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1967 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE
than in any other. country, Americans as a
whole do not understand, much less con-
form to, the rules of good nutrition.
The RDA's of the Food and Nutrition
Board are clearly a recognition by the scien-
tific community of the need for adequate
vitamin and mineral intake. It is important
to note that the FDA has not and certainly
could not challenge the need-and in its
Regulations has actually adopted the sub-
stance of the RDA requirements. In this
respect, the current controversy then is re-
duced to the narrow ground of whether the
consumer` can practically and does in fact
obtain his necessary intake of vitamins and
minerals from his diet, and, equally neces-
sary, whether he can be certain or can be
assured by others that this is so on a day
in and day out basis.
FDA LABEL MISLEADING
Dr. W. H. Sebrell, Jr., Director of Columbia
University's Institute of Nutritional Sciences
a Chairman of the National Research Coun-
cil-Food and Nutrition Board's Committee
on Recommended Dietary Allowances, has
Galled the label statement "objectionable and
misleading," a viewpoint shared by most
nutritional and medical authorities as well
as some government officials.
George Mehren, Assistant Secretary of Ag-
riculture said that the statement is inac-
curate, adding, "It will give the consumer
a false sense of security that, regardless of
his food habits, he will have an inadequate
diet."
He further cites the most recent nation-
wide survey indicating that "48 per cent of
households have diets that do not fully
meet the NAS-14RC recommended dietary
allowances in one or more nutrients."
At stake In this controversy are the results
of long years of research devoted to improv-
ing American health. The FDA stand that
"vitamins and minerals are supplied in
abundant amounts by the foods we eat"
confuses what we might eat with what we
do eat. It is vital to the public interest
that this error does not. reverse the pain-
staking progress made In nutritional insur-
ance through supplementation with vita-
min-mineral preparations.
Supplements are insurance against inade-
quate consumption of vitamins and min-
erals. It would be ideal to pinpoint supple-
mentation to those individuals who specifi-
cally need it-and then only at the time
when the need exists-this is neither prac-
tical nor economical. To accomplish such
a program, dietary histories, clinical exam-
inations, and biochemical tests would have
to be run on every man, woman and child-
not once but every time there was an appre-
ciable change in menu or conditions. Tie
surest and least expensive alternative is sim-
ply the use of vitamin and mineral supple-
ments every day. Any opponent of this
concept must be prepared to propose an
alternative which is superior-none has been
forthcoming.
Supplementation may be a forerunner of
broader nutritional progress for the entire
world. Malthus' dire predictions about
world population outrunning the food sup-
ply are liable to be confirmed in the foresee-
able future, and the time may come when
many people may have to obtain their total
nutrition in forms unlike foods as we know
them today.
However unappetizing a prospect this may
be, its rationale will be similar to that of
present-day vitamin and mineral supple-
mentation-supplying necessary nutrients in
a reliable, economical, available form to peo-
ple who want them.
IMMIGRATION REFORM ACT
Mr. FONG. Mr. President, after 1
h
t
i
r
c II11-
year of experien
e under t
is
o
h
e
c
migration Reform Act which Congress
passed in 1965, statistics recently release
by the Department of State how that
immigration from all over the world has
been more evenly distributed than under
the old immigration law.
These figures show that 34.7 percent
of all quota immigrants came from
northern Europe, 32.5 percent from
southern Europe, and 19.9 percent from
Asia and the Pacific.
Undoubtedly, the new law has con-
siderably eased the heavy backlog of im-
migrants coming from the extremely
oversubscribed areas of the world-
southern Europe, and the Asia-Pacific
area.
I am tremendously encouraged by all
of this evidence indicating the unmis-
takable progress we are making to cut
the backlog and correct the gross in-
equities of our past immigration policies,
as we celebrate the first anniversary of
the historic Immigration Reform Act.
Among the key provisions of that law
were: First, the elimination of the na-
tional origins system and the Asia-Pacific
Triangle, which were harshly racially dis-
criminatory; and second, allowing the re-
allocation of a pool of unused quota num-
bers from undersubscribed countries-
mainly from Western Europe-to nations
having huge backlogs of persons wishing
to immigrate to the United States-
largely in southern Europe and Asia-
Pacific areas.
Although the Immigration Reform Act
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did not become effective until December
1, 1965, figures released in the annual
report of the Visa Office of the Depart-
ment of State's Bureau of Consular Af-
fairs show that immigration from the
Asia-Pacific area increased from 3,536
in fiscal year 1965-July 1, 1964-June
30, 1965-to 25,115 in fiscal 1966-July
1, 1965-June 30, 1966.
