ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS-- SPEECH BY PRESIDENT KENNEDY

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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE 21315
of dedication to finding the facts. He
opened'new vistas to me, as we discussed
the bill. I do not think. that in the hurly
burly of tomorrow, when, we come to
vote on the bill, we can justify the over-
sight of not pausing long enough to
make this legislative record to give some
assurance that this rather sweeping lan-
guage in the House version will not pre-
vent the agencies of our Government,
which otherwise would cooperate with
this scientist and his colleagues, from
making .available money that could be
used in new projects, programs that he
has 'in mind, including the building of
the necessary facilities, because research
cannot go on without properly equipped
laboratories.
That is why I am speaking at this
rather late hour. I apologize to the Sen-
ator from Minnesota for keeping . him
here this long, but he and I, whether
others may fully appreciate it, are work-
ing for a great cause these minutes, for
if he and I can make a contribution to
the legislative history of the bill, a his-
tory which will result in the interpreta-
tion I am making of our own Senate
committee's language-I think it is a fair
interpretation-then at least we will not
have. slammed the door in,the faces of
the doctors Novak, who are dedicated
scientists, devoted to trying to do some-
thing for human welfare in their various
research laboratories, by working on
projects not connected with security, but
connected, in the last analysis, with hu-
man understanding and happiness.
I will appreciate it if the Senator will
help me in this endeavor during my ab-
sence tomorrow,
I yield the floor.
Mr. HUMPHREY. Mr. President, I
welcome the request of the Senator from
Oregon. I assure him that it Will be
honored. I will ask the cooperation of
the officers of the Majority Policy Com-
mittee to communicate with the Senator
from Washington [Mr. MArNUSON]
promptly tomorrow morning, so that this
portion of the RECORD, as outlined by the
Senator from Oregon, may be brought
to Senator MACrruson's attention. I am
confident that the response by the Sen-
ator from Washington-will be along the
lines of the interpretation of the Senator
from Oregon concerning the additional
$50 million that was provided by the
Senate committee.
I am a member of the Committee on
Appropriations. My recollection of the
addition of $50 million is that it was to
permit the National Science Foundation
to engage in new programs and also in
the construction of new facilities that are
necessary for upgrading the graduate
study programs in the great universities.
The Senator from Oregon is exactly
correct when he says that the best facil-
ities and the extra moneys are needed
for the graduate study programs them-
selves. I for one am much discouraged
by,the action of the Senate committee.
I had proposed in committee that we re-
store UP to $500 million. The admin-
istration asked for $500 million in its
budget request. I had asked that at least
$500 million be provided, since the pro-
grams of the National Science Founda-
tion are so basic to the long-term na-
tional interest. -
It is the National Science Foundation
that really provides the seed-bed money,
so to speak, for, intellectual attainment
and scientific progress. The Senator
from Oregon will have my enthusiastic
cooperation.
I understand the Senator from Penn=
sylvania [Mr. CLARK] intends to offer an
amendment tomorrow to increase the
amount, of funds for the National Science
Foundation; in other words, to bring
the amount somewhat closer to the ad-
ministration's request. The House figure
leaves us exactly where we were, except
a little worse off. In the meantime, some
costs have risen. This is particularly
true of scientific equipment. There has
been an increase in the cost of certain
kinds of necessary equipment, especially
laboratory equipment. Therefore, the
action of the other body with respect to
the National Science Foundation is not
one that puts us ahead but, at best, holds
us still or holds us on the same course
as last year. I think it permits a re-
treat.
So when we go to conference, we ought
to have more than the $50 million added
by the Senate committee ash part of the
increase. I know that the Senator from
Oregon will agree with me in that ob-
servation.
Mr. MORSE. I agree completely with
the Senator from Minnesota. I thank
him for his interest.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
A message in writing from the Presi-
dent of the United States was com-
municated to the Senate by Mr. Miller,
one of his secretaries.
DR. JAMES T. MADDUX-VETO MES-
SAGE (S. DOC. NO. 43)
Mr. HUMPHREY. Mr. President, I
ask that the Chair lay before the Senate
a veto message from the President of
the United States.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr.
WALTERS in the chair).. The Chair lays
before the Senate the following message
from the President of the United States,
returning, without his approval, S. 1201
for the relief of Dr. James T. Maddux,
which, without objection, will be printed
In the RECORD without being read, and,
with the accompanying bill, will be re-?
ferred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary, and will be printed:
To the U.S. Senate:
I return herewith, without my ap-
proval, S. 1201, "for the relief of Dr.
James T. Maddux."
Dr. Maddux is an employee in the De-
partment of Medicine and Surgery of
the Veterans' Administration. The bill
would direct payment to him of the dif-
ference in salary between, that which he
received for the period July 9, 1961,
through February 17, 1962, as a physician
in the associate grade and that which he
would have received had his promotion to
full-grade physician been made effective
on the earlier date, which was. the date
he first became eligible for this advance-
ment. The records of the Veterans' Ad-
ministration show that promotion of Dr,
Maddux was not administratively ap-
proved until February 18, 1962, because
of an inadvertent misfiling of his papers.
While this occurrence was unfortu-
nate, the promotion which was thereby
delayed was not owing to Dr. Maddux as
a matter of. right. No employee of the
Veterans' Administration's Department
of Medicine and Surgery has an absolute
right to a promotion at any given time
or according to a given schedule: The
regulations which provided for Dr.
