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vide the security of early detection of a con
dition which could lead to serious trouble.
"We are trying to do this most effec-'
tively and economically by using available
health services, and to our knowledge this
is the first time that anyone has tried to
coordinate them jn thhis ma1Iner."
ADDRESS Y4IONT -J:CALE BOGGS
(Mr. KEITH (at the request of Mrs.
REID of Illinois) was granted permission
to extend his remarks at this point in the
RECORD and to include extraneous mat-
ter.)
Mr. KEITH. Mr. Speaker, this past
Sunday an outstanding Member of the
U.S. Senate, the Honorable J. CALEB
BOGGS, was the principal speaker at an
annual gathering of great importance
in my congressional district, the Plym-
outh County Republican Club barbecue,
at Bridgewater, Mass. It was my honor
to introduce this outstanding public
servant to my friends in Plymouth
County, who, I might note, were im-
mediately his friends as a result of his
great personal warmth and charm and
because of the straightforward, earnest
message he carried with him from the
Nation's Capital.
His message was one for all Americans,
not just the members of the one political
party represented at the Bridgewater
meeting. He spoke in inspiring terms of
the opportunity ahead for the Republi-
can Party, true, but more importantly he
discussed matters of major concern to
the whole country-domestic and foreign
problems alike.
I personally was very much interested
in his comments on a worrisome and
dangerous trend in government, which
he aptly described as "a pellmell ap-
proach" on the part of the present ad-
ministration with respect to domestic
programs, and a fear that I share that
greater and greater dependence upon the
Federal Government is, as he put, re-
sulting in "a danger of breeding an In-
grate Society," instead of the "Great
Society" that is the slogan of the ad-
ministration and, of course, the goal of
all Americans.
I think my colleagues in the House
and Senator BOGGS' many friends and
admirers on both sides of the Hill will
want to read and consider the main text
of his memorable speech and I request
permission to insert it in the RECORD at
the conclusion of my remarks.
Of particular interest, I believe, is the
Senator's call for an immediate blockade
on all shipping to North Vietnam, similar
to the Cuban missile quarantine imposed
3 years ago by President Kennedy. As
Senator BOGGS rightly points out, "trade
with North Vietnam is being carried on
briskly by many nations, some of which
we regard as our allies in the cold war
struggle," and that an effective shipping
quarantine is a step which is all the more
logical and necessary to consider in view
of the recent additional commitment of
U.S. forces to this critical struggle.
Mr. Speaker, I was honored and
pleased to have a part in bringing Sena-
tor BOGGS to Plymouth County, and I am
equally proud, in this way, to make his
when necessary and referrals to the specialty
clinics at Mount Sinai, including the services
of a dietition, and. physical or occupational
therapists. Hospitalization is usually done
at Mount Sinai, on the private service if the
patient has hospital insurance (in which
case a private doctor assumes responsibility)
or on a service unit if the patient lacks
hospitalization or money.
Dr. Bernard D. Epstein, director of the
clinic, reports that 191, about 59 percent
of the Springbrook residents, used the clinic
last year. In the first 2 years,. there have
been 3,482 office visits, 438 house calls, 1,200
visits to Mount Sinai clinics and 124 hospital-
izations. Twenty operations were performed,
for such conditions as cataracts, bleeding
ulcers or an acute gall bladder. Fourteen
clinic members have died, mostly from cardi-
ac failure.
The popular podiatry (foot treat) unit in
the clinic itself registered 651 visits in its
first year.
"Most of the Springbrook registrants use
the clinic as they would a private doctor,"
says Dr. Epstein. "After all, they are pay-
ing something each time, and to most of
these people even a dollar represents signifi-
cant expenses. And we feel that patients
benefit psychologically by paying what they
can afford for medical care.
"Some of them come in more frequent-
ly than others for contact or reassurance."
In the giant Riverview project on West 25th
Street, overlooking the Cuyahoga River, the
Federal Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare is experimenting with another
type of program designed to keep old peo-
ple healthy. A, 1-year project, based on a
grant of $25,600, it is attempting (1) to
determine how much illness actually exists
in an older population and (2) to prevent
deterioration by early diagnosis of common
ills.
