18204 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE September 5 provide for the appointment of one addi­ By Mr. WALTER: By Mr. INOUYE: tional district judge for the State of Cali­ H. Con. Res. 384. Concurrent resolution H.R. 9055. A bill for the relief of Mrs. fornia; to the Committee on the Judiciary. authorizing the printing of additional copies Kiyo Inamura; to the Committee on the By Mr. LESINSKI: of the report "Communist Target-Youth­ Judiciary. Communist Infiltration and Agitation Tac­ H.R. 9056. A bill for the relief of Graciano H.R. 9052. A bill to adjust postal rates, and Cabuena Camello; to the Committee on the for other purposes; to the Committee on tics"; to the Committee on House Adminis­ tration. Judiciary. Post Office and Civil Service. By Mr.HAYS: H.R. 9057. A bill for the relief of Mrs. By Mr. O'HARA of Michigan: H. don. Res. 385. Concurrent resolution Visitacion L. Lopez; to the Committee on the H.R. 9053. A bill to amend title II of the authorizing the printing of a manuscript en­ Judiciary. National Defense Education Act of 1958 with titled "History of the House of Representa­ By Mr. JARMAN: respect to the periods for which loans under tives"; to the Committee on House Admin­ H.R. 9058. A bill for the relief of Jin Tze that title are made; to the Committee on istration. Chen; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Education and Labor. By Mr. LANE: By Mr. GLENN: H.R. 9059. A bill for the relief of Maj. Leonard H. Potterbaum, U.S. Air Force; to H.J. Res. 562. Joi-nt resolution granting PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS the Committee on the Judiciary. consent of Congress to the State of Delaware Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private By Mr. SCHENCK: and the State of New Jersey to enter into a H.R. 9060. A bill for the relief of Rhea G. compact to establish the Delaware River and bills and resolutions were introduced and Burgess; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bay Authority for the development of the severally referred as follows: By Mr. SIBAL: area in both States bordering the Delaware By Mr. FARBSTEIN: H.R. 9061. A bill for the relief of Gian­ River and Bay; to the Committee on the H.R. 9054. A bill for the relief of Dilys vincenzo Marsili; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Evans; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Judiciary.

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A Small Voice in a Noisy World powerful congressional committee get equal the great powers to propose an agreement to time, attention, and help from Dr. Braskamp. end these tests and in that way take the The demands on him for counseling and first step toward the complete prohibition of EXTENSION OF REMARKS other services are growing constantly. He nuclear weapons and their elimination from OP rejoices in this, for he sees it as a general national armament. trend toward religion in troubled times. His HON. ROBERT E. JONES reward is to see people gain inner peace and Third. On January 14, 1960, he said: OF ALABAMA strength. Should any side violate the obligations [to It is no exaggeration that wha,t Members refrain from testing] to which it has com­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of Congress do today affects not only Ameri­ mitted itself, the instigators of such viola­ Tuesday, September 5, 1961 cans, but humanity itself. tions will cover themselves with shame, and We are bedeviled on every side by harsh, they will be conuemned by the peoples of the Mr. JONES of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, cruel enemies, who scorn the ethics and man­ world. · under leave to extend my remarks, I in­ dates of any religion and openly jeer at even clude my news report of August 25, 1961: the rules of decency. In dealing with them, With characteristic "doubletalk", the A SMALL VOICE IN A NOISY WORLD it would be the human tendency to match Soviet Union is now attempting to justi­ The other day the House of Representatives them in injustice and hatred. But day after fy its change in nuclear policy and to opened its session exactly as it did the first day, the calm voice rolls over the House and blame the United States for its action. time on March 4, 1789, in New York City. with fervor reminds the lawmakers of the On Sunday, September 3, I was privi­ The Speaker rapped for order and asked the things that are God's and of His justice. leged to discuss major aspects of this Chaplain to pray. Nobody could calculate what influence for new situation in a broadcast over Radio As Members of the House, the many clerks, good Dr. Braskamp has on our world today. Station WGN, Chicago. I ask unani­ and hundreds of visitors in the galleries But it can be appreciated and many thou­ mous consent to have excerpts from this bowed their heads, a rich baritone flowed to sands do. every nook of the big Chamber. Quoting address printed in the RECORD. from Daniel 11: 32, the voice intoned: "The There being no objection, the excerpts people that know God shall be strong and do Soviet Nuclear Policies Threaten Peace were ordered to be printed in the REC­ exploits." . ORD, as follows: It was the voice of the Reverend Bernard EXTENSION OF REMARKS WILEY URGES WESTERN ANTIDOTE TO NUCLEAR Braskamp, DD., the House Chaplain. As TESTS BY COMMUNISTS he prayed, I was struck again by the thought OF of how much good one dedicated man can This week Soviet Premier Khrushchev, accomplish. Among scores of strong person­ HON. ALEXANDER WILEY once again, undercut the world's hopes for alities, who really are world famous, Dr. OF WISCONSIN progress toward peace. How? By declaring that the Soviet Union will resume testing of Braskamp is a humble, retiring minister. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES He is completing his 12th year as Chaplain. nuclear bombs. In my judgment, the re­ Most of the clergymen before him held pas­ Tuesday, September 5, 1961 sumption of such tests could be a dangerous torates in active churches as well as the step toward man's destruction. Mr. WILEY. Mr. President, the re­ Provocatively it represents- duties of House Chaplain. So did Dr. sumption of nuclear testing by the Soviet Braskamp. He came here from Princeton A threat to the security of the United Seminary in 1911 and was on the staff of the Union represents a serious threat to States-which has suspended nuclear testing National Presbyterian Church, now known as peace and a new danger to our security since 1958; "Ike's Church." In 1952, he resigned his pas­ and a hazard for human life. A heightening of world tensions; torate of Gunton-Temple Church, because Reflecting "about-face'' changes in A serious hazard-that could have not his Capitol Hill duties were requiring most Soviet policy, I would like to quote re­ only immediate, but long-range effects-to of his time. He is the first House Chaplain the health of the nearly 3 bUlion people of marks from Mr. Khrushchev's earlier earth, by further saturation of the air we to devote full time to Members of Congress, statements regarding nuclear testing: their staffs, and their families. breath with radioactive fallout. Dr. Braskamp has one of the biggest par­ First. Speech at the U.N. General As­ The resumption of testing, too, will result ishes in Washington. He not only opens the sembly, September 23, 1960: in higher costs of armaments for both East sessions with prayer every day, but is avail­ We shall do everything in our power to and West. able day and night to anyone who wants his make general and complete disarmament a Moreover, it may hasten the day when Red services. He performs baptisms, weddings, reality, to rid humanity of the arms race and China-a grave threat to peace in the Far funerals, visits the sick and dying in their the threat of a new war of annihilation. East-will possess nuclear bombs to support homes and hospitals, and is a tower of its aggressive policies. strength and comfort for hundreds who seek Second. February 15, 1958: By experience, we know that such major his counsel. He estimates that he has over The Soviet Government stands firmly for changes in strategy do not happen accident­ 3,000 persons in his pastoral care. the complete and unconditional cessation of ally in Red policy. The youngest and newest fl.le clerk in a atomic and nuclear-weapons tests. Three Around the globe, then, the question is Capitol Hlll office or the chairman of some years ago the Soviet Union was the first of being asked: Why should Khrushchev choose 1961 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 18205 this time to resume testing of nuclear This has become th~case with the Na­ and could never have existed if labor had bombs? The range of answers includes the tion's nuclear science program-because not first existed. Labor is the superior of following: of the Hanford project dispute. capital, and deserves much the higher con­ 1. He wants an opportunity to test and sideration. Capital has its rights, which are show off the 100-megaton superbomb-about It is immaterial whether the pub­ as worthy of protection as any other rights. which he has been bragging. lic/ private power issue logically belongs 2. Unsatisfied with present tactics, at­ in the Hanford dispute-either in its Setting aside a day in recognition of tempts at nuclear blackmail again will original $95 million, 800,000-kilowatt America's working pe_ople did not come become a major aspect of Communist policy. form or its current $58 million, 400,000- about for more than two decades after Specifically, this includes, as we have wit­ kilowatt conference report form. this excellent expression of labor's nessed, threats of annihilation against It has, in fact, become involved and proper status, and another twoscore countries cooperating with the West for its adverse affects are apparent to the years elapsed before the full membership common defense-particularly those in of our States began to obserrn the :first NATO. extent some legislators are talking of a 3. A further heightening of world ten­ "bare-bone" Atomic Energy authoriza­ Monday of September as Labor Day. sions-including raising the specter of nu­ tion bill unless the House agrees to the Thus this honor to the men and women clear war-may be necessary to keep the conference report. who are the predominant force in the dominated people mobilized against the West. Nation's population and character was Following the ominous, provocative decla­ This would mean many research proj­ long in coming into being, but in recent ration, Mr. Khrushchev is now busy trying ects necessary to maintain our country's years the event has had increasingly to justify the decision. Around the globe, lead in nuclear science would be stripped more significance. the Red propaganda machine is cranking out out at this critical time in world history. While labor must still devote consider­ lame excuses-including engaging in double­ Yet, in the end, accepting the confer­ able effort to organizational work, gen­ talk aimed at blaming the United States ence report would not bring a better for the Red decision to resume testing. eral recognition of the union movement In the face of such false charges, how­ result. as a component of the Nation's economic ever, the United States must be alert to Accepting it would establish atomic en­ structure permits leaders to give more speak up in self-defense. ergy authorization bills as a legitimate attention to the union's role in society's The peace-shaking provocation, too, is battleground of the public/private power overall development. E~rgy once de­ making its own dramatic impact upon world controversy. Next year, the following voted to defending the right to organize thinking. Reactions of nations have been year and in the years beyond this con­ and bargain collectively may now be crystallized in such terms as: "dangerous troversy repeatedly would plague the Na­ action;" "bad news;" "setbacks to progress used, in cooperation with management, toward reduction of armaments;" "a fateful tion's nuclear science efforts. toward attaining the objectives neces­ decision that seriously threatens world These annual controversies would ac­ sary to proper economic and social bal­ peace." cumulate delays in our nuclear science ance. In the face of this new aggressive tactic program in the aggregate as stifling as The holiday also has its unhappy by the Soviet Union, then what can be done? those involved in a "bare-bone" bill this aspects. Neither labor, management, First, and foremost, I believe that-- year. 1. The nations attending the Conference nor Government can overlook the neces­ in Belgrade should demonstrate their mettle There is a way to avoid this dilemma. sity of returning job opportunities to the by speaking out against resumption of nu­ It is by keeping power projects such as millions of workers who are unemployed clear testing: Hanford out of atomic energy bills en­ through no fault of their own. On the 2. The U.N., opening September 19, should tirely-fighting them out on some less contrary, all elements must join hands take vigorous action to discourage further critical battleground. This can be done in seeking whatever adjustments ar3 re­ nuclear tests, as well as to establish a system simply, but it will require a high order quired in the economic order to eliminate of arms reduction and control-including of statesmanship. the surplus labor conditions that are test bans. Overall, the prevention of nuclear war is a It amounts to adopting and adhering prevalent in so many regions of our matter of great concern, not just. to the to a policy of placing nuclear-electric fa­ country. opposing East-West nations, but to all the cilities, other than experimental, proto­ Labor Day is the proper time to renew countries of the world. type, and demonstration facilities in the our dedication to the task of making the Despite the magnitude of the dangers, let public works authorization bill rather realignments essential to provide work me stress this: This is no time for hysteria, than the atomic energy authorization for everyone who wants to work. In paralysis by fear, or adopting of an attitude of peace at any price by nations. Rather, bill. common cause. and with the help of God, we-confident in the rightness of our Thereby the public/private power is­ we must all devote ourselves to the f ul­ cause-must fearlessly take steps to meet sue will not be permitted to impede our :fillment of that ideal. the challenges, including the following: nuclear science programs. A solemn evaluation of the danger; Nor, in the public works bill as inde­ Further strengthening Western deterrent pendent items of appropriation to power power-including taking the necessary steps Nixon Hole in One Not an Ace, Just Par to protect ourselves with a nuclear anti­ administrations such as TVA and BPA, dote; should the controversy unduly impede for the Course Exertion of a greater effort for halting the progress with other, nonrelated public arms race; and works items. EXTENSION OF REMARKS A mobilization of world opini.on against Red tactics, which threaten to endanger the or lives of all people-either by war, or by over.