The fiscal 1966 figure of 25,115 for
Asia and the Pacific counts only quota
immigrants and does not include non-
quota immigrants, immediate relatives,
and other adjustments.
When these nonquota numbers are
added to the quota figures, another as-
pect of the dramatic impact of the new
law may be seen. These overall totals
show that thousands of families were
reunited last year as a direct result of
the new law.
The total number of immigrants ad-
mitted in fiscal 1966, including quota as
well as nonquota numbers, was 311,356-
129,797 quota immigrants, and 181,386
nonquota. This compares with 287,679
in fiscal 1965-102,892 quota, and 184,-
787 nonquota.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous con-
sent that table I of the Visa Office re-
port, showing immigrant visas issued, ad-
justments of status, and refugees ad-
mitted or adjusted, for fiscal years 1962-
66, be printed at this point in the RECORD.
There being no objection, the table
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
TABLE L-Inmmigrant visas issued, adjustments of status, and refugees admitted or adjusted,
fiscal years 1962-66
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
Immigrant total--------------------------
278,884
291,936
277,684
287,679
311,356
Quota------------------------------------
95,149
103,846
106,381
102,892
' 129,970
Visas issued --------------------------
Adjustments 2
Refugees'----------------------------
89,464
5, 685
--------------
98,162
5,684
-------------
-
99,727
6,654
--------------
95,425
7,467
--------------
- -
108,086
14, 684
7,200
Nonquota L------------------------------
183, 735
188, 090
171, 303
184, 787
181, 386
i Discrepancy of 173 between this table and table X.
2 Adjustments of status: Aliens who entered the United States as nonimmigrants may, under certain circum-
stances, have their status adjusted to that of a permanent resident. Such an alien does not obtain an immigrant
visa from a consular officer but is accorded permanent resident status at the discretion of the Attorney General sub-
ject to the availability of an immigrant visa number.
e Refugees: Conditional entries and adjustments of status provided in sec. 203(a) (7) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act.
4 Nonquota: Including symbol "K" visas issued pursuant to special public laws.
Mr. FONG. Mr. President, on the
basis of these total figures, seven coun-
tries, which formerly had relatively
small quotas, showed significant in-
creases in 1966 admissions-quota and
nonquota-from 1965, as follows:
1965
1966
Greece --------------------
3,303
14,586
Italy ----------------------
12,520
38,427
Portugal ------------------
2,277
15,802
China --------------------
4,773
21,285
India ---------------------
668
3,179
Philippines ----------------
3,208
9,981
When nonquota is added to quota for
the Asia-Pacific area, the figure is 38,373
for fiscal 1966.
These large increases reflect only the
very large backlogs which developed for
intending immigrants from southern
Europe and from Asia and the Pacific-
particularly from Asia and the Pacific-
because under the old law, Asia-Pacific
quotas were infinitesimal compared to
those of other areas.
It is expected that next year, when
these backlogs are cleared up, immigra-
tion from southern Europe and the Asi-
Pacific area will level off.
The Asia-Pacific share of the total
worldwide figure of the 129,797 quota im-
migrants who entered the country was
19.9 percent, or about one-fifth. Under
the old law, quota immigrantion from
the Asia-Pacific Triangle was limited to
2,390, or about 1.53 percent of the total.
I should note that persons of Asian
and Pacific descent make up a mere
62/100 percent of America's total popula-
tion, or about 1,100,000, persons, accord-
ing to the 1960 census.
Europe, of course, as in the past, con-
tinues to contribute the largest bulk of
immigration to this country. The Euro-
pean total of 102,732 is 79 percent, or
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nearly four-fifths, of all immigration to
'the United States.
Altogether, including nonquota, there
were 120,584 immigrants from Europe.
Immigration from northern Europe-
including such nations as Britain, Ger-
many, Ireland, and the Scandinavian
countries-totaled 45,099 out of 119,467,
leaving 74,388 numbers to be allocated to
the pool. Thus, northern Europe's share
of the worldwide total was 34.7 percent,
more than a third.
Southern European immigration to-
taled 42,259-32.5 percent of the world-
wide total, nearly one-third. These im-
migrants came from countries such as
Italy, 20,000 quota, 4,967 nonquota;
Greece, 6,583 quota, 2,336 nonquota; Por-
tugal, 7,383 quota, 1,634 nonquota; and
Yugoslavia, Hungary, Rumania, Bul-
garia, and Spain.
