NOT REALLY SO ROSY

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had ah been directed to Capital Cable, it is
true. all In viewof the President's statement
that"we a e willing to comply' a Commission
aid said, he "assumed" FCC would ask the
trustees for it. -Wlthin a `week Capital Cable
had turned the document over to FCC.
Mr. Johnson as' also asked how he felt
about the ethics of high Government officials
having interest in Government-regulated in-
dustries such as television. He replied that
he had no interest in Government-regulated
industries .and never had. He said "all of
that stock lias been placed in trust, as has
been the practice with other Presidents." and
"I see no conflict in any way."
This was in part 'an ' evasive reply taking
advantage of the wording of the question.
The real question is what he thinks of the
ethics involved when the fortune of the
Presidents family is in an industry regulated
by Government Commissioners over whom
the President holds the power of appoint-
ment. it, was also-in part a reply drawing a
parallel which the facts do not support.
Mrs. Johnson trusteed her stock with three
old family friends. This is quite a far cry
from the drastic steps taken by Mr. John-
son's two predecessors to avoid so much as
an appearance of conflict between public
duty and private gain.
The late President Kennedy sold all his
Corporate stocks and bonds and put the pro-
ceeds into Federal, State and municipal
bonds, President Eisenhower put this corpo-
rate securities in trust under terms which
prevented him from knowing how the funds
were managed or in what securities they
were reinvested, and also prevented his sub-
ordinates in Government from knowing what
companies were represented.
For :tlhe, sake of the Presidency and of Mr.
Johnson's history in it, we hope he will de-
side to'deal firmly with the duality which is
IN THE,HQU$E OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, April 30, 1964
Mr. FWO. Mx. Speaker the United
States has many responsibilities. We
presently carry the heaviest peacetime
burden and are more involved in more
places than any other country in history.
Most of the time our attention Js -Axed
on the dramatic or the , threatening
world events-jungle wars, revolutions,
international conferences.. But we
should not overlook the many important
cares in the world not so dramatic or so
threatening. Americans must have rpgl?l
for all problems and a thought for all
people. For this reason we, often speak
in Congress about the captive n ationsof
Eastern Europe.
They now appear- to be securely in
Communist control.' But occasionally
a stirring escape through the Berlin
wall, a riot in Budapest, a political refu-
gee, remind us that communism was im-.
posed on t ese
many little countries by
force, is, Christie It ideals ncompatible with liberal,
of individual-liberty and
brotherly love which formed the cul-
tural backbone of Europe, East and West,
for centuries.
Tile snjall and of insatiable despots
who have achieved tyranny out of chaos
tomake of them better and more enlight-
ened pursuers of whatever sect or group
with which they ultimately freely choose
to.associate.
I am repelled equally from the position
,of .those who react so violently as to
justify sacrificing the division of church
and state which has served so well all
these years. The containment of the
divergence of attitude and conviction in
an area of such emotional involvement
would hardly be possible in any other
legal environment.
May we hope, Mr. Speaker, that com-
monsense will prevail on both sides.
Keep us from rationalizations however
purely motivated or logically conceived
which propel us to the extremes in this
argument. Let tolerance above the
heated harangue bring balance back to a
belabored people.
The Baker Noninvestigation
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. J. ARTHUR YOUNGER
OF CALIFORNIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, May 4, 1964
Mr. YOUNGER. Mr. Speaker, Mr.
Roscoe Drummond, in his column pub-
lished by the. Washington Post on Mon-
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ing that tyranny for nearly 50 years.
But even now they must know that they
cannot win. They are themselves being
forced to change by confronting the
superior virtue of Western thought. But
no matter how rapid this process, nor
how gratifying its character, the terrible
injustices of the days of Communist ex-
pansion can never be removed.
May 3 is the anniversary of the Polish
Constitution of 1791, one of the hopeful
liberal documents of the 18th century
which was destroyed in the imperial wars
of that age. The occasion brings to our
attention one of the long-suffering na-
tions which is too often overlooked be-
cause it is not presently seething. But
Poland is still not free. Until it is,
Americans bear the burden of sending
words of encouragement to Poland and
transmitting the latest ideas of democ-
racy. We do this through the Voice of
America and Radio Free Europe.
