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EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS TRIBUTE TO GROVER COBB Board of the major trade association of the how, spend out way out of both recession broadcast industry-which speaks for radio and inflation. and television stations large and small-as All of this may appear to be good poli­ HON. KEITH G. SEBELIUS well as for all the major networks? Grover tics for the moment, but it is disastrous OF KANSAS Cobb did just that. He was lured away from Great Bend in economics. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1969 by an offer from the Company Discussing the proposals now before Monday, March 17, 1975 of Rochester, New , to manage their the Congress, Patrick Buchanan notes broadcast properties. But soon the NAB beck­ that: Mr. SEBELIUS. Mr. Speaker, a week oned again. The call of service to the broad­ Under the House-enacted bill, 4.6 million ago last Friday, the citizens of Great cast industry was one Grover could not re­ Americans would be dropped from the tax Bend, Kans., and people throughout sist. Off he went to Washington in 1971 where rolls, and reassigned to the expanding army Kansas were saddened to learn of the he became Senior Executive Vice President of citizens who pay nothing in federal in­ passing of Grover Oobb, a man who had of the Naticnal Association of Broadcasters. come taxes for the broad and widening array become a legend in the Kansas broad­ He was the broadcasting industry's chief of social benefits they enjoy. spokesman on Capitol Hill as an advocate of casting industry. free broadcasting. An efficient organizer, he Mr. Buchanan points out that: Grover Cobb's personal life and his was persuasive and effective. If he had been a We have been creating a new class in career in the broadcasting industry were lawyer, he surely would have been another America, a vast constituency of millions with such that he touched the lives of many Perry Mason for he was an excellent debater. no vested interest whatsoever in reducing Kansans. In doing so he not only enjoyed If he had been a preacher, he might well the programs and power of government and the personal friendship and admiration have been a Billy Graham for he had the every incentive to support its continued of everyone who knew him but also was a ability to hold an audience with his speeches. growth. leader in his chosen field and truly set The name Grover Cobb probably doesn't mean much to most WIBW listeners and Congress is now planning, through its an example for others to follow. viewers. But to the men and women at the tax measure, to stifle the initiative of I knew Grover Cobb and like many management level of the broadcast industry, business, industry, and our most produc­ others feel a sense of personal loss by the name is gospel. Grover had a history of tive individuals. This is not the pa.th of his untimely death. In paying tribute to heart attacks. But you couldn't hold him economic recovery. It it, instead, a pre­ this man, Thad M. Sandstrom of WffiW down. In true western Kansas style, he died scription for economic stagnation. Radio and TV, a friend and colleague of with his boots on in Washington Friday Mr. Buchanan, in this connection, his, recently broadcast a "memorial" morning. He was 53. Grover suffered a heart notes that: tribute to Grover. Thad said in accurate attack while attending a meeting with the Chairman of the Federal Communications The 1974 rebates and the 1975 tax reduc­ and eloquent terms what Grover's life Commission discussing deregulation of radio tion proposals for individuals were restruc­ meant to him, to his colleagues, and to broadcasting. Ironically, one of those at the tured completely to favor the lower income the people of Kansas. The memorial meeting was Dick Painter, a broadcaster from groups ... The accent of the legislation was tribute follows: Mankato, Minnesota, who used to work for shifted away from savings and toward con­ WIBW EDITORIAL-TRIBUTE TO GROVER COBB Grover at Great Bend. He was at Grover's sumption. As for the most productive and side when the end began. They'll bury Grover successful of Americans . . . they were left When I arrived for my first radio job as an out in the cold. announcer at KSAL in Salina in 1943, the Cobb today at Great Bend. Some of the -big­ name Grover Cobb was a legend. Grover had gest names in broadcast management from I wish to share Patrick Buchanan's started as an announcer at KSAL in 1939 across America will be there. The industry is going to miss him. Free broadcasting in thoughtful analysis, "Politics of the while a student at Kansas Wesleyan. He went Great Rebate," as it appeared in the Chi­ off to fight in the war, but the folks still America Will be there. The industry is going talked about Grover Cobb. Later while I to miss him. Free Broadcasting in Ainerica cago Tribune of March 6, 1975, with my managed KSEK at Pittsburgh, Grover was is better today because of the things Grover colleagues and insert it into the REcoRD general manager of KVGB at Great Bend. Cobb stood for and did. at this time : In 1951, Grover Cobb took the lead in [From the Chicago Tribune, Mar. 6, 1975] calling together a group of Kansas radio POLITICS OF THE GREAT REBATE broadcasters to talk about the need to form (By Patrick Buchanan) a state broadcasters association. The rally­ THE POLITICS OF THE GREAT ing cry-broadcasts of KU and K-State foot­ REBATE WASHINGTON.-When the emergency tax re­ ball and basketball games. There was on eco­ duction bill arrives on the Senate Hoar, per­ nomically practical way in 1951 to beam a haps the phrase, welfare reform, can be in­ broadcast from Lawrence or Manhattan to HON. PHILIP M. CRANE serted in the title. For the redistribution of wealth, downward, is what much of this $21.3 the outreaches of Kansas at Pittsburg, Great OF ILLINOIS Bend, Garden City and Colby. Everybody bililon worth of "tax relief" is about. nodded in agreement when someone said we IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Under the House-enacted bill, 4.6 million needed to make Ben Ludy, General Manager Monday, March 17, 1975 Ainericans would be dropped from the tax of WIBW, the first president of the Kansas rolls, and reassigned to that expanding army Association of Radio Broadcasters. But every­ Mr. CRANE. Mr. Speaker, the advo­ of citizens who pay nothing in federal in­ body knew in his heart that the first presi­ cates of the tax reduction bill currently come taxes for the broad and Widening array dent should have been Grover Cobb. He served receiving the support of many, perhaps of social benefits they enjoy. as president later-putting the good of the most, Members of Congress argue that We have been creating a new class in association ahead of personal goals. such a tax reduction will help to "prime America, a vast constituency of millions with Grover loved life. He loved the broadcasting no vested interest whatsoever in reducing the the pump" of the economy. It is their programs and power of government, and business. He loved Kansas. He loved his fam­ thesis that returning approximately ily-his wife, Fan, and seven children-four every incentive to support its continued boys and three girls. He loved sports, too. $21.3 billion in tax relief, while keep­ growth. The political and social ramifications Grover, with his sidekick, Bob Hilgendorf, ing spending rates at least at current of this ongoing process, for the future of this used to travel all over the nation broadcast­ levels-and probably at much higher lev­ Republic, have never really been explored. ing the NCAA Basketball Championships on els-will ease our economic difficulties In the final rewrite of the tax bill in the radio whether KU or K-State played or not. and lift us out of our current dilemma House, it was, quite evidently, the ideology We've always suspected the reason was not of concurrent inflation and recession. of the McGovern Wing of the Democratic so much because Grover thought the folks Party which prevailed. This approach represents a fanciful The "negative income tax,"-a subsidy for in Great Bend needed to hear the NCAA finals economic theory. We can continue, its as it was that he wanted to see the games. the nontaxpaying "working poor"-which the Grover's int.erest in the Kansas broadcast­ advocates argue, to spend far more than President had suggested, was seized upon and ers association led to his election in 1964 we have. causing an artificial increase in expanded. The recommended cut in the cor­ to the Board of the National Association of the money supply, which produces infla- porate tax rate fron1 48 per cent to 42 per tion, while producing a still greater ini­ cent was discarded. Broadcasters. He became Chairman of the The 1974 rebates and the 1975 tax reduc­ Board in 1967. Who would dream that a radio balance through tax rebates, and never tion proposals for individuals were restruc­ broadcaster from a small town of Great Bend, have to worry about the consequences. tured, completely, to favor the lower income Kansas, would rise to be Chairman of the According to this notion, we will, some- groups. 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a.nce was repealed. The accent of the legisla­ "finder's fee" so that they will be en­ But the discovery of the money caused ~ tion was shifted away from savings and to­ couraged in their work. We need their storm at the Pentagon. The Secretary of De­ ward consumption. help in finding money to cover the na­ fense, in a very tough memo to all personnel,. As for the most productive and successful said, "There will be no more storing of un­ of Americans, that fifth of a nation which tional debt, so that we may balance the accounted funds in broom closets. earns more than $20,000 a year, they were budget, or to fund Head Start ade­ "These closets will be used in the future­ left out in the cold. Their rebates wm be quately at least. solely for cleaning utensils. If there is one­ less than $200 and the tax relief recom­ These "anonymous but appreciated" thing I will not stand for as long as I am mended for this segment of society is by far public servants have quite a history in Secretary it's a dirty Pentagon." the least significant. "finding" unnoticed and unaccounted­ Conscious discrimination against the for moneys. We should entrust them with middle class faithfully reflects the soak-the­ this responsibility on a full-time basis rich, redistribute-the-wealth philosophy of NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION WEEK the national Democrats. But does it reflect so that our economic crisis can be solved. the needs of the economy? Who do the In this connection, I am reminded of Democrats expect to buy all those autos and Art Buchwald's column of last year: HON. THOMAS F. EAGLETON "big ticket items,'' the backlogs of which GOLD STRIKE IN PENTAGON have caused such sweeping unemployment OF MISSOURI in the working class? (By Art Buchwald} IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES It received hardly a mention in the news­ President Ford had a better idea. His pro­ Tuesday, March 18, 1975 gram was designed with a dual purpose: papers, but the Pentagon last week just Protest the weak from the impact of infla­ happened to "find" $266 million it didn't Mr. EAGLETON. Mr. President, few tion and provide the productive sectors of know it had. things are as Vital to the economic wel­ society with the stimulus to pull us all out It seems that the Defense Department fare of the people of Missouri as ade­ had asked for $1.6 billion for aid to South of recession. The House emphasized the first, quate transportation, Missouri has almost to the exclusion of the second. Vietnam, but Congress had voted only $1.2 The saving grace of the House package­ billion. Instead of the Pentagon getting up­ prospered largely because of its superior in terms of economic incentives-is the $5.1 set by the cut in funds it announced that network of highway rail, air, pipeline,. billion in business tax relief. But even here had "found" $266 million which could make and waterway transportation facilities. the reforms are modest or misdirected. up ,the difference. All communities in Missouri, from Doubling to $50,000 the level of corporate How did the Pentagon find the money? metropolitan areas to the smallest farm income taxed at 22 per cent rather than 48 It's a very interesting story. centers, share equally in the good things Two weeks ago two cleaning women in the per cent is a nice booster shot for small of life, because of the unparalleled trans­ business. But the maximum of $6,500 in tax Pentagon were working late at night in the relief provided a single corporation is of major basement of the building. One of the ladies portation system serving the American importance only to the smallest of firms. was a new employee and she opened what people everywhere. As for repeal of the oil depletion allowance, she thought was a broom closet. Instead of Transportation plays a significant role which the House Democratic Caucus literally brooms and mops she saw neatly piled stacks in Virtually every facet of the produc­ ordered onto the tax b111, this is not an issue of brand-new $100 bills. tion, distribution, and consumption of on which liberal Democrats are expected to "Henrietta,'' she said to the lady she was goods. While the contributions of trans­ be rational. To the Left, the oil industry is working with, "there ain't no brooms or mops in that closet. How am I supposed to get my portation to the nati'Onal economic well­ the prince of devils; the depletion allow­ being take precedence over other con­ ance the means by which it works its will. work done when all they keep in there is Yet, what would repeal accomplish, other money?" siderations, a people's political and than transfer $2.5 billion of potential invest­ Henrietta came over and looked in. military success are directly related to ment capital out of the energy industry and "Heavens to Betsy, you're right. They expect the facilities for moving people and into the U.S. Treasury? us to clean the floors, mop the halls and dust property from one locality to another. If America is ever to become independent the furniture, and they don't even give us Also, good transportation, along with of foreign oil, hundreds of billions of dollars the tools to do it with. Let's find the super­ efficient communication, makes possible will have to be invested in research, explora­ visor." They brought the supervisor back. He unity and cooperation among scattered tion, production, and distribution. For rea­ peoples. sons of both efficiency and political principal, peered into the closet and became angry. 