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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -HOUSE 2871
price in 12 States of the Southeast from
Maryland and Delaware south to Florida.
'tYSDA set a price for Commodity Credit
Corporation corn stocks at 25 cents a bushel
over the Chicago cash market price for 5 or
more jumbo freight cars or 10 or more ordi-
nary freight cars. In quantities of one
through four jumbo cars or two through
nine ordinary cars, the f.o.b. price will be
271/ cents above the Chicago cash market
price.
The sales program is facilitated by use of
reduced rail rates under section 22 of the
interstate Commerce Act.
This means nothing less than flat pricing
by areas in this Nation.
It rejects flatly any recognition of free
markets wherein high regional prices would
accelerate imports. of a commodity. This
would bring prices down to the economic
value of the commodity from an interior
terminal plus freight to the consuming
deficit area.
This sudden price decision on the part of
USDA- follows the same pattern of last year
when USDA used a section 22 freight rate to
break the local market or perhaps to satisfy
local politicians-who seem to dominate
USDA price policy.
Most observers here are aghast at the arbi-
trary action by USDA. The ' pricing policy
for CCC corn was quietly announced by a
single posted notice on a bulletin board dur-
Ing market trading hours without any prior
discussion of the action with the grain in-
dustry.
One may only describe this type of admin-
istrative procedure as arbitrary, capricious,
and possessing political connotations. The
ASCS office of USDA and the front office are
now dominated by southeastern officials who
have a local interest in feed, grain shipments
from the midwest producing areas to key
States such as North Carolina and adjacent
States.
In short, the slide-rule experts here in con-
trol of USDA repudiate the free market and
are deciding what the price of corn should
be in the 12 States.
DEFENDS ACTION
To the astonishment of this 'reporter, one
leading USDA economic official said that his
study of USDA data pertaining to this mat-
ter showed that the CCC price reflected an
adequate return to the exporter of grain to
the southeastern deficit area.
But the shippers of grains into that area
who had already moved supplies into the
States would be penalized to the extent that
CCC had later capriciously fixed a price for
its corn.
However, that is the situation, and the
grain trade must live with it and with the
uncertainty about how . long this punitive
situation can exist-a situation in which an
individual or a group of politically minded
individuals slip the slide rules and push but-
tons to determine what is a fair price in any
area of the Nation.
TRADE FACES, CATASTROPHE
The grain trade stands on the brink of
catastrophe. The trade, with some signifi-
cant exceptions, is revealed as an utter fail-
ure in anticipating and fighting the tower-
ing wave of administered prices as now ap-
pear inherent in the Orville Freeman-USDA
philosophy.
The free, competitive markets are slowly
being strangled by the Lilliputians of the
USDA. The grain trader is a fallen foe.
. The announcement of ,administered pric-
ing by CCC is nothing less than the forerun-
ner of catastrophe for the independent grain
merchant as well as a danger signal to the
processing industry, which prices its prod-
ucts on the basis,of competitive buying of
raw materials,
_
The U.S. Government can raise, merry hell
with the U.S.S.R. and its centralized Control,
but it will take a long week of Sundays to
explain away the distinction between Nikita's
flats and those which are now being reached
pricewise by USDA In commodities.
This decision for the southeastern price
of corn can be merely the first step in a Gov-
ernment-price dominating program all over
the country. Officials here are now saying
that prices have been too high. Consequent-
ly, using their leverage of huge surplus
stocks, they intend to break prices into line
with their ideas of what they should be.
The trade is dealing with a tough, intel-
ligent and determined group at USDA. It
is about time that they took off the kid
gloves and started fighting with no holds
barred.
(Mr. CLEVELAND (at the request of
Mr. BELL) was given permission to ex-
tend his remarks at this point in the
RECORD and to include extraneous mat-
ter.)
Mr. CLEVELAND. Mr. Speaker, the
importance of good committee staffing
to the work of this House is an ac-
knowledged fact. The imbalance be-
tween staff members responsible to the
minority and the majority parties has
caused increasing concern and not a lit-
tle comment. Because of the importance
of this question I would like to insert
herewith a cogent and excellent column
on this subject by Roscoe Drummond ap-
pearing in the Washington Post, Feb-
ruary 26,1963:
COMMITTEE STAFFING
(By Roscoe Drummond)
Well, well, what should happen but that
the most powerful Democrat In the House of
Representative, Speaker JOHN W. McCoR-
MACK, says right out that he is downright
annoyed that the Republicans think the mi-
nority party should have the right to a better
proportion of the professional staffs of con-
gre?sional committees.
