SECRETARY CARVER'S ADDRESS TO VIRGIN ISLANDS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

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Fraternally yours in the service of Jesus large sense you are direct participants in the
Christ, exercise of a Federal prerogative. We are
1'xrt a? D., I+E Bus, both participants in a . m4st_ interesting ex-
periment-the development of self-govern-
ment by direct congressional action.
SECRETARY CARVER'S ADDRESS This is the real essence of the process you
TO VIRGIN ISLANDS CONSTITU- are initiating here this evening. You are
TIONAL CONVENTION proposing to consider the basic elements in
the delicate relationship that exists between
(Mr. ASPINALL asked and was given your political community and its creator, the
permission to extend his remarks at this Congress of the United States.
point'in the RgcoBD, and to include an Traditionally, changes in the organic
address by Under Secretary Carver.) powers and governmental structure of the
Mr, ASPINALL, Mr. Speaker, in 1954 territories have emanated from the source o-
that power-the Federal legislative and ex-
when Congress enacted the. Virgin Islands ecutive institutions. But I think it parti-
Organic Act, it was anticipated that from cularly fitting and proper that the moving
time to time it would be desirable to force for change originate with those most
analyze the legislation and perhaps of- directly affected, the citizens of the terri-
ter amendments. Congress recognized tories. Through this device, the Congress
that evefitually the Virgin Islands and can be assured that the proposed changes
represent Its inhabitants should have, a constitu- It will ill be e a a signal true tot thehe outside eof .
the world d th th or t
at
tion into which their wishes. and needs the principle of self-government Is a working
Would be incorporated, In order to im- force in a truly democratic system.
plement these needs the Virgin Islands This occasion has something of a nostalgic
Constitutional Convention convened in quality about it for me. Nearly 4 years ago,
Charlotte Amalie on December- 7, 1964. it became my good fortune to represent the
The Honorable John A. Carver, Jr., the executive branch of the Federal Government
then Assistant Secretary of the Interior at the inaugural ceremonies for Governor
Paiewonsky.
for Public Land Management and now This was my first direct contact with any
Under Secretary of the Interior, attend- of the territories over whose "affairs the De-
ed the opening session of the convention partment of the-Interior exercises a degree of
and delivered the following address supervision. It has, therefore, been a most
Which I am pleased to present to our interesting experience to review the remarks
whic gU05: I made on that occasion and the develop-
ments which have occurred in the 4 years of
REMARKS BY JOHN A. CARVER, JR. our relationship-to see what progress we
Mr. Chairman, what you are undertaking have made and whether our predictions on
to do in this convention constitutes the that optimistic day had any validity.
very essence of democracy. It is, therefore, I said on that occasion that it was not our
a truly thrilling experience for me to have intention to impose administration on the
been invited to participate in the opening Virgin Islands or any other territory whose
of so noble an enterprise, organic legislation provided for an elected
The right of citizens, individuals and legislature chosen by free people. That dec-
groups, to petition their government is a laration has been adhered to. Your Gover-
cherished part of our heritage, explicitly set nor and your legislature have been left free
forth in our Constitution. Rarely, however, to develop your own solutions to the prob-
is it utilized in so formal and methodical a lems that have come with maturity.
way as you have chosen to plan for your own I said also at that time that "progress to-
political future. ward self-government will be found in the
Your action in convening this convention attitudes which exist in the hearts and
is the ultimate answer to those who practice minds of the people concerned and the man-
tyranny at home but preach self-determina- ner in which that attitude is reflected in the
tion in the distant halls of international de- exploitation of resources for the general
liberation. I hope that my presence here, good." In the context of our meeting here
as a, representative of the Federal Govern- tonight, that statement was prophetic. For
ment to wish you well and to encourage the you are here convened to deliberate and to
most fundamental kind of evaluation, will give formal expression to the attitudes which
add one more spike in the coffin in which we have developed in your community in the
bury the lie of American colonialism. intervening 4 years of time.
