25104 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE September 11, 1967 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS Reinecke Report enormous resources and strength of the pri­ in federal aid. The cause for this particular vate .sector-business, labor, the professions riot--the worst in recent history-cannot be and non-profit associations-would be mo­ justified in terms of rats or lack of federal EXTENSION OF REMARKS bilized in a comprehensive program of urban assistance. OF improvement. The role of government would RIOTS be limited to reinforcement and guarantee, By circumventing State and Local Gov­ HON. ROBERT B. (BOB) MATHIAS rather than execution and control. While ernments to deal directly with the poor, the OF CALIFORNIA this approach was Republican-oriented, it Administration has helped to create a black now has broad bi-partisan and ideological IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES power structure which seems to feel a certain suppport in a Congress that is weary of bu­ immunity from and contempt for State and Monday, September 11, 1967 reaucratic mis-management. Local authority. The war on poverty has been Mr. MATHIAS of California. Mr. JOB TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT translated into a war on society by the mili­ Speaker, some of the best material I have Congress appropriated $22 b1llion in fiscal tants who promote hate and violence, as well read on the Congress comes from the 1967 alone for programs associated with the as the so-called moderates who are promot­ Administration's war on poverty. This "war" ing civil disobedience as a means of stran­ Representatives, themselves, in their is supposed to promote self-sufficiency by gling an economy from which they demand newsletters to constituents. I recently had providing education, training and employ­ so much. One of the moderates when ques­ occasion to read through one such news­ ment opportunities. Results? Today, there tioned about the paradox of negro affluence letter from a California colleague, Con­ are more people (5 million) on the welfare and the riot in Detroit, replied that a lit­ gressman ED REINECKE, who represents rolls than ever before. Why? I'll give you a tle prosperity whets the appetite for more. the northern section of Los Angeles typical example--based on an actual case-­ This ls true enough, bu-:; impatience with the County. Mr. REINECKE, in his report of where the poverty money is going. OEO rate of one's material progress, is no excuse from Washington, provides his constitu­ (headquarters for the poverty war) recently to murder, burn, loot and blackmail. ents with an up-to-date summary of leg­ awarded $242,316 to an independent, non­ In addition to initiating and supporting official, non-professional group for a one­ a number of crime prevention and riot con­ islative action in the first session of the year project. Of the total grant, $120,000 wm trol measures,.which have passed the House 90th Congress. The citizens of the 27th pay the salaries ($4,000 per annum each) of and are now awaiting action in the Senate, District in California can be proud of 30 youths who wm work for local welfare­ I have proposed a comprehensive overhaul their Congressman ED REINECKE, who is oriented government agencies, and another of the poverty program. My recommenda­ endeavoring to keep them informed and $2,740 will pay their transportation costs. tions include the creation of a Council of aware of their Government. The balance of the grant, or $119,576, wm Economic Opportunity Advisors to replace I am pleased to call attention to this be absorbed by administrative and/or op­ OEO; the transfer of OEO administrative erational expenses. Training? The youths functions to existing departments and agen­ excellent report by presenting its con­ will compile a knowledge of "free" (tax-sup­ cies; coordination of all programs with State tents for insertion in the RECORD: ported) services and benefits and then trans­ and Local authorities; and, a statutory pro­ CONGRESSMAN ED REINECKE REPORTS ~OM mit this knowledge to the people in their hibition against use of poverty money for WASHINGTON communities. Jobs? The project sponsors political or racist activity. The poverty pro­ Riots, rats, taxes, wars, deficits, inflation, "hope" the local agencies will hire the youths gram should be designed for the benefit of crime! A prominent Senate Democrat recently after the one-year grant expires. the poor, not for their exploitation by po­ summed up our situation by saying that in­ By contrast, the Rockwell-Standard Corp. litical partisans and racists. stead of the promised Great Society, the (baJSed in Pittsburg:h, .Pa.) recently trained LEGISLATIVE REVIEW Johnson Administration has managed to and hired 198 unemployed men for jobs in Since my last writing, the House has com­ create a Sick Society. its new axle plant in Winchester, Kentucky. pleted action on a number of bllls including: In a rare display of modesty, the