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October 7, 1969 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD? HOUSE
(By unanimous consent, Mr. HALL was
allowed to proceed for 2 additional min-
utes.)
Mr. HALL. Mr. Chairman, the Navy is
authorized to invest and fund 76 percent
of all oceanographic studies. There is a
separate Institute on Oceanography, it is
chaired by the Navy. Then we have the
Oceanographic Institutes. I believe there
Is one in San Diego, and I think there is
one additional one which we use as a
laboratory, and which we fund in author-
ized appropriations for consultation to
the Oceanographic Institute, and the
Intergovernmental oceanographic agen-
cies.
To go on down the list here is perhaps
useless. I think I have made my point,
and I simply throw out a warning that in
the blessed name of science and research,
and in spite of the importance and need
of garnering onto ourselves line item re-
view of essential projects?and I compli-
ment the committee for doing that?;
that we constantly be alert less we do
Invade the jurisdiction of other commit-
tees, but even more so that we double
expenses from the taxpayers' pocket in
research that redownds without produc-
ing benefit.
I believe that one cannot go further
this time, although one can continue
going through item by item as, indeed,
I have in the report, and marked pluses
or minuses on every one of the authoriza-
tions that are set ciut here, I think it
serves no purpose except to alert and
put on notice those who have garnered
unto themselves that they must at all
expenses avoid duplication, additive work,
unnecessary research that overlaps, and,
above all, read history to see if the needed
knowledge is available before the re-
search is authorized.
Mr. FULTON of Pennsylvania. Mr.
Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. HALL. I yield to the gentleman
from Pennsylvania.
Mr. FULTON of Pennsylvania. Mr.
Chairman, I would like to compliment
the gentleman on making an excellent
point. Our Committee on Science and
Astronautics has tried to prevent over-
lap, particularly in the Department of
Defense, and the National Institutes of
Health, and some progress has been made
by the new Secretary of the Air Force.
We have been so much opposed toward
putting a program under the DOT and
?the Air Force for a manned orbiting
laboratory, and then a program of very
similar nature under NASA for a manned
orbiting laboragory.'That manned orbit-
ing laboratork program has" not been
canceled. I believe we should go forward,
as the gentleman said, and make sure on
these line-by-line items that we will pro-
vide adequate research but no duplica-
tion.
Mr. HALL. Mr. Chairman, I thank the
gentleman for his contribution. I would
only add one sentence, and that is that
the statement of the gentleman from
Pennsylvania is true if, it is within the
bounds of military security, which can-
not be here discussed.
(Mr. HALL asked and was given per-
mission to revlse and extend his re-
marks.),
The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gen-
tleman from Missouri has expired.
The CHAIRMAN. Under the rule, the
Committee rises.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and
the Speaker having resumed the chair,
MT. CHARLES H. WILSON, Chairman of
the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union, reported that
that Committee having had under con-
sideration the bill (H.R. 10878) to au-
thorize appropriations for activities of
the National Science Foundation, and for
other purposes, pursuant to House Reso-
lution 475, he reported the bill back to
the House with sundry amendments
adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
The SPEAKER. Under the rule, the
previous question is ordered.
Is a separate vote demanded on any
amendment? If not, the Chair will put
them en gros.
The amendments were agreed to.
The SPEAKER. The question is on the
engrossment and third reading of the
bill.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed
and read a third time, and was read the
third time.
The SPEAKER. The question is on the
passage of the bill.
The question was taken; and the
Speaker announced the ayes appeared
to have it.
Mr. FULTON of Pennsylvania. Mr.
Speaker, I object to the vote on the
ground that a quorum is not present and
make the point of order that a quorum
Is not present.
The SPEAKER. Evidently a quorum is
not present.
The Doorkeeper will close the doors,
the Sergeant at Arms will notify absent
Members, and the Clerk will call the roll.
The question was taken; and there
were?yeas 384, nays 5, not voting 42,
as follows:
Abernethy
Adair
Adams
Addabbo
[Roll NO. 2071 '
YEAS-384
Burke, Fla.
Burke, Mass.
Burleson, Tex.
Burlison, Mo.
Alexander Burton, Calif.
Anderson, Bush
Calif. Button
Anderson, Ill. Byrne, Pa.
Andrews, Ala. Byrnes, Wis.
-Andrews, Cabelr
N. Dak. Caffery
Annunzio Camp
Arends Carter
Ashbrook Casey
Ashley Cederberg
Aspinall Celler
Ayres Chamberlain
Baring Chappell
Barrett Clancy
Beall, Md. Clark
Belcher Clausen,
Bell, Calif. Don H.
Bennett Clawson, Del
Betts Clay
Bevil' Cleveland
Biaggi Cohelan
Biester Collier
Blackburn Collins
Blanton Colmer
Blatnik Conable
Boggs Conte
Boland Conyers
Bolling Corbett
Bow Corman
Brademas Coughlin
Bray Cowger
Brinkley Cramer
Brock Culver
Broomfield Daddario
Brotzman Daniel, Va.
Brown, Mich. Daniels, N.J.
Brown, Ohio Davis, Ga.
Broyhill, N.C. de la Garza
Broyhill, Va. Delaney
Buchanan Dellenback
Dennis
Dent
Derwinski
Dickinson
Diggs
Dingell
Donohue
Dorn
Dowdy
Downing
Dulski
Duncan
Dwyer
Eckhardt
Edmondson
Edwards, Ala.
Edwards, Calif.
Edwards, La.
Eilberg
Erlenborn
Esch
Eshleman
Evans, Colo.
Evins, Tenn.
Fallon
Farbstein
Fascell
Feighan
Findley
Fish
Fisher
Flood
Flowers
Foley
Ford, Gerald R.
ford,
' William D.
Fountain
Fraser
Frelinghuysen
Frey
Friedel
Fulton, Pa.
Fulton, Tenn.
Fuqua
Galifianakis McMillan
Gallagher Macdonald,
Garmatz Mass,
Gaydos MacGregor
Gettys Madden
Giaimo Mahon
Gibbons Mailliard
Gilbert Marsh
Gonzalez Martin
Goodling Mathias
Gray Matsunaga
Green, Oreg. May
Green, Pa. Mayne
Griffin Meeds
Griffiths Melcher
Grover Meskill
Gubser Michel
Gude Mikva
Hagan Miller, Calif.