For nearly 4 years now, I have wrestled In that 4-year period, under the highly
with the wide variety of problems that are competent direction of Governor Palewonsky
committed to my office by delegation from and the responsibility and leadership of your
the Secretary of the Interior. But of all the legislature, the Virgin Islands have made
responsibilities which he has given me, that monumental progress. Your educational
which places me in close, almost daily, con- and health programs have been upgraded to
'tact with the offshore territories is the most standards which were hardly imaginable in
satisfying. In this, all the basic elements a short decade ago. The College of the Vir-
of government are found. Each territorial gin Islands is a reality.
entity, with its own personality, is a sep- Diversification of business and industry
arate microcosm-a unique political phe- Is a fact. The virtues of the territory as a
nomenon whose life processes can be com- vacation spot are known throughout the
prehended as a unified whole, whereas in mainland. Your-election laws have broad-
the gargantuan size and intricate workings ened citizen participation in the govern-
of our Federal Establishment there is given mental process. You have elected to take
to each department but a slice or portion. on the responsibilities for providing serv-
The same is true, also, in our 50 States. The ices-power -and water-rather than rely on
situation in the territories lets us, see repre- Federal management of those resources.
sentative government as it was at the begin- These are truly concrete evidences of prog-
ping.of our Republic, ress and civic maturity. It is, then, wholly
'you are in the very enviable position of appropriate that you should now turn to the
being able to make your governmental insti- question of your governmental charter and
tutions serve quite directly the needs of your the political instrumentalities through
community. which you manage your own destinies for
ail one respect you are not completely free the future.
agenfs, 'Unlike the States whose sovereign As in all facets of public affairs, the as-
existence and powers are preserved by con- , sumption of authority to express political
atitutipnal , format, the territories are pecu- aspirations carries with it a grave obligation
Ilarly creatures of Federal discretion. in a to protect the broader national interest. As
full citizens of the United States, you must
assure that the recommendations coming
from this convention conform to the docu-
ment which establishes the ultimate Federal
sovereignty, the U.S. Constitution. More
than that, in exercising the democratic
prerogative of petition, you must be ever
mindful of the image of America as it is
seen in other quarters of the world. Every
element of my experience with the Virgin
Islands generates confidence that you will be
responsive to these basic obligations.
Above all, we must recognize that the
work of this convention will only be a be-
ginning. Ours is not a government of whim
or proclamation. You are beginning a proc-
ess of communication with the basic source
of Federal authority in matters of territorial
government-the Congress. The role of my
Department in this process cannot be a
wholly neutral one, but it must be a respon-
sible one. We shall do our utmost to make
your communication to the Congress both
meaningful and productive. We tender our
good offices, both to make your deliberations
fruitful, and to promote understanding be-
tween you and the Congress.
Four years ago, I called for "the creation
of a social, economic, and political environ-
ment which will permit the residents of the
area to make a free choice as to their ulti-
mate form of relationship to the United
States."
Those 4 years have established milestones
of progress toward that ideal. It is now for
you to express the true hopes and aspirations
of this community with respect to the ulti-
mate political question of association with
the rest of tl~e broader national community.
MMIGRATION BILL
permission to address the House for 1
minute, to revise and extend his remarks,
and to include extraneous matter.)
Mr. HORTON. Mr. Speaker, along
with my distinguished colleague from
New York, the Honorable OGDEN REID, I
have introduced today a bill to tie the
test of immigration to an individual's
ability and ambition to contribute to the
progress of America, The 11-point meas-
ure parallels the provisions of legislation
I sponsored in the last Congress to revise
the restrictions regulating U.S. entrance
of emigrants.
Our immigration practices and policies
present a serious situation wholly out of
step with our country's concepts of in-
dividual values. This Nation's basic law
governing who shall pass through the
portals of America is now in its fifth
decade-unchanged and unrealistic.
Therefore, I am proposing legislation
to overhaul these outdated laws. The
provisions of this measure substitute
standards of skill for the present pattern
of awarding admission to America based
on birthplace. The proposal also gives
preference to the blood relatives of
American citizens so that families need
no longer undergo the inhuman hardship
of separation.