The Riverview Well-Elderly clinic is oper-
ated by Lutheran Hospital (a half block up
Franklin Avenue) with the cooperation of
HEW, the metropolitan housing authority,
the city division of health, and the outpa-
tient departs of several hospitals.
Located on the second floor of the 16-story
main .building, the clinic has a registered
nurse, a practical nurse and a secretary.
Dr. Myron August, Lutheran Hospital cardi-
ologist, is medical director and the project
is directed by Luther W. Goehring, Lutheran
Hospital administrator. About 370 patients
have been enrolled in the first 6 months.
Both diagnosis and treatment in the Well-
Elderly clinic are flexible, and there is no
charge. The basic physical examination is
done by the staff, with the cooperation of
agencies dealing with hearing, sight,
diabetes, and cancer.
The home care and outpatient program of
Highland View Hospital sends a representa-
tive once a week to the-clinic to do neces-
sary dental work. Lutheran Hospital is avail-
able for emergency care, and nursing serv-
ice in a crisis is supplied in, the client's
apartment by the clinic staff, with the Visit-
ing Nurse Association often furnishing long-
term help.
"Aside from the examinations and refer-
rals, our principal function is health edu-
cation," says Miss Catherine Dwyer, registered
nurse, a Cleveland division of health pub-
lic nurse, who is in charge of day-to-day
operation.
"We urge the residents to take the exam
ination, help them to follow through with
medical care, and are always available for
counseling on such matters as gaining or
losing weight, special diets or therapy which
can help them keep fit.
"Normally these residents of Riverview
have had, good medical care in. the past,"
says Goehring, "but they may not have had
a checkup for some time. We hope to pro-
comments and observations available to
a wider audience. His address follows:
SPEECH BY SENATOR J. CALEB BOGGS, AT THE
ANNUAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY REPUBLICAN
CLUB BARBECUE, BRIDGEWATER, MASS.,
AUGUST 1, 1965
Thank you, and good afternoon. This trip
to Massachusetts is one I have been looking
forward to for a long time. It is an honor
to b- asked to come to such an important
political affair in this historic section of the
great State of Massachusetts, and I am grate-
ful to President Vitale and the Plymouth
Coi"x*ty Republican Club for inviting me.
First I would like to talk about a few of
the possible issues before us. Then I would
like to discuss briefly the opportunity ahead
for the Republican Party. GOP, by the way,
should stand for Great Opportunity Party.
I think you will agree with me that the
general state of our economy is healthy today,
largely due to our people whose varied
talents and energies make our great economic
system operate. Our economy would cer-
tainly not be where it is today if it de-
pended for its progress on the nod of some
bureaucrat's head in Washington. -
But in Washington now we have a pell-
mell approach to everything on the part of
the administration party which sees first one
program and then another started without
a reasonable waiting time to see even how
existing programs are working out.
The Washington Daily News reported 2
weeks ago, for instance, that the poverty
program office had paid $87,000 to a pri-
vate research group for compiling a cata-
log of more than 170 Federal programs which
help the poor-in addition to those set up
by the antipoverty program itself.
The catalog is thicker than New York's
Manhattan phone book, the newspaper said.
Republicans want to see everyone share
in this Nation's prosperity-make no mis-
take about that. But we object strenuously
to the administration view that one program
piled on another-one spending spree after
another-will solve things. We want es-
sential well-thought-out programs which can
be well administered.
The administration may call this the Great
Society, but to me it sounds more like
rank unconcern,for the taxpayer.
Instead of a Great Society there is a dan-
ger of breeding an ingrate society, one which
is much too dependent on government.
This overreliance on the Federal Govern-
ment is apparently the administration's at-
titude also in the field of agriculture.
To hear the Secretary of Agriculture talk,
you would think farmers never had it so
good. But farmers have a different story
to tell. As a member of the Senate Agri-
culture Committee, I am often visited 'by
representatives of farmers groups. When
they tell me their problems, I refer them
to the glowing statements of the Secretary.
Invariably they are perplexed as they try
to match their situation with what the ad-
ministration's farm spokesman says it is.
In a nutshell, they don't see nearly as bright
a picture as he does.
In brief, we have to overlook all the talk
from Washington about how wonderfully the
administration is running things and exam-
ine situations for what they really are. We
have to propose better ideas while keeping
in mind the well-known Republican maxim
that the Government should only do for the
people what they cannot do as well or bet-
ter for themselves.
