A RESPONSE BY THE UNITED STATES AND A PROPOSAL BY ISRAEL BRING NEW HOPE FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

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October 9, 1968 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE
Mr. RUMSFELD. There is another
area with respect to contempt citations
which has disturbed me, or at least I
believe the House might pay some atten-
tion to it. It is this question where the
House adjourns and a contempt citation
is requested by a committee. Apparently
the present precedent is that the Speaker
automatically transmits that request for
a contempt citation to the Justice De-
p,irtment. Is that correct?
VIr. ICHORD. The gentleman is in
at ror on that. There was a court decision
in regard to that, holding that the
Speaker did have to exercise some dis-
cretion, I believe.
Mr. RUMSFELD. So the Speaker in his
discretion can send to the Justice De-
partment a contempt citation during a
period when the House is in recess.
Mr. ICHORD. The gentleman is get-
ting into a difficult field here.
Mr. RUMSFELD. I do not want to take
a position. I just say this is an area,
it seems to me, as in regard to the pre-
vious area, which merits some attention
by the House. I am pleased to see the
gentleman in the well interesting himself
in it.
I quite agree it is not a problem for
your committee alone. Basically it is a
problem for the Rules Committee. But
it is an area in which the gentleman has
knowledge, and he could make a con-
tribution.
Mr. ICHORD. I believe the gentleman
from Illinois and I are in substantial
agreement, and I do appreciate very
much his comments on this subject.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a
previous order of the House, the gentle-
man from Iowa [Mr. SCHWENSEL] is rec-
ognized for 30 minutes.
[Mr. SCHWENGEL addressed the
House. His remarks will appear here-
after in the Extensions of Remarks.]
A RESPONSE BY THE UNITED
STATES AND A PROPOSAL BY IS-
RAEL BRING NEW HOPE FOR
PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a
previous order of the House, the gentle-
man from Illinois [Mr. PUCINSEI] is rec-
ognized for 15 minutes.
Mr. PUCINSKI. Mr. Speaker, two sep-
arate actions today, one by the United
States, and one by the State of Israel,
have sparked new hope for peace in the
Middle East with guarantees of con-
tinued sovereignty for-.the Israel people.
I was extremely pleased to learn that
in response to a congressional resolution
which I cosponsored and supported, Pres-
ident Johnson has today advised Secre-
tary of State Dean Rusk to start nego-
tiations with the Israel Government for
the sale of U.S. Phantom jets to the
Israel Air Force.
President Johnson made the disclo-
sure today while signing the foreign aid
authorization bill in the White House.
At the time that we here in the House
adopted the amendment to the Foreign
Aid Act calling for the United States to
sell the Phantom jets to Israel, I made
the following statement in behalf of this
worthy cause:
Mr. PUcINsxl. Mr. Chairman, I congratu-
late the gentleman on his excellent state-
ment and wish to associate myself with his
remarks.
Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the
Wolff amendment. Israel today stands vir-
tually alone in defending the entire Middle
East and the African continent as well as
the Mediterranean from Soviet expansion.
I know of no more important step we can
take today than to assure Israel the right to
obtain the very important Phantom jets she
so urgently needs for her protection and
survival.
Mr. Chairman, let us not ever forget that
Israel's struggle for survival is in our high-
est interest. Thank God we have brave Israel
to protect freedom's ideals in-the Middle East
at a time when our own resources are being
tested in Vietnam.
Israel is today threatened as never before.
The Soviet Union has methodically re-
placed all the arms the Arab States lost dur-
ing the lightning war of last June.
The free world has stood by as the Soviet
Union pours arms and planes into the Arab
States.
I say the United States should not permit
another moment's delay in helping Israel ob-
tain these vital Phantom fighters. They may
well spell the difference between survival and
destruction for Israel.
Mr. Chairman, the growing menace of the
Soviet fleet in the Mediterranean; the con-
tinuing arms buildup by the Soviets of the
Arab States, and the Soviet Union's con-
tinuing design for ultimate acquisition of
the African continent may well be described
as the seeds for a new world conflict.
Israel alone today stands as the vanguard
against this Soviet expansion and I submit,
Mr. Chairman, it is -unconscionable that we
should deny Israel these jet fighters any
longer.
I urge adoption of the resolution.
I was also pleased to see the thought-
ful proposal offered at the United Na-
tions by Foreign Minister Abba Eban to
bring peace to the Middle East.
