WHEN WILL WE UNDERSTAND THE REAL ENEMY OF SOVIET RUSSIAN IMPERIO-COLONIALISM?

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September 12, 1968 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE
the Private Calendar with the conference
report on H.R. 15263, the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1968, and then we will con-
sider a motion to send H.R. 17126, the
extension of Food and Agriculture Act of
1965 to conference. If we cannot get to
those items on Tuesday, we will put them
over until after the call of the commit-
tees on Wednesday next or we will con-
sider them later in the week.
For Wednesday and the balance of the
week-Wednesday is' Calendar Wednes-
day day.
Also we will have H.R. 15890, addi-
tional positions in certain executive
agencies, with an open rule and 1 hour
of debate;
H.R. 17682, civil service retirement fi-
nancing, with an open rule and 1 hour of
debate;
S. 945, the Federal Magistrate's Act
with an open rule and 1 hour of debate;
and_
S. 2484, extension of New Senate Office
Building site, with an open rule and 1
hour of debate.
This announcement is made subject to
the usual reservation that conference re-
ports may be brought up. at any time,
and that any further programing may
be announced later. Of course, in view of
the situation, we will ask the indulgence
of Members in reprograming or chang-
ing the program as necessary as we
progress through the week.
Mr. GERALD R. FORD. In light of the
situation involving the Private Calendar
and Calendar Wednesday, all Members
should be on notice, I assume, that there
is quite likely, if not certainly, going to
be a session next Friday.
Mr. ALBERT. I believe it is certainly
possible, I will say to the distinguished
(minority leader. I think it is very pos-
sible.
May I also add that it is quite likely,
due to the 23 suspensions, that there
will be quite a long session on Monday.
I hope Members will be aware of this
probability.
ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY, SEP-
TEMBER -16, 11 O'CLOCK A.M.
Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent that when the House
adjourns today it adjourn to meet at
11 o'clock on Monday next.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from Okla-
homa?
Mr. GROSS. Mr. Speaker, reserving
the right to object, what is this all about,
in view of the fact that we are not
going to meet tomorrow, apparently-
or are we going to meet tomorrow?
Mr. ALBERT. No, we do not intend
to, if the gentleman will yield.
Mr. GROSS. I yield to the gentleman
from Oklahoma.
Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, Monday is
the only day on which suspensions can
be called, and we have 23 of them.
Mr. GROSS. The only day they can
be called?
Mr. ALBERT. Yes.
Mr. GROSS. I suggest to the gentle-
man he can have 5 or 6 days of suspen-
sions if we just adopt a sine die resolu-
tion. Prior to that we can have 5 or 6
days of suspensions every day_on the
hour, every hour.
Mr. ALBERT. The reason we want to
come in early, and the reason we are
trying to do all these things, is that we
are anticipating being able to do at an
early date just what the gentleman is
talking about.
Mr. GROSS. What suggestion does the
gentleman have as to that early day?
Mr. ALBERT. I would say early Oc-
tober.
Mr. GROSS. September 28, or the first
of October?
Mr. ALBERT. I would _ hope by not
later than the sixth of October, but I
am sorry I cannot be certain of an ad-
journment date. I know the gentleman
is going to bear with me. We have to
finish the program.
Mr. GROSS. I cannot do much else
except bear with 'the gentleman, I will
say.
Mr. ALBERT. I am glad the gentleman
will.
Mr. GROSS. Then the request to come
in at 11 o'clock on Monday is to take
care of all these suspensions?
Mr. ALBERT. And to help the Mem-
bers, too, so they will not have to stay
so late at night.
Mr. GERALD R. FORD. Mr. Speaker,
will the gentleman from Iowa yield?
Mr. GROSS. I yield to the distin-
guished minority leader.
Mr. GERALD R. FORD. Mr. Speaker,
under ordinary circumstances at the be-
ginning of the session or during the ma-
jor. part of the session, where there is the
probability of committee hearings, I think
it would be understandable that we not
come in at 11 o'clock on Monday, but by
coming in at 11 maybe we will-hope-
fully-obviate any committee hearings
that might generate more legislation, so
I believe this is a special reason why 11
o'clock would be a good time on Monday.
Mr. GROSS. It would be my hope it
would do just that. I do not see the chair-
man of the House Interior Committee on
the floor, but that committee has been as
busy as bees. I think they are here every
day with a bill or a conference report, or
something, and if it will serve to deter
the Interior Committee or other com-
mittees-but particularly-'that commit-
tee-from bringing out these bills, I will
be glad to go along-just once, I think-
with an 11 o'clock session.
