PROVISION THAT TIME SPENT BY A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE IN A TRAVEL STATUS SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT--AMENDMENT

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begins on the day prescribed, or appointed
pursuant to, section 2 of article XX of the
articles of amendment to the Constitution
preceding the commencement of the fiscal
year, and
"(2) for the fiscal year which begins on
January 1, 1973, and for each fiscal year
thereafter, on or before July 15 of the year
preceding the commencement of the fiscal
year.
If the Congress is not in session on the day
on which the President submits the budget
for the fiscal year which begins on January 1,
1973, or for any fiscal year thereafter, such
budget shall be transmitted to the Clerk of
the House of Representatives and shall be
printed as a document of the House of
Representatives."
(b) This section shall become effective on
July 1, 1972.
SEC. 302. (a) Section 201(a) (5) of such
Act is amended by striking out "October 15"
and inserting in lieu thereof "May 15".
(b) This section shall become effective on
May 1, 1972.
Mr. MAGNUSON. Mr. President, we
have had some hearings occasionally be-
fore the Committee on Rules and Ad-
Ministration and the Joint Committee
On Congressional Reorganization.
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, will
the Senator yield?
Mr. MAGNUSON. I yield.
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, first,
I would appreciate it if the Senator
would ask unanimous conSent that I be
listed as a cosponsor.
Mr. MAGNUSON. I would be glad to.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous con-
sent that the name of the Senator from
Montana be added as a cosponsor of
the bill.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, to my
personal knowledge the distinguished
Senator from Washington has been try-
ing to get action on a bill of this nature
for more than two decades, first while
he was a Member a the House of Rep-
resentatives and later during his many
years in the Senate.
Mr. 1VIAGNUSON, Substantially, I
think the session this year points out
the necessity for action of this icinel. As
far as I know, we are the only legislative
body in the free world that does not
divide its sessions. Every other legisla-
tive body in the free world has a legisla-
tive session; then, they have a date be-
yond which no further legislation will be
considered and they go into their fiscal
session. It seems to me this is the only
way we can avoid some of the problems
that are occurring now.
The President was somewhat critical
of Congress the other day when he sug-
gested the passage of appropriation bills.
However, the appropriation bills are be-
ing held up because the authorization
bills are not around and the authoriza-
tion bills are not around because it took
a long time for the administration?and
I am not being critical because I think
they want to examine all these mat-
ters?to send up legislative proposals.
Independent offices have been held up
for weeks because there was no author-
ization on the space program. In con-
nection with HEW, as the Senator from
West Virginia knows, we have 300 or 400
witnesses we never had before because
they want a reorganization. I do not
know if that will succeed. The 0E0 ap-
propriation is not here. These matters
cause the problems.
I have sat in meetings of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations on many oc-
casions when we would be passing on
whether or not to fund a program of
some kind that Congress had authorized
and at the same time the Senate will be
sitting here on the same day changing
that program. The Senator from Colo-
rado knows that.
If we had a legislative session we would
know what we had authorized and what
would have to be appropriated, and come
back and do that. That is the purpose
of the legislation I am introducing. I
hope we can give it consideration.
I remember, the night we adjourned
last session. The Senator from Montana
and I were here. I think only two or
three of us were still in the Chamber.
We were talking about the time of the
session. Finally, we concluded there must
be a better way to do it than the way
we are doing it. We must try something
new.
Mr. BYRD of West Virginia. Mr. Pres-
ident, will the Senator yield?
Mr. MAGNUSON. I yield.
Mr. BYRD of West Virginia. Will the
Senator add my name to the list of
cosponsors?
Mr. MAGNUSON. I am happy to do so.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous con-
sent that the name of the Senator from
West Virginia may be added as a co-
sponsor of the bill.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. BAKER. Mr. President, will the
Senator yield to me briefly?
Mr. MAGNUSON. I yield.
Mr. BAKER. Mr. President, I ask
unanimous consent that my name may be
added as a cosponsor.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. MAGNUSON. I thank the Senator.
Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, will the Sen-
ator yield?
Mr. MAGNUSON. I yield.
Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unani-
mous consent that my name may be
added as a cosponsor.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. MAGNUSON. I thank the Senator.
Mr. President, there has to be a better
way. This year we had a recess during
the summer. Many Members of Congress,
felt this was a good thing because it-pro-
vided an opportunity for those who have
families to spend time with their fam-
ilies. This bill would enable Members to
do that.
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS OF A
JOINT RESOLUTION
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 163
Mr. BYRD of West Virginia. Mr. Presi-
dent, on behalf of the Senator from New
Mexico (Mr. MONTOYA) , I ask unanimous
consent that, at the next Printing, the
name of the Senator from Maine (Mr.
MusxrE) be added as a cosponsor of
Senate Joint Resolution 163, to supple-
ment the joint resolution making con-
tinuing appropriations for the fiscal year
1970 in order to provide for carrying out
programs and projects, and for payments
to State educational agencies and local
educational agencies, institutions of
higher education, and other educational
agencies and organizations, based upon
appropriation levels as provided in H.R.
13111 which passed the Home of Repre-
sentatives July 31, 1969, and entitled "An
act making appropriations for the De-
partments of Labor, and Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare, and related agencies,
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970,
and for other purposes."
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
objection, it is so ordered.
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
45?SUBMISSION OF A CONCUR-
RENT RESOLUTION EXPRESSING
THE SENSE OF THE CONGRESS
WITH RESPECT TO PUBLIC EX-
PRESSION OF RELIGIOUS FAITH
BY AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS
Mr. TOWER. Mr. President, on behalf
of myself and Senators STEVENS, COOPER,
HOLLAND, FANNIN, THURMOND, SPONG,
SMITH Of Illinois, DOLE, ALLEN, COTTON,
GURNEY, BYRD Of Virginia, and ALLOTT,
I am proud today to submit a concurrent
resolution expressing the sense of the
Congress that the expressions of religious
faith by our astronauts in outer space
were in accord with their first amend-
ment rights of Freedom of Religion and
that future astronauts should not be
prohibited from engaging in similar ex-
pressions of faith while in future flights.
I was truly surprised that there would
ever have been any criticism of our astro-
nauts when on their voyages they reit-
erated their belief and trust in their re-
ligion. These expressions have been in
the highest American tradition of public
displays of faith. For example, here in
the Senate, we open our daily sessions
with a prayer and our motto is "in God
we trust." The first amendment to the
Constitution deals with the freedom of
all Americans to worship as they see fit.
To deny this right to our astronauts sim-
ply because they are on a Government
mission would be violative of their rights.
Mr. President, I know that millions of
Americans will never forget the reading
of Genesis from the-environs of the moon
last Christmas Eve by Colonel Borman
and his crew. This was truly one of the
most moving national experiences that
we have ever had, and it helped to lift
our spirits as a nation.
If the enemies of religion had their
way, such experiences would be con-
demned and any future ones prohibited.
It is the purpose of this resolution to see
that such a condemnation and prohibi-
tion does not occur.
I ask my colleagues to join with me in
sponsoring this measure, so that we may
help to insure that our astronauts may
exercise their constitutional rights and
that the enemies of religion shall not
triumph.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The con-
current resolution will be received and
appropriately referred.
The concurrent resolution (S. Con.
Res. 45), which reads as follows, was
referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary:
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S. CON. RES. 45
Whereas, there has been worldwide interest
In the space program and extensive cover-
age of space projects by the mass media;
Whereas, the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration is directed by section
203(a) (3) of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration Act of 1958 to "provide
for the widest practicable and appropriate
dissemination of information concerning its
activities and the results thereof":
Whereas, the free exercise of religion and
the freedom of speech for all Americans is
protected by the First Amendment of the
Constitution of the United States;
Whereas, there are questions presently be-
fore the courts Intended to test the preroga-
tive of astronauts to express their religious
faith publicly during the course of space
flights: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate (the Rouse of Rep-
resentatives concurring), That it is the sense
of the Congress that all the past expressions
and exercises of religious faith practiced by
the astronauts, during the space explora-
tions, were compatible with the First Amend-
ment of the Constitution of the United
States which guarantees the freedom of
speech and religion. It is further resolved
that the astronauts while engaged in any
duties connected with the space program
should not be obstructed from exercising
these freedoms.
ADDITIONAL COSPONSOR OF A
RESOLUTION
SENATE RESOLUTION* 271
Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unani-
mous consent that, at the next printing,
the name of the Senator from Connecti-
cut (Mr. Dom)) be added as a cosponsor
of Senate Resolution 271, calling for
peace in Vietnam.
The. PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
objection, it is so ordered.
PROVISION THAT TIM SPENT BY
A tlff.)ERAL EMPLOYEE IN A
TRAVEL STATUS SHALL BE CON-
SIDERED AS HOURS OF EMPLOY-
MENT?AMENDMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 263
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I re-
cently introduced a bill to make time
spent by Federal employees in travel
status hours of employment. It has since
been pointed out to me that the original
bill was too broad. I am submitting an
amendment today which will make clear
that time spent in travel Status is hours
of employment only if the employee is
directed to undertake such travel as a
part of his employment responsibilities.
I ask unanimous consent that the
amendment be printed in the RECORD at
this point.
The PRESIDING ateFICER. The
amendment will be received, printed, and
appropriately referred; and, without ob-
jection, the amendment will be printed
in the RECORD.
The amendment. No. 263, was referred
to the Committee on Post Office and Civil
Service, as follows:
Strike out all after the enacting clause
and insert:
"That (a) Section 5542(b) (2) of Title 5,
United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:
"'(2) time spent in a travel status away
from the official duty station of an employee
is hours of employment only if an employee
is directed to undertake such travel as part
of his employment responsibilities.
''(b) The last sentence of Section 5544
t a) of such title is amended to read as
follows: "Time spent in a travel status away
from the official duty station of an employee
subject to this subsection is hours of work
only if an employee is directed to undertake
such travel as a part of his employment
responsibilities.'"
DEPARTMENTS OF STATE, JUSTICE,
AND COMMERCE, THE JUDICIARY,
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO-
PRIATION BILL, 1970?AMEND-
MENT
AMENDMENT NO. 264
Mr. BYRD of Virginia proposed an
amendment to the bill, H.R. 12964, mak-
ing appropriations for the Departments
of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Ju-
diciary, and related agencies for the fis-
cal year ending June 30, 1970, and for
other purposes, which was ordered to be
printed.
(The remarks of Mr. BYRD of Virginia
when he proposed the amendment appear
later in the RECORD under the appropriate
heading.)
TAX REFORM ACT OF 1969?
AMENDMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 265
Mr. CANNON. Mr. President, I seri-
ously question the wisdom of repealing
the investment tax credit. It has been a
mechanism of immense value to the
economy, since it encourages plant mod-
ernization and therefore constantly im-
proves productivity.
Repeal of the investment tax credit is
proposed as a curb on inflation. I ques-
tion whether it will have any such effect.
I am concerned that its repeal may in-
stead contribute to inflation.
Inflationary trends of the past few
years have been caused primarily by a
soaring demand for goods and services.
Newer, more productive capacity is the
best means of meeting this demand and,
thereby, easing inflationary pressures.
The 7 percent tax credit on investment
In capital goods is one of the best tools
we have for stimulating the replacement
of less efficient productive capacity with
the more efficient.
The need to expand and upgrade the
country's productive capacity is a con-
tinuing one that has existed throughout
our economic history. The investment
tax credit is a long-term approach to
meeting this need.
If the Congress decides, nevertheless,
upon repeal, I urge most strongly that
the credit be continued for the Nation's
beleaguered transportation industry. The
need to retain the investment credit for
transportation is so compelling that I am
offering an amendment to the tax reform
bill to provide for continuation of the
credit for regulated transportation.
Continuous improvement in transpor-
tation services is essential to our eco-
nomic well-being. There is no question
that, if the tax credit is repealed for
transportation, some gain in productivity
will be lost, contributing to inefficiency
in our transportation system and in the
economy at large. This is the only large
Nation in the world with a privately
owned and run tram.portation system
and we want to keep it that way. But
transportation is in trouble, not only in
my own State of Nevada but across the
whole country.
Airways and airports are congested
and require a minimum expenditure of
$:t0 billion in the nex, 10 years. At the
same time, the airlines are having the
Most -severe financial problems in years
amid growing demand for air services.
They must spend billions of dollars in
the next few years for air and ground
equipment to accommodate millions of
new passengers. Repeal of the 7 percent
investment tax credit will virtually wipe
oat one of the few viable financing
mechanisms available to that industry?
the tax credit lease. What will happen if
the airlines are unable to finance the
acquisition of badly needed new, more
productive equipment? Certainly fares
will have to be increased to meet the
eost of inflation. Passengers and shippers
will not be accommodated, and the econ-
omy will suffer. The only question is how
much it will suffer.
As for the railroads, all of us are aware
of the constant shortage of boxcars that
plagues this industia year after year.
The American consumer and our econ-
omy are the losers, as well as the rail-
toads. At a time when we are demanding
more services from tie rails we should
not be digging their tag grave.
Our Nation's maritime industry is in
Perpetual crisis. Not enough U.S. ships
are being built. Loss of the investment
lax credit can only worsen this very
(orious situation. Senators should be
concerned that 93 pe-cent of U.S. ocean
ireight is carried in foreign bottoms.
The investment credit has been ex-
tremely helpful in enabling the nation's
motor carriers of freight to keep abreast
of the ever increasing demands for their
:service by America's .5hippers.
New industries are increasingly becom-
ing highway oriented and the tens of
thousands of communities served only
by trucks are increastig in number. Rail-
roads no longer or rarely handle ship-
ments under 6,000 pounds and this also
has thrown an additional burden on
?blie highway carriers
All of this calls for increased capacity,
more rolling stock and the moderniza-
tion of truck fleets. The more than 15,-
-000 regular motor carriers are hard
pressed to meet thee demands in the
face of increased cosi of all kinds.
It is apparent that our transportation
industries, upon which we all depend so
heavily, are not in the best of financial
health.
Therefore, Mr. President, I submit an
amendment intendec to be proposed by
me to the investmert tax credit repeal
provision which will provide the Gov-
ernment and the Nation with far greater
benefits than will be lost through dimin-
ished tax revenues. It would exempt
from repeal the transportation services
of all companies regulated by the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, the Federal
Maritime Commission, and the Civil
Aeronautics Board. .
I hope my colleagues agree that such
an amendment is profoundly in the na-
tional interest.
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law, a report on effectiveness and administra-
tive efficiency of the concentrated employ-
ment program under title IB of the Eco-
nomic Opportunity Act of 1964, St. Louis,
Mo., Department of Labor, dated November
20, 1969 (with an accompanying report); to
the Committee on Government Operations.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS
Petitions, etc., were laid before the
Senate, or presented, and referred as
indicated:
By the ACTING PRESIDENT pro
tempore:
A petition, signed by Clifford Luckey, and
sundry other citizens of the State of Cali-
fornia, praying for the enactment of tax re-
form legislation; ordered to lie on the table.
REPORT OF A COMMIT
The following report of a commIttee
was submitted:
By Mr. LONG, from the Committee on
Finance, with an amendment:
H.R. 13270. An act to reform the income
tax laws (Rept. No. 91-552) .
(The remarks of Mr. LONG when he sub-
mitted the report appear later in the RECORD
under the appropriate heading.)
BILLS INTRODUCED
Bills were introduced, read the first
time and, by unanimous ..11- t the
second time, and referred 0 el Y.
By Mr. SCCYIT:
S.3166. A bill for the relie
Zito; and
S.3167. A bill for the relief Kimo
Ann Duke; to the Committee on the J
diciary.
(The remarks of Mr. Scorr when he in-
troduced the above bills appear later in the
RECORD under the appropriate heading.)
By Mr. BROOKE:
S. 3168. A bill for the relief of Daniel H.
Robbins; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. PASTORE:
S. 3169. A bill to amend the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for
other purposes; to the Joint Committee on
Atomic Energy.
By Mr. TYDINGS:
5. 3170. A bill to amend section 8340 of
title 5, United States Code, to provide a 5-
percent increase in certain annuities; to the
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
(The remarks of Mr. TIDINGS when he in-
troduced the bill appear later in the RECORD
under the appropriate heading.)
By Mr. HARTKE (for himself, Mr.
BAYLI, Mr. BIBLE, Mr. CANNON, Mr.
EAGLETON, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. /VICCAR-
THY, Mr. TIDINGS, Mr. WILLIAMS Of
New Jersey, and Mr. YARBOROUGH) :
S. 3171. A bill to amend the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Aot of 1968;
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
(The remarks of Mr. BATLIKE when he intro-
duced the bill appear later in the RECORD
under the appropriate heading.)
By Mr, McGOVERN:
El. 3172. A bill for the relief of Paul Salerno;
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
8.8173. A bill to extend the time within
Which claims may be Med for credit with re-
spect to gasoline used on farms; to the Com-
mittee on Finance.
(The remarks of Mr. MCGOVERN when he
introduced the last above-mentioned bill
appear later in the RECORD under the ap-
propriate heading.)
in favor of the Mississippi Sioux Indians in
Indian Claims Commission dockets Nos. 142,
359-363, and for other purposes; to the Com-
mittee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
(The remarks of Mr. MoCovraDT when he
introduced the bill appear later in the REC-
ORD under the appropriate heading.)
S. 3166 AND S. 3167?INTRODUCTION
OF BILLS FOR THE RELIEF OF
GIUSEPPE ZITO AND KIMOKO
ANN DUKE
Mr. SCOTT. Mr. President, I introduce
two private bills. This is not ordinarily
the subject of a statement, as under our
present rules these are to be introduced
only by Members of the Senate. But I
introduce two private bills, one for the
relief of Giuseppe Zito and another for
the relief of Kimoko Ann Duke.
I introduce them publicly because I
have had my staff make a careful ex-
amination of the merits of this matter,
and I am satisfied that they are merito-
rious, and I introduce them for appro-
priate reference.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bills
will be received and appropriately re-
ferred.
The bills (S, 3166) for the relief of
Giuseppe Zito and (S. 3167) for the re-
lief of Kimoko Ann Duke, introduced by
Mr. SCOTT, were received, read twice by
their titles, and referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary.
S. 3170?INTRODUCTION OF A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 8340 OF
TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE,
RELATING TO CERTAIN ANNU-
ITIES
Mr. TYDINGS. Mr. President, it is ob-
vious that the Department of Defense
will be announcing numerous reduction
in force statements for the balance of
this fiscal year, it is imperative that we
take every possible step to cushion the
actions and reduce the hardships caused
by such reductions. It is to that end
that I introduce legislation to amend
section 8340(b), of title 5 to extend the
5 percent cost-of-living adjustment
which was available for a 2-day period
and expired October 31, for a period of
60 days after the enactment of legisla-
tion I have proposed. I understand the
proposal is consistent with recommenda-
tions by the Department of Defense and
the Bureau of the Budget. Two days is
certainly not an adequate period of time
to make a decision involving a retire-
ment after a lifetime of service. This was
the situation facing prospective retirees
on October 29, 1969. It would seem that
if we wish career service employees to
take an opportunity of early retirement
and thus ease the stress of hardship by
defense annuitants we should afford
these prospective retirees a minimum of
60 days to make the decision.
The PRESIDING OF'FICER. The bill
will be received and appropriately re-
ferred.
The bill (S. 3170) to amend section
8340 of title 5, United States Code, to
provide a 5-percent increase in certain
annuities, introduced by Mr. TYDINGS,
B. 31B7I. MA big arKtintitie arfandidOkaileteriatbigg
tion of funds appropriated to pay judgments and Civil Service.
S. 3171?INTRODUCTION OF A BILL
TO AMEND THE OMNIBUS CRIME
CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS ACT
OF 1968
Mr. HARTKE. Mr. President, I um
today introducing for myself and Sena-
tors BAYH, BIBLE, CANNON, EAGLETON, MC-
CARTHY, TYDINGS, WILLIAMS Of New Jer-
sey, and YARBOROUGH a bill to amend the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968.
On September 23 of this year, the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation issued its
latest crime statistics for the period
January to June 1969. These statistics
carry the same frightening message car-
ried by other FBI reports in recent years,
which is that violent crime and offenses
against property continue to increase at
an unprecedented rate in the cities, in
the suburbs, and in the rural areas of
our country. As a group, violent 'crimes
Increased 13 percent during this 6-month
period when compared to the same period
in 1968. Robbery was up 17 percent, for-
cible rape 15 percent, aggravated assault
10 percent, and murder 8 percent. Crimes
against property rose 8 percent as a
group. Taken individually, larceny in-
volving amounts of $50 or more increased
17 percent, auto theft was up 9 percent,
and burglary 3 percent.
This country is, in fact, fighting two
wars today, the one in Southeast Asia
and the other right here in this country.
This latter conflict is the much talked
about, but little acted upon, war on
crime. Last year more than 12,000 per-
sons lost their lives as a direct result of
this domestic war?victims of a struggle
which in many ways more brutal and
more bloody than the one in Vietnam.
In 1968 this war, which day by day in-
creases in its intensity, hospitalized
200,000 and produced property losses in
excess of $1 billion.
Unlike Vietnam, where there is some
hope that an honorable peace may be
forthcoming, the situation here at home
appears increasingly desperate. The
forces of crime appear to be alarmingly
close to victory over the forces of peace.
If positive action is not taken?and taken
soon?a crime crisis of unprecedented
proportions will soon surely envelop this
Nation.
Happily, we have the tools already at
hand to meet effectively the forces of
crime and eventually to defeat them.
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 declared
that the policy of the Congress is "to
assist State and local governments in
strengthening and improving law en-
forcement at every level by national as-
sistance." Such assistance is in the form
of planning and action grants to be dis-
tributed to the States by the Law En-
forcement Assistance Administration,
within the Department of Justice. If
intelligently utilized, these grants can
serve as an invaluable instrument in the
fight against crime.
As originally conceived, these grants
were to be distributed directly to those
localities where the incidence of crime
was highest. The local nature of the
Witgillefrlargalttl%
Law Enforcement and Administration
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direct contacts with State planning
aiutt:
gency directors. This study concluded
t
The Safe Streets Act, as currently ad-
ministered by LEAA and most of the states,
will fail to achieve Congress' primary goal
of controlling crime it the streets of urban
high crime areas. Instead of focusing dollars
on the critical problems of crime in the
streets, local planning funds are being dis-
sipated broadly withot t regard to need and
, are being used to Stance third levels of
bureaucracy as a matter of state administra-
tive convenience. Though the original in-
tent of Congress in accepting the approach
, of block grants to the states was to prevent
federal bureaucratic control of local law en-
forcement activities and to encourage local
;planing and innovator, state administrative
practices would app,sr to thwart this
objective.
The NLC study also noted that the
formula for the distiibution of planning
lunds provided that each State, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and for territories
were to receive $101,000 for planning
with additional planning funds to be dis-
tributed on the basis of population. As a
result, planning finds for American
'Samoa amounted to $3.45 per capita, as
compared to only $0.07 each for citizens
,of California and New York. While allow-
ing that such allocations for planning
can perhaps be justified on the theory
that there is a certain level of support
below which a successful planning
alteration cannot be maintained, the NLC
isurvey went on to note the disparity be-
tween funds made available for planning
and action grants:
Although Alaska and Vermont, for example,
will receive $118,000 ant $128,000 respectively
for planning, they will receive only $33,278
and $51,272 respective4 for action programs.
Such limited funding :or post-planning ac-
,tion may retard implementation of an active
;tate program. This may be a particular
c'oblem for urban areqs in smaller states:
these areas have higher crime rates than the
tate as a whole, but their problems may
lot receive state level priority either be
cause of limited action resources or the fact
that crime is not a pressing statewide issue.
Of the 31 States surveyed by NLC, 28
were developing regional systems to
distribute all, or a substantial portion of
the planning and action grant funds
Which the law requires be funneled to
localities. It notes that, 24 of the 31 States
had officially designated a total of 211
iegions, each of which will require staffing
and separate policy review structures.
Much more importantly, the regional
f?ystem for allocation of funds is result-
ing in a fund distrib talon which favors
rural areas over urban, this despite the
LEAA guideline which states:
Priorities in funding local planning phould
he given to the States major urban and
Metropolitan areas, to other areas of high
crime incidence and potential, and to efforts
Involving combinations If local units.?LEAA
Guide for State Planning Agency Grants,
november 1968,
The NLC study then goes on to zero in
cn what might well be the most serious?
and most disturbing?defect in title I, and
that is its seeming inability to insure
that planning and action grant funds will
grant. Every State Jurisdiction was able State Planning grant applications he concentrated in those areas with the
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the caliber of the plans which were gen- and individual cities; and third, several I' ounced in those states which repeat the na-
of Justice, in one of the most ambitious
investigations of the crime problem ever
undertaken. In their report of February
1967, entitled "The Challenge of Crime in
a Free Society," the Commission stressed
the importance of local participation and
authority in the fight against crime.
The House, however, fearful that this
direct grant approach would eventually
lead to a federally controlled police force,
voted for an amendment to title I, which
created a block, rather than categorical
approach, to grant distribution. By virtue
of the House amendment, 85 percent of
all available Federal funds would be dis-
tributed first to the States and then to
the localities.
