FREE ELECTIONS IN SOUTH VIETNAM

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were completely in error, or there has
been a remarkable change in their point
of view since President Johnson decided
to move further in the direction taken
under President Eisenhower back in the
1950's.
GENERAL LEAVE
Mr. REUSS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan-
imous consent that all Members may
have permission to extend their remarks
on the subject of Sales Participation Act
of 1966, following the remarks on that
subject.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from Wis-
consin?
There was no objection.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Mr. WHITTEN. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent that the Committee
on Appropriations may have, until mid-
night Friday, April 22, 1966, to file a
privileged report on the Department of
Agriculture appropriation bill for the
fiscal year 1967.
Mr. RUMSFELD reserved all points of
order on the bill.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from Mis-
sissippi?
There was no objection.
CORRECTION OF VOTE
Mr. HULL. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall
No. 65 I am recorded as not voting. I
was present and voted "yea." I ask
unanimous consent that the permanent
RECORD and Journal be corrected accord-
ingly.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from
Missouri?
There was no objection.
CORRECTION OF VOTE
Mr. HECHLER. Mr. Speaker, on roll-
call No. 66 I am recorded as not voting.
I was present and voted "yea." I ask
unanimous consent that the permanent
RECORD and Journal be corrected accord-
ingly.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from West
Virginia?
There was no objection.
NAVY DID A SPACE AGE JOB WITH
STONE AGE TOOLS
(Mr. ROGERS of Florida asked and
was given permission to address the
House for 1 minute and to revise and
extend his remarks.)
Mr. ROGERS of Florida. Mr. Speaker,
the Navy spent some 80 days to recover
the H-bomb lost off the coast of Spain
this January. The Navy also spent hun-
dreds of thousands of tax dollars on this
job. It was an expensive lesson, and if
the Navy's undersea technology had been
able to keep pace with our phenomenal
progress in space technology that bomb
could have been recovered immediately
and at considerable savings.
In less than 10 years, outer space ex-
ploration has produced space vehicles
which know no horizon. However, the
Navy does not yet produce deep-diving
vehicles of the same degree of sophisti-
cation found in the space program vehi-
cles.
The H-bomb recovery shows that the
Navy was doing a space age job with
stone age tools.
For the past 50 years the Navy has
sporadically considered diving tech-
nology, starting in 1915 with its first
lost submarine, and including the
Thresher disaster in April 1963. Each
incident showed that the Navy was un-
prepared to conduct deep-sea recovery
operations. The H-bomb incident dem-
onstrates that more progress is needed.
At the present time, Navy programs plan
development of undersea vehicles over
a 5-year period on a basis amounting to
roughly 10 percent of the NASA budget
for 1 year alone.
It is clear that insufficient emphasis is
being given within the Defense Depart-
ment to the problem of developing Navy
undersea exploration vehicles sufficient
to maintain this Nation's defense pos-
ture. This situation must be corrected
immediately.
GET BACK TO FUNDAMENTALS
(Mr. JONES of Missouri asked and
was given permission to address the
House for 1 minute.)
Mr. JONES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker,
I would like to take this opportunity to
call to the attention of my colleagues, an
article which appears in the current,
April 25, issue of the U.S. News & World
Report, being the full text of an address
by the Honorable Charles E. Whittaker,
of Kansas City, who in 1962 retired as
an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme
Court. Previously, I have expressed
regret that Justice Whittaker retired
from the Supreme Court, at a time when
there is a need for men of his caliber to
serve. The advice given by Justice Whit-
taker when he points out the need to
"get back to fundamentals-the Ten
Commandments and old-fashioned re-
spect for truth and honesty-before it is
too late" is a warning that needs to be
heeded. It is a real tragedy that more
members of our High Court do not em-
brace the philosophy of Justice Whit-
taker, who in the address referred to,
points out that "defiance of law, falsify-
ing such terms as 'liberal,' `conservative,'
'civil rights,' 'civil disobedience,' and so
forth, are some of the things that are
threatening America." Mr. Speaker, I
think it is time that we stop, look, and
think, while there is still time to "return
to simple honesty." Again, I say, Mr.
Speaker, if you have not read the address
delivered by Justice Whittaker on
April 12 at the University of Kansas, you
should read it in the current issue of
U.S. News & World Report, beginning on
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FREE ELECTIONS IN SOUTH VIET-
NAM
(Mr. VIVIAN asked and was given per-
mission to address the House for 1 min-
ute and to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. VIVIAN. Mr. Speaker, the recent
agreement of the South Vietnamese Gov-
ernment and the Buddhist leaders to hold
elections in August promises the people
of South Vietnam an opportunity to deal
with their country's problems by peace-
ful political means. The prospective
elections provide an occasion for the es-
tablishment of a representative govern-
ment in South Vietnam. From the be-
ginning, the American commitment has
been designed to assure the people of
South Vietnam precisely this kind of op-
portunity. As the history of North Viet-
nam shows, without an American pres-
ence, the people of South Vietnam prob-
ably could not have found such means
for self-expression. As President John-
son and Secretary Rusk have repeatedly
stated, the conflict in Vietnam,is both
political and military. Therefore polit-
ical as well as military means are re-
quired for its solution.
Now basic American ideals, and the
stated aims of our policy in South Viet-
nam require that U.S. policy in the com-
ing months be directed toward assuring
that these elections be conducted in the
most free and open manner possible.
Our activities in South Vietnam in the
coming months should, therefore, be de-
signed to assure the widest possible par-
ticipation in the entire election process
by all elements of the population.
This is an essential precondition for
any settlement of the conflict that re-
flects the interests of all the people of
South Vietnam.
Mr. Speaker, the Government of the
United States should actively encourage
and facilitate this process in every pos-
sible way.
THE BOSTON CELTICS MAKE CIVIL
RIGHTS AS WELL AS BASKETBALL
HISTORY
(Mr. O'NEILL of Massachusetts asked
and was given permission to address the
House for 1 minute and to revise and
extend his remarks.)
Mr. O'NEILL of Massachusetts. Mr.
Speaker, at this time I would like to con-
gratulate the world's champion Boston
Celtics, who for 8 years have been the
world's champions in basketball, for
their activities in respect to civil rights.
In 1950 the Boston Celtics were the first
professional team in the National Bas-
ketball League ever to hire a Negro. In
the year 1966 they were the first pro-
fessional team that ever fielded as a
starting lineup a complete Negro team.
Mr. Speaker, as of Monday this week
the Boston Celtics appointed as their
coach their superstar big Bill Russell,
the first Negro who has ever been ap-
pointed as manager and coach of a ma-
jor basketball team, or of any major
sporting team.
The Boston Celtics have acted the part
of real champions in the way they have
conducted themselves. I hope the pat-
tern will be an example for all other
sporting organizations.
My congratulations go to the Boston
Celtics, the team, the players, and the
management.
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greatest coach, but also its greatest
sportsman.
; AI,LYHOO FOR THE FOREIGN AID
PROGRAM
(Mn HAYS asked and was given per-
naission to address the House for 1 min-
ute, and to revise and extend his re-
Marks.)
Nlr. HAYS. Mr. Speaker, on the 5th of
April the new Deputy Under Secretary of
!;ate for Latin America, Mr. Gordon, ap-
geared before the Rouse Committee on
[Foreign Affairs in ballyhooing the foreign
aid program.
Mr. Speaker, at that time I asked the
gentleman to provide me with one ex-
ample of a project which had been spon.-
sored in Latin America, which had been
successful. In fact, I said, not to limit
it too much, "if you cannot find one in
f=atin America, find one anywhere in the
world and tell me where it is; I would
like to go look at it."
fie assured me that he would not only
[Ind one, but would find one right away.
[Fifteen days have passed, and I have not
heard from the gentleman. I would have
thought that if he had a successful proj--
cct he could have found out about it by
this time.
1(ALR.F:CTION OF VOTE
Mr. FINO. Mr. Speaker, on rollcalll
No. 66 yesterday I was recorded as not;
voting. I was present and voted "no".,
I a ,k unanamous consent that the per-
manent RECORD and Journal be corrected
accordingly.
'Isle SPEAKER. Without objection, it
i? so ordered.
'L'hcre was no objection.
F (N,O OPPOSES GOVERNMENTWIDE
1,i)AN POOLS
(4r. FINO asked and was given per-
mission to address the House for 1 min-
itc and to revise and extend. his re-
m arks. )
Mr. FIND. Mr. Speaker, the Presi-
dent's message today calling for a gov-
'n nientwide roan pooling and refinanc-
ini program to be run through Fannie
iVlac represents an unparalleled power
grab which strikes at the very root of
our congressional process.
If we permit and allow Government
agencies to circumvent full congressional
;scrutiny by refinancing their paper for
;'ands, we will be creating not only a
menace to the Congress but a serious
threat to private credit. We will be ere-
:rting; an economic and political monster.
het; us make no mistake about it. So-
:-.ialized lending is the inevitable end-
product of a full-scale pooling program.
;:socialized credit will grow and grow with
i,lie Pools until most bankers become civil
servants in title or fact.
lixpa.nsion of Government loan pro-
granms beyond complete congressional
;;crutiny is very attractive to a free-
w,vheelin?' administration, because it pre-
a;onts a marvelous opportunity for budget
gimmickry.
Under this program, the administra-
tion can sidestep any budget deficit by a
white elephant sale of assets at an at-
tractive rate. Agencies can go to Fannie
Mae as indigents go to pawnbrokers and
hockshops. Budget deficits can be over-
come-on paper-by the sale of .:a few bil-
lion dollars worth of loan participations.
Mae program proposed in this message
can be used to make many a budget safe
for waste and extravagance wh rch could
not othherwise survive the spot! ight of a,
deficit budget.
I believe that this program i:, a fiscal.
and monetary monster. It could only
have been unleashed by an administra-
tion dedicated to economic rule or ruin.
This p,.ogram is a cruel paradox. It
will cost the taxpayers most in High refi-
nancing arrests in just those years were
inflationary budget deficits have stimu-
lated pa ticipation sales bud;ret gim-
mickry. It will inflate the volume of
Governmemt loans in just those budget
deficit years where the Government is
already spending too much on too many
programs. The costs of refinancing in
this program will add to the t..xpayer's
burden so that the Government may,
through deceit, spend more ta. dollars
than otherwise.
