UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (iongrrssionalRrcord th PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 90 CONGRESS FIRST SESSION VOLUME 113-PART 5 MARCH 7, 1967, TO MARCH 15, 1967 (PAGES 5573 TO 6866) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON, 1967 Ll1~rch 13,196'1 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE 6459 Nearly a year prior to the Mansfield report, State. Rusk and General Westmoreland­ vice for the enactment of a minimum other, senators, including Church of Idaho, R'usk saying that we had already tried this wage law covering the District of Co­ Clark of Pennsylvania, Bartlett of Alaska, approach and Westmoreland saying it was Gore of. Tennessee; and Nelson of Wisconsin, too dangerous to try. lumbia. He was indeed the District hadraised pointed questions about our Viet­ The treatment given Kennedy recalled the Committee's principal adviser, trusted by nam polley.. I belleve it was this senate fioor President's sudden rush to Honolulu a year, Senators on both sides of the aisle, arid discussion early in, 1965 which finally ago when Senator FUlbright's hearings were a participant in every critical sessionaf prompted the President to make his April 7, capturing mass television audiences and the District Committee's discussions of' 1965, offer at Baltimore for unconditional large news headUnes. this legislation. It could be rightly said; discussions"with Hanoi.; On the.afternoon Those of us who have observed the lnab11lty that ,the minimum wage law today for of the. Baltin{ore address, the, President of such prestigious s'enators as Mansfield, the District of Columbia is a monument called $el').ator Church andme to, his omce Fulbright and Kennedy to influence signifi­ at the White House to examine an advance cantly our policy can be at least partially for­ to Joe Goldberg. cOIJY of his text and to tell us in effect that given if we conclUde that our own less pub­ I know that Joe Goldberg's death will WEt were "getting our way'; on the negotia." licized efforts are of limited value. be a loss to the Department of Labor and tion offer. Actually, the speech struck a It shOUld be noted that the Senate critics Ii loss to Esther Peterson, for whom he shrewd balance between hawks and doves' have experimented with a variety of ap­ was an immediate assistant, but most of and was accompanied by an escalation of the proaches "to reach the President's ear." all I know it will be a loss to his Wife war. It, did, howe,er, represent a partial Most of the dissenters have accompanied and children. response to Senate dissent, though I have their criticism with positive alternatives to come to think it waS primarily calculat"d to out present course. Their initiatives have I hope especially that his son,Stephen, disarm the dissenters at home and abroad b~en backed by many of the nation's most and daughters, Susan and Lucy, will grow without changing polley. ..... vocal citizens and IJrivata groups. Seldom and mature with the image of their The 37-daybombing pause of late1965 and in our history have so many enUghtened and father before them, an image of devo-' early .1913.6 was also partiallY an ,outgrowth morally sensitive poUtical. religious and ed­ tion to the American people, and a per-, of Senate pressure. Sixteen senators, .in­ ucational leaders joined in opposing a war­ son of great moral character. eluding Hartke of Indiana and McCarthy of time polley of our government. Minnesota, signed .a letter urging an ex­ , Their principal satisfaction to date, how­ tension of the bombing pause. These sena~ ever, has been the nervous, unprovable as­ tors have individually and in groups subse­ sumption that we would be involved in an THE QUALITIES OF VICE PRESIDENT quently taken issue with the omcial line. , even larger war had it not been for the critics "HUMPHREY To grasp both the frustration Of dissent­ both in and out of the Senate. There may ingsenators and their 11mlted impact on Ad­ be the further hope that while dissent is Mr. MONDALE. Mr. President, re­ ministration policy, it is necessary to con­ not likely to halt a. war it serves to point up cently, the Washington Post commented sider the. experience of senator Robert the painful lessons that we must learn if editorially on a remark made by Presi­ Kennedy. Because of the prestige Of his we are to avoid another such ill-advised dent Johnson to the effect that Vice name, the size of his state"and his possible venture in the future. President HUBERT H. HUMPHREY is an presidential interests, any'statement by the To the man who writes "Why don't you able and indispensable ally. That edito­ junior senator from New York is assured of speak out, Senator?" my answer is, "We have, rial does, I believe, a highly commend­ much