Let me mention just two issues which I
think Republicans should develop.
One is the idea that the Federal Govern-
ment should share unconditionally with
State governments some of the substantial
Federal tax revenue.
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our U.S. Ambassador, Marshall Green, in
view of Sukarno's latest outbursts and
deliberate stirring up of anti-American
demonstrations.
Both these articles outline a totally un-
realistic foreign policy position by our
Federal Government in its relations with
southeast Asian nations, one which all of
us hope will be corrected before it is too
late.
The articles follow:
[From the Washington (D.C.) Post,
Aug. 4, 19651
TRANSMITTER DEAL ANNOYS THE BRITISH
(By Karl E. Meyer)
LONDON, August 3.-The pending sale of
three American-made radio transmitters for
use by the Indonesian army is causing ser-
lous static in Anglo-American relations, it
was learned today.
British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart
said his Government would "deplore" the sale
to Indonesia of the three transmitters man-
ufactured by Philco and costing in all about
$3 million.
The British contend that the use of the
transmitters for internal military communi-
cations would strengthen Indonesia at a
time when British forces are defending
Malaysia against a shooting attack.
Stewart's views have attracted little notice
because his words appeared in a written
answer to a question posed on Monday in
the House of Commons about the sale.
American sources contended that Indo-
nesia could buy the same equipment in six
other countries and that the transmitters
have been fixed so that they cannot be
beamed in the direction of Malaysia.
Indonesia had received American aid in
building 12 transmission stations for mili-
tary use. Cement had been poured and
roads built 'When aid to Indonesia was
suspended.
The Indonesians then sought to buy the
transmitters on a purely commercial basis.
Export licenses must be granted for sales
involving strategic instruments.
In the past, Americans have criticized the
British for selling buses to Cuba. The
British assert that these buses had no mili-
tary use and that American soldiers were not
being fired upon by Cubans.
[From the Washington (D.C.) Post, Aug. 4,
19651
1JNWELCOME ENVOY
When the President nominated Marshall
Green to be U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia
s few months back this paper questioned
whether this was the best use of such an
outstanding Foreign Service officer, and be-
cause of Indonesia's increasing hostility to
the United States, we thought it might be
better to leave the Embassy under a charge
d'affaires.
The temptation is to say we told you so.
Last week, when Ambassador Green presented
his, credentials, President Sukarno promptly
harangued him for representing a country
whose policies in Vietnam and Malaysia had
brought United States-Indonesian relations
to an all-time low. When Ambassador Green
returned to his residence he was promptly
greeted by a threatening mob waiving ],)Is-
cards telling him to go home.
Later in the week, "Green go home" pla-
cards again were brought out in northern
Sumatra as the U.S. Consulate there was
atoned and its windows broken.
Sukarno now is openly envying Cambodia's
Prince Sihanouk for his action, earlier this
year, in first permitting the U.S. Embassy in
Phnom Penh to be stoned and then breaking
off diplomatic relations. And both Sukarno
and some of Indonesia's leaders are boasting
that they are about to come out with their
own A-bomb, and urging other newly do-
veloped nations to do the same as the proper
defense against such "imperialists" as the
United States.
In view of all this, the only dignified, action
for the United States to take Is to recall
Ambassador Green and let Sukarno _ know
that when he matures enough to conduct
diplomatic relations the United States will
send back a full-fledged ambassador.
For quite a few years now, the United
States has been turning the other cheek
toward President Sukarno and this country
has simply run out of cheeks to turn.
THE YEAR OF THE BIBLE
(Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN (at the re-
quest of Mrs. REID of Illinois) was
granted permission to extend his re-
marks at this point in the RECORD and
to include extraneous matter.)
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speak-
er, the American Bible Society hasurged
the Congress to designate 1966 as "The
Year of the Bible." As vice presidents
of this organization Senator PELL and I
are cosponsoring today such a resolution.
The American Bible Society avows one
simple purpose; as stated in its 147-year-
old constitution its "sole object" is to
"encourage a wider circulation of the
Holy Scriptures without note or com-
ment." This task, though simply stated,
is an enormous one in the modern world.