­ saturating the atmosphere with radioactive HON. HUGH L. CAREY fallout. Labor Day 1961 OF NEW YORK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, September 5, 1961 Hanford Project-Statesmen's Dilemma EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF Mr. CAREY. Mr. Speaker, former EXTENSION OF REMARKS Vice President Nixon is reported to have HON. JOHN P. SAYLOR scored his first hole in one at Bel Air, OP OF PENNSYLVANIA Calif., this Labor Day weekend. I sub­ HON. CRAIG HOSMER IN THE HOUSE OFREPRESEN'rATIVE'3 mit that the report is possibly in error OF CALIFORNIA Tuesday, September 5, 1961 on two counts: IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES First. This is not the flrst day that Mr. SAYLOR. Mr. Speaker, since Mr. Nixon has executed a bold stroke at Tuesday, September 5, 1961 1961 is the 100th anniversary of Abra­ the expense of labor. Mr. HOSMER. Mr. Speaker, the con­ ham Lincoln's flrst annual message to Second. He did not reach this hole troversial public/private power issue has Congress, this Labor Day is the appro­ with one blow. I would recount two plagued Congress for decades. priate time to recall this passage from other whiffs or mulligans or shanks Irrespective of merits on either side, that brilliant communication: which he indulged this week before he the heated controversy it generates in­ Labor is prior to, and independent of, rose to the tee for a sporting shot at escapably scorches whatever it contacts. capital. Capital is only the fruit o:r labor, Bel Air. He made the first pass when 18206 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE September 5 he took a fast backswing and scored a It was a pretty good tag line. Anyway, takes the form of a U.S. stamp, which will clean miss. I refer to the report which perhaps Mr. Nixon might better occupy him­ convey our tribute to the four corners of the self by deciding whether he's going to run world. I heard over a nationwide radio network for Governor of California. Because it is our policy to honor only a this morning stating that the erstwhile very few highly significant people or sub­ presidential candidate saw flt to chide In conclusion no, Mr. Nixon, your jects each year through our commemora­ the members of the Washington press latest was a decent shot but the last two tive stamp program, this occasion has in­ on their White House coverage because were slices or hooks from bad lies or creased importance. they did not know, according to Mr. worse. I respectfully suggest that you The stamp which we are unveiling here Nixon, that the wife of our President, stand up to the ball, take a firm grip, a today will first be placed on sale at Milwau­ slow backswing and follow through. If kee, Wis., on Labor Day-September 4. Mrs. John F. Kennedy, was pregnant. One hundred million of the stamps will be As usual, Mr. Nixon would appear to be you do all these you will understand the printed. They will be on sale in every one of presently untimely, characteristically in­ game that our President is playing. As our 36,000 post offices from Point Barrow to correct, and unbecomingly improper. far as I am concerned, for the past eight Key West and from Maine to Pago Pago. I too much respect the offices of Rep­ months, President John F. Kennedy has The design of the new workmen's compen­ resentative, Senator, and the Vice Presi­ been shooting for eagles all the way. sation law stamp is essentially abstract, These are the eagles of course with the seeking to communicate the ideal of law­ dency to suggest that one who has held perfect justice. all three might not have the stature nec­ olive branches in one claw and the Printed in blue and gray, it features the essary to stand more than eye level with arrows in the other. You may look good scales of justice and equality, With a work­ a bedroom keyhole. However, I urge that on the par threes but for the long ones man and his family balancing a representa­ in this instance Mr. Nixon seek out a the big hitter, President John F. Ken­ tion of industry. more reliable 19th hole, if not a more nedy is doing a grand job without hit.­ We can assume that this stamp will find manly locker room. I am sure that Mr. ting too far down or taking too much a place in the albums of many of the mil­ divot in the process. lions of stamp collectors of all ages and in Nixon will agree that his wife, mine, all parts of the world as a permanent re­ and Mrs. John F. Kennedy must remain minder of a great milestone in social prog­ inviolate from the low-level pitch from ress. the trap which scatters sand and fails to move the ball, politically or otherwise. Special Stamp Conveys Tribute to Wis­ On his second shot, Mr. Nixon's ap­ consin Workmen's Compensation Law You Can Help Save America's Historic proach from the rough terrain of sour Treasures grapevines was no more accurate. Evi­ EXTENSION OF REMARKS dently reminiscent of the three-putt, OF repeat putt, putt, putt, results of our EXTENSION OF REMARKS foreign policy of the past 8 years he HON. LESTER R. JOHNSON OF tried to shave a stroke and attempted OF WISCONSIN HON. THOMAS J. LANE to use a wedge to pitch into a situation IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES which he did little to solve in those 8 OF MASSACHUSETl'S years. His criticism of the Berlin situa­ Tuesday, September 5, 1961 IN THE HOUSE OF.REPRESENTATIVES tion with respect to the use of the 1,500- Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin. Mr. Tuesday, September 5, 1961 troop task force directed by President Speaker, on August 31, it was my Mr. LANE. Mr. Speaker, under leave Kennedy is just so much yapping at the privilege to attend the White House to extend my remarks in the RECORD, I dogleg, out of bounds, and wide of the ceremony that introduced the commem­ include the following very interesting pin. orative stamp honoring the 50th anni­ article by the Honorable FRANCES P. BOL­ As a military man who once stood ver1:1ary of the enactment of Wisconsin's TON, of Ohio, which appeared in· This within 110 kilometers of Berlin in our Workmen's Compensation Act. During Week magazine of the . Boston Herald Armed Forces I would remind the for­ the ceremony, Postmaster General J. Traveler on Sunday, September 3, 1961: mer Vice President that reinforcements Edward Day gave an inspiring speech, You CAN HELP SAVE AMERICA'S HJSTORIC always strengthen, never weaken, and which I would like to include in the REC­ , TREASURES are much respected by the enemy. In ORD under leave to extend my remarks; (By the .Honorable FRANCES P. BoLTON, Con­ fact even one American going in the REMARKS OF POSTMASTER GENERAL J. EDWARD right direction at this time should give ~esswoman, 22d Ohio District) DAY AT CEREMONIES INTRODUCING THE WASHINGTON, D.C.-A few years ago griev­ pause to the thinking of the Communist WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION LAW COMMEM­ ing Charlestonians watched a wrecking crew dictator. ORATIVE STAMP, THE WHITE HOUSE, THURS• tear down the beautiful, 162-year-old Or­ I submit the editorial from today's DAY, AUGUST 31, 1961 phan's Chapel to make room for five more New York Journal American from the . Mr. President, distinguished guests, ladies cars in a parking lot. same edition which carried the report of and gentlemen, the Post Office Department The city of Bridgeport, Conn., recently sent Mr. Nixon's hole in one; 1s highly honored that this ceremony is be­ wreckers across a picket line of angry ing held at the White House, with the Presi­ preachers and housewives to tear down the NIXON'S CRITIQUE dent and so many significant leaders of Harral-Wheeler mansion, a 116-year-old Our readers may recall that in the presi­ government and of the labor movement par­ landmark and example of the Gothic revival dential campaign last year we supported ticipating. in America. Vice President Nixon because we thought he Fifty years ago tomorrow, the Nation's Despite the unanimous plea from the New was more experienced in foreign affairs, par­ :first constitutional State workmen's com­ Jersey assembly and senate to save the build­ ticularly in combination with Henry Cabot pensation law became effective. ing, the Stevens Institute of Technology has Lodge. Enacted by the Wisconsin State Legislature just demonlished Castle Stevens, a 106-year­ However, that does not preclude observing in early 1911, and signed into law by that old Victorian landmark on New Jersey's Hud­ that in his recent criticism of President State's Governor, this statute became the son River shore. Kennedy, regarding the strengthening of our forerunner of legislation now in effect in All over our land t~e bupcto.zer is pushing garrison in Berlin, Mr. Nixon seemed to be each of the 50 States of the Union. over some of the most charming and im­ speaking more from personal politics than Because of the humanitarian convictions portant reminders of our past. To make international sagacity. He called the addi­ of that generation of State legislators, mil­ room for service stations, parking lots, super­ tion of 1,500 more troops "an empty lions-of American fami11es are insured today highways, and the other structures demanded gesture." by a machine civilization, we have already against those unfortunate and unforesee­ razed 4 out of 10 of the historic buildings AB the victor in the 1960 contest pointed able circumstances which might, through that were standing in 1941. out at his press conference last week, the injury or death, remove their breadwinners purpose in sending in the troops was not to The destruction 1s not, I have learned, in­ make Berlin impregnable, since from the from the payrolls of American industry. evitable. Vigorous and organized protests military point ot view it is untenable. The passage of workmen"s compensation can save irreplaceable historic buildings The purpose was (a) to emphasize to the laws represented the starting point _for a threatened with demolition. Charleston­ Russians that we mean to defend our posi­ series of major enactments, State and Fed­ ians, for instance, have put aside their grief tion there and (b) to remind Berliners that eral, which over these 60 years have given in­ over t~e Orphan's Chapel to fight for the we are standing by our commitment to them. creasing recognition to the dignity of the 112-year-old customhouse, a superb exam­ "I don't see really how that weakens our ·workingman. ple of the classic revival of a century ago. commitment," said the President. "If troops It is a privilege, Mr. President, that All these struggles may be hard·, but it is were wi~hdrawn, would that strengthen it?" through your auspices this commemoratlon far harder to restore a building once it has· 1961 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 18207 been destroyed. Right now, for example, a local institutions interested in public _mat- These are short training weeks. But you struggle ls going on in Philadelphia to re­ ters. · have a background 1n the engineering pro­ build the house in which Jefferson wrote the Shrewd organizers will get powerful help fession . . This is a reorientation course. Declaration of Independence. Today the by pointing out. to toe.al businessmen that I trust that you are ready to proceed with site of the original building is occupied by U.S. tourists will spend more than $26' bll- all speed and diilgence into the job ahead. a hotdog stand. Independence Hall Asso­ · lion this year. As I understand it, you are to begin training ciation is working at the task of raising After you have organized a local preserva­ the pyramid organization of personnel $475,000 to restore the handsome brick tion group, you can ask for help from larger needed to take the program into. all parts of house--:-far more than to preserve the orig­ groups, most notably the National Trust the country. You are to train them well and inal. for Historic Preservatlon, a group chartered to train them fast. If you are afraid that your community by Congress to help save historic ,.sites, We don't have any shelters yet, so ac­ will lose a legacy from the past--a neo­ buildings, and objects significant in Ameri­ complishments are still ahead of us. The classical mansion soon to be razed for a can history and culture." Write them at President, the Congress, and the public are trailer sales park, a log-cabin schoolhouse 815 17th Street NW., Washington, D.O. They interested. After years of talking about to be torn down for a concrete cloverleaf, a will help you by: shelters, our Government proposes to do battlefield to be buried under a housing 1. Providing suggestions to help