23888 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 26, 1976 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the Soviet Union's lllegal annexation of usual form; that there be a time limita­ objection, it is so ordered. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and tion on any other amendment, debatable Whereas, although neither the President Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President, nor the Department of State issued a specific motion, appeal, or point of order, if such I suggest the absence of a quorum. disclaime- in conjunction With the signing be submitted to the Senate, of 10 min­ The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk of the Final Act a.t Helsinki to make clear utes; and that the agreement be in the will call the roll. that the United States still does not recog­ usual form, with the exception of the The second assistant legislative clerk nize the forcible conquest of those nations amendment by Mr. BUCKLEY, for which proceeded to call the roll. by the Soviet Union, both the President in provisions already have been entered. Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President, his public statement of July 25, 1975, and The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without I ask unanimous consent that the order the Assistant Secretary of State for European objection, it is so ordered. Affairs in his testimony before the Subcom­ for the quorum call be rescinded. mittee on International Political and Mlli­ The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tary Affairs of the House Committee on In­ objection, is is so ordered. ternational Relations stated quite explicitly PROGRAM that the longstanding official policy of the United States on nonrecognition of the Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President, STATUS OF THE BALTIC NATIONS the Senate will come in at 9 o'clock to­ Soviet Union's forcible incorporation and morrow morning. Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President, annexation of the Baltic nations is not af­ fected by the results of the European Se­ After the two leaders or their designees I ask unanimous consent that the Senate curity Conference: Now, therefore, be it have been recognized under the stand­ proceed to the consideration of Calendar Resolved, That, notWithstanding any in­ ing order, Mr. JAVITS will be recognized Order No. 961, Senate Resolution 319. terpretation which the Soviet Union or any for not to exceed 15 minutes, after which The PRESIDING OFFICER. The res­ other country may attem~t to give to the there will be a period for the transaction olution will be stated by title. Final Act of the Conference on Security and of routine morning business of not to The assistant legislative clerk read as Cooperation in Europe, signed in Helsinki, exceed 20 minutes, with statements follows: it is the sense of the Senate (1) that there has been no change in the longstanding pol­ therein limited to 3 minutes each, at the A resolution (S. Res. 319) expressing the conclusion of which the Senate will re­ sense of the Senate that the signing in Hel­ icy of the United States on nonrecognition sinki of the final a.ct of the Conference on of the illegal seizure and annexation by the sume consideration of the Clean Air Act. Security a.nd Cooperation 1n Europe did not Soviet Union of the three Baltic nations of Rollcall votes will occur on amendments change 1n a.ny way the longstanding policy Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and (2) that and motions in relation to that act. of the United States on non-recognition of it wi1l continue to be the policy of the United No later than 2 p.m. tomorrow, the the Soviet Union, illegal seizure and an­ States not to recognize 1n any way the an­ Senate will resume consideration of the nexation of the three Baltic nations of Es­ nexation of the Baltic nations by the Soviet tax reform bill, with amendments in tonia., Latvia., a.nd Lithuania.. Union. order and votes occurring on amend­ The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ques­ ments and motions in relation thereto. tion is on agreeing to the resolution. TIME-LIMITATION AGREEMENT­ The resolution

EXTENS:IONS OF REMARKS MR. DESCHLER: KEEPER OF THE rules were the framework in which the precedents and the rules of procedures RULES legislative business of the Nation was and he used that knowledge judiciously. conducted. A lesser man, perhaps, would have been The importance he attached to the tempted to abuse the power inherent in HON. B. F. SISK rules is, perhaps, best expressed in his that knowledge but Lew Deschler was a OF CALIFORNIA own words from Deschler's Procedure: man whose character equaled his own IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES On the theory that a government of laws great size. Monday, July 19, 1976 is preferable to a government of men, the Lew Deschler has been called the House has repeatedly recognized the impor­ Mr. SISK. Mr. Speaker, when I came tance of folloWing its precedents.... If the House's greatest Parliamentarian. That to the House 22 years ago, Lew Deschler will of the majority is to be determined in an is a rather lofty accolade but one which was already something of a legend, hav­ orderly and democratic way, questions must was well earned, for Lew Deschler was ing served as Parliamentarian for 26 be resolved by established p~ocedures, with not simply a masterful technician. He all Members knowing what to expect in that was the keeper of the rules of the House years. regard. As a newly elected freshman, I doubt of Representatives, and as such he ap­ that I accorded the Parliamentarian any Not only did Lew Deschler believe in plied every ounce of his energy to pro­ significant place in the scheme of things. established and orderly procedure, he tecting an institutional framework I was disabused of that notion in rather staunchly adhered to a policy of fair and wherein democratic principles could sur­ short order. It was not simply that Lew impartial interpretation of that pro­ vive and :flourish. For 46 years, he la­ Deschler knew the rule book. He was the cedure. He was accessible to all who bored in a very special vineyard and met keeper of the rules of the House of Rep­ asked his advice, working equally hard with ample success. His life was an ex­ resentatives and the interpreter of its for Democrats and Republicans alike. ample by which we all could profit. precedents. . Regardless of whether his advice Those of us who had the privilege of And to Lew Doochler, the rules and the agreed with a Member's individual ob­ knowing Lew Deschler will miss him. My precedents which amplified them were jectives, he was a man you always re­ wife Reta and I extend our deepest sym­ not simply a set of regulations. They spected. He had a terrific mind and was pathy and regard to Mrs. Deschler and were the embodiment of the institu­ aptly referred to by Speaker Sam Ray­ her family. I know that as tune goes on tion-past and present-and supplying a burn as "the big brain man." He had a they will be comforted by the memory of foundation for all future actions. The complete and total command of the this very respected and beloved man. July 26, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23889 H. R. GROSS BffiTHDAY PARTY But there was a white carnation for H. R. and the girls from the 4-H Club brought and yellow carnations for Hazel and a guest more cake and homemade ice cream for the book signed by everyone who came to the social. Everyone lined up again. party. They sang Happy Birthday under the trees HON. ROBERT H. MICHEL Kyle Jones, a friend from Grinnell, told the planted yeares before by H. R.'s mother in the OF Il.LINOIS gathering that his wife had spent a night in little park in Arispe. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H. R.'s pajamas. "Actually," he said, "Hazel and R. H. took us in during a terrible snow­ Monday, July 26, 1976 storm. We didn't even have toothbrushes Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, our great with us on that trip and Hazel was kind friend and former colleague H. R. Gross enough to make us comfortable." EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS FOR Then H. R.'s brother, Lester, stole the show VETERANS celebrated bis 77th birthday on June 30, with some sibling anecdotes. ..H. R. was 18 and I have recently become aware of a months older than me and was the self­ gala birthd,;:ty party which was held in appointed leader and promoter. When we his honor. rode the horse, he got the saddle and I rode HON. ANDREW MAGUIRE Now I use the word ''gala" with some behind. OF NEW JERSEY reservations, because the party was in "One day, we were riding by a place With IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fact, and in the great Gross tradition, two windmills, one near the road and an­ put on with an eye toward frugality. other down in a gulley. I asked him, 'How Monday, July 26, 1976 A delightful account of the party was come, H. R., there's only one windmill Mr. MAGUIRE. Mr. Speaker, I wish to written by Dix Hollobaugh for the Des working?" urge prompt consideration of H.R. 14143, Moines Sunday Register, and knowing "'Dummy,' he told me. 'Don't you know a bill to extend the delimiting date for how fondly H. R. is remembered here in there's only enough wind to run one wind­ veterans who wish to pursue their educa­ Inlll at a time?' " tion. this Chamber, I wanted to bring it to Lester also remembered when Arispe had the attention of my colleagues by having five passenger and mall trains each day. This bill asks for no great allocation of it printed here in th RECORD. When it had two grocery stores, two barber money--only the chance for a man with THRIFTY PARTY FOR FRUGAL H. R. GROSS shops, a meat market, a cafe, hotel, black­ a family or a disability that prevents him (By Dix Hollobaugh) smith shop, weekly newspaper, lumberyard, from attending school full time to finish creamery watch repair and jeweler, and a. what he has dlready started. ARISPE, Ia.-Iowa's favorite tightwad, H. R. bootlegger. Gross, came home to celebrate his 77 years, By previous legislation, a veteran with and it was a lovely day for a birthday party. Fred Fisher, who attended with his wife a discharge rating of other than dishon­ Gross was born here on June 30, 1899. To Vera, said' he came from Decatur Clty where orable is eligible for educational assist­ celebrate the occasion and as part of the they had three bootleggers. "We had a. fam­ ily named Graves. There were the Cofflns. ance for up to 17'2 times the number of Arispe-Sand Creek Township Bicentennial, and Kings and Lords, and Browns, Blacks, . months served in active duty. If a man the birthday tribute was in keeping With the former Congressman's reputation for thrift. Blues, Greens and Whites." served 18 months or more, he is eligible The fireworks were canceled because the Grace Linthicum of Des Moines told Fisher for a full 36-month benefit. insurance coverage would have cost more that she went to school with Chickens and This period of eligibility, however, may than the display. (Sixty-nine dollars for fire­ Parrots. not exceed a length of 10 years from the works, said Keith Nichols, 19, chairman of All the names tumbled out during the last date of final connection with the the Arispe Bicentennial Committee, and $75 visiting. Names of schoolmates who were too poorly to attend. Those who had broken a. hip Armed Forces. At such time all benefits for the insurance) . cease, even where an educational pro­ Also in keeping with H. R.'s wishes (no­ or moved a.way or passed on. body calls him Harold Royce) the speeches H. R. left Arispe in 1916, Lester said, to gram has been initiated by a veteran and were short so there would be more time for serve in the Mexican Border War. Then H.R. some of his benefits remaining unused. visiting. went overseas to serve in World War I. What this bill asks for is the amending In all other respects Arispe (Pop. 98) did Many who walked up to greet him were of this provision to enable veterans to what it pleased. And did it well. There was closing a gap of 60 years. Some said, "Which finish their education by extending the an abundance of good food and good one is H.R.?" One patted H.R.'s belt buckle period during which they can use the cheer-the verbal kind because this is a and said, "You're heavier than your pictures l;>enefits for which they are still eligible. Methodist community. show. You've put on some weight since you The ladies outdid themselves in the kitch­ left Congress.'' We propose to e~tend the delimiting ens. There were kettles of chicken and And so it went. Memories of overturned date 1 year for those veterans who show noodles, platters of meat balls, fried chicken, outhomes on Halloween, long gone school­ serious commitment to furthering their stuffed peppers, ham, chow mein, goulash, masters, cornhusking by hand, and a city education by having attended school macaroni and cheese, rellsh trays, scalloped slicker who came to town and almost got his within their 10th year of eligibility. foot shot off in the hotel lobby. potatoes, potato salad and at least 10 other In no case, however, shall a veteran re­ kinds. Where else would you find a crock of H. R. said, "We haven't decided where to sauerkraut and a bowl of creamed beets and, move, my Hazel and I. She's endured me for ceive more than 9 months of educational hand picked that day, black raspberry pie? 47 years and that says something.'' Their assistance during this extended delimita­ There were 16 desserts. 47th wedding anniversary was the day before. tion period. All that food waited on tables under the He said he wasn't going to talk politics. This is an issue of vital importance shelter house while Merle Wilson spoke. "But I would remind you," heard the well-fed upon which the well-being of those who "We've been real proud that H. R. came pot-luckers settled in their aluminum fold­ served our country with honor and dig- - from this community," he said. Then he in­ ing chairs, "that this country is in bad eco­ nity depend. The man who has oom­ nomic and finan

SWEDEN DENIES REFUSING HELP TO MUTINEERS WHY A VICE PRESIDENT? I address you today for this Association (By Jerome Grossman) which represents over 300 member firms who The Swedish Defence Minister, Mr. Holmq­ directly employ between 3,000 and 4,000 peo­ vist, denied in Stockholm at the weekend Why do we need a Vice ·President, anyway? ple. In addition, I a.m confident that I prop­ reports that Sweden had refused to grant At the founding Constitutional Convention, erly reflect the views of the total fur industry. asylum to Russian naval mutineers la.st No­ many had grave reservations about establish­ Most of the fur manufacturers in the vember. He said: "This is completely wrong. ing the office. Alexander Hamilton reflected United States are located in New York City. The story is pure fabrication. the controversy in the Federalist Papers It can, I believe, be called the hub of this "There were no contacts between Swedish Number 69 where he wrote, "The appoint­ industry, although there are manufacturers authorities or armed forces and the Russian ment of an extraordinary person, as Vice in other cities throughout the country. vessel. The Defence staff have given a com­ 'President, has been objected to as super­ We manufacture garments from both wild plete report on the incident. fluous, if not mischievous." Superfluous in and ranch raised species. We do not use the "What happened happened outside Sweden that there is no significant function; mis­ furs of any endangered species. I should like and the only thing observed was a vessel ap­ chievous in that it might create a competing to stress that the fur industry is greatly con­ proaching Sweden, but we took no steps, no power center. cerned with total conservation and the ext ra alert, nothing." Spiro Agn ew is not the most dangerous health of all of our natural resources. Based upon the above items, and con­ model for a Vice President. Reflect upon We deal with a renewable resource--the Aaron Burr, the adventurer. wildlife of this country-and the world, for versations with various authorities, it is When the Constitution was adopted in that matter. now certain that the Soviet ship did not 1783, news of the death of a President took If the wildlife of this country is destroyed, put into harbor at Gotland Island. Based weeks, organizing spe.cial elections required we would not have products with which to upon what Soviet sailors were saying many months. continue our industry. So, quite candidly, it about the incident, it is not clear whether Today, with our sophisticated electronic is in our own self-interest to be concerned or not the ship ever did actually ask for and print media techniques, a special elec­ with the animals which make up our basic asylum with the Swedish authorities or tion for the Presidency could be held easily materials; and which contribute in a positive within 30 days after the death in office of way to the economy of this nation. not, or whether it technically ever en­ the President. The newspapers and television For a number of years, our industry has tered Swedish waters or not. To the best would make the candidates household words been under attack by admittedly well­ of my knowledge Sweden has never pub­ within two weeks. The parties could nomi­ meaning but, unfortunately, only partlally­ lished the report of her intelligence au­ nate their candidates by special conventions in,formed people, concerned with the killing thorities and probably never will. What is of the national committtees within two of wild animals. They would stop the killing important to note, however, is the fact weeks after the death of the incumbent. of all animals. Scientists tell us that unless the Western or free World press gave this While political considerations would hardly the wild animal crop is rationally harvested, matter so little attention. If this had be absent, the focus would clearly be upon the animals would become subject to dis­ the executive and personal qualities of the ease through over-population and the en­ been an American ship, the world would candidates. croachment of man on the animals' habitats. have carried headlines. One needs only Instead of one man, the presidential nomi­ This is precisely what we do not wish to recall the acts of disobedience that oc­ nee, making the decision, the selection proc­ happen. We believe in scientific management curred on some American ships that re­ ess would be broadened to include hundreds of wildlife, and protection of those species ceived extensive publicity. in phe nominating process, millions in the which are endangered. election. This process should result in a more We realize, of course, that this Committee qualified person, not one selected because he is concerned with the tota? aspects of con­ could carry two or three states for the presi­ servation, and not just the problems of our WHY A VICE PRESIDENT dential nominee. industry. In the 30 day period between the death of Nevertheless, our industry does contribute HON. ROBERT F. DRINAN the President and the election of his succes­ to the health of our eqonomy and provides sor, the Speaker of the House of Repre­ employmenrt for over 200,000 people, directly OF MASSACHUSETTS sentatives could serve as Acting President. and indirectly. It is currently one of the few IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Perhaps he could be forbidden to run for industries in New York which not only has Monday, July 26, 1976 President in the special election. In any case, full employment, but which has recently put the Speaker has a broader popular mandate into effect an apprenticeship program that Mr. DRINAN. Mr. Speaker, everyone for temporary executive office than a Vice will provide training and work opportunities in America has recently been troubled President selected by one man. for many who are presently unemployed. once again with respect to the way in The US Constitution was aesigned for Economically, our industry is healthy and which the two major political parties amendment. Only decadent societies cling viable. desperately to methods which practice has For example, since 1972 this industry ha.s select their Vice Presidents. proved to be faulty and which defy common increased in sales from approximately $250 In view of the fact that almost every sense. Eliminate the Vice Presidency. End the million annually to over $650 milllon in 1975. third Vice President in. American history selection of the next President by one man. (This includes both retail sales and sales has succeeded to the Presidency because Modernize the political process. of furs a.broad.) of the death of the President, h is im­ We urge this Committee to consider the perative that the Congress and the coun­ beneficial effects of this industry on both try develop a way by which the people of ISSUE OF CONSERVATION OF ·oUR the wildlife of our country and its economy FUR RESOURCES and employment opportunities. Americ~ could participate in the selec­ It is our belief that the Republican Plat­ tion of every person who might ulti­ form for this year should contain a plank mately become their President. HON. DON YOUNG that supports our industry and its position, Mr. Jerome Grossman, a distin­ OF ALASKA and thus maintain the health and produc­ tivity of wildlife through scientific harvest­ guished political analyst and activist, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES published an insightful article on this ing of one of America's few renewable re­ subject in the July 20, 1976, issue of the Monday, July 26, 1976 sources. Thank you very much I Boston Globe. Mr. Grossman recom­ Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, mends that the office of the Vice Presi­ on June 22, I participated in the U.S. Fur dency be abolished and that in the Industry panel before the Republican TORBER;r H. MACDONALD event of the death or disability of the Platform Committee at the Statler Hil­ President a general election be held with­ ton Hotel, on the issue of conservation of in 30 days.. The candidates in that elee­ our fur resources. I entered the state­ HON. OLIN E. TEAGUE tion would be persons nominated by the ments of the participants in the RECORD, OF TEXAS Democratic and Republic National Com­ however, the remarks of one panelist was IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mittees-or by some other appropriate not printed. Monday, July 26, 1976 means. Provision would of course be I insert for the RECORD the statement made for otha.r parties. During the 30 of Gary Kugler, executive vice president Mr. TEAGUE. Mr. Speaker, a short days when the Presidency is vacant, the of Associated Fur Manufacturers, Inc., while ago, this body lost one of the most Speaker of the House or another person New York City, N.Y.: able Members of Congress, the Honor­ designated by the Constitution would be REMARKS OF GARY KUGLER able Torbert H. Macdonald. He was my the Acting President. My name is Gary Kugler. I a.m executive friend, and we shared many laughs and I attach herewith the challenging ar­ vice president of the Associated Fur Manu­ sorrows together. I was privileged to be ticle of Mr. Grossman: facturers, Inc. a member of the group representing the July 26, 1916 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23895 Congress paying tribute to Torby, and l inseparable. They shared everything. The 1974-317-and down 23 percent from think that one of the finest eulogies ever good times were easy, but they a.lso took 334 crews active in July 1974-the recent their lumps together when things didn't high point in U.S. seismic activity. spoken which paid tribute to a man was work out as well. that which was delivered by Senator TED When the dean of students caught Jack KENNEDY. I am including the Senator's red-handed in the midst of mischief, he remarks in this statement. didn't know that Torby was around the cor­ .VICTIM RIGHTS WEEK REMARKS OF SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY ner out of sight, directing the operation. But It is not an easy thing to say good.by to a when Jack was called on the carpet the next great and decent human being like Torbert day in the dean's omce, Torby was standing HON. JOSHUA EILBERG there beside him. Standing together, they Macdonald. When a light like that goes out, OF PENNSYLVANIA a star disappears from the sky. The nights thought, no one could pull the carpet out are a little darker for so many of us who from under them. They were right, and they IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES were guided by his light and warmed by his stood that way for over 25 years. Monday, July 26, 1976 friendship. No person's work is ever finished. But the Remembering Torby, I think of both the tragedy of Torby's death is compounded by Mr. EILBERG. Mr. Speaker, during public and the private man. I think of his our knowledge that his life was cut short at the week of October 4, the Philadelphia three great public qualities of honesty, in­ its prime. We who live shall carry on his District Attorney's O:tfice will sponsor tegrity and service. And I think of his equal­ work. We shall rededicate ourselves to his Victims Rights Week. ly great private qualities of friendship, hu­ ideals, and to the ideals of the other fine A schedule of events has been planned mor and unselfishness. friends and leaders we have lost. We shall make his commitment our commitment, his to highlight the importance that victims To thousands in Malden and many other and witnesses play within the criminal towns and cities he served in this district, work our work, his dream our dream. Torby was an outstanding congressman for Near the end of pilgrim's progress, there is justice system and the frustrations, prob­ our commonwealth, one of the best New a passage that tells of the death of valiant: lems, et cetera, that these people face. England ever had, as well as any I have "Then, he said, I am going to my father's; Among the other activities that will known. He performed the two essential roles and though with great difflculty I am got take place are: of a Member of the Congress-service to his hither, yet now I do not regret me of all the First. Present prizes to the winners of district and leadership for the nation. trouble I have been at to arrive where I am. an essay and poster contest which will be He leaves enduring monuments in the Sev­ My sword I give to him that shall succeed me held within the Philadelphia high enth District. They are written clearly in the in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it. My marks and scars I schools and elementary schools respec­ tangible things he accomplished for so many tively. people during his 22 years of service here. But carry with me, to be a witness for me, that I even more important, he lives on in the have fought his battle who now will be my Second. Disseminate information about hearts and gratitude of those for whom he rewarder. victims and witnesses. did so much. "When the day that he must go hence was Third. Display posters and an expose He also blazed a brilliant trail in the stat­ come, many accompanied him to the river on victims and witnesses in the lobby of ute books of the United States. The major side, into which as he went he said, "Death, the Municipal Services Building during laws he fashioned are well known for both where is thy string?' And as he went down the week. their wisdom and their craftsmanship. deeper, he said, 'grave, where is thy victory?' Fourth. Hold a press conference in the The history of these recent years in Con­ So he passed over, and all the trumpets gress will record Torby's skillful leadership sounded for him on the other side." new Reception Center for victims and in critical areas like energy, transportation, witnesses located in room 578 City Hall. election reform, and national communica­ Fifth. Send various speakers to high tions policy, especially public broadcasting schools where proper topics· will be ex­ and the role of the media in our free society. PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CON­ plored with the student bodies. His untimely death is a tragedy for us TINUES DECLINE This will be Philadelphia's second who knew him well. But it is a.lso a tragedy Victims Rights Week. for the country. He still had so many things Last year many business and com­ to do, so many plans to carry out, so many HON. BILL ARCHER goals that only he could reach. His skills munity leaders came forward and were a fine blend of leadership, intelligence, OF TEXAS evidenced an interest in sensitizing the and hard work. Above all, his skills reflected IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES community to the plight of victims and the priceless qualities of courage and judg­ Monday, July 26, 1976 witnesses. ment that guided all his actions. The silver Several local department stores volun­ star he earned for bravery in battle in World Mr. ARCHER. Mr. Speaker, just as teered to donate furniture to .the, then, War II was won many times again in the Nero supposedly fiddled while Rome planned Reception Center in City Hall. battles he so often fought in public life for burned, the majority in this Congress The Victim Witness Unit was able to what was right. continues to fiddle around and ignore But for all of us here this morning, it is contact 1,430,000 people within the com­ the private man and friend whose loss we the fact that this Nation is burning up munity, 378 letters were sent to various feel the most. There is a special tragedy in more fuel than can be replaced through organizations, there were 5 TV shows the passing of one for whom laughter was present exploration levels-largely be­ and 5 radio shows regarding the week. second nature, who could so quickly draw cause of regulatory restraints which this In addition, several news articles on sub­ a smile from others, whose friendly and wel­ Congress has the i:>ower t.o remove. jects related to victims and witnesses ap­ come sense of humor was always at the sur­ Seismic exploration is generally re­ peared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, face. garded as being the leading indicator of Evening Bulletin, and Daily News. My own recollections of Torby go back all petroleum exploration activity--and over thirty-five years, to those weekends at The Philadelphia Victim Witness Unit our Cape Cod home when my father was despite a seasonal upturn during the past is a special project of the National Dis­ Ambassador to England. Growing up as the 2 months-indications are that overall trict Attorney's Association which is youngest in our family, I have many vivid petroleum exploration continues to de­ funded by the Law Enforcement Assist­ memories of those years. Cabinet omcers cline at a time when it must continually ant Administration. The unit was formed would come and go, and many other distin­ expand in order to meet present and under the auspices of Philadelphia Dis­ guished visitors would call. But for a seven future demands. trict Attorney, F. Emmett Fitzpatrick. year old, few visits could match the times The following passage from a report that my brother brought his roommate, who Mr. Fitzpatrick was very aware of the was Harvard's football captain and baseball sent to me by the International Associa­ lack of interest and, oftentimes, mishan­ star, home to spend the night. tion of Geophysical Contract.ors tells the dling of victims and witnesses inherent In a sense, Torby became a member of our story: withih the criminal justice system. As a family. His college friendship with Jack grew Even with the increases of the past result of his extensive support for and even closer over the years. Torby was there 2 months, marine seismic activity in to the Victim Witness Unit, Philadelphia in Ja~k's first race for Congress in 1946. In June--29 vessels operating-is down 25 received funds through the National Dis­ each following campaign, throughout the .percent from the total in both June 1975 trict Attorney's Association to create the Senate and the White House years, he was and June 1974. always there--laughing, advising, working, unit in October of 1974. By December, a helping in so many ways. And he shared our Further, this month's crew total of staff was hired and the program began. grief thirteen years ago, as we share his 258 is 11 percent lower than the figure The goal of the Philadelphia Unit was family's grief today. reported for the same month 1 year to conduct research to define the prob­ As college roommates, he and Jack were ago--289-down 19 percent from June lems of victims and witnesses. However, 23896 EXTENSIONS OF ~MARKS July 26, 1976 at Mr. Fitzpatrick's urging and with the "Rape"-pamphlet that aids victims of Honorable Bennett P. Peterson, County assistance of two detectives assigned to rape. Attorney, Davis County, Unit Chief, Larry the unit, both research and service were Eighth. Counseling for rape victims: Landward, Davis County Courthouse, Farm­ provided to the community almost from The victim witness unit calls every rape ington, Utah. the beginning. victim and sends each victim a letter ex­ ' Honorable Dale Tooley, District Attorney, SOO Denver, Unit Chief, Norman Early, Second A survey was made of more than plaining the court system, telephone Judicial District, West Side Court Building, victims and witnesses and emphasis was alert, and any questions which may arise. Denver, Colo. placed on those areas where the witness Ninth. Telephone alert system: The Honor8ible Harry Connick, District Attor­ came into contact with the criminal jus­ purpose of this system is to decrease the ney, New Orleans, Unit Chief, Herbert Jones, tice system. number of unproductive court appear­ 2700 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, La. Philadelphia Assistant District Attor­ Honorable D. Lowell Jensen, District At­ ances caused by the prosecution wit­ torney, Alameda County, Unit Chief, Howard neys were surveyed. To this data was nesses' failure to appear in court. This added perceptions of the West Chester Janssen, Alameda County Courthouse, Dak­ goal is