While this immigration bill would re-
vise and extend the opportunity of citi-
zenship, it would have little effect on the
total number of persons allowed admis-
sion annually. The approximate dou-
bling in new quotas would be negligible,
since current quotas presently permit
155,000 immigrants annually and special
legislation adds another 150,000 each
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I first offered the immigration reform Mr. REII7 of New York. Mr. Speaker, of his birth. A person of Chinese an-
legislation in May of 1904. Later last it is vital that we have new immigration cestry born in Brazil would be treated
year, I testified in the bill's behalf at legislation. For far too long we have as a Brazilian rather than as a Chinese
Judiciary Committee hearings on this been content to permit a discriminatory for purposes of immigration.
and other bills proposing immigration and outdated law be the basis of immi- Seventh. Minimum quotas are doubled
procedure amendments. gration into the United States. to 200--this includes dependent terri-
Mr. Speaker, I include with my re- It is high time that the repugnant tories.
marks the following section-by-section national origins quota system be abol- Eighth. Quotas are abolished for all
explanation of the bill I am introducing: ished and provision be made for the re- countries and adjacent islands in North,
1. An approximate doubling of the present uniting of families ands the admission Central, and South America. This in-
155,000 quota numbers to 300,000 annually; into this country of persons With needed eludes both independent countries and
and the basing of future quotas upon one- skills. dependent territories.
sixth of 1 percent of the total number of Accordingly, I am today introducing a Ninth. Second-class citizenship as be-
people in the United States as determined by bill in concert with my distinguished col- tween native-born and naturalized
any future U.S. census. A quota figure thus league the gentleman from New York Americans is abolished. This places in
various nations d? would be distributed
bn a to actual among the [Mr. HORTON1 which represents an ad- legislation that principle which the Su-
emiggrat ration and pr desire to enter n ministratively feasible, fair, and thor- promo Court has recently affirmed.
migration n desire the e
sent immigration Tenth. Provision is made for annual
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United States between 1924 and 1964. The ough r
actual increase in those coming to the laws. This bill embodies suggestions parole of refugees and escapees into the
.United States would be negligible as special
legislation regularly admits about 150,000 per
year outside the official quota numbers.
2. Unused quotas In any given year would
-be redistributed from countries which do not
use them (the United Kingdom) to coun-
tries which need them but do not have
enough quota numbers (Italy). This re-
distribution would be within each of four
major regions: Europe, Asia, Africa, and
Australasia.
3. Parents of U.S. citizens are made non-
quota and would be promptly admitted.
The uniting of families is important to this
?country and should be made a reality for
many who are now tragically separated.
4. First preference would be given to those
persons whose services are especially ad-
vantageous to the United States. This word-
ing is substantially more` liberal than the
present law which restricts first preference to
those who are needed urgently.
5. A fourth preference is established for
brothers, sisters, married sons and daughters
of U.S, citizens, thus doubling the number
of visas available to them under former pro-
visions; and parents of resident aliens are
added to the preference list. Unused num-
bers are made available to persons willing to
work at jobs for which a shortage of willing
workers exists in the United States.
5. The concept of racial or ethnic origin
for Orientals is abolished, This is the so-
. called Asia-Pacific triangle concept. A per-
son's nationality under this bill would be
determined by the place of his birth. A Per-
son of Chinese ancestry born in Brazil would
be treated as a Brazilian rather than as a
Chinese for purposes of immigration.
7. Minimum quotas are doubled to 200
(this includes dependent territories).
8. Quotas are abolished for all countries
and adjacent islands in ISTorth, Central, and
South America. This includes both inde-
-pendent countries and dependent territories.
9. Second-class citizenship as between
native-born and naturalized Americans is
abolished. This places in legislation that
principle which the Supreme Court has re-
cently affirmed.
10. Provision is made for annual parole of
refugees and escapees into the United States
up to a number of 15,000-or up to any num-
ber if the President decides an emergency
exists. Such refugees may be given im-
migration status after 2 years in numbers
up to 25,000 per year.
