8664 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May4, 1982 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION The X-ray is instrumental in diag­ gressive massive fibrosis and the College of American Pa­ thologists have helped to provide the basis DISEASE TO CWP It is the law which has presumed for a consensus among medical experts in The occurrence of symptoms of cough, that any pulmonary impairment cou­ this field. We are also pleased that the sputum, shortness of breath, wheezing, pain pled with 10 years' work in the mines recent amendment passed by the Senate re­ defined by the American Thoracic Society sults from the inhalation and deposition in (3) as "a condition characterized by the these other symptoms; the lung of respirable coal mine dust. The Not everyone with black lung is dis­ presence of cough and phlegm on most days lung tissue reaction to the dust may for at least three months of the year, for at abled; produce coal macules, coal nodules, or pro- least two consecutive years, and not due to Disabling black lung is diagnosable localized disease such as tuberculosis, pneu­ by X-ray and, thus, a claim for total 1 Hans Weill, M.D., Tulane University ; At­ monia, cancer, or bronchiectasis." Epidemio­ disablility can be denied on the basis tilio D. Renzetti, Jr., M.D., University of Utah; N. logical studies have shown that the most im­ of a negative X-ray; Leroy Lapp, M.D., West Virginia University. portant single factor associated with chron-

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. May4, 1982 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 8665 ic bronchitis is cigarette smoking. While tion, thus differentiating it from centrilobu­ the statement referred to above. We believe other conditions such as climate and indus­ lar, diffuse emphysema and from the mini­ that the adoption of such a system will trial exposure may also contribute, these mal alteration in airflow seen in industrial result in considerable cost saving, a rational contributions may not be detectable unless bronchitis. and comprehensive approach to the prob­ only non-smokers are studied <4). The Medi­ The best current perspective on the rela­ lem and general acceptance by the pulmo­ cal Research Council of Great Britain con­ tive importance of dust and cigarette smok­ nary community. cluded in 1966 (5) with particular reference ing in causation of obstructive airways dis­ In our view the handling of "black lung" to the coal mining industry, that "on ease is provided by a recent article by Elmes disability claims by the Social Security Ad­ present evidence, intensity of dust exposure 04). It reviewed extensive data from studies ministration United States Cll) have been unable to termining Coal Miners' Total Disability or on Chronic Bronchitis and Occupation. Brit. detect the ventilatory and diffusion impair­ Death Due to Pneumoconiosis" as published Med. J. 1:101, 1966. ments that are characteristic of diffuse, cen­ in the Federal Register of February 29, 6. Rae, Walker, Attfield: Chronic Bronchi­ trilobular emphysema. Thus, it can be con­ 1980, <20 CFR Part 718) represent a consid­ tis and Dust Exposure in British Coal cluded at the present time that there is no erable improvement over prior "interim reg­ Miners. In Inhaled Particles III, p. 883, W. evidence that simple CWP or coal mining ulations" in the specific criteria to be used H. Walton, ed. 1971. per se leads to the development of disabling for determining functional impairment Jews, to the government teacher at the Scranton Preparatory the occasfon to lash out at the free world travel bureaus which coordinated schedules School. It didn't take too long for people to for not stopping the Nazi death machine and billing procedures for the railroads realize that the young Jesuit scholastic was and said that no one must be allowed to which carried the victims to their deaths." interested in doing more than just spending forget what happened. DIRE WARNING time as a high school teacher in Scranton. Berger said that he was living with his He became involved in the city's problems Looking over the crowd of youngsters and parents and three brothers in Hungary adults, McGrath said the "curse of the Hol­ and its fight for a new image. In fact, he re­ when the Nazis took over and began to ceived his master's degree from St. Louis ocaust is a dire warning. It could not have make Hungarian officials "act like Nazis ... happened without a diminution of religion. University after submitting a thesis entitled, The persecution of the Jewish people was "Scranton's Efforts to Attract Industry."