As we remember Polish Constitution
Day this year, let us resolve not only to
think of the dramttic or threatening.
Let us also think of the humanitarian,
the needs of the captive peoples behind
the Iron Curtain.
The Prayer Amendment
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. RICHARD T. HANNA
OF CALIFORNIA
you learn will more than likely be of
help."
Now, Mr. Speaker, we hear a great
deal of concern expressed by two oppos-
ing extremes over religious observances
in public places including schools. In
my view both sides obscure the common-
sense of the issues. The Supreme Court
has stated that an officially designated
prayer established by a governmental
body or one of its agencies is an infrac-
tion of the limitations set forth in the
Constitution, and I believe that deter-
mination is a correct one.
There are zealous persons who go on
to declare that any religious observa-
tions are an infraction of their rights to
practice their particular brand of re-
ligion or their denial of all religion.
Such a position is an affront to common-
sense and contrary to experience. Tol-
erantly applied expressions or lessons
surrounding the basic tenants of Chris-
tianity can only make better Buddhist,
Jews, atheists or whatever. Nor should
the exchange of knowledge of the basic
expressions or concepts of other re-
ligions be denied young Christians for
it is equally true it could prove to make
them better Christians,
It is no different in this matter of
pray,gr and Bible reading than it is in
the conflict over teaching the basic ten-
ets of communism or nazism. It de-
pends on whether there is an attitude
and presentation as indoctrination or an
attitude and presentation of enlighten-
ment. I would be greatly disappointed if
the Supreme Court in any of its pro-
nouncements would state or could be in-
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES terpreted as saying that the great moral
Monday, May 4, 1964 and spiritual values of the past were not
available to our youngsters everywhere
Mr, HANNA. _ Mr. Speaker, as the and from whatever religious background
wave of testimony has swept through the
Judiciary Committee on the various pro-
posals for a prayer amendment, as I re-
view, the, barrage of mail I have received
from constituents on this important sub-
ject, as I survey the public comments of
my colleagues here on the floor of Con-
gress and elsewhere on the matter, I can-
not but recall an incident which sharply
reflects my own judgment about the cen-
tral conflict involved in the considera-
tions.
I was a dinner guest at the home of a
member of a foreign embassy staff, whose
charming wife was, as he, a Moslem.
She was recounting her childhood and
young adult experience in the Christian
missionary schools established in her
land by faiths in America. It developed
that almost all of her schooling, includ-
ing college, had been under the auspices
of.Christian church activities. A wife of
an American Ambassador present con-
cluded after her recital-"I suppose they
made a Christian of you in the process."
"No," the hostess quickly said, "but
they did make me a better Moslem."
This exchange had deep meaning for
me. I recalled that my own mother
who had a deep conviction in her own
faith had urged all six of her children
to go to church somewhere whatever the
circumstances in which they found
themselves and whether or not our own
sect had services available or not.
"I never knew anyone to be hurt from
going to church" she said "and whatever
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day, May 4, sets forth what a majority of Jersey. to appear before it to advocate thin
our people are thinking, namely that the line of inquiry. Not Really So Rosy
Senate Rules Committee did what they
could to provethat the committee was a
noninvestigating committee, and they
went out of their way to prevent material
evidence from getting into the record.
His column follows:
NO PROGRESS: THE BAKES NONINVESTIGATION
(By Roscoe Drummond)
the power to subpena a U.S. Senator, but
Senators can be asked the questions in one
way or another.
It Is true that they can't be compelled to
answer. But even. their nonanswers would
be revealing.
The Study Club of Lanham
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
or
HON. BOB WILSON
or cAlrroaxiA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, May 4, 1964
The Democratic majority of the Senate
noninvestigating committee is showing posi-
tive genius In finding ways to,prevent Itself
from getting the evidence in the Bobby Baker
caIse.
don't mean that the Senate Rules Com-
mittee has been idle In its noninvestigation.
It hasn't. It has worked arduous hours
thinking up ways not to do its work.
