FOREIGN POLICY BY COMPUTER EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. STEVEN B. DEROUNIAN OF NEW YORK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1963

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Went and production of high performance, public had not the press told his story. questions asked? A woman asking her
tactical, and carrier-based aircraft. It is His chances for, justice at the hands of friend, "Do you like my hat?" expects the
/thoroughly familiar with all the problems of the Army are greater, no one will deny, when answer to be "Yes."
stability augmentation and supersonic op- his case is being given full publicity. Do American policymakers ask, "Is a flex-
eration, This experience is not obtained in This was proved not long ago out in Idaho ible policy better than a rigid policy?" or do-
developing and producing bombers and sub- when the Air Force insisted on holding for they ask, "Which is better, a rigid or flexible
sonic jet transports, which have been the murder a man who had been cleared by policy?" If they asked the computer if an
major portion of Boeing's experience in re- civil authorities. integrated NATO nuclear force would be the
cent years. Shortly after a national magazine printed best defense of Europe, the machine could
It is our opinion, therefore, in view of the his story, the man was released. not have told them President de Gaulle
fact that both aircraft proposed are accepta- ft is well for the American people to re- would not agree to it.
ble and offer a capability far beyond present- fleet now and then. on the importance of Some months ago the administration be-
day aircraft, we should accept the. General a free press and open courts. Constitution- lieved Mr. Castro was in the Kremlin dog
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Value of Free Press Demonstrated by
Brainerd, Minn., Editor
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
Or
HON. ALEC G. OLSON
OF MINNESOTA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
. Tuesday, March 12, 1963
Mr. OLSON of Minnesota. Mr.
Speaker, we in the United States too
often take for granted our freedom of
the press. Because this freedom is so
much a part of our accepted way of life
we don't always appreciate its need nor
its value. In the following editorial Mr.
Floyd Emerson, editor of the Brainerd
Daily Dispatch, demonstrates both the
necessity and the value of maintaining a
free press in the United States:
ARMY ARREST SHOWS IMPORTANCE OF FREE
PRESS AND OPEN COURTS
Publicity given by the press to the arrest
of a Merrifield man by the U.S. Army and
subsequent announcement that the man
probably won't be officially charged with a
specific offense for 30 or 60 days demon-
strates once again the importance of free-
dom by the press to follow law enforcement
and court activities.
Often when newspapers insist on using
stories on court activities, defendants in
court cases feel that the newspapers are be-
ing nosey and have no right to report their
names in the news.
Pressure is often brought t9 bear on news-
paper editors and reporters to leave names
out of the paper.
Most reputable newspapers, however, re-
ject these requests because they realize that
full coverage of the courts is an important
protection to the rights of the American
people.
In bountries which do not have a free
press and open courts, citizens can vanish
without a trace and be held for months
or years without being charged with any
crime.
In America, this can't happen so long as
the press is alert and the people back the
right of the newspapers to cover all Gov-
ernment functions, including the courts.
There are many persons in Brainerd who
believe that when the Army arrested an ex-
soldier and whisked him out of town with-
out notifying his employer and without giv-
?""Foreign Policy by Computer
HON. STEVEN B. DEROUNIAN
OF NEW YORK
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, March 12, 1963
Mr. DEROUNIAN. Mr. Speaker, most
Americans do not believe it, but here it
is-the use of the computer by the New
Frontiersmen, to make policy. Constan-
tine Brown, in last Thursday's Washing-
ton Evening Star, tells how we are
straddling the fence on foreign policy
so that our friends do not respect our
statements of determination and our
enemies know we do not mean it:
POLICY FLUIDITY VERSUS WEAKNESS-
SHIFTS IN METHODS ARE BELIEVED PUTTING
U.S. STRENGTH OF PURPOSE IN QUESTION
(By Constantine Brown)
RoME.-The average European is little
aware of the Kennedy administration's goal
for a peaceful one world through disarma-
ment and world law. Perhaps this is be-
cause American policymakers have not pre-
pared their roadmaps carefully and the goal
has become obscure in the general confu-
sion of policies.
From the Bay of Pigs to Skybolt, De Gaulle
to Canada, and offensive weapons to NATO,
the road has been rocky and confusing, not
only to the average European but especially
to European statesmen.
The one thing the young theorists who
came to Washington with President Kennedy
were sure of was that the rigid Dulles policy
was unproductive and that the base for their
policies would be flexibility. And it is just
this flexibility that is confusing, especially
when those policies are so flexible they
change from day to day and are not properly
spelled out. For this reason, we read in
the daily dispatches such words as "appears
to be," "is apparently," or "seems to be."
U.S. policy on Cuba is a good example of
the confusion. Perhaps it was a mistake
at the outset for President Kennedy to make
such rigid statements as "Let all our neigh-
bors know that we shall join them to oppose
aggression or subversion anywhere in the
Americas." It no longer fitted into the pol-
icy picture when a year or so later the Presi-
dent told the Soviet Union that if Fidel
Castro would agree to an on-site inspection
on the removal of Soviet offensive weapons,
he would pledge that the United States
would not invade Cuba.
