TORRINGTON REGISTER QUESTIONS U.S. BACKING FOR FLAT OF ITALY-SOVIET AUTO DEAL

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of the act of contempt to serve as first procedure, rather than using, as we did, The act focused on three basic areas.
judge of the matter. It is the committee the criminal contempt mechanism that First, it created the Administration on
itself which reports the matter to the was necessitated when a witness refused Aging to serve as the coordinating unit
parent body, acting at once as victim. and to produce the information requested by within the Federal Government in all
prosecutor. I question the soundness of the committee. matters of concern to older people.
this form of proceeding and the bill, I This declaratory judgment procedure Among its other responsibilities, the
have introduced, would change this pro- would be open only to the Congress and Administration on Aging carries out two
cedure. Basically, this bill provides a not to witnesses. It would serve as a grant programs authorized by the act.
screening committee to which the com- means of expediting congressional ac- Title III provides funds to the States for
plaint of contempt is brought and it is tion, and could not be used as a means community planning, services, and train-
this screening committee, not the com- to deter the proper functioning of the ing in accordance with a State plan that
mittee which has been subject to the ac- Congress or its committees. Further, the is administered by a State agency whose
tion complained of, which would. act as use of the declaratory judgment's mech- sole responsibility is to administer this
the agency reporting the matter `to the antsm is optional and need not be in- plan and whose concern is improving the
parent body. '?, yoked. Of course, there will be many lives of s ilior citizens. Some 51 States
This new procedure commends itself contempt situations that will not raise and territories now have such agencies
because it places in the hands of an in issues calling for immediate determina- and spine 43 plans have been approved.
partial body the investigation of the? tion by the courts. However, many situ- It is'expected that community programs
charge of contempt and does so in a rations do arise where there is a need for uptier this title will total 800 to 1,100 by
manageable way. Surely the House or a clarification of the underlying. issue the end of this fiscal year.
Senate could be considered impartial of contempt without concern for the fact/ The third major thrust of the Older
bodies to investigate the charge, but that the witness has failed to divulge iry= Americans Act is the grant program au
considerations of time prevent this and formation. `e thorized by titles IV and V to provide
there is no practical way in which out- Linking this with my other proposal direct grants to conduct research into
side witnesses could be heard on the to establish a special committee in both problems of the aged and to develop new
question of guilt if the entire House or Houses of the Congress, to consider con- techniques for meeting these problems,
Senate heard the matter. There is real tempt situations, it would be tie func- and to support specialized training pro-
question if the committee which com- tion of that committee, not onj3, to make grams for persons working with the aged.
plains of contempt can properly be recommendations as to whether a con- By the end of 1966, 39 grants had been
charged with the responsibility of im- tempt citation should issue,dtiut whether made to institutions in 25 States under
partially weighing the evidence to deter- the Congress should obtai from a court these titles.
mine if a contempt should be reported of the United States, a decaration of the The bill I am introducing would ex-
to the parent body. legal relations between t4b Congress and tend the grant provisions of this act
This committee to investigate con- the recalcitrant witness; The House of through 1972. Further, authorizations
tempt charges would be named by the Congress concerned w4tild then be free for fiscal year 1968 are made in the
presiding officers of the House and Sen- to act on the recom en1dations of the amounts of $10,550,000 for grants to the
committee as it sees fi States and $6,400,000 for research, dem-
as a special ste respectively committee. and The would committee With the tremendous workload facing onstration, and training direct project would have seven members and be di- the Congress there is a greet need for grantsneces, sary as for well as the such next 4 sums as fiscal ye may be
ars.
vided four to three along party lines. improving the procedures of the House The saryeased funding is fiscal ye to expected
The creation of this committee, and its of Representatives. # These two proposals rea to 300 new new programs by the 0 operation in the important area of pro- represent substantial steps forwai' in the su suppppoort and an 00 l 70 to 80 new
field of contempt procedures, increasing
tect St
t the tengren and its those wishing both the speed anfl the skill with which research projects. One such research
from the Interference of those wishing the Congress cah deal with contempt program that is contemplated by the
vide aundermine strong its safeguard egectiveness, uad of would pro- situations. / Administration on Aging is the develop-
ment of nutritional services that meet
of those charged with contempt and ice---- the needs of senior citizens.
