21620 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE November 12· Columbus, New Haven, Conn., urging pas• didates; to the Committee on House Admin­ 447. Also, petition of Henry Stoner,: Gen• sage of Senate bill 108 making Columbus istration. eral Delivery, Worland, Wyo., requesting an Day a national legal holiday; to the Com­ 444. ·Also, petition of Henry Stoner, Gen­ amendment to the 12th amendment to the mittee on the Judiciary. eral Delivery, Worland, Wyo., to restpre the Constitution of the United States relating 441. Also, petition of Henry Stoner, Gen­ subjunctive mood in the writing of all legis­ to the election of the President of the United eral Delivery, Worland, Wyo., to make it a lation where said mood be necessary and States; to the Committee on the Judiciary. crime to circulate Canadian coins within the grammatically correct; to th.e Committee on 448. Also, petition of Henry Stoner, Gen­ United States of America; to the Committee House Administration. eral Delivery, Worland, Wyo., requesting on Banking and currency. 445. Also, petition of Henry Stoner, Gen­ legislation to permit the use of our official 442. Also, petition of Henry Stoner, Gen­ eral Delivery, Worland, Wyo., relative to the motto "In God We Trust" on postage eral Delivery, Worland, Wyo., to censure CONGRESSIONAL RECORD and subscribing metered mail; to the Committee on Post Secretary of State Rusk for attempting to thereto; to the Committee on House Ad­ Office and Civil Service. say Congress is not definitely a very vital ministration. 449. Also, petition of Henry Stoner, Gen­ part of U.S. foreign policy; to the Committee 446. Also, petition of Henry Stoner, Gen­ eral Delivery, Worland, Wyo., to pass a res­ eral Delivery, Worland, Wyo., requesting pas­ olution requesting the President to permit on Foreign Affairs. sage of a resolution congratulating Holly­ anyone on his staff at the White House with 443. Also, petition of Henry Stoner, Gen­ wood Actress Elizabeth Taylor as the "great­ the surname of Lincoln, to sleep one night eral Delivery, Worland, Wyo., to make a study est inspiration to American and world in the Lincoln bed during their tenure at of staged political photography and pictures, womanhood since Eve"; to the Committee on the White House; to the Committee on especially those involving presidential can- the Judiciary. Public Works.

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Washington Report in spending. Indeed, it is the only statutory lative processes just don't work that way. limit on Federal spending, but it is mean­ The principle of the bill is established at ingless if we spend without regard to the the time it is first passed and any subse­ EXTENSION OF REMARKS ceiling and continually increase the ceiling quent action will be merely on disputed OF to cover spending irresponsibility. points, not a vote involving the principle of the legislation. HON. BRUCE ALGER A PRACTICAL METHOD FOB. FISCAL RESPONSmILITY My own proposal for fiscal responsibility OF TEXAS and protecting the peoples' money: IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1. An annual balanced budget (Alger bill Tuesday, November 12, 1963 H.J. Res. 7) : Congress should not adjourn The Honorable John W. McCormack, any year until such a balance is reached. Mr. ALGER. Mr. Speaker, under 2. An agonizing reappraisal of spending Speaker of the House of Representa­ leave to extend my remarks in the priorities. All nonessential spending should tives, Recipient of the Cardinal Gibbons be eliminated and public works programed RECORD, I include the following news­ Medal letter of November 9, 1963. only Within the limits of a balanced budget. WASHINGTON REPORT: BIG SPENDERS CONTINUE A TOUGH DECISION FISCAL IRRESPONSmILITY Legislative processes are far from simple. EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF (By Congressman BaucE .ALGER of Texas) There are few tnstapces in casting his vote that a Congressman is faced with an issue The foolish fiscal policies of the Kennedy clearly outlined in black and white. There HON. CLIFFORD DAVIS administration were given another boost this are always large gray areas. A good case in OF TENNESSEE week in a close vote to increase the debt point was the vote in the House this week on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ceiling to $315 b1llion. The bill, H.R. 8969, the conference report on H.R. 6143, the passett 187 to 179. Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963. Tuesday, November 12, 1963 So.u1e Members, of which I am one, are When this bUl was first presented to the tired of picking up the tab for the big spend­ House I fought it with all my energies. I Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee. Mr. ers who vote for the appropriations and am opposed to Federal aid to education and Speaker, along with a number of my col­ against the debt ceiling. We consistent op­ this measure was a part of the whole pro­ leagues, I was privileged to attend the ponents of such spending may encourage a gram to put the Federal Government in the dinner on November 2, 1963, when our more statesmanlike approach to Federal field of education. In spite of the efforts of distinguished and belov€d Speaker was spending by refusing to support continued· those who opposed the bill on principle, the presented the 1963 Cardinal Gibbons increases in a high level debt celling. House passed it and it was sent to the Sen­ Medal awarded to him by the Alumni· FACTQRS TO BE CONSIDERED ate where it was drastically changed. This meant the bill then had to go to conference Association of the Catholic University of 1. The demand by President Kennedy for America at the Shoreham Hotel. He de­ a $315 billion debt ceiling shows clearly that to work out a version acceptable to both he has abandoned every e:ffort to reduce bodies. livered one of the most inspiring and expenditures. At this point it is imperative to note the challenging speeches I have ever heard difference between original House legislation (a) When the tax bill was before the him deliver, and, in my years in the and a conference report. House, I have heard him make some ex­ House, the President and his spokesmen, The fight for principle must be made in promised Congress and the people that a tax the debate and vote on original legislation. cellent ones. cut would be supportea by responsible re­ Once the bill has been acted upon by the Under ieave to extend my remarks I straint on spending. Since that promise was. House the fight for the principle involved am including the statement made by the made and the tax cut bill passed by the has been won or lost at that time. board of governors of the alumni asso­ House, the administration has asked for in­ A conference report is a. procedural mat­ ciation when they met last June to creased spending in every bill presented to ter. It is voted up or down, not on the prin­ Congress. choose the recipient of this year's Cardi­ ciple involved, but on whether or not the nal Gibbons Medal. It is so expressive 2. President Kennedy and the Democratic · House believes its conferees did a good job leaders have increased yearly spending to of representing the House position on the of his contribution to his Government, the point where by fiscal 1965 it will be $23 particular bill at issue. the Catholic Church, and the Catholic billion above the level for fiscal 1962 and On the conference report on the Higher University of Ame1ica that I am asking they have increased the public debt by $25 Education Facilities Act. the House con-· that it be included as a part of my re­ billion in the same period. ferees did maintain the House position and marks, together with this splendid speech 3. The administration has demanded three the Senate conferees receded. That was the delivered by the Speaker: increases in the debt ceiling this year. issue. I voted "yes" in support of the House 4. The $315 billion debt ceiling implies a conferees. Such a vote is not a vote for STATEMENT OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS spending level in fiscal 1964 of $99 billion, Federal aid to schools. When the board of goyernors of the alumni which is entirely too high. The· lesson ~ be learned by many of us association met last June to choose the re­ These brief facts prove that Federal in this is tha~ the fight .for good. legisl•tion cipient of this year's Cardin.al Gibbons Medal, spending is entirely out of hand. Yet the must be made when bills first come before which is established to honor one who has. proponents of the debt ceilin,g increase tell the House. Many times, good conservatives made an outstanding contribution to either us we must not try to control such spending, will compr~mise on. original ~egislation on the Unit~ .States of ~erica, the Catholic or the rate of spending, by use of the tools the theory that it .can be iJ:I?.proved ll;lter Church, or the Catholic University of Amer­ at hand. A realistic debt ceiling has a place when it is returned from conference. Legis- ica, it unanimously· chose a man eminently 1963 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 21621 qualified on all three points. Little need be foresight. As the first chancellor of the indications that you are still moving forward said about a man so well known and so well Catholic University of America, he played a in both the scientific and the humanistic loved and respected throughout the United significant role in guiding its early years. components of the well-balanced education. States as the Speaker of the House of Repre­ In fact, what is there in the Catholic Church And such forward progress is the hall­ sentatives, the Honorable JOHN W. McCoa­ in this area-indeed in the entire Nation­ mark of American education today. As this MACK. that does not bear the mark of his genius? Nation makes incomparable strides forward Born in South Boston, JOHN McCORMACK How much did the great papal encyclicals in its scientific knowledge, as it reaches out was educated in the Boston public schools, on labor owe to the cardinal's unfailing literally to grasp the moon within the arms became a lawyer, and served in World War I. championship of the American workingman? of its technical comprehension, it must move He served in the House of Representatives of