1718 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE Januc;try 31, 1968 tors continue inexorably to move aga.inst 50 minutes late in arriving from Washington IN THE ARMY them-except U.S. public opinion. (Ironi­ at Kanawha Airport. We had begun to worry Brig. Gen. C. Craig Cannon, U.S. Army, to oally, American protestors are prolonging that something might have happened to the be a member of the Mississippi River Com­ wha..t they claim to be trying to end.) plane. mission, under the provisions of section 2 of If more Americans were, in fact, aware of Then it took Kanawha Airport 20 minutes an act of Congress approv~d 28 J~ne 1879 t he steady but slow progress of the war to get his one light bag off the :flight and to (21 Stat. 37) (33 U.S.C. 642), vice Brig. Gen. fronts in Vietnam, many of them would be the baggage counter. Willard Roper, reassigned. less frustrated. - Less frustration hopt!fully The light snowfall did not bother us at all might lead to gxeater public support and, in until we were within a few miles of the IN THE Am FORCE turn, the shortening of the war.-END Beckley exit, but we had to creep along the The following officers for appointment in city's streets considerably. the Air Force Reserve to the grade indicated, Both Pearson and the writer had to change under the provisions of chapter 35 and sec­ DREW PEARSON SPEAKS TO BECK­ clothes before heading for the fieldhouse. tions 8373 and 8376 title 10 of the United But the delay at Charleston made us a few States Code: LEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE minutes late in reachtng the banquet and, To be major general Mr. BYRD of West Virginia. Mr. regrettably, we both missed the C. & 0. Rail- way's reception before the banquet com- Brig. Gen. Frank J. Puerta, FV401051, Air President, an interesting and revealing pletely. Force Reserve. word picture of one of Washington's However, he did avail himself of the rail- To be brigadier generals best-known columnists, Drew Pearson, way's fac1lit1es by returning to Washington Col. John w. Bitner, FV361602, Air Force appeared in the Beckley, W. Va., Post­ on the train, catching a sleeper at Prince at Reserve. Herald on January 25. 12 :27 a.m. yesterday morning. The train was Col. Charles D. Briggs, Jr., FV797454, Air The article was written by Emile J. only 15 minutes late. Force Reserve. Hodel, editor of the paper, who served as After the banquet and a brief press con- Col. John o. Gray, FV410193, Air Force host for Mr. Pearson when he went to fer-ence at the Armory, adjacent to the field- Reserve. Beckley, the county seat of my home house, when we started back to Maxwell H111 Col. Campbell Y. Jackson, FV431357, Air Road, he asked if, since there were nearly two Force Reserve. county, last week to speak at the annual and a half hours before his train's time, he Col. Justin G. Knowlton, FV664321, Air banquet of the chamber of commerce. might catch a brief nap. He had been up and Force Reserve. As Mr. Hodel points out, Mr. Pearson about h is affairs since 6 a.m. Tuesday, we Col. Homer 1. Lewis, FV400799, Air Force has indeed had considerable influence on learned. Reserve. our Government. He is a highly con­ He h ad his nap on our younger son Alan's Col. Theodore c. Marrs, FV2261128, Air troversi·al writer, and few of us would bed. And now Alan cl-aims it will cost his Force Reserve. agree with him all of the time. But I friends to lie upon it. This would seem to be r Col. Henry J. McAnulty, FV549989, Air think it should be said that in many in­ a junior version of "George Washington slept Force Reserve. here." Col. Wendell B. Sell, FV4067313, Air Force stances his column has had a salutary Though we do not always agree with Pear- Reserve. effect on the Congress and the Federal son, we have grelllt respec-t for his abilities Col. Farmer s. Smith, FV863256, Air Force establishment in general. and his great courage and fortitude. He is Reserve. I ask · unanimous consent that the a most charming man and has, basically, had The following officers for appointment as column from the Beckley Post-Herald be a great and mostly good infiuence on our Reserve commissioned officers in the U.S. Air included in the RECORD. government. Force to the gxade indicated, under the pro- There being no objection, the article He told us that he didn't expect anyone to visions of sections 8218, 8351, 8363, and 8392, agree with him all the time, adding that he title 10 of the United States Code: was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, was too controversial for that. as