TRANSSHIPMENT OF WHEAT TO CUBA

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• Publication Date: July 22, 1964
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have been MOO MA4,11_8114 gracious in mak- "Black Jack" Pershing was manning the
ing your visit here a success. , entire MexiCall border frain Texas to Arizona
At a_tinii-Vg9.11-P1,R -4,944,TAP-aU o guei- with just 1,900 regular army soldiers as
11114 rio, the. rice ,paddies and the pancho Villa and his band harassed settle-
tropical Jungles of far-off lands it seems ment after Settlement.
particularly appropriate to address a group Washington did not become fully aroused
Of our Vetera11s,w49?,,Opite a long time ago, to the situation until early in March
Were stationedO .PTJAnde protecting 1916, when Villa's band raided the lonely
OUr cOnlitry from guerrilla bands attacking little town of Columbus, N. Mex. with a heavy
our v6ri borders, loss of life ameng both the soldier and
--Too often. Jour service to your country civilian population.
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along the hot, dusty Mexican border has, I Brigadier General Pershing was authorized
believe, been obscured by subsequent events to go after Villa's band following this raid.
Whicb, 4arCOVLsrheelp brought our country This was quite an order because chasing
inte __sp24,,:Vart Villa was not a simple maneuver by all ac-
-The 14 vajtJLA e,ses_v ce you veterans of the counts. Like the Vietcong, he was operating _1
ex can, hpxcle,gia4 your 110,000 comrades in an area which he knew like the palm of
ariAll-P9,1402,1011,10?our,? great nations has his hand.
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nVer trie ter q.joroxts' legislation by the Na- mountain pass, and every village in northern
Veg, _hay, recognized particularly in He was familiar with every wat,erhole, every
t10124 9on ress. Mexico. His men did not wear a_standard,
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Wnission prompted my uniform. One minute they were armed
r 1.#38.1 in. the 17,S. House bandits and the next inoffensive peons or
epresentatives on January 14, 1963. migrant workers. There was nothing by
Ajeglikation pertaining to Mexican which they could be identified, Villa could
tld_Ly needed in my opin- move at the head of his full force, or he
_worlgrig diligently to secure could split them up into small groups that
could disappear in minutes,
to know that hear- Our troops on entering a village had no
rF Al fd
p orijpio .p.r:biculay bill of mine was bold idea whether they were being watched by
#. igi,y T9, less Wan a month ago, before the Villa's bandits or small groups of agrlcul-
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4.4,0,tii#10,7-44?4,P ?Com4littee, tural workers. They had to carry all their
Iiyiest mony before the Veterans' Co- food supplies, and their own water, and try
te r c*Elained that under, present laws, to make the best of a hostile population.
, engti, v4ry service on the Mexican border Cavalry scouting patrols supplied most of the
15l1:6ili;),V,045-1...WAY, I is nqt inell-id.ed in deter- information. And what flimsy aircraft the
miningjhe eligibility of either the veterans first aero squadron had were used, when they
o?-gX9XJ4,,,,ra,r,,r,__P-r -that Widow and/or ,chil. would work, chiefly to carry back messages
'd.ri eg1ygpeusion. from the expedition. As a matter of fact, six
Committee that there is of the eight planes alloted were cracked up
Lr-slzed.,,Eoup _ of veterans now in the
during the first month.
,9_?)....Years Of their lives who served with It was not until June 18, 1916, that the
Otticin?,._?plUtaXeltigan ,border pursuant Secretary of War, Mr. Newton D. Baker, tele-
e..cts.41,1,..ok,the2r pAtelept _oo Nply 9, 1916, graphed the Governors of the States calling
andAtne,,13,1910 _ out the organized militia and the National
The ere incredible hard- Guard.
V,ps as they battled the enemies of our There was constitutional question involved
-ecgitiWYTif tl_ei,?, iirovinces and on the border
in the mobilization and some doubt as to the
Of _oUf?Awirienelly neighbor, Mexico. legality of summoning men to the border
.-: ._ ,L4' ?ei0,9J9Wthe.,?Y?gerans Conunittee that conflict. But in time of danger, American
mapy',m6n, after_COmpletion of their service fighting men have not hidden behind tech-
40ii;', the,MexicauLtmgert entered world War I nicalities and you went off to war.
,,,. ..,,, ?.,_?,...,,.;_ From all over the United States you came.