'If Republicans should prefer that this enormous I told them once I told them a 100 times the Economic factors are in general the investment be directed by the men of busi­ only thing I want to see in broom closets m.'ost important in the development of a ness, not the men of government. Therefore, is brooms. I'm going to get the duty officer." nation's transportation. Commercial and it would seem, the Ford administration has The duty officer, a colonel, was asked to industrial growth stimulate invention no genuine interest in sustaining the theo­ come to the basement. When he showed up and innovation in agriculture, mining. logical position of the House caucus. he couldn't believe his eyes. "How much money do you think there is in that closet?" and manufacturing, which in turn, tend Opportunity beckons. Surely, the President to increase demand for transportation. would prefer to see that tax blll rewritten "'Bout $266 million," Henrietta said. "Now closer to his original guidelines and purpose. what about our mops?" Mechanization makes possible a greater The oil state senators have promised us an The colonel rushed off to call his super­ division of labor, which increases pro­ "extended debate" to protect their half-cen­ visor at home. "General, the cleaning women ductivity. Large scale producti'on becoms tury-old depletion allowance. The two objec­ just found $266 mlllion in a broom closet in possible if extensive markets .can be the basement." developed; this calls for the interacting tives are not mutually exclusive; perhaps an The general was furious. "Why are you accommodation, beneficial to both, and us bothering me at home at this hour about effects of industrial and commercial all, can be reached. $266 million? Turn it over to lost-and­ progress. found." Transportation is both a cause and a. "Yes, sir," the colonel said. result of an advancing society. Especially The next day the lost-and-found officer put in modern times, transportation develop­ GOLD STRIKE IN PENTAGON out notices on all the bulletin boards in the ment has reflected the rate of advance Pentagon which read: "If anyone has lost of a country. $266 million in new $100 bills, kindly pick it up as soon as possible at lost-and-found. If Transportation has had a profound in­ HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER the money is not claimed within the week, fluence on the currents of history. What OF COLORADO it will be turned over to the South Vietnam­ nation has become great that did not give major attention to the development IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ese Government." Although there are thousands of people of transportation? Tuesday, March 18, 1975 working at the Pentagon, no one admitted to Human beings have demands, both owning the money. This caused some wild personal and collective, that can be satis­ Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, an speculation. The Army said the Navy had "extra" $21.5 million has been found in hidden the cash in the broom closet so they fied only by transportation services. U.S. accounts to send military aid to could buy an extra submarine when no one Solving transportation problems of the Cambodia, the Ford administration was looking. The Navy said the Air Force had future will depend largely on viewing claimed yesterday. stashed it away for the next overrun on a transport as a whole, without favoring new Lockheed cargo plane. one from the other. Also, any successful I must say that, in view of such dili­ In any case, no one claimed the cash and gence, I am inclined to suggest that Con­ it was turned over to six cadets of the South transportation plans and policies will gress present the "administration of­ Vietnamese Marine Corps who were returning need to be an integral part vf a broad ficials," anonymous but appreciated, a to Saigon after a visit to Parris Island. economic and social development plan. March 18, 1975 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 7311 No man is an lsland unto himself nor patent examiner's interpretation of 35 AI Smith, Russellville, Ky., publisher, and is transportation, but rather we are de­ U.S.C. 101 and 35 U.S.C. 112. Subse­ Ralph Minor, Virginia cooperative manager, both urged that expedited research on coal pendent one upon the other. quently, Dr. Toma's patent attorney, Mr. gasification, liquefaction, and MHD be speed­ Good transportation is a main artery Bruce Prout, refuted the arguments pre­ ed up to offer alternatives to nuclear power. of progress, it is therefore most fitting sented by the general counsel and .found On Monday night, John Seigenthaler, pub­ that we salute the dedicated men and numerous instances of discrepancies and lisher of the Tennessean, had warned the women making up our vast transporta­ misrepresentations in the general coun­ group that all the answers on nuclear power tion systems on the occasion of National sel's arguments: for example, the patent are not in yet. He said: Transportation Week, May 11 to 17, officer had withdrawn his objection based "I am not yet satisfied with all of the an­ swers that the TVA board has offered to ques­ 1975. on 35 U.S.C. 112. In addition, the general tions raised by some nuclear scientists as to National Transportation Week is ana­ counsel totally overlooked the Court of the safety of radioactive waste materials, tionwide project of Traffic Clubs Interna­ Customs and Patent Appeals' decision in transportation of nuclear fuels, or the pros­ tional, sponsored in conjunction with the In re Knowlton, 178 USPQ4 486, which pects of a so-called class nine accident." National Defense Transportation Associ­ did allow that the appellant's computer The publisher said that "this does not mean ation, shipper and business groups and program was patentable. that there are answers to be found ... the chambers of commerce, and the De­ Counsellor Prout concluded that- developing technology may provide adequate answers." partment of Transportation, to focus It is now time for the Congress to act and Seigenthaler continued: attention on both the achievements and call not only the Patent Office's attention but "As a representative of the press, this is the challenges of the transportation in­ the Court's attention to the express language one area where I intend to continue toques­ dustry in the United States, and other­ of 35 U.S.C. 100, 101, which authorize patents tion . . . because the destructive power of wise help to create a better understand­ for a "new and useful-machine" and a "new nuclear energy is well known ... just as its use of a known-machine" which would constructive uses may be boundless." ing and appreciation for its capabilities clearly encompass a program method for op­ and objectives. The association president, Tom Green, erating a computer machine. president of the Third National Bank of It should be pointed out that this re­ Nashville, said that he considered that­ flects the opinion delivered by Mr. Jus­ from now on-the group's chief goal should be developing the Tennessee Valley into the DR. PETER TOMA tice Douglas in the precedent-setting energy capital of the United States. case referred to earlier. Mr. Justice Green insisted that the odds "are very Douglas, in his summary, concluded with good that the people and their institutions HON. BOB WILSON the words: are capable of achieving this goal, if they wm OF CALIFORNIA The technological problems tendered in get in step and work toward it." IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES many briefs before us indicate to us that Tuesday, March 18, 1975 considered action by the Congress is needed. Mr. BOB WILSON. Mr. Speaker, Dr. "SPffiiT OF '76" Peter Toma, a respected scientist and a member of my constituency, has devoted TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY ASSOCI­ 19 years of his life to the creation and ATION BACKS NUCLEAR POWER HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN realization of the first large-scale uni­ DEVELOPMENT OF NEW YORK versal computer translation system. This IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES system is SYSTRAN. It adds to the scien­ Tuesday, March 18, 1975 tific prestige of the United States, be­ HON. JOE L. EVINS cause it places this country ahead of all OF TENNESSEE Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, recently I others in overcoming language barriers IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES was pleased to have conducted a contest for high school seniors in the 26th Dis­ automatically. Its Russian-English sys­ Tuesday, March 18, 1975 tem has been used by our Air Force daily trict of New York on the subject of the since 1970 to translate Soviet material; Mr. EVINS of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, "Spirit of '76" and what it means to them both its Russian-English and English­ the Tennessee River Valley Association, as citizens. Russian systems will play important composed of business, civic, and power Because of the intense feeling of pride roles during the forthcoming Apollo­ distributor leaders from throughout the that these essays exhibit for accomplish­ Soyuz joint space maneuvers. Mean­ Tennessee Valley, has announced its sup­ ments of our Nation in the 200 years since while, the Soviets are still working on port of nuclear power development. our Nation was founded, it is my privi­ their own English-Russian system, but Certainly the support of this dis tin­ lege to submit for the review of my col­ have not been able to bring it up to the guished and influential group is vitally leagues, three essays which won honor­ level of SYSTRAN, the U.S. system. important, and because of the interest able mention in the contest. These essays SYSTRAN also has Chinese-English of my colleagues and the American were written by Calvin Mendelsohn of and German-English systems which have people in this most important matter, the senior class of Nanuet Senior High been demonstrated to Government offi­ I place in the RECORD an article by Re­ School, Nanuet, N.Y.; Kerry Ann Metzler cials and, in addition, an English-French porter Nat Caldwell in the Nashville, of the senior class of Marlboro Central system which is being considered for use Tenn., Tennessean: High School, Marlboro, N.Y.; and David by a private contractor. RIVER GROUP BACKS N-PLANT AT HARTSVILLE Ehrman of the senior class of Suffern As head of a small business concern (By Nat Caldwell) High School, Suffern, N.Y. The essays and as an inventor, Dr. Peter Toma need~ The Tennessee River Valley Association follow: protection. But because a patent appli­ yesterday approved TVA's Hartsville nuclear OUR NATION'S BICENTENNIAL cation for a much smaller and far less plant, in particular, and TVA's program for (By Calvin Mendelsohn) building 17 nuclear plants, in general. Ten score years ago, the founders of our complex computer program was denied­ The association, a valleywide business, and later appealed before the Supreme land wrested power from their colonial rulers civic, and power distributors' group, whose through revolution. The principal aim of this Court, which sustained the denial be­ chief goal is industrial development, held its revolution was to establish a working democ­ cause of the simplicity of the program­ quarterly meeting here yesterday and Mon­ racy in which the average citizen could exist the Patent Office denied Dr. Toma's ap­ day. with minimal interference from the govern­ plication, despite the great differences The pro-Hartsville nuclear plant resolution ment. To insure this, freedoms of press, was sponsored by two electric cooperative speech, and religion were assimilated into between the simple program which set managers, Charles Stewart, Bowling Green, the precedent and the immense compiex our government in the Bill of Rights. Ky., and Louis Wise, Columbus, Miss. Those freedoms guaranteed above served as of programs for which Dr. Toma seeks Because several supporters of their posi­ an impetus for immigrants to flock to our patent protection. tion and several who urged caution in the shores. Those who came valued personal free­ nuclear advance sought an amendment dom over the realities of an immobile hier­ The general counsel of the Department urging a speed up in coal research and en­ of Commerce reviewed Dr. Toma's appli­ archy in Europe. They strove hard to pre­ couragement of coal mine expansion, the serve that freedom which we hold so dear by cation and recommended against enact­ sponsors agreed to leave a. final drafting of bearing hardships such a.s climatic extremes. ment of H.R. 7769 on the basis of the both positions t-o the association's executive crop failures, and economic hard times. precedent mentioned earlier and on the committee. And our democracy flourished. Those who 7312 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 18, 1975 came learned that they actually could in­ democracy, which places