presently being achieved by land, Calif. Pennsylvania Assistant District Attor­ placing as many Commonwealth wit­ Honorable John J. O'Hara, Common­ neys. This data was used to evaluate the nesses as possible on 1-hour telephone wealth's Attorney, Covington, Unit Chief, witness questionnaire and all subsequent standby. The telephone alert system is Robert Thomas Core, 404 City-County Build­ projects. a product of a Federal grant from the ing, Covington, Ky. A questionnaire was administered to LEAA through the court exemplary Honorable Eugene Gold, District Attorney, police officers in three police districts. program. Kings County, Unit Chief, Michael Belson, This surveyed the perceptions of ~ ·olice Kings County, Municipal Building, Brooklyn. o:tlicers with regard to victims and wit­ Tenth. Informing families of homicide N.Y. nesses. victims: Families of homicide victims are Honorable David H. Bludworth, State At­ each sent a letter explaining the fact torney, West Palm Beach, Unit Chief, Ronald A survey of the most uncooperative of that they ca:n call a certain number Slant, Office of the State Attorney, Palm all witnesses-those who fail to apppear within our office to obtain information Beach County Courthouse, West Palm Beach, was conducted. about their court case. They are also in­ Fla. People who entered the criminal jus­ Honorable Philip S. Sha.lier, State Attor­ tice system via a private criminal com­ formed that they may call the same num­ ney, Fort Lauderdale, Unit Chief, Kathryn plaint were surveyed. ber for any other questions they may Griffih, Brow'ard County Courthouse, 201 There was also a survey of the judi­ have pertaining to the same. Southeast Sixth Street, Suite 427, Fort Lau­ ciary regarding the problems of victims Eleventh. Counseling for nervous wit­ derdale, Fla. nesses and victims: This unit calls ner­ Honor8ible Harl Haas, District Attorney, and witnesses. Portland, Unit Chief, James M. Gleason, In addtiion, there is an ongoing project vous witnesses and victims and explains the court process them on an ad hoc Multnomah County Courthouse, 1021 South­ designed to secure the assistance of the to west 4th, Portland, Oreg. media to disseminate information about basis. Honorable Lee Falke, Prosecuting Attor­ this o:tlice. Furthermore, attempts are Twelfth. Miscellaneous legal informa­ ney, Montgomery County, Unit Chief, Pa­ being made to reach the public directly tion: Victims and witnesses who call our tricia. Hussey, Montgomery County Prosecu­ through speaking engagements with unit with legal problems and/ or ques­ tor's Office, 41 North Perry Street, Room 315, various citizen groups. tions, are assisted by this unit. If the Dayton, Ohio. Almost all of the services provided by questions cannot be answered by the Honoraible Jon K. Holcombe, District At­ paralegals within the unit, the question torney, Onondaga. County, Unit Chief, Kath­ the unit are in direct response to findings ryn Keeler, Onondaga County Civic Center, of the various surveys: is referred to other places, whenever pos­ Syracuse, N.Y. First. Transportation: Transportation sible. of elderly and infirmed is provided. Thirteenth. Police training: Negotia­ Second. Referral system: A social serv­ tions have begun to improve the District ice referral system has been set up. Attorney's input into the training of EMPLOYMENT, WAGES, AND INFLA­ Third. Employer intervention: A num­ police. TION: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ber of people complain of losing pay from Fourteenth. Disposition letters: Letters HAWKINS-HUMPHREY FULL EM­ work and several have lost their jobs. are sent to each witness in each case ex­ PLOYMENT BILL This office has interceded for these peo­ plaining the final outcome of their case. ple and a program to encourage employ­ Fifteenth. Reception center: According ers to permit their employees to appear to present estimates, the Victim Witness HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. in court with no loss of pay has been Reception Center located in room 578 OF MICHIGAN started. City Hall will be opened in September IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fourth. Witness fee problems: This 1976. There will be a day care facility Monday, July 26, 1976 office helps individuals receive witness within the center. A detective and para­ legal will always be present. Victims and Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, the dis­ fees, is working to streamline the pay­ tinguished labor economist, Prof. Ray ment process, and has lobbied to exe:npt witnesses will be able to wait in com­ fort-TV and coffee-while awaiting Marshall of the University of Texas, re­ witnesses fl'om paying wage taxes on cently wrote a very incisive analysis of their fees. their case. Fifth. Property return: Complaints Sixteenth. Free parking for witnesses: the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employ­ Attempts are being made to secure free ment Act. Based on long years of study from several interviews with witnesses parking near City Hall for victims and of structural unemployment, Dr. Mar­ caused the unit to investigate the sys­ shall considers H.R. 50 the most ef!ective tem for returning property to witnesses. witnesses. The addresses of the 15 Victim Wit­ mechanism available to achieve full em­ A thorough analysis of the situation is ness Units located throughout the coun­ ployment without sacrificing price sta­ planned for this second year of the unit. try are: bility. I commend this analysis to the Sixth. Day care facilities: Several in­ attention of my colleagues: terviewees indicated that they required, Honorable F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, District Attorney, Philadelphia County, Unit Chief, EMPLOYMENT, WAGES, AND INFLATION a babysitter to come to court. As a result, John Patrick Devlin, 2400 Centre Square plans are being made to incorporate a (By Ray Marshall) West, Philadelphia, Pa. Because of the importance of the Hum­ children's play area in ~e planned re­ Mr. Robert McKenna., Executive Director, phrey-Hawkins Full Employment and Bal­ ception center. National District Attorney's Association, anced Growth Bill, Charles Schultze's views Seventh. Publication of informative Commission on Victim Witness Assistance, (Washington Post, June 7, 1976) should be pamphlets for victims and witnesses: To 1900 L Street, N.W., Suite 607, Washington, carefully considered and widely debated. Mr. date, the following pamphlets have been D.C. 20036. Schultze is a very thoughtful and competent Honorable Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, economist who has ma.de important contri­ published: Chica.go, Unit Chief, Patrick Delfino, 500 Cht­ "25 Suggestions to a Witness"; butions to national economic policy. How­ cago Civic Center, Chicago, Ill. ever, his views and various media interpre­ "You Are Going To Be a Witness"­ Honorable earl A. Vergari, District Attor­ tations of them lead to some misinterpreta­ there is a Spanish pamphlet also; ney, Westchester County, Unit Chief, Michael tions of the intent and probable impact of "You Can Be a Crime Fighter'; Edelman, 111 Grove Street, Westchester this legislation. "Miranda Cards"; and County Courthouse, White Plains, N.Y. My main objection to much of the crlti- July 26, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REM.ARKS 23897 cism of Humphrey-Hawkins are that many era.I economic policies in order to achieve ment of prevailing wages on public employ­ critics: ( 1) select certain presumed features reasonable price stabllity and full employ­ ment programs would be inflationary because of the blll and attack "straw men" based on ment. Critics recognize the importance of public programs would bid unskllled and those features; (2) give too much weight to these selective policies, but tend to minimize semi-skllled workers away from private em­ general programs to pump up the entire their importance for two reasons: ( 1) They ployers, causing the wages of the latter to be economy as a way to address specific localized think tight labor markets alone will dissolve raised to the level of the former. This out­ probl~ms; (3) underestimate the_importance most structural problems and, (2) The man­ come is neither predetermined nor very likely of selective programs in solving those specific power or specific labor market programs of for the following reasons: problems; (4) give lip service to the problem the 1960s are presumed to have been ineffec­ ( 1) Raising the wages of marginal work­ of unemployment, but minimize its impor­ tive. ers is not a necessary outcome of the Hum­ tance because of an exaggeration of the Although it is fashionable to criticize the phrey-Hawkins Bill, but even if it were, there causal connections between unemployment manpower programs of the 1960s, the over­ is no assurance that the results would be and inflation; (5) fall to consider the infla­ whelming weight of evidence supports the either undesirable or inflationary. Profit­ tionary consequences of unemployment it­ conclusion that these programs made signifi­ maximizing employers have little incentive self; and, most important, fail to present any cant improvements in labor markets and to improve the quality of jobs so long as effective alternatives to the programs e.nd were, on balance, cost effective for the gov­ there is a surplus of labor forced to work for objectives outlined in Humphrey-Hawkins ernment and the participants. Tight labor low wages. The costs of these inefficient sys­ other than an implicit acceptance of high markets during World War II and in the tems are shifted to workers in the form of levels of unemployment. South during the 1950s did not by themselves unempl9yment, underemployment and low Critics seem to assume that the Hum­ erode discrimination against women and wages. Measures to reduce some of these labor phrey-Hawkins Bill contains a specific pro­ minorities-selective programs, including surpluses can cause employers to do more gram for achieving full employment. As I antidiscrimination laws also were required. to rationalize secondary labor markets, im­ understand their purpose, however, the spon­ Similarly, public employment is the cheap­ prove jobs, increase efficiency, and generate sors of Humphrey-Hawkins do not assume est (and therefore the least inflationary way productivity gains without increasing labor that this Bill alone wlll achieve full employ­ to reduce unemployment) . For example, the costs. The Humphrey-Hawkins Blll could pro­ ment; it provides a process for determining Congressional Budget Office estimates the an­ vide the stimulus to create better as well a number of possible program mixes to as nual net cost of creating a job through a more jobs. There can be no' more effective achieve that objective. public employment to be much less than the way of overcoming some of the nation's most Supporters of the Humphrey-Hawkins Bill co.st per job of a tax cut. The CBO concludes: emphasize the need to stimulate the private important social and economic proplems than " ... a 3 percent adult unemployment tar­ improving the quality and quantity of jobs sector wherever it is responsive (through get does not seem unrealistic if employment monetary fiscal policies) but would supple­ available to the poor and near poor. target does not seem unrealistic if employ­ (2) The assumption that low income work­ ment these efforts with selective programs to ment programs are effective in dealing with combat infiiation and unemployment by mak­ ers would necessarily be paid more than they the special factors contributing to high em­ were "worth" if they worked on public jobs ing the system more efficient and would put ployment for certain groups and are not lim­ a premium on programs to provide produc­ is invalid. ited to across-the-board meMures or pro­ Actually, Humphrey-Hawkins provides ade­ tive jobs for those who can or should work. grams that simply create jobs without in­ Traditional monetary-fiscal policies are im­ quate guidelines for matching workers and creasing employment stability or job attach­ jobs. The Bill does not promise jobs to work­ portant but they alone clearly will not pro­ ment." duce full employment without intolerable The manpower programs of the 1960s were ers who are not qualified for those jobs, nor levels of inflation because labor market seg­ not as effective as they might have been be­ does it promise a government job to all who mentation is such that some markets will be cause they were experimental, many of them want them wherever they might want them. very tight while there is substantial unem­ were really income maintenance programs, Wage comparisons between public and private ployment in others. For example, increasing and the budgetary support for these programs jobs are hazardous because job content is the money supply in order to reduce unem­ was small relative to the need and relative to not likely to be the same, but there is no ployment might generate inflation in tight the size of monetary- fl.seal pollcies. evidence, beyond a few selected examples, medical or professional labor markets while The experience of the 1960s, while gener­ that public jobs pay more than comparable having very little effect on unemployment in ally favorable, therefore provide little guid­ private jobs in the same labor market or rural areas and central cities or among teen­ that "prevailing" wage rates are either too ance to what could happen if an effec~ive agers. Such problem areas require concen­ array of selective public and private pro­ high or important causes ~f inflation. trated selective efforts to combat unemploy­ grams could be developed. Clearly, however, There also is an implicit assumption in ment directly. these specific policies, including public em­ Schultze's analysis that public employment Many people seem to assume that selective ployment, must be a necessary part of any is synonymous with government employment. labor market policies are limited to public 'program to achieve full employment with The Humphrey-Hawkins Bill allows for a service employment, job counseling, training wide array of selective measures, inc~uding and placement. Actually, a wide array of se­ tolerable levels of inflation. While much ls made of the possible infla­ public works by private contractors as well lective policies to improve the operation of as public service employment by govern­ labor markets has been used ln the United tionary impact of public employment, there can be little question that achieving full em­ ments. The impact on labor markets and States and other countries. price levels of public works is quite different These include: ployment through pumping up the entire economy would be much more inflationary. from that of a public service employment (1) Labor market information systems to program. Heavy emphasis on public works better inform workers about jobs and em­ Examples showing an inverse relationship could minimize the problems involved in ployers about workers. between unemployment and inflation are government payrolls. Public works programs (2) Pre-employment outreach programs to misleading because of the implicit assump­ also could be more effective than public serv­ recruit, tutor, provide supportive services, and tion that inflation has its origin in the op­ ice employment · in placing specific target place workers in training and employment eration of labor markets. Clearly, however, groups of unemployed workers into produc­ programs. other factors-such as rising energy prices, tive employment. (3) Measures to combat discrimination rapid increases in the money supply, and against minorities, women, the aged, or others shortages of capital or goods and services-­ A major problem with the critics of the for reasons unrelated to productivity. Humphrey-Hawkins Blll is their failure to have been important causes of inflation in re­ spell out alternatives other than an implicit (4) Training, both on-the-job anti insti­ cent yea.rs. At the present, little inflationary tutional (classroom). acceptance of high levels of unemployment pressure probably arises from the low-wage or other approaches which are more infla­ (5) Public employment-including (a) pub­ labor markets Schultze objects to improving. lic service employment, where workers are tionary than public employment. They would Critics assume that public employment and give priority to measures to stimU!ate pri­ placed on government payrolls; {b) public other selective labor market programs neces­ works, where public funds are used by private vate employment. I agree with this option, sarily ca.use inflation, but this is an over­ but there is little evidence that such an ap­ employers to build needed public works; and simplification. These programs would pro­ ( c) supported work, which provides employ­ proach can either succeed or be less infla­ ment, work experience and training to duce two tendencies simultaneously: (a) tionary than public employment. If private groups who are not competitive in regular spending money could tend to be infl.ationary employers wlll absorb most of the job deficit, private or public labor markets. depending, of course, on where the money they should be encouraged to do so. If they (6) Measures to rationalize labor markets comes from, but (b) improving the opera­ will not, other measures should be taken. through such efforts as relocation projects to tion of markets and increasing the output Such a strategy is perfectly compatible with move workers from labor surplus to labor of goods and services would be deflationary. Humphrey-Hawkins. shortage areas, to regularize seasonal or Every effort should therefore be made to A full employment policy could actually casual employment, and programs to restruc­ create efficient programs which minimize the moderate wage demands in the construction ture jobs to make them more efficient. inflationary impact. It is misleading to em­ industry and other casual industries where (7) Measures to promote the development phasize only one of these effects. high unemploymen:t causes wage rates to be of rural areas and central cities left out of Surprisingly, the most damaging case higher than they need to be 1f annual in­ general economic progress. against the Humphrey-Hawkins Bill appar­ comes were increased through greater regu­ Selective programs must complement gen- ently has been the argument that the pay- larity of emp_loyment. Unions probably would 23898 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 26, 1976 be willing to moderate wage demands 1D.. ex­ My father practiced medicine in several remain as sentimental as I. But what dis­ change for.guaranteed jobs. West Virginia coal mining camps, which turbs even more is that this drama of alter Raising the incomes of the working poor meant that I grew up cheek and jowl to the and destroy is repeated over and over a.cross and the unemployed would reduce the costs New River and its hauntingly beautiful our land at an ever acceleration rate. It may of welfare programs-which are inflationary course through the mountains, the C & O soon be that no one will want to go home because people are paid for no corresponding tracks running along its banks. The river and on the New River train simply because increase in goods and services. CUriously, the those tracks run like a bright thread through there's no home to go back to. · people who favor very inflationary income my boyhood and young manhood. I used to maintenance programs resist less inflationary lie awake at night waiting for the locomotive public employment programs. It would be whistle as the train labored up the incline much better to pay people who are able to and when I went off to medical school, I work for working. rode the C & O. In fact, horribly homesick in THE FUTURE OF VIRGINIA The Humphrey-Hawkins Bi11 does not com­ my freshman year, I used to sit awhile on the pletely delineate a program to achieve full steps next to the medical library and look employment and has many minor defects down the steep slope to the C & 0 station HON. HERBERT E. HARRIS II which undoubtedly wm be corrected before that connected me back through the moun­ OF VIRGINIA it becomes law. Terms should be defined tains to home. The George Washington, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES more precisely, greater attention should be C & O's regular train, would pull out in the given to more precise quantification of labor late afternoon heading back to West Vir­ Monday, July 26, 1976 market conditions, the relationship between ginia., the New River gorge, and my own small efficient labor market systems and price sta­ town. Mr. HARRIS. Mr. Speaker, I would bility need more emphasis, and the planning Medical school, at least then, didn't grant like to share with my colleagues an ar­ mechanism for achieving a balanced full students much in the way of vacations, but ticle from the July issue of Common­ employment program should be streamlined. those we had always began for me with a wealth magazine, published by the Vir­ The Blll by itself wm not be sufficient to trip on the George Washington. I rode ginia State Chamber of Commerce. This achieve full employment. Even with proper coach, vowing that someday I'd be able to article graphically illustrates citizen re­ enabling legislation, the achievement of full afford a Pullman and sleep like Chessie, action to a questionnaire published in employment wm be very difficult, but the the C & 0 comfortable cat. Actually, I the June issue of Commonwealth regard­ attainment. of this objective would have a doubt in my excitement I'd ever have slept, profound impact on the social and economic first class comfort or no. ing the future of Virginia in the next 100 welfare of low income workers and on the "That New River train is gonna take me years. economic health of the nation. home again!" I would like to thank the Virginia The main thrust of the Humphrey-Haw­ I knew that old song by heart! State Chamber of Commerce for its ob­ kins Bill is sound. The fundamental defects Near one of the Inining camps where my vious concern about the continued eco­ SChultze and other critics believe they have father practiced was a huge rock that jutted logical well-being of Virginia and its resi­ found are illusions. They assume the ma.in out over the New River valley. Call.led Hawk's dents. obstacle to full employment to be inflation. Nest, it presented a grand challenge for a The article follows: In reality, the fear of inflation is a more growing boy. In those days no guard rail important obstacle and that fear is stimu­ protected the edge of the cliff. I can re­ VmGINIA IN 2076 lated by simplistic, general analyses of the member vividly one winter afternoon when (By Anne M. Cooper) operation of the U.S. economic system. other I made it to the Hawk's Nest and stood on Hang on, Virginia. Here comes the Tricen­ obstacles to achieving full employment a.re the edge. It was late a.nd turning colder by tennial. the belief that unemployment is no longer a the Ininute, but I couldn't leave. I stared "Mass transit will replace automobiles. serious national problem and the absence of straight down into the void where far be­ Video phones will replace telephones. Bank­ a concerted, national commitment to that low the New River churned through the ing wm be done by ma.chines. Clothes wm objective. rapids. Darkness began to settle in the valley be simpler and more practical. Foods will be below and crept up the slopes towards me. largely concentrates." A few snowflakes began to fall. Then I heard That's one Virginia banker's view of the SAVE THE NEW RIVER the· mournful, eerie moan in the distance Old Dominion in 2076. He's William R. Craig, and knew why I was lingering. The white one of the respondents to a questionnaire beam of the George Washington cut through published in last month's Commonwealth HON. STEPHEN L. NEAL the valley's shadow. I could even see the which brought a wealth of serious, whimsi­ lighted coach windows as the train came cal and often precisely opposite ideas a.bout OF NORTH CAROLINA around the bend. I watched through a veil the kind of Virginia our great-great-great IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of snowflakes, now coming down faster and grandchildren will Inherit. Monday, July 26, 1976 faster, as the train made its serpentine climb The dominant note sounded about the a.long the rapids. Gradually the whistle future was anticipated urbanization and in­ Mr. NEAL. Mr. Speaker, I recently faded, the lights vanished and I was left dustrlalization-"the population explosion read a beautiful article on the New River with the night and snow a.nd cold. I'm not along I-95" as one respondent put it, or written by Dr. Claude Frazier of Asheville, sure the cold alone accounted for my shiver­ "urbanization of the DC to Norfolk crescent" N.C. In view of the recent controversy ing a.s I reluctantly turned back from my in the words of another. Yet one's view of perch high on Hawk's Nest. the future may simply be a matter of how and our struggle to obtain a rule for H.R. The New River was a part of my growing fast one thinks things a.re going to happen. 13372, I feel that testimony from one of ·up. The thought of it dammed, its lovely Urbanization may have gone so far in, say, the people who would have his home course swallowed by a lake, the mountain 75 years that a Roanoke resident feels that destroyed by the dam and the flooding, is coves and valleys drowned forever, cuts like by 2076 "Virginia. may even revert back to well worth sharing with my colleagues. ' a knife. As a people we too often destroy our a rural economy as people become more dis­ The article follows: ties to the land and our past, too often erase enchanted with urban pressures." No one mentioned urbanization and in­ THAT NEW RIVER °TRAIN Is GoNNA TAKE ME the grandeur and beauty of our part of the HOME AGAIN*** world. When God gave us dominion over the dustrialization as one of the hopeful signs earth, He did not mean that we should de­ that might point the way to a good Tricen­ "U.S. Rep. Roy A. Taylor, chairman of the stroy; yet, we consider it progress to tame, tennial. But many, by contrast, saw it as House subcommittee on national parks and harness, alter our rivers and streams, never an unfavorable trend. In fact, ecological recreation, and Rep. Stephen L. Neal of Wins­ allow our forests to reach their might, blast problems were the single biggest warning ton-Salem met Friday with Interior Secretary whole mountains from our maps. It is my sign which can be noticed today, felt the Thomas S. Kleppe in a continuing effort to belief that we tempt fate with our ceaseless Virginians in our sample. save the New River, which remains imperiled activity that will not allow rest, peace, na­ Expressions of ecological concern ranged by a proposed Appalachian Power Company ture's own course. It is also my belief that from a 26-year-old plant supervisor who hydroelectric project. ~we wall ourselves away from one of life's cited "pollution in our environment, for "The New River, second oldest river in the greatest pleasures-sentiment. There ls no example kepone," to "visual trashing of the world, flows north through North Caro­ place for it, I know, in our technological environment [signs, buildings, road 'im­ lina ... " society, but unfortunately it appears to be provement']" as one educator from Ashland It also flows through West Virginia, which buried deep in the human heart. When we put it. is where I first developed my pleasant mem­ deny it, we deny a great good part of our­ "Having a third child should be a felony," ories of this very old New River. The above selves, and perhaps this is why we seem to stated a Richmond consultant. "Energy prices news item in a recent newspaper probably be doing ourselves and each other increas­ should be allowed to float . . . inefficient attracted little attention, but it stirred me ing harm. If and when the New River van­ energy users should be (forced) out of this deeply. I have my own, very personal reasons ishes, a part of my life will go with it. It will market. 'Energy stamps' should be issued to for hoping the New River will never be hurt. It will hurt me and perhaps tens of subsidize heat for families below the pov­ drowned by so gigantic a project, thousands of others who know the river and erty level." July 26, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23899 "We should take stronger steps to control Another reserved judgment until "after the We should always ask not whether the building and commercialization," believes November 1976 presidential and congres­ candidate is a woman, black, Protestant, banker Craig. "We need to protect our parks, sional elections." A third felt that at some Catholic or Jew, but whether the candidate rivers, mountains, natural beauty." And point "progressive pockets of enlightened at­ ls qualified," said the Loudoun banker. "Once Richmond architect Robert Winthrop fears titudes will eventually seep down" to Vir­ prejudice of all kind ls set aside, we may be that in 2076 "Virginia will look more like the ginia. able to focus on developing human-serving suburbs of Los Angeles than the Old Domin­ With a sort of backhanded optimism, one institutions.'' The vast majority felt that our political in­ ion." Commonwealth reader took heart that in Social problems and the complex of com­ 2076 a certain TV weathercaster "won't be stitutions would indeed be different in 2076. plaints generally known as Big Government around" any more. Some felt this change would show itself as also concern many Virginians. "Loss of re­ One of the most thoughtful respondents socialism or communism, while others felt spect for rights of others, a move toward be­ was a 72-year-old retlred banker from Lou­ the system would be more democratic and coming a society on the take" bothered a doun County. "If the present trend con­ represent a larger cross section of Virginians. 