't'his program makes no economic sense
because it is a political progrrm. No
economist would seek it-only a power-
ht:ngry administration.
Ibis message is I he message of
a would-be economic Caesar. Only a
blank-check Congress in every sense of
the word would betray future Congresses
and generations of citizens and taxpayers
by passing it.
I have heard arguments that refinaric-
ing of this sort is the private enterprise
approach because it brings in private
funds. This is hypocrisy, pure ::.nd sim-
ple. Many of the loans proposed to be
pooled in the fiscal 1967 budget were
originally made in unfair competition
with private credit. The time to bring
in private credit was before the Govern-
ment loan was made, not at some later
date as a. budget trick. For example,
the 1967 .budget proposed Parmers'
Home Administration loans for Pooling
and a, January 1966 report of the Gen-
eral Accounting Office said th,.t many
such loans were made in con uetition
with private credit.
If this program. is enacted, congress
will be crippled, the economy will be
twisted and the budget. will be warped
out of recognition. This program. also
sows the seeds of socialized bank: ng. All
this will be laid at the feet of an eco-
nomic Caesar in the White House.
FEi-I'l~al, ?IOCKSHOI' CAN FINANCE
FOREIGN AID
(Mr. W?DN.ALL asked and was given
permission to address the Hovv;e for 1
minute and to revise and extm.izd his
remarks.)
Mr. WIDNALL. Mr. Speake:, under
the administration's proposed Participa-
tion Sales Act of 1966, the Federal Na-
tional Mortgage Association-FNMA-is
to become a financing agency for other
Government lending agencies. The
budget for fiscal year 1967 special analy-
ses states:
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3+Legislation is being proposed to authorize
a Government-wide program for sale of par-
ticipations in outstanding direct loans.
In fact, this will make FNMA a Federal
hockshop.
The budget estimates that at the close
of June 30, 1966, there will be outstand-
ing $33.1 billion direct loans under var-
ious Federal credit programs. The larg-
est and most rapidly growing-from the
standpoint of dollar volume-of the Fed-
eral loan programs is that of the Depart-
ment of State through its AgencJ, for In-
ternational Development. At the close
of fiscal year 1965 the volume of direct
loans outstanding made by this Agency
was $9 billion. At the close of fiscal year
1966 the estimated outstanding volume
is $10.5 billion. At the close of fiscal year
1967 the estimated outstanding volume is
$12 billion.
FNMA in its new role of Federal hock-
shop could sell participations in a pool of
such loans. It makes no difference that
these AID direct loans bear interest in.
some instances as low as three-fourths
percent per year or that in some cases
they have maturities as long as 40 years.
The legislation proposed authorizes ap-
propriations for any agency pooling its
loans with FNMA in an amount sufficient
to make up any deficiency between in-
come received on the loans, and interest
paid on participations sold on the pooling
of such loans. FNMA thus will not suffer
any loss so it is painless financing for
FNMA.
Obviously these AID loans are non-
saleable and participations in a pool of
such loans likewise would be nonsal-
able if FNMA did not guarantee the pay-
ment of principal and interest on the
participations sold and if that guarantee
was not backed up by the unlimited draw
of FNMA on the U.S. Treasury for any
funds that might be needed to pay such
principal and interest.
Clearly, FNMA is selling U.S. Govern-
ment credit. It is pure fiction that
FNMA is indirectly selling foreign aid
loans.
Let us explore the budgetary pos-
sibilities of such a transaction. As noted
above, AID holdings of foreign aid loans
are expanding at a rate of $1.5 billion
per year. Under the present system, that
is a $1.5 billion charge per year against
the administrative budget. Under the
participation sales device, the only charge
against the administrative budget would
be the appropriation to make up the de-
ficiency between the income received on
the loans pooled and the interest cost of
the participations sold. Assume such
loss differential to be 3 percent, the budg-
et charge then would be 3 percent of
$1.5 billion or only $45 million per year.
Financing foreign aid becomes almost
painless insofar as the budgetary impact
is concerned.
Can the Congress perpetrate such a
hoax on itself and the public?
SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE
DOLLARS A MONTH TAX FREE
FROM TWO FEDERAL POVERTY
PROGRAMS
(Mr. COLLIER asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute.)
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Flood Long, Md. Reuss
Fogarty Love Rhodes, Pa.
Foley McCarthy Rodino
Ford, McDade Rogers, Colo.
William D. McDowell Rogers, Fla.
Fraser McFall Rogers, Tex.
Frelinghuysen McGrath Ronan
Friedel McVicker Rooney, Pa.
Mr. Edwards of California with Mr.
Dowdy.
Mr. Udall with Mr. Teague of Texas.
Mr. Steed with Mr. Roncallo.
Mr. Matthews with Mr. Willis.
Mr. Fuqua with Mrs. Green of Oregon.
Mr. Stubblefield with Mr. Weltner.
Fulton, Penn. Macdonald Rosenthal
Gallagher Machen Rostenkowski Mr. PASSMAN changed his vote from
Gannatz Mackay Roush "nay" to "yea."
Giaimo Mackie Roybal The result of the vote was announced
Gibbons Madden Ryan as above recorded.
Gilbert Mahon St Germain
Gonzalez Matsunaga St. Onge The doors were opened.
Grabowski Meeds Saylor
Gray Miller Schcuer
Green, Pa. Minish Schisler
Greigg Mink Schmidhauser
Grider Moeller Schweiker
Griffiths Monagan Secrest
Hagen, Calif. Moorhead Benner
Halpern Morgan Shipley
Hamilton Morris Sickles
Hanley Morrison Sisk
Hanna Morse Slack
Hansen, Iowa Moss Smith, Iowa
Hansen, Wash. Murphy, Ill. Stalbaum
Hathaway Murphy, N.Y. Stratton
Hawkins Natcher Sullivan
Hays Nedzi Tenzer
hler Nix Thomas
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Heistoski O'Brien Thompson, N.J.
Hicks O'Hara, 111. Thompson, Tex.
Holifield O'Hara, Mich. Todd
Holland O'Konski Tenney
Howard Olsen, Mont. Tupper
Hull Olson, Minn. Ullman
Hunt O'Neill, Mass. Van Deerlin
Irwin Patman Vanik
Jacobs Patten Vigorito
Joelson Pepper Vivian
Johnson, Calif. Perkins Walker, N. Mex.
Johnson, Okla. Philbin Watts
Karsten Pickle White, Tex.
Karth Pike Widnall
Kee Poage Wilson,
Keogh Powell Charles H.
King, Utah Price Wolff
Kirwan Pucinski Wright
Kluczynski Purcell Yates
Krebs Race Young
Kunkel Redlin Zablocki
Kupferman Rees
Leggett Resnick
NOT VOTING--49
Abbitt
Green, Oreg.
Staggers
Anderson, Ill.
Griffin
Steed
Ashley
Harvey, Ind.
Stubblefield
Ayres
Herlong
Sweeney
Battin
Kelly
Teague, Tex.
Burleson
King, Calif.
Toll
Casey
Laird
Udall
Colmer
Mathias
Utt
Delaney
Matthews
Waggonner
Dent
Multer
Walker, Miss.
Dingell
Murray
Watson
Dowdy
Reifel
Weltner
Dwyer
Rivers, Alaska
White, Idaho
Edwards, Calif.
Roberts
Williams
Feighan
Roncalio
Willis
Flynt
Rooney, N.Y.
Fuqua
Roudebush
So the resolution was rejected.
The Clerk announced the following
pairs :
On this vote:
Mr. Flynt for, with Mr. Rooney of New York
against.
Mr. Williams for, with Mr. King of Califor-
nia against.
Mr. Waggonner for, with Mr. Delaney
against.
Mr. Abbitt for, with Mrs. Kelly against.
Mr. Roudebush for, with Mr. Multer
against.
Mr. Colmer for, with Mr. Feighan against.
Mr. Watson for, with Mr. White of Idaho
against.
Mr. Laird for, with Mr. Staggers against.
Mr. Walker of Mississippi for, with Mr.
Ashley against.
Mr. Utt for, with Mr. Dent against.
Mr. Battin for, with Mr. Dingell against.
Mr. Herlong for, with Mr. Toll against.
Until further notice:
Mr. Roberts with Mr. Casey.
Mr. Sweeney with Mr. Burleson.
GENERAL LEAVE TO EXTEND
REMARKS
the Federal budget and, indeed, few if any
of us would have wanted to increase the
Federal budget to the degree required
to provide the necessary funds through
Government loans; and,
Third. While Government assistance
was required to get the necessary pro-
grams underway, we needed the flexibil-
ity and ingenuity of the private market
to carry them out successfully.
Federal credit programs, working
through the private market, help to make
the market stronger, more competitive,
and better able to serve the economy's
needs over the long term.
The substitution of private for public
Mr. REUSS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan- credit has received great impetus since
imous consent that all Members may the mid-1950's under a program of asset
have 5 legislative days in which to ex- sales. This consists of selling loans-
tend their remarks in connection with selling the loan paper-which is gener-
House Resolution 756. ated under various Federal lending pro-
The SPEAKER. Without objection, grams.
it is so ordered. The policy of asset sales, begun under
There was no objection. the administration of President Eisen-
WHY WE SHOULD ENACT LEGISLA-
TION TO POOL LOANS
Mr. PATMAN. Mr. Speaker, the
American economy benefits immensely
from the fruitful partnership between
public and private initiative. Nowhere is
this more evident than in the varied
Federal programs to assist and stimulate
the flow of private credit.
The home mortgage insurance and
guarantee programs of the Federal Hous-
ing Administration and the Veterans'
Administration, the many programs of
agricultural credit assistance, the lend-
ing assistance rendered by the Small
Business Administration, and more re-
cently the credit aids embodied in the
college housing program and the student
loan program-all these bear witness to
our Nation's success in blending public
and private efforts to achieve common
goals.
Frequently, in this partnership, we
start out with a program that is rela-
tively dependent on Federal lending.
Then in time, the program evolves into
a form in which the private sector grad-
ually takes tip more of the burden.
Over the years, we have devised means
to use the great resources of the private
credit market to accomplish the same
necessary and highly desirable social
purposes which we originally set out to
accomplish through direct Government
lending. When private capital takes up
part or all of the burden of a lending
program, the resources of the public sec-
tor are freed to turn to other equally
worthwhile purposes.
