CONGRESSMAN BURKE SEES DANGER IN SOVIET MILITARY BUILDUP IN MIDDLE EAST

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substantiated by the, significant act of Mr. Hurd has also reported that Han- been aiding the Arab forces with new
bond redemption almost 3Q years ahead ford No. 1 has met every expectation modern weapons to supplant those the
of schedule, claimed by its proponents during the Arabs lost in the June 1967 war with
The WPPSS, consisting of 18 con- long, hard-fought legislative battle, and Israel. Furthermore, it appears that
sumer-owned., utility systems, 17 PUD's, that the 800,000-kilowatt steamplant trained Russian officers are now accom-
and one mlWicipality., .in the State of has exceeded expectations and has per- panying these weapons shipments and
Washington, is a municipal corporation formed beautifully. For example, recent there are now six to eight Russian Army
authorized to build and Operate facilities tests conducted by engineers have shown generals for the purpose of supervising
for the generation and transmission of that the two largest turbine generators the renewed area.
power. , in the world can produce approximately To further complicate matters, it ap-
4 percent more than their rated output, pears that Algeria is now also getting HANli''QRD PR JECT BONDS Mr. Hurd points out that this means the volved with this Soviet program and is
'REDEEMED Units can produce _62. megawatts more allowing the Russians to build a rocket
(Mrs. MAX Sat the request of Mr, Mc- than the manufacturer's guaranteed per- complex at the port of Oran. If the in-
DOMr of cht he was t granted of Mr, cper- formance. formation I have received is true, then
Ml g , The Hanford steamplant has been you may be sure that this rocket com-
mission to extend her remarks at this built without any expense to the tax- plex will be strategically located by the
point, in the RECORD and to include ex- payer, and the Federal Government is Russians so that it would pose an omi-
traneous matter.) making money from it because of the $5 nous threat to the entranceway of the
Mrs. MAY.Mr. Speaker, my colleagues million per year paid to the Atomic Gibraltar Strait from the Atlantic to the
who were here in 1962 will recall the long Energy Commission by the supply system Mediterranean. In this event, the po-
and hotly contested , legislative battle for steam from the reactor. tentially explosive dictator Houari
over authorization of the world's largest Mr. Speaker, I am sure that all of my Boumedienne of Algeria together with
nuclear powerplant at #;anford, in my colleagues who supported this project in the Soviet Union would be in a position
district, in the State of Washington, 1962 are pleased to hear this good news to render our own U.S. Sixth Fleet al-
/ Many had great faith. ip this project, and join with me in congratulating Mr. most impotent by bottling it up in the
known as Hanford Nd. 1, and there were Hurd, the Washington Public Power Mediterranean. Furthermore, one can
those who felt that the project was tech- Supply System, and all the others who plainly see how a rocket complex at the
nically. unfeasible. Such doubts at the have made the Hanford project such an port of Oran would put the Russians in
time were understandable, but the posi- outstanding success. Our faith is more an excellent bargaining position for any
tion of the Congress in sustaining this than justified by this truly remarkable future deliberations. With the Suez Canal
Vital project has been proved, over and performance under the control of Nasser and its use
over again, to have been basically sound. N E to us almost nil, the only other entry into
Now, Mr. Speaker, I am more than the Mediterranean, that is, the Strait of
delighted to be able to report to my col- CONGR SMAN BURKE SEES DAN- Gibraltar, would be
leagues that although Hanford No, 1 has GER IN SOVIET MILITARY BUILD- put in jeopardy
been in commercial operation, for only 1 UP IN MIDDLE EAST R
since uss it andld be directly in the line of d year, the joint operating agency, Wash- (Mr. Russian is happening rocket fire.
ington Public Power Supply System, is BURKE of Florida (at the re- What is happening in the Middle East
now redeeming s Power mils quest of Mr. McDONALD of Michigan) today is terrifying aild should concern us
non eapp xi t through the was granted permission to extend his all. The Soviet Union, which once had
lion worth Trust. Co. of New York, the sup remarks at this point in the RECORD and little or no outlet to the sea, could now
ply system's bond fund,trusteet, to include extraneous matter.) conceivably become the master in any
The significance of ttru news is that Mr. BURKE of Florida. Mr. Speaker, bargaining involving all of the strategic
these bonds were originally scheduled for the trouble spot for us appears to be sea routes in the Middle East and in the
these bond in a on early re- Vietnam as we keep our sights focused on Mediterranean.
dedm do nearly 1996, 30 and years ahead this r time, Southeast Asia. But, Mr. Speaker, today It therefore appears that the Soviet
means there , nearly by a 20head oft de I want to alert you and my colleagues in Union is definitely playing for high stakes
mean t the will be long-term ddb- the House to what may well be the real in this area and, contrary to what the
and a con rresponding reduction in Ha t danger point for the world, and to call Communists would like to have us be-
ford No. 1's power costs,. your attention to a military buildup that lieve, the issue far transcends the Arab-
could well trigger World War III if it is Israeli dispute. This appears to be only
The announcement. of this significant not quickly checked. The danger point a smoke screen to cover the Soviet Uni-
news, which once again. more than justi- is the Middle East, for it appears to be on's real aim in the Middle East, which
fies the faith of Congress in this project, here that the Soviet Union has focused is the control of the vital sea routes and
was made by' the outstanding managing its aims for expansion and is making the promotion of the further decay of our
director of. the supply system, Owen W. inroads so swifty and powerfully that Western world defenses.
Hurd. it would be difficult for the average I charge that these actions by the
The question before the Congress in American to comprehend and imagine. Soviet Union are a prelude to a direct
1962, was approval for the supply sys- For some it is hard to believe that the aim by the Communists at the weak
ten, to construct and operate an elec- Soviet Union, with all its talk about foundation of NATO which the Russians
trio generating facility to use the excess world peace, would risk another world are hoping to further destroy. In my
steam being produced by the Atomic war. Yet the situation in the Middle opinion, now that De Gaulle has provided
Energy Commission's new production re- East is so explosive and involves so many an opening by neutralizing France, the
actor in the manufacture of plutonium factors as well as so many people and Communists are aiming to wreck the
at Hanford. Following congressional ap- countries that this could well be the entire structure of defense of the West-
proval of this, the supply system raised area which will feed the flames for the ern community.
the necessary risk capital to finance the outburst of another horrible war, one In this regard I further feel that the
project through the sale of a single issue which could well lead to World War III. administration may well be under-react-
$122 million in,, revenue bonds, thus re- The Soviet Union is playing a danger- ing in the Mediterranean because of a
lieving the Congress of any need to ap- ous game in this part of the world. While misguided belief that the Russians are
propriate construction funds. the. Communists talk of wanting peace less hostile and less dangerous than the
Mr. Kurd, in announcing the early re- in Asia they are furnishing arms to the North Vietnamese and the Red Chinese.
demotion of the, $25 million in outstand- North Vietnamese and are also com- As I see it, the truth of the matter is
i g ?bonds, has ,tatd, that a_ surplus of mencing a dangerous buildup of military that the Soviet Union has not changed
$12'271- "!1,122 ,in cgnstM ictign funds has strength in the Middle East. its desire for world conquest, not one bit!
peri stied this action. The excess resulted I have been informed by what I believe There is, in fact, much evidence to.sup-
from outstanding. management, as well are reliable sources that the Russians port the contention that the Soviet de-
as the fact that many large pieces of have moved as many as 25,000 military sire to conquer is stronger than ever.
har4ware were purchased below the en- personnel and technicians into Syria, The time has come for the United
ginger's estimates, among other factors. Egypt and Algeria. The Soviet Union has States, with our,; Western.Allies, to make
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 Education and appointment of a state com- cane of the-import-quota measures that
missioner of education by the board. have been introduced during this session.
