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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Wednesday - 10 December 1969
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1. I I Hand carried to Dorothy Fosdick, Staff
Director of the Senate Subcommittee on National Security and Inter-
national Operations, a full background paper in
response to Senator Jackson's request.
2. I Picked up from Scott Cohen, on the
staff of Senator Charles Percy . , Ill. ), a copy of the speech to Jewish
community leaders on the Middle East in which the Senator complimented
the Agency for its evaluation of the Middle East situation in 1967.
3. I (Checked with Ed Braswell, on the
staff of the Senate rmea Services Committee, who advised that Senator
Stennis said he was unable to schedule a legislative meeting of the
Committee tomorrow but he fully expects to schedule a meeting sometime
next week.
4. I I Discussed with Mr. Robert Michaels, House
Appropriations Committee staff, the reported statement attributed to the
Committee concerning aid by the Soviet Union and Communist China given
to the North Vietnamese. Mr. Michaels advised that the figures used
(1. 2 billion, Soviet and 800 million, ChiCom) were not provided by the
Appropriations Committee staff nor had they been used in any of the floor
debates that he is familiar with. (See Journal item of 8 December.)
Mr. Michaels called later in the day concerning the Henry Taylor
Washington Daily News column of 10 December and requested a rundown on
Mr. Taylor's facts. Although he feels the answer is known to some of the
statements, Agency guidance will be appreciated for response to Committee
questions.
Acting Legislative Counsel
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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel Page 3
Wednesday - 3 December 1969
ZbAl 8. I (Delivered to the offices of
STATSPEC Representatives Richard McCarthy, Jonathan Bingham, and Dante Fascell,
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Los Angeles Times article by Tom Lambert on the Green Beret case to
the offices of Representatives John O. Marsh, Fred B. Rooney, Del
Clawson, Jack Edwards, Burt Talcott and Chester Mize. The Director
had referred to this article at a recent breakfast briefing which the
Congressmen attended.
which mentioned their names.
9. Delivered a 9 November 1969
11. I I Talked with George Murphy, on the
staff of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, and suggested that he
defer his visit to the Agency until the Christmas recess. Murphy felt
that this was a good suggestion. I also told him that any information on
the SALT talks would have to be obtained from either the White House
or ACDA.
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JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Friday - 14 November 1969
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1. I I Delivered items which
mentioned oenatrsname to the offices of Senator Mike
Mansfield (D., Mont.) and Senator John Sparkman (D., Ala.).
2. I I In response to her call of Monday,
forwarded to Mrs. Hudson, Commerce Department Congressional
Liaison office, a copy of the OCI publication " Lidd1e East Oil Statistical
Summar rte" dated October 1968. Mrs. Hudson said she had received a
request from Mr. Benson, of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
staff, for a copy of this document. She will forward it on to the
Committee on a non-attributable basis.
3. Received a call from Jim Cline, Counsel,
House Judiciary Committee, who requested a personal security briefing
for Representative Joshua Eilberg (D., Pa.) who will be traveling to
Moscow, Kiev and Uman, USSR. After checking with DDP the briefing
was scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Monday in Representative Eilberg's office.
4. I ITalked to Mr. Arthur Kuhl, Chief Clerk,
Senate Foreign Relations committee, who advised that the transcript
of the Director's testimony on Laos will be needed on Monday. The
Symington Subcommittee is meeting but it is not certain whether
Senator Symington will be present.
5. Met briefly with Bill Woodruff, on the staff
of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and talked with him about topics
of conversations between the Director and Senator Russell when they meet
on Monday. (See Memo to the Director.)
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,hole 11, 1969 CONGRESSIONAL ,xiensio?ts off` Remarks
It is amazing that with the billions newspapers across the country which re-
being spent on lavish educational build- ccntly carried the syndicated column by
ings, exchange programs, black studies Edith Kermit Roosevelt entitled, "The
programs, and even electro nics-books Truth About Greece."
apparently are given the lowest priority It is most significant that this highly
in the Federal programs for the spending responsible and. respected American
of taxpayers dollars. journalist would devote considerable
The editorial follows: space to the discussion of the situation
WONDROUS MENTAL MEANDERINGS
The mental meanderings in the U.S. De-
partment of Health, Education, and Welfare
are wondrous.
Here's a sample of what we mean:
"In the context of the total federal pro-
gram for education, special programs for
books and equipment are considered low
priority."
The statement was by HEW Undersecretary
John Venneman and apparently sums up the
attitude which accounts for a projected 66
per cent slash of federal money assistance to
school, public, college and university librar-
ies.
Books, in education, are considered low
priority? Holy Cowt
The recommended slash has some drastic
meaning to library services in Louisiana. It
would preclude any expansion of existing
services and compel a cutback in services
now provided.
Specifically, the State Library-hub of
library service in Louisiana-would face an
approximately 60 per cent out in 1969-70
appropriations under Title I (public library
service) of the federal Library Services and
Construction Act. There would be no appro-
pria.tlons for construction. Because they de-
pend on the State Library for specialized
services and materials, all public libraries
in Louisiana would suffer.
There would be no funds for school librar-
ies under Title II of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act, through which
has come money greatly enriching the library
resources of 1,961 schools in 66 public school
systems In the state, Half of the funds for
college library services would be lost. Train-
ing opportunities for future librarians would associates have taken direct steps to Imple-
be slashed about half. Twenty-one academic merit the Constitution as quickly as possible.
institutions in the state have benefited from The Greek government recently announced
the Higher Education Act; it provided 40 that the people were restored the rights to
Nine institutes offering advanced training
to librarians were underwritten by the act.
The federal government has moved bra-
zenly Into public education, more often than
not questionably. The least It can do for the
children of the people who foot the hills is
to shun an attitude that books are of low
priority "in the context of the total federal
program for education."
