FORMATION OF CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR A FREE CUBA

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ability and induce in Western Europe "real-
istic" trends toward disengagement and
neutrality.
It is within the power of the West to com-
pel the Soviet rulers to reckon with an im-
portant risk factor in Eastern Europe. The
risk factor is indeed in direct ratio with the
intensity of the spirit of resistance of the
people of East-Central Europe. And the
later hinges on the prevailing impression
with regard to the will to win of the West and
with regard to the Western commitment to
the cause of their freedom and independence.
These are the sources of hope on which the
spirit of resistance feeds.
Until the. Cuban events, the prevailing
impression on both counts was negative.
Hope in . a better future and faith in the
West, and with them the spirit of resistance,
were at their lowest ebb. The Cuban con-
frontation 'has somewhat improved the as-
sessment of Western will and power. Should
the West, as it is hoped, appear henceforth
consistently in the posture of the firm and
winning side, the problem of keeping hope
alive and thereby strengthening the East-
Central European deterrent will have been
largely solved. It remains however for the
West to prove its concern for the people of
East-Central Europe. This can only be ac-
complished by an early and clear identifica-
tion of the West with the peoples of the
captive countries and their goal to recover
free choice in regard to their internal and
international affairs.
Such a long-range objective Is not un-
realistic. Liberation without war, though
not without protracted political struggle, is
possible. The Soviet empire is obviously rent
by serious internal contradictions. The difll-
culty of maintaining ideological unity and
central direction, as illustrated by the Sino-
Soviet discord; the inability of the Soviet
Union to keep up the armament race with-
out withdrawing some of the material im-
provements its people have gained in the
last few years, and/or without diminishing
their abnormally high investments in the
heavy industry; the imbalanced nature of
the Communist economy and the utter
failure of collectivized agriculture; the in-
creasing nonconformity of youth and the
ferment among intellectuals; the unbridge-
able gulf between the requirements of sub-
ordination and exploitation in the Soviet
empire, and the national pride of the historic
nations of East-Central Europe-these are
but a, few of the contradictions. If they
have, as yet, not generated dramatic con-
sequences, this is largely due to the de-,
moralizing effect of the easy and unnecessary
successes Western misjudgment, irresolution
and weakness have afforded to the U.S.S.R.
Ever since the end of the Second World War,
the Soviets have been permitted to show,
by their actions, that history was on their
side; that changes invariably occur in their
favor and that, accordingly, the victory of
communism on a worldwide scale is only
a matter of time. If the West were to act
on the perfectly justified assumption that
the Soviet empire has more reasons to fear
any major war than the West, it could at
least deny its adversary any further suc-
cesses. The effect would be most far reach-
ing. The latent forces of disruption and
opposition, no longer inhibited by a senti-
ment of futility, would be unleashed in East-
ern Europe. In favorable -circumstances,
which can be fostered by a purposeful West-
ern policy, such as a struggle for supreme
power or internal disturbances in the Soviet
Union that would tie down the Soviet armed
forces, the captive nations could begin mak-
ing good their escape.
short and long term-of both free and cap- prohibitive duties on individual food, cloth-
tive nations would be advanced should the ing, and medicine gift packages from the free
United States and her principal allies adopt world to individuals in the captive countries.
the specific measures listed under "What to (11) To develop, extend and invigorate
do," while refraining from the action listed broadcasts to the captive countries, and to
under "What not to do." consider the establishment, in the framework
What to do of NATO, of a general staff for political war-
(1) To raise in all high-level conferences fare.
with the rulers of the Soviet Union the issue (12) To warn all Western visitors to the
of the restoration of the right of self-deter- captive countries against permitting their
mination to the peoples of Albania, Bulgaria, hosts to use them as tools of their political
Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, propaganda, as well as against fraterniza-
Lithuania, Poland, and Rumania. tion with local Communist leaders.
(2) To counter Soviet demands on Berlin What not to do
with the plan for an overall peace settlement '(1) Not to engage in actions or enter into
based on the right of self-determination and
designed to solve all the unresolved -conse-
quences of the Second War in Europe.
(3) To inscribe the question of the denial
of self-determination to the nations of East-
Central Europe on the agenda of the United
Nations regardless of the prospect to secure
the required majorities. To raise, in other
words, the issue in the U.N. on its merits and
not as a mere point of rebuttal.
The initial purpose of such action would
be to assure the peoples concerned that their
issue is an objective of Western policy, an
open and not a closed issue as claim the
Soviet rulers. This would be accomplished if
a group of Western Powers, backed by the
United States, would take the initiative. For
durable impact, such action would have to
be renewed at every session on the pattern
of the wearing-down tactics followed by the
Soviet Union on the question of the Chinese
representations in the United Nations. The
Western Powers could easily pattern their
draft resolution on one of the proposals in-
troduced in the United Nations by the Soviet-
Union. The draft resolution Introduced by
the Soviet delegation on April 24, 1962, in
the Special Committee on Decolonization, is
almost ideally suited for this purpose.
(4) To keep the question of Hungary on
the agenda of each United Nations General
agreements implying or suggesting that the
Western Powers have reconciled themselves
to the status quo and regard it as final. The
oft-mentioned idea of a nonaggression pledge
or pact between the NATO and Warsaw Pact
countries would certainly be construed by
the people of East-Central Europe as a West-
ern sellout. Such pledges would give the
Soviet Union or their puppets no guarantees
of security that, are not already embodied
in the United Nations Charter. The only
reason the Soviet rulers have consistently
sought them was their awareness that they
would.create legal obstacles to any further
Western concern with the fate of the captive
peoples, and that, by generating discourage-
ment and resignation, they will have conse-
quences highly detrimental to Western
security. Past commitments, declared prin-
ciples and self-interest, therefore equally
command to the Western Powers to stand
firmly on the position that any and all
security arrangements should follow, and
not precede, an overall European settlement
based on the right of self-determination.
(2) Not to undertake actions and moves
which give respectability to the satellite re-
gimes and compound the damaging effects of,
past acts of recognition.
(3) Not to grant aid, long 'or short term
credits to the satellite regimes. Assistance
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tions. gains the Polish people wrested in 1956. The
(6) To give assurance to the people of helping countries should, therefore, make it
Albania that the territorial Integrity of their clear that any aid would terminate if. there
country and their right of self-determination is a return to forced collectivization, and/or
will be safeguarded against any intervention if the rights of the church, the freedom of
,on the part of their neighbors. worship or any other rights or freedoms were
(6) To maintain carefully the policy of further curtailed.
nonrecognition of the forcible incorporation - (4) Not to place undue reliance on the
,,of the Baltic States in the Soviet Union. political benefits to be drawn from exchange,
(7) To insist that the United. Nations Dec- programs, and to insist on full reciprocity in
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Colonial Countries and Peoples is of univer- NEW YORK, March 1963.
sal scope and validity and, accordingly, op-
pose the double-standard gaining ground in
the U.N. on self-determination, and to urge FORMATION OF CITIZE
the Special Committee of 24 Nations, charged MITTEE FOR A FREE
with the implementation of the ab
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declaration, to extend its concern and inves- Mr. DODD. Mr. President s to
tigation to the peoples and countries sub- draw the attention of my colleagues to a
jected to Soviet colonial rule. most encouraging development relating
(8) To carry out in the United Nations and to the question of Cuba.