Mr. Eban, in a speech to the United
Nations, has made it very clear that his
nation is willing to pull her troops back
from conquered territories as soon as the
Mideast borders are secure.
It was interesting to note that Foreign
Minister Eban placed less importance on
face-to-face negotiations with the Arab
States, although he did not rule out the
need for such direct negotiations to bring
about lasting peace.
I am placing in the RECORD at the end
of my remarks an article which appeared
in today's New York Times and excerpts
of Foreign Minister Eban's dramatic pro-
posal to the United Nations.
Returning for a moment to the sale of
Phantom jets to Israel, I note with some
satisfaction President Johnson's state-
ment that in light of the fact that Con-
gress has strongly spoken out in favor
of selling jets to Israel, the President has
responded favorably and has ordered
negotiations with the Government of
Israel for the purchase of aircraft. The
President ordered his aides to report back
to him as quickly as possible on the de-
tails of such a sale of Phantom jets to
Israel.
The President's action constitutes in
my judgment, a major breakthrough in
helping Israel maintain her balance of
power in the Middle East. There can be
no question that the sale of 50 Phantom
jets to Israel would strengthen her de-
fense establishment and also her offen-
sive capability so that the risk of another
invasion by the Arab States would be
considerably abated once the Arab States
realize that Israel has sinues necessary
for her own defense.
I am particularly pleased that the
President is carrying out the section of
our resolution, which reads :
It is a sense of the Congress that the Presi-
dent should take such steps as may be neces-
sary, as soon as practicable after the date of
enactment of this section, to negotiate an
agreement with the government of Israel
providing for the sale by the United States
of such number of supersonic planes as may
be necessary to provide Israel with an ade-
quate deterrent force capable of preventing
future Arab aggression by offsetting sophisti-
cated weapons received by the Arab States
and to replace losses suffered by Israel in the
1967 conflict.
We can no longer delay the sale of
these supersonic aircraft to Israel if we
really want to maintain peace in the
Middle East.
In a development on another front
from the Israel Government itself, I be-
lieve that Foreign Minister Eban's pro-
posal is imminently fair and should be
adopted by the United Nations forthwith.
I believe Forei?pi Minister Eban has
made an honest and sincere effort to as-
sure the United States and the rest of
the free world that Israel genuinely seeks
peace just as quickly as her warring
neighbors abandon their aggression and
harassment of Israel.
I sincerely believe there can be no
meaningful peace in this world so long as
Israel's borders are threatened for, in-
deed, Israel today stands virtually alone
as the bulwark in the Middle East against
Soviet aggression.
If ever our Nation needed a strong and
independent Israel adequately armed to
resist aggression, we need such an Israel
today with the ever-increasing menace
of the Soviet fleet in the Mediterranean.
The United Nations should carefully
study Foreign Minister Eban's proposal
for, indeed, he offers a formula for last-
ing peace in the Middle East and for the
survival of Israel which has captured the
imagination of the entire world.
Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to in-
clude the story which appeared this
morning in the New York Times about
Foreign Minister Eban's proposal and I
am also placing in the RECORD today ex-
cerpts from Foreign Minister Eban's
speech delivered at the United Nations:
[From the New York Times, Oot. 9, 1968]
ISRAEL PRESENTS PEACE PROPOSAL-OFFERS
PULLOUT-EBAN, IN U.N. SPEECH, LINKS
TROOP MOVE To SETTING UP SECURE MID-
EAST BORDERS-JARRING ROLE STRESSED-
NINE-POINT PLAN PUTS LESS EMPHASIS ON
NEGOTIATING DIRECTLY WITH ARABS
(By Drew Middleton)
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., October 8.-Israel
presented a nine-point peace plan for the
Middle East today that included a promise
that her forces would be withdrawn from
occupied Arab territories once secure fron-
tiers were established.
Foreign Minister Abba Eban, in an ad-
dress to the General Assembly that was gen-
erously applauded, also de-emphasized, al-
though he did not abandon, his Govern-
ment's long insistence on direct, face-to-face
negotiations with the Arab states. -
To promise peace talks here in the coming
weeks, he said, Israel is ready to exchange
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"ideas or clarifications on certian matters of
substance through Ambassador Jarring with
any Arab Government." Dr. Gunnar V. Jar-
ring is the representative of Secretary Gen-
eral Thant in the effort to bring about a
settlement in the Middle East.