?up__ te ,clisalillitY and advanced age, some The 12 National Guard units in existence
Of thenflidtntoisonoplete enough service in were numbered from 5 to 16, inclusive.
rOrlei.,,War4J2netitthe eligibility require- The 5th was made up of the Guard of the
. ",ine,nt,,S.(4presentlaws. NeW Kngland States. Only two States had
',V* purpose of my bill, it was explained complete divisions?New York's 6th and
to the _sommAttoo, is to provide that active Pennsylvania's 7th. The 8th was made up
Military service on tilLtl_exicaritorder before from the Atlantic States from New Jersey
.,, ..... ... _
; _.?worlt1 3Y.K. I,Pecol.mled, together with World to Virginia, including West Virginia and the
wax. LA5yvq9, 19., cilialif:yi4g for eligibility for District of Columbia while the 9th had the
' v.ar1011S,Aenats_acerning to veterans of balance of the Atlantic States from North
_ W*Ict*a; ToxYlqc,_ _ _ , _ _ Carolina to Florida.
-', Although this hill will affect a relatively The 10th was Alabama, Mississippi, Ten-
- Xew.,..- vOc.;alla .c.ir, vg.texArts'. dependents, I do nessee, and Kentucky; and the 11th and 12th
, think wpz tawm,,j,pjcgaz past that the Gov- embraced two States each: Michigan and
' erninent ,Of . ths_=1,1nitecl , States expressed ap-
preciation. to these gallant defenders of our
Iiiclop4g My testimony before the Veter-
an S Committee, ILec_onunencled most sin-
cerely that the Kexlean border bill be re-
ported favorably by the House Committee on
Veterans' Affairs
.
It le 131Y 'intention to continue to press for
thi legIslstion, api I certainly will appre-
'cialp_ apy,Support from you folks and would
1'000/Amen4 you write your Congressmen and
Senators for their support of this bill.
In preparing my remarks here today, I have
reviewed the history of the Mexican border
conflict and it is a great story and one which
all America shoillelX4OW better.
AS I stuclied,tho Mexican border history it
9.Colrrect,t9; mp, thet 190, actually symbolized
the year in which our Nation really entered Rainbow Division, made up the National to be the most formidable German adversary
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the 29th ceptnry? -Guard divisions in the American Expedition- in World War II. As the "Desert Fox? he
BeCaUse up until that time, in the best ary Forces, was later to use Villa's tactics in North Africa
tradition of the Civil War, we had been rely- The first organization to reach the border? with amazing results until he was defeated
trig chiefly on cavalry and a few regulars. was the 1st Illinois Infantry, which arrived at Ei Alamein,
in San Antonio on the night of June 30.
But by midnight of July 4, a total of 27,160
troops?the equivalent of an AEF infantry
division?had reached the border. By mid-
night of July 31, 1916, there were 110,957
officers and enlisted men of the Guard on
the border and the total in Federal service
was 151,096.
Approximately 57 percent of you had seen
previous service in the National Guard while
43 percent were new recruits. You men were
stationed along the whole border and in
four large camps at Brownsville, San Antonio,
and El Paso, Tex., and at Douglas, Ariz.
Most of you were making real sacrifices.
Letters from home told of family and busi-
ness troubles. Many firms did not live up
to their promises to hold open positions or
continue salaries. And you heard of pro-
motions in your civilian jobs which might
have been yours.
And then, on January 17, 1917, with war
clouds slowly gathering across the Nation
and increased sympathy for the allied cause,
It was determined that General Pershing
would evacuate Mexican soil. Those of you
who served first on the border and then in
the AEF of World War I, have a greater ap-
preciation of what the border service ac-
complished.
There both the National Guard and regu-
lars learned to transport, to train, to supply,
and in all other ways to handle troops in
the field in numbers beyond their previous
experience. There can be little doubt that
the excellent staff work of the American
Army in World War I was largely due to the
discovery on the border by the National
Guard of the difference between marching in
formation down the main street every week
or so and regular drill for combat with an
enemy just across the river.
We now know that General Pershing's ex-
pedition into Mexico and the border mobili-
zation laid the foundation for the switch
from cavalry to the large-scale use of motor
transportation by the Army from 1917 on.
Without the Mexican border service it is
extremely doubtful if General Pershing
would have had the men, the experience and
the organization that he needed in the sec-
ond battle of the Marne, at St. Mihiel, and
the Argonne.