you de­ something specific about getting them, and development--then speak up, and loudly. cide if the project is worth your effort. you are going to help. As a veteran of many successful preserva­ 2. Judging your chances for success. This graduation exercise marks a transi­ tion battles, I know it can be done. 3. Advising on organization and fund­ tion in public and official thinking. I like In 1957, for example, the woodland on the raising. to put it this way: "America ls coming of Potomac River's Maryland shore opposite 4. Telling you how best to spend the age in the thermonuclear age." We have Mount Vernon was threatened by the spread money you raise and use the building you a pledge of action, and today is the first of Washington's suburbs. I helped found save. downpayment on a program. Some of us the Accokeek Foundation to save the un­ If you think a speaker from the national have been calling for this kind of action for spoiled river bank and the view from Wash­ trust would help impress the importance of a long time, and we are very happy to see ington's home. I was heartened by the help your project on local civic clubs, or if you it begin. that came from many quarters once the work think an experienced staffer would help to Not all of those -who watch with interest was started, but somebody had to make the guide a legal effort to save your project, the will have friendly eyes. I don't need to re­ first move. trust will send you a troubleshooter for the mind you of that. There is still a wide If you need encouragement to make that price of his travel ticket. range of opinion about civil defense among vital first move, consider these battles that Trust staffers know all the tricks on both the American people. And even those of us were won by determined citizens: sides. They can tell you from hard experi­ who recognize the dimensions and the dif· Louisiana antiquarians angrily and stub­ ence how not to be stabbed in. the back; flculties of the problem, will keep on de­ bornly resisted when the local government they can show you how to use every legal bating the merits of particular plans and tried to build a sewage plant on the battle­ weapon in the book-and there are legal activities. weapons strong enough to win most preser­ field whiere Andrew Jackson stood off the As far as our committees are concerned­ British at New Orleans. The plant site was vation battles if you are stubborn enough to k.eep fighting. I refer here to the Military Operations Sub­ finally changed. And the battlefield is now committee and the Joint Atomic Energy part of the Chalmette National Historical Sometimes you think. that nobody cares, that the fight ls not worth the cost-hut Committee-we will maintain a friendly but Park. critical regard for your efforts. We will do When a 100-year-old upstate New York when you finally win, when the bulldozer 1s turned aside and your historic building is so because we work for a better and better church was threatened, a Cornell student program. The knowledge you gain here will who had worshiped there as a child bought saved, you feel a tremendous surge of pride in a job wen done. help the Congress and it wlll help the coun­ it with $675 from his own pocket and saved try to understand what is needed in the it for a civic meeting hall. future. Four citizens of Savannah have saved the houses in historic Marshall Row by buying The first mistakes or misdirected efforts Wlll beget you criticism from all sides; you them; they will resell at the same price to Address- by Congressman Holifield at Fort anybody who will restore the buildings and might as well be prepared for that. Don't put them to good use. · Belvoir, Va. let that knowledge make you overcautious One determined woman in Tombstone, or dismayed. You must simply be profes­ Artz., sold shares in a frankly played-out sionally concerned and conscientious. mine to find money to preserve the town's EXTENSION OF REMARKS There are many people who will look on frontier appearance. OF this survey and marking program as a neces­ In Massachusetts the Walden Citizen's sary first step, but not much more. This Committee of Concord, ls a stubborn body HON. EDWARD A. GARMATZ may be disheartening, perhaps, to some of of citizens. who refused to admit the fight OP MARYLAND you who are engaged in a large and demand­ was lost even after Thoreau's Walden Pond IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing job. But everyone will be interested in had been made 1.tito a public swimming hole. the final results, and in their accuracy and They kept on fighting in the courts and Tuesday, September S, 1961 significance for many parts of this great recently the Massachusetts Supreme Judi­ Mr. GARMATZ. Mr. Speaker, one of country, and !or the Nation as a whole. cial Court ordered the county to change I look upon your immediate Job as under­ the pond back to the forest lake it was in our best informed colleagues both on taking a technical building census for sur­ the time of Em.erson and Thoreau. atomic energy, its hazards and potenti­ vival. I say "technical" because this will be If you want to save an historic site in alities, and on civil defense, who is serv­ a professional job, not a mere counting pro­ your community, remember this: The law is ing as chairman of the Joint Committee cedure. It is not glamorous, but it is im­ on your· side. The courts have held that a on Atomic Energy and the chairman of portant for national survtvaL community has a. right to protect itself the Military Operations Subcommittee, As Department of Defense personnel no from loss of its historic heritage. Congressman CHET HOLIFIELD, was the doubt you are accustomed to being satisfied But before you spend your energy, be with a well-done message from your superi­ sure that the fight is worthwhile. Just be­ speaker at the graduation exercises for ors who know your problems. We want to cause a building is old does not mean that shelter program personnel at the U.S. assure you that those of us who understand it is worth saving. Army Engineer School at Fort Belvoir, the need, and the importance of your work, Ask yourself these questions before you Va., on September 1. will be very gratified to see the completion try to save a threatened structure or area: Since his subject is of great interest of the urgent mission entrusted to you. 1. Does it have true historic or cultural to all of us, I am pleased to insert in the Let me talk about efficiency for a minute. worth? RECORD, his remarks on that occasion, I hope your training here does not suggest 2. Is it still in good enough condition to a too-rigid approach to what is new, and be worth restoring? and recommend them for your careful what ls perhaps a one-time problem. I hope 3. Can the public get to it, and will it be perusal. · that each of you will be ready and able to useful after restoration? Gentlemen, I am honored to be here at the Jump on every new idea and shortcut that 4. Can we pay for the restoration, and can .u .S. Army Engineer School and to attend may be suggested-either by yourselves, the we maintain the building in good condition your graduation exercises. You are taking an persons you train, or others who have com­ afterward? important first step in the civil defense shel­ petence and knowledge. Undoubtedly you If you can answer· "Yes" to these ques­ _ier program as it . begins operations under will find great regional and special prob­ tions. your next step is to enlist help. Look the Department of Defense. lems that must be tackled with individual for help close about you: Not to distant It ls good for the future at the program initiative and effort. foundation or Federal departments. No­ that Army, Navy, and Air Force engineers, If this Job can be done in less time, or for body will listen to you until you have a civilian· and military, have been drawn into less money, the country will have great cause well-organized program at home. You can this first phase of the training program. to thank those who make it possible. The find help at- the chamber of commerce, lo­ Your experience will be useful to you per­ benefits may be far more important than cal newspapers, civic groups, · patriotic as­ sonally; I know it will contribute much to the specific savings. r charge you all With sociations, historical societies, or any of the the suoce_ss of the program. the responsibility of se.eking shortcuts which 18208 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE September 5 will hasten the work without impairing its news and communications media will be paranoic as it seems to us-peace ls their value. ma.de, in which past success has been the definition for violence. The time ls late. Programs along this rule. Anti-Communist material must be "Truth is whatever the Communists say it line should have been started some years eliminated in schools, public meetings, and ls. Once the top command, the 'politburo' ago. Fallout was known to the scientists and the military-more and new agents will in­ has decreed a statement as true, it is the weapon specialists from the time the first filtrate the Government to influence, stall, truth. Communists never lie by their defini­ bombs went off. They knew a lot more about and frustrate Government policy and direc­ tion. There are no absolutes in morals, only it in 1953-54, when the winds shifted in the tives. Anti-Communist personnel in Gov­ as relative to the class struggle; that is, war. Bikini A toll and showed the dimensions of ernment key spots must be squeezed out Any statement that furthers communism's the fallout hazard. whenever possible. Character assassination, success is true, the contrary a lie. Their So, I congratulate you, and commend you smears, rumors, even blackmail are to be used truth is that wherever communism comes on your new assignments, and convey to you on any and all influential anti-Communists to power there is happiness, health, pros·per­ without their knowledge the thanks of mil­ in and out of Government to discredit and ity, and good, and that American and lions of Americans who will be· given the remove them. capitalism are evil, degenerate, poor, and chance of survival in the event of a nuclear The success of their effort is chronicled by unhappy. The facts do not alter this truth war. Senator THURMOND as he lists the tough, but in their minds. They can murder and blam~ accurate, anti-Communist material removed us for their misdeeds, divorced apparently from use by the military, such films as "Op­ from their senses and this is to them the Washington Report eration Abolition" and "Communism on the truth. Map." Articles furthering this line have ap­ "Righteousness is to work, sacrifice, and peared in the Worker, the U.S. Communist die for the party. Torture, murder, pillage, EXTENSION OF REMARKS paper, the New York Times, Washington even their confessing to crimes uncom­ OF Post, the Reporter, and others. mitted and accepting fellow Communist Senator THURMOND's strongest criticism is imposed execution is righteousness since by HON. BRUCE ALGER directed at the so-called Fulbright memoran­ definition this advances the Communist OF TEXAS dum which he says, "candidly expresses as [Party) clause. its major fear not the Communist menace "Love can be manifested by promising mili­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES but a grave distrust of the American people tary officers no punishment if they sur­ Tuesday, September 5, 1961 to govern themselves" and that, "the Ameri­ render, and protection for their familles, and can people need to be restrained in their de­ then after surrender murdering the officers Mr. ALGER. Mr. Speaker, under leave sire 'to hit the Communists with everything and disposing viciously of the women and to extend my remarks in the RECORD, I we've got, particularly if there are more Cu­ children. To Communists this lying duplic­ include the following Newsletter of Sep­ bas and Laos.' " ity is unquestionably love for mankind, since tember 2, 1961: The criticism of the memorandum lists it brings the glorious day of world commu­ nism closer to fruition. A lie detector test WASHINGTON REPORT BY CoNGRESSMAN BRUCE these dangers: ( 1) the repeal of the direc­ tive which authorized the miUtary anti-Com­ would so confirm their belief. ALGER, FIFTH DISTRICT, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 2, "What brings human beings to such a 1961 munist seminars; (2) increased censorship of military speeches and others. Such muzzling strange about face of morals? "Dialectical THE ENEMY WITHOUT AND WITHIN THE further limits the widespread understanding materialism" the basis for all communism UNITED STATES 1 of communism by our people. Their knowl­ holds that man is only matter in motion, as Communism today • edge is what the Communists fear the most. is everything, no more than an animal, al­ Current events, Berlin, Cuba, Brazil, the To correct all this Senator THURMOND, and I though with more complex conditioned re- nuclear-test ban, disarmament talk, reiative agree, suggests an immediate full-scale in­ . flexes. Action ls automatic and compulsory, military strengths, may obscure the basic vestigation, now, before further success no free will. Ultimate reality is material, struggle, largely undercover, going on crowns the Communists in their determina­ not mental. Oddly enough, Hegel's dialec­ through which the United States will nobly tion to socialize and then communize the tics brought to materialism devotion, sacri­ win or meanly lose the last great hope of United States. To meet this danger we must fice, initiative, and dedication so that the men for peace on earth. Current legislative know about communism and Communists. Communist has an intense passionate dedi­ efforts and current events are overshadowed My effort here ls directed toward that end. cation to make the inevitable happen. The