Kampschroeder had looked forward to One of the most succinct commen-
completing his term as superintendent and taries on what is involved in this issue
maintaining Kansas schools on a high basis, appeared over the weekend. Mr. Roscoe
then retiring and traveling. Drummond, the distinguished colum-
long took into the state superintendency a
long career in education, both on the state nist, summarized the threat of the "new"
and local levels. He had been assistant state protectionism by recalling some recent
superintendent and a department head in economic history.
the State Dept. of Public Instruction. Previ- Mr. Drummond observed that-
ously he was a principal and superintendent
in several Kansas school systems.
Always devoted to the good of the com-
munity in which he lived, he was active in
church, club and cultural activities.
His unexpected death, resulting indirectly
from a traffic accident, cut short a career de-
voted to the advancement of Kansas educa-
tion.
[From the Wichita Eagle-Beacon,
Nov. 10, 19671 W. C. KAMPSCHROEDER
It was fitting that W. C. Kampschroeder
was able to fulfill one of his fondest ambi-
tions and become state superintendent of
public instruction before that office faded
into oblivion.
The office was important to him and he
went after it vigorously even though his
opponent Robert Saft was an old friend and
colleague and despite the fact that rough
and tough political campaigning was against
his nature.
"Kampy," as he was known to his stu-
dents, colleagues, and friends, had a habit
of raising his eyebrows and looking you
straight in the eye when he made a point
in conversation. It gave one the impression
that he was concentrating only on what
he had to say and that he considered talk-
ing with you important..
Kampy was trim and healthy looking be-
fore his death here at 6'4. He had been
t Eureka when
much heavier in the days a
he was superintendent of school there.. 30 years to release world trade from artificial
He had taught at Savonburg and Rich- restrictions to the great benefit of the Unit-
here he ed States and every other country?"
ka
Eur
e
w
Mond before before moving to
was superintendent for 14 years. Kampy had "Do you realize," he asked, "that in moving
du- away from freeing world trade and toward a
some visionary ideas about how Kansas e
cation should progress, and he was happy barrier of import quotas for the United
with the thought that his tenure as state States you are proposing to return the Na-
superintendent would be transitional. tion-and the world-to the ghastly eco-
But as a teacher he retained enough of the nomic mistake of the Smoot-Hawley tariff
old fashioned ideas of discipline to main- of the '20s?"
taro a reasonably tight ship, even during the "Do you realize," he asked, "that in re-
trying war years. turning to the discarded and discredited
He was not feared by the students, but he policy of economic isolationism you will be
certainly was respected. On one occasion a inviting another economic depression in the
group of students at Eureka High School United States like the horror of the 1930s?"
scheduled a walkout which Kampy got wind And what do you think the Senator's
of somehow. When a large group headed by answer was?
"Yes, I know all that," he said, "but I
some burly football players approached the can't help it:"
front doors, Kampy was standing there, bar- He can't help it!
ring the way. In 1930 President Herbert Hoover, with the
There was n a to classcl standoff, and the stu- gravest doubts and greatest reluctance,
dents students and signed the Smoot-Hawley tariff atrocity in-
131s students anall Kansans interested in stead of vetoing it. He said he couldn't help
permission to extend his remarks at this
point in the RECORD and to include
extraneous matter.)
Mr. DOLE. Mr. Speaker, death recent-
,ly has taken from Kansas an educator,
State leader, gentleman, and friend.
He was William C. Kampschroeder,
who was serving as Kansas' last elected
State superintendent of public instruc-
tion. At the age of 64, "Kampy" as he
?was known to thousands of friends and
colleagues, had amassed an impressive
40-year career in education and public
affairs.
Citizens throughout the State mourn
hig death. The loss to all Kansans is
`appropriately summarized in editorials
which I submit for insertion in the
RECORD
[Prom the Topeka Capital-Journal]"
SgEOOLS LOSE A FRIEND
The schools of`Eansas lost a friend in the
death` Wednesday of William C. Kampschroe-
der.
He had devoted his life to their betterment.
His unselfish attitude was illustrated by
the fact that he knew when he accepted ap-
pointment and later ran for the state super-
intendent's position it was a job with no
future, but a vital one so long as it existed.
Kansans adopted a constitutional amend-
ment in 1966 providing for abolishment of
the office, creation of a he* State Board of
PROTECTIONISM: A MEAT AX IN-
STEAD OF A DOCTOR'S SCALPEL
(Mr. WHALEN (at the request of Mr.
McDoNALD of Michigan) was granted
permission to extend his remarks at this
point in the RECORD and to include ex-
traneous matter.)
Mr. WHALEN. Mr. Speaker, the eco-
nomic well-being of the Nation is being
threatened by a revivial of protectionist
sentiment.
A dialogue of sorts has begun on this
serious question. I hope it will continue
long enough for all Members of Con-
gress to comprehend fully the signifi-
a few industries that trade agreements have
operated inequitably in their cases. But
needed relief ought to be made with the care
of a doctor's scalpel, not with a politician's
meat-ax.
As an economist, I concur with Mr.
Drummond's evaluation, Mr. Speaker,
and I would urge my colleagues to re-
view his pungent commentary. -
For that reason, I insert herewith Mr.
Drummond's column which appeared in
the editions of the Washington Post on
Saturday, November 18, 1967:
NEW "SMOOT-HAWLEY TAItiFF" COULD BRING
REPEAT OF 1930'S
(By Roscoe Drummond)
Let me relate a revealing conversation
which occurred on Capitol Hill the other day.
A distinguished American with long, suc-
cessful, experience in business who knows
first-hand why expanding world trade is a
boon to every nation, was talking with a
United States Senator who with many others
is seeking to ring American trade with high-
protectionist import quotas.
This is what he gave the Senator to think
about.
"Do you realize," he asked, "that in taking
these first steps up the ladder of protection-
ist import quotas, you will be acting to de-
stroy all that every Congress and both politi-
it-even after 3000 U.S. economists had
unanimously appealed to him to veto it in
order to save the United States and the world
from the developing depression.
No one who knows how much the Amer-
ican consumer has been benefited, how many
jobs have been created, how much wealth
has been produced for the wage-earner by
the leadership which the United States has
given to the cause of freeing mutual trade,
can take any comfort from the decision of
the New Protectionists in Congress to hold
back momentarily their import-quota pro-
posals rather than try to push them through
in the last hectic, over-crowded weeks of the
present session.
They are not having second thoughts on
what they are after. They simply expect to
gather more steam for their enterprise by
1968 and to be in a better political position
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a complete reassessment of our stance
with regard to the Russians. The world
should know the Russian objectives in
the Middle East and In the Mediter-
ranean are not conducive to peace, and
that they are working through the Arab
people and using the Arab people to gain
their -objectives'by direct penetration. I
think it is imperative now that we take
a stronger stand in this regard and chal
lenge the Russian aggressiveness. To-
morrow it may be too late. We must be
wary and careful that we do not give aid
to any nation that collaborates with the
Soviet Union in that part of the world.