The SPEAKER. Is there. objection to
the request of the gentleman from Okla-
homa?
There was no objection.
WHEN WILL WE UNDERSTAND THE
REAL ENEMY OF SOVIET RUSSIAN
IMPERIO-COLONIALISM?
(Mr. FLOOD asked and was given per-
mission to address the House for 1 min-
ute.)
Mr. FLOOD. Mr. Speaker, as you know
I introduced the original resolution
calling for the creation of. a special
committee of the House on the captive
nations for the purpose of examining
and bringing to the attention of the
House and of the world the imperial
colonialism of the Soviet empire.
Recent events within the past 30 days
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in Czechoslovakia point up further the
absolute need for the House to create
this special committee. -
I commented on this briefly yesterday
and I continue this comment further
today.
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con-
sent to revise and extend my remarks
and include certain resolutions and
statements.
The SPEAKER. Without objection, it
is so ordered.
There was no objection.
Mr. FLOOD. Mr. Speaker, the unf or-
tunate impasse our ill-founded policy
toward the Soviet Union has gotten us
into with regard to Czechoslovakia is
serious enough for many of us to refrain
from saying "We toldyou so." Since 1960,
I have spoken in behalf of a few far-
seeing groups in this country, notably
the National Captive Nations Commit-
tee, to focus our attentions on the real
enemy facing us and to create a spe-
cial House committee on captive na-
tions for this purpose. This appeal has
been thwarted by a naive notion of de-
tentism with the imperial state of the
Soviet Union. Now, after Hungary, the
Russian rape of Czechoslovakia has
demonstrated how false the detente
thesis is and how fundamentally right
some of us have been in appraising the
Russian menace. Without war-indeed,
contributing to its maximum preven-
tion-this menace can be eliminated
once we sensibly begin to consider the
numerous captive nations in the Soviet
Union itself.
Reiterating the need for a Special
House Committee on the Captive Na-
tions and my resolve to have this the
first order of business in the new Con-
gress. I desire to provide more examples
of the basic soundness of the Captive Na-
tions Week movement in this country
and abroad, starting with the recent
column by David Lawrence. His column
is in the right direction, but it does not
go far enough as the other items will
show: "The Russian Threat to World
Peace" by David Lawrence; second, a
proclamation by Mayor Thomas J.
D'Alesandro III of Baltimore and resolu-
tions by the Baltimore Captive Nations
Week Committee; third, a review of Cap-
tive Nations Day in Chicago; fourth, a
report in the Free China Weekly on Con-
gressman. Horace R. KORNEGAY'S Captive
Nations Week address in Free China;
fifth, the Captive. Nations Week reports
on the appearances and statements of
the German parliamentarian, the Honor-
able Clemens Riedel; and sixth, a Nation-
al Captive Nations Committee release on
the Russian rape of Czechoslovakia.
The material is as follows:
[From the Washington (D.C.) Evening Star,
Sept. 9, 19681
THE RUSSIAN THREAT TO WORLD PEACE
(By David Lawrence)
Neither the U.S. government nor any of
the presidential candidates is making a posi-
tive declaration about the events of the last
month in Czechoslovakia. Yet this act of
aggression constitutes one of the biggest
threats to world peace that has arisen since.
World War II.
For, despite the sacrifices made by the
Western powers in coming to the rescue of
Eastern Europe in. 1939, the Moscow govern-
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ment has asserted itself as the imperialist
master today notonly of Czechoslovakia but
of Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland. East
Germany, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania.
Military strength has been brazenly em-
ployed by Russia to tell these small coun-
tries that they must obey their conqueror.
and that their peoples must submit to cen-
sorship of their press and a squelching of
their aspirations for liberty and domestic re-
form.
The whole world Is confronted with the
fact that, notwithstanding the treaties and
agreements which ended World War II, the
Soviet Union took over control of these coun-
tries. It seems to be forgotten in Moscow
that the territory of the Soviet Union was
attacked by Hitler, and that the United
States joined with other nations in sending
troops to Central Europe to save a country
whose government under Stalin first joined
Hitler.
The sacrifices in World War II seem wasted
today. The United Nations, which was formed
to preserve peace or at least to emphasize the
rule of law, is inactive and appears helpless.
