects that the pro­ the results of the activities conducted under with these shortcomings, to the admin­ posed exploration or mining would have on the regulations, and istration's bill and the Senate bill. It is the environment and to serve as a basis for The need for documented periodic reviews not punitive. It is not unrealistic. It will formulating appropriate reclamation re­ of the administration of the regulations. (See not summarily halt much of U.S. coal quirements. (See p. 12.) p. 27.) The Secretary should appraise the ade­ production. It is, in many respects, a Some permittees were operating without approved exploration plans-an essential ele­ quacy of the fee associated with processing good bill and I intend to support it. ment of control in protecting the environ­ an application for a coal permit or lease. (See A digest of the GAO's findings of Au­ ment--and some plans had been approved p . 27.) gust 10, 1972, follows: without technical examinations. (Seep. 14.) The Secretary should also require BLM to COMPTROLLER GENERAL'S REPORT TO THE CON­ Some compliance and performance bonds revise its procedures to comply with Council SERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUB­ covering the requirements, including recla­ guidelines and BIA to adopt procedures for COMMITTEE, COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT mation, of leases or permits had not been the preparation of environmental impact OPERATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES obtained from the operators. The amounts of statements for those cases in which the state­ WHY THE REVIEW WAS MADE some of those that had been obtained were ments are required. (Seep. 31.) not sufficient to cover the estimated cost of AGENCY ACTIONS AND UNRESOLVED ISSUES At the joint request of the Chairman and the reclamation requirements of the permits the ranking minority member of the Conser­ The matters in this report were discussed or leases. (See p. 16.) vation and Natural Resources Subcommittee with Department officials who stated that Some of the reports required to be sub­ appropriate actions would be taken by BLM, of the House Committee on Government Op­ mitted by the operators to the Department at erations, the General Accounting Office BIA, and the Survey to develop procedures various stages of the operations on such xnat­ (GAO) reviewed the Department of the In­ which would clarify the requirements of the ters as grading and backfilling, planting, and regulations and to require adequate docu­ terior's administration of its regulations df abandoning operations had not been sub­ January 18, 1969, concerning surface ex­ mentation of the results of the activities ploration, mining, and reclamation of public mitted. (Seep. 20.) conducted under the regulations. BLM has issued formal instructions to its Department officials agreed to make a lands (43 CFR 23) and Indian lands (25 field offices to implement the Department's CFR 177). study to determine the costs associated with regulations, but the Survey and BIA have processing applications for coal permits and GAO's review was limited to the adminis­ not. GAO believes that the issuance of such tration of t he regulations for coal resources. leases and indicated that fees would be ad­ GAO also considered whether: instructions would assist field personnel in justed, if warranted. administering and implementing the regula­ The Department was applying the regula­ BLM and BIA officials stated that they tions. (Seep. 25.) tions consistent with the mandates of the would issue procedures for preparation of · Documentation of the results of technical National Environmental Policy : .. ct of 1969 environmental impact statements to meet and examinations, onsite visits, and other activi­ the requirements of Council guidelines. The regulations provided assurance that ties required by the regulations was not al­ valuable resources were not being depleted ways prepared. without protection of environmental values. With regard to Indian lands, GAO believes that the Indian landowners were adequately GAO's review was made in Arizona, Colo­ rado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, consulted by BIA as to the actions proposed MICHAEL BERNSTEIN, GENERAL for permits or leases on their lands as re­ and Wyoming and in the Department's head­ COUNSEL FOR LABOR, RETffiES quarters office in Washington, D.C. quired by the Department's regulations. (See p. 22.) Background The Department requires an applicant to HON. MARVIN L. ESCH In January 1972 the Department estimated submit a $10 fee with each permit and lease OF MICHIGAN that 41 million acres of the 825 million acres application for coal exploration or mining. of public land had coal deposits. Of the 41 The fee was to recover the cost of processing IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES million acres, 1.6 million were covered by the applications. Because rersonnel costs Tuesday, October 10, 1972 prospecting permits or mining leases. The have nearly doubled since the amount of the Department also estimated that 13.5 million fee was established and because the regula­ Mr. ESCH. Mr. Speaker, this past week, acres of the 50 million acres of Indian lands tions now require a more comprehensive Michael Bernstein, our general counsel had coal deposits. Of the 13.5 million acres, evaluation of the application than previously for labor, after a long and successful 700,000 were covered by coal prospecting per­ required, GAO believes that the adequacy of career of contribution to our Federal mit• or mining leases. the fee associated with processing an ap­ Government, left for retirement in the The Department's January 18, 1969, regula­ plication for a coal permit or lease should be city of London. I think it is the time that tions do not provide specific technical re­ appraised. (Seep. 24.) we recognize him as one of the most loyal quirements for exploration, mining, or rec­ Implementation of National Environmental and competent of public servants. Too lamation activities. Such requirements are Policy Act of 1969 based on examinations (called technical ex­ frequently the general public is unaware aminations) of the effect s that the proposed The Department's regulations require con­ of the contribution made by all of the mining operations will have upon the envi­ sideration of the ecological factors for coal counsel for the various committees of ronment and are included as special stipu­ permits and leases issued on public and In­ dian lands. To implement the environmental Congress and the Senate. Mike Bernstein lations in permits or leases granted by the has made that type of contribution. For Department to the mining operators. Act, the Councll on Environmental Quality requires that each Federal agency prepare both the House and the Senate com­ Permits and leases on public and Indian mittees, his record is one of dedication lands are administered by the Department's formal procedures for the preparation of en­ Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the vironmental impact statements. and contribution. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), respectively. BLM's procedures do not comply with the I came to know Mr. Bernstein when The Department's Geological Survey is re­ Council's implementing guidelines because I first arrived with the 90th Congress in sponsible for providing scientific and techni­ they do not outline the criteria to determine 1967. My new colleagues and I quickly cal advice to both BLM and BIA. when and under what circumstances en­ found that there were few in the Federal During the period January 18, 1969, to No- vironmental impact statements should be Government who possessed such a fund October 10, 1.972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 34733 of knowledge pertaining to labor law, as lutants by these plants. The most ob­ sociation. In fact, only last Friday, just well as the perception to analyze con­ vious available substitute is to use atomic a few hours before his sudden and tragic temporary issues within the context of energy for generating electricity in the death, I had called him on the telephone the history of labor legislation. Those breeder reactor or nuclear powerplant, to discuss the pending Longshoremen's qualities made Mike Bernstein's con­ which does not pollute the air at all. and Harbor Worker's Compensation Act tribution throughout my term of service Yet environmentalists have managed which is pending business tomorrow on a most significant one. He will be missed, to block the issuance of siting and con­ the House floor. As my adviser and con­ not only l:'y the members of the Educa­ struction permits for nuclear power­ sultant on labor matters, George was tion and Labor Committee on both sides plants as completely as they have blocked vitally concerned with the passage of of the aisle, but more significantly, by such permits for coal-fueled and oil­ this bill and in large measure, its pas­ the entire professional community deal­ fueled powerplants-with far less rea­ sage will be a memorial to this fine man. ing with labor legislation. Our one wish son. They put so much pressure on the Mrs. Daniels joins with me in express­ is that his years may continue to be pro­ Atomic Energy Commission that it bowed ing our sincerest sympathy to George ductive, as we know they will be-filled meekly, without even an appeal, to a Delap's lovely widow, the former Eleanor with the reading that he "never quite got court decision last year-Calvert Cliffs Swift, and their three children. George, to" as well as, hopefully, that writing he Coordinating Committee and others Muriel, and Edith, in this time of sorrow. intended to do. against AEC-requiring months or years Rest in peace, dear friend. of additional hearings and review before granting new construction permits and operating licenses for nuclear power­ THE NECESSITY OF NUCLEAR SOUTH COAST AIR BASIN IN plants. The Commission has even cast JEOPARDY POWERPLANTS doubt on whether the few existing nu­ clear powerplants will be allowed to keep HON. JOHN G. SCHMITZ ope:rating. HON. JEROME R. WALDIE OF CALIFORNIA OF CALIFORNIA Despite fantastically exaggerated pop­ IN THE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ular fears, reliable studies show that HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dangers to the environment from a nu­ Tuesday, October 10, 1972 Tuesday, October 10, 1972 clear powerplant are very light. An Mr. SCHMITZ. Mr. Speaker, during atomic explosion in such a plant is ab­ Mr. WALDIE. Mr. Speaker, an article the course of this year, evidence has been solutely impossible. Protective systems from the Los Angeles Times has come to rapidly accumulating to prove conclu­ make any major accident with the re­ my attention, and I would like to share sively that we face an electric power actor exceedingly unlikely, and none has it with my fellow Members. I find it crisis in the very near future-perhaps ever happened. The amount of radioac­ highly encouraging that citizen groups as soon as next year in some areas, al­ tive waste is small and can be safely are actively involving themselves in the most certainly within 3 to 4 years. The disposed of. The only significant envi­ fight to control auto emissions. Mr. David demand for electric power in the United ronmental effect is a slight raising of the McDonald is to be commended for using States is doubling every 15 years, while temperature of the water used for cooling his talent for organizing effective groups the construction of new powerplants to the reactor, which affects water life in by organizing the Desert Peoples United. meet this accelerating demand has vir­ only a very small area. Residents in the Southern California tually ground to a halt. The construction of a greatly increased Air Basin need no one to remind them Electric power generation alone now number of nuclear powerplants is clearly of the critical state of their air. Con­ takes one-quarter of all the oil, gas, and necessary if we are to meet our electric cerned citizens, such as those led by Mr. coal consumed in the United States-and power needs without more severe air pol­ McDonald, can be instrumental in im­ the demand for oil and gas is rising al­ lution. The "environmentalists" who are plementing such programs as he pro­ most as fast as the demand for electric fighting construction of these plants do poses to alert citizens of high oxidant power. It is generally predicted that 10 not seem to realize that the availability levels in the air. years from now only half of our oil and of ample electric power is indispensable The tragic death of Paul Patmore, gas needs can be supplied from American for achieving their own primary goal of mentioned by Mr. McDonald, only serves sources. For the other half, we will have cleaning up pollution. Obstacles to nu­ to focus both California's and the Na­ to depend on imports from foreign clear plant siting and construction tion's attention on the severity of the sources which could be cut o:ff in time of should be removed and their construc­ problem. Unfortunately, the problem of war or for political reasons. tion should be encouraged rather than smog had· long been ignored-until the Many Americans ha"'e become so ac­ discouraged by the Government. cumulative evidence of its destructive­ customed to the constant availability ness could be seen. Now, sadly, we are and use of electric power that they have seeing human lives adversely affected by never stopped to think about what would smog, seeing the destructive effect of TRffiUTE TO THE LATE GEORGE smog on tree and plant life, the accumu­ happen if there was no longer enough THOMAS DELAP of it to go around. But when a nation­ lation of smog's "grit" on buildings of wide coal strike closed down all the coal­ all kinds. Unfortunately this is just the fueled powerplants in Great Britain last HON. DOMINICK V. DANIELS beginning of a long, long list of effects winter, the English people found out just OF NEW JERSEY smog has on our total environment. The article follows: what it meant. Electric power could be IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ex-UNION CHIEF BATTLES A NEW OPPONENT­ supplied to homes and business for only Tuesday, October 10, 1972 a few hours each day, or on alternate SMOG days. Millions of workers wer~ laid of!; Mr. DANIELS of New Jersey. Mr. (By John Dreyfuss) millions of homes went unlighted and Speaker, I rise to announce with pro­ PALM SPRINGS.-David J. McDonald is or­ unheated for long periods; enormous found sorrow to Members of this House ganizing again. Now his rally cry is to com­ the death of a good friend, respected bat smog-a far cry from his efforts on traffic jams occurred because traffic behalf of steel workers as one of Ainerica's lights and rapid transit could not labor leader, and trusted member of my leading union officials in the 1950s and 1960s. operate. district staff, Mr. George Thomas Delap. In a passionate speech here, the former The construction of the new power­ Mr. Speaker, this is the second death United Steel Workers' president outlined an plants necessary to prevent all these among my staff within the past month. antismog program for the South Coast Air things from happening in the United I have lost two irreplaceable friends Basin. States has been blocked by environmen­ with the passing of John Griffin and, The program was well received by River­ side and San Bernardino county politicians, talist groups. Their vehement objections now, George Delap, who passed away on but they reserved final judgment pending to the air pollution caused by coal- Friday, October 6, 1972. study. fueled and oil-fueled generating plants George Delap was a man widely known Most drastic of the actions proposed by have some basis, and the Clean Air Act and widely admired in Hudson County, McDonald, who heads a 1,000-member anti­ of 1970-for which I voted-placed tight N.J. He served as business agent to locals smog group called Desert Peoples United, new restrictions on emission of air pol- of the International Longshoremen's As- was to sound air raid sirens and stop motor 34734 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 10, 1972 vehicle traffic when smog reaches levels well steel workers in 1936, there were only 11 of us have cost him a total effort of wlll, this John below current alert limits. at the first meeting. We're already ahead of Wayne of the political wars, this man who Sirens should wail when oxidants reach that." relished his Isaiahian philosophy of "reason­ .2 parts in a million parts of air, said the ing together" but who, given a choice, ac­ 69-year-old DPU president. tually preferred a good fight or even its pros­ Current alert levels are .5 ppm in Los L. B. J.'S VISION OF AMERICA pect. But he bit the bullet. Angeles County, .35 ppm in San Bernardino From overseeing the nation and the world, County, and .27 ppm in Riverside County. he returned to his acres and cattle and A Civilian Antipollution Warden Corps HON. J. J. PICKLE memories. would be created to report license numbers OF TEXAS But he has not, thankfully, permitted bit­ of vehicles driving after the air raid siren terness to permeate his being, nor cynicism sounded. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to cloud his always-bright vision of his Drivers violating the vehicle ban could Tuesday, October 10, 1972 country and its citizens. His current think­ be fined or their licenses temporarily re­ ing is exposed in an address he made a cou­ scinded, McDonald suggested. Mr. PICKLE. Mr. Speaker, the politi­ ple of weeks ago at the Scott and White He also urged setting a low cost automo­ cal season is upon us and as the winds Cllnic in Temple, Tex. His purpose was to bile tuneup rate to be identical throughout of oratory blow they are sometimes filled re-state where America is and where he the South Coast Basin, which includes all with rhetoric that breeds cynicism. thinks it is going and where he feels it ought or part of Los Angeles, Riverside, San Ber­ It seems to me that cynicism is an in­ to proceed: nardino, Orange, Ventura and Santa Barbara "For too long, we have permitted the dark counties. evitable byproduct when some politi­ cians describe their opponents and while perception to pervade our midst. Day after McDonald, who has seen smog develop into day, month after month, the portrayal of a threat to Palm Springs tourism since he others describe their own accomplish­ America as unclean, unjust and unworthy moved here seven years ago, began his talks ments. has been ground into the consciousness of to politicians, DPU members and newsmen Fortunately, not all of the remarks by our people. With a tragic anecdote. our political leaders generate such dis­ "We no longer see the blooming flowers Beginning quietly, McDonald said: "At solution in our governmental processes for we are searching for the litter. We no five o'clock yesterday morning, a young longer celebrate the many fresh triumphs of friend of mine, Paul Patmore, died in his and our national aspirations. Former President Lyndon B. Johnson justice for we are lingering over the residue mother's arms just a few blocks from where of yesterday's shortcomings. We no longer we are now assembled." recently spoke at Scott and White Hos­ measure the miles we have come toward a McDonald spoke a little louder. "Why did pital in Temple, Tex. His purpose was more humane, civil and peaceful world for we Paul die?" he asked. And he answered the to restate where America is and where are too busy calibrating the remaining inches question by blaming air pollution. he thinks it is going and where he feels of times we are trying to escape and leave Patmore had emphysema, and because of it ought to proceed. behind. smog's effect on the disease," ... Paul's lungs His message was one that society is "This is our clear and present challenge.'' suddenly broke, and the blood smothered measured by its accomplishments and Where wlllit lead? "Whatever may be your him and he died in his mother's arms." own perception of where we are and where McDonald's voice rose to a loud, rasping its opportunities more so than its failures. we may be heading, let me say for myself that query: The Albany, Ga., Herald editorially I see little today suggesting that our system "How many more Paul Patmore's must die found strong merit in President John­ is falling-but I see all too much which before a job is done, not only here, but son's remarks and commented on them. convincingly argues that by our doubts and throughout America?" I believe their editorial merits our hesitations we may be fail1ng the promise and When McDonald began his speech his flaw­ thoughtful consideration and I am there­ potential of our system. We are not living in lessly groomed silver hair was swept care­ fore including it in today's RECORD. times of collapse. The old is not coming fully back from his forehead. down. Rather, the troubling and torment But in the end it hung over his eyebrows, The editorial follows: these days stems from the new trying to rise his face was florid and his voice rose from a [From the Albany, Ga., Herald, Sept. 25, 1972] into place ... near whisper to a waterfall crescendo. L. B. J.'s VISION OF AMERICA "The essentials of a new America-a better "It's gonna be tough," he said, his eyes If he were that type of man, it would be America-are au on hand and within our ranging across the audience of about 50 per- relatively easy for Lyndon Baines Johnson to reach . . . Our real challenge lies not in sup­ sons. feel abused, politically speaking, at the pressing change but in utilizing it to vitalize TOUGH FIGHT hands of his countrymen. and energize our society. Change is not our "But you know if we work, and we work; After all, as the 36th President of the enemy. On the contrary, this society has no and we work and we fight and we fight and United States, he presided over the enact­ deadlier danger than refusal to change . . . we fight, by God, we can win." ment of more on-going social legislation than The most frightening thing that could hap­ McDonald had finished organizing for the had his idol, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in pen to us today would be for us to close our day. He left the speaker's podium to loud the storied 100 Days of the New Deal. eyes to new ideas, and to close our ears to applause. Moreover, President Johnson had succeed­ those . . . who are trying to tell us how W. R. Holcomb, mayor of San Bernardino, ed, legislatively, in almost every area in they would go about perfecting the visions of was one of those applauding. which his vigorous predecessor, John Fitz­ America.'' • He called the DPU recommendations "feas­ gerald Kennedy, had failed, quite possibly This is the Lyndon Johnson that stlll ible," but said that they should be "beefed because Congress hastened td act out of a stands tall in the affections of his country­ up," and that certain voluntary aspects sense of shock and grief in the aftermath of men. should be made mandatory. that horrifying afternoon in Dallas. But the AI McCandless, Riverside County Super­ Johnsonian aegis was the factor, whatever visor, said "no one could quarrel" with the the motivation, which carried the day in YESHIVA TORAS CHAIM TALMUDI­ concept of McDonald's proposal, although civil rights, in voting rights, in Social Se­ CAL SEMINARY RECEIVES AC­ implementation might be a problem. curity expansion, in the War on Poverty, in CREDITATION William Shuz, mayor of Desert Hot Springs, all of the other undertakings of Big Govern­ said he would present the DPI plan to the ment to enhance the lives of widening num­ city council. bers of Amerir.ans. PLANS STUDY Even so, a President of this towering HON. JAMES D. (MIKE) McKEVITT Mayor Howard Wiefel of Palm Springs said stature was pulled from his pedestal and OF COLORADO he was not so sure the city could mandate sent packing to his native Pedernales River parts of the proposal, but he said he would country within three years after having won IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES study it. the greatest percentage majority of the vote Tuesday, October 10, 1972 And Jack Green, president of the Southern accorded a Presidential candidate in an elec­ California Assn. of Governments, and exec­ tion in modern times. He had won all of his Mr. McKEVI'IT. Mr. Speaker, this past utive director of the Regional Anti-Pollu­ battles on the domestic front. But a rising week I had the privilege of attending a tion Authority, an agency formed by Palm majority of the country rejected his massive dinner at the Yeshiva Toras Chaim Tal­ Springs, Indio, Indian Wells and Desert Hot intervention in the Vietnam War. mudical Seminary in Denver, Colo. The Springs to prevent increased smog, said of Faced with the unmistakable evidence of Yeshiva 1s the only fully accredited high the program: "RAPA will have to look at it, his spreading unpopularity on this sensitive school/college Talmudical Seminary be­ but it looks good." score, witnessing the rise of opposition can­ Perhaps it wasn't much compared with or­ didates whom he could have mastered only tween Chicago and the west coast. ganizing more than a million steel workers, yesterday with the wave of his hand, and Eighty of its students work at the high but McDonald had apparently done all right grieving over the riot-torn campuses and school level, while 40 more young people with his first public effort as president of a streets of a nation reeling from internal dis­ receive instruction in college-level citizens' antismog group. "And remember," orders, Lyndon Johnson, quite uncharac­ courses. he said, "when we started to organize the teristically, bowed from the scene. It must Recently the Yeshiva was recognized October 10, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 34735 and accepted for equal credit toward a For example, this year's $2.7 billion budg­ its priority health care mission ... our Tampa. bachelor of arts degree by the State ac­ et for V A's hospital and medical care pro­ VA Hospital also will be contributing signifi­ gram is the largest in history. cantly to the economy of this area. crediting agent, the University of Colo­ In providing record-high budgets for VA It will also be complementing the service rado-; I am sure that my esteemed col­ medicine . . . and each year's budget has of the Bay Pines Hospital, in St. Petersburg, leagues will agree that this is a most im­ been higher than the year before . . . the an institution that has for so long been a pressive achievement, for which the American people have proved that they have source of pride to this area. and that has for seminary can be justifiably proud. accepted . . . fully and freely . . . Abraham so long provided quality care for the veterans Lincoln's charge and challenge "to care for of the area. him who shall have borne the battle." Bay Pines will continue to provide that The second challenge we face in dedicating service and will continue to occupy its place this 702-bed medica.l, surgical, and neuro­ of importance to veterans and to the general DEDICATION OF NEW TAMPA, FLA., logical hospital is to ensure that V A's hos­ citizenry of this section of Florida.. It is now VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION pital and medical care program w111 continue being greatly improved and will be rebuilt HOSPITAL to improve, strengthen and expand its capa­ and refurbished in accord with plans and bilities for contributing to adequate health programming. Bay Pines will work closely care at reasonable cost for all Americans. with it-c new sister facility. HON. OLIN E. TEAGUE We can be certain that VA's new Tampa. Now that we have taken a closer look at OF TEXAS Hospital will play a. key role in the future the hospital we dedicate today . . . let's IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES growth and progress of VA medicine. step back to get a broader view and a truer Let's take a. closer look for a. moment at perspective of this institution. Tuesday, October 10, 1972 this hospital. We find that this newest and most mod­ The first thing we see . . . or should see, ern VA hospital is more than a single hos­ Mr. TEAGUE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, certainly . . . is that this handsome modern pital ... more even than being the 168th on Saturday, October 7, 1972, I was priv­ medica.l fa.cllity is far more than a. $24 mil­ Veterans Administration hospital now in ileged to participate in the formal dedi­ lion structure of brick and glass and steel. operation. cation ceremonies of the newest Veter­ It is more than a. planned, orderly mix It is part ... a vital part, I need not add ans' Administration hospital to be added of medical, surgical, psychiatric, spinal cord ... of VA's nationwide health care delivery to the world's largest hospital system. injury, physical medicine and rehabilita­ system. This new 702-bed facility is symbolic of tion, and hemodialysis beds ... 702 in all ... And when I say "system" ... I mean exact­ our Nation's resolve to provide the best which wlll be in full operation by the end ly that. of Fiscal Year 1974. In addition to its hospitals ... VA's health possible care to those who have defended It is more tha.n 32,000 net square feet for care dellvery system ... which is the largest the freedom we cherish. I hope that its medical research with laboratory space to under single management anywhere in the future service to the needs of these brave accommodate a. wide range of research efforts. free world . . . comprises 18 domiciliary Americans will refiect in full measure Our Tampa. VA Hospital is people. homes, nine restoration centers, 83 nursing the generous service they gave and are That's right . . . people . . . its patients care units, and 203 outpatient clinics ... or­ giving to America. and their families ... its staff ... a.ffi.lia.ted ganized into 37 "regional" Medical Districts Mr. Speaker, the dedicatory address medical school personnel . . . medical train­ . .. and operated directly by VA. ees ... volunteers ... local suppliers ... and I make this !Bitter point by way of intro­ was delivered by the Honorable Donald the citizens and officials of this great com­ duction to a fact that is not widely known. E. Johnson. His adddress fully describes munity. The VA hospital system utilizes . . . and the many unique medical treat~ent For it will be people who will operate or will continue to do so ...non-VA facilities facilities which are available in this new support the operation of this hospital. And, ... such as other Federal, State and private hospital, and for the benefit of my col­ of course, it is people who will be the bene­ hospitals, community and State nursing leagues, I include the text of Adminis­ ficiaries of this hospital's planned special homes, State domiciliaries for veterans, and a. trator Johnson's address. medical programs ... including a. cardiac variety of other extended care arrangements. catheterization laboratory, drug dependence Many members of Florida's medical com­ REMARKS OF HON. DONALD E. JOHNSON, treatment unit, electron Inicroscopy, hemo­ munity can tell you ... from personal ex­ ADMINISTRATOR OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS dialysis and home dialysis training, coronary, perience . . . that the VA hospital system Your Excellency, Bishop McLaughlin .. medical and surgical intensive care units, day also relies heavily on "home town" or fee­ Dr. Tremmel ... Dr. Musser ... Senator Gur­ treatment and hospital center, mental hy­ basis physicians and dentists ... as required ney . . . Congressman Teague . . . Congress- giene clinic, orthopedic shop, nuclear medi­ or desirable. man Haley ... Congressman Gibbons .. . cine, pulmonary function laboratory, respira­ The magnitude of the VA hospital system Congressman Young ... Mayor Greco .. . tory care center, speech pathology, and spinal offers other advantages . . . such as: representatives of America's Armed Forces cord injury center. 