2288 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 30, 1969 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS MARINES IN VIETNAM MAKE POS­ and there was a lot more in It about the bat­ ECONOMIC BONDAGE SIBLE NEW HAND FOR FORT talion and its work-including a dog opera­ KNOX YOUTH tions center-that interested him. "This man's from Detroit. But he went to college, HON. W. E. (BILL) BROCK he says. Graduated in 1967 from Murray State OF TENNESSEE HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN University in Murray, Kentucky ... Imagine him-and all those others-going to that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF TENNESSEE much trouble for me!" Jimmy's voice trailed Thursday, January 30, 1969 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES off. Mr. BROCK. Mr. Speaker, the Wall Thursday, January 30, 1969 Another letter that made an impression on the entire Wollard family-parents, Mr. and Street Journal of January 6, 1969, car­ Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, t.oday I Mrs. Alton Wollard, Jimmy a.no. sister Margie ried an excellent editorial discussing would like t.o place in the RECORD a st.ory (Mrs. Harold Woods, who l!ves across the America's existing welfare system and t.o warm the hearts of readers. A young road), as they read them all In turn (Jimmy several suggested alternatives. I feel that man in Tennessee is getting an artificial first) around a woodburn!ng stove In the this sober, intelligent analysis of the tiny backroad home, came from Gunnery left hand thanks t.o members of the 3d Sgt. A. Lemelin Jr., who gave no hometown growing welfare problem will be of con­ Marine Amphibious Force in South Viet­ address. siderable interest to the Members of this nam headed by Lt. Col. W. E. "Elrod" The sergeant's letter read: "I am just writ­ body, and I include it in the R.EcoRD: Cheatham. ing a few l!nes to let you know that someone DESTROYER OJ' THE SPmrr Certainly, the story, written by Mrs. cares, even here In Vietnam. Sorry to hear ''The lessons of history ... show conclu­ Pat Fields and published in the January about your accident, but I know you won't sively ... that continued dependence on re­ 11 Knoxville Journal, speaks for itself: just give up. We learned about your problem l!ef Induces a sp!ritual and moral disinte­ In a newspaper and we decided to do some­ gration fundamentally destructive to the MARINES IN VIETNAM MAKE PossmLE NEW thing about It. Jimmy, with God's help and HAND FOR KNOX YOUTH national fiber. To dole out rel!e! ... ls to a lot of hard work you'll become an excel­ administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of (By Pat Fields) lent mechanic, as good a mechanic as I have the human spirit.... " Jimmy Wollard, the Talbott youth who here. I run the Happy Valley Speed Shop; History's lessons are just as plain now as wanted a left hand !or Christmas so he could that's what my troops l!ke to call It anyway. they were In 1935, when Franklin D. Roose­ become an automobile mechanic, is going to Actually, It's the Motor Transport Section velt thus warned of wel!arism's effects In his get his hand, thanks to some United States of 3rd MP Battal!on. The Marines here took State o! the Union message. Yet many well­ Marines in South Vietnam. up a small collection. Jimmy, I know noth­ meaning Americans largely ignore those Jimmy lost his hand Christmas a year ago ing could take the place o! that hand, but lessons now, just as Mr. Roosevelt himself ln a firecracker accident. The Knoxville Jour­ I sincerely hope the money helps you to be­ did later on. nal had a story Dec. 18 concerning his ambi­ come the mechanic that you always wanted Confronted by the !allures of the existing tions and hopes that he could get an artifi­ to be ... So keep your chin up." welfare system, nearly everyone would like to cial hand. Jimmy ls 18 and back In school this year. supplement It or replace it with something A !at brown envelope, postage free, came to Jefferson IDgh. He's making good grades and else. Three of the proposals-all very much The Knoxvme Journal Thursday, addressed hopes to graduate next year. alive as a new Administration nears office-­ to Jimmy Wollard. The return address: Lt. "One of my teachers has been encouraging were discussed In a recent speech by Roger A. Col. w. E. Cheatham, USMC, H-S Co., 3rd me to go on to college," he said. "But after Freeman, senior staff member of the Hoover Milltary Police Battalion, FPO San Francisco. reading the letters from these men ... Well, Institution at Stanford University. (Remember