The free nations have not yet awakened to
the big threat to world peace. The United
States has curtailed it's "cultural-exchange
program" with the Russians but the U.S. gov-
ernment has not spoken out about the viola-
tions of World War II agreements,
Did the Russians In their Invasion of
Czechoslovakia take for granted that the
United States was militarily paralyzed by the
Vietnam war? Was the impression conveyed
by the so-called "anti-Vietnam war" senti-
ment in this country that the government
in Washington was out of step with public
opinion? This must have seemed an oppor-
tune moment for Communist imperalism to
assert Itself.
So far as Western Europe Is concerned,
there is uneasiness now that the NATO orga-
nization has been allowed virtually to
crumble. President Charles de Gaulle of
France-who not only pulled out of the
Western defense system, but asked NATO
to remove its troops and headquarters from
French territory-may presently see the
tragic mistake which he has made. There can
be little comfort for him in the fact that the
French Communist party has publicly dis-
agreed with the intervention by the Soviet
Union in Czechoslovakia's internal affairs.
The challenge today is to the free nations,
Including France. to join together in a dra-
matic manifestation of support for the
preservation of the agreements which ended
World War II and an adherence to the pro-
visions of the U.N. Charter which have been
so flagrantly ignored.
Unless the United States calls a conference
of all the Western governments in Europe, as
well as other governments in Asia and Latin
America, the Inevitable result will be fur-
ther steps of usurpation by the Soviet Union.
This does not mean that nuclear threats
have to be employed or that conventional
military power has to be used to rescue the
small countries of Europe in whose capitals
puppet governments have been established
by Moscow.
There is a much more powerful weapon
available-an economic boycott by the free
countries and direct appeals by radio to this
people of the Soviet Union.
Evidences of restlessness against commu-
nism are noted not only inside Russia, but in
the countries in Eastern Europe which, since
World War II, have been under the yoke of
Soviet Imperialism.
The Czechoslovak crisis affords the most
clear-cut example of armed aggression and
interference In the Internal affairs of a small
nation which the world has witnessed since
the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956.
It was precisely the same kind of indif-
ference in the West to Hitler's acts of aggres-
sion in the 1930s which brought on ' World
War H. Certainly experienced officials in in-
ternational affairs here and abroad will see
the danger of another big war unless con-
structive steps of pre',ention now are taken
by stating the case clearly to the peoples of
the Soviet Union. For they are becoming
more and more Involved in an imperialism of
whose possible effects andconsequences they
are not fully aware,
PROCLAMATION BY MAYOR THOMAS J. D'ALE-
SANDRO, M. DEs&GNATINU THE WEEK. OF JULY
19, 1968. As "CAPTIVE NATIONS WEEa" IN
BALTIMORE
The imperialistic policies of Russian Com-
munists have led, through direct and in-
direct aggression, to the subjugation and en-
slavement of'the peoples of Poland, Hungary,
Lithuania, Ukraine, Czechoslovakia, Latvia,
Estonia, White Ruthenia, Rumania, East
Germany. Bulgaria, Mainland China, Ar-
menia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, North Korea,
Albania, Idel-Ural. Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia,
Tibet, Cossackia, Turkestan, North Vietnam,
Cuba, and others.
The desire for liberty and independence
by the overwhelming majority of peoples In
these conquered- nations constitutes a pow-
erful deterrent to any ambitions of Commu-
nist leaders to initiate a major war.
The freedom-loving people of the captive
nations look to the United States as the
citadel of human freedom and to the people
of the United States as leaders in bringing
about their freedom and independence.
The Congress of the United States by unan-
imous vote passed Public Law 88-90 estab-
lishing the third week in July each year as
"Captive Nations Week" and inviting the
people of the United States to observe such
week with appropriate prayers, ceremonies
and activities; expressing their sympathy
with and support for the just aspirations of
captive peoples for freedom and Independ-
ence.
Now, therefore, I, Thomas J. D'Alesandro,
M. Mayor of the City of Baltimore, do here-
by proclaim that the week commencing July
16, 1968, be observed as "Captive Nations
Week" in Baltimore, and call upon our citi-
zens to join with others in observing this
week by offering prayers and dedicating their
efforts for the peaceful liberation of op-
pressed and subjugated peoples all over the
world;
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Great Seal of the
City of Baltimore, to be affixed this fifteenth
day of July, in the year of Our Lord, one
thousand, nine hundred and sixty-eight.
THOMAS J. D'AI.ffiANDRO III.
Mayor.
