RED TROOPS IN CUBA EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. JAMES A. BURKE OF MASSACHUSETTS

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1963 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - APPENDIX
The Public Health Service is very much
aware of detergents. But the agency looks
upon them as part of the overall problem of
water pollution. And since it can't do any-
thing about changing the form in which de-
tergents are manufactured, it is trying to do
something about them once they enter a
sewage system. -
Part of the plan, ironically, would involve
using detergent properties as a cleansing
agent-removing other pollutants from a
water supply as well as eventually removing
itself.
Economy Takes More Than Talk
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. CARLETON, J. KING
OF NEW YORK
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, February 4, 1963
1efr. KING of New York. Mr. Speaker,
under leave to extend my remarks in the
Rxcoan, I wish to include a recent edi-
torial from the Troy Record newspaper,
Tray, N.Y., entitled "Economy Takes
More Than Talk." I fully concur with
the opinion expressed in the editorial,
and I am pleased to call it to the atten-
tion of my colleagues in the hope that it
might be a further reminder of the ne-
cessity and the urgency to curb needless
expenditures. It places the responsibility
where it belongs, on the Congress. The
President may propose, but Congress
must dispose.
The editorial is as follows:
.ECONOMY TAKES MORE THAN TALK
The tumult and shouting that followed
introductoin of a $98,800 million budget and
the prediction that changes in the tax sys-
tem would produce a total deficit of $11,900
million has now quieted. It may be an ap-
propriate time to offer the reminder that
economy takes more than talk.
Supposing for a moment that Congress
was sincerely devoted to the cause of econ-
omy-and that at times seems a dangerous
assumption-the road it must travel Is a
difficult one. In any given year Congress
may vote appropriations which will not ac-
tually be spent for several years.
It Is estimated that even if the new Con-
gress refused to appropriate 1 cent for Gov-
ernment operations during the fiscal year
beginning July 1 various Government agen-
cies would have $87 billion available to spend
from previously-approved appropriations.
In addition to appropriations made years
in advance there are certain inescapable
expenditures. The interest on the public
debt is at an irreducible minimum of $10,-
100 million. Much of the projected $5,500
million spending for ,veterans programs in-
volves compensation and pension payments
the Government is legally bound to make.
Federal grants for State relief programs re-
quire an outlay of $3 billion while the Gov-
ernment outlay for agricultural price sup-
port programs is also fixed by law.
The record of previous Congresses also
points out a tendency .to expand on adminis-
tration spending proposals. The proposed
'Federal pay raise introduced by the adminis-
tration last year and estimated to cost $633
million was raised to $895 million in Con-
gress. Agricultural conservation payments
pegged at $150 million by the administration
were increased to $260 million by the legis-
iative branch. Congress rejected adminis-
sation plans to reduce spending on Nation-
1 Guard and Reserve programs and voted
.dditional funds for the RS-70 reconnais-
sauce bomber and the Dyna-Soar glider pro-
grams. Finally Congress voted a $2,300 mil-
lion "pork barrel" bill for rivers and harbors
work in the closing days of the session.
What the record indicates is that if Con-
gress really wants to practice economy and
not just talk about it there is only one way
to do the job. It must be done on a long-
term basis and must be accompanied by an
insistence on either cutting back or refusing
to expand existing Government programs.
When this happens the tumult and shouting
'about economy will have some meaning.
New York Fiscal Misrepresentation:
Part 11
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. ABRAHAM J. MULTER
OF NEW YORK
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, February 27, 1963
Mr. MULTER. Mr. Speaker, on Feb-
ruary 7, 1963, I placed in the REcoRO a
joint statement of the New York State
Democratic legislative leaders, Senator
Zaretzki and Assemblyman Travia. The
statement concerned the Governor's pro-
posal to increase the motor vehicle tax,
even though he had clearly stated in his
campaign for reelection that he would
not raise taxes.
The following joint statement by the
same two State legislative leaders con-
cerns the Governor's further attempts to
justify this gross misrepresentation. It
is interesting to note in this connection
that in the Governor's last budget re-
quest he called this motor vehicle tax, a
tax. He now quibbles that it is not a tax
but a fee. Tax or fee it is money out of
the taxpayer's pocket.
The joint statement of Senator Za-
retzki and Assemblyman Travia follows:
JOINT STATEMENT BY SENATOR JOSEPH ZA-
RETZKI AND ASSEMBLYMAN !ANTHONY J.
TRAVIA, DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE LEADERS
The "compromise" motor vehicle tax in-
crease legislation suggested by the Governor
is no compromise. He still intends to gouge
his $48 million increase out of the tax-
paying public. It is a clear attempt to saddle
the small car owner with the entire load.
This is another example of his soak-the-poor
policy.
Let's immediately call this proposal exactly
what it is-the Cadillac bill.
Under the terms of the ridiculous compro-
mise, if the one fee Is set at $26, the Cadillac
and other big-car owners will not pay a
single cent more than they have been paying.
If the single feels set at $25, they will in
fact pay 5 percent less.
The small car owner, however, will pay
an increase ranging up to 225 percent if
the fee is set at $26 and 213 percent if it is
established at $25. Thus, the taxpayer who
cannot afford a higher priced car or who has
purposely gone to the compact and small car
field as an economy measure will be stripped
of his short-lived savings and will foot the
entire $48 million bill under this proposal.
This 7s scandalously highhanded treatment
and must be vigorously opposed and defeated
on its face.
A1021
were reelected, and he must be made to live
up to that promise for the sake of. citizen
respect for the integrity of the office of Gov-
ernor of New York State.
The public knows the Governor reneged
on his solemn promise, and now there is
proof that he was being deliberately decep-
tive during last fall's campaign. For the
Governor's own legislative leader, Speaker
Carlino, documented that himself, if inad-
vertently, just this past Sunday with his
remark to reporters, and we quote, "Raising
charges for liquor licenses and auto regis-
trations has been discussed for 2 years."
