CUBAN AND SOVIET FISHING VESSELS WITHIN FLORIDA TERRITORIAL WATERS

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• Publication Date: February 3, 1964
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1964 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -HOUSE
it went over the boundary." Why did
these planes. not cross the boundary in
an effort to locate, protect, and turn
back the unarmed trainer?
Third. Was there any means by which
either the fighter planes or American
ground control officers could communi-
cate with the Soviet fighter which inter-
cepted the American trainer or with any
Soviet or East Germany ground control
officers?
Fourth. Have American State Depart-
ment or Defense Department officials any
answer to the question raised editorially
by the Chicago Tribune on January 31
as follows:
What is the much vaunted "hot line" be-
tween White House and Kremlin for if not
to avert incidents such as this, where an
inadvertence may be mistakenly interpreted
as an act of aggression?
Fifth. Most important of all, is it offi-
cial State Department and administra-
tion policy to regard such "incidents"
-as having no bearing or effect on "larger
East-West policy issues?" In other
words, does the State Department and
this administration propose to persist in
wheat sales, cultural exchanges, disarm-
ament negotiations, and other coopera-
tive dealings with Soviet Russia based on
the premise of "mellowing" Communists
while those selfsame Communists persist
in brutal and murderous acts of this
type?
Sixth. In a word, has our State De-
partment lost all contact with reality?
Incidentally, 'I wonder if our State De-
partment has officially tendered their
thanks to the officials of Soviet Russia
and East German for their courtesy in.
returning the bodies of the men they
murdered.
Under permission to include extrane-
ous material, I insert the Washington
Star article and the Chicago Tribune
editorial which I referred to:
[From the Washington Sunday Star, Feb. 2,
1964]
RED DOWNING OF U.S. PLANE NOW CALLED
CLOSED INCIDENT
U.S. officials say they consider the shooting
down of an American jet trainer plane over
East Germany to be a closed incident so far
as its effect on larger East-West policy issues
is concerned.
Officials were still mystified yesterday as to
why American ground control officers were
unable to contact the plane and call it back
when they realized it was off course in fly-
ing toward the East German border last
Tuesday. The mystery may never be solved.
The three officers aboard were killed in the
crash.
Information now available in Washington
is that strenuous efforts were made by the
Air Force to get the crew to turn aside before
crossing the border.
These efforts, it was reported, included
sending up two U.B. fighters to intercept the
trainer. These planes were unable to reach
the trainer before it went over the boundary.
Attempts then were continued to establish
communications contact with the aircraft
but they failed to get any response.
No EXCUSE FOR SHOOTING
U.S. officials have been told that a Russian
fighter which intercepted the trainer first
waggled its wings in a signal that the trainer
should.land and then fired warning bursts
in front of the aircraft to force it to land.
The judgment of U.S. policymakere is that
there was no excuse for the Russians to shoot
down the plane and that their efforts should
have been continued to force It to land safe-
ly or to turn it back.
However, since the Russians have returned
the bodies of the airmen as well as the
wrecked aircraft, the view of officials now is
that no worthwhile purpose can be served by
continuing to make an issue of what they
consider an extremely unfortunate, but
closed, incident.
Meanwhile, the fire-scarred remains of the
downed jet were trucked into West Berlin
yesterday for study by U.S. Air Force Investi-
gators.
TRUCKS BRING WRECKAGE
The largest fragments of the unarmed,
twin-engine T-39 North American Sabreliner
were its swept-back wings. One had been
torn away in the air during the shooting.
Using two trucks, a six-man U.S. Air Force
avert incidents such as this, where an inad-
vertence may be mistakenly interpreted as
an act of aggression?
If Khrushchev wants friendship, let him
first demonstrate by affirmative acts that he
will rectify the innumerable wrongs which
exist in the world as a direct result of his
policies. Until then, let our leaders stop
their sentimental and unrealistic chatter
about the "mellowing" nature of guntoting
Communists, and let them cease heaping
gratuitous favors on bloody-handed tyrants.
As we said only last Sunday, "It would
seem to be high time that the administration
got the idea that there are bad guys in this
world and they do not change-a rule which
disposes of any illusions about Khrushchev,
Sukarno, Tito, and the lot."
team brought in the wreckage. OUR POLICY TOWARD RUSSIA-LET
Investigators probed the debris for infor- US TAKE A GOOD LOOK
mation that might shed light on why the (Mr. AUCHINCLOSS asked and was
Sabreliner strayed across the Iron Curtain
on its flight above the clouds. Instrument given permission to address the House
failure was one suggestion in speculation for 1 minute and to revise and extend
as to why the plane drifted over East Ger- his remarks and include an editorial.)
many.
A mortuary team on Friday recovered the
bodies of the fliers-Lt. Col. Gerald Hanna-
ford, 41, of Austin, Tex.; Capt. Donald Mil-
lard, 33, of Ukiah, Calif.; and Capt. John
Lorraine, 34, of Jacksonville, Fla.
