CUBA RESOLUTION

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1962 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ? APPENDIX
1956?PTA of St. Sophia was organized.
Mr. Michael Moroz was parish president.
1957?Installation of six peal chimes.
September 29: 20th anniversary.
1958?May 18: Chimes blessed. New elec-
tric wiring for church and parish home: Mr.
Theodore Dowhan was president.
1959?Rev. Michael Zemlachenko takes
place of transferred Reverend Stolarchuk.
Boy Scouts, Troop 22 organized. Church
hall redecorated, new stage curtain and win-
dow drapes installed. Altar spotlights were
added.
1969?Church hall kitchen was remodeled
and modernized completely.
I.961?Church entrance doors replaced
with bronze metal doors, M. Bilyk, presi-
dent.
1962?February 18: Church doors blessed.
Junior choir formed for high school age
group and roof reshingled.
September 30: 25th anniversary: silver
jubilee.
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Er.N6ION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. CARLETON J. KING
or NEW YORE
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, October 1, 1962
Mr. KING of New York. Mr. Speaker,
the people of America are gravely con-
cerned about the affairs in Cuba. While
Congress did adopt a joint resolution last
week expressing the determination of the
United States with respect to this situa-
tion, many of us realize that the resolu-
tion did not begin to offer or provide
adequate remedies to the critical dangers
presented by the Soviet-Cuba military
buildup.
One of the most thought-provoking
statements I have read concerning the
congressional resolution was written by
Mr. LeClair Smith, of Plattsburgh, N.Y.
Mr. Smith's article appeared in the
Plattsburgh Press-Republican newspa-
per on September 2'7. Under leave to
extend my remarks in the RECORD, I wish
to call this statement to the attention of
My colleagues and hope they will take
the time to read it:
CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON CUBA CALLED
INEFFECTIVE
(By LeClair Smith)
The joint resolution on the Cuban situa-
tion issued by Congress last week is a weak
and ineffective instrument. It gives lipserv-
ice to the Monroe Doctrine, but hi accepting
the occupation of Cuba, which is in violation
of that historic and meaningful declaration
of U.S. policy, it proclaims to the consterna-
tion of thoughtful citizens and for all the
world to observe its lack of enforcement by
our Munich-oriented government.
Instead, it recognizes the buildup of a
Soviet satellite 90 miles from our shores and
takes the position that while the Soviet
has taken over the island it must not go any
farther; that the launching of any further
aggressiveness from that area in the West-
ern Hemisphere will be met with "whatever
means will be necessary, including the use
of arms" Bravo, mes amis.
How does one account for the inertia of
the present administration? HOW would
Teddy Roosevelt have reacted under these
-circumstances? Don't the Congress and the
Xresident and his advisers realize that think-
ang people are extremely alarmed and deeply
worried with the realization that the Soviet
has now established a foothold in this hemi-
sphere? That a missile attack is now only
seconds away? Can't they see that by ac-
cepting the status quo we have presented
history with another Munich?
Our leaders in Washington ought to review
a bit of history during the past quarter cen-
tury. They might recall that in 1935 Musso-
lini invaded Ethiopia despite the vote of the
League of Nations to impose sanctions which
proved ineffective and that country was con-
quered by the use of air power and poisonous
gas. Why wasn't Italy denied the use of the
Suez Canal? They might recall that Ger-
many commenced rearming in that year vio-
lating the Versailles Treaty and in the fol-
lowing year Hitler marched into the Rhine-
land also in violation of the Versailles Treaty.
He gambled and won. They might recall
that in 1938 he announced the annexation of
Austria and that that was the year of the
disastrous Munich pact. They might recall
that was followed in quick succession by the
fall of Czechoslovakia and the splitting up of
Poland by Germany and Russia. Couldn't
World War H have been prevented if there
had been firm leadership and farsightedness
in, Geneva, London, and Paris?
Our Government is pursuing the same
dilatory tactics, watching creeping commu-
nism until now it has reached Cuba. It
seems to me that our Government was sorely
lacking in courage and intelligence to meet
this brazen move. Application of the Monroe
Doctrine would have nipped it in the bud.
The tragedy is that it's too late. We've
given them their inch; soon they will be after
their mile. A firm stand at the right time
instead of watching developments would
have had the approval of the country. Are
they mice or men in Washington?
If only we had had somebody down there
who had guts enough to tell Khrushchev to
keep the hell out of there and stay out, we
wouldn't be faced with this dilemma. We
are in a critical period of our history and I
for one am concerned. Our very survival is
at stake.
Now that Congress has slapped Mr. K. on
the wrist, what next?
The Pomona Story
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. GLENARD P. LIPSCOMB
OF CALIFORNIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, October 2, 1962
Mr. LIPSCOMB. Mr. Speaker, it is a
very real privilege to me to have deliv-
ered to the office of each Member of the
House a copy of "The Pomona Story,"
which presents the inspiring story of the
plan for progress of Pomona, Calif.
The copies of "The Pomona Story" be-
ing distributed, together with a message
of personal greetings, have been supplied
through the good offices of the mayor of
Pomona, Hon. James S. Baker. This
feature on Pomona was included as a
special supplement to the Los Angeles
Times on September 24, 1962.
I know that each Member of the
House will find this to be an interest-
ing and informative presentation of the
Pqmona plan for progress, for it relates
a story of how civic-minded and for-
ward-looking citizens have made star-
tling progress in revitalizing and beau-
tifying their city.
Pomona is a community of 75,000
which is observing its 75th anniversary.
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It is a cultural and educational center as
well as a city of fine homes and com-
merce. It is a community with a plan
and many outstanding people who have
worked hard toward carrying it out.
The heart of new Pomona is the mall,
a nine-block long shopping center in the
heart of the business district, featuring
brilliant new stores and office buildings
surrounding a landscaped mall on which
shoppers can stroll amid fountains and
statuary. The mall was financed en-
tirely without Government assistance
and is a tribute to what can be done by
private initiative and free enterprise.
Other highlights of the Pomona plan
for progress are a complete transporta-
tion center, a new regional civil center,
modern highways, and industrial parks,
The Pomona story represents the
fruits of the dedicated efforts of many
citizens and groups and Pomona can be
justly proud of the nationwide attention
being given to their accomplishments.
It will be noted that the message ac-
companying the Pomona story contains
an invitation to all Members of Congress
to reflect on the Pomona plan for prog-
ress in connection with discussions with
constituents on problems and needs aris-
ing in their respective districts across ti-fe
Nation. I should like to second that in-
vitation, for Pomona represents an out-
standing example of what the people can
do in their own behalf to improve then:
communities and enrich their lives.