RESOLUTION
Whereas, the third week of July. 19G8 marks
the Tenth anniversary of the Captive Nations
Week Resolution, recognizing the right of
self-determination to Poland. Hungary, Lith-
uania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, Czechoslo-
vakia, Bulgaria, Romania, mainland China,
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, North Korea,
Albania, Idea-Ural. Tibet, Coesakia, Turke-
stan, North Vietnam, and others; and
Whereas, since 1918 the imperialistic poli-
cies of Communist Russia have resulted Into
creation of a vast empire, which poses a
threat to the security of the United States
and all free peoples of the world; and
Whereas, it is vital to the National secu-
rity of the United States that the spirit of
resistance of the captive nations should be
steadfastly kept; and
Whereas, Communist Russia has been de-
ceitfully championing the cause of "freedom
and national liberation" in Asia and Africa
and we are not doing much to help the en-
slaved non-Russian nations which consti-
tute a veritable weakness to the USSR;
Therefore, in accordance with the U.S.
principles of self-determination for all na-
tions, we urge all patriotic Americans to sup-
port the Observance of Captive Nations Week,
and contribute to the creation of e, special
House Committee on Captive Nations,
WALTER ROMANOwsKY,
Chairman,
Treasurer.
'T'HOMAS G. GRAY,
Public Relations.
JULY. 1968.
WHY C.u rrvE NATIONS WEEK
We observe Captive Nations Week because
it is legally provided for in Public Law 86-
90. Moreover, the week is a tremendous moral
symbol signifying that we Americans will
never forget the Captive Nations or accom-
modate ourselves to their permanent cap-
tivity.
It also concentrates on our nuclear spir-
itual weapons, offering the most powerful
paramilitary deterrent against Sino-Soviet
Russian aggression in Europe, the Middle
East and Asia.
Furthermore, it is a stimulating and effec-
tive educational medium about all the Cap-
tive Nations, Slno-Russian imperlocolontal-
ism, and the cold war,
The Week also affords a countrywide forum
for the discuss ion of Issues affecting our
national interest and security.
And, finally, It consistently leads to the
crystallization and advocacy of concrete
measures of action, among others creation
of a Special House Committee on Captive
Nation 3. _
CAPTIVE NATIONS CoMMITTEE
of MARYLAND,
Baltimore Branch.
REVIEW of CAPTrvz NATIONS DAY IN CHICAGO,
JULY 20, 1968
This year, the Captive Nations Week Ob-
servance was the biggest and best thus far.
Our mottos this year were Freedom for All
Captive Nations and 150 Years of the Good
Life in Illinois.
The Captive Nations Committee, together
with the Illinois State, Cook County, and
Chicago Sesqui:entennial committees par-
ticipated In the State Street parade on July
20, 1963 at 12 noon. Especially helpful was
Mr. James Howard, co-chairman of the Chi-
cago fiesquicertennlal committee, whose
moral and financial help contributed greatly
to the success of the parade. Also very helpful
were parade co-ordinator Ernest Wierzbicki
and Mrs. Anne Coyne. Joe Martin, publicity
director deserves much thanks for all that
he has done. This year the Chicago Tribune
and Sun Times had numerous articles about
the Captive Nations Observance. Radio pro-
gram including Sig Sakowicz, Franklin Mc-
Cormick, and Bill Ward's Q Line also covered
the event.
The State Street Council gave permission
for all the captive nations flags to fly on
State Street frcni July 19 through the 21.
Captive Nations: Week was proclaimed by
Governor Samuel Shapiro, Mayor Richard J.
Daley and the Cook County Board of Com-
missioners. Houne Resolution 388 introduced
by Representative John Jacob Wolf was
adopted by the Illinois General Assembly.
Honored guests at the parade were Gover-
nor Shapiro, Mayor Daley, Sesquicentennia'
chairman Ralph G. Newman. Cook Count!
president Richard Ogilvie, Illinois Sesqui
centennial Chicago Committee co-chairman
James Howard, State representatives Joh:
Jacob Wolf and Helmut Stolle, Bishop Briz
gys, Lithuanian Consul General Petra3 Dauz
vardis, Korean Consul General Wei-min Le(
Colonel Jack Reilly, etc.
