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Approved For F e eRJgg?&RJ: 67EfCI M00300120021-3 of cooperation which will bring more prog- ress and prosperity to the members of both our organizations, and continued good service to the public we are dedicated to serve. Henry S. Owens & Co., certified public ac- countants, have audited the books of the trustees for the year 1963 and a copy of this audit has been furnished to all members of the board. Your trustees wish to extend sincere thanks to the members of the national board, to the officers and members of the National Electrical Contractors Association, and the International Brotherhood of Elec- trical Workers, and especially to Mr. Wilfred D. Howell, executive secretary of the pension benefit trust fund for all the aid and cooper- ation extended to us throughout the past year. We also extend a special note of thanks to our public member, Senator WAYNE MORSE for his sincere interest in our fund and our work of labor-management cooperation, and for his fruitful efforts to publicize our en- deavors and promote them. Respectfully submitted. JOSEPH D. KEENAN, Trustee. PAUL M. GEARY, Trustee. WAR IN VIETNAM Mr. MORSE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that there be printed at this point in the RECORD an article entitled "Combat Units Dropped Into North Vietnam," published in today's issue of the Washington Post, and a similar story entitled "Sabotage Raids on North Confirmed by Saigon Aide," published in today's issue of the New York Times. There being no objection, the articles were ordered to be printed in the REC- ORD, as follows: [From the Washington (t).C.) Post. July 23, 1964] COMBAT UNITS DROPPED INTO NORTH VIETNAM (By John Maffre) SAIGON, July 22.-The commanding gen- eral of the Vietnamese Air Force said today that his pilots have been dropping combat teams into North Vietnam and that training is being stepped up to increase this capa- bility. In addition to officially confirming reports of such infiltration attempts, Brig. Gen. Nguyen Cao Ky claimed that his country is unable to win the war solely within South Vietnam, and must attack North Vietnam and "even Communist China." "We are ready. We could go this after- noon," claimed the 33-year-old general exu- berantly in one of the more belligerent state- ments to be made recently by senior Viet- namese officers. "I cannot assure that all provinces in North Vietnam would be destroyed," General Ky said, "but Hanoi would be destroyed." Hanoi is the capital of North Vietnam. His discussion during a press conference at the heretofore secret airbase at Bien Hoa, northwest of Saigon, also resulted in the first public acknowledgement that U.S. Air Force pilots are using Communist-led Vietcong reb- els as "live targets" in the course of training Vietnamese pilots to use Skyraider divebomb- ers. It was broadly hinted during the confer- ence that the United States is planning to provide the Vietnamese air force with jet fighters. [Administration sources in Washington said they have no information to confirm General Ky's claim that combat teams had been dropped into North Vietnam. There have been recurring reports, however, of ground infiltration into North Vietnam on a small scale. [Also, American officials denied that the United States has plans to provide the South Vietnamese with jet combat aircraft. State Department Press Officer Robert J. McCloskey reiterated the American military position that South Vietnam in any case does not have enough trained pilots to handle them. [Other sources said any implication that General Ky's comments represent an Amer- lean decision to carry the war to North Viet- nam at this stage is unwarranted.] The statements by the young French- and United States-trained general obviously discomfitted senior U.S. Air Force advisers present at the press conference. The U.S. advisers present were headed by Maj. Gen. J. H. Moore, commanding the 2d Air Division, which also includes units in Thailand. At one point in the press conference, Gen- eral Moore suggested that possibly the news- men's questions and General Ky's answers were being misunderstood owing to the Viet- namese general's imperfect command of English. However, during the resulting dis- cussion between Moore and newsmen, Ky exchanged broad grins with his staff -and several young flight-suited pilots at the rear of the briefing room. Ky said that although his air force is equipped with only a few Skyraiders recent- ly imported from the United States, he believed he could launch a series of raids in North Vietnam. He said he believed his planes would en- counter ground fire and detection by North Vietnam radar, but that fighter interception could be expected only from Red Chinese fighters based at At Nan Island about 150 miles east