FREE WORLD SHIPPING TO CUBA AND U.S. ACTIVITY TO PREVENT IT

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United States
of America
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PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 80th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION
WASHINGTON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1963
House of Representatives
The House met at 12 o'clock noon and
was called to order by the Speaker pro
tempore, the gentleman from California
[Mr. Moss].
DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO
TEMPORE
The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be-
fore the House the following communica-
tion from the Speaker:
THE SPEAKER'S ROOM,
September 23, 1963.
I hereby designate the Honorable JOHN
E. Moss to act as Speaker pro tempore to-
day.
JOHN W. MCCORMACK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
PRAYER
The Reverend David O. Trauger, rec-
tor, Church of the Good Shepherd, Phila-
delphia, Pa., offered the following
prayer:
Almighty God, our heavenly Father,
whom to know aright is life eternal,
whose laws are perfect truth, we beseech
Thee to send upon these Congressmen
here assembled a portion of Thy wisdom
and power and love so that they may en-
act laws which are pleasing in Thy sight
and for the welfare of all of our peo-
ple.
To this petition we add our unfeigned
thanks for all the blessings that Thou
hast bestowed upon us as a nation and
individually. Give us grateful hearts
and a firm resolve to serve Thee and our
fellow. men. Through Jesus Christ, our
Lord. Amen.
THE JOURNAL
The Journal of the proceedings of
Thursday,,September 19, 1963, was read
and approved.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
A message in writing from the Presi-
dent of the United States was commu-
nicated to the House by Mr. Ratchford,
one of his secretaries. ,
A message from the Senate by Mr.
McGown, one of its clerks, announced
that the Senate insists upon its amend-
ment to the bill (H.R. 5555) entitled "An
act to amend title 37, United States
Code, to increase the rates of basic pay
for members of the uniformed services,
and for other purposes," disagreed to
by the House; agrees to the conference
asked by the House on the disagreeing
votes of tkie two Houses thereon, and ap-
points Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. CANNON, Mr.
ERVIN, and Mr. SALTONSTALL to be the
conferees on the part of the Senate.
The message also announced that the
Senate disagrees to the amendments of
the House to the bill (S. 1576) entitled
"An act to provide assistance in combat-
ing mental retardation through grants
for construction of research centers and
grants for facilities for the mentally re-
tarded and assistance in improving
mental health through grants for con-
struction and initial staffing of commu-
nity mental health centers, and for other
purposes," agrees to the conference re-
quested by the House on the disagree-
ing votes of the two Houses thereon, and
appoints Mr. HILL, Mr. YARBOROUGH, Mr.
WILLIAMS of New Jersey, Mr. FELL, -Mr.
JAVITS, and Mr. TOWER to be the con-
ferees on the part of the Senate.
The message also announced that the
President of the Senate, pursuant to sec-
tion 10, Public Law 474, 81st Congress,
had appointed Mr. MECHEM to'be a mem-
ber of the Joint Committee on Navajo-
Hopi Indian Administration.
The message also announced that the
Vice President has appointed Mr. CARSON
and Mr. JOHNSTON members of the joint
select committee on the part of the Sen-
ate, as provided for in the act of August
5, 1939, entitled "An act to provide for the
disposition of certain records of the U.S.
Government," for the disposition of ex-
ecutive papers referred to in the report
of the Archivist of the United States
numbered 64-4.
No. 151,
DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR AND
HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WEL-
FARE AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATION BILL, 1964
Mr. FOGARTY. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent to take from the
Speaker's table the bill H.R. 5888, making
appropriations for the Departments of
Labor and Health, Education, and Wel-
fare and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1964, and for other
purposes, with Senate amendments
thereto, disagree to the Senate amend-
ments, and agree to the conference re-
quested by the Senate.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
objection to the request of the gentle-
man from Rhode Island?
Mr. GROSS. Mr. ' Speaker, reserving
the right to object, I understand that this
is the bill H.R. 5888, which, as enacted
by the other body, contains an amend-
ment known 'as amendment 25, to be
found on page 25 of the amended bill. It
provides that 150 supergrades, that is,
grade 18's, in the Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare would be in-
creased, if the amendment were adopted,
from salaries of approximately $20,000
a year to $30,000. In other words, it
would be approximately $10,000 annual
increases for these 150 supergrades.
