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Col. Don M. Hartung, xxx-xx-xxxx FR, Reg- Col. Richard G. Rumney, xxx-xx-xxxx FR, The following officers for appointment in ular Air Force. Regular Air Force. the Reserve of the Air Force to the grade Col. Charles C. Irions, xxx-xx-xxxx FR (lieu- Col. George L. Schulstad, xxx-xx-xxxx FR indicated, under the provisions of chapters tenant colonel, Regular Air Force) , U.S. Air (lieutenant colonel, Regular Air Force) , U.S. 3 5 , 83 1 , an d 83 7, title 1 0 , U n ited g rates Force. Air Force. Code: Col. Thomas E. Lacy, xxx-xx-xxxx FR, Reg- Col. Eugene D. Scott, xxx-xx-xxxx FR, Regu- To be brigadier general ular Air Force. lar Air Force. Col. Harry L. Cochran, Jr., xxx-xx-xxxx FG, Col. Chris C. Mann, xxx-xx-xxxx FR (lieu- Col. Robert Scurlock, xxx-xx-xxxx FR, Reg- tenant colonel, Regular Air Force), U.S. Air ular Air Force. Air National Guard. Force. Col. Richard L. Frymire, Jr., xxx-xx-xxxx FG, Col. James W. Stansberry, xxx-xx-xxxx FR, Col. James B. McCarthy, xxx-xx-xxxx FR Regular Air Force. Air National Guard. (lieutenant colonel, Regular Air Force) , U.S. Col. Leroy W. Svendsen, Jr., - Col. Grady L. Patterson, Jr., xxx-xx-xxxx - Air Force. xxx-xx-xxxx FR, Regular Air Force. FG, Air National Guard. Col. Edward J. Nash, xxx-xx-xxxx FR, Re- Col. Richard A. Rann, xxx-xx-xxxx FG, Air Col. Herbert V. Swindell, xxx-xx-xxxx FR, gular Air Force. National Guard. Col. George K. Patterson, xxx-xx-xxxx FR, Regular Air Force, Medical. Col. Hal C. Tyree, Jr., xxx-xx-xxxx FG, Air Regular Air Force. Col. Daryle E. Tripp, xxx-xx-xxxx FR, Regu- National Guard. Col. John R. Paulk, xxx-xx-xxxx FR (lieu- lar Air Force. Col. Bobby E. Walls, xxx-xx-xxxx FG, Air tenant colonel, Regular Air Force), U.S. Air Col. Everett L. True, xxx-xx-xxxx FR, Regu- Force. lar Air Force. National Guard. Col. Thomas C. Pinckney, Jr., xxx-xx-xxxx Col. Ewell D. Wainwright, Jr., xxx-xx-xxxx - IN THE NAVY FR, Regular Air Force. FR, (lieutenant colonel, Regular Air Force) Rear Adm . Edward C . W aller, III, U.S. Col. Andrew Pringle, Jr., xxx-xx-xxxx FR, U.S. Air Force. Navy, having been designated for commands Regular Air Force. Col. Joseph E. Wesp, xxx-xx-xxxx FR, Regu- and other duties determ ined by the Presi- Col. Walter B. Ratliff, xxx-xx-xxxx FR (lieu- tenant colonel, Regular Air Force), U.S. Air lar Air Force, Medical. dent to be within the contemplation of title Force. Col. Robert F. C. Winger, xxx-xx-xxxx FR, 10, C ode, section 5231, for Col. Irving B. Reed, xxx-xx-xxxx FR, Regular (lieutenant colonel, Regular Air Force) U.S. appointm ent to the grade of vice adm iral Air Force. Air Force. while so serving.

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AN ECONOMIC CRISIS But words like recession and inflation do not bureaucracies have been the outgrowth of refer to textbook problem s; they refer to our need to deal with the myriad problems real flesh and blood human problems. The that beset a society of two hundred million HON. VANCE HARTKE economy is people. It is the vast and complex people. They are rational, they are egalitari- OF INDIANA interrelationships between two hundred mil- an. But the result is the reduction of individ- lion people working in a com plem entary ual identity to a few slots on a computer card. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES fashion to produce a reasonably comfortable Our humanity lies in our diversity and our Friday, January 17, 1975 and satisfying life. uniqueness-our feelings, our needs and our Because the econom y is people and not dreams are different. It is that difference that Mr. HARTKE. Mr. President, I ask some lifeless abstraction, our actions in that modern society is trying to erase. unanimous consent to have printed in area have an im m ediate and direct im pact The giant bureaucracies have become pre- the RECORD remarks I made last Satur- o n co u n tless in div idu al liv es. W h en w e dominant forces in each of our lives. They day, January 11, at the Henry Morrison tinker with the economy, we tinker with the are powerful beyond our capacity to change Flagler Museum. hopes and dreams of our fellow citizens. This or influence them . Most people-and I in- There being no objection, the remarks should make us not only cautious, but com- clude myself-feel a sense of impotence when were ordered to be printed in the REC- passionate. This should m ake us continu- confronted with the countless logical regu- ously aware that what we in Washington do latio n s created an d adm in istered by th e ORD, as follows: may irrevocably ruin or enhance individual countless sincere, capable and unbending AN ECONOMIC CRISIS lives. This should make us keenly and pro- men and women whose inevitable response The week began with news that 7.1 percent foundly aware of the extent of our respon- to our com plaints and problem s is-"that is of the nation's work force was unemployed. sibilities. not my responsibility." Diffuse responsibility This is the highest level of unemployment I am deeply concerned about the present is the greatest of modern man's self-inflicted in fourteen years. Our top economists assure state of our economy. W e must act quickly punishments. us that the present recession will easily top to halt the deterioration and to reverse the W hat concerns and alarms me is that in- that of the waning years of the Eisenhower downward spiral. However, the sickness in creasing numbers of our fellow citizens are administration. We have been warned to gird o u r eco n o m y is o n ly o n e p art o f a m o re experiencing a sense of estrangem ent be- ourselves for further increases in the unem- general sickness in our society. And before cause of this im personality and dehum an- ployment rate to at least 8 percent. W e are I address m yself to the specific econom ic ization. There is a sense that our institu- faced with the very real possibility that dou- p roblem s and suggest a few solutions, I tions-and especially our gov ernm ent-are ble digit inflation will become double digit want to comment on the broader question. not responsive to human needs: a sense that unemployment. I hardly need to tell you that Our Country was founded in the belief that the institutions have a life and direction of we are in the midst of an economic crisis of individual human beings count, that the in- their own. A sense that there is no way to major and extraordinary proportions. dividual and his welfare represent the ulti- turn things around. Unemployment figures are statistics-cold mate value. The act of creating America was Congress is the one institution that should and technical. They tell us nothing about the personal act of a handful of people who be responsive to the needs of the people. It the human tragedy which they reflect. It is wanted to live in a new community where ought to serve to humanize and personalize frightening to contem plate that an 8 per- their views and attitudes would not only be the relationship between the people and the cent unem ploym ent rate m eans that seven tolerated, but would be legitimate. They left governm ent. It ought to be the m ain arena and one-half million of our fellow citizens their old world to establish a new one be- for dialogue and for change. It ought to do are out of work; it m eans that sev en and cause they felt them selves estranged from all these things, but it does not. one-half million Americans have been de- their mother country. In too many instances Congress has con- priv ed, through no fault of their own, of I fear that we have drifted too far from tributed to the emerging sense of alienation the m eans to prov ide for them selv es and that original conception. I fear that modern and dissatisfaction by deceiving itself into their families; it means that seven and one- America is estranging too many of its people. believing that for every problem there is a half m illion once proud, independent, and The hallmark of contemporary American legislative solution. Because we are legisla- secure individuals have been reduced by cir- society seems to be impersonality. A member tors, we understandably think in term s of cum stances