Furthermore, knowing the Russians,
it would seem to me that we must defi-
nitely help Israel maintain a reasonable
posture of defense in this area to coun-
teract these hostile Russian movements.
It was the swift and decisive action by
the Israeli in that June war which saved
our country from another Vietnam-type
involvement and possibly the ignition of
a world war.
The free world is not safe yet. All re-
cent developments indicate that we must
recognize today's dangers and prepare
to stop them as they arise, or we may
find ourselves in a new Munich, 1967
style.
Mr. Speaker, I am urging all my col-
leagues to join with me in insisting that
take immediate steps
our administration
to inform the American people of what
positive steps. we will take so as to pre-
vent 'a future horrible holocaust from
erupting; for I believe that one could
occur if we as a nation remain blind to
the reality of hate that the Soviet Union
Is seeding in the Middle East as it appears
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November 20, 1967 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE
relief and to conduct a preliminary investi-
gation of conditions in Vance.
Cdr Milligan himself described his method
of conducting his preliminary investigation.
lie placed "a note iii' the ships' Plan-of-the
Day "statink that he was available to any
loran; who had anything to say pro or con
about events in the ship since 22 December",
the date of Lcdr Arnheiter's commencement
in command. Under these circumstance, in
which their, Captain had been summarily
relieved in amazing fashion, the crew of
Vance was alive with rumors. Certainly
Arnheiter had done something scandalous!
Into Cdr Milligan's cabin came the ship's
Malcontents to unload their complaints, One
would have expected those who respected
Arnheiter to be stunned into silence. Amaz-
ingly, some brave souls came forward on his
behalf. Cdr Milligan then sent a selection of
statements to Capt Witter in Subic Bay, who
by then had been designated to conduct an
Informal, one-man investigation.
Mr. Secretary, consider Cdr Milligan's posi-
tion! He had perpetrated an unheard-of
relief of a Commanding Officer in.. violation
of Article 1404 of U.S. Navy Regulations
which requires that charges and complaints
against an officer be given him in writing,
and in violation of Article C-7801 of the
BuPers Manual, which provides safeguards
against the preemptory action Milligan
initiated, His conduct was so unmanly as to
inspire instant contempt. And now he had to
justify what he had brought about. Mr. Sec-
retary, was Cdr Milligan competent to be
an impartial investigator?
Now, Sir, consider the officers in Vance who
had initiated the rumor and slander against
the Captain. They had exceeded beyond their
wildest expectations. The Captain was gone!
But the show was not over. There would be
all investigation. Having lied, exaggerated
and misrepresented before, could they be ex-
pected now to be objective and truthful?
Then, Mr. Secretary, consider Capt Witter.
With no prior knowledge of this situation
he was suddenly caught as investigating
officer of an action which two flag officers in
his chain of command had already perpe-
trated. Mr. Secretary, could Capt Witter
qualify as an impartial investigating officer?
There is more, Mr. Secretary. Consider now
'Rear Admirals Irvine and King, the two
Flotilla Commanders who jointly authorized
the relief. They had done so without a shred
of substantiation, They had by-passed every
one of the safeguards of the BuPers Manual.
They had not enforced Navy Regulations
Article 1404. Mr. Secretary, as convening au-
thority of the investigation, Admiral King
was its first reviewer. Was he competent to
be objective?
Y t a * i
Suffice it to gay, Mr. Secretary, that when
this fantastic fishing expedition to support
an improper, cowardly, preemptory action
against a Commanding Officer, which passed
as an investigation, reached Rear Admiral
Baumberger, he had the good sense and
courage to twice recommend in effect that
the whole mess be thrown out and that re-
dress be made to Lcdr, Arnbeiter, if such
was possible.
Again Mr. Secretary, I ask the question
that your entire officer corps will soon ask.
How is such a thing possible in the U.S.
Navy?
Mr. Secretary, I offer a conclusion from this
for,ytour, consideration-not as my own but
because you should be forewarned that it will
be embr~ced by all but the most charitable
observer. It is that because the case was
handled so badly by authorities in Subic Bay
they had to justify their flawed and extra
legal means by demolishing Lcdr Arnheiter.
The end had to be constructed to ensure ac-
ceptance of what they had, done.
it is an easy thing for rumor and false-
hood, if uncontested, to destroy a reputa-
tion anywhere. In the Navy, our vulnerability
is particular and peculiar. The fruits of many
years of experience, and the sense of fairplay
and manliness which are inherent in the
character of an officer lie behind the safe-
guarding regulations which were violated in
this case. Only the most patent, proven der-
eliction on the part of the accused could
justify this treatment. Far from proving this
dereliction, the evidence in the case now
points clearly in the opposite direction.
If I may end on a personal note: Last
March, in the absence of the evidence which
is now available to construct a more com-
plete view of this episode, I concluded there
was no effective way to challenge the deci-
sions reached in the case. I withdrew my
support. I went further and took a stand
against Mr. Arnheiter. To have withdrawn my
support was prudent. But to turn against
him was pusillanimous. I hope my statement
today, in addition to presenting the case for
Mr. Arnhelter, will also encourage others to
re-examine views and positions they have
previously taken.
Thank you for the opportunity of present-
ing this statement.
E CE R` 6ICTATORSHIP :
ZORBA MUST RISE AGAIN
(Mr. EDWARDS of California (at the
request of Mr. MONTGOMERY) was
granted permission to extend his re-
marks at this point in the RECORD and
to include extraneous matter.)
Mr. EDWARDS of California. Mr.
Speaker, several days ago I placed in the
RECORD a brief and moving letter to the
editor of the Washington Post, superbly
written by Mr. Christopher Janus, prom-
inent Chicago investment banker and
president of the Greek Heritage Founda-
tion. The letter dealt with the inherent
tragedy of the Greek nation under a
military dictatorship and hinted at the
implications, moral and strategic, in-
volved in the American reaction.
Mr. Janus has now written a more ex-
tensive article on the Greek situation. It
appeared in the November 12, 1967, issue
of the Chicago Sun-Times. In my judg-
ment, this is perhaps the best analysis
of the Greek coup and its consequences
to appear in the American press. His
message, to businessmen who prefer to
do business with "efficient" dictators,
and to a U.S. public and Government not
sufficiently aware of the destructive
character of the junta, comes from a
man who is an authority on modern
Greece.
During World War II Christopher
Janus helped organize Greek war relief
and was chief of the Greek desk of the
American division of the United Na-
tions Relief and Rehabilitation Admin-
istration. After the Germans moved out,
he served in Greece as chief of Balkan
intelligence for UNRRA, Mr. Janus is
publisher of the scholarly hard-cover
quarterly, Greek Heritage, whose art
work and articles by the world's great-
est Greek scholars, has drawn wide crit-
ical acclaim. As President of the Greek
Heritage Foundation, he annually leads
an American pilgrimage to Athens for an
intellectual symposium sponsored by the
foundation. He is personally acquainted
with the postwar leaders of Greece. The
article is based on his observations dur-
ing his latest trip, from which he re-
cently returned.