The role of the Mexican border campaign
In World War I can also be recognized in
the fact that 17 of the 43 American divisions
were National Guard units which had
sharpened their capability during the border
campaign.
Indeed, in retrospect, the Mexican expedi-
tion and the long days of training and
watchful waiting on the Mexican border were
the beginning of many new ideas and con-
cepts in American military development and
ended some traditions which had been with
us since the founding of our country.
Ohio, and Illinois and Indiana, respectively. From the eight rickety airplanes which
The 13th took in North and South Dakota, hedgehopped across the border came the vast
Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota; and the air armadas which played so decisive a role
14th stretched from the Mississippi to the in the Second World War. Supply and lo-
Rockies, including Missouri, Kansas, Ne-
gistics were transformed from the wagon
braska, Colorado, and Wyoming. The 15th train method to mechanization and the
included the Mexican border States and truck. In the field of communications the
Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and the days of the dispatch runner gave way to
16th stretched from the Pacific Coast States the wireless and radio.
to Montana, Utah, Idaho, and Nevada. From among the 12,000 men who cam-
You will recall that the Guard did not paigned in Mexico with Pershing came men
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serve together, in these divisions, on the who served in World War I and directed the
border. The need for troops to reinforce the victory in World War II.
border was so great that, in most cases, reg- From those ranks came such men as
iments were sent as soon as they were ready Pershing, Patton, Bradley, Hodges, Simpson,
to whatever part of the border then most and Spaatz. And one man who observed on
needed the reinforcement. But it later the other side, Erwin Rommel, accompanied
served as a basis for the 16 National Guard Villa thronghout his campaigns in northern
divisions which, with the addition of the Mexico from 1913-15. Rommel later proved
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Tus It can be said that 48 years ago, along
the Rio Grande, the 17.S. Army laid the
groundwork for giant strides toward modern
military warfare. 'Mechanization came to
the foreground and the clank of saber and
spurs Was heard no more.
Suddenly, our country needed more than
a few dashing cavalrymen. You enlisted?
as your grandfathers before you had enlist-
ed?not for a drill on Saturday night, but to
fight your country's battles.
I salute you as the men who helped make
the development of this century possible.
You have given 'us a proud heritage. You
were not professional soldiers, but you had
the attributes of courage 'Which America
has been able to kindle since the days of
our Pounding /Fathers.
Thank you and God bless you.
TRANSSHIPMENT O&WHEATTO
CUBA
(Mr. FINDLEY (at the request of Mr.
REIFEL) was granted permission to ex-
tend his remarks at this point in the
RECORD and to include extraneous mat-
ter.)
Mr. FINDLEY. Mr. Speaker, the sus-
pected transshipment to Cuba of some
of the T.T.S. wheat sold to Russia by the
Johnson administration should surprise
no one.
The Communists have an almost un-
broken record of violating treaties, so
why should be expect better treatment
In regard to shipping contract perform-
ance?
Russia is a major supplier of com-
modities and eqUipinent of all kinds to
Castro. In helping to keep Russia's grain
bins full, we enabled Shrustchev to meet
his commitments to Cuba and other
Communist countries.
These commitments undoubtedly in-
clude wheat and wheat products. To me,
It is incidental whether the wheat
shipped to Castro was actually produced
in the United States or was produced
elsewhere and simply replaced in Rus-
sian bins by U.S. wheat.
The important and tragic fact is that
President Johnson climbed into the
wheat-baited Russian beartrap in the
first place. His action triggered the
breakup of our economic blockade of
Cuba. As soon as we sold wheat to Rus-
sia, the British insisted on the right to
sell buses to Cuba.
The blockade quickly fell apart and
NATO allies began quarreling with each
other over trade with Cuba. This of
course was exactly what Khrushchev
wanted.
The folly of the Russian wheat sale
was compounded when President John-
son sold the durum wheat to Russia at a
super discount?a lower price than
friendly countries have to Pay.
The damage has been done. Our po-
sition of moral leadership in the free
world was seriously damaged. The
transshipment of the grain is but a muf-
fled echo of the real trouble.
SCOTT COUNTY (IOWA) ASSOCIA-
TION FOR RETARDED CHILDREN,
INC., SETS EFFECTIVE PATTERN
FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED
CHILDREN AND LETTING THE
PEOPLE KNOW WHAT IS BEING
DONE
(Mr. SCHWENGEL (at the request of
Mr. RICIFEL ) was granted permission to
extend his remarks at this point in the
RECORD and to include extraneous mat-
ter.)