to a state of perpetual anxiety of m y own staff-a political scientist-is al- laws. But only a passing knowledge of sociol- and insecurity; it means that seven and one- ways speaking to me about the "political sys- ogy is needed to know that there are nar- half million workers who a few weeks ago tem." What a cold, impersonal name for such row limits within which legislation can be or a few months ago were looking forward an eminently human activity as politics. But effective. Law m ust reflect the prevailing to the future are now experiencing the des- the malaise of impersonality reaches deep consensus and the prevailing values of the peration of unem ploym ent lines and even into our institutions and into our thought com m unity. But, m ore to the point, there welfare lines. patterns. are quite sim p ly a h ost of p roblem s th at It is too easy to talk about the econom y Dehumanization has been the ironic out- should not and cannot be dealt with by leg- in the abstract jargon of the technocrats. g ro w th o f o u r qu est fo r equ ality . G ian t islative action. W e must place greater reli- January 17, 1975 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 787 ance on other institutions, and we must en­ It is because of the intimate relationship create a "do nothing" attitude. We have had courage them. If not, we wlll create a society between economic crisis and poll tical crisis too many years of "do nothing." The result in which all other institutions-the family, that the situation today is so critical; it is has been unmitigated economic disaster. It the community, the church-have become because of this relationship-as well as is now time to act; to act quickly and mas­ atrophied or moribund. simple humanity-that we must act to meet sively. The Government cannot simply stand The impact of Congress has been further the crisis forcefully and without delay. around shaking its head while the economy diluted by its excessive dependence upon The causes of today's economic crisis are falls to pieces. We must be realistic about the executive branch. The last century of deeply rooted in the history of the last dec­ potential dangers; but we must also respond American history has witnessed the steady ade. Of the many contributing factors, four to the real and present danger. accretion of presidential power, most of it stand out: the Vietnam tragedy; the quad­ The most effective \Veapon in the Govern­ by default. Congress has been too quick to rupled price of oil at the hands of the OPEC ment's economic arsenal is fiscal policy-tax shirk responsibility, too prepared to pass countries, the capricious effects of weather policy. You know, and I know, that in 1975 the buck to the president. The net result on food production; and the inability of the there will be a major tax cut. That is the of this process was neatly summarized in the Nixon administration to fashion policies to fastest and surest way we know of to stimu­ title of a recent book-the imperial presi­ bring the economy under control. late production. Cutting taxes gives the in­ dency. The economy has been subjected to hyper­ dividual consumer more money to spend on Mr. Nixon did not create the circumstances inflation for approximately four years; little refrigerators, clothing, or automobiles. It by which we managed to re-establish an in the way of purposeful Government action will create repercussions that will be felt American monarchy. Mr. Nixon's folly was was forthcoming during that period. The throughout all sectors of the economy. This to act like a monarch-he did not bother to economy, for all practical purposes, was left will be in conjunction with the long-awaited maintain the illusion of the constitutional to its own inadequate devices. The Nixon change in the Federal Reserve Board's policy separation of powers. He made it painfully administration was engaged during much of to lower interest rates which will stimulate obvious by his administration's arrogance that time in a desperate struggle for political the housing industry-until recently the and paranoia, that the delicate balance of survival. With all its energies and resources hardest hit sector of the economy. It will also powers and responsibllities that to men like thrown into the battle to shore-up the crum­ bolster the sagging stock market by making Madison were the very essence of democracy, bling walls of the Watergate cover-up, the the purchase of equity shares more appeal­ simply no longer applied. economy was left to deteriorate. ing in comparison to bonds. I hope our grandchildren will look upon When Mr. Ford succeeded to the Presi­ That there will be a tax cut is a fore­ the second half of the 1970s as the beginning dency, we all hoped for immediate and force­ gone conclusion. The extent of the tax cut, of a revitalization of American democracy. ful action. But Mr. Ford, like his prede­ the precise groups who wlll benefit most, I hope they will be able to say there was a cessor-but for different reasons-was im­ whether or not it will be retroactive, and redressing of the balance between Congress mobilized. He treated the Nation to encomi­ compensatory revenues all will be important and the Executive. But for Congress to re­ ums about consumer restraint while the questions. The Senate, according to the Con­ assert itself, it must do more than engage White House passed out WIN buttons. stitution, cannot take the initiative in tax in rhetoric; it must be willing to shoulder Part of his difficulty was an inability to matters. We in the Finance Committee will substantive responsibilities. understand what was happening. In fairness have to walt until the House of Representa­ There are no easy solutions to widespread it must be granted that the Nation was ex­ tives and specifically the Ways and Means disenchantment and alienation. The only periencing a new phenomenon-inflation and Committee, considers the various alterna­ solutions are the simple and obvious ones; recession. President Ford was more fearful tives. the ones that are so easy to talk about but of the inflation than the recession, and what It is also too early to estimate how large so tremendously difficult to put into practice. action his administration took was in that a tax cut will be needed to stimulate with­ We must reassert the central role of the direction. Unfortunately, he made this judg­ out over-stimulating. But one thing is sure: individual in our society. His rights must be ment at a time when it was increasingly To be effective, the cuts must benefit pri­ assured. He must be moved back to center clear that the recession was the more dan­ marily the low and middle income groups. stage. He must be made to feel important; gerous of the two. To see this took no magic Not only have they been most hurt by the he must be made to feel that he counts, that or special wisdom. Last spring I was already inflation, they spend most of their income his opinions count, and that his needs and calling for an immediate decrease in the and save very little. I am also in agreement feelings are accounted for. We must somehow interest rate, and argued that a tax cut to with those who have argued that an im­ develop structures within our political stimulate consumer purchasing was essential. mediate tax cut of at least ten percent retro­ framework that give him a greater role. We When I declared that if we did not move active to 1974 is essential. I would, however, must arrest drift towards the abdication of quickly we would find ourselves in a major modify this by suggesting that the cut be personal responsibility, dehumanization, and recession, a Republican Member of Congress smaller the greater the income level. The impersonality. publicly suggested I be shot for treason! greater an individual's income, the less like­ I question the present direction of Ameri­ Today, the unemployment rate stands at ly they are to spend that income. There­ can society. We are not bein~ sufficiently re­ 7.1 percent and is increasing daily. New ap­ fore, it would serve no real purpose to allow flective of the implications of our actions. plications for unemployment