at all appropriate international gatherings a I think' we are all agreed that some-
campaign of truth with respect to the denial
of human rights and freedom in the captive thing must be done about Cuba, that the
countries. continued existence of a Communist dic-
9. To give support in the United Nations to tatorship 90 miles from our shore is in-
the proposal of the International Confedera- tolerable. We are all agreed that the
tion of Free Trade Unions for an investiga- means must be found, short of war, to
tion of the condition and status of political liberate the Cuban people from Castro-
prisoners and for the elaboration and enact- ism and to put an end-to the threat of
ment of an international convention on the
regime of the political prisoners. Communist cavtion and infiltration
(10) To be always mindful, in their trad- of the American States by the Kremlin's
hag policies, of the fact that the interests of beachhead forces in Cuba.
the welfare df the captive peoples and of It is understandable and proper that
the security of the West are both adversely there should be differences of opinion on
affected by the preferential treatment given -the means to'be employed and on the
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e Communist regimes in East-Central timetable which must govern the ap-
Europe to the development of heavy and
In the view of the Assembly of Captive Eu- armament industries, at the expense of the placation of these means:
ropean Nations, the morale of the captive needs of the people concerned. Similarly, It is unfortunate, however, that there
European peoples and their faith in the to take advantage of trade negotiations in should be a polarization of opinion on
West would be bolstered, and the.. Interest- order to press for the suppression of existing the question of Cuba, because the solu-
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tion of this question imperatively de- of the Rio Grande. Ultimately, that of- Joseph Beirne, president" Communications
mends the greatest possible degree Of fensive Is directed at the chief bastion of Workers of America, AFL-CIO.
world democracy, the United States. Nicholas Duke Biddle, chairman, Caribbean
national unity. The situation of Latin America, thanks committee. International Rescue Service.
It is also unfortunate that some of the primarily to the continued existence of a Irving Brown, U.N. Representative. Inter-
criticism of our present Cuban policy has Soviet base in Cuba, Is far worse than the national Confederation of Free Trade Unions.
been characterized by partisan overtones. American people realize. The Communist Adm. Arleigh A. Burke (ret.), former Chief,
It is unfair, as well as unfortunate, be- drive there Is already on the way toward U.S. Naval Operations.
cause some of these partisan critics con- producing these serious congaquenced: Dickey Chapelle, author and foreign cor-
veniently forget that Castro Caine to 1. The demoralization of Latin America's respondent.
Cherne president, Research I>stitute
power under a Republican administra- democratic forces, who are beginning to feel ALeo , merica.
overwhelmed before the combined power of of
tion, which for some strange reason ig- the Cuban military-pollee state. the Soviet Ernest Cuneo, chairman of the board,
nored warnings from many sources that Union, and Red China. North American Newspaper Alliance; attor-
Castro was a Communist and his move- 2. The resurgence of dictatorial military neEmmet, chairman, American
ment was Communist dominated. elements Intent on taking power in rear- Christopher
Last week the press announced the tion to the Communist threat. Friends of the Captive Nations.
establishment of the Citizens Committee 3. The infiltration and subversion of other John Fisher, president, American Security
I-- a...?1?fln vnvernmants at a temoo Council. Chicago.
for a Free Cuba, as a broad nonpartisan
organization dedicated to the goal of
Cuban liberation. I consider this a most
welcome development.
In its declaration of purpose, the com-
mittee particularly emphasizes its non-
partisan nature. It says that It believes
that Cuba Is an issue that transcends
party differences, and that Its solution
demands the kind of national unity the
American people have manifested at
moments of crisis.
The Citizens Committee for a Free
Cuba plans to initiate a nationwide dis-
cussion on the problem of Cuba, and to
establish an information service on Cuba
and the Castro-Communist subversion of
Latin America. In collaboration with
Freedom House of New York, It convened
a Free Cuba Assembly, at Ardsleigh, N.Y.,
last week, at which top authorities on
Latin America examined the problem of
Cuba in all its aspects. The findings of
this assembly will soon be published.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous con-
sent to insert in the RECORD the state-
ment of purpose of the Citizens Commit-
tee for a Free Cuba, as well as a list of
the distinguished citizens who have thus
far joined the committee. I also ask
consent to insert in the RECORD an edi-
torial on Cuba which appeared in last
Tuesday's Washington Past, and which,
I believe, spoke for the American people
when it declared that something must be
done about communism in Cuba.
'T'here being no objection, the state-
ment of purpose, list of citizens, and
editorial were ordered to be printed In
the RECORD, as follows:
DECLARATION OF PURPOSE OT CITIZENS CoM-
MITIEE FOR A FREE CUBA
The Citizens Committee for a Free Cuba
is being formed in response to a statement
issued by Freedom House, on March 25. 1963.
calling upon Americans to unite in a move-
ment f6r a free Cuba.
The committee Is nonpartisan. It believes
that Cubais an issue that transcends party
differences, and that its solution requires
the kind of national unity we have always
manifested at moments of great crisis. This
belief is reflected in the broad and repre-
sentative membership of the committee.
The committee holds, with Freedom House,
that a Communist Cuba is intolerable, not
only for reasons which bear upon our secu-
rity but also because it has betrayed 0 million
people who won their freedom from the
Batista dictatorship.
But the enslavement of those 8 million
may now lead to the enslavement of the
more than 200 million people in the 19 re-
maining Latin American Republics, for the
Communists, from their base in Cuba, have
launched a grand offensive aimed at con-
quering, initially, the entire continent south
wnicn may prcxiuce auuiYi4 - ..iu~ . ~~~?~ Latin American history. University of Calif or-
long. nla, Loa Angeles.
4. The frustration of inter-American efforts Dr. Buell Gallagher, president, City College
to achieve social and economic progress,
of New York.
If not halted before much more time has Dr. Harry Gideonse, president, Brooklyn
passed, the Communist drive south of the
Rio Grande could result in the gradual iso- College.
Frances R Grant, executive secretary,
lotion of the United States from Its friends Inter-American Committee for Democracy
and allies in Latin America-the reverse of and Freedom.
the effort to isolate Communist Cuba. Paul Hall, president, Seafarers Interna-
jective of a liberated Cuba. The President
and the leaders of both major political
parties have publicly committed themselves
to that objective. Differences exist, however,
on how and when to attain a free Cuba. and
the problem to to devise a means of liberat-
ing Cuba from communism before commu-
nism succeeds In creating other Cubes, yet
at the some time preserving the peace of the
Americas.
The Citizens Committee for a Free Cuba
believes that solutions to the problem can
be found, and that, properly presented to
the American people, they will command
overwhelming support. To that end, the
committee proposes:
1. To initiate, free of partisan bias, a na-
tionwide discussion on the problem of Cuba,
the threat its Communist regime poses to
the Americas, and the measures that must be
taken to put an end to it.
2. To establish, as an aid to intelligent
and informed discussion, a national Informa-
tion service to disseminate regularly facts
on Cuba and the Castro-Communist sub-
version of Latin America that are generally
not circulated.
3. To join In the convening of a Free Cuba
Assembly, at which all aspects of the prob-
lem will be submitted for the consideration
of top authorities In Latin American and
global affairs.
It is the hope of the Free Cuba Committee
that such a program will help point the way
to an effective Cuban policy, and that It will
help create a climate of public opinion that
will facilitate positive action.
forged in the Americas If the Alliance for Seraflno Romualdi, American Institute for
Progress Is to succeed, and If the peoples Free Labor Development.
of the Western Hemisphere are to live and Sal B. -Hoffmann, president. Upholsterers'
work as free human beings for the society International Union, AFL-CIO.
of peace and plenty they all seek. It is also Dr. Robert Strausz-Huge, director, For-
an urgent requirement of American national eign Policy Research Institute, University
interests. The Indispensable first step to- of Pennsylvania.
ward the forging of such an Alliance is the Arthur G. McDowell, secretary, Council
liberation of the Cuban people from Com- Against Communist Aggression.
munist tyranny. Dr. Frank Tannenbaum, professor of Latin
The cause of a free Cuba is the cause of American history, Columbia University.
the free Americas. id t I t -
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MEMBERSHIP LIST OF CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR
A FREE CUBA
Daniel James, executive secretary, author
sthe
(-Cuba: The First Soviet Americas"), and foreign correspondent.