Discussed by and with whom? Certainly
not by the Governor with the public. In-
stead, by the Governor in consort with his
inner sanctum of executive and legislative
advisers.
We ask, where was the Governor's courage
last fall when he had these tax increases
in his back pocket, and blandly told the
voters he had" no intention of raising taxes
during his entire second term? Deception
is no substitute for courage.
Full Military Honors for 11 Americans
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. JAMES A. BURKE
OF MASSACHUSETTS
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, February 27, 1963
Mr. BURKE. Mr. Speaker,, today a
group burial service with full military
honors for 11 young Americans who died
in the crash of a B-25 bomber during
World War II in New Guinea was held
at the Arlington National Cemetery.
Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish services
were conducted in the Fort Myer chapel
and the services then moved to the
gravesite at section 34, Arlington Na-
tional Cemetery. The three chaplains
officiating were Lt. Col. Harry P. Hender-
son, U.S. Air Force, Protestant; Capt.
Thomas J. Moran, U.S. Air Force,
Catholic; and Capt. Ervin Preis, U.S.
Army, Jewish.
Taking part in the ceremony were: A
one-platoon honor escort from the 1st
Battle Group, 3d Infantry-The Old
Guard-Fort Myer, Va.; music by the
U.S. Army Band; two caissons drawn
by horses; three volleys by seven-man
firing party; the playing of "Taps" by
bugler.
The names of men are as follows:
Sgt. Jack E. Beals, West Hollywood,
Fla.; S. Sgt. Marvin Culbreth, Dearing,
Ga.; Sgt. Harold B. Davis, Zanesville,
Ohio; Lt. Angelo C. Dellisante, Corning,
N.Y.; Sgt. Charlie L. Fann, Murfrees-
boro, Tenn.; Lt. Walter R. Gerry, East
Providence, R.I.; Sgt. Raymond F.
Greene, Norwood, Mass.; Cpl. Edward R.
Howard, Hingham, Mass.; Capt. Rudolph.
W. Johnson, Jr., Muskegon, Mich.; Sgt.
Milton S. Miller, Bridgeport, Conn.; and
Capt. Lamar S. Russell, Goldhill, N.C.
Members of the families who at-
tended are: Mrs. Mildred E. Thomas,
mother of Jack E. Beals; Mr. Elbert D.
Culbreth
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But sight must also not be lost of the
fact that there can be no compromise with John B. Davis, father of Harold B. Davis; .
deception at all, and no motor vehicle tax Philip B. Dellisante, brother of Angelo
hike can be accepted. C. Dellisante; Mr. Houston Fann, father
Last October the Governor gave his pre- of Charlie L. Fann; Walter R. Gerry,
election promise not to increase taxes if he father of Walter R, Gerry; Maude R.
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'Minna B. Miller, sister of Milton S. Mii-
ler; and Beulah S. Russell, mother of La-
Richard Greene of Norwood, Mass., and
'Mr. Leslie Greene of Racine, Wis.
These brave young Americans gave
their full measure of devotion td our
i kets buried in the same grave. Protes-
tant, Catholic and Jewish boys who died
together that this Nation of ours might
live. One headstone bearing the name
of each young man will mark the final
Testing place in the Arlington National
Lemetery, No words of mine could ade-
Quately send out the message or lesson
to our countrymen that has been laid
down by these fine young Americans. I
'know the entire Nation mourns their
loss.
? $Epefts and Burdens
-EXTENSION OF REMARKS
to
HON. JOHN E. MOSS
. Or CALr7ORNTA
IN THE ROUSE OF REFRESH TATTVE3
Wednesday, February 27, 1963
Mr. MOSS. Mr. Speaker, the Walt
street Journal recently published a let-
ter from one of my constituents on the
~tl bject of Federal spending. I found
the letter so articulate on this much-
discussed subject, that I offer it for your
Consideration.
The letter follows:
BENET'rrs AND BvaDExs
a`DTros, IHE WALL STRsET JOIIRNAL:
In your sustained attack on Federal Gov-
ernment spending, why not use a rifle rather
than a blunderbuss?
once again you have editorialized with
your eyes glued to the lower halt of your
bifocals. You quote the President's state-
ment that "The quality of American life
must keep pare with the quantity of Amerl-
can goods" (Custodian of Quality," January
16). Then you say: "Fair enough, but by
what magic is the Federal Government able to
improve the quality of life merely by spend-
ing money?"
Let me show you how.
in the west end of downtown Sacramento,
we and witnesstng a transformation of what
used to be a depressed and depressing alum-
like neighborhood into an area of great
beauty and utility. Private corporations, as
well as Government agencies. are pouring
millions of additional dollars Into new con-
struction In the redevelopment area. Yet
without the lure and aid of Federal grants,
this mammoth project would still be a
dream.
Similarly Federal aid has made a working
and expanding reality of the vast California
Central Valley project with its dams and ir-
rigation canals. People of the Nation and
the world are now fed and clothed by the
output of this valley,
LFtkewise Federal funds have helped pro-
Vide a network of superhighways for the city.
State, and Nation. In July, a federally fI-
nanced new deepwater ship channel will
link Sacramento to the Pacific Ocean. Thus
fruits of the valley will soon be reaching mil-
lions at reduced transportation cost and in-
dustry will have room to expand.
It Is nonsensical to say that these improve-
ments and undertakings could, should, and
would be accomplished by local governments
or private firms. You know they would not.
On the other hand, no thinking person as-
sumes that these Federal 'benefits are free..
However, It Is evident that people-psycho-
logically being what they arc-and local tax-
ing and borrowing limits being what they
are, only the mechanics of Federal financing
do in fact effectively harness national ener-
gies and consequently develop resources
which are beyond strictly local capacities.
Never forget that State boundaries are man-
made political lines. They simply do not
define the limits of economic and social needs
In the U.S. free market area.
Ultimately we, and maybe our children's
children, will pay for the federally financed
Improvements. But it is much better to en-
joy the benefits and to endure the burdens.
than to be relieved of the burdens and be
deprived of the benefits as well.
