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can come only as a result of thorough, pene- tary camp." The committee further happened in the intervening 12 months
trating onsite inspection by reliable observ- said that "the Cuban regime has begun that has convinced us of a new sincerity
ere. The current intelligence estimate that
they are not present is based largely on the a new phase of promoting and encourag- on the part of the Communists?
negative evidence that there is no affirmative ing violent subversion in other countries In Cuba, Russian military weapons
proof to the contracy. This, of course, was of the hemisphere." This statement and troops still remain. Castro con-
precisely the status of the matter prior to was signed by the American Ambassador tinues to carry on a highly stepped-up
last October 14. to the OAS, the representative of Presi- infiltration campaign into the Latin
There is no doubt that there ere literally dent Kennedy. American countries. In British Guiana,
thousands of caves and caverns in Cuba As I survey the panorama of events at Cheddi Jagan is an avowed Marxist-
a
for he nd that it is feasible to use many of these the time of the missile crisis and after, I Leninist. In Venezuela and Brazil,
miss les stand other concealment ent weapons. strategic cannot see victory of any kind for the Communist activity is assuming alarm-
is also true that military activity has been United States. The administration ing proportions. In all of Latin America,
observed in connection with these caves. backed down from its announced objet- Castro-trained and Russian-financed
The basis that is usually given for the tive. Castro is still on the loose agitators are stirring up trouble.
claim that the United States scored the throughout Latin America. Soviet In southeast Asia, the Communists
claims h is . t t withdrawal a Soviet mis- power remains strongly entrenched in continue their relentless drive to take
silts but we are not sue of they are Cuba. This is not victory as Americans over that entire area. Every day in
all withdrawn w r of s tre have understood the word. Laos, they violate the Geneva agree-
all hh others have e a
last October. Yes, as we stood eyeball to eyeball ments. Over half of the most strategic
Aerial introduced o rod ced since the island is the Soviets did blink but at that moment part of that country is under the firm
Aerial not enough surveillance to tell the that there they saw a great weakness. We forced control of the Communist Pathet Lao.
cle rl missiles ens in Cuba. Russia to take one step backward and In South Vietnam, the prospects of a
The Soviet Union insists that it re- then allowed her to take three forward. free world victory are still very remote
ceThe from the ion administration a prom- In fact we still have not blinked but because the Communist Vietcong can re-
ceived f ts country would not invade rather seem to be in a fixed position as treat to the privileged sanctuary of Com-
ise that would it permit would
ant invade if in a trance. We won the battle of the munist North Vietnam with impunity.
Cuba from .
otnor her uldn American c invasion day but we are losing the war that has Russian weapons are being used every
Administration officials have indicated followed. Our friends in all of Latin day against our American troops.
that nisy do not concur in this dicated America are being subverted by commu- In Europe, the Berlin wall still stands,
than but in the published correspond- nism and as a result they are forced to a monument to the true character of
lion but in the published orr Khru- suspect the good intentions of the United international communism. In the Mid-
ence b there e is no statement b President States. We stand unblinking to be sure, dle East, in Asia, in Africa, the Commu-
Kennedy that no hy Presidenfixed and sinking in the sea of executive nist grand design continues to be carried
Ken e y that Khr shchev interpreta- confusion on what our hopes are for the out relentlessly. These are some of the
large part their of public understanding opinion wrong. A
g is the world achievements of the people of Central problems that were with us last October
lar evps that the United States made and South America. and still remain.
the commitment t that United St Khrushchev maie Mr. LAIRD. Mr. Speaker, will the Mr. Speaker, there are other, very far-
the tom man President Kennedy has gentleman yield? reaching _ problems that we must also
not effectively madddispelled the n thas Mr. BATTIN. I yield to the gentle- consider regarding free world policies
exists ec this point. This is at least t a man from Wisconsin. and the effect some of our recent pro-
propaganda victory for the Soviet Union. Mr. LAIRD. Mr. Speaker, I would posals will have on them. The NATO
like to commend the
entl
g
Early in 1963 the United States with-
eman on his alliance, for example, must be strength-
drew its missiles from Turkey and Italy, statement marking the anniversary of teed, not weakened. Yet, the more we
shchev had forced this concession from THE WORLD TODAY is possible with the Communists, the less
President Kennedy. A responsible semi- Mr. Speaker, just 1 year ago this coun- we will believe in the need for greater
official French military publication has try was in the midst of the Cuban miss- deterrent strength. If we are right in
flatly charged that the withdrawal of sile crisis. The mood of the country believing in the Communists' new found
these missiles was part of a bargain was one of determination, anxiety, re- sincerity, then nothing is lost. If we
struck by the President of the United solve, and outrage. We were determined are wrong, however, everything could be
States and the leader of the U.S.S.R. and resolved to get those Russian mis- lost. This in itself is ample reason to
Here again was a victory for the Soviet siles and troops out of Cuba. We were go slow in pursuing a policy of all-out
Union. anxious about the consequences of our cooperation with the Communists. We
The Federal Government cracked actions but we went ahead because we should at least demand some concrete
down on raids against Cuba and against had to. We were outraged at the deceit demonstrations on the part of the Com-
shipping destined for Cuba by exiles. and duplicity of the Russians who had munists such as the dismantling of the
This was an action which Fidel Castro time and again assured us that only de- Berlin wall or the removal of troops and
had listed as one of his five demands fensive weapons had gone into Cuba. weapons from Cuba before we continue
on the United States on October 28, 1962. Today, just 1 year later, we have al- to collaborate with them in other areas.