I would like to make some additional
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observations concerning the Greek junta
and the short-term and long-term conse-
quences of its continued stay in power.
First, the junta's claim that it moved
to prevent a Communist takeover is not
supported by competent observers. The
New York Times, which had been cri-
tical of the Papandreous, father and
son, nevertheless editorialized on the day
after the coup that the coup was a mis-
take, that there was "no clear and pres-
ent danger" of a Communist takeover,
and that Greece had survived even the
two bloody Communist insurrections of
the late 1940's without resort to dictator-
ship. Our own U.S. State Department
concedes that there was no danger of a
Communist takeover.
Second, the junta claims that it is
interested only in "cleansing" Greece
and restoring democracy, not in power.
But as Mr. Janus suggests, the colonels
are interested in power. It is generally ac-
knowledged in the United States and
Greece, that a "big junta" group existed,
made up of palace, high military officers,
and some members of the establishment.
The takeover device was to be. the
NATO-approved Prometheus plan, orig-
inally devised as a means to prevent a
Communilst takeover.
In early 1967 this plan was dusted off
by the "big junta" to use in the event of
a Papandreou-Center Union victory in
the scheduled May 28 elections-that is,
a victory by the non-Communist left and
center. The colonels stole the plan, and
in their own power play beat the "big
junta" to the punch. It was a power grab
later excused in anti-Communist terms.
A supporter of the "big junta" has rue-
fully described it as "the wrong people
pushing the right button at the wrong
time."
Third, although the coup was made by
the military, to effect a change, eco-
nomic considerations, as Mr. Janus
pointed out, are crucial. We should not
be indifferent to the leverage we can ex-
ercise via our economic power.
Fourth, American apologists for the
junta usually point to the preparation of
a new constitution as justification for
American condonement of the junta. The
truth is that the new constitution has a
large element of hoax in it. The junta did
not seize power because of a passion for
constitutional reform. Indeed, the "new
constitution" is a football, naively looked
upon by some Americans as a device, a
mechanism to nudge the colonels back
to democracy, and looked upon cynically
by the junta as a stalling device. There
has never been any clear showing that
the old constitution was bad. Further-
more, what comes out is likely to be far
worse.
When Americans hear of a new consti-
tution being written, they may think of
something like the Maryland or New
York constitutional conventions. There
is no comparison. The new Greek consti-
tution will be the product of a situation
that in my judgment is indefensible. The
constitutional law experts, including
some appointed against their will, are
merely submitting individual drafts fol-
lowing the guidelines laid down by the
junta. There is no evidence that they
have ever met in a body, either publicly
or privately. When the draft is submitted
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on December 15, the Junta will have, by
its own decree, 8 months to review and
rewrite it. The Greek people, then, hav-
ing had no voice in choosing the people
drafting the constitution, will not be al-
lowed to publicly debate it or criticize it
in the censored press. It is a sad state of
-affairs.
Fifth, U.S. officials frequently condone
the junta on the basis of military con-
siderations, especially citing the fact that
during the Israel-Arab war, Greece pro-
vided a haven for U.S. evacuees and a
staging area for U.S. military forces. This
sounds persuasive until the question is
asked, "Would not every other postwar
Greek government have done the same
thing?" The answer is a resounding
"Yes." Furthermore, to those who seem
to look only to military considerations
and ignore moral and political consider-
ations, I say to you that the a democratic
Greece will make for a healthier NATO
ally than a Greece under a dictator's
heel.
And now, under leave to extend my re-
marks, the excellent article by Mr. Janus
follows :
A MESSAGE FROM GREECE
(By Christopher Janus)
George Papandreou had just been released
from house arrest when I met him in Athens.
And he quickly dispelled any notion that
his freedom had been purchased by a promise
of silence.
He had a message for the free world-
which no longer includes Greece.
"Don't let up your pressure from abroad,"
he said. "No matter how much it hurts us
here-no matter how much Greeks have to
suffer-you must not let up the pressure."
The old man, former prime minister of
Greece, was referring to the economic pres-
sure that has been applied to his country
since military leaders seized control of the
government last April 21.
"We must get rid of the junta," he said.
"And the constitution must be restored as
soon as possible."
The urgency of his appeal was not over-
stated. There Is reason to believe that a con-
tinuation of military rule could plunge
Greece into a full-scale civil war.
A solution to the problem rests partly at
least in the hands of businessmen outside
of Greece-in America and other countries.
And many of those men, unfortunately, have
demonstrated a 'shocking disregard for the
facts and morality of the Greek situation.
Greece is very efficient these days, and busi-
nessmen of course are in favor of efficiency.
Just the same, I have been appalled to hear
the military dictatorship supported by such
prominent Americans as John Nuveen, first
chief of the Marshall Plan in Greece; Spyros
Skouras, president of 20th Century Fox, and
Thomas Pappas, president of Esso-Pappas
in Greece.
Pappas gave our group a luncheon In
Athens, at the yacht club overlooking the
harbor. He stood up and proposed a toast.
"You can get things done now," he said.
"Believe me, Chris. I don't have to wait six
months to get a contract signed. There is
,stability. There Is order. There is no graft."
I could not drink that toast. Order and
stability are no trick, after all, when you are
holding a gun to someone's head.
The gun was easily justified, of course.
The military had to take over to prevent
a Communist coup masterminded by An-
dress Papandreou, son of the onetime prime
minister.
The Reds were plotting to seize control of
Greece by armed force, if necessary. Or they
had infiltrated the Center Union Party of
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the left-wing Papandreous, and they were
confident of winning power in the elections
scheduled for May 28. Either way, they had
to be stopped.
That was the theory. So everywhere I went
in Greece I asked the same question.
Where was the evidence to 'substantiate
that Communist plot?
"My boy," said Pappas, "there are carloads
of evidence."
"Where?" I asked.
"Why do you care where it is?" he
answered.
I put the question to the prime minister,
Constantine Kollias.
"We have files and files of evidence," he
said.
"Where?" I asked.
"For now," he said, "you'll have to take
my word for it."
I asked everybody. But I never saw one
piece of evidence.
Were there masses of troops on the Al-
banian border, ready to march in? Were
there hundreds of Communists up in the
mountains with grenades and guns, led by
some Greek Castro?
Why in fact was the military takeover
bloodless, as they boasted? Why wasn't there
a shot fired?
Because there was nobody to shoot at.
That's why.
As for Andreas Papandreou-who remains
in prison- I have known him for 30 years.
And he is not a Communist. He is a liberal,
yes, but I think I would place him politically
somewhere to the right of President John F,
Kennedy. That opinion is shared, I might
add, by every friend I have who knows Andy,
including high-placed American officials.
For what it's worth, I also have my opin-
ion of the military strongmen-of Col.
George Papadopoulos and Brig. Styllanos
Patakos. I have met both of them, and I do
not believe for a moment that they sin-
cerely feared a Communist plot.
The government indeed was weak and cor-
rupt and not very efficient. They are sin-
cere about that. From my knowledge of these
men and their mentalities, however, I be-
lieve they are mainly interested in their own
power,
They are power-hungry men-just as mad
for power as any dictator. That is the essen-
tial fact about them, and I think their mo-
tive for taking over in Greece was just as
simple as that.
