REPORT TO THE PEOPLE EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. DONALD J. IRWIN

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ment and to make long-range plansfor
making their respective services even
more atttctive to the traveling public.
Report to the People
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
H? ,Q; J. -IRWIN
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday,. April 6, 1960
Mr. IRWIN. Mr. Speaker, it is my
firm conviction that. one of the most
important services a Member of Con-
gress can perform for his constituents
is to keep them informed of his acti-
vities through publication of a regular
newsletter "Report to the People."
Because I feel it may be of equal im-
portance to keep my fellow Members of
Congress similarly informed of my ac-
tivities, I am introducing into the REC-
ORD today the latest issue of my own
"Report to the People":
A VISIT TO PUERTO RICO AND CUBA
Partly responsible for the delay in issuing
this first newsletter of the second session of
government, appeared to want a return of civil rights. "It may take two or three more
the Ba gggime. bills, in two or three more Congresses," he
b-Cuba convinced that a poor job wrote, "to achieve anything like complete
of administering the country by the Castro protection '--f the franchise, but scarcely
government will in itself bring serious eco- -anyone doubts that in time the protection
nomic troubles to Cuba in the near future. will be achieved and that it will be seen
It is important, I think, that we respond use, acnxeve moss of sue
with vigor to unfavorable and unwarranted I would like to express my pride in the
House of Representatives, incidentally, for
attacks upon us by the Castro government.
We must do so, I feel, with the idea in mind the sobriety and dignity with which it ap-
of protecting our interests in the rest of proached the civil rights problem, finally
Latin America. At the same time, we must passing what I thought essentially was a good
bill. It made me glad to be a Member of
take every step to prevent any untoward this great body.
this
incident that will give Castro an opportunity
attack us further. Specifically, y4.7?}}USt THE COMMUTER CRISIS
halt unauthorized flights by American planes Since my last newsletter, there have been
over Cuba, for such flights only weaken our many developments in the New Haven rail-
posftlon at home and abroad, road commuter crisis. These developments
I am very much opposed, incidentally, to included:
proposals for roadcast_n~ diT,ectly_f}om the A personal on-the-spot survey of the New
_ 2T. Such plans, it seems Haven's commuter operations.
United States to 11
to me, woulr7C-repeating a fatal mistake My introduction of legislation to provide
made during the days of Peron in Argentina $500 million in long-term, -low-interest Fed-
when our Ambassador tried to interfere. If oral loans to local or regional agencies for
we broadcast anti-Cuban programs, then we the purchase of equipment which would be
will be identified as the only anti-Castro leased to railroads or other transit systems.
force in Cuba and all Cubans will rally be- An Interstate Commerce Commission-or-
hind Castro. This suggestion only under- dered investigation of the New Haven.
lines the need for a full-blown- Voice of When I inspected the New Haven's opera-
America program for all of Latin America tions in late December, I found that poorly
which would bring to the Latin Americans kept trains, stations, and working areas were
a clear idea of what the long-range U.S. depressing employee morale and detracting
objectives are, The VOA would spell out from passenger comfort. I found that ad-
speciflcally what our programs and hopes mittedly improper maintenance was causing
are for the free people of Latin America. breakdowns jeopardizing passenger and train
President Eisenhower's recent trip aroused crew safety.
all kinds of hopes for the roles we are to My bill, introduced in February, got much
play in the future development of Latin early support, particularly from members of
American and we must be ready to help meet the House Banking and Currency Commit- -
these expectations. Ideree wit_.Mr? tee which would be charged with holding
Eisenhower's. claim upon-his return from his hearings on it. Unfortunately, due to the
redo goo -wffi tour, however. The Presi- pressure of other legislative matters, the
dent maintained that our prestige was never measure received a setback when Committee
higher in Latin America. n 1 1.tDn, our Chairman SPENCE advised me it would be
position In Lail 11 America _ . I e-ViL,been impossible to promise hearings on the bill.
more perilous.' Meanwhile, Senator WILLIAMS of New Jer-
it is of vital importance, I believe, that we sey proposed legislation similar to mine but
explain our democratic system of govern- providing for a smaller amount of funds and
ment and outline the role that private en- for the loans to be administered differently.
represents a sounder ap-
bill
I feel
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Congress was my absence from the terprise can play in th
the 86th
the 86 as a delegate to the Caribbean As- American countries. Private American proach but I will support Senator WILLIAMS'
country on the United States and Latin capital invested abroad can do much to help legislation if it appears it will get a quicker
Latin America meet its needs. response. The main purpose is to get the
America, which was held in San Juan, P.R.,
early in March. There were some 60 partic- THE BATTLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS job done as soon as possible.
ipants-30 Latin Americans - and 30 North Another reason for the delay in issuing I was heartened when the ICC announced
Americans-representing a variety of pro- this newsletter was my desire to wait until it would investigate the New Haven, for
fessions and occupations and varying points I could report to you about the battle for this is an action I had been demanding for
of view. President Eisenhower addressed the civil rights legislation in Congress. At this many months, I wrote ICC Commissioner
delegates in Puerto Rico on route home from writing, the House had passed a civil rights Charles A. Webb urging him to make his
his recent Latin American good-will tour. bill and the Senate, a record filibuster be- probe a broad one, covering all aspects of the
I took advantage of my attendance at the hind it, was struggling to do likewise. It New Haven's operations over the past 15
Assembly conference to make a personally seemed virtually certain, however, that civil years. The fact that the New Haven has
financed side trip-to troublesome-Cuba. I rights legislation would be enacted by this demanded a 70-percent increase in fares in-
dicate~
want to emp as ze t xs "t 'fg was rmy own session of Congress despite many obstacles wrong s to me that something is radically
expense and that I took it, brief though it to- be overcome. wrong with the carrier's management poli-
was, so that I could get firsthand, on-the- I supported the House civil rights bill and dies. Obviously, the New Haven's abrupt Ii-
developments over
spot impressions of the situation in Cuba, would have voted for the strongest possible a long l crisis period of stems time from and isn't something
While I spent but 24 hours In Havana and bill which could be proposed. - As you may a long
another 24 hours on an American-owned know, I have been a strong advocate of civil recent.
