September 22, 1978 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31097 Page 66, line 2, strike out "308" and insert tal Protection Agency, and with the States alternative to the use of such land or the "309" tn lieu thereof. in developing transportation plans and pro­ dredging and fi111ng of such navigable wa­ Page 66, line 6, strike out "309" a.nd insert grams that include measures to maintain ters, and (2) such program includes all pos­ "310" in lieu thereof. or enhance the natw-al beauty of the lands sible planning to minimize harm to such traversed and to maintain the navigable wa­ park, recreational area, wildlife and water­ ters of the United States. Mter the effec­ fowl refuge, historic site, navigable waters H.R. 11733 tive date of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of resulting from such use or such dredging and By Mr. WEISS: 1968 in the case of land, and after the date of filling. After the date of enactment of The -Page 108, after line 3, insert the following enactment of the Surface Transportation Surface Transportation Act of 1978, the Sec­ and renumber accordingly: Act of 1978 in the case of the navigable retary shall not enter into any obligation on "SEC. 118. The first three sentences of sec­ waters of the United States, the Secretary behalf of the Federal Government to pay any tion 138 of title 23, United States Code, are shall not approve any program or proj­ sum with respect to any such program or amended tc read as follows: "It is hereby de­ ect which requires the use of any publicly project (including any such program or proj­ clared to be the national policy that special owned land from a public park, recreation ect approved before such date of enactment) effort should be made to preserve the natural area, or wlldlife and waterfowl refuge of unless such program or project is consistent beauty of the countryside and public park national, State, or local significance as deter­ with the provisions of this section and wm and recreation lands, wildlife and waterfowl mined by the Federal, State, or local om­ be carried out in a manner consistent with refuges, historic sites, and the navigable wa­ cials having jurisdiction thereof, or any land the provisions of this section. Any deter­ ters of the United States. The Secretary of from a historic site of national, State, or mination made under this seotion that the Transportation shall cooperate and consult locai significance as so determined by such project or program ts consistent or incon­ with the Secretaries of the Interior, Housing omcials, or which requires dredging and fill­ sistent shall be published in the Federal and Urban Development, Agriculture, and ing of navigable waters of the United States, Register with a complete explanation for the Army, the Administrator of the Environmen- unless (1) there is no feasible and prudent reasons thereof.

EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS JEROME I. SCHARFMAN, ASSISTANT nance operations in city halls. His career A SALUTE TO THE LIBERATORS CITY MANAGER OF TORRANCE TO advanced when he was hired by Daly OF LOS BANOS RETIRE City, Calif., where he established its first finance department. His successes there earned him a position with the city of HON. GENE TAYLOR HON. GLENN M. ANDERSON Torrance and there again he established OF MISSOURI OF CALIFORNIA that city's first-ever finance department. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRF.BENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES His excellent performance and Friday, September 22, 1978 Friday, September 22, 1978 achievements in finance have won him •Mr. TAYLOR. Mr. Speaker, a constitu­ • Mr. ANDERSON of California. Mr. wide recognition. While with the city of ent of mine, Mrs. Norma Sanders Baker, Speaker, through the years, the demands Torrance, he received a Certificate of recently completed a visit to Manila placed on local governments has grown Conformance from the International where she and her family were held pris­ tremendously. Nowhere is this more evi­ Municipal Finance omcer Association oners by the Japanese during World War dent than in my home State of Cali­ and in 1960 became the first person in II. They were interned at the University fornia where great population immigra­ California to be awarded a certificate as of the Philippines College of Agriculture tion has produced instant cities. Next a certified public accountant based in Los Banos. week, the city of Torrance will honor solely upon municipal auditing experi­ ence. Mrs. Baker has requested that I in­ its present Assistant City Manager, Jer­ clude in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD an ome I. Scharfman, an individual whose Top management at the city of Tor­ account of the rescue of her family and innovative manner and leadership in the rance recognized that Jerome's talents more than 2,000 other internees, by the field of financial management allowed where broader than financial manage­ Luzon guerrillas and the American 11th this city to meet a challenge and serve a ment expertise. The degree in public Airborne Division. rapidly expanding community respon­ administration which he had earned I am proud to include the account of sively and effectively. earlier from the University of Southern this brilliantly coordinated rescue at this Jerome is not a native californian. He California and the experience he gained point. was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 25, during his public service career in New The article follows: York helped him earn his current posi­ 1918, where he graduated from Erasmus A SALUTE TO THE LmERATORS OF BANOS tion of assistant city manager. Los Hall