importance on in­ of a need to broaden the municipal bond fluence governmental decisions and would be dividuals, and is characterized by cohesive market. Indeed, the record of bond sales over listened to if they suggested governmnetal groups and personal relationships. This has recent years indicates municipal bond sales reform in our system. Our citizens learned helped Americans respond better than other have decreased. how to effect change through direct par­ peoples in the past. Today we have people of Taxes will be increased under any taxable ticipation in government. all races working to continue our progressive bond arrangement, either at the state level It is through the implementation of con­ trend. They have the ingredients it takes to or the national level. This fact is blandly stitutionally guaranteed freedoms that our bring peace and stability in our world. brushed aside by the proponents of a tax­ nation stands today. This tradition of free able bond. There is no way to make a tax participation in government must continue, exempt bond taxable without increasing the if we are to successfully handle the urgent cost to the taxpayers. Even proponents of a economic problems of today. Only by putting A CASE AGAINST TAMPERING WITH taxable bond admit that the subsidy arrange­ our minds together therefore, will our nation TAX EXEMPTION ment would cost the taxpayers more in in­ be self-sufficient and truly prosperous. By terest payments than it would recover in doing this, we will secure the future and taxes on the proposed taxable interest. self-esteem of our glorious democracy, on HON. JAMES R. MANN Actions of the past are best indications of the dawn of our nation's bicentennial. the future, and one only has to recall any OF SOUTH CAROLINA federal program to visualize what the Fed­ SPmiT OF '76 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES eral Government would do with an interest (By Kerry Ann Metzler) Tuesday, March 18, 1975 subsidy on a dual coupon arrangement. The very life blood of the several states would be America's Bicentenial means many things Mr. MANN. Mr. Speaker, Grady L. strangled and the states would be reduced to to me, but most outstanding is the phenom­ Patterson, Jr., distinguished treasurer of federal districts comparable to those which enal rate that our country has grown in the State of South Carolina for over 8 exist in France and other nations. 200 years. We have managed to maintain Among the greatest threats of all would be a level of growth and achievement second to years, is well known for his acute under­ standing of the financial complexities of the threat of repeal of a taxable bond ar­ none. This is proof positive that our system rangement, or interest subsidy. There would of government not only works but works the federal system of government. He be nothing to prevent a. subsequent Congress well. has been active in the fight against from repealing a subsidy established by a The most important reason for success was tampering with or destroying the tax former Congress, or if the subsidy payouts a democratic government set up "by the peo­ exempt status of State and municipal should far exceed the expectations of Con­ ple". The Bill of Rights was the key bonds, an issue which has come up re­ gress, it [Congress] could place a limit on ingredient needed to spur growth in our peatedly in the House Ways and Means the amount of the subsidy to be paid out, young land. The government granted certain which would then bring on delays in issuing inalienable rights to all citizens, and this Committee's periodic consideration of general tax reform legislation. In the state bonds, as well as priority determina­ inspired them to rise to their fullest poten­ tions by the Federal Government and many tial. This benefited not only the individual January 1, 1975, edition of the Munici­ other problems. but the Nation as a whole. This, in my pal Finance Officers Association's Spe­ There is nothing evil or wrong with com­ opinion, is the reason for the United States cial Bulletin, Mr. Patterson compiled mercial banks, property and casualty com­ attaining its present world position. some convincing constitutional and prac­ panies and individuals buying municipal we were indeed fortunate not to be re­ tical arguments against the modification, bonds. State and municipal bonds are issued pressed or enslaved as many peoples of alteration or destruction of the tax ex­ for desirable, legitimate and worthwhile pub­ the world were (and still are) . Instead, our lic purposes. Commercial banks are super­ resources, both physical and mental, were emption of State and municipal bonds. The entire article, which is somewhat vised in the public interest. What is wrong tapped to the fullest by one driving force­ with institutions chartered in the public in­ freedom. It was this inherent need for free­ lengthy, is available from my office. In terest buying securities and bonds issued by dom that brought about the colonization of view of the tax hearings coming up this public entities in the public interest in a free America, and it continues as the dominant summer, however, I think it appropriate enterprise and open marketing system? factor in our lives today. and worthwhile to share Mr. Patterson's We have a free enterprise and open munici­ Where do we go from here? We must not well-reasoned conclusions with my pal bond marketing system which is working be content to stand still and become com­ colleagues. very well and has worked very well since the placent. Our forefathers set an example for founding of the Republic. I vigorously reject us to follow. Hard work, long hours, sacri­ A CASE AGAINST TAMPERING WITH TAX efforts by a few persons continually attempt­ fices-these are all words we hear today and EXEMPTION ing to brainwash the Congress and the public we complain. If we all pull together we (By Grady T. Patterson, Jr.) into believing that Congress should tamper will be able to celebrate our Bicentennial CONCLUSIONS with tax exemption and destroy it. As I told with pride. We should all realize that growth the Committee on Ways and MeanS, U.S. is the key to success, and success is attained In conclusion, the legnl basis for the tax exemption of interest paid on state, munici­ House of Representatives, on April 2, 1973, through good government. pal and political subdivision bonds is an­ "Frankly, I do not want the Congress to do chored in the bedrock of the United States us any favors. We are satisfied with the SPRIT OF '76 Constitution. This legal principle has been present public securities marketing proce­ (By David Ehrman) recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court since dures. Most people come here and appear be­ The United States was founded on the con­ the early beginning of this Republic (Mc­ fore your Committee wanting something. We cept of democracy-with liberty and justice Culloch v. Maryland, 1819) and has been do not want a thing. We just want to be left for all. There is a gap between the concept enunciated often times over the years since alone." and its fulfillment. But it is important to then. The principle is interwoven into the realize that we're progressing along these very fabric of the U.S. Constitution. lines. Throughout our history Americans The record surrounding the adoption of CARGO THEFT have strived for a society characterized by the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitu­ liberty and justice. The trend of American tion is clear and convincing beyond any social change definitely shows us how society doubt that the Congress was not given new HON. J. J. PICKLE and goverment have been improved, with authority to tamper with the tax exemption OF TEXAS more Freedom and responsibility delegated of state and municipal bonds. Indeed, the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to the people. This trend is illustrated by overriding, compelling conclusions by almost Constitutional Amendments. all who spoke to the issue shows that tax Tuesday, March 18, 1975 This progressive trend, and other insti­ exemption was not to be altered, modified or Mr. PICKLE. Mr. Speaker, for several tutions, have ingrained in Americans a destroyed (by the 16th Amendment). Any great sense of moral ethics. There are few optional or voluntary taxable bond arrange­ years now I have been closely studying governments that when confronted with a ment would do violence to the same con­ the vast impact that cargo theft has on crisis like Watergate, rise to the occasion and stitutional principles. The very heart of the the American public. Businesses involved resolve the problem with integrity and hon­ issue is sovereignty and separation of pow­ in transportation, and ultimately, the esty prevelant, America staunchly defends ers. It cannot be mandatorily taken away consumer, have had to pay billions over what is right, while lesser nations bow to by Congress. Neither can it be optionally or the years because of this continuing economic pressures. voluntarily bartered away in the form of a plague. As our Bicentennial approaches, Americans federal subsidy. There is plenty of blame for all groups can look at themselves and see a great na­ Thus, any alteration, modification or tam­ involved-the industry, the unions, the pering with tax exemption will be met tiD­ tion. One that has remained true to it's orig­ Congress. The only side which seems to inal ideals. Today times are turbulent as mediately by court challenge which ~11 they've ever been. People the world over are cause chaos in the bond market for an ex­ be doing an admirable job in dealing g'lVIng up hope. But Americans believe in tended period of time. There is no showing with cargo theft are the thieves, repre- March 18, 1975 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 7313 sentatives of the Nation's greatest prof­ man said some firms are having difficulty price. Perishable stuff, such as food, must be iteers, organized crime. obtaining insurance because of hijacking and sold quickly. Hopefully the 94th Congress will come pilferage. ICC regulations require all common Sometimes the swag is peddled through carriers to have cargo insurance. fences, who have a regular flow of stolen up with viable legislation which can re­ But a spokesman for the American Truck­ merchandise, along with a list of regular cus­ duce the tremendous losses caused by ing Association in Washington said: "I don't tomers. Some New fences even take these culprits who prey upon the trans­ know of any companies that have complained orders and operate their own retail stores. portation industry. It is long overdue. 'because of an extraordinary high cost for In one such place in Jersey City, toothpaste DOT has turned a way from action. The cargo insurance." He said firms paying high sell for 25 cents, color TVs for $250, cigarettes DOT and Justice are delaying and post­ premiums might not want to talk about it for $3 and a bar of soap for a nickel. poning. because it might lead shippers to believe You name it, these stores have it, or can they were not security conscious. get it: shoes, coats, umbrellas, electric mix­ An Associated Press article in the Some trucking firms say they have gone ers, toasters, television sets, tennis racquets Washington Post describes how this in­ to great lengths to beef up security. and socks. sidious practice works, and I insert it in John Mazzei, security chief for Transcon The swag also is peddled through social the RECORD. Lines, one of the nation's largest truckers, clubs and fraternal organizations, where the HIJACK CENTERS TRUCKS IN GREATEST DANGER said companies now send valuable loa

Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missis­ of new national cemeteries and consider trade is an unavoidable part of the grim sippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. the millions of veterans in south Florida game of power politics which we simply have Needless to say if the Veterans' Admin­ who would benefit from a national ceme­ to play and play well. Even so, involvement through arms traf­ istration goes through with this plan tery in south Florida. ficking-though giving us important lever­ there is little chance for another na­ age-can complicate the deep dilemmas we tional cemetery in Florida, and an even sometimes face, as with the Greeks and Turks slighter chance for one in Broward over Cyprus last year and now with the Ethi­ County. OUR ARMS TRADE INVOLVEMENT opians over Eritrea. Since March 1969 I have introduced AND GROWING TIES WITH IRAN But it is simply an ostrich-like "cop-out" legislation, and repeatedly urged that a to believe that, by shunning such involve­ national cemetery be located in Brow­ HON. ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO ment, we will thereby escape the problems of ard County. Florida is an attractive place the world. More likely, we would just be faced OF CALIFORNIA with the problems at a later, more critical for our citizens to retire. Many retired IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES stage, when we would then have less means military, as well as veterans of either of coping effectively with them without a World War I or World War II have Tuesday, March 18, 1975 grave crisis or war. found their way to Florida to live out Mr. LAGOMARSINO. Mr. Speaker, I Of course, we don't want to be a party to the remainder of their lives. The mild the suppression by an authoritarian regime would like to bring t.he following topical of true patriots struggling for liberty. But let climate and the casual style of living articles to the attention of my colleagues. eases the weight of time. For many vet­ us not transpose the image of our forefathers Both columns were written by my at Bunker Hill and Valley Forge onto the erans, the most important thing in their constituent, Mr. Henry Huglin of Santa so-called "freedom fighters" many places in lives is their military service for our Barbara, Calif. the world. Most of them are no liberty seek­ country. The memory of securing liberty The articles follow: ers. And their seizure of power, with arms and our democratic way of life for them­ OUR ARMS TRADE INVOLVEMENT generously supplied by the Soviets or Chi­ selves and all other Americans is the nese, can lead to repression of the "liberated" most cherished memory of their lives. (By Henry Huglln) people worse than that of the regime they Death is preeminently a family mat­ Neo-isolationists and ivory-tower wishful want to overthrow-and to another nation thinkers are increasingly opposing our na­ ter. Funeral and cemetery arrangements, opposed to our and our allies' interests. tion's trafficking in arms-except to the few A key to our playing our unavoidable arms and economic adjustments are a highly regimes that pass their litmus test of ap­ trade role prudently and responsibly is for personal domain. Historically, Federal proval. the President, after consultation with Con­ responsibility to veterans has been con­ In doing this, these people are ignoring the gress, to decide each case on its merits--in fined to those cases where the family realities of the world-the greeds, enmities, terms of how best to advance our interests could not cope with the costs of burial and ego trips which motivate most of us through promoting peaceful progress and and the income loss of a breadwinner. humans and which, deplorably, are reflected political stability without repression, and As a nation we have shown our concern in nations' armaments. avoiding arms races in any area. Also we that some means be found to accord pub­ Critics claim that, by a cutoff of our need to seek agreements with the Soviets on "security assistance" arms deals, we C()IUld mutual restraints on regional arms deals. lic honor and recognition to veteran help avoid wars or threats of war. But this Further, our country has not been, and dead-particularly to those who died in isn't necessarily so. The causes of tensio~ must not be, engaged in indiscriminate huck­ the military service of the country. and wars are not armaments themselves but stering of arms simpy for profit. In the judg­ However, no one denies that our pres­ are nations' conflicting objectives. ments to be made, vital geopolitical purposes ent national cemetery system is i!lade­ Nations acquire arms for various reasons: and potential consequences have to be the quate, but it is hard to persuade the Vet­ for defense against perceived threats, as determining factors. erans' Administration to put cemeteries with both Israel and neighboring Arab So, we ought to disregard the demands­ countries; or for symbols of power and pres­ where veterans want them and not to which are based on idealistic, impractical, or tige, as with Iran currently and with many isolationist dreaming--of our getting out of pick out central locations and statistical Latin American countries for decades; or the arms trade. To do so would not help solve sure things. The study of the national for aggressive expansionism, as with Nazi mankind's problems, nor encourage the So­ cemetery system showed that the most Germany and North Vietnam. viets' restaint, nor avoid our eventual in­ important factors in the use patterns In the Mideast, the newly-rich oil na­ volvement. It would only increase the of Federal cemeteries were: First, supply tions are on an arms buying spree. And chances of situations worsening in the long of graves; second, willingness to travel; we are supplying many of them-to achieve run. hoped-for stability in the area and enhanced There is just no way out of arms trafficking and third, distance of cemeteries to res­ influence for us, and to help balance our idence. Of all the ground burials in the for us for the foreseeable future. Copyright payments of th~ir quadrupled oil prices. 1975 by Henry Huglin. contiguous United States, 16 percent And we have just lifted a ten-year mora­ were in Federal cemeteries. Where resi­ torium on arms sales to Pakistan and India GROWING TIES WITH IRAN dence at time of death was within 50 -when it became evident tha it was unfairly (By Henry Huglin) miles of a Federal cemetery, 28 percent handicapping Pakistan and encouraging expanded links between Indian and Soviet Early in March our government signed a were Federal burials. Where the residence five-year, $15 billion trade agreement with was 50 to 100 miles from a Federal ceme­ Russia. Also, old and new enmities, excessive na­ Iran. It was the largest such agreement ever tery, 6 percent were buried in a Federal tionalism, internal political instabilities, signed between two countries. cemetery. And where residence was more and leaders• egos all fuel the growing de­ This agreement reflected, according to Sec­ than 100 miles from any Federal ceme­ mand among many nations for new arms. retary of State Kissinger, the growing "inter­ tery, 4 percent were Federal burials. Politically, some of our arms trade results dependence" between our country and Iran. The only Federal cemetery in Florida from our nation having to choose the least Then, what is the significance of this grow­ is Barrancas National Cemetery in War­ bad of the alternatives-when it is quite ing interdependence with now another na­ tion-·and one about which most Americans rington, Fla. This cemetery is approxi­ clear that many nations are going to acquire arms somewhere. If we don't supply them. we know little and may care less? mately 650 miles northwest of Broward don't avoid their getting arms; they just turn Well, this development can be quite sig­ County. Most of Florida's population is in to Soviet Russia, China, France, or Britain. nificant; it is based on vitally important south Florida. Dade and Broward County And, in that process, we lose the opportunity factors of oil, money, and geopolitics. are by far the most populous in the to moderate their greed for arms, as well as Certainly, this growing relationship in­ State, and as I stated previously, both their ambitions and actions--and, some­ volves us more deeply in the Mideast R.nd are growing faster than most other coun­ times, to secure important base rights for us. in its changes and challenges. Hence, isola­ ties in the Nation; Broward County is With arms go training missions, advisory tionists will worry about such a further en­ the fastest growing in Nation. groups, and a logistics pipeline which can be tanglement, and Idealists about our dealing our shut off. From such interdependent webs wit:l:l another undemocratic regime. Many veterans who want to be buried in diplomatic influence derives. And it is But, the course we are embarked on with a national cemetery simply cannot do so through such influence that our country has Iran is prudent, even though it has potential because of the distance of the existing exerted effective moderating pressure, damp­ risks-as do many of the courses which our national cemetery from their homes. ened down enmities, and prevented wars or country, as a superpower, of necessity, must I sincerely hope that the Veterans' Af­ snuffed them out when they started-and, choose from among the feasible alternatives fairs Committee will look closely at the sometimes, thereby helped avoid a crisis con­ available to us. recommendations of the Veterans' Ad­ frontation with Soviet Russia. Iran-which was long called Persia-is ministration with regard to the location Further, for us as a superpower, the arms strategically located in the heart of the Mid- 1Vlarch 18, 1975 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 7331 east. She shares borders with Russia, Af. two. May the world hope we have set with t ween Congress and the presidency began ganistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and Turkey. Her Iran prosper and not turn to ashes or soon when Richard Nixon decided he didn't want area is four times as large as California. Her melt like desert snow! to spend all the money the Democratic-con­ 33 million people, though Moslem, are Aryan trolled Congre3s authorized. He acted in the and not Arab; only one third of them can name of economy. read and write. DRINAN SUCCESSFUL IN FIGHT FOR Act II ended last year, when Congress Iran is rich in oil, having reserves exceeded MEDICAL FUNDS passed the I mpoundment Control Act. It set only by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Russia. up legislative machinery whereby Congress She has the second largest annual income of could overrule a President, and in effect force the oil-exporting nations, $18 billion annu­ HON. MICHAEL HARRINGTON him to spend money Congress wanted spent. ally. And this year she is expected to have OF MASSACHUSETTS Act III is still under way. It involves a a $10 billion trade surplus. series of skirmishes between OMB and con­ Only 13 years ago, Iran was on the verge of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gress, specifically U.S. Rep. Robert F. Drinan bankruptcy. Now she is rolling in money from Tuesday, March 18, 1975 (D-Mass.). oil. And she was the leader in the quad­ Drinan began receiving complaints from rupling of the price of crude oil. Mr. HARRINGTON. Mr. Speaker, crit­ Bay _State medical researchers in January. Iran is run by 55-year-old Shah Mohammad icism is often aimed at certain Members He discovered that the National Institutes of Reza Pahlavi. He is a constitutional ruler; of Congress, some from New England, for Health, the major government source of but, in effect, he is an autocrat, although a failure to pay adequate attention to is­ medical research grants, was withholding relatively enlightened one. sues of local concern, particularly those money from the grant pipeline, which reaches To modernize the country, the Shah has in­ of an economic nature. An article, into medical schools, hospitals and research stituted widespread political, economic, and "Health Research in Boston to Get Boost laboratories all over the country. social reform-a so-called "White Revolu­ From U.S. Funds," by David Nyhan ap­ The problem was particularly acute around tion." It is a combination of socialism and Boston, which has three medical schools capitalism in which natural resources, such peared in the March 17 issue of the Bos­ (Harvard, Tufts, Boston University) and as oil, are nationalized, but indust ries are ton Globe. The article explained that major medical research outfits. largely run by private enterprise. thanks to the efforts of Congressman Today is an important day, because it rep­ This peaceful revolution is to include a DRINAN, an order will shortly be forth­ rese_nts the expiration of the 45-day deadline massive development program for which, in coming from the Department of Health, dunng which Congress had to decide whether just the next five years, $68 billion are to be Education, and Welfare to start spend­ to . approve President Ford's rescission (de­ invested-for industries, highways and port ing $351 million in health research funds letwn) of more than $1.2 billion in assorted facilities, an d health and education systems. cuts. Mr. Ford has argued that while health that the administration had not intended research programs are valuable, the strained The Shah also seeks prestige for Iran com­ to spend. parable to that of the ancient Persian Em­ Federal budget cannot support all of the pire. As a major step to that end, he is em­ These funds are critically important at research Congress wants. barked on making Iran the most powerful this time, not only because they will help Last Monday, the House voted 371-17 country militarily in the Mideast. save lives in the long run, but because of against the Administration's contention. But Iran has spent about $6 billion on Amer­ the economic decline now experienced in along the way, Drinan had discovered that ican-made armaments during the past two Massachusetts, and the jobs these funds the White House was playing outside the years. And one third, or $5 billion, of this rules laid down last year. OMB, deciding to represent, especially at Harvard, Tufts, take advantage of what its lawyers felt was new trade agreement is for arms. Boston University, and other major med­ Iran's rapidly growing military strength a loophole in the Impoundment Control Act and ambitions are of major importance to ical facilities in Massachusetts. As ex­ ordered the National Institute of Health not our country, as a superpower; they are also plained in the article, Congressman to spend any of the $351 million Mr. Ford was of particular importance to the oil-import­ DRINAN was largely responsible for lead­ recommending for rescission. Drinan began ing nations. This is because from Iran's coast ing the fight to see that these funds are complaining on the House floor. can be controlled the world's most impor­ expended, and deserves the appreciation OMB's acting chief legal counsel, William tant sea artery-the strategic passage of the M. Nichols, spent 90 minutes in Drinan's of­ not only of his colleagues in Congress but fice, thrashing out legalisms with the former Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of people in Massachusetts. of Oman-through which dally move tank­ Boston College law school dean. ers carrying from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Because of the importance of this de­ The upshot was that Nichols wrote him Iran 20 million barrels of oil, or nearly half velopment, I would like to insert a copy later, admitting that OMB had erred. While of the non-Communist world's consumption. of the article in the RECORD as this time, Nichols held that it was still a difference of How critically important it is that these wa ­ and express my appreciation for there­ legal interpretation of the law that allow­ ters not be controlled by any power unfriend­ cent action of the House. ed OMB to withhold grants while Congress ly to our country, Western Europe, and Ja­ The text follows: was debating impoundment of specific cuts, pan, which are so dependent on this flow of he acknowledged that OMB missed its legal HEALTH RESEARCH IN BOSTON To GET BOOST deadline of Jan. 6 for apportioning the crude oil! FROM U.S. FUNDS Already Iran is starting to play an active money. power politics role in her area. For example, (By David Nyhan) "An unavoidable administrative overload she is helping Oman-whose coast is the oth­ WASHINGTON .