Parti.Ipating in the parade were he fol
lowing groups: Chicago Police Motorcycle
escort, Navy Bend, State Centennial Com-
mission, Chicago Committee Illinois sesqui
commission. Cook County Commission, Sec-
retary Paul Powell, Serbia, Czechoslovakia,
Park District, Slovakia, Neil School_ Band,
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Bielarus, Ukraine, Chicago Committee
against trade with Communists, Cardinal
Mindszenty Foundation, Croatia, Germany,
Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Bulgaria,
Illinois Tollway Commission, Albania, China.
Following the parade was a luncheon held
at the Sherman House. The principle speaker
was Mr. Ralph G. Newman, General Chair-
man of the Illinois Sesquicentennial Commis-
sion. The Captive Nations Week Independ-
ence Award was presented to Mayor Richard
J. Daley by the National Captive Nations
Committee. Doing the honors were Philip
Guarino, Hratch Abrahamian and Miss Vera
A. Dowhan. The Invocation was given by
Bishop Brizgys and the Benediction by Rev.
John Beretta. The Master of Ceremonies at
the Luncheon and the parade was Mr. Sig
Sakowlez.
' Invited as a speaker was vice-president
Humphrey, who due to previous commit-
ments was not able to be present. He sent a
telegram which read: "We celebrate Captive
Nations Week this year at a time when free-
dom is no longer under siege, but on the
offensive around the world. The battle is not
yet won. But it is clear, particularly in east-
ern Europe, that the undying spirit of lib-
erty, which you have done so much to foster,
is shaking loose its shackles. I believe we
can now foresee the time when nations and
peoples will no longer be captive--captive
of foreign domination-captives of stale
ideology-captive of nuclear fear."
Other telegrams we received were from Sen-
ator Everett McKinley Dirksen, Congressman
Daniel Rostenkowski, Frank Annunzio, Ed-
ward Derwinski, Roman Pucinski, and Char-
lotte T. Reid.
I wish to express my thanks to every one
who participated, for all of the effort they
put into making this year's Captive Nations
Observance a great success.
VIKTORS VHcSNINS, -
Chairman, Captive Nations Committee.
[From Free China Weekly, Taipei, Taiwan,
Republic of China, July 28, 1968]
DAY FOR RECOVERY OF MAINLAND Is APPROACH-
ING, U.S. CONGRESSMAN SAYS
U.S. Congressman Horace R. Kornegay
(Democrat-North Carolina) said here on July
20 that the day is drawing nearer and nearer
for free China to recover the Chinese main-
land from the Communists.
He said he is confident that President
Chiang Kal-shek's government will success-
States have been very close in , practically
every field. Struggling for identical ideals,
the two allies have never been so close in
their relations, he added.
The American people, Kornegay said, are
prepared and ready to make whatever sacri-
flee may be required to preserve peace and
freedom in the world.
He ruled out the possibility of a -conces-
sion to, or a compromise with, the Commun-
ists over the Vietnam conflict. The United
States has already suffered casualties of 25,-
000 killed and 100,000 wounded in the Viet-
nam battlefeld, he noted.
"We will never pull out until peace and
security in that country are assured," he
said.
[From the Allentown (Pa.) Evening Chron-
icle, July 19, 1968]
COMMUNISTIC TOLERANCE, FLEXIBILITY JUST A
MYTH
(By Mark Staples)
People to people, not government to gov-
ernment, is the best way to communicate the
value of freedom to citizens of Communist
countries, a top-ranking West German official
said today.
In Allentown during Captive Nations
Week, Clemens Riedel, member of the West
German parliament, said Communism is
'totalitarian and inflexible.
He dispelled the notion that Communism
evolves and becomes more sentimental. It
does not become more tolerant. It does not
evolve into a more democratic institution as
it matures, he said. -
His comments were addressed to Dr. Hagen
A. K. Staack of Muhlenberg College, acting
interpreter during Riedel's day-long visit to
the city, at a meeting in the Mayor's office,
City Hall.
Riedel and Dr. Karol H. Sitko, president
of the World Association of Silesians, and ex-
iled president of Upper Silesia, were the
guests of Rep. Samuel Frank of Allentown,
who recently was in Germany as their guest.
In making his statements concerning Com-
munism, Riedel said it was a mistake on the
part of the American people to assume that
the totalitarian bloc could ever evolve to be-
come more tolerant.