It has been quick and alert. When its
principal potential witness-Bobby Baker
himself-closed one door In its face, the
Democratic majority of the committee knew
exactly what to do. At Its own initiative It
closed all the other doors of profitable in-
quiry and went right back to its work of not
getting the facts.
Most Washington correspondents are con-
vinced that the committee closed down its
noninvestigation "just in the nick of time,"
that is, before it found anything embarras-
sing to anybody in the halls of Congress.
The theory must be that Baker, who used
his position as secretary of the Senate >bm-
ocrats to accomplish we-know-not-what, op-
erated with a dead telephone in an empty
office.
And If he didn't, the Senate Rules Com-
mittee is apparently determined not to find
out.
When he was first solicited for testimony.
Bobby Baker let it be known that he was
very busy "writing a book." Some hands in
the Senate went to furrowed brows. "Is
Bobby writing about me?" they worried.
And then when he was finally subpenaed,
he took the fifth amendment when he was
asked to give his name.
Whereupon the Democratic majority of the
noninvestigating committee were unani-
mously confident that there were no other
ways of finding out to whom, for whom, and
with whom he had been doing things in the
Senate for so many years.
Obviously what the people want to know,
need to know, and have the right to know Is
how Baker was able to manipulate govern-
ment in the interests of himself and his
friends. To what extent and in what ways
had individual Senators and the Senate as a
whole been involved as pawns, partners or
otherwise In the Baker operations?
These are good questions. And there are
others. Surely such questions as these
should be addressed to the 100 U.S. Senators:
What, if any, business or financial deal-
ings did you have with Bobby Baker?
. Did Bobby Baker ever give you, get for
you, offer you or offer to get for you any
campaign contributions-and with condi-
tions attached? (One Senator, FRANK E.
Moss, of Utah, disclosed that he received an
offer of campaign funds from Baker and re-
jected the money because It was made con-
ditional upon his support of the oil-depletion
allowance.)
Did Baker offer any other U.S. Senators
help to make up campaign deficits through
gifts, purchase of tickets or otherwise, any
retainer or employment, any preferment in
committee assignment, anything of value?
Bobby Baker can, of course, use the fifth
amendment to refuse to tell the Rules Com-
mittee about his dealings with Senators, but
can 100 U.S. Senators take the fifth amend-
ment if they are asked the same questions?
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
or
HON. CARLTON R. SICKLES
OF MARYLAND
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, May 4, 1964
Mr. SICKLES. Mr. Speaker, one of
the basic strengths of our American so-
ciety results from the willingness of our
citizens to work together voluntarily on
the local level to improve the communi-
ties in which they live. Typical of this
important characteristic is the work of
the Study Club of Lanham. The Study
Club of Lanham celebrated its golden
anniversary on Wednesday, April 15,
1964, marking 50 years of service to the
community. The motto of the club,
taken from Tennyson is: "Self-Knowl-
edge, Self-Control, Self-Reverence;
These Three, Lead Life to Sovereign
Power." The club's flower is the daisy,
the club's goal is "unity in the promotion
of education, community work and In-
ternational Relations."
Mr. Speaker, I would like to submit
for the RECORD a list of the members
of the Golden Anniversary Commit-
tee of the Lanham Study Club, the club's
officers for 1964, and the highlights of
50 years of the club's actions:
HrcBLrcUTS or 50 YEARS of AcTlox
Education: Scholarships: Lanham school
construction and school lunches; chartered
Future Teachers of America at Bladensburg
Senior High School; Maryland Hall of Rec-
ords tour; Lanham play center (kindergar-
ten) ; "Teacher of the Year" Awards.
Libraries and the arts: Sponsored Lanham
school library; sponsored Lanham play cen-
ter library; sponsored Lanham lending II-
brary; painting group; music group.
Beautification of Lanham: Living commu-
nity Christmas tree and lighted sign; distrib-
uted 300 red bud trees; distributed 100 flow-
ering crabapple trees; garden group.
Community service: World War I-Red
Crow work and adopted a war orphan; me-
morials-from birdbath to wheelchair; can-
cer collection at each monthly meeting; Lan-
ham road marker; World War 1I-civil de-
fense first aid stations set up and staffed;
monthly sewing at Prince Georges General
Hospital; sponsored recent organization of
20th district civil defense unit.
