NOTICE OF HEARINGS RELATING TO ARMS CONTROL

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studies he left and with the same ability ability to deter any adversary from
to meet the expenses of a college edu- initiating a nuclear war.
cation.
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS OF AN
AMENDMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 115
At the request of Mr. ALLOTT, the Sen-
ator from New York (Mr. BUCKLEY), the
Senator from Alaska (Mr. STEVENS), the
Senator from South Dakota Mr. McGov-
ERN), and the Senator from California
(Mr. CRANSTON) were added as cospon-
sors of Amendment No. 115, intended to
be proposed to H.R. 6531, the Military
Selective Service Act.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF HEARINGS BY
THE COMMITTEE ON THE DIS-
TRICT OF COLUMBIA
Mr. STEVENSON. Mr. President, as
chairman of the Senate District of Co-
lumbia Subcommittee on Business, Com-
merce and Judiciary I would like to an-
nounce hearings on Friday, June 11,
1971, at 9:30 a.m. on the following bills:
H.R. 2594.-Relating to the distribution of
a minor's share which does not exceed $1,000
in a decedent's estate.
H.R. 2894.-To incorporate the Paralyzed
Veterans of America.
H.R. 5638.-To provide criminal penalties
for interfering with a fireman performing
duties (same as for police).
H.R. 6105.-To incorporate the Merchant
Marine Association.
H.R. 7931 (S. 1369).-Amending Code for
administration of small estates.
S. 1370 (H.R. 1370).-To standardize pro-
cedures for testing of utility meters and add
penalty provisions in order to qualify under
NOural Gas Pipeline Safety Act.
Any interested person who wants to
file a statement or to appear as a witness
on these matters should notify Mr. Gene
Godley, General Counsel of the District
of Columbia Committee in Room 6222,
New Senate Office Building.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF HEARINGS BY
THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON PARKS
AND RECREATION
Mr. BIBLE. Mr. President, I wish to
announce for the information of the
Senate and the public that open hearings
have been scheduled by the Subcommit-
tee on Parks and Recreation on the fol-
lowing:
On June 10, 1971:
S. 1152-Percy=to facilitate the preserva-
tion of historic monument and:
S. 1245-Moss et al.-relating to the pres-
ervation of historical and archeological data.
On June 15, 1971:
Oversight and informational hearing on
the National Park Service-To cover such
subjects as security, traffic management,
public safety, vandalism, etc.
NOTICE OF HEARINGS ON THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A COAL GAS-
IFICATION CORPORATION
Mr. JACKSON. Mr. President, I wish
to announce to the Members of the
Senate that the Committee on Interior
and Insular Affairs will hold open hear-
ings on July 27 and 28 on S. 1846, a bill
introduced by Senator Moss and myself
to establish a coal gasification corpora-
tion. Several other Members of the Sen-
ate have asked to join with us in spon-
soring this measure which is intended
to provide a framework for Government
and industry to cooperate in the essen-
tial job of bringing technology for the
production of gas from coal to commer-
cial reality.
This hearing will be held.in the com-
mittee room, 3110 New Senate Office
Building. and will begin at 10 a.m., each
day.
NOTI
CE OF
HEARINGS RELATING
TO A
RMS CONTROL
Mr.
MUSKI
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to anno
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hearings on
a rms control implica-
tions of various U.S. weapons systems
and strategic doctrines on June 16 and
17 at 10 a.m. in room 4221.
These first 2 days will be concerned
with the effects on the arms race of the
American nuclear deterrent triad: our
submarine-launched missiles, land-based
missiles, and intercontinental bomber
forces.
I gave a detailed description to the
Senate of the subject matter of these
entire hearings on May 6.
We hope to hear both from adminis-
tration and outside witnesses on the
question of whether our strategic nuclear
deterrent can be modified to help sta-
bilize the arms race, increase American
security, and save billions of taxpayers'
dollars, without in any way lessening our
PROPERTY TAXATION: A STUDY BY
THE CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH
SERVICE
Mr. MUSKIE. Mr. President, the
Subcommittee on Intergovernmental
Relations, Senate Committee on Govern-
ment Operations, has released for public
use a committee print entitled, "Prop-
erty Taxation: Effects on Land Use and
Local Government Revenues."
This is a background study prepared
for the subcommittee by the staff of the
Congressional Research Service. It is a
very thorough paper reviewing the short-
comings of present property taxation
policies and practices as they affect
Government revenues and land use, and
it examines in depth some of the major
intergovernmental relations involved. It
also explores alternative methods of
property taxation and methods of mak-
ing such a tax more efficient and
equitable.
Copies of the study will be made
available upon request to Members of
Congress, congressional committees, and
officials of Federal, State, and local
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governments, as long as the subcommit-
tee's supply lasts. Copies are also on sale
at the U.S. Government Printing Office.
