U.S. DEAL WITH CUBA REVEALED BY REPRESENTATIVE CRAMER EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. EDWARD J. GURNEY OF FLORIDA

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A Tax Gimmick To Shun
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. STROM THURMOND.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
Wednesday, August 7, 1963
Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, the
Nashville Banner, of Nashville, Tenn.,
has printed in its July 22, 1963, issue.an
editorial elaborating on a point I made in
one of my recent newsletters. This edi-
torial is entitled "Senator TIURMOND
Points Out a Tax Gimmick To Shun."
I ask unanimous consent, Mr. President,
that this editorial be printed in the Ap-
pendix to the RECORD.
There being no objection, the editorial
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
SENATOR THURMOND POINTS OUT A TAX
GIMMICK To SHUN
Churches, charities, private institutions
of higher learning, and such like, are the
beneficiaries of generous giving. Through
it they are able to maintain the vital serv-
ices they, render; and, justly enough, the
Federal tax laws have been drawn-through
the years-respectful of that generosity;
yes, implementing it by provision for lawful
deductions.
These laws until now also have exempted
from Federal taxation the interest paid by
taxpaying citizens, on their homes, or other
transactions.
Under existing law, taxpayers may deduct
from the amount of their income, subject
to tali, all of the interest paid and the
amount of contributions to churches and
charities which does not exceed 30 percent
of their adjusted gross income.
The.Kennedy administration doesn't like
that. It now proposes that only the amounts
of contributions and interest which exceed
5 percent of adjusted gross income be de-
ductible. That is its suggestion for a major
change via Its highly-touted tax "reform"
bill. -
Who would suffer under that arrange-
ment? Well, the taxpayers, of course; and
churches, charitable agencies, and other in-
stitutions deriving their support in large
measure from generous contributors. It's a
peculiar, yea eccentric, suggestion, on the
part of an administration which proposes-
on the other hand-an endlessly enlarged
outlay for handouts all over the world. It
is additionally peculiar, on the interest item,
considering that Uncle Sam's. own interest
charge now runs to more than a tenth of
the Kennedy-swollen budget.
Senator STROM THURMOND has put some
facts in focus with the statistical explana-
tion of what this proposal means: The non-
deductibility of the "first 5 percent" includes
the bulk of all contributions. and interest.
According to the Internal Revenue Service,
based on 1963 returns, only on 19 percent
of the returns filed were interest deductions
in excess of this "first 5 percent" claimed.
Also, only on 15 percent of returns filed were
deductions for contributions in excess of this
"first 5 percerft" claimed.
A taxpayer who has an income of $8,000,
can now deduct all the contributions he
makes up to $2,400, and all the interest he
pays. Under the Kennedy proposal, he could
.not deduct the first $400 in contributions,
nor the first $400 in interest which he pays.
In truth, "under this proposal, the taxpayer
would not only have less incentive to make
contributions to his church and charities,
and to own his own home, but he would also
have less money with which to do these
things." .
It is not enough to suggest that under
these arrangements, normally, of individual
responsibility the Government would. just
take over.
Political gimmicks are dangerous.
The House of Representatives has the con-
stitutional authority to originate all tax
legislation-responsible exclusively to the
people it represents. When Congress exer-
cises that authority * * * that assignment
of trust, only then will the Nation be safe
from the political idiosyncracies of the ad-
ministration in power.
Kennedy Atmospheric Treaty Not the
Eisenhower Proposal
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. CRAIG HOSMER
OF CALIFORNFA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, August 7, 1963
Mr. HOSMER. Mr. Speaker, former
President Eisenhower on April 13, 1959,
proposed a treaty banning atmospheric
tests. Some people are arguing that this
is equivalent to President Kennedy's pro-
posal today. Nothing could be more
irrational. In 1959 the Soviets clearly
were behind in all phases of nuclear
weapons development. Since that time
they have conducted extensive series of
tests, many more than the United States.
It is now admitted they are ahead. in
high yield weapons and they claim to
have solved the nuclear anti-missile-mis-
sile problems at a time when we are un-
able to make such a claim. Since the
Eisenhower proposal, the Soviets have
made a quantum jump ahead in areas
which require testing in the atmosphere
for the United States to catch up.
