U.S. POLICY IN VIETNAM

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Hpproveu ror KCONGRESSIONAL RE It~$1 CSU 4 NEU4uu-1 -i +d cember 14, 1966
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tion for the public service rendered by In order to complete the RECORD, I ask the New York Times's account of Mr. Rusk's
the station which presented the program. unanimous consent to have printed at statements.
In the conversation with Mr. II Thant,"
The program was one of a "Meet the this point in my remarks a second Post the Senator said, "according to the Times,
Candidates" series on Lincoln, Nebr., editorial, dated September 13, reminding the secretary asserted that the 'United
television station KOLN and Grand us that the appointment Of the Post's states wanted to de-escalate the Vietnam
Island, Nebr., station KGIN-TV. It was former executive vice president to the war' but said there was lack of interest on
d on this ambassadorial post in Switzerland is one the part of Hanoi and its allies.
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my privilege to
program by a panel of four impartial of the best non-career appointments PULLOUT WOULD BE FATAL
newsmen. The purpose was to obtain ever made by our Government. It is "Speaking to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, said that a
my views on a number of subjects perti- gratifying and reassuring to observe the however, the Secr from of State
would sure-
in in the campaign for U.S. Senator profound harmony which exists between plead to World Wro III. According to re-
in Nebraska. the administration and the Washington ly lea, 1VIr. Rind Wad: `Any withdrawal bee
fore complete victory over Communist ag-
My opponent was also interviewed for Post. pap-
the same amount of time, 30 minutes, by There being no objection, the editorial gression would be ... fatal.'"
the same panel of newsmen. was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, Senator FULBRIGHT concluded: "So one can
The programs were video-taped and as follows: take a choice of U.S. policy-de-escalation or that
had were presented over television a week or [From the Washington (D.C.) Post, Sept. is, complete victory. thesxce were mut ally always
so later at times which were announced 19661
NEW AMBASSADOR sive."
iri advance. While still in this state of bemusement,
The television station did not present The Johnson Administration, notable in Senator FULBRIGHT might direct his atten-
these programs during hours when view- its search for talent within the ranks of the tion to President Johnson's recent address
ership is low or when television time is government establishment, has also tried to the American Legion. Mr. Johnson de-
relatively cheap. Rather, the station hard to find qualified people in private life. scribed the Vietnamese war this way:
canceled regularly scheduled programs The diplomatic appointment of John S. "It is meant to be the opening salvo in a
Hayes, president of the Washington Post- series of bombardments or, as they are called
at prime times and in the t In- Newsweek radio and television stations in in Peking, 'wars of liberation.' And if it
curred a loss in revenue in order der to to pre- Jacksonville and in Washington, is one such succeeds in South Vietnam, then, as Marshal
sent these programs. recruit produced by the diligent talent Lin Piao says, and I quote him, 'The people
Besides the race for Senator, the sta- searches under the direction of Civil Service in other parts of the world will see that
tion video-taped similar interview pro- Commissioner John W. Macy Jr. Ambas- what the Vietnamese people can do they can
grams for the offices of Governor and sador Hayes who now goes to the important do, too., "
Lieutenant Governor and for the House post in Switzerland ought to be well quali- But a page or two later, the President said
of Representatives. fied for an assignment that has become of of the people of Asia, Including the South
I believe, Mr. President, that this was a increasing interest to this country. Vietnamese: "Our assistance to these na-
Ublic service of the highest, in keeping His new post will involve on his part a tions, our involvement in their affairs, will
With the finest traditions of responsibil- personal financial sacrifice and on the part be no greater than they choose to have it "
of the Washington Post Company a loss of Again one may have a choice-but how is
ity by the public information media in a executive talent. But this sort of climax to the idea of a vital, world struggle to stop
free society to present the views of can- a private career is in the best tradition of our Chinese expansion and aggression to be rec-
didates in an election. earlier non-career diplomatic servants. Men onciled with the statement that the effort
. There was no haranguing debate of of broad experience in private business have to aid Asian nations will be "no greater than
the type that adds nothing but confusion talents useful to government, and public they choose to have it"? For if American
to a campaign. The questions were di- service gratifies a healthy impulse for the vital interests and security really are threat-
distinction of serving the country. ened by Chinese-backed wars of liberation,
or elseand they the would very candidates had clearly to appear respond, to Ambassador Hayes has been a leader in his in Vietnam or elsewhere, these would have
or e own profession and industry and he has to met withthe force e immediate
be dodging. The questions were asked served his community well in such non-gov- or not the providing the
and answered in a factual, unemotional ernmental posts as President of the United battlefield "choose to have It."
atmosphere. Of course, the candidates Community Funds and Councils of America. THREATENED CHAOS
could respond in an excited fashion if The friends he has won among his colleagues But Mr. Johnson was not through. So
they so desired, or they could ramble, or in broadcasting and publishing fields and interwoven was the American destiny with
be concise. They could "put on a show" among those associated with him in civic that of all nations, he said, "that our respon-
enterprises will wish him success in his new sibilities would be just as real in the absence
if they wished, but the participants were ??blic e. of the Communist threat." That is, the
there to ask and answer questions in the
true spirit of a A,`~,' needs and aspirations of the "underdeveloped
factual, unemotional dis- peoples" have to be met or "the ranging
cussion of the problems facing this Na !I I U.S. POLICY IN VIETNAM search and quest for bread may bring on the
tion today. v Mr. CHURCH. Mr. President, Tom reality of chaos."
it was my pleasure to appear on this Wicker, a writer for the New York Times, It may well be argued that these are linked
h objectives-that the defense of one small
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country is the pivot on which resistance to
on KOLN-KGIN-TV. I am sure that was published in the New York Times on Chinese expansionism turns, and that unless
the programs added light rather than September 2. that resistance succeeds, the underdeveloped
heat to the campaign in Nebraska. I The article underscores the logical and peoples will be subverted by Peking rather
feel that the Nation will be a better substantive contradictions of some recent than elevated by Washington.
place to live when all elections are held pronouncements by the administration If so, the inescapable logic of the argu-
more on the basis of facts rather than of concerning our aims and presence in ment is that the bedrock American war aim
Vietnam. in Vietnam is to confront Communist Chi-
grains fanmy and emotion. I believe these pro- nese expansionism as a matter of vital in-
as presented by the Lincoln- I ask unanimous consent that Mr. terest to the United States and world tran-
Grand Island stations represent the free- Wicker's article be printed at this point quilltty. This might be a compelling argu-
enterprise. broadcasting and television in the RECORD. ment-except that there are no Chinese
industry at its best in America. There being no objection, the article fighting in Vietnam, the Administration in-
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, silts there is no evidence that any Chinese
will fight in Vietnam, and no one has been
PROFOUND HARMONY BETWEEN as follows: able to show that Peking controls what the
~! Ythe New York Times, Sept. 2, 1966] Administration calls the North Vietnamese
ADMINISTRATION AND WASHING- [From
"CALLING A SPADE AN EARTHMOVER "aggressors."
TON POST THE CHINESE MENACE
. Wicker) Secretary of In fact, some here believe that, since Ho
gu. ced on September Tom mber 1-
August 25 25 1 I p plaaced in the RECORD two r
State Dean Rusk recently spoke to the Vet- Chi Minh makes such an improbable Hitler
editorials published by the Washington erans of Foreign Wars. On the same day he and has demonstrated so many times that
Post. One of the editorials took umbrage conferred with U Thant, the Secretary Gen- lie is no puppet, the Chinese world menace
at what was construed as a suggestion I oral of the United Nations. Senator J. W. has had to be put forward by the Adminis-
had made that the Post seemed overly FULBRIGHT of Arkansas, a dedicated Rusk- tration to justify its major war effort in
eager to please the administration. watcher, then rose in the Senate to discuss Southeast Asia.
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Whereas the security of the United States message from the Law Enforcement Bul..
and its citizens remains interwoven with the letin and an editorial on this message
security of other nations signatory to the which appeared in the Sunday, Septem..
North Atlantic Treaty as it was when the
treaty was signed, but the condition of our ber 4, 1966, issue of the Washington Post.
.European allies, both economically and mili- There being no objection, the message
tarily, has apprecibly improved since large and editorial were ordered to be printed
contingents of forces were deployed; and in the RECORD, as follows:
Whereas the means and capacity of all [From the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin.]
members of the North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization to provide forces to resist aggres- MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR,
lion has significantly improved since the There has been much "wailing and gnash-.
original United States deployment; and ing of teeth" in some law enforcement Or-
Whereas the commitment by all members dies lately in response to developments in the
of the North Atlantic Treaty is based upon criminal law, particularly confessions, inter
the full cooperation of all treaty partners in rogations, search gnd seizure, and various
contributing materials and men on a fair rights of the accused.
and equitable basis, but such contributions Historically, American courts have as-
have not been forthcoming from all other sumed the responsibility of assuring that
members of the organization; and governmental power is not misused to injure
Whereas relations between Eastern Europe the rights of individual citizens. Our courts
and Western Europe were tense when the are now committed to exercising supervisory
large contingents of United States forces control over law enforcement through the
were deployed in Europe but this situation exclusionary theory whereby evidence ob-
has now under
one substanti
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ange and tamed in violation of certain rules cannot be
relations between the two parts of Europe used in a criminal trial.
are now characterized by an increasing two- Various courts have been roundly criticized
way flow of trade, people and other peaceful for recent decisions which some reviewers
exchange; and say reflect an. unjustified and unprecedented
Whereas the present policy of maintaining concern for the lawbreaker; for illogical,
large contingents of United States forces and shortsighted judicial policies which in effect
their dependents on the European contin- legislate new laws to the detriment of so-
ent also contribute further to the fiscal and ciety. They have been charged with hand-
monetary problems of the United States: cuffing law enforcement by requiring im-
Now, therefore, be it possible procedures which, it is said, will
Resolved, That- insure the release of the guilty while de-
(1) it is the sense of the Senate that, stroying the morale of the officer.
with changes and improvements in the tech- In reply, some critics of police declare that
nlques of modern warfare and because of the unless we have tight, restrictive control of
vast increase in capacity of the United States law enforcement, police lawlessness will re-
to wage war and to move military forces sult. The extremes of both views tend to
and equipment by air, a substantial reduc- cloud the fact that the police and the courts
tion of United States forces permanently should have a common objective: to develop
stationed in Europe can be made without and maintain a system of administering
adversely affecting either our resolve or criminal justice which is fair, impartial, and
ability to meet our commitment under the effective. All will agree that this is an ex-
North Atlantic Treaty; ceedingly difficult and complex task.