Broadly speaking, this process has been
operating ever since we turned to guar-
anteed and insured loans in place of
some of the direct lending programs. We
might single out home ownership, which
is not only almost a universal individual
American aspiration but also one of our
most widely accepted social goals. We
could never have achieved our high de-
gree of home ownership without using
the resources of the private market under
guaranty and insurance arrangements.
This is true for at least three reasons:
First. The capital resources of the
private market are far greater than those
of the Government;
Second. We could not have increased
hower, has been endorsed by the distin-
guished private Commission on Money
and Credit, of which Secretary of the
Treasury Fowler was a member and
which issued its authoritative report in
1961, and President Kennedy's Commit-
tee on Federal Credit Programs, of which
former Secretary of the Treasury Dillon
was Chairman.
Despite major efforts to draw on pri-
vate credit, the volume of direct Federal
loans outstanding has increased in recent
years. The total outstanding was $25.1
billion on June 30, 1961, and $33.1 billion
June 30, 1965.
These loans have direct consequences
on the Federal budget-and, thus, on the
policies followed by any administration.
Money for lending programs must be
budgeted, even though it will be repaid
with little or no ultimate net costs to the
Federal Treasury.
This means that it must be matched by
tax revenue or by additional Treasury
debt-or else that it must take the place
of some other program, which then must
be postponed or dropped. It should not
require much soul searching to decide
which is preferable-higher taxes, a
larger deficit, postponement or elimina-
tion of some other Government activity,
or greater involvement of private capital
in the public lending programs.
Therefore, I strongly favor the enact-
ment this year of the Participation Sales
Act of 1966 which President Johnson
has proposed, to broaden and make avail-
able on a Government-wide basis the au-
thority for the sale of participations in
pools of financial assets now owned by
Federal credit agencies.
ARE THERE DEFICIENCIES IN
CLOTHING AND MILITARY SUP-
PLIES IN VIETNAM?
(Mr. SAYLOR asked and was given
permission to extend his remarks in the
body of the RECORD and to include ex-
traneous matter.)
Mr. SAYLOR. Mr. Speaker, for all
the sudden prominence given the bomb
shortage, it would seem excusable for the
Pentagon to attempt to cover up any
such matter of military significance.
What is not clear is how the Nation's
supply of ammunition was allowed to de-
teriorate while U.S. forces were being
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plunged deeper and deeper into military WELCOIivEES INVITSTIGA'] ION OF
involvement and conflict, but this and LEFTIST STUDENT GU OUP
other related matters will hopefully be
r?c iolved as soon as possible if only to (Mr. WAGGONNER asked and was
preclude recurrences of this gpriniic given permission to address the House
an tune.
1f there is .justification for withholding
information on lack of ammunition nee-
to lend full support to the mill-
la y effort? similar restrictions would
lie rc ly hold true so far as any deficien-
ciee in clcuhing or other material affect-
in!,, the comfort of U.S. fighting person-
nl.i are concerned. On the contrary
h;irtages of such equipment should be
publicized as widely as possible if only
to give all America an opportunity to join
in overcoming the deficiency.
V1r_ Speaker, if full gear is not avail-
'tble to all servicemen stationed i.n com-
bai, areas, manufacturing capacity not
?io,v engaged in military production
should be turned forthwith to getting out
whatever is needed on the frontlines.
l e tees to parents in Pennsylvania's 22d
District from men in Vietnam appeal for
,uch items as combat boots and fatigue
dlotlics. While these cases may be iso-
lated and not, indicative of the Defense
l)eoartment's general supply situation, it
s r national duty to assure full equip-
tnent to every serviceman. If the Penta-
?;on lacks the necessary gear, our people
should be so informed immediately so
1 h-,t all hands can turn to in every way
we know how to meet the demand.
Another matter which. I should like
i,o pall to the attention of my colleagues
comes from a hospital corpsman who
urged that his family provide him with
a pistol as soon as possible- A Navy man
assigned to the Marines, he makes fre-
quent rescue missions into territory ir:-
li'si;ed with Vietcong and is in need of
t1 weapon small enough to be accessible
on a moment's notice in the event of
enemy attack. Thus far he has not been
able to obtain a pistol of any sort from
military officials, and there is suspicion
that not enough are available for all
the men who must expose themselves to
itingle sorties. His parents purchased
one for his use, however, the Post Office
Department has refused to mail it. I:f
?hcre are not enough side arms for men
who need them, then I see no rea-
son why the postal rules cannot be re-
laxed to provide our military men in the
1'rolit lines with adequate equipment.
For weeks it was an open secret that
l)elense Department agents were scour-
ing Europe in search of bombs at what-
ever price they could get them, yet the
shortage was continually denied here at
(tome.
indeed firearms essential to the nro-
teci.ion of nu:, fighting men are in short
;;u.prily, I am confident that a call to
rnatiufa.cturers, dealers, and individuals
would quickly close the gap--even with-
out having to pay premium prices.
IJcuryone wants to help in every way
l:osrible to make certain that combat
trees have the finest equipment pos-
:;ibl. , but maximum effort will not be at-
t_rined unless we are given the full truth
about the simply story,
his remarks and to include x:traneous
mc, her.
Mr. W'VAGGONNEF',. Mr. ,-peaker, in
October of last year, I introduced a
House resolution calling for oin investi-
gation of the Students for a Democratic
Society, a motley collection 01 unbathed
leftwine students, heavily infiltrated
and guided by Communist elements.
I was pleased to read in sterday's
New York Times that, the na tonal see-
retary of the society is squirming in pro-
test over probes into their activities by
the Federal Bureau of Investigation. I
welcome the FBI intr.: the pie Lure for I
have every confidence in. th::,.t agency.
I have equal confidence that they will
find that this collection ci human
garbage calking themselves a ":society" is
made up of more than just SWINE, as
Cartoon.st Al Capp calls them, but of
blood-red Communist provoce:tours. It
is one thing to be a SWINE. students
wildly indigr..ant about nearly, every-
thi.ng; it is another to be dupe of
Communist agents and their trol. in their
efforts to undermine our opl;;ISition to
the hammer and sickle in Vietnam and
elsewhere.
Freedom of speech is not at Iake here,
despite what the ivory tower professors
would have us believe. Again. freedom
of speech and association are c-rie thing;
giving aid and comfort to the enemy in
time of war is quite a.nrrther. No one has
that right, not while .America;i service-
men are dying: on battlefields to preserve
that rigk;t of free speech and association.
This investigation is long ov, rdue and
I hope there will be no fool, dragging
until it is concluded.
The Tithes story makes i iteresting
reading and I insert it her'.- in the
RECORD f ur all to see.
FBT SAI^'I'O BE [NVE; TIGATING STub 151ST GROUP
OPPOSEr. TO W,1R---e 1RGANIZA?r:ON SAYS
CHAPTERS AT YALE AND WESLEYP.', ARE UN-
DER SCRUTINY
By Peter Kiliss)
The naionrl secretar; of Studants for a
Dernoera.t'c Society asserted yesl rday that
there "seems to be a national ini stigation"
01 his group by the Federal .liu'eau of
Ir vestigation.
P0111 Broth the 22-year-old seer:;Lary , said
the 4 ye.,a r,id crganization had a..acked the
U.S. role in. the Vietnam war and had sold
15,000 copses since September of guide on
how to claim conscientious objet 'or status
in the draft.
'lhe on!,; places Mr. Booth won d identify
as nrcas in which inquiries had 1seen made
were Wesleyan College in M.iddletr,vn, Conn.,
and Yale University. He said the organiza-
tion, with a "democra.tac radical program,"
had 175 to 20C chapters and 5,0011 members,
up from 3 000 Last fall. Most of th, members
are college students, he said, but come are
in high schools and young adult groups.
At Wesleyan, Stanley Idzerda, dean of the
college, said an FBI: agent had naked him
about 2 weeks ago for names of all students
in the colleges Student=: for a Ilemocratic
Society chapter and had been reicned such
data.
Mr. Idzerda said the college kept no such
lists, and "we consider the students activity
his own affair."
DANGERS CrrED
"It's unfortunate," he added "that a
climate of suspicion can be created by such
activities that might lead some sudents to
be more circumspect than the situation re-
quires. Things like this can be a danger to
a free and open community if non cite age
their behavior because of it."
The college's semiweekly newspaper, the
Wesleyan Argus, headlined the incident last
Friday, and Mr. Idzerda said :he then received
another FBI visit Saturday. That time, lie
said, an agent contended there had been a
"misunderstanding," and asserted there was
no investigation of the society, lout rather
an inquiry into "possible infiltration of the
SDS chapter by Communist inflncnce."
A spokesman for the FBI office at New
Haven said last night that the Bureau
"makes inquiries every day on campuses
throughout the country-we inve: tigate 175
types of violations, security a: well as
criminal."
The spokesman said FBI files were "con-
fidential," but, he added, "with respect to the
statement that we questioned roo:nrnates of
SDS members at Yale, this is not true."
METHODS ASSAILED
Eight members of the society's Wesleyan
chapter had decried such alleged questioning
at Yale in an article in the Argus. The arti-
cle asserted that if the FBI wished inforina-
tion about member's beliefs, "it should have
its agents directly question the iiidividu:is
concerned."
Reached at the society's national office in
Chicago, Mr. Booth, who has been the or-
ganization's full-time secretary sir:e,e Nicoc-
las dcB. Katzenbach had told a Chicago news
conference last October that the society was
among groups figuring in a ,Justice Dep:'rt-
ment inquiry into the antidraft n,ovemcnt.
Mr. Booth asserted, however, that his
group's activity had been legal- .?c ounsc,l i n
and giving information on consael:tious uh-
jection"-and there was apparently no in-
vestigation at that time.
He suggested that the FBI inquiries hef=an
last month partly because of som' "totally
false statements" about the society. Also,
he said, individual chapters took part in
demonstrations against the Vietnam war last
month, including fasts at Wesleyan and other
places.
Sarah Murphy, 20-year-old courc!inati r of
the society's New York region, said ,:st nii'Imt;
that she knew of no member or at liool oll)-
cial involved with 28 to 30 chapters who had
been directly contacted by the FEII abut
society activities.