Employer of the Year
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. W. J. BRYAN DORN
OF SOUTH CAROLINA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, October 2, 1962
Mr. DORN. Mr. Speaker, Mr. John
Farkas, national president of the Para-
lyzed Veterans of America, Inc? at cere-
monies recently held at the Wings Club,
New York City, presented a scroll to John
S. Woodbridge, Pan American comp-
troller, citing the airline's "outstanding
record in the employment of paraplegics
and other physically handicapped per-
sons."
I commend to the Congress the follow-
ing resolution adopted by this magnifi-
cent organization and the remarks of
Mr. Woodbridge:
RESOLUTION
Whereas Pan American World Airways has
consistently maintained an excellent record
in the hiring of paraplegics and other physi-
cally disabled, without publicity or other
exploitation; and
Whereas Pan American World Airways was
the first, most prominent, and probably the
only organization which sponsored a pro-
gram of employing the physically disabled
in other countries; and
Whereas Pan American World Airways has
contributed more than any other single
private organization to the rehabilitation of
the disabled through its support and promo-
tion of wheelchair sports: Be it therefore
Resolved, That the Paralyzed Veterans of
America, in convention herein assembled;
does hereby proclaim Pan American World
Airways as its "Employer of the Year" for
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1,862 and directs that appropriate recogni-
tion, in the form of a plaque or scroll, be
eltended theretd.
Pidierrsith VETERANS OF AMERICA, INC,
JOHN 7, "mucks, President.
LeOlvAiin Yorrork.DN',
Employment Coordinator.
ACCEPTANCE OF CITATION BY SOHN H. WOOD-
ssUar.; CostMottER, ON BEHALF or PAN
ANIRTC Alt Lemur AIRWAYS. INC.
Raring been gravely wounded white serv-
ing with the 'French Blue Devils in World
War 2, T feel considerable comradeship with
the Paralyzed Veterans of America. who are
here honoring Pan American Airways for
what it terms an "oxitstanding record in the
employment of paraplegics and other physi-
cally handicapped persons."
A physically handicapped person seeking
employ is frequently denied this privilege in
the misguided belief that since there is
physical failure there must also be a mental
barrier; this translates into increasing reti-
cence on the part of the matt to display his
ability. Nothing could be further from the
truth, as Pan American has learned from
the BOO disabled working for it throughout
the world.
We do not have an employment policy that
tells our industrial relations people?"Go
the physically handicapped." Nor do
havea policy that forbids such employ,
being no barrier or restraint because
cal failure if it does not conflict with
type Of work sought.
Is nothing glorious in a company
aSaionately condescending to employ
nothing super-Christian-like or
The company Is in all liken-
iring a relatively superior employee,
restless nor desirous of frequent
of employ, but stable and prepared
d to his own knitting. His economic
bIlity still unfortunately Is a factor.
Which should diminish and eventually die-
-1? appear When this source of economic talent
becomes better known throughout industry
Sy acts and by word of mouth.
man is not disconsolate and sorry for
self, but ready and willing to enter into
the spirit of things. Some time ago, while
I was watching a championship wheelchair
basketball pine between our Pan Am Jets
and an equally colorful group of wheelchair
stalwarts, a collision threw a couple of these
warriors on the floor, where they continued
the warfare, but in a far more personalized
manner, 3. greeted our man next day with?
"You big gorilla, saw you -fighting him all
over the floor. Why didn't you kill him?"
Zia Instantaneous rejoinder, with his eyes
rolling sanctimoniously upward. was?"Mr.
- 'Woodbridge, I wouldn't strike a cripple."
? One hears, ad museum. pat phrases like
"What guts." "What courage." "what will
to litre.' That should all be taken for
granted and one should start from there.
Give this man the chance, the opportunity
of ereplay, not stopping with superficial
utterances of commiseration but translating
belief in his ability Into action. and we have
benefited not only the man as well as our
Own 'United States of America. but, most of
all, ourselves.
Peace Corps Does Fine Job
EXTENSION OP REMARKS
or
HON. THOMAS G. MORRIS
or saw sitrziro
Tag ROIZIBE OF Pitabnr4 e ATIVES
Tuesday, Obtober 2, 1962 ?
Mr. mortms. Mr. Speaker, under
leave to extend my remarks In the
RECORD, T include the following article
by Robert Ruark:
I Vow Amur pram CORPS HAS DONE PINE
Jos
(By Robert Ruark)
I think one of the 'things the politicians
Might well leave alone is the Peace Corps.
By all accounts, it's done a whale of a job.
Nobody was more dedicatedly against the
Peace Corps when it was ,first announced
than your correspondent. I smote it hip
and thigh in at least a half dozen pieces.
MUCH PRAISE
There are still certain things about its
burgeoning budget that might stand ques-
tion. But largely, wherever I've been in
the world, over the last 6 months. all I've
heard is praise for the Peace Corps' solid,
helpful work and generally fine projection
of the best American linage with the down-
trods.
The Peace Corps kids have worked well at
what it was announced they would aCCOM-
pliSh?a better knowledge of the foreign
lands and the natives of themselves, whilst
bestowing some added know-how and in-
spiration to the local camel walahs and
yak tenders.
STOUT JOS
Apart from a few goofs, I'd say that Sar-
gent Shrivel', who labors under the handi-
cap of being the President's brother-In-law,
has clone a stout job and should be com-
mended.
He has certainly performed a noble feat
of defending his baby from the professional
wolves in Congress and the ravening bears,
such as myself, of the typewriter pack.
There'll be enough political throats to cut
this year, and I think the Peace Corps should
be let alone. It's the only thing In the
Kennedy administration so far that seems
to have worked.
Brezhnev Fails To Win Yugoslays
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. CORNFIIUS E. GALLAGHER
OF NEW JERSEY
IN THE HOUSE OP REPRIUSENTAT1VES
Tuesday, October 2, 1962
Mr. GALLAGHER. Mr. Speaker, in
view of the current interest in Yugo-
slavia and its relationship to the Soviet
bloc, I am pleased by news that Presi-
dent Leonid Brezhnev has apparently
failed to draw Yugoslavia back into the
Soviet camp.
Yugoslavia's regime of national com-
munism, although it is distasteful and
foreign to countries which embrace free
enterprise. is not imperialistic and ex-
pansive like the regimes headquartered
in Moscow and Peiping. U.S. technical
assistance to Yugoslavia has helped that
Country maintain its independence from
Moseove. T int 'hopeful that even more
Baltic and east European countries can
be weaned away from their Soviet mas-
ters, for if we can encourage the natural
trend toward nationalism in Communist
nations to the point where their own
nation's interest is paramount to the
dictates of the Communist ttitel national
conspiracy headed by the Soviet Union,
we may see in our lifetime the termina-
tion of the Communist threat to freedom
everywhere.