11. Provisions for naturalizing persons
who have served honorably in our Armed
Forsee are lkberMizgd.
first put forward by former President United States up to a number of 15,000-
Eisenhower more than 8 years ago. or up to any number if the President de-
It is important that these far-reaching cides an emergency exists. Such refu-
changes be made a matter of clear and gees may be given immigration status
progressive law-equally applicable to after 2 years in numbers up to 25,000 per
all; not subject to caprice and winds of year.
political pressure -which can affect ad- Eleventh. Provisions for naturalizing
ministrative judgment. persons who have served honorably in
The major provisions include: our Armed Forces are liberalized.
First. An approximate doubling of the Our Immigration laws are basically 45
present 155,000 quota numbers to 300,000 years out of date-and are still based on
annually; and the basing of future quo- the census of 1920. We make a fetish out
tas upon one-sixth of 1 percent of the of the discriminatory quota system, yet
total number of people in the United the facts show we ignore it more often
States as determined by any future U.S. than we use it.
census. A quota figure thus obtained In the last 10 years, 1 million immi-
would be distributed among the various grants came here under quotas which
nations in proportion to actual immigra- would have allowed 1,500,000 to enter-
tion and proven desire to enter the which means one-third of those quotas
United States between 1924 and 1964. were wasted on countries which did not
The actual increase in those coming to use them.
the United States would be negligible as In the same period 1,800,000 other im-
special legislation regularly admits about migrants came in outside the quota sys-
150,000 per year outside the official quota tem or under special and temporary
numbers. legislation and exceptions, such as were
Second. Unused quotas in any given needed, for example, to give asylum to the
year would be redistributed from coun- gallant freedom fighters of Hungary.
tries which do not use them-the United That means that two out of every three
Kingdom-to countries which need them immigrants during the decade came in
but do not have enough quota numbers- outside the quotas.
Italy. This redistribution would be with- I submit that when two-thirds of our
in each of four major regions: Europe, immigrants came in outside the quota
Asia, Africa, and Australia. system, it is high time to change the law.
Third. Parents of U.S. citizens are Our present immigration system dis-
made nonquota and would be promptly criminates flagrantly in favor of north-
admitted. The uniting of families is im- ern and western Europeans and against
portant to this country and should be southern Europeans. Is there any jus-
made a reality for many who are now tice in the fact that Italy, with 51 million
tragically separated. people, has a quota of only 5,666 a year
Fourth. First preference would be giv- while Great Britain, with 53 million has
en to those persons whose services are a quota of 65,000? Is there any logical
especially advantageous, to the United reason why Greece with 8,500,000 people
States. This wording is substantially is allowed only 308 immigrants per year
more liberal than the present law which while Sweden, with less than 7,500,000,
restricts first preference to those who are
needed urgently.
has 3,300-10 times as many?
Nor is that the end of the unfair dif-
ferences of treatment. An American who
fished for brothers, sisters, married sons, has a Swiss brother can get him admitted
and daughters of U.S. citizens, thus at once. But his neighbor, whose sister
doubling the number of visas available is Italian, may have to wait years to get
to them under former provisions; and her a quota number-under our regular
parents of resident aliens are added to immigration laws. Both are Americans
the preference list. Unused numbers are and both have the American sense of
made available to persons willing to work fairness, and both, therefore, would be
at inks for which a shortage of willing equally offended by such unequal and in-
ter.) this bill would be determined by the place in our own time, an immigrant's grand-
given permission to address the House for origin for Orientals is abolished. This of many breeds and has the vigor of that
1 minute, to revise and extend his re- is the so-called Asia-Pacific Triangle high heritage. What began with an Ital-
marks and to include extraneous mat- concept. A person's nationality under tan, sailing in a Spanish ship, has seen,
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son reach the, White, House-and ?o the
grand story goes on We are truiv a
Nation. -t ;immigrants Ii= we would
honor our heritage we must pu, t an end-
here and now-to`, discr'ixninatory na-
tional origins quotas, second class citi-
zenship, and divided families. Vile must
have a ,Just and equitable immigration
policy as a matter of law.
'EXPOR'T CONTROLS ON
WALNUT LOGS
(Mr. ADAIR asked and was,given per-
.r
ission to address the House for 1 min-
ute and to revise. and extend his re:"
marks.)