WING MILE FROM CRASH SITE
Capt. Miles J. McNaughton of St. James,
Mr. AUCHINCLOSS. Mr. Speaker,
under permission granted me by the
House, I am very pleased to include in
my brief remarks the leading editorial
appeasing in the Washita Valley Herald
of Thursday, January 30, 1964, of which
my nephew, Bayard C. Auchincloss, is
publisher. This editorial entitled "Our
cent of the plane's wreckage was scattered- Policy Toward Russia-Let Us Take a
over a relatively small area. Good Look," is very timely and. to the
The stray wing was handed over to the
Americans by Soviet troops and East German
police Capt. McNaughton said the Russians
told him this wing had been found about
1.2 miles from the site crash. Finding of
the wing this far away could mean it .was
shot off or that the plane exploded in the
air.
Civilians living in the Vogelsberg area,
where the crash occurred, reported they had
heard machine gun and cannon fire.
[From the Chicago Tribune]
MURDER IN THE SKIES
The Russians have replied in their usual
brutal and perfidious manner to the so-called
"peace offensive," proclaimed just 4 weeks
ago by President Johnson. They have ad-
mitted "undertaking measures" which re-
sulted in the crash of an unarmed U.S. Air
Force training plane in Communist East Ger-
many and the death of all three officers
aboard it. It was hardly necessary for Wash-
ington to add that these "measures" meant
shooting the unarmed T-39 jet trainer down.
This Is the Soviet reply to Mr. Johnson's
invitation for peace. This is Mr. Khru-
shchev's contribution toward the "joint ef-
fort" which, he said in a New Year's message,
could make 1964 "a year of decisive change
for the better." This is his response to his
own plea for "peaceful cooperation, good
point and I hope that my colleagues will
read it carefully.
I believe it discusses a thought which
is in the minds of a great many people
throughout the country because every-
one is concerned about the encroach-
ment of communism throughout the free
world and particularly the Western
Hemisphere. I believe the time has
come, if indeed it has not already passed,
when we should stiffen our attitude to-
ward this godless ideology and it is a
concern to all Americans that as the edi-
torial says:
Lately, of course, we have noticed them
laic Communists] inching along making
gains anyway, despite our efforts to contain
them.
I think also the observation that "It
is the small businessman that represents
the greatest threat to communism" is
fundamentally true and we as a nation
should give this fact the support and at-
tention it deserves.
The editorial follows:
[From the Chickasha (Okla.) Washita Valley
Herald, Jan. 30, 1964]
OUR POLICY TOWARD RUSSIA-LET'S TAKE A
Goon LooK
neighborliness, and friendship." Just what is our policy toward the Rus-
This is the brutal treatment we get in reply sians, anyway? We seem to be mollycoddling
to Mr. Johnson's offer to negotiate our dif- them all the time. What kind of a strategy
ferences when he recently opened the latest do we have that prompts this sort of thing?
session of the perennial disarmament con- Recently I received a copy of a little bi-
ference at Geneva. This is how we are repaid weekly pamphlet put out by the Government
for our wheat and our cultural exchanges which explains the official point of view on
and all the other signs of friendship we have world problems. Our policy toward commu-
blindly given or promised. nism was outlined
quite simply and con-
The small plane apparently strayed across cisely.
the Iron Curtain in a. thunderstorm. The (1) We aim to have a strong enough mili-
resulting atrocity should remind those in tary and nuclear force to provide a deterrent
charge of our Air Force abroad that neither to the Russians starting any large-scale war.
mercy nor restraint can be expected from our This force is especially important, because we
alleged friends in the Kremlin. do not have any defense against nuclear
It was patently absurd for the Soviet note weapons, as the article puts It.
to refer to the flight as a "gross provocation."" (2) We aim to always try to settle all dis-
What is the much vaunted "hot line" be- putes by negotiations rather than by the use
tween White House and Kremlin for if not to of force.
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Well, both of these a.ms seems to be good We re probably the only Nation in of the abundance with which those grow-
enough, looked at superficially. Of course the wo -Id that would make a presump- Ing food and fiber have blessed us.
it all depends on bow we handle them. What Lion In favor of an adversary. Our owr It was a far-reaching message, deal-
kind of negotiations ace we going to follow fishing fleet Is constantly being harassed. ing with a great number of vital prob-
with the Russians? Would we give in to by other nations around the globe Isms, including food for peace, the ad-
them to prevent thour e ' orp of force? owarrd d
sonletines when we have come no closer' ministration's war on poverty, resource
these two nuns of see policy tow
the Russians might s seen pretty good on the to the'r shores than a hundred miles. conservation, and surplus food programs.
outside their worth very much depends on Yet our own Government has permittef. In the main, the message related to
our attitude and methcd as we pursue them. foreigr vessels to not only approach, but the agricultural sector of our economy
There Is another co:ssideration, however. actually come within our outmoded 3.? and the problems faced by the rural por-
For many years we hale adopted a view of mile li nit-. dons of our Nation. But the message
holding the Russians where they stand. We In this latest action, the Coast Guard contained much of importance to those
wshall ant no draw a line, and beyond this they has at last recognized the need for our living In urban centers, too.