PHRASE IS OMITTED
Mr. Eban did not use the phrase "direct
negotiations" in his speech, but referred
rather to an exchange of views through Dr.
Jarring. Israeli sources said their Govern-
ment still believed that certain issues could
not be settled without direct talks and that
the United States agreed with this view.
Withdrawal of the Israeli forces has been
the primary object of Arab diplomacy since
the end of the war in June, 1967. In what
he considered the central point of his speech,
Mr. Eban declared Israel's readiness to re-
place cease-fire lines by "permanent, secure
and recognized boundaries between Israel
and each of the neighboring Arab states."
"And the disposition of forces," he con-
tinued, "will be carried out in full accordance
with the boundaries under the final peace."
This disposition of forces, qualified Israeli
sources said, would involve their withdrawal.
To assure the area's future security, Mr.
Eban proposed that Arabs and Israelis con-
clude a pledge of mutual nonaggression. Is-
rael is also prepared, qualified sources said
later, to discuss the demilitarization of fron-
tier areas.
The nine principles, Israeli sources said,
would be the basic Israeli position from
which she would begin negotiations if these
were to open tomorrow. This explains, ob-
servers believed, why the principles empha-
sized broad policy objectives rather than de-
tailed arrangements.
The motive in presenting the nine prin-
ciples was to take advantage of the presence
here of Ambassador Jarring and the Foreign
Ministers of the United Arab Republic and
Jordan. Syria, the third Arab country in-
volved in the 1967 conflict, refused to recog-
nize the Security Council resolution of Nov.
22, 1967, which sent Dr. Jarring to the Mid-
dle East to promote peace talks.
IMPOSED ACCORD REJECTED
Israel's blueprint rejected as unrealistic
the idea of a settlement guaranteed, or in
Mr. Eban's word "imposed," by the Soviet
Union, the United States, Britain and France.
The Middle East, he said, is "not an interna-
tional protectorate" and the positions of the
powers on the dispute have not moved any
further than those of the Arabs and the Is-
raelis.
The Soviet Union and France have advo-
cated a guarantee. Britain favors a four-
power declaration accepting the peace set-
tlement. The United States opposes any ar-
rangement that would give the appearance
of an imposed settlement.
"The hour is ripe for the creative ad-
venture of peace," Mr. Eban declared in pre-
senting his Government's peace proposals.
"Lest the Arab Governments be tempted out
cf sheer routine to rush into impulsive re-
jection, let me suggest that tragedy Is not
what men suffer but what they miss," he
said.
The initial Arab reaction to the nine prin-
ciples was negative.
George J. Tomeh, Syria's permanent rep-
resentative, said they contained nothing new
but were "a repetition of things already said
year after year" by Israeli spokesmen.
"What are the secure boundaries he keeps
talking about?" asked Hashid Mourad, the
representative of the Arab League. "He never
once used the word `withdrawal,' which
comes at the top of the Security Council
resolution."
The essence of a settlement, Mr. Eban- em-
phasized, is that peacecommits all parties to
the proposition that the 20-year conflict in
the Middle East is at an end. This means, he
added in explaining his first point, not only
that the state of belligerency with Israel that
the Arabs have maintained since 1948 is at an
end, but also that the peace structure must
be built from the bottom up.
Secure and recognized boundaries were Mr.
Eban's second and central point. By establish-
ing them and redeploying the troops, he said,
the focal purpose of the Security Council res-
olution would be fulfilled. This led to his
third principle, the discussion of security ar-
rangements, including a nonagression pact.
REFUGEE WORK NOTED
The fourth principle was the maintenance
of freedom of movement throughout the
area, especially across the frontiers of Jordan
and Israel.
Mr. Eban suggested that the Fore.'gn Min-
ister of the United Arab Republic loin him
in a declaration that the Suez Canal and
the Gulf of Aqaba are international water-
ways where all states have equal rights of
passage.
Israel proposed a conference of Middle
Eastern states and other Governments and
agencies to chart a five-year plan for the
solution of the refugee problem. This was the
first of three proposals offered by the Foreign
Minister to deal with the refugee problem as
Israel's sixth principle.
He also proposed a Joint Refugee Com-
mission to approve projects for refugee inte-
gration.
Israel, he noted, has as an interim measure
decided to intensify and accelerate work to
unite refugee families and to speed the
processing of "hardship cases" among the
refugees who crossed from the west bank to
the east bank of the Jordan River during
and after the fighting.
