CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE - MIDDLE EAST POLICY

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October 9, 1968 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE
an assault on the unemployment, under-
education, poor housing and lack of oppor-
tunity which breed violence and disrespect
for law in our troubled cities.
URBAN AFFAIRS AND POVERTY
Mathias gives high priority to developing
our human resources and restoring vitality,
safety and hope to troubled communities.
He has worked for effective, flexible programs
of aid to urban and rural areas, and has
fought the red tape, delays and arbitrary
funding cuts which have disrupted so many
efforts.
He has proposed initiatives to curb unem-
ployment, improve manpower training and
promote business development and expanded
job opportunities.
He has sponsored legislation to support
training for community service jobs which
are not now being done.
He has introduced the Human Investment
Act and other legislation to provide tax in-
centives for industry and business to expand
training for meaningful jobs.
He has sponsored legislation to provide
seed money for economic growth and com-
munity development projects.
He voted for Federal re-insurance to give
urban businesses protection against rio
losses and guarantee that property insuranc
will be available in central cities.
He has fought for emergency help f
business and families who were innocent vie
tims of disorders.
Mathias recognizes the urgent need for
more sound housing for families with low
incomes. He sponsored the National Home
Ownership Foundation Act, now law, to help
families become home owners and gain a
real stake in their communities. He has sup-
ported rent supplements for low-income
families as an alternative to public housing,
and has advocated greater emphasis on re-
habilitating homes and shaping renewal pro-
grams which do not uproot large numbers of
people.
He supports efforts to improve health serv-
ices for those who now receive inadequate
health care, and has proposed expanding
health services for children through Head
Start and neighborhood clinics. He opposes-
Federal cuts in Medicaid which could jeop-
ardize the entire Maryland program. .
In 1967 Mathias secured Congressional ap-
proval of his amendment to provide more
money for rat control through the Partner-
ship for Health Act.
Mathias has supported and fought to im-
prove anti-poverty programs. He has criti-
cized Federal red tape and poor administra-
tion, and has battled for a 'fair share of
funds for Maryland programs such as the
Neighborhood Youth Corps and Head Start.
He has called for massive improvements
in law enforcement and a strong Federal ef-
fort to curb the organized crime which preys
on the urban poor. He has advocated train-
ing for law enforcement officers to enable
them to respond effectively to threats of
disorder, maintain public order and protect
lives and property. (See "Law Enforcement
and Justice" section.)
Mathias has criticized the present welfare
system? which destroys individual initiative
and incentive, and has called for reforms to
help welfare recipients become self-support-
ing, to end differences in welfare aid among
the states, and to insure that needy children,
the aged and the disabled will receive the
help they need. He also supports an ex-
panded food stamp program.
SENIOR CITIZENS
Mathias has supported increases in social
security and railroad retirement benefits. He
has sponsored legislation to provide cost-of-
living Increases in benefits to combat infla-
tion, and advocates lifting the ceiling on
outside earnings to permit continued work
by those over 65 who are able and willing to
hold jobs.
He sponsored legislation to set up a White
House Conference on the Aging to shape
Federal, state and local efforts to meet the
needs of senior citizens for adequate hous-
ing, medical care, income, transportation
and other services.
CIVIL RIGHTS
Mathias has been a recognized leader in
efforts to enact sound laws to secure for all
Americans the full and equal rights guaran-
teed by the Constitution. On the House
Judiciary Committee he helped to draft the
Civil Rights Act of 1954,4 the We Rights
Act of 1965, and the Civil 3fts Act of 1968.
In 1966 he won e passage of the
Mathias Amendm~ which banned racial
discrimination b, those in the business of
selling or rent g housing but preserved the
freedom of e individual home owner. This
amendme was a foundation for the 1968
CONSUMERS
1 .thias has backed legislation to protect
co} sumers against unsafe products and ex-
and poultry inspection. On House Judiciary
Committee he helped lay foundations for a
study of auto insurance rates and coverage.
EDUCATION
Mathias believes that good education is a
vital national investment. He has worked
for many bills to help provide good schools
for all students, and to open educational
educatloll nd vocational education to im
prove iacilit courses and research, and to
underwrite stu t loans and scholarships.