The effects cited here relate only to Lou-
isiana. The other 49 states are confronted
with the same situation.
Less federal spending is more than desir-
able. It is urgent. It equally is urgent to do
the cutting where it ought to be done. No
end of congressional committees have re-
viewed programs in which millions upon mil-
lions of dollars have been squandered. Most
of the program are still operative. The gravy
train still runs.
But when economy is called for, books are
"low priority" in the federal attitude toward
education! a grave threat to relations between the
How fatuous can the wonderful wizards of United States and Greece at a time when
Washington get? America needs all of her NATO allies to deal
with the growing menace of Soviet Influ-
ence in the Mediterranean and the Middle
East."
"frankly told me they were Communists and
would refuse stubbornly to Issue any assur-
ance they would not conspire against the
government in their efforts to overthrow the
new regime."
Pucinski's visit to Yaros occurred six
months after the April 21, 1967 takeover by
the Greek colonels. The Illinois Democrat
took with him his own Greek Interpreter so
there would be no chance for misinterpreting
what the prisoners were telling him. He re-
turned to Greece recently where he says he
spoke to some of the most respected leaders
of that country who are In no way affiliated
with the caretaker government nor do they
owe the present government any particular
allegiance.
"In not a single Instance," according to
Pucinski, "did these impartial observers re-
port any such tortures and brutalities as
reported in Look's article."
Furthermore, thousands of American citi-
zens of Greek ancestry from Chicago visit
their native Greece frequently, Pucinski says
he has talked to many of these people upon
their return from Greece to see If any of
their relative. have mentioned the alleged
tortures or brutalities. Pucinski, who inci-
dentally was the chief investigator for the
House Committee which exposed the atroci-
ties committed by the Russians against the
Pe1es at Katyn, says:
"In not a single instance, have we received
any evidence that would substantiate the
Look magazine charges."
The matter of alleged tortures In Greece
was also totally demolished as untrue after
on-site inspections by the International Red
Cross and a British Inter-party Committee
conducted at the request of the Greek care-
taker government. These two organizations
concluded there was no basis for the accusa-
tions.
Last October 7, the authoritative magazine,
U.S. News and World Report, wrote that while
the Army colonels are "authoritarian" there
is "no widespread clamor for a return to the
freewheeling democracy of the past.'. . . Con-
trols are strict, but they are used to promote
economic and social progress,"
LAWS RELATIVE TO THE PRINTING OF
. DOCUMENTS
Either House may order the printing of a
document not already provided for by law,
but only when the same shall be accompa-
nied by an estimate from the Public Printer
as to the probable cost hereof. Any execu-
tive department, bureau, board or independ-
ent office of the Government submitting re-
ports or documents in response to inquiries
from Congress shall submit therewith an
estimate of the probable cost of printing the
usual number. Nothing in this section re-
lating to estimates shall apply to reports or
documents not exceeding 50 pages (U.S.
Code, title 44, sec. 140, p. 1938).
Resolutions for printing extra copies, when
presented to either House, shall be referred
immediately to the Committee on House
Administration of the House of Representa-
tives or the Committee on Rules and Admin-
istration of the Senate, who, in making their
report, shall give the probable cost of the
proposed printing upon the estimate of the
Public Printer, and no extra copies shall be
printed before such- committee has reported
(U.Se Code, title 44, sec. 133, p. 1937).
THE TRUTH ABOUT GREECE Amnesty International as well as the arts RECORD OFFICE AT THE CAPITOL
. cle in Look Magazine have charged that po- An office for the CONGRESSIONAL Rrcoen,
NON. ROMAN C. PUCINSKL
OF ILLINOIS
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, June 11, 1969
which currently prevails in Greece.
It is my hope that Miss Roosevelt's ex-
cellent column will help Americans bet-
ter understand the problems that we are
dealing with in trying to influence the
restoration of parliamentary government
in Greece.
I am pleased that Miss Roosevelt
quotes extensively from my recent re-
marks in Congress on this subject. The
wide distribution of her highly respected
column gives added impetus toward bet-
ter understanding between the United
States and the people of Greece.
Miss Roosevelt's column follows:
THE TRUTH ABOUT GREECE
(By Edith Kermit Roosevelt)
WASHINGTON.-Two years ago a group of
colonels in the Greek Army led some fellow
army officers in a bloodless revolt against
those forces which would have delivered
Greece unquestionably into Communist
hands. They promised they would restore
order out of chaos.
Since the coup d'etat, the Greek caretaker
government has moved towards restoration
of a constitution and election of a Parlia-
ment to manage Greek affairs in the spirit
of democracy.
The former colonels gave the Greek people
an opportunity to vote on a constitution
which has been hailed by students of political
science as an outstanding document spelling
out and guaranteeing freedom and human
dignity for the people of Greece. A total of
92 per cent of the voters approved the con-
peaceful assembly, lawful association and the
inviolability of the home.
Rep. Roman C. Pucinski (D-Ill.), a mem-
ber of the House Education and Labor Com-
mittee, like other Americans looks forward
to the complete restoration of parliamentary
government In Greece-selected by the Greek
people. However, while he believes the U.S.
should continue to apply pressure for resto-
ration of complete parliamentary govern-
ment, he thinks we do a disservice to the
cause of freedom when we permit "mislead-
ing" contentions of tortures in Greece to go
unchallenged. Specifically, lie rejects as un-
true the serious charges of tortures and bru-
tality made in the May 27, 1969 issue of Look
Magazine and Amnesty International, a pri-
vate organization chaired by Michael
Straight, former editor of the Now Republic.
