November 12· EXTENSIONS of REMARKS HON. BRUCE ALGER
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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. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 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.