CIA OVERSIGHT

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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ? HOUSE December 4, 1974
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1 op,r,b wEilions as an international the Middle East we have been propping up
leader through this effective 'and avail- and knocking down governments more or
less openly for the past 25 years.
Able mechanism. If we delay, we en
It is an established policy. Everybody
must bear the weight of the Moral re- knows it. It is supposed to be done covertly,
$13011Sibi11ty for having' the means to which is only sensible if you hope to succeed
help but not q?1-Pg since publicity in matters of th:.s sort can
only make the natives resentful and defeat
the. project:
We have been so active in the field, how-
ever, that a nuiriber of our projects have come
to light. Iran, Indonesia, South Vietnam,
Greece, the Congo, Guatemala, Cuba?all
have had their domestic politics secretly
interfered with by the Central Intelligence
Agency in ways that made headlines.
The difficulty may be that we prefer not to
know ourselves. How else can we explain
these cries of shock that follow each fresh
disclosure that the CIA has dons it again?
We hear them again about the Chile inter-
vention. In Washington, wise men who are on
a first-name basis with Professo:r Kissinger
are shocked--shocked!?to discover that the
United States is overthrowing governments.
Professional moralizers of press and tele-
vision are outraged by the bloodshed induced
by the new U.S.-approved dictatorship in
Chile, although it has been very slight com-
pared to the mass murders which outraged
them in Indonesia with the overthrow of
Sukarno.
? Where have these people been for the past
25 years? They always seem to be hearing it
for the first time. President Ford's public ap-
proval of exported subversion-;--everybody else
does it; why shouldn't we? he said?ought
to have had a healthy result. It was a can-
did Statement of a national policy in which
most of us have tacitly concurred since the
Stalin era.
Instead the President is criticized for tell-
ing us the truth?despite the demands for
presidents who will tell us the truth.
It is not a diffici at paradox to explain. We
have listened to our own publicity for so long
that we believe it Since 1945 our publicity
agents have been telling us we are the good
guys, the white hats, the idealistis struggling
for democracy and freedom along dark streets'
swarming with the kind of thugs who over-
throw other peoples' government:.
This is a very pleasant picture to have of
yourself. It is traumatic to have, people as
authoritative as the President ten you it is
the picture of Dcrian Gray, and worse to
have him pull the curtain away and show
you what you have really come to look like
after all these years of preening your beauty
in the sunlight bat taking all those clan-
destine nocturnal strolls down the back alleys
of world power.
Overthrowing other peoples' governments
Is a habit of great Imperial powers. Romans
and Britains did it openly, as do the Soviets
today, and we differ from them only in in-
sisting that our innocence has not been lost,
that we are as pure today as we were when
we bedded' down with empire 30 years ago.
Our publicity proclaims it and when truth
threatens to spoil the conceit, we deflect self-
recognition by blaming tired old scapegoat
CIA, which, goes the self-deceptios, is out of
control and amok.
In fast, CIA has been operating with tacit
public consent from the beginning. Every-
body knows it has been overthrowing govern-,
meiits, often blOodily, as a principle Of Amer-
ican foreign policy for years.
The policy was :lever publicly adopted as
such through the usual processes of debate,
congressional vote and publicly reviewed ap-
propriations. To have done it publely would
have been too _embarrassing for U 3. It would
have required u.so admit that we were not
who our publicity said we were.
The governmeni is sensitive about pre-
serving our illiisibi a. It does its best to keep
the drearier realities from intruding upon
us. Typically, the exposure of the Chilean
subversion has recited not in any congres-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a
previous order a the AMISe, the gentle-
man from Wisconsin (Isfr. STEIGER) is
recognized for 5 minutes.
[Mr, STEIGER of Wisconsin addressed
ki will appear
ereal ter in the Extensions of Re-
marks.]
CIA OVERSIGHT
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under
a previous order of the House, the gen-
tleman from Texas (Mr. STEELMAN) is
recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. STEELIVIAN. Mr. Speaker, I am
pleased to join my colleague, BILL
REN-
EEL, in cosponsoring legislation to create
within the Congress a Joint Committee
on Intelligence Oversight. This bill es-
tablishes a 14-member joint House-
Senate committee, specifically entrusted
with primary oversight and legislative
responsibility for the Federal intelli-
gence c4MMUllity.