.I will say to the gentleman that this
would disrupt the entire pay schedules
of the Classification Act if it were to be
adopted. It is my understanding that
the distinguished Senator from Delaware,
Mr. WILLIAMS, has obtained an agree-
ment from the chairman of the Appro-
priations Subcommittee dealing with this
bill in the other body that the amend-
ment will be stricken in conference.
My question to the gentleman from
Rhode Island is, Will this be concurred
in or can the gentleman tell me whether
this will be concurred in by the managers
on the part of the House-the striking
out of this amendment No. 25?
Mr. FOGARTY. It is my understand-
ing that the Members of the other body
have already agreed to strike it out and
therefore it will not be a point in con-
ference, because it was not in the House
bill. As the gentleman from Iowa
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knows the House has never tried to leg-
islate in this way on an appropriation
bill. '
Mr. GROSS. The managers on the
part of the House certainly would not
insist upon an amendment of this na-
ture that the House never even consid-
ered.
Mr. FOGARTY. No, it would not.
Mr. GROSS. I thank the gentleman.
One other question I should like to ask
the gentleman. I call the gentleman's
attention to the fact that the last
amendment to the bill as it left the
House was one which I had the privilege
of introducing and which was adopted.
It provided that none of the funds ap-
propriated under the act could be used
to promote such things as a Domestic
Peace Corps or any similar organiza-
tion. I note this amendment has been
stricken from the bill by the other body.
I would hope that the managers on the
part of the House would exercise .heir
power and put that amendment back in
the bill.
Mr. FOGARTY. As the gentleman
knows, I did not oppose the gentleman's
amendment at the time.
Mr. GROSS. The gentleman did not
oppose it at the time and therefore ac-
quiesced in the amendment.
Mr. FOGARTY. It was accepted by
a practically unanimous vote of the
House at that time. Offhand I would
be constrained to stay with the House's
position on it. Of course, I would not
want to tie the hands of all the con-
ferees.
Mr. GROSS. I thank the gentleman
for the responses he has given. I am
sure he understands that my objective
has been to make legislative history and
I appreciate his cooperation.
Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reserva-
tion of objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
objection to the request of the gentleman
from Rhode Island? The Chair hears
none and appoints the following eon-
FREE WORLD SHIPPING TO CUBA
AND U.S. ACTIVITY TO PREVENT IT
(Mr. ROGERS of Florida asked and
was given permission to address the
House for 1 minute and to revise and
extend his remarks.)
Mr. ROGERS of Florida. Mr. Speak-
er, news that four French ships have
entered the Cuban trade clearly indicates
how ineffectual the U.S. State Depart-
ment has been in securing economic
isolation of Cuba.
In April, six free world countries per-
mitted their ships to go to Cuba. In
May, seven were represented, and in June
and July the total was eight. In August
the number reached nine nations trading
with Cuba. And now the addition of
France.
During the period January-July, the
number of trips to Cuba by these ships
increased from 12 to 45. Total trips
numbered 259 in the last Maritime Ad-
ministration report.
The American people have been given
assurances on the one hand, and excuses
on the other. We were told this ship-
ping was not increasing, and that it of freedom. It was only 85 years ago, in
would decrease further. It was on the 1887, that the Bulgarian people were
increase at the time the State Depart- freed by czarist Russia after 500 years of
ment news release was being issued, and oppression. Less than 60 years later, on
is still on the increase. September 8, 1944, the Russian Army in-
The report about France getting in on vaded and conquered Bulgaria. It is one
the profitable Cuban trade said that the of the sad ironies of history that the
State Department, "in a subdued, dip- very country which had given this nation
lomatic way," had taken the matter up its freedom should in the following cen-
with the French Government. tury become its oppressor.