35-year-old Richmonder. A college profes­ tinues," he said "Virginia will lose all its Similarly, one person foresaw "more cen­ sor named "possible growth of mistrust traditions and be completely engulfed by in­ tralized" government, while another stated: "I predict we will become so provoked by among and between all segments of society," dustry, pollution, highways, and blight. The while a Richmond secretary cited "crime and current big government we will return to a kepone disaster should be a warning to shift pure democracy." drugs" as signs of danger. , gears and restore the principles of Jefferson: One woman's dissatisfaction with govern­ Architect Bob Winthrop looks for "vastly based on man close to the land." increased governmental control of raw ma­ ment lay in "the trend toward regressive ac­ But he sees "the small farmer as an en­ terials and physical planning. Regardless of tions" in social legislation, but most respond­ dangered species. We are now plowing up the political system, Virginia will be a ents felt that the problem was simply a mat­ fertile agricultural lands that Virginians and planned society.'' ter of too much. Dissatisfaction ranged from the nation will need desperately in the fu­ Teacher Juanita B. White feels "women "invasion of privacy" and "wastefulness" to ture and replacing them with highways, sub­ can make the difference" in reforming Vir­ 'continued government control of the econ­ divisions, and shopping centers. Growth for ginia's political institutions, as they have omy" to unchecked spending, which should its own sake, or for profit's sake, is a perilous "not played the "you scratch my back, I'll "be brought under control ... before the course." · scratch yours' game ... Politics can become whole thing goes bust." . As for political institutions, the elderly ex­ a whole new ball game!" One respondent explained that he was ecutive said they are "frightfully ineffective bothered by "the attitude among the leader­ The majority of respondents did not feel today and there is too much of them. As Al­ that cash would be obsolete, and they had ship that laws must be passed to protect the dous Huxley wrote, 'The rulers of tomorrow's minority (primarily business) from the ma­ some interesting thoughts about the more over-populated and over-organized world will varied forms our medium of exchange would jority (the consumer)." try to impose social and cultural uniformity Roanoke resident J. Emmett Blackwell take. One predicted that "only 25 percent of upon adults and their ~hildren.' \Ve need transactions would involve cash," while an­ cited his view of unfavorable trends this the simple society Jefferson proposed.'' other saw "electronic transfer of funds be­ way: "The welfare system should be replaced He sees a plenitude of unfavorable trends: tween reg_ions." Another pointed out that by a work ethnic. Non-contributors ·to society "technological overkill, poisoning air, water, there are exceptions to any generalization: should be taught to be useful. Perhaps there food supplies, depleting resources and God's "there will still be poor persons with no should be a graduated distribution of own scenery (such as strip mining); too credit," even in 2076. And a banker, certainly money." He adds that "a return to basic many people; we are leaving a crowded, un­ no stranger to fiscal affairs, said he doubted principles· and the lessening of pressure" happy world to the future." And, he contin­ very much if cash would be obsolete. Rather would help reverse some of the common· ues, the human species is "losing independ­ wistfully, he concluded, "the barter system wealth's unfavorable tendencies. ence of judgment under the pressure of in­ wasn't bad, however.'' A teacher agreed that The number of people who simply answered stitutions, including government, television, cash would still be around, "but in larger "no" or its equivalent to our question, Are the mass media, and a kept system of educa­ denominations." there hopeful signs today? was surpriSing. Only one person stated, "I'm optimistic." tion. Under current circumstances and con­ Solai:, energy edged out nuclear as the pre­ Others saw specific small rays of hope: the ditions, it ls impossible to foresee another dicted fuel of the future. And quite a num­ fact that "people are turning to family· Jefferson in America.'' ber hoped for a partial return to muscle centered recreation," "an increasing concern As to hope for the future, he finds it dif­ power. Wrote H. Michael Mears of Richmond: for quality education, the emphasis on per­ ficult to identify but present. People do "Hopefully the fossil fuel crisis will have sonal responsibility at an early age, a lessen­ care about Virginia's, and America's, beauty ended 40 yea.rs before (in 2036). Breeder re­ ing preoccupation with material objects and and bounty. We need to reorder priorities. actors will be in existence but stlll have a greater interest in ideas per se," and "some Let's don't have the biggest military budget disposal problems. Manpower will be impor­ limited concern with evaluating and pres­ in the world, or the biggest spy system, both tant again. Also solar and instant fossil fuels erve.ting elements of value-buildings, of which will only d·estroy this nation in the of rapid-growth plants (for example, Water neighborhoods, etc." end. We can do much here In Virginia. Gov­ Hyacinths) .'' Another respondent said we Two persons mentioned that an ability to ernor Tom McCall set Oregon on a positive need a er.ash course In conserving all re­ deal with change might just pull us through. course. Let us follow and study that model.'' sources, energy above all. "The Tricentennial might be a real celebra­ A Chesterfield County educator predicted The fuel matter relates closely: to re­ tion of a country that can cope with chan~e that Virginia's racial integration would at spondents' ideas on businesses which will . . . with a return to the concepts that hard last be complete by 2076, and said there no longer exist in 2076. Many felt that auto­ work and moral values render meaning to would be fewer private schools. Garbage dis­ related compa.nies--dealerships, repair shops, life," noted a Roanoke man, while a Rich­ posal as we know it will be obsolete_in an gas stations--wlll have largely disappeared. mond secretary ctied "some awareness that age of total recycling. As a teacher, she de· And conversely, many felt mass transit would all change is not necessarily good, but that cided that one of today's most disturbing be the accepted mode of travel and a growth changes are essential necessities ·to meet trends was the loss of close family relation­ industry. problems of population, housing, the en­ ships, with too many latch-key children" in schools. She visualized an antidote: a Others noted that · tobacco may be on its vironment, etc." way out and fa.rming in generi~l declining. One young man saw in a recent problem, system of husbands and wives sharing jobs in cases where young children were involved. However, one reader felt that "most of us the kepone matter, a hopeful sign for the view farmers with some disdain, but in 2076 future: "We can enforce and maintain a Who comprised this flock of people with these differing views-and differing moods they will hold the highest esteem of our clean environment. The handling of the society.'' Leasing, investment banking, stock kepone incident bas shown that we are con­ when the questionnaire was before them? Ranging in age from 17 to 78, they were brokerage, personal services, private schools, cerned and want a clean Virginia to live in." beef cattle raising: all destined to be un­ Taking a longer view, a Richmond woman concentrated in the Piedmont area. Males outnumbered females. Occupations ranged known to our great-great-great-grandchil­ felt hopeful because the state "seems finally dren, predicted some crysta.l ball gazers. to have pulled out of its post-Civil War from librarian to banker, teacher to student. slump." Another explained: "So much has There were secretaries, businessmen, associ­ On the other hand, ~ services for the aged, happened in my 50-odd years that's good. ation executives, professors. rail service, public restaurants, push-button The world is much better than the one I Of the group, just three felt a woman or machines, data and communications hard­ was born into." black would not be~ome a governor of Vir­ ware, and any industries having to do with Some respondents could not now discern ginia sometime in the next 100 years. Sur­ the sea and its resources were perceived as any hopeful signs as such, merely hopef'Ul prisingly, many volunteered when they growth industries. Ticker tape watchers, take signs of hopeful signs. "I think this question thought the election would' occur; one even note. may be answered positively 1n the next sev­ went out on a limb with the exact year: 2015. But don't quote us. As one reader com­ eral decades. People have deeded away their Other predictions ranged from "in ten years" mented about future businesses, "wish I destiny in this country, and will, I believe, to "within 25 yea.rs" to "late in this cen­ knew (which types of businesses will take more of an interest in the management tury." One person put the two hypothetical emerge), because I would be going into one." of their country only after their own inter­ questions together and posited that Virginia Perhaps it's a comment on the future, and ests have been abused further," noted one. would have a black woman governor. predictions of it, In general. 23900 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 26, 1976 SECOND DISTRICT NURSES SPEAK tainly could complement medical stand­ land Dam. The Senate Subcommittee on OUT ards review organizations." About 90 Water Resources has begun hearings on percent of the nurses supported house the issue of deauthorization of the dam, bill H.R. 14173 which would require at and I wish to commend the subcommit­ HON. FLOYD J. FITHIAN least two registered nurses to sit on each tee chairman, Senator GRAVEL, for his statewide medical Professional Stand­ initiative in scheduling hearings on this OF INDIANA ards of Review Council, and require at important subject. IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES least three to sit on the national council. The Tocks Island Dam, if built, would Monday, July 26, 1976 WITHHOLDING FUNDS have far-reaching ramifications for the Mr. FITHIAN. Mr. Speaker, recently, About 30 percent of the respondents four-State area of New York, New Jersey, I mailed a questionnaire to nurses in supported withholding funds from Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Those of my district to see how they feel about clinics which do not meet Federal stand­ you who have been following the long several pieces of nursing legislation ards, while 32 percent opposed such history of the dam are aware, I am sure, pending in Congress and about their role withholding. Significantly, one-third of of the mountains of print discussing the in medical care. the nurses could not decide either way. pros and cons of the project. The views of this important sector of Mrs. Ruth Marks wrote: "I feel that • One of our colleagues, the distin­ the health care professions should be every health facility needs guidelines, guished gentlewoman from New Jersey, carefully considered in any approach but much time and professional care is HELEN MEYNER, has done an admirable we take to the health care problem. jeopardized by Federal regulations and job in reviewing this material and pre­ too much paperwork." senting it in a clear and concise manner. GENERAL SURVEY CONCLUSIONS She joined me Friday in testifying before The results of our survey show that PSYCHIATRIC CARE the subcommittee in support of deau­ Indiana nurses strongly believe medical While a slim majority of nurses said thorizing this massive Corps of Engi­ care could be improved if they had more they support the idea of requiring psy­ neers undertaking. Her statement is responsibilities. Accordingly, they be­ chiatric nurses at nursing facilities, less worthy of review by those persons seek­ lieve medicare and medicaid should than 45 percent supported Senate H.R. ing a credible discussion of the issue. I help pay for services provided by nurses, 2886 which requires a psychiatric con­ hope that Mrs. MEYNER's testimony will and they feel they should have more say sultant at all facilities receiving medi­ be of interest to my colleagues: in establishing medical standards care funds. TESTIMONY OF HONORABLE HELEN MEYNER TO through Professional Standards of Re­ Several nurses commented that re­ THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER RESOURCES, view Organizations. quiring psychiatrib nurses might be im­ COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS Indiana nurses have very mixed reac­ possible due to a lack of such trained Mr. Chairman, members of the Subcommit­ tions to the idea of withholding Federal personnel. Vera Henderson of Valparaiso tee: I wpprecia.te your affording me the op­ medical funds from clinics which do not wrote that all registered nurses are re­ portunity to testify today on S. 3106, a bill to meet Federal standards. Some feel it is quired to have psychiatric training and dea.uthorize the Tocks Island Lake project. the only way to insure responsible can handle the job. Miss Anne Prucha As you know, I a.m a. cosponsor of the similar of North Judson, Ind., however, said tr.lat House of Representatives bill, H.R. 12462, spending, while others feel it is a grand a.nd believe strongly that both Houses of way to uselessly expand the bureaucracy. staff psychiatrists could help patients' Congress should act promptly. Others feel withholding funds from sub­ families "better accept the condition Authorized by Section 203 of th~ Flood standard clinics would merely worsen that has developed, and help them be Control Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-874), the Tocks conditions for already poorly served pa­ more tolerant." Island project ha.s been the object of 14 tients. Nurses also ex.press mixed feel- CLOSING REMARKS yea.rs of extensive debate centering on en­ .ings about requiring psychiatric nurses vironmental concerns. The legislation pro­ Response to this survey makes it clear vided $90 million for a multipurpose da.m on a consultation and on-call basis at that nurses feel they are qualified to across the Dela.ware River seven miles north­ federally funded clinics, as proposed in provide the expanded health service that east of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, and five S. 2886. Some feel that psychiatric per­ is so urgently needed in so many areas mfles upstream from the Delaware Water sonnel are unnecessary, while others feel of this country. Time and time' again Gap. The da.m wa.s to have been 160 feet high, psychiatric personnel would be a great they commented that much valuable 3,000 feet wide,• and would have created a. help. medical training is going unutilized be­ 12,000 acre reservoir extending 37 miles up­ stream. SURVEY RESULTS--EXPANDED ROLE cause of their highly restricted role. This ambitious plan-the eighth largest of On the question of how to improve Sylvia Graham of Valparaiso wrote: any of the Army Corps of Engineers' massive health care, about 45 percent said we "Registered nurses are required to com­ understankings.-met with almost immediate should expand the nurses role in pri­ plete a vigorous program of education ora>osition. As the cost estimate spiralled well mary patient care, not quite 10 percent and to pass a State boards exam-but beyond the $400 million mark, so did public said we should train more doctors, as the utilization of their education and criticism spiral. Opponents of the dam chal­ a solution to the health care problem. talents at this time are barely tapped." lenged its feasibility and questioned whether In short, nurses feel expansion of their its purposes, flood control, hydro-electric Over 40 percent said we should do both. power, recreation, and increased water sup­ One nurse, Marian Hyvonen of Val­ responsibilities will result in much fuller ply, coUld be served better by alternative paraiso, Ind., wrote that expanding use of the country's medical resources. means. Permit me to outline some of the the nurses role woulli improve medical The heavy response to this questionnaire reasons against construction of the da.m. services "only if nurses are given the shows no one is more committed to good Much of the controversy centers on en­ recognition' and autonomy to perform patient care than nurses. Let us not vironmental concerns. Construction of the within their new responsibilities." Julia ignore the views of health care practi­ dam would necessitate inundation of 12,000 Covely of Lafayette said with greater tioners themselves when we consider acres of valley rich in wildlife a.nd little ex­ health legislation in this chamber. plored archaeological and historical sites. Ap­ nurse responsibility "nursing schools proximately 40 miles of the Dela.ware River should include a 3-year program. Most and 16 miles of its tributaries would be of the 2-year programs do not include flooded, thus changing the entire ecological ehough clinical experience." Over 80 per­ balance of the river from a free flowing cent of the nurses supported House bill TOCKS ISLAND DAM-TESTIMONY hrabitat to an impounded lake capable Of sup­ porting only several different species of fish. H.R. 1943, which would free medicare BY HON. HELEN MEYNER One fishing area that would be lost is the and medicaid money to pay for medical Flatbrook-one of the best trout fishing services provided by nurses. streams in New Jersey. STRONGER VOICE HON. ROBERT .W. EDGAR In addition to the valley, 20,000 acres of On the question of whether nurses OF PENNSYLVANIA forests and farmland would be inundated leaving a great number of white-tailed deer should have a greater role in establish­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES homeless. ing medical standards, 9 out of 10 of Monday, July 26, 1976 Other environmental questions include the responses were positive. Mrs. Judith salinity, eutrophication, and salmonella Proteau of Porter, Ind., wrote: "Nurses Mr. EDGAR. Mr. Speaker, I would once poisoning. have a more intimate knowledge of again like to direct the attention of my In the study of the project authorized by patient needs than doctors do, and cer- colleagues to the issue of the Tocks Is- Congress in 1974, and prepared by Madigan- July 26, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23901 Praeger, Inc., an independent consulting eventually could generate the 300 M.G.D. at Colonel Dutchyshyn's letter outlining the firm, little mention is made of the fact that a reasonable cost. Let me point out, how­ situation of each of these cases. saline intrusion from the ocean could dam­ ever, that there are what the Madigan­ It is very important to note that the Army age the reservoir. However, the 1975 Annual Praeger study calls "viable alternatives." The Corps of Engineers' figures are based solely Report of the Delaware River Basin Com­ dozen or so suggestions include: on i.IlJformation documented in their .files. mission, a compact established in 1961 to High fl.ow skimming of the Delaware River Realizing that other property owners in sim­ monitor all activities in the Delaware River into the Delaware River Basin and Round ilar situations simply -may not have con­ Valley, concludes that " ... the Tocks Study Valley Reservoirs; tacted the Corps and, that in addition to (done by Madigan-Praeger) did not ade­ Full utilization of the Round River Valley hardship cases, some 19,000 additional acres quately assess the salinity threat." Reservoir; and, of land have yet to be acquired from their Another danger of impoundment of large Ground water development in the Raritan private owners, the figures represent only a quantities of water is that of entrophication. and Passaic River Basins and the South fraction of the actual problem caused by the This state of nutrient over-enrichment cre­ .Jersey Coastal Plain. stalled acquisition process. ates a high-standing mass of algae resulting These alternatives could generate more Fiscal impact in the area is further exacer­ in soupy green water that is virtually un­ than 700 -M.G.D., ample water for now and bated by the loss of tax ratables. usable for recreational and drinking pur­ the foreseeable future. The once private land acquired by the fed­ poses. The Madigan-Praeger study states In a letter to Pennsylvania Governor Mil­ eral government Will return taxes to the af­ that the dam would be eutrophic but that ton Shapp, a member of the Delaware River fected municipalities again if effective pay­ natural processes and treatment facilities Basin Commission, ln July of 1975, U.S. ment-in-lieu-of-taxes legislation passes this could serve to remove much of the algae for Environmental Protection Agency Director Congress. There have never been any doubts municipal use downstream. However, eutro­ Russell Train wrote: that these privately owned lands would be phication certainly would shorten the life " ... the environmental problems ... acquired eventually, but the lack of ade­ span of the vegetation and would render support a decision to deauthorize the Tocks quate appropriation for such acquisitions unuseful the recreation aspect of the project. Island Lake Project and to develop alterna­ merely adds to the confusion, frustration, Finally, runoff from northern New Jersey tive programs to meet the needs of the res­ and exasperation that the reMdents have poultry farms and some 5,000,000 chickens idents of the Delaware River Basin and experienced for far too long. could introduce a sizeable population of sal­ surrounding areas . . . Money for the private owners awaiting set­ monella organisms, a proven health hazard The fiood control benefits are overstated tlement and for munlclpalltles will become and dangerous contaminant. since another fiood of the magnitude of the available only when this on-again, off-again A resolution adopted by the American 1955 flood would cause significantly less authorization ls resolved and clear federal Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in July, damage because of improvements already jurisdiction of the acquired lands ls estab­ 1975, opposed the Tocks Island Dam. It said made. lished. The Madigan-Praeger study points in part: The recreation benefits are overstated be­ out that if Congress should decide to de­ " ... excess eutrophlcation will result in cause they fall to reflect reservoir draw­ authorize the Tocks Island Lake Project, it widespread algal blooms and scum known to down and the projected eutrophication of should also (1) reestablish the authorization be the cause of death in mammals and fish the impoundment. for the recreation area, and (2) make provi­ and severe gastrointestinal distress in hu­ The water supply benefits, while real, can sion for the completion of the land acqui­ mans; and be satisfied by a number of alternatives with sition process. " ... the upstream runoff of chicken efflu­ less severe impacts than the Tocks Island Project; S. 3106 does both those things. In addition ent may also lead to contamination with sal­ to deauthorizing the TILP, S. 3106 provides monella baccllli and result in the spread of The electric power function can be re­ that all real property acquired to date by the communicable disease; and placed by 1300 MW of combined cycle ca­ Army Corps of Engineers be transferred to " ... downstream water quality may also be pacity ..." the aegis of the Department of the Interior adversely affected." These and many other reasons have cast for use as a national park. Also, it mandates The proposed dam would have obliterated serious doubt on the necessity of construct­ continuing acquisition to relieve the strain a section of New Jersey rich in archaeological ing the Tocks Island dam. La.st year, the on property owners. After 14 years of un­ and historic sites, some dating back to 8000 Delaware River Basin Commission, comprised certainty and confusion regarding the status B.C. The Old Mine Road, a 100-mlle roadway of the governors of New Jersey, New York of their property, the residents of the area built in the 17th century, is one of the long­ Pennsylvania, and Delaware, and the U .S. deserve at least the long overdue justice of est colonial highways that was used by the Secretary of the Interior, voted not to con­ settlement. Before this can occur, the TILP Dutch in the copper industry. The Madigan­ struct the dam. The Army Corps of Engineers must be deauthorized. Praeger study says that earth moving equip­ decided subsequently to Withdraw its sup­ I strongly urge your prompt attention to ment would displace soll to a depth of six port for the project and called for deauthori­ and affirmative decision on this legislation feet throughout the dam area which would zation. for deauthorization of the Tocks Island Lake effectively displace and destroy valuable arti­ The question remains, Mr. Chairman, Project. facts and historical items. should the project be deauthorized? Many The original purpose of the Tocks Island have suggested that the authorization re­ DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, Lake Project (TILP) was to provide fiood main in order to avoid the legislative night­ Philadelphia, Pa., July 19, 1976. control. Supporters sought to avert a recur­ mare of reauthorization "should the dam Hon. HELEN MEYNER, rence of the damage done by the 1955 New become necessary." This approach of keeping House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Jersey fiood which followed two hurricanes all options open does not deliver the final DEAR MRS. MEYNER: This ls in response to in three days. blow to the project that its opponents desire. your 21 June 1976 letter to the Office of the The Madtgan-Praeger study points out But beyond that, the main reason that this Chief of Engineers which was forwarded to that the TILP would not provide adequate approach ls inadequate-and the main rea­ me for reply. Your letter requested the fol­ protection against floods like the 1955 dis­ son I am testlfyillg today-ls that it over­ loWing information: aster. All 99 deaths in the 1955 flood occurred looks the many residents of the 13th Con­ a. Written estimates of the total value of on the tributaries of the Delaware River, not gressional District of New Jersey who are those lands remaining to be purchased in the river itself. The dam would have pro­ personally affected by the indecision over order to complete the acquisition of all lands tected neither the tributaries nor the reaches Tocks Island and who wlll continue to suffer originally intended for inclusion in the Tocks south of the proposed dam site. Since 1955, until deauthorizatlon ls finalized. Island Lake Project and/or Delaware Water 19 different flood control structures have In a letter I received this week from the Gap National Recreation Area. been built on the tributaries and large dams Army Corps of Engineers, Colonel Harry V. • b. A list of parcels which would be cate­ In general are believed to be ineffective. In Dutchyshyn, Chief Engineer for the Phlla- gorized as "early acquisition hardship cases", 1966, the Task Force on Federal Flood Con­ delphia district, notes that 71 percent of the including the criteria applied to determine trol Polley challenged the concept of large land for the Tocks Island Lake Project has which lands meet this classification. dams and recommended instead more ef­ already been acquired by the Corps, leaving We have acquired 71 % of the land at a fective flood plain regulations. 19,700 acres of property in a state of limbo. cost of 103 million dollars. The total estl­ Perhaps the most appealing aspect of the Many of the property owners are in dire need mated cost of lands remaining to be acquired.. TILP was its promise of increased water of immediate relief. Some have formally re- includes lands and relocation payments, court supply. None can deny that such needs quested hardship-related early acquisition awards and settlements, and administrative exist in New Jersey. and, Mr. Chairman, let settlements from the Army Corps of Engl- costs. The estimate include a 25% escalation me state that I am fully aware of and -sen­ neers. factor based upon the assumption that the sitive to the arguments put forth by my By the Corps' own figures, 38 "immediate tracts will be acquired over the next two or friend and distinguished colleague, Honor­ attention" cases are pending affecting 830 , three years. able Frank Thompson, Jr., and others who acres and requiring a settlement allocation Acres Estimated favor the TILP for Its water supply bene­ of $2.9 mllllon. This amount breaks down to: Cost fits. F..stlma.tes of public water supply needs Estimated appraised value______$2, 581, 000 Tocks J:sland Lake_____ 7, 200 $41, 000, 000 ln northern New Jersey by the year 2025 Delaware Water Gap range from 282 million gallons per day to 810 Relocation benefits______191, 000 Real estate administrative costs_ 209, 000 National Recreation million. Currently, the state of New Jersey Area------12,500 24,800,000 consumes about 300 million gallons per day. Mr. Chairman, I request permission to in­ Water needs are real and the TILP dam sert into the ofilclal record at this point Total ------19,700 65,800,000 23902 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 26, 1976 The Corps has no official criteria for de­ 11300, Hyatt, 2.17: Congressional inquiries ed action; needs money; medical student; termining whether or not a request for dtd: 8/ 22/ 75 & 7/ 22/ 75; elderly. seasonal resident. acquisition should be classified as "hard­ 11900, Pitman, 70.21: Farm; condemna­ ship". In 1969, the term "early acquisition/ 9033-1, 2, W. C. Rodda, 1.45: Ltr 5/ 7/72 re­ tion recommended-no funds; last telecon quested action; seasonal residence; related hardship" was used when funds were made contact dtd 11/4/ 75 requested action. to owners of Tr. 9008. available with the proviso that they be used Total estimated appraised value, $430,500. 9055, H. Derringer, 0.85: Ltr 4/ 24/75 re­ for the purpose of- acquiring "hardship" Total estimated benefits under Public Law cases. At that time, a landowner was listed quested action; seasonal resident; negotia­ 91-646, $54,700. tion 6/73; fears vandalism. in the "early acquisition/ hardship" cate­ Con tingency, $64,700. gory because he expressed a desire to be 9056, W. Derringer, 1.42: Elderly Widow; Total $549,900. Ltr 4/ 24/75 requested action; seasonal resi­ considered as such. We do not investigat e Total acreage-148.46. the personal affairs of each landowner to dent; wa.s permanent resident until husband independently establish that a financial died 3/ 74; owner 111 health; parent of H . Der­ TOCKS ISLAND LAKE PROJECT, EARLY ACQUISI­ ringer, above, Tract 9055. hardship exists based upon specific criteria. TION REQUESTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS 10210-1, Dan Mar Co., 47.32: No details; Enclosed listings of "early acquisition/ Tract number, Name; Acres, and Comments hardship" cases have been prepared from Land with cabins owned by lessees: tel econ information documented in our files. The 7502, G. B. Thomas, 1.25: Elderly widow; 5/1/73 requested action; seasonal residence. bases for such information are requests from telecon 1/ 6/ 76 and ltr 1/ 9/ 76 requested ac­ 10220-2, Hull, 21.68: Age 88; Ltr dtd landowners for early acquisition made by tion; purchased replacement; fears vandal­ 7 / 30/74 requested action; residence destroyed mail (including Congressional inquiries), ism; Congressional 5/ 10/ 76. by fire 6/19/74; appraised 5/22/74. telephone, and personal visits to the office. 7625, Mildred Peters, Trustee, 135.86: Prop­ 10326, Riemenschneider, 0.99: Vacant land; In many of these cases, the District initiated erty in trust for present owne_r/ occupants; Ltrs 8/12/72 & 12/ 5/ 72 requested action; negotiations to purchase the property based mutually agreed to condemnation; not filed negotiated agreement resulted-no funds. on the request of the owner. However, nego­ due to lack of funds; last ltr dtd 7 / 3/ 74 re­ 11000-1, Montague Dev Corp, 80.49: Un­ improved development; owner elderly; taxes tiations wer~ halted when acquisition funds quested action. were curtailed by Congress. The listings are 8012, Walpack Inn/ Heigis, 36.14: Last con­ too high; congressional 12/9/71. not intended to represent the results of a tact by telephone dtd 1/ 7/ 76; wants to buy su rvey of all l&ndowners in the area and do business in new location but cannot; owner SEASONAL PROPERTIES AND UNIMPROVED LAND not necessarily reflect the current desires lives on tract. TRACT NUMBER, NAME AND ACRES COMMENTS since the personal circu,mstances of the 8804, Mark Auto/ Richard G. Huber, 4.67: 11064, 11065, Henry, 2.22, 3.11: Seasonal landowners may change. Also, there may be Last congressional 6/ 17/ 75; auto parts by residence; mailgram 8/ 2/ 74 requested ac­ many who could claim financial hardship mail order; surrounded by Fed. land; owner tion. but who have not contacted the Corps. resides on tract; also owns Tract No. 8805. 11474, Mills, 2.48: Initial: request 4/ 23/74. Others may be awaiting the decision regard­ 10426-3, Janus, 26.78: Elderly widow, Congressional 10/ 3/ 75; was tenant occupied; ing project deauthorization and the attend­ a.lone; ltr dtd 9/ 9/ 75 requested action; nego­ claimed lost tenants because of pending ac­ ant land acquisition policy. tiated agreement--no funds . quisition. Enclosure 1 is a listing of "hardship" cases 11155, Goldhardt, 4.55: Ltr dtd 5/ 5/ 75 re­ quested action; ' vandalism in area. 12110, Poltl, 12.99: Seasonal residence; ne­ on residential dwelling tracts involving land­ gotiated agreement no funds; moving from owners with whom the Corps made contact 12129, Nucci, 0.86: Ltr dtd 10/ 5/ 74 re­ area per telephone contact 10/ 75. for the purpose of acquiring their property. quested action. 12144, Snowden, 7.62: Residential com­ 12173, Sparacio, 0.41: Elderly; needs money Negotiations for the purchase of the prop­ for retirement; request 7 /19/ 74; seasonal; mercial; telecon 2/ 5/ 73 & ltr 6/ 30/ 72 re­ erty were suspended wtlen federal funds were • last ltr 10/7/ 74 requested action; taxes too not made available. In anticipation of com­ quested action; owner in poor health. high. 12151, Snowden, 16.95: Resid'ential com­ pletion of the acquisition of their properties, 12526, Walton, 0.17: Unimproved; wants.to mercial; telecon 2/ 5/ 73 & ltr 6/ 30/ 72 re­ the landowners purchased replacement hous­ dispose of it; ltr 12/ 2/ 74 requested action. ing and are now paying mortgages and taxes quested action; owner in poor health. 12175, Stefiick, 0.90: Taxes too high; neigh­ 12870, Babcock, 1.72: Seasonal cabin; Con­ on two properties. gressional 7/31/75; isolated; fears vandalism. Enclosures 2, 3, and 4 are listings of tracts bors all purchased by Gov't; surrounded by Fed. land; last ltr 9/10/ 73 requested action; Total Estimated Appraised Value, $668,950. in volving other residential dwellings, com­ Total Estimated Benefits Under Public mercial properties, seasonal properties, and fearful because of vandalism. Total estimated appraised value, $790,800. Law 91-646, $54,000. unimproved land. The landowners requested Contingency, $100,500. early acquisition due to alleged financial Total estimated benefits under Public Law 91-646; $70,300. Total, $823,450. hardship. Other information concerning Total Acreage-205.90. reasons for their requests are noted on the Contingency, $118,800. enclosures. Total, $979,900. Each listing includes the estimated land Total acreage-235.58. and relocation costs, which are summarized as follows: TOCKS ISLAND LAKE PROJECT, EARLY ACQUISI­ REGULATORY REFORM TION REQUESTS: COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES Estimated Appraised Value (In- cluding Contingency Factor) __ $2, 581,'ooo TRACT NUMBER, NAME, ACRES, AND COMMENTS HON. ANDREW MAGUIRE Relocation Benefits Under Pub- 7801-1, 2, 3, Bunnell, 206.67: Ltr dtd 12/ 16/ OF NEW JERSEY lic Law 91-646 ______191,000 74 requested action; fea.rs vandalism. Real Estate Administrative Costs 209,000 ll905, Hampton Co. (Raymondsklll Falls), IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 32.67: Ltr dtd 9/ 23/ 75 requested action; Monday, July 26, 1976 Total------2, 981,000 owners in poor health and elderly; made per­ sonal visit. Mr. MAGUIRE. Mr. Speaker, the Con­ I trust this information will be satisfac­ Total Estimated Appraised Value, $353,750. gress is finally waking up to what the tory for your purposes. Total Estimated Benefits Under Public Law Sincerely yours, public has been telling us for years, 91- 646, $12,000. namely that we have let our oversight HARRY V. DUTCHYSHYN, Contingency, $53,000. Colonel, Corps of Engineers District Total, $418,750. responsibilities over the Federal regula­ Engineer. Total Acreage-239.34. tors languish, and that regulation, as a consequence, is often not as responsive to TOCKS ISLAND LAKE PROJECT, EARLY ACQUISI­ TOCKS ISLAND LAKE PROJECT, EARLY ACQUISI­ public needs as it should be. TION REQUESTS; RESIDENTIAL DWELLING, TION REQUESTS: SEASONAL PROPERTIES AND Over the past 6 months, the Oversight PURCHASED REPLACEMENT HOUSING-FINAN­ UNIMPROVED LANP and Investigations Subcommittee of the CIAL HARDSHIP TRACT NUMBER, NAME, ACRES, AND COMMENTS House Committee on Interstate and For­ • Tract number, Name, Acres, and Comments 6529-1, 2, Congregation Brith Sholom, eign Commerce has conducted a series 7600, A. Fish, 14.46: Elderly wid'ow; ltr 16.07: Congressional inquiry 1/ 6/76; seasonal; of hearings investigating the policies of 2/ 19/ 73 requested action; contacted Con­ negotiated agreement--no funds. nine independent regulatory agencies. gresswoman Meyner. 7647, Peter, Darrell, 8.62: Ltr dtd 6/23/ 73 These hearings have been extremely en­ 7604-1, 2, Waldman, 1.30: Elderly; ltrs requested action; divorce proceedings in­ lightening, and the subcommittee report dtd 11/ 6/ 73 & 2/ 4/ 76 requested action. itiated; needs money for replacement, sea­ 7609-1, 2, Drelich, 44.91: Elderly; made , sonal. will undoubtedly prove a boon to intel­ numerous personal calls, visited PDO 1/ 16/ 8805, Richard G. Huber, 3.32: Also owns ad­ ligent congressional efforts at regulatory 76; negot iated a greement--no funds. jacent Tract 8804 on residential list; unim­ reform. The problem is complex and 8856, Welsh, 1.21: Last Itr dtd 4/ 15/ 75 proved land. multi-faceted, for each agency is a world quested action, elderly; latest congression­ 9003, Rodda, Truxon C., 0.25: Elderly; no unto itself, and no two are alike. Never­ al 2/ 21/ 75. details given; Ltr 7 /14/ 72 requested action; theless, some directions for reform are 10542, Eschner, 14.20: Elderly; congres­ seasonal. evident. sional inquiries 11/10175 & 1/ 6/ 76. 