Whereas the Eisenhower proposal would
have frozen theUnited States in a lead-
ership position, the ultimate effect of the
Kennedy proposal Is to freeze the
U.S.S.R. in a leadership position. This
is discussed in the following article by
Columnists Evans and Novak in appear-
ing in many newspapers on August 6:
INSIDE REPORT: ROSES AND THORNS
(By Rowland Evans and Robert Novak)
All is not roses for President Kennedy's
test ban treaty.
Certainly the odds. right now are over-
whelmingly in favor of Senate ratification,
but there is a thorn or two-such as former
President Eisenhower's refusal to endorse. the
treaty..
If General Eisenhower's inner doubts were
known, they would -come down to this:
When he proposed a noninspection atmos-
pheric test ban on April 13, 1959, the Rus-
sians had not yet exploded their 1961-62
series of giant bombs in the. high-megaton
range. Furthermore, the former President
would pointedly note that his 1959 pro-
posal-which, of course, Moscow rejected-
did not ban testing in outer space.
Accordingly General Eisenhower would
assert that conditions are vastly different
than they were in 1959.
This leads to the second thorn-the refusal
of Senator BOURKE HICKENLOOPER Of Iowa,
senior Republican on the Foreign Relations
Committee, to go to Moscow for the treaty
signing. He was not specifically Invited.
No President or Secretary of State' will risk
an invitation of this kind unless its accept-
ance is certain. HICKENLOOPER made it clear,
several weeks ago, that he would send re-
grets, .
HIcKENLOOPEa'5 refusal tells a lot about
the automatic political response of the con-
servative Republicans to the new treaty. . At
the weekly GOP policy committee luncheon
last Tuesday he. surprised some of his col-
leagues with 15 minutes of forensics in which
he seemed to ,challenge all Republican sena-
tors (without success) to stay, away from the
treaty-signing ceremony. His argument:
The Republican Party had an obligation to
remain uncommitted until all the evidence
was in.
The evidence HICKENLOOPER wants is pre-
cisely the-evidence former President Eisen-
hower wants: How the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
the scientists,. and the lab men feel about
the treaty. One crucial witness, for instance,
will probably be Dr. John. S. Foster, director
of the famed Livermore Laboratories. in Cal-
ifornia.
President Kennedy had a long conversa-
tion with Dr. Foster in the White House last
week, exploring the black art of nuclear
testing and all its ramifications. One ques-
tion they discussed was what would happen
if the Russians, with or without a pretext,
broke the treaty and launched an immedi-
ate series of tests in the atmosphere. How
much time would elapse before the United
States could match the Russians and resume
atmospheric. testing? Six months?. One
year?
The Hickenlooper Republicans have no in-
tention of committing themselves until they
know whether the answers to such technical
questions might give them a. solid point of
attack on the treaty.
Liberal Republicans condemn this as a
dog-in-the-manger attitude. As one of them
said: "You can't beat peace with a nothing
policy." Another remarked that GEORGE
AIKEN, of Vermont, and LEVERETT SALTON-
STALL, of Massachusetts, the two';Republicans
who agreed to go to Moscow despite HICKEN-
LOOPER's challenge, went not as supporters
of the. treaty but as witnesses to the signing.
In a purely political context, however, the
correct position for the opposition party may
be Hickenloopers: Skeptical, critical, and
alert for boobytraps.
The thorns are not all in-the opposition
party. RICHARD B. RUSSELL, of Georgia,
chairman of the'Senate Armed Services Com-
mittee, also declined a proffered invitation
to go to Moscow. If RUSSELL should oppose
the treaty, his great influence would find
allies both inside and outside the South.
These then are the reasons for the admiii-
istration's elaborate pains to build an ir-
resistible case for the treaty. In fact, some
Republicans complain that their mail has
"the earmarks of a propaganda campaign."
In the end, the thorns may prove no more
than minor irritations, unless the Repub-
licans are able to locate that solid point of
attack. ;If they do not, it will be difficult to
vote against the "mother and children
lobby." It is- not inconceivable that even
Senator BARRY GOLDwATER would find it hard
to vote "no" witho t serious damage to -a
GoldvAter presides Ial ce,dic acy.
U.S.`fieal With V(uba Revealed by Repre-
sentative Cramer.
