10284 I CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE June 12 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS A Bill To Reopen NSLI For 1 Year Based upon information that has been In a globe of shrinking horizons, then, the available to all Members of Congress­ creation of sound policies in these and other areas, will be necessary to maintain peace, to EXTENSION OF REMARKS page 8296, CONGRESSIONAL RECORD of May 14-it is my understanding that neither promo~ U.S. progress and security and to OF fulfill promise of a brighter future, here in the President nor the Administrator of Wisconsin and around the Nation. HON. FRANK KOWALSKI Veterans' Affairs is opposed to this re­ OF CONNECl'ICUT opening legislation. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, June 12, 1962 Address by Hon. Homer Thornberry to Mr. KOWALSKI. Mr. Speaker, I in­ Progress of Major Legislation in Congress the Conference of Executives of the troduce, for appropriate reference, a bill American Schools for the Deaf, Austin, to amend title 38 of the United States EXTENSION OF REMARKS Tex., April 1, 1962 Code to permit, for 1 year, the grant­ OF ing of national service life insurance. Several bills are presently pending in HON. ALEXANDER WILEY EXTENSION OF REMARKS the House Committee on Veterans' Af­ OF WISCONSIN OF fairs to restore the right for insurable, IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES HON. JOHN W. DAVIS and service-disabled veterans of World Tuesday, June 12, 1962 War II and of the Korean conflict to pick OF GEORGIA up their national service life insurance Mr. WILEY. Mr. President, in a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES protection. This right was abruptly dis­ weekend address over Wisconsin radio Tuesday, June 12, 1962 continued on April 25, 1951-Public Law stations, I was privileged to discuss the 23, 82d Congress-without adequate no­ progress of major legislation in Con­ Mr. JOHN W. DAVIS. Mr. Speaker, tice to permit World War II veterans to gress. I ask unanimous consent to have I should like to call to the attention of protect their interest. Veterans of the excerpts of the address printed in the the membership of this body the very Korean conflict, for the most part, had RECORD. excellent address which was delivered only 120 days after separation from the There being no objection, the excerpts by the gentleman from Texas [Mr. service to purchase NSLI, and this right were ordered to be printed in the REC­ THORNBERRY] to the Conference of Ex­ was discontinued effective January 1, ORD, as follows: ecutives of the American Schools for the Deaf at Austin, Tex., on April 1, 1962: 1957. In addition to readjustment prob­ PROCESS OF MAJOR LEGISLATION IN CONGRESS lems, few Korean veterans chose to take During this get-together, I would like to ADDRESS BY MR. THORNBERRY out the very limited type of NSLI then review the progress of legislation in Congress. Dr. Edgar, Mr. President, Mr. Grace, mem­ offered them since it was nonparticipat­ Frankly, this has been a slow-moving ses­ bers of the Conference of American Schools ing and nonconvertible at that time. sion. Now, well past the usual midway mark, for the Deaf, my friends of long standing We are all familiar with the impasse despite a tremendous workload of legislation, who are and have been members of the the record of accomplishment is nothing to faculty and of the alumni of the Texas that has developed between the Senate School for the Deaf, I appreciate the very Finance Committee and the House Com­ write home about. For example, of several major appropria­ generous introduction which Dr. Edgar has mittee on Veterans' Affairs with tion bills-for Treasury, Interior, Post Qftlce, been good enough to give me. reference to reopening NSLI for a legislative branch, Defense Department, Dr. Edgar is one of our State's outstand­ limited period, and a bill approved by Health, Education, and Welfare, and other ing leaders in the field of education. As the House on April 2, 1962-H.R.. 10743- agencies-on which action is needed prior to commissioner of education in Texas he has to provide a very modest increase in the the beginning of the new fiscal year on July been a warm friend of the deaf and of the compensation rates for war veterans suf­ 1, only one has been enacted into law. Texas School for the Deaf. It has been my privilege to have known him as a friend fering from service-incurred disabilities. I_n addition, there is a heavy ~genda of other legislation, much of which is strongly when he first came to Austin as superin­ I firmly believe that this impasse tendent of the Austin Schools. I am grate­ should be eliminated at the earliest Pos­ controversial, including