(2) S. Res. 99, adopted in the Senate April There is little to be gained from just
4, 1951, is amended to contain the provisions shouting protests and criticisms, but there is
of this resolution and, where the resolutions much to be gained from throwing our full
may conflict, the present resolution is con- resources and energies into training a pro-
trolling as to the sense of the Senate. fessional law enfo t
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FULL LIST OF COSPONSORS TO S. 300
Mr. MANSFIELD (for himself, Mr. LONG of
Louisiana, Mr. SMATHERS, Mr. HILL, Mr.
RUSSELL of Georgia, Mr. HAYDEN, Mr. MAGNU-
sON, Mr. PASTORE, Mr. SYMINGTON, Mr. Mus-
ierc, Mr. HART, Mr. BREWSTER, Mr. INOUYE,
MI'. MORSE, Mr. TALMADGE, Mr. PROXMIRE, Mr.
BL'RDICK, Mr. GRUENING, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr.
FGLBRIGHT, Mr. DOMINICK, Mr. YOUNG Of
North Dakota, Mr. LONG of Missouri, Mr.
PEILRSON, Mr. YARBOROUGH, and Mr. BYRD Of
Worst Virginia) submitted the following reso-
lution; which was held without reference.
GNASHING OF TEETH
Mr. LONG of Missouri. Mr. President,
recent Supreme Court decisions inter-
preting the rights of the individual in
criminal cases have created considerable
controversy throughout the United
States. In the September 1966, issue of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation's
Law Enforcement Bulletin,, the FBI Di-
rector J. Edgar Hoover points out that:
There is little to be gained from just
shouting protests and criticisms, but there
is rauch to be gained from throwing our full
resources and energies into training a pro-
fessional law enforcement corps to be effec-
tive within the framework of current rules
of :law and evidence.
I ask unanimous consent to insert, at
this point in the RECORD, the Director's
e
Corp.
o
e effec-
tive within the framework of current rules
of law and evidence.
We, as citizens, expect the business and
technical segments of our society to keep
abreast of the latest developments in their
respective areas and to conduct research to
foster progress. Our profession, dedicated
to the preservation of America's basic free-
doms, certainly cannot exempt itself from a
similar demand from other citizens. A con-
tinuing, comprehensive research and train-
ing program, with a conscientious applica-
tion of the knowledge gained therefrom, is
the key to properly discharging our respon-
sibilities to the people and the Nation.
Increased professional police training is no
longer a desirable goal, no longer a matter of
choice for United States law enforcement.
It is an absolute necessity.
JOHN EDGAR HOOVER, Director.
SEPTEMBER 1, 1966.
[From the Washington (D.C.) Post, Sept. 4,
1966]
"GNASHING Or TEETH"
There has been much "wailing and gnash-
ing of teeth" In some law enforcement cir-
cles lately in response to developments in
the criminal law, particularly confessions,
interrogations, seach and seizure, and various
rights of the accused. Historically, Amer-
ican courts have assumed the responsibility
of assuring that governmental power is not
misused to injure the rights of individual
citizens... There is little to be gained
from just shouting protests and criticisms,
but there is much to be gained from throw-
ing out our full resources and energies into
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training a professional law enforcement corps
to be effective within the framework of cur-
rent rules of law and evidence.
Who said that? Some bleeding heart?
Some professional do-gooder? Some senti-
mental coddler of criminals? Not exactly.
The words were written by J. Edgar Hoover
in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin. They
make an invaluable contribution to effective
law enforcement, in our opinion. They put
in perspective the prophecies of doom that
have come from some less thoughtful police
officers and prosecutors. They remind Amer-
icans that the restraints which the Supreme
Court has placed upon investigation and
prosecution of crime are among the -funda-
mental political rights of free men; they
are the indispensable means of forestalling
arbitrary and tyrannical governmental
power.
Law enforcement has not been shackled.
Criminals have not been given carte blanche.
Resourceful and resolute policemen are go-
ing steadily about their business of investi-
gating crime and bringing Criminals to jus-
tice-and by methods that commend them-
selves to a free and self-governing people.
Mr. Hoover deserves thanks for helping to
make that plain.
SCHOOL MILK ASSISTANCE ESSEN-
TIAL AS MORE AND MORE DAIRY
FARMERS LEAVE FARM
Mr. PROXMI E, Mr. President, re-
cent figures for August milk production
indicate that the continuing exodus of
dairy farmers into other, better paying,
operations still continues. August pro-
duction was lower than it has been in
any August since 1939 when our popula-
tion was two-thirds of what it is now.
It was 2 percent below August of 1965
and 4 percent below the 1360-64 average.
Furthermore, milk production for the
first 8 months of 1966 has been 4 percent
below a comparable period in 1965.
There is no doubt in my mind that
unless we insure a decent income for
the dairy farmer, milk production is go-
ing to dip ever lower. As a result there
will ultimately be a very, very sharp price
increase as the demand for milk begins
to outstrip the supply.
One of the steps we can take to im-
prove dairy income and thus keep the
dairy farmer on the farm is to support
and expand the school milk program.
The program aids farmers by creating
a greater demand for milk which results
in a better price to the farmer. The
program received $104 million for fiscal
1967 in the agriculture appropriations
bill. However, an additional $6 million
is needed if the milk program is to reim-
burse program participants at a level
equivalent to that existing in past years.
I intend to fight for an increase in
school milk funds in a supplemental ap-
propriations bill for the benefit of both
the dairy farmer and the consumer who
will suffer greatly if milk production
continues to decline.
PUBLIC SERVICE POLITICAL CAM-
PAIGN PROGRAMS BY TELEVISION
STATIONS IN NEBRASKA
Mr. CURTIS. Mr. President, I want to
take a moment to describe a television
program on which I appeared recently in
Nebraska, and to express my apprecia-
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Whatever the case, Mr. Johnson and Mr, hope we will not make a reference to
Rusk might clear away some public confusion color, but, rather, only to the name and
if they clarified their own rhetoric about the qualifications of the iridividual con-
confronting China, aiding small nations, cerned. Here are but a few of the men
healing the sick, enforcing the SEATO pact, and women whose abilities have been
and keeping President Eisenhower's commit-
ments. recognized at the Federal Government
level :
CONSIDER THE GAINS WE HAVE Robert Weaver is the first Negro
American to be named a member of a
MADE President's cabinet. He deserves this
Mr. GRUENING. Mr. President, dif- honor. He achieved it on merit. His
ferences, difficulties, and disturbances al- was a fitting recognition of devoted
ways get the headlines. Nor did any public service, experience and expertness
great reform or reevaluation come easily. in the field of housing.
The riots of Watts, Dayton, Cicero, Thurgood Marshall is the first Negro to
Cleveland, Chicago, or Atlanta are be Solicitor General for the Department
emblazoned on the front pages of our of Justice.
newspapers and are recorded on radio The New York Times of September 10
and television screen. They include such contained an account by Mr. Paul Hof-
nauseating and infamous occurrences as mann of the induction of Mrs. Constance
that reported from Grenada, Miss., on Baker Motley as the first Negro woman
the front page of the Washington Post in the-country's history to hold a Federal
yesterday.
The story was datelined Grenada,
Miss., September 12. It began:
A mob of angry whites wielding ax handles,
pipes and chains surrounded two schools
that were integrated today and attacked
Negroes trying to leave when classes were
over.
At least 33 persons were beaten at the
school, Negro leaders said, including a 12-
year-old boy whose leg was broken.
City policemen did little to stop the attack,
and state troopers had to be called in to res-
cue the Negroes.
One Negro youth ran a gauntlet of cursing
whites for a full block, his face bleeding, his
clothes torn.
Judgeship and the first woman member
of the Federal Court for the Southern
District of New York. It is interesting
to learn from Mr. Hofmann's story that
Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall
once worked with Mrs. Motley in the
NAACP.
Andrew F. Brimmer, former Assistant
Secretary of Commerce, is now a member
of the Federal Reserve Board.
Hobart Taylor, previously Chairman
of the President's Committee on Equal
Employment, is now a Director of the Ex-
port-Import Bank.
Lyle Carter, was recently appointed
Assistant Secretary of Health, Educa-
I need not read further because Fed- Lion, and Welfare.
eral officials take the law of the land Roger W. Wilkins Is the Director, Com-
seriously and news stories today tell of munity Relations Service, Department of
the suit filed Tuesday in Federal Court Commerce.
in Oxford; Miss., in which the Justice Mrs. Patricia Harris is the Ambas-
Department charged that local public of- sador to Luxembourg.
ficials including the sheriff and chief of Elliot P. Skinner is the Ambassador to
police, stood by while a crowd of whites Upper Volta.
beat Negro school children. What a Dr. James Nabrit is the U.S. Ambas-
loathsome spectacle. The Department sador to the United Nations.
of Justice now asks that the officials be - Sam Nabrit is a member of the
required to protect Negro children from Atomic Energy Commission.
the whites who are opposing school in- Wade H. McCree was just appointed
tegration in Grenada. to the Sixth District Court of Appeals.