Huge backlogs also plagued these
southern European nations, so that they
drew heavily from the pool of unused
quota numbers-31,960 numbers.
According to the State Department
figures, of the 25,115 quota immigrants
from Asia and the Pacific, 3,217 were
drawn from quotas under the old law,
and 21,844 were from the pool of unused
quota numbers.
The largest groups of Asia-Pacific
quota immigrants came from four na-
tions and the South Pacific, in the fol-
lowing order:
First. Immigrants from China to-
taled 12,821, with 100 quota numbers
and 12,721 from the pool-about half of
the Asia-Pacific total.
Second. Immigrants from the Phil-
ippines totaled 3,186, with 100 quota
numbers and 3,086 from the pool-about
13 percent of the Asia-Pacific total.
Third. Immigrants from India totaled
2,071, with 100 quota numbers and 1,971
from the pool-about 8 percent of the
Asia-Pacific total.
Fourth. Immigrants from Japan to-
taled 786, with 185 quota numbers and
601 from the pool-about 3 percent of
the Asia-Pacific total.
Fifth. Immigrants from the South
Pacific totaled 685, with 475 quota num-
bers and 210 from the pool-about 2.7
percent of the Asia-Pacific total.
According to State Department fig-
ures, the allowable quota for Europe was
149,472, but only 69,677 of these num-
bers were used. The remaining 79,795
was allocated to the pool, from which
mainly southern Europeans drew 33,055.
Total immigration from Europe was
102,732 for fiscal 1966.
The quota for Africa was 4,274, of
which only 1,156 was used; 3,118 went
into the pool, from which was drawn
712.
African immigration totaled 1,868.
Worldwide, of a total of 158,411 annual
allowable quota under the law, 129,797
immigrants were admitted in fiscal year
1966; 74,186 visas were issued to author-
ized areas, and 84,225 unused numbers
were placed in a pool-out of which
55,611 quota visas were issued to over-
subscribed areas.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous con-
sent that table X of the Visa Office
report, showing the use of immigrant
visa numbers by country or area of birth
or quota chargeability for fiscal year
1966, be printed at this point in the
RECORD.
There being no objection, the table
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
TABLE X. Use of immigrant visa numbers (by country or area of birth or quota chargeability), fiscal year 1966
1:11 ROP E
.Albania ---.--------- --------------- -
_
Andorra-_
Austria
_
Felgiuni -------------------------
B-ulgaria---- - ------ ------------------
Czechoslovakia ___________..._________
_
Danzig, free city of ------ -------------
Denmark___ ___-__
Greenland-_ _ __
Total ----------
Estonia-"- --- -- -------------------
Finland---.- ---- -- ----------------
France French Guiana ________-_______._--
Guadeloupe______________________
Martinique- ___-___..____-_______
Reunion--------------------------
Comoro Islands _____.._____________
French Polynesia
French Somaliland-------
French Somaliland and Antarctic
territory________________________
New Caledonia_______________
St. Pierre and Miquelon----------
Wallis and Futuna Islands--------
New Ilebrides____________________
Total
Germany-----, -----------------------
GTeat Britain and North Ireland-
Aden ---- ---------
Bahamas- -----------------------
Barbados-------------------------
Basutoland______________________
Bechuanaland--------------------
Bermuda -------------------------
British Guiana___________________
British Honduras_________________
British Solomon Islands----------
British Virgin Islands _..__________
-------------
Brunei- - --- ---------? - ----------
Cayman Islands------------------
Dominica -------------- ----------
Falkland Islands_________________
Fiji Islands ------ ______________--__
Gambia-------------------------
Gibraltar_________
Gilbert and Ellice Islands-.
Grenada --------------- -----------
IIong Kong------------- ---------
Maldive Islands__________________
Mauritius------------------------
Montserrat -----------------------
Footnote at end of tables.
Quota n
umbers
Annual
Pool
'fetal
quota
numbers
numbers
Used
Not
used
used I
used
100
100
57
157
-
100
-
1,405
1
207
866
751
539
546
,
100
88
12
3
137
754
225
2,859
1,319
1, 540
81
1, 4111
100
76
24
________
76
--------
855
-~
--------
-- -
-----------
855
1,175
855
320
- -
.._
-
855
115
73
42
___ _ _ _
73
566
353
213
-- - -----
353
_ -.
