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E 3408 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - Extensions of Remarks June 23, 1975
Some of the bean acreage is planted flat,
but some of the land is so cloddy Hughes
likes to get the seed up onto a bed and into
moisture.
VARIETIES UTILIZED
Varieties planted are Hill, Forrest, York,
Pickett 71-and this year, a few acres of Essex.
A. cyst nematode problem exists on the
place, and the Picket 71 beans are planted
where Race 3 is present. Corn is being used
where Race 4 has shown up.
For weed control after the 45 to 50 pounds
of seed has been put in the ground, herbicides
used are Lorox, Sencor, Dyanap, Butyrac, and
Ancrack. This year, Basagran on a band will
be added to a portion of the acreage and will
be applied, hopefully,. when cockleburs are
small.
LIKES TO CULTIVATE
Hughes also cultivates quite a bit, and
likes to do so on a weekly basis, if possible.
This year, he has purchased a new eight-row
cultivator-which gives him a total of three--
and he believes he can begin in one area on
a Monday and be back around to the same
spot the following Monday.
"I believe mechanical cultivation is the
cheapest form of weed control, and I'll do it
even if weeds or grass are not visible," Hughes
says.
Farm storage is available for 12,000 bushels
of grain and he utilizes forward booking and
storage for marketing procedures, even
though he can't hold all his crop.
Over thee years, he has been cutting 32 to
35 bushels per acre, and uses the different
varieties to spread out the harvest season.
He operates the one combine himself, and
puts in some long hours, When harvest time
comes around, the machine is ready to go, he
notes.
"Operating the way we do, a breakdown
of any consequence could be disastrous, so
blow, we'll shut down and correct tl?xe situa-
tion, rather than keeping on ant having
Faced with the Race 4 problem, Hu hes has
gone to corn as a cash crop and as means
of holding back the nematode trou e.
His plans are to grow corn on the fasted
acreage for two years and then go It into
bean production on a rotational b s.
HON. MICHAEL HARRIN(!'ON
Monday, June 23, 197
Mr. HARRINGTON. Mr. Spe er, New
England has historically had ng the
highest electric rates in th - United
States. New England is also e
only
region of the country withou major
In my opinion, these two fa s are re-
lated. Without the yardstick a major
public power presence, New >, ngland's
private utilities-who gene ? over 97
percent of the region's power ve been
able to charge rates higher - han they
would in a more competitive jituation.
Dickey-Lincoln, a major hydroelectric
project to be located in Maine, has been
debated in 9 of the last 10 years. Each
year, the economic justification has been
the major issue.
Opponents have charged that Dickey-
Lincoln is not cost justified. However,
the GAO has now confirmed that, under
accepted accounting procedures applied
to all Corps of Engineers projects,
Dickey-Lincoln's benefit/cost ratio is
now 2.6-1. That is over 70 percent of the
projects. In. addition, a number of corps
projects have been completed or are un-
der construction with benefit/cost ratios
lower than 2.6-1. They, too, are located
in every region of the country.
There are environmental questions
about Dickey-Lincoln. But these ques-
tions should be addressed after the re-
quired environmental impact statement
has been completed. Half of this year's
appropriation is being earmarked for en-
vironmental studies.
Below is a partial list of completed or
partially completed corps' projects. They
include just about every region of the
country. I would hope that, in consider-
ing the economic arguments against
Dickey-Lincoln, Members will bear in
mind how the New England project com-
pares with other projects being con-
structed elsewhere around the Nation.
Mr. Speaker, the list follows:
COMPLETED AND PARTIALLY COMPLETE PROJECTS
PROJECT, STATES, AND BIC RATIO
Dickey-Lincoln, Maine, 2.6-1.
Garrison Dam, North Dakota, 2.1-1.
Oahe Dam, North Dakota/South Dakota,
2.4-1.
Tenn-Tom Waterway, Alabama/Georgia,
i.4.-1.
McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Waterway,
Arkansas/Oklahoma, 1.5-1.
New Melonas Dam, California, 1.7-1,
H.S. Truman Dam, Missouri, 1.3-1.