Mr. SCHWENGEL. Mr. Speaker, for
a long time I have been impressed by the
progress which is being made in the
United States in helping the mentally
handicapped become self-sufficient and
enable them to produce to the fullest
extent of their ability rather than be
lifelong burdens upon the taxpayers.
My awareness of what is being done
in this vital area is accented by knowl-
edge of one of the most comprehensive
local community-level programs in the
country?the program of the Scott
County, Iowa, Association for Retarded
Children, Inc.
Because of all of the recognition which
has been earned by the Scott County
association. I asked Mrs. Joan M. Mc-
Intee, the SCARC publicity chairman,
who lives in Bettendorf, Iowa, to outline
the accomplishments of the local associ-
ation so that I could bring them to the
attention of other .Members of Con-
gress who would like to encourage more
progress in their own districts and who
can find guidelines in the Scott County
association's success story.
This report on what has been done
with help of Mrs. Julie McDonald,
newspaper correspondent and author.
I am proud to have this opportunity
to bring to the attention of my colleagues
this amazing story of unselfish service
to people who need and deserve help
and encouragement.
Mr. Speaker, mental retardation is a
condition characterized by the faulty de-
velopment of intelligence, which impairs
an individual's ability to learn and to
adapt to the demands of the society; a
condition not to be confused with mental
illnesses which can be cured.
Retarded children cannot speak for
themselves, cannot ask for the special
training and help they require, cannot
campaign for needed community facili-
ties or legislation. The National Asso-
ciation for Retarded Children works for
them.
The NARC is a voluntary nationwide
organization devoted to improving the
welfare of all mentally retarded regard-
less of race, creed, geographical location,
or degree of retardation. NARC now has
1,000 local and State member units in all
50 States, District of Columbia, and in
U.S. territories and military installations
abroad.
The scope of operation of the Iowa
Association for Retarded Children is
broad. This outstanding State unit
functions in specific areas of, first, moti-
vation and support of State departments
to serve the needs of the mentally re-
tarded; second, stimulates research and
studies in the field of mental retarda-
tion; third, creates an awareness of nec-
essary legislative activity; fourth, pro-
motes effective publicity and public re-
lations; fifth, guides and coordinates the
work of the local county member units.
One of the Nation's most comprehen-
sive local community level programs for
the retarded is in Scott County, Iowa.
Davenport-Bettendorf area.
Scott County Association for Retarded
Children has discovered that "do good
and tell it," the basic principle of public
relations, really works. The dramatic
impact of radio, television, and news-
paper SCARC publicity has proved that
the community that knows is the com-
munity that cares and helps.
SCARC was organized 3 months before
the Iowa Association for Retarded Chil-
dren, which was formed in June 1953. It
Is a nonprofit, nonsectarian organization
composed of parents and friends of the
mentally handicapped of Scott County,
and is affiliated with the State and Na-
tional Association for Retarded Children
and United Community Services.
The purpose of SCARC is to begin
helping mentally handicapped children
at an early age, providing programs that
will lead to their self-sufficiency and en-
able them to produce to the fullest extent
of their ability rather than become a life-
long burden to the taxpayers.
Continuous efforts in this direction for
11 years, on a very limited budget, have
borne a bountiful harvest this past year,
when SCARC strengthened classes and
programs for 470 retarded children in
Scott County: increased membership 145
percent in 1 month; swept the State
awards for radio, television, newspaper
publicity, and community organization.
The Davenport-Bettendorf Junior Wom-
en's Club sponsored "River City Follies,"
a variety show, which netted $3,200 for
SCARC?nearly equal to the annual
SCARC budget.
Publicity Chairman Mrs. James Mein-
tee has obtained over $14,000 worth of
newspaper space in area newspapers and
several hundred thousand dollars worth
of radio and television public service time
to promote better understanding of the
retarded child.
A mock edition of the Davenport
Times-Democrat, made up solely of
stories pertaining to the retarded print-
ed in the past year by this paper, totals
24 full-size newspaper pages. It was
chosen the most outstanding of Iowa's
408 newspapers by the IARC awards
committee. It is justly proud of its cir-
culation of nearly 69,000.