would make more meaningful this type A BILL TO EXTEND THE PROVI- Mr. Speaker, identical bills have been
of protection for the Congress. STOWS OF TI3 OLDER AMERICANS introduced by the chairman of the Edu-
JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
I have also introduced legislation
which would provide for a declaratory
judgment mechanism in connection with
congressional contempt proceedings.
These two proposals would represent a
great step forward in the way in which
the Congress deals with the contumacy
of witnesses appearing before its com-
mittees.
The provisions of the declaratory judg-
ment bill would be highly beneficial in
that they would permit the clarification
of the very difficult issues that often un-
derlie potential contempt situations
without resort to the difficult quasi-crim-
inal procedure surrounding an actual
contempt citation. Often the underlying
point in a contempt situation is lost by
concentration on the contumacy of the
witness and not on the issue upon which
the refusal to testify or produce papers
is based.
Many recall, I am sure, the contempt
citations offered against officials of the
Port of New York Authority in 1960. It
would have been far better had we been
able to raise the issues of Federal-State
relations that lay at the heart of the
matter for consideration by a Federal
court, through the declaratory judgment
ACT OF 1961 AND TO INCREASE cation and Labor Committee, M. PER-
THE FUNDI1jG LEVELS AUTHOR- i IN$, and by the chairman of the Senate
IZED BY THAT LEGISLATION Special Committee on Aging, Senator
HARRISON WILLIAMS. In the 2 years that
(Mr. REID of New York- (at the re- this legislation has been in force, con-
quest of Mr. WIIYLIAMs of Pennsylvania) siderable, progress has been made in
was granted pefinission to extend his reaching senior citizens in their home
remarks at this point in the RECORD and communities who can benefit most from
to include extraneous matter.) these programs. The extensions and re-
Mr. REID of New York. Mr. Speaker, visions contemplated by my bill are im-
I am introducing ;today a bill to extend portant in sustaining this effort on the
the provisions of .the Older Americans Federal, State,"and local levels.
levels authorized by that legislation.
Americans born today can expect to
reach 70 years of age, compared to those
born in 1900 who had a life expectancy
of 47 years. The number of Americans
over 65 today is equal to the combined
population of 20 States. The special
needs of these senior citizens represent a
national challenge, as the President
stated in his recent message to the Con-
gress.
The Congress first recognized this
need in 1965 with the unanimous pas-
sage of the Older Americans Act, which
declared that it is the responsibility of
government at all levels to assist these
citizens to achieve full and free enjoy-
ment of their later years.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE
A RIGHT-TO KNOW
(Mr. BOB WILSO1' (at the request of
Mr. WILLIAMS. Of Pennsylvania) was
granted permission to extend his re-
marks at this point in the RECORD and to
include extraneous matter.)
Mr. BOB WILSON. Mr. Speaker, the
American people have a right to know
that their own money is being spent in
vast amounts by the Johnson admin-
istration to brainwash them at their own
expense.
In fact, the Johnson administration is
spending nearly $75 million more for
self-glorification each year than it costs
to support the Congress of the United
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:'Mates and the Supreme Court combined.
it spends some $425 million a year of the
public's hard-earned money to sell its
story to the same people who put up the
money_
Now I submit that it is understandable
why the Johnson administration goes in
:rat? this record spending. The admin-
satrntion has demonstrated an unequaled
lability to deal with either our domestic
or our foreign problems, and it needs this
vast publicity slush fund to try to cover
up----to make flat failure look like rosy
success.
Row else can you explain the fact that
the J,BJ-Humphrey-Kennedy three-ring
circus is spending more this year on
propaganda than the combined expendi-
tures of the two major American news
associations, the three largest networks,
and the 10 biggest American newspapers.