of North Vietnam. Ky agreed that the Red Chinese were not likely to remain aloof if North Vietnam was in danger of being bombed into submission. He added that a decision to attack North Vietnam would be a political one, not mili- tary, and he doubted if the government in Saigon was prepared to take such a step now. In announcing the commando airdrops, Ky said he personally "dropped teams into North Vietnam" as long as 3 years ago. Al- though he did not specify the exact nature of their operations, the Implication was that they were for purposes of sabotage. Ky said one combat team that had been dropped in North Vietnam was interfered with briefly by a jet fighter which he as- sumed was Communist Chinese since most of the North Vietnamese Air Force is de- voted to transport duties. Ky did not offer further details on the activities of the combat teams sent north aside from a comment that they were being infiltrated by land and sea, as well as air. It is known that at least several attempts have been made over the past year to in- filtrate guerrilla teams into North Vietnam, Usually nothing further has been heard from these teams. Most Americans feel that the teams were captured quickly or wiped out by the North Vietnamese. Ky said that about 1,500 Vietnamese air force men currently are being trained in the United States and that an arrangement is being sought with Thailand for jet training there for Vietnamese pilots. He added that he asked Secretary of De- fense Robert McNamara during his last visit to supply South Vietnam with the latest jets. These he identified as the F-5 twin-jet fighter manufactured by Northrop for sale to NATO countries and other friendly powers but not used by U.S. forces. Ky said McNamara held out hope that South Vietnam might get the jets although agreements at Geneva forbid supplying North or South Vietnam with jet aircraft. When General Moore was asked whether the United States intended to supply jets to South Vietnam, he said it "would be a logical assumption," since Americans are training Vietnamese jet pilots. At present the Vietnamese Air Force has few pilots qualified in jets. One possibility July 23 often mentioned is that Thailand and the Philippines would provide jet training in addition to regular pilot training now in progress. General Moore also disclosed plans for doubling Vietnamese air force capability and improving several airfields for larger or faster planes. In the discussion of training, General Moore and airbase adviser Col. William C. Bethea noted that during training Viet- namese pilots fly in two-seat, side-by-side trainer versions of the Skyraider when on combat missions attacking enemy positions. The officers nodded in agreement when newsmen noted that this meant both Americans and Vietnamese are firing at "live targets." American policy toward Vietnam constantly stresses the advisory and non- combat role of the 16,000-some American troops stationed here. Two-year-old Bien Hoa Airbase where the press conference took place, long has been declared off limits to the press, al- though it is known commonly that fighter- bomber training is in progress there. [From the New York Times, July 23, 1964] SABOTAGE RAIDS ON NORTH CONFIRMED BY SAIGON AIDE (By Peter Grose) SAIGON, SOUTH VIETNAM, July 22.-The commander of South Vietnam's Air Force confirmed today that "combat teams" had been sent on sabotage missions inside Com- munist North Vietnam and that Vietnamese pilots were being trained for possible larger- scale attacks. Teams have entered North Vietnam by "air, sea, and land," Air Commodore Nguyen Cao Ky said at a news conference. He indicated that clandestine missions had been dispatched at intervals for at least 3 years. This confirmed, in effect, charges of such penetration broadcast by the Hanoi radio. TEAMS HAVE LITTLE SUCCESS From evidence so far made know unoffi- cially, these raids have had virtually no suc- cess. More than 80 percent of undercover teams were reported to have been appre- hended before they had made any progress in their sabotage missions. More infiltration teams are undergoing training, Commodore Ky said. He also said that Vietnamese pilots were being trained to fly jets on bombing attacks. Thirty Viet- namese have qualified as jet fliers, he added. "We are ready," Commodore Ky said. "We could go this afternoon. I cannot assure that all of North Vietnam would be de- stroyed, but Hanoi would certainly be de- stroyed" His statements disturbed the commander of the U.S. 2d Air Division, Maj Gen. Joseph H. Moore, who attended the news conference. At one point, General Moore tried to suggest that Commodore Ky did not have a complete command of English and might be misinter- preting questions. At another time, the gen- eral said that newsmen were twisting Com- modore Ky's statements. United States policy has been to restrain South Vietnamese leaders In their evident enthusiasm for an extension of the war to the North. The reasoning has been that such actions would divert energies from the task of defeating the Communist insurgency In South Vietnam. Commodore Ky's insistence on acknowl- edging past sabotage missions and readiness to undertake more and bigger attacks in the future reflected the stand taken by Premier Nguyen Khanh in a speech delivered Sun- day. General Khanh led a mass meeting in a shout of "to the North." [From the New York Times, July 23, 1964] COMMODORE WENT ON RAID SAIGON, July 22.