Noaaxar J. Mrsrus.
SACRAMENTO. CALIF.
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. JAMES A. BURKE
Or MASSAcs uswrra
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, February 27, 1863
Mr. BURKE. Mr. Speaker, may I call
to your attention and that of my col-
leagues here In the U.S. House of Repre-
sentatives an article which appeared in
the Boston Herald on Tuesday, February
12, 1963, regarding Red troops In Cuba.
It reads as follows:
Rm TROOPS rN CvsA
Is what Under Secretary of State George
W. Ball calls the hectoring of the adminis-
tration on the Cuba Issue being overdone?
We suspect that It Is.
The administration has satisfied most of
its critics that Soviet nuclear weapons have
been withdrawn from the Red-held Island.
Complaints now are being directed chiefly at
the 17,000-or-so Soviet troops that remain
as "Instructors."
Premier Khrushchev has promised that
they, too, will be removed "in due course."
And President Kennedy Is trying to hurry
the process.
But Is it something that has to be done
this week or this month? Is the timing of
their departure-provided they do depart-
important enough to justify another ulti-
matum and another exchange of nuclear
threats? We doubt it.
A hundred years ago, while the United
States was torn by Civil War, France set up
a puppet government in Mexico under Maxi-
milian of Hapsburg and supported It with
30,000 French troops. As soon as the Con-
federacy was defeated the United States de-
manded that Napoleon III get his troops out
of there and backed up the demand by send-
ing General Sheridan to the border.
But it was the beginning of 1868 before
Napoleon came up with an "in due course"
promise, and it was more than a year after
that before the last French soldiers moved
out of Mexico. And we didn't feel It neces-
sary to go to war with France or Mexico in
the Interim.
The Monroe Doctrine does not by prece-
dent demand an instant retort from us.
If any hard evidence develops that the So-
viet troops in Cuba are being readied for
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offensive operations, or even that they are
digging In to stay, the United States may be
forced to act. But the President insists that
neither of these conditions now exists. He is
moving in an orderly way to get the inter-
lopers removed. For the moment that
should be enough.
The hectoring should stop.
President Kennedy's Socialized Medicine
Bill
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. STEVEN B. DEROUNIAN
OF NEW YORK
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, February 21, 1963
Mr. DEROUNIAN. Mr. Speaker, the
American people are aptly aware of the
fact that the New Frontier is confused
in almost every department. President
Kennedy's new, socialized medicine pro-
posal is no different. It is going to cost
more money and the hard-working man
will have to pay the bill.
An excellent article by Lyle C. Wilson
in the February 25 issue of the Washing-
ton Daily News, and an editorial in the
same paper of the same date, spell out
what recipients of the President's Im-
practical plan will have to pay for in-
ferior medical care:
ONLY WAY Is UP
(By Lyle C. Wilson)
There will be bitter dispute over President
Kennedy's new medicare bill. But there is
one rather appalling factor about which
there cannot be much dispute, If any.
It is this: The cost of medical and related
benefits proposed for our senior citizens
would go up and up and up some more.
There is a top limit, no doubt. But it is not
yet in sight.
The cost must go up because that is the
way It must be with a graduated tax. The
record Fill show that graduated taxes some-
times go down but that more frequently, and
usually, they go up, and steeply. This has
been true of the personal income tax rates.
For example: In 1930, the personal income
tax did not apply to income under $4,000.
On income between $4,000 and $6,000, in
1930 the rate was 11/2 percent. The 1962 rate
was 26 percent.
In 1937-39, the social security tax rate was
1 percent each on employee and employer up
to a maximum of $3,000 annual earnings.
In 1962 each paid 3% percent on maximum
earnings of $4,800. On January 1, 1963, the
social security tax for each was hiked to 3%
percent on $4,800. The employee who paid
$150 in 1962 will pay $174 this year, an in-
crease of $24. Ditto for the employer.
Barring changes by Congress, this rate will
hold through 1965. In 1966 the rate will go
to 4i percent each on employer and em-
ployee. In 1968 and thereafter the rate will
be 4% percent.
The proposal Mr. Kennedy sent to Con-
gress last week would require an immediate
additional Increase of one-fourth of 1 per-
cent and would raise the maximum of tax-
able income to $5,200. In the light of the
record of the graduated tax for whatever
purpose, it rcarceiy can be argued that the
rate Increase proposed by the President is
any more than merely a beginning of a tax
spiral In behalf of persons 65 years of age
and over.
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If in any one-year such income exceeded 150
percent of the 5-year average.
,Representative MoNAGAN's bill should be
considered in any, comprehensive tax reform
program enacted by Congress. While the
number of American taxpayers it would
affect might be small, the importance
it would have in the cultural life of the Na-
tion would be of a magnitude beyond mere
numbers. ,
The Government should take the tax brake
off creative artists with fluctuating incomes.
?In editorials in April 1961 and February
1962 we argued that creators should be given
tax considerations at least equal to inventors
and oilmen.
This is what happens: A man doesn't
turnout novels or plays or landscape paint-
ings like washing machine gears. Frequently
a writer will spend 5 years groaning over a
novel, years In-which he is in no way pro-
tected by Federal employment regulations,
unemployment benefits, etc. At the end of
5 years, by living on publishers' advances-
book gets on the market.
For perhaps 10 months or a year, it sells
"Bobby will have the support of the Ken-
nedy political machine, easily the most ef-
fective in the history of the country. It is
slick and up to date; every public-relations
angle from comic books to feature-length
films will be exploited. Backed by the Presi-
dent and the machine, with an image al-
ready floodlit by favorable publicity, one can-
not imagine any Democrat seriously opposing
Bobby at the 1968 convention,"
Mr. Vidal, himself active in politics, has
visited President Kennedy a number of times
since 1960, Discussing Robert Kennedy's
future role, the author says: "The buildup
for 1968 has begun. It now follows a fa-
miliar pattern."