News stories and features dealt with
the day care center, the developmental
class for preschool children, the SCARC
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Membership ' drive, Retarded Children's
Month, the speech of the Superintendent
of Glenwood State School, doetors' re-
ports, editorials on aiding the retarded,
features ,.iabout individual retarded chil-
dren, Med aa r I eatinps, SCh6OI-System co-
operation, u
nd raising projects such as
f
fashion shows, basq,a1I, concessions and
the follieS, and reports On contributions
for bused t
: for transporting retardedchil-
dren, to name kfew. -
Station: WOC ' AM-FM-TV was the
State award winner for -rano and tele-
vision. This' is the first 'time one station
- has wOn 'both awards. ' Th_ e" station has
? made good Its public service promise
with cOniplete cOepe,-r iation, both in for-
mal progratting" and n help beyond the
call of dutY from" its personnel. For in-
stance, Announcer on Warren person-
ally delivered "RiVer City Follies" tick-
ets to an o ' phoned an order to
his , shoe ir-w1.113-
e? ,a,?,so.,,,,Sezved as master of
cerernatii,es' in tnp?..toonies and san-Sev-
er.l., ,,....._.:1?, .3..,7g_-,s, `A,,
nnource rTom Parker
isasJ14 tioohairnanofthe
$
A4e491? bureau.
.. K.S. Tp? ?X7._WN'T,,; -vrec AM-FM-TV,
yvvial6T , ,ANS,plyl-: _V, WOAD TV, and
A have, given their complete sup-
port in puhblic service programing on be-
half of t p mentally retarded. All 10
Coninieraa4-Adr -1.,??=d 4.-,,,
0 - .,-,..-,.....--r .4... ,,P,a,vision stations
In.,' the , uaa. City area gave interview
time, news
-i.-'c i? r- 0e,4 :-l-'cea S-,g -.--e S.P -
t_- 6i
i c i r a e m e nt s ,
and speial eOimnt on the Follies,
SCAtc19W,-gScott County train-
able eius -61-13e, SCARC recrea-
honittioa pr-rihranl:irb,eishipdrive,the
h6.etdecatGrenw0od,Re.
tatcdCilitrinlilon1hiand noted the
? acOe1ptial'66 '61r Ifig '8 hPli Oil award by
the Dafe.rrP.Or-tC,-P- ?. 9,, *,*'k.-.i,r. -31-ni or Wo-
, np,n's,,. 1u..d .,O .., ,r, ?-W.
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' ..w.- i.t1.. Ne
retarded.
To,aeaii9tecv1si0nstations
pronateapianWithpdater children:
for Rock
ak Island, Suzanne
Dna*,.0_,4ri?id daughter of Mr. and
Mrs.eli4t9 Davenport; for
wq,Anit0 e!31hein, 7,
daughter of ther.raik.Phelans of
Fr146et911,
Iowa; for "WOC TV, Daven-
port, Jeff Meter, -4147year-Old son of Mr.'
ig
and ri:R ep
mea6rf 2 tTwoo , ., h., I - ,ei, risaveecais
niport.
T
a_f honr-trp ? ,, were
televised by w?0,-Ait..i Tv:. "The Child
, Nobody f-CneW;, written andnarrated by
Diel C+rPerie dealt -Willi-11W Mentally
retarded and tbac ' 4 PpinPlete look at
Scott and gotk-fi
services and___ ?..and counties' history,
Wilf&tWilee-d's' "The World
Oasis:01 Y Dick Neville and
narrated- by .V:411:1"Iteuster, portrayed the
r the institutionalized
retardate
story o
at Dixon State-8 1-1-- '
c ,,,P? , Di'*,0if., Ill.
its1p7,urrrinngail- Retarded Phildren'S'Month on
our -"Phone 'Show"
prograin: hgtead 1;1) Mdernst:sFtrhede
Epstein, gait/ Otiad MOrityaUredsi
opportunity lipi:''
session -chi n.14-ntj 9neation-and-answer
Y,..431,.4..g0 and s
erv-
, icesa?vaiable., ,4y,.0y .-j y. -knee, director
Of special education for Scott County,
an Mr. 't. : vl.a..., director ofspe-
cialpd1atio4oivaYenP6rtschools,
were on hand tpanswertecbniaal
cines-
tions.
'SCAR,P admiringly - referred to as
"Great Scott" i.n
?.1:91Ighent JOWa is now
\ being considered fdr, 0?.e-iiiiionaltiiiit"
an
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Award for its achievements on behalf of
retarded of all ages. A Civitan chapter
was established in Scott County this year.