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. EDWARD J. GURNEY
OF FLORIDA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, August ,1963
Mr. GURNEY. Mr. Speaker, my
able colleague and good friend, the gen-
tleman from Florida [Mr. CRAMER], re-
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cently made the startling revelation that
Castro selected half of the 4,100 Cuban
refugees who entered this country on the
five ships which hauled the ransom goods
to Cuba.
Mr. CRAMER also revealed that of the
2,000 Cuban refugees - handpicked by
Castro, only 20 were denied admission
to this country. Neither of these state-
ments have been denied by the State De-
partment. Instead, the State Depart-
ment pointed to Mr. CRAMER's revela-
tion as "academic" since, according to
the State Department, "all persons leav-
ing Cuba by legal means must have an
exit permit issued by the Cuban regime."
Mr. Speaker, this is an amazing ad-
mission of concessions to and deals made
with Castro. It means that Castro, not
the United States, dictates who enters
this country from Cuba.
I share my colleague's grave concern
over this clandestine deal which evi-
dences a slipshod security check on the
refugees entering this country and which
adds validity to the charges that many
Castro agents have entered this country
as refugees.
I too am alarmed at the secret nego-
tiations and behind-the-scene machina-
tions that have been going on between
this country and Soviet-Cuba. I believe
Mr. CRAMER should be lauded for bring-
ing this deal to light.
In line with this, I am inserting in
the RECORD an excellent editorial which
appeared in the July 31, 1963, issue of
the Tampa Tribune.
The editorial follows:
MORE RANSOM FOR CASTRO
The U.S. Government refuses to recognize
Fidel Castro as the true ruler of Cuba, and
rightly so. Diplomatic relations with Cuba
were severed during the Eisenhower admin-
lstration and U.S. troops were on the point
of invading the Island last fall when Castro
permitted the establishment of Soviet nu-
clear missiles on his soil directed at the heart
of America.
Washington has cut off virtually all trade
with Cuba, frozen Cuban Government assets
in this country, and has announced that It
intends one day to see the island freed of
communism.
Despite this, the Government seemingly
continues to make under-the-table deals
with Castro.
The Kennedy administration propounded
the myth that It had nothing whatever to
do with the blackmail scheme under which
Castro was paid $53 million worth of food
and medicines In exchange for the lives of
1,100 rebels captured In the disastrous Bay
of Pigs invasion. Yet It is well known that
New York Attorney James Donovan, who ne-
gotiated the deal, was working closely with
the Government and that the Kennedy ad-
ministration pressured U.S. pharmaceutical
and food processing firms Into contributing
the ransom goods.
Now Pinellas Congressman WILLIAM C.
CRAMER has charged, without direct denial
from the State Department, that the United
States acceded to Castro's demand that he
be permitted to select 50 percent of the 4.100
refugees who were brought to this country
on the five ships which hauled the ransom
goods to Cuba.
CRAMER said the agreement supposedly was
made to obtain the release of 900 American
citizens in Cuba.
A State Department spokesman says the
question raised by CRAMER is "academic," be-
cause all refugees brought out of Cuba must
have exit permits from Castro and security
clearance by the United States. He did not
specifically deny the 50 50 agreement.
"Academic?" We wonder,
The humanitarian Instincts of Fidel Cas-
tro are not so acute that he was anxious to
release a particular group'of refugees from
the rigors of his regime. While Castro may
have used the agreement to export those
whose property he wanted to confiscate, It
can be suspected that his main motive was
to slip an army of his agents into the United
States, either to work against the best Inter-
est of this country or to disrupt the efforts
of displaced Cubans to form an effective
force for the eventual overthrow of his
regime.
Congressman CRAMER says that of the
thousands of refugees who came into the
country under the ransom deal, only 20 were
turned down or ordered to return to Cuba.
The current activities of the other hundreds
picked by Castro should be of more than
passing Interest to U.S. security forces.
Of greater concern to Congress, however,
should be the question of who approved the
alleged deal with Castro and why. Paying
ransom In money and goods is bad enough,
but paying It in license for Communist
agents to enter this country by the hundreds
Is far worse. This Is folly of such propor-
tions as to warrant an immediate congres-
sional Inquiry.