by this titanic struggle in which only one In knowledge, there is strength, without it dialectic teaches that progress is inherent in side will win. This is not and cannot be a we are easy prey. Let's look at what the change, and everything changes constantly stalemate. Ignorance of this is possible, re­ Communists are up to: (this to be accepted by faith) so that what is seen ls not so important as what will be. maining personally unaffected by it is not. "YOU CAN TRUST THE COMMUNISTS TO DO The Communists ceaseless efforts to sub­ The future belongs to the Communist not EXACTLY AS THEY SAY because of evidence (as overcoming U.S. vert the remaining free nations, including "(By Dr. Fred Schwarz) the United States reached a turning point ln great strength) but because of faith in dia­ last December's Communist meeting. The "Communists can be trusted to do exactly lectics' what must be. Red manifesto then issued recognized the as they say once you understand their be­ "The nature of progress is go forward then success of U.S. anti-Communist forces in liefs. They are dedicated, of deep convic­ back a little, then forward. Communists understanding the Red plan· of conquest. tion, superbly organized. Communists know believe in abolishing the family. Yet now Their new doctrine, obligatory on all Com­ they will conquer the world, it's only a mat­ they strengthen the family to accomplish munists, is to discredit and smear the United ter of time. In keeping with their beliefs­ world takeover. Then they'll abolish it. States anti-Communists, simultaneously not ours-they are predictable and under­ The logic or illogic here is fantastic. Re­ pushing the new line which is "there ls no standable. Marx preached class warfare. ligion the same. They will use it until they danger of communism in the United States, Lenin proclaimed the Communist Party the can abolish it, after conquering. but abroad." A gigantic effqrt, a "psywar" instrumentality to win this worldwide war. "The nature of conflict in dialectics ts or mind warfare, brainwashing, 'and indoc­ Marx joined Feuerbach's materialism with shown as thesis (communism) meets·antith­ trination, is to lull all Americans into com­ Hegel's dialectic reasoning to provide dia­ esis (capitalism) whlc}?. clash results in placency thus facilitating the infiltration lectic materialism, the philosophic basis for synthesis (socialism). Socialism then and subversion of our country, while the communism's blueprint of conquest and en­ evolves into communism. All matter in the people sleep, a calculated effort to destroy slavement of man's mind and badge. world is likewise engaged in comparable our patriotism through a corrupting trance. "Class warfare exists between the bourgeois clashes. So violent revolution is needed to By suppressing criticism of communism the and proletariat, that is between the owner change capitalism to socialism. Some Com­ people will think the danger is gone. Khru­ and worker, the wage payer and wage re­ munists have held that capitalism will shchev brutally explained it "you spit in ceiver, capital and wages, capitalism and evolve into socialism, then communism. their faces and they call it dew." socialism, hence between United States and "The ultimate goal of 'dialectical material­ To accomplish this there must be a dou­ Russia. The war is thus between nations as ism,' world conquest, without God or deity, ble standard as they see it, that is, suppress well as within nations not yet socialized. is to per~it the Communist Party to so al­ criticism of communism as antisocial and The war is to total victory and defeat with ter man's environment as to change human violative of various civil liberties, but simul­ all weapons to be used, of the pen and the nature. Then there will be scientific regen­ taneously step up criticism ag~inst . the sword. Ed~cation~ language, trade, d't­ eration of human beings into perfect beings. plomacy, negotiation, religion, cultural ex­ They will love to work and give their effort United States. An attempt to monopolize all change, economfc-in every field and in every and proceeds to others. No hand will be lifted in anger.' No · crime, no violence, no 1 Supplementary to last wee;lt's ne~sletter. way the battle is fought. The war will end !!Recap of- · ' . with· world domination. · ·police, no tax-only mutual cooperation. - "Peace then is the great · goal. They be­ "To accomplish this the world must be 1. Senator THURMOND statements. lieve in peace, everything. is for peace, the freed of capitalism and the profit motive. 2. Senate Internal Security Subcommittee peace following world victory. Every violent Those wbo are not agreeable will be killed, Report, "The New Drive Against the Anti- murder, the thousands and millions slain­ by the millions, if necessary. Those remain­ communist Program." .. these are acts· of peace. No lie detector test ing will be reeducated. Children will be 3. Dr. Fred Schwartz' "You Can Trust th·e of any Communist would show otherwise·. trained by ·communists. Public prostitu­ Communists To Do Exactly as They Say." , Beyond rational argument and conviction, tion will replace family life. 196.1' .CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 18209 "Communists are recruited largely through ternative. Meanwhile, Communist agents in­ beliefs in willingness to expend time, money, appeal to student intellectuals, feeding on filtrated the Government in key spots. In 3 and effort. We won't be hypnotized or lulled discontent. Four ideas are utilized: (a) ·years the takeover was complete. into slavery through apathy or failure to Disenchantment with capitalism, which "The consolidation of power is necessary realize our great strengths--spiritual and causes depressions and war, through imbal­ after initial takeover. The people are dis­ moral-nor will we be so stupid as to be ance of goods and money (this reasoning armed. All potential leaders are killed. fooled into believing communism is no fails to recognize ( 1) the dynamic nature Communication media are monopolized, like­ threat, so that infiltration and subversion of money and credit, (2) advertising and wise education. The party has an economic can prepare us for the takeover. Our mo­ psychology, (3) expanding market, (4) peo­ monopoly, controlling all jobs. The secret tivation is love of God and our fellow man­ ple's capitalism, individuals' enlarging police and informers spy on everyone. Re­ that means preserving our country and free­ . ownership of property, ( 5.) role of govern­ volts are stopped aborning and revolters dom. ment (antitrust, etc.) and the facts which killed. Promises and fear keep people in "The knowledge we need is simply the re­ further show that capitalism has produced check. Freedom of movement and associa­ alization that communism is not just an­ more prosperity than ever known, and is tion are stopped. Mass trials and executions. other economic system; it is tyranny, slav­ accompanied by freedom, not enslavement); Children are set against adults. Harvests ery, not freedom. We must study and know (b) materialist philosophy, a substitute for are taken, and collective farms operated the tactics of the enemy and then abort his . those who have doubts about religion and with a new slavery system as labor. This plans . Deity, and are materialistic in leaning; (c) is a complete dictatorship. The Communist ''The organization required is at the grass­ intellectual pride, an appeal to youthful Party is supreme, controlled by the top man roots, not a super group or nationwide or­ learners who are delighted at freedom from or men. ganization, just the dedicated perseverance family and old ideas, it 1:1,ppeals to the "Allies of communism are responsible for of our many diversified religious, civic, and curious and those seeking new experiences; communism's success. The party is very educational groups. We need not adopt regi­ (d) unfulfilled religious need: A replacement small in number. The success is through mentation. Self-discipline is the only dis­ for religion in sacrifice of oneself in a cause. getting others to do the work. What permits cipline needed. Everyone fights communism "A Communist is molded by the Commu­ this? How is it possible? rigfi't where he is. nist Party, as a prerequisite to membership, " (a) Intellectual dishonesty: People believe "Conclusion through work, discipline, and complete obedi­ what they want, and they refuse to believe "We categorically reject this claim. We ence under observation. An intellectual that Communists are Communists and that are not the helpless victims of our environ­ elite is the core of the party who are able they really intend to enslave the world. The ment, doomed to destruction. The fault lies to control masses_ by superior knowledge evidences of Communist success are fivefold: not in our environment but in ourselves. and organization. The membership price is ( 1) Numerical: Communists numbered 17 in The political, judicial, educational, and cul­ giving oneself completely, foreswearing all 1903; 40,000 in 1917; 1 billion in 1959, 6 times tural organizations of a free society can else, including dying happily for the party, the population of the United States, more function only when the individual citizens as did Bukharin, who said death is prefera­ than those who have ever heard of Christ. have enlightened minds and are dedicated to ble than life· outside the party. Five children are learning about communism the foundations of freedom. The basic re­ "The organization is controlled from the now to one learning about Christ. How long sponsibility rests on each one. The success top down. Local units or cells send a repre­ then before the 2 ¾ billion in the world are of this book can be measured by the num­ sentative to the district council, whose under Communist control? (2) Military: ber of readers whose attention has been re­ representative~ go to higher councils, end­ Communists may have military superiority directed from the responsibility of others to ing finally in the presidiu~ or politburo. by 1965. (3) Educational: Communists grad­ their own responsibility; who are asking the Here decisions are reached by vote (although uating 3 times the scientists (10 times in­ question, 'What can I do?' Upon such a in practice those disagreeing with top cluding China) 100 times the language spe­ foundation, the political, legislative, and leaders usually are later purged), vqtes al­ cialists. They stress science, mathematics, cultural programs necessary can be built. ways become ~nanimous. •This is reported and language and learn without freedom. (4) "Material forces alone do not determine then to the Central Committee, and then to Economic: The gap economically is closing. the destinies of men. The resources of an the lower echelons and all decisions are A greater percent of their national produc­ infinite God can change the balance of ma­ binding and without appeal. Any violation, tion goes into economic warfare sine~ they terial assets. These resources are liberated as reported by secret police and informers, control production and don't need profit. · t ough the prayer, the sacrifice, and the who are everywhere, is puni~hable by ex- They can undersell us in any world market intelligent organization of people filled with pulsion ·or death. . by cp.oice, to create chaos and infiltrate the love of God. Fundamentally, the prob­ "Communists work through front organi­ _agents. (5) Communications: Their literary lem is a moral and spiritual one. The foun­ zations they established or through captive crusade of books is directed toward the un- dations of freedom must be girded with a .organizations they have infiltrated and cap­ committed nations of Asia and Africa and moral and spiritual revival. As free men tured. Communists work secretly or covertly South America to tip the balance their way humbly seek God and present their bodies, usually. · They work through fellow travelers ( another 1 billion people) . Their children's minds, and hearts to their country and the who are not party members, who in turn books are good literature. In propaganda cause of all mankind, we may well believe work through sympathizers, who use pseudo­ they seek to convey communism's goodness that tyranny shall not triumph and freedom liberals, who rely on dupes, the latter being and capitalism's evil. They are reaching shall not perish from the earth." well-meaning patriotic citizens who give the 100 people to our 1. (The truth of people money and the respectability. The tech­ fleeing from communism is never told.) niques for seizip.g power stem from Lenin's " ( b) Cultural exchange: Since there is no belief in violent revolution to destroy the freedom of movement or communication in Address by Hon. John Tower, of Texas, bourgeois and government, rather than use Russia our visitors to Russia come back un­ the existing government. witting Communist agents. Brookings, S. Dak., August 27, 1961 "Seizure of control can be accomplished by "Brainwashing: Communist technique is (1) internal revolt through control of labor accurate and destructive of the mind. EXTENSION OF REMARKS unions, (2) military conquest, or (3) mili­ Through exhaustion, confusion, chronic pain, OF tary blackmail forcing peaceful surrender. and fear tJ:!e person's established mental pat­ "Successful tecb,niques for seizing power terns are shattered. New memories, a guilt HON. E. Y. BERRY can be seen in ( 1) Russia, after the Czar complex, and love for their tortures are was overthrown, Lenin's party of 40,000 replaced in new patterns. Indoctrination OF SOUTH DAKOTA promising peace and land (promises contra­ outside of brainwashing occurs through IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dictory to Lenin's basic Communist doctrine repetition of the big lie and good advertising Tuesday, September 5, 1961 but anything is