Papadopoulos now is trying to maneuver
King Constantine to appoint him a vice
prime minister-a new title that would give
him more authority and respectability, com-
ing from the king.
That is the next move. But I do not think
the king will go along with it.
The king looked awfully tired and hag-
gard when I saw him at the palace. The last
time I saw him there he was very relaxed
and happy. He and the queen brought the
baby out, and we talked about Mayor Daley.
This time the king was serious and quiet
and far more reserved than usual. He
seemed to have aged a lot since April.
He has been traveling all over the country
by helicopter, trying to meet as many of the
people as possible. I don't think he knew in
advance what the military were up to, and I
believe the people are convinced that he is
doing all he can to restore the constitution.
The junta, of course, has-promised there
will be a constitution to vote on early next
year. But there Is widespread pessimism
about that, and the average Greek, in fact,
just doesn't believe it.
A member of Parliament came to my hotel
room in Athens. He was scared to death. He
looked up and down the hall, and he wanted
to turn on the radio, convinced as he was
that the room must be bugged.
"I wouldn't be surprised," he said, "If
these people stayed in for 10 years."
That's the feeling. What everybody is
mainly afraid of, however, is the danger
ahead of a civil war.
Said the member of Parliament:
"There is only one thing that could pos-
sibly unite all the parties and factions in
Greece. And that one thing is the continua-
tion in power of the military regime.
"Then there would be a Communist threat,
because many people would want to unite
with the Communists to overthrow the re-
gime. And then after that we'd have to turn
around and fight the Communists again.
We'd be repeating the whole pattern of
World War II."
That fear is expressed widely. And it
points up the short-sightedness of the ef-
ficiency-minded businessmen.
I was surprised to find the businessman's
viewpoint echoed by such a person as Gen.
James Van Fleet, former United Nations
commander in Korea.
Van Fleet was very enthusiastic about
the junta.
"This is really all right," he assured me.
"Greece has been saved from becoming an-
other Vietnam,"
Quite the contrary, it could well be argued.
A prolongation of the junta's rule easily
could create another Vietnam.
There isn't much organized resistance yet.
There is some in Crete, and a few bombs
went off in Piraeus harbor while I was in
Athens. But something like 400 officers have
been dismissed from the army, and they
could form the nucleus for a concerted re-
sistance movement.
Resistance to the junta certainly will in-
crease if there is any significant deteriora-
tion of Greece's economy. And, in fact, con-
tinuation of junta rule is likely to produce
a serious recession.
Tourism has been off 60 per cent. More
than $100,000,000 in international loans and
credits have been cancelled or postponed,
and the other members of the Common
Market are talking now about economic
sanctions against Greece. The United States
has cut some military aid and has postponed
action on future aid.
Shipping is the No. I industry in Greece.
Now there are indications that Stavros Niar-
chos and Aristotle Onassis have cut down
their shipbuilding, waiting to see what hap-
pens.
My own firm, Bache & Co., has postponed
action on a $10,000,000 long-term loan we
were arranging for the Public Power & Light
Corp. of Greece. And I recently had a call
from Stanley Thea, executive vice president
of Ruder & Finn-the firm that has han-
dled the Greek government's public relations
in this country.
He said they are dropping the account-
which is $60,000 a year-because they can't
stomach a dictator.
Relatives in this country and in England
normally send more than $50,000,000 a year
to their families in Greece, and there has
been a sharp reduction now in those remit-
tances. There also has been a 20 per cent
drop in bank deposits in Greece, for the
same reason. People are afraid that the
drachma might be devaluated. So they are
taking their money out of the banks--send-
ing it to Switzerland and America-and that
means there is much less working capital in
Greece.
Greece live in mortal fear of devaluation,
remembering how it was during World War
II, when they were papering their walls with
drachmas-when I paid, I remember, 5,000,-
000 drachmas for a newspaper. So this is
very close to them, and they watch. The
drachma hasn't been devaluated since 1947.
But the suspension of credits has the gov-
ernment in trouble, and it eventually could
result in devaluation. Then the roof really
would fall in.
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This is the sort of pressure George Papan- I was particularly proud to witness this
dreou !as talking about. Short of civil war, tribute by a nation through its President
It represents per the only practical way to one of the outstanding heroes to
to dislodge the junta and restore a Constitu-
tional monarchy emerge from the war in Vietnam. On
.
Greece up until now has been really pros- hand for the occasion were Maj. Gen.
perous, and I think the Greeks have gotten William C. Westmoreland, the command-
a little fat. They have suffered so much in ing general of our troops in Vietnam, and
the past-they are so fed up with war and Secretary of the Army Stanley R. Resor,
misery and unhappiness-that you can't as well as Sergeant Morris' wife, young
blame then if they have wanted to enjoy son, and parents, and other guests.
their recent prosperity. Sergeant Morris' feat in battle, his
A general complacency developed that
made the military coup possible in the first bravery and dogged persistence in the
place, and continued prosperity well might face of death after he had been thrice
make a dictatorship at least tolerable.
Freedom and liberty are pretty abstract
ideas, after all, But empty stomachs are
something else again.
The military leaders understand that. They
know that a sagging economy will lead almost
certainly to civil war. And that is why, con-
tinued economic pressure from abroad is the
best and probably the only strategy that can
force the junta to relinquish its power volun-
tarily realizing that it just can't win.
The junta's sensitivity to world opinion is
reflected JA the release, of the elder Papan-
dreou. And, I am happy to report that I found
him looking well.
He told me that he received good treatment
while he was confined, and he said he had
refused exile.
"I will never leave Greece," he said.
He said the junta had suggested he might
leave, and he was offered a permit to do so.
That he refused. He said, he also was asked to
sign a statement promising he would not take
part in politics or agitate for a restoration of
the Constitution. That, too, he refused.
5e, was optimistic about the future.
"Don't worry too much," he said. "This
cannot last forever. We are Greeks. If we sur-
vived the German occupation, we can survive
this. But you must keep up the pressure."
Similar optimism was, expressed to me by
the Patriarch Qthenagoras, leader of the
'Eastern Orthodox Church.
"Patience," he said. "Patience, my son. The
church has survived for thousands of years. It
will survive this."
I asked him if God is dead in Greece. The
Patriarch smiled and said:,
"God is not dead in Greece. He is just bored
with some of our .priests.
I'm optimistic myself. And what I'm betting
on more than anything else is the individual
Greek. He values his individuality above all
else-by temperament, by character and by
tradition.
You might knock Zorba down. But you
cannot keep him down. He will get up again,
"somehow, and do, his dance again.
He will not live under a dictatorship for
very long.
wounded, all stretching over a period of
8 hours, comprises a style of heroism
that ranks with the major incidents of
individual bravery, some of them almost
legendary in character, which have come
down to us out of the American past.
For that reason, it gives me much pride
to insert in the RECORD the remarks of
the President at the time of the pres-
entation, the citation, and the remarks
of General Westmoreland, all of which
are as follows:
REMARKS OF THE PRESIDENT AT THE CEREMONY
AWARDING THE MEDAL OF HONOR TO S. SGT.
CHARLES B. MORRIS, U.S. ARMY
Sergeant and Mrs. Morris, and Doug, Sec-
retary Resor, General Johnson, General
Westmoreland, distinguished members of
Congress from Virginia, and other Repre-
sentatives here, distinguished guests, One of
America's greatest war correspondents wrote
about courage-intimately and well.
