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sibility, the hope, that such information I want it to be absolutely clear that onstration of the new academic year-
might be forthcoming. there are many citizens in this country, what has been billed as "International
With several hundred thousand dol- including students and teachers, who, for Days of Protest." On these days massive
lars in foreign funds supporting the ef- their own personal reasons, disagree with civil disobedience is being planned, with
forts to get preferential sugar quotas, it our policy in Vietnam. These persons demonstrations, parades, and rallies
taxes the imagination to suppose that are not by any stretch of the imagina- throughout the country. According to
none of these funds have found their way tion Communists or even sympathetic advance announcements, this is to be a
into political campaigns as part of the with the Communist position. We must shot heard around the world, designed
overhead. be extremely careful not to label all op- to ridicule this Nation and its Vietnam
Since none of the lobbyists have position to America's foreign policy as policy.
rushed forward to indicate the scope of Communist. This would be wrong. I Let us look a little more closely at this
their political activity, I suppose this have emphasized this point many times so-called international days of protest.
must remain an eternal mystery. in the past. Though some will want us to believe that
Perhaps some enterprising reporter However, on the other hand, we must this project is spontaneous and comes
can do better. But until such time, the not overlook the sinister role which the from the hearts of the students, actually
matter of the sugar money and how it Communist Party and its allies are play- it has been carefully and devilishly
spills into politics, apparently is destined ing in this situation, especially on col- planned by those who would rejoice in
to fade away, just like those little sugar lege campuses. Just to view these dem- our defeat.
cubes that dissolve in a cup of coffee. onstrations as "children's fun" or the The Vietnam Day Committee-VDC-
Mr. Speaker, let us get to work and pranks of an adolescent minority, with- was the original sponsor of the idea
save the Nation from too much Central out realizing what role they play in of an international days of protest. This
Governme . I repeat, "the nearer the Communist strategy, is to take lightly group had its origin in demonstrations
bone, eater the bleeding." our obligations of citizenship. last May at the University of California
The position of the Communist Party at Berkeley.
NATIONWIDE, ORGANIZED ANTI-
VIETNAM DEMONSTRATIONS
SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 15
AND 16
(Mr. SMITH of California asked and
was given permission to extend his re-
marks at this point in the RECORD and to
include extraneous matter.)
Mr. SMITH of California. Mr. Speak-
er, on May 3, 1965, I spoke to the House
on the "Communist Campaign To Oust
the United States From Vietnam." On
July 24, 1965, I delivered the main ad-
dress before the annual convention of the
Virginia Department of the American
Legion at Roanoke, Va., entitled "Com-
munist Attempts to Undermine U.S.
Policy in Vietnam." This was inserted in
the RECORD by Congressman GLENARD P.
LIPScoMB on July 29, 1965.
Today I wish to make my third and
final speech of this session on this most
important subject "Nationwide, Orga-
nized Anti-Vietnam Demonstrations
Scheduled for October 15 and 16."
NATIONWIDE, ORGANIZED ANTI-VIETNAM DEMON=
STRATIONS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 15 AND 16
As we reach the final days of our ses-
sion, I would like to draw to the atten-
tion Of MY distinguished colleagues some
has been one of unremitting hostility to What is the Vietnam Day Committee?
American participation in the Vietnam Actually, it is a type of holding company
hostilities. The party wants us to with- consisting of representatives of groups
draw our troops and stop military aid to which for some time have been firing the
the South Vietnamese Government. In smudge pots of hatred, venom, and dis-
other words, it seeks a complete Viet- trust against American policy in Viet-
cong victory, nam. In the VDC we find such assorted
As far back as March 1964, for ex- types as the Progressive Labor Party,
ample, the party's national headquarters well known for its pro-Red Chinese
in New York City sent a directive en- sentiments, and its youth front, the May
titled "The United States and South 2 movement. Who else, we might ask,
Vietnam Developments" to all its dis- would want a Vietcong victory more?
tricts. Party members were urged to This vociferous and dangerous splinter
send telegrams of protest to President group represents the hand of Mao Tse-
Johnson, to place advertisements in tung inside our country.
newspapers throughout the country, to In addition, there is SNCC, the Stu-
organize protest meetings and picket dent Nonviolent Coordinating Commit-
lines and to enlist the support of non- tee, one of the most militant of the civil
Communist groups. rights groups, the Trotskyite Socialist
Since that date, the party's pressure Workers Party and its youth front, the
has been relentless and unceasing. Young Socialist Alliance.
