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IRVING LEIBOWITZ recently. His death ends a career spanning ly told a. co-worker: "I did a lot of thinking 34 years of outstanding achievement as re- about what's important in life. My wife­ porter, editor, columnist, author, public that she's happy-that's the most important HON. ANDREW JACOBS, JR. speaker, school lecturer and community thing." OF INDIANA leader. ·· · To his associates and in ·his weekly ''Edi- IN THE HOUSE ·oF REPRESENTATIVES Private services will be Tuesday morning -tor's Notebook,''· he spoke often /and with at the W<er Frey Funeral Home, Lorain, tender pride of his wife Plum and their Tuesday, February 12, 1980 and the burial will- follow · in the Salem three children.....:Dennis, 36, a ~tock analyst • Mr. JACOBS. Mr. Speaker, once Cemetery, Lorain. Public services will be at· on Wall Street; Alan, .33, a jazz expert and there lived real live Lou Grant. I 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Agudath B'nai Israel writer in Cambridge, Mass., and Marilyn, 25, a Temple, Lorain. a teacher at Bay Village High School. have never regretted so much as now Leibowitz was named editor of The Jour- Also surviving · are ·a sister, Mrs. Kay· the prohibition against pictures in the nal in 1966, following 18 years with The In- Verschleiser of Brooklyn, N.Y. and one CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. One look at dianapolis Times. At the Times, he rose grandchild. the hard-boiled softhearted Irving 'through the ranks from reporter and re- His column-carried in The Sunday Jour­ Leibowitz <1922-79> would eo~vince write desk, to statehouse correspondent, po- na1 he started eleven years ago-was a almost anyone that when Leibo died litical editor, city editor, assistant managing weekly gift of bis insight, full of his wit and· last · April, the world of · journalistic editor and managing editor. charm. In this grim moment, · some of his words well said was severely ·impover- · Prior to that he was state editor of the many reflections on the ·meaning of life and ished; Mansfield News Journal, a sister newspaper success bear repeating: to The Journal in the Horvitz group. He "Whatever comes up in life, you have only Irving Leibowitz was managing began his. career with two Virginia newspa- to ask yourself this question: Is it worthy of. editor of the Indianapolis Times pers, the Portsmouth Star and Suffolk me?" . during the fifties and sixties and then News-Herald. "Anyone in any walk of. life, rich or poor, edited the Lorain .)-ournal, April30, stop. chutzpah.'' 19791 Irving Leibowitz, who pushed and prodded When he left Indiana._ where he took an IRVING LEIBOWITZ: DELIGHTFUL BLEND OF and nagged and ·loved ·us as editor of The irreverent. delight in tumbling sacred cows Two INPLUENCES Journal for' the past thirteen years, died of in his daily Column, Gov. Roger D. Branigin Leibo first noticed how it affected his cancer late Saturday night. He was 56. jokingly proclaimed Leibowitz ''Sagamore of tennis game; he just didn't have the stamina In a profession conditioned by endless sto­ the Wabash.'' At a farewell party in the ex­ he used to have and despite trying the usual .ries of tragedy, his death cuts through the ecutive mansion, Branigin cited "his human­ corrective remedies-getting mote sleep, protective walls and shocks his oolleagues ity in living, his loyalty in friendship, his givin~ up his cigars-he·simply couldn't get - who knew him as an example of journal­ wisdom in the council,'' the latter referring it back. · ism's finest spirit-aggressive but compas­ to his in.'3ightful-and sometimes stinging "It's called old age, Leibo,'' a friend chided sionate, in tireless pursuit of fairness. excel­ commentary on politicaa events. him. Both chuckled, but as the condition lence and truth. When he took over at The Journal, persisted, ·the banter began to disguise an "Leibo" was devoted to the newspaper Leibowitz said: "I believe a · good newspaper uneasiness in each person. business, and those who shared it with him has a heart and a soul. It fights for the un­ That· was last swnriler. .Between then and · have lost their most tenacious advocate and derdog and the downtrodden. It tells the · Saturday night, Journal Editor Irving dearest friend. ' truth. It takes a stand fearlessly against in­ Leibowitz quietly fought a frustrating battle "The most precious part of Irv Leibowitz's Justice. And 1t gives both sides in every dis· to, first, learn what was ailing him and, legacy is in The Journal newsroom and in pute. second, keep working when he was having other newspapers throughout the country,'' He never veered.from that principle. trouble Just climbing. two flights of stairs said James Lonergan, geneml manager ol As 'l'he Journal's editor, he was. not without stopping to rest. Finally, the cause The Journal. "lle leaves people so imbued merely committed to covering the news . of his weakness was diagnosed a few weeks with . his philosophy . . . so influenced by better than anyone else. In his daily memos ago and now cancer has ·won the battle. his fairness and talent that they are a re­ to the staff, he continually stressed that if a BQoks could be written-maybe they will flection of him. They are now or will newspaper is to fulfill its responsibility to be-about Irving LeibQwitz the newspaper­ · become outstanding journal!stS. What an its readers, it must do more than inform and man and Leibo the irrepressiole lover of hu­ outstanding, living legacy!" entertain them-tt must uplift them and im­ manity. T~ey were the same person and "Irving Leibowitz's untimely death was a prove their lives as well. . . . .they melded so beautifully it was something ' tragedy to all· of us who knew end loved . While he ·was deeply involved in the com- to behold. him," said Harry Horvitz, the publisher of munity, Leibowitz turned 'down the many He was the gUtsy reporter whose first love ·The Journal. "He was a rare and privileged requests he had to serve on political, bank was getting a story-getting both stdes of a person who, in his short life, had a positive or hospital boards that might cause a con­ story, that is. He was the hard-driving, dead­ impact on his family, associates, profession flict with his primary function as a newspa­ line-beating, cigar-chomping ·editor who and community. His legacy will be the integ­ perman. "I do .not participate when I may wasn't the least !bit afraid of exposing cor­ rity and dedication to excellence which he be required to hold things back,'' he said in ruption or individual failure-but who abso­ not only liv{ld by but inspired others to response to one such request a few y~ars lutely deplored the cheap shot. · - , . adopt." · ago. . He was 'the reallst who wa.S drenched in ·Leibowitz died at University Hospital in His dedication to the· newspaper business idealism; to a world full of pain-and gory . Cleveland, where he had been undergoing was second only to his love for his family. news pictures to match-Irving Leibowitz in­ treatment for bone cancer discovered only After a recent stay in the hospital, he quiet- troduced a front-page make-up that on most e This .. bullet" symbol identifies· statements ·or insertions which are_ not spoken by the Member on the floor. 2700 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 12, 1980 days features an unremarkable color picture "rm in a state of shock,.. said Rep. Andy 1970's. Leibowttz•s relationship to him was ·of local human beings at work or play. It Jacobs, Jr. when he first heard not unlike Lo\1 Grant's is to his reporters in was a concession to his non-joUrnalistic side that t.he longtime family friend he looked prime time television. Rothrilan praised to allot such valuable news space to palpa­ upon "as a parelltal figure" had become .se- · Leibowitz as "a skilled teacher·~ even when bly unnewsworthy subjects. But the pic­ riously ill. Jacobs wanted tim9 to himself his voice was raised. "And I'll always re­ tures are uplifting "good news" and Leibo before saying anything for publication. member the kindness he showed his staff­ kriew readers wanted-and needed-some of A reporter calling around Washington ers,'• added Rothman. that each .day, regardless of what else was found that reaction was typical. People Only 15 days ago, in one of his last hap·pening in the world. needed private time · to come to grips with Sunday columns. Leibowitz wrote movingly Being fair to people in a news story and to the reality that a person so vital and seem­ of former Scripps-Howard Washington re­ the public was 8.n obseSsion. He expressed it ingly indestructible-"a tough customer,'' porter Ruth Finney, who had just died at in dally memo after dally memo and in staff said former 13th District Rep. Charles A. 81. He ended his tribute to the woman who meetings. "Is it worthy of us?" he would Mosher-had died. had first befriended him at the 1952 GOP ask. "Ask yourself, 'Is it worthy of us?"' When the praise caine, it came profusely. convention by writing: "Ruth Finney was a His enemies-those criteria by which we "He was a truly unique humari being, .. class lady." can judge the worth of a person-were· prej­ said Sen. John H. Glenn . - "You Ruth Finney's husbaild, Washington col­ . udice, insensitivity: to human frallity, and never had the slightest doubt where you umnist Robert S. Allen, saw that column at Immorality in its broadest sense. He was stood with Irv. His affection for the about the time he learned of Lebowitz's ill· worthy of their enmity. common people and his dedication to Lorain ness. He wrote a note to the bedridden When Lelbo ,accepted The Journal editor­ are famous throughout political and jour­ editor, saying: "And you, long and-much es­ shi:(), it wasn't for lack of other offers. Mter nalistic circles. He was a true journalistic teemed friend and colleague, are one 'class the demise of the Indianapolis newspaper populist... guy.' . wher~ he had ascended from . reporter to "Leibo was a warm, generous; human man, "Of the many tributes to Ruth yours is managing editor, he had offers to fill top a passionately honest and dedicated news­ outstandingly the most distinctive, the most positions in newspapers in Detroit;· in his man-one of the nation's very best editors,'• understanding, the most vividly descriptive, native New York City and out in New said John J. Gilligan, former Ohio governor and the most'tender and heartwarming. No Mexico and to become a bureau chief in and director of the U.S. Agency for Jnterna­ one visualized and portrayed Ruth as truly Washington, D.C. to name a few. tional Development . and beautifully as you in your movingly Instead he c.ame to Lorain because he "There aren•t enough 'Irv Leibowitzes," brilliant account." wanted to be the editor of a newspaper. He said Richaro Celeste, Peace Corps director Yesterd_ay, while othets were making elo­ knew what he wanted and the allure of the and former Ohio Lieutenant Governor. "His quent tributes to Leibowitz, Allen had a few bigger newspapers couldn't sway him. voice was &!ways clear on the matters that more things· to say about The Journal · "With one fragile life, and relatively little he cared about. He never let those of us in editor. "There·was no phony side of Leibo, .. time on t~e planet earth, it is nuts not to the public · arena forget that he cared said Allen. "The man had a heart as big as put some sunshine intO your life,'•'he said in deeply!' himself. There are damn few like him now." one of his Editor's Notebooks last year. ·"It Glenn, Mosher, Gilligan, and Celeste are simply means that you shouldn't lock your- among the scores of officials over the years [From the Lorain Journal, Apr. 1, . self into something' you detest for money, who have ·seen their performance candidly 1979] power, prestige or glory!• evaluated, both pro and con, in Leibowitz's well-read Slinday column, "Editor's Note­ HERE'S WHAT MAKEs DENNIS KUCINICH A Even -though he turned his back on the book.•' WINNER big cities~ the accolades and prizes and op­ portunities to influence· on a national level Even when he wrote unflatteringly, he ·didn't escape him. The talents of Irving was able to do. so in a way that kept the re­ "As long as you keep people at each other's Leibowitz still were recognized-ranging spect and affection of the public official. As throats on issues which are very emotional, from local and state awards for his column Mosher noted: "Leibo was one of my most they are not going to form the alliances to pulitzer .prize nominations for the. paper discerning critics, but also a most valued, which they need to form to solve their prob­ he molded so lovingly. To what extent he stimulating advisor. I had a tremendous re­ lems. ,-Dennis Kucinlch, quoted in the Los would have garnered more "money, power, spect for a mari who was, above all, a real Angeles Times. prestige- or glory•• on a big-city newspaper pro, a brilliant, tough, innovative editor." The young mayor of Cleveland, Dennis can only be guessed. • • • . Rep. Don J. Pease praised Kucinlch, is a hero to a number of men ·and Leibowitz as "someone who held and ex­ wom~n. . They like his attacks on big bust ~ One Saturday, as the seriousness of his ness. · still:undefined illness began to sink in and pressed strong opinions, someone who was he prepared to enter the hospital for some refreshing. In im era when many people ·As one Cleveland man said recently: "1 tests, Leibo leaned J;>ack against the wall in a come across .as very boring, you could never enjoy that brash young man always telling chair in a Journal office, propped/ his feet accuse Leibo of that, he was so stimulating." off the bankers, utilities and big business!' on a desktop and confided in an assbciate. Pease, a newspaperman for most of his Mayor Kucinlch perhaps gave himself His life was _in order, he said. If something professional life, said he saw in Leibowitz away in his comment to The Los Angeles should happen to him,' he felt confident and editor "who took a good newspaper in Times, quoted above. He meant the business that his wife, Plum, would be provided for. .The Journal and make it into an outstand­ community was trying to keep people at Generally, he said, he felt good about ing paper, one that is reognized widely as each oth'er's throats. things. one of the best in the nation for. its size!' In truth, that is at the· heart of his own Pease ad~ed: !'Many newspapers pay· lip strategy-keeping people at each other•s "rm ready for whatever happens,'' he con­ service to community service, but in Leibo•s throats on issues which are very emotional. cluded quietly. case there was a deep personal commitment I don't think I can tell you what makes The world will continue to revolve, of to make Lorain a better town. The secret of Dennis run, other than to report what ev­ course, news will continue to be made and his success as an editor was his personal in­ eryone already knows: He is a politically The Journal will continue to publish it. But volvement. As long as I knew him. he es­ ambitious .guy. But I think I can tell you this newspaper~as well as some individuals chewed the public relations role of editor so what makes him win. and civic organizations-has a new standard that he could devote fulltime every day to Kucinlch, at 31, is a master manipulator of excellence. Simply stated, it is. • • "Is it the job in the newsroom." of the media-newspapers, radio and TV. worthy of Leibo?, Lorain native William E. Wicke.ns, Jr., a Some seasoned newsmen. who former aide to Sen. Robert A. Taft and now think they are pretty sharp have ended up [From the Lorain Journal, Apr. 30, in private law practice in Washington, said as his victims. 1979] Leibowitz "brought the 6o•s and 70's alive in Like Spiro Agnew before him, Dennis Ku· NATIONS0S LEADERS PRAISE "LEiBo•• AS Lorain County and made us proud to have cinlch knows· that the one sure way for a HONEST, CARING been a part of Lorain. If he had chosen to public figure to ge't exposures ·is to attack make his career in one of our larger cities, the media-preferably by name. Today the he would have been nationally recognized as newsmen are so defensive and intent ·on WASHINGTON.-The death Saturday night one of America•s greatest editors." demonstrating their fairness, they go over­ of Journal Editor Irving Leibowitz spread Although a congressman, Andy Jacobs board in giving the other side. It amounts to grief among the many Washington residents knew Leibowitz as a family friend. He said self-fiagellation

headlines Kucinlch's way on the Muny The idea is to advance Kucinlch, not aftect the views ~f his friends. Accordingly, Ltght issu~just to prove they . weren't in Cleveland. It works. my friendships will also be an area where I the hip pocket of· the bankers and big bust· Kucinich ls a politician on the make. And, can set a good example as a cltizen. ness. as for us folks, we're fair game for a hustler A major event can change the viewpoints It's an old tactic. But it worked. Kucinlch who knows how to play the game-but not of society, such as the Iranian crisis. This has' cultivated his ability to inantpulate the how to get anything done.e tragic situation has, of course, shocked media to an amazing degree. For example, Americans, and seems to have brought them during the Muny Light election campaign, closer together. However, it will take more Kucinlch's people produced a nasty, violent THE ETERNAL AMERICAN than that to significantly alter the attitudes and inflammatory TV ad that lawyers SPIRIT of the American people. thought' was libelous. The suspicion is that In my profession I will also attempt to ful· Kucinlch never expected the commercial to HON. LAMAR GUDGER fill my highest potential. People who always be broac:tcast. - . • work to the l;»~st of their ability are respect. But he got $500,000 in free publicity by ·or NORTH CAROLINA ed thtoughout the community because of blasting the TV stations for censorship. The · IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES their inner inte8'rity and wllllngness to help TV stations and newspapers, in their zeal to the well·being of society~ One receives a per­ be fair and square, reported Kucinlch's at. 'Tuesday, Februa111 1Z, 1980 sonal satisfaction as well as honor and tacks on them without fightmg back or even • Mr. GUDGER. Mr. Speaker, Amer­ esteem by people. It greatly helps communi· putting it in perspective. .. . ica has .seen a rebirth of patriotism ties to have hardworking, honest citizens, Attack, attack,-attaek:-Boom: boom, boom. over the past 100 days. I feel that no because they set an example that can be fol· That's Kucinlch's style, no matter who gets one group has contributed more to lowed by future generations. People strive hurt, especially the truth. to copy those who·are genuinely sincere and The people love it. They eat lt up on TV this than the Veterans of Foreign upright in. character. Simply through daily or in their newspapers. Wars·. interaction, one person can touch the lives Like the men and women in the shadows As I am · .sure you are aware, the · of many individuals. Therefore, lf I strive to around him; Kucinlch preaches· class war· VFW sponsors the annual "Voice of carry out my profession in the best possible fare. He appeals to their prejudices, not Democracy Scholarship Program.. for manner, in my small way I would benefit their intelligence. It ls effective. young adults. I · am extremely delight­ the community. Fighting businessmen makes Kucinlch ed to report that one of my young con­ As the eternal flame over President Ken­ popular with the masses. It ls almost ·as 1f stituents, Kathleen Talley Kitts of nedy's gr&,ve represents his undying patriot· these working people don't realize their jobs lc fervor for his country, It could abio sym­ depend on businesses staylrig in Cleveland. Hendersonville, has been selected as bollze . the eternal American spirit. I also It is no secret that some businesses are the winner from the State of North love this country, and I will share the re­ moving out. Carolina. sponsibility with the rest of the nation to Kucinlch is effective and successful in at. 1 wish to extend my congratulations keep this flame auve.e . tacking big business because <1> Cleveland to· • Kathleen for her outstanding businessmen . are not anxious to get into a achievement. Her essay has a grep.t political brawl with a politician, especially message for the people of North Caro­ IMPACT OF THE PRESIDENT'S one who will·say anything and <2> Kucinlch lina a,nd our Nation. I feel that these BUDO~T ON OUR CITIES likes posturing himself for the little guy- arid it pays off. · thoughts merit our consideration and .... Whether he realizes it. or not. Kucinlch is have, therefore, · included them as HON. JOHN G. FARY ustng the very same technique that made fOllOWS: OF ILLINOIS the late Sen; Joseph McCarthy so notOrious My . grandfather recently declared that IN ·THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in his crusade against the so.cailed commu­ America does not have the patriotic spark lt nist menace in America. had in his youth. After refiecting upon this Tuesday, February 12, 1980 Every day, Sen. McCarthy had a different statement, I came to the conclusion that he e Mr• . FARY. Mr. Speake:.:. in these charge, and different figures. abQ_ut Reds in was right. In my lifetime, Americans have times of double-digit inflation, and the the State Department, in the Army, ln the been tom apart on issues such as the Viet. need to respond to Soviet aggression government. "I have a list of 98 Communists nam War, assassination of our· leaders, de· and homosexuals in the State Department," segregation, lnflatlon, and the energy crisis. abroad, putting together a budget for he would ~· The next night, in a diffe:r:e~t There is little that Americans have agreed fiscal year 1981 had to be an extreme­ town, he'd have a different figure, possibly upon. Whatever happened to the positive ly difficult task. In the effort to re­ . 125. lie-never gave . out . any names. Tne thoughts about our country? Even our strain, some needs cannot be fully met State Department was afraid of him. The forms of entertainment such ai television, and some programs cannot be fully Army was afraid of him. Hell, even Prest· movies, and books dwell on the negative as- funded. . dent Eisenhower was afraid of him. pects of America. The public thrives on D ite th liti I 1 ·d Newspapers, radio and TV carried the tales of crime, poverty, sex, and violence. esp ese rea es, am P ease that the President has maintained a charges, without proof, as 1f they had come . 1 believe that the basic problem in our commitment to our Nation's citt'es. down from Mount Sinal. Sen. McCarthy got country is that the family, the most lmpor· away with false and ridiculous charges be­ tant institution of society, is losing Its unity This commitment can be found in the cause no one asked to see proof. ln this fast·movtng age of pressures. The proposals by the administration: $1 And no one ls asking Kucinlch for proof., family is where one develops a sense of bllllon for countercyclical aid; $6.9 bil· The newspapers, radio and TV quote him values and integrity. The most Important Uon for general revenue sharing; a saying the most outrageous and lnflamma- contribution I can make to America is to youth education and employment ini· . tory remarks without verifying whether the raise my children with a ·high standard of ti ti · b ial in · statements are true. Nothing ls put into per­ morals. A child learns qualities of honesty, a ve; a su stant crease in the spective. The newspapers, who think they loyalty, faith, love, self·esteem. and pride 1n summer Jobs program for youth; ail in• are on to his tricks, nevertheless-forcefully workmanship through the family. strong crea.Se to 300,000 units of'. assisted headline on -the front page his charges and families make up a strong society. My tole housing under the Department· of comments about crooks. The TV .stations as a mother is the best way I can help Housing and Urban Development; re­ lead· off their news programs with these America. newal of the community development same sensational Apathy amount our citizens is not ·the . block grant and urban development charges and, as a sop, try for an offsetting problem. I believe that they do care as to action grant programs; and expanded · comment from Council President George what will happen in the future. However, fundihg for . the Commerce Depart­ Forbes. But Forbes is no match for Kucin· there is a sense of hopelessness that hangs ment's Economic Development Admin· ich in demagoguery. over America. People complain and worry That~s why Kucinich Is so successful. He about the many problems that faee this istratlon. has rolled up the philosophy of Huey Long, country, but they can find no hope. I some· Of course, there are some aspects of Spiro Agnew and Joe McCarthy into his times find myself thinking that anything I the President's budget which are dis­ own formidable formula. could possibly· do would be insignificant in appointments for our Nation's cities You've heard of sore losers and good wtn. solving the mass of confusion. Unfortunate· and could cause severe hardships· for ners. Kucinlch is different. He is a sore ly, many people feel that way. A change QUr constituents. For lristance, the ad· winner. He'd rather have an issue to keep niust OCCUr within each individual. I firmly bini' in the limelight than accomplish an im· believe that one perso.n can Influence "the ministration continues to oppose the portant task. He wants t.argets, not progress. thinking of many people through various standby public works program. There He'd rather confront than cooperate. He relationships. An inspiring leader can pro- iS insignificant spending for local gov­ knows how to fight. He doesn't know how to foundly influence the actions of thousands ernment energy conservation efforts, get along. of people; but ev/en the common ·man can and there is a lack of help tor the

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Shorta. ge of unsubsidized . rental hous- are heart en ed b y th e President• s attention. Despite the A..:~-lo..tuuu.u."""' .... ratton•s tight budget ing. These are .some of the issues that to the emp1 oymen t n eeds °f yo ung people• and the rise in unemployment; the Adminis-f infl · The budget Includes a sizeable increase tration predicts little moderation o a- should be addresse d durin g th e con- for subsidized housing programs, which are tlon. The current 13.3 percent inflation rate gressional buc:~tet process. scheduled to increase from$26. ., bmlon to Is expected to decline to 10.4 percent in The U.S. Conference of Mayors who $31.9 billion, sufficient to finance an estl- 19.80, still in the double-digit range. This represent the government of our Na• · mated 300,000 units o f assist e d h ous.u&a~ ...... in continuingImpose atgntfici.nt high burdensinflation on threatens local govern- to . tion•s cities have recently done a fiscal year 1981. .. t d -4te istentl hi h infla review Of the Pr'6 Sident•s budget in The President will seek renewal of the ments. Ye • esys pers Y g . - light of urban needs""' and national Prl· $3.8 billion CommWilty· Development Bloc k .governmentstton, federal grants-in-aidwm continue to to local decline and stateas a orlties. I would like to submit the over- Grant ·program, with a small 150 million "'roportion of the budget. The f~ year · ar1ze th increment in funding. * .. b f llin .view of that study. It summ s e The President proposes renewal of the 1980 and fiscal year 1981 budgets, Y a g impact the President's fiscal year 1981 Urban Development Action Grant program to keep·federal grants-in-aid even with infla- · budget will have .on our cities by at its current .,675_million level. . tion, will result in lower service levels for iti al aminatl of its • many urban progla.ms ·and Jeopardize the making ., a cr c ex on We are pleased that the Administration Is ability of many cities to meet the needs of strengths and deficiencies. planning to spend more than $1 b1111on in their citizens. . The material follows: new funds in both fiscal year 1980 and fiscal In the fiscal year 1981 budget, the Office OVERVIEW year 1981 from the windfall tax for public of Manage~nent and Budget _proposes some transportation programs. However, we are new program consolidations-for youth em- . The fiscal year 1981 budget, described by extremelY concerned that the budget does ployment . and training programs, -.nd Administration officials as "austere andre- not include a supplemental request for health programs. Yet, while the budget de· strained," continues the t~nd of declinlng fiscal year 1980 or a budget request for tans federal efforts to simplify and stream­ growth in federal spending. While total fed- fiscal Jear 1981. line ·federal grants, those local programs eral outlays are $3.8 b1111on above current The Summer Youth Jobs program will be which are most flexible and allow local gov­ services levels, the amount of spending increased · substantially, to an estimated ernments the greatest discretion-including needed to keep pace with inflation, the in· level of nearly one million Jobs. general revenue sharing, Community Devel· crease is due almost entirely to the escala- we are pleased with the President's $566.8 opment Block Grants, the Urban Develop· tion ln military spending. m1111on fiscal year 1980 supplemental ment Action Grant program and Economic Compared to fiscal year 1980 spending, budget request to fund the Economic Devel- Development Administration assistance­ the fiscal year 198i budget proposes an in- opment Administration's expanded pro- are decllning as a proportion of total federal crease of $52 b1111on. However, this increase grams, an and increases in uncontrollable The u.s. Conference of Mayors is support- threaten to Impose financial ~urdens on spending-Social Security, Medicaid, Medl- lve of the'President's efforts to fight infla- local IJOVemment . including the speedup of all billion>. tween fighting inflation and flahtirig unem- types of payments made to the federal gov- . Other domestic spending will be held to ployment should be redefined While unem- ernmeRt. state and local deposits of social the same dollar level as in fiscal year 1980, ployment would rise under the Administra- security taxes ba_ve already been acceler­ with few increments to compensate for in- tion's p~ of budget restraint~ inflation ated. At the same time, the now of federal flation. What this means'is that increased would be affected only marginally. Many funds to local governments shows no signs . spend.lrig in some areas, as for the new economists hold that inflati6n 18 effectively of being hastened. . youth initiative, is offset by corresponding countered through targeted efforts to The President's fiscal year 1981 budget reductions in other areas. Given the 13 per- reduce price increases in food, energy, propoSed direct controlS over nearly all fed· cent inflation rate, domestic programs and health and housing costs rather than . era1 credit programs. In most cases, this service levels in the fiscal year 1981 budget through cuta in spending. In this r.:egard, we would be accomplished through limits to be would be cut significantly in real terms. are pleased that tbe Administration Is con- written Into appropriations bills on federal . Federal gtants-in-aid to local and state. · tinuing Its efforts on behalf of hospital cost loans and loan guarantees. While we SUP­ governments also remain at roughly the· same W'e are also pleased with the President's credit i>rograma in the budget and analyze dollar levels, rising from $54. '1 billion to effor-ts to target federal funds more effi- their Impact, we are concerned that the new $58.5 b1111on. In fiscal year 1979, ·these ciently. ·U proposals to· target ·education, eonirols not be 59 tight as to .restrict in grants totaled $54.1 billion, so the growth in health and public transportation funds. are future years Important housing programs this area has been less than Impressive. approved, and if programs of countercycli- . and other credit activities central to urban Moreover,· due to inflation. these grants to cal and targeted fiscal assistance are adopt- development efforts. state and local governments will lose _over ed, proposed . real reductions in federal we are disappointed that many Important $10 b1111on in purchasing power during fiscal grants-in-aid will be partially offset for urban J)l"Ograms will receive no funds or in­ year 1980 and f~ year 1981. · many cities. The· u.s. Conference of Mayors adequate ftinds in the fiscal year . 