-sometime today a message which plagued the Executive branch in De~ er side of the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf will be sent across town from Federal money cember and January," is the way be put it, of Oman--combat the Marxist rebels trying managers to the Department of Health, Etlu­ saying the OMB experts were trying to crank to seize power. cation and Welfare. out the President's budget during that peri­ So, a major purpose of our growing inter­ Stripped of bureaucratic jargon, the mes­ od, and thus missed the deadline. dependence with Iran is to be able to in­ sage will be an order to start spending $351 Drinan had charged on the House floor that fluence her always to use her military million in health research money that Presi­ Mr. Ford had come up with "a new version strength to promote geopolitical stability­ dent Ford tried not to spend. of how to play the game of impoundment." with peaceful progress-in the Mideast and The green light, flashed most reluctantly Nichols disputed this. But Drtnan charged southwest Asia, and to use her wealth in oil by the White House's budget-controlling Of­ that the delays in spending the money, which and capital to help promote sound trade and fice of Management and Budget ( OMB) , rep­ Congress would force the White House to cope with the world's monetary problems. resents another of the nearly unbroken spend anyway, was snuffing out medical re­ Hence, it is important that our country string of victories in the congressional battle search teams all over the country. pursue the growing ties and Iran's excellent to win back control of the Federal purse­ He displayed letters from researchers friendly feelings toward us, which were strings from the White House. around Boston; they complained that vital expressed recently by the Shah: "You stood For the most part, these are dull back­ projects were floundering for lack of grant by us and helped us when we badly needed stage struggles. that cause commentS:tors to money, that medical teams assembled with it. So, the only thing we can remember about yawn and leave constituents with the vague great care over the years were being forced the U.S. is friendship. And I think that not feeling that it's merely some kind of semantic to disband as sponsors ran out of money for only we, but most of the Free World, could battle between accountants. salaries. not get along without the U.S." But for hundreds of medical researchers "Loss of these funds at this facillty," wrote The great Persian philosopher-poet, Omar and technicians in and around Boston, to­ one Boston researcher, "will mean the firing Khayyam, wrote 200 years ago: "The world­ day's message is a meal ticket. They will not of several Individuals and this outccme wm ly hope men set their hearts upon turns be laid off. For the patients who may ulti­ be (the same) at most Institutions. It makes ashes--or it prospers; and anon, like snow mately benefit from the research pushed for­ no sense to appropriate billions to create upon the desert's face, lighting a little hour ward, the message will mean much more 1n makeshift Jobs on one hand while drivlng or two-is gone." As a superpower, in a com­ the future. Dollars save lives. More to the others out of useful health-related re­ plex troubled world, we can but do our best point, millions of dollars in health research search ... on the other. to play our evolving leadership role as wise­ saves thousands upon thousands of lives. A blood coagulation expert from Massa­ ly and well as possible, lighting our hour or Act I of the great impoundment battle be- chusetts wrote that his work on hemophelia 7332 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 18, 1975 was threatened. Another Boston researcher put is enormous-over $100,000 was spent (3) inform each person who submits a asked, "Should the President put these train­ just to print up these bills during the 92d proposal pursuant to subsection (a) of the ed technicians doing valuable biomedical and 93d Congress. But it is more than final disposition of such proposal. work for the nation out of jobs, and then SEc. 2. The Director of the Office of Man­ rehire them on some contrived welfare proj­ just paper, and computer printouts, and agement and Budget shall review all existing ect?" bill st.atus reports, and committee cal­ national observances which have been desig­ Still another asserted that "biomedical endars, and legislative digests, and space nated by the Congress or proclaimed by the research in this country is in a state of in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, and tens of President and submit a listing to both limbo," and worried that "It will become in­ thousands of letters, and thousands of Houses of the Congress of the national ob­ creasingly difficult for the younger, develop­ phone calls that are devoted to these servances which fall to meet criteria estab­ ing scientist to survive and produce signifi­ bills-there is also the diversion of a lished by or under section 3, together with cant research." considerable amount of staff time, as well such recommendations for legislative or These complaints, and similar ones reach­ other action as the Director may consider ing other Democratic congressmen, fueled as the personal attention of Members of appropriate. the massive vote repudiating Mr. Ford's econ­ Congress used up on these bills. SEC. 3. (a) In determining which of the omy cutbacks. In a word it is "mind-boggling" that proposals submitted pursuant to paragraph But Drinan, who has made the complex with the problems facing the people of ( 1) of the first section of this Act shall be impoundment field his biggest project since the United States, we find the time to recommended to the President, the follow­ last year's impeachment struggle, realized introduce, let alone consider and push ing criteria shall be used by the Director that the wording in last year's Impoundment for most of these bills. Do such bills as of the Office of Management and Budget as Control Act needed to be strengthened, to "July Belongs to Blueberries Month" or the basic standard of eligibllity: close the loophole that lawyer Nichols of (1) Only proposals concerning individuals, OMB claimed was "ambiguous." "Fiddle Week," or "Clown Week" or "D groups, and events of national appeal and So Drinan filed legislation designed to close for Decency Week," really deserve seri­ slgnifl.cance shall be considered. that loophole. His b111 would require that ous congressional consideration? (2) The following types of proposals shall spending on all impounded programs must And, in the meanwhile, for those few not be considered: continue at the appropriated (congressional­ commemorative bills which do deserve (A) any proposal concerning a commercial ly-approved) level until Congress has in fact consideration, it has now become almost enterprise, specifl.c product, or fraternal, approved a recission of funds requested by impossible to process more than three or political, or sectarian organization; the President. (B) any proposal concerning a particular This would strip Mr. Ford of the 45-day four of these during any Congress due city, town, county, school, or institution of delaying period exercised over the health to objection to the use of the Consent higher learning; and money. Calendar. Therefore, for all concerned, (C) any proposal concerning a living Drinan won powerful allies on the House it is certainly time that we simply deal person. floor during debate last week, Majority Lead­ ourselves out of this game. Even if the (b) The Director of the Office of Manage­ er Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. tD-Mass.) rose to legislation being introduced deserves ment and Budget may prescribe by regula­ co-sponsor the measure, saying: "These congressional recognition, the fact is tion such additional criteria as are considered teams of scientists, these teams of research that the legislation cannot be processed. necessary to carry out the purposes of this experts have been working together, and Act. are waiting for funds. Holding them up The legislation which I am introducing SEc. 4. A listing of the recommended pro­ for 45 days will result in the teams falUng today is designed to break this legislative posals submitted to the President under apart and then we wm have difficulty get­ logjam by giving the Office of Manage­ paragraph (2) of the first section of this ting them back." ment and Budget the authority to make Act shall be printed in the Congressional In effect, O'Neill contended that disband­ recommendations to the President based Record and in the Federal Register. ing the research teams by delaying funds upon proposals which meet the following SEc. 5. The Director of the Office of Man­ would be like disbanding the Boston Celtics criteria: agement and Budget may make such regu­ for six weeks during the middle of the sea­ First, only proposals concerning indi­ lations as are considered necessary to carry son, then trying to reassemble the team in out the purposes of this Act. time win the pro basketball playoffs. viduals, groups, and events of national Another leadership spokesman, Whip John appeal and significance shall be con­ McFall (D-Calif.), and the new chairman of sidered. the Banking and CUrrency Committee, Henry Second, the following types of pro­ UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH AMONG Reuss (D-Wis.) , became co-sponsors, ma­ posals shall not be considered: any pro­ BLACK YOUTH terially enhancing chances for passage of posal concerning a commercial enter­ the measure. prise, specific product, or fraternal, po­ litical or sectarian organization; a par­ HON. PAUL E. TSONGAS ticular city, town, county, school, or in­ OF 14ASSACEnJSETTS COMMEMORATIVE LEGISLATION stitution of higher learning; a living IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES person. Mr. Speaker, the full text of the legis­ Tuesday, March 18, 1975 HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER lation follows: Mr. TSONGAS. Mr. Speaker, the Na­ OF COLORADO H.R. 5125 tion's economic plight is a concern to us IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES A blll to require the Director of the Office all. While our sagging economy hurts all of Management and Budget to make rec­ income groups, the hardest hit remain Tuesday, March 18, 1975 ommendations to the President with re­ the N::ttion's poor. The following article Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, as spect to national observances, and for by of the New York Times chairman of the House Census Subcom­ other purposes contains some valuable insights into one mittee which has jurisdiction over com­ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of the most serious aspects of our em­ memorative legislation, I am today intro­ of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) ployment crisis: ducing a bill which would, in effect, take any person may submit a proposal to the [From the New York Times, Feb. 25, 1975] Congress out of the business of desig­ Director of the Office of Management and FORTY-ONE PERCENT OF YOUNG BLACKS nating special days, weeks, or months for Budget requesting that a particular period JOBLESS-TROUBLE AHEAD national observances. be established as a national observance. (By James Reston) The main reason for seeking the elimi­ (b) The Director of the Office of Manage­ CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-In the capital of the nation of part of my subcommittee's ment and Budget shall- United States the economic slump is statis­ jurisdiction is because of my recently ac­ (1) review each proposal submitted pur­ tics and politics, but out here in the country, quired awareness of just how much time suant to subsection (a) to determine, based it's people: anxiety over jobs, lay-offs, def- is wasted-both by Members of Congress on the criteria established by or under sec­ icits, bankruptcies, drop-outs and crime. and their staff-on this type of legisla­ tion 3, whether such proposal merits recom­ The federal government, which is seldom tion. Almost 500 commemorative b1lls mendation to the President as a national excessively pessimistic, tells us that we can observance; expect abnormally high unemployment for were introduced in the 92d Congress; al­ (2) from time to time, submit a Usting of at least three years, and to take just one most 600 in the 93d Congress, and, now, recommended proposals to the President and of its startUng figures, that 41.1 per cent of in the first 2 months of the 94th Congress request that the President issue an appro­ all black teenagers in the country-repeat well over 100 bills have already been priate proclamation designating the period 41.1 per cent--are now out of work. introduced. requested in each such proposal as a national Already, some of the labor union leaders, The paperwork produced by this out- observance; and meeting in Miami Beach, are talking about March 18, 1975 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 7333 bringing the unemployed workers "into the and dozens of other experimental programs, THE QUEST FOR CORPORATE