Mr. ADAM? `Mr. Speaker, I rise today
to speak in support of export controls on
walnut logs. On Friday, February 12,
1965, the Secretary of ' Commerce saw fit
not to extend this export control. This
in itself js a unique ,story in a day and
age of increasing Federal controls. This
control was originally imposed on Feb-
ruary 14, 1964, after all the major manu-
facturers of walnut veneer iii. the, United
States had made application under the
Export Control Act for relief from exces-
sive drain of the, diminishing supply of
Walnut logs and resulting inflation in
prices. But this is just not a matter of
protecting an industry-it is a matter of
conservation of one of America's finest
furniture woods. It would be a great
tragedy,.if we knowingly let this wood
become extinct or in.such short supply
that,its cost would, be prohibitive to all
except the very wealthy.
This fine wood grows only on the North
American Continent and the supply
could become exhausted within 7 years.
The manufacturers for their part have
cooperated to the utmost. They have cut
the thickness of their walnut veneer to
one-thirty-sixth of an inch from one-
twenty--eighth, of an, inch. This tech-
nological change, was accomplished at
no small cost to the manufacturers and
with no little amount of complaining
from their customers.
Now the Department of. Commerce has
stated that the controls were lifted, be-,
cause they were not 100.-percent success-
ful as a price control measure. However,
the figures show that the program has
been eminently successful, when meas-
ured by any yardstick of success for any
similar Government-control program.
The figures show that, controls. did de-
crease the export? of the walnut logs, and
greatly held down the domestic consump-
tion-much below the average annual
increase. This fact is even more, ger-
mane,, when it is noted that it took nearly
3.months of this 12-month period of con-
trol to shift to, the, new . thickness, ,
This matter of . walnut woodlooms
large in, the furniture industry., The
cost of walnut veneer is only 2_to 3 per-
cent of,,the wholesale price of a_ piece of
that furniture,, but, in 1.9?4 $36 million
worth of walnut veneer was sold and
used in, approximately $1 billion worth
of furniture. It is a mater of, pride to,
those of us from,.Tndianathat. we.have
I 5 veneer mills that produce lb percent
of, the *ations walnut veneer.
There is another factor to, be ,_ conlsid-
ered here. if this decision is' allowed to
stand it could iAean the,. exhaustion of
the supply of this wood. Tliis in turn
would mean importing of foreign hard
woods, with the resultant loss of Ameri-
can currency and further damage to our
balance-of-payments position, There is,
of course, the short range view that with
this control lifted exports of this wood
will increase. However, the end result
would` be the loss, to other nations of our
export market. There are other hard
woods available in the world, but none
that are an, adequate substitute for wal-
nut veneer.
Therefore, I request that the Secretary
of Commerce suspend this decision until
further hearings can be held. We have
an obligation to future generations here
to protect a natural resource. We have
an obligation to the consumer to keep
the price of walnut veneer down. We
have an obligation to this group of manu-
facturers to see that they are not forced
out of this business or to a foreign source
for wood, due to a nearsighted Govern-
ment policy. I request that the Secretary
of Commerce therefore, give urgent re-
consideration to this decision and hold a
hearing on this entire matter at the
earliest possible moment.
RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTETH A
NATION
(Mr. HARVEY of Indiana asked and
Was given permission to address the
House for 1 minute, to revise and extend
his remarks, and to include extraneous
matter.)
Mr. HARVEY of Indiana. Mr. Speak-
er, on the 20th of January last at the
Bristol Hotel in Beirut, Lebanon, on the
occasion of a ceremony honoring the
inaugural of President Johnson, a very
moving address was made by Dr. Charles
Malik of the faculty of the Amerie~an
University in Beirut, Lebanon.
The title of this address is "Right-
eousness _Exxalteth. a Nation," and is as
follows:
-...RIGHTEOUSNESS ESALTETH A NATION
(Devotional message at the Presidential
prayer breakfast, on the occasion of the
inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson as
President of the United States, delivered
at the Bristol Hotel, Beirut, Lebanon, Jan-
uary 20, 1965, by Dr. Charles Malik)
America was founded on religious liberty
and on faith in God. The primary motive
of those who crossed the ocean three centur-
ies ago was not economic, but religious.