After President Johnson ordered air Still another group is the Students for
bombardment of North Vietnam military a Democratic Society. This group is a
targets, the party voice became more militant Socialist-oriented youth group
strident. Communist leaders worked which preaches an anarchist-nihilist
frantically to encourage rallies, demon- program of derisive mocking of Ameri-
strations, and teach-ins. Key leaders can institutions and values. The SDS
such as Arnold Johnson-the party's top incidentally was the prime sponsor of
public relations man-and Michael the Easter march on Washington and
Zagarell-National Youth Director- reportedly has some 2,000 members in 80
participated in the Easter March on chapters.
Washington. From the
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campuses and elsewhere relative to the ment had become an7effectiveytactic~ to ton, Ind., council meeting at Blooming-
.Vietnam situation, I think you, and Promote its own subversive aims. ton, Ind., attended by some 100 delegates.
other Americans, will be interested in A key factor in the party's strategy, of Discuss focused, among other things,
g steps
knowing the cunning, skill, and diabolical course, was the W. E. B. DuBois Clubs, on what on what
men a be taken to enrour-
purposes of those who seek. to vilify this its front group for young people. young men council ev ntuall ry dopted
av
policies of Founded in June 1964, this to
.Nation and undermine her this group became . a The program national al of legal tactics tacactics rtics reyelative e to
preserving freedom. active on many campuses during the last avoiding the draft, but much of the de-
Last spring our campuses were swept academic year and participated in many bate centered on support for illegal acts.
by a giant conflagration of protest. Ral- of the student demonstrations. In Draft registrants, for example, are to be
lies, demonstrations, and teach-ins were Berkeley, Calif., Bettina Aptheker, counseled to pressure their draft boards
common occurrences. Almost like magic, daughter of Herbert Aptheker, well- for exemption on the basis of conscien-
we heard epithets such as "aggressor," known Communist, was one of the most tious objector beliefs. SDS hopes to
"warmonger," and "imperialist" used to outspoken of DuBois leaders. secure the services of outside people, such
denounce this Nation. Students vied In June came the summer recess. But as ministers and attorneys, to counsel
with each other to find new ways of the party and its associated groups were young men in carrying out these tactics.
heaping scorn on American policies. not inactive. As Members of this House, In addition, SDS hopes, if possible, to
Last Easter a student march on Wash- you will recall, for example, the demon- - file lawsuits against draft board actions
ington was held in which some 15,000 strations held here on Capitol Hill last and organize protest demonstrations.
persons protested. Many citizens were August by the so-called assembly of un- The whole purpose is to harass military
shocked by the vehemence and bitterness represented people. On October 15 and recruitment.
of many of the students and faculty 16, we are to witness the first major na- Of course, as could be expected, the
members.;
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touch of Communist influence. DuBois The Communist Party is overjoyed
Clubs members are actively participating with the international days of protest.
In the VDC. In July, for exiample, the Party leaders are working feverishly to
VDC was one of the sponsors of a rally help prepare the mass demonstrations.
and march at the Universty of Call- From the party's point of view, these
fornia at Berkeley? Among the speakers demonstrations will greatly aid its agi-
were Mario Savio, well-known leader of tation and propaganda programs. Na-
the university's free speech movement tional party headquarters, for example,
last spring, and Bettina Aptheker. Sel- has sent all party districts a list of
dom has a young person-Bettina slogans to be useu in the campaign to
Aptheker-been more active in behalf of end the war in Vietnam. Sample slogans
party causes. This young woman has include such phrases as "Withdraw all
been highly trained, disciplined, and U.S. troops," "Halt all acts of torture,"
taught by her father to carry on the work "End gas" and chemical warfare."
of promoting the interests of the Soviet What are these student rebellions
Union in this country. In this father- leading to? What does thefuture hold?
daughter combination we see what These are serious questions which
fanaticism the Marxist-Leninist ideology should concern my colleagues.
can produce. Last spring Prof. Eugene D. Genovese,
The Vietnam Day Committee was the of Rutgers University, was quoted as say-
driving force behind the recent widely ing that he welcomed a Vietcong victory.