2,201
8
2,209
--------
1
---- --
--------
i
--------
69
--------
--.----------
69
----- _
----- -
46
--------
.__ _
--- ----
---- -----
------------
46
----------
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ii
------
-
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i
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----------
i
--------
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--------
i
--------
----------
------ - .
I
--------
---
6
---------
---------
-
--------
--------
---- -----
---- -----
6
--------
-------- -
3069
,
2, 336
8
2,344
25
814
12, 936
4
12, 940
_____._
19, 277
--------
-
3
19, 280
------- .
78
-
152
---------
--------
52
------ -
100
--------
----------
100
--------
--------
---- ---
--------
----------
327
----------
--------
--------
--------
----------
-------- 11 -
-------
354
--------
---------
WA
-------
310
--------
---------
310
---?---
--------
--------
136
--------
--------
----------
----------
---------
188
--------
i
-
6i
--------
1
7
87
195
--- ----
-
----------
'--?._-
---?--_
----'---
159
--------
-
?--------
--
641
12
663
3
--------
---------
---
3
--------
go
--------
--------?
go
irea
Quota numbers
Annual
Pool
Total
quota
numbers
numbers
Used Not
used
used
used
Id North Ire-
d
-----------------
Nevis, Anguilla--
--------
________
--------
139
- - ---
_------
----------
----------
- -
i 13J
-------?------
--------
2
------
__....-.-.._.
I 2
--------
92
-
------
ia---------------
--------
58
-
s Islands
6
65,361
22,518
42,843
33
308
308
__
83
865
794
71
88
-----------------
100
56
44
-----------
56
_________________
17,756
2,998
14,758
_-_____-_
2,998
-----------------
5,666
5,666
14,334
211,000
_________________
235
146
89
_
146
---------------
100
7
93
--------
7
-----------------
384
245
139
9
254
-----------------
100
54
46
------- __
54
-----------------
100
100
--------
151
251
-----------------
100
6
94
----------
6
-----?---------
-------
2,021
------
1
2
Ott
lies------------
--------
100
-
,
---------------
------
70
-
70
_________________
3, 136
2,191
945
1
2. 192
_________________
2,364
1,455
909
-
_________________
6,488
6,488
--------
511
6,999
----------------
------
438
--------
6,945
7,383
-------------
ds--------------
-------
--------
-------
------
----
------
3
196
3
196
-----??------
------
--------
-----
124
124
-----------------
a- --
--------
--------
-----.
2
2
-----------
---------------
-------
-------
--------
--------
--------
-------
------ ---
4
---
4
--------------
Tome-----------
--------
-------=
--------
--------
--------
--------
----1 -
-------
----
---- __.:
-----------------
438
438
_
7,712
289
289
1,118
1,407
100
90
10
-----
90
---------?----?
----------------
-----------------
----------------
----------------
--------
--------
--------
---- ---
--------
250
--------
---------
--------
--------
--------
--------
---------
--------
--------
768
----------
---- ------
-----------
-----------
1,018
------ ---
------
------
-----------
---------------
250
250
--------
768
1,018
-------------- -
3,295
1,773
1,522
__
1,773
----------------
1,698
1,441
267
1
-
-
-
1.442
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land-Continue
Pitcairn Islands-
St. Christopher,
St.. Helen----_-_
St. Lucia________
St. Vincent______
Seychelles____
Southern Rhodes
Swaziland-------
Turks and Caico
Zanzibar ---------
Greeco__.__---_---
Hungary____________
Iceland____________
Ireland
Italy ---------------
Latvi,~_------------
Liechtenstein --------
Lithuania -- --- .--- - - -
Luxembourg_____.___
Malta_______________
Monaco __________-_-
Netherlands. ________.
Netherlands Anti
Surillain_________
Total_______
Norway------------
Polanil__.__-____--__
Portugal _____________
Angola_________.