1981 While local governments fall behind in has long believed that the targeting of fed- budget. · the race against inflation. the Defense De- ~ funds Is a more efficient use of scarce The- budget continues the Administra­ partment will realize an increase of 14 per- budget resources and is of potentially sig- tlon•s steadfast opposition .to a standby cent in budget authority and 12 percent in nificant benefit to central cities. , publlc works program to be triggered in the outlays. on top of a substantial increase in As a result of the tight budget and restric- event of recession. U.S. Conference of fiscal year 1980. tive economic policies being pursued by the Mayors policy calls for a labor-intensive In contrast to the fiscal year 1980 budget, AdministratiOn, the Administration proJects public works program. however, there is much that is positive that the unemployment rate will rise to 7.5 The budget proposes an insignificant ex- . about the fiscal year 1981 budget. We are percent by the end of 19iW and will remain _ pendlture for local energy conservation ef­ especially pleased that the Administratio_J! at high levels throughout 1981. Unemploy- forts. The proposed Energy Management has included funds for reven~e sharing and ment of thiS magnitude willim.pose substan- Partnership Act, which Is state-oriented. countercyclical assistance in the fiscal year tlal economic and social burdens ·on many would include only $50 million in order for 1981 budget. and announced a maJor new cities' around the country which have still local goveinments· to effectively Implement youth initiative. · · not recovered from the last recession. How- energy conservation programs within the General revenue sharing would be contin- ever. there are no additional stimulus pro- their cities. ued at the current $6.9 b1111on level, includ- posals outlined in the b"qdget to deal with On the receipts side, the Administration 1ng the one-third state share. However, t:t:Us this rising unemployment. . · proposes to eliminate the tax exemption for program has been,held at the same dollar Moreover, the rise in unemplo}'Dlent rep. mortgage revenue bonds .for . single-family level since 1976, resulting in a significant resei,lts a sienificant ~treat from the princl- housing-a significant Joss. for local govern­ loss in the value of these plea of the Full Employment and Balanced menta which have been using these bonds. funds after inflation. Growth Act which We are concerned tha.t the Administration The fiscal year 1981 budget includes $1 was supported by the Carter Adminfstration has failed to include a fiscal year 1980 sup­ bllllon in funds for a countercyclical. fiscal and U.S. Conference of Mayors, and set the plemental and fiscal year 1981 budget re­ assistance program, which would be trig- goal of four percent unemployment to be at- quest for public transpOrtation from the gered in a recession. taine" by the federal government in 1981. windfall tax. thereby jeopardizing timely Altogether, there is $1.2 ·b1111on in addl· Fortunately, the President in his Budget action on the President's transportation tional fiscal year 1981 budget authority for Message pro~es to monitor economic con· epergy initiative. ·youth employment and education programs. dltiona carefully and to propose tax cuts The Adminfstration has made no propos­ We are not certain as -to what amount of and targeted spending measures, if they als to help cities cope with the severe short. this ~ - be spent in fisca1 year 1"981, but we prove necessary. . · age in unsubsidized rental housing. February 12, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2703 The budget proposes no funding for. the For the range, depth an4 length of· his ed, which brings them together for activities Livable Cities Pro~ •. .which was part of co~tment to volunteer work, Flores re­ such as dancing, bowling and exerc~ing. the urban pollcy. · ceived a "Heart· of Gold" award Tuesday Flores has also fought hard against the The U.S. Conference of Mayors recognizes from the United Foundation at its 13th bigotry he has faced in efforts to place re­ the seriousness ·ot the natton•s· ln11a.tion annual awards luncheon in Cobo Hall. tarded persons in suburban homes. · problem. We bore a heavy burden last year Flores was one of 12 persons honored before "You got two groups... 'Mentally retarded because of trlflation. At the same time city an audience of 2,000. and mentallf. disturbed." People confuse the budgets were escalating because of inflation. "lt makes you reallze you've been recog­ docile former group with the unpredictable we were asked to absorb heavy cuts in feder­ nized for · the work you did for others," latter. al programs~ Whlle the fiscal year 1981 Flores said before the ceremony. "Some­ "The retarded are not rambunctious," he budget represents an improvement over body knows I'm here besides my kids." said~ fiscal year 1980, we are concerned that we His volunteerism began in 1934, when In 1972, several years before the compfPlY not be asked to assume more than our equal Flores, Maltese by birth, worked in a tool requirement, Flores retired from General share of the federal government's economic and die shop and llved in Detroit across the Motors. · · policies and problems. street from a paralyzed bOy in a wheelchatr. "I retired because of my Rosie,"'. he said. In this regard, the U.S. Conference of He .helped drive the boy to schooL "She couldn't llve at home all alone." Mayors is troubled by the proJected·increase "I started to feel good." he said. The "My wife died 16 years ago," he said. in the unemployment rate to 7.5 percent, a reward was a warm sense of assistance­ "Leukemia." Be shrugged. "It was her rate expected to persist for over a year. This something he couldn't get in his work. time." will translate into one and a half million In 1941, Flores was an army machinist in Flores and his daughter llved together more unemDloyed persons fn urban areas. France with Gen. George .Patton's tank until three years ago when he had to have a The Administration does-nrit include in its squads. Fellow soldiers called Flores "Fren­ hernia operation. His daughter went' tempo­ budget any maJor new stimulus initiatives chie" because he could speak French' and rarily to the Plymouth Community Oppor­ to combat this proJected rise In unemploy­ Italian. He would ask soldiers. for spare K­ tunity Center, a residential home for 16 re­ ment, with the exception of standby couri­ rations to give tO French orphans who llved tarded adults which Flores helped create. tercyclical assistance. We are hopeful that with a nun. When ' Flores came home, he said, his the Administration will move quickly to for­ "I was no angel," he said. "1. was not pure. daughter told him, "Dad they need me at mulate a stimulus package which can be en­ But when I gave those things, tt made me the center. I should go back." · acted should the eeonomic situation worsen. feelllke I was accomplishing something, llke Flores couldit't have been more pleased at We pledge our best efforts to work with the I was something other than a machinist in her decision. She was le&rnlng to become·in· Administration to design appropriate pro­ the army." dependent. · grams to generate increased investment and In 1945 Flores returned to Detroit, where "Isn't that a blessing?" he asked. "I've productivity, which would provide needed he soon found work with General Motors­ always told her, 'Someday you're going to jobs and services.e again as a machinist. That was also the year be here and Daddy's not. Daddy is here for his daughter, Rose ·Mary Flores, was born. some time, but not all the time.' ... As a child, she had a skin disease that made REGINALD FLORES-A HEART her skin scaly. OF GOLD "Nobody piayed with her becaUse of her IWO JIMA COMMEMORATION skin .. disorder," Flores. said. "Therefore, she DAY lacked a connection with people. And be· HON.1nUJAMM.BRODHEAD sides, she was slow to begin with." HON. MUJAM 'S. MOORHEAD IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES After Rose Mary entered first grade, her Or PENNSYLVANIA teacher confirmed what Flores had suspect­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, February 12, 1980 ed all along: She was mentally retarded. T1,1,esday, February 12, 1980 e Mr, BRODHEAD. Mr. Speaker, an Reginald Flores .said he was ' expected to inspirational story appeared in the De­ either keep the child at home or send her to • Mr. MOOR~ of Pennsylvania. troit Free Press of February 6, 1980. It an institution: either option was distasteful, Mr. Speaker, yesterday I cosponsored concerns Reginald Flores. one of my he said. At home. she would learn little. ·In a joint resolution designating Febru­ an institution, Flores and his wife would ary 19, 1980, a..~ "Iwo Jima Commemo­ constituents. and a pioneer in pro­ never see the child. grams to aid retarded youngsters. His Where, he wondered, ·was the third alter­ ration Day.'' story is heartwarming and I offer it to native-a program that would allow him to. I was on the destroyer Taussig-DD my colleagues as an example of the keep the girl at home at night but send her 746-at the time of the ·shore bom­ great accomplishments possible for to a special school by day? At that time, no bar

2704 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 12, 1980 by subcommittees of our .committee: wrong In approach because lt makes Con· That's what \fie•re-- ttylng to do with the The legislative veto and sunset legisla­ gress an administrator, which 1s a function Sunset Review biD, Introduced by mY col· league Gillis Long of Louisiana, of which 1 tion. - I would like to submit to. the that lt' ts not set up to perfoi'IIL RECOJU) this thoughtful Interchange That 171-Q be true. But the fdea O/ a legtlla­ am a coAponsor. tfve veto u certainly.popular, since there a~ HotD tooWd it toork? with one Gf the ablest most knowJ.: about ZOO vernon. oJ it ktcking around Capo The Lone approach 1s a compromise v~­ edgeable men in Congress. the Honor­ Ctol HilL ston of all the sunset b1lls that have been .able·RICHARD BoLLING, which ap~ared That st1ll doesn't mAke It a good fdea. klcklnl around here for the lait few yeara. in the FeQ.ruary. 1980, issue of Dun's But -em 't · there atuz a problem oJ ret1Ul4- Most of the sunset measures are too drastic Review. for the benefit of our col­ tnrv agenclea gering wild and ezerctling because they can for automatic termination leagues. power tliat Congress. ne11er intended them to of each program unless it 1s specifically re­ newed by Congress. Rzmmo Ix 'I'm: RBGULATORS lul.ve? Of eourse there's a problem. But the solu­ Why do fiOU /eel that such an approach i8 Wer or lose it? &vertooked.e George W. Ball, in a recent Washing­ That's what I don't know. All I know is ton Post editorial, offered an ingen­ we've got·to clean up this me&<; of vdao does ious solution to this problem. He pro­ what. Either we h&¥e greater -simplifieatioo WHY NOT RENT-A-CARRIER? posed that Japan could construct two and more defiDed Jurisdictiom o.r our w):}.ole large aircraft carriers. which would system of re1Jresentai.ive government is in HON. PAUL FINDU:Y then be tum~ over to the United Jeopardy. Unless the people of tl$ country States on a lend-lease basis of the kind are . better content with gov~rnm..~nt at all OF II:.LINOIS levels, they aren't going to put up with it. IN THE BOUSE OP RI.'PRE$ENTATJVBS used during World War IL Both carri­ ers woUld remain under U.S. control What about the relatioflship between· tM Tuesday, February 12, 1980 Pederal government and the •t4ta1 and command and could be returned We are come to have to take a look at gov­ e Mr. FIND~. Mr. Speaker,. the. to Japan if, and only lf. the Japanese ernment at all le~. and see lf we ·can't Carter ·adlnfuistration has f~any ac­ agreed to take over the common de· figure. out a more aensible division than the knowledged that Ollf Paclftc defense fense of the ~on. Thl.is, should the one tb.at has evolved over 200 yea.ra. If you system is inadeQuate to .deal effective­ Peace ·constitution remain unrevisE!d. stand at the ·top of Qle Empire State Build­ this would. of course, mean that the trig, you can probabiy see 300 or 400 .Juris­ ly Wttb the more. recent expansion of dictions of government. Now, we have got to Soviet nav~ power in th\8 regton­ carriers would reDULin under U.S. com­ sit down va-y soon and look -at au ·these sometb:lnc I myself contended long mand b)definitely. In this way' the levels of government and decide who does ago. As part of a concerted action Japanese would be contributing more what. Things were confused enough when among-U.S. allies in response to SoViet of their Incredible finaneial and ship­ Congress decided a few years ago to pass aggression. Secretary of Defense building· ~rength, without Violating revenue sharing. That only made the whole Brown. on }.lis recent tour of Asia, tbeir constitutional prohibitions jurisdictional problem even worse. strongly urged Japan to reassess and against offenSive rearmament and dis­ Why do you oppose revenue sharfng? increase . its defense .spending, that is patch of troops. Moreover._ as Mr. Ball Because the whole. process ·of representa­ points out. the Japanese would then tive government breaks down when one to say, expand its antisubmarine level of government raises money and then forces and air defense .systems. This is be assured that one carrier· would be gives it to another to do ·what it wants with not a novel idea; there have long been constantly on station for the defense it. If the individual citizen doesn"t like critics here in the United States who of Japan, Korea. and the surrounding what's being do~ with the money, he-finds argued that Japan enjoyed a free .ride area. it difficult to complain tD the two levels ot on defense matters because it carries a This extremely innovatlve approach government that are involved. disproportionately low part of the de: to the problem is of particular interest If redefining clearly the responsibilities of fense burden. .Just last fall, several to me because it..could be incorporated all levels of government is a desirable goal:_ members of the Senate Foreign Rela­ S() well into-my proposed sealane.secu­ and I think that it Is-revenue sharing wa:s precisely the wrong way to go. Governmen­ tions CoDUlllttee recommended, in a rf.ty system, House Concurrent·Resolu­ tal 'l'e~nsiblllties ·have. become too mixed special report. that if Japan were tion 234. Under my resolution. the na· up, so we have to sit down again and rede­ gradually to assume a greater respon­ tfons of AustraHa. Canada, Indonesia, nne our Federal system.e sibility for areas' near its home islands• . Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the this would free U.S. forces to shift Philippines~ Singapore. South Korea, more·of their attention to the sealanes Thailand. and the United States would AMENDMENT BY MR. DAVIS OF critical not oDiy tO 'the dispatch of contribute naval and other resources MICHIGAN TO R.R. 4~88 U.S. forces, but to the very survival of to this multinational system. closely Japan. coordinated by the United State&. "for HON. ROBERT W. DAVIS Unfortunately; it IS unlikely that the 1p.urpose of providing lifesaving as­ OF IIICHIQ-AN this recommendation by the United sistance on the high seas and insuring· IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES States wlll be well received in·Japan. safe, free. and secure passage for all The Japanese Peace· Constitution is nations through the sealanes adjacent Tuesday, February 12, 1'980 now so widely accepted by the public to East and Southeast Asia." Mr. Ball • Mr. DAVIS of Michigan. Mr. Speak­ as setting the legitimate and appropri­ has advanced a very persuasive argu_. er, .last week when we were considering ate framework for conducting national ment which suggests that it is indeed the legislation, H.R. 4788, the affairs, that it wou~ be frightfully dlf­ feasible for all of our Pa-cific allies to Water Resources Development Act. i ficu1t f-or the Japanese Government to participate in some capacity in this Qffered an amendment to the bill rally support for a greatly increased multinational sealane security system. which was subsequently a of the bUi in section 124 which deals Thus. the Japanese Defense Agency with the extended shipping season stresses the seriousness of the Soviet Alarmed by·the Soviet move into Afghani­ program on the dreat Lakes. Its effect· threat ~d the declining power of the stan. we are now frantically rushing to fill the power vacuum in the Persian Gulf area was to insure that two islands in the United States, but in reality remains that we failed to fill when the British with­ St. Mary;s River were included in a committed to a policy that emphasizes drew in l97L At that time we recklessly study of island transportation needs to qualitative improvements of logistics, turned over the defense of the area to the be conducted by the Army Corps of communicatio~. ~nd existtng· shah with the understanding that we would Engineers. The tw:o islands were in- weapons. stay out. That decision was made In the 2706 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 12, 1980 name of the "Wixon Doctrine,'' which events tion for the defense of Japan, Korea .and Regular tuneups increase the effi­ have now shown to be a dangerous fatuity; the neighboring Pacific area; only with.Jap­ ciency of a car and can produce sav­ for. if we have learned anything from the anese approval would it be deployed else­ ings of $25 to $50. drama of the year Just· past, it is that we where-perhaps to the Indian Ocean to cannot secure the protection of ·a strategic guard the tanker lanes that are Japan's life­ Reduce local trips or learn to make region by entrusting its defense to a local line. one trip to do the work of two or ruler whom we then overload with sophisti­ Though both carriers would remain under three-by combining shopping trips cated weaponS. We do not strengthen that United States. command and control, they and visiting; a little planning can ruler's military clout. by indulging his pas­ would be returned to Japan whenever the mean another $10 to S15 .for the sav­ sion for elegant hardware; we are more Japanese declared the mtehtion to assume ings account. likely to inflate his imperial pre~nsions and full responsibility for the common defense Proper ·wheel alinement and tire hasten the demise of his regime. of the area or both parties agreed that the pressure can save money ):>y reducing Thus the clear lesson of our searing expe­ carriers were no longer needed. $25 rience in Iran is that we ourselves must pro­ I mention carriers only to show how the tire ftiction: how much? About or vide the defense of those strategic outposts lend-lease concept could be utilized to so. that are unquestionably vital to our inter­ narrow the disparity in the defense burden Riding a bike for so:r;ne of those ests. To do that, we must build up our between Japan and the United States. The short trips could mean a savings of combat and logistic resources. · total cost of two carriers-:roughly $4 bil­ $175 to $200 a year. Our present stringency is dramatically il­ lion-would, when spread over three years, Don't let the motor idle. unnecessar­ lustrated in the Western Pacific. The' Sev­ increase the defense share of Japan's GNP Uy; turn it off. The old-fa.Shioned idea enth Fleet's two carriers have been rede­ by merely 0.3 percent. Though that. of of letting a car warm up before driving· ployed to the Indian Ocean. so for the first course, would only modestly reduce the dis­ time in many years there has been no carri­ parity with America, there could obviously only wastes gas, time~ and money. er patrolling the waters around Japan and be other 'applications-including, for exam­ WhUe a personal conservation effort Korea-even at a time when the current po­ ple, support ships for the carriers-once the may seem small, those who save litical uncertainty in Seoul might inspire principle of pooling resources was . estab­ money through increased energy the North Korean leader, Kim U Sung, to lished. awareness are· the ones who will help another invasion. Meanwhile, we should use the present pave the way to win the energy crisis. We are caught in an awkward strategic moment of shared anxiety to inject that I join with other members of the Mis­ conJunction. If the Soviets continue their principle into our relations with Japan-and sissippi congressional delegation in aggressive adventures, we must have a capa­ we should do it promptly. If the Japanese thanking the National Jaycees for bility for quick response1that requires some continue to eilJoy their current unfair ad­ pre-positioning of force in critical areas. vantage, Americans will grow increasingly speaking up for a powerful America.e Since small countries are now wary of grant­ resentful as our own defense ·burden· in­ ing forward bases. the emphasis is on float­ creases an'd our economy slows down. That ing. air fields in the form of carriers. But .will not be good for either country. LEAKS IN THE FBI-STING CASE while the Soviet Union has for the past It is time for the Japanese government to decade been expanding its naval reach, the awake and respond; it has had a· free ride HON. TED WEISS United States has dangerously curtailed the too long.e number o.t ships and personnel at its com- OF NEW YORK mand.· ' IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Since we now know that we cannot depend ENERGY AWARENESS DAY Tuesday, February 12, 1980 on local powers for effective regional de­ ·fense, we should try to share more of the • Mr. WEISS. Mr. Speaker, last week burden with our industrialized alli~and HON. JON HINSON I called for a congressional investiga­ particularly. with Japan, where the disparity OF MISSISSIPPI tion into the Department of. Justice in relative defense efforts ·is becoming in­ IN THE HOUSE OF REP}U:SENTATIVES leaks in the· FBI-sting case. As I ·said creasingly exasperating as Japanese indus­ then, political corruption deserves the tries steadily enlarge their share of the .Tuesday, February 12, 1980 American market. Someone ·should tell most vigorous prosecution. Constitu­ Japan that its . present happy situation e Mr. HINSON. Mr. Speaker, I want tional rights· deserve equally vigorous cannot continue-that, increasingly, public to commend the National Jaycees and protection. awareness of our mounting defense. burden Mr. Frank Holifield, · manager of The New York Times of February '1, will inflame the already formidable agita­ WQBC radio in Vicksburg, Miss., and 1980, carries two columns, one by tion for protection against Japanese prod­ president of the Mississippi Jaycees, Burke Marshall, Yale law professor ucts. for their national, State and ·local and former U.S. Attorney General for Today the United States spends 6 percent drive to make our Nation more energy civU rights from 1961-65, · and/ the of Us gross national product on defense; Japan spends only 1.1 percent. Sensitive to conscious and energy conservative second by New Y-ork Times Columnist the tender memories of other Asian nations, through "energy, awareness day" on Anthony Lewis. Both articles high­ our government never encouraged Japan to Sunday, February 10, 1980. In. this light the urgent need for an immedi­ build a large defense establishment. But time of increased energy uncertainty, ate investigation of the Department of even without expanding its own armed we, as a nation, need to realize the im­ Justice, and I would thus like to bring forces. Japan could contribute more to the gortance of conserving our energy in them to the attention of my col­ common defense. order to achieve energy independence leagues. Let us suppose that the Japanese con­ from foreign energy sources. Two ScANDALS, NOT ONE struct two large carriers. They now have excess merchantship building capacity, The Jaycees developed a national (By Burke Marshall> wh1ch presumably could be expanded and program to increase the awareness of NEW HAVEN.-lt should be clear to every­ adapted for the construction of carriers, and Americans that each of us has the one that the so-called Abscam-for Arab they ·would benefit by obta1n1ng our carrier ability to make a contribution to con­ scam-investigation into the alleged suscep­ technology. Japan would, on completing the servation through methods tnat are tibility to bribery qf some prominent public carriers. tum them over to the United within our budget without changing officials involves not one but two shocking States under a lend-lease agreemep.t of the our life styles. Each of us has the op­ scandals. kind w;ed effectively dui,"ing World War II, portunity to take ~tion by simple, ef­ One concerns officials' ·honor; the other, when we and our allies pooled our efforts to conta1n1ng elements of great institutional resist a common enemy: Britain contributed fective steps in a personal energy con­ dangers that must be checked, concerns the its soldiers and sailors to fight the Nazis; servation program. conduct of the Federal law-enforcement es· the United States provided the supplies and The Jaycees remind us about conser­ tablishment. For the causes of Justice, fair equipment used In the common struggle. vation methods that are practical and play and respect for the process of law have One victory was achieved, the lend-lease easy, and that may save Hterally hun­ not been served-indeed, have been greatly equipment still extant was either returned dreds of dollars a year without a great damaged-by the Federal Bureau of Investi­ to America or acquired by Britain through deal of sacrifice or hardship: gation's use of the press in the last few financial settlement. For instance, riding to work in a car­ days. Though the exact .terms of an arrange­ The process of Federal cr1minal justice is ment with Japan would have to be negotiat­ pool can save from $70 to $110 a year. controlled by standards of constitutional ed, its broad lines are easy to envisage. By Lower thermostats to as· at night law and professional responsibility. I had providing two carriers. Japan could be as­ and when no one Is at home, this can supposed-! had thought tJ:tat any lawyer sured that one would be constantly on sta- save at least $100 or more.per year. charged with any power over the public February 12, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2707 reputation of any person protected by reputation of Congress, or of the eight resent the way the Justice Department has United States law would suppose-that members listed as suspects, but public confi­ handled this affair. charges of violations of,the Federal criminal dence In the taimess and effectiveness of It is not Just the .leaks that ·trouble some code would be made through the controlled our system of criminal Justice. Senators ·and Representatives. They get the process of law. That means that accusations How were t_!le tarsets of the inyestigation impression from the stories that the Justice of criminal wrongdoing would be made by a chosen, and what methods were used to test Department picked targets at random ·from grand Jury, that they would be made public their honesty? Who leaked details of the in­ among their colleagues, and then tempted -only after the accused parties had been for­ vestip.tion, and why? U individuals named them into wrongdoing. It may well tum out mally charged and notified, and that any in the press are indicted, can they aet a fair that there were stronger reasons for the characterizations of the charges by prosecu­ trial? Will the Department of Justice, which original suspicions. But feelings are certain· tors would be limited· to s\munaries of the depends in so ·many ways on relationships ly raw in Congress now. formal documents. with Congress, carry this matter throu~h Iri short, ·all kinds of pc;Jlitical· 9:11d legal I am shocked that these elementary rules with the necessary detachme.nt and,determi­ sensitivities are engaged in this affair. That of fairness have been so flagrantly violated nation? is why I think the whole investigation, in all in the Abscam investigations. No one, Such questions are in the air now, and its diverse aspects, sh~d be managed by an except one low-ranking civil servant, has there will be more. It is an exceptional chal­ outside lawyer who wolild have the unques­ been charged. No evidence has .been present­ lenge for Federal law .enforcement, and I tioned respect of Congressional leaders, of ed in any court of law. Yet numerous public think it will reqUire ~t l~ast one exceptional investigators and prosecutors. of the pUblic. of~icials. some with .years of public. service measure on the !')8.rt of Attorney General This is not the occasion for a special pros­ and with records ot enormous publie value, Civtlettt. ·That iB the app&intment of a re­ ecutor in the usual sense-where the impar­ have suffered permanent damage to their spected outside figure as supervising COUJl· tiality or honor of the Executive is in·doubt. reputa.tions. sel That deviee should be used rarely. But the No one who values due process should be The reasons begin with the explosion of offic" of the watergate Special Prosecutor unconcerned with these events. I am equally newspaper and television reports on the did 1llustrate how, in a prickly situation, shocked by the indifference of the ·press, sting operatlion last weekend. The American eminent counsel could command confidence the radio and television networks to their Civil Liberties Union condemned "Justice by in· both his toughness and his fairness. At· use by the F.B.I. for the enlargement of its press release," and many other observers torney General Civiletti should keep this. in· own reputation. There is no other explana­ were concerned about 'the massive publicity vestigation within his department, but with tion for the deliberate, pervasive and uncon­ before any charges were ·brought. The At­ an outside figure as supervisirig counsel.e trollable spread of selective tnform·ation torney General, saying he was distressed, about what now dominates the news as a na­ ordered an investigation of who in the F.B.I. tional scandal than that the F.B.I. has used or Justice Department had leaked. A NEW METHOD FOR OLYMPIC its acce.ss to the press to make its case The concern about the imp'ict of press FUNDING public. stories on the future Jury can be overdone. If that charge is unfair to the Bureau, it Even after the publicity over Watergate, a can only be because the premature leak of Federal court in Washington was able to HON~ RICHARD A. GEPHARDT these widespread aecoun.ts of alleged crimes find jurors ·wbo knew little or nothing about