As the Associated Press reports. straight-
faced:
Much of the expenditure is devoted to
convincing Americans that what their Gov-
(mintent does is for their welfare.
For example, Sargent Shriver, Ken-
nedy's brother-in-law and head of the
scandal-racked poverty program, keeps
46 staffers grinding out favorable
publicity.
"With Sarge, when something goes
wrong with the program, you step up the
publicity," one of his public relations
men was quoted as saying. On this pro-
gram, which has helped administration
wardheelers more than the poor, the
coverup has obviously been paid for by
you, Mr. and Mrs. American.
Defense Secretary Robert S. Mc-
L,,raniara has 3,000 publicity personnel
and a budget of over $32 million to make
the American people see the war in Viet-
iiam through his eyes. In Vietnam
alone, McNamara stables a publicity
:,tall of 500-roughly o:ne for each Amer-
ican plane lost in combat there.
'Tie space agency, NASA, sent out
2,400 speakers last year to boost its uin-
earthly program at symposiums and con-
ci,,rts. Some 2,700 radio stations are
supplied weekly with 5-minute taped
iitASA radio shows and 1,600 with 15-
nrinute shows. Each month. 500 tele-
vision stations-about 200 of them color
stations-also get a short NASA film.
These propagandists say not one woad
about the huge Soviet military space
effort which is a secret from the Amer-
tean people.
The Army alone plans to turn out 210
iiifns this year. Government :film or
ide shows are available to the number
of 6.000-
Ti't?e Department of Agriculture spends
8.9 million a year on publicity, HEW.
111, .7 million; and the AEC, $6.1 million.
No wonder you, the people, get only
one side-the administration side-on
almost every, development and program.
No wonder the truth :'is a casualty and
people wonder what is really going on.
Neither the Red Chinese nor the Soviet
Russians have been submitted to such a
+'gstly brainwashing campaign. The at-
t,nmt is to make the incredible credible---
o brake Alice in Wonderland seem real---
by taking the American people through
itae administration's looking glass. The
itifort is to achieve the impossible-to
make the administration look respect-
able, responsible, and reliable.
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF '.CASK
FORCE ON AGRICULTURE
(Mr. LANGEN (at the request of Mr.
WILLIAMS of Pennsylvania) was granted
permission to extend his remarks at this
point in the RECORD and to include
extraneous matter.)
Mr. LANGEN. Mr. Speaker, as Chair-
man of the House Republican task force
on agriculture, I am pleased to announce
the appointment of two additional mem-
bers: the Honorable BOB PRICE of Texas,
and the Honorable SAM STEIGER of
Arizona.
These gentlemen have, on the basis of
their outstanding background in agri-
cultural and rural affairs and expressed
interest, qualified themselves for this
assignment. I look forward to working
with them and the other members of the
task force during the 90th Congress.
ROBERT E. SHERIDAN-A TRIBUTE
(Mr. MESKILL (at the request of Mr.
WILLIAMS of Pennsylvania) was granted
permission to extend his remarks at this
point in the RECORD and to include ex-
traneous matter.)
Mr. MESKILL. Mr. Speaker, on April
rely longtime friend and adviser, a
member of my staff, Bob Sheridan, died
without warning at his home in New
Britain. He was 51. His loss was a tre-
mendous personal shock to everyone who
knew him and worked with him. Its
true dimensions will be measured in the
coming weeks and months.
I owe more to Bob than I can possibly
say. The fact that I am in Congress to-
day is due in large part to Bob Sheridan's
skill and judgment. His interests and
his skills were manifold. He led a many-
sided rich life. Politics was one of his
greatest loves and a subject which he
understood deeply. He was a rare man
who not only could sense every subtle
change in the ground currents running
beneath and through his community but
who also knew how best to respond to
these changes.
H*:s friends will long remember him as
lover of life and as a master craftsman.
