OAS CAN END CASTRO IN CUBA

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1964, CONGRESSIONAL RECOA `= oti
posed of pursuant to the Strategic and Criti-
cal Maeriais Stock Piling Act;
13.J: es 4* 6lnt resolution to authorize
the residen -to proclaim December 7, 1966,
as Pearl Harbor Day in comemmoration of
the 25th anniversary of the attack on Pearl
Harbor, and
11. J. ties. 350. Joint resolution granting
the consent of Congress to"an amendment to
the compact between the State of Ohio and
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania relating
to Pgmatuning Lake.
And an enrolled bill of the Senate as -
'follows:
S. 2. An act to establish water resources re-
search centers, to promote a more adequate
national program of water resource, and for
other purposes,-
H.R. 10053
announce . that after the President re-
turned, the bill, H.R. 10053, the Clerk of
the House, pursuant to the provisions of
House Concurrent Resolution 323; 88th
Congress, caused the bill to be reenrolled
with a correction. The Speaker, pur-
suant to the authority granted him by
House Concurrent Resolutions 322 and
313, 88th Congress, did on July 8, 1964,
sign the same.
MEMBERS OF NATIONAL COMMIS-
SION ON FOOD MARKETING
The SPEAKER. The Chair desires to
announce., that pursuant to authority
granted by `the Rouse on July 2, 1904,
and provisions contained in section 2,
Public Law 98-364, the'dhair'did, on July
7, 1964, appoint as members of the Na
tional 'Commission on Food Marketing, 11 the following members on the part of the
House Mrs., SVLLIVAN, of Missouri; 'Mr.
PURCELL, ,Of Texas; Mr. ROSENTHAL Of
New York; Mr. CUNNINGHAM, of e-
braska; and Mrs. MAY, of Washington.
-s?ECIAL ORDttS' GFtANT> D
Mr. PATMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent ` that the special
orders i have for, today, tomorrow, and
the next day be postponed for 2 weeks.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from
Texas?
There was no objection.
sUBCOMMITTEE NO 1 OF YIdt7SE
SMALL 3,US$ GOA2MIT'
Mr. ~PATN1Al~7', r. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent that subcommittee'
No.l of the-House Small Business Com-
mittee , be privileged to sit while the
House ,is in , session. during? 3 days this
week, commencing tomorrow.
The SPEAIKErt. Is there objection to
the request of__ the ` gentleman from
Texas?
Where was no-objection.
(Mr. : WIOKZRSHl , asked and was
given permission to exten dhis remarks
at this pointin the RECORD.)
(Mr.' WTCKERSHAM'S remarks will
appear' hereafter in the Appendix.]
"FISHBAIT" MILLER IS AGAIN 39
(Mr. SIKES asked and was given per-
mission to address the House for 1 min-
ute and to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr.. SIKES. Mr. Speaker, fortunately
we are able to resume our work in the
Congress this morning on a happy note,
on an occasion when we can felicitate a
valued employee upon his birthday. On
this day, one of the most loyal, one of the
most capable, and one of the best loved
employees of the House is "again 39."
I refer to our friend, and he is a good
friend of every Member of the House,
the Honorable William M. Miller, Door-
keeper of the U.S. House of Representa-
tives. Congratulations, "Fishbait," the
House loves, appreciates, and respects
(Mr. ROGERS of Florida asked and
was given permission to address the
House for 1 minute and to revise and
extend his remarks.)
Mr. ROGERS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, `
Castro has been waging war with peace-
making attempts to undermine the Or-
ganization of American States' meeting
tomorrow in Washington. , Because the
OAS will consider strong sanctions
against Cuba, Castro has generated pub-
licity recently which makes him appear
anxious for recpnciliation with.the free
world.