permissible to come to techniques. Result is the creation of a false power), beat out other parties, gave land to image of the United States throughout the Mr. BERRY. Mr. Speaker, under the peasants, took back the harvests, killed world. They know it is not what we do that unanimous consent, I include in the the peasants, starved out the complaining counts but what people believe we do. The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD the address of the Ukraine (7 million), liquidated all opposing fact that people flee communism and go to Honorable JOHN TOWER, a junior Sena­ groups, collectivized the farms and enslaved America is never told. tor from the State of Texas, given at the everyone. (2) China: communism won over "For the United States to survive confront­ the students, and promised land, freedom ed with communism our people must have picnic during the Young Republican from debt, and exclusion of white people. knowledge. We_ must render our anti-Com­ convention in Brookings, S. Dak., Sun­ Troops were trained and a brilliant com­ munist program effective and ~ussia's anti­ day, August 27. bination of political infiltration followed by anti-Communist program ineffective. Thus I am certain that the remarks, the military conquest, plus guerrilla warfare, far, we are victims, not of their hypocrisy, thought and the philosophy of Senator reduced the people still living to complete but of our own igno.rance. Our success will ToWER will be of special interest not only subjugation and enslavement. (3) Czecho­ hinge on three things: Our motivation, to every conservative, but to every Mem­ slovakia (likened to- technique being used on . knowledge, and organization. ber of Congress: America): ,_ The Communists with massive · "Motivation: For the United States to sur­ military power ever present at a. threat _ex­ vive this attack our citizens must under­ ADDRESS BY HON. JOHN TOWER, OF TEXAS acted a series. of small concessions from the stand communism and its terrible danger to Fellow Republicans, discerning Democrats, Czechs, each a small one, with war as an al- the . United States. ·we must reaffirm our fellow Americans, it's a great privilege and 18210 CONGRESSIONAL · RECORD - HOUSE September 5 pleasure for me to be in South Dakota, par­ ure-"personal indulgence," as Mr. Kennedy but I want to preserve the type of system ticularly in these exciting days when we are calls it. I don't know where he dreamed up that will allow me, however common I am celebrating the centennial of the Dakota that phrase-I guess it was while he was on to aspire to be better. ' Territory. I've had the opportunity to par­ his yacht off Hyannis Port. So, since we're The fact that a man has been allowed to ticipate in some of the festivities, and I must so stupid and can't exercise freedom of choice own property and to develop it, to better say that you Dakotans are better than wisely, they're going to take our money away himself economically, to better his commu­ Texans in extending warm hospitality, and from us and spend it in a manner that the nity and business steadiness-it has been the I am deeply grateful to you, and I'm enjoy­ Harvard professors know is best for us. As genius and the dynamism behind the very ing myself immensely here. a matter of fact, one of them-Mr. Schle­ great growth of our America, it has not come We Republicans sometimes have been singer-says, with ecstasy in his eyes, "There as a result of a bunch of New Frontiersmen likened unto a family that I knew of in east are new potential sources of taxation we taking our money away "from us and spend­ Texas. Down in east Texas we have quite a haven't even explored yet." Heaven help ing it for us. lot of sharecroppers-they live in little us. I thought they had just about gotten to Now, for the most pa.rt, I oppose virtually shacks on little patches of land, and the us every way they can, but apparently they're all of the domestic programs of the New whole family sleeps together. One night out­ trying to figure out some new ways. Frontier. The liberals always say to me side one of the little shacks the old hound You ought to sit up there in the Senate "Well, TOWER, you oppose everything; what dog was Just a howlin' and howlin'. In­ of the United States day after day and watch are you for?" I will tell you what I am for. doors the family was asleep on the pallet, and how we're spending your money-just like it's I am for the preservation of the American papa woke up and rolled over and said, going out of style, and at the rate they're Constitution and political system. I am for "Mama, go out tha.r and see what is wrong spending it, there won't be any to be in style the preservation of the capitalist economy. with the old hound dog. I would go myself, after a while. I am for the preservation of the recognition but I'm Just too tired to move." Mama rolls Now, I personally believe that the Ameri­ that every individual has his worth. I am over and shakes the son. "Son, get up and can people do have the confidence to make for freedom of choice and freedom of asso­ go out thar and see what is wrong with the their own decisions. The essence of self­ ciation. I am for personal progress. And, old hound dog. I would go myself, but I'm government, the essence of liberty is freedom because I am for these things, I must neces­ Just too tired to move." He rolls over and of choice. We are allowed to make our own sarily oppose that which I know to be de­ shakes his sister. He says, "Sister, go out decisions, and freedom of choice should be structive of these things. This is no more thar and see what's wrong with the old limited by laws and regulations and rules a negative approach than that of the man hound dog. I would go myself, but I'm too only to the extent necessary to preserve order who stops a runaway horse that threatens to tired to move." Sister rolls over to little in the society, to protect us in the enjoyment trample down your children in the streets. brother, and says, "Little brother, go out of our rights as individuals, and to provide I think we can take pride in opposing those thar and see what's wrong with that hound for the national defense. And these are the things which go against the American tradi­ dog. I would go myself, but I'm just too only limitations that it should have. tion. I am a conservative, I wear the badge tired to move." Little brother rolls over and Our people, I think, over a period of years of conservatism proudly~ I will make no there wasn't anybody else there, so he had to have been reduced to a state of dependency apologies for it. I am a conservative, not go outdoors to see what was wrong with the on the National Government to the extent because I am a stick-in-the-mud, not be­ dog. Pretty soon he came back in the house that many of them think that it is the func­ cause I am antiquated in my ideas, not be­ and his daddy said, "Son, just what was tion of the Government to afford everybody a cause I resist progress; quite to the contrary. wrong with the old hound dog?" And he minimum standard of living. Now, my I am a conservative because I recognize the said, "Well, daddy, he was a settin' on a friends, you can't have cradle-to-the-grave great progress that our people have made cocklebur a.nd he was just too tired to move." security and freedom of choice-you've got to historically, I should like for us to eontlnue But, I don't think this ls characteristic of to make progress, I believe that conserva­ the Republican Party any more and of Re­ choose between them, because whenever you abdicate your responsibility for the preserva­ tism is synonymous with progress because publicans at the grassroots level generally it seeks to preserve those things that history because we have come to realize that instead tion of your own welfare to the National Government, it may take a load off your back, and experience have proven will make us of sitting around and griping about what is progress as a people. going on in Washington, it ls high time we but it also takes away from you freedom of choice and individual liberty, and remember Now, the liberals very sneeringly call us did something about it. cavemen and Neanderthals, and they say There ls a great resurgence of conserva­ that. Think about what ls happening to the Re­ that BARRY GOLDWATER is so good looking tive feeling in the United States today, and that he ought to be in the movies; namely, if we Republicans don't win some elections public. The more the Government takes away from you and spends, the less freedom 18th Century Fox. This, of course, is dirty next year, it's our own fa.ult. Now, next pool. It is misrepresentation of the worst year's elections are elections that not only of choice you have. You know there is no democracy like the democracy at the market­ type, because it paints an image of con­ Republicans but discerning Democrats have servatism that is completely false. a stake ln. I know that there are a number place. Here is some Federal currency. This bill represents a great number of things to a You think BARRY GOLDWATER is not a pro­ of Democrats who appreciate America's gressive? This guy flies jet airplanes-he's fundamental institutions, who recognize our great number of people. It may represent groceries or automobiles or a new television a product of the jet age. Have you ever basic strengths as free people, who espouse been inside his automobile? It takes a the principles of Thomas Jefferson, who be­ set or some personal security. The one thing else that it represents is freedom of choice. graduate engineer to operate the thing-it's lieve that that government is best that got more gadgets in it than you can shake governs least; and I know that there are a There is no democracy like the democracy at the marketplace because this dollar bill a stick at. Here is a man who is vitally lot of dissatisfied Democrats today. Maybe interested in new things, and he knows that all the dissatisfied Democrats have already is in effect a ballot. You take it into the seen the light and joined the Republican marketplace, you place it on the counter, a free and dynamic people will continue to and in so doing, you are voting for goods and afford worthwhile change and a better life Party in South Dakota; they're still in the for us all. process of enlightenment in Texas. -It may services that American industry produces for take a little time, but eventually we have you. Now, the more of this that the Govern­ I've been accused of being dragged, kick­ high hopes. Actually, they are not leaving ment takes away from you, the less freedom ing and .screaming, into the 20th century. the Democrat Party, the Democrat Party has of choice you have, the less democracy there As somebody said, TOWER ls slightly to the left them; and the Democrat Party as pres­ is. right of McKinley and slightly to the left of ently led nationally does not espouse the The Communists advocate a system in Alfred the Great. But it is the New Fron­ traditional principles of that once great which the state will wither away eventually. tiersmen who are medieval in their outlook. party-the party of Jefferson, the man who They say, "We won't use currency any more, Back in the Middle Ages in our Anglo-Saxon believed th-at the people should have the re­ we won't use money. This is certa.lnly an society, it was the king and his court who sponsibility of governing themselves-be­ instrumentality of capitalism." And the made all the decisions for the society. I cause the present administration and the Communists feel that someday they'll be seem to see a striking resemblance between present leadership of the national Democrat able to get rid of it. But, of course, when the king and his court and the bunch that Party has the idea that the people should not that day comes, if it comes, all the people is running Washington now. nave the responsibility for governing them- who live in such a society will only be I don't believe that the American people ·selves, that the people are too stupid to cogs in a ma.chine. The only incentive they think that a handful of people in Washing­ make their own decisions. will have to produce is some vague thing ton are more capable of making their deci­ The men who now surround the Presl­ called the good of society. sions and ordering their lives and their dent--his covey of advisers for whom he has We a.re individuals, and because we have destinies than they are them.selves. I don't denuded the faculty of Harvard University­ for centuries adhered to . the Christian believe that the American people believe that are men who have made some statements ethical system, we believe that as individ­ the wealth and. resources of the country that if implemented into the law and into uals we have a great deal of value and worth, should be marshaled by the Government _public policy, will mean the end, I believe, and we believe that as individuals we should and redistributed in the form of welfare ultimately, of self--government as you and I make as much individual progress as we can; benefits. I don't believe that the farmers o! know it. They hold, for example, that the but we cannot hope to achieve anything, we this country feel that the production of food people have too much money and that they _cannot hope to make progress unless we have and fiber should be nationalized. But all spend it foolishly. They spend it on auto­ a climate of liberty. I may be a common of these things have been advocated by the mobiles. TV sets, boats, and personal pleas- man, and I dislike that term "common man," ·men who surround 'the Fre&ldent now. 1961 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 18211 These are perilous times for America. We vention of the National Rivers and Harbors civilian control. The officers and men of our face the grave threat of Communist impe­ Congress. Armed Forces take an