follows: He still oper-ates two farms, one wholly for To be major general DREW PEARSON HAS CHARM, GENTILITY beef cattle and the other mostly dairy farm- Brig. Gen. John P. Gifford, FG949201, Ten- (By Emile J. Hodel) ing. When we first called his office, probably ness·ee Air National Guard. Tuesday was something of a hectic day for in November, he had just left to get ready To be brigadier generals us. It was quite enjoyable to say the least, for a party honoring his 70th birthday anni- Ool. Nevin w. Dodd, FG3041219, Oklahoma but rather hectic, nevertheless. versary. Air National Guard. We spent most of our day in the company We surely hope we will be as straight and Ool. William R. McCall, Jr., FG756295, Dis- of an exceedingly interested, well-educated, ac,tive and able when we reach that age in trict of Columbia Air National Guard. and knowledgeable man who can handle him­ a few years. From that standpoint, he's just Col. Robert McMath, FG825933, Michigan self as well as anyone we know. -We are am azing. And, for our money, his speech was Air National Guard. one of the best and most interesting we've speaking of Drew Pearson, of course. heard-more S·O than the first of his we heard Col. George M. McWilliams, F_G2067864, Our involvement began some time ago at Morgantown back in 1942 or 1943 ! Mississippi Air National Guard. when Blaine Wright and Bob Hamilton Top of the morning! Col. Leon A. Moore, Jr., FG823665, Florida asked us if we might help them get a really Air National Guard. good speaker for the annual chamber ban­ Mr. BYRD of West Virginia. Mr. Presi- Ool. Richard B. Posey, FG430845, Pennsyl- quet. We went to work on it and got a couple dent, I suggest the absence of a quorum. vania Air National Guard. of people lined u p as potential speakers. The The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk Col. John J. Stefanik, FG430864, Massa- chamber board members decided to take up will call the roll. chusetts Air National Guard. Pearson on his kind offer. Then, we were named to host the famous The assistant legislative clerk pro- Col. Kenneth M. Taylor, FG409061, Ala.ska columnist. ceeded to call the roll. Air National Guard. Among other things we learned that he Mr. BYRD of West Virginia. Mr. Presi- Col. Charles s. Thompson,· Jr., FG429541 , normally prefers milk for d-rinking. One 011' dent, I ask unanimous consent that the Georgia Air National Guard. his assistants told us, "When pressed, he will order for the quorum call be rescinded. IN THE NAVY occasionally have one martini. But he really The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The following-named naval reserve officers prefers milk." And milk was what he was objection, it is so ordered. for temporary promotion to the grade of offered-and had-at our house. rear admiral in the line and staff corps as He does not smoke and his language is indicated, subject to qualification therefor as provided by law: never vulgar nor lacking in gentlemanly re­ ADJOURNMENT spectability. He has a beautiful vocabulary LINE and uses it well. He may even lead you up to Mr. BYRD of West Virginia. Mr. Presi­ Lee E. Bains a vulgarity or a curse word in quoting a - dent, if there be no further business to president or senator, but he lets you know Gayle T. Martin what it was without repeating someone else's come before the Senate, I move that the MEDICAL CORPS Senate stand in adjournment until 12 bad language. Allan D. Callow o'clock meridian, tomorrow. This undoubtedly comes from both his SUPPLY CORPS good education and his Quaker religious The motion was agreed to; and (at · background. 5 o'clock and 5 minutes p.m.) the Senate Frank E. Raab, Jr. When he learned that the writer was a adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, CIVIL ENGINEER CORPS Unitarian and that we have a small fellow­ February 1, 1968, at 12 o'cl9ek meridian. George Reider ship here in Beckley, he expressed pleasure and indicated that we were pretty closely re­ IN THE MARINE CORPS lated in religion--cousins or brothers, or NOMINATIONS The following-named officer of the Marine something. Corps Reserve for temporary appointment to The part that made the day hectic for us -Executive nominations received. by the the grade of brigadier general: was that the famous columnist's plane was Senate January 31, 1968·: Harold L. Oppenheimer January ·31,- 19-68 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1719 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS travois 1s !rom an automobile. 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