Mr. Vidal cites Robert Kennedy's books,
his world travels, his civil-rights activities,
and other elements as factors in a campaign
to give him wide appeal.
"There is no doubt," he writes, "that when
Bobby goes before the convention in 1968 he
will seem beautifully qualified and from the
point of view of sheer experience, he will be
qualified. But there are flaws in his persona
hard to disguise. For one thing, it will take
a public relations genius to make his appear
Well and the. author enjoys the somewhat lovable. He is not. His obvious character
rare experience of receiving checks. And - istics are energy, vindictiveness, and a simple-
then the Internal Revenue Service steps in mindedness about human motives which may
and wallops him with one of those sky-high yet bring him down. To Bobby the world
percentile brackets because he made a lot is black or white. Them and us. He has
of money in 1 year. The fact that the none of his brother's human ease; or
may have a greatly reduced income in the
next 3 years or such time that his next
work is published, is ignored by current
regulations.
One result of this tax attitude, at least
for the relatively few prosperous artists, has
been to send them scurrying to foreign tax
havens. Another has been to place a virtual
penalty on prolificacy. A writer or painter,
for example, may withhold his works be-
cause to sell them all in 1 year would incur
a crushing tax burden.
Another approach to this problem which
Representative MONAGAN might consider
Would be to tax incomes from works of art
on `a capital gains basis instead of as ordi-
nary income. Oil men get a 27 percent de-
pletion allowance and Congress is acrawl
With oil industry -lobbyists,
A Congressman who supports those who
may be right, but have not organized might,
stands applauded.
Bobby Kennedy in 1968: The
Buildup Has Begun
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. BOB WILSON
OF CALIFORNIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
-Wednesday, February 27, 1963
Mr. BOB WILSON. Mr. Speaker,
under leave to extend my remarks in the
RECORD, I include the following article
from U.S. News & World Report of
March 4, 1963:
BOSKY KENNEDY IN 1968: THE
BUILDUP HAS BEGUN
A prominent playwright, long a personal
friend of President Kennedy, now says the
machipery is in motion to elect Attorney
General Robert Kennedy to the White House
in 1968.
Gore Vidal, writing in the March Issue of
Esquire magazine, assumes John F. Ken-
nedy's second term, then turns to the cam-
paign that will follow, and concludes;
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. STEVEN B. DEROUNIAN
OF NEW YORK
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, February 21, 1963
Mr. DEROUNIAN. Mr. Speaker, it is
strange that those who approved con-
structive criticism when we had a Re-
publican President toe the party line
when the President is of the Democratic
Party.
Henry J. Taylor, in last Monday's
Washington Daily News, discussed just
such a situation:
FULBRIGHT AND CUBA
(By Henry J. Taylor)
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Chairman J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, Democrat,
of Arkansas, fire in his TV eye, tells critics
of the Kennedy-Cuba policy not to rock the
boat. Riddle: What boat?
The Cuba policy is not a policy, it is a
disaster.
Senator FuLBRIGHT's current rebuff to in-
quiring people typifies exactly the kind of
speechmaking that has us trapped and allows
such manipulated news to function.
It takes advantage of the fact that our
public's memory is short, Senator FuL-
BRIGHT'S tragic wrongheadedness about Cuba
was widely publicized at the time of the Bay
of Pigs. How many remember it today?
Whatever we are doing in Cuba is making
more leeway than headway in bucking the
wind. And any politician in either party
who says "Don't rock the boat" as if we
were securely meeting this peril is perform-
ing a distraction from our drift onto the
shoals.
Senator FULBRIGHT'S part in all this is
sadly typical. Right about the Nazi menace,
but never equally right about the Soviet, he
has been dead wrong about Cuba from the
very beginning.
He opposed any kind of intervention there
unless we could waltz in with a group of
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Latin American states, as if our country
could order such a tidy state of affairs. In
the absence of "collective security," Senator
FULBRIGNT preferred to take his chances on
Castro. That is the record.
However, we do not have collective secu-
rity in Latin America. We have collective
insecurity. We are wise to be attached to
the princaple, as in NATO. But there is no
NATO in Latin America and depending on
collective security whenever this involves
numerous weak and shaky countries means
we flounder into exactly what Senator FIIL-
BRIGHT helped to give us in Cuba.
When the Arkansan discovered that even a
trickle of intervention was moving toward
the Bay of Pigs he, among others, demanded
that the White House stop our indispensable
part in it, call off the U.S. air cover over
the beaches, and back away from even the
incredibly fragile plans. Senator FULBRIGHT,
who now says, "Don't rock the boat," has
much to answer for in this.
He is on record as follows: "I am sure that
if American Armed Forces were used uni-
laterally the reaction elsewhere in the West-
ern Hemisphere would be so severe that we
would lose more in other countries than we
could gain in Cuba."
How could America conceivably lose more
in other countries than we have lost
throughout Latin America and by the sub-
sequent Soviet military lodgement 90 miles
from our shores?
The whole perilous situation, nevertheless,
has been reduced to a well-planned press
campaign devised and carried out to achieve
a clearly defined psychological end, viz, that
all is under control.
Khrushchev is not being fooled. Cuba-
based Red subversives in Venezuela, Brazil,
Colombia, Chile, etc., are not being fooled.
Our "don't rock the boat" politicians are
cooing to the world's most dangerous dove.
Voters and Budgets
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. GEORGE M. WALLHAUSER
OF NEW JERSEY
IN THE HOUSE OF REPAESENTATIVES
Wednesday, February 27, 1963
Mr. WALLHAUSER. Mr. Speaker, as
we, the Congress, prepare to act on the
appropriation requests of the various
departments and agencies of the Federal
Government, we should give deep
thought to the expressions contained in
a recent editorial of the Newark (N.J.)
Evening News, Under leave to extend
my remarks, I now place that editorial
in the RECORD.
VOTERS AND BUDGETS
Public officials often blame the spiraling
cost of Government on public demands for
increased service. This claim must be re-
garded with some reserve in view of what
happens annually in New Jersey's school
budget elections.