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
Or
HON. H. R. GROSS
Or IOWA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, August 7, 1963
Mr. GROSS. Mr. Speaker, the Water-
loo (Iowa) Daily Courier properly comes
to the defense of those Members of the
other body who have refused to be
stampeded into a premature judgment
on the partial nuclear test ban treaty.
As the Courier asks: "Is Wanting To
Study Treaty Wrong?" Of course It is
not, and it is indeed shocking that irre-
sponsible attacks would be made against
those who merely want to scrutinize the
treaty carefully before taking a stand.
I commend to the attention of my col-
leagues the following editorial, which
appeared in the August 2 issue of the
Courier:
Is WANTING To STUDY TREATY WRONG?
The Courier believes that the test ban
treaty negotiated In Moscow should be
ratified. In our view, it involves no con-
fidence in the good Intent' of the Russians
but merely verbalizes existing areas of self-
interest. The possibilities of a Soviet double-
cross, while they exist, are less risky than
continued contamination of the atmosphere.
But we are also shocked at the outrageous
attacks being made In Iowa and elsewhere
on Senator B. B. HICKENI.oOPER, and Senator
EvERFrr DIRKREN because they refused to
join the group of American officials traveling
to Moscow for the formal signing of the
treaty. Because they don't want to be
stampeded Into a premature judgment on the
treaty, they are being attacked as John
Birchites and blind reactionaries.
This talk may be typical of political de-
bate: but It Is significant that those who
protested most loudly during the McCarthy
era at the labeling of "liberals" as Com-
munists now are engaged in an equally reck-
less campaign to tag every conservative a
John Blrchite. This type of attack would be
bad enough if HICKENLOOPER and DIRxsEN
had announced they would oppose the
treaty. But it is almost incredible when all
they have done Is say they want to study It
carefully before taking a stand.
Headlong and unthinking American Ideal-
ism-commendable as It may be from one
standpoint-has In the past led to trouble.
The Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, for
example, allowed Japan naval supremacy in
the Pacific and, although it expired at the
end of 1936, slowed American preparation
for the two-ocean war which it faced in
1941. The treaty reduced the armament
burden for 15 years; but It created the dan-
gerous conception In the United. States that
it was safe to allow Japan naval supremacy
in the Pacific as long as our total two-ocean
strength was greater. World War II proved
the fallacy of that concept, although the
Pearl Harbor debacle intensified the dis-
aster.
Likewise, the real danger in the test-ban
treaty is not in what it accomplishes-which
is very little-but in the erroneous concep-
tion of American-Soviet relations which it
may create in the minds of unthinking and
poorly Informed citizens. The treaty only
represents a small area of common interest
during a period when the Communists will
continue to wage war against us by all feas-
ible means. A full Senate debate on the
treaty will serve to emphasize this point and
will help to put the matter in its proper
context.
We suspect that HICKENLOOPER will ulti-
mately vote for the treaty: but he wants, to
prevent any headlong stampede toward the
public belief that American security can be
protected by worthless scraps of paper. The
Russians will honor the terms of the treaty
only so long as they think it is in their self-
interest; and it should be ratified only on
this assumption.
SPEECH
OF
HON. J. EDWARD ROUSH
OF INDIANA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, August 6, 1963
The -House in Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union had under
consideration the bill (H.R. 4965) to
strengthen and Improve the quality of voca-
tional education and to expand the voca-
tional education opportunities in the Nation.
Mr. ROUSH. Mr. Chairman, today
over 70 million Americans are gainfully
employed and how pleased we are that
this country is prospering. But un-
fortunately there are many who are not
employed and of these there are those
who are not employed because they are
not trained to perform the jobs which
are available. The committee's report
Indicates that 2.6 million young people
are seeking employment; that the num-
ber of older workers continues to in-
crease; that training and retraining
opportunities are needed to obtain em-
ployment.