The Bible was originally written in three
languages and through the efforts of
scholars over the centuries has been
translated into 1,202 languages. This
accomplishment is certainly impressive,
but the fact remains that the Bible is
now available in less than half the known
languages of the world. To many mil-
lions of people, the language of the Bible
is still unavailable, and the work of the
American Bible Society is to fill this need
by translating, publishing, and distrib-
uting Bibles. In doing this, the Ameri-
can Bible Society performs a function
that can be accomplished in no other
way. It is economically impossible for
private industry to make the Bible avail-
able at prices that all those who wish to
buy it can afford.
'Me work of the American Bible So-
ciety is, therefore, indispensable in the
task of increasing world knowledge of
the Holy Scriptures.
The resolution which I am introduc-
ing today would authorize and request
the President to designate 1968 as "The
Year of the Bible" and encourage the
people of the United States to acquire a
better knowledge and appreciation of
the Scriptures.
I hope you will join me in support of
this resolution.
PIONEER CLINICS FOR THE
ELDERLY
(Mrs. BOLTON (at the request of Mrs.
REID of Illinois) was granted permission
to extend her remarks at this point in
the RECORD and to include extraneous
matter.)
. Mrs. BOLTON. Mr. Speaker, we
Ohioans are very proud of the achieve-
ments of Ernest J. Bohn, director of the
Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Au-
thority. Once again Mr. Bohn has come
forward with a unique development;
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namely, built-in health clinics for some
600 elderly people residing in two Cleve-
land housing projects. The Springbrook
health maintenance unit and the Well-
Elderly clinic of Riverview apartments
represent two new and different ap-
proaches to the challenge of keeping the
over-60 population out of the hospit it
or wheelchair as long as possible.
Believing my colleagues will be inter
ested in knowing what is being done in
this pioneer field in Cleveland, I imludt
as part of my remarks an article from
the Cleveland Plain Dealer Sunday mag-
azine of May 2, 1965, entitled "Pioneer
Clinics for the Elderly":
PIONEER CLINICS FOR THE ELDERLY
(By Margaret R. Marshall)
Much of the luster of the golden years
depends on the degree of health and inde-
pendence which the aging person is able to
maintain. To some 600 elderly people living
in two Cleveland Metropolitan Housing
Authority projects, this is less of a problem
than it is for many of their fellow citizens,
thanks to two unusual built-in health clinics
which are attracting national attention as
possible models of geriatric preventive
medicine.
The Springbrook health maintenance unit
project and the Well-Elderly clinic of River-
view apartments represent two different ap-
proaches to the challenge of keeping the
over-60 population out of the hospital or
wheelchair as long as possible.
The Springbrook project, affiliated with
Mount Sinai Hospital, offers complete medi-
cal care for a nominal. fee, while Riverview's
clinic, operated by Lutheran Hospital, pro-
vides multiple-screening physical examina-
tions and emergency care. Brain children
of Ernest J. Bohn, metropolitan housing
director, both are underwritten by Federal
funds..
The Sprlngbrook clinic, located on the
first floor of the 16-story municipal housing
project on Ansel Road for low income, over
62 residents, is in its third year. One of the
first on-the-spot health facilities In the
country, it was designed as a research proj-
ect to answer several questions: (1) Can
prompt medical action against the routine
ills of old age prevent more serious sickness?
(2) Does easily available medical care boost
morale of old people? (3) Is such a project
economically justifiable?
Because the answers have widespread im-
plications for our increasingly aging popula-
tion, the U.S. Public Health Service granted
$160,000 to set up and Operate the clinic for
3 years. At the end of that time, the physi-
cal and mental well-being of the Springbrook
residents who have used its services will be
compared with that of the residents of
nearby Wade project, which lacks a medical
maintenance unit.
A close working relationship with Mount
Sinai Hospital across the street enables the
Springbrook clinic to furnish everything in
the way of medical care from treatment for
an ingrown toenail to gall bladder operation.
The clinic itself is staffed with a medical
director, an assistant director, a full-time
registered nurse, social worker, secretary and
research assistant.
Participation in the clinic is purely volun-
tary; residents are not encouraged to leave
their own private doctors. Services are not
free, but payments are scaled to the modest
incomes of Springbrook residents, such as $2
for the initial registration, and anything
from $2 to 25 cents for subsequent visits.
X-rays or simple laboratory tests cost as
little as 25 cents, and medication is free or
available to 25 percent of cost.