High School during the great de­ February 23, 1945 was a historic occasion pression. He worked his way through Despite his busy schedule working on for some 2,100 civ111an internees, interned at school at night, majoring in mathemat­ behalf of the city, Jerome dedicated the UP College of Agriculture Campus in ics at Brooklyn College. While in New much time on behalf of community work. Los Bafi.os, Laguna outside of the City of York, he worked for the Brooklyn State He is past president of the Torrance Ro­ Manila. In a 7:00 A.M. attack with combined Hospital for the Insane, and the New tary Club, and trustee of the Sam Levy forces of F111pino troops and United States Chapter of the City of Hope. troops a perfectly timed and coodinated mis­ York City Health and Welfare Depart­ sion was launched and accomplished that ments. Such have been the landmarks in the liberated and evacuated all civilian internees His college and work careers were in­ outstanding career of Jerome I. Scharf­ without the loss of life of a single civllian terrupted by duty in the Army. Four man. It is with little wonder that his internee. years of active service included such di­ friends and associates are joining next The group of released internees included verse assignments as teaching meteor­ week to pay him tribute. men, women and children of eight nationali­ ology, and serving as Divisional Inspec­ My wife, Lee, and I certainly want to ties, the majority of which were United 'States citizens. In addition there were Brit­ tor General. join them in acclaiming Jerome's accom­ ish, Australians, Canadians, Dutch, Poles, Following his discharge from the Army plishment-filled career. With those Norwegians, Italians and others. in 1946, he moved with his family to friends and associates, we also want to Through deliberate planning, includil}g in­ Burbank, Calif. and continued his edu­ wish that his retirement years will be filtration of the inteme~·s camp by Filipino cation at the University of California at blessed with good health; the warmth of guermas prior to the liberation, a master plan Los Angeles. In 1947 he became employed memories; the deep satisfaction of know­ was developed and was executed with ex­ with the city of Burbank as an account­ ing his has been an outstanding career; traordinary precision and timing. ant clerk. and the stimulation of new challenges The internees were on the verge of starva­ In the following years, Jerome came which may lie in the future. We would tion, some having been prisoners for over three years. The pa~icular morning of their to the forefront of those who recognized also like to express our best wishes to his liberation held another fate, unknown to the growing need to professionalize fi- lovely wife, Diane; and their two sons.• most of them; their scheduled execution at

Statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor will be identified by the use of a "bullet" symbol, i.e., • 31098 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 22, 1978 7:00 A.M. Moments before 7:00 A.M. the F111- used to support school desegregation, now with white tea.chers being afraid to apply the p1no guermas, identified as the 45th Hunters says it is a "mistaken belief" that black stu­ same standards to black students and there­ Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel Guerrero dents learn better in integrated classrooms. fore not teaching them as well." in coordination with the Hukbalahaps under During the pa.st decade, Coleman said, re­ Coleman said his 1966 report was based Colonel Pedro B1llegas, the Chinese 48th search throughout the country has shown on data collected at one time, with conclu­ Guerr1llas under Colonel Ong and the Ander­ that "it ls not the case that school desegre­ sions drawn by comparing youngsters in son Guer1llas under Captain Vera Gesmundo gatlol), as it has been carried out in Ameri­ schools with different proportions of black along with the 51lth Parachute Infantry of can schools, generally brings achievement and white students. the 11th Airborne Division (USA) and the benefits to disadvantaged (black) children." Since then, he said, researchers have been 672nd Amphibious Tractor Battallon simul­ In some situations, Coleman said, desegre­ able to follow children for several years taneously attacked the prison compound lo­ gation has brought slight gains in black after they switched to desegregated schools. cated at the UP College of Agriculture Cam­ achievement, but in many others there has Although Coleman has not been directly in­ pus in Los Bafios Laguna, by land and by been no change or a sllght loss. volved in any of this research, he said a air. The results of the operation were positive Even though he had argued a decade ago review of over 100 desegregation studies in and perfect. All ctvman internees were suc­ that "integration would bring about achieve­ cities around the country-from Boston to cessfully rescued from their capitors, behind ment benefits," Coleman said, "It has not Berkeley-shows "no overall gains." enemy llnes, and taken to safety. worked out this way in many of the school "Some of the most carefully studied cases, Left permanently behind in the UP College desegregation cases since that research.... such as in Pasadena and Riverside, Calif.," of Agriculture Campus at Los Bafios Laguna "Thus, what once appeared to be fact is Coleman said, "show either no achievement were two of The Hunters--Sergeant Antana­ now known to be fiction," Coleman said. effects or else losses." clo Cast1llo and Private Bonifacio Salamatln. Coleman, a professor of sociology of the In the South some gains by blacks have Their bodies now Ile beside the UP College