Maddux's eligibility did not of themselves
confer a promotion, but provided only
for orderly :consideration of the question
of his advancement. To approve this
bill would be to encourage employees to
make a contrary assumption concerning
regulations of this character, and it
would lead to claims for retroactive com-
pensation on the basis of details in the
handling of promotion documents. Such
undesirable results would be all the more
likely because the bill suggests that a.
promotion should be effective on the
very . first day an individual becomes
eligible for it, a rule which is not prac-
tical in a vast number of cases.
In these circumstances, I find myself
unable to approve S. 1201.
JOHN F. KENNEDY.
THE WHITE HOUSE, November 19,196J.
BY PRESIDENT KENNEDY
Mr. HUMPHREY. Mr. President, I
call to the attention of the Senate the
important address the President made' in
Miami, last night. The President was
speaking before the Inter-American
Press Association; and in his speech on
the Alliance for Progress .and the prob
lems confronting this hemisphere, he
spoke frankly and from great knowledge.
The President did not minimize the
problems facing the,Alianza, nor did he
yield to the temptation to seek easy so-
lutions. It often seems that people view
Latin America in only two ways : either
they think Castro is the sole problem; or
they despair and say that nothing. can
be done-that it is just too great a prob-
lem. The President, being knowledge-
able and deeply committed to the ad-
vancement of hemispheric relations-the
traditional policy of Democratic admin-
istrations-took a more intelligent and
detached view of the situation.
So far as Castro and Cuba are con-
cerned, the President enunciated a solu-
tion for the people of that unfortunate
island. The problem, the President said,
is not Cuba; it is Castro and Commu-
nism. He continued:
Once this barrier is removed we will be
ready and anxious to work. with the Cuban 'people in pursuit.of those progressive goals
which a few short years ago stirred the sym-
pathy of many people throughout the hemi-
sphere.
This should allay any doubts which
any citizen of Latin America might have,
had about the source of irritation in
Cuba. We are not against progress or
against reform, We are its advocates'
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and proponents. We are against those
who enforce tyranny on their people and
try to export to their neighbors this evil
commodity.
In the more complex area of positive
action for the future, the President di-
vided his approach into four fronts:
First, the front of social justice; second,
the front of economic welfare; third,
the front of political democracy and sta-
bility; and fourth, the front of interna-
tional responsibility. In each of these
areas he offered his view on what con-
structive steps could be taken to im-
prove the situation. His thought-pro-
voking statements should be read and
studied by anyone who wishes to be in-
formed on this vital program.
It is very advantageous that our Presi-
dent can speak with such knowledge and
compassion to members of the inter-
American press. Not only does he dem-
onstrate his grasp and interest in prob-
lems which are extremely important to
the citizens of these countries, but he
also admirably represents the Intentions
and interest of the citizens of the United
States. We are fortunate to have such
representation.
I ask unanimous consent that the
President's speech be made a part of the
RECORD.
There being no objection, the speech
was ordered to be printed In the RECORD,
as follows:
TEXT OF PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS To PRESS
ASSOCIATION
I'm very proud to be here tonight. I'm
particularly interested in the fact that two
of our distinguished guests this evening are
former Prime Ministers of Peru and are now
publishers of newspapers. It does suggest to
those who hold office that when the time
comes that If, as they say in the United
States, If you can't beat them, join them-
and.
This association and its members carry a
very large responsibility for the defense of
freedom in the hemisphere. Through the
press, you create the vital public awareness
of our responsibility and appreciation of our
dangers.
Your work to fulfill this responsibility, and
the courageous fight of your association for
freedom of the press and the liberty of the
citizens make me very proud to come to this
meeting.
I want to commend the American publish-
ers who are here for their interest in the
Inter-American Association. And I want to
express a very warm welcome to those of
you who have come from our sister republics
to visit our country on this important occa-
sion.
I think it's appropriate that this meeting
should take place as the annual review of
the Alliance for Progress at Sao Paulo has
ended. That Congress and Conference has
reviewed our progress, examined our de-
fects-on occasion, applauded our achieve-
ment. It has been a forum for discussion
and critical analysis.
A COMMON DEDICATION
And if one fact emerges from that meeting
it is, despite differences on specific problems,
there is a common dedication to a common
belief in the fundamental principles of the
Charter of Punta del Este, in the soundness,
the urgency and I believe the inevitability of
the AItanza Para el Progreso.
Indeed, it could not be otherwise. For
those principles, the goals and the methods
of the Alliance, represent the only hope
whereby men of good will can obtain prog-
ress without despotism, social justice with-
out social terror. And It Is on the Alliance
for Progress that we base our common hope
for the future. That hope is for a hemi-
sphere where every man has enough to eat
and a chance to work; where every child can
learn and every family can find decent shel-
ter. It Is for a hemisphere where every man,
from the American Negro to the Indian of
the Altiplano, can be liberated from the
bonds of social Injustice, free to pursue his
talents as far as they will take him.
It is a hope for a hemisphere of nations,
each confident in the strength of Its own
Independence, devoted to the liberty of its
citizens, and joined with all the nations of
the West in an association based on national
strength and a common dedication to free-
dom. For we all share in this hemisphere
a common heritage. And if the idea of
Atlantic community Is to have full meaning
it must include the nations of Latin America.
The fulfillment of these hopes Is not an
easy task.
It Is Important that the people of the
United States, on whom much responsibility
rests, realize how enormous that task Is.
They can see its dimensions in the fact
that Latin America Is the fastest growing
continent In the world. Its population has
Increased 10 percent in the past 10 years.