Yet, while these disgraceful and de- Integration is proceeding in this
plorable blots on our American escut- Nation-let no one overlook this gratify-
cheon occur to the shame of those who ing development. As a nation we had
perpetuate them and the officials who and still have our problems in this
tolerate them, it is well to take note of tremendous field. The important fact is
the tremendous gains our Nation has that the United States is an open
made to bring to each citizen the full society whose passing afflictions stand
privileges of American cititzenship. out clearly and, occasionally, grotesquely.
Much remains to be corrected, but truly Integration is proceeding because men
the gains of the last 12 years are as- like Dr. Martin Luther King and Roy
tounding. Wilkins and Clarence M. Mitchell here in
The Supreme Court decision in the Washington combine action with reason.
Brown case of 1954, opened a new era. Integration is proceeding because na-
Prior to that time it was impossible to tional organizations like the National
take a Negro friend to lunch in any Association for the Advancement of Col-
Washington, D.C. hotel. One could do ored People continue to work with all
so only at the Union Station. Well- citizens, not just one color or one political
known and distinguished public servants group. The NAACP has been bloodied on
such as Ralph Bunche or Thurgood occasion, but it has not been beaten and
Marshal or Robert Weaver had to endure as Americans we should be very proud of
such discrimination and humiliation and this association. Let the militant radical
only all because of the color of their shout "Uncle Tom," but let him remem-
skin. But that much has been- cor- ber as he does that those at whom he
rected. It belongs to the bitter past. shouts were in the forefront in this fight
Increasingly, our colored citizens have long before him.
achieved - high public . office. They will Colored Americans have been incred-
achieve more, and one day soon, we may ably patient. They have been patient for
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a century. For this we may be thankful
and for this we must give a measure of -
credit to a system of government, which
while imperfect, is still the best man has.
Our colored slums had a few escape
hatches. Gradually, perhaps principally
through the doors of the world of music
and on the playing fields of the world of
sports, where a man or woman is judged
for his talent and skills, it became clear
that the color of one's skin was unim-
portant. Today I can think of no more
superb example of talent being recog-
nized and properly honored than that
which occurs this week as the Metropoli-
tan Opera's Leontyne Price opens the new
opera house in Lincoln Center in New
York City. Miss Price, a Negro, sings the
leading role in "Anthony and Cleopatra,"
a musical part written for her by Mr.
Samuel Barber. Yes, we have made sub-
stantial progress.
In Alaska we are proud of the pro-
gressive legislation which the State has
enacted in the field of human rights.
Section 18.80.240 includes not only open
housing accommodations but unim-
proved property or as it was known at
the time the "open land provision". Our
State act relating to the Commission on
Human Rights also includes section
18.80.250 which places financial insti-
tutions under the act and specifically
prohibits discrimination against persons
seeking financial assistance because of
race, religion, color or national origin.
Both of these farsighted, humanitar-
ian provisions are, I believe, the prod-
ucts of the Alaska State House of Repre-
sentatives House Judiciary Committee of
which State Representative Gene Guess
is chairman.
I ask unanimous consent the chapter
117 of the Laws of Alaska, 1965, relating
to the Commission for Human Rights
be made a part of the RECORD so that
my colleagues and others will know how
the Alaska State Legislature has ex-
pressed itself affirmatively in regards to
civil rights.
There being no objection, the chapter
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
(C.S.H.B. 139)
LAWS OF .ALASKA, 1965-CHAPTER 117
(An act relating to the Commission for
Human Rights; and providing for an effec-
tive date.)
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State
of Alaska:
"Section 1. AS 18.80.060 is repealed and re-
enacted to read:
"'Sec. 18.80,060. Powers and Duties of the
Commission. (a) In addition to the other
powers and duties prescribed by this chapter
the commission shall
" '(1) appoint an executive director ap-
proved by the governor;
" '(2) hire other administrative staff as
may be necessary to the commission's func-
tion;
"'(3) exercise general supervision and di-
rect the activities of the executive director
and other administrative staff;
"'(4) accept complaints under sec. 100 of
this chapter;
"'(5) study the problems of discrimina-
tion in all or specific fields of human rela-
tionships, and foster through community
effort or goodwill, cooperation and concilia-
tion among the groups and elements of the
population of the state, and publish results
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of investigations and research as in its
judgment will tend to eliminate discrimina-
tion because of race, religion, color, or na-
tional ancestry.
"'(b) In addition to the other powers and
duties prescribed by this chapter the com-
mission may
(1) delegate to the executive director
all powers and duties given it by this chap-
ter except the duties and powers given it by
secs. 120 and 130 of this chapter;
"'(2) call upon the departments and agen-
cies of the state, with the approval of the
governor, for cooperation and assistance in
carrying out this chapter;
"'(3) hold hearings under sec. 120 of this
chapter, subpoena witnesses, take the testi-
mony of any person under oath, administer
oaths, and in connection therewith, to re-
quire the production for examination of
books or papers relating to a matter under
Investigation or in question before the com-
mission.'
"Sec. 2. AS 18.80.100 is amended to read:
"'Sec. 18.80.100 Complaint. A person who
believes he is aggrieved by any discrimina-
tory conduct prohibited by this chapter may
sign and file with the commission a written,
verified complaint stating the name and ad-
dress of the person alleged to have engaged
in discriminatory conduct and the particu-
lars of the discrimination. The executive di-
rector may file a complaint in like manner
when an alleged discrimination comes to his
attention.'
"Sec. 3. AS 18.80.120 is amended to read:
"'Sec. 18.80.120 Hearing. If the informal
efforts to eliminate the alleged discrimina-
tion are unsuccessful, the executive director
shall inform the commission of the failure,
and the commission shall serve written no-
tice together with a copy of the complaint,
requiring the person, employer, labor orga-
nization or employment agency, charged in
the complaint to answer the allegations of
the complaint at a hearing before the com-
mission. The hearing shall be held by the
commission at the place where the unlawful
conduct is alleged to have occurred unless
the person, employer, labor organization or
employment agency requests a change of
venue for good cause shown. The case in
support of the complaint shall be presented
before the commission by the executive direc-
tor or his designee who shall be a bona fide
resident of the state. The executive director
may request the assistance of the Depart-
ment of Law in the preparation and pres-
entation of any complaint before the com-
mission. The person charged in the com-
plaint may file a written answer to the com-
plaint and may appear at the hearing in
person or otherwise, with or without council,
and submit testimony. The executive direc-
tor has the power reasonably and fairly to
amend the complaint, and the person
charged has the power reasonably and fairly
to amend his answer. The commission shall
not be bound by the strict rules of evidence
prevailing in courts of law or equity. The
testimony taken at the hearing shall be under
oath and be transcribed.'
"Sec. 4. AS 18.80.130 is amended to read:
"'Sec. 18.80.130. Order. (a) At the com-
pletion of the hearing, if the commission
finds that a person against whom a Com-
plaint was filed has engaged in the discrim-
inatory conduct alleged in the complaint, it
shall order him to refrain from engaging in
the discriminatory conduct. The order shall
include findings of fact, and may prescribe
conditions on the accused's future conduct
relevant to the type of discrimination. In
a case involving discrimination in
"'(3) an employer or employment agency
"'(1) employment, the commission may to print or circulate or cause to be printed or
order the hiring, reinstatement or upgrading circulated a statement, advertisement, or
of an employee with or without back pay, publication, or to use a form of application
restoration to membership in a labor organi- for employment or to make an inquiry in
zation, or his admission to or participation connection with prospective employment,
in an apprenticeship training program, on- which expresses, directly or indirectly, a
limitation, specification or discrimination as
to age, race, creed, color or national origin;,
or an intent to make the limitation, unless
based upon a bona fide occupational qualiflcation?
"'(4) an employer, labor organization or
employment agency to discharge, expel or,
otherwise discriminate against a person be-
cause he has opposed any practices forbidden
under sees. 200-280 of this chapter or be-
cause he has flied a complaint, testified or
asisted in a proceeding under this chapter;
or
"'(5) an employer to discriminate in the
payment of wages as between the sexes, or
to employ a female in an occupation in this
state at a salary or wage rate less than that
paid to a male employee for work of com-
parable character or work in the same opera-
tion, business or type of work in the same
locality.
"'Sec. 18.80.230 Unlawful Practices in
Places of Public Accommodation. It is un-
lawful for the owner, lessee, manager, agent
or employee of a public accommodation
"'(1) to refuse, withhold from or deny to
a person any of its services, goods, facilties,
advantages or privileges because of race, re-
ligion, color or national origin;
"'(2) to publish, circulate, issue, display,
post or mail a written or printed communica-
tion, notice or advertisement which states or
implies that any of the services, goods, facil-
ities, advantages or privileges of the public
accommodation will be refused, withheld
from or denied to a person of a certain race,
religion, color or national origin or that
the patronage of a person belonging to a
particular race, creed, color or national ori-
gin is unwelcome, not desired or solicited.
"'Sec. 18.80.240 Unlawful Practices in the
Sale or Rental of Property or Housing Ac-
commodations. It is unlawful for the owner,
lessee, manager or other person having the
right to sell, lease or rent a housing accom-
modation or unimproved property
"'(1) to refuse to sell, lease or rent the
housing accommodation or unimproved
property to a person because of race, religion,
color or national origin;
"'(2) to discriminate against a person
because of race, religion, color or national
origin in a term, condition or privilege re-
lating to the use, sale, lease or rental of a
housing accommodation or unimproved
property; or
"'(3) to make a written or oral inquiry
or record of the race, religion, color or na-
tional origin of a person seeking to buy, lease
or rent a housing accommodation or unim-
proved property.
"'Sec. 18.80.250. Unlawful Financing
Practice. It is unlawful for a financial in-
stitution, upon receiving an application for
financial assistance for the acquisition, con-
struction, rehabilitation, repair or mainte-
nance of a housing accommodation or the
acquisition or improvement of unimproved
property, to permit one of its officials or em-
ployees during the execution of his duties.