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con-
sent to have an excellent article discus-
October 2
sing Brezhnev's visit to Yugoslavia, Writ-
ten by Edward Cra.nkshaw and printed
in the Washington Post of September 30,
1962, inserted In the Appendix of the
Recofte:
MISSION RISSOUNDS--BREZHNEV PerLs To
- WIN YUGOSLAVS
(By Edward Crankshaw)
LormoN, September 29.?The visit of Pres-
ident Leonid Brezhnev of the Soviet Union
to Yugoslavia started off with the air of a
gentle honeymoon. Nothing about commu-
nism?simply the nominal head of the So-
viet Union paying a state visit to the actual
head of Yugoslavia.
Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev sent his
greetings, but as Prime Minister of the
U.S.S.R., not as first Secretary of the Com-
munist Party. The general object of the
exercise was to seal the rapprochement be-
tween Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union that
was inaugurated by Khrushchev in 1955.
On the Russian side, the object was to
persuade the Yugoslays to aline themselves
more completely with Soviet foreign policies.
Yugoslavia stood well with the neutralists,
and where Tito went, others might go too.
On the Yugoslav side, there was the mat-
ter of Soviet assistance in the business of
underpinning a very shaky economy.
The most that was expected from President
Brezhnev's public utterances was a string of
encouraging platitudes, invoking the might
of the popular forces working for peace, not
only in the Socialist camp, but also among
the uncommitted nations.
YUGOSLAVS STARTLED
Instead, Brezhnev startled his Yugoslav
hosts on Thursday by launching into a tirade
against American militarism, against West
German fascism and against the Common
Market seen as the economic base for preda-
tory imperialism. The Berlin affair was pre-
sented as a major crisis; the Cuban. affair as
a potential casus belt.
The Yugoslays listened in shattered
silence?and changed the subject. They
need the sympathy of Western Europe and
America, and are by no means in love with
the Russians.
But what was Brezhnev up to in making
these remarks?
The answer may be comparatively straight-
forward. Brezhnev, unused to speaking to
foreigners, blissfully unaware of Yugoslav
feelings about Russia, monumentally tactless
even by Russian standards, may have been
irritated by the Yugoslav Government's cagi-
ness. Its reluctance to underwrite Soviet
policies everywhere, and allowed himself to
be needled into an indiscretion.
Perhaps he thought that if Tito was going
to be difficult, he could appeal to the Yugo-
slav people over the head of Tito and elicit
resounding applause with his remarks about
Cuba and Berlin. But if he thought this,
he was wrong; and he will sooner or later
pay for his mistake. The damage he has
done to Soviet-Yugoslav relations is severe.
Or Brezhnev might have thought that in
demonstrating his solidarity with Yugoslavia,
in face of bitter Chinese criticism, he had
gone far enough, and that it was time to
show that Moscow was by no means second
to Peking in Its hostility to American "im-
perialism." If this was so, he chose the
wrong platform.
The only other explanations are that
Brezhnev, on his friendship mission to Bel-
grade, found himself caught up in a major
policy switch?or that he is pursuing a line
opposed to the Khrushchev line.
PRESENT POLICY STABLE
These seem improbable. Soviet policy at
the moment seems to be fairly steady. Khru-
sbchey has been determinedly pursuing his
self-appointed task of raising morale among
the satellites by allowing them a good deal
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Moment he stepped out of his front door he
entered into public life. Their system, it
Is true, was a bad one and eventually col-
lapsed from its internal weakness. But the
weakness was not in this idea; it was in the
assumption that every man in public life
must act on his own instead of delegating
his authority in order to increase efficiency.
The basic idea, that public life begins when-
ever and wherever a man encounters his
neighbor, was sound then, and it remains
sound today. Family life was private. The
way in which a man earned his daily bread
was private, as long as it was honest. But
whatever a man said or did in the street or
in the marketplace was assumed to have some
bearing on the welfare of the city, the polls,
and therefore was, as we say in English, po-
litical. In the mind of the Athenian, hold-
ing office, or supporting some candidate for
office, was a very small part of politics, for
his whole life was politics except when he
was within the walls of his own house,
Some of you may recoil from this as a
retreat from liberty. We are so accustomed
to thinking of politics as nothing but for-
mal government that the suggestion that
our whole lives are political is a nightmarish
suggestion. It seems to imply the intrusion
of the government into everything.
But the truth is the reverse. Ours is a rep-
resentative democracy. The American citi-
zen delegates his authority to agents, and he
influences their course, not by direct action,
but by the pressure of public opinion. There-
fore for the agents, that is to say, the gov-
ernment, to interfere with and try to con-
trol opinion is intolerable. It is far worse in
a representative than in a direct democracy,
for thmight to form and express our own
opinions is the sole authority that we have
retained, The American should resent and
resist governmental efforts to control his
thoughts even more vigorously than the
Athenian, because thought-control would
leave the American more completely stripped
of power.
I maintain, therefore, that as the American
realizes that all his contacts with his fel-
lows are, in the legal phiase, "affected with
a public interest," he will be more, not less
determined to preserve his freedom of
thought and expression, and liberty will rest
on a sounder, not a shakier, foundation.
It seems clear to me, then, that in going,
as we say, from public to private life I really
did not go anywhere. I was relieved of the
responsibility of saying whether a convicted
murderer shall suffer death, or some lesser
penalty, which is, I assure you, a great relief.
I lost the right to take the salute of the
Maryland National Guard, but it is not, after
all, a very terrible loss. I can no longer, like
Louis the XIVth, "make a hundred malcon-
tents and one ingrate" by every appointment
to office, but that is, on balance, not unfa-
vorable.
But my responsibility to the State of Mary-
land and to the United States is not lessened
by the weight of a feather. Just as much as
ever I am bound to do my best to keep in-
formed as to the conduct of public affairs,
and to judge that conduct in the light of the
present day, not by the glow of the splendors
of the past, nor by the wavering and fitful
gleam of an uncertain future. Just as much
ja .?
as ever I am under a solen obligation to
support men *horn I believ.1e to be honest,
and to oppose those whom I believe to be
rogues.
So I revert to my original thesis. I am
not here to impart information, but merely
to ask you, "How private can, or should, an
American citizen be in the year 19622" I
leave the question for each of you to answer
according to his own situation. But I am
persuaded that to the extent that you find
the right answer, just to that extent you,
although you may be in what is called private
life, will add to the safety and the honor
and the glory of the country that we love.