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY COMMrITEE
Marie Essex, chairman; Margaret Cook, vice
chairman; Gertrude Chapman, Helen
Downes, Annie Mallonee. Alice Martin, La-
vents. McGinn, Grace Owen.
OFFICERS--ISea
Alice Martin, president; Helen Downes, vice
president; Ethel Downes, treasurer; Elva
Martin, recording secretary; Elizabeth Pat-
ton, corresponding secretary; Clarice Wad-
leigh, director; editor, sixth district for the
The Democratic majority of the Senate Maryland Clubwoman. Marie Essex; sixth
Rules Committee may have reached the peak district, religion and family life division. Kay
of its noninvestigation when It refused even Newland; sixth district, resolutions commit-
to allow Senator CLIFFORD P. Casa, of New tee, Helen Downes.
Mr. BOB WILSON. Mr. Speaker,
under leave to extend my remarks in
the RECORD, I include the following edi-
torial from the Portland Oregonian,
Wednesday, April 22, 1964:
Nor REALLY So Rosy
(By Herbert Lundy)
WASHINGTON.-It is possible to disagree
with the repeated assurances of theJohnson
administration's highest spokesmen, includ-
ing the President, that despite certain irri-
tations our foreign situation looks a lot better
than it usually does.
The cliff-hanger In Laos, a little country
nobody really wants, may be resolved without
harm to the U.S. position. But even if that
happens, there Is no assurance that the Ho
Chi Minh trail from Nort Vietnam to South
Vietnam, via Laos, can be cut off.
Improvement of the anti-Communist war
in South Vietnam now hinges on the ability
of Gen. Nguyen Khanh, the latest topman, to
convince the people that they should support
him rather than the Vietcong. U.S. diplo-
mats think he may be the answer. Also, they
discount talk of another coup as Communist
inspired. But the unhappy thought is al-
ways present of an assassin's bullet. If
Khanh were killed or overthrown, after the
recent unanimous selection of him-from Mc-
Namara to Rusk-as Vietnam's savior, that
would be about it.
But one gathers that administration offi-
cials are worrying more, while saying less,
about Fidel Castro. Uncle Sam crawled out
on a limb in 1962, after the nuclear con-
frontation with the Soviet Union. when Pres-
ident Kennedy backed down on the agree-
ment he had with Khrushchev for at-site
inspection of missile placements in Cuba.
Mikoyan couldn't getCastro to agree to that.
So President Kennedy accepted as an alter-
native unhindered aerial reconnaissance.
Now, the administration says the Russians
soon will have all their troops out of Cuba
except for some technicians and training
unite. Washington hopes the Russians won't
turn over to the Cubans they have trained
the SAM missiles capable of shooting down
even high-altitude reconnaissance planes like
the U-2. But the Cubans talk the other way.
Fidel himself kicked off the new crisis by
protesting the violation of Cuban territory
by U.S. overflights. The State Department
warned Castro that the United States will
continua to overfly to make sure that long-
range missiles are not reintroduced. The use
of Soviet missiles against American recon-
naissance planes would create a "highly dan-
gerous-situation," said the United States.
Cuba's foreign minister, Raul Roa, replied
with a statement that the United States
must take full responsibility for future vio-
lation of Cuban sovereignty by Invading
Cuban air space and 'ignoring International
law."
Thus, the United States must confront a
situation brought about by the late Presi-
dent Kennedy's backdown after he forced
Khrushchev to withdraw his missiles from
Cuba. We do not have an international leg
to stand on If we continue to overfly Cuba.
But In the primary interest of U.S. security,
we have no choice except to continue recon-
naissance.
The galling fact is that now the United
States must depend upon Premier Khru-
shchev to demonstrate his love for peace and
his respect for capitalist America by restrain-
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ing Castro. There is historical evidence to
support the idea that Ihrushchev is not go-
ing to do that for us, assuming that he has
the power, without getting a more important
concession in another part of the world.
If Castro shoots down an American plane
over Cuba, what do we do then? And if
we do it, what will the Soviet Union do, in-
asmuch as it has more or less guaranteed to
defend Cuba against U.S. armed attack?
