DISCOURAGING DRUG ABUSE FIGURES FROM THAILAND

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• Publication Date: October 17, 1972
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October 17, 1972 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -Extewsions
dined 4.6 per cent to $845,241,000, but the
ratio of expenses to revenues was marginally
higher. Running the business required 92.5
cents of each dollar of revenue in the first
six months of this year, compared with 92.2 in
1971.
Operationally, crude oil refined at Sun's
refineries rose 5.5 per cent to 506,719 barrels
daily.
Synthetic crude produced for shipment by
Great Canadian Oil Sands Limited rose 17.6
per cent to 49,477' barrels daily. Meanwhile,
Sun's share of GCOS losses declined to $305,-
000 as against $2,729,000 at mid-year 1971.
While domestic crude oil production for
the industry showed a 3.3 per pent decline.
Sun showed a 2.3 per cent increase in U.S.
production. Its world-wide production, at
370,523 barrels of crude and condensate daily,
was less than one per cent below production
a year earlier.
Noteworthy in considering these higher
levels of operation is the fact that they were
accomplished during a period when progress
was being made in reducing operating costs.
The results are a tribute to the dedication
and skill of the Company's employees. Un-
forunately, their efforts were-frustrated by
the lower market value of the products and
increases in other elements of cost.
A VALUED MEMBER OF THE COM-
MITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LA-
BOR
HON. CARL D. PERKINS
OF KENTUCKY
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, October 17, 1972
Mr. PERKINS. Mr. Speaker, JoHN
DENT is a ranking member of the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor and
certainly one of its most valued and
dedicated. He is chairman of the General
Subcommittee on Labor and has served
with distinction in that capacity. He
brings to all of our deliberations a unique
quality of incisiveness and relevance and
enjoys the respect of all his colleagues.
One of the most accurate descriptions
of JOHN DENT'S public service I have
heard was narrated by newscaster Joseph
McCaffrey over a, local radio station. The
audience for that broadcast was obvi-
ously limited in terms of the full scope
of JOHN DENT'S activities, and I now
include the text so a greater number
might read these deserved remarks:
MEET THE MEMDEE
Lou., ago, when it was not popular, when
a trade imbalance was only a cloud as big as
man's fist in the sky, Pennsylvania's John
Dent was warning that we could not con-
tinue to have foreign imports driving Amer-
ican businesses into bankruptcy. Today the
Pennsylvania Democrat has. been proven
right.
When the foreign aid appropriation bill
was on the floor at the end of last year, the
House listened to Congressman Dent, adopt-
ing his amendment that requires any and
all United States foreign aid funds spent by
South Vietnam for the purchase of iron and
steel products to be spent on those manu-
racturecl or produced in the United States.
This is the first such specific "Buy American"
provision ever included in a foreign aid bill.
During the debate, Dent said: "If we have
to the United States instead of accruing to
the benefit of our competitors. We now find
ourselves in the awkward situation of pro-
viding our foreign friends with our money
to use in competition against us. My amend-
ment relates only to iron and steel products,
but these are among our most basic and
essential industries, and represent a good
place to start this practice."
Mr. Dent joined with Republican Congress-
man John Saylor in this Congress to estab-
lish a non-deficit spending policy for the
federal government. The two men coauthored
a resolution prohibiting the appropriation
and budgeting of funds in excess of expected
revenue.
- If accepted, it would prohibit Congress
from authorizing or appropriating and the
President from expending or budgeting any
amount in excess of anticipated revenues
from the ensuing fiscal year.
. Said Mr. Dent, "In essence, this would re-
turn this country to a pay-as-you-go basis.
The only deficit spending that could occur
would be in the event actual revenue fell
short of the predicted amount."
In the course of discussing his resolution,
the Democratic house member from West-
moreland County said: "American wages are
necessarily high because of public and pri-
vate debts and debt services, as well as our
standard of living, which increases the cost
of government, production and purchases.