Here in the Senate, the Judiciary Com-
mittee, despite the House amendment,
maintained the categorical approach to
grant distribution. On the floor this ap-
proach was again challenged and ulti-
mately defeated. By a vote of 48 to 29?
see page 14771 of the RECORD for May 23,
1968?this body adopted an amendment
which paralleled the House amendment
in its impact, with the exception of a
provision in the Senate version which
required that a certain percentage of the
funds be channeled automatically by
State governments to local governments.
This change was viewed as necessary at
the time in order to gain the support of
those Senators who favored the original
categorical approach and who feared
that the cities would be slighted if an
automatic pass-through provision were
not provided. This formula, as developed
in the Senate and later accepted by the
House, provides that 40 percent of the
funds allotted to the States for planning
grants and 75 percent of the funds for
action grants be funneled directly to
units of local government, or combina-
tions of local units, with the remainder
going to the State government.
The Law Enforcement Assistant Ad-
ministration?LEAA?in the Department
of Justice has the responsibility of dis-
tributing the grant money authorized by
Congress. Under the act each State, in
order to be eligible for Federal funds, had
to establish a State planning agency un-
der the authority of the Governor. A pro-
vision for direct grants to localities was
put in the act in case any State failed to
set up a State planning agency. All
States, however, made applications for
funds and established planning agencies,
thereby preventing local governments
from invoking that option. As provided
for in the act, 85 percent of the avail-
able Federal funds were allocated di-
rectly to the States according to their
population, with the remaining 15 per-
cent allocated by the LEAA, at its dis-
cretion.
To insure that this money would be
made available to local governments
without long and harmful delays, title I
provides that States must apply for plan-
ning grants within 6 months after en-
actment of the statute and that States
must then file a comprehensive law en-
forcement improvement plan within 6
months after approval of their planning
erally devised. The first phase of the
program, the planning phase, received
$19 million during fiscal year 1969. An-
other $29 million was appropriated for
action grants for activities called for in
the initial planning stage.
Several provisions in the act were de-
signed to insure that local governments
would not be overlooked in critical 'nat-
ters of planning and funding. In this
regard, title I requires that State plan-
ning agencies "shall be representative
of law enforcement agencies of the State
and of the units of general local govern-
ment within the State." It has been wide-
ly assumed that this provision would
result in the appointment of public offi-
cials who would review the actions of the
State's planning staff. The statute also
specifically directs the States to take into
account "the needs and requests of the
units of general local government" and to
"encourage local initiative." As shall be
pointed out later, the majority of State
planning agencies have not done this.
Also, the unfortunate slowness of some
States in developing plans for distribu-
tion of funds to local governments pre-
sents a serious problem to these govern-
ments. For it is quite possible that if local
governments do not receive planning
funds in sufficient time to develop local
plans or elements of the State plan, their
needs may not be recognized in future
action grants, since only the needs
covered in the comprehensive..State plan
will be eligible for action grant assist-
ance.
Moreover, the requirement that the
States submit their individual plans
within 6 months of their applications for
funds has resulted in the formulation of
plans which, in many instances, consti-
tute little more than "shopping lists,"
rather than cohesive, long-range plans.
For this reason, it is impossible to tell
from many of the plans submitted
whether the action programs which will
proceed from these plans will further the
purposes of the Safe Streets Act.
CRITICISM OF TEIE SAFE STREETS ACT
What I have said already indicates my
belief that all is not well with title I of
the Safe Streets Act. Defects in the plan-
ning process would appear to threaten
seriously the future administration of the
action grant program which was for-
mally initiated with the start of this
fiscal year. Certainly the ultimate suc-
cess of title I is dependent upon the ef-
fectiveness of the action grants.
These doubts that I voice about the
future of the program are shared by a
number of organizations which have an
immediate interest in the legislation.
They are: The National League of
Cities?NLC?the U.S. Conference of
Mayors?USM?the Urban Coalition and
Urban America Inc.; the National Asso-
ciation of Counties?NACO?and the Na-
tional Governors Conference?GC.
In March of 1969, the National League
of Cities published a very well-researched
critique of the block grant features of
the LEAA program. The study included:
First, a comprehensive analysis of 31
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{Roll No. 292]
YEAS-341
Abernethy Evans, Colo. Mayne
Adams Fallon Meeds
Addabbo Farbstein Melcher
Albert Feighan Meskill
Anderson, Findley Michel
Calif. Fish Mikva
Anderson, Ill. Foley Miller, Calif.
Andrews, Ford, Gerald n, Miller, Ohio
, N. Dak. Foreman Minish
Arends Fountain Mink
Ashbrook Fraser Minshall
Ashley Frelinghuysen Mize
Aspinall Frey Mizell
Ayres Friedel Mollohan
Baring Fulton, Pa. Monagan
Barrett Fuqua Montgomery
Beall, Md. Galifianakis Moorhead
Belcher Gallagher Morgan
Bennett Garmatz Morse
Berry Gaydos Mosher
Betts Gibbons Murphy, Ill.
Bevill Gilbert Murphy, N.Y.
Biaggi Gonzalez Myers
Biester Goodling Natcher
Bingham Gray Nedzi
Blackburn Green, Oreg. Nelsen
Boggs Green, Pa. Nichols
Boland Griffiths Nix
Bow Grover Obey
Brademas Gubser O'Hara
Erase? Haley O'Konski
Bray Hall Olsen
Brinkley Halpern O'Neill, Mass.
Brooks Hamilton Patten
Broomfield Hammer- Pelly
Brotzman schmidt Pepper
Brown, Mich. Hanley Perkins
Brown, Ohio Hanna Pettis
Broyhill, NC. Hansen, Idaho Philbin
Broyhill, Va. Harrington Pike
Buchanan Harsha Pirnie
Burke, Fla, Harvey Podell
Burke, Mass. Hastings Poff
Burleson, Tex. Hathaway Pollock
Burlison, Mo. Hawkins Preyer, N.C.
Burton, Calif. Hays Price, Ill.
Burton, Utah Hechler, W. Va. Price, Tex.
Bush Heckler, Mass, Pryor, Ark.
Button Helstoski Quie
Byrne, Pa. Hicks Quillen
Byrnes, Wis. Hogan Railsback
Camp Holifleld Randall
Carter Horton Rees
Casey Hosmer Reid, /11.
Cederberg Howard Reid, N.Y.
Celler Hull Reuss
Chamberlain Hunt Rhodes
Chappell Hutchinson Riegle
Clancy Ichord Rivers
Clark Jarman Robison
Clausen, Johnson, Calif. Rodino
Don II. Johnson, Pa. Roe
Clawson, Del Jonas Rogers, Colo.
Clay Jones, N.C. Rogers, Fla.
Cleveland Jones, Tenn, Rooney, N.Y.
Cohelan Karth Rooney, Pa.
Collier Kastenmeier Rosenthal
Collins Kazen Roth
Colmer Kee Roudebush
Conte Keith Roybal
Conyers Kleppe Ruppe
Coughlin Kluczynski Ruth
Cramer Koch Ryan
Culver Kyros St Germain
Cunningham Landgrebe St. Onge
Daddario Langen Sandman
Daniel, Va. Latta Satterfield
Daniels, N.J. Lipscomb Saylor
Davis, Ga. Lloyd Schadeberg
Davis, Wis. Long, Md. Schneebeli
de la Garza Lowenstein Schwengel
Delaney Lujan Scott
Dellenback Lukens Sebelius
Denney McClory Shriver
Dennis McCloskey Skubitz
Dent McClure Slack
Derwinski McCulloch Smith, Calif.
Devine McDade Smith, N.Y.
Dickinson McDonald, Snyder
Dingell Mich. Springer
Donohue McEwen Stafford
Dowdy McKneally Staggers
Downing McMillan Stanton
Dulski Madden Steed
Duncan Mahon Steiger, Ariz.
Dwyer Mailliard Steiger, Wis.
Eckhardt Mann Stubblefield
Edmondson Marsh Stuckey
Edwards, Ala, Martin Sullivan
Edwards, Calif. Mathias Symington
Erlenbom 1Vlatsunaga Taft
Eshleman May Talcott
i
Taylor Watkins
Teague, Calif. Watson
Teague, Tex. Watts
Thompson, Ga. Weicker
Thomson, Wis. Whalen
Tiernan White
Tunney Whitehurst
Ullman Whitten
Van Deerlin Wiggins
Vander. Jagt Williams
Vanik Wilson, Bob
Vigorito Wilson,
Waldie Charles H.
Wampler Winn
Wold
Wolff
Wright
Wyatt
Wydler
Wylie
Wyman
Yates
Yatron
Young
Zablocki
Zion
Zwach
Mr. Scheuer with Mr. Powell.
Mr. McCarthy with Mr. Diggs.
Mr. Passman with Mr. Landrum.
Mr. Stratton with Mr. Stokes.
Mr. Purcell with Mr. Stephens.
Mr. Smith of Iowa with Mr. Dawson.
The result of the vote was announced
as above recorded.
The doors were opened.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the
table.
Abbitt
Adair
Alexander
Anderson,
Tenn.
Andrews, Ala,
Annunzio
Bell, Calif.
Blanton
Blatnik
Bolling
Brock
Brown, Calif.
Cabell
Caffery
Cahill
Carey
Chisholm
Conable
Corbett
Corman
Cowger
Dawson
Diggs
Dorn
Edwards, La.
Eilberg
Esch
Evins, Tenn.
Fascell
Fisher
NAYS- -1
Ottinger
NOT VOTING-90
Flood
Flowers
Flynt
Ford,
William D.
Fulton, Tenn.
Gettys
Giaimo
Goldwater
Griffin
MacGregor
Mills
Morton
Moss
O'Neal, Ga.
Passman
Patman
Picklsi
Poager
Pow
Gross Puc
Gude Pur
Hagan n
Hansen, Wash. Reifel
Hebert Roberts
Henderson Rostenko
Hungate Scherle
Jacobs Scheuer
Jones, Ala. Shipley
King Sikes
Kirwan Sisk
Kuykendall Smith, Iowa
Kyl .., Stephens
Landrum Stokes
Leggett Stratton
Lennon Thompson, N.J.
Long, La. Udall
McCarthy Utt
McFall Waggonner
Macdonald, Whalley
Made. Widnall
GENERAL LEAVE
Mr. KLUCZYNSKI. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent that all Members
may have 5 legislative days in which, to
revise and extend their remarks on the
bill just passed.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from Il-
linois?
There was no objection.
So the bill was passed.
The Clerk announced the following
pairs:
Mr. Annunzio with Mr. Corbett.
Mr. Hebert with Mr. Adair.
Mr. Waggonner with Mr. Kyl.
Mr. Thompson of New Jersey with Mr.
Conable.
- Mr. Henderson with Mr. Scherle.
Mr. Lennon with Mr. Cowger.
Mr. Blatnik with Mr. Bell of California.
Mr. Andrews of Alabama with Mr. Mac-
Gregor.
Mr. Carey with Mr. Cahill.
Mr. Eilberg with Mr. Each.
Mr. Evins of Tennessee with Mr. Kuyken-
dall.
Mr. Flood with Mr. Goldwater.
Mr. Giaimo with Mr. Brock.
Mr. Griffin with Mr. Utt.
Mr. Rostenkowski with Mr. Gude.
Mr. Pucinski with Mr. Whalley.
Mr. Sikes with Mr. King.
Mr. Mills with Mr. Gross.
Mr. William D. Ford with Mr. Reifel.
Mr. Macdonald of Massachusetts with Mr.
Widnall.
Mr. McFall with Mr. Morton.
Mr. Long of Louisiana with Mr. Udall.
Mr. Jones of Alabama with Mr. Anderson
of Tennessee.
Mr. Abbitt with Mr. Alexander.
Mr. Cabell with Mr. Faseell.
Mr. Dom with Mr. Fisher.
Mr. Edwards of Louisiana with Mr. Flynt.
Mr. Fulton of Tennessee with Mr. Flowers.
Mr. Gettys with Mr. Sisk.
Mr. Hagan with Mr. Roberts.
Mrs. Hansen of Washington with Mr.
Rarick.
Mr. Moss with Mr. Pickle.
Mr. Blanton with Mr. Leggett.
Mr. Caffery with Mr. Jacobs.
Mr. Corman with Mr. Hungate.
Mr. O'Neal of Georgia with Mr. Kirwan.
Mr. Brown of California with Mrs. Chis-
holm.
PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION
OF H.R. 14227, ADJUSTMENTS
OF RETIRED PAY TO REFLECT
CHANGES IN CONSUMER PRICE
INDEX
Mr. MATS'UNAGA, from the Commit-
tee on Rules, reported the following pri-
vileged resolution (H. Res, 726, Rept.
No. 91-692), which was referred to the
House Calendar and ordered to be
printed:
H. Has. 726
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this
resolution it shall be in order to move that
the House resolve itself into the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the
Union for the consideration of the bill (H.R.
11227) to amend section 1401a(b) of title
10, United States Code, relating to adjust-
ments of retired pay to reflect changes in
Consumer Price Index. After general debate,
which shall be confined to the bill and shall
continue not to exceed one hour, to be
equally divided and controlled by the chair-
man and ranking minority member of the
Committee on Armed Services, the bill shall
be read for amendment under the flve-min-
ute rule. At the conclusion of the considera-
tion of the bill for amendment, the Com-
mittee shall rise and report the bill to the
House with such amendments as may have
been adopted, and the previous question shall
be considered as ordered on the bill and
amendments thereto to final passage with-
out intervening motion except one motion
to recommit.
Mr. MATSUNAGA. Mr. Speaker, I call
up House Resolution 726 and ask for its
immediate consideration.
The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report
the resolution.
The Clerk read the resolution.
The SPEAKER. The question is, Will
the House now consider House Resolu-
tion 726?
The question was taken; and (two-
thirds having voted in favor thereof) the
House agreed to consider House Resolu-
tion 726.
The SPEAKER. The gentleman from
Hawaii is recognized for 1 hour.
Mr. MATSUNAGA. Mr. Speaker, I
yield 30 minutes to the gentleman from
Tennessee (Mr. QUILLEN) pending which
I yield myself such time as I may con-
sume.
Mr. Speaker, this resolution provides
for an open rule with 1 hour of general
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debate far consideration of H.R. 14227
to provide military retirees with an im-
proved formula for future adjustments
in their military retired pay.
The purpose of H.R. 14227 is to mod-
ify the existing statutory formula under
which military retired pay is increased
upward to reflect changes in the cost of
living.
The bill, as amended, is designed to
insure that military retirees will have the
same benefit afforded Federal civil serv-
ice retirees with respect to the 1 percent
added increase in cost of living adjust-
ments provided by Public Law 91-93,
which was enacted on October 20 of this
year.
Federal civil service retirees received
a cost-of-living adjustment on Novem-
ber 1, 1969 which included the 1-percent
add-on. This bill would provide that
military retirees will similarly benefit
by this 1-percent add-on retroactive to
the same date. Passage of this legislation
will simply mean equity for the military
retiree.
Mr. Speaker, I urge the adoption of
this resolution in order that H.R. 14227
may be considered.
Mr. QUILLEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield
myself such time as I may consume.
(Mr. QUILLEN asked and was given
Permission to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. QUELLEN, Mr. Speaker, as the
gentleman from Hawaii (Mr. MATSU-
NAGA) has ably stated, this resolution
Provides for the consideration of HR.
14227 under an open rule, with 1 hour
of general debate.
The purpose of the bill is to bring the
formula covering retirement pay for the
military into line with recent amend-
ments to the formula used by the Civil
Service Commission far civilian retirees.
Under the existing formula, whenever
the Consumer Price Index increases by
3 perc,ent over the index base, and re-
mains at or above that level for a period
of 3 consecutive months, military retired
pay is increased on the 1st day of the
third month following the 3-month
period by the highest percentage of in-
crease attained during that period.
The bill adds to this formula an addi-
tional 1 percent upward adjustment with
each such cost-of-living increase. The
reason for this is to make up for the time
lag built into the formula. This same
legislation was recently signed into law
(91-339) for civil service retirees.
The Department of Defense supports
the legislation and estimates the cost for
1 year at about $27,000,000.
The bill was reported unanimously.
Mr. Speaker, I have no further re-
quests for time but I reserve the balance
of my time.
Mr. MATSUNAGA. Mr. Speaker, I
move the previous question on the reso-
lution.
The previous question was ordered.
The resolution was agreed to.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the
table.
INCREASING PER DIEM ALLOWANCE
FOR MEMBERS OF UNIFORMED
SERVICES
Mr. MATSUNAGA, from the Commit-
tee on Rules, reported the following
ileged resolution (H. Res. 727, Rept. No.
61-693), which was referred to the House
Calendar and ordered to be printed:
H. RES. 727
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this
resolution it shall be in order to move that
the House resolve itself into the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the
Union for the consideration of the bill (H.R.
944) to amend section 404(d) of title 37,
United States Code, by increasing the maxi-
mum rates of per diem allowance and reim-
bursement authorized, under certain cir-
cumstances, to meet the actual expenses of
travel. After general debate, which shall be
confined to the bill and shall continue not
Lo exceed one hour, to be equally divided and
controlled by the chairman and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Armed
Services, the bill shall be read for amend-
meat under the five-minute rule. At the con-
clusion of the consideration of the bill for
amendment, the Committee shall rise and re-
port the bill to the House with such amend-
ments as may have been adopted, and the
previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on the bill and amendments thereto to
final passage without intervening motion ex-
cept one motion to recommit.
Mr. MATSUNAGA. Mr. Speaker, I call
up House Resolution 727, and ask for its
immediate consideration.
The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report
the resolution.
The Clerk read the resolution.
The SPEAKER. The question is, Will
the House now consider House Resolu-
tion 727?
The question was taken; and (two-
thirds having voted in favor thereof) the
House agreed to consider House Resolu-
tion 727.
The SPEAKER. The gentleman from
Hawaii is recognized for 1 hour.
Mr. MATSUNAGA. Mr. Speaker, I
yield 30 minutes to the gentleman from
Tennessee (Mr. QUILLEN) pending which
I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Mr. Speaker, this resolution provides
for an open rule with 1 hour of general
debate for consideration of H.R. 944 to
increase per diem allowance for mem-
bers of the uniformed services.
The purpose of HR. 944, as amended,
is to increase the maximum per diem in
lieu of subsisistence and actual expense
reimbursement to the same levels now
enjoyed by the civilian Government em-
ployees, that is to $25 for the per diem al-
lowance and to $40 for the actual ex-
pense reimbursement. At the present
time, the maximum per diem is $16 per
day and the actual expense reimburse-
ment is $30 per day.
HR. 944 would provide that all Gov-
ernment employees, military and
civilian, will be treated equally.
It is estimated that the additional an-
nual cost resulting from the increases
will be approximately $80.8 million.
Mr. Speaker, I urge the adoption of
this resolution in order that H.R. 944
may be considered.
Mr. QUILLEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield
myself such time as I may consume.
(Mr. QUILLEN asked and was given
permission to revise and extend his
remarks.)
Mr. QUILLEN. Mr. Speaker, as the
gentleman from Hawaii (Mr. MAT-
SUNAGA) has ably stated, this resolution
provides for the consideration of H.R.
944 under an open rule with 1 hour of
ge eral debate.
te purpose of the b 11 is to increase
the maximum per diem permitted to
menibers of the -uniformed services from
$14 per day to $25 per day and the maxi-
mum i amount whieh may be reimbursed
when actual expenses are paid from $30
Peg day to $41) per day.
aublic Law 91-114, recently enacted,
rad' es the civilian Government employee
all wances to $25 per day on a per diem
ba1 is and provides that when actual ex-
Pe ses are paid out, the top figure reim-
bu sable is $40 per day. The bill proposes
to )ring the uniformed services in line
wile these recent amendments to statu-
tor/ law covering civilian employees.
'he Department a Defense estimates
th annual cost resulting from this in-
cr ase will be approximately $80,800,000.
13 Department of Defanse and the Bu-
re u of the Budget support the bill.
Ir. Speaker, I have no further requests
fog time, but I reserve the remainder of
my time.
ler. MATSUNAGA. Mr. Speaker, I
m ve the previous question on the reso-
luteon.
the previous question was ordered.
ihe resolution was agreed to.
.t. motion to reconsider was laid on the
Ile.
Ir. PHILBIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask
untmimous consent for the immediate
cog-sideration of the bi 1 (H.R. 944) to
amend section 404(d) of title 37, United
St tes Code, by increasing the maximum
ra ea af per diem, allowance and reim-
bu sement authorized, under certain
ci minstances, to meet the actual ex-
pe ises of travel, and ask unanimous con-
se 4t that the bill be conisdered in the
House as in the Committee of the Whole.
il'he Clerk read the title of the bill.
i
"he SPEA(ER. Is there objection to
th request of the gentleman from
M ssachusetts?
'here was no objection.
he Clerk read the bill, as follows:
H.R. 944
4e it enacted by the Senate and House of
i
Re olesentatives of the United States of
An erica in Congress assembled, That section
40 ((i) of title 37, United States Code, is
anvnded by striking out "$1,3" and "$30",
resi)ectively, and inserting in place thereof
"03" atld "$35".
With the following committee amend-
''n page I, line 5, strike out "$20" and in-
sell `125" and strike oat "$35" and insert
ilie committee am nchnent was agreed
to
Mr. PlanaleN. Mr. Si eaker, I move to
st
1
ke out the last word.
Lr, Speaker, H.R. 944 is designed to
a end section 404(d) of title 37, United
States Code, by increasing the maximum
rates of per diem aline ance and actual
ex iense reimbursemen: authorized to
mtet the travel expenses of service mem-
bers within the contiguous 48 States and
th !District of Columbia.
CR. 944 as originally introduced
wOuld have increased the per diem allow-
an .1e from $16 to $20 and would have in-
cr ased the actual expense reimburse-
mint allowance from $30 to $35. How-
ev ea Public Law 91-114, which was en-
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acted recently, raises the civilian gov-
ernment employee allowances higher
than those contemplated for the military
under H.R. 944. As a result, civilians are
now entitled to a per diem allowance of
$25 and an actual expense reimburse-
ment of $40. Figures on current costs of
lodging and meals were presented to the
Committee on Government Operations
of the House of Representatives by the
Assistant Director of the Bureau of the
Budget during the hearings on the ci-
vilian bill. These figures caused that com-
mittee to conclude that a per diem allow-
ance of $25 and a reimbursement allow-
ance of $40 were necessary.
In light of these findings and in order
that all Government employees, military
and civilian, would be treated equally, the
Committee on Armed Services amended
H.R. 944 to increase the per diem allow-
ance for military personnel to the same
levels now received by their civilian
counterparts, namely the bill's allow-
ance was-raised from $20 to $25 and the
actual expense reimbursement was
raised from $35 to $40. Based upon these
increased allowances, the annual cost of
H.R. 944 as amended would be $80.8 mil-
lion. This dollar requirement can be fi-
nanced within the revised Department
of Defense budget for fiscal year 1970.
The Department of Defense recommends
enactment of the bill at levels that cor-
respond to the civilian allowances. The
Bureau of the Budget interposes no ob-
jection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr.
BURKE of Massachusetts). The question
is on the engrossment and third reading
of the bill.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed
and read a third time, was read the third
;time, and passed, and a motion to re-
onsider was laid on the table.
ADJUSTMENTS OF RETIRED PAY TO
REFLECT CHANGPS IN CONSUMER
PRICE INDEX
Mr. PHILBIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent for the immediate
consideration of the bill (H.R. 14227) to
Mend section 1401a (b) of title 10,
United States Code, relating to adjust-
ments of retired pay to reflect changes in
Consumer Price Index, and ask that the
bill be considered in the House as in
Committee of the Whole.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
objection to the request of the gentle-
man from Massachusetts?
There was no objection.
The Clerk read the bill, as follows:
H.R. 14227
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
second sentence of section 1401a(b) of title
10, United States Code, is amended to read
as follows: "If the Secretary determines that,
for three consecutive months, the amount of
the increase is at least 3 per centum over the
base index, the retired pay and retainer pay
of Members and former members of the
armed forces who become entitled to that pay
before the, first day of the third calendar
month beginning after the end of those three
months shall, except as provided in subsec-
tion (c), be increased, effective on that day,
by the per centum obtained by adding 1 per
centum and the highest per centum of in-
crease in the index during those months, ad-
justed to the nearest one-tenth of 1 per
centum."
With the following committee amend-
ment:
On page 2, after line 5, add the following
new section:
'SEC. 2. The provisions of this Act become
effective on October 31, 1969."
The committee amendment was agreed
to.
(Mr. PHILBIN asked and was given
permission to revise and extend his
remarks.)
Mr. PHILBIN. Mr. Speaker, the pur-
pose of this bill is to modify the existing
statutory formula under which military
retired pay is increased upward so as to
more adequately reflect changes in the
cost of living.