have n
ot pass. we say. Lately. tocourse. making vigilance, a fact that must have been All consumers everywhere, the small
t
have noticed them Sr along
gains anyway, despite our r efforts to contain backer up by the State Departmen, business sector of our economy, and those
them. which seems to have a veto power over., engaged In agriculture are all vitally In-
There is a basic faila sy in the Idea of sim- such matters. terested in the President's call for a
ply containing our enemies. It's as If there Onl? last week a spokesman for th{t study of the effects of market power in
were two competing businesses across the State )epartment told the Senate Mer- food distribution. As you will recall,
street from each other. One man holds the chant ltiarirle Committee that there wa3 the President said:
onether with the cu he already has, the a potential threat to U.S. security from
o aggressively to y seeks s k new customers, omers, ac- Ninth. Market power: There Is one more
tively promoting his wares. Who wins? these fishing boats, and that we would pressing need if American agriculture is to
Everyone knows that the aggressive mer- soon tee an Increase in their activit:a be strengthened. The recent changes In the
chant will eventually take over the other due t+r new bases being completed in marketing structure for distribution of food
man's business. Cuba with Russian help. are as revolutionary as those in production.
Its the same in international affairs. We Nola that we have seen some action There are some 200.000 retail grocery stores,
need to adopt a more active view toward our taken along the lines asked for last year but we know that $1 out of every $2 spent for
kind of government. We need to promote groceries goes to fewer than 100 corporate,
democracy vocally and aggressively through- by Ch iirman Poarsit HARDY and his In- voluntary or cooperative chains, Our sn-
out the world. It is the beat way, we have vestigi6tions Subcommittee of the Houses formation about how this greatly increased
proved It, why not push for It as the best Armes Services Committee, which met 0:1 concentration of power is affecting farmers,
way of life yet found on this earth. Let's this matter at my request, the follow- handlers. and consumers is inadequate. The
not promote socialism around the world, as throui h becomes all important. Implications of other changes that take place,
we have been doing, let's continually seek A c lmplete investigation by respon- as vertical integration and contract farming
out the private investor, with the accent on Bible Federal officials should be under- have not been fully explored. I urge that
the small businessman. It's the small busi- the ed see exactly what these four the Congress establish a bipartisan Commis-
nessman that represents the greatest threat sion to study and appraise these changes so
to communism: he's he Communists' first Cubar boats were doing in our watel7l. that farmers and business people may make
target wherever they go. He is the real sym- They may in fact have been fishing. lf, appropriate adjustments and our Govern-
bol of free enterprise, and where the small so, th ".fir catch and boats should be foi- went may properly discharge its responsibil-
businessman exists in great numbers, there felted for violating the law. If they here sty to consumers.
you will find freedom. to do More than just fish, we should dc - I heartily applaud the President's call
If we will stop apologizing for our great- terms ie their true mission. It is re - for study and appraisal of the distribu-
ness, and begin selling the way we got there. portent that some 46 men were board rive sector of the food industry. The
and then well this losing
push ng back the operation will atsp Communists , these mail ships, a large number for tt'.e price of food. Its production and dis-
really holding
'
into the tight little cell where they beio size o t the vessels and their stated ol.- tribution, are vital to our entire economy.
ratic n. The consumer is entitled to the full bene-
in a question of security, fit of competition unshackled by any
Of course
,
CUBAN AND SOVIET Federal law should be enforced. If. how- vestige of restraint of trade, unfair prac-
SELS WITHIN FLORIDA TER- ever, he violation is for fishing in Floi- tires or undue economic concentration.
RITORIAL WATERS ids i raters, the Federal Government It is our duty to act promptly now so that
(Mr. ROGERS of Florida asked and shout I turn the ships and men Over 1;0 we may act wisely later. The study
was given permission to address the Florit a State officials for prosecutitn urged by the President will supply Con-
House for 1 minute and to revise and under the State laws. gress with all the facts. We then will be
extend his remarks.' As a warning to the Russian art able to proceed with such legislation as
Mr. ROGERS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, cubs 1 trawlers which operate near the appears needed in this most important
early this morning the U.S. Coast Guard 1Jnfte d States, an example should be area.
escorted four Cuban fishing boats into made of these four boats, so that all w.I1 The increasing integration which is
Key West after they had been caught know we will take every step necessay taking place within the food industry has
within the territorial waters of Florida. for o it own security. This action w.is been a subject of continuing scrutiny by
it is reported that the captain of the long n coming-I had requested it many the Select Committee on Small Business
mother ship of this group said that they months ago-but we can congratulate through its Subcommittee on Distribu-
were engaged in fi3hing, which was in those responsible in this case for their tion, of which I have the honor to serve
violation of the law of the State of good work, and hope that it is the begin- as chairman.
Florida. ring of a more realistic policy toward During the 88th Congress, the food
Cuban and Soviet fishing vessels are Cast) o's Cuba. Industry was one of those covered by our
not a new sight in Florida waters, or hearings on dual distribution. In mak-
anywhere along the eastern seaboard of t:'.Ol1C pE, ON .17 CONSUMER, ing our study we received testimony from
this Nation, where they have been MARKET POWER IN FO