Already this legislation, introduced by
Senator BAKES in the Other body, has
attracted 33 Senate cosponsors, and
surely deserves our support in the House
of Representatives. As Senator BAKER
outlined on September 19 When he intro-
duced, the measure in the Senate, that:
While a Joint Committee on Intelligence
Oversight will provide increased assurance
that the various intelligence and law-
enforcement agencies are abiding by the
Constitution and the Federal statutes by
which they were created, . . , the committee
also will strengthen our legitimate intelli-
gence gathering capacity through insuring
better coordination between the CIA, FBI,
Secret service, iSIA, NtA, and other agencies
possessing intelligence jurisdiction, and
through eliminating much of the current
duplication and apparent jealousy and com-
petition in the intelligence community.
Moreover, it is hoped that increased con-
gressional oversight would render the intel-
ligence community more responsive to le-
gitimate Presidential and congressional
requirements.
The activities of the U.S. intelligence
conimUnity have been pushed to the
fore of public concern by the recent
reyeiatio_ns about the Central Intelli-
gence Agency'sr covert operations. The
actions of, the Central Intelligence
AgencyCIAin Chile only highlight
vcrlial?e 1112-an7 P,e0,13_19 ecuu rY have
eOrn 4,sic.,,i4 very emotional terms?
who centralsind,sets lii4s,on what the
CIA and -oar other intelligence bodies do
here and. OrqaA;) p-usse4 B4er in an
,
October 1 1974 editorial in the Wa,sh-
ington Star outlined the problem, in his
article entitled, "A Habit Tough To
Kick":
'5 A HABIT To Kicx.
(By Aussell Baker)
The -odd thing is not that we are in the
business of overthrowing other peoples' gov-
ernments, but that we can SIM be surprised
when somebody reminds us, of it. In Lela,
ILatin America, Africa, the Mediterranean and
,??
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f310/181 demand to do away With the policy,
but a move by the House Armed Services
Committee to punish Rep. Harrington for
telling us what we did down there.
If we are becoming the enemy we set out
to thwart, the least Congress can do is punish
anybody who threatens to let us know about
it.
As the article points out, the CIA has
been an ongoing operation since its cre-
ation under the National Security Act of
1947, but has never publicly adopted any
policy guidelines through usual and con-
stitutional congressional channels. The
creation of this Joint Congressional
Oversight Committee will fill this policy
void while at the same time insure that
the CIA or any other of our intelligence
agencies does not become a servant with-
out a master. As if to push the Congress
into action on this issue and muster
public support for this type of legisla-
tion, President Harry S. Truman, who
was responsible as President for setting
up the CIA, has now said in his biog-
raphy that:
The CIA just doesn't report on wars . . .
they go out and make their own, and there's
nobody to keep track of what they're up to.
They spend billions of dollars on stirring up
trouble so they'll have something to report
on . . . it's become a government all of its
own and all secret. They don't have to ac-
count to anybody. That's a very dangerous
thing in a democratic society, and it's got
to be put to a stop.
Mr. Speaker, it is indeed very danger-
ous to have an agency of any type that
is accountable to no one, particularly not
accountable to the Congress as the peo-
ple's representative and advocate.
Mr. Speaker, this Joint Congressional
Oversight Committee will have seven
members from the House and seven mem-
bers from the Senate whose duties will
be to conduct a continuing study and
Investigation of our intelligence agen-
cies, and -in turn, the heads of these
groups will be required to keep the joint
committeee fully and currently informed
of all intelligence and surveillance activ-
ities and operations carried out by their
respective departments and agencies. It
Is only with this kind of fully informed
congressional committee that covert op-
erations and clandestine intelligence ac-
tivities will finally be brought under full
congressional control and infused with
some policy guidelines.
This latter point is urgently important
for without policy and theoretical frame-
works in which to couch our strategic
Intelligence activities, it is not possible
to develop criteria for measuring the ef-
fectiveness or impact of strategic intel-
ligence in the decisionmaking process.