The fact is that we have had great
changes in our employment picture. It
is true that once brawn and will were
sufficient to insure man a place in indus-
try. Now special skills are needed for
almost any job in the plant. These
skills must be developed and training is
necessary. Unfortunately, funds for
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strategy or capacity, while civil leaders look
upon the military as a necessary evil, dan-
gerous to freedom and only to be called on
when all other means of statecraft fail. This
is typified by Woodrow Wilson's remarks that
soldiers should have nothing to do with
boundary drawing. "It is the military who
have led us from one disaster to another," he
said. c' -
it should be of some concern to note here
that the free city of Danzig was established
by the Treaty of Versailles at which Wilson
was in conspicuous attendance, and at-which
his military adviser, Tasker H. Bliss, was vir-
tually disregarded. Isolated in Poland, this
German city was separated from its Prussian
neighbors on either side. One of the issues
which sparked World War II was Germany's
desire to correct this geographical and polit-
ical anomaly. Having fought World War II
the victorious allies similarly isolated Berlin
and left it an island in a sea of Soviet con-
trolled territory. This was where we came
in with respect to Danzig, and the Berlin
issue has several times put us on the brink
of world war III. One can readily under-
stand why military men would like to sit
at the peace table and in the cabinets where
such decisions seem to be made in a military
vacuum, for it is the military who are often
called upon to correct these mistakes by
force of arms.
On the other side of the coin is the narrow
military attitude which eschews political
considerations in military decisionmaking,
either as being of minor consequence or as
somehow having an immoral connotation.
This attitude was expressed by Payton C.
March in 1919 when he pointed out that our
military program "frames entirely on its
merits, without any relation whatsoever to
national.or international politics."
It can be seen from history that a separa-
tion of military from statecraft is not a
U.S. Invention by any means. It was
common to most western countries long
before America was discovered and it has
been religiously practiced ever since for vari-
ous reasons. In recent times efforts have
been made to achieve more coordin4tion be-
ernment in order to arrive at r4asonable
national policies, but this effortihas ach}gv d
PREPARING FOR A FREE CUBA: THE
EDUCATION OF CUBAN REFUGEE
CHILDREN
Mr. HART. Mr. President, a recent
speech by Mr. Manuel J. Reyes, a refugee
from Cuba, concerns the education of
Cuban refugee children in this country.
Referring to these children, he states:
They are the representatives and the am-
bassadors of Cuba in exile. All they will be
able. to learn about democracy is what they
will be able to establish later on when their
country is free * * * and the more they
learn, the better acquainted and prepared
they will be to face the youngsters that are
still in Cuba, and have not been able to see
the light and the truth, and whose minds
are poisoned by communism.
Mr. Reyes makes a good point. He
puts on the line, Mr. President, a little
of what I fear is lacking in much of the
discussion about freeing Cuba; namely,
how are we preparing for this inevitable
day? What will replace the tyranny of
the Castro regime? There are many
facets to these questions, and I stake no
claim on having all the answers. But
certainly the training of the refugee
children is involved. I trust all of us,
American citizens and Cuban exiles alike,
realize fully the tremendous responsibil-
ity we have for the proper nurture of
these children, especially those with par-
ents and other close relatives remaining
in Cuba. As Mr. Reyes puts it:
It is our duty to help them. They will be
the leaders of tomorrow.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent
that Mr. Reyes' speech be printed in the
RECORD.
There being no objection, the speech
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,.
as follows:
SPEECH BY MANUAL J. REYES, LATIN AMERICAN
NEWS DIRECTOR, WTVJ, MIAMI, FLA.
Just a few months ago, I had the honor to
address a few words to the Spanish, and Por-
tuguese teachers of Dade and Broward Coun-
ties.
Mrs. Catherine Pacheco, president of the
Spanish Teachers Association of Dade Coun-
ty, was present and asked me to speak to you
on the same subject I spoke about at that
time: "The Education of Cuban Refugee
Children."
You, the teachers at school, are the contin-
uation of the parents at home.
I believe I can talk for the thousands of
refugees in these lands of freedom and would
like to bring to you the real situation between
Cuban parents and children, to enlighten you
as to the real value of the different aspects
of the difficult problems they face.
Two years ago, in a special program we
broadcast on Channel 4, we exposed the
plight of the Cuban children. The name of
the program was "Cuba, a Lost Generation."
To start to analyze the problem, we must
realize that the Cuban children are living be-
tween two nations: At school he is an Amer-
ican, and at home, he is a Cuban.
This could bring at any moment a psycho-
logical trauma if parents and teachers do not
work together in the education of the Cuban
children.