-Commodore Ky disclosed today that he had personally piloted a plane Approved For Release 2003/12/02 : CIA-RDP67B00446R000300120021-3 Approved For Release 2003/12/02 : CIA-RDP67B00446R000300120021-3 1964 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE Members on pension (as provided in art. 111- A, sec, 3, par. B of employees' benefit agreement as amended) 1947--------------------------------- 2,891 1948-------------------------------- 2,984 1949-------------------------------- 3,346 1950-------------------------------- 4,024 1951-------------------------------- 4,355 1952-------------------------------- 4,697 1953-------------------------------- 5,264 1954-------------------------------- 6,134 1955-------------------------------- 6,991 1956-------------------------------- 7,816 1957-------------------------------- 8,151 1958-------------------------------- 7,533 1959--------------------------------- 6,972 1960-------------------------------- 6,425 1961-------------------------------- 5,936 1962-------------------------------- 5,418 1963-------------------------------- 4,924 Men on pension: expected demand on pen- sion fund (according to actuarial studies) 1955-------------------------------- 6,471 1960------------------------------- 11,917 1965-------------------------------- 20,388 1970------------------------------- 32,367 1975------------------------------- 36,517 1980------------------------------- 40,677 Accumulated total payments received by board of trustees from the national elec- trical benefit board 1947----------------------- 1948----------------------- 1949----------------------- 1950----------------- ------ 1951----------------------_- 1952------------------------ 1953----------------------- 1954----------------- __---- 1955----------------------- 1956----------------------- 1957------------------------ 1958----------------------- 1959----------------------- 1960----------------------- 1961----------------------- $1,257,623.55 3, 404474.31 5,478:499.14 7, 547, 505.77 10, 880, 018. 76 16, 791, 977.08 23, 219, 629.52 31,569,801.00 39.675 , 686.95 50, 405, 686.95 59, 800, 686.95 68, 625, 686.95 77, 550686.95 87,150:686.96 97, 050, 686. 95 1962 ------------------------- 107,650,686.95 1963_______________________ 118,600,686.95 Statement of receipts and disbursements Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1963____ $405,541. 54 Cash receipts: Contributions from NEBB__ 10, 950, 000. 00 Payments-Real estate loans-------------------- 11,404,631.57 Interest: Real estate loans------ 3,448,440. 37 Securities -------------- 278, 82650 Sale of securities__________ 9, 840, 210..00 Dividends ------------ ------ 156,326.00 Rent---------------------- 30,000.00 Commitment fees and discounts ---------------- 5,526.00 Cash disbursements: Pensions paid_____________ 3, 081, 256.00 Securities purchased: Real estate loans-------- 19,892,458.00 Securities--------------- 6,031, 083. DO Time deposits ----------- 5, 250, 000.00 Stocks and bonds-------- 1, 176, 641. 00 Investment expenses------ 262,759.00 Postage and supplies------ 4,460.00 Other_____________________ 13,389.00 Statement of receipts and disbursements- Continued Receipts from the national electrical benefit fund by quarters--Continued Cash Dec. 81, 1963: 1991 American Security & Trust Amount Co____________________ $660,307.00 March ----------------------- $2,350,000.00 American Security & Trust June ------------------------- 2, 300, 000.00 Co. Agency-------------- 60,301.00 September -------------------- 2,500,000.00 In transit----------------- 36,745.98 December --------------------- 2, 750, 000.00 Bank of Nova Scotia ------ 14,650.00 1962 In transit----------------- 35, 450. 00 March ------------------------ 2,450,000.00 TotaL ----------------- 807,453.98 June ------------------------- September____________________ 2, 600, 000.00 2,750, 000. 00 December 2 800 000 00 Receipts from the national electrical benefit fund by quarters --------------------- 1963 , , . 1947 Amount June ------------------------ $284,489.98 September -------------------- 424, 867. 73 December --------------- .__-__ 548, 265. 