He backed estab ing and improving the
Elementary and Seco ary Education Act to
provide additional children from low-
income families in the cit s and rural areas.
Since 1961 he has sponinst e ared legislation
providing for a credit agaderal income
tax to offset the rising co s of higher
He supports aid to Federally impacted
school districts and has fought fo full fund-
He has called for a full review f Federal
aid to colleges and universities, an for new,
comprehensive assistance which ca promote
quality education while maintaini g the in-
dependence of schools from the g ernment.
He has introduced legislation a provide
for a full review of all Fede al policies
toward education, to make Fe ral aid pro-
grams truly able to meet t educational
needs of the 1970's.
HEALTH E
Mathias has propos programs to improve
health car ung children, through
Head Start, community education and neigh-
borhood clinics.
He has opposed legislation which could
undermine the Maryland Medicaid program.
He' has supported legislation to help train
more manpower in health fields, to assist
medical schools, to build hospitals and to
advance medical research.
NATURAL RESOURCES
Mathias has been active in the battle to
preserve and protect the natural resources
of Maryland and the nation, to promote fu-
ture economic growth and insure that future
generations can enjoy clean water, pure air,
Qpen space and varied recreational oppor-
tunities.
He supported the Water Quality Act, re-
quiring state standards for water purity.
He supports Federal aid for sewage treat-
ment plants and water systems, has endorsed
tax incentives for anti-pollution work by in-
dustries, and has fought to insure that Mary-
land will receive its full quota of Federal
funds to augment state pollution control
initiatives.
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He supported the. national Air Quality Act
and sponsored the law to control air pollu-
tion in the Washington area.
He has criticized Federal institutions for
failing to end practices causing water
pollution.
Mathias has been deeply involved in plan-
ning for the future of the Potomac River
Basin. The Mathias program includes imme-
diate development of the C & 0 Canal as a
national historical park, under legislation
he has sponsored since 1961; guaranteed ac-
cess to the river for, recreation and for in-
dustry and communities needing water; and
Cooperative planning by citizens' groups,
local governments, the State and the Federal
government.
He has questioned the practicality of the
Interior Department's Potomac National
River proposal, which would involve massive
Federal takings of land at tremendous ex-
pense, and could shut off access to the River
and restrict economic growth.
He has fought for adequate funds for
Bloomington Dam and for Congressional ap-
proval for the Sixes Bridge Dam.
He had called for more intensive Fed-
eral studies of Chesapeake Bay and the crab
shortages there, and backs preventive policies
to keep the Bay healthy and preserve its
wealth of resources.
AGRICULTURE
Mathias has consistently opposed the pres-
ent program of agricultural subsidies and
controls, which has been too costly to Amer-
ican taxpayers, has failed to limit farm pro-
duction or keep prices for farmers up, and
has aided large operations more than family
farms. He has voted against extending the
program and in favor of ceilings on payments
to any individual.
As a substitute he has proposed a gradual
return to a free market system, with govern-
ment-backed loans to farmers and expanded
world markets.
He has worked to help Maryland farmers
by reforming Federal drought relief pro-
grams, seeking full reports on cloud-seeding
activities, and fighting the Agriculture De-
partment decision to deny export aid to
Maryland tobacco sellers.
He has consistently backed PL 480 (Food
for Freedom), which provides overseas mar-
kets for American commodities.
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
Mathias believes Federal employees' pay
and benefits should be comparable to those
of workers in private industry. He has backed
all Federal pay raise legislation in this dec-
ade, including. the 1967 law which pledges
full comparability by 1969.
He has sponsored legislation to adjust sal-
ary scales for postal workers and provide for
a review of employee bargaining rights.
He has introduced and fought for many
bills to improve the Federal retirement sys-
tem, remove inequities in annuities and
make benefits for retired Federal employees
more adequate.
MARITIME POLICY
Mathias has sponsored legislation to es-
tablish a new, constructive American mari-
time policy and promote the construction
of more merchant ships in U.S. yards. He has
also sponsored and voted for legislation to
establish an independent Maritime Adminis-
tration.
