CUBA - THE PERIL OF THE ANTILLES

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pprOve -.For :A'se.'2004/Ct6123 :CIARDP65OG383ROOQ2OO23OO1 1-5 "'- 1962 . 11011ESSIONAL RECOSD.,-- ? , if .0. commercial tenant? 9.1P,, -.for its future diminution and without direct lop ,ot property or a combination of...- . being able t,o claim that it represents such lOss oricT moving expenses in a Federal_ anything but a year-by-year holding op- But noWheSe is there Compensation for a? progrsin, the maximumremains at $3,000., _ oration. I believe that there is no other. commercial ten t's goodwill. program undertaken by the U.S. Govern- an , - 'If I moved My store a few blocks away, ment which meets both of these negative Where X didl4 knoW the, people in the area," criteria: Lir, Unger 'said, "I couldn'tgiv,e Credit Jo. First. No hope for probable termina- customer-a:, ?tlY _buSiness might be ruined. tion in the future, and Tais woulcilgree under goodwill. But I Second. No current effective accom- Wouldn't he paid for that." plishment_ except holding the line. AtOvusra -rut IvirsofiAmstge Mr. President, it is for this reason that , He added: We must look to a thorough reevaluation "Nor are al ..v.sioe,saMerk,paid for their., of laws and policies in this field. I do merchandise. I might have $30,000 worth_of, not think that the Department of Agri- stuff in my store. It will sell where I am Culture, involved as it is with political located. policy made by the administration and "If the city were to Make me move I could_ move the merchandise so Wouldn't be paid day-to-day administration of the agri- for it. nut could I sell it, say, in Forest_ cultural program, can do this job. It Inns? No., I would have to buy different _ certainly will lend its expertise to such items. , an effort as recommended by my joint "This ha e 4aPPened to merchants forced , resolution. out of ?East Harlem an.d_Other, a; eaa.", Mr. President, in other nations there Herman ?Basfillo, deputy commissioner of _ are lay commissions to do this job. We the 'real estate department, said that he simply did not 'know how legislation corn- _ too have our precedent for special study pensating for goodWill could be drawn up. commissions such as the Hoover Com- "It would have to cover every type of busi- Mission. We have no better means in ness," he said. "Should a man be convex).- _ this Nation for working toward the -sated if he nires four blocks _frOra his Pres- total national interest than the synthesis ent site blit not two? These w9,14c1 be the of ideas among our legislators, adMinis- problems." , trators, and those from the private ceo- B BIN nomic sector. Such a synthesis is the Yet nearly every official concerned agrees overriding need, if we are to solve the that in a small marginal business a man can , growing problems of agriculture in the be financially ruined by being forced to move interest of national policy. I very much only several blocks. Store Space in or near housing develop- hope that my proposal will serve as a ments is offered first to fOriner site teriants, basis for study before the next Congress but they seldom can afford the increased and for action next year. rents. Or, if they can afford the increase and do want to return to the area, they have the _ ARMORY SHOW OF 1913?COMMEM- problem of surviving the year or two while ORATIVE POSTAGE STAMPS ttie new development is under construction. , I Mr. JAVITS. Mr. President, I intro- The PRESIDING, OFFICER. duce, for appropriate reference, a bill to bill will be received and appropriately provide for the issuance of a special referred. , _ series of postage stamps in commemora- The bill (S. 3808) to amend title I QI tion of the 50th anniversary of the orig- the Housing Act of 1949, to increase the inal "Armory Show of 1913" held in New maximum amount of relocation PaY- York City. Ments to be made to a business concern The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill - displaced by an urban renewal project will be received and appropriately re- and to Provide a Method for ascertain, f erred. Ing the amount of such payments, intro- The bill (S. 3809) to provide for the duced by Mr. JAvirs, was received, read issuance of a special series of postage Committee on Banking and Currency. twice by its title, and referred to the _stamps in commemoration of the 50th kanniverpary of the original "Armory ;,-Show of 1913" of New York City, N.Y., A COMMISSION FOR THE Rpvision introduced by, Mr. JAvrrs, was received, kv)pnAT.4 ppTuRAJ; read twice by its title, and referred to LAWSPR9GI:AMS AN ,the Committee on Post Office and Civil ,} 'Service. Mr, JAtTS. _Mr. President, I intro- duce, for appropriate reference, a joint HE RIL O THE resolution to establish a Corninission for . PE F the Revision, of Federal Agricultural ANTIJ , Laws and. .gNg-ra411-s- Qf ,coln*Se., I am Mr. VITS. Mr. President, the Corn- aware thi&nOhing can be done .toward Inunist presence in Cuba, carrying with the ellactIPPItt oL t,?11.1.a, proposal during it increasing threats to the tranquility of this session,uf,the congress. However, I the Western Hemisphere, poses for the believe that Its, ,,official printing at this _United States problems for which ready time may engender study and discussion solutions do not appear at hand. It is of the implications of such Commission vital that, if we are to act with the in- to prepare the ,way for speedy consid- telligence and fortrightness required in erationby tJe ncAt Congress. this crisis, Americans must be informed 'Currenta,grtchltural programs are both as to the facts and as to solutions costing the taxpayers an annual Dffered. In the October 5 issue of Life average orte billion a year. _ IrUnically, magazine, Clare Boothe Luce, distin- t-ve tiaT ,tioVng our fellow citizens to guished former U.S. Ambassador to Italy 13116114W tbis tremendous burden with, and formerly a member of the House out even being able to show sone hope committee on Foreign Affairs, presents her exposition of the Cuban situation and offers solutions for our dilemma there. Her article is, as is characteristic of Mrs. Luce, provocative and strong, it merits reading and consideration by all who seek to be informal on the difficul- ties which beset us in the Caribbean to- day. Mrs. Luce's article is appended hereto. There being no objection, the article was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows: CUBA AND THE UNFACED TRUTH?OUR GLOBAL DOUBLE BIND (By Clare Boothe Luce) During a nationally televised press con- ference a few weeks ago President Kennedy said, "I would like to * * * set [the Cuban situation] in perspective." This is precisely *hat he has failed to do. By resting the case against intervention on a shockingly erroneous estimate of our Cuban dilemma, the President has evaded a desperately ur- gent task?to alert the people of this Nation to the grave dangers we face. What are the facts? "The President feels that Cuba is a bone in his throat." So spoke one of President Kennedy's aids soon after the abortive in- vasion of the Bay of Pigs. Since then the obstruction