NATIONAL PEACE CORPS WEEK
Mr. HUMPHREY. Mr. President, as the
sponsor of and as one of the Senators who
worked with President John F. Kennedy
to pass the first Peace Corps bill in 1961,
it is with some personal joy and pride
I salute the Peace Corps during National
Peace Corps Week, May 30 to June 5.
The Peace Corps as we know has dis-
patched both young: people and older citi-
zens around the world as citizen ambas-
sadors.
In the past 10 years, 45,000 Americans
have served in more than 60 countries as
educators-in schools, on farms, in hos-
pitals, and in the homes of our many
foreign neighbors.
Our American Peace Corps volunteers
have tried to provide. a little better living
for our friends abroad as well as to make
them a little happier.
When a Peace Corps volunteer left his
assignment he Often could look back in
pride over the work he did-improving
farming methods, teaching young chil-
dren and adults how to read and write
and offering health care advice.
In the minds of the people he helped,
the Peace Corps volunteer was an
adopted citizen.
He gave new hope and inspiration to
the families in far off villages in Africa
or Latin America. He encouraged peoples
to develop their potential to the maxi-
mum.
His special skills, insights, and sensi-
tivities to the needs and desires of for-
eign neighbors made him a friend.
During the past 10' years, the Peace
Corps also has shown it can provide a
new source of ideas and talent to Gov-
ernment, industry, and private enterprise
in this country.
Former volunteers are making their
contributions to this country in many
ways.
A former Peace Corps volunteer re-
cently was elected to the Ohio Legisla-
ture. Another volunteer has become
deputy city manager of Little Rock, Ark.
Others are involved in various model
cities programs. Many more are working
as teachers, nurses, and doctors.
All of these people are using the wis-
dom, experience, and creativity at home
after first giving of themselves to other
peoples of the world.
I am proud to have played a role in get-
ting the Peace Corps started and keep-
ing it active as a Senator and former Vice
President.
As we salute the Peace Corps this week,
there also is much to look forward to in
the new public spirit of volunteers.
This spirit is evident in the increased
number of persons applying for assign-
ments with the Peace Corps.
In March alone, there were 5,195 ap-
plications submitted to the Peace Corps
offices in Washington, the largest num-
ber for 1 month since 1966.
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>cu fr:r this year 21,000 persons have
,replied to the Peace Corps compared with
4_000 applications received in 1970.
with this enthusiasm for the Peace
*orps, it is with great pleasure that I
? ongratula.te the thousands of men and
o?rnen who have given a helping hand to
he peoples of the world in maintaining
ru.-r tradition and concern for others.
('AXES AND PROSPERITY-THE
'Ro DucTIvrr'Y GAP
Lti'r. TAFT. Mr. President, for many
;ears American industry has been able
o overcome the wage differential en-
cyed by foreign competitors through
lore productive machinery and equip-
ient. At the present time, however, our
roductivity advantage is well on the
,,aty toward being lost. If we do not take
i ompt steps to restore the competitive
,f?iciency of American Industry, we will
to rely face a productivity gap with major
adustrial competitors which will be
lore serious than even a missile gap.
As we examine the social priorities of
..his country we see the need for better
walth care, improved housing, and bet-
~:er educational facilities. The fulfillment
f these needs. however. is absolutely de-
:,endent upon the productivity of Ameri-
~,n industry. Unless we are able to main-
;ain our world leadership in foreign trade
Aid in our own markets as well, the
=J' sited States will be unable to pay the
='ill for the better standard of living
:lich all. Americans expect to enjoy. We
r-i not fence ourselves in to such a
tundard with a wall of protection.
Ifwe do not maintain America's pro-
luctivity advantage there will be a sharp
eduction in the purchasing power of the
t4unerican worker, a further loss of jobs
hrough foreign competition, a loss of ex-
tort markets, and. a loss of large portions.
-1 our domestic markets through foreign
wports.
Since World War II American industry
a;us increased its productivity at a rate of
pore than 3 percent per year. During the
ast 4 years. however, this rate of pro-
I.uc_.tivity growth has declined to 1.7 per
=:ent but compensation per man hour
luring the last 2 years rose at an annual,
~,te of 7 percent. As a consequence, unit
abor costs have increased at a rate of
;.3 percent per year. This increase in unit
abor costs has had a direct effect upon
ate economic problems which now beset
his country.
The significance of productivity is il-
iustrated by the fact that an increase of
14 percent in the productivity growth
=tie for American industry would result
in. an additional $250 billion in additional
ress national product during the next
k Bade. This increase would mean not
miv higher profits but more purchasing
,ewer for the American worker and more
ob security for those who are now
hreatened by foreign competition.
What steps must we take to overcome
the productivity gap? In my judgment
ve must undertake a national crusade to
,ruodernize the tools of American indus??
.,ry and eliminate restrictive and anti..
u ?oduetive work practices.