Pucinski calls their charges a misrepre=
sentation of the political situation in Greece
which he says does "an Injustice to the
litical prisoners were suffering great tortures with Mr. Raymond V. Noyes in charge, is lo-
on - the island of Yaros, off the coast of cated In room 11-112, House wing, where or-
Greece. But Pucinski, who claims to be the dare will be received for subscriptions to the
only American ever permitted to visit Yaros, REcoaw at $1.50 per month or for single
says that "at'ter interviewing several pun, copies at 1 cent for eight pages (minimum
dred prisoners, it was my conclusion that charge of 3 cents), Also, orders from Mem-
charges of torture and brutality were com- hers of Congress to purchase reprints from
Mr. PUCINSKI. MA ecLleo clkel a* 2QMOa3/d1 I xDP 4iBOO364ROOD3o"2w04ck5sed through this
zx~. +,aliira Rundav News is one of many Many of the prisoners," . lie. continues, office,
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6 May 1969
On the evening of 5 May while attending a wedding
STATOTHR anniversary party of some Italian friends, I met a young woman,
who identified herself as a researcher for
what she described as a more or less Secret committee of the
House of Representatives. I have the opinion that by 'Secret"
she meant a committee not officially sanctioned or appointed
by the House. She said the Committee was a carry-over from
the earlier group of Representatives of the Democratic Party
who issued the so called Libral Papers. On being informed
that I worked for the State Department, she said that she was
interested in getting in touch with a man she said had been
removed from his position with the Department shortly after
the recent Arab-Israeli War. He was posted in Cairo at the time.
I told her I knew nothing of the particular case but suggested
that if she were interested in contacting this man or somebody
who could give her the name of this man, she refer to that issue
of the Foreign Service List giving the names of those department
offices stationed in Cairo at the time of the War. She also
told me that this man had written several articles regarding
the fact that Nasser had bowed to pressure brought upon him
by his generals to initiate the conflict.
STATOTH R Later in the evening while I was out of the room, Mrs.
mentioned to my wife that oneof the purposes ofthe:.
'Secret committee was to unearth facts to prove that the
Central Intelligence Agency had been responsible for pushing
Egypt into the War. I heard this only later from my wife on
the way home and thus had no opportunity to discretely question
her further about the activities of this committee or to
STATOTHR determine if my wife had correctly heard the remark. It is
highly unlikely that I will be seeing again.
STATINTLSTA
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE February 17, 1969
Someone had Skinned a possum in front ate of Yale and Columbia, "yet the Collier gnarled and disfigured, was wearing two pairs
of one of the shacks, then left the meat for County commissioners always say the prob- of pants against the cold. An unvented oil
the flies. The cadaver of another skinned ani- lem doesn't exist, that the county always heater had been installed near the front of
mal floated in the slough. looks after its own 'worthy poor.'" A man who introduced himself as "Hobo Observers noted that the rural admonition, to avoid suffocation frank the fumes..ow open
Bob" reeled out of the canteen and proudly "root hog, or die," seemed to express the He and Lady slept on piles of rags near the
produced an old photo that showed him commission's attitude toward migrants. They rear, where there was a little cookstove. The
with a wine bottle in one hand and a pistol recalled that at a hearing last August Vice only food visible was a pan of fatback and
in the other, a cigarette dangling from his Chairman A. C. Hancock warned: "There are some pieces of fish heavily salted for preser-
lips creased in a grin. He said he was sending . those sitting with their hands out waiting vation. Mr. Kelley said he had not worked in
the photo to a cousin in South Carolina, to to be fed, and that's a situation we won't go eight months, but he seemed happy. He had
show the relative what a happy life migrants for."
could lead. Other officials expressed the fear that if TEN just received TEN CH from aeE Lee
N $7 Mr. That's Hobo Bob," he laughed, patting the migrants were given food they would not near IN HUT
photo, work. Others thought that free food would In n a black camp a 10 children Kelley's bus, Mrs.
Retrieving a cardboard box from his shack,. drive the corner grocery into bankruptcy, Pauline Milton and 10 children were hut.
Hobo Bob offered visitors some cold grits med "Me into a two of the ln-and
mixed with beans and fatback, Immokalee, which calls itself the "water-
es sl en hut.
mith's Camp is one of 60 or 70 accommo- melon capital of America," is a flat, sprawling, bed," and M two of it the little ones ts in here are two
dusty town where people of different colors, beds said Mrs. r Milton, "and one in are two
dations for migrants around Immokalee, black, brown, red and white, live in strict beds in the other room and one in the kit-
Other camps seem less appalling in physical residential segregation. Smith's Camp, out in Chen for the rest."
appearance but hold a greater potential for the swamp, is all black, but there are several She had worked two days that week, earn-
human degradation and misery because they other Negro camps inside the town. ing $1i to each . da
$2 a day for
swarm with children, baby sitters. Y. and paying
UNEMPLOYMENT HEAVY These are in "The Quarters," an area that
contains not only the Negroes but "Utopian "I couldn't ey ng to give them rood, "bt,t
Albert Lee, an energetic young Negro who of concrete-block huts occupied by Mexican- she said, surve
, we the hungry brood, "bur
heads the local antipoverty project, the Com- Americans. Outside "The Quarters," scarttered lunch, had boiled beans, rice and potatoes for
munity Civic Workers, said it was a bad sea- around the rest of the town, are camps for lunch, and I'll give them the same for sup-
son for migrants with heavy unemployment. white migrants. A few score Seminole Indians per. Immokalee, a town of 3,000 near the north- live in grass huts on the eastern edge of the Mrs. Milton is one
a comelf a e, for few
ern edge of the Everglades, normally has a- community, has lived eligible for
co y welfare,
Immokalce for years she
mid-winter population of 12,000 migrants, he has lived had lied, e but fo had debee told She
said, but now there were only about 10,000. RENT OF $10 TO gzo A WEEK said she had applied,
that
Many who normally wintered in Immokalee Most of the camps ? are clusters of wooden her application would take a30to 45 days to
had gone to Texas instead. shanties, concrete huts, trailers. Rents range process.