Nor, because of lack of oversight, have
we heretofore been able to answer ques-
tions about the impact American intelli-
gence activities have had on the world
community and the maintenance of
world peace. With a complete flow of
information into this Joint Congressional
Oversight Committee we can answer
these questions and insure that our ef-
forts in this area are not jeopardized be-
cause of ill-advised actions an the part
of the United States.
And, finally, as was pointed out in
Princeton University's latest issue of
World Politics, the Congress, under this
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drated potato products have over many
other toortproducts Vs ? at they are ready
to eat without any 090 or other prep-
aration except the ? addition of
water I include the fOlke.1
NoTIMENTS n POT.I.
(Supplement to the Spudli United
Fresh. Fruit #I3 Vegetable Aseocituti. otate
Division. May 22, 19-64)
The nutritive rattles Of foods hay been
Plumbers in parentbees denote ialLes rated - usually ft
re Is be small It measure. Dashes denote lab of rel able
ret forth in a new and authoritative Agri-
eteerrre Ranelbook No. R. 'Cornpoettion of
Poode--raw. processed. prepared" by the
rood %enemies Research Diresion of the
United States Department of Agriculture.
The values. Isa 1.11.1a ectitios. are hewed on ex-
tensive review of information available both
before and %nee the first leave in 1950. We
present below the excerpts referring to po-
tatoes, both fresh end pruerzed, as the lat-
est scientific findings freer, a reliable source.
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These are taken from Table No. 1 referring to
the nutrients in 100 grams, edible portion
There is also another extensive Table No. 2
giving the nutrients In the edible portion
or 1 pound of food as purchased.
The data for the "edible portion- of foods.
are besed on chemical analyses of parts of
food ordinarily considered edible in this
countty. If questions arise in this connec-
tion, on are referred to the explanatory in-
trocluetion of the Bandbook itself.
ABLE L- COMPOSITION OF FOODS, lie GRAMS, EDIBLE PORTION
rnsther fern of the fond or eiorn 3 Sirtil31 fl#A. 7011) in parentheses rndicales that the amount 'iii constituent probably is node
a rurstilueal believed to le isussail in measurable amount. Calculated toques, as those based eta recipe, are not in parentheses;
Item
Ne. Food ar.i deception
(A) (ii)
Feed
Weer Energy Protein
(C) (0) (F)
Carbekydrele
Total Fiber
(C)
C. rhos-
as Glair plexus Iron Sodium,
(I) (7) (K) (1) (51),
Vita-
Polar-
slum ririatfui gaiin Niacin bf't:SZCI
(5) (0)
(P) (Q) (11) (S)
Potatoes:
1715 Raw
tweed:
1736 Baked In this
1797 Boiled le siqe
1733 Boiled, pared before cooking.
1789 French-fried
11% Fried from raw
1791 Hash-brovried aftei holding
overnight
1712 Mishe4.msln added .
17% Nashud, nulls and table fat
1754
17%
17%
1797
1798
1799
IWO
mod cod as patio:
Witi cheese__ _. ......
Weistan cheese...-. . - ..
Ceased: Boards and liquid. _...
rated mashed:
FIshes without milk:
Dry form
Pupated. water, silk,
tOMe at added
Gum* *Wool intik
Dry Form
Prepared, water, wits,
table tall added
Granules with milk:
1801 Dry form_
18% Prepared, 'luster. table tat
a
Fewer
Med, for hash-browning:
Re Not thawed 91,0 73 1.2 Trete 11.4 .4 .4
1104 Cooked, hash-browned 56,1 224 2.0 II 5 29.0 . 7 1.4
French-fried;