Its almost 200 million people will be 400
million people by the 1980's.
They can see its dimensions In the fact
that tens of millions of their neighbors in
the south exist in poverty with annual in-
comes of less than 1100-that life expectancy
In almost half the countries of Latin America
Is lees than 50 years-that half of the chil-
dren have no schools to attend-that almost
half the adults can neither read nor write-
that tens of millions of city dwellers live In
unbearable slums-millions more Live In
rural areas and suffer from easily curable
diseases yet without hope of treatment-
that in vast areas men and women are
crippled by hunger while we possess In the
United States the scfentiffe tools necessary
to grow all the food we need.
There problems-the hard reality of life
in much of Latin America-will not be solved
simply by complaining about Castro, by
blaming all problems on communism or gen-
erals or nationalism. The harsh facts of
poverty and social injustice will not yield
easily to promises or good will. The task we
have set for ourselves In the Alliance for
Progress, the development of an entire con-
tinent, to a far greater task than any wo
have ever undertaken In our history. It will
require difficult and painful labor over a long
period of time. Despite the enormity of
these problems and our heavy responsibil-
ity, the people of the United States have
been asked to sacrifice relatively little.
Less than 1 percent of our Federal budget
Is allocated to assist half a hemisphere. It
is the people of Latin America who must
undergo the agonizing process of reshaping
institutions, not the people of the United
States.
It Is the people of Latin America who must
draw up development programs and mobil-
ize their total resources to finance those pro-
grams. not the people of the United States.
It Is the people of Latin America whose
cities and farms, homes and halls of govern-
ment will bear the shockwaves of rapid
change and progress, not the people of the
United States.
It is the people of Latin America who will
have to modify the traditions of centuries-
not the people of the. United States. Cer-
tainly we In the United States cannot fall to
do so little when so much is at stake for so
many.
The last 2yt years have been a time of trial
and experiment. We have labored to build-
a structure of cooperation and common ef-
fort for years to come. No nation In the
Americas can deny that much more must be
done to strengthen and speed our efforts;
that there have not been setbacks and dis-
appointments. That is why we intend to
support strongly the leadership of the new
inter-American Committee for the Alliance
for Progress and why we are working to clear
away unnecessary obstacles to the swift ad-
ministration of U.S. contributions.
But necessary concentration on obstacles
and improvements should not obscure the
fact that the Altanza Para el Progreso has
also made Important progress. We have
created new machinery for inter-American
cooperation.
The United States has committed $2.3 bil-
lion to the Alianza and the Latin American
nations have committed billions more. In
many countries there have been new efforts
at land reforms and tax reforms, education
and agriculture.
The basic issues of progress and reform,
long Ignored, have become the battleground
of the political forces of the hemisphere.
And on the economic front, last year 10 of
the 10 Latin American countries exceeded
the per capita growth of 2.5 percent estab-
lished by the Charter of Punta del Este.
CALL FOR STABILITY
Nor can the failure of some to meet the
goals of the charter be placed wholly on the
shortcomings of the Alliance. No amount of
external resources. no stabilization of com-
modity prices, no new inter-American insti-
tutions can bring progress to nations which
do not have political stability and deter-
mined leadership.
No series of hemispheric agreements or
elaborate machinery can help those who lack
Internal discipline, who are unwilling to
make sacrifices and renounce privileges. No
one who sends his money abroad, who is
unwilling to invest In the future of his coun-
try, can blame others for the deluge which
threatens to overcome and overwhelm him.
For the Alianza Para el Progreso is not an
external aid program. It is more than a
cooperative effort to finance development
plans. It is a battle for the progress and
freedom of all of our nations.
And it must be fought on every front of
national Interest and national need. First
is the front of social justice. It is impossible
to have real progress as long as millions are
shut out from opportunity and others for-
given obligations. In my own country we
have prepared legislation and mobilized the
strength of the Federal Government to insure
to American Negroes and all other minorities
access to the benefits of American society.
Others must also do the same for the land-
less campeslno, the underprivileged slum
dweller, the oppressed Indian.
Privilege Is not easily yielded up. But
until the Interests of a few yield to the inter-
est of the nation, the promise and modern-
ization of our society will remain a mockery
to millions of our citizens.
The second front is the front of economic
welfare; the principle that every American
has the right to a decent life for himself
and a better life for his children.
This means we must continue to perfect
national development plans; to improve
financing machinery and institutions. It
means that every nation must be willing to
make sacrifices and mobllze its own re-
sources for development.
It also means that the United States of
America must live up to the full its commit-
ment to provide continuing help. I have
pledged the full energies of this Government
to insure that commitment will be met. And
it's my hope that the Congress of the United
States and the people of the United States
will recognize not only the obligation that
lies upon them but also the opportunity.
ALLIANCE DOES NOT DICTATE
In pursuit of economic welfare the'Alianza
does not dictate to any nation how to or-
ganize its economic life. Every nation is
free to shape its own economic institutions,
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in accordance with its own national needs
and will. However, just as to country can
tell another how it must order its economy,
no nation should act within its own borders
so as to violate the rights of others' under
accepted principles of international law.
Private enterprise also has an important
place in the Alliance for Progress. There is
not enough available __public capital either
in the United States or Latin America to
carry development forward at the pace that
is demanded. Yet the net flow of foreign
capital alone was almost $250 million less
this year than last-a third as much as the
entire request to the U.S. Congress for as-
sistance funds in this hemisphere.