Maybe that's a little too strong. He didn't
quite say the Republicans shouldn't think
about correcting the egregious imbalance in
professional committee staffing. Speaker
MCCORMACK allows they could think about
it as long as they didn't try to do anything
about it.
Doing something about this injustice, he
said, was just foolishly "stirring things up,"
making a "nuisance" of themselves-almost
un-Democratic (at least with a capital D);
anyway, he is against it.
The fact is that a number of Democrats
recognize that an adequate staff for the
minority party (whether Republican or
Democratic) will make a more effective Con-
gress and better legislation.
The purpose of this column is to report
that progress that Is being made, to clarify
the real issue behind this reform and to
indicate the roadblocks and prospects ahead.
The Republican reformers have not yet
broken into a clear field, but, they have
gained strength and momentum.
Two years ago Representative THOMAS
CuRTrs, of Missouri, and one or two others
were prescient voices pointing out how the
12-to-1 imbalance In committee staffing was
handicapping the minority party. They
weren't even getting an audience with their
own party colleagues.
In less than 2 months this yearthat is,
since the party activists under the leadership
of Representative GERALD FORD, of Michigan,
took over the Republican conference-here
is what has happened:
Staffing reform has become an active ob-
jective of. the whole party. Last week the
Republican conference voted overwhelming-
ly to press until they win for the right of
the minority party to have the services.of up
to 40 percent of the professional staff of
House committees whenever the minority so
votes.
The conference has put a seven-member
subcommittee, headed by Representative
FRED SCHWENGEL, of Iowa, to work continu-
ously to generate action.
For nearly 2 weeks, the House Administra-
tion Subcommittee on Accounts has been
reviewing the committee budgets. For the
first time such able Republicans as Repre-
sentatives CHARLES GOODELL, of New York,
and JOHN KYL, of Iowa, have made a de-
tailed case for proper 'minority staffing,
They have won a handful of isolated vic-
tories.
How near did they come to a big victory-
to getting 40 percent allocation of profes-
sional staff to the minority? When the issue
came before the whole House Administra-
tion Committee, the Republican motion lost
by only a 10-to-9 vote.
What is the issue behind this urgent re-
form? It has nothing to do with hiring
Republican experts to work for Republicans.
It has only to do with allocating to the mi-
nority membership of each House committee
a fair proportion of objective, competent,
professional specialists and investigators so
that the minority can discharge its own re-
sponsibility.
One serious roadblock the Republicans
still face is that some of their senior commit-
tee members are so unaware of what needs
to be done that they are themselves blocking
action.
The case for staffing reform is Irrefutable.
The need is great and the demand for reform
Is growing continuously.
AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH
(Mr. LEGGETT (at the request of Mr.
Sisx) was given permission to extend his
remarks at this point in the RECORD and
to include extraneous matter.)
Mr. LEGGETT. Mr. Speaker, the
Glenn County chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution has drafted
a resolution designating February as
American History Month. I think that
this is a commendable interest. The
people of this area are very interested
in the heritage of this great country of
ours. For example, most counties have
historical societies which study the ori-
gins of the region. The old missions and
landmarks of California are cherished
by all of her citizens. And most recently,
this interest in history is reflected in the
launching of a new nuclear powered
Polaris submarine at Mare Island Naval
Shipyard in Vallejo, Calif., Solano
County. This great ship was christened
the Woodrow Wilson and the date of its
launching was February 22, 1963, the
birthday of our first Presiderlt, George
Washington.
In respect to the proud tradition of
American history, we join the Daughters
of the American Revolution in the ob-
servance of February as American His-
tory Month.
'"'- HEMISPHERIC FREEDOM
I (Mr. FASCELL (at the request of Mr.
Sisx) was given permission to extend
his remarks at this point in the RECORD
and to include extraneous matter.)
