July 20, 1965 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 17577 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS Captive Nations servers were permitted there and even Joseph L. Milhender is a successful today only one city is open to visitors. man. Not only has he measured up to EXTENSION OF REMARKS It is people such as these in all the excellence in his business endeavors, but captive nations to whom we should ex­ he has also measured up to excellence in OF tend all possible encouragement, to those our best American traditions for his HON. PAUL A. FINO who are forced to ignore their nationalist philanthropic and charitable work. He OF NEW YORK feelings, forced to submit to the rule of has contributed his time, his energy, his IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES an alien people. Mr. Speaker, we, the talents, and his money generously to the possessors of the priceless gifts of free­ good of mankind. Tuesday, July 20, 1965 dom and democracy, must do all in our The life story of Joseph L. Milhender Mr. FINO. Mr. Speaker, the President power to support the attempt of any peo­ is the noblest testimony for the free en­ has designated the week of July 18 to ple who seek to throw off the yoke of terprise system. It is people like Joe Mil­ July 24 as Captive Nations Week. I foreign domination. bender that assure the continuance of should like today to remind the people our American way of life. of the United States and of all the world's free nations that there still exists many states which are under foreign domi­ Joseph L. Milhender, President of Mil­ nation; it is the responsibility of all bender Distributors, Inc., Boston, Mass., Results of a Public Opinion Survey Takea free men to study the plight of these Completes SO Years in Business in North Carolina's Eighth Congres­ states and to pledge support to all those struggling to become independent. sional District We are all familiar with the histories EXTENSION OF REMARKS of the unfortunate nations which have OF EXTENSION OF REMARKS been subjected to Communist Chinese HON. JOHN W. McCORMACK OF domination. We recognize Red China's OF li/IASSACHUSETTS HON. CHARLES RAPER JONAS intention to extend the Bamboo Curtain further to include South Vietnam and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NORTH CAROLINA Laos, and eventually, all southeast Asia. Tuesday, July 20, 1965 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES We are aware of their efforts in Africa Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, in Tuesday, July 20, 1965 to take advantage of the unstable polit­ January 1965, the New England House- Mr. JONAS. Mr: Speaker, under leave ical and economic situations of newly . wares Club gave Joseph L. Milhender to extend my remarks in the RECORD, I independent states and to overthrow the their Man of the Year Award. He is con­ am including the results of my annual existing governments. sidered the "dean" of the housewares and public opinion survey among residents of But we have been lulled into ignoring electrical housewares industry; house­ the Eighth Congressional District of the conditions in the nations of Eastern wares manufacturers continually seek his North Carolina. Europe, lulled by the Soviet policy of advice in the packaging and marketing I would like to express appreciation to peaceful coexistence with the West. of their products. In recognition of his all those who took the trouble to inform Pleased by advances in our relations with contribution to the growth of the house­ me of their stands on some of the im­ the Soviet Union, we have forgotten that wares and electrical housewares indus­ portant issues before this session of Con­ there remain many states under Soviet try, the leading manufacturers at their gress. A total of 12,067 persons com­ imperialistic control. Recently, we have National Housewares Show in Chicago pleted questionnaires and mailed them to begun to detect the enormous tensions presented Joseph L. Milhender with their my Washington office--a return of ap­ that exist today within the Soviet bloc, Merchandiser of the Year Award. proximately 12 percent. Although this is particularly . in southeastern Europe, September 1, 1965, will mark the 50th a somewhat smaller percentage return caused by people who have ceased to be anniversary for Joseph L. Milhender in than last year, considering that this is a intimidated by Communist techniques business. The life story of Joe Milhender nonelection year I am highly pleased and who are now rising to claim auton­ is like a reflecting pool of our American with the interest demonstrated by Eighth omy for themselves. way of life, where every individual is a District residents in national issues. Yet the Iron Curtain is only weaker; it freeman and has the right to pursue One especially gratifying aspect of this is not yet broken. It still oppressively whatever economic