If encouraged, private investment, respon-
sive to the needs, the laws and the interest
of the nation, can cooperate with public ac-
tivity to provide the vital margin of success
as it did in the development of all the
nations of the West and most especially in
the development of the United States of
America.
This country would not have achieved its
present growth rate if it had not been for
the development capital-the private devel-
opment capital-that came to this country,
especially in the years prior to World War I,
when the United States was an underdevel-
oped country.
If we are to have the growth essential to
the requirements of our people in this
hemisphere, then an atmosphere must be de
veloped and maintained that will encourage
the flow of capital in response to oppor-
tunity. Today that capital is moving into
growth here in the United States and into
Western Europe. Together we must provide
the environment that will encourage its flow
to Latin America.
And third, is the front of political democ-
racy and stability. This is at the core of
our hopes for the future.
There can be no progress and stability
if people do not have hope for a better life
tomorrow. That faith is undermined when
men seek the reins of power and ignore the . was against the tyranny and corruption of
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tutional procedures.
They may even do so out of a sincere desire
to benefit their own country. But demo-
cratic governments demand that those in op-
position accept the defects of today and
work toward remedying them within the
machinery of peaceful change. Otherwise,.
in return for momentary satisfaction, we
tear apart the fabric and the hope of lasting
democracy.
The Charter of the Organization of Amer-
lean States calls for, and I quote, "the con-
solidation on this continent, within the
framework of democratic institutions, a sys-
tem of individual liberty and social justice
based on respect for the essential rights of
nwn.'
URGES PEACEFUL SETTLEMENTS
The United States is committed to this
proposition.
Whatever may be the case in other parts
of the world, this is a hemisphere of free
men capable of self-government. It is in
accordance with this belief that the United
States will continue to support the efforts
of those seeking to establish and maintain
constitutional democracy.
And fourth is the front of international
responsibility.
We must honor our commitment to the
peaceful settlement of disputes,, the prin-
ciple of collective action and the strengthen-
ing of the inter-American system.
We must also continue to invite and urge
the participation of other Western nations
in development programs. And the United
States will continue to urge upon its allies
the necessity of expanding the markets for
Latin American products.
But just as we have friends abroad, we
also have enemies. Communism is strug-
gling to subvert and destroy the process of
democratic development, to extend its rule
to other nations of this hemisphere.
If the Alliance is to succeed, we must con-
tinue to support measures to halt Commu-
nist infiltration and subversion and to assist
governments menaced from abroad. The
American States must be ready to come to
the aid of any government requesting aid
to prevent a takeover linked to the policies
of foreign communism rather than to an
internal desire for change.
My own country is prepared to do this.
We in this hemisphere must also use every
resource at our command to prevent the
establishment of another Cuba in this hemi-
sphere, for if there is one principle which
has run through the long history of this
hemisphere it is a common determination
to prevent the rule of foreign systems or na-
tions in the Americas.
We have ultimately won this battle against
every great power in the past. We will con-
tinue to wage it and win it. And as we
gain momentum and strength the appeal
and force of communism will greatly dimin-
ish, This has already begun to happen.
Castroism, which a few years ago com-
manded the allegiance of thousands in al-
most every country, today has far fewer
followers scattered across the continent. Ex-
perience in China, the Soviet Union, and in
Cuba itself has revealed that the promises
of abundance under tyranny are false. We
ourselves can prove that democratic progress
is the surest answer to the promises of the
totalitarian.
These are the many fronts of the Alliance
for Progress. The conduct of those fronts,
the steady conquest of the surely yielding
enemies of misery and hopelessness, hunger
and injustice is the central task of the Amer-
icas in our time. No sense of confidence,
of optimism in the future of the hemisphere.
as a whole can conceal our feelings at the
self-inflicted exile of Cuba from the society
the past, had the support of many whose
aims and concepts were democratic. But
that hope for freedom and progress was
destroyed.
The goals proclaimed in the Sierra Maestra
were betrayed in Havana.
It is important to restate what now divides
Cuba from my country and from the other
countries of this hemisphere. It is the fact
that a small band of conspiratprs has
in. the Alliance for Progress more. strongly
than ever before.
With the . Alliance, the inter-American
system, the American nations can look for-
ward to a decade of growing hope and liberty.
Without it the people of. this hemisphere
would be left to a life of misery with inde-
pendence finally gone and freedom a futile
dream.
SAYS SOME FEAR OBSTACLES
I am well aware that there are some who,
fearing the size of the obstacles, the resist-
ance to progress, the pace of achievement,
despair of the Alliance.
But that same note of despair has been
sounded before. In 1948, a distinguished
Senator rose on the floor of the American.
Congress and said of the Marshall plan:
"If I believe there were any good chance. of
accomplishing these purposes I should sup-
port the bill, but in the light of history, in
the light of the history of this very Con-
gress and its predecessors, we cannot say
there's a chance of success. All the evidence
points to failure."
Despite this we pressed ahead. The result
is modern Europe.
I do not discount the difficulties of the
Alliance for Progress-difficulties far greater
than those confronted by the Marshall plan.
Then we helped rebuild a shattered economy
whose human and social foundations re-
mained. Today we're trying to create a basic
new foundation capable of reshaping the
centuries-old societies and economies of half
a hemisphere. .
But those who know our hemisphere, like
those who knew Europe in 1948, have little
doubt that if we do not lose heart the gloomy
prophecies of today can once again fade, in
the achievements of tomorrow, although the
problems are huge.