oath to defend our rialism from without. My friends, we also This administration shares your view that beloved land against all enemies, foreign and face a threat from within-a very insidious accelerated investment in water resources domestic. Please note that the wording of threat-because its false front is a political is essential. In assuring water supplies, in this oath is to defend our country against program that appeals to all that is weak providing energy and low-cost transporta­ domestic enemies as well as foreign enemies. and selfish within us. tion, in production of needed food and fiber, Our military leaders have led us, our broth­ I remember Harry Truman campaigning on in making saline water sweet, in controlling ers, and our sons into bloody battles against the platform, "You never had it so good." floods, in maintaining recreation and fish the Communist enemy. It is the duty of I know the New Frontier promises to do and wildlife values-in wisely managing our every military leader to know the nature of everything for us. They say, "Here is a cry­ water resources, we are meeting the needs the enemy so that he and his men can be ing need and the Federal Government must of the Nation today and creating the con­ better equipped to defend our Nation against go in and fulfill that need." I will concede ditions for economic growth to meet the the enemy. America's enemy today is inter­ that there are needs in many areas, but the needs of tomorrow. The end of the "no new national communism. fulfillment of these needs is our responsibil­ starts" policy has invigorated the dedica­ Despite the fact that the United States is ity, and historically, as a people, we have, tion of Federal water development agencies in a so-called cold war, economic, political, as a free people, disciplined ourselves to do to meeting the Nation's needs in water and and psychological, against communism, there for ourselves the things that need to be done. water management, use, and control. is increasing evidence that many persons of I went to church here in Brookings this The very useful report of the Senate Se­ high political position are not properly in­ morning-the Methodist Church. I noticed lect Committee on Water Resources pro­ formed as to the nature of our enemy, in­ they have under discussion the possibility vided a basis for reevaluation of national pol­ ternational communism-or, what is in­ of building a new church. There is church icies in the light of threatened future short­ finitely worse, they are completely duped building going on all over the United States. ages. by the psychological warfare methods of our I've never seen anything.like it-old churches The recent National Conference on Water socialist enemy. The Honorable J. Edgar being refurbished. Does the Federal Gov­ Pollution, inspired by congressional efforts Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of ernment tell us we must build churches? to strengthen the Federal role in the struggle Investigation, stated that "we cannot hope Does the Federal Government levy on us and against pollution, made it clear that the peo­ to successfully meet the Communist menace take the money and build churches? No. ple want and are determined to have clean unless there is a wide knowledge and un­ This to me is proof that the American peo­ water. derstanding of its aims and designs." In ple, recognizing their spiritual obligations, The maintenance of our national strength a recent address in the U.S. Senate, Senator will do by themselves without any Govern­ and our obligation to future generations, STROM THURMOND said: "The events of re­ ment intervention the thing that needs to be will require staying power as well as strength. cent years provide unimpeachable proof that done. And I think the same thing would We must husband and wisely use our re­ we do not understand the nature or methods apply to education, to roads, to old-age sources, following an investment policy that of Communists and communism. Had we assistance, to almost anything if the Govern­ is neither skinflint nor extravagant, but prop­ understOod and appreciated the menace of ment would just let us alone. erly balances our interests in water resource communism, we would not today be suffering My friends, freedom is a hard-bought development with our interests in other from the losses of our blind negotiations at thing. You young people have enjoyed the aspects of national development. And it is Yalta and Potsdam. Had we understood and benefits of a free society. I think the reason to this long-term national interest that I recognized communism when we saw it, we _ ask you to dedicate your deliberations. would never have made the mistake of offi­ you are turning conservative is because you cially characterizing the Red Communist realize you may not enjoy them for long. I know you will grasp the opportunity with vigor, and that a sense of responsibility to Chinese as agrarian reformers. Senator Our American democracy has evolved over a THURMOND continued: "Had we the ab111ty period of centuries-it is not something we all the people and the future will guide your judgments. to detect a Communist and a Communist have come by overnight, and we must fight movement, Castro would never have had our now to preserve it because although we have With the enlightened support of public and private agencies and individuals, we can support in establishing a Communist dicta­ not come by it overnight, we can certainly torship over the Cuban people 90 miles from lose it overnight if we are not careful. build imaginatively and soundly to provide the maximum benefits from our national our shores." Recently, however, the Ameri­ The enemy could lay waste our cities, our can people have shown real evidence of their factories, and our farms, and in a generation water resources. JOHN F. KENNEDY. awakening to the web that is being woven we could rebuild them. But if our free insti­ around us to destroy our Constitution, our tutions are destroyed, generations yet unborn economy of free enterprise, and our very way will live in an absolute state. I want to pre­ of life, Western Christian civilization. serve the blessings of liberty for my three There is definitely a campaign now on little girls. I know that we all value our Control of the Military and General foot to destroy the strong anti-Communist liberty. Let's recognize the threat to it, and Walker crusade that is, at long last, sweeping our let's go forth now to resolve that we shall land. In other words, we are now witness­ turn them back at the polls in 1962. ing from the leftwing element, political as EXTENSION OF REMARKS well as press, an anti-anti-Communist cam­ OF paign. This anti-anti-Communist campaign is particularly directed at the military. The Message From the President of the Na­ HON. DALE ALFORD Communists have for years made no secret tional Rivers and Harbors Congress OF ARKANSAS of their campaign to discredit our military leaders. Recently, I placed in the CoNGREs­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sxoNAL RECORD a copy of a resolution by the EXTENSION OF REMARKS Tuesday, September 5, 1961 Communist International of 1921 meeting in OF New York City calling upon members of the Mr. ALFORD. Mr. Speaker, last Sun­ Communist Party to launch a campaign HON. ROBERT L. F. SIKES day, I spoke to the residents of my dis­ against the military leaders. As Senator OF FLORIDA trict over radio station KLRA in Little THURMOND has pointed out in recent ad- Rock on the . subject ·of control of our .. dresses, this -"gag the military line" ls co­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES military men. Because this topic is of gently illustrated by the space devoted to Tuesday, September 5, 1961 the subject in the August 13, 1961, edition .such great _importance at the moment, of the Communist Party, U.S.A., organ, the Mr. SIKES. Mr. Speaker, I attach under leave to extend my remarks, I in­ Worker. Among the articles devoted to the herewith for reprinting in the CONGRES­ clude a copy of this address in the anti-anti-Communist propaganda effort is SIONAL RECORD a message from the Presi­ RECORD: one headlined on page 1, entitled "Rightist dent of the United States to the Na­ RADIO BROADCAST BY CONGRESSMAN DALE Plotters Open Attack in Senate." This ar­ tional Rivers and Harbors Congress at ALFORD, OF ARKANSAS, RADIO STATION ticle consists of a perverted account of the its ~8th annual convention here. The KLRA, LITTLE ROCK, ARK., SEPTEMBER 3, discussion which has taken place in the 1961 Senate concerning the use of military offi­ president's great interest in waterway cers and facilities for alerting military per­ and harbor improvement and his recog­ One of the topics receiving the most atten­ sonnel and the public to the menace of the nition of their importance to the Nation's tion in debate in the halls of Congress re­ cold war under the 1958 National Security economy are well known: cently has been that of civilian control of the military services of our country. It is Council directive. THE WHITE HOUSE, strange, indeed, that this subject should be The most glaring example of purging t h e Washington, May 25, 1961. up for debate when world tensions are now military for their efforts to inform their Mr. HENRY H _ BUCKMAN, focused near the boiling point. The military troops and all Americans of the true nature Presiq,ent, National Rivers and Harbors Con­ qf our country have always been and are at of our enemy was the reckless recall of gress, Washington, D.C.: this present moment distinctly different . Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker from his post I' appr·eclate very much this opportunity from the military c;>f other . nations ·in that as commander o[ the 24th Infantry Division to offer a message to the 48th Annual Con- our military ls unmistakably subservient to · in Germany. I am proud to say that there 18212 ~ONGRES_SIONAL ~CORD - HOVSE September 5 is a group now forming on Capitol Hill in a Mrs. Marion von Rospach, agreed to 'clean but .~n .Army spokesman did say that the Washington known as the Congressional it up'; a promise she never kept. .John Birch books were being barred from Committee for Justice for General Walker. Overseas Weekly ls represented by Pan Army newsstands in Europe. I have the honor of being temporary chair­ American Publishen; Representatives (PAB­ ~'Following _the admonis~ent, the g~m­ man· of this group for both parties of the CO). PABCO also represents Swank, an ob­ eral was removed from orders assigning him House of Representatives who are working scene publication which features work of to head the VIII U.S. Army Corps in Texas. to secure justice for an American soldier notorious Communist fronters. Parent pub­ "On May 31, 1961, ~~ members of the staff whose only crime was patriotism. lishing firm for Overseas Weekly is the of the Special Warfare Office in the 24th Recently, the Patrick Henry League, Box International Media Co. (IMC). "An IMO Infantry Division in Germany were trans­ 383, Main Post Office, Yonkers, N.Y. pub­ director, Gene Bernald, ls a participating op­ ferred to- other .duties and the problue pro­ lished release No. 18 with the topic, "Gen­ erator of a CIA-linked radio station in the gram, left without any staff, was destroyed. eral Walker." Because their review of this Caribbean, radio SWAN, which aided in the "On .June 18, 1961, the New York Times situation is so concise and to conserve time, failure of the recent CUban invasion by quoted an unnamed Pentagon civilian offi­ I shall quote extensively from this publica­ mysterious failure to broadcast a prear­ cial as stating that he hoped 'the extremists' tion by the Patrick Henry League: ranged signal to Cuban freedom fighters.'' in the Army would 'get the message' from "Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker was born in Remember, I am quoting from the Patrick what had just happened to General Walker 1909 at Center Point, Tex. He was appointed Henry League. Since there has been so much and 'use good judgment in what they say to the U.S. Military Academy on July 1, 1927, erroneous information in the local morning and do.' " End of quotes from a publication and gave his life from then on to the service paper relative to my statements on radio of the Patrick Henry League, Box 383, Main of his country. SWAN, let me repeat this statement from Post Office., Yonkers, N.Y. "He served in the following campaigns: this publication from Yonkers, N.Y.: Yes, my fellow Americans, your patriotic Aleutian Islands, Naples-Foggia, Anzio, "An IMC director, Gene Bernald, is a par­ officers and men of our Armed Forces, our Rome, Arno, south France, Rhineland, cen­ ticipating operator of a CIA-linked radio military, have gotten the message. They tral Europe, U.N. summer-fall offensive in station in the Caribbean, radio SWAN, which are afraid to stand up and speak out against Korea, second Korean winter, Korea sum­ aided in the failure of the recent Cuban the mortal enemy of our very American way mer-fall 1952, and third Korean winter. invasion by mysterious failure to broadcast a of life, afraid to make any more talks to their "He won milltary honors fighting up the prearranged signal to Cuban freedom fellow Americans alerting them to the nature Italian boot and into southern France and fighters." of international communism. What on earth Germany during World War II. Later he Now, I continue to quote from the Patrick goes on here in the land of the free and the was decorated during the Korean war. As Henry League: home of the brave? The matter of control commander of· the 2d Division Artillery at "News editor of Overseas Weekly is John of the military cannot be taken Ughtly. Do Heartbreak Ridge, he led his men in firing Dornberg who has undertaken a one-man you realize the men and women throughout