MEMBERS
Mariada Arensberg. executive secretary. Cu-
ban Freedom Committee.
Murray Baron, labor-management con-
sultant. -
tional Union.
Hal Hendrix, Latin American editor, Miami
News.
Brig. Gen. Frank L. Howley (retired), New
York University.
Dr. Sidney Hook, professor of philosophy,
Now York University.
Dr. Harry Kantor, professor of Latin
American history. University of Florida.
Rev. John Lafarge, S.J., associate editor,
America.
Jay Lovestone, director of International.
publications. AFL-CIO.
Clare Boothe Luce, former U.S. Ambassa-
dor to Italy.
Eugene Lyons, senior editor, Readers'
Digest.
Brig. Gen. S. L. A. Marshal, military
commentator.
Henry Mayers, president, Cold War Coun-
cil, Los Angeles.
Benjamin Mctaurin, vice president, In-
ternational Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters.
Dr. Hans J. Morgenthau, director, Center
for Study of American Foreign Policy,
Chicago.
Edgar Ansel Mower, author and foreign
correspondent.
John O'Rourke, editor, Washington News.
Bonaro Overstreet, author, psycjsologist.
Bishop James A. Pike, Protestant Episco-
pal Bishop of California.
Virginia Prewett, Latin American colum-
nist, North American Newspaper Alliance.
Victor -Riesel, Labor columnist, Hall
Syndicate.
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William vanden
national Rescue Committee.
Dr. Arthur P. Whitaker, professor of Latin
American history, University of Pennsyl-
vania.
[From the Washington Post, Apr. 23,?1963]
REMEMBER THE MAINE -
Something like a consensus on Cuban pol-
icy is beginning to emerge in this country.
The debate over when and how that policy
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is to be executed should not conceal the
growing accord on the policy Itself. Last
week, the President, the former Vice Presi-
dent, the State Department, and Republican
critics of the State Department had different
things to say about Cuba, but on two points
there was general agreement. And on these
two points there is a gathering agreement in
the country.
The broad proposition on which there is
accumulating accord is simply this: that
the existence of a Communist regime, linked
to the Soviet Union, in this hemisphere, is a
threat to the safety and survival of the
United States and of all other free countries
in this part of the globe. No administration
that openly opposes this belief can long sur-
vive. Sooner or later an administration
that denounced this maturing conviction
would be followed by an alternative govern-
ment- committed to it. In a negative way,
there is almost the same accord on how this
policy should not be pursued. There is al-
most universal agreement that invasion,
openly and directly, immediately or in the
near future, is not the way to pursue our
policy.
This aversion to foreign control of Cuba
by a hostile power is the constant of Ameri-
can attitudes toward our island neighbor.
The Monroe Doctrine was an expression of a
view already long held in this country. it
was given even fuller expression in the ad-
ministration of John Quincy Adams when
this country made known its opposition to
the transfer of Cuba from Spain to France,
England, or any other power. The practical
basis of this policy was clearly stated in
Daniel Webster's support of President Adams'
decision to send delegates to a conference
with South American countries, in which the
great orator said:
"A member has said that if Spain chose
to transfer the island to any other power
she has a right to do so, and we here cannot
interfere to prevent her. I must dissent from
this opinion. The rights of nations in mat-
ters. of this kind are much modified by cir-
cumstances. Because France or Great Britain
could not rightfully complain of the transfer
of Florida to us, it does not follow that we
could not complain of the cession of Cuba
to one of them. The transfer of Florida to
us was not dangerous to the safety of either
of these nations, nor fatal to any of their
great and essential interests. Proximity of
position, neighborhood, whatever augments
the power of injuring or annoying, very prop-
erly belong to the consideration of all cases
of this kind. What might otherwise never
be thought of is justified for these reasons
and on these grounds."
If the American people are aware of such
dangers now, they are aware of other dangers
that unhappily and unfortunately also exist
and that must be weighed with equal care
and caution. Impetuous and Impulsive and
ill-considered acts by this country might
bring on the dangers of thermonuclear war
without diminishing the dangers of Soviet
occupation of Cuba.
Therefore, it must be the object of the
Government of the United States to develop
some alternative to direct action that will
further the policy of this country without
incurring the hazard of invasion or like mili-
tary intervention. It Is very urgent that the
Government develop such a policy and that
it disclose it. It is very plain that, through-
out this country, the conviction that the
Nation is in peril is hardening to a point
where no threats and no fears may be suffl-
cient to Inhibit the demand for action
against the forces that occupy Cuba. Demo-
cratic governments are not wholly free
agents. A government that does not develop
a program of minimum risk runs the danger
of being coerced into a program of maximum
risks, almost against its will. The absence
of an affirmative design, in such a situation,
is dangerous---dangerous to this country, to
its neighbors and to the peace of the hemi-
sphere and of the whole world.
The Government of this country, the gov-
ernments of friendly countries and the Gov-
ernment of the Soviet Union as well had
better take note of the increasing sense of
Americans that the United States Is en-
dangered by the Soviet occupation of Cuba.
This sense of jeopardy is beginning to per-
vade the whole body politic. The Soviet
Government, whatever its fears and doubts,
felt compelled, by such an Impulse, to send
its forces into Hungary. It ought to under-
stand the much greater force that such senti-
ments exert upon democratic governments.
Every day that passes without the termina-
tion of the Soviet occupation of Cuba in-
creases the certainty and multiplies the like-
lihood that another Maine disaster will put
the spark to the combustible materials in
the Caribbean.
RETIREMENT OF THE VERY REV-
EREND LAURENCE J. McGINLEY,
S.J., AS PRESIDENT OF FORDHAM
UNIVERSITY
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, on April
25, Fordham University announced the
retirement of the Very Reverend Lau-
rence J. McGinley, S.J., from the posts
of president and rector of Fordham Uni-
versity. Father McGinley will be suc-
ceeded in these posts by the Reverend
Vincent T. O'Keefe,, S.J., at the end of
the current academic year. Father
O'Keefe is now executive vice president
of the university, a position he has held
since June 1962.
On relinquishing his present posi-
tions at Fordham, Father McGinley will
serve as a consultant in higher education
for the Jesuit Order.
Father O'Keefe takes over the duties
of president and rector as the university
enters on the second phase of its con-
temporary physical and academic growth
at the Lincoln Square and Rose Hill cam-
puses. He recently completed guidance
of a 3-year self-study and evaluation of
the university as a basis for the overall
planning of Fordham's next decade of
scholastic development.
Father McGinley has been president.
and rector of Fordham -longer than any
other man in its 122-year history. He
was appointed February 2, 1949, and this
year will participate in his 15th annual
commencement exercises as president.
-During his tenure, the university will
have conferred, approximately 24,000
graduate and undergraduate degrees
from its 9 colleges and schools.
As president, Father McGinley initi-
ated a new university campus In mid-
Manhattan-Fordham at Lincoln Square,
a $25,500,000 educational center that al-
ready houses the school of law and law
library. Scheduled for construction in
the immediate future are buildings to
house the university's schools of edu-
cation, business, social service, and gen-
eral studies. As a campus, it will ac-
commodate some 8,000 students and serve
as companion to traditional Fordham at
Rose Hill. The new buildings are to be
ready for occupancy in September 1965.