1. Transferring patients . . . readily and and veterans organizations ... distinguished A moment ago I referred to affiliated medi­ with no red tape ... to the most appropriate guests, which all of you are . . . and my cal school personnel. treatment modality and location. Veterans Administration associates: America's veterans . . . but especially the 2. Fostering the most efficient use of both We are met this morning not just to dedi­ thousands upon thousands of veterans who medical and adm1nlstrative personnel . . . cate this magnificent new Veterans Admin­ will be treated in this hospital in years to and promoting optimum utilization of medi­ istration Hospital here in Tampa., Florida. ... come ... are indeed fortunate that our cal personnel in scarce categories. but to set it apart for a. very special purpose: Tampa. VA hospital is affi.liated with the Uni­ 3. Saving substantial expenditures in the to be the finest hospital and provide the versity of South Florida. Medical School here purchase of supplles. best care possible for very special Ameri­ in Tampa. 4. Encouraging avoidance of excessive du­ cans . . . the quarter-of-a.-million veterans I know that Dr. Donn L. Smith ... Dean plication of expensive equipment. in Central and West Florida. whom this of the Medical School ... and Mr. George 5. And speeding up problem-solving proc­ newest of V A's 168 hospitals has been built R. Hiskey ... Director of this VA hospital . . . esses in both the management and medical to serve. shar~ my confidence that this affiliation will field. Mr. Webster tells us that dedication means prove to be mutually beneficial. Permit me to cite two examples of the devotion to some work or cause. I can tell you now that this a.ffi.liation is ability of our VA hospital system to cope I submit that today we are devoting our­ unique . . . since the University of South readily and effectively with new demands selves to the most unselfish and important Florida Medical School llke our hospital iS and changing circumstances. cause possible ... qua.llty health care for ill also in the process of being activated ... The first concerns VA's drug treatment and disabled veterans. with its initial class of 24 medical students program. We do so with full understanding that this now in its first year of training. In June 1971 ... President Nixon asked dedication ceremony commits us to meeting Having opened its doors to its first patient Congress to increase VA's drug treatment new challenges . . . and accepting new op­ this past August 21st . . . our Tampa. VA budget by an additional $14 million to assist portunities for needed service to our veter­ hospital is already making its presence felt "in the immediate development and em­ ans. in this community and this part of Florida. placement of VA rehabilitation centers which The first challenge is to be worthy of the The worth of this hospital's health care will permit both inpatient and outpatient vote of confidence which the American mission can never be measured in dollars care of addicts in a community setting." people have given VA medicine. and cents . . : but the cost of carrying out When we received our marching orders They have said to us: this mission can be ... and must be ... from the President ... VA had only five spe­ We want our veterans to have the best calculated. cial drug treatment centers. In less than six hospital and medical care in the world . . . VA's annual expenditures to operate our and we think that VA medicine can provide Tampa. Hospital ... once it is in full opera­ months' time we accomplished a six-fold such care. tion ... wlll be in excess of $20 million. There increase ... expanding to 32 such centers. By their continuing support ... they have will be 1400 employees serving here on a. We are adding 12 more centers this year demonstrated the depth of their concern full-ttme basis. ... bringing to 44 the number of such spe­ for the welfare of this nation's 29 mlllion I know that all of us in the Veterans Ad­ cialized drug treatment centers ... and en­ veterans. ministration are pleased that in carrying out abling us to care for 40 percent more veter- 34736 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 10, 1972 ans than the 20,000 cared for in the last And you know that the results of VA medi­ teers in this and surrounding communities fiscal year. cal research are quickly made avail&ble to who offered their compassionate hearts and A second example of the ability of the VA all of our citizens. capable hands in selfless service to the vet­ hospital system to cope readily and effective­ The ponit I want to emphasize is VA's eran patients at this hospital. ly with new demands and changing circum­ unique capability for conduoting wide-scale And ... hopefully ... he can cite as a stances can be found in the tragic San Fer­ cooperative research projects in clinical set­ fact the pledge I now make. nando, California earthquake of February 9, tings ••. our a.bllity to oonduct simultane­ Recognizing that to have a friend ... one 1971. ously the same research effort in many hos­ must be a friend . . . I now pledge to you We effected the wide scale redistribution of pirtals. officials and good citizens of Tampa, Florida patients . . . with minimum disruption of I submit that this research technique is that my Tampa VA Hospital associates ... their care requirements . . . following this proof that the VA hospital system offers great and indeed all of us in VA . . . wlll try to earthquake . . . which destroyed our San potential for reducing the time necessary to earn your coveted friendship . . . and, in Fernando VA Hosiptal . . . and which sub­ test new medical treatments or theories. turn . . . to be a worthy friend, a good sequently led to the reconstruction of our We believe that we can apply this same neighbor . . . and a constructive force for Wadsworth facillty in Los Angeles. approach successfully in establishing . . . good. Immediately after taking office as Admin­ and demonstrating . . . new models or pat­ Thank you for joining with us on this istrator of Veterans Affairs . . . I started terns of health care delivery ... particularly dedication. using the word "quality" ... in referring to with the appropriate ut1llzation of "para­ VA's hospital and medical care program. professionals." That word was appropriate then ... but is With the enthusiastic support of Presi­ even more so today. dent Nixon and the Congress . . . VA medi­ S. 2507-TO CONTROL THE "SATUR­ I have already noted the affiliation of VA cine is ma.king rapid gains in helping to DAY NIGHT SPECIAL" hospitals with the Nation's medical teaching meet the Nation's medical manpower needs. schools. We will train 62,000 persons ... an all­ Permit me to list some of VA medicine's time high ... in health care delivery this HON. JOHN D. DINGELL other positives. year ... an increase of nearly 10 percent over All of our hospitals are accredited. Fiscal 1972 ... and more than two-thirds OF MICHIGAN Nearly one-half o! VA's !ull-tlme physi­ again as many as we trained just four years IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ago. cians are board-certified specialists . . . and Tuesday, October 10, 1972 nearly one-half hold active faculty appoint­ VA's medical education and tmining pro­ ments at medical or dental schools affiliated gram includes trainees in some 60 profes­ Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I insert with our hospitals. sional and technical categories. To mustrate into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD copies of In addition . . . VA hospitals have active the national importance of this program . . . a letter just received by me from an old affiliations with gradtullte departments of permit me to point out the following facts. friend, Mr. William Loeb, president and psychology, graduate schools of social work, Nearly one-third of all physicians now occupational as well as physical therapy practicing in the United States ... and ap­ publisher of the Manchester Union schools, pharmacy schools ... plus universi­ proximately one-half of those entering prac­ Leader, and a letter to him from the able ties, colleges, junior and community colleges, tice each year . . . have ha.d some or all of chief of police of the city of Indianapolis, and technical and vocational schools having their postgraduate tra.ining in VA hospitals. Ind., Mr. Winston Churchill. This cor­ courses for professional or technical allied VA contributes directly to the education respondence, regarding S. 2507, the Bayh health workers. each year of over 1,000 dental students, over bill which supposedly is to control the so­ The staffing picture in our hospitals is con­ 20,000 basic nursing students, 23 percent of called Saturday night specials, sets out stantly improving. Our total average em­ all social work graduates, 32 percent of all ployment in VA's medical care program in dietetic interns, 20 percent of all PH.D. can­ the defects of that bill and suggests a this fiscal year will be 153,627 ... an in­ didates in clinical psychology, and 25 percent better course of action in the view of an crease of more than 10,000 employees over of all pharmacy interns and residents. able and respected law enforcement of­ 1972 ... and more than 20,000 over 1971. Finally . . . I tell you that the VA health ficer: On an average day in Fiscal 1973 ... VA delivery system is especially well suited to MANCHESTER UNION LEADER, will be providing some form of patient c~e assist in increasing medical resources in Manchester, N.H., September 19, 1972. or support to more than 167,000 beneficiaries. scarcity areas. We are already at work on the Hon. JOHN D. DINGELL, During this year we wlll provide inpatient development of eight Area Health Education Rayburn House Office Building, care for nearly one million veterans . . . an Centers . . . using VA hospitals as a nucleus Washington, D.O. all-time high ... and handle almost 11 mil­ in localities that are removed from centers DEAR JOHN: Just to show the sort of in­ lion outpatient visits ... the highest num­ of higher medical education. dividual we should bave as Chiefs o! Police ber in history. We can and should expand this effort . . . all across the oountry, I enclose a photocopy Here at our new Tampa VA Hospital . . • as well as our authority to share scarce med­ of a letter from the Chie! of Pollee of Indian­ the average dally patient census at the end ical equipment with other hospitals. apolis. of September was 77. This will climb to 858 Our program of exchange of medical in­ Regards. by the end of the Fourth Quarter of Fiscal formation .. . especially with medical per­ Very sincerely, 1973 . . . while planned operations call !or sonnel in rural areas ... can be greatly WILLIAM LoEB, President. an average dally patient census of 600 be­ extended. Enclosure. fore the end of Fiscal 1974. VA hospitals have demonstrated their abil­ We will add 248 new medical units to VA's ity to help new medical schools get started POLICE DEPARTMENT, hospital system this year ... including the at relatively low cost . . . and to speed up CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS, specialized units here at Tampa which I the development and production of new Indianapolis, Ind., September 7, 1972. mentioned a few moments ago. categories of health care personnel ... such Mr. WILLIAM LOEB, I think you will agree that . . . for VA as Physicians Assistants. But more can and Publisher, Manchester ·union Leader, medicine . . . this fiscal year will be a busy should be done in both of these areas. Manchester, N.H. one, indeed. Calendar 1972 has been made more event­ DEAR MR. LOEB: Thank you for the oppor­ The VA medical care program is more than ful for me by my participation in the 50th tunity to express myself on the subject of patient care ... of course. It encompasses anniversary observance at three of our VA Federal Gun Control Laws, and more specifi­ . . . in fact . . . the triad of modern medicine hospitals. cally, Senator Bayh's recently proposed so­ ... requiring the operations of extensive pro­ The great success stories written by each called "Saturday Night Special" Gun Control grams in research and education. of these hospitals were ... first and fore­ Bill. On any given day ... VA medical inves­ most . . . the stories of people. As a career police officer, I have dedicated tigators are involved in nearly 6,000 research And so it will be with our Tampa, Florida, my life to the principles of law and ol'der. As projects. Veterans Administration Hospital. a policeman I function within the Justice You are familiar with many of VA's medi­ When this newest VA hospital observes its System. I would point out here that the Jus­ cal research accomplishments ... and shared Golden Anniversary ... whoever is then tice System in America was founded as the triumphs . . . such as the elimination of privileged to serve as Administrator of Vet­ basic unit of Protection and Equity for each tuberculosis as a killer disease . . . t he per­ erans Affairs can speak of the tens of thou­ of us. I have no doubt that our Founding fection of kidney transplants ... the devel­ sands of veterans who will have been cared Fathers, even in their wildest fiights of opment of portable hemodialysis units for for in this hospital during its first-half fancy, could have imagined the America or home use . . . the laser cane for the blind century. the world of today. But, bless their European . . . the heart pacemaker . . . and the first He can speak of the skilled, dedicated, and hearts, they did build a foundation for Free­ atomic-powered pacemakers in the Western compassionate care provided them by the dom, and Justice which ha.s withstood the Hemisphere were implanted at VA's Buffalo, unselfish men and women who staffed this test of time and the re-modeling of the above New York Hospital ... and clinical proof that hospital during its first half-century. ground structure by many subsequent archi­ the early treatment of hypertension will_ less­ He can attempt to find words that ade­ tects. In short: in America the Justice Sys­ en the incidence of death or crippling strokes quately express the gratitude of the Veterans tem exists to meet the needs of the people. from blood disease. Administration to the thousands of volun- The quickened pace of life today has in October 10, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 34737 some measure caught our Justice System in on a tour of our property room gun security Charge, Disposition with particular atten­ a squeeze. Lack of funds, shortage of avail­ spaces and show him the large number of tion to SENTENCING. able court facilities, qualified Judges, and sawed-off shotguns which we have confiscated I would further urge that these reports grossly overcrowded jails and dockets have for one reason or another, all of which have be assembled by the Justice Department for given rise to the thwarting of Justice through been at one time or another successfully con­ study and publication. The F.B.I. publishes unwise and increased use of plea bargaining. cealed by their owners. It is self-evident to the results of their monthly reports now. I All of these things have had a hand in con­ me that the length of barrel has very little see no reason why the Justice Department tributing to the problem which faces us today to do with concealment. should not hold Prosecutors and Judges in the area of hand guns. In an effort to take Realistically, would the good Senator's Bill similarly responsible. up the slack, Congress has chosen to enact really accomplish anything? Let's examine Far from becoming a burden upon all new laws, rather than to provide the money the ramifications: His bill would remove all concerned, it should serve to provide a read­ necessary to assist the Justice System in revolvers with a barrel length less than 3" ily apparent index of trouble spots within bringing itself equal to the task. from the market. This means that policemen the System, and to provide a basis for the In my Judgment, this past decade has would be prohibited from possessing them as Federal financial and other support these subjected the law-abiding, God-fearing citi­ well. As I understand the propt:>sal, Senator offices need. zen to pressures from the criminal element Bayh would have the Government buy up all I come back to my original premise that unequalled in our history. Not because the presently issued weapons of the 2" variety­ the Justice System exists to provide the laws to protect them are lacking, but because a highly questionable suggestion in view of public good through protection and equity. the Justice System cannot react quickly the tremendous cost to the taxpayer. And As a Part of that system Police work is enough to keep even with the case load given we would have one more law on the books open to public accountability and well it them through good police work. All this may which in all likelihood would not be enforced should be! Is there any reason to be brought seem a: round-about logic, but I believe I at the court level any more than the good forward which would indicate that the Pros­ can support my contention which is: We laws we already have in effect covering gun ecutors and the Courts should not also be don't need new laws, we need a better Jus­ controls. Would it do what it purports to held similarly accountable to the public? I tice System! accomplish, i.e., the removal of concealable can think of none! I would be one of the first to agree that handguns from the criminal element. The The entire system of elective office in far too many people are 1llegally carrying one word answer is No. It would succeed in America is based upon the principle that weapons. The arrest records of this depart­ removing them from good law-abiding citi­ the governed have the right to accounta­ ment certainly bear this out. The important zens, but not the criminal element of our bility from the government. issue is: What was done as a result of the society. Just as with anything that is de­ I recognize that as a professional police­ arrest? clared illegal, there will always be someone man that I am not immune to being a bit Indiana, as most states, has an emminently willing to provide a supply. So what have we one sided at times--each of us who counts workable statute on gun control. We've had accomplished? Well, we will have one more himself a professional, be he a Lawyer, Doc­ it since 1935. It provides that anyone caught relatively useless law on the books. a lot of tor or Minister has this tendency. But I with a pistol concealed on his person, or in would point out with all candor that the his car, not having a proper license or permit; good citizens outraged and inconvenienced, Job a policeman must do is made all the or being a bona fide law officer, shall, upon and we will have done absolutely nothing more difficult when he has worked long and conviction, be sentenced to not less than 1 toward gun control within the criminal hard to build a case which will remove a bad nor more than 10 years! element! egg from the innocent public, only to have We have our gun control law ... it is on Is there a better way-a solution? I think the charges reduced for the convenience of the books ... we don't need a new one. Yet so. As I have pointed out before, we already the prosecutor and to help speed along the hundreds of people walk the streets of our have laws on the books covering control of case load of a Judge. When this happens the cities and towns carrying concealed weapons. weapons. They are good laws and were well public is not served, and the policeman Where then is the problem. Is it with the thought out and simple in their application. begins to look upon the justice system with Police work? I think not, we arrest hundreds Where then do they fail? The uncontestable a Jaundiced eye. Of course the end result of people every year on a violation of our evidence clearly shows that the laws are NOT of all this is that the citizenry believes that 1935 Firearms Act. What happens after the at fault--the system is failing in its obliga­ the policeman is not doing his Job because proper arrest is, in my opinion, where the tion at the prosecutor and court level. that bad egg keeps getting back on the problem lies. I like to compare the Justice System to a street. Court disposition records tell the story. three legged milk stool-one leg being the The public has a right to better than More often than not, the 1935 Firearms Act is police work, the second the prosecution, and that! nolled I A new misdemeanor affidavit is pre­ the third the courts. Each must be strong Very truly yours, pared-for Carrying a Concealed Weapon. and funotion properly or the stool will fail WINSTON CHURCHILL, and be cast aside for something better. As I The case is then disposed of with a small Chief of Police. fine-most of which is often suspended I I see it, we have two weak legs on our stool recently conferred with our County Prosecu­ today, the prosecution and court legs are tor, and asked that all firearms violations be weak. I say they are weak, but not neces­ sarily through their own culpability. But filed as felonies and left that way. That they ROBERT PERATROVICH be tried as FELONY cases not as Misdemean­ through lack of attention from the Federal ors. This places them into different courts. level. OUTSTANDING LEADER He agreed to do so, but admonished me that Each month, police agencies all across my purpose would most probably fail because America are required to report their activi­ in all likelihood the courts would not affix ties to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. HON. NICK BEGI CH the penalty prescribed by the law. This report is required by Federal laws, and OF ALASKA covers every level of crime at the local level. I watched the next month's disposition re­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ports-he was right! This is good. It amounts to public scrutiny Truly, how can we believe that the solu­ of the police work in this country. I'm all for Tuesday, October 10, 1972 tion to the problem lies in a new law, an that. But no such reporting is required of the offices of prosecution nor the Courts in Mr. BEGICH. Mr. Speaker, I would addition to the one we already have, if we if refuse to make use of the one we already this country. Dry rot has set in on two of the like to eulogize, only briefly, a great have? Is it· correct thinking to assume that legs of our milk stool-and had the reporting Alaskan who was recently lost from the the Courts will use the new law any more requirement been extended to the prosecutor Alaskan scene, Robert J. Peratrovich, vigorously than they did the old one? I think and court levels as well, we would not be in Sr. not. the fix we are today, and Senator Bayh would Robert Peratrovich, an outstanding My profession has required of me that I not be proposing yet another Federal law. leader of a truly great Alaskan family I would urge the Congress to turn its at­ carry a weapon-everyday for 17 years. A good will be remembered for the significant many of those years have been spent in "civil­ tention to the Justice System in total, and to that end, I would propose that they con­ and lasting contributions he made not ian" clothing, and consequently I used as only to his native Klawock, but to ~ural my weapon a revolver with a standard 2" sider this program. barrel. As Chief, I continue to employ this 1. That the Police Departments of Amer­ Alaska as a whole. Not only did he es­ weapon today. I would point out here that ica continue to report to the F.B.I. just as tablish the first department store mo­ they do today. this weapon is pretty much standard issue to tion picture theater and motion picture plainclothesmen of police departments all 2. That Prosecutors Offices at the State and sound system in Klawock, but he also across this country. They are high quality Local levels be required to make a similar re­ founded the Bayview Packing Co., which weapons, manufactured by Smith & Wesson port each month. This report to show: Name of Accused, INITIAL CHARGE placed by the was one of the major economic bases of or Colt, etc. Senator Bayh's Gun Control Bill the community. One of his primary would eliminate this weapon from the mar­ Police; any reduced charges as a result of ket-even prohibit its sale to police depart­ plea. bargaining; a.nd disposition of the case. achievements was the establishment of ments. Senator Bayh seems to equate deadli­ 3. That all Criminal Courts of this coun­ the first light plant and water system in ness and concealment to the length of the try be required to report to the Justice De­ an Alaskan Native village. barrel. I would gladly take the good Senator partment. Their report to reflect Accused, The enduring monuments of this self- 34738 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 10, 1972 educated Alaskan Native leader are the care for maternity and newborn services," Dr. Communist North Vietnam is sadis­ achievements he attained for his family, Nichols wrote to task force member Dr. Keith tically practicing spiritual and mental his people and his State. White, "I would project the following pat­ terns: genocide on over 1,758 American prison­ "1. Small community centers, which will be ers of war and their families. hospitals with minimal obstetrical facilities. How long? These will be in areas where volume is low NEW LONG BEACH WOMEN'S and distances are great. They will not have HOSPITAL 24-hour laboratory, nursing or anesthesia coverage. They will have a modern transport BIG BUSINESS, BIG LABOR, BIG system for newborns ranging from mini­ GOVERNMENT HON. CRAIG HOSMER ambulances to helicopters. OF CALIFORNIA "2. Regional hospitals where the major IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES bulk of the deliveries will take place. These HON. PHILIP M. CRANE hospitals wil! not necessarily be regulated by OF ILLINOIS Tuesday, October 10, 1972 the size of service but rather by the range IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. HOSMER. Mr. Speaker, the Long and quality of services offered. This means 24-hour laboratory, nursing and anesthesia Tuesday, Oc~ober 10, 1972. Beach Obstetrical and Gynecological coverage and it is presumed that the major­ Society in my congressional district and ity of these hospitals w111 have a full-time Mr. CRANE. Mr. Speaker, in recent the Memorial Hospital Medical Center director of education. years whenever a problem ha-s come to have joined together in an exciting new "These regional hospitals will offer a full public attention the answer which most undertaking. range of services and will be staffed in a legislators, academicians, and journalists A special ob-gyn task force has rec­ fashion to provide all major consultations. have arrived at has been a simple one: ommended and the board of direc­ We are seeing today many examples of this create a new government agency, regu­ kind of service being provided in communi­ late the "problem" area involved, and ap­ tors has approved plans to create a new ties through the mechanism of hospitals regional hospital for women in Long merging their obstetrical services . . . propriate additional funds. Beach, specializing in the care of mothers "It is my understanding that what you This easy and simple answer has one and new born infants. are considering in Long Beach is the regional major ftaw: it has not worked, will not This is a unique and remarkable pro­ hospital which in fact gives total support to work in the future, and can never solve gram for several reasons: maternity and newborn services with an in­ our problems. First. Private physicians on the staffs tensive care unit. You would, in fact, be the Far from solving our problems, govern­ of several hospitals taking the initiative referral hospital for most of the small hos­ ment intervention has compounded those pitals in your geographic area . .." to come together and delve into area­ Within the past year, a statewide meeting that already existed, and created a host wide needs, develop a solution and carry of specialists serving on the Ad Hoc Study of new ones. it to fruition while placing personal and Group on Maternal and Fetal monitoring Today, there appears to be an increas­ hospital interests becondary to what is met in San Francisco and concluded in its ing unwillingness to learn from the les­ best for the public. report that "at the present time, an insuffi­ sons of history. We hear many allegedly Second. Physicians concerning them­ cient number of obstetric units in California "new" problems being discussed: con­ selves with the wastage inherent in are adequately equipped and staffed for the sumer ~ffairs, environmental pollution, optimal care of high risk pregnancy." duplication of facilities, the economics A New York State study was cited which populatiOn control, and so forth. There of regional consolidation for patients and said that at the present level of obstetric are, however, no new "answers" pre­ their private or governmental insurance care, an obstetric unit is not efficient unless sented, only the same old response: cre­ plans, and the benefits for quality made there are 2,000 or more births per year. ate new regulations, new bureaucracies, possible by bringing togetper all re­ "Under this definition," the Californians and new enforcement powers. sources in one location. concluded noting that some feel that the During the progressive era, and ever Third. Private practitioners taking the number should be higher, "only 17 of 102 since, government has sought to regulate hospitals offering obstetric care in Los An­ the economy, with the stated purpose of initiative to commit an entire medical geles County could be termed efficient. If society to providing for the needs of the increased costs of high risk obstetric care fighting monopoly and increasing com­ the indigent and near-indigent rather are added to this calculation, the necessary petition. What has happened, writes Dr. than waiting for governmental directive number of births for efficient operation George Roche III, the president of Hills­ or looking the other way. might be considerably greater." dale College in Michigan, is that, I take this opportunity to commend the "Because it is clear that a significant per­ The actual result of such agencies as the Long Beach medical community for its centage of high risk pregnancies cannot be Federal Communications Commission, the identified in advance of the onset of labor, Civil Aeronautics Board, the Interstate Com­ farsighted approach to a very real optimal care for all high risk pregnancies problem. merce Commission, and similar regulatory cannot be assured unless all pregnancies re­ commissions has been to retard competition, A statement by the hospital describing ceive high risk care (before, during and after thus penalizing the consumer. this project follows: birth). ··pATTERN FOR FUTURE" -LoNG BEACH PHYSI­ "Our objective should be to establish high In his recently published book, "The CIANS ANTICIPATE NEW NATIONAL DIRECTIONS risk obstetric units whenever economically Bewildered Society," Dr. Roche declares IN SPEARHEADING PROPOSAL FOR PROTOTYPE and wherever geographically feasible ..." that- OP WOMEN'S HOSPITALS The report recommended that "every hos­ The classic symptoms of monopoly have Long Beach Obstetrical and Gynecological pital with a high risk obstetric unit must been ( 1) an absence of price competition, Society members have anticipated new na­ also contain a high risk newborn unit and vice-versa." and (2) inabi11ty for new competitors to en­ tional directions in regional care for mothers ter the market place. What could be a more and their babies with what might well be the The guidelines drafted by the group paral­ lel those recommended by the Long Beach accurate description of a government-regu­ prototype for other women's hospitals, ac­ lated monopoly. The FCC permits the already cording to Chicago's Dr. Ervin E. Nichols, as­ task force for the development