But consider the source. Aside from
Castro's reputation as a master of deceit,
it should be recalled that the New York,
Times, which first carried stories of Castro's recent peace offensive, was the same
newspaper which published accounts of
Castro and his revolutionaries before
they took over, in Cuba, painting them
up as freedom fighters, and overlooking
their Communist backgrounds. It was
New York Times Writer Herbert Matti
ews who traveled closely with Castro
then, and who was later criticized for
not revealing Castro's Communist lean-
ings by former Ambassador to Cuba un-
der President Eisenhower, Earl E. T.
Smith.
However, Castro's efforts cannot suc-
ceed as it appears that the OAS will
adopt sanctions against. Cuba. One chief
step which can have. great effect is that
of boycotting trade between Latin
America and Cuba, and calling on the
rest of the free world nations to do like-
wise,
The Cuba economy is ravaged. U.S.
efforts to embargo trade have been suc-
cessful, and Castro has suffered, his des-
pair being lightened only by the trade
he enjoys with our allies in Europe and
elsewhere.
Yet America's efforts have been di-
rected primarily at ending allied sales
to Cuba, not allied purchases from Cuba.
And ironically, most U.S. allies buy more
goods from Castro than they sell to him,
giving him ready markets from which to
foster his regime. For example, Italy
bought some $37 million in goods from
Castro during 1963, while selling ap-
proximately $600,000 in return. Britain
bought some $34.7 million last year, sold
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$5.ffmillion. Japan bought $21.5 million;
sold $2.3 million. The total amount of
goods bought last year from Castro by
our'allies comes to over $182 million.
The Organization of American States
should not be deceived by Castro's at-
tempts to placate the hemisphere. The
United States must not soften its efforts
to see these sanctions adopted by the
nations of the hemisphere. It is clear
that strong action by the OAS will lay
the groundwork for subsequent trade
boycotts of Cuba by the other nations
of the free world, thereby forcing the en-
tire supply burden for Cuba back on the
already strained economies of the Com-
munist world.
THE SITUATION IN PHILADELPHIA,
MISS., AS COMPARED TO THAT
WHICH EXISTS IN NEW YORK
(Mr. WINSTEAD asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. WINSTEAD. Mr. Speaker, I have
just returned from my hometown of
Philadelphia, Miss., and I am glad to re-
port that the people are getting along
peacefully.
We recently had a visit to our State
by J. Edgar Hoover and I hope everyone
saw the favorable comment which he
made wherein he stated that there had
been an "overemphasis" on the situa-
tion in the South and that the situation _
in Mississippi is no worse than in other
sections of the country.
I view with horror and concern, as do
all Americans, the recent events of riot-
ing and mob violence that has occurred
in our Nation's largest city over the past
weekend. I hold in my hand a copy of
the New York Daily news and the pictures
which appear in its center cover is in-
deed shocking and disgraceful. We are
witnessing a complete breakdown of law
and order and it comes as no surprise to
those of us who have followed over the
past few years the activities of such men
as James Farmer, Dick Gregory, Martin
Luther King, and others who have openly
defied the law and have advocated a com-
plete disregard for the laws of our com-
munities, our States, and our Nation. It
is a culmination-a product-of the
leadership of men who teach and train
citizens to breakthe, law, and who them-
selves openly brag about how many times
they have been jailed, a result of the very
.lawlessness which they advocate.
Mr. Speaker, for weeks now the liberal
press, television, and radio have been re-
ferring to the so-called reign of terror
that exists in Mississippi. I sincerely
ask my colleagues and the American
people: Where is this reign of terror? I
shudder to think what would be the fate
of the innocent law-abiding people of
Mississippi if the rioting in New York
City this past weekend had occurred in
the South. Where are the Federal mar-
shals that have in the past been sent
into Mississippi and Alabama? Where
are the 30,000 troops that were sent
against the 4,000 innocent students at
the University of Mississippi? Why has
not the National Guard been federalized
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in the State of New York? What has
the Attorney General, Bobby Kennedy,
done to free the 30 people who were ar-
rested in New York last night? CORE
Director James Farmer even made a
statement to the press that "I have not
seen anything like this before, even in
Alabama and Mississippi."