Other highlights of his tenure as presi-
dent include the completion of the uni-
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versity's campus center building on the
Rose Hill campus, a three-story structure
with a wide variety of accommodations
for cultural, social, and academic activi-
ties; the new Jesuit residence, Faber Hall,
with housing facilities for 100 faculty
members; the addition to Dealy Hall, the
home of the Rose Hill campus division
of the school of business; and Martyrs'
Court, containing seven residence halls
for upperclassmen.
During his presidency, also, charters
have been granted to Fordham by these
national scholastic honor societies: Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi, a society to en-
courage - original investigation in pure
and applied science; and Pi Sigma Alpha,
the political science fraternity.
The honors program of Fordham Col-
lege, initiated to encourage independent
scholarship among undergraduates, the
Junior year abroad, in Europe and in
South America, and the Institute of Con-
temporary Russian Studies, the purpose
of which is to foster the understanding
of Russian culture and language, were
initiated during his term of office. The
first Rhodes and Marshall scholarships
were won in this same period,
In June of 1961, the university, through
Father McGinley, announced the open-
ing of the Center of Intercultural For-
mation, in Mexico and Brazil, established
to prepare both lay and religious per-
sonnel for service in Central and South
America. The center, which he serves
as president of the board of directors,
gives intensive 4-month programs in the
languages, history and social, economic
and cultural conditions of Latin Ameri-
can countries.
A native New Yorker, Father McGinley
was born on West 105th Street, Septem-
ber 6, 1905, the son of James and Alice
(McCabe) McGinley. For many years
his father was chief of staff to the com-
missioner of accounts of the city of New
York. Father McGinley's younger
brother, Rev. James J. McGinley, also a
member of the Society of Jesus, is presi-
dent and rector of Canisius College,
Buffalo.
Father McGinley attended Public
School 128 in Brooklyn and Xavier High
School, Manhattan, and for a short pe-
riod was employed in the First National
Bank of New York. Xavier High School
recently awarded him its Insignis Medal,
given "to honor alumni who by their
service to God and the civic community
distinguished themselves as eminently
representative of their alma mater and
worthy of her special recognition."
He has been a member of the Society
of Jesus since 1922, receiving his bach-
elor's and master's degrees from the so-
ciety's college in Woodstock, Md. From
1929 to 1932 he taught at St. Joseph's
Preparatory School, Philadelphia, re-
turning to Woodstock in 1932 for theo-
logical studies.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1935, he
received his licentiate in sacred theology
the following year, and served for a time
as chaplain at City Home Hospital on
Welfare Island, N.Y. After -further
studies, he went to Rome in 1937 for
graduate courses in theology at the
Gregorian University and the Biblical
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Institute, receiving his doctorate in WHEAT REFERENDUM
sacred theology 2 years later. this session of the Congress in the event
in 1939 he served as. director of the Mr. MORSE. Mr. President, Oregon a "no" vote prevails, Is taking the risk-
Vatican radio broadcasts, returning to has over 16,000 farmers who grow wheat lest kind of gamble' My distinguished
the United States in the same year to and feed grains. Annually they produce colleague who heads the Senate Agri-
become professor of theology at Wood- and sell for cash about $45 million worth culture Committee, the Senator from
stock College. After 1942, Father Mc- of wheat and around $30 million in feed Louisiana [Mr. ELLENDER], Is reported
Ginley was prefect of studies, regent of grains, by the press the other day to have said:
the seminary and director of graduate This is modest production and income You can put this in bold type: there
studies at Woodstock, as well as asso- compared with the large wheat States- won't be any more wheat laws passed
ciate editor of Theological Studies. He yet for these 16,000 farmers, wheat and this year If the referendum fails. I'll
was a consultor of the Provincial of the feed grains are Important and major do everything on earth to stop it.-
New York Province of the Society of cash crops-and they represent an IM- My recommendation is for wheat
Jesus from 1943 to 1952. portant segment of our agricultural eeon- farmers to vote on the economic merits
Father McGinley is author of various omy In Oregon. of the 1964 wheat program on May 21
articles in Theological Studies, Thought, Oregon grain farmers take a prag- and not on any pig in the poke.
Verbum Domini-Rome-and of the matic approach to legislation affecting In addition to approval of the wheat
book, "Form-Criticism of the Synoptic wheat and feed grains for this very rea- program, farmers need a feed grain pro-
Healing Narratives," published in 1944. son, For 10 consecutive years. Oregon gram as well. Two weeks ago the
Active in educational circles, he is wheat farmers voted overwhelmingly in House Passed a good voluntary feed
past president andvice president of the favor of marketing quotas in the national grain program-and it is my hope that
Middle States Association of Colleges wheat referendums. the Senate will have before It in a few-
and Secondary Schools; former vice I am confident wheat farmers of Ore- days the same program for considera-
chairman of that association's commis- gon will make their decision In the May tion. I will support it.
sion on institutes of higher education; 21 wheat referendum on the same prac- As I read the program passed by the
past president of the Association of tical dollars-and-cents basis. The dif- House, it will accomplish four necessary
Urban Universities, and presently a di- ference between a "yes" and "no" vote objectives:
rector of the New York Higher Educa- in the referendum can mean over $15 First. It will raise farm income, by
tion Assistance Corp. Other educational million In what income in Oregon. If assuring fairer prices for feed grain pro-
organizations of which he is a member I know Oregon farmers, they're going ducers and by providing a basis of sta-
are the New York State Advisory Coun- to vote their Pocketbooksagain in this biiity for livestock prices.
cil on Higher Education, and the council referendum. Second. It will bring down further the
on higher educational institutions in The 1964 wheat program Is a good pro- surplus stocks of feed grains.
New York City. gram. It assures a high level of wheat Third. It will save millions of dollars
In 1960, Father McGinley was ap- income and it stabilizes wheat produc- In costs to taxpayers, in contrast to the
pointed to membership on the Commis- tion In line with demand, permits orderly Government storage program which
sion on Federal Relations of the Ameri- disposal of our large surplus stocks, would be in effect without this legis-
can Council on Education and was Wheat farmers understand this. They lation.
elected a director of the parent organiza- understand that we cannot go on pro- Fourth. It will give the wheat and
tion the following year to complete a ducing wheat on a continuing surplus feed grains Producer new freedom and
term which expired in December 1962. basis and maintain price. They under- flexibility in the management and oper-
Father McGinley has been active also stand that they can't receive assured in- ation of his own farm. It will enable
in the Association of Colleges and Uni- come without stabilizing production at him to substitute acre for acre between
versities of the State of New York, and usable levels. feed grains and wheat whenever he finds
its Commission on independent colleges That is why this bill had-and still that by doing so he will increase the ef-
and universities. He served the assn- has-the support of all the farm orga- fictency and effectiveness of his own
ciation as president from 1957 to 1958, nizations except one and the support, of personal farming operation. Since this
prior to which time he was secretary- most all of the cooperative and commod- feed grains program Is complementary
treasurer. Since 1959 he has been a ity groups interested In wheat, to and interrelated to the wheat pro-
director of the New York World's Fair Oregon has over 5,500 small allotment gram enacted by- Congress last year,
1964-65 Corp., and director of the Lin- wheat farmers. For the first time in the Prompt action on this feed grains
coin Center for the Performing Arts since history of wheat programs these farmers measure is urgently needed so that
1956. Will be able to vote in a referendum and wheat Producers will have all of the
Father McGinley was national awards Participate in the benefits of the wheat available Information in making their
chairman of the Freedom Foundation at program. They will be treated exactly decision in the referendum on the 1964
Valley Forge in 1959, and has served on . the same as major wheatgrowers They wheat program on May 21, 1963.