Alvin B. Schloemer is president of
SCARC. An engineer with a highly or-
ganized mind, he keeps a finger on the
myriad details the organization's work
entails. For the past 2 years, he has
served as chairman for the State conven-
tion.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lensch head the
program committee. They have pro-
vided interesting, vital, and informative
programs such as lectures by profes-
sionals from Glenwood State School for
the retarded, a playlet, authors, and
panelists on a wide range of subjects that
affect the retarded. Attendance at the
monthly meetings at Taylor School has
been excellent.
Mrs. Charlie Breinich is chairman of
the preschool developmental class and
enlists parent cooperation in this age
group. She and teacher Mrs. James
Spencer were instrumental in securing
the volunteer services of the Davenport-
Bettendorf Junior Women's Club mem-
bers to assist at the class' daily session.
Eight children are currently enrolled,
which is capacity for present staff and
facilities.
Legal affairs are attended to by
Stephen Hart, a Davenport attorney and
father of 18 children.
Harold McGee, first vice president, is
In charge of membership. SCARC em-
braces a cross section of the community,
and many members do not have retarded
children of their own. In 1 month the
membership jumped from 99 to 246, and
it is now stabilized at 218 family mem-
berships, which amounts to some 500 in-
dividual members.
The Reverend F. W. Duncan, of the
St. Ambrose College faculty, and Mrs.
Wayne Lowden are the religion commit-
tee chairmen and conduct weekly classes.
Teacher Mrs. Fred Hansell, Jr., organized
a Bible school especially for retarded
children this year, one of three in Iowa.
Keeping a complete reference file and
obtaining books and pamphlets for par-
ents and professional people who deal
with retarded children is the responsi-
bility of Mrs. Ed Carstensen, assisted by
Mrs. A. B. Schloemer.
The youth volunteer instructional corn-
inittee is directed by Mrs .Marjorie Strait,
who is also a State board member.
16011
are being conducted in church class-
rooms.
Mrs. Robert Hassman, assisted by John
Foster, is responsible for the SCARC
newsletter, which has a circulation of
1,000. Other associations all over the
Nation have requested it as a guide; last
year it received honorable mention in
State judging for excellence. The fu-
ture business leaders of America at
Davenport's West High School print the
newsletter free of charge. Last year the
FBLA was cited as the most outstanding
youth group in Iowa working on behalf
of the mentally retarded.
Hospitality is the province of Mrs.
George Dvorsky and Mrs. Robert Duax,
and their job of acquainting the mem-
bers with each other took on added
importance with the recent membership
drive. Mrs. Rebecca Schellenger, prin-
cipal of Taylor School, did a superb job
of taking care of all meeting arrange-
ments.
Mrs. William Bowe, assisted by Mr.
and Mrs. Harold McGee, is chairman
for residential care. This committee took
juke box records, pictures, dolls, gifts,
and so forth to the State school at Glen-
wood. Arranging car pools and chan-
neling help offered by other organiza-
tions were some of the other services
rendered.
GOVernmental affairs are the respon-
sibility of Father Duncan, who keeps up
with legislation and determines which
bills the association should support in
the interests of retarded children.
Mrs. W. J. Barclunan supervises the
recreation committee. She has been suc-
cessful in arranging a summer program
in cooperation with the Davenport Park
Board and is working on plans for an ?
August summer camp with the Rock
Island County Association. Bimonthly
Saturday recreation classes are con-
ducted throughout the school year.
Mr. George Carrelly, local insurance
agent, serves as insurance chairman.
Mrs. John Hurst, assisted by Mr. Tom
Parker, capably directs the SCARC
speakers' bureau to further public edu-
cation about SCARC services and the
problem of mental retardation.
