SALE OF SUPERSONIC JET FIGHTERS TO ISRAEL

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House of Representatives
The House met at 12 o'clock noon.
The Chaplain, Rev. Edward G. Latch,
D.D., offered the following prayer:
The Lord shall preserve thy going out
and thy coming in from this time forth
and even forevermore.-Psalm 121: 8.
Our Father God, whose mercy is over
all Thy works and whose will is ever di-
rected to Thy children's good, grant unto
us the assurance that behind the shadows
of our earthy scene stands One who
slumbers not and in the midst of our joys
and sorrows lives One whose strength
never fails, and whose love never falters.
Now as we draw near to the close of
this 90th Congress and look forward to
the days ahead keep us mindful of Thy
favor, eager to do Thy will, and ready to
support our country in every good and
noble way.
Some of these Representatives will be
leaving not to return and some will be
leaving to return-bless them all with
Thy spirit. Give to them wherever they
are and wherever they go, strength for
daily tasks, patience, particularly when
others are impatient, and a loving heart
even amid the bitterness of those who
differ with them. May they walk worthily
in Thy wonderful way for the welfare of
our country and the well-being of all
mankind.
In the spirit of the Master we pray.
Amen.
THE JOURNAL
The Journal of the proceedings of
Tuesday, October 8, 1968, was read and
approved.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
A message from the Senate by Mr.
Arrington, one of its clerks, announced
that the Senate had passed a bill of the
following title, in which the concurrence
of the House is requested:
S. 4158. An act to amend title 37, United
States Code, to clarify, the conditions under
which physicians and dentists who extend
their service on active duty in a uniformed
service may be paid continuation pay. -
The message also announced that the
Senate agrees to the amendments of the
House to bills of the Senate of the fol-
lowing titles:
S. 1246. An act to authorize the Commis-
sioner of the District of Columbia to enter
into leases for the rental of, or to use or
permit the use of, public space in, on, over,
and under the streets and alleys under his
jurisdiction, other than freeways, and for
other purposes; and
S. 1247. An act to authorize the Commis-
sioner of the District of Columbia to fix and
collect rents for the occupancy of space in,
on, under, or over the streets of the District
of Columbia, to authorize the closing of un-
used or unsafe vaults under such streets and
the correction of dangerous conditions of
vaults in or vault openings on public spaces,
and for other purposes.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1968
The message also announced that the
Senate agreed to the report of the com-
mittee of conference on the disagreeing
votes of the two Houses on the amend-
ments of the Senate to the bill (H.R.
18037) entitled "An act making appro-
lieu of my current assignment to the House
Public Works Committee.
Sincerely yours,
JEROME It. WALDIE,
Member of Congress.
The SPEAKER. Without objection, the
priations for the Departments of Labor, resignation will be accepted.
and Health, Education, and Welfare, and----There was no objection.
related agencies, for the fl pal year end-
That the Senate
entitled bill;
That the
bill ;
That th
tives to Sen
ther insists
reed to the amend-
Senate recede from its
o. 65 to the above-entitled
Senate disagree to the
of the House of Representa-
to the above-entitled bill, and ask a fur-
ther conference with the House on the
disagreeing votes, of the two Houses
thereon;
And appointed Mr `TILL, Mr. RUSSELL,
Mr. STENNIS, Mr. MAGNUSON, Mr. BIBLE,
Mr. BYRD of West Virgn ia, Mr. JAVITS,
and Mr. COTTON as conferdes on the part
RESIGNATION FROM COMMITTEE
ON THE JUDICIARY \
The SPEAKER laid before the ouse
the following resignation from a om-
mittee: 1
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Washington, D.C., October 9, 196
Hon. JOHN W. MCCORMACK,
DEAR MR. SPEAKER: I hereby resign jts a
Member o f the House Committee o the
HERBERT TE$EER,
Member of Congress.
The SPEAKER. Without objection, the
resignation will be accepted`.
There was no objection.
RESIGNATION FROM COMMITTEE
ON PUBLIC WORKS
The SPEAKER laid before the House
the following resignation from a com-
mittee:
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Washington, D.C., October 10, 1968.
11011. JOHN MCCORMACK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
Capitol, Washington, D.C.
DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Please accept the letter
as authorization of my resignation from the
Public Works Committee of the House of
Representatives.