of University of Chicaio, presented his new been reported by the National Assessment Agriculture Chapel where memorial services conclusions in a paper in Aprll. He repeated of Educational Progress, but Coleman said are held each February 23. them in an interview this weekend. these occurred in both segregated and tn­ By entry of this brief bit of information "Desegregation has turned out to be much tegrated classrooms. He said these gains in the Congressional Record, I hope that it more complicated than any of us ever real­ probably are the result of "the broader wm serve as a small token of my apprecia­ ized," Coleman said. "There appear to be impact of desegregation in the South ... it tion to The Hunters who participated in my beneficial effects for some black kids, those drew a lot of attention to schools that used liberation and especially to Sergeant Castmo who are better students, and harmful effects to be the worst in the nation," rather than and Private Salamatin. I join with all my Fil­ for blacks who are poorer students. It all a direct result of blacks and whites being ipino llberators, including Major Nicanor Li­ seems to balance out, which ls quite the re­ taught together. wagon, in commoratlng this historic date of verse of the impllcatlons of my own research" Before going to the University of in the mld-1960s. in 1973, Coleman taught at Johns Hopkins February 23. Coleman's 1966 report, called "Equality of NORMA SAUNDERS BAKER (USA) .• University in Baltimore. He took part in Educational Opportunity," was authorized civll rights demonstrations there, and was by Congress in the 1964 Civil Rights Act and arrested in one of them. sponsored by the U.S. omce of Education. It He said he stm strongly opposes legal BUSING AUTHORITY DECLARES stm ls the most extensive piece of educa­ WHOLE PROGRAM A FAILURE segregation and strongly favors integrated tional research ever conducted, involving schools. But he said mandatory busi~g in tests and surveys of about 600,000 students many cLties has been "counter-productive" HON. JOHN M. ASHBROOK and 60,000 teachers in 4,000 schools around because it has been followed by an exten­ the country. sive loss of white students. OF Its most widely noted conclusions were Coleman also rejects "the belle! that an IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the social class composition of a school all-black school ls inherently bad." had more impact on student achievement Friday, September 22, 1978 "That has a curiously racist flavor," Cole­ than et ther resources or teaching methods, man said, "which I can't accept. There have • Mr. ASHBROOK. Mr. Speaker, we are and that lower-class black children scored been, and there are, all-black schools that somewhat higher on standardized tests in are excellent schools by any standard." all aware that busing is a scandal and schools with a middle-class white majority a disaster. Now the researcher whose th an they did in schools where all the chil­ , "What is essential," he said, "is that work was used to justify that program if a chlld is in an all-black school, it should dren were poor and black. be because ... his parents want him to be has tom away the last shred of justifi­ Coleman stressed that the a.chievement there, not because it ls the only school he cation for it. James S. Coleman, author of gain occurred not because of skin color but has a· reasonable chance to attend." the Coleman Report of 1966, concluded because · of the middle-class backround and "educational resources" that many white Coleman said he thinks the best ways of in that report that so-called "racial bal­ chlldren bring from home. increasing school integration now would be ance" programs would improve black After his report, Coleman expressed his to encourage voluntary transfer between school performance. It was Dr. Cole­ views widely, not only in scholarly articles city and suburban schools or to offer vouch­ ers allowing parents to pick any school for man~s report and his testimony in Fed­ but also in testimony before congressiom~l eral courts which was used to put bus­ committee and in school desegregation cases, their children but providing more funds for ing over as a national policy. Now Cole­ in courts. integrated schools. Among these was Julius Robson's suit "We ought to take measures so we can man admits he was mistaken. Accord­ become a more integrated society," Coleman ing to a Washington Post article of Sep­ against the Washington school system. Cole­ man testified in Robson's behalf and was said, "but we ought to be clear that inte­ tember 18, "Coleman said he now be­ cited by U.S. Judge J. Skelly Wright to sup­ grated education does not depend on main­ lieves that his (pro-busing) view was port the court's finding that "Negro stu­ taining romantic notions that are not 'incorrect' and 'wishful thinking' ". dents educational achievement improves true."e I have inserted when they. transfer into white or integrated article below, so that there can be no educational institutions." question of the completeness of Dr. Cole­ Coleman said he now believes that this STATEMENT ON AMERICAN MUSH­ man's rejection of his original pro­ view ls "incorrect ... Wishful thinking." ROOM INDUSTRY In the interview, Coleman said the differ­ busing argument. ence between his conclusions a decade ago It required considerable intellectual and the results of desegregation since then HON. RICHARD T. SCHULZE honesty and moral courage for Dr. Cole­ reflects two main fa.ctors-a difference in the OF PENNSYLVANIA man to admit the failure of a program way desegregation has been carried out, and for which he is largely resuonsible. I the ·ava1lab111ty of new research. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVF.S call upon the liberal Democratic leader­ When he collected his data in 1965, Cole­ Friday, September 22, 1978 ship of this House to show similar hon­ man said, nearly all the black chlldren at­ tending integrated schools in the South • Mr. SCHULZE. Mr. Speaker, once esty and courage, and to allow the were well-motivated volunteers under "open again I must warn you of the impending Membership to vote on proposals, such enrollment" plans. In the North .almost all dissolution of the American mushroom as my own H.R. 153 and H.R. 154 and integration had occurred in neighborhood industry. This once viable industry is be­ the Mottl amendment proposal, which schools where bla.cks and whites llved nearby. ing systematically buried under tons of would end the busing disaster once and Since then, Coleman noted, many school imported mushrooms pouring in from for all. districts have been desegregated through Taiwan. mandatory busing programs, ordered by The article follows: Five years ago, Mr. Speaker, the In­ [From the Washington Post, sept. 18, 1978] courts or state agencies, that bring children together from wide areas. ternational Trade Commission alerted INTEGRATION BENEFITS DISCOUNTED "Much of it has been accompanied by the President that the American mush­ (By Lawrence Feinberg) the kinds of things that don't foster achieve­ room industry was threatened by imports SOciologlst James 8. Coleman, whose mas­ ment," Coleman said. "Often there's been and that some form of relief was sive study in the mid-19608 has been widely some degree of turmoil and lower standards, necessary. September 22, 1978 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 31099 Last year the situation became criti­ A recent article in the Information nam and civil rights activists of the 1960s cal. The International Trade Commis­ Digest, a newsletter on U.S. political and and early 1970s at Concordia College, a social movements, provided the follow­ Lutheran seminary in St. Paul, MN. Confer­ sion recognized that serious injury was ence organizers viewed the meeting as in being caused by foreign imports, and rec­ ing report on the NCASLPP which many ways an expansion or continuation of ommended a tariff rate quota of 48 mil­ doubtless my colleagues will find of momentum developed at the 1977 Democratic lion pounds of imported mushrooms. interest: Agenda conference in Washington, DC, spon­ Unfortunately, the President chose not IPS ALTERNATIVE PuBLIC POLICIES sored by the Democratic Socialist Organizing to institute the recommended tariff and NCASLPP had its first public conference in Committee (DSOC) in which IPS was heav­ relied, instead, on voluntary restraints June 1975, in Madison, Wis., hosted by Mayor ily involved. The Democratic Agenda con­ by Taiwan and Korea to avoid future Paul Soglin, a veteran activist with the pro­ sensus was that whatever is wrong, "big busi­ disruptive impacts on the U.S. . Cuba.n segment of the New Left, and orga­ ness" ls responsible, a view which has at­ nized by Lee Webb, then a professor of public tracted the leadership of several activist Voluntary restraint has proven to be policy at Goddard College in Vermont and unions such as the International Associa­ a total failure. The sixth quarterly ITC now a full-time salaried IPS staff member tion of Machinists (IAM); the Sadlowski fac­ report shows that the ratio of imports (a position termed by IPS as a "resident fel­ tion of the United Steelworkers (USWA); the to consumption from April to June 1978, low") and an "associate fellow" of the IPS­ United Auto Workers (UAW); and American jumped to 54 percent as compared to 39 controlled Foundation for National Progress Federation of State, County and Municipal percent for the same 3 months of 1977, of San Francisco. Employees (AFSCME). Operating from IPS's headquarters at 1901 The conference was organized to focus sup­ To save this industry, the American Q Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20009 (202/ port for state and local programs that its or­ Mushroom Institute has urged the spe­ 234-9382), the NCASLPP is self-described as ganizers view as "democratic, decentralized, cial trade representative· to consult with "a national organization of 'populist' and redistributive" and which "challenge cor­ the Governments of Taiwan and Korea 'activist' public officials and others in state, porate priorities." Such programs have in­ to end this disruption of our industry, county, city and town government through­ cluded support for state or local government by negotiating an orderly market agree­ out the country." The organization has said: owned banks, public control of pension funds, ment under section 204 of the Agricul­ "Politically, we are seeking for political and alternation of tax laws to discourage the programmatic ways that the questions of housing speculation in which moderate in­ tural Act of 1956. maldistribution of power and wealth in come families have moved into renovated The common market has always relied America can be addressed by activist state city housing "driving out poor minority peo­ upon voluntary agreements between and local political movements. While we are ple," and plans for solar energy development. member nations. However, once an interested in responding to the requests of Tax reform for the NCASLPP did not mean agreement has been broken, the off ender public officials for information on alterna­ the sort of cut in local government service is cut off, and importation of that prod­ tive legislation in such 'non-controversial' prograIIlS typified by California's Proposition areas such as utllity regulation, election re­ 13 initiative cutting property taxes. James uct is denied. form, and educational financing reform, we Farmer, a director of the Coalition of Amer­ Needless to say, voluntary agreements are particularly interested in initiatives in­ ican Public Employees (CAPE), saw that sort are kept in the Common Market. Ameri­ volving the control of capital, tax restructur­ of service cut as an attack on the poor. ca must be prepared to back its words ing and the control of governmental institu­ NCASLPP organizers hope to take advantage with action. This would be an excellent tions theIIlSelves. of growing grass roots opposition to the size, place to start.