The greatest danger is not in our circum-
stances or in our enemies but in our own
doubts and fears. Robert Frost wrote 50
years ago: "Nothing is true except a man or
men adhere to it, to live for it, to spend
themselves on it, to die for it."
: We need this spirit even more than money,
or institutions, or agreements. With it we
can make the Alianza Para el Progreso a real-
ity for generations who are coming in this
hemisphere. And ultimately we will hold a
continent where more than 20 strong nations
live in peace, their people in hope and liberty
and believing strongly in a free future.
stripped the Cuban people of their freedom AN OLYMPIC VICTORY PROGRAM
and handed over the independence and sov-
ereignty of the Cuban? Nation to forces be- have long been interested, both as a
yond the hemisphere. They have made Cuba
a victim of foreign imperialism, an instru- citizen and as a Senator of the United
ment of the policy of others, a weapon in an- States, in our country's great Olympic
ff
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or
ctated by external powers to subvert
the other American republics.
This, and this alone, divides us
As long as this is true, nothing is possible,
Without it everything is possible.
Once this barrier is removed we will be
ready and anxious to work with the Cuban
people in pursuit of those progressive goals
which a few short years ago stirred their
hopes and the sympathy of many people
throughout the hemisphere.
No Cuban need feel trapped between de-
pendence on the broken promises of foreign
communism and the hostility of the rest of
the hemisphere. For, once Cuban sover-
eignty has been restored, we will extend the
hand of friendship and assistance to a Cuba
whose political and economic institutions
have been shaped by the will of the Cuban
people.
But our-but our pursuit of the goals of
the Alianza Para el Progresso does not wait
on that day. In 1961 the American nations
signed the Charter of Punta del Este. To-
day, more than 2 years later, despite dan-
gers and difficulties, I support and believe
In 11 months, . this Nation faces an-
other great challenge in international
competition. I refer to the October 1964
Olympics in Tokyo.
Today, I offer a brief program for
America's sports efforts-not just in
1964, but also in 1968; and not just . in
the Olympics, but also in future pan-
American games and in other interna-
tional athletic contests.
I wish to enlist the cooperation of the
Congress in this effort. At- this late
hour, this evening, I. speak for the
record, of course; but if the United
States is to live up to its high standards
of performance in connection with all
other areas of life, certainly it needs co-
operation and participation by Congress
in connection with' the participation of
Americans in sports.
The program I now propose is not
just for the purpose of winning gold
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medals of victory; it is a program to do
our best and to send our best-win, lose,
or draw.
It is a program, too, to broaden the
base of U.S. aperts.-to get spectators
out of the stands and onto the playing
fields. It is a program to enlist millions.
where there are now only thousands of
participants in many sports; and to en-
list thousands in some so-called minor
sports where there are now only
hundreds.
PAST MEETING OF OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
First, however, let me say that during
the weekend, November 9-10, there was
held here in Washington an important
meeting of the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Since the meeting, the sports pages of
newspapers throughout the country have
featured many articles interpreting what
happened. The Interpretations vary. I
was not there, so I could not venture a
Judgment. Even If I had been there, I
would not do so, because my interest is,
not in how this or that private group
fares, but in how the public interest
fares.
I wish well to all interested private
sports groups-to the AAU, the NCAA,
and the emerging third force of inde-
pendents. Frankly, their differences
with one another have become so com-
plex that It seems next to impossible for
an outsider to fathom who Is right or
what is right.
An outsider does get to feel, I say in
all frankness, that there Is a little too
much Institutionalization at work.
There is too much of a tendency to get
so lost in the fight for one's own organi-
zation, that all other fights-the big fight
for U.S. sports victories-get lost In the
shuffle.
I note, for example, that Kenneth L.
(Tug) Wilson, USOC president, Is quoted
as saying at the meeting's conclusion:
I leave here with a heavy heart. I think
there is a lot of soul searching ahead for all
of us. We have Spent 2 days bickering over
little things instead of working on ways to
have better Olympic teams in 1964.
But I still have hope. Maybe things have
got to hit bottom before they reach the top.
Before and after the meeting, many
groups and Individuals got in touch with
me.
Several have since told me that some
of the public reports of the disputes were
overstated. They contended that many
constructive steps which were taken by
the Olympic Committee tended to be ob-
scured by the noise of some Of the quar-
rels on a few specifics-for example, over
baseball and gymnastics.
It is, as I have said, next to impossible
for an outsider to judge. What I do know
is that the other great powers In the
world, and many of the small powers,
are working as a unit, without Internal
dissension, to win top honors in 1964
at the Innsbruck, Austria, games and
at Tokyo.
So the time is long overdue for the
United States to get its eye "back on
the ball."
SEVEN-POINT PROGRAM
What specifically should be done?
First. This Nation needs a U.S. sports
foundation. This foundation should help
foster local, State. regional, and na-
tional athletic competitions, In conjunc-
tion with existing private sports
organizations.
It should get our youngsters, in par-
ticular, during the school year, during
the recess periods, and both before and
after graduation Into the habit of sports
participation and athletic excellence.
Junior Olympic efforts exist here and
there, but on an irregular, catch-as-catch
can, spotty basis.
Second. This Nation needs a massive
Olympic development program for the
youngsters who are championship ma-
terial.
Everything possible must be done to
train them, encourage them to remain
amateur, and to train their coaches.
Some few clinics at present receive
support from the U.S. Olympic Commit-
tee. The tiny size of this program can
be judged by the fact that the whole
USOC Olympic development effort is
budgeted at $500,000.