of the wom­ en's hospital at Memorial. established giants in the communications sociate director of the American College of field an absolute monopoly of the area by Obstetricians and Gynecologists. means of government licensure. The Civil In a letter to the local society's women's Aeronautics Board does precisely the same hospital task force, Dr. Nichols noted that thing for the airlines industry, and so on the American College has had two special MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN-HOW throughout American life. Not only are new conferences this year toward development of LONG? competitors thus prevented from entering an official policy for regional obstetrical and the field, but those non-competitors privil­ gynecological services. eged to hold government licenses in various He reported that a month ago the National HON. WILLIAM J. SCHERLE areas of the American economy are further Foundation (March of Dimes) called a high OF IOWA privileged by means of government rate­ level national meeting of representatives of setting policy which removes all price com­ the obstetricians and gynecologists, the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES petition. American Academy of Pediatrics, the Ameri­ Tuesday, October 10, 1972 can Academy of Family Physicians and the Discussing the interlocking relation­ American Medical Association to focus think­ Mr. SCHERLE. Mr. Speaker, a child ship which has developed between big ing on guidelines for facilities and staffing asks: "Where is daddy?" A mother asks: government, big business, and big labor, for meeting needs of women and their babies. "How is my son?" A wife asks: "Is my Allan C. Brownfeld, writing in his "Roll "If I were to project the future in hospital husband alive or dead?" Call" column, notes that- October 10, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 34739 The close partnership between big busi­ cisely the same thing for the airlines indus­ dichotomy which saw businessmen preaching ness, big labor and big government makes it try, and so on throughout American life. laissez faire doctrine for everyone else, while clear that the answer to our problems is not Not only are new competitors thus prevented asking for government assistance in their to be found within the political process, for from entering the field, but those noncom­ own particular case." Today, the same 1s that process is what has produced the larger petitors privileged to hold government true. Businessmen oppose welfare payments, portion of our problems. Government has licenses in various areas of the American but support subsidization for their own stified initiative and competition and has economy are further privileged by means of businesses. Farmers oppose assistance to deprived the average American of many of government rate-setting policy which re­ business, but favor subsidies for themselves. the real choices which were once available moves all price competition." Teachers want more money spent for edu­ to him. Government regulation, initially called for cation, and less for everything else. Each by those who expressed concern for the con­ group is against all subsidies but their own. Mr. Brownfeld declared that- sumer, has resulted in an end to all choice­ Somehow, this is called "political principle" The question Americans have to face is making by that very consumer. It is a con­ when high-minded men propose it in high­ whether or not they prefer freedom to regu­ tinuing illusion that businessmen, who gain sounding phrases. It is, however, little more lation. Regulation has failed to solve our their own monopoly position because of gov­ than the traditional feeding at the public problems. Perhaps we should give freedom ernment oppose that government regulation. trough. another chance. Many businessmen prefer to maximize profits The arguments between business and through a political arrangement rather than labor, teachers and defense contractors, self­ I wish to share with my colleagues the to take their chance in a free-market econ­ proclaimed "liberals" and self-proclafmed following column by Allan C. Brownfeld, omy. It is particularly ironical to hear those "conservatives" is usually about who will which appeared in "Roll Call," the news­ on the left criticize "capitalism" and "free profit by control of the state machinery. In paper of Capitol Hill, of September 28, enterprise" for the monopolies we face. They his volume, "The Memoirs of a Superfluous 1972, and which is a discussion of the are not the result of capitalism. They are, in­ Man," Albert Jay Nock commented that important new book by Dr. George stead, the result of the very government regu­ "The object of the tussle is the materiai Roche III, "The Bewildered Society." lation which those on the left advocate as a gains accruing from control of the state ma­ "solution" to the prdblem it has actually chinery. It is easier to seize wealth than to The column follows: created. produce it; and as long as the State makes BIG BUSINESS, BIG LABOR, BIG GOVERNMENT This same view has been presented in some the seizure of wealth a matter of legalized (By Allan c. Brownfeld) depth by Professor Yale Brozen of the Grad­ privilege, so long the squabble for that privi­ For many years Americans who have been uate School of Business of the University of lege will go on. As John Adams so correctly concerned with problems ranging from racial Chicago. He points out that, "The regulatory had foreseen, the few more sagacious mass­ discrimination, to environmental pollution, agencies not only prevent those in transporta­ men will be continually trying to outwit the to business monopoly, to urban housing, have tion from competing with each other-they many who are less sagacious, and the many advanced a single answer to the difficulties also protect those in the industry from the will in turn be trying to overpower the few they sought to correct: government regula­ entry of additional competitors. You cannot by sheer force of nuxnbers." tion. get into the trucking business, the airline The close partnership between big busi­ Today, "consumer" advocates such as business, the bus business, as you would enter ness, big labor, and big government makes it Ralph Nader point to what they consider to retailing or manufacturing. You must be cer­ clear th81t the answer to our problems is not be a host of vital concerns; unsafe auto­ tified by the CAB if you wish to enter the air­ to be found within the political process, for mobiles, impure foods, improper working con­ line business. The CAB has not certified an that process is what has produced the larger ditions. Their answer is the same answer additional scheduled airline in continental portion of our problems. Government has given, for example, by Progressives in the U.S. since it began operating in 1938. The ICC stified initiative and competition and has de­ early part of this century who sought to will certify an additional common carrier prived the average American of many of the fight big business, men who called them­ truck company to operate on a given route real choices which were once available to selves "trust busters." That response, and only if it can be demonstrated that adequate him. the response today, is simple: form a new truck service is not available on the route The question Americans have to face is government "policing" agency, pass new laws in question. The only major city in which you · whether or not they prefer freedom to regu­ and new regulations. can start a taxi business simply by applying lation. Regulation has faUed to solve our During the early part of this century a for a taxi license and demonstrating that you problems. Perhaps we should give freedom host of new governmental bodies were carry the necessary public liability insurance another chance. formed, allegedly to fight monopolies and to and have safe equipment and drivers is Wash­ insure competition. The result of the actions ington, D.C. All other major cities stop any of these bodies has been the opposite and, additional taxi operators from entering the although we are frequently told by political business. They even prevent taxi operators BURGER AIDE LINKED TO BID TO from increasing the size of their fieets. Trans­ spokesmen that businessmen oppose govern­ WEAKEN PRODUCT SAFETY Bil.JL ment intrusion into their affairs, the fact is portation regulation very effectively protects that government intrusion has helped a cer­ transportation companies from new competi­ tain group of businessmen very much, and tion and produces the exact opposite of the HON. DONALD M. FRASER harmed the average citizen in whose name situation which our antimonopoly laws were such intrusion was initially entered into. designed to produce ...." OF MINNESOTA In an important new book, "The Bewil­ In our present political life there is much IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES discussion of corruption and "influence ped­ dered Society" (Arlington House, 1972), Tuesday, October 10, 1972 George Roche III, the youthful and articu­ dling.'' The Republicans, it is said, are too late president of Hillsdale College in Michi­ closely tied with business, and the Democrats Mr. FRASER. Mr. Speaker, I was gan, sets forth the thesis that big govern­ are too closely affiliated with labor. People are shocked to read on the front page of the "paid off" to secure legislation favorable to ment, big labor, and big business have, in October 6 New York Times that an aide effect, joined hands, to the great disadvan­ the interests who are doing the paying. This is nothing new. The same was true in the 19th to Chief Justice Burger has lobbied tage of the average American. against the Consumer Product Safety With regard to the regulatory agencies century. What is unfortunate is that we have started during the Progressive Era, and con­ not drawn the proper conclusions from such a Bill, H.R. 15003, which passed the House tinued and expanded under the New Deal, situation. last month. Dr. Roche states that, "The original intent In an article prompted by the Credit Mo­ The Times article states that Thomas of the various regulatory agencies was to bilier scandal, E. L. Godkin, the first editor G. Corcoran, an attorney with several of "The Nation" magazine, warned that the protect the consumer by encouraging compe­ drug industry clients lobbied extensively tition among those serving the public. The only possilble lasting answer to bribery and corruption would be an end to the power of against this bill. He visited Speaker actual result of such agencies as the Federal ALBERT in August and discussed H.R. Communications Commission, the Civil Aero­ congressmen to bestow great privilege upon nautics Board, the Interstate Commerce Com­ private individuals and corporations. Godkin 15003. On this visit he was accompanied mission, and similar regulatory commissions wrote: "The remedy is simple. The Govern­ by Rowland F. Kirks, Director of the Ad­ has been to retard compeition, thus penaliz­ ment must get out of the 'protective' business ministrative Office of the U.S. Courts. ing the consumer." and the 'subsidy' business and the 'improve­ Mr. Corcoran has circulated a memoran­ He notes that, "The classic symptoms of ment' business and the 'development' busi­ dum attacking this bill and he includes monopoly have been (1) an absence of price ness. It must let trade and commerce, and manufacturers, and steamboats and railroads, Chief Jw:itice Burger's criticisms of con­ competition, and (2) 1nab111ty for new com- sumer bills. and telegraphs alone. It cannot touch them petitors to enter the marketplace. What The Congress is finally moving to pro­ could be a more accurate description of a without breeding corruption." government-regulated monopoly? The FCC All of the significant scandals of the late tect the American consumer. Now we find permits the already established giants in the 19th century were closely conneoted with the that not only is the administration communications field an absolute monopoly exercise of political power over the economy, against that effort, but so is the Chief of the area by means of government licen­ and the same is true of our own period. Dr. Justice of the United States. sure. The Civil Aeronautics Board does pre- Roche writes that, ". . . there evolved the What is particularly appalling is that 34740 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 10, 1972 Mr. Kirks joined Mr. Corcoran in an has surfaced that it is not true, it is a shock­ ing examples in the transformation of effort against a bill designed to pro­ ing and offensive intrusion by the Chief Jus­ tice into the legislative process, bordering the scientist from hero to scapegoat. tect the rights of the individual. And, Clearly, the destruction of Hiroshima and it seems strange that the Chief Justice on judicial misconduct." UNCERTAIN ROLE Nagasaki brought the morality of scien­ of the United States is more concerned tific inquiry under severe scrptinization. with judicial efficiency than with the Mr. Albert said that he did not know whether Mr. Corcoran was speaking as "a And the public began to wonder whether preservation and extension of rights giv­ the scientist did not have a greater re­ en by the Constitution and the Congress. lobbyist or a lawyer" when he came to Capi­ tol Hlll with the man who has been iden­ sponsibility to society not only to produce These actions severely strain the non­ tified as Mr. Kirks. Mr. Albert said he did the scientific foundation for future prog­ partial image of the courts and its offi­ not catch Mr. Kirks' name or tLtle, but the ress but also to control the Jekyll and cials. Speaker added that he understood him to be Hyde characteristics of his research so as I insert the Times article in the REc­ an official "associated with judicial admin­ to safeguard society. ORD at this point: istration" who was there "to verify what The reaction of the scientific commu­ [From the New York Times, Oct. 6, 1972) Tommy was saying." "He said a provision in the bill would nity to this public disillusionment subse­ BURGER .AIDE LINKED TO A BID TO WEAKEN throw a lot more cases upon the Federal quently led to greater insistence by the PRODUCT SAFETY BILL courts than they were prepared to handle," scientist and engineer to participate more (By Fred P. Graham) Mr. Albert said in an interview today. "So directly within the Federal decisionmak­ WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.-The chief adminis­ far as I can retnember, the name of Burger ing structure. Since then, we have wit­ trative officer of the Federal courts under was never mentioned-they didn't come to nessed a steady proliferation of scientific Chief Justice Warren E. Burger has worked me as representatives of Burger." and technical advisory bodies working in with a Washington drug industry lawyer in Mr. Corcoran was said to have done all the an effort to weaken the product safety bill talking, with Mr. Kirks nodding his agree­ direct support of local, State, and Na­ now pending before Congress. He said he was ment. tional Government. doing so to avoid an increase in Federal court Mr. Albert said he passed along Mr. Cor­ I offer one preliminary observation cases. coran's views to "two or three members of however. Today's world has come to ex­ Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma, the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Com­ pect nothing less than the miraculous Speaker of the House, acknowledged today mittee," which was then considering the from the scientific community. This that a man "associated with judicial admin­ blll. "overexpectation" or overreliance on istration" came to see him last August with No action was taken in the committee as a a Washington lawyer, Thomas G. Corcoran. result of Mr. Albert's message, but the bill was technology, coupled with the widespread The man was subsequently identified as Row­ modified on the House floor by a voice vote abuse of much of our scientific knowl­ land F. Kirks, the director of the administra­ to permit personal injury suits only if $10,- edge, has created a new credibility gap tive office of the United States Courts. 000 in damages were alleged. between the technical community and Mr. Corcoran, a former New Deal official Mr. Kirks, a 58-year-old former colleague society. widely known as "Tommy the Cork," has of the Chief Justice when both were in the The point I am making is that where several clients in the drug industry, which is Justice Department during the Eisenhower the level and nature of previous inputs leading the fight against the products safety Administration, was appointed to his present may have been adequate--where the blll. position by the Chief Justice shortly after he Mr. Albert said the two men urged him to took office in 1969. working relationships of the past be­ remove some of the court remedies from the There have been intermittent reports of in­ tween the scientist and the Government blll on the ground that the provisions would formal lobbying at social functions by Chief may have served our needs-the Nation generate too much new litigation in the Fed­ Justice Burger with Congressmen about leg­ today faces a major crisis in developing eral courts. islation afiecting the judiciary. But this is a better way to integrate the talent and The blll, which is designed to protect con­ the first time that an allegation has been knowledge of the scientific and technical sumers from dangerous products, contains ·made that Mr. Burger expressed his wishes community into public policy decisions. provisions that give the public broad rights through an intermediary. CURRENT DISILLUSIONMENT WITH SCIENCE AND to bring suits in Federal courts to force com­ TECHNOLOGY panies to follow safety standards or to pay damages if their products cause injuries. American society is presently faced Mr. Corcoran was quoted today by Jack THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY AND with two closely related domestic prob­ Anderson, the columnist, as stating that Mr. THE FEDERAL POLICYMAKING lems which I feel can be solved through Kirks, saying he was acting for Chief Jus­ the joint effort of science and Govern­ tice Burger, asked Mr. Corcoran to see the PROCESS Speaker about watering down the bill. ment. On the one hand, there is the Chief Justice Burger has warned in growing demand for improved civilian speeches against enacting consumer legisla­ HON. MARVIN L. ESCH services and for a reorienting of pri­ tion that he contends would create more OF MICHIGAN orities in favor of pressing societal prob­ cases and clog the heavily burdened Federal IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lems. On the other hand, there is the courts. In a speech before the American Bar need to revive both the spirit and pro­ Association four days before the approach to Tuesday, October 10, 1972 ductivity of the technical community. Mr. Albert, the Chief Justice called upon Mr. ESCH. Mr. Speaker, historically, So many times I hear these two prob­ Congress to refrain from passing any bills without first considering their impact on the the American scientific community has lems discussed as if the former were a courts. remained somewhat aloof from govern­ governmental problem, and the latter, a Today, Chief Justice Burger's office and mental decisionmaking. This is not an problem peculiar to the scientific and Mr. Kirks' office referred all questions about indictment however; the fact of the mat­ engineering community. But I am con­ the incident to the Supreme Court's informa­ ter was that until the Second World War, vinced that both these problems have tion officer, Banning E. Whittington. Mr. few governmental decisions had major much in common. Whittington responded to questions by say­ scientific or technological implications. In particular, I ask why should we not ing that neither the Chief Justice nor Mr. Kirks "would have anything to say about it." But with the advent of such major pro­ be able to furnish more and better civil­ Mr-. Corcoran was said by his office to be out grams as the Manhattan project, in­ ian services through technology? It ap­ of town. creasingly it became necessary for the pears just as obvious that the many MEMORANDUM TO CONGRESSMEN Federal Government to seek scientific scientists and engineers who are pres­ A Congressional source close to the inci­ and technical counsel. ently unemployed or underemployed due dent confirmed today that Mr. Kirks' office The early success of this relationship to cutbacks in defense and space should acknowledged several weeks ago that he was is clearly documented by the global domi­ be able to be converted or retrained the man who accompanied Mr. Corcoran. Sev­ nation of the United States in World for work in major civilian-oriented tech­ eral weeks after the visit, Mr. Corcoran sent War II. But within relatively few years, nologies. The result would be the mar­ key Congressmen a memorandum with his praise for our scientific capabilities riage of the scientific and engineering professional card, attacking the sections of turned to doubt and in turn to fear as community to the Government in order the bill broadening the public's right to sue, and quoting Chief Justice Burger's critical so many of the brilliant discoveries we to solve our pressing domestic problems. statements about consumer bills. had heralded became weapons of awe­ A few of the many areas which might Representative John E. Moss, Democrat of some destruction. particularly benefit from more scientific California, who is the chief House sponsor of The·development of atomic energy and and technological attention include: the bill, said today of the incident, "If this subsequently the production of the atom public health care, mass transit, urban is true, and there is very little evidence that bomb represented one of the most strik- renewal, energy resource development, October 10, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 34741 and environmental control. These are Science, Research, and Development as high as it should be. A rough compari­ just a handful of the many opportunities within the House Science Committee be­ son our investment and that of other which could be explored by the scientific came interested in technical information nations provides the proof. community given adequate Government for Congress. In 1969 we requested that I? terms of total R. & D. funding, the support. And by Government support, I the Library of Congress prepare a report Umted States does not employ scientists refer not only to actual funding for civil­ on "Technical Information for Con­ and engineers in civilian R. & D. on ian research and development, but in gress." It is interesting to note that the anything even approximating the scale addition, to the stimulation of academic, one overriding finding of this study was of Western Europe or Japan. Our De­ community, and private industry groups that the communication between scien­ partment of Commerce indicates that by new and innovative Government in­ tist and policymaker needs immediate Western, Europe, with a population 30 centives. I will address this" thought later. strengthening. Specifically, the Congress percent larger than that of the United INTEGRATING SCIENTIFIC INPUT was told that it needed a more regular States and a gross national product one­ Let me return now to my original source of input-s from the scientist and third smaller, has a third more techni­ thrust concerning how we can better in­ engineer if it was to produce sound poli­ cal people engaged in civilian and indus­ tegrate the counsel of the scientific and cies on technological matters. trial research. Japan, with only half the technical community into public policy This is not to discount, however, the population of the United States and decisions. contribution of a number of existing ad­ one-seventh of its GNP, has 70 percent At present, the primary inputs to the visory bodies. Such offices as the Federal as many researchers in the civilian area Congress take the form of ad hoc advice Council on Science and Technology and as we have. elicited through testimony, through task the Office of Science and Technology do One issue intimately tied to this dis­ forces such as the energy task force on function to provide scientific input. But cussion of course, concerns the actual which I serve, through special commit­ their point of contact is basically with allocation of our federal R. & D. dollar. tees, and, through studies by the Na­ the Executive Office of the President. Approximately 7 percent of our national tional Academy of Science, National Two years ago the Library of Congress budget is presently allocated to R. & D. Science Foundation, and Library of Con­ was expanded in order to better advise of which at least half is tommitted to gress. The weakness in these methods and assist congressional committees. defense. Perhaps it is not our level of however is the rather haphazard manner However, the Library is only equipped to ~· & _D. per se which is too low, rather in which the scientific resources are ag­ perform limited research. It rmght be that portion allocated to gregated and communicated. In other An imaginative and more recent ap­ civilian research. Although the percent­ words, there is no particular means by proach to assist the Congress in this area age of Federal expenditures spent on which the needs and talents of the scien­ is found in the current legislation to military related research and develop­ tific and technical community as a whole create an Office of Technology Assess­ ment has decreased in the past few can be integrated for use by the Con­ ment. Bills to create this Qffice have years, our response to these changes has gress. Thus, our inputs tend to be spo­ passed both the House and the Senate, not adequately provided transference of radic and single-issue oriented. all conflicts in the bills have been re­ skills to the civilian sector. Furthermore, by the time an issue of solved, and the legislation should be In the past 5 years thousands of sci­ major scientific import reaches the Con­ signed into law very shortly. entists and engineers have become un­ gress, it frequently has critical and quite This Office will closely approximate employed because of shifts in Federal far-reaching dimensions which require the approach suggested in the "Tech­ spending on research from the military immediate attention. The very urgency nical Information for Congress" report. sector. We have all heard nuclear physi­ of the problem then leaves little time for The proposed Office ~ill be an informa­ cists driving taxis because they could the extensive study, evaluation, and rec­ tion gathering agency within the legis­ not find other employmeent. This seems ommendation necessary for sound policy­ lative branch directed by a policymak­ an illogical waste of resources. making. ing body composed of Members of Con­ The contribution which these scient­ Very simply, therefore, we need im­ gress. The basic responsibilities of the ists and engineers could make toward proved inputs-as well as a better sys­ Office will be to provide an early ap­ helping to solve our environmental and tem of inputs--to enhance the eft"ective­ praisal of the probable impacts--posi­ urban problems seems limited only by ness of our congressional programs. If tive and negative-of the applications of the depth of our commitment. This the system is to operate efficiently, this technology and to develop other coordi­ spring I had the opportunity to meet process of input and output must be more nate technical information in support of with several doctoral students in nuclear evenly balanced. the Congress. physics. These scientists are working on I personally consider the Office of a project using high force magnetism to 'THE NEED FOR A CONGRESSIONAL AGENCY TO Technology Assessment to be the first purify water. Their experiments could COORDINATE INPUTS major step in supplementing the exist­ lead to a technology which would be able It is my opinion that Congress needs ing systems of acquiring information to clean up our nation's lakes and rivers a permanent body to coordinate and such as the hearing procedure. to a better standard and at a cost con­ translate the inputs of the scientific com­ U. INCREASING THE LEVEL OF BASIC AND APPLIED siderably below present systems. munity so that policymaking can better RESEARCH The Federal Government's role in en­ respond to the needs of the country. Such couraging this kind of transference can 11. group would also keep Congress aware Of major interest to the scientific and technical community is the level of fund­ be to fund additional civilian research of emerging issues so that, if and when and development projects and to create a policy decision is required, the Congress ing for basic and applied research. I would like to comment on one aspect of a national conversion mechanism which would be informed and prepared. will encourage highly skilled persons to I might point out that this idea is not this issue-federally supported R. & D. I personally know of no easy way to seek alternative modes of employment. new. In 1965 Congressman GEORGE MIL­ Hopefully, the Science and Astronautics LER, chairman of the House Committee determine the proper level of Federal funding for research and development. Committee will assume the responsibility on Science and Astronautics, of which I in the next Congress to take this on as am a member, asked the National Acad­ In fact. when the National Academy of Sciences Committee studied this same a major task. emy of Sciences for an advisory report Assistance to those interested in the to Congress on the support of basic sci­ problem for the Science Committee, the Academy came up with as many answers social sciences has also been seriously entific research by the U.S. Government. lacking in the past few years. Many in The key word is "advisory." This was as it had members. Congress have been reluctant to fund re­ not an ad hoc issue assignment--rather But while I have no specific answer as search projects in the social sciences be­ it was a request for a thoughtful analy­ to the "proper" level of R. & D. in dol­ cause of their lack of exact answers to sis on the status of Federal research. The lars and cents, I do believe the level the kinds of questions they have been Academy produced a detailed and very should be sufficient to produce the sci- trying to answer. This type of logic woUld valuable study compiled by leading peo­ entific foundation to permit us to ad­ have preveT:ted development of the first ple in the field. However, this was a tem­ dress society's most urgent technological jet airplane merely because the tech­ porary committee and afte!" completing problems. I think there will be no dis­ nologies were not yet available to pre­ the study the body was disbanded. agreement, however, that the current sent =a complete answer to a complex More recently, my Subcommittee on level of civilian-oriented R. & D. is not problem. We must realize that many of C.XVID--2189-Part 26 34742 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 10, 1972 the problems which we ask government novation. The program for the first year made our city and our Nation great. Our to solve involve the social as well as the includes a rather modest budget of $40 national spirit, like the spirit of Colum­ physical sciences. Denying funding to million but the aim of the Experimental bus, is one of innovative independence research and development in the social Incentives Program is to develop new and courageous perseverance, and it was sciences then leaves many jobs only half technologies that will in themselves cre­ the immigrant groups which proved their done. ate new jobs rather than commit vast dedication to the ideal of freedom by be­ There have been a number of major sums of money to vague and untested ginning anew and contributing together proposals for the reallocation of federal areas. to the growth and development