• "We are particularly interested in legisla­ complexity and waste of the federal bureauc­ tion to establish publicly-owned or coopera­ racy by calling for "decentralization" mean­ tively-owned banks, insurance corporations, ing that states and cities should take over construction companies, utilities and tele­ administration of programs and regulatory phone companies, and productive enterprises agencies which would continue to grow in INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES' of all types." size. As Lee Webb said, NCASLPP encourages MARXIST U.S. POLITICAL PROGRAM Fina.need initially and for the most part the states and cities to take over from Wash­ through the IPS budget, the NCASLPP has ington control of economic development and received earmarked foundation grants, such the redistribution of income and wealth. HON. LARRY McDONALD as a $15,000 grant from the Shalan Founda­ Others were more direct. Marxist OF GEORGIA tion of San Francisco in September 1977. It city councilman Ken Cockrel, who received should b~ noted that the Shalan Foundation considerable campaign support from mem­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES is currently heavily committed to funding bers of the "Eurocommunlst" oriented New Friday, September 22, 1978 NCASLPP-related organizations active in the American Movement (NAM), told a 7/16/78 so-called "communities movement." These plenary meeting, "If we're really interested •Mr. McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, be­ have included most recently the Arkansas In­ in shifting the tax burden, then we are really cause of its potential to expand the stitute for Social Justice of the Association interested in abolishing the concept of pri­ power and influence of its parent, the of Community Organizations for Reform Now vate property." Institute for Policy Studies , an (ACORN) ($20,000); the Environmental Ac­ Wisconsin State Representative Midge internationally active Marxist think­ tion Foundation ($10,000); the New School Miller saw the main target of any tax altera­ of Democratic Management (via the IPS's tion plans as "big business" and viewed this tank whose members have included lead­ Foundation for National Progress) ($15,000); ers of revolutionary terrorist organiza­ area as a fertile field for gaining mass sup­ and the Federation for port among disenchanted taxpayers. North tions, Castroites, assorted freelance rev­ via the Funding and Educational Develop­ Dakota Tax Commissioner Bryon Dorgan olutionaries and at least one KGB agent, ment Or.sanization to finance "feasib111ty thought that NCASLPP could make use of Orlando Letelier, probably the most im­ studies for worker acquisition of enter­ the "misguided tax rebellions" such as portant of its on-going projects is the prises." Contributions to many "communities Proposition 13 despite an initial "hardship National Conference on Alternative State movement" projects such as Oregon Fair for the poor and working class." He said the and Local Public Policies , Share ($10,000) were via the Youth Project. voters had to be made to see the "things The NCASLPP has outlined two major that government does" for them, such as which held its 4th annual conference in goals: Minneapolis-St. Paul, July 13-16, 1978. "take care of them when they're old and 1. To learn of and study the concrete pro­ sick, fight fires, take care of them when Participants in the 4th NCASLPP na­ grams and policies of local governments, and they're unemployed. When it becomes clear tional conference ranged from former in some cases national governments in other they're dismantling a system that they want, organizers of U.S. support for the Viet­ countries, in areas such as banking, public then they have to find out how to pay for namese Communists such as Fred Branf­ ownership, land and tax policy, housing, it and ask who pays. The working people - man, Ira Arlook and ; transportation, decentralization, natural re­ will come to the conclusion that people through former SDS activists now in­ sources and other areas. The best ideas and should be taxed on their ablllty to pay." proposals would then be publicized through Miller and many NCASLPP activists ex­ volved in the grassroots Marxist "com­ our publications, our conferences, and our pressed the fear that Proposition 13 indi­ munities movement" such as Michael National Clearinghouse for discussion and cated a "right-wing resurgence" a.nd charged Ansara, Heather Booth, Harry Boyte, introduction by local and state public offi- that they had "stolen" populist imagery Bert DeLeeuw and Wade Rathke; to Fed­ cials in the United States. · and techniques from the left, such as the eral and local officials including Msgr. 2. To learn and study the character of po­ very voter initiative process. Geno Baroni, Assistant Secretary of litical organization of radical and progressive Gar Alperovitz of the National Center for Housing and Urban Development; AC­ parties at the local level in other countries Economic Alternatives (formerly