One hears more and more about Washing-
ton computer machines. Alternative poli-
cies and figures are tossed in and the answer
comes t'imbling out pat and precise. There
house and therefore this was beneficial to
us-that this made Cuba less of a danger
to us. Now there are hints from Washington
that this has been discarded. Since the
firing by MIGs on the shrimp boat off Flor-
ida keys, there is belief that Mr. Castro was
pleased that our complaint WAS directed to
him through the Swiss Embassy in Havana
rather than to Moscow.
The Castro regime, it is said, has been
sensitive because since the crisis in October
Washington has bypassed Havana and dealt
directly with Moscow. The new thought is
that since we are addressing ourselves to
Mr. Castro his prestige has been enhanced
and he may be more amenable to reason.
This, according to Washington dispatches
published in the Italian press, may help
to reestablish communications between
Cuba and the United States.
Yet, only 3 months ago Washington was
saying that its position on Cuba would be
fluid in the hope that Mr. Castro's status
at home would deteriorate. And last No-
vember the policy was that the United
States was going to put a steady economic
and political squeeze on Mr. Castro aimed
at making him too expensive for the Rus-
sians.
European statesmen and their staffs give
careful attention to American policies on
Cuba, believing they reflect what may be
expected in other areas' such as Berlin and
the disarmament conference. Recently a
headline read, "United States Bending," and
the ensuing dispatch reported that the
"United States is bending over backward to
keep its bargaining position fluid while still
insisting that a meaningful disarmament
treaty must result."
"You can't have it both ways," remarked
a diplomat in Rome. "Plans for strengthen-
ing NATO which Washington changes often
and overnight is an example of being too
fluid. Washington does not give the im-
pression of having strength of purpose. If
you are looking to reestablish communica-
tions with Cuba, that certainly is not
opposing aggression in the American hemi-
sphere. If you are giving in to Soviet de-
mands on a disarmament treaty, neither is
that strength of purpose."
Lithuanian Independence Day
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. LUCIEN N. NEDZI
OF MICHIGAN
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, March 12, 1963
Mr. NEDZI. Mr. Speaker, February
16 marked the 45th anniversary of Lith-
uanian Independence Day. We in Con-
gress join freemen everywhere in observ-
ing this anniversary. We have a moral
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pbligation to do so, for we speak not only closer to the people and that there be 15 Government workers In Aberdeen pull
%or ourselves but for those men and more decentralization of Government stakes for St. Paul? Why take a regional
office Out of Omaha and consolidate it in
]women of Lithuania who must observe offices, Chicago? Or move a regional office from
}this anniversary In silence. In recent years the Congress has been New York to Boston, another big city?
k Lithuania is not a make-believe nation. asked time and again to pass programs we fall to see the advantages of concen-
CIt has a long and honorable history. such as rural areas redevelopment, dis- trating more Government employees in big-
less increas an
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ed efficiency
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dating back to A.D. 1009, nearly 500 years tressed areas assistance and accelerated ger sngs ,
warrant it
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before the discovery of America. It was public works. Al. the same
That does not appear to be the case In sec-
iiot only the first nation in Eastern partment of urban affairs is recom- retary Dillon's plan, considering his request
Europe to embrace Christianity but it mended to assist with the problems of for additional employees and a bigger budget.
also was the first nation which helped overcrowded urban centers. There Is already too much concentration
stem the Tartar invasion from the East. It makes little sense to us at a time of Government, defense Industry and defense
Admittedly, the heavy Russian suppres- when millions of dollars of tax funds are Installations In a few large centers in, this
sion of this small nation and the Russian being spent for programs aimed at help- big country. Our big, bureaucratic Govern-
sreliance on deportation, execution, and Ing rural areas to have sweeping Govern- ment would do well to consider further de-
colonization methods dim hopes of Lith- ment reorganizations in smaller offices of centralization instead of going is the other
direction.
uanian survival as a nation and as a this and other agencies. -
people. Nevertheless, we should recall At the same time, recent tax revision [From the Aberdeen (S. Dak.) American
`that Lithuania has emerged from seem- entails more complicated regulations News, Mar. 9, 1963]
ingly hopeless situations in the past. which would seem to require greater IRS CHANGE NEED SHOULD BE PROVED
During the 120-year Russian occupation, effort in Individual taxpayer assistance. Voters and taxpayers of South Dakota are
from 1795 to 1915, there were five insur- To meet the demands of more detailed disturbed by the announced plan of the
f rections. Ahd when the chaos of World regulations and growing population, the Treasury Department to remove from this
War I allowed Lithuania to break its Internal Revenue Service is asking for a state some of the functions of the Internal
chains, its people formed a free and inde- larger budget and thousands of adds- Revenue Service.