The economic motive came two centuries
later after the religious motive had suc-
ceeded in establishing a new nation and
taming and unifying a whole continent.
These men and women believed in righteous-
ness, because righteousness is nothing but
conformity to the will of God. Nothing was
more obvious, nothing more taken for
granted in all their dealings and in all their
life than that righteousness exalteth a na-
tion, but the wicked shall fall by their
wickedness.,., Read the literature of the 17th
and 18th centuries; read Jonathan Edwards;
despite tile rationalist-humanist influences
of the enlightenment which started stream-
ing into the land from the middle of the
18th century and on, and which, how-
ever, providentially came in preparation for
the great political constructions that were
.then about to dawn, the American mind
l,ivesi, day and night in the presence of some-
thing awesome, something invisible, some-
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thing more real than anything visible; it
lived in the presence ' of God, a living and
judging God; it submitted itself to an order
of being lull of wonder and meaning to
which it felt it must conform if It wanted
to live, and woe to it if it did not conform.
Perhaps the verse which stood before the
American mind in those days more poig-
nantly than any other verse in the Bible was
this verse from the Psalmist: "Thou lovest
righteousness, and hatest wickedness: there-
fore God, thy God, hath annointed thee with
the oil of gladness above thy fellows"
(Psalm 45: 7). Wherever there was success
and gladness, the thing was not attributed
to luck or to the ordinary operations of
nature; the thing was conceived as coming
direct from God as the gracious reward of
the righetous. There was a direct correla-
tion, then, between happiness in this life
and doing the will of God. Of course exist-
ence then was full of danger and struggle
and uncertainty and suffering, but the one
staying hand, the one fixed star that gave
the ship of state,'both of individuals, fam-
ilies and whole communities, steadiness and
direction, peace and certainty and joy, de-
spite all struggle and all suffering, was this
living sense of God's presence and His rele-
vance, through His law and His will, to every
situation in life. How much strength and
courage, how much consistency and char-
acter, how much unity of purpose and qual-
ity of life, how much ability to endure and
overcome, the American Nation throughout
its history has owed this original, living
sense of God, is a matter that has again and
again supplied pregnant themes for poet and
philosopher, for saint and even for states-
man.
People are worried today about the spread
of atheism and cynicism, and the wave of
materialism, economic determinism, and
moral relativism that has swept not only
across American but throughout the whole
world. I am worried about these things too,
and I do what I can to combat them. In
fact I talked about some of them last fall
on the campuses of 30 American universities
and colleges. The positive response I got
was beyond any previous expectation of mine.
Some sophisticated people, especially on the
east coast, have already given up: they speak
of this as a "post-Christian" age, an age of
science and technique and efficiency, an age
of computers and automation, an age of
what they call "creature comforts," and all
this in order to justify the way they live;
namely, as animals without any moral re-
straints or standards whatsoever. But I
found the Middle West, the South, and the
West relatively free of this degeneracy, rela-
tively more pure and more wholesome; and
urban life in the big cities is not represen-
tative of American character even in the
East. He does not know the real America
who Is impressed and misled by the cheap
sex literature now on display on every news-
stand, by the cheap movies, and by the drink-
ing and chambering that goes on in the great
industrial communities.
We know that 80 million people went to
church in the United States last Sunday.
We know that the statistics of the churches
indicate that 72 percent of the American
people are church-affiliated. We know that
one Gallup poll disclosed that 92 percent of
the American people consider themselves re-
lated to a church in one way or another.