Shortly thereafter, Dr. Mira Cardona, ready signed and ratified a test ban More than at any other time in the cold
leader of the Cuban Revolutionary uardona treaty; we are ready to sell wheat to war, this particular period of apparent
broke the with bthe a KeKennedy n Russia and some of her satellites; and eased tensions is the time to proceed cau-
Council, Counci oke wi y admire- our President has invited the Soviets to tiousiy and slowly lest we do in haste
Istration alleging thadm ni era- join us, in -a cooperative moon venture. what we will one day regret more bit-
tion had a
o been guilty that t the bad faith-that United States support In selling wheat to the Russians at a terly than anything else we have done
it had had
another eeisedsUn of Cuba and had subsidized price-U.S. taxpayers con- thus far.
gone back on its word. tribute 60 cents a bushel-momentarily I thank the gentleman for yielding.
Castro continues a campaign of ter- we help our farm surplus problem. This Mr. BATTIN. I thank the gentleman
rorism one subversion from one end r of sale undeniably strengthens the Com- from Wisconsin for his contribution.
Latin and su rother. on i munists where they are weak. We evi- Mr. CRAMER. Mr. Speaker, will the
Latin islands invades dently have waited 17 years for a weak gentleman yield?
British a impunity as to 30 the
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kidnap miles Cuban from exiles, F o a spot in order to dash in to fill it by cash Mr. BATTIN. I yield to the gentle-
spite of the repeated rlt i m un y to kid p Cubas of i- sales. We seem to overlook the addi- man from Florida.
dent Kennedy that Cuba would not be tional bargaining position our agricul- (Mr. CRAMER asked and was given
demitted to export its bevolution. tural abundance could secure for free- permission to revise and extend his re-
dom and peace in our world today. marks.)
In January of this year the Commit- It is particularly necesary to take Mr. CRAMER. Mr. Speaker, the Ken-
tee ,on Security of the OAS declared "it stock of the world situation because our nedy administration has been pursuing a
is no exaggeration to say that Cuba has attitudes of 1 year ago have changed so policy of coexistence with Cuba through
now been converted into a Soviet mili- drastically. What, for example, has accommodations since the missiles were
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supposedly removed last year. I think on have been brought about by my amend- Fascell amendment, which dealt only
the occasion of this anniversary, which is ment to the foreign aid bill. with shipping. My amendment provided
not one of which the American people Mr. ROGERS of Florida. Mr. Speak- for both shipping and aircraft, and it
can be proud as it relates to what has r, will the gentleman yield? provided that a waiver was not available
happened since then, it would be well to Mr. BATTIN. I yield to the gentle- to the President except for humanitarian
review for a few moments just exactly man from Florida. reasons and emergencies at sea. It was
how many accommodations have been Mr. ROGERS of Florida. I would like voted down.
made to Fidel Castro's Communist Cuba, to point out to the gentleman, if he will Mr. CRAMER. The gentleman knows
and the extent to which accommodations recall, that the Battin amendment actu- full well that the amendment he and
have been sought and have been ac- ally had in it a waiver clause. I under- Mr. FASCELL offered did not cure the pres-
quiesced in by this country. stand that is what the gentleman is re- ently existing discretion to waive which
Mr. Speaker, this year of indecision, ferring to. As I recall, the gentleman was left in the law by the Fascell-Rogers
vacillation and accommodation leads me spoke in favor of that amendment which amendment any time the President
to the conclusion that the New Frontier had the waiver provision in it, and then wanted to permit friendly nations to
lacks both the will and the determination voted for the provision. Later on the continue to ship to Cuba and still get
necessary to win the cold war struggle gentleman presented an amendment our aid. It was the purpose of my
provi-
mandatthe ory waiver withhold
against communism in this hemisphere, which the House did not accept. I want amendment dm ent itremove
Events following the crisis started with to keep the record straight.
the scrapping of the Monroe Doctrine. Mr. CRAMER. I will be delighted to aid to nations trading with Cuba. The
As the gentleman from Montana [Mr. straighten the record out. gentleman knows full well that is what
BATTINI mentioned, failure to insist upon, Mr. ROGERS of Florida. I think the the amendment would have done. If
at a time when we had the position of record is straight if the gentleman will gentleman because voted for It
eup aw otld
ended nde having to
strength from which we could have been refer to it. have to passed, with the chairman
successful, onsite inspection followed by Mr. CRAMER. I proposed on the v162 ote against it.
other events, have substantiated my House floor and was in support of an Mr. ROGERS of Florida. There is a
worst fears. The Soviet missiles were even stronger amendment with no dis-
withdrawn, if they were withdrawn, at cretion left in the President, as the general waiver could the waiveforeign
the
the expense, apparently from the devel- gentleman knows, requiring the with- aid bill. The President the law only when it was e
opment subsequently, of de facto recog- holding of funds, foreign aid funds, to provisions
nition of Castro's island as a permanent any nation that did business with Fidel the interest of the national security of
Communist foothold in the Western Castro. The gentleman knows that has the United States. The House in Its
Hemisphere. been my position from the outset. The wisdom felt it was wise for the President
That hands off Cuba was the quid pro gentleman from Florida along with the to -have this opportunity to waive it
quo Khrushchev demanded for with- other gentleman from Florida [Mr. FAS- whenever the security of the United
drawing his missiles is evidenced by the CELL I, having been the ones who pro- States was involved. For instance, if
New Frontier actions since the crisis. posed the Democratic version. which was Nicaragua or some country were allow-
Ever since the missile crisis, this ad- a watered down, Milquetoast version, Ing its ships or its planes to carry goods
ministration has used every force at its. which left in the President the same dis- to the exiles in Cuba who were trying to
command to restrain Cuban exiles from cretion he has had, in effect, and which fight the Castro regime, the President
winning back their freedom. They have has resulted in the very thing the gentle- could waive this provision and say that
halted exile raids, seized their weapons, man has day after day taken the floor of those countries could still be allowed aid
disbanded effective anti-Communist exile the House and complained about, and if it was in the interest of the national
groups, and arrested men who were bent rightly so. That is that over 50 percent security of the United States.