in the Presidential gullet has become a large bone of national and inter- national contention. How did it get stuck there in the first place? How big and how dangerous is it? Can it be dislodged short of war? The President naturally wants to keep these awkward questions out of this fall's congressional elections. But the failure to ask them and to answer them is fraught with danger to the Nation. Castro began as a bone in the throat of the Eisenhower administration 4 years ago. Two years later, Candidate Kennedy did his eloquent best to get Mr. Nixon to "strangle" on it. Picking the decline of American safety and prestige as his theme, Kennedy pointed to the rise of Castro as prime evidence that "our security and leadership are both slip- ping away." His Cuban policy was to "let the Cuban people know our determination that they will someday again be free," to "let Mr. Khrushchev know that we are permit- ting no expansion of his foothold in our hemisphere," and especially to "end the har- assment * * * of liberty-loving anti-Castro forces in Cuba and in other lands." "Thus far," Candidate Kennedy said, "these fighters for freedom have had virtually no support from our Government." "Hopefully," he said, "events may once again bring us an opportunity to [act] on behalf of the cause of freedom in Cuba." Hopefully, events did bring the newly elected President this opportunity. In April 1961 President Kennedy authorized the Cuban invasion. But at the last and fateful hour he ordered the withdrawal of decisive U.S. air support, abandoning 1,400 "liberty- loving anti-Castro fighters for freedom" to Castro's tanks, jails and firing squads. His profile in courage turned into a profile of in- decision. In 1960, addressing himself to the military aspect of the Cuban situation, Senator Ken- nedy said, "I think Castro is a source of maximum danger. ? * * A Communist menace * * * has been permitted to arise under our very noses, only 90 miles from our shores. * * * [Castro's] transformation of Cuba into a Communist base of opera- tions * * * by jetplane, missile or subma- rine ? * * is an incredibly dangerous devel- opment." Thus, he warned, "the whole Western Hemisphere security system is drastically threatened." Today President Kennedy says, "Rash talk is cheap, particularly on the part of those Approved For Release 2004/06/23 ? CIA-RDP65B0M3R0002002.30M5? 22078 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ? SEN- uctober 12 who do not have the responsibility (for de- cision]." Referring to Soviet shipments to Cuba, the President now says that these "do not constitute a serious threat to any other part of this hemisphere." He strongly de- nies that the Communist buildup is such as "to endanger or interfere with our secu- rity." or that Cuba is "an offensive military base of significant capacity." Why is President Kennedy so relatively calm today? The President and his advisers have con- stantly failed to understand that the same ideological, political and military necessities which make it essential for the United States to maintain Berlin as a "showcase of democ- racy" on Russia's border are operating today from Moscow, to maintain Cuba as a "show- case of communism" on our shores. Castro's Culon, still only 90 miles off our shores, has the second strongest ground army in our hemisphere. Estimated at 400,- 000 men, including militia, it has received, sines the failure of the invasion, over $175 million in thilitcay aid and supplies from Communist-bloc countries. Communist- made jeeps, jets, tanks, radar, and electronic equipment are almost daily arrivals in Cuban harbors. According to the State De- partment and Intelligence reports, 4,500 Rus- elan soldiers, sailors, and technicians are in Cuba helping Castro. They are training new pilots, ground crews, and artillery men. Just last week Centro announced construe- ? of a 12-million-peso fishing port on the Cubali coast for use by the Russians. Sites few guided missiles and rockets and bases far submarines and submarine detection are possible. Cuba will be capable of inflicting great damage on the U.S. naval installation at Cituuatanatho. And behind these beefed- 'up forces Stands the U.S.S.R., openly pledged to support them, with its atomic power if necessary. The bitter truth is that Cuba today is a far more effective base of Communist activ- ity than it was 2 years ago. It is now a bustling, well-organized jumping-off point Into all its neighboring countries for Spanish-speaking spies, provocateurs, prop- agandists, and secret military agents. (Many of them, according to intelligence sources, have been operating among Cuban refugees and Puerto Rican citizens here in the United States.) Mr. Kennedy indicates that his hopes of a peaceful solution of the Castro problem lie partially in the deterioration of the Cuban political and economic situation. Dangling the prospect of a convenient collapse before this Nation's eyes, he says, "Castro (Is) in trouble. ? e ? His own followers are begin- ning to see that their revolution has been betrayed." What are the chances of a successful re- bellion by Castro's disillusioned people? Ells unpopularity with a great section of his populace can no longer be questioned. But the unjalIed remnants of the Cuban under- ground today no longer have the means or the will to challenge Castro's Soviet-armed firing squads. Like the Hungarians before them, the Cuban people have learned the bitter lesson of resistance: that Soviet Rus- sia will spring to the aid of Soviet dictators wherever they may be, but the United States will not always go to the aid of men fight- ing for their freedom. Meanwhile, the rising generation in Cuba Is being vigorously indoctrinated with anti- democratic, anti-United States and pro-Rus- sian ideas. Ti is being taught to think of it- self as the vanguard of the Communist liber- ation in the Western Hemisphere. Radio Cuba broadcasts around the clock to all the Latin American nations. Their Underprivileged masses are told that their economic and political freedom depends on bxiting out all pro-17/3. pceiticians, and elevating public officials who stand ready to join the dynamic ranks of Comnrunist republics, which now, because of Castro. can truthfully be said to girdle the globe. The United States, Radio Cuba claims, is lending billions of economic aid to its south- ern neighbors for one reason only: fear of Khrushchev and Castro. American aid, it warns, win die on the vine the day Castro Is defeated. The argument is a powerful one. Probably all Latin American govern- ments view Castro and communism at least in part as a dollar-generating program. It would explain why even pro-U.S. leaders are reluctant to take action against him or their own domestic Corrununists. President Kennedy has said that "monu- mental economic mismanagement, supple- mented by our refusal to trade with [Castro] has crumbled" the Cuban economy. This seems to suggest the hope that the regime will collapse of its own weight and thereby discredit communism. How justified is that hope? There is no question that in the last few years living standards under Castro have deteriorated appallingly?as they have under Walter Ulbricht In East Berlin and Janos Radar in Hungary. In 1959. Cuban exports were $675 million and imports $740 million; today, exports are $320 million. Imports $350 million. Roughly, Cuba has lost one-half of her world trade. Castro would indeed be crusted by his own people by now?except for one' all-Important fact: Kremlin sup- port. When Castro came to power in 1959, 80 percent of Cuba's trade was with the United States. Today. 