By contrast, other nations spend tens
of millions of dollars for their Olympic
development programs. That includes
programs In so-called minor sports that
this country has hardly heard of, and in
which our participants invariably do
poorly.
Third. This Nation needs Olympic-
type facilities to train our athletes under
Olympic-type rules.
Mr. President, I digress to point out
that the richest Nation in the world,
which says it believes In competition
rather than collectivism, has the worst
Olympic-type facilities of any major na-
tion. Apparently, because we cannot
make any money out of these activities,
we downgrade them.
Fourth. This Nation needs to increase
Its budget for international athletic ex-
change under the Humphrey-Thompson
law. Unfortunately, the outlay for all
oversea exchanges of all types-cultural
and other-has not increased a nickel
since we wrote the first authorization in
1958.
Fifth. The President and his adminis-
tration should continue their close inter-
est in the problem. One of the most en-
couraging factors during this past year
has been the personal attention which
has been given by our Chief Executive
and by the Attorney General of the
United States, despite their other enor-
mous burdens, as well as by other Fed-
eral officials.
They have been careful not to inter-
fere in any private aspects of amateur
athletics; but at all times they have lent
their good offices toward resolving prob-
lems within the-sports family.
It is my hope and expectation that
President Kennedy will further demon-
strate his deep personal Interest in
America's Olympic effort. I hope and
believe that if the President's busy
schedule will permit, he will meet with
as many of the members of our team as
possible before it journeys to Tokyo.
Further, it is my hope that a token
of the gratitude of the American peo-
ple will be expressed to our athletes
after their return, through an appro-
priate Presidential symbol, perhaps an
"Olympic Participation Medal."
It Is an ironic fact that the American
Olympic participant does not receive
from his or her own government any
tangible expression whatsoever as a
permanent memento of having repre-
sented us In the Olympics.
Sixth. Every American should con-
tribute to the United States Olympic
Committee for the 1964 games. Each
should give what he or she can-a dime
from youngsters, a dollar, a hundred dol-
lars, or a thousand dollars or more from
businesses or other organizations.
Seventh. More State, regional, and
national civic events should be staged, at
which the nation gets to see and know
our top amateur athletes.
There ought to be in every American
city an Olympic ball at which funds are
raised, with closed-circuit television and
with our highest officials and stars of
the entertainment world participating.
These are but a few of the necessary
steps we should take.
Meanwhile, Federal agencies should
continue their efforts to achieve the
greatest possible results under the Pres-
ident's Council on Fitness.
INTEREST OP SENATE REORGANIZATION SUB-
COMMITTEE
I have expressed my views as an in-
dividual Member of the Senate and as
chairman of a Senate Government Oper-
ations Subcommittee which is interested
in interagency coordination.
One of the principal achievements of
our subcommittee's interest was the Is-
suance, In August 1963, of Executive Or-
der 11117, establishing a new Inter-
Agency Committee on International
Athletics. This Federal committee is
going to be an active group. It will
help to assure a sound governmentwide
policy In the international sphere of
sports.
PAST STATEMENT AND EXECUTIVE ORDER
Prior to last weekend's meeting, I was
asked for comment on the USOC meet-
ing by one of America's distinguished
sports writers, Mr. Edward Schoenfeld,
of the Oakland Tribune. I was happy to
make available to him a statement
which, I understand, has been widely
used-both in that noted newspaper and
elsewhere.
I ask unanimous- consent that there
be printed in the RECORD at the conclu-
sion of my comments this statement,
together with a helpful letter from the
Department of State, enclosing the text
of the President's Executive order.
There being no objection, the state-
ment, letter, and Executive order were
ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as
follows:
SENATOR HUMPHREY URGES GREATER UNITY
IN AMATEUR SPORTS AT HISTORIC MEETING
OF U.S. OLYMPIC COMMITTEE THIS WEEKEND
The meeting of the U.S. Olympic Commit-
tee this weekend can be a great turning-
point in the history of amateur athletics in
the United States. It can set this country on
the path to unity in amateur sports and to
victory in international athletic competition.
Or the meeting can prove to be a tragic step
backward or merely result in a further im-
passe.
I earnestly hope that thehopes of tens of
milions of sports enthusiasts throughout our
country will be realized through this
meeting.
I know that I speak for great numbers of
Americans in stating these points very
frankly:
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the Senate had passed without amend-
ment a bill of the House of the following
title:
H.R. 2837. An act to amend further section
11 of the Federal Register Act (44 U.S.C.
311).
The message also announced that the
Senate had passed with amendments, in
which the concurrence of the House is
requested, a bill of the House of the fol-
lowing title:
H.R.7431. An act making appropriations
for the government of the District of Colum-
bia and other activities chargeable in whole
or in part against the revenues of said Dis-
trict for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964,
and for other purposes.
The message also announced that the
Senate insists upon its amendments to
the foregoing bill, requests a conference
with the House on the disagreeing votes
of the two Houses thereon, and appoints
Mr. BYRD of West Virginia, Mr. HAYDEN,
Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. BIBLE, Mr. CASE, Mr.
COTTON, and Mr. SALTONSTALL to be the
conferees on the part of the Senate.
SELECT COMMITTEE ON GOVERN-
MENTAL RESEARCH
Mr. BOGGS. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent that the Select Com-
mittee on Governmental Research be
permitted to sit during general debate
today.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
objection to the request of the gentle-
man from Louisiana?
There was no objection.