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2M cOMI ESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE February 26
Mr. ]tiASC Ft. Speaker,'tnst
week ldwm l n . O?RSii~, fttl8-
fi Was Mitiiat~z of Detause
We would like to warn the aggreedve
circles of the United States that an attack
an the Cuban Republic would mean the
third world war.
some-
what ass rocket rattling, it
Might some day again be made by Khru-
ahchev. Therefore, we should take this
opportunity to make It clear that this Is
a Communist move which must not and
will not deter or neptralize V.B. efforts
to protect itself In the freedom of this
hemisphere.
Our answer to Russia and the Com-
munists is:
That they are the ones who imperil
the peace of the world;
That they have violated the peace and
secu> of this hemisphere and threat-
erred Me . security of the United States;
That it is the Communists who main-
tain a dangerous and hostile government
In Cuba;'
`!fiat it is the Communists who Intro-
duced a. substantial offensive military
threat In Cuba and although removed.
} continue their military operations in that
counl. y:
That It Is the Communists who sup-
t port and encourage acts of aggression by
the Communist government In Cuba
against the United States and Its
citizens;
That It is the Communists who are
using Cuba as a base for exporting sub-
version and have embarked on a cam-
paign' of subversion with violence and
terror to destroy all democratic institu-
tions in hemisphere;
That It this, the Communists who, by
their actions, continue to threaten the
peace and security of the United States.
Therefore, the United States has made
Ihaw ?yand must continue to do so,
The esxstence of a Communist govern-
merit 'in Cuba is Incompatible with our
Inter-American system and a threat to
the security of the United States and 'all
our policies will be and are directed
toward the eradication of this threat;
Force will be met with force;
The United States will take all military
action determined necessary to protect
itself agar acts of aggression, includ-
ing pursuit into the territory of _Com-
munist Cuba;
We will take an action, military or
otherwise, together with Latin American
governments to meet and prevent the
Coinmu;llsts' hemispheric plan of violent
subverstoA..
PRE,IDEN'T BINNEDY'S ' SPEECH
BEFORE AM=CAN BANKVW
ASSOCIA'T'ION
(Mr. OONZALEZ (at. the request of
Mr. Sisx) was given permisston to ex-
tend his remarks at this point in the
RECORD and to Include extraneous mat-
ter.)
Mr. GONZALEZ. Mr. Speaker, I have
read with great interest the text of
president John F. Kennedy's speech and
responses to questions before the A m e r l -
~ r o 1 p y e s t e r d a y . i, , .. Is' a
remar t~el t its ru
most informative on the economic mat-
ters discussed. In my opinion, there
have been few such occasions When the
fiber and caliber of the president have
been so clearly shown as they were on
this occasion yesterday. When one con-
siders the substance of the President's
answers to questions that were penetrat-
ing and difficult, it Is clear that he has
a profound group of the intricacies of
these problems, even to his off-the-cuff
statements.
I confess r am Impressed by the Presi-
dent's abilities in this regard. They re-
flect much study and very mature rea-
soning on some of the most perplexing
questions before this Congress. They
are our problems, and It is my hope that
we can match the wit and ability of
the President In dealing with them.
This is a challenge and an opportunity.
We have been given the proposals of a
strong leadership, and now our task is
to demonstrate the same maturity and
wisdom in responding to those proposals.
I ask that the RECORD Include here-
with the complete transcript of the Presi-
dent's speech to the American Bankers
Association, as It appeared in the Wash-
ington Post today, and I respectfully call
the attention of the Members to this and
his answers to questions from the bank-
ers:
jFrom the Washington (D.C.) Post. Feb. 28.
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TaaNacssrr os PESSmffirr's SPEECH TO
Barrsass sin QUESTION Pcs.ioa
(Norz: The following is the text of Presi-
dent Kennedy's speech yesterday as de-
livered to the American Bankers Association
symposium on economic growth at the May-
flower Hotel here, with the question and
answer period after the President's speech-)
The Pssamimrr. Mr. (David) Rockefeller
(symposium chairman), Mr. Secretary
(Treasury Secretary C. Douglas Dillon). Mr.
(Walter) Heller (chairman, President's
Council of Economic Advisers), Dr. (Per)
Jacobson (managing director, International
Monetary Fund). gentlemen, a 100 years ago
today, in the darkest domestic crisis this
Nation has ever known, the national bank-
ing system was founded. It was a farsighted
act and provided for a sound basis for the
extraordinary economic expansion which has
brought the United States to Its present un-
rivaled position.
