U.S. MUST HAVE PROMPT LEADER- SHIP IN CUBAN SITUATION

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their annuities until the approval of Public
Law 85 465 in 1958. Health benefits have
also been denied to persons retired from par-
ticular agencies (such as the Tennessee
Valley Authority and Farm Credit Adminis-
tration) on legal technicalities.
We recommend leglsintion to extend bene-
fits under the Retired Federal Employees
Health Benefits Act to all forgotten widows
who first received annuities under Public
Law 85- 465, and to all others receiving an-
nuities based on at least 12 years of servloe
which terminated with an Immediate an-
nuity prior to July 1, 1980.
A. cljmDrrING LONG ISRVICE
Since July 12. ?1960, employees who con-
tinved in service and made contributions to
the retirement fund after they had accumu-
lated enough service to earn the maximum
annuity, have received credit for such con-
tributions to purchase additional annuities,
thus giving them more than the maximum
basic annuity. There are many annuitants
who retired before April 1. 1948, with service
in excess of 35 years who received no credit
for such excess service and contributions.
There are many other annuitants who retired
before July 12, 1980, who received no credit
for contributions beyond the time during
which they earned maximum annuities.
We favor an amendment to the retirement
laws to require the recomputation of annul-
ties of persons retired before July 12, 1960.
who had rendered service and made contri-
butions to the fund after completing the
service on which their annuities were based,
to bring about annuity Increases under a
formula of one-half the ratio of such excess
service to the service on which their present
annuities are based.
S. DWAHmrrY ANNttrr7 TLOOS
Disability retirement Is a double calamity
inflicted by lose of employment forced by
loss of capacity to work. Mild hardship is
more humanely recognized In Public Law
84854, by a disability annuity floor equal to
the annuity that could be earned by service
to age 60. or 40 percent of the average salary,
whichever 1s less, but this recognition 1s re-
stricted to persons retired since October 1,
1958.
We favor extension of this annuity floor of
the annuity which would have been earned
by service to age 60, or 40 percent of the
average salary, whichever is less, to an-
nuitants retired prior to October 1, 1958.
S. AVAILASILIrT 07 RETIREMENT ]FUND
The retirement fund was established for
? the purpose of paying benefits under the
civil service retirement system, but a pro-
vision in Public Law 85-844, approved Au-
gust 28. 1950. forbids the use of this fund for
paying any Increase in benefits voted there-
after by Congress. This is an unnecessary
restriction and should be removed.
We favor legislation to clarify the fact
that the retirement fund was established to
pay retirement benefits and to remove any
restrictions In such use.
7. POSTAL RATE ADVANTAGES
All labor unions and many other nonprofit
associations are enjoying preferential bulk
mailing rates under Federal postal laws. Our
association headquarters and many of our
chapters have been denied this privilege.
We will continue our efforts to obtain
postal rate privileges equivalent to those
granted labor unions and other nonprofit
organizations.
S. PANAMA CANAL CONSTRUCTION ANNUITIES
Civilian workers recruited for service in
the Panama Canal Zone during the period of
the construction of the canal were promised
that all who remained a full period of 2 years
would share in the rewards for such service.
A generation later, when annuities were
awarded on the basis of such service, those
with 2 years but less than 3 years service were
excluded from the benefits.
We support the request of Panama Canal
construction workers that Congress now re-
deem the promise to them by granting an-
nuities to 2-year service persona (about 75
survivors) for the remaining portions of their
lives.
e. osouP rax INSURANCE
Group life insurance retained after retire-
ment is a very important benefit, and should
not be subject to the present rapid depre-
ciation in value at the rate of 2 percent per
month until only a fourth of the original
amount remains.
We will continue to urge legislation to cut
the reduction rate of group life insurance to
1 percent per month and halt the reduction
when it has reached 50 percent of the origi-
nal value.
10. pales-!safe LAWS
Numerous campaigns are underway to en-
act legislation to authorize price firing by
manufacturers and distributors Of food, med-
icine, and other products needed. by annul-
tants. Sometimes such legislation is dis-
guised as a scheme for the protection of
trademarked brands, or as a fair-trade pro-
posal, but the real purpose Is to enlist the
aid of Federal and State courts in forcing
retailers to charge us more money for the
neoesaities of life. Our annuity dollars are
too precious to be cheapened by legalizing
such price-fixing practices.