THE DRAFT
Mathias believes the draft today is unfair
and unjust to too many young men. Since
1966 he has been working to remove Inequi-
ties, set nationwide standards, and insure
that every youth will receive the same fair
treatment regardless of where he lives,
Last year Mathias voted for a House bill
which extended the draft for four years with
some reforms, including national standards
for inductions and deferments. When the
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Senate struck down those improvements, he
voted against-the conference report.
He has since Introduced legislation to make
the most urgent reforms of the draft:
To require nationwide uniform standards
for deferments.
To provide fair treatment for all students,
including those in junior and community
colleges, and in graduate courses.
To end the ban on using a lottery to choose
draftees.
To make physical and mental standards for
draftees and volunteers the same.
To reassert the goal of increasing volun-
tary enlistments and reducing draft calls
except In national emergencies.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
As a Member of the House District of
Columbia Committee for eight years, Mathias
has worked to make Washington a model as
the national capital and the center of a vital,
fast-growing metropolitan area.
He believes that the citizens of Washing-
ton should have a voice on Capitol Hill like
all other Americans, and sponsored a Con-
stitutional amendment to provide full voting
representation for D.C. in both Senate and
House. He has also sponsored legislation to
create the post of non-voting delegate to
the House from Washington as an interim
step.
Mathias has also worked to make local
government in Washington more responsive
to the people, and has supported reorgani-
zation of the city government and creation
of an elected school board.
He has fought to strengthen law enforce-
ment in Washington by:
securing higher salaries, better training
and educational incentives for police.
getting enough police manpower onto the
streets to prevent crime and respond prompt-
ly to threats of disorder.
reforming the D.C. bail system to protect
the community and reduce the likelihood
that offenders will be freed on bail to com-
mit more crimes.
fighting juvenile delinquency.
obtaining more judgepower in the D.C.
courts to out the backlog and end delays,
securing Improvements in criminal laws
and procedures, such as those in the 1967
omnibus crime bill, which he supported as
the most workable and effective measure
which met basic constitutional- tests.
sponsoring legislation providing for review
of the obsolete D.C. criminal code.
Mathias knows that a balanced, efficient
transportation system is vital to the health
of the Washington area. He has battled for
rapid rail transit and a senible freeway
system, with adequate relocation help for all
families forced to move. -
He has supported increases In the Federal
payment to the D.C. budget and opposes
any commuter tax.
GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Mathias has waged a constant battle
against red tape, confusion, extravagance
and obscurity in public programs, and to se-
cure the most efficient conduct of the public
business.
He has been the primary House sponsor of
bills to create a new Hoover-type Commis-
sion to review all Federal operations and rec-
ommend reforms to cut bureaucracy, end
duplication and improve effectiveness.
He has sponsored legislation to set up a
Commission on Public Management to find
ways to employ the most modern business
and analysis methods in attacking national
problems.
He has criticized Federal disorganization,
the growth of countless coordinating com-
mittees, and the lack of firm leadership in
fields such as urban affairs and the war on
organized crime.
He has fought against undue secrecy in
government operations.
TRANSPORTATION
Mathis believes that sound, efficient trans-
portation systems are vital to national
growth and community health.
He has worked to secure a truly balanced
and adequate system of roads and rapid rail
transit for the Washington metropolitan
area.
He has fought for better use of Friendship
Airport, for development of other Maryland
.airports, and against congestion and exces-
sive noise at National Airport.
He has criticized Administration freezes
on funds for highway construction and
safety projects.
He supports Federal aid for improvement
of mass transit.
POLITICAL REFORMS
Mathias advocates election reforms so every
voter will have not only an equal vote, but
an effective voice at every step where politi-
cal decisions are made.
He has introduced a Constitutional amend-
ment to abolish the archaic electoral college
in favor of direct popular election of the
President.
He has called for restoring a Presidential
preferential primary in Maryland and letting
Maryland's voters choose delegates to na-
tional party conventions directly in party
primaries. -
He opposes a national Presidential primary
at present because it could undermine state
and local parties and could prove to be so
expensive that many potential candidates
would be shut out.