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND
LABOR
Mr. BOGGS. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent that the Labor Sub-
committee investigating the St. Eliza-
beths Hospital may be permitted to sit
during general debate today.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
objection to the request of the gentle-
man from Louisiana?
There was no objection.
SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOUSING
Mr. BOGGS. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent that the Subcomit-
tee on Housing of the Committee on
Banking and Currency be permitted to
sit during general debate on November
19, 20, and 21.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
objection to the request of the gentle-
man from Louisiana?
There was no objection.
WHITE PAPERS VIEW THAT MES?SIIN
CUBA
(Mr. DEVINE asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. DEVINE. Mr. Speaker, it looks
like the image makers are at it again.
I hope I am wrong, but I am disturbed
by an article which appeared-in a Mid-
western newspaper which states:
Two case histories of American foreign
policy in action-one resulting in failure,
the other in brilliant success-will be pre-
sented in two programs of the "NBC White
Papers" series on the NBC television net-
work Sundays, December 8 and January 5
(both 10 to 11 p.m.). Chet Huntley will
narrate.
According to the image makers, both
programs focus on Cuba. The first,
"Cuba: The Bay of Pigs," will chronicle
events from March 17, 1960, when Presi-
dent Eisenhower first revealed that he
had decided to proceed with plans for
organizing and training a military force
of Cuban exiles, through April 20, 1961,
marking the total failure of the force
which invaded Cuba.
That is the one that is supposed to be
a failure.
The second, "Cuba: The Missile
Crisis," will cover developments from the
"first" indications of Soviet activity in
Cuba early in.1962 to October 28 of that
year when Khrushchev agreed to pull
out the missiles positioned there.
That is described as the brilliant
success.
It is interesting to note that they
terminate on October 28 after the Presi-
dent had made his speech, but apparently
fail to follow through to give the whole
picture where Kennedy backed off,
capitulated and yielded. What a "bril-
liant success."
These apparent "snow jobs" to rewrite
history and create false images are
sickening.
I am referring this matter to the Re-
publican National Committee with the
request they preview these two "white
papers"; and if the facts are distorted
as they were in the Newburg story and
the area redevelopment film, make an
equal time demand to set the record
straight.
SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
PEACE CORPS-MESSAGE FROM
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES
The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be-
fore the House the following message
from the President of the United States;
which was read and, together with the
accompanying papers, referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs :
To the Congress of the United States:
Pursuant to the provisions of section
11 of the Peace Corps Act, as amended,
I transmit herewith the second annual
report on operations under the act cover-
ing the fiscal year ended June 30, 1963.
JOHN F. KENNEDY.
THE WHITE HOUSE, November 19, 1963.
PRIVATE CALENDAR
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is
Private Calendar day. The Clerk will
call the first bill on the Private Calendar.
OUTLET STORES, INC.
The Clerk called the first bill. (H.R.
2300) for the relief of Outlet Stores, Inc.
Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent that this bill be
passed over without prejudice.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
objection to the request of the gentleman
from Illinois?
There was no objection.
FOR THE RELIEF OF DR. AND MRS.
ABEL GORFAIN
The Clerk called the bill (H.R. 2706)
for the relief of Dr. and Mrs. Abel Gar-
fain.
Mr. GROSS. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent that this bill be
passed over without prejudice.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
objection to the request of the gentleman
from Iowa?
There was no objection.
CHARLES WAVERLY WATSON, JR.
The Clerk called the bill (H.R. 2728)
for the relief of Charles Waverly Watson,
Jr.
Mr. CONTE. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent that this bill be
passed over without prejudice.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there,
objection to the request of the gentleman
from Massachusetts?
There was no objection.
JOHN F. MACPHAIL
The Clerk called the bill (H.R. 5145)
for the relief of John F. MacPhail, lieu-
tenant, U.S. Navy.
Mr. ELLSWORTH. Mr. Speaker, I
ask unanimous consent that this bill be
passed over without prejudice.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
objection to the request of the gentle-
man from Kansas?
There was no objection.
HANS-DIETER SIEMONEIT
The Clerk called the bill (H.R. 1277)
for the relief of Hans-Dieter Siemoneit,
Mr. CHELF. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent that this bill, H.R.
1277, be removed from the Private Cal-
endar and recommitted to the Commit-
tee, on the judiciary.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
objection to the request of the gentle-
man from Kentucky?
There was no objection.
BRYCE A. SMITH
The Clerk called the bill (H.R. 6182)
for the relief of Bryce A. Smith.
Mr. ROBERTS of Alabama. Mr.
Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that
this bill be passed over without prej-
udice.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
objection to the request of the gentle-
man from Alabama?
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This
completes the call of bills on the Private
Calendar.
PUBLIC WORKS APPROPRIATION
BILL, 1964
Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, I move
that the House resolve itself into the
Committee of the Whole House on the
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PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 88 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION
WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1963
House of Representatives
The House met at 12 o'clock noon, and
was called to order by the Speaker pro
tempore [Mr. ALBERT],
The Chaplain, Rev. Bernard Braskamp,
D.D., offered the following prayer :
Proverbs 3: 5: Trust in the Lord with
all thine heart; and lean not unto thine
own understanding.
0 Thou infinite and eternal God. may
the perplexing national and interna-
tional problems, which we are daily
struggling with, make us more conscious
of our need of Thy divine guidance.
Help us to feel that our primary and
most pressing responsibility is to lead our
troubled and groping world back to Thee
and the ways of righteousness.