Mrs. McIntee, the publicity chairman
and mother of 6, has been elected a re-
gional director in charge of 12 eastern
Iowa counties and a member of the IARC
executive committee. Eight members of
Robert Duax, the immediate past SCARP are now serving on State corn-
president of SCARC, a coach at St. Ain; 1-nittees?
brose College and a father of 12, heads " An 11-year dream was realized re-
the Day Care Center committee. The cently with the purchase of two school
Day Care Center was opened this year-is" buses to transport retarded children to
a pilot program on a Federal grant, and their ,classes. Dr. Donald Hansen is
has 16 multihan.dicapped children en- transportation chairman. The XI chap-
rolled. Administrative responsibilities ter of Beta Sigma Phi originated the
have been capably carried out by Mrs. transportation fund with a $100 dona-
W. J. Winter; she was assisted by Miss tion that stimulated many additional
Jeralee Matthews, R.N., who served as contributions; $1,000 was given by an
teacher-nurse. A corps of over"56'volun- anonymous donor. Mrs. McIntee says:
teers serve as aids in the daily" Morn- As soon as the community knows what we
ing and afternoon sessions. need, we seem to get it. The newspapers,
The building committee, under the radio, and television do a remarkable job of
direction of Dr. J, B. White a awn-
, Dgetting the SCARC message to the general
port veterinarian and county school public.
board member, is investigating possibili- Each year the program serves more
ties for a structure to house the preschool and more children-470 mentally retard-
and day care programs. Presently they ed are now enrolled in public school
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classes and SCARC programs. Volun-
teer services broaden the scope of SCARC
services Immeasurably. Youth. groups,
sororities, parent groups, college stu-
dents, and service groups all "Give a
Helping Hand"?Iowa theme.
SCARC also maintains an interest in
other programs for the retarded that are
not under its administration. An exam-
ple is the Scott County Sheltered Work-
shop whose work force of 60 includes 46
mentally retarded persons.
Tbe organization is greatly interested
In what the public school systems are
doing for the retarded child. Says Mr.
A. B. Schloemer:
We want them to take over, because we
really shouldn't be in the education busi-
ness. Retarded children are entitled to the
taxpayer's dollar in the public schools.
The board of SCARC draws upon
many professional competences. Dr.
James Cannon is a children's dentist and
was Retarded Children's Month chair-
man; Stephen Hart is an attorney; Dr.
J. B. White, a veterinarian; Paul Vance,
director of special education for Scott
County; 1st's. Keith Wagschal, Daven-
peat-Bettendod Junior Women's Club
rePresentative; T. R. Whiting, director
of special education for Davenport public
schools; Mrs. Louis Moeller, civic leader;
Roger Jepsen, Scott County supervisor
and branch manager of a life Insurance
company; Dr. Donald Hansen, optome-
trist; the Reverend F. W. Duncan, priest
and professor; George Carrelly, insur-
ance representative; Dr. W. M. Hollan-
der, psychiatrist; the Reverend D. F.
Banta, executive secretary of the Scott
and Rock Island County Council of
Churches; Mrs. James W. McIntee, reg-
istered nurse and Red Cross first-aid
Instructor; Robert Duax, coach at St.
Ambrose College; A. B. Schloemer, en-
gineer; Eugene Lensch, outstanding
Iowa farmer and agricultural leader;
Walter Barchman, product designer;
Dick Brus, treasurer of Blackhawk
Hotels; Mrs. John Hurst, former teacher;
Harold McGee, manufacturer's repre-
sentative and warehouse manager for a
wholesale aluminum firm; and Mrs. Ru-
dolph Weiss, a charter member of
SCARC. Nine of the above are related
to a mentally retarded person, four are
professionally involved, and eight are
vitally interested in the welfare of all
mentally retarded.
? Most communities, like God, help
those who help themselves, A letter
from Mr. Robert Hockridge, president of
United Community Services, Inc., ex-
presses why SCARC has received such
an overwhelming response to its efforts
on behalf of the retarded:
The Scott County Association for Re-
tarded Children, a member agency of United
Community Services of Scott County, Inc.,
has been most active in the area of com-
munity education and promoting its services
to the residents of Davenport, Bettendorf,
and rural Scott County.
This agency is to be highly commended
for its programs, which have shown a steady
expansion each year. ? ? ? its public edu-
cation program ? ? ? has proved beneficial
both to the agency. to United Community
Services, and to the public at large.
The association has made great strides
toward letting the public know that the
retarded, though limited In many ways,
are more sivnilar to other youngsters
than they are different. The Iowa
theme. "Give a Helping Hand," has
evoked a warm response in Scott County
through the hard-working _efforts of
SCARC. The mentally retarded child is
gaining acceptance as a worthwhile in-
dividual who can be helped, thanks to
an unstinting push for public awareness
by a group of committed and hard-
working citizens.
NEED FOR SUGAR LEGISLATION
(Mr. LANGEN (at the request of Mr.
