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5280 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE March 25 E X T E N S·l 0 N S 0 F R E M A R K S Jefferson-Jackson Dinner Address path of responsible opposition that put We are going to p&ss a labor bill that will by patriotism above partisanship. drive the racketeers and hoodlums out of Hon. Thomas J. Dodd, of Connecticut SHOULDERS GREAT RESPONSmiLITY the labor movement and help . organized labor to be what the overwhelming majority LYNDON JOHNSON toda7 is shouldering a of its leaders and members want it to be: EXTENSION OF REMARKS greater responsibility than any legislative Clean, dedicated, and progressive. OF leader in our long history. We are going to continue the progress in .In a time of continuing national and in the field of civil rights that we started with HON. JOHN 0. PASTORE ternational crises, we have a national admin the Civil Rights Act of 1957. OF RHODE ISLAND istration that too often seems tired, weary, I say these things not out of vague hope, and unequal to the task. Therefore, more but out of confidence and conviction. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES and more the mantle of leadership has fallen Wednesday, March 25, 1959 upon the majority leader in the Senate. ON THE MARCH And he is meeting this challenge with a mas The Democratic majority in the Senate Mr. PASTORE. Mr. President, I ask terful leadership that has no parallel in the and the House of Representatives is on the unanimous consent to have printed in annals of the Senate. march, all along the line. We are deter the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD remarks TIME FOR PROGRESS REPORT mined to face up squarely to our Nation's made by the Senator from Connecticut problems and to meet them head on. We [Mr. Donn] at the Jefferson-Jackson This is the first time that Connecticut have the leadership, we have the will, and we Democrats have gotten together at an occa have the votes to give the people of this Day dinner on March 19, 1959, at the sion like this since shortly after our great Statler Hilton Hotel in Hartford, Conn. country a record of achievement that will election victory of last November. dwarf anything in its past history. And we The people of Connecticut were truly You have all been following the remark are going to do it. honored to have such capable and effi able performance which our party is making When I stand before you a year from now cient speakers on this outstanding and on the State scene. And tonight I would like at our next Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner, I memorable occasion. Among these out to take a few minutes to make a report to you will be able to tell you that these things on how we are meeting our campaign prom have been accomplished. standing orators were numbered our own ises on the national scene. majority leader, LYNDON JOHNSON, and Normally at this stage ·of the legislative THE TASK AHEAD the junior Senator from Connecticut year, only 2 months since the opening of I think that on an occasion like this we [Mr. Donn]. Congress, there is very little to report. Nor can be excused for a little pride in our own There being no objection the address mally at this time of year no major bills have party, to which we have devoted a great was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, been acted upon. Normally legislation is portion of our lives. I think we can be ex as follows: still in the bill drafting stage, or in the com cused for blowing our own horn a little mittee stage. tonight. ADDRESS BY HON. THOMAS J. DODD AT THE JEF But these are not normal times. Last year FERSON-JACKSON DAY DINNER, MARCH 19, But tomorrow and in the weeks and we promised the people of this country months ahead let us all remember the great 1959, STATLER-HILTON HOTEL, HARTFORD, prompt and vigorous action on many fronts. trust that is reposed in us, the great re CONN. How are we fulfilling that promise? sponsibilities we all share, the staggering I will be brief tonight because we all want PROMISES AND PERFORMANCE burdens we must carry in our State, in our to hear LYNDON JoHNSON. First of all, I country, and in the world. wish to express my gratitude to Senator We said that we would pass a housing bill And, humbled by the dimension of this JoHNSON for making the sacrifice that he that would bring us much closer to our goal task, let us do the very best we can to wr1 te has had to make in order to be here with us of a decent home for every American-and a record that will stand to our credit, and tonight. we have done it. to our party's credit, in the history books It is not an easy thing for the majority We said that we would move ahead in of free men in distant generations. leader of the U.S. Senate, in the midst of a clearing away the Nation's slum areas and This task is not a partisan one. Our busy legislative week, to add extra hours to getting the urban renewal program in high goals have been shared by great leaders of his day to help make this happy occasion gear-and we have done it. both parties throughout our national his for Connecticut Democrats a successful and We said that we would provide a system tory. And so it is not inappropriate on this memorable one. of airports and air facilities equal to our celebration in honor of Jefferson and Jack ONE OF HISTORY'S GREAT SENATORS national need in this jet age--and we have son to quote the words of a great Republican done it. President, Theodore Roosevelt, who spoke for This willingness to make an extra effort, We said that we would add another star today as for his own era when he said: this self-sacrifice for the good of our party, to our :flag, the bright star of Hawaii-and are two of the qualities that have made "We see, across the dangers, the great future we have done it. and we rejoice as a giant refreshed, as ~ LYNDON JoHNSON one of the truly great We said that we would carry forward pro Senators in American history. strong man, girt for the race. The greatest grams of loans for needed economic devel victories are yet to be won, the greatest I do not say this lightly. I believe that opment all over the world-and today we deeds yet to be done. • * • There are in LYNDON JOHNSON is in the tradition Of SiX did it. store for our people, and for the causes we or eight truly great Senators of American We said that we would lay before the uphold, grander triumphs than have ever history. In recent years he has carried a American people the grim facts of our na yet been scored." burden that no other Senator has ever car tional military posture--and we are doing it. ried. We said that in vital matters of foreign FACED WITH DANGER policy we would stand shoulder to shoulder In 1953 the Democratic Party was faced with the President of the United States and with a great danger. For the first time in present a firm and united front against So-Called Fair Trade Is Unconstitutional 20 years we were without a President in the Communist tyranny-and we are doing it. White House to give leadership and unity We said that we would put through a EXTENSION OF REMARKS to our party. great nationwide program that would re OF We had lost a crucial election after a cam vitalize depressed areas and put regions of paign against us that was marked by bitter chronic unemployment back on their feet HON. BRUCE ALGER ness, slander, and misrepresentation. Many and next Monday we are going to do it. OF TEXAS feared that we would reply in kind, follow JUST THE BEGINNING ing the doctrine of "an eye for an eye and a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES And this is just the beginning. tooth for a tooth." Many feared that we Wednesday, March 25, 1959 would act in the spirit of blind opposition We are going to see to it that our military that so often characterized our opponents in leaders have the weapons they need to pro Mr. ALGER. Mr. Speaker, the Fair previous years. Others feared that we would tect our freedom. Trade Act (H.R. 1253) violates free lapse into irresponsibility, drift, and sec We are going to pass a foreign aid bill that enterprise by limiting or eliminating tional division. But none of this happened. is worthy of a country of our wealth, our competition. The manufacturer can set And one of the main reasons it didn't hap ideals, and our moral values. pen is that we had a leader in the U.S. Sen We are going to pass a Federal aid to prices on the sale of his product by the ate who, through the tireless exercise of all education bill that wm take a giant step retailer, providing that Congress sets the skills of political leadership welded our toward the kind of education that America aside the antitrust law. This in itself party together, chartered a course of progress needs if it is to preserve its world leadership is strange since the purpose of antitrust and constructive action, and let us along the in this space age.