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EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. LEON H. GAVIN
OF PENNSYLVANIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, October 2, 1962
Mr. GAVIN. Mr. Speaker, under leave
to extend my remarks in the RECORD, I
include the following article:
[From the Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.,
September 30, 19621 -
POINT OF VIEW?U.S. CUBAN PERFORMANCE
CALLED "PROFILE IN INDECISION"
(By Clare Boothe Luce)
NEW YORK, September 29.?"The President
feels that Cuba is a bone in his throat." So
spoke one of President Kennedy's aids soon
after the abortive invasion of the Bay of
Pigs.
Since then the obstruction has become a
large bone of national and international con-
tention.
How did it get stuck there in the first
place? How big, how dangerous is it? Can
It be dislodged short of war?
The President naturally wants to keep
these awkward questions out of this fall's
congressional elections. But the failure to
ask them and to answer them honestly is
fraught with danger to the Nation.
Castro began as a bone in the throat of
the Eisenhower administration 4 years ago.
Two years later, Candidate Kennedy did his
eloquent best to get Mr. Nixon to strangle on
It. Picking the decline of American safety
and prestige as his theme, Mr. Kennedy
pointed to the rise of Castro as prime evi-
dence that "our security and our leadership
are both slipping away."
His Cuban policy was to "let the Cuban
people know our determination that they
will some day again be free * *," to "let
Castro know that we do not intend to be
pushed around any longer * * *," to "let
Mr. Khrushchev know that we are permit-
ting no expansion of his foothold in our
hemisphere * * s," and especially to "end
the harassment * * * of liberty-loving anti-
Castro forces in Cuba and in other lands."
"Thus fax," Candidate Kennedy said,
"these fighters for freedom have had vir-
tually no support from our Government."
And, "the way to put the ideals of the Amer-
ican Revolution into significance is to act on
them, not to talk about them." "Hopefully,"
he said, "events may once again bring us an
opportunity to (act) on behalf of the cause
of freedom in Cuba."
Hopefully, events did bring the newly
elected President this opportunity. In April
1961, President Kennedy authorized the
Cuban invasion. But at the last and fateful
hour he ordered withdrawal of decisive
American air support, abandoning 1,400
"liberty-loving, anti-Castro fighters for free-
dom" to Castro's tanks, jails, and firing
squads. His profile in courage suddenly
turned into a profile in indecision.
At his nationally televised press confer-
ence on September 13, 1962, President Ken-
nedy had no kind words for those who are
saying today, as he himself so often did dur-
ing the 1960 campaign, that the "bone" is
plenty big and dangerous. "Rash talk is
cheap," he said, "especially with those who
do not have the responsibility (for
decision)."
In 1960, addressing himself to the military
aspect_ of the Cuban situation, Senator Ken-
nedy said, "I think Castro is a source of
maximum danger. * * * A Communist men-
ace has been permitted to arise under our
very noses, only 90 miles from our
shores * * * (Castro's) transformation of
Cuba into a Communist base of opera-
tions * * * by jetplane, missile, or subma-
rine * * * is an incredibly dangerous develop-
ment." Thus, he warned, "the whole West-
ern Hemisphere security system is drastically
threatened."
But 2 years later, at his press conference,
the President, referring again to Soviet ship-
ments to Cuba, said that these "do, not con-
stitute a serious threat to any other part of
this hemisphere." He strongly denied that
the Communist buildup is such as "to en-
danger or interfere with our security," or
that Cuba is "an offensive military base of
significant capacity."
In view of Candidate Kennedy's profound
alarm about the military threat of Cuba in
1960, what are the facts which leave the
President so relatively calm today about Cas-
tro's present military capacity?
Today, Castro's Cuba, still only 90 miles off
our shores, has the second strongest ground
army in our hemisphere. Estimated at
400,000 men, including militia, it has re-
ceived, since the failure of the invasion, over
$175 million in military aid and supplies
from Communist-bloc countries. Commu-
nist-made jeeps, jets, tanks, radar and elec-
tronic equipment are almost daily arrivals in
Cuban harbors. According to State Depart-
ment and intelligence reports, 4,600 Russian
soldiers, sailors and technicians are in Cuba
helping Castro. They are training new
pilots, ground crews and artillerymen.
Just last week Castro announced construc-
tion of a "fishing base" on the Cuban coast
for use by the Russians. Sites for guided
missiles and rockets, and bases for subma-
rines and submarine detection are possible.
Cuba will be capable of inflicting great dam-
age on the U.S. naval installation at Guan-
tanamo. And behind these beefed-up forces
stands the military, might of the 'U.S.S.R.,
openly pledged to support them, with its
atomic power if necessary.
Whatever the military capacity of Cuba
when Mr. Kennedy took office, it is now vastly
greater.
In his September 12 press conference, Mr.
Kennedy iddicated that his hopes of a peace-
ful solution of the Castro problem lie par- -
tially in the deterioration of the Cuban polit-
ical and economic situation. Dangling the
prospect of a convenient collapse before this
Nation's eyes, he said, "Castro (is) in trou-
ble * * * his own followers are beginning to
see that their revolution has been betrayed."
UNPOPULARITY UNQUESTIONED
What are the chances of a successful rebel-
lion by Castro's disillusioned people? His
unpopularity with a great section of his op-
pressed populace can no longer be ques-
tioned. The 1,200 captured in the disastrous
Bay of Pigs invasion and the thousands of
political prisoners now rotting in Castro's
jails certainly hate his guts.
But the unjailed remnants of the Cuban
underground no longer have the means or
the will to challenge the ruthless authority
of Castro's Soviet-armed firing squads. Like
the Hungarians before them, the Cuban peo-
ple have learned the bitter lesson of resist-
ance; that Soviet Russia will spring to the
aid of Soviet dictators wherever they may be,
but the United States will not always go to
the aid of men fighting for their freedom.
Cuban radio and television are doing a
typically crack Communist job on Cuban
youth. The rising generation is being vigo-
rously indoctrinated with antidemocratic,
anti-American, and pro-Russian. ideas. It is
being taught to think of itself as the van-
guard of the Communist liberation in our
hemisphere.
President Kennedy assures the Nation that
"in the last year Castro's regime has been
increasingly isolated in this hemisphere. His
name no longer inspires the same fear of
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trim,"
The bitter truth is that Cuba today le a far
more effeethre- ban, of Commutate- activity
than. *was Tyeare a? it D3 noire bunging,.
well-organized jumping-off point into all Its
neighboring countries for Spanish-speaking
spies, 1,rovOtatetue, propagandists, and se-
cret military agents.