In return, however, we have given a better
standard of living to all Americans. We have
reached the point where we are fast ap-
proaching a time when the inflation spiral
is no longer triggered by profit taking and
wage increases, but is in fact triggered by
increased taxes which shrink the take home
pay. The worker demands higher wages and
the producer must necessarily raise prices
But as we increase the number of serv-
ices available, additional revenues are re-
quired. This increases the public debt and
the need for higher taxes to support the
demands of government . . . it's a viscious
circle."
Dent proposes to end it by putting a hat
on government spending. But his chances
for success in this Congress, at least, are not
the best.
John Dent has been a member of the House
since January 21, 1958, after long and out-
standing service in both the Pennsylvania
State House and Senate. In the Senate he
was Democratic Floor Leader for 17 years.
Dent is a senior member of the House Com-
mittees on Education and Labor and House
Administration and among the House leader-
ship. He is also chairman of the powerful
General Subcommittee on Labor. Virtually
all national labor legislation has his fine
imprint on it, and Dent has literally forged
new federal laws regarding coal mine health
and safety, black lung benefits, minimum
wage extensions and increases,- equal em-
ployment opportunity, anti-age discrimina-
tion in employment, vocational education
and problems of the aging. We can also ex- -
pect his innovative welfare and pension re-
form bill to soon emerge from his com-
mittee.
John Dent has been In the eye of the
huricane since he first came to Congress, and
he is a veritable whirlwind of activity. He
has brought the support of the Federal Gov-
ernment to his Western Pennsylvania district
in a variety of public projects, such as urban
renewal, housing, health and educational
services, flood control, streets and highways,
and a myriad of other services and facilities.
In spite of his growing national stature and
reputation, he makes it his business to "stay
in touch" with his constituency and serve
of Remarks
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DISCOURAGING DRUG ABUSE FIG-
URES FROM THAILAND
HON. JOHN S. MONAGAN
OF CONNECTICUT
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, October 17, 1972
Mr. MONAGAN. Mr. Speaker, last
week the distinguished chairman of the
Senate Subcommittee on Armed Forces
Drug Abuse and Alcoholism, Senator
HUGHES, took the floor to warn of a grow-
ing national complacency over drugs in
the military.
Senator HuGHEs' remarks are well-
founded, and he is to be commended for
keeping this issue before the Congress
and the Nation. For while the military
drug problem is still very much with us,
the country no longer seems interested
in this tragedy which continues to dis-
charge military drug users to the civilian
sector of society.
In early 1971, a great wave of public
concern swept the Nation following re-
ports of widespread drug abuse among
GI's in Vietnam. Reports were produced,
proposals introduced, and the national
commitment to conquer this problem
seemed firm. In just a year and a half,
however, this concern has dropped to
almost nothing. The administration has
declared that the military heroin epi-
demic is reversed, and the general pub-
lic has lost interest. Even the press has
relegated military drug stories to the
back pages.
Unhappily, this indifference is unjusti-
fied. Thousands of detected drug users
have been and continue to be released
into civilian life without treatment. Few
of these veterans then enter programs
voluntarily. They disappear into the gen-
eral population to enter the deadly cycle
of addiction and crime.
The recent release of statistics show-
ing a fivefold increase in detected heroin
users among American Air Force per-
sonnel in Thailand creates a whole new
dimension of this tragedy, and indicates
that the military drug epidemic may not
have been reversed, but merely trans-
ferred from one country to another along
with our troops. These figures contradict
earlier Defense Department statements
of victory in the war against drugs. They
alarmingly evidence that the military
drug problem is still with us, and that
hundreds more GI addicts will soon be
discharged in need of treatment and re-
habilitation.
The Department of Defense statistics
show that a total of 7,161 Air Force
personnel in Thailand were tested for
drug use in August, with 178, or 2.5 per-
cent testing positive. This figure was up
from July, when only 0.5 percent tested
positive, and up from the period from
January 1 to July 1972, when a total of
25,662 men were tested, with only 196,
or 0.7 percent showing positive. A specif-
ic breakdown was not available for July
on the number of men tested, and the
number of positives.