His principle job at the time of his
death was public relations director. for
Central Connecticut State College in
New Britain from which he graduated.
He was an ardent partisan for the col-
tege and for the general interests of edu-
ciwtic'n.
The New Britain Herald reflected the
arise of community loss in a beautiful
ditc>rial published last Tuesday, the day
0f Bob's funeral. It expresses my feel-
-s perfectly and in tribute to his mem-
ory and in respect to his family, I offer
it at this point in the RECORD.
louERT E. SHERIDAN
He was a man of such quick, good wit, of
such wide interests, of such far-ranging
curiosity, of such clever imagination, that it
was perhaps difficult to think of him as a
serious, intellectual man. But Robert E.
Sheridan was all of those things, a man of all
seasons to many people.
His death on Sunday was a jolt, a shock-
ing jolt. This was a man in the prime of
life and activity, involved as he always was
involved with many projects, many things,
many ideas.
His obituary told of the great diversity of
his activities: As public affairs director for
Central Connecticut State College; as a
prominent state Republican; as oae inter-
ested in community activities; as a former
school principal; as a radio annou:icer, and
much more.
He knew and loved art, and surrounded
himself with many original works c-f various
modern schools. He loved theater. was a
perceptive critic of it. Likewise, he apprec-
ated great films, good writing, good music.
In politics, he had no peer in the realni c:f
campaign organization. Sheridan v as a :man
of bold and provocative ideas in poaitics; a
strong influence in Republican campaign
tactics. Yet, he was such a fat-minded
person that he could number close friends
high in Democratic: circles-even d.iring In-
tensely partisan circumstances.
CCSC had no more fiercely partisan sup-
porter. A graduate of the school (then
known as Teachers College of Cons ecticut) ,
he was In the forefront of the eme:?gence cf
CCSC as a, college of major proportions an,I
dimensions. He fought for the college wit-i
a vigor that bordered on outright dedicatiorn,
and he was a persuasive advocate when there
was a need to be.
Bob Sheridan was often the "cool" sumo
when others around him stormed )r raged.
Not, that he was without emotion. But it
was more in keeping for him to site things
in their bigger perspective, and fo:r him to
assert himself by example of calm mess and
restra'..nt.
We will not belabor the obvious to say
that those who knew him were sh x;ked by
his untimely death. But we will suggest
that this man was a dear friend to many
people, and that in his way he enriched the
lives of those with whom he came In contact .
He will, be ;sorely missed.
' ORRINCG'fON- REGISTER QIJES-
TIONS 'U.S. BACKING FOR FIAT OF
ITALY-SOVIET AUTO DEAL,
(Mr. MESKILL (at the request of Mr.
WILLIAMS of Perirlsylvania) was granted
permission to extend his remark:, at this
point in the REcoRD and to include ex-
traneous matter.)
Mr. MESKILL. Mr. Speaker, under
unanimous consent, I am submitting for
the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD a recent edi-
torial f:rorn the Torrington Register, an
outstanding daily newspaper in my dis-
trict, in which the editor criticises pro-
posed U.S. support of the automobile
deal between the Soviet Union and the
Fiat Automobile Co. of Italy.
I second the Register's call for the
closest Congressional examination of this
proposal. In calling this thoughtful edi--
torial to the attention of the Congress,
I want to point out that the peop: e of my
district are very familiar with advanced
machinery. They understand machine:;
and machine tools. They know how dif..
ferent machines can. be used for different
purposes. They appreciate how the
knowledge displayed in one kind of ma-
chine can be adapted to machines for
other purposes. We have a great deal
of varied and highly sophisticated manu-
facturing in the Sixth District of Con-
necticut. In short, our people appre-
ciate the tremendous, intangible value
that is represented by $50 million worth
of the finest machinery our country is
capab;ie of producing. Of ooursc, it has
a strategic value and, of course, t: its deal
ought to be reviewed in closest d nail by
Congress. I urge my colleagues to read
this editortal:
WHAT'S "STRATEGIC?"