insurance have Mr. Rockefeller or Mr. Kennedy a tax cut. We are heading, I fear, towards disaster. Po­ not been as great since the 1930s. Over the We may have to resort to measures des­ litical history has important lessons to teach last five month period, industrial production igned specifically to stimulate particular that we are ignoring. A population alienated dropped by three percent. Between Novem­ sectors of the economy. This might be done from itself and its institutions; a population ber and December the decline was an in­ by offering individuals what I call a "per­ beset with an overwhelming sense of frus­ credible 2.3 percent. When we remember sonal investment tax credit," just as the trating powerlessness; a population that loses that our economy has been growing at the Government provides an incentive to busi­ its feeling of internal cohesion and kinship, rate of 3 to 4 percent annually over the last ness to make capital investments-an in­ is ripe for tyranny and totalitarianism. couple of decades, these figures appear even centive, by the way, which I think should We are, as Aristotle observed, political and more dire. be strengthened by increasing the tax cred­ social animals. We have a deep-seated need We are in a recession. The most severe it from seven to ten percent-we should to feel ourselves part of a wider social fabric since the great depression. The question is take the same approach with individuals. A than the nuclear family. If individuals no now, what to do. tax credit might be given for the purchase of longer gain a sense of identity and feel a Mr. Alan Greenspan, the President's main homes and automobiles since these are the sense of fulfillment from participation in economic advisor, has told us that things most important expenditures for most peo­ the life of the society, they will lose their will get worse before they get better. In ple. This would enable us to stimulate only commitment to its values. The tendency to other words, the economy has not yet reached certain specific sectors of the economy. It float towards political extremism will become its lowest point. Even after we "bottom-out" would be the difference between using a meat more pronounced. The appeal of the Nazi there will be a lengthy time lag before there cleaver and a surgical scalpel. Party in Germany was not ideological or in­ is any appreciable drop in the unemployment There is substantial a.greement in Con­ tellectual for most people. It provided them rate, and before industry wlll be able to gress that the immediate response to the re­ with individual identity; it linked the lonely, produce at pre-recession levels. cession will be a tax cut. The details have the isolated, and the alienated to what was I respect Mr. Greenspan for his candor, a yet to be worked out. I am confident that perceived as a transcendent cause. quality that has been conspicuously absent we will be able to put a halt to the reces­ I am not suggesting that the cituation in from administration pronouncements in the sion. But this is also a time when we should America today duplicates that of pre-Nazi last six years. But other aspects of Mr. fix our gaze upon more distant shores; we Germany. I am suggesting, however, that Greenspan's approach to economic problems should not be satisfied just to solve the there are certain symptoms of a widespread disturbs me. He has stated hls reluctance to short-term crises. It is a time when we and deeply rooted sickness that are becom­ move forcefully against recession because he should reflect upon the nature of our econ­ ing obvious. Frustration, hopelessness, pow­ fears it might ultimately rekindle the now omy and attempt to develop bro~d and, hopefully, far-ranging policies that will pre­ erlessnes-these are the great enemies of abating inflation. -I share hls concern that serve and enhance the best in our economic democracy. Economic cries and dislocations anti-recession policies might have unwanted have historically served to exacerbate these relations and prune the worst. side-effects. But that is where we part com­ Most Americans accept and believe 1n the feelings and to narrow the base upon which pany. free-enterprise economy. They believe 1n a democratic policy can rest. The administration is letting its fears personal initiative and individual incentive. 788 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 17, 1975 They believe that decisions made in the rational basis. The bank would coordinate- accountable. Under present law, multination­ marketplace about price, allocation of mate­ and, where necessary, recommend-national al corporations headquartered in America pay rials and resources, the level of production, policies for unemployment compensation. It no federal ta~es until and when their foreign profit, and distribution of income wlll be would establish a core of public service jobs-- earnings are repatriated. The United States efficient and socially acceptable. We are com­ not makeshift employment but socially valu- which made these earnings possible by pro­ fortable with free enterprise. It seems to able work based upon the real need of our viding the capital for overseas expansion and combine our American penchant towards local communities. This core of jobs must be the technology necessary to exploit it, re­ pragmatism and our adherence to judea­ capable of relatively quick expansion or con- ceives nothing in return. I propose that these Christian morality. traction as the situation dictates. This could tax deferrals be eliminated. Foreign earnings But we are faced with a contradiction: be accomplished by prior planning which should be taxed during the year when they a contradiction between belief and commit­ would anticipate our needs. · are earned-regardless of whether they are ment to free enterprise on one side and eco­ The Human Resources Bank would incor- returned to the United States. nomic realities on the other. If the crisis of porate two additional features. First, it would Under present law, the multinational cor­ the seventies has had any I'Jenefit, it has establish p·rocedures for retraining when poration receives a tax advantage-and, been to point this out. that was a warranted alternative to either therefore, an incentive-for doing business The most obvious contradiction is between temporary employment or unemployment abroad. For example, a company operating in the laws of supply and demand that are compensation. We have had sufficient expe- Florida or Indiana pays corporate taxes to the supposed to rule a free market economy rience--much of it negative-in this field to state government. When it comes time to pay and the abllity of our major industries to be able to create a logical retraining program. federal corporate taxes, the state taxes are disregard these forces. We have found that Second, the bank would serve as a national treated as a business expense. However, the manufacturing has become so concentrated employment coordination center, matching taxes a multinational pays to a foreign gov­ that prices no longer refiect the market, but of people and employment opportunities. Be- ernment are treated as a tax credit--that is, that they are artificially established by ad­ cause this would often involve individuals they are deducted directly from the com­ ministrative fiat. More significant, they can moving from one locale to another at pre- pany's tax bUl. maintain those prices-at times even raising cisely the moment when their financial re- I see no reason why taxes paid to the Gov­ them--during a period of decreasing demand. sources are weakest, the bank would be au- ernment of Hong Kong should receive prefer­ In a free enterprise economy this should thorized to either provide or guarantee loans entia! treatment as compared to taxes paid be impossible. at the lowest possible interest mtes for relo- to the State of Indiana. I propose that we The United States is rapidly being trans­ cation and resettlement. end this discrimination. Because foreign cor- formed into something quite unrecognizable In recent weeks there has been an upsurge porate taxes tend to be higher than American to those of us committed to free enterprise. in sentiment for a revival of the Recon- State taxes, my amendment to the Internal We are moving towards some form of bureau­ struction Finance Corporation. Throughout Revenue Code provides that foreign corporate cratic-administrative capitalism that will the depression, the war years, and into the earnings be taxed at a rate of twenty-four eventually l'.