ranch in eastern Cuba, my fluency in Spanish rights for a long time. I was the 23d Mem- It is especially important, I think, to keep
helped tremendously in my efforts, to find her of the House to sign a discharge petition - in mind that the problems created by the
out what the controversy between Cuba and which ultimately gathered more than 215 poor service on the New Haven must not be
our own country is all about. signatures and was instrumental in getting looked upon as problems that are irritating
I came away with several impressions and, the Rules Committee to bring a civil rights and frustrating to the commuters, but in
with the understanding that a weekend is a - bill to the floor for action. Then, too, I was terms of the tremendous economic impor-
brief time to probe into a problem as in- a signer of a discharge petition designed to tance it has on real estate values, on the
volved and delicate as United States-Cuban bring home rule legislation for the District building industry, on retailers, on the entire
relations, I want to pass them on to you. of Columbia to the House floor. This legis- economy of Fairfield County and the whole
For one thing, I failed to no i_c ?, ny lation, of course, is closely linked with civil State of Connecticut.
spontaneou anti mfw no ng my rights legislation. BETTER AIR SERVICE ASSURED
ellt10 " " ''1 ere 'evidence of it Unquestionably, the House-passed bill There have been two vastly important
certainly on the part of the Cubans I en- could be improved upon, but under the cir- developments recently that assure Fairfield
countered on the streets who couldn't mis- cumstances I think it is of greater importance County of greatly improved air service. One
take me for anything but an American. Nor to get an adequate bill out now than to was approval by the Civil Aeronautics Board
was there evidence of anti-Americanism die- spend endless time arguing about every of better and more frequent airliner service
played elsewhere. phrase or provision it should contain. between Washington and Bridgeport. The
I also was especially Impressed by the fact Richard H. Rovers, writing in New Yorker other was CAB authorization for helicopter
that no one in Q>a, no matter how his magazine, summed up rather well, I think, service to Danbury via New York Airways,
interestere being affected by the Castro the task still before us in this problem of Inc.
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we soon will get our foreign trade back into
balance by increasing our efficiency, our ex-.
lio~cts and other commonsense Moves.
Our dollar remains the leading currency
of the world today.
HON. VICTOR L.`=ANF'USO
OF NEW YORK n
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESEI~';'ATIVES
Thursday, March 17, 19610
Mr. ANFUSO. Mr. Speaker, Co~'res-
lional Quarterly, which is regard%A as
one of the most authoritative referenn s
on Congress and politics, recently corl~ jot n:_nnw _ _ .
ducted a special poll of Members of both y1T)u1gt0) -- -
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the voters in November.
The results were subsequently released
to the press for publication last January
31. According to the results, the Demo-
crats were of the belief that the strongest
ticket their party could nominate this
31ea.r would consist of Senator LYNDON B.
JOHNSON as candidate for President and
Senator JoHN F. KENNEDY for Vice Pres-
ident.
Mr. Speaker, under leave to extend
my remarks, I wish to insert into the
hrsr,:oRD the full text of the story as re-
leased by Congressional Quarterly and I
urge all my colleagues to read it and to
analyze it as to its full meaning:
[Prom Cong:ressic?nal Quarterly]
CONGRESSMEN RATE JOHNSON, NIXON
STRONGEST CANDIDATES
Congressional Democrats think Senator
LYNDON B. JOHNSON, Democrat, of Texas, is
M! strongest presidential candidate their
par9.y can field in :November, according to a
Congressional Quarterly poll released today.
Republican Members of Congress over-
sentatives and Senators.
to the national converl~l
lion:;.)
JOHNSON
In loercenta
flt of the Repre-
While delegations
3']ors or others active
es, many of the Mem-
hest July ]Sockci'eller, leading a 24-man
vice pr idential field, lost 15 percentage
points compared with the July poll,
In e interval between the two polls,
:Rooli feller took himself out of the Repub-
lira. presidential race, leaving Nixon the sole
apl arent contender; and, both Kennedy and
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, Democrat, of
Minnesota, openly declared themselves candi-
dates for the Democratic presidential nomi-
nation. All three men said they would not
accept vice presidential nominations.
Adlai E. Stever son in July. Behind Syming-
ton in the current poll came Kennedy, :ite-
venson, and :HI Imphrcy.
Democratic President
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any other cti lioate, while NEDY led in
presidential vi~I es from e, ern Members.
SYMINGTON led n the M~ west and v ..
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second in otreng in b fi the South and
President were
Bowles, Democrat
Members who returned ballots. Rockefeller
received live votes, all f:rorn eastern Morn-
bers, and one m.idwesterner voted for Secre-
tary of toe Treasury Robert B. Anderson.
Republican President
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