CALIFORNIA STATE AS?EMBL'
PRAISES REPRESENTATIVE MOSS
(Mr. SISK asked and was given per-
mission to address the House for 1 min-
ute, to revise and extend his remarks
include a resolution by the California
State Legislature regarding Mr. JOHN E.
Moss, of California.)
Mr. SISK. Mr. Speaker, the California.
State Assembly recently adopted a reso-
lution, coauthored by 57 asserr.blymcn,
commending our colleague, JoIIN MOSS,
for his "continuous battle to keep open
the channels of information for free ac-
cess by the public and the press."
The resolution, which was approved
unanimously, states that JOHN Moss is
"regarded nationwide by members of the
press corps as the country's most active
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CAMPAIGN DINNER SPEECH TONIGHT NOT A BIT der to cement a wall against French and it may come into play on French soil
POLITICAL, MACY SAYS policy? Does our interest lie in an at- without French say-so.
(By Joseph Young) tempt, however unrewarding and illu- If, as the French believe, any European
A lot of eyebrows are being raised over the sory, to punish the mutineer? To isolate conflict is to be resolved on the basis of
fact that Civil Service Commission Chairman him through outraged opinion? nuclear weaponry, under other than
John Macy is going to be the principal Such posturing, self-defeating and French control, then I would admit that
speaker tonight at the $50 a plate campaign narrow in terms of long-range American France lacks leverage over her own ulti-
fund-raising dinner for Representative interests, is being espoused by well- mate preservation. Objectively, this is
CLARENCE LONG, Democrat of Maryland. meaning but embittered people. Strug- not disadvantageous to France; our nu-
It is the first time in memory that a mem-
ber of going daily with unseemly events they clear umbrella is credible; but this de-
supposed Service Commission, which is
suppo oseed to o stay completely tely out of f political cannot control, aggravated by the widen- pendence, which causes the French
our Atlanticisun- Government ts, prehensible if n t whol y vas lidd be com-
matters, has spoken at s a political drat_ ping gap leasant facts, between their
ing affair. Maryland's two Democratic
Senators-DANIEL BREWSTER and JOSEPH in and out of the State Department, are It is possible that President de Gaulle
TYDINGS-Will also attend, BREWSTER as the propelling policy in a deliberate anti- wishes to open the way toward a singular
toastmaster and TYDINGS as official greeter. French direction. High officials of our political rapprochement with Soviet Rus-
Macy says his speech will be completely Government imply that the United sia, thereby freeing the French Govern-
nonpoliticalernment's that it wiproblems. He ll deal with the Gov manpower says that States simply cannot accept the im- ment to play in central Europe a pre-
LONG is a longtime is a longtimme e friend end and and was s one of his moral, childish behavior of this ungrate- dominant role in the settlement of all
teachers at Wesleyan University. ful upstart, tearing agreements to pieces, outstanding continental problems. These
"There is nothing in my speech that can placing demands, disrupting what are relate not only to Germany but to the
be interpreted in any way as a political en- thought to be essential security arrange- evolvement of the East European satel-
dorsement," Macy said. ments. lites. At the same time, this prescrip-
However, the speech recalls the uproar The tenor of the American response tion would effectively remove French
among Republicans in congress last year thus far indicates that we may be pre- fears that America could itself deal bi-
when Macy acted as a congressional liaison pared to totally ignore France in recast- laterally with Russia, without consulta-man up suprpport for several Johnson key in administration ing the NATO structure. It would be a tion with France on issues which affect
up su f her status and security in Europe.
bills not in the least connected with civil serious error, in reshaping the organiza-
service. tion, if the 14 allies resurrected their While not discounting this eventuality,
military relationship in such a way that it is incumbent upon the United States
the French Government could not give to move tactfully and calmly at this
MORE ABOUT NATO some practical application to the mutual point to reformulate this NATO orga-
The SPEAKER. Under previous or- defense pledge. nization as I suggested on April 6, It
der of the House, the gentleman from Instead, there seems to be an inclina- must be done in a fashion which suits
New York [Mr. HALPERN] is recognized tion on the part of the United States to our allies and accommodates the special
for 15 minutes. handle; the French Government as if it relationship which France insists upon
Mr. HALPERN. Mr. Speaker, I would were a renegade. for herself. Differences have already
like to expand somewhat on my earlier Recent pronouncements and actions by emerged among the allies as to how this
remarks of April 6 relative to the evolving our Government give cause for the alliance is to be sustained. The United
NATO dilemma. greatest anxiety. We have engaged in States could lose everything by enforc-
While I am not privy to the inner de- hasty attempts to mobilize European ing the adoption of unpopular methods,
liberations of our Government, and so opinion against French policy, showing or by simply redressing tired and doc-
must depend upon traditional news an utter lack of diplomatic tact and trinaire policies.
sources and transcripts, these do not in perspective. In addition to giving voice I hope very much that we will have the
truth give me much confidence that the to hurt feelings, we have reiterated in good sense to cast hypocrisy and pretense
United States is handling this problem dreary fashion our traditional belief in aside, and mutually effect a system which
maturely and realistically. integration, amounting to a sort of Mon- is both practicable and takes account of
Certainly, along with most Americans, day morning rehash of spent ideas, un- the existing realities.
I profoundly regret the recent decisions impressive because it all comes too late.
of the French nation, our historic ally. The bankruptcy of this initial position The SPEAKER. Under previous or-
In my view her withdrawal from the may succeed eventually in dividing der of the House, the gentleman from
NATO command structure, as distinct Europe against itself. Indeed, we have Texas [Mr. Pool] is recognized for 60
from the alliance, is not in the best mils- already contributed measurably toward minutes.
tary and political interests of either undermining that crucial Franco-Ger-
France or the other allies. man rapprochement which is elemen- [Mr. POOL addressed the House. His
Much of the soul searching which is tary to the future peace of Europe. remarks will appear hereafter in the
now going on, however helpful in restor- As far as France is concerned, we are Appendix.]
ing some emotional balance, is irrelevant. assured that in wartime the French
To be sure, we are not blameless; Amer- forces will necessarily be united with UNOW WE ARE APOLOGIZING FOR
ican attitudes and policies have in sev- our own in any common conflict. The FIGHTING IN VIETNAM
eral instances crystallized De Gaulle's Foreign Minister has reaffirmed the The SPEAKER. Under previous order
suspicions of American motives, and thus NATO pledge, to the effect that if any
have emboldened him. Perhaps this was member is subject to an unprovoked at- of the House, the gentleman from
inevitable, given the realization that our tack, then all the members are bound Louisiana [Mr. WAGGONNER] is recog-
diplomatic instincts on the world scene, to go to its defense. He has denied, nized for 10 minutes.
as a global power, are necessarily dif- publicly, that France will in the future Mr. WAGGONNER. Mr. Speaker, in
ferent from and maybe irreconcilable withdraw from the alliance. Further- recent months, as the doves and the
with those of General de Gaulle. The more, I believe the French Government chickens have continued to flutter
French decisions may have come regard- is receptive to discussing with its allies around Washington urging on the Pres-
less of. any past American endeavors to the assumption of some prearrangements ident a policy of retreat, negotiation, and
attune our policy more closely with which are essential to give effect to the appeasement in Vietnam, it seems to me
French interests. NATO commitment. that the administration has had to spend
However, what concerns me most is French policy distinguishes between unnecessary time assuring the people of
our official approach to this unalterable the integrated organization and the al- this country and the enemy as well, that
fact of French disengagement. Are the liance as such. And second, it rejects the we are in Vietnam to stay and to win.
14 members, spurred on by the United possibility of a European ground war If anyone within the administration
States, to adopt an attitude of complete without recourse to nuclear weapons, has any wonder why the people are un-
intransigence? Are we to consume our which remain under national control. certain of our intentions, conf used about
mental faculties in a restless search for Hence the British, the Russians, and the our aims or unconvinced about our de-
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termination, they need look no further
than the front page of the Washington
Post. In a story in yesterday's Post, the
headline stated that "U.S. Denies Es-
calating Vietnam War." An unidentified
Pentagon spokesman went to great pains
to apologize for our strikes against two
antiaircraft missile sites on the outskirts
of Hanoi and to assure everyone, friend
and enemy alike, that these strikes were
defensive in nature only.
instead of speaking positively and
ii.rmly about our efforts to win that
dreadful war, we are now apologizing for
o'ar strikes.
What a ludicrous position this puts us
its. On the one hand, we are trying to
convince the Communists that we are not
going to turn tail from our committment
a id on the other we go out of the way to
assure the doves and the appeasers that
we are not really escalating or going all
out.
As dreadful as it is, it is apparent to
live that statements such as this are the
source of the juice the administration
has to stew in when they wonder why
the people are not convinced that ours
is a dedicated effort.
The story from the Post, as appalling
a it is, needs to be read by every Member
and I would like to insert it here in the
RECORD.
111SITED ,j'L'.vrvs DENIES ESCALATING VIT-rNAM
WAR
(By John G. Norris)
f'entapnn spokesmen denied yesterday that
American bomb strikes against two antia.ir-
crait missile sites on the outskirts of Hanoi
re:>resr_nted any planned escalation of the
war, as claimed by North Vietnam.
I'lxe U.S. nfh'cials said the destruction of the
missile bases 15 and 17 miles from H,,noi-
closer to the North Vietnam capital than
U.;3. aircraft ever had struck previously?
w: s defensive in nature.
I?he SAM surface-to-air missile sites were
not on. Sunday's target list, it was said, and
tiuAr destruction did not represent any
change in longstanding Washington restric-
tioiis on bombing in the north.
_Lather, the Air Force F-100 and F-105
ti.?r;hter bombers which blasted the missile
1 es were living "CAP"-combat air patrol-
nyse other U.S. planes attacking a targeted
sIr iteric bridge 33 miles south of Hanoi,
w '-:en they i hted the SAM sites. One fired
it the U nlanes and the American fighters
(Awn, attacked them.