9014, Cirello, 0.34: Telecon 1/28/74 request- As a result of the hearings, my views on July 27, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23903 the subject have crystallized consider­ tion deregulation. After 20 years, what has A recent congressional study, focusing on ably. I would like to share these views been done? nine agencies, found only a few commission­ In January, Congress took a first step to­ ers, administrators, and top staffers with with my colleagues by contributing the ward deregulation in the economic area. It consumer-oriented credentials. The largest following article, which was published in passed the Rail Revitalization and Regulatory number were industry alumni. the Bergen County, N.J., Record: Reform Act, which allows moderate fiexibiUty For example, 36 percent of higher echelon THE SEARCH FOR REGULATORY REFORM in setting rates without railroads' having to staffers at the Securities and Exchange Com­ (By ANDREW MAGUIRE) secure ICC approval. mission had worked previously on the indus­ And the Department of Transportation has try side of the table, as have a majority of Regulatory reform, for better or worse, is the 19 com.missioners appointed since 1960. the fashion of the day, bandied a.bout by pol­ prepared motor carrier reform legislation, sponsored by my colleague, Rep. Millicent At the Federal Communications Com.mission, iticians and candidates of both parties. Rid­ half of the 24 commissioners during the pe­ ing a wave of often quite justified popular Fenwick, which would relax restrictions on competition and phase out the anti-competi­ riod were former industry executives. As a indignation over big government and waste­ result, decisions tend to be biased toward ful spending, many-including President tive rate bureaus. This kind of deregulation should continue as part of an effort to $ive those being regulated rather than toward the Ford-are equating regulatory reform with public which is supposed to be served. wholesale deregulation. consumers a real choice in the marketplace. But economic deregulation should not We ought to look seriously at the sugges­ They say regula. tion is al ways costly and tion of some public interest groups that the inefficient. They say we should abandon all mean abandoning the government's commit­ ment to protect public health and safety. To federal government should restrict the num­ government regulation of industry and re­ call for deregulation of airline fares under ber of former industry employees who can turn to a legendary realm of pure free enter­ the jurisdiction of the CAB should not mean work in top posts in regulatory agencies. And prise. ending the authority of the Federal Aviation we ought to be looking for ways to increase In part, these critics are right. But before Administration to maintain safety standards. public representation in the regulatory we scrap the regulatory mechanism alto­ Nor should it be implied that because we process. gether, let's look at what it does. One type want the trucking industry to be allowed to In response to the growing consumer move­ of federal regulation protects the environ­ compete economically, we want the ICC and ment, many agencies have opened consumer ment, public health, and safety. Another type, the Department of Transportation to elimi­ offices. But for the most pa.rt these have been so-called economic regulation, is designed to nate safety and insurance standards. merely cosmetic, creating the illusion, rather eliminate conditions that result either in In fact, the power and resolve of the regu­ than the reality, of public participation. It is monopoly or in destructive competition and latory agencies in the area of health and simply not enough to create a department to market instability. safety need strengthening. At present these answer queries from the occasional inter­ It is clear that much economic regulation agencies are as ineffective in protecting the ested citizen who already knows where to today does not protect the public, as was its public as they are strong in protecting the call within Washington's bureaucratic maze. original intent. Indeed, our system of eco­ industries they are supposed to regulate. The essence of regulation-the rule-1ma.k­ nomic regulation too often provides govern­ In the area of health and safety, the regu­ ing procedure-is complex, expensive, and ment sanction for an equivalent of industry latory process is characterized by delay at time-consuming. It requires expertise in price fixing and unjustifiable price increases every turn. After five yea.rs of industry oppo­ technical matters, economic issues, and ad­ for consumers. sition, the National Highway Traffic and ministrative law-information which is eas­ In the airline industry, for example, by Safety Administration la.st year finally issued ily available to industry but currently be­ using an industry-controlled, government­ effective brake standards for large trucks. ~ond the resources of advocates of the public established rate and fare structure, the Civil After six years the Federal Trade Commis­ interest. Aeronautics Boa.rd forbids competitive pric­ sion is still investigating allegations that the Of course, agencies that regulate an indus­ ing. Instead of genuine competition that American Gas Association violated anti-trust try should give that industry a chance to would lead to lower fa.res, we get pseudo-com­ laws in falsely reporting natural gas reserves make its strongest case when significant is­ petition based on such trivialities as "seat to get the Federal Power Commission to grant sues affecting its economic well-being are wars," in which airlines try to steal business higher gas prices. (All attempts to subpoena. made. Under the current structure of most from each other according to the arrange­ relevant information have been stymied.) agencies, however, the public interest is badly ment of their seats, the uniforms of their The Federal Trade Commission's Consumer neglected. Consumers cannot afford to hire stewardesses, the color of their planes-all Protection Bureau has been working on a de­ the lawyers and experts needed to represent with fancy advertising campaigns which are tergent-labeling standard since 1971 and on them adequately, nor do they have the time costly and lead to ever higher fares. pesticide regulations since 1968. It took the and money needed for them to be present in Even worse is competition based on fre­ Food and Drug Administration 16 years and Washington, where theie decisions are ma.de. quency of service. One airline offers six flights 14 "provisional" extensions before it acted Some progressive steps have been taken. a day between two cities. The competitor to remove Red Dye No. 2, a suspected cancer­ The Consumer Product Safety Commission must also offer six flights to stay even, eight causing food coloring from the market. ( CPSC) , which sets standards for potentially to get ahead. As a result, airlines offer more These are just a few examples of the kinds dangerous products, was established in 1973. flights than the traffic merits. Flights run a. of dilatory agency performances which are all Its method of operation is innovative. After half or a third full, resulting in higher per­ too typical where regulation counts most in deciding that a safety standard is needed for son costs and lower profits. Then the CAB terms of people's lives and health. a product such as power lawn mowers, for ex­ predictably approves a new round of higher No one is denying the right of businesses to ample, the CPSC accepts bids from both con­ prices for air travelers. • present their viewpoints on matters affecting sumer and industry groups to draw up a draft The Interstate Commerce Commission pro­ their products and their profits, but it simply standard. The successful bidder sets up a ' vides additional examples of regulatory con­ should not take four, five, six, or 16 yea.rs to committee, composed of both consumer and trol prompting higher, not lower, costs. When resolve issues like these-not when thousands industry representatives, which then drafts the ICC "'as created a century ago, it had a of employees, including lawyers and special­ the standards for commission approval. justification-preventing railroads from ists, and million-dollar budgets are there to On paper, it sounds like a responsible way gougin farmers when they shipped their do the job. And not when these delays often to regulate, one which offsets the industry crops to market. But those days are long gone result in needless loss of life. bias of most regulatory proceedings. However, and the ICC has found a new role. Let's look at one more case. The National those consumer groups who have participated Now it promotes collusion. For example, Highway Traffic and Safety Administration in the past say they will never do so again. the ICC will not grant a carrier new opera.t­ (NHTSA) has had an airbag standard for They discovered that the costs are too great­ ing authority unless he can show that the automobiles in the works for seven years. beyond the means of the fiedgling conflumer existing service along a given route is in­ Airbags, which pop out on impact, a.re de­ movement. adequate. It doesn't matter if the applicant signed to replace annoying seat belts, and Therefore, the commission should help can provide the service for half the cost. The they are far safer than seat belts. fund the expenses of legitimate consumer ICC will protect established carriers from If the airbags had been installed in 1972, representatives, the same vray that the state such "disruptive" competition, and the con­ when the standard was first supposed to go provides a defense for indigent defendants in sumer pays the difference. into effect, 50,000 more people would be alive criminal proceedings. Certainly society has as Take another ICC jurisdiction-setting today-a number equal to the American great a stake in such broad health and safety freight rates for trucks. Trade associations death toll in the Vietnam war. While the issues as it does in maintaining a just sys­ called rate bureaus--exempt from anti-trust Vietnwm war is finally over, our high­ tem of criminal law. statutes-play a key role. Although carriers way slaughter continues. To this day, NHTSA can file their own rates, when a carrier does still has not issued airbag standards to pro­ In most agencies, sad to say, not only is offer lower cost service, competing carriers tect passengers from injuries and death. there no financial assistance given to assure may protest to the ICC, and the protests are we need economic deregulation to lower public participation, but also the CPSC's Jtaper mechanism itself is lacking. Consumer often upheld. prices. We need strengthened regulatory This type of regulation protects stability commitment to improve public health and and public interest groups are not invited to within the trucking industry while eliminat­ safety. We also need to reshape the regula­ be involved in significant rulemaklngs. Un­ ing innovation that could lead to lower ship­ tory structure itself to increase public par- less they read the Federal Register-which lists all coming agency proposals-they are in ping costs and lower product prices. These ticipation. objections are not new. President Eisenhower Right now, several regulatory agencies are the dark. first expressed the argument for transporta- almost alumni clubs for industry executives. If they are to get involved and have an

. 23904 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 26, 1976 impact, it will cost thousands of dollars in Mozaan1bican authorities, who were reported In March, after eight months' hesitation, fees for lawyers, experts, and travel to Wash­ to have agreed to steps that wm ease the Mr. Machel closed Mozambique's border with ington. And, if they should lose on an issue port and rail congestion that has been bot­ Rhodesia.. The decision cost his treasury at of importance, they will find the doors of the tling up nearly a quarter of South Africa's least $50 million in annual trade and trans­ courthouse barred to them. Under current exports. portation revenues. At the same time, under law, they are usually deemed to lack standing In an age when the United States sells jet pressure from a radical faction within the to file class-action suits. aircraft to Communist China and the Soviet Frelimo leadership, he cut back on the con­ After many years of neglect, Congress is a.t Union buys computers from the capitalist tract labor that Mozambique supplies to last waking up to the idea of comprehensive West, the triumph of economics over ideology South Africa's mines--more than 100,000 men regulatory reform. It is not an issue which ls commonplace. Yet there ls something par­ last year. That act halved the huge but un­ will die after the election; the task to be ticularly striking &bout the pragmatic rela­ disclosed sum-between $100 million and faced is much too big to be completed in a tionship that has developed between South $200 million-that Mozambique earned in single year. Deregulation where government Africa and Mozambique. South Africa ls the 1975 from payments for the labor. intervention has proved counterproductive is last great fortress of white rule on the con­ While declaiming the need for self-reliance, a. high priority, as is the pervading problem tinep.t; it considers itself the main bulwark Mr. Machel has appealed with some success of regulatory delay. in Southern Africa. against Communism, for international aid. A senior United Na­ But the fundamental reform must be in­ Moziambique is a blaick-ruled state that has tions official who visited the country after the creased commitment to serve the public in­ embarked on a clasSl.cal Marxist revolution; border closure estimated that it would need terest and to provide for public participa­ it has become the training ground for about at least $200 mi111on this year to keep es­ tion in the process, in fact as well as on 6,000 bla.ck Rhodesi1Ul soldiers preparing for sential industries and services going. Several paper. In the inadequacy of such participa­ guerrilla. war against white-ruled Rhodesia. Commonwealth countries, including Canada tion can be found the roots of all the more Mozambique has allowed its ports to be used and Australia, have contributed large sums, specific problems. by Russian ships to deliver armaments t.o and the United States will probably contrib­ those guerrillas. ute about $10 mllllon to $12 milllon this For Samora Moises Machel, the President year. But the strongest backing has come of the People's Republic of Mozambique, the from the Soviet Union, to which Mr. Machel MOZAMBIQUE'S MARXISM HAS AL­ South African connection has been a bLtter made a much-ballyhooed visit some weeks LOWANCES FOR CAPITALISM pill. But the foreign exchange that his Gov­ ago. ernment earns from lending its principal The Russian alignment may have played a harbor to South African exports and its labor part in straining relations between Mr. to South African mines has proven lndis­ Machel and the radical wing of Frelimo, al­ HON. DON BONKER pensaible to an economy that has all but ready disaffected by the continuing links OF WASHINGTON collapsed since the heady celebrations on with South Africa. Rumors of an impending IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 25, 1975, that ended centuries of Portu~ coup, current for months, died down after guese colonial rule. reports that Armando Guebuza, the Interior Monday, July 26, 1976 Unlike the British, who bequeathed a basic Minister and acknowledged leader of the Mr. BONKER. Mr. Speaker, one of the ecpnomic infrastructure to many of their radical faction, had been stabbed by Mr. elements of Secretary Kissinger's new African colonies, the Portuguese did little to Machel's bodyguards after a disagreement in develop Mozambique. the presidential palace in May. approach to pressuring for black ma.: With the country all but sealed off to The stabbing incident suggested one side jority rule in Rhodesia is to help sustain Western journalists in recent months, a com­ of the enigmatic picture that emerges of Mr. Mozambique in the closing of its border. prehensive picture of the situation is difficult Machel. On another occasion, the President's How effective our $10 or $12 million to compose. However, the testimony of de­ bodyguards were reported to have severely would be is unclear, but undoubtedly it parting Portuguese settlers, visiting bus­ beaten a pilot whose aircraft moved into the has great importance in symbolic terms. inessmen and defectors from the ruling Fre­ path of Mr. Machel's executive jet on a taxi­ For those of us who have argued for a limo movement suggests that conditions in w&y at Maputo Airport. The hapless man the country and with it the popularity of the was accused of attempting to k111 the Presi­ more positive and forceful policy toward Government, have deteriorated sharply un­ dent. Similar stories abound, especially African problems, this is welcome sym­ der the impact of the "dynamic socialism" among Portuguese emigrants arriving in bolism. that Mr. Machel espouses. The most favor­ south Africa, who have every reason to want Nevertheless, it would be negligent to able construction of the facts that have to discredit the regime. Against them must ignore other, less pleasant, implications. filtered out indicates that the Government be set the remarkable candor and compas­ Sometime back, for example, the Wash­ is facing, at once, many of the worst prob­ sion that Mr. Machel has occasion.a.lly dis­ ington Post called attention to the fact lems that have bedevllled postcolonlal Afri­ played. ca, including tribal disputes, factionalism The bearded President, who worked as a that, like it or not, this strategy directly within the Government, and unrest in the medical assistant before leaving Mozambique promotes confrontation and possibly ranks of the military and the police. for guerrilla training in Algeria in 1963, has violence, although in the long run argu­ Many of the troubles and the economic made it a habit to turn up unannounced at ably less than there might otherwise be deterioration that underlies and compounds factories, hospitals and prisons, listening to if the inevitable collapse of the Smith them, can be traced to the doctrinaire poli­ grievances and instructing his secretary, tak­ government is not expedited. Still an­ cies that Mr. Machel introduced shortly after ing notes at his elbow, to correct them. The other unsettling aspect of our policy taking office. Land was nationalized, and visits have given him a. strong sense of the toward Mozambique is the public under­ unwilling peasants were coerced into col­ country's problems. The question seems to lective farming. The state took over key in­ be: Can he solve them? writing of a reportedly brutal and in­ dustries and ut111tles, without the compen­ creasingly unpopular Samora Machel. It sation promised to Portuguese owners. A sys­ would be hypocritical for us at once to tem of revolutionary justice was initiated, flail against Chile, Korea, and other complete with a secret police known by its BICENTENNIAL PERSONALITIES: rightwing regimes, on the enunciated sinister acronym, SNASP. Religion was all but proscribed, with laws that made it an JUDGE R. W. SMARTT, A GREAT principle that they are grossly denying JUDGE, WARM HUMAN BEING, AND human rights, and yet avert our eyes to offense to proselytize anybody under the age of 18. ESTEEMED CHRISTIAN GENTLE­ the transgressions of left-wing regimes. The results could hardly have been more MAN In this vein, Mr. Speaker, I commend severe. Agricultural production has plum­ to my colleagues a balanced New York meted by up to 75 percent in some areas, and Times analysis of the political situation sugar, once a profitable export, ls now scarce. · HON. JOE L. EVINS Of the 30,000 Portuguese settlers who stayed in Mozambique which will be useful as OF TENNESSEE we continue to confront the simmering on after independence, less than 2,000 re­ Rhodesian issue: main: the exodus has decimated the ranks of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES experts that the economy needed. Prisons are Monday, July 26, 1976 MozAMBIQUE's MARXISM HAs ALLOWANCES overflowing with an estimated 40,000 de­ FOR CAPITALISM tainees, most of them black, more than in Mr. EVINS of Tennessee. The Southern (By John F. Burns) the most repressive period under the Portu­ Standard of McMinnville, Tenn., in its JoHANNESBURG.-A group of 40 South guese. Bicentennial Persona.lities series recently African businessmen recently flew froll) In some cities lineups have formed for published an article concerning the Johoannesburg to Maputo, capital of Mozam­ staples such as bre~d and potatoes. In the bique, to discuss ways of improving the north Makonde tribesme:q, strong backers of Honorable Robert White Smartt, for 32 efficiency of freight handling in the port of Frelimo during the fight for independence, years Judge of the Seventh Judicial Maputo. The businessmen, as quoted in a. h&ve clashed several times with Frelimo Circuit of Tennessee. Johannesburg newspaper, returned full of troops. At least two mutinies have broken. Judge Smartt had a warm, witty, and praise for the cooperative approach of the out in army ranks. engaging personalit~ and maintained his July 26., 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23905 sense of humor and enjoyment of life standing people of America, I place in as "a profound thinker and a fluent, eloquent until his passing at the age of 95. He was the RECORD herewith the article con­ speaker. He combines the energies and activi­ born on July 4, 1873, and died on Thanks­ cerning Judge Smartt from the McMinn­ ties of youth with the steadiness and con­ servatism of a patriarch.'' At 85 he was de­ giving Day, November 28, 1968. ville Southern Standard. scribed as "the cherished patriarch of the Judge Smartt was known for his innate The article fallows: community" who "has an outlook on life fairness in court and for his concern BICENTENNIAL PERSONALITIES-ROBERT W. that would do credit to a man of 20." Such with the people who appeared before SMART!', Cmcurr JUDGE was the personality of the Judge. He had a him-the defendants charged with crime. (By Sue D. Smartt) sort of timeliness about him which made him On one occasion, the article by Miss Sue He's a YBlnkee Doodlee Dandy just the right age for whatever group he- was D. Smartt, a niece, recites, Judge Smartt Yankee Doodle, do or die, · with, either young or old. was trying a case and a young attorney A real live nephew of his Uncle The Southern Standard article went on to cited a certain section of the Tennessee Sam's predict his future. "A young man of sterling Born on the fourth of July. integrity, rare abllity and industrious appli­ code. cation, with high and noble purposes in life, The judge said: Born on the fourth of July, 1873-died on and a moral character above reproach, he is Young man, I'm quite aware of the code Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1968-a bound to rise to the top in his profession." and section you have cited, but let's be fair true patriot for almost a century-a fitting And to the top he did rise. On many occa­ about this. description of Judge Robert White Smartt, sions he was honored by the members of the for 32 years judge of the Seventh Judicial bar, as well as by t:tie public. On "Judge Fairness and justice above all-that Circuit. Robert W. Smartt Day," December 29, 1965, was the philosophy of Judge Smartt and Judge Smartt, known throughout his cir­ U.S. District Judge Frank Wilson called him he was admired and respected through­ cuit as "the .good Judge," was a man of dry "Tennessee's best known and best loved out Tennessee for his impartiality and wit and humorous truisms. His apt descrip­ judge." his ability. · tions and his sometimes alarming frankness Judge Smartt presided over court in De­ Judge Smartt was a great family man­ would have woµ many enemies for most men, Kalb, Van Buren, Warren, Coffee, Moore, and but "the Judge" had a way about him that Lincoln counties from 1918 until he retired he had seven children by two wives, Mrs. made men accept his judgments with good in 1950. For the next 12 years he traded his Anne Francher Smartt and Mrs. Alma humor, even with respect. It was said that six counties for the state, as he assisted Roggli Smartt-and he took great pride Judge Smartt never sentenced a man in judges who might be sick or vacationing. in his family. anger and often appeared to genuinely de­ The Judge made man~ new friends as he held I am pleased and delighted to be a part sire to render a decision that would favor court throughout the state. He was most im­ of his family. Judge Smartt was my both sides. Many of those he sentenced not pressed by the young lawyers, who he said esteemed father-in-law and we shared a only "went straight," but became his friends. were better prepared and tried their cases great compatibility. He was known to have appeared as a charac­ better than the older lawyers. "I can say this ter witness for a man he had earlier sen­ because no man has greater respect for the The Judge called together members of tenced. His years of experience on the bench old lawyers ths,n I do," he said. "Our system the Smartt clan for an annual family gave him an uncanny insight into human ls not perfect and try as we do, injustice ls reunion from throughout the country to nature. He professed to be able to tell when sometimes done and the right not always convene at the Smartt home in Smartt a man was telling the truth. "If a man ls not reached, but that ls not the intention of the Station, Tenn. He even traveled to other telling the truth, the mark of Caln comes judges and lawyers. It was said years ago cities to visit relatives and encourage across his face," the Judge told McAllen and is still true that the administration of their attendance at the reunion for Foutch when Foutch was just beginning his the law ls not an exact science." He went on warm fellowship, fried chicken, country law practice. to say, "I am proud of the men who make up Judge Robert W. Smartt's life touched per­ the bar of Tennessee. It ls a joy to be with ham, and the latest anecdotes by Judge haps the lives of more Warren Countians them and to work with them," and they loved Smartt. than any other individual in the first half him as evidenced by their many tributes. He He took great pride in his ancestry, of this century as he meted out justice to only missed two conventions of the State Bar strong men and women of pioneer stock, bootleggers, murderers, thieves, and crap­ Association from 1899 until 1960. and he believed in and lived his Chris­ shooters alike for 32 years. Known to be a For Bob Smartt, his abiding passion for the tianity. He was a religious man, an elder great one for compromise, he made every law began early in his life. On the days that in the Smartt Memorial Presbyterian effort to give a man another chance, par­ he visited McMinnville with his father, young ticularly a first offender. A young lawyer Bob could be found on lawyer's row or in the Church for 55 years. He had an unflinch­ representing the plaintiff and trying his first ing attitude toward right and wrong and courthouse when it was time to return home case recounted his despair when he realized But the road to his legal career was not an yet he had an understanding and merci­ that Judge Smartt seemed little impressed easy one. Born to Qeorge Madison and Cor­ ful attitude toward those who did wrong. by the mounting evidence against the de­ nelia Adela.id Smartt, Robert White Smartt He understood people and he understood fendant. Hoping to impress him, the young was the tenth child in a family of twelve human nature. lawyer called the Judge's attention to a cer­ children. "Ours was an old fashioned family Another facet of Judget Smartt's life tain code and section of the law relevant to of work, work, and more work. We were born was his love of sports. He sometimes the case. The Judge replied, "Young man, in the country and there was alw,a.ys the very I'm quite aware of the code and section you odor of the farm about us. We learned early visited Washington and would always try have cited, but let's be fair about this," and to see a ball game. He was a great foot­ to get up at 4 o'clock to milk cows," he once he ruled in favor of the defendant. Among said. ball fan of the University of Tennessee the lawyers who tried cases in his court, it Volunteers and liked nothing better than was said that Judge Smartt never let the law Bob attended the county school in the get in the way of his common sense, although Smartt coinmunit y where he was born, until to bundle up in warm clothes and attend he entered the McMinnville City School, a game to cheer on the Vols. few of his legal decisions were reversed in a higher court. from which he graduated in 1892. For ape­ He was also a great believer in walk­ An indomitable optimist, Judge Smartt riod of six years he alternated between ing-and perhaps this exercise which he could always see something good in every teaching school at Smartt and Vervilla in began in childhood partially explained man-if not in the man, he could find some­ the fall months. He received both his lit­ his longevity. He walked miles, and thing good in his "mammy" or his "pappy." erary degree in 1897, and his law degree in thought nothing of it. On occasion, he He made a practice of sending prisoners con­ 1899, from Cumberland. victed in his court, unescorted to the state A great walker, even in his later years, ·walked from his home in Smartt Sta­ young Smartt often walked from Cumber­ tion to Cumberland College in Lebanon, prison, sometimes allowing them to get in a crop before going. He said that none ever land in Lebanon to his farm home near a distance of perhaps 30 miles. betrayed his confidence. In fact, one prisoner Smartt, saving $1.50 train fare. On one oc­ Judge Smartt was a great Tennessean, arrived without his papers, which he had lost casion he walked the last miles from Mur­ an outstanding American. He embodied on the way. Unable to gain admittance, the freesboro to home in the snow. In the Spring those qualities of greatness that are the man called Judge Smartt who spoke to the he sometimes stopped and visited along the best qualities of our Nation. He was re­ authorities so the man could be admitted. way, helping with hay hauling if he was ligious but not puritanical-fair but not In 1902, when according to the Southern needed, before continuing his journey home. harsh-understanding but not permis­ Standard McMinnville was "a thriving town He continued this habit of walking and sive-and he loved his God, his family of 2000, with a suburban population of per­ later became a veteran hitchhiker. During haps a thousand more," Robert White gas rationing Cl! World War II, the Judge and his country. Smartt's law career was a little more than often hitchhiked to the county where he He was indeed a truly great Bicen­ two years old. Associated with A. R. Hammer. was currently holding COUft. tennial personality. the firm was said to be "steadily coming to In October, 1905, Bob Smartt married Miss Because of the interest of my col­ the front both in practice and popularity." Anne F'ancher of Sparta. To this union leagues and the American people in out- In the same edition, Smartt was described three daughters were born, Cornelia (Mrs. 23906 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July ~6, 1976 John Hodges) of Knoxville, Anne (Mrs. Jee "The thing that makes us all love him is spite the numbing yoke of totalitarian­ L. Evins) of Smithville, and Fancher (Mrs. that he looks like our boys at home-he ism, have not lost faith in the eventual Frank Galbraith, deceased). Miss Anne died needs a hatrcut." Judge Smartt's a.b111ty to restoration of their basic liberties. It is in 1909, and on September 3, 1913,• he mar­ look at the great and see the commonplace ried Alma Roggli of Decherd. A daughter made him comfortable wherever or with incumbent upon us, the world's leading and three sons were born to them: Jes.sie whomever he was. democracy, to encourage and support Louise (Mrs. R. C. Emmons) of South Bend, A strong supporter of good government on their long-lived aspirations. Indiana, John Matt Smartt of Knoxville, the local, state, and national level, Judge The easing of restrictions agreed to in Robert W. Smartt, Jr. of Murfreesboro, and Smartt was a. Democrat, and like most Demo­ Helsinki constitutes the greatest ray of Diemer L. Smartt of Smartt. crats he felt better 11;bout government when hope for these captive nations. It is our A great family man, Judge Smartt spent the Democrats were in office. He wrote a responsibility-as well as the Soviet many hours in preparation for the annual friend at Christmas, 1960, "I want to be a Union's-to see to it that these provisions Smartt family reunion, held each year on little happier by going to the Inauguration the fourth Sunday in July. Letters went and seeing the turning out of these doggone are complied with in accordance with out to all corners of the nation inviting dis­ Republicans and the incoming of real Demo­ this major international agreement. tant cousins to come and commune with crats." He was ma.de happier for he saw John The U.S. Congress, unhappy with the the Sma.rtt C'lan on this festive occasion. F. Kennedy inaugurated in January, 1961. immediate results, has recently voted to Each year a new group of cousins could not A spring located on his farm, said to have establish a commission designed to over­ resist the