I believe we have more pressing domestic John Dent Is a busy and effective man. Aiid figures available for Army, Navy, and
priorities, we shelfi ,~qy~ t.i~~ a ~1i R~ rid~R~~~a~}95~$q Q1gSgving in Thailand.
those funds provirtiU bifi oinU~ t?,1,; 1~A+~~use. owever, w ~r a the percentage of total
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - Extensions of Remarks October 17, 1972
troop strength in Thailand represented
by the Air Force is classified information,
the Defense Department does acknowl-
edge that the "majority" of our person-
nel in Thailand are members of the Air
Force.
The implications of these figures are
unclear at the present time. Only the
coming months will indicate whether a
new and tragic trend has developed.
What is clear is that drug abuse in the
military will not easily go away. Signif-
icant steps have been taken by the
Armed Forces to control drug abuse, but
given the easy availability of heroin in
Southeast Asia and the continuing pres-
ence of U.S. troops in Thailand, the po-
tential for future addiction among
American soldiers is strong.
The complacency which seems to have
developed over military drug abuse in
the press and in the population at large
is thus totally unjustified. Thousands of
detected drug users have already been re-
leased back into civilian life without ade-
quate treatment. These new figures in-
dicate that many more will follow.
These men should be rehabilitated be-
fore they are discharged even if this
means an extension of service beyond
scheduled separation. I hope that the
Congress will make an effective drug
treatment program one of its first orders
of business. At stake are both the future
of our GI's and the future health of the
Nation. f
GIRARD, OHIO HONORS POLICE
CHIEF LEO R. MORAN
VION. CHARLES J. CARNEY
OF OHIO
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, October 17, 1972
Mr. CARNE, Y. Mr. Speaker, on Sun-
day, October 15, 1972, I had the pleasure
of attending a testimonial dinner honor-
ing Chief Leo R. Moran at the Mahoning
Country Club in. Girard, Ohio,
Leo Moran was appointed to the Gir-
ard Police Department as a special
policeman in 1938-39 by Mayor John
Cronin, and appointed as a regular
policeman on April 19, 1940, by Mayor
Alex Whiteford. He served in the U.S.
Army from 194:2-46, as a staff sergeant
with the military police. After returning
to the force as a patrolman he was made
captain on October 15, 1958, and chief
of police on October 6, 1960.
During his career with the police de-
partment he has attended numerous
training schools, seminars, and special
courses. He has also found time to be
tractive in many worthwhile organiza-
tions. Among these are: Member and
past president of the Fraternal Order of
Police, Lodge No. 52; a member of the
International Association of Chiefs of
Club, Knights of Columbus, Saint Vin-
cent de Paul. He was named Girard's
Man of the Year 1959-60. The chief is
well known for his wild game dinners and
golf outings sponsored by the depart-
ment. He is a life long resident of Girard
and attended St. Rose and Girard High
Schools. His wife, Evelyn, died in 1962,
and he has three children: Pat, age 23;
Kathy, age 21; and Peggy, age 15.
The program for the testimonial din-
ner was as follows: Banquet cochair-
men Anthony Vivo and Fred Faustino;
toastmaster Senator Harry V. Meshel;
invocation Rev. Reuben W. Rader; wel-
come Hon. Joseph M. Masternick, mayor
of Girard; remarks Attorney Paul Burns;
presentations Congressman CHARLES J.
CARNEY, Mayor Masternick, Hon. Jack C.
Hunter, mayor of Youngstown, and Rep-
resentative Michael Delbane; response
Chief Leo R. Moran; benediction Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Robert C. Fannon; principal
speaker Phillip Richely, director of the
Ohio Department of Transportation.
The members of the testimonial com-
mittee were: John Kruger, honorary
chairman; cochairman Anthony Vivo
and Fred Faustino; treasurer Betty La-
mancusa, Fred Faustino; program Mike
Zuppo, Ronnie Vince, Rita Prokay,
Charles Lamancusa, Bessie Seidler; re-
search Charles Lamancusa; publicity
Bessie Seidler, Fred Faustino.