Everywhere you go you find new churches
building. The seminaries, I was told, are
flourishing as never before. The ecumenical
movement is gaining momentum, among
Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox, and
between them. Things are happening in this
realm-such as a Catholic bishop preaching
in a Protestant church and a Protestant min-
ister taking part in a Catholic ritual-that
would have appeared fantastic even 5 years
ago. Until last year Union Theological Semi-
nary never had Catholic priests among its
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students; last year 2 priests enlisted and this
year 16 of them are taking courses in that
most famous of Protestant- seminaries in
America. When Karl Barth came to America
$ years ago he was a sensation everywhere
he'went, and he drew enormous crowds at
all his appearances. Paul TYllich, who tries
in his own way to make relijon intelligible
to the blase Intellectuals, never fails to draw
large crowds, from among the young and the
old alike.
Hans Kung last month drew a crowd of
more than 5,000 people from all over the
United States at his lecture at Georgetown
University on freedom in theology. And
everywhere you go you find wonderful God-
fearing people: humble folk, concerned, root-
ed, given to prayer, doing their utmost to be
faithful to their best lights; people who live
their Christianity without fanfare and os-
tentation; who, when they pray, enter into
their closet, shut the door behind them, and
pray alone on their knees to their Father
which is in secret, and when, they give alms
they never let their left hand know what
their right hand is doing; .people who know
and love Christ and in their. own way have
given their lives to Him, and who believe
nothing more surely than that He is the
meaning of all our yearning and suffering,
the cause of all our search and unrest, the
hope of history and the light that enlight-
eBeth every man that cometh into the world.
You do not find these men in the streets
or in bars or in movie houses or in wild
parties; but they exist by jhe millions in
homes and churches, in schools and factor-
ies, in universities and in government offices.
Oh, I have seen hundreds of them-students,
teachers, administrators, workers, mothers,
humble men, happy and full of joy. When
you meet them you know,them and you
thank God for them. And you know that it
will be from their ranks, aWi not from the
ranks of the cynics or unbelievers or morally
degenerate, that God will send saviors of
America in every realm and at every level.
'You cannot therefore agree with those who
speak of this as a "post-Christian" age and
of America as having turned her back on
God. What these people mean is that they
wish the facts were so and., doubtless they
ale working to make them so. But what
they do not know is that, now that Christ
has come, there can never be a "post-Christ-
ian age." We shall always be living in the
Christian age until the end of time. The
cynics and atheists, have no idea what all
this means. There is in Ankerica a wonder-
ful leaven that will certainly leaven the
whole lump. God is above all and He knows
how to confound the wicked. "Righteous-
ness exalteth a nation and blessed the na-
tion whose God Is the Lord." Despite every
reason for discouragement and frustration,
.& erica's God at her heart is the Lord.
DOCTOR'S CARE, HOSPITALIZA-
TION, AND MEDICINE FOR THE
DLDERLY
(Mr. DORN asked and was given per-
mission to address the House for 1 min-
ute and to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. DORN. Mr. Speaker, I am today
introducing _ the Herlollg-Curtis bill
Which will provide for our elderly citi-
zens complete medical aid when in need.
This bill will make possible doctor's care,
hospitalization, and medicine for those
senior citizens whose income falls below
a' standard set by the local community
and the State. This bill will.provide ex-
tenslve.health insurance coverage for our
elderly people through private enter-
prise. It will grant certain income tax
benefits to those purchasing , adequate
health insurance.
The so-called medicare bill-King-
Anderson bill-will not provide full cov-
erage for our needy elderly citizens. The
Medicare bill will only provide limited
benefits and increase social security
taxes. The medicare bill would provide
for medical attention to wealhy people
and would tax our already overburdened
workers further to pay the hospitali-
zation for those in good financial condi-
tion.
Mr. Speaker, the bill I am introducing
will not take from the social security
program and will be no threat whatso-
ever to those who have paid into the so-
cial security program and who are en-
titled to its benefits in their elderly years.
My bill will not tax our young people for
45 years in order that wealthy citizens
might go to the hospital now. The Her-
long-Curtis bill is a fair bill, it is reason-
able and will take care of those actually
in need.