>e barely distinguishable from early 1950's when it was disbanded, this percent rather than the normal forty-eight the State capitalism practiced by Germany agency provided substantial financial assist- percent, but it also provides that the foreign and Italy in the wake of the great depres­ ance to business. Recognizing all its fiaws taxes be treated as a regular business ex­ sion. and the potential dangers inherent in Gov- pense and not as a credit. This is more than If the free enterprise system is to be more than a memory, we must institute some ernment assistance, I nonetheless believe equitable. fundamental reforms. It is a principle of that it is necessary to re-establish a revised There is a broad spectrum of reforms that long standing that the Government must and modified RFC. Too many well-run, effi- must be instituted to revitalize the free mar­ watch over the economy to insure that these cient businesses are being ruined by the re- ket economy and dispose of the present eco­ transformations do not occur. Our anti­ cession and inflation. This, in turn only adds nomic crisis. The ones 1 have discussed rep­ trust laws were originally conceived for that to the unemployment problem which further resent what I believe to be a creative begin­ end. Today, those laws are no longer ade­ depresses the economy, and so on, in a vicious ning to a fundamental problem. We can no quate. The scope of the problem has increased circle. A restructured R.F.C. must guard longed afford ad hoc solutions. We must pro­ immensely, and so has its complexity. The against subsidizing the inefficient. It must vide for contingencies before they happen. solution embodied in our law-namely, the contain a review board that is insulated from We must not .be afraid to reform old struc­ simple break-up of large companies--and the political pressure, but not beyond political tures and to create new ones. criteria that bring the law into effect need accountab111ty. It must be sufficiently well- • I believe deeply and sincerely in democ­ drastic revision in light of contemporary funded to accomplish its objectives, but its racy and free enterprise. Both are threatened. technology, economic practice and efficiency. operations must be related to the state of Adding to the growing sense of individual A further diffi.:culty with anti-trust legis­ the economy. irrelevance in the face of a massive and lation is enforcement. The procedures are A reconstituted R.F.C. would help business unresponsive government, we have a funda­ extremely complicated and time-consum­ like the Human Resources Bank would help mentally disruptive economic crisis. We must ing-to the point almost of being self-de­ individuals. Both of these structural changes cure both. But we cannot afford merely to feating. in our economy would contribute to smooth.J defeat the immediate crisis. Our entire free Furthermore, recent administrations have ing out the rough spots, and insuring no enterprise system stands in danger. Without simply been unwilling to devote the resources serious damage were done to deserving indi- fundamental reforms, I predict that within and energies necessary to the task. The Re­ viduals and deserving businesses. It is part a decade-at most, two--America wlll have publican Party, in particular, has repeatedly of the recognition that free enterprise is good state capitalism, and little will be left of espoused the cause of these monolithic mon­ but fiawed. Part of the appeal of free enter- the basic values and attitudes upon which sters to the detriment of the public and na­ prise is that it requires little in the way our Nation was founded. But these reforms tional interest. of planning compared to other systems; are possible, and they are within our reach. Revising and revitallzing anti-trust laws but this should not blind us to the fact that Now is the time to act. and enforcement procedures are the essential it is still a human institution which needs precondition for rejuvenating the frEle enter­ some supervision. prise system. Domestically, the bloated corporate struc­ I speak to you as an advocate of free enter­ ture is undermining the concept of free en­ THE PRE·SIDENT'S PROPOSALS RE­ terprise. Internationally, the multinational prise. I believe in it. I trust it. I do not QUffiE CAREFUL ATTENTION ldollze it, however. It ls a human, social corporation is doing the same to free trade. invention that works better than most but The multinational corporation is a phenom­ is still fiawed. It is because of these fiaws enon of the post-war era. It has not yet that government must play an active role been fully integrated into our legal systems­ HON. W. S. (BILL) STUCKEY in the economy. And it is because of these national or international. In some respects, OF GEORGIA the multinational corporation acts like an fiaws that some structural changes are es­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sential. international outlaw. Because it operates Because our economy is imperfect, we ex­ simultaneously in a variety of political juris­ Friday, Janwary 17, 1975 perience shocks and swings from time to dictions and owes allegiance to none, many of these giants serve only themselves. Mr. STUCKEY. Mr. Speaker, I was time. We are in the middle of one right extremely impressed with the prepara­ now. This erratic behavior has d·isastrous con­ America has been seriously hurt by the sequences for individual human beings. We multinational corporations. We have been de­ tion and delivery of President Ford's have long accepted the idea that government prived of jobs; we have had our technology major addresses to the Nation this week. has certain responsib111ties in this respect. and our know-how pirated; and our capital Fully realizing that our economy is in has been used to finance plants abroad whose the midst of serious and potentially But the approach has been haphazard, often profits are neither used here for productive ineffective, short-term in conception, waste­ ruinous financial disruption because of purposes nor are they ta~ed by our govern­ ful of human resources, and generally de­ ment. These things, if we are to create true the outflow of U.S. dollars for foreign oil, grading. free enterprise and true free trade, must be I believe we must take drastic action. I propose that we establtsh a human re­ changed. Moreover, we face the complex economic sources bank to deal with the human dimen­ I am proposing a series of reforms to our peril of having to deal with inflation and sion swings on a humane, permanent, and tax laws designed to make the multinationals recession at the same time. January 17, 1975 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 789 President Ford's · comprehensive plan tion on Federal income tax returns from people experienced hardship together during to deal with these three problems must $750 to $1,000. I urge you to join myself the "great Depression." be studied carefully and all economic and 17 colleagues in supporting this im­ Of course, conditions now are nowhere consequences considered quickly and near what they were then and experts main­ portant legislation to relieve those hard­ tain that a depression is not in the foresee­ fairly without endless partisan haggling est hit by inflation, the low- and middle­ a'f>le future. before I can support or reject these meas­ income earners. In my youthful ignorance and foolishness, ures. My initial reaction is one of favor Today I am also introducing a piece of I find myself wishing for one of the effects for tax relief, especially coupled with legislation to prohibit travel at Govern­ experienced by my parents during that crisis. restraints on Federal spending-which ment expense outside the United States