How much does the splendid patriotism of forward with equal steps toward a broaden­ his home State of Massachusetts during the American Catholics, tested in so many trials ing and a deepening of its cultural and in­ early twenties and in the Massachusetts Sen­ and confiicts, reflect the outspoken love of tellectual life. No one who faces the future ate for 4 years, from 1923-27, the last 2 years country that was a hallmark of the great can deny that scientific know-how and tech­ as Democratic leader. cardinal? nical appreciation of new forces must be one During the 70th Congress, he came to And not only this, but James Cardinal of the keystones of national greatness. Washington, D.C., to fill the unexpired term Gibbons was a man far ahead of his times. This Nation cannot a.fford to slow down in of the late James A. Gallivan. He served in He is perhaps the first great ecumenist in its quest, already well begun, to master the the following nine consecutive Congresses, the hierarchy of the American church. He forces of nature in a nuclear age. and in the 8lst and 82d Congresses he was possessed extraordinary courage, the cour­ On the other hand again, many of us, es­ majority leader, and in the 83d Congress was age of action, and when advisable, the pecially those of us who are responsible to a a Democratic whip. He served as a Member courage of silence. Above all, what Cardinal small or great degree, for the policy and the of the 84th, 85th, and 86th Congresses, and Gibbons stood for was genuine and complete progress of this Nation, see that there is only the 1st session of the 87th Congress he was Catholicism in entire harmony with a gen­ disaster in closing our eyes to the arts as we again majority leader, and was Speaker for uine and complete Americanism. He would concentrate on the sciences. This has been the 2d session of the 87th and the 88th have been very much at home with Pope the lesson taught by the Catholic University, Congress. John, very much at home with Pope Paul. and by every institution of higher learning He has been awarded honorary degrees of He saw his role as a national figure in the in the United States today. LL.D. by a host of famous colleges and uni­ light of his own great charity for all races, When the House of Representatives passed versities, including the Catholic University for all nations, and for all religions. The its bill providing for assistance to institu­ of America, and, he has had an, impressive Ecumenical Council meeting in Rome this tions of higher learning, these thoughts were number of honors awarded him. His mem­ very week would find in him a great spokes­ in our minds. They provided the motivation berships include the Order of Malta First man for its pleas for an ecumenical spirit and for universal brotherhood. It is a special for the bill which would have given aid to Class; Knight Commander, Order of St. all types of higher education, including the Gregory the Great; Grand Commander of the honor to receive this medal which bears his name. arts and the humanities, and not restricted Royal Order of the Phoenix, with Star; and to the scientific and technological. Senator many others too numerous to mention. The Catholic University of America is this Rm1coFF of Connecticut, himself a former year "'celebrating its diamond jubilee. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Wel­ ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE HONORABLE JOHN University of the American Bishops has a fare, in pleading for the House orientation W. McCORMACK, SPEAKER OF THE U.S. HOUSE right to be proud of its contributions to the of the education bill from the floor of the OF REPRESENTATIVES church and the Nation during the past 75 years. One of the very first of the universi­ Senate last month, did not hesitate to prefer Mr. Toastmaster, right reverend, very rev­ the broader purposes of the House b1ll say­ erend monsignors, reverend fathers, reverend ties organized by the Catholic Church and the only one in the Nation of pontifical ing, "Higher education needs support in all sisters, my dear friends and distinguished fields. It simply cannot be argued that colleagues of the National House of Repre­ status. It has blazed a bright trail through the educational history of the United States. funds should be used to aid the teaching sentatives, the great American who has dedi­ of physics, but not the teaching of foreign cated his entire life, both in war and in Outstanding scholars have always found the university as a congenial home and the his­ languages, to aid the teaching of biology but . peace, to the best interests of our country, not the teaching of economics, to aid the General Gruenther; distinguished and in- tory of the church in America has been in­ fluenced greatly by the administrators, fac­ teaching of botany but not the teaching of . vited guests, ladies, and gentlemen, I am history" (RECORD, p. 19483). . very conscious of the honor that has been ulty, and alumni of this great institution. The clarion call of this university, as in­ Educators throughout the country have bestowed upon me by the Alumni Associa­ seen the need of