Radlb Cuba tells their underprivileged
caseser thTtlerotre Latili America that their
economfb ad political freedom &Tend on
hooting out air pro-American politicians, and
elevating officials who stand ready to join
the dynamic ranks of Con-init.:list republics,
The United States, Radio Cuba claims, Is
lending billions of economic aid to Ito south-
ern neighbore Thr one reason emir Pear of
Eihruellchev and Castro. American aid; it
warns; will die on the vine the day Castro
Is defeated.
The argument is a powerful one. Probably
all Latin American governments view Castro
ant couuutnalsin at Iteurt in part as a dollar-
generating program. It Would- explain why
even pre-American leaders are reluctant to
lake fmtion against him or against their own
abilleatiC Cbmmuniste,
The rapidly growing forces of the Com-
mit:3kt Left elsewhere in train America ces-
peehilly in Relit. Bolivia, the Dominican Re-
public, Weico, Eirazir and- Veneatietar, and
the' rise of new military dictatorships in
Argentina anciPeru, are tragic proof that the
influence of Castro has not been politically
isolated. Since the faiTure of the invasion,
there- has been a massive crutiow of private
Latin American capital- into Ihnopean coun-
tries. Today, South American entrepreneurs
who might otherwise be investing in domes-
tic enterprise are sending their capita- to
safety- abroad', with a consecoent weakening
of the-Latin American economy and" a Bar-
ther dtain on the Alliance for Progreso hinds.
=Melt To 110Scovt
Time is running out in Latin America,
and the cold war is still being lost there.
It is hard to see why the President and
his. advisers have constantly failed to under-'
atanithat the same ideohrecaL.politicai and
'Military necessities which make it essential
for the United States to maintain Berlin as
"? aliasecase of democracy" on Russia's-15?r-
dets lire_pjae, rating today from Macaw, to
as. a_ "SboNcase of connim-
r..936selite4-
ant
o ' hie country are in
total hock- tempo*. Ti Castro should balk
at this, or in any 'other Way 'become a lia-
bility or nuisance, the Kremlin will quickly
dispose of him, and install a handpicked
Dueness= 'Tithes Russian power is evicted
from Cuba. It is there to stay?and to grow.
Only, the Stave Deserve the 'Fair
.EICEEIMON .0P =WETS
BOX WU I. DiLANEY
DY etaW CM=
IN THE ROUSE 07REPRIMERTATIVRI
Tuesday, October 2, 1962
Mi'. DELANEY: MY. Speaker,, under
leave. to extend' my remarks, I include a
atatemeilkby llobert Mmes, preskrent of
the New York World's Pair 1964-45 Corp.
Mr. Moses is one of the lifation's great
citizens, who has dedicated nearly 50
years of his life to public service. These
remarks, expressed- in hie inimitable way,
will he of interest- to elf pre who' an-
ticillate attending the ta
ONLY THE lasavs Delusava THE #ATA.
Simple Simon is the proverbial- skeptic
who demands 41(104 a sample of the world's
fair. At the moment..lie gets his taste
largely in the form Of myriad manifestations
of puzzling activity, such as plowed road-
ways, excavations, plies of concrete, stone,
steel anti forms, giant machinery- crawling
about, spelling confusion and dtscomfort to
the passerby, and through communications
In Ink over the air, on screen and poster, by
sign, symbol, and throw-away.
The Federal-State arterial- work at the fair
Is somewhat behind schedule and drastic
Steps will be taken it necessary to Insure
completion on time. There is also danger
of delay in the design, construction, and
equipment of exhibits, foreign and domestic,
leading to congestion andliigh labor and ma-
terial costs In the 6 months before the fair
opens. it is difitcult to make exhibitors un-
derstand the flight of time and the necessity
of getting shovels into the ground this fall.
These are hazards of all big construction, and
builders, particularly those representing for-
eign- countries. ench on Its-own and not sub-
ject to central direction, are peculiarly sub-
ject to them. On the other hand, our
terectitives, whose- reports follow, are tough,
experleaced professionals. We look to them
confidently for results.
As promised, we are trying- honestly and
with high purpose to avoid the vulgarity,
lngo, and ballyhoo of the circus and carni-
val and the come-ons of the conventional
stints, pitchrnen and barkers; but a fair can
be too sublimated to attract visitors, too In-
tellectual-tor -en but bluestockings. too noble
for the earthy and too mature to be shared
with junior members of the family. It must
indeed have a worthy theme and central pur-
pose but there must alba be something ex-
citing in it for everybody.
A fair Is a fair is a fair. Local or global,
Its function is to enlighten, stimulate, and
amuse.. It marks req letter days on the cal-
endars of millions, days of eager anticipation,
prolonged enjoyment, and long remem-
limner._ In then cold war times, all world's
expositions have virtually the mune theme?
brotherhood to be realized through parlia-
ments,, congresses, conventions, convoca-
tloniLmeetings, and' exchanges. We continue
to pursue our theme "Peace through under-
standing,' Our symbol, the huge stainless
steel. globe of earth with the Continents
saiseeL with orbits to emphasize our loneli-
ness in space and with ingenious lighting to
simulate motion, will soon make its appear-
ance at the theme center.
We continue to emphasize that the fair
especially belongs in New York in 1964, for
in that year our town celebrates her 300th
anniversary and descendants of the millions
who have streamed through the gateway
Where- the ice* dortissna TIM' her 'Tamp, will
be reminded that she ern kends her radiant
nerans- =nee the broad Atlantic into the
homes of the their poor, and oppressed' of
etheriands
Tir a recent interview redorded in Sports
, illuetrated. Iger Ter-Ovanesyan, the Ar-
menian broadlumper said:
"The days at SienibrtiStadlinn can never
be.lorgotten. I have taken part twice in the
Olympic games and T. believe that T am
speaking fbr all /sportsmen when -I say that
tiefirRusslan-Ainerican competition embodied
in itself, with particular force and expres-
Sian. the- 1115hripiti mar of friertdiship and
honest struggle. We found ourselves equally
abler to be- ferocious on the running track
and friendly in everyday life."
We have drawn to Flushing Meadow and
nearby parks in 1964 the American Olympic
trials, further emphasizing our aim to create
at the fair an Olympics of progress, an arena
of friendly, healthy, free, international con-
tests to which each nation, including our
own, sends Its best products without let or
October 2
hindrance, minus diplomacy and protocal,
and In an atmosphere of sportsmanship and
rivalry where only merit counts. Friend-
ships growing out of sports are proverbial.