I wish people would take the time to share are needed in any case-to insure that by former Members of Congress. Instead of themselves with others. It needn't cost we do not launch another crippling in­ of simply talking of cutting wasteful anything, but it could do much to increase the value of a fellow human being's self­ flationary spiral. I strongly favor an Government spending, Congress must esteem and help spirtual depression, and energy conservation program which will take immediate action in this crucial besides, a friendly hello or remark makes you spare us the bureacratic nightmare of area. For too long now, former Members feel better too. · gasoline rationing. of Congress have abused the public trust Try it some time and see if two people We all realize that this Nation is facing by using the taxpayers' money for per­ paddling together can't make things easier its greatest economic challenge since the sonal excursions which have no bearing for each other. Great Depression. Something must be on foreign or domestic policy. I ask my Then, perhaps, 1975 could be bright for everyone, no matter what the economy done. But we must act prudently to insure colleagues in the House to join me in brings. that our response is not one which would drawing a firm halt to this unfair produce an ever greater economic calam­ practice. ity in the years ahead. UTICA PAYS TRIBUTE TO VICTOR PERRETTA CURRENT ECONOMIC PROBLEM MRS. SCHROEDER REINTRODUCES HON. DONALD J. MITCHELL LEGISLATION HON. EDWARD J. DERWINSKI OF NEW YORK OJ' n.LINOIS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER Friday, Jan'IJ)ary 17, 1975 OF COLORADO Friday, Janwary 17, 1975 Mr. MITCHELL of New York. Mr. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. DERWINSKI. Mr. Speaker, there Speaker, on Friday, January 24, I will Friday, Janwary 17, 1975 is a definite tendency for prophets of be privileged to join the people of Utica, gloom to paint only a negative picture N.Y., in a well-deserved tribute to Victor Mrs. SCHROEDER: Mr. Speaker, I of present economic complications. How­ would like to take this opportunity today Perretta. ever, I do not believe it is inconsistent to Mr. Perretta has for years been af­ to reintroduce five bills which I previous­ maintain a positive attitude during our ly introduced in the 93d session. fectionately and respectfully known in current economic dislocation. the Utica area as Mr. Housing. He just First, I am reintroducing a bill to A similar point is taken in an article amend title 39, the United States Code recently retired as executive director of by Julie LaDouceur, which appeared in the city's municipal housing authority. to provide additional standards to regu­ the December 26 edition of Suburban late the proper use of the penalty mail There is so much that can be said about Life Publications, serving West Cook Victor Perretta both as a public official privilege by Government officials. Con­ County, Ill. The article follows: gress already enacted comprehensive with skill, dedica;tion, determinS!tion, and controls against the political abuse of its DEPRESSION CAN BE HELPED as a sensitive human being with com­ franking privilege, with special provi­ (By Julie LaDouceur) passion, understanding, and sincerity. sions to control members' abuse. It is A new year w111 soon be here. On a professional basis, Mr. Perretta's If you are optimistic, chances are the new accomplishments in the public housing high time we institute similar controls year is seen as a light in the window for the in the executive branch of Govern­ economy stumbling around in the darkness field are known and highly regarded not ment. I am happy to add that 17 co­ of uncertainty. only in the Utica area and New York sponsors have committed themselves to Perhaps a new year will bring new ideas State but throughout the Nation. On a the passage of this legislation. that can put the fears of people who have personal basis, he is viewed by one and The threat of environmental waste has already suffered through one depression at all as a true friend always there to help. prompted me to reintroduce legislation ease, new ideas that would halt the possi­ The Observer-Dispatch of Utica, sum­ bility of those who have only heard and marized the man and the feeling toward to prohibit the unnecessary dumping of read of the Depression to experience the spent oil shale upon Federal lands. The evils of a depression. him in the following editorial which I bill I am reintroducing is designed to~ I am one of those lucky enough to have am pleased to share with my colleagues: meet oil shale problems head on by de­ never lived through a depression. I am far A well-run, non-political public housing claring it illegal to dump spent shale on enough removed from its effects to wonder program is a plus for any community. Utica land other than that leased under the what it was like compared to life as I experi­ has had such a program for nearly a quarter original prototype leasing program. ence it. century thanks to the man called "Mr. I am taking this opportunity to rein­ Now as I look at life around me, I see peo­ Housing." ple not only unwilling to share material Victor Perretta has retired as executive troduce a House concurrent resolution things, but people who are unWilling to share director of the Municipal Housing Author­ to authorize the printing as a House of themselves. ity, but he has left a solid base of ac­ document, a Spanish translation of . the Members within families are even unWill­ complishments upon which his successors U.S. Constitution. I and 58 cosponsors ing to sit down and just talk with one an­ can build. agree that Congress must encourage the other. If this is so within the unit of the Mr. Perretta, in many ways, was a pioneer. active participation of all Spanish­ family, how much more must this be true He instituted community contact and social speaking Americans in the legislative among the members of the human race. services programs in housing projects long I must say, though, that since the econ­ before this was state and federal poUcy. He process. Let me, simply, reiterate my con­ omy has become rather frightening I have put boys' club extensions in Humphrey viction to end the years of overlooking been told by complete strangers that I can Gardens and Gilmore Village. He encouraged the positive contribution of Spanish get such and such an item in another store formation of tenant organizations. He kept Americans to a better life in this that is· not only made better than the item the MHA financially sound. country. I'm considering, but cheaper, or if I reach He did this and more while keepinng a low Consistent with all efforts to curb the back on the shelf I can get a can of peaches profile (something a ·few of our political recessionary trend of the economy and that has been on the shelf two days longer leaders should note) . in line with recommendations imposed for four cents cheaper than the can 1n my In short, Mr. Perretta was a capable, pro­ hand. gressive, sen&itive housing administrator by the Steering and Policy Committee Why would they bother to do this for me? whose prime concern was the people he earlier this week, I am reintroducing leg­ Simply because we are all in the same served. islation to increase the personal exemp- boat, paddling up the same stream, just as The community Will have an opportunity 790 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 17, 197.5 to honor Mr. Perretta on Friday, January 24 clothes dryers, water heaters, furnaces, this country. A substantial reduction in at a testimonial dinner at Twin Ponds Golf and air-conditioners. these areas of energy usage is possible and Country Club. Our bHI would require that estimates through the program envisioned by this He deserves a spirited and grateful tribute. of the annual operating cost of such legislation. products and systems be provided to con­ sumers at time of sale so that, particu­ MEMBERS INTRODUCE THE larly in this time of higher and higher HARRINGTON OFFERS RESOLU­ ENERGY CONSERVATION ACT energy prices, individuals can consider TION CREATING A SELECT COM­ operating