American pilots have standing orders to at-
Lass any North Vietnam missile site they
:;iglit, if it could interfere with their mission.
slut while this particular attack does not
represent any deliberate escalation of the
war ordered by Washington, there is ?*row-
lnrg belief nit the Pentagon that such orders
rn; V come soon.
the Joint; Chiefs of Staff have recom-
rnrnded that. American planes knock out
worth Viel,nam'.s major petroleum reserves,
located in the Hanoi-Haiphong area, as a
ur< re, effective, means of slowing down the
rni vemenf; of troops and supplies to the Viet-
i:ong from North Vietnam via the Ho Chi
Cinit trail-
t'lic bridge s3 miles south of Hanoi hit by
l nerica.rr planes Sunday was described here
as "knocked out of service" but as none of
the spans were actually severed it may be
,:nun repairers.
:innday's attack also put out of action a
highway bridge at Haiduong, on the main
road between Hanoi and Haiphong, about
?l miles from Hanoi. It was bombed last fall
hurt repaired since then.
V.S. Navy carrier pilots also reported the
probable destruction of another missile site
160 miles south of Hanoi. The attacks bring
to seven the total of SAM installations re-
ported destroyed since July 2'7. Fright or
nine others have been damaged.
A.ircrr..ft from the aircraft carrier Kitty
Hawk also struck Su.:aday at other points
around Vinh, the major junction. on the
Communist supply line south. The Asso-
ciated Press in Saigon said the Navy planes
a.ppareutly hit liquid fuel used in the SAM
missiles and most likely destroyed the site.
Iiuc i ;. is believed to have shi l ,ped 86 SAM
installations-some mobile and ome fixed-
to Nortl`i Vietnam. Some. 160 missiles have
been finnrl art UJ.S, plan, s, clowning 10 planes.
American spokesmen in Saigon said no
American plane was tort in the attacks near
Hanoi. But live aiircratt were knocked down
by antiaircraft guns Saturday through Mon-
day. Two airmen are listed as missing, the
others were rescued.
There were few reports of gr nand action
yestcrday. However, a Vietcong suicide
sgla rl attacked E9. Marine o nitions 375
miles north of Saigon Monday ii hind a bar-
rage of Communist mortar ;,hells. The
marines lowered the biu'resl of their 1.55-mil-
lirneter, self-propelled guns and blasted the
mortars Then as the Vietcong attacked, the
marines hit them with small arras fire. The
action w is 7 miles from Da Nan?r.
News services reported from Saigon that
Victcon?: terror continued against progov-
ernment officials. A marine patrol found the
mutilated body of a village chief of Kyxuam
island, near Chulai. It was reported that
two young Vietnamese girls hart lured the
7ouw= nary into a :house where lie was killed
by 'Jietc ag agents..
PAIITICIPATIOIc SALES ACT OF 1966
(Mr. MOORHEAI) asked and was
given permission to address the House
for 1 mi.nute and to revise and extend his
remarks.)
Mr. MOORHEAD. Mr. Spe:a.ker, I sup-
port the Participation Sales Act of 1966
because I am sure it is sound :legislation,
it is in the interests of the people of the
United States, and in will contribute to
the more realistic sensible fnancing of
Federal Government program: a
't'his legislation is nothing more than
a proposal to arltho, ize the pooling of
certain Government loans for sale on the
private market. This pooling technique
has been proved highly effective in the
last sev:rat: years. It was pioneered by
the Nxport-Import Bank and since then
other agencies including the Veterans'
Administration and tine Federal National
Mortgage Associaticc?r have used this
technique with excellent results.
All this legislation :,roposes to do is to
extend this technique to oth. ar Federal
credit programs, such as those of the Of-
fice of Education, the Parmers Home Ad-
inin.istrt.tion, and t;rte Small Business
Adminfs tration.
Substiituting private for puialic credit
is net a now idea-in fact, it has, been
a cardir aI principal of Federal financing
for morn than 10 years.
Tt, carries the wholehcartej endorse-
raer t of sic A groups as the C ilnmission
on Money and Credit--a blue-ribbon
panel of economic and financial experts
set up by the Committee on Economic
Development to study our national needs;
the Committee on Federal Credit Pro-
grams-set lip by President Kennedy to
examine principles of Federal financing
and many other outstanding groups and
Individuals on both sides of the political
fence.
The present Secretary of the Treasury,
Henry H. Fowler, was a member of the
Commission on Money and Credit. He
supports the policy of substituting pri-
vate for public credit today as he (lid in
1961 when the Commission handed in its
report. In that report the Commission
said, and I quote:
Where it can be effective, a In:u, guarantee
type of program should take preference over
the direct lending type of program.
President Kennedy's Committee was
headed by then Secretary of the Treas-
ury Douglas Dillon and among the mem-
bers were David Bell, Walter Holler, and
William McChesney Martin, the Chair-
man of the Federal Reserve Iioirrd. That
Committee had this to say about the sub-
stitution of private for public credit add
I quote:
The Committee believes that Fe,icral credit
programs should, in the main and whenever
consistent with essential program goals, en-
courage and supplement, rather than dis-
place private credit.
Let me give you one final sample o the
bipartisan support which this impor-
tant policy has had in the past and which
it deserves n:iw. I quote from a mien it.y
report of the House Ways a ,id Mcans
Committee report on lcgislati''n to rrn-
vide temporary increases in the public
debt limit. This report, delivered in May
1063 had this to say on the subject:
The administration also can always reduce
its borrowing requirements by additional
sales of marketable Government rs:-ets.
The point I am trying to make is sim-
ple. The point is that this is a sound
measure for Government finance, that
the policy under which it was framed has
the clear and unequivocal support of both
parties, of president Eisenhower, Presi-
dent Kennedy, President Johnson, and
many, many others who have had an op-
portunity to deal at first hand with the
realities of Federal finance.
The proposed legislation in no way di-
lute,: the authority or control of the Con-
gress over Federal spending or lending
programsi.
For all these reasons, I am proud to
number myself among the many distin-
guished leaders who have supported this
policy. On that basis, I now suuport this
legislation.
A CITIZEN'S EFFORT CHANGES
130STON RENEWAL PROJECT
(Mr. WIDNALL (at the rcqur,st of ..(r.
WYATT) was granted permission to ex-
tend his remarks at this point in the
RECORD and to include extraneous mat-
ter.)
ItT". WIFITALL. P.Ir. Spcal:cr, on Au-
gust 19, 1965, I related to this Cham-
ber the efforts by the Poston R:'tlevelap-
ment Authority to oust low- and moder-
ate-income families from their homes to
make way for a hi?th-rise, hinds-income
apartment project which nobody except
the developers apparently wanted. A
month later, on September 21. I spoke
to this body an the North Harvard Street
project, as it is called, indicating that the
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Units from a number of other States,
including New York, Delaware, Mary-
land, North Carolina, and Tennessee have
been invited to attend, ar d we look for-
ward to having members of those cere-
monial units in our State to enjoy the
famous hospitality of our low-country
area.
I bring this matter to the attention of
the Senate, for it is another of the fine
attractions for which South Carolina has
become well known throughout the Na-
tion. We welcome the citizens of many
States and many lands to our historic
and scenic areas, and I hope that many
will come to Sullivan's Island for this
event.
I ask unanimous consent to insert in
the RECORD two articles about the forth-
coming reenactment from the Charleston
News & Courier, distinguished daily
newspaper of Charleston, S.C.
There being no objection, the articles
were ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
PLANS MADE To REENACT BATTLE OF FORT
SULLIVAN
(By M. Kathy Dix)
"It'll definitely be a fixed fight." com-
mented Charleston author J. Percival Petit
yesterday, referring to the coming reenact-
ment of the 1776 battle of Fort Sullivan.
Officials of Historic Charleston Reenact-
ment, Inc., local sponsoring group, an-
nounced that "battle plans" will begin to
form this weekend with the visit of seven
"governor-generals" and other officials of the
Colonial and British Armies of America, Inc.
But, added Petit, who is writing the script,
"there is no question how the battle will
come out."
Gen. Mark W. Clark, president emeritus of
The Citadel, is honorary chairman of the
event, scheduled for June 11, commemorating
the decisive battle of June 28, 1776, when the
2d South Carolina Regiment drove a British
fleet out of the harbor.
Simultaneous, attempted British landing
and crossing of what is now Breach Inlet,
foiled when waters proved too deep to cross,
will also be reenacted.
Visiting officials will gather for a 9 a.m.
breakfast at the Hotel Fort Sumter followed
by a trip to Fort Moultrie. There they will
outline on maps and on the ground just what
various troops will be doing. Participating
units, representing a number of States, can
then practice maneuvers on their home
ground, said J. Francis Brenner, executive
director of the sponsoring group.
Headquartered in Orangeburg, the Colonial
and British Armies of America, Inc., promotes
Revolutionary War reenactments throughout
the country.
Preliminary plans indicate that between
500 and 1,000 members of the organization
will participate in the approximately 2-hour
reenactment here. They are expected to ar-
rive June 10 and stay on the Isle of Palms,
Brenner said.
He added that spectator stands will be built
on top of Fort Moultrie and Battery Jasper
and that the Sullivan's Island Township
Commission will make ample parking space
available for the event.
SULLIVAN'S ISLAND BATTLE To BE
REENACTED JUNE I1
A full-dress reenactment of the Revolu-
tionary War battle of Fort Sullivan will be
held on Sullivan's Island June -11, it was an-
nounced here yesterday.
Boom of cannon, rattle of Colonial mus-
ketry, regiments of uniformed British and
Continental Army soldiers, the sound of fife
and drums-all these will be a part of the
pageantry.
The reenactment will be held almost 190
years after the actual engagement off the
Island and its palmetto log fort, at that
time known as Fort Sullivan, on June 28,
1776.
It will be sponsored by a local organiza-
tion, Historic Charleston Reenactment, Inc.,
with endorsement of the Charleston Trident
Chamber of Commerce and the National
Park Service, custodians of the present Fort
Moultrie, located near where the original pal-
metto log fort stood.
Several hundred members of the Colonial
and British Armies of America, Inc., will ar-
rive here from New York, Delaware, Mary-
land, North Carolina, and Tennessee to stage
the reenactment. They will be housed while
here at a trailer camp on the Isle of Palms.
The organization, which has Orangeburg
headquarters, promotes reenactments in
various parts of the country of Revolutionary
War battles and skirmishes. It gives as Its
purpose the fostering of patriotism, a re-
newed appreciation of the American Revolu-
tion and the broad concept of freedom.