Judge's persuasive invitation, been carved out by an old Indian named see the implementation of our mutual traveling thousands of miles to sample the Tom, was the source to which Judge Smartt pledges. The urgent task faced by this fried chicken, country ham, and warm fel­ attributed his very life and his longevity. He newly appointed commission is to scru­ lowship of little known relatives. A visit to often chuckled as he recalled how his sister Chattanooga, Nashvil'le, and other surround­ had written: "Poor brother, he.is too young tinize the state of human rights in East­ ing towns was a. tradition for the Judge to to die." In later yea.rs he wrote, "I am so tern Europe, and to focus the attention insure good attendance at the reunion. No doggoned old. I am the last leaf on the tree." of the· International Community on all good Smartt could turn down the Judge's To all who knew him, he was p.ot old: he was violations that do take place. personal invitation. He just wouldn't have 95 years young when he died. It is my fervent hope that as a result understood. One of Warren County's most colorful cit­ of this positive development, we will soon Judge Smartt took great pride in his an­ izens, Judge Smartt left his mark on the be able to report that the Soviet Union cestry, always delighting in the retelling of hearts of the people in whom he saw only the is making substantive efforts to correct the story of his grandfather General Wil­ best and ignored the worst. His prayer, "God, liam Cheek Smartt, how he came to War­ help me to live as long as I am alive," was its more repressive practices. ren County in 1804, and how he dropped to indeed answered, for he lived an active life to In a spirit of optimism, let us reaffirm his knees to pray a. prayer of thanks when the very last, seeming always to see the world through the observance of Captive Na­ hre, his wife and baby returned in 1805 to through a pair of rose-colored glasses. tions Week our determination to see that his homesite. Another favorite story was the the captive nations regain their inalien­ way his grandfather ended his distillery busi­ able rights to self-determination and na­ ness. The General made both whiskey and tional sovereignty. Their struggle must brandy and had a large orchard which pro­ CAPTIVE NATIONS WEEK not end until they achieve what is their vided ingredients for his products. Attend­ ing a temperanoo meeting, he became con­ due, and our support must not cease un­ vinced it was wrong. He went home, closed HON. CHRISTOPHER J. DODD til such a day has come. the distillery, gave the keys to his wife, and OF CONNECTICUT never entered it again. To the Judge, these IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES stori'es provided examples of devotion to God and strength of character, a heritage Monday, July 26, 1976 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NEW of which he was proud. He made sure that YORK RESOLUTION NO. 198 his 22 grandchildren were just as familiar Mr. DODD. Mr. Speaker, I would like with their heritage as he was, as well as the to take this time to acknowledge the ob­ many cousins who visited him. servance of Captive Nations Week, pro­ HON. THOMAS J. DOWNEY The Judge was a religious man serving claimed by the President for the week of OF NEW YORK as elder of the Smartt Memorial Presbyterian July 18. This very special week dates IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Church for 55 years ~ Sunday morning found back to July 17, 1959, when the 86th Con­ him regularly singing in the choir, making gress first inaugurated a Captive Na­ Monday, July 26, 1976 up for what he lacked in harmony with his tions )Veek, and it has now become an great fervor. He taught a Sunday School Mr. DOWNEY of New York. Mr. Speak­ class during all those years, interspersing annual commemoration. er, I would like to bring to the attention the lesson with examples gleaned from his This year it takes on added signifi­ of my colleagues the following resolution courtroom experiences. His wise counS'el cance as we ourselves celebrate the 200th passed today by the New York State As­ guided many along the pathway of life. anniversary of our freed om and inde­ sembly. In full support of my recent An early , sports enthusiast, Bob Smartt pendence. We must not forget the fat~ stand on the same question this assembly excelled not only in oratory at Cumberland of those who do not enjoy the rights and resolution of the State of New York me­ College, but in baseball and track as well. privileges that we have been blessed morializes Congress to enact legislation His enthusiasm for sports continued with for so many years, and who are throughout his life. He was the most avid to include raw sewage, wastes, and sludge football fan the Univiersity of Tennessee Vol­ still fighting for their liberty. We must in the definition of "hazardous sub­ unteers had. The elements did not deter not forget to register our protest against stances" in order to entitle New York him-he might be wearing a shirt, sweater, the denial of national sovereignty which State to appropriate assistance in clean­ jacket, overcoat, and two pairs of pants, but ci>ntinues to plague Albania, Bulgaria, ing up the beaches and waters along the you could count on his attending every home Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Hungary, Lat­ shore of Long Island. Resolution No. 198 game and many away from Knoxvllle. On via, Lithuania, Poland, and Romania. Monday morning a letter would be in his of the Assembly of the State of New The acts of aggression that the Soviet York states the following: mailbox addressed to General Bob Neyland Union has been routinely perpetrating or later to Honorable Doug Dickey. Along Whereas, Recent natural and man made with his words of praise for the teams' Sat­ against these nations for decades have phenomena involving the coincidental oc­ urday performance, he would send his ob­ not gone unnoticed. The Soviet Union currence of winds, tides and rains which have servations and a few words of advice. has forced the deportation of thousands resulted in an assault on the beaches of Long Giving unsolicited advice once put him of Estonians, Lithuanians, and Latvians ·island by outrageous amounts of raw sewage, in a touchy situation when his son-in-law, f9 Siberia. It has brutally invaded Hun­ plastic items, grease balls and other uniden­ . Congressman Joe L. Evins, arranged for gary and Czechoslovakia, and installed tified noxious materials; and Judge Smartt to meet President Harry Tru­ permanent military watchdogs in their Whereas, These materials have rendered man. Undaunted by presidents, having seen societies. It has consitantly denied the many of these beaches unfit for human use at or met every president since Grover Cleve­ basic rights of free speech, assembly, the beginning of the summer recreation sea.­ land, Judge Smartt and President Truman son; and conversed about various is.sues of the day. religion, and travel not only to its own Whereas, Such conditions have necessitated Things went well until the Judge told the citizens, but to those of Eastern Europe. the closing of these beaches, including Jones President he realized many people gave him Most recently, it has failed to grant to Beach, the largest, most popular beach in advice on how to run the country, and he these nations the fundamental provi­ New York State; and have endangered public certainly would not presume to do that. Of sions of the Helsinki agreement. health and have caused extensive economic President John F. Kennedy, the Judge wrote, The brave peoples of these nations, de- hardship; and July 26, 1976· EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23907 Whereas, Federal programs including pro­ scents, but maybe he will miss the sights This was a problem, it seemed like it had visions of the Federal Water Pollution Con­ and the sounds. Certainly a man with a all been done before-the community was trol Act Amendments of 1972 (Public Law hunting dog· must derive pleasure from the under constant scrutiny by the local media 92-500) have been enacted to provide for the sight of a pheasant rattling out of the fence­ (thus the title of this section). But had it removal of hazardous substances from our row when the tractor comes too close. Cer­ really been covered? We decided to find out. nation's waters in order to assure mainte­ tainly he must hesitate a minute when the Thus, "Adams-Morgan ... the Millionth nance of water quality and protection of pub­ early morning call of the quail floats to him. Go-Round," was begun. lic health; and Oh, of course he can go to the public Whereas, Furtherance of the objectives of hunting areas for his neighboring with such Federal programs would require their nature. application to such situations as occurred He can take the black lab and rub elbows along the shores of Long Island; and with the rest of us. JOE McCAFFREY HONORED Whereas, Appropriate amendments to Fed­ Chances are, he won't like it though. He'll eral laws defining "hazardous substances" to curse the crowds and competition, and it include raw sewage, noxious wastes and probably will not occur to him that he sludge from the beaches and waters along chopped up his own solution to the problem HON. ROBERT H. MICHEL the shore of Long Island; now, therefore, be when he killed the fencerow. OF ILLINOIS it Or maybe he'll hunt on his own farm and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES blame the game and fish department or the Resolved, That the Congress of the United Monday, July 26, 1976 States be and hereby is respectfully memori­ fox for the lack of game. alized to amend eXisting law defining "haz­ The fencerow died and, though all of us Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, while we ardous substances" to include raw sewage, may mourn it, the tragedy was greatest for the farmer. were in recess earlier this month, our noxious wastes and sludge in order to as­ good friend, Joe Mccaffrey, who has sure assistance in cleaning the waters along covered the affairs of this Congress for the shore of Long Island; and be it further Resolved, That copies of this resolution be D.C.'S WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL so many years, was inducted into the transmitted to the President of the Senate COMMENDED Sigma Del ta Chi Hall of Fame. of the United States, the Speaker of the I do not know of any reporter more House of Representatives, and to each mem­ respected by the Members, and I think ber of Congress of the United States from the HON. WALTER E. FAUNTROY it would certainly be remiss of us not to State of New York. OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA make note of his having received this IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES high honor from the professional jour­ Monday, July 26, 1976 nalism fraternity. Therefore, I would like to have an THE ELIMINATION OF WILDLIFE Mr. FAUNTROY. Mr. Speaker, it is article from the July 6 Washington Star, HABITATS with a great deal of pride that I con­ which tells of the award and gives many gratulate those people who were instru­ !nteresting details of Joe's career, printed mental in helping the magazine City­ here in the RECORD: HON. RICHARD NOLAN scape win an award for outstanding cov_. OF MINNESOTA RADIO'S "HOME" TO JOE MCCAFFREY erage of the disadvantaged in this year's (By Dennis John Lewis) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES national Robert Kennedy Journalism "I've been crazy about politics since the Monday, July 26, 1976 Awards contest. This magazine, which eighth grade," confessed WMAL-AM Radio's was coordinated by Mart Malakoff, a Mr. NOLAN. Mr. Speaker, the sense­ Joseph Mccaffrey. "My father was interested . constituent of mine, is a product of the in politics and politicians and I liked his­ less, and oftentimes naive, destruction of dedicated efforts of students from photo­ tory." the Capitol Hill reporter continued, nature's wildlife habitats have created a journalism classes at Western High explaining his passion for the national crisis with inevitable consequences. Be­ School in Washington, D.C. The maga­ political scene. fore the numbers of our very limited and Last month Mccaffrey was inducted into precious wildlife are reduced to extinc­ zine was one of only 12 winners out of Sigma Delta Chi's Washington Hall of Fame tion, we must utilize all our resources 500 entries in the contest. It is a particu­ of the Society of Professional Journalists, a to preserve these natural environments larly impressive achievement when one select group of under 40 reporters who have considers the other winners in the con­ spent over 25 years covering a Washington to insure the generations of tomorrow test were from national television net­ beat. It's been a long road for the high the enjoyments of wilderness and wild­ school student from Dutchess County, N.Y., life that we have known. works or major metropolitan newspa­ pers. It is a testimonial to the students who shook Franklin D. Roosevelt's hand The elimination of the fencerow is a the night before the 1932 presidential elec­ case in point. This sad but very well and teachers of Western High School tion. done article, written by Mr. Bill Stokes, that they are able to produce such an The veteran reporter, who celebrated his first appeared in the Wildlife Newsletter, outstanding publication. 32nd anniversary on the Washington scene published by the South Dakota Depart­ The section of the magazine which June 6, recalled the day his career began ment of Game, Fish, and Parks and was was singled out for the award, deals with in 1944. A press aide at Eisenhower head­ the Adams-Morgan conuimnity of quarters, he ,had been hospitalized With a later reprinted in an article in Minnesota neck injury sustained 1n a plane crash. Out of Doors, a publication of the Minne­ Washington. The section traced the so­ "I got out of Walter Reed Hospital, walked sota Conservation Federation: cial, cultural, and ethnic evolution of downtown and got a job as correspondent this innercity community. The interest A F'ENCEROW DIES with CBS News,'' he remembered "That and sensitivity to social issues which could happen then." (By Bill Stokes) these students demonstrated, is exemp­ Mccaffrey, 58, could easily pass for a solon A fencerow died last week on a farm. lified in the introduction to this section himself. Daily he makes his way through the A farmer and his helper were slashing it of the magazine, which I am inserting: Capitol's subterranean labyrinth of hall­ to death with axes when I drove by . . . ways and offices, stopping to chat with aging The farmer's dog romped nearby as the INTRODUCTION ·congressmen, first-termers, staff assistants, wood chips flew and brush fell. The dog was Adams-Morgan has been described to us police, elevator operators and secretaries. a. black labrador, a hunting dog if there ever as a "little United Nations." This term is The Mccaffrey manner-sometimes re­ was one and the inconsistency of the scene apt, for not only is there the ethnic and ferred to as "old school"-is gentlemanly, a was almost brutal. cultural diversity present in the real UN, low-key charm seasoned with dashes of ... The fencerow died, and it took with there is also the differences of opinion and humor and a perceptiveness praised by his it into oblivion a chunk of nature's irreplace­ factionalization that exist in that meeting peers. Each day, the commentator routinely able hide. place of the world's communities. However, checks out committee reports, rumored It took the home of the lark and the as is true in the larger world, it is this di­ amendments that could provoke floor flights pheasant and the countless smaller birds . . . versity and divergence that make it the in­ and the quiet and not-so-quiet clash of per­ It took the grasses and twigs that shelter teresting place that it is. And it was this sonalities that determine the future of legis­ the rabbit clutches and it took a highway aspect which inspired us to make Adams­ lation. His findings are aired ~t 6:50 each of wild travel from the fox and the skunk and Morgan the subject of an article. week-night in his "Today 1n Congress," the all of the other creatures. We started with an idea of a survey of only radio program featuring exclusive cover- There will be few interesting scents for this neighborhood-we already knew from age of House and Senate floor and commit· the black lab to explore during the year as our own experiences that it was rich in cul­ tee proceedings. it romps beside the roaring farm ma.chines. ture, in community involvement, In local Relaxing in his out-of-the-way Capitol The farmer, of course, will not miss the projects, and . • • 1n media coverage. cubby-hole office, McCafrrey said recently 23908 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS . July 26, 1976 the new sex scandals appear much more ser­ Peter Vrdolyak, Sr. was born in Yugo­ The 35R gas plant, which has a processing ious for Congress than the Wilbur Mills epi­ slavia and came to the United States in capacity of 94 MMcfd, is undergoing renova­ sode. 1913. He never ran from hard work in his tion. A Navy spokesman said more repair work "It's a shame that so many fine, hard­ tha.n anticipated must be done-particularly working congressmen have been hit by the life. He was respected in his community to the electrical system and the cooling charges of the scandals," he said. "It reflects as a man who said what he thought and tower. The plant has not been used for 25 on them because it confirms peoples' fears stood by what he said. He believed in the years. about Congress. These people have the same American system of government. He was As a result, most of the initial production frail ties as ordinary people and the tempta­ a patriot in the best sense of the word. has been low-gravity Shallow Zone oil, which tions are greater. He was a scrupulously honest, sensi­ yields little associated gas. Current Shallow "As one observer said, people forget there tive, and generous individual. He will be Zone production is 24,000 b/d-1lhe amount were 12 apostles and one of them went bad. mourned by his neighborhood, his fam­ sold to oil companies Ma.y 26-27. So what if we apply the same ratio to the ily and his friends. The city of Chicago Production from the higher-gravity 535 members of Congress?" Stev&"J.S Zone amounts to a.bout 7,500 b/d, Indeed, not all congressmen are the gre­ has lost a fine man. Peter Vrdolyak, Sr. part of which is Socal's. The Navy sold 65,820 garious backslappers their stereotype im­ represented the best of a generation that b/d from the zone. Current production ls plies. Many, Mccaffrey judged, are "painfully we wil1 not see again. processed through a nearby Atlantic Rich­ shy, not what they seem, almost going into field gas plant, which has a capacity of 8 politics as if it were a challenge to be mas­ MMcfd. tered." The Navy said it will sell a.t auction addi­ As for ex-congressmen, Mccaffrey mused: ELK HILLS FIELD PROVEN IN­ tional Elk Hills production of about 20,000 "A lot of them stay here because this ls it. CAPABLE OF EMERGENCY PRO­ b/d this fa.11, possibly 1n October. They don't play golf or other sports. They DUCTION This will be the limit of sales until addi­ just wander around aimlessly, their lives tional pipeline capacity becomes available wrapped up in having worked here." to the field, which is capable of producing According to Mccaffrey, the answer to con­ HON. ALPHONZO BELL 400,000 b/d. gressional stagnation may be a limit on ten­ To bring the field to its current 34,500 b/d ure, "After 12 years they (congressmen) get OF CALIFORNIA level, the Navy has activated about 150 wells pretty much in a rut, concentrating on just a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES which tap the Shallow Zone and from 8-10 few things,'' htt noted. "From then on, you wells which tap the Stevens. get cynicism, which is the greatest downfall Monday, July 26, 1976 for politicians . . . or reporters for that mat­ Mr. BELL. Mr. Speaker, some of my ter." friends in the House remember when I Despite four local Emmies and the re­ began warning them about 3 years ago spected Ted Yates Award for his work on INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM television, radio ls home for Joe Mccaffrey. that our naval petroleum reserves were Several years ago he lost his television an­ in a sorry state of readiness and incapa­ chorman slot to the "team" concept and, ble of significant production of oil and more recently, he lost the televised half of gas in the event of a national emergency. HON. RONALD A. SARASIN his interview show. But McCaffrey's mellow One of my primary contentions back OF CONNECTICUT voice and knowledgeable delivery keep his in those days in the wake of the Arab oil IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES weeknight reports and Monday night con­ embargo of the winter of 1973-74 was gressional interviews: "McCaffrey's Washing­ that the field, and particularly the gas Monday, July 26, 1976 ton" at 7:05, a radio staple. There was a time five years ago when Mc­ plant, at Elk Hills were in a state of Mr. SARASIN. Mr. Speaker, I would caffrey voiced frustration with his demand­ total disrepair and would take months, or like to address my remarks to the prob­ ing job. But he's cured himself of that: "I've years, to bring up to a workable state: lem of international terrorism. As you lowered my expectation level and heightened At the risk of being accused of the know, the incidence of international ter­ my patience." Instead of staying on the job "I-told-you-so" syndrome, I would like rorism has become more frequent over until midnight, he now heads for his Mc­ to point out to my colleagues that, since the past 5 years than ever before. More­ Lean home around 7 nightly. the enactment of H.R. 49, the Naval over, not only are more terrorist attacks Petroleum Reserves Production Act of occurring, but these acts of violence have 1976-Public Law 94-258-in April, this taken on new and fanatical proportions. PETER VRDOLYAK has certainly been proven to be the case. While terrorism formerly abided by cer­ Some of the companies awarded con­ tain unwritten rules, today's terrorist ac­ tracts in May for production to begin in tivities have grown in severity beyond HON. MORGAN F. MURPHY July have .recently been informed that' our most pessimistic fears, with the ex­ OF ILLINOIS they will receive no oil until October. The ception, so far, of nuclear blackmail. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES reason is that the natural gasoline ab­ These events have taken on many sorption plant, which has been in moth­ forms in recent years. We have witnessed Monday, July 26, 1976 balls for 25 years, has proven to be com­ airplane hijackings, bombings, kidnap­ Mr. MURPHY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, pletely inoperative and in need of ex­ ings, and assassinations. Fortunately, a resident of my congressional district, tensive repairs and modernization. due to the decrease in the number of Peter Vrdolyak, Sr., died at the age of 84 In other words, if we had had a na­ countries willing to grant sanctuary to this past weekend after a long illness. tional emergency requiring immediate hijackers, and due to the strengthening Peter ..Vrdolyak was not a man widely production of our oil and gas reserves, of security measures and safeguards at known beyond his neighborhood, his the Navy would not have been able to airports and on airplanes, the incidence family, and his friends. He did not have produce the Stevens zone at Elk Hills of aircraft hijacking has been on the de­ a lot of time to devote to becoming a without serious delays. cline. However, the recent events at En­ prominent citizen. He had his hands full I refer my colleagues to an article tebbe Airport in Uganda make clear to making a respectable living for his fam­ which appears in the current issue of the all of us that aircraft hijacking has by ily and providing for their future. Oil & Gas Journal, the text of which no means been eliminated. Peter Vrdolyak, Sr. operated the South follows: Concerning this particular terrorist Chicago Beer Gardens at 3108 East 92d NAVY MISSES PRODUCTION TARGET FOR ELK action, on the very day of our Bicenten­ Street in Chicago for more than 50 years. Hn.LS nial July 4 celebration, an Israeli com­ He was a member of the 10th Ward A delay in demothbaliing a field gas plant mando unit heroically rescued the re­ Regular Democratic Organ ization, the at the Elk Hills field has prevented the U.S. maining 103 hostages on board the Air St. Joseph Lodge No. 39 Croatian Frater­ Navy from meeting its production goal this France jetliner which had been hijacked nal Union, and the Catholic Order of For­ summer. by six armed pro-Palestinian terrorists. resters Lodge No. 25. He is survived by The Navy said production, which began I think I am expressing the sentiment of his wife, Matilda, and five sons: Peter, July 3, now has reached about 34,500 b/d, the majority of the Members of Congress well below the recent sales contracts of 89,820 Joseph, John, Victor, and Edward. Ed b/d (OGJ, June 7, p. 56). by congratulating the Israelis and com­ Vrdolyak is the 10th ward's Alderman. By early September, the Navy said, produc­ mending them for their brave and sur­ He is also survived by a daughter, Gene­ tion should reach about 108,000 b/d. This gically executed mission. Accordingly, I vieve Simmons, and 15 grandchildren of will include the portion owned by Standard ll!ge the Members of the House to rapidly whom he was most proud. 011 Co. of California. adopt House Resolution 1407, which I co-

,/ July 26, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23909 sponsored, whicn commends Israel for its Ewart-Biggs, is only the most recent in­ colonialism which are still, in La.tin America.. motives of anguish and shame. rescue mission, and expresses the sense cident of a long list of tragic events. They This peace which we proclaim rejects all of the House that the President should all should be condemned, and we should types of subservience, be it the maintenance reevaluate current policies and programs conscientiously direct our efforts toward of alien lands in Latin America. Asiatic or in order to strengthen our stand against the elimination of these brutal attacks of African nations, the intelle<:tual who pre­ international terrorists and countries af­ international terrorism. vents the free circulation of technology the fording aid and support to terrorist Finally, I would like to extend my per­ taritT that denies just treatment of prices of groups. sonal sympathies and regrets to the fam­ raw ma.terials of our countries, or the finan­ ily of Mr. Ewart-Biggs, and to all those cier who manipulates the monetary resources Hijacking, however, is only one type of the world, credit or aid, or subject them of terrorist action. We must also address who have suffered the injustices of inter­ to vetoes. This peace that we call for today, our efforts toward the reduction, if not national terrorism. 150 yea.rs after the Amphictyonic Congress of elimination, of bombings, kidnapings, Pana.ma, is peace for work, with no artificial and assassinations. In this regard, I or unjust divisions in relationships, based on would like to mention two items of par­ a new international economic order. ticular interest. First, Congress has PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA OFFERS REMOVED SOVER'EIGNTY taken it upon itself to do something UNITED STATES ADVICE I want to take advantage of this occasion about terrorism. This year, Congress in­ and this movement to recall that within a cluded in the International Security As­ scant 12 days an event of exceptional im­ sistance and Arms EXPort Control Act of portance for the Hemisphere w1ll take place, 1976 provisions regarding international HON. PAUL SIMON the Bicentennial of the Independence of the OF ILLINOIS United States of America.. That great country terrorism. Specifically, the President is was the first to free itself of the yoke of co­ directed to prohibit foreign assistance to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lonialism and to build a powerful, sovereign any country which by its actions directly Monday, July 26, 1976 state. To its people and its Government we or indirectly harbors or fosters the ac­ send our words of solidarity. July 4 wm be tions of' international terrorists. This is Mr. SIMON. Mr. Speaker, one of the a day of jubilation for all Venezuelans who a significant step in the right direction, strong "friends of the United States has will share their joy with the Americans who and I applaud the Members of Congress been the Republic of Venezuela. Re­ live among us, in our own land. cently, the Washington Post and the New To be coherent and fait hful to the frank­ for their concern and action in this ness with which we speak to our own people matter. York Times published a full page ad of a speech which the President of the and the world, we must say here that the The seoond item regards a new inven­ Republic of Venezuela, Carlos Andres great day of Independence for the 200 year tion, publicized in the Washington Post old America. will only be marred by a fact; this past weekend. This invention, "the Perez, made at the National Patheon in which is dissonant with the best traditfon Sniff" machine, developed by Dr. Russell Caracas, Venezuela, on June 22, 1976. of the United States. I am referring to the It is the. advice of one friend to an­ colonial enclave of the Pana.ma Ca.na.l Zone. Dietz of the Brookhaven National Lab­ other and it is advice we would do well · Pana.ma., the Panama of the Amphictyonic oratory, can detect one part of vapor to heed. congress, 150 years after that glorious date, from explosives in 1 billion parts of air, is divided, its sovereignty is removed. And it and newer production models will detect I am attaching a portion of his speech. is in a cordial spirit that we raise our voice a few parts in 10 trillion parts of air. This I hope some of my colleagues will read in the name of Venezuela and are sure that invention, and its companion, "the tag," it with care: it is the voice of all the peoples of Latin which leads investigators swiftly to the PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA OFFERS UNITED America, to say to the Great Nation of the source of the explosive if a bomb does go STATES ADVICE North tha'& the best homage to Washington off, would react to a new ingredient-­ Today La.tin America. commemorates the and to the thousands of anonymous heroes 150th anniversary of the Amphictyonic Con­ of the U.S. Independence, would be to pro­ which would be required in the produc­ gress of Pana.ma.. To celebra.te the occasion claim to an admiring world, that the Uni~d tion of dynamite, and which gives off a we a.re gathered here today before the Na­ States is restoring to Latin America., that vapor-in much the same way as a Geiger tional Pantheon where the ashes of S1m6n they are returning to their legitimate owners, counter reacts to radiation. I congratu­ Bolivar rest. that portion of Panamanian territory. late Dr. Dietz for his inventions and am In this square before the Pantheon, Severa.I conferences and assemblies of confident that this will significantly as­ Venezuela. stands before La.tin America. with Hemisphere countries have proclaimed that fraternal words to emphasize its aims of the question of the Panama Canal is of com­ sist law enforcement oflicials throughout mon interest for America. So said our Foreign the world in their constant battle against La.tin American brotherhood, on this date, one of the most significant in our continen­ Ministers in Bogota, Tla.telolco and We.shing­ terrorists. tal history. We want to reaffirm the unques­ ton; so it was reiterated in March, 1975, by I am encouraged by these new develop­ tionable identification of the people who Presidents and Heads of State of all the Latin ments in our fight agajnst international constitute the Latin American community. American nations, in response to the initia­ terrorism. I am hopeful, too, that these In this square before the Na.tlona.l Pan­ tive we took, the Head of the Government of developments will help reduce the num­ theon, we come to reiterate our irrevocable Panama and the Presidents of Colombia, Cost Rica and Venezuela. at the Meeting of ber of incidents of kidnapings, bomb­ will to achieve integration and to express our ings, and assassinations. The tragic faith in the ideals that inspired the calllng Panama on March 24, 1975. of the Congress which met in Pana.ma. on a. A DECISION WHICH Wll.L HONOR THE events of the last 7 years-two Turkish day like today, June 22, 1826, 150 yea.rs a.go. UNITED STATES ambassadors killed within 3 days, three From the heart of Venezuela. to the heart There can be no excuse for any further U.S. ambassadors killed since 1969, doz­ of the Latin American people' goes a. message delay in adopting this decision, which will ens of U.S. envoys, consuls, and attaches of solidarity on this great day for the con­ honor the United States s.nd contribute, on murdered during that time, Olympic ath­ tinent. We call upon the memory of our the occasion of its Bicentennial, to the open­ letes helplessly massacred, children ex­ Libera.ting Forefathers, who achieved the ing of new perspectives for understanding terminated during terrorist raids, a pre­ unity of our peoples, to make possible the among our countries. This would constitute mier of Spain· tragically assassinated, and feats of independence and liberty, joining as a majestic reencounter of the historic figures hundreds more killed by bombs at La­ brothers, to hand down to us the unfulfilled who founded the American Union and those Guardia Airport, in Northern Ireland and historic mandate of Latin American unit{. who breathed life into the Republics of La.tin Bolivar and all of our Liberators, from America, inspired as they were by the same Great Britain, on a train in Italy, on a Mexico to Argentlnl}, envisioned union for thought, open struggle against colonialism. :fiigh t from Tel Aviv, and elsewhere. peace. For them peace was not merely the ab­ We hope that this will be a prompt achieve­ Mr. Speaker, I hope to bring to light sence of war. Peace meant creative activity, ment, which will contri'bute to strengthen the spiraling rise in international ter­ the possibllity to achieve through human relations -threatened by confrontations which rorism itself. Hundreds of persons have effort the happiness of mankind, the co­ we the Latin American peoples in no way been senselessly murdered, hundreds existence of the peoples of the world on the desire or propitiate; on the contrary, we de bases of international justice, equality and sire an image of the United States, fortified more injured, and still thousands more mutual respect. in La.tin America by a gesture that will re­ have suffered while they have been International justice is one of the names affirm the authentic truth .of its democracy forced to idly sit by and watch their rel­ for peace. It implie~ the just balance Of dis­ and its ethical position in the world. We atives being killed. The deplorable bomb­ tribution of present riches and productive made this position known to President Ford ings beneath the limousine of the British potential of future riches; but it also im­ in a confident1'8l letter dated in Panama on Ambassador to Ireland, Mr. Christopher plies the struggle against the last vestiges of that same day, Ma.rch 24, 1975. 