publicized incidents of trying to stop A few days ago a press item noted that
troop trains proceeding to the Oakland ,Staughton Lynd, professor of history at
Army Terminal in Oakland, Calif. This Yale, and James Mellen, a history in-
shows the extent to which these fanatics structor at Drew University, agreed with
will go to jeopardize our national se- Professor Genovese. Here we have high-
curity and inflame others to support ranking intellectuals, in contact with
their cause. They believe in direct ac- youthful minds, pouring out a poison
tion, being virtual guerrillas inside the which seeks the defeat of this Nation. If
United States for the Vietcong. ever professors were failing their stu-
Leading up to the international days dents, here are prime examples.
of protest we have witnessed the out- It is my observation that the so-called
break in various areas of the country of new left, involving a combination of
what might be called preliminary brush Communists-both Russian and Chinese
A -4-A to build up enthusiasm styles-Trotskyites, and Socialist-ori-
s
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munism will "go respectable," that
Americans will accept it as a legitimate
part of our democratic tradition. Noth-
ing could be more disastrous.
The Communist Party will be the chief
beneficiary from the international days
of protest.
In recent days there have been indi-
cations that the sponsoring groups will
not actually go as far in overt civil dis-
obedience as they originally proclaimed-
that is, trying to interfere with arms
shipments or encourage the destruction
of draft cards. But the danger remains
that their inflammatory and volatile
speeches may fall on the ears of some
students who might be goaded into fool-
ish and unlawful actions.
I call upon my colleagues not to be
misguided, not to view the international
days of protest as something spontan-
eous, as the genuine outpouring of the
sentiments of innocent students. In-
stead, these days have been skillfully
planned by people who do not love our
Nation-by people who wish nothing
more than todestroy America.
ANNOUNCEMENT
(Mr. SCHEUER asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his
remarks.)
Mr. SCHEUER. Mr. Speaker, I re-
frained from voting on rollcall 369 be-
cause, under rule 8 of the House I felt
that I might have a personal interest in
the legislation.
I therefore answered "present" instead
of casting a vote.
e
for the October demonstration and- to ented groups, such as the Students for a
serve,' as it were, as fire drills for the Democratic Society, represents a grave
real thing. threat to our American way of life.
Some dozen students and faculty mem- Through civil disobedience tactics, they
bers from Franklin and Marshall College, seek to disrupt the law, the peace of the
Lancaster, Pa., picketed an industrial community and the integrity of our col-
firm, the Hamilton Watch Co., Lamas- leges as institutions of learning. Some
ter, on September 27, 28, and 29. Known are virtually anarchist in spirit. They
as the Lancaster Committee for Nego- display a cruelly defeatist, negative, and
tiated Peace in Vietnam, this group was antitype attitude. Their chief aim is not
of warimgate the al. Earyylastnmonth stu- offer new avenues weaknesses of Idemocraticsociety ap-
dents at Johns Hopkins University in proach. Instead, they castigate, indict,
Baltimore passed out - leaflets at Fort and defame our values. These students
Holabird, Md., protesting U.S. action in are quick to denounce the barbaric ac-
Vietnam. The New Haven-Yale Commit- tions of American troops, but say abso-
tee for Peace In Vietnam and a group by lutely nothing about Vietcong atrocities.
the name of "End the Draft" held a dem- They are victims of a double vision-of
onstration in September in New Haven, self-righteous indignation about our
Conn. cause and a complete willingness to over-
At Arizona State University, the Phi- look the evil of Comunist aggression and
losophy Club is planning to hold a public inhumanity.
meeting oh the university campus to Let me illustrate, for example, the
discuss the Vietnam situation on Octo- brazeness of communism on the univer-
ber 15. The Students for a Democratic sity campus. Big posters were recently
Society chapter at the University of Illi- displayed on the University of Califor-
nois plans to picket the University of nia campus at Berkeley openly advertis-
Illinois Armory on October 14-16 as a ing classes in Marxism-Leninism. Here
protest against American intervention. is the exact wording of one of them:
In Austin, Tex., the University of Texas Register for classes in Marxism-Leninism
SDS chapter plans a cruel and gruesome taught by revolutionaries, Thursday, Sep-
project. It will sponsor a "death march." tember 23, 142 Dwinelie. 7:30 p.m.
with participants wearing death masks. The poster was signed "Campus Pro-
A hearse and coffin will be in the line of gressive Labor"-the pro-Red Chinese
march, with the coffin bearing a child organization. Here was a class in Marx-
depicting a dead Vietnamese baby. ism-Leninism being held in a university
Important direction for this massive building.