"'(1) to discriminate against the appli-
cant because of race, religion, color or na-
tional origin in a term, condition or privi-
ledge relating to the obtainment or use of
the institution's financial assistance; or
"'(2) to make or cause to be made a writ-
ten or oral inquiry or record of the race, re-
ligion, color or national origin of a person
seeking the institution's financial assistance.
"'Sec. 18.80.260. Coercion. It is unlawful
for a person to aid, abet, incite, compel or
coerce the doing of an act forbidden under
this chapter or to attempt to do so.
"'Sec. 18.80.270. Penalty. A person, em-
ployer, labor organization or employment
agency, who or which wilfully engages in an
unlawful discriminatory conduct prohibited
by this chapter, or wilfully resists, prevents,
impedes or interferes with the commission
or any of its authorized representatives in
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program;
'(2) housing, the commission may order
the sale, lease or rental of the housing ac-
commodation to the aggrieved person If it
is still available, or the sale, lease or rental
of a like accommodation owned by the per-
son against whom the complaint was filed
If one is still available, or the sale, lease or
rental of the next vacancy In a like accom-
modation, owned by the person against whom
the complaint was filed.
"'(b) The order may require a report on
the manner of compliance.
"'(c) If the commission finds that a per-
son against whom a complaint was filed
has not engaged in the discriminatory con-
duct alleged in the complaint, it shall issue
and cause to be served on the complainant
an order dismissing the complaint.
'"(d) A copy of the order shall be filed in
all cases with the attorney general of Alaska.'
"Sec. 5. AS 18.80 is amended by adding a
new section to read:
"'Sec. 18.80.135. Judicial Review and En-
forcement. (a) A complainant, or person
against whom a complaint is filed or other
person aggrieved by an order of the com-
mission, may obtain judicial review of the
order in accordance with AS 44.62.560-
44.62.570.
'(b) The commission may obtain a court
order for the enforcement of any of its orders
by filing a complaint with the superior court
in the judicial district in which the unlaw-
ful conduct is alleged to have occurred.'
"Sec. 6. AS 18.80 is amended by adding a
new section to read:
"'ARTICLE 4. DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICS:s
PROHIBITED.
" `Sec. 18.80.200 Purpose. (a) It is deter-
mined and declared as a matter of legislative
finding that discrimination against an in-
habitant, of the state because of race, reli-
gion, color, national origin, age or sex Is a
matter of public concern and that such dis-
crimination not only threatens the rights and
privileges of the inhabitants of the state but
also menaces the institutions of the state
and threatens peace, order, health, safety
and general welfare of the state and its in-
habitants.
"I (b) Therefore, it is the policy of the
state and the purpose of this chapter to elim-
inate and prevent discrimination in employ-
ment, In places of public accomodation, in
housing accommodations and in the sale or
lease of unimproved property because of race,
religion, color, national origin, or in the case
of employment, because of sex or age.
"'Sec. 18.80.210 Civil Rights. The oppor-
tunity to obtain employment, public accom-
modations, housing accommodations and
property without discrimination because of
race, religion, color, or national origin is a
civil right.
"'Sec. 18.80.220. Unlawful Employment
Practices. It is unlawful for
"'(1) an employer to refuse employment
to a person, or to bar him from employment,
or to discriminate against him in compen-
sation or in a term, condition, or privilege
of employment because of his race, religion,
color or national origin, or because of his
age when the reasonable demands of the
position do not require age distinction;
"'(2) a labor organization, because of a
person's age, race, religion, color or national
origin, to exclude or to expel him from its
membership, or to discriminate in any way
against one of its members or an employer
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o'clock tomorrow. We will leave here at
approximately 12:15 o'clock and proceed
in,a body to the Hall of the House of
Representatives, for the purpose of meet-
ing in joint meeting with the House of
Representatives to hear the very distin-
guished President of the Philippines,
Ferdinand Marcos, deliver an address to
a joint session.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE-
ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED
A message from the House of Repre-
sentatives, by Mr. Hackney, one of its
reading clerks, announced that the
Speaker had affixed his signature to the
following enrolled bills, and they were
signed by the Vice President:
H.R. 11488.. An act to authorize the grade
of brigadier general in the Medical Service
Corps of the Regular Army, and for other
purposes; and
H.R. 13508. An act to direct the Secretary
of interior to cooperate with the States of
New York and New Jersey on a program to
develop, preserve, and restore the resources
of the Hudson River and its shores and to
authorize certain necessary steps to be taken
to protect those resources from adverse Fed-
eral actions until the States and Congress
shall have had an opportunity to act on th t
A VIETNAM VIEW
Mr. ALLOTT. Mr. President, I hold
in my hand a letter to the editor which
was published in the Longmont Times
Call, written by Charles L. Dunfee, Sr.,
who is now in Vietnam.
I commend his thoughts and his in-
spiration to all Senators, and I truly be-
lieve that they will find inspiration in his
words.
. Mr. President, I ask unanimous con-
sent to have this letter printed in the
RECORD.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr.
RUSSELL of South Carolina in .the chair).
Is there objection?
There being no objection, the letter
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
(EDITOR'S NOTE.-Specialist Charles L.
Dunfee, Jr., is _. the son of Mr. and Mrs. F.
.H. I)unfee of 436 Baker St., Longmont. He
is a graduate of Longmont High School
and has been in the Army 12 years. His
wife Amy, formerly of Mead, and his three
children are living in Longmont now.
Charles Jr. started kindergarten Tuesday
morning.)
To the EDITOR:
Oh, well, they are a small chain 'of islands, obtaining new teaching knowledge.
not worth fighting for. Let's not have any This policy was followed despite the fact
trouble over them. Next I hear, "Get out that it has been a longstanding intent
of Japan and Korea!" We were there before of Congress that expenses incurred by
fighting, let's not go through that again, teachers for their education could be
instead let's move out of there, too. What
comes next? Oh, yes, "Get out of Hawaii!" deducted even in cases where they were
Now wait a minute!!! That is one of our incurred voluntarily and taken for aca-
own states. But then again let's think this demic credit or a degree, or in expecta-
over. Hawaii is such a small place, and so tion of an increase in salary. The posi-
far away from our mainland. Is it really tion taken by the IRS was that expenses
worth fighting for? Then that little voice could be deducted only when the teacher
gets an even more menacing tone to it. "Get
had met the "minimum" qualifications
out of San Francisco!" Now we have come
to the end of our backing; but now let's stop for his employment, thereby in pursuing
to survey the situation more clearly. Now additional education it would only be to
it is America against the whole world; do "maintain or improve" existing skills.
you know, we look mighty small in that In each of these cases, the IRS lost be-
light. cause the distinctions which they ad-
As the hours drag by I look back now. vanced were not in line with the recog-
Why am I in Viet Nam? Myself, like so
many others, we asked to be here. I think
I have the most beautiful, wonderful coun-
try in the world, and I want to keep it that
way. I have seen the devastation in Korea,
and now history is repeating itself here in
Viet Nam. Let's not see the ravages of war
in our own country. I really wonder, do
these people at home ever think beyond the
end of their noses when they cry, "Let's
bring our boys home"?
The soldier has a Code by which he lives.
It starts, "I am an American fighting man.
I serve the forces which guard my country
and our way of life. I am prepared to give
my life in their defense." It ends, "I will
never forget that I am an American fight-
ing man, responsible for my actions, and
dedicated to the principles which made my
country free. I will trust in my God and in
the United States of America." These aren't
just some words on a piece of paper. To
most of us over here, it is an utterance from
our very hearts. If I must fight and possibly
die for my country, I do so with the knowl-
edge that it is God's will, and I do so of my
own free will. I just wish I could tell the
whole world of this feeling that is within
me. I dedicate my life to my wife and our
three children-that if necessary I will gladly
give it-up with the thought of the words of
our Lord when he said, "What greater love is
there than if a man lay down,his life for a
friend." I am speaking for many men when
I say that my family will live in freedom and
safety because we are stopping the forces of
evil over here, before it has the chance to
spread to our very homes.
The dawn is beginning to break; I guess I
had better get off this cloud and back to the
reality that this is a hot, miserable country,
and we have a bloody, stinking war that we
MUST fight.
Sp5C. CHARLES L. DUNFEE, Sr.,
U.S. Army.
nized congressional policy.
Now the IRS has decided that what
they cannot accomplish by judicial de-
cisions can be accomplished by the issu-
ance of new regulations. Therefore, the
judicially sanctioned tests of "maintain-
ing or improving skills" and "pursuing
the requirements of employment, regard-
less of academic credit" have been dis-
carded presumably because these tests
rendered it too difficult to win a tax case.
In its new proposed regulations, the IRS
has not only reinstated the so-called
minimum test which had been refuted by
many judicial decisions, but had defined
the test in a way which, practically
speaking, ends all reasonable chance of
deducting educational expenses.
The proposed regulations state that
educational expenses "are not deductible
as ordinary and necessary business ex-
penses even though they may maintain
or improve skills required by the individ-
ual in his present employment" if the
additional training, first, qualifies "the
individual for a position which he has
not, at the time such education is un-
dertaken, met the minimum education
requirements" ; or second, results in a
"substantial advancement" of position or
salary; or third, "is undertaken as a part
of a program leading to attainment of a
recognized level of education" such as a
"degree, diploma, or similar certificate
evidencing completion of a recognized
education program."