The members of the ticket committee
were: Fred Faustino, Charles Laman-
cusa, Betty Lamancusa, Tom McClurkin,
Dave Bennett, Anthony Vivo, Lou De
Paul, James Cerenelli, Annabell Fialla,
Rocky Greco, James Augustine, Ernie
DeMatteo, John Kruger, Tomi Filip,
Jerry Bernat, Alex Milne, John Ross,
Paul Burns, Lt. Rudy March, Sgt. Charles
LiDilili, Ray Fusilo, Inis Callard, Norma
Higgins, and Bessie Seidler,
ON THE RETIREMENT OF THE HON-
ORABLE ALTON A. LENNON
HHON. LE?NOR K. SULLIVAN
It has been a very special privilege to
serve with ALTON LENNON, and while not
all thinking men agree on legislation, we
must all agree he has been a great asset
to the Congress and his record a tribute
to both his State and the Nation.
My best wishes go with you as you leave
us for your home in Wilmington, dear
friend, and may the years ahead be filled
with happiness and continued good for-
tune. We will certainly miss you.
HON. THADDEUS J. UULSXI
OF NEW YORH
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, October 17, 1972
Mr. DULSKI. Mr. Speaker, in these
days of high speed air transportation and
space exploration, it is timely to recog-
nize that man's first flight at supersonic
speed was made just 25 years ago.
A small, needle-nosed research air-
craft, the X-1, was built by a Buffalo,
N.Y., company, the Bell Aircraft Corp.-
now Bell Aerospace Co., division of
Textron.
Development was under a contract
with the National Advisory Committee
for Aeronautics, now the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, with
cooperation of the Army Air Force.
At the controls of the X-1 in the his-
toric first flight smashing the "sound
barrier" was an outstanding Air Force
test pilot, Capt. Charles E. "Chuck" Yae-
ger, now an Air Force brigadier general
on duty in Pakistan. .
Mr. Speaker, little could we imagine a
quarter century ago-even at word of
Captain Yeager's historic flight-the
really amazing era of aeronautics and
space development and achievement
which was just ahead.
It was only 5 years earlier, in Octo-
ber 1942, that a successful test flight of
the world's first jet aircraft occurred.
This was the XP-59A Airacomet, also de-
veloped by the Buffalo manufacturer,
Bell Aircraft Corp
.
of MISSOURI
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Both the X-1 and the XP-59A now are
Wednesday, October 11, 1972 on exhibition at the Smithsonian Insti-
tution.
Mrs. SULLIVAN. Mr. Speaker, for 16 Mr. Speaker, we in the Buffalo area
years, the 17th District of North Caro- are very proud of the pioneering work in
lina has been represented by a dedicated aviation and space which has been done
and able servant-the Honorable ALTON by our local industry, including in par-
A. LENNON, and it is a privilege for me to ticular the company established by one
join in a salute to an able and much of our Nation's aviation pioneers, the late
admired colleague. Lawrence Bell.
I have had many, many opportunities As part of my remarks I include the
to observe this well-informed, astute text of an article from the October 14 is-
gentleman from the South, and have al- sue of the Buffalo Courier-Express re-
ways respected him for his kindly man- garding that first supersonic flight by
ner and untiring dedication to serve his man.
constituency and country and the abil- [From the Puffalo (N.Y.) Courier-Express,
ity with which he served. His vast knowl- Oct. 14, 1972]
edge of military and maritime matters x-1 TEST FLIGHT 25 YEARS AGO WAS DAWN
sociation of Chiefs of Police; a member has shown all of us the depth of his wis- of SUPERSONIC AGE
and past president of the Greater dom and integrity. He has been par- (By Ray Dearlove)
Youngstown Crime Clinic; one of the titularly helpful to all of us on the House The ago of supersonic flight was born 25
founders of the Area Police Association Committee on Merchant Marine and years ago today when the former Bell Aircraft
and also sponsor of 19 FBI seminars for Fisheries, where he has continually taken Corp.'s X-1 experimental plane became the
area police officApproved For Releasea2O?Sib@61 i:nGMJR 41 R( 4011 the speed of sound.
Chief Moran is a member of : BPOE No. He is truly one of our most ou s an ling The feat was performed Oct. 14, 1947, at
1949, FOE No. 2172, American Legion Members of Congress and I deeply regret Muroc Flight Test Base in California. At the
Post 235, VFW lost 416, Girard Lions his decision to retire. controls was Air Force Capt. Cirnrlos r. Yea-