Cape Verde Islan
Macau ______-_--_
Mozainbique_ _ .. _
1:'ortuguese Guine
Portuguese India
-
Portuguese Timor
Principe and Sao
Total__________
Rumania________
San Marino ______-___
Spain----------------
Fernando o_ _ _ _
Ifni--------------
Rio Muni ________
Spanish Sahara__
Total__________
Sweden_____________
-
Switzerland_______?__
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TABLE X.- Use of immigrant visa numbers (by country or area of birth or quota chargeability), fiscal year 1966-Continued
Quota n
umbers
Quota n
umbers
Annual
Pool
Total
Annual
Pool
Total
Quota area
quota
numbers
numbers
Quota area
quota
numbers
numbers
Used
Not
used
used 1
Used
Not
used
used 1
used
used
U.S.S.R -----------------------------
2,697
1,669
1,028
61
1,730
Kenya--------------------------------
100
80
20
----------
80
Yugoslavia---------------------------
942
942
--------
1,951
2,893
Liberia------------------------------
Lib
100
100
58
68
42
32
----------
58
68
European total -----------------
149,472
60,677
70,795
33,055
102,732
ya---------------------------------
Malagasy Republic -------------------
i
M
100
100
4
4
96
96
----------
----------
4
4
ASIA
alaw
-------------------------------
Mali---------------------------------
100
--------
100
----------
----------
----------
Afghanistan --------------------------
100
26
74
----------
26
Mauritania ---------------------------
100
3
97
----------
3
Arabian Peninsula--------------------
100
26
74
------
26
Morocco------------------------------
100
100
--------
104
204
Asia-Pacifica
68
68
--------
----------
68
Niger---------------------------------
100
----- --
100
----------
----------
Bhutan-------------------------------
100
--------
----------
----------
Nigeria-------------------------------
149
99
50
99
Burma--------------------------------
100
100
-----
81
181
Rwanda------------------------------
100
7
93
----------
7
Cambodia
---------------------------
100
11
89
----------
11
Senegal-------------------------------
100
4
06
---------
4
;
Ceylon --------------------------------
100
74
26
----------
74
Sierra Leone --------------------------
100
16
84
..-_-____-_
16
---------------------------
China
-
100
100
--------
12,721
12,821
SomallRepublic ----------------------
- 100
5
95
----------
5
---
-
Chinese persons s---------------------
105
105
-------
South Africa, Republic ot_------------
100
100
--------
99
199
Cyprus -------------------------------
100
100
--------
142
242
South West Africa --------------------
100
7
93
----------
7
India
-------- ----------------------
100
100
--------
1,971
2,071
Sudan-------------------------------
100
65
35
----------
65
-
Indonesia----------------------------
200
200
--------
51
251
Tanganyika --------------------------
100
18
82
----------
18
Iran----------------------------------
100
; 100
--------
268
368
Togo--------------------------------
100
2
98
----------
2
Iraq----------------------------------
100
100
--------
407
507
Tunisia------------------------------
100
79
21
24
103
Israel---------------------------------
100
100
--------
340
440
Uganda ---------------------------
100
16
84
----------
16
Japan---------------------------------
185
185
--------
601
786
United Arab Republic ------------
100
100
--------
485
585
Jordan--------------------------------
100
100
--------
82
182
Upper Volta---------------------
100
--------
100
----------
----------
Korea---------------------------------
100
100
-_-- _-
440
540
1
Zambia ---------------------------
100
38
62
----------
38
Kuwait-------------------------------
100
100
1
8
99
92
----------
----------
186
8
286
African total____________________
4,274
1,156
3,118
712
1,868
Malaysia_____________________________
100
400
100
176
--------
224
1
177
NORTH AMERICA
Muscat and Oman --------------------
100
--------
100
-
NepaL
100
5
05
5
lainaicaa
35
35
35
Pakistan--_--_-______________________
100
100
--__
290
632
Trinidad and Tobago a
47
47
______
-47
Palestine, Arab_______________________
Philippines__________________________
100
100
100
100
--------
3,086
3,186
7
North American total___________
82
82
--------
Saudi Arabia_________________________
Syria
100
100
7
100
93
--------__
76
176
OCEANIA
-
Thailand_____________________________
100
92
8
1
93
-
Turkey
225
225
467
682
Australia---`-------------------------
--------
100
156
256
Vietnam--___-_--____________________
100
100
1
101
Christmas Island----------------
--------
----
------
----------
100
87
13
87
Cocos Islands--------------------
--------
-------
----------
2
34
Papua----------------------------
--------
-------
---------
Asian total______________________
3,883
2,796
1, 087
1, 6
24, 430
T
t
l
100
100
-
156
256
AFRICA
___________________________
o
a
Nauru________________________________
100
--------
--------
1
__________
---------
Algeria-------------------------------
574
123
451
----------
123
New Guinea -------------------------
100
1
99
-
----------
Burundi ------------------------------
Cameroon----------------------------
100
151
4
--------
96
151
----------
-
4
Zealand-------------------------
--------
100
--------
11
111
Central African Republic_____________
100
1
99
----------
1
Cook Islands ---------------------
________
________
________
__________
----------
Chad --------------------------------
Congo (Brazzaville)___________________
100
100
--------
--------
100
100
- --------
----------
----------
----------
100
_ ______
11
111
Congo (Kinshasa)____________________
100
15
85
15
c Islands ------------------------
100
100
___----
43
143
Dahomey----------------------------
100
--------
100
-
Tonga, Kingdom of-------------------
100
96
4
----------
96
Ethiopia______________________________
100
64
36
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64
Western Samoa ----------------------
100
78
22
----------
78
Gabon--------------------------------
Ghana --------------------------------
100
100
1
74
99
26
----------
----------
74
Oceania total ------------------
700
475
225
210
685
Guinea------------------------------
Ivory Coast___________________________
100
100
--------
1
100
99
----------
----------
---------
1
Grand total ---------------------
158,411
74,186
484,225
56,611
129,797
1 The total amount of visa numbers used necessarily differs from the total volume of s Numbers transferred to the quota for China upon the abolition of the Asia-Pacific
visas issued since the latter include unused issued visas from which the numbers were triangle provisions under Public Law 89-236.