Washington's intention to permit an Ital-
ian firm to purchase American equipment
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for an automobile manufacturing plant in
the Soviet Union may signal the end of the
policy of prohibiting the export of "stra-
tegic" goods to communist countries.
Certainly the question of what is "stra-
tegic" is open to debate. In a strict inter-
pretation, virtually everything shipped to
the Soviet Union aids the Soviet war ma-
chine by freeing materials and capital needed
in the consumer area.
Even under the most liberal interpreta-
tion, however, it is difficult to justify the
approval of $50 million worth of U.S. auto
manufacturing equipment. Among the
items approved are foundry and heat-treat-
ing equipment, stamping and shaping tools,
transfer lines, lathes, material-handling
equipment and painting and upholstery
tools.
More important than the equipment is
the advanced technology which goes with
it. The House Banking subcommittee,
which approved the loan of $50 million to
Italy through the Export-Import Bank for
the deal, admitted "U.S. machine tool tech-
nology may play a larger part in the pro-
posed auto plant than has been forecast
earlier."
In light of this admission by an official
agency, approval of the sale becomes still
more questionable. If it goes through, the
door will be opened much wider to the sale
of previously restricted material and tech-
nical know-how.
As the President and Congress both have
approved the deal, there is little chance of
changing the decision now. But the subject
of strategic sales to communist countries is
due for a more thorough discussion in Con-
gress than it received on this issue.
RESOLUTION OF KANSAS ASSOCIA-
TION OF STREET FINANCIAL AID
ADMINISTRATORS SUPPORTS
HIGHER EDUCATION AMEND-
MENTS OF 1967
ments of 1967" which has been introduced
to Congress presents itself, and
Whereas the Kansas Association of Stu-
dent Financial Aid Administrators believes
in and is committed to the optimal use of
funds that may be used to meet deserving
students' needs.
Be It Therefore Resolved by the Kansas
Association of Student Financial Aid Ad-
ministrators that Congress be urged to pro-
ceed with all due expedition the passage of
such amendments that provide for:
(1). Institutions to borrow student loan
funds from the Commissioner of Education
as an alternative to receive Federal capital
contributions that must be matched
(2) Work-Study assistance to students
being used as matching funds for Educa-
tional Opportunity Grants.
(3) Federal funds for Work-Study to be
scheduled on a 80%-20% ratio
(4) Students being able to work 40 hours
a week on the Work-Study Program while
attending summer classes and (5) Other
provisions that will provide students and
their institutions the ways and means to plan
effectively for the future growth and devel-
opment of their State, Nation, and their
resources.
wages for 1 year under conditions that
offered promise of long-term employ-
ment.
Second. Expansion of Headstart and a
new Early Years program for poor chil-
dren up to third-grade level.
Third. New military career centers
under the Secretary of Defense for vol-
unteers who are otherwise unable to
meet Selective Service requirements for
military service.
Fourth. Convert the present in-school
neighborhood Youth Corps program into
a major work study program for young-
sters likely to drop out of high school for
economic reasons. The program would
be transferred from the Labor Depart-
ment to the Office of Education, and be
expanded to include part-time employ-
ment in private industry. Funds would
be made available on a 50-50 matching
basis for local schools to hire a coordi-
nator to counsel, test, and, find appro-
priate jobs for needy students.
Fifth. A new State bonus program
would be offered to encourage States to
contribute, up to a total of $200 million,
matched by the Federal Government,
to supplement community action and
Headstart programs.
Sixth. VISTA, the so-called domestic
peace corps, would be supplemented with
a new "Hometown VISTA" to enlist local
volunteers in the opportunity crusade
for the poor.
Seventh. States would be brought in
as partners in the opportunity crusade
and all earmarking of community action
OPPORTUNITY CRUSADE-SUBSTI-
TUTE FOR THE WAR ON POVERTY
(Mr. GOODELL (at the request of Mr.
WILLIAMS of Pennsylvania) was granted
permission to extend his remarks at this
point in the RECORD and to include ex-
traneous matter.)