Somehow, one is reluctant to accept at face
value the extreme optimism of the Johnson
administration.
Civil Rights Bill-Title I
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
of
HON. WILLIAM. F. RYAN
OF NEW YORK
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, May 4, 1964
Mr. RYAN of New York. Mr. Speaker,
much has been written and will be
written concerning the -civil rights bill.
Unfortunately, not all of what has been
written has aided in the deliberations of
this vitally important bill. Some of the
articles have been deliberately distorted,
while others do not clearly state the
facts. Starting today, the New York
Times will publish a series of editorials
which will discuss each title of the bill.
I wish to bring to the attention of all
my colleagues these editorials which cer-
tainly should aid in the understanding
of the bill and contribute to its passage
as soon as possible.
The editorial for today follows:
[From the New York Times, May 4, 1964]
CIVIL RIGHTS-I
Senate supporters of the civil rights bill
plan to move this month_ to force an end
of the southern filibuster. The importance
of this safeguard for basic American rights,
already passed with overwhelming bipartisan
backing in the House, makes it essential that
it be brought to a Senate vote swiftly. We
have repeatedly expressed our own strong
support for the measure. However, the long
congressional debate has been more success-
ful in befogging than in clarifying the bill's
provisions. In a series of editorials we in-
tend to explain point-by-point why we con-
sider its prompt passage imperative.
The most basic of all rights in a democ-
racy, the right to vote, is the subject of title
1. That Congress should still be obliged to
seek ways to protect that right for all citi-
zens, a century after the 15th amendment
forbade the States to deny or abridge it on
account of race, is a disgrace. Yet the un-
deniable facts of discrimination make it
urgent for Congress to take further action
now.
Registrars in Mississippi, Louisiana, Ala-
bama, and some other rural areas of the
South are cynical in the obstacles they put
in the way of Negroes desiring to register.
A college graduate Is flunked because he does
not pronounce a word or "interpet" some
obscure constitutional provision to the
registrar's satisfaction. Meanwhile, illiterate
whites are registered.
The Justice Department, under the Civil
Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960, has been work-
ing vigorously in recent years to end such
discrimination. But the case-by-case proc-
ess is slow, and some Federal judges-both
Eisenhower and the Kennedy appointees-
have dragged their feet.
The ' thrust of title I in the pending bill
Is to speed up the process of enfranchise-
ment. District courts of three judges in-
stead of one could be appointed, with prece-
dence for voting cases on the calendar. Reg-
istrars would be specifically forbidden to
apply different standards to different citi-
zens, to deny registration because of trivial
errors or to use subjective oral "tests." Any-
one who had finished six grades of schooling
would be presumed sufficiently literate for
voting purposes unless the State showed
otherwise.
Such definite standards should simplify
voting suits. The charge that they invade the
right of the States to establish voting quali-
fications is baseless. All they do is to make
sure that State rules are applied fairly to
all-not, as the Supreme Court has said, with
an evil eye and an unequal hand.
Indeed, the real question about title I is
whether it goes far enough. The dismaying
facts are that only 5 percent of Negroes in
Mississippi are able to vote and that many
southern counties with Negro majorities
have almost no Negro voters. Such facts
really warrant more drastic Federal supervi-
sion of the registration process than this leg-
islation provides.
The proposed title is a moderate step,
an attempt to use the traditional process of
the courts and encourage local reform.
Taken in conjunction with the bill's other
key provisions, it should do much to make
concrete the voting rights Negroes supposedly
were guaranteed a hundred years ago.
Polish Constitution Day
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. EDNA F. KELLY
OF NEW YORK
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, May 4, 1964
Mrs. KELLY. Mr. Speaker, dauntless
and daring fighters for their human free-
doms, the Poles are a gifted, resourceful,
and industrious people. In the course of
their turbulent history they have con-
tributed to mankind great masters of art,
science, and statecraft. Their liberal and
democratic Constitution, drafted, adopt-
ed, and promulgated on May 3, 1791,
quite clearly illustrates their skill in the
field of government and diplomacy.