Of 272 budgets submitted in 13 northern
and central New Jersey counties, 69 were
rejected by the voters. In Bergen County,
17 out of 66 went down; in Morris, 14 out
of 38. Voters set a Middlesex record with.
nine rejections. Seven were vetoed in
Passaic. In some municipalities such a thing
had never happened before.
These disapproving voters are not ene-
mies of education. They want their children
to have good schools. But they have to earn
the money paid out in taxes for school sup-
port and they are not being unreasonable
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e rejected budgets are properly trimmed
ey almost always pass when resubmitted.
And maybe they ought to be.
Mr. Speaker, the editorial, plus the
tions of New Jersey voters, inspires me
ask: What would happen if our ever-
tted directly to the voters for approval
rejection? '
The 15th Anniversary of the Communist
Takeover of Czechoslovakia
l?;XTENS1ON OF REMARKS
07
HON. ABNER W. SIBAL'
or CoVwvciTC'Dr-
IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, February 27, 1963
Mr. SISAL. Mr. Speaker, February
24th was 'the 15th anniversary, of the
Communist takeover of Czechoslovakia.
The wretchedness of life under the Red
regime deeds no particular review at this
time. It 1s well known, and Czecho-
Slovakia is not alone among the nations
of the world who suffer life under com-
munism. She Is but one of a tragic list
of oppressed nations, all of which stand
as cruel Illustrations of the harshness,
the Communist system to meet the eco-
nomic or spiritual needs of mankind.
An example of the complete callous-
ness of the Red regime in Prague is Its
Current practice of extorting American
dollars from American citizens who have
relatives in Czechoslovakia. This is a
practice which Members of Congress
should know about and which, in my
opinion, our Government should stop.
33e4au?e of the economic misery in
Czechoslovakia, American relatives are
anxious to send gift packages of Ameri-
can goods to their close of kin. The
Communists are making this impossible,
however, by placing an astronomical
duty on new goods and an almost pro-
hibitive duty on used clothing.
The purpose is to extort dollars out of
Americans. If Americans wish to help
their teeny relatives and friends, they
Must send dollars with which Czechoslo-
vakian citizens can buy Czechoslovakian
goods, If and when available, in a gov-
ernment store called Tuzex.
Through this process, the Red regime
accumulates dollars which it uses to
spread anti-American propaganda and
to promote subversion in Latin America
and elsewhere In the world.
Our balance-of-payments problems
are'so severe'thatwe restrict the amount
of goods our own citizens can bring back
duty free. It is folly, Mr. Speaker, to
.tolerate this open leak of dollars, which
not only further weakens the Interna-
tional position of the dollar, but directly
fills the coffers of our enemies. Let us
put a stop to this either by sending the
direct transfer of American dollars to the
Communist regimes or by insisting that
gift packages of American goods be
allowed to go directly to needy citizens
of those countries.
U.S. Orchestra Players Sing an Unhappy
Song
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
Or
HON. FRANK THOMPSON, JR.
07 i12W =29"
IN THE HOUSE OF RE PR.ESEN'rATTVES
Wednesday, February 27, 1963
,Mr, THOMPSON of New Jersey. Mr.
Speaker, during the 87th Congress, the
Select Subcommittee on Education, of
which F was the chairman, conducted in-
vestigative hearings into the economic
conditions In the performing arts. We
undertook the investigation under au-
thority of a resolution sponsored by our
colleague, the Honorable ROBERT N.
GIAnAO.
We found that the future of fine arts
in the United States is in great danger
because of the necessity for performers
to earn a living. The economic condi-
tions are concisely summarized in an
article by Paul Affelder in the National
Observer for January 28 of this year.
This article has Just been brought to my
attention, and I include It as a part of
my remarks :
UNDERPAID PIPERS-U.S. ORCHESTRA PLAYERS
SING AN UNHAPPY SONG
In Philadelphia. union musicians and
Philadelphia Orchestra officials haggled over
the date when contract talks for next season
should begin. The dispute led to cancella-
tion of a 5-week Latin American tour; set
for last summer,
in Fort Wayne, Ind, union musicians boy-
cotted the Fort Wayne Philharmonic's first
four concerts of the season, on grounds they
wouldn't play with non-union members.
With the Issue settled, the union players are
slated to return to the orchestra this week.
In Chicago cancellation of the Chicago
Symphony's 1962-63 season was narrowly
averted last fall (it was announced then
rescinded) when union musicians staged a
concerted campaign for higher pay.
These recent developments underscore
what musical observers have known forsome
time: American musicians, long unhappy
with their financial lot, are becoming rest-
less.
Sometimes their restlessness has become a
major Issue.. A year before the Chicago dis-
pute, for instance, the Metropolitan Opera
canceled Its 1961-62 season in the midst of a
musicians' pay wrangle, then reset It when
the Issue was settled.
At about the same time, a strike by mem-
bers of the Philadelphia Orchestra caused
Its season to begin 2 weeks late, and a simi-
lar walkout by the New York Philharmonic's
musicians brought a week's Interruption In
Its concerts.
THEY OPERATE AT A LOSS
In each of these disputes, the musicians
received more money-but not, as much as
they'd asked. This wasn't a matter of nig-
February 27
gardliness, but of two hard facts in Ameri-
can music making: Nearly all symphony or-
chestras and opera companies operate at a
loss, and the musicians who play in them
are underpaid compared with many other
lines of work.
Orchestral balance sheets are frightening
things, Salaries to artists and other per-
sonnel, rental of auditoriums, fees for per-
formances of modern compositions, and many
other expenses far outweigh Income from
ticket sales. Tickets, in fact, seldom account
for more than 50 percent of maintenance
costs--and never balance them, even with
consistently full houses.
Take the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra,
for example. Last year its total receipts (all
but about $30,000 of them from ticket sales)
were $452,291. This figure didn't cover even
the 5480,235 the orchestra spent on salaries
for musicians and conductors, plus fees for
guest artists and new music. On top of that
outlay were expenses for such items as rent,
office salaries, and advertising, making a
total expenditure of $786,147.
WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM
The upshot is that Minneapolis, like most
of the Nation's orchestras, must make up its
resulting $333,856 deficit from sources like
special events, donations from the general
public, income from endowment funds, or
subsidies from cities, counties, or States.
Subsidies, while growing, still are small: The
largest reported in a recent survey were
$130,000 annual grants to the orchestras of
Baltimore and Buffalo.
This obviously puts a crimp in the amount
of money available to pay musicians. The
most pertinent statistics have been compiled
by the American Symphony Orchestra
League, which surveys conditions in the
country's 1,200-odd orchestras. Approxi-
mately one-third of these orchestras are in
cities with less than 50,000 population.
Exclusive of college groups, the league
breaks down the Nation's orchestras into
three categories-"community," "metropoli-
tan," and "major."
The average musician in a community
orchestra-there are 900 such groups, opera-
ting on annual budgets of less than $100,000
-is an amateur. But a few key positions are
held by professionals. It's estimated that
some 6,600 professionals play in such or-
chestras-about 12 percent of the orchestral
total membership-and receive an average
$300 a year.
THE PLAYERS' BACKGROUND
These professionals obviously depend on
other employment for their principal income,
though many would be full-time musicians
if they could earn a living in the field.
Many of them are music teachers. Their
backgrounds are varied: Some are young,
beginning players; others are former full-
time players who gave up full-time perform-
ing for financial reasons; still others pre-
pared for music as a career but never
pursued it.
The metropolitan orchestras don't pay too
much better. There are 21 of them, op-
erating on annual budgets between $100,000
and $250,000. They're in larger cities than
the community orchestras-places like New
Haven, Omaha, Providence, San Diego, and
Honolulu-and play longer seasons and
more ambitious programs.
"We estimate," says Orchestra League
Executive Secretary Helen M. Thompson,
"that among the 1,800 musicians playing in
the 21 metropolitan orchestras, there are at
least 1,400 who are qualified and seek to
earn their main income from the perform-
ance of music. On the average, they re-
ceive about $1,000 a year in playing fees in
the metropolitan orchestras."
Finally, there are 28 major American or-
chestras. They function on more-or-less
full time, pay their musicians on a weekly
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the- fro y excesses of, a foreign aid pro- trying to solve the problem of juvenile
grain paid for chiefly b
A
i
y
mer
cans delinqu Th
-ency.e gentleman from New
who al ady are paying for their own York [Mr. POWELL] is pastor of a large
'
aid to ,places they at least can decide Baptist Church in New York City and
whether or not to aid. part of the allotted fund is to be paid to
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL FurID; A. NO-FRILLS, his own church as rent for the basement
Low-Cost APPRO4 E TO,SELF-SELpFOR UN- of the church building that will be used
DERDEVRLOPED CouNr lies as a site for this work, a total of $17,000
1. Help, sometimes, is no help. A gift, a being earmarked for such rent.
loan or an investment in a developing coun- Now as an active Baptist myself, I wasted
hat
countr dos not haveltrained peop eit f tput to work know how zealously and jealously we
the help they get. Even if there are trained Baptists always try to guard against any
people, 'they will not make the best use of the breach whatsoever in the wall of separa-
help they, receive if they don't know what tion between church and state. If the
resources their country has, what can be de- Powell church had been a Catholic
veloped and what cannot; white elephants Church, instead of a Baptist Church, we
and castles in Spain can waste a lot of Baptists and many others of similar con-
money. Moreover, unless a developing coun-
try can show it has resources ripe for devel-
opment, that country will not attract invest- cause of this use of public tax money
ey
meat; businessmen-local as well as Interns- indirectly for a sectarian purpose. We
tional-don't launch into the unknown with would have decried the use of sectarian
their shareholders' money. property for governmental functions, es-
2. This vital preinvestment work-pro- pecially at what appears to be a very
ducing technical and managerial skills, prov- lavish outlay of rental consideration.
ing resources, stimulating investment-is the And I certainly think we would have
main business of the United Nations Special
Fund. been mp1
0 y justified in our criticism of
3. The Special Fund runs surveys that re-
veal what wealth exists in a nation's land,
water, minerals, oil,, forests.
4. The Special Fund helps set up program-
ing units of experts who can put first things
first' on the priority lists of developing coun-
tries, -
6. The Special Fund helps set up schools
for administrators, managers, -technical ex-
perts, foremen and ordinary craftsman even.
6. The Special Fund helps with teachers'
colleges because without high school grad-
uates, no country can beat poverty.
7. All this is essential preinvestment work.
Its cost, like seed money, is little. It yields
rich, and indispensable harvests.
8. The Special Fund is not charity. The
country that receives nearly always gives
more than it receives-to the project on its
own soil and to projects in other less
fortunate lands. Further, the Special Fund
mobilizes -additional resources from Euro-
pean and other industrialized countries,
some of whose contributions are substantial.
9. As a result, for every dollar's worth of
project completed with Special Fund par-
ticipation, the United States pays only 17
cents. Other forms of economic aid often
cost the United States a full hundred cents
to the dollar, The. contribution of the
United States to the Special Fund's 246 proj-
ects thus far approved will reach $84 mil-
lion The total. costof these projects is $496
million 1 and their yield is incalculable.
1Q. Every Special Fund operation is a
telling lesson in the no-nonsense, no-frills,
self-help approach to economic develop-
ment.
11. The Special Fund is welcome wher-
ever it works.
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND
STATE
(Mr. SILER (at the request of Mr.
DEROUNIAN) was given permission to ex-
tend his remarks at this -point in the
RECORD and include extraneous matter.)