It is a sad commentary, Mr. Speaker,
that while mobs stalk the street of New
York, while innocent women and chil-
dren are subjected to rape, beatings, and
even murder, that some 1,500 so-called
civil rights workers and troublemakers
are in Mississippi, a State with the sec-
ond lowest crime rate In the Nation, sub-
jecting innocent lawabiding people to In-
sults, national scorn, and are creating
trouble wherever they can best serve
their own selfish interest. I suggest that
the cause of law and order would be
better served if these students returned
to their own State, to their own section
of the country, and tried to clean up this
disgraceful state of affairs which exists
in the very "show place" of integration.
OLD-FASHIONED AMERICANISM
(Mr. O'HARA of Illinois asked and
was given permission to address the
House for 1 minute and to revise and
extend his remarks.)
Mr. O'HARA of Illinois. Mr. Speaker,
always have I believed in old-fashioned
American patriotism and old-fashioned
American Fourth of July celebrations.
I think it does us all good now and then
to shout out our love of country and to
let everyone know that we are bursting
with pride over the greatness and the
goodness, the strength, and the achieve-
ments of this, our country, our own be-
loved United States.
Much of the spirit of the old-fashioned
American Fourth of July celebration is
captured in the district on the south
side of Chicago that I have the honor
to represent. The South Deering Im-
provement Association, for one, makes
an all-year job of planning for the an-
nual Fourth of July celebration with the
result that the entire community, men,
women, and children, actively and whole-
heartedly participate in the patriotic
activities that continue from morning
until the close of the fireworks and the
program of brief speeches and lively
competitive games in Trumbull Park at
night. It is estimated that the night
crowd this Fourth of July in Trumbull
Park numbered 80,000, certainly one of
the largest gatherings in all America on
the Fourth. The fireworks display usu-
ally is the most elaborate in the Chicago
area.
But what impresses me perhaps more
deeply than anything is that practically
every home displays the American flag.
The parade this year, as in previous
years, covered many blocks and I saw
few, if any, homes that were not bril-
liantly and gloriously alive with the fly-
ing colors of Old Glory.
Mr. Speaker, -all of this represents
hard year-round work on the part of
patriotic and public-spirited Americans,
I think, Mr. Speaker, it is work that pays
a rich dividend in a stronger and hap-
pier America. It is in the best tradi-
tionsof old-fashioned Americanism, old-
fashioned love of, and pride in this, our
own beloved land.
Joseph A. Grande, as in past years,
was general chairman of the South Deer-
ing Improvement Association ,celebra-
tion, and General Horace F. Wulf the
grand marshal of the parade, and deputy
marshals were Andrew Diorio, Joseph
Gornick, Tony Lowery, Alex Savastano,
Sylvio Blascovich, Jack George, and
Robert Lestinsky.
Here Is the order for one of the Na-
tion's great and inspiring Fourth of July
parades:
Under Chairman Grande: Police escort,
massed colors. convertibles for VIPs; Mar-
tino Motors and Roseland Buick.
Under Deputy Dioro:
Roseland Community Union Marching
Band.
U.S. Marines Communications Color Guard.
Englefeld Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
South Deering Post, American Legion.
Burke-O'Malley Poet, American Legion.
Under Deputy Gornick:
William Franko Post, Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
Jackson Park Post Drum and Bugle Corps.
American Legion.
Russell Square Post, American Legion.
South Deering Fire Department.
Under Deputy Savastano:
Seven city floats.
Woodrow Wilson Post Drum and Bugle
Corps.
Under Deputy Blascovich:
South Chicago Eagles.
Park Manor Poet Drum and Bugle Corps.
Knights of Columbus.
Loyal Order of Moose.
Southeast Lions Club.
Under Deputy Lestinsky:
Illiana Post Drum and Bugle Corps.
Tenth Ward Young Democrats.
East Side Lions Club.
Lullch and Ogrizovich Post.
Under Deputies Lowery and George:
Twenty-nine floats, decorated cars and
trucks. Intersperse the following musical or-
ganizations: Stelmeezek Poet Drum and
Bugle Corps, Stelmaazek Drum and Bugle
Corps Jets, and South Chicago Memorial Post
Drum and Bugle Corps.
LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN
AMERICAN CITIZENS
(Mr. O'HARA of Illinois asked and
was given permission to extend his re-
marks at this point in the RECORD.)
Mr. O'HARA of Illinois. Mr. Speak-
er, in 1956 David Cerda was president of
the first council in the Midwest of the
League of United Latin American Citi-
zens. Now there are 10 councils in II1i-
nois alone, and the league is one of the
country's fastest growing ethnic orga-
nizations in membership and influence.
This year it took over the Fourth of
July celebration in Calumet Park on
Chicago's south side, not only managing
but financing a day-long observance of
our national Independence Day that was
an outstanding success and attracted
tens of thousands of celebrants.
The league graciously had invited me
to address the gathering, and_ David
Cerda met me at O'Hara Airport and
drove me to Calumet Park. David Is of
Mexican blood, his charming wife Puerto
Rican, He studied for 2 years at the
University of Mexico before completing
his law course at DePaul University, and
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now has a large practice mainly among
Latin Americans. His heart is in the
League of United Latin American Citi-
zens, and this was true of all the men and
women I had the good fortune to meet
and talk with this Fourti}, of July at
Calumet Park.
Mr. Speaker, I am placing in my re-
marks at this point the LULAC code,
which defines the noble and high pur-
pose of this dedicated organization of
our fellow Americans of Latin Amer-
ican blood. The code follows:
Respect your citizenship and preserve
it; honor your country, maintain its
tradition in the spirit of its citizens and
embody yourself into its culture and
civilization.
Be proud of your origin and maintain
it immaculate, respect your glorious past
and help to defend the rights of all the
people. Learn how to discharge your
duties before you learn how to assert
your rights; educate and make yourself
worthy, and stand high in the light of
your own deeds ; you must always be
loyal and courageous.
Filled with optimism, make yourself
sociable, upright, judicious, and above
all things be sober and collected in your
habits, cautious in your actions and
sparing in your speech.
Believe in God, love humanity and
rely upon the framework of human prog-
ress, slow and sound, unequivocal and
firm.
Always be honorable and high minded,
learn how to be self-reliant upon your
own qualifications and resources.
In war serve your country, in peace
your convictions; discern, investigate,
meditate and think, study, at all times
be honest and generous. Let your firm-
est purpose be that of helping to see
that each new generation shall be of a
youth more efficient and capable, and in
this let your own children be included.
Mr. Speaker, I am proud and happy
of the contribution made by men and
women of Latin American blood or an-
cestry to the district that I have the
honor to represent in the Congress of
the United States. Some are employed
in the steel mills, and all are hard and
faithful workers for their employers and
loyal to their union. Some are on the
police force, some in the professions,
some in executive positions and in the
religious, artistic and cultural activities.
Indeed, Mr. Speaker, in all the hard work
and in all the good work of a community
of many ethnic groups, all working to-
gether to make our America ever greater
and finer, the Latin Americans have
played their full part with dignity and
dedication. None stands higher in the
esteem of their neighbors and fellow
toilers in the vineyards of this, our own
United States.
Leaders of the LULAC in Illinois have
a keen realization of the need for educa-
tion and this is responsible for the in-
tensive educational drive now under way,
stimulated with scholarship awards. I
know that my colleagues will find inter-
esting and inspiring the following ac-
count from the program of the benefit
dinner dance given to raise money for
the scholarship fund:
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go Archdiocese-CISCA. In addition, unloading charges which led to a shoot-
Elva has worked part time during all ing incident at sea and a Russian party
this time. boarding and searching their ship. In-
Elvia has won the following honors: deed, the two men are quoted as saying
Up to about 1950" ft had been easy for
imn igrants to` obtain jobs in the Chicago-
land .rea despite'_the fact that immigrants
had yety liftle -education and only a poor
l~novyiedge of nglish: The children of the
immgrants often quit school-before finish-
ing gschool and less than half finished
high school because it was then easy to
obtain's job with only a" little education.