expanded support for edu­ tion of the Catholic University of America deed of all Catholic education has been the insistence of the preparation of the well­ cation which would include as equal sisters in presenting the 1963 Cardinal Gibbons the fields of arts and the humanities. Sena~ Medal to me. It is true that a man in public rounded man. The university has firmly rejected the idea of education which focuses tor PROUTY of Vermont, in defending the life can become the recipient sometimes of House bill several weeks ago in the Senate, many honors, and equally true that these on the technician as a human machine rather than as a human person, even as it has also called the attention of that body to the fact must naturally fall into some gradation of that he had received messages from hun­ importance assigned by the individual him­ rejected the notion that the liberal arts today can prosper in a heavily technical dreds of college and university presidents self. May I assure the members of the on this issue, 96 percent of them being Catholic University Alumni Association that world by ignoring the great contemporary movements in science, much as an ostrich in favor of unrestricted aid that could be this present award, combining as it does the applied to the arts and humane studies distinction of being honored by the Na­ with its head firmly planted in the sand. The Catholic University has given evidence as well as to the strictly scientific. He went tional Pontifical University and the memory, on to warn: "Downgrade the arts and hu­ still fresh and still impressive, of so great of its forward thinking, and as well of its balanced judgment concerning the needs of manities and you downgrade America: If a Catholic churchman as James Cardinal we downgrade the arts and the humanities Gibbons was, brings me a feeling of great education today. Your university was one of the very first to obtain a nuclear reactor, American education will be flying on on~ humility and deep appreciation. wing." The Cardinal Gibbons Medal, as the presi­ one of the pioneers in establishing a depart­ ment of the space sciences, one of the most Monsignor McDonald, your own rector, dent of your association reminded you, made a plea of great importance at the should be awarded to a person who has made forward thinking of the engineering schools in the country. And, I know, the Catholic Catholic University's June commencement, a contribution to the church, the Nation, this year. He called for a national founda­ or the university. Any man in public life University stands ready even today to meet hopes to be able to make some contribution, the challenging opportunity of a world in tion based on the National Science Founda­ scientific transition. tion, which would provide aid to outstand­ however small it might be. It is never as ing you.ng men and women who choose the great as a man would want it to be. But On the other hand, the Catholic Univer­ sity has never lost sight of the humanistic arts . an~ humanities as their field of grad­ I am grateful to all of you for considering uate research; similar financial support as me for this award, and I am all the more and spiritual values that must go into the process of formation of the whole man. is today given to those who dedicate them­ closely touched by it because of the man selves to research in the sciences. I wel­ whose name it bears. Alongside this new technological growth, the university has kept pace in the field of arts come the thoughtful suggestion of the rec­ The honor that comes to me through this tor of the Catholic University of America. award is all the more valued since it bears and letters. Your splendid plans for a new university theater, the thriving bureau of It is a most constructive suggestion, worthy the name of one of the truly great Amer­ of every consideration. icans of our time. Less than a half century social research established a short time ago, ago we were living in the "age of James the continuing excellence of the departments The battle for the future will be, as has Gibbons," and the impress of his life of of humane studies which was crowned last been said before, a battle for men's minds. deep faith, of his remarkable personality and June by the award of more Woodrow Wilson To the nation with the greatest understand­ farseeing leadership has left many a monu­ fellowships to your students than to any ing of the truth--of the whole truth-of the ment. other university in the area; finally, the truth in science and the truth in culture This great university, a landmark of insistence on graduate studies where Catholic to this Nation belongs tomorrow. And to~ Catholic education throughout the Nation University makes its unequalled contribution day's struggle is to prepare the minds of our is to a considerable extent the legacy of hi~ to American higher education-all these are young men and women with a grasp of 21622 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - ·HOUSE November 12 knowledge and understanding which is bal­ myself, have been expressing concern lieved the broadcasting industry should have anced enough to meet the