a. record of 22,000 rounds every 24 hours for anti-West Germany campaign with his dis­ the land that a.re serving not only in our 14 days. gusting book, "Schizophrenic Germany.'' Regular Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force, "General Walker's a.wards include the Silver An owner of Overseas Weekly, along with but all Americans serving in any Reserve Star, the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Marlon von Rospach, is Harold Melahn. unit or National Guard are brought under the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Senior Melahn was a delegate to the Communist the broad scope of gagging the military? Paratrooper Badge, the French Croix de World Youth Festival in Prague 1n 1947. What .better way for our domestic enemies Guerre, the Norwegian Order of St. Olav, and When Owner Rospach went to the Pentagon to gain victories within our border than the Order of the British Empire. to appeal the 1953 suspension of Overseas putting a clamp on the freedom of speech "A bachelor, Walker has had the single­ Weekly by General Bolte, she was accom­ on those who are authorities as to the nature minded devotion to the combat effectiveness panied by Samuel W. Yorty. Yorty has been of communism? and welfare of his troops. After the dismay­ identified under oath as a Communist by However, the Communist Party's Daily ing spectacle of some American prisoners of former Party Member Arthur J. Kent. In Worker, in its August 13 issue, was not lim­ wa.r in Korea succumbing to communism, he her writings, Marion von Rospach has be­ iting its poisonous pen to the military. On set his mind and energies to the task of trayed herself as fond of Communist-front page 5 there ls a slanderous article directed trying to do something about the moral and joiners and anti-Catholics. at the anti-Communist efforts of our own spiritual stamina of our .fightingmen. "General Walker did not like what Over­ Harding College, an outstanding Church of "What was General Walker's crime? A seas Weekly was trying to do to his troops Christ school, located at Searcy, Ark. This staff officer was commenting on a map which and he said so. Further, he barred Over­ article entitled, "Poisonous Web Spun From showed Communist countries in red, and seas Weekly Reporter Siegfried Naujocks Arkansas Town" is filled with abuses and America and her allies in blue. The officer from all of the 24th Division's installations. untruths. A review of such articles is ade­ referred to the free world as anti-Red. Naujocks had been caught seeking a pipeline quate demonstration that no issue of civilian 'That's defensive thinking,' Walker re­ into the ·command headquarters. A native control of the military is really and truly sponded. 'We're problue.' Thus was the o! Danzig, Poland, Naujocks is recorded as a involved. Military leaders have shown no name given to General Walker's problue former Nazi mercenary living .in Germany evidence of violating their oath to uphold program for his 24th Infantry Division in and doing the bidding of Overseas Weekly. the Constitution of the United States against Augsburg, Germany. Initiated in October "As apparent retaliation against General all enemies, foreign and domestic. But, alas, 1960 the program was, in the general's own Walker, the Overseas Weekly ran an attack a few notable examples of individuals high words, 'designed to develop an understand­ by John Dornberg on April 16, 1961. The in official and political circles have recom­ ing of the American mllitary and civil heri­ 'exposure' of the general and his problue rn:ended a revision of that greatest of all legal tage, and the facts and objectives of those program was repeated later on by (of course) instruments, the Constitution of the United enemies who would destroy it.' the New York Times. And the scene was States. I join with the distinguished Sena­ "The problue program brought to our set for another witch hunt by the lunatic tor from South Carolina, the Honorable soldiers · in Germany the best education in left. STROM THuRMOND, in carrying the message American citizenship and anticommunism "New stories accused General Walker of throughout the land that we must not allow that could be found in print. Also, religion indoctrinating his troops with John Birch the real purpose of the anti-anti-Communist was stressed. The general's outline for the Society materials. This, because he made campaign to be camouflaged behind a smoke­ problue program stated: 'One of the basic available 'The Life of John Birch,' (a Baptist screen of the question of civilian control areas of problue is the individual's relation missionary and soldier in China) an inspir­ over the military. Instead, we should be to God. When the individual has the right ing biography which makes no mention at thankful for military men of courage who relation with God he belongs to the family all of the John Birch Society. The book are godly men, men of integrity and the of God and, as such, conducts himself as a was only one of many generally accepted determination to fight the psychological war child of God.' The program undertook to works made available to men under Walker. for the minds and hearts of men as well as raise soldier morale, ,and to stress discipline, "When this charge against the general fighting the war for materialism. The Com­ law, and order. seemed to be falling through, new protests munists fear an upsurge of patriotism in "General Walker is well known !or his de­ were made. Walker was 'reported to have America more than anything else today. sire to surround GI's under his command said' that Mrs. Roosevelt is· 'pink' and was What the Comn,i.ies really fear is a wide­ with a climate of morality and clean living. 'quoted as being of the opinion' that Amer­ spread understanding by the American peo­ He and his problue program ran head on ica's TV and newspapers are greatly infil­ ple, both civilian and military, of the nature into conflict, therefore, with a filthy tabloid trated • • • these vague accusations against of communism and the tactics used by them sold on European military bases, Overseas General Walker were even further obscured to in.filtrate every facet of' our lives, our re­ Weekly. by the Overseas Weekly style of innuendo. ligions, our schools, -0ur clubs, and our homes. "The first and last pages of Overseas "Finally, on June 12, 1961, Sec~etary of When all Americans reassert once again_the Weekly usually carry nude-type pictures. the Army, Elvis J . Stahr, Jr., a recent Ken­ principles laid down by our Founding Fa­ Many of the headlines are so lurid as to be nedy appointment, anno_unced that Maj. thers, the· system of less government and unrepeatable. Lt. Gen. Charles Bolte, com­ Gen. Edwin A. Walker was being officially more freedom of speech and more freedom manding general of the Army in Europe in admonished for having 'made derogatory of enterprise, a tremendous wave of patriot­ 1953, banned Overseas Weekly as unfit for remarks' and for 'participating in contro­ ism to our American Republic wil~ mean American ·servicemen. It was later rein­ versial activities.' The Pentagon Jl,nnounce­ the complete destruction and stamping out stated when the chief owne~ and publisher, ment made no mention of Overseas Weekly, in our land of the precancerous socialism 1961 CONG\lESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 18213 which results in a totalitarian atheistic ment by the trade union movement, how­ mate aims of workers and unions can be state. ever, has changed this picture. · fully protected. My fellow Americans, let our· prayers be Throughout the United States union mem­ Today, we are engaged in a great global this day: "God give America a new breath bership has increased from 3 million in 1953 battle. The struggle will determine whether of patriotism." to more than 17 million. As a result, today freedom or communism rules the world. the worker through his union represents a Around the globe there is a strong, com­ great and growing force in American life. mon bond among workers of all nations. As Traditionally, workers and their unions powerful forces, unions have ever-greater have, for example, concent;l"ated their efforts opportunity and responsibility to serve as Role of.Labor in 1960'1 toward attaining a fair share of the rewards voices of peace, progress, and freedom. As of production efforts, including better wages, dynamic transmitters of the ideas and EXTENSION OF REMARKS greater job security, improved working· con­ ideals of freeo.om, U.S. labor can demon­ OF ditions, retirement, and other benefits. strate- With a powerful collective voice, the How free trade unionism best serves a HON. ALEXANDER WILEY worker is now also "speaking up" and help­ working people; ·. OF WISCONSIN . ing to design policies for economic progi,ess, How free collective bargaining can create as · well as national security. With ,such a . workers-share-in-the-rewards kind of IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES power, of course; goes, hand-in-hand, a economy-not a trickle-down benefit system Tuesday, September 5, 1961 greater responsibility, not only for serving from either a cartel-like business system or the labor force, but the welfare of the a state-controlled dictatorship; · Mr. WILEY. Mr. President, yesterday country. How under freedom the worker enjoys re­ our Nation observed Labor Day. The ob­ Naturally, labor has its special interests­ spect for his rights and integrity, includ­ servance not only offered an opportunity as does management, the consumer, and ing the maximum degree of freedom allow­ to pay tribute to the indispensable role others. The challenge, however, is to at­ able within an organized society; and finally, of labor to our security and progress, but tain-and exercise-the maturity and per­ How participation in government, of, by, also to reassess the role of labor in the spective which will allow each interest to and frqm the people, has created the best pursue its special purposes. At the same standards of living in the history of the ever-greater challenges of the future. · time, we must not lose sight of the impact world and promises ever-better living for Privileged to review these and other which such actions-particularly if powerful the future. aspects of the labor picture in· a broad­ and far reaching-can have upon the overall ·:rf freedom is to survive, we must more ef­ cast over Wisconsin radio stations, I ask interests of the Nation and its people. fectively mobilize our people and resources. unanimous consent to have excerpts of Fortunately, the labor movement in The working men and women of America, my remarks printed in the RECORD. America, with some exceptions, has benefited I believe, can be a real strategic force in There being no objection, the excerpts from sound, responsible leadership. Partic­ the fight against the Red global conspiracy. were order to be printed in the RECORD, ularly in Wisconsin, we have reaped the re­ CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE wards of good, levelheaded, hard-working Now, what about the future? as follows: forward-looking leaders. WILEY SEES LABOR AS VOICE OF FREEDOM Generally, it would appear that the Ameri­ In the world of tomorrow, our Nation will can worker can look forward to real-not Labor Day, September 4, offers an oppor­ demand, and require, an even greater sense just promissory-improvements in his eco­ tunity to: of .public responsibility from the leaders and nomic life. Among other things, this may Pay tribute to the 73.6 million men and rank-and-file members of labor, manage­ well include- women in our labor force-including more ment, and all walks of life. The purpose: A further refinement, and, as warranted, than 1.6 million in Wisconsin; and To assure our Nation the capability to meet improvement of wage scales to reflect value Create a greater understanding, and re­ the challenges of its security and fulfill the and expansion of productivity; spect for, the unique, indispensable contri­ needs of its people. Liberalization of retirement benefits; bution of our workers to the ·Nation's prog­ Without this creative, farsighted, dedi­ Greater job security; and . ress. cated sense of civic and national responsi­ Ever-better working conditions. Today, the· Nation is experiencing a high bility, we may not survive. With it, we, as In .times of peace, also, our workers could rate of employment--estimated at more than a nation, shall_:_! am confident--win vic­ probably look forward to a shorter work­ 68 million. Regrettably, however, there are tory over communism and create an ever­ week. In these critical days, however, the still far too many unemployed-more than better life for our people-and, yes, man­ Nation may well require greater-not lesser­ 5 million, or about 7 percent of the labor kind around the globe. effort to meet the threats to our security. force. This includes approximately 70,000 Of great significance, also, is the need to in Wisconsin. RESPONSmILITY GOES HAND IN HAND WITH POWER encourage maximum exercise of the ingenu­ In Labor Day observations, then, we-in ity, creativity, and enterprising spirit--by addition to paying recognition to the role of Within our free system, we must then . free Americans working in a free climate. labor in our economy-must also face the carefully and vigilantly protect, preserve, and Upon this foundation, we, as a people-and challenges of- perpetuate the rights of workers to speak­ our forefathers-have created the greatest Finding new jobs for the unemployed; to organize-to bargain. nation in the history of the world. Upon Creating more effective machinery to min­ In such bargaining-a process fundamen­ this resource, too, we will depend for the imize the up-and-down economic cycles­ tal to labor-management cooperation and new ideas to meet the complex, difficult chal­ particularly