Mr. GOODELL. Mr. Speaker, Mr.
QUIE and I and other Republicans will
soon be introducing an "oportunity cru-
sade" for the poor. This will be a com-
plete substitute for the languishing and
confused war on poverty.
The opportunity crusade involves total
Federal expenditures of $1.7 billion, $300
million less than President Johnson's
budget proposals. By involving private
industry and States in the.opportunity
crusade for the poor, a total of $2.4 bil-
lion would be available "to revive the
hopes and realistic aspirations of tired,
cynical, and hopeless prisoners of pov-
erty."
The opportunity crusade builds upon
the solid foundation of a free-enterprise
economy. By providing realistic incen-
tives for private employers and individ-
uals to develop on-the-job training pro-
grams, it also offers respectable and pro-
ductive jobs, rather than dead end,
make-work, public employment. Par-
ticipants in jobs or in training under the
opportunity crusade number 1,475,350 as
(Mr, SHRIVER (at the request of Mr.
WILLIAMS of Pennsylvania) was granted
permission to extend his remarks at this
point in the RECORD and to include ex-
traneous matter.)
Mr. SHRIVER. Mr. Speaker, the
Kansas Association of Student Financial
Aid Administrators recently adopted a
resolution concerning the Higher Educa-
tion Amendments of 1967 at its meeting
at Kansas State Teachers College in Em-
poria.
This resolution was presented by Mr.
Paul Chrisman, director of financial aids,
Wichita State University.
The increasing numbers of students
seeking higher education opportunities
coupled with rising costs of getting an
education require our continued atten-
tion and support of student financial aid
l
ade
, .
d
programs. The opportunity c us
Mr. Speaker, I include a copy of the pletely dismantle the Office of Economic needy people would be reached and
resolution as adopted on March 20, 1967, Opportunity under Sargent Shriver, helped by the opportunity crusade at the
by the Kansas Association of Student Pi- eliminating or redirecting existing pro- $1.7 billion expenditure level than by
nancial Aid Administrators. The resolu- grams. The community action phases the faltering, misfiring war on poverty
tion follows: of the poverty war would be transferred at the $2 billion expenditure level.
Whereas the continued need for financial to the Department of Health, Education, The war on poverty is in desperate
aid for students attending insitutions of and Welfare. Job Corps would be re- need of major redirection. It should not
higher education in Kansas appears inevit- placed by residential skill centers ad- be eliminated, it should be revamped and
ministered by vocational education put on a realistic basis. Only a small
able, and
Whereas this need involves educational officials.
opportunities for great numbers mbers of students percentage of the poor have received
of the State of Kansas, and Other new proposals by the Republi- meaningful assistance as a result of the
Whereas such need will inevitably require cans include: billions of dollars in the present war on
an increase in allocated funds, and First. An industry youth corps in poverty. After 3 years, the poverty war
extreme-
ly difficult oomaintaintsufficient funding of which youth 16 to 22 would be offered has spent $4 billion of the taxpayers'
their diverse financial aid programs, and private productive employment and on- money and created a poverty bu-
Whereas the opportunity to endorse the the-job training. The Federal Govern- reaucracy of 91,000 administrators. The
new bill entitled "Higher Education Amend- ment would pay 25 percent of enrollees' poor have lost faith in the high promises
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funds would be eliminated.
Eighth. Employment services would be
automated to provide high-speed, reli-
able joining of individuals with available
jobs.
Ninth. A long overdue national skill
survey would be made to pinpoint the
thousands of skilled jobs for which quali-
fied applicants cannot be found.
Tenth. Tax incentives would be given
employers by a new Human Investment
Act to encourage hiring and training of
the unskilled.
Eleventh. The elderly and retired, who
can be accurately characterized as the
"forgotten poor," will be permitted and
encouraged to work and obtain a livable
income without loss of social security
benefits.