EXPLANATION
Under the existing formula for adjust-
ing military retired pay, whenever the
Consumer Price Index?CPI?increases
by 3 percent over the previous base in-
dex and remains at or above that level
for a peirod of 3 consecutive months,
military retired pay is increased on the
1st day of the third month following
that 3-month period by the highest per-
centage of increase attained during that
period.
This formula was designed by the
Congress as a device to protect the pur-
chasing power of military retired pay.
A similar formula is utilized by the
Civil Service Commission to protect the
purchasing power of retired Federal civil
service employees. However, the formula
for civil service retirees has recently been
improved with the enactment of Public
Law 91-93, October 20, 1969, by attempt-
ing to compensate for an evident de-
ficiency in this formula.
Briefly, the Congress has provided that
whenever an adjustment in Federal civil
service employee's retired pay is effected,
in addition to the percentage increase
dictated by the CPI change, there will
be added a 1-percent increase to compen-
sate for the lag in the application of this
formula.
Thus, since the established formula
required a 4-percent increase in civil
service retired pay effective November 1,
1969, there was also added an additional
1 percent as a result of Public Law 91-
93, with the result that the net increase
for civil service retirees was 5 percent.
Since military retirees are confronted
with the same problem as civil service
retirees, Mr. RIVERS introduced the legis-
lation which would extend this improved
formula to military retirees as well.
EXECUTIVE BRANCH POSITION
The administration has, advised the
Committee on Armed Services that it
supports enactment of this bill.
FISCAL DATA
The cost of a 1-percent increase in
military retired pay for 1 year will be
approximately $27,000,000.
COMMITTEE ACTION
The Committee on Armed Services
unanimously approved this bill with an
amendment, which would make it effec-
tive on the same date as the similar pro-
vision for civil service retirees?Novem-
ber 1, 1969.
Mr. FLYNT. Mr. Speaker, I strongly
support H.R. 14227.
The purpose of this bill is to grant
military retirees the same cost-of-living
adjustments now afforded Federal civil
service retirees.
There was sound reason 'for adjusting
the cost-of-living formula for Federal
civil service retirees, and the same rea-
sons apply with equal force to the bill
now before the House.
In view of recent history of the rate
of increase in cost of living and the rate
which will pertain in the foreseeable fu-
ture, the adjustment authorized in this
bill will not fully compensate the re-
tiree for the cost-of-living increase, nor
is it intended to do so. It will, however,
help to close the gap without adding to
the inflationary pressures which cause
the cost-of-living increase.
By passing this legislation we keep the
faith with our retired military personnel
by giving them the same consideration
which we have already properly given to
Federal civil service retirees.
Mr. PETTIS. Mr. Speaker, when Con-
gress enacted Public Law 85-422 in 1958,
it departed from a principle that had
been practiced for almost 100 years: That
of basing military retired pay on mili-
tary active duty pay rates.
This legislation was followed in 1963
by Public Law 88-132 linking military
retirement pay to the consumer price in-
dex. The practical result of this legisla-
tion was to introduce further confusion
and inequality into the computation of
retirement pay for military personnel.
Members on the retired rolls or those
due for retirement within the next few
years almost without exception entered
active service and served their careers
under a more favorable retirement sys-
tem.
Persons entering the armed services
during that period had every reason to
believe that the Government would carry
out its end of the bargain by continuing
to provide a favorable retirement system.
Certainly if these retirement benefits
were to be reduced, provisions should
have been made to protect the equity of
those individuals who had entered the
service under that system. Ironically, the
action taken by Congress in enacting the
two aforementioned public laws occurred
during the very period that social se-
curity benefits and private pension plans
were becoming much more liberal and
active duty military pay was being in-
creased.
Under the "cost-of-living" formula, the
older retirees, who have less opportunity
to supplement their retired pay by out-
side employment, and whose financial
needs may well be greater, will continue
to see their income decline in relation
to their younger comrades. Such lowered
standards at once broke faith with those
persons on the active lists as to their
own treatment in the years to come.
Certainly the lowered standard of com-
pensation arbitrarily imposed upon those
already retired can cause little reason
for hope for better treatment for those
due to retire in the future.
I believe that military people, both
active and retired, who entered the mili-
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taxy service prior to June 1? 1958, when
the recoinputation principle wag PreciPi-
tiously suspended, have a moral right to
have their retired pay computed no less
favorably than was provided by law when
they undertook the obligations of a mili-
tary career in anticipation of such bene-
fits.
Whatever the merits of HR. 142'77,
I feel that the terms of my proposed leg-
islation, H.R. 310 will improve the sys-
tem by removing the inequities which I
have just cited. In addition, it has the
added attraction of ultimately reducing
the cost to the Federal Government by
eliminating the application of the legis-
lation to those persons who entered the
service after the system had been
changed.
The SPEAKER pre tempore. The ques-
tion is on the engrossment and third
reading of the bill.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed
and read a third time, was read the third
time, and passed, and a motion to re-
consider was laid on the table.
GENERAL LEAVE
Mr. PRILBIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent that all Members
may have 5 legtslative days in which to
revise and extend their remarks on the
two bills just passed.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
objection to the request of the gentle-
man from Massachusetts?
There was no objection.
ADMINISTRATION ACTION NEEDED
TO IMPROVE HOUSING MARKET
(Mr. BARRETI asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. BARRETT. Mr. Speaker, in the
Wall Street Journal of Wednesday, No-
vember 19,1 saw two articles, side by side,
which were of particular interest to me
as chairman of the Subcommittee on
Housing.
The first of these articles was cap-
tioned "Housing Starts in Month Fell 12
Percent, Most This Year." A reading of
this article simply reinforces what all of
us already know and have known for
some time?that the housing industry
continues to be in trouble?in deep
trouble.
The second of these articles offers what
I think is a glimmer of hope for the
housing industry. Preston Martin, the
new and dynamic Chairman of the
Home Loan Bank Board announced that
newly instituted actions will make more
than $5.3 billion available in additional
funds in 1970. This is a most welcomed
piece of news.
But, Mr. Speaker, there was something
in this latter article that causes me some
concern.
There is nobody in the Congress who
has a greater respect for the Bank Board
than I. It has done in the past, is doing
now, and will in the future. I know, con-
tinue to do an outstanding job in helping
Provide housing for all of our people. The
Bank Board is offering to buy some $200
million In mortgage paper which will
originate on HUD-subsidized housing
projects. What concerns me, Mr. Speaker,
is that the administration, in pushing
forward in this area, is not really cog-
nizant of what we in the Congress have
intended, or if cognizant, it chooses to
ignore our mandate.
One of the more important features of
the Housing Act of 1968 was section 804
relating to mortgage-backed securities.
In our report on the pending Housing
and Urban Development Act of 1969, we
said:
When this legislation (i.e. the 1968 Act)
was considered last year, the Committee un-
derstood that FNMA, using its experience
and contacts in the capital market, would
be the first issuer of these securities in or-
der to establish their acceptability to po-
tential investors. Other issuers then would
be able to take advantage of FNMA's ex-
perience and expertise. This still seems to be
a sound plan, and would seem to represent
a reasonable procedure to initiate and esta.o-
lish a reliable market for this type of
security.
It is unclear, at this point, Mr. Speak-
er, exactly what type of issue the Bank
Board is contemplating. If it is the bond
type mortgage-backed security. I would
certainly expect that the administration
will heed the words of our committee
and will use that facility?FNMA--
which has been ready and willing for
some little time and able to move in this
area.
If the security involved is not a bond
type mortgage-backed security, then I
think we must again ask the administra-
tion how much longer will it take for it
to implement this mortgage-backed se-
curity program which, still offers so much
potential for the tapping of large suing
of money so sorely needed by the hous-
ing industry.
The housing situation is daily growing
more acute, and some 15 or 16 months,
Mr. Speaker, seems to be long enough for
the administration to perfect its regula-
tions on this section of the law which
still offers much promise.
AND I STILL DREAM ABOUT IT
(Mr. KOCH asked and was given per-
mission to address the House for 1 nain-
Me and to revise and extend his remarks
and to include extraneous matter.)
Mr. KOCH. Mr. Speaker, every day for
the past week, we have seen new evi-
dence establishing that war crimes have
been committed by members of our
Armed Forces in Vietnam. A horrendous
tragedy took place in the village of
Songmy where Vietnamese civilians, men,
women, and babes in arms, were massa-
cred by American Army personnel.
If we did not know it before, we know
it now, that the ability to commit war
crimes is ndt restricted to the Germans.
War brings out the beast in man. Every
nation is capable of committing the kind
of atrocity that took place in this small
Vietnamese village.
War crimes in our lifetime have been
committed by the Soviet Union which
slaughtered tens of thousands of limo-
cent Poles and other peoples in Eastern
Europe; the Dutch committed similar
atrocities in Indonesia before they left
ose islands; the French perpetrated
c mparable outrages in Algeria before
they vacated that eountry. There is a
Inany of names Whith would include
cOontry after country, guilty of atroci-
tit s, when one nation sought to subjugate
tip people of another land. These war
on meg are always committed in the name
freedom, liberty, and self-defense.
!Almost every country sitting in inde-
nt at Nuremburg has a historical
reeerd of having committed atrocities.
-71- ere were some who made this point
w en the Nuremburg erials were being
ulueted, and some said that because
thire were others whc had committed
1 wOuld commit other atrocities that
thlse Germans who had committed them
in World Wax II oughe not to be pun-
i ed. I did not agree with that point of
vi iv then, nor do I now. Instead, we
ol4ht to make certair, indeed pledge,
th t whoever commits atrocities from
wijatever country, including our own,
mist and will be brought to trial. And
thet we Pledge ourselees to evolve a
evd edwide rule of law and the mech-
anism to enforce it wh ch will seek out
th1 se who violate that law and punish
th ra.
1 must have come as a shock to many
Americans to learn that our people are
as Impable of committing these most ab-
ho rent acts as were the Nazis of Ger-
ey. It is not enough to hang our heads
In hame?we-must do more. Man carries
within him the most base animal in-
stitcts, as well as the divine spirit. When
a itan Personally, or under color of gov-
errnental authority, permits those base
be eial instincts to govern his conduct
anti commits acts which, 86 a result of
thei Nuremburg trials, now constitute
act, universally accepted as war crimes,
suc i a man or men must be punished.
hether war crimes are conunitted be
No 4.h Vietnamese at Flue or by U.S.
sol Lars in Songrny, iustiee requires that
tho e who perpetrate them be tried.
'Ilse confession of one of our young
sol tors, Paul Meadlo, who participated
in t4ie killing of men, women, and babies
at Songinse is a compe ling statement
and should be read by all of our col-
lea les. It follows:
're SCRLET OF INTERVIEW Or VIETNAM WAR
V EERAN ON HIS ROLE IN ALLEGED MASSACRE
0 , CIVILIANS AT SOIIGMY
(ICTE.---FOHOWOlg is a transcript of an
inte view with Paul /Vledlo, *Vietnam veteran,
by i4 ke Wallace oil the Columbia Broadcast-
ing ., ystem. Radio Network .ast night.)
MiiitMA. Captain ?del:11nm had us all in a
grout), and oh, he briefed us, and I can't re-
menper all the briefing.
W4LLACE. How many of :hem were you?
A. \Niel!, with the mortar platoon, I'd say
ther4 d be about 85-65 people, but the
mix platoon wasn't with us. And I'd say
the .ortar platoon had abet t 20--25--about
25 peiople in the mortar platoon. SO we didn't
have i the whole company in ,,lie Pinkville, no
we dfdn't
Q. riThere weren't about 4C 46. . . . A. . . .
right( . . .
Q.-) -that took part in all of this? A. Right.
Q. iATOW you took off from y .i.ur base camp__
A. . ... yes--Dolly.
Q. ) . . Dolly. At what time') A. I wouldn't
know what time it was . . .
Q. , . . In the early mornin i, . . . A. . . . In
the qirly morning. It was,- it would have
been li long time ago.
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or (B) after he has received outpatient hos-
pital diagnostic services, if, after reviewing
the findings revealed by such services, his
physician and the hospital from which he
received such service s% certify (not later than
7 days after the termination of such services)
that he is in imm.ediate need of extended care
services, and if he is admitted to an extended
care facility within 14 days after the date
on which his need for extended care services
was so certified."
S 1 18?INTRODUCTI.ON OF BILL TO
IIvfROVE PAYMENT FORMULA
FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
HEALTH INSURANCE
Mr. TYDINGS. Mr. President, I in-
troduce, for appropriate reference, a bill
to provide that the Government con-
tribution to the cost of Federal employee
health insurance plans shall not be less
than 38 percent thereof.
From the beginning of the health in-
surance program in 1960 until 1967, em-
ployees paid the full cost of each in-
crease in the insurance premiums. In
1966, Congress provided that the Govern-
ment should pay some of the increased
cost of the insurance by raising the Gov-
ernment's dollar contribution to the
plans.
This dollar increase, which went into
effect in 1967, brought the Government's
share of the cost of the health insurance
up to 38 percent for high-option cov-
erage.
Unfortunately, stepping up the Gov-
ernment's dollar contribution in this
fashion provides only a temporary solu-
tion to the problem of increasing insur-
ance costs.
This year, again, health insurance pre-
miums have been raised. There is no pro-
vision in the law for an automatic in-
crease in the Government's share of the
premium. The employees are carrying
the entire Cost of the increase, and the
Government's share now amounts to only
about 27 percent of the total premium.
I propose, Mr. President, that we fix
the Government's share at 38 percent of
the cost of the health insurance plans.
Then, with any future increase in the
premiums, the dollar amount of the Gov-
ernment's contribution will automati-
cally be proportionately increased.
For all Federal employee health in-
surance programs, the Government now
pays $1.62 if the enrollment is for self
only, and $3.94 for self and family, plus
administrative expenses?except as pro-
vided in subsection (b) of section 8906
of title 5, U.S.C., which fixes the Govern-
ment share at 50 percent for plans for
which the biweekly cost is less than twice
the dollar amounts mentioned above.
My bill would retain those dollar
amounts but provide that the Govern-
ment will contribute either those dollar
amounts or 38 percent of the subscrip-
tion charge of the plan, whichever is the
greater.
Basically, this would guarantee that no
matter what his plan or how much it
may increase in cost in the future, a Fed-
eral employee will not pay more than 62
percent of the cost of his health insur-
? ance program. Any coverage for which
the Government's share is now more than
38 percent will not be altered by this
proposal.
Mr. President, this year's increases in
the premiums for Government employee
health insurance amount to substantial
additional payroll deductions.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous con-
sent that a table giving increases in bi-
weekly payroll deductions for the three
health insurance programs available to
Federal employees in this area be printed
at this point in the RECORD.
There being no objection, the table was
ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as
follows:
INCREASES IN BIWEEKLY HEALTH INSURANCE
DEDUCTIONS, 1969
Self
only
Self and
family
Aetna:
High option
$1.62
$4.01
Low option
.65
1.49
Blue Cross/Blue Shield:
High option
1.09
2.66
Low option
.08
.14
Group Health:
High option
.43
1.13
Low option
.31
.80
Mr. TYDINGS. Mr. President, al-
though in 1966 we approved a Govern-
ment employee cost-sharing plan where
the Government paid 38 percent to the
employee's 62 percent, this year's in-
creases have change the percentages to
27 percent and 73 percent respectively.
In recommending to the Senate the
1966 increase in the Government's share,
the Post Office and Civil Service Commit-
tee reported that?
Congress did not intend for the employee
to pay a disproportionate share of the cost
of the program. This is not characteristic of
private enterprise and should not be followed
in the Federal program.
And yet, only 3 years later, the
employees are paying significantly more
than 62 percent which the committee
then recommended and which Congress
approved.
In addition, Mr. President, I would
like to remind my colleagues that last
year we provided for precisely the same
conversion I now propose?from a fixed
dollar contribution to a fixed percentage
of cost?for the Federal employees' life
insurance program. Rather than having
to repeatedly increase the dollar amount
of the Government's contribution to the
life insurance program, we included a
provision in the Civil Service pay bill
which fixed the Government's share at
333/3 percent.
In the interests of efficiency and fair-
ness to Federal employees, I urge that
we follow up that sensible change in the
payment formula with the comparable
change I propose here. So that we need
not come back each time health insur-
ance costs go up, and so that Federal em-
ployes will not have to shoulder a dis-
proportionate share of those increases
between the time they go into effect and
the time Congress can provide redress,
I move that we change the system of
computing the Government's share from
a. fixed dollar amount to a fixed percent-
age. And furthermore, I suggest that a
reasonable percentage for the Govern-
ment to contribute is 38 percent.
Mr. President, I ask that the text of
the bill be printed in the RECORD follow-
ing my remarks.
The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will
be received and appropriately referred;
and, without objection, the bill will be
printed in the RECORD.
The bill (S. 1218) to provide that the
Government contribution to the cost of
Federal employee health insurance plans
shall not be less than 38 percent thereof,
introduced by Mr. TYDINGS, was received,
read twice by its title, referred to the
Committee on Post Office and Civil Serv-
ice, and ordered to be printed in the
RECORD, as follows:
S. 1218
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House
of Represen,tatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That sub-
section (a) of section 8906 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by striking out "is
$1.62 if the enrollment is for self alone or
$3.94 if the enrollment is for self and
family." and inserting in lieu thereof the
following: "is the greater of the following:
"(1) $1.62 if the enrollment is for self
alone or $3.94 if the enrollment 113 for self or
family; or
"(2) 38 percent of the subscription charge
for the plan."
Sac. 2. The amendment made by the first
section of this Act shall take effect on the
first day of the first pay period which begins
on or after the sixtieth day following the
date of enactment.
S. 1223?INTRODUCTION OF BILL TO
PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
A SPECIAL SERIES OF POSTAGE
STAMPS IN COMMEMORATION OF
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY ..OF THE
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL
WOMEN'S CLUBS
Mr. MATHIAS. Mr. President, I rise to
introduce a Bill to provide for the issu-
ance of a special series of postage stamps
in commemoration of the 50th anniver-
sary of the National Federation of Busi-
ness and Professional Women's Clubs. I
am sure that the Members of the Senate
are well acquainted with the work of this
outstanding organization, but I would
like to review some of the highlights of
Its 50-year history.
In 1917, Secretary of War Newton
Baker appealed to the women's colleges
and to the YWCA to organize business
and professional women as a source of
qualified women for the war effort. This
Initiative led to the founding in July 1919
of the National Federation of Business
and Professional Women's Clubs. The
goals of the federation were to elevate
the status of business and professional
women, promote their interests, and
foster a spirit of cooperation among
them.
The national federation has grown
until today its membership numbers
close to 200,000. It has federations in each
of the 50 States, with approximately 3,-
800 local clubs. An international federa-
tion was formed in 1930, and today repre-
sents almost 40 countries.
The national federation carries on
many significant activities. Particularly
noteworthy are the annual Congress of
Career Women Leaders, and the Business
and Professional Women's Foundation
located here in Washington, dedicated
to furthering research relating to the
status of business and professional wo-
men.
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Mr. President, I feel that the 50th
anniversary of the National Federation
of Business and Professional Women's
Clubs is an event worthy of commemora-
tion, and for that reason I am introduc-
ing a bill providing for a special com-
memorative stamp. I have today also
written to Postmaster General Blount,
urging that his Department take favor-
able action on the national federation's
request for such a stamp.
The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will
be received and appropriately referred.
The bill (S. 1223) to provide for the
issuance of a special series of postage
stamps in commemoration of the 50th
anniversary of the National Federation
of Business and Professional Women's
Clubs, introduced by Mr. Miminks, was
received, read twice by its title, and re-
ferred to the Committee on Post Office
and Civil Service.
S.1224?INTR,ODUCIION OF BILL RE-
STORNG LIMITED COMMUNITY
WORK AND TRAINING PROVI-
SIONS TO FEDERAL LAW
Mr. HATFIELD. Mr. President, I in-
troduced a bill to amend title IV of the
Social Security Act to permit States to
continue, under certain circumstances,
community work and training programs
for individuals receiving aid to families
with dependent children under State
plans established pursuant to such title.
I ask unanimous consent that the bill
be received and appropriately referred.
The bill would restore limited commu-
nity work and training provisions to sec-
tion 409 of the Social Security Act which
will help States assure that job training
is available to every welfare recipient
who might benefit from it.
Under present law the work incentive
program has replaced community work
and training. However, there are some
geographical areas where work incentive
"slots" will not be available and in some
instances there may not be as many
"slots" under the work incentive Pro-
gram as the State could make available
if community work and training contin-
ued in effect.
Some States, such as Oregon, have
conducted highly successful work train-
ing programs during the 5 years, 1962
through 1967, that the Community
Work and Training Law existed. Thou-
sands of Oregonians received on-the-job
experience that enabled them to leave
welfare rolls in favor of self-support. I
am confident that this experience was
shared by other States.
When the law was changed eliminat-
ing community work and training, some
States, which had not yet had an oppor-
tunity to implement the work incentive
program, found themselves with no
mandatory work program for recipients.
Local administrators commented that
the lack of mandatory work requirements
weakened the entire program. Men who
had formerly taken pride in participat-
ing in projects that benefited the entire
community showed reluctance to expend
so much effort when others could do
nothing at all and continue to receive
their assistance grants.
Community work and training has
given many communities new parks,
road improvements, and other assets
their regular budgets would not have
covered. These highly visible projects
have been tangible proof to the commu-
nity and to the recipients themselves that
these recipients wanted to work and to
contribute something meaningful to
community life if only Opportunities
were made available. ---
The proposed legiSiation Would permit
States to ree.stablish community work
and training' programs for those recip-
ients who live in parts of the State
where there is no work incentive pro-
gram operating or for whoiri there are no
work incentive openings available at a
given time. Enactment of this legislation
will mean that all welfare recipients, re-
grdless of where they live Or how many
o hers are in similar circurnstances, will
have and
will
same owppl he
stunitlejsee ft to th
for
e e
same requirements.
The proposed change would not keep
public welfare in the work program
bueiness permanently. As the work in-
cenUve program grows to the point
whet; it covers all appropriate recipients,
com unity work and training would be
automatically phased out. Until .that
time, 11ae change would be a step toward
equity %and opportunity for those who
receive public assistance.
I ask Unanimous consent that the text
of the bill be printed in the RECORD at
the close of my remarks.
The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will
be received ,and appropriately referred;
and, without objection, the bill will be
printed in the RECORD.
The bill ($. 1224) to amend title IV
of the Social Security Act to permit
States to continue, under certain circum-
stances, eomMunity work and training
programs for individuals receiving aid
to families With dependent children
under State Olans established pursuant
to such title,: introduced by Mr. HAT-
FIELD, was received, read twice by its title,
referred to the Committee on Finance,
and ordered tia be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
S. 1224
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That section
409 of the Social Security. Act is amended by
adding at the end thereof the following new
subsection: -
"(c) (1) Notwithstanding the preceding
provisions of this section or the provisions of
section 204(c) (2) of the Social Security
Amendments: of 1967, the pteceding provi-
sions of this section shall apply with respect
to expenclitnres with respect to a dependent
child or relative with whoni such child is
living (as specified in sectioli 406(a)) only
If such child or relative is residing in an area
of the State?
" (1) in which there is not in operation a
work incentive program established pursuant
to part C,br
"(ii) in which there is in operation such a
work incientive program but, because of lim-
itations on the number of individuals who
can be! accepted under such programs, all
individuals referred to such program under
section 402(a) cannot be accepted to partici-
pate therein.
"(2) Nothing in paragraph. (1) shall be
construed to relieve any State of the require-
ments imposed by section 402(a) with re-
spect to referral of individuals to a work
incentive program established under part C."
SEC. 2. The amendments Made by this Act
shall be applicable only with respect to cal-
endar quarters commencing after the date
of enactment of this Act.
S. 1229 AND S. 1230?INTRODUCTION
OF BILLS RELATING TO TREAT-
MENT OF INDIAN TRIBES UNDER
TERMS OF CRIME CONTROL AND
SAFE STREETS ACT OF 1968 AND
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PREVEN-
TION AND CONTROL ACT OF 1968
Mr. BURDICK. Mr. President, on be-
half of Mr. METCALF, Mr. MCGOVERN4 Mr.
MANSFIELD, and myself, I am pleased to
Introduce, for appropriate reference, two
bills, S. 1229, amending the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968 (Public Law 90-351) and S. 1230,
amending the Juvenile Delinquency Pre-
vention and Control Act of 1968 (Public
Law 90-445).
These amendments simply provide
that Indian tribes are eligible to receive
direct Federal assistance under the anti-
crime programs established by the two
acts. The Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act amendment requires
that the tribe "perform law-enforcement
functions." The need for such treatment
arises from the unique legal status of In-
dian lands within our system of govern-
ment.
In general, States at the present time
do not have jurisdiction over criminal
offenses committed on Indian reserva-
tions by or against Indians, or over civil
causes of aotion which arise on Indian
reservations between Indians or as to
which Indians are parties. However, Pub-
lic Law 280, 83d Congress, as amended,
granted to six States?Alaska, Califor-
nia, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, and
Wisconsin?with certain exceptions, ju-
risdiction with respect to criminal of-
fenses and civil- causes of action which
arise in Indian country within such
States.
