November 21, 1974 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 37009 Ukrainian historian; to the Committee on Gayanes Gaufo and her children Joselyn G. Nathan and Lilly Shapell; to the Committee Foreign Affairs. Gaufo and Favio G. Gaufo, Jr.; to the Com­ on the Judiciary. mittee on the Judiciary. By Mr. COCHRAN: PETITIONS, ETC. PRIVATE Bll..LS AND RESOLUTIONS H.R. 17502. A bill for the relief of Weath­ Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private ersby Godbold Carter, Jr. and Richard T. Under clause 1 of ru1e XXII, bills and resolutions were introduced and Harriss, III; to the Committee on Interior 564. The SPEAKER presented a petition of severally referred as follows: and Insular Affairs. Gaymond E. Milligan, Houston, Tex., relative By Mr. PHILLIP BURTON: By Mr. HANNA: to redress of grievances; to the Committee H.R. 17501. A bill for the relief of Emily H. Res. 1475. Resolution to commend on the Judiciary. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS "ING" Readers often knew Mr. Ifft as Ing, and world. His statements about what he feels they knew they had in him a champion to be undue Jewish infiuence in the fi­ against the so-called "big shots" and insen­ nancial and publishing institutions of the HON. FRANK CHURCH sitive public officials, price gougers and rude in clerks. If Mr. Ifft had the common touch, it Nation came at a time when tensions OF IDAHO was because he identified with ordinary the Middle East were high and the Arab IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES people. He frequently referred to his home world had to be convinced that U.S. sup­ Thursday, November 21, 1974 as in the "tenement district" and he counted port of Israel was a strong and steadfast waitresses and working men among his many as ever. They represented an unwarrant­ Mr. CHURCH. Mr. President, Idaho friends, although he associated easily with ed intrusion into the affairs of state by has lost one of its most colorful and de­ presidents and celebrities as well. an officer of the military, and I am lightful citizens, a man who devoted a Readers learned to appreciate Mr. Ifft's pleased that President Ford and Secre­ lifetime to a career in journalism, and deft wit, which deflated many an oversized tary of Defense Schlesinger acted became in the process one of our best­ ego. But they also learned they could count on his column to have their say. He was gen­ promptly to repudiate them. known editors and columnists. erous with space, sometimes to a fault, and Frankly, General Brown's subsequent I refer to Nicholas G. mt, who will did not hesitate to publish the most acri­ apology, which stopped short of a retrac­ forever be known to his readers as "Ing" monious criticism of the newspaper. tion, does not ease my doubts about his the name under which he signed his Those. of us who worked daily with Mr. Ifft ability to effectively function in his cur­ column for the Idaho State Journal in never heard him utter a word of personal rent position, nor do I believe that it has Pocatello. complaint, yet hew~ a sympathetic listener sufficiently soothed the hard feelings his Nicholas Ifft was an old-fashioned to others, and a soft touch to many who original statement caused. We as a na­ newspaperman: the kind who knew just came to him for a small handout in time of need. tion have experienced enough division in about everybody and an awful lot about It is fitting that several memorials to Mr. the past 2 years, and we do not need at everything. He never stopped learning. Ifft already exist in the form of trees, and a the top echelon of our military establish­ He had a few favorite causes, of which city park, for he was always ready to con­ ment an individual whose private, out­ one was preserving the trees of the city demn the "tree butchers" and praise those moded prejudices promote continued he loved so well. who planted and cared for a bit of greenery. division. As the Journal pointed out in an edi­ He loved to read, he loved the theater, and I see no real alternative to General torial following his death, Ing also took he loved to travel. But when he returned home, it was always with the declaration Brown's resignation or dismissal from delight in defiating the egos of the "big that Eastern Idaho and Pocatello especially, the Chairmanship of the Joint Chiefs of shots," including politicians, with a deft were the prize spots on this Earth. Sta:fl'. wit. But he also let his critics have their we think Pocatello wlll miss Mr. mt, as say, turning over his column repeatedlY we at the Journal do, but we can console our­ to let the other