• Only in a modern society could anti-Semi­ all around us and it became worse and tism lead to extinction. And men who could worse." He told of one incident in which a murder during the day could be loving fa­ Nazi machine gunner opened fire and indis­ thers at night." REPRESENTATIVE McGRATH criminately shot and killed those Jews who SPEAKS AT HOLOCAUST COM­ McGrath said that the Germans justified were in the line of fire. their actions by shifting the blame to MEMORATION The Jews of his village were rounded up others. Adolf Eichmann, for instance, super­ one morning and after being placed in a vised the murder of countless Jews but "staging area where people were disoriented could later say that he "never killed a single HON. JOHN LeBOUTILLIER and life seemed helpless," they were herded person." Those who passed along the orders OF NEW YORK into cattle cars-100 to a car. claimed that they did not know what was IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "It was a little car and we were on our way really happening and those who "carried without food or water and standing room out the extermination said they were only Tuesday, May 4, 1982 only," he recalled. "Can you imagine how it following orders." e Mr. LEBOUTILLIER. Mr. Speaker, looked after a week? Can you imagine how It is hoped, McGrath said, that by "study­ on April 20, my friend and colleague, my father, who was 54, and my mother, who ing the Holocaust it will immunize modern Representative RAYMOND McGRATH, was 44, felt? man against the desires of the 20th century "And then suddenly the train stopped and that led to this monstrous annihilation . . . addressed a Holocaust Remembrance I was separated from my mother and father Failure to remember the past makes repeti­ Day gathering, sponsored by Second and three brothers and I was never to see tion more likely. By remembering the ex­ Generation of Long Island. them again," Berger continued. "I was cesses of the Nazi era, we can remember the I commend the attached article, de­ taken to the left to work and they were need for checks and balances. Human rights scribing Mr. McGRATH'S remarks and taken to the gas chambers. And I bet those must be protected within the law ... the poignant comments of a Holocaust who placed them in the gas chambers are "The moral landscape of human reality survivor, Mel Berger, to my colleagues' still alive today, thanks to the free world, has been altered by the Holocaust but the which I call accessories to the crime." acceleration of technology and nuclear attention. The lesson of the Holocaust In the camp, Berger said, he was "tatooed, is clear. Those who forget history are weapons now threaten human existence. By they stripped me of my name, dignity and focusing on the dangers of a technological condemned to repeat it. identity. I was branded." and bureaucratic society, a study of the Hol­ [From the Jewish World/Long Island Berger said he was soon taken to Ausch­ ocaust and its implications can encourage a Jewish Press, Apr. 30-May 6, 19821 witz and he said he could see the "chimneys renewal of commitment to sanity and hu­ SURVIVOR: WHERE WERE THE RIGHTEOUS and people in the thousands who were manity. We must remember the Holocaust PEOPLE? brought in. But I couldn't say anything to because it may be our only means of surviv­ Israel last summer he visited Holocaust these dangers so that it should never OF PENNSYLVANIA memorials and found that they were the happen again," he added. "most poignant and unforgettable moments IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES since I became a Congressman. And to think PROFIT FROM INDUSTRY OF DEATH Tuesday, May 4, 1982 that this tragedy happened since I have In his remarks, McGrath said also that Mr. YATRON. Mr. Speaker, It is my been alive gives it more impact-the fact the Nazis' actions against the Jews were not e that it could happen in a modern society." "subjugation but outright slaughter." And privilege to bring to the attention of Referring to the recently released Moyni­ German corporations "actually profited my colleagues in the U.S. Congress, han poll that found that most New Yorkers from this industry of death. Companies the accomplishments of the Kenhorst were against military aid for Israel CALIFORNIA us-unless the INS and Border Patrol are homes, our businesses, and our places IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES trying to create the impression that they're of worship. They participate in one of doing something about the illegal alien the Nation's most hazardous occupa­ Tuesday, May 4, 1982 problem. tions and we owe them a great debt of e Mr. EDWARDS of California. Mr. Many Hispanics, including the 100,000- gratitude. I would like to extend to the Speaker, in nine metropolitan areas member League of United Latin American Kenhorst firefighters, a personal note across the country, the Immigration Citizens, see a more sinister motive. The of thanks, for their continued daily Reagan administration, they charge, is and Naturalization Service last week trying to make illegal aliens, particularly demonstration of their high degree of conducted raids on some 300 business­ Hispanic aliens, the scapegoat for the eco­ concern and dedication to the public es suspected of employing undocu­ nomic woes brought on by its own mistakes. safety and welfare.e mented workers. INS claims that over Guessing people's motives is a tricky busi­ 5,000 alleged illegal aliens were arrest­ ness, and we're not about to attempt it here. ed. Let it suffice to say that, whatever the BETA SIGMA PHI In commenting on the raids, Ira intent, the effect of "Operation Jobs" is to Glasser, executive director of the encourage the belief that illegal aliens are the cause of America's unemployment prob­ American Civil Liberties Union, and lems. And that belief is wrong-dangerously HON. NORMAN Y. MINETA John Shattuck, the ACLU's legislative OF CALIFORNIA wrong. director stated, "This is discrimination The unemployment rate in this country is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pure and simple, not the evenhanded hovering near 10 percent for a whole bunch Tuesday, May 4, 1982 application of the law required by the of complicated