Haley Miller, Ohio
Hamilton Mills
Hammer- Minish
schmidt Mink
Hanley Minshall
Hanna Mize
Hansen, Idaho Mizell
Hansen, Wash. Mollohan
Harsha Monagan
Harvey Montgomery
Hathaway Moorhead
Hawkins Morgan
Hays Morse
Hechler, W. Va. Morton
Heckler, Mass. Mosher
Helstoski Moss
Henderson Murphy, Ill.
Hicks Murphy, N.Y.
Hogan Myers
Holifield Natcher
Horton Nedzi
Hosmer Nelsen
Hull Nichols
Hungate Nix
Hunt Obey
Hutchinson O'Hara
Ichord Olsen
Jacobs O'Neal, Ga.
Jarman O'Neill, Mass.
Johnson, Calif. Ottinger
Johnson, Pa. Passman
Jonas Patman
Jones, Ala. Patten
Jones, N.C. Pepper
Jones, Tenn. Perkins
Karth Pettis
Kastenmeier Philbin
Kazen Pickle
Keith Pike
King Pirnie
Kleppe Poage
Kluczynski Podell
Koch Poff
Kuykendall Pollock
Kyl Preyer, N.C.
Kyros Price, Ill.
Landrum Price, Tex.
Langen Pryor, Ark.
Latta Pucinski
Leggptt Purcell
Lennon Quie
Lloyd Quillen
Long, La. Railsback
Long, Md, Randall
Lowenstein Rarick
Lujan Reid, Ill.
Lukens Reid, N.Y.
McCarthy Reifel
McClory Reuss
McCloskey Riegle
McCulloch Rivers
McDade Roberts
McDonald, Robison
Mich. Rodino
McEwen Rogers, Colo.
McFall Rogers, Fla.
McKneally Rooney, N.Y.
Devine
Gross
Abbitt
Albert
Anderson,
Tenn.
Berry
Bingham
Brasco
Brooks
Brown, Calif.
Burton, Utah
Cahill
Carey
Chisholm
Cunningham
Davis, Wis.
-11916i
Rooney, Pa.
Rostenkowski
Roth
Roudebush
Roybal
Ruppe
Ruth
Ryan
St Germain
Sandman
Satterfield
Schadeberg
Scherle
Scheuer
Schwengel
Scott
Sebelius
Shipley
Shriver
Sikes
Sisk
Skubitz
Slack
Smith, Calif.
Smith, Iowa
Smith, N.Y.
Snyder
Springer
Stafford
Staggers
Stanton
Steed
Steiger, Ariz.
Steiger, Wis.
Stokes
Stratton
Stubblefield
Sullivan
Symington
Taft
Talcott
Taylor
Teague, Calif.
Teague, Tex.
Thompson, Ga.
Thompson, N.J.
Thomson, Wis.
Tiernan
Udall
Ullman
Utt
Van Deerlin
Vander Jagt
Vanik
Vigorito
Waggonner
Waldie
Wampler
Watkins
Watson
Watts
Weicker
Whalen
White
Whitehurst
Whitten
Widnall
Wiggins
Williams
Wilson, Bob
Wilson,
Charles H.
Winn
Wold
Wolff
Wright
Wyatt
Wydler
Wylie
Wyman
Yates
Young
Zablocki
Zion
Zwach
NAYS-5
Hall Saylor
O'Konski
NOT VOTING-42
Dawson
Denney
Flynt
Foreman
Goldwater
Halpern
Harrington
Hastings
Hebert
Howard
Kee
Kirwan
Landgrebe
Lipscomb
McClure
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Pelly
Powell
Rees
Rhodes
Rosenthal
St. Onge
Schneebeli
Stephens
Stuckey
Tunney
Whalley
Yatron
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD? HOUSE October 7, 196)9
So the bill was passed.
The Clerk announced the following
pairs:
Mr. Hebert with Mr. Rhodes-
Mr. Brasco with Mr. Halpern.
Mr. Albert with Mr. Berry.
Mr. Kirwan with Mr. Sohneebeli.
Mr. Tunney with Mr. PeIly.
Mr. Corey with Mr. Cahill.
Mr. St. Onge with Mr. Burton of Utah.
Mr. Rosenthal with Mr. Whalley.
Mr. Howard with Mr. Cunningham.
Mr. Abbott with Mr. Landgrebe.
Mr. Anderson of Tennessee with Mr.
Denney.
Mr. Brooks with Mr. Davis of Wisconsin.
Mr. Flynt with Mr. Foreman.
Mr. Brown of California with Mr. Hastings.
Mr. Mann with Mr. Goldwater.
Mr. Stuckey with Mr. Lipscomb.
Mr. Yatron with Mr. McClure
Mr. Rees with Mr. Powell.
Mr. Harrington. with Mrs. Chisholm.
Mr Kee with Mr. Dawson.
Mr Bingham with Mr. Stephens.
The result of the vote was announced
as above recorded.
The doors were opened.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the
table.
Mr. DADDARIO. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent for the immediate
consideration of S. 1857, to authorize ap-
propriations for activities of the National
Science Foundation pursuant to Public
Law 81-507, as amended, a Senate bill
similar to that just passed by the House.
The Clerk read the title of the Senate
bill.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from
Connecticut?
There was no objection.
The Clerk read the Senate bill, as
follows:
S. 1857
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in. Congress assembled, That there
is hereby authorized to be appropriated to
the National Science Foundation for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, to enable
It to carry out its powers and duties under
the National Science Foundation Act of 1950,
as amended, and under title IX of the Na-
tional Defense Education Act of 1958, out
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, $487,150,000.
SEC. 2. Appropriations made pursuant to
authority provided in section 1 shall remain
available for obligations, for expenditure, or
for obligation and expenditure, for such
period or periods as may be specified in Acts
making such appropriations.
SEC. 3, Section 14 of the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended by Pub-
lic Law 90-407 (82 Stat. 360), is amended by
adding to the end thereof the following new
subsection;
"(i) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the authorization of any appropria-
tion to the Foundation shall expire (unless
an earlier expiration is specifically pro-
vided) at the close of the third fiscal year
following the fiscal year for which the au-
thorization was enacted, to the extent that
such appropriation has not theretofore ac-
tually been made."