The difficult situations which the Cuban
child has to go through since the time he
left his country are sometimes explosive, and
will probably leave unforgettable traces or
marks in their minds.
They would not stay in Cuba because the
strong Communist indoctrination would have
made him another Communist.
Today, the Cuban youth who are growing
in Cuba, are not Cuban youngsters, but So-
viet youngsters.
Youngsters who have lost their smiles and
the will to do so, and who have been con-
verted into robots with their minds poisoned
by Communist indoctrination. Ideas that
remind us of the time of Hitler and Mus-
solini.
Let us talk now about the responsibility
that the Cuban child has to face in order
to study.
When the parents have the financial means
to pay for their children's education, the
child has a great obligation to study and ful-
fill the purpose of the sacrifice of their
parents.
For the Cuban youngster, when they real-
ize that their parents have left everything
behind: loved ones, memoirs, profession, rich
or poor homes * * * work or business, rich
or poor, hard years of working * * * with
the only purpose to stop him from falling
into the paws of atheist communism and
bring him to this land of freedom * * *.
For him, I repeat, the responsibility to
study is a greater one. It is the same re-
sponsibility or even greater for the Cuban
youngster whose parents stayed in Cuba
with their heart broken by the separation
of the beloved son, and sent him here to
make out of him a good man for democracy.
I know, and you know, that many of these
Cuban youngsters are making their best ef-
fort to study, And it is my only wish that
these poor words will help to continue the
actual effort you are making, to increase it,
if possible, and help others to do as well as
you have done.
Another fact that increases the respon-
sibility of these Cuban boys and girls is that
they were born in Cuba * * * that they are
Cubans, and that the people of this great
Nation have allowed them to study in their
schools.
The United States is the cradle of democ-
racy. They can take advantage of this great
opportunity to study its laws, its customs
and enlighten their souls with the principles
of Christianity and freedom. You, the teach-
ers are the media God has chosen to accom-
plish this, and help them.
They are the representatives and the am-
bassadors of Cuba in exile. All they will be
able to learn about democracy is what they
will be able to establish later on when their
country is free * * * and the more they
learn, the better. acquainted and prepared
they will be to face the youngsters that are
still in Cuba and have not been able to see
the light and the truth, and whose minds are
poisoned by communism.
We, the elder, will only have 5, 10, or per-
haps a few more years of effective production.
They will have to face the Communist young-
sters when the process of the liberation of
Cuba is finished. It is our duty to help
them. They will be the leaders of tomorrow.
On their shoulders is the future responsibil-
ity to save and reconstruct, through the
Christian way of democracy, the country of
Jose Marti.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPOR-
TUNITY PROGRAM
Mr. HART. Mr. President, with the
energies of the Congress and the chan-
nels of mass communication focused
these days almost entirely on two phases
of the civil rights front-work on new
legislation and the continuing protest
demonstrations-I fear that one impor-
tant area is often overlooked. This is
the area of implementing existing public
policy up and. down the line.
On June 22 of this year President Ken-
nedy issued Executive Order No. 11114
which extended the, existing equal em-
ployment opportunity program to em-
ployment on construction contracts fir
nanced with the assistance of the
Federal Government.
On July 9, in a unanimous declara-
tion of policy, the joint construction ac-
tivities committee of the Detroit metro-
politan area endorsed the President's
Executive order and announced the re-
moval of all racial barriers from De-
troit's construction industry.
This committee is composed of repre-
sentatives of contractor organizations,
the building trades council, local con-
struction unions, and the joint appren-
ticeship committees of 18 craft unions in
the Detroit area. I congratulate each
and all who ,helped achieve this signifi-
cant declaration and policy.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous con-
sent that excerpts from the record of then
July 9 meeting of the joint construction
activities committee, and an article from
the Building Tradesman of July 12, be
printed at this point in my remarks.
There being no objection, the excerpts
and article were ordered to be printed in
the RECORD, as follows:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE August 7
In a meeting of July 9. 1963, the joint con-
struction activities committee of the Detroit
metropolitan area has studied President Ken-
nedy's Executive Order No. 11114, extending
the authority of the President's Committee
on Equal Employment Opportunity. and has
endorsed the letter and intent of the order
without reservation.
The order provides for the extension of the
existing national program for nondiscrimi-
nation in employment in Government con-
tracts for construction financed with assist-
ance of the Federal Government.
