January 28, 1969 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2015 H.R. 5148. A bill for the relief of Stefania By Mr. WRIGHT: By Mr. YATES: Chaber; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 5157. A b111 for the relief of Sister H.R. 5165. A blll for the relief of Jakob H.R. 5149. A bill for the relief of Italia Elisa (Antoniet ta Frongia) and Sister Maria Karl Blumer and his wife, Brigitte Blumer; Fonzone; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Claudin a (Luciana Cancedda); to the Com­ to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 5150. A bill for the relief of Ilona mit tee on t he Judiciary. H.R. 5166. A bill for the relief of Amnon Galambos; to the Committee on the Judi­ H.R. 5158. A blll for the relief of Irini Feldman; to the Committee on the Judiciary. ciary. Chalmoukis; to the Committee on the Ju­ H.R. 5'167. A bill for the relief of Vito Por­ H.R. 5151. A bill for the relief of Christine diciary. tuesl and his sister, Maria Miceli and her (Krystyna) Gorayska; to the Committee on H.R. 5159. A bill for the relief of Precioso husband, Giacomo Miceli; to the Committee the Judiciary. Abayan Gabr1llo, Jr., and his wife, Erlinda on the Judiciary. H .R. 5152. A bill for the relief of James Ignacio Gabrillo; to the Gommittee on the Vincent, Eugenia, Serafina, Rocco Fernando, Judiciary. and Nicola Mella; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 5160. A bill for the relief of Epa A. PETITIONS, ETC. H.R. 5153. A b111 for the relief of Gloria Onate; to t he Committee on the Judiciary. Molina Tan; to the Committee on the Judi­ H.R. 5161. A b111 for the relief of Bernward Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions ciary. Karl Paulke and Wlnfrled Paulke; to the and papers were laid o:i the Clerk's desk H.R. 5154. A bill for the relief of Veto, Gio­ Committee on the Judiciary. and referred as follows: H.R. 5162. A bill for the relief of Kami­ vanna, and Maria Tarantino; to the Commit­ 40. By the SPEAKER: Petition of Edmund tee on the Judiciary. setty Ramamohan Rao, his wife, K. Karuma. Rao, and their children, K. Ra.mesh Rao and A. Langr, Laurel, Md., et al., relative to taxa­ By Mr. WHALLEY: tion of citizens for public education; to the H.R. 5155. A blll for the relief of Rudolph K. Saslrekha. Rao; to the Committee on the Wolfgang Scheufgen; to the Committee on Judiciary. Committee on Education and Labor. the Judiciary. H.R. 5163. A bill for the relief of Morad 41. Also, petition of Louis Kushner, Mon­ H.R. 5156. A b111 for the relief of Werner R ashti; to the Committee on the Judiciary. ticello, N.Y., relative to election to the Presi­ Max Wehnemann; to the Committee on the H.R. 5164. A bill for the relief of Sa.mir dent of the United States; to the Committee Judiciary. T arsha; to the Committee on the Judiciary. on the Judiciary. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS BAIL REFORM NEEDED Since his record of appearing in court return to court In 90 days for a review of his when required was good, he was again re­ conduct. leased pending trial. The 17-year-old was driving the car the HON. TIM LEE CARTER Less than two weeks after that, he was police chased from the bank. A 16-year-old OF KENTUCKY charged with the rape for which he was sen­ companion was found In the trunk. He has tenced yesterday, an attack on a teen-age not yet appeared In Juvenile Court. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mother whom he dragged into the incinera­ Police said they also found three loaded Tuesday, January 28, 1969 tor room of her apartment house as she was guns and $818 In cash in the car. Det. Sgt. preparing to leave for night school. Harry Noone of the Robbery Squad said he Mr. CARTER. Mr. Speaker, a recent Duckett's story, Judge Sirica said, "is a believes that three youths were involved. He -article by Thomas W. Lippman of the classic example of ineffective legislation." said the officers chasing the car saw It stop Washington Post shows a classic example He said it "illustrates the pressing need tor once and let out a teen-ager who got into of the need to tighten the Bail Reform reform and revision" of the Bail Reform Act another car and drove off in a different Act. The man accused of rape was sen­ to permit judges to take into consideration direction. tenced to a prison term of 10 to 30 years. danger to the community when setting con­ The disposition of the 17-year-old's case ditions for pretrial release of suspects. was not known until yesterday. Judge Faunt­ Prior to his