SEC. 4. Appropriations made pursuant to
this Act may be used, but not to exceed
$2,500, for official reception and representa-
tion expenses upon the approval or authority
of the Director, and his determination shall
be final and conclusive upon the account-
ing officers-of the Government.
SEC. 5. In addition to such sums as are
authorized by section 1 hereof, not to exceed
$3,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated
for expenses of the National Science Foun-
dation incurred outside the United States
to be paid for in foreign currencies which
the Treasury Department determines to be
excess to the norms)/ requirements of the
United States.
Sec. 6. Nothwithstanding any provision of
the National Science Foundation Act of 1950,
or any other provision of law, the Director of
the National Science Foundation shall keep
the Committee on Science and Astronautics
of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of
the Senate fully and currently informed with
respect to all of the activities of the National
Science Foundation.
Sec. 7. This Act may be cited as the "Na-
tional Science Foundation Act Amendments
of 1969."
AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. DADDARIO
Mr. DADDARIO. Mr. Speaker, I offer
an amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:
Amendment offered by Mr. DADDARIO:
Strike out all after the enacting clause
of the bill S. 1857 and insert in lieu thereof
the provisions of H.R. 10878, as passed, as
follows:
"That there is hereby authorized to be
appropriated to the National Science Foun-
dation for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1970, to enable it to carry out its powers
and duties under the National Science Foun-
dation Act of 1950, as amended, and under
title IX of the National Defense Education
Act of 1958, out of any money in the Treas-
ury not otherwise appropriated, $474,305,000.
"Sec. 2. Appropriations made pursuant to
authority provided in section 1 shall remain
available for obligation, for expenditure, or
for obligation and expenditure, for such pe-
riod or periods as may be specified in Acts
making such appropriations.
"Sec. 3. Appaopriations made pursuant to
this Act may be used, but not to exceed
$2,500, for official reception and representa-
tion expenses upon the approval or authority
of the Director, and his determination shall
he final and conclusive upon the accounting
officers of the Government.
"Sec. 4. In addition to such sums as are
authorized by section 1 hereof, not to exceed
$3,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated
for expenses of the National Science Founda-
tion incurred outside the United States to
be paid for in foreign currencies which the
Treasury Department determines to be excess
to the normal requirements of the United
States.
"Sec. 5. Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the authorization of any appro-
priation to the National Science Foun-
dation shall expire (unless an earlier ex-
piration is specifically provided) at the
close of the first fiscal year following the
fiscal year in which the authorization was
enacted, to the extent that such appropria-
tion has not theretofore actually been made.
"Sec. 6. Notwithstanding any provision of
the National Science Foundation Act of 1950,
or any other provision of law, the Director
of the National Science Foundation shall
keep the Committee on Science and Astro-
nautics of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
of the Senate fully and currently informed
With respect to all of the activities of the
National Science Foundation.
"Sec. 7. If any institution of higher edu-
cation determines, after affording notice and
opportunity for hearing to an individual at-
tending or employed by such institution?
(a) that such individual has, after the
date of the enactment of this act, willfully
refused to obey a lawful regulation or order
of such institution and that such refusal
was of a serious nature and contributed to
the disruption of the administration of such
institution; or
"(b) that such individual has been con-
victed in any Federal, State, or local court
of competent jurisdiction of inciting, pro-
moting, or carrying on a riot, or convicted of
any group activity resulting in material dam-
age to property, or injury to persons, found
to be in violation of Federal, State, or local
laws designed UP protect persons or property
in the community concerned;
then the institution shall deny any further
paamaents to or for the benefit of euch indi-
vidual which (but for this section) would
be due or payable to such individual and no
part of any funds appropriated pursuant to
this Act shall be available for the payment
of any amount (as salarv, as a loan or grant,
or otherwise) to such individual.
"Sec. 8. This Act may be cited as the "Na-
tional Science Foundation Authorization Act,
1970."
Amend the title so as to read: "An Act to
authorize appropriations for activities of the
National Science Foundation, and for other
purposes."
The amendment was agreed to.
The Senate bill was ordered to be read
a third time, was read the third time,
and passed.
Thetitle was amended so as to read:
"To authorize appropriations for activ-
ities of the National Science Foundation,
and for other purposes."
A motion to reconsider was laid on the
table.
A similar House bill (H.R. 10878) was
laid on the table.
GENERAL LEAVE
Mr. DADDARIO. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent that all Members
may have 5 legislative days in which to
revise and extend their remarks on the
bill just passed.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from Con-
necticut?
There was no objection.
ELECTION TO STANDING COM-
MITTEE -
Mr. GERALD R. FORD. Mr. Speaker, I
offer a Privileged resolution (H. Res. 571)
and ask for its immediate consideration.
The Clerk read the resolution as
follows:
H. RES. 571
"Resolved, That Charlotte T. Reid, of
Illinois, be and she is hereby elected a mem-
ber of the standing committee of the House
of Representatives on Standards of Official
Conduct."
The resolution was agreed to.
A mai to reconsider was laid on the
table. ?
AMENDING SUBCHAPTER III OF
CHAPTER 83, TITLE 5, UNITED
STATES CODE?CIVIL SERVICE
RETIREMENT
Mr. DANIELS of New Jersey. Mr.
Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take
froill the Speaker's desk the bill (HR.
9825) to amend subchapter III of chap-
ter 83 of title 5, United States Code, re-
lating to civil service retirement, and for
other purposes, with a Senate amend-
ment thereto, and concur in the Senate
amendment.
The Clerk read the title of the bilL
The Clerk read the Senate amendment,
as follows:
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Strike out all after the enacting clause and
insert: That this Act may be cited as the
"Civil Service Retirement Amendments of
1969".
TITLE I-CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT
FINANCING
SEC. 101. Section 8331 of title 5, United
States.Code, is amended-
(1) by striking out "and" at the end of
paragraph (15);
(2) by striking out the period at the end
of paragraph (16) and inserting a semicolon
in lieu thereof; and
(3) by adding immediately below para-
graph (16) the following new paragraphs:
"(17) 'normal cost' means the entry-age
normal cost computed by the Civil Service
Commission in accordance with generally ac-
cepted actuarial practice and expressed as a
level percentage of aggregate basic pay;
"(18) 'Fund balance' Means the sum of-
"(A) the investments of the Fund calcu-
lated at par value; and
"(B) the cash balance of the Fund on the
books of the Treasury; and
"(19) 'unfunded liabilty' means the esti-
mated excess of the present value of all
benefits payable from the Fund to employees
and Members and former employees and
Members, subject to this subchapter, and to
their survivors, over the sum of-
(A) the present value of deductions to be
withheld from the future basic pay of em-
ployees and Members currently subject to
this subchapter and of future agency con-
tributions to be made in their behalf; plus
"(B) the present value of Government
payments to the Fund under section 8348(f)
of this title; plus
"(C) the Fund balance as of the date the
unfunded liability is determined.".