They are vital and uninhibited, defy ancient
grudges, and confound the conventional
practices of diplomacy. We believe that the
Olympic games rules can be applied with
equal success to commerce, the industries
and arts at the fair. Surely it is worth try-
ing, since other recent international gather-
ings have not been eminently satisfactory.
Perhaps, we reason, this Armenian lad may
have something. He may even make the
broadest jump any lad has ever ever made
over oceans thus far too wide for leaping.
He may have hit upon a great truth?that
brotherhood and peace may be achieved, not
by parliaments, charters, debates, and visions
vouchsafed to evangelists, but by youth
meeting youth in honest international com-
petition.
To be sure, ribald characters have whis-
pered to me that it is not nobility but beer
that unifies the universe and makes all the
world kin, and lewd fellows of the baser sort
have Insinuated that the unifying impulse
Is the caravan, camel, and tavern yarn which
Is the same in every tongue and clime. There
Is perhaps no better evidence of Eugene
O'Neill's greatness as a dramatist than his
depicting the two Palos, not as great Vene-
tian merchants in velvet robes, but as a cou-
ple of plausible drummers peddling their way
east to the great Wall of China with earthy
mordacious jokes and the latest about the
farmer's daughter.
I would not deprive such earthy people of
their little jokes. You will remember Rip-
hug's drummer who traveled incessa.ntly and
got nothing out of it.
"For to admire an' for to see,
For to be old this world so wide
It never done no good to me
But I can't drop it if I tried."
And his counterpart described, I believe by
Thoreau, in Madagascar.caoreau, o
circle the globe to count the
As obvious and inescapable a theme as ours
should be exempt from controversy, but
nothing is in this vale of argument. The
critics tried to puncture every theme trial
balloon. The symbol donated by the United
States Steel Corp. was roundly denounced
as insulting to the national and international
Intelligence, uninspired, dated, trite, corny,
ridiculous and in fact lousy. Aspirational,
abstract symbols offered as substitutes were
cavair to the general, wholly divorced from
the vistas and surroundings of Flushing
Meadow and, of course, without any accom-
panying evidence of financial support. The
theory seemed to be that Flushing Meadow
was inlaid with oil, uranium or gold. Ours
is indeed a billion-dollar fair, counting all
the investments in access, highways, parking,
utilities, exhibit buildings and concessions,
a tidy sum not be lightly increased.
Years ago Flushing Meadow was a typical
Long Island tidal salt marsh. Tortuous
streams flowed into it from a glacial terminal
moraine. It became a big ash, garbage, and
refuse dump on which that salient character,
Fishhooks McCarthy, for years heaped the
bed springs and offscourings of Brooklyn,
under an unconscionable contract which en-
abled him to charge the city for short loads,
and provided the scene of the most dramatic
doings of Scott Fitzgerald's Great Gatsby.
To establish values in condemnation, Fish-
hooks built the Corona golf course next to
the dump, and there golf balls dropped 4
or 5 feet into subterranean hazards. Fish-
hooks' shards were eventually levelled and
covered with a carpet of green. The old,
dirty, anfractuous, meandering creek was
contained and converted into a dignified
stream burgeoning into what we can Meadow
Lake.
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of those responsible for the system of re-
porting."
Criticism of the program has ranged from
a Reader's Digest charge that jobless figures
are exaggerated to provide an excuse for un-
needed Federal spending to AFL-CIO com-
plaints that the figures understate unem-
ployment.
The 412-page report, which urges Congress
to consider larger appropriations to expand
the present reporting program, was hailed
by President Kennedy and Labor Secretary
W. Willard Wirtz. The latter said many of
the recommendations would be implemented
immediately and others given full attention.
The Committee was headed by Robert A.
Gordon, University of California professor,
and included Robert Dorfman, Harvard; Mar-
tin R. Gainsbrugh, National Industrial Con-
ference Board; Albert E. Rees, University
of Chicago; Stanley H. Ruttenberg, AFL-CIO,
and Frederick F. Stephan, Princeton.
Crisis Proves Need of Unity
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
05'
HON. THADDEUS J. DULSKI
OF NEW YORI
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, September 24, 1962
Mr. DULSKI. Mr. Speaker, two of the
most important subjects discussed on the
House floor during the past week are for-
eign aid and Cuba. Under leave to ex-
tend my remarks, I wish to bring to the
attention of the House two editorials
Which appeared in the Buffalo Courier-
Express, Buffalo, N.Y., on September 15
and September 22, 1962.
The editorials follows:
[Prom the Buffalo (N.Y.) Courier-Express,
Sept. 15, 19621
CUBAN CR/SIS PROVES NEED OF UNITY
Atlantic unity resembles the weather in
one important respect, if we may paraphrase
an overworked aphorism: Everybody talks
about it; but nobody?at least, nobody in
high authority?does anything really effec-
tive about it.
This sorry situation has been pointed up
vividly by the Cuban crisis. Americans
naturally are perturbed and annoyed by news
that ships flying NATO-country flags have
been chartered to carry personnel and ma-
teriel from Soviet Russia to help Castro
build up military and industrial strength,
Some Americans go further and demand
that our NATO Allies join us in an economic
blockade of Cuba, barring imports from, or
exports to, that traubled land?a form of
trade war which, if the Russians mean half of
what they say, could lead to a shooting war
with prospects of mutual nuclear destruction.
Such a demand, of course, is based on lack
of knowledge of the terms of the North
Atlantic Treaty?and on shortness of mem-
ory where the troubles of other NATO mem-
bers are concerned. The U.S. Senate ratified
the North Atlantic Treaty only after specific
guarantees had been given that the Alliance
did not obligate the United States to de-
fend any of its Allies' interests outside their
European homelands. At committee hear-
ings, Senators extracted assurances from the
then Secretary of State, Dean G. Acheson,
that the treaty could not be invoked to de-
fend such colonies as British Hong Kong or
French Indochina against Communist attack.
A couple of years later, we called on our Allies
to help defend South Korea against such an
attack?but we called on them as United Na-
tions members and not as NATO signatories.
Later, when Nasser played the same trick
on Great Britain and France In the Suez
that Castro would like to play on us in
Panama, we not only refused to go along with
our two principal NATO Allies in their at-
tempt to regain their property. We joined
Soviet Russia in voting United Nations con-
demnation of their action and thereby forced
Anglo-French withdrawal. More recently,
our State Department has accepted the
Soviet and "neutralist" definition of "colo-
nialism" and has given aid and comfort to
Asian and African enemies of our NATO part-
ners_notably two of the smaller and weaker
partners, Belgium and Portugal.