Mr. President, we are in a period of
history when the fourth grade child is
being exposed to more technical science
projects than we in our generation even
dreamed, when first graders are becom-
INTERNAL REVENUE'S NEW PRO- Ing multilingual,
tann complicated algebra
POSED REGULATIONS ON DE-
DUCTIBILITY OF EDUCATIONAL and geometry problems, yet the IRS has
EXPENSES proposed criteria for the deduction of
teachers' expenses which are not only
Mr. PEARSON. Mr. President, on illogical, but completely foreign to our
July 7, 1966, the Internal Revenue Serv- American concept of education. We ex-
ice issued notice of its intention to pect our teachers to advance new ideas,
change the tax regulations with regard but in these proposed regulations we un-
to the deductibility of educational ex- dercut the principal initiative which mo-
penses. These changes would, in es- tivates teachers to maintain the neces-
sence, disallow many of the members of sary high quality to teach these subjects.
the teaching profession from deducting The examples offered in the regulations,
costs which they incur in bettering their section (f), illustrate this. If a teacher
abilities and skills for educating our does not have a permanent or continuing
young. teaching certificate he is not considered
Continually, since the issuance of T.D. as having met his "minimum employ-
6291 by the IRS in 1958, this agency has ment requirement" so that regardless of
forced large numbers of teachers into his desire to increase his knowledge, any
litigation over their eligibility to deduct expenses for courses which he takes are
certain of their expenditures made , in considered to be "personal expenses" to
"Get out of Viet Nam!" I heard as I
suddenly woke, wide awake. It was two
o'clock in the morning, Saigon time, when
I woke up with these words ringing loudly
in my ears. I rolled over in the sack and
tried to go back to sleep, but this thought
kept running through my mind, and sleep
Just wasn't there. Yes, let's get out of Viet
Nam! Then what? The fighting was just
four miles away last night, the flares and
tracers were readily visible as the sounds
of battle rang clear in the night. It is now
the dead quiet hours of early-morning with
the sounds of fighting not two hours silent,
and here I lie thinking of this question,
"After we back out of Viet Nam, I hear
vividly that little voice in the back' of my
mind saying, "Get out of the Philippines!"
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tion in assuring orderly and efficient ac-
tion today. It is the hope of the leader-
ship that cooperation of this magnitude
will continue on for the remainder of
the session.
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1966
The Senate resumed the consideration
of the motion of the Senator from-Mich-
igan [Mr. HART] to proceed to the con-
sideration of the bill (H.R. 14765) to
,assure nondiscrimination in Federal and
State, jury selection and service, to fa-
cilitate the desegregation of public edu-
cation and other public facilities, to pro-
vide judicial relief against discriminatory
housing practices, to prescribe penalties
for certain acts of violence or intimida-
tion, and for other purposes.
CLOTURE MOTION
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I
ask unanimous consent that the call for
the quorum under the rule be suspended
on the next vote.
The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob-
jection to the request of the Senator from
Montana? The Chair hears none, and
it is so ordered.
Mr. PASTORE. Mr. President, may
we have order?
The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senate
will be In order.
Is it the sense of the Senate that the
debate on the motion to proceed to the
consideration of H.R. 14765 shall be
brought to a close? Under the rule, the
yeas and nays are required.
The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. LONG of Louisiana. I announce
that the Senator from Washington [Mr.
MAGNUSON], is absent on official business.
I also announce that the Senator from
Alaska [Mr. BARTLETT], the Senator from
Arizona [Mr. HAYDEN], and the Senator
from Wyoming [Mr. MCGEE], are nec-
essarily absent.
On this vote, the Senator from Wash-
ington [Mr. MAGNUSON] and the Senator
from Wyoming [Mr. McGEE] are paired
with the Senator from' Arizona [Mr.
HAYDEN]. If present and voting, the
Senator from Washington would vote
"yea," the Senator from Wyoming would
vote "yea," and the Senator from Arizona
would vote "nay."
The yeas and nays resulted-yeas 54,
nays 42, as follows: ,
[Leg. No. 2541
YEAS-54
Aiken Harris Morse
Allott Hart Moss
Anderson Hartke Muskie
Bess Inouye Nelson
Beyh Jackson Neuberger
Boggs Javits Pastore
Brewster Kennedy, Mass. Pell
Burdick Kennedy, N.Y. Proxmire
Case Kuchel Randolph
Church Long, Mo. Ribicoff
Clark Mansfield Saltonstall
Dodd McCarthy Scott
Dominick McGovern Smith
Douglas McIntyre Symington
Fong Metcalf Tydings
Gore Mondale Williams, N.J.
Or Iffin Monroney Yarborough
Gruening Montoya Young, Ohio
NAYS-42
Bennett Carlson Eastland
Bible Cooper Ellender
Byrd, Va, Cotton Ervin
Byrd, W. Va. Curtis Fannin
Cannon Dirksen Fulbright
Hickenlooper Miller Simpson
Hill Morton Smathers
Holland Mundt Sparkman
Hruska Murphy Stennis
Jordan, N.C. Pearson Talmadge
Jordan, Idaho Prouty Thurmond
Lausche Robertson Tower
Long, La. Russell, S.C. Williams, Del.
McClellan Russell, Ga. Young,-N. Dak.
NOT VOTING-4
Bartlett Magnuson McGee
Hayden
The VICE PRESIDENT. On this vote
there are 54 yeas and 42 nays. Under
rule XXII, two-thirds of the Senators
present and voting not having voted in
the affirmative, the motion is not agreed
to.
Mr. STENNIS. Mr. President, I ask
the Vice President to restore order in
the Senate before any further proceed-
ings take place so that Senators can
hear.
The VICE PRESIDENT. The request
of the Senator is desirable and in order.
Senators will please be seated.
The Senator from Illinois is recog-
nized.
ORDER FOR RECESS UNTIL TOMOR-
ROW, FRIDAY, AND MONDAY-
LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
Mr. DIRKSEN. Mr. President, I would
like to ask the distinguished majority
leader about the program for tomorrow,
and possibly the next day, and in so far
as he knows, into Monday of next week,
and also the hour for the convening of
the Senate.
Mr. MANSFIELD, Mr. President, in
response to the questions raised by my
distinguished colleague, the minority
leader, I would like at this time to ask
unanimous consent that when the Sen-
ate completes its, business today it stand
in recess until 12 o'clock noon tomorrow.
The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob-
jection? Hearing no objection, it is so
ordered.
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I
ask unanimous consent that when the
Senate completes its business tomorrow
it stand in recess until 12 o'clock noon
on Friday next.
The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob-
jection? Hearing no objection, it is so
ordered.
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I
ask unanimous consent that when the
Senate completes its business on Friday
it stand in recess until 12 o'clock noon
on Monday next.
The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob-
jection? Hearing no objection, it is so
ordered.
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, the
business will be what we have been hav-
ing for the past 6 or 7 days, I may say to
my distinguished colleague: the ques-
tion of taking up a little bill which the
distinguished Senator from Michigan
[Mr. HART] has been trying for a week to
bring to the attention of the Senate.
In the meantime, with the minority
leader's permission, and the Senate's
concurrence, we will take up unobjected-
to items and keep the calendar as clear
as we can.
Mr. HOLLAND. Mr. President, I
could not hear the last statement,
Mr. MANSFIELD. We shall try to
keep the calendar clear. There are some
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bills on the calendar which have been re-
ported by the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices. There will be a couple of bills hav-
ing to do with the Philippines, and one
having to do with interest rates, and that
will likely be brought up tomorrow.
Mr. DIRKSEN. I have one other ques-
tion, and I hope the Senate will listen.
The majority leader has been gracious
enough to include in his unanimous-con-
sent request at the time of the morning
hour that the so-called measure which
has been engaging our attention will not
be motioned up in the morning hour, and
I assume that he will give us assurance
of that. 0
Mr. MANSFIELD. Absolutely, and I
make that unanimous-consent request
right now.
The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there
objection?
Mr. RUSSELL of Georgia. Mr. Presi-
dent, may we have the unanimous-con-
sent request clearly stated?
The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator
from Montana will restate his unani-
mous-consent request.
Mr. MANSFIELD. That it is my in-
tention-and I make the request now--
for the next 3 days, that there be a brief
morning hour for the transaction of
routine morning business, and that
statements be limited to 3 minutes, and
that the unfinished business not be dis-
placed.
Mr. RUSSELL of Georgia. Is it the
intention of the majority leader to take
up legislation in the morning hour?
Mr. MANSFIELD. If it is unobjected
to, but not legislation which the Senator
has in mind, I can assure him.
[Laughter.]
The Senator from Georgia will be
fully protected.
Mr. RUSSELL of Georgia. I am glad
to hear that. The distinguished Sena-
tor is psychic. I had other things in
mind other than the motion which has
been made by the Senator from Michi-
gan.
Mr. JAVITS. Mr. President, reserving
the right to object-
Mr. MANSFIELD. I will withdraw
it---
Mr. JAVITS. No-I thinkthe distin-
guished Senator misspoke himself when
he said "discuss." We all understand
it is not to be motioned up, but suppose
a Senator wishes to say something about
the pending business-
Mr. MANSFIELD. There is nothing
to prevent any Senator from speaking
about it.
Mr. JAVITS. That is right, but the
Senator used the word "discuss" in his
unanimous-consent request, which could
be taken to mean that it would not be
motioned up, which is fine with me.
Mr. MANSFIELD. I asked that the
unfinished business not be displaced.
The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob-
jection to the unanimous-consent re-
quest of the Senator from Montana?
The Chair hears none, and it is so
ordered.