That Constitution is a veritable land-
mark in the progressive process of evolv-
ing a constitutional form of government,
in an orderly and democratic way. By
that historic document the Poles accom-
plished peacefully what many other peo-
ple had attempted to accomplish by
revolution and bloodshed. In this con-
stitution the king's autocratic and
unlimited powers were sharply reduced,
and a constitutional government was
established with a responsible cabinet.
The upper chamber lost some of its pow-
ers, while the lower and popularly elected
chamber gained considerable legislative
power. Religious liberty was guaranteed,
and the peasants were taken under the
protection of the law. Townsmen recov-
ered their judicial autonomy, and re-
ceived a number of political rights. For
all these and other liberal, progressive
features the Constitution of 1791 was
hailed as a great advance step in the
right direction. Unfortunately, patri-
otic Poles who framed and enacted the
Constitution into law, were not given the
chance to see It work. Soon after its pro-
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mulgation, Poland was attacked and
overrun, and finally partitioned among
its three greedy neighbors. But the spir-
it of freedom and progress embodied in
that Constitution did not die. Today, on
the 173d anniversary observance of the
adoption of that Constitution, they still
cling to the lofty ideals embodied in their
Constitution of 1791.
Polish Constitution Day
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. CORNELIUS E. GALLAGHER
OF NEW JERSEY
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, May 4, 1964 ,
Mr. GALLAGHER. Mr. Speaker, as
we in the United States know so well,
the development of and the functioning
of government must be within the con-
fines of constitutional guidelines and
precepts. Thus are guaranteed the
rights of the individual citizens and thus
is assured government by the people and
for the people.
Soon after the adoption of the Con-
stitution of the United States, the citi-
zens of Poland adopted a constitution.
The year was 1791. Poland had already
undergone a partition at the hands of
her three powerful neighbors-Austria,
Prussia, and Russia. In order to fore-
stall further encroachments, certain
liberal leaders of Poland, imbued with
genuine democratic ideas, had been
working on a new constitution. It is
that document, adopted in May of 1791
whose anniversary is being observed.
That historic document seemed at the
time a true bill of rights for the Polish
nation. By that constitution a govern-
ment of limited monarchy was estab-
lished with definite ministerial responsi-
bility. The electorate of the parliament
was considerably enlarged, and numerous
privileges formerly enjoyed by the small
upper classes alone were made available
to other classes. Certain rights of the
peasantry were restored and the peas-
ants were brought under the protection
of the law. Even more important, free-
dom of conscience was guaranteed, and
absolute religious toleration was estab-
lished.
Today, so many years after that
epochal event and after so many ad-
vances In all phases of democracy, this
document may seem somewhat outdated,
but nevertheless, it is regarded as a
forerunner of later liberal constitutions,
particularly in central and Eastern Eu-
rope. In many respects it was a pioneer-
ing document and therein may be found
its real significance.
Unfortunately for the Poles and their
friends abroad, there was little chance
to put its provisions into operation. Soon
Poland was again partitioned by her im-
placable and powerful neighbors, and is
no longer a free and independent and
sovereign country. Even so, all Poles
regarded, and still. regard, this docu-
ment as a landmark in their. history.
I am honored to join in the participa-
tion of the 173d anniversary celebration
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of Polish Constitution Day. I have vis-
ited Poland on several occasions In re-
cent years and I know that the prin-
cipals embodied in that great document
are cherished today even though a for-
eign nation dominates that country and
the people are denied the rights that
were once guaranteed them.
Washington Report
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
or
HON. M. G. (GENE) SNYDER
OP KENTUCKY
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, May 4, 1964
Mr. SNYDER. Mr. Speaker, pursuant
to permission heretofore granted, I Sub-
mit for printing in the Appendix of the
Rscoan my May 1 report to the people
of my district. I trust that the Members
and other readers will find it interesting
and worthwhile:
WASHINGTON REPORT
(By Congressman M. G. "GENE" SNYDER,
Third District, Kentucky, May 1, 1964)
DEAR FRIEND: The Nation was saddened by
the death of General of the Army Douglas
MacArthur. He exemplified not only the
glory and tradition of our Army, but the
courage and valor of all our troops in all our
wars. His example Stirred men far beyond
the limits of the military. His wisdom and
foresight will be recorded by all bonbst his-
torians. Of MacArthur, it can be truly said
that he called forth the beat in men.