IPS Not thawed 63.5 170 2.1 65 N. 1 .1 1.1
1M alcaleamptp 220 3.6 $4 337 .7 5.l
14W Net tiered 934 75 1.7 .1 17 1 .4 .7
I 1.3 93 1! 2.9 15. 7 .4 1.4
1 Beahrd.
Potato chips 8 548 5 3 39 8 90.0 51.1) 3. I
1E19 Potato Ilow7.4 351 E. 0 .8 79.9 1.6 3. 7
hl
Pa* stroni home Mug;
1111 Coshed weed dressing season-
lees- ,
1912 Mayonnei?e end French dress-
ing, hard-cooked else, sea-
11113 PritatTinlits-
71.3 76 2.1 0.1 1 iS 0,3
75.1 93 2.6 .3 21. .6 LI
79.1 76 2.1 .1 17. .5 ,6
82.9 65 1.9 .1 14, .5 . 7
44.7 274 43 132 36.0 0 1.8
46.9 268 4,0 lk 2 32.4 2.3
54.2 229 3., IL? 21.1 La
*2.9 65 2.1 .7 13.0 5.4
79.11 94 2 1 4.3 17.3 .4 S
71.1 145 5.3 7_9 13.6 .3
75.7 104 30 79 14.7 .3
*9.5 44 II 7 98 .7
5. 2 35.4 7.2 .6 tk 0 (1.6) 1*
79.3 93 1.9 32 14. 5 .3 1.1
7.1 352 1. .6 10.4 II 1$
79.1 16 20 16 14.4 ,2 1.4
5.3 358 10.9 II 77.7 1.5
91.4 79 2.9 2.2 11 I .3 5.3
76.0 99 27 2* 167 .4 7.3
73.4 145 10 92 13' 4 2.6
1.5 544 6.4 26.4 50.! 3.5 k 1
7 53 0.6
9 65 .7
7 53 .6
6 42 .5
15 III 1.3
15 101 3.1
12 79 .9
2.4 49 .4
24 48 .4
127
54
(4)
122 .5
74 .4
(30) (. 3)
(173)
47
203
1.7
, 3
24
.5
142 2 3.5
31
to 30
Is 50
7 67 L
9 16 1.5
18 39 .7
25 42 .6
40 139 1.8
13 178 17.2
64
61 3
139 5.8
3: 407 Trace
503 Trace
407 Trace
2E9 Treat
953 Trace
115 Trace
2*91 475 Trios
301 261 20
331 250 170
447 306 320
355 327 160
11 250 Trace
4,
Le
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223'
89 0,600)
231, 285
84, (1,100)
256 290
1,341
234 335
8 Ile
299 233
Sr We
4 132
. 221
215
1,130
480_
tu,' 1,130
Trace
339
Trots
110
60
90
(10
.10
.09
.09
.13
.12
.08
.08
.08
.os
.06
.04
.23
.04
.16
0.04 1.5 20
.04 1.7 20
.04 1.5 16
.03 3.2 16
.003.1 21
.07
2.8 19
.05 2.1 9
.05 1.0 10
.05 1.0 I
.12 .9
.09 1.0
.02 .6
.06
.04
.11
.04 .05
.19 .39
.03 .05
Tree .07 .01
Trace .07 .02
Trace .14 .02
Tree .14 .02
30 .07 .03
140 .06 .04
Trace .21 .07
Trate .42 .14
5.4
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4.9
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4.2
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10
13
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3
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3
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1.0 8
2.1 24
2.6 21
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4.1 16
34 (19)
.06 9 11
.07 4.8 40
I Yeer-rcand average. Recently deg potetees coolaie about 26 mg rreiorbk odd per Ire pees. 4 Viler i#41ItS widely. flus dependent inn emend of a bic acid in raw potatoen, method of
After 3 months' storage the value Is only half as high. after 6 months', ghoul 14 as high. PfonlISIng. sad Imes of storage at dehydrated product. went values for dehydrated forms
I Applies to product without added salt_ if sae Is added, air estireated a /wage value for sedum ran 'loin IV to 35 mg per 100 crams.
Is 444.;er 100 gems, ,me corierit e vie-table and may be as kith a; 1,000m r 100 grams.
,
'Federal standards provide for addition or certain calcium salts an Innying agents.ff. 0-44.
0105e Sins may 'add calcium not to evend 106 mg. gm 100 grams of finished product_
Dehydrated potatoes compare very favor-
ably with wheat, corn and meat Ir food
energy derived; as illustrated in the follow-
ing 100 gram serving comparison:
Moisture Protest
(percent) Calories (grams)
Dehydrated potatoes.. 5.2 364 7.2
Wheat 12.0 333 13.3
Com ..... 72.7 96 19
Meat (raw ground teel)... 68.7 179 20.7
This relief program based on tile de-
hydrated American potato could be
started Immediately, and indeed it
should, because every day the dehydra-
tion industry is not running at peak
production on a 24-hour basis, produe-
Ls lost. More importantly, lives are
lost every hour that we delay in imple-
nrenting this Program
This short-term relief effort could be
a joint project of the Departments of
State. Agriculture and Defense.