Today a high school` diploma-is only the
beginning of a person's education and is
essefitial to. obtain a job. Educational
training beyond high school is 'necessary to
obtain a good: job and, or, to obtain posi-
tions of responsibility and better pay. The
Illinois LULXC scholarship fund has been
doing Sts part to help the Mexican commu-
nityto progress by awarding college tuition
scholarships, to deserving students of Mexi-
can decerit since the winter of 1957-58. The
Mexican community needs college educated
men slid women to be our leaders and to
work in our community after they have a
college education. LULAC is well recog-
lilzed as the leading national Mexican-
American organization in the Il`nited States
Zr othe past 35 years. "LULAC invites other
organizations, businesses,' and 'persons- to
help further the education of our Mexican
youth by making donations to the Illinois
LULAC scholarship fund, 2023 South Ash-
land Avenue, Chicago, Ill.
The present members of the board of
directors o! the 171ipois schoiarship fund
are Thomas Munoz president, council
No. 288; Markel Martinez, secretary-
treasurer, council No. 288; Gilbert Munoz
"and Mary Ann Torres, Roseland Coun-
cil No. 332; and David Cerda, South Chi-
cago Council No. 313. The members
served as the preliminary judges and se-
lected the .. hve finalists who were then
presented to the final judges who were:
Arthur Velasquez, of the Commission on
Spanish-Speaking Residents of Illinois
and the present president of the Mexi-
can Chamber of Commerce; Carlos Fto
mero, M.D., the representative of the
AssOolataoll, of Mxn Physicians; and
the, vere d.W lliaxn goedert, a high of=
facial9f the CatholicBoard_of,Education.
Former scloiar~lrip award winners are:
18,58; Adele Martinez; 1959, Albert Vaz
quez; .1960; 'T'homas Martinez and Sara
Herlandez; 1961, Joseph S. Lazaro; 1562,
A1fQl?so, Perez, Jr. and ' 963, Robert
Michael Rodriquez and .fames Ayala.
Miss Elvin Yoland me is the
first-place winner of the 1964 .LULAC
scholarship fund award.
Elviiagraduated from Cardinal Stritch
Nigh School on May 31, 1964. She main-
talned percent grade:,avera average for
the. years site attended this school.
fer.majar courses of study were English
and journalism. a "
k,`lva has chosen the College of St.
Francis in Joliet as the place in which
to' furtier'her education and she has
been accepted 'She plans to study
journalism, Enlish and languages.
Elvis hopes to-become-'afeature writer
or a Schoolteacher.
Ou 1964 winner has been quite active
in seooLler extracurricular activities
Include being a member of the -,school
paper staff, member of the Future Teach-
erg' of America, library aid member of
the Math, Latinand Camera Clubs. She
Is a inernber of Sodality and, also, a
melnCer of the National Honor Society.
She'st1l found .time to participate in the
Chicago Inter-Student Sodality, Chica-
Quill and Scroll pin, certificate in fea-
ture writing of St. Bonaventure Univer-
sity, and the NSPA pin in journalism. .
There are six children in her family.
The oldest four members.of her,family
are married and the youngest one is still
single. Her mother is a homemaker and
her father is deceased. We know that
Elvia will do well in her school work
and go far in her chosen career.
The Illinois LULAC Schoolship Fund
Board of Directors has elected to award
two $500 scholarships this year. One
of these scholarships will go to the 1963
first-place winner, Robert Michael Rod-
riguez.
Robert Michael was born in Detroit,
Mich., on June 7, 1946. He attended
the Andrew Jackson School before at-
tending St. Ignatius, from which he
graduated last June. He is presently
attending Rockhurst College in Kansas
City, Mo., where he has just completed
his first year in a premedical course. He
has maintained a B+ average for this
year.
We feel that Robert Michael will be
an even greater asset to our community
once he has completed his medical studies
and has started to take an active part
in community affairs. Also taking
second place, Miss Mary Mejia. The
third place winner for 1964is Mario Cruz.