reasons-high interest rates, Constitution's equal protection guar­ imported cars, budget deficits, aging indus­ • Mr. MINETA. Mr. Speaker, it gives trial plants, a collapsing real estate market. me great pleasure to rise today on antee." I agree. It is clear that the INS agents singled out Hispanic workers, These things may or may not have been behalf of Congressman LEON PANETTA caused by Ronald Reagan's economic poli­ and myself to salute Beta Sigma Phi, and in some cases reportedly arrested cies; they clearly were not caused by gar­ an international organization for all Hispanic employees. ment workers in Chicago or chicken­ women which has for over 50 years of­ The raids were supposedly undertak­ pluckers in Petaluma. fered opportunities for friendship, for en to remove illegal workers from high In times of severe economic and psycho­ cultural appreciation, and for commu­ paying jobs which could then be filled logical stress, Americans always have a by unemployed Americans. But, even tendency to dump the blame on some vague, nity service. The membership of this alien entity-Wall Street, or The Trusts, or organization now totals over 250,000, if every one of the jobs now vacant were filled by an American citizen, Reds, or "those foreigners who come here spread through 35 nations. More than and take jobs away from Americans." A gov­ 75,000 of these members reside in my what effect would it have on our un­ ernment policy that unintentionally encour­ State of California. Beta Sigma Phi employment rate of over 9 percent? In ages that tendency, that fosters simplistic has nearly 12,000 chapters, most of the words of Mr. Glasser and Mr. thinking and feeds xenophobia and bigotry, which meet twice each month to con­ Shattuck, it is clear that the "adminis­ is stupid and irresponsible. A government duct business and carry out a cultural tration is playing with people's rights policy that does so intentionally is crimi­ program. to score a public relations victory." nal.• The American people should not fall The Greek letters in the organiza­ for it. tion's name stand for the words "life," An excellent editorial exploring this SAMPLE OF STUDENT OPINION "learning," and "friendship." Beta point appeared in the San Jose Mercu­ Sigma Phi has lived up to its name ry on April 30, 1982. I commend the through its philanthropic community article to the attention of my col­ HON. JOSEPH M. McDADE service work. It has, for example, pro­ leagues. The article follows: OF PENNSYLVANIA vided financial assistance to the Na­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tional Cystic Fibrosis Research Foun­ [From the San Jose Mercury, Apr. 30, 19821 dation, the Sidney Farber Cancer In­ ROUNDING UP THE USUAL SUSPECTS Tuesday, May 4, 1982 stitute, Girlstown USA, the National The U.S. Im.migration and Naturalization •Mr. McDADE. Mr. Speaker, Mem­ Multiple Sclerosis Society, the Toron­ Service calls it "Operation Jobs." Its critics bers of Congress are not unaccus­ in the Hispanic community think it ought to Sick Children's Hospital, the Mag­ to be called "Operation Scapegoat." From tomed to hearing from students and nolia Speech School for the Deaf, the what we've seen, we're inclined to label it sometimes from a whole school class Mid-America Heart Institute of St. "Operation Snow Job." whose teacher has introduced them to Luke's Hospital, the Arthritis Society, Since Monday hundreds of INS and the fact that they can and should and Literacy House. The organization Border Patrol inspectors have been swoop- write their Representative in Congress 8670 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May4, 1982 about their concerns and problems. In "My name is Lyle Cloos .... I am worried principal; Trish Morris, director of the doing so, of course, they learn some­ about pollution. Try and do something Newark Day Center; State senator thing about a citizen's rights and re­ about it please." Wynona Lipman; Dr. May Burch, "My name is Benji Morley ... I am wor­ sponsibilities in a representative gov­ ried about the high food prices. I wish you founder of the Leaguers, Inc.; former ernment. could lower the prices." municipal court judge Golden E. John­ While such letters are generally of "My name is Wendy Bellinger ... I'm son; Betty Austin, founder of Neo­ primary value to the Member of Con­ worried about taxes. Is there something you Fight, Inc.; Essex County Register gress who represents the student con­ can do to make them lower? I hope there is Larrie Stalks; community activist Eliz­ stituents involved, they may occasion­ something you can do about it." abeth Beaman; Essex County Demo­ ally be of broader interest. This is the "My name is Mike Aumick ... I am wor­ cratic committeewoman Queen E. case, I believe, with a group of letters I ried about all the fires." "My name is Jennifer Wincey . . . I'm James; Amelia Steward, owner of recently received from 7-year-old and worried about all of the murders. Can you Steward's Restaurant; and Doris E. 8-year-old students at Blossburg Ele­ see if you can do anything about it? Thank Green, placement advisor at Essex mentary School in Tioga County, Pa. I you!" County College. would therefore like to share them "My name is Travis Makley ... I am wor- · These dedicated individuals follow in with ·my colleagues. ried about my Grammom. My Grammom the footsteps of countless black The letters are brief, and read as fol­ had a hardatack