May 23, 1977 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 16147 RECESS TO 8:30 A.M. TOMORROW dinary and Plenipotentiary of the United DEPARTMENT OF LABOR States of America to Pakistan. Xavier M. Vela, of the District of Colum- MR. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. Presi- John Andrew Linehan, of Maryland, a For- bia, to be A dministrator of the W age and dent, if there be no further business to eign Service officer of class 2, to be A m- Hour Division, Department of Labor, vice come before the Senate, I move, in ac- bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ronald J. James. cordance with the previous order, that of the United States of A merica to Sierra Leone. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE the Senate stand in recess until the hour ADMINISTRATION INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND of 8:3'1 a.m. tomorrow. Robert Alan Frosch, of Massachusetts, to T he motion was agreed to; and at Sam Young Cross, Jr., of Virginia, to be be Administrator of the National Aeronautics U.S. Executive Director of the International 6:02 p.m., the Senate recessed until to- and Space A dministration, vice James C . Monetary Fund for a term of 2 years (reap- Fletcher. resigned. morrow, Tuesday, May 24, 1977, at 8:30 p .:ntment). IN THE AIR FORCE a.m. ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT The following officer under the provisions of title 10, United States Code, section 8066, Herbert Salzman, of the District of C o- to be assigned to a NOMINATIONS lum bia, to be the R epresentative of the position of importance United States of America to the Organization and responsibility designated by the Presi- Executive nominations received by the for Economic Cooperation and Development. dent under subsection (a) of section 8066, in Senate May 23, 1977: with the rank of Ambassador. grade as follows: DEPARTMENT OF STATE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE To be lieutenant general Arthur W. Hummel, Jr., of M aryland, a Hans M ichael M ark, of California, to be M aj. Gen. James A. Knight, Jr., xxx-xx-xx... Foreign Service officer of the class of ea- Under Secretary of the Air Force, vice James xxx-... , 11, (major general, Regular Air Force). reer M inister, to be A mbassador Extraor- W. Plummer, resigned. U.S. Air Force. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS "INSTANT VOTERS" would help the Democrats, which is why tive Hoosier, Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, is partisan lines are drawn so sharply on this a great loss to the American people. He bill. The basic question, though, is whether will be remembered for his contribution HON. DEL CLAWSON democracy as well as Democrats would be to America's security at the time of great OF CALIFORNIA well served by making election-day registra- tion available in every precinct in the land. crisis. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES An impressive array of state and local elec- He began life humbly in 1893 on a M onda y, M a y 2 3 , 1 9 7 7 tion officials, among others, say no. They pre- small farm' in Steuben County, Ind., and dict widespread fraud if they can no longer Mr. DEL CLAWSON. Mr. Speaker, the went on to distinguish himself as head obtain signature cards and verify addresses of the Selective Service for 30 years. Washington Post of May 20 contains an of all potential voters before election day. editorial concerning the election-day Requiring voters to show IDs and sign an af- General Hershey's career spanned the voter registration proposals advocated by fidavit at the polling place may deter fraud terms of six Presidents. He became a the administration which I believe pin- in M innesota and other states where elec- hero as Director of the Selective Service points some of the major deficiencies of tions are generally scandal-free. In areas during W orld W ar II, after serving in the legislation. The editorial also directs w ith m ore turbulent traditions, though, France during the First World War, and stronger precautions have proven desirable— weathered the unpopularity of the Viet- appropriate attention to some of the as Rhode Island's secretary of state said in major "foul-ups" which can be expected Senate testimony excerpted for the Record nam war. should the legislation actually be enacted. on this page. Under his leadership the Selective The editorial entitled "Instant Voters" The administration's bill presents other Service System performed without the follows at this point in the RECORD for the problems, too. It would compel most states taint of scandal in the delicate task of attention of my colleagues: to rewrite their election laws in short order, deciding who must serve the country in and to train many new precinct workers to time of war. INSTANT VOTERS process instant registrations. It would tram- It's not clear whom President Carter had ple on the tradition of state governance of This outstanding American continued in mind when he told the United Auto Work- state and local elections. States would have to play an active role in the course of ers the other day that "some powerful spe- to either extend instant registration across history until 1973 when he retired as cial interests are trying to kill the electoral the board or suffer the cost and confusion of President Nixon's advisor on Manpower reform bill, because they don't want working running elections under two different sets of people to register and to vote." That formu- Mobilization. At 79, he was the oldest rules. Finally, the federal grants for admis- military man on active duty. lation may serve the President's interest— tration and "voter outreach" strike us as vir- and perhaps his party's—in bringing about tually impossible to police without bureau- The sense of duty he displayed in the instant, election-day voter registration. But cratic controls so elaborate that the states military, he also displayed in private life. one need not be a "special interest" in order will rebel and the Federal Election Commis- At the age of 83, he returned to north- to see grave defects in the bill. To sum up sion will collapse. eastern Indiana on M ay 20 for com- our own view in M r. Carter's terms, we do All in all, the more we study this proposal, mencement exercises at his alma mater, want working people and others to register the worse it looks. We have no quarrel with and vote—but not necessarily on the same Tri-State College, to fulfill his role as instant registration, or no registration, where trustee emeritus. It was there that he day. the integrity of elections is not jeopardized The bill's wrongheadedness starts with its thereby. But the states ought to make that died peacefully. premise that pre-registration is a major bar- judgment for themselves. We see no current I would like to extend my remarks by rier to voting. That used to be true. But reg- abuses so flagrant, and no potential benefits including an article from the Washing- istration rules and procedures have been so great, as to justify the dangers this pro- ton Post—Saturday, May 21, 1977—com- greatly eased since 1960—and the percent- gram would open up and the disruption it memorating him: age of voting-age Americans who turn out would cause. If the Democrats want to get in presidential elections has been dropping more voters to the polls, they should try to GEN. LEWIS HERSHEY, 83, HEADED anyway. The primary causes of the decline do so in the time-honored way: through good SELECTIVE SERVICE are demographic changes, public disenchant- politi'al organization, a sound choice of is- (By Jean R. Halley) m ent and apathy — forces that can't be sues, strong candidates and vigorous cam- Retired Army Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, 83. countered by a law. While simplifying pre- paigns. one of the nation's most powerful men dur- registration—by using a postcard system, for example--is ing three decades as director of the Selective a good idea in itself, it does not in his sleep necessarily lead to larger turnouts at the A TR IBUTE TO GEN ER A L HER SHEY Service System, died yesterday at a motel in Angola, Ind. polls. Even abolishing pre-registration may State affect the turnout less than the nature of a A trustee of his alma mater, Tri- given campaign. Last N ovember, turnouts HON. DAN QUAYLE College in Angola, he had gone there to at- were a few percentage points above 1972 lev- OF INDIANA tend a board meeting yesterday afternoon. els in the four states with instant registra- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES He also was to have attended graduation ex- tion. B ut they were also higher in m ost ercises today at the college, where a memo- M onda y, M a y 2 3 , 1 9 7 7 Southern states where pre-registration is still rial to him is being created. required. Mr. QUAYLE. Mr. Speaker, the death A preliminary autopsy last night disclosed It's generally assumed that larger turnouts of the distinguished American and na- that Gen. H. Hershey died from a heart dis- 16148 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 23, 1977 ease associated with hardening of the General Hershey was named executive of COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH arteries. On Feb. 24, he had undergone sur­ the new Selective Service System ~hat year CENTERS gery at Walter Reed Hospital to remove a and became its director in July, 1941. By that blood clot from his brain. time, he had begun to view the agency as an He remained hospitalized until April 20.