demonstration of civil disobedience and The Communist hand is becoming
protest is coming from the Na- more clear. It simply is amazing how
tional Coordinating Committee to End in the past few years Communist groups
the War' in Vietnam with headquarters in this country have grown in self-con-
in Madison, Wis. This again is a hold- fidence. We find DuBois Clubs openly
ing type group and among its chief par- involved, even seeking publicity for their
ticipants is the W. E. B. DuBois Clubs. actions. Their great hope is that com-
CORRECTION OF RECORD
Mr. MA.TSUNAGA. Mr. Speaker, on
page 25942 and page 25943 of the CON-
GRESSIONAL RECORD of October 13, 1965,
my extension of remarks on H.R. 11135
incorrectly appears. I had requested
that I be permitted to extend my re-
marks in the body of the RECORD im-
mediately prior to the vote on the first
Findley amendment. Accordingly, I re-
quest unanimous consent that the per-
manent RECORD be corrected so that my
extension of remarks, noW appearing on
pages 25942 and 25943, will appear in-
stead immediately preceding the taking
of the vote on the first Findley amend-
ment, as it is indicated on page 25935 of
yesterday's RECORD.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from Ha-
waii?
There was no objection.
THE NATIONAL DAY OF THE
MALAGASY REPUBLIC
(Mr. MATSUNAGA asked and was
given permission to extend his remarks
at this point in the RECORD.)
Mr. MATSUNAGA. Mr. Speaker, on
October 14, 1958 the Malagasy Repub-
lic was proclaimed as an autonomous
state within the French community. On
this occasion I wish to extend best wishes
to this friendly nation. The Malagasy
Republic comprises the island of Mada-
gascar and its dependencies.
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may be a traumatic experience for some of
us, but we teachers have never been known
as namby-pamby milksops.
'In the old days, we followed the first Con-
estoga wagons westward, long rifle and
McGuffey reader in the same saddlebag,
fighting big, rawboned boys bare-knuckled
for the right to teach them Latin conjuga-
tions, trading grammar for grain, Chaucer
for chickens, arithmetic for apple cider.
WE HAD BETTER
What we did once, by thunder, we can do
again, and we had better, because nobody
else will.
Fifth, forget. birdcage building and book-
case construction in the high school shop
classes and teach these bewildered young-
sters vocational English, vocational mathe-
matics, vocational spelling-yes, and even
vocational filling out of job application forms.
Above all, teach them the old, old truth
that when you finally get a job you show up
on time with a decent haircut, a shave,
clothes that don't make you look like a dele-
gate to a Hell's Angels convention and a will-
ingness to keep your mouth shut and your
nose to the grindstone for 8 hours every day.
GIVE KIDS IDENTITY
Sixth, try to make these kids feel a sense
of belongingness, of community identity. The
Watts riot were conducted largely by teen-
agers-and they had no more feeling of iden-
tification with their Nation, their State, their
city or even their own neighborhood than my
cat. They were rootless, motiveless and
hence shameless. Surely, the schools can
give them some roots, motives and pride.
As he left my office, my Negro friend looked
back over his shoulder.
"And don't forget," he said gently, "that
about 25 percent of those rioters could
neither read nor write."
In the greatest city of the West, this is
an infernal disgrace. Oh, I know the rea-
sons given-the great flooding in of illiter-
ates from the Deep South, the lack of funds,
the shortage of qualified teachers and all the
MUST BE , DONE
But somehow these vast cities like Los An-
geles, Chicago and. New York are going to
have to get these people to read.
This is the first and great prerequisite to
everything else.
Even if we have to postpone "social
studies" and "language arts" and "sharing
with the peer group," and teach reading to
these mute and frustrated kids every living
minute they're in school until they get it,
then that's what should be done.
One pious hope in concluding. Let's teach
them to read-not to try to recognize thous-
ands of words by their "configurations" and
"contours."
Solution for Peace
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. EDWARD J. DERWINSKI
OF ILLINOIS
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, October 14, 1965
Mr. DERWINSKI. Mr. Speaker, often
times Wonderful pearls of wisdom come
from normally unnoticed sources, and I
therefore insert in the RECORD and di-
rect the Members' attention to an edi-
torial which appeared in the Tri-City Ad-
vertiser, a community paper serving
Dolton, Riverdale, and South Holland,
IN., in its issue 'of Thursday, October 7:
SOLUTION FOR PEACE
You need not be reminded that the world
is in a chaotic state of fear, frustration, worry
and despair.