84 1948 March ----------------------- 459,789.49 June ------------------------- 598,898.12 September --------------------- 534, 026. 90 December____________________ 554,136.25 1949 March ------------------------ June------------------------- September-------------------- December -------------------- 1950 March------------------------ June------------------------- 548,528.46 612, 633.43 485, 260. 70 427, 602.24 391, 057.87 526, 448. 06 September -------------------- 880,989.66 December -------------------- 470,511.04 1951 March ----------------------- 573,773.54 June ------------------------- 803,385.69 September -------------------- 832,518.92 December_______________ _____ 1, 122, 832. 84 1952 March ------------------------ 1,418,242.35 June_________________________ 1,397,827.78 September -------------------- 1, 837, 450. 49 December --------------------- 1, 458, 439. 70 1953 March ------------------------ 1, 458, 876.96 June ------------------------- 1, 650, 052.47 September ___----------------- 1,723, 872. 01 December --------------------- 1, 594, 851. 00 1954 March_______________ ----- 1, 794, 740.46 June ------ _------------------ 1,872,843.05 September -------------- .----- 1, 820, 376.39 December --------------------- 2, 862, 011.58 1955 March ------------------------ 1,917,154.98 June ------------------------- 1, 904, 222.16 September -------------------- 2, 199, 701.55 December --------------------- 2,085, 007.26 1956 March ------------------------ 4,465,000.00 June ------------------------- 1, 915, 000.00 September -------------------- 2, 085, 000. 00 December____________________ 2, 265, 000. 00 1957 March ------------------------ 2,015,000.00 June ------------------------- 2,305,000.00 September -------------------- 2, 475, 000. 00 December --------------------- 2,600,000.00 1958 March------------------------ 2, 150000.00 June_________________________ 2,180:000.00 September -------------------- 2, 220, 000. 00 December --------------------- 2, 275, 000. 00 1959 March __________________-_____ 2,200,000.00 June ------------------------- 1, 975, 000. 00 September-------------------- 2, 350, 000. 00 December_______________ _____ 2, 400, 000. 00 1960 March----------------------- 2,200,000.00 June------------------------- 2, 250, 000. 00 September-------------------- 2, 500, 000.00 December --------------- ------ 2, 650, 000. 00 March_______________________ 2,625,000.00 June------------------------- 2, 325, 000.00 September -------------------- 2,850.000.00 December____________________ 3,150,000.00 Quarterly receipts from national electrical benefit fund, 1962-63 March: 1962------------------------- $2,450,000 1963------------------------- 2,625,000 June: 1962-------------------------- 2,600,000 1983------------------------- 2,325,000 September: 1963------------------------- December: 1962_________________________ 2, 800,000 1963------------------------- 3,150,000 You will note that in the statement re number of members on pension-1963, that six members were admitted to pension. These were IBEW members admitted to pen- sion prior to the NLRB ruling and who later returned to the trade. They have now again asked to receive their pension. The net decrease In number of electrical workers receiving pension from the pension benefit trust fund in December 1963 was 494. In December 1962 it was 518. The total number of persons receiving pensions from the pension benefit trust in December 1963, as shown in our statement, was 4,924. However, it should be pointed out here that the actual number of members receiving pensions from this fund and the IBEW pen- sion fund was 20,773. By the time that this report went to press that figure had increased to 21,789. CONCLUSION That concludes the statistical report and the observations which your trustees feel should be a part of this annual report to the national board. Behind the figures re- ported here of the millions collected and the mililons paid out in pensions, there are living human beings to whom the millions are paid in $50 a month payments. Every month dozens of letters are received from grateful retirees who explain how much that $50 supplement means to them in terms of food and medicine and simple pleasures. These are the men who helped to make our industry one of the greatest and most pro- gressive in the world. It is a good feeling to know that NECA- IBEW cooperation has been extended to in- clude them also. We close our report for 1963 with a note on the encouraging outlook for the electrical industry the years ahead-portend. The long- range outlook is good, and the forecasts of business outlays for the immediate future are up 12 to 15 percent over 1963 spending. It is believed that 1964 will exceed the previous record set in 1956 when the era of postwar industrial rehabilitation reached Its peak, and that this boom