The Detroit area committee will immedi-
ately seek the aid of local, State, and Fed-
eral agencies concerned with apprenticeship
to insure entry into apprenticeship openings
for qualified applicants without regard to
race, creed, color, or national origin.
There will be affirmative action on the
part of the committee and member con-
tractors and local unions to encourage ap-
plication from members of minority groups.
The committee also solicits the help of In-
terested community groups to publicizing
this policy.
The committee recognizes that the ac-
ceptance and training of apprentices to fill
new jobs as they are being created in ac-
cordance with national policy will Imple-
ment the long-run goals of the national
equal employment opportunity program.
However, with expanding employment op-
portunities In private building and con-
struction as well as with respect to contracts
for construction financed with assistance
from the Federal Government, the committee
believes that action at the apprentice train-
ing level is not sufficient to implement the
full letter and intent of the national policy
as stated by President Kennedy. It recog-
nizes that affirmative action must also be
taken at the journeyman level where appli-
cants meet the required qualifications. This
is in full accord with point No. 1 of the
public statement adopted at a June 21. 1963.
meeting of the general presidents of the
international unions affiliated with the
building and construction trades depart-
ment of the AFL-CIO.
In order to avoid discrimination, local
unions will adopt the policy of accepting
into membership any applicant who meets
the required qualifications, regardless of
race, creed, color, or national origin.
The local unions concerned will urge quail-
fled people already working in the crafts In
a nonunion status, to establish qualifications
and to apply for membership.
The committee is requesting Prof. -Ronald
W. Haughton of Wayne State University. and
a member of the academic advisory commit-
tee to the President's Committee on Equal
Employment Opportunity, to consult with It
to establish fair and Impartial procedures to
implement the policies to which it has herein
subscribed.
The four-point program adopted by the
general presidents June 21, 1963, is to be
included in the above resolution.
The following motion was also adopted
unanimously:
"That the joint construction activities
committee request all joint apprenticeship
committees affiliated with the Construction
and Allied Industries Joint Apprenticeship
Council, Detroit and vicinity, to make avail-
able immediately, in writing, for all con-
cerned the qualifications and rules regard-
ing application for or employment of ap-
prentices in their respective apprenticeship
programs; and further, the joint construc-
tion activities committee requests the six-
man executive committee of the Construc-
tion and Allied Industries Joint Apprentice-
ship Council to study the written qualifica-
tions and rules to determine whether any
changes are necessary to insure nondiscrimi-
nation."
The above excerpts are from the special
meeting of the joint construction activities
committee held an Tuesday,. July 9, 1963, for
your Information and records,
W. HARRY LANE,
Chairman.
Tom MCNAMARA.
Secretary.
(Front the Building Tradesman, Detroit,
Mich., July 12, 1963 (
CsArrs Vow To ENO ALL DISCRIMINATION
Racial discrimination In the construction
Industry has been all but erased following a
series of meetings by leaders In the construc-
tion Industry from both labor and manage-
ment, public officials, apprentice heads and
representatives of the Trade Union Leader-
ship Council, a Negro group which first ad-
vanced the bias charge.
The series of sessions culminated last Tues-
day with the passage of two resolutions that
broke down any and all alleged barriers to
full participation In the construction in-
dustry by Negro workmen, other than the
usual high standards long prevalent In the
Industry.
The resolutions were passed at a meeting
of the joint construction activities commit-
tee of the Detroit metropolitan area, which
is composed of building trades union and
industry leaders, and the members of all
joint apprenticeship committees among the
18 craft unions.
Following the session, Tom McNamara,
secretary-manager of the Detroit Building
Trades Council and secretary of the joint
construction activities committee, called
Horace Sheffield, administrative vice presi-
dent of Trade Union Leadership Council, and
read to him the two resolutions and filled in
with the action of the groups.
Sheffield expressed himself as pleased with
both the. gist of the resolutions and the
unanimous passage which both received.
The series of meetings--set off by an Ex-
ecutive order issued by President Kennedy
which banned discrimination on all con-
struction projects that receive Federal fi-
nancial aid-began with the executive board
of the Detroit Building Trades Council meet-
ing with Trade Union Leadership Council
leaders.