The war in Vietnam and. conflict of think-
ing and action in other.sections increases
with each passing day.
Many are asking why this Nation must
assume the entire burden, with few excep-
tions, of the protecting of the rest of the
world. Why cannot other nations contribute
men and funds and supplies and spread the
burden of defense to include the rest of the
world-if the rest of the world sees the dan-
ger as we have been lead to see it? These
are the vital Issues.
Yet with stories coming out from the Far
East of the miserable plight of the refugees
and the youngsters one would have to be
hard hearted to deny a measure of protection
and relief. Stories just out on TV indicate
that the refugee and orphan problems are
assuming unheard-of proportions, and that
already men are at work, to relieve the miser-
able plight of these poor unfortunate
children.
One would find it difficult to attempt to
assess the reasons for all the mental and
physical conflict now going on. Those who
govern our Nation and others are in a posi-
tion to know more of the details of the
situation than we are. Regardless of what
one may think of the method of approach
to the solution of the conflict most will agree
that men are doing what they think best for
them to do for the good of mankind.
We have, for centuries, been trying states-
manship, guns, bombs and other parapher-
nalia of war seemingly without success for
the passing of time makes clear all this has
been futile.
Therefore, most of us will agree that the
visit of Pope Paul to our country augurs well
for here is what most men, regardless of their
faith, see as a sincere and genuine effort to
set in motion such counterforces as are neces-
sary for the welfare of mankind.
We were especially pleased to note the pro-
noucement that spiritual effort alone will aid
in the cessation of the present conflict.
Certainly this may well mean a giant step
forward in a united effort to still the waves of
error in the thinking of all of us.
We've tried everything else. We agree a
gigantic spiritual uprising is sure to be pro-
found in its impact on the world.
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. W. J. BRYAN DORN
OF SOUTH CAROLINA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Friday, October 8, 1965
Mr. DORN. Mr. Speaker, the predic-
tions of disaster and failure of our policy
in Vietnam by beatniks and misguided
peace demonstrators has not.material-
ized. The teach-ins and howlers led
some Americans to believe that resist-
ance to Communist aggression in South
Vietnam would collapse during the mon-
soon season. With the ending of the
monsoons, our position in South Viet-
nam and our prestige throughout south-
east Asia is immeasurably stronger.
The following article by William S.
White appeared in the Washington Post
Wednesday, October 13. I commend this
timely and excellent article to the at-
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tention of the Congress and to the people
of our country:
VIETNAM SUPPORT: CRITICS FINALLY STILLED
(By William S. White)
For the first time, it can be said with
confidence that the long attack upon the
American policy of resisting Communist ag-
gression in Vietnam by candid military force
is clearly failing, both in this country and
in Europe.
The new isolationism of the sixties-an
isolationism expressed in recommendations
that in one way or another we should aban-
don the South Vietnamese and cut and run
from Asia under elegant rhetoric protesting
that we worn not running at all-is dying
at last.
Its death at home-and a slow death it
has been through 2 years of almost constant
biting at American purposes-is manifest,
both in what is now happening and in
what is now not happening. The shrill
outcries formerly heard so often from a Dem-
ocratic fringe in the Senate are heard no
longer, except here and there and in very
minor key.
The hostile student teach-ins are not alto-
gether a thing of the past. But apart from
the fact that proresistance teach-ins are
now also being organized-for example, one
to be held in Washington on October 16-
these academic fevers were never more than
a nuisance. And they never reflected in the
least way any substantial opinion in this
country, any more than the little band of
complaining Democratic Senators ever repre-
sented anything more than a fragment of
Congress.
The micch_ef of the teach-ins and of the
clamors of t':o :,cnate splinter was that they
warmed our critics abroad, particularly in
Britain, with a suggestion of togetherness-
the wonderful notion that the true intellec-
tuals in the United States at all events were
not standing with a line of resistance to Com-
munist imperialism to which three American
Presidents had successively given their word.
This impllcat_on that the real brains here
were against the war of resistance was, of
course, always absurd. Far the greater pro-
portion of the intellectual community was
always in support of this Government. Still,
it was never so strident, so skilled at self-
publicity. Co it was the opposition that was
largely heard in Europe.