Jerusalem the third holy city of Islam,
has been a focal point in the diplomatic dis-
pute. Mr. Eban sought to mollify Arab critics.
He declared that his Government did not
seek to "exercise unilateral jurisdiction" over
Moslem and Christian holy places in. Jerusa-
lem and was willing to "work out a status"
under which they would come under the re-
sponsibility of representatives of the two
religions.
Arab sources said this was no advance on
what Mr. Eban has said in the past on this
point. Their goal is the return of the Jor-
danian section of the city, annexed by Israel,
to Jordan.
The Foreign Minister's eighth point was
the acknowledgment and recognition of the
sovereignty, integrity and right to national
life of-Israel through "specific contractual
engagements" to be made by the Govern-
ment of Israel and the Arab states "to each
other-by name"
Finally, he advocated a common approach
by both Arabs and Israelis to "some" of the
resources and means of communication in
the, Middle East in an effort to lay the
groundwork for "a Middle East community
of sovereign states."
Many delegations were encouraged by Mr.
Eban's address because Israel appeared to be
trying to get things moving on a Middle East
settlement and end an explosive crisis.
A number of diplomats from Mediter-
ranean countries were especially pleased by
Israel's rejection of suggestions for a four-
power guarantee of a settlement. They felt
that any guarantee involving the Soviet
Union would legitimize the establishment by
the Soviet Union of air and naval bases in
Syria, the United Arab Republic and Mo-
rocco.
[From the New York Times, Oct. 9, 1968]
EXCERPTS FROM OCTOBER 8 ADDRESS BY EBAN
TO U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY
There is no such thing as peace by incan-
tation. Peace cannot be advanced by reci-
tations accompanied by refusal to negotiate
viable agreements. The Security Council's
resolution has not been used as an instru-
ment for peace. It has been invoked as an
obstacle and alibi to prevent the attainment
of peace.
In these conditions my Government has
given intensive consideration to the steps
that we should now take. Our conclusion is
this. Past disappointment should not lead to
present despair. The stakes are too high.
While the cease-fire agreements offer im-
portant security against large-scale hostili-
ties, they do not represent a final state of
peace. They must of course be maintained
and respected until there is peace. They
must be safeguarded against erosion by mili-
tary assault and murderous incursion.
But we should not be content with this.
The exploration of a lasting peace should
be constant, unremitting, resilient and,
above all, sincere.
NEW EFFORT AT COOPERATION
My Government; deems the circumstances
and atmosphere afforded by our presence here
as congenial for a 'new attempt. We for our
part intend to mare a new effort in the com-
ing weeks to cooperate with Ambassador Jar-
ring in his task of promoting agreement on
the establishment of peace.
I come to enumerate the nine principles by
which peace can be achieved.
First, the establ}ahxnent of peace.
The situation to follow the cease-fire must
be one of just and lasting peace, duly nego-
tiated and contractually expressed.
Peace is not a mere absence of fighting. It
is a positive and clearly defined relationship
with far-reaching political, practical and
juridical consequences. We propose that the
peace settlement be embodied in treaty form.
It should lay down the precise conditions of
our coexistence, including an agreed map of
the secure and recognized boundary. The
essence of peace is that it commits both par-
ties to the proposition and the conscien-
tiousness that their 20-year-old conflict is at
a permanent end.
Peace is more than what is called "non-
belligerency." The elimination of belligerency
is one of several conditions which compose
the establishment of a just and lasting
peace. If there had previously been peace be-
tween the states of our area and temporary
hostilities had erupted, it might have been
sufficient to terminate belligerency and to
return to the status quo ante bellium-to
have previously existing peace.
But the Arab-Israel area has had no peace,
There is nothing normal or legitimate or
established to which to return. The peace
structure must therefore be built from its
foundations.
Thesecond principle refers to secure and
recognized boundaries.
Within the framework of peace the cease-
fire lines will be replaced by permanent,
secure and recognized boundaries.(
Within the framework of peace the cease-
fire lines will be replaced by permanent, se-
cure and recognized boundaries between Is-
rael and eachof the neighboring Arab states,
and the disposition of forces will be carried
out in full accordance with the boundaries
under the final peace.