Mr. SILER. Mr. Speaker, I notice that
one of the great departments of our
Federal Government, Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare, has allotted a sum of
$250,060 to the gentleman from New
York [Mr. POWELL] for aiding him in
These figures were true as of several
months ago; they should now read $98 mil-
lion and $589 million.
this kind of public tax money and of
this manner of governmental use of a
specific church building. If these things
might have been considered out of place
in relation to a Catholic Church, then
they are equally out of place in relation
to a Baptist Church. I think we should
be fair, unprejudiced, and always quick
to condemn in our very own circle that
which we might readily condemn if it
involved another circle down the street
from us. Therefore, I would like to put
myself on record as a stringent and un-
compromising critic of the use of this
public tax money through the Depart-
ment of Health, Education, and Welfare
for rent of a Baptist Church basement at
$17,000, both because of the public tax
money involved and the governmental
function to be pursued in the church
mentioned. Doubtless there are 1,000
suitable places in New York City that are
neither sectarian nor of any religious
relationship whatever which might have
been used for the money and purpose
involved in this instance. Why not avoid
the very appearance of evil? Shades of
Roger Williams, the original Baptist
leader in America, let us have a com-
pletely free church or churches in a
completely free state-not a tax-sub-
sidized or tax-sustained church in some
kind of sectarian state here in our
country.
(Mr. COLLIER (at the request of Mr.
DEROUNIAN) was given permission to ex-
tend his remarks at this point in the'
RECORD and include extraneous matter.)
ti [Mr, COLLIER'S remarks will appear
(Mr. FASCE!sked anal was given
'permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his
remarks.)
Mr. F4SCELL. Mr. Speaker, the news
today carries a story that a top Commu-
nist in Cuba, Raul Castro, admits only
Russian help keeps the Cubans alive.
Thus, the Communist government. in
Cuba becomes one of the few countries
in the world in which there has been food
rationing, and now clothing rationing has
been added to their problems. All of
which indicates that the pressures which
have been applied to the Communist gov-
ernment of Cuba are having some desired
effects from the U.S. standpoint.
There are some who continue to engage
in what I call the numbers game, how
many Russians and Chinese in Cuba; or
who continue to engage in a game of
having intelligence information which is
better than that of the United States
about what is going on with respect to
the Communist movements in Cuba or
other places around the world. I have
two observations to make for people who
are still interested in the past or deter-
ilining exactly Russian actions in Cuba.
One is that we have enough congressional
investigations going on now-one man or
otherwise-to satisfy the most partisan
and the most meticulous on those ques-
tions.
The second observation is, as our Presi-
dent has said, the danger is not in
whether there is one soldier or not in
Communist Cuba-the danger is the fact
that communism exists in Cuba and it is
the base for subversion in the entire
hemisphere, therefore all of our policies
must be directed to the eradication of
that Communist government and that
cancer. With this, all of us can agree.
The time has come for us to take those
additional actions which would hasten
that day of deterioration and final eradi-
cation of the Communist government in
Cuba. It is heartening, Mr. Speaker, to
know that the Cuban problem will be on
the agenda of the next conference of the
American governments that will take
place at Costa Rica.
It is also encouraging, Mr. Speaker, to
know that the Organization of American
States continues its keen awareness of
the Communist offensive in the Western
Hemisphere. By resolution of the
eighth meeting of Consultation of Min-
isters of Foreign Affairs held at Punta
del Este, Uruguay, in January 1962, a
special consultative committee on secu-
rity was created. This advisory body,
made up of experts, was deemed neces-
sary to advise member governments
which might require and request assist-
ance in the common goal of fighting the
subversive action of international com-
munism and preserving democracy in the
Americas.
That committee has made several re-
ports and important recommendations
for the consideration of the American
governments. in light of the coming
meeting, and because of their very
nature, these recommendations are im-
portant. In its initial general report of
1962, the special consultative committee
on security recommended, as follows:
V. RECOMMENDATIONS
The recommendations set forth below are
the recommendations that the committee i
n
, this first stage of its work, has considered
pertinent with respect to resolution 112(c) of
the eighth meeting of consultation of min-
isters of foreign affairs. The first recom-
mendations are restricted to the measures
that the American Mates should take to
counteract the subversive action of. interna-
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horized to impose for reasons of internal aware that it is the governments and peoples several years, the American states must
securit or other reasons that are consid- of America who have the right, capacity, and take all cooperative action, military,
gyred vitaly"to the welfare of the nation. It interest to counteract the subversive action economic, and ideological to deal with
the menace of communism in the West-
Iega l- and political understood, a it o what a of the international Communist movement' Hemisphere, and communism in the th-
it adequately, subversive vei mistake mista stake it would be combat .The eighth meeting of consultation also the also ern particularly
activity fail to marights resolved:
It adeq quatelyately, , out t of fear ear that human rights "3. To urge the member states to take problem of Cuba. As our President has
iand fundamental liberties would not be steps that they yor consider appro- collective self- government ernment in Cuba is incompatible with
respected. those for heir Individual
11. The above recommendations and con- defense, and to cooperate, as May be poliC policies directed toward its eliminar
siderations, therefore, are completely con- necessary or desirable, to strengthen their
sistent with the aim, already expressed in capacity to counteract threats or acts of Lion.
would hope, as we all do, that ef-
'Resolution VIII repeatedly quoted, that in aggression, subversion, or other dangers to
:applying the measures referred to, the states peace and security resulting from the con- fictive joint action of the American
.should bear in mind "the necessity of guar- tinued intervention in this hemisphere of
-anteeing and defending by the most effica- Sino-Soviet powers, in accordance with the countries will be successful in meeting
cious means the rights of the human person obligations established in treaties and agree- the threat of Communist subversion in
as well as their firm determination to pre- ments such as the Charter of the Organiza- Latin America government in iCuba. natinH the
serve and ,defend the basic democratic in- tion of American States and the Inter-Amer- , final analysis, as I have w-
re-
stitutions of the peoples of the American ican Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance." ever in the
Republics." On this point, the above-men- In view of hte nature and scope of this peatediy maintained for several years,
tioned Pan American Union report states paragraph of resolution II, the committee the existence of a Communist. govern-
that in its conclusions care was taken to considers that it would be highly desirable tent in Cuba is a direct threat to the
guard against the possibility that such ways for the General Secretariat to prepare a study
and means be used to obstruct or suppress of the background of the exercise of indi- peace and security of the United States
genuinely democratic expressions of opinion, vidual and collective self-defense, especially and failing all else, the United States
ativities, or political aspirations, completely with reference to the threats and acts re- must, in its own security interests, take
foreign to international communism." The ferred to in the said paragraph. whatever action necessary, military or
same legitimate concern appears again in The committee also deems that it would economic, to eradicate that government.