will continue into 1965. In the bright years ahead your trustees are convinced that the National Electrical Con- tractors Association and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers will con- tinue to cooperate and seek still other areas Approved For Release 2003/12/02 : CIA-RDP67B00446R000300120021-3 Approved Fqt&f45J41AOEEP6~2J,R000300120021-3 16177 over North Vietnam and that the raids were continuing. "We keep very low and they can't hit us," he said. A U.S. official, who declined to be identi- fied, that he understood Commodore Ky's flight was made 3 years ago, which by now was "ancient history." "I don't think you should make too much of Ky's remarks," the official said, "and they shouldn't be taken out of context. It sounds as if we're on the verge of war, when in reality, we're not. I hope this thing doesn't get out of hand." There had been earlier reports from Wash- ington, however, that U.S. Special Forces were training South Vietnamese raiders for action In North Vietnam. These reports came from informed sources who said U.S. soldiers were not being included In the raiding groups be- cause they would be too conspicuous in a party of Asians and because participation by Americans would be hostile action against another country. The Hanoi radio has repeatedly broadcast announcements of trials of "spy comman- dos" captured in North Vietnam. There have been unconfirmed reports dur- ing the last week of stepped-up sabotage ac- tivity by South Vietnamese agents, using mines and bombs, around the North Viet- namese cities of Hanoi, Vinh, Thanh Hoa, and Haiphong. Commodore Ky told his news conference that he believed Communist China would probably move Into the fight if North Viet- nam were bombed. He said that South Viet- nam should proceed nonetheless to combat Hanoi's work In support of the Vietcong guerrillas. The commodore's disclosure came as U.S. advisers expressed growing concern about successful Communist ambuspes in South Vietnam. A high American officer forecast bitterly that the ambushes would continue until Vietnamese troops learned to post security patrols each time they move. "We're begging, we're pleading, we're re- minding them," the officer said. "We're ca- joling, we cry, we stamp out in fury, we do Khanh and his military cohorts are noth- ing but stooges of the United States. We must assume responsibility for their acts of aggression in North Vietnam. We supply them with their planes, military weapons, training, and we send Ameri- can drafted boys into South Vietnam to die. Our undeclared war in South Viet- nam is a shameful bloody blot on the pages of U.S. history. TRIBUTE TO SENATOR ERVIN AS CONSTITUTIONAL WATCHDOG Mr. ROBERTSON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the body of the REcoRm a very fine and well-merited tribute to our finest con- stitutional lawyer, Hon. SAM ERVIN, of North Carolina. There being no objection, the tribute was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows: SAM ERVIN: CONSTITUTIONAL WATCHDOG- ATTENTIVE TO RIGHTS OF THE UNFORTUNATE (By Luther J. Carter, Virginian-Pilot Washington writer) WASHINGTON.-A Senator may be better known for his occasional flamboyant public acts than for steady, inconspicuous service of more abiding value. Such may well be the case with Senator SAM J. ERVIN, JR., the former North Carolina Supreme Court Jus- tice who conducted a little filibuster of his own last year in grilling Bobby Kennedy on the civil rights bill. Senator ERVIN is chairman of the hard- working Judiciary Subcommittee on Consti- tutional Rights, which exercises a continu- ing oversight of the rights of every citizen. The subcommittee has been particularly at- tentive to the rights of those who may be in a poor way to protect themselves. The rights of the enlisted man in military serv- ice, the American Indian, the mentally in, everything, we bring them ice cream. But and the down and out who find themselves we haven't succeeded." denied ball without just cause are all the Communist military activity has reached subject of new legislative safeguards, either its highest level since the Vietcong staged an already enacted or currently being proposed. offensive last November. No one who attended the subcommittee The latest in a series of Vietcong ambush hearings of 1962 on the constitutional rights victories was a battle yesterday in Chuong of servicemen could fail to have been im- Thien Province, near the southern tip of pressed by the thoroughness and quality of Vietnam. the staff work that preceded and followed Disciplined, black-garbed Communist Sol- them. fifers killed at least 26 Government troops, It was a valuable inquiry which showed wounded more than 100, and are presumed such shortcomings in military justice as a to have captured 135 missing men. too