Mr. Speaker, we are all acquainted
with people who have paid into social
security since it started in 1937 and who
have not drawn a dime. It would be
tragic and unfair to add social security
tax burdens to these in order to send
those to the hospital who are able to pay
their bills while many of the needy still
go unattended. We are all greatly con-
cerned about the increasing cost of hos-
pitalization, medicine, and domiciliary
care. In a society with the highest
standard of living of any country in the
world, it should be of concern that many
of our aged, diseased, crippled, and blind
are in need of medical attention. This is
an era when lifetime savings can be
wiped out almost overnight when sudden
illness strikes requiring prolonged hos-
pitalization. This situation should be of
concern to every thoughtful American.
Mr. Speaker, medicare-King-Ander-
son bill-would lead to nationalized Fed-
eral medicine, with long waiting lines,
blanks, and forms to fill out, channels
to go through, and with a huge Federal
bureaucracy. Nationalized medicine,
with its political pull and overcrowded
hospitals, would only be a cruel hoax on
our aging and disabled citizens who are
really in need. The Congress, in consid-
ering my bill for the aged and needy
must profit from the experience of Eng-
land, Germany, and other countries with
national socialized medicine. During the
first 4 years of Sweden's national health
program, absenteeism in her plants in-
creased 25 percent. Hospitals were
crowded and doctors harassed by
patients with the slightest aches and
pains. In Germany the average hospital
stay is 29 days as compared to 8 days
with similar type ailments in the United
States during 1961. Doctor's strikes in
Canada, Belgium, and South America
caused chaos in these countries. A
steady stream of doctors is leaving Eng-
land annually. Socialized medicine can-
not solve America's medical problems.
There would not be time nor room in
such a program for our aging citizens
to receive the attention they deserve.
The very fact that the United States
has an increasing need for more medical
aid to the elderly is a tribute to the
superiority of our private enterprise
medical standards. In 19010 the span of
life in the United States was only 47
years-today it is 70 years.
The maternal death rate since 1915 has
decreased by 94 percent. The infant
mortality rate has experienced a fan-
tastic decline.
Salk vaccine, which has played such
a vital role to eliminate the threat of
polio, was developed in the United States
under our private enterprise system of
medicine. We are on the threshold of
controlling cancer and heart diseases
through private research. We are mak-
ing more progress than any of the na-
tions with socialized medicine.
The dedication of our American doc-
tors, our superb hospitals, their excellent
staffs and the quality of our medical care
and research with private enterprise in-
centive, is the best in the world.
Mr. Speaker, I urge the Congress to
enact the Curtis-Herlong bill, which will
provide medical aid through a dignified,
American program. My bill will extend
comfort and understanding to our senior
citizens in the sunset of life.
BIG SANDY FLOOD CONTROL RE-
PORT, BIG SANDY RIVER AND
TRIBUTARIES, KENTUCKY, WEST
VIRGINIA, AND VIRGINIA
The SPEAKER. Under previous order
of the House the gentleman from Ken-
tucky [Mr. PEaxINsl is recognized for
60 minutes.
(Mr. PERKINS asked and was given
permission to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. PERKINS. Mr. Speaker, the need
for Federal assistance to stimulate the
economy of the Appalachian region of
our country is one of the most pressing
matters now'before the Congress. The
President has recommended legislation,
the Senate has passed it in the form of
S. 3, and this bill has been favorably re-
ported, without amendment, by the
House Committee on Public Works. The
Appalachia legislation will very shortly
become the pending business of the
House of Representatives. I support this
measure and I am confident that it will
be enacted into law, although I do not
think it goes far enough to come to grips
with all of the problems. Possibly no
district in the entire Appalachian region
is more beset by economic problems and
needs more help than my own Seventh
District of eastern Kentucky.
I take the floor today to discuss the
need for an expanded program of water
resources development, as one way to help
eastern Kentucky regain the economic
ground it has lost over the past several
decades. The "Corps of Engineers' Sur-
vey Report on Flood Control" and re-
lated water resources development on the
Big Sandy River and tributaries in Ken-
tucky, West Virginia, and Virginia, has
been completed by the district engineer
in Huntington and forwarded by the
division engineer in Cincinnati to the
Board of Engineers for Rivers and Har-
bors, where it is now undergoing review.
The people of my district have an im-
portant stake in this report. I have al-
ready brought a delegation in to meet
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