GENERAL DOUGLAS MAC ARTHUR-1600-1964
Career highlights-Important chronolog-
ical events in MacArthur's career:
Commissioned at West Point, a second
lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers, June
11, 1903.
Became a colonel of infantry August 5,
1917, and a month later chief of staff of the
42d Division.
Appointed Superintendent of the U.S.
Military Academy June 12, 1919; mar-
ried Mrs. Henrietta Louise Cromwell Brooks
(a divorcee) at Palm Beach while he was a
major general in 1922.
Elected president of the U.S. Olympic Com-
mittee In 1928.
Quelled Bonus Expeditionary Force riots
and march on Washington, D.C., July, 1932.
Appointed field marshal of the Philippine
Army, June 1936, by President Roosevelt.
Married Miss Jean Fairoloth of Tennessee,
after having been divorced In New York,
1937.
Transferred Philippines' headquarters to
Corregidor December 25, 1941.
Returned to Philippines with U.S. troops
against the Japanese October 20, 1944; ap-
pointed General of the Army on December
15, 1944.
Accepted Japanese Surrender aboard U.S.S.
Missouri September 2, 1945.
During proconsulahip In Japan, was ap-
pointed Supreme Commander of U.N. forces
in the Korean conflict.
Summarily dismissed by President Tru-
man April 10, 1961, for bypassing the Com-
mander in Chief in letters to congressional
leaders criticizing American military policy
In the Korean war.
HANDS IN YOUR POCKETS
If every taxpayer had to pay an equal
share of/ the Federal expenditures for the
fiscal year to February 7, the cost would be
$1,279 each-$74 more than at this date
last year. And if we decided to pay off the
public debt. It would cost each taxpayer
$5,165--$91 more than at the same time
last year. The public debt is now 5809,8
billion, and it takes the total Federal taxes
paid from 26 States just to pay the Interest.
Congratulations to Mr. Richard Henchey,
who is with a Louisville coal company. He
discovered that when the specifications were
changed for bidding on coal for the local
Veterans' Administration Hospital this year
that the specifications were written for a
lower quality coal with an Increased mois-
ture and ash content and for a different
size. This Inferior quality was going to cost
the taxpayers $9,744 more than the better
quality coal when the increased freight and
mine charges were added. It was not easy
to get the Cleneral Services Administration
to admit their error, but when they did, the
specifications were changed and the tax-
payers will save;9,744.
MAY IS GRADUATION MONTH
Clip the "Creed for Young America" and
give to one of the many graduating seniors.
As these young adults make their way to
the world of tomorrow, this creed will surely
symbolize what it moans to be an American.
JOB TESTS PENALIZE NEGROES
Because title VII (FEPC section) of the
Federal civil rights bill Is very similar to
the I1l1nots Fair Employment Practices Com-
mission law, the Leon Myart v. Motorola
cane has been getting a lot of attention here
in Washington. Since 1849, Motorola has
hired those who successfully passed a writ-
ten examination. The teat was designed by
a professor at the Illinois Institute of Tech-
nology, "to help evaluate the trainability of
prospective employees." Myart, a 27-year-
old Negro, filed a complaint that the 5-min-
ute general ability test discriminated against
him. The examiner for the State FEPC
ordered Motorola to employ Myart and to
stop using the test because it discriminated
against "the hitherto culturally deprived and
the disadvantaged groups." The examiner
said "use of intelligence tests of this sort is
a tool serving to discriminate between whites
and Negroes, whether done deliberately or
not". The final answer as to whether an em-
ployer can be permitted to set standards
for his employees or whether the State will
dictate the Standards will probably be de-
cided by the courts. Based on the same
reasoning, only last month the New York
City Board of Education abolished the use of
intelligence tests in the Nation's largest pub-
lic school system. This was in response to
charges that such testa are "middle-class ori-
ented" and are discriminatory primarily
against Negroes and Puerto Ricans.