The Agriculture Department would be
enlisted for procurement, using industry-
wide standard packaging.
The State Department could assist by
enlisting the cooperation of the oil-pro-
ducing states in financiug this venture.
The OPEC nations have indicated their
e'illingneSs to extend financial aid in an
international humanitarian effort. Their
pronik-e of help should now be translated
into reality to demonstrate both their
good faith in this effort and their rec-
ognItipn of the respor ?ility they, too,
must share as newly- uent nations.
Cooperation in this pro t could pave
the wp.y for further multil ral projects
in f1' fertilizer and tee ogy trans-
fer between the developed an ? developing
world.
Finally. the Department of Defense
could provide transportation support
through airlift of the dehydrated potato
products.
In conclusion, the American potato in
easily-transportable dehydrated form
could be an effective solution to the
tragic problem of famine that is stalk-
ing tile less-developed world. We must
start now on this effort-every day lost
means a heavy lose of life. We can ful-
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bill, will be al31e to answer the very prac-
tical questions as to the need for these
activities,and "whether the world would
have been much different without these
organizations, and if so, why?"
In summary, Mr. Speaker, I believe
this is a needed piece of legislation and
will prove a useful and informative forum
for assessing, controlling, directing, and
curtailing, if need be, the hydra-headed
beast that we have had grow up in our
midst as the Federal intelligence com-
munity.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a
previous order of the House, the gentl
mark frOM PVnilsYlvarlia (1V,11'. PLooD)
recognized for 5 minutes.
[Mr, FLOOD addressed the Hou His
remarks will appear hereafter the
Extensions of Remarks.]
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a
previous order of the House, the gentle-
man from Michigan (Mr. brass) is rec-
ognized for 5 minutes.
[Mr. DIGGS addressed the House. His
remarks will appear hereafter in the Ex-
tensions of Remarks.]
UNI'IOSTATES NOT A MIniints OP
, CENTO
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a
previous order of the House, the gentle-
man from Wisconsin (Mr. Asenst) is rec-
ognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. ASPIN. Mr. Speaker, if you have
been reading the Washington Post and
the New York Times lately you have been
Informed that the United States "is a
member" of the Central Treaty Orga-
nization's--CENTO?military, econom-
ic and countersubversion eommittees
or simply that we "belong" to CENTO on
an equal basis with Pakistan, Britain,
Turkey and /ran. You will have also read
that last month we sent a carrier task
force into the Indian Ocean for CENTO's
annual naval exercise, Midlink.
The acronym CENTO 'sounds like
NATO, and perhaps this explains why
the Post and the Times are wrong and
why Congress should question why we
participated in Midlink. The fact is that
the United States is not now nor have we
ever been a member of CENTO, and we
have no treaty relationship with that
organization.
If you are a little more familiar with
CENTO than most citizens, you may be
deluded into thinking we belong became
we pay a good part of the alliance's ex-
penses, and we have two generals at
CENTO's Ankara headquarters who ab-
solutely control all of CENTO's military
planning. Naturally these two generals,
a three-star and a two-star, are living in
style. They are supported by three en-
listed servants, three officer aides, three
local chauffeurs, secretaries, and others
to make their lives easier. The U.S. tax-
payer is paying $120,000 annually to
house them, $74,800- to finance their
travel, and $67,000 for what the Pentagon
calls "the U.S. share of the International
Combined Military Planning Staff op-
erating budget."
The United States also funds one-fifth
of the CENTO :,ecretariat's operating
costs, the salaries plus allowances of
three foreign service officers in Ankara,
and the expenses of CIA's activities in
countersubversiori operations. Naturally
we also pay for an intelligence exchange
operation, and all the costs of U.S. forces
in annual air exercises and other Ma-
neuvers in additirn to Midlink.