SEC. 102. (a) Section 8334 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended-
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read
as follows:
"(a) (1) The employing agency shall de-
duct and withhold 7 percent of the basic pay
of an employee, 71/2 percent of the basic pay
of a Congressional employee, and 8 percent
of the basic pay of a Member. An equal
amount shall be contributed from the ap-
propriation or fund used to pay/the employee
or, in the case of an elected official, from an
appropriation or fund available for payment
of other salaries of the same office or estab-
lishment. When an employee in the legis-
lative branch is paid by the Clerk of the
House of Representatives, the Clerk may pay
from the contingent fund of the House the
contribution that otherwise would be con-
tributed from the appropriation or fund
used to pay the employee.
"(2) The amounts so deducted and with-
held, together with the amounts so contrib-
uted, shall be deposited in the Treasury of
the United States to the credit of the Fund
under such procedures as the Comptroller
General of the United States may prescribe.
Deposits made by an 'employee or Member
also shall be credited to the Fund."; and
(2) by amending subsection (c) to read as
follows:
"(c) Each employee or Member credited
with civilian service after July 31, 1920, for
which retirement deductions or deposits
have not been made, may deposit with in-
terest an amount equal to the following
percentages of his basic pay received for
that service:
"Percentage of basic pay:
Employee: Service period
21/2 August 1, 1920, to June 30, 1926.
31/2 July 1, 1926, to June 30, 1912.
_____ July 1, 1942, to June 30, 1948.
6 July 1, 1948, to October 31,
1956,
61/2 November 1, 1956, to Decem-
ber 31, 1969.
7 After December 31, 1969.
Member or employee for congressional em-
ployee service:
1/2 August 1,1920, to June 30, 1926.
31/2 July 1, 1926, to June 30, 1942.
5 July 1, 1912, to June 30, 1948.
6 July 1, 1948, to October 31,
1956.
61/2 November 1, 1956, to Decem-
ber 31, 1969.
71/2 After December 31, 1969.
Member for Member service:
21/2 August 1,1920, to June 30, 1926.
31/2 July 1, 1926, to June 30, 1942.
5 July 1, 1942, to August 1, 1946.
6 August 2, 1946, to October 31,
1956.
71/2 November 1, 1956, to Decem-
ber 31, 1969.
8 After December 31, 1969.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this subsection, the deposit with respect to a
period of service referred to in section 8332
(b) (6) of this title performed before Janu-
ary 1, 1969, shall be an amount equal to 55
percent of a deposit computed in accordance
With such provisions.".
(b) The amendment made by subsection
(a) (1) of this section shall become effective
at the beginning of the first applicable pay
period beginning after December 31, 1969.
SEC. 103. (a) Section 8348 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended-
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read
as follows:
"(a) There is a Civil Service Retirement
and Disability Fund. The Fund-
(1) is appropriated for the payment of-
"(A) benefits as provided by this sub-
chapter; and
"(B) administrative expenses incurred by
the Civil Service Commission in placing in
effect each annuity adjustment granted un-
der section 8340 of this title; and
"(2) is made available, subject to such an-
nual limitation as the Congress may pre-
scribe, for any expenses incurred by the
Commission in connection with the admin-
istration of this chapter and other retire-
ment and annuity statutes."; and
(2) by striking out subsections (f) and
(g) and inserting in lieu thereof:
"(f) Any statute which authorizes-
"(1) new or liberalized benefits payable
from the Fund, including annuity increases
other than under section 8340 of this title;
"(2) extension of the coverage of this sub-
chapter to new groups of employees; or
"(3) increases in pay on which benefits
are computed;
is deemed to authorize appropriations to the
Fund to finance the unfunded liability
created by that statute, in 30 equal annual
installments with interest computed at the
rate used in the then most recent valuation
of the Civil Service Retirement System and
with the first payment thereof due as of the
end of the fiscal year in which each new or
liberalized benefit, extension of coverage, or
increase in pay'is effective.
"(g) At the end of each fiscal year, the
Commission shall notify the Secretary of the
Treasury of the amount equivalent to (1)
interest on the unfunded liability computed
for that year at the interest rate used in the
then must recent valuation of the System,
and (2) that portion of disbursement for an-
nuities for that year which the Commission
estimates is attributable to credit allowed for
military service. Before closing the accounts
for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall credit
to the Fund, as a Government contribution,
out of any money in the Treasury of the
United States not otherwise appropriated,
the following percentages of such amounts:
10 percent for 1971; 20 percent for 1972; 30
percent for 1973; 40 percent for 1971; 50 per-
'cent for 1975; 60 percent for 1976; 70 per-
cent for 1977; 80 percent for 1978; 90 per-
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cent for 1979; and 100 percent for 1980 and
for each fiscal year thereafter. The Commis-
sion shall report to the President and to the
Congress the sums credited to the Fund un-
der this subsection.".
(b) (1) The provisions of subsection (g)
of section 8348 of title 5, United States
Code, as contained in the amendment made
by subsection (a) (2) of this section, shall
become effective at the beginning of the
fiscal year which ends on June 30, 1971.
(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall
not be held, or considered to continue in
effect after the enactment of this Act the
provisions of section 8348(g) of title 5,
United States Code, as in effect immediately
prior to such enactment.
SEC. 104. Section 1308(c) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by striking out
"on a normal cost plus interest basis".
SEC. 105. The proviso under the heading
"Civil Service Commission" and under the
subheading "Payment to Civil Service Re-
tirement and Disability Fund" in title I of
the Independent Offices Appropriation Act,
1962 (75 Stat. 345; Public Law 87-141), is
repealed.