last night. My dad came to women who have enriched our Na­ lows: pick me up. I weant to get my clothes. I saw tion's culture over the course of the my grammom on the floor ... We took my "My name is Amy Johnson ... Can you grammom to the hospital. And now she's past 206 years. In education, we, of make a rule to tell, the big kids on the bus to out of the hospital" course, look to Mary McLeod Bethune quit picking on us and quit writing on the as a model; in literature, Gwendolyn seat? Will you also help me by lowering the As with all samples of opinion, some Brooks comes to mind as one of Ameri­ prices?" interpretation of responses is neces­ "My name is Christy McNeal ... People sary. My tabulation of the problems ca's finest, most beautiful and rele­ don't have enough money to buy something cited in this sample is as follows: vant, poets; in medicine, Dr. Mary they need a lot. Could you please help? Taxes-five, pollution and littering­ Chinn toiled for a lifetime to improve Los Angeles hand. Fortunately, I was barefoot; he had side the back door, I saw another hand Times and describes her frightening not heard me approach. He was startled and gently show me how to uncock the gun. encounter with an armed burglar in that gave me enough time to step back and I heard voices praising me for how well I raise the revolver. had handled the situation. Los Angeles Times, May 29, 1981] "Please let me go." gray-blue that I was able to sleep again. THE DOG BARKED, AND SUDDENLY SHE WAS Go where, I thought. To the next apart­ When I woke I decided to go back to the GLAD SHE HAD HER GUN ment. One with no dog to wake anyone. One gun range and practice.• under the Sandinist plan. By then, assum­ uated on nine sites spread throughout WASHINGTON-The Sandinists who led the ing that the Government's assault on dis­ the town area. These units will stand overthrow of Anastasia Somoza Debayle sent and democratic opposition continues as a permanent monument to a man of took power promising free elections and a and accelerates, the results will prove de­ great energy, talent, and imagination. rapid transition to pluralist democracy. pressingly predictable. I am proud, Mr. Speaker, to bring Since taking control of Nicaragua, however, Why should the Sandinists risk possible they have ignored these promises in favor of rejection this year in the electoral process? the name of Mr. Jesse H. Harmon consolidating power by increasingly arbi­ Some opposition figures offered these before the U.S. Congress. And I am trary means. The distinction between the threads of an argument: Groups like the So­ truly gratified that his fell ow citizens Sandinists' promise and performance, how­ cialist International and Latin-American on Long Island have chosen to honor ever, appears to have escaped the Socialist leaders like President Jos~ L6pez Portillo of him through the dedication of this International, which recently praised the Mexico retain some influence over the re­ newest $6 million apartment complex regime for its "commitment" to pluralism gime's policies. This could be exerted, under in his name.e and democracy. Such praise is ill-deserved. threat of withdrawing economic help and Yet there remains a fragile hope for democ­ moral support, in favor of early free elec­ racy if the Sandinists can be induced to tions. The Sandinists remain dependent ARMENIAN HOLOCAUST honor their commitment to free elections. upon private-sector management of the In March, I accompanied a delegation of economy, and fear a sudden exodus of busi­ United States journalists who visited Nica­ nessmen and professionals committed to the ragua and met with a cross-section of pro­ democratic electoral process. Finally, the HON. ROBERT H. MICHEL Sandinist figures, opposition leaders, and in­ United States could link resumption of OF ILLINOIS dependent print and radio journalists. We major financial assistance to Nicaragua to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES concluded that, in most respects, the San­ verifiable political commitments from the dinists had violated their often reiterated junta. Tuesday, May 4, 1982 promises to guarantee political pluralism Could all of these carrots and sticks com­ •Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, a few and development of democratic institutions. bined reverse the drift toward dictatorship? days ago I received an extraordinary They rule by decree under a state of emer­ Possibly not at this late stage. But whatever letter from Ambassador Sukru Elek­ gency backed by military force. The one in­ the chances, the demand for free elections dependent newspaper, La Prensa, has been would be a litmus test of the Sandinists' dag, Turkish Ambassador to the forced to close eight times in the last two professed commitment to democratic plural­ United States. I use the word "extraor­ years because of Government harassment, ism and, as such, would honor the United dinary" because in all my time in Con­ and all private radio stations have been States' obligation to Nicaragua's belea­ gress, over a quarter of a century, I shut. Opponents of the Government have guered democrats.