on destroying Cuba's economy by flood- of the ship bottoms carrying goods to Mr. CRAMER. Those are the very ac-
ing it with bogus Cuban money, and Cuba still are free nation bottoms and tions the President is cutting off today by
just the day before yesterday, aecording there is no intention, will or desire on not even permitting the exiles from this
to press reports, some 22 exiles were the part of the New Frontier to stop it country to try to win back the freedom of
stopped in three boats from going to so long as it retains discretion under the their country while at the same time
Cuba in attempting to win back their law to permit such shipping. The only he is permitting friendly nations to re-
freedom. way it could have been stopped was to cave aid and still trade with Cuba.
I would like to call attention to the adopt the Cramer amendment which I say to the gentleman that the Presi-
fact that on October 28 at the very time would have made it mandatory that all dent is permitting these goods to con-
this missile crisis was at its height, Fidel such funds be withheld. I think it is un- tinue to go to Cuba in free-world bot-
Castro made five demands on the United fortunate, and particularly that the toms. The only way to stop it, and the
States. One of those was that all exile gentleman from Florida, who has day gentleman knows the only way to stop it,
raids from the United States and Puerto after day taken the floor and complained would be to adopt the Cramer amend-
Rico be stopped. That demand is being about free world shipping continuing to ment, with no discretion to permitthose
met. go to Cuba, did not see fit to support my goods to continue to go to Cuba. Any
The New Frontier has stood idly by amendment which would have done the country desiring to aid the exiles outside
while fleeing Cubans have been captured job the United States would not be affected
by Castro's warships, and it has with- Mr. ROGERS of Florida. The gentle- by my amendment.
drawn support of anti-Communist Cuban man from Florida [Mr. CRAMER] states Mr. ROGERS of Florida. Since the
espionage agents in Latin America and he offered amendment to a watered- last statement of the gentleman is not
in Cuba. The New Frontier has refused down version of the Fascell-Rogers so, Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield
to takeeffective steps to halt the flow of further?
amendment. Mr. BATTIK. I will say to the gentle-
free world ships carrying goods, Includ- Mr. CRAMER. That is precisely cor- man from Florida that I would like the
ing strategic materials, to Cuba. has re- rest gentleman from Florida [Mr.
fused to close the Panama Canal to ships Mr. ROGERS of Florida. Which ac- other r CRAMER to finish. I have other requests i
violate ng such laws goods clear Cuba, and on- tually had no waiver provision in it, and for time.
has gr
ess In failing to d the laws to and advise clear intent of Con- if the gentleman from Florida will re- Mr. CRAMER. Further, with regard
it continues U. S. foreign aid dcall he did not offer his amendment to to the New Frontier attitude toward
it to nations trading send adin ng . th with Cuba. the Battin amendment which he sup- Cuba in the last year, it allows Cuban
money ey to nrported and which had a specific provi- planes-and I think it is well to review
of course, the House ere record sion for waiver in it. this record at this time-it allows Cuban tives in that atetnot have a much h better b Mr CRAMER. The record is very
in that they did not vote favar orablly y o on planes to overfly the United States on a
the amendment offered first by the gen- clear, I will say to the gentleman. Canada-Havana route, so long as they
tleman from Montana and secondly the Mr. ROGERS of Florida. Exactly. stop for inspection. It allows Castro to
the returning ransom ships- 0 per-
mandatorily cut off such aid which could tlmanBthat I ofI r would substitute for the on select
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cent of them having been selected by paredness Investigating subcommittee of ported departure of Russian missiles and
Fidel Castro himself. And, it turned the Committee on Armed Services in the military personnel from Cuba?
around and ran instead of pursuing U.S. Senate: I believe it is Incumbent on all of us
those Cuban airplanes that took pot- The paramount danger ? ^ - is that the to recall that we have never received
shots at American fishing vessels. This nations of this hemisphere may be subvert- full assurance that the Russian military
is the record. ed one by one and be exploited, in turn, for presence in Cuba does not continue. In
It has entered into a wheat deal with subversive and revolutionary activities. By fact, when Mr. Sterling Cottrell the
Russia, the final results of which will this process of erosion our neighbors to the
most probably see American wheat in South may fall nation by nation until the Latin Deputy America Secretary of ug ,us for
some hemisphere is lost and the Commu-
nist goal of isolating the United States has to a House Appropriations Subcommit-
It has failed miserably to come up been attained. tee, he said the Russians in Cuba were
with any plan to rid communism from only "thinning out" and that they are
Cuba and from this hemisphere and, Mr. Speaker, since the Ill-fated Bay of giving extensive training to Cubans in
thus, put vitality into the Monroe Doc- Pigs invasion in 1961, six Latin Ameri- the use of military equipment such as
trine, can governments have fallen. Others surface-to-air missiles and Mig-21's.
One year after the so-called missile are in danger of falling. This instability And we also need to remind ourselves of
crisis, Castro is in a stronger position within these Latin American govern- the export of subversives and subversive
than before the crisis. This adminis- ments provides great opportunities for equipment from Cuba to other Latin
tration has acceded to Castro's demand infiltration by Castroites and the even- American countries where the cumula-
that we hold back Cuban exiles working tual achievement of Communist objec- tive effects of Communist subversion are
for his overthrow and this gives the tives. becoming more serious every day.