He has introduced a bill to provide Federal
income tax credits to offset small contribu-
tions to campaigns to encourage more people
to support the candidate of their choice.
Mathias believes that the doors of politics
must be opened to bring more citizens in, to
give the public the full facts on campaign
spending and the backing of candidates and
officeholders, and to restore public confidence
in politics.
He has introduced a bill requiring full
full public disclosure of all campaigns con-
tributions and spending.
He supports full public disclosure of every
office-holder's personal assets, outside in-
come and creditors, to give the people a basis
for deciding whether any personal interests
Influence a man's decisions on national
issues.
He andMrs.Mathias have made full and
public disclosure.
He sponsored and voted for legislation to
set up a House Committee on Standards of
Conduct.
MIDDLE EAST POLICY
The PEAKER pro tempore. Under
previous order of the House, the gentle-
man from New York [Mr. ROSENTHAL]
is recognized for 30 minutes.
Mr. ROSENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, just
a year ago last June the drama of the
6-day Arab-Israeli war unfolded before
our eyes. The traumatic struggle of last
year seems so long ago as we look back
upon it. But- I want to remind my col-
leagues and the country that Israel's
swift victory did not resolve that region's
intricate problems.
Our emphasis on Vietnam has over-
shadowed our attention to the Middle
East. We have settled for a passive Mid-
dle East policy based on elusive peace
proposals and optimistic reports of dip-
lomatic missions. But our verbal support
for Israel's political independence! and
territorial integrity is -no longer enough.
In recognition of the issues at stake in
the Middle East, we must support Israel
militarily and diplomaticaly. Specifically,
we must send Phantom F-4 jets to Israel.
These issues are not limited to the
grievances of the Inhabitants of that
region. A military solution there would
disrupt world order and destroy world
peace. What is at, stake in the Middle
East is the precarious balance of Soviet-
United States power in the cold war.
The Soviet military presence in the
Mediterranean and the Middle East is
steadily growing. In the last 16 months
Soviet arms shipments to the Arab na-
tions have multiplied. Before June 1967,
the Arab advantage in jets alone was 4
to 1. Today it is 7 to 1. Soviet pilots are
flying Arab planes as well as training
Arab pilots. Soviet ships conspicuously
occupy Egyptian ports and an estimated
3,000 Soviet advisers are serving Egyp-
tian units.
Diplomatically, the Soviet Union re-
mains bent on blocking direct Arab-
Israel peace talks, fearing that such
talks would undermine Soviet leverage
gained by supplying arms to Arab na-
tions. In a speech before the United
Nations on October 2, Premier Kosygin
declared, in effect, that the Soviet'-Union
could do as she pleased in the Middle
East, because she considers that area
vital to her interests.
Our Government; has thwarted Israel's
request for arms assistance to balance
Soviet shipments, ! believing that its
reluctance- to supply Israel with weapons
would persuade Soviet leaders to dis-
play similar restraint toward the Arab
nations. This is merely wishful think-
ing and bears no relation to the facts.
Our continued reluctance to sell Is-
rael jets, based on our fear of Soviet in-
tervention, actually encourages Soviet
arms shipments by' raising Soviet hopes
of weakening American influence and
prestige in the Middle East. Soviet lead-
ers, interpreting our inaction as timidity,
are unwilling to compel Arab leaders to
turn from destructive terrorism to con-
structive negotiatibns. For the Soviet
Union aims at nothing less than sub-
verting Arab nations and bringing them
into the Communist fold.
Hegemony in the Middle East offers
the Soviet Union control over American
oil companies' supply to Western Eu-
rope and the United States. This con-
trol could cut the income flowing from
American Middle Vast oil interests to
the West, decreasing our balance-of-pay-
ments deficit. Thus, the Soviet Union is
not necessarily seeking war in the Mid-
dle East that might culminate in a mili-
tary confrontation between the Soviet
Union and the United States. Rather, it
is seeking signs of an eroding U.S. com-
mitment to Israel. By denying Israel the
arms she needs to defend herself, are we
not saying to the Soviet Union that the
Middle East is only of secondary im-
portance to us?