When the omnibus crime control and
safe streets legislation was initially
drafted, Indian tribes were inadvertently
omitted from coverage under title I. The
Senate corrected this oversight by adopt-
ing an amendment proposed by Senator
Hayden and other Senators which made
it clear that Indian tribes were among
the local units of government eligible to
receive assistance under the new law. In-
dian tribes were thus made eligible for
Federal law enforcement grants on the
same basis as other municipalities.
Similarly, the inadvertent omission of
Indian tribes from coverage under the
Juvenile Prevention and Control Act was
corrected, by amendment, thus making
Indian tribes eligible recipients of grant
funds under the act.
What was accomplished by these car-
tections, however, was lost in part when
the block grant approach was ultimately
adopted. Both acts establish a State
agency for administration of the pro-
grams within the State. In those States
which do not have jurisdiction over In-
dian tribes, it is unrealistic to support
the State agency will make appropriate
provision for juvenile delinquency and
crime control problems on Indian reser-
vations within their borders.
The amendments we offer today insure
that the applications of concerned In-
than tribes will be placed on an equal
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Items specifically excluded from gross in-
come) is amended by redesignating section
121 as section 122, and by inserting after
section 120 the following new section:
"SEC. 121. Retirement annuities paid by
the United States or any agency thereof.
"Gross income does not include the first
$5,000 received during any tax year as civil
service retirement annuity from the United
States or any agency thereof, after the full
amount of the annuitant's contribution to
the civil service retirement and disability
fund has been paid to the annuitant."
SRC. 2. The table of sections for part III
of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954 is amended by striking
out.
"SEC. 121. Cross references to other Acts"
and inserting in lieu thereof:
"SEC. 121. Retirement annuities paid by
the United States or any agency thereof un-
der Federal Retirement Acts.
"Szo. 122. Cross references to other Acts."
SEC. 3. Section 27(d)(1) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to limitation
on retirement income) is amended by strik-
ing out "or at the end of subparagraph (B),
by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (D), and by inserting after sub-
paragraph (B) the following new subpara-
graph:
"(C) under Federal Retirement Acts, or".
SEC. 4. The amendments made by this Act
shall apply only with respect to taxable years
ending after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
S. 423. A bill to amend the Civil Service Re-
tirement Act, as amended, to provide mini-
mum annuities for employee annuitants and
spouse survivor annuitants; to the Commit-
tee on Post Office and Civil Service:
Be it v./acted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That section
8339, Title V, United States Code, is amended
by adding the following subsection (1) after
subsection (k) thereof.
SECTION 1. No annuity under this section
shall be less than $200 per month for an an-
nuitant with a spouse and/or dependents, or
$100 per month for an annuitant with neither
spouse nor dependents.
SEC. 2. Section 8341, Title V. United
States Code, is amended by adding the fol-
lowing subsection (g) after subsection (f)
thereof:
(g) No annuity under this section shall be
less than $200 per month for a spouse sur-
vivor annuitant with one or more depend-
ents, or $100 per month for a spouse sur-
vivor annuitant without dependents.
Scq. 3. This 'Act shall take effect on the
first day of the third month following its
enactment.
SEC. 4. The provislons*of section 8348(g),
Title V. United States Code, shall not apply
With respect to benefits resulting from the
enactment of this Act.
S. 424, S. 425, AND S. 426?INTRODUC-
TION OF BILLS TO AMEND THE
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS
ACT AND THE LABOR-MANAGE-
MENT RELATIONS ACT OF 1947
Mr. FANNIN. Mr. President, on be-
half of myself and other Senators, I in-
troduce, for appropriate reference, three
bills to amend the National Labor Rela-
tions Act and the Labor-Management
Relations Act of 1947.
These bills are the same as those intro-
duced by me in the 90th Congress. The
first bill would amend the national emer-
gency provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act
to provide for dissolution of injunctions
only upon the settlement of disputes. Un-
der existing law, injunctions are limited
to 80 days. The national interest must be
protected as long as is necessary. I may
point out that unions will, of course, re-
tain the right to strike a particular plant
or even a segment of an industry. The
injunction, as under existing law, can
be enforced only where the strikes are so
broad as to jeopardize the national health
and welfare.
A second bill would amend the National
Labor Relations Act so as to require a
Board-conducted election in all represen-
tation cases. Thus this bill would pr&,..vent-
voluntary recognition of a imion-by an
employer, a practice whieli has led to
many abuses. I have Ways believed that
it is the right of t worker, and not his
boss or a few un ? advocates, to cast his
ballot secretly r or against union repre-
sentation.
Mr. Presi
amend the N
by prohibiti
fines against
their rights
proposal, for
fine an emplo
nt, the third bill would
tional Labor Relations Act
the levying by unions of
employees for exercising
der the act. Under this
ample, a union could not
ee for exceeding produc-
tion quotas se by the unions, crossing
union picket li s, filing decertification
petitions, nor fhr testifying in Board
proceedings against a union. It seems
to me that unioni cannot be regarded
in the same light ks private voluntary
associations, which re and should be
free to impose on its rembers whichever
rules it chooses. This hill will carry out
the intent of Oongres that the rights
given to unions carry coMmensurate re-
sponsibility and obligati? s on unions to
act in the public interest nd in the in-
terests of their members. '
The VICE PRESIDENT.
be received and appropria ly referred.
\The bills will
e
The bills, introduced by \Mr. FANNIN
(for himself and other Senators), were
received, read twice by their titles, and
referred to the Committee ori Labor and
Public Welfare, as follows: .
By Mr. FANNIN (for himself, Mr. BEN-
NETT, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. ERVIN, Mr.
THURMOND, and Mr. Wimmivis of
Delaware) :
S. 424. A bill to amend the National Labor
Relations Act so as to prohibit the levying
by labor organizations of fine's against em-
ployees for exercising rights finder such act
or for certain other activi es.
By Mr. FANNIN 4or himself, Mr.
BENNETT, and . WILLIAMS of Dela-
ware) : ..
425, A bill-to-fiinend the national emer-
gency provisions of the Labor-Management
Relations Act, 1947, so as to provide for dis-
solution of injunctions thereunder only upon
settlement of disputes.
By Mr. FANNIN (for himself, Mr. BEN-
NETT, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. ERVIN, Mr.
THURMOND, and Mr. WILLIAMS Of
Delaware) :
' S. 426. A bill to amend the National Labor
Relations Act so as to require a Board-
conducted election In representation cases.
S. 434?INTRODUCTION OF BILL TO
REAUTHORIZE THE RIVERTON
RECLAMATION PROJECT
Mr. McGEE. Mr. President, I intro-
duce, in behalf of myself and my Wyo-
ming colleague (Mr. HANSEN), a bill to
reauthorize the Riverton reclamation
project.
This measure is not a new one, Mr.
President, and, in fact, hearings were
held on similar legislation in the 90th
Congress by the Interior Committee. It
is, however, badly needed legislation
which will, among other things, protect
a considerable investment of money,
time, and dedication. It represents the
best thoughts I have heard from all
quarters on how to resurrect the deteri-
orating Third Division of the Riverton
project, which was bought back from its
rmer settlers a few seasons ago and
h since been leased to farmers of the
succ sful Midvale Irrigation District,
who have continued to make the lands
produce.
The men on these lands have proven
they can work them profitably and the
Midvale district has shown it can handle
the operation and maintenance of the
old third division lands. This bill, then,
would put their operation on solid foot-
ing by incorporating nearly 9,000 acres
of the former third division into their
operation, reauthorizing the entire Riv-
erton unit as a part of the Missouri River
Basin project, and providing for a single
repayment contract with the Govern-
ment.
Mr. President, the Riverton Ranger is
a newspaper which advocates this bill, so
vital to its own community. It has edi-
torially supported the measure, and in
an editorial published December 30, 1969,
it summed up the need. I ask unanimous
consent that that editorial be printed at
this point in the RECORD.
The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will
be received and appropriately referred;
and, without objection, the editorial will
be printed in the RECORD.
The bill (S. 434) to reauthorize the
Riverton extension unit, Missouri River
Basin project, to include therein the en-
tire Riverton Federal reclamation proj-
ect, and for other purposes, introduced by
Mr. McGEE (for himself and Mr. HAN-
SEN) , was received, read twice by its title,
and referred to the Committee on In-
terior and Insular Affairs.
The editorial presented by Mr. 1VIEGEE
is as follows:
DETERIORATION
Congress should enact, early in the session,
the Riverton project reauthorization bill. The
needs for the bill cry for prompt action.
The most immediate one is the necessity of
returning the Third Division farms to pri-
vate ownership. Leased out on a year to year
basis since the government brought out the
Third Division settlers, the 8800 acres in
Third Division continue to produce, but the
buildings, the fences, the weed control and
the general maintenance and upbuilding of
the farm suffers.
Deterioration is the word that best de-
scribes what's happening in Third Division
while the Midvale farmers wait for action by
Congress on the Riverton project bill. The
lessees have proved the feasibility of the area.
Midvale, through its experience, has proved
it can handle the operation and maintenance
of the Third Division right along with their
own lands in the Second Division of the
Riverton project.
Progress has been steady, if slow, toward
such action by Congress. Hearings have been
held by both the House and Senate on the
bill. There's been a tour of the premises. The
Central Arizona Project, long hailed as the
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stumbling block impeding action, is now out
of the way.
Wyonaing's Congressmen McGee, Hansen
and Weld present a united front with prom-
ises to reintroduce the bill early in the ses-
sion.
Colorado CongreaMan Wayne Aspinall is
familiar with the needs Of Riverton project.
Our request is urgent. It's irresponsible to
defer action longer arid contribute to further
deterioration cif Maird Division farms. The
bills slamIld be ?passed. The first priority un-
der its Several ?phases should be to sell these
farms to fanners who know how to run
them and will reverse the tragic downward
trend that's been inevitable with the one
year leases.
8. 437, .AND34--INTRODUC-
-MON OF BU.J.ON FEDERAL MI-
PLOYEES' LEGISLATION
Mr. MOSS. Mr. President, during my
years in the Senate I have been very
much concerned with the problems of
people who work for the Irederal Gov-
ernment. We want to attract the most
competent and best trained people pos-
sible for Government service. Once we
have attracted them, we want to hold
them in their jobs. One of the most im-
portant incentives to Government ca-
reers is a fair retirement system.
Our present civil service system is one
of the best in the world, btit it has some
glaring Wealmesses. Some of these weak-
nesses grow out of arbitrary action taken
by the Congress. For many years, when
changes were made in the retirement
system, they were made retroactive to
provide benefits for those previously re-
tired commensurate with the benefits
-granted to those who would retire in
the future. liowever, in the last 15
years during the 1950's and 1960's?
when we have liberalized benefits, .we
have not made them retroactive, and as
a result we have a patchwork quilt in
which a difference of a year or two in
retirement dates can make a tremendous
difference In the benefits available and
their cost.
I am today introducing three bills
which will wipe out some of these inequi-
ties and make adjustments in the sys-
tem to equalize its benefits to all con-
cerned.
The first, which I am introducing for
myself and Senator MONTOYA, is an
omnibus? bill which deals with eight in-
equities relating to various phases of the
retirement system including such aspects
as the formula for voluntary deductions
from civil service retirement annuities to
provide for a surviving spouse, the pro-
visions affecting the age at which widows
of former employees may remarry and
not lose their survivor annuities, the
rights of deferred annuitants with re-
spect to survivor annuities, the rights of
employees to make contributions to the
retirement fund after completing service
sufficient to earn a maximum annuity,
and to many other aspects which I will
not take the time to spell out here.
But A is clear that these inequities
should be cleared up if we are to keep
faith with our retired Government em-
ployees. And it is enually clear that unless
we make an effort to correlate the bene-
fits awarded Prospectively during the
Past 15 years and the benefits now paid
to those who retired prior to the effec-
tive dates for such prospective legisla-
tion, we cannot give assurance to present
Federal employees that theY,,too, will not
be forgotten as soon as they leave the
working force.
The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will
be received and appropriately referred.
The bill (S. 436) to equalize civil serv-
ice retirement annuities, and for other
purposes, introduced by Mr. Moss (for
himself and Mr. MONTOYA), was received,
read twice by its title, and referred to
the Committee on Post Office and Civil
Service.
Mr. MOSS. Mr. President, the second
bill I introduce deals with one glaring
Inequity which is providing a special
hardship on a number el retirees. The
present law provides that when a retiree
is predeceased by the survivor he has
named, the reduction he has taken in his
retirement continues even though the
retiree remarries, and it keeps him from
providing a survivor annuity to his sec-
ond spouse. This is obviously not fair.
The retiree has reduced his own annuity
to provide for his spouse?this spouse
dies, and he remarries, and although he
still must take a reduced annuity each
month, he cannot provide any security
for his second spouse. One can change a
beneficiary on an insurance policy?why
not on a survivor annuity, which is in
Itself a form of insurance a person may
take out by taking deductions in the
amount he receives each month?
The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will
be received and appropriately referred.
The bill (S. 437) to amend chapter 83,
title 5, United States Code, to eliminate
the reduction in the annuities of em-
ployees or Members who elected reduced
annuities in order to provide a survivor
annuity if predeceased by the person
named as survivor and permit a retired
employee or Member to designate a new
spouse as survivor if predeceased by the
person named as survivor at the time of
retirement, introduced by Mr. Moss, was
received, read twice by its title, and re-
ferred to the Committee on Post Office
and Civil Service
Mr. MOSS. Mr. President, the last bill
I am introducing would make certain
types of employees rendering service to
States or instrumentalities of States in
Federal-State programs, eligible for in-
clusion under the civil service retire-
ment system. I have received many let-
ters on this from all over the country--as
I am sure my colleagues have also?it is
a bill which has been under considera-
tion for several sessions, and I hope it
can be enacted in the 91st Congress. Its
passage is long past due.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous con-
sent that the text of the three bills be
printed in the RECORD following my re-
marks.
The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will
be received and appropriately referred;
and, without objection, the bills will be
printed in the RECORD.
The bill (S. 438) to amend section 8332
of title 5, United States Code, to provide
for the inclusion in the computation of
accredited services of certain periods of
service rendered States or instrumentali-
ties of States, and for other purposes
introduced by Mr. Moss, was received,
read twice by its title, referred to the
Committee on Post Office and Civil Serv-
ice; and the three above-mentioned bills
will be printed in the RECORD, as follows:
S. 436
A bill to equalize civil service retirement an-
nuities, and for other purposes
Be it enacted by th 'enate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Amer-
ica in Congress assembled, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law each
employee or Member at. defined in section
8331 of title 5, United States Code, who re-
tired prior to October 11, 1962, and who
elected a reduced annuity in order to provide
a survivor annuity for a spouse, shall be paid
a reduced annuity computed in accordance
with the provisions of section 8339(1) of title
5, United States Code.
SEC. 2. Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law each employee as defined in sec-
tion 8331 of title 5, UM ted States Code, who
retired prior to July 18, 1966, and who had
attained the age of fifty-five and completed
thirty years of service at the time of separa-
tion from the service, sholl be paid an annu-
ity computed as provided in section 8339(a)
of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 3. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law each employee as defined in section
13331 of title 5, United States Code, who was
separated from the servee prior to July 31,
1956, after completing five years of service
and who is retired after attaining the age
of sixty-two, may elect to receive a reduced
annuity computed in accordance with the
provisions of section 8339(1) of titles, United
States Code, and designate in writing a
spouse to whom married prior to date of
separation from service to receive a survivor
annuity.
SEC. 4. Notwithstanding any other provi-
sions of law the survivor annuity of each
spouse of an employee or member, as defined
in section 8331 of title 5, United States Code,
who died or retired prior to July 18, 1966,
terminated because of the remarriage of the
surviving spouse, shall upon attainment of
age sixty by such surviving spouse or upon
dissolution of the remarriage of the surviving
spouse by death, annulment or divorce be
resumed pursuant to the provisions of sec-
tion 8341 of title 5, United States Code at
the same rate to which said surviving spouse
would be entitled if there had been no re-
marriage: Provided, That (1) said surviving
spouse elects to receive such annuity in lieu
of any survivor benefit to which he or she
may be entitled, under this or any other re-
tirement system established for employees
of the Government, by reason of the remar-
riage, and (2) any lump sum paid upon ter-
mination of the annuity is returned to the
fund.
SEC. 5. Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law the provisions of section 8342
(h) of title 5, United States Code, shall be
applicable to all employers or members as
defined in section 8331 of title 5, United
States Code, who were retired prior to July
12, 1960.
SEC. 6. Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law section 8339(f) of title 5, United
States Code, shall be applicable to each
employee or member as defined in section
8331 of title 5, United States Code, who re-
tired on account of disability prior to Octo-
ber 1, 1956.
SEC. 7. Section 2 of the Act entitled "An
Act to provide increases in certain annui-
ties payable from the civil service retirement
and disability fund and for other purposes,"
approved June 25, 1958 (72 Stat. 219, Public
Law 85-465), is amended: By striking out
the word "tan" in clause numbered (1) and
substituting therefor the word "five"; by
striking out the word "flys- in line 11 and
substituting therefor the word "two"; and
by adding after the word "widower" in line
20 the words "but shall be resumed upon
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even ah electric train in the scale model of
the Project Rover site.
"The museum began in 1963 in an old
barracks-type building," said Robert Y.
Porton, director of community relations.
"We moved into the present new building in
1965."
Most popular exhibit, according to a recent
public opinion poll, is "Pinocchio," an in-
genious device for illustrating a nuclear
chain reaction.
Pinocchio looks like a cross between a
pinball machine and a large aquarium. Pour
glass walls encloes approximately one square
yard of space over a "floor" with a grid of
ping-pong ball sized holes.
When a chain reaction takes place in atoms
of Urahitun 235, a neutron striking the nu-
cleus of a U-235 atom causes the atom to
split in two, releasing two free neutrons.
These two, all else being equal, strike two
more nuclei, splitting them and releasing
four neutrons, and so on.
In Pinocchio, a lone ping-pong ball repre-
sents the first free neutron. Each of the holes
represents a 17-235 nucleus.
The museum attendant drops the "neu-
tron" in the glass box. It bounces around
aimlessly, eventually dropping into one of
the holes.
Out shoot two ping-pong balls, and these
"neutrons" repeat the performance. Soon the
glass box is filled with wildly bouncing "neu-
trons," and the "splitting atoms" sound like
a cowboys-and-Indians shoot-em-up.
Community relations staff member Kent
Bulloch told of the experience of an Italian
film crew trying to film Pinocchio in action.
The ping-pong balls trigger the ejection of
their fellows by tripping photoelectric cells,
Bullock explained. When the Italian crew
turned on their floodlights and the first ball
was dropped in, it fell into a hole and no-
thing happened.
Bullock suggested. turning off the flood-
lights temporarily, and "there was an ex-
plosion of ping-pong balls," as every tube
fired, activated by the flood lights being
turned off.
Pinocchio was so named because as his
namesake wanted to be a real human, but
couldn't, LASL's Pinocchio wants to be a
real reactor, but can't.
In an average month, more than 5,000
persons sign in at the museum. The visitors
have come from all 50 states and more than
70 foreign countries.
One day last week, for example, persons
from six different states toured the facility.
The museum has its serious side, too.
In the patio are ballistic cases like the
two which carried nuclear holocaust to Japan
in World War II, and two sleeker, more mod-
ern looking casings, one from a 20 kiloton nu-
clear bomb and the other from a thermo-
nuclear hydrogen bomb.
The more peaceful uses of the atom share
the patio with the bombs, however. Kiwi-A,
the first experimental nuclear rocket re-
,
actor is on display.
The museum, the only Los Alamos Scien-
tific Laboratory area in which cameras are
welcome, is open from 8 a.m, to noon and
1 to '5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, and 1 p.m. to
5 p.m. Sundays.
One very simple display makes a very itart-
? ling indication of the difference in densities
of various elements. It is a table on which are
placed three-inch cubes of various elements.
Each pas a.,handie by which the observer
964,116 the lant,Kally sized cubes and coin=
fal'e their ,weVits. '
'The'eighie Vary from the magnesium
cube, at 1.75 lbs., to the uranium cube,
weighing 18.97 lbs.
The most exotic cube by far is one of solid
gold, valued at more than $10,000. It is kept
locked in a safe when not on display.
In Project Sherwood at LASL, scientists
are trying to devise some method of con-
taining a thermonuclear reaction and tap
it for its power potential. The problem with
the concept is that thermonuclear reactions
take place at such temperatures that all
known materials on earth would quickly
vaporize.
Project Sherwood scientists are working
on a Buck Rogers-styled electromagnetic
"force field" to contain the reaction.
Even though one of the project scientists
compared the method to "trying to con-
tain Jello with rubber bands on a hot day,"
the physicists hope to solve the problem in a
few years.
Scylla II, the portion of Sherwood con-
cerned with the force field, is represented in
the museum.
A tube of aluminum foil is inserted into a
plastic tube around which two electromag-
netic coils are wound. Electricity is fed to a
capacitor which, when it discharges, momen-
tarily creates a strong electromagnetic field
in the coils.
The electromagnetic fields instantly crush
both ends of the foil tube closed, causing a
report as loud as a firecracker.
The museum, however, like the city of Las
Alamos, is aware that the history of New
Mexico didn't begin with the coming of the
nuclear age.
The entrance hall of the museum contains
cases of artifacts from the Pajarito Plateau's
first tenants, Indians who were there back
when gunpowder was the "ultimate weapon."
Mr. MONTOYA. Mr. President, a na-
tional nuclear museum could take ad-
vantage of what Congress already has
provided for the development of finer
museums. I urge for action on this meas-
ure during this session of Congress. Mr.
President, I ask unanimous consent that
the text of my bill be printed at this
point in the RECORD.
The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will
be received and appropriately referred;
and, without objection, the bill will be
printed in the RECORD.
The bill (S. 418) to authorize the es-
tablishment of a national nuclear mu-
seum, introduced by Mr. MONTOYA, was
received, read twice by its title, referred
to the Joint Committee on Atomic En-
-ergy, and ordered to be printed in the
RECORD, as follows:
-5.418
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hous.6 of
Representatives of the United States of Amer-
ica in Congress assembled, That the Atomic
Energy Commission is authorized and di-
rected to provide for the establishment and
maintenance, at a suitable site in the State
of New Mexico, of a National Nuclear Mu-
seum for the advancement of public knowl-
edge with respect to matters pertaining to
the uses and development of nuclear energy.
The Commission is authorized to acquire the
site for such museum by purchase, gift, con-
demnation, or otherwise, and to make all
necessary improvements thereto. Items dis-
played in such museum shall be selected
to reflect their historical interest and educa-
tional value, subject to such limitations as
the Commission in consultation with the
Secretary of Defense, deterniines are n.ebs-
sary to the interests of the national security.
SEC. 2. There are hereby authorized te be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary
to carry out the purposes of this Act.
S. 419?INTRODUCTION OF LEGIS-
1AMON DEALING WITH WORK-
DAYS AND WORKWEEKS OF FED-
ERAL EMPLOYEES
Mr. MONTOYA. Mr. President, the
Federal Government needs to take an-
other look at its labor-management re-
lations with civil service and wage board
employees. It is inexcusable that in this
day and age, some Federal agencies are
clinging rigidly to practices bordering on
the "sweat shop" conditions of a few
decades ago.
There are two practices in particular
which I find abominable?yet, judging
from the number of complaints I have
received, they are widely used by some
agency executives.
One is the splitting of work-shift
schedules without proper notice to em-
ployees?causing some to work extremely
long hours on a few days of the week,
or to work fewer hours but on more than
5 days?all to avoid the payment of over-
time. Another, more reprehensible prac-
tice is that of scheduling employees to
work back-to-back 5-day shifts over 2
workweeks?resulting in employees hav-
ing to work 10 consecutive days without
time off, and without overtime compen-
sation.
In industry, our society no longer ac-
cepts such work schedules as being rea-
sonable without the benefit of additional
compensation. Yet, these practices are
not only permitted by the present law?
they are actually condoned by the heads
of several agencies. I believe that we
should now recognize that the Federal
Government has the same responsibility
to its employees as has been acknowl-
edged by industry.
Therefore, I am introducing a bill to
correct these practices by amending sec-
tion 6101 of title 5 of the United States
Code, relating to workweeks and work-
days of Federal and District of Columbia
employees. I am proposing that the head
of any agency?in addition to recogniz-
ing the required basic workweek of 40
hours for each full-time employee?must
establish a basic, nonovertime workday
not to exceed 8 hours, and must sched-
ule the hours of work within the basic
workweek on 5 consecutive days.
Further, my bill would preclude re-
quiring any employee to work more than
6 consecutive days without time off, and
would require that employees or their
appropriate recognized organizations be
consulted on the equitable rotation of
shift schedules in the case of night, week-
end, or irregular tours of duty.
At the same time, adequate provision
is made for alteration of work sched-
ules to protect the public interest during
a declared national emergency, or when
it can be established that an agency
would be seriously handicapped in carry-
ing out its functions, or when costs would
be substantially increased. Such altera-
tions of schedule, however, would have
to be justified by the head of an agency,
With the concurrence of the Civil Service
Commission Chairman.