Communists a permanent military es- The people of the Western Hemisphere And even if we were to assume that we
tablishment 90 miles from our shores in look to the United States to provide the have reverted to the conditions existing
a hemisphere formerly free from com- leadership in the development of a policy in the summer of 1962, is this a victory?
munism. To add insult to injury, we and program which will soon lead to the Has the Kennedy administration man-
have acceded to some of Castro's de- removal of Soviet military forces and the
mands without even getting on-site elimination of the Communist regime in aged already Americans
inspection. Cuba. that at a Communist o ady to make Cuba is a icans belior
satisfactory
Subsequent to the missile crisis, the It is essential that neither the admin- only 2 situation after the assurances given us
United States withdrew its missiles from istration nor the Congress forget the Cu- only years ago?
Italy and Turkey and has reduced the ban people who have been promised time In Latin n America today the essential
number of long-range nuclear bombers and again that the flag of freedom will Ingredient for social term progress is In Europe. In the light of these and again fly on that oppressed island. The policy,
olnand social stability. It is U.S.
Uhe
other circumstances, I must look upon entire Cuban problem should be given major or or t contributors butors to the which lack of one t the
the anniversary of the missile crisis as the highest possible priority by the U.S. major
day of mourning over our continuing Government to the end that the evil ity. It is the paralysis of will which
failure to oust Castro; and sincerely be- threat which hangs over this hemisphere somehow has deprived us of the ability
lieve the President should, instead of will be eliminated at an early date. to take action where needed in defense
issuing gold engraved calendars to com- Mr. BATTIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to obvious ofreedom. lack It of is ihithe adminisporttration's
memorate this armed foothold for com- the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. articulate which gives support's
in this hemisphere, issue black MACGREGox]. problem words t h world rlet tithe bits
arm bands to remind us of our failures Mr. MACGREGOR. Mr. Speaker, let Best proin the wtoday. It is
and of the demise of the Monroe me quote the following: not military takeovers which we need
Doctrine. The cost of freedom is always high-but to fear the most. We need to avoid con-
(Mr. CRAMER asked and was given Americans have always paid it. And one tinued instability of the kind which fos-
permission to revise and extend his re- path we shall never choose is the path of ters other Cubes. We need to support
marks.) surrender or submission. stability, not only in eloquent praise of
(Mr. SHRIVER (at the request of Mr. These are fine words expressing a noble idealistic goals, but in solid action which
BATTIN) was granted permission to ex- concept. They come not from any one will give noupe r Laha America
we use that we
tend his remarks at this point.) of the so-calle extremist y the "legitimate
aspirations" of to suppers what we free call
Mr. SHRIVER. Mr. Speaker, Commu- the country, butratherr from President the evrywher for peace, o p and
nist domination and occupation of Cuba Kennedy in his remarks of a year ago to- pie derywhere for peace, progress, and
today remain as serious a problem to the day on the Cuba crisis. The security and freedom of the United States Mr. Kennedy also in that notable ad- le 22, 1962,
e lesson of the 1930's and also the
and
and other Western Hemisphere govern- dress of October 22, 1962, called our at_ w testa t of the bhe proper rkind of is chattion, and
acd
ments as 1 year ago. tention to what he called the clear les- njust talk about ut action,
The presence of Soviet military forces son of the 1930's. He said aggressive support not o The Organiza our allies will
and/or technicians in Cuba, growing op- conduct, if allowed to grow unchecked can an States was only lukewarm of A sup-
erations of Russian fishing trawlers and and unchallenged, ultimately leads to port of Uonly lukewarm islip-
of a and
other vessels between North Atlantic war. I want to suggest that this is the communism. speeches about Castro
fishing banks and Cuba, and the instabil- same lesson taught us not only in the ago today the After OAS the action backed d of a near
ity of many Latin American governments 1930's, but throughout the 1940's, 1950's, and tunanimously, and us etrogly
point up the problem which just has not and right down to the present moment in port for us. also indicated s sup-
gone away with last year's confrontation history. It is a lesson which we as Amer- of A. We also had the choose
with the Soviet Government over Rus- icans have been all too slow to learn, and of our NATO allies.
will again When we choose
sian offensive missiles. there is considerable doubt as to wheth- again to lead we wie past be leaders.
this anniversary date it is impor- er we have yet learned it. been Our failure have hose 2 in2 years has
tant that the administration, the Con- One of the questions, for example, that We have o pane chosen not the lead.
gress, and the American people be re- all Americans might ask of have chosen not to eebeg the lesson
minded that the pwhich we faced now is whether of the 1930's. When we begin to show
minded that the problem
year ago remains the our current situation with relation to leadership, when we begin to match a so eteoni edl tension is lessened. Cuba amounts to the kind of submission words with deeds, then and only then
President Kennedy spoke of a year ago will we give meaning to that noble Ken-
The Soviets are in Cuba primarily for today. We should recall that in 1961 nedy thought of a year ago today-"The
the purpose of increasing and spreading Mr. Kennedy assured us that we would cost of freedom is high."
communism's influence and power in not tolerate communism in Cuba for Mr. BATTIN. I thank the gentleman
Latin America and they are exploiting long.
their foothold to the greatest extent from Minnesota fro his contribution. It
Bible. pos-
tolerate in after all? Now, in 1963, are we being asked to is interesting to note, that on this, the
Earlier this year, we were reminded in And are we being 2 asked tobbelieve that President, therenations in the world are
an interim report issued by the Pre- we have won a notable victory in the re- celebrating it too. I have in my hand
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a UPI release of this date where It Is
stated:
An American-owned freighter was strafed
for over an hour off the Cuban coast but
there were no casualties, It was reported
today.