frequent resort to administrative Mr. MORSE. Mr. President, I should discharges without court-martial, excessive use of summary proceedings in which the like to make a brief comment. Let us accused had scant protection, lack of ade- face the fact that the United States is quate trial records, and frequently the ab- now at war in North Vietnam as well Bence of competent defense counsel. as South Vietnam if these stories are Some corrective steps already have been true-and I understand that they are taken by Congress and the military, and more true. We are at war by way of subter- are on the way. Eighteen bills to safeguard fuge. If those stories are true we are the rights of military personnel are even now-and there is no now under consideration in the subcommit- question about tee. The diligent pursuit of a legislative in- it-an out-and-out aggressor against quiry well into the third year after starting another power in southeast Asia; namely, it is commendable in itself; for a congres- North Vietnam, That makes us clearly sional committee to drop an investigation in violation of our treaty obligations after fully exploiting its publicity value is under the United Nations Charter. not the norm, but each deviation from that I hope that our country will change its practice is worthy of a cheer. course of action immediately and not let BOBBY BAKER'S PENSION a group of little military tyrants operat- Part of the credit for the subcommittee's ing in a military dictatorship in South performance goes to William A. Creech, its Vietnam jeopardize the lives of millions able and articulate counsel and staff di- of Americans which will be jeopardized rector who practiced law in Smithfield, N.C., But much if we do not stop them from leading us as until chairman n and d hired overseer, him. deserves much into a full-scale war in Asia. The mill- praise for giving the staff its sense of direc- tary dictator of South Vietnam, General tion and steadiness of purpose. The Senator's interest in the Constitution and the safeguards it affords is deep and genuine; evidence of this was seen recently in a little, largely unreported episode involv- ing the notorious, unloved Bobby Baker. Thursday a week ago, ERVIN walked on to the Senate floor just as Senator JOHN J. WILLIAMS, of Delaware, was offering an amendment to the Federal pay bill. WILLIAMS, beneath whose mild exterior are joined the Instincts of a bulldog and a ferret, proposed to deny pension rights to any em- ployee of the Government who withholds from a congressional committee documents or testimony relating to his official duties. The effect of the proposal, which was to apply retroactively to September 26, 1961, would have fallen squarely upon Bobby Baker, who invoked the fifth amendment rather than tell of his exciting and profit- able extracurricular activities as Secretary to the Senate majority. LAPSED INTO SILENCE ERVIN did not speak up for Baker, whose friends In the Senate have either lapsed into silence or crept under rocks as crayfish will do in a creekbed, but he said more than a word for the sanctity of the Constitution, which has been called the greatest instru- ment ever struck off by the hand and pur- pose of man. "The amendment is a flagrant, brazen vio- lation of the Constitution, as interpreted by the Supreme Court," said ERVIN. He said that besides penalizing a man for exercising his rights under the fifth amendment, the Williams proposal would apply retroactively, and hence violate the Constitution's pro- hibition of ex post facto laws. Several Senators rallied to WILLIAMS, while two voiced objections similar to ERVIN'S. Senator JOSEPH S. CLARK, of Pennsylvania, a liberal Democrat who quite often parts com- pany with ERVIN on Senate rollcalls, said the Williams amendment was "fundamen- tally un-American." This was the point of view that carried the day, the amendment being rejected 52 to 38. It was a brief episode in a busy Senate day and attracted little notice. But it served to suggest that ERVIN is watchful for those passing moods and humors in which Con- gress might chip away at a citizen's rights. TENNESSEE PREPARATORY SCHOOL GRADUATE SAYS THANKS TO TAX- PAYERS Mr. WALTERS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the RECORD a letter from a young man in my State, which was published in the Nashville Banner of June 30, 1964. I believe that this is one more out- standing example of the character of to- day's young people, our future leaders. It is particularly reassuring in view of the present widespread emphasis on juvenile delinquency. There being no objection, the letter was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows: TENNESSEE PREPARATORY SCHOOL GRADUATE SAYS THANKS TO TAXPAYERS To the EDITOR OF THE BANNER: This is an open letter to the taxpayers