Today, many Americans tend to think of
developing underdeveloped countries in
terms only of faraway nations, but in 1863.
even measured by 1963 dollars. our own per
capita income-and this should be a source
of encouragement to many who are laboring
with the problem of underdevelopment in
,far-off countries-our own per capita Income
was Less than $1 a day, approximately the
slate as Chile's
Nearly 60 percent of our labor force was
engaged in agriculture. the same percentage
as in today engaged in the Philippines. An
estimated 20 percent of our population was
illiterate, the same percentage of the popu-
lation of Ceylon.
Only one-fifth of our 34 million people
lived In towns or cities of over 5.000 In popu-
lation, as is roughly true now of Turkey.
ffi 188!, this Nation had fewer railroad
tracks laid than India has today, and Its
obis an had a shorter life expectancy than
a ehlld born this year In Thailand or Zanzi-
bar.
ECONOMIC GROWTH
What can be summed up In the past 100
years, I think, the history of it, can be
sttnimed up in two words, and that is "eco-
nomio growth." No nation In the history
of the world has ever experienced a century
of economic growth comparable to that of
the u nite4._$tates in the last 100 years.
In 100 years, the growth of our free-enter-
prise economy under a free political system,
and under the development effectively of
our national and local and State educational
systems, has brought our citizens to an un-
precedented standard of living.
It has brought to our Nation an unparal-
leled position in the world, as the world's
foremost banker, merchant, manufacturer,
and consumer. It has demonstrated the
power of freedom for all to see, and sus-
tained the cause of freedom through hot
wars and cold, at home and abroad.
All this and more has been made possible
by economic growth, and yet we have heard
in recent times that economic growth is too
abstract a concept; that it to too academic
for politicians and voters; that it is too
theoretical a basis for proposals to the Con-
gress.
I do not see anything abstract or aca-
demic about economic growth. It means
finding 1.2 million additional jobs every year
for the men and women. pouring Into our
labor market, half of them below the age
of 25. It means preventing the periodic
recessions which have hit our Nation, three
times to the last 10 years.
It means ending the persisting slack which
has kept our unemployment rate at 6 per-
cent or above for 62 out of the last 63
months. It has kept output $30 billion to
$40 billion -below our productive capacity
and kept corporate investments In 1962 actu-
ally below the leveTs`of'gross retained earn-
ings. There Is nothing theoretical about
that.
CONCRETE FIGURES
There is nothing academic about pushing
our economy to 4 percent instead of 3 per-
cent, which might total over the next 10
years in today's prices $400 billion more In
output of goods and services, with all that
this would mean to family incomes, wages,
profits, and governmental revenues.
These are the concrete, not abstract, fig-
ures that growth represents. That is why I
am pleased that the American Bankers Asso-
ciation has devoted this conference to that
subject. And that Is why I believe the most
urgent piece of business before the Congress
this year Is Federal tax revision.
Last year, a year of recovery and prosper-
ity for most Americans, unemployment av-
eraged the same high 5.6 percent of the labor
force as It did In the recession year of 1954.
Business spending on new plant and equip-
ment was at a lower level last year than it
was in 1957, although total output and prof-
its were much higher. These are deeply
disturbing statistics, and yet there is noth-
ing deeply wrong with our economy.
We have the most productive skilled
workers in the world, and the most ample
national resources, and a respected currency.
We have no lack of savings or technicians
or mass markets or price stabilities, such as
hampers economic progress in so much of
the world today. We have, in short, no basic
obstacle-to growth, and we have opportuni-
ties for greater growth.
I do not believe that any thoughtful
American could look at the statistics and
Impartial facts about this Nation's economy
over that period and not conclude that we
need to step up our growth. But It will not
be stepped up by political slogans or homely
analogies. It will not be stepped up by can-
celing defense contracts or lowering the debt
ceiling.
In my opinion, it will be stepped up only
by lightening the repressive rate of wartime
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WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1963
United States 880h CONGRESS FIRST SESSION
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PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF TH
of America
Vol. 109
The Senate was not in session today.
No. 29
Senate
Its next meeting will be held on Thursday, February 28, 1963; at 12 o'clock meridian.
ouse of Representatives
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1963
The House met at 12 o'ctock`noon.