Mr. Speaker, I cannot conclude with-
out mention of Miss Maria Rodriguez,
the queen of beauty, and her, court who
reigned over the celebration in Calumet
Park. Latin beauty, always the toast of
artists and poets, never has had more
glorious reflection than in these charm-
ing young women.
After Miss Rodriquez had been crowned
queen by John Delgado, the local
LULAC president, she rode in the parade
with her attendants, Miss Linda Tellos
and Miss Delphine Estrada, who had
finished second and third in the con-
test for the queenship. State Senator
Dan Dougherty rode with them, and
among the local VIP's who joined in
making this an outstanding Fourth of
July celebration were State Representa-
tives Nick Svalina and Henry Lenard,
Committeeman Stanley Zima and Alder-
man John Buchanan.
RUSSIA CONTINUES TO SHORE UP
CASTRO'S DICTATORSHIP-AMER-
ICAN GRAIN TRANSSHIPPED TO
CUBA
(Mr. ANDERSON asked and was given partner.
permission to address the House for 1 Mr. Speaker, I have today- directed a
minute and to revise and extend his re telegrramy to Secretary of Commerce
marks.) Lutherdges demanding an immediate
Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. Speaker, the "investigation of the charges that Amer-
press this morning carries an article that scan wheat is being transshipped to
the captain 'andI first mate of the-VA' "Communist Cuba in violation of ' the
ship the Sister Katingo have seen Amer- terms of the export licenses under which
loan wheat being to ad Communist R sssian it was originally shipped from American
ship for Cuba. ports Mr. Speaker, I desire also at this
It will be recalled that the tw_o_ witnesses time to serve notice on the administra-
Capt. Arthur H. Fertig and First Mate tion that the failure of the Secretary of
Daniel Jamieson, were involved in a dis- ' Commerce or other appropriate adman-
pute last week with the Russians over istration officials to conduct an exhaus-
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that it was the identical cargo of wheat
which they had delivered to a Soviet
Black Sea port that was immediately
placed aboard the Soviet freighter
headed for Cuba. They cite as authority
for their statements both Soviet sailors
and officials. The same reports indicate
the State Department, when queried
about this charge, contented itself with
replying that it "had no information on
the truth or falsity of Fertig and Jamie-
son's charge."
Mr. Speaker, perhaps by this time we
should be completely immune from the
type of shock and amazement which I
felt upon reading about the reported
illegal transshipment of American wheat
from the U.S.S.R. to Communist Cuba.
Perhaps we should also be completely in-
ured to the apparent lack of concern on
the part of individuals in the State De-
partment and of other administration
officials at this violation of the terms of
the export licenses under which this
grain was originally shipped. Of course,
Mr. Speaker, those of us who last Decem-
ber repeatedly voted against the proposi-
tion of authorizing the subsidy and sale
of American grain to the Soviet Union
raised this very question at that time;
namely, that we might expect to see the
U.S.S.R. divert this wheat to its Com-
munist ally here in the Western Hemi-
sphere. Nevertheless, I am completely
amazed that the administration is not
at this very hour demanding an official
explanation of this act of bad faith on
the part of the Soviet Union in permit-
-ting these supplies of grain to be trans-
shipped to shore up the Castro dictator-
ship.
Mr. Speaker, it is not wholly without
significance that this event has occurred
on the eve of the meeting of the Foreign
Ministers of the Organization of Amer-
ican States to consider the question of
sanctions against Cuba. We have only
recently begun to be advised that our
original hopes of mustering a strong
two-thirds vote in favor of such sanc-
tions may go glimmering. I am sure
that when Latin American countries on
whose votes we are counting, learn that
it is American wheat that is supplying
the needs of the Cuban people that our
arguments for economic sanctions and
a strong economic blockade against
-Cuba'-' will meet raised eyebrows. This
episode once again clearly illustrates
that the Soviet Union cannot be looked
upon in the same light that we would
regard any other legitimate trading
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tive investigation of this matter should
result in animmediate congressional in-
vestigation of just where our decision to
trade with the Soviet Union is leading
CORRECTION OF ROLLCALL
Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. Speaker, roll-
call No. 182, shown at page 15373 of the
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD of July 2, 1964,
shows me as not voting. I was in fact
present, I did vote in the affirmative, and
I ask unanimous consent that the perma-
nent RECORD and Journal be corrected
accordingly.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from
Illinois?