Resolution I4(0) of the Eighth Meeting of be very useful to the general objectives of
Consultation as one of the basic political resolution II if the General Secretariat would
RATES
principles set. forth in that resolution: issue a new, up-to-date edition of the report FREIGHT
"The repudiation of repressive measures on "Strengthening of Internal Security," Under previous or-
combating under the pretext of isolating or published in 1953. The der of the SPEAKHOERER. . the gentleman from
combating communism, may facilitate the MANUEL CAMPOS JIMdNEZ,
appearance or strengthening of reactionary Chairman of the Committee. Ohio [Mr. ASHLEY] is recognized for 60
doctrines and methods which attempt to JULIO C1':SAR Dole SANCHEZ, minutes.
repress ideas of social progress and to confuse Vice Chairman of the Committee. Mr. ASHLEY. Mr. Speaker, today I
have introduced a bill to amend section
truly progressive and democratic labor or- ]FRANCISCO MARCELO RAMfREZ.
gariizations and cultural and political move- THOMAS D. WHrrE. Interstate Commerce Act to
ments with Communist subversion. JOAQUIM CANUTO MENUES DE ALMEIDA. 22 2 of provide a the means by which ferce rates
"B. Vigilance for the Purpose of Warning JULIO CASAR VADORA RozIER. stablished under that section for the
Against Acts of Aggression, Subversion, or JOAQVfN ZALDfVAR. V.B. Government may be set aside if
Other Dangers to Peace and Security, and Arlin 30, 1962. they are unjustly discriminatory or un-
$en establi h Mr. Speaker, in a recent additional re- duly prejudicial.
I
n esgaofis Consultation this ation resolved: Committee, the the Eighth port, the committee has made other Contrary to common belief, Mr.
Meeting of C
1. To-request the e Council of the organs- recommendations to the American gov- Speaker, there are two sets of rules in
zation of American States to maintain all ernments. Among these are: public ratemaking.
necessary vigilance, for the purpose of warn- First. The effective control of travel The rules for private industry are set
ing, against any acts of aggression, subver- to Cuba, including both national and forth inhe Interstate Commerce Act
sion, or other dangers to peace and security, international procedures. and various other transportation stat-
re-
or the preparation of such acts, resulting Second. Exchange of information be- utes and regulations. These rules re-Sino Soviet the powers in continued this hemisphere enof and d to to tween governments on known Commu- quire shippers to govern themselves in
Soviet equality for all
make recommendations to the governments nist subversive agents and persons who such a regard way to as to to insure rates and ter all
of the member states with regard thereto. travel to Cuba.
In the preamble 'to Resolution II, it is Third. Plan to counteract, weaken, or ices.
stated "it is advisable, therefore, to make cancel out Communist propaganda car- The rules for the Federal Govrenment
available to the Council of the organization ried on through any medium. are set forth in section 22 of the Inter-
of American States - a body - of an advisory Fourth. Enact measures which might state Commerce Act, which states clear
nature " * ?, In this of offering Its the chni- control the transfer of funds for sub- ly that rates on Government traffic are tec cal tutee services takes to o the l the eery Couonfcil for offering the puurposerpose-s exempt from Government regulation.
the versive purposes. Also to exercise strict clear. The Govern-
-
outlined in the paragraph cited above. To control over national procedures used by The paradox
shipper
this effect, the committee also takes the liber- Communists to obtain funds. - tentwwhich is is the
charged by largest law ehGov with the
ty of submitting to the Council for considera- Fifth. Improving the intelligence the , world, par
tion its recommendation that the member services of each country to coordinate responsibility of maintaining fair and
States be invited to furnish the Council with and carry out effective action against impartial freight charges. However,
ation be any inthrm sel a that they may exchange
resolution- Communist subversion. this largest shipper easily avoids the s mentioned abobov ve, a as well l as tem , pursuant as the any y e Sixth. Establish real and effective col- controls and restrictions with which all
evidence eother shippers must comply by legally
they obtain rde dto the evidlnie deception of those agencies in each unregulated rates concessions
that can be added t the evidence contained ained country y charged with action against obtaining
In this report. This information would be Communist subversion. under section 22 of the Interstate Com-
examined by the committee from the purely Seventh. Transmit all information on merce Act. Even more ironic-and
technical standpoint, in accordance with subversive activities to the central cot- dangerous-is the fact that there is
whatever directives the Council might issue mutes. presently no procedure by which an in-
tti it, in come endt ion M t studies and submitted peed These and other stringent measures terested party can question the fairness
to the recomm Council en for ations consideration. idwhich have been recommended are only of these unregulated rates, nor does ICC
- The committee makes this recommends- the forerunner of the joint action which have authority to determine whether
tion having in mind the fact that Commu- can and must be taken by the members they are discriminatory.
nist deception and techniques vary con- of the Organization of American States It is to this point that my bill is di-
stantly, and that only by studying them in to meet the Communist threat in all of rected. It does not seek to abolish Sec-
a determined, continuous, and comparative Latin America and to help bring about tion 22 but simply to establish a
manner, can conclusions be reached and the elimination of the Communist base procedure which will assure that rates,
suggestions made that would be of cot- eat in Cuba. fares, and charges under this section are
utility more effectively combating co
mumsm. . In n all l this, t this, the committee is fully Mr. Speaker, as I have maintained for fair. It does this by prohibiting any
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