CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -- HOUSE

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to assure the ordinary criminally ac-
calsed (and not a member of the Mafia
or the wealthy criminal) is interrogated
in an atmosphere free from coercion as
opposed to being interrogated "alone"
in custody, in a_ police-dominated at-
mosphere.
WYMAN. If the gentleman will
yield further, I would like to inquire of
tihe gentleman from Ohio [Mr. TAFT,
is he of the opinion that the police
throughout the land have this under-
standing of the limited application of
the Miranda rule to which he made ref-
erence, or does he believe that the police
feel this decision puts practically the
same restrictions on their investigations
in the preliminary stages that the gen-
tleuhan says it does if on individual was
in a room with a lot of policemen in a
situation such as the gentleman de-
scribed?
Mir. TAFT. Of course, the expert, the
s'. il'lful, and the well-trained FBI man
probably does understand and under-
stands very well the import of the limi-
tations of the scope of this case. But for
those other law enforcement officers, a
great host throughout the land, there is
a tremendous amount of fear and con-
fusion. If I might call to the attention
of the I-louse in that regard the CONGREs-
SIONAL RECORD of March 3, 1967, pages
S3051 through S3061, in which there are
numerous reports from law enforcement
o ficers over this Nation indicating in-
stances of inability to enforce the law.
Mr. Speaker, many of us may have
seen in the newspapers an editorial writ-
ton to the effect that there are present
on the streets in Baltimore some 72 self-
confessed felons who are free because
of Miranda..
Otherwise, Mr. Speaker, these warn-
ings and the proper action taken there-
under, perhaps could have cleared up
a great deal of this crime and perhaps
could have cleared the individual in-
volved, had they not been thrown out.
MIr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished
gentleman from New York for yielding
to me.
SMITH of New York. Mr. Speaker,
I thank the distinguished gentleman
from Ohio [Mr. TAFT] for his contribu-
tion and for his continuing contribution,
a tru::- i! iinguished member of a truly
distin,,... lied American family which
continues to make great contributions to
this country.
(Mr. SMITH of New York asked and
was given permission to revise and ex-
tend his remarks.)
Mr. SMITH of New York. Mr. Speaker,
I yield back the balance of my time.
GENERAL LEAVE TO EXTEND
Ir. SMITH of New York. Mr. Speaker,
I ask unanimous consent that all Mem-
bers be permitted to extend their re-
marks on this subject matter at this
point in the record.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Ecx-
r:6RDT). Is there objection to the request
of the gentleman from New York?
There was no objection.
NSA TO RIDE AGAIN?
The SPEAKER pro tempore (T Mr.
ECKHARDT). Under previous order of the
House, the gentleman from Ohio [Mr.
Asxaaoox] is recognized for 15 minutes.
Mr. ASHBROOK. Mr. Speaker, the
Washington Post of May 7, 1967, con-
tained an article on page 1 which stated
that grants of $390,000 had been given to
the National Student Association by
three executive agencies: the Office of
Economic Opportunity, the Office of Edu-
cation, and the State Department. As I
understand the article, two of these
grants have been made since the NSA-
CIA fiasco with the third grant being a
renewal of an existing federally funded
program. On the strength of the Post
article, I am writing to the three agen
cies-the Office of Economic C, portu-
nity, the Office of Education, and the
State Department for veriacation and
full particulars on the programs. In view
of the assertion that CIA at one point
provided almost 80 percent of NSA
budget out of taxpayers' pockets, I am
sure that the sorely pressed American
taxpayer will be very r .uch interested in
these expenditures. For instance, km.'
will the reported $250,000 for a "student
tutorial program in poverty areas" be
used. As Federal aid presupposes Fed-
eral supervision, how closely will the Of-
fice of Education oversee the program?
What other organizations possibly more
moderately or conservatively oriented
organizations are participating in this
program? For what purposes will the re-
ported State Department grant of $60,-
COO be used in Asia, Africa, and Algeria?