President The company spent $52,987 for the training (1) The Social Security Amendments of 1967. magnanimously credited Congress for condi­ program, or $267 per man, as compared to the Provides a 12.5% increase in payments to tions which he says precipitated the riots. $8,077 per trainee cost of the tax-supported 23.7 million Social Security beneficiaries; an First of an, conditions don't precipitate poverty project. increase in the minimum monthly benefit riots, people precipitate them. Secondly, The job of training the unemployed and from $44 to $50; a liberalization of the earn­ Congress has responsibility for passing the unskilled should be done by those who would ings limitation from $1,500 to $1,680; and, laws. The Administration ls responsible for hire them after training. I have proposed improvements in provisions for those over their implementation and enforcement. legislation wJ:iich would encourage private 72. In addition, the bill made certain neces­ Third, Congress appropriates the money. It is enterprise to meet th~ challenge of unem­ sary changes in the program for Aid to the Administration's obligation to get top ployment on a massive scale. My proposal Families with Dependent Children which are value for every dollar appropriated. Is the would make a tax credit available to em­ designed to restore more fammes to employ­ Administration living up to its obligation? ployers for expenses incurred in training ment and self-reliance. The blll will cost $1.2 Let us review the conditions cited by the prospective employees for jobs with the com­ billion less than that recommended by the Presldent--ln relation to appropriations and pany. Tax incentives have been used to pro­ President, who is opposing the legislative Administration spending. mote American investments in underdevel­ changes in AFDC. • • • (2) The Commis­ HOUSING oped countries abroad with remarkable suc­ sion on Obscenity and Pornography. This cess. This same approach can and should proposal which is similar to one that I spon­ Congress appropriated $2.1 bllllon in the be used to develop a fully productive society past six years for low-income housing. The sored in the 89th and current Congresses, Administration, during this same period, right here in America. establishes a . special commission to study produced only 40,000 low-income housing RATS the problem of pornographic trafflc and rec­ units. You or I could go out and buy two Congress has made available over $448 mil­ ommend appropriate constitutional means to or three (depending upon location, size and lion for rat extermination programs. Three curb the wholesale distribution of obscene construction) single-family homes for the departments (Interior, Agriculture and and obnoxious advertising and materials. $50,000 that the Administration ls spending HEW) and several agencies including OEO, • • • (3) A Civil Rights Measure. Prohibits per low-income housing unit. Should Con­ are in the rat control business. Instead of interference with a public offlcial, a police­ gress submit to Presidential demands for consolidating these programs under a, single man or a fireman in the performance of his more of your money to perpetuate this department (HEW which ls responsible for duties during a riot;- prohibits interference type of waste and inefficiency? I say "no". public health would be the logical choice) , with people who are lawfully engaged in the Congress should seek a more economical and the Administration sought $40 m1111on for exercise of their civil rights; and, excludes workable method of alleviating the shortage from protected 'speech and peaceful assem­ still another program to be run by a fourth bly' acts and statements which constitute of decent housing for low-income families. department--Housing & Urban Development. Along with a number of my colleagues, I The President, of course, mentioned his rat incitement to riot. • • • (4) Veterans' offered such a method early in this congress. con"!;rol bill in conjunction with his address Assistance. Provides a cost-of-living increase The plan calls for the establishment of a to the nation on civil riots. This set the scene in the non-service-connected pension pro­ non-profit Home Ownership Foundation for the "rats cause riots" demonstration, led gram; raises education and training allow­ which would raise $2 blllion in private funds by Jesse Gray-a $50 per day poverty worker, ances; provides a burial allowance; and, im­ through the sale of bonds. The money would which disrupted the House of Representa­ proves the disabllity compens~tion and med­ be used for housing rehabllitation and con­ tives a short time thereafter. ical care programs. struction as wen as mortgage assistance in As a matter of interest, Detroit, Michigan, WELCOME, VALENCIA! low-income areas. Emphasizing the principle has one of the most comprehensive rat ex­ On behalf of the 27th Congressional Dis­ of self-help, the program will also provide termination programs 1n the entire country.