Cochiti. Dai l1ew Mexico, 2.4-1.
THE QUESTION OF THE ABUSE OF
POWER
HON. LEO C. ZEFERETTI
OF NEW YORK
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, June 23, 1975
Mr. ZEFERETTI. Mr. Speaker,
throughout the past several years, we
have been faced with a series of revela-
tions dealing with Government infringe-
ment on the individual's right to privacy.
The entire country, across the political
spectrum, has been shocked and horri-
fied to be confronted by the allegations
that the Federal Government itself has
been the main perpetrator of these viola-
tions of the most elementary rights guar-
anteed to every citizen.
It has now been alleged that a number
of Federal agencies have engaged in
illegal wiretapping of American citizens.
We also have been told that a large num-
ber of Federal agencies have indulged in
the bugging of Americans in their homes
and their businesses. We have further
been informed that mail covers have
been used-and abused by agencies over a
period of years with a fine disregard for
thes rights of the people involved. In
addition, it is alleged that burglaries and
surveillance have become constant tools
relied upon by certain elements within
the executive branch whenever they felt
they were needed.
We are also now confronted with the
gradual realization that agencies of the
Federal Government are engaged in pro-
curing and installing vast automatic
data-processing systems. This ultra-
sophisticated technology poses an
imminent menace to the privacy and
liberties of all our people if not closely
monitored and controlled. A new com-
puter generation emerges every 6 years.
Every generation of computers sees the
following improvements made: First,
computing speed increased 10 times,
Second, memory capabilities improved
20 times. Third, reliability improved 10
times. Fourth, component costs dropped
10 times. Fifth, equivalent system costs
reduced by a factor of 2.5 percent.
What this all boils down to is that
these machines are gulping down vast
quantities of data on Americans and
their lives-that they are being procured
at a rate of some $7 billion annually-
and that they are not being closely moni-
tored by either the executive branch or
the Congress.
This situation has the potential of,
posing a serious threat to our movements
and our lives in the future. If, in the
name of safeguarding or serving us, this
syndrome continues, "Big Brother" will
arrive right on time. And, what is worse,
many of the agencies who have been
alleged to be the worst perpetrators of
the aforementioned violations turn out
to be the major potential customers for
these computer systems.
I believe that America is at a crossroad
and possibly a watershed in her history.
At this juncture, we will have to decide
what direction our society will take.
Shall we not institutionalize certain pro-
tections to prevent another Watergate?
Shall we not take a close look at the agen-
cies who have been found to be remiss in
their behavior? Or, shall we just go about
our business as ususal, allowing these
questions to slip into limbo, from which
they shall return, inevitably, to haunt
our children?
I am raising these questions only in
regard to the abuses of power of our
Federal agencies. I do strongly believe
in the basic philosophy of the protection
of our national security' and the welfare
of our citizens. The overall need for sur-
veillance has not been reduced; it is still
a necessary tool for national survival.
However, the time has come for a re-
thinking of the phrase "national secu-
rity." We must reevaluate our role as a
guardian of all our citizens. Americans
must not be subject to the overuse or
abuse of surveillance technology and
other systems used to monitor their daily
lives. They do retain certain rights guar=
anteed under law. Their rights must be
preserved, not destroyed.
FEDERAL REGULATIONS---A DRAIN
ON THE ECONOMY
HON. JOHN H. ROUS'EL0?T_'_"_ .
Or CALIFORNIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, June 23, 1975
Mr. ROUSSELOT, Mr. Speaker, this
week's issue of U.S. News & World Re-
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the necessary investment will not be made
to provide jobs for all of us.
investment in real terms is down 6 per-
rent this year. If investment does not turn
sharply upward we will begin to run Into
shortages of basic commodities while we still
have 8 million or more people unemployed.
Shortages will in turn cause prices to rise.
Higher inflation will tempt the Fed to tight-
en money and the lack of credit will then
once again choke off investment as it did
last year. To stop this unhappy scenario,
profits must be encouraged to rise to pro-
vide the necessary funds for investment.