• have never received a letter from the been harassed, jailed, and assaulted by San­ Ambassador of a foreign nation imply­ dinist-sponsored mobs. Cuban-style neigh­ ing that remarks I had made on the borhood committees monitor political dis­ THE DEDICATION OF THE JESSE floor of the House might indirectly be sent, families included. H. HARMON SHEPHERD HILL But a democratic opposition remains. I responsible for terrorist actions. met with a variety of the regime's chief ad­ APARTMENTS But no other interpretation of the versaries: La Prensa editors, independent Ambassador's letter is possible. After radio broadcasters, moderate revolutionaries writing of the tragic murder of the excluded from the junta, human rights ac­ HON. GREGORY W. CARMAN Turkish Counsel General in Los Ange­ tivists, business spokesmen, and church offi­ OF NEW YORK les by terrorists, Ambassador Elekdag cials. Most had participated in the "national states: liberation" struggle. All consider themselves IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES democratic revolutionaries and legitimate Tuesday, May 4, 1982 Mr. Michell Germany." what Undersecretary of Defense Fred C. This summary does not, of course, even Ikle, in Senate Committee testimony only a the historical realities which render their hint at the documented atrocities commit­ few weeks ago on March 11, 1982, had to say allegations baseless. But what grievance, ted against innocent human beings during about ASALA and Armenian terrorism: however zealously nurtured, can possibly t his extermination. "Starving Armenians" " ... one of the most dangerous and most justify the murder of innocent human became a phrase that was on everyone's lips neglected of all terrorist movements, the Ar­ beings today for events which occurred for a few years. But, as Hitler later pointed menian Secret Army for the Liberation of before their birth. out, people forget. The attempt to eliminate Armenia , has formally announced Mr. Michell, I do hope that you will assess the entire Armenian population of Turkey that its strategy is to gain control of the the probable implications of your statement was forgotten. Hitler was betting on the eastern third of Turkey, to 'free' it, so on the terrorists' murderous actions and on same kind of historic amnesia, brought called, from the Turkish Government, and the expansion of terrorist acts in the United about by ignorance and laziness, when he to unite it with the Armenian Soviet Social­ States. I also hope that you will take into went about his own campaign of calculated ist Republic. This is an area of the world consideration, as was pointed out by Dr. slaughter of innocent civilians against the which is of course critically important for Ikle, the hideous schemes which are behind Jews and the Poles and others. the eastern Mediterranean and the south­ these terrorist organizations. Today the ideological fanaticism that led ern region of NATO. It is also critical for Egypt and Israel and the rest of the Middle Sincerely, to the slaughter of the Armenians and the East. SUKHU ELEKDAG, Jews still exists in the world. Ask the Cam­ " It does not matter very much whether Ambassador.• bodians; and the boat people; ask the survi­ the Armenian Secret Army is directly com­ vors of the Soviet gulag. manded by Moscow. It is an efficient and We owe it not only to the memory of the brutal executor of the murder of innocent Armenians but to our children and to their civilians. It has intimidated governments children to make certain we never forget allied with Turkey and law-abiding Armeni­ that such things have happened, and that an communities as well. If it were to be suc­ such things can happen again unless we are cessful in its aim it would lead directly to vigilant. the expansion of the Soviet Union. Perhaps 8680 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May4, 1982 A TRIBUTE TO MR. GLENN diet. I commend this article to the at­ These additives are listed in the table of PENISTEN tention of my colleagues. ingredients on most foods, so it would be easy enough to avoid them, but the salt was Low SODIUM DIET A SURPRISE a different matter. (By Deborah Diggons> Salt, salt, everywhere, and not a thing to HON. NORMAN Y. MINETA The young doctor told me I would have to eat. OF CALIFORNIA go on a low-sodium diet and take a pill every Another book on survival without salt rec­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES day for the rest of my life. ommended that foods which listed salt as It sounded like something that happened one of the first three ingredients should be Tuesday, May 4, 1982 to other people. avoided, but even this can be dangerous for "Surely, you're mistaken," I said, suspi­ the person on a severely restricted diet. e Mr. MINETA. Mr. Speaker, it gives ciously. "That sounds like treatment for me great pleasure to rise today in The matter of sodium content labeling is high blood pressure. You just said that I currently under investigation by several honor of a man who has become a have inner ear trouble." branches of government. Rep. Albert Gore, symbol in my district of selfless giving "That's right," he said. "Too much salt in Jr., who is the author of a bill pending in to others. Mr. Glenn Penisten is chair­ your diet is causing a buildup of fluid in the legislature, has suggested mandatory la­ man of board and chief executive offi­ there, complicating the problem you have. beling for prepared or canned foods contain­ cer of American Microsystems, Inc., The symptoms are like those people with ing more than 35 milligrams of sodium. and as such he has had a long history hypertension experience-vertigo Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hunga­ A TRIBUTE TO JACK GREGOR survival. More importantly, we know ry and the Baltic states, and gross violators Mayor Koch as someone who will per­ of the human rights of Soviet Jews, Chris­ tians and intellectuals-is clear. I further ceive and absorb the public concern. believe that the ideological and political HON. LYLE WILLIAMS He is a pragmatist and a realist. His competition between the superpowers will OF OHIO announcement must be seen as a continue. Nevertheless, in the vital area of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES signal that the people of this Nation nuclear horror weapons there is a mutual demand action-real action-to reverse fear for survival, as well as economic and Tuesday, May 4, 1982 the arms race that is taking us to the spiritual need, which make significant e Mr. WILLIAMS of Ohio. Mr. Speak­ edge of civilization. agreements possible and urgent. er, I rise to pay tribute to Jack Gregor, I urge all my colleagues to read We must not base agreements with Marx­ ist-Leninists on trust or friendship. Agree­ Americanism officer for Benevolent Mayor Koch's remarks. ments must be highly specific, rooted in and Protective Order of Elks Lodge Statement by Mayor Koch follows: mutual interests and independently verifia­ No. 295 in Warren, Ohio. STATEMENT BY MAYOR EDWARD I. KOCH ble by both sides. Such national technical Under Mr. Gregor's guidance, Lodge Hundreds of thousands of concerned means currently exist in space satellites and 295 has taken second place in Ameri­ Americans will come to New York City on off-border monitoring stations. They must canism among all the Elks lodges in June 12 to demonstrate peacefully against be supplemented, if necessary, by on-site the country for two out of the last 3 the horrors of nuclear war. All New Yorkers technical verification. Current nuclear years. No other person deserves more share this dread of a nuclear holocaust, and weapons and measuring technologies allow welcome these people of conscience by pro­ both sides to monitor arms agreements, but credit for this achievement than Jack claiming June a month of Reflection on Nu­ a major technical breakthrough and new de­ Gregor, even though the efforts of clear Sanity. ployments could make independent verifica­ other Lodge 295 members have been I call upon President Reagan and Chair­ tion less reliable and doom the possibilities considerable. man Brezhnev to engage in serious strategic for nuclear arms control. Therefore, imme­ In addition to his community service weapons negotiations immediately. While diate negotiations, a one-year freeze on de­ through the Elks, Mr. Gregor has also the United States or the Soviet Union might ployments, and substantial cuts in both received many commendations from have superiority in one or another element sides' nuclear arsenals to lower levels of in the mix of nuclear forces, there still parity that can be independently verified other organizations for his support of exists an overall nuclear balance that as­ are critical. their efforts and for his work in help­ sures mutual destruction in case of an It is with these serious considerations and ing others. attack, and therefore deters a war conceived feelings that New Yorkers welcome people He has been commended by the on the basis of a perceived unilateral advan­ of conscience for their peaceful demonstra­ Ohio State Senate for his work with tage in nuclear weapons. tions against nuclear war and I officially disabled veterans and has been accord­ Substantial selective nuclear arms cuts by proclaim June a month of Reflection on Nu­ ed the Distinguished Service Award by the superpowers to lower levels of equality clear Sanity.e can reverse the current dangerous arms the Disabled American Veterans race, while still insuring mutual security at Trumbull Chapter No. 11. Other com­ reduced levels of threat and instability. I THE HORROR IN VIETNAM mendations have been issued to Mr. share with Admiral Hyman Rickover and Gregor from the Trumbull County Ambassador George Kennan the belief that (Ohio) Children Services Board, the we currently have adequate nuclear weap­ HON. ROBERT H. MICHEL Trumbull County Amvets, the Lions ons to balance Soviet strategic forces. Therefore, as evidence of good faith in OF ILLINOIS Club and the U.S. Air Force Recruit­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing Service. these negotiations, both sides should freeze further deployment of strategic nuclear Tuesday, May 4, 1982 Mr. Gregor's unselfish efforts on the weapons deployments for one year, while part of his fell ow citizens is truly re­ more permanent solutions are sought. e Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, the markable. I commend him as an exam­ It is morally repugnant to me to see pre­ horror in Vietnam continues. Those in ple of what being a good American is cious economic and human resources wasted the United States who did all they all about.e on an unbridled nuclear arms race. I also be- could to undermine the non-Commu- 8682 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May4, 1982 nist governments of South Vietnam ed to tear up Article 11 by banning all non­ with deaths of millions of Jews, Christians and whose sermons on the immorality comrnunist political parties and organiza­ of all denominations and various minority of the American commitment in Viet­ tions, placing severe restrictions on