23910 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 26, 1976 A SPEECH FOR THE PUBLIC ing ... or has failed. Having described these mistakes, I still believe that as the American RECORD - and other problems, I could sit down with­ people sit in judgment on each party, they out offering any solutions. will realize that ours were mistakes of the I do not choose to do that either. heart. HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL The citizens of America expect more. They THE FUTURE deserve and want more than a recital of OF NEW YORK Now, we must look to the future. Let us problems. heed the voice of the people and recognize IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES We are a people in a quandary about the their common sense. If we do not, we not Monday, July 26, 1976 present and in search of our future. only blaspheme our political heritage, we We are a people in search of a national also ignore the common ties that bind Amer- Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I would community. kans. · like to submit for public record, the key­ It is a search that is unending for we Many fear the future's uncertainty, are note address of our colleague, the Hon­ are not only trying to solve the problems of distrustful of their leaders, and believe that the moment-inflation, unemployment-but orable BARBARA JORD1\N, which was so their voices are not heard. Many seek only to warmly received at the Democratic Na­ on a larger scale, we are attempting to ful­ satisfy their private dreams. They ignore the fill the promise of America. We are attempt­ common interest-the common good. tional Convention last Monday in Madi­ ing to fulfill our national purpose; to create son Square Garden. and sustain a society in which all of us are This is the great danger that America Congresswoman JORDAN is to be com­ faces, that we will cease to be one nation equal. and become instead a collection of interest mended for the sweeping message which Throughout our history, when the people groups, each seeking to flilfill private she so eloquently imparted to those of us have looked for new ways to uphold the prin­ dreams. Each seeking to satisfy private gathered in Madison Square Garden to ciples upon which this nation rests, they wants. have turned to the political parties. •Often unify our party and select our next they have turned to the Democratic Party. If this occurs, who then will speak for Democratic Presidential nominee, the What is it about the Democratic Party America? Honorable Jimmy Carter. Her speech that has made it the instrument through Who will speak for the common good? was most appropriate for the event as it which the people have acted to shape their This is the question to be answered in 1976. addressed not only those concerns which future? I THE ANSWER Are we to be one people bound together we as members of the Democratic Party by a common spkit, sharing 1n a common share, but the concerns that most Amer­ The answer is our concept of governmg endeavor or will we become a divided nation: icans have addressed themselves as a. which is derived from our view of people. region vs. region; city vs. suburb; interest necessary result of the alienation, eco­ It is a concept rooted in a set of beliefs that group against interest group and neighbor are firmly etched in our national consc10us­ against neighbor? nomic distress, and divisiveness which ness. this country has suffered over the last What are these beliefs? For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee decade. Congresswoman JoRDAN's admi­ First, we believe in, equality for all (and) from the futUTe. We cannot become the rable oratorical style combined with her privileges for none. It is a belief that each new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future to­ unique ability to capture her audienUnited Kingdom in the sum­ Fourth, through AID, this Government idea that "the debt dies with the debtor" mer of 1943. On his return he was assigned provided some of the funds necessary­ is as valid and as necessary in Thailand to B-29s and given the 498th Bombardment altogether about $9,000-to get Mr. Col­ as in the United States, Mr. Collins felt, Group to organize. He flew the second B-29 lins to and from Bangkok and keep him and he suggested the new insurance co­ to land in the Marlannas and in November there 131 days. op offer this type of insurance first. No of 1944 led the 498th in the first B-29 raid The Cooperative League of Thailand is against Tokyo. When the war ended, he was other firm in Thailand is doing so today. a command pilot, assistant chief of staff A-2 a national federation of all types of co­ As Mr. Collins points out in his 48-page to General Rosie O'Donnell, whose 73rd operatives in that country. Essentially it report to the Cooperative League of Thai­ Bomb Wing, the first B-29 unit in the Pacific, includes the 620 agricultural credit co­ land, such insurance will make it easier had continued to operate against the operatives with 332,000 members and for farmers to borrow, expand agricul­ Japanese Empire from Isely Field, Saipan. In $23.7 million in working capital, 142 tural credit and thus agricultural pro­ this last position he had the job of letting thrift and credit cooperatives with 26·7,- duction, stimulate savings, improve fam­ the Japanese people know, by leaflets dropped 000 members and $46 million in working ily money management, and create a pool from the air, the story of Hiroshima and what capital, and the 99 consumer coopera­ of much needed capital for efficient dis­ was yet to come. Returning to h1s previous job after the tives with 132,000 members and $33.'3 mil­ tribution of farm inputs and marketing war, he became from time to time president lion in working capital. It also includes farm products. of the National Association of State Aviation a few :fishermen's cooperatives, a few Mr. Collins met with co-op leaders and Officials, chairman of the Conference of Na­ farmers' marketing cooperatives, and a government officials throughout Thai­ tional Aviation .Organizations, consultant few credit unions. land, and he feels they will carry his to the Airways Modernization Board and the Last October the Cooperaitive League proposal into action. One reason he is Federal Aviation 'Administration, a member of Thailand asked VDC for help in estab­ confident, he says, is that the Cooperative of the Harvard College Visiting Committee lishing an insurance co-op. VDC is a pri­ League of Thailand asked U.S. coopera­ for the Department of Mll1tary, Naval, and vate, nonprofit organization that U.S. co­ Air Sciences, U.S. delegate to the Interna­ tives for this help and committed some tional Bureau for General Aviation of the operatives chartered in 1970. U.S. co-ops of its own resources. It provided Mr. Col­ Federation Aeronautique Internationale, a provide its basic :financing, and AID pro­ lins an interpreter, all in-country travel director of the National Aeronautic Associa­ vides most of its funds under a grant necessary to his work, a place to work, tion, president of the Harvard Aviation Foun­ agreement. VDC's purpose is to transfer and secretarial help. It also granted VDC dation, chairman of the New England Coun­ the 150 years' experience of U.S. coopera­ $500 so this unique U.S. organization can cll Air Transportation Committee, a con­ tives overseas, to have this experience on handle more such requests for U.S. co­ sultant to Transportation Secretary Volpe, tap. Everyone who understands the suc­ operatives' help. and chairman of the President's Aviation cess of U.S. credit unions, U.S. rural elec­ Advisory Commission, which was created It seems to me, Mr. Speaker, this is by the Airport and Airway Development Act tric cooperatives, or U.S. farmers' mar­ the kind of foreign assistance the Con­ of 1970. He presently ls chairman of the New keting and purchasing co-ops knows their gress should emphasize in its annual au­ England Conference of State Aviation Offi­ experience can contribute mightily to thorization and appropriation process. cials and a director of the National Pilots overseas development. Down through history the Congress has Association. As the House will recall, section m of responded generously to victims of dis­ He ls married to the former Janice Public Law 93-189, the 1973 amendments aster. Yet we embarked only in 1949 on Vaughan, has 3 chlldren, several grandchll­ to the Foreign Assistance Act, provides overseas development assistance. Then dren, and numerous quadrupeds, llves in that: Ipswich, and commutes to work in his eighth President Truman, in point IV of his successive personal airplane-a Navlon. His In order to strengthen the participation of inaugural address, offered to share urban and rural poor in their country's de­ American technical know-how with the current pastimes a.re experimental category velopment, not less than $20 million of the II landings, polo and skllng. funds made avallable for the purposes of rest of the world, and. the Congress re­ this chapter sha.11 be availaible during the fis­ sponded. Such technical assistance prob­ cal yea.rs 1974 and 1975 only for assistance ably still should be the focus of U.S. in the development of cooperatives in the foreign aid. FOREIGN AID less developed countries which will enable and encourage greater numbers of the poor HON. PAUL N. McCLOSKEY, JR. to help the~elves toward a better life. Volunteer Development Corps asked FATHER THEODORE HESBURGH RE­ OF CALIFORNIA CEIVES DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Collins to volunteer his services to help the Cooperative League of Thailand AWARD OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE Monday, July 26, 1976 establish this insurance co-op. He was an ADVANCEMENT AND SUPPORT OF EDUCATION Mr. McCLOSKEY. Mr. Speaker, each ideal choice. Before he retired 2 years year we authorize funds under the ago, Mr. Collins served as west coast amended Foreign Assistance Act, and manager of the largest insurance co-op each year we appropriate funds for the in the United States, Mutual Service . HON. JOHN BRADEMAS Agency for International Development Insurance Co.'s of St. Paul, Minn. He OP INDIANA to carry out the purposes of this act. served 16 years in this capacity, 195~74, IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES Some of this money is well spent; ·some and for 9 years, 1949-58, as manager of Monday, July 26, 1976 may have been spent foolishly. Our best Co-op Insurance services of Berkeley, means of appraising AID's work is per­ Berkeley, Calif. Since his graduation Mr. BRADEMAS. Mr. Speaker, one of haps on specific case studies, one of from the University of California in America's outstanding leaders is the Rev. which recently came to my attention 1937-except for 3 years as Red cross Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., president when a constituent, Larry Collins of Los field officer with the 442d Regimental of the University of Notre Dame, in the Altos, Calif., stopped by my office to re­ Combat Team in Italy-he has involved congressional district I have the honor port on his work in Thailand under the himself in cooperative development here to represent. auspices of an AID-financed organiza­ in the United States. VDC felt he was On July 15, 1976, Father Hesburgh tion, Volunteer Development Corps. His especially qualified to handle this request was honored by the Council for the Ad­ report interested me, and I think it for technical help. vancement and Support of Education at worthy of our attention. After arriving in Thailand, Mr. Collins its annual assembly with the presenta­ The following facts seem somewhat re­ analyzed the situation and recommended tion-, by Alice Beeman, president of CASE, markable. that the Cooperative League of Thailand to Father Hesburgh of the CASE 1976 First, a private organization in That- organize an insurance cooperative and Distinguished Service Award.. 23914 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 26, 1976 Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent TENSION OF AUTOMATIC INTER­ ing that the General Accounting Office­ to insert, at this point in the RECORD, the NAL REVENUE SERVICE AUDIT a nonpartisan, professional organiza­ text of the citation that accompanied tion-review procedures of the House of this award to Father Hesburgh: Representatives related to funding for DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AW ARD HON. JACK F. KEMP such purposes as' Members' staff allow­ It is the rare public figure whose reputa­ OF NEW YORK ances, travel, and the various operating tion grows in stature after 25 years of un­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES allowances of House committees. I will remitting exposure. And it is the exceptional Monday, July 26, 1976 join Mr. ARMSTRONG in offering an university president who can manage the amendment to the legislative branch ap­ affairs of an institution in a steady march Mr. KEMP. Mr. Speaker, today I am toward excellence during a quarter cen­ introducing legislation which would re­ propriation bill for fiscal year 1977 to tury of monumental change and upheaval. quire an automatic Internal Revenue provide for this GAO review, and for rec­ When both of those achievements belong at ommendations from the Comptroller once to the same man, it is a cause .for Service audit of the tax returns of ev­ General to improve congressional ac­ human celebration. ery Member of Congress, every year. countability for these funds. This Father Theodore M. Hesburgh is in his In my judgment, this simple require­ amendment merits the support of every 25th year as president of the University ment would be a very significant step of Notre Dame. In that time, the University in helping allay the public mis.trust and Member. of the House, and it is my hope has become widely recognized as a place cynicism which has been increasingly that this will be the case. where, according to its president's own pre­ scription, "all the great questions are asked, focused upon Members of 'congress. where an exciting conversation is continually My legislation would not violate pri­ in progress, where the mind constantly grows vacy by requiring public disclosure of MEALS ON WHEELS as the values and powers of intellfgence and any Member's tax return. It would, how­ Wisdom are cherished and exercised in full ever, require that the Internal Revenue freedom." To witness a day in the life of Service review the tax return under its Father Hesburgh-a day that lasts far into HON. GEORGE MILLER standard audit procedure, and if the ms OF CALIFORNIA the night and that is given as readily to a review uncovered discrepancies, the student's concerns a.s it is to creative ad­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPR,'ESE~ATIVES ministrative decisions-is to take a quick Member of Congress would be required­ course in management. It is, moreover, a like any other taxpayer-to make the Monday, July 2Q, 1976 ' glimpse· of human greatness reflected in appropriate adjustments. · Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speak­ openness, civility, integrity, and caring. It is well known that no more than 9 er, nearly 50 of our colleagues have co­ All of these attributes have been brought percent of the American people have sponsored my bill to create a national to bear on national and world problems as "a great deal of confidence" in the Con­ meals-on-wheels program under the Father Hesburgh has exercised leadership in gress. The percentages have not always the International Federation of Catholic auspices of title VII of the Older Ameri­ Universities, the Institute of International been this way-and the percentages do cans Act. This legislation, which would Education, the International Atomic Energy not have to remain this way. v.astly expand the program which deliv­ Agency, the 'UN General Assembly, the U.S. There are currently pending before ers nutritious meals to the homebound Commission on Civil Rights, the Overseas this Congress many proposals which elderly, would help to decrease the un­ Development Council, the Carnegie Founda­ would increase the accountability of the necessary institutionalization of our sen­ tion for the Advancement of Teaching, the individual and collective Members of ior citizens, reduce wasteful expenditures, Freedom Foundation, The Rockefeller Foun­ Congress for the use of funds necessary dation, and the Chase Manhattan Bank. and permit seniors to remain in their When our nation's presidents come up with for carrying out congressional responsi­ homes, close to their friends and families. tough assignments-as with civil rights, am­ bilities-funds for office expenses, travel Many communities have been support­ nesty for draft dodgers, peaceful uses of expenses, and the like. I am a sponsor ing local meals-on-wheels programs for atomic energy-Father Hesburgh is always or cosponsor of many of these proposals, some time, generally with highly suc­ high on their list for his penetrating mind, and I believe, if enacted, these proposals cessful results. My bill, by directing his sense of commitment and unquestioned will help to raise public confidence in funds toward programs which are al­ humaneness. the way Congress keeps house. ready in place, will rescue many good Transcending all of these concerns, how­ I strongly believe, however, that it .is ever, as Father Hesbrugh's love and practice programs which, without Federal sup­ of the priesthood . .Social-political activist, important to go beyond congressional in­ port, are in danger of expiring. It will yes. Staunch defender of academic freedom, house reform to improve congressional also greatly expand the numbers of peo­ certainly. But above all, a priest of the Holy accountability to the American people. ple who will receive these m~als which Cross intent on his ministry and offering By anybody's index of integrity and jus­ cost only 10 percent of the price were the Mass every day, whether in a European, tice, an outside agency is a more reliable meal served in an institution or hospital. cathedral, the Wisconsin woods, a hotel enforcer of good conduct than any in­ I know many of my colleagues have room, or an antarctic shelter. house committee or task force. I do not such programs in their districts. For The Council for Advancement and Support doubt the integrity or purpose of the of Education ls honored and pleased to pre­ those who do not, I would like to share a sent to Father Theodore Hesburgh its high­ House Committee on Official Standards. letter I received from a constituent of est tribute, the Distinguished Service Award Nor do I question the good intentions of mine which shows the tremendous effect of 1976. the new task force established by the re­ such a program can have on the life of cently passed House resolution. But the a senior citizen, and his or her entire point remains that committees and task family. PERSONAL EXPLANATION forces composed of Members of Congress The letter follows: are not, by their very nature, capable of JULY 12, 1976. resolving the deep-seated distrust that Hon. GEORGE MILLER, HON. WILLIAM LEHMAN has surrounded the personal activities of House of Representatives Office Building, OF FLORIDA some Members, and, by association, the Washington, D.C. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES entire legislative branch of government. DEAR GEORGE: I am writing to assure you of my support, and that of many of our Monday, July 26, 1976 My bill to require an automatic IRS audit of Member's tax returns calls upon friends, for your proposed legislation to es­ Mr. LEHMAN. Mr. Speaker, due to un­ the independent assessment--beyond the -tablish a federal "Meals on Wheels" program. avoidable commitments in my district, I Copies of this letter will be sent to the co­ reach of Congress-of an agency not as­ sponsors in the House, as well as to Senator was forced to leave Washington before sociated with the legislative branch. I McGovern, Kennedy, and Percy in support the House had completed its business for believe that most Americans would be ot the Senate bill to initiate this program. July 22. Had I been present, I would reassured to know that the tax returns of I feel very strongly about this matter! In have recorded the following votes: their elected representatives in the Con­ principle, my concern for the elderly who On roll No. 538, the motion to recom­ gress are subject to yearly review. are home-bound and without adequate as­ mit H.R. 13777, the "Federal Land Policy In the same vein of helping to improve sistance and/or means~to insure a nutri­ and Management Act of 1976," I would congressional accountability by taking tionally btl.lanced diet would be ample mo­ have voted "nay." · tivatlon for me to write you. A much more advantage of the services of an outside personal reason, however, makes this a mat­ On roll No. 539, final passage of H.R. agency, I am pleased to join with my col­ ter of some urgency to me: several years ago, 13777, I would have voted "nay." league BILL ARMSTRONG in recommend- it was necessary to bring my elderly Mother July 26, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23915 here to Point Richmond as she could no-c re­ vide the same valuable technology and the administration of the management pro­ ceive adequate medical ca.re in the small skills as our present land grant program. gram. This planning effort has demanded town in Nevada. where she had lived. Being staff people with marine backgrounds, but In a world of high food demand and es­ more importantly it has identified a sparsely employed full time at Contra Costa College, it calating prices, energy crises, and tre­ was impossible for me to manage a. hot filled cupboard of decision making informa­ meal for her at lunch time. Many of our mendous population increases, we can tion that could be used when the state had good friends and neighbors were willing to readily see the limitless resources that to begin implementing its management pro­ help out, but that still did not solve the prob­ food from the sea can provide. But first gram. The recognition of the need for this lem. The local "Meals on Wheels" program we must set up and fund training cen­ information ls highlighted in the provision came to our assistance-and I will be for­ ters and programs to meet this tremen­ in the CZM amendments blll which is ever grateful! Not only did this mean that dous challenge. presently in the Congress (S.B. 586/H.R. Mother's noontime meal was ta.ken ca.re of, 3981) which makes provision for ten million In Mississippi we are fortunate to have dollars per year to be divided equally be­ but also, thl;\t someone was coming regular­ the Navy Oceanographic Laboratory in ly by the house and could "check" to be sure tween the national agency and the CZM that she was alright. (I think this ls an Bay St. Louis, which, along with our states for research. extremely important aspect of the program; present and tuture Mississippi Sea Grant A less well appreciated development ls the other senior citizens may not have immediate programs, will help provide the structure demand that the recently signed 200 mile family or good friend/ neighbors who can and groundwork needed to begin plan­ fishing bill will place upon marine education check on a regular, daily basis.) ning for the future. In order to supple­ and marine research resources. This bill re­ The local "M. on W." program has had a ment this structure we must have con­ quires the development of a. management bitter struggle to maintain itself, thanks to program for fisheries that is of monumental tinued funding of national sea grant proportions. It is generally ' admitted that the devotion of the volunteers and a few programs. generous citizens, it has managed to survive much of the data for the design of this on a modest scale. This situation is probably It is a pleasure for me to commend to program is not presently available. Thus a. common to many communities a.cross the the attention of my colleagues some ex­ new research effort must be mounted and country. cerpts from Mr. Thomas' testimony focused on obtaining the data for the fish­ Many thanks to you for carrying this legls­ which I believe points up the need for eries management program. This data acqui­ la tion forward. Best personal regards to you. sition effort will have to be met by the va­ continued long-range planning and fi­ rious states through their facilities and Sincerely, nancial support of our national sea BARBARA A. OLESEN, laboratories and through the Federal labora­ grant programs. tories. The program will also require more TESTIMONY BEFORE THE 0cEANOGRAPHY SUB­ marine oriented people. COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE MERCHANT Let me now address the section of this MARINE AND FISHERIES COMMITTEE BY MR. presentation which I have entitled "Pros­ NATIONAL SEA GRANT PROGRAM JAY THOMAS pects for Greater Expectations." There are The "Great Expectations" for the Sea at least three of these "Prospects for Greater Grant Program are found in the very lan­ Expectation" for the Sea. Grant Program in HON. DAVID R. BOWEN guage of Public Law 89-688. The opening sec­ the future that lies immediately a.head. OF MISSISSIPPI tion, "The Declaration of Policy," calls for The first is the need of the Coastal Zone Management Program for marine manpower IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the development of marine resources in the national interest and compares the impor­ and marine research. Monday, July 26, 1976 tance of aquaculture with agriculture. These The second prospect is the requirement statements made for heady reading to the imposed by the 200 mile fishing bill for the Mr. BOWEN. Mr. Speaker, shortly be­ development of a management program fore the Fourth of July recess, I had the academic community, coming as they did at a time when there was a growing awareness which will require marine manpower and privilege of serving as acting chairman of of the importance of the oceans to the na­ marine research. the House Oceanography Subcommittee tion. Rea.ding on, the Law mandated "the The third prospect is just as certain, but during the hearings conducted on the development of Sea Grant colleges for edu­ is less well defined at this point. This is the National Sea Grant program. Mr. Jay cation." The Law also mandated the develop­ requirement for marine manpower and ma­ Thomas, who is director of the Missis­ ment of research programs to support the rine research which will be associated with development of marine resources. The Law the development of the Outer Continental sippi Marine Resources Council, pre­ Shelf oil resources and determining their sented a thorough and comprehensive further mandated the institution of an ad­ visory services program to carry the results impacts and interfaces with Coastal Zone statement pertaining to this program. of research to the marine user group. Very Management. Mr. Thomas has distinguished himself importantly the Law held out the prospect Today we have the option of viewing these in many areas. Since 1974, he has served of steadily increasing levels of funding to prospects as insurmountable problem areas as executive director of the Mississippi make it possible for the mandates to be im­ or as opportunities that must be met and Marine Resources Council-the agency plemented. taken advantage of. responsible for developing the coastal The Sea Grant Law was passed 106 years I am sure that given the present circum­ zone management program and ocean­ after the passage of the Morrill Act which stances, if the Sea Grant Program did not created the land grant system. The land exist, it would have to be created. Fortu­ ography plan for the State of Mississippi. grant universities were in full flower and the nately, a substantial Sea Grant structure is He is a member of the advisory board productivity of American agriculture was re­ in place. of managers of the Mississippi Sea Grant spected worldwide. Now it was envisioned The issue that is before the Congress to­ Consortium, which is the management that we would have a wet land grant system day is how the Sea. Grant arms of educa­ group for the sea grant program in the and farm the oceans. It is no wonder that tion, research and advisory services are to States of Mississippi and Alabama. In the academic community was excited and be strengthened and used to meet the op­ addition, he works closely with the five challenged by the prospects of participating portunities that lie ahead. universities and various laboratories that in the implementation of the mandates in Now just a few thoughts in conclusion. the Sea. Grant Law. If there is any validity in the "Prospects carry out the Mississippi Sea Grant Pro­ Unfortunately there was no way in which for Great er Expectations," then I suggest gram. these "Great Expectations" could be realized that there must be policy changes, modifica­ An interesting parallel was drawn dur­ completely in the eight years that Sea Grant tion of mandates, increased funding, and ing Mr. Thomas' testimony which I think has been in being. assured flexibility for program development. is important to note here. When the sea Before moving to "Views of Great Expec­ Some ideas for consideration are: grant program was set up in 1966, it was tations," we should recognize two develop­ ments that have taken place since the im­ 1. Is Congress willing to take the position modeled after the land grant program plementation of the Sea. Grant Program that the Sea Grant system should be created under the Morrill Act. The land which have had an influence on the voices strengthened so that it can produce the man­ grant program has been highly success­ which are being heard at this time of re­ power, and support the research that will be ful in our predominantly agricultural view. required by the CZM decision makers, fur­ southern region in the areas of training One of these developments was the pas­ nish the research information needed to sup­ young people for future careers, pro­ sage of the Coastal Zone Management Act in port the 200 mile fisheries law and the man­ 1972 with funding beginning in 1974. This power for future OCA development? Such a moting the research and development commitment will require increased funding. needed to provide the agricultural tech­ unique piece of legislation charged the states with developing programs for assuring 2. If Congress does opt to support the Sea nology for the future and providing the realistic development and adequate preserva­ Grant concept as the primary source of ma­ creative ideas necessary to meet our tion of the state's marine resources. Most rine manpower and marine research within world food needs. of the states are now about to begin the final the academic system, then I suggest that Our national sea grant program, al­ year of their three year planning effort and consideration be given to providing sufilcient though in its..formative stages, can pro­ are looking ahead to the implementation of funds for each coastal and Great Lakes state cxxrr--1sos-Part 19 23916 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 26, 1976