Wil wrong with all this is that Con-
gres s never authorized the Pentagon
an e State Department to participate
NTO, much less to control every-
ng CENTO does. Back in the Dulles
ra the White Rouse made executive
agreements with Pakistan, Turkey, and
Iran, promising to help each of them
out in case the Russians invaded their
territories. But even these private agree-
ments between the White House and va-
rious foreign potentates say nothing
about the United States running and
funding CENTO.
There can be little doubt-that our par-
ticipation in CEIsr:'0 is wrong if not ab-
solutely illegal, Partherrnore, It is an
archaic and useless alliance we would be
better served to leave completely alone.
The only purpose it serves in these times
Is a means for its members to lever mili-
tary equipment out. of the United States.
It does not help Stability in the Middle
East, and it has contributed nothing
whatever to easing the Arab-Israel crisis,
the oil crisis, the Cyprus crisis, the Iran-
Iraq confrontation, Iranian-Saudi Ara-
bian rivalries, or Pakistani-Indian crises.
Quite apart from the more than a mil-
lion dollars U.S. personnel asagned to
CENTO headquarters cost the taxpayer,
the other expenses of our involvement
with CENTO are not incidental wastes
of money. The task force steaming
around the Araban Sea did not lust hap-
pen to be in the area. The whole collec-
tion of ships was sent through the In-
dian Ocean just for the Midlink exercise.
The Times says the task force con-
sists of the aircraft carrier Constella-
'tion, a command ship, two guided missile
destroyers, two destroyer escorts, a fast
support shin, and a nuclear submarine.
This is a larger collection of ships than
any of CENTO's members provided and
it may be more than all of them together.
I thank the Times for providing me with
the ship list because the Pentagon told
me the information was classified.
It is time Congress began to question
the questionable, and the CENTO mess
IS one good place to Start. It is bad
enough to waste billions on alliances to
which we belong, hut it is ridiculous to
Pay for useless and probably dangerous
activities in organizations to which we
have no legitimate connection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a
previous order of the House, the gentle-
man from Texas (Mr. GONZALEZ) is rec-
ognized for 5 minutes.
[Mr. GONZALE2 addressed the House.
His remarks will appear hereafter in the
Extensions of Remarks.]
BIGOTRY GIVEN LICENSE
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a
previous order of tne House, the gentle-
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man from New York (Mr. Komi) is rec-
ognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. KOCH. Mr. Speaker, the recent ill
spoken and prejudicial comments of
Gen. George Brown and Secretary of
Agriculture Earl Butz, have had the ef-
fect that anyone with any insight unto
bigotry would have expected. Vile and
vicious comments emanate from hereto-
fore silent quarters, while other mis-
guided individuals simply feel they now
have license to voice their latent hostili-
ties.
Bigotry is many faceted, Mr. Speaker,
and I am setting forth just two samples
of the type of correspondence to which I
have reference.
Hon. EDWARD KOCH,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D.C.
DEAR SIR: You will never get my vote again
and I would kill, if it was legal, to keep you
from getting another vote from this area.
',I am so tired of your pro-Jewish actions
anti your attempted Pro-Jewish legislation
that I wonder if I live in NYC or Israel, you
people make it the same?and I am Amer-
ican, you Jews think more of being Jewish
than American.
The world is sick of American money pour-
ing into a bigoted hated illegitimate state
formed by mis-fits from every society who
call being despised by every other race in the
world some virtue, you haven't got enough
money to buy honesty?or even decency or
any respect in any community.
Koch, if I ever see your name on a ballet
again I will donate $10,000 to your opponent,
why don't you Jews stop trying to run
America?
GEORGE E. CUMMINS.
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.-
Washington, D.C., November 20, 1974.
MT. GEORGE E. CUMMINS,
New York, N.Y.
DEAR MR. CUMMINS: I have your nice tele-
gram. I'm sure you were delighted that I got
77.6% of the vote in the last election. You
must have jumped for joy.
Again, thanks for your congratulations. Do
give my best to the others living under the
rock with you.
All the best.
Sincerely,
EDWARD I. KOCH.
Hon. EDWARD KOCH,
House of Representatives,
Congress of the United States,
Washington, D.C.