challenges of an over the trend of the executive branch of a new wire service to compete with the As­ evolving science without losing its roots in to sociated Press and the United Press Interna­ a culture that still appreciates the value of our F·ederal Government control and tional. The broadcasting industry had the human person. I oommend the Catholic manage the news. · voiced no demand for such a service. · In this connection, some of col­ University of America tor its never-flagging my MISUSE OF AUTHORITY dedication to this ideal. It captures my leagues might be interested in an article imagination, and I commend highly your I A:r;gus, It was strictly the idea. of Loevinger. The wrote on this subject for the a dangerous part of this concept is that the right reverend rector for advancing these weekly newspaper published in Seattle, regulatory agencies have a great deal of power constructive proposals. which under permission to do so I offer over individual members of the broadcast We are living in an important and try­ for printing following these brief re­ ing period of the world's history. AB you field.· Their licenses are totally dependent on and I are present this evening, history is marks: the whims of the FCC Commissioners. It being made. Despite the cooing voice of MANAGED NEWS does not take much deep thinking to realize peaceful coexistence, the forces of evil are In time of national stress, such as has that if the FCC decided to set up its own bent on world domination. existed for the past 30 years, there is a nat­ Wire service, and if it suggested to each li­ While we must be powerful militarily, we ural trend of Government toward authori­ cense applicant that it take the new service must also be strong spiritually; all persons tarianism. This is in addition to the in­ rather than AP or UPI, that the station would Mr. everywhere who believe in God and His law. herent huma.n tendency of individuals per­ sign up, lest it be cut off the air. Loev­ For deep faith is the affirmative strength sonally to gather power. AB a result, theTe inger said, "it is obvious that the power to that could well be the difference between exists in Washington, D.C., today, a constant grant, Withhold, and renew broadcasting li­ victory and defeat. and growing threait to the delicate balance censes enables the Commission to exert a One of the ·great events of history is tak­ between the coequal branches. In this con­ powerful infiuence, if not actually to require ing place now in Rome; instituted by Pope nection, a new threat of oligarchic control action. John and followed and emphasized in his is beginning to manifest itself. "However, it is surely better for all if the own right by Pope Paul; th.e Ecumenical When President Kennedy was caught fib­ Commission is not forced to take action to Council. bing in his "Medicine Square Garden" compel the broadcasters to fulfill their re­ This is not only a great event in the his­ speech, antimedicare forces and Republicans sponsibilities." This is flagrant misuse of tory of the Catholic Church, and more chortled with glee. This was the reference the authority of the regulatory agency as broadly, of religion, but it is one of the his­ to a Massachusett.s Congressman who could it was established by the Congress. toric events of mankind. For from it will not send his children away to school because A czar of the communications industry flow great beneficial results. of the burden of paying hospital b1lls for under the function of regulation could lead It is evident to everyone that the Ecumen­ aged parents; whereas, a subsequent check to a reign of thought control over all broad­ ical Council is affirmative and positive. The proved the only Representative in Congress casters. growth of the ecumenical spirit throughout filling the Kennedy description had his two For example, William Henry, new Chairman the world has already strongly evidenced it­ children in a posh primte sc:hool and the of the Commission, conducted a so-called self. The religious understanding and spirit parents' mEldical expenses were being cared hearing of the television industry in Omaha, is stronger today than it has been for gener­ for by private insurance. Nebr., last year. This inquisition was sup­ ations, and that understanding and ·spirit This revelation was exploited and was all posedly designed to measure accurately the will grow stronger in generations that lie in good clean political fun. The press and degree of service being given by Omaha tele­ ahead. Republicans enjoyed the incident thor­ vision stations. However, during the course While military power is necessary as a. oughly. of the hearings, which it is said were care­ deterrent to Communist aggression, the ecu­ FIRST STEP fully rigged. so that only critics of Omaha's menical spirit everywhere ls necessary for However, the question of distortion, eva­ TV stations were given full ·time to testify. a future world of peace. For in a sense, ~ion, and faUure to give the public the truth Henry said he was there not so much to learn military strength is negative: responding to was not viewed in an equally light vein when