side of the story be told. selves that we are 1mmeasureably better for U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE Mr. President, Idaho is the poorer for the time he spent among us. FUNDS STUDY TO REDISCOVER the loss of Nicholas G. Ifft. THE WHEEL I ask unanimous consent that the edi­ torial which appeared in the Idaho State Journal on October 31 be printed in the GEN. GEORGE BROWN SHOULD HON. ROBERT J. HUBER RECORD. RESIGN OF MICHIGAN There being no objection, the editorial IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, Thursday, November 21, 1974 as follows: HON. NORMAN F. LENT "30" FOR MR. IFFT OF NEW YORK Mr. HUBER. Mr. Speaker, it recently Mr. Ifft will not be in today, nor ever again, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES came to my attention that the U.S. Pub­ a sprig of flower in his lapel and murmuring Thursday, November 21, 1974 lic Health Service has already spent a warm "good morning" to all his co-workers $100,000 on a study to discover that men at the Journal. Mr. LENT. Mr. Speaker, like many of and rats do very poorly under crowded His pipe tobacco rests, unopened, on a desk my colleagues, I was deeply distressed by conditions and that women adjust to the piled with letters and notes for his column, the report of remarks made by Gen. situation somewhat better. This, I think, "Buzz of the Burg." A desk lamp, which he accepted as a grudging compromise to fail­ George Brown, Chairman of the Joint we all knew that the "territorial impera­ ing eyesight, will not be lit. Chiefs of Staff. His remarks discussing tive" is strong in the male due to mas­ Death came suddenly to Mr. Ifft, and it the infiuence of the Jewish community culine characteristics and it was meant will be a while before we at the newspaper in the United States were distasteful, in­ to be so for the sake of survival. In my grow accustomed to his absence. It will not temperate, and worst of all, inaccurate, view, to spend money to discover this is be easy, for he occupied a special place here. and they have raised serious doubts about just to reinvent the wheel. The article We called him Mr. Ifft, but it was a meas­ his capacity to fill the second most im­ from the Detroit Sunday News of Octo­ ure of respect, not of formality. On occasions, portant position in the Department of ber 6, 1974, follows: of course, he was called Nick, and he was one Defense. I believe his resignation would of the guys. It was characteristic that he STUDY FINDINGS: MEN, RATS ADJUST POORLY shunned a private office, working instead at be in the Nation's best interest. (By David Taylor) his desk in the center of the newsroom, As the highest ranking military officer Pack six men into a tiny room, so tiny pounding away at his own typewriter as he in the United States, any remarks made that elbows bump and knees knock and tt•s had done as a reporter and editor for more by General Brown must be looked upon all too obvious 1f the guy on your right had than 50 years. with credibility by other nations of the garlic for lunch. 37010 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS November 2'1, 1974 Do the same thlt;g with six women, room ident Ford's veto because of certain just as small and quarters just as tight. SALUTE TO THE SCHJANG FAMILY Then, after telling them not to smoke and amendments. According to this, Federal not to talk, let each group stew in its own judges can reverse classification deci­ uncoziness for a half hour and interesting sions if the judges find the arguments HON. RON DE LUGO things begin to happen. against the decisions equally reasonable. OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS The women, it seems, tend to adjust I do not think this amendment should IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES readily and positively to what is obviously be law. For the interest of my colleagues, a stress situation, communicating a sense of I would like to insert the following Wall Thursday, November 21, 1974 warmth through gestures and facial expres­ Street Journal editorial which expresses Mr. DE LUGO. Mr. Speaker, the Octo­ sion, and developing a sense of camaraderie. The men, however, tend to withdraw and similar views to mine: ber 2, 1974 St. Croix Mirror contained look away, to act tough, throw up masculine STRENGTHENING THE RIGHT TO KNOW an editorial congratulating the Schjang masks and generally fragment as a group. When the Freedom of Information Act was family for their "unselfish contribution That, at least, is what Dr. Yakov Michael signed into law eight years ago, the hope to the social sporting life" of St.