If, on the other hand, we demonstrate
a strong commitment to Israel, the Soviet
Union would probably rethink its posi-
tion. -
By responding toi Israel's need we will,
in effect, be strengthening the whole
region's capacity to resist the pressures
of Soviet control. Egypt, Algeria, Yemen,
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Syria, and Iraq receive arms from the first heart suture, a piece of surgery purposes and designs come alive in thou-
Soviet Union. But there are a number carried out under emergency conditions, sands of brains and eyes and muscles
of countries in the Middle East-Iran, on a kitchen table, and completely suc- belonging to thousands of dedicated
Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, and Saudi cessful. Neither skill nor imagination workers, and will continue to do so
Arabia, in particular-which lean toward nor courage has been lacking when hu- throughout foreseeable time. For fortu-
the West, partly because of common eco- man suffering awaited the ministrations nate humanity, this means that we are
nomic interests. of a Hill physician. already entering on the golden age of
There are dissidents in these Western- By all the urging of tradition, then, medicine. It is claimed that our knowl-
oriented countries who want to side with Senator HILL should have sought reputa- edge and skill in the treatment of disease
the Soviet Union. If the United States tion in the field of medicine. Instead he has expanded more in the last few dec-
weakens its aid to Israel-a country so chose the law. It is not a matter of rec- ades than in all previous history. And
conspicuously identified with- democ- ord that his family viewed the choice this is just the beginning.
racy-Soviet influence gains in all Arab with disappointment. Whether they did Scientists are well aware of the Sen-
and neutral countries of the area. or no, the choice is a vindication of ator's influence on his time. An inspec-
By insuring Israel's right to exist, the the theory that destiny rules the fate of tion of his office will show the walls to be
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n
ed States is taking a major step
toward ending the cold war. For Israel
can demonstrate to developing nations
throughout the world that her way-
progress through democracy and devel-
opment-is the best way for all nations
to follow. Israel's rapid economic growth
indicates that progress can proceed with-
out the regimentation of a totalitarian
state. Many African and Asian nations
have already learned this lesson from
Israel.
We must act decisively to protect and
enhance the democratic life for all free-
dom-loving nations in the Middle East,
and ultimately throughout the world.
THE STATURE OF A STATESMAN-
THE HONORABLE LISTER HILL
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under
previous order of the House, the gentle-
man from West Virginia [Mr. STAGGERS]
is recognized for 10 minutes.
Mr. STAGGERS. Mr. Speaker, admira-
tion and awe demand that we pause a
moment in contemplation of a towering
figure of a statesman who has added
prestige and honor to these legislative
halls over a period of nearly half a cen-
tury. The Honorable LISTER HILL, senior
Senator from the great State of Ala-
bama, has announced that he will retire
at the end of this session of Congress.
But he must not leave before we try to
put into, words our admiration for his
unsullied character as a true American,
and our awe of his skill as a wise leg-
islator.
In an earlier stage of American de-
velopment, it was written of the HILL
family: It is characterized by modera-
tion, contentment, and independence
under all circumstances;- by its strength
of heroic endurance, its overflowing
tenderness of admiration for all loveli-
ness, and by its sympathy for all suffer-
ing. It - is pervaded by a deep sense of
religion, and dedicated to the fulfillment
of duty, and to obedience to the word
manifest in the heart.
These traits seem to have reached the
perfection of flowering and fruitage in
the present generation. Through the
annals of the tribe, the HILL name is
preceded again and again by the time-
honored title of doctor. No fewer than
seven of the Senator's close kin are en-
titled to bear the symbol of the winged
serpents today. His father was an emi-
nent physician, taught by the famed
Lister of England, and close associate of
the Gorgas whose conquest of yellow
fever made the Panama Canal possible.
It was this Dr. Hill who performed the
those who choose to serve. For as master
of the art of law he has served the science
and art of medicine in innumerable ways
which would not have been open to him
as a physician.