the Ex­ to offer experiences, examples, and models to ploratory Project on Economic Alternatives) TION Director Sam Brown; and Energy state and local activists in the United States suggested that the really critical issue was Department official Tina Hobson. Many who want to build issue oriented local politi­ inflation to which the tax-revolt movement local officials attended, with a surpris­ cal organizations." was e. reaction. ingly strong representation from the New NCASLPP's Fourth Annual Conference One result of the DSOC Democratic York City Council. brought together a reported 520 anti-Viet- Agenda conference in 1977 was that there ls 31100 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 22, 1978 increasing union participation in the system, on his return to the U.S., Webb be­ Pat Be111nger, Ah-bi-no-gee Center, MN. NCASLPP. The slate of workshop partici­ came an "expert" on "police repression" here, Sharon Black-Keefer, former employee of pants and leaders shows Bill Dodds, political appearing at the October 1972, People's Coal­ Commerce Dept. Office of Telecommunication. director, UAW; Paul Goldberg, AFSCME are~ ition for Peace and Justice "People's Tri­ Unita Blackwell, Mayor, Mayersville, MS. director Minneapolis; Barbara Shailor, IAM, bunal" in Washington, D.C. In 1976, Webb William Bondurant, Mary Reynolds Bab- Dorothy' Haener, UAW Women's Department; sought IPS funding to subsidize the trave,l cosk Fcundation. Sal Alverez, United Farmworkers Union; and orientation of local and state public Heather Booth, Midwest Academy. David Foster, USWA Local 7623, Minneapolis; officials to Cuba. The delegation would "initi­ Robert Borosage, IPS. and earl Wagner, AFSCME political coordi­ ate contacts of American local public officials Lew Bowers, American Center for Quality nator. with Cuba, particularly concentrating on of Working Life. On the morning of 7/15/78, Tom Hayden structure and function of local government. Fred Branfman, California Public Policy and Gar Alperovitz joined in attacking Lee Matanzas would be a key site for the visit. Center. Webb and the NCASLPP organizers for their Jim Rowan, Assistant to the Mayor of Madi­ Sam Brown, director, ACTION. reluctance to form a national political move­ son, Wisconsin, and son-in-law of George Tom Borrop, Community Video, San Diego. ment and over-emphasis on community McGovern, received an initial inquiry from Carol Bellamy, president, orgahizing. They provided a broad overview the Cubans about the National Conference Council. of the current "crisis of " na­ and an expression (of interest) in a possible Ellner A. Benson, former U.S. Senator and tionally and globally. Alperovitz predicted delegation." Webb is NCASLPP executive di­ Mn. Governor. that U.S. business was returning to cyclical rector. Harry Boyte, Democratic Socialist Organiz­ pattern of slow economic growth broken by A new feature of the NCASLPP conference ing Committee. "massive periodic jolts." Both agreed that was the introduction of the "stop the arms Sam Ca.mpbell, Daufuskie Island Food the traditional two-party approach was ob­ face" a.nd disarmament campaign via calls Co-ops, Beaufort, SC. solete because apathy, disillusionment, dis­ to transfer the defense budget to "fund Nicholas Carbone, Hartford City Council, engagement, frustration and cynicism had human needs." This aspect was under the CT. caused "disintegration" of the U.S. center. direction of IPS director Robert Borosage and Barry Casselman, Many Corners News­ Hayden complained, "we need an organized Brewster Rhoads of the Coalition for a New papers, Minneapolis. national movement if we are up against Foreign and Military Policy (CNFMP). Karen Clark, Lesbian Feminist Organizing international bandits like Exxon. They're Workshop topics included Public Use of Committee. organized on an international basis." Hayden Public Pension Funds; Pension Funds and Tom Cochran, executive director, U.S. Con­ also encouraged a challenge to the re-elec­ Endowments: Disinvesting from South Africa ference of Mayors. tion effort of President Carter, but received (Richard Parker, Cary Lowe, John Harring­ Ken Cockrel, Detroit City Council. little encouragement. ton) ; Organized Labor: Maximizing the Pro­ Judy Corrao, Minneapolis City Council, gressive Impact on State and Local Politics The NCASLPP organizers are convinced majority leader. (Paul Goldberg, Tom Bates, Bill Dodds); Steve Costa, director, Trust for Public Land. that their coalition of community organiza­ Owning the City: Public Control of Land tions, single issue groups, environmentalists Brian Coyle, West Bank Tenants Union, (Ruth Messinger, Steve Costa, Bob Schur); Mlnnea.polis. and labor is only in its initial stages and Criteria for Evaluation of Public Investments that an effort to transform it into an official Earl Craig, dir., Urban Coalition, Minne- (Sam Brown, John Harrington, Jim Vitarel­ apolis; member, Dem. Nat'l Committee. national political party is pTemature. lo) ; and Consumer and Urban Foqd Policies NCASLPP expects to build its membership Day Creamer, Women Employed, Chicago. (Cathy Lerza, Darel Grothaus, Gibby George Crocker, Lowry, MN. and participation methodically adding new Edwards, Carlotta Collette). issue-oriented groups as they arise and work­ Carlotta Collette, Food and Land Resource Additional workshops ranged from Com­ Center, MW. ing to hold on to and expand their influence munity Organizing: Basis for a New Politi­ with existing members. Beldon Daniels, Massachusetts Task Force cal Strategy? (Harry Boyte, Greg Akill, Mike on Capital Formation, Harvard. Despite the quarrels of the NCASLPP lead­ Ansara, Bert DeLeeuw, Loni Hancock, Wade Mary Davidoff, Honeywell