OF MISSOURI by officials-in some cases. even before they the affair. The Court of Appeals, affiiming IN THE HOUSE OF REPRES1:NTATIVES were known to the persons accused-comes the convictions in the cover-up case, ob· from attorneys charged ~th the responsi­ served wr-yly that matters of fascination ·to Tuesday, FebruarY 12, 1980 bility of prosecution, a violation of every lawyers "may be less fascinating to the e Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, I am standard of professional conduct. public generally." introducing today the U.S. Olympic de- There is· a smell of very dirty business Far more serious is the effect on individ· velopment fund checkoff of 1980, emanating froni the whole investigation uals-poltticians or ordinary citizens-of which will provide a new method of anyway. But that is not the point. If our publicly listing. them as suspects. That fU1lding our Olympic team. representatives ·in Congress. our state or brings to mind Joe McCarthy saying, "I local officials, our civil servants, willingly have in my hand a list ..." People may be Simply stated, this bill will provide a accept bribes for even ambiguous favors, ruined although they are never prosecut- checkoff on the · Federal income tax they should· be prosecuted with vigor, and ed-although there is no serious evidence forms similar to the one that current­ impartiality, but it is grossly unfair-it is against them. ly exists for funding the Presidential outrageously unlawful, unprofessional and unconscionable-for the prosecutions to be If F.B.i. or Justice Department officials election campA.ign fund. The $1 check­ commenced by leaks to the press. for which orchestrated leaks into the chorus of week· off 'Will provide funding to the U.S. no legal response in the 1orm of libel suits is end stories, that wa.s outrageous conduct. Olympic Committee to then be distrib­ even constitutionally possible. I wish, al· But it is not so clear that that happened. uted to progr&.ms to aid our athletes. The investigation had been going on for This would not jeopardize the amateur though I do not really expect, that the news pearly two years, and. some reporters had media would worry about their role in this learned about it months ago. It may be that standing of the athletes. enterprise. the pressures grew with tiine, thB,t the story The United States is one of the few Attorney General Benjamin R. Civiletti's ·looked to be breaking and that investigators countries belonging to the Intema­ office has now-belatedly-announced that he has ordered an investigation of the leaks. and news ·organizations both then hurried tional Olympic Committee that ·does The limitations placed on the investigation, to do their Jobs. not subsidize any part of the amateur including that of granting in advance a pro­ The press was not unaware of the ethical athletic programs. In light of the pas­ problems. Some editors .worried about the sage. of House Concurrent Resolution .tected sanctuary to the jounalists to whom fairness of publishing the names. But so the leaks were made, are troublesome. It is many people kriew by then that the story 249 in January which supports· a boy- especially disturbing that the . announce­ could not be withheld. cott of the summer Olympic games in ment is not accompanied by an exPression of concern by the F.B.I. Director, William The more interesting question is why Moscow, we must show our athletes H... Webster, whose agents would seem to be some insiders decided to talk to reporters. that their long years of struggle are not by far the most likely targets of a true Motives no doubt -l(~ied. But one almost lri vain, but in fact the whole country effort to ·locate responsibility for the leaks. certainly was. a lack of confidence that in supports them. Long experience suggests that attempts the.end the Justice Department would con- Although there are many other de­ from-the outside to get any kind of informa­ front large-sctle corruption in Congress and servilig charities in the United 'States, tion from the F.B.I. on this kind of matter press criminal cases. I believe that the case of the Olympic are apt to be unavailing. There is a cei:tain cynicism in Wasl;lington team is different. They are ambassa­ Accordingly, the public, and especially the about wrongdoing on Capitol Hill. Congress- . dors -of goodwill an.d ·represent the best legal profession, shou\d watch with' gre,at men have such personal power. Memb~rs of athletes that the United States has to care and attention the Justice Department's the judiciary committees can and do tele- efforts to find out who is responsible and to phone ·Justice Department officials; others offer~ As this is a completely optional punish them. control budgets. So · people have their checkoff, the support for the team will do\lbts that Congressional coiTUption will not be of the U.S. Government, which· ·really be.attacked. And despite the scandals is behind them wholeheartedly, but of DANGERS 01' THE STING of recent · years, the House and Se~te, the American people. through their ethics committees, hardly ·do BosTON, Feb. 6.-It is one of the most sen· an effective job of policing themselves. A~ditionally, if the United .States sational corruption stories , we have ever Members of congress-the large majority follows through with a boycott of the had-and one of the most dangerous. That of honorable ones-are aware of public cyni- Moscow games, I fear that the fund­ much is already clear ·about the great F.B.I. cism about their institution and want action raising efforts which normally peak sting operation. It puts at. risk not .Just the against corruption. But some of them also during this period will be curtailed. 2708 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 12, 1980 Based on the figures supplied by the the tests are a valid tool for predicting how The real target seems to be not so much Internal Revenue Service with regards well a student will perform in college, as the tests themselves as the system of which to the Presidential election fund measured by the freshmanpyear gr&.de-point they are .a minor part: "Social class is checkoff, the Olympic committee can lLverage. Nader calls this claim "false and viewed as ·a sad fact of ltfe, but not as an unsubstantiated.'' Who is rhtht, issue," says Nairn. "The controversy over expect to receive $28 million per year The answer ·ts that SAT scores do help testing makes class an issue." Where has he If 30 percent of those filing income predict college performance. The extent to been? Did he miss the War on Poverty alto­ taxes see fit to use the checkoff. These · which they do is documented by the very cether? Somehow, it has come as a surprise extra funds may be used to develop evidence presented in the Nader-Nairn to Nader and Nairn that being poor means permanent training centers so that we report, but concealed in th~ text. What the being disadvantaged 1n more ways than may begin to develop our athletes at text says is .that "inclusion of SAT scores in having a low income. an earUer age.e the prediction process improves the predic- The aptitude that can be measured after tion· of college grades by an average of only 12 or 13 years of schooling Is not the native 5 percent or less." The trutll-of which the intelligence a student· Inherits in his genes. AYATOLLAH NADER: WRONG report's authors are well aware-is that SAT It is the product of 17· years of continual in· AGAIN? scores raise the accuracy of prediction by teraction between those capaeittes and the five percentage points, but improve the ac­ student's environment-including every­ curacy of prediction by 20. percent. Speclfi· thing from prenatal nutrition, to conditions HON. ROBERT H. MICHEL cally, high school grades alone provide an in the home, to the quality of the school he OP ILLINOIS accuracy of prediction of 25 percent: grades attends. U the SATs are sending bad news, and scores together raise the accuracy to 30 It is as much about the system that deter­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES percent-a 20 percent improvement. This mines that total environment as it Is about Tuesda1!, February 12, 1980 type of use of complicated statistics is ram­ the tJtdividual student~ The news Is bad-it pantthroughoutthereport. does not show the progress that was hoped • Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, recently Having attempted to m1nimfze the valid for. But that is all the more reason to keep Ralph Nader launched an attack contribution SAT scores can make to admts· hearing it.e against the scholastic aptitude test sions decisions, the Nader-Narin study exag­ nlY the fut\lre of SAT tests, bu~ that of frightening, for it seems to show that all Immediate liijuries resulting from this all standardized testing, begtnntng in ele­ one wo\,\ld have to do to determine an indt· incident:, however, we must not forget mentary school vidual student's potential for college work the psychological impact of the acci­ Do the SAT tests-one for verbal and one would be to c:l1scover his parents' income. dent at Three Mile Island last March. for mathematical aptitude-in fact help col­ ·However, 1t the careful reader makes his and the subsequent problems, nor the lege admissions boards make Intelligent de­ way to page- 203, he will find discreetly fact that serious questions remain con­ cisions about 'Which students are best suited buried in the text, that the connection is far to their college? Or do they merely measure from what the table impltes, and that ·the cerning the possible long-term health a collection of more of less irrelevant skills statistical correlation between score and hazards of exposure to low levels of ra­ and social factors, perpetuate class biases income is Just about the same as the cor­ dioactive materials. and prevent large numbers of capable stu­ relation between score and college grade· The damage to the reactor, the dents from getting a higher education, all as Point average <:4 as compared with .37>. cleanup problems, and the continuing Nader claims? Nevertheless, the report concludes that 1t incidents-not to mention the psycho­ First it must be said that much of the con­ the tests are valid, "then merit in the logical impact-are all clear. signs that troversy over . SAT stems from confusion United States Is distributed according to pa­ unit II continues t() have serious prob­ over the meaning of what It 1s measuring­ rental income." , the per­ OF GEORGIA three-hour gamble which can determine a sonal Interview or the old boy/old girl tN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES llte's pathway," implying that the results alumni network. ·Nader's personal bias is evi­ Tuesday, February 12, 1980 are largely up to Lady Luck. The Education­ dent: he would like to see more reliance on al Testing Service, which creates and scores "extracurricular acitivies and community e Mr. McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, the tests, claims. on the other hand, that organizing." much is being said these days about a February 12, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2709 new found solution to the complicated this to our friends over here and they will :erallevel, despite polls showing overwhelm­ and oppressive income tax, the value laugh.themselves silly.e ing public support for strong gun-control added tax. It would appear upon ex­ measures. lli Massachusetts itself a ban on amination, however, that the enthusi­ the sale or orlvate possession of handguns HANDGUN CRIME CONTROL was defeated by a 3-1 margin in a 1976 asm is inappropriate. referend\Ull. It is claimed that the value-added HON._GERRY E. STUDDS Nonetheless, since the Bartley-Fox law tax proposal will shift the emphasis in took effect in April, 1975, gun-related crimes OF ¥/oSSACIIUSE'rrS tax collection and make a burdensome nave decltnea suostantlwi more In Massa­ situation more equitable. This ignores IN THE HOUSE OP liEPllESENTATIVES chusetts than In the nation as a whole. For the overall fact ·that too much tax is Tuesday. FebruaT111Z. 1980 example, between 197• and 1976, gun homi­ simply too much tax; no matter where cides In Boston dropped •3 percent com­ e Mr. STUDDS. Mr. Speaker, the pared to 11.1 percent for other cities of simi­ the tax is assessed, be it income or pro- · United States has the weakest nation· duction. The end result remains the lar size, according to · a federally funded al handgun control law- in the world. Northeastern UniversltY studY. Armed (gun' same-repression. It is my hope my Not stlrprisingly., we also .have the robberies In Boston declined by 35.5 percent colleagues will not fall for yet another highest rate of ·handgun crime and vio­ as against no decline at all in slmllar-slzed complicated shell game and will get lence.ln 1978 alone, there were nearly citl~ in the North Central States. down to the only solution which .10,000 handgun murders and over MassachUsetts gun-related· armed· robber· exists, balancing our Federal budget at 250,000 other shootings, assaults, rob­ lea declined 35.1 percent whereas, national­ a much reduced total figure. beries, and rapes. One in every four of ly, gUn-related armed robberies- «Jeclined The following is an article from the our fellow Americans can expect to be 11.7 percent: in the other five New England International Herald Tribune of Sep­ victimized in his or her lifetime. states they actually in-creased 6.2 percent. The overall MBssachusetts rate for gun as­ tember 22-23, 1979, explalnlng the Figures such as these help to mus­ -saults declinecl19 percent from 1974 to 1976, woes Europe has felt under the VAT. I trate the urgenl need·· to control those as against a 2 percent decline for the nation commend it to the attention of my col· cheap, easily concealed. . nonsporting as a whole. leagues: weapons most frequently used in the It was such statistics that led Senator coDUiiission of violent crimes-the so­ Kennedy to include In his Handgun Control APOXONVAT called Saturday night specials. I am BID of 1979 a provision encouraging all pleased to be a cosponsor of a measure states to adopt laws slmllar to ·Bartley-Fox. drafted specifically to ban the traffic Retired Judge J. John Fox." who co-auth­ We have learned that the chairmen of the in these guns, msure. swift and sure ored the law with former Speaker David House and Senate taxwritlng committees punishment for those who misuse Bartley of the Massachusetts House of Rep. have proposed that Congress enact a value handguns, and encourage States to added tax for the UI11ted StateS and a 15 percent service Fox-law has had in the State thus Judges and Juries may be reluctant to con­ charge. That brings the cost of the meal up far. vict under Hartley-Fox when they know to $13.20 if my calculations are correct. that the defendant will have to serve a year As you read this Mticle, I might 11lso in prison .. You bring your automobile in for repairs call ·your attention to .data c;ompUed in Belgium and they slap a 25 percent VAT by Handgun Control, Inc. of media•re• One district attorney claimed to KnOW of ori t6 your biD. One quarter of the cost. How ported handgun murders across the at least 10 people arrested for the Wegai about the small shopkeeper or business­ possession of handguns who had not been Naticnt. Of the 7,706 such murders na­ found guilty, ~use obvious criminal man? He or she spen~ an hour or .more tionwide in 1979, only 44 were commit· each day trying to figure out how much he intent was lacking. Middlesex district attor­ ted in Massachusetts. States of similar ney John Droney commented tnat if a or she pays the gove~ent and how much 135 281 goes into their own pockets. If he or she is population suffered to hand­ person does not have a criminal record and bad with figures. a. tax expert is called in gun murders last year. has an1 sort of excuse for carrying a run. he and that too costs money. . these weapons of violent crime. do not carry guns becauSe of the law and concluded: "I think everyone who has gone The value added tax is an Wusion origi­ THE STATE Gtm LAw KENNEDY URGES ALL To CoPY to Jall has gone because there was no ques­ nating in France or so I have been told How tion they had a gun and knew the law."

CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT FO~ Accordingly, I was pleased to read in unw111J.rlg 't.o bear the burden of their poli­ New York Times of February 10 cies. The. registration of diaftable.youth can "REFUSENIKS" the help to 'challenge that impression. But it an editoriai raising questions about will only define the deeper problems: who the · President's plan. Surely, Mr:. should serve, and when artd how? Those dif­ HON. JERRY 'M. PAITERSON Speaker, if we are to require registra­ OF CALIFORNIA ficult questiorui · should not be evaded by tion of our young, it ought to be on .ellmlnating most young Americans from the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI\'ES the basis of reasonable equality as we ·very first talk-of duty.e Tuesday, February 12, 1980 have done·in the past. · I submit· the following New York e Mr. PATTERSON. Mr. Speaker, Times editorial at this ·point: CAPITAL COST RECOVERY ACT many of my constituents and I are vi- GAINS NEW ENDORSEMENT tally concerned about S9viet iriunl~- WHO,SHOULD REGISTER, Aim WHAT tion policy, _particularly as it affectS At the moment, we see only one powerful Soviet Jews. The persecution these· reason to ask . yo~__B Americans to register HON. JAMES R. JONES - >- t for an eventual· military draft: to demon­ OF OKLAHOMA people are subjected to is a con:;tan strate that the public, and especially' the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES news topic in the world press. generation that grew~ up with Vi~tnam, Js The United Synagogue Youth f.-om once more ready to contemplate cons9rip­ Tuesday, February 1_2, 1980 Temple Beth Emet in. Anaheim, Calif., tion for military action abroad. • Mr. JONES of Oklahoma. Mr. have written to me about the constant If that is President ~r's purpose, the Speaker, since Congressman BARBER human rights violations iii the Soviet idea deserves support. If the public is to be CoNABLE and I introduced H.R. 4646 Union. I would like to share their re- broadly involved in foreign policy and any marks with you and my colleagues. eventual draft Is to be advertised as fair, it last ·summer, numerous organizations was essential to insist, as he has, on the reg- representing small business and major We are a JewiSh Youth Group, U.S.Y. istratfon of women as well as men. corporatlo~. rural and agricultural in­ from Temple But if a ·show of public awakentng Is terests, and Virtually every .segment of Beth Emet, in Anaheim, and we are very wanted, Mr. Carter should not be trimming American industry written ex­ concerned about our fellow Jews in the by conflning the registration to 20-, 19- and, h~ve Soviet Union. eventually, 18-year-olds. Nor should he be pressing their support for this impor· We recognize the rights of all people to willlng, as some say he Is, to start with men tant legislation. · worship and practice their religion. arid let the issue of women 1inger in debate. I am pleased today to advise the 276 We would like tO make you aware of the Too many legislators want a tough foreign cosponsors of H.R. 4646 and my other problems in the Soviet Union: Many Rus- policy without inconvenience to vo.ters. Too colleagues In the House that another sian Jews apply for exit visas to either many, also, want to explo!t public anxiety major trade organization, the Ameri­ America, Israel, or other countries where about events abroad without addressing the .can Meat Institute, has added its own they can be free to practice their religton disgraceful inequities that plagued the mill­ endorsement to those of other groups without· fear of persecution. But most of tary draft for 20 years. these Jews are refused .permission from the · The Pentagon's. manpower problems, supporting passage of the Capital Cost government to leave. Often, the government though real, do not alone justify a registra­ Recovery Act. gives unjustified reasons. tton program. The A,rmy is losing too many The American· Meat InStitute, repre­ Just as President .Carter has committed valuable ~Idlers in mid-career, but the pro­ senting 300 · members · of the meat hlmseU to Human Rights~ we would like a posed registration system will not correet packing industry doing business in ·similiar policy on the parl of the Congress.· that. Th'e Reserves are dangerously under· ·each of our 50 Staies, recognize the ·we ask your support for our brothers and staffed, but registration will not stimulate importance our legislation will have in sisters in Russia, who become "·refuseniks" new enlistments. The Selective Service improVing capital formation and in­ when not allowed to emniigrate freely.. System is in mothballs, but there are other, creasing our Nation's sagging rate of Mr Speaker I hop· e every Member , maybe even better ways to draw up l~ts of • . • _ draft-age youngsters. A sudden big war business productivity. of Congress keeps the human rights would catch the country unprepared to call· Mr. Speaker, I would .like to include violations of the Soviets in mind when up hundreds of thousands of civilians, but at this point in my remarks the letter voting on legislation tllat affects the registration would hasten such in.obilizaUoa of endorsement of H.R. 4646 ·that I Soviet Union.e by only a few days; the real .obstacle is the have received from the American Meat time the Army would need to train them. · Iristitute: The fact is that for the time being, Uncle REGISTER ALL THOSE AGED 18 Sam does not need YOU! Even in an emer- AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE, . TO 26 gency. he would't ·know what to do with ' Jan:ua11130, 1980. more than one in a hundred of the youths Bon. JAMES R. JoNES, between 18 and 26. But the' country should U.S. House of Representativu, HON: PETER ·A. PEYSER want registration postcards-and from virtu­ WaShington. D. C. · OF NEW YORK ally every family-to signify support for the DEAR CONGRESSMA.N JONES: I am pleased to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES idea of service and sacrifice in defense of Inform. you that the American Meat· Insti­ :nationalintel'ests. Severely limiting the age· tute's Board of Directors recently endorsed Tuesday, February 12, 1980 bracket enfeebles the gesture. Omitting enactment of H.R. 4646, the. Capital Cost e Mr. PEYSER. , Mr. Speaker, al­ women would further diminish it, ~ leave Recovery·Act of 1979. As the national tr_ade it vulnerable to constitutional challeng~. . association for the meat packing industry. though I supported the President Even the broadest registration would we · represent. approximately 300 membera when he called for the resumption of mark only the start of preparation for a fair .. doing business in all fifty states. We com, registration for draft age Americans, I draft. The reconciliation or young Ameri­ mend the leadership YOll'Ve provided in de­ canhot support the manner in which· cans with the idea of national service will veloping and sponsoring this landmark legis, the President has propos.ed to imple­ not be complete until their elders, too, lation. ment this registration. devote themselves to patriotic purposes. The meat Industry has traditionally oper1 Specifically, I object to the provision And it will require evidence that all young . ated on·an _extremely narrow profit·margi!] that only 19- and 20-year-old men and people .would be required to serve the coun­ Oess than U on the sales dollar>. Increasingi try in some way, without the m~ive eva­ llV, lt is becoming a more capital intensive in1 women would be required to register. I sions o(ficially sanctioned in the 50's and dus. try. Without further incentives to mE find this categorization unfair.an(l dis­ 60's. ~rnize through acquisition of more efficie criminatory, and I have notified the The pool of youth has long been too large and productive machinery, it will be incre 1 President of my opposition. Moreover, for the needs of the armed forces. Four mil­ ingly difficult for packers and proc~ssors tel I intend to pursue every legislative lion men and women tum 18 every ·year operate profitably. avenue available to me to see that all now: the services employ only two million of Accordingly, we are. delighted with YOW those within the customary and ti'adi­ all ages, including 150,000 women. Any draft sPc>nsorship of · H.R. 4646 and believe. li tional draft ages, those 18 to 26, are of Just a handful to mr gaps in the ranka would be most beneficial to our industeyi subject to the draft on equal grounds. w.ould soon prove corrupting; it would revive Not only would Its enactment encourage re, ·inequity and cynicism, again spurring many place.ment of outdate. ~ facilities and3qut When legislation seeking reinstate­ of the young to. deny any- obligation to ment but it would greatly simplify a ment of registration is proposed, I serve. tration of the depreciation tax laws for shall object unless· the pool of draft President Carter 1s right to fear that ~dustry already overburdened with gov eligibles is enlarged as I have stated. · AmericQ.nS .:are perceived abroad as flabby' nient paperwork. We pledge our support fol February 12, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2711 your efforts to enact this legislation and will For too long, the Commodity Credit to establish a ·single subcommittee. work with you and your colleagues in what- · Corporation has failed to real- with complete jurisdiction over . alco­ ever way you think would be niost helpful. lZe its promise as an export financing hol fuels. Moreover, I have' introduced Sincerely' mechanism because of admlnlstrative a resolution expressing the sense of C. MANLY MoLPus. practices whtch.impose an annual line Congress that all gasoline sold in. the Prerident.e of credit . for all countries Without United States by January 1, 1990, shall regard to market condition, export conti.ln not less than 10 percent alco­ ACTION NEEDED TO PROTECT demand or other economic factors. hol fuel by volume. The adoption of FARM INCOMES This rigidity has caused us to lose this resolution would be a positive ex­ sales and miss new market oppgrtunl,; pression of American determliiation HON. IKE .SKELTON· ties for our farm products. For this and resolv~ to remedy its energy prob- · reason, I introduced H.R. 6370, a bi.U lems and would serve notice. to those or mssotTRI which would place the CCC expgrt fi- IN T~ HoosE oF REPRESENTATIVES .riancing ·mechanism on a revol·,~_.., who are dragging thelr . fee~ on alcohol y uaa fuels, particularly the major on com- ~da:u• .FebruaT'JI 1Z. 1980 fund . basis. It would allow .financing panles, that Congress is ~mmltted to • Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, on needs to be i.ccommodated on nexlble, this important alternative fueL Friday, January 4, President Carter case-by-case basis, and would,_ In a . FourtJ:i. Increase onfann storage announced certain political and eco- · period of Jq.st over 2 years, be totally facWties.-As ·a result of the Soviet . nomic action to be taken by the self-flnanctng.. . -~- bar United·States In response to Soviet ag- In addition to improving our credit e&cwu em go, t})e carryover of wheat gression In Afghanistan. .AB we all mechanlsm.S, we need to achieve maxi- and feed grainS is now projected to be know, part of that 'response was to mum. effectiveness f.-om .the Agricul- at reCc)rd levels. With even an average limit U.S. · expgrts · of grain to the tural 'rrade. Act of 1978 f the measures which should be Third. Qasohol.-Alcohol fuels made comparable Increase for other feed considered: · from , c}omestlcally produce~ renew- grains. •. This move would strengthen First~ · EXports.-.Agrlcultural exports able resources offer a near-term alter- · farm prices, increase farm incomes, have been the strongest sector of our native to lessen our dangerous depen- and reduce· the likelihood taxpayers foreign trade in recent years. and It dency on impgrted on. and can proVide will be asked to make deficiency pay­ must be kePt strong despite tlle grain an additional market for surplus grain ments because of low market. Prices . . embargo. Since we cannot rely on t.he and agricultural wastes. .Legislation ML Speaker. these actio:ns will not Soviet Union in the-future, we must . providing financi_. assistance to stiril- complet~ly solve the problems which move aggressively to develop new mar- ulate the .. p:roduction of alcohol fuels is the embargo has caused our agrlcul­ kets to replace this lost demaniL One pending in Congress and h~ my coni- tur$1 economy. However, I · believe · area where we can make vast improve- plete support. To facWtate the pas-. they are all fair and reasonable pro- ment Is export credit. ;age of this legislation, Congress -needs posals, and I commend them to my 2712 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 12, 1980 colleagues 1n the House for their SUP­ billty. at the expense of the Amerjcan nois which 1 am privileged to re_pre­ port.e people. . . aent. the ·cltY of Chicago and the Against the tyr_a.nny of the Polish NatiOn as they pay tribute to General partition. a large · number of Polish Koseiuszko and his dedieation to the AARON WEISS HONORED FOR .aristocrats and gentry openly resis~d. cause of llberty.e SERVICE TO HlS COMMUNITY and far doing sG were driven from their homeland. Siding with the patri­ HON: BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL ots. Koseiuszko -became an exile in SOCIAL SECURITY DISCRIMI­ search ·of Justice far from home. NATES AGAINST 1:'ERMINALJ... Y OF NEW YORK .Abandoning .his commission· in the ILL VICTIMS THE HOt1SE 01" REPRESEin'ATIVES IN royal Polisll fo~. he left his home­ Tue3day, F-ebruary 12, 1980 land temporarily to serve u,nder Wash· HON. AL SWIFI' tngton iD the American response to OF e Mr. ROSENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, on WASHINGTON British oppression. As a militBI'Y engi­ IN THE HOUSE 01" REPRESENTATIVES February 14, the Citizens Commtttee neer of some consequence, he was w* for -New York City wfil honor Mr. Tues4au. February12, 1980 Aaron Weiss, one o( my (!Onstitutents, eomed w.ith open. arms by the. Conti­ Army. in e Mr~ SWIFT. Mr. Speaker, a con· for· outstanding service to the commu­ nental He was first employed nity.· designing the defenses on tbe Dela­ stituent of m1ne passed ·away last ware River, the success of which week. What Howard Dalton died Mr. 