Immokalee is in Collier County. Many well- from $10 to $20 a week, plus utilities. Flush Of all the ethnic groups, the Mexican-
to-do retired people live in Naples, the coun- toilets are a rarity, most camps providing a Americans probably suffered most during
ty's biggest community, and this element, ' communal latrine. Regardless of the color of times of hunger, Mr. Dow said as he drove
plus the big farm owners, have insured a the occupants, the camps appear universally past "Utopian Homes." Some of the Mexicans
highly conservative county government. mean and squalid. had tried to alleviate the bleakness by plant-
The county has conservative long history of snubbing Mrs. Angela Spencer, 38, and two small ing flowers around the huts.
Federal aid, even during the Depression era, ;pallid children occupied a trailer in one of Mexicans are proud," Mr. Dow explained,
and in recent years the county commissionrs the white camps, and feel they are violating cultural mores
have stoutly rejected the food distribution "I was lucky enough to get three days if they ask for help."
have s the Department of Agriculture ion work this week," she said, Mr. Foster said that the Florida State
Today Collier County offers neither street She said she had been averaging two and Board of Health has denied the existence of
food distribution nor the food stamp pro- one-half days of work a week, earning $25, widespread malnutrition in Collier County,
gram. Migrants who run out of money here out of which she had to pay a baby sitter $3. PARASITIC INFECTION CITED
are out of luck. The rent was $15. That left $7 for food and "People are hungry, no one can quibble
How do they keep alive, Mr. Lee was asked. all other expenses. She owed $19 in back rent, about that," he insid. "And there is a tre-
He said he had received on Christmas Eve . she said, and $100 in doctor's bills.
$500 from the Office of Economic Opportu- There was a platter of mendously high incidence of parasitic infec-
green beans and "ion,"
nity. The instructions were that the money hominy on the stove. Clouds of flies wheeled Last March the state health board issued
could be distributed only for emergency food, about. The refrigerator was empty except for a report saying that a team of doctors had
"PINCHING AND PINCHING" three sticks of margarin, a partly empty bot- "closely observed" some migrant children at of m
k
f "Now I've got a few dollars left," he said, tle She had beena hoped from rAlbert kLee's had r sn signsschools and clinics and that "none of ."
"but I've been pinching and pinching and meager allotment of cash, as had Mrs. Car- had gross report s d that pellagra, rg
pinching." oline Conner, an attractive blonde who lived The report said that aba severe sit
He explained how he made the money in another white camp and was 10 days out only deficiency disease had been noted but
last. He was doling out $1 a day per person of the hospital after delivering a baby girl. only in "known chronic df aleohig an
to the most desperately hungry, then cutting Her husband had abandoned her. next day next day the friends of the migrants released
them off after 14 days. "We were real desperate," Mrs. Conner said migrant results of clinical examinations
"That's it," he said. "After 14 days if they of herself and the baby. le the 2t mgrant farm ldren's Hospital sof
can't get handouts from the neighbors they friends, I wouldn't have been able to make Miami.
. the Variety Children's of
don't eat." It.,, Miami.
Two young lawyers from the, O.E.O.-fl- LIKES MICHIGAN REST The sampling uncovered 38 clinical dis-eases in the 23 nanced South Florida Migrant Legal Serv- Mrs. Conner said she had been migrating- monia to worms hildren, ranging from pneu-
ices program, T. Michael Foster and William from Florida to the Great Lakes and back The hospital's executive director, Gerald
F. Dow 3d, said that their organization had for the last four years, following the spring W. Frawley, described the findings as "rather
been trying for years to get Federal food strawberry crop to northern Florida, then incredible ... a most extraordinary morbid-
sent into Collier County. Arkansas, Illinois and Michigan;
Last
Last summer Mr. Foster wrote to the then pirapes ulation rote" and be about "The most migrant underpriv-
Secretary pop-
of Agriculture, Orville L. Free- Michigan's blueberries, peaches and grapes must be about the most underpriv-
man, telling A hunger and malnutrition during late summer and early fall, then go- ileged in the nation, at least In terms of med-
in the n, labor camps, hunger
reporting the marefusal lnutrition of ing back to Immokalee for winter tomatoes, ical attention."
Collier County partipipai, like most aloof peppers and "cukes," or cucumbers.' In a few weeks Collier County will feel the
CollieuCoun in to parts food slik nos avail- She liked Michigan best, she said, because spotlight of national publicity. The Senate
able to the poor, and pleading for inter- mokalee hert rent o wasl $20ra week, and she Needs is making this county its first stop on
bention. had just about run out of the money she had a tour of suspected hunger areas.
ATTITUDE OF COUNTY AIDES received from Albert Lee.
Washington did nothing. Congress had au- "Whether she feels well or not, she's gotta the The com seeking on
failure ofttl a iFederal foodInformation
programs to
thorized the O.E.O. to take over the distribu- go to work, Mr. Lee said. reach millions of poor Americans.
tion of food in the poorest counties, which, "I got to do something," Mrs, Conner A 1
for one reason or another, were not partiel- agreed, M,
patiug. But Collier County was not poor . Down In Tl]o Quarters, an enough to qualify; the median annual family named James Kelley and his yellow elderly clog, Lady, black I1AG`S N rANr r,Nk C T DEACIZII'iT 17
income, thanks to the wealthy Gulf Coast fo t'](1 P. way to beat the * UI3LSC FI11N( ra17 f Vipi9T1T!!S
resorts, was $4,673 a year.pQ,,~~ n pp Fnr Re{e a 03 oo12OOOt l',D
Ive seen hunger in If~IaTe~ a~ liacT as coo eG 7us.