85 percent is with the Communist-bloc countries. Today Castro and his country are in total hock to Moscow. If Castro should balk at this, or in any other way become a liability or nuisance, the Kremlin will quickly dispose of him. President Eisenhower is quoted as hav- ing said recently that he had heard the term "peaceful blockade" but he didn't know what the term meant. A naval blockade. if it is to succeed, must be continuously main- tained and enforced on vessels of all flags. Allied and neutral, no less than "enemy," verse's must be intercepted and cargoes dumped or returned to home porta. Inter- national law defines such a blockade as "an act of war carried out by the warships of a belligerent detailed to prevent access or de- parture from a defined part of the enemy's coast." Americans will remember that Kaiser Bill's harassment of American shipping in 1917 was construed by Woodrow Wilson as an act of war on the part of Germany against the "neutral" United States. A naval blockade led directly to our entrance into World War L Consequently, the establishment of a formai U.S. naval blockade against Cuba could be construed as an act of war by any melon whose vessel is so intercepted. It is, of course, reasonable to assume that however much a naval blockade against our allies would gum up our relations with them, they would not war against America for turning back their Cuba-bound trade vessels. What is certain is that Cuba would declare a naval blockade to be an act of war, and that the U.S.S.R. would endorse that declaration. Thus, putting the Cuban situation in its true perspective would require the President to make an excruciatingly painful admis- sion: That the failure to carry through the Cuban invasion in April 1981 has already had dangerous, and perhaps disastrous, conse- quences for American global policies. No peaceful action that the United States can presently take can be counted on to end the Soviet buildup in Cuba. Whatever usefulness or validity the his- toric Monroe Doctrine may have had before the invasion, the failure of that Invasion and subsequent events would seem to have des- troyed them. The doctrine, proclaimed by President James Monroe on December 2, 1823, warned the European powers that "Se should consider any attempt ? ? ? to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety." (It is an irony of history that what inspired this doctrine was the attempt of Imperial Russia to penetrate "peacefully" into the American Northwest.) By April of 1961, Castro was openly under the Soviet wing. Mr. Kennedy gave the invasion go-light even though OAS ap- proval had not been secured. But when he withdrew 'U.S. air support at the last mo- ment, one reason apparently was his consid- eration for the multilateral concept of the Monroe Doctrine. Despite such lip-service to the Monroe Doctrine, the President (currently using the voice of HeIlatCH HUBERT HUMPHREY) 320W wishes to supplant it with the "Kennedy doc- trine." What is the Kennedy doctrine? An analysis of the President's hard-core position on Cuba shows it to be this: The United States will not initiate any military action against a peaceful extension of Soviet power in our hemisphere, or a defensive So- viet military buildup in Cuba, but it will consider an offensive buildup to be dangerous to our safety. And, in the event of an armed attack by satellite Cuba against the United States or any of its neighbors, the United States is determined not to wait for other OAS nations to take action?it will uni- laterally counterattack the attackers. Upon even closer examination, this Ken- nedy doctrine looks quite familiar. And so it is. The Kennedy doctrine proves to be the 15-year-old Truman-Eisenhower doc- trine, designed to contain Soviet Russia in areas outside the American hemisphere. The essential feature of that doctrine is, and always has been, nonaggression while main- taing the military capacity to retaliate in kind against Communist military initiatives. It incorporates the military tit-for-tat or retaliation principle?the ultimate tit-for-tat being of course, massive retaliation. The rationale behind the doctrine of containment was the realistic acceptance of the European satellite states as legitimate zones of Rus- sian concern and influence. Stripped of its double-talk, the Kennedy doctrine plunks for the application of this old Truman-Eisen- however containment doctrine to our own hemisphere. Apparently so long as the U.S.S.R. does not use Cuba as an offensive base, it is now to be considered as a legi- timate zone of Russian power. So, the United States has now been placed in a global double bind. if the United States should intervene in Cuba. it must do so at the risk of exposing all its military bases and positions in Europe, the Near East, and Asia to the threat of Russian or Communist flanking attacks. But, If it does not inter- vene and should serious trouble?short of ultimate nuclear war?begin in Berlin, Tur- key, Iran, Laos, Vietnam, Formosa, or Korea, the United States now risks exposing the Western Hemisphere not only to constant Soviet reconnaissance but also to flanking attacks from Cuba. The United States is now faced with two dismaying alternatives: to challenge Russian power in our hemisphere now, at the risk of war breaking out on other global fronts and (unless displamatic concessions are made quickly there) escalating into world war III; or to sit and wait while Soviet military power is consolidated in our hemisphere, with the very real possibility that communism will take over large areas of Latin America. It is in this grim global perspective that the people of this Nation must now debate the question of whether or not intervention Is "required or justified" in Cuba. In con- cealing the extent of our dilemma, the Presi- dent Is denying the citizens of this Nation the right of a free people to debate crucial Approved For Release 2004/06/23 : CIA-RDP65600383R000200230011-5 , ,,-;"4- Approved For Release 2004/06/23 : CIA-RDP65B00383R000200230011-5 1962 C NGRESSIONA.1, RECORD -- SENATE 22079 ? national issues with all the _relevant facts before them, Short-range political astute- ness May indicate the need to play down the size of the present Cris/s. But long-range statesmanship solemnly demands that the truth be toil, What 14 .no7 at Stake in the decision for intervention or nonintervention in Cuba is the question not only of American prestige but of American, survival. If the decision is not to intervene, then that means the United SOPA...accepts the existence of Soviet military and political power In the Western Hemisphere. Postponing the decision to in- tervene will not make it any easier. The same arguments which are need against intervention today could and would be used when Russia has control of half a dozen hemisphere countries-. If the United_States deems that Russian military power in this hemisphere is intolerable, it would be the part of wisdom to say so clearly now, and to act accordingly. The vast majority of the American people, including most of the President's critics and opponents, will sup- port the President when,he takes action. 