Discussing the attempt to regain a re-
unified Germany, Riedel said the question
was not so much only one of Germany, but
of Europe. Other countries as well, Rumania,
Poland, and Czechoslovakia, are more con-
sion that is fervently hoped for by the 700 spirit of liberty, than they are with terri-
million Chinese neonle an both Rids of the tory in square miles as a Communist satel-
uuray was a.uuresslng a joint meeting
of the China Chapters of the World Anti- "That's why what's happening in Czecho-
Communist League and the Asian Peoples' slovakia now is so important," Riedel said.
Anti-Communist League. He has been visit- ,For the Soviet Union to lose even a part of
ing Taipei since July 15 to participate in a crucial corner of Europe would be disas-
this country's programs in observance of the trous."
international Captive Nations Week. Riedel said the trouble in Czechoslovakia
turn to the mainland is getting closer- ,he nom issue, a difficult issue in the Western
said, in view of the great political upheaval Corner. It provides a kind of balance, he in-
and the mounting anti-Communist move-
ments behind the Bamboo Curtain, The The Importance of a people to people kind
The American Congressman also spoke of relationship may be seen when one real-
of free China's military and economic sirs, oc Riedel, that a simple des
achievements. sire to escape scape the e "fangs" of communism, is
not enough. "People in Czechoslovakia must
Militarily, he said, the armed forces of this know that free people care to help them.
country have pinned down on the coast of They cannot escape alone." He said commu-
southeast China more than one million Com- nism was inflexible while democracy repre-
munist troops that might otherwise have sents to these people, an organism, a living
been used elsewhere in Asia fdr aggressive entity.
purposes. This has contributed greatly to "To say through your senators and repre-
security and stability in Asia, he added. sentatives that the United States must com-
In the economic field, Kornegay noted that municate not only with governments,
free China has scored a high annual growth through its government, but must also com-
rate of 9 per cent in recent years. municate with people in these countries, is
The American visitor observed that co- the most important thing an American can
operation between China and the United do."
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GO AFTER VICTORY
Riedel sized up his view of the Vietnam
War this way, "Why must the U.S. do the
thing halfway? Either get out or go after the
victory."
He said Europeans do not view the assassi-
nations and racial turmoil of this country as
hysterically as Americans do.
The U.S. helped rebuild'Germany after the
second world war and, did an expert. job of
urban renewal. He feels Americans will find
the solution to the racial problem but he sees
a generation passing before the solutions is
reached.
"You have had a pileup, a concentration of
people into cities. The result is bound to be
an explosion." He said if the United States
could rebuild West Germany so well after the
war that no problems of strife exist there
now, it should accomplish the same in its own
country.
UPLIFT NEGRO PEOPLE
"What you must do over this generation
is uplift the middle class Negro into a par-
ticipation in the country's affairs. You must
permit him to serve his own people." He
qualified his statements with a faith that the
U.S. would solve the problem much better
than he, an outsider looking in, would be able'
to do.
Dr. Sitko represents over a million former
German and Polish citizens now living in this
country. With Riedel, he has appeared to fur-
ther the cause of self-determination in Eu-
rope. He and Riedel both emphasized that
they felt the living organism of Democracy
will continue to grow in the minds of people
until it evolves to strength through the
awakening citizens in Communist bloc coun-
tries. "That is where your government can
help, through- the people," Sitko said.
The men, on a hurried schedule, have been
in Washington before key figures in the gov-
ernment including House Minority Leader
Gerald Ford, R, and other GOP figures.
Next week they have scheduled meetings
with President Johnson and Vice President
Humphrey.
SAYS RED CITIZENS MUST HEAR
FREEDOM MESSAGE
A Republic of West Germany parliamen-
tarian, visiting in Allentown, said yesterday
the United States has to communicate the
value of freedom to citizens of Communist
cpuntries, not just to their governments.
'Clemens Riedel spoke through an inter-
preter at -the mayor's office in City Hall.
He and Dr. Karol H. Sitko, president of the
World Association of Silesians and exiled
president of Upper Silesia, were guests of Rep.
Samuel Frank of Allentown. On a recent trip
to Germany, he was their guest.
Dr. Hagen A. K. Staack of Muhlenberg Col-
lege interpreted.
Riedel spoke of communism as totalitarian
and inflexible. It does not become more tol-
erant, more democratic, as It matures, he
explained.
He spoke of the attempt to reunify Ger-
many, saying:
The question was not so much only one of
Germany, but of Europe. Other countries as
well, Romania, Poland, and Czechoslovakia,
are more concerned with an identification
with a united spirit of liberty, than they are
with territory in square miles as a Com-
munist satellite.
"That's why what's happening in Czecho-
slovakia now is so important," Riedel- said.