to raise their marine programs to Sea Grant ca.Uy lent their armament to the state in or­ Myrdals to the United States to undertake college status. der that the state might carry out assorted inquiries into two areas of social pollcy which 3. If Congress believes that the s~tes can right-minded campaigns in the name of nom­ were rightly seen as of the first importance. meet the national need in the Coastal Zone inally righteous causes, with the result that The Myrdal best known was, of course, Gun­ Management Program, as they have done in these institutions a.re effectively disarmed and nar, who in 1944 produced his classic study our agricultural program, then why can't increasingly powerless in precisely those areas of race in America, entitled An American Congress decide that the states can, with of private and public life which have tradi­ Dilemma. But there was another Myrdal, programs of their own design, meet the na­ tionally been their concern. some might judge a more industrious one, tion's needs in the development of marine I refer in particular to the subject of the for Alva Myrdal's study Nation and Fa.mlly resources? well being of famllies. There ls not, there was published on schedule in 1941. Given 4. If the challenges to the Sea Grant Pro­ could not be, a more basic area. of social the world situation at the time, the book gram are substantial then it may be that concern, of social pollcy. went almost unnoticed. (Although, deserv­ the Congress faces a greater challenge, since The family, whether well functioning or edly Mrs. Myrdal went on to a distinguished Sea Grant ls only one part of the nation's not, ls the basic unit of society. This ls not diplomatic career.) But one wonders if her marine activities with which the Congress so because it has been so decreed, it ls so ce­ book would have succeeded in any circum­ must deal. ca.use it is so. The first law of anthropology stance. It would be ideal if Congress could look is that cultures normally breed true. Polyne­ Nation and Family was reprinted by the at the Sea Grant Program against a blue­ sians grow up to be Polynesians. Mexicans M.I.T. Press in 1968. In an introduction I green backdrop that extends from the near­ to be Mexicans. Boston Catholics, well, to be put the matter in terms that would seem shore waters through the marshes, and 9the Bostonians. This ls not a biological phenome­ stm to be valld: coastal waters to the edge of the Continental non, but a cultural one. Polynesians learn to "An American Dilemma was addressed to a. Shelf and out into the deepest of the deeps. to be Polynesians, and far the greater share problem that any moderately informed cit­ Then the Congress could look a.t the other of this learning takes place in the family, izen knew was there, even if he had no no­ Federal agencies that operate against this where, as it were Polynesian ls taught. tion as to how it might be solved, or indeed same backdrop and determine how they a.re Demographers use the image of society con­ had no desire that it should be solved. Na­ going to be permitted to perform and the stantly invaded by barbarians these being tion and Family, by contra.st, sought to elu­ dimensions of their respons1b111ties. · the cohorts of unformed children who must cidate problems concerning government fa.m­ I thank you for the opportunity of sharing be taught the ways of the culture into which lly programs, an area of social policy few these views with you. they are born. Barbarians, when there were persons deemed even to exist." such, had to teach their chlldren to be bar­ The theme of Nation and Family was that barians. When this teaching ls done well, the in the nature of modern industrial society culture flourishes. When it is done badly, it no government can avoid having pollcies falters. which profoundly infiuence family relations. BOSTON COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT It can be done badly for any number of This ls not to be avoided. The welfare pollcy reasons. In the 1960's, for example, the size of the Federal government--the Aid to Fam­ of the invading cohort was incomparably llles of Dependent Children program-ls an greater than it ever was at any time before eminent example. The only choice ls wheth­ HON. THOMAS P. O'NEILL, JR. in our history; incomparably greater than er these Will be purposeful, intended pollcies, OF MASSACHUSETTS it ls likely ever to be again in our life times. or whether, 8.'3 in the case of AFDC, they Will IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The sheer numbers were overpowering, and be residual, derivative, in a sense concealed the teaching failed as never before. The ones. I wrote then, and ask your forbearance Monday, July 26, 1976 failures were everywhere to be encountered to repeat now: Mr. O'NEILL. Mr. Speaker, I would in the Haight Ashburys the Harvard Square "A nation without a conscious family like to share with my colleagues the com­ and the reformatories of the nation. pollcy leaves to chance and mischance an With the 1970's the size of the invading area of social reallty of the utmost impor­ mencement address delivered at my alma tance, which in consequence Will be ex­ mater, Boston College, by the none other cohort got back to normal, and the problems of sheer mass receeded, indeed more or less, posed to the untrammeled and frequently than "Mr. Erudite," Daniel Patrick disappeared. Much as, 1f I may say, some of thoroughly undesirable impact of policies Moynihan. forecast they would do at a time when arising in other areas." I encourage all my colleagues to read others were predicting permanent apocalypse. Myrdal had argued that in modern polltl­ this very learned and provocative speech: Normalcy has in that sense returned, but cal discourse the state and the individual were always the two poles of interest. That COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS BY DANIEL P. we face now the question of whether the there might be stlll another competing center MOYNIHAN normal institutions of learning and teach­ ing are functioning normally. Which is to of attention-the family-was mostly lost As it ls likely soon to be the custom for sight of. Profamllia.l attitudes came to be commencement speakers at ecclesiastical in­ ' say whether the family 1s functioning nor­ mally. Tb.ls is not clear to me. The statistics, identified with political conserva.tionlsm­ stitutions to be wary of excessive deference in pa.rt because that was rather the case in to authorlity, there would seem to be a. certain surely, argue otherwise: so much that some­ thing llke a social convention has arisen to 19th Century European politics, but mostly­ Hegelian neatness for the practice to begin mostly-beca.use the modern state in its in­ at Boston College. And as I shall hope to suppress or at lea.st to ignore them, when not in fact denying them. exorable drive to power has successfully treat with something of a pastoral theme, ma.de the claim that only those policies allow me to set for my text a tale of singular Family pollcy, as an area of social pollcy, which increase the power of the state may secular profanity. scarcely exists. More importantly, the idea. be judged to be truly modern. · It was the year 1500. Annus mirabilis, or that there should be such an area of social Two American scholars, Nathan E. Cohen something such, as proclaimed at Rome. Ce­ pollcy ls more or less actively resisted. · and Maurice F. Connery, have in fact identi­ sare Borgia, at the head of the Papal forces, I am on the drafting committee for the fied precisely those most American ideals-­ was setting out on yet another expedition to platform of one of the national parties. I democracy, lndlvldua.llsm, and humanitar­ reduce some recalcitrant municipality on the have been reading the considerable testi­ ianism-which most interfere with the .de­ fringe of His ·Holiness' preserves. In mid pas­ mony we have so far received. I can report velopment of a formal family policy in the sage Borgia was seized by an inspired that the idea of Polley ls sweeplng the in­ na.tlon. thought. The finest artlllery in Italy at that terest groups. We a.re &bjured to establish The failures which follow from this blind time was the possession of the Duke of Ur­ posthaste a national food and fiber policy, spot in American socia.l policy were per­ bino, whose hilltop fastness was not far off a national land use pollcy, a regional de­ haps minimal when, as it were, there wasn't the proposed line of march. In the name of velopment pollcy, an urban pollcy, a policy much social policy. It ls only with the com­ devotion to principles, Borgia persuaded the for higher education, an energy policy, a ing or the great--and still valid-social 1n1- trusting and well meaning Duke to lend his wildlife policy. Some have even pro~d that artlllery, the better to carry out the higher we have a foreign policy. But the idea of a tiatives of the 1960's that we begin to see purpose of reducing the distant bastion of family pollcy seems destined to be stlllborn. I the cost of ignoring what is fundamental. intransigent resistance to appointed author­ persuaded a President to propose one in a Tb.us in 1964 the nation solemnly under­ ity. The Duke agreed. Whereupon Borgia commencement address eleven yea.rs ago, and took to abolish poverty. But almost simul­ turned from his nominal quest, and besieged later wrote an article in America spelling out taneously resolved, in the negative way of Urbino instead. With the fl.nest a.rtlllery in the proposal. Burt; nothing came of it. Sargent these things, to pay no heed to family issues Italy, he naturally enou gh succeeded. Shriver was talking in somewhat s1mllar where poverty ls concerned. The result, a I will contend that the private institutions terms in the early presidential primaries dozen years later, is that poverty in America. of modern secular culture, and in particular this year, but nothing has come of that unmistakably a social condition associated the religious institutions, the institutions either. with family structure. The majority of the that 1s which profess 1io provide moral in­ There is a history to this sort of thing. poor live in one parent families. One third or struction and guidance, even-alarming Getting on to four decades ago now, the Car­ poor white families and two thirds of poor term.I-moral command have quite uncrttl- negie Corporation brought not one but two families of black and other races in 1974 July 26, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23917 were headed by women. Within both groups RAMIFICATIONS OF ISRAEL'S fighter planes, loaded the freed hostages this proportion has doubled since 1959. UGANDA RAID aboard their aircraft and, within the span We will never get rid of poverty in Amer­ of an hour, took off for a refueling and ica-poverty defined as dependency on the wound-treating stop in nearby Nairobi, part of persons other than the aged-until Kenya.. (The operation a.Isa cost the lives of we succeed in reversing this trend ln family HON. ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO three hostages a.nd the commando com­ structure. Yet in all the talk of poverty, OF CALIFORNIA mander.) how much heed ls allowed this fundamental Among the ra.mifica.tions of this unprece­ issue? We have a. problem of bigotry a.nd IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dented affair will be these: violence in America-in Boston. We will Monday, July 26, 1976 Terrorists' moves to blackmail Israel have never get rid of them until we have suc­ been made much more risky. cessfully learned families where children Mr. LAGOMARSINO. Mr. Speaker, Regimes, such as Uganda's, should be learn love a.nd peacefulness. international terrorism is something much less ready to connive with or tolerate Perhaps even more importantly, in the which is of great concern to all citizens such terrorism, or to provide sanctuaries, be­ course of the past several decades, the nation of the United States. The United States cause of the possible consequences. has undertaken a. very considerable range of has been, thankfully, relatively un­ The hijackers' blackmail demand for re­ legitimately ambitious policies designed to lease of the imprisoned terrorists in five · touched by terrorist airline hijacking countries should lead to a.t least some rein­ better our society by raising our levels of since the institution of tough security in competence as individuals, and improving statement of the death penalty. The aboli­ the quality of our concern for other individ­ U.S. airports. But not all nations are as tion or suspension of the death penalty in uals. It is the fact, however, that the adop­ careful as the United States, and the use many countries, even for the most heinous tion of these policies literally coincided with of airline passengers as hostages still crimes, into which terrorism surely fits, elim­ a sequence of discoveries-they deserve that continues. The most recent example is inated the deterrent value of executions. It term-in the social sciences which quite the hijacking of an Air France plane over has also resulted now in the release of im­ literally established that government--that prisoned terrortsts becoming a major objec­ Greece, which culminated with the now tive of further terrorism, jeopardizing many public institutions-simply did not have the famous Israeli commando raid at Ugan­ power to bring a.bout the changes that were innocent hostages' lives, a.s in this affair. desired. Lest this seems to give over much da's Entebbe Airport. I was personally The debate in the United Nations-which comfort to the anti-Washington sentiment very pleased with the outcome of the has done nothing to set up an effective sys­ that we hear much a.bout just at this mo­ operation, and would like to bring the tem to curb terrorism-has helped expose ment, it would be well to remark that the attention of my colleagues the following the hypocrisy over terrorism of those protest­ first of these studies, and the one which set column written by one of my constitu­ ing a "violation of Uganda's sovereignty" a.nd the pattern for most that followed, was that labeling Israel's action - "aggression," espe­ ents, Gen. Henry Huglin, retired, dealing cially the Arab a.nd black African nations. of Father Andrew Greeley and Peter Rossi with the events and the implications of who established that contrary to the devout This successful operation will not end the wishes of six generations of American the Israeli raid. grim struggle between terrorists a.nd govern­ bishops, Catholic schools had only the The article follows: ment authorities; but it should help make it slightest impact on the subsequent religious RAMIFICATIONS OF ISRAEL'S UGANDA RAm more even. practices of students who attended them. Modern technology and warped sympathy (By Henry Huglin) and tolerance for terrorists and their causes The formative influence was where the Israel's well planned and carried out com­ Catholic Church, of a.Ii institutions, should have over-be.lanced the scales in favor of dia­ mando raid into Uganda. electrified the world bolical, ruthless fanaticism. More realism, have looked for it in the first place, which ls and created a big, useful ruckus over the to sa.y in the family. toughness, and counter-use of technology­ struggle against terrorism. and, when necessary, use of force a.s in the This research was rejected at first--libelled It has many ramifications for future air­ Israeli rescue raid-are needed to swing the and slandered would be more accurate plane hijackings and governments' use of balance to the rights and defense of society terms-and then when it became clear it force, as well as imprisonment, to deter a.nd and of terrorists' victims. could not be dlsproven, was generally speak­ deal with terrorists. Yet, until all the nations collaborate on ing ignored. I would not think lt too much The drama that led to the de.ring Israeli effective action against terrorism, the world exaggerated to state that there 1s no signifi­ raid started over Greece on June 27th with is bound to see additional hijackings and cant area of sociaJ. policy save that of crim­ a hijacking, by two Germans and two Pales­ more tragedy or rescue actions. inal justice where government ha.s deigned tinians, of an Air France plane with more So, this incident ought to spur our gov­ to acknowledge what we have learned of late than 250 people a.boa.rd. The pilot wa.s forced ernment and others in pressing on with our about the llm1ts of government. to fly to Uganda in mid-Africa. proposals for international collaboration to For obvious reasons. At Entebbe airport the hijackers freed 148 control terrorism-including eliminating And what ls striking ls that those institu­ of the passengers, but kept a.s hostages the sanctuaries, which have so greatly helped air­ tions in our society other than government plane crew of 12 and 93 Jewish passengers, plane hijackers. which might be expected to make this case most of whom were Israelis. Also, our government ought to increase have not done so. Most mysteriously to me, The terrorists announced that they would further the security measures at our airports the catholic Church, after generations of kill the hostages unless 53 terrorists­ and elsewhere, to devote more effort to the talking of little else where social policy was claimed to be imprisoned in Israel, France, study of terrorists' tactics and their possible concerned has fa.Hen silent just now when its Germany, Switzerland, a.nd Kenya-were de­ acts against our people and interests, and to voice might be heard with the grudging re­ livered to them in Uganda by the afternoon step up the contingency planning to thwart spect that ls sometimes accorded to those of July 4th. or effectively react to such acts. who have been right in the fact of prolonged On July 1st Israel agreed to negotiate Mankind has a long, ha.rd road to travel assertion that they were wrong. with the hijackers. before terrorism 1s brought under adequate There is a reason for this. The church and Meanwhile, it had been learned that Ugan­ control. Israel's Uganda raid can be a major institutions like it--I almost inclined to in­ da's dicta.tor, Idi Amin, helped the hijackers. step. Certainly this operation, as Israel's clude our private universities among them­ He reportedly embraced the leader, allowed Prime Minister Rabin has said, "wlll become have lent their art111ery to the State, the three other Palestinian terrorists to join the a legend!' better to win its wa.r on poverty or what­ four hijackers, provided them with more ever-and find themselves in consequence a.t arms, and had his soldiers help guard the the mercy of the State which will not hear, hostages. which ls to say will neither acknowledge nor (Uganda had accepted Israeli mfiltary a.nd PERSONAL EXPLANATION ON honor arguments which assert that it is not economic a.id for some yea.rs. But Amin broke MISSED VOTE within the capacity of the State to bring relations with Israel in 1972, turned to the a.bout the social changes which the State Soviets for armaments and to the radical has proposed. Those who sa.y this, of course, Arab nations for economic a.id, acquired PaJ.­ are accused of not wishing to achieve those estinia.n personal guards, a.nd became one of HON. PIERRE S. (PETE) du PONT changes. This is the most perfidious of false Israel's most vociferous critics.) OF DELAWARE witness, but a.Isa the most pervasive. On July 2nd Israel became convinced that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES agreement to release the imprisoned terror­ I don't know what we will do about all Monday, July 26, 1976 this. Not very much I expect. But it is not, ists would not lead to assurance that the I de.re to believe, impossible to expect that hostages would actually be freed. l\Ar. nu P(}NT. l\Ar. Speaker, Thursday somewhere, sometime, some use will be Hence, the already-planned rescue mission was decided upon. evening I went to Delaware on business found for the wisdom which the Roman and missed two recorded. votes in the Catholic Church-in the company of other Just after midnight on July 4th, three churches-long espoused in the fact of hos­ Israeli transport planes swooped into En­ House. Had I been present, I would have tility from the secular powers of the State, tebbe airport. Israeli commandos swarmed voted in the following manner: and only abandoned with the onset of a out, k1lled the seven terrorists and 20 Uganda Rollcall No. 538, "no." suspect and forboding call to common ca.use. m111tary guards, destroyed 11 Soviet-made Rollcall No. 539, "aye." 23918 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 26, 1976 CAPTIVE NATIONS WEEK Nick Zyznieuski, Bielarusian Representa­ gether the weather and rainfall statistics tive. from 1891 to 1976 to cover the April through mana Celevych, Ukrainian C. N. Committee July period and found that in those four HON. EDWARD J. DERWINSKI Representative. months, the drought year of 1936 was the OF ILLINOIS Alex Kaepp, United Estonian Organization driest. in Illinois. He put all rainfall figures together for a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Vlado Glavas, President United Croatilion state average and found that the 1936 total Monday, July 26, 1976 Front. (April through July)-the growing period­ Laszlo Mogorossy, President Hungarian was 7 .2 inches. Mr. DERWINSKI. Mr. Speaker, Cap­ Freedom Fighters Federation. "This year, to date, we've got 7.91 inches tive Nations Week was a great success Wilfried Kermbach, Friends of Germany. for the state as a whole," Heiser said. around the country. I insert in the REC­ Dr. Mikulas Ferjencik, President Czecho­ Unless there are sudden, substantial rains ORD at this point the resolution adopted slovak National Council of America. this will be one of the five driest years on rec­ by the Chicago Captive Nations Week Julian Witkowski, Polish American Con­ ord, which include 1891, 1910, 1936, and Committee: gress Representative. 1966. Dr. George M. Radojevich, Serbian Nation­ "It would have been drier this year except (Captive Nations Friends Committee] al Committee. that during April Wisconsin received a fourth RESOLUTIONS Dr. Juan Paneque, Federation of Organiza­ more rain than normal," Heiser said. Whereas, the Senate and the House of tions of Cubans in Illinois. The state a.s a whole, except possibly for Representatives have authorized the Presi­ Ilmars Bergmanis, Chairman, United Lat­ the southeast corner, moved into an officially dent of the United States of America to pro­ vian Associations of Chicago. declared drought situation as the extended claim the third week of July as Captive Na­ Quinn S. Fung, President of the Chinese period of dryness continued through most tions Week, and Community Center. areas. Whereas, communist imperialism has al­ VIK.TORS VIKSNINS, "This would be classified as a drought be­ ready enslaved one third of mankind and is Chairman, Captive Nations Committee. cause the dryness has continued over a pe­ ma.king further inroads in Asia, Southern riod of weeks. It started in the northwest Europe, Africa and Latin America, and counties at the end of April, but now is Whereas, the military strength of the statewide," Heiser said. Western Powers is declining relative to the Madison, for instance, has had only a trace strength of the Soviet Union, making it THE EMERGENCY AGRICULTURAL of rain since July 1. harder to deal from a position of strength, RELIEF ACT OF 1976 What makes this so unusual for Wisconsin and ls that all of the state's Big Three crops­ Whereas, Western political and Business corn, oats, and hay-are suffering. leaders, through their Policy of detente, are HON. ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER The state has had a tradition of crop ex­ making further concessions to the Soviets, perience that allowed it to have one or two OF WISCONSIN concessions which only strengthen the power good crops of the big three even if another that oppresses tens Qf millions of Eastern IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES failed. Thus farmers usually could bank on European people, and which threatens all Monday, July 26, 1976 oats or hay if there was corn crop reduction, free countries, and or, if the hay and oats were short, there Whereas, the Soviet Union has failed to Mr. KASTENMEIER. Mr. Speaker, I would be corn to make up for grain and live up to the Provisions of the Helsinki Con­ am today introducing the Emergency forage. · ference concerning individual and religious Agricultural Relief Act of 1976 in re­ "So it is unusual that this year all three freedom and freedom of movement. sponse to the most severe drought in the major crops will be below normal,'' Heiser Now, therefore, be it resolved, by the Chi­ Upper Midwest since the 1930's. While I said. cago Captive Nations Week Committee, to The oat yield will be low and a scant bushel urge the United States to assume real and know that it is late in the session, I am weight; the first crop of hay was down and moral leadership in dealing with these prob­ hopeful that recognition of the devastat­ many farmers got no second crop and either lems. We urge the United States to consider ing impact of drought conditions in Wis­ used the short growth for green feeding beforehand, the effect any of its agreements consin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and (bring the chopped grass to the cows) or and policies with the Soviet Union may have South Dakota will encourage speedy ac­ pastured it; and the corn is suffering. on the oppressed people of Eastern Europe, tion on this legislation. "Corn is the one thing that could have Asia and Cuba. We rexnind the United States I include an article by Bob Bjorklund been our salvation this year because it could and the Western countries that, agreeing to in the July 18, 1976, Wisconsin State have provided the grain and forage needed the Soviet Unions illegal annexations and by dairymen," Heiser said. occupations would set a precedent for ac­ Journal entitled "Dollars Dry Up With Many fairmers agreed with Fred Mayr, Rt. cepting international lawlessness. the Weather," as well as an article by 1, DeForest, who said that the corn was Be it further resolved, that the restoration Steve Hannah in the Milwaukee Jour­ struggling and perhaps even holding its own of the sacred rights of all nations based on nal of July 18, 1976 entitled "Drought until a week ago when temperatures went principles of democracy, self-determina.tion, Withers Wisconsin's Farms": above 100 and then the corn was blasted and sovereignty within their respective [From the Wisconsin State Journal, with the strong, hot wind. boundaries, must become the goal of Western July 18, 1976] "It really hurt the corn. Otherwise I and Soviet Policy. Only then wm the world thought we could even go longer without have a chance for a just and lasting peace. DOLLARS DRY UP WITH THE WEATHER rain, but with the wind, the corn has a.bout The United States is deceiving itself if it (By Robert C. Bjorklund) had it. I don't think there wm be even half thinks it can bring peace to Europe as a The sting of the drought in the Dane a crop," Mayr said. partner of the Soviet Union while ignoring County area and surrounding portions of Everyone depended on the rains or show­ the wishes of the captive people of Europe. southern Wisconsin has moved from the ers that were always in the forecast, but Be it further resolved, that the United farm to the city. never materialized. Showers that came for States stop selling equipment and techniques State trade inspectors who make regular some farmers were insufficient or left most to the Soviet Union, which would enhance calls on business establishment s said last areas without any appreciable rainfall. the ability of an oppressive Soviet Govern­ week that business operators reported they When this happened farmers simply gave ment to stay in power. could feel the dropoff in farm trade as farm­ up and many contacted the Dane County Be it further resolved, that the United ers tightened up spending to meet the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation States, build up its military defensive and drought emergency. Service (ASCS) office for information on what offensive power, relative to the Soviet Union. And lending agencies that were gearing up disaster programs were available. The present decline in Unit ed States power, for extensive grain storage facilities in Dane Without a federal or presidential declara­ if it continues, it could prove fatal to the County to provide space on farms for a record tion of an emergency or disaster, the one United States itself. corn crop started backing off because sudden­ ASCS program applicable is the feed grain Be it further resolved, that the United ly no one knew what kind of a crop there disaster program. States bring pressure on the Soviet Union to would be from wind and heat battered corn­ Under this program, farms with a corn live up to the provisions of the Helsinki fields, many of which haven't had a signifi­ allotment are eligible if total corn produc­ Agreement, or in case of Soviet failure to do cant rain since mid-May. tion is half or less than the farm's produc­ so, renounce the agreement. Jerome Nonn, Rt. 1, Cross Plains, pondered tion figures at the allotted acres multiplied Be it further resolved, that this committee, a question on what his outlook was and after by the officials farm yield held by ASCS. once again urge the establishment of the per­ a moment said what many Dane County Roger D. Johnson, Dane County ASCS exec­ manent Captive Nations Committee (House farmers are saying: utive director, said that if farm appraisals Resolution 211) and Freedom Academy, "I don't know about the corn crop this show that a farm is eligible, the operator which, ls long overdue. year. I think it is all done. I've never seen it may receive payments at the rate of 52 cents Christine Austin, Lithuanian American this dry." a bushel on the difference between the actual Counsul. Marvin Heiser, state crop reporter, put to- production and the allotted yield. July 26, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23919 This is a limited program, but Johnson source of food for their animals is, in most about how it was back in '36," he said. "They and other ASCS otncials advised farmers not cases, burned out. say things got so bad that they chopped to destroy evidence of crop damage. One afternoon Ia.st week, DeSmet spent down trees and let their livestock chew on Those farmers who believe they may be several hours cutting and baling a field of the leaves and bark. eligible and want to destroy the crop to re­ bleached grassland in front of his father's "As far as I'm concerned, we're pretty near plant an emergency crop should contact the neighboring farm. He said he was desperate that point today." county ASCS otnce before the crop is de­ for feed, and although the withered strands stroyed. of grass would put no fat in his calves, they ASCS committeemen must visit the farm might be enough to keep them breathing. ACTION TAKEN TO INSURE PROPER for a crop appraisal before the crop is used WORST SINCE 1934 or destroyed. CONTROLS ON HOUSE PAYROLLS "Baling grass is unheard of," he said. "I've never done it before, and I've never seen it AND EXPENSE ACCOUNTS (From the Milwaukee Journal, July 18, 1976) done before, but you saw me doing it today. As feed, it's just one step above snowballs." DROUGHT WITHERS WISCONSIN'S FARMS HON. JOSEPH M. GAYDOS The state agricultural statisticians said (By Steve Hannah) last week that a survey of pasture condi­ OF PENNSYr.VANIA BARNEVELD, Wis.