1.' THE TIME IS NOW Mr. JAVITS. Mr. President, we are quite used to the war correspondents of the great dailies and wire services travel- ing to the world's trouble spots to cover a story. The Negro community of New York had the opportunity of receiving such on-the-spot coverage when one of Its own, Mr. James Li. Hicks, executive editor of the New York Amsterdam News went to Oxford, Miss., to report on the recent unfortunate developments there. Subsequent to his return Mg. Hicks has written a challenging editorial which merits, I feel, general attention. His challenge is constructive, a plea for un- derstanding, and indicative of his Ma- ture philosophy that the solution for Wrongs is to right them, not to com- pound them with further acrimony. The editorial is appended hereto. There being no objection, the article was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows: TUS TIME IS Now Student bodies of universities all over the world are generally in the forefront of the most forward-looking steps taken in any nation. Wherever we have had great reform in industry we have had student bodies, the 11- legentsla, if you please, in the forefront of such movements. And In thinking of this we can't help but note what a great opportunity the students at Mississippi University had to launch, ini- tiate GT join in a southWide movement that could quickly bring about the end of such ,bigotry and foolishness as we have seen re- cently evidenced in the James H. Meredith What a golden opportunity for the presi- dent of the ?tudent Council at the Univer- sity of' Mississippi to be able to start a move- ment on his Ovill campus that would bring about the complete acceptance of James H. Meredith as a "black rebel" student, the first in the 114 year history of Ole Miss. Such acceptance of Meredith's admission at Qle Miss is as Certain to eventually fol- low as the day follows the night. It's only a matter Of time. ' But bow wonderful it would be?what great statUre,.the AtIltienthody of Ole Miss 0104 sp if the students themselves WORN ,today take the situation by the horns, dash Silly tradition and say to themselves that time must be "nOW:' VOTING PROCEDURE IN UNITED NATIONS Mr. JAVITS. Mr. President, I have received from the Assistant Secretary of State in Charge of United Nations Affairs Harlan Cleveland, a pertinent letter which clarifies a point made by me in debate, in which I said that a nation which, following decisions of the Inter- national Court of Justice, fails to pay its current U.N. assessment for 2 years will not automatically lose its right to vote in the General Assembly, but that that right must be denied to it by a vote of the General Assembly. The Department of State takes the view that that is not so; that delinquent states automatically lose their right to vote if they are more than 2 years in arrears, and that this point may be made on a simple point of order to the Presi- dent of the General Assembly. ? I think this statement is so important that, with the permission of the De- partment of State, I ask unanimous con- sent that the letter dated September 28, 1962, may be printed at this point in the RECORD. There being no objection, the letter was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows: SEPTEMBER 28, 1962. We are taking the position in the General Assembly that the denial of the right to vote Is automatic whenever a country is more than 2 years in arrears. Article 19 simply says that: "A member of the United Nations which is in arrears in the payment of its financial contributions to the Organization shall have no vote in the General Assembly if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding 2 full years." The U.S. view, which we have been pro- moting with other countries, is that this language is fully automatic. As a matter of fact, no country has ever been in the condition described in the sentence I have .just quoted from article 19?but several countries paid up part of their arrears shortly 5before the current General Assembly, to avoid being the guinea pigs under this article. But when and if the conditions do arise, we believe the President of the General 'Assembly would simply declare that the country in question would not be made a part of the next rollcall or would skip the country's name in calling the roll. (There is precedent for this in other international or- ganizations that have similar "loss of vote" articles.) That ruling could no doubt be challenged and, if so, would go to a general vote of the General Assembly. Moreover, article 19 also provides that the General Assembly may 'permit such a Member to vote if it is satis- fied that the failure to pay is due to condi. tions beyond the control of the Member." Both the appeal from a ruling by the Chair or an appeal to be excused from the sanc- tion in article 19 on grounds of hardship would require affirmative action by the Gen- eral Assembly. But the denial of the vot% as such, should be fully automatic. I mention this because I think it is im- portant that other nations not derive the impression that there Is argument in this country among supporters of the United Na- tions as to whether article 19 would be auto- matically applied or not. I'm sure you will appreciate the importance of this In the con- text of the discussions to be held?by Am- passador Klutznick and one of your col- ' leagues Senator ALLOTT?in the Fifth Com- mittee of the 17th General Assembly this fall. Warmest regards. Sincerely, HARLAN CLEVELAND, Assistant Secretary. THE WORLD GROWS UP?AND SO DO WE Mr. JAVITS. Mr. President, in the New York Times of this morning there is a news story which can give us at least a little hope that the tragic events in Mississippi have added to the sum total of human understanding. As Mr. Meredith was reported to have said after his registration at the university, it was "not a happy occasion." Yet it was an occasion at whi3h principle, law, and, above all, morality prevailed in the face of an enemy?man's blind fear and hatred of some of his fellows?who has throughout human history compiled a deplorable record of victories. The news story to which I refer deals with the reaction of those countries to the events in Mississippi, which have an overriding interest in our Nation's policies with respect to its own non- white citizens. Those countries with a nonwhite citizenry of their own are not unaware of the problems they them- selves must solve?but in seeking guid- ance to the solution of these