I introduced a siinilar bill in the last
session of Congress, and the response I
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got was noteworthy. While Federal agen-
cies strongly opposed the bill, every em-
ployee and employee organization re-
sponding hailed it as a step in the right
direction. Several groups suggested con-
structive Modifications, which I have at-
tempted to incorporate in this new bill.
Mr. President, this Is a complicated
subject that requires serious thought in
order to Provide for flexibility in operat-
ing Federal installations, while at the
same tirrie protecting the rights of em-
ployees. Therefore, I urge that hearings
be scheduled immediately to resolve any
serious differences?as I believe that the
time is long overdue for positive action
to end the abuses. The Federal Govern-
ment owes this to its employees.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous con-
sent to have the text of my bill printed
at this point in the RECORD.
The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will
be receiVed and appropriately referred;
and, without objection, the bill will be
printed in the RECORD.
The bill (S. 419) to amend section
6101 of title 5, United States Code, re-
lating to workweeks and workdays of
Federal and District of Columbia em-
ployees, introduced by Mr. MONTOYA,
was received, read twice by its title, re-
ferred to the Committee on Post Office
and Civil Service, and ordered to be
printed in the RECORD, as follows:
S. 419
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That para-
graphs (2) and (3) of section 6101(a) of
title 5, United States Code, are amended to
read as follows:
"(2) The head of each executive agency,
military department, and of the government
of the District of Columbia shall ?
"(A) establish a basic administrative
workweek of forty hours for each full-time
employee In his organization;
"(B) require that the basic nonovertime
hours Of work within that workweek be per-
formed ma five consecutive days; and
NC) establish a basic noriovertirne work-
day not to exceed eight hours.
"(3) Except during a declared national
emergency, or when the head of an executive
agency, a Military department, or of the gov-
ernment Of the District of Columbia de-
termines, With the concurrence of the Chair-
man of the Civil Service Commission, that
his organization would be seriously handi-
capped in carrying out its functions or that
costs would be substantially increased, he
shall provide, with respect to each employee
in his organization, that?
"(A) assignments to tours of duty are
scheduled in advance over periods of not less
than one week;
"(B) the basic forty-hour workweek is
scheduled Monday through Friday when pas-
sible;
"(C) the working hours in each day in the
basic workweek are of the same duration;
"(D) the two days outside the basic work-
week are consecutive;
"(E) no more than six consecutive work-
days May be scheduled within any two con-
secutive Weeks;
"(F) the occurrence of holidays may not
affect the designation of the basic work-
week;
"(G) breaks in working hours of more
than one hour May not be scheduled in a
basic workday; and
"(H) in the case of night, weekend, and
irregular tours of duty, equitable rotation
of shift schedules will be established follow-
ing consultation with employees or their ap-
propriate recognized employee organization."
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S. 421, S. 422, AND S. 423?INTRODUC-
TION OF LEGISLATION TO COR-
RECT INEQUITIES AFFECTING
Rem.RED CIVIL EMPLOYEES
Mr. MONTOYA. Mr. President, I
introduce three bills which have the sup-
port of the National Association of Re-
tired Civil Employees. The membership
of this organization exceeds 135,000, and
there are over 1,100 local chapters
chartered throughout the United States.
The organization serves civil service
annuitants and their survivors, and
potential annuitants and their survivors.
The association has also actively been
Involved in the problems of the aged and
the aging.
Mr. President, I believe that it would
be an abdication of our responsibility to
those who have served our Government
so effectively were we to ignore the Na-
tional Association of Retired Civil Em-
ployees and more than 800,000 Federal
retirees and their survivors. I am con-
vinced that the three measures I have
Introduced are worthy of our careful con-
sideration and study:
I need not remind my colleagues that
the rising cost of living has steadily re-
duced the buying power of those living
on fixed incomes. When we consider this
factor, along with the realization that
most retired civil employees receive
monthly annuities in an amount in-
sufficient to maintain an acceptable
standard of living, the inequity our re-
tired civil employees face becomes evi-
dent. I suggest that we have a responsi-
bility to correct this injustice, an obliga-
tion to permit a life of dignity on the part
of those who have served us so well.
According to the 1967 report of the U.S.
Civil Service Commission, Bureau of Re-
tirement and Insurance, at an approxi-
mate 800,000 retired civil employees and
their survivors, some 2'79,000 receive a
monthly annuity of less than $100, and
513,000 receive less than $200 per month.
To correct this inequity, we must grant
these former Federal employees a sub-
stantial annuity increase and provide a
minimum annuity for them. 8.421 would
provide a graduated annuity increase,
with the largest increase going to those
presently receiving the smallest an-
nuities. These increases would be as
follows:
First. Retirees presently receiving an
annuity of less than $200 per month
would receive an increase of $26 per
month.
Second. Retirees presently receiving
an annuity of at least $200 but less than
$300 per month would receive an increase
of 13 percent.
Third, Retirees presently, receiving an
annuity of at least $300 but less than
$400 per month would receive an increase
of 9 percent.
Fourth. Retirees presently receiving
an annuity of at least $400, but less than
$500 per month would receive an increase
of 7 percent.
Fifth. Retirees presently receiving an
annuity of at least $500 per month would
receive an increase of 5 percent.
S. 422 would exclude frit= the com-
putation of gross income for Federal
income tax purposes the first $5,000 re-
ceived as civil service retirement an-
nuity. Civil service retirees would thus
1969
be categorized as are the recipients of
social security and railroad retirement
annuities for purposes of Federal income
tax. It is manifestly unfair to exempt
retirement income received as social se-
curity and railroad retirement annuities
from Federal income tax, while imposing
the tax on the annuities of retired Fed-
eral workers and retired teachers and
municipal workers of the District of Co-
lumbia.
S. 423 would establish a minimum of
$100 per month for an annuitant with
neither spouse nor dependents, and a
minimum of $200 per month for an an-
nuitant with a spouse or dependents.
Mr. President, I am convinced that
these three bills deserve our immediate
attention and favorable consideration,
and I ask unanimous consent that the
text of my bills be printed at this point
in the RECORD.
The VICE PRESIDENT. The bills will
be received and appropriately referred;
and, without objection, the bills will be
printed in the RECORD.
The bills, introduced by Mr. MONTOYA,
were received, read twice by their titles,
referred to the appropriate committees,
and ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
S. 421. A bill to provide increased annuities
under the Civil Service Retirement Act; to
the Committee on Post Office and Civil
Service:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Amer-
ica in Congress assembled That the annuity
of each person who, on the effective date of
this Act, is receiving or entitled to receive
an annuity from the civil service retirement
and disability fund shall be increased by?
$26.00 per month if now less than $200 per
month,
13 per centum if now at least $200 but less
than $300 per month,
9 per centum if now at least $300 but less
than $400 per month,
7 per centum if now at least $400 but less
than $500 per month, or
5 per centum if now at least $500 per
month.
SEC. 2. The annuity of a survivor of a re-
tired employee or Member who received an
increase under this Act shall be increased in
accordance with the formula set forth in sec-
tion 1.
SEC. 3. No increase provided in this Act
shall be computed on any additional annuity
purchased at retirement b voluntary contri-
butions.
SEC. 4. The increases provided by this Act
shall become effective on the first day of the
second month which begins after the date
of enactment of this Act, except that any
increase under section 2 shall take effect on
the beginning date of the annuity.
SEC. 5. The monthly installment of annuity
after adjustment under this Act shall be
fixed at the nearest dollar.
SEC. 6. The provisions of section 8348(g)
of title V. United States Code, shall not ap-
ply with respect to benefits resulting from
the enactment of this Act.
S. 422. A bill to amend the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1954 to provide that the first
$5,000 received as civil .ervice retirement
annuity from the United SI ates or any agency
thereof shall be excluded trom gross income;
to the Committee on Finance:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That part
III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the In.-
ternal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to
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the termination of such remarriage by death,
annulment or divorce".
157. 8, An allowance of not to exceed five
livin red dollars to cover expense of last ill-
ness and burial shall, upon application to
the Civil Service Commission, be paid to the
person or persons who bear such expenses of
each employee as defined in section 8331 of
title 5, United States Code, who retired to an
immediate annuity or who retired because
of disability, prior to August 17, 1954, and
?who was not entitled to Federal group life
insurance pursuant to the provisions of
Chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 9, This Act shall take effect on the
first day of the third month following its
enactment: Provided, That no resulting an-
nuity or increase in annuity shall be payable
before the effective date of this Act.
Sec. 10. The provisions of section 8348(g)
Of title 5, United States Code shall not apply
with respect to benefits resulting from the
enactment of this Act.
.5.437
A bill to amend chapter 83, title 5, United
States Code, to eliminate the reduction in
the annuities of employees or Members
Who elected reduced annuities in order to
provide a survivor annuity if predeceased
by the person named as survivor and per-
Mit a retired employee or Member to des-
ignate a new spouse as Survivor if prede-
ceased by the person named as survivor at
the time of retirement
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That section
8339(1) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end thereof the
following new sentence: "If the designated
spouse predeceases the employee or Member
making such election the reduction shall be
restored to the employee or Member and the
annuity of such employee or Member shall
be computed without regard to any election
made under this subsection, provided that
any such employee or Member may elect to
designate a new spouse as survivor when
such new spouse has attained the age of
sixty and all reductions by reason of prior
designations that have been restored to such
employee or Member have been repaid to the
retirement fund."
SEC. 2. Annuities of those employees or
Members as defined'in section 8331 of title 5,
United States Code, predeceased by a desig-
nated spouse after the date of' enactment
of this Act shall be computed pursuant to
the amendment contained in section 1 of
this Act and be effective the first day of the
month which begins after the date of death
of the spouse designated at time of retire-
ment or the first day of the mouth which
begins after a new spouse attains the age
of sixty. Annuities of those employees or
Members as defined in section 8331 of title 5,
United States Code, retired prior to the date
Of enactment of this Act and predeceased by
a designated spouse shall be computed pur-
suant to the amendment contained in sec-
tion 1 of this Act and be effective the first
day pf the third month following the date
of enactment of this Act.
The provisions of section 8348(g),
title 5, United States Code, shall not apply
with respect to benefits resulting from the
enactment of this Act.
5.438
A bill to amend section 8332 of title 5,
United States Code, to provide for the in-
clusion in the computation of accredited
services of certain periods of service
rendered States or instrumentalities of
States, and for other purposes
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That section
8332 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end thereof the
following new subsection:
"(1) Subject to the conditions contained
in this subsection, any employee or Member
who is serving in a position within the pur-
view of section 8331 of title 5, United States
Code, at the time of his retirement or death
shall be allowed credit for all periods of
service, not otherwise creditable, performed
by him in connection with inspection and
grading work pursuant to the authority con-
tained in the annual Department of Agri-
culture Appropriations Act under the item
'Market inspection of farm products,' under
agreements to which the Federal Govern-
ment was a party, or performed by him
(except for those periods in which the record
shows he was certified as being eligible for
relief) in the employ of a State, or a political
subdivision thereof or of any instrumental-
ity of either in the carrying out of-
"(1) the program of a State rural rehabili-
tation corporation created for the purpose of
handling rural relief the funds for which
were made available by the Federal Emer-
gency Relief Act of 1933 (18 Stat. 55), the
Act of February 15, 1934 (48 Stat. 351), and
the Emergency Appropriation Act, fiscal year
1935 (48 Stat. 1055), and any laws or parts
of law amendatory of, or supplementary to,
such Acts;
"(2) the Federal-State cooperative pro-
gram of agricultural experiment stations re-
search and investigation authorized by the
Act of March 2, 1887, ab amended and sup-
plemented (7 U.S.C., ch. 14) ;
"(3) the Federal-State cooperative pro-
gram of vocational education authorized by
the Act of February 23, 1917, as amended and
supplemented (20 U.S.C., ch. 2);
"(4) the Federal-State cooperative pro-
gram of agricultural extension work author-
ized by the Act of May 8, 1914, as amended
and supplemented (7 U.S.C. 341-348);
"(5) the Clark-McNary Act (Act of June
7, 1924, as amended (16 U.S.C. 564-510));
the cooperative forest management program
(Act of August 25, 1950, as amended (16
U.S.C. 568 c, d) ); and operations under the
Forest Pest Control Act (Act of June 25, 1947
(16 U.S.C. 591-1 through 594-5) ) and their
predecesbor programs;
"(6) the Federal-State cooperative pro-
gram for the control of plant pests and ani-
mal diseases authorized by the provisions of
law set forth in chapters 7 and 8 of title 7
and in section 114a of title 21 of the 'United
States Code;
"(7) the Federal-State cooperative pro-
gram of the public employment service au-
thorized under the Deficiency Appropriation
Act of October 6, 1917, and as amended (29
U.S.C. 49); and annual appropriation Acts
of the United States Department of Labor in
subsequent years; the Wagner-Peyser Act of
June 6, 1933 (U.S, Stat. 113), as amended (29
U.S.C. 49); and the provisions for employ-
ment service and unemployment insurance
under title III of the Social Security Act of
August 14, 1935, as amended (42 U.S.C. 501
et seq.) :
"(8) the Federal-State cooperative pro-
gram of highway construction authorized by
the Federal-Aid Road Act approved July 11,
1916, as amended and supplemented (23
U.SIC.);
"(9) the Federal-State cooperative assist-
ance programs approved under titles I, IV, V.
X, and XIV of the Social Security Act of
August 14, 1935, as amended and supple-
Merited (42 U.S.C., ch. 7, subchs. 1, 4, 5, 10,
and 14), and under agreements entered into
under section 221 of the Social Security Act
of August 14, 1935, as amended and supple-
mented (42 U.S.C. ch. 7, sec. 421);
"(10) the Federal-State cooperative pro-
gram Of vocational rehabilitation authorized
by the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of
August 3, 1954, as amended and supple-
mented (29 U.S.C., ch. 4, secs, 31-42);
"(11) the cooperative program of fish
restoration and management authorized by
the Fish Restoration and Management Act
of August 9, 1950, as amended and supple-
mented (16 U.S.C. 777 A-K);
"(12) the cooperative program in wildlife
restoration authorized by the Wildlife Res-
toration Act of September 2, 1937, as amended
and supplemented (16 U.S.C. 669-669j);
"(13) the Federal-State cooperative pro-
gram in marketing service and research au-
thorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act
of 1946, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.),
and predecessor programs;
"(14) the public health programs author-
ized by sections 309, 311, and 316 of the
Public Health Service Act (Public Law 410)
of July 1, 1944, as amended and supple-
mented (42 U.S.C. 242g, 246, 247a);
"(15) the program of aid to certain pub-
lic schools for the education of Indian chil-
dren authorized by the Johnson-O'Malley
Act of April 16, 1934, as amended by the
Act of June 4, 1936, as amended and sup-
plemented (48 Stat. 596) .
The period of any service specified in this
subsection shall be included in computing
length of service for the purposes of this
section of any officer or employee only upon
compliance with the following conditions:
"(A) The employee or Members shall have
to his credit a total period of not less than
five years of allowable service under this sec-
tion, exclusive of service allowed by this sub-
section;
"(B) The performance of such service is
certified, in a form prescribed by the Civil
Service Commission, by the head, or by a per-
son designated by the head, of the depart-
ment, agency, or independent establishment
in the executive branch of the Government
of the United States which administers the
provisions of law authorizing the perform-
ance of such service, or is otherwise estab-
lished to the satisfaction of the Commission;
"(C) The employee or Member shall have
deposited with interest at 4 per centum per
annum to December 31, 1947, and 3 per
centum per annum thereafter, compounded
on December 31 of each year, to the credit
of the civil service retirement and disability
fund a sum equal to the aggregate of the
amounts that would have been deducted
from his basic salary, pay, or compensation
during the period of service credited under
this subsection if during such period he had
been subject to this section, except that this
paragraph shall not apply to services covered
in paragraph (D) below;
"(D) The annuity computed under this
subsection is reduced by the amount of any
State annuity (including social security
benefits) which an employee is receiving, or
may receive, toward which the employee con-
tributed during such State service and to
which he is entitled by reason of such State
service. As used in this subsection, the term
'State' includes the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, and any political subdivision thereof,
or of any instrumentality of either."
SEC. 2. The annuity of any person who
shall have performed service described in
subsection (1) of section 8332 of title 5,
United States Code, as amended, and who on
or after June 30, 1942, and before the date
of enactment of this Act shall have been re-
tired on annuity then or now payable from
the civil service retirement and disability
fund, shall, upon application filed by such
person within one year after the date of
enactment of this Act and upon compliance
with the conditions prescribed by such sub-
section (1) be adjusted, effective as of the
first day of the month immediately following
the date of enactment of this Act, so that
the amount of such annuity will be the same
as if such subsection (1) had been in effect
at the time of such person's retirement.
SEC. 3. The provisions of section 8318(g) of
title 5, United States Code, shall not apply
with respect to benefits resulting from the
enactment of this Act.
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S. 472--INTROlaUCTION OF BILL TO LISTING OF COSPONSORS OF S. 14 make it possible for the officeholders, if we
LIBERALIZE THE EARNINGS TEST Mr. SCOTT. Mr. President, yesterday, are so inclined, to hide in any number of
bureaucratic mazes and avoid being tagged
UNDER SOCIAL SECUktITY
in requesting that the cosponsors of S. with -much of the blame for what "they"
Mr. BATH. Mr. President, when the 14 be included at the next printing of the eta.
Senate considered the 1967.,Social Secu- bill, the list of names was incorrectly But the times are changing. There is quite
rity Act, I offered an amendment to in- shown in the RECORD. Therefore, I make obviously a growing number of Americans
crease the earnings limitation from the the following request, who feel unable to communicate effectively
with their government. There is an increasing
propoSed $1,680 to $2,400 annually. The I ask unanimous consent that at the feeling that the individual ie not really rele-
amendment was adopted by a vote of 50 next printing of S. 14, my bill to establish vant enough to the governmental process.
to 23, indicating that the Senate was a Commission on Afro-American History And when this really sinks in, my guess is
strongly in favor of modernizing the and Culture, that the list of cosponsors that the average American citizen won't stand
arbitrary and restrictive test on earn- be included. The names of the cosponsors for it. More and more in this age of instant
ings by the elderly. In the face of this were inadvertently omitted from the communication and superior education. peo-
one-sided Senate vote, and contrary to draft of the bill. However, I announced pie are insisting that they have a real role
in what their government does for them or
widespread sentiment among House the cosponsors at the beginning of my
to
Members in favor of the change, the con- remarks when I introduced S. 14. My The major
ajor political figures of 1968 all
ference committee Was ill advised in statement can be found on page S258 of sensed this simmering among the members of
deleting the amendment. the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Of January 15, the electorate. Everyone fron Governor Wal-
Therefore, Mr. President, I am today 1969. The following Senators are cospon- lace to Senator McCarthy called for "more
introducing the amendment in bill form sors of S. 14: Senators BAYIII, BROOKE, power back to the people." And most candi-
and in the hope that the Senate Finance CASE, COOK, GOODELL, HART, HARTKE, dates this year made a point to do some lis-
Committee, under the able leadership of HATFIELD, INOUYE, JAVITS, TVICGEE, MA- tenin,g as well as talking.President-elect Nixon's appeal for a wide
the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. LONG) THIAS, MILLER, MONDALE, Mnsins, NEL- variety of views within his Administration
will act quickly and favorable on this SON, PERCY, SCHWEIKER, WILLIAMS Of reflected this: "We should invite construe-
proposal?and not delay its considera- New Jersey, and myself. five criticism, not only because the critics
tion pending the new administration's The PRESIDING OteraCeat. Without have a right to be heard but because they
recommendations on a social security objection, it is so ordered. often have something worth hearing."
package. The success of the Nixon Administration
Briefly, this bill would permit a social will be judged, to a significant extent, upon
security recipient to earn $2,400 annual-
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS OF BILL whether it is able to establish in America
AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS better communication between the govern-
ly before suffering any reduction in bene- ment and the electorate. And I am con-
fits. For every $2 earned between $2,400 Mr. BYRD of West Virginia. Mr. Pres- vinced that, in order to achieve this reconcili-
and $3,600, the beneficiary would lose ident, I ask unanimous consent that, at ation, some radical -changes are going to be
$1 in benefits. Beyond that, $1 in earn- its next printing, the name of the Sena- necessary.
ings would result in the loss of $1 in tor from Illinois (Mr. PERCY) be added One such step is the refederalization of our
benefits. as a cosponsor of the bill (S. 1) to pro- governments, the reversing of the centralizing
Mr. President, as a result of the 13- vide for uniform and equitable treat- trends which have dominated our federal
structure for 35 years. More of our money
percent increase in cash benefits voted by ment of persons displaced from their should be spent and more of our decisions
the Congress in 1967, the average month- homes, businesses, or farms by Federal made at a level of government closer to the
ly benefit paid to an elderly couple is and federally assisted programs and to people, at a mare accessible level where those
approximately $165. Thus, a social secu- establish uniform and equitable land ac- citizens affected by governmental decisions
rity beneficiary who continued to hold quisition policies for Federal and fed- can get their hands on the elected or ap-
employment, and who was paid the aver- erally assisted programs, pointed officials making the decisions. Re-
federalization will require as a first step the
age monthly benefit, could receive a corn- The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob- initiation of a system of Federal Revenue
bined income for he and his wife of jection, it is so ordered. Sharing or Federal Tax Refunds to the states.
$5,000 annually before continued em- Mr. BAYH. Mr. President, I am de- This is a big, bold, essential and difficult step
ployment resulted in an equal reduction lighted to announce that Senator How- about which I could say a lot.
in benefits. In view of the greatly in- ARD BAKER has requested that his name But. instead, today I wish to discuss the
creased cost of living and the fact that a be added to the list of Senators cospon- electoral process, where, in my opinion,
very large percentage of the elderly's soring Senate Joint Resolution 1, a pro- sweeping fundamental reforms must be ac-
income?about two-thirds--is spent on posed amendment to the Cienstitution complished in order to take the first steps in
making the government adeeuately respon-
food, shelter, clothing, and medical care, calling for a direct election of the Presi- sive to the electorate it serve, in these mod-
I believe that the $5,000 figure is a mod- dent and Vice President of the United ern times.
est one. States. I ask unanimous consent that Throughout history there have always been
As a society, we are today committed Senator BAKER'S name appear ;on Senate qualifications to the central notion that each
to the simple and just proposition that Joint Resolution 1 as a Cosponsor at its citizen in the nation should have a vote to
old age should not mean added life with- next printing, determine who the represeni itlyes in gov-
out dignity, but added dignity with life. In addition, Mr. President, I ask unan- ernment shall be, and that each man's vote,
How can we insure that dignity, that feel- 'mous consent to place in the RECORD as much as is practicable, should count as
much as the next man's. These qualifica-
ing of self-respect? The answer is to see at this point the text of remarks re-
tions, which have had more or less validity
that our senior citizens are self-slit& cently made by Senator BaieSs on this depending upon the times and circum-
cient; that they are not dependent upon subject. I believe that they shall be of stances (although some never had any valid-
welfare payments; that they are not sub- interest to other Senators and to those ity at all) , have included age, length of
ject to the embarrassments that come persons who are following efforts to re- residency, race, property ownership, and ac-
from dependence upon their children, form the present electoral system. eident of geographical location.
And the way to do that, Mr. President, is The trend of the last few years has been
The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob-
to provide them with the opportunity for to strip away conditions to full participa-
jection, it is so ordered.
continued employment to supplement tion in the electoral process except when
social security. EXCERPTS OF REMARKS BY SENATOR BOWARD H. there are clearly overwhelming considera-
BAKER, JR., PREPARED FOR DELIVERY BEFORE tions. For example, strong and effective efforts
The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will THE ANNEAL CONVENTION or TUE INVEST- In the courts and Congress have virtually
be received and appropriately referred. IVIENT BANKERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, IN obliterated the tot illy invalid consideration
The bill (S. 472) to amend title II of MIAMI B 1968 EACH, FLA., DECEMBER 5, of race as a restriction on an individual's
the Social Security Act to increase the MiAmr BracH.?There has always been a right to vote. A few states already have re-
annual amount individuals are permitted good deal of distance and distruat between deiced the voting age below 21 in recog-
to earn without suffering deductions the American citizen and "them", "them" nition of the fact that the modern 18, 19 or
from the insurance benefits payable to being my colleagues and I, the elected and 20-year old is suitably intelligent, aware and
appointed officials of the GOvernment. interested in public affairs to vote and that
them under such title, introduced by Mr. "Theys" and "thems" get the blame when- there is no overwhelming reason to deny
33AYH (for himself and other Senators),him that right.
ever Government does something to you that
was received, read twice by its title, and you don't like. "Theys" and "Thenie are the Sweeping strides have been taken in the
referred to the Committee on Finance. sufficiently amorphous personalities who courts and in Congress during the 1960's to
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CITATION FOR DISTINGTYISILED SsavIcs: Joniq
0. Crow
In recognition of an eminent career with
the Department of the Interior.