of our R. & D. resources. This past year the m. CONCLUSION great country. Chicago's Columbus Day President appointed a high level task I have focused on what I feel to be event was a celebration of the success force to review Federal research policies two key issues of mutual concern to the and achievements of all ethnic groups and to formulate a comprehensive re­ scientific community and the Congress. in their contributions to our national search focus for the Federal Govern­ On the one hand, I feel the Congress heritage. ment. The task force was headed by Wil­ needs to more effectively integrate in­ Chicago's parade is the culmination of liam McGruder. Its proposal's were far­ puts from the scientific and technical a series of specially planned events to reach1ng and should help to redirect and community. On the other hand, the Na­ mark the discovery of America. Yester­ reestablish our research efforts toward tion is demanding a reallocation of re­ day the celebration began with a con­ pressing domestic problems. search and development in favor of celebrated mass at Our Lady of Pompeii Under present policy, the U.S. pursues civilian technology. What we are really Church in Chicago. Presiding at the mass most of its civilian-oriented R. & D. seeking therefore is a reorientation of was most Rev. Michael R. Dempsey, through the so-called mission agencies science priorities through the develop­ auxiliary bishop of Chicago. The chap­ such as Housing and Urban Development, ment of a coherent national policy. lains at this sacred occasion were Rev. National Aeronautics and Space Admin­ The Committee on Science and Astro­ Armando Pierini, C.S., and Rev. Peter istration, Department of Transportation, nautics has been exploring this very Riga, C.S. The concelebrants included and a number of others. complex issue for the past several years. Very Rev. Edward M. Pellicore, Rev. One popular approach which involves We have held hearings on an annual John DiVito, C.S., Rev. Laurence Cozzi, reprograming Federal support for basis related to this topic with the prod­ C.S., Rev. Gino Dal Piaz, C.S., Rev. R. & D. is the National Science Policy uct of our work being reftected in the Angelo Gargin, and Rev. Leonard H. and Priorities Act of 1972. This act March 1972 presidential message on Mattei. The homily was given by Rev. passed the Senate in August and is now science and technology. Paul J. Asciolla, coeditor of FRA NOI. before the Science Committee in the I personally believe there is an urgent Special wreath-laying ceremonies took House. need for a coherent national policy, one place at 11 a.m. at the Columbus Statue The bill would raise the total invest­ that would call for a reordering of prior­ in Vernon Park, and at 3 p.m., following ment in scientific and technological R. & ities, for a'higher level of civilian R. & D. the parade, the Order, Sons of Italy in D. with the spending level tied directly and one that would focus on the human America laid a wreath at the Columbus to the gross national product. The legis­ needs of society. statue in Grant Park. lation would also raise Federal funding I would conclude on the theme of hu­ The main event of our celebration, for civilian R. & D. to a parity with Fed­ manistic science policy and the scientist. Chicago's gigantic Columbus Day pa­ eral obligations for defense research and What can the scientific community con­ rade, began on State Street at 1 p.m. engineering activities. tribute? My best answer is to repeat the Seventy ftoats, depicting the theme of The focal point of the bill's funding words of a member of the science com­ the parade, and 79 units, representing would be in high-priority societal needs­ munity, Robert Andrew Milligan: every branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, urban decay, mass transportation, en­ The most important contribution that we participated in the procession. Women vironmental control, and other similar scientists can make is to go on with our own and children wearing authentic native areas. The act would also create a Civil research and teaching in science, to follow costumes of Italy rode on the floats and Systems Administration, much like a where curiosity leads and to take the small John Raga, 5744 West North Avenue, a steps that culminate, once or twice in a civilian NASA, to operate within the Na­ generation, in those great universal syn­ senior at DePaul University, portrayed tional Science Foundation. theses like quoa.ntum mechanics . . . the Christopher Columbus. In addition, vari­ I would like to comment briefly on this genetic code, and the theory of the evolu­ ous school bands, core of marchers, and a particular bill. While I favor a realloca­ tion of the stars. number of drum and bugle corps took tion of existing R. & D. funds in favor of part in the parade. civilian research, I am seriously con­ This year our special guest was Mrs. cerned over several aspects of the bill. Pat Nixon, our President's wife. Leading First, I do not feel the GNP is an ade­ CffiCAGO'S 1972 COLUMBUS DAY the parade was honorary chairman of quate index for comparison since its PARADE the parade, the outstanding mayor of growth is not always a qualitative one. Chicago, Hon. Richard J. Daley; General Second, I am troubled at the prospect Chairman John C. Porcelli, Anthony of undermining the traditional science HON. FRANK ANNUNZIO Paterno, Dr. Giuseppe Avitabile, the dis­ education and basic research mission of OF n.LINOIS tinguished consul general of Italy in Chi­ the National Science Foundation. I am IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cago; as well as Mr. Michael Balzano, also fearful that the creation of another Special Assistant to the President; bureaucracy, such as the Civil System Tuesday, October 10, 1972 Charles C. Porcelli, president of the Administration, might only serve to drive Mr. ANNUNZIO. Mr. Speaker, yester­ Joint Civic Committee of Italian Ameri­ the Federal Government and the scien­ day Chicago celebrated the discovery of cans; Mrs. Richard B. Ogilvie; Congress­ tific community further from the prob­ America 480 years ago by Christopher man RoMAN C. PuciNSKI; Senator and lems and needs of the individual citizen Columbus. Our annual Columbus Day Mrs. Charles Percy; States' Attorney Ed­ as well as his local and State government. celebration and parade, now a tradition ward V. Hanrahan; Hon. William F. Cel­ Personally, I would rather encourage in Chicago, was a spectacular success Uni, director of the Dlinois Department programs geared to developing healthy and I was honored to serve as grand of Public Works and Buildings; Hon. and productive innovation rather than marshal for the parade. Michael Howlett, auditor of public ac­ those dependent upon massive Govern- The theme for this year's parade was counts; Hon. Lawrence X. Pusateri, Illi­ ment grants and "make work" solutions. "America-Nation of Immigrants." It nois liquor control commissioner; Hon. Furthermore, the present administration was especially appropriate because Matthew Danaher, county clerk; Hon. is working in that direction. Columbus Day is a truly American holi­ Robert J. Quinn, commissioner of the Specifically, the administration intro­ day celebrating the courage, foresight, Chicago Fire Department; duced an experimental incentives pro­ and intrepid fortitude of a man who Hon. William J. Laurino, State repre­ gram last year which commits the Na­ dared to follow his ideals. sentative for the 15th District; Hon. tional Science Foundation and the Na­ This spirit of Columbus symbolizes the Ralph C. Capparelli, State representa­ tional Bureau of Standards to a joint ef­ dedicated idealism and the combined tive for the 16th District; Hon. Thaddeus fort for stimulating technological in- efforts of all ethnic groups which have Lechowitz, State representative for the October 1 O, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 34743 17th District; Hon. Vito Marzullo, alder­ is one of the highlights of the year for SECIAL ASSISTAN'l'S TO GENERAL CHAmMAN man for the 25th ward; Hon. Elmer R. residents of the area and yesterday the Joseph DeLetto, Dominick P. Dolci, Peter Filippini, alderman for the 30th ward; parade attracted over 1 million people c. Ingra.ftla, Marshall Anthony R. Pilas, Jo­ on State Street. An additional 2 million seph J. Scllbra, Joseph Tolitano, Jerome Hon. Anthony Laurino, alderman for the Zurla. 39th ward; Hon. Thomas Lyons, 45th people viewed the procession on televi­ COCHAIRMEN ward committeeman; Dan Walker, sion, which WGN-TV televised again this Frank Armanetti, Fred Bartoli, Anthony Democratic candidate for Governor of year as it has in the past. Sponsors of Bottalla, Martin R. Buccieri, James Coli, Dlinois; Michael Galasso, Democratic the telecast were Anthony Paterno of Dominick Dimatteo, Victor J. Fallla, Nello V. candidate for Congress from the Sixth the Pacific Wine Co., Dominick Di Mat­ Ferrara, Anthony Paterno, Dr. Mario o. Congressional District; and John La­ teo of Dominick's Finer Foods, and Frank Rubinell1, Anthony Terlato. Spisa, mayor of Melrose Park. Following Armanetti of Armanetti Liquor Stores. SUBCOMMITTEES them in the line of march were many The Columbus Day extravaganza Public officials political dignitaries, too numerous to closed with a reception at 4 p.m. at the Hon. John D'Arco, Co-Chairman; Hon. mention, civic leaders. members of the Chateau Royale, 5743 West Chicago Ave­ Louis Garippo, Co-Chairman; Hon. Anthony judiciary, businessmen from the com­ nue, Chicago. Mrs. Serafina Ferrara and Laurino, Co-Chairman; Hon Vito Marzullo, munity, and labor leaders. Mrs. Jean Abbott were the official host­ Co-Chairman. Sponsor of the Columbus Day parade esses at the reception which was held in Chaplain and other related activities honoring honor of all of the officers, subcommittee Reverend Amando Pierini, C.S. Christopher Columbus was the Joint chairman and members who participated Television & radio sponsors Civic Committee of Italian Americans, in making the 1972 Columbus Day pa­ Anthony Paterno, Chairman; Frank Arm­ comprised of more than 40 Italo-Ameri­ rade the greatest parade ever, and bring­ anetti; Dominick Dimatteo. can civic organizations in the Chicago­ ing the attention of the entire Nation Finance & souvenir book land area. Many local groups cooperated to our city of Chicago. Leaders of the Joseph DeLetto, Chairman; Frank N. with the Joint Civic Committee in this Italo-American organizations from D­ Catrambone, Sr., Co-Chairman; Sam Cerni­ communitywide tribute to Columbus, and linois were present at the reception as glla, Co-Chairman; Mrs. Serafina Ferrara, John C. Porcelli served as general chair­ well as officials from the city of Chicago, Co-Chairman; Mathew J. Alagna; Mo. Cav. man of the 1972 parade, and Anthony from Cook County, and from the State Domenick M. Alberti; Anthony Apa; William Sorrentino, consultant to the Joint Civic of Illinois. Boschelli; Sam Canino; Frank Cacciatore, Jr.; Committee of Italian Americans helped On Thursday evening, October 12, the Charles Carosella; Joseph Comella; John Joint Civic Committee will present a D'Arco, Jr.; Louis Farina; Joseph Fusco; Peter to coordinate the various activities. Lavorata; Ralph Massey; Marino Mazzei; One of the highlights of Chicago's cuisine and culture program on Genoa Joseph Nicoletti; Louis H. Rago; Michael R. Columbus Day celebration is selection of and the surrounding province of Lig­ Rosinia; George Salerno; Benny Zucchini. the queen of the parade. This year, uria at the Como Inn, 546 North Mil­ Peggy Pilas, 5901 North Sheridan, Chi­ waukee. Father Armando Pierini will Program & arrangements Hon. Victor A. Arrigo, Chairman; Dr. cago, was chosen to reign as queen of the show slides of this area of Italy and Joseph H. DiLeonarde, Co-Chairman; William Columbus Day parade. The prizes Gino Secco will give the narration. The Fantozzi; Rosario Lombardo; Dr. Joseph J. awarded to the queen included a free event will draw special attantion to the Sirchio; Peter Tatooles; Amedeo Yelmini. trip to Italy, courtesy of Alitalia Airlines; city of Genoa where Columbus was born. Queen contest a weekend trip for two to Las Vegas, I was honored this year to be the grand Fred Mazzei, Co-Chairman; Mrs. Josephine courtesy of the Nick Nitti Travel Bureau; marshal of the Columbus Day parade Bianco, Co-Chairman; Anita Louise Bianco, and a $100 gift certificate from John C. and to participate in the second cele­ Special Assistant; Domenick Difrisco, Ad­ Porcelli, chairman of the Columbus Day· bration of Columbus Day as a national visor; Sam Bruno, Photographer; Joseph parade. legal holiday. The members of the Joint Alagna; Bernard J. Fiorito; Stephen Fioren­ The queen will also be the guest of Civic Committee of Italian Americans tino; Charles Cannon Giannone; Joseph the Italian-Arr.erican Police Association are to be commended for their stead­ Lucania; Frank Mariani; Robert Napoli; Vin­ of Dlinois at the man-of-the-year fast dedication and the genuine hard cent Saverino; Wllliam Capraro; Jerome dinner-dance, honoring Anthony Pa­ work that goes into the planning of an Zurla. terno, on November 12; meet June Havoc event as varied and monumental as the Religious program & organizations at the Pheasant Run Theater; meet the Chicago Columbus Day· parade. These Joseph DeSerto, Chairman; Louis Moretti, aerialist queen of ~he Ringling Brothers' efforts are a credit to our city of Chi­ Co-Chairman; Carl Ferina; Michael R. For­ Barnum and Bailey Circus; meet the ice cago and attest to the diverse creativity tino; Michael J. Mento; John Spatuzza. queen of the Ice Follies at the Chicago of all of our people. Bands, marchers & transportation Stadium; and toss the first basketball Mr. Speaker, the officers and members Dr. James F. Greco, Chairman; Jordan for the season opener of the Chicago of the 1972 Chicago Columbus Day par­ Canzone, Co-Chairman; Mo. Cav. Dominick Bull's basketball team at the Chicago ade committee are as follows: M. Alberti; Frank Bottigliero; Hon. Law­ rence Diprima; John Epifanio; Michael R. stadium. The wardrobe for the queen COLUMBUS DAY PARADE COMMITI'EE, JOINT Galasso; Dr. Joseph J. Sirchio. and her court were from Alden's Depart­ CIVIC COMMITTEE OF ITALIAN AMERICANS Labor ment Store. John C. Porcelli, General Chairman 1972. Members of the queen's court were Congressman Frank Annunzio, Grand James Coli, Co-Chairman; Victor J. Failla, Regina Panarese, 1016 North East Ave­ Marshall. Co-Chairman; Thomas Siracusa; Edward nue, Oak Park, Marian Maggiore, 5154 HONORARY CHAmMEN Coco; Angelo Fosco; John Parise. South Newland, Chicago, Rosalie Lo­ Honorable Richard J. Daley. Parade Marshalls Galbo, 3606 Hawthorne, Franklin Park, Dr. Giuseppe Avitabile, Counsul General of Marco DeStefano, Chairman; Louis H. Rago, Italy. Co-Chairman; Sam Canino; Louis Del Med­ and Mary Lois DoCurro, 4853 North ico; Ettore DiVito, Michael Epi!anio; Nell Neva, Chicago. The members of the OFFICERS Charles C. Porcelli, President; Anthony J. Francis; Henry Jenero; Guido H. Melone; court each received a $25 check from FornelU, 1st Vice President; Dr. James P. Marshall Anthony Pilas; Vito Sic111ano; Jo­ John C. Porcelli. Other prizes included Greco, 2nd Vice President; James Coli, 3rd seph Tolltano; Frank J. Tomaso. gowns, trophies, and bouquets of :flowers. Vice President; Joseph U. Bottalla, 4th Vice Business and Professional Judges for the queen's contest were · President; Dr. N. J. Bruno, 5th Vice Presi­ Carl DeMoon, Chairman; Anthony Terlato, Hon. Lawrence Di Prima, Dlinois State dent; John G. Rovetto, Treasurer; Ettore Co-Chairman; Vincent Lucania, Co-Chair­ representative; Carmen Fanzone of the Divito, Secretary; Achllle J. Chiappetta, Sgt. man; Tom Ardino; Joseph Bottalla; Dr. N. R. at Arms; Anthony Sorrentino, Consultant. Bruno; Jack Cerone; Achille J. Chlapetta: Chicago Cubs; Linda Lucatosto, former Dominic Chlrchirillo; Carl Cipolla; Charles PRESIDENT EMERITUS Columbus Day queen; Judge Philip P. DeVito; Joseph Fontana; Albert Litterio~ Romiti, Cook County Circuit Court; Anthony Paterno. Andrew B. Loiacono; Vincent F. Lucchese;. Louis Seno, president of Seno and Sones; PAST PRESIDENTS Vincent Lupo; Arthur Monaco; Dr. Frank Anthony Sulla, art director at WGN-TV; Peter R. Scalise, Dr. Mario 0. Rubinelli, Motto; Anthony Partlpllo; John Paterno; Victor J. Failla, Anthony Bottalla.. Paul Paterno; Anthony Pell1cano; Alex Puc­ and Grace Zolicke, sales manager at Al­ cillo; Hon. Ph111p Romiti; Gerald L. Sbarboro; den's Department Store. EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS TO GENERAL CHAIRMAN Peter R. Scalise; Hon. Anthony Scotlllo; Louis The Columbus Day parade in Chicago Anthony J. Fornelll, Jack G. High. Seno; Anthony Bulla; Horatio Tocco. 34744 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 10, 1972 Authentic Italian Costumes not to an extension of an old world, but ceedings of the recent World Congress Dr. Mary Ellen (Mancina) Batinich, Chair­ rather to the discovery of a new one, are detailed in a feature article by Rob­ man; Mrs. Tena Amico, Co-Chairman; Mrs. with all that this entailed. ert Reinhold which recently appeared in Maria DeSerto, Co-Chairman; Mrs. Elena His fate was that reserved for so many the New York Times. This thoughtful Frigoletti, Co-Chairman; Mrs. Josephine La­ truly outstanding persons; disappoint­ analysis of the movement has recently vorata, Co-Chairman; Mrs. Norma Battisti; Mrs. Stella Boschelli; Mrs. Mary Ann Cervi; ment, nonrecognition and a death in the come to my attention, and I believe that Mrs. Judity Guzaldo; Miss Barbara Inendino; humblest of circumstances. it merits the consideration of all of us. Mrs. Ann Menconi; Mrs. Ann Parisi; Mrs. Among his greatest accomplishments I am therefore submitting Mr. Rein­ Marie Pedi; Mrs. Annette Salvatore; Mrs. was throwing open a new world to settle­ hold's article for inclusion in today's Mary Spallitta; Mrs. Dorothy Tardi; Mrs. ment, making available brand new lives RECORD. Ange Tufano; Mrs. Ann Yelmini. to millions, including so many from the NINE HUNDRED ADHERENTS PAROL! IN Floats land of his birth; Italy. Today, America ESPERANTO John G. Rovetto, Chairman; Sam Canino, claims millions upon millions of citizens (By Robert Reinhold) Co-Chairman; Joseph Rovetto, Co-Chairman; of Italian ancestry, descendants of those PORTLAND, ORE., Aug. 3.-The strange but Joseph Pope. who followed Columbus' dream to these vaguely familiar sounds of Esperanto rang Float Personnel shores. They still believe as he did, that through the lobby of the Portland Hilton Lawrence Spallitta, Chairman; Tom Ardi­ this new world was and is bright with the other day and a burly bellman strained ne; Nick Bianco; Russell Bonadonna; Ste­ promise, brimming with opportunity and to make out the melodious words. "I guess phen Fiorentino; Joseph Pantaleo; Mrs. Mary it would be a good idea if everybody learned vibrant with the spirit of freedom. to speak it, but I don't know ..." he mused, Spallitta. Just as he found fulfillment of his Cuisine and Culture then dismissed the idea with a shrug. dream through the voyages of explora­ It was the kind of shrug that the irrepress­ Liguria Region (Genoa) , Como Inn-Oct. tion, so we, descendants of those who ible "Samideanoj," or adherents, of the Es­ 12. Ann Sorentino, Chairman. followed, have found a similar fulfill­ peranto movement have come to know all to ment in the lives we lead here in this well. For the seemingly appealing and sensi­ country. ble notion of a neutral auxiliary language to THE HERITAGE OF COLUMBUS bind peoples together has not progressed It behooves us to understand Colum­ very far despite decades of confident predic­ bus as a man, rather than a shadowy, tions that success was just a generation away. HON. FRANK J. BRASCO heroic figure who "sailed the ocean blue Still, undaunted by stubborn international OF NEW YORK in '92." Even a cursory reading of the apathy and encouraged by only a few modest IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES definitive biography of the man, "Chris­ successes, 900 Esperantists from 40 nations topher Columbus, Admiral of the Ocean gathered here this week to talk among them­ Tuesday, October 10, 1972 Sea," by Samuel Eliot Morison, reveals selves, at least, and to try to devise new tac­ Mr. BRASCO. Mr. Speaker, in mark­ him to be a many-faceted individual, tics to convince the rest of the world that ing the holiday now known nationally as worthy of his dream, his heritage, and what it really needs is a common tongue. Columbus Day, we do more than honor his accomplishments. FIFTY-SEVENTH WORLD CONGRESS the memory of one man. America has The occasion was the 57th World Esperanto a tendency to encapsulate her heroes in Congress, which ends here Saturday. It was the first time the congress has been held in a cocoon of admiration that all too often NINE HUNDRED ADHERENTS PAROL! the United States, where the artificial lan­ shields the person and his or her motiva­ IN ESPERANTO guage has had much less impact than in tion from the sight of adoring future Europe and Asia, since 1915, when 163 in­ generations. trepid souls made it all the way to San Columbus was an Italian sailor with HON. SEYMOUR HALPERN Francisco. a vision, and he was willing to risk his OF NEW YORK In the years since, the movement has been buffeted by the vicissitudes of two world wars all, including his reputation and life, on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that dream. The discovery and explora­ and a growing disenchantment with the Tuesday, October 10, 1972 idealistic notion that the world's problems tion of this hemisphere is the monu­ would evaporate if only the language bar­ ment to his faith. Yet this is just the Mr. HALPERN. Mr. Speaker, ever since riers fell. start of it all. the time of the Tower of Babel, language "In the infancy of Esperanto, this idealism This New World has served as a safety differences have been a key barrier to was its life-blood-but world friendship is valve for the Old World for more than understanding between men and nations. not the primary goal of the movement to­ four centuries, and to a significant ex­ day," said Victor Sadler, director of the World Throughout history, individuals have de­ Esperanto Association, the Rotterdam-based tent is still serving that purpose. From vised languages that could be spoken by organization that sponsors the congress. scores of ancient lands the dispossessed peoples across the globe. This objective Rather, he said, the goals are much more came, seeking the same dream, but for is still being pursued by the world practical and down to earth-to provide a different reasons. Esperanto movement. common linguistic currency for expanding Today, that dream still glimmers The language of Esperanto was first world "'~ourism, international trade, diplo­ brightly across the world, perceived at hailed by its adherents as a means by macy and scientific communication. times dimly through the mist of oppres­ which to achieve international peace. To­ LECTURES IN ESPERANTO sion, barbarism, and dictatorship. day it is spoken for more pragmatic ob­ Here in Portland, one could see elderly From that first voyage of Columbus jectives; to enable greater cooperation Dutch and Swedish matrons chatting easily sprang a mighty series of accomplish­ internationally in such matters as tour­ with Arabs in burnooses and Franciscan ments, including a series of individual ism, trade, diplomacy, and scientific monks in flowing brown robes, or delicate Japanese women in colorful kimonas in ani­ freedoms unheard of in the Old World communication. mated conversation with Americans in busi­ and still rare across the face of our The 57th World Esperanto Congress ness suits. globe. was held in the United States this past All wearing the green star that is the Our way of life, in spite of all the summer. This marked the first time in movement's symbol, they shuffied purpose­ deviations of history and efforts of those over half a century that the movement fully from room to room, attending discus­ who seek the easy path of no liberty at has met in this country where, because sions and lectures-almost all in Esveranto-­ all, is still sought after and admired by of the almost complete predominance of on such topics as comparative literature, religion, peace, science, linguistics and vege­ hundreds of millions of human beings. English, there has been little pressure on tarianism. Columbus perceived only dimly the American citizens to learn a universal Twenty-five persons showed up for an consequences of his voyages of explora­ language. However, Esperanto has gained esoteric talk by a Polish scientist, Alols Wen­ tion. He could not accurately predict many thousands of followers in those clewskl, on "The Infiuence of Oxalates on the what the wonders of man's technology countries of Europe and Asia within Activity of Arll-Sulphuridrolase on Serum would bring into being. which several tongues coexist. The direc­ and Histine Homogenizations." Almost no­ Yet he did understand clearly what he tor of the World Esperanto Association body understood him, but it was not because sought and what could come from the estimates that 100,000 citizens of various they did not know the language. The lecture was to prove that Esperanto was effective for successful prosecution of his efforts. He countries are fluent in this universal scientific communication .. foresaw a vast agglomeration of new language, while several million more may Esperanto is probably the best known of jurisdictions, bursting with vitality and be familiar with it, due to its simple and several synthetic tongues devised to solve endeavor. He understood toward the end concise rules of grammar. a. communication problem as old as the Tow­ ..of his life that he had opened men's eyes The history of Esperanto and the pro- er of Babel. Invented 1n 1887 by Dr. L. L. October 10, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 34745 Zamenhof, a Polish Jew who was a physician, the thousands of others who have con­ not talking science now, that if people are it is a melange of European languages glued tributed to our ventures into space. forced to talk to each other, they can learn together by a very simple grammar. Unlike to live together. Dr. Kurt Debus, affectionately known "We've furnished India a satellite that will natural languages, which are laced with as "The Boss," has guided the energies maddening irregularities, Esperanto is al­ be used as an educational means. They can most scientifically precise and consistent. and resources of the Kennedy Space Cen­ set up 30 to 40 centers and educate people ter for some two decades and has given with just a few teachers, using television ONLY 16 RULES GOVERN LANGUAGE unfiinchingly of himself. and the satellite. Eventually, education will Governed by only 16 rules, it can be It was my pleasure to read in the Octo­ raise the living standard in India.'' learned in a fraction of the time needed for Weather satellites: "Once we understand any modern language. Fluency is possible in ber 8, 1972, issue of the Florida Accent magazine of the Tampa Tribune-Times the weather, and its complexities, we can a few months. Thousands of books are avail­ perhaps influence it. This has unprecedented able in Esperanto, including such staples as a moving chronicle written by Judy Ham­ consequences. We could save lives and dam­ Shakespeare's "Rego Lear" and "Hamleto," ilton about Dr. Dubus' efforts at the space ages from floods. We could direct water to "Winnie-La-Pu," and such unlikely fare as center. I would like to share this out­ the areas where it is needed. Once you un­ the "ABZ de Amo," an explicit encyclopedia standing article with those who recognize derstand it, you can work it. Very carefully." of sex printed in Denmark. There are also the importance of our space program. Earth ecology. "We have satellites now many original novels, plays and poems writ­ which can study our areas of pollution. We ten in Esperanto. We owe a debt of gratitude to this out­ standing man. The article is as follows: can see where the soil is depleted, or where The idea is not to replace national languages beach erosion is threatening. We can study but to supplement them. Esperanto has a DR. KURT DEBUS from space the inner functions of the causes ring similar· to that of Spanish. For exam­ They call him "The Boss." of the problems. This is of overpowering im­ ple, "Estas plezuro paroli kunvi" would mean They call him that because Dr. Kurt Debus portance to the future of mankind." it was nice talking to you. is the only director the Kennedy Space Center Manufacturing: "Zero gravity opens up In a linguistically homogeneous rountry has ever known. He is 63 years old, and he whole new fields of manufacturing. We can like the United States, the idea has not has been there for 20 years. Every manned grow big crystals, we can make new mate­ caught on so well as in such countries as U.S. venture into the inky depths of space rials. We can cast perfect spheres for ball Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Japan, the has been launched under his precise direc­ bearings. The Skylab project will be doing Netherlands and Brazil. There are said to tion. There has never been a failure. some of this." be more Esperantists in Hanoi than in the The boss of the Kennedy Space Center can Energy: "By the year 2000 or 2010, our entire United States. Throughout the world be found, when he is not in Washington ex­ fossil fuels may be used up. Our living stand­ about 100,000 are fluent, while several mil­ plaining and persuading and figuring, on the ard wlll either have to go down or we will lion may have some familiarity, according to fourth floor of the stolidly government-style have to get new energy. We can identify oU Mr. Sadler. administration building on Cape Kennedy. deposits to the last drop by looking from Esperantists in the United States and Can­ His office is behind one of those heavy wood space. We can check the availability of fish ada are a diverse, mostly older, group. They doors which glide open silently and drama­ and shellfish. We can see disease invading range :from such figures as George Lockhart, tically. High windows wrap around two walls. agricultural fields. We can see mineral de­ an 80-yea.r-old piano tuner :from Detroit who Binoculars and telescopes are ready on the posits. We're developing a system where from learned Esperanto 40 years ago and never sill. When the big door eases open, there is space we can take an exact inventory of the used it again until a few months ago when Dr. Kurt Debus, touching his heels together earth's population, so we can tell where the he discovered he had not :forgotten a word, and bowing slightly. The Boss. energy wlli be needed. to Alic Tuch, a 19-year-old student from His accent is German, and while he is a "A process which takes place on the sun Toronto. man of mathematics, physics, computers-­ was our key to developing atomic energy. So, Just why it has not caught on is a mat­ a master of management and bureaucracy­ astronomy and space research will help us to ter of wide speculation among Esperantists. he is an eloquent humanist. He'll begin a discover a process for controlling atomic One widely held theory was expressed by conversation about the space program with energy. If you have energy, you can do any­ Gunther Becker, a language teacher from the fiat assumption that it needs no justifica­ thing you want." Germany who is secretary general of the tion, now, or ever. Dr. Debus believes there is life on other World Esperanto Association. He attributed "I look at space as not something new. It's planets. He believes that the dark side of the re6istance to "linguistic imperialism" on part of the total environment, and we've the moon would be an ideal place to erect a the part of the major powers, who he said been looking for the total environment ever radio listening post to try to pick up signals have a vested interest in maintaining the since we looked out of caves at the stars," from other intelligent beings in the uni­ supremacy of such languages as English, Debus said, "The search for truth is one of verse. But, he also believes that man's future, Russian and French. the oldest instincts. There is a desperate for a long, long time to come, lies right here But another theory was advanced by David need to explore. It is a must, given to us by on earth. Jordan, an anthropologist at the University nature. "A colony on the moon. It will be there, of Call!ornia, San Diego. He said that a ma­ "If you look at man's basic needs, space but not to get away but to make use of jor deterrent was that nobody had to learn is just another part of this. It is just there. what's there. To make colonies on other Esperanto to get a job or to deal with tour­ You can't say you are for it or against it. You planets to solve overpopulation requires that ists, which is the reason so many persons cannot say, 'I will stop here.'" we find a planet like earth. have learned English. In December, Dr. Debus will preside over "We can't modify man now. With molec­ Still another stumbling block has been the last Apollo launch, Number 17, which is ular engineering, we could, but I doubt that the academic community. Only a few schools, probably the last American moonship in the we will be able to do it in enough scale to en­ such as Southern illinois, the University of century. The launch will embody a certain able man to live on other planets. Mars is Portland, San Francisco State and Fort Lau­ nostalgia, because the excitement of space the only one I know that is tolerable. In­ derdale University give courses, mo~ly non­ is paling for many of the everyday people viting, no, Tolerable, yes." credit. who pay the immense everyday costs of the It was a novel about a manned trip to "I avoid saying very much about Esperanto space program. that tolerable planet Mars which headed in professional circles," conceded Professor No one feels this more than Kurt Debus, Dr. Debus for a space career. The novel was Jordan. "People snicker because the possibil­ and the lessening public enthusiasm is ironic a Christmas present when he was a child ity of teaching the same language seems to to him. Ironic because it is now that the in Germany. "I was just learning to read in them about as likely as levitating the great space adventures are just beginning school. I must have read that book 50 times," Pentagon." to unlock the doors to much knowledge that he recalled. "It intrigued me all my life." will enable us to continue clinging to our He studied electrical and mechanical en­ weary mother earth. gineering, hoping to use his skills in the Mindful, perhaps, of the need for public aviation industry. During the 1930s, he DR. KURT DEBUS: OUT OF THE relations, Debus will present, in meticulous earned an engineering doctorate from Darm­ CAVES AND INTO THE STARS outline form, some of the benefits to hu­ stadt University, and was talked into work­ mans and to nature which can be gleaned ing with an experimental rocket program from experiments in space. Then, he'll say, by a young m.an named Wernher von Braun. "The public must understand it." At that time, the only countries conducting HON. DON FUQUA Asked if the public does understand, he'll rocket research were Germany and the Soviet OF FLORIDA pause and sadly say, "No. But that's all Union. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES right ... that's understandable. People start By 1942, Debus was hooked on rockets, and to feel cold only in winter." was flight test director for· Von Braun at the Tuesday, October 10, 1972 But here's what the boss of the Kennedy Peenemunde Rocket Center in Germany. At Mr. FUQUA. Mr. Speaker, when we Space Center thinks the space program is first the rockets were little more than big think of the majestic and overwhelming doing to make the future brighter: firecrackers. But, eventually the group there Communications satellites: "People take developed the V-2, the guided missile which nature of this country's efforts in space, them for granted now. They don't think what wrecked so much havoc on London duri::g we too often forget the men and women a wonderful thing it is to be able to watch World War II. who have made our advances possible. Nixon in China or the Olympic games on At the close of the war, Von Braun, Debus There is one man who stands out among television. I'm just a deep believer, and I'm and other members of the Peenemunde crew 34746 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 10, 1972 fled to the Untted States. Others from the is a government area. Keep out.' But we years. In 1970, indeed, a bill known as group went to the Soviet Union. didn't. But even this has created problems the Mills bill passed by a vote of 215 to In 1952, the U.S. Army decided to step up of beach maintenance and patrol and so 165. The bill failed, however, to clear the its Redstone missile program, and Debus was forth." dispatched by Von Braun from the fledgling Dr. Debus will confess to a personal feel­ other body even though it was favorably space center at Huntsville, Ala., to a Florida ing of loss among all the space program's reported by the Finance Committee. It beach called Cape Canaveral. His mission was achievements. "There is very little left," he was too late in the session for floor ac­ to launch the first Redstone. said recently, "of that which used to be so tion, and the bill died. The 50-man misslle crew brought all the much fun. Out in the field, working on a Since that time our trade position in Redstone parts with them, and set up an oll rocket on a beach all night long, and then the world has steadily deteriorated. In derrick from which to launch the metal tube finding the problem and solving it and going 1970, we still had a trade surplus, accord­ into the heavens. The beach was a deserted, to bed happy-that has aU stopped. mosquito-infested, strip of sand backed by "That deep down happiness of working ing to the official statistics of the De­ acres of harsh, low-lying scrub. Day and with the hardware--that is all lost." partment of Commerce. In 1971, how­ night, Debus directed his men as they worked But ask him if he ever suspected that the ever, we had a deficit of $1.9 billion, the on the Redstone in a leaky hangar. tinny big firecrackers he and Von Braun first annual deficit since 1888. The launch was on Aug. 20, 1953. The Red­ fired over three decades ago in Germany This year, Mr. Speaker, we have al­ stone was America's first ballistic missile, would lead to the enormity of the space pro­ ready mounted a deficit of $4.3 billion and Debus has been at the Cape ever since. gram today, and he will say, "Yes, yes, yes, through the month of August. Quite From that first ::.eaky hangar and that first yes." surely the deficit will reacl~ $6 billion, crew of scientists and technicians, Dr. De­ Debus' strong point as an administration, bus has obviously come a long way. "I re­ his colleagues say, is his concern with the even in the face of the recent huge wheat member when we only talked about satellite human element. During his weekly sta.tr sales. behind closed doors, because you would be meeting, he will probe at each problem, try­ The official picture is bad enough, but, considered a nut," he said. ing to learn how it is affecting the people as it is slowly becoming known, the sta­ There must be scrapbooks somewhere in involved, not just its solution. And, he is tistical practice of the Department of his office, or maybe in his home on Cocoa known to feel that too much credence should Commerce, going back a number of years, Beach canal, which chronicle the rise of U.S. not be put in computers as the means of space technology: our first satellite. Ex­ has been deceptive-not wittingly so but solving all technical difficulties. nonetheless deceptive. The explanation plorer I; the first U.S. manned space flight, Debus also feels strongly about opening Alan Shepard and his Freedom 7 space ship; up the possibilities of space flight for more is quite simple. Since Foreign Aid came John Glenn's earth orbit; and, finally, the people, men and women. The upcoming on the scene we have treated the heavy ringing acclaim from the first manned land­ space shuttle program is likely to include shipments of goods made under that pro­ ing on the moon. There iS nothing, it seems, gram as exports. Technically, to be sure, which Dr. Kurt Debus has to talk about now some females, he said. behind closed doors. "There is absolutely no reason why women they were exports, but as evidence of our "It has all been very exciting," he said, cannot fly. There is no question in my mind competitive standing in the world, the looking out the window. that they will," he said. The one Soviet surplus thus achieved was illusory and What it has meant to him privately, that woman cosmonaut, Debus said, was very m spurious. little kid now grown up who once read and during her space flight, because she was not well prepared. A similar practice deflated our im­ re-read a book about going to Mars, is diffi­ ports. As one of a few countries in the cult to know. Maybe it seems like it all hap­ "Right now, we use people with test pilot pened so fast. Scientists did not figure out or similar backgrounds. There have not been world we tabulate our imports on their how to keep a misslle from burning up dur­ women with this background. In the future, foreign value-not on what they actually ing re-entry into the earth's atmosphere we will not need test pilots, and it will make cost us landed at our ports. It is much until the early 1950s. It is only 1972, and no difference whether the astronauts are men the same as saying that the automobile already the public seems bored with men on or women." you bought cost you, not what you ac­ the moon. When the director of the Kennedy Space tually paid for it, but the f.o.b. price, The father of the U.S. space program, the Center is not thinking about missiles or Detroit. man who has received most of the publicity orbits or jobs or money, he retreats to his and credit, is Debus' old friend and colleague canalfront Cocoa Beach home where he fishes Thus our imports, according to a Wernher von Braun, who now works for a or tinkers with his stereo equipment. A music tabulation made by the Tariff Commis­ private aerospace firm. But it was Debus who fan, he finds the four Bs, Bach, Beethoven, sion a few years ago on a sample basis, masterminded the fantastically complicated Brahms, and Bartok, "very exciting." are under-valued by an average of some send-offs for the missiles entrusted to him Debus recently bought his home, after 10 percent. by Von Braun. Debus made them fly. many years of living in base housing at If we then remove from our exports To do that, he has had to assemble an nearby Patrick Air Force Base. The purchase the shipments the taxpayer pays for un­ intricately-meshed management team. He's has given rise to speculation about his retire­ created a team which can take the products ment, which, according to government der Foreign Aid and other programs, our of dozens of contractors, huge parts manu­ regulations, is not mandatory untU he turns exports shrink some $2% to $3 billion. factured thousands of miles apart, and make 70. Debus will be 64 in November. Imports for 1971, on their part, will rise them one, make them fly. "One always thinks about retirement," he from $45.53 to $50 billion, thus leaving In 1961, there were 250 government people said. "If the job gets too tough or I feel there a real deficit for that y.ear, of about $8 working at the space center, and 2,000 em­ is no further contribution I can make, I billion instead of one of $2 billion, as ployes of contractors. Now, there are 26,000 will. But as long as I feel I can be of real officially reported. people working there, 3,000 government em­ use, I wlll stay on." ployes and the rest, 23,000, contract person­ Kurt Debus is a man who has spent his During the first 8 months of this year nel. life sending other men into outer space, and our deficit would be some $8 billion in One of the worst parts of Debus' job is he has not lost his fascination with those place of the official figure of $4.3 billion. attempting to cushion the blow when budg­ inky unknowns. The depths of that relentless The fact of the matter is, Mr. Speaker, etary or program cuts force big employ­ intrigue can be felt when he talks about the that we are in a deficit position in our ment layoffs. "I remember how we set up "stunning consequences" of discovering other foreign trade in most of the items of a lot of groups to ease the big boom when intelligent life through a moon radio listen­ trade. The great exceptions are in the it came here," Debus said. "Now we're doing ing post: "Yes, that is something I'd like very that in reverse. Having to get someone off much to see done. But, then, I like it all." machinery category, including such a job ... that's hard." Or, as he said earlier, "You cannot say 'I items as aircraft and computers. Indus­ Then there are the problems of dealing will stop here.'" trial machinery, both electrical and non· with unions; the problems of costs; the al­ electrical, and a-utomobiles are the prin­ most daily budget messages from Washing­ cipal machinery exports. In the latter ton; the problems of planning two to three item; that is, automobiles, we have in years in advance, down to the smallest de­ FAffi INTERNATIONAL TRADE BILL recent years also turned to a deficit posi­ tail; the problems of maintaining morale. tion from a handsome export surplus. There are even headaches involved in maintaining much of Cape Kennedy as a HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN The great increase in the export of wildlife preserve. In June, 140,000 acres were machinery in recent years, not matched officially designated as a preserve, a move OF TENNESSEE by other export classifications, was Debus called "a dream come true." IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES caused largely by our heavy investments "I always loved nature," he said. "In my Tuesday, October 10, 1972 in foreign manufacturing facilities. Even old country: I hiked a lot, and when I came here I insisted that the trees be left. We've Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, a great that surplus is being eroded substantial­ tried to preserve the area and make it useful many trade bills have been introduced ly, which is to say, by rising imports. to the people. We could have just said 'This by Members of this body in the past few Chemical exports have also remained in October 10, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 34747 a surplus position, but imports are also with the disadvantage to us, of being put will be needed next, is to enact into law gaining in that sector. to work to the accompaniment of wages appropriate revenue-raising legislation such as my Pollution Control Tax Act of 1972, Thus even the sectors in which our that have remained far below our levels. which will help pay its cost. exports he, ve been growing are no longer The result has been the exploitation of I have found that response to this ap­ secure. In nearly all other items we are our manufacturing techniques and pat­ proach among my colleagues has been en­ increasingly in deficit position. This in­ ents abroad to the advantage of higher couraging and I plan to circulate the blli cludes textiles, automobiles, steel, foot­ employment abroad and less of it here. early next week for co-sponsors. I have also wear, petroleum, typewriters, household This loophole must be appropriately taken the liberty of sending copies of my electronic goods, cameras, optical goods, narrowed so that our development of new bill, along with a full explanation of its in­ components of items such as bicycles, industries and the promotion of growth tent, to both the Treasury Department and the Environmental Protection Agency. and much else. This deficit is now high industries, many of which are now The Federal Water Pollution Control Act enough to swamp the surplus in thenar­ blighted by a discouraging outlook, may Amendments of 1972 are essential to the row sector of machinery and chemicals. again proceed in a favorable climate. preservation of our nation's environment. I As for the overall deficit, the recent The bill that I am introducing will go respectfully urge your full support so that sale of wheat to Russia and China, though very far toward accomplishing this ob­ this legislation may be enacted into law. of record proportions, will be offset by jective if it is enacted. It is essentially a H. JoHN HEINz m, rising imports of petroleum and petro­ moderate bill. It would not interfere with Member of Congress. leum products and other items. foreign investments but would shield our A more complete discussion of the Unless steps are taken very soon we will market against the unhappy results that Pollution Control Tax Act may be found see our competitive position still further in many instances are seen as a deterrent in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD of Septem­ eroded. to greater employment in this country. ber 20, 1972, on pages 31430-31431. The big question is how we can hope By limiting imports of products that have to reduce our unemployment to accept­ already captured an undue share of our able levels unless a halt is called on the market and also those that have demon­ undermining of the investment base in strated their ability to do so by deep EMIGRATION OUT OF THE SOVIET this country by imports. penetration hand in hand with an up­ UNION Mr. Speaker, the trade bill I am in­ ward trend, our industries can plan troducing, along with other Members, is ahead, expand as was customary in the addressed specifically to halting the ruin past, and give employment to the army HON. ED EDMONDSON of our investment base and, therefore, of additional workers who come on the OF OKLAHOMA the base of increasing employment by the labor market each year. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES device of bringing imports under control. Tuesday, October.10, 1972 Specifically, the bill would protect growth industries, including new indus­ Mr. EDMONDSON. Mr. Speaker, last tries and the innovations that bring new FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CON­ week I joined with Senator JACKSON and life to established industries, from im­ TROL ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1972 about 60 Senators and a large number of ports that skim the cream from our distinguished Members of the House of market and thus turn the investment Representatives in introducing a bill outlook into a gloomy prospect. HON. H. JOHN HEINZ III designed to cope with the Soviet Union's It would do this by holding imports OF PENNSYLVANIA policy with regard to emigration out of of products that enjoy patent protection, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Soviet Union. We have been hearing reports for now or in the future, in this country, Tuesday, October 10, 1972 to a specific share of the market. For quite some time that the Soviet Union is example, during the first 5 years of a Mr. HEINZ. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, extracting exorbitant sums-blackman patent imports could not supply more October 6, I wired President Nixon urging amounts, in effect--from people wishing than 5 percent of our national consump­ him not to veto H.R. 11896, the Water to emigrate out of the Soviet Union. This tion. During the second 5 years of the Pollution Control Act Amendments of is a deplorable situation that should be patent imports of the product would be 1972. This legislation recently passed the stopped. held to 10 percent of the market, and House by a vote of 366 yeas to 11 nays. In fact, my distinguished colleague, during the third 5 years to 15 percent. Sharing the President's concern over Congressman VANIK of Ohio, reports evi­ Thereafter, imports could grow only in the high cost of this measure and the dence of one emigrant being required to proportion as the growth in our own increased pressure to spend beyond our pay $37,000 in order to emigrate from market. means to pay, I proposed that he ask the the Soviet Union. In this way, Mr. Speaker, venture capi­ Congress to enact companion revenue­ The measure that I have introduced tal seeking to develop new products or in­ raising legislation along the lines sug­ would require that the President make novations of established products would gested in the Pollution Control Tax Act three determinations before he certifies have assurance that if they performed of 1972, which I recently introduced. any non-market-economy country for as in past years, bringing down the cost I believe the substance of this tele­ most-favored-nation trade treatment-­ within reach of the mass pocketbook, gram may be of general interest. The including the Soviet Union. It would re­ such capital would be rewarded with a text is as follows: quire that the President find: national market; and it would in great TELEGRAM TO THE HONORABLE RICHARD M. First, he would be required to find that part--85 percent or more-belong to the NIXON they are not denying any citizen the patent owner, the developer of the prod­ DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: I urge you to care­ right to emigrate; uct, and the market builder. The con­ fully consider the significant impact the Second, that they are not imposing Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amend­ more than a nominal tax upon any sumer would benefit as he did in the past ments of 1972 will have on efforts to conquer emigrant; and when great new industries were devel­ the threat posed by pollution to this nation's Third, that they are not, in any indi­ oped by application of technology, im­ environment. provement of production techniques, and I share your fiscal concern over the cost rect way, extracting an exorbitant cost-lowering installations, all of which of this bill and attempted to amend it on the amount of money from an emigrant led to the opening of national markets, to floor of the House of Representatives to raise leaving the country as the price for his be supplied by mass production. a large portion of the necessary revenues. As being allowed to leave the borders and now constituted, the bill w1ll cost $24.6 btl­ emigrate to another country. It was in this way that we greatly lion, to be borne by each and every taxpayer. The blll would become effective as law widened our employment base even in the This is an unfairly distributed burden. October 15, 1972, if passed. I think from face of ever-increasing productivity and My amendment would have levied etftuent what I have heard of the backing it is temporary displacement of workers. charges against polluters but additionally getting in the House and Senate that it In recent years unfortunately we have provide, as an incentive, a 50 per cent rebate of those charges after installation of proper has an excellent chance of passing and exposed this system to onslaught from equipment to abate pollution. of giving us an effective tool to stop the abroad by opening our market to goods WhUe this amendment was unsuccessful, unfair practice now being carried out by that are being produced by a foreign.. I am st111 convinced that the best course ot the Soviet Union against citizens who technology that we gave to the world but action now is to sign this bill into law. What wish to emigrate out of that country. 34748 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 10, 1972 THE WASHINGTON PAPERS: TIMELY interests would appear to be best served by duce her credibility. Let us assume, however, INFORMATION ON THE UNITED working within the broad perimeters of a. that the broad premises upon which the policy already established, that of an alllance Nixon Doctrine are based continue to be valid, STATES AND JAPAN with the United States. As has been sug­ and that the path now chartered can be gested, that alliance can be modified in a maintained. variety of ways: by moving away from an In such an event, the United States would HON. CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI exclusive reliance upon bilateralism via a have every reason to support a modified al­ OF WISCONSIN number of multilateral commitments and liance with Japan, one flexible enough to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES guarantees; by a broadening of diplomatic encompass both multilateral agreements that Tuesday, October 10, 1972 and economic contracts, including a nor­ strengthened the prospects for international malization of relations with most, if not all peace and regional groupings that increased. Mr. ZABLOCKI. Mr. Speaker, a new Communist states; and by the use of eco­ the leverage of the smaller and nonnuclea.~· series of papers on international affairs, nomic power to defend wider Japanese in­ states. In this fashion, burdens could be morn called the Washington Papers, has just terests, developing in the course of such widely shared and at the same time, the in·· use certain policies different from those of ternational political climate could be tested begun publication by the Center for the United States. Increasingly, the term, step by step, with "alliance" gradually trans­ Strategic and International Studies of "all1ance" may become less appropriate than formed into "special ties" if conditions war­ Georgetown University and the Library a looser term such as "special ties." u.s.­ ranted such a development. Press. I commend the series to the atten­ Japan relations, moreover, are likely to be tion of the Members of Congress, be­ affected more and more by a series of multi­ cause of the timeliness of its subjects lateral commitments that surround and in­ PROJECT POLE AGAINST SUPER which are treated at manageable length teract with them. In economic affairs, as we POLE have noted, such ties will be both with the and are germane to the international "advanced" Western world and the develop­ concerns of Congress. ing states. In the strategic arena, hopefully, Of particular interest is the second multilateral agreements regarding arms re­ HON. THADDEUS J. DULSKI paper in the series which addresses duction and control will encompass Com­ OF NEW YORK "American-Japanese Relations in a munist and non-Communist states alike. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Nevertheless, if Japan chooses a. nonmili­ Changing Era." It was written by an Tuesday, October 10, 1972 internationally known expert on Japan tary approach in her quest for an interna­ and the Far East, Dr. Robert A. Scala­ tional role and the protection of her inter­ Mr. DULSKI. Mr. Speaker, there has ests, and seeks to rely mainly upon her been considerable attention given to pino. At this point I would like to share economic power in these respects, the strat­ Dr. Scalapino's views on the possible ef­ egy of united front operations with the non­ "Project Pole", an excellent endeavor fects of Japanese nationalism and Japa­ Communist developing states, particularly initiated by a Philadelphia businessman, nese relations with non-Communist de­ those of Asia, could have an increasing ap­ Edward Piszek. veloping states on her ties with the peal. For the weak states of Asia, the choices In a recent column in the Washington, United States: in international politics are those of a client­ D.C., Post, Nicholas von Hoffman dis­ patron relation, a. gamble on neutralism, or AMERICAN-JAPANESE RELATIONS IN A cusses the overall subject. I include his some form of regional cooperation which may commentary as part of my remarks: CHANGING ERA not go beyond the economic or political (By Robert Scalapino) PROJECT POLE VERSUS SUPER POLE: WHO'S realm, but which represents an effort through JoKING Now? JAPANESE-AMERICAN TIES aggregation to turn weakness into strength. As Japan views the great triangle formed Current development offer enhanced op­ (By Nicholas von Hoffman) around here, there remains the United States, portunities for regional political groupings In the year of the ethnic, it figures that a nation with which for more than a quarter of smaller states. In an increasingly multi­ Super Pole would arrive among us. He is on of a century she has been far more closely polar world, such regional groups would be NBC, he is a private eye (this is also the year related than with any other foreign state in able to exercise meaningful political pressure of the cop) , his name is Banacek and being her entire history. Certain factors now op­ upon the major actors, given the narrow and driven around by a liveried chauffeur in a erate to weaken the Japanese-American al­ shifting power balances that will prevail. Un­ Cadillac limousine that is twice as long as liance. Doubts regarding reliabllity or cred­ der certain circumstances, indeed, such pres­ Nixon's, he is the most iinplausible detective ibility have arisen on both sides. In Japan, sure might become crucial since power today since Nero Wolf. the earlier, strongly favorable image of the involves access to the domestic political Banacek, who lives in a house with "oil United States in the public mind has been processes of a state in addition to sheer mili­ paintings and antique furniture," makes tarnished-partly as a result of efforts by tary capacity. To date, the great advantages Ironside and Mod Squad look like cinem$ segments of the influential media and intel­ in this respect have lain with the closed, verite documerutaries. But there mustn't be ligentsia, where anti-Americanism has never authoritarian societies which have near-total a hint of the pink plastic lawn flamingo in been more in vogue. Above all, the Japanese control over internal communications and Super Pole, who has oak paneling in the have no desire to be tied to a faltering power, organization. It will become more difficult, living room and chamber music coming out a leader that sometimes appears to lack the however, to exclude completely the collective of the Muzak. He shrieks of TASTE, as that will to lead and under whom, in recent times, political pressure emanating from a regional word is defined by the decor of a Union failures have been as conspicuous as suc­ group of states, especially neighboring states. League Club or the insides of a Christian cesses. Perhaps more than most people, the Their role in an international forum like Science reading room. Japanese want to be associated with success the United Nations would also be much more In case you don't get it that Super Pole­ at this point. meaningful than that of a single adversary. that's what they call hiin in the scrip­ These mainly subjective factors have Thus, an iinportant new aspect of interna­ is both smart and rafine, they have the other helped to shape the new Japanese national­ tional politics may now be unfolding, one actors throw him lines like, "You don't look ism. So far, this nationalism is without a with special significance for Japan. Already, like a plumber." fixed political expression, available to any that nation has taken an active role in or­ The arrival of Banacek in his big, black group on the political spectrum and used on ganizations like ASPAC (Asian and Pacific Caddy isn't to be taken to mean that at long occasion by everyone. Thus, an imprecise Council) and ASEAN (Association of South­ last Poles will be given full recognition for phrase like "autonomous diplomacy" can east Asian Nations). their part in the fight against crime. On evoke near unanimous support , symbolizing It would be wise not to miniinize the ob­ ABC's Streets of San Francisco, police lieuten ­ as it does a commitment to reassert Japan's stacles faced by Japan in this respect, how­ ant Mike Stone is played by Karl Malden full independence and authority in the inter­ ever. The smaller states of Asia are aware of who would find it a professional handicap to national arena, but binding the nation to no Japan's enormous economic power, and many be bllled by his real name of Mladen Seku­ specific tasks, burdens, or risks. of them fear Japanese