the Army Advisory Panel for ROTC af- will receive $2 for their wheat on 80 per- BY Providing a permanent wheat pro-
fairs since 1958. cent of their quota and the basic support gram and a feed grain program, Congress
Among the honors accorded him are of $1,30 for all the rest they can harvest will have made one of the most construe-
the following: on their allotment. Additionally, if they tive steps in many years toward solving
The American Irish Historical Society so desire, they can divert all their acres a major and Plaguing problem in agrlcuI-
Gold Medal, 1960; the University Broth- and receive diversion payments equal to ture-that of income and surpluses, and
erhood Award of the Jewish Theological 50 percent of parity times the average at much less cost to the taxpayer. Con-
Seminary of America, 1960; U.S. Army yield times the number of acres. gress and this administration can be
Outstanding Civilian Service Medal, The certificates-having a value of 70 proud of this accomplishment after 8
1962; Civic Award in Education, the cents Per bushel-represent a built-in long years of declining farm income and
Bronx Board of Trade, 1961; decorations insurance feature for all wheat farmers mounting surpluses.
from the Governments of Peru, Brazil, in case of crop falure, If Congress can move forward in the
Chile, Italy, and most recently, the I have no hesitation about urging all same constructive way in the other prob-
Grand Gold Badge of Honor for Merits the wheat farmers in Oregon to vote lem areas of agriculture, it will have ac-
to the Republic of Austria at the Aus- "Yes" in the May 21 referendum. Since somplished a near miracle. I see no rea-
trian Embassy, Washington, 1963, a two-thirds approval is necessary to put son why we cannot-and I can think of
All who know Father McGinley, and the 1964 wheat program into operation every reason why we shouId-
all who know of the tremendous con- this means that attitude alone is not I know that efforts are being made to
tributions he has made to Fordham Uni- enough, it means that every wheat turn this Into a vote for or against "Gov-
versity and to the whole educational farmer who cares about his wheat in- ernment y mach of a phony in wheat. Govt
world, will join me in paying tribute to come has to take the trouble to vote on a Pretty much of a pissue. du-
this great scholar and educator as he that day. tion and intervention In wheat 1930's,
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lays down the enormous burden which Any farmer who believes that new and when the marketing depression and is terribhe has carried so well for many years. better wheat legislation will be passed by pact upon farming brought about the
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The bill was ordered to be engrossed
and read a third time and was read
the third time.
The SPEAKER. The question is on
the passage of the bill.
The bill was passed.
A motion to reconsider was laid on
the table.
GENERAL LEAVE TO EXTEND
REMARKS
Mr. HAYS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani-
mous consent that all Members may
have 5 legislative days Ii which to ex-
tend their remarks on the bill just
passed. -
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from Ohio?
There=was no objection.
PROGRAM FOR BALANCE OF THE
WEEK
(Mr. ARENDS asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute.)
Mr. ARENDS. Mr. Speaker, I take
this time to ask the majority leader if
he can give us some information as to
the program for the balance of this week
and next week.
Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, if the
gentleman will yield, this completes the
legislative schedule for the week, and I
know of no other business that will be
before the House under our general res-
ervation of programing additional busi-
ness or conference reports for the bal-
ance of the week. We would like to have
leave to wait until tomorrow, however,
to finish the program for next week.
Mr. ARENDS. I thank the gentleman
from Oklahoma, and I will make the re-
quest for further information on tomor-
row.
Mr. ALBERT. I thank the gentleman.
EXTENDING TIME WITHIN WHICH
CERTAIN FEDERAL-STATE AGREE-
MENTS ON SOCIAL SECURITY MAY
BE MODIFIED
(Mr. ST GERMAIN (at the request of
Mr. ALBERT) was given permission to ex-
tend his remarks at this point in the
RECORD.)
Mr. ST GERMAIN. Mr. Speaker, the
bill I am introducing today is similar to
one I introduced last year on the same
subject. This measure would extend
from 1963 to 1966 the time within which
certain Federal-State agreements may
be modified to give noncovered State and
local employees under the divided retire-
ment system procedure an opportunity
to elect coverage without undue finan-
cial hardship.
As I pointed out at the time I intro-
duced this legislation last year, my State
of Rhode Island now has what is known
as a "divided retirement system." This
means that the State of Rhode Island
employees who belong to the State re-
tirement system were enabled for social
security purposes to divide, by referen-
dum, the retirement system.into two
parts: Part a, those desiring coverage;
part b, those who indicated by a "no"
vote in 1958 their desire not to be cov-
ered by social security.
The main obstacle to most State em-
ployees In joining the social security
system is the prohibitive cost of making
payments retroactive to 1956. To cor-
rect this problem, it is necessary for the
States to have a further period of time in
which to negotiate new Federal-State
agreements and that the States be given
the authority to determine the amounts
their employees would pay in order to
receive retroactive coverage under the
social security system.
This bill is introduced after extensive
consultation with the Honorable Ray-
mond H. Hawksley, General Treasurer of
Rhode Island, whose help and guidance
have been invaluable. Since this meas-
ure meets a very real need, it is my hope
that it will be favorably considered by
the Congress.
THE`'-9 AN ITUATION
(Mr. GIBBO S (at the request of Mr.
and to Include extraneous matter.)
Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, a few
days ago, the President requested that
the critics of our Cuban policy recom-
mend constructive proposals rather than
criticism of the present situation. I
wish to present the following proposals
in reply to that request.
- Unless a more definite policy Is estab-
lished toward Cuba, we will be con-
fronted with similar situations in other
Latin American countries. Cuba has
become a center of Communist subver-
sion. Now that the Communists have
established a beachhead in the Western
Hemisphere, they will use this small is-
land to prepare and train personnel to
spread their insidious doctrine through-
out Latin America.
For that reason, I believe that the fol-
lowing proposals certainly deserve close
consideration if we are ever to arrive at
the point of regaining the Initiative
which slowly slipped away from us after
our short-lived blockade: .
First. Prohibit all ships that carry
cargo to Cuban ports from entering
American ports. Also prohibit the own-
ers and countries of such ships from
trading with the United States. If they
want to trade with Cuba, let them; but,
let them'know that they will not be able
to trade with us.
Second. Establish a Cuban govern-
ment in exile. This could be done
through a special election. This Is the
democratic process. This would be the
most practical solution, rather than to
support a half dozen or so splinter
groups. We should deal with one recog-
nized government.
Third. Encourage hemisphere govern-
ments to prohibit travel to Cuba by
Latin Americans for indoctrination and
training in subversion and guerrilla war-
fare.
Fourth. Maximize the Soviet cost of
supporting the Cuban regime by a selec-
tive boycott of those trading with Cuba.
Fifth. Maintain constant air and on-
the-ground surveillance of Cuba;
May 1
Sixth. Prevent export or use of arms
now in Cuba outside of Cuba.
Seventh. Continue to work toward
complete political and economic isola-
tion of Cuba by countries of the Western
Hemisphere as well as the rest of the free
world.
The free world trade with Cuba has
declined from $1.3 billion in 1959 to-an
estimated $225 million in 1962. This
amounts to an 83-percent decline. We
should expand this battle through radio,
press, books, television, and films, as
well as through greatly expanded efforts,
to make contact with special groups,
such as labor, student bodies, and the
intellectual and cultural elite.
Eighth. Insist upon removal of all Rus-
sian, military personnel from Cuba.
Certainly 10,000 to 12,000 troops would
hardly make a difference to Castro's
military force which is now second only
to the United States in the Western
Hemisphere, unless these Russian troops
were to. be used to put down an internal
uprising or to man missiles which we
are told are no longer In Cuba.