Mr. Crow is an Outstanding Public Land
Administrator who has received recognition
throughout the Department for his service
to the Nation at the highest levels of admin-
istrative responsibility. He became Associate
Director of the Bureau of Land Management
in November 1965. Mr. Crow possesses extraor-
dinary executive ability and demonstrated
diversified administrative and management
expertise in the Bureau's Management and
conservation of the public domain and its
natural resources, Associate Director Crow
recently served on a special committee which
drew up the constitution and selected the
first board of trustees for a proposed Amer-
ican Indian Athletic Hall of Fame at Haskell
Institute in Lawrence, Kansas. The Hall eWill
memorialize the achievements of g t In-
dian athletes and will inspire you Indians
to develop rewarding and prod ctive lives.
Mr, Crow served with distincti in various
roles with the Bureau of In Affairs and
was Superintendent of the escalero, Fort
Apache, and Uintah and Ours y Agencies. He
was In aggressive leader in he field of pro-
gram administration, As Rea y Program Ad-
ministrator, he was outstan g in his direc-
tion, of all activities invoivin approximately
65 nalllien acres of Indian tru t and Govern-
ment-owned land. Mr. Crow s serving in
this capacity when President ennedy ap-
pointed him as Acting Commiss ner of In-
dian Affairs, A Cherokee Indian, was the
first person of American descent t assume
responsibility as Commissioner since ? 71. As
a tribute tb his superior service, Mr. C w is
granted the highest honor of the Dep t-
ment of the Interior, its Distinguished Ser
ice Award.
STEWART UDALL,
Secretary of the Interior.
THE LATE DR. COURTNEY C.
SMITH
(Mr. MAYNE asked and was given per-
mission to address the House for 1 min-
ute and to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. MAYNE. Mr. Speaker, it is with
the deepest sadness that I report to the
House the passing yesterday of a great
American, Dr. Courtney C. Smith, presi-
dent of Swarthmore College, at the age
of 52. I. Sniith was stricken in his of-
fice above the college admissions office
which was still occupied after more than
a week by members of the Swarthmore
Afro-American Society.
He has been under great strain during
the occupation and suffered a heart at-
tack while waiting to meet with a faculty
committee to consider the demonstrators
demands on admissions and policymak-
ing. ,
Courtney Smith was a steadfast cham-
pion of academic freedom and of civil
rights throughout his life. As American
Secretary of the Rhode Scholarships
since 1953, he worke4 effectively to in-
sure fair treatment for minority groups
in the Rhodes selection process. He had
pioneered in efforts to recruit Negroes
for the Swarthmore student body. This
did not. divert Wm from the American
goal a achieving the highest possible
educational standards, and he was deter-
mined that neither students nor faculty
should,be reduced to the lowest common
denominator. ,
When Dr. Smith became president of
SWarthmore?in 1953 at the age of 36, he
was one of the youngest college presi-
dents in the country. In the ensuing
years an already first-rate college has
become great under his inspired leader-
ship. Proud as he was of a most success-
ful building program, his greatest accom-
plishment has been a truly remarkable
strengthening of faculty and student
body.
In the crisis of confrontation at his
beloved Swarthmore during the past 8
days he refused to compromise his faith
in the education process in order, to ap-
pease those who resorted to force and
disruptiVeness. In the end, this cost him
hi life.
Mr. Speaker, it has been my great
honor to claim Courtney Smith as a
friend since we entered college together
as freshmen in the fall of 1934. All true
friends of education will mourn his pass-
ing. I offer my deepest sympathy to his
beloved Betty, his son, and two daughters
who survive.
LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH BANK
TO PROVIDE FEDERAL SOURCES
FOR RURAL TELEPHONE SYSTEMS
(Mr. KLEPPE asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. KLEPPE. Mr. Speaker, I have to-
day introduced legislation establishing
a bank to provide new supplemental fi-
nancing from both private and Federal
sources for rural telephone systems.
\ An identical measure was approved by
a 3-to-5 vote of the House Agriculture
Co
NiS11
itt,ee, of which I am a member,
durin ,the last session of Congress. The
House Nes Committee, however, voted
to defer a ion on the bill.
This legis ion, which I supported, is
designed prim ? ly to bring funds from
the private nione market into the rural
telephone prograntIt authorizes sales
of RTA debentures 1.11?4o an amount not
exceeding eight times the capital sub-
scribed by the Governmetit itself.
The Government would r nish capi-
tal to the telephone bank at a fBe of $30
million annually, not out of U. Treas-
ury funds but from repayments o out-
standing rural telephone loans, un 1 the
total reached $300 million. The ank
would pay 2 percent interest on m ney
provided by the Government.
Bank loans would be made to btq co-
operatives and privately owned ele-
phone systems which previously re eived
REA 2-percent loans, at a rate re ecting
cost of money. This would be a lend of
the cost of Government-adv ced capi-
tal and the funds derived m the sale
of debentures in the priv e money mar-
ket.
The legislation:does not change pres-
ent authority to make direct 2-percent
loans to qualified borrowers operating
in areas with a low density of telephones.
TRIBUTE TO HON. LYNDON B.
JOHNSON
(Mr. DE LA GARZA asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. nx LA GARZA. Mr. Speaker, it is
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with mixed emotions that I join in the
just and wholesome praise we heap to-
day on our fine President and my fellow
Texan, Lyndon B. Johnson. Mixed be-
cause for me, personally, an era is pass-
ing. I cannot imagine Texas not having
Lyndon Johnson in Washington. He has
been here for most of my life. When I
was a young fellow in 1948, I nailed his
campaign posters to the telephone poles
and from his first visit to my area after
being elected Senator, until his last day
as President, he was always available to
me personally for all the problems of my
district, first, when I was in the Texas
-Legislature and more so since I came to
Congress.
I hate to seem him leave the Nation's
Capital. But I know the Nation will al-
ways profit from his advice, his counsel,
and the legacy of accomplishment he
leaves behind. His state of the Union
message was the report of a man who
had given his all to the country?and I
know of no Member of this House who
was not moved by the nostalgia with
which he spoke of his service here.
For my part of the country I say to
the President with deep fondness, not
adios, but hasta la vista?Vaya con Dios,
Serior Presidente.
RECESS
The SPEAKER. The Chair under-
stands that the President is sending some
messages to the House which will be here
shortly. Without objection, the House
will stand in recess subject to the call of
the Chair.
There was no objection.
Accordingly (at 12 o'clock and 11 min-
utes p.m.) , the House stood in recess sub-
ject to the call of the Chair.
AFTER RECESS
The recess having expired, the House
was called to order by the Speaker pro
tempore (Mr. ALBERT) at 12 o'clock and
24 minutes p.m.
MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT
Sundry messages in writing from the
President of the United States were com-
municated to the House by Mr. Geisler,
one of his secretaries.
SECRETARY OF STATE DEAN RUSK
CLOSES OUT 8 BRILLIANT YEARS
IN OFFICE
(Mr. STRATTON asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his
remarks.)
Mr. STRATTON. Mr. Speaker, I take
this time this morning just to comment
on the fact that on Monday next a great
American who has occupied with great
distinction a position of great responsi-
bility in this country for a period of 8
years, longer than all but one of his
predecessors, will be stepping down from
office. Of course, I am referring to Sec-
retary of State Dean Rusk.
Mr. Rusk has been under attack from
time to time in recent years by those who
have opposed our policy in Vietnam. I
do not think, though, that the people
Who have attacked him because of their
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feeling on the policy our country has fol-
lowed really recognize Mr. Rusk's unique
and tremendous abilities. The President
referred to him the other day as "the
greatest," and I would certainly sub-
sarib) completely to that appellation.
I have known Mr. Ruak for a long
Lime. I knew him when he came to the
,)epartment of State in 1947 as an assist-
ant to General Marshall whom he had
also served brilliantly as a colonel in the
Pentagon. I can remember in the days
When I was associated with the Par East-
ern Commission seeing this young for-
mer colonel coming in to a meeting of
diplomatic officials and in a few minutes,
in a very quiet and dispassionate way,
summing up all of the complex issues
very clearly and simply, and indicating
what the course of action or the alterna-
tives should be. It takes a superior in-
telligence to make complex problems
clear and simple. As Secretary, Mr. Rusk
has often employed that same clear,
quiet, unflappable ability to summarize,
to explain?before the television cam-
eras, before Senate committes, and in
regular Wednesday morning briefings to
Members of the House.
In fact, last fall in his final appearance
to brief House Members beforathe 90th
Congress adjourned, Republican and
Democratic Members gave the Secretary
a warm standing ovation in tribute to
his patience and his clarity on these
complex issues of war and peace with
which he has had to wrestle for 8 years.
Besides his exceptional intellectual
qualities, one other aspect of Dean Rusk
has stood out consistently, his strength
and his steadfastness. With all the un-
fair attacks, all of the needling, he has
never lost his cool. In spite of all the
pressure from different sides, and all the
winds of political change, he has never
switched his position for the sake of ex-
pediency. That was because his position
was not just a pragmatic policy of the
passing moment, but was based on a deep
philosophical conviction of what was
right and what was wrong for this coun-
try and for the future of our world.
I realize that it is hard for people who
did not live through those turbulent years
before World War II when our efforts to
maintain peace and prevent all-out war
went for nought; but those of us who
did live through them know that no task
is more vital today than finding the
means for preventing a recurrence of the
drift toward world war that took place
before 1941.
This has been Dean Rusk's primary
and overriding objective as Secretary;
and I agree vatih him that one of our
greatest achievements during his 8 years
in office has been our continued success
in preventing world war III. We are all
indebted to him for his devotion and his
steadfastness under the leadership of
Presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
In his steadfastness, in his calm forti-
tude, in his repeated refusal to be swayed
or altered by the shifting winds of po-
litical expedience, Dean Rusk reminds
us of another great world statesman of
this century, Sir Winston Churchill, who
was sneered at in the popular press and
relegated to the back benches of his Party
in Parliament, all because he had never
tempered his opposition to the appease-
ment of Adolf Hitler in the daYs before
1939.
Mr. Speaker, I have no doubt about
what the ultimate judgment of history
will be on the career of Secretary Rusk.
The other day the press quoted the senior
Senator from New York (Mr. Jams) ?
who has in recent years been a persistent
critic of our Vietnam policy?as acknowl-
edging very candidly:
Who knows, history may decide that those
of us who opposed the war were wrong and
those who supported it were right.
That is precisely what I am convinced
history will show, and when that story is
written large on the annals of history I
know Dean Rusk's name will be in the
foremost rank.
We are all proud that Dean Rusk has
been our Secretary of State in this tur-
bulent period. We wish him and his very
able wife good luck and Godspeed in the
years ahead. A man who started out as a
schoolteacher in a small if distinguished
women's college in the Far West, and
then later a top staff officer in the U.S.
Army, Dean Rusk, in discharging a top
leadership position in the Nation with
great distinction, has indeed become in
his lifetime the embodiment of the intel-
lectual in politics, the fulfillment of the
ancient ideal of the philosopher-king, of
whom Plato wrote so eloquently that:
Until philosophers are kings, Or the kings
and princes of this world have the spirit and
power of philosophy, and those commoner
natures who pursue either to the exclusion
of the other are compelled to stand aside,
cities will never have rest from their evils,
no, nor the human race, as I believe; and
then only will thi,s, our State, have a possibil-
ity of life and behold the light of day.
I (
SALARY INCREASE FOR CONGRESS-
MEN AND rEIJERAL EMPLOYEES
(Mr. GROSS asked and was given per-
mission to address the House for 1 min-
ute and to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. GROSS. Mr. Speaker, on Wednes-
day I introduced House Resolution 133
disapproving the proposed salary in-
crease for Members of Congress as well
as the executive and judicial branches of
the Government. It is an unconscionable
and outrageous pay increase. Today I
introduced another resolution, which I
trust will go to the Committee on Rules.
I have introduced that resolution because
I fear the House Post Office and Civil
Service Committee will not give con-
sideration to House Resolution 133, which
calls for rejection of these outlandish
pay increases. I suggest that any Mem-
bers who are interested also introduce
one or both of those resolutions.
Mr. HALEY. Mr. Speaker, will the gen-
tleman yield?
Mr. GROSS. I am glad to yield to my
goad friend, the gentleman from Florida.
Mr. HALEY. Does the gentleman from.
Iowa take the position that the Members
knew what the salary of a Member of
Congress was when they ran for office
last fall, and, therefore, should at least
postpone this until a new Congress is
elected?
Mr. GROSS. That is exactly right.
Certainly they knew, and I thank the
gentleman from Florida for his observa-
tion.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. AL-
BERT). The Chair lays before the House
a message from the President of the
United States.
CALL OF THE HOUSE
Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, I make the
point of order that a quorum is not pres-
ent, in view of the Presidential messages.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Evidently
a quorum is not present.
Mr. MONTGOMERY. Mr. Speaker, I
move a call of the House.
A call of the House was ordered.
The Clerk called the roll, and the
following Members failed to answer to
their names:
[Roll No. 121
Abbitt Fish
Abernethy Ford,
Adair William D.
Addabbo Fraser
Andrews, Ala. Frelinghuysen
Annunzio Friedel
Arends Fulton, Pa.
Ayres Fulton, Tenn.
Baring Fuqua
Barrett Gall flanaltis
Battin Gallagher
Bell, Calif. Gannets
Biaggi GaydoS
Bi ester Giaimo
Tii ngham Gilbert
Blackburn Green, Pa.
Blatnik Grover
Boggs Hagan
Bolling Halpern
Brademas Hanna
Brasco Hansen, Idaho
Brown, Calif. Hansen, Wash.
Brown, Mich. Hastings
Burleson, Tex, Hays
Byrne, Pa. Hebert
Cahill Heckler, Mass.
Camp Helstoski
Carey Hogan
Casey Holifield
Caller Hull
Chappell lchord
Chisholm Jacobs
Clancy Jarman
Clark Joelson
Clausen, Jonas
Don H. Jones, N.C.
Clay Kee
Collier Kirwan
Conte Koch
Conyers Kyros
Cramer Laird
Cunningham Landrum
Daddario Langen
Daniels, N.J. Long, La.
Davis, Ga. Long, Md.
Dawson Lowenstein
Delaney Lukens
Dent McClory
Diggs McCloskey
Dingell McClure
Donohue McDade
Dorn McKneally
Downing McMillan
Dwyer Macdonald,
EdtriondsOn Mass.
Edwards, Calif. Mailliard
Edwards, La. Martin
Ellberg Mathias
Erlenborn Miller, Calif.
Esch Minish
Eshleman Mize
Everett Monagan
Evins, Tenn. Morgan
Fallon Morton
Farbstein Murphy, N.Y.
Fascell Nix
..Neill, Mass.
ottinger
Patten
Pepper
Philbin
I iike
P irn le
Podell
Pod
Powell
Price, Ill.
Pryor
Pueinski
Purcell.
Quid
Quillen
Rees
Reid, Ill.
Reif el
Reuss
Rivers
Robison
Ronan
Rooney. Pa.
Rosenthal
Rostenkowski
Roth
Roybal
St Germain
St. Onge
Sandman
Satterfield
Scherle
Scheuer
Sebelius
Shipley
SkubitZ
Smith, Calif.
Smith, Iowa
Springer
Staggers
Steiger, Wis.
Stephens
Stuckey
Symington
Taf t
Teague, Calif.
Teague, Tex.
Thompson, Ga.
Thompson, N.J.
Unman
Utt
Vigorito
Watkins
Watson
Watts
Whalley
Wilson., Bob
Wold
Wolff
Wright
Wydier
Yates
Young
The SPEAKER pro tempore. On this
rollcall 241 Members have answered to
their names, a quorum.
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W. Marvin Watson, a great Postmaster
General, certainly.
And pow, W. Marvin Watson, the
greatest exponent of postal training and
education, certainly.
-1is impact on the ?postal service has
been major. It jaat ,or generations.
And all Ana.9EL5 011,beneflt,
? TRIBUTE IV Dal...7:QNR. YOUNG QF
Wiru D:440TA.
? (Mr. ANDREWS of North Dakota
? asked., and, was given permission to ad-
dress the House for 1 _minute, to revise
and extenclins remarks, and to include
extraneous matter.)
Mr.. ANDREWS of North Dakota. Mr.
Speaker, I wish to call to the attention
of my colleagues what I.feel is a splendid
and well-deserved tribute to one of the
most hard-working and effective Sena-
? tors this ?Uation has ever had?MnaoN
R. YOUNG, of North Dakota,
Andrew freeman, manager of Minn-
? kota Power. Cooperative, Inc., Grand
Forks, N. Dak., in a letter to his board of
directors, outlines the reasons for nam-
ing their new generating plant after the
honored senior Senator from North Da-
kota, In it, he points out the great con-
tribution Mir YOUNG has made to agri-
culture, our State, and our Nation.
An indication of the esteem with which
MILTON YOUNG Is held in North Dakota
Is found in the fact that he has lost only
a total of three counties in nine state-
wide elections, carrying 474 out of a pos-
sible 477 counties in the nine campaigns.
That is a truly remarkable record.
In the letter I wish to insert at this
time, Mr. Freeinan Ontlines some of the
reasons why we are proud of MILT Youno
In North Dakota and reasons why all
America can be proud to have such a
dedicated servant of the people in the
U.S. Senate. The letter ?follows:
Mama/or& Powga coOR.ERAZISEES, INC.,
Grand forks, N. Dak, January 7, 1969.
The HOrroaAsLx MARX ANDREWS,
Washington, D.C.
Dna CorroRESS1VIAN ANDREWS: I would like
to recommend that the board give considera-
tion to naming our new Center plant the
Milton R. Young Station in honor of our
Senior Senator from North Dakota.
There are a good many reasons why I think
so and among them would be the following:
1. He is an honorable man.
2. He is a farmer, .
3. He was a North Dakota State Senator
prior to becoming a United States Senator.
As such he worked for the adoption of the
REA Act in. North Dakota and the 2% Gross
Income Ta N which has saved the rural
electric cooperatives of North Dakota mil-
lions of dollars. _
4. He has served in the United States Sen-
ate continuously since 1945.
5. He has recently been reelected to a new
6 year term by an overwhelming majority.
C. He is a very highly regarded man. Many
Democrats and Republicans think well of
him. He is highly regarded by people in the
labor move/neat.. the Farmer's Union, the
Farin Burea/L, as well as by people in educa-
ti al a.n.d. other professional circles.
Senior Republican and a
nitmg Member of the powerful Appropria-
tions Committee of the United States
. Senate.
8. He is a very influential member of the
party that will be in power the next four
years. President-elect Nixon has publicly
stated that he will rely heavily upon the
advice of Milt Young.
9. He serves as a member of the Senate
Committee which deals with highly secretive
work of the C.I.A. This indicates the great
confidence and high regard in which he is
held by his colleagues.
10. He is the leading spokesman for agri-
culture in the Congress of the United States
and few are considered to be his equal when
it comes to knowledge of farm problems.
11. His record in behalf of REA is out-
standing. NRECA rates him as having voted
favorably on 70% of the subjects they
favored.
12. During his period in office, REA has
appropriated money for 4 large plants in-
cluding our own Center unit.
13. He has effectively worked in behalf of
Garrison Dam, along with his other col-
leagues from North Dakota.
14. He has helped and worked with num-
erous rural electric cooperatives in North Da-
kota to secure for them many of the missile,
radar and air base electric loads in North
Dakota, which they now serve.
15. He has recently been instrumental in
getting Lockheed to announce a North Da-
kota Assembly plant.
16. For the last three years, he and a fellow
Senator have been successful in getting REA
appropriations substantially increased. He
has done this same thing several times pre-
viously over the years when funds were short
17. He has worked in cooperation with
other Senators to free funds when the Bur-
eau of the Budget sought to tie them up.
18. He was singularly instrumental in get-
ting restrictive language removed from a
Senate memo intended to regulate REA ap-
propriations. This came at a very critical
time and It proved to be a key factor that led
to the approval of our loan.
19. He has worked for the construction of
key Bureau lines, as well as elimination of
some of them whenever It was shown they
were to have a detrimental effect on the
rural electric coops.
20. His interest in the farmer and the
farmers problem is unmatched by anyone.
His interest in the REA program has been a
continuous one.
The rural electric cooperatives of this na-
tion and Minnkota in particular, are indebt-
ed to a great many men for help which they
have been given. These include other Sena-
tors and Representatives, Directors, Manag-
ers, key personnel and employees of the Rur-
al Electrification Administration. However,
none can match the many and great contri-
butions of Senator Milton R. Young.
At the present time our rural electric pro-
gram is in serious trouble. It is on the thresh-
old of undergoing serious changes. It is fac-
ing a new Administration in which Senator
Young is a key figure. Senator Young, with
or without our recognition, will continue to
work for and protect the interest of the rural
electric cooperatives. However, if we are to
ever recognize and honor a man for his work,
I can think of no one more appropriate, no
one more deserving, than Senator Young, and
no time more appropriate than today to do
it.
If you could see your way clear to do this,
I would consider it a very great personal fav-
or and as an action which grants honor and
recognition to a man to whom honor and re-
spect are due.
Yours very sincerely,
ANDREW L. FREEMAN,
Manager,
PROPOSED INCREASED SALARIES
FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
(Mr. HALL asked and was given per-
mission to address the House for 1 min-
ute and to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
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Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, I hope all
Members were here when I posed my
parliamentary inquiry a while ago. I sim-
ply wanted to know on what basis the
proposal of the Commission for the in-
creased salaries?as created by this Con-
gress?against my vote?was submitted
with the budget, as stated as "a must"
in today's Presidential message.
Members present heard the ruling of
the Chair. They heard the answer to
my parliamentary inquiry. I am not ap-
pealing that answer. But, I am very up-
set by the information provided.
Indeed, I feel some great and circui-
tous stratagem is being employed or some
hanky-panky is being used, because since
I posed that parliamentary inquiry and
received my answer, I have been shown
a copy of the "Supplement" inserted in
the back of the budget as delivered by
the document room to the Chair. Mr.
Speaker, I have ordinary acuity and
visibility and I do my homework. I
searched well, and there is no way that
I could have missed this supplement had
it been available in any of the three
budgets on 3 separate days that I
examined in detail?and indeed asked
my staff to research. Subsequent infor-
mation from the Bureau of the Budget,
of the executive branch indicates the
"Supplement" will be delivered to Mem-
bers on request.
I believe the question should concern
Members. When a proposal comes down
like this in two parts, how can we exer-
cise our will, and how can we use the
ordinary protection of the minority rules,
when decisions or rules are being bended
severely, if not fragmented according
to precedent? I personally resent this, if
It has happened as I suspect.
I fear it does damage to the represen-
tative system of our Republic. I know
it harms our House.
IS OIL IMPORT CONTROL PROGRAM
TO BE CIRCUMVENTED?
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under
a previous order of the House, the gentle-
man from Pennsylvania (Mr. SAYLOR) is
recognized for 15 minutes.
Mr. SAYLOR. Mr. Speaker, the Na-
tion's defense structure cannot be com-
promised to oblige New England political
leaders who want to circumvent the oil
Import control program by setting up a
foreign trade subzone with a refinery
that would be served with foreign crude.
No State or political bloc can be
granted economic advantage at the ex-
pense of national security. The proposal
to establish reliance upon Libyan oil at
a time when uncertainty and tension
shroud the Middle East is defiant of U.S.
safety. Oil imports are already so high
that defense production on the east coast
would be impaired in the event of a cut-
off of ocean shipments.
Nothing has transpired to assure a
continuing availability of oil from abroad
since the import control program was
created by President Eisenhower as a se-
curity measure. In addition to estab-
lshing a submarine base in Cuba, Russia
has become shamelessly involved in the
affairs of most or all of Africa's oil-pro-
clueing countries.
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America's overall interests dictate
against permitting domestic fuel capac-
ity to be reduced as an accommodation
or convenience to sectional interests.
With Soviet long-range underwater craft
infesting the waters of the world, tank-
ers would be easy prey under wartime
conditions.
Unless and until the potential for in-
ternational conflict is forever laid to
rest, the United States cannot place de-
pendence upon foreign oil any more than
on airplanes or munitions, food or prom-
ises.
As for New England's claim that it
must pay more for fuel than do other
parts of the country, I would expect such
a condition to persist in an area so far
removed from fuel-producing areas. The
cost of transportation is a recognizable
item in the delivered price of commodi-
ties. It is the item which accounts for
differentiations in the consumer costs of
automobiles, oranges, lobsters, coconuts,
and the Sunday New York Times. If
price variances of this nature were to be
made the base of developing import po-
licy, we would have to employ so many
more persons in the State and Commerce
Departments and would have so many
Americans out of work as a consequence
of foreign competition that I question
whether a single section of the country
would experience economic improvement.
A great deal has been written about
the machinations inherent in the plan
to establish a foreign trade zone in
Maine. I shall not refer to the political
ramifications at this time. The Wall
Street Journal editorial of last Decem-
ber 20 is a succinct description of the
scheme.
At the same time, the Journal evi-
dences a new concept with regard to
quotas and subsidies. The editorial's title,
"Turnabout," would seem particularly
apt, in view of the newspaper's tradi-
tional policy on subsidies. The editorial
follows:
TurixAny=
In a way it's appropriate that the Govern-
ment should be leaving the Maine oil re-
finery dispute to the incoming Nixon Admin-
istration. Oil import quotas, after all, were a
legacy to the Democrats from the Eisenhower
years.