Think about this the next time you are
tempted to make a nasty crack about those
dirty profits.
A NEW LOOK AT RACES AND
SCHOOLS
HON. MARJORIE S. HALT
OF MARYLAND
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, June 23, 1975
Mrs. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, the Federal
courts and HEW have spent some years
Imposing racial balancing schemes on
local school systems, at great cost to the.
people and contrary to their will.
Education has been disrupted and
racial animosity has been increased in-
stead of diminished. Children are sorted,
Iimixed, and herded as so many black and
white cattle.
This, of course, has no connection with
civil rights, which require that every pub-
lic school be open to all children regard-
l.ess of race.
Many of the original supporters of
forced racial balancing are now having
second thoughts about the matter, and I
believe it is time for the courts and HEW
to take notice of some of this revised
thinking and start trying to come up
with good alternatives to provide a good
education for all our children.
WJZ-T V, channel 13 of Baltimore. re-
cently offered editorial comment on this
subject, and I offer it here for the
TIECORD:
A NEw LOOK xi' RACES AND SCHOOLS
(Presented by Joel A. Segall, General
Manager)
Yesterday we discussed how Dr. James S.
soleman, author of the famous Coleman
Heoort In 1966. was now questioning some
of the .ehool desegregation policies that
stemmed from his own findings. What he
said in ;.966 was that black students from
disadvantaged backgrounds tend to do better
in school when mixed in with more highly
'notivateti middle class students. Basically
this is sine true, but in large cities like Balti-
mere, gaud iIItentivns have often backfired.
Dr. Coleman cold The National Observer, in
a, irate view tins week, that desegregation
ders have worked well in small school sys-
rns. 3'.:t in large cities white families often
Bove to the suburbs or send their children to
l:?va_i.e.:,chools.Then there can be no Integra-
Lion in nearly all-black-city schools or nearly
:01 whit. suburban schools. In the cities, Dr.
;olemaa says, middle class parents, both
'.:'hits and black, think there is too much dis-
order and nct enough education in class-
iorns, Aiid they kind school systems big and
.,.nreap,_nsive.
One ,C the remedies suggested. by Dr. Cole-
man is that courts should no longer try to
force an ell" Co segregation that results from
the decisions of individual families to choose
another school or another school system. They
should deal only with segregation that exists
because of official policies of school boards.
Dr. Coleman still believes in school inte-
gration--so do we. But the solution, as he
sees It, is to find positive reasons to keep
children In integrated schools. Present poli-
cies, says Dr. Coleman, (quote) "seem to be
accelerating the very racial isolation we are
trying to overcame," (enquote). The Federal
authorities now dealing with Baltimore City
should pay careful attention to Dr. Coleman's
views.
PRODUCER STRESSES MACHINERY
READINESS
HON. ED JONES
OF TENNESSEE
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, June 23, 1975
Mr. JONES of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker,
I have recently had the opportunity to
read a newspaper article that focused on
one of my constituents in Haywood
County, Tenn. This article, which ap-
peared in the Delta Farm Press, takes
great pains to emphasize the terrific skill
involved on the part of our Nation's
farmers to produce food and fiber.
Harris Hughes, Jr., on whom the story
is centered. is typical of the American
success story. His hard work and in-
genuity have paid off for him in a self
sustained farming operation that has
grown constantly since he first began
farming just over 100 acres. He now
farms 2,400 acres annually.
Persons who are interested in gaining
more insight into the sometimes com-
plex and never ending problems of farm-
ing might want to read his story.
At this time I would like to include
the text of the article for the RECORD.
The article appeared in the Delta Farm
Press on June 6, 1975. It was written by
Glen Rutz, associate editor and is en-
titled, "Producer Stresses Machinery
Readiness."
The article follows:
PRODUCER STRESSES MACHINERY READINESS
BROWNS- LLLE, TENN.-TWO years after he
was graduated from high school in 1963, Har-
ris Hughes. Jr., got married and began his
farming career.
In 1965, he farmed a little over 100 acres,
with most of that being planted to beans.