if the public was satisfied with the television the law of self-preservation; to deter, and Assistant Becreta.ry of Defense for Public In­ they were getting, but whether or not the in case of attack and war, to win and sur­ formation. Arthur Sylvester, said, in October stations were performing in accordance with vive. In the world of today it is absolutely of 1962, tha.t an administration had a right FCC standards. Such "public be damned" necessary. And our country has great mili­ to lie. In time, however, the public and the attitude of the FCC is typical of the brash tary strength and power. But it is the word press shrugged off this rema.rk and gave Mr. leadership in Government. of God in the minds of men and women that Sylvester the benefit of the doubt. It seems to me that Congress has a clear­ is our real strength, our affirmative strength, Now, however, many thoughtful persons cut duty here to delineate the role of Gov­ animating their thoughts and actions, and are beginning to wonder. The use by the ernment in the news field. It is apparent looking forward with faith and confidence Attorney General of the FBI in a 3 a.m. the regulatory agencies are not to be trusted to a world of peace. Gestapo-like raid on a news reporter's home, with this responsibility and are disseminat­ As we project our minds into the foresee­ to browbeat him out of details of a story, ing propaganda at an alarming rate. able future, the results that will flow from hasn't been forgotten-especially when it Another example of managed news, just the work of the Ecumenical Council, makes appears the news managers are prepared to off the press, is the first edition of a new lt one of the most notable events of world go a step further. quarterly banking journal called the Na­ history. The first step seems innocuous. It is the tional Banking Review, published by James As Cardinal Cushing recently and so well opening up of a Department of Agriculture Saxon, Comptroller of the Currency. Na­ said, "The present Ecumenical Council Will news service, in competition with a private tional banks will be assessed to pay for this accept the challenge of those who contend. service already in the field. Naturally, when publication, which they can buy for $1 a that we are on the threshold of an atheistic the taxpayers are paying the salaries of bu­ copy, or $4 a year. era." reaucrats who are supplying and disseminat­ Mr. Saxon said he recently hired a bunch It is in the spirit of James Cardinal Gib­ ing the news, private industry hasn't a. of new economists, so the new magazine is bons, who in America many years ago, chan.ce of competing. The wasteful practices an outlet for his new staff. President Ken­ preached and practiced the ecumenical of bureaucracy just don't work in the busi­ nedy says he wants the all-Government spirit, that I accept this year's award of the ness world. In spite of congressional objec­ hookup to promote maximum eftlciency and Cardinal Gibbons Medal. tions, the Department of Agriculture has minimum cost. gone stolidly ahead, set up this news service, ANOTHER MANIFESTATION and now is not only generating, but distrib­ Saxon said the publication is intended to · uting its version of what's happening in afford a medium of expression to those who agriculture. Managed News are ~oncerned with public policies in the Who can expect honest reporting from field of money and banking. Again, there bureaucrats whose desire for perpetuation are many private publications in this field EXTENSION OF REMARKS of their jobs and the function of their bu­ affording independent expression of view~ OF reau supersedes everything in their minds? on money and banking. What adverse developments will be over­ Another manifestation of the trend was HON. THOMAS M. PELLY looked? What juggled statistics, a favorite in the Federal Register of August 28 in a OF WASHINGTON bureaucratic weapon, will be foisted off on directive from President Kennedy which or­ a gullible press through the Agriculture De­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dered establishment of a "unified govern­ partment's twisted version of the news? mental communications system." It 1s to be Tuesday, November 12, 1963 Hardly had the New .Frontier taken over called the National Comm.unications System farm news--lock, stock, and barrel-but Lee and will be established by linking together, Mr. PELLY. Mr. Speaker, I have no.. Loevinger, a member of the Federal Com­ improving and extending on an evolutionary ticed by the CoNGRESSIONAL RECORD that munications Comnlission, said in a speech basis, the communications facilities and a number of Members of Congress, like at the University of Nebraska that he be- components of the various Federal agencies. 