Although the opportunity crusade
would spend $300 million less than the
President's poverty program, funds for
new Headstart and unearmarked com-
munity action would be substantially
above the President's proposal. Because
of private and State involvement, more
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of those who thought they could solve
difficult problems by simply spending
billions of dollars through a new poverty
agency in Washington. If the admil>_is-
tration fails to take the drastic steps long
overdue to overhaul completely the pies-
ent poverty war, Congress may well re-
peal the entire program and the good
will go down with the bad. The plight
of the poor in America today is a grow-
ing and major crisis that must be met
realistically. The opportunity crusade,
by reinforcing and redirecting portions
of the poverty program with good po-
tential and by starting new innovative
programs, will revive the hopes of the
poor and the confidence of the American
people.
Following is a chart comparing op-
portunities and expenditures available
through the opportunity crusade with
those under the war on poverty:
Total +ppnn,nnil.ias
_..~
Now
vitlior
Fedrntl
imlion
Opporln
nice , 2, ii- on
emsa~a J~ veri;y
for 0P1I(
Crn
,rtUI lily
s,ule
43, 350 3A, 000
jil! ciders
'
(31, 3NI; ~
. -----
(1(30
000
ow)
il
Iary ,:Irce.r__ _
i
(17., 01X11
,
(40,
,
050, (1un)
1, 295. 00( 295. 000
140,
000, O(H)
u_--rlirnl ___
(295, 000)
(115
000 (H 00)
I'nordin ifor__
(1, 000, 0011]
,
(25,
000, 0(0))
work tr]ining
107, 0(NI I fi(1 000
100,
000, 0011
n,. uf-scl,ual -
nduslxy Youth (1oros_
('9nl .unity action------_
ri.n ( A1"s_
onus
') of it present ronnarkert Ne?son-Sche ier, 1
..I I impact, legal aid, health centers --.I
\hgr:,: t.:,nd oasonal so orkers - I -
[turalloans
Work experience - - -
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'Fl;r': OLDEST AND MOST DECADENT
FLEET IN THE MARITINE WORLD
(Mr. GOODELL (at the request of Nir.
WILLIAMS of Pennsylvania) was granted
!)ermission to extend his remarks at this
point in the RECORD and to include ex-
traneous matter.)
Mr. GOODELL. Mr. Speaker, the
neglected and scandalous state of the
American maritime industry has been
vividly portrayed by Helen Delich Bent-
loy in an article which. appeared in the
April 7, 1967, issue of the Baltimore Sun,
In her expose on the present condi-
tion of the American )nerchant marine
fleet, Mrs. Bentley makes a startling and
embarrassing assertion: the most
wealthy and powerful nation on earth,
the United States, has the "oldest and
r=Lost decadent fleet in the maritime
More than .lust feeling a twinge to our
el.tiona3 pride, the United States should
concerned with what effect this pre-
11i2-nrrlent has on our national security
=.,nd our ability to fulfill our military
commitments.
=exactly 1 year ago, the House Repub-
lican Policy Committee issued a state-
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60 feet from the waterline to her shiny spot-
less deck.
The new coat of black paint gleamed on
her hull, 'which extended for several football
fields In length,, Even through. the thick
haze, the white decks shone.
Climbing up the long gangway, reaching
from the pier across 20 feet of water and up
to the deck, was a feat in itself, Anyone
concerned with heights would u.nioubtedly
panic upon looking down from the alumi-
num gangway to the black water :'ar below.
-1 -n.%RY" TANKER
One couldn't help but wonder about the
difficulties a pilot must encounter climbing
up and clown a Jacob's ladder on the new
breed of sea giants when they a:?e sailing
without cargo. and their full height rides
above the water line.
The melodic name of the 96,000-1:onner-a
"baby" tanker by today's standards since
300,000-tonners already are under construc-
tion and 500,000-Conners are In the planning
stage--Is the Allegro. Therein lies ;he irony.
The Allegro was built by Basil Goulandris,
a prominent Greek shipowner who at one
time had subst nt:ial interests in American-
flag ships but has since sold them.