A spokesman for Universe Tank Ships,
Inc., of New York, said It received a radio-
gram from Captain Krause of the freighter
J. Louts saying planes had made 10 passes
over the vessel in the course of 61 minutes.
Krause reported damage to the superstruc-
ture and the hull above the waterline and
a fire that took 2 hours to bring under
control.
The J. Louts Is chartered to the Caribbean
Steamship Co. and files the Liberian flag.
It was en route from Ocho Rios, Jamaica. to
Corpus Christ!, Tex., with 31,500 tons of
bauxite for the Reynolds Metal Co.
According to Krause, the attack took place
12 miles off Cape Corriente. Cuba, at 12:40
a.m. e.d.t. and lasted until 1:41 a.m.
Here is another UPI story adding to
this:
In Washington. officials later said U.B.
military aircraft were sent out from Key
West, Fla., to investigate but when they
reached the scene the offending aircraft had
disappeared.
The Coast Guard also reported getting a
radio message from the freighter.
The ship, built in 1961. is listed by Lloyd's
Registry as a 20,253-ton vessel.
Maybe that Is the anniversary present
we are receiving from Castro.
Mr. DEVINE. Mr. Speaker, will the
gentleman yield?
Mr. BATTIN. I will be happy to yield
to the gentleman from Ohio.
Mr. DEVINE. I think It is also mean-
ingful that the Washington Daily News
carried a headline today to the effect
that Castro asked the United States to
lift Its embargo on Cuba.
I would like to join with my colleague,
the gentleman from Montana [Mr. BAT-
TIN], in pointing out again to the Ameri-
can people that 1 year ago today, October
22, the Presidenttook to the airways and
pointed out that the administration had
"suddenly" discovered the presence of
what they then described as offensive
missiles on the island of Cuba. Now it
appears that the administration, because
fact still missiles in the country and in
caves. Whether they are ready for use
at this moment or not is doubtful. The
fact that they are there and could be
used as they were just 1 year ago today
is the thing that Is most frightening to
me.
Mr. DEVINE. Mr. Speaker, I think
the gentleman would agree with me that
when the President. a year ago this eve-
ning, went before nationwide television
and made this revelation to the Amer-
ican people, the American people stood
by the position he took at that time 100
percent. However, would not the gentle-
man agree that there has appeared to
be a backing off, that our situation today
does not appear to be any better in the
island of Cuba: that Castrois still there,
that the Russian troops are still there
and in all probability many of the mis-
siles are still there?
Mr. BATI'IN. I would say to the gen-
tleman that we have witnessed perhaps
the greatest job of public relations that
has ever been unleashed on the Ameri-
can people. We have gone from the Bay
of Pigs fiasco to the Russian offensive
missiles buildup in Cuba to successful
subversion in Latin America. What is a
very blighted part of our history Is now
being made by the public relations ex-
perts Into a victory for the Kennedy ad-
ministration. Personnally I am not will-
Ing to buy what they are trying to sell
and that is why I am on the floor of the
House of Representatives today.
Mr. DEVINE. Of course, some news-
papers have suggested that the timing of
this, which was just 2 weeks before the
congressional elections In 1962 may have
had something to do with this revelation.
So maybe there is hope that preceding
the next congressional election next year,
some other affirmative action may be
taken by the administration that will
give the American people some hope of
removing communism from this hemi-
sphere.
Mr. BATTIN. Mr. Speaker, I thank
the gentleman.
Mr. CRAMER. Mr. Speaker, will the
gentleman yield?
Mr. BATTIN. I yield to the gentle-
man from Florida.
Mr. CRAMER. Mr. Speaker, I was
of the policy they have followed during
-th`;past year, is embarrassed about this
ailuf 6tion and would like very much to
going to Berlin, contrary to their spe-
cific agreements previously entered into.
It raises a question in my mind, when
can you believe the Russians? When
do they mean what they say? And why
do we welcome Mr. Gromyko, who lied
In his teeth just a year ago, and then
permitted this corridor incident to occur
right after the wheat deal was entered
into? I ask the gentleman: Does he
not agree with me on that matter?
Mr. BAIITIN. I certainly do. And if
the gentleman is asking me at what point
I am willing to trust them I would have
to say that point is not in the foreseeable
future.
Mr. Speaker, I see on the front page
one of the afternoon papers that Castro
is asking the United States to lift the
embargo. It seems that every 'time
somebody asks us to do something,
whether It is In our best interests or
not, we respond.
Mr. CRAMER. Mr. Speaker, will the
gentleman yield further?
Mr. BATTIN. I yield.
Mr. CRAMER. Is not that demand
being made today a repeat of the de-
mand made on October 28 of last year,
one of the five demands made by Castro,
including keeping exiles from attacking
Cuba from the United States and Puerto
Rico?
Second, our withdrawal from Guan-
tanamo.
Third, the very demand he Is mak-
ing here today, that we stop the eco-
nomic quarantine or embargo to the
extent to which It is effective at the
present time.
Mr. BATTIN. The gentleman is cor-
rect.