I shall be most appreciative of an assign-
ment to the House Judiciary Committee in
RESIGNATION FROM COMMITTEE
ON SCIENCE AND ASTRONAUTICS
The SPEAKER laid before the House
the following resignation from a com-
mittee:
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Washington, D.C., October 10, 1968.
Hon. JOHN W. MCCORMACK,
Speaker of the House,
Washington, D.C.
DEAR MR. SPEAKER: I hereby tender my res-
ignation as a member of the Committee on
Science and Astronautics upon my election
as a member of the Committee on the Ju-
diciary.
It has been a distinct pleasure for me to
have served on the Committee of Science and
Astronautics for the past eight years. I have
enjoyed my association with the distin-
guished chairman and the other meMbers of
the Committee.
Respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM F. RYAN,
Member of Congress.
The SPEAKER. Without objection, the
resignation will be accepted.
There was no objection.
ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO
STANDING COMMITTEES
Mr. MILLS. Mr. Speaker, I offer a priv-
ileged resolution (H. Res. 1319) and ask
for its immediate consideration.
The Clerk read the resolution, as fol-
lows :
H. RES. 1319
Resolved, That the following-named Mem-
bers be, and they are hereby, elected to the
following standing committees of the House
of Representatives:
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS: ABRAHAM
KAZEN, JR., of Texas.
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY: WILLIAM F.
RYAN, of New York; JEROME R. WALDIE, of
California.
COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERV-
ICE: r(RAHAM PURCELL, of Texas.
The resolution was agreed to.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the
table.
Mr. WHITTEN. Mr. Speaker, on yes-
terday in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD on
page H9675 in the second column, the
second paragraph, there are two errors.
I ask unanimous consent that in the
fourth line of the second paragraph of
the second column the word "a" be
changed to "no," and in the same para-
graph in the 11th line that the two words
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"be made" added after the word "friend-
ship," so that the paragraph will read as
follows:
Having discussed this situation with Chair-
man MAHON, a conferee on both the Agri-
culture and independent offices appropria-
tions bills, and who agrees no draft of funds
from the Department of Agriculture pro-
grams for the President's Council of Youth
Opportunity, the Interagency Committee on
Mexican-American Affairs, or the United
States-Mexico Commission for Border Devel-
opment and' Friendship be made, but they
should be financed from other sources, I shall
not offer such amendment.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from Mis-
sissippi?
There was no objection.
CORRECTION OF ROLLCALLS
Mr. RODINO. Mr. Speaker, on roll-
calls Nos. 380, 384, and 403, I am re-
corded as absent. I was present and an-
swered to my name. I ask unanimous
consent that the permanent RECORD and
Journal be corrected accordingly.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from New
Jersey?
There was no objection.
[Mr. PASSMAN addressed the House.
His remarks will appear hereafter in the
Extensions of Remarks.]
Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, will the gentle-
man yield?
Mr. PASSMAN. I yield to the gentle-
man.
Mr. HALL. I appreciate the gentle-
man's statement. I certainly do not think
it is worth $150 million for an earlier ad-
journment in spite of the pressure of and
need for campaigning back home.
I am well aware of the gentleman's
statement made on the floor Monday
plus our colloquy, and I hope he will hold
his position because, as the gentleman
said, the other body spent some 8 hours
in hearings after his committee spent
some 300 hours. I think the gentleman
knows what he is doing, I think he does
it superbly, and I hope he will stand fast.
EFFECTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT
(Mr. MONAGAN asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. MONAGAN. Mr. Speaker, many
times in the past I have raised my voice
In favor of measures designed to preserve
the safety of our streets and the security
of our homes. I have also criticized half-
hearted law enforcement and official
blindness to the results of failure to ex-
ecute our laws.
I was particularly critical of official
negligence and indecisiveness during the
April riots here in Washington and I
pointed out that the timidity and hesita-
tion of enforcement officials at the criti-
cal moment were responsible to a large
degree for the manner in which the riots
mushroomed to unprecedented limits of
destructiveness.
Because of this background I am par-
ticularly happy to congratulate local and
Federal officials for the manner in which
the disturbance of last Tuesday was han-
dled. Although there was the potential
for an explosion and an inclination to
expand the disturbance, Washington of-
ficials, including executive and police,
acted promptly to contain and repress
the disorder. Clearly there has been
much development since last April. A
line of communication with Federal offi-
cials has already been established. The
system of notifying policemen has proven
to be effective. The response of the indi-
vidual policeman, even though off duty,
was most gratifying. Finally, after the
accumulation of sufficient numbers the
police contingent moved to restrain the
trouble makers with adequate, but not
undue force.