-Drought is an indis­ tions July 1 indicated that grassland in Wis­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES criminate villian, pardoning no man or beast consin is in its worst shape since 1934. Monday, July 26, 1976 caught in its dry, deadly path. In normal years when rainfall is adequate, Curt Desmet stood atop a parched plot of you can drive through the country and see Mr. GAYDOS. Mr. Speaker, having farlllland last week and surveyed acre upon acres of six foot corn interspersed with wav­ just spent 2 weeks in our home districts acre of burned out cornfields. Most of the ing fields of golden oats. Today those oats, a during the recent recess, I am sure we all thin stalks struggling in the heat of the major portion of the farmer's grain ration, noonday sun were layered with drooping, have taken on a bleached beige color. return to our duties here in Washington wilted leaves that looked like the tongues of The 1.5 million acres planted in oats, ac­ renewed and rededicated by that close men dying of thrist. cording to the State Agriculture Department, contact with our constituents. I am espe­ The corn was barely two feet tall. On are beginning to be harvested now in the cially pleased by the positive reaction of July 4th of last year, Desmet recalled, the southern half of the state. The early ha.r­ the people in the Mon-Yough Valley to top of his six foot two inch frame was barely vest--normally oats aren't chopped until the recent steps we took to insure proper visible as he stood among the stalks. the end of July-has been prompted by dry controls over House payroll and expense $125 AN ACRE conditions that caused the oats to "head accounts and minimize chances that re­ out," or blossom, prematurely. The yields a.re "Believe it or not, you're looking at an in­ expected to be poor. cent scandals and abuses will recur. vestment of about $125 an acre in seed, fuel When the first story broke in the press, and chemicals alone," remarked Desmet, 21, NEARLY AS BAD AS 1936 I shared in the shock and indignation of a dairy farmer with 100 cows counting qn The driest year tn recent Wisconsin his­ my colleagues. And I must confess to being fattened by this season's harvest. tory was 1936 when it W'as even drier than "You can multiply by 270 acres and you'll 1934. Between April and Mid-July, 1936, a. some irritation over the more lurid ac­ just begin to assess my losses. statewide average of 7~ inches of rain was counts which left the erroneous impres­ "Chances are, I'm not going to harvest recorded. The rainfall in that same period sion that all or most Members of Con­ anything out of this 50 acres," he said, wav­ this year stands just below 8 inches. gress were guilty of the illegalities and ing his hand across the bone-dry expanse of Corn grown in Wisconsin in 1975-that is, indiscretions charged against a few. rolling Iowa County land. "Last year it was sweet corn that eventually found its way to Those of us in the House were sub­ good for better than 100 bushels an acre." the consumer and field corn that kept fat­ jected to a particularly close scrutiny by Desmet, who is in his second season of tening livestock-was valued at $723 million. the press-and properly so. It is the full time farming and has a $40,000 loan star­ This year according to the latest state re­ ing him in the face, is not alone in misery. ports, Wisconsin planted a record 3,6 million function of a free press in a free society The general lack of rainfall across Wisconsin acres of corn. Today that crops stands a full to serve as the people's watchdog and we this year-accounting for the driest growing six inches below last year's stalks, and by all know of the many instances in which season in 40 years-has driven thousands of all accounts, it has reached the stage where wrongdoing has been exposed and needed farmers to the brink of financial disaster. rainfall is absolutely critical. reforms enacted because of the vigilance NO MOISTURE IN LEAVES Like so many other farmers, the drought and dedication of the news media. If, as Desmet, who said he had a month's sup­ here has struck a crippling blow to young was the case in the search for informa­ ply of feed on hand and had already depleted DeSmet's plans. Without rain there is no tion about the propriety of some Mem­ much of his winter reserves, ripped a wilted feed, and without feed, the farmer is faced bers' conduct, other Members were leaf off a dwarfed stalk and twisted it in with a couple of sorry options: pay the high price demanded when feed is scarce, if you judged unfairly, it is a relatively small his hands. price to pay for the long... range good "Almost any other year you'd do this," he can come up with the cash, or slaughter the said turning the bleached leaf in knots, livestock you cannot afford to feed. which comes from free and open dis­ "You'd see water come oozing out. There's no In some drought stricken regions of Wis­ cussion of the conduct of public officials. mof.Eture in these leaves because there's no consin, farmers still entertain hopes that I have learned over the years, through moisture in the soil for the roots to absorb. the deluge will come and save their crops. the weekly public workshops we conduct We haven't had any rain here since the first Curt Desmet said much of his 270 acres corn in the 20th Congressional District and of June." crop was beyond salvation. through the telephone polls we take to The corn catastrophe besetting farmers in Next week he will take 20 milk cows to be determine our people's feelings about im­ almost every Wisconsin county is the third, slaughtered-"All good milk producers for portant legislation, that free and open and perhaps the ugliest chapter in this year's me last year," he said-because he cannot afford the feed to sustain them. discussion of our conduct of the issues drought drama.. with which we deal makes for an elec­ The hay harvested in Wisconsin so far this For Desmet, who said just getting the season, another vital ingredient in livestock $40,000 government loan to get underway torate which is better informed and a feed, has been disastrous. Otncials at the was "the toughest thing I ever fought for," Congressman who is in close tune with State Agriculture Department say the hay the drought may well spell the end of his his constituency. tonnage, which was valued at $509 million in brief career on the farm. It was through those workshops in re­ 1975, was well below normal after the first "I hate to say it," he said, turning a pale cent weeks that we were able to express cutting. curled corn leaf over and over in his hands. our indignation at the conduct of those The second crop of hay, covering approxi­ "I hate to talk like this ... but I'm begin­ few Members and employees whose ac­ mately four million acres of Wisconsin f'3.rm­ ning to think I have to get out. tions have brought criticism upon the land, is likely to be either poor or nonexist­ "But even 1f I go to the city and find a job House and to explain the reforms we ent because of the drought. That shortage of somewhere," he added, "I'm stm facing the undertook to see that those things hay in the state, particularly in the parched world at 21 with a $40,000 debt hanging over 18 northwestern counties, has driven the will not happen again. We also were my head." able to make clear t.o our constituents price of a ton of hay from $35 to nearly $80. Like a man tantalizing a chained dog Desmet has also suffered from a poor first with a bone, the skies around Barneveld had that assignment to House committees is crop hay harvest. He said he had cut 3,000 turned overcast last Thursday, but not a drop made by the majority party caucus and bales of hay off 250 acres this year where fell on the crops. Several surrounding coun­ that a subcommittee chairmanship is he had gathered 9,000 bales in 1975. ties received an inch or 'two of rainfall that awarded by the vote of the full commit­ Most farmers a.re scrounging for livestock same day tee on the basis of ability and service and feed today. The acres of rolling pasture land "You know, some of the old timers are not at the whim of the committee chair­ which so often served as a. supplemental spending a. lot of time these days talking man. 23920 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 26, 1976 Those whose conduct has been ques­ private industry. A consortium of foreign bill's opponents, oddly _enough, is to show tioned must answer to their colleagues investors headed up by the oft-investigat.ed that their opposition grows not out of a Bechtel Corp. is waiting Ln the wings to reap I Nader-like skepticism of nuclear power per and constituents for their behavior. am guaranteed profits !Tom the privatization se but rather out of well-founded concern content to be judged on my record of scheme should the a.dminlstraitlon's blll-en­ that the Ford giveaway scheme 1s a nuclear performance over the years and on the tLtled the Nuclear Fuel Assurance Aot--pass. boondoggle to end all nuclear boondoggles. basis of the many reforms and improve­ The bill ls ostensibly advanced in the in­ The way the tide was running early this ments we in the House have made in our terests of guaranteeing that the United States week, it looks as if the JCAE may be in for ongoing attempt to refine and perfect can retain its dominant role in fueling nu­ its first defeat in recent memory, which all the legislative process. clear reactors throughout the world. But it leads one to wonder whether the committee The reform measure we approved only ls apparent that we have more than enough might not be secretly pulling for Bingham's potential in our three government-operat.ed side. a few weeks ago, for example, requires uranium enrichment plants and enormous stricter accounting procedures, man­ stockpiles to meet these needs, at least dates documented, signed and certified through 1985. So what is the blll really about? UNITED MxNE WORKERS OF AMERICA, vouchers for disbursements from our ac­ The bill is to provide "sweeteners" for the Washington, D.C., July 20, 1976. counts, requires ·all of us to provide big reactor salesmen's contracts. SO now when DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: During the 94th monthly certification of the salaries and Bechtel files into south Africa or Brazil or Congress the U.M.W.A. has found it neces­ duties of our employees and creates a bi­ South Korea to sell nuclear reactors, it can sary to send over a dozen letters to the offer these nations, which are struggling to Members of the House of Representatives and partisan commission of House Members achieve weapons capabllity, not just the the Senate to express our opposition to the and public members to conduct a thor­ hardware, but also the batteries. The coming outright bias toward nuclear energy which ough studY of administration services. glut in enrichment capacity will make fission ls inherent in all phases and aspects of our Other reforms approved in recent reactors look all the more attractive. national energy policies and programs. From years made committee chairmen subject The administration says its bill promotes the beginning, the nuclear industry has re­ to election by the full majority caucus, "free enterprise" by encouraging competition ceived numerous implicit and explicit sub­ opened meetings of committees, subcom­ within private industry. But what with all sidies from the federal government, all at mittees, and conference committees to the elaborate guarantees we'll be handing the taxpayers expense. At first it was ex­ out to investors-guarsntees of access to gov­ cused as aid to an infant industry, but now it the public and increased the use of re­ ernment stockpiles, guarantees of a market is blatantly a matter of support for an in­ corded votes to put Members on record and, finally, guarantees that we'll buy out emcient industry in order for it to remain as to their positions on amendments pro­ any falling private enrichment ventures up competitive. As the U.M.W.A. has stated in posed to bills. to the tune of $8 billion-it more resembles the past, this continued government foster­ I supported these measures in the firm cradle-to-grave socialism than any free-enter­ ing of the nuclear industry has worked to the conviction that they are essential if we prise scheme. detriment and disadvantage of all other en­ are to reach our goal of a more open and What the bill ls all about, it would appear, ergy industries and created a condition where accessible Congress where our constitu­ ls that Gerald Ford ls trying hard to set up perhaps the least promising of our future en­ a. select group of Nixon-Ford ad.ministration ergy options will, by virtue of this lopsided ents can easily learn what kind of job we friends with a lucrative monopoly over the support, eliminate other more promising al­ are doing and how their money is being enrichment market while phasing out gov­ ternatives. We deplore this situation. spent to pay for that job. ernment participation in the enrichment This Thursday the most horrendous chap­ I continue to be a proud Member of the business. ter yet may be added to the book of United greatest legislative body in the world. I Mr. Ford claims it ls not suitable for the States energy mismanagement. H.R. 8401 goes congratulate my colleagues in the 94th · government to be doing a job private indus­ well beyond any previous legislation in as­ Congress in a continuing effort to im­ try can handle. So he's pulling out the pig suring the private nuclear industry of a prove both the capabilities and perform­ guns to shove his proposal through-even profit at little or no risk. Sections 2 and 3 of though a study by the Congressional Budget H.R. 8401 instruct ERDA to enter into agree­ ance of an institution whose closeness to omce shows that, once you figure in all the ments with private industry, to the extent it the people makes it the country's best hidden subsidies and out-front guarantees, finds necessary, to develop a private en­ hope for the preservation of our free­ it will be cheaper for the Feds to hold on richment industry. doms. to the enrichment market. Mr. Ford has al­ ERDA will p1·ovide technology and tech­ ready twisted arms on the less-than-en­ nical assistance, equipment and materials thusiastic Joint Gommittee on Atomic En­ at cost. They will also guarantee the private NUCLEAR FUEL ASSURANCE ACT ergy (JCAE), threatening to withhold des­ firm a market by buying any surplus en­ perately needed government financing for riched uranium the firm ls unable to sell. . research into his privatization scheme. Rep. ERDA will also guarantee supply by allowing John Moss (D-Calif.) is one who made little "the private firm to use the ERDA stockpile HON. PHILLIP BURTON secret of his contempt for the strong-arm of enriched uranium to fulfill contractual OF CALIFORNIA tactics; recently he quit the committee, dis­ obligations that the firm ls unable to meet. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gusted. Finally, ERDA guarantees the firms' invest­ Monday, July 26, 1976 Beyond the politics and twist.ed economics ment for one year by acquiring the assets of the Ford bill, there are some very genuine and liahillties of any plant which fails. In es­ Mr. PHILLIP BURTON. Mr. Speaker, proliferation concerns. With this bill, the sence, ERDA guarantees these fir.ms a profit­ later this week the House is scheduled to a.d.ministration ls seek.Ing to promote mass abl~ success, and 1f that is not the case, act on H.R. 8401, Nuclear Fuel Assurance exports of enriched uranium and nuclear ERDA wm inherit the failure an!i fts debts. hardware by private industry. And can we The large conglomerates whlcl'1 '11.rill be re­ Act. At that time an amendment will be leave it to multinational corporations like ceiving this aid will risk nothing, instead proposed by the gentleman from New Bechtel to look after the U.S. national in­ the American taxpayer w111 assume an of York (Mr. BINGHAM) to strike sections 2 terests in this business? Let's look at the the risks and much of the cost. It is not sur­ and 3-those provisions which facilitate r~ord. prising that one of the applicants, the Bech­ privatization of our vital uranium en­ It was Bechtel who entered into unauthor­ tel Company, originally suggested this pro­ richment industry. ized negotiations with the Brazllians-nego­ gram, which the Administration translated There are many reasons to oppose this tiations that were aimed at giving that into legislation a month later. most unwise proposal; I believe several country "the whole gamut" of nuclear hard­ Bechtel has profited greatly over the last of the most cogent arguments are out­ ware-negotiations that completely under­ few years from government projects and con­ by mined State Department efforts to keep the tracts. Bechtel has extremely potent govern­ lined in the following article syndi­ West Germans from selling Brazil the entire ment connections which have secured the cated columnist Tom Braden and in a nuclear fuel cycle. Bechtel built the reactor company many lucrative contracts, includ­ letter sent to Members of Congress by that supplied the plutonium for India's ing the management of the Alaska pipeline United Mine Workers president, Arnold atomic blast; Bechtel has also been charged construction which has been plagued with Miller. I commend these to my colleagues by the Justice Department for cooperating tremendous cost overruns. Recently, it attention: with the Arab nations in their boY.cott has come to light that Bechtel ftllsifled [From the Washington Post, July 24, 1976] against "Jewish-infl.uenced'i firms, and Bech­ inspection records of the pipeline in viola- tel is undergoing congressional investigation tion of state and federal environmental and THE NUCLEAR EXPORT FIGHT for alleged falsification of safety data on the safety standards. Reinspection could delay (By Tom Bra.den) Alaska. pipeline. Are these the people we want completion of the pipellne for at least seven The beleaguered Ford administration has directing our nuclear export program? months. been straining hard to push through a bill There is a strong move on Capitol Hill, led Bechtel has also been guilty of confiict­ that would turn the nuclear fuel business­ by Rep. Jonathan Bingham (D-N.Y.), to of-interest in the area of coal slurry. Bechtel "the biggest ball game 1n town," as Sen. shoot down Mr. Ford's scheme for these rea­ suggested to ERDA and FEA that they be Howard Baker of Tennessee calls it-over to so.ns and more. The biggest challenge of the allowed to do a. feas1b111ty study of coal July 26, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23921 slurry pipelines. After the unsolicited study which should be a lesson for us to look Bundy, McNamara., Schlesinger, and the Ken­ was completed it was discovered that Bech­ with skepticism on elitists. Mr. Bu­ nedys-and fought by the sons of the middle tel was the major holder of stock in a slurry chanan's column as it appeared in the class. pipeline company. 30, The boys from Chelsea a.re lying forgotten H.R. 8401 has many weaknesses. It is Richmond Times-Dispatch of June 1976, in their graves. Jimmy Carter, certain nom­ loosely written, leaving too much interpreta­ follows: inee of the party that led us into Vietnam, tion and discretion to ERDA. It does not ade­ How HARVARD FOUGHT THE WAR IT LAUNCHED has branded their cause a "racist" war. That quately protect our nuclear technology. (By Patrick J. Buchanan) Will help him in the Ivy League. And the Sixty percent of the proposed Bechtel ven­ WASHINGTON.-While the Democratic party best and the brightest who rode happily ture is foreign owned. This blll could turn fashions its platform, promising "pardon" to lhome to Harvard are rising to niches of into a nightmare, as the U.S. government the draft dodgers who ran away to Canada prominence, prestige and wealth. loses control over the process which is capa­ and Sweden, it is worth recalling who bore So life goes in the Great Democracy. ble of producing weapon-grade uranium. the burden of battle in Asia. However, the worst aspect of the bill ls that One place to begin ls with the candid and it is unneeded. abbreviated memoir of James Fallows, Har­ RICHARD M. SCHULTZ, AN UNSUNG Presently, ERDA is compiling a large stock­ vard College, class of 1970. Writing in the pile of enriched uranium. Many of the or­ October 1975 edition of The Washington HERO ders for enriched uranium placed with ERDA Monthly, Fallows-antiwar then and now­ have been delayed and some have been can­ reca.lls in loving detail how he and his class­ celled. Every year projected need figures for mates managed to evade military service. HON. PAUL FINDLEY enriched uranium are reduced as the con­ His article ls worth quoting. Among those OF ILLINOIS struction of nuclear generating plants a.re given a low draft lottery number. Fallows postponed or cancelled. There seems to be IN THE HOUSE OF Rµ'RESENTATIVES more than enough publicly owned capacity remembers, "I was almost desperately a.fra.id Monday, July 26, 1976 of being kllled. . . . What I wanted was to to handle our needs well into the 1980's or beyond. The expanded facmty at Ports­ go to graduate school, to get married and to Mr. FINDLEY. Mr. Speaker, Richard mouth, Ohio, provided for in section 4 of enjoy those bright prospects I had been Malcom Schultz is one of the unsung taught that life owed me." heroes in American life. He will never this blll should easily fulfill any increased Immediately upon hearing the hard news, need in the next two decades. Any addi­ Fallows took to attending antiwar rallies and be on the cover of Time or Newsweek tional enrichment capacity would be ex­ "poring over the Army's code of physical probably, yet to thousands of people in cessive. Pawnee and Sangamon Counties, ill., he In addition, this type of technology, gase­ qualifications. ous diffusion plants, .may soon be replaced "During the winter and early spring, semi­ is far more important than the men and with a more economical technology known nars were held in the [Harvard] common women who vie for headlines. Richard as the gas centrifuge method. It could make rooms. There, sympathetic medical students Schultz is the public safety communica­ the Bechtel plant obsolete before it is on helped us search for disqualifying conditions tions coordinator of Pawnee. He works line. that we, in our many years of good health, almost around the clock to protect the The U.M.W.A. ls appalled that the Con­ might have overlooked. Although, on the doc­ tors' advice, I made a. half-hearted try at lives and property of the people there, gress of the United States would consider and to provide reassurance to the dis­ such an obvious give away to big business. fainting spells, my only real possibility was To create a contrived enriched uranium beating the height and weight regulations." tressed. shortage by building up large stockpiles is Ca.me then the fateful day Fallows and For anyone, these would be outstand­ also unconscionable. Those who are hurt Friends from Harvard-MIT were driven from ing achievements. For Richard Schultz, most are the taxpayers, who pick up the tab Cambridge City Hall by bus to the Boston they are almost unbelieveable. This is be­ on this $8 b11lion giveaway, and the con­ Navy Yard for examination prior to induc­ tion. cause for almost 30 years, Richard-"the sumer who pays high electric bills because dispatcher"-has been bedridden and al­ of this inefficient production of power. As alert and a.ware members of the finest The U M.W .A. urges you to support the young generation we have ever produced­ most completely paralyzed by a crippling Bingham amendment which wlll strike sec­ as the politicians described them-Fallows disease. tions 2 and 3 of H.R. 8401. We hope you & Co. knew that "disruptive behavior ... Richard Malcolm Schultz is a rare in­ wm support this amendment and that you might impress the examiners with our un­ dividual; one who embodies all the best wlll oppose the b111. The U.M.W.A. has learned desirable character traits." qualities of the American spirit and to live unhappily with the favored status As the buses rolled toward the Navy Yard, of the nuclear industry, but this latest de­ he picks up the narrative: " ... about half character. I recommend him to my col­ velopment ls ludicrous. H.R. 8401 must be the young men brought the chants ['Ho, Ho, leagues and the citizens of the United defeated, either through amendment or out­ Ho Chi Minh; the NLF ls going to win'] to States for much deserved recognition, right. Support Congressman Bingham in his a crescendo. The rest of us sat rigid and and include here the text of a story attempt to prevent government guaranteed silent clutching at X-rays and letters from about him which appeared recently in profits for these domestic and foreign energy our doctors at home." the Springfield, Ill., State Journal­ conglomerates. On arrival, the college seniors hooted down Register. Sincerely, the enlisted men giving instructions for the "THE DISPATCHER" FILLS BIG JOB IN A SMALL .ARNOLD MILLER. lntel11gence tests; they deliberately flunked their color blindness tests; they pitched COMMUNITY urine samples into the face of the m111tary (By Fran Bernard) orderlies. Fallows, who narrowly passed the He lies there completely surrounded by an HOW HARVARD FOUGHT THE WAR regulations, eagerly confessed to his inter­ incredible mlsh-mash of wires and cords and IT LAUNCHED viewing doctor he had contemplated suicide, mirrors and books and blinking lights and thereby receiving the treasured "unquali­ :flashing sca.nners, caJmly pushing butt.ons fied." and answering calls, relaying :requests and As the bus rolled away from the Navy Ya.rd reporting emergencies to the Pawnee police, HON. LARRY McDONALD carrying the Harvard men to safety, an­ fire and ambulance departments. OF GEORGIA other bus rolled up, carrying younger work­ Richard M. Schultz, Pawnee police dis­ ing class boys from Chelsea, almost all of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES patcher. wp.om would be inducted, some of whom "The Dispatcher," in CB jargon. Monday, July 26, 1976 would die in Vietnam. Probably half the people he talks to over "We returned to Cambridge," writes Fal­ the Wires don't know he's paralyzed. Mr. McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, we are lows, "not in government buses but as free still paying for our abandonment of "Technically, I'm not a paraplegic," he individuals, liberated and victorious. The talk says. "I just don't have the use of my legs Southeast Asia and Vietnam. Our foreign was high-spirited, but there was something and spine, and I can't turn my head." policy remains that of a confused and in­ close to the surface that none of us wanted His spine ls calcified-completely rigid. decisive nation. Our credibility as a na­ to mention. We knew who was going to be Rheumatoid arthritis struck him down tion and a world leader is low. In this kllled." when he was a boy of 15, starting in the hips connection, it is interesting to recall that He was right. Tucked into his article is and knees, the weight bearing joints. our so-called best people from the IvY this useful statistic: "Unlike my college class, This was in the 1940s, before medical League sch.ools launched our war efforts whiClh lost not a single member in Vietnam, science discovered the best treatment for in­ 35 men from the Harvard class of 1941 died flamed joints was activity and before corti- in Southeast Asia, devised a strategy that by the time the war was over, and hundreds sone was available to relieve the pain. was sure to lose, and the IvY League more had fought." He went from crutches to a wheel-chair to schools became the leaders in the anti­ There was the dUference. Vietnam was the a hospital bed in the orthopedic ward at St. war movement. Patrick J. Buchanan great adventure of the Liberal Establishment. Francis Hospital in Peoria, all in the space of poignantly recalls this situation for us, It was a war launched by the Ivy League- three years. 23922 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 26, 1976 He'll be 48 in August. His mirror is all-important. Peoria Journal-Star called attention to He's been bedfast for 30 years. His third eye, he calls it. "I have the use of my arms, though," he He tilts it one way to look out the window the shameful way we have squandered points out, "and I'm reasonably healthy. I behind his bed. And he tilts it another way the taxpayers' funds on Presidential pri­ only have about one cold a year." to greet his visitors, who hardly know which mary campaigns. He looks strong. way to look as they approach the bewilder­ Noting that candidates who had no He does chin-ups once a day on the bar ing array of man and mechanization that realistic chance of winning nonetheless suspended over his bed. meets their eye as they enter the tiny room. were able to collect large sums of public "I want to be sure to keep up my strength," "If you get any closer, introduce yourself," money just by filing the proper forms he says. "I always take time to do my exer­ a sign over the bed says. the editorial calls for major changes ~ cises." So the visitor looks down and sees a the law. Actually, he doesn't have all that much friendly face with a cheerful grin reflected time. in the mirror aimed his way. In opposing passage of the public fi­ He's on the job 24 hours a day, coordinat­ And he introduces himself. nancing bill in the first place, I said that ing the police, fire and ambulance calls that Richard Schultz is an educated man. the chance to get their hands into the come in day and night to the small Sanga­ He only had two years of high school ln pu~lic till legally would be too much to mon County village of 2500 or so residents of Carlinville, the town where he was born, but res~t for a great many Politicians, and Pawnee he had two years of tutoring ln the hospital so it was. He's busy. in Peoria and received his diploma from He started out answering telephone calls Peoria Central High School. The editorial in my hometown news­ for a funeral home in Pawnee about 10 years That was only the beginning. paper makes the point with great co­ ago. Before long, the volunteer fire depart­ He has read extensively through the years gency, and deserves the careful attention ment asked him to ta"ke them on. and now is into philosophy, using cassettes of my colleagues. A year and a half ago, he became the po­ offered for the blind and the physically A NEW KIND OF FRAUD lice dispatcher. Two months age>--the ambu­ handicapped to "read" his favorites. (By C. L. Dancey) lance dispatcher. Last week it was Santayana. He's made himself downright indispensa­ He has written some, also, selling a dozen You know in this age of technicalities it ble. or so pieces of light fiction to "Confession" is possible to break the law and not be gutlty "I tell the people in Pawnee that I stay magazines in years past. "But the market for of any actual wrong-doing. Likewise, it is up all night watching over their lives, their fiction ls gone now," he says. possible to keep the letter of the law and property, and even their money," he1 says, He can typewrite fiat on his back. be guilty of a "legalized" fraud. only half joking. "No problem at all," he says. Among all the uncertainties of the present That's the truth. He props the typewriter on sort of a slant political situation, one clear thing seems to He has the bank alarm connected to his board on his chest and uses a clipboard to emerge from the primary process. It is full bedside. hold the copy. of loopholes that have invited what amounts Not long ago, a bank official accidentally For a.bout 15 years, he did typing for cus­ to "legalized" fraud. tripped the alarm and before he could catch tomers all over the country that he lined up A number of prominent politicians have his breath, a policeman came running in the by advertising in Writer's Digest. But he has actually milked the public treasury, osten­ bank waving a shotgun. given that up. sibly to run for President, when that exer­ "I'm ln instant communication with the "I don't know if my hands got affected cise was itself something of a fraud. police," Schultz mentions. somewhat or not," he says, "but I noticed Jerry Bt'own, for example, admits that he Police calls involve far more than burglars. I was slowing down, so I quit doing that was not a serious candidate for President. "Only about one-third of the police calls work." Frank Church was obviously never a serious are actually police business," he says. Many Apparently he hasn't altogether quit writ­ candidate fpr President. A host of early times the calls are from people merely want­ ing. signers-on were just testing the water and ing information or assistance. A recent edition of the Writer's Market was quickly dropped out. Ellen McC

SENATE-Tuesday, July 27, 1976 The Senate met at 9 a.m. and was THE JOURNAL erati on of H.R. 14262, the defense appro­ called to order by Hon. QUENTIN N. BUR­ Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I ask priations bill, and, hopefully, if that is DICK, a Senator from the State of North unanimous consent that the reading of concluded in time, H.R. 12987, the Com­ Dakota. the Journal of the proceedings of Mon­ prehensive Employment and Training day, July 26, 1976, be dispensed with. Act. Whether or not the tax reform bill will be taken up on Monday afternoon PRAYER The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ pore. Without objection, it is so ordered. will be determined on circumstances at The Chaplain, the Reverend Edward that time, and after consultation with L. R. Elson, D.D., offered the following the distinguished chairman of the Com­ prayer: mittee on Finance, the Senator from COMMITTEE MEETINGS DURING Louisiana (Mr. LoNG). Eternal Father, we thank Thee that SENATE SESSION ON JULY 28 AND Thou art not far off, nearer than breath­ JULY 30 Following those two bills, we shall take ing, ready to enter our fleeting lives. We up the water pollution control bill. Tax fling wide the door of our hearts and bid Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I ask reform will be on the second track. It is Thee to enter in all Thy renewing unanimous consent that the Commit­ possible that an agreement might be strength. Be to us this day our suste­ tees on Aeronautical and Space Sciences reached to consider tax reform only on nance, our light, our guide. In these con­ and Labor and Public Welfare be per­ a one-track basis. The leadership will fused days, when men are groping for mitted to meet on July 28, to consider a endeavor however to bring up the Export new standards and for fresh beginnings, nomination; and that the Committee on Administration Act, S. 3084, the exten­ amid many contending claims, and the Interior and Insular Affairs be author­ sion of higher education, S. 2657, before sound of many voices, help us to distin­ ized to meet on July 30 to consider wil­ the recess for the Republican Conven­ guish what is wise from what is clever, derness legislation. tion and hopefully, to lay down on what is sincere from what is cunning. In The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ Wednesday, August 11, S. 3422, the Nat­ the discharge of their public t.rust dispose pore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ural Gas Act. the Members of this body to be calm and confident, wise and just, possessed by an To recapitulate and simplify, the schedule between now and up to and in­ abiding faith in Thee and the working of LEGISLATIVE SCHEDULE Thy providence in the afiairs of the cluding August 11, is as follows: Nation. Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, for s. 3219, Clean Air Act, until completed We ask it in the name that is above the information of the Senate, the legis­ and to be followed by H.R. 8603, postal every name. Amen. lative schedule up to and including Au­ reform, until completed and to be f al­ gust 11, when the Senate will go out for lowed by H.R. 142'62, defense appropria­ the purpose of allowing attendance at tions, until completed and to 'be fallowed the Republican Convention in Kansas APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESI­ City and selection of its nominees for the by H.R. 12987, comprehensive employ­ DENT PRO TEMPORE Presidency and Vice Presidency, is as ment, until completed and to be followed The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk follows: by S. 3084, export extension, until com­ will please read a communication to the The pending business on the first track pleted and to be followed by S. 2657, Senate from the President pro tempore will be the Clean Air Act, S. 3219, today, higher education, until completed and to (Mr. EASTLAND). tomorrow, and most likely Thursday. On be followed by S. 3422, Natural Gas Act. The legislative clerk read the following those days, we shall turn to the tax re­ The tax reform bill (H.R. 10612) will letter: form bill, H.R. 10612, at 2 o'clock. Upon be on the second track every day unless, U.S. SENATE, the completion of the Clean Air Act, the at the request of Senator LoNG, it is PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, Senate will then turn to the considera- . made the pending business on a daily, Washington, D.C., July 27, 1976. tion of H.R. 8603, the Postal Service re­ To the Senate: one-track basis. Being temporarily absent from the Senate form bill. That will go from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. the day it is taken up, the first full The Senate is aware of the fact that on official duties, I appoint Hon. QUENTIN N. this is only a tentative list of proposals, BURDICK, a Senator from the State of North day, and the tax reform bill will continue Dakota, to perform the duties of the Chair at 2 o'clock, unless there are changes in but it is the best which the leadership during my absence. the meantime I would not, at this time, can do at this time. JAMES 0. EASTLAND, rule out the possibility of a Saturday May I say also, for the information of President pro tempore. session. the Senate, that it is still the leader­ Mr. BURDICK thereupon took the It is hoped that early next week, the ship's objective to adjourn sine die on chair as Acting President pro tempore. Senate will be able tot.urn to the consid- October 2. CXXII--1509-;;-Part 19