of Tennessee. I would like to take this opportunity to ex- press my deepest appreciation to all the people for the parts they have played in my life. I am a product of the Tennessee Prepara- tory School. Having entered the school at the age of 10 and leaving at the age of 18, I have spent almost half my life under the watchful care, being fed, clothed, educated, Approved For Release 2003/12/02 : CIA-RDP67B00446R000300120021-3 16178 Approved For Release 2 - 7B 0300120021-3 CON and disciplined by the resources you have provided. I am fortunate to have never known nak- edness, hunger, homelessness, lack of dis- cipline, or the promise of an Insecure tomor- row. I was taught respect for people. I was taught appreciation of a fine, comfortable home, was proud to have a part in its care. After leaving high school, you are enabling me to further my studies through your col- lege funds. I shall attend Tennessee Prepara- tory Institute here in Tennessee, majoring in industrial technology, using the allotment furnished from your college fund. I am in- debted to you for this opportunity that gave me both the desire and the drive to further my education. My regret is the reali- zation that many of you were never afforded this opportunity and yet gave unselfishly to my support. I am particularly grateful to Mr. John K. Edgington, who, more than any one individ- ual, has influenced me as a teacher, counselor, and steadfast friend. I am grateful to all the faculty for their personal interest in one among many, for their patience, understand- ing discipline and fine example. I believe they are some of the finest and most capable people I know. The bulk of my gratitude is to all of you- for you are responsible for the development, aims, and success of my future. You have made me, both directly and indirectly, what I am. I am proud to have been a student at the Tennessee Preparatory School, which has really been a home, and I am Indebted PHILIP W. SCOFIELD, Graduate of 1964 ClaSs. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 19&4 .^tly $3 whoever he may be, or the county oo- States, might be regarded as offensive to ciais are actually creatures of the Gov- local communities and much more dif- ernment. I believe what we should do is ficult than if Congress wrote the rules of to confine this particular provision to the game into this legislation. It seems private nonprofit organizations that to me that the right thing to do is to give might be in the business of making con- the Senate a clear shot at its objec- tracts with the Federal Government. tive in order to get the job done; and the This is the area that we felt needed to way to do it is to amend the provision be covered, and we therefore covered it, which is now before the Senate. not only with respect to title II, as was I have consulted with the Parliamen- attempted to be done by the amendment tarian, and have learned that it cannot offered by the Senator from Vermont be done in this manner. In order to ar- [Mr. PROUTY], but we also extended it to rive at this solution, it would be necessary title I, where it was also needed. for the Senate to reject this amendment, In some respects, I believe the amend- and have another proposal before it with ment goes further with respect to the words "public agency" in it as well protecting States rights than did the as the words relating to private agen- Prouty amendment. cies. Mr. RUSSELL. Mr. President, will As I sense the sentiment of the Senate. the Senator yield me 1 minute? My whole intent and design has never Mr. SMATHERS. I yield such time to been to make my views necessarily those the Senator from Georgia as he may of the Senate, but to do something which need. would be, in my judgment, necessary to Mr. RUSSELL. Mr. President, I ask proper foreif the governmental organization. o . the will unanimous consent to have printed i amendment, I hope the authors the RECORD amendment No. . 1127, being g pending the original amendment I proposed upon will, or I will, submit the substitute again this subject. with the words "or public agency" in it. There being no objection, the amend- Because that seems to be the clear pur- ment (No. 1127) was ordered to be pose and intent of the Senate, as well printed in the RECORD, as follows: as of the Senator from Georgia, I hope On page 105, between lines 10 and 11, in- the movers will withdraw the amend- sert a new section as follows: ment, and adopt what appears to be the "REQUIREMENT FOR STATE APPROVAL OF ASSIST- sense of Members of the Senate. But if AGENCIES that is not done, the only recourse for AL Shan be made with, or grant, loan, or other assistance provided to, any private nonprofit or other private institution or organization for the purpose of carrying out any program, project, or other activity