The American people are impatient Because Americans of all generations
with subdued, diplomatic activity which have been dedicated to freedom and jus-
does not produce results. They are tired tice, and because Americans always
of hearing that ships are under charter, honor those who die for these same be- -
or otherwise out of the control of the liefs, it is fitting that we here in the U.S.
country whose flag they fly. We have Congress note Bulgarian National Day,
been witnessing flags of convenienje for 1963, and the role of the father of that
years-now we have a new approach, day, Nikola Petkov.
contracts of convenience. Born in 1894 In Sofla, Nikola Pctkov
The State Department is either unwill- spent the later years of his life fighting
ing or unable to carry out the announced for freedom for his country against the
policy of this Government to isolate Cas- tyrannical Communist oppressors. Ap-
tro economically. proximately a year after the Communist
U.S. maritime leaders have branded army subdued the country, the Commu-
these State Department efforts a "fail- nists temporarily relaxed their oppres-
ure" and have demanded tougher mews- sion, and allowed an opposition party to
ures. Ralph Casey, president of the operate openly. As we know now, the
American Merchant Marine Institute Communists did this for three reasons:
and Joseph Curran, head of the National First, to deceive the Americans into
Maritime Union, have Joined together thinking there was a true democracy in
in a call for action. Joseph Curran, Jr., the country; second, to gain the diplo-
has suggested American picketing of all matic recognition by the Western
ships from countries permitting their Powers; and third, to get the U.S. Senate
ships to go to Cuba. I believe economic to ratify the pending peace treaty.
pressures such as this would be most ef- During the time the Communists tol-
fective, and express a grassroots Amer- erated the opposition Agrarian Party
ican feeling to the foreign governments led by Petkov, the opposition party won
and shipowners which they fail to grasp the substantial support of the people. In
through the "subdued" efforts of an in- October 1946, Petkov and 101 other Bul-
effectual State Department policy. garians took their seats in the Grand
I have proposed legislation which National Assembly. In the Assembly
would forbid interstate transportation of Petkov never relaxed his efforts to show
any goods imported into the United to the world the godlessness of commu-
States on ships from countries in the nism. On the day after the U.S. Senate
Cuban trade. Today I have requested ratified the treaty, the Communists dis-
the chairman of the House Interstate banded the opposition party and gr-
and Foreign Commerce Committee to rested Petkov and others of the Agrarian
begin hearings on this bill. It is my Party. Eventually all those who were
hope that we can display to the inter- active in the opposition movement, which
national shipowners, and to our own the Communists had allowed to exist as
State Department, that we want action, a show for the West, were liquidated in
not excuses. some way. Petkov was charged with
high treason, to which he refused to con-
fess, and on September 23, 1947, he was
NIKOLA PETKOV, BULGARIAN hanged in secret. Because he was so
PATRIOT loved and admired by his people it took
Mr. O'HARA of Illinois asked and was this act on the part of the Communists
given permission to extend his remarks over the e ma Bulgarian formal final their mastery
at this point in the RseoRD.) over
By his death this great patriot joined a
Mr. O'HARA of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, long list of Bulgarians who have died
today we in the House of Representatives with hope that someday their country
of the Congress of the United States, would be free. I consider it a privilege
pause in our legislative work to pay to say on behalf of all Americans that
tribute to the memory of a gallant Bul- we share that same long hope. The
garian patriot who died a martyr to the Communists offered him his life if he
cause of freedom 16 years ago this day. would confess to treason, but he refused
The Bulgarian nation has had a and made it clear to them and to his
devastatingly bleak history of subjuga- countrymen that he would gladly die if
tion and oppression with intermittent it meant eventual freedom for his people.
glimpses of freedom. They are a proud I think of the life of this great demo-
people, brave people, outstanding people crat as a manifestation of the spirit of
who have given much to Europe and the the Bulgarian people throughout their
world. On September 23. 1947, just 16 history. He is a reminder not only to
short years ago, their present oppres- the people of Bulgaria, but to all Ameri-
sors-the Communists-killed the pa- cans, that freedom must continually be -
triot, Nikola Pctkov rewon.
Before I pay tribute to t4is fine man, I happily join with all Americans and
permit me, Mr. Speaker, to say just a other members of the Congress in ex-
word or two about the valiant, brave but pressing the hope that someday the peo-
oftimes unfortunate efforts of the Bul- ple of Bulgaria will live In the freedom
garian people to breathe the fresh air for which Nikola Petkov died.