This meeting was held June 28 after which
the other meetings were scheduled.
Then Mayor Cavanagh called a meeting of
construction leaders Monday- This meeting,
like the others, ended on a happy note, with
a pleasant discussion of ways and means of
meeting the demands made by the Trade
Union Leadership Council.
Meanwhile, the Detroit Building Trades
Council's executive board was scheduled to
meet with Trade Union Leadership Council
leadership past Thursday and explain the-ac-
tions taken on Tuesday. Because the Build-
ing Tradesman's press date falls on Thurs-
day. coverage was unavailable in this edition.
The. joint construction activities committee
meeting opened smoothly with Joe Perry,
business manager of Plumbers Local 98, pre-
senting a resolution that called for affirma-
tive action by way of accepting apprentices
and journeymen regardless of race, color,
creed or national origin, provided they met
the same high standards as other appren-
tices-The resolution also recommended that
Prof. Ronald W. Haughton, director of the
Institute of Industrial and Labor Relations
at Wayne State University and a member of
the Academic Advisory Committee on Equal
Employment Opportunity, be Invited to
serve as consultant.
The resolution also set forth that the De-
troit area committee would Immediately
seek the aid of local, State, and Federal
agencies concerned with apprenticeship to
Insure entry into apprenticeship openings
of qualified applicants without regard to
race, creed, color, or national origin.
This resolution also called for the ad-
mittance of qualified journeymen into build-
ing trades unions regardless of race, color,
creed, or national origin.
The resolution was amended to include
all 4 points of an antidiscrimination pro-
gram outlined by the 18 presidents of trade
unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO building
and construction trades department.
The second resolution covered the appren-
ticeship program. It follows in full below:
"That the joint construction activities
committee request all joint apprenticeship
committees affiliated with the Construction
and Allied Industries Joint Apprenticeship
Council, Detroit and vicinity, to make avail-
able immediately. In writing, for all con-
cerned the qualifications and rules regard-
ing application for or emplomyent of ap-
prentices in their respective apprenticeship
programs; and further, the joint construc-
tion activities committee requests the six-
man executive committee of the Construc-
tion and Allied Industries Joint Apprentice-
ship Council to study the written qualifica-
tions and rules to determine whether any
changes are necessary to insure nondiscrim-
ination."
Those attending were assured by Felician
Van Den Branden, principal of the Detroit
Apprentice Training School, and James
Whyte, field representative of the Depart-
ment of Labor's Bureau of Apprenticeship
and Training that neither the school nor
the Detroit Board of Education permitted
discrimination in the apprenticeship pro-
gram.
The two motions were placed under vig-
orous, but friendly discussion in an open at-
tempt to iron out any and all inequities.
Various spokesmen for contractors' orga-
nizations, including Perry Schutz, of the De-
troit Electrical Contractors Association, and
spokesmen for all employer organizations
represented. agreed to abide by the terms of
the resolutions.
Following the discussion and passage of
the two motions, Louie Holmes, Jr., secre-
tary treasurer of Laborers Local 334, and a
charter member of Trade Union Leadership
Council, was asked to present his opinions
on what had been accomplished.
Holmes said that in the past contractors
had been as guility. If not more so, than
trade unions in the`practice of discrimina-
tion.
He explained that the Trade Union Lead-
ership Council had membership in all walks
of life, Including a member ofcommon coun-
eil, who are interq'sted in ending discrimi-
nation in the construction industry and else-
where.
"We will watch the building trades close-
ly," he said. At the same time he said that
L. M. "Boots" Weir, secretary-treasurer of
the Carpenters District Council, and Irving
Bronson. Painters District Council business
representative, had made it clear that their
unions had no policy of discrimination.
"My father is a carpenter member of Weir's
organization," he said. He then charged
that some other unions, even outside the
construction unions, did carry on a policy
of discrimination.
Holmes also explained how local 334 had
integrated Its staff In keeping with a policy
of antibfas. At the same time he said, "We
want action, not words."
When some building trades leaders stressed
some of the difficulties they had in organizing
Negro workmen, they were assured that the
Trade Union Leadership Council would help
them in this endeavor.
The four antidiscrimination points laid
down by the 18 international union presi-
dents and included in the first resolution
follow in full below;
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