I pendent government out of the ruins and tional employees. Apparently these em- The plan, described earlier this week,
! amidst the opposition of its hostile neigh- ployees would be needed to answer the the would South move some o the key personnel r-
bors. A free Lithuania affirmed its cul- district office in Aber-
now
bors. of taxpayers like those In South deen to to st. Paul Dakota , Minn. The duties now
tural traditions, and maintained a demo- Dakota who will be deprived of the per- being accomplished in South Dakota would
cratic form of government for 22 years sonalized service they now receive from be performed In a neighboring State office
until it was, once again, invaded by our district office at Aberdeen. rather than the South Dakota office.
Russia in violation of four treaties of As a further example of the viewpoint in our form of Government, where the
friendship and nonaggression. of South Dakotans, I submit for inclu- People have a strong voice in directing
elected officials, South Dakotans have the
The captive peoples of Lithuania and sion in the Appendix of the RECORD edi- opportunity to demand a detailed explana-
other Eastern European satellites stand torials appearing recently in the Sioux tion of the proposed centralization of func-
as constant reminders to the world that Falls. S. Dak., Argus-Leader and the tions of IRS district offices.
It is the Soviet Union winch maintains Aberdeen, S. Dak., American News: Fortunately, for the satisfaction of all con-
the largest colonial empire on earth to- [From the Sioux Falls Argue-Leader, earned, South Dakotans, members of the
day, If permitted a choice between na- Mar. 9, 19631 Aberdeen Chamber of commerce among
them, are seeking detailed information
tonal independence and membership in is Tax Orr1CE CHANGE NECESSARY? about what benefits the taxpayersmight ex-
the Soviet Union, there is no doubt in my Secretary of the Treasury Dillon boldly pect from the suggested reduction of the
mind as to what the people of Lithuania announced a reorganization plan for the In- duties of the district offices.
would prefer. Let us continue to call for ternal Revenue Service this week. He said It If the IRS planners can not prove better
free elections and freedom for the captive would save about $5 million a year In over- service to the taxpayers and a substantial
peoples. There must be no moratorium head costs. savings In operational costs as a result of the
The plan involved trimming operations in proposed change the change will be pro-
in this struggle. I join my colleagues in 12 of 62 district offices, merging 4 other tested vigorously.
expressing sympathy for the misfortune offices and reducing its regional offices from The South Dakota district office of IRS
which has so often befallen the Lithu- 9 to 7, The idea is to make better has functioned smoothly and satisfactorily
avian people, and in expressing our hope use of supervisory personnel-give fewer under the present setup. It should not be
that one day they will again be free. chiefs more Indians. changed just for the sake of change.
i h the fan called for con-
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Proposed Reorganization Plan for the
Internal Revenue Service
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
HON. BEN REIFEL
OT SOVTB DAKOTA
IN THE HOUSE OF REpRESENTATIVFA
Tuesday, March 12, 1963
Mr. REIFEL. Mr. Speaker, the peo-
ple of South Dakota, as in other areas of
the Nation, are extremely concerned
about the proposed reorganization plan
for the Internal Revenue Service which
was announced last week and is now
under review.
South Dakotans are inclined to believe
that the change as it has been explained
so far will result In little, if any, savings
to the taxpayer-only a loss of service.
They are perplexed by this additional
example of Government efforts to cen-
tralize government in large urban areas
in the face of numerous recommenda-
tions that the Government be brought
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solidating the New York and Boston regions
in Boston-which is the home of a new
young Senator whose last name is Kennedy.
This same young man told his constituents
during last fall's election campaign he could
do more for Massachusetts.
A few days later, Secretary Dillon an-
nounced that he would reconsider his plan,
which was to take effect next January I. His
recommend'etion stemmed from an uproar in
Congress. Republican Senators charged that
the 1964 presidential campaign is already
under way. Senator GEORGE AIxEN, of Ver-
mont, called it a part of a pattern of con-
centrating power in a few urban centers.
Senator JOHN J. WILLIAMS, of Delaware,
said that while the reorganization plans are
aimed at saving $5 million annually, the
Treasury's budget calls for an increase of
$430 million and 4,100 more employees.
The plan as It affects South Dakota calls
for transfer of some 10 to 15 staff positions
from the Aberdeen district office to St. Paul.
The positions eliminated will be top super-
visory or overhead positions and their staffs.
The district revenue office in Aberdeen now
has about 100 permanent employees.
The Aberdeen district office through the
years has done a good job. W. C. Welsh, the
district director, and his staff have admin-
istered a difficult job with fairness and good
service to the taxpayers of South Dakota.
If 'the system Is working now, why make
Fiscal Cat Is Out of the Bag
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. JACK WESTLAND
OF WASHINGTON
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, March 12, 1963
Mr. WESTLAND, Mr. Speaker, under
leave to extend my remarks, I include
the March edition of my newsletter in
the RECORD, so that it may have as wide
a circulation as possible:
FISCAL CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG
Well, the fiscal cat is out of the bag.
President Kennedy now has said that he
wants a $10 billion tax cut this year, wheth-
er we get tax reforms or not, even though
this means a $12 billion deficit.
This appears to me to be the old, old
theory of borrowing money to spend our
way into prosperity. Now. I can understand
a business man going to the bank and bor-
rowing some money to finance the purchase
of new equipment which would produce a
profit for his company. But, a business man
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