He called the decorations for bravery
"pinnacles of triumph" in a man's life, "that
will stand out until the day he dies."
Ernie Pyle spoke for all wars-for all those
moments when men must reach down into
their deepest reserves of courage. He cele-
brated those times when men risk life for a
principle-or risk life for a comrade-or
risk their lives for their country.
On whatever field, on whatever day-war
is an agony of spirit and flesh and mind.
After thousands of years of civilization,
the saddest of human failures is this-the
precious wealth of man's courage must still
be spent on the battlefield.
But all the wisdom of the earth has not
yet found a way to preserve freedom without
defending it.
Staff Sergeant Charles Morris is one of
those who defended freedom on the battle-
field. He fought with dogged courage
through long hours of hell. He fought far
above and far beyond the call of any duty.
Just a few days ago, I returned from a
journey of 33 hours and 6,000 miles, where I
met thousands of Sergeant Morris' comrades.
I stood with American sailors on the deck
of a mighty carrier
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_SGT. CHARLES B. MORRIS AWARD- the Pacific Ocean. I stood with our airmen
ED MEDAL OF HONOR under skies that were filled with American
power, many of them who had just finished
(Mr. TUCK (at the request of Mr. their 100 missions in Vietnam. I saluted the
MONTGOMERY) was granted permission infantry, the Queen of the Battles, at Fort
to extend his remarks, at this point in Benning, and Marines at El Toro and Camp
the RECORD and to include extraneous Pendleton. And I ended up at Yorktown with
matter.) the gallant men of the Coast Guard.,
Mr. TUCK. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday Some of the men that I saw were there
of last week, November 16, one of my Some of the beginning their meen I saw training had for cretuomuan
men justrned
constituents, S. Sgt. Charles B. Morris, from combat. They wore its badges-and
of Galax, Va., was presented the Con- many of them wore it wounds.
gressionalMedal of Honor by President I saw other badges, too.
Johnson at a ceremony at the. White I saw the white carnations that were worn
'House attended bya number of Members by wives of the missing men.
of Congress, including among others. Seri- I saw the loneliness on the faces of waiting
ators B R families, and little boys and girls.
..$ and of,, Virginia and. _ -I
felt so humble to be among these men
he ,foi oyt i g, .}VI~m~Ie s of the HQUSe of . and women. But I also felt a towering pride-
"Representaives, from our Common- pride in them-pride in this nation,
wealth: Congressmen DOWNING, SAT- I realized that some good day, war was
ITEReIELD, POFF, MARSH, SCOTT, WAMPLER, going to be only ashadowed memory.
and myself. We will labor, with all of our passion and
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all the strength God gives us, to quicken the
coming of that day.
But until it does come, our lives, our safety
and our hope of freedom's survival are in
the hands of all those like Sergeant Morris,
all of those who serve-here and in Vietnam.
Sergeant Charles Morris was there when
America needed him.
And I am so glad that his Commander,
General Westmoreland, could be here today
to observe this ceremony concerning one of
his very own soldiers.
Once before, I stood with General West-
moreland at a ceremony for Sergeant Morris
when he enjoyed one of his "Pinnacles of
triumph." It was at Cam Ranh Bay in Viet-
nam, just a little bit more than a year ago.
Upon General Westmoreland's suggestion I
awarded Sergeant Morris the Distinguished
Service Cross.
Today, I am so proud to stand with him
here in the East Room of the White House
on a hero's very high summit-the Medal of
Honor.
Sergeant Morris, I don't know anything
more or anything better that I could say to
you than all the American people for whom
I am supposed to speak are grateful to you
and appreciative that the Good Lord has
given you to us and has brought you back.
May God bless you.
Secretary Resor will now read the pitation.
The citation as
Resor follows:
While on a search and destroy mission in
the Republic of Vietnam on 29 June 1966,
Sergeant Morris was a leader of the point
squad of a platoon of Company A, 2nd Bat-
talion, 503rd Infantry. Seeing indications of
the enemy's presence in the area, Sergeant
Morris deployed his squad and continued
forward alone to make a reconnaissance. He
unknowingly crawled within 20 meters of
an enemy machine gun, whereupon the gun-
ner fired, wounding him in the chest. Ser-
geant Morris instantly returned the fire and
killed the gunner. Continuing to crawl with-
in a few feet of the gun, he hurled a grenade
and killed the remainder of the enemy crew.
Although in pain and bleeding profusely,
Sergeant Morris continued his reconnais-
sance.
Returning to the platoon area, he re-
ported the results of his reconnaissance to
the platoon leader. As he spoke, the platoon
came under heavy fire. Refusing medical
attention for himself, he deployed his men
in better firing positions confronting the
entranched enemy to his front. Then for eight
hours the platoon engaged the numerically
superior enemy force. Withdrawal was im-
possible without abandoning many wounded
and dead.
Finding the platoon medic deal, Ser-
geant Morris administered first aid to him-
self, and was returning to treat the wounded
members of his squad with the medic's first
aid kit when he was again wounded. Knocked
down and stunned, he regained conscious-
ness and continued to treat the wounded, re-
position his men, and inspire and encourage
their efforts. Wounded again when an enemy
grenade shattered his left hand, nonetheless
he personally took up the fight and armed
and threw several grenades which killed a
number of enemy soldiers.
Seeing that an enemy machine gun had
maneuvered behind his platoon and was de-
livering fire upon his men, Sergeant Morris
and another man crawled toward the gun to
knock it out. His comrade was killed and
Sergeant Morris sustained another wound,
but firing his rifle with one hand, he silenced
the enemy machine gun. Returning to the
platoon, he courageously exposed himself to
the devastating enemy fire to drag the
wounded to a protected area, and with utter
disregard for personal safety and the pain
he suffered, he continued to lead and direct
the efforts of his men until relief arrived.
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Upon termination of the battle, important
documents were found among the enemy
dead revealing a planned ambush of a Re-
public of Vietnam battalion. Use of this in-
formation prevented the ambush and saved
many lives. Sergeant Morris' conspicuous
gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his
life above and beyond the call of duty were
instrumental in the successful defeat of the
enemy, saved many lives, and were in the
highest traditions of the United States Army.
After the reading of the citation, the
President introduced General Westmore-
land, who made the following statement:
REMARKS OF GEN. WILLIAM C. WESTMORELAND
AT THE CEREMONY AWARDING THE MEDAL OF
HONOR TO S. SGT. CHARLES B. MORRIS, U.S.
ARMY
Mr. President, I thank you for this honor.
It so happens that I know Sergeant Morris.
We are not only fellow soldiers, but we are
friends. I saw him at Cam Ranh Bay when
he was decorated with the Distinguished
Service Cross by our Commander in Chief.
I saw him in the hospital. I saw him several
times in the hospital. The indomitable spirit
that he displayed on the battlefield when he
earned this, our Nation's highest award, he
displayed in the hospital ever time I saw
him-self-confidence, proud to be a soldier,
proud to serve his country in their fight
against Communism, proud to be an
American. -
I recall, Mr. President, when youhonored
us by coming to Cam Ranh Bay to see the
troops on the battlefield in South Vietnam.