It was in June 1776, that the British sent
a fleet of 14 ships under command of Sir
Peter Parker into Charleston harbor with in-
tention of seizing the port and opening a
troop beachhead for a southern front.
The half-finished palmetto log Fort Sulli-
van, under command of Col. William Moul-
trie, had 31 guns against the 270 pieces
aboard the British ship. But the British
rounds sank for the most part harmlessly
into the soft palmetto logs and sand. Three
British ships ran aground on sandbars and
were raked by the fort's guns along with
several of the remaining 11 ships.
Later, trying to put a landing force across
what is now Breach Inlet, the British once
again were stopped when their troops
stepped into deep holes in the inlet.
After the battle, the British withdrew with
64 dead and 131 wounded while the South
Carolinians suffered only 17 dead.
For the reenactment, a palmetto log fort
will be built on Sullivan's Island beach front
between Fort Moultrie and Battery Jasper.
The event has been endorsed by the State
Development Board and the Sullivan's Is-
land Township Commission chairman Dr.
George G. Durst who is a former president
of the Charleston chamber.
Dr. Durst expressed hope the reenactment
might become an annual event and be
expanded.
Assisting in planning are George Campsen,
Charleston lawyer, and J. Francis Breender,
local businessman. They have called a
meeting for 9 a.m. next Wednesday at the
Trident chamber office for organizing the
historic corporation as an eleemosynary
group.
FREEDOMS FOUNDATION AWARD
TO COL. RALPH McMAHON
Mr. TYDINGS. Mr. President, each
year the Valley Forge Freedoms Founda-
tion has presented awards to those citi-
zens or groups which have, by their
words or actions, made a contribution to
explaining, understanding, and perpetu-
ating the American way of life. These
awards are presented to schools, orga-
nizations, and individuals who believe in
the American system and who devote
some of their efforts and talents to pro-
moting their beliefs.
An Honor Certificate Award, which is
given in the National and School Award
category, was presented to Col. Ralph
"Mac" McMahon, U.S. Army, retired,
for his comments on the meaning of
being an American. Colonel Mac was at
one time a division commander at the
Aberdeen Proving Ground, not far from
my home in Maryland. I feel that his
words have a meaning for all of us be-
cause they are a clear expression of
heartfelt patriotism.
I ask unanimous consent to insert
Colonel McMahon's award-winning ad-
dress in the RECORD.
There being no objection, the address
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
I am an American. What a golden op-
portunity is enjoyed by anyone who can say
that. About 85 percent of the earth's popu-
lation cannot. I wonder if each American
fully and truly appreciates his privileged po-
sition-unique among the nations. Because
of his privilege I wonder, too, if he recog-
nizes and accepts his responsibilities. They
are many but are less by far than the privi-
leges of the privileged. Does each of us fully
appreciate the almost measureless bounty
that this Nation, under God, enjoys? Or are
we too busy with our own minute problems
to raise our heads and view the glories above
us? As an American I am free to breathe
the unfettered air.
I am free to travel the length and
breadth of an unbordered land.
I am free within my limit of skill to
work where I please. I am free to speak
of my beliefs without concern for fear or
favor.
I am free to help my brother, to regard
him as the inscription reads on the statue's
base in Boys Town: "He ain't heavy, Father,
he's m' brother."
I am free to be a man, dependable and
foursquare.
I am free to govern, if my talents allow.
I am free to be governed by the laws of
those I've chosen for the task.
I am free to espouse the right and to de-
fend it against attack..
I am free to raise my children with faith
and trust in those truths our Nation holds
sacred.
I am free to be free, to be steadfast in
my strength for freedom.
I am free to be humble as Junius said
"Stay with me God. The night is dark.
The night Is cold. My little spark of cour-
age dies. The night is long; be with me,
God, and make me strong." For proudest
of my proudest boasts-I am an American.
SUGGESTION CONCERNING VIET-
NAM
Mr. PELL. Mr. President, I rise to
support the excellent suggestion made
by the Senator from Montana [Mr.
MANSFIELD] to the effect that those rep-
resenting the opposing forces in Vietnam
should sit around a conference table as
soon as possible. If that conference
table is not to be under U.N. or Geneva
power auspices, then by all means let
it be in Asia and under Asian auspices.
That is where the fire is. Perhaps the
fire, being hotter there, may more quickly
produce a conference there than else-
where.
Moreover, conditions are certainly in
flux in Vietnam. I realize that all sorts
of conditions and contingency plans are
being considered. But, if conditions
should arise that a government comes to
power which asks us to leave, let us have
the good sense to follow that advice. I
hope that we would not have the poor
sense to prop up a government, or or-
ganize a counter coup in order to avoid
just such a contingency.
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society, and hence on its destruction. And
we now see that virtually all of such "dem-
onstrations" are being infiltrated by rabble-
rousers and radicals and, not infrequently,
break Into open violence.
riven though those results may not have
been contemplated, and surely weren't
wished, by those Americans who advocated
disobedience of our laws, nevertheless they
did advocate that philosophy and they did
put its proceses into action, and cannot now
escape responsibility for the results.
Seeing the appeasements and successes of
that process in racial strife, other would-be
leaders have now adopted and spread it into
many other areas. It has now spread into
the campuses of most of our great universi-
ties where, as in Berkeley, it has been used
to commit asault, kidnapings, imprisonment
of police officers. and commandeering of pub-
lic-address systems: and their use in spew-
ing over the campus the most filthy four-
letter words, and for general breakdown of
law and order.
The process is also now progressively em-
ployed by radical leftists and those who
would give aid and comfort to our enemies,
l,o hinder and impede our Nation's efforts
to conscript military personnel, as witness
the recent rash of draft card business, and
to move and supply its troops and generally
to weaken its ability to execute its military
efforts in this time of war.
The process has now been extended even
to efforts to thwart governmental, legislative,
and executive action. Indeed, it would be
baud to name a field that has escaped or is
not vulnerable to the process.
These are but recent examples of history's
teachings that the toleration of some crime
encourages all crime, and that it can hardly
be denied that our toleration of these crimes
of trespass has been at least a contributing
ractor to the recent spread of common vio-
lence which Mr. J. Edgar Hoover says makes
it impossible "for the citizens of this coun-
try to * * * walk the streets of our cities
without (danger of) being mugged, raped,
and robbed." He continued: "We can't do
that today." And he added: "All. through
the country, almost without exception, this
condition prevails."
itOW MINORITIES HURT THEMSELVES IN
PRS:ACHING DEFIANCE OF LAW
'l'he great pity is that these minority
groups, in preaching and practicing defiance
of the law, are in fact eroding our legal
structure, which alone can ever assure to
them. due process of law and the equal pro-
tection of the laws, and that can, thus, pro-
tect them from discriminations and abuses
by majorities.
We have all been often told, and many of
ns have preached, that crime does not pay.
But the recent rash and spread of law de-
iiance-and the successes, however tenuous
and temporary, of that philosophy in attain-
ing goals-seems to compel a reappraisal of
that concept. For, from what we see cur-
rently happening, one could reasonably be-
lieve that certain types of crimes are being
permitted to pay.
Indeed, oilicial encouragement often has
beeri given, cs en at times in some high
places, to conduct these "demonstrations"
which have led to the commission of these
criminal tre:p:ixscs, and it can hardly be
denied that. they have been rather widely
tolerated.. it is. undoubtedly true, as recited
in the theme of the Presidentially proclaimed)
l aw Day, 1965, that "a citizen's first duty is
to uphold the law." but it is also the first
duty of government to enforce the law.
As said in an article in the April 10, 1965
issue of the magazine America, "IGovern-
ment l has no right to turn the cheek of its
citizens. Instead it is gravely obligated by
the very purpose of its existence i,o see to
their protection,"
Surely the great majority of Americans
agree with the May 19615, public statement
of Mr. Lewis F. Powell., then president of the
American Bar Association, that "America
needs a genuine revival of respect for law
and orderly processes, a reawakening of in-
dividual responsibility, a new impatience
with those who violate anti circumve?nt laws,
and a determined insists Ice that laws be
enforced, courts respected and duo process
followed."
I would like to conclude, as I be=an, with
a plea for a return to simple honesty, re-
sponsibility and forthrightness in our public
speakings and writings, that they iaay hon-
estly inform and not mis',nform the people,
and for a return to an orderly society by
requiring repect for and obedience to our
laws by the prompt, impartial, even handed,
certain and substantial puniehmest of all
persons whose willful conr:.uct viola tee these
laws, and that we do so prompt:,,,, and I
would hops, before mass crime gets, as it
surely can, so far out of :h.a id as to be beyond
the curbing capacities of our peacekeeping
agencies and authorities.
[From the Washington (D.C.) Evening Star,
Apr. 19, 1966]
Tress To DRAW THE LINE
John Doe.r's credential:; as a be: ttler for
the legitimate civil rights of Negroes are im-
peccable. Consequently, he shoul:l be lis-
tened to when he says the time ha. come to
"draw the line" against those who think they
have an unlimited right to protect:, at any
time or place, in any way, and in r ny num-
bers.
The Assistant Attorney General .n charge
of the civil rights division was making a dis-
tinction between lawful and peaceful demon-
strations and such things as the Watts riots
and other so-called demonstrations which
are neither peaceful nor lawful,
With respect to the latter, we think the
time is long overdue for drawing the line.
And, while it is helpful co have L. man in
Mr. Doar's position urge public officials to
speak out against unlawful activities which
masquerade as civil rights demonstrations,
this, of itself, is hardly enough.
'I'he:re should also be some soul searching
by those who, wittingly or otherwise, have
encouraged violence and woo have stimulated
expectations which cannot possibly be satis-
fied except over an extended period of time.
The list is long. It includes many Negro
civil rights leaders who are reaping the har-
vest of their own recklessness, and who are
at a loss to know how to tame the tiger which
has been released in the streets. II. includes
vote-seeking politicians who have fed the
fires, and who now face the prosaect that
their hoped-for political gains ma.' be con-
sumed in the flames. It also lucludcs some of
our courts, and especially the Supreme Court.
The dissents were biting when five of the
justices in 1964 overturned the convictions of
thousands of persons who had been found
guilty of illegal sit-ins on ,he specious ground
that the 1964 Civil Rights Act was intended
to have a retroactive ef'ect. The dissents
were equally biting in a 5-to-4 ruling last
February which upset other sit-is convic-
Lions. Justice Black summed it up when he
denounced encourageme ut of civil rights
demonstra.ors who think. 'they will be auto-
matically Burned loose so long as whatever
they do has something to do with ace."