He had just a small acreage of cotton. Two-
row equipment was used to work his first
crops.
Today, the Haywood County grower Is
farming approximately 2,400 acres, with 400
in cotton. 1,500 In soybeans, 250 in wheat,
and another 250 in corn--and he is using
eight-row equipment on the roiling hill land,
RAPID ACREAGE INCREASE
The initial farming land was in the family,
but since that time Hughes has purchased
some on his own, and rents the remainder,
mostly on a share basis.
In addition to himself, three full-time men
are employed on the place and are kept busy
year-round. "If it rains, some people knock
it off until It dries up, but here we work six
days a week almost every week." Hughes says.
Part of the reason employment is full-time
for the hired help is due to the young grow-
er's emphasis on machinery care and readi-
ness.
Hughes himself has a full background In
mechanics, and likes to make sure equipment
Is ready to go when the time is right.
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MACHINERY WORK
Los, tted at the farm headquarters is a
fully-,'quipped shop, storage shed, and a spe-
cial a fishing and painting building. Through,
the 1-se of those facilities, Hughes keeps
much of his equipment out of the weather
and i able to maintain it in top-notch shape
year- -ound.
So, when the weather is bad, or during the
winti r, he and his hired help are able to stay
busy making repairs or cleaning up the
macs finery.
Ac ording to county agent James Petti-
grew a good example of equipment care is
the act that only one combine is used to
cut ? he grain crops.
"Farris cuts his acreage with only that one
com one and is usually through and doing
cust :m cutting before others have finished,"
Pett grew says.
STORES FERTILIZER
A . other example of how he keeps labor
bus is shown in his fertilizer application
techniques. Since converting an old cow barn
to a storage building, Hughes has been buy-
ing fertilizer during the winter months and
pl.a .ing it In the old barn.
Cnce It is on the place, a truck can be
used to spread one load a day, or cover 100
ace s with fertilizer, as the situation war-
rai is.
"he total farming operation Is spread out
eel r several miles and takes in about four
so types, with predominant sails in the
Mi mphis and Grenada classes.
'fughes attempts to rotate crops to a cer-
ta n degree, but keeps his cotton on the best
so ?s.
PREPARATION PRACTICES
or cotton, preparation begins in the fall
w h stalk cutting and a disking to knock
tie old rows down. That 1s followed by a
ei isel or sub-moisture plow, with a do-all or
h. pping ridger later.
In front of the bedder, Hughes likes to
a-ply fertilizer in an attempt to throw the
in itrients up Into the bed. A normal fertilizer
r. to might be roughly 600 pounds of triple-
t
He likes to begin planting around the 20th
c' April and utilizes Stoneville 213, Dixie
I ing 3-and, this year, some Stoneville 603.
SEEDING RATE
Planting is on 38-inch rows and acid-
'linted triple-treated seed Is drilled at about
16 pound rate.
Cotoran is broadcast with the planting
peration, so if Hughes gets tied up, or the
weather is bad, weeds can be held back, both
a the drill and middles.
Usually, after the cotton is up to a stand,
,e will, apply an MSMA-Bidrin mixture to
mock down the johnsongrass that has es-
-aped and for early insect control. He says
'.hat, at the three-inch cotton stage, the
,,rass Is liable to be a foot tall, so a directed
spray wouldn't do the job properly.
* * * usually has a fairly clean crop, but
he will go back for spot spraying operations
and uses cultivators extensively.
DOES OWN SCOUTING
Although insects in the area are not a
severe problem with cotton, as b, general rule,
Hughes does his own scouting with the help
of the Extension Service. He notes that in-
secticide applications must be watched care-
fully to avoid knocking out a beneficial pop-
ulation.
The last two years-when weather has been
unfavorable-Hughes has managed to get his
cotton crop out by December 1, and has
averaged yields in the bale and a half range.
For soybeans, a disk is used to knock down
the old rows during the fall, followed by a
chisel plow operation and an incorporation
of Trefi'an through the use of a double disk-
ing in a crossing pattern. Liming is also a
standard practice.
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