in Latin America," said Mr. Dow, a F rada- -M"r. ],:alley, a diabetic whose fingers were het Il
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February 17, '1969 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE S1673
Iraqi traitors in Liberation Square in This Peress worked for the Intelligence Serv-
Baghdad and in Basra and 5 months be- ' ice during the second war and after, and was
fore their arrest, there appeared in an one of the accused in the smuggling of arms
Iraqi newspaper, which has served as a in the famous Adas case. He was arrested on
several occasions when he was pointed out
spokesman for the government, an arti- by Jews arrested while attempting to flee to
cle not only describing the events which Iran.
were to take place months later but also ' One of the well known persons is Abdul-.
giving the names of some of the victims. Nabi who lives in Azizia. He was arrested on
Such an article confirms the suspicion several occasions, the last of which, when a Salinas, in Ecuador, at the request of our
that the trials and the public show exe- fleeing family was captured and confessed Government, so that the damage might
cutions were rather a premeditated polit- on him. He was engaged in smuggling Jews to be assessed and the facts surrounding
ical maneuver on the part of Iraq's rulers piloot t l with This the Abdul Israeli Air i has a Forces who is a the incident might be ascertained. It was
seeking to strengthen their position at p I, after after g ra du-
home. ating form the American Air Institute. Who the understanding of the captain of the
knows, may be this pilot participated in kill- San Juan that once the damage had been
The article speaks for itself. ing our proud and courageous people. assessed and the information gathered,
I ask unanimous consent to have Among them, Ghali Bowkar, a money his ship would be permitted to go back
printed in the RECORD these stories from a changer and forger and a well known smug- to sea and to continue on its course to
newspaper in Baghdad, published on gler whose family had connections with the its home port.
Saturday, August 24, 1968. previous responsible personalities. After a meeting between the repre-
There being no objection, the articles He sent his son Fouad to London. After he
received his pilot's license, he joined the sentatives of the U.S. Government and
were ordered to be printed in the RECORD, Israeli Air Force. A few days before the mis- the port authorities, the captain had been
as follows: fortune, this Israeli pilot came in on a told that he would be permitted to put
REPORT ON ZIONIST ACTIVITIES IN BASRA- foreign passport and a foreign name and out to sea again. However, the repre-
WHEN WILL THE SPIES OF ISRAEL BE Ex- engaged in Zionist activities together with sentatives of the U.S. Government left
ELUTED IN IRAQ? his father according to instructions given to before the ship departed and the captain
The decision to impound the Coca Cola them by Israeli Intelligence in West Ger- of the San Juan was told, to his surprise,
Factories in Iraq was received with great many, Holland, Austria and England . . .
satisfaction by all nationalist circles espe- Of the Zionist, Yousef Sadka, a television that he could not take his ship out. At
cially the working class. . . The decision dealer, he was proven to have sold television , this point, the captain, in desperation,
unveiled a black page from the pages of sets made in Israel. This Sadka had a history did the only thing he could think of do-
the deposed regime that used to deal, make full of spying when he worked for British ing. He attempted to leave because he
pacts and cash in at the expense of the peo- Intelligence while he was an employee of the had a catch aboard and it has been cus-
le and their destin ! British Gray-McKenzie Company.
P Y tomary for Peru and Ecuador to-= take
The masses of the people demand that the Among them, Zilkha, owner of Zilkha these ships into port after their catch is
government of the revolution unveil all the Stores, well known by his strong connection on board in that the vessels can keep
black rages of the previous regime ...1 with the leaders of the previous regime. He
We want a frank exposure of all merchants has already sent all members of his family their refrigerating plants going for only
of politics I to Iran. Through this person, hiding of Jews a limited period of time.
We want to know the role of the "advisory coming from Baghdad to flee to Iran was The fines levied against these vessels
offices" in Beirut, Baghdad, London and accomplished. This Zilkha was also active in have been large and resulted in a sys-
others . -. . 1 selling the assets of Jewish fugitives to Israel. tematic shakedown with which we have
We want the enactment of a law-where He sold one or two pieces of property for been far too patient in the past. I think
did you get this from? 17000 dinars two days befort the Issuance of the position of the United States in the
We want to know about the source of orders prohibiting Jews from selling their matter of protecting its nationals and its
money transferred into grand palaces, property. Where did this money go!?
We want to know the patrons of clubs, And there is Khethoury Heskel and Saleh ships-its fishing fleets-in every other
from which agents of American intelligence Rahmim and others and others. matter, including areas in the military,
function .1 Revolutionaries of July ... I put before such as the unfortunate incident of the
We want to know the names of those who you these facts which I have previously pre Pueblo, should be made clear and dis-
cover for the spy networks 1 sented to the old regime with the result, the tinet. There should be no question as to
We want to identify the names of those cover up of Zionism and its networks. ou3 feelings and our determination and
who are smuggling Jews out of the country. As I put this before you I am waiting with
We want and want- the rest of the nation for the great day when a firm request for a new assessment of
since we e mentioned the "Jews", it is ap- the Israeli spies will be hanged in Libera-' this entire problem and a new set of rules.
propriate to copy a portion of the report of tion Square ... Our Government should insist immedi-
our correspondent In connection with the I add no more . . 11 ately on an international convention to
Zionist activities, and I put it at the disposal determine, once and for all, the borders
of the responsible authorities and the people of the territorial sea, and the contiguous
as well . . .I SEIZURE OF AMERICAN FISHING fisheries jurisdiction.