the down-that too often result economic progress in our system-however, lenges ahead. in our rate of unemployment; there is also a larger responsibility for- Promote peace in the labor field; and On the responsibility side, the public, I Consideration of the effect of wage-price believe, has the right to expect of our work­ Generally find ways to further improve boosts on consumer buying and living costs; the economic status of the workers-al­ ers-particularly in times of crisis-extra Evaluation of the effect of higher produc­ dedication, devotion, and willingness to work though now . at the . highest level in the tion costs on ability of U.S. products to com.:. history of the world. and sweat to create the tools of progress and pete on the domestic and world markets; security. In the past, this record has been Within our free system, workers in the Keeping abreast of the impact of tech­ vineyard of our national life-~nd that in­ outstanding. I am confident this will be true nology and automation on production and for the future. cludes all of us, one way or another-enjoy employment, and devising ways to cope with all too often faken for granted opportuni­ such· problems; ties and privileges, as well as responsibility. These include- Assuring that labor benefits res.ult from The right of selecti-ng one's own voca­ proportionately greater productivity; Senator Keating Highlights Berlin Crisis tion-not having it dictated by the State; And other broad scope considerations­ The right to bargain for a just share of which, if neglected, may, in the long run, ad­ in Dedicating Endicott Municipal the fruits of labor; versely affect our future. Building The opportunity to advance-according to In our closely integrated economy, no great one's ability and the worth of his contribu­ segment--labor, industry, prOfessional tion to progress; groups, or others-can adopt a wholly self­ EXTENSION OF REMARKS The choice even of changing jobs-in the serving attitude-ignoring the public .in­ OF midstream of life-if this best serves our terest. personal needs; We recall, of course, regrettable circum­ HON. HOWARD W. ROBISON The opportunity-occurring to al} ever­ stances in which it has been necessary to OF NEW YORK take disciplinary action for a minority . . How­ larger degre~f, having a voice in both IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES management and national economic policies. ever, this should not, and must not reflect unfairly on the vast majority of a~le, · com­ Tuesday, September 5, 1961 ROLE OF UNIONS petent leaders and members of any labor Historically the voice of working men and force. Rather, the aim must be to provide Mr. ROBISON. Mr. Speaker, it was wqmen has not always been proportionate a climate in which abuses can be curbed, my pleasure recently to participate with to their contributions to progress. Advance- but, at the same time, the rights and legiti- the junior Senator from New York, 18214 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE September 5, 1981

Senator KENNETH B. KEATING, in ceremo­ true comparison. What I refer to is the It is not negotiable here. It is not negoti- fact that our economy is achieving two ob­ able anywhere ih the world. . nies marking the dedication of the mag­ jectives-while the Soviet is dedicated to We may sit down with the Communists nificent new civic administration center one. Their concentration ls on raw power­ and talk about ground rules on Berlin, we conceived and built by the dynamic and on the building of Inilitary and industrial may discuss details of occupation and of forward-looking community of Endicott, muscle. garrison strength and deployment--but the N.Y., which I am proud to state lies in We on the other hand are committed to basic principles here involved are not up my home district. Senator KEATING was two simultaneous objectives-to creating for bargaining. Freedom has no mark-down the principal speaker at the Endicott and strengthening the military potential we price-tag-because freedom is not a matter must have-and at the same time-in a of price but of value-and when you try to dedication ceremony. modern miracle too often overlooked-to pro­ sell it short you've sold it, period. His address was at once so pertinent viding our people With consumer goods un­ For Berlin is more than a place on the to the occasion and so significant in the paralleled in quality and in quantity, with map. It is the symbol of man's right to be broader area of the present world crisis no Government-imposed ban on their pos­ free-and of his will to be free. It is not that I feel its message should be made session and enjoyment. only a German city. more widely known. Therefore, under This modern industrial miracle of having It is the hometown of humanity's best leave previously granted, I include the both guns and butter--0f equating our mili­ hopes and highest aspirations-a voice that must not be stilled, a sovereignty that must address in the RECORD: tary needs with the advan<;:ed consumer needs and desires of our entire population­ not be diminished. All the world watches­ ADDRESS OF SENATOR KENNETH B. KEATING, OF constitutes living proof of the superiority for the world's fate may well be at stake NEW YORK, AT DEDICATION OF CIVIC ADMIN­ of the free enterprise system. in this tiny but historically critical geo­ ISTRATION CENTER, ENDICOTT, N.Y., AUGUST I would say to you that what stands be­ graphical .area. 27, 1961 fore us here today is more than a complex Freedom has had its heroes and martyrs. Mr. Chairman, Mayor Lee, reverend clergy, of superbly planned and constructed munici­ One of them was killed only several days Dr. Kerr, Congressman Robison, distin­ pal buildings. What stands before us is a ago. You read about him-an East German guished civic and State officials, members reflection of the very spirit of our peo­ attempting to swim the canal that divides past and present of the board of trustees, my ple here in Americ~a reflection of the free Berlin from slave Berlin. None of us friends Qf the Endicott area, it is a genuine drive and the daring, the energy and the knew this man-yet, he is not a stranger pleasure and a privilege to be with you on imagination of a free nation. The America to us. He is indeed a brother-for he chose this occasion so memorable, so meaningful we know today wasn't created under the or­ the side of freedom-our side-and died try­ in the long history of this fine and progres­ ders of a tyrant. It was created by free ing to reach it. His supreme sacrifice sive community. men, taking orders from their own con­ should not go unmourned and unremem­ Khrushchev talks about the wave of the sciences, from their own sense of what is bered. future. Here in America we're not talking good and what is true, and mindful that It is to be assumed that his body was about it. We're living it, experiencing it. God gave every man nobility by the mere recovered by West German frogmen. I And what better example than this memo­ act of creation-and made human dignity a would therefore suggest that the free world rable occasion that brings us together today. common possession, not a prerogative of he died to reach grant him the tribute of a For the future is happening before our eyes. power. full state funeral-and more, that through­ Progress is not on the drawlng board. It is Now Khrushchev has said that he's going out the free world memorial services be held in production. You good people here in the to bury us. That's one of his singing com­ in his memory and in his honor. Let this Endicott community didn't stop with mercials-one of many-for believe me, in martyr be no victim of communism. Let dreams. You gave architects the blueprints Khrushchev we are dealing with one of the his courageous death proclaim to the of those dreams-and today, in this magnifi­ great salesmen of history. Keep that in world the brutality of a system that must im­ cent fulfillment we see those dreams trans­ mind when he makes his pitches. He's try­ prison its citizens in order to hold them. lated into brick and steel. ing to sell a product. He's trying to sell it In this regard, I think there is one readily Now I don't need to take off my shoe and on a worldwide scale-and there are no available means of getting to the world the pound it to get that point across-because holds barred-no better business bureau to true picture of what West Berlin represents. the evidence is right here-all around us. say that he's an out-an-out con man, and If we are to judge from the recent state­ Speaking of shoes at a spot like this, of take away his peddler's license. ments of neutralist leader Premier Nehru, of course, is a little like talking about home When I use the term "con man," I'm call­ India, there is indeed some fuzzy thinking on runs to Mickey Mantle or Roger Maris. I ing the shot on this traveling salesman. the subject of our rights in Berlin as related mean I'm talking to the pros of the busi­ Any man who strokes the dove of peace to the Soviets. For this reason, I would sug­ ness-for the brand names that have made with one hand and holds a bomb behind his gest that the cause of truth might well be this area famous are known the length and back-any man who assails imperialism; served on a global level, if the United Na­ breadth of our land. when he, himself, is the master imperialist of tions would authorize the sending to Berlin Then, of course, this ls IBM country, too. all time, any man who cries that a nation of a group of observers-specifically from the You know, the way IBM has been perfect­ like Cuba must be fre~ that he can be uncommitted nations-to study the entire ing its machines might result in some inter­ free to swallow it--such a man is running question on the spot and to report their esting developments. We may see the day the biggest confidence game the world has findings on this whole matter of legality and when one of these machines will get elected ever been swlndled by. . right. I believe this would not only open to public office, to the Senate, perhaps. Well, With this in mind, let's take a good, hard the eyes of certain nations and leaders, but I'll adinit I'd hate to have to debate with look at Berlin. When a salesman has his would give the truth the circulation it one. They have all the facts and figures. merchandise rejected, when it becomes pub­ should have. The only danger is that they Inight tend to lic knowledge that his product isn't moving, Moreover, if East Berlin is building walls get heated up in those rough and tumble Sen­ that salesman is frustrated and he will do against people, it seems to me that the least ate debates, and maybe blow fuses all over his best to save face. we can do is to build walls against trade with the place. Seriously, though, I think our That's exactly what the story is in Berlin. this satellite nation. I therefore strongly elected officials are safe-until IBM teaches This mass flight from communism-this urge that consideration be given to the im­ its machines to kiss babies and eat hotdogs human hemorrhage that has been bleeding position of economic sanctions on the East at a political picnic. East Germany white-is about as dramatic German puppet state. Let not the West con­ At this point I want to say how deeply I and eloquent a denial of communism as we tinue to support an economy directed to­ am impressed by the fact that the site for can find anywhere in the world. It isn't ward a struggle against the West. East this magnificent center was donated by the German real estate that's involved here. Germany needs these economic transfusions Endicott-Johnson Shoe Corp. This is a It's Russian prestige. It's not the fate and from the West because it is suffering from unique and most praiseworthy gesture of future of West Berlin. It's the fate and pernicious anemia-Communist style. Why civic mindedness. It is, of course, less a future of communism. Khrushchev knows should we help them build up their re­ source of surprise to those who know the that. He knows that East Germany is a sistance to the forces of freedom? long, long history of Endicott-Johnson's showcase, not of Red victory but of Red In closing, may I make this observation. identification with the growth and With the defeat--and the sooner he pulls down the lid Berlin is at once the moment of truth for progress of this entire community. This in that showcase the better for the world the free world, and the point of no return. great and honored fl.rm has once again shown sale of his product. We are in a time of national crisis, of world that it is not merely located here. It was The United States and our Western allies crisis, and we must soberly face this cold, born here. It lives here. And Endicott have made clear-crystal clear-to Khru­ hard reality that we have faced so often be­ couldn't ask for a nicer neighbor. shchev that West Berlin is the chalkline fore in our history. You know, there are constant comparisons we do not erase. This is the end of the I am confident that if we face it squarely of the Soviet system and our own-and we line. Freedom cannot keep on fighting a and boldly, sure of our cause, and sure of talk always in terms of either relative Inili­ rear-guard action. It must make a stand­ our strength to defend that cause, we shall tary power or gross economic product, with for every backward step is a step towards not only maintain the freedom of Berlin, breakdowns in such heavy industry cate­ defeat. but we shall remain true to the great heri­ gories as steel, oil, and electric power. There has been much talk of negotiation tage of our past--and to all the Americans in There's one thing this kind of compari­ ln this Berlin crisis. In all solemnity I our history who loved freedom enough to son overlooks. And the point is vital in any would say this-freedom is not negotiable. fight for it and to die for it.