domination. Hence, lovch. There is a st rong element of frustration progress is likely to be slow, with opposit ion No, Poles have yet to make it as a respected among Japanese leaders at present, however, frequently encountered. group of people with feelings. Even before for while "subjective" factors are propelling How will the United States react to the the film was put out on the televised Olym­ Japan in the general d irection of a more developments sketched above, and to the pic torch, there were guys standing around forceful, independent policy, "objective" fac­ wider political alternatives presently con­ office water coolers telling the newest Polish tors are, for the most part, operating in a fronting Japa.n? It scarcely need be said that joke: Did you hear about the Polack who won countervailing fashion. A bold opening to it is ext remely hazardous at this point to a gold medal? He took it back to Warsaw and either China or Russia can have limited predict American attitudes and policies. We had it bronzed. meaning at best, because the critical eco­ are in a period that is at once dangerous and No ot her group in America has to put nomic, political, and strategic fact ors that promising, hopeful and potentially disastrous. up with this sort of thing. Sure, there would underwrite it are largely absent. Equi­ and all of this is reflected in the uneasy, still are anti-Negro and anti-Semitic jokes distant diplomacy or neutralism suffers from v.olatile public mood that currently domi­ going the rounds, and ant i-other people jokes similar liabilities, and pan-Asianism in any nates the American political lan dscape. also, but nothing like the Polish joke. Just exclusive sense would be sheer madness. Events could transpire in Asia that would about anybody who isn't Polish or at least Thus, barring some major disaster to thrust the United States ever more rapidly Slavic thinks nothing of cracking one of these America at home or abroad, Japan's own down the withdrawal route, and sharply re- belittling, invariably un-funny, cruel jokes. October 10, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 34749 "If you complain, people tell you, 'You're naire the vast majority of my constitu­ about the faults and deficiencies of being too sensitive. Can't you people laugh?' " ents indicated their strong opposition to America. That the Government permits says Barbara Mikulski, a Baltimore city coun­ cilwoman who reports "there is tremendous the abolition of capital punishment. and sometimes welcomes scrutiny, chal­ resentment against it in the Polish com­ Front page murders and attemped po­ lenge, and criticism is a tribute to one of munity." litical assassinations helped trigger this the most unshakable bulwarks of democ­ Mikulski is one Polish-American who talks reaction. racy, freedom of speech. Decrying the Na­ up. Most don't. The only time you ever hear The following editorial from the Knox­ tion's drawbacks, however, has become the word Pole is when somebody is telling ville Journal provides a most vivid il­ so habitual in some quarters that the one of those damn jokes or, on Pulaski Day, lustration of why my second district critics forget to acknowledge the basic when the politicians come around to say, "I love to eat your kielbasa and see you dance constituents oppose any tampering with integrity of the institutions whose fail­ in those nice costumes." For the rest, Poles the capital punishment provisions of ings are under attack. of whom there are a mere 10 or 11 million in the U.S. Constitution. Sometimes it takes a foreign viewpoint America, go ignored. The editorial follows: to restore our own perspective. Ironically Even the professional anti-bigotry fighters QUANDARY OF JUSTICE some of this country's stanchest defend­ don't figure the Poles are worth a go-around. The case of Richard Speck, the wanton ers were not born here but came as im­ Recently the World Publishing company slayer of eight Chicago nurses in 1966, is migrants, poor and homeless, lacking in started putting out a series of books under a glaring example of the confused uncer­ the advantages taken for granted by na­ the general title of "Ethnic Prejudices in tainty which has resulted from the some­ America" with an explanatory note saying tive-born Americans. These people did what indecisive ruling of the U.S. Supreme not find the streets paved with gold, but blacks were being omitted because there are Court on capital punishment. Without lay­ enough books on that subject. The first two ing down strict guidelines, the highest they found something they valued even titles, "Kike!" and "Chink!" are out and tribunal determined that the death penalty more highly, the opportunity to make they are scheduled to be followed by "Mick !" is unconstitutional in most cases. Now it is their own way to prosperity. Despite the "Wop!" "Spick!" and "Kraut!" There is no up to lower courts to attempt to decide handicaps under which they labored, "Polack!" coming through the pipeline. whether or not specific cases are among the many have been strikingly successful, It may say something about Polish-Ameri­ "most cases." and most are extremely grateful to their can culture that they don't have an anti­ This past Wednesday the illinois Supreme defamation league or some tough sounding adopted land. Court, caught in this indecisiveness, said Following is the text of a full-page ad­ civil rights organization. What they do have Speck must not be executed and ordered a is Project Pole, an endeavor, started by Ed­ new hearing. In the words of the opinion: vertisement taken in the Council Bluffs, ward Piszek, the head of Mrs. Paul's Kitch­ "The death penalty cannot be reimposed on Iowa, Nonpareil by a man of German ens, to tell Poles and other Americans that the defendant, and the only remaining ques­ birth who arrived in America just 50 the folks on the banks of the Vistula haven't tion is the procedure to be followed in re­ years ago this month. For him the golden spent the last millennium in oafish, perspir­ sentencing him to a sentence other than anniversary of his immigration is an oc­ ing imbecility. "The blacks have taught a death." casion for thanksgiving. His simple testi­ lot of second and third generations to learn In the view of some observers the wobbly monial would shame the most sophisti­ about their own heritage," says Msgr. John decision of the U.S. Supreme Court was an­ Wodarski, a New Britain, Conn., priest of other in its train of "wishful thinking'' ac­ cated critic of the United States to rec­ some note in Polonia, as the Polish-American tions that by strained interpretations have ognize the goodness of the basic values community is sometimes called. succeeded in circumventing the letter of the underlying our way of life. I commend Knowing that Tadeusz Ko.sciuszko was a law and have replaced it with notions of so­ Frank J. Hecht's "advertisement for friend of Thomas Jefferson's and that Joseph cial progressiveness. Too often these have America" to the attention of all my col­ Conrad was really Konrad Korzeniewski may been to the advantage of the criminal over leagues. help a few individual psyches, but it isn't the victim. going to make that much differ¢nce. Be it The court looked to the 8th Amendment ON MY 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN THE UNITED STATES-A SINCERE "THANK You" NOTE among blacks, Poles and Italians, this going to the U.S. Constitution, which states: "Ex­ back to revivify the traditions and history cessive bail shall not be required, nor ex­ TO MY UNCLE FRANK AND MY UNCLE SAM of what lies in the past across the oceans is cessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual (Fifty years ago this month, October 1922, too artificial. punishments inflicted." But it ignored the at the age of 11, I-a hungry German im­ This is particularly the case of the largest 5th Amendment, which provides: "No per­ migrate--came to the Council Bluffs to my majority of Poles who descend from those son shall be held to answer for a capital Uncle Frank Hecht.) who immigrate>d here before World War II. or other infamous crime unless upon a pre­ In Germany, I was the oldest child and They were unschooled peasants who had no sentment or indictment of a grand jury." we were starving, but receiving occasional contact with their literary or upper class Now by definition a capital crime is one food parcels from Uncle Frank in Council cultivation when they were in Poland. That "punishable by death." So the framers of Bluffs, which motivated me to write and was one of the forms of privation that led the Bill of Rights did recognize capital pun­ ask 1f he would let me come to the United them to leave for America. ishment as being constitutional. It seeins States to live with him. These packages were Yet they did bring both a culture and a likely to us that by "cruel and unusual pun­ all the evidence I needed that he lived in a special set of virtues with them, not least ishments" they meant torture. of which is a law-abiding love of stability better place than I did. He applied for an Be that as it may, how is justice to handle immigration permit to Uncle Sam which and quiet community life. The only time in Richard Speck? Is the answer life imprison­ the Polish experience in America when a ment with its possibilities of escape, parole was granted and Uncle Frank sent me the really large number got rambunctious was or pardon? Is there hope to reform so vicious ticket. in fighting the arrogance of the Irish Roman a man as one who savagely slew eight wom­ M'/ first banana, which he bought for me Catholic hierarchy. But today there is a en in a single bloody rampage? And if there at the Peoples Store the morning after I Polish-American archbishop, ,John Cardinal is, would society accept a man with such a arrived, convinced me that I now lived in Kroi of Philadelphia, so why now in 1972 hideous multiple offense in his past? Would the right place. I could call this my Golden should Poles be getting the business? Maybe he not have to change his identity, assum­ Anniversary, but it would not properly ex­ their virtue has made them our victim. ing he could change his character? press my feelings. Every anniversary has The rest of us, unable to express our inter­ We w1ll not essay to give the answers. been a Golden one-yes all fifty of them. tribal hostilities, may dump on the Poles The purpose here is only to show how the I can't help but tell you how fortunate I because we know they're too orderly and law Speck case is a salient example of the per­ abiding to retaliate. ' am to be an American. Freedom of speech, plexing predicament the Supreme Court has freedom from want, freedom from fear, free­ Whatever the reasons for our behavior, put the nation in. One thing seems clear: Poles do deserve better than either moron The sanctity of the life of so cruel a killer dom of religion, freedom of the press. Yes, jokes or Banacek. is protected while the sanctity of the lives freedom to swim across any river without of his eight victims is forgotten. being shot to death. Freedom to cross any American border and return. My cnly hope and wish is that every American would QUANDARY OF JUSTICE ADVERTISEMENT FOR AMERICA cherish these things more. If we only did that, then no thinking American would want to change any part of our system or HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN HON. WILLIAM J. SCHERLE our way of life. OF TENNESSEE OF IOWA So again, my deepest gratitude to my IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Uncle Frank and my Uncle Sam for letting me be an American. I shall cherish it to my Tuesday, October 10, 1972 Tuesday, October 10, 1972 dying breath and trust that my children and Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, in re­ Mr. SCHERLE. Mr. Speaker, we hear my children's children will do likewise. sponse to my 1972 legislative question­ a great deal both 1n and out of Congress, FRANK J. HECHT. cxvrii--2190-Part 26 34750 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 10, 1972

~ RASPBERRY DEFINES that. In an ideal world, hiring, advance­ filled only by minority members, thus .ma.k­ QUOTA ISSUE ment, etc., on individual merit would be the lng membership in the appropriate minority only just method of decision-making . . • an absolute requirement for employment or "Our society 1s not 'ideal' for several very promotion. specific reasons, all of which can be im­ The AJC is aga.lnst that sort of thing. So 1s HON. LOUIS STOKES proved by a •quota' system that 1s sincerely nearly everybody else, although there may OF OHIO designed a.nd effectively implemented. occa.sionally have been an overzealous, under- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "Flaw No. 1 1s that we do hire, promote, 1ntell1gent bureaucrat who has misinter­ etc., on •mertt'---but the opportunity to preted his agency's affirmative action plan. Tuesday, October 10, 1972 achieve that 'merit' is systematically denied But a good many people who are aga.1nst Mr. STOKES. Mr. Speaker, columnist to minority groups, and even the defl.nltion quotas as defined by the AJC are very much 'merit' is biased to reward the el'Lt. for "goals and timetables" for upgrading William Raspberry is currently involved "Let's look at how an individual achieves blacks in government employment. in a very courageous and controversial •merit' points in the civil servl~no matter The d11ference 1s less one of semantics project. On an almost daily basis, he is whalt the nature of the job to be filled. 'Merit' than of the degree of rigidity. The quota exploring different aspects of the debate 1s determined by a combination of education, approach looks at an employment situation on quotas in Federal programs. In so do­ experience, test scores and the ability to in terms of the available manpower and ing, he is pounding home to his readers make an SF-171 look attractive to a selec­ says: X per cent of the jobs and/or promo­ exactly what the elimination of quotas tion panel. tions must go to minority Y or be left vacant. means to black Americans. At the same "Unless all people have an equal oppor­ The goals-and-timetables approach looks at tunity 1n education and other hiring proce­ the same situation and says: If the employ­ time, he is challenging the underpinnings dures; unless qualifying tests are not Cul­ ment of minority Y fails to approach X per of hypocrisy, an unfortunate character­ turally biased (which they are), and unless cent by such and such date, there will have istic of the debate. the selection panel consists of people from to be a convincing explanation. His work is important for many rea­ v&rious backgrounds (which they do not), It won't be enough to say •we couldn't find sons. The President eliminated quotas there 1s no way 1n hell for members of racial any qualified applicants.' You'll have to say quietly-with an interoffice memoran­ and ethnic minorities of this country to where and how you looked, and how you pro­ dum. But because of Mr. Raspberry's arttain 'merit.' pose to improve your technique. The em­ "The fundamental reason for these con­ phasis is not on good intentions but on perseverance, black Americans are not tributory elements of gaining merit being results. going to have to stand quietly by while so biased is that they too, just like the federal But even that isn't the problem. If by equal opportunity is abandoned by the government, do not have enough minority opening up your recruitment practices you Federal Government. By keeping the is­ group representatives in their decision-mak­ find you can staff your agency with the very sue alive in the daily press, Mr. Raspber­ ing processes to eliminate the inherent rac­ best applicants and still have a staff that ry gives life to the possibility of other in­ ism. This elitist racism pervades the system, generally reflects the sexual, racial or ethnic dividuals speaking out. and the implications within the context of make-up of the community, then fine. the federal government are tragic. Suppose taking the cream of the crop gives On October 6, 1972, in the Washing­ "Guess who makes decisions regarding the you a work force that is 95 per cent white ton Post, Mr. Raspberry reported on a expenditure of federal funds for 'disadvan­ male. What then? Government official who disagrees with taged' communities of blacks, Chicanos, In­ That, really, 1s what is behind the whole the President's action. The column, "A dians and Puerto Ricans? Usually me, or debate. For Americans like the idea of a WASP Backs Quotas," explored the fact people just like me, with all kinds of impec­ meritocracy, where every consideration except that the merit system, in a racist context, cable 'merit' and not one whit of real under­ merit becomes extraneous, where every per­ can be highly discriminatory. standing or knowledge of what those people sonnel officer is color-blind. need, want or should have. Now many people who consider themselves On October 9, he reported on" 'Good "Guess who evaluates proposals from a moderate-to-liberal will acknowledge that Guy' Semantics." This article contained Sioux tribe to improve its community educa­ color-blindness 1s too slow a remedy in a so­ an extremely necessary definition of tional facilities, or from a young Puerto Rican ciety that was until recently consciously terms. Mr. Raspberry compared the group in New York City to combat the drug anti-black. American Jewish Committee's adherence problem? Me again, because I have 'merit.' If a tree has grown crooked because it has to affirmative action with its opposition "These communities have been so totally been deliberately pushed in one direction, it to quotas. He found, as many other ob­ screwed for so long by the system that most isn't enough just to stop pushing. You'll have servers have discovered, that affirmative of their efforts are rejected because they have to exert some pressure in the opposite direc­ been unable to decipher the guidelines, regu­ tion if you think it important to have a action alone is not going to be enough. lations and format (designed by those with straight tree. I call my colleagues' attention to both 'merit') to be eligible for funds. A lot of people who will accept that analogy of these excellent articles and I urge "Of course we should attack all the insti­ still will argue over the amount and the them to continue to watch for Mr. Rasp­ tutions which deny certain groups the oppor­ timing of the counter pressure. The argu­ berry's column in the Post. tunity to achieve merit. Education, for ex­ ment grows more furious the closer it ap­ The two articles follow: ample. But just consider the dynamic moral proaches the employment office. (From the Washington Post, Oct. 6, 1972] leadership shown by Mr. Nixon and friends There is almost no argument against such on one of the key devices designed to do preferential treatment as Head Start for mi­ A wASP BACKS QUOTAS something about education-busing, which, nority youngsters, and only a little against (By wnu.a.m Raspberry) like quotas, would be foolish in a perfect extra financing for disadvantaged public Another look at quotas, this one from a world. school pupils. In those cases, the disadvan­ person in the government who has to deal We need quotas. I need quotas so that taged get more but the advantaged get no with the subject at first hand, a person whose I can work alongside blacks, Chicanos, Puerto less. name wnd title I know but, for obvious rea­ Ricans, Indians, etc., and maybe learn some­ That starts to change when it comes to sons, won't use. thing about people and maybe even teach preferential college admissions, and· it "Although your column on hiring •quotas' something. As long as I am isolated with changes absolutely when the question is 1n the federal government was very good, I the sterile environment of an institution preferential hiring or upgrading, by whatever feel compelled to write because even you full of people with 'merit,' I do not exist in name it is called. did not get to the real horrors of that pres­ a real world." Not even the proponents of "affirmative idential statement ... action" want to take preference to such "To place my rem.arks in the proper per­ [From the Washington Post, Oct. 9, 1972] lengths as to require the hiring or promotion spective, let me describe myself. I am the "Goon GuY" SEMANTICS of idiots. What is advocated is preference perfect exa.mple of white, Anglo-Saxon Pro­ among components, and that only as a stop­ testant success. I went to the very best (By William Raspberry) gap corrective. There are two primary justi­ schools. I served as wn officer in the Air One reason the whole quota-preference/ fications. Force. I have been president of clubs and affirmative-action debate drags on is that the First, ranking of qualified applicants 1s not capta.in o:r teams. I am over 30. I make over 'good guys' keep insisting that the argument nearly the exact science it is sometimes $22,000 a year. I work in the bureaucracy. is essentially a semantic one. thought to be, and to the degree that intan­ I have the 'perfect' famlly .and live in the ~fine terms, they insist, and most of the gibles (personality, motivation, character, 'best' neighborhood. argument Will disappear. It won't. etc.) become a part of the ranking process, "And I am frightened of the implications It may be useful, as its spokesmen have they tend to work aganist minorities. o:f the actions o:f a man who would, as Pres­ been trying to do, for the American Jewish Second, insistence on pure "merit" over­ ident, end the quota system in federal hiring. Committee to make clear that its objections looks the social good that comes from hav­ "First o.r all, it 1s obvious that in an idee.l to "quotas" are not to be mistaken for antag­ ing a society that is racially inclusive in fact world, quotas would be a racist and irrational onism toward employment progress for as well as in theory. mechanism for any institution, causing peo­ blacks and other minorities. To them, Or to put it negatively, denying social and ple to be reduced to percentages of thls and "quotas" d,escribes slots held aside to be economic mobllity to a large segment of the October 1 o, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 34751 population 1s llke planting a ttmebomb. And ONE WAY TO GET OuT OJ' DEBT; BANKRUPTCY George L. Freeman, a lawyer who said he protestations of theoretical fairness and good­ FILING IS SIMPLE, PAINLESS handles three or four bankruptcies a year in will to make it no less explosive. (By Paul G. Edwards) the Alexandria court, said in an interview that divorces and unusual medical b111s are Early in August, Carl Denham began to worry about his debts. frequently behind personal financial col­ One day, as he went aJbout his duties as a lapses. respiratory therapist at Alexandria Hospital, "People break up and then they find that THE BANKRUPTCY FAD two people can't Uve apart on one man's he started adding up the monthly payments salary," he said. "Divorce and medical prob­ he had to make. The total was more than $400. His take home pay was about $380. lems are behind a lot of bankruptcies, but "It was very distressing to realize that I if I had to put my finger on one thing, I HON. JOHN R. RARICK didn't make enough to cover my monthly would say it's our credit society. OF LOUISIANA "The stores have a mark-up that figures in payments," he said in a recent interview. "I credit losses. Consumer lending is pretty IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES didn't know what I was going to do. "Then a woman who works at the hospilta.l told me loose. People get in over their heads, not Tuesday, October 10, 1972 about :flling for bankruptcy. She said thwt much, maybe $2,500 to $5,000 on the aver­ she and her husband went through it and age. Then they file for bankruptcy." Mr. RARICK. Mr. Speaker, much ora­ Denham, the respiratory therapist, told tory and hot air has been expended in got rid of all their debts." "It sounded like the only way to me. The how he got caught in the credit web. the House today discussing fiscal respon­ collection people were beginning to give me "I saved up a lot of money while I was 1n sibility and who is or who is not respon­ a hard t1m.e. I knew I had to move fast. If I Vietnam. I applied for some credit cards to sible for excessive Government spend­ didn't, I was afraid they would really hurt use when I got home, all of them oil com­ ing-the President or the Congress. · me, hit me with a ga.rnishee and hurt my pany cards-Humble, Texaco and Shell. The one thing that most of the Mem­ employment record." "We were doing fine while I was in the Denham did move fast. Within a month he Army. I was taking home $700 to $800 a bers seem to agree on is that Federal month with my E-5 (equivalent to a buck spending should be limited; but what filed a petition with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Alexandria, declaring that his debts sergeant) pay and part-time job at the hos­ confuses me is how this House can in -about $4,000-were more than he could pay pital. one breath support a ceiling on Federal and asking the court to release him from "About April we began to fall a little be­ expenditures and then turn around and making a.ny further payments. hind. The credit card balances ran up to approve legislation which would, in ef­ Barring an unlikely legal snag, Den·ham about $1,300. It was all for gas and car re­ fect, give the President an additional has a fresh start 1n the world of consumer pairs and some motel b111s from trips we credit. . took. $48 billion to play around with. "Then on July 14, I got out of the Army The $250 billion spending limitation is F111ng for bankruptcy 1s a relatively pain­ less way to clean the slate---almost as pain­ and went to work full time at the hospital. $18 billion more than the total appro­ less as going into debt in a society that pro­ I want a career in health services, but, well, priated by the Congress during the last vides such easy access to credit buying. you know we don't make much. I began to fiscal year; then the debt ceiling increase Divorce and 111nesses that run up huge miss more payments. When you miss one, authorizes him to borrow $15 billion medical bllls are principal paths to bank· it's compounded. lit's such a massive amount, ruptcy, says lawyers, and so is the prolifer­ you just give up." more, and to that total could be added In addition to his on company credit card the $15 billion set aside in S. 3001, leg­ ating credit card. The bankruptcy court in Alexandria handles about 500 cases a year of b111s, Denham said he owed two loan com­ islation which would create a Federal panies-Household Finance and Beneficial­ peopl~ who find their debts have gotten out financing bank to handle the financing of hand. about $1,300. He was making payments of shortages for the executive depart­ The process is simple. The person lists all $91 a month on his car, a 1969 Pontiac Cata­ ments-without the need for congres­ h1s debts, income and assets in the petition. lina, and paying $180 a month rent for an sional approval. The obligations of this He is allowed to declare $2,000 of his personal apartment at 8495 Madge La., Fairfax Coun­ new bank, like those of the Export-Im­ property as exempt from Uquidation for re­ ty. payment of debts. The bankruptcy referee Denham also makes a $76 payment month­ port Bank, are to be exempt from con­ ly to his former wife for child support, an sideration in determining the level of the (to be called bankruptcy judge after Nov. 1) can order all other assets to be turned over obligation that bankruptcy does not wipe national debt. to a court-appointed trustee for sale. The out. It would seem, then, Mr. Speaker, that bankruptcy referee in Alexandria is Martin Once he decided to file for bankruptcy, the President in conducting our fiscal V. B. Bostetter, a private attorney who Denham immediately stopped making all loan matters must share in his charge of ir­ spends half his time hearing bankruptcy payments. He paid his lawyer a $200 fee and responsibillty. But, then, if we are to be­ cases. $58 for court costs out of two paychecks. After The proceeds of the sale and one-fourth receiving the cash in advance, the lawyer lieve what we read in the papers, his con­ filed the bankruptcy petition. duct is not unlike many Americans, who, of any wages due the bankrupt when he filed his petition can be taken by the court "I told all my creditors I was filing,'' Den­ in attempting to get out of debt, have and portioned out to creditors. ham said. "None of them said much, but found that "bankruptcy filing is simple, The bankrupt is free to earn, spend and the man at Benefic:ial urged me to try to work painless." It has become "an everyone's borrow again without fear of collection agen­ something out. He tempted me with more doing it" fad to escape responsibillty. It cies, salary garnishments or court judg­ money, but I just couldn't see starting it all is doubtful, however, that the U.S. Gov­ ments. For six years, he is barred from avan­ over again." ernment will find filing for bankruptcy ing himself of the federal bankruptcy re11ef. "simple, painless." After all, how does a But after seven years, should he fall behind again, he can repeat the process. KENTUCKY FFA MEMBER RECEIVES country go bankrupt? Denham said that his lawyer warned him HIGHEST AWARD I would comment, Mr. Speaker, that that bankruptcy could hurt his abllity to get private bankruptcy proceedings may be credit in the future, but another recent simple and painless to the individual; but bankrupt, Penny W. Pletz, of Reston, was HON. TIM LEE CARTER in reality, its effect on the public is pro­ optimistic. OF KENTUCKY "Actually," she said, "I understand that nounced. If a merchant suffers losses IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES from bankruptcy, he can be expected people are anxious to give you credit again to after you go through bankruptcy. Why Tuesday, October 10, 1972 pass this cost on to his next customer­ shouldn't they be? They know you haven't or, if the bankruptcy qualifies as a tax got any debts and they know you can't de­ Mr. CARTE.R. Mr. Speaker, the follow­ writeoff, the taxpayers are penalized by clare bankruptcy again for another six years." ing article was sent to me by Mr. Jack having to make up another loss. Like many who file for bankruptcy, Mrs. M. Pedigo, who is a teacher of agricul­ So, in reality, those who suffer from Pletz's financial problems were tied in part ture at Metcalfe County High School in "simple, painless" bankruptcy proceed­ to a divorce. She said her former husband Edmonton, Ky. The article is about the ings are the producing Americans. wouldn't pay some debts that she consid­ excellent · achievements of Mr. Joel ered his. Then she started a small business, Private bankruptcy is but another tax a gift shop in Reston, that failed. Bowles, who has established an outstand­ on the consumer; public bankruptcy by "When 1t rains it pours," she said. "Every ing record as a member of the FFA. Government results not only in more day I would come home and find another I am pleased to submit it for the taxes but causes more inflation-the summons." Finally, Mrs. Pletz decided to RECORD: cruelest tax of all on earnings and sav­ jettison her $5,000 in debts through bank­ JOEL BOWLES OF SUMMER SHADE, KY., RECEIVES ings. ruptcy, and now she's starting over with an HIGHEST FFA AWARD I insert a related news article in the $8,000 a year job at the National Letter Car­ Joel Bowles of Summer Shade, Kentucky, RECORD at this point: riers Association. has been selected to receive the American 34752 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 10, 1972 Farmer Degree, highest degree presented by Office of Education, of the Department of National Arboretum/Botanical Gardens. the National FFA Organization. Joel was Health, Education, and Welfare. This year Oct. 8 (deadline Oct. 2). nominated for the degree by the Kentucky over 12,000 FFA members, vocational agri­ Chesapeake Bay Center. Family camping FFA Association and the nomination was ap­ culture teachers, parents and guests are and ecosystems study weekend. Oct. 2Q-22 proved by the National FFA Board of Direc­ expected to take part in the 45th National (deadline Oct. 12). tors in a recent meeting held in Washington, FHA Convention. Domestic study tours (Call Mrs. Kilkenny, D.C. He was one of 471 FFA members nomi­ The convention is conducted entirely by 381-5910). nated to receive the American Farmer Degree student members all between the ages of 14 Arizona Astronomy Weekend: Oot. 6-9. which is presented at the National FFA Con­ and 21. Six National FFA Officers take charge Blockade-Runners' View of the Carolinas: vention in Kansas City. The presentation wlll of all business sessions and 114 official dele­ Oct. 12-27. be made today, October 12, with the approval gates represent the membership in voting on Sanibel Island, Florida: Nov. 5-10. of 114 student delegates who represent FFA all issues of business. Nature's Past (Florida's West Coast) : Nov. members in Convention business sessions. In addition to the American Farmer Degree 12-19. Joel is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe F. many other FFA awards are presented during Sunday !