Mr. CRAMER. If the gentleman will
yield further, I would like to ask the
gentleman further with respect to this
strafing Incident, what happened to the
policy, or I thought was the supposed
policy of the United States if it happened
again-in that it took over an hour for
our planes to arrive after the shooting
started-that we were going to use the
hot-pursuit approach as suggested by
the gentleman from the other body? If
we had made it known that we were
going to use hot pursuit, that we were
not going to let this happen again, then
it Is possible that this additional incident
would not have occurred and it is pos-
Bible that additional American lives and
additional ships would not be jeopard-
ized by Castro's armed raids at the pres-
ent time.
Does not the gentleman think we
should putt up with the firing by the Com-
monist armed forces upon U.S. ships,
munist
personnel, and our allies?
The gentleman from Montana is tell- meet with regard to an anniversary daring a Bleat service to this country in present. This is reminiscent to me ofthe fact that Mr. Gromyko was the very pointing out the history of the past year.He is also chairman of the Republican man who was telling the President oftask force 10' Investigating subversive the United States a year ago just a day matters in the Western Hemisphere. I or so before this anniversary date that would like to ask the gent n_ from there were no missiles In Cuba. This
Montana if in his capacity e _ an same man who should be persona non
he has been able to determine 't er an grata in the United States, after lying
investigation was made or information in his teeth to the President of the
is available from the administration as united States and to the American peo- to whether or not any Inspection of any ple, is the same man who comes back to
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Mr. BATITN. I would have to say to mitments on behalf of the Russian peo- way it has been applied, it means the
the gentleman that we have no such In- ple. I think it is interesting to note that harassment and pursuit of the Cuban
formation from the administration or we also had a little present there, too; at exiles currently based in this country
any of the executive agencies, but we the very time the wheat deal was set- who are trying to win their island back.
have had reports from clandestine tled, and he was there talking to the That is the hot pursuit they refer to, to
sources in Cuba and from people who President about it at the White House, get the Cubans back on the shores of
have recently found their way out of at that very time they were holding up the United States and keep them away
Cuba into this country, that there are In our troops and our goods in the corridor from Cuba.
Mr. BATTIN. I would say to the gen-
tleman that his position is certainly that
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Mr. CRAMER. If the gentleman will
yield further, that is the only hot pursuit
we have had thus far, Is -it not?
Mr. BATTIN. Yes; I would say so.
We do find evidence, and I have the
photographs as to what happened in the
Bahamas, where Castro's forces using
patrol boats and helicopters prevented
Cubans from leaving the control of
Castro.
That is the type of incident we allow
to happen, and I have no doubt that our
neighbors in South and Central America
wonder what the United States would
do if we were confronted with more
aggression within the hemisphere in
violation of the Monroe Doctrine.
Mr. CRAMER. Yes; letting Castro,
in effect, invade British-owned property.
Great Britain is one of our allies. Letting
him invade those islands in order to get
refugees and return them to the firing
squad in Cuba, and we do not even enter
a protest. We let Great Britain do it.
Mr. BATTIN. Not even the doctrine
of humanitarianism that we have fol-
lowed on the high seas for years was
followed in this instance.
Mr. BEERMANN. Mr. Speaker, will
the gentleman yield?
Mr. BATTIN. I yield to the gentle-
man from Nebraska.
Mr. BEERMANN. I thank the gentle-
man for yielding.
Pursuing this afternoon's story about
Castro asking the United States to lift
the embargo, he makes his pitch on the
basis that hurricane Flora created so
much devastation that the United States
ought to lift its economic embargo
against Cuba.
It seems to me like this might be a
lesson in timing. I understand that
President Kennedy is having some prob-
lems in delivering the wheat to Russia
in U.S. bottoms, because the freight rate
might be $22 to $23 a ton and foreign
ships will transport it for $12 or $13 a
ton. The President is having trouble in
delivering the wheat based upon the
sales which have been made thus far
because there are not enough ships to
go around.
Perhaps, the time is just right so that
if the United States lifts the embargo
on Cuba and we insist upon shipping
wheat in U.S. bottoms, the freight rate
will be much less to Cuba or possibly
about the same from the U.S. ports to
Cuba as it is from Canada to Cuba or
from New Zealand, Australia, or else-
where to Russia and back to Cuba.
So, maybe, the timing is just right to
ship U.S. wheat at the world price, sub-
sidized by the American taxpayers, in
American bottom ships so that Khru-
shchev can meet his commitments to Dic-
tator Castro.
This is just an observation that I make
based upon looking at the news today.
Mr. Speaker, I want to compliment the
gentleman from Montana [Mr. BATTIN]
for helping the United States celebrate
this anniversary.
Mr. BATTIN: I thank the gentleman
from Nebraska.
Mr. MORTON. Mr. Speaker, will the
gentleman yield?
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Mr. BATTIN. I yield to the gentle- fective against communism everywhere
man from Maryland. In the world and especially in Cuba and
Mr. MORTON. I thank the gentle- Latin America. Isn't it time we adopt a
man from Montana very much for yield- policy of victory over communism fin-
ing. stead of accommodation or more rightly,
I would like to ask a question concern- appeasement?
ing the American property that was con-
of the Castro regime in Cuba. Has there
been any discussion or negotiations with Mr. MACGREGOR. Mr. Speaker, in
either the Cuban Government or the the RECORD of yesterday, October 21,
Russian Government in an effort to get page 18970, rollcall No. 176, shows me as
this property back? not having been present in the Cham-
Mr. BATTIK. I will have to say to the ber when my name was called. I was
gentleman from Maryland there has not present and voted "yea" and I ask unan-
been any and up until recently our own imous consent that the permanent
Government would not even admit they RECORD be changed accordingly with
were negotiating with the Russian Gov- respect to the vote on the conference re-
ernment on the sale of wheat. No nego- port on Mental Retardation Facilities
tiations have taken place and there has and Community Health Centers Con-
been no public information that I know struction Act of 1963.
of that would indicate such a subject has The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr.
ever been discussed. LIBONATI). is there objection to the ? re-
Mr. MORTON. I have heard it "said quest of the gentleman from Minnesota?
in very high places that more American There was no objection.
property was confiscated by the Castro
regime than in all other wars or any
other acts by other foreign governments.