recaptured in accordance with see. 206 of the act. 4 This total constitutes the immigration pool for fiscal year 1967.
a Quotas abolished on Dec. 1, 1965, the effective date of Public Law 89-236.
Mr. FONG. Mr. President, among the
many thousands of cases in which !in-
migrants benefited under the new law
are the following:
A native of Poland, admitted to this
country as a displaced person and then
naturalized, finally located his parents-
who were living in the Soviet Union.
The new act permits parents of citizens
to be admitted without any numerical
restriction, and their visa applications
were quickly approved.
A native of China was admitted to the
United States and saw his brother for
the first time in 42 years. He was a resi-
dent of Hong Kong and faced a long wait
for a quota number. But since the new
law provides that unused quota numbers
from other countries will be reassigned to
those with long waiting lists, he got one.
A skilled electrical engineer, working
on research,, projects sponsored by the
U.S. Air Force, faced an uncertain future.
He was from Korea, the quota of which
was very oversubscribed. The new law
enabled him to become a permanent
resident, because he had a profession
which the Department of Labor had de-
termined to be in short supply-in other
words, he would not be filling a job which
an American would have had.
A physician from Lebanon had per-
formed noted heart surgery and research
since coming here in 1959. Because the
old quota for Lebanon was filled, he could
not become a permanent resident-until
the new law went into effect in December
1965.
A physicist from Italy now at work in a
satellite tracking project, and a doctor
from Japan who was a distinguished
teacher and, specialist in diseases of the
ear, were also permitted to stay in the
country under the new law.
Mr. President, our Nation has been the
great pilot demonstration of the most
influential principles and ideals in his-
tory. The American philosophy of the
inherent equality of all men, regardless of
race, creed, color, or national origin is an
ideal worthy of our great Nation.
I am overjoyed that at long last, in our
immigration policies and laws, we are
living up to that ideal, and that all the
world can continue to look to America as
the bastion of freedom and opportunity.
A. WILLIS ROBERTSON
Mr. ERVIN. Mr. President, last fall
Senator Robertson, then chairman of the
Committee on Banking and Currency,
went to San Francisco to address the
American Bankers Association. While at
that meeting, he spoke first at the na-
tional bank division on October 24, and
then at the second general convention
session on October 26.
Senator Roberston was introduced to
the American Bankers Association Gen-
eral Convention Session by Mr. Archie
K. Davis, immediate past president of
the American Bankers Association and
chairman of the board of the Wachovia
Bank & Trust Co., of Winston-Salem,
N.C. It was a privilege for Mr. Davis to
present Senator Robertson to this dis-
tinguished group, and it is a privilege for
me to make available to the Senate and
the country the tributes to Senator
Robertson and Senator Robertson's re-
marks.
Accordingly, I ask unanimous consent
that the remarks made at the national
bank division meeting of the American
Bankers Association on October.24 and
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE March 7, 1967
the remarks made at the second general
convention session on October 26 be
printed at this point in the RECORD.
There being no objection, the remarks
were ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
RECOGNITION OF SENATOR A. WILLIS ROB-
ERTSON, DURING THE SECOND GENERAL
CONVENTION SESSION OF THE AMERICAN
BANKERS ASSOCIATION, OCTOBER 26, 1966, BY
PAST PRESIDENT ARCHIE K. DAVIS
Mr. DAVIS: Ladies and gentlemen, as this
convention draws to a close, it is our high
privilege to welcome and to pay tribute to
a great American. By any standard of meas-
urement, our honored guest has led a re-
markably successful life.