QUESTIONABLE RESULTS
I want to thank you for responding to
my questionnaire and know you will be in-
terested in the results.
1. President's budget: This year C appropriated a total of 592,400,000,000. The President
recently proposed budget of *97 000,000, which he Indicated would result Ina budget deficit
of $4,900,000,000, ua sed upon his estimate of recei ts. What should Congress do with this budget?
(a) Approve the President's recommendationT ...............................................?
25.4
(b) Out It slIghtly?----------- -----------------------------------------------------------------
13.8
(c) Cut It heavily?------ ------------------------------------------------- -------------------
13.4
(d) Balance the budget? ---------------------------------------------------------------------
47.7
2. Foreign-aid program: This year Congress appropriated 83,00000,000 for foreign aid.
(a) Do you favor maintaining the foreign-aid program at present levels? -----------------------
23.2
76.8
(b) Do you favor eliminating the foreign-aid program entirely?---------------------------------
22.6
77.4
(c) Do you favor a complete revision of the foreign-aid program?_______________________________
81.7
18.3
(d) Do you favor aid to underdeveloped countries that are pro-Communist? ...................
26.6
74.4
c) Do you favor a continuation of large-scale aid to South Vietnam? --------------------------
37.2
62.8
(f) Do you favor the Alliance for Progress for Latin Amer" In Its present form? --------------
45.1
64.9
3. -Man-on-the-moon project: Thespace agency contemplates spending $20,000,000,000to$40,000,000,000
between now and 1970 for the man-on-the?moon project.
(a) Do you favor Congress appropriating money for this project?.---.-----------------
49.9
50.1
ia for ths project?____-__.
(b) Do you favor the combined efforts of the 'United states and Russ i
4. Cuba: Do you favor-
(a) MaIntainbig the administration's present policies?-----------------------------------------
34.0
27.9
66.0
(b) Imposing with our allies a total blockade on Cuba?----------------------------------------
36.9
(ci Z. and furnish air cover for Cuban ezfle invasion? ---------------------------------------
19.1
d) The forcible overthrow of the Castro regime by U.S. military forces? .-------_
16.1
5. I have Introduced 11.1. Roo. 8o1 which provides for a constitutional amendment to permit Bible
reading and prayer on an optional and nonsectarian basis In public schools. Do you favor such
legialation?--------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------
MORE AM TO COMMUNWra
I was extremely upset about 2 years ago
when I learned that the United States was
sending Peace Corp volunteers to help
Sukarno in Indonesia. Sukarno had only
shortly before said, "I am a Communist of
the highest order." A Peace Corp official was
reported to have said at that time that we
were going to send volunteers "acceptable to
Sukarno." "We are not going to send any
flag wavers over there, any kids with the
Declaration of Independence tatooed on their
chests." Sukarno is reported to have re-
cently told U.S. Ambassador Jones that
Americans could take their foreign aid and
"go to hell with It." All of this seems bad
enough, but now we learn that the United
States Is training Indonesian soldiers to fight
against our own friends and allies. There
are 280 Indonesian "fighters" In this country
being trained not only In police tactics, ad-
ministration. etc. * * * but also In guer-
rilla -warfare. The State Department has
now admitted this to Senator KEA'riNa of
New York.
U.S. SALES TO CUBA
Despite the so-called "economic blockade"
the United States maintains it has on Cuba,
it IS very evident that American-made prod-
ucts are being sold to the Latin American
country. While State Department officers
tour Europe, attempting to argue Western
governments into cutting off sales to Cuba,
Communist Poland is selling U.S. supplies
to Castro. Poland is able to buy strategic
materials from us and in turn supply Cuba
with the same products under a trade pact
agreement. Few of our citizens know that
in the last year Poland's central purchasing
trust has bought the following Items, among
others, from the United States, and has sent
similar supplies south of our border: Elec-
trIcal Industrial process control instruments,
telecommunications apparatus, electronic
testing machines, etc. The U.S. Government
spends millions trying to counteract Castro's
propaganda inside Cuba and to build a fifth
column of anti-Communists on that island.
This isn't all. The U.S. Department of Com-
merce has approved the sale of American tex-
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