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Castro after all other steps are taken; if it is for accommodation is to be exploited inten- Speaker Won Pat's address follows:
essential in the Monroe Doctrine that this sively all over Latin America, together with
means kicking the Communists out of Cuba the power element of the U.S.S.R. The first OUTLINE OF FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS As THEY
to preserve our security, that is the step we component group of the USRLA would be APPLY TO THE TERRITORY OF GUAM
are going to have to take." composed of Cuba, Venezuela, Mexico,_Chile, I. UNIQUE ASPECTS OF GUAM'S RELATIONSHIP
This, I submit, is the authentic voice of and Brazil, as well as the former British WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
the American people. Sometime before Guiana and possibly Hispaniola after the Guam is not a sovereign state; its govern-
November 1964, President Kennedy is going Duvalier regime in Haiti has been liqui- ment is not touched on in the Constitution
to listen to it-or else. dated. The target date is 1968. except in article IV, section 3, which pro-
According to my informant, Mr. Khru- vides that the Congress shall have power to
shchev has instructed Mr. Castro to take his dispose of and make all needful rules and
time and lay the groundwork without haste, regulations for the territories-Guam has no
Soviet Plans in Latin America Set It is essential, he is reported to have said, vote in the national elections, and no seat
that the chances of reelection of the present in the Congress, either voting or otherwise.
Washington administration, sympathetic to Accordingly, the unincorporated territory of
EXTENSION OF REMARKS socialism and dedicated to raI w H
of tensions, should not be endangered, it is State of the United States, and thus its rela=
also im
ortant th
t t
p
a
he British Labor Party, tions with the Federal Government are sim-
HON. DANIEL J. FLOOD headed by Harold Wilson-and described by ilar to those what we might say between ere-
OF PENNSYLVANIA Mr. Khrushchev as a man of great intelli- ator and creature rather than between
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gence and insight toward world trends- equals. As an example, any bill passed by
should replace the wobbly, uncertain, and the Guam Legislature and signed by the
Tuesday, September 24, 1963 tired Conservatives. Governor has to be submitted to Congress,
Hence, there must be no hasty or rash which, for a period of 1 year after submis-
Mr. FLOOD. Mr. Speaker, our court- moves by Fidel and his associates through- sion, reserves the right to repeal or annul the
try is fortunate in having in Europe one out Latin America. Quite the contrary, Mr. bill, and although Congress has never so
of its most distinguished news analysts, Castro must accept with good grace any in- abrogated any of our local legislation, the
Constantine Brown, who always? writes dications for reconciliation with the United power to do so exists, and the net result is
with the objectivity of the trained ob- States-even at the price of some conces- that our legislation does not become, in ef-
Sel'Ver, sions regarding the confiscation of Ameri- fect, final until 1 year after its submission
The latest contribution of Mr. Brown, can properties. to Congress. Our organic act, which serves
which deals with utio o of vital si The Czech defector added that there are as our state constitution, is Federal legisla-
a subject g- already in course such negotiations which tion which has been amended in the past
nificance to the United States and, in- may lead to a resumption of, diplomatic re- and can be amended in the future without
deed, of the entire Western Hemisphere, lations with Washington. But he expects thepeople of Guam having any voice in the
follows: nothing concrete before next year. The pot matter whatsoever. Although our Govern-
[From the Evening Star, Washington, D.C., will be kept simmering until the American ment has been self-supporting, operating its
31,
Aug. Star, W elections. After November 1964, however, typical American governmental structure
SOVIET PLANS IN LATIN AMERICA SET: RED the work of creating a USRLA will be started with tax funds locally collected, nevertheless
DEFECTOR SAYS CLT Is SPEARHEAD, ORDERED in earnest. the Congress can out off our present sources
Asked about Europe's 'reaction to the gi- of revenue at any time, and in any number
To USE "CARROT" TACTIC ON UNITED STATES gantic Soviet plans, the answer Was that of ways,
(By Constantine Brown) Europe has relied too much on the United In outlining our rather precarious position
MUNICH: -At a place "somewhere in Ger- States to be able to successfully resist the in our relationship with Congress, let me
many" where important Communist defec- trend. Anyhow, he added, the only strong emphasize that it is only in examining the
torsare screened before being given perma- opponents of Mr. Khrushchev are West Ger- legal and constitutional relationship between
nent residence here, I met through German man Chancellor Adenauer and French Presi- our territory and the Federal Government