Yet, as the Johnson administration on this
issue has steadily enlarged its backing at
home-and spectacularly so in recent weeks,
as the Harris poll has just confirmed-so has
our position Improved in that focal point of
important foreign criticism which is Eng-
land.
Indeed, the Labor Government of Harold
Wilson has now become the most useful of
all our asso.iates in beating back the mixed
international group-of mere beatniks, of
honest semipacifists, of decent ultraliberals
enchanted with the delusion that it is always
possible to halt Communist incursions by
mere negotiation-that had so long given the
U.S. Government so much trouble.
The magnitude of Wilson's achievement at
the recent Labor Party convention at Black-
pool in England in destroying their case has
not been appreciated here. This erstwhile
ban-the-bomber, this rhan who was once the
very secular pope of the neutralist-minded
men of the West, has done more than grow
in stature as a Prime Minister when at last
he had to confront headon the hard realities
of this world. He has become a strong and
courageous party leader as well.
For at Blackpool Wilson proved -to even
the most skeptical, point by point, historical
fact by historical fact, that those who refuse
an honorable peace in Vietnam. are not bad
old Yankees but rather Communists-and
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mainly Chinese Communists at that. When
he had done, the howlers had no case left.
His Foreign Minister, Michael Stewart, in
his current visit here has in a quieter way
done much the same thing. Neither pub-
licly nor privately has Stewart given the
smallest comfort to those Americans who
had hoped to elicit from him some kind of
sniping at some point of the policy in Viet-
nam.
A conservative government in London
could not have been so helpful. For British
conservatives, like American, conservatives,
are suspect from the word go on any ra-
tionally hardline enterprise whatever.
When authentic very liberals like Wilson
and Stewart stand with us nobody can pos-
sibly accuse them of professional Commu-
nist baiting. Anglo-American politics works
in illogical ways, sometimes, its wonders to
perform.
Citizens Spearhead Peralta Bond Effort
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OP
HON. GEORGE P. MILLER
OF CALIFORNIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Friday, October 8,1965
Mr. MILLER. Mr. Speaker, California
is indeed fortunate to have an advanced
program providing an extensive opportu-
nity for young people to pursue junior
college and State college courses at con-
veniently located institutions provided by
public funds.
The backbone of this higher educa-
tional system is the junior college, be-
cause at this level students who are in-
terested in obtaining a bachelor's degree
or higher are given an Opportunity to do
so very close to home. For those stu-
dents who are not desirous of a 4-year
college education, but want to perfect
their technical acumen, the junior col-
leges are invaluable.
The ways and means of making the
junior colleges possible are through bond
elections. This is a basic community
activity and in my congressional district,
there is a citizens group working very
hard now to push for a successful $47
million bond issue election on October 19
to give Alameda County another junior
college.
I am pleased to insert in the CONGRES-
SIONAL RECORD an article from the Times-
Star of Alameda, Calif., September 25.
1965, which highlights the current
endeavors:
CITIZENS SPEARHEAD PERALTA BOND EFFoar
Subcommittees of the Alameda unit of
Citizens for the Peralta Colleges are hard at
work generating support here for the forth-
coming $47 million bond issue.
The bonds, to be presented to voters in the
six-city junior college district October 19,
will bring a college campus to Alameda if the
bond issue is approved.
The 20-member precinct subcommittee,
headed by Howard Brownson, is currently cir-
culating petitions locally asking residents to
back the bond Issue.
The precinct subcommittee is also con-
ducting a "get out the vote" drive for the
approaching election.
WORKERS
Working with Brownson are Lowell Mell,
Earl Hamlin, Mrs. Catherine Jones, C. W.
Moore, Mrs. David Denyvan, Robert Winne,
James Bryan, Mrs. Donna Buck, Mrs. M. E.
Walser, Mrs. Kathleen Gibbs, John Towata,
Sam Tasoulas, Bob Kreitz, Mrs. Don Johnson,
Mrs. Pat Calkins, Rabbi Gunther Gates, Alvin
Kidder, and the Key Clubs from both Ala-
meda and Encinal High Schools.
The endorsement subcommittee, headed
by Norman Jachens, Includes the Reverend
Wilfred Hodgkin, Reva Jackson, Eric Essex,
and Roger Hooper.
