
January 29, 1982 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -SENATE 497 SENATE-Friday, January 29, 1982 (Legislative day of Monday, January 25, 1982) The Senate met at 11 a.m., on the Mr. WARNER thereupon assumed the advantages. The Italian police have expiration of the recess, and was the chair as Acting President protem­ shown what society can do to protect itself. pore. It is an extraordinary feat to retrieve a cap­ called to order by the Honorable JoHN tive alive, and this spectacular success will W. WARNER, a Senator from the State be reassuring to that vast majority of of Virginia. RECOGNITION OF THE people, not only in Italy, who detest terror­ MAJORITY LEADER ism, its methods and its purposes. For Ital­ PRAYER ians, the Dozier case is only the most dra­ The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ matic example of the remarkable capability The Chaplain, the Reverend Rich­ pore. Under the previous order, the that their police have developed in this long ard C. Halverson, LL.D., D.D., offered Chair now recognizes the majority guerrilla war. the following prayer: leader. More than 2,000 terrorists have been ar­ Mr. BAKER. Mr. President, I thank rested in Italy within the past two years. Let us pray. the Chair. That took a lot of quiet courage on the part Sovereign Lord of history and the of the people responsible for it-not only nations, as the Senate gears up for 9 the policemen and prosecutors. but judges, months of hard work, help the Mem­ THE JOURNAL prison officials, jurors and witnesses, who Mr. BAKER. Mr. President, I ask encountered personal risks almost unknown bers to begin with their priorities in in law enforcement in this country as the order. Make then aware that their unanimous consent that the Journal Red Brigades and their allies retaliated with first accountability is to Thee, "For of the proceedings of the Senate be campaigns of intimidation and assassina­ there is no authority except from God approved to date. tion. But it has been clear for some time and those that exist have been insti­ The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ that they were losing. tuted by God." (Romans 13: 1, RSV> pore. Without objection, it is so or­ The psychological atmosphere within the Help them never to forget they are dered. Red Brigades has changed drastically in the the servants of the people, "God's last several years. Internal morale seems to servants for <the peoples) good." have broken down. When the gunmen were ORDER FOR PERIOD FOR riding high, those occasionally arrested held <Romans 13: 4, RSV> Help them tore­ ROUTINE MORNING BUSINESS grimly to the rule of silence. Currently, it is alize that they need time for God, for obvious that the suspects are telling the worship and prayer and the Bible; Mr. BAKER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that after the rec­ police quite a lot about their connections. that if they are too busy for God, they The Red Brigades collaborate with other are too busy. ognition of the two leaders under the organizations of the violent ultra-left from standing order there be a brief period Northern Ireland to the Middle East, and Give them grace not to neglect their for the transaction of routine morning families. Make them mindful that love there's good reason to think that some of business to extend not longer than 20 their money comes from the Soviets, who for spouse is next only to love for God, minutes in length in which Senators are always happy to stir the pot. But it that marriage is a sacred covenant may speak for not more than 5 min­ wasn't the Soviet money, or any other for­ sealed in Heaven. Remind them that utes each. eign support, that made terrorism a mortal children are a gift from God, theirs to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ threat to Italy. It was Italians' own ambiva­ love and support and guide to maturi­ pore. Without objection, it is so or­ lence about national authority. That ambiv­ ty. Keep them from being so busy alence, for the vast majority, has now evi­ trying to save the world that they lose dered. dently been resolved. The Red Brigades in­ their children. Help them not to use tended the kidnapping to be an attack on NATO. The outcome was. instead, a dramat­ work on the Hill as an excuse to THE DRAMATIC RESCUE OF ic demonstration of Italians' determination escape responsibility in the home. Pre­ GENERAL DOZIER to enforce the law. and to keep the gunmen serve our families 0 God, that Sena­ from taking over their politics. tors may be examples in this indispen­ Mr. BAKER. Mr. President, Gen. sable base of all social order. We pray James Dozier is "sto bene," and for this in the name of the Heavenly that we are grateful. The Italian ORDER OF PROCEDURE police staged a daring and dramatic Bridegroom who loved His bride to the Mr. BAKER. Mr. President, there death. Amen. rescue; their efforts have dealt a severe setback to the Red Brigades. was one other item of business that I ask unanimous consent that an edi­ was not transacted on yesterday in re­ torial which appeared in this morn­ spect to a very distinguished Ameri­ APPOINTMENT OF ACTING can. I am referring to Adm. Hyman PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE ing's Washington Post entitled "An Italian Triumph," be printed in the Rickover. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The RECORD. I wonder if the distinguished Sena­ clerk will please read a communication There being no objection, the edito­ tor from Washington <Mr. JAcKSON) to the Senate from the President pro rial was ordered to be printed in the could advise the leadership at this tempore <Mr. THuRMOND). RECORD, as follows: time if he is prepared to proceed in ob­ The legislative clerk read the follow­ AN ITALIAN TRIUMPH taining the clearances necessary to ing letter: The rescue of Gen. James Dozier was a transact that business. U.S. SENATE, triumph of skillful and vigorous work by the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, Italian police. But it was part of a larger pore. If the Chair could draw the at­ Washington, D.C., January 29, 1982. pattern. Italian justice is winning its long tention of the majority leader to the To the Senate: and desperate struggle against the terror­ fact that the previous order also recog­ Under the provisions of rule I, section 3, ists. nizes the minority leader to be first of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I Amidst the relief that Americans will feel, recognized before business is transact­ hereby appoint the Honorable JoHN W. and gratitude to the Italian authorities, it's WARNER, a Senator from the State of Virgin­ important not to miss the larger signifi­ ed. ia, to perform the duties of the Chair. cance of the happy ending to this story. Mr. BAKER. Yes; I am not propos­ STROM THURMOND, Terrorism is not confined to Italy, and the ing that we do it now. I might say to President pro tempore. terrorists always seem, at first, to hold all the Chair that I am inquiring of the e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. 498 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE January 29, 1982 Senator from Washington if he is pre­ The Reagan and Carter administra­ nations to adopt policies facilitating pared to do it, and I suggest that we tions both sought to dissuade our in­ coal development and usage. do it during morning business. dustrialized allies from proceeding In concurrence with these policies, So could the Senator from Washing­ with this venture, in the fear that the the Carter administration formed the ton advise me? gas pipeline would give rise to Europe­ Interagency Coal Export Task Force Mr. JACKSON. Mr. President, I am an dependence on the Soviet Union for to study world coal supply and prepared to advise the majority leader energy, with attendent consequences demand projections and to make rec­ that it has been cleared and that we in the conduct of Western foreign ommendations to guide U.S. coal are ready to proceed. policy. In response to the imposition export policy. The task force made a Mr. BAKER. I thank the Senator of martial law in Poland, President number of suggestions on how to ad­ and I thank the Chair. Reagan properly embargoed American Mr. President, it would be my hope sales to the Soviets of equipment and vance American coal trade, including then that as soon as the time for the technology instrumental to the con­ Government sponsorship of bilateral recognition of the two leaders has ex­ struction of the pipeline. In discus­ and multilateral consultations be­ pired or is yielded back and during the sions with European officials, there tween major coal trade partners, the transaction of morning business the has always been a recognition that the establishment of a permanent U.S. matter that has just been identified development of alternate sources of international coal trade delegation, will be dealt with. It will be my pur­ energy that would ·reduce European and the creation of a Federal office to pose to support the measure enthusi­ vulnerability to Soviet supply inter­ monitor and promote the development astically and to urge that the principal ruptions was still vitally necessary. of coal exports. These initiatives were sponsors of this measure, the distin­ Chief among those alternative re­ only part of a broad-based program to guished Senator from Virginia, the oc­ sources is American coal, which can re­ increase domestic coal production, im­ cupant of the chair, and the Senator place imported oil in factories and prove the necessary transportation in­ from Washington, who are the princi­ powerplants at a considerably lower frastructure and establish a political pal movers of this, may make some ar­ cost.
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