To accomplish this end, we must be
firm. If all troops are not completely
removed, and substantial evidence given
to this effect, within a specified period
of time, we should reestablish a firm
blockade, and be prepared for stronger
action if necessary.
We must not let up at .all on our effort
until we have accomplished the goal of
returning Cuba to a free society. How-
ever, a free Cuba will not mean a hemi-
sphere free from the threat of commu-
nism. Only by successfully overcoming
the basic economic and social problems
of the region, can we conquer the threat.
LAW DAY
(Mr. CORMAN (at the request of Mr.
ALBERT) was given permission to extend
his remarks at this point in the RECORD
and to include extraneous matter.)
Mr. CORMAN. Mr. Speaker, today
marks the sixth observance of Law Day.
In 1961, Congress designated may 1 as
Law Day, U.S.A. The theme this year is
"Law-Rule of Right not Might."
There are three objectives of Law Day:
First, to make more - meaningful to
Americans their heritage of individual
freedom under law; second, to foster in-
creased respect for law and the courts
which protect the rights of all citizens;
and, third, to emphasize the rule of law
in our system, as contrasted with the
rule of force and fear under commu-
.nism.
While we are honoring the rule of law,
and the role that it plays in our society,
the Communists are parading their
military might throughout the Soviet
Union and their satellite states. This
indeed is one of the essential differences
between these systems. We rely on rea-
soned adjudication to settle our disputes.
We jealously guard individual liberties.
Their government crushes any dissent
by force. Minorities have no rights in
the Communist state.
The Constitution is the document
which established the institutions of our
Government and created the Federal
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present unemployment situation, rather holds) of sites and buildings in foreign coun- The Clerk read as follows:
than in foreign countries. tries under this Act, and for major alters- Sao. 2. (a) Section 2 of the Foreign Service
As I have been a strong advocate of tions of buildings acquired under this Act, Buildings Act, 1928 (22 U.S.C. 293), is
strict economy in all proposed new ex- the followinu sums- repealed.
(A) for use in Africa, not to exceed $7; (b} The first section of such Act (22
penditures in all Government activities
here at home, I should likewise object
to the expenditure of millions of dollars
in foreign countries. Actually. I con-
sider this more or less another facet of
our foreign aid program which I do not
believe has produced the desired results.
Second, I object to the passage of this
Foreign Service buildings bill because it
provides for the construction of new
buildings in many emerging nations
throughout the world where the govern-
ment is at best most unstable and the net
result could very well be that we would
be constructing office buildings for some
renegade governmental official such as
Castro to confiscate. I believe It the
better part of wisdom for us to continue
to lease our facilities In these foreign
countries until such time as these na-
tions indicate a greater degree of re-
sponsibility and permanence.
Also, in this connection, I feel it is
extremely difficult, if not impossible-
because of the instability of these
emerging nations-for us to accurately
anticipate the size of diplomatic staff
necessary in these various countries.
Accordingly, how could we possibly know
.the requirements for housing and busi-
ness purposes?
ti 1
ar
hi
140,000 of which not to exceed $3,270,000 U.S.C. 292) is amended-
may be appropriated for the fiscal year 1984; (1) by striking out ", subject to the d1-
"(B) for use in the American Republics, rection of the commission hereinafter es-
not to exceed $6,360,000, of which not to tablished,";
exceed $4,030.000 may be appropriated for (2) by striking out "under such terms
the fiscal year 1984; and conditions as in the judgment of the
"(C) for use in Europe, not to exceed commission may best protect the interests
$8,839,000, of which not to exceed $1,820,000 of the United States.";
may be appropriated for the fiscal year 10e4. (3) by striking out ", to the extent deemed
"(D) for use in the Far East, not to ex- advisable by the commission,"; and
ceed $2,360,000, of which not to exceed 82,- (4) by striking out ", which buildings
200,000 may be approprrated for the fiscal shall be appropriately designated by the
year 1984; commission, and the space in which shall be
"(E) for use in the Near East, not to ex- allotted by the Secretary of State under the
ceed $2,710,000, of which not to exceed $2.- direction of the commission" and inserting
100,000 may be appropriated for the [lecat a period and the following: "The space in
year 1964;
such for facilities for the United states such buildings shall be allotted by' the Sec-
Information Agency, not to exceed $1,125: retary of State".
(c) Section 3 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 294)
000, of which not to exceed $7210,000 may be is amended-
appropriated for the fiscal year 1984, and (1) by striking out ", subject to the di-
(G) for facilities for agricultural and de- reetion of the commission; and "in the
fense attache housing, not to exceed $800,000, judgment of the commission,"; and
of which not to exceed $400,000 may be ap- (2) by inserting immediately before the
propriated for the fiscal year 1944; period at the end thereof the following:
"(2) for use to carry out the other pur- -and without regard to section 3048 of the
poses of this Act, not to exceed $23,6 9,000,
of which not to exceed $11,600,000 may be Revised Statutes of the United States (31
USC 529)"
appropriated for the fiscal year 1904. (d) Section 4 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 295)
Sums appropriated pursuant to this au- is amended by striking out ", subject to the
thorization shall remain available until ex- direction of the commission,".
pended. To the maximum extent feasible, (e) Section 9 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 300)
expenditures under this Act shall be made Is amended-
out of foreign currencies owned by or owed (1) by striking out "with the concurrence
to the United States." of the Foreign Service Buildings Commis-
s par cu
My third objection to t
Mr. MICHEL. Mr, Chairman, I move
measure arises from the report of the to strike out the last word.
Foreign Affairs Subcommittee in which
it appears that primary consideration Mr. Chairman, I do so for the purpose
for the use of these office buildings and of inquiring of the chairman, under
living quarters will be given to the State paragraph (0), why is it necessary to
Department, U.S. Information Agency, single out housing for the agricultural
and Aid for International Development attache and the defense attaches in the
with only secondary consideration given amount of $800,000. How about the
to such Important agencies as the Fed- other attaches, such as labor, and so
eral Bureau of Investigation, General Ac- forth? Why do we have to single out the
counting Office, the American Battle agricultural attache and the defense
Monuments Commission, and similar attache in this case?
agencies. If such new office buildings Mr. HAYS. The best answer I can
and living quarters are to be constructed give the gentleman is that it Is up to the
in the amount of $26,324,000, I believe State Department to provide housing
all of our foreign activities should be for these people and these are the ones
given priority according to need rather they asked housing for, We did not
than special preference given to some allow every request, but they did ask
particular agencies -whose effectiveness I for housing for the agricultural attaches
seriously question. and the defense attaches.
Accordingly, Mr. Chairman, I must Mr. MICHEL. I am. glad to hear the
register my strong opposition to the pass- gentleman's response to that question
age of this particular measure and urge for many times in the past the agricul-
my colleagues to consider long and hard tural attache at these foreign posts has
our financial condition as well as the been left out in the cold. I am glad to
necessity for the expenditure of these see that at this particular juncture, they
millions of dollars overseas. are being recognized for housing at least.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance Mr. HAYS. I think I can say to the
of my time. gentleman that these two categories,
The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will read. these people, come from these particular
The Clerk read as follows: Government departments whereas your
Be it enacted by the Senate and House labor attache, for example, is actually
of Representatives of the United States of from the State Department and 1s usu-
Amertca in Congress assembled, That sec ally a Foreign Service officer and Is
tion 4 of the Foreign Service Buildings Act. .
1926, as amended (22 U.S.C. 295), is amended taken care of in that category. Whereas,
by adding at the end thereof the following of course, as you know, the defense
new subsection: attaches is from the Department of De-
"(d) In addition to amounts authorized fense and the agricultural attache Is
before the date of enactment of this section, from the Department of Agriculture, but
there is hereby authorized to be approprl- it is the responsibility of the State De-
nted to the Secretary of State- partment to procure housing for them.