The Chaplain, Rev. Bernard Braskamp,
D.D., offered the following prayer:
Nahum 1: 7: The Lord is good; a
stronghold in the day of trouble; and He
knoweth them that trust in Him.
Eternal God, our` Father, grant that
daily we may be lifted by the mighty
tides of Thy gracious spirit into the glad
assurance that Thou art able and willing
to help us meet faithfully all our tasks
and responsibilities.
Grant that we may be inspired to put
the various problems of life in-the right
perspective for we are frequently far
more conscious: of our perplexities than
we are of Thy divine power which we
may appropriate by faith.
May It be our highest wisdom to trust
in Thee and go forth with a firm and
calm reliance that we shall be guided by
Thee in the high adventure of building
a nobler civilization.
Hear us in Christ's name. Amen.
THE JOURNAL
The Journal of the-proceedings of
yesterday was `eadand approved.
UNITED STATES MUST FIND WAY
I TO LIBERATE CUBANS
Record
permission to address " the House' for 1
minute and to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. FEIGHAN. Mr. Speaker, Russian
occupation of Cuba, a nation of the
'Western Hemisphere, has sounded an
alarm in every city, village, and hamlet
of the New World. The voices of concern
raised in the United States are many.
One voice raised Sunday merits the care-
ful study and, in my judgment, the sup-
port of every straight-thinking Ameri-
can. I refer to that great man from In-
dependence, Mo., the Honorable Harry
S. Truman.
Former Presidents of our country by
tradition are properly regarded as the
elder statesmen and their counsel in
times of crisis has much significance.
The man from Independence is known
throughout the world as the man of de-
cision. In the stormy days of his admin-
istration when our Nation carried almost
singlehanded the great burden of free-
dom's cause against the imperial tyranny
of the Russians, it was he who stemmed
the tide of Communist aggression and
launched programs to buttress the fron-
tiers of freedom throughout the world.
When the chips were down he acted with
a resolute will and determination which
rallied our Nation and the friends of
freedom on farfiung fronts. Harry S.
Truman has won a special place in the
hearts of his countrymen by the boldness
of his vision and the determination of
his purposes.
Now, when the frontiers of freedom
are many, when the United States has
strong and able allies in common cause,
when the Russian empire shows strong
signs of internal conflict which the mas-
ters in the Kremlin cannot control, when
the security of the entire Western Hem-
isphere is directly challenged by the new
imperialism of Moscow-the man from
Independence, Mo., has spoken out in
the Washington Post in a thoughtful ar-
ticle entitled "United States Must Find
Way To Liberate Cubans."
By leave obtained, I insert this article
in the REcoRD and commend this guide-
post to action to all who share the re-
sponsibility for the future of freedom's
cause:
UNITED STATES MUST FIND WAY To LIBERATE
CUBANS
-INDEPENDENCE, Mo., February 23.-Along
with everyone else, I have been concerned
about the situation in Cuba. The Cuban
people have been beset with internal prob-
lems almost from the time Cuba was dis-
covered by Columbus. One set of tyrants
seems to be succeeded by another in guise
of liberators.
In an open society such as ours it is nat-
ural for people freely to express their opin-
ions, or in other words to sound off. This
tendency is particularly apparent in times of
crisis. There is now much talk about Cuba.
There are those who. read and talk about
it-and there are those who tell those in
charge what to do and how to do it.
That is all right, as far as it goes, but it
does no good and could do much harm if we -
get into a political hassle about it. Foreign
policy should never be an issue between the
great political parties. The United States
should agree on and have but one approach
to dealings with other nations.
Is there no hope for Cuba? Is Cuba now
doomed to become the Balkan satellite of
the American continent? Are the Cuban
people without hope of becoming a genuinely
free and independent people? These and
many other questions are being raised.
The one thing that history teaches us over
and over again is that no system of govern-
ment that defies the will of its people can
long endure and, while modern weapons in
the hands of a new crop of quislings make
the task of liberation more formidable, it is
as true today as it ever was that the will of
a people to be free is irresistible.
Any government that imposes its will from
the top will be overthrown in time. This
happens when the people reach that certain
point of loss of patience and the congeal-
ment of their will to resist.