-Exhibition: Countryside/Inner Bowles of Summer Shade and is currently the convention. Contests are held in dairy, City. A contrast of rural and urban landscape farming for himself and with his father. livestock, poultry, meats, dairy products and people shown through the photographs He earned the American Farmer Degree on judging, agricultural mechanics, as well as of Roland Freeman of George Washington the basis of the outstanding Supervised Ag­ public speaking. Several guest speakers of University, Jeff Weiss of Goddard College, ricultural Work Experience Programs car­ national prominence address the convention and their students. National Collection of ried out during his 4 years of Vocational Agri­ audience and entertainment is interspersed Fine Arts, through November 13. culture at Metcalfe County High School, the with the business. The convention is the Wednesday 4-Man and Cosmos: The many leadership; and cooperation develop­ largest annual youth covention in the nation. Pl·anets. Lecturer: Carl Sagan, Cornell Uni­ ment activities which h~ participated in as It closes on Friday evening with the installa­ versity. Third in a series of lectures in astron­ an FFA Member. tion of six new National FFA Officers. omy sponsored by the National Air and Space Joel was chapter winner in Hay Production, When you see Joel, congratulate him for Museum and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Farm Mechanics and the FFA Chapter Con­ receiving this high honor. He is living proof Observatory for the Washington academ!c test and went on to represent the Metcalfe that all our young people have not turned to and professional community. The series pro­ County FFA Chapter in the South Central drugs and the hippie style of living. Joel is vides a comprehensive and current survey of FFA Federation Contest 2 years in a row for an example of the product the FFA tries to man's past, present, and future concepts of the Farm Mechanics and FFA Chapter Con­ produce in every member with the coopera­ the solar system, with particular emphasis test sponsored by The Courier Journal & Lou­ tion of the parents, churches and schools. on the results of space science research dur­ isvllle Times. Joel served as Chairman of the Although Joel will shortly hang up his ing the past decade. 7:30 p.m., History and Scholarship Committee 2 years, a member of Blue and Gold FFA Jacket which he has so Technology Building. Free admission; limited a Superior rating Chapter Meeting and Par­ proudly worn during the past 4 years, if there seating. The publi} is invited. Additional lec­ liamentary Procedure Team and many other should be a call to the service of our country tures: Oct. 12, 18 and 25, Nov. 1, 8 ann 15. FFA Chapter and district activities too nu­ after the first of the year, Joel expects to put Free film theatre: The Holy Ghost People­ merous to mention. on the Olive Green Uniform of the U.S. Army. A look at a West Virginia Pentecostal con­ Joel's own farming program this year con­ We know he will proudly wear this uniform gregation whose fundamentalist philosophy sists of 7600 pound tobacco base, 25 acres of also. encourages a literal interpretation of the soybeans, 12 head of Registered Shorthead Bible including handling of live snakes and cattle, 21 head of Holstein heifers, 2 York­ talking in tongues. Beginning of the fall shire sows and litters, 7 acres corn, 10 acres MONTHLY CALENDAR OF THE season of films presented by the Smithsonian hay and 20 acres of pasture. In addition to Women's Committee, and shown every the above, he works with his father in carry­ SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Wednesday and Thursday at 12:30 p.m. in the ing out an outstanding farming operation on Natural History Building auditorium. approximately 50 acres of owned and rented Design film: Glas-leerdam. A Dutch film on land. HON. HENRY P. SMITH III the design and manufacure of glass (11 Not only has Joel been an outstanding OF NEW YORK minutes). Continuous showings from 11 a.m.; last showing 2:30 p.m. The Renwick Gallery. FFA member, he is also active in other IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES school, church and community activities. He Thursday 5-Free film theatre: The Holy is a member of the Summer Shade Christian Tuesday, October 10, 1972 Ghost People. Repeat. See Oct. 4 for details. Church, American Softball Association, Mr. SMITH of New York. Mr. Speaker, Sunday 8-Jazz heritage concert: Lee Kan­ Young Adult Sunday School Class. He is very itz, modern alto saxophonist, with his quintet active in the Summer Shade Softball League. it is my privilege each month to insert in and special guest trumpeter, :Joe Cheatham. Joel's high school vocational agriculture the RECORD the monthly calendar of the First in a series of six monthly jazz concerts instructors and FAA advisors are Mr. Jack M. Smithsonian Institution. The October representing all styles and periods of jazz. Pedigo and Mr. Russell Fraser. To say the Calendar of Events follows: 8 p.m., Natural History Building auditorium. least, you can be sure they are very proud of OcTOBER AT THE SMITHSONIAN Associates $4, non-members $4.50, students $3. For ticket sales call 381-5395. Joel for this outstanding accomplishment as Fll.MS AND LECTURES, TOURS, CLASSES they have been the other two fine young men Exhibition: Co Rentmeester's Indonesia. from Metcalf County to receive the American Sponsored by the Smithsonian Associates; Details of daily life, as well as the wild life, Farmer Degree. by subscription only-Call 381-5157. pictorial beauty and the patterned richness The American Farmer Degree is a highly Classes and workshops of the land of Ball, Java and Sumatra, shown coveted award because it is presented to only Beginning the first week in October, Reg­ through a series of color photographs pro­ one tenth of one percent of the total of istration still open in some subjects for duced by Co Rentmeester of Life :onagazine. 432,000 FFA members. It is presented only both adults and young people. Museum of Natural History, through Novem­ by the National FFA Organization of the American filmmakers series ber 8. Under the patronage of His Excellency Sjarif Thajeb, Ambassador of the Indonesian FFA to members who have demonstrated ex­ Organized by the Whitney Museum of ceptional agricultural and leadership ability. Republic. American Art. Offered a.s a series or individual Tuesday, 10-0riental art lecture: The Each American Farmer Degree recipient showings. 10 weeks beginning October 10. will be presented a gold key and a certificate Tomb of the "Living King" at Samarkand, Series tickets: $6 members, $10 non-members. by Dr. Lisa Galombek, Royal Ontario Mu­ by the National FFA Organization. Recip­ Single tickets (available at the door one-half ients who attend the convention will also be seum. Opening program in the 20th annual hour before showing): 75 cents members, series of illustrated lectures sponsored by the presented a check from the National FFA $1.25 non-members. Student rates $8, $1. Spe­ Foundation to help pay their travel expenses. Freer Gallery of Art. 8 : 30 p.m., Freer Gallery. cial Bonus for Series Subscribers: Reception Wednesday, 11-Free film theatre: The To qualify for the American Farmer De­ and private showing of the film Ruby on Od. gree FFA members must have advanced Real West. Narrated by Gary Cooper, the film 9. Series is offered at three times: 7 to 9 p.m. explains many of the reasons and debunks through a system of degrees unique to the Tueadays; 5:30p.m. Sundays. FFA organization. FFA members begin as many of the myths of why men risked phe­ Greenhands and after one vear of member­ Women at work nomenal hardships for the lure of the golden ship may be advanced by the local chapter Luncheon/Lectures. Oct. 5, Women in West in the last half of the lOth century. to the degree of "Chapter Farmer." The third Science--caryl Marsh; Oct. 26, Women in 12:30 p.m., Natural History Building audito­ degree, that of "State Farmer", is presented Literature-Abigail McCarthy; Nov. 15, rium. by the State FFA Association and is pre­ Women in the Arts-Adelyn Breeskin, 12 Design film: Design and Man. A filmed look sented to two percent of the State's FFA noon. $25 members, $30 nonmembers. at industrial and commercial design and the membership in any one year. Only students Day tours (please call for cost). design process. Continuous showings from 11 who have earned the State Farmer Degree are Along the Brandywine: Oct. 4 or 11. a.m., last showing 2:30 p.m. The Renwick eligible for the American Farmer Degree. Winterthur-comprehensive tour. Oct. 14. Gallery. The National FFA Convention is an annual Winterthur-furniture and silver. Nov. 4. Illustrated lecture: Central Italian Gun­ event of the Future Farmers of America and John F. Kennedy Center for Performing makers in the 16th, 17th and 18th Centu­ is carried out in cooperation with the U.S. Arts. Oct. 7. ries. Lecturer: Nolfo di Carpegna, Curator, October 10, 197.~ EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 34753

The National Odescalchi Collection, Rome, Friday, 20-Exhibition: Solon Borglum be confused with pop art, the works of th.i.s Italy. 7:30 p.m., History and Technology (1868-1922). Eleven sculptures and sixteen little-known turn-of-the-century graphics Building auditorium. drawings by this American sculptor who was master, George Overbury (Pop) Hart have Wednesday and Thursday, 11 and 12- principally noted by his sculptures of In­ been likened to the caricatures of Daumier. Music of South India: Two shows of music, dians, cowboys and other Western figures. Hart's prints portray the ordinary people he song, and dance of India. Wednesday, India's Drawings of the West and European scenes encountered in a restless life "on the road," greatest dancer, Balasaraswati, will perform are part of a collection given to the NCFA from his birthplace in Cairo, Ill., to Tahiti. Bharata natyam. Thursday, the musicians by the artist's daughter, Mrs. A. Merwyn Museum of History and Technology, through will present an evening of Indian music. Davies. National Collection of Fine Arts, Jan uary, 1973. Both programs began at 8:30 p.m. in the through December 3. Concert: Music of the Nineteenth Century, Natural History Building auditorium. Ad­ Illustrated lecture: The Need for Coastal presenting The Camerata Chorus of Wash­ mission per concert: Associates $4, non­ Wetlands, by Dr. John M. Teal, Woods Hole ington in the atmospheric setting of the members $5, students, $3. For ticket sales Oceanographic Institution. Cry of the Marsh, Grand Salon of The Renwick Gallery. Tick­ call 381-5395. a film by ecologist filmmaker Robert Hart­ ets $2.50. For reservations call 381-5395. Thursday, 12-Man and Cosmos: Planetary kopf, will be shown. 8 p.m., Natural History Tuesday, 31-Informal concert: Judith Atmosphere. Lecturer: I Rasool, National Building auditorium. N01·ell, harpsichordist, performing works of Aeronautics and Space Administration. 7:30 Saturday, 21--Goncert: Les Menestriers. A Couperin, Rameau, Gaspard le Roux, 3 p.m., p .m., History and Technology Building audi­ performance of earthy, warm and romantic Hall of Musical Instruments, Museum of torium. See Oct. 4 for series details. music of the Middle Ages, by a young group History and Technology. Free, no tickets Creative screen: This Is Ben Shahn-the that has recently won the French Grand necessary. artist discusses his personal philosophy and Prize for recording. Sponsored by the Divi­ Dlal-A-Museum-737-8811 for daily an­ explains the impulses and events that pro­ sion of Musical Instruments and the Friends nouncements on new exhibits and special moted some of his creations; A. Sculptor of Music at the Smithsonian. 8:30p.m., Hall events. Speaks: Chaim Gross- the life work and of Musical Instruments, History and Tech­ Dial-A-Phenomenon-737-8855 for weekly ideas of this American contemporary artist; nology Building. Admission $3; student tick­ announcements on stars, planets and world­ Calder's Circus-the mastery of craftsman­ ets $1 with presentation of student ID. wide occurrences of short-lived natural phe­ ship and fantasy of Alexander Calder's minia­ Wednesday, 25-Man and Cosmos: The nomena. ture circus. Complete program begins at Outer Planets. Lecturer: John Lewis, Massa­ HOURS 11:15 a.m., 12:15, 1:15, 2 :15 p .m . National chusetts Institute of Technology. 7:30 p.m., Smithsonian museums are open seven days Collection of Fine Arts. History and Technology Building auditorium. a week from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Cafeteria, Free film theatre : The Real West. Repeat. See Oct. 4 for series details. MHT, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. See Oct. 11 for details. Free film threatre: Pumpkin-A contem­ Nat ional Zoo buildings are open from 9 Saturday, 14--Exhibition: American Pieced porary film, produced by noted anthropolo­ a.m.-6 p .m. seven days a week. Beginn ing Quilts. Forty-five pieced quilts, most from gist John Marshall, about the relationship October 29,9 a.m.-4:30p.m. the 19th century, showing the artistry and between the police and those they are trying Anacostia Neighborhood Museum is open beauty of this again-popular folk craft. From to protect and/ or convict. A Legal Discus­ 10 a.m.-6 p.m. weekdays, 1-6 p.m. week­ the collection of Jonathan Holstein and Gail sion about the Investigation of a Hit and ends. van der Hoof. The Renwick Gallery, through Run-A Harvard Law School class discusses RADIO SMITHSONIAN January 7. In connection with this exhibi­ the salient legal points about the film Radio Smithsonian, a program of music tion, quilting demonstrations will be given Pumpkin, incluing the rights of witnesses and conversation growing out of the In­ at the Renwick Gallery throughout the an suspects. Complete program begins at stitution's many activities, is broadcast every month (See Demonstrations). 12:30 p .m., Natural History auditorium. Sunday on WGMS-AM (570) and FM (103.5) Lecture: Quilts and Quilt Collecting, by Concert: Gustav Leonhardt, renowned from 9-9:30 p.m. The progr am schedule for Jonathan Holstein, 3 p.m., The Renwick Gal­ Dutch harpsichordist, in a program of 17th September. lery. Free admission. Tickets are required an 18th century keyboard music, playing 18th 1st--A Pair of Anniversaries. John Kin­ and are available from The Renwick Gallery century instruments from the Smithsonian's ard, Director of Anacostia Neighborhood Mu­ information desk in person or by mail. Limit: collections. Assisted by James Weaver, harp­ seum, talks about the Museum's first five two tickets per person. sichordist, in works of Francois Couperin for years. And Roger Stevens, Chairman of the Concert: Country Guitar. Featuring the two harpsichordists. 8:30p.m., Hall of Musi­ Board of the Kennedy Center, looks at the pride of Deep Gap, N.C. Doc Watson, and his cal Instruments, Museum of History and Center's past and future after its first year. son, Merle Watson, 8:30p.m., Natural History Technology. Seating is limited. For free tick­ 8th Drilling for t h e Past. A look at the Building auditorium. First concert in the ets write Division of Musical Instruments, Deep Seat Drilling Project, which has led American Guitar Series. Admission $3. Smithsonian Institution. to some startling discoveries about changes Creative screen: This Is Ben Shahn; A Thursday, 26-Free film theatre: Pumpkin; in the earth's surface. Sculptor Speaks: Chaim Gross,· Calder's A Legal D iscussion about the Investigation 15th-Songs of Stephen Foster. Some fa­ Circus. Repeat program. See Oct. 12 for de­ of a Hit and Run. Repeat program. See Oct. 25 miliar and unfamiliar songs by Foster, re­ tails. for details. corded at the Smithsonian, capturing anal­ Tuesday, 17-Lecture: The Preservation of Design film: Preservati9n and Design. A most forgotten part of the American past. England's Industrial Heritage at Ironbridge two-hour program of films, titles to be an­ 22nd-Reading Is FUNdamental. A look Gorge. Lecturer: Neil Cossons, Director of the noun ced. 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. The at a program designed to bring books to Ironbridge Gorge Open Air Museum, Shrop­ Renwick Gallery. Cosponsored by the Na­ all people, with its founder, Mrs. Robert Mc­ shire, England. The Ironbridge Gorge was tional Trust for Historic Preservation. Namara, and its new president, Willliam one of the principal seats of the Industrial National Capital Shell Club: Informal dis­ Mullins. Revolution. Mr. Cossons will describe the cussion, conducted by staff members of the Counterfeiting in History-with Mrs. El­ preservation of the many remains of the Smithsonian's Division of Mollusks, 7:30p.m. vira Clain-Stefanelli, Curator of Numismat­ industrial milestone. Sponsored by the Divi­ Monthly meeting. 8:15p.m. Room 43, Natural ics at the Smithsonian. sion of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, History Building. Public is invited. 20th-Recent Developments in Jazz-wtth NMHT, the National Trust for Historic Pres­ Saturday, 28-Music from Marlboro: First Martin Williams, noted jazz critic and Di­ ervation, and the Latrobe Chapter, Society of in a series of three chamber music concerts rector of the Smithsonian's Jazz Program. Architectural Historians. 8 p.m., The Ren­ presented by the Division of Performing Arts. FOREIGN STUDY TOURS wick Gallery. Free. Works by Brahms and Dvorak will be per­ Illustrated lecture: The Dutch as They For members of the National and Resi­ formed by Felix Galimir and Ronald Copes, dent Associa.tion. For further details on tours Saw Themselves. Lecturer: Bas Kist, Acting violin; Nobuko Imai and Kim Kashkashian, Head of the Department of Dutch National listed below, write Miss Schumann, Smith­ viola; Miklos Perenyi, cello; and Richard sonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560. History, The Rijksmuseum. Dutch material Stotzman, clarinet. 5:30p.m., Natural History culture as seen by Dutch artists. 7:30 p.m., Building. Admission: $5 individual concerts, 1972 History and Technology Building auditorium. $3 students (available at the door only). Antique Tour in London: Nov 2-10, $475. Wednesday, 18-Free film theatre: The Series subscription: $11 Associates; $12.50 1973 West of Charles Russell. A view of the West non-members. Remaining concerts will be portraying the cowboys and Indians in heroic held Februtl.ry 3 and April 7. For further Peru: Archaeological sites. Feb. 8-March 5. and romantic terms, seen through the eyes information call 381-5395. Waiting list only. Morocco: March 6-27. of the 19th century artist. 12:30 p.m., Natural Monday, 30-concert: Jeunesses Musicales, Oave Paintings: April2-24. History Building auditorium. first in a series of performances by young Middle East: April 21-May 16. Man and Cosmos: The Moon. Lecturer: international artists. Rudolph Werthen, vio­ John Wood, Smithsonian Astrophysical Ob­ linist, from Belgium, appears in recital. Baroque Tour of Germany and Austria: servatory. 7:30p.m., History and Technology Sponsored by the Division of Musical Instru­ May 13-June 4. Building auditorium. See Oct. 4 for series ments in cooperation with the Washington Afrfcan Safari: July 17-Aug. 8. details. Performing Arts Society. 8:30 p.m., History International Aerospace Tour: Sept. 10. Thursday, 19-Free film theatre: The West and Technology Building auditorium. For 2 wks. of Charles Russell. Repeat. See Oct. 18 for ticket information call 393-4433. Site of Civilization: Oct. 6-28. Waiting llst details. Exhibition: "Pop" Hart Prints. Not to only. 34754 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 10, 1972 PUPPET THEATRE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD an excellent arti­ prive the said intruder of his right to free­ The Hullabaloo Election of Osbert or Jess. cle appearing in the Washington, D.C., dom, health, happiness, choice of worship The story of Osbert Peabody Wright and Evening Star of September 29, 1972, by and voting privileges. Jessica Sweetwater as they campaign for the Mr. Norton Mockridge regarding an un­ 6. Never stay in your own apartment at top prize in puppetland-Presldent of the any time when you think it might be in­ Puppet Theatre. All the trappings and a real­ fortunate event which transpired in New vaded by a burglar. THERE ARE TWO REA­ world campaign abound-parades, rallies, York City, the home of gun control: SONS FOR THIS: The law might well take rumors and image-making-and each show THE WINNER CAN LOSE the position that you should not be present ends with children in the audience voting for (By Norton Mockrldge) when an American wants to demonstrate his the candidate of their choice. Performances NEw YoaK.-When a burglar invades your right of entry and, also, you might be an are in the auditorium of the History and apartment at 3:45 a.m., and starts stealing unstable person who gets excited and decides Technological Building, 10:30 and 11:30 your stuff, and stabs you repeatedly when you to take action against him. You could get a.m., Wednesday through Friday, and 10:30 tell him he oughtn't to be doing it-don't yourself into a lot of trouble I a.m., 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sunday shoot him! and holidays through November 12. Chil­ It ain't fair! It's illegal! And you could get dren's admission is $1; adults, $1.25; groups yourself in serious trouble! of 20 or more, 75 cents (S.I. Employees and That's what happened to a dancer with Resident Associates admission, 75 cents). the Jaffrey Ballet. Dennis W. Wendlken, 27, POSTAL SERVICE WASTE PUT AT $8 Reservations are recommended. Call 381- who performs under the name of Dennis MILLION, FOR 20 USELESS ARCffi· 5395. The Puppet Theatre is presented by the Wayne, was asleep in his Greenwich Village TECT DESIGNS Smithsonian's Division of Performing Arts. apartment when some jerk got in and began SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS ransacking it. This disturbed Dennis (dancers A treat for the entire family-The Darwin need their rest, you know) , and it also dis­ Adventure. Premier showings November 4, turbed a young lady, another dancer, who RON. ROBERT N. C. NIX 1972, in the Baird Auditorium, National Mu­ also was sleeping at the time. OF PENNSYLVANIA seum of Natural History, 10:30 a.m. and 1:30. The intruder, later identified as Lancelot IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Holmes, 20, who said he couldn't seem to The classic debate concerning the evolution Tuesday, October 10, 1972 of man is brought to the screen in a man­ remember his address, got pretty nasty when ner both sophisticated and humorous in this Dennis woke up and said politely that he Mr. NIX. Mr. Speaker, at this time I 90 minute film. Tickets available after Oc­ was annoyed by the whole thing. Lancelot, would like to insert in the RECORD at this tober 15 through the Reception Center, SI charged by police with having forced his point the second in a series of articles Building, Smithson ian Inst itution, Wash­ way into the apartment with a nine-inch by Mr. Ed Zuckerman on waste by the ington, D.C. 20560 or by calling 381-6264. Do­ screwdriver, was equally annoyed at being nations of $1 per person are requested to disturbed in his prowling, and he attacked Postal Service as uncovered by my sub­ benefit the Darwin Foundation and the Dennis with the screwdriver. committee in our year long hearings on Smithsonian Visitors' Services. There was a bit of embrollment, and the the postal construction program. The Washington Art Scene-a new weekly loyal lady tried to aid Dennis. During the This particular item covers the can­ radio program. Produced by Radio Smith­ embroilment, Dennis got stabbed six times, cellation of 20 postal projects from sonian and radio station WGMS. Benjamin and the lady once. Atlanta, Ga., to Tacoma, Wash. A list of Forgey, art critic for the Evening Star-Daily Dennis then made his way into another room of the two-and-one-half room flat, got these projects appears in the article. News, will host the show, comment on ex­ This article appeared in the following hibits and other events in the Washington his .22-callber rille, and returned and let old art community and give a schedule of open­ Lancelot have a couple of slugs in his belly. newspapers; the New York Journal of ings at public and private galleries in the Meanwhile, his friend phoned the police. Commerce, St. Paul Pioneer Press & Dis­ area. Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m. WGMS-AM Here's where we get to the point of the patch, Duluth Herald & News Tribune, {570); WGM&-FM (103.5). story. The fuzz saw to it that all three Long Beach Independent & Press Tele­ DEMONSTRATIONS wounded participants got taken to St. Vin­ gram, San Jose Mercury & News, Pasa­ cent's Hospital, and then they socked the Museum of History ana Technology charges to old Lancelot: attempted murder, dena Star-News, Grand Forks

ditional fees for premature termination of ceivtng a. second study, terminated the sec­ POSTAL CONTRACTS their contraots. ond contracts. The investigation, completed in June by Work on the Pittsburgh bulk mall facillty Contract the General Accounting Office (GAO), was was started in January, 1969, when an archi­ Facility location 1 amount 1 Payment sent to Rep. Robert Nix, D-Pa., the chairman tectural contract worth $1,535,600 was of a House post office and civil service sub­ awarded for the design of a building that Atlanta, Ga ______$1,340,800 $560, 163 committee who requested it. Copies of the would house facilities for both preferential Carbondale, IlL______128,974 95,728 full GAO report haven't been made public. and bulk mall. Chicago, Ill. (South Suburban)______389, 120 185,544 However, Nix inserted the GAO conclusions In July, while the design work was con­ Chicago, Ill. (North Suburban)______756, 015 593, 917 into the Congressional Record. tinuing the Postal Service ordered a study to Dallas, Tex______1, 155, 000 858,805 East St. Louis, IlL------314,000 237,382 Althc;mgh the government auditing agency determine if work on the combined facility Ga~, lnd______213,794 167,762 confirmed the $8 mllllon value of the termi­ should continue. The study, completed in a lng ewood, Calif______334,758 252,152 nated contracts, some congressional observ­ month by Drake Sheahan Stewart Dougall, Jacksonville, Fla______397,358 238,943 Inc., recommended the idea of separating Madison, Wis __ ------410,000 329,025 ers fear the loss is much higher than re­ Morgan Station, New York City_____ 2, 538, 000 2, 043,346 ported. preferential and bulk mall into separate Murray Hill Station, New York City._ 504,000 a 551,382 That fear has two bases. First, there is buildings. The first architectural contract was Pittsburgh, Pa______1, 535,600 239,763 reason to believe that the number of ter­ suspended and Sheahan-Dougall was given Rapid City. S. Oak______112,200 90,026 Riverside, Calif______201,600 148,818 minated contracts is more than 20. Secondly a. second assignment, this time to prepare Salem, Oreg______270,929 169,681 an earlier GAO probe of contracts awarded general specifications for a separate bulk Salt Lake City, Utah______404, 729 281,456 for the planning of a. postal facility in Pitts­ mail building. San Antonio, Tex______456,488 358,892 burgh, Pa., uncovered more than $900,000 in While Sheahan-Dougall was working on its Syracuse, N.Y ------578,175 389,061 wasted spending-significantly more than national study, the Postal Service executed a Tacoma, Wash_------:---- 315,292 227,599 the $239,000 which GAO reported when it contract with ffiM to determine the size, in­ Total______------12, 356,832 8, 019,445 examined the same faclllty as part of its more terrelationship and general specifications to recent investigation. be utilized in the establishment of a. national 1 Includes design fee, construction services and supervision The 20 locations confirmed by the GAO bulk mail processing system. fee. coincided exactly w1th a. list that was devel­ After receiving Sheahan-Dougall's version 2 Includes design fee, subsoil investigation and suspension or oped by the House subcommittee which had of a. national system, the Postal Service termination costs. awarded a. $100,000 contract to Lester B. a Payments consist of $402,827 for design, $119,555 for subsoil relied on the assistance of a former postal tests and other expenses, and $29,000 in termination fee. service employe. A subcommittee aide later Knight and Associates, Inc., to begin equip­ learned from the House Public Works Com­ ment layout design work for the Pittsburgh mittee about 19 more postal projects which facility. The Knight firm was to use the Shea­ were cancelled. None of the 19 which were han-Dougall study as the basis for its design to be built in cooperation with the General work. ' VIETNAM, INSUBORDINATION, AND Services Administration (GSA), were dupli­ In May 1970, the original contract for the SELF-GOVERNMENT cated on the subcommittee's 20-project list. design of a. combined mall faclllty was for­ "We gave 20 locations to the GAO and they mally terminated and the architects were confirmed every one of them . . . If there paid $239,763. It was at this time that all the HON. JEROME R. WALDIE are others, as we suspect, the Postal Service other post office design projects were either OF CALIFORNIA isn't volunteering them." said Thomas Ken­ • • • suspended. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nedy, the subcommittee aide. In November 1970, the Knight firm was The earlier investigation of the Pittsburgh awarded $642,000 contract to complete its Tuesday, October 10, 1972 facility was completed in 1971 at the request equipment layout design. Also, the architects who had been terminated were given their Mr. WALDIE. Mr. Speaker, at this time of another subcommittee member, Rep. H.R. I Gross, R-Iowa.. The recent probe, ltmlted only second contract, valued at $693,000, to be­ include the following article in the CoN­ to architectural fees, reported the same $239,- gin designing the building on the basis of GRESSIONAL RECORD. It was written by Mr. 000 that was included in the 1971 investiga­ Knight's equipment layout Postal Service was George Anastaplo, lecturer in the liberal tion. But the 1971 probe, which wasn't as forced to withdraw the architectural and arts, the University of Chicago: profes­ limited, uncovered an additional $665,000 in equipment design contracts. mM, working on sor of political science, Rosary College. I waste-almost threefold-at the one loca­ the national system, determined that the feel this article touches on several issues tion. In its most recent probe, GAO con­ Pittsburgh faclllty wasn't large enough to raised by the Vietnam war. centrated on five of 20 supplied locations cope with an anticipated increase in mall and concluded, on the basis of interviews volume and to coincide with the plans under This being an election year, makes the with the architects, that "The Postal Service development for the entire network. Knight's understanding of this issue all the more wlll receive little, if any, benefit from the equipment layout design was worthless, ffiM important. work performed by the contractors." further pointed out, because the increased The article follows: A spokesman for the firm that was hired size of the Pittsburgh fa.cllity would require [From the Chicago Tribune, June 25, 1972] to design a. facility at Atlanta., Ga., was quot­ major changes. The Knight firm was paid $493,000 for the VIETNAM, INSUBORDINATION AND SELF-GOVERN• ed by the GAO as saying, "The only benefit lloiENT that could be derived from the work his firm work it had performed. The architects, ter­ had performed . . . was the experience his minated for a second time, were paid $113,- (By George Anastaplo) firm had obtained in designing a. postal 000. I building and in learning about postal opera­ When the GAO completed its 1971investi­ What do Dr. Daniel Ellsburg and Gen. John tions." ga.tion, another company had been awarded Lavelle have in common besides their evi­ All of the design contracts were either sus­ a. Postal Service contract to prepare equip­ dent willingness to engage in acts of insub­ pended or terminated by May 1970-a. m.:>nth ment layout designs for several of the bulk ordination, the former by disregarding secu­ after postal officials received a. study from the mall centers. rity regulations with respect to certain classi­ IBM Corp. The firm was utilizing the ffiM study as fied documents (known as the "Pentagon Pa­ Some of the terminated design projects re­ the basis for its work. pers") , the latter by disregarding orders with lated to buildings that will become part of As part of its investigation of the Pitts­ respect to the deployment of bombers in a nationwide system of preferential man­ burgh fac111ty, the GAO sought comments Viet Na.m? handling centers. The 177-bullding system, from H. F . Faught, assistant postmaster gen­ Is it not prudent to assume that both men to cost an estimated $4 billion and to be eral in charge of the department of research are patriotic Americans? operational in 1978, is expected to save $1 and engineering. How should these two kinds of patriotic in­ billion annually in postal costs. "(Faught) indicated that the Postal Serv­ subordination-leakage of classified docu­ Several of the other terminated projects ice was aware that awarding these contracts, ments and disregard of bombing directives­ were designed for inclusion in a. national prior to receiving the results of the nation­ be treated by us? The White House evidently bulk mall processing system-to consist of wide bulk mail fac111ty study, carried with it takes one far more seriously than the other. 21 major and 12 satellite installations, To some risk." the GAO said. That is, vigorous attempts were made in cost an estimated $950 million and be opera­ The risk involved a trade-off between time June, 1971, to keep the press from publish­ tional in 1975, the highly mechanized sys­ and money. ing the Pentagon Papers; attempts are now tem is expected to trim $300 million annually being made to imprison the men alleged to in mall processing costs. According to Faught, the Postal Service have distributed those papers to the press. The Pittsburgh fac111ty will be part of the seems to have favored speed in an effort On the other hand, the general who [upon bulk mall system. to put the new system into operation as exposure) admitted his deliberate and repeat­ GAO's investigation of that project showed quickly as possible to begin realizing the sav­ ed disregard of bombing directives has been how the Postal Service went through a ings it is supposed to bring. While the risk permitted to escape court martial, (but not, series of transa.ctions--.a.wa.rdlng contracts, of losing money was great, postal officials it is salutary to believe, the enduring cen­ initiating new studies, then rescinding con­ were willing to gamble because the lost sure of his fellow omcers) and to retire with tracts and awarding new ones and, a.fter re- money wlll be recouped anyway. a generous pension. 34756 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 10, 1972