Project, MN. ership, most see the middle Americans as Rathke); Neighborhood Capacity Building Bert DeLeeuw, Movement for Economic torn between reaction and reform. They fear (Geno Baroni, Tom Beer, Margaret McNelll); Justice. that conservative organizations may draw and Statewide Political Organizations (Derek Mike Dieden, Campaign for Economic increasing strength as a result, l'ut believe Shearer, Marjorie Phyfe, Bonnie Ladin, B.ob Democracy. that the politically naive disenchanted mem­ Schaeffer) to Meeting the Conservative At­ Blll Dodds, UAW Potitical Director, DC. bers of the U.S. can be drawn into campaigns tack on Human Rights (Midge Miller, Karen Evan Doss, Claiborne County Tax Assessor, for decentralized socialism under anti-cor­ Clark, Allan Spear); Sources of Non-govern­ MS. porate slogans. The holdup for NCASLPP is ment Funding for Public Projects (William Byron Dorgan, North Dakota Tax Commis­ their belief that too soon to move toward Bondurant, Art Himmelman, Paul Schaef­ sioner. formulating the appropriate ideology or na­ fer); Carter's Urban Program: Progressive Jack Doyle, Environmental Polley center. tional political organization. Options for Communities; Innovative State Mark Drucker, professor Southern Illlnois Under the direction of Lee Webb, NCASLPP Energy Policies; Jobs and Energy (Fred University. is reluctant to risk their gains so far. Lee Branfman); and CETA, UDAG and BlocJr Gibby Edwards, NCASLPP Agriculture Webb, a graduate of Andover and Boston Grants: Alternative Strategies for Local Con­ Project. University (1963) was the Students for a trol of Federal Resoures (Jim Rowen, John Steven Endean, St. Paul Citizens for Hu­ Democratic Society (SDS) national secretary Alschuler, Ken Stokes). man Rights. from 1963 to 1964. A veteran of the SDS Eco­ Tommy Espinoza, pres., Chicanos por la nomic Research and Action Project (ERAP) Mr. Speaker, beause of the number Causa, Phoenix, AZ. and the Chicago-based Jobs or Income Now of inquiries about the the NCASLPP I Ja.m-es Farmer, CAPE. (JOIN) project, Webb, along with Tom Hay­ have had from other Members, I am Larry Farmer, dir., Mississippi Action for den and Rennie Davis, helped organize the attaching as an appendix to this report Community Education. National Mobilization Committee (NMC) Ellen Feingold, director, Otnce of Civil which effectively disrupted the 1968 Demo­ the list of scheduled participants in the 1978 national conference. They included: Rights, Dept. of Transportation. cratic National Convention with a 5-day riot Jim Flug, dir., Energy Action, DC. in Chicago. Bruno Aijala, president, Minnesota senior Nat Forbes, Farmer Labol'. Association, MN. Subsequently, Webb was an editor of Ram­ Federation. David Foster, USW A Loca.t 7623. parts magazine and the Washington, D.C. John Alschuler, asst. city manager, Hart­ Barney Frank, Ma.ssachusetts State "bureau chief" for the Guardian, a Marxist­ ford, CT; chm, Conference steering com. Assembly. Leninist weekly which acts as a publicist for Ira. Arlook, director, Ohio Public Interest Michael Freedberg, NCASLPP. Soviet, Cuban and Chinese-backed terrorist Campaign. Diane Fuchs, Tax Reform Research Group. movements, with its chief foreign correspond­ Gar Alperovitz, co-director, National cen- Isao Fugimoto, National Center for Ap· ent being an identified KGB agent, Wilfred ter for Economic Alternatives. propriate Technology, Montana. Burchett. Following a visit to Cuba in 1970, Michael Ansara, Massachusetts Fair Share. Shanti Fry, Cambridge Food Cooperative. Webb contributed an article to the San Jose Sal Alvarez, United Farmworkers Union. Sidney Gardner, Hartford City Council. Maverick entitled "Cubans Police Them­ Greg Akll1, NIA, San Diego. Joe Gasper, Metropolitan Council, Min· selves." Webb's article explained that under Carol Baldwin. neapolls. Cuban "socialism," Cubans maintained order Martha Ballou, Center for Urban Encoun­ Paul Goldberg, Minnea.polis Area director, and solved neighborhood problems "so well ter, MN. AFSCME. that police are rarely seen on Cuban streets." Msgr. Geno Baroni, Assistant Secretary, Ja.ck Gordon, State Senate. What Webb was in fact referring to is the HUD, Leif Grina, MN. R-ecipients Alllance. Cuban secret police apparatus of informers Gerraldo Barranco, Los Angeles. De.rel Grothaus, dir., Dept. of Community and agents organized on a block-by-block Tom Bates, California State Assembly. Development. Seattle. basis known as the Committee for the De­ Ann Beaudry, NCASLPP associate director. Cynthls Guyer, NCASLPP Agriculture fense of the Revolution (CDR). The CDR's Barbara Beeler,· Policy Training Center, Project. overt and covert activities range from break­ Cambridge, MA. Dorothy Haetner, UAW. up domestic disputes to political spying. Tom Beer, Center for 8elf-Relia.nce, Min­ Loni Hancock, ACTION Regional Director; Despite his personal approval of the CDR neapolis, MN. Berkeley City Council.