Cuba, historically, has suffered a long series
of misfortunes, from its rulers and their dep-
redations, greed, and corruption. From the
time in 1898 when the United States Inter-
vened in Cuba to set her free and to help
her establish and maintain a free govern-
ment for the benefit of all of her people, she
has experienced one failure after another.
We have always been sympathetic toward
the Cuban people, but for one reason or an-
other things never seemed to work out so
that the affairs of Cuba could be adminis-
tered by honest and devoted patriots rather
than the greedy, selfish, grafting dictators
that kept succeeding one another.
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The present situation in Cuba defies all has become a colony again-a colony of Com- are close to Cuba and we have historic ties
reasoning. Castro, as a revolu-tio7gsyq_leader muniat Russia. with your country. All we would expect in
fighting to unseat dictator Bg 1sta,,ft4ac% I think that It Is well that we take a look return for our support would be that you
sympathetic support from many quarters in at the record of our past relations with Cuba. keep the Cuban institutions free, and the
this hemisphere, and from the Unltfd States From early IBM to mid-1904. while Cuba was Cuban people free, and that you get rid of
1 particular. There was tigme reason to under temporary U.S. military rule follow- corruption. This is all we would ask, this
hope that here at long last there may have ins her liberation from Spain, most of the is all we would expect, and Cuba would
arisen a true, patriot and able leader, who oII.cee were placed under Cuban nationals. enjoy complete sovereignty and independ-
would devote his energies to the establish- During that period much was done to ence as a nation. But if you should elect
ment of representative government and put build public works, strict measures of sans- to go the other way-the Communist way-
through necessary reforms for the benefit of tation were put Into effect, the civil service you will become a puppet and that can only
all the Cuban people. was reformed and public education signifl- lead you to more trouble and bloodshed."
But main our hopes were doomed to die- cantly improved. Yellow fever, which had WK STAND rmas
appointment. The man, Castro, became In- been plaguing Cuba for centuries, was eradi-
fisted and power mad-and incapable of the cated, I mould have hoped that after some such
kind of leadership Cuba needed In her pe- At the same time a constitutional conven- exchange we should have come to an under-
riod of reconstruction. Lion was called to establish a system for self- standing and I think we might have reached
Instead of applying his energies to the so- government. The first Cuban Continental a friendly agreement. All this, of course.
1lutlon of the needs of Cubs, Castrobetrayed Congress met on May 6. 1902. and we turned needed to have been quietly negotiated
his revolution by delivering the CubW pro- over control of the government to the people within the privacy of the White House.
'pie to the political imprisonment of a Rua- of Cuba. With that out of the way I might have closed
Man-made Communist dictatorship. He In restoring Cuba to self-government the our meeting with a friendly suggestion, per-
tthus committed Cubs, to a; use of crisis, ag- so-called Platt amendment was accepted by haps something like this.
4gression, oppression and intrigue. Cuba on June 12, 1901, as a part of its con- "Now that we understand each other,
rn OFF &zSPofZslB1=T stitution. Fidel, let us get to work and do all we can
We admit that our policies toward Cuba, AMENDMENT P20VIetona for the cause of your people."
and I would include my own administration Among the several provisions of the Platt The Cuban crisis has served one useful
type
as well, have left something to be desired, amendment were these: capacity afbluff s out the un Ruselan
for
and their r hit-and-run type
or some
reason
we have
put
for
too long I. The sanitation measures set up by the
off
er
nal
our rea rtsibilit to ' on the military were to be maintained. of international piracy. And it provided the
pa
y
put
pres
s
ure
Cuban leaders to institute badly needed re- 2? Naval stations were authorized to be United States with an opportunity to make
[forme, leased to the United States. It clear to the Communist aggressors that
The situation in Cuba today is not unlike 3. The-United States reserved the right to once the line is drawn we stand firm.
that of the plight from which many satellite Interfere In the affairs of the island if It
cations are suffering except that the tragedy became necessary.