streets," which sounds like a formula for old and new, good and bad. But at some SOCIAL RESPONSffiiLITY making things even worse than they are, but point he has to put his money behind a pro­ the social and political consequences, of a gram that w111 deal with a roving unem­ prolonged period of excessive unemployment ployed black teen-age population-almost HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL in the black ghettos could be much more half the young blacks in the nation. OF NEW YORK The President has recognized it, and fid­ serious than the Ford administration has IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ever considered. dled with it, but he has not really grappled Total unemployment country-wide was with it or funded it. And if his figures are Tuesday, March 18, 1975 8 .2 per cent in mid-January, but it is higher right--and over 40 per cent of the young now, worse than the national average in in­ blacks are going to be out of work for the Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, the ques­ dustrial New England and in the south, much next three years--this could be more of a tion of corporate social responsibility is worse among the young in general and the violent energy problem than he now has in exceptionally relevant during this time black young in particular. the Middle East. of economic recession. As American cor­ If anybody thinks this country can have porations have grown to multinational over 40 per cent of its black teen-agers out giants, the American public has de­ of work for three years without serious manded that they play an increasing trouble in the streets, I haven't met him. THE lOTH ANNIVERSARY OF COM­ role in solving our social problems. But while the Ford administration has pub­ MUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILA­ In his article "The Quest for Corporate lished the figures, and talked about public DELPHIA service jobs, it has merely trified with the Responsibility: Altruism, Necessity or problem. Opportunity?", Harold Sims, director of The national statistics are deceptive. They HON. JOSHUA EILBERG corporate affairs for Johnson & Johnson, give us general averages for the continent, OF PENNSYLVANIA explores many of the problems and im­ but the unemployment is uneven, and social plications that this question involves. turmoil often comes out of concentrated IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I would like to share with my col­ urban pockets of despair. Tuesday, March 18, 1975 leagues this thought provoking piece Wherever you go in this country, you see wild disparities between rich and poor com­ Mr. EILBERG. Mr. Speaker, on April which I feel will greatly add to our munities in every state, and often within a 1, the Community College of Philadel­ knowledge of this very important topic: single town or city. There is a lot of money phia will mark its lOth year of opera­ THE QUEST FOR CORPORATE SOCIAL REBPON­ around in the big cities-fantastic prices be­ tion. This institution has become one of SmiLITY: ALTRUISM, NECESSITY OR OPPOR­ ing paid at the top of the economic scale­ the finest community colleges in the Na­ TUNITY? but serious problems among the average folk (By Harold R. Sims, director, corporate at the beginning and at the end of married tion and it has served the needs of the people of Philadelphia exceedingly well. affairs, Johnson & Johnson) life. "Profit takes on a new meaning for en­ The situation here in North Carolina lllus­ At this time I enter into the RECORD a lightened businessmen who know that un­ trates the crankiness of things, the element letter sent to me by the president of the less today's profits are in part used for im­ of accident, as Jack Kennedy once said, the college, Allen T. Bonnell, which notes portant social ends, there may be no profits "unfairness of life." This state is following the schools accomplishments: tomorrow." Whitney M. Young, Jr., from Be­ accurately enough the national economic COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA, yond Racism, 1969. pattern: over 8 per cent unemployed but Philadelphia, Pa., March 14, 1975. Nowadays, it seems that everyone is talk­ spotty. ing about corporate social responsibtlity. In government towns, like Raleigh, and Han. JosHUA EILBERG, House of Representatives, From every spectrum of the American ideo­ university towns like Durham and Chapel logical span, from Milton Friedman to Hill, it is below the national unemployment Washington, D.C. DEAR REPRESENTATIVE EILBERG: On April 1, Michael Harrington, debates and discussions average, but in the mill towns and furniture ensue about the proper or improper role busi­ towns, it is, as they say here, "hurting bad." 1975, Community College of Philadelphia will begin a ten-day observance of the tenth an­ ness must increasingly play or not play in The university in Chapel Hill reports few using its resources to become more directly drop-outs so far, white or black, but the pre­ niversary of its official opening. On April 1, 1965 the College consisted of a Board of involved in the nations' new campaign to registration for the spring semester, particu­ improve the quality of life. larly from the poorer parts of the state and Trustees, a newly appointed President, and open :floor space in the vacant Snellenberg In many ways, this is a curious and un­ in the Appalachian branch units, is down, balanced debate. On the more visible side, and the pressure from the state legislature to Depa.rtment Store. Five months later, the store had been renovated for educational the American corporation is often portrayed cut the university system budget is severe. as a greedy, insensitive power broker which The southeast of the country in general, purposes and the College was fully opera­ tional with an enrollment of 1,200 full-time only reacts to short-term profits, govern­ which was booming before the slump, is now ment decree or consumer threat. Yet, on the falling below the national average in con­ and part-time students. Today, the College serves over 10,000 stu­ less visible side, many of the principal archi­ struction, and all the industries that go with toots of these negative or cynical portrayals it: textiles, furniture, etc. And this Is par­ clents in faciUties in the former department store, in the old U.S. Mint Building, a.nd in have been empowered to effectively challenge ticularly hard on the one-industry towns in the corporations from the very resources and the Carolina piedmont. several adjunct sites in the City. The first permanent campus is taking shape at and technology which the corporations generate. All this makes the problem of policy for This latter point--the funding or enabling the President and the Congress extremely adjacent to the Old Mint Building at 16th by American business of the institutions difilcult. For an energy problem that fits one and Spring Garden Streets. More than 40,- which have been among its most effective area of the country doesn't fit the problems 000 Philadelphians have completed one or critics--may be among its greatest contribu­ of totally different areas, and a policy that more courses at the College and its graduates tions to the free enterprise system to date. It deals with 8 per cent or even 10 per cent un­ each year number nearly 1,000. is fifth in In some ways, this unbalanced debate is employment in general, does not deal with size among the institutions of higher educa­ part of the overall disenchantment with es­ 41 per cent black teen-age unemployment, tion serving Greater Philadelphia. tablished institutions of any kind within the mainly in the guts of the big cities. From the outset, the mission of the Col­ public cynicism and distrust of our times. President Ford has paid his respects to all lege has been to help people to become all In other ways, these portrayals may also these problems. He has suggested public they are oa.pa.ble of being. Its doors have suggest that in view of the failure of other service jobs, in a limited way, and tax re­ been open to Philadelphians of all creeds, major, non-profit and tax-supported Ameri­ colors, ages, and backgrounds. It has en­ can institutions to stabilize or reverse our na­ bates, and other aids to the poor, but he has couraged the needy and reinforced the poorly not really dealt with his own most disturb­ tional drift towards social mismanagement prepared. It has reached out into the com­ and human resource abuse, the American ing statistic, that 41 and soon 50 per cent munity to identify local needs and to serve of the young blacks will be out of work, and public has turned to the business corporation them. It is in and of the community, a true to demand that it play an increased role that their hope of getting jobs for three years Community College. in solving the human and social problems is pretty dim. Preparing its graduates for employment that are currently undermining America's Somehow, in the planning of the next year in the businesses, industries, and profes­ present and future and the very survival of and the authorization and appropriation of sions of its own area as well as for transfer its marketplace. This conclusion was best money, this problem of young black urban to other educational institutions throughout articulated by the eminent humanist and unemployment is going to have to get a the country, the College has, in its short hiS­ social thinker, Dr. Kenneth Clark, when he higher priority than it now has. rory, established its place as a unique edu- concluded that: "Business and industry are The President ha.s all kinds of models be­ cational force in Philadelphia. our last hope. They are the most realistic tore him: the Civilian Conservation Corps With kindest regards. elements in our society." of the old New Deal days, the Comprehen­ Cordially, Whatever the rationale, there 1s wide­ sive Employment and Training Act of 1973, ALLEN T. BoNNELL, President. spread recognition today that business cor- 7334 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 18, 1975 porations must take a more active role and private enterprise system lies not in its myth­ reinforced this request with threats of eco­ an increased involvement in more directly ological exhortations about so-called self­ nomic sanctions and court cases. Alien com­ pursuing and meeting the social, consumer made men but in what Paul N. Ylvisaker munications techniques and internal struc­ and citizenship challenges of these times. calls "creative aristocracy." That is, business' tures W3re created within large corporations To aid in this contemporary quest for the ability to accommodate, include and utilize to effect social responsibility efforts on the "why to" and the "how to" of greater corpo­ enormous diversity based on talent and per­ periphery rather than in the mainstream of rate social response, this article will examine formance rather than heredity, race, sex and corporate power. These forces led many busi­ this emerging challenge from these over­ class, at the right places, at the right time. nesses to regard social responsibility as pie­ looked or new prespectives: (1) '"':'he histori­ For example, throughout its early history in-the-sky altruism and forced government cal role of business corporations as funda­ American business was an exclusive club, run intervention. This led to defensiveness and mental social institutions; and (2) the by owner/managers and frequently domi­ resistance by some businesses, which gener­ unique role of the Black American experience nated by men from Great Britain and other ated increased public pressure and new gov­ as a key barometer to social change and op­ points in Western and Central Europe. The ernment regulations. portunity. alienated and restless minorities which Black America, too, saw the corporate social HISTORIC ROOTS AND SOCIAL FRUITS violently and noisily confronted that system responsibility movement through limited and in the "isms" and "movements" of the time "Commerce is generally understood to be reactionary eyes. Yielding to the pain and were basically the late arrivals with the glory of the 1960s, they began to view it as the basis on which the power of this coun­ funny names and wrong religions from the tokenism, deception and other insincere ef­ try hath been raised, and on which it must wrong parts of Europe-East and South. forts, won by fear rather tha..