It is possible to work. out a boundary settle-
ment compatible vgith the security of Israel
and with the honor of the Arab states. After
20 years it is time that Middle Eastern states
ceased to live in temporary "demarcation
lines" without the precision and permanence
which can only come from the definitive
agreement of the states concerned.
The new peace structure in the Middle
East, including the secure and recognized
boundaries, must be built by Arab and Is-
raeli hands.
The third principle is security agreements.
In addition to tl3e establishment of agreed
territorial boundaries, we should discuss
other agreed security arrangements designed
to avoid the kind of vulnerable situation
which caused a breakdown of the peace in
the summer of 1967. The instrument estab-
lishing peace should contain a pledge of mu-
tual nonaggression.
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The fourth principle is the principle on an
open frontier.
When agreement is reached on the estab-
lishment of peace with permanent bounda-
ries, the freedom of movement now existing
in the area, especially in the Israel-Jordan
sectors, should be maintained and developed.
The fifth principle concerns navigation.
Interference with navigation in the inter-
national waterways in the area has been the
symbol of the state of war and, more than
once, an immediate cause of hostilities. The
arrangements for guaranteeing freedom of
navigation should be unreserved, precise,
concrete and founded on absolute equality
of rights and obligations between Israel and
other littoral states and indeed all members
of the maritime community.
Sixthly, refugees.
The problem of displaced populations was
caused by war and can be solved by peace.
On this problem I-propose:
A conference of Middle Eastern states,
should be convened, together with the Gov-
ernment's contributing to refugee relief and
the specialized agencies of the United Nations,
in order to chart a five-year plan for the solu-
tion of the refugee problem in the frame-
work of a lasting peace and the integration
of refugees into productive life. This con-
ference can be called in advance of peace
negotiations.
Under the peace settlement, joint refugee
integration and rehabilitation commissions
should be established.
The seventh principle refers to Jerusalem.
Israel does not seek to exercise unilateral
jurisdiction in the holy places of Christianity
and Islam. We are willing in each case to
work out a status to give effect to their
universal character. We would like to discuss
appropriate agreements with those ' tradi-
tionally concerned. Our policy is that the
Christian and Moslem holy places should
come under the responsibility of those who
hold them in reverence.
. RIGHT TO NATIONAL LIFE
The eighth principle refers to the acknowl-
edgement and recognition of sovereignty,
integrity and right to national life.
This principle, inherent in the Charter and
expressed in the Security Council resolu-
tion of November, 1967, is of immense im-
portance. It should be fulfilled through
specific contractual engagements to be made
by the Government of Israel and of each
Arab state to each other-by name. It fol-
lows logically that Arab Governments would
withdraw all the reservations which they
have expressed on adhering to international
conventions, about the nonapplicabi'ity of
their signatures to their relations with Israel,
or about the nonexistence of Israel itself.
Ninth, regional cooperation.
The peace discussion should include an
examination of a common approach to some
of the resources and means of communica-
tion in the region in an effort to lay founda-
tions of a Middle Eastern community of
sovereign states.
The prospect of exploring peace terms
should follow normal precedents. There is
no case in history in which conflicts have
been liquidated or a transition effected from
a state of war to a state of peace on the basis
of a stubborn refusal by one state to meet
another for negotiation.
There would be nothing new in the exper-
ience of the Middle East or in the relation-
ship of Israel and the Arab states for them
to meet officially to effect a transition in their
relationships. They have done so before.
What is new and unprecedented is President
Nasser's principle of `no negotiation."
EARLIER STAGE ACCEPTABLE
But in the meantime we continue to be
ready to exchange ideas and clarifications on
certain matters of substance through Ambas-
sador Jarring with any Arab Government
willing to establish a just and lasting peace
with Israel. There can be a preliminary stage.
Lest Arab Governments be tempted out of
sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection,
let me suggest that tragedy is not what men
suffer but what they miss. Time and again
these Governments have rejected proposals
today-and longed for them tomorrow. The
fatal pattern Is drawn across the whole
period since 1947-and before.
It may seem ambitious to talk of a peace-
ful Middle Eastern design at this moment of
tension and rancor. But there is such a thing
in physics as fusion at high temperatures. In
political experience, too, the very intensity
of peril often brings about a thaw in frozen
situations.
In the long run nations can prosper only
by recognizing what their common interest
demands. The hour is ripe for the creative
adventure of peace.
Thank you, Mr. President.
SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under
a previous order of the House, the gen-
tleman from Alabama [Mr. BEVILL] is
recognized for 10 minutes.
Mr. BEVILL. Mr. Speaker, within the
past few days, a presidential candidate
and_a vice-presidential candidate have
made statements about my State of Ala-
bama that are filled with political over-
tones and are very misleading. I would
like to set the record straight at this
time.
These candidates, by singling out cer-
tain statistics, have stated that Ala-
bama's crime rate is the highest of any
State in the Nation. As far as the over-
all crime rate is concerned, this is com-
pletely false. We all know that anyone
can take statistics out of context and
apply them to any given situation in any
State.
But the fact is that Alabama's total
crime index per 100,000 is almost one-
third lower than the national average.
The total of all crimes committed in the
United States in 1967, according to the`
FBI's Uniform Crime Reports of 1967,
averaged 1,921.7 crimes for each 100,-
000 people. Alabama's total crime index
per 100,000 was 1,313.9, much lower, as
you can see, than the average.
Yet, certain candidates have singled
out statistics in order to make Ala-
bama's overall crime picture look bad,
when in reality, our crime rate is much
lower than average.
Yes, I am happy to say that in Ala-
bama, men, women, and children can
walk the streets of our cities at night
without fear. There are no so-called
peaceful demonstrations creating death,
destruction, and looting. There are no
draft card burners and there are no flag
burners. I look forward to the day when
many of the other cities over this great
country will be equally safe and
patriotic.
It is a matter of common knowledge
over the Nation that, former Gov.
George Wallace is a serious candidate
for the presidency of the United States.
This being the case, I know that many
statements are politically motivated, but
I resent this obvious effort to label Ala-
bama with these unfair, untrue state-
ments.
George Wallace has taken a firm, posi-
tive stand against crime and violence.
This, I am sure, has a great deal to do
with these recent statements by these
candidates. But when we deal in-
statis-tics, let us look at all the figures so we
can get a true picture of the situation.
There have also been some statements
made which indicate that Alabama is
against the working man. Here again, let
us examine the facts:
In 1965-66, Alabama led all the South-
ern States in attracting new and ex-
panded industry. More than 100,000 jobs
have been created in the past 5 years.
The unemployment rate is considerably
below the national average, and per
capita income has increased 60 percent.
Recent press statements seek to show
that George Wallace does not have the
support of local labor unions and labor
leaders. At this point, I would like to have
included in my remarks some of the locals
which have endorsed former Gov. George
Wallace for President: -
Alabama Pipe Trades Association, AFL-
CIO, R. H. McConnell, Sec.-Treas., P.O. Box
275, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Building and Construction Trades Council
of Jefferson County and Vicinity, 19 Affiliated
Local Unions, 2520 Seventh Avenue North,
Birmingham, Alabama 35203, Wallace A.
Withers, Secretary.
Jefferson County and Vicinity Carpenters,
District Council, 9 Affiliated Local Unions,
1810 Seventh Avenue North, Birmingham,
Alabama 35203, R. D. Rogers, Recording Sec-
retary.
Carpenters and Jointers of America,- Local
No. 2354, Childersburg, Alabama, E. G. Cleck-
ler, Recording Secretary.
Brotherhood of- Painters, Decorators and
Paperhangers of America, Local No. 151, P.O.
Box 151, Anniston, Alabama 36201, Fred
Vann, Business Representative.
United Association of Journeymen and Ap-
prentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Pitting
Industry of. the United States and Canada,
Local No. 52, Montgomery, Alabama, W. C.
Williamson, Business Agent.
International Association of Heat and Frost
tlnsulation Asbestos Workers, Local No. 78,
221 North 95th Street, Birmingham, Ala-
bama, James O. Goff.
United Glass and Ceramic Workers of
North America, AFL-CIO, Local No. 150,
Gadsden, Alabama, Wilburn Ward, Presi-
dent.
Brick Layers International Union, Local
No. 1, Birmingham, Alabama, W. W. McDuffie,
Secretary.
International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, Local No. . 505, 2244 Halls Mill Road,
Mobile, Alabama- 36606, Robert H. Dawson,
Business Manager.
International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, Local No. 733, Pascagoula, Missis-
sippi 39567, F. B. Porter, Business Manager:
Sheet Metal Workers International Asso-
ciation, Local No. 441, Mobile, Alabama 36602,
C. A. Rettig, Business Manager.
Sheet Metal Workers International Asso-
ciation, Local No. 48, 725 North 25th Street,
Birmingham, Alabama 35203, Wallace A.