1963 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 21623 It ls to meet the "communications needs of you are for." Well, my friends, a year ago for keeping Red China. out of the United all Government agencies and to provide during the campaign you were kind enough Nations, and I'm for a balanced budget, and communications under all conditions." The to ask me to come and speak to you, and I for paying on the national debt. I'm for a. Government has 19,000 miles of leased wire did, and I appreciated that opportunity so tax cut if tied to rigid spending restrictions. services, which , now become a massive ex­ very much. And a year ago you will remem­ I'm for this guy from Prospect who always ecutive branch grid. An administration ber that I was upset, during that campaign, writes to the "Point of View" column in the directive can be dispatched everywhere in because I was worried about creeping social­ Courier-Journal and Times, going on down the United States, trotted to local papers by ism, but let me assure you that today I realize to Cuba for good if he thinks Castro is so faithful bureaucrats, and become a factual how much in error I was a year ago. It's great. I'm for the Monroe Doctrine. I'm part of the news before the regular press not creeping socialism I've found out, it's gal­ for this country giving assistance to the has had an opportunity to determine its loping socialism. Today I am upset, because Cuban freedom fighters, so they can free veracity, or fathom its motivation. of the rapid rate at which we are going down their homeland, and for the downfall of NATIONAL NEWS AGENCY this road-when a year ago, I thought we Castro before October 1964. I'm for a Presi­ were just creeping down it. Yes, a year ago dent who won't make a deal to take our Members of the press who have been play­ when I spoke to you, I was concerned that missiles out of Turkey and Hungary to get ing patsy with the administration at the my then 2-year-old son might not have a free the Communist missiles out of Cuba. And moment don't seem too concerned, but an America in which to raise his children, but I'm for a President who won't sell military independent and free press is absolutely es­ today I am concerned, not about that, but supplies by Executive order to Communist sential under our system. I'm concerned that I might not have a free Yugoslavia in direct violation of the law The camel's nose under the tent has been country in which to raise that same child. passed less than 1 year before--and have excused by the administration on most logical And what am I for? Well, I'm for a lot of the file classified to keep it a secret--as was grounds. Secretary of Agriculture Orville things. I'm for the Constitution, for capi­ revealed within the past month, and I make Freeman says that his Agriculture news serv­ talism, and for America. I'm for a foreign reference to section 109(a) of the Foreign ice promotes "free flow of news." This ls a policy directly opposed to coexistence with Assistance Appropriations Act for the fl.seal euphemism for "free flow of pro-Freeman history's most despotic, atheistic, mass en­ year 1963, which reads, "No assistance shall propaganda." This should be clear after his slavers. I'm for foreign aid that ls directly be furnished to a.ny nation whose govern­ attempt to influence the wheat referendum. toward 'helping the enslaved nations behind ment is based on communism for arms, am­ Pretexts for expanding Government in­ the Iron Curtain-when they rise in revolt. munition, implements of war or any articles, tervention in news dissemination have And after they win, I am for their own materials supplies, etc." Yes, I'm for a lot aroused strong objections from the American Nuremburg trials to convict and hang mur­ of things. I'm for the reinstitution of the Newspaper Publishers Association. It con­ ders like Khrushchev, Mao Tse-Tung and ban on subsidized cutrate delivery of tends that once the communications facili­ even Marshal Tito. I'm for Tito staying out Communist propaganda through the U.S. ties of Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, and of this country. I'm for J. Edgar Hoover who mail that was suspended by another other Government departments become uni­ can catch Communists as fast as the Su­ Executive order, if you please. I'm for out­ fied, it is but a short step to a national preme Court can turn them loose. I'm for lawing the sale of Communist-made mer­ news agency of the type that totalitarian the right to vote for all of our citizens re­ chandise in this country. I'm for Jack Ken­ nations employ. It ls to be hoped that a gardless of race, color or religion, and I'm for nedy paying the 57-cent-per-bushel sub­ vigilant press and the Congress will not the right to pray and read from the Holy sidy on wheat sold to Russia, rather than the allow an overly ambitious administration to Writ. Yes, I'm for the Griffin amendment of taxpayers being required to pay for it. I'm federalize the news. Otherwise, Government 1962 that didn't pass, that says that the for letting Cuba, Yugoslavia, and other Com­ by the people under our Constitution will number of employees in the Department of munist countries pay their own United Na­ quietly fade into the pages of history. Agriculture shall never exceed the number of tions debts, rather than the American tax­ farmers. I'm for· Bobby Kennedy and the payers being required to pay for it. I'm Supreme Court moving as fast in the Commu­ for government by laws properly enacted nist cases as they do in some others