The Maine situation is really a tangled
mess. In case you haven't been able to
stomach all the details, here's a highly sim-
plified account of what's happened up to
now:
Occidental Petroleum Co. wants to build a
refinery at Machiasport, Me. That's simple
enough, but from there on the going gets
rougher. Occidental wan is to put its plant in
something called a "foreign trade zone,"
which isn't part of the 1.7.5.?or rather, it is
but it isn't. When governments start monkey-
ing around with trade, things can get fright-
fully complicated.
If the Government will agree to put the
Maclaiasport zone out of the Union, more or
less, Occidental can bring in, tariff-free, for-
eign crude oil--which happent to be a lot
Cheaper than the U.S. variety?and process
it. Nobody appears to object to that idea
very much.
- The trouble stems from the fact that Occi-
dental wants to sell some Of its refinery's
products?heating oil and gasoline?in the
undetached portion of the U.S. And that, if
you listen to other oil companies and many
Southwestern politicians, would destroy the
oil import quota program.
Though other explanations are offered, the
purpose of the quota program is to protect
domestic oil producers from the competition
of cheaper foreign oil. Even if such a sub-
sidy is deemed a worthwhile aim of Govern-
ment, it seems a clumsy idea to finance it
by forcing all consumers?rich, pOor or what-
ever?to pay more for oil. It seems even more
questionable to involve the Government in
distributing quotas to a favored few?each
of whom is guaranteed significant profits
when he sells cheaper foreign oil at the high
U.S. price.
The setup is ready-made for controversy,
and that's what's breaking out all over.
Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, who
thinks New England needs the refinery, hints
none too subtly, 'that the opposition may
be breaking the antitrust laws. Maine's Gov.
Kenneth Curtis says his state will go to court
to force the lohnson Administration to act.
whether it Wants to or not. On the other
side, spokesmen for the Southwestern states
and the other oil firms are equally bitter.
It just simply won't do for the Nixon Ad-
ministration,?or the Johnson Administra-
tion, if it has a last-minute change of
heart?to dispose only of this single dispute.
If it approves the project the Government
will be deluged, with similar proposals from
elsewhere, each of which will stir wrathful
opposition. If, on-the ether hand, Washing-
ton rejects the refinery, the best it can hope
for is long-drawn-out and angry court dis-
putes.
So we're glad to see that the incoming
Administration plans to thoroughly exam-
ine the quota setup itself. If Washington in-
sists on subsidizing domestic oil firms, it
would be more honest to de so openly in-
stead of hiding the scheme in higher prices
to consumers. Direct subsidies o undesirable
as they are, tend to be easier" to end than
those built into the price system,
It's fashionable these days for politicians
to express deep concern for the welfare of
consumers. Here is a chance for them to do
something about it.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
By unanimous consent, leave of ab-
sence was granted to Mr. SATTERFIELD (at
the request of Mr. MARSH), for JanUary
17, 1969, on account of illness.
SPECIAL ORDER GRANTED
By unanimous consent, permission to
address the House, following the legisla-
tive program and any special orders
heretofore entered, was granted to Mr.
SAYLOR, today, for 15 minutes; to revise
and extend his remarks arid to include
extraneous matter.
EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS
By unanimous consent, permission to
extend remarks was granted to:
Mr. MADDEN.
Mr. BRAY in two instances.
(The following Members (at the re-
quest of Mr. MILLER of Ohio) and to in-
clude extraneous matter:)
Mr. Asnssoox.
Mr. RUMSFELD.
Mr. SPRINGER.
Mr. CARTER.
Mr. SHRIVER.
Mr. MCCLORY.
Mr. HOSMER in two instances.
Mr. KEITH.
(The following Members (at the re-
quest of Mr. PETTIS) and to include ex-
traneous matter:)
Mr. O'KoNsxi.
Mr. MILLER of Ohio in four instances.
Mr. SPRINGER.
Mr. CAHILL.
Mr. REINECKE.
(The following Members (at the re-
quest of Mr. DANIEL of Virginia) and to
include extraneous matter:)
Mr. GREEN of Pennsylvania in three
instances.
Mr. RONAN.
Mr. PODELL.
Mr. RARICK in four instances.
Mr. DE LA GARZA in two instances.
Mr. ROGERS of Florida in five instances.
Mr. Moss in five instances.
Mr. PICKLE in two instances.
Mr. HEBERT.
BILL PRESENTED TO THE
PRESIDENT
Mr. FRIEDEL, from the Committee on
House Administration, reported that
that committee did on this day present
to the President, for his approval, a bill
of the House of the following title:
H.R. 10. An act to increase the per annum
rate of compensation of the President of the
United States,
ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY, JANU-
ARY 20, 1969, AT 10:30 A.M.
Mr. DANIEL of Virginia. Mr. Speaker,
I move that the House do now adjourn.
The motion was agreed o; accordingly
(at 1 o'clock and 28 minutes p.m.), under
its previous order, the House adjourned
until Monday, January 20, 1969, at 10:30
o'clock a.m.
EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS,
ETC.
Under clause 2 of rule XX, executive
communications were taken from the
Speaker's table and refored as follows:
278. A communication from the President
of the United States, transmitting proposed
supplemental appropriations and other pro-
visions for the fiscal years 1968, 1969, and
1970 (H. Doc. No. 91-50); to the Committee
on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
279. A letter from the Secretary of the
Treasury, Chairman, National Advisory
Council on International Monetary and Fi-
nancial Policies, transmitting the annual
report for the period July 1, 1967, to June 30,
1968 (H. Doc. No. 91-52); to the Committee
on Banking and Currency and ordered to be
printed.
280. A letter from the Secretary of Agri-
culture, transmitting a report on control
of agriculture-related pollution; to the
Committee on Agriculture.
281. A letter from the Secretary of Agri-
culture, transmitting a draft of proposed
legislation to provide for the establishment
and maintenance of strategic reserve stocks
of agricultural commodities by producers
and the Commodity Credit Corporation for
national security, public protection, meeting
international commitments, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture.
282. A letter from the Director, Bureau of
the Budget, Executive Office of the Presi-
dent, transmitting a report that various ap-
propriations have been apportioned on a
basis which indicates a necessity for sup-
plemental estimates of appropriations, pur-
suant to the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 665; to
the Committee on Appropriations.
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REPORT OF NATIONAL AERO-
NAUTICS AND SPACE ADMIN-
ISTRATION?MESSAGE FROM THE
PRESIDENT (H. DOC. NO. 91-54)
The PRESIDING OFFICER laid be-
fore the Senate the following message
from the President of the United States,
which, with the accompanying report,
was referred to the Committee on Aero-
nautical and Space Sciences:
To the Congress of the United States:
I am proud to transmit the Nineteenth
Semiannual Report of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration,
covering the period January 1 through
June 30,1968.
This was a period of gratifying prog-
ress in the Nation's space effort. Project
Apollo was within sight . of its first
manned flights?culminating in the
magnificent flight of three brave astro-
nauts in Apollo 8. At the same time, our
satellites continued to provide meteoro-
logical and weather information to be
used for the benefit of people all over the
world, and to maintain channels for ex-
panding and hastening communications
among all nations.
I am pleased to bring this report to your
attention.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON.
THE WHITE HOUSE, January 17, 1969,
REPORT OF SECRETARY OF TRANS-
PORTATION?MESSAGE FROM THE
PRESIDENT (H. DOQ. NO. 91-53)
The PRESIDING OFFICER laid be-
fore the Senate the following message
from the President of the United States,
which, with the accompanying report,
was referred to the Committee on Com-
merce:
To the Congr?css of the United States:
I transmit here,with the first annual
report of the ,Secretary of Transporta-
tion,
The importance of transportation to
the economy, security, and welfare of
each American makes this report an
Important document which deserves
careful reading.
In his report, the Secretary of Trans-
portation reviews the state of the trans-
portation system of the United States
and described the initial efforts of the
Department to aid in the improvement
and development of the system.
Secretary Boyd has made gratifying
progress in organizing the new Depart-
ment, and has assembled a fine team to
help him confront the many challenges
arising out of the mission assigned the
Department of Transportation by the
Congress in Public Law 89-670.
The Department, during the period of
the report, carried out its direct serv-
ices to the public through five operating
administrations, each headed by an Ad-
ministrator reporting directly to the
Secretary. The Department has five As-
sistant Secretaries, four of whom have
substantive responsibilities, with one As-
sistant Secretary in charge of Adminis-
\tration. In addition, the Department has
a General Counsel responsible for legal
affairs.
,
As a result of the efforts of the Sec-
retary and his staff, the Department re-
ports a number of achievements during
the three months in which it was in
operation during fiscal year 1967. These
achievements are set forth in the pages
of the report, but I invite your attention
especially to these:
A special effort was made to foster
safety in transportation since the Coast
Quard, the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion, the Federal Highway Administra-
tion, and the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration all have significant responsibil-
ities in the field of safety. New programs
in highway and automobile safety were
successfully supported by the Depart-
ment.
Both the Coast Guard and the Federal
Aviation Administration have made im-
portant contributions to the Vietnam
war effort. They have supplied skilled
men and needed equipment in support
of the efforts of our other forces.
Development work continues to im-
prove the safety capacity of the Na-
tion's airways. New techniques and
equipment have been developed and in
many instances are in the process of in-
stallation.
A new approach has been adopted for
the planning of Federally supported
highways, especially in cities, with a view
to assuring that highways reflect design
features and routings conducive to sound
urban development as well as improved
transportation.
New regulations have been developed
and issued concerning safety features on
automobiles, and work has been initiated
to help States and communities establish
highway safety programs.
The National System of Defense and
Interstate Highways continued to receive
Federal assistance, and tangible prog-
ress was made toward completion of the
Interstate System as authorized by the
Congress.
Both the National Motor Vehicle Safe-
ty Advisory Council and the National
Highway Safety Advisory Committee be-
gan their operations.
Progress continued in the development
of high speed passenger, trains in spite
of many technical and management
problems.
A new record was set for tonnage
transiting the Saint Lawrence Seaway,
the United States portion of which is
operated and maintained by the Depart-
ment.
By these achievements in improving
our national transportation system, I am
pleased to report that the Transportation
Department has shown a deep concern
for the needs of the traveler and the
shipper.
The Department has also moved to
advance the welfare of our citizens by
making certain that transportation is
provided with due regard to its impact
on our environment; land, air and water.
I commend these accomplishments
and the enclosed report to your atten-
tion.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON.
THE WHITE House,, January 17, 1969.
SALARY REFORMS FOR UPPER LEV-
ELS OF GOVERNMENT?MESSAGE
FROM THE PRESIDENT (H. DOC.
NO. 91-51)
The PRESIDING OFFICER laid be-
fore the Senate the following message
from the President of the United States,
which was referred to the Committee on
Post Office and Civil Service:
To the Congress of the United States:
The Congress, the Executive Branch,
and the Federal Judiciary are the vital
nerve centers of government. Whoever
mans them is involved in activities so
momentous and far-reaching that they
touch the lives of all our citizens?and
indeed of people the world over. Our
national interest demands?and our na-
tional survival requires?that America
summon its best men and women to as-
sume the power of decision and the re-
sponsibility of leadership for government
in action.
Central to this concern is the matter
of compensation at the top echelons of
Government. Today, the salaries we pay
our top officials are clearly inadequate.
THE HAPPEL COMMISSION
The record of the past has been one of
Inadequate and fragmentary adjust-
ments in top-level compensation?always
too little, often too late.
I believed in my Administration that
the time had clearly come to re-examine
the entire top Federal salary network.
To this end, I asked the Congress to
create a bipartisan commission to:
?Recommend any changes its study
found necessary
?Review top-level Federal salaries
every four years.
The Congress responded. In December
1967, I signed into law a measure which
gave life to the Commission on Execu-
tive, Legislative and Judicial Salaries?
the first such body in our Nation's
history.
The Commission was composed of nine
distinguished Americans:
Three were appointed by the Presi-
dent:
?Frederick R. Kappel, former Chair-
man of the Board of Directors of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company, who served as the Com-
mission's Chairman.
?John J. Corson, Consultant and
Corporate Director.
?George Meany, President, American
Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations.
Two were appointed by the President
of the Senate:
?Stephen K. Bailey, Dean, Maxwell
Graduate School, Syracuse Univer-
sity.
?Sidney J. Weinberg, Senior Partner,
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Two were appointed by the Speaker of
the House of Representatives:
?Edward H. Foley, Attorney, Former
Undersecretary of the Treasury.
?William Spoelhof, President, Calvin
College, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Two were appointed by the Chief Jus-
tice of the United States:
?Arthur H. Dean, Attorney, Chair-
man, U.S. Delegation, Nuclear Test
Ban and Disarmament Conference.
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?William T. Gossett, Attorney, Presi-
dent, American Bar Association.
After a comprehensive study of top
Federal salaries, the Commission con-
cluded that:
?Present compensation levels are not
commensurate with the importance
of the positions held.
?These levels are not sufficient to sup-
port a standard of living that indi-
viduals qualified for such posts can
fairly expect to enjoy and in many
instances have long established.
?Action should be taken to modernize,
without delay, the top pay structure
of the Executive, Legislative and
Judicial Branches of government.
THE RECOMMENDED nrsoutas
Any recommendations the President
might make for salary reform must be
included in his budget. In preparing my
budget for Fiscal Year 1970, I carefully
reviewed the full report of the Kappel
Commission. Their proposals served as a
valuable guide as I weighed the recom-
mendations the law requires me to
make?recommendations which will be-
come effective 30 days after they are
submitted unless the Congress disap-
proves them during that Period.
I agree With the recommendations of
the Kappel Commission Report. If I alone
had the power to put its recommenda-
tions int() effect, I would do so. But in
our propOsal to the Congress and in the
law passed by the Congress creating the
Commission, final action on the report
was to be a joint enterprise between the
executive and legislative branches. I have
therefore feund it necessary to modify
some of the Kappel Commission recom-
mendations?particularly with respect to
congressional salaries, and also with
respect to the pay of certain executive
positions.
I do recommend that the Koppel Com-
mission proposals be put into effect for
the top officials of the federal, judicial
and executive 'branches. For them, I
recommend the following pay scales:
Chief Justice: $62,500.
Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court: $60,000.
Cabinet Heads: $60,000.
Of all the salaries, Congressional com-
pensation posed the most difficult prob-
lem of all and was the hinge on which
my recommendations turned. As the
Commission pointed out:
Members' salaries should be adjusted to
compensate for the substantial and unique
responsibilities they bear, to meet the cost
peculiar to elective rather than appointive
office, and to minimize the need to rely on
other means of augmenting income.
The Commission then recommended
that Congressional pay should be set at
$50,000.
Congressional salaries have been raised
in slow and piecemeal fashion, far out-
paced by pay increases in the rest of the
economy. Over the past three decades,
Congressmen have received only three
pay increases?an average of one pay
raise every ten years?to the current level
of $30,000, a salary which by today's
standards is woefully inadequate.
I do not think that the American peo-
ple want to see their elected representa-
tives?who must bear the awesome bur-
dens these critical times demand?serve
their Nation at the price of financial
hardship. I, therefore, belieVe that the
$50,000 Congressional salary recom-
mended by the Kappel Commission can
be justified.
A proper concern for history and tra-
dition, however, suggests that the Presi-
dent should consult the leaders of Con-
gress before he makes any retommenda-
tions concerning Congressional salaries.
I have done that.
These discussions and consultations
revealed that Congress would be reluc-
tant to approve a $50,000, salary. When
it comes to a pay increase, Congress puts
its own members last in line. Instead, an
increase to $42,500 was considered pref-
erable and more likely to receive the
necessary support. I respect the desires
of the leaders of the Congress. I, there-
fore, now recommend a $42,500 salary
for the Members of the House of Repre-
sentatives and the Senate.
The Congressional salary I am recom-
mending today represents an 89% in-
crease over the level of compensation in
1955. I must point out, hOwever, that
during this same period salaries of the
highest Civil Service career grade in-
creased by well over 100 per cent.
Civil Service salaries, moreover, will be
adjusted periodically to keep them com-
parable to those in industry?while Con-
gressional salaries must, under current
law, remain unchanged for the next four
years.
Projections indicate the following sal-
ary increases between 1955 and 1972:
?Congressional salaries: 88.9 percent.
?Postal workers: 90 percent.
?Average Federal worker: 94 percent.
?Factory workers: 94 percent.
?Government Wage Board employ-
ees: 101 percent.
?GS-15 Career Civil Servant: 109
percent.
?GS-18 Career Civil Servant: 135
percent.
Thus, even with the recommended pay
increase for our lawmakers, the increase
in Congressional salaries will lag behind
those of other Government workers and
employees in the private sector.
Since the weight of custom and a sense
of fairness require that we maintain and
preserve proper pay relationships at the
upper echelons of Government, the pro-
posed $42,500 Congressional salary re-
quires that I make certain adjustments
in the Kappel CommissiOn's proposals
for other top level salariee. Accordingly,
I recommend the following Pay scales:
Level II (Heads of Major Agencies):
$42,500.
Level III (Including Under Secretar-
ies) : $40,000.
Level IV (Including Ass't. Secretar-
ies) : $38,000,
Level V (Including Heads of Boards) :
$36,000.
recommendations for the other top
level, positions covered by the Kappel
Commission are set forth in my budget
in accordance with the requirements of
Public Law 90-206.
The salaries of the Vice President, the
Speaker of the House, the Majority and
Minority Leaders of the House and Sen-
ate and the President Pro Tem of the
Senate were not, as such, covered by the
Kappel Commission's cnerter. For this
reason, I am submitting separate pay leg-
islation embodying my recommenda-
tions, as follows:
Vice President: $62,500.
Speaker of the House: $62,500.
Majority and Minority Leaders of the
House and Senate and President Pro
Tem of the Senate: $55,000.
CONGRESSIONAL ALIA WANCES
The burdens imposed by Congressional
service are unique. They often require
members to bear extra expenses in con-
nection with their official responsibilities.
Most lawmakers, for example, must
maintain two homes for themselves and
their families?one among the people in
the district or state they serve; the other
in or near the Nation's capital.
Recognizing these facts, the Federal
tax laws have allowed deductions of up
to $3,000 a year for living expenses at
the seat of our national government.
That maximum deduction has re-
mained fixed for 15 years now?while
sessions of the Congress have grown
longer and longer under the pressure
of increasing workloads and crowded
legislative calendars.
I believe we should increase the max-
imum deduction so that Members of
Congress will not 'be required to use any
new pay increase to defray some of the
essential living expenses incurred in the-
pursuit of their official duties.
Accordingly, I recommend that the
maximum Federal tax deduction for
Congressional living expenses be raised
by $!t,50G----,rona $3,000 to $5,500 for each
member of Congress.
EXCELLENCE IN THE PJBLW SERVICE
The proposals I make today are long
overdue and urgently needed salary re-
forms at the upper levels of our govern-
ment. But they are more than pay rec-
ommendations, for they cut to the heart
of what modern government is all
about?excellence in the pursuit of the
public's business.
This moment of decision provides a
unique occasion to strengthen the sinews
of American government. We can do this
by offering to our best and ablest citizens
fair compensation for the job they must
do in guiding America forward in the
years ahead.
Just as these public servants?in the
Congress, in the Cabinet and in the Ju-
diciary?have a responsibility to the Na-
tion, so the Nation has a responsibility
to them.
The total amounts involved in my pay
proposals are relatively small. But they
will be wise investments in our future.
I urge the Congress to grasp the op-
portunity presented to it and to respond
favorably to the recommendation I am
submitting today.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON.
THE WHITE HOUSE, January 11, 1969.
EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED
As in executive session,
The PRESIDING OFFICER laid be-
fore the Senate messages from the Presi-
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attractions will be encouraged to go on
and See pawn, and to stay in the area
for several days.
Additionally, we must find ways and
means of stimulating economic develop-
ment of the region through increased
tourism and recreation activities. To do
this we need a full inventory of present
resources and facilities, which, tied in
with the inventory of present roads and
the recommendations for future ones,
will point the way for coordinated devel-
opment by government and private
agencies, and by private capital. For ex-
ample, we need a guide for private in-
vestors who want to develop tourist ac-
commodations, and other commercial
enterprises to serve the greatly increased
tourist trade expected in the area.
Within the circle are 17 national parks
and monuments, and just outside within
an easy drive are eight others.
As if this were not enough, the mira-
cle of modern engineering in the very
center of the area is the great Lake
Powell Reservoir impounded by the Glen
Canyon Dam, which has become a mecca
for boating and outdoor enthusiasts.
My bill asks $150,000 for the survey,
which, I again emphasize, would be di-
rected not only toward helping both the
State and Federal agencies plan toward
a common goal, but to pointing out op-
portunities to private capital in the area.
' The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill
Will ,be received and appropriately
referred.
The bill (S, 308) to authorize the Sec-
retary of the Interior to conduct, in
cooperation with the States and inter-
ested Federal agencies, a development
survey of the recreational resources of
the golden circle of national parks and
Monuments and associated science, rec-
reation, and Indian areas in the States
of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and
Utah, and for other purposes, introduced
by Mr. Moss, was received, read twice
by its title, and referred to the Commit-
tee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
ISUPPORT OF LEGISLATION TO
S. 309?INTRODUCTION OF BILL IN
ESTABLISH POSTAL EMPLOYEE-
Mb.N.AGEMENT RELATIONS BY
LAW
. Mr. YARBOROUGH. Mr. President,
Many people have been preoccupied, and
rightly so, with the concept of convert-
ing the postal system into a.Government
corporation, as recommended last year
by the KaPpel commission.
Such a far-reaching, revolutionary
proposal, obviously demands the closest
kind of scrutiny and study by the Con-
gress. But this preoccupation should not
blind us to the urgencies of another
aspect of the general postal problem?a
problem indeed that the Kappel com-
mission ranks second in importance to
Its primary recommendation.
That secondary aspect?which in my
judgment is one of great urgency?is the
whole question of employee-management
relations in Government and particu-
larly in the postal service.
There is room for improvement of the
Post Office Department, but none
touches more lives or has a more direct
relationship to the quality of postal serv-
ice than the morale of its three-quarters
of a million employees?and that morale
today is at a low ebb. It could not be
otherwise under a labor-management
system that is heavily weighted in
favor of management and against the
employees.
Moreover, so long as labor-manage-
ment relations are governed by the exist-
ing Presidential Executive order, there
is going to be a continuing and built-in
problem; for so long as there are no
means available for effective appeal to
an impartial third party, there will be
frustration and mistrust among the rank
and file of the thousands of men and
women who move the mails.
I am, therefore, introducing today a
separate bill?a bill apart from all the
other issues and problems of the postal
service?designed to correct this inequity.
Quite simply, it provides for compul-
sory arbitration of disputes; it creates an
independent Labor-Management Rela-
tions Panel for this purpose, and finally
it establishes clear-cut guidelines and
standards for both management and
labor in the fulfillment of their respon-
sibilities.
When you consider how long the em-
ployees of the postal service have sought
this elemental balance wheel, it is
nothing less than amazing that things are
not more desperate than they are among
postal employees. It will be 20 years in
March since the first labor-management
bill for Federal and postal employees
was introduced in Congress. Only once?
only once?in those 20 years has there
even been a public hearing on the issue,
that is until last year when the full
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Com-
mittee did hold a brief but full-scale
hearing on this subject.
The evidence of that hearing left no
room for argument. A system which pre-
supposes a mutuality of rights but pro-
vides only for unilateral remedy is mor-
ally wrong and legally without justice.
In the words of one witness, what is
wrong is that a postal clerk can be sus-
pended, separated, admonished, or repri-
manded for the slightest violation of con-
tract rules and postal regulations but
there is nothing anyone can do about
postmasters or supervisors who refuse to
admit that a contract exists or who
otherwise violate rules or law.
It is inconceivable to me that the
Government should require its employees
to be subject to the kind of one-sided
procedures that in private industry
would disrupt operations of nearly any
business.
Which raises another vital question.
The bill I am introducing does not in any
sense of the word diminish or threaten
the Federal laws which prohibit strikes
in the Government service. There have
been some unwarranted fears on this
score in some uninformed quarters.
When we talk about equitable labor-
management relations in the public serv-
ice, we are not involving the issue of
strikes which remain forbidden, and
ought to be.
All we are talking about is a modern-
ized and dynamic employee relations
mechanism which lays down the funda-
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mental principle that free and friendly
consultation between employees and
management with machinery for orderly
settlement of disputes is vital to a better
postal service. Employees are entitled to
be heard on matters affecting their con-
ditions of work. And strong, democratic
unions have a right to be encouraged in
the postal establishment and by this
Congress.
Aside from establishing independent
machinery for compulsory setlement of
disputes and grievances, this bill estab-
lishes policy criteria for granting exclu-
sive postal union recognition based on
postal crafts along with codes of proper
conduct for employees and management
alike. It also provides separate criteria
for supervisors organizations.