It is a tribute to the State of Alabama
that it accepts the principle that he who
is nobly born must nobly meethis fate.
As a capable and successful lawyer, it
was inevitable that his fellow citizens
should select a man of his family stand-
ing and reputation to represent them in
Congress. So to Congress he came, and
at an early age. And in Congress he has
remained, first as a Representative, and
then as a Senator, until this good day,
accumulating influence and respect and
honor, along with the veneration due un-
failing allegiance to the public trust.
The record of Senator HIL1,'s activi-
ties as a legislator is written in the books
for all to read, and need not be re-
hearsed here. What we are interested in
here is the image of his character and
concern as cast on the screen of history.
And that image is the picture of the fore-
most innovator and partisan of the pub-
lic health of our times.
- The central concept of Senator HILL'S
vision of a more healthy Nation and
world is embodied in the so-called Hill-
Burton Act. Originally, the act provided
Federal assistance for the construction
and equipment of standard hospitals in
the more rural areas of America. As en-
larged and expanded, the act has wid-
ened its view of possibilities in the area
of health until it takes in practically
every target of medical attack. Nearly
1,000 hospitals, medical centers, and
other facilities scattered from coast to
coast across the continent are monu-
ments to his relentless determination
and his organizing genius. Federal funds
have been made available for research
in the cause, cure, and above all, the pre-
vention of some of . the most dreaded
enemies of the human race: cancer,
heart disease, cerebral palsy, mental ill-
ness, deafness, impaired vision. In hos-
pitals and universities throughout the
land, dedicated scientists toil night and
encrusted with testimonials to his good
will and wise planning. They come from
States and institutions and societies and
individuals, and they bear record in
etched bronze and in durable parchment
to the grateful appreciation of the
donors. Such are the just rewards of a
life well spent.
I speak in rather feeling terms, Mr.
Speaker, because I have been privileged
to touch on at least the periphery of the
Senator's activities. Our respective com-
mittees deal often with the same legisla-
tion, and I have been inspired by his
magnetic personality until I feel that I,
too, may dream dreams. It is an honor to
have been a part of these things.
So now, in a few days, the Senator pro-
poses to relinquish the post he has filled
so well for so long. We shall miss him. But
the keenness of our sense of loss is
blunted somewhat by the knowledge that
his spirit will still be with us, to urge us
on the way of achievement. The words of
the quote regarding his name recur with
pointed pungency: heroic endurance;
tenderness; sympathy; fulfillment of
duty. They bear the stamp of prophecy.
May the years of his retirement be
warmed and brightened by the glow of
the love and thankfulness of his legions
of friends and neighbors, by the serenity
of a clear conscience, and by the happy
reflections that he has met the full chal-
lenge of life with joy and enthusiasm.
CONGRESSMAN REUSS URGES RE-
FORM OF UNFAIR U.S. TAX
SYSTEM
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under
previous order of the House, the gentle-
man from Wisconsin [Mr. REUSS] is
recognized for 15 minutes.
Mr. REUSS. Mr. Speaker, our Federal
tax system is based on the so-called pro-
gressive, principle, according to ability
to pay. But the gap between what the
system is supposed to do and what it
actually does is wide and it is getting
wider every year.
The avera
t
ge
axpayer is already pay-
day with the hope that men everywhere
may enjoy freedom from suffering and eraral more income taxes to oa month's
every ry year, Fed-
may plus prop-
physical and mental disability. More erty taxes on his home, and sales taxes
than 60 major legislative enactments on virtually everything he buys. Now
mark the Senator's progress toward the this year, the new 10-percent income tax
ideal of a sound mind n a sound body. surcharge will be piled on top of that.
Together they represent an incalculable But for some people, taxes are no
blessing to humanity. problem at all. They are the ones who
In the medical world it is said that the are shrewd enough to take full advantage
Senator has placed the tools of health of the gaping loopholes in our leaky tax
in the hands of the workers in health. laws; and there are a host of gimmicks to
Tools multiply hands and brains indefi- benefit the few at the expense of the
nitely. Because of the tools, the Senator's many.
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In 1966, for example, there were 18 THE CHICAGO CONVENTION This tragic war has brought us to the
brink of chaos at home-where free men and
millionaires who. did not pay a dime of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under free women are selecting a Presidential can-
income tax. In 1965, there were 35 tax- previous order of the House, the gen- : didate behind barbed wire-and over the
payers with incomes of $500,000 or more tleman from New York [Mr. RYAN] is brink of moral bankruptcy in the eyes of
who avoided paying any tax at all. There recognized for 10 minutes. other nations.
are literally thousands of taxpayers with Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, citizens of As a Congressman, I have consistently op-
in Vietnam
incomes of $100,000 a year or more who America and New York watched the Chi- posh Administration
and my votes.
pay less than t25 hough percent tax laws their aincome ago convention with particular interest As a Democrat, I believe in what our, party
in taxes eeyn regardless of their political affiliation. It stood for in the election of 1964. But the
to say they should be e paying 50, appear
5Q 6 600, or , or was the only convention where any stand ideals of that campaign have been violated
70 percent. was expressed opposing the Vietnam war. by the war and its consequences. If the
There t certainly t n0-oid shortage id ways Thus I am including this brief gepo t Democratic Party is to seriously offer itself open is s the stock he rich option to avo dodge, id taxes. x which is There used in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD,.,- to the American people as the Party of peace
the The convention was on of the most and progress, we must confess error and free
by highly paid executives of big COm- the nominee of this j; convention from the
difficult in our history. Many of us went shackles of the past.
panies to avoid paying taxes at the reg- there to fight for new leadership and new The majority report is a re-affirmation of
ular rates on bonuses or salary raises. ideals. We did not win a total victory. the misconceptions and illusions which pro-
Thn, is the unlimited chant r gets e But despite its failures, the Chicago duced the stale-mated war-an undeclared
credit nder which the donor gets the convention did show hope for the future. war, mind you-10,000 miles from our shore,
credbut the Treasury pays the bill-in, Delegates voted for no more unit rule. with its immeasurable costs and conse-
last revenues. And there is the "hobby The Mississippi/and Georgia credentials qon of T eam ajoriitudety report has a re-prevented rma-
except where nothing profitable is grown fights were wofi. and we are hopefully on meaningfuan which
l negotiations. It rejects an un-
except tax loopholes. our way to a new party. conditional halt in the bombing of North
The new 10-percent income tax sur- As early ag last January, I had urged Vietnam-an essential step to productive
charge wpl not even touch a great many the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy to negotiations.
of these people. The surcharge is a tax seek the nomination and I was commit- And the majority report, by not accepting
on taxes paid, and if they are not pay- ted to his cause. After his tragic death, the direct participation of the NLF in nego-
ing any taxes they would not be pay- I supporteds Senator EUGENE MCCARTHY tiations and their right to participate in the
ing any surcharge. Ten percent of zero f it him as a delegate at the future political life of South Vietnam, fails
is zero, no matter how you figure it. and voted to recognize the political realities in' South
And it is not just individuals who man- Democratic National Convention.- Vietnam.
age to avoid paying their fair share. The At Chicago 3, had the honor of helping It is a document -designed to defend a
major oil companies make these individ- to organize xe lead the fight for a record, not chart a new and more realistic
pal tax avoiders look like pikers. In 1966, change in Viaetna policy and spoke for course-
U, When millions of citizens voting In pri-
the 20 giant oil companies in America the minority plank Vietnam. I headed manes have repudiated that record, it would
cleared a total net profit of more than the spontaneous de stration that be an act of blind folly to ratify it here.
$43/4 billion-yet they paid Federal in- briefly captured the amp heater for - As a Democrat, and as an American, I stand
come taxes at the midget rate of only peace, civil rights, and the ne of the before you today to ask our Party to' recog-
81/2 percent. That is about the same per- people. I joined in leading the tort 1 igllt nize the depth of our peril, and to pledge a
tentage rate that a man and wife earn- parade of delegates who marched 1I- redirection onf o our foorder reign policy to p fora '1~ri war re- our ing $3,000 a year must pay. silent protest. sties`-.,
Mr. Speaker, these are but a few of the In supporting the minority report on we mulct give cause for hope to the alien-
gimmicks built into our Rube Goldberg Vietnam, I said: ated and oppressed-We must put the streets
tax system. Every year, the tax avoiders The fabric of our society has been torn by of our cities head of the streets of Saigon.
muster their highly paid- lobbyists for urban decay, poverty and racism-inevitable If the Democr is Party is to continue as a
yet another raid on the Treasury. Every by-products of the war in Vietnam . . . political vehicle for change-if the Demo-
year the loopholes get bigger and bigger. The Democratic Party must seriously offer cratic party is to er a better vision for the
itself to the American people as the Party future-if the De cratic Party is to inspire
Every year the hard-Working average of peace and progress. We must free the new confidence! en the possibility of
American taxpayer is squeezed a bit more nominee of this: Convention from the change, vision, and c nfidence must be found
to make up for the lost revenue. shackles of the past ... in the platform we ad pt.
It was to correct this blatant favorite Our Party must recognize the depth of The challenge to.;' m erica is to achieve
ism that I introduced last year H.R. our peril and redirect our foreign policy to social reconstruction and racial reconcilia-
13490, a- 10-point program aimed at put- end a brutal war and re-order our national tion at home, and nstructive leadership
abroad
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ting an end to the most glaring of these priorities. We must give cause for hope
tax loopholes. - the alienated and oppressed, and we must We have the capac'y to meet that chal-
My bill, by correcting these inequities, put the streets of our cities ahead, of the lenge.
streets of Saigon. Let us demonstrate he will to do so.
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be used to reduce the income tax burden , Democratic National Convention in REV. DR. MER4ILL MILES MOORE
on the average Federal taxpayer. Chicago on August 28, 1968, follows: SPEAKER pro tempore. Under
It could also serve to ease the enor- STATEMENT OF HON. WILLIAM F. RYAN IN The S
order EA of the House, the gender
mous property tax burden on the aver- SUPPORT OF THE MINORITY REPORT ON VIET- previous Thman ous Pennsylvania [Mr. the NEY]
homeowner. In Milwaukee, for exam- NAM, DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, man f oed fan s minutes.
pie, the property tax on a $15,000 home AUGUST 28, 1968 recogniz 10
is over $600 a year. With part of the Mr. Chairman and fellow delegates, under Mr. ROONEY of Pennsylvania. Mr.
extra $7 billion a year that tax reform our unique political system, still the best Speaker, I am pleased to share with you
would bring in, the Federal Government devised by man for his own self-government, and my colleagues the final sermon of
could make block grants available to help the Democratic Party proposes to ask the the Reverend Dr. Merrill Miles Moore,
American people for a renewed mandate. It rector of Trinity, Church, Bethlehem,
cities deal with the problems of educa- does so at a time when our Nation faces a which he delivered on the last Sun-
tion and welfare, housing, and police pro- crisis in leadership unmatched in this gen- Pa., his rih the
rector o-
tection that are now draining away reve- eration or century. day Church before his after retirement e years of rector
nues and forcing ever higher property The fabric of our society has been torn Trinity his congregation 401/2 years and t-
taxes. by urban decay, poverty, and racism. The ful Tax reform is an idea whose time has neglect of our domestic problems is an in- his community.
come. It is up to the 50 million low- and evitable by-product of the war in Vietnam During his ministry, the membership
moderate-income taxpayers who are now which has expended our national treasure- of Trinity Episcopal Church has more
taking the lives of our brave young men, than tripled, the church has been re-
being overcharged every April 15 to form the future leaders of our democracy, and
their own lobby-a lobby for the public debilitating our spirit. modeled, and a new parish house, Sun-
interest. If the public demand for tax The consequences for our diplomacy, our day school room, and choir room have
reform is loud and clear, it is just pose domestic tranquility, our disadvantaged and - been built. Dr. Moore has been an out-
sible that the next President will get the oppressed, upon our youth-indeed, upon standing leader in diocesan affairs, serv-
message. our sense of national purpose-are clear. ing as a member of many church com-
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