'weiss is one of tne founders of gained .for him a colonel's commission from-lung .cancer-is not so· unusual. the Greater Flushing Tenants CouneB and appointment to· tbe staff of Gen­ But ·how he spent his 'final months Is and is currently the _president of that eri.l Gates at TiConderoga. He was the something very special. It says 'some­ organization. Over the years, he baa major adviser in the fortification· of thing about the hUJilan· spirit, about a devoted cduntless hours ·of his person­ Mount Defiaooe at ·~nderoaa. aDd man wlth a fierce sense of right J,md al time organizing new tenants associ­ the failure to follow h~ advice in de­ wr4)ng. and about a go\tetnment and ations and· advocating the richts of fense of the. post w8s responsible for how it treats those who are dying. tenants at 'all levels of government. In ita capture by the British. A ,year ago, Howard- Dalton con­ addition, Mr. Weiss wOrks closely with The American defeat of Burgoyne at .tacted. my Everett offtce. He was out­ Community Board 'l, the Flushing Saratoga, which was largely responsi­ raged. Dalton had been forced to quit ne.ighborhood- stabilization program ble for the ~trUlCe of France into the. work after he had entered painful and the Downtown Flushing Develop. war on the American side. was in part therapy to battle the terininal cancer. ment Corp.. in -their efforts toward ihe result of Koscluszko's cousel, and Be applled for social security disabll· · making our community a better place ·the construction· of American fortifica­ lty benefits but was told he would to live and work. · tions at West Point was .Jn accordance have to wait 5 months. Mr. Weiss, through ·his oompusion with his desicn. Transfered to North Dalton was fortunate .enough to be and understanding, has ·served as an Carolina, Koscluszko served as chief of able to survive financially without the excellent example for other citizens to ·engineers and transportation officer benefits, buf he encountered many follow. I wish to take this opportUnity imder General Greene, who praised 'who were nbt .so lucky. They were to extend my congratulations to Mr. hini for his part in the. rout of British ·people f.orced to quit work and go Weiss, . upon his selection by the clti· forces in the area. through extensive treatments, some zens committee and to express my ap. The fortification of the -Heights of requiring exotic diet supplements cost- preclation for the many years of 'fine We8t Point was Kosciuszko's most f!!l· ing $90 a week. · service he has provided to Flushing portant undertaltlng in America. .To The waiting· period was wrong, residents.e maintain West Potnt meant to com­ Dalton said. He asked for help from mand the Hudson, &.Bd In the words of .lll.Y oUlce and Dur two Senators. In HEROISM OF GEN. THADDEUS General Washington: · March, he came .to Washington, D.C. . KOSCIUSZKO The Hudson River was . bldJspensably ea. to testif}t. before a cOmmittee consider­ sentlal .to preserve the communicaiion be­ Ing reforms in social security disabllity tween the Eastern, Middle, arid Southern benefits. Dalton asked for elimination HON. FRANK ANNUNZIO states. of· the 5-month waitilig period. The . oF ti.LINoiS In the midst of difficulties similar to chairman told him he understood his IN THE HOt1SE OF:_REPRESENTATIVES those Of Valley Forge, Koseiuszko_la­ concern but said it would be difficult bored for over 2 years,·and wi·thin that to include the change at this time. Tuest!-av~ Febru,ary12, /.980 time made West Point inpregnable.. ·Dalton would not accept that as the • Mr. ANNUNZIO. Mr. Speaker, Feb- General A.rmStrong wrote: . final chapter~ and we prepared a bill ruary 12 is the 234th· anniversary of· Kosciuszko's merit lies in this, .that he eliminating the waiting period. In the the birth of Thaddeus Kosctuszko, the · pve th&: fortifications such >Strength the;, Senate. BIRCH BAYH of Indiana, whose great Revqlutlonary War hero ._wpo frightened the enemy from all temptation own wife died from ·cancer, had .intro-. fought for freedom on both sides of of even trying to take Highlands: .duced the bill• . the Atlantic. Hailed as a hero by Americans in · MeanwhUe, the House passed the Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kos- general, and honored on every sid~ for disability legislation without the ciuszko was one of the most outstand- his contributions to Amet.ican Inde­ Dalton amendment. Dalton testified ing of the Polish patriots who contrib- pendence, Koseiuszko returned to agam as the QiSabUity bill moved to uted to the American struggle for in· Poland 1n 1784, and was soon involved the Sepate. dependence, for he gave the revolution- .m the cqurageous struggle fQr Polish Finally,. earlier this month, the origi­ ary cause a much-needed scientific independence. He was among the brav­ nal disabUity bill ·came to the Senate knowledge of mllitaty engineering and est and the abteat of his. kind, earning F.loor. 8enators MAGNUSON and · JACK• an unwavering enthusiasm for the the respect and...admiration of Ame.ri- soN of our State swung into action ideals of freedom. cans as·well as his countrymen.· . with Senator BA YH and successfully Under the_terms of the First Parti- Kosciuszko spent 6 years in the overturned a procedural rule blocking tion in i 772, Poland was divided up American Army. His long~ faithful, tlie Dalton ...g,mendment. · .After a among its greedy neighbOr-states, with an:d meritorious service was recognized lengthy and emotional debate, the the colmivance and cooperation of cer• in 1783 when the Congress made him a Dalton amendment ·was accepted. tain Polish nobles, and at the ex~nse bridadier generB.l. Dalton was clearly_ bouyed, and of most of the Polish people. The · It is an honor. for me ·to join with hoped to return to Washington. D.C., ·same splii~ . prevailed in England, the American Polonla in this com­ once more to watch the bill signed into where the g.overnment was bent upon memoration and I extend my greetings law~ a policy of bleeding. dry its American to the Polish-American residentS of But that was ·not to be.. Dalton died colonies, in the interest of British no- the 11th Congressional District of Illl-- b~rely a week after the Senate vote- February 12, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2713 the bill, as I write this, stlll awaiting constitutional convention in Chicagq have all too Uttle · information on the action by conferees. . . in .September 1880, declared that its. hazards or potential hazards of the Yet ftnal approval seems far from top priority objectives were: use of obstetric drugs and procedures~ certain. The ·bill's opponents insfst To provide protection for Polish immigra- ~he kinds o~ problems which th.i~ that it costs too much, although the tlon: bill seeks to address are clearly illus- figures they rely on· are lii1latea. Tliey· To. provide political enlightenment to the trated by an article which appeared on say we need to cut spending, and we Polish iliunigrants as citizens of the -United February 11,. 1980, in the Washington do. And they say we must balance the States • •· ... Post entitled "Drug for 'Morning Sick­ budget, and we must. But I think they Among the landmark achievements ness? iS Suspected in Birth Defects." It are saymg something else. They are of the PNA were: is a story about the' controversy sur- saying: Formation of an educational depart- rounding bendectin, a drug widely "We're going to help balance the ment · in 1819 to help the yo.uth of taken ·for "morning sickness.'' The budget by using the . disability money Polish origin with scholarships and in- parents of a 4·year-old child and the of dying people that they have already terest-free loans, to promote and per- child ·himself have sued the manufac­ paid into the program." · petuate the awareness of ethnic values turer oi the drug -because the mother And as Howard Dalton said so clear­ and heritage; · took bendectin early in her pregnancy, ly, th~t is wrong.e Donating to the Nation .the 'l'hadde- and the child was born with. multiple us Koscluszk~Monument in Washing- deformities. As the article points out, ton, D.C., in 1910; ••one charge is the Merrell-the manu­ EDWARD A. GEERS Founding in 1912 of the' Alliance facturer-did no premarketing animal College in Cambridge Springs, Pa.; ./ . or clinical test of safety for the HON.THOMASA.LUKEN Leading the movement. in 1929 for unbol'Il; even though women in the OPOmo congressional ena.Ctment of October. 11 sensitive first trimester of pregnancy IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of · each year as Pulaski Day in the ·were the sole ·sales target:• Tuesday, Febr:u,arit 12, 1980 United States, by special· Presidential I hope my colleagues will take time prochimation; ~ to read this· article, which follows: e Mr. ·LUKEN. Mr. Speaker, Cincin­ Acting ·as a leadiiig force in the for- (From the Washington Post, Feb.·u, 19801 . nati mourns the passing of a very dis­ tinguished citizen, Ed Geers. Ed was a mation of ·tbe Polish American Con- DRUG POR MoRNING SICKNESs Is susPECTED good friend of mine and a good friend gress. a representative organization of IN BIRTH DEFECTs of the entire comniunity. The follow­ 12 million Americans of Polish origin, ing editorial trom the Cincinnati En- to demand· Justice for Poland as the ORLANDo, FLA.-Since 1956, an estimated . quirer says it all with reference to the keystone of European stability and to 30 million pregnant women have taken-or fight Communist encroachment here have ·-had at band-a drug mixture for · debt Cincinnati owes to Ed Geers and and abroad. · · .,morning sickness" named Bendectin. the loss we have suffered: Currently, in business and member- Some gave birth to malformed children. FORMER MEMBER OP ScHOOL BOARD WIDELY ship terms, the PNA is licensed in 36 But so did some who didn't take Bendectin RESPECTED states to transact inSurance business to relieve the nausea or vomiting of early · The death last week of Edward A. Geers ·was a distinct loss to the Queen City-even and conduct fraternal activities; has fi- pr~:,~:~~Y in u.s. District Court. is con­ nancial assets in excess of $160 mil- though ill health had curtailed his partici­ ion·, and numbers lOth in .inforce in- sidering whether Bendectin-sold abroad as pation in some . of the civic enterprises in l Debendox-can in.Jure the human embryo. which he invested his time and talents. surance among the more than 200 fra- · The question is sha.n)ly dividing a parade Prime among these of co\ll'S.e, wa.S his serv­ ternal organizations in the · UQited of intemationa.lly tenoWiled expert ·wit­ ice as a member of the Cincinnati Board of States and 8th in total assets. nesses, including some wha are personal Education, to which he was elected in 1975. Mr. Speaker, I would urge my col- friends and admirers of each other's.profes­ Mr. Geers laid claim to no distinction as an leagues to join me in commending sional skills. educator or an educational theorist. His PNA today on its centennial obser- But even scienttsts who exonerate Bendec- strong suit, instead, was common sense, plus tin say a .woman usua.lly can get through active involvement in the life of the commu­ vance and f or its many achi evemen ts early pregnancy-the period of. simulta- nity . in which he grew UP-an involvement and its service to the United States neous great peril to the- fetus and of .that made him aware of what a significant and· Polonia.e nausea-without the drug. Drugs of any part of Cincinnati expected from its schools. kind "certainly" shouldn't be prescribed Mr. Geers shared that insight with clarity during pregnancy unless essential, says Dr. and courage, and he earned for himself the OBSTETRIC DRUGS Godfrey P. Oakley, Jr., chief of the birth 'admiration of everyone acquatnted with his defects branch of the -federal Center for service. · HON. JONATHAN B. BINGHAM Disease Control ECDC> in Atlanta. · Cincinnati has too few citizens of his Alternatives to Bendectin-:-listed in the caliber.e OF NEW YORK Journal of the American Medica.l Associ­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ation in December-include eating dry Tuesday, February 12, 1980 crackers and, particularly in the early morn­ THE lOOTH BIRTHDAY OF ing, drinking only liquids that are either POLISH NATIONAL ALLIANCE . e Mr. BINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, last v~ry hot .or very cold. · week I introduced an obstetric care Whatever -the outcome of the trial, the HON.HENRYJ.NOWAK bill which would insure that women evidence may put a cloud over the ma.hufac­ would be able to make more informed turer, Merrell·National Laboratories of Cin­ OF NEW YORK cinnati, because of several charges• of im­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES decisions about the use of obstetric drugs during pregnancy and delivery proper practices made and documented by Tuesday, February 12, 1980 in order to help prevent injury to their scientists. One charge is that Merrell did no premar- e Mr. . NOWAK. Mr. Speaker~ the fetuses. Two of the provisions of the . keting animal or clincial test of safety for Polish National Alliance of the bill would require the dissemination of the unborn, even -though women in the sen­ United States, the largest ethnic fra­ information on the effects and ·risks of sitive first trimester of pregnancy we~e the ternal organization in the land, will be drugs and devices on the health. of sole sales target. "It is true ·that no· studies celebrating its lOOth anniversary on women · who are pregnant or in labor were done,'' Merrell's former medical re­ February 15, 1980. and on prospective and developing search director, Raymond C. Pogge, said. Begun in Phil~.delphia under the children, -and provide for a study on Pogge, who invented Bendectin, made a d,ep­ leadership of industrialist Julius Andr­ the delayed long.term effect on child osition m Casa Grande, Ariz. zejkowicz, ·the alliance proposed to development of obstetrical drugs and The scientists also accuse the company of withholding troubling animal test data from unify. the many self-help, societal, and procedures administered to or used by the Food and Drug Administration and .of cultural organizations of Polish immi­ women who are pregnant or in labor. concealing reports on human birth deformi­ grants in various parts of the country. As I said in my statement when I in­ ties from inquiring physicians. The ba.sic purposes of the Polish Na­ troduced this bill, the fact of the· The trial record also documents that the tional Alliance, as set forth at its first matte:r is that health professionals FDA has never required Merrell to disclose 2714 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February. 12, 1980 to physicians that adequate safety testing David has Poland's Syndrome, an affliction animals and of groups of women who had. wasn't done,, Only recently did the FDA-ap. first described in 1841. It has no known . taken Bendectin. . proved prescribing instructions tell physi- cause. Take the Merrell studies-triggered by the clans, lor the first time, that Bendectin Walsh also said that David's 'limb reduc-· thalidomide.disaster-in rats and in rabbits, should be used in the first trimester "only tion could have been caused by constriction which are closer to man. when clearly needed." of an arter.y. Terming Bendectin "safe," he The rat tests gave no indication that Ben- The FDA approved Bendectin only for the pointed· out that Mrs. Mekdeci had taken dectin is a teratogen. As for the' rabbits, nausea "and" vomiting of pregnancy. other drugs in pregnancy. Walsh said the they, for lack of accommodations, were left Nausea doesn~t imperil an embroyo, while medicines "had an effect on the fetus," but outaide in the cold, and all but two died. vomiting may, the Jury was tOld by Dr. McBride disagreed. · The litters of .tlie survivors were free of Roger F. Palmer of the University of Miami. -Individual experts aside, BendectiD has drug-related deformities. Yet Merrell documents sh~w that the com- had on its side the sister federal agencies, Did a test •in two rabbits "have any value pany promoted Bendectin heavily Just for the CDC -and-the FDA. But the validity of in establishing whether ... Bendectin was nausea-a much bigger market than com- tneir support has been ilit by heavy.. lfre- teratogenic?" Merrell science executive bined nausea and vomiting. - from the p~tlffs' lawyers, mainly Arthur Dorsey E. Holtkamp was asked last June In 1978, U.S. doctors wrote 3.4 million new N. Cohen and George A. ' Kokus, both of. "No,'' he admitte. , One is Dr. William. G. McBride, an obste- data in a phone call to pr. Jose Cordero of Staples' data according to plaintiffs' scieri· the. CDC's birth-defects branch, ·published . tific experts 'who analyzed his report and trician-gynecologist and specialist in teratol- the results last Dec. 7. there was "no indica~ ' the workbooks-on which it was based. And ogy-the study of birth defects-in Sydney• tion that use of (Bendectin> lea.d,s to limb · retired FDA pharmacologist Frances Da Australia. In 1961,- he established that thali- abno~alities,'' JAMA concluded. costa, .who cleared Bendectin ·in 1968, testi­ domide is an extremely potent teratogen ·ca- . The article was intended partly to over- fied that had she known of the report she ~:bf~:fc~il'!:r~: ~~~~!!~~h~~ef::~sito~ come fears generated by the National En- would have urged Bendectin's removal from the first 50 days of pregnancy. . quirer, which is seen by millions. On Oct. 9, . the market or addition of a strong warnihg . Bendectin is a "very low grade" teratogen, it carried a Bendectin story under this ttead- to the official label. meaning that it causes birth deformities ing: "EXPerts R~v~al .· · · Common Drug The University of Miami's Palmer testl· rarely, McBride testified last Wednesday. Causing Deformed Babies." One of the fears ·fled that the Staples report obligated Mer­ Most of the deformities, he said; are so- was tp.at large !lumbers of women would seek rell to alert physicians and the-public and t9 "tailed limb reductions in which part of an n~edless a_bortlons. seek to curb Bendectin usage. arm or leg is missing. But plaintiffs' lawyers obtained a Dec. 20 Wayne State University's· Dr. Alan K. Because victims of Bendectin-caused limb letter ·in which Cordero, upset by the JAMA Done testified that the report and other evi­ deformities, if any, would be very !ew in article, told the American Academy_of .:edi· dence, persuaded him that Bendectin is a number, large-scale, precise testing would be atrics that the Bendectin data were very teratogen in humans. Agreeing, Dr. Beverly needed to isolate them from the perhaps 3 preifminary ~~ should . not be consider~d Paigen of· Roswell Park MemoriUI Institute percent of aU children who are born with defiilite result. At this time, he wrote, a calculated that "the drug is a suspected ter­ significant malformations that have no ap- statement that our study exonerates Ben~ atogen" that, taken in the first 40 to 50 days parent cause. dectin as a cause of birth def;cts is not a of pregnancy, could cause :•approximately McBride appeared for David Mekdeci, 4. completely accurate statement. five malformations. per thousand women." The FDA's associate director for new drug H e was b om with a· s h o rtene d rig ht f ore- evaluation.· Dr. Marion J. Finkel, prepared a In, markea contrast to all of t,his was Mer- arm. Two fingers are missing from his right · rell s actual conduct Sta 1 b H It hand. The thumb is webbed to the forefln- statement on Bendectin in 1977 and af. · · Pes oss, o - firmed it last week. "There is no evidence of kamp, in ,an internal memo, minimized-in­ ger. He has trouble using the whole-arm, be- any risk due to Bendectin,'' the statement-= accurately, Palmer ~ays-the study,findings. cause the major pectoral mu'scle is missing. says. . _ , Holtkamp, who unlike Staples, ~n t a tera- In addition, his breastbone is de- Her sweeping exoneration was based . in tolog~t. said in a SY/Om deposition that he Pr;,s::i~'s mother had taken Bendectin in part on monitoring of birth defect reports. doesn t believe to this day that thalidomide the sensitive period when embryonic ,limbs Only 190, including 88 limb reductions, were caused birth defects. develop-appr!lximately 24 to 40 days aft.er known to the FDA. The nlimbers are so No report was made to the FDA, no alert conception, McBride calculated. In his opin- small. in view of the enormous use of Ben- was given to doctors or the public. And vice ion, he testified, the limb reduction was dectin, as to be Virtually meaningless. The president Woodward, who had told Merrell caused by the drug. company-and many scientists-believe, in salesmen of the test in two rabbits, did not ·David and his parents, Michael and Eliza- addition, that limb deformities are the most tell them of Staples' test in. 82 'rabbits. beth Mekdeci, are seeking $10 m1llion in likely ones to be reported. Three or possibly five years later-it isn't damages from Merrell, a divtsfon -of Rich- But the plafutiffs'. lawyers say that the . elear which-Holtkamp and others fl) the ardson-Merrelllnc., of Wilton, Conn. FDA and the company know of only a frac- company sent to the FDA what plaintiffs' Later in the trial, which began Jan. 24 and tion of the true number of deformities, lawyer Kokus described to the Jury as a will contfime for a few weeks, Merrell will partly because both have virtually excluded "cleaned up" version of the Staples study. call its top expert witness, Dr. Widukind the possibility of a cause-effect link, partly· Its conclusion was the Bendectin doesn't Lenz, of Hamburg, West Germany, a pedia- because of vast underreporting of adverse cause birth defects in rabbits. trician, geneticist, and friend of McBride. drug reactions generally. and partly because That was a misrepresentation of the. Sta­ Lenz, too, has thalidomide credentials. Merrell had misled physicians who did ples data, Drs. Palmer and Done told ·the Learning that an epidemic of birth deformi- report defects in children of Bendectin Jury. . . . ties was occurring for the first time, he did mothers. They also said that the National the · medieal detective work that made the Enquirer article, which mentioned · Dr. As to the clinical stucUes relied upon· by connection to the drug. Then he led the Palmer, brought him 30 additional reports the FDA and the company, the plaintiffs' fight to halt its sale in West Germany, of limb deformities in children of mothers witnesses found serious fiaws in all of them. where it was invented and most widely used. Who say they .took the drug. One commmi- criticism was that they includ­ It was never sold here, although the Ameri· Perhaps most importantly, the lawyers ed disproportionate numbers of women who . can licensee, Richardson-Merrell, distribut- · say, an FDA co~puter printout on drug-as_. has taken Bendectin · after the sensitive ed 2.5 million "experimental" pills. sociated birth defects shows a proportion of peiiod for limb development had passed. . Just what Lenz will- say isn't known. In . limb reductions for Bendectin greatly ex­ Another criticism was poor records. the . defense openfng statement, however, ceeding that for any other drug. The FDA But the company will bring out contrary Lawrence E. Walsh, a director of Richard- sells the.printout for $50, bu~ Merrell didii't views when it' 'puts :on the witness SJ;B.nd son-Merrell and a former federal judge and buy one, the lawyers say. some of the eminent scientists who did the U.S. deputy attorney general, hinted that The FDA's Frinkel also relied on the studies, including Finland's 0. P. Heinonen Lenz will support Merrell•s contention that medical literature, the CDC arid studies of and Britain's Richard Smithells.e February 12, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 271fi GUATEMALA'S NEXT ON STATE could, at best, only "buy time" revealing that his department has and they have already put out 'the lion aid program to that country.> been sitting on 16 requests for "military" word ·that this poptilous, prosperous, The memo also explained: "Bushnell said 'items made by the Guatemalan-government, friendly country is an unhealthy place the junta has ·learned very quickly to many of them made early last year. · for investments, and tbat it is "inevita- . become 'pragmatic' and that even the one Most of the requests are for spare parts to ble" that there will be a dra.rna.Uc member who was trained in Cuba has op­ keep ·their aircraft in working order, but change in government as in Nicara- posed the acceptance of direct financial aid there are other. less "onerous" desires of gua Now the State Department is sit- from Cuba: The junta has accepted 1,500 the government as well. On September 24 of . · . · Cuban teachers and 'technicians' but has so last yeu. for instance, the GuatemalanS tmg on various aid requests from Gua- far refused.to accept financial aid. asked for permission just to participate in temala, and if the pattern holds true "Bushnell said that if the u.s. takes the an .aircraft engine improvement program to we will soon see armed revolt in the same stance of non-intervention in Guate­ prevent crashes and grounding, but that countr.y, a cutoff of U.S. aid to the ex- mala that it did in NicaragUa, trade rela­ hasn't been acted on either. isting gpvemment, encouragement to tions should not suffer in the end even it a On October 2, the Guatemalan ambassa,­ the rebels, and the triumph of a leftist more · · ·c~.ntrist ·or · more leftist regime , dor to Panama, also a lieutenant colonel in revolution. emerges. . the Guatemalan Air Force, asked for per­ Here is an article from the February Though Bushnell. refused to respond to mission to take the U.S. Air War College · · . several of our calls mtending to get his ver- correspondence course, . which is routinely 16, 1980 Human Events detailing the sion of what was said, his office finally re­ made available to officers of friendly coun­ ~test . State Department activity on ferred us for a reply to the Guatemalan. tries. But the department, as Jones in­ Guatemala. . I urge all my colleagues to desk at the State Department, where we formed Faulkner, is still "considering" these read it. You may need it to help pre- were told the memo contained "wrong ihfor­ requests. pare excuses to give the upcoming mation" and that the words had been Department officials will not admit there crop of Guatemalan refugees, if Con- "twisted" out of context. is a, campaign against Guatemala, but they gress is unwilling to stop this latest be- But there was no tape~ and no one took do acknowledge that military sales to Gua­ trayal of an ally. notes. The woman who helps arrange these temala are drastically down. The ·Fiscal businessmen briefings, Mrs. Marie Bland, Year 1981 budget, moreover, excludes funds STATE DEPARTMENT ACTS To DESTABILIZE with the Bureau of Public Affairs, informed for IMET, the International Military Educa­ . GuATEMALA us on February 5 that we could get from her tion and Training Program used to provide· Just wnen you're beginning to think the the next day the list of all those who at­ professional level officer training and some. Carter Administration is toughening its tended the Bushnell sessions -the Pentagon told the department: ment may emerge in its place. ically. ·used to handle Freedom of Informa- "The U.S. security assistance program for At· the Executive, Diplomat Seminar held tion items for ·the department in 1979 , the Cubans have been ac­ Michael Hatchedourian, Beverly Hllls; . tively trying to get the three major guerrilla Robert Benkens,. Compton; John Hierro HON. ROBERT F. DRINAN ·pacoima; groups in Gu~temala to cooperate closely to Richard Holley, Pomona; Maurie~ bring down the government. And now, OF MASSACHUSETTS Ibarra, Santa Ana; Rudy Jimenez. Visalia; through the State Department's destabiliza· IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Roosevelt Jordan, East Palo Alto: Paul Joses, _Nevada City; Fred ~Jl. -~ Ange-: tion efforts," · they might well accomplish Tuesday, February i2, 198(1- · their aim. . l~s; Gregory Kyker, Cathedral City; Michael If so, the key nations in 'Central Amer­ • Mr. DRINAN~ Mr. Speaker, · during' Lane,. Wblttter;: Birtiara l...isa.IW). Oitila&; ica-Nicaragua, · Guatemala and Panama­ Shelby Lewis. Lake Elsinore; and Roosevelt the month of December 1979, 611 Lewis, Los Angeles. will be in the hands of the pro-Cuban Left. Americans were killed by handguns, Things have come quite far from 1954 when Alfred Lopez, El Centro; Wllliam Lub, Ma­ bringing the ·total for last · ·year to galia; .Debra M&nning, Goleta; William John Foster Dulles furnished aid to anti­ 706. This handgun body count is a Communist Guatemalans who successfully J. Massa, Pacifica; Richard Mazzoni. Ontario; staged a coup against that nation's leftist list o{ media-reported handgun deaths Gregory McAndrew, Sacramento; Julius ~ leader, Jacobo ArbP.n'l. ._ · from dties and towns across the McLemore, Long Beach; David 'Medinfl, El .Nation compiled by Handgun Control, Monte; Patrick Milligan, Sacramento; t.ewis 'Inc. Mitchell, Inglewood; Ignacio MoJILl'ro. GOLD MEDAL FOR CANADIAN . The FBI's yearly ·report, Crime in Fr_esl!o; M~ Macal. _San FranciSco; Robert Murray, Pomona; Robert Offerman AMBASS.ADOR the United .States, showed that total Goleta Valley; Oscar Penn, Inglewood; Lucien: handgun homicides in 1978 numbered Peters, Auburn; Herman Pierce, Seal Beach; HON. THO~ B~ EVANS, JR. 9,170 which represents 49 percent of Mary Ann Pierce, Seal Beach; Arlene Poz­ oF DELAWARE the country's 18,714 murders. These manski, Thousand Oaks; and Hayward Rich­ figures· indicate a 1-percent increase ardson, Los Angeles. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES over , 1977 levels. Handgun use in Pablo Roman, La .Belvedera; Denlil8 ""Roug­ Tuesday, February 12, 1980 crimes is clearly widespread, demand- Iey, Rubidoux; Juan Salgado, Redwood City; M~_guel f!anc}lez, C&TsoJJ; .. 9urtis _Seaton. • · Mr• .EVANS of Delaware. Mr. s ·peak- ing that effective legislation to remedy Olivehurst; Richard Shepard, Oroville; ·an­ er, I strongly support H.R. ·6374, legis- the situation be passed.into law. bert Sherrill, Chico; Margarite Smith. San lation to authoriZe the presentation of Senator EDwARD KENNEDY .and Con­ FranciSco; Lanny Stevenson, Fresno; Lonnie· a gold medal to Ambassador Kenneth gressman PETER RoriiNO have 'intra­ Stevenson, Oakland; James Swriung: Taylor of Canada in recognition of his duced the Handgun Crime Control Act Aublirn; Russell Thompson, El Monte; valiant efforts· on behalf of six Ameri- of 1979 to confront this dangerous na-· Harry Turner, Compton; Danny Valdez, Paramourtt; Jesus Valdez; Parlier; DenniS can Embassy officials in Tehran. Hear- tional problem. Throughout the past Washington, Lennox; Katherine Zaruba,· ings on this measure were held in the year· I have inserted the rofl of hand-· San Gabriel Valley; Allee 'Whatley, Traer. Consumer Affairs Subcommittee of gun cfeaa to IITustrate the proportions' Unide~tified male, Hawthorne; Unidentified, the full Banking Committee Jast of the dangers we face. I urge my col­ female, Inglewood; Unidentified male, San ; Friday, and as the ranking minority leagues to support this new legislative Francisco; Unidentified male, 18, Los· Ange­ member of the subcommittee, 1 can effort, and contribute to putting an les; Unidentified male. 20, Los Angeles; Un· tell this House that it has received end to the misuse of handguns. ·identified ·female, 26,. Los Angeles; ·and unanimous support from . our mem- The . handgun body count compiled. Qlori~ Acronico, Los Gatos. ' bers. . by Handgun Control, Inc. folloWs: COLORADO Eliot Albeke, Littietqn; Richard Alver, The presentation of a gold medal to RoLL or HANDGUN DEAD _Greeley; Edward Benavidez, Milliken; Paula· Canadian Amba.Ssador Taylor repre• , AL:ABAMA . ..Boes, Denver; Helmer Brown, Denver: Mi­ sents more than just an honoring of, Diane·Bagman~ Talladega; Wally ·Dalrym-. t:hael Cunningham, Denver; Alcario .Her­ one individual. This medal is a symbol ple, Albertville;. Thomas F:ritz, Prichard; rera, Denver; Robert Jackson. Jr., Littleton; of the gratitude of the American Willie · Harris, Prichard; Kenneth Bender­ Ernest Lopez. Englewood; Clarence Lovejoy, people to the Canadian people for son, Dora; James Lemley, Calera; ·Jacob _Englewood; Michael Mulhern, Jilstes Park; their suppo_rt duringj;his tr_ying period Long.111 • Huntsville; Barry· Martin, Cen~er Scott Pettys, Boulder; Edward Steinbach, · N t• , -.------' Point, Terry McBride, Tuscaloosa· Julius Littleton; Dennis Wagner, Orchard; Walter m our a _Ions history. Over the past McCanty, Talladega; Joe Morris, Sr., Pri- Wolford, Monte Vista; Unidentified Male. _1:_0l _~a~s ~!.1_!_~~ -()_!l.r_!!