friends a Czech who had held a position of dent de Gaulle. With Mr. Adenauer out of that our position appears so precarious, since,
responsibility in the Prague. hierarchy. He office Mr. Khrushchev does not worry about in point of fact, Congress, following the
was a man in his late fifties, erudite and Mr. Erhard and Mr. Schroeder. Both are Second World War, has been generous to the
keen-minded. He had given up everything Anglo-Saxon minded and unsympathetic to people and to the territory of Guam and our
because "I could no longer stand the in- the French-German alliance. General de relations have been generally amiable. The
trigues, the double-crossings and the lies of Gaulle, if placed in a position of isolation same holds true generally speaking with the
the regime which I had joined wholeheart- after the departure of Mr. Adenauer, could executive branch of the Federal Government,
edly, But," he added wistfully, "I am withdraw his support from the Germans if also. However, since our territory's prin-
afraid I have now joined the losing side" Bonn breaks the spirit of the alliance and cipal function is to. provide logistic support
His explanation for this pessimistic view- turns to Moscow for a renewal of the his- for the Air Force and naval establishments
point about the "losing side" (the West) was toric entente. on the island, the Department of Defense
simple. The new generation of political men, "There is not a single head of government plays the most important role of any Federal
particularly in the United States and Britain, anywhere in the world," said my informant, department in determining our future, and
does not want to believe the U.S.S.R. is plan- "who enjoys more prestige with the Kremlin this despite the fact that the Department of
ning for the conquest of the world, gang than De Gaulle. He has been unyield- the Interior is the executive agency charged
Premier Khrushchev has confused and ing and that counts with those men more with the responsibility of supervising our ac-
frightened the political men by his tactics of than the chase for relaxation." tivities and our relationship with the Federal
hot and cold showers, frowns and-smiles, rat- Government. We have noted with interest
tling of missiles and "deep concern for hu- - that when there is a showdown between the
m
lasts for anity." He is now certain, if his'life span two departments over some matter affecting
successor years, th that he can wand . Address of Guam's Speaker, Won Pat, at Guam, the Department of Defense invariably
over to his another
over td h Lsucc National Conference of Legislative wins, and over these power struggles between
The signing of the Moscow pact and the Leaders agencies in the Federal Government, the ter-r1tory subsequent steps are only a beginning. Mr. wf, sin since has practically have no have no no one in influence,
Khrushchev'9 aims go further, to the West- EXTENSION OF whatsoever, hat of Wash-
ern Hemisphere. REMARKS ington who can protect our interests and we
The Czech defector, who my German of have no political pressure that we can bring
friends told me is trustworthy, emphasized , to bear.
the plan for a gigantic U.S.R.L.A. When HON. BARRATT O HARA Guam also comes under the cognizance of
asked what this meant, he explained, "the Of ILLINOIS the State Department under the Office of
Dependent ip Areas by virtue of the U.S. .
United Socialist Republics of Latin America." IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tionship with the United d Nations. Thus,
us,
During the 37-day visit of Fidel Castro to
the Soviet Union, the -blueprint of such an Tuesday, September 24, 1963 the Department of State takes a rather con
con-
e
ARA
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states
~r
nois. Mr. Speaker, united Nations classifies Guam as a non-
details by Mr.
chev, the Cuban dic- `~" " ~~
tator and a number of top Soviet officials. by unanimous Consent I am extending self-governing dependency of the United
Mr... Khrushchev was confident that there my remarks to include the address of States, in other words, a colony, and there-
will be no more than token opposition from Hon. Won Pat, Speaker of the Legisla- fore the State Department, as the agency
the United States. Cuba will be, of course; ture of Guam, at the National Confer- charged with the responsibility of represent-
the key point where all the propaganda and ence of State Legislative Leaders at Bos- feels that he In Unite Nations,
nitemusttmaketsure that nothing
subversive moves will start. ton - on September 21.' Forty-seven happens on Guam that can be later used
The anxiety of the Western Powers, and States of the Union and Guam were rep- against the United States in the United Na-
particularly of the United States and Britain, resented at the conference. tions. The people of Guam are traditionally
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average. His 94 tons of corn produced about
33 cases per ton, or 3,100 cases, making
nearly 75,000 cans of famous Green Giant
Niblets available to homemakers across the
country.