The report states: BOAT These Latin American countries bene-
The activities of the Jews and their work fit from our foreign aid; our vessel loans
for the Zionist cause is going in a hysterical Mr. MURPHY. Mr. President, I call to which have actually been used to seize
manner, especially after the aggression of the the attention of the Senate to another our commercial fishing ships, and the
black fifth of June. Meetings are still being unfortunate chapter in a long series of American importation of the fisheries
held at the home of the one called-Elias, harassing events that have endangered
who lives near the Department of Civil Af- one of the most important industries products of these nations. Consequently,
fairs Registration at Ashar, a dealer in con- in my State-the fishing industry. it is time for our State Department to de-
struction materials. His house is frequented cide which of these should be stopped in
by-Albert Gareh, Anwar Peres, Naji Zilkha A fleet of tuna clippers was fishing off order to prevent any further recurrences
and Abdul-Nabi-(the renowned smuggler) Peru last week. Motor torpedo boats of of this type of gunboat diplomacy.
and Ghali the moneychanger and Jack the Peruvian navy circled in and out Mr. President, I think the message
Atrakchi, and Fouad Gabbay. Through the and then began firing on two of these should - be written in the strongest pos-
moneychanger and Gabbay, smuggling of ships. Bible terms. I think at long last the Gov-
carried Jews, out. and foreign currency is . Yet these boats were fishing some ernments of Ecuador, Peru, and Chile
.
Many of these merchants had friendship 50 miles off the coast of Peru, and should be made to understand that the,
with source responsible members of the pre- to all intents and purposes they were Government of the United States is go-
vious regime and with some of the merchants fishing in international waters, which ing to take a positive and a very firm
backed by them, I reserve the names of these are generally recognized to begin 12 miles position in these matters and do every-
merchants to whomever asks for it from the or less off the coastline. Some countries thing possible and necessary to protect
loyalist, in South America, however, claim the our fishermen, and to see that these in-
All the Jews in Basra have brothers and
relatives Israel boundaries from their coasts begin 200 cidents of harassment and international
made with h them and through ail and
certain agents contact by Is miles off their shores. The basis for this shakedown come to an end,
m
way of Iran ... I One of the most famous claim seems to be a speech made during Furtheri,~I believe the President of the
Jewish personalities in BasrapoveIm[FojR&e` se I2'QQ4103Ji1d')'1i ,Q T711 BQ0364 000a,QQlc22O.OOi1sci the Am-
Anwar Peress, an import merchant, and a which he said that he would protect the bussadors of these nations and our Am
big monopolizer of construction 'materials, ter.?ito;ialintegrityof theAmerican con- bas.;sa;;~>As firmly and distinctly that we.
should be remembered, however, that all
recent international conferences the
great majority of sea-bordering nations
have agreed that the territorial sea
should not extend beyond 12 miles.
The San Juan which was the hardest
hit of these vessels put into the port of
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By emphasizing flexibility and realism to
serve our interests, a new policy of "Selective
Responsibility" will Improve our ability to
act in this complicated, multi-polar world.
Regarding Soviet-American relations, this
new approach will enable us better to dis-
tinguish areas of convergence and divergence
of interests.
In dealing with the Soviet Union, we have
oscillated between attitudes of undue trust-
fulness and of total suspicion, During periods
of "thaw," we foster the illusion that the
Soviet Union will act "reasonably" on all,
issues; during periods of "freeze" we harbor
the opposite fantasy.
The truth is that there will be areas where
we can cooperate with the USSR. The Nu-
clear Non-Proliferation Treaty is an obvi-
ous case in point. But there will equally be
areas where we must firmly oppose the Soviet
Union-as in the Mediterranean. We cannot
afford a policy which Ignores these distinc-
tions.
Congress-especially the Senate-has an
important role to play in implementing this
new policy of Selective Responsibility. It can
do no by conducting a continuing review of
our foreign policy to see if It reflects the real
interests of America.
Congress can perform a particularly valu-
able function in helping to assure that our
foreign policy is consistent with domestic
opinion and domestic social needs.
Through their broad contacts with their
constituents, members of Congress can help
gauge the impact of our foreign policy at
home. This function is vital to assure
that we no longer attempt ambitious foreign
commitments-especially military commit-
ments-which lack the support of a consen-
sus in America.
But to perform this function, Congress
must be informed. One minimum measure is
that the President should undertake fully to
inform Congress in advance of any new com-
mitment of American troops abroad, unless
a clear emergency prevents him from doing
so. If possible, he should request a joint res-
olution of Congress for this purpose.
No one approach to foreign affairs can be
guaranteed to work. Too much depends upon
the incalculable factors of good or bad luck;
the skill and judgment of our leaders; the
rationality and predictableness of those who
oppose us. Nevertheless, I am hopeful that
the approach I have outlined will be of some'
assistance in charting constructive new di-
rections in America's foreign policy.
MIDEAST
Mr. DAVITS. Mr. President, I ask
unanimous consent to have printed in
the RECORD a speech by Senator SCOTT.
entitled "Mideast Peace Must Be Nego-
tiated by Israel, Arabs."
There being no objection, the speech
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
SENATOR SCOTT SAYS MIDEAST PEACE MUST BE
NEGOTIATED DY ISRAEL, ARABS
PICILADELrxIA, PA.-U.S. Senator Hugh Scott
(R.-Pa.) said last night that "President Nixon
has taken the initiative to encourage a
fairly-negotiated Arab-Israel peace settle-
ment."
Speaking before the Cardozo Lodge at the
Marriott Motor inn, where he received the
Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo Award, Senator
Scott said:
"President Nixon has taken the initiative
to encourage a fairly-negotiated Arab-Israel
peace settlement,
"The announcement that there will be an
effort to bring the parties together should
not be interpreted as an effort to impose a
settlement on the contending parties in the
Middle East. Arrived ForRele p
a5?
2 Q4 1~llatC} 1 it 061a364tIi~Oflr 9~"I 20 3 i~ one estimate ro-
"I am confident t esi ent axon taken the arat ate? In tht
a Aire11- I, "i"l ,a ti... ..w,. n r,
known full well that the only lasting settle- , DEPLOYMENT OF ANTI-BALLISTIC-
nieut must bo one to which Israel and the MISSILE SYSTEM
Arab states freely subscribe.