D~WARE LOUISIANA Dori Groves, Las Vegas; John Lewis Harrm, Susan Layton, Seaford Diana Baehr, New Orl~ans; Terllyn Las Vegas; Norman Haynes, Reno: William Blutcher, Baton Rouge; Vonda Bradford, Monday, Las Vegas; Darrell Shumpert, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Shreveport; Wllllam Brown, Tanglpahao Elko; and Mi~hael Whitten, Reno. Gerald Adler; Daniel llQlm~s; Jerry H()Qd; Parish; Alfred Carter, New Ofleans; Louis NEW JERSEY and Boo Park. Coleman, New OrJeans; CamUle Couvielller, Harry Blume, Newark: Therwood Bryant, fL(!)RIDAi Jr;, New Iberia.; Clal'ence Crawford, Slidell; Newark: Vincent Falcone, Margate; Jose Irl· James Branh1un, Daytona Beach~ Marlene Vincent Crawford, New Orleans; J;t,oy Dom.. zarry, Trenton; Matilda Irizarry, Trenton; Combs, Jacksonville; Ben Fetch, Deerfield iplck, New Orleans; Wiseley Ford, Shreve- Brian lson, Newark; Wilbert Jones, Asbury Beach; Bonnhome Grisson, Satellite Beach; ·lfort: Joseph Gary.. New Orleans; Lonnie Park; Anthony Lordi, Newark; Alfred& Robert Grisson, Satellite· Beach: Rudolbo Grant, Shreveport: Jessie Hall, Jr., Baton Medina, Newark; Humiliana Palacios, Lopez, Miami: Joe Milstead. . Pensacola: Rouge; Willie HamUton. Bunkie; Michael Linden; Anthony Pecca, Lindenwold; Nancy Teddy _Sarchet, Tampa: . Claude Smith, Hardaway, Dellm Richard Benee, New Or­ Sherman, Hackensack; Raymond Stoepker, Miami; Walter Thomas. Jr.• . West Palm leans; James Howlett, Jr., New Orleans: Passa.ic; Warren Stucke~. Newark; Debra Beach.: Cheryl wnuama. Miami: Johnny Edward Hurlic, Shreveport; and Earline Turner, Newark; Lance Vanderveen, Nep­ Williams, Fort Lauderdale; George Wright, Kldner~ Gretna. tune Township; and Anthony Waring, Jersey Orlando; Unidentified Male, Customer, Zell­ Wilson Kilburn, New Orleans: Edmond City. _ wood; Unidentified Male. Bartender,· zen, Leblanc, Westwego; Clarence Lee, Jr., New Orleans; Harry Lucas, New Orleans; Keith NEW MEXICO wood; Unidentified Male, Tampa; ·and Un· Fidel Archuleta, Aibuquerque: Larry Ble­ identified Male, Miami. McAlister, Livingston; Robert Phillips, Baton Rouge; H. R. Prince, Botner; Rose vins, Bloomfield;· · Gary Brymen, Grants: GEORGIA Mary R~dolph, New. Orleans; Gary Rivera, Katie Fowler, Farmington; Andrew Good· Bennie Amick, Savannah: June Bell, Sa· Westwego; Wilton Roy, Carencro; Lel& ridge, Albuquerque: Abel Gonzales, Carls· vannah; John Brooks, Danielsville: Irvin SCott, Wisner; Walter Scott, Wisner: Vernon bad; Qlen Merson, Hobbs; David Morgan, Cook, Atlanta; Ralph Cooper, OchlOchnee: Sellers, ShrevePort: Raymond Singleton, Farmington; and James Stuckey, Albuquer· Lillie Gassett; Lyons; King Grimmett, At· Cut Off; Willie Taylor, benham, Springs; que. lanta: Jessie Hagler, Dublin; Willie Johnson, Lurinze Terrell, Shreveport; Dale Thomp­ NEW YORK Brunswick; K. c. Joiner, Atlanta; Wllllam apn, Jonesville; Wendell Tillett,.. New Or­ Paul Colette, Brooklyn; Wllllam Comas, Lane, Atlanta; Mercedes Masters, Li~onia: leans; John Turner, Scotland~lle; Roberta New York City; Willie Floyd, Brooklyn; Raymond Middlebrook, Atlanta; . Joel Tynes, Amite; Jerry Watland, Hammond; Robert Fuller, New York City; Robert Hal· Parker, Dekalb County; Louise Parker, and Thomas Williams, Westwego. · stead, BrQoklyn; Sam Hollingsworth, Hunt Deka.lb County; Sylvester Ricks, Blakely; MARYLANO Point; James Johnson, New York; Carol Jimmy Salter. Norman Park; and Unidenti· . Elsie Brown, Suitland; Rodney Byrd, Bal· Lombardi, East Setauket; Donald Lombardi, fled Female, Atlanta. timore; Lawrence Cherry, ·Baltimore; Denise East Setauket;- Solomon Mendoza, New HAWAII Dersey, Baltimore; Charles Ellis, Baltimore; York City; .Carol Mersing, New York City; William, Kema, Honolulu; Pua Rogera, Laura Garland, Baltimore: Edwin Glass, Fred4;lie · Monserrate, :Pronx; Claude Mull· Honolulu: and Dat Yuen, Hon~lulu. Baltimore; :La.rr1 Johnson, WOOdlawn; ings, New.Rochelle; Jeffrey Parker, Queens: James . Mann, Baltimore; Avalon Trevor, Eartha Ray, New York City; Larry Ray, IDAHO . Baltimore; Din Wang, Bethesda; Unidenti­ New York City; Pedio Reyes, Bronx; Jon James Haymes, Coeur D'Alene: Waleed fied Male, Baltimore. Salvia, Queens; John Samuels, Brooklyn; Mahmoud, Burley; and Youse! Manassera, MASSACHUSI..Tl'S Ian Shaw, Ne.w Rochelle; Gino Todaro, Burley. Phillip Bowden, Dorchester: Earl Brittle, Brooklyn; Michael Walker; Brooklyn; David ILLINOIS Boston: Wllllam Peachey, Boston; Richard Willi8.Ill$; Syracuse; unidentified male, Roberts, Milford: Thomas Stoner, Salisbury. Bronx; unidentified male, East Harlem; . Nezhal Arifoski. Chicago; Anita Caradine, Unidentified male, Manhattan; and unidenti· St. Louis; Elivone Desir, .Chicago; Reyes MICHIGAN fied male, Manhattan. Fernandez, Aurora: Frank Gesnik, Chicago; Dante Cardella, Detroit; Wllllam Lloyd, Wayne Harris, S~te Park Place: Jesse Detriot; Donald Meadows, Detroit; Richard NORTH CAROLINA Hollen, State Park Place; Samuel King, East Wilson, Detro.t; Billy Springman, Kalama­ John Cashion, Avery County; Winnie Ca· St. Louis: Joseph Lukey, Glenwood; Minoka zoo. meron, Timberland; Robert Coffey, Cald~ Lukey, Glenwood; Dwaine Miller, Chicago; well County; John Coley, Ramseur; Robert Rueben Mitchell, Chicago; Michael Moore, MINNESOTA Lanier, Candor; Harry McAlister, WinSton· Cahokia: Alfredo Perez. Aur~: · Betty Steven Anderson, St. Paul; Alvin Colum· Salem; Calvin Moore, Durham; · William Quinn, Chicago; Visente RamireZ; Calumet b.us. St. Pa.ul; Paul Javin, Rochester: Deloris Moreland, Cha.r:lotte; Emmitt MQrrls, Have­ City; Harland Randle, Chicago; Lynn Shan· Ricke. Parlbault; Virgil Rtcke, Faribault; lock; Richard Phillips, Gastonia; Harold non, Chicago; Lee Strong, Chicago; Howard James Stapek, Minneapolis; Edward Vi­ Richardson, Lexington; Arnie Roberts, Tracy, cahokia; Yvette Twillie, Chicago; zenor, Minneapolis; Fia.nk Wilkey, Roches­ Stoneville; David Staubaugh, Charlotte; and Jimmy Willlams, Chicago. - ter: and Kathleen Wllkey, Rochester. Eugene. Thornton, Durham; James Ussery, INDIANA MISSIS~IPPI Ca.Rdor; Charles Whitted, Warsaw; and un­ Robert Atkins, Michigan Cit1: John Bird­ James Stogner; Tylertown. identified male, Goldsboro. sen. South Bend; Tommy . Branham, MISSOURI NORTH DAKOTA Indianapolis; Dennis. Hurt, .Kokomo; Karen John Baker, Alton; Leroy Bolton, St. Paul Sheeler, Dickinson. Johnson, Indianapolis; Jo})n M<:Enta.ffer. LOuis; Harold Boyles, Jr., St. Louis; Samuel OHIO Wolcottville; Sandra Meredity, Rockport; Branson, Jefferson City; · Jackie Briscoe, Norman Banks, Cleveland; Mark CUllman,. John Owens, Kingsford Heights: Sylvester Kansas City; Charles Carson, Kansas City;. Cincinnati; William Hadley, Columbus; Pathe, Jr., La Porte; ·William Rodgers, Ev· Douglas Downs, St. Louis; Charles Dyson,. Howard Hossler~ Cleveland; Micha.el Jacob, ansville; Doris Scott. Indianapolis; ·James St. Louis; Jucijth Elsea, St• . Louis; William Mentor: Clayton Johnson, ColumbUs; Stuteville, Rockport; and. Robert Winrott, Gl'&ba.m. St. Louis: Danlel. Hall, Lonedell; Vernon Little, Columbus; s. L. McCall, Mishawaka. Johnnie Harris, St. Louis; Booker Holmes, Cleveland; Josephine McCune, Randolph IOWA Jr., St. Louts; Larry Hur.d, Springfield; Louis· Township; Lavelle Middleton, · Toledo; Stephen Fullam, Davenport; Floyd Hutcherson, St.· Louis; Gregory Xribs, St. Nancy Mitchell, Springfield; Andre Oxner, Hansen, Sioux City; James Berschberger, Louis;. Andrew Morgan, St. Louis; Brian ·springfield; Wendy Petway, Cleveland; Lynnville; Robert He,.rschberger, Lynnville; Nuckols, Kansas City; William Perkins, Robert Smith Jr., Westerville; John Daniel Kriegel, Grinnell; Dawn Kd~gel, Kansas City;· Lanee Reese, St. Louis; Derrick Streteher, Springfield; Wlllle White, Cleve· Marengo; and Ralph Zaug, Davenport• . Richardson, Berkeley; Don Rutledge, Jeffer­ land; Michael Whit~n:burg, Madison Twp. son City;· George Sever5on, St. Clair; Bennie OKLAHOMA KANSAS. Simmons, St. Louis; Emery Spruell,--Hills· James Curnutt, Overbrook; Wesley boro; Charles Stiers, Fulton; Bonnie Thiel, Junie Anderson, Sapulpa; Curtis Arm· Parker, Wichita; Warren Smith, Topeka; St. Charles; Andre Townsend, St. Louis; and strong, Oklahoma ·City; · Jimmy Averitt, and·sam: Zolllcker, Lawrence. Lawton; Douglas Clark, Lexington; Wlllle B~~ty Ward, St. Louis. Dempsey, TUlsa; Shannon Eastwood, Bos­ KENTUCKY MONTANA well; Edith Fowler, Tulsa; Veda -Frona- Henry Chambers, Jr., Pembroke; Claude Jeannine Dell, Billings. 1Sarger, Okmulgee; Jimmy Fry, Lawton; Cooper, Lexington; Charles Hedrick, Lex. NEBRASKA Robert Hatfield, Enid; Joseph Hawkins, ington; Ford Jackson, C&ldwen City; Chris­ Tulsa; Esther Holt, Henryetta; Theresa tine Kent, Bowling Green; Geneva -Redden, John Howard, Aida. McDaniels, TUlsa:. Bobby Miller. Altus; C~dwell City; James Tregoning, Shrews­ NEVADA Charles Miller, Sr., Idabel: Marcie Mont.. burg; Finley Trusty, Ii'extngton; and Tyrone Danny Bahr, Las Vegas; Kathleen Davis, gomery, Tulsa; Glen Noah, Battiest: Marvin Turner. Lexington. La:! Vegas; Stevep Dilsworth, Elke County; Peck, Oklahoma City; Janice Prober,

cxx. v 1-- · 17~-Part 2 2718 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 12, 1980 Norman: Jackie Sams, Tulsa; Cleo Smith, San Antonio; Arthur Sander, Jr., Te~ar­ Despite a rental assistance need of Henryetta;· Annetta Turner, Colbert; Wil· kanB.; Odie Sapp, Cameron; John ~ott, over 10 million households, the De­ llam Wilbanks, Oklahoma City; and Calvin Beaumont; Tommie SCott, Marlin; James partment of Housing and Urban De­ Vickers, Oklahoma City. Self, San Antonio; Alfredo Sendejo, San velopment estimates that only 250,000 OREGON Antonio; Bobby S~afer, Kennedale, :U:orace S_tey.rart,. Bryan, Wyrine Stewart, . Crowley, households, less than 2.5 percent of John Akers, Clatsop County; James Clay­ William-Turner, Mfueola, Henry· Villagran, the total need,. would be assisted in bum, Grants Pass; unidentified male, Port· San Antonio; Jeff Wayne, Dallas; James 1979. Our national vacancy rate is pro­ land; and Richard Lobek, Eugene. Wellman, Kemah; Marnell Wells,- Neder­ jected to dip da.rigerously below the 5 PENNSYLVANIA land; Thomas Wells, Nederland; Billy percent level and in many areas . Mac Clark, Philadelphia: Herschel· Cross· White, Lasalle; Charlie W11Jia,ms, Fort around the country vacancy factor well, Philadelphia; Michael- Fells. Harris· Worth; unidentified m&.le, Houston, uniden­ have dropped down near zero already. burg, .Dwang HarriSon, Camdep; Joseph tified male, Houston; and unidentified The effects of this slump have gen­ Hoyman, Chester; Ronald B&JIIl&n, Mon· female, Dallas., e~ated serious problentS for the hous­ roeville; Peter Levato, Westmoreland VIRGINIA County; Franklin Rineer, Jr., LanCaster; ing and -urban· environment. These William Ross, Phlladelphia; Mark Sasser, Jerry Graham, Fairfax County and range from overcrowding and structur­ .Phoenixville; Roy Simmons, Philadelphia; George Thomas, Richmond. al decay to involuntary dislocatton and ~nidentifled male, Philadelphia; and Der· WASHINGTON rent gouging. The press and media rick Rhodes, Beltzhoover. Steven Allen, Taeoma; Harold Carangan, abound with horror stories of families in RHODE ISLAND Seattle; Robert· Casses, Tacoma; Larry forced to live cars, camping out on Duerksen, Seattle; vernon Enos, Moses local park grounds-, and, in some cases,. Gina Dilorenzo, Johri.ston. Lake; Wayne Murray, Walla Walla; Abdul even giving up their children. One SOUTH CAROLINA ~asheed, Seattle; Earl Rasmussen, Pebdle~ wonders whether our nation~ housing tori; Donald Williams, Taeoma; and Uniden- John Adams, Anderson; Joe Feaster, , tified male mahee. · · goal has all but -faded lrom view. Greenville; Mary Hall, Batesburg; Jack ' · RCITA 1980 takes aim at the cause Hollis, Beaufort; Mabel Hollis, Beaufort; WISCONSIN David Irick, Columbia; Elizabeth King, N. Patti Bernal, Portage; John Braun. Scho· of this crisis. It invites the private Charleston; Jane Tuescher, North Charles­ field; Curtis Froemming, West Allis; Charles sector to come to the rescue. RCITA ton. Harmon, Jr;, Milwaukee; John .Tanke, Mil· provides tempting rewards in the way of tax savings to tho~ investorS who SOUTH DAKOTA waukee: Charles ·Jewett. Janesville; Lucretia Tate, Milwaukee; and Glenda Turner; Mil­ funnel their capital toward r~sldentlal · Mark Frank, Huron and Maurice John· waukee. rental construction. But these- incen­ ston, Sisseton. · WYOMING tives will be appropriately restricted11o TENNESS~ · Nicholas. Auckland, Morton; ·David Hitch· periods and areas of low-vacancy rates. Gary Anderson, Knoxville; Calvin Bo· cock, Laramie; and Clyde Kimberley, Green More specifically,. RCITA will per~ hanon, Memphis; Jessie Bratton, Denver; R}ver.e manently extend the eurrent deduct. Bessie Brown, Burns; Carof Cardwell, Se· ibility .of. constructlo:q period interest, viervill~; Louise Cook, Knoxville; Lester Cross, Melilphis; Victor Drake, Memphis; RENTAL CONSTRUCTION fees apd real estate taxes allowed by Laura Dunlap, Knoxville; Sadie Hurd, Nash­ INCENTivE T~ ACT OFt 1980 section 189 of the Internal Revenue ville; Joe Kelley, Memphis; Janet Lane, Code of 1954 for Government-assisted Jonesboro; Donald Manning, Jr., Memphis; iow-income housing ·aiRJ reduce the re­ Annie McCray, Memphis; Andrew Moates, HON. -JERRY M. PA'ITERSON quired amortization period ffom . 10 Chattanooga; Alvin Novem, Denver; Gerald OP CALIFO~IA years to 3 years for units dtvt!lOped in Overby, Sevierville; Roger· Schml'dt, Mem· IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIYES a standard metropolitan statistical phis; Martha Shell, · KnoxVille:· Shirley Sledge, Memphis; Paul Steifer, Marlon; Tuesday, February 12, 1980 area he rental housing problem Is so severe limited to those who have invested In poleon Jones, Orand Prairie; Ben Kennedy, that it requires the immediate attention of places and periods of critical need. Jr:, Killeen Archie La.dell, Paris; Sirildo an action by the C()ngress and the adminis· This is a unique and innovative ap.­ l.erma, Crystal City; Marcelino Mendoza, tration. in on~ San Antonio; . Dolly Mckinney, Lavaca proach ·our tax laws. But it is County; Edna Nelson, McKinriey; and The report identifies, "low levels of which respects the true condition and Robert Olson, Seabrook. · moderately priced new private con­ regional variations in the hotising Wilburn Owens; Clarksville; Lucio Que­ struction" as a primary factors respon-· market. And moreover, it is a trigger vedo. San Antonio; Elbert Reed, Houston; sible for this crisis~ -- Condominium con­ qn rental supply which ~ activated. James Reger, Mercedes; Ranessa Rodden, versions and abandorunents also con-.. suspended, and reactivated· automatl­ Talco; Juan Rodriguez, San Antonio; BenJa· tribute to. the large shortfall of rental o~lly by the presence or absence of min Salazar, San Antonio; Cerillo Sanche~ .units. J>~blic need. February 12, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2719 I would therefore urge that. RCITA and obvious bias of.that study was hi· score at all and, when they do.. the cutoffs 1980 be seriously included as a key ele­ cidly analyzed by Jessica TuclUnan are set extremely low and often waived· for ment in IIDY congressional pbin. to Mathews in an essay which appeared oJder students, veterans. minorities and · rescue thousands of Americans from in the Post February others deservlna of special consideration. · Washington on Potentially, the most unsettling claim of thi~ cris~ in rental housing.e 7,.1980. I recommend this article to·my the Nader-Nairn report is, "Although test colleagues. The article follows: scores do not correlate well with. future per­ [Frofn the Washington Post, Feb. '1, 19801 formance, they are systematically related to THE TESTING CONTROvERSY the family lncom.e of the test-taker:• This A MBASURB 01' SAT's claim also misrepresents the evidence. pre- sented in the study that actually shows that HON •.WIUJAM F. GOODUNG .The simmering controversy over standard- test scores correlate with both future per- or PENNSYLVANIA 1zed test~most - especially the Scholastic formance . and family IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Aptitude Test taken by nearly 1.5 million income and to about the same degree. A .Tuesday, February 12, 1980 college .aspirants1 every year-came to a boll table showing the relatiOnship between stu- a few weeks ago with the publication of a dents' average scores and their parents• • Mr. GOODLING. Mi'. Speaker, I long-awaited study by Ralph Nade:r and mean income in 1973-74is prominently tea­ would like to share some additional m- Allan Nairn. The- controversy could affect tured·· In the report. On· first · glance· it is formation with mY colleagues on the not only the future of SAT tests, but that. of frlgh~ntng. for lt seems to show that all so-called truth-in-testing issue which all standardized testfi\g, beginning 1n ele· one would have to-do to detenriine a~l"mdl- ' has been receiving considerable atten- mentary school. vidual .student's potential for colle1e work ti tl Thr j Do the SAT tests-one for verbal and one would be to discover his parents• income. . · on recen y. ee ma or deve1 op. for mathell1atical aptitude.-ln faet help.~l· However, if the careful reader makes his' ments have occurred within the past lege admissions. boards make intelligent de· way to page 203, he will fin~. discreetlf . few weeks which reinforce the wise de· cisions about which students are best suited buried in the text, that the coruiection is far cision this past October to postpone tO their college? Or do .they merely measure from what the table implies, and that the furtber consideration of Federal test- . a collection of more or less irrelevant skills statistical correlation between score and !ng legislation which was made by the and social facto~. perpetuate class biases lneome is Just about the same as the corre­ Subcommittee on Elementary, SecOnd- and prevent large numbers of capable stu- lation between score and college gr'ade-polnt ary, and vocational Education, chaired dents from gettlng_a higher education, all as average <.4 as compared with .37>. Neverthe- Nader claims? less, the report concludes that if the tests by the cUstlngulshed· gentleman from First it must be·said ' that much of the con· are valid, "then merit in the United States Kentucky York State~s so-called truth-in-testing clearly that it is "a test of developed ability, What Is the point of these attacks on law-the model for the proposed Fed- ·not of innate lntelligenee." But 1n the past standardized tests? Abandoning them could . al t tin bill d - this has not been made olear. and too many only force .colleges to. place heavier reliance er es g · · Fe eral District Court students have been allowed to believe that on measures that are .more subJect to ::al · Judge Neal MeCUm ruled that the law th ptit d th · · d racial bi h th 0 f t . d cause the Association ·Of Ameri- e a u e at IS being·measured is a na~. an as, sue as e use " er . Woul ural s.nd immutable, rather than acquired, sehools" -tnat the admissions board knows can Medical Colleges "irreParable · talent. · well (gena:ally private schools or public harm" and should not be enforced . The Nader/Nairn repol't calls SAT "a schools ln. wealthy communities>, the per­ until legal challenges to it were aired three-hour gamble which can determine a soma intel'view . or the old boy /old airl in. court. The medical association has lite's pathway."' implying that the results alumni network. Nader's personal bias is evi­ ehargect that 'there. is -a· limit to the are largely up to Lady Luck. The Education- dent: he ·would like to see more reliance on ·number of high quality questions that B.l Testing Service, which creates and scores ;~ganxtr~urrig.~ular activities and community can. . be asked and-that t .. e testing law the tests, claims, on the other hand, that .u the tests are ·a. valid tool for predicting how The real target-seems to be not so much ·violated its rightS protected under well a student will perform 1n college,. -as . the tests themselves as the system of which Federal cop_yright laws. The New York measured by the freshman-year grade-point t~ey are a minor part: "Social class is law would ha.ve 'required the· disclosure average. ·Nader calls this claim "false and viewed as a sad fact of life, but not as an of information about how the stand- unsubstantla~" Who Is right? issue," says Nairn. "The controversy over ardized testa are formulated .and of The answer is that SAT scores do help testing makes class an issue." Where has he the ·actual test questions and correct predict college performance. The extent to · been? Did he miss the War on Poverty alto­ answers. The injunction applies to the which they. do Is doctimented by tlie very gether.? Somehow, it has come as a surprise evidence presented in the Nader-Nairn to Nader and Nairn that being poor means medical college admlsslons test and report, but concealed in the text. What the being disadvantaged in more ways than apparentJy tlie law still stands with re- text says is that."inclusion of SAT scores 1n having a low income. · spect to all other admissions tests in- the prediction proces8 improves the predic- The aptitude that can be measured after eluding the scholastic· aptitude test ad- tion. of college grades by·an average of only ~2 or 13 years of schooling is ·not the native ministered each year to 1.4 million col- 5 percent or le8s." The truth-of which the intelligence a student inherits in· his genes. lege-bound indfviduals. · report's authors are well aware-is that SAT It is the product of 17 years of continual in- scores raise the accmacy of prediction by teraction, between those capacities and the In · another more poaitlve develop- five percentage points,. but improve the ac· student's environment-inCluding every• .'ment, the five maJor publishers of curacy. ot prediction by 20 percent. Speclfi- thing from prenatal nutrition, to conditions standardized tests for admission to col- cally, high school grades alone provide an in the home, to the quality of the sehool he lege and professional schools hav-e an- accuracy of prediction of 25 percent; ~ades attends. If the SATs are1 sending bad news, pounced a plan of self-regulation· and scores together raise the accuracy to 30 it Is as much about the system that deter-· which would inelude publishing . at percent-a 20: percent improvement. This mines ·that total environment as tt is about least one actual test annually in addl- type of use of complicated statistics Is ram- the individual student. The news i8 bad-it. pant throughout the report. " does not show the progress that was hoped tion to the sample tests that are rou- Having attempted to minimize the valid for. But that Is all the more.reason to keep tinely ma.lled out. This action is cer- contribution SAT scores can make to admls· hearing it.e tainly to be commended and is, I feel, sions decj,Slons. the Nader-Nairn study exag- an Important step toward meeting the gerates the role they do play. It ar~es that concerns expressed by recent calls for because of SAT scores alone, p:romislng stu­ MA.~YLAND'S PATRIOTIC ·GORE truth-in-testing legislation . in several dents. especially minority students. are !re­ . STILL SURVIVES States. quently barred from getting a higher educa· tion. A great deal IS also made of the use of . Finally, a few weeks ag(>, the long- minimum cutoff sco)-es. of how "a single HON. ROBERT E. BAUMAN anticipated report on standardized point can be the difference between accept­ or KARYLAND testing by Ralph Nader and J\llan ance and reJection." However, a 1979 nation­ Narin became available-. The major · wide survey of 1,600 colleges · and universi­ IN THE HOUSE ()F REPRESENTATIVl;S focus of the Nader-Narin study was al- ties rev~ala that fewer than 2 percent of col­ . Tuesday, February 12, 1980 leged abuses of the Educational Test- le~~s and universities- consider the. SAT . . score to be "the most Important factor" In e Mr. BAUMAN.. Mr. Speaker, in ing S ervice, the creator of the se}lolas- an admissions decision. Only 4 percent of recent days a small controversy has oc­ tic aptitude test. ~he political natur-e .«?.Pen-door colleges use a minimum cutoff curred in the G~neral Assembly of 2720 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 12, 1980 Maryland which has now, tha.I)kfully, Maryland! My Mary'land! "HEALTH -AND SAFETY LEGISLATION" been put· to rest. It all -began when my My goodness. Some of my best friends are INTRODUCTION. BY .JOllN F. SCHMIDT good· friend, State Senator Howard Northern scum. Come to think aboui it, I Ladies and gentlemen, it is an honor to Dennis of. Montgomery County, pro­ am· Northern scum. The poem and the song, h!lve as our Luncheon Speaker today a Jnan posed a bill to change the words of our are, of course, nonsense. But splendid non­ who has served Pennsylvania's 20th District venerable State song which has served sense. in the U.S. House of Representatives since Leaving aside tasty crabs and tangy poli­ 1968. He is a native of Braddock, Pennsylva­ the Free State so' well for so long. For­ tics, Maryland is perhaps most famous for tunately, a com.D:llttee of the Maryland nia, and Ol,U' speaker graduated frQJn Du­ inspiring splendid nonsense, such as John quesne University and went on to obtain his legislature has rejected this tamperi,Jlg Greenleaf 'Whittier's poem about Barbara law degree· from the University of N9tre with history and the song will go on. Frietchie of Frederick. According to Whit­ Dame. He previdusly served the citizens of The noted columnist George Will tier, when Stonewall Jackson's troop8 fired PP.nnsvlv~tniA. as a State_ Senator and as at her Union flag, Ms. Frietchie, age 90, has recently · commented in , print on 1 Deputy Attorney General, as well as beirig a this weighty matter and I would .like spoke: .former General Counsel to the United Mine to share his thoughts with the House. Shoot, 1J you must, this old gray head, Workers of America. He presently chairs Mr. Will is familiar with many Mary­ But spare·your countTY'B flag, she said. the Congressional Steel Caucus and is the A shade of sadness, a blush oJ shame distinguished Chairman of the Education land traditions, including such Eastern Over the face of the leader came. and Labor Subcommittee on Health and Shore delicacies as oysters, crabs, The nobler nature within him stirred Safety, which has exclusive Jurisdiction over clams and Maryland beaten biscuits­ To life at that woman's deed and word. the Mine Safety and Health Act and its ad· the latter he has said reminds him of Who touches a hair of yon gra11 head ministration. As Chairman of this Subcom­ the Maryland Republican Party­ Dies like a dog! March on! he said. mittee, he instituted OVersight Hearings on small and intense. Dam right . he did. Oh, some spoilsports MSHA this past year at which NLI was the With all respect to our great Repub­ say Whittier embroidered the truth, but a lead-off public witness on June 18th. lican President, Abraham Lincoln, bit of such embroidery hurts neither Last September, our speaker, along with whose birthday we celebrate today, I Stonewall nor Ms. Frietchie, por thee nor.. other Members of his Subcominittee, par;. include Mr. Will's column at this point me. Indeed, it is good for us when we en­ ticipated in NLI's field trip to Missouri- and counter it a century later. · observed the operation of both surface arid in th~ RECORD. · . It preserves, like a butterfly 1p amber, the underground quarries. Today, he wlll ad­ PATRIOTIC GORE colorfulness of our shared past.,It is an echo dress us on health and safety. It is my sin­ of honest passion in an age singularly short cere pleasure to welcome and to introduce WASHINGTON.-Eternal vigilance is the of sueh. Furthermore, we should find it fun to you Congressman Joe Gaydos of Pennsyl­ price of preserving just about everything, and improving to reflect that we are de­ vania. and a vigilant committee of the Maryland scended from people for whom the exuber­ legislature has nipped in the bud a particu­ ant language of "Barbara Frietchie" and CHAIRMAN .JOE GAYDOS larly wicked "reform." It has killed the bill "Maryland, My Maryland!" was as natural Thank you. When you gP.t that kind of a that would have stripped "Maryland! My as · the flattened langu~ge of news broad- welcome, somebody wantS something. 1 Maryland!" of its status as the state's song. casts and bureaucracies is to us. - don't know if I, can deliver it. John, you give . According to one · le~lator, if the bill had . 'Maryland's song has lOst its power to in­ such a very nice introduction. and I'm very · gone before the ·Whole legislature, there flame, but it -remains instructive. And at­ happy to be here with all the Directors. would have been a "bloodbath." -Good. Let tempts to sanitize what the past has passed your representatives, OfJtcers of the Nation.. . 