How has the Office of Education grant of
$80,000, which is reportedly being re-
newed, been used in the past? What ben-
efits have accrued from this program in
the past? What specifically is meant by
"student efforts to gain more voice in
development and evaluation of course
offerings"? I believe the taxpayer will
agree with me that these are valid
questions.
Since the NSA-CIA fiareup in Febru-
ary there has been no public disclosure
of investigations into NSA's tax-exenhpt.
status. The New York Times of February
22 of this year stated that the Internal
Revenue Service was reviewing NSA's
status, which review had been initiated
in 1965. As NSA "hopes to finance its ac-
tivities in the future by a 'consortium' of
private and open Government funds," as
reported by the New York Times of Feb-
ruary 14, 1967, it seems only fair to tax-
payers who will foot the bill for the Gov-
ernment grants and the donors of pri-
vate grants that the misuse of past NSA
funds be reviewed, reported, and cor-
rected.
It would appear prudent to withhold
any grants, both Federal and private,
until the IRS report on NSA is forth-
coming. If NSA's past misuse of funds
were to be repeated in the future, the
Federal agencies involved might be hard
pressed to justify these expenditures be-
fore the House Appropriations Commit-
tee next year, along with continuance of
these general programs. Concerning
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NSA's expenditures, the Washington
Post of February 16, 19637, stated:
A source within the NSA hierarchy said
CIA funds, funneled to his group through
the Foundation, were sometimes diverted
from international accounts and used for
such domestic student activities as civil
rights. Travel allowances for trips abroad
were also juggled in order to finance NS_i's
domestic activities through the CIA's indi-
rect contributions, the source said.
Most commonly, the NSA's source said, ad-
ministrative funds that came from the CIA
were diverted for domestic programs, it was
explained.
It is ridiculous to ask the American
taxpayer to swallow the fact that his
money is again being channeled into
NSA, especially when so many questions
remain to be answered, and in the light
of the following facts.
To show the character of the leftist
NSA, one need only look to its president,
W. Eugene Groves.
The Chicago conference, December 28
to 30, 1966, called to discuss the idea of
a nationwide student strike and other
forms of demonstrations protesting the
effort of the U.S. Government to resist
Communist agression in South Vietnam,
NSA President Groves states: "I'm here
to decide what role NSA can play."
And NSA members played an active
role. At this conference, called for, set
up, and dominated by Communists,
Groves shared the speakers platform
with such admitted Communists as Bet-
tina Aptt.ckor.
As shown in mouse Committee on
Un-American ._ciividies report, "Com-
munist Origin i,nd "Manipulation of Viet-
nam Week," .his conference also in-
cluded representatives of these Com-
munist organizations : Communist Party,
U.S.A.; W. E. B. DuBois Clubs of Amer-
ica; Progressive Labor Party; Socialist
Workers Party; Young Socialist Alli-
ance; Youth Against War and Fascism,
and National Guardian.
Far from a nonpolitical group of stu-
dent government affiliates, a NSA mem-
ber was listed as a member of the steer-
ing committee with these and other left-
wing groups. This is the company to
which Groves' statement above applies.
The Vietnam Week demonstrators
were so infested with Communists, and
fellow travelers, and so effectively con-
trolled by these interests that it is only
fair to assume that Groves and some 12
other NSA campus coordinators, dele-
gates, or members of NSA listed as spon-
sors of the Vietnam Week demo:- a -
tions, were either impossibly ignea . or
unconcerned about their associates u, pile
banded together in a blatant attempt to
influence American foreign policy.
The committee report leaves no doubt
about the degree of Communist control
of both the Student Mobilization Com-
mittee, formed at the Chicago Confer-
ence, and the Spring Mobilization Co -
mittee. Groups which then joined in an
effort to insure the success of their proj-
ects. I quote froin the report:
The proposal for a nationwide student
strike was completely Communist In origin.
And the committee makes this salient
point:
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