problems they look with great care on the actions of those who are leaders in the world. I believe that our national implementa- tion of the law, in upholding the right of a qualified citizen to an opportunity to receive an education, was vital proof of the sincerity of our public protesta- tions. Mr. President, I believe also that the favorable reaction cited in this story gives proof of how close to disaster, in terms of our moral standing and our self- respect, we stood last week?and that it gives proof that our cherished way of life can only survive if it lives up to its own standards. I ask unanimous con- sent to have the news story printed at this point in the RECORD. There being no objection, the article was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows: U.S. RACIAL ACTION PRAISED /N AFRICA?FIRM HANDLING OF MLSSISSIPP/ CRISIS SAID TO HAVE MADE A FAVORABLE IMPRESSION (By David Binder) WASHINGTON, October 11.?The Federal Government's firm handling of the Missis- sippi crisis has made favorable impression in Africa, according to information available here. At the height of the crisis, when U.S. troops and Federal marshals were dispatched to the University of Mississippi to back the registration of a Negro student, James H. Meredith, the President of Mali, Modibo Keita, cabled President Kennedy his con- gratulations for acting decisively. Mr. Keita's government has developed strong ties to the Soviet bloc in recent months, so the cable, dated October 1, was viewed here with surprise and pleasure. REACTION A SURPRISE Mr. Kennedy wired his thanks to the Mali leader last October 3. ApproveO For Reiease 2004/06/23 : CIA-RDP65600383R000200230011-5 Approved For Release 2004/06/23:12iepp 22080 CONGRESSIONAL REtoRD? SEN At the same time, it was reported that Guinean political leaders reacted vdth approval of the Federal actions in Mississippi. Rather than deplore the segregationist at- titudes of some southerners. Ithleh the Guineans knew existed. they are quoted as saying, In effect: "What country in the world would mobilize a whole army to get a Negro student into college?" These impressions; contrast with the ex- pectations of some observers here, who thought that the Mississippi crisis would be regarded as new evidence of racism in the 'United States. Qualified observers in Washington declare they are quite pleased with this country's performance in African nations as compared with that of the Soviet bloc. In Guinea, for example, official doors that were once cloud to Americans and open to Russians are now said to he somewhat more ajar for TM diplomats. The prime cause for this change la said to be the so-called Commanist plot uncov- ered in Conakry last December that led to the ouster of the Russian Ambassador. SII8/3IAN ?AUX PAS But U.S. sources contend that the poor performance Of Soviet aid and development programs, as well u the uningratiating be- havior of Rttasian technicians, contributed to The wave of Communist influence In Guinea. American Sources contend the Russians unninitted several faux pas. Chace they back- slapped Guinean mining officials. calling the= "comrade" and using the familiar "tu" (you) in French, rather than the more for- mal "vous." The Guilleans, it ins asserted, resented this familiarity. Soviet officials are said to have thunned contacts irtth ordinary GULneans. Some 'natives, It was said, sus- pect them of snobbery and racist sentiments. Cm the other hand. the Americans amen, G. Mennen Williams, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, who is a backslapper With the best of them, immediately achieved rapport with Guinean leaders, including President Sekou Toure, during a recent visit. The difference, according to observers. was that Mr. Williams knew his "tu" from his '?VOUS" and demonstrated appreciation for Guinean sophistication in political affairs. The list of recent American gains and Russian setbacks in Guinea, attested to by B. sources, Is a long one. It includes such items as the ouster of about 60 French Corninuniet teachers along with the Ruestan Ambassador; the padlocking of i Communist book store that had been distributing propaganda; enactment of a law guaranteeing foreign investments; the loining of the International Monetary Puna: an invitation to the Peace Corps: and votes figainst the Soviet bloc in the United Na- tions. YOUTH OF ALL NATIONS Mr. JAVTTS. Mr. President, I have recently received a letter from Miss Eugenia Barton, a young lady in her sen- ior year at Cornell University, telling me of the organization, Youth of All Na- tions, Inc., YOAN for short. YOAN has established a correspondence exchange between young people throughout the world to intreduce individual citizens of the United States to those of other coun- tries. Eacb participant in the program Oakes a formal application to YOAN, - Which includes pertinent background in- fOrmatren about his hobbies, education, and language abnrties. Miss Batton has described to me the Value which 4 years of such correspond- ing with Young People in other countries has meant to her. I wish to call this to the attention of my colleagues in the Senate, because I believe that it is through such programs which facilitate the frank exchange of ideas by our youth that the people of this world may even- tually find a wider and deeper under- standing to help us to live together and work together. I ask unanimous consent that Miss Barton's letter be inserted in the RICORD. There being no objection, the letter was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows: Demi SENATOR Javrrs: I an studying inter- national relations' at Cornell University, where I am a senior. This summer I have been working as a guide at the United Na- tions. (Incidentally, because I speak Rus- sian fluently. I have been asaigned to guide some visiting Russians. too.) This letter concerns an organization to which I have belonged for 4 years--Youth of All Nations, Inc., YOAN for short, located at 16 St. Luke's Place, !few Tort, N.Y. YOAN's purpose Is to acquaint young people all over the world with each other through carefully arranged personal correspondence. However, it is not a simple addresses ex- cbange, but prospective members must first answer questions about their schooling, run- bitions. hobbies, knowledge of foreign lan- guages. etc. Then, they are introduced to someone in another country with similar interests. The program is primarily aimed at college age students and more serious teenagers rather than young children. Members of YOAN also receive the orga- nization's magazine. called Mirror for Youth. to which they contribute their experiences and ideas, and share their letters: for, of course, no one member can possibly cor- respond with all countries. I cannot express how much membership In YOAN has benefited me. Not only has my international understanding increased. but now I have good friends in Italy and Sweden. and I am just beginning corres- pondence with members in Spain and South Vietnam. We exchange viewpoints, polit- ical Idea.. local news. experiences. etc. I am also learning