I told you while trooping along that never in
all history had a Commander in Chief com-
manded finer troops than are now com-
manded by President Johnson around the
world, but particularly-in accordance with
my personal knowledge-on the battlefield in
South Vietnam.
This American fighting man is represented
today by Sergeant Morris.
I am proud to be here to participate in this
ceremony and to have the opportunity to see
this man justly awarded and to be able to
personally congratulate him.
DANGERS OF NEGATIVE INCOME
TAX PROPOSALS-
(Mr. KORNEGAY (at the request of
Mr. MONTGOMERY) was granted permis-
sion to extend his remarks at this point
in the RECORD and to include extraneous
matter.)
Mr. KORNEGAY. Mr. Speaker, re-
cently my colleague, Congressman Roy
TAYLOR, in addressing the student body
of Montreat-Anderson College, Mon-
treat, N.C., pointed out the dangers of
the negative income tax proposals. Con-
gressman TAYLOR emphasized that these
proposals would freeze their beneficiaries
into a perpetual state of dependency,
rather than to help them out of it. I
recommend that attached excerpts from
Congressman TAYLOR'S address for the
consideration of my colleagues and the
American people.
EXCERPTS FROM ADDRESS OF CONGRESSMAN ROY
A. TAYLOR BEFORE MONTREAT-ANDERSON
COLLEGE STUDENT BODY, NOVEMBER 10, 1967
Another change affecting our nation is the
population shift from rural areas to the
cities. In the Siecade from 1950 to 1960, 11
million people moved to urban centers so
that today 71% of our citizens live on 1%
of the land.
Years ago there appeared a verse which
might be called the theme song of the
flight to the city. We sang, "How are we
going to keep them down on the farm after
they've seen Paris?" Today millions of Amer-
leans have, you might say, seen Paris, the
glitter and pace of the city, but we are
seeing its problems too. .
Years ago the federal government launched
a program of public housing in cities,
wherein some low income families found
housing at reduced rates in publicly-owned
facilities.
In recent years a rent subsidy program
has been advocated and has been put into
operation on a small scale. Under this pro-
gram low income families rent privately-
owned apartments in any approved location
and the federal government pays a portion
of the monthly rent. I have voted against
the rent subsidy program because it dis-
courages private home ownership, which is
needed in every community, and it also dis-
courages individual initiative and thrift.
A more far-reaching proposal and one that
you asked me to discuss is the negative in-
come tax to guarantee an annual income.
Various suggestions have been made to
guarantee to each family a certain level of
income through the federal personal income
tax machinery. Under these proposals fam-
ilies and individuals with insufficient income
would receive a federal cash subsidy accord-
ing to the number of persons in the family
and the amount of income deficiency, re-
gardless of the reason for their poverty. In-
stead of paying an income tax, the low income
person or family would receive the difference
between the actual income and a minimum
standard of need for families of different
sizes.
What are the arguments for this radical
proposal? The proponents contend that the
negative income tax is directed specifically
at the problem of poverty regardless of the
cause, that present programs are set up for
specific categories: old age assistance, aid to
dependent children, aid to disabled persons,
and aid to the blind, and that a person must
fit into one of these categories and prove
need and inability to solve his own financial
problems before receiving welfare help.
These proponents contend that only about
one-third of the poor families in the nation
receive help because they either do not meet
the means test or they were uninformed of
their eligibility for aid or they were fright-
ened by the stigma attached to welfare or
they did not fit into the prescribed cate-
gories, or in some cases, were too proud to
ask for help. It is expected that the negative
income tax would replace the wide variety
of programs now used to aid the poor and
perhaps replace social security for these
people.
I believe in charity toward the unfortu-
nate, the handicapped and helpless, but I
am unalterably opposed to these negative
income tax proposals. Such would benefit the
lazy and shiftless as much as the deserving.
It would enable them to live on someone
else's labors. It would guarantee to each
citizen an income whether he is willing to
work or not, thereby taking away the in-
centive for the unemployed to find work .
it would encourage those who work today
for low wages to work only part-time or to
quit.
From the individual's viewpoint the re-
ceipt of a guaranteed income paid by other
citizens would destroy individual dignity,
weaken the capacity for growth and self-suf-
ficiency and would perpetuate poverty as a
way of life. Of course, from the point of
view of a person who does not want to work,
it would enable him to enjoy his poverty.
From the country's point of view it would
cause severe manpower shortages, especially
in low paying menial jobs. It would produce
an idle class of citizens and this idleness
of itself would create new social problems.
Idle hands and minds are still the devil's
workshop.
Summarizing, I oppose the guaranteed in-
come proposal because it penalizes indus-
trous citizens and encourages dishonesty, it
gives people who are able to work money
which they were unwilling to earn. It encour-
ages laziness, discourages self-reliance, and
is a prescription for paralysis.
Recently, an Office of Economic Oppor-
tunity grant was approved for study and re-
search by the University of Wisconsin In-
stitute for Research concerning the nega-
tive income tax proposal. I oppose even mak-
ing a grant for this study because it would
use public funds to carve a path in the
wrong direction.
Education and training are the most ef-
fective ways for opening the door between
poverty and a decent standard of living. Giv-
ing cash doles perpetuates the plight of the
poor. The checkbook approach is not the
solution to the war on poverty and on city
ghettos. The most fruitful results will come
from programs of manpower training. Too
many of our citizens remain poor because
they do not possess the learning and the job
skills needed to fit into an industrial society.
A few months ago it was my privilege to
speak at the graduation exercises of the Ashe-
ville-Buncombe Technical Institute which
had offered some training, upgrading skills,
to about 10,000 people during the year 1967.
Institutions such as this show what can be
accomplished. Years ago I was impressed by
the statement that "if you give a man a
fish, you feed him for a day, but if you teach
him how to fish, you feed him for life."
POVERTY PROGRAM
(Mr. HUNGATE (at the request of Mr.
MONTGOMERY) was granted permission
to extend his remarks at this point in the
RECORD and to include extraneous mat-
ter.)
Mr. HUNGATE. Mr. Speaker, in view
of the fact that some of my colleagues
may believe that duly elected officials
will now exercise some direct control
over the poverty program, I wish to call
to their attention the following article:
[From the Washington Post, Nov. 17, 1967]
AUTONOMY SEEN HERE FOR UPO
Wiley A. Branton, executive director of
the United. Planning Organization, said yes-
terday he doubts the city government will
take over UPO even if it does get the chance.
Branton said his guess was based on con-
versations he has had with Mayor Walter E.
Washington and a majority of the City Coun-
cil over the last few weeks.
The Mayor declined to discuss the matter,
since Congress has not taken final action yet
on the antipoverty bill.
A section added to the bill in the House
would give the Nation's city halls the option
of taking over local community-action pro-
grams-the largest part of the war on pov-
erty.
The city hall section was designed to win
conservative support in the House. There
was no such language in the Senate bill, and
the issue now has gone to conference. The
city hall stipulation probably will stay in
the bill in some form.
UPO has been independent up to now,
and at times has feuded with the District
Building.
Branton, who took over UPO last month,
said he hopes that the antipoverty agency
can start working more closely with the city
government, and thinks there will be a great
deal more cooperation now. But he does not
think UPO should become a regular city
agency, he said.
Under the House bill, the Mayor could
either absorb the community-action program
or let UPO keep running it.