'there be no lukewarmness when traditio~ on to us are disloyalties disguised as fastidi­ al Liinestone Institute, and your good Presi· are in Jeopardy. ousness, disloyalties to our parent, the dent, Bob Koch. And, of course, I've got my The song is based on a poem written by an past.e good friend over here, Assistant Secretary excitable secessionist ·after the riot that oc­ Bob ,Lagather, and' all of the ladies that are ·curred when Union troops passed through here today. Baltimore in April, 1861. I'm going to try to make my remarks off­ 'lwelve rioters and four soldiers were; HEALTH AND SAFETY the-cuff. I do have a prepared speech here. I killed. The poem, a -hymn to the Confeder­ LEGISLATION may refer to it in a little while, but I asked ate cause, begins briskly: President Koch how long he wanted me to The despot's heel is on thy shore. speak. He said, "You make your own mind Maryland/ HON. GENE TAYLOR up." So, let me-if I can-hopefully give you His torch is at thy temple door. OF MISSOURI some insight into what is going on here in Maryland/ IN THE ~OUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Washington to make your Convention a little Avenge the vatrl.otic gore more interesting and try to be as practical as That flecked the streets of Baltimore Tuesday, Februa111 12, 1980 I can. Before I forget, I do want to say some­ As a loyal son of the Great State t. • Mr. TAYLOR. Mr. Speaker, recent­ thing about the Institute. I want you to know I must admit that the song carries free ly our colleague, the Honorable I was just giving a so-called pep talk here speech too far: The "despot'' referred to is JOSEPH ·M. GAYDOS, chairman Of the recently to another group, and in this pep Mr._Lincoln. The patriotic gore was, truth House Education and Labor ,Subcom­ talk was an in-depth explanation of how be told, seditious gore: If the rioters ·had not things work in Washington and of the neces­ been bent on secession, Baltimore's str.eets mittee on Health and Safety, was the sity of an Institute or an association gather­ would not have been flecked with it. featured speaker at a luncheon which ing such as this and why it is absolutely The poem canters along through nine was part of the National Limestone In­ essential that you participate. I'm not talk­ stanzas, each bristling with stuff_like: stitute's 35th annual convention. ing about politics or whether you are Repub­ For life and clea.th, for woe and weaL A few months ago, Chairman lican or Democrat-I don't care if you're a big Thy peerless chivalry reveal. GAYDOS demonstrated his interest in or little operation. But, it is absolutely essen­ And 1/ird thy beauteous limbs J,oith steel, the problems of limestone producers tial today, in the society we live in, that you Maryland/ My Maryland/ participate. And an association is the only when he and members of his subcom­ way that you can effectively participate The poem r,tses toward truculence , dips brief­ southwest Missouri to view first hand ~o~ here in Washington, D.C. ly into bathos , then hits an oper­ ployees as they continue to produce have to have on their staff experts that ac­ atic high note: the aggregate so Important to the Na-· cumulate the evidence. They're dealing·in a But lo! There surges forth a shriek highly technical field. . I didn't make the From hill to hill, from creek to creek tion's roads and highway program, as rules-I'm Just telling· you about .the situa-· Potomac calls to Chesapeake, well as to the millions of farmers who tion in Washington-particularly ln the last MaT'l!land! My Mary_land! spread the limestone upon their fields. 20 years-how it has developed. Under the After some thoughts about the "crucifix­ At this time I would like to include Constitution of this country, you have a ton" of the Maryland soul, the poem roars the chairman's remarks as well as his right to petition your government, -but the to a worthy con(!lusion: · introduction by John F. Schmidt, who best way you can exercise that Constitution­ presided as chairman of the National al right is through an organization as you She is not dead, nor dea.f. nor dumb have here. Agaln, I didn't make the rules. ­ Huzzah! she spurns the northern scum! Limestone Institute's safety commit- tee. · - Someone asked me at one time, "If our de­ She breathes! she burns! she'll come! she'll mocracy is working, -if you have people come! · The speech follows: . ·down there in Congress that supposedly re- February 12; 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2721 spond to the people's wishes, whY do ·wft tibft.to:eur·Sflbeoaaadttee, 1n assisting-us m rni;ttee Members to let them know how I feel need to have an organization like thls?·Why gettlnl{ that trip together, and _then ulti­ and, to date, I can ~Y this most humb]y,_yet do we have to contribute and raise funds mately going with us to Missouri. And there very proudly, they have responded ·to me. I and send lobbyists down there-that highly was ·the hospitality that was so graciously have never.had.any trouble ·internally. With expensive place. Washington, D.C.? Why given ·to our Committee-and the patience the close relationship 'that we've developed aren't yoU. as an elected Congressman, why 1n taking time to explain things to people with your officers ·and your representatives, can't you and why aren't you capable of dls- that had never been 1n a liinestone mine and a}Jio with Bob Lagather and hls staff pensing what we say Is Just under the Con· before. I remember John Griesemer w~ and how close they've been and how they've stitution-of doing what's right? Why do we there, Elliott Potter and Bud McDonald. manifested their desire to make thls Act have to go ·down there and give you technl· They .went out of their way on behalf of the work, those are the things that are ,,mpor· cal Information .and background material group as a whole, and 1n their individual ac­ tant to me. I can tell you uninhibitedly -and and send all these lobbyists down there?" tivities, they really showed us what a lime­ without any qualification that· I think that It's because of what has happened here 1n stone mining operation ls . . And they were team working together is going to make Washington, because things have become so very careful to make .sure we saw every­ MSHA a model ag~ncy~ And 1f we're going complex and we are 1n so many different thing. The one- or two-man operation-very to have to change MSHA, 'I'm ·not going to areas all at one time. Things are s.o compli- impressive. I want you to know that, as a to nave any hesitations. I deal with labor cated. There ls such a great need for lnfor· government representative, I did appreciate, ana· unions every day, and I'm considered mation upon Information, regardless of the with all of my colleagUes who went on the one of their greatest supporters. But I know computers that we have now engaged to trip, the attention that was given to us. and they know and everybody knows that, if help us. We have to have individual groups As a Floor leader during the House debate we don't solve the problem which I roughly anaiyzing their problem, doing the lndepth when we passed thls Act, it was my sincere outlined, talking about workman's comp, research and presenting it to us and. · our Intent16n to pass an act which we felt at the health and safety generally, we're not going staffs. And we have excellent staffs to help tinle was necessary, and an act which we to have any kind. of an institute and you're us In order to, hopefully, dispense what we felt was fair. Now, you and I may differ: ex· not going to have .a ·business. We won't have call justice through the vehicle· of reason· perts may differ: practically you may differ. an Industry unless MSHA is working fairly able legislation. But, I want you to kno..,v that 1n my humble ud properly. I think we'.re .going to accom­ .And that ls the ·background creating the opinion, and I think the general consensus pllsh that-I .know we're gotng to accom­ situation I believe that you're facing during of opinion 1n the Committee and 1n circles plish it because of the close cooperation we these two or three days of Convention. I that I believe are knowledgeable, that this have today. just wanted to make·that little observation Act can't be disbanded nor should It be ,tom I believe that the 1977 A-ct, in all honesty, for your benefit. I've lived 1n both areas- apart .or lessened or made·non-operative as 1s .a fair Act as we wrote it. But 1 know that, here and the home atmosphere up 1n Har· far as certain segments of our industrial ac· with theory and practice, gaps and risburg-and I can tell you it's true, it's get- tivity 1n thls country. It can't, and.I'll tell Inconsistencies develop. And based upon .ttng more comPlicated. And what I'm telling you why. The~Subcommittee l chair had Ju· th._.t observation on our part, I think we do you is becoming more and more pertinent. rlsdictlon over FECA. the Federal Employ· hav-e, and I have to admit lt, specifically That's how it is. Those groups and those ees' (Jompensation Act, and the Longshore­ there ·appears ·to be some problematic areas people who can't acclimate to that require· men's and -H&ibor·workers' Compensation In-the implementation of the Act. There are ment are not going to be heard, not going to Act, and a year and a .half ago we held O:ver· a number of bills that want io go 1n there ~e the recipient· of what can be good legisla- sight HearingS on .them. We considered all 1nd1ser1mlnately and start making some ex­ tion here 1n Washington. And, ultimately~ its ramifications, and we .considered and emptions or exceptions as far as the juris­ because of their own inaction, they are took testimony relating to a potential or a · diction of MSHA. I think· we've been out Jolng to have to· suffer the conSequences, possible national workman's compensation and out open: I've held Hearings and I am and the consequences can be bad legislation, act. And you know all the experts, all the• 'going to continue to hold Hearings. In fact, · oppressive legislation, things you can't live witnesses were 1n unison, all concluding that we've had 14 full days of Hearings on OSHA with. Which brings me to my talk. we must improve the safety and the health this last year, and we'll continue them thls Some may say . that the Federal Mine of the workplace. Thls includes the new c&r· year. We've had 14 full days on MSHA, and. Safety and Health Act ls bad. I don't think clnogens that come out on the market every we're going to go and delve right back into it is. We don't want it to be that way, and .year or ·so, alo~ with 'the other thousands the results of all those Hearings and contln· that's why I have tried to develop-and I that ·they have listed-the health aspect, ue again. We've had the Adminlstration ln. think I've been partially successful-a close along ·with . the safety. · If we don't solve formally and informally; I've been very' working relationship with Bob Lagather. He safety .and health through OSHA and close with Mr. Lagather, and we're going to has the responsibility thrust upon him by MSHA. we'-re going to be 1n very serious continue asking for lnfon:nJLtion hopefully the Secretary of Labor tO . administer this trouble because workman's compensation to make .our Act work, to work for the bene­ Act. I think he's fortunate 1n one respect rates are accelerating at an unprecedented fit of miners and operators. Again, I have to that, 1n admlnlstering this Act, h~ has a lot rate. And all your insurance companies-not ro back and tell you it'a because ot the. of well-trained people from .the old MESA. one, but all of them-have indicated that in· danger lurking 1n the background, almost People who have been around-I'm not creased safety and health is where the solU· astronomical costs resulting from your saying they're all perfect, but they are tion is. Nobody but nobody, since those workman's comp~ even possibly a new na­ people that ~e knowledgeable and have an Hearings and up ·untU now, nobody W Uonal workman's .comp act an~ changes understanding of your Industry. You have come up with any .other kind of-suggestion .;along those lines. · some of those people that you can work to solve that problem. Now, during the Hearl.ngs, I want to Just witn-tnspectors, administrative people and ·One thing-·is certain-you are not golilg to mention very hurriedly that we cijd hear what have you. There is nothing that iS · do away with wbrkman's comp. Y.ou can't; from some of your representatives here, more devastating to interpretation and the it's impossible. You'd •ve a revolution 1n who ·did an excellent job. Incidentally, very enforcement of an act, than when you get this country. So, with'that type of coverage professional-and I emphasize that very what we call a "greenie" 1n there who that's there-you can argue it back and professional. In fact, 1n ali the time I've doesn't kilow. anything about the situation, forth, whether it's sufficient, whether It's been here ·I've never heard more profession­ and then have him thrust Into a position ot overly generous, argue_any way you want, al tE-stimony-complete testimony-than the responsibility 1n the enforcement area or but the concept is there-you're going to people who have represented this Institute. the admlnlstrative area or what have you. have to face that problem. And .it's gettlnt In comparison, some other groups made Yet those things happen. bigger and bigger every·year. contentions during those Bearings that a ·But with Bob Lagather, with his back- I want you to know that I. have had excel· driver of a soft drink delivery truck would ground With the Labor Department, and lent cooperation as the Subcommittee: have to be provided 24 heurs of miner train· with the people he has now with him, I .feel Chairman with your representatives. They lng by the mhie oi>erator. That's Just not confident-and I think you should share have been extremely helpful. They have. true. I, can understand where that concept that ·confidence-that we have In MSHA a never under any circumstances heSitated by could materialize, under what circum­ good organization, a group of peopl~ that at design or otherwise to make ·available any­ stan~buf lt's not true• .But, maybe ·the least basically and fundamentally know the · thing that I asked for directly or indirectly. people here know better, maybe the tndiwd­ history of your Institute and what you Because of 'that close eooperation, I think uals involved under the misconception know stand for·and the practical workings out In we have put. together, after a fashion, a better and our -administration knows and the field. good worklilg team. I can't speak for every your · ~eaders know, but generally through­ Now, at this time I do want to take time Member on that Subcommittee-each ·comes out the country it'a that kind of contention publicly to thank. and to thank most sin- from a different part of the.country· or dlf­ that, once It ,gets feet, it travels-like light­ cerely, your representatives who were so .ferent state and possibly )las different ning-all over the country, and people will good to us on the September field trip to thinking on thls.subject. However, I am In a state it as fact time ana time again. - f;pringfield and Joplin, Missouri-we had posJ,tion .to influence schedules: I am In a My colleagues on the Floor of the House Chris Hankin and Randy Rawson. I want to p~ition to make determinations on whether will cittt it th1nklng it to be fact. Incidental­ publicly thank these Individuals for their we have Hearings; I am 1n- a ·position be· ly, while I'm ta.lking about my colleagues, cooperation 1n providing a lot of lnforma- cause of my past service to my fellow Com- and again, you have to understand the 2722 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 12, 1980 unique operation here ln W~htngton. D.C. change tt.•• Others where the accusations find ·that's the man he Is. He's going to be We have the Subcommittee dealing with were made very hurriedly, he said, "a'hat's one of the men that w1ll make this work. this speclfic area. and with problems which not the fact: that's aot the truth. Here ·is Mr. Lagather has stated on numerous OC• were researched by your expert personnel. where the truth lies." Bob Lagather ·is about casions officially in the record and ·unoffi· This- Subcommittee knows this subject as practical a guy-as I've met, and ·he. sits cially that he has undert'aken a comprehen­ matter. But remember, when we fan out to down and he talks with the people, -to us sive review of the assessments system, and a, the other 429-as there are 8 Members on and to those who complain. For iristance, a stu~y is about ~ be released. And he ha.S the Subcommittee-that they aren't as fa- lot of the operators said that we need a said to me personally in many instances millar with it. Nine times out of ten. they're review of the current procedUres for citing that he does have deep concern about some tied down and bogged down with .so niuch vioiations and establishing penalties, to be ·Of .the points, the negligence points and the work in their particular field that, when more fair about it. good faith points and how it works, and they he~ a contention like thiS, they accept When you get something,. don't hide that something is going to be worked out. · it as g()spel and truth. And they'll take that inspector's statement. If your inspector has I think I've talked too long already. I want fact and say it's true and it's bad and be a complaint, let us take a look at it. Why to conclude by giving you an invitation. and against the Act. So, it's very difficult to be a shouldJt be secret? Now, you get an inspec-. particularly through your association, to let liaison between a Subcommittee dealing tor in there, he writes up a complaint-why our Committee know of -your problems. We witb complicated legislation and the rest of should that complaint .not be subjected to have here the top officials of the Industry, Congress, as you must make information the perusal or examination of anybody that people that have gone out of their way to available in ·capsule form-short, concise- wants to take a look at .it. No one is going to discharge their obllgattons to a company tot all the other Members so that they un- forge it, erase it or scratch it. Why whether in an ownership capacity or in a derstand despite they're being off on their shouldn't the contents be made available to very highly technical or managerial ·capac· ·own tangent. as I mentioned. It's a very dif- read as soon as- possible to management or tty. You know. you don't shun responstbfil· flcult concept. So, when we do try to influ- their representatives? Ooesn't good fairness ty. But. I'm giving an invitation to you, ence our colleagues. we have to be able to be and common sense dictate that that's how from the ·Subcommittee which 1 have a veri concise, and we also have to be very ac- you should approach enforcement" remem­ right to represent, and I know I speak on curate. and that's where yow: Institute has bering ali the time that money taken from a behalf of.- to write to the Subcommittee. We helped us in many places many times. business doesn't go into enlarging that bust- may not be able to answer you and say that We can't even afford to make an acciden- nes8? A business has to have that money to what you say Is 100% right or that your tal mistake-for want of a better descriptive enlarge their business to .make more Jobs. complaint Is proven to be Justified. But, I term-because. if we ·make a mistake, ·none Like I tell my union friends, "You don't want to hear from you. And when you're in of those colleagues affected by it will ever have a union 1f you d_on't have a business !)ersonally. stop in and see us. It goes believe us again. The same .is true when first. What are you going to do-unionize beyond saying about your staff and Off!'\ your people make -available to the Subcom- yourself? You see, 1 think Its those basic ·cers. they have been close with us. And 1 mittee statistics and information and con- fundamental things that Bod Lagather un-· know they'll continue to be close. We have elusions-they have· to and ought to and derstands, and I know we're going to have an open-door pollcy. should be -and they better .be accurate. Be- real good cooperation. I want you to know that, as long as I am cause if they aren't, · then your people's I remember, when 1 was walking around there ln that Subcouuntttee Chairmanship, credibillty falls along the wayside, and with John Griesemer and the fellows. he that the Subcommittee Is going to .function nobody listens to them when they come showed me an area off to the side. He said, for the good of all 'people involved. I:m talk· back aga.lil on a like subject matter or en- "There on this particular piece of machin­ ing about management, I'm talldrig abQut largement thereof, or an altogether diller- ery out 1n the field 1s a guard. See that· labor and I'm talking about the administra­ ent ·area. So, in checking with that accusa- guard over there? There Is some question as tion of any act that we have Jurlsdlc~lon tion about training for a soft drink delivery to the sufficiency of the guard on that·plece over. man; when Bob Lagather made his testimo- of machinery. But you can't get to tt." Now. You might not agree with my philosophy ny, I brought it to his -attention as one of 1f you can't get to it and if the guard Is and what I conclude after looking at the the complaints, and he answered it. And he there and even though the guard doesn't facts presented to the Committee, or with explained that the tralnlng for those type m,eet the specificatioris, I think common what I support or what I don't support. But of people would merely be a check-list of sense dictates subjectively that this Is a rea­ . I want you to know that. 1f "'e disagree, my hazards that he may be exposed to-which sonable exception from the general rule position Is taken in good conscience, based could vary with the operation. Some -people which says you have to have sufficient upon facts. We make sure we try tQ avail say such hazards are infinitesimally small guarding on• the machine. 1 think Bob La- · ourselves of all existing facts, at least apply­ . and insignificant: however. some facts delay gather. in addressing that particular lsolat­ ing reason and commoa sense to the facts that type of Conclusion because some such ed example. 1s going to U8e' common sense we have accumulated through the Subcom­ personnel have suffered substantial injury, and w111 work out some kind of an approach. .mittee so that our conclusion Is a reasonable and It looks like that at least an acknowl- The law Is pretty bad if somebody has to be one. I want you to know that, even though edgement that there are some hazards that fined and pay a fine for not having a guard we may differ. The Committee Is there for need to be. brought to the attention of the 1n an area because the guard doesn't adher-e the good of this country and for the good of truck driver~- coming onto the premises is to the minimum requirements under an ·in­ you individually and for the good of your necessary. · terpretation of a standard when nobody can Institute. which has·done so much. And, of Some individuals that appeared before .our get to ttl I think we could reasonably con­ course, for the good Qf close eooperatlon to Committee Indicated a misconception that elude tha( there Is eome approach to that m&ke the Act work in its administration. they thought the 1977 Act applied mine !Qnd of problem that wouldn't be a waste of So, thank you so much. We're going to safety law to sand and gravel and stone money. probably take a couple more field trips. I've mining operations for the first .time, and been talking to Paul Dwyer, and we are that prior thereto;that they were subject-to Witnesses raised .other areas of concern. going ·to see more mines, more aspects of the OSHA Act or no act. That's not true.-Of The point was raised that reinterpretation the various operations. We're probably en­ course. we've had the Metal and Nonmetal- should be made of demonstrated good 'faith larging our breadth of vlslts-I'd like to .visit· llc Act in existence since 1966. The -oper- so as to reward the operator for his wlll1ng­ the Sunshine Mine. If you have any .sugges­ ations have always been under the Jurisdic· ness to come into compliance. Another tions where we should go, please write to tion of some type of a federal admlnistra- thing ·was on·site consultation, ·which has the Committee. We'll' take your suggestions tion. And 1 say again that the old MESA been addressed by Bob Lagather. There Ia under advisement; U it's not too expensive had Ita good points, 1 think that we .can no gre~t problem with it from the Su~m­ to go there and we can work the schedules learn a lot from· it: we are learning .a lot mittee s perspective for I think again we en­ out, we'll go. And 1f you have any particular, from MESA and from its operation as it ap- _courage such changes. Some changes have specific troulj)le spots. again I want. to em­ plied to . the ·new Act. 1 think we'll .be in already been put into effect. and I think phasize as concisely as I can for you to let pretty good shape. other changes w1ll be easy to come by. ~d us know about them. U you see something, During the Subcommittee Hearings, reP- the operators also requested that m?re con­ that's not working or you're not getting a resentatlves of the mining operators testi- sideration ~e given to the operators overall fair shake, l~t us know-preferably through fled regarding certain aspects of the Act and general saf~ty tecord, and I'm sure that's your staff because they have access to us its admtntstration. In other words, they put being ad~esse~. . much -more readily than you. If you don't ·Bob Lagather right on the frying pan. They I want to publicly again acknowledge Bob want to go through your staff, I'm sure they 'said. and I think they were most Sincere, Lagather's cooperation with me. And, again, would acquiesce and suggest to you that that we have to take a second look at how that human element that he has 8o much you're not hurting them 1f you want to go· this Is working. And Bob Lagather had of, and that Is humility and avallabntty. direct. But. I strongly suggest that through these items ·brought to his attention. -some You don't ·have to be on guard when you're an orga.nlzatlon there _is strength, and that's 'he acquiesced in and admitted outright talking, there's no worry. that you might where you should go . .saying, "Yes. that's -a mistake. Yes, 'it's not commit yourself or say something that's im· Thank you for listening to me, and I think working; we have to do something about-it. proper. That's the kind of guy Lagather Is; I've expressed my staff's wishes and that of We hav~ a ~udy going -and we're-trying ·to and I think more and more you're going.to all the other Members on that Committee,· February 12, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2723 and that is that we look forward to.contlnu· muscles on. friendly Taiwan-a long time MY ROLE -IN AMERICA'S FtrrtJR~ lng to work with this group and other ally which poses no threat-instead of the groups providing -accurate and valuable Soviet ~ggressbr which threatens to spread Input. · communism over the entire Middle East. HON. JAMES M. JEFFORDS Thank you very much.• · Reshaping U.S.