why our culture and politics tieSEtmetirnes criticised, and why certain misunderstandings about Americans might arise. My friends who belong to YOAN also think very highly of it. The organization is nonproftt, uonsectarian. and nonpartisan, and is headed by Miss Clara Leiser. Its founder. Its work should be made more widely known end it should also be better supported. because it has' been doing an ex- odierrit job hi increasing international un- derstanding. The young people who belong to YOAN are usually the more articulate elements of their societies and in a few years they will be the leaders. If they can be helped to understand the same genera- tion in other areas of the world, then much Is being done to help peace. Do you think It would be possible for you to include something about YOAN in your reports to your constituenta? in print or by radio-TV?. If you will do this, please ask Interested persons aged 14 to 24 to send a self-addressed, stamped envelope, and 10 cents (for handling costs) to Youth of All Nations, 16 St. Luke's Place, New York 14, N.Y. U you with more information, please contact Miss Leiser or me. The YOAN tele- phone number is Watkins 4-1368. Thank you very much. Respectfully yours, ZUGENIA BARTON. SARATOGA BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL PARK AND CEMETERY Mr. JAvrrs. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the RECORD a resolution I have received from the board of supervisors of Sche- nectady County, N.Y., with reference to the need for a third battlefield cemetery in that area. There being no objection, the resolu- tion was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as fonows: RESOLUTION 141 Resolution on Saratoga Battlefield National Park National Cemetery urged Whereas Federal authorities have deter- mined there is a need for an additional na- tional cemetery in New York State to meet the growing demands for burial space for our honored veterans; and Whereas the two existing national ceme- teries are located at Elmira and Farming- dale?both approximately 200 miles from Schenectady County; and Whereas it would seem logical to estab- lish a third national cemetery in the imme- diate area: and Whereas facilities and space are now avail- able at the Saratoga Battlefield National Park as a memorial site that would lend dignity and prestige to such a cemetery: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Schenectady County Board of Supervisors give its full support and approval of efforts now being made by the Schenectady County Committee of the American Legion to establish a national cemetery at Saratoga Battlefield National Park; and be it further Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to our congressional representa- tives in Washington and the Schenectady County American Legion. PROPOSED VEDERAL CONSOLI- DAII.i.) BALANCE St, Mr. MORSE. Mr. President, as a long-time supporter of a Federal capital budget I was delighted to read in a re- cent column by the former administra- tion's Bureau of the Budget chief, Maurice Stans, a suggestion that the Federal budget provide a consolidated balance sheet listing the Government's assets and liabilities, in addition to the customary cash-in and cash-out state- ment. Mr. Stans correctly points out that the taxpayer would like to know how much the Government has invested in "loans, stockpiles, securities, farm products, foreign currencies, working funds, public buildings. Government-owned corpora- tions, and so on." If such a balance sheet were prepared, it would indicate the extent of Federal investment in the Federal power pro- gram, together with the handsome re- turn which the U.S. Treasury is earning on this investment. In fact, sueh a bal- ance sheet might prevent Mr. Stans and the private power companies from par- roting endlessly the line about how much the Federal power program allegedly costs the taxpayers. Mr. Stans, in another column pub- lished in the Washington Post on Sep- tember 30, carried this unsupported charge, and others, to ridiculous lengths. He contended that if only the private Approved For Release 2004/06/23 : CIA-RDP65600383R000200230011-5 196R pp oved For 017'; ?_Motor Vci4le gJngAgeny and in the ?procesreckadany hopes for rational park- ' big ,strategy at the very time our rnidcity blinding boom is creating a parking crisis- -and with It p4ential blighting influence? Of Major proportions. But all the blame cannot he Unburdened at the doorstep of an obstrucnonist Om", Civic anci,governinental leadership in the NatiOnai CARit_41?_,.area is_ln a..bad way. The agencies to writeh_we LiDk for leadership are fighting among themselves ?and M the, pracess, paralyzing our decisionmaking faculties. _ 4011731litz4 wmirsitz We have seen our desperately needed ex- pressway system lose all forward momentum during the past 12 months, falling prey to jurisdictional guerrilla_ warfare between transit partisans and road/Mils:less. Mr. 13to4ZenbaCb, Administrlitor,Uf the National Capital Transportation Agency, conceived it as one Of 110 first duties to polarize the transit-freeway battle. _ X can think of AO Mare palpable nonsense than the way the obstructionists have urged . Us to delay project after project until Mr. ?Stolzenbach's plan is finished. One would third; Mr. Stolzenbach was away on a flight to TOTS; he has never yet once said that any SCUM:3 could be talten without injuring his mysterious plan. Our Planning Commission, with one foot salidly planted in the _year 2000, has re- cently tried to spf,t-shoe its may through controversies ever theliighway program, and the need for ,renewal of Georgetown's in- dustrial waterfront._ The commission has not exercised its full measure of leadership in coordinating Federal moves throughout the metropolitan area. -DART, GAIVIE And the Federal Government has been one Of the worst transgressors. Executive agencies have been playing a reckless game of darts with the map of Metropolitan Washington. " ?Instead of WOrking as a positive influence in shaping a rational nietroPolitan environ- inent, it has done just the opposite. The Central Intelligence Agency's new home at Langley did not even place in a list of 25 sites picked after careful planning research. nut Allen 3)31110,5, you may rejnember, Wanted a Princeton type campus setting for his, employees and Congressman BROYHILL could not have been more sympathetic. ? If that massive blockhouse of the CIA's is campus-type architecture, then I think We ought th.rename the Pentagon Harvard Another incredible monument to Federal ? whimsy is the Atomic Energy Commission building, a 45- or 50-minute or longer drive from downtown Washington. The secre- tarie,s were the first to rebel at this exile exurbia. As usual. they had more sense than the planning technicians. Izi fact, we have become so numbed by this sort Of folly that the Scandalous waste of Moving NSA to Fort Meade has hardly ever been noted. _Arm' now we have the Bureau of Btariclarcla .and other dispersal- tritridecl, agencies doing violence to the most elementary concepts of sound metropolitan