Looking ahead at kitchen-ready foods,
David pointed out that he and Green Giant
had saved housewives nearly 25,000 hours
of kitchen preparation work on his produc-
tion alone. Incidentally, he netted $713.15
on that crop of corn and won a gold wrist-
watch, an official jacket, a gold pin and
purple ribbon from the National Junior
Vegetable Growers Association. The Green
Giant Co. gave him an all-expense trip to
the 28th annual convention of the Junior
Vegetable Growers in Miami last December.
David was graduated from the Hector
Community High School, class of 1982. He
played saxophone In the senior band, was
president of the student council school-
paper reporter, served on the staff of the
yearbook, was a cross country runner. He
played basketball and was in the senior
class play, served as president of the FFA
and won the degree of State Farmer.
This year he is president of the freshman
class at South Dakota State College in
Brookings.
The family attends the Lutheran church.
His father has been an outstanding vege-
table and Hampshire farmer for many years.
Scientific minded, his Green Giant Field-
man Jilek says, Davy became Minnesota's top
sweet corn farmer because he kept good
records, ran a detailed fertilizer program and
followed accepted production practices and
close supervision to win over 425 other con-
testants.
The Vegetable Growers Messenger in recog-
nizing a "Young Man on the March," David
Anderson, also pays tribute to the Green
Giant Fieldman John Jilek, William A. Free.
Sr., president of the National Canners' As-
sociation, Drs. Charles H. Mahoney and Ed-
win A. Crosby, who held up the Raw Prod-
ucts Research Bureau of NCA, and to
NJVGA chairman, Grant Snyder.
Man helps himself most when he lifts a
stituted a severe rebuke to Castro's bad boys. [From the Long island 3jN.Y.) Press, Sept.
Actually, it made our position look even 17, worse. It is not in keping with American CuBA CouLo Bon, OVER AT ALMOST ANY TIME
tradition to stand by and allow refugees. (By Edgar Ansel Mowrer)
or freedom fighters, to be taken by force of The Cuban pot is heating up faster than
arms to the country from which they have could have been foreseen and could boll over
sought to escape. at almost any time.
When such le to have for place at The best proof is that Castro is scared.
the Berlin Wall t the excuse
toucch for our !raccoon Havana Radio's frantic insistence that the
fibeen that It might touch off a world con- Soviet Union has "warned" the United States
has
German armed the soviet 'Union at hand. East that any more raids by Cuban exiles will
German armed have forces so near r . "push the world to the brink of a thermo-
unp ni spi neless that nuclear war" sounds like Mr. K. all right.
But if we have become
Bitch incidents can even Miles s cfromn our a r But It Is a cinch that Castro begged Nikita to
area that is not Bee1 100 40 mi permit his to make this announcement.
sho, we American expect
sly our have Republics to take keep the the hemi- the sort in one of the private billets doux
communism? to keep e- which he exchanges with President Ken-
sphere safe from determination
sphere sad Castro nedy. But most Americans have learned by
at a take us this time that when it comes to brinkman-
And why snow Castro down himself
frontslyatlon7 when we back down at caste con- ship Soviet Russia Is a Teddy bear and
ront shrinks from dit'ect confrontation with the
I us The kidnaping at our Cuban of once United States, that "paper tiger" (to quote
again to take a look our Cuban n, Red China) "with nuclear teeth" (to quote
nonpoticy. During July, Castro announced d Khruahchev).
expropriation of the American Embassy in Castro has reason to be scared. For the
Havana; on July 26 he called for violent rev- exile raids are beginning to hurt. Smashing
olutian throughout Latin America. His ad Cuba's largest sugarmill hits Castro just
herents have carried on ceaseless guerrilla where it hurts the most, on the economic
warfare against the democratic regime of
True, like all police states Red Cuba
nerve.
President Betancourt.
We still talk grandiosely about the Al-
liance of Progress, a laudable but long-range
objective. But as far as dealing with day-
by-day incidents, It seems clear we have no
plan for coping with Castro.
As a result, our prestige in Latin America
sinks lower and lower.
I base this not on conjecture, or even on
what might be considered logical reaction to
our indecisiveness, but on what responsible
Latin American leaders have told me. The
liberal moderates, the conservatives and the
ultraleftists all find American conduct In-
into submission. But Cuban tempers are
hotter than Russian.
