A CALL FOR ACTION IN VIETNAM

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• Publication Date: June 2, 1964
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ssillid learn, on the other hand,, at least what
ppear to be, in the eyes of Goverment pec-
pie, the long-range cons,equences of ,some
,present econornie_practiees,
The id, thing is ,41*614:0:(8-e'ach other's
Ideas. We meet here smarting from the scars
of our economic wars ?and ready to battle
agam if need be. The Government peci,ple
meet in their groups and perhaps pat each
other on the beck for supeeesful isinenUnteP.
with the business dragon. We need to com-
municate with each other and x -our eyes
on our exinamon goals.
Our economy lsast,Its POIRPIPx4,17O'ffl are
staggering. It is no wonder, perhaps, that
how it works and why, it works is so_ poorly
-cOrMirelienffed.14y most Of trinpuldic. Ney-
erthelesa-, Twas shocked the other, day,to read
that a Survey Of college seniors showed that
tWO-thirds pf- thOvonlen:feit, the,t
ern:tient' -control production and
flees
? Just think, these young women have prob-
? ably had all the instruction on economics
that they will get in their lifetime. They
will go on to careers and families without
the slightest understanding of how quickly
this Nation would stagnate and its prosperity
crumble under such a system. They have
no concept of how many of the benefits I'm
sure they cherish have been created and are
-sustained by our free economy, by business.
.Something is very wrong when the sources
of a standard of living that is the envy of the
world is misunderstood so badly. The Gov-
ernment is waging an antipoverty war. What
is the great need? Jobs, a million more jobs,
at least. But Government cannot create
jobs any more than It can create wealth.
The source of jobs is an employer?a bus-
-inessman. Businessmen using the profits
from their enterprises risk that money to
expand, to grow, to progress, and in so doing
they add to the Nation's jobs and the Na-
tion's wealth.
I don't see how there can be any question
of this simple fact. Yet we must realize that
among millions of persons, and as I said
before, some of the career officials in Wash-
ington, there is a tendency to regard busi-
nessmen as potential conspirators engaged
only in unsavory pursuits.
MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING A MEET
The American businessman has contributed
hugely to his countsy's greatness, and his
products and management talents have
helped win his country's wars. For these
reasons, and for reasons of ordinary decency
and justice, I am disturbed at the reputation
currently assigned to the businessman, par-
ticularly to those of the largest responsibili-
ties, that he is, ipso facto, a public enemy
if not a criminal, I _am getting particularly
annoyed at the assumption that the out-
standingly successful businessman 'could
have achieved his success only through un-
fair competition, monopolistic practices,
price fixing and all the other alleged sins
that are inevitably related by ignorant or
jealous people to business success.
This warped opinion of the business world
and the responsible companies that are its
core is surprising. Some of your forefathers
came West to help build this magnificent
city of San Francisco. They led wagons
built by honest businessmen. They carried
rifles and axes forged by factories of integrity.
I like to think, in fact I am sure, that some
of those pioneers carried good salt from our
warehouse set up in Chicago nearly 125 years
ago, for there was no salt to be had on the
long trek across the plains.
Today, of course, San Francisco is one of
the principal solar salt producing areas in
the United States. Our company has a plant
near here at Newark from which we conduct
our campaign to capture all the salt business
of the west coast.
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, the national _welfare and the obligatiOn on
ell of us to advance it. We are not a set of
warring tribes, but one Nation. As Saint
, Paul told the bickering Christians of 2,000
? years ago, the eye is no good without the
hand the head no good without the feet, all
parts are needed for the body.
Government servants are as human as we,
and capable of constructive thinking. It is
-. ppiiptrpQtiye aric_l in the spirit of free enter-
? _prise in a free society to seek to restore the
cooperation between Government and busi-
ness.
Business is ready to try, I'm sure. Presi-
dent Johnson has indicated he would like to
see more understanding and cooperation.
Now how about the people who run the bu-
reaus and regulatory agencies in Washing-
? ton? I hope they will join in a common
effort which would benefit everyone.
No Braceros, No Nothing
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
? HON. CHARLES S. GUBSER
OF CALIFORNIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, June 2, 1964
Mr. GUBSER. Mr. Speaker, a recent
newsletter published by the firm of
Mendelson-Zeller Co., Inc., growers and
shippers in California, should be of in-
terest to all persons either for or against
Public Law '78, which will expire Decem-
ber 31 of this year. We will undoubt-
edly be reading many such articles in the
future, so I commend this one to my col-
leagues as an indication of grower con-
cern in the State of California:
No BRACEROS, No NOTHIN'
? As you know, the Mexican bracero program
will expire December 31. Tired with being a
political football, disgusted with do-gooders
who at the very best are stupidly ignorant of
,the true situation, fed up with crackpot
speeches by people from nonfarming States,
California agriculture finally gave up the
ghost and told the State and Federal labor
officials that it would not ask for a renewal
of the bracero program but would try to live
with any sort of plan the Government people
would work out. Agriculture has promised,
offered, and is willing to help in any system
which would furnish reliable labor for our
crops.