With this record behind us, we cannot pre-
emptorily tell our NATO Allies that it is
their bounden duty to join us in throwing
out the Soviet Union's pestiferous Cuban
stooge, Castro. But we can take belated ac-
tion to make NATO what the farsighted
Charles de Gaulle long ago urged that it be
made?"a global alliance," not a mere re-
gional guarantee against aggression in Europe
or North America.
Even President de Gaulle's "global alliance"
would not be enough, however. The Cuban
crisis has underlined the urgent need of a
real Atlantic Union?a political, economic,
and military coalition of the NATO coun-
tries and such other democracies as might
be ready to do their share to hold the line
against totalitarian aggression. Some of the
same Americans who criticize our NATO
Allies for exercising their "sovereign right"
to trade with Cuba, would be the first to
warn against endangering our own "sov-
ereignty" by making common cause, politi-
cally, economically, as well as militarily, with
other democracies.
Other Americans, clinging to the old no-
tion of hemispheric isolation, may say that
we don't want or need our European Allies
in this crisis?that we can handle Cuba alone.
Certainly we can handle Cuba alone?but we
can't handle a nuclear war alone. No na-
tion can.
The one sure safeguard against the setting
off of a nuclear war by a "brushfire" war,
in our own hemisphere or elsewhere, can be
found in forming what our Founding Fa-
thers called "a more perfect Union"?this
time a union of free countries and freemen.
[From the Buffalo (N.Y.) Courier-Express,
Sept. 22, 19621
BLOWING HOT, COLD ON FOREIGN AID
When the House of Representatives ap-
proved a $1,1 billion cut in the administra-
tion's foreign aid bill, it not only ignored
warnings from President Kennedy and for-
mer President Truman but in large measure
It also reversed actions the House itself pre-
viously had taken.
A substantial part of the foreign aid pro-
gram is development loans on a long-range
basis. This formerly was approved by Con-
gress as permitting constructive planning
for specific purposes rather than hit-or-miss
financial assistance. Now the House has
voted a 38 percent cut in development loans.
When the Alliance for Progress was pro-
posed to aid Latin American nations willing
to institute internal reforms, Congress ap-
proved it. Now the House has voted to cut
$75 million out of the $600 million requested
for the program, a move inviting Latin-
American charges that the United States is
running out on its proffered aid.
The House also reversed congressional ac-
tion when it voted to tie the President's
hands on aid to Poland and Yugoslavia. Pre-
viously It had been agreed that the President
should decide policy in such matters.
The House also invaded the field of for-
eign policy when it voted to cut off aid from
any country whose ships trade with Com-
munist Cuba. Countries whose ships have
carried goods to Cuba include Great Britain.
West Germany, Italy and Greece, all mem-
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bers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion. It is possible to express regret that
NATO countries should see fit to aid com-
munism by trading with Cuba without tak-
ing action which could have serious effects
on NATO unity.
House voting in those matters indicates
a growing belief in Congress, and even in
the administration Itself, that the United
States is carrying more than its share of the
the burden of providing help to developing
countries.
For example, an administration spokes-
man, Undersecretary of State George Ball,
had this to say at the World Bank meeting
In Washington on the subject of U.S. aid to
emerging new nations:
"It may be thought by some that a de-
veloping country should be able to look
with confidence to a perpetual inflow of
public funds to supplement its internal sav-
ings and thus feel free to discourage private
investment. I think it may be said with
absolute certainly that no developing coun-
try can safely make such an assumption."
And Eugene Black, retiring president of
the World Bank, suggested that the need
of underdeveloped nations for aid was grow-
ing at such a rate because of population
Increase that foreign aid from one country
to another should be replaced by inter-
national aid programs.
For 15 years foreign aid has been an Amer-
ican policy supported by both political
parties. It has proved valuable in provid-
ing checks against the spread of communism
and support for free-world strength. It has
had its faults?waste and administrational
lapses. But if the policy itself has merit,
the remedy for faults does not lie in wreck-
ing the program's implementation of the
policy dictates. Congress shouldn't blow hot
and cold on matters of such importance.
In the interest of consistency and effec-
tive administration of foreign aid, it may be
hoped that the Senate will favor restoration
of a major part of the House cuts and will
be able in conference to convince the House
to accept it.
Worst Fears of Prayer Ruling Confirmed
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. HERMAN E. TALMADGE
OF GEORGIA
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
Tuesday, October 2, 1962
Mr. TALMADGE. Mr. President, if
there were any doubt in any mind as to
the ultimate result of the Supreme
Court's edict prohibiting the voluntary
saying of nondenominational prayers in
the public schools of New York, it should
be dispelled by the latest development in
the case. Counsel for the New York
State Educatioanl Department has ruled
that not even a prayer composed by a
pupil can be recited or the Bible read for
spiritual purposes in any classroom.
That interpretation of the Supreme
Court's ruling, Mr. President, confirms
the worst fears of those of us who ex-
pressed alarm over its implications. It
is clear proof that, carried to its ultimate
conclusion, the decision will create a
climate of enforced nonreligion in our
public schools which is totally contrary
to the religious heritage of our Nation.
The Washington Star pointed up this
inescapable conclusion in its editorial of
September 30, 1962, entitled "Religion
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of Secularism." I ask unanimous con-
*Mit, Mr. President, that the text of that
mtlitorial be ,printed in the Appendix of
The 'Racoon.
'There being no objection, the editorial
was Ordered to bejirinted in the_RZCORD,
aSt011ows:
lamasIna03SFotorsisit
Ponowing the Supreme Court's school
prayer decision last June Justice Tam Clark,
In an uniutual speech, told a San Francisco
alidlencelgiat all the Court had actpally de-
emed Was -that governmeot shall not take
part In establishment of religion. In this
respedt his interpretation was more narrow
than those, for example, at Justice Potter
Stewart, in dleaent, and Justice Douglas.
concurring with the majority.
Whatever the ?precise meaning of the de-
Makin raav ha counsel counsel for New York's
State edilcatiPnal. department has added
some Thiereetiog details in ramification. In
tbe tgliniOn Of counsel, no prayers of any
kind may now be recited aloud in a New
'rink pUblic school. Reading passages from
the Hible,? _for epiritual rather than Instruc-
tiopelpurposes In the schools, is unconstitu-
tional. A pupil's voluntary recitation in a
Classroom of a _prayer composed by the pupil
is outlawed, for such recitation would require
the tePPhete coneet?and the teacher Is a
Zoverninent employee. The State Education
Commission of ..few York has already ruled
against a ,proposal, by a local school board.
that pupils be,pe-rraitted to recite as sprayer
fhe cOrir+14hig stanza of "The Star-Spangled
-Whether JilfitiCe Clark =dials brethren of
fheanajority would asgee with such Interpre-
tations of XL* AleCision la sia-abpr question.