JOINT MEETING OF THE TWO
HOUSES TOMORROW
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, for
the information of the Senate, all Sen-
ators will meet in the Chamber at 12:13
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ical care by the physician of his choice. Such Marshal Ky, himself, has been an in-again-
action by the hospitals would force Indiana out-again candidate for the office of an
Blue Cross to reconsider the stand it has elected president, but it is obvious that any
taken. future government would have to be either
'The physicians of the Delaware-Blackford military or, if civilian, willing to prosecute
Cgunty Medical Society stand ready to serve the war. The conflict will go on pretty much
young and old alike as physicians practising as If the election, despite its undoubted value
'under the long established American system are ripe for negotiations or a truce.
of direct physician-patient relationship Hanoi's inflexible rejection of President
without the restrictions of any third party Johnson's offer of a mutually agreed with-
or governmental red tape and bureaucratic drawal of troops from South Vietnam shows
interference." that neither the time nor the circumstances
The portion of the Medicare Law which the are rip for negotiations or a truce.
two counties' doctors believe is being violated The block on the road to peace has been
reads: made clear again and again by both sides, as
"Nothing in this title (act) shall be con- it was in the recent exchange. The United
strued to authorize any Federal officer or States says that Hanoi is the aggressor and
employe to exercise any supervision or con- NortVietnam says the that Washington
simple iis the
accusations
trol over the practice of medicine or the aggressor.
manner in which medical services are pro- are all the complex forces of power politics,
vided, or over the selection, tenure, or com- ideology, nationalism and emotions that
pensation of any officer or employe of any make the war in Vietnam so stubborn and,
institution, agency, or person providing for the moment, so intractable.
health services; or to exercise any supervi- Yet, the effort to solve it and to bring
sion or control over the administratioV or about negotiations must go on. The United
that Hanoi literally
Cutting the Ho Chi Minh Trail
EXTENSION 011 REMARKS
HON. HOWARD W. ROBISON
or NEW YOR$
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE'S
Wednesday, September 14, 1966
Mr. ROBISON. Mr. Speaker, as one
who has read into last Sunday's elec-
tions in South Vietnam a little more im-
portance than have some of my col-
states cannot assume
means, and always will mean, exactly what
it says today. North Vietnam may one day
accept the fact that the United States really
intends to withdraw from Southeast Asia
when circumstances permit, and Hanoi may
also hone that the American escalation of
return.
In 'the diplomatic game that goes on be-
hind the crack of guns and thunder of.
bombs, the ideals for which the United States
stands gained a point in yesterday's election.
The Vietcong, the North Vietnamese and the
Chinese Communists lost by the same
margin. The war goes on, but it has been
proved that three out of four of those who
could vote in South Vietnam braved danger
and future risk to do so, and thereby ex-
pressed either support for or acquiescence in
what the Saigon Government is trying to do.
leagues, I should like to express my
I do not find much to quarrel with in
pleasure in their out. the Times' analysis-for, of course, it
Though it will undoubtedly be some- would be unwise to exaggerate the size
time, yet, before we will be able to obtain . of this important first step toward mak-
a clear picture of whether or not that ing South Vietnam a more effective CUTTING THE Ho CHI MINH TRAIL
outcome will actually lead to the estab- partner in waging and winning its own The continued infiltration of North Viet-
lishment of a stable, broad-based, popu-
lar war for independence. But I do be- namese soldiery into south Vietnam raises
can gI believe, hope for the moment that lieve-as does the Times-that "the with increasing insistence the question of
this process has been begun. ideals for which the United States stands what can be done to end this war-pro-
Even the New York Times which-as gained a point in the election." longing pr transferring One the the most esective
most of us know-has been normally Looking beyond that point, however, from the battlefield to the peace table would
critical of the administration's policy in I would suggest we all now need to con- be to put a stop to North Vietnam's support
Vietnam, and which failed to take, in sider what effect, if any, the results may of the Viet Cong effort to seize the south
advance thereof, an especially optimis- have on either our diplomatic or military by force.
tic outlook toward the potential of South effort to bring that war to a satisfactory More than eight months ago these col-
Vietnam's go at political self-determina- conclusion. umns raised the question of whether the
tion, has had some kind words to say, as First, as for the diplomatic effort United States should not begin thinking
which, as the above editorial says, "goes seriously of means to cut the Ho Chi Minh
witness its lead editorial on Monday of behind the crack of guns and thunder Trail through Laos over which most of these
this week: on infiltrators pass. At that time we suggested
SAIGON'S ELECTORAL VICTORY of bombs," it would seem as if the United that an effective deterrent be to cut "a no-
The elections in South Vietnam were a States-South Vietnamese hand has been man's-land swath from the sea to mid-Laos
success for Marshal Ky's Government and strengthened, even if only a little. But, to sever Communist infiltration routes."
Indirectly for the Johnson Administration. given the continuing refusal by the We added: "This swath need be no longer
According to present available figures, three- aggressors to consider any proffer of than 50 to 75 miles in length. Sown with
quarters of the eligible voters cast ballots. willingness to talk settlement, there is mines, strung with wire, garnished with
This far exceeds Vietnamese and American not much new one can suggest here other artillery and guarded by garrisons, this
hopes before election day. than to express the hope that the Presi- could be an effective barrier."
The victory deserves full acknowledg- dent will keep the diplomatic pressures The passing of time has only made some
ment, but its effects should not be exag- such bold enterprise all the most needful.
gerated. Candidates were merely elected to on the North through every available It also remains one of the most painless
an assembly which will draw up a constitu- channel. methods by which the war could be brought
tion leading to still another election in 1967 On.the military front, however, it may under control.
or 1968 `for as representative a government be appropriate to ask if the President Unlike the bombing of North Vietnam, an
as the situation and political backwardness has adequately considered the possible interdiction swath would have as its pur-
of the people will permit. alternatives to our ever-increasing pose the reduction of fighting rather than
Since large regions of South Vietnam are bombing of the north in an effort to halt its escalation. It would violate no unvio-
undex,_ Vietcong control, or subject to the infiltration of troops and supplies to the lated territory, since it would merely seek to
Vietcong's threats, the election could not lead rob North Vietnam of the use of Laotian ter-
to a genuine popular majority. But, insofar Vietcong. It has been difficult to ae- ritory which Hanoi has taken over without
as the South Vietnamese people, at' this curately assess the value of such bomb- so much as a by-your-leave. It would, ac-
stage of their history could record a demo- Ing. Although it may have had an ef- cording to some reports, even be welcomed
cratic vote, they have done so. fect on larger troop movements from the in Laos which has grown increasingly con-
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North, as witnessed by the recent dropoff
in combat incidents between large North
Vietnamese units and allied forces, it
does not seem to have accomplished a
halt to the supplying of the Vietcong's
hit-and-run guerrilla bands that ravage
the countryside and terrorize the South
Vietnamese people in outlying areas.
If, as seems likely, the Vietcong revert
now to these kind of tactics it would also
seem as if they could thus prolong the
war, no matter how much we step up
the punishment bombing we have been
relying on in our efforts to halt the over-
all aggression.
Therefore, with a somewhat improved
prospect for a more stable political base
to work with now at hand, I wonder if it
is not time to again ask for consideration
of others means for similarly stabilizing
the military front.
Now, certainly, I do not pretend to be
any sort of military expert, but I have
been interested for sometime in the sug-
gestion that has come from several quar-
ters that an attempt should be made to
cut the so-called Ho Chi Minh Trail that
passes through Laos and on into South
Vietnam.
This would be no mean feat but-con-
sidering the engineering miracles worked
by the Army Engineers and the Seabees
during World War II-not beyond our
apparent capabilities. If it could be
done-and if it worked-perhaps both
the need for escalated bombing of mili-
tary targets in the North and for more
and more U.S. troops in the South could
be curtailed.
It's worth a thought, anyway-and, as
evidence others are thinking about it
still, I include the following editorial
from the Christian Science Monitor for
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cerned with the greater and greater use of
its territory by North Vietnam.
Cutting such a swath through rugged
areas would be no small feat. It would re-
quire not an army to protect the work, but a
vast crew of workers and an abundance of
equipment. But we doubt if it would re-
quire as much effort as will be needed to put
down the North Vietnamese and the Viet
Cong without some such halt to infiltration.
In any event, if _ such a swath is considered
the best means of ending infiltration, we
doubt If it would be beyond the capacity of
the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
Some way must be found to, first, reduce
the scale of fighting in Vietnam, and, then,
end it entirely. We hope that the White
House and the Pentagon will give serious
consideration to some such plan for ending
infiltration.
Mr. Speaker, at the heart of our prob-
lem in Vietnam lies the need for us to
help create a climate of security, now, for
the people of South Vietnam-in which,
at long last, their hamlets, villages, and
cities can be so organized as to be im-
mune from terroristic attack, and free
to resume the tranquillity of peasant life.
We are now endeavoring, as I under-
stand it, to link up certain pacified areas
along the coast near Da Nang, as well
as the numerous hamlets elsewhere that
have become pacified under the effort
made by our Army Special Forces, so-
called.
But, on the whole, a complete picture
along these lines has yet to emerge. The
failures. of the past-especially of the
so-called strategic hamlet program, as
columnist Richard Wilson has recently
pointed out in the Evening Star herein
Washington-have seemed to paralyze
the thinking of the administration to
come up with anything better for the
future.
As Mr. Wilson further stated:
Security, security, security is the essential
ingredient, and that does not exist (in South
Vietnam, now) except in special areas.
And, then he concludes his column in
last Monday's Star by saying :
(This) is mainly a political war, unlike any
we ever fought before; a war in which gen-
erals must concern themselves not only with
military strategy but with civic action and
political and economic reconstruction.
Mr. Speaker, 1 ,agree-and I believe it
is time we took another look at what we
could do, what new policy we could come
up with, under which we could promote
the security of the people of South Viet-
nam for, on cur ability to do so, now
proposal, which .I sent by letter to the
President.
I am very pleased to place in the
RECORD at this point the text of the Presi-
dent's response to my proposal:
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, September 7, 1966. ,
Hon. HERBERT TENZER,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D.C.
DEAR CONGRESSMAN TENZER: I thank you
for your thoughtful letter of August 31.
All of us want to see the earliest possible
establishment of peace in Viet Nam, a peace
that will leave the brave and long-suffering
people of South Viet Nam masters in their
own land, free from terror and intimidation,
free from external aggression, and free to
create their own political and economic insti-
tutions. No one would be happier than. I to
see the earliest possible achievement of that
goal.