TITLE II-CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT
BENEFITS
SEC. 201. (a) Paragraph (4) (A) of sec-
tion 8331 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
"(A) over any 3 consedutive years of cred-
itable service or, in the case of an annuity
under subsection (d) or (e) (1) of section
8341 of this title based on service of les&
than 3 years, over the total service; or".
(b) Subsection (c) of section 8333 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended to
read as follows:
"(c) A Member or his survivor is eligible
for an annuity under this subchapter only
if the amounts named by section 8334 of
title 5 have been deducted or deposited with
respect to his last five years of civilian serv-
ice, or, in the case of a survivor annuity
under section 8341(d) or (e) (1) of this chap-
ter, with respect to his total service."
SEC. 202. Subsection (g) of section 8334 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended-
(1) by striking out the word "or" at the
end of paragraph (3);
(2) by striking Out the period at the end of
paragraph (4) and inserting in lieu thereof
a semicolon and the word "or"; and
(3) by adding the following new paragraph
immediately below paragraph (4) :
"(5) days of unused sick leave credited
under section 8339(m) of this title.".
SEC. 203. Section 8339 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended-
(1) by striking out of subsection (b) the
words "so much of his service as a Congres-
sional employee and his military service as
does not exceed a total of 15 years" and in-
serting in lieu thereof "his service as a Con-
gressional employee, his military service not
exceeding 5 years,";
(2) by amending subsection (c) (2) to read
as follows:
"(2) his Congressional employee service;
(3) by striking out the last full sentence
of subsection (f);
(4) by striking out "(excluding any in-
crease because of retirement under section
8337 of this title)" in subsection (1); and
(5) by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing new subsection:
"(m) In computing any annuity under
subsections (a)-(d) of this section, the total
service of an employee who retires on an im-
mediate annuity or dies leaving a survivor or
survivors entitled to annuity includes, with-
out regard to the limitations imposed by sub-
section (e) of this section, the days of un-
used sick leave to his credit under a formal
leave system, except that these days will not
be counted in determining average pay or
annuity eligibility under this subchapter.".
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Sec. 204. (a) Subsection (b) of section
8340 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed by inserting "1 percent plus" immediately
after the word "by".
(b) Subsection (e) (2) of such section ia
amended to read as follows:
"(2) For thepurpose of computing the an-
nuity of a child under section 8341(e) of
this title that oomsdences on Or after the first
day of the lint Month that begins on or
after the date of enactment of the Civil
Service Retirement Amendments of 1969, the
items $900, $1,080, $2,700, and $3,240 ap-
pearing in section 8341(e) of this title shall
be increased by the total peicent increases
allowed and in force under this section on or
after such day?and, in ease of a deceased an-
nuitant, the items 60 percent and 75 percent
appearing in section 8341(e) of this title shall
be increased by the total percent allowed
and in force to the annuitant under this sec-
tion on or after such day."
SEc. 205. The provisions of subsection (b)
(1), (d)(3). and (g) of section 8341 of title
5, United States Code, also shall apply in
the case of any widow or widower?
(1) of an employee who died, retired, or
was otherwise finally separated before July 18,
1966;
(2) who shall have remarried on or after
such date; and
(3) who, immediately before such remar-
riage, was receiving annuity from the Civil
Service Retirement and Disability Fund;
except that no annuity shall be paid by
reason of this section for any period prior to
the enactment of this section. No annuity
shall be terminated solely by reason of the
enactment of this section. Notwithstanding
the prohibition contained in the first sen-
tence of this section on the payment of an-
nutty for any period prior to the enactment
of this section, in any case in which the Civil
Service Commission determines that?
(1) the remarriage of any widow or
widower described in such sentence was en-
tered into by the widow or widower in good
faith and in reliance on erroneous informa-
tion provided by Government authority prior
to that remarriage that the then existing
survivor annuity of the widow or widower
would not be terminated because of the re-
marriage; and
(2) such annuity was terminated by law
because of that remarriage;
then payment of annuity may be made by
reason of this section in such case, beginning
as of the effective date of the termination
because of the remarriage.
Sec. 206. (a) The first sentence of subsec-
tion (d) of section. 8341 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
"If an employee of Member dies after com-
pleting at least 18 months of civilian service,
the widow or dependent widower of the em-
ployee or Member is entitled to an annuity
equal to 55 percent of an annuity computed
under section 8339 (a)-(e) and (h) of this
title as may apply with respect to the em-
ployee or Member, except that in the compu-
tation of the annuity under such section, the
annuity of the employee or Member shall be
at least the smaller of (i) 40 percent of his
average pay, or (ii) the sum obtained under
such section after increasing his service of
the type last performed by the period elapsing
between the date of death and the date he
would have become 60 years of age."
(b) Subsection (e) (1) of such section is
amended to read as follows:
"(e) (1) If an employee or Member dies
after completing at least 18 months of civilian
service, or an employee or Member dies after
retiring under this subchapter, and is sur-
vived by a spouse, each surviving child is
entitled to an annuity equal to the smallest
of?
"(A) 60 percent of the average pay of the
employee or Member divided by the number
of children;
"(B) $900; or
"(C) $2,700 divided by the number of chil-
dren; subject to section 8340 of this title. If
the employee or Member is not survived by a
spouse, each surviving child is entitled to an
annuity equal to the smallest of?
"(i) 75 percent of the average pay of the
employee or Member divided by the number
of children;
"(ii) $1,080; or
"(iii) $3,240 divided by the number of
children; subject to section 8340 of this title."
SEC. 207. (a) The amendments made by
sections 201, 202, 203, and 206(a) of this Act
shall not apply in the cases of persons re-
tired or otherwise separated prior to the date
of enactment of this Act, and the rights of
such persons and their survivors shall con-
tinue in the same manner and to the same
extent as if such sections had not been
enacted.
(b) The amendments made by section
204(a) of this Act to section 8340 of title 5,
United States Code, shall apply only to an-
nuity increases which become effective un-
der such section 8340 after the date of
enactment of this Act.
(c) (1) The amendment made by section
206(b) of this Act shall become effective on
the first day of the first month which begins
on or after the date of enactment of this
Act.