/Jut suchintatairatations by officials of a pub-
lic school_ itYlitetn-difeotly affected by the de-
on. iend etrength to a conclusion...recently
expressed Cardinal Spellman: "But now
there Is Abroad in our land a new spirit which
seeks to change ..thts ?TAU/1mm tradition of
America ? ? * and to commit our Govern-
ment to the aide of irreligion. This is the
establishment of a new religion of secularism.
This should be ruled unconstitutional."
The Reactions of the People of the 17th
District of Michigan to a Proposed
Vedgral Income Tax Cut
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
HON. MARTHA W. GRIFFIDLS
or 3=13.1Gazt
IN TEE IIOUSE ItZPRE8X1TraTivE5
Tuesdait, October 2, 1962
Mrs. GRIFFITHS. Mr. Speaker, in my
August newsletter, this year. I asked my
cOnstittitents this question: If you were
given a $100 tax cut, spread in 12 equal
installments, What would you do with
the money?
I received the following answers:
Pifty-six percent: If money received in in-
steins:cilia Via more take-home pay each
=mitt daze to decreased withholding, it
Would be absorbednato the budget for every-
day expenses, gas, telephone and electric
bills, medical and dental expenses, car pay-
ments, home roairs, charity, taxes pales.
property, and the new Detroit income tax),
and maybe once in a while a dinner out.
'Thirty-one percent: Would like the money
an a lump sum or would save it and spend it
in one lump_ sum for -major ecipPariitares
such as a new car, home replan and intProve-
inents, education and property taxes.
Thirteen percent commented .on a tax cut
but did not answer the specific question or
were retired so would not receive a tax cut.
And I received these comments:
Twenty pekent for a tax cut of which 2
percent would like it in the form of an in-
creased exemption.
Eighteen percent for a tax cut but only if
accompanied by a out in Government spend-
ing.
Sixty-two percent against a tax cut at this
time. As one replied. "Certainly the taxes
are high but this Is what we are paying for
freedom we enjoy in this country, the price
for that is not too high."
The general population characteristics
of the 17th District are: Total popula-
tion, 1960, 512,752; land area, 119 square
miles: population per square mile, 4,308:
age, 19 years and younger, 200,107; 65
years and older, 35,684. Housing, owner
occupied. 126,432 or 86.8 percent. My
district has the second highest percent-
age of owner-occupied homes in the No-
tion. Assessed valuation, land and build-
ings, $1,093,431,295; average property
taxes, $55 per $1,000 of assessed valua-
tion which valuation is approximately 30
percent of the market value; school taxes
range from a low of $18 per $1,000 to a
high of $53 per thousand.
England has successfully used her tax
structure to pump money into her econ-
=try On some occasions and to control
Inflation on other occasions.
If the tax structure of the United
States is to be used as a method of put-
ting money into the economy to increase
employment or to take money out of the
economy to reduce inflation, from the
answers I received to MY question it is
apparent to me that a great deal of
work must be done to explain such a
program.
Fifermej, it is obvious to pie that .the
taxpayer IS anxious to reduce the taxes
pays at the local level. into the local
communities. In a high property tax
area, this tax is a most onerous burden
upon a young couple attempting to rear
a family and upon the retired couple
Jiving on a retiuned fixed Income. Pos-
sibly One of the more apparent reasons
is that property taxes are not on a JAY-
as-you-go basis but are nollected on.an
accumulated basis every 6 months, in a
ItUnp sum.
It was a pleasure for me to run this
survey; to observe the many areas in
which the money from a tax reduction
'weed he spent and to read the answers
from the very best congressional dis-
trict of them all; excerpts from some
-of which follow:
We do have a lot of responsibility. which
We are able to face only if we pay the ex-
50 I do not think we should have
a tax cut. It Is only too bad that we are
compelled to spend so much money for de-
fense, instead of for research to improve
humanity.
?
If a lump sum would probably be used
to help buy a set of the Encyclopedia Britan-
nica for my five grandchildren, U smaller
amount to help buy them a dog.
I have no interest in hoarding money.
/ am proud and gratified to contribute to
the health of the economy by being a
Spender, a purchaser, in my old age (72).
October 2
We have never heard objections to In-
come tax, but we constantly hear concern
over the U.S. unbalanced budget.
-
A hundred extra dollars would make it
easier for us to buy a half a steer for the
deep freeze.
We are an old couple and need so much
medicine.
Could a drowning man use a life pre-
server?
I consider taxes 50 percent charity and
regulate my church and charity giving ac-
cordingly.
I believe it would just tend to disappear
Into other forms of taxes that seem to go
up continuously or new ones added.
Use it to purchase a needed item we
can't squeeze out of our present budget.
I firmly believe: unpopular as it may be,
that any tax cuts should first begin with
corporations.
I sure would not buy booze, I don't drink.
It appears far more important to save and
create jobs for American citizens than to
reduce income taxes.
This mite wouldn't amount to a hill of
beans as far as I am concerned.
I wish to go on record as wishing to in-
vest a hundred dollars a year more in an
intelligent, and dynamic, foreign policy.
International Understanding
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. WAYNE MORSE
OP OREGON
-IN THE SENATE OP THE UNITED STATES
Tuesday, October 2, 1962
Mr. MORSE. Mr. President, the Hon-
orable Terry D. Schrunk, mayor of the
city of Portland, Oreg., kindly -brought
to my attention the fact that Jefferson
High School is the second Portland high
school to formalize its sister school re-
lationship with a Japanese high school,
Asahigaoka High School, of Sapporo,
Japan.
Sapporo and Portland have close ties
under the sister city program. Earlier
Washington High School, of Portland,
had joined with the Minami High
Cchool, of Sappora.
I am most pleased to note that Jeffer-
son High School has joined in this pro-
gram to create international under-
standing
I ask unanimous consent that there
be printed in the Appendix of the REC-
ORD an article from the September 14
issue of the Jeffersonian. which describes
the genesis of this program.
There being no objection, the article
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
follows:as
SUFFER-Scaom Tor PoDmAtIZED BETWEEN
JEFFERSON, ASAWIGAOKA
Prom our sister school in Asahigaoka., in
Sapporo, Japan, has come the colorful doll
which stands in the main office. It is a
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