Is that correct?
Mr. BATTIN. I do not have the fig-
ures, but I may say to the gentleman I
have been informed of the same circum-
stances and realizing the investment we
had in the private sector in Cuba, as well
as the friendship of the Cuban people,
we not only lost materially from the
take over by Castro, but we have lost
considerably the friendship of the people
of that country.
Mr. MORTON. I thank the gentleman
very much. I want to go on record as
saying that the fact that Americans have
lost literally millions of dollars worth of
property as the result of revolutionary
action and that our Government has not
done anything as far as I can see to re-
cover that property in value or in kind
leaves me with some loss of faith as to
our policy and our willingness to defend
American property throughout the world.
Mr. BATTIN. I thank the gentleman
for his contribution.
Mr. ALGER. Mr. Speaker, I join with
the gentelman from Montana [Mr. BAT-
TIN] in calling attention to the first an-
niversary of an infamous episode in
American history.
One year ago President Kennedy chal-
lenged aggression by Soviet Russia in
Cuba. The entire Nation supported the
brave words of the President little know-
ing that the bravery was all in the words
and that within a few short days our
position would be reversed.
There has never been satisfactory
proof that Russian missiles were removed
from Cuba. Thousands of Soviet troops
are still there in defiance of our demands
that they be removed. Adding to our
shame, yesterday, on the eve of the first
anniversary of the Cuban crisis, newspa-
pers around the world carried the story
of how American custom agents seized
the boat and the equipment of freedom
fighters seeking to return to Cuba to
fight communism. .
Mr. Speaker, the policies of the Ken-
nedy administration have proven inef-
A SALUTE TO THE AREA REDEVEL-
OPMENT ADMINISTRATION
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under
previous order of the House, the gentle-
man from South Carolina [Mr. HEMP-
HILL] is recognized for 30 minutes.
(Mr. HEMPHILL asked and was given
permission to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. HEMPHILL. Mr. Speaker, at a
time when so many seem to have so
much pleasure in criticizing, I rise to do
the rather unusual; that is, to pay tribute
to a Department of the Government of
the United States which in its effort to
carry out the legislative mandates of the
Congress of the United States has done
so much for the economy of the congres-
sional district which I am privileged to
represent. So I come here today to salute
the Area Redevelopment Administra-
tion-because of a recent and gratifying
recapitulation of the number of jobs,
the resulting flourishing of the economy,
the production and the other incidental
benefits which we have received from
the various programs, the various proj-
ects which my district has had the privi-
lege of having instituted under the area
redevelopment program.
I recall, Mr. Speaker, it has been only
2 years since this particular agency of
the Government was created. I recall
that my particular vote at the time in
favor of it was highly criticized. I re-
call also that I knew at the time, and
my feelings have been justified, that we
could use this particular program to con-
tinue the promotion, the profit and the
protection of the private enterprise sys-
tem of which the American people can
justly be proud, and my district has bene-
fitted greatly, and continues to do so.
This agency has performed every task
given toit by the Congress of the United
States with efficiency, courage, and cour-
tesy. I salute it.
We who are in the Congress have
daily contact with many of the agen-
cies and departments of the U.S. Gov-
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ernment. These contacts are necessary
in order to present to the agencies pros-
pectives on the problems arising in the
various congressional districts. Most of
the agencies my office has contacted
in the 7 years I have been in Congress
have been most helpful, courteous, and
I, for one, have seen very little of the
bureaucracy and redtape that many
want to be critical of.
The Area Redevelopment Administra-
tion, which was created by the Area Re-
development Act of 1961, has, in my dis-
trict, and I am sure In hundreds of other
congressional districts, performed mag-
nificiently in producing the employment
and the jobs visualized by the President
in asking that the Congress pass such
an act. It is by far the most productive
piece of legislation the Congress has
passed under this administration, and
has meant more to the economy of our
State than any legislation passed during
my tenure here of 7 years.
Not only has this administration per-
formed nobly on its own; it has co-
ordinated with the Community Facilities
Administration, the Housing and Home
Finance Agency, Small Business Ad-
ministration, and others, to strengthen
the economy of this Nation.
Let me begin by paying tribute to the
Administrator here in Washington and
his able staff. On many occasions I have
telephoned or asked for a persona: audi-
ence to discuss problems in my district.
In every instance I was received with
courtesy, efficiency, and in a climate of
helpfulness. Certainly this Is the kind
of public service we all desire In the
various agencies of our Government,
Federal, State, or otherwise. The staff
here in Washington Is not only courteous
and efficient but will use extra effort to
help solve the local problem.
Most of my dealings has been with
the regional office in Atlanta. The pub-
lic servants I have dealt with in that
office are as efficient as any business-
man I have ever contacted In my 25
years of practicing law or serving In va-
rious positions with county, State, and
Federal governments. I know of not
one instance in which I could have any-
thing but the highest praise for their
response to our inquiry and our prob-
lems. I will not name any of them by
name-suffice it to say that they have
done the job they are supposed to do,
and in the manner they are supposed
to, and the results have been beneficial
to thousands of people in the Fifth Con-
gressional District of South Carolina.
But let me give you the real facts and
figures that show their help.