(2) The annuity of each surviving child
who, immediately prior to the effective date
of such amendment is receiving an annuity
under section 8341(e) of title 5, United
States Code, or under a comparable provi-
sion of any prior law, or who hereafter be-
comes entitled to receive annuity under the
Act of May 29, 1930, as amended from and
after February 28, 1948, shall be recomputed
effective on such date, or computed from
commencing date if later, in accordance
with such amendment. No increase allowed
and in force prior to such date shall be
included in the computation or recomputa-
tion of any such annuity. This paragraph
shall not operate to reduce any annuity.
Mr. DANIELS of New Jersey (during
the reading). Mr. Speaker,-I ask unani-
mous consent that the further reading
of the Senate amendment be dispensed
with and that it be printed in the RECORD.
The SPEAKER. Without objection, it
is so ordered.
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from New
Jersey (Mr. DANIELS) ?
Mr. GROSS. Mr. Speaker, reserving
the right to object, and I do so in order
that we may have an explanation of the
action of the other body with respect to
this legislation and to ask a few questions
of the gentleman from New Jersey.
Particularly, Mr. Speaker, I would like
to know what additional benefits the
other body put into this bill and whether
the costs of the additional benefits are
covered?
Mr. DANIELS of New Jersey. Mr.
Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. GROSS. I yield to the gentleman.
Mr. DANIELS of New Jersey. I shall
be happy to explain.
The Senate amended the House bill,
HR. 9825, by striking all language fol-
lowing the enacting clause and inserting
the language of S. 2754, as amended.
The Senate amendment retains all of
the provisions of the House-passed bill,
excePt minor technical and perfecting
changes. Exclusive of the liberalized sur-
vivor provisions and additional funding
mechanism added by the Senate amend-
October 71 1969
ment, the only substantive change in the
House-passed version is with respect to
the rate of contribution applicable to
Members of Congress. The House version
continues the Members' contribution
rate at the present 7.5 percent whereas
the Senate version raises -it to 8 per-
cent?no attempt being made in the Sen-
ate to retain the rate of 7.5 percent.
The Senate amendment made changes
in other respects, as to costs of crediting
military service, surviving spouses' bene-
fits, and surviving children's benefits.
With respect to costs, the total con-
tributions will amount to 14 percent,
and under the Senate-passed amend-
ments the normal costs will come to 13.98
percent, leaving a surplus of 0.02 percent.
Under the present cost operating sys-
tem, normal costs come to 13.86 percent
and, by virtue of the change made by the
State, the normal cost will be reduced
by 0.22 percent so that the new normal
cost of present benefits comes to 13.64
percent.
However, the House provisions would
add thirteen one-hundredths of 1 per-
cent and, by virtue of the liberalized
benefits added by the Senate, which
amount to twenty-one one-hundredths
of 1 percent, we arrive at a total new
normal cost of 13.98 percent of payroll,
which is 0.01 percent under the House-
Passed bill.
The Senate amendment to title I pro-
vides that the cost of crediting military
service be financed by annual transfers
from the Treasury, out of money not
otherwise appropriated, to the retire-
ment fund in the same manner as it is
proposed to finance the interest on the
existing unfunded liability. Ten percent
of such costs would begin to be paid
starting in 1971, increasing by an addi-
tional 10 percent each year until, in 1980
and thereafter, the total costs would be
funded by direct transfer. These pay-
ments would begin at about $10 million,
rise proportionately over the next 20
years, and peak at approximately $300
million. Thereafter, these costs will
gradually decline to a relatively negli-
gible amount since military service
Performed after 1956 will, generally,- be
creditable under the social security sys-
tem. By so funding, the normal cost of
the benefit structure of the civil service
retirement system will be reduced by
0.22 percent of payroll, reducing present
normal cost from 13.86 percent to 13.64
percent. It will also result in reducing
the system's unfunded liability by $4.7
billion, -
Under existing law an employee who
retires on disability?after completing
at least 5 years of service?is guaranteed
a minimum benefit of the smaller of (A)
40 percent of the average salary or (B
the rate obtained under the general for-
mula after increasing the actual service
by the time remaining between the date
of disability retirement and the attain-
ment of age 60, if either (A) or (B) pro-
duces a greater rate than is earned by
virtue of his 'actual service. However,
the law stipulates that such guaranteed
rate is payable only to the disabled em-
ployee, and is not applicable in determin-
ing his spouse's survivor rate. Her bene-
fit is 55 percent of only his earned rate.
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The Senate amendment removes the lat-
ter restriction, and extends to the sur-
viving spouse an annuity based upon the
higher guaranteed minimum benefit,
where applicable.
Under existing law the spouse and chil-
dren of an employee have survivor pro-
tection only in the event of his death
after completing at least 5 years' of serv-
ice, The Senate amendment would pro-
vide such protection upon the employ-
ee's death occurring after a total of 18
months of service similar to the mini-
mum coverage requirement of the social
security system.
The amendment extends to the sur-
viving children of such short-term de-
cedents the same dollar benefits pro-
vided to children of over-5-years em-
ployees. However, its greatest effect is
with respect to the spouse's benefit. It
grants to the eligible spouse the same
computation formula extended to the
spouse of a disability retiree; that is,
her rate would be computed on the basis
of 55 percent a a guaranteed minimum
disability benefit, if it exceeds the basic
earned annuity. In other words, the basic
rate would be determined as though the
employee had retired on disability as
of the date of his death in active service.
Present law grants basic survivor
annuity benefits to eligible children of
the smallest of: First, $50 per month per
child, second, $150 per month divided
by the number of children, or third, 40
percent of the employee's average salary.
Orphaned children's basic rates are, re-
spectively: First, $60 per month per
child, second, $180 per month divided
by the number of children, or third, 50
percent of the average salary;whichever
is smallest. These basic rates are subject
to all automatic cost-of-living adjust-
ments occurring since 1965. Generally,
the current maximum monthly rates are
$61 and $183 for children with one
parent, and $72 and $216 for orphans.
The Senate amendment proposes a
fresh start principle by increasing the
respective children's basic amounts of
$50, $150, and 40 percent to $75, $225,
and 60 percent, and orphan's basic
amounts of $60, $180, and 50 percent re-
spectively to $90, $270, and 75 percent.
In application the present actual average
rates of $61 and $183 would be increased
to $75 and $225; the present actual aver-
age rates of $72 and $216 would be in-
creased to $90 and $270; and these new
basic rate ? would be further increased
by the percentage of all future cost-of-
living increases.
