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SENATE 11057 Estimated 1962 Generating Capacity 1957 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE 11057 estimated 1962 generating capacity. It does, ness trails, to view the world from a high Yet the questions to be answered become however, provide a crystal-clear reflection of mountain top. more and more knotty. what the future will bring. Such experiences help set the spirit free. Should we build a dam across a canyon The cost of hydroelectric power and con­ The attainment of spiritual ends, how­ and create a great artificial lake for flood ventional steam power are continuing to go ever, often requires practical means. To as­ control, water supply, irrigation, power, nav­ up-and that of atomic power is coming sure the continuance of such opportunities igation, and fish and wildlife recreation, down. Although Shippingport electricity we must act-now. thereby perhaps impairing the natural beau­ may initially cost 52 mills or more per kilo­ On our great scenic, wilderness, and his­ ties of the canyon? watt-hour, the Atomic Energy Commission toric areas, on our fish and wildlife re­ Shall we provide for the permanent :flow of estimates that by 1964 nuclear power costs sources, our immense national growth and water in the streams to preserve the fish will be down to 10 to 13 mills; by 1967 down way of life are having an unbelievable im­ and wildlife, at the possible expense of re­ to 9 to 11 mills; and by 1980 down to 6 to 7 pact. ducing water storage? mills. This generating cost is therefore ex­ This state of affairs is not going to cure Should water once impounded be released pected gradually to- compare favorably with itself. for the manufacture of firm power or held that of conventional steam power generally With more spare time and more and better back for the needs of irrigation? ranging today from 4Y:z to 9 mills per kilo­ highways, more and more people are coming What provision shall we make for public watt-hour. to the national park areas. Thirty-three recreation around the reservoirs we build? America's commercial nuclear power in­ million came in 1950. In 1955 there were Is that a Federal obligation, a State obli­ dustry and a child born yesterday may well 51 million; in 1956, nearly 55 million. This gation, or a mixture of the two? grow to maturity together. year we may have 60 million visitors in the Should the reservoir be considered a 181 areas of our national park system. national recreational area? Or is it a proj­ Nuclear power is almost competitive now The meaning of this is unmistakable: ect which will be enjoyed mainly by resi­ with conventional steam power in much of Either we continue to be busy, now, to keep dents of a relatively small area and which Western Europe where coal is expensive or up with these demands, or we write off our therefore should be paid for by the people even lacking, oil is costly and its supply pre­ national parks as we have known them. who use it? carious, and hydroelectric sites are for the I'm happy to say the Eisenhower adminis­ Each correct answer to such questions is a most part developed or nonexistent. So 6 tration's response has been unhesitating and stone in the structure of America's future. European countries are now in the process forceful; it bears the label of mission 66. If the structure is to endure, to stand strong of banding together to boost the Continent's This is a $900 million, 10-year program and sure against the stresses and strains of production of nuclear energy; they hope for scheduled for competion in 1966-the year the future, it can only rest on the bedrock a generating capacity of 15 million kilowatts of the golden anniversary of the National of the enlightened cooperation and under­ by 1967. Park Service-when the number of national standing and support of the entire American Here in America we are fortunate to have park visitors is expected to exceed 80 mil­ citizenry. the time, because of our abundant coal and lion. We have no choice but to so build it. liquid and solid petroleum resources, to There has been nothing like mission -66 in Our hopes, and our children's hopes, for an bring the costs down before we find it neces­ the 45 years since February of 1912, when ever-increasing economic abundance depend sary to go into nuclear power on a large President Taft sent a special message to the on the degree of our success. And so, in a scale. Congress earnestly recommending establish­ large measure, does human freedom. When we do, we shall have a virtually ment of a Bureau of National Parks. In a very real sense the United States is inexhaustible source of electrical energy. There is now before the Congress legisla­ the bastion of the free world. Much of the One pound of fissionable uranium, once we tion, backed by the administration, to estab­ physical strength of this mighty fortress is learn how to burn it completely, can produce lish a National Outdoor Recreation Resources in its mines, its forests, its croplands, and as much heat as 2.7 million pounds of coal. Review Commission. The establishment of its rushing rivers. Every dollar that goes into our nuclear such a commission will focus the thinking We, all of us in teamwork together, will power program today is a dollar invested of many organizations-Federal, State, and not fail. We will pass on to our children in a good life for our children tomorrow. local, public and private, on our recreational and grandchildren something which they The good life is more than goods and serv­ resources needs. It will enable us, all of us have every right to expect from us, a herit­ ices. It includes, of necessity, mani'fold op­ together, to plan ahead, to know clearly age unimpaired, and if possible even im­ portunities for growth and fulfillment, in where we are going in the field of outdoor proved. Given this legacy, on this land but recreation. body, in mind, in heart, and in soul. Our in their time they will be able to search out Conservation decisions today have to wider horizons than we have yet found, to children, and we ourselves, must know what be right. With every passing year, our grow­ discover new ways to better their lives, and it's like, again and again, to stand on a ing population and our increasingly vo­ to bear well their part in enlarging the spot hallowed by history, to pass whole days racious technology shrink our time to plan scope of freedom and civilization and happi­ on a lake or a strvam, to set foot on wilder- and our room to err. ness around the globe. THE JOURNAL H. R. 4342. An act for the relief of Mrs. SENATE Thomas L." Davidson; and On request of Mr. JOHNSON of Texas, H.J. Res. 316. Joint resolution for the re­ TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1957 and by unanimous consent, the Journal lief of certain aliens. of the proceedings of Monday, July 8, The Senate met at 12 o'clock meridian, 1957, was approved, and its reading was on the expiration of the recess. dispensed with. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION The Chaplain, Rev. Frederick Brown REFERRED Harris, D. D., offered the following prayer: The joint resolution CH. J. Res. 354) MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE to authorize the designation of October Father of mankind, to whom all souls A message from the House of Repre­ 19, 1957, at National Olympic Day, was are dear, at the altar of Thy grace we sentatives, by Mr. Maurer, one of its read twice by its title, and referred to the would turn from all pretense and preju­ reading clerks, announced that the Committee on the Judiciary. dice to Thyself, where in Thy light alone House had passed a joint resolution <H.J. the rampant confusions of today may be Res. 354) to authorize the designation of THE CIVIL-RIGHTS BILL seen in their right perspective. In our· October 19, 1957, as National Olympic search for truth, may we be willing to sit Day, in which it requested the concur­ Mr. JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Presi­ where others sit. To our fallible judg­ rence of the Senate. dent, the opening day of the debate on ments may there come a wisdom not our the motion made on yesterday by the own, as we give the best that is in us to distinguished minority leader, that the master the tangled problems of human ENROLLED BILLS AND JOINT RESO­ Senate proceed to consider the civil­ relationships that confront us in these LUTION SIGNED rights bill <H. R. 6127), was a good omen overburdened times. Bestow, we pray, for the future. upon Thy servants in this body, the The message also announced that the All of 1is are aware of the fact that guardians of the sacred flame of a Speaker had affixed his signature to the many people throughout the country glorious heritage, the gifts of under­ following enrolled bills and joint resolu­ consider this issue to be a test of our standing, kindness, courtesy, and self­ tion, and they were· signed by the Vice democratic processes. Personally, I control. President: have complete confidence in the ability We ask it in the Redeemer's name. H. R. 1754. An act for the relief of Eleanor of the Senate to measure up to any rea­ Amen. French Caldwell; sonable test. 11058 CONGRESSIONAL -RECORD - SENATE July 9 It is already apparent that there are There being no objection, the editorial courageotisly faced with full understanding was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, of the impact the Senate's action will have important questions to be resolved­ on the processes of government as well as on questions that at the present time are as follows: the rights of individual citizens.
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