The appropriate officials have obvi-
ously decided that a little lawlessness
should no longer be condoned and that
the welfare of the community requires
that force be met with adequate counter-
force and that outbreaks be nipped in the
bud.
This is the manner in which these out-
breaks should be handled everywhere and
I congratulate Washington officials for
having taken to heart the lesson of last
April, even though they learned it the
hard way.
CORRECTION OF ROLLCALLS
Mr. TIERNAN. Mr. Speaker, on roll-
calls Nos. 404 and 405 I am recorded as
absent. I was present and answered to
my name when called on both occasions.
I ask unanimous consent that the per-
manent RECORD and Journal be corrected
accordingly.
The SPEAKER. Without objection, it
is so ordered.
There was no objection.
CORRECTION OF ROLLCALL
Mr. BROOMFIELD. Mr. Speaker, on
rollcall No. 400, a quorum call, I am
recorded as absent. I was present and
answered to my name. I ask unanimous
consent that the permanent RECORD and
Journal be corrected accordingly.
The SPEAKER. Without objection, it
is so ordered.
There was no objection.
THE "PUEBLO" CREW
(Mr. SCHERLE asked and was giv-
en permission to address the House for
1 minute.)
Mr. SCHERLE. Mr. Speaker, today
marks the 262d day that the crew of the
U.S.S. Pueblo has been in the hands of
the North Korean Governrrient. Cap-
tured while in the service of this coun-
try, these brave Americans have lan-
guished in Communist prisons for 10
months.
This morning news reports fill us once
again with hope that 82 American fami-
lies will soon be reunited. All Americans
share the hope that these latest reports
will come true.
Today, as Members of Congress pre-
pare to finish their business and return
to their districts, we have a feeling of
accomplishment. We have completed our
servicein this Congress and now it is our
responsibility to report on its record to
the people back home.
What can we tell our constituents
about the fate of the Pueblo crew? As
we depart from Washington, it is not
possible for these Americans to depart
from North Korea. We are servants of
the American people, but so are they.
It is my hope that when the 91st Con-
gress convenes in January, the men of the
U.S.S. Pueblo will have been released
from captivity. It is also my fervent
hope that, if not, our absence will not
result in the relaxation of this Nation's
efforts to secure their freedom.
The flag of our country must never
be made a doormat for any nation to
step upon. National honor requires that
our men be returned at the earliest pos-
sible time, so that they too can return
home from a job "well done."
SALE OF SUPERSONIC JET
FIGHTERS TO ISRAEL
-(Mr. ROTH asked and was given per-
mission to address the House for 1 min-
ute and to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. ROTH. Mr. Speaker, responding
to Congress' mandate, the President has
at long last decided to begin talks with
Israel for the sale of supersonic jet fight-
ers. As one who earlier this year co-
sponsored House Resolution 1268 calling
for the sale of sorely needed Phantom
jets to Israel, I am delighted with the
administration's decision and hope that
the talks will, quickly reach agreement.
The Middle East remains a dangerous
tinderbox. Bitter Arab demands for ven-
geance, Soviet-supported rebuilding of
Arab air and land power, and U.S. in-
action on Israel pleas for arms to match
the renewed threat have created a serious
imbalance in Israeli versus Arab military
power. This imbalance might, if not
righted, tempt ,the Arabs and the U.S.S.R.
to plunge the: area into a new war and
raise still greater dangers to world
peace.
The United States has a clear obliga-
tion to assist this courageous democracy
by enabling Israel to acquire modern
weapons so essential to its national se-
curity and, indeed, the very survival of
its people.
SURVIVAL RIGHTS FOR CIVILIAN
EMPLOYEES OF THE, UNITED
STATES
(Mr. BLACKBURN asked and was
given permission to address the House
for 1 minute and to revise and extend
his remarks.)
Mr. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, today,
I am introducing a bill designed to give
to the families of civilian employees of
the United States certain survival rights
which they do not have today, and I
would appreciate your giving this meas-
ure your careful consideration and sub-
sequent vote.
At the present time, civilian employees
cannot secure private insurance cover-
age. They are exposed to personal
hazards, to some degree, as those who
are doing the fighting in Vietnam. I
think the activities of our civilian ad-
visers and others in Vietnam who are
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