costs together with purchase MITTEE TO INVESTIGATE INTEL­ price before reaching a decision. LIGENCE HON. JOHN E. MOSS This bill alsn focuses on achieving the OF CALIFORNIA most ecologically and economically feas­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ible improvements in fuel economy for HON. MICHAEL HARRINGTON automobiles. Automobiles account for 13 Friday, Janwary 17, 1975 OF MASSACHUSETTS percent of all the energy used in this IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. MOSS. Mr. Speaker, today I am country. While it is true that the energy introducing on behalf of myself, Mr. crisis has finally made the automobile Fridq-y, Janwary 17, 1975 DINGELL, and Mr. ECKHARDT, the Energy manufacturers in this country aware of Mr. HARRINGTON. Mr. Speaker, the Conservation Act, a bill which is de­ the need to pay attention to fuel econ­ current controversy centering around al­ signed to provide for improvements in omy, the seriousness of the crisis and the legations of illegal Central Intelligence ·the energy efficiency of major consumer importance of the automobile industry Agency activities raises much broader products. to the country's economy commands us questions about this Nation's huge intel­ When the recent Arab oil embargo to establish a national goal for major ligence community, of which the CIA is impacted upon this country, American advances in fuel eocnomy of automo­ only a part. Several billion dollars an­ consumers responded to the call for con­ biles. nually are appropriated for the "intelli­ serving energy by changing long stand­ Several authoritative reports by Gov­ gence" operations of the CIA, the Na­ ing habits and modifying lifestyles. ernment and private groups indicate tional Security Agency, the Defense In­ Lowering of thermostats, switching to that significant improvement in fuel telligence Agency, and the Federal Bu­ carpools and mass transit, and cancel­ through the use of existing and develop­ reau of Investigation, despite the fact ing of trips were among the many ways ing technology. This is quite apart from that very few people in Congress and individual Americans responded to the the improvement achieved by switching the general public have any idea how call for reducing energy consumption. from large cars to small cars as major these funds are spent. Allegations of il­ The reaction of the American public domestic manufacturers have been doing legal CIA domestic surveillance and to the energy crisis has indeed been recently. covert foreign operations, serious matters heartening. It demonstrates clearly the However, the current poor earnings sit­ in themselves, highlight the congres­ American people are serious about con­ uation of the American automobile sional abdication of any real knowledge, serving energy. manufacturers, coupled with their enor­ control, or responsibility in these areas. Last year in the midst of the energy mous capital outlays for converting their Consequently, I offered a resolution yes­ crisis, we introduced this legislation. assembly lines to produce more compact terday which would create a Select Com­ Last winter's energy crisis dramatically cars, provide doubts as to whether they mittee of the House to Investigate intel­ brought to the attention of all Amer­ will be willing to consider major tech­ ligence. icans the fact that supplies of our prin­ nological changes in the near future. The CIA was created in 1947, to serve cipal energy sources-petroleum, coal, This bill calls for a major Federal ef­ a still important national need for the and natural gas-are not infinite. Fur­ fort to develop advanced technology collection and analysis of foreign intel­ ther, we have also learned firsthand this automobile prototypes, integrating the ligence. Similarly, many of the other past year just how damaging to our econ­ best available concepts for optimizing agencies in the intelligence community omy high energy prices can be. Accord­ fuel economy, low emissions, safety and undoubtedly provide essential informa­ ingly, the need to conserve energy will performance. tion gathering services under necessary remain with us for a long time to come. In the past the Federal Government security precautions. My concern stems We cannot afford to revert back to the has funded research and development from these activities, but from secret op­ wasteful energy consumption practices activities to develop a safe car; Congress erations of these agencies beyond the of the past. mandated the development of low-emis­ legal limits imposed by law and our con­ Major savings in energy with minimal sion automobiles; and Federal standards stitutional system. In our zeal to pre­ inconvenience to individuals can be have also been devised covering automo­ serve the secrecy of intelligence, we have made through improvements in energy bile bumpers. The time is long overdue removed traditional controls and given consuming products and systems. In par­ now for us to integrate all of these efforts these agencies the opportunity to tread ticular, significant gains can be made in and consider the automobile as a total far beyond their charters. Evidence of the energy efficiency of automobiles, transportation system. illegal CIA operations can be found in heating and air-conditioning systems, In conjunction with the automotive re­ the Agency's involvement in Watergate, and other major household products. search and development program envi­ its participation in the activities of the The bill which we have introduced to­ sioned by this bill, the bill establishes a "plumbers," its apparent domestic sur­ day is designed to spur such improve­ national goal of improving the industry­ veillance program, and its free-wheel­ ments by creating consumer awareness wide automobile fuel economy 75 percent ing covert operations abroad. The FBI~ of energy consumption characteristics, in the next 10 years. The Secretary of particularly under former Director Hoo­ and by Federal incentives for the adop­ Transportation is directed to promulgate ver,· was admittedly engraged in illegal tion of advanced technology to improve minimum standards for fuel economy in counterintelligence programs. While energy efficiency. order to achieve this goal. The bill would less is publicly known about the NSA There are many examples of how also require that all advertisements of and DIA, evidence made available by the household appliances can be made more fuel economy be based on a standard Watergate Committee indicates their efficient. Pilot lights can burn up to 40 test, eliminating all of the confusion that planned participation in the "Huston percent of the energy required in gas has resulted recently with each company Plan,'' a coordinated, intelligence com­ ranges. Installation of electric ignitors munity domestic surveillance operation on ranges would eliminate this wasteful devising its own tests for fuel economy use without affecting the performance of and then advertising results which are that anticipated the use of illegal wire­ the range. Further inadequate insulation extremely misleading to the public. tapping, mail tampering, and break-ins. in ovens and refrigerator doors is re­ Mr. Speaker, heating and cooling our The common thread in this history of sponsible for significant wasteage of en­ homes, driving our automobiles, and run­ secret abuse of power has been the ab­ ergy. Similarly, there are opportunities ning our appliances accounts for 40 per­ sence of any substantial congressional fnr fmproving the energy effi·ciency of cent of the total energy requirements for inquiry into the intelligence community. January 17, 1975 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 791 No systematic review of agency func­ That same subcommittee spent more an iron curtain of executive secrecy and tions, purposes, or acti.vities has been time this year in hearings concerned congressional blinders. attempted. The intelligence community with the unauthorized disclosures of New questions have been raised about has been allowed to expand into a secret classified information than with the the extent of illegal domestic surveil­ arm of