Mr. GROSS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the
gentleman for his explanation and say
to Members of the House that I am still
opposed to some provisions of this bill,
but if I read the signs correctly?and I
believe I do?there is no point in going
to conference with it.
/ accept the fate of having been de-
feated on this issue when the measure
was originally before the House. I said
then, as I now reiterate, that this legis-
lation had the original worthy purpose
of bringing order out of chaos in the
funding of the Government employees
retirement fund, but was then converted
into a Christmas tree with goodies for
almost everyone.
Let me repeat my belief that it would
be futile to attempt to overturn in a
conference the action of the House and
Senate. However, I still strongly oppose
enactment of this legislation in its pres-
ent form.
Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reserva-
tion of objection.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from New
Jersey?
Mr. DERWINSKI. Mr. Speaker, reserv-
ing the right to object. The gentleman
from New Jersey has made an explana-
tion, but like my distinguished colleague,
the gentleman from Iowa, I recognize the
facts of life and feel that there is no
further point in debating this bill except
merely to clarify some things for the
Members. Does the gentleman have any
idea as to what cost will now be attributed
to the high 3-year-service feature, cal-
culated as to the impact on immediate
retirement of many people in the service?
Does the gentleman have any figures to
show the possibilities in that ar,pa? -
Mr. DANIELS of New Jersey. I under-
stand a number of people will be retir-
ing shortly after enactment of the bill,
if that be the will of the President. I
have received many, many inquiries from
Members as to the status of this bill, both
after the House passed it and while ac-
tion was pending thereon in the Senate,
and since last week when the Senate
passed this bill. I believe there will be a
considerable number who will retire. This
bill will save, perhaps, the administra-
tion some embarrassment of firing peo-
ple to cut back defense spending. Be-
cause by people retiring, it will also open
the doors for many young people to come
into the Government service, and for
younger employees to move up the ladder.
Mr. DER,WINSKI. It is not my pur-
pose to go into unnecessary speculation
about the acts of this administration
unless we in Congress exercise some
leadership in this bureaucracy in doing
away with many of the programs we
have started. But like the gentleman
from Iowa, I feel that the Senate version
is an improvement on the bill passed
in the House. I think the gentleman
from New Jersey is correct in recom-
mending that we accept the Senate ver-
sion.
Mr. Speaker, now that the Senate has
worked its will on the civil service retire-
ment bill, H.R. 9825, and it is obviously
moving toward enactment, I would be de-
linquent if I did not make some observa-
tions which I feel are pertinent at this
point.
I first want to commend our distin-
guished colleagues in the other body for
improving in two instances a bill which
I did not favor as it passed the House.
One improvement is the increase from
71/2 percent to 8 percent of the retire-
ment deduction rate for Members of
Congress. Fairness dictates that if we
insist that all other Federal employees
pay an additional ,one-half percent into
the retirement fund that Members of
Congress should do the same.
I also admire the Senate action in
amending the bill so that costs attribut-
able to the crediting of military service
be financed annually by the same method
as the financing of interest on the un-
funded liability of the retirement fund.
It was, after all, the idea of Congress to
permit credit for military service and so
the cost should not be charged to the
fund as a whole, as it has in the past,
but should be covered by annual pay-
ments by the Government.
I must, however, restate my strong dis-
agreement with the provision remaining
in the bill which permits retirement serv-
ice credit for the calendar value of un-
used sick leave. This is a departure from
the basic concept that has governed the
use of sick leave since its inception in
the Federal system. The basis for sick
leave under our system is to insure
against the loss of income during periods
of illness. All employees have the same
right to draw upon sick leave if neces-
sary, but nothing is owed the employee
who enjoys good health and does not
have to draw upon his reserve. This sick
leave provision, as it becomes law, will
discriminate against the employee who
happened to be burdened with illness.
Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reserva-
tion of objection.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from New
Jersey?
Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, further re-
serving the right to object, did I cor-
rectly understand the gentleman to say
that under the bill about to be accepted,
if it is, that our contribution as Members
of Congress to the retirement fund will
be increased from 71/2 percent to 8 per-
cent?
Mr. DANIELS of New Jersey. Mr.
Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. MICHEL. I yield to the gentleman
from New Jersey.
Mr. DANIELS of New Jersey. Your un-
derstanding is correct. Our contribution
will be increased from 71/2 percent to 8
percent, with the Government contribut-
ing a similar sum into the retirement
fund.
Mr. MICHEL. Further reserving the
right to object, I should like to make the
observation that some of the newspapers
at home carry front-page accounts about
how we are raising our salary again,
raising our annuities. I have been op-
posed, frankly, to liberalizing that 5-year
high base to 3 years. Personally, I do
not like to see the increase from 71/2 per-
cent to 8 percent. I am grateful for what
I may get someday and I do not think it
ought to be increased. The thought oc-
curs to me that our late senior Senator,
who died a few weeks ago, was a Member
of this body and a Member of the other
body since 1932, except for 2 years. Over
that vast expanse of years he contributed
to this retirement fund. In that particu-
lar kind of case, the Senator contributed
into the fund for 37 years and died with-
out realizing an annuity. Now his widow
qualifies, as I understand the system, for
a 55-percent survivorship of what the
Senator earned, but if she is in the twi-
light of her years, she may never realize
in benefits anywhere near the amount
her husband had contributed to the fund.
There is provision, I believe, for the bal-
ance of premiums paid in to go to one's
estate, but that is it.
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Certainly it is not any real bonanza.
when one considers the amount of the
contributions over some 32 years.
Have there been any studies made of
the number of senior Members of this
body and the other body who die after
contributing over a period of 20 or 30 or
40 years to this program and never fully
realize what they paid for in their '71/2 or
now 8 percent of salary deductions?
Mr. DANIELS of New Jersey. Mr.
Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. MItaiiiie I yield to the gentle-
man from New Jersey.
Mr. DANIELS of New Jersey. Mr.
Chairman, I agree with the gentleman
from Illinois. There is no real bonanza
for the Members of Congress.
Our subcommittee did not go into the
particular subject matter the gentleman
has discussed, but I understand another
subcommittee did go into this matter
in considering the retirement benefits
for the civil employees of the Foreign
Service. I am not familiar with what that
study showed, but I fully agree with the
gentleman, that there are no "bundles
for Congress" in this bill, regardless of
what the news media says.
Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, I am
happy to hear the gentleman's response
to that question.