~ commitment ever stand"-Benjamin Franklin. Ever since 20th century American business to the liberation of human talent. Civil rights In the quest for corporate social respon­ "cut in" these excluded Europeans to avoid were glorified and economic rights were un­ sibility, one of the greatest barriers is a lim­ being "cut out," it has become richer, more derplayed. Black achievers in politics were ited understanding of the primary and his­ powerful anti more influential than ever en­ publicized and highlighted out of proportion toric roles the business corporation has visioned. But significantly and tragically. to their actual accomplishments; while Black played in the evolution of Western society American business erected these new man­ achievers in business were largely ignored and the non-Western world. This limited un­ ager/ professionals as b:~.rriers between the or viewed as powerless, selfish compromisers derstanding has led to a great deal of ethnic lon~-time excluded Americans (primarily out of proportion to their real value, emerg­ and human amnesia, propaganda and guilt women and non-Whites) and the heirs of ing role and critical necessity. The insepa­ about how the United States was made and the<=e original owner/ managers-thereby al­ rable relationship between the survival of the role economics played in it. lowing their heirs to move in a single gener­ Black political power and the acquiring of Without clarifying that evolutionary ation from liberal advocates to conservative Black economic power was largely ignored framework, it wlll be almost impossible for resisters. or unattended. corporations to move beyond reaction to af­ Despite the amnesia being practiced against Despite these conditions. Blacl{ America's firmatively and aggressively learn how to the female and non-White consumer citizen efforts and sensitivities once again predicted better relate social responsibility to its bot­ by the "new immigrant"-himself just one the cours~ of action and goals for all other tom line. generation removed from the urban ghetto, excluded minorities and women in the 1970s. Carefully and creatively reexamined then, one step from the boat dock, and one home As it was during the Civil War and its Re­ this excluded history reminds us that: mortga.ge from poverty-inclusiveness has construction, the pe:::uliar and complete in­ America is fundamentally an economic still proven to be the one unchangi!lg and terweaving and interaction of the Black system. eff.ective fact in the continuing evolution of American within the total institutional It was an economic system long before it America's stability, wealth and growth. In framework of the American society still was a political or a democratic system. fact, there has never been a single in::tance makes them the mcst accurate and sure pre­ In the 470 odd years since that system when expanding or "cutting" people into a dictor of the nation's social future. was planted in North America, economic con­ critical U.S. system has not made the system For ex':lmT)l"". the origins of the American si 'erations have tended to dominate all or richer, wic;er and more productive for ali. in­ labor union, the Susan B. Anthony move­ most other c0ncerns, whether spiritual, po­ cluded in it. ment, the "New Deal" programs, the full em­ litical or ideological. We must conclude, therefore, that the most ployment struggle, the Equal Opportunity The earliest and most enduring instru­ historically sound, socially significant thing movement, the War on Povertv, the humani­ me!lt of this European-launched economic that corporations must and can do now is to zation of the Army, etc., were all conceptual­ system was the foreign-ovrned, European­ include all of its currently excluded consumer ized, demanded and often initiated in the based trading company-the forerunner to citizens (especially women and those of Afri­ Black community, long before political par­ today's multinational, multi-geographic cor­ can, Asian, Native American and Latin de­ ties or majority representatives even con­ poration. scent) into the total reward and responsi­ ceived of or supported the idea or the deed. This trading company or foreign-con­ bility system of the business corporations Even the artistic fashion and social life­ trolled, state-owned corporation, born in the which their dollars and needs support--and style of America is often seen and lived in post-Marco Polo age, became the greatest and to do so without delay. Harlem befor~ it ever reaches Broadway. most effective weapon of conquest (called BLACK BAROMETER-SOCIAL CHANGE Gunnar Myrdal made this point in An Amer­ colonialism), as well as economic develop­ "If American history means anything, it ican Dilemma, when he argued that Bla.ck ment, in the history of humankind. By divid­ proves that great ability may appear among Am "}rica's impact on White America is as ing and pacifying people on the basis of rela­ great as White America's control of Black tive need, supply, demand and exchange, it the son<> and daughters of unsuccessful or very ordinary parents. Any system that prom­ America. separated relative from relative, nation from ises well for our future must guarantee these To paraphn.se Mayor Kenneth Gibson, nation, tribe from tribe-rearranging civil­ young people the opportunity they deserve"­ "Wherever America is going, Black America izations on the basis of markets and re­ Robert Wood Johnson, 1947. will get there first." sources rather than custom and tradition. The key catalyst in triggering this current Viewed in these terms, it is critical for Slavery then existed in America for eco­ movement by buc::ine:.s toward economic in­ bu~iness to understand that you cannot up­ nomic necessity or cause, not for racial or clusiveness today is Black America. As a di­ lift Black America witiwut uplifting all moral reasons, and when it became uneco­ rect result of the urban-racial disturbances America. Particularly vital here is the role nomical it died-notwithstanding the instru­ of the 1960s, mo:::t American corporations en­ of the Black woman as the link between the ment of war. tered the quest for social responsibility late struggles for racial equity and sex equality. Segregation existed in America for eco­ and, even then. through reaction rather than Strate{Ties which propose to neqlect Blacks nomic not political reasons, and when it be­ de"ire. Responding to the findings of the for other minorities or women beg for delayed came uneconomical it died-notwithstanding Kerner Commission Report, the password was disaster rather than shared progress. the instruments of organization, philan­ "job""-jobs for the Black unemployed, Black America, on the other hand, must thropy, protest and Black Messiahs. under-employed and outraged. come to grips with the importance, resources Today, those same economic forces which rn this climate, social responsibllity came and vulnerability of the American busine-;s permitted and encouraged a nation founded to mean in the minds of many such things as community to the changing economic clim­ on principles to undermine its very inception "exceptions for Blacks," "riot prevention," ate at home and around the world. Con­ with evil and misdeeds now demands that, to "ghetto handouts," "women's lib," etc., rather tinued rhetoric or strategies which treat cor­ survive, it must include all Americans, as than an increased willingnes-s on the part of porations and minorities in it as persons to ruthlessly as it excluded some Americans. It business to confront and participate in the be used rather than co-equally supported mu~t pursue humanity for all, as relentlessly solution of certain cost-related social prob­ as it tolerated inhumanity to many. may lead once again to the loss of hard­ lem<= . No pragmatic attempts were made to fought rights, due to the failure to seize and Commerce or business is the very heart of seriou<:ly seek the relationship of this new the American system. Not only was it a retain the power to influence those free en­ movement to the changing consumer market terpri;e, life-supporting systems which principal cause of the nation's revolution climate, taxe-;, capital investment, talent and the foundation of the Republic, but the shortages and other known business oppor­ fundamentally shape America. individuals who wrote and shaped its Con­ tunities and threats. Both Black Americans and corporations stitution and institutions were all essentially Business managers were asked to hire Black mus~ understand that their collective unity businessmen. workers for ra.cial reasons rather than for ensures the advancement of all excluded The real enduring strength in America's business reasons. The Federal government classes and the maximization of talent util- March 18, 1975 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 7335 ization and market expansion. Economics, The price of peaceful progress is to make like the world, is round. It is naive to think that legislation to progress in peaceful times. register or otherwise make it difficult to VISION TO TRANSFORM THE MARKET PLACE The price of profit today is reinvestment in tomorrow. acquire firearms for legitimate purposes America then is fundamentally a business would in any way impede the unlawful or economic society, whose economic institu­ The price of keeping power is sharing tions lay the foundation for freedom as we power. conduct of the criminal or prevent him perceive it; whose roots are in its very con­ The price of independence is interdepend­ from securing a gun. This position has stitutional framework of existence. ence. been backed by the California Peace Of­ Economic development, as a vision, means ficers Association. In 1969, the Associa­ that the world expects now and will demand tion stateC: tomorrow that business also do its work for RIGHT TO OWN FIREARMS FACES We have been unable to discover any evi­ the good of the society or the marketplace SERIOUS CHALLENGE . dence which would indicate that there is which sust3.ins it, while continuing to make any direct relationship between the regis­ a competitive profit. Economic nationalism tration of firearms or the licensing of gun has moved multinationally and transnation­ HON. JOHN M. ASHBROOK owners and the reduction in crime committed ally in pursuit of an economic result, which OF OHIO by the use of firearms. improves the quality of life and the per­ centages for survival. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES This should not be too surprising. The The expressions and e:ltpectations of this Tuesday, March 18, 1975 firearms used in crime are usually stolen new vision h::~.ve transformed the market­ or obtained from illegal sources. You can place. Mr. ASHBROOK. Mr. Speaker, a story in the Christian Science Monitor has be sure that criminals are not going to In such a. climate, reducing the un:::on­ rush to the local police department to trolla.ble circumstances or the environmental posed the question: "Is 1975 to be the ri 3ks of doing business becomes as important year of decisive gun control in the U.S.?" register their guns. Congress can make to marketing as increasing sales. For ex­ There is strong justification for asking it more difficult for reputable citizens to ample, profit yields to market uncertainty this question. Every indication is that get firearms but this will help very little which sets lower limits on investment re­ 1975 will be a critical year for those who in fighting crime. turn. In bet, marketing pioneer Naylor Fitz­ support the right to own and use fire­ Charles Lee Howard, who has been hugh of Pepsi Cola argues that the formula arms. serving time in the Ohio State Peniten­ for profit today and tomorrow must subtract tiary, might well be called an expert on risk cost after all other cost has been made Gun control lobbies are springing up to realistically determine real earnings or across the Nation. At least eight state­ this subject. Mr. Howard has written: real profits and actual value. houses already have such lobbies. This is It's baffling that the people who want to One can easily speculate, for example, on prevent criminals like me from getting hold twice as many as in 1973. In addition, of guns expect to accomplish this by passing how favorable the American marketplace two national lobbies are operating in could be in terrns of tax-load, environmental new law!". Do they forget that the criminal health, consumer purchasing power, balance Washington, D.C., one promoting strict ma!tes a business of breaking laws? No crimi­ of payments, productivity, skill availability, gun registration and the other a com­ nal wculd obey a gun law while committing a s::tfety, !:ecurity and general peace of mind, plete handgun ban. Another group is re­ crime of equal or greater seriousnees. if we in business had viewed Whitney Young's cruiting church, civic, educational and The lesson of Charles Lee Howard call for a domestic Marshall Plan as our other organizations into a type of "gun should be cle:u to everyone. Anv person first order of business in the 1960s and in control Common Cause." our vested and urgent interest. that is willing to risk the penalties for Gun control advocates have strong murder. burglar:v or assault is not going We can therefore summarize our examina­ support in the Democrat-dominated tion of the quest for corporate social respon­ to worry about the penalty for possess­ sibility with these conclusions: Congress. Registration of firearms is ex­ ing an unauthorized wea:ron. Corporations and business are historical­ pected to be given high priority by the It is essential for Congress to maintain ly the foundation of our economic system Judiciary Committee on which I serve. the dic;tinct.ion between the firearm and and, fun:l.amentally, social institutions with The Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, t~e user. The gun enthusia,c;t. the sports­ tremendous impact upon the fabric and life­ chaired by gun control enthusiast John style of modern society. As such, they incur man, or the nerson who wantc; a gun Conyers of Michigan, already has begun for his ~elf-defense must never be placed major responsibilities which in turn present hearings on firearms legislation. major opportunities for market growth and in the same class as the criminal. survival through innovative social invest­ I think my position on gun control ment. legislation is well known. I am absolute­ Corporations must understand that black ly opposed to the confiscation or regis­ Americans are the key barometers to social tration of firearms. There are legiti­ WASTED SCIENCE DATA change and economic progress in America as mate uses and legitimate users of fire­ well as in developing countries abroad. They arms. I will continue to resist any effort are the way to reducing the risk climate to unduly hinder these legitimate uses in HON. GARY A. MYERS and improving the environment for better attempting to get at the abuses. OF PENNSYLVANIA and more secure business performance. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Black Americans must learn to independ­ The misuse of firearms certainly is a ently assess and better appreciate the busi­ proper object of legislation. Such legis­ Tuesday, March 18, 1975 ness corporation so that the creative re­ lation, however, should be aimed at the sources of business, minority and female criminal-not the gun. Congrezs should Mr. MYERS of Pennsylvania. Mr. America can move from confrontation to con­ focus its attention on the lawbreaker Speaker, the Pittsburgh Press, one ciliation to mutual rewards through coopera­ rather than the law-abiding citizen. of the Nation's leading newspapers, tion. The struggle for social justice and re­ In t~e past, I have introduced legisla­ recently published a guest editorial spect in America has shifted to the corpo­ tion directed at the criminal use of fire­ by the able chairman of the Com­ rate inside. Whitney Young has been multi­ mittee on Science and Technology, plied manyfold. arms. These biJJs :rrovided mandatory Black women have a critical role in this sentences without protati::m or suspen­ on which I have the honor to serve. The emerging coalition for change. They must sion for criminal convictions where the editorial by my colleague, the distin­ negotiate the dangerous barriers between accused was arm0d with a firearm. In­ guished Member from the State of Texas, racial aspiration and female self-assertion. creasing the penalties for misuse of guns Chairman OLIN E. TEAGUE, is a reminder Corporate social responsibility then is an is the type of legislation that is needed, to us all and worthy of our collective idea whose time has come. It affirms that not registra+"ion or confiscation. attention. business must learn to manage change or it The article follows: will be controlled by change. It recognizes Those who advocate gun control. how­ that in tod!ty's marketplace, social respon­ ever, would treat the hunter and the WASTED SCIENCE DATA sibility has joined the marketing team in its scortsman as potential felons. I cannot Gue~t editorial by U.S. Rep. Olin E. Teague quest to help business survive and prosper. understand t-his reasoning. Resnonsible of Texas, chairm ; n of the Reuse Science and However, to survive and profit from citizen'5 certainly have the right to own Astronautics Ccmmittee: these new challenges to the American eco­ and use firearms for purposes of defens~. "Abundant evidence has shown that infor­ mation manaf-" ement today is result!r::.g in Domic system in a free world marketplace, marksmanship, training and sport. The wasteful negle:!t of available knowledge and both business and its society-especially its second amendment of our Constitution the funding of nee:Uess research to repeat Third World, female and youth components­ clearly guarantees Americans the right findings alre3dy in the literature . .This waste must demonstrate, through a new code of to bear arms. We must never sacrific this is no longer tolerable. action-oriented results, that: basic right. "Some students of the future predict that 7336 · EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 18, 1975 national strength in the next century wm be uncovered: Thomas Francis Meacher­ been aimed principally at middle-in­ determined by the sk111 with which the na­ the same Thomas Meagher-Governor of come taxpayers. tions of the world management their infor­ Montana; Terrence McManus, brigadier I have long supported cuts in Federal mation resources. general, U.S. Army; Patrick Donahue, income taxes. The need for an individual "This is not hard to believe. We were fortu­ brigadier general, U.S. Army; Richard tax cut would be clear even if Americans nate, for example, in World War II that the were not suffering the ravages of infla­ scientific information was so bady neglected O'Gorman, Governor General of New­ in Germany that its considerable advantage foundland; Morris Lyene, Attorney Gen­ tion and recession. In 1973, according to in early atomic science never won credence in eral of , in which office Michael Commerce Department data, Americans the upper reaches of the Nazi government. Ireland succeeded him; Thomas D'Arcy paid more in State, local, and Federal "Sometimes we in Congress, in our efforts McGee, Member of Parliament, Montreal, taxes than they did for food, clothing, to promote efficiency and economy, have Minister of Agriculture and President of and housing. tended to constrain the dissemination of Council, Dominion of Canada; John Mit­ scientific and technological information by government agencies. But this is a clear ex­ chell, prominent New York politician. This man was the father of John Purroy ample of penny wise, poUnd foolish. LESSONS IN GOVERNMENT "When we pay m111ions for a piece of re­ Mitchell, mayor of New York at the out­ search, we should be w111ing to pay a suffi­ break of World War I. cient fraction of that amount to insure that There are others too, countless Irish­ HON. DONALD D. CLANCY the fruits of the investment are fully men, who perhaps do not share the same OF OHIO ut111zed." ignominious start of the "Nine," yet who IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES e(iual or surpass their achievements. Names of great Irish Americans, come Tuesday, March 18, 1975 ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY EVERYONE quickly to mind: John Paul Jones, the Mr. CLANCY. Mr. Speaker, the gentle­ IS ffiiSH founder of the American NavY; Robert man from the First District of Ohio

"He's going to be enormously difficult to stoner said, "I think Mrs. Mosher and I would untimely death still lingers in my heart replace," commented County Executive Ed­ like to do some traveling" and spend time at and I am sure in the hearts of his many ward V. Regan in accepting Dr. Mosher's their summer retreats in New Hampshire and letter of retirement. "He's been a real pio­ Georgian Bay, Ont. friends in this House. Tributes to Jerry neer" in the public health field, Rogers After that, Dr. Mosher said he may do some have been many and heartwarming. I added. part-time consulting work or teach at the would like to add another such tribute, With his retirement, Dr. Mosher, 65, will University of Buffalo medical school. which appeared in the Ontario Daily round out a career in public health service In looking for a successor to Dr. Mosher, Report, written by Editor John Jopes. It which has spanned five decades. Regan said "the search will be statewide, If expresses so well what Jerry meant to us: not beyond the borders of New York state." He went to work with the State Health CONGRESSMAN'S CONGRESSMAN Dept. in 1937 after oompleting his medical However, he did not rule out elevating some­ training and oa.me to the Erie Couruty Health one from within the department. In a personal letter to a friend and jour­ Dept. in 1950, only two years after it was Regan, a Republican, is empowered to nalist some years ago Jerry Pettis said, "I've formed as a replacement for the old Buffalo choose a new commissioner, but his nomina­ always thought of you as a newspaperman's City Health Dept. tion is subject to approval by the Demo­ newspaperman." Looking back on those decades of dellvering cratic-controlled County Legislature. It was, in his estimation, the highest com­ health care to the public, Dr. Mosher said Regan said the search for a successor wm pliment he could pay his friend. "our greatest accomplishments have been be difilcult because "the requirements are Now, in the wake of his death Friday and where we've been able to do it on a mass so high and the salary is so low." on the eve of his funeral it is proper to say basis." The commissioner, who must be a phy­ He cited the eradication of such dreaded sician with a degree in public administration Jerry was a congressman's congressman, a infectious diseases as polio and diphtheria too and at least four years' experience as an politician's politician, and certainly was des­ and the almost total extinction of tubercu­ administrator, receives $38,362 a year. That's tined to become a stateman's statesman. losis as solid accomplishments. considerably less than most physicians can Jerry Pettis, the tall, quiet, dignified man On tuberculosis, Dr. Mosher noted in 1955 earn in private medical practice. that he was, was in the midst of that strange Erie County spent $1.5 million a year for Regan said he does not have any success­ and wonderful transition in which a man hospitallzation of persons with the disease, sors in mind. "Right now we're going to get stops being simply a representative from but last year, even with hospital costs far a list from the state of all persons who are such and such a district, and becomes a con­ higher than in 1955, only $100,000 was spent eligible for the job," he said. gressman of the United States. for TB patients. A possible successor, though, would be Dr. It happens to comparatively few members Dr. Mosher also pointed to tremendous Donald B. Thomas, now the department's of the House. strides in controlUng other infectious dis­ first deputy commissioner, in charge of local eases, particularly those affecting chlldren. health service. His stature among all political parties in "In the last 10 years," he said, "we've had He is reportedly the only person in the the Congress had grown immensely, but not measles vaccine, German measles and mumps department besides Dr. Mosher who meets surprisingly, in the past four years. vaccine" which have limited the incidence the strict requirements for the commis­ He was a counsel to the President of the and severity of those Ulnesses. sioner's post. United States, a friend to those who need­ With those diseases, which once struck As first deputy, Dr. Thomas fills in as com­ ed him, and a great contributor to the down so many chlldren, under control, Dr. missioner whenever Dr. Mosher is out of town nation's legislative process. Mosher said, "now the healthiest time of and wm take over on an acting basis 1f no Jerry Pettis was a respected adversary in life is ages one to 20." successor is chosen by July 1. the arena of congressional debate, and a "What we're left with today," after bring­ Dr. Mosher held the same post Dr. Thomas master of reasonable compromise-the ing most serious infectious diseases under now holds for three years before being ele­ control, "is a different type of problem," Dr. vated to commissioner. mother of political progress. Mosher observed. Above all, he was his own man. Early in "Accidents and major chronic diseases" It is impossible to capsulize in words his career he was generally described as a have moved to the fore as health menaces, the cumulative beneficial impact Dr. conservative Republican. Then later he was Dr. Mosher said, and so far th("y've proven Mosher has had on our community and regarded as more moderate. Some in his own quite dtificult to cure. its well-being. On behalf of the citizens of party even believed him to be a bit too lib­ Heart disease, high blood pressure, ar­ Erie County, however, I would like to eral in some areas. thritis and cancer are among the leading express our thanks for his dedicated serv­ Actually, he was none of these and all of health concerns now but, as Dr. Mosher ice and wish him well as he looks forward these. pointed out, "The only mass technique we He believed in every issue there was a have is education ... get people to stop to the deserved benefits of a fruitful retirement. course to be found that would be best for smoking, give up drinking and so on." all. He never ceased searching for that Along with the education has been "mass course. Once having found it, he remained screening" for these diseases, giving persons tests, usually free of charge, in locations all CONGRESSMAN'S CONGRESSMAN true to his conviction. around the county. That is why he was everyone's congress­ Screening itself isn't enough, Dr. Mosher man-why he earned around 75 percent of said, so the department has set up neighbor­ HON. JIM LLOYD the vote the last time he ran for election. hood health centers, bringing basic health OF CALIFORNIA Jerry Pettis was many more things-a care to persons in areas lacking doctors, such IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES friend, a great family man, a church worker, as Buffalo's inner city and Lackawanna. Tuesday, March 18, 1975 educator and farmer. "We've led the nation in neighborhood But fundamentally he was a congress­ health," he said proudly. Mr. LLOYD of California. Mr. Speaker, man- As for his immediate future, the commis- The sadness of Jerry Pettis' tragic and A congressman's congressman.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Wednesday, March 19, 1975

The House met at 12 o'clock noon. gratitude, our troubles with fortitude THE JOURNAL The Chaplain, Rev. Edward G. Latch, and our responsibilities with fidelity. The SPEAKER. The Chair has ex­ offered the following prayer: Deliver us from worries which wear us amined the Journal of the last day's pro­ Let us search and try our ways and out, from frictions which render our ef­ turn again unto the Lord.-Lamenta­ ceedings and announces to the House his forts futile, and from low desires which approval thereof. tions 3: 40. dissipate our devotion to the best in- · Without objection, the Journal stands Eternal Spirit, who art a strong tower terests of our country. of defense to all who put their trust in Make us gloriously equal to every ex­ approved. There was no objection. Thee, have mercy upon us as we bow in perience and truly adequate for every prayer before Thee and make us ready for the tasks of this new day. Grant that task to keep freedom for all, justice for in all our moods, high and low, we may all, and good will for all alive in our Na­ MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT keep faith with Thee in whom alone true tion and our world. life is to be found. In the spirit of Him who went about Sundry messages in writing from the Help us to accept our privileges with doing good we pray. Amen. President of the United States were com-