Privileges of enrollment include a com-
plete physical examination, regular check-
ups and followup visits, apartment calls
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The purpose of this is to strengthen gov-
ernment at the State and local levels be-
cause it is here that the brunt of the prob-
lems caused by our exploding population has
to be met.
It is a progressive plan, in my opinion, be-
cause it seeks to help State and local govern-
ments deal with massive problems of urbani-
zation.
And it is conservative in that one of its end
results would be to arrest the flow of politi-
cal power to Washington.
The sad state of our merchant marine fleet
is another problem which I think deserves
special attention.
The latest issue of Lloyds Register of Ship-
ping, for instance, tells us that the United
States has slipped from 10th place to 11th
place in shipbuilding. Also, it is estimated
that this year only 9.1 percent of American
cargoes will be carried on ships flying the
American flag.
Given the intensive nature of the cold war
struggle, it makes good sense to me for this
country to have its own ships on hand to use
when and where our best interests dictate.
A program of building atomic-powered mer-
chant ships which are highly automated is
one possible answer. Republicans can help
the Nation by seeing that this present condi-
tion of drift and decline of our merchant
marine does not continue.
On all our minds today is the administra-
tion's conduct of this Nation's foreign af-
fairs, particularly in southeast Asia. Viet-
nam is a problem which will not simply evap-
orate, no matter how fervently we all wish
It would.
As citizens, and as Republicans, our role in
relation to South Vietnam is clear, in my
opinion. While we do not give up our right
and duty to offer constructive criticism, we
support the President and his policies, and
our boys who are fighting this hard and cruel
war in defense of freedom.
We all wish our Vietnamese policy had
been clearer. We wish hard decisions had
been faced up to earlier. But we also rec-
ognize that the President has the responsi-
bility for conducting foreign policy in Viet-
nam, and we will do our best to back him up.
We hope and pray he is successful.
There is one step which I think is due im-
mediate and serious consideration in the
Vietnam conflict. It is a step which is made
all the more necessary to consider in light of
our additional commitment of men as an-
nounced by the President this past week.
I would like to see the United States study
carefully the imposition of an Immediate
blockade on all shipping to North Vietnam,
just as President Kennedy did in the case of
Cuba 3 years ago.
Trade with North Vietnam is being carried
on briskly by many nations, some of which
we regard as our allies in the cold war strug-
gle. This trade is vital to North Vietnam
and harmful to us. IVfany of the cargoes
shipped to North Vietnam undoubtedly make
life more dangerous for our own fighting
men.
If it makes sense to intercept supplies
from North Vietnam which are being fun-
neled by one land route or another into
South Vietnam, it makes even more sense to
out off these supplies before they ever reach
North Vietnam. Since ships play a major
role in providing these supplies, then it fol-
lows that an effective way to squeeze North
Vietnam and ease the pressure on South
Vietnam is to intercept these supplies on the
water.
A blockade is something within our imme-
diate and effective capability. We have the
7th Fleet on the scene. On the other hand,
North Vietnam has only limited naval
strength.
One. significant asset to this course of ac-
tion is that it would not be as spectacular as
bombing; therefore, it should not invite
quick escalation. It would bring telling
pressure, nevertheless, and our immediate
aim in the war, as I understand it, is to im-
press North Vietnam and the Vietcong that
the negotiation table is their next best move.
Our Nation is committed in South Viet-
nam. We must use every means possible to
contain the conflict and yet increase pres-
sure leading toward negotiations for an hon-
orable peace. In my opinion, we cannot
afford to delay longer the immediate pros-
pect of creating a blockade, both as a further
protection for the lives of our servicemen
and as a means of materially advancing the
successful conclusion of the war.
If there is one burning political question
before us today, it is: How will the Republi-
can Party make a successful national come-
back?
The answers aren't magical. They revolve
around good candidates, good issues and
hard work.
Opportunity for a Republican comeback
is at every hand, as I see it.
For instance, although 70 million persons
voted in the last election, there were 43 mil-
lion who didn't. How many of these will be
prompted to vote Republican the next time?
it all depends on us. Do we want their votes
enough to work for them? We have no one
but ourselves to blame if we let this opportu-
nity go by.