FINANCE
The finance subcommittee is under the
chairmanship of Russell Spillman, president
of the Alameda First National Bank. and has
as its members Arthur Strehlow, Lester John-
son, Donald Lum, and Melvin Schwartz.
All financial contributions to the bond
election may be sent to Spillman at the bank
and made out to the Citizens for the Peralta
Colleges, Alameda unit.
Cochairmen of the Alameda unit are Mrs.
Versa Smith and Roy Kayser.
New Spirit
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
DIP
HON. THOMAS P. O'NEILL, JR.
OF MASSACHUSETTS
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, October 14, 1965
Mr. O'NEILL of Massachusetts. Mr.
Speaker, we in America are not and have
never been prisoners of the past.
We say all habits-and patterns of
thought-should be suspect. We are
willing to change, and not bury our head
in the sand when change is due.
Now, because we were willing to face
the future, negotiations for a new treaty
governing the operation of the Panama
Canal are proceeding smoothly.
The Fall River, Mass., Herald-News
has said:
The harmony of the discussions up to date
is one of the most encouraging developments
in recent years in Pan-American relations.
The editorial will be of general interest,
and I offer it for the RECORD at this time :
NEW SPIRIT
Negotiations for a new treaty governing
the operation of the Panama Canal are pro-
ceeding smoothly. Although the final draft
of the treaty may not be ready for some
time, a progress report has now been pub-
lished by both President Johnson and Presi-
dent Marco A. Robles of Panama. The
harmony of the discussions up to date is
one of the most encouraging developments
in recent years in Pan-American relations.
Considering the open and violent hostility to
this country in Panama just a few years ago,
the present amicable negotiations reflect a
new spirit there and here.
The present Panama Canal itself will soon
be obsolete. A commission here is trying
to determine the best site for a new sea level
waterway to connect the Atlantic and Pa-
cific Oceans. The new canal, which will not
employ locks, may be located elsewhere in
Panama, or it may be In Colombia, but there
is no doubt that it will only be built with
the full agreement and cooperation of the
country chosen. This, too, reflects the vast
change in the attitude of the United States
toward Latin America since the time of Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
Too often it is assumed that we are prison-
ers of the past, and that patterns of thought
and behavior accepted in other generations
are not susceptible to change. The gradual
evolution that has been taking place in our
attitude toward Latin America and its atti-
tude toward us is proof of the reverse. There
is reason to hope that, unless our pace is
too slow considering the desperate state of
affairs in many South American countries,
we may yet achieve a workable and har-
monious relationship.
H.R. 7315
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. FRANK T. BOW
OF OHIO
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday., October 13, 1965
Mr. BOW. Mr. Speaker, curators and
directors of museums throughout the
United States, and there are more than
5,000 museums in our cities and towns,
are watching anxiously during these clos-
ing days of the session for action on H.R.
7315, a bill that would authorize the
Smithsonian Institution to undertake a
program of research, training and publi-
cations which would improve and
strengthen their institutions.
Known as the National Museum Act
of 1965, an identical bill already has
passed the Senate without opposition.
I am, told that a number of Members of
Congress are receiving telephone calls
and telegrams regarding the bill from
people back home who are interested in
or supporting local museums. These ex-
pressions of support for H.R. 7315 are the
outgrowth of recent conferences under
the direction of the American Associa-
tion of Museums. Resolutions support-
ing H.R. 7315 have been adopted by rep-
resentatives of the following States at
their regional museum conferences: Il-
linois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Min-
nesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin, Maine,
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu-
setts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Mary-
land, Delaware, Idaho, Utah, Arizona,
New Mexico, Washington, Oregon, Neva-
da, California. Hawaii, and Alaska.
For the convenience of many Members
who are receiving these messages, I in-
clude the text of the bill at the end of
these remarks:
H.R. 7315
A bill relating to the National Museum of
the Smithsonian Institution
Whereas the museums of the Nation con-
stitute cultural and educational institutions
of great importance to the Nation's progress;
and
Whereas national recognition is necessary
to insure that museum resources for preserv-
ing and interpreting the Nation's heritage
may be more fully utilized in the enrich-
ment of public life in the individual com-
munity: Now, therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That this
Act may be cited as the "National Museum
Act of 1965".
SEC. 2. The Director of the National Mu-
seum under the direction of the Secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution shall-
(1) cooperate with museums and their
professional organizations in a continuing
study of museum problems and opportu-
nities, both in the United States and abroad;
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