(1) for acquisition, by purchase or con-
struction (including acquisition of lease- Mr. MICHEL. I thank the gentleman,
sion,"; and
(2) by striking out ", as in the judgment
of the Commission may best serve the Gov-
ernment's Interest".
(f) Section 1(e) of Reorganization Plan
Numbered II of May 9, 1939 (53 Stat. 1432),
is repealed.
(g) All references to the Foreign Service
Buildings Commission, originally established
by the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926,
in all laws of the United States are hereby
repealed.
Mr. HAYS. Mr. Chairman, I move to
strike out the last word.
May I say if anyone Is interested, the
reason for these lastamendments is that
all of the functions of this Commission
were transferred to the Secretary of
State in 1939 and under the reorganiza-
tion plan. The Commisison has never
met since then. I, for one, happen to
be a great believer that there are too
many laws now, and when we have dead-
wood we should take it out. We have
repealed this, believing It to be in con-
formity with the facts as they exist.
The CHAIRMAN. Under the rule, the
Committee rises. .
Accordingly the Committee rose; and
the Speaker having resumed the chair,
Mr. O'NEILL, Chairman of the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union, reported that that Com-
mittee, having had under consideration
the bill (H.R, 5207) to amend the For-
eign Service Buildings Act, 1926, to au-
thorize additional appropriations, and
for other purposes, pursuant to House
Resolution 312, he reported the bill back
to the House. -
The SPEAKER. Under the rule, the
previous question Is ordered.
The question Is on the engrossment
and third reading of the bill.
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land has. been mentioned on this floor
today. Certainly nothing that has been
said about Neil MacNeil overemphasizes
or exaggerates his fine qualities as a
writer.
Neil MacNeil has said that his purpose
in writing the "Forge of Democracy" was
to "define the House of Representatives."
In so doing he has quoted a number
of earlier descriptions of this great body
which his animated scholarship has
brought to light.
One that caught my eye was that of
an 18th-century commentator:
The design of the House of Representatives
is to represent the people of the United
States, and to protect their liberties.
In protecting the liberties of the peo-
ple, this House collectively and its Mem-
bers individually are often misunder-
Catcalls, calumny, and caricature
stood
.
are the result. Members are accused of
bolshevism on one hand and negative
obstructionism on the other. In most
cases they are guilty of neither, but have
been representing their people in accord-
ance with their conscience and in the
light of their experience in life.
Neil MacNeil tells how the House op-
erates and the way in which the Mem-
bers of this body dedicate themselves to
their high calling. The problems of the
Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, Neil
MacNeil's "Forge of Democracy" is a
gripping epic of the House of Represent-
atives. Mr. MacNeil has succeeded in
portraying the House as the living, dy-
namic, political institution that we, as
Members, know it to be. It brings to
the reader historically accurate infor-
mation about its membership, past and
present, and presents it in a manner that
brings each episode to life. -
I have known Mr. MacNeil for many
years and his book reflects his sincerity
and the tremendous effort that he has
put into its writing. I congratulate him
for making this excellent documentary
on the history of the House of Repre-
sentatives available to the reading pub-
lic, and to students of government.
COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT
MARINE AND FISHERIES
Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent that the Committee
on Merchant Marine and Fisheries have
permission to sit until 1 o'clock today.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from
Oklahoma?
There was no objecti
achievements of the House in preserving CASTROPHOBIA-A LATIN
liberty are recorded. CAN EPIDEMIC
In my judgment, this history of the (Mr. ROGERS of Florida asked and
House will make it at once more human
and more understandable, and at the was given permission to address s the revise
extend f ohis r or 1 permission
the the
same time more noble and elevated in House
out the world. and to r s and
t opinions men and women through- Mr. ROGERS of Florida. Mr. Speaker,
out
The SPEAKER. The Chair recog- the predictions are that a disease seems
nizes the gentleman from Florida [Mr. to be spreading through our sister con-
ROGERS]. tinent to the south. Castrophobia, a new
(Mr. ROGERS of Florida asked and form of virus, is emanating from Com-
was given permission to revise and ex- munist Cuba to infect the nations of
tend his remarks.) Latin America. Fidel Castro's dissolu-
too, tinned former administrative aid re-
Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Speaker, I, cently predicted that Communist take-
want to join my colleagues in praise of over of Latin America is imminent.
Neil MacNeil for his outstanding work, Joaquin Ossorio, just arrived in the
"Forge of Democracy." This book is - United States after being freed through
written by a true student of the legis- arrangements of lawyer James Donovan
lative process who has recorded the ac- last week, said in Miami that "Mexico
tions of the House of Representatives in will go first, Cuba will be the base, and
true form. - - the takeover has been prepared there." -
The Importance of the House is often Ossorio continued by saying that he
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
(Mr. BECKER asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his
remarks.)
Mr. BECKER. Mr. Speaker, for
almost a year now I have raised the
issue on the floor of this House of the
high incidence of crime in the District
of Columbia and the impossibility for
people in the District or their visiting
friends to - walk the streets of the Dis-
trict either day or night, for fear of their
lives.
I am calling the attention of the Com-
mittee on the District of Columbia to
this situation. They are now holding
hearings on legislation to try to correct
it. I am wondering how many of us
recognize that within the last 10 days,
as they have gone through the Washing-
ton newspapers, they have found abso-
lutely no record of the crime in the
District of -Columbia. It has been
blacked out of the newspapers. I find
on just a little investigation that the
Police Department is being prevented
from issuing this information to the
press. The Committee on the District
of Columbia should be investigating, and
if they are not I hope they will, investi-
gate this crackdown on the Police De-
partment to keep this important news
out of the newspapers. When you talk
about managing the news, they have got
it right here in the District of Columbia
so far as the Police Department is con-
cerned. I think it is a crime that that
news is being blacked out of the news-
papers. I am surprised the press has
not said something about it.
CORRECTION OF ROLLCALL
Mr. JOHANSEN. Mr. Speaker, on
rollcall No. 34, on yesterday, Tuesday,
April 30, I am recorded as being absent.
I was present and answered to my name.
I ask unanimous consent that the per-
manent RECORD and Journal be corrected
accordingly.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from
Michigan?
There was no objection.
CALL OF THE HOUSE
Mr. GROSS. Mr. Speaker, I make the
point of order that a quorum is not
present.
The SPEAKER. Evidently a quorum
is not present.
Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, I move a
call of the House.
A call of the House was ordered.
The Clerk called the roll, and the fol-
lowing Members failed to answer to their
names :
underestimated by those who do not un- did not believe the United States could
derstand its constitutional powers and stop the Communists even if they tried.
its actual operations. Neil MacNeil does Americans know better.
with accuracy. Mr. Speaker, how fortunate we are in
"Forge of Democracy" should be read the United States to be privileged to live
by each Member of Congress and all in a stable society, with government
Americans who want to have a greater chosen and upheld in systematic order.
understanding of the body that speaks This fact comes to us clearly today,
as the voice of the American people. May 1, Law Day. Yet to the south,
GENERAL LEAVE TO EXTEND
Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent that all Members
have permission to extend their remarks
on the subject of Neil MacNeil's book,
"Forge of Democracy," at this point in
the RECORD; and that all Members have
5 legislative days in which to extend their
remarks on that subject.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from Okla-
homa?
There was no objection.
many nations of Latin America - are in
comparative chaos. Life and property
there are protected by law at one mo-
ment, are subject to destruction the next.