REIM) was granted permission to ex-
tend his remarks at this point In the
RECORD and to include extraneous mat-
ter.)
Mr. LANGEN. Mr. Speaker, there is
still time to act on new sugar legislation,
but the Department of Agriculture must
make _a firm recommendation and the
House Agriculture Committee must hold
hearings now. I have written both the
Department and the committee urging
such action, noting that the current Con-
gress is on the homestretch toward ad-
journment.. We can and must find time
to pass comprehensive and needed sugar
legislation before the end of this session.
Without new legislation, the estab-
lished 'sugarbeet growers of the Nation
face the possibility of a serious cutback
and there will be no opportunity for new
growers to get into production. Such a
reduction would come through no fault
of the grower, but he would be left with
either a crop he cannot sell or an expen-
sive investment in equipment and ma-
chinery for which his acreage is not suf-
ficient to maintain.
There is need for immediate action on
legislation such as my own bill, that
would provide sufficient tonnage to pro-
tect our present growers and provide for
new expansion. It does not seem right
that the Government expands sugarbeet
production in areas of the Nation where
beets have never before been grown and
then close the door in proven beet areas
such as my own Red River Valley.
Not only does the American sugarbeet
industry need immediate protection, but
the American consumer needs assurance
of an adequate supply of sugar at rea-
sonable prices. Under current condi-
tions, we are forced to bid at unreason-
able price levels on the unreliable world
market. It is ridiculous to continue to
put our sugar supply at the mercy of
unstable world conditions when our do-
mestic growers are prepared to produce
a greater share of the U.S. sugar con-
sumption.
Bills such as mine would not affect our
relations with quota countries. They
would merely assure the American
farmer of his rightful share in produc-
ing the sugar needs of this Nation.
SURVEY CONDUC ea) IN THE FIRST
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF
NORTH DAKOTA
(Mr. ANDREWS of North Dakota (at
the request of Mr. Rzrret) was given
permission to extend his remarks at this
point in the REcORD and to include extra-
neon., matter.)
Mr. ANDREWS of North Dakota.
Mr. Speaker, in the middle of June, I
sent a public opinion survey into every
home in the First Congressional District
of the State of North Dakota. While
replies are still coming in, we have
enough to give an accurate picture of
the feeling in North Dakota on the var-
ious issues listed.
Many of the people of our district took
the time to enclose additional com-
ments in explanation of their views, and
I am proud that they are actively par-
ticipating in the affairs of government
in this manner. The results should rep-
resent an accurate reflection of the opin-
ions of my constituents, since the poll
was sent to all postal patrons, regard-
less of party affiliation.
On the question of medicare to be
financed by an Increase in social secu-
rity taxes, 72.2 percent indicated they
were against the King-Anderson ap-
proach and 22.8 percent favored it. Less
than 5 percent had no opinion. I think
- this response is due to the fact that
the people in North Dakota feel the
Kerr-Mills Medicare Act now on the
books provides much better benefits to
the individual than the King-Anderson
approach. In addition, many older peo-
ple who count on social security benefits
for their present support do not want to
see this program loaded up with addi-
tional costs which might hamper the
effectiveness of the present provisions.
Apparently the people of North Da-
kota recognize how important it is to
make sure that a capable, competent
person be President and what a tragery
would befall all Americans if through
some assassin's act or other cause a
man poorly trained should be elevated to
the highest office in the land. This is
reflected in the fact that 57.7 percent
feel that the present law of presidential
succession should be changed, while only
30.3. percent appear to be satisfied with
the present law.
About '78.7 percent of those replying
do not think our crash program to land
a man on the moon is worth the cost and
effort. It appears therefore that the
people in North Dakota feel, as do many
Members of Congress, that the acceler-
ated pace of the moon program not
only costs about twice as much as a
normally timed one, but also precludes
complete development of many related
discoveries that could benefit all of us.
About 66.1 percent are not satisfied
with the present handling of the Viet-
nam situation-13.5 percent are satis-
fied, but 20.4 percent apparently do not
feel they have enough information about
what is going on to voice an opinion.
This shows that the majority do not
like to have America involved in wars
whose purpose is unknown, or at least
Is not clearly stated, and where there
Is no apparent program which ultimately
will resolve the situation. Many of the
individual comments support my posi-
tion that in conflict such as this we cer-
tainly should receive more assistance
and help from our friends in that part
of the world. It seems ridiculous that
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