We urge all annuitants to be alert to laws
proposed In our Congress and In our State
legislatures Which would enable manafac-
turers and distributors to use our courts to
enforce higher prices of food, medicine, and
other products necessary for the preserva-
tion of life.
11. SOCIAL IZCVRITT
Many civil service annuitants are also
beneficiaries under the social security retire-
ment system, and are Interested In social
security legislation. We will keep alert to
legislative proposals to modify or liberalize
social security benefits. At the same time
we Will honor mandates of numerous con-
ventions and oppose any and all efforts that
might have a tendency to combine benefits
under the civil service retirement system
with those In the social security retirement
system.
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Civil service annuitants who have had
military service should have the same op-
portunity to qualify for pensions and other
veteran benefits as annuitants under any
other retirement system. We are distressed
to learn of a number of cases where the
recent small Inareeees In civil service an-
nuities will rob the recipients of greater
amounts In veteran pensions. This Is not
the fault of retirement laws, but Is a conee-
quenes of restrictions in veteran benefit
laws.
While we do not plan 9o sponsor any leg-
islation In the field of veteran benefits, we
will be alert to legislative proposals ad-
vanced by others and we, will use every
reasonable opportunity to present the view-
points of our members and other civil serv-
! ultante cone-frn-Ing h pSbpassle.
1 U.S. MUST HAVE PROMPT
SHIP ? IN CUBAN SITUATION
EMr. ROGERS of Florida asked and
was given permission to address the
House for 1 minute and to revise and
extend his remarks.)
Mr. ROC3ERS of Florida, Mr.
Speaker, the demands for U.S, leader-
d3lp in the Cuban situation are mount-
ing. Almost daily there are speeches
delivered on the floors of both the House
and Senate calling for another decisive
step to be taken to 'hasten Castro's
downfall. Congressional offices bulge
under the deluge of constituents' mail
urging additional positive expressions of
U.S. leadership in meeting the Commu-
nist threat in the Caribbean.
Not-only are calls for leadership heard
in the Congress and across the Nation
but Latin America also reverberates with
vocal impatience over U.S. inaction. Just
last week, on Thursday. January 31, the
Chairman of the Council of the Organiz-
ation of American States, Dr. Facto of
Costs Rica, delivered a speech In Wash-
ington calling for the United States to
take the lead in the inter-American
community. The OAS leader said that
the Latin American nations have "but
the role of a chorus" in obtaining action
on Cuba. However, citing Latin cooper-
ation and enthusiasm for the 'United.
States, Dr. Facto stated:
But a chorus may sing with vigor ? ? ?
and offer solidarity in pursuing the suooew
of the oommon enterprise.
Mr. Speaker, the time is ripe for a
positive act of U.S. leadership. The
American. people are ready. The Or-
ganizations of American States Is waiting
to support U.S. initiative.
I was gratified to see that Secretary
of State Rusk announced Friday that the
OAS had under consideration several of
the recommendations I had formerly
made that the United States formally
propose for adoption. Those recom-
mendations now under study are the ban
on the movement of Castro agents
throughout Latin America, and the
freezing of Cuban Government funds
now on deposit in Latin American finan-
cial institutions.
I would again like to urge that the
United States propose the other recom-
mendations r called for: namely, that
the nations of this hemisphere ban relay
of telecommunications to and from
Cuba, close the seaports of Latin Amer-
ica to vessels calling in Cuba, and close
the airports of this hemisphere to air-
lines engaging in flights to and from
Cuba.
Adoption of these recommendations by
the OAS would result in effective solitary
confinement of Cuban communism in
the Americas.
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT BENEFITS
(Mr. MILLTMfI asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute, and to revise and extend his re-
marks.) -
Mr. MILLIKEN.. Mr. Speaker, I have
today reintroduced legislation to
strengthen the adequacy of our Social
Security Act by Increasing the opportu-
nities that social security beneficiaries
will have for performing work without
losing their entitlement to social security
benefits. -
Specifically, my bill would change the
retirement test so that instead of begin-
ning to lose benefits when earnings ex-
ceed $1,200 a year, as Is the can under
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present law, my bill would provide that a
person could earn up to $1200 per year
without loss of bfneflta. In addition,
the legislative proposal I have spon-
sored would provide that an individual
would not lose benefits for any month
in which he had earnings of lees than
$160. As a renal feature of my for
earnings over $1200 up to 09.400
fioiaries would only lose 50 cents of befee-
fits for every $1 of earnings..