Moreover, as first announced here, several
underground groups In Cuba have pooled
their resources and concerted their liberation
efforts and are securing the cooperation of
a steady trickle of deserters from the Soviet
forces on Cuba.
Still another sign that the Cuban pot is
heating up is the increased haste with which
the Ruslans In Cuba are converting the entire
province of Pinar Del Rio, with the biggest
naval base of Marcel, into a single Soviet
comprehensible. military camp.
"Just imagine." one told me, "how llhru- Furthermore, according to the Free Cuba
shc)tev would react if such things were hap- News published by the invaluable Citizens
f
it
e o
rig within 100 miles of his borders. Committee for a Free Cuba. at the s
uestion naturally arises: What the Soviet Military GHQ in the La Gober-
the
i
q
n
s
Vwe do about Castro's conduct? In the nadora Hills near Marie!, Soviet and Cuban
! i5.n (' ,'Ihhwan "kidnaping." I would have due tunnels 6 miles into the
think the answer was fairly obvious. Our ground. (No more offensive missiles in tvaa,
planes should have fired warning shots at Mr. Kennedy?)
and If they did not back off Everything points to a hurried Cuban-
ers
kidna
,
p
the
then, we should have engaged ,,hem in the Soviet attempt to make the island virtually
EXTENSION OF REMARKS kind of aerial diversionary activity that invulnerable against military attack.
or would have driven them away, or at least Meanwhile, still according to the Free
HON, STEVEN B. DEROUNIAN given the refugees sufliclent time in which to Cuba News, Castro has been rushing his sub-
escape. veralve efforts throughout Latin America,
or NEW YORK The argument is made that we needed and chiefly in Venezuela. There the Govern-
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES British permission to act within their tern- ment recently seized from Communist ter-
Tuesday, waters. This is not a legal quibble, rorists a "Plan M" which set forth instruc-
September 24, 1963 but In a case so flagrant in its violation of lions for successful guerrilla warfare includ-
international law our forces should have naturally, the guerrilla and kid-
Mr. DEROUNIAN. Mr. Speaker, fol- been able to draw the ites into open Inn, of leading anti-Gommunlsan "The
lowing the good, Madison Avenue style waters; or If not, then we should have pro- policy of extermination is the one we must
of the New Frontier, the people seem vided a shield for the refugees. follow."
to have forgotten about Cuba and the Such action, of course, would be an Im. Again, naturally.
tremendous danger that lurks there. provisation, but It might drive home the The mere urall existence of such aCastro-made
The following articles, one by Robert point which, I hope, our Government intends plan raises the question, What is the U.S.
And the
to make; namely, that we do not Intend to p
G. Spivack, a Liberal, which appeared overnment
slt by and allow Castro a free hand in the a doing about Cuba?
in the August 25 issue of the New York Caribbean, or in the hemisphere. answer is, Nothing of any Importance-so far.
Herald Tribune, and the other by Edgar Aside from such action, however. Castro Is What could it do? Readers who believe
Ansel Mowrer, in the September 17 issue forcing us to do what the Kennedy adminis- that Kennedy's present passivity Is danger-
of the Long Island Press, remind us tration clearly does not want to do: give ously inept would do well to study the mag-
how fraught with danger Cuba still is: greater encouragement to the anti-Commu- nificent debate on Cuba In the U.S. House
[From the New York Herald Tribune. Aug. 'list democratic Cubans to engage In guer- of Representatives (published in the CoN-
rilla warfare against the Havana regime. CRESSIONAL REaoaD of July 29, 1963). There
25, 1983] The longer we delay-the longer we they will find proposals by any number of
CASTRO'S KIDNAPERS tolerate the presence of Soviet troops on patriotic Congressmen weary of the admin-
(By Robert G. Spivack) Cuban soil-the more costly such operations istration's doubletalk and urging immediate
American action.
The U.S. Government looked pathetic when are going to be. WEAVES, of Penn-
that State Department spokesman announced It is regrettable that the administration At the end, Congressman ei ht A Sala short
that a Cuban air and naval force had seized has allowed Itself to become so alienated Sylvania, summed up g p p?
19 anti-