With respect to our tools of produc..
ion-between 1968 and 1970, the per-
centage of outmoded manufacturing
equipment increased over 7 percent. This
obsolescence has had a direct relation
to the American balance of trade and the
loss of American jobs. Between 1968 and
1970 our balance of trade declined 70
percent, American goods are now becom-
ing less competitive in both foreign and
domestic markets and this trend threat-
d_'rzs the jobs and buying power of every
.Arerican wage earner.
Why Is American industry losing its
productivity advantage?
At the present time the United States
re:,nvests a smaller portion of its gross
national product in productive equip-
ment than any other major industrial
nation.
To provide needed capital and incen-
tive to modernize American industry we
must provide accelerated depreciation
and restore the investment tax credit.
one of the principal reasons why
American industry has not retained its
competitive advantage is that every oth-
er industrial nation permits its industries
to recover the cost of machinery and
equipment over a much shorter period of
time. The first year cost recovery allow-
ar.,ces average 20 percent in Belgium, 20
percent in Canada, 31 percent in France,
21 percent in Italy, 34 percent in Japan,
28 percent in Luxembourg, 30 percent in
Sweden, and 57 percent in the United
Kingdom, but in the United States this
average is only 7:1 percent.
By shortening recovery periods, the
President's proposed asset depreciation
range-ADR-would bring the American
tax structure more into line with the tax
structures of other industrial nations.
In this context it is astounding that
certain Democratic presidential hope-
fuls and high labor officials would sac-
rifice the jobs and buying power of
American workers by attacking ADR. Do
they really believe that they can gain
favor with the American worker ` by
placing him at a completitive disadvan-
tage so that his job may be taken by a
foreign worker?
Is the scent of the White House rose
garden so alluring that these candidates
would keep the American worker in front
of outmoded and obsolete equipment?
The attempts by labor leaders to take
a political swipe at the President on the
issue of ADR have simply undercut the
hopes of union employees to protect their
jobs against foreign competition. The
dilemma which ,abor leaders have cre-
ated for themselves is illustrated by the
News-Tribune, a labor newspaper in Co-
lumbus, Ohio. On May 24 this labor
paper attacked the President for his pro-
posals for accelerated depreciation. Then
in the very same issue these labor offi-
cials urged sweeping new investment
legislation to curb the export of Amer-
ican jobs. Do not these labor officials
realize that their shortsighted attacks
upon the President are simply undercut-
ting the job security of their own mem-
bers?
I ask unanimous consent that these
two articles appear at the conclusion of
my remarks.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
objection it:is so ordered.
(See exhibit, 1.)
Mr. TAFT. To improve the productivity
of the American worker and American
industry we must also restore the invest-
ment tax credit now so that American
manufacturing facilities will be mod-
ernized. There is a direct relationship
historically between the investment tax
credit and actual expenditures for mod-
ernized tools of production, The United
States has dominated the machine tool
industry since before World War I. The
1971 projected machine tool shipments
show, however, that West Germany will
more than double U.S. shipments. The
Soviet Union will almost double ours,
Japan will almost double ours, and we
will only be slightly ahead of the United
Kingdom, Italy, and France. The sad
figures for April just published--34.8
percent down from last year-show the
continuing trend.
For every industry there is a preferred
operating rate, which is that percent of
capacity at which production should be
maintained. For the American metal-
working industry as a whole, the pre-
ferred rate is 91 percent, but in February
of this year it operated at only 661/2 per-
cent. While the machine tool industry
is, of itself, important, it is not nearly
so significant as the efficiency of all
American industry. The machinery in-
dustry instead of operating at 94 percent
is down to 62 percent, the electrical ma-
chinery instead of 91 percent is at 59
percent, the aircraft industry instead of
93 percent is down to 53 percent, and
the instrument industry is down from
92 to 60 percent.
Losses in productivity mean lost or-
ders-lost orders mean lost profits and
lost jobs. It is vital that the tools of o-
duction of American industry be mod-
ernized so that we can continue to pay
the American worker more than his for-
eign counterpart and still remain com-
petitive on the world market.
Second, let me just mention that we
must also undertake to strike down un-
productive work rules. Illustrative of this
problem is the railway industry. On
February 11, 1971, the trustees of the
Penn Central said that 10,000 of its em-
ployees were retained solely because of
arbitrary and archaic work rules. These
work rules mean not just a loss of profits
for stockholders but more importantly
restrictive work practices mean higher
costs for consumers and lower wages for
employees.
At the present time railroads have to
change crews and in some cases cabooses
every 100 miles. Switching limits restrict'
the area where yard crews and rate crews
can operate. Other work rules restrict the
use of radio communication among rail-
road employees. Radios are used for com-
munication among airplanes, ships, taxi-
cabs and TV repairmen, but certain rail-
way employees, because of outdated work
rules, must communicate with flags and
hand signals.
If the crew of one railroad takes cars
on to another railroad for interchange, it
cannot pick up the cars returning to its
own line. Unfortunately, restrictive work
practices are not solely limited to the
railroads. They are far too prevalent in
much of American industry. Wherever
they exist they increase the price that
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