Mr. Speaker, Law Day brings to every
American the responsibility to honor and
strengthen the system under which we
live. Law Day should cause our Govern-
ment to examine the responsibility it has
to the governed. And Law Day points up
the great need for this Nation to exercise
its responsibility for leadership in this
hemisphere to stem the tide of commu-
nism in Latin America.
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Aspinall
Healey
Roosevelt
Beermann
Hebert
Ryan, Mich.
Buckley
Leggett
St. Onge
Celler
Lennon
Scott
Chenoweth
Lloyd
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Shelley
Conte
Miller, Calif.
Sisk
Davis, Tenn.
Nedzi
Staebler
Dawson
Powell
Van Pelt
Edmondson
Reid, Ill.
Walter
Flynt
Rivers, Alaska
White
Forrester
R`-vers, S.C.
Willis
Hagan, Ga.
Rogers, Colo.
Hansen
Rogers, Tex.
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Mr. SMITH of California. Mr. Speak-
p
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this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury is
By unanimous consent, further pro-
er, I yield myself such time as I may
authorized and directed upon an appropria-
ceedings under the call were dispensed
consume, and ask unanimous consent to
floe of funds for that purpose to purchase
with.
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
TENSION
Mr. THORNBERRY. Mr. Speaker, by
direction of the Committee on Rules, I
call up House Resolution 325 and ask
for its immediate consideration.
The Clerk read the resolution, as fol-
lows :
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this
resolution it shall be in order to move that
the House resolve Itself Into the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union
for the consideration of the bill (HR. 3872)
to increase the lending authority of the Ex-
port-Import Bank of Washington, to extend
the period within which the Export-Import
Bank of Washington may exercise its func-
tions, and for other purposes. After gen-
eral debate, which shall be confined to the
Mr. SMITH of California, Mr. Speak- Mr. SMITH of California. May I ask
er, House Resolution 325 is a 2-hour open the gentleman further: We are
and aware
it i
that rule. On its adoption the House will amended ithe a the other ladg ait
consider H.R. 3872, which is a bill to in- back-door spending and the nuIn, agh on
crease the lending authority of the Ex- wonder what wshat your position potition will back be a fol oflo on I
-port-Import
-port-Import Bank of Washington, to ex- w-
the period within which the-Export- ing that?
Import Bank of Washington may exercise hold Mr. the PATMAN. Ash House, I and I feel
its functions, and for other purposes. position duty of tea House, gad of it will This bill would, first, extend the life of each of be the dree and the obligation of oe
the Export-Import Bank for 5 years to House each o to the conferees
ume that ttit part of the
June 30. 1968; second, Increase, the lend- assume that attitude and be
Ing authority of the Bank by $2 billion; firm in that position.
and, third, authorize a $1 billion increase if Mr. the SMITH language of the California. as May I ask
in the exporter Insurance program of the me before we started same
the s lee hen
Bank. on thrule, then
bill and shall continue not to exceed two one point of controversy on this bill.
hours, to be equally divided and controlled That turns on the point of whether the
by the chairman and ranking minority mem- $2 billion of increased lending authority
her of the Committee on Banking and Cur- of the Bank would be financed by back-
rency. the bill shall be read for amendment door t,~, ,.aria r__Y
_
t
sion of the consideration of the bill for
amendment, the Committee shall rise and
report the bill to the House with such
amendments as may have been adopted, and
the previous question shall be considered as
ordered on the bill and amendments thereto
to final passage without intervening motion
except one motion to recommit.
Mr. THORNBERRY. Mr. Speaker, I
yield 30 minutes to the gentleman from
California [Mr. SMITHI, pending which
I yield myself such time as I may con-
sume.
Mr. Speaker, this resolution provides
for the consideration of the bill H
R,
The chairman of the Banking and
Currency Committee in his appearance
before the Rules Committee, informed
our committee he would offer an amend-
ment when the bill was brought before
the House, to subject the provision of
funds for the increased lending authority
to the appropriations process. I believe
that should eliminate the controversy on
the bill.
There is general agreement the Ex-
port-Import Bank has operated on a
sound business basis and that it is a valu-
.
3872, a bill to increase the lending au- nancial institutions in financing our for- whom we should consult and take such
3872,
thority of the Export-Import Bank of eign trade. action as the leaders and others feel we
Washington, to extend the period within Now it is known, of course, if the ought to take.
which the Export-Import Bank of Wash- gentleman from Texas [Mr. PATHAN] Mr. SMITH of California. Just one
ington may exercise its functions, and offers an amendment here which he has other question, if I may.
for other purposes. stated he will do, which eliminates the One of the Members came to me just
backdoor spending and ties It down to a short while ago and stated to me that
The resolution is an open rule, provid- appropriated funds, It can then, of he had heard Information or a rumor to
ing for 2 hours of general debate. course, go to the other body and the the effect that the Export-Import Bank
The purpose of the bill Is to extend the back-door spending language could be has just recently concluded a loan to
life of the Export-Import Bank for 5 inserted back into the bill. Then it will Communist Yugoslavia. Are you aware
years, to increase the bank's authoriza- come back over here and there may be of anything like that?
tion for insurance and guarantee from a conference and it may be that we would Mr. PATMAN. No, I am not aware
$1 to $2 billion, and to Increase the limi- eventually find that language In the bill, of It,
tation on the amount of loans, guaran- So, In order to make a little history Mr. SMITH of California. I wonder if
tees, and insurance outstanding at any on the rule here today, I would like to this information Is brought to your at-
time from $7 to $9 billion. ask some questions of the distinguished tention, if you will have your committee
Mr. Speaker, when the distinguished gentleman from Texas [Mr. PATHAN] so check into a situation like that.
gentleman from Texas [Mr. PATHAN], that we can determine specifically what Mr. PATMAN. That would be some-
chairman of the Committee on Banking his intent is and what his attitude thing that Is up to the executive branch
and Currency, appeared before the Com- throughout this legislative procedure will of the Government, I would assume.
mittee on Rules to request a rule on this be. Would the gentleman from Texas What kind of a loan is involved, if any?
bill, he stated that he would offer an [Mr. PATHAN) be so kind as to answer a Is it possibly a loan that the gentleman
amendment to the bill which would re- few questions for me? from California might agree with? I
move the Treasury borrowing authority Mr. PATMAN. Yes, sir. do not know just what It might be.
for the Export-Import Bank from the Mr. SMITH of California. My under- Mr. SMITH of California. I just do
bill, and would substitute therefor the standing is that you Intend to offer an not happen to believe that the Export-
provision that annual appropriations amendment deleting the back-door Import Bank should be lending money
would be requested for the lending au- spending and tie It down to appropriated to Communist Yugoslavia which is out
thority. I have seen the amendment, funds; is that correct? to take over our Government. i would
which is in the nature of a substitute, Mr. PATMAN. It is my plan and pur- like to have somebody check that par-
and it will be offered when the House goes pose and I will offer a substitute to ticular situation to see if It exists.
into the Committee of the Whole House strike out all after the enacting clause Mr. PATMAN. Generally, I am op-
on the State of the Union. and Insert language as follows:
posed to doing any business with any
you would be adamant in your position
with respect to the position of the House?
Mr. PATMAN. That is right. The
gentleman uses the correct word to de-
scribe It. We would be adamant in our
position.
Mr. SMITH of California. I have
been informed by one of the Members on
this side that if this bill comes back with
that back-door language in it, he would
object and send it to the Rules Commit-
tee.
Mr. PATMAN. Of course
if the other
,
body should be adamant in its position,
then we would have no legislation at all.
This act expires on June 30. I think
this legislation is too important for either
side or for any Member not to try to get
the act extended, and if we get into an
impasse, then we would have to do the
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