closer press coverage and attention by. and we can only pray that it has served some the Administration .than the average senator useful. purpose." able job of evaluating the performance could expect.. .. , . GEORGE MCGOVERN. of HUBERT HUMPHREY as Vice President. On Thursday morning; March 2, Senator I ask unanimous consent that it be Kennedy called to advise me that he' ex­ printed in its entirety following the con­ pected to take the sena:te, floor that after­ DEATH OF JOSEPH GOLDBERG, elusion of my remarks. noon at 3 p.m. to discuss American polley in DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Vietnam. He ancl his advisers had been at OF LABOR objection. it is so ordered. work for weeks on a major Vietnam proposal and had been calUng other senators and Mr. MORSE. Mr. President, on Sun­ Mr. MONDALE. Mr. President, as members. Of the press to alert them~ , : day, March 12, Joseph Goldberg, the students of constitutional history know, That afternoon, When Kennedy took the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor, the role and mission of the VicePresi­ floor, the press gallery was jammed and a. died at the age of 53 from a heart attack. dent has been greatly expanded in recent considerable number of senators were in . Joseph Goldberg's death is a real loss years, The duties of today's Vice Presi­ their seats with advance copies of the speech to the people of the United States and dent require a depth and breadth of skill" which called for a cessation of the bombing experience, and judgment which could of North Vietnam accompanied by an invi­ the citizens of the District of Columbia, tation to.Hanoi to begin peace negotiations and it is a loss to me personally. not have been imagined by the Founding within a week. Joe was born In Poland, and his rise Fathers who, after all, failed to define As the semitor was preparing to speak, to outstanding accomplishment and serv­ the duties of that office after considering the Administration launched a series of ice to the United States is heartwarm­ a' committee report which had been strenuous' moves to "kill" the speech. The ing. I first met Joe in 1960, when he was drawn up over a single weekend. White House quickly'called an impromptu It has been said of the Presidency that news conference to announce that Russia assigned to the Committee on Labor and had agreed to a proposal made;weeks before Public Welfare as technical adviser to the office shapes the man. While the to discuss methods of limiting the arms race. the SUbcommittee on Labor during its same bit of conventional wisdom applies The President also reiterated his determina­ consideration of amendments to the Fair to the Vice Presidency, future commenta­ tion to continue the bombing. In a. rather Labor Standards Act. tors will surely note the singular con­ remarkable contrast.to the days when we As almost any Member of Congress will tribution which HUBERT HUMPHREY has used to regard the war as primarily a Viet­ agree, the Fair Labor Standards Act, made personally in shaping that high namese conflict with our forces there simply governing minimum wages and working office and in giving it new life and a very to assist Saigon, he added: "I think the special place in the American political American people should know that this is a conditions for millions of American question between their PreSident, their workers, is one of the most intricate and experience. country, their troops, and Mr. Ho Chi Minh complex fields of the law. Joe soon I am pleased to commend this editorial and the troops that he is sending in from demonstrated that he was an expert, but to the attention of Senators who, far bet­ the North. Everyone can take Whatever side even more he demonstrated an honesty ter than most persons, ,know firsthand of the matter he wants." As The Washing­ and integrity, a passion for the poor and the brilliant competence of Vice Presi­ ton Post observed the. following day, the underprivileged who were unprotected dent HUMPHREY. President was reacting as though the war were "no more than a personal vendetta be­ by this law. A MODEL VICE PRESIDENT tween Lyndon Johnson and Ho Chi Minh." It was not until 1961 that the Fair It is good to know that President John­ No matter the Views or interests of our ally Labor Standards Act amendments, son appreciates the quallties of Vice Presi'; in Saigon or our principal enemy, the Viet bringing the minimum wage up to $1.25, dent Hubert Humphrey as a public servant. Cong in the South, or the United States---" were adopted. Joe continued to provide His kind remarks about the Vice President please keep out Of this private affair between valuable help to Members of Congress at the press conference on Thursday cer­ the White House and Ho Chi Minh! that year.