Government unaccountable to the questionable domestic and foreign CIA lance by the CIA; but illegal break-ins, Congress and the American people. operations of which its chairman was mail tampering, and the maintenance of The response within the executive aware. dossiers by the CIA and FBI; about the branch to the exposure of illegal opera­ Oversight committees are seriously largely unknown activities of the NSA tions has been defined, as in the case of understaffed and ill equipped to keep and DIA; about clandestine interference the present CIA domestic surveillance watch over the everyday operations of a in the internal affairs of another demo­ controversy, to blindly protect rather multibillion-dollar intelligence com­ cratic nation; and about the potentially than objectively reform the intelligence munity, let alone keep it within legal dangerous effects on our democratic in­ community. The initial investigation of bounds. The House Subcommittee on stitutions of an uncontrolled secret in­ the CIA entrusted fact finding to Secre­ Intelligence, for example, does not have telligence establishment. I urge support tary of State Kissinger and CIA Di­ a single, full-time staff member. for the creation of a new committee to rector William Colby, men with an obvi­ The committee met irregularly, pursu­ investigate these matters, so that we ous self-interest in preserving intact ing a fragmented approach to the com­ may meet our responsibilities to the Con­ the secret apparatus they head. Members plex intelligence issues with which they stitution and the expections of the of the new Presidential Commission like­ must deal. When I sought to determine American people. wise bring to their jobs a firmly en­ the adequacy of committee procedures trenched establishment outlook in which and organization in a questionnaire sent deference to the intelligence community last July to all oversight chairmen, not weighs heavily. In light of his well-known one offered a substantive reply, despite THE GHOST OF LOCKE views on security matters, and his past oral assurances by both House chairmen service on the President's Foreign Intelli­ that they would do so. HON. RICHARD BOLLING gence Advisory Board, Vice President More significantly, the members of OF MISSOURI RocKEFELLER is but one example of the those committees have illustrated a dis­ Commission's predisposition to coddle the inclination to even inquire into many IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CIA. This pattern has occurred in con­ facets of our intelligence activities. Friday, Janwary 17, 1975 nection with eight previous executive Rather than seeking out information Mr. BOLLING. Mr. Speaker, I call to branch studies of the CIA since 1949, all about possible illegal or unwise agency the attention of my colleagues the follow­ of which have failed to prevent recurring operations, they have conspired by ing timely column by William Satire, illegal activities. Operating in secret and silence and disinterest to shield the in­ "The Ghost of Locke", appearing in the issuing classified recommendations, these telligence community from any congres­ New York Times of January 13: "investigations" have successfully di­ sional examination. The oversight com­ THE GHOST OF LOCKE verted public attention from such ill­ mittees have willingly allowed the execu­ (By William Safire) conceived CIA operations as the Bay of tive branch to keep them in the dark Pigs invasion and the subsidization of WASHINGTON.-John Locke, an English about matters supposedly under their philosopher, stirred controversy three cen­ domestic cultural organizations. The supervision. The pattern of acquiescence turies ago with the notion that societies were self-defeating and ineffective nature of and deference to the intelligence com­ organized and ruled not by divine right, but internal review is illustrated by the fail­ munity is clear. Oversight by Congress by what he called "the consent of the gov­ ure of the President's Foreign Intelli­ has been an illusion. To entrust further erned." gence Advisory Board, itself the product investigations to the existing committee Choosing his words carefully so as not to of a study recommendation, to keep structure would merely perpetuate the offend the King, Locke held that men left the watch over the intelligence community. wild state of nature by their own volition, myth. making a social contract in order to protect The President's Commission has merely The creation of a new House Select "life, liberty and property." spawned a new series of self-serving in­ Committee on Intelligence would meet When tyrants snatched away the protection vestigations inadequate in scope and the requirements of a thorough and in­ of a citizen's natural rights, the government suspect in its determination to provide dependent investigation. Such a commit­ was breaking the contract, and the time came any meaningful reform. tee would have the independence to pur­ for men to "appeal to Heaven." Locke's rever­ Within Congress, control of the massive sue current allegations of illegal CIA ent phrase was taken from the practice of intelligence agencies has been left to Biblical generals of praying before battle, and operations, both foreign and domestic, actually were code words-widely understood small subcommittees of very senior mem­ and would have the subpena power and at the time-for armed rebellion against bers who have repeatedly demonstrated staff necessary to do the job. It would tyranny. little commitment to do the job. Hindered also be equipped to study the many ele­ Such ideas fired up young Thomas Jefferson from the start by inadequate staffing and ments of the intelligence community a century later, and he filled the Declaration funds, the oversight committees have that have previously eluded congres­ of Independence with Lockeian ideas and consciously steered clear of the agen­ sional scrutiny. Finally, it could recom­ phrases, even to "the pursuit of happiness." cies whose operations they are charged mend directly to the House whatever · How do I know this? Because I took a course on Locke's second treatise on govern­ with monitoring. Although these sub­ legislation is necessary to keep intelli­ ment just a couple of years ago, conducted committees argue, from behind the gence agencies within legal bounds and by a professor at St. John's College. The cloak of secrecy, that their work has been under the watchful oversight of an effec­ seminar was a skullcracker and the hand­ adequate, the record reveals a purpose­ tive congressional structure, instead of ful of students included Allen Otten, David ful abdication of their constitutional sidetracking reform measures through a Broder, and Robert Novak, columnists; responsibility to oversee the intelligence labyrinth of dead end committees. Herman Wouk, author, and David Ginsberg, community: Unlike its predecessor, the 94th Con­ lawyer; Marilyn Berger, reporter, and Kath­ gress has already been aggressive in ful­ erine Graham, newspaper publisher. The Senate Armed Services Oversight The teacher who guided this high-powered Subcommittee repeatedly failed to meet filling its constitutional responsibilities. agglomeration of opinion molders through even once during 1973, despite since The expectations of the American peo­ the sources of political freedom-expertly acknowledged CIA activities in Chile and ple have been awakened, and they are shaming class-cutters and homework­ involvement in Watergate that year. demanding more openness, and greater skippers into line-was Robert Goldwin, 52, accountability, from their representa­ who popped up in the news recently as a The chairman of the House Armed tives. It is inconsistent with those ex­ special consultant to the Pres ident. Services Subcommittee on Intelligence pectations for us to tum away from our Dr. Goldwin, who served with Donald apparently was informed of some CIA constitutional mandate to keep all agen­ Rumsfeld at NATO, was the m an be:':lind the domestic surveillance some time in late widely acclaimed session of academics with cies of Government within the law. The President Ford last month. His