There was no objection.
SHOCKING WASTE IN DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE
(Mr. FINDLEY asked and was given
permission to extend his remarks at this
point in the RECORD.)
Mr. FINDLEY. Mr. Speaker, a letter
received today from the Comptroller
General provides one explanation why
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
budget has swollen to such astronomical
proportions.
The Comptroller General, Mr. Joseph
Campbell, states that 2,400,000 unnec-
essary mailings were made in fiscal year
1963 at a cost of about $180,000.
If the same loose administration exists
in other activities of the Department-
and may we safely assume anything
else?-then a major portion of the $7.7
billion spent by Agriculture Secretary
Freeman in fiscal 1963 was money utterly
wasted.
U.S. farms now number 3.6 million, so
the "unnecessary mailings" amounted to
nearly one per farm In 1963. To the
average farmer whose mail box seems
clogged daily with unsolicited mailings
from USDA, the Comptroller General's
estimate will seem conservative indeed.
Text of Mr. Campbell's letter:
COMPTROLLER GENERAL
or THE UNITED STATES,
Washington, D.C., July 16, 1964.
To the SPEAKER OF THE _HovsE or REPRE-
SENTATIVES.
To the PRESIDENT PRO TEMPOaE or THE SEN-
ATE:
Our review of selected aspects of the activi-
ties of the Department of Agriculture relat-
ing to the mailing of Informational material
to the public disclosed that, because the De-
partment had not maintained most of its
mailing lists in Washington, D.C., in a cur-
rent status, substantial costs were incurred
in mailing informational material to ad-
dressees who no longer had any Interest in
such information. We have estimated that
2,400,000 unnecessary mailings were made in
fiscal year 1963 at a cost of about 1180,000.
Our review disclosed also that mailing costs
could be reduced by about 135,000 annually
in Washington, D.C., and by additional
amounts in field offices by maximum use of
a mailing technique that eliminates the use
of envelopes.
The Government printing and binding reg-
ulations require all departments to revise
their mailing lists annually to eliminate
waste in Government funds caused by im-
properly addressing or mailing publications
to persons no longer desiring them. Also,
these regulations require imprinting the
postage indicia and mailing address directly
on printed materials-the self-mailer tech-
nique-rather than using separate envelopes
for mailing whenever such technique will
prove feasible and economical.
We found that 372,000 addressees included
In 820 of the Department's mailing lists in
Washington, D.C., were not circularized dur-
ing fiscal year 1963 to enable the required
annual revision of such lists. If they had
been, we estimate, on the basis of the De-
partment's experience in fiscal years 1983
and 1964 after circularizing the addressees
included in 128 lists. that about 2.400,000
mailings could have been avoided and un-
necessary mailing coats of about $160,000
would not have been incurred.
Only 36 percent of mailings made by the
Department from Washington. D.C., in fiscal
year 1963 had the Indicts and mailing ad-
dress printed thereon. Of the other 64 per-
cent, about 3 million mailings could have
been sent by this technique. We estimate,
based on the Department's cost records, that
the unnecessary insertion and envelope costs
for these mailings were 835,000.
We proposed that the Secretary of Agri-
culture establish adequate controls to pro-
vide for the required annual revision of the
Department's mailing lists and that he re-
quire imprinting, to the maximum extent
practicable, of the penalty or postage in-
dicia and mailing address directly upon
printed materials.