within a State un- less a plan setting forth such proposed con- tract, agreement, grant, loan, or other assistance has been submitted to the Gov- ernor of the State, and such plan has not been disapproved by him within thirty days of such submission." On page 105, line 12, strike out "SEC. 608" and insert in lieu thereof "SEC. 609". On page 105, line 18, strike out "SEC. 609" and insert in lieu thereof "SEC. 610". Mr. JAVITS. Mr. President, will the Senator yield me some time in opposi- tion? Mr. HUMPHREY. I yield the Sen- ator some time on the bill. Mr. JAVITS. Mr. President, if I may have 2 or 3 minutes, the deficiency in the particular proposal which is before us lies in the fact that it excludes public __1- p h rivate l t The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill (S. 2642) to mobilize the hu- man and financial resources of the Na- tion to combat poverty in the United States. Mr. SMATHERS. Mr. President, first, I ask for the yeas and nays on the sub- stitute. The yeas and nays were ordered. Mr. SMATHERS. Mr. President. I do not believe that any further explanation of the substitute is needed. I am pre- pared to yield back the remainder of my time after making one short statement. My substitute grew out of an amend- ment that was first prepared by the able and distinguished senior Senator from Georgia. After talking with him, the Senator from Minnesota, and the pros- pective director of the new service-- Mr.GRUENING. Mr. President, may we have order? We cannot hear the speaker. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ator will suspend. The Senate will be in order. The Senator may proceed. Mr. SMATHERS. In consideration of what each of the parties was trying to do--those interested in the protection of States rights, in the one instance, and those interested in the the endeavor not to interfere with the existing contractual programs which are now going on be- tween some agencies of the government in higher educational institutions-and in consideration of the fact that we did not want absolutely to tie the hands of the director in dealing with certain pub- lic agencies, and with the presumption that public agencies, such as the State ti , c a on welfare director, the State conserva commissioner, the State athletic director, assertion of authority which, in some would not have to pay any attention to , es a agencies, and re nonprofit agencies. I have heard the that that both bpriva a and publicoinsti- m Geor- f at ro or explanation Of the Sen gia, who is a very able lawyer, and who tutions should be included. Apparently is entirely correct in his statement. But the authors are unwilling to accept that. this still leaves the question to be de- Mr. SALTONSTALL. Mr. President, cided by the Senate. It is true that a will the Senator yield 2 minutes to me? State, by enacting certain legislation, Mr. TOWER. I yield to the Senator can inhibit every one of its subdivisions from Massachusetts. dealing with the poverty program, un- Mr. SALTONSTALL. I may say to the less the Government will allow it. That Senator from Florida, and the Senator is pretty demeaning. It has to be af- from Georgia, and Senators from other firmatively done. Congress is "writing States that permit Governors to have the ticket." I believe we could make the control over officials like the commis- operation more dignified by providing sioner of public welfare, that in my State the Governor authority with respect to he does not have any such control. The both public and private agencies. Public Welfare Commissioner of Massa- ANCE TO NONGOVERNMENT "SEC. 608. In carrying out the provisions the Senate would be to reject this sub- stitute, and then endeavor to adopt a I agree with the Senator from Georgia chusetts is elected for a term of so many but it represents an years. Therefore, the Commissioner an be done t it th substitute which seems to represent the sense of the majority of the Members of the Senate. I believe it should include the words "or public agency." " Then we shall have adopted what the Senate in- dicates is the desire of the Senate in re- gard to this particular matter. Mr. MILLER. Mr. President, will the Senator yield for a brief question? Mr. JAVITS. I yield. Mr. MILLER. I ask the Senator from New York whether or not he has asked the Senator from Florida if he will agree to modify the amendment in the manner in which the Senator from New York has described. I have not heard that discus- sion. Mr. JAVITS. I have. The Senator from Georgia explained in great detail that he felt that if a State wished to im- pose that inhibition against local sub- divisions, it could do so by legislation. I argued that those efforts would be diffi- cult ones to impose upon a State, and Approved For Release 2003/12/02 : CIA-RDP67B00446R000300120021-3