planning. , CHAOS 'UNLEASHED ? The dis,persers and decentralizers in the Federal Establishment have failed to? prove the wisdom of their argument. Instead they have further unleashed the forces of urban chaos in the National capital region. There is, on the contrary great sense in the new cluster of Federal buildings along Independence .6.yenue and at the gateway to the new Southwest. Eut without com- panion action to accommodate both the trade and parking demands _of lids Vast iieW 1:065B00383R000200230011-5 UoV4, 22013 employment center, it will only build new blight factors into our downtown. Because of the city's enormous public and private investment in the Southwest, GSA has a compelling responsibility to provide underground parking in the Southwest Mall far at least 4,000 cars. Secondly. GSA should join others in demanding the earliest pos- sible completion of the inner loop, no later than 1970. There is urgent need for a strong, central checkrein over the various agencies in the executive branch. It is notable that Washington's best days, as far as the executive branch is concerned, ? Were the years from 1953 to 1958 when under President Eisenhower, Gov. Sherman Adams displayed continuing and intelligent interest in National Capital affairs. Someday Washington should recognize formally Governor Adams' contribution to our city. KENNEDY ACTION It is strange, on the other hand, that the New Frontier waited more than a year and a half before extending its influence to the citizens of Metropolitan Washington through the appointment of Charlie Barsky as Presi- dential Adviser on National Capital Affairs. Washington, after all, has been our Presi- dent's most permanent hometown. It has also been home to many who serve in his administration. The saving of Lafayette Square is just one example of how much can be achieved with the active, personal interest of President and Mrs. Kennedy. And we can now welcome en- thusiastically the appointment of Mr. Barsky for giving institutional support to the Presi- dent's determination to help Washington. In Congress, the work of Senator ALAN BIBLE and his Joint Committee on Washing- ton Metropolitan Problems has shown us what can be achieved with constructive and enlightened leadership on Capitol Hill. Without Senator Blain, we would certainly not have been even as far along toward transit modernization as we are today. - And now I should like to place before you tonight an agenda for action in the National Capital region. FIVE-YEAR GOALS It is a program not for the year 2000 but for 1967-5 years from now, something that falls within our mortal capabilities. We have the tools, the money, the civic genius to achieve it. We need only the will. First, a clean Potomac in which we can once again swim and fish. Second, a national cultural center to en- hance both our Nation and our culture. Third, although my editorial colleagues at the Washington Post disagree with me, a national aquarium to celebrate nature along with our zoo and opera. For I believe the gifts and wanders of the ocean are as en- hancing to man as opera. Fourth, the rapid flowering of a new down- town which will serve as the vital center rather than the shame of our metropolitan area. Fifth, an innerloop freeway that is fully under contract. Sixth, a functioning metropolitan author- ity to manage the financing and construction of a regional mass transit system. Seventh, modern high-speed subway serv- ice in our downtown core. Eighth, a humane and efficient relocation service for families and businesses to insure that our public works undertakings do not streamroller over proprietary rights and in- dividual initiative. Ninth, completion of plans for the long- neglected Southeast and Northeast quad- rants of our city, along both sides of the Anacostia. Tenth, the blossoming of the north side of nasylvania Avenue. Eleventh, completion of the Three Sisters Bridge with perhaps a start on the Fourth or Fifth Sister, as well as a completed access road system to Dulles Airport. OTHER ASPECTS But we cannot build a greater National Capital with public works alone. We must also set our 1967 sights on such goals as these: Achieving equal housing and job oppor- tunities for Negroes and other minorities. Strengthening our institutions of higher learning so that we may attract the Nation's keenest and most cultivated minds as well as our due share of the new scientific indus- tries on our periphery. Coming to grips with our spiraling wel- fare problems in a way that will attack the underlying social conditions from which our relief loads spring. Creating larger banking and commercial institutions worthy of a world capital. Getting more intelligent and responsive representation in the District committees of Congress. In conclusion, I would say that there has been some good news during the past year to go with the bad. Mr. Horsky's appoint- ment was a heartening demonstration that the administration is recognizing its re- sponsibility to the National Capital. COOPERATION NEEDED But, remarkable as he is, and prodigal as are his gifts, he is no miracle man. He will need the ear of a sympathetic President. He will need the cooperation of a citizenry that must stop its nay-saying and must, in the words of New York's Bob Moses, ignore the "babel of strident voices" that counsel delay and negativism. It is not simply an arrhy of problems that face Metropolitan Washington. It is a full- blown crisis. We must learn to accept the signs of change and growth that will make our Fed- eral City as different in the year 2000 as it was in 1924. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Graham speaks with great feeling and deep concern over long-range future planning. He ex- presses anxiety over the apparent failure of those responsible to recognize that the present and near future?not alone the distant years?must be reckoned with in any sensible planning for the Capital City of Washington. Mr. Speaker, as the legislative body of this Capital, the Congress of the United States must heed the warning and ad- vice that this dedicated citizen speaks to. I hope that Mr. Graham's words do not fall on deaf ears in the Congress, and I trust that the official planners look to tomorrow and next year as well as the year 2000. As one of many in this House of Rep- resentatives jealous of and interested in the beauty and proper growth of Wash- ington, I congratulate Mr. Graham for the the thought that went into and the excellence of his address to an organiza- tion that is so vitally concerned with the affairs of this great city. PREVIOUS SESSIONS OF CONGRESS (Mr. MATIIIAS asked and was given permission to extend his remarks at this point in the RECORD.) Mr. MATHIAS. Mr. Speaker, as this session of the 87th Congress lingers into the middle of the month of October and witnesses the falling leaves in the streets rr,Reease 2004/06123 : CIA-RDP65B00383R000200230011-5 Approved For Release 2004/06/23 : CIA-RDP65600383R000200230011-5 22014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ? HOUSE October 11 of Washington, many Members of the House have expressed curiosity as to the precedents for such a protracted session. For their information I should like to quote the following statistics with regard to previous sessions of unusual length, which occurred during an election year. In 1940 the session lasted 366 days? from January 3, 1940, to January 3,1941 In 1922 the session lasted 292 days? from December 5, 1921, to September 22, 1922. In 1914 the session lasted 328 days? from December I, 1913, to October 24, 1914. In 1888 the session lasted 321 days? from December 5, 1887, to October 20. 