"The Arabs, the Russians and the French Mr. COOPER. Mr. President, a group
have been talking about a political solution, of Senators had planned to discuss to-
We are not deceived by nice words. What day the implications of deployment of
they mean by that is a Big Power settlement
to be imposed on the Arabs and Israelis the .anti-ballistic-missile system. There
which will fall far short of a genuine peace has been a long debate over the recom-
and which, indeed, will be prejudicial to mendation to increase salaries, It is very
peace and, perhaps, conducive to the resump- late in the evening. At least 14 Senators
tion of war in the near future. indicated a desire to speak and enter into
"The Russians and the Arabs have been a discussion of the problems the system
waging a war of nerves to achieve this ob- will cause for our country and give their
jcctive. It Is argued, that we may be on the reasons for desiring a reversal of the
verge of a Great Power confrontation-that decision made last year to support its
we may be slipping into a Third World War.
It is argued that we cannot ask the Arabs deployment.
to make peace with Israel, that they are too I am very sad that the Senator from
proud and we should not humiliate them. It Michigan (Mr. HART) is not here, because
is argued that Israel _ has been stubborn by he was a principal figure in last year's
insisting on a negotiated peace.
"effort to strike funds for the deployment
stampeded I suggest by that any we kind should of not be false swayed hysteria or of the system. He is away, but he will re-
which may intimidate American opinion. I turn and he will take an active part in
suggest that we look at the Middle East ? the movement this year to halt this dan-
with calm and with reason. Let us reject gerous and costly system.
the efforts of the Russians and the French My statement is brief. I know some of
to write U.S. policy. We are living in the my colleagues have engagements, and if
20th century. We cannot agree to a return
to 19th century imperialism which permitted they want me to yield to them during my
Great Powers to impose their will on other statement, I shall be glad to do so. I am
peoples. Neither the French nor the Russians glad to see here also the distinguished
have any right to dictate the future course chairman of the Armed Services CoIn-
of Middle East relationships. Surely, the mittee (Mr. STENNIS), and I shall be
Arabs have memories of their past experience happy to have his comment.
with French rule when France had mandates M
in the area. And surely the Arabs must be Mr. President, during the last session
aware of the Soviet Union's record in of the Congress, the Senate debated and
Czechoslovakia. voted upon one of the most important
"Let us not be deceived by propaganda issues that face this country-the de-
fakery which would lead us to believe that ployment of the Sentinel anti-ballistic-
the Arabs states mean peace when they talk missile system. Its awesome strategic and
of political solution. Bear in mind that Syria, policy implications, its great cost, the
Iraq and the Arab terrorists have all rejected questions that many outstanding scien-
the November 22 UN resolution and the Jar-
ring fists and technicians have raised about
"A mission picture is which it worth created, many columns of its feasibility, and, above all, the concern
newsprint and that front-page picture show- that it will not provide security to our
ing the lynchings in Baghdad last week con- country, but will only launch another
veys a graphic message. The brutal and bar- nuclear arms race Of Vast proportions,
bayous hangings in Iraq have again exposed challenge the initial decision made in the
the virulent hostility of Arab terrorism which last Congress to deploy the system.
prevails in Syria and Iraq and among the Last year the Congress authorized and
Arab terrorists. appropriated over $1 billion for the initial
"As of this moment, I have not heard of
any Soviet condemnation of the brutal ex- deployment of a so-called "thin" system :
ccution of Jews in Iraq. If the Soviet Union a total of $700.3 million was appropriated
were honestly committed to a real settle- in the military procurement bill; $227.3
ment in the Middle East, it would long ago million in the military construction bill;
have joined with other nations In censuring and the Atomic Energy Commission'bill
terrorism in the Middle East and in sum- included $324.5 million for Sentinel com-
moning the Arab states to a recognition of ponents. In previous years, something on
their to live at peace with their th
d
e or
er of $3 billion have been appro-
o-
g
" A real Arab-Israel peace must be a major printed for research,
objective of American policy. This means that Prior to Secretary McNamara's speech
Arabs and Israelis must reach agreement on in San Francisco in September 1967, de-
future boundaries. There is nothing sacred ployment had not been recommended by
or eternal about the present temporary armi- ' the executive branch. But on January 22,
stice or cease-fire lines. The boundaries of 1967, the administration of President
the future must be based on realistic agree- Johnson, speaking through the posture
ments, and such boundaries reached by un- statement of former Secretary of De-
derstanding and negotiations will become
bridges and not walls. fense Robert McNamara, recommended
"The UN has a role to play in this, but its approval of the so-called "thin" system,
major function must be to encourage Arabs designed to defend against the suggested
and Israelis to meet together. The UN will nuclear threat of Communist China.
not serve the best interests of peace if it con- Senator RICHARD RUSSELL, then chair-
tinues to keep the parties apart and if it man of the Senate Armed Services Com-
seeks to restore demarcation lines and ma- mittee, said during the debate that he
chinory which proved feeble and futile when
they were tested by renewed aggression in considered its true purpose to be a
1907. "building block" in the construction of
"The Great Powers have a role to play. It a "heavy" system against a nuclear at-
is to encourage all the peoples In the Middle tack by the Soviet Union. No one can
East to join together in mutual respect, in estimate its cost accurately-$5.5 billion
cooperation and In the preservation of earn. for the "thin" system and $40 billion for
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through these Chambers to final enact-
ment.
Obviously, I stand ready to offer a fur-
ther explanation or clarification that you
f may seek.
' -THE UNITED STATES MUST OPPOSE
ANY FOUR-POWER MEETING ON
THE MIDDLE EAST UNLESS IS-
RAEL PARTICIPATES AS A FULL
PARTNER
(Mr. PUCINSKI asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his
remarks.)