-China policy Js an ac­ OF VERMON'l' knowledged goal of the Carter Administra­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion. Nevertheless. I question the need to further politicize the Olympics by denying Tuesday1 February 12, 1980 MISGUIDED FOREIGN POLICY 17 young Taiwanese who have been training diligently the opportunity to compete. The • Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. Speaker, this United States has played a critical role In year more than 25'0,000 secondary HON. GERALD B. H. SOLOMON tne International Olympic Committee deci­ school studentS participated in the OF NEW YORK sion, first with the letter to Julian Roose­ voice of democracy contest sponsored velt clearly outlining that Taiwan's partici­ l)y .the Veterans of Foreign Wars of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pation would create an "embaiTassment" to the United States and its ladies auxll· Tuesdq,y, FebruaT'J! 12, 1980 the United States and now with this brief to iary. Jill Laurie Peck, daughter of Mr. New York courts. and Mrs._ Robert Peck of Lyndonville, e ·Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, Liang · It is sobering that America, a nation that Ren-Guey, the young Taiwanese ath· has always prided itself as the champion of Vt., was the winner from the State of lete who earned the right to represent freedom and equality would play such a key Vermont. Although the final Judging his country in the winter Olympics role In the denial of rights to a friendly for the five national scholarships has and who has been denied that right by nation developing In democratic principles not·yet taken place~ I wanted to share the International Olympic Committee and free-enterprise. Tfe American people With you the excellent speech Jill sub· now ·that he has reached Lake should consider .this a cowardly act and an mitted ·which IS entitled "My Role in affront--to the"cause orfreedorrdhroughou-t America's FutUre." I hope you will Placid recently initiated a lawsuit in the world. the hopes the courts would a.ssUre his enjoy this dissertation as much as ·I I would like to call to your attention the have. accreditation. Liang ·has been denied lohg-range implications of your actions and by the IOC, along with 16 other demand that you accept the responsibilities The speech follows: Taiwanese · athletes, because he re­ of an impartial host and as leader of the SPEECH OF Jri.J. LAURIE PECK fused to abandon his nation's name, free· world. · flag, and national anthem-a require­ Sincerely, My role In America is to be an·active and caring citizen. It is most important In our ment the committee felt surprisiilgly GERALD SOLOMON, society to participate fully In all aspects of within its rights to establish. Member of Congress.e community life. We cannot expect opportu­ This is the firSt time the IOC has nities to come to us, we have to make them. bent to pressures from the' People's As Anhe Sarcka, the Director of the Gover­ Republic of China which dropped out nor's Commission of the Status of Women · of the IOC in 1958 an~ has been seek· TRIBUTE TO GEORGE F. ANEY' said, "She who waits for Prince Channing, will probably end up cleaning up after his ing readmission since 1975. And the in· horse." This pertains to everyone, not just credible underlying aspect of thiS HON. DONALD J. MITCHELL women. If one dreams all the time and does policy reversal ·is the role the United OF NEW YO~ nothing to fulfl11 these dreams they will S~tes played in the decisioil. Discard-: IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES never come true. Not all of us can be· the ing our ·longtime alliance with free President or the Govemo~ of a state· but we China and the nonpolitical Olympian Tuesday, FebT'JJ,ary 12, 1980 can all do our part In the government. One concept of fair play, the State Depart;. .Important way is by _attending all elections e Mr. MITCHELL of New York. Mr~ ment took an active -part in this deci­ and town meetings: It is important that we Spea)ter, . I am privileged to be able to express our views on a subject because sion, despite the fact that IOC matters bring the attention of my colleagties others might feel the same way but are not clearly do not fall within the pur.view to an outstanding member of my con­ confident enough to voice them. of the U.S. State Department or U.S. stituency, Mr. George F. Aney. On Before we vote for a candidate, we should foreign policy. February 23, Mr. Aney will be awarded research him completely and make sure we Regrettably, although New York the 13th Annual Good Citizenship· know his views on each subject. Wlieri we State Supreme Court ·Justice Norman make our deeison, It should be based on Award of.the Michael S. PliSeck Post leadership ·and experience rather than· pop­ Harvey ruled Liang should be ad· 4915 of the Veterans of Foref.gri Wars mitted the appelate court reversed ularit~ in Herkimer, N.Y. I can think of no in· On the local level, we should participate this decision after reviewing a brief dividual who is more deserving of that fully in as many activities as possible witq· submitted by the St_ate Department honor~ Aristotle said that it ·is not out spreading ourselves too thin. This In­ strongly opposing the admission of the always the same thing-to be a good cludes church, schooJ, and group affairs. Taiwanese athlete. citizen and a _good man. George Aney As a student, it is most-importaJ:1t for me The political. expedience of the is both. to participate In my school activities. School Carter administratfon's actions are ob· prepares you for the life you will lead after Mr. Aney is an active and respected you graduate. As a member of various activi· vious, ·if not f.arsighted. Therefore, I member of the bar. His record of dedi· call to the attention of my colleagues ties, I have learned that when you start cated service to his community is both ·something you have t,o .finish it. Too many and .interested individuals the ·follow­ long and varied. His active participa­ people. during their lifetime, do not· have ing letter which I have this day sent to tion in numerous humanitarian orga­ s~ficient responsibllity to complete what Secretary of State Cyrus Vance outlin· nizationS has been more than a mere they havt! ~tarted. ing my grave concerns stemming from taking part. His role, more often than Another way I can help my country is by State Department actions: not, has been that of leader. He · has constantly learning something .new. It is · DEAR MR. SEcRETARY: Sending a State De- generously given of his time and ener­ only the person who is always striving who · partment Statement of Intent to . the New gies to such organizations as the succeeds. The person who thinks he knows York Appelate Court demanding the ouster American Heart Society, the American everything ha8 much to learn. · of Free China's athletes ·from the Winter Education plays a most important role In Olympics was tantamount to announcing to Cancer Society, the American Red America. My desire to be a teacher will fill friend and .foe alike that the United States Cross, the B_oy Scouts of America, the this role. I plan to make my career In Ele­ has become-s- a self-serving and un- Humane Society,·and many others. mentary and Special Education. This way, I trustworthy ally. unwilling to accept the re- It has been said that patriotism is ·will be able to help and teach the future sponsibilities of friendship. . more than a short and spontaneous generation of American citizens. tt iS ironic that, at a ~ime when America iS outburst pf emotion, but the persis­ It is also Important for me to conserve and awakenlng to the need for a strong defense ~ilt dedication of a lifetime. George protect the resources of America. By con­ and foreign policy, this act will appear a Aney's persistence in the pursuit of a serving energy and not wasting resOurces, I symbolic indication the U.S. is vulnerable to better way of life for all.his fellow citi·_ am providing lor future generations. pressure and capable of being manipulated. My most important roie 1n Amer1ca ·is to Amertca, an Impotent. giant due to severe zens is an exemplary indication that be a caring and responsible person who re­ defense limitations resulting from· your de- ..be .is -a good citizen in the highest spects other people, their possessions, and is bilitatlng foreign -policy chooses to nex·iu sense of the term.e loyal to this wonderful countey we live ·ln.e 2724 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 12, 1980 the .commune's inJ(\ctrinatlon that a woman ris~ In PREY F'OR P~OPHETS 'Qf en&gy, and the contlhuing should be shame-faced. Is not worthy of c:Us­ fuel prices, the challenges we face · ~ussing God's word, should not speak or today in trying to matntain America's. HON.S~ARTB.MdaNNEY think independently, and should not share mobility are trem,~ndous. They would, OP CONIO:CTICUT' famUy· love. We had found her, but s~e w~ ,;lost" mentally and emotionally. May 27, however~ be everi more difficult had it IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES near midnight, she sUpped out. of our son'ar not been for the foresight and leader­ Tuesday, Febru.a11112, 1980 home in Texas. We searched an night, bu,. ship of iOdividuals who years ago found no trace. urged art early response to this devel-. e Mr.,. McltiNNEY. Mr. Speaker.,. oping situation. today. I am submitting for the RECoRD Melinda. a loving gentle person, n&$ always been hyper-conscientious· in . every.­ a statement sent to me by a memb~r .thing she undertook: ranked first in high Today, l am. .pleased to pay tribute of the Fourth Congressional District school class of 600; in college had been tD one such person, Arthur Schr'eiber­ of Connectieut. The text is an account active in Campus Crusade for. Christ; ancf a pioneer in promoting the regional of one famUy"s efforts to contact at consistently studied God;s word In the­ use of carpooling as an alternative daughter- who left home to join a so­ Bible. She had ·always- been close to her form of transportation. In a 1973 edi· called cult or new religious movement. family and ·freely · discussed her Plans witl\ · torial broadcast, he first proposed the r hope that . my colleagues Will read us, 1111til May 11, 1978. She· Is: now ·a ••noDi< person" whose welfare is in the· hands of • concept of regional ridesharing tor the this statement in order to better un­ southern California ~ea. Just 2 derstand the feelings of anguish which fanatic leader, fomner- U.S. Marine Jim Ro~ erts-Brother Evangelist. Lengthy conve~ months later this concept was\ put to families.experience in such a situation. ttons with five former followers of Bro. use in forming Commuter Computer, a Further, if anY of my colleagues. wish Evangelist reveal practices vfolating human new ridesharing organization serving at to join me in submitt~g future ac­ rights, endangering :physical and mel)tal multicounty southern California counts of this type, I urge them to health: · region. contact me. 1. Their food ts gathered from garbage As a. Member of Congress, I feel I bins behind stores and restaurants. I represent.. That is why I am submit­ the inception of Commuter Co~puter ting this statement today. I should 2. All medical aid rejected: eye glasses de• his involvement has been direct and make it clear, however, tbat I do not stroyed; broken bones not set; pain and in-. has grown. He was the first secretary believe the Government should inter· fectfon indicate one's sil1fulness; women give tor the organization's board of direc­ fere directly with the religious ~ivt~ birth in tents at assorted campgio1mds Ia uDsaniwy conditions. Jors.. and served in this position untU ties of new religions. Whtle a cult.. his appointment as president in group may be different, from an orga, 3. wo:Dien and children may speak only . with :permission,·in hushed voices. They ar&; August 1977 • nized religion, the.dividing line-is thinl beaten for disobeying. Infants physically Thus, it is a short step frq~_\ Govern­ abused for crying,. for wetting bedroll. At the end or this month, Mr. ment control of cults to Governmen* Schreiber wtll leave Co:rmnuter Com­ 4. women "nlatrted" or assiped to rela· contFol of organized religion. Either tionshl:p with male at dfscretlon of leader. puter to return to broadeasting. He action would not only destroy the sep­ 5. Humor is slnfui; suffering.and deprlva. will become general manager of radio aration of cl1urch and State,.. bu~ . tion enhance one's status with God. station KSTP in Minneapolis-St. Paul. would represent a major infringement. 6. Fear of the devil is constantly taught Many will miss the absence of this on other first amendm~nt. freedf>ms. I and the belief that the devil controls one's man. His never-ending enthusiasm fot hope my colleagues agree. family and everyone outside the group is the carpooling concept was instrl)lllen: STATEMENT' ffimly instilled. tal in carrying Commuter Computer Our daughter, Melinda Ev:\ns, a third OUr uncertainty as to where Melinda Is'; through the hard times when the rJde.: year nursillg student and former X-ray our: concern ·for her health and safety, our sharing idea had li\tle widespread sup­ technieian, wu enticed into ~ bizarre, no­ distress over her loss of rights as an inClllvi~ madic.. destructive commune at the Unlver· ual, and our desire to set. her ft:ee effectuate port. Over the years, however, the sue.... sity of Connecticut,. Storrs,- ct. May 11. constant anguish. Ii is Important to under· cess of his work has gained nationwide 1978. She was recruited by a married couple stand that victims of destructive communes attention and is in part responsible for who had hitchhiked into town and set up s have been intensively programmed into cult the Federal interest that is now being tent behind a store three days earlier. The doctrine and accompa.Iiyfng fears and guilt. exhibited in the ·promotion o~ ride­ day she· left she closed her bank account This is not a phase or passing fad. These d~ sharing. <$500) and the three ol them drove off in structive groups recruit for keeps. Jim Rob­ her car. It was exam week; she took no erts' prey become Imprisoned by his misuse No doubt, even greater achievements exams. Three weeks later a letteJ came of the Bible to ex-ert total mind control over are in store for the future of Art saying God had shown her that -ahe was to them. Turned against family, former Schreiber. He has already proven him.. forsake everything to follow Christ in order friends, education and· careers, they become. to attain eternal life. unthinking, non-productive robots, unable self as a talented individual in the Because we listed- Mindy as a missing to escape without the help-and support of broadcasting field. He served in radio person we know she tried to enter Cana~a those who want them Free. and television news for 25 years, in­ 6/9/78: she was stopped in Arizona foP Recently :published on this group-includ·. cluding 8 years as general manager_for hitchhiking 1/11/79 h 1rm f TEST IS MISS LORETTA JEANNE are very precious. I may speak, congregate, ca are · . • C a an o \_he REGISTER and worship as 1 please. I am given a path board of trustees of Palm Beach of recours.e when my . constitutional rights County Medical · Society, board. HON. C. W. BILL YOuNG are compromised. Yet societies everywhere member of the American Association recognize that great responsibllity always · of Ophthalmology, and secretary and OF FLORIDA accompanies great freedom: therefore, my board member of the Florida Medical IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rights are only my own until they deprive Political Action Committee. · Tuesday, February 12, 1980 you of yours. Part of my contribution then, His committee assignments include is to .voluntarily limit my own rights in ·-a · • Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speak­ positive way so as to broaden the choices membership. on the national legisla- er, eath year the Veterims of Foreign and freedoms of my countrymen. tion of Florida ~edical · Association, Wars of the United States and its Yet can my contribution restr,ict itself to the medical advisory ·of the Cripple' Ladies Auxiliary conducts a "Voice of being only passive? No, for if taken alone, Children's Society of Palm Beach, and Democracy" speech c·ontest among such unobtrusive ·silence would not be a the recertification adviSory to the secondary school. ·students across the total. gift to this great nation. Giving is American Board of Ophthalmology. country. This year more than 250,000 more of an active process, and so must I give And, _. Dr. ~.tambaugh is president­ students entered the contest, compet­ generously. First, I must give my support. elect of the Florida Society of Oph­ Support U, leading and following at the thalmology, listed in WhO's Who in ing for five national scholarships. sa,me· time: experiencing defeat, and yet not the South and Southwest and serves It is with pride· and pleasure that I allowing defeat to entirely conquer. More- announce to Members of the ·House of over, support 1s the faithful survival of en- on the editorial board of Ophthalmol- Representatives that the statewide thusiasm through every disappointment and ogy Times. winner for Florida is Miss Loretta triumph. He is also associated with the Na· Jeanne Register of St. · Petersburg. Second, I must gtve my leadership. Lead- tional Board of Medical Examiners. M.isS Register, a senior at St._Peters­ ership is guiding my colleagues and myself and the American .Board of Ophthal· to o1a. desired goals: speaking and thlnklng mology. burg Catholic High School, has an im­ always in terms of "we" and "us": aeeepttnc pressive list of awards and honors to the-challenge to bear criticism with humil- Additionally, Dr. Stambaugh serves her credit. She has ·been the State al­ tty· even when standing alone ii). my opin- as a board member of the Health Plan­ ternate in the 1979 Century III Lead­ ions., Leadership-demands nothing less than ning Council, Inc., the· Forum Club-of ers Competition, was elected State the best. the Palm Beaches, and the Palm comptroller at the 1979 Florida Girl's Finally, and most essentially, I must give Beach County Athletic Hall of Fame. ·State, was the Florida winner and rep­ my respect, perhaps the most difficult but Previously,· he was on the Medical resentative at the International Lead­ meaningful contribution, of all. Respect is Advisory Board of the !f1lorida Society ership Seminar conducted by Colum­ aeknowledgtng t}!e existence · of persons,.. of P..evention of Blindn~ss <1972-'79>; countries, and a deity greater than my own past president of the Palm Beach bia University, and was State finalist seU. I respect America because she and I for the 1978 . Optimist International ~ave comp~eme11ta.ry natures, so that as County Medical Society <1977>; on the oratorical contest. long as I accord her support, active and pas- board of goyernors of the Sailfish In addition, Miss Register won Opti­ sive leadership, and patriotic pride in my Club of· Florida (1976-78> and found­ mist Youth - Appreciation Awards in role as a United States citizen, she will in lng chairman of the "Eye and Ear 1978 $11d 1979, won three awards at tum bestow on an her constitutents and on Alert" screening program of the the Florida French Co:pgress, and was the fut1ll'e generations _reciprocal support, ~unior League of. the · Palm Beaches leadership, and the qualities deserving of (1968-73). named 1978 "Youth Volunteer of the my patriotism. Year" at the Bay Pines Veterans' .Ad­ I closed the history text and returned it to Qther accomplishments include: ministrations Medical Center. In con­ its place on the bookshelf, and ·I considered membership in the Four Arts Society nection with thiS last award, Miss Reg­ what I had J~t learned. .. It is this: My role of P8.Im Beach, the American Acade­ ister worked· 800 hours at the Medical in America~s 'future may or may not be re- my. of Ophthalmology. the Ameriean Center's library, medical· research de­ membered two hundred years from now, but ~edical Association, the American As­ partment, pharmacy and clinical labo­ .my cQntribution,·if genuine, total, and patri- sociation of Ophthalmology, · the ratory. She plans a c=rreer in medicine. otic, shall be no less significant, no les8 Southern Medical Association, Florida noteworthy than the contributions of my .Medical Association, Florida Society of This year's "Voice of Democracy" fellow Americans of even the greatest fame 0 hthalm 1 d topic was "My Role in America's of the past, of the present, and even of the P 0 ogy• an the Palm Beach FUture." Miss Register's winning future.e County Medical Society. speech follows: @d, noj; to be excluded is Dr. Stam- SPEECH BY LoRE'rl'A JEANNE REGISTER . baugh's association. with the Palm When I was initially presented with the Beach Branch of·the American Cancer Society <1965-68), . the ·first . place topic, "My role in America's future,'~ my DR. REGINALD J. STAMBAUGH­ first thoughts went to my old history boo~ AN OUTSTANDING MAN American Medical Association's Physi· on the she~f. As I glanced through the cred­ cian Speakers Television Award in its of Presidents, Senators, and Generals, it 1978, or the special recognftion award ·was obvious that these men and women had he· receiv~ from the University of had extremely impressive roles to be so wen HON. DAN MICA Miami's School of Medicine . and remembered. However, these names wete OFFLORmA Alumni for "Exceptional Accomplish­ not the only ones I saw. I encountered some names which were quite unfamiliar, yet the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment."• book did not distinguish between the signifi­ Tuesday, February 12, ·1·980 cance of their contributions and those of • Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, it is with the Presidents, Senators, and GeneralS; On A PLAN TO OFFSET THE ADVERSE ~he contrary, the attributes of both histori­ great personal pleasure that I take cal dignitaries and little-known figures were this opportunity to bring to the atten­ EJii:FECTS FOR THE. CARTER. printed side by side, equal. I P.aused for a tion of the U.S. Congress the out­ GRAIN EMBARGO moment as I realized what this topic· is ,;tanding accomplishments of Dr. Regi­ really all about. Although my pame will nald J. S~ambaugh, of West Palm HON. DOUGLAS K. BEREUTER probably never be immortalized iii any text­ Beach, Fla. His impressive credentials· book, My role in America's future may nev­ OF NEBRASKA and record of ach:fevement trqJ.y serves . IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ertheless be as important. as any President's as an inspiration and professional or ambassador's Why.? Because the key benchlnark for all persons in the field Tuesday, February 12, 1980 word is contribution, and as long as my c.on~ tribution to my country is genuine, total, of ophthalmology. 'Therefore, at this • Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, the ·and patriotic, it is in no way subordinate to time, I want tQ ·share with the House Nation's farmers have always been anyone· else's. Dr. Stambauglfs honors and credits. willing to make .sacrifices to support 2726 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 12, 1980 our national security interests. ~ How- have, we must reconsider our overall Soviet domination have always been ever, they expect to be trea~d fairly food strategy. starkly clear, but we have been too and deserve to know that other seg- Tbe embargo also affects our overall quick to forget themr I hope that all ments of society are sharing_ the transportation policy by disrupting Americans wilt Join with the Lithua­ burden of any saerifices that must be- the steady movement of grain and. ere-· nian people in celebrating their inde­ made ln the nattonal intereSt. ating uneertatnty tn the industry pendence day and in working toward There is no doubt that President whieh may retard future· investment that day when they can again be a sov­ Carter's decision to · embargo gram in trQ.nSportation facilities and equip• ereign and free nation.e places an undue burd~n on the ,farmer. ·ment. · Unfortunately, the· President has ·not Unfortunately, the adlninistration A TIMELY EDITORIAL taken adequate steps to protect the ha.S remained consistent in maihtain­ faruier from the effects of the em~ tng a £heap grain policy.. bargo. Shortly after the President an- We now have a tremend9us supply HON. DAN MICA nounced hfs intention to impose the of grain in storage. Unless this·grain is' OP FLORIDA. embargo, I · announced a five-point · used during the coming months, a con· I1f THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES plan that the admf:riistratlon could lm· siderable increase in 'grain storage Tuudall, February 12; 1980 plement to achieve the goal of assur- facilities will be needed before the­ ing that the American people as a next harvest. • Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, 1 would whole share equitably in the' sacrifices It is time to take further actionS to· like to bring to the attention of the· now being asked of the farmer. Com- pro\ect our Nation's farmers. The five­ House, the following editorial from ponents of the plan include:· point plan I have described offers ~ the January 26 issue of the Palm Beach Post, a daily newspaper in my First, increase wheat and feed grain positive program, and I urge the ad"" district. This article well exemplifies loan rates to market price levels in ministration ta move quickly to lmple· the intense mood of this Nation now effect before the. embargo and rumors ment· it.e · and it appears to follow the same vein of an impending embargo were felt. that I. expressed on the House fioor Second, adopt ·a minimum 20 percent LITHUANIAN INDEPENDENCE last week. As I said then, and continue set-aside nationwide for 1980 for both. DAY to believe today. this issue will be de­ feed gratils and wheat. The winter bated universally and the principles of wheat set-aside payments must recog­ HON. MARY ROSE OAK.AR freedom will be: weighed ca?efully. I nize.- and compensate f_o~ the fact that hope the House membership will take farmers a1read3l have made the invest­ o:r omo the tini.e to read·this editorial. ment in· plan,ing their winter wheat; IN THE H0'9SE OF> REPRESENTATIVES A DRArr, OR ELsE crops. TUesday, February 12;-1980 President Carter's call for a resumption of Third, reduce interest rates in the • Ms. OAKAR. Mr. Speaker~ February draft registration has spawned a barrage of Commodity Credit Corporation and the same answer always surfaces. that it might not be a bad idea to reinstate which require two field offices? : , row morning in Paterson, N.J. ALPHA INDUSTRIES, ·Arizona <4.4786) .Factor'x20=89.5 inspec­ While the community is out of my Marion, Iowa. tors. district, the man whose memory is Hon. ToM TAUKE, Missouri <2.2076> Factorx20=44.1 inspec­ being honored was born in. Jersey City. Washington, D.C. tors. Re Deeember 12, 1979' Congressional Record Texa.s.<·3.8975) Fa.ctorx20='J'7.9 inspectol'S'. I feel duty-bound and·proud to ask all "MSHA Response to concerns over its New Mexico <3.4127> Factorx20=68.2 in­ to join in this tribute -to the late Rev. inspection activities." spectors. Francis Aidan English, a member of DEAR COliGRESS~ TAUKE: Once again I Minnesota <4.0218) Factorx20=80.4 in- the Pa8$ionist Order. feel compelled to respond to what appears spectors. · The housing development being to be a misunderstanding between what is Pennsylvania <2.3321> Factorx20=46.6 in­ named Francis English Village will transpiring between MSHA and Industry in spectors. contain 142 units of housing for fami· Iowa, and what the Honorable Joseph M. These man hours reflect only metal and Gaydos of Pennsylvania and Mr. Lagather, non-metal hours worked for- an that Alpha was being singled out and har· The number of coal inspectors Pennsylva­ assed. The fact that over sixty-five (65) em­ nia should have· to receive equal treatment Urban Development Action Grant ployees received 43. inspections in seven under the law wo~ld be 253 inspectors. funding as part of Paterson's months probably invited this supposition. Pennsylvania <12.6511) Factorx20=253 f.n.. revitalization program. HUD is provid­ Alpha is not being sirlgled out; rather, the spectors. ing rent subsidies for eligible families. whoie Limestone Industry in Iowa is being Note: These. 253 coal inspectors are in ad­ Msgr. Joseph Brestel, Vicar General, harassed by MSHA inspections and inspec­ dition to the 46.6 metal and non-metal in­ a member of the board of trustees of tors. I have enclosed an article which ap­ spectors. JackSon-Slater, Inc. will aeliver the in­ peared in the Cedar Rapids Gazette I realize I have spent much of your time Sunday, December 16, 1979. Please note ·vocation. trying to convey the message that the At . the ceremonies speakers will be from the article that another Safety Direc­ mining industry in Iowa is over inspected. tor, with another firm in Iowa, has experi­ Paterson Mayor ~wrence F. Kramer, enced aix <6 > inspections· of one <1 > crushing Passaic County Senator Frank X. l)lant since July of 1979. This company 'In addition to these Inspectors, some- Iowa Quar­ Graves art of this social service quardran­ The Francis E~glish Village indeed called "passive restraint" standard. The gle includes a school structure which will provide· needed mortar for future standard as now written requires the pha.S- February 12, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2729 mg in, starting witb 1982 mode-l new cars, ~f It is understandable that Mr. Kilpatrick UNIVERSITY FACULTY MEMBERS automatic protection to reduce the· like];i.. would wish that the market had responded CONCERNED ABOUT HUMAN hood of motorists being killed or serious]l7 to the need and demand of Americans for RIGHTS IN TAIWAN injured in frontal crashes-crashes that now air bags, which after all have been techno· a.ecount for th~ majority of occupant. deaths logically avaRable for more than a · decade. in highway collisions. But the fact. is that the car companies HON. FORTNEY H. (PETE) STARK The NHTSA standard leaves it completely Intend to sell nobody that kind· of prot.ec· OF· CALIFORNIA up to the car companies to choose the tion without government compulsion, means Jbr providing the protection, so long whether Mr. Kilpatrick likes it or not. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESEN~ATIVES as its is automatic . M of now, ehance to choose life over death in thou­ e Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, following air bags ·and automatic safety belts are the sands of car crashes a year. But the NHTSA :~. human rights rally in Taiwan ori De­ ways that the companies have chosen. to passive restraint standard wlll guarantee cember 10 where ,Niolence erupted be­ meet the 1982 model year requirement. that chance-if it is left alone.e tween policer law enforcement offi­ Mr~ Kilpatrick. doesn't· like the fule be­ cials, and the rallyists, large numbers cause it is "compulsion." He likes the-Stock· or political opponents of the authori­ Jllan amendment, however, because he tarian Taiwan. Government were ar­ thinks it would guarantee "freedom of choice in safety devices. . . . In brief. the rested. This b:lcident was not widely Stockman amendment would let. the buyer ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S BffiTHDA1 reported by the Western press and for have his option-seat belts, lap and seat AND SLAVERY TODAY 10 days tHere w~ \'iri:tal silence on Jelts. automatic shoulder hamess- or the air .the matter. Even now. ·the American Jag, you pay your money and you take your HON. PETER A. PEYSER Institute in Taiwan has not niade an choice.'' official statement. Two different Mr. Kilpatrick Is wrong. That's· not what OF NEW YORK sources claim that the riot was insti­ the Stockman amendment would do, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gated by the government and this is saying so won~ make it so. the vieWpoint of the Taiwanese oppo­ The ·amendment would ·simply require Tuesday, February 12, 1980 that when the passive restraint standard sitionists. takes effect in the 1982 model year. a car e Mr. PEYSER. . Mr. Speaker, today is Approximately 130 people are being "purchaser" who does want an automatic the 171st anniversary of Abraham Lin­ detained-there are both higher and restraint system must be allowed to buy a coin's birth. As we all know. President lower estimates-including well-known manual lap-shoulder belt instead Other­ Lincoln was known as the "Great human rights activists. Investigations wise, the purchaser gets whatever automatie Emancipator," for as our 16th Chief being conducted by military · authori­ system the manufacturer decides to put in Executive, it was his order that freed ties will determine· whether the ·prison­ the car. The p.urchaser has no say over whether it's to be air bags or automatic America's slaves. ers face court-martial charges of sedi­ belts. ·Therefore. on the anniversary of his tion or will be tried by a civil court on And there's another twist, unmentioned birth, I think it is very appropriate to criminal charges. Sedition carries a by Mr. Kilpatrick: The Stockman-amend­ pause for a moment and reflect on penalty ·ranging from 7 years impris­ ment defines "purchaser" to include new­ those who today ·are not free-who onment to death.. Those who face qu dealeJ:S. Since dealers have uever been still, directly, or indirectly, live under these harsh charges include Shih keen on .promoting crash protection im· Ming-teh, manager of the "Formosa provements such as air bagg, and -since· the the yoke of slavery. majority of new cars sold are origlnally Magazine" the organization that initi­ For example, in the Soviet Union. ated the rally, Wei T~ng,. Chiao Chef "purchased" not by consumer& bUt by de» numerous minority. groups are perse­ ers for their lots. the likelihood ts. that. for Chu, Chi Wan-sheng, Chang Fu­ most cars, mast. dealers will choose the cuted and discriminated against. I chung, and Hsu Chiu-chet. manual belt system-the kind yirtually count in this category Jews who wish Many of the people arrested have nobody uses. to practice their faith and other reli· been held incommuntcado. We must Thus it would be dealers rather than car gious groups who are also prohibited urge the political leadership of buyers who decide how much or how littre from engaging in activities pursuant to Taiwan-the Kuomingtang-KMT-to crash protection Americans are ttl have m their beliefs. Also in the Soviet' Union, provide fair and open trials for those their new cars. there are the oppressed citizens in the Building on his erroneous belief that the charged. . There must. be access to the captive nations of Estonia. Lithuania, defendants to assure both their Stockman amendment would allow new-car and Latvia, and of other Soviet states buyers to choose air bags, Mr. Kilpatrick humane treatment and for them to re­ adds: "Proponents of the air bag cited a 'tich as lJkrania, all of whose feelings ceive the legal advice they require. sun·ey showing an overwhelming· consenus c>t nationalism have been deemed ver~ The KMT must respect the rights of on the part of the public that even if the boten by the Soviet authorities. these citizens of Taiwan and our Gov­ passive restraints cost $36() vs .. the ~100 cost The Afghans also are feeling the e:rnment must help insure this out­ of seat belts, they would gladly pay the burden of Soviet oppression as they come. extra money. . . . If there is indeed, such an are now gallantly fighting to preserve overwhelming aemand for these devices, a Many people · in this country and free market will supply that demand-and their freedom and their national iden­ elsewhere ·are deeply concerned about make a profit.on the deal." tity. these events. Printed .below is a copy Wrong again, on two counts: Throughout the world, other groups, of a telegram sent to President Chiang <1> The survey was done not by "propo· often minorities ·for reason of race or Ching-kuo of Taiwan by members of nents of air bags" but by General Motors religion, are faced with discrimination the law faculties of Stanford Universi­ Corp., which opposes the NHTSA standard. as an .official policy of the nation in ty and the University of California Over the past decade, numerous GM studies and colleagues, interested in East have found marketplace demand for air which they live. bags. But OM withheld the studies. from the ADd in a different sense-but per­ Asian law and U.S.-Asian legal rela­ public until late last year, when it was haps to· even a greater degree-our tions, from other schools. They share forced to disclose them in · responSe to a American hostages in Tehran are iny concern about the fate of those Congressional query. slaves to a political system that is dis­ now confined. <2> The marketplace demand for air bags regarding international law arid dis· JANUARY 31, 1980. thus is well documented, and has been for rupting the International community. HIS EXCELLENCY, years. Yet is a free market supplying that PRESIDENT CHIANG CHING-KUO, demand? The bottom-line answer is this: not Mr. Speaker, for all of th~. and Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. one car manufacturer is offering air bags, other. men and women who ~e now DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: The Undersigned are whether as an option or standard equip.. denied the fundamentals of freedom, I ment, on any new cars being sold toda~. faculty members at the University of Cali­ "Nor, apparently, do they plan to do so until suggest that on Abraham Lincoln'S' fornia and Stanford Schools of Law, and the NHTSA standard takes effect, consumer birthday we pause for a moment of re colleagues from other schools particularly .. demand" or not. flection and though~ .• interested in East Asian law and US-Asian 2730 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 12, 1980 legal relations. We write to express our coli· J:;lation, has been one of the most·con· taxpayer more to implement-and yet cern over certain _aspects of the recent m&.S$ troversial ·bills that we have handled the administration has endorsed it. arrest of pollti of the Taiwan Relations Act . opinion, it was ~ufficiently discredited mum extent possible was I able to get Under these circumstances, we urge that so that no one was willing to support my amendment considered and adopt­ at the least the Government initiate as that measure, particularly ·no one in ed by the full committee, and even early a trial as possible. Otherwise lengthy the Agriculture Committee. It virtual­ that was opposed by the administra­ detention, particularly under the harsh con­ ly federalized all crop insurance in this tion. ditions already reported including the seri­ country and froze ·out the private sec­ I think it is passing strange -when ous harassment of some detainees' fam.illes, tor's involvement. Much praise was may itself become repressive of the exercise the administration, which has fought of their civil and political rights not only by heaped upon the Canadian program­ ihe kind of bill that gives private these but by other persons. Nor, in our view. which was basically a socialized pro­ sector participation on the: crop insur­ should the nominal continuation of martial gram by administrati.on officials. ance programs, is SJiddenly. willing to law over tlrlrty years in a country as stable - What has come out of committee in have a sudden deathbed conversion to as Taiwan become an excuse for depriving this bill, H.R. 4119, which when it the concepts of private enterprise those accused of their right-to trial before came up for consideration in the full when· they have fought them for the the regular civil courts. committee was amended in some re­ past 3 years. Is it because they are We earnestly hope that any eventual tri&l spects by myself and others. However, truly converted JlOW to the idea that of these political opposition leaders, if it Is on 'the first tally of votes, the bill thought justified at all, w1ii not be in a fomi the private sector must have a major t.hat would ·tarnish your country's reputa­ would have been defeated by a 22-to-19 voice in what kind of crop insu~ance is tion as to its treatment of the eivU and po. vote, except that two Members at the offered by the Government or have litical hUJll.an rights of all of its citizens. last· minute switched their v9tes, and they given up in this particular in· Very truly yours, the bill .was reported by a 21-to-20 stance.beca\lSe they see this as a battle Anthony G. Amsterd&Dl, Barbara A. margin. Subsequently, Mr. HucKABY of which they ·are willing ·to concede as Babcock, Paul Brest, Richard M. Bux­ Louisiana was granted unanimous-con­ long as they win the war ultimately-a baum, Fu-mei C. Chen, Jesse Choper. sent pemiission to cast his vote, be­ totally federalized program. .Jerome A. Cohen , Herma H. Kay, Mark the farmer-producer with an option to sidy recipient and may place.the insur­ Delman, William T. Deogh, James E. purchase his own. hail and fire cover· ance companies in. a position where Krier, Stephen G. Kuttner, Victor 1f. age from whomever he pleased-the they are viewed as a burden on the Li, Charles Marston, John K; Federal . Crop I~urance Corporation t~xpayer. That Is not In the interest of McNulty, Miguel Mendez, John Henry or private industry agent and insurer. elther of these groups. Merrymart, Charles J. Meyers , Robert H. Certainly these are questions which I Mnoonkin, V_aelav Mostecky. ceived roughly the same subsidy if he trust the farmers, insurance agents, Kenneth Phiilips, Henry Ramsey, Jr., bought his insurance from a private and insurance companies have asked Thomas Reynolds, Deborah Rhode, agent and J.Dsurer as the individual themselves and will be asking them­ David Rosenhan, Leonard Ross, Ke~­ who purchased his all-riSk coverage­ selves as we consider the bill on the neth Scott, BYt"on D. Sher, Marjorie E. including hail and fire coverage-from floor. These are questions which I be­ Shultz, Michael · E. Smith:, Rlchard the Federal Crop Insurance Corpora­ lieve the Members should be asking Steward, Lawrence A. Sullivan, Justin tion. and have answered to their satisfac­ Sweet, Jan Vetter, ·GeraldS. Wither­ The administration fought that tion.• spoon.• amendment of mine desperately in the full committee and indicated that it H.R. 4119, THE FEDERAL CROP was totally unacceptable to them. Ac­ MAJORITY LEADER WRIGHT ON INSURANCE. BILL C()rdingly, the amendment was defeat­ THE RECORD OF CONGRESS ed by a substantial margin. HON. CHARLES E. GRASSLEY Now we find that the Jones amend­ HON. JOHN BRADEMAS OF IOWA ment, which apparently will be offered OF INDIANA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to H.R. 4119 when it comes up on the floor, includes a much more liberal IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, Februa_ry 12, 1980 provision than even that which I pro­ Tuesday, February 12, 1980· e Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. Speaker, H.R posed, and this amendment presum­ e Mr. BRADEMAS: Mr. Speaker, the 4119, the Federal crop insurance leg- ably will cost the Government and the distinguished majority leader of the February 12, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2731 House, Mr. WRIGHT of Texas, recently Those who· share the responsibWty of SBA SOLAR LOAN PROGRAM contributed . an article to the op-ed leadership do not have the luxury of prom­ page of the waShington Post on the ising gllbly or teasing the publlc with unre­ subject of Congress record since Janu­ alistic expectations. To do so would be a HON. THOMAS A. LUKEN severe injustice. · OPOHIO ary 6, 1977. It is an InJustice, for-example, to blame The inaJortty· leader eloquently de­ high prices on that old whipping boy, ,;big IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tails the. record ·of · co~e$9 'dl1tlng the spending.'" and to suggest that inflation Tuesday, February 12, 1980 last 3 years, and quite effe(:tively would magically end it Congress s~ply bal· e Mr. LUKEN. Mr. Speaker, today I rebuts those. who, for their ~wn poUtl­ anced the budget. As pointed out, Congress am introducing legislation t.o provide a .cal reasons, find Congress a conven­ has been steadily 'lowering the annual defi­ needed increase in the authorization ient whipping boy. cit. not raising it. In· one sense. a nation is llke a family. How much it can afford to funding of the SBA solar loan pro­ Mr. Speaker, Mr. WRIGHT's article lS borrow is directly related to how much it gram-a -program that needs addition­ well worth reading for anyone inter­ makes. In this perspective, our position has al funding especially during the on ested in facts; I repeat facts, as a· basis improved. ' shortage era. for making Judgments. I ·include the The deficit for.. 19'l6 was 6 percent of our The SBA solar loan program was es­ article at this point in tbe RECORD in gross national product. This year's deficit is tablished by the 95th CongreSs to provide direct and benefit of Mr. WRIGHT'S analysis. Since Russia's invasion of Afghanistan, some of the very same i>eople who've been guaranteed loaris tO ' ~miall . businesses WHATMI:ss? excoriating CQngress tor big spending are in the solar field. These loans can be (By Jim Wright> now damning the legislative branch for used in·financing plant startups or ex­ The Post has asked me to say a few words having spent too llttle on defense. They'd pansion: purchasing of materials or In defense of the Democratic Congress. As have us believe that military expenditures machinery; ·and designing or market­ majority leader and sometimes spokesman have dwindled dangerously. ing specified solar energy measures. for that heterogeneous and dellghtfully di­ Well, the fact is that we spent $90 billion verse collection of the people's represent&· on defense in 19'16, $130 billion this year; For small business to. be competitive tives,_lleap Joyously to the task. We'll budget about $158 billion for next in this ·emerging field, the small b'Usi· The Congress is not perfect. It Is not an year. ·were it not for this increase-which nessman needs formation and operat­ assortment of Olympian seers or as yet 8n we consider prudent--the budget would in ing capital. However, this capital is vfr,. assembly of saints. U it were~ it would not fact, be balanced. tually unavailable from private be representative, and that is its function.as AmeriCa. does have problems. The most sources which are not wtlling to take well as its description. Congress is not easy settous are the energy shortage and oet:Sis· financial risks in an untested area. to lead or to speak tor. LUfe the nation from tent inflation. which it springs, Jt is pluriLllstic and diverse. The two are inseparably intertwined: tbgy The regulations for the conventional a distillate of the strengths and weaknesses. are, in fact, the same problem. The price of SBA loan programs were too stringent the virtues and faults of the electorate 1t on lmpo~up 80 percent in Just the past for these solar small businesses. serves. year-is -the ptlncipal cause of lnflation. To To address these needs, Congress es­ Because it so seldom speaks with a single .:.hink we can halt infl~tion without reduc­ tablished a separate SBA loan pro­ voice~ the u.S. Congress makes a convenient mg on Imports would be to engage in the gram for solar companies. Qualifica­ target for the whole gamut of critics, comics most dangerous form of self-deception. tions for -the loan are. less rigid ·com­ and cynics who W&r!t someone or something The dollar drain for foreign on bas sky­ to blame, who find scapegoats easier than rocketed from $8 billion in 1974 to $60 bil­ pared to those of the regular SBA loan solutions~· Even members of Congress know lion last year. Were it not for our economy's program; the financial risks involved they can always get a good'press by rowidly dependence on ever more costly foreign oU. in. the solar field are taken into ac­ attacking this amorphous institution of most econ.pmlsts agree. the inflation rate for count. 'Although these higher than which each of us is a pait. 19'19 would have· been Just about the same normal risks exist, Congress felt that Anc:l so I ' swim apinst. the tide wh~ I as for 19'18. these types of loans should be made to ,report to you that this Congress, under ·the To reverse the lnflatlon rate. we have to enable solar small business to become leadership of House Speaker Tip O'NeW reduce Olll' dependence on Imported· on sub­ econonltcally viable and competitive and Senate· MaJority Leader Robert Byrd. stantially. That problem has been- decades againSt' solar companies that are subsl• bas performed dlllgently, honorably for the in developing. It won't be cured overnight. most :Part. responsively to the public will We promise no panacea. dtzed by parent corporations. and quite generally in.the publlc interest. But we have made some heartening prog­ Initial authorization for this pro­ Since January 19'1'1. the Democratic Con­ ress. . The nation used 8 percent less petro­ gram was $30 nillllon in direct loans giess · working both ~ingly and with Presi­ leum in November and December 1979 than and $45 mUUon in guaranteed loans. dent Jimmy Carte.r has- it did in the last two inonths of 19'18. Ap­ However, in fiscal year 1979 only $5 Lifted the country out of a serious reces­ proxbriately 12 percent of America's faml· mtlllon in ·direct loans and $1 mUUon sion, cut the unemployment rate apprecia· lles have fully insulated their homes. Our in guaranteed loans were· appropri­ bly and set in motion an unprecede.nted ex­ new cars' are getting better mlleage-21 ated. This small amoUht was used very pan.aion of the private economic. sector, wi.th miles to the gallon for the average 1980 the result that nine million more Americans model compared with 131n 1974. Industry is quickly. SBA had to transfer funds are gainfully employed today. using 16 percent less energy per unit-of pro­ from other loan programs to meet Supported a responsible international duction than-in 19'14. $Olar obligated loans. poUcy, including the strengthening of We still have a long way to go, but Con­ In fiscal year 1980, $15 million in NATO and real increases in ou.r military gress and the nation are. moYing in the right direct loans and $30 mlllion guaran­ strength. direction. teed loans were appropriated. Again, Voted two income-tax reductions, benefit­ Before this year is out, Congress will have ·ing both business and individual taxpayers, approved 1> a dramatic synthetic fuels ini­ this is not enough funding to ineet the· 1n the aggregate amount of some $28 billion. tiative: 2> a fast-track Energy Mobntzation current demand and wlll be especially Reduce • t.he solar tax break provisions of the Ford's last year, ·to $29 bruton in our last solar enet-gy bank, 5)'a gasohol program, 6) Crude Oil Windfali :Profit Tax Act. budget resolution and a proJected $15 bn­ new stlmull to exploration and recovery of· lion, which President Carter foresees for more American on, 'l> utUity plant conver­ The legislation I am introd.uetng wtll fisca11961. sions from scarce on to abundant coal and 1ncrease authorization levels of the Made a genuine• if berated, beginning on 8>. 8.n Energy Security Fund of ·some $227 SBA solar loan program to the follow­ the long, hard road to energy independence. billion, from excess profits taxes, tQ help ing: $50 mlllion in direct loans and It is easy to find deficiencies. Congress has make America energy-independent b~ 1990. $100 mlllion in guaranteed loans. not admittedly eradicated all of the nation's problems. Critics who seek to fasten upon Some criticism of Congress may well be Cl~arly, the demand for t~e loans Justified, but not for want of effort. We exists. To insure small business in· Congress opprobrium for all current ills are make no claim to perfection. We Just hope it suggesting that we should double the na­ can be said of us, in the words of Harry Tru­ volvemen~, and thus competition with tion's military expenditures, reduce every­ Dl8.Il's favorite tombstone: big busmess in the solar field, ~ in· one's · taxes dramatically and bring the -.. Here lies · Jack Williams: He done his creased funding must be authorized budget into absolute balance at the same and appropriated for this program. I time. damndest."e 2732 E TENSIONS OF REMARKS--- February 12,_-1980 urge my colleagues to join me in sup~ phl boasts. of progre~blacks have Presklent Cartar's appointees President Nlxcn's appointees porting tl$ legislation. Jll& under the Ca.rW.r administration. It ~even brags · tliat - blackS have ad­ 11. Barbara Watson, Assistant Sec­ 11. Barbara Watson, Assistant Sec­ The legislation follows: vanced more under- this President than retary, Consular Affairs, State De­ retary, Consular Affairs. State De­ H.R.- partment partment A bill to amend the Small Business Act to under any other in history. Now what 12. Leroy C!arfl,· General COUnSel, 12. Stanley Herbert, Generaii'Minsel, does that really mean. Ford, Nixon, and EEOC EEOC Increase the solar energy· and conservation 13. Pe'cy Pierre, Assistant Secretary 13. Frank Render.r. Deputy Assistant ioan progtam authorlzatloD. Johnson said precisely the same. In all or the Artnw. Defense ~rtment Secreta~, Civil ~tights, Defense ()e. probability, the only one approaching Be it enacted btl the Senate and House oJ 14• .loa11 Wallaca, Assistant Secre­ rr.rt:f~am. Seaborn, Assistant to Representatives o/ the United Stq_t~s ·0/ the truth in this matter was Lyndon tary, Admillistration, Department or the Secretary, Department or Aari· America in Congresa asaembled, -That se<;· Baines Johnson. There were real break­ cultule . CleRient, Associate Ad­ 15. Art Mcl~er, Assistant Administra- tton 20 of the SmaD Business Act <15 throughs for minorities during his ad­ ~~=ministrator, S8A tor, S8A . . U.S.C. 631 note> is amended- ministration. Blacks were placed in 16. Goler Butcher, Assistant Admin­ 16. Samuel Adams, Assistant Admin­ <1> by striking out "$30,QOO,OOO" and In· positions of power and influence for istrator lkueal. fGr Africa, AID istrator, Bureau . for Africa, AID" sertlng In lieu thereof "$50,000,000": and 11. Wd Rougeau, Oilector, 0. 17. John Wilks, lleoutY Assistant the first time during his administra­ tr.ld Compllanc8, ~ Department Secretary, Contract ·Compf~ance, <2) by striking out "$45,000.~00" and in· serting ln.lleu thereof "$100,000,000" ·• tion. Blacks did make important deci­ 18. .loseoh James, Unll« Secretary ~~~rector of Manpow­ sions affecting the Nation for the first or the Interior er, Labor Department 19. Wiliam l(yl<.es, DeDUlY DirectaJ, 19. Joseph Kennedy, Dlrectar, East tiJne. Peace Qlrvs.- (ACTION) - Asia. Paeifte AID THE GAME OF BLACK 20. 1bomaS \Wiialaso!'J OeputJ 1ft. 20. Stanley ThOmas, Deputy Assist· The Johnson api>oint~ents . during ~tor. Department. EneftY, 1111 Secre!_a!Y. HEW PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS the Dlld-1960's did constitute a maJor 21. George Lythcott. Admimstrator, 21. Lero, Swift. Specl'al Assistant to Heaiiii~HEW Director, Health Professions, HEW step forward in terms of the advance­ 22. Ridlard Lowe, Inspector General, 22. John Costa,. Commissionef, As­ 1n~(BR1>CLAY ment of blacks in the political process. II£W . sistance Payments, HEW HON. 23. Calvin ·Raullerson, Assistant Ad­ 23. William Reed, Deputy Director, OP MISSOURI Since that time however, progress for,· ministrator, AID Ethiopia, AID IN THE HOUSE 0!' REPRESENTA'?.VES blacks in subsequent admlnistratioQS has become a charade. It has been ·a. Tuesday, February 12, 1980 game of musical ·chairs, all show ·and Mr. Speaker, this is just a partial list • Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, President no substance. Nixon replaced blacks of those appointees which could be Carter brags that he has appointed 12 named by Johrison with 'his own faith­ Jnatched person for person by the black Ambassadors. Those unknowl~ ful. Ford named his black acquaint· Nixon administration. And, if we edgeable abo.ut black api?Qintments In ances to replace Nixon's and Pres.tdent would tak~ time to enumerate the the past might be b;npressed with such Carter replaced the Nixon ·and Ford Ford a~d Johilson black appointees, an illustrioUs list. But, those who have black appointees. Carter's effolt.s .would be even more been familiar with the Washington dwarfed scene understand the public relations Mr. Speaker, in our community !t · Black people are not elated because gimmick involved In such an an­ goes without saying that black people President Caltertappointed a black to should not' be impressed or obligated his Cabinet, so··did Johnson and· Ford. nouncement. More- than 15 years ago, because Jimmy carter appointed one President Lyndon Johnson appointed black to the Cabinet. So did LBJ 15 However, the black community is ap­ seven blacks as Ambassadors when years ago, and the ·one black Cabinet preciative of· the number of black such .appointments were alm0$t un­ app.ointee of Carter replaced the one, JudgeS appointed by President Carter. heard It was Johnson who broke the William T. Coleman, appointed by His appointment of 25 blacks to the ice and set the precedent. He named as Ford. Federal district .courts ·Is worthy of Ambassadors Elliot Skinner, Mercer Black people like other minorities praise. Even though the· Congress au- Cook, Patricia Harris, Clinton Knox, thorized 152- new Federal court post­ James Naprit~ Hugh Smythe,. and are entitled to serve in the Govern- tions under the Carter administration, ment and made decisions whether · · Franklin Williams. Even Richard they support the victodous Presiden· lt ts doubtful if any other President Nixon named six blacks as Ambassa­ · tial candidate or not. But in this in- \1/ould have made such significant ap. qors. His appointees included such pointments. outstanding blacks as Jerome Holland, stal?-ce, blacks gave o_ver 90 percent ~f But, those. boast of other significant Samuel Westerfield. Clinton Knox. their _votes to t~e mcumben~. So.. If minority appointments can now be Clyde Ferguson, Terence Todman, and there. 1s any meamng t? ~?e axiom, to · measured. Since 1978 there has existed William T. Coleman. the victor goes the spmls then we as a a measuring rod for ·assessing what a Mr. Speaker, every· 4 years durin& group should e?'pect m?re than we President has done in terms of sharing the Presidential elections there is ex~ w~uld from a Richard Nixon, who re- powerful positions with blacks and oth­ cessive debate about the what the In· ceived only 20 per~ent of our vote. The er minorities. That is now possible be­ cumbent President has or has ·not record speak~ for ~tself. . . cause Congress enacted the 1978 Ethics done for blacks. and other minorities. The followmg ~Ist o_f maJo.r ~ppm_nt- in Government Act. That piece of legis­ Charges and couriterchar.ges are lev­ ~ents of blacks m this. a~~mmstrahtiOn lation lists the 112 most sensitive jobs eled by supporters and challengers of 1s t~ken from Carter s Fact. S eet in the executive branch of Government the incumbert. I do not know how 108. For the . purpose of enllght~n- and provides for establishing a special President Carter fares in terms of ap.. ment, I ha~e llste~ the_ black appo~n- prosecutor to investigate any serious pointing Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, alid tees of President Nixon m the opposite accusations of wrongdoing. . If Mr. Indians because my area of expertise column. Carter were subjecteq. to the litmus test for the last 20 years has been in mea.S­ based on those 112 positions, he would uring the .impact of Gov·ernment atti· fail miserably. According to informa­ tudes and policies on the black con· President Carter's appointees President Nixon's appointees tion received from the Library of Con­ stituency. But I can state that I am gress, only 4 of the 112 jobs are held by 1. Clifford Alexander, Secretary of I. James E. Johnson , Assistant Sec- very skeptical, even disappointed· by the Army blacks. That is less than 4 percent of the Carter administration's efforts to 2 . r~?w Berry, Assistant Secretary /eJ:Ze~f F~~~::.mksistant Secretary the total. In view of the fact that 94 0 of HEW project the President's ap·pointment of 3. Ernest Green, Assistant Secretary 3. Arthur Fletcher, Assistant Secre­ percent of the black voters supported black citizens as major breakthroughs of Labor tary of Labor his campaign for election, does he pass 4. Benjamin Malcolm, U.S. Parole 4. Curtis Crawford, U.S. Parole Com - for members of our race. Commission mission or fail the test? 5. Alexis Herman. Director, Women 's 5. Elizabeth Koontz. Director. Mr. Speaker, some things are better Recently, the White House Issued· a Bureau, labor Department Women's Bureau. Labor Department 6. Eleanor H. Norton. Chairperson. 6. William H. Brown Ill, Chairperson. left unsaid. For the President to slick PR booklet entitled "Factsheet EEOC . EEOC enrich the status of several dozen indi­ 108" from the office of Louis Martin; 7. Benjamin Hooks, member FCC 7. Tyrone Brown. member FCC If there were not something inherent· 8. J. Clay Smith, member EEOC 8. Colston Lewis, member EEOC vidual blacks while initiating policies 9. Louis Martin, Special Assistant to 9. Robert Brown, Special Assistant and programs which ignore the gener­ lY unequal in the a,ppointment proc·· the President to the President 10. Daniel Henson, Director, Minority 10. Abraham Venerable, Director. Mi­ al welfare of 25 million blacks is noth­ ess, why the need to single out biaclt Business Enterprise, Commerce De­ nority Business Enterprise, Com­ appointees? As expected, this pam- partment merce Department ing to boast·about.e