You know of the intensive and extensive
efforts we have made to bring the fighting to
a close and to settle this matter by peaceful
means. Those efforts continue, often quietly
and away from the glare of publicity.
But, as you know, every effort to date has
encountered a loud and abusive rejection
from Hanoi and from Peiping. Most re-
cently, Foreign Minister Thanat of Thailand
and other leaders in Asia proposed an Asian
conference to work toward peace In Viet Nam.
The Communists' reaction was swift and
totally negative.
Nonetheless, we and others who genuinely
seek peace will persist in its pursuit.
I have asked my advisers to study your
specific proposal and to give it the careful
consideration It merits.
Meantime, I thank you for your considera-
tion and for the solid work you have carried
out in the past Congress. I know the good
people of your District recognize the great
efforts you have made in their behalf and in
behalf of our nation.
Sincerely,
LYNDON B. JOHNSON.
Mr. Speaker, I am encouraged by the
President's reply and by the communi-
cations commenting on the peace con-
ference proposal from several of my col-
leagues, as follows:
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Washington, D.C., September 6, 1966.
Hon. HERBERT TENZER,
House of Representatives,
Longworth House Office Building,
Washington, D.C.
DEAR HERE: I should like to compliment
you on the proposals for a Vietnam peace
conference which you have made to the
President. These proposals embody various
points which Seem to me to be crucial to any
effort to give reality to the President's ob-
vious desire to get peace talks started: first,
acceptance of the NLF in the conference as
a party in its own right; second, a halt in
the bombing of North Vietnam; and third,
the offer of a cease-fire.
I think your letter is a most constructive
contribution to the national dialogue on this
subject, and I hope it will be given the at-
tention and study that it deserves.
Sincerely,
JONATHAN B. BINGHAM,
Member of Congress.
The President's Response to Vietnam
Peace Proposal
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. HERBERT TENZER
OF NEW YORK
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, September 14, 1966
Mr. TENZER. Mr. Speaker, on Sep-
tember 6, 1966, I addressed my colleagues
in the House on the subject of Vietnam-
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lined a seven-point peace conference
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Washington, D.C., September 6, 1966.
The Honorable HERBERT TENZER,
titularly because the momentum of military
escalation seems to have outdistanced dip-
lomatic initiative on both sides.
And as you have so wisely stated, now Is
the occasion to begin to find a way toward
settlement by peaceful means. Your sug-
gestions on how this country might initiate
a peace conference deserve the greatest con-
sideration-serious and rational considera-
tion- and should not be rejected merely on
the ground that past peace initiatives from
this side have failed or been rejected,
I commend you on your initiative and
your statesmanlike approach to this most
complicated of all American and world prob-
lems today, one that is only susceptible to
solution through forebearance, sensitivity,
good judgment and introspection by all par-
ties involved.
With every warm best wish,
Yours,
JAMES H. SCHEUER,
Member of Congress.
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Washington, D.C., September 8, 1966.
Hon. HERBERT TENZER,
U.S. House of Representatives,
Longworth Building,
Washington, D.C.
DEAR HERB: A copy of your fine letter of
August 31 to the President, which contains
your recommendations to him for peace In
Vietnam, has come across my desk.
As one who has declared frequently in
favor of fresh initiatives towards peace in
Vietnam, I want to applaud the imaginative
outreach of your plan. I heartily endorse
the steps you recommend and will be glad to
lend further support if it will help in any
way.
My kindest regards.
Sincerely,
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Washington, D.C., September 8, 1966.
Hon. HERBERT TENZER,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D.C.
DEAR COLLEAGUE: I have read with much
interest and considerable attention your re.-
marks In the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD of Tues.
day, September 6th, dealing with your pro.-
posal for a Vietnam Peace Conference.
I want to commend you for taking the ini?-
tiative in this area, and would like you to
know that I am in complete agreement with
you that it is urgent for us to increase our
efforts to bring about a reciprocal deescala??
tion of military activities in Vietnam, and
a cease-fire, and. to approach the termination
of our own military involvement.
In my judgment, it is asbolutely essen-
tial that the President take the first step in
the areas you have outlined. I hope he will
give his serious consideration to your sug??
gestions and recommendations.
Again let me congratulate you for your
leadership in the submission of such a con-
structive proposal.
My best wishes.
Sincerely,
BEN ROSENTHAL,
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Washington, D.C., September 9, 1966.
Hon. HERBERT TENZER,
Longworth House Office Building.
DEAR COLLEAGUE: I have received a copy of
your letter to the President under date of
House Office Building. August 31, 1966 regarding Vietnam. It is an
DEAR HERBERT: Your reasoned letter to the outstanding document and I want you to
President on breaking the impass to negotia- know how deeply I appreciate having the
tions in Viet Nam is a significant contribu- benefit of your cogent and persuasive reason-
tion to the cause of peace. As you so elo- ing.
quently state, the present course of the war I believe your suggestions of setting a time
is of the deepest concern to many of us, par- and place for a peace conference, making it
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open to all parties to the conflict, with a
cease fire to follow within a stated time,
could be the magnanimous gesture that
would force a 'reciprocal peaceful overture
from the other side. Surely, such an offer
carries little risk and the chances are sub-
stantial of a thaw in the present frozen posi-
tions. I most earnestly hope that the Presi-
dent agrees with you and act accordingly.
In any case I know how grateful he is to re-
ceive constructive and creative letters like
yours. Many of your friends in the Aouse of
Representatives are grateful too.
Please accept my personal thanks and ap-
preciation.
Sincerely,
DON EDWARDS,
Member of Congress.
Mr. Speaker, I will be pleased to re-
ceive comments and suggestions from
other of my colleagues concerning this
proposal.
Only by continuing the dialog and
debate will it be possible to create the
climate necessary to transfer the con-
flict from the battlefield to the confer-
ence table.
This I.believe is our Nation's policy.
The peaceful settlement of disputes is
an objective in the proudest of American
diplomatic tradition.
Suspension of Investment Tax Credit
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
HON. AL ULLMAN
OF OREGON
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, August 29, 1966
Mr. ULLMAN. Mr. Speaker, I com-
mend the President for his action last
Thursday in advocating suspension of
the investment tax credit. I am con-
fident that the details of his proposal will
receive careful scrutiny in the Ways and
Means Committee to insure reasonable
growth for the economy while not dis-
rupting bona fide business prodedures.
The dislocations in the economy-
particularly the impact of tight money
on housing and lumber-must not be un-
derestimated, and a broad range of
monetary and fiscal actions must be
taken. We may also need to consider
other corporate tax increases, Presiden-
tial authority to institute consumer in-
stallment credit controls, and appropri-
ate action by the Federal Reserve Board
to ease the burden of their monetary re-
straints.
There is no doubt that, corporate in-
vestment in plants and equipment-
which the latest figures show to be 17
percent ahead of 1965, and 55 `percent
greater than this spending in 196$-is
one of the inflationary stimulants in our
economy. It is also worthwhile to con-
sider the impact of corporate expansion
plans for foreign trade and our balance-
of-payments situation.
We have had too , much of ,a good
thing-the increase' in Investment has
got out of hand-it has been a key factor
in the-ovgrall-surge in Imports'and, in
particular, the sharp jump in .imports
of machinery during the past year.
In the first,half of this year, U.S. im-
ports of capital equipment were up 44
percent over the January to June period
of 1965. Imports of metalworking ma-
chinery were up 89 percent in 1 year.
Imports of textile machinery soared by
71 percent. This can only be ascribed to
the inflated rise in demand for invest-
ment goods.
Our exports of capital equipment have
been cut for the same reason. In the
machine tool industry foreign orders so
far in 1966 have run 39 percent above a
year ago, but shipments abroad are lag-
ging behind by 17 percent. The foreign
orders are being put at the bottom of the
pile so that domestic orders can be filled.
The only way we can strengthen the
dollar internationally-stop the dollar
drain and the loss of gold-is to restore
a strong trade balance. This means less
imports and more exports. Both can be
achieved by dampening the investment
boom by withdrawing temporarily the
investment tax credit.
Restoring a favorable trade balance is
another reason why we should thank the
President for proposing the suspension
of the unnecessary bonus which the in-
vestment credit provides before our econ-
omy experiences even more severe dislo-
cations.
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. ADAM C. POWELL
of NEW YORK
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, August 22, 1966
Mr. POWELL. Mr. Speaker, today,
September 14, at sundown, begins the
10-day period of the Jewish high holy
days and the Jewish year of 5727.
The moving religious significance of
this period is not only meaningful to the
world Jewish community, but it is a re-
minder of the lasting contributions to
world civilization by our Jewish- , brothers.
This 10-day period is also known as
the "Days of Awe." Certainly all of us
need to pause along with our Jewish
brothers in awe at the greatness of God
and the wonders of his works.
These are, troubled times for our Na-
tion and for the world. The revolution
of rising expectations among the de-
prived of the world has not yet attained
fulfillment.
The mountains of bigotry, poverty,
and misunderstanding still stands be-
tween the ocean of brotherhood and the
prairie of peace. We have not yet
learned, to enjoy each other's proximity.
As we stumble about in the darkness of
ignorance seeking solutions to the racial
crises of our Nation and the conflict in
Vietnam, let us reaffirm our faith in the
oneness of God and our love for His
children, our fellow man.
As a Baptist minister and one of' the
only three clergymen in both bodies, I
can think of no more appropriate
thoughts for Rosh Hashanah than those
expressed by our first President, George
Washington, to the Hebrew congrega-
tion in newport, R.I., in 1790:
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May the Children of the Stock of Abraham,
who dwell in this land, continue to merit
and enjoy the good will of other inhabitants;
while everyone shall sit in safety under h.s
own vine and fig tree, and there shall be none
to make him afraid. May the Father of a.1
mercies scatter light and not darkness in
our paths, and make us in our several voca-
tions useful here, and in His own due time
and everlastingly happy.