' September 23, 1978 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 31101 John Harrington, California Senate Com- David Olson, New School for Democratic Allee Tripp, Belgrade, MN. mittee on Investments. Management, San Francisco. Jane Trlchter, New York City Council. Michael Harrington, DSOC. Karen Paget, ACTION Regional Director. Jim Vitarello, National Commission on Tom Hayden. Richard Parker, Foundation for National Neighborhoods. Don Hazen, community boards liaison, Progress. Carl Wager, AFSCME Political Coordina­ Office of Manhattan (NYC) Borough Pres. Marjorie Phyfe, Democratic Agenda/DSOC. tor. Mary Jane Heinen, Association for Appro­ Theodore James Pinnock, Tuskeegee In­ Charles Weaver, Metropolitan Council, priate Technology, MN. stitute, AL. Anoka., MN. Art Himmelman, Minnesota Foundation. Michael Pirsch, Local 21, Hotel, Motel and Lee Webb, NCASLPP executive director. Tina Hobson, dir., Office of Consumer Af­ Restaurant Employees, Rochester, MN. Jim Wright, New School for Democratic fairs, Dept. of Energy, DC. John Poupart, Native American activist, Management, San Francisco. Nell Holly, Mn. Coalition for Welfare Re­ South Minneapolis. Barba.re. Welnschenker, Center for Local form. Greg Pratt, University-Community Video, Self-Reliance, MN. Blll Houle, Indian Reservation Business Minneapolis. Lois Yellowthunder, League of Women Commission. Michele Radosevich, Wisconsin State Sen­ Voters. Koryne Horbal, Democratic Farmer-Labor ator. Jim Youngdale. Party, MN. · Wade Rathke, chief organizer, ACORN, Bill Zimmerman, dir., LOUDSPEAKER, Ed Jeffords, Ozark Institute. Little Rock, AR. Campaign Communications Ser,vlces, Los Phyllis Kahn, Minnesota State Representa­ Brewster Rhoads, CNFMP, DC. Angeles. tive. Pat Roach, Dayton City Council. Jeff Zlnsmeyer, Center for Community Roger Kahn, dir., Colorado Coalition for Dr. Ronald Ronchi, Ohio Quality of Work­ Change,DC.e Full Employment. ing Life Project. Lloyd Kaplan, Div., of Housing and Urban Jim R.osapepe, public policy consultant., Renewal, NYC. Washington, DC. FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY FOR FIRST Ron Katteny, Colorado Energy Office. Jonathan Rowe, Deputy Ex. Dir., Multl­ BAPTIST CHURCH, SAN ANSELMO, Ed Kelly, Ohio Public Interest Campaign. state Tax Commission, DC. CALIF. Dennis Koehler, West Palm Bea.ch City Jin\. Rowen, assistant to Mayor Paul Sog­ Council. lln, Madison, WI. Karen Kollias, HUD, Office of Neighborhood Don Rothenberg, California Food Policy HON. JOHN L. BURTON Development. Project. OF CALIFORNIA Steve Kulczuckl, assistant director, KTCA­ Ramon Rueda, People's Development Cor­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TV. poration, .NYC. Bob Kuttner, director, National Commis­ Pat Lewis Sa.ckrey, Mass., Task Force on Friday, September 22, 1978 sion on Neighborhoods. Food and Agriculture. • Mr. JOHN L. BURTON. The first Bonnie La.din, Campaign for Economic Carmen Sanchez, aide, New York City Democracy, CA. Council. Baptist Church of San Anselmo, Cali­ George Latimer, Mayor, St. Paul. Juanita Satterlee, MN. Public Service fornia, is celebrating its 50th anniversary Todd Le!ko, Metropolitan Council, St. Commission. of service to Marin County residents. Its Paul. Bob Schaeffer, legis. aide, Mass. State Sen­ modest beginnings can be traced to serv­ Eileen Lee, Operation Open City, NYC. ate. ices first held in 1928 in the home of Mrs. Catherine Lerza, coordinator, National Paul Schaeffer, New World Foundation. J. G. Vickery under the leadership of Family Farm Coalition, and long associated Jim Scheibe!, aide, St. Paul City Coun­ with IPS. Rev. A. J. Collins and later, in the homes cll. and club quarters of the Women's Im­ Cary Lowe, California Public Polley Center. Ron Schiffman, NYC Community Develop­ John McGough, Criminal Justice Program, ment Coalition. provement Club of Marin County. Metropolitan Council, MN. Robert Schur, former ex. dir., Ass'n of In December 1930, the church's first Pat McGulgan, Technical Development Neighborhood Housing Developers. building, an unpretentious structure of Corp., Boston. Rick Scott, chairman, Democra.tlc Farmer­ plain stucco, was dedicated and the new Margaret McNelll, pres., Assoc. of Neigh­ La.bor Party, MN. baptistry :first used to baptize Mrs. Jo­ borhood Housing Developers, NYC. Barbara. Shanor, International Association seph Miller. Ruth Messinger, New York City Council. of Ma.chlnists. Since then, the church as expanded its Midge Miller, Wisconsin State Represent­ Peter Shapiro, New Jersey State Represen­ ative. tative. membership, moved to Sir Francis Drake David Mlxner, New A.G.E., Los Angeles, CA. Hiram Shaw, Natlona~ Center for Appro­ Boulevard in San Anselmo and assisted Bill Mitchell, Mayor, Crested Butte, CO; priate Technology, Montana. in the establishment of the Mill Valley Nat'l Cori!. of State Legislatures. • Laurie Shields, Alllance for Displaced First Baptist Church and the Bethel Libby Moroff, Suburban Action Institute, Homemakers, Oakland, CA. Baptist Church. It has also sponsored an New York, NY. Prof. David Smith, Boston, University. Iranian family and a Vietnamese refu­ Allee Murphy, St. Paul Mayor's Office. Sue Smoller, Cable TV Officer, Madison, gee family, and both are now self-sup­ Alfredo Navarro, dlr., Nat'l Rural Develop­ WI. porting and living in the San Francisco ment & Finance Corp. Frank Snowden, Metropolitan Transit Jack Nichol, Director of Economic Devel­ Commissioner, MN. Bay area. opment, Cleveland. Allan Spear, Minnesota State Senator. The work and contributions of the Karen Nussbaum, Nat'l Working Women's Ken Stokes, Alderman, New Haven, CT. congregation of the First Baptist Church Organizing Project. Tom Tatum, National League of Cities. have been great assets to the community. Bill Ojala, lawyer, Aurora, MS. Tamsin Taylor, Public Pension Fund An- The church is to be highly commended Nancy Olkon, Hennepin County Commis­ alyst, Berkeley, CA. for its 50 years of outstanding service sioner. Bennie Thompson, Mayor, Bolton, MS. and inspiration.•

SENATE-Sat1trday, September 23, 1978 The Senate met at 7: 45 a.m., on the We are not given years to live; only one in the storm, ever guided by the Inner expiration of the recess, and was called moment at a time is all we have. Then Light which never falls. . to order by the Acting President pro grant us grace to live each day worthily. We pray in the name of Thy Son our tempore

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