religious groups, made possible the unaminmous nam received such widespread publici­ groups, launching a campaign to destroy the adoption of the United Nations Universal "neocolonialist" culture of the South and Declaration of Human Rights on Dec. 10, ty are silent about what have helped throwing hundreds of thousands of Viet­ 1948. to bring about. What is happening in namese into re-education camps. Political People all over the world who campaigned Vietnam today is as bad as what hap­ prisoners in Vietnam fall into two basic cat­ for peace and human rights in Vietnam pened in many of the death camps of egories: (1) former government officials, should look at Vietnam again-and consider Nazi Germany. But those who could leaders of political parties and army officers that their task is not yet over. speak for hours on the alleged abuses arrested in June 1975 for having occupied • are content to watch torture, both regime, and (2) writers, religious leaders, in­ physical and psychological, visited tellectuals and other dissidents who have been arrested in subsequent years. Both cat­ STATEMENT OF HON. BALTASAR upon innocent human beings. The hy­ egories of imprisonment directly violate Ar­ pocrisy of these people is astounding­ ticle 11. CORRADA OF PUERTO RICO but it is not surprising. No one knows how many political prison­ At this point I wish to insert in the ers there are in Vietnam today, but esti­ RECORD, "Vietnam's Postwar Hell" by mates suggest there are more than 100,000. HON. BALTASAR CORRADA Ginetta Sagan, from Newsweek, May Most of them are detained in re-education OF PUERTO RICO camps, which are so labeled because the in­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 3, 1982. mates are subjected to mandatory "confes­ CFrom Newsweek, May 3, 19821 sions," political indoctrination and forced Tuesday, May 4, 1982 VIETNAM'S POSTWAR HELL labor. The length of their detention de­ pends on the degree to which they reform. •Mr. CORRADA. Mr. Speaker, since All IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES levels of social violence." these proposals have had one striking ele­ The fascinating thing about this passage ment in common: they have always been re­ Tuesday, May 4, 1982 is the way it manages to be both selective jected, no matter what faction or party was e Mr. GINGRICH. Mr. Speaker, what and expansive at the same time. Why do the in power. Benjamin Banneker's 1792 essay writers not include on their list of "condi­ are the lessons we should learn from actually lamented that neither the victori­ Proposition 13? The chairman of the tions" such items as high taxes, zero-growth ous Federalist not the anti-Federalist oppo­ economics, regulatory strangulation, street sition seemed interested in the idea. Despite College Republicans of Georgia, Ralph crime, pornography, race/sex quotas, and frequent repetition, the proposal has never Reed, recently wrote an article about forced busing? Why do they include only been accepted by the mainstream of Ameri­ that. Ralph is a junior in the College those problems which are thought by some of Arts and Sciences at the University

89-059 0-85-10 (Pt. 7) 8688 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May4, 1982 UCLA economist David Schulman readily joy than was the Kornblits journey to "I figured he went to the gas chamber or admits his error: "I was one who predicted England earlier this year, as illustrat­ the ovens," she said in an interview. "I was that California would fall into the ocean if ed in the press coverage of that reun­ sure he was not alive." the voters said 'yes' to Proposition 13. I ion. In truth, her brother had been trans­ waited after the election for the earth­ ferred out of Auschwitz and had moved quake, and it didn't happen." As that reunion, this trip is an occa­ through a number of camps before being What did happen is what always occurs sion for the world to salute and to cel­ liberated by American troops in Austria. when taxes are cut and government quits ebrate because that which was lost is "I didn't think anyone survived," he said trying to solve our problems for us. now found. It is an affirmation of in a telephone interview from England California's economy has enjoyed explo­ hope to people everywhere and a re­ today. "I knew that my parents, one brother sive growth and rediscovered its job creating sounding blow to the expounders of and three sisters, had been shot. I thought capacity. Personal income and creation of despair. the rest had died, too. I thought I was the jobs now exceed the national average. Welcome, Harry and Cecilia. Wel­ only one who lived." But the success of Proposition 13 is more than just a reaffirmation of the historical come to life and to the United States. LIBERATED BY RUSSIAN TROOPS success of cutting taxes. Mr. Speaker, for the further infor­ Mrs. Kornblit remained in Auschwitz for It is a prototypical transition from the lib­ mation of my colleagues I insert in the six months and then was taken to another eral welfare state, with its confiscatory RECORD at this point two newspaper camp in Czechoslovakia, liberated by Rus­ taxes and big government, to a conservative, articles concerning these survivors of sian troops in May 1945. Then she returned opportunity society. the Holocaust: to Hrubieszow. California voters demanded a conservative [From the New York Times, Jan. 30, 19821 "I was hoping that maybe it was