District of Columbia Home Rule Is
National Issue
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. DURWARD G. HALL
OF MISSOURI
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, September 14, 1966
Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, Gen. Thomas
Lane, U.S. Army, retired, a former Com-
missioner of the District of Columbia,
has some perceptive comments on the
question of home rule for the District.
As General Lane points out in his
syndicated newspaper column, the issue
of civil rights is a false issue as far as the
home rule argument is concerned. The
District was created to provide security
for the Government of all the people-
not to provide for the comfort and con-
venience of its residents. I believe his
comments deserve careful consideration:
PUBLIC AFFAIRS: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOME
RULE Is NATIONAL ISSUE
(By Gen. Thomas Lane, US Army, retired)
WASHINGTON.-There is a widespread and'
mistaken notion that Home Rule for the Dis-
trict of Columbia is of concern primarily to
District residents. In reality, it primarily
concerns all the other citizens of the United
States.
The founding fathers were keenly aware of
the experience of Rome where the city mobs
installed and deposed rulers without regard
to the rest of the Empire. That is why they
set aside the District of Columbia as the seat
of the federal government and prescribed in
the Constitution that the Congress should
"exercise exclusive legislation" therein. The
District was created to provide security for
the government of all the people-not to pro-
vide for the comfort and convenience of its
residents.
Congress has used various forms for gov-
erning the District of Columbia. After the
Civil War, the territorial government then
ruling incurred heavy indebtedness for public
works programs. After the financial crisis
of 1873, the local government was unable to
meet its bonded obligations. Its debts were
assumed by Congress, which then established
a Commission government more responsive to
congressional control. The Commission gov-
ernment has endured until now.
In recent years, there has been a growing
movement for Home Rule, defined as local
government with an elected Council and an
elected or appointed Mayor or Governor. Be-
cause of the growing negro proportion of the
capital population, this movement has as-
sumed aspects of a political drive to restore
civil rights to disfranchised negroes.
This is a false issue. ` Racial considerations
had no weight in the adoption of the Com-
mission government. They are today a pol-
itical tool of men who would use local gov-
ernment to pressure the Congress of the
United States. Residents of the District of
Columbia have never had and do not now
have rights of local self-government enjoyed
by citizens of the fifty states. Those who
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live in the District must accept and live un-
der the legislative rule of Congress.
Except during the Civil War, the safety of
the seat of federal government has not been.
threatened. Today, however, we note a grow-
ing trend to mob rule in the cities of Amer-
ica. We are entering that era of political dis-
integration which the founding fathers fore-
saw when they created the federal district.
This would indeed be a strange hour for the
Congress to transfer responsibility for law
and order in the District of Columbia to its
residents
The present need Is for tighter control by
Congress. Executive encroachment upon
the Commission government has exposed Dis-
trict affairs to the political expendiencies of
the ruling party. Congress must protect its
home from the corroding effects of partisan
politics. It must do so without involving
the whole Congress in details of local gov-
ernment.
The true purpose of the District might be
better served by creating a government with
a District Council composed of six members
of Congress and a Governor appointed by the
President with the consent of the Senate.
The Council would also constitute the Joint
Committee of the Congress on the District
of Columbia and it should be given powers
of local legislation which have never been
delegated to the. Commissioners.
A Council composed of Representatives
and Senators would emphasize the federal
character of the District. Residents would
remain where they are and should be-with-
out any control of local government. For
the Government of the District of Columbia
must represent not just its residents but all
the people of the United States.
Tell your Congressman to keep it that way.
Best Wishes to Those of Jewish Faith
on Rosh Hashanah
SPEECH
of
HON. EDNA F. KELLY
OF NEW YORK
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, September 13, 1966
Mrs. KELLY. Mr. Speaker, it is ap-
propriate during these days of awe that I
extend my most sincere wishes to those
of the Jewish faith. This great section
of the American population through
day-to-day adherence to the principles
of the Old Testament, has greatly con-
tributed to the moral and intellectual
growth of our Nation, over the past year,
the past decade, the past two centuries.
As men of good will everywhere
grope for peace and understanding, may
the current observance of Rosh Hash-
anah bring new hope and new inspira-
tion to the Jewish people, in order that
the worthy ideals of Judaism may pros-
per in the coming year.
I would also like, at this time, to join in
asking the blessing of God upon the Re-
public of Israel and in praying that its
people may be strengthened in their
struggle to maintain a bulwark of free-
dom in a land redeemed through hero-
ism, courage and great sacrifice.
I ask my fellow Americans of the Jew-
ish faith to accept my best wishes for
health, happiness, and the delights of
accomplishment during the coming year,
asWell as the hopeful vision of tasks to
be attempted and goals to be approached
through the years to follow.
It's Your Way of Life
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
of
HON. ROBERT McCLORY
OF ILLINOIS
IN THE HOUSE OF REI'RESENTATIVI:S
Wednesday, September 14, 1966
Mr. McCLORY. Mr. Speaker, after
sober reflection, I call to the attention of
my colleagues an editorial entitled "Pay
Attention to Government; It's Your Way
of Life." Appearing in the Zion-Benton
News, Zion, Ill., on September 8, 1966, this
article hammers against one's defenses as
only truth can do. The editor, Lee Flem-
ing, has given a lifetime to an example of
citizenship each of us would be proud to
have provided. His patriotism is an out-
standing illustration of "I could not love
thee half so much, loved I not honor
more."
The editorial follows:
PAY ATTENTION TO GOVERNMENT; IT'S YOUR
WAY or LIFE
Government is important, very important
to all the people and this is a reason that
people must give lots of attention to govern-
ment.
Government is an organized procedure
making It possible for large masses of peo-
ple to live together. Government is to make
the rules and enforce the rules governing the
conduct of peopleso they may be safe, secure
and enjoy their rights of freedom-so long as
they do not interfere with others who also
have rights of freedom.
The Government of the 'United States has,
in the past, carried out this responsibility in
a way that has made it the envy of the world,
the desire of most foreigners and the acme
of human rights and individual freedom.
Recently, United States Government, has
been failing to do those things which ade
the U.S. Government great. It has started
doing many things which, in other nations
have brought poverty, dictatorship and ruin
to them and their people. The present John-
son Administration is more guilty than has
been any administration preceding him.
Easily proven charges can be made against
the present Federal Government. People
should be aware of these failures of both
omission and commission because it is the
people who pay in the loss of prosperity, hap-
piness and freedom.
1. They have sent hundreds of thousands
of men into a war they admit they do not
intend to win and end, but that they intend
to hold and die.
2. They have created inflation by continu-
ing and increasing a political spending pro-
gram in addition to a war cost. No other
plan could harm the individual so much.
3. They have jeopardized the value of the
V.S. dollar by continuing foreign nation
give-away programs which create a danger-
ous Imbalance of exchange resulting in the
loss of U.S. gold.
4. They have caused an increase in the
cost of everything we buy by paying people
for not working and for not farming.
5. They have set wage ceilings which re-
duce jobs and production, increasing costs
and adding to inflation.
6. They have set up a series of grandiose
schemes, poverty wars, public housing, rent
subsidies and others which have hired par-
tisan politicians at wages $18,000 to $20,000
and $25,000 a year, three and four times the
wages of school teachers, nurses, technicians
and many others who render 'a worthwhile
service. -
7. They have coddledand appeased orga-
nized, selfish minority groups to buy their
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votes, but at the expense of the general
public.
8. They have created a condition com-
parable with a police state in the Internal[
Revenue Bureau.
9. They have saddled the people, both
businesses and individual, with a multitude
of paper forms so complicated that most
people must hire a specialist to fill them in.
10. They have failed to do their most
simple duty-maintain law and order in the
streets.
11. Congress has abdicated its responsi-
bility and endowed the Executive Branch
bureaucrats with law making powers in the
guise of writing the rules.
12. The Supreme Court has assumed the
power of legislation and is creating laws by
off-beat interpretations. Communism has
grown and thrived because of these decisions..
Criminals roam the streets with impunity
because of this. Rioting, pillage and even
murder in the streets is promoted and con-
doned by these interpretations.
These iniquities and injustices are not to
be cured by being Democrat or Republican..
They will be cured when the people, every
last one of them, vote for the good of the
nation. When they select a candidate who
pledges to return to responsible, Constitu-
tional government. When people will hon-,
estly consider, "What they can do for our
government, not what the government can.
do for them."
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF -
HON. OLIN E. TEAGUE
OF TEXAS
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, August 30, 1966
Mr. TEAGUE of Texas. Mr. Speaker,
today Washington will welcome to the
United States a distinguished Chief of
State and gallant war hero, Ferdinand P.
Marcos, President of the Republic of the
Philippines. I share the opinion of many
who acknowledge President Marcos to be
one of the outstanding leaders in the
world today. He and his vibrant young
Republic are a major force in Asia in the
struggle against communism. I am
pleased that President Marcos and his
lovely First Lady, Imelda, are visiting our
country. I commend to you the fine
article written by Crosby S. Noyes which
appeared in the Washington Star on
September 13, 1966:
MARCOS A FINE EXAMPLE OF NEW ASIAN
LEADERS
(By Crosby S. Noyes)
In the normal course of things, official
visits by foreign heads of state have so little
impact on relations between countries as to
be a conspicious waste of everybody's time.
There are, however, rare exceptions.
The arrival here this week of President
Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines prom-
ises to be one of these. For a variety of
reasons, some personal and some circum-
stantial, Marcos' 17-day visit is likely to be
an event of genuine importance to both
countries.
A good deal of it is a simple matter of
communication.
Whether he is talking to President John-
son or P. nationwide television audience. or
the National Press Club or a joint session of
Congress-all of which are on the schedule-
Marcos will come across loud and clear. As
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