TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT FUND TO THE CIA RETIREMENT FUND

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 29, 2000
• Sequence Number: 116
• Publication Date: December 31, 1970
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1-1126114 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE December 31, 1970
In a later instance, the stubbornness
of the House of Lords was overcome
when George V privately let it be known
that he would create sufficient peers to
offset the opposition and follow the views
of the House of Commons. Since that
time the role of the House of Lords has
.been largely a ceremonial one. In effect
the British Parliament consists of one
House.
Perhaps we should consider the desir-
ability of a unicameral national legisla-
ture, The Swedes have just changed
their Parliament to a single chamber
body and therefore such a move is not
without modern precedent. Nebraska has
a unicameral legislature. In addition, the
equal representation requirement now
imposed by the Supreme Court upon
legislative bodies raises questions as to
the constitutional position of the Senate
as measured by this formula and in the
case of Baker against Carr, Chief Justice
Warren clearly found great logical diffi-
culty in excluding the Senate from the
operation of "one-man, one-vote" doc-
trine.
This proposal is a radical one and in-
volves substantial constitutional change
but no greater than those which took
place between the property-holding days
of the Constitution and the equality of
franchise of today. Legislative demands
are heavier today than ever, the volume
of legislation is greater and its com-
plexity increases with the broadening of
the fields which are required to be cov-
ered. Efficiency of operation demands
that unnecessary checks be eliminated.
I certainly would not suggest the re-
moval of necessary protective devices but
I can see no liberty which would be ef-
fected by confining the enactment of our
laws to a single body representative by
regular redistricting of the population
of the country in the manner of the
present House.
Other suggestions have been made in-
cluding the introduction of the rule of
germaneness into the "Senate legislation
and the reduction of the margin re-
quired there to cut off a filibuster. In the
House a simple majority suffices. It must
be asked however whether these revi-
sions would do the necessary job. I
would tend to accept the conservative
solution if that promised to be effective
but I suggest that the broader change
However, included in the legislation
was a provision which authorized the
Civil Service Commission to transfer to
the CIA retirement fund all Government
contributions previously accumulated in
the civil service retirement fund when
employees of the civil service trans-
ferred into the Agency's retirement sys-
tem.
The purpose of this authorization was
to insure the actuarial soundness of the
CIA retirement fund. Testimony devel-
oped by the committee indicated that
execution of this authority would result
in the transfer of approximately $33 mil-
lion from the civil service retirement
fund to the CIA retirement fund. This
sum would have represented past Gov-
ernment contributions for all Agency
employees transferred to the CIA retire-
ment system since 1964.
I am now advised that some staff
people on the Civil Service Commission
have questioned legislative intent in this
regard. I am, therefore, making this
statement to erase any doubt in the
minds of any responsible authority as
to the legislative intent of the Congress
in this regard.
I trust that this will take care of the
problem.
OPERATION NOEL
from year to year, their search for con-
tributions and assistance will become
easier and easier. They have already re-
ceived tremendous support from many
who recognize the importance of showing
our hospitalized servicemen that they are
not forgotten at Christmas.
Congratulations, Operation Noel, for
a job well done, and best wishes for the
future.
is one that should seriously be consid- can Medical Association, along with
ered in the light of the impasse which many other individuals too numerous to
has been created in the closing days of name, Operation Noel would have had
this 91st Congress. a more difficult time.
The idea for Operation Noel was con-
~TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE' ceived last year by Joe Westner of West-
CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT ern Gear Corp. With the help of his wife,
FUND TO THE CIA RETIREMENT Fran, legislative assistant to Represent-
FUND ative Tom KLEPPE of North Dakota,
Kathy Pierpan, secretary'to Representa-
(Mr. PHILBIN asked and was given tive OTis PIKE of New York, and Jayne
permission to address the House for 1 Gillenwaters and Pat Rinaldi, secretaries
minute and to revise and extend his re- to Representative JOHN SCIIMITZ of Cali-
marks.) fornia, Joe Westner's Operation Noel
Mr. PHILBIN. Mr. Speaker, the Con- put on a party the servicemen will never
gress recently passed S. 4571, a bill forget.
amending the Central Intelligence Agen- Mr. Speaker, I would like to urge my
(Mr. TIERNAN asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. TIERNAN. Mr. Speaker, several
weeks ago many of us had the opportu-
nity to attend a Christmas party in the
Longworth Cafeteria sponsored by Op-
eration Noel, The purpose of the party
was to say "Merry Christmas" and
"Many Thanks" to our servicemen hos-
pitalized in Washington area military
hospitals.
Those of us who were there know what
an outstanding success the party was,
but few of us are aware of the hours of
work that made it such a success, nor do
we know of the many companies and in-
dividuals who contributed toward its
success.
It takes the cooperation of many to
,put on a party such at this-to give our
servicemen the tribute they so rightfully
deserve. Without the help of concerns
PROGRAM AID TO CORN GROWERS
(Mr. FINDLEY asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his re-
marks and include extraneous matter.)
Mr. FINDLEY. Mr. Speaker, in a meet-
ing this week with high officials of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, I re-
quested that, in corn production areas
of the Nation hit hard by the southern
corn leaf blight, farmers be permitted
to have soybeans considered as feed
grains for purposes of maintaining their
historical feed grain base.
I presented this request personally to
Clarence D. Palmby, Assistant Secretary
of Agriculture, and Carroll G. Brunt-
haver, Associate Administrator of Agri-
cultural Stabilization and Conservation
Service.
I also summarized my proposal in this
letter:
Hon. CLARENCE PALMIIY,
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture,
Washington, D.C.
DaAn Mn: SECRETARY: OfIlcial forecasts dur-
ing the corn blight information conference
recently at the Beltsville, Maryland, experi-
ment station give validity to the concern
being expressed by farmers throughout the
corn belt and particularly in the West Cen-
tral Illinois District I represent,
As you know many producers were hard hit
by the blight this past year and now face
the uncertainties of the 1971 season, The
Department has already shown concern for
their problem by designating 58 counties dis-
aster areas, including 10 counties in the
District I represent, making such farmers
eligible for emergency low-interest loans
from the Farmers Home Administration.
This concern is much appreciated.
These farmers now face an additional peril
in the approaching season due to the short
supply of blight-resistant seed.
My purpose in writing is to urge that you
permit corn producers in blight-disaster
counties to count acres planted to soybeans
in 1971 as corn for purposes of history under
the feed grains program. This would be
especially helpful to small farmers, for rea-
sons I set forth below. As you know, the
Agricultural Act of 1970 gives you this au-
thority. I make this request only for 1971
because it appears the seed problem will
largely be corrected by 1972.
I make the request with full awareness that
the privilege of indiscriminate substitution
can bring pressure on soybean supplies and
therefore prices, I hold to the view that sub-
stitution should be approved only sparingly,
tinder circumstances of genuine hardship,
and only when it will not threaten soybean
prices.
The recommendation I have made, in my
view, meets these conditions.
Substitution would be permitted only in
counties where the Department of Agricul-
ture has already certified the existence of
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with the same benefits recently provided tion-the Operation Noel Christmas some observers see the possibility of sub-
civil service retirees. party. As their organization progresses stantial shortage of supplies.