DEAR CONGRESSMAN KOCH: I received your
letter of Nov. 20th in reply to my wire. I must
say, much to your displeasure I'm sure, that
I was delighted, first, it was the funniest
damn piece of mail I've had in months. I
actually called two or three people to read
It to them. They didn't know you had a sense
of humor, if we didn't seem so diametrically
opposed, I might even vote for you again
sometime. Your sense of humor has cer-
tainly elevated you in my estimation prob-
ably far beyond the deserved status.
As to your 77.6% plurality In the last elec-
tion, I am impressed but we all know the
basic reason for that, people with any sense,
money, or taste started leaving "Fun City"
years ago, now please don't use government
money to write suggesting I do the same.
All the best,
GEORGE E. CUMMINS.
DEAR CONGRESSMAN: The savings banks of
New York are bastions of bigotry in restrict- -
Ing positions in management and supervision
to persons of specific ethnic and religious
combinations. Many are Scotch Presbyterian,
a few are Irish Catholic, and one or two
are of other combinations. These banks are
under contract with khe Treasury Depart-
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but contInu ? violate the laws agatrust em-
ployment dl mination. They aren't an-
swerable to olden; or to depositors but
rather are run If-perpetuating boards.
Won't you help ? d this bigotry?
Sincerely.
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD?HOUSE December 4, 197i
they are even in timesaving procedures,
and at times, it would appear, even in
That is a harsh statement, but I think
it is an indication that this body, this
Congress, must say to FAA, "You repre-
sent the public, and take quicker action
when these problems are brought to your
attention."
Mr. Cooper did no
since he did not give h
could not be located,
JOE COOPES.
lye a response
ddrese and it
BETTER SAFETY EQUIPM NEED-
ED ON COMMERCIAL A AFT
(Mr. PICKLE asked and was giper-
mission to address the House for in-
ute and to revise and extend hie
marks.)
Mr. PICKLE. Mr. Speaker, a few ml
utes ago the chairman of the Hous
Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce, the gentleman from West
Virginia (Mr. Seacores1 addressed re-
marks to this body pointing out the
tragedy that occurred in the Blue Ridge
Mountains just west of here, when 92
lives were lost in a TWA crash. That
statement was clear and umnetakable
in that he felt, based on investigations,
the accident might have been prevented
had certain equipment been abor rd that
TWA plane.
There is now a ground proximity warn-
ing system being installed or many
planes which we believe, if put into force
Immediately by the FAA, could save
countless lives. It is always very difficult
to say that a particular crash could have
been avoided because of certain sircum-
stances, whether it was instrument or
pilot error. It is even more difficult to
make those statements at an hour and
time of national tragedy.
Nevertheless, a member of our investi-
gations subcommittee staff flew this same
area yesterday to test whether or not that
particular equipment would have pro-
vided a warning. It is an audio-warning
espial and it says, "Pull up, pull up," in
five different instances if there has been
a failure of either pilot error or of in-
strument It is a computerized system. In
this particular instance, we believe that
possibly the instrument would have
shown the excessive terrain closure rate
in a manner that would have allowed at
least a 14-second warning for that pilot
to have pulled up.
We cannot be sure of that. We can-
not make that as a positive ststement,
but it does indicate that this accident
might have been prevented. Our subcom-
mittee held hearings on this matter 45
days ago with FAA. We attempted to find
out why the FAA has not insistee on this
In their rulemaking procedures during
the last 2 years.
They have agreed, we believe, to defi-
nitely require this as a new instrument
of safety on all the commercial airplanes.
We have asked them to shorten the time
of the proposed rulemaking procedure so
that both the notice would be shortened
and so that the time for decision could
be shortened. Certainly, a Period of 18
months could be reduced to 12 menthe
or less for the actual installation of this
instrument.
FAA has given cooperation in
S
that they have reduced some of that
time, but they etell are not insisting that
this instrument be put on in the short-
est possible time. FAA is not moving fast
enough.
I call upon. the FAA again to take this
action, and to take it (prickly. During
the hearings we pointed out in three or
four Instances the slowness with which
the FAA implemented safety rules. I
would like to insert at this point two
or three instances to show that the FAA
very slow in the adoption of reasonable
rules.
One of the things which has distressed
me about the FAA's approach to some of
these safety related matters is the long
drawn out timetable involved.