In a letter dated May 15. 1964. the Direc-
tor of Information, Department of Agricul-
ture, expressed the Department's agreement
with the objectives of our proposals. He
informed us that annual revision of mailing
lists would be an integral part of an auto-
matic data processing system which was
being established for departmental mailing
lists and which was scheduled for opera-
tion in September 1984 and that steps were
being taken to bring about maximum use
of the self-mailer technique.
We are recommending that, if the sched-
uled operation of the new automatic data
processing- system is delayed, the Secretary
provide In the interim for the necessary cir-
cularization of all addressees who have not
been circularized within the past 12 months
so that unnecessary costa will not continue
to be incurred as a result of mailing informa-
tional material to adressees no longer de-
siring the Information.
Copies of this report are being sent to the
President of the United States and to the
Secretary of Agriculture.
RALPH CAMPBELL,
Comptroller General
of the United States.
ANNOUNCEMENT
(Mr. ALBERT asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute.)
Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, the gen-
tleman from California [Mr. HoLWIELDI,
has announced, and the Speaker has
agreed, that in lieu of H.R. 11832,
amendments to the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, he will call up S. 2963, which
Is a similar bill.
SPECLAL ORDER GRANTED
By unanimous consent, permission to
address the House, following the legisla-
tive program and any special orders
heretofore entered, was granted to Mr.
MONAGAN, for 30 minutes, tomorrow.
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
By unanimous consent, permission to
extend remarks in the Appendix of the
RECORD, or to revise and extend remarks,
was granted to:
Mr. O'HARA of Illinois in six instances.
Mr. MONAGAN in two instances and to
include extraneous matter.
Mr. ROBERTS of Texas and to include a
speech by the president of the Reserve
Officers Association of the United States.
Mr. GROSS and to ' include extraneous
matter.
Mr. ANDERSON and to include extrane-
ous matter.
Mr. BURTON of California (at the re-
quest of Mr. ALBERT) and to include
extraneous matter, notwithstanding the
fact that it exceeds 2 pages of the
RECORD and is estimated by the Public
Printer to cost 292.50.
(The following Members (at the re-
quest of Mr. YOUNGER) and to include
extraneous matter:)
Mr. YOUNGER in three instances.
Mr. MORSE.
Mr. Bow In five instances.
Mr. JENSEN.
Mr. MICHEL in two instances.
(The following Members (at the re-
quest of Mr. ALBERT) and to include
extraneous matter:)
Mr. DINGELL.
Mr. O'NEILL.
Mr. WILLIs.
Mr. GALLAGHER.
Mr. RIVERS of South Carolina in two
instances.
Mr. WELTNER.
Mr. CELLER.
SENATE BILLS AND JOINT
RESOLUTION REFERRED
Bills and a joint resolution of the
Senate of the following titles were taken
from the Speaker's table and, under the
rule, referred as follows:
S. 1282. An act to permit a State to in-
crease the mileage of its Federal-aid primary
system when provision is made for the com-
pletion and maintenance of 76 percent there-
of; to the Committee on Public Works.
8. 1593. An act to amend section 14 of the
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954 concerning
the interstate planning and coordination of
the Great River Road; to the Committee on
Public Works.
8.2138. An act to amend the Foreign
Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended;
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
8.2164. An act for the relief of Polly Ann
Mutz Xampouris; to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
S. 2205. An act for the relief of Giuseppe
DiCenso; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
8.2462. An act for the relief of Angelina
Martino: to the Committee on the Judiciary.
8.2548. An act for the relief of Nora
Chin-Bing; to the Committee on the Judi-
ciary.
5.2599. An act for the relief of Denise
Hojebane Barrood; to the Committee on
the Judiciary.
8.2873. An act for the relief of Debra
Lynne Sanders; to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
S. 2698, An act for the relief of Linus Han;
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S. 2780. An act for the relief of Dr. Jorge
A. Picaza; to the Committee on the Judi-
ciary.
8.J.Res. 23. Joint resolution to designate
the second Monday in April of each year as
National Teachers' Day; to the Committee
on the Judiciary.
ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED
Mr. BURLESON, from the Committee
on House Administration, reported that
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