Mr. PUCINSKI. Mr. Speaker, U Thant
has again urged that the United States,
Russia, and France get together on a
Middle East peace agreement and then
send it to the United Nations Security
Council for final approval. He said:
I don't see any other sensible or realistic
solution.
I submit, Mr. Speaker, U Thant is
tragically wrong and again shows his
bias and prejudice against Israel. I do
not believe any solution can be reached
by the four powers unless Israel and the
Arab States are permitted fully to par-
ticipate in such conferences.
It is the height of folly to suggest that
Israel be left out of any four-power
conferences.
It is even greater folly to expect Israel
to accept any recommendations when
she has not participated in the search
for a Middle East solution.
Mr. U Thant should be reminded
Israel won the 6-day war in 1967 and
should not be expected to give up her
hard fought victory without being a
partner in full standing toward any so-
lution.
What Mr. U Thant proposes today is
another Yalta, where the major powers
cut up the spoils and decided the destiny
of 180 million people in East Central
Europe against their will. The tragic re-
sults of Yalta continue to plague us to
this day. The United States cannot again
be a party to such an action.
No, Mr. Speaker, the United States
should not agree to any four-power
meetings unless Israel is included as a
full partner with an unequivocal right
to participate in those meetings.
We have agreed to peace talks in Paris,
but only after agreeing to let the Na-
tional Liberation Front and the Viet-
cong participate in those discussions
even though they are our proven enemy.
Why should we apply a different
standard to Israel today, in searching for
a solution to the Middle East when
Israel is our proven friend?
The massacre of the Jewish nationals
in Iraq has shocked the entire world. But
more important, it is testing beyond en-
durance Israel's patience.
President Nixon has quite properly
warned of the danger in the Middle East.
I submit the United States can make its
greatest contribution toward peace to-
day by insisting that Israel and the Arab
States be permitted to participate in any
For the United States to seek any solu-
tion without the full'participation by the
Israelis is to intensify tension in an al-
ready explosive area.
Let there be no mistake, the Soviet
Union wants a four-power conference
because it wants to impose a forced
peace plan on Israel by bypassing both
the United Nations General Assembly
and the Security Council. More impor-
tant, by pressing for four-power confer-
ences, the Soviet Union wants to dictate
the kind of peace formula Israel must
accept.
Mr. Speaker, let us make no mistake,
the Soviet Union wants the destruction
of Israel at all cost. That is why she
wants to bypass the United Nations
under the guise of seeking peace in the
Middle East.
I have too much respect for President
Nixon to believe he could fail to see
through this Soviet scheme and be a
party to Israel's destruction. I hope Mr.
Nixon will provide the leadership for
talks between the Israelis and the Arabs
toward a just and meaningful peace in
the Middle East. If the four powers want
to sit in on such a meeting, let them.
Since all of them have been supplying
arms to both sides, they should sit in on
such a meeting but not without Israel.
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
DAY
(Mr. WILLIAMS asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute and to include extraneous mat-
ter.)
Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. Speaker, it is my
privilege today to insert a poem in the
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD that my constitu-
ent, Mr. Robert Gordon Smith, of Aldan,
Pa., has written, entitled "Presidential
Inauguration Day":
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION DAY
(By Robert Gordon Smith)
Our Father,
We, Thy children,
Who know
The blessings and
Responsibilities
That are ours
As Americans,
Come to Thee this day
With grateful hearts.'
Once again
Two men of our choice
Stand together before us,
And before Thee,
While one passes to the
Other
The proud but
Simple title,
"Mr. President."
We know full well
The fearful burdens that
He now assumes
For us,
Our children,
And all the peoples
Of the earth.
May he share the
Weight of those burdens
With Thee,
Our Father,
And ask of Thee,
As did Solomon of old,
"An understanding heart
to judge thy people
that I may discern
between good and bad:
for who is able to
judge this thy so
great a people?" 1
Yet even while we
Honor him
And ask Thy
Blessing upon him
We also pray,
Our Father,
For the one who,
His service to us done,
Now steps aside.
For his successor.
As these two men
Ride together
To the Capitol
For the
Presidential Inauguration
We thank Thee
That in this gracious act
They remind us that
We are, in truth,
One Nation Under God.
Bless our Presidents,
Father,
This
Inauguration Day.
Quotation from I Kings 3: 9.
BRINGING PAY INCREASE RECOM-
MENDATIONS TO HOUSE FLOOR
(Mr. GROSS asked and was given per-
mission to address the House for 1 min-
ute and to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. GROSS. Mr. Speaker, I want to
thank the chairman of the Rules Com-
mittee, the gentleman from Mississippi
(Mr. COLMER), for scheduling a hearing
at 10:30 o'clock next Wednesday morn-
ing on the resolution I have introduced,
to take from the Post Office and Civil
Service Committee and bring to the
House floor a resolution disapproving
the outrageous pay increase recom-
mendations for the legislative, executive,
and judicial branches of Government.
I trust that all Members of the House
who have introduced disapproving res-
olutions will immediately notify the gen-
tleman from Mississippi (Mr. COLMER)
that they wish to be,heard at the hear-
We Thank Thee, ing.
Our whate,tever our failings
That whatever It is my further hope that the mem-
We have learned to bers of the Rules Committee, as a result
Put aside our differences of the hearing, will promptly vote to
This day, bring a resolution to the floor so that
Not only in pledging the Members of the House will have the
The support of free men to opportunity to work their will on at least
The one who puts on the mechanism of approval or rejection
The lonely mantle of of this outlandish proposal.
The Presidency,
F ~f 0 he press that one
four-power confer 1 c~ gO#ly lI?}e i *ase 20~1."' J KE"i B00364
we find a peaceful ~'dat~id'1VI ,~ ai u es Committee has
East. And protection. said:
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