And besides this huge group of voters, we
have the rapidly growing ranks of the new
young voters. This is a young country, as
I am sure you know, and growing younger
all the time. In the 21 to 35 age group today
there are more than 32 million Americans.
By 1970 nearly 100 million Americans will be
under 25 years of age. These young people
are learning. They are asking questions.
We have a responsibility and duty to reach
them.
Let me emphasize those words "responsi-
bility" and "duty" again as I refer to our
two-party system. -
Perhaps we take this system, and the sta-
bility it represents, for granted. Because it
has existed does not mean that automatically
it will always exist. I mistrust the frequent
reference to the pendulum swing of the par-
ties after a lopsided election. We are not
going to do well at the polls next year simply
because last year we didn't. We are going
to do well only to the extent that we work
to win. And we must work harder than the
other side. -
Those who wail about he health of the
Republican Party seem to forget that during
the past century-a century of tremendous
progress for the United States-it has been
the Republican Party which has been at the
country's helm for roughly two-thirds of the
time. Our party will come back, have no
fear about that. Reports from various sec-
tions of the country already indicate an up-
swing. And it is just such meetings as this
which are the building blocks of a vigorous
and victorious party.
While we are temporarily in the role of a
minority party, it seems to me that we can
best serve our country, and prepare for ma-
jority party status at the same time, by mak-
ing full use of our opportunities to:
1. Support administration proposals when
we agree that they will benefit our country,
and
2. Recommend constructive alternatives to
these proposals when we are convinced that
the other party's programs are not in keep-
ing with the long-range best interests of our
Nation. -
As a minority party-the loyal opposition,
if you will-we have the essential task of
keeping the majority party on its toes. In
keeping with our time-tested check-and-
balance system of two-party government, we
must constantly make the other side prove
its case, and yet at the same time we must
be careful not to oppose simply for opposi-
tion's sake.
It is by conducting ourselves responsibly
now that we give the public confidence about
our ability to move into the position of lead- -
ership again.
By vigorously taking our message to the
voters we can win a sweeping Republican vic-
tory next year, and in 1968 as well..
It's our task and responsibility. Being
here today gives me renewed confidence that
it will be done. Thank you for the privilege
of sharing this wonderful Republican get-
together with you.
A BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF DR.
ANTONIO B. SANTILLANO
(Mr. CURTIS (at the request of Mrs.
REID of Illinois) - was granted permission
to extend his remarks at this point in
the RECORD and to include extraneous
matter.)
Mr. CURTIS. Mr. Speaker, I am to-
day introducing a bill in behalf of Dr.
Antonio B. Santillano, a competently
trained pathologist, who because of the
dilemma in the medical practice laws of
Missouri and their interrelationship with
the laws relating to naturalization of
foreign-born persons, finds himself in-
eligible for licensure as a practicing
physician in Missouri.
Dr. Santillano's case is one that has
its counterpart in many States of our
country. Those States, such as Mis-
souri, require that a person must be a
citizen of the United States before he
can be issued a certificate to practice
medicine in the State or can take the ex-
amination which is a prerequisite to the
issuance of a medical certificate. Dr.
Santillano, not yet being a citizen,
though having filed his declaration of
intention to do so, finds that he will have
to wait 3 years until he can become a
U.S. citizen and join a group of pathol-
ogists who are anxious to have Dr.
Santillano join them. The members of
the group are all familiar with his work
as a trainee in this field when he was in
the United States previously as a student
exchange visitor. -
After receiving his M.D. degree from
Santo Tomas University in the Philip-
pines, Dr. Santillano obtained a clinical
internship at Evangelical Deaconess
Hospital in St. Louis in 1958 and then
had a 2-year residency in pathology at
St. John's Hospital in the same city. He
completed his training in pathology at
Albert Einstein Medical School and its
associated hospitals in New York where
he made a sterling record.
Meanwhile, Dr. Santillano married an
American girl in 1959 and they had sev-
eral children. When they returned to
the Philippines in 1963, they discovered
that his oldest child, a girl of 4, had a
diaphragmatic hernia. Moreover, the
doctor was unable to find employment
for his highly developed skills in the
Philippines. After a year of this futil-
ity, and wanting to have his child's sur-
gical operation in a U.S. medical center,
the Santillanos applied for reentry. The
2-year waiting requirement was waived
on the basis of hardship to the child, and
they arrived back in the United States
on May 8, 1965, with an immigrant visa.