Even indirect responsibility for the anti-
poverty program could prove a problem for
the Mayor.
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But overall, we are "making progress. We
are satisfied with that ro ress. Our allies
are pleased with that progress. Every country
that I know in that . area that is familiar
with What'is happening thinks it is abso-
lutely essential that Uncle . Sam keep his
word and 'stay there until we can find an
honorable peace.
If they have any doubts about it, Mr. Ho
Chi Minh-who reads our papers and who
listens to our radio, who looks at our tele-
vision-if he has any doubts about it, I want
to disillusion him this morning.
We keep' our commitments.' Our people are
going to support the men who are there. The
Mr. Reynolds.
Question. Mr. President, Hanoi may be in-
terpreting current public opinion polls to
indicate that you will be replaced next year.
How should this affect the campaign in this
country?
The PRESIDENT. I don't know how it will
affect the campaign in this country. What-
,ever Interpretation `Hanoi might make that
would lead them. to believe that Uncle Sam-
whoever may be President-is going to pull
out and it will be easier for them to make an
inside deal with another President, then they
will make a serious misjudgment.
'Mr. Rather.
Question. Are you going to run next year?
,The PRESIDENT. I will cross that bridge
when I get to it, as I have told you so many
times, Mr. Rather.
Question. Mr President, there are Increas-
ing statements from Capitol Hill that say
your tax. bill is dead for this Session of Con-
gress. Is there any plan on the part of your
Adrninistrs,tion to- try and revive this before
Congress Leaves; and, secondly, if' not, what
plans might you have next year to avert this
inflationary trend that we are told will be
coming?
? The PRESIDENT. We want very much to have
a tax bill just as quickly as we.can get it. We
think the-, sound, prudent, fiscal policy re-
quires it. We are going to do everything that
the President and th
to get that tax bill. e Administration can do
I would be less than frank if I. didn't tell
you that I have no indication whatever that
Mr. Mills or IV4. Byrnes or the Ways and
Means Committee, is likely to' report a tax bill
before they adjoun.
I feel that one of our failures in the Ad-
ministration has been our ipabllity to con-
vince the Congress of the wisdom of fiscal re-
sponsibility and the necessity of passing a
tax bill not only for the effect it will have on
the inflationary developments, but the effect
it will have on the. huge deficit that we are
running-
I think one of the great mistakes that the
Congress will make is that Mr. Ford and Mr.
Mills have taken this.position that they can-
not have any tax bill now. They will live to
regret the day when they made that decision.
Because it is a dangerous decision. It is an
unwise decision,
I think that the people of America-none
of whom giant to pay taxes-any pollster can
walk out and say: "Do you want to pay more
tax?" Of course you will say, "No, I don't
want to pay tax."
But if you ask him if he wants inflation;
do you want prices to increase five or six per-
cent; do you want a deficit of $30 or $35 bil-
lion; do you want to spend $35 billion more
thal,you are taking in? I think the average
Citizen would, say: "No. "
Here at the height of our prosperity when
our Gross National Product is going to run
at $850 billion, when we look` at the prece-
dents of what we have done'in past wars-fn
Korea kbpn President Truman, asked for a
tgx lncleise, people supported it.
"s has been before the G?ongrets
$inoe Ia .lanu11 ar`y.: They have
of finished niost
the ap ropriations bills. I read the story
this morning. It looks like out of $145 billion
S16i25
they will roughly _cut a billion dollars in ex- thirdkfrom what you requested. What is the
penditures. Impact of this economy?
But they will cut several billion from reve- The PRESIDENT. At a time when the richest
nues because of Inaction, because people nation in the world is enjoying more pros-
don't like to stand up and do the unpopular perity than it has ever had before, when we
thing of assuming responsibility that men in carefully tailor our requests to the very
public life are required to do sometime. minimum that we think is essential-the
I know it doesn't add to your polls and lowest request that we have had in years-
your popularity to say we have to have addi- and then Congress cuts it 33% percent, I
tional taxes to fight this war abroad and fight think it is a mistake. It is a serious mistake.
the problems in our cities at home. But we When you consider that $1 billion that we
can do it with the Gross National Product are attempting to save there, out of the $850
we have. We should do it. And I think when billion that we will produce, we ought to
the American people and the Congress get reconsider that decision. What we are doing
the full story they will do it. with that money not only can give great
We have failed up to now to be able to con- help to underdeveloped nations; but that, in
vince them. But we are going to continue to itself, can prevent the things that cause war
try in every way that Is proper. where you are required to spend billions to
Miss Means. win it.
Question. Senator McCarthy has said he is I would rather have a little preventive
considering opposing you in the Presidential medicine. Every dollar that we spend in our
primaries because he believes it would__b_e a foreign assistance, trying to help poor peo-
healthy thing to debate_Zietn'Sm in the pri- pre-help themselves, is money well spent.
maries, for the p tg and for the country, I don't think we overdid it. I don't think
too. Do you a reT with him? What effect do we went too far, But I think the Congress
you think t would have on your own can- has, in the reductions it has made.
didacy? Again, it is popular to go back home and
The P SIDENT. I don't know how I am go- say, "Look what I did for you. I cut out all
ing to e, after all this opposition develops, these foreign expenditures."
So fart/as my State of health is concerned. But when the trouble develops-the people
But I am very healthy today. I don't know who are starving, the people who are igno-
wheth r this criticism has contributed to my rant, illiterate, with disease-and wars
good health or not. spring up and we have to go in, we will spend
I do t know what Senator McCarthy is much more than we would if we had taken
going to do. I am not sure that he knows an ounce of prevention.
what he p ns to do. We had better just wait Mr. Morgan?
and see, u til there is something definite Question. Mr. President, some people on
there, and m et it when it is necessary. the air and in print accuse you of trying to
of opinion in this c
Vietnam?
sponsinie aissensionr
as always been con- The PRESIDENT. No. I haven't called anyone
would Indicate that.
ry War when The wicked flee when no one pursueth,
posed it, and a third were on the b
That was true when all of New
came down to secede in Madison's
deline. sible, make untrue statements, and ougnt to
*gland be cautious and careful when they are deal-
adluinis- ing with the problem involving their men at
tration in the War of 1812, and stoppdd.
Baltimore. They didn't quite make it beta
Andrew Jackson's results in New Orlea
came in.
in the front.
se There is a great deal of difference, as I said
They were having a party there that night.
The next morning they came and told the
President they wanted to congratulate him-
that they thought he was right all along,
a moment ago, between criticism, indiffer-
ence, and responsible dissent-all of which
we insist on and all of which we protect-
gnd storm-trooper bullying, throwing
although they had come from Boston to to
Baltimore in a secessionist move.
believe very strongly in preserving the
to differ in this country, and the right
hat there are plenty of dissenters.
is not a person in this press corps
t write what he wants to write. Most
do write what they want to. I say
dvisedly. I want to protect that. Our
wants to protect it.
I, by chance, should say, "I am not
saw all the cables on this and you
the White House begging Lincoln to concede aus i
and work out a deal with the Confederacy sure yo
You know that President Roosevelt went
through, and President Wilson in World War
ctly right; let me explain the other
it," I would hope that you wouldn't
side ought to dominate the whole picture.
So what I would say is, let's realize that we
Now, when you look b~