W. E. (Elrod) Cheatham, former maybe I could study mechanical engineering. One of these is the guaranteed annual in­ Young IDgh football star? His parents Then I'd really be a good mechanic, wouldn't come. "To guarantee everyone an adequate are Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Cheatham o! Alpine I? income," notes Mr. Freeman, "appears to be Drive. He gets The Knoxv!lle Journal overseas "One thing certain, rm going to answer the most direct and simple method to end and read about Jimmy.) every one of those letters. Every one!" poverty; also, when we study It more closely, In the envelope were 17 letters each from Besides the officers mentioned above, Ma­ potentially the most destructive." a man In the 20-member Motor Transport rines who wrote Jimmy and added to the It everyone's income were raised to the Section. In a separate letter from the com­ fund !or his hand, and whom Jimmy w!ll be Federal 'poverty' level of $3,335, for a four­ manding officer, Colonel Cheatham, came two writing to thank personally are: person non!arm family, the Immediate cost checks amounting to $500. "Raised in only Cpl. John C. W!ntre!th, Cpl. R. B. Hunt, to the Government would be $11 b!ll!on. 12 hours!" he wrote. Cpl. A. Steiner, Sgt. Larry Brown, Cpl. Danny That's a large sum, certainly, but by Itself it Lt. Donald R. Saunders, second in com­ Jones, Sgt. D. P. Wall!s, Pfc. Ernie Kreitlow, just as surely is one that the nation could mand, explains most lucidly. "Dear Jim," he Cpl. L. H. Edder, Cpl. C. J Lange, Cpl. A. afford. wrote, "A few days ago my commanding offi­ Garcia, Cpl. C. Clendennin, Sgt. R . M. Verla, A major problem nonetheless ls that such cer brought to my attention an article in a Cpl. Barry S!mawsk!, Cpl. Gregory Novak, a program could not help but have massive Tennessee newspaper and asked 1t I could and Lt. D. R. Saunders. effects--on people and on the economy. It convince my motor transport section to write isn't necessary to bel!eve that Americans are a few letters o! encouragement to you. I naturally Indolent to think that a great showed them the article, and we decided a many persons, offered $3,335 a year for doing few letters would not suffice. The section took JESSE WOLCOTT nothing, would take It In preference to a job time to collect money to send you on behalf paying $3,000 to $4,000 or so. of the battalion. I realize that the nominal Some people who quit their jobs to take amount we are sending is not much com­ HON. JOHN J. ROONEY the guaranteed Income might justify the ac­ pared to the actual cost needed !or you to or NEW YORK tion, for themselves at least, by saying It was start your steps to complete recovery. But we IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES only temporary while they looked !or some­ hope to give you that start, along with the thing better. But the cost of the guarantee inspiration to guide you to success. Wednesday, January 29, 1969 would cl!mb very quickly; Mr. Freeman "I have 20 men In my section; the greatest Mr. ROONEY of New York. Mr. thinks It would be several times $11 b1ll!on. men In the world. We have over 70 pieces of Speaker, I was deeply saddened, as were "Entire occupations," predicts Mr. Free­ gear to maintain. The men will work under many of us here, to learn of the passing man, "would be wiped out overnight. A large any and all situations to keep the equipment part of the labor force of several states­ in a state of readiness. I know the Marine of the Honorable Jesse Wolcott who for part!cularly In the South-would Immedi­ Corps will be proud of these men, mechanics 26 years ably represented the people of ately retire and most agricultural employ­ and drivers, who took precious time from the the Seventh Congressional District of ment would end." Moreover, wage scales at war effort to help an American citizen become Michigan. For many of those 26 years medium and higher levels would be thrown a self-made man..•• We realize, Jim that I was privileged t.o know Jesse. With my Into chaos. Even !! the money supply re­ our support is not enough. Our motor colleagues I regretted his decision to re­ mained unchanged, a reduced supply of pool, on behalf o! the battalion, wishes you tire from the House of Representatives goods and service would generate explosive the best of luck and hopes that our support in 1957. He was a warm, selfless, able, Inflation. will be an inspiration to you and your loved A second proposal ls the family allowance ones to carry on in a proud and confident and completely dedicated man who spent which would pay every family-rich or manner.