Mr. Speaker, this meritorious liberal-
ization of our Social ? Security Act U in
my judgment in realistic. conformity
with the facts of present-day living. Our
senior citizens are not for the most part
interested. in oompletely seyerirlg their
ties with gainful occupations just be-
cause they have reached age 60. May
of them would like an opportunity to
continue working on a reduced basis dur-
ing their late sixtlm. Tyia will would
help eccompllsh that objective of phas-
ing out process between full employment
and full retirement. It is estimated that
upwards of one-half a 'million benefici-
aries would be helped by the change I
have proposed in my bill.
While I realise that enactment of the
legislation might cause the Government
to lose some revenue, r fed that this is
the opportune time to Whig it to the'at-
tention of the Committee on Ways and
Means So that they may take it.into con-
sideration when writing a final tax bill
In line with the administration's taro
proposals. It is my understanding that
the administration wants to segomplish
the greatest good for the greatest num-
ber of people, anti I feel that Pagano of
JOINT RESOLUTION ON CUBA
(Mr. JOHANSEN asked and was iven
permission to address the Howe 1
minute. and to revise and extend his re-
Mr. JOHANSEN. Mr. speaker, I
posed 'the joint resol pp Cuba
adopted by this #touse ~ September
26. I believed it was a trumpet giving
an uncertain sound.
I believe that events #booe then have
fully and tragically conthmed this, esti-
mate.
I unqualifiedly supported the asemin--
ly strong stand taken by'the President
October 22. I regret that that strong
stand was so sooty abandoned.
Six days later, on October 26: I ex-
pressed the grave concern that our will-
ingness to offer a no-1nvoAlon pledge may
have "only postponed the decisive show-
down." I ward that "we may even
have out-Muniched Munich."
Everything that has happened since,
and the bard-to-come-by disclosures re-
garding the situation today, eonfirm this
warning.
During the debate on the Cuban reso-
lution last September, I said:
If we believe that what has happened and
is happening in Cuba Is already far too
much, let us forswear the mnaSam policy at
endless postponement. of -waning for 55111
direr happenings. and let as calla halt now.
If It 1s In fact our deteesainatlon to launch
the sequence 0f successive actions to end this
(ealle+~ tncllrelan, to free Cuba from Its
thralldObll; t0 matte secure out shores and
, smispbere-1st us empower and command
such actions.
I believe this injunction is for more
imperative today than It was on Septem-
ber 96, 1069:
I believe such a commitment is more
-imperative now than then from the
standpoint of national and hemisphere
security.
I believe that an expression of deter-
mination on this score. reflects more
faithfully the overwhelming sentiment of
the American people now than it did
then.
Aooci dangly. I have today introduced
the following House joint resolution
"expressing the determination of the
United States-with respect to the situa-
tion in Cuba" and authorizing action by
the President:
ILJ. lice. 191)
Joint resolution expressing the determina-
tion of the United )tates with respect to
the altuation In Cuba
aeselesd by the House o/ aeprssentsttees
and Bsuafa of the United States of America
4% Congress saseesbied, That the United
(ages is detarminad to talu, jointly with
other free nations or unilaterally. such po-
littoal; diplomatic. economic. and military
action as may be necessary:
III)- To secure reoooval, and thereafter to
bar. from Cuba, all Soviet or other foreign
Communist military forces, both personnel
and aqulpment;
(2) To liberate Cuba from its present
Marxist-Leninist regime;
(a) To neutrally. Cuba as a base for Com-
_munlef subversion. Infiltration, sabotage, and
agkesp&on in the Weetprn Hemisphere;
(4) To assist the liberated people of Cuba
L,Ia .clop has representative, constitutional
government established through free also
oae; and
(a) To elgerciae such on-sits Inspection
and supervision as may be required to go-
oomplish these purposes. Be it, further
adsowed. That the President is hereby au-
thorised and empowered to implement and
execute the policy met forth In this joint
resolution.
AIR& CLARE SOOTHE - LUCE ANA-
LYZES RECENT CUBAN AND
. FRENCH SITUATION
(Mr. STINSON asked and was given
'permission to extend his remarks at
this point in the Racoon and to, incUlde
an article from the Sunday Star.)
Mr. STINSON. Mr. Speaker, the die-
tinaulahed former Congresswoman and
Ambassador from Connecticut, Mrs. ?