Yes, it is indeed time ti draw the line-a
line which should have been draw.; long be-
fore the inciters were forced to realise that, in
preaching disrespect for law and order, they
were undermining the one force which could
protect the civil rights of all,
TORNADO DAMAGE IN KANSAS
Mr. PEARSON. Last evening a tor-
nado struck in Johnson County, Kans.,
destroying 15 or more homes and demol-
ishing a part of the Kathryn Carpenter
School which is within the Valley View
School District No. 49. The damage is
estimated to exceed $1 million, but a
greater tragedy could have resulted had
it not been for the wise, prompt and
courageous actions of the authorities in
charge.
Under a well-conceived program de-
vised by Dr. Jack Bell, superintendent of
the district, and carried out by Mr.
Henry Morse, principal of the Kathryn
Carpenter School, the lives of many
children were saved. It was Mr. Henry
Morse who called back the kindergarten
class and other students who would
have been released early so that they
might be led to safety in the basement
of the school.
Although a factual account of what
actually happened may not be available
at this time I understand that the ac-
tions taken and the precautions followed
with the utmost cooperation of the school
teachers, custodians and other persons
were carried out without adequate tor-
nado warning,
Mr. President, it seems to me that Dr.
Jack Bell and Mr. Henry Morse and all
those other unnamed but courageous
people should understand that their con-
tribution to the Johnson County com-
munity, by example and by deed, is
known and appreciated by all. I add my
small words to what must be a rising
chorus of approbation for the wise thing s
done by these good people,
REENACTMENT OF THE BATTLE OF
FORT SULLIVAN, S.C.
Mr. RUSSELL of South Carolina. Mr.
President, may I call to the attention of
the Members of the Senate a significant
historical celebration which will take
place in Charleston County, S.C., on
June 11.
A full-dress reenactment of the Rev-
olutionary War Battle of Fort Sullivan
will be held on Sullivan's Island in
Charleston County on that date.
I am confident that it will be a color-
ful spectacle, one worthy of the histor-
ical area in which it will occur.
South Carolina is proud of her history,
and particularly the heroic part which
her citizens played in the Revolutionary
War. I am pleased that the people of
Charleston County will join hands with
others throughout our State and other
States to commemorate this famous
struggle which occurred within the bor-
ders of our State.
The reenactment occurs nearly 190
years after the actual engagement off
the installation known, in 1776, as Fort
Sullivan.
The celebration will be sponsored by
Historical Charleston Reenactment, Inc.,
with the endorsement of the Charleston
Chamber of Commerce, and the Na-
tional Park Service.
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VICE PRESIDENT HUMPHREY OUR
MOST EFFECTIVE SPOKESMAN
Mr. LONG of Louisiana. Mr. Presi-
dent, the Vice President is always one of
the most effective spokesman in the Na-
tion for any point of view which he fa-
vors. This is certainly true for his
speeches on behalf of our position on the
Vietnam war, which have driven his
critics to look for grounds on which to
attack him, whether true or not. Re-
cently, they have been charging that he
is a turncoat against his earlier views,
and that the President is standing be-
hind him twisting his arm when he
argues so persuasively for the rightness
of our actions in Vietnam.
It is with much pleasure, therefore,
that I have recently seen the result of a
good research job completed by the Min-
neapolis Tribune, and printed under the
byline of one of their staff correspond-
ents, Charles W. Bailey, in the issue for
Sunday, April 10. I ask unanimous con-
sent to have this article printed in the
RECORD at the conclusion of my remarks.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr.
MUSKIE in the chair). Without objec-
tion, it is so ordered.
(See exhibit 1.)
Mr. LONG of Louisiana. Mr. Presi-
dent, the article reveals clearly that
HUBERT HUMPHREY was one of the Na-
tion's leaders who recognized very early
both the importance of Vietnam, and the
dangers for the United States-and in-
deed all of the free world-if we failed
to meet the Communist challenge there.
As early as 1950, he was speaking fre-
quently of the crucial nature of south-
east Asia in the struggle for world peace,
and he has continued to sound the same
theme for the 16 years which have inter-
vened since that date. In 1956, he re-
minded us that it was one of Lenin's
maxims that-
Forworld communism the road to Paris
lies through Peking and Calcutta.
In 1955, Vice President HUMPHREY
said :
If free Vietnam falls, or if the Communist
elements take over, then every country in
the corridor of southeast Asia will be in
more difficulty, and we shall not be able to
stop it.
There is much more evidence of the
Vice President's wisdom and prescience
in this article, Mr. President, that is
worth reading, quite aside from provid-
ing an answer to his critics. As is often
the case, he is being attacked in this
fashion because his opponents cannot
answer the arguments he makes, nor
match his eloquence in presenting them.
We are in Vietnam because the strug-
gle going on there is of great importance
to the American people, and cannot be
just ignored, or swept under the rug, as
some people would have us do.
EXHIBIT 1
[From the Minneapolis (Minn.) Tribune,
Apr. 10, 1966]
IS HUMPHREY CONSISTENT ON ASIA? A LOOK
AT THE RECORD INDICATES HE IS
(By Charles W. Bailey)
WASHINGTON, D.C.-HUBERT HUMPHREY,
once the darling of Democratic liberals, has
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in recent weeks come under heavy and some-
times bitter attack from some of his oldest
political allies.
The criticism is aimed almost entirely at
his support of Johnson administration pol-
icies in Vietnam-support which was given
wide publicity during and after his mid-
winter tour of southeast Asia and the
Pacific.
The liberal unhappiness has produced some
startling, if perhaps transitory, turnabouts.
At a February convention of the California
Democratic Clubs-the State party's ultra-
liberal wing-HUMPHREY was roundly de-
nounced while Seliator ROBERT F. KENNEDY,
Democrat, of New York, once a CDC archfoe
won ringing praise for his support of a Viet-
nam "coalition government" that would in-
clude Communist elements.
Throughout the liberal complaints about
HUMPHREY runs one consistent theme:
that the Vice President has "changed his
views," has "compromised principle," to get
in line with President Johnson's policy.
To test this proposition, the Minneapolis
Tribune's Washington bureau checked back
through HUMPHREY'S comments on Asia as
far back as 1950, as recorded in the CONGRES-
SIONAL RECORD for the years in which he
served-and spoke wit$ great frequency-
on the Senate floor.
The results suggest that HUMPHREY's new
critics have overlooked or forgotten what he
has been saying for the past 16 years about
Asia and Asian communism.
An observer is also led to suspect that part
of HUMPHREY'S current problem with his old
liberal pals lies in the very qualities which
have in the past endeared him to them: his
enthusiasm, his vivid rhetoric, his ability to
deal with the subject at hand as though it
were all that mattered in the world.
It was these personal qualities that gave
so much bite to HUMPHREY's comments from
Asia and after his return, rather than the
newness of his ideas or his convictions.
Those who criticized his backing for the
stay-and-fight policies of the President in
Vietnam, for example, probably did not re-
member that it was HUMPHREY who said-
in January of 1950-that "if we lose the
south part of Asia * * * we shall have lost
every hope that we ever had of being able to
maintain free institutions in any part of
the Eastern World."
And those who were displeased with his
exhortation of Asian and Pacific governments
to take the lead in opposing Red Chinese
expansionism might not have recalled a
Senate speech in September 1950 when HUM-
PHREY said:
"Our only hope is to work with the free
powers, to give them the chance to remain
free and the opportunity to stand with us
as participating partners in the great area of
the world where conflict between the forces
of freedom and slavery is now in its crucial
stage.
"If we fail in this effort, we shall have lost
everything for which we have worked."
In 1954, he told the Senate that "There is
no hope whatsoever of the United States do-
ing the job alone in any area of the world
such as Asia * * * the only possible hope
of peace and stability in southeast Asia is
for the Asiatics themselves to lead the great
movement for stability and security in their
own area, with our support and with the full
support and under the auspices of the United
Nations."
HUMPHREY also drew a good deal of scold-
ing when he came home this winter and lec-
tured Americans-including some prominent
Senators and foreign-affairs scholars-for
failing to recognize the importance of Asia.
To observe who traveled with him, there
was no doubt that HUMPHREY had succumbed
to one of his old weaknesses-the capacity to
be so exhilarated by direct personal exposure
to a subject that he tends to forget that
others may well have discovered it sooner.
But again a search of the record suggests
that intellectually, at least, his position has
not changed a great deal.
"The peace of the world will be decided
in the Far East, where we are least prepared,
where we are the least understood, where we
are the most unwelcome," he said-in 1950.
In 1953, he told the Senate: "The threat of
international Communist aggression is most
acute in southeast Asia." In 1955, again
speaking of Asia, he said: "If the rest of the
world becomes a Communist satellite area,
our gold standard will not be worth anything
.* * * we had better make up our minds that
we are playing for keeps."
The theme was heard again in 1956, when
he made a speech saying that "The danger
to American objectives and interests is as
great today in Asia as it was in Europe in
1947," and reminding listeners of Lenin's
maxim that "For world communism the road
to Paris lies through Peking and Calcutta."
HUMPHREY in 1955 argued that "if we aban-
don free Vietnam we shall have abandoned
all of southeast Asia. Half of Vietnam is
already gone; it is very possible that free
Vietnam may not be able to be saved, even
with our help.
"But surely we ought not to add to the
difficulty * * * if free Vietnam falls, or if
the Communist elements take over, then
every country in the corridor of southeast
Asia will be in more difficulty, and we shall
not be able to stop it."
And by 1960, the HUMPHREY tone was still
more ominous: "I happen to believe that the
most dangerous, aggressive force in the world
today is Communist China * * * it is from
the Chinese Communists that the free world
faces danger."
It must be said that the record is not one
of total consistency on every point. Thus in
March of 1962, HUMPHREY told the Senate
that "it is to be hoped that American par-
ticipation in this area (Vietnam) can be lim-
ited to military assistance, to supplies, and
to military training, and it is my view, I state
so there will be no doubt about it, that it
should be so limited."