job is to "as­ 1973, but announced an investigation need for forthright action is even more sure the flow of information, ideas and sug­ only after massive newspaper publicity acute when dealing with agencies that gestions" to the President from outside gov­ made it necessary to do so. have been operating for so long behind ernment: Such salutary sessions with men 792 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 17, 197.5 who live the life of the mind were described education courses at the secondary level Without his leadership and courage by departing Len Garment as a "coup de and are being trained in vocational and and legislative skill as committee chair­ tete." That play on "coup d'etat" may be the occupational oriented skills. man, we would have had no Consumer only pun in French of the Ford Administra­ tion, but it felicitously praises the new green Recent projections of the national Credit Protection Act, no Fair Credit light on a necessary two-way street. economy indicates an increased demand Reporting Act, no Credit COntrol Act­ The new White House adviser resists the for vocationally skilled manpower, which the instrument by which interest rates title of "Intellectual-in-Residence" or "the supports my belief that vocational educa­ can be regulated and reduced-and no new Garment center," preferring to act as tion deserves our attention and support. Real Est·ate Settlement Reform or a kind of free safety in the Ford secondary: It has been the practice in high schools antimonopoly Bank Holding Company one day lending a hand on speeches, the next around the country in the past decade to Act wort.h the paper they are written day sitting in on Domestic Council discus­ encourage young people to enter the sions, soliciting unorthodox ideas like those on, to name only a few of the major of Harvard Professor Martin Feldstein, academic curriculum while ignoring the consumer laws he has skillfully steered watching over the interests of the arts and vocational and industrial trade programs. through to enactment as chairman, and humanities, setting up more skull sessions I am happy to note that this trend is over bitter opposition. He is not satis­ with the man in the Oval Office. now reversing as our Nation's need for fied to pass weak bills; he fights for Locke's treatises, of course, are close at diversity is recognized. Our country was strong consumer legislation until it hand: the occasional ghost of Mr. Ford 1s built by people who performed all types passes. inspired by the pervasive ghost of Mr. Locke. of work and we continue to need this The first-term Members may or may For the pressure is on-led by those who were variety in order to prosper. so recently decrying Caesarism-for the Pres­ nat know this background about WRIGHT ident to seize control of a free economy, or I urge all Members to support this res­ PATMAN. But 218 of the 291 members of to do something dramatic to gain the illu­ olution to honor these young people the Democratic Caucus do know it. Some sion of le·adership. whose future goals are an important part of them may have reasons which to them What the President and all his advisers are of helping America grow. are good and sufficient reasons for want­ learning is that the public must be pandered ing to remove WRIGHT PATMAN as chair­ to, at least to a certain extent, even when man of the committee. But as I told the wrong: Locke's "consent of the governed" has its drawbacks. Dr. Goldwin is working on oaucus yesterday, let us not pretend that an equation: "Action in a democratic society THE IRONY OF MAKING WRIGHT deposing WRIGHT PATMAN from his chair­ equals wisdom divided by consent." PATMAN A TARGET OF "CON­ manship could be regarded as part of How best can consent be won? Often b~ GRESSIONAL REFORM" some movement for "congressional re­ indirection, by muting the arguments that form." appeal most to yourself and appealing in­ NO AUTOCRAT--A THOROUGHLY HONORABLE stead to the self-interest of others. For ex­ ample: HON. LEONOR K. SULLIVAN CHAIRMAN Englishmen of the seventeenth century OF MISSOURI Charges of autocratic behavior against who believed in freedom of expression sought IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Chairman PATMAN are demonstrably the removal of the llcensing of printing. To Friday, Janwary 17, 1975 false. He was the first chairman to open advance this cause, John Milton, the epic up executive sessions to the public, and poet, wrote "Areopagitica," which stands Mrs. SULLIVAN. Mr. Speaker, the he was the first to assure absolute parity today as the greatest prose work in denuncia­ vote in the Democratic Caucus yester­ tion of censorship. But the licensing of print­ in committee procedUTes for junior ing stayed in effect. day afternoon on the nomination by the members of the committee, down to the Later in that century, John Locke ad­ steering commi

HOUSE OF REPRESE.NTATIVES-Monday, January 20, 1975 The House met at 12 o'clock noon. ceedings and announces to the House system, which was most convenient for The Chaplain, Rev. Edward G. Latch, his approval thereof. the Members, of placing the material in D.D., offered the following prayer: Without objection, the Journal stands the various boxes. Let your light so shine before men, approved. If for some reason that is not feasible, that they may see your good works, and There was no objection. then I would urge that at least we be glorify your Father who is in heaven.­ given until 5 o'clock or 6 o'clock in the Matthew 5: 16. afternoon or within 15 minutes after the 0 Lord, our God, as in reverence we PROCEDURE WITH RESPECT TO session ends, whichever is later, to sub­ bow before Thee, breathe upon us Thy SUBMITTING EXTENSIONS FOR mit our insertions. Spirit that with honor bright, hearts RECORD SHOULD BE CHANGED BACK pure, and hands clean we may face the W. R. "BOB" POAGE MOST COM­ duties of this demanding day. Send us (Mr. BINGHAM asked and was given PLETELY QUALIFIED MEMBER OF forth into these hours ready to do the permission to address the House for 1 AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE TO right, without fear or favor, firm in the minute, to revise and extend his remarks SERVE AS CHAIRMAN conviction that at the heart of the and include extraneous matter.) universe goodness reigns and truth Mr. BINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, late last (Mr. SEBELIUS asked and was given will ultimately prevail. summer, because of the most misguided permission to address the House for 1 We pray for our country. May ill will, humor of some unknown individuals, minute and to revise and extend his greed, and all selfish endeavors be swept presumably interns, a very stringent rule remarks.) away by the power of Thy Spirit and was announced with regard to placing Mr. SEBELIUS. Mr. Speaker, the com­ may honor, justice, cooperation in serv­ material in the Extensions of Remarks ments I am about to make are based ice, and self-sacrifice for the good of all section Of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. It upon the fact that I have the responsibil­ flourish abundantly among us. seems to me that this rule should now ity of representing as best I can the cit­ Make us one in spirit as we give our­ be reexamined, particularly since we izens within my congressional district selves in deep devotion to the welfare have short sessions in this period of the and our Nation. of our beloved Nation. Congress. We should not be limited to 15 I realize many may think my remarks In the spirit of Christ, we pray. minutes after the session ends within uncalled for as well as an intrusion into Amen. which to place material in the Exten­ a political matter that I have no business sions of the RECORD. discussing. I can only say I am speaking I would earnestly suggest that, if the from the heart. I would feel negligent if THE JOURNAL Member signs the document that is to I did not speak out. The SPEAKER. The Chair has ex­ be placed in the Extensions of the REc­ The best friend that the American amined the Journal of the last day's pro- oRD, we could safely go back to the old consumer-and I want to stress that, the