Mr. HAYS. Mr. Speaker, will the gen-
tleman yield?
Mr. MICHEL. I yield to the gentleman
from Ohio (Mr. HAYS).
Mr. HAYS. Mr. Speaker, I chaired the
subcommittee that went into this mat-
ter. As I said before, during the debate
on this bill earlier, this fund for Mem-
bers of Congress, if it were separated out
and stood alone, would show it has ac-
cumulated a bonanza for the Govern-
ment, in spite of the fact that when it
was passed everybody was blanketed in
without any prior contributions or with-
out having to go back and pay for prior
years of service, and in spite of the fact
that for about half the time or more of
the time, the Government did not put its
share of contributions in.
I do not recall the figure off the top
of my head at this moment, but I think
it was approximately $12 million or $16
million more which was paid in than has
ever been paid out?and that in spite of
the fact the Government -did not make
its contribution and in spite of the fact
the people who were here in 1946, when
it was passed, and who had been here
for 20 or 30 or 40 years were blanketed
in. So there has not been really any steal
from the taxpayers at all.
Mr. MICHEL. I thank the gentleman.
Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reserva-
tion of objection.
Mr. HOGAN. Mr. Speaker, I am very
pleased to have been a cosponsor of this
legislation which will resolve the financial
crisis facing the retirement fund today.
At the same time we are fulfilling an ob-
ligation long overdue our civil servants
by committing the Government to main-
taining the integrity of the civil service
retirement fund and insuring that there
will always be enough money in the fund
to permit payment of all benefits?in full
and on time?to all past, present, and
future Federal employees.
I urge the Members of this body to
give our Government workers one more
vote of confidence by unanimously ac-
cepting the Senate amendments to H.R.
9225, permitting prompt transmittal of
this measure to the President for his
signature into law, a Moment long
awaited by civil service employees of the
Fifth District of Maryland.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from New
Jersey?
There Was no objection.
The Senate amendment was concurred
in.
A motion to reconsider was laid on
the table.
GENERAL LEAVE TO EXTEND
Mr. DANIELS of New Jersey. Mr.
Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that
all Members may have 5 legislative days
in which to extend their remarks on
HR. 9825.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from New
Jersey?
There was no objection.
RESIGNATION AS MEMBER OF NA-
TIONAL COMMISSION ON REFORM
OF FEDERAL CRIMINAL LAWS
The SPEAKER laid before the House
the following communication, which
was read:
OCTOBER 1, 1909.
Hon. JOHN W. MCCORMACK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
The Capitol.
DEAR M. SPEAKER: It is with regret that
that I respectfully submit my resignation
as a member of the National Commission on
Reform of Federal Criminal Laws. As you
know, Mr, Speaker, I do not plan to run for
reelection to Congress and I think it appro-
priate that I be replaced at this time by an-
other Member of the House of Representa-
tives.
I enjoyed my service on the National Com-
mission on Reform of Federal Criminal Laws
with its distinguished Chairman, The Hon-
orable Edmund G. Brown.
Sincerely,
DON EDWARDS,
Member of Congress.
APPOINTMENT AS MEMBER OF
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON RE-
FORM OF FEDERAL CRIMINAL
LAWS
The SPEAKER. Pursuant to the pro-
visions of section 2(a) , Public Law 89-
801, the Chair appoints as a member of
the National Commission on Reform of
Federal Criminal Laws the gentleman
from Illinois, Mr. MIKVA, to fill the exist-
ing vacancy thereon.
PERSONAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. DULSKI. Mr. Speaker, I was ab-
sent from the House session on Monday,
October 6, because of a death in our
family in Buffalo, N.Y.
Had I been present and voting, I would
have voted "yea" on rollcalls Nos. 203,
204, and 205. On rollcall 202, I would
have voted "nay."
ANTI-INFLATION CAMPAIGN
(Mr. O'HARA asked, and was given
perniission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his
remarks.)
Mr. O'HARA. Mr. Speaker, on June 2.
I read into the RECORD a newspaper ar-
ticle describing how the Advertising
Council, an offshoot of the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce, was hoping to launch an
anti-inflation campaign to "condition
the collective mind so that when some-
thing Is done, they will know it to be in
their best interests." The quote is from
an official of the Advertising Council.
Well, this administration has been
doing its best to fight inflation. And yes-
terday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
of the U.S. Depart/malt of Labor an-
nounced that unemployment had risen
to its highest level in 2 years. The in-
crease?equal to one-half of 1 percent of
the entire labor force?was the biggest
monthly increase since the last time the
Republicans were in office.
We are told by the Washington Post:
Some administration economists, most
notably Assistant Treasury Secretary Murray
L. Weidenbaum, viewed the increase in job-
lessness as evidence the Government's anti-
Inflation program is beginning to take hold.
Mr. Speaker, I do not think the people
of this country have yet had their col-
lective mind conditioned by the adver-
tising council to the point where they are
going to accept the administration's view
that a little unemployment is good for
you.
Prices continue to rise. The President
opposes tax relief for the middle-
income taxpayer, but supports more tax
relief for those who already have most
of the loopholes. The Federal Reserve
Board continues with its policies of in-
creasing the prices the banks can charge
us to use our money.
Taken as a whole. Mr. Speaker, one
can only agree with the Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury. The administra-
tion's anti-inflation fight has indeed
begun to "take hold."
It has begun to reduce full employ-
ment so that business can keep labor in
line through fear of unemployment. It
has begun to generate public pressure
against domestic programs which might
improve the position of those most in
need. And it has done so without holding
down prices and profits for the natural
supporters of the Republican Party.
Mr. Speaker, I have a modest pro-
posal. If increased unemployment is go-
ing to be sold to us es an anti-inflation
measure, may I suggest that the unem-
ployment start with the guy who thought
up that argument?
RAILS, RULES, AND RUIN AT
FORT ROBINSON
(Mr. ADAMS asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute, to revise and extend his remarks
and include extraneous matter.)
Mr. ADAMS. Mr. Speaker, the prob-
lem of inadequate rail service for pas-
sengers was the subject of a special
order last month and over 90 Members
.have joined with me in sponsoring a
bill to authorize the Interstate Com-
merce Commission to require adequate
standards of service on the Nation's
passenger trains. This is a proposed so-
lution to part of the whole problem of
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