But in the next sentence, he added: "In
all of this activity, there is a grave risk; but
I say most sincerely that the greatest risk is
Communist aggression, Communist conquest,
and Communist advance. That we cannot
permit, if it is humanly possible to stop it."
There are many more statements in. the
16-year record, both before and after that
1962 speech. But the sum and substance of
them, whether the immediate focus was For-
mosa or Korea or India or Vietnam, is the
same as HUMPHREY's 1966 arguments: that
Communist aggression in Asia is "the great-
est risk" of all.
THE CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT-
TRIBUTE TO HELENE C. MONBERG
Mr. FANNIN. Mr. President, those of
us from Western States, and especially
those who serve on the Interior and In-
sular Affairs Committee, are well
acquainted with the reportorial zeal of
Miss Helene C. Monberg, who represents
a number of western papers in Wash-
ington.
We also know that when another re-
porter uses his own valuable column
space to pay tribute to a member of the
competition, that is high praise, indeed.
The Washington correspondent for the
Phoenix, Ariz., Republic, Mr. Ben Cole, is
a veteran observer of the Congress and
a newsman of competence and integrity.
In his column of Sunday, April 10, Mr.
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Cole paid handsome tribute to his col-
ieague and competitor in the press corps,
and I believe other Members of the Sen-
ate may find it of interest.
I ask unanimous consent to have the
column. printed in the RECORD.
There being no objection, the article
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as Iollows:
From the Phoenix (Ariz.) Republic, Apr. 10,
1966)
NSWSWOMAN ATTACKS DIGEST FOR ANTIRECLA-
MATION STAND
By Ben Cole)
WASHINGTON--Make room for it new west-
ern heroine whose deadeye aim with a blaz-
ing epithet matches Annie Oakley's legendary
skill with rifle or six-shooter.
She Is Helene C. Monberg, a bard-toiling
blond newspaperwoman from Colorado who
tramps through Federal offices here calling
the bureaucrats honey or unabbreviated
;:Oil's as the occasion requires.
Recently she turned her wrathful scorn on
tie Reader's Digest in consequence of its
tawdry circulation promotion on the rim of
the Grand Canyon. If the smug old Digest
thinks it can shrug off the fair Helene, It
would be well advised to reconsider.
The Digest has Miss Monberg's fuse sput-
tering even before it hauled a planeload of
newspaper types to the south rim for its
auti.reclama.tion workshop and the publicity
attendant thereon.
It seems the computers that crank out the
Digest's interminable "reminders" got a
quaint idea that Helene owed an unpaid $5.
Since. Mia,S Monberg avoids debt with the
same devotion that she shuns rattlesnakes
and liars. she was well primed to explode over
the Grand Canyon gambit.
Injustice is something that causes Miss
Monberg to roar with ladylike anger match-
ing the vehemence of the thunder that rolls
across her Rocky Mountain homeland.
And Miss Monberg decided that the Digest
article on the central Arizona project dams,
together with the posh junket to the canyon,
was a matter of injustice.
So she delivered a review of her opinion to
DeWitt Wallace, who runs the Reader's Di-
gest, in a letter that is cherished by all so
fortunate as to acquire copies.
Not only did Miss Monberg cancel her own,
she also stopped the subscriptions she gave
all her relatives.
"If you think that, you can crucify the
western reclamation program with my own
phoney, you are nuttier than a fruitcake,"
said Helene on her sizzling typewriter.
"Vou'll do it over my dead body."
She went on. "I know who my Republican
relatives and Republican friends are to whom
I sent the Digest: and you don't have to tell
[rte.
"And believe me, they will gulp when I tell
them that the Reader's Digest, that great
;monument to kind, motherhood, and the free
enterprise system, is publishing an article
shout the Government building steam plants
to replace its hydroelectric dams In reclama-
tion projects. What a cesspool of socialism
you at tine Digest have become. Next month
you might embrace sin at this rate."
Miss Monber? noted in her inimitable style
that the Ditesl,, of course, never prints an?-
awers to it di^tribes since it regards itself
as the gospel. 'T'hen she capped the whole
job with a paragraph that deserves a place
it, American letters along with Sheridan's
ride and the winning of Barbara Worth,
She said, "And, finally, I have a prediction
Lo make to von- A hundred years from now
the name of CARL HAYDEN will be emblazoned
throughout the west and honored by every
school child as a mighty western builder--
and the Reader's Digest will be as extinct, as
the dodo."
THE SI'ITJATIONN IN VIETNAM
Mr. RUSSELL of Georgia. Mr. Presi-
dent, the distinguished Senator from
South Carolina [Mr. RuSSELL.I. has pre-
pared an able and thoughtful address
which he will deliver tonight to the
Chamber of Commerce of Myrtle Beach,
S.C., concerning the grave and ominous
events that have unfolded in recent days
in South Vietnam.
The Senator from South Carolina is
deeply disturbed, as is every Member of
this body, Over the civil. strife and turmoil
that has wracked South Vietnam and
threatened to engulf that unhappy land
in a civil war. The Senator raises the
critical and unavoidable question about
the effect; this turmoil. could have on the
safety and welfare of the 200,000 Ameri-
can men who are there attempting to
help the South Vietnamese resist Com-
munist enslavement.
As the Senator points out, we are not
attempting to intervene in the internal
political affairs of South Vietnam and we
are not attempting to dictate their gov-
ernment. But we do ask, as the Senator
so ably puts it:
That whatever government they have
share with us a wholehearted dettcrmination
to fight this war to win.
Senator RUSSELL concludes his remarks
with this significant statement.:
If the leaders of Vietnam will place patrio-
tism above personal ambition-if they join
wholeheartedly together with us to bring this
war promptly to a successful end with the
proper use of the force? we both have on
land, on sea and in. the air employing our
ample arsenal of power upon the enemy-
freedom may be made secure for the people
of South Vietnam. The-i Saigon like Ber-
lin, could become a symbol of courage and
resolution both for Vietnam and fcr America.
Mr. President, ][ believe the Senator
from South Carolina has voiced the senti-
ments of the overwhelming majority of
the people of this country in his excellent
address, and I ask unanimous consent to
have the text published in the CONGRES-
SIONl3L RECORD at this point in my re-
marks :
There being no objection, the address
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
REMARKS OF SENATOR DONALD Russ, as, DEMO-
CRAT, OF SOUTH CAROLINA, MYRTLE BEACH
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Mys'i'aE BEACH,
S.C., WEDNESDAY, APRII. 20, 1966
We are in a period of unexcelled rrosperity.
Our gross national product Is breaking all
records, National Income is pushing to new
heights. More prosperity is pro::raised the
farmer. So great is this economic ' urge that
the danger appears to be inflaticn and not
deflation. The great task is to cool the steam
of economic activity in this country, not to
stimulate :r. sluggish economy.
An.ei we can take pride in the fact that
South. Carolina has participated fu"-ly in this
auege forward.. Between 1962 and 1965 per-
sonal income in South Carolina juhnped over
26 percent, from $3,745 million t.e> $4,731
million, practically a billion dollars in 3
years. Between these clates too, there was
an increase of about 12 i percent; in non-
agricultur..1 employment, while realized net
income per farm was snowballing forward 33
percent, from $2,338 per year to 53,126. In
the last 3 years, well over $1 billion have been
invested in new and expanded industry in
South Carolina,
South Carolina is catching up, it is surging
forward economically, bringing new oppor-
tunities for all our people. Contrary to the
statistics in many other fields, we arc moving
forward economically faster than the national
averages. A few works ago Business Week
published comparative income figures for the
Nation, expressed by States. Personal in-
come for the Nation increased by 8.8 percent
in 1965. But in this same year of 1965, per-
sonal income in South Carolina increased
approximately 12 percent. Our rate of in-
crease-and this is the encouraging fact-
exceeded that of any other Southern State
and was the fifth highest in the Nation.
This increase in personal income was
matched by the increase in our industrial
output. For the year ending June 30, 1.965,
more than 2,400 manufacturing establish-
ments in this State produced goods with
combined value approximating $5 billion, an
increase of about $425 million.
Nor have we overlooked the value to the
economy of South Carolina of its great tour-
ist and recreational facilities such as your
magnificent strand here at Myrtle Beach, the
finest on the Atlantic and rapidly becoming
recognized as such throughout this conti-
nent. I was pleased that, while I was Gov-
ernor, our State development board. with the
enthusiastic backing of your splendid legis-
lative delegation, sought and obtained greater
financial support for a program stimulating
tourism in this State. I believe that every-
where in our State the value of increased
tourism is recognized and Myrtle Beach is
more and more appreciated as one of our
greatest natural assets, one that contributes
to our economic growth and one that offers
to us, readily accessible, the finest recreation
area in the East.
It is always like a tonic to come to Myrtle
Beach, to be stimulated by the spirit of
growth and development, to feel the confi-
dence of its people and to be amazed by the
growth that takes place each year. Nor can
I fail to compliment you upon the appear-
ance of your city. Your vitality and vigor as
a progressive community is well expressed in
the bright colors and in the paint and polish
of your hotels, motels, and business estab-
lishments. You well reflect the new spirit
of optimism that is rapidly becoming the
hallmark of the South Carolina, of the sixties.
For this your chamber of commerce can take
its due share of credit.
Heartening as this progress of our own
State and of your area has been, it cannot:
erase from our minds or shield from our
hearts at this moment the bitter anxiety
about momentous events 10,000 miles from
our shores. There, 235,000 American fighting
teen are committed in it war tb safeguard the
freedom of the embattled people of South
Vietnam.
I think it is a tribute to the unselfish
patriotism of the American people that to-
day we-you and I-are more troubled about
the safety of those distant soldier:; of ours
than we are about any proposals here at
home. They are our sons and our husbands,
fighting under our flag and under our corn-
mand. We are not merely willing but anx-
ious to make any sacrifice to see that they
have everything they need to do their jab
and to do it as quickly as possible. I think
it may be said with confidence c nd with
pride that when we ask our finest young men
to risk their lives on the field of cor;ibat un-
der their country's flag 10,000 mile:; from
home, wo-the American people---all demand
that these men be supplied with the best
weapons and materiel that money ;and tech-
nology can supply. We will accept no ex-
cuses for any failure to discharge this do ty
to our fighting forces. For this reason, I in
supporting enthusiastically the wort; of Sen-
ator STENNIS and his subcornmitt