all a bad opportunity society long before the widely dream-that everyone would be there, the misunderstood Laffer curve became a house­ FOR NAZI SURVIVORS, LATE REUNION house, the family, everyone looking through hold word. strained from their talents because of age. Chemical and discussed a non-S.B.A. loan, Old age can mean hardship or it can mean In large corporations workers are replaced on which he would not have had to pay the pride in one's past achievement. In every el­ with younger people for more speed and 1 percent fee. RCI would have used the derly person's mind there is wisdom. strength. Chemical loan to repay the Citibank loan. Wisdom of the past and wisdom of the Older people's incomes are slowly deterio­ "I was turned down again on the basis that present. They are both very important. But rating as prices and inflation go up. Hope­ Chemical doesn't take a loan away from an­ wisdom of the past corrects the mistakes of fully these problems will be solved. The other bank," Mr. Rubin said. Thus, Mr. mankind while wisdom of the present may growing population of older people is de­ Rubin is still struggling with Citibank. "I've still have the mistakes of the past. manding more and more every year. had four loan officers in the last one and a Now we ask ourselves, where can we get Social Security is one problem with their half years and every time somebody else the teaching of the past? Then we give our­ income. Some people rely only upon social came in, I had to start all over," Mr. Rubin selves to computers. We say, "Computers, security. Senior citizens are the foundation said. find our past," but everybody knows that of America. We should treat them better be­ But Mr. Rubin remains confident. "By there is nothing better than the human cause of this. More and more they are told next year," he said, "Citibank will under­ brain. to retire at sixty-five or higher. This causes stand me." So the answer is hidden in the elderly and even more problems. In Japan the old are that is the answer for our job market be­ respected as the wise. We just shuffle the Big banks are wary of lending to small cause the elderly have learned from the old people into special "Old People Homes." businesses because of: past mistakes. The government gives little support to these Lower profits Now we ask ourselves, what should we do people. I know that this meeting will not How profits on small business loans with the elderly? The answer is to put them solve all the problems but it should give compare with big business loans: Percent back to work. The jobs that would be good some solutions for the near future. Let's Higher...... 33 for the elderly are: teacher or teacher's aide hope this will be a stepping stone for the Lower...... 44 because they have had experience; ambassa­ future.e The same...... 17 dor or interpreter for they can learn an­ Bigger losses other language quicker. In the physical world some are still capable of driving a A BILL TO ESTABLISH OBJEC­ How write-offs of loans to small truck. TIVE CRITERIA AND PROCE­ businesses compared with loans But we must remember their health be­ DURES FOR CLOSING AND to big-businesses within the last cause some of them may be capable of doing year: Percent CONSOLIDATING WEATHER Higher...... 61 two hours a day while others may be capa­ STATIONS Lower...... 18 ble of doing three days a week. The same...... 15 I would like to see this happen for the good of the nation and the good of the el­ Higher costs derly person. We must be working to devel­ HON. VIRGINIA SMITH How administrative costs of loans to op a meaningful way to reemploy the elder­ OF NEBRASKA small business compare with ly. There is an excessive amount of elderly IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES loans to big business, per dollar people ready to work. of loan: Percent Tuesday, May 4, 1982 Higher...... 95 HONORABLE MENTION: WHAT WE SHOULD DO TO Lower...... 4 HELP ELDERLY PEOPLE •Mrs. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. The same...... 1 arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of dis­ side experts, no public hearings, no tion on employees of the National Weather cretion, or otherwise not in accordance with proper notice. My bill would provide Service employed at such office; the law; all these, and force the Government to (3) the economic savings to the National (2) without observance of procedure re­ take the views of the affected public Weather Service resulting from such closing quired by law; or directly and formally into consider­ or consolidation; and (3) unsupported by substantial evidence ation in determining which stations to <4> such other factors as the National on the record. Weather Service determines are necessary. The Committee may afffirm the determina­ close or consolidate or open. (b) In making a determination under sub­ tion of the Secretary or order that the The text of my bill follow: section (a) the Secretary may hold such entire matter be returned for further con­ hearings as he deems necessary. sideration, but the Committee may not SEc. 3. Any determination of the Secre­ modify the determination of the Secretary. tary to close or consolidate a weather serv­ The Committee may suspend the effective­ ice office shall be in writing and shall in­ ness of the determination of the Secretary clude the findings of the Secretary with re- until the final disposition of the appeal.•