Dr. Santillano has been well trained in
pathology and there is a critical short-
age of pathologists in the United States:
yet he cannot register with the Missouri
State Medical Board because of his citi-
zenship status.
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This would be a matter which might
properly be characterized as a State
matter except that the time Dr. Santil-
lane spent here as a student exchange
visitor has not counted toward the 3
years of time required for naturalization
purposes. Dr. Santillano has in fact
spent over 5 years in this country, yet
has several more years to go before he
can complete the requirements of the
law and practice medicine.
It is for this reason that I am intro-
ducillg a bill which would have the effect
of holding that the time he spent in this
country as an exchange student will be
considered in compliance with section
316 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act as it relates to residence and physi-
cal presence.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S RECENT
ATTACK ON HOUSE REPUBLICAN
LEADER JERRY FORD
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr.
MATSUNAGA). Under previous order of
the House the gentleman from New York
[Mr. GOODELL] is recognized for 5 min-
utes.
(Mr. GOODELL asked and was given
permission to revise and extend his re-
marks and to include extraneous mat-
ter.)
Mr. GOODELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise
to express my dismay and deep concern
over President Johnson's recent attack
on House Republican Leader JERRY
FORD. This has serious implications far
beyond the fact that the President was
exhibiting impetuous pique. It is ap-
parent from the reports of all newspaper
people directly involved in Mr. FORD's
background briefing last Thursday that
the President's version of what hap-
pened was completely in error. JERRY
FORD distorted nothing and he revealed
no confidences of the President or any-
body else.
The really serious issue revolves
around the purpose to be served by
White House briefings of congressional
leaders. Obviously, no responsible lead-
er breaks secret or confidential ma-
terial involving the national security.
That has not been charged here nor is
it involved in any way. Apparently the
so-balled confidential information that
irritated the President so much was that
many members of the President's own
party question a firm policy against ag-
gression in southeast Asia. Is the Pres-
ident really so sensitive to criticism, so
thin skinned, if you will, that he thinks
there should be an embargo on this kind
of background news just because some
aspects of it were revealed at a White
House briefing? If this is the Pres-
ident's interpretation, he will make it
impossible for Republican congressional
leaders to attend such briefings at the
White House. We cannot and will not
abdicate our responsibility of applying
independent judgment to critical na-
tional issues and giving the press and
the American people all the facts on
matters outside security limitations.
Is the President really contending that
the revolt within his own party, par-
ticularly within the other body, is con-
fidential? Is it really malicious for Re-
publican leaders to point out that the
President is under considerable pressure
from members of his own party to out
and run in southeast Asia? We Repub-
licans in the House are proud of our
leader, JERRY FORD. Unlike many mem-
bers of the President's own party, we will
continue to support a policy of firmness
against Communist aggression. We will
also continue to make critical, construc-
tive suggestions, whether the President
likes it or not. That is our obligation to
the people who elected us and to the
American people as a whole.
Perhaps the President underestimates
the reaction of anger, indignation, and
resentment among House Republicans as
a result of his rather intemperate and
less that coherent criticism of Mr. FORD
last Sunday. I hope not, because repe-
tition of this kind of ridiculous episode
could bode ill for the bipartisan sup-
port and bipartisan contributions the
President and the country so urgently
require in times of national crisis.
Mr. Speaker, under unanimous con-
sent, I include at this point in the
RECORD the very thorough and complete
report by one of our most eminent Wash-
ington correspondents, Mr. Tom Wicker.
Mr. Wicker participated in the back-
ground briefing by Mr. FORD that subse-
quently came under attack by the Pres-
ident. His report appeared in the
August 3 issue of the New York Times,
and follows:
MISUNDERSTANDING, FORD SAYS IN REPLY TO
JOHNSON ATTACK
(By Tom Wicker)
WASHINGTON, August 2---Representative
GERALD R. FORD, House minority leader,
said today that President Johnson's criticism
of one of the prominent members of the
Republican Party was the possible result of
a misunderstanding.
Mr. FORD was suggested as the President's
target in a number of newspaper articles
today, though Mr. Johnson mentioned no one
by name.