Goulandris built the ship for a long-tern]
charter to an American-based oil company,
Esso. That charter not only won .d assure
the Greek owner :full payment on the cost of
the vessel but also a profit.
TWO AMERICANS THERE
Since on. that particular day the ship was
being turned over to her owners by the ship-
yard, the Ishikawaj:ima-Harima Heavy Indus-
tries Co., Ltd. (referred to in Ja an ? s I H' I
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550, ((OIL 000 I 76i3 3150, 000
(550, 500, 000) (702. 500, 000)
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it ent her flag was to be raised with pomo
472, 000, 000 anmd caer. emony.
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herefore, some ten Japanese ofFicia.ls of
(425, 00e, 000) (337, 000, 000) I.H.I. lined up on the port side o1' I;he stern
(108, 750, Ixx)) (135, 000, 000) opposite all of the Greek officers who were to
(2(10 000, p00) sail the ship. Standing in the con ter were
2E, 000, 000 31,000, 000 some Greeks, Japanese, and two Americ~ans_
27, 000,000 27,1N)0, 000 When everybody was dutifully standing
' 500, 000 2"if %" at attention, a record player was turned on.
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, 6a1006 000 0 anthem came out; loud and clear. As the
0 16,000,000 music began, Chief Mate John Koukis slowly
0 17, 100, 000 began raising a reel, white and blue flag--
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2,458, 750, 505 2,060, 000, 000 that o1' Llb eria.
rent to alert the America public to the
crisis in our shipbuilding efforts and
subsequent sealift capabilities. At that
time, House Republicans called upon the
administration to initiate corrective
steps in order to avoid what well could
prove to be a disastrous situation. Re-
cently released reports by appropriate
congressional committees have justified
this skepticism and concern.
Mr. Speaker, it is with the hope that
this lucid illustration of the facts will
prompt the necessary action to, if not
eliminate, at least minimize this serious
situation that I include the following
article by Mrs. Bentley:
LIBERIAN, UNITED STATES SHIPS SAD CONTRAST
(By Helen Delich Bentley)
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN.-It was a dismal, rainy
day with peasoup fog enveloping the outer
.caches of Yokohama Harbor. One could
still see from one nearby pier to another and
one end of the long piers to the other.
The atmosphere was filled with irony as
well as thick clouds of mist.
BLACK PAINT GLEAMED
Looming high alongside the outfitting (lock
was a proud, spanking new 96,000-dead-
weight-ton tanker, rising majestically some
TIMED PERFECTLY
He had practiced. his timing p: r:'ectly so
',lrat as the anthem finished, so, tcx), had he
=?omlpleted his task of pulling the Liberian
!lag to the top of the halyard,
As the music ended and the one-star flag
waved In the breeze, the Spectators clapped,
marking the addition of anotherr, mmodern
gigantic ship to the fleet of the African na-
tion.
And then somone pointed over the side to
a rusty, sad looking freighter moored at the
nearby repair pier. She, too, was flying a
red-white-and-blue emblem, but her blue
field containing 50 white stars. This seem-
ingly neglected rustbucket, in which Lwo men
had recently been asphyxiated, is pant of the
American merchant marine.
The 27-year-old vessel, of World War II
vintage, like the rest of the obsolete Amer-
ican-flag fleet is still struggling lo keep
vital American commerce and gooc S flcw-
ing.
SAME 2'OR 85 PER CENT
Eighty-five per cent of the Americ. mer-
chant marine is In the same decrepit
patched-up condition, with their owners
wondering laow much longer they con keep
these vessels going.
Where the Liberian-flag Allegro has an
automated engine room, ample recreation
rooms, a, swirmmnig pool, and even an Elevator
leading to the engine room, the American-
flag ship's :machinery is so old and worn
that it is difficult for her owners to keep her
sailing without extensive expenditu:es for
repairs. The crew quarters on none of the
Wind War 17 vintae'e vessels are albything
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