He Is now completing 50 years of continu-
ous public service. He has served seven years
in the Virginia State Senate, four years as
Commonwealth's Attorney for Rockbridge
County, six years in the Governor's Cabinet
of the Commonwealth, fourteen years in the
House of Representatives of the United
States Congress, and twenty years as United
States Senator from Virginia.
He has served in Congress longer than any
other Virginian in the history of that great
Commonwealth save and except for Howard
Smith.
Our honored guest today has never been
repudiated on a single issue in his native
state. In his remarkably long career of pub-
lic service, he has achieved great distinction
in the field of taxation, trade and banking.
In the House he was one of the outstand-
ing champions of the whole reciprocal trade
agreements. He co-authored and assisted
in the preparation of twelve tax bills includ-
ing those bills which financed our partici-
pation in the Second World War.
In the Senate, he was the author of the
Financial Institutions Act of 1957. In my
judgment and in the judgment of many, this
is the greatest single piece of banking legis-
lation in this century, except perhaps for the
creation of the Federal Reserve by our dis-
tinguished Senator's associate from Virginia.
He has served as Chairman of the Banking
and Currency Committee since 1959. I think
it is a matter of documented evidence that
since that date not one single bill that has
been reported out favorably by his commit-
tee has been repudiated by the Senate, nor
has there been a major revision of a single
bill reported out by that committee.
He serves as Chairman of the Joint Com-
mittee on Defense Production in the Senate
and is Acting Chairman of the Defense Ap-
propriations Subcommittee.
The accomplishments and the successes
of this. distinguished citizen, as great as they
have been, are not necessarily the true mark
of the man but rather in my judgment the
real man is to be found in his deeply reli-
gious background, in his rare sense of duty
and obligation and in his genuine dedication
to public service, and in his continuing and
endless pursuit of the ideals of a true pa-
triot.
The fact that he has been a public servant
for fifty years constantly exposed to the glare
of publicity, accountable always to the peo-
ple, constantly involved in the legislative
process which, as you well know, requires
that delicate balance between political prag-
matism and principle without the sacrifice
of principle.
There has never been a question about
where this public servant stands. There has
never been a question about his courage
under fire, nor of his determination in pur-
suit of worthy goals and of the manner in
which he handles power with true humility.
These are the marks of a great man and of
a good man and of a man of character. I
feel that it is coincidentally appropriate that
I should have this privilege today of paying
tribute to a great Virginian. You see, we
in North Carolina have been nurtured in the
art of paying tribute for nigh, well now over
300 years.
Of late some of my banker friends In Vir-
ginia have felt that I was drifting away from
a proper position of deference to my friends
in the state just to the north. I think that
is the only explanation for their unprece-
dented support of my candidacy as Presi-
dent of the American Bankers Association
about two years ago.
They were aware of the fact that the Pres-
ident must travel the country, that he must
see and that he must learn from observa-
tion.
May I say I have traveled; may I say I
have learned; and now I can say that I do
know that the oldest, the first perma-
nent English settlement in America was at
Jamestown, Virginia, that the Father of
Texas was none other than Stephen F. Aus-
tin of Virginia, and when that great state
became involved with Mexico to the South,
it was none other than a Virginia, Sam Hous-
ton of the Senator's own county, Rockbridge
County who came to their rescue in the great
battle of San Jacinto.
I know it was George Rogers Clark of Al-
bemarle, Virginia who was the great defender
of Kentucky and the conquerer of the North-
west. I know for instance that James Rum-
sey of Virginia was the first to operate a
steamboat successfully. It was not Robert
Fulton of New York.
I know that it was Lewis and Clark, also
of Albemarle County, also of Virginia, who
explored the Great Northwest. They were
the first white men to see and explore the
great state of Idaho. I know that the first
white man to be buried in the soil of Iowa
was Sergeant Floyd of the Commonwealth
of Virginia. He was attached, Senator, to
tile Lewis and Clark Expedition.
I know that Daniel Boone who was born
and raised within fifteen miles of my home
in the great state of North Carolina was a
North Carolinian, but I have now been to
Fort Defiance, Missouri. That is where his
mortal remains rest. That was the site of
his last home and the historic marker says
of Daniel Boone that he spent practically all
of his life, without mention of North Caro-
lina, he spent practically all of his life in
Kentucky and Pennsylvania and that the
historic objects and artifacts and furniture
in his home which is restored and preserved
there in Fort Defiance came from his ances-
tral home in Virginia.