that and not government by man-made edicts. Speech Before the Hi-Twelve Club in they think will perhaps buy them a few I'm for the tripart system of government; Louisville, Ky. votes. I'm for nonconformists, as long as that is the division of powers between the they break no law. For the individual, for executive, legislative, and judicial, and each . human values as distinguished from social­ of these branches operating within their own EXTENSION OF REMARKS ism. I'm for spending whatever it takes to sphere, as was the intention of our Found­ OF protect this great country from attack, either ing Fathers when they made this Govern­ from within or without. I'm for an investi­ ment. Yes, I'm for an Attorney General HON. M. G. (GENE) SNYDER gation as to why we cater to our enemies and who has tried a lawsuit, and Supreme Court OF KENTUCKY insult our friends. I'm for everybody stand­ justices who have had judicial experience. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing up and being counted on the issues of I'm for tightening the laws to prevent the the day-doctors, lawyers, teachers, business­ sale and distribution of obscene literature, Tuesday, November 12, 1963 men, laborers-and even to face up to the photographs, movies, records, and TV pro­ great catastrophe that "it might hurt my grams. I'm for recognizing the fact that Mr. SNYDER. Mr. Speaker, quite business if I stand up and get counted." Moscow could destroy us, but Washington often some of us who support what we Yes, I'm for freeing the farmer from oppres­ is more likely to. believe are basic constitutional principles sive controls. And you know,- I'm for the I'm for every American reading the State are accused of being negative. In re­ Kennedy's, and the Roosevelts, and the Department's publication entitled, "Arms sponse to this accusation, I recently spoke "Soapy" Williams and the Adlai Stevensons­ Control a.nd Disarmament," which outlines to the Hi-Twelve Club in Louisville, Ky., and yes, the Nelson Rockefellers, and the their plan to do away with our military forces and would like for my colleagues who other superrich, built in guilt complex, do­ and to subject this country to an increased often pose the questions hereinafter men­ gooders sharing their own wealth with their United Nations army. I'm for replacing poli­ leftwing schemes, but not yours and mine ticians who vote as they are instructed by tioned to have my response. that we worked so hard for. some political machine with a mechanical The speech follows: I'm therefore for taxes as a means of rais­ device to accomplish the same purpose for CONGRESSMAN M. G. SNYDER'S SPEECH BEFORE ing revenue, but not to redistribute the economy's sake. And while I've gotten some THE HI-TWELVE CLUB, LOUISVILLE, KY. wealth as is now advocated by some of our comfort from the wheat referendum, I'm I appreciate very much the opportunity to political planners in Washington. I'm for for letting the farmer decide what the farm come to speak to you for a few minutes to­ section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley law to program will be only when we let the day. I appreciate it particularly, because of let the States choose whether or not they Reuthers brothers decide what the labor the fact that if the people of the Third Dis­ want right-to-work laws. I'm for the equal­ program will be, the oil companies decide trict of Kentucky had not voted as they did ity of man under the law, realizing that eco­ what the depletion allowance will be, and last November I suspect that I would not nomically equal men are not free and free magazine publishers decide the postage rate. have received the invitation, so that you can men in a free republic will not remain eco­ I'm for a notation on the Louisville Couri­ see that my appreciation ls perhaps just a nomically equal. I'm for our country hav­ er and Times editorials telling how they little bit selfish in this respect. ing the finest education system in the world, scored on a lie detector test for that day's Today I would like to talk to you a few bought, paid for and controlled locally. column, and for another newspaper in Louis­ minutes about some of the things that I am I'm for more expensive teachers and pro­ ville, knowing that like many of these for. You know some of my liberal friends fessors and less expensive school buildings. other things I'm for will be quite a while and colleagues quite often ask me such ques­ I'm for separation of church and state in coming. And there are many other things tions as, "What are you going to be against rather than the separation of God from that I am for. I could enlarge upon this today?" or, "Why are you so upset?" or such state. I'm for practically everything that list without too much difficulty, but I am questions as, "Are you against everything?" the socialistic liberals of the Americans for confident that to do this would spoil the and make such statements as, "You have Democratic Action are against, and against day for so many that feel that I am not never had it so good" or, "Tell me something practically everything they stand for. I'm for anything. Thank ybu.