Mealier this year, the subcommittee
held a hearing on the DC-10 cargo door
ittietioa which caused the Paris crash.
ere we found that the FAA *as put on
n ce almost 2 years previously by a
nea miss at Detroit that there was a
prob with the door closing mecha-
nism. t, the FAA did not issue an alr-
worthin directive requiring the door
to be fix until a couple of days after
the crash
Again, this year the subcom-
mittee held s on the subject of
hazardous air o being carried on
commercial p er flights. At that
hearing, we feturd t that the FAA had
recesved authorizati in August of 1973
to employ 18 midi full-time at
various FAA offices ork exclusively
on hazardous materials ttere. At our
hearing on April 25, 1974, heard testi-
mony that the FAA not filled
many of these highly criti Mons,
even though they were orized
months earlier
Another matter whieh has come e
staff's attention involves the p ? em
whereby, on a certain type of airc
It was found that pilots were deploy
what are known as ground spoilers to
early in the lauding Process. As I under-
stand it, these devices are used to slow
and settle the plant once it touched
clown, but they cause the plane to plum-
met to Earth if they are accidentally
deployed in flight. The indications to me
from our staff's inquiry are that the
FAA proceeded very slowly to deal with
this problem., In fact, after the problem
first became known to the FAA in con-
vection with a Montreal crash killing 109
In July 1970, the FAA's first response was
simply to post a sign on the switch which
raid, "Do not deploy spoilers in flight."
That was described to our staff by one
aircraft safety expert as akin to putting
up a sign saying, 'Do not crash this air-
plane." Now, after another accident oc-
curred in June 19'73 at OK Airport, due
to the same cause, the matter is being
addressed more reelistically, best, again,
ate, considerable lost time Fortunately,
no one of the 128 on board were killed;
we're seriously injured.
It is my feeling that we find again that
the FAA and. its rules ere inerdinately
slew and cumbersome, They are exam.
hied almost lentil the incident of the
need is forgotten. At thinS, I must say
that there are indications that the FAA
becomes more industry oriented than
UNEMPLOYMENT. INFLATION, AND
RECESSION
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a
previous order of the House, the gentle-
mat from New York (Mr. MURPHY) IS
recognized for 5 minutes.
Air. MURPHY of New York. Mr. Speak-
er, the United States is entering the year
197b aimed in the direction of the worst
unemployment, inflation, and recession
since the end of World War II, The Na-
tiers moreover must regard herself in the
worst competitive position with respect
to military defense and international
traee, relative to the last 30 years.
These may be termed the bitter fruits
of the U.S. decade of least achievement.
So, too, are these "worsts" an unmistak-
able warning to change direction.
It is ft time for trial and testing. The
be et lens of proof and performance fall on
the, backs of the new Congress which
uniquely has the historic opportunity to
once again get America moving.
Whether to characterize the recent
election as a repudiation of the last Presi-
dent or lack of confidence in his successor
Is Spconclary to its principal mandate?a
desperate demand for leadership?that
Coagress fill the void.
el,eacteng to winds of fear, the people
are, demariding a government capable of
waging problems, not ever-shirkingly pre-
siding over the shutdown of industrY,
the, freezing of homes and the stalling-
out of automobiles.
esponding to the call for action, Con-
grees must cast aside the White House
licy of unproductive delay and endless
lace and opt for remedies that hold
p e for the future.
assessing causal blame for the lana-
dry
t of "worsts," Congress must ter-
ranee the "energy crisis" as it is the
t national malady.
exuding contrary opinion, the
laese, If n only, means to promote na-
Waal gr and full employment
through o etimes is full utilization
of 'Monde pa or as the base source of
electricity sup
At the presen e there are 127 naval
rea:etor and 52 nu r-electric plants op-
erating superbly, Iding energy more
cheaply and more re bly, and, compared
to fossil-fueled plan ?ver the last quar-
ter century, an urun hed record for
safety
During the first 10 nths of 1974,
fuel costs in fossil-fired electric plants
have increased by 85 percent and the
trefid continues upward. Over the same
period nuclear fuel costs went down by
10 Percent.
4nly With greatar reliance on atomic
eleetricity can we honestly hold out the
promise of rolling back the cost of home
heriting and electrleity. Only with atomic
power can we restore the competitive
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