1888. RETIRING MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COM- (Mr. GALLAGHER (at the request of Mr. GARY) was given permission to extend his remarks at this point in the RECORD and to include extraneous matter.) Mr. GALLAGHER. Mr. Speaker, as another session comes to an end, all of use are saddened by the knowledge that some of our good friends and colleagues are retiring from the Congress. I rise today to salute the devoted service. patriotism, and workmanship of five of my colleagues on the House Foreign Af- fairs Committee. Representatives ROBERT B. CHIPER- FIELD, CHESTER E. MORROW, MARGUERITE STITT CHURCH, LAITRENCE CURT/S, and HORACE SEELY-BROWN, Jr., will retire from the Congress and from their seats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Each of these distinguished represent- atives has earned the respect and ad- miration of their fellow colleagues on the Foreign Affairs Committee. Al- though a Democrat and a Junior member of the committee, I have received their unfailing assistance and good will in my work on the committee. Without parti- san feeling and with the utmost devo- tion to duty, these Members of Congress have attempted to work for the ideal that only by advancing and protecting freedom throughout the world can the 'United States maintain its security and dedication to the principles on which It was founded. I salute them for their dedicated serv- ice to their country and to their con- stituencies, and I wish them all success in thair future endeavors. Jte4 RANSOM FMONEY FOR CUBAN PRISONERS (Mr. ROGERS of Florida asked and was given permission to extend his re- marks at this point in the RECORD.) Mr. ROGERS of Florida. Mr. Speak- er, we all have great compilitston for the Men and the families of men taken Pris- oner by Castro's Communist regime dur- ing the Bay of Pigs invasion attempt of Cuba last year. While we all have com- passion for their plight and the people Of the United States greatly feel that the calms of freedom must be upheld, the principles of this Nation do not condone the payment of ransom by the U.S. Gov- ernment. I have already urged the President and the Secretary of State to refuse to allow any U.S. tax dollars to be used for this purpose. This Nation was faced with a ransom payment in 1805 and defeated those who were so brazen to demand it. That in- cident occurred in Tripoli and we re- fused to pay ransom while our Nation Was young. We should do no less while our Nation is great. (Mr. HERLONG (at the request of Mr. Sixes) was given permission to ex- tend his remarks at this point in the RECORD and to include extraneous mat- ter.) HERLONG'S remarks will ap- pear hereafter in the Appendix. I LEAVE OF ABSENCE By unanimous consent, leave of ab- sence was granted to Mr. PELLY for Oc- tober 13 and October 15 on account of official business. SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED By unanimous consent, permission to address the House, following the legisla- tive program and any special orders heretofore entered, was granted to: Mr. DEROUNIAN, for 1 hour, today. Mr. MEADER, for 30 minutes, following tie special order granted to Mr. DEROUNIAN. Mr. ammo (at the request of Mr. LIBONATI) , today and tomorrow, for 30 minutes each, to revise and extend his remarks and include extraneous matter. Mrs. DWYER (at the request of Mr. BARRY of New York), for 10 minutes, on October 12. Mr. MORSE (at the request of Mr. BARRY of New York), for 15 minutes, today, to revise and extend his remarks and include extraneous matter. Mr. MORSE (at the request of Mr. BARRY of New York). for 15 minutes, on October 12. EXTENSION OF REMARKS By unanimous consent, permission to extend remarks in the Appendix of the RECORD, or to revise and extend remarks, was granted to: Mr. WALTER and to include an article from the current edition of World Af- fairs. Mr. BECKWORTH and to include a news- paper article. Mr. Virn.z.vars in five instances and to include extraneous matter. Mr. LANE in five instances and to in- clude extraneous matter. Mr. FEIGHAN in six instances and to include extraneous matter. (Mr. CRAMER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his re- marks on the conference report on H.R. 12135.) Mr, ROBERTS of Alabama (at the re- quest of Mr. LrsoNAri) and include ex- traneous matter, notwithstanding it ex- ceeds the limit and is estimated by the Public Printer to cost $562.50. MT. WICKERSHAM. Mr. EVERETT and to include extraneous matter. Mr. BELDEN and to include extraneous matter. Mr. MORGAN (at the request of Mr. ZABLOCKI) preceding his own remarks on retirement of Foreign Affairs Committee members. Mr. PILLION (at the request of Mr. BARRY) and to include extraneous mat- ter. Mr. FuLroN (at the request of Mr. BARRY) in five instances and to include extraneous matter. Mr. BAss of Tennessee in five instances and to include extraneous matter. Mr. BErrs and to include extraneous matter which is estimated by the Public Printer to cost $270. Mr. BETTS and to include extraneous matter. Mr. BARRY in five instances and to in- clude extraneous matter. Mr. LIBONATI and to include extraneous matter. Mr. FELIX the remarks he made in col- loquy with Mrs, ST. GEORGE in connec- tion with the retirement of Join,' RAy from Congress. (The following Members (at the re- quest of Mr. BARRY) and to include extraneous matter:) Mr. Cusris of Missouri in two in- stances. Mr, CRAMER. Mr. Bow. Mr. ASH/MOOR. Mr. BROOMFIELD at the conclusion of Mrs. BOLTON'S special order on the re- tiring members of the Foreign Affairs Committee. (The following Members (at the re- quest of Mr. LIBONATI) and to include extraneous matter:) Mr. ANFUSO in two instances. Mr. MOLTER, Mr, TOLL in two instances. Mr. ROSENTHAL. Mr. MACDONALD in two instances. Mr. Aszurr in two instances. Mr. !CHORD of Missouri in two in- stances, Mr, PuseELL. Mr. Nix. Mr. DtiLsici in eight instances, Mr. Jonwsori of California in two in- stances and to include tables. Mr. GIAIMO in six instances. The following Members (at the re- quest of Mr. BARRY) and to include ex- traneous matter:) Mr. ?sierra* in live instances. Mr. DEROUNIAN in six instances. Mr. WEIS in five instances. Mr. HALL. Mr. CUNNINGHAM in three instances. Mr. W/DNALL in three instances. Mr. TOPPER. Mr. Guam in five instances. Mr. CHAMBERLAIN in six instances. Mrs. DWYER in five instances. Mr. MORSE in five instances. (The following Members (at the re- quest of Mr. PeLLy) and to include ex- raneous matter : ) Approved For Release 2004/06/23 : CIA-RDP651300383R000200230011-5