Withers, Business Manager.
International Association of Bridge, Struc-
tural and Ornamental Iron Workers, Local
No. 5, Washington, D.C., Billy Joe Walker,
President.
United Steel Workers of America, Local
2122, Birmingham, Alabama,
Communication Workers of America, Local
No. 3902, Birmingham, Alabama, Larry
Weems, President.
Communication Workers of America, Local
No. 3908, Montgomery, Alabama, G. J. Jack-
son, President.
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -- HOUSE October 9, 1968
Order of Railway Conductors and Brake-
men, Local, Battle Creek, Michigan, D. E.
Evans, Chairman.
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, Local No.
539, Montgomery, Alabama, Robert C. Perdue.
Office and Professional Employees Interna-
tional Union, Local No. 18, P.O. Box 404, Bir-
mingham, Alabama 35203, Mary Ella Reavis,
President.
United Automobile Aerospace Agricultural
Implement Workers of America (UAW), Local
No. 737, 631 North First Street, Room 108,
Nashville, Tennessee 37207, Don Corn, Presi-
dent.
Barbers Local Union No. 83, P.O. Box 5452,
Birmingham, Alabama 35207, W. B. Smith,
Sec.-Treas,
Carpenters Local No. 432, Montgomery,
Alabama.
Endorsement by R. R. Wade, Former Pres-
ident of Alabama Federation of Labor.
Endorsement by Sam S. Douglass, Veteran
Labor Leader and Past President, Alabama
Federation of Labor, Birmingham, Alabama.
Alabama State Building and Construction
Trades Council, W. T. Thrash, President.
Capitol City Building Trades Council,
Howard Hendrix, President.
international Union of Operating Engi-
neers, Local No. 312, Birmingham, Alabama,
C. O. Cargile, President.
United Association, Local Union No. 323,
Columbus, Georgia.
United Association, Local Union No. 119,
Mobile, Alabama.
THE MATHIAS REPORT
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a
previous order of the House, the gentle-
man from Maryland [Mr. MATHIAS] is
recognized for 30 minutes.
Mr. MATHIAS of Maryland. Mr.
Speaker, as the 90th Congress draws to a
close, I would like to advise my constitu-
ents of the positions I have taken and the
policies I have proposed on the questions
which we have faced here in the House
of Representatives. I would, therefore,
like to include in the RECORD today my
regular congressional report.
In order to render this annual dry fod-A_
der more palatable than the usual diet
offered by the RECORD I have reduced the
report to bare facts and have cast the
language in the third person. The report
follows:
THE MATHIAS REPORT
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Mathias believes that we must restore bal-'
ante and momentum to American foreign
policy and exert creative, responsible states-
manship to meet the challenges of a troubled
world and recapture a position of construc-
tive international leadership.
On Vietnam, he believes that the path to
a durable peace is through a political settle-
ment, effectvely enforced, coupled with social
and economic advances to bring security and
stability to South Vietnam. Accordingly, on
September 28 he urged the President to limit
U.S. bombing of North Vietnam for 30 days
to the area between the 18th parallel and the
demilitarized zone, thus suspending bombing
between the 18th and 19th parallels. The
aim of this initiative would be-to encourage
Hanoi to take another step toward peace on
the battlefield or at the conference table.
This proposal, intended to get- the peace
talks moving forward, was an extension of
a plan for gradual, reciprocal de-escalation
which Mathias and several of his House col-
leagues advanced publicly in July 1967. The
strategy generally proposed a series of small
steps toward peace by both sides. It was this
approach, as partially adopted by the Presi-
dent on March 31, that brought Hanoi to the
Paris talks in May.
Mathias feels that U.S. preoccupation with
Vietnam during the pastfew years has seri-
ously affected our standing and policies in
other parts of the globe. He has specifically
criticized Administration failures in the Mid-
dle East and in Europe.
He is convinced that the U.S: must respond
to Soviet advances into the Middle East,
to back up our Israeli allies and protect our
own interests there. He has recommended
that we blend restraint and readiness by
seeking to limit the Mideast arms race, but
also taking all steps, such as aellirig?Phantom
jets to Israel, to maintain' that nation's de-
fenses against Arab states rearmed by the
USSR.
Mathias visted the'Middle East in January,
as a representative of the House Judicary
Committee, to ipapect and report on refugee
problems. On }sis return, he called for new
American initibtives to deal with the 20-year-
old refugee ilemma, to advance plans for
regional eco omic development projects such
as de-saltin plants to provide fresh water,
and to pronjote negotiation of issues growing
Regardin Europe, Mathias believes that
our Western European alliances must be re-
vitalized by a panding political and economic
cooperation, rengthening NATO defenses,
eements to have our allies
ire of defense costs. He be-
responding reductions in
tary strength.
flow, it was essential to take stern action to
restore the nation to a course of fiscal sense.
He therefore voted for a combination of a
strict ceiling on Federal expenditures, and a
temporary tax surcharge. Earlier he had op-
posed a motion to restrict spending cuts to
$4 billion voted for-a $6 billion cut. He has
urged that those cuts be made in accord with
clear priorities, and has called for focusing
cuts in areas other than human renewal pro-
grams. He has opposed, for example, sinking
billions into wasteful and ineffective agri-
cultural subsidies.
He has opposed increases in the Federal
debt limit since 1962, and has repeatedly criti-
cized Administration failures to hold down
spending. -
He has supported the 7% investment credit
for business and has opposed making this
credit a tool for day-to-day fiscal juggling.
He voted against the interest equalization
tax, a tax on American investment abroad
which he considers an excessive control on
capital and a curb to developing American
markets overseas.
He has advocated American initiatives to
reform international monetary policy and
opposed removing the gold cover from the
dollar because the Administration offered no
real remedies for the balance of payments
problem and tried to place excessive burdens
on the private sector through unwise steps
such as a tourist tax.
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUSTICE
Mathias knows that curbing crime and
maintaining public order will require a mas-
sive, sustained effort at all levels of gov-
einment:
To improve dramatically all arms of law
enforcement and all agencies administering
pursue policies of caution but sho'ld main- of Vthe laws for all Americans. r
tain contact and communication to crease
To meet decisively the special problems
U.S. diplomatic leverage and influenlip. He of alcoholism, and, of narcotics and danger-
opposes trade with Communist nations, in ous drugs, to bring help to alcoholics and
strategic goods and articles of war, l3Vt addicts and hope to their families. -
has supported giving the executive branch, To curb juvenile delinquency, and keep
the flexibility to negotiate trade in non- today's children from becoming tomorrow's
strategic goods when that trade would ad- hardened criminal$.
vance American national interests by `4s a member of the House Judiciary Com-
strengthening the dollar, or increasing the mit`tee for eight years, he has helped to write
independence of Eastern European nations impdrtant anti-crime legislation,' particu-
from Moscow and Peking. larly \
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Mathias believes that the foreign aid pro-
gram must be reformed and revitalized. He
advocates increased emphasis on aid through
international and private channels, and on
programs which will help poorer nations de-
velop their human resources. He has spon-
sored legislation to create a special Congres-
sional panel to review the entire foreign
aid program. He supports the Alliance for
-Progress and sensible assistance to other
countries but opposes aid to those nations,
such as Egypt, who engage in aggression
against U.S. allies.
Mathias has called for improvements in
the United Nations to strengthen its role
as a forum for international discussion and
as an agency for keeping the peace and over-
seeing international agreements.
ECONOMIC AND FISCAL POLICY
Mathias has consistently advocated eco-
nomic policies of prudence and foresight, to
promote steady, balanced economic growth
without harmful inflation or excessive pres-
He has criticized unrealistic Federal iudg-
eting and has insisted on clear priorities for
Federal spending, urging that emphasis be
placed on programs for developing human
resources-education, job training, housing
and health.
Troubled by the decline of the dollar, he
has called for the economic self-discipline re-
quired to restore confidence in the dollar and
curb inflation.
He recognized this year that, after years of
huge Federal deficits, inflation and gold out-
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effective 'Federal fight against or-
crime, which preys on the urban
troduced a legislative package to strengthen
the government's- hand in this vital drive.
Recognizing that crime control is basically
a state and local responsibility, Mathias has
advocated many improvements in community
law enforcement, such as those he has
worked to secure for the District of Colum-
bia. He has also proposed creation Of a Mary-
land Department of Justice to pull together
all state anti-crime efforts and give more as-
sistance to counties and cities. -
Mathias is convinced that an effective
crime control effort must be inseparable from
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