"For the Soviet Union to lose even a part of
a crucial corner of Europe would be disas-
trous."
Riedel said the trouble in Czechoslovakia
was particularly helpful in view of the Viet-
nam issue, a difficult issue in the Western
Corner. It provides a kind of balance, he
indicated.
The importance of a people to people kind
of relationship may be seen when one real-
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izes, according to Riedel, that a simple desire "The brute Russian invasion of Czechoslo- my service In the Congress I have been
to escape the "fangs" of communism, to not vakla is conclusive proof of the dire need for very much inter'lsted in the operation of
enough. "People in Czechoslovakia must a major revamping of our policy toward the our social security program and the
know that free people case to help them.
They cannot escape alone." He said com-
munism was inflexible while democracy rep-
resents to these people, an organism, a living
entity.
"To say through your senators and repre-
sentatives that the United States must com-
municate not only with governments.
through Its government, but must also com-
municate with people in these countries, is
the most important thing an American can
do."
Riedel sized up his view of the Vietnam
War this way: "Why must the U.S. do the
thing halfway? Either get out or go after the
victory."
He said Europeans do not view the assassi-
nations and racial turmoil of this country as
hysterically as Americans do.
NEW THOUGHTS ON THE REcowsTRucrlON OF
A NEW FREE EUROPE, JULY 7, 1968
(By Clemens Riedel, MdB, President, Roman
Catholic Union of Expellees In West Ger-
many, Member of the West German Parlia-
ment (CD.U.), Member of the European
Parliament)
The encouraging signs that the East Eu-
ropean people, who are now under Soviet
domination, have not forgotten the mean-
ing of freedom ask for a commitment by the
people and nations of the free world. Most
of all we, as members of countries and ethnic
groups of European origin, are duty-bound
to Initiate meetings and dialogues amongst
one another. Or aspirations. thoughts. talks
and deeds must be oriented towards under-
standing, forgiveness and the establishment
of a "modus vivendl" without which the
European community cannot be truly com-
munal. This is the pre-requisite for Initiat-
means,
ing,
legitimate claims and recognition f certain
interests which for tolong have been dis-
regarded. Such a "mfSdus vivendi" might
well serve as a sound foundation for a future
federalistic Europe.
Recognition of the rights of the individual
would be the first step towards a guarantee
of freedom of movement and the right to
establish one's domicile where one wishes,
for all people and national and ethnic
groups. The policies of restriction, ghetto
policies if you will. Imposed by nationalls-
tically oriented states on ethnic, cultural
f their societies
o
thor o: the vapuve .rvawuns arer:a n'=-
~?~_= our disabled and retired workers and
passed by Congress In 1959, stated also
"Where reason and documented arguments their dependents. Thousand` of my con-
have failed to prevail, now harsh experience stituent.?s are in receipt of social security
should guide us In eliminating the naivete benefits. in many Instances the social
and confetti diplomacy pursued by the Ad- security payment is their only source of
ministrations in this decade." income.
As an educational clearinghouse, NCNC has Under the present social security law
for several years sought the creation of a
Special Committee on the Captive Nations an Individual w io is entitled simultane-
in the U.S. House of Representatives and al- ously to a dent ative benefi', and a pri-
so an unprecedented Congressional Review of mary benefit is prohibited from receiving
U.S, policy toward the Soviet Union. The both benefits. The beneficiary can receive
former would concentrate on Soviet Russian only the larger of the two benefits. In
lmperio-colonialtsm in Eastern Europe, with- other words, a Rife who has been covered
in the Soviet Union, Asia and in Cuba. The under the social security program can re-
latter cur history, , a open publiup. c ic for examination Riotnation of time our r ceive her husband's benefit if it is larger
our
policy with regard to Soviet Russia and the than the benefit to which she might be
majority captive non-Russian nations in the entitled. She cannot, however, receive her
USSR, which make up over one-half of the husband's benefit and any portion of her
population In that Imperial-colonial state. own benefit.