endeavor he chooses. year's questionnaire is that so many per­ shuts off many nations, particularly the Joe Milhender chose to establish a sons--! would estimate a majority­ Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia, and small business as a young man. Through added comments elaborating their views Estonia:. Lithuanid., for example, a the years he has labored at developing on one or more of the questions or on powerful independent state from the this business so that he could better serve some other issue of concern to them. Middle Ages until 1775, had long been his community and better provide for his Some of the questions, current when trying to resist Russian domination. family. Under our American freedom of they were drawn up and when the ma­ After a too brief period of independence enterprise, the public is free to accept or jority of questionnaires were filled out, between the two World Wars. and reject the services and products of any have been resolved by action in Con­ great suffering in World War n, it was business concern. Joe Milhender's busi­ gress. Nonetheless, I think the attitude reoccupied by the Red army in 1944 and ness, like all other business concerns, was expressed by the citizens of my district swallowed by the Soviet Union. judged on its ability to anticipate, to on these questions is worth noting. It The Lithuanians are not voluntary meet, and to satisfy the public's wants. is my judgment that the response re­ allies of Soviet Russia: even under the We know that Joe Milhender's business corded here is a fair reflection of the terrorist conditions of Communist rule, has been well accepted by the people it thinking of Eighth District residents. the farmers of Lithuania in 1949 con­ serves, the public, because Milhender Dis­ Questionnaires were mailed to the broad­ ducted an organized campaign to resist tributors, Inc., has grown to be a leading est possible cross section of district resi­ the collectivization of agriculture. They business in the State of Massachusetts dents. were punished with mass deportation, the and a major outlet in its industry. The answers were tabulated by Data same treatment they were given when the In commemoration of his 50th anni­ Management, Inc., of Washington, D.C., Russians took control in 1944. Soviet versary in business, Joe Milhender will, by the use of data-processing equip­ techniques in such matters have on September 18 and 19, 1965, run a ment. changed, but Lithuania remains a subject housewares and electrical housewares I am listing below the questions asked, nation, firmly guarded from contacts trade show at the War Memorial Audi­ the total number of replies received to with the free world or with its Baltic torium at the New Prudential Center in each question, and a percentage figure neighbors. Until 1959, no Western ob- Boston. for each answer. Before submitting this 17578 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE July 20, 1965 listing I would like to call particular at­ without reference to the size of the debt. (b) The "eldercare" plan would provide . tention to certain of the results. Just 3.2 percent had no opinion on this private health insurance policies, on a volun­ For instance, the returned question­ question. tary basis, to persons 65 and over, covering hospitalization, nursing home care, doctor naires reveal broad support for continua­ Following are the questions asked in and surgeon bills and medicine. This pro­ tion of legislation designed to eliminate my 1965 poll and the response received, gram is, in effect, an expansion of Kerr-Mills the advantage ·foreign firms once en­ by numbers and percentages: assistance under which policyholders would joyed under the two-price cotton system. 1. Do you favor continuing present pro­ pay all, part, or none of the premiums de­ At the same time, a majority of those grams of price supports and acreage con­ pending on their income and with deficits responding-52.7 percent-do not favor trols? made up out of Federal-State matching continuing the present farm support Percent funds from general revenues: ( 9,892) , 82 programs, while 27.1 percent would con­ Yes (3,266) ------------------------- 27.1 percent; no answer (938), 7.7 percent. tinue them. No (6~56)-------------------------- 52.7 9. In his state of the Union message the No answer (2,445) ------------------- 20.2 President stated: "As pledged in our 1960 I think it is interesting to note that and 1964 (Democratic) platforms I will pro­ Federal aid to education on the ele­ 2. Do you favor extending existing legisla­ tion designed to eliminate the two-price cot­ pose to Congress changes in the Taft-Hartley mentary and secondary level, with pro­ ton system? Act including section 14 (b) ." Section 14 (b) visions for some forms of assistance to Percent is the one which authorizes States to enact nonpublic schools, was disapproved by right-to-work laws.