Clare Boothe Luce. wrote an article on
U.S. foreign policy that appeared In yes-
terday's Sunday Star. This article pr-
senta an Interesting analysis Qf our re-
cent 'actions concerning Cuba and
France:
Pone' of Vzrw-Dx Gann is Urw o on
Nocratut br*Z.p
(By Clam Booths Luce)
PHOeu+a. Am.-The President was asked
in the last pre" conference what he thought
of the theory put forward In Europe that the
outcome. of the Quban crisis was linked in
Qaneral de Gaulle'. mind with him determine-
lien t0 bas his own nuclear deterrent ford.
because Cuba showed that the United States
would not defend Europe.
The President replied that this charge had
Indeed been directly made, and he Indicated
that some Europeans had deduced from the
fact that the naval blockade bad ended with
Moscow In unchallenged control of Cuba,
that "since the Soviet developed their own
nuclear capacity there Is a balance between
(the US.A. and the U.S.S.R.) and neither
would use it, and therefore Europe cannot
rely on the United States." This he called
"peculiar logic."
But after. Cubs not only some, in some
parts of Europe but also many In many parts
of America, and In Win America, no longer
believe in U.S. commitment to defend other
countries from communism, if to do so
should mean to Initiate a nuclear war with
Soviet aunts.
And, the President's remarks notwtth-
-standing, there is much recent erillence that
Mr; Khrushchev himself is now thoroughly
oonvinoed that ones thq 400000 American
troops In f!'eermany are withdrawn. Americas
nuclear commitment will than extend no tar-
ther than its own coastline.
KHBUIHCHCV Assule *OL!
If memory serves, after the diaaatrous Bay
of Pigs Invasion, Mr. Kennedy. repeatedly
warned Mr. Khrushchev that communism In
this hemisphere was "not negotiable" Mr.
Khruahchev, strongly suspecting that this
warning was merely for.U.I. domestic point-
Cal consumption. boldly selsed the opportu-
nity to put It to the acid test: Fully aware
that be would be detected In the opt,, be
sneaked nuclear weapons Into Cuba, and
seroed them in on the White House.
When the President found this otg, quits a
long while after Cuban Intelligence sources
had told him it was happening. his reaction
was immediate. He called out the Wavy.
which called Mr. Khrusltchev's brilliantly
and carefully calculated bluff.
This was probably precisely what, Mr.
Khrushchev Intended. Mr. Khrushebev had
long been in the position of having to lose
his face In order to save it. 'He wanted to
loss his ugly nuclear mug-th4 face of the
nuclear aggressor. He was anxious to show
'the world that he was not the mac to start
a nuclear war against anybody over a third
country, and he certainly wanted to have It
made plain that Mr. Kennedy wasn't the
man either. A solid basis for negotiations
of all kinds, and popular fronts of all kinds.
could be built on the foundations of a
United 1~tates of America-U.4.191t. nuclear
peace pant.
One can only Imagine W. tbrushchev's
satisfaction when his theory vis-a-vis the
United States of America military position
was proven correct. But he could hardly
have been prepared for the next surprise.
No sooner had he agre d-Ito rssaa** all the
-nuclear harwsrs U.S. air surveillance had
spotted, than Mr. Kennedy at once referred
to him as a "great statesman" and, to show
that there needn't be any bard feelings over
the little episode, gave him Cuba.
rxauseraxxv 'issuers mesas
Mr. Khrushchev did not gaturally bother
to return the President's compilment. No
realized, of course, that it had been made to
gentle him. (Mr. Khrushchev is as wily to
gentle as a Xing cobra.) ? A few ws1Se'1-ter
at the East Berlin World Ooesmtinist Con-
gress Mr. Khrushchev was bragging to the
world that his missile' play In Cuba had
achieved Its real objective, to some Md. Ken-
nedy into giving up Cuba. After accepting
the thundrous applause of the 9,900 Commu-
nist Party delegates present from 70 nations,
Mr. Khrushchev vowed all over spin to
"bury us," this time with his 100-megaton
bombs, but only If we were ever so rash as
to initiate a nuclear attach[ on him.
liver since Cuba, Mr. Khrusbchev has
worked hard on his new Image. l1-oh pass-
Ing day he sounds more and more like John
Poster Dulles: He will never launch missiles
at the United States of America. or Europe.
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