Since then, the air has been filled with
suggestions, recommendations, and some of
the damndest ideas ever seen by the eyes of
farmers and growers. Someone has suddenly
learned that the so-called pool of unem-
ployed labor available to agriculture after
deducting women, teenagers, children, sick
people, half drunks, full drunks, quarter
drunks, social security collectors, and just-
too-tired-to-work people might possibly add
up to one-tenth of 1 percent. Of the tenth
of 1 percent maybe half of one-twentieth of 1
percent get their fill of cantaloupe picking,
lettuce cutting, and berry picking within 18
minutes after starting to work in the dust
and hot sun.
Just to mention something with which we
are closely connected, there are today in
Orafige County probably 5,000 strawberry
pickers. Outside of the braceros and "green
card" Mexican workers probably less than 5
percent is domestic labor. You realize that
before a grower can hire braceros he must
have exhausted all possible sources for do-
mestic labor. At one time earlier in the sea-
Mei In ay mfivmptimagodio3R000 otseogisist out a coil to Gov- -
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pie who stayed not less than a half-hour in
the fields. At this very moment one of our
largest growers, whose Mexican braceros are
a little late in arriving, couldn't today hire a
single domestic worker.
Next year, without braceros, how many
acres of berries would you like to plant at
a cost of around $2,000 per acre? When they
start yelling for laborers in the San Joaquin
Valley for cantaloup picking in 105' to
110? weather next year, have you any names
you can suggest who would be willing to do
this delightful work?
It must be admitted some of the sug-
gested plans are exciting. For instance,
someone claims we could bring in unem-
ployed West Virginia coal miners but they
have neglected to ask the coal miners about
it. Mining coal and picking strawberries on
the surface seem slightly incompatible. And
I wonder who would house them between
after seasons. Maybe they could be used in
precision work in the aircraft factories?
Of course, the Government could pirate
Texas labor, Idaho Rotato and fruit workers.
Washington apple pickers, but wasn't one
Civil War enough?
Civic groups are busy developing housing
listings for migrant workers. Rents of
wrath? Los Angeles County farm labor of-
ficials say 300 out-of-school youths could be
used immediately in strawberry picking.
Another great suggestion is the hauling of
teenagers from county to county on a com-
mute deal (complete with Beatles?). Last
year in that area the department, was able to
recruit only 150 youths for farmwork in Los
Angeles County and absolutely none for
neighboring county fields. That really
Shouldn't bother anyone. Last year Cali-
fornia employed a peak of 62,670 braceros.
Actually, I'm not too frightened, I am
absolutely and completely scared stiff at this
collision course on which California agricul-
ture is pointed. The nicest thing you can
say about the mess that will result strtlng
January 1, 1966, is?chaotic.
A Call for Action in Vietnam
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
HON. THOMAS M. PELLY
OF WASHINGTON
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, June 2, 1964
Mr. PELLY. Mr. Speaker, one of my
constituents has forwarded to me an edi-
torial clipped from a California com-
munity newspaper.
This editorial forthrightly expresses an
opinion on U.S. policy in connection with
Vietnam. This opinion may not agree
with the views of the administration.
Obviously it does not. Nor is this blunt
outburst by a redblooded American edi-
tor in harmony, necessarily, with the
views of our State Department and the
President. Obviously it is not.
Furthermore, it clashes completely
with the so-called theory of realism and
reappraisal as to world communism re-
cently advanced by the chairman of an
appropriate conunittee of the other body.
But, Mr. Speaker, the American peo-
ple are fed up with what is going on in
southeast Asia. Americans are disgusted
with the halfhearted, halfway conduct
of our affairs in South Vietnam.
editorial. It is about time, indeed, that
America started lighting.
Listen to what Mr. Edwards says:
IT'S ABOUT TIME WE START FIGHTING
The U.S.S. Card has been sunk by Vietcong
Reds.
Alright. How about it? What now Wash-
ington?
What in the name of God are you going
to do now? ,We are not at war in Vietnam?
This is just a Military containing maneuver?
The Vietcong are only misguided orientals?
Time will show them the error of their ways?
Good old status quo? Sit on our fat dumb
duffs and let anyone anyplace shoot, loot,
capture, torture, maim, and kill with im-
punity? Is that the answer?
Where does it end? When does it end?