Then only two months ago I learned that
in order to acquire a bride, he had to go to
Fincastle, Virginia, in order to get his mar-
riage license, Senator.
I now know if there were to be three
future Presidents of the United States en-
gaged in a battle on American soil it had to
be in Virginia.
As a matter of fact, it was just about
eleven miles north of Salem, Virginia,
known as the Battle of Hanging Rock, and
there participating in the battle were Ruth-
erford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield and Wil-
liam McKinley-all future Presidents of
these United States.
Now, Senator, I have taken the liberty of
indulging in these historic thoughts for the
simple reason that I might make a confes-
sion, if I may say, to purify my soul so that
I may pay proper tribute to a great Vir-
ginian and at the same time explain why,
Senator, we continue to hold onto twenty
square miles of territory that lie just above
the parallel of 36 degrees, 30 minutes that
divides the Commonwealth of Virginia from
North Carolina.
Ladies and gentlemen, that piece of land
has been under dispute and under litiga-
tion for 300 years. Only in January of 1965
as recently the Governor of Virginia and
the Governor of North Carolina named the
8th Joint Commission hopefully to see if
they could resolve that dispute.
I would only say by virtue of the com-
ments I have made about the great history
of Virginia that, Senator, that is North Car-
olina's chief claim to fame. North Carolina
owns twenty square miles of the sacred soil
of Virginia, and we don't aim to release it.
Senator, will you join me here.
[The audience arose and applauded.]
Senator, on behalf of your many friends
in The American Bankers Association and
friends all over this nation it is a rare per-
sonal privilege for me to present to you this
tray as a token of our commendation and
of our love and our affection for a great
statesman, a great Virginian. and a great
American, and on this tray is inscribed the
following:
"To the Honorable A. Willis Robertson.
United States Senator from the Common-
wealth of Virginia, Chairman, Senate Bank-
ing and Currency Committee, in recognition
of his thirty-four consecutive years of dis-
tinguished service to the nation as a member
of the United States Congress and in tribute
to his profound and courageous advocacy of
sound financial legislation, presented on be-
half of the Banking Community at the 92nd
Annual Convention of The American Bank-
ers Association, San Francisco, California.
October 26, 1966."
Ladies and gentlemen, the distinguished
Senior Senator from the Commonwealth of
Virginia, the Honorable A. Willis Robertson.
] Applause ]
REMARKS OF THE HONORABLE A. WILLIS ROBERT-
SON, U.S. SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF
VIRGINIA, CHAIRMAN, BANKING AND CURRENCY
COMMITTEE
Senator ROBERTSON. Mr. Chairman, Mr.
President, Mr. Former President, honored
guests, ladies and gentlemen: This is a happy
moment in my life.
Think of a mountaineer who has lived in
the shadows of the Blue Ridge Mountains all
of his life, who thought a bank was a large
institution if it had a capital of $100,000.
Being given the tribute of the bankers of
the greatest nation in the world as having
made some contribution to the banks in the
billion dollar class as well as to those in the
thousand dollar class, I shall always treasure
the memory of the twenty years that I have
been privileged to work for and with you.
I feel I can say with Kipling:
"I have eaten your bread and your salt
I have drunk your water and wine
That death shall die once beside
The lives you lived have been mine."
If I have been able to learn anything about
the principles of banking, it is due to the
fact that in my opinion the type of honesty
we need in the small country banks Is the
type we need in the big city banks. The type
of sound money we need in the country banks
is the type that all bankers need.
And the private enterprise that has per-
mitted the United States to have the only
free banking system in the entire world-
think of that-the only really free banking
system in the world-is needed in the metro-
politan areas as well as in our country areas,
I have no words to adequately express my
deep appreciation of the more than kind
and generous and flattering introduction
that has been given to me to this fine au-
dience. I can assure my friend Archie we
appreciate North Carolina more than he
realizes.
We know that while the first permanent
settlement of Jamestown, there was a settle-
ment down at Madeo. The Indians wiped
it out and all we have left of that memory is
a Scuppernung Virginia Dare Wine named
for the first little white girl born in the
United States.
Of course, we are proud of George Wash-
ington. As Archie said, Virginia has sent
some really great men to Texas-it is a great
state-Austin-Sam Houston.
Well, we couldn't let Texas claim Wash-
ington. You know this fellow from East
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