When the Area Redevelopment Act
was first passed, I asked for conferences
with the officials here in Washington be-
cause I recognized quickly the potenti-
ality of the new organization. We had a
conference in my office in which various
representatives quickly assured me of
their ambition to be of help and fol-
lowed up with their magnificient effort.
At that time I only represented seven
counties In the Fifth South Carolina
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Congressional District, and four of those
counties were classified as depressed
area counties because of statistical un-
employment rate, as compiled by the
Employment Security Commission of
South Carolina and certified by the De-
partment of Labor of the United States.
Today, I represent eight counties and
five of the eight have been classified as
"depressed area" counties. We needed
jobs badly and as soon as we applied to
the Area Redevelopment Administration
for help we received help.
We initiated the program in my dis-
trict by a meeting in Chesterfield, S;C.,
on August 12, 1961. Gathered at that
meeting were representatives of various
counties involved, four In my district and
four in the district of my distinguished
colleague, Congressman Jom L. McMa.-
LAN. Mr. Wayne Shields was kind
enough to come and give us his advices
on how to proceed with applications.
His discussions were good and we have
all since benefited from that meeting and
from what followed.
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
Chesterfield County. S.C., had the
highest unemployment rate In 1961 of
any of the counties in the Fifth Congres-
sional District. I would like to quote
here the facts which caused me to know
that the Area Redevelopment Act offered
us great opportunity to increase employ-
ment. The South Carolina Employment
Security Commission, South Carolina
State Employment Service affiliated with
the U.S. Employment Service:
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
POPULATION AND LABOR FORCE
The number of inhabitants of Chesterfield
County increased less than 1 percent from
1940 to 1950 but declined 7 percent from 1950
to 1980. The white population increased 3
percent. From 1950 to 1980 the white popu-
lation declined 4 percent and the nonwhite
12 percent.
The total labor force increased 4 percent
from 1940 to 1950. Estimates for 1980 indi-
cate that a slight decline has occurred In the
past decade.
PRINCIPAL ECONOMIC ACTTVITfES AS MEASURED
BY EMPLOYMENT
Despite heavy declines in farm employ-
ment In the past two decades, agriculture
continues to be the major industry. Manu-
facturing is the largest of the nonfarm in-
dustries, accounting for more than 40 percent
of the nonfarm wage and salary workers.
Manufacturing employment has not In-
creased significantly In the past decade.
UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT
The county has been experiencing a high
level of unemployment. The major manu-
facturing industries, textiles, lumber and
wood products, and apparel, have contrib-
uted to unemployment from both seasonal
and recessionary influence. A rough esti-
mate placed total unemployment close to 8
percent of the total labor force in August
1981. In the midweek, approximately 11.8
percent of the workers covered by the South
Carolina Unemployment Compensation Law
were claiming benefits.
We now know that we have created 998
jobs, many of them permanent through
ARA help in Chesterfield County, and I
would like to list here a breakdown of
those jobs:
Number
Jefferson:
employed
Building reservoir and filter plant____ 26
Building addition to bleachery 30,000
square feet ---------------------- - 86
Stimulated building now homes-pro-
viding employment for additional
carpenters ------------------------ 12
Providing sufficient water kept Jef-
ferson bleachery from moving-pro-
viding employment________________ 300
When reservoir and filter plant is com-
plete the bleachery should provide
employment for___________________ 50
Pageland:
Construction of Pageland Manufactur-
ing Co---------------------------- 15
Pageland Manufacturing Co., now
employing------------------------- 80
Construction of A. W. Schefrar plant__ 30
A. W. Schefrar Co. employment
(now) ---------------------------- 20
Employment of A. W. Schefrar plant
when In full operation ------------ 65
Building and installing water tanks
and sewer ------------------------- 40
Stimulated building new homes pro-
vided employment for additional
carpenters ------------------------ 15
Remodeling Chesterfield Garment
Corp------------------------------ 7
Chesterfield Garment Corp. will em-
ploy when complete (Negroes) ----- 50
Cheraw:
Installation of water and sewer lines-- 27
Pee Dee, Inc. (new plant) ----------- 110
Chesterfield:
Installation of water and sewer lines-- 50
Stimulated building of new homes--- 15
Remodeling of U.S. post oIIice________ 12
Wildlife area, Improving wildlife area
for recreation_______________________ 39
Total--------------------------- 998
These statistics alone do not reflect
the genuine improvement in the whole
economic picture in Chesterfield County.
I was in Pageland, S.C., on Saturday,
October 12, 1963, and the streets were
humming with people-a wonderful pic-
ture for a community with a stimulating
economy, stimulated with the help, as-
sistance, and guidance of the Area Re-
development Administration. For the
people of Chesterfield County, I say
"Thanks from the bottom of our hearts."
KERSHAW COUNTY
Recently I wrote a friend of mine In
Kershaw County, the able and brilliant
State senator, asking him for the impact
of the ARA assistance in Kershaw Coun-
ty. I quote from his letter:
I hope that you will make one of your
usually strong speeches about the ARA and
certainly the Elgin, S.C., project is a dramat-
ic example of what this program has done
for our area. Regardless of the many crit-
icisms which well-meaning people direct at
what they term "socialistic tendencies," the
ARA assistance given in our case has, In my
opinion, been an outstanding example of a
relatively small Government investment pro-
ducing major benefits on many citizens.
It was just a year ago this month that
the President announced that $74,600 had
been allocated to the town of Blaney, S.C.,
for assistance in constructing a waterworks
system under the ARA program. You will,
of course, recall that announcement and the
pride we both felt In it, especially when we
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