When in the name of all that's good and
holy are we going to belt them back? I
don't mean a, nice soft, lilly fingered, limp
wristed letter.
I mean a great big fat American belt in
the mouth! A backhanded Wisher slap in
the chops.
I mean war, red war, all out, no holds
barred, bloody bombing of Vietcong forces
and any other that in any way, shape. form,
or fashion threatens with words or deeds the
integrity of these United States.
I know that somewhere in this American
public there are some sort of guts. I've
seen it before and I know that it still lives,
and I want to know when we're going to
show some of them.
Oh, I know that the meek inherit the
earth. What I want to see is some of their
meek inherit their earth. Six feet of it.
I'm sick and tired of understanding our
enemy brothers. I think it's just about time
that they [darted to understand me.
Now I don't know about you, Mr. President.
I know about me. I know that I have had it.
That I am filled right up to here with diplo-
macy, and gentle understanding, and love
one another and all the bully ragging hokum
I can stand.
I fought twice, Mr. President. My father
fought once, my grandfather fought in the
Philippines. and I have two greats that
fought in the Civil War, and we go clear
back to the American Revolution in my
family.
Now then. By God it's about time that
we remimbered that yin' can get peace only
when you stomp on a bully and let him have
blood.
Let them want peace for a chang
EDWARDS.
Give Them Good WeapO")s
'EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. EDWARD J. DERWINSKI
Of ILLINOIS
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, June 2, 1964
Mr. DERWINSKI. Mr. Speaker, the
American public senses that all is not
well in Vietnam despite the numerous
trips of Secretary of Defense McNamara
to that country and repeated confer-
ences and declarations as to how the
problems are being overcome,
The Chicago Daily News of Monday,
June 1, effectively offered a practical
suggestion to the administration as to
what could be done to help in Vietnam.
I insert the article into the RECORD at
this point:
Mate, and the jungles and disposition of the
people provide exasperating hazards to the
American military man.
Over and above all this, it now appears
that the United qtates has been providing
some gratuitous homemade hazards for its
righting men by sending ancient'and rickety
helicopters for service in the combat zone.
Secretary of the Army Stephen Ailes said
on Thursday that eight Americans have been
killed In South Vietnam because of struc-
tural failures of the old "flying banana" type
of helicopters, and that these old aircraft are
now being taken out of service.
Why were they in service? Particularly,
why were they in service in an area where
casualty risks are already great?
Mies says that the structural failures that
killed the American airmen "had no similar-
ity and were not specifically due to age or
length of service." This strains credulity;
surely new craft incorporating latest con-
cepts of design and dependability are likely
to be safer than old craft. Otherwise, why
are the old ones being replaced?
Representative OLIVER P. BOLTON, Repub-
lican, of Ohio, and others are demanding a
congressional investigation of all aerial
equipment in South Vietnam to discover
whether casualties are resulting from
obsolete planes of any type. Defense Sec-
retary McNamara says the suspicion is "ab-
solutely without foundation."
_ Some foundation surely exists in the rec-
ord of the eight dead American fighting men.
We hope Congress will satisfy itself as to
whether there are any more.
A Memorial Day Letter by Senator Norris
Cotton
' =TENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. J. ARTHUR YOUNGER
OF CALIFORNIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, June 2, 1964
Mr. YOUNGER. Mr. Speaker, Sena-
tor NORRIS COTTON, a Member of the
other body and former Member and col-
league of ours in the House, wrote what
I think is one of the finest Memorial
Day letters to his constituents I have had
the pleasure to read and in order that it
may have wider circulation, under
unanimous consent I insert his letter of
May 28, 1964, in the Appendix of the
RECORD:
NORRIS COTTON REPORTS TO You FROM THE
U.S. SENATE
This Memorial Day marks the centennial
of the Civil War's bloodiest year. As the Sen-
ate pauses to observe it, I invite you to go
with me from the clamor of Congress, across
the historic Potomac, to that city of sil-
ence?Arlington National Cemetery. There,
engraved in granite, is the history of our
country.
For Arlington, too, this month is a cen-
tennial. On May 13, 1864, as Grant was
launching the wilderness campaign, the first
soldier was buried Were?Pvt. William
Christman, 67th Pennsylvania Infantry.
From that day to the burial of our martyred
President, John F. Kennedy, 125,000 have
there been laid to rest.
Despite the grandeur of the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier or the presence of Persh-
ing and Marshall and Wainwright, and the
honored dead of all our wars. Arlington, like
I applaud and suppointnsfrAktis of tne_
citizens of this country -sirpV6AIM Re Inievara Nalte More Amen-
tion
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of John Edwards the writer of this is no bargain at best. It has a murky di- cans died in the 4-years of that conflict than