Pf Cuba could have been prevented by us. It seems to me that when it appeared that
Somehow we must seek a way of helping the situation in Cuba was getting out of (Mr. FIND asked and was given per-
sthe Cuban people to liberate themselves hand and that a threat to the security of mission to address the House for 1 min-
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implications l the Monroe Doctrine were
ow have the United Nations. whict could
at stake, as well as the reservation imposed
ve been helpful and perhaps could be in by the Platt amendment. which anticipated
e future. We have the organization of precisely such it development. These pro-
m erican States and other cooperative visions, the Monroe Doctrine and the Platt
encies that also could have been enlisted amendment, were there as much for the
n dealing with that situation. But all of welfare and protection of Cuba as for the
)hat Is water over the dam. security of all the other nations of this
any doubts about the gambling spirit of
the American people such doubts should
have been removed as the result of the
activities last night at YonkersRaceway
in New York.
km131iam wsa~alati - edntinent. Not only did we witness 28,732 legal
`Thew is one thing we cannot do and must ,'AX 120M ADe't'HD bettors going through the turnstiles to
t do and that Is to abandon Cuba to her The situation is clear, the problem is wager over $2 million but we saw how this
if-imposed tyrants and new conquerors. obvious, the solution not so apparent. But, instinctive universal human trait was
or as long as these people enforce their will like the bubonic plague of cholera, quar- unruffled by inclement weather. This
y the use of modern weapons the Cuban antining is one remedy that every public tremendous crowd of decent citizens
pie will be compelled to undergo pro- health authority knows must be imposed braved the snow and 30? temperature to
4onged suffering, before they can hope to until a virulent epidemic abates. enjoy an evening of relaxation, pleasure,
re themselves b the process of epos- _ As a nation devoted to peace, we have
had to suffer much abuse and rovocatioa and recreation.
taTha pop Cuban or pie i are now at the hands of the Communists, but we Mr. Speaker, last
The people pretty much is night was the earliest
same fix as the Hungarians who found have been patient. And our patience, opening of horse racing in New York
at they Could not liberate themselves by though often sorely tried, is far from ex- State not because of the State's interest
ttempting to meet mechanized Ruselve di- haunted. We, of course, continue to hope in the improvement of breeding horses
1lions with rifles and home made explosives. that someway, somehow, the Cuban people but because of the State treasury's need
i But Cuba is in our own frontyard where WtII see to It that these latter-day quislings for additional tax revenue.
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>eople free again. The first time we "re- needed reforms are established for the benefit Last night-s activities, profitable to the
pembered the Maine"-now we should never of all the Cuban people. State and the National Government as
brget to "remember the missiles." Now we A former President, much as he might well, clearly indicated that the urge to
dust seriously consider the Communists and try. cannot detach himself from events, even gamble is deeply ingrained in most I---
Oil the world's tensions and dar}gersare
c eercome within those nations that conati-
te the centers of the Communist conepir-
miftV
namely, the police states of Russia and
hina, there is little chance for the occupied
tellites to settle matters for themselves.
But I repeat that the Cuban situation is
I a different category and should not be
4refused with the other satellite victims
thin the Russian-Chinese orbit. Cuba was
livered to Communist control and domina-
on by a betrayal of a modern-day quisling,
t on
fro. He perpetrated this act of treason
ainet Cuban people and even his revolu-
nary followers in the name of liberation
f~em `.colonialism. But instead of winning
leer freedom from her own dictatorship, Cuba,
long after he is out of once. On one of my man beings and that neither snow nor
Walks a thought kept going through my cold weather will stop people from gam-
mind on how I might have dealt with Castro bung-legally or illegally.
if It had been mine to do. This is how I
saw it: Immediately after the conclusion Mr. Speaker, if we had the courage to
of the revolution in Cuba, I would have recognize and accept the obvious, we
Invited Castro to the White House. This could easily, painlessly, and voluntarily
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is the way I might have put it to him: pump into our Federal treasury 'Mr. Castro, your revolution Is over and billion a year additional income
now you have the responsibility and the big through a national lottery. A y. A job of reconstruction. You have made a th national national
great many promises to your people In en- lottery would provide the answer to our
listing their support. How are you going Government's great need for more reve-
to make good in those promises? You don't nue and the American taxpayers' de-
have the resources of your own In Cuba, and mand for tax relief,
there are no means In sight to enable you
to perform the things you promised the
Cuban people. MANAGED NEWS
Now, there are only two places where you
might get the necessary economic support (Mr. STINSON asked and was given
to put over your program of reforms. We permission to extend his remarks at this
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