May the Members of the Congress give
clear and convincing testimony that they
are men and women of integrity and in-
spired by a sincere desire to maintain
and enhance our glorious American tra-
ditions.
Grant that the justice of God may
find a voice in all their policies and
plans and may they fearlessly denounce
everything that is contrary to the great
moral and spiritual principles.
In Christ's name we bring our peti-
tion. Amen.
THE JOURNAL
The Journal of the proceedings of yes-
terday was read and approved.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
A message in writing from the Presi-
dent of the United States was communi-
cated to the House by Mr. Ratchford,
one of his secretaries, who also Informed
the House that on the following dates
the President approved and signed bills
of the House of the following titles:
On October 24, 1963:
H.R. 7195. An act to amend various sec-
tions of title 23 of the United States Code
relating to the Federal-aid highway systems;
H.R. 7544. An act to amend the Social Se-
curityAct to assist States and communities
in preventing and combating mental re-
tardation through expansion and improve-
ment of the maternal and child health and
crippled children's programs, through provi-
sions of prenatal, maternity, and Infant care
for individuals with conditions associated
with childbearing which may lead to mental
retardation, and through planning for com-
prehensive action to combat mental retarda-
tion, and for other purposes; and
H.J. Res, '124. Joint resolution to provide
additional housing for the elderly.
On October 28, 1963:
H.R. 641. An act to approve an order of
the Secretary of the Interior canceling and
deferring certain Irrigation charges, elimi-
nating certain tracts of non-Indian-owned
land under the Wapato Indian irrigation
project. Washington, and for other purposes;
and
H.J. Res. 192. Joint resolution relating to
the validity of certain rice acreage allotments
for 1962 and prior crop years.
On October 29, 1963:
H.R. 2268. Ai act for the relief of Mrs.
Geneva H. Trisier;
H.R. 4588. An act to provide for the with-
drawal and reservation for the Department
of the Navy of certain public lands of the
United States at Mojave B Aerial Gunnery
Range, San Bernardino County, Calif., for
defense purposes; and
H.R. 8377. An act for the relief of SpSc
Curtis Melton, Jr.
On October 30, 1963:
H.R. 75. An act to provide for exceptions
to the rules of navigation In certain cases;
and
H.J. Res. 782. Joint resolution making
continuing appropriations for the fiscal year
1964, and for other purposes.
On November 4.1063:
If.R.844. An act to declare that certain
land of the United States Is held by the
United states In trust for the Oglala Sioux
Indian Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation;
H-R.845. An act to declare that certain
land of the United States is held by the
United States In trust for the Oglala Sioux
Indian Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reserva-
tion;
H.R. 2635. An act to amend the act of Au-
gust 9, 1956, for the purpose of Including the
Fort Mojave Indian Reservation among res-
ervations excepted from the 25-year lease
limitations;
HR. 3308. An act to establish a revolving
fund from which the Secretary of the In-
terior may make loans to finance the pro-
curement of expert assistance by Indian
tribes In cases before the Indian Claims
Commission;
H.R. 6225. An act to provide for the reha-
bllttation of Guam, and for other purposes;
and
HR.6481. An act to permit the govern-
ment of Guam to authorize a public author-
ity to undertake urban renewal and housing
activities.
No. 187
On November 7,1963:
H.R. 8500. An act to authorize certain con-
struction at military installations, and for
other purposes; and
H_R.8821. An act to revise the provisions
of law relating to the methods by which
amounts made available to the States pur-
suant to the Temporary Unemployment Com-
pensation Act of 1958 and title XII of the
Social Security Act are to be restored to the
Treasury.
. On November 13, 1963:
H.R.1049. An act to amend sections 334,
367, and 389 of the Bankruptcy Act (11
U.S.C. 734, 767. 769) and to add a new section
355 so as to require claims to be filed and to
limit the time within which claims may be
filed In chapter XI (arrangement) proceed-
ings to the time prescribed by setclon 57n
of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 93n);
H.R.1311. An act for the relief of Jolan
Berczeiler;
H.R. 1345. An act for the relief of Peter
Carson; and
H.R. 2260. An act for the relief of Mrs. Rozsi
Neuman.
MR. 2445. An act for the relief of Mrs.
Barbara Ray Van Olphen;
H.R. 2754. An act for the relief of Mer-
cedes Robinson Orr;
H.R. 2767. An act for the relief of Woo You
Lyn (also known as Hom You Fong and Lyn
Fong Y. Hom) ;
H.R.2885. An act to clarify the status of
circuit and district judges retired from regu-
lar service;
H.R.2988. An act for the relief of Kazl-
mierz Hurmas and Zdzislaw Kurmas;
H.R.3384. An act for the relief of Lee
Suey Join ialso known as Tommy Lee and
Lee Shue Chung) ;
H.R. 4145. An act for the relief of certain
Individuals;
H.R.8097. An act for the relief of Dr.
Pedro B, Montemayor, Jr.;
H.R.6260. An act for the relief of Wai
Chan Cheng Liu; and
H.R.7405. An act to amend the Bretton
Woods Agreements Act to authorize the U.S.
Governor of the International Bank for Re-
construction and Development to vote for
an Increase In the Bank's authorized capital
stock.
H.J. Res. 620. Joint resolution granting the
consent of Congress to the establishment of
an Interstate school district by Hanover, N.H.,
and Norwich, Vt., and to an agreement be-
tween Hanover School District, N. H., and
Norwich Town School District, Vt.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
A message from the Senate by Mr. Me-
Gown, one of its clerks, announced that
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