Finally, the rights of representatives
on both sides to testify, to question and
to cross-examine witnesses?in other
words to present their cases without
danger of reprisal or intimidation?is
guaranteed.
This is a forward step to encourage and
to insure the continuing dedication of our
thousands of postal employees. Its pas-
sage would affirm and extend the prin-
ciples of Executive Order 10988 which
was itself a giant step of enlightenment
even though, in the years since it was
issued, serious defects and shortcomings
have inevitably diluted the high promise
it originally contained. In any case, in
matters of such urgency and importance
affecting the welfare of so many thou-
sands of employees, such machinery
ought to be established by law now, rath-
er than by the mere issuance of a Presi-
dential order.
Every study of postal problems in re-
cent years has highlighted the deterior-
ation of employee morale in the postal
service, and undesirable conditions of
employment have often been stated to be
key factors in the general worsening of
service. This bill provides the medicine
for a permanent cure?a cure long over-
due?in one of the most vital arteries of
the entire system.
The PRESIDING -OFFICER. The bill
will be received and appropriately re-
ferred.
The bill (S. 309) to provide for im-
proved employee-management relations
in the postal service, and for other pur-
poses, introduced by Mr. YARBOROUGH, by
request, was received, read twice by its
title, and referred to the Committee on
Post Office and Civil Service.
S. 312?INTRODUCTION OF BILL TO
RESTORE THE FAMILY SEPARA-
TION ALLOWANCE
Mr. TOWER. Mr. President, in what I
believe was an unwise action, the Comp-
troller General of the United States in a
ruling last year cut off the family separa-
tion allowance to nearly 25,000 service
members who previously were entitled
to the $30 monthly payment.
By act of Congress in 1963, this Pay-
ment was authorized to married service-
men who were unable to take their wives
and other dependents with them for as-
signments outside of the United States.
The purpose of the allowance was to
help offset the increased family expenses
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arising from a father's separation from
his family because of his military duties.
The Comptroller General's ruling has
deprived nearly 10 percent of all those
entitled to this allowance from receiving
any further payments since December 1,
1968. To some, $30 does not seem a great
deal of money; but to many service fami-
lies who are just barely making ends
meet, it is the difference between sol-
vency arid financial trouble. This is es-
pecially so since the service families have
included in their budgets this amount
which they had been receiving every
month since 1963.
The legislation which I introduce to-
day would change this situation by au-
thorizing the resumption of this 'pay-
ment. I think that my colleagues will
agree with me that quick action on this
matter is imperative if we are to avoid
further aggravation of this distressed
situation.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill
will be received and appropriately re-
ferred.
The bill (S. 312) to amend section 427
(b) of title 37, United States Code, to
provide that a family separation allow-
ance shall be paid to a member of a uni-
formed service even though the member
does not maintain a residence or house-
hold for his dependents, subject to his
management and control, introduced by
Mr. TOWER, was received, read twice by
its title, and referred to the Committee
on Armed Services.
S. 324?INTRODUCTION OF PRINCE
WILLIAM COUNTY LAND BILL
Mr. SPONG. Mr. President, last year,
the Fiscal Affairs Subcommittee of the
Senate District Committee, of which I
was chairman, reported, and the Senate
later passed, a bill to permit the District
of Columbia to sell to Prince William
County, Va., certain land in the county
which the District acquired in 1922.
Unfortunately, the bill never cleared the
House of Representatives.
I am, consequently, reintroducing this
legislation. No opposition was expressed
to the bill last year during Senate com-
mittee hearing's or on the Senate floor, I
an, therefore, hopeful of prompt action
on the legislation this session.
Prince William County, Va., seeks to
acquire the 350.4 acres affected by the
legislation for recreational purposes,
construction of a water pollution control
plant, and a sanitary landfill which will
be shared by the District and Prince
William County,
Committee hearings last year indi-
cated that the bill would enable Prince
William County to provide improved
recreational, water pollution control, and
disposal services and would in no way be
detrimental to the District.
The affected property, known as Feath-
erstone Point, is located on the Po-
tomac River, about 27 miles from
Washington, D.C.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill
will be received and appropriately re-
ferred.
The bill (S. 324) to authorize the Gov-
ernment of the District of Columbia to
convey interests in certain property
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owned by the District of Columbia in
Prince William County, Va., and for
other purposes, introduced by Mr.
Brom, was received, read twice by its
title, and referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary.
S. 3:34?INTRODUCTION OF Brn-n?
VEEERANS DISABILITY SEVER-
ANCE PAY LEGISLATION - -
Mr. MONTOYA. Mr. President, mem-
bers of the Armed Forces of the United
States rendered permanently unfit to
perform their military duties because of
a service incurred disability may, under
certain specified conditions, be granted
disability severance pay, which is a
lump-sum nonrecurring benefit com-
puted on the basis of rank and length of
service.
Present law requires, however, that
the amount of such severance pay shall
be deducted from any compensation for
the same disability to which the veteran
may be entitled under laws administered
by the Veterans' Administratien. As sev-
erance pay often amounts to several
thousands of dollars and recovery of
this amount from disability compensa-
tion generally requires an extended pe-
riod of time, the present recoupment
provisions often result in hardship
situations.
On many occasions the service con-
nected disability, which may, have been
ratable at 10- to 30-percent disabling at
the time of discharge, unexpectedly
changes into a totally disabling condi-
tion with consequent termination of the
veteran's income.
In these instances the veteran may be
granted a 100 percent disability rating
by the Veterans' Administration, but the
recoupment provisions continue to bar
the payment of disability compensation
until such time as the full amount of
severance pay has been recouped.
In order to alleviate this type of hard
ship situation, I am today . introducing
legislation to provide that the rate at
which disability severance pay may be
recouped should be limited to a monthly
amount not in excess of the compensa-
tion to which the veteran would currently
be entitled for the degree of disability as-
signed on his initial VA rating.
My bill, Mr. President, will insure that
the balance between that amount and
any elevated evaluation is made payable
to the veteran rather than being applied
toward the recoupment of his severance
pay.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous con-
sent that the text of my bill be printed
at this point in the RECORD.
The PRESIDING 010FICER. The bill
will be received and appropriately re-
ferred; and, without objection, the bill
will be printed in the RECORD.
The bill (S. 334) to revise the provi-
sions of title 10, United States Code, re-
lating to the recoupment of disability
severance pay under certain conditions,
introduced by Mr. MONTOYA, was re-
ceived, read twice by its title, referred to
the Committee on Armed Services, and
ordered to be printed in the Raceme, as
follows:
S. 334
Re it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That section
1212(e) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end thereof the
following: "Deduction of the disability sev-
erance pay from disability compensation
shall be made t a monthly rate not in ex-
cess of the rate of compensa [ion to which
the former member would be untitled, based
on the degree of his disability as determined
on the initial Veterans' Administration
rating."
S. 335?INTRODUCTION OF A BILL TO
PREVENT THE IMPORTATION OF
ENDANGERED SPECIES
Mr. YARI3OROUGH. Mr. President, I
introduce, for appropriate reference, a
bill to prevent the importation of endan-
gered species of fish and wildlife or parts
thereof into the 'United States, and to
prevent the interstate shipment of rep-
tiles, amphibians, and other wildlife
taken contrary to State law.
I originally introduced an endangered
species bill during the 90th Congress,
after I learned of the serious gap that
exists in our own Nation'e protection of
the world's endangered species. Though
a number of countries have tried to en-
force some protective measures by estab-
lishing animal preserves and ascribing
animal quotas, they are unable to stop
the rapid disappearance of many beauti-
ful and exotic species simply because
countries like the United States continue
to supply a huge market for illegally ob-
tained furs and hides. In tact, the United
States is presently the largest market in
the world for these valuable skins, il-
legally taken in the country of origin.
Current fashion fads have placed many
unique animals?such as the spotted
leopard and the American alligator?in
a precarious position. Also, the demand
for exotic pets, including unusual vari-
eties of monkeys and large wild cats,
such as leopards, has placed even more
species in danger of extinction
In a shocking expos?f what he terms
the "mail-order misery,- the traffic in
exotic wild pets, writer Roger Caras has
documented the inhumane treatment of
these animals which contributes to their
high mortality rate. For example, in the
Audubon magazine article entitled "Let
There Be a Limit To Our Love," he de-
scribes the technique used in collecting
specimens of the Gibbon monkey:
All the native collector has to do is locate
a female Gibbon carrying a baby and shoot
her out of the tree. If the baby is not killed
or hopelessly maimed in the fall, two men
working together can pry the screaming in-
fant's fingers off the mother's fur and get
it into a sack without breaking its arms.
There are certain inherent problems, however.
Many babies will be.injured in the fall?and
this is wa,steful of expensive ammunition.
Also, most of the babies collected will die
before reaching the home: of animal lovers.
When a female Gibbon S: fleeing in terror
through the trees, it seems, it isn't possible to
tell whether her baby has been weaned or net.
Mr. President, my bill is designed to
offer some effective protection to the en-
dangered species of the world, and to
put an end to the thoughtless and in-
humane exploitation of all fish and wild-
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Witt, Morris, $1,600.85, July 1, 1962 to May
11, 1968.
Wrong step given or change from WB to
OS.
Alazar, Edgar V., $276.80 May 8, 1966 to
Atigust 29, 1967.
Almaquer, Joe, $294.80, April 10, 1966 to
August 29, 1967.
Arizpe, Facundo, $523.60, April 10, 1966 to
August 27, 1967.
Baldwin, Mellie K., $264, May 22, 1966 to
August 27, 1967.
Benavides, David R., $562.96, April 10, 1966
to June 8, 1968.
Cisneros, Orlando, $108.80, January 15, 1967
to August 27. 1967.
Cross, Mildred, $108.80, October 19, 1967
to May 25, 1968.
Davis, Alton E., $306.80, May 22, 1966 to
November 11, 1967.
Flores, Simon E., $288, April 10, 1966 to
August 27, 1967.
Gamboa, Joe M., $295.20, April 10, 1966 to
August 27, 1967.
Hawks, Meredith G., $637.60, January ,16,
1966 to June 1, 1968.
Howard, Thomas D., $412.87, November 13,
1966 to July 16, 1968
Martinez, Ismael, $298.40, April 10, 1966 to
August 26, 1967.
Martinez, Jose C., $264.85, June 5, 1966 to
August 27, 1967.
Martinez, Ramon L., $582.80, April 24, 1966
to July 6, 1968.
Martinez, Ruben, $90.60, February 4, 1968
to June 8, 1968.
Platt, Harry A., $302.65, April 24, 1966, to
August 26, 1967.
? Pozos, Domingo, $301.52, April 10, 1966 to
August 26, 1967.
Quintero, Domingo G., $285.60, April 24,
1966 to August 27, 1967.
Reed, Harold B., $655.20, January 16, 1966
to June 29, 1968.
Rendon, Rudy M., $525.60, April 10, 1966
? to June 15, 1968.
Robin, Harold A., $264, May 22, 1966 to
August 27, 1967.
Sierra, Joe J., July 10, 1966 to August 9,
1968.
Sifuentes, Gasper V., $288, April 10, 1966
to August 26, 1967.
Smith, Marvin M., $440.80, January 2, 1966
to June 1, 1968.
Smith, Melvin G., $264, May 22, 1966 to
August 27, 1967.
Sudduth, Ralph W., $542.40, July 17, 1966
to July 6, 1968.
Sunvision, Burl 0., $441.60, January 2,
1966 to June 1, 1968,
White, O'Douglas, $122.70, May 8, 1966 to
December 8, 1966.
Whorton, Doris R., $810.29, June 4, 1961
to July 25, 1965.
Thomas, Betty J., $476, June 5, 1966 to
June 1, 1968.
Thompson, Fentress L., $564.20, July 10,
1966 to June 1,1968.
Vela, Lupe, $279.80, May 8, 1966 to August
27, 1967.
Webb, Charles W., $264, May 22, 1966 to
August 27, 1967.
Wells, Coy F., $440.80, January 2, 1966 to
June 1, 1968.
Weinette, Richard C., $585.16, April 24, 1966
to July 13, 1968.
Time in, lower grade used in computing
waiting period for step increase in higher
grade.
Findley, Helen F., $115.16, September 3,
1967 to May 11, 1968.
West, James W., $55.02., January 1, 1967 to
June 18, 1967.
SEC. 4. No part of the amount appropriated
in section 2 of this Act in excess of 10 per
centum thereof shall be paid or delivered
to or received iv. any agent or attorney on
account of services rendered in connection
With this elaim, and the same shall be un-
lawful, any contract to the contrary not-
withstanding. Any person violating the pro-
vision of this subsection shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic-
tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not
exceeding $1,000.
S. 24-INTRODUCTION OF BILL TO
OneESEND THE FOREIGN SERVICE
ACT OF 1946
Mr. SPARKMAN. Mr. President, I in-
troduce for appropriate reference a bill
to amend section 941(b) of the Foreign
Service Act of 1946, as amended.
In summary, section 941(b) provides
that if a dependent of a Foreign Service
employee incurs an illness or injury
abroad. the State Department may pay
for the cost of treatment in excess of $35
up to a maximum of 120 days, but this
maximum limitation does not apply if it
is determined that the illness or injury
was clearly caused by the fact that the
dependent was located abroad.
The bill I am introducing would simply
add to this a provision that neither shall
the limitation apply if it is determined
that the illness or injury was aggravated
by the lack of prompt and adequate
medical attention.
This bill stems from the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee's consideration in the
last Congress of a private bill (S. 2969)
for the relief of David E. Alter IIJ, and
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David E. Alter,
Jr. The purpose of that bill was to reim-
burse the family for medical expenses
resulting from an injury which David E.
Alter III, who was then 15 years old,
sustained in Lusaka, Zambia, in 1965
while his father was the AID representa-
tive there.
The accident in which David was in-
jured occurred when he was hit by a
truck as he alighted from a car. At the
Lusaka General Hospital, the injury was
diagnosed as simple concussion and
David was placed in bed with no treat-
ment prescribed. Subsequently, it devel-
oped that he had suffered severe brain
stem damage in addition to a fracture
of the right leg, torn ligaments in both
knees, a fractured nose, loss of a tooth,
and lacerations.
David was later evacuated to the Army
Hospital in Frankfurt and then to Wash-
ington. The accident occurred December
24, 1965. David did not regain conscious-
ness until October 1966, and remained
hospitalized until February 196'7. He still
requires nursing care in the home of his
parents.
Pursuant to section 941(b) of the For-
eign Service Act, the State Department
paid for the first 120 days of David's
hospitalization and treatment. At the
time the Foreign Relations Committee
considered the case last year, David's at-
tending physician estimated that the to-
tal additional costs would be well in ex-
cess of $100,000, as compared to a limit
of $40,000-plus $2,000 a year-pro-
vided by his father's insurance coverage
under the high option of the Govern-
ment-wide indemnity plan-Aetna-of
the Federal employees' health benefits
program.
The State Department terminated its
payments for treatment after 120 days
on the basis of a determination by its
Medical Division that the injury was not
clearly caused by the fact that David was
located abroad. This determination was
made on the narrow grounds that people
are hit by trucks and suffer similar in-
juries in the TJnited States. But as the
Foreign Relations Committee pointed
out in its report last year on S. 2969:
This completely overlooks the fact that the
victims of such injuries in the United States
generally receive more prompt and adequate
medical attention, thereby hastening their
recovery and reducing complications. While
David was a patient at the Washington Hos-
pital Center, for example, persons suffering
from similar injuries were admitted and dis-
charged, able to walk and talk, within 3
months.
The committee report last year also
noted that-
Since section 941(b) was enacted as an
amendment to the Foreign Service Act in
1958, from two to six cases a year have arisen
in which a dependent has required treat-
ment beyond 120 days and in which a find-
ing has been made that the cause is not
clearly related to the dependent's presence
overseas. Without exception, these cases have
arisen from accidents, the victims of which
most likely would have received more
prompt and adequate treatment in the
United States. In the next Congress, the
committee intends to give consideration to
amending the Foreign Service Act to take
account of this gap especially in the less-
developed countries.
I am introducing this bill today to
provide the basis for such consideration
by the committee.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill
will be received and appropriately re-
ferred.
The bill (S. 24) to amend the Foreign
Service Act of 1946 so as to permit pay-
ment of certain costs of treatment of de-
pendents of foreign service personnel
where illnesses or injuries incurred
abroad are aggravated by lack of prompt
and adequate medical attention, intro-
duced by Mr. SPARKMAN, was received,
read twice by its title, and referred to the
Committee on Foreign Relations.
S. 25-INTRODUCTION OF GREAT
SALT LAKE NATIONAL MONUMENT
LEGISLATION
Mr. MOSS. Mr. President, I am today
introducing a bill to establish a Great
Salt Lake National Monument on Ante-
lope Island near the southern end of
Utah's unique inland sea.
Great Salt Lake-which is Utah's spe-
cial landmark-is also one of our most
neglected natural resources. Its remark-
able scientific, historic, and recreational
values are all underdeveloped.
When I came to Congress in 1959, I set
as one of my goals the proper develop-
ment of Great Salt Lake. Beginning with
that Congress and in each succeeding
Congress, I introduced bills on which ex-
tensive hearings were held in both Utah
and Washington, and out of which de-
veloped a reasonable consensus as to
what should be done. The bill I am intro-
ducing today is identical to the one
which passed the Senate in the 90th
Congress, but died in the House. It is a
distillation of the best of all previous
bills, and full hearings and committee
and floor debate in the Senate. I am
hopeful that it will be passed by both
Houses in the 91st Congress, and that we
can begin development of the Great Salt
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Lake in a way which will fully realize
its vast potential.
Mr. President, the Great Salt Lake is
one of the truly unique geological fea-
tures of the world.
The lake is the living remnant of huge
Lake Bonneville of Pleistocene time. An
Ice-Age lake, Bonneville covered much of
northern Utah, eastern Nevada, and
southern Idaho, in places to a depth of
over 1,000 feet. The lake drained north-
ward into the Columbia River system.
As the climate of the world changed,
evaporation from Bonneville's surface
exceeded the inflow of fresh water, re-
ducing the surface from about 20,000
square miles to near its present size,
nearly 200 square miles.
Dissolved salts, left behind by the evap-
oration, have ranged from 16 to 26
percent and have accounted for many
of the unusual qualities of Great Salt
Lake. Its density supports a swimmer
with no effort on his part. A great indus-
try is developing to extract valuable
minerals from the briny waters.
Antelope Island is about 15 miles long
and 4 miles wide and its mountain tops
rise 1,700 feet above the lake's surface.
It is known as Antelope Island because
of the antelope which used to graze there,
and it is one of the few areas remaining
in Utah which have not been changed
by the pressures of a growing, mobile
population, but is in a near primitive
condition. It offers a readymade plat-
form from which to see and interpret the
present lake and its physical history.
The Wave-carved terraces from different
stages of Lake Bonneville are visible. In
addition there are magnificent views of
Great Salt Lake and the other islands
and promontories and mountain ranges
that stand in and around the basin. The
restricted but fascinating lake life, in-
cluding reefiike algae deposits, and the
products of evaporation can readily be
interpreted from the island base.
It is also easy to visualize, from the
island, the effect of Great Salt Lake,
both as a barrier and as a magnet for
fur trappers, explorers, Mormon pio-
neers, and the railroad builders, all
major features of the story of America's
westward expansion. Promontory Sum-
mit can be seen. This is the place on
which the golden spike was driven in
1869, liaising the east and west coasts by
continental railroad. Built in 1849, the
oldest house in Utah still used for its
original purpose?as a ranchhouse?
stands in a grassy setting.
Let rue quote to you the Department
of the Interior's conclusion as to scien-
tific significance:
Scientific significance is the hallmark of
National Monument caliber for any feature,
site or area. On this basis, Antelope Island
merits National Monument status in its
own right. The island a,; a whole comprises
a complete topographic unit and it is the
record of the drama of earth history which
circumscribes the island from its present
shoreline to the crests and promontories
standing as much as 2,400 feet above the
surface of Great Salt Lake. These are fac-
tors which contribute to the scientific sig-
nificance of Antelope Island. It is doubtful
whether any other location surpasses Ante-
lope Island as a scientific exhibit of the story
of Great Salt Lake and its ancestral lakes
and as a place for its observation, study and
enjoyment by visitors.
There is also great potential for recrea-
tional development on the north end
of Antelope Island. Preliminary develop-
ment plans include two Salt water
beaches and piers, a marina, bathhouses,
picnic facilities, camping ground areas
throughout the island, and facilities for
horseback riding.
Causeways would be improved and
surfaced to both the norherrrffd south-
ern tips of the island6 provide easy ac-
cess. The monum9rft would be within
minutes traveltime of nearly three-
quarters of the/population of the State
of Utah?the /island's southernmost tip
is only aboitt 12 miles from Salt Lake
City.
ars ago there were people from
e world swimming in the Great
e. In recent years, however, very
ple?either Utahans or visitors?
exhilarating
because bathing facilities have
equate. Receding lake waters
the famous old resort, Saltair,
dry, and it has fallen into a
f disrepair. Other resorts along
edge of the lake are small,
ilities limited. Enactment of
d again make Great Salt
int for interested Ameri-
visitors who would like
great dead sea.
sea
about 26,000
ivate ownership.
the monument
ition of some
left exposed
a band of
water around the island. Tlits island is
owned by a ranching compan ewhich is
willing to sell. Costs of acquisitkon are
estimated at not more than $1,60,000
and development costs have been set by
the National Park Service at $9,135,000.
Mr. President, The Advisory Board on
National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings
and Monuments recommended in 1963
that Antelope Island, or a portion of it,
be authorized for establishment in the
national park system.
There is strong support in Utah for
development. The Governor, the Honor-
able Calvin L. Rampton, who has just
been reelected by more than a 2-to-1
majority, has long favored my bill. The
Great Salt Lake Authority, which is the
State agency charged with recreational
and technical responsibilites on the lake,
newspapers published in Utah, county
commissioners, municipal Officials, and
scores of private citizens have all urged
that the Congress establiele the Great
Salt Lake klationatMaintrrient.
It is time we enact this bill to establish
a Great Salt Lake National Monument,
and set about preserving and developing
one of the world's most interesting nat-
ural phenomena.
I send to the desk, for appropriate
reference, a bill to provide for the estab-
lishment of the Great Salt Lake National
Monument in the State of Utah, and for
other purposes.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill
will be received and appropriately
referred.
The bill (S. 25) to provide for the
establishment of the Great Salt Lake
National Monument, In the State of
Utah, and for other purposes, introduced
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by Mr. Moss, was received, read twice by
its title, and referred to the Committee
on Interior and Insular Affairs.
S. 26?INTRODUCTION OF CANYON-
LANDS NATIONAL PARK BILT,
Mr. MOSS. Mr. President, at the time
the Congress authorized the Canyonlands
National Park in 1964, we recognized that
the boundaries which we were estab-
lishing did not encompass all of the
unique and magnificent scenery in
the area which was of national park
caliber. We knew that someday we would
want to take another look-that we would
want to consider bringing under the pro-
tection of the National Park Service some
of the spectacular areas which border the
boundaries of Canyonlands, and which
are equal with the present park area in
scenic, scientific, or historic interest.
The bill I am introducing today would
expand the boundaries of the present
park to add four additional tracts?
mostly public lands?approximately
95,000 acres. Three of the tracts adjoin
Canyonlands and the remaining tract is
located a few miles to the west. Their
addition would enlarge the park to ap-
proximately 350,000 acres.
The largest of the tracts to be added
is the Maze, which comprises 49,233
acres directly west of the park, and em-
braces a rugged labyrinth of canyons and
eroded geological forms, some of which
no white man has ever seen yet.
The second largest tract comprises
31,347 acres lying along the northern
boundary of Canyonlands, and includes
the 4,562 acres of Dead Horse Point State
Park which the Utah State Park and
Recreation Commission once requested
be taken into the national park.
The other two are tracts of approxi-
mately 11,952 acres which adjoin the
southeast corner of Canyonlands and
contain part of the famed Lavender
Canyon, and an area of 3,178 acres
known as Horseshoe Canyon, which is
located about 7 miles west of the north-
corner of Canyonlands, and which
ontains some of the finest galleries of
prehistoric pictographs in the country.
/ All of these new areas contain unique
'features and natural phenomena which
have national significance. They should
be kept in their undisturbed and natural
state, and the best way to do this is to
incorporate them into the park.
Before Canyonlands National Park
was established, there had already been
some vandalism in southeastern Utah.
Both geological formations as well as
Indian artifacts and pictographs had
been destroyed. It was partly to give pro-
tection to many of these national treas-
ures that I pressed for action on the
original Canyonlands National Park bill.
Now, the publicity on the establish-
ment of the park is bringing thousands
of additional tourists into the area, and
as roads are improved and extended and
more campsites are completed, the num-
ber of visitors both to Canyonlands and
the lands adjacent to it will increase.
A $21/2 million Canyonlands roadbuild-
hag program is being undertaken with
fiscal 1968 and 1969 funds, and more
campgrounds and new trails are also
being built. It is inevitable that as roads
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