II President in his conduct of foreign affairs we have become, in the prosecution of this Are not the "priorities" of the White House (at least not before election day) and partly war, too much like the enemy we have con­ misplaced? We are accustomed to, and even because of the virtual elimination of Amer­ jured up: devious, ruthless, and implicitly depend upon, the unauthorized disclosure of ican casualties by the withdrawal from Viet contemptuous of constitutional principles. classified documents in order to help the Nam of almost all our combat ground press make the government behave itself. troops. But we cannot permit generals (and cer­ It is a pity that the North Vietnamese tainly not in a nuclear age) to conduct war do not realize that it is in both their in­ EDUCATION: ADJUSTING OUR as they choose. terest and ours that they release immedi­ ately and unconditionally, into the custody NEEDS TO MEET THE CHALLENGE Thus, we cannot know what we (as a OF THE SEVENTIES sovereign people] are doing if vital informa­ of a neutral country, all their American tion is systematically kept from us; nor can prisoners of war. we control what is done in our name if our It would then be difficult for the basically public servants [whether military officers or good-natured American public to continue HON. MARVIN L. ESCH their civilian superiors] may act as they be­ to believe that we are entitled to inflict upon OF MICHIGAN Viet Nam the devastating aerial punishment lieve best and thereafter attempt to conceal IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES from public inspection and public discussion we have unleashed. what they have done. Even so, do we not already know enough, Tuesday, October 10, 1972 There ara obviously circumstances in which without waiting either for more revelations or for the parole of American prisoners, to Mr. ESCH. Mr. Speaker, the Second information should be kept secret; there are Congressional District has a deep inter­ also obviously circumstances in which ~ be able to recognize our present conduct in soldier should refuse to obey an order given to Viet Nam as bordering on the barbaric, est in education. It has more univer­ him. however "successful" it may eventually be sity students in it than any other district But should not the presumption be both in promoting what is likely to be no more in the country. Its teacher training and in favor of full disclo: :rre of information and than a temporary cease-fire in Indochina? educational research are rivaled by few in favor of compliance with orders (especially v places in the country. As a former uni­ when the orders are of a restraining charac­ We cannot survive as a vital body politic versity professor and a member of the ter)? However that may be, we simply cannot without the integrity which comes from a Education and Labor Committee, I have allow mllitary men to determine how [or if] public respect for old fashioned civility. a war is to be fought ; nor can we allow the shared this interest in education. I am It is that integrity which makes self-gov­ taking the opportunity to communicate Executive Branch of the government to dic­ ernment possible among us and which keeps tate what (if anything] will be revealed about public servants in their place even when we my views on the education problems its policies and its conduct. cannot watch ,them. We must take care, in which face our Nation. Four areas are Both mllitary insubordination and govern­ any event, lest partisan success in one "con­ in the forefront in Congress in the discus­ ment secrecy usually subvert efforts by Amer­ frontation" encourage everyone to become sion of Federal aid to education. The7 icans to govern themselves. reckless elsewhere (the theatrical Cuban are: First, appropriations for education; III missile crisis of 1962 comes to mind). We second, the changing role of higher edu• American self-government depends not have the duty, that is, to study and super­ cation; third, elementary and secondary only on adequate information in the elec­ vise what is happening and what is likely education issues, including school finance torate and sufficient control by the electorate to happen in the conduct of our affairs abroad. and program revisions; and fourth, of what public servants do. It depends, as improving the quality of education for well, on the moral sobriety of our people. Is it not the duty of the press and of Con­ Indeed, no people which is impassioned or gress to examine what 1s being done in our all schoolchildren. corrupted can truly govern itself, for it is so name and to do what they can to shield from APPROPRIATIONS crippled morally that it cannot be said either government persecution those who make con­ scientious efforts to expose to public inspec­ Federal support for education and to know or to choose what it is doi":g. (In training has increased by $6.2 billion­ such circumstances, chance rather than ra­ tion what the Executive Branch tries to tional public discourse determines events.) keep concealed from the American people or 65 percent-since 1969. In Congress The most important revelation of the Pen­ (especially when what is concealed from us, two serious attempts have been made to tagon Papers, therefore, may have been their and even from Congress, is known to the raise the level of spending over the re­ confirmation of the moral obtuseness, if not enemy)? quested levels. Both initiatives were spon­ even simple callousness, of the men who have Is it not also the duty of Congress and sored by Representative WILLIAM HATH­ tried to act on our behalf in Indochina. of the press to insist that there be no com­ AWAY and a bipartisan coalition of Con­ There is little to be found in the Pentagon promise with the constitutional principle of civilian, and ultimate public (and hence ra­ gressmen. In 1971 we attempted to add Papers indicating any day-to-day awareness $728.6 million to the education appropri­ among our public servants of the S(>rious tional?), control of our awesome military moral problems posed by our willingness power? ations measure. Although our efforts (and, at times, even eagerness) to sacrifice VI were unsuccessful on the House floor, a to our supposed long-term security interests Self-government depends on both self-con­ second attempt was made to instruct the the lives and property of the Vietnamese. fidence and self-criticism. We should not for­ conferees to accept the Senate provision We were willing to infilct cons:<.:erable im­ get that a war has been prosecuted by us for which amounted to $816 million over the mediate damage upon a distant (and much a decade without the constitutionally-re­ House figure. The final appropriation for weaker) people in order to spare ourselves quired declaration of war. education was $346 million over the orig­ some possible damage in the remote future. Such radical insubordination by the Pres­ Let us hope that the American people went ident, in which Congress has improperly ac­ inal House bill. along with what was done there ln its name quiesced, makes both the disclosure of classi­ In 1972 a new attempt was made to primarily because the threat to "us" was fied documents and the disregard of bombing increase education appropriations. After exaggerated and the damage to "them" was directives seem rather modest by comparison. an intensive lobbying campaign our ef­ played down. Indeed, the wonder ls that we have not, in forts were successful. We were able to It remains to be seen how critically we our prosecution of this misconceived war, add $363.8 million. In spite of the Labor­ have damaged the American soul in the subverted even more than we have the politi­ HEW veto, I am hopeful that we can process. cal morale of the country. What we have sub­ retain those hard-fought-for increases IV verted profoundly is the necessary confidence in the institutions of this country on the when the final appropriations bill is The physical damage we are visiting upon passed. Viet Nam, North and South, has again been part of both our more articulate youth and intensified in recent months. The North our more conscientious military officers. One area where we have fallen con­ Vietnamese government can be said to have That confidence must now be reestab­ siderably short has been in funding the brought much of this damage on its people lished, beginning with our willingness and Environmental Education Act. I pro­ by launching its current brutal offensive. ability to face up to the facts of the past posed the Environmental Education Act But such an observation, comforting as it decade-including the attractive bwt danger­ in the hope that it would encourage our ous illusions of President Kennedy's Crusade. might be to some, still leaves open the schools to develop environmental curri­ fundamental question of whether we should VII cula which were integrated into other be in Indochina at all. Need it be added that to question the mo­ subject areas. The act established school The most troublesome aspect of what we rality of what we have allowed to be done in are now doing in Indochina is that the our name in Indochina does not excuse what and community related projects. In the American public bas again allowed itself the North Vietnamese and their allies have 2 years since passage of the act it has to be lulled into acquiescence, partly be­ been doing and may intend to do there and been short of funds to implement even a. cause of spiritual fatigue and disillusion­ elsewhere? minimum number of projects. The level ment, partly because of its traditional re­ In fact, it is still another argument against of interest nationally demonstrates that luctance to question the judgment of its what we have been doing In Indochina that the program could yield significant re- October 10, 1972 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 34757 suits if it were adequately funded. Our would be glad to provide you with a de­ Flexibility and local control are the efforts to bring funding up to a reason­ tailed discussion of the bill's other items. main rationales behind education reve­ able level will continue. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ISSUES nue sharing which I cosponsored last year. The idea of this proposal is to elimi­ The long-range problems of education The authorization for the Elementary will not be solved with the single strat­ nate 33 categorical programs in favor of and Secondary Education Act expires five broad program goals, including edu­ egy of funding increases from the Fed­ next year. Although there will be a 4- eral Government. Systematic reform of cation of the disadvantaged and the percent drop in enrollment in our ele­ handicapped, vocational education, aid our educational system is also essential. mentary and secondary schools by 1980, Additional funds will allow our districts for schools in federally assisted areas the problems facing school districts and support for educational materials adequate funds to carry these reforms. across the Nation will not diminish. In New programs of Federal aid and revi­ and services. If our education system is the past 2 years court dockets have been to do an adequate job we must decate­ sions of older programs must recognize :ftlled with cases of equity on school fi­ that local districts can best control their gorize. There are now 440 programs at nance. The role of the parochial school in the Federal level in 31 agencies and 53 educational and spending decisions. our educational system remains an unre­ HIGHER EDUCATION bureaus which deal with education. It is solved problem. Many of our urban school not surprising that school districts are The Education Amendments of 1972- districts are on the brink of financial confused by this hodgepodge. Decate­ Public Law 92-318-have been hailed by collapse. For these reasons and many gorization will bring spending decisions many as the most important education others several Members of Congress have back to the local level so that local legislation passed by the Congress in the started to review the broad range of Fed­ schools can start to make education fit last decade. The $16 billion measure cre­ eral aid to elementary and secondary the needs of the student, rather than ated new programs which will aid low education. fitting the student to the program. and middle income students in being able In August of last year the California In the beginnings of our school sys­ to afford the cost of higher education. It Supreme Court handed down a land­ tem standardization of curriculum and establishes a new program of opportu­ mark decision on school finance which materials was adopted so that a mini­ nity grants guaranteed to every student will have nationwide impact. The Ser­ mum level of accomplishment could be equal to $1,400 less the expected family rano decision simply stated that "Edu­ expected. Education has become a right contribution toward the cost of educa­ cation should not be a function of for all our citizens so the job has be­ tion. wealth." Serrano found that different come more complex. Our society has The bill also will increase the a vail­ school systems in the State had wide var­ grown more mobile and diverse. We have ability of loan funds for students. It cre­ iations in their property tax base, assess­ accepted the task of educating all our ates a secondary market mechanism ment rates, and number of students. children. Standardization no longer which will increase the student loan li­ This caused a wide disparity in the per serves the interests of providing relevant quidity by allowing banks to resell stu­ pupil expenditure between districts with education for our citizens. dent loans to a government corporation. similar characteristics. The property tax, My education revenue sharing pro­ A similar system is used in home mort­ which finances 84 percent of local expen­ posal provides programs for groups in gage loans quite successfully. The Student ditures for schools, was thus causing our educational system which need spe­ Loan Marketing Association will assure problems for school districts in spite of a cial consideration. The groups with spe­ that adequate levels of student loans will genuine effort by citizens to pay the nec­ cial needs include the handicapped­ be available for those who must borrow essary education costs. ESEA Title VI-and the disadvantaged­ to attend school. The impact of the aid A second and related problem becomes ESEA Title I. The Federal commitment and loan revisions in this bill will be the obvious after a study of votes on millage to these groups must continue but I realization of the goal that "no student be increases in the past 10 years. In 1962 think it is important that we period­ denied access to higher education for fi­ school bond issues passed at a rate of 73 ically review these programs to make nancial reasons." percent. By late last year this rate had sure that they are meeting the needs of In the past few years Members of Con­ dropped to 41 percent. There was talk of those they are intended to help. gress have become painfully aware of the a nationwide taxpayers' revolt. The prop­ Compensatory programs in education desperate financial situation which faces erty tax, which is the most inelastic of have had an uneven record. Where title many of our Nation's colleges and univer­ our taxing structures, had been stretched I funds have been used well, substantial sities. Many colleges have been forced to to the limit. This means that some addi­ benefits have become apparent on a long­ cut services and programs to survive. The tional alternative must be presented to range basis. Achievement scores for cog­ Education Amendments of 1972 estab­ help lift the burden off the property tax­ nitive development have shown steady lished a general aid program which will payer. Two types of suggestions have increases. However, some of our title I help put the schools on a firmer finan­ been made. First, to fit into the guidelines programs have purchased equipment or cial foundation by providing direct aid established by the Serrano decision some services which did not meet the needs of to institutions on a formula basis with form of State equalization of expendi­ their students. In our review of title I no strings attached. tures either through an ''add on" to less we should seek out those programs which The bill also creates a new National wealthy districts or through the use of have been successful and determine why Institute for Education based on the 100 percent State funding should be de­ they have been successful. This will make principle of the National Institutes of vised. These alternatives are still being sure that our Federal dollars are targeted Health. The role of the Institute will be discussed and debated in the States. to those most in need. With scarce funds to conduct basic research on educational The second solution is to provide for this seems essential. policy. an increasing percentage of educational Several States have had suits brought Job opportunities in our economy are expenditures to be funded from the Fed­ against them for not providing adequate constantly changing. If our education eral level. Currently, the Federal Govern­ services and educational opportunities systP.m is really going to perform its job ment supplies 6 to 7 percent of all ex­ for handicapped students. I am sure that it must provide training in new careers penditures for education. Local revenues our discussions of title VI next year will as the job market changes. The Depart­ supply 53 percent and States supply 41 center on the so-called handicapped bill ment of Labor recently estimated that percent. Some of the proposals call for of educational rights. The long-range only one job in five will require a college as much as 30 percent Federal assump­ goal of our educational system should education by 1980. The section of the tion in the next 10 years. be to insure that all students are edu­ education amendments which brought I think it is important that as we move cated and challenged to the limits of me the most personal satisfaction was a toward greater Federal spending in ele­ their abilities. proposal I authored for occupational mentary and secondary education we at­ Our Nation's nonpublic schools now education. The $1 billion program will tempt to decategorize that money which enroll 12 percent of our students. The provide training in technical fields, for goes back to the States and local d~s­ cost of nonpublic education has risen at students who want to continue their edu­ tricts. Federal legislation must recogniZe a slower rate than public education, how­ cation after high school, but may not be that Federal aid should not include the ever, its cost will soon be prohibitive for interested in academic training. heavy hand of the Federal bureaucracy many of the families that now enroll The 150-page bill deals with many in determining what programs will con­ their children in nonpublic schools. If other problems in higher education. I tinue in local districts. our nonpublic schools were forced to close 34758 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE October 11, 1972 the public schools would ha.ve to find ratios is decidedly mixed when talking districts. The proposal also includes spaces for 5.5 million students. It should in general statistics it seems clear that funds to help sensitize the new teachers be recognized, however, that there is a additional skilled personnel concentrat­ to the type of student they will be deal­ basic question of separation of church ing on children in these areas will en­ ing with. These in-service training pro­ and ctate, anC: that the Federal court has courage significant gains in cognitive de­ grams will assure that teachers hired ruled present delivery systems of sup­ velopment. The experts do agree that under the act will be aware of the range port of nonpublic schools unconstitution­ children in these schools have substanti­ of problems facing students in these al. Our role should be children centered. ally lower achievement results than stu­ schools. The Teacher Utilization Act We should make sure that those children dents from more advantaged areas. could make a real contribution toward who are attending nonpublic schools re­ The second problem was brought to solving the complex educational prob­ ceive the same services as those children light in a recent study by the National lems facing these students. who are attending public schools. That Education Association. Their conclusion The problems facing our educational is an issue which Congress will be faced was that currently 250,000 recent grad­ system are many and complex. In many with in the coming year. uates in education are either unem­ ways this system· has not been able to IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION ployed or not employed in the field they meet the needs of its diverse and mobtle FOR ALL SCHOOLCHILDREN were trained for. This paradox seems clients. During the last school year many In the past year or so the intensity of strange in light of the needs for more educators adopted the slogan of quality feeling on the busing issue has somewhat teachers in so-called inner city schools. education. I cautioned then that I hoped overshadowed two problems in our educa­ The solution to these two problems is that this slogan would not become an­ tional system which may be subject to proposed in the Teacher Utilization Act other one of those annual educational mutual solution, that is, one may be of 1972. shibboleths which we use for a time and solved by solving the other. My proposal calls for a federally then discard. The level of interest and The first problem concerns teacher funded program of $400 million to put thoughtful analysis in the problems load factors in many of our school dis­ up to 60,000 teachers in schools with facing our educational system and the tricts with high concentrations of eco­ high concentrations of economically dis­ depth and range of proposed solutions nomically disadvantaged students. Many advantaged students. The teachers' po­ coming from all levels has been heart­ of these districts carry pupil-teacher sitions would be federally funded, but ening. The rewards from this critical ratios of 50 to 1. Although the research other details of organization and place­ self-analysis will pay off for many years on the effects of changing pupil-teacher ment would remain with local school in the future.

SENATE-Wednesday, October 11, 1972 The Senate met at 8:30 a.m. and was Mr. GRIFFIN thereupon took the chair excess of $1,000 up to and including $1,500, called to order by Hon. RoBERT P. as Acting President pro tempore. the monthly rate shall be reduced 4 cents; GRIFFIN, a Senator from the State of for each $1 of annual income in excess of Michigan. $1,500 up to and including $1,800, the THE JOURNAL monthly rate shall be reduced 5 cents; for each $1 of annual income in excess of $1,800 PRAYER Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I ask up to and including $2,200, the monthly The Chaplain, the Reverend Edward unanimous consent that the reading of rate shall be reduced 6 cents; and for each L. R. Elson, D.D., offered the following the Journal of the proceedings of Tues­ $1 of annual income in excess of $2,200 up to prayer: day, October 10, 1972, be dispensed with. and including $2,900, the monthly rate sha.ll The ACTING PRESIDENT protem­ be reduced 7 cents; for the annual income of 0 God, our Father, we pause once more pore. Without objection, it is so ordered. $2,900 up to and including $3,000, the rate in this place of work and worship to tum shall be 10. No person sha.ll be paid 1f from our striving, our contention. our annual income exceeds $3,000." (b) Subsection (c) of such section 521 industry, and to shut out the tumult of CONSIDERATION OF TWO MEAS­ is amended to read as follows: the world and the confusion of many URES ON CALENDAR "(c) If the veteran 1s married and living voices that we may "be still and know with or reasonably contributing to the sup­ that Thou art God." Grant us the still­ Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I ask port of his spouse, or has a child or children, ness not of inactivity or passiveness but unanimous consent that the Senate tum pension shall be paid according to the follow­ the stillness of serenity and power. Pre­ to the consideration of Calendar Nos. ing formula: If annual income 1s $500 or serve in our inmost souls a quiet area 1222 and 1224. less, the monthly rate of pension shall be of peace which only Thou canst give and The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ $150 for a veteran and one dependent, $155 pore. Without objection, it is so ordered. for a veteran and two dependents, and $160 which no power on earth can take from for three or more dependents. For each $1 us. With renewed strength, sharpened of annual income in excess of $500 up to minds, and warm hearts send us to our and including $900, the particular monthly tasks to serve nobly the welfare of the LIBERALIZATION OF DISABILITY rate shall be reduced 2 cents; for each $1 of people. AND DEATH PENSION annual income in excess of $900 up to and In the name of Him who went about The Senate proceeded to· consider the including $3,200, the monthly rate shall be doing good. Amen. reduced 3 cents; and for each $1 of annual bill (S. 4006) to amend title 38, United income in excess of $3,200 up to and includ­ States Code, increasing income limita­ ing $4,200, the monthly rate shall be reduced tions relating to payment of disability 5 cents. No pension shall be paid 1f annual APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESI­ and death pension, and dependency and income exceeds $4,200." DENT PRO TEMPORE indemnity compensation, which had been (c) Subsection (b) of section 541 of title The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk reported from the Committee on Veter­ 38, United States Code, 1s amended to read will please read a communication to the ans' Affairs with an amendment, to strike as follows: out all after the enacting clause and " (b) If there 1s no child, pension shall be Senate from the President pro tempore paid according to the following formula: If (Mr. EASTLAND). insert: annual income is $300 or less, the monthly The assistant legislative clerk read the That (a.) subsection (b) of section 521 of rate of pension shall be $94. For each $1 of following letter: title 38, United States Code, is amended to annual income in excess of $300 up to and U.S. SENATE, read as follows: including $600, the monthly rate shall be PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, .. (b) If the veteran is unmarried (or mar­ reduced 1 cent; for each $1 of annual income Washington, D.C., October 11, 1972. ried but not living with and not reasonably in excess of $600 up to and including $1,900, To the Senate: contributing to the support of his spouse) the monthly rate shall be reduced 3 cents; Being temporarily absent from the Senate and has no child, pension shall be paid ac­ and for each $1 of annual income in excess on omcia.l duties, I appoint Hon. RoBERT P. cording to the following formula: If annual of $1,900 up to and including $3,000, the GRIFFIN, a. Senator from the State of Michi­ income is $300 or less, the monthly rate of monthly rate shall be reduced 4 cents. No gan, to perform the duties of the Chair dur­ pension shall be $140. For each $1 of annual pension shall be paid 1f annual income ex­ ing my absence. income in excess of $300 up to and including ceeds $3,000." JAMES 0. EASTLAND, $1,000, the monthly rate shall be reduced (d) Subsection (c) of such section 541 1s President pro tempore. 3 cents; for each $1 of annual income in amended to read as follows: