SOVIET THREAT TO PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

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September T7, 1968 CONGRESSIO R - xtensions o emar s
Apollo 11 before the end of calendar year
1969.
I would like to call the attention of my
colleagues in the House to the following
summary of the latest progress being
made in preparation for these important
Apollo launches:
APOLLO STATUS SUMMARY
APOLLO 7
The space vehicle Flight Readiness Test,
one of the final major milestones in prepara-
tions for the Apollo 7 mission, is underway
at Kennedy Space Center. The test is sched-
uled to reach time zero at 8:00 a.m., EDT
on Friday, September 27. The prime crew
of Astronauts Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donn F.
Eisele and Walter Cunningham will parti-
cipate in the test in a shirtsleeve atmosphere,
without space suits. The hatch will remain
open.
The test schedule calls for checks of the
major abort modes-used in the mission as
well as simulated liftoff and some six hours
of plus time. The test will be followed by a
data review and preparations for spacecraft
hypergolic loading, scheduled for next week.
APOLLO 8
The spacecraft has been removed from the
vacuum cumber and moved to a test stand
in the high bay of the Manned Spacecraft
Operations Building for a series of. Service
Propulsion System (SPS) engine odifica-
tions and checks which will continue into
next week.
Manned altitude runs were successfully
completed in the Apollo 8 spacecraft in the
Kennedy Space Center vacuum chamber last
weekend. The prime crew of Astronauts
Frank Borman, James Lovell and William
Anders spent some 131/2 hours in the space-
craft on Friday, September 20. The backup
crew of Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin
E. Aldrin and Fred W. Haise, Jr., completed
their run in 101/2 hours on Sunday, Septem-
ber 22.
The Apollo 8 launch vehicle is undergoing
checkout in high bay #1 of the Vehicle As-
sembly Building, Complex 39. Modification
work is scheduled this week. Sequence mal-
function checks and swing arm verification
will be conducted next week. Thermal insula-
tion installation of the first stage F-1 engines
is continuing.
APPOLLO/SATURN 504
Lunar module #3-Manned altitude runs
in the Kennedy Space Center vacuum cham-
ber scheduled this week are Run #3 for the
back-up crew and Run #4 for the prime
crew. The first of four manned runs wss com-
pleted on Saturday, September 211, with back-
up Commander Charles Conrad, Jr., and
backup Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean
participating. A second run with the prime
crew Commander James A. McDivitt and
Lunar Module Pilot Russell L. Schweickert
aboard was completed On Monday, September
24.
The first stage of the fourth Saturn V
launch vehicle left Michoud at 7:00- a.m. Sep-
tember 24 aboard the NASA Barge "Orion"
for the Florida launch site. It is to arrive at
the Kennedy Space Center, Friday, Septem-
ber 27. The instrument unit will be shipped
from the Marshall Space Flight Center Sep-
tember 30 aboard the Super Guppy aircraft.
The second and third stages of the A/S 504
launch vehicle are in work cells in the low
bay of the Vehicle Assembly Building under-
going preerection checkout.
SATURN V TEST
S-II-6, the second stage for the sixth Sat-
urn V vehicle, is scheduled to undergo ac-
ceptance testing October 1 at the Manned
Space Flight Center Mississippi Test Facility.
It will be fired for the flight duration of
about six minutes.
DEVELOPMENT TESTS
Lunar Module Test Article Eight (LTA-8)
is being readied for a series of manned vacu-
um chamber tests at MSC beginning in mid-
October.
A total of five mannings is planned in two
test phases to be conducted in Chamber B
of MSC's Space Environment Simulation
Laboratory. Dry runs are scheduled this week
and next to checkout test procedures.
The tests will subject the lunar module
to a simulated space environment in order
to help verify the vehicle for lunar landing
missions. A similar series of manner tests at
MSC May 27-June 1, 1968, helped- clear the
way for manned Earth-ofbital flights with
the Apollo Lunar Module.
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corpora-
tion consulting pilots Gerald Gibbons and
Glennon Kingsley will he prime crewmen for
the vacuum chamber tests, which are sched-
uled to be completed early in November, and
Astronaut James Irwin will serve as a back-
up crewman. Irwin and Gibbons were prime
crewmen and Kingsley was a backup crew-
man for the previous series of LTA-8 cham-
ber tests.
LTA-8 has been modified since its previous
vacuum chamber test to incorporate the
latest type of thermal. Insulation and sur-
face coating. The vehicle is constructed of
the same basic materials and contains most
of the same equipment, displays and systems
as LM's to be used for manned landings on
the Moon. LTA-8 is not equipped with ac-
tive propulsion systems since rocket engines
cannot be fired in the vacuum chamber.
HON. DAVID E. SATTERFIELD III
OF VIRGINIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, September 25, 1968
Mr. SATTERFIELD. Mr. Speaker, no
one who knows PORTER HARDY and cer-
tainly no one who has had the privilege
to be closely associated with him can
contemplate his retirement from Con-
gress without a feeling of sadness and a
sense of loss.
No Congressman has ever devoted
himself more fully to the service of his
district, State, and Nation than PORTER
HARDY, for his has been a tireless and
selfless labor. We know and time will
attest, that he has made a profound con-
tribution to the future of this great Na-
tion.
No one who has witnessed his dogged
determination and his keen perspective
in action can question his value and I am
certain that no one who has been con-
fronted by his peering inquisitiveness
and probing thirst for fact can doubt
his effectiveness.
Without a shadow of doubt his pres-
ence on our Armed Services Committee
has been a source of comfort to all who
are concerned with our Nation's defense
capability, the establishment which pro-
vides it and legislation which affects it.
His intimate knowledge of the Depart-
ment of Defense, its origins and its oper-
ation, has enabled him to render unique
and valuable service. At the same time it
accentuates the void that his retirement
will create.
We applaud him now for demonstrat-
ing that stubborn individuality that so
clearly identifies him with his decision to
voluntarily retire and I suspect we envy
him, too. However, I am certain that
his colleagues join with me in expressing
the hope that his self-imposed political
exile to realm of peace and tranquillity
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will not be interminable and that his
talents, now at their zenith, will continue
to be employed in the service of his
country, to make ours a more perfect
nation and to insure its continued
strength.
With this thought and with this hope
we all join to wish him continued health,
happiness, and prosperity.
SOVIET THREAT TO PEACE IN THE
MIDDLE EAST
HON. EDNA F. KELLY
OF NEW YORK
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, September 26, 1968
Mrs. KELLY. Mr. Speaker, much is be-
ing written concerning events in the
Middle East-but relatively little about
the causes of the explosive situation in.
that area.
Why is there so little reference to the
long-range objectives of the U.S.S.R.
with respect to the Middle East? The
goal of the Soviet Union is to control the
military, economic, and political destiny
of that crucial region. The Russians
make no bones about it. They want to
play the same role in the Middle East as
they do today in Eastern Europe.
How do they propose to achieve that
.objective? -
In many ways. While the United States
remains preoccupied with efforts to bring
peace to the Far East-while many
other countries recoil at Soviet actions in
Czechoslovakia-the Russians are: En-
tering into agreements with the nations
of the Middle East, supplying them with
military and economic aid; building gas
and oil pipelines connecting the Soviet
Union with that region; furnishing arms
to several Arab States; prospecting for
oil; securing drilling and oil refinery con-
cessions; promoting economic develop-
ment projects; and concluding various
barter agreements.
In addition, the Soviets are endeavor-
ing to : Maintain a sizable, modern fleet
in the Mediterranean; make arrange-
ments with the Western European coun-
tries for the delivery of 48-inch diameter
pipe and other vital equipment; increase
the- scope and the substance of their bi-
lateral trade agreements; tighten up the
restraints on East Europe's expanding
trade with the West; render eastern Eu-
rope increasingly dependent on the So-
viet economy; acquire control over a
strategic components of Europe's energy
resources; become the keeper of the
"Gateway to the East!'-the Suez Canal
and the eastern Mediterranean region;
and, ultimately, replace the United
States and other oil companies in. the
Middle East.
In light of this evidence, should the
policy of the United States revolve around
the question of sending a handful of
planes to besieged Israel, or should we
rather face' up to the increasing So-
viet penetration of the Middle East and
try to cope with the real threat to peace
and Israel's security? Unless we put an
end to the Communist exploitation of the
age-old conflicts, animosities, and inse-
curities prevalent in the Middle East, we
will never see lasting peace in that re-
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gion-or succeed in securing the primary
source of Western Europe's energy re-
sources.
Some candidates for national public
office are also giving vent to their views.
This may be a popular issue-but the dis-
cussion remains shallow and not very
productive.
In addressing ourselves to this problem,
could we not suggest some effective in-
ternational arrangements to guarantee
the security of the national frontiers in
the Middle East-international coopera-
tion and aid in solving that region's eco-
nomic problems-and internationally ac-
cepted restraints on the shipment of arms
to that area?
A peaceful settlement of the Arab-
Israeli conflict remains our prime objec-
tive. We must energetically pursue this
goal.
HERMAN ROSANETZ AIDS
THE AGED
HON. THEODORE R. KUPFERMAN
OF NEW YORK
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, September 26, 1968
Mr. KUPFERMAN. Mr. Speaker, my
constituent, Herman Rosanetz, has been
diligent in his service to our aged citizens.
Some of the press comments with re-
spect to his* labors in this area are here-
after set forth:
[From the World Journal Tribune,
Oct. 12, 1956]
HE WON SECURITY FOR MOM
(By Marianne Cole)
Early next month there will be a special
day for Sarah Rosanetz, a 75-year-old widow
living at 68 E. Third St. It will be the day
she receives her first $35-a-month Social Se-
curity check.
What makes Mrs. Rosanetz's case so special
is that her son, Herman, is largely respon-
sible for the fact that his mother can col-
lect benefits for the first time in her life
even though she never worked under Social
Security.
He campaigned for eight years in the face
of persistent discouragement for the legisla-
tion that makes it possible for citizens over
72 to collect without having made Social-
Security contributions.
Previously, these senior citizens could not
qualify unless they had a minimum of six
calendar quarters credit.
WIDOWED MOTHER
Herman Rosanetz, a 46-year-old shipping
clerk, was only six when his father died. His
brother, Asher, was four. Mrs. Rosanetz took
home work from the tie industry to support
herself and her two youngsters. When Her-
man was 10 he got an after-school job as an
errand boy to help out.
A bachelor, Rosanetz is now sole support
of his aged mother-at bast, until she gets
her first government check.
Over an eight-year period Rosanetz wrote
hundreds of letters and made countless trips
to Washington. He appeared before the Ways
and Means Committee, of which Rep. Eugene
J. Keogh, D., Bklyn., is a member.
DILIGENT SERVICE
Last month Rosanetz received a _ letter
from Keogh stating: "I want you to know
that I know of no one who more diligently
pursued the cause of those over 72 years who
were not previously covered by Social
Security."
The amendment for which he campaigned
was passed by Congress last March and went
into effect the first day of this month. Checks
will be mailed around Nov. 3.
Persons who will be 72 this month or who
are over 72 and who have applied for hos-
pital insurance should have been contacted
by their Social Security offices about the
special benefits. Those who have not applied
for Medicare should get in touch with their
Social Security offices for information.
[From the East Side News, July 15, 19661
EAST SIDER WINS SOCIAL SECURITY BATTLE FOR
AGED CITIZENS OVER 72
East Side News extends congratulations to
an East Side resident who labored most dili-
gently and without any cooperation from any
organization or individual to obtain an
amendment to the Social Security Act per-
mitting citizens over 72 years of age to re-
ceive monthly payments, even though they
had not made any social security contribu-
tions.
He is no other than Herman Rosanetz, who
resides at 68 E. 3rd Street. For eight long,
tedious years, and in the face of persistent
discouragement, he labored on in the belief
that his cause was just.
During that period, Mr. Rosanetz had ap-
peared before the Congressional Committee
on Ways and Means and before the joint
meeting of the Board of Estimate and the
Finance Committee of the City Council,
pointing out that citizens over 72 had long
been forgotten and that it was high time
that they should be covered by Social Se-
curity.
The amendment for which he had cam-
paigned is now part of Section 228 of the
Social Security Act. Those citizens who have
not made any contributions to the Social
Security Fund may visit, if they wish, their
nearest Social Security office on Aug. 1 to
file an application to receive benefits of $35
a month. However, if these aged citizens
had applied for Medicare, which most of
them have done, the Social Security office
will obtain the necessary information from
their applications.
It must be remembered, however, that if
the aged citizens are receiving in one way or
another government pensions they are not
eligible to receive Social Security benefits.
This special amendment goes into effect
on Oct. 1 of this year. Checks will be mailed
around Nov. 3.
Mr. Rosanetz is not yet satisfied with such
a small monthly benefit. He has asked Presi-
dent Johnson to recommend to the Congress
in January of 1967 larger Social Security
benefits by using general revenues of the
United States Government. He believes that
these elderly citizens should receive $200 a
month instead of $35. He is hopeful that the
President will see the light and adopt his
proposal.
He deserves the gratitude of the American
people for a task well accomplished. East
Side News agrees with Mr. Rosanetz thatno
aged person in our rich land should live in
poverty.
As one who has introduced and spon-
sored legislation for our senior citizens,
I am pleased to acknowledge the work
done by Mr. Rosanetz.
THE HONORABLE HERBERT
TENZER
HON. LIONEL VAN DEERLIN
OF CALIFORNIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, September 25, 1968
Mr. VAN DEERLIN. Mr. Speaker, I
regret. very much that our esteemed col-
league, HERB TENZER, will be leaving us
at the end of this session. In his 4 years
of service in this body, HERB has made
many substantial contributions, particu-
larly through his membership on the Ju-
diciary Committee.
He has also been notably successful in
winning and retaining a seat in a district
where the odds heavily- favored the other
major political party. In winning reelec-
tion in 1966, HERB achieved a plurality of
more than 2,000 votes at a time when the
Republican candidate for Governor was
carrying his district by a margin of
nearly 2 to 1. He has given us all a shin-
ing example of how a good man can suc-
ceed with his constituents-even when
they happen to wear a different political
label than he.
I know I join all my colleagues in
wishing HERB and his charming wife,
Florence, the best of everything as they
prepare to leave us.
CHARLES A. HALLECK
HON. WM. JENNINGS BRYAN DORN
OF SOUTH CAROLINA -
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, September 18, 1968
Mr. DORN. Mr. Speaker, it is a pleas-
ure for me to join my colleagues in pay-
ing tribute to one of the greatest Ameri-
cans of our time. -
I read Of CHARLIE HALLECK in the news-
papers and heard him. on the radio long
before World War II. I formed a great
admiration for him before I first met him
in the 80th Congress.
During the 80th Congress, I admired
CHARLIE HALLECK as a dynamic congres-
sional leader. In that Congress, CHARLIE
HALLECx, although we had a Democratic
President, did not oppose for the sake of
opposition. He advanced positive l alter-
natives. The 80th Congress will go down
in history, and as a. Democrat, I have no
hesitation in saying this, as one of the
greatest Congresses in the history of our
country. -
That Congress, under CHARLIE HAL-
LECK'S splendid leadership, passed the
Unification Act,-with its Central Intelli-
gence Agency, and autonomy for the U.S.
Air Force. That Congress passed the 70
group Air Force, the Taft-Hartley Act
over the President's veto, the Greek-Turk
loan, the Marshall plan and other legis-
lation which electrified the free world.
I believe, Mr. Speaker, since the retire-
ment of Judge Howard Smith I can now -
safely say that there was a little more
than a "meeting of! the minds" between
southern Democrats, midwest and: west-
ern Republicans-there was a coalition.
This coalition preserved constitutional
government, sound money and fiscal re-
sponsibility. It was, my great-honor to
be a member of that little group which
met -frequently and contacted CHARLIE
HALLECK and worked with him in the
best interest of our country and the
course of the free world.
CHARLIE HALLECK in the Halls of Con-
gress and throughout this Nation has al-
ways stood up for America. He was
greatly instrumental in helping this Na-
tion become strong militarily.
CHARLIE HALLECKin his public service
was dedicated and devoted to those prin-
ciples and ideals which made this coun-
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