The President said yesterday that the un-
named Republican had broken and distorted
his confidence after attending a White House
meeting of congressional leaders last Tues-
day night. At that session, Mr. Johnson dis-
cussed with the leaders the situation in
South Vietnam.
Today, Mr. FORD replied that he refused
to be baited into a verbal Donnybrook with
the Commander in Chief that would play
into the hands of Hanoi, Peiping and Mos-
cow.
If Mr. Johnson was referring to him, he
said, there was a "misunderstanding which I
trust the White House will correct."
At Austin, Tex., in a news conference held
before Mr. FORD spoke out, Joseph Laitin, the
assistant White House press secretary, said
there would be no further comment. The
President, he said, "never gets into personali-
ties of any kind (laughter is recorded at
this point on the news conference tran-
script) and that is that."
He said the President had answered a fair
question that had referred to stories he read
in the newspapers which didn't give a source,
and the President felt that it was a distor-
tion and was inaccurate.
After Mr. FoRD's statement, Mr. Laitin said
at a second news conference: "I've said all
I'm going to say this morning. The White
House isn't interested in controversy."
There was no suggestion that there had
been any direct conversation between Mr.
FORD and Mr. Johnson.
Here is an account, based on the pub-
lished record and on the notes and memories
of persons involved, of how the controversy
arose:
Last Tuesday, Mr. Johnson invited a num-
ber of congressional leaders, including Mr.
FORD, to the White House for a discussion of
conferences among administration officials
on the war in Vietnam.
SOME SURPRISED BY DECISION
On Wednesday, in a Presidential news con-
ference, Mr. Johnson announced that he
would gradually double draft calls to 35,000
a month and send 50,000 additional troops to
Vietnam. This surprised those who had
predicted that he would call up the Reserves
and declare a national emergency.
On Thursday, Mr. FORD and Representative
MELviN R. LAIRD, the chairman of the House
Republican conference, met for lunch with a
small group of reporters. It was one of a
regular series of meetings they hold, and in-
vitations had been issued at least a week
before.
Mr. FORD and Mr. LAIRD devoted most of
their remarks to their own views on Vietnam.
including the statement that they would
urge the President and other Members of
Congress to cut back on domestic expendi-
tures in order to meet the growing expenses
of the Vietnamese war.
Both explicitly stated that they would not
criticize the President for his course in Viet-
nam until there had been time to see
whether the troop buildup had been effec-
tive. The two Republican leaders had previ-
ously been urging intensified air and sea at-
tacks on North Vietnam rather than em-
phasis on the ground warfare.
DESCRIBES MANSFIELD STATEMENT
During the session with reporters, Mr. FORD
said that at the White House meeting Tues-
day night Senator MIKE MANSFIELD, of Mon-
tana, the Senate Democratic leader, had read
a two-page statement in which he expressed
fears about the stability of the South Viet-
namese Government, the dangers of escalat-
ing the war, and the possibility of a damag-
ing debate in the Senate on the Vietnamese
question.
That is the extent of the description of the
statement that Mr. FORD gave. This part
of the discussion was on a background
basis-not to be attributed to Mr. FORD-
although most of the session was on the
record.
On Friday morning, at least three reports
of the Mansfield statement were published.
The New York Times referred to It as it had
been described by Mr. FORD, in an article
that said the attitude of the Senate had been
one factor in Mr. Johnson's decision not to
call up Reserves or declare a national emer-
gency.
The Chicago Tribune mentioned. the Mans-
field statement, again as described by Mr.
FORD, in a dispatch that began:
"President Johnson, in an 11th-hour deci-
sion Tuesday, canceled plans to declare a
state of emergency, call up the Reserves, and
ask Congress for $5 billion to expand the war
in Vietnam, congressional sources said
today."
The article, written by Willard Edwards,
said Mr. Johnson had done so when warned
by Senate Democratic leaders that the more
dramatic plans would cause a "tremendous
congressional and public reaction."
The syndicated columnists Robert Novak
and Rowland Evans also referred to the
Mansfield statement in an article in the New
York Herald Tribune and other newspapers.
They described it as having expressed the
Senator's opposition to "almost everything
the United States has done in Vietnam since
the murder of President Diem in 1963," and
said that he also implied that this sentiment
was felt widely in the Senate.
The columnists, neither of whom had at-
tended the Ford-Laird luncheon, said the
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