conviction for rape, he had Under existing law, judges are required leroy could not be reached for comment. been arrestee! for various other crimes, to grant a suspect's release unless they including auto theft, housebreaking, car­ strongly believe that he wlll not appear In It seems to me that an attempt should nal knowledge, housebreaking a second court when required. r.evisions of the act be made to rehabilitate this young man. time, and petty larceny-and he was re­ to permit "preventive detention" are under leased on these several charges on his consideration in Congress. personal bond. Finally, he committed Supporters of the Bau Reform Act say such a revolting crime that he was at last that the real solution is not preventive de­ ANTI-SEMITISM IN POLAND tention, which they consider unconstitu­ ~entenced to prison for a term of 10 to tional, but speedier trials. They would point 30 years. to the long period that Duckett was free on HON. JACOB K. JAVITS The folly of releasing a habitual crim­ personal bond while awaiting trial as an in­ OF NEW YORK inal on his own bond or on probation is ducement to additional acts of violence. exemplified in the article which I in­ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES elude at this point in the RECORD: The unrealistic manner in which an Tuesday, January 28, 1969 armed robber was released on probation JUDGE GIVES RAPIST 10-30 YEARS is shown in a second article from the Mr. JAVITS. Mr. President, the winds (By Thomas W. Lippman) Washington Post by Alfred E. Lewis, also of dissent coursing through Communist In a case he called a "classic example" of a Post staff writer. Eastern Europe, where the youth are the need to tighten the Bail Reform Act, a Armed robbery in many States is a raising questions about justice and in­ judge yesterday sentenced a convicted rapist dividual freedom, have brought a chill to a prison term of 10 to 30 years. capital offense and carries with it a pen­ Judge John J . Sirtca of U.S. District Court alty of life in the penitentiary, or death. counterblast of anti-Semitism in Poland. s aid the crime committed by Philip E. Duck­ In this particular case, a 17-year-old high This reaction to popular demands for -ett, 23, was "particularly vicious." But he school senior who confessed robbery of a freedom is sadly reminiscent of the tac­ reserved his strongest words for the legal bank has been set free on probation. tics of czarist times when the Imperial system that allowed Duckett to be free to YOUTH GETS PROBATION IN HOLDUP Russian Government blamed the Jews ,commit the crime in the first place. for its woes. Fortunately, to its great His remarks, which he prepared in advance, (By Alfred E. Lewis) credit the Catholic Church, which still were made part of the record in Duckett's A 17-year-old high school senior who con­ has considerable influence with many -case. fessed to the armed robbery of a bank here On May 27, 1966, Judge Sirica said, "this t wo weeks ago has been set free on probation Poles, has opposed this campaign. defendant was placed on probation" after by the Juvenile Court. Of the once thriving Jewish commu­ pleading guilty to a charge of auto theft, a The Eastern High School student, who has nity of 3.5 million who lived in Poland felony. no previous police record, was arrested J an. before World War II, only a pitiful While he was still on probation, he was 7 following a high-speed chase away from the remnant of between 20,000 and 25,000 .arrested on Aug. 24, 1966, on two other felony $2438 holdup of Public National Bank, 7838 souls--less than 1 percent of Poland's -charges-housebreaking and carnal knowl­ Eastern ave. population-remain to be buffeted by this edge. He was released on personal bond to Ten days later, the youth admitted taking government-encouraged anti-Semitism. await his trial. His probation was not revoked. part in the robbery at a hearing before The following April, still on probation and Juvenile Court Judge John Fauntleroy. The New York Times of December 30, still awaiting trial on the later charges, he Fauntleroy suspended an indefinite commit­ 1968, contained an excellent analysis of was picked up again, this time for house­ ment to Welfare Depar tment custody and put the status of Poland's Jewish population. breaking and petty larceny. the youth on probation, with an order to I ask unanimous consent that it be 2016 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 28, 1969 printed in the RECORD at the conclusion Jews had beaten "their" Arabs.