NCNC was one of the major opponents to Many of the social security payments
the senate's ratification of the US-USSR are very small. Thousands of social se-
g What what he last t l told year, the Republican curity beneficiaries are finding it ex-
Reiterating Convention
Platform Platform Committee in Miami Beach last tremely difficult to provide themselves
month, the Georgetown professor pointed out with the necew lties of life and as a re-
that "both Administrations in the 60's have sult must receive assistance from other
pursued a confetti diplomacy in regard to members of their family or public assist-
the main enemy, which can be accurately de- once programs
picted as the international dimension of the I have long felt that in those instances
credibility
of ty paper-making gnp." He comet e Test "The Ban ?Peatywhole where a, wife has been regularly employed
train Convention, co-the
Outer Space Treatp,, and is entitled to a social security bene-
Consular ar Con
the Non-Proliferation one and even the fit in her own right that she should be
Moscow-New York Bight run-are so much permitted to receive at least a percentage
confetti on the scale of fundamental prob- of her benefit, aswell as the benefit to
lems, serving to hoodwink our people as to which she is entitled under present law
the harsh realities in the Red Empire and by reason of her husband's work record.
the real threats to our security. The confetti I strongly fe.l that equity and justice
has enshrouded the real enemy of Soviet demand that a wife be permitted to re-
Russian imperio-colonialism and its com-
munist weapons which are dramatically at calve some part of the social security
work today In Czechoslovakia. benefit she has accrued through many
Dr. Dobrianeky deplored the short lghted- years of hard labor which in many in-
ness of those on the platform committee stances has resulted in retirement by
who succeeded in softening his Captive Na- reason of physical disability.
tions plank. "It is only three weeks now. To permit a wife to secure part of her
but to view of this further Russian rape, let benefit would greatly improve the finan-
m
them eritenu for look the back a at my campaign well-founded ahead," he said. argu- clal condition of thousands of our social
m
The professor also deplored the do-nothing, security beneficiaries. With our rapidly
confetti policy of the Government in rela- Increasing cost of living it is imperative
tion to the Czechoslovakian crisis, saying that some assistance be afforded our so-
"a strong, voiced position prior to this rape cial security beneficiaries.
e
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d
have to be abolis
All peoples, whether part of any group or less, we should voice our outrage in the U.N.
individually, are God's creation. We all have and elsewhere, and seek U.N. Intervention In
to recognize as one of our pre-ordained func- Czechoslovakia, as well as begin to take the
tions the furtherance of the age-old dream steps we have advocated in regard to our
h of the Christian policy concerning the USSR."
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humanitarian principles, not only as they
apply to individual conduct, but also as they
apply to nations, which, after all, are made
up of individuals. The re-evaluation of prin-
ciples and goals which is now manifesting
itself in all, segments of European society,
both East and West, might well be a prelude
to a more realistic approach not only to-
wards rectifying individual grievances, but
hopefully, towards breaking down of barriers
between nations. Whether real or imagined.
no barrier is strong enough that people, If
they want to, cannot break It down. If the
people of Europe, whether friend or foe In
the past, want It, There shall be no more
suspicions, no more enmities and no more
barriers.
The German people, for their part. are
ready and willing to contribute actively.
They have had enough of suspicions, enough
enemies and they have had enough barriers.
RUSSIAN ,INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA SEEN
AS PROOF E'OR REVAMPED U.S. POLICY
The chairman of the National Captive Na-
tions Committee in Washington said today,
Mr. Speaker, I am introducing a bill
today which will permit a wife to receive
at least 50 percent of her benefit while
qualifying for her husband's social se-
curity payment. My measure also applies
In those instances where a husband who
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE has been employed claims a, benefit based
SoCIAI. Spry LAW upon his wife's work record. The bill pro-
vides that if the derivative benefit in-
(Mr. WHITENER asked and was given volved is a wife or husband's benefit the
permission to address the House for 1 reduction will be only one-half of what
minute and to revise and extend his re- it would otherwise be.
marks.) The following examples illustrate the
Mr. VWHITENER. Mr. Speaker, during practical application of my measure:
Old-age
T (pnmary)
banefd
Wife's
(derivative) Total
benefit
Amount at benefit before reduction ....................-.-.---------------.--
Amount actually received under existing law-----------------------------------
y10000
;50
;100
Amount actually received under attached bill----------------------------------
150
00
125
Amount of benefit before reduction -------------------------------------------
Amount actually received under existing law----------------------------------
0 5
0
50
1
50
75
125
Amount equally received under attached bill ----------------------------------
100
100
200
Amountof benefit before reduction-------------------------------------------
Amount actually received under existing law----------------------------------
100
0
100
Amount actually received under attached bill----------------------------------
100
50
150
Mr. Speaker, I am hopeful that my the House Ways and Means Committee
measure will be favorably considered by and that the legislation can become law,
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