proposals for revi­ sion of our tax laws, liberalization of recipro­ ful that he would take the time here tonight sible moment. One way of breaking this cal trade agreements, medical care for the and present me to you. logjam would be for the House Veterans' aging, a changed farm program, revision of May I acknowledge the· presence of the Affairs Committee to hold hearings and postal rates, mutual security for strength­ fine people with whom I am privileged to be vote an NSLI reopening bill out of com­ ening free-world defenses, and other meas­ associated at Gallaudet College. We have mittee. I am convinced that the large ures. a splendid delegation from Gallaudet and I majority of my colleagues in the House Despite 1962 being a campaign year, the know you will enjoy knowing them better. would welcome the opportunity to be · outlook is not only for longer than usual, One of the great privileges I have is serv­ permitted to vote in favor of such a pro­ but also an e;xtraordinarily busy session of ing with unselfish, public spirited men on Congress. the board of directors of Gallaudet College. posal. I am sure that the some 16 mil­ I am particularly pleased that Dr. Boyce lion veterans who might. be affected The challenges are too great and the times too critical, for just political expediency. Williams is with us here. He is an outstand­ would welcome such a move. Consequently, we will need to stay on the job ing alumnus of Gallaudet and is the alumni I, therefore, take this means to ask the until the work of the Congress is effectively member of the board. He renders a valuable chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs finished. service to Gallaudet as a member of the Committee to seriously consider the board and to the deaf in his important ca­ plight of our war-disabled veterans and CHALLENGES AROUND THE GLOBE pacity as consultant, deaf and hard of hear­ Around the globe, also, we are confronted ing, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, De­ their dependents who are being penal­ by great problems and challenges, the out­ partment of Health, Education, and Welfare. ized, through no fault of their own come of which may well affect us individµ• Dr. Leonard M. Elstad, president of the simply because the full membership of ally and as a nation. college, is here for the conference. He is the House is not being given an oppor­ Significant among these are the following: making a splendid contribution not only to tunity to vote on this wanted and needed 1. Confrontations with the Communists, Gallaudet in its program of higher educa­ legislation. If the House is given such on all fronts, where right or wrong moves tion for the deaf but he is also doing an an opportunity, I am sure the result will can mean peace or war; outstanding job of public relations for Gal­ be to break the existing logjam and thus 2. The creation of a common market in laudet and the deaf of the Nation. It is most speed Senate action on the sorely needed Western Europe (a) which not only is an fortunate that we have Dr. Elstad's leader­ compensation increase legislation for the economic bulwark against communism, but ship in this field. I have great personal con­ (b) requires substantial, and some, in­ fidence in his administration and in the service disabled, and reopening of na­ cluding the United States, will participate in work he is doing. tional service life insurance for the pro­ or be frozen out of the market: According to the program and the invita­ tection of families of World War II and 3. Strengthening free world alliances; and tion from Mr. Grace, my assignment is to Korean veterans at premium rates these 4. Maintaining a strong, solvent, forward­ deliver the keynote address of the con­ veterans can afford to pay. striding country. ference. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE 10285 I must confess that this is my first experi­ been elected to the Congress and Mrs. While you will spend time Thursday morn­ ence with a keynote address to be delivered Thornberry, the children, my mother and I ing in a discussion of Public Law 87-276, to an important conference such as yours. were getting ready to go to Washington, Dr. which authorizes grants for the training of I am somewhat famlliar with keynote ad­ Blattner came out to our house. He came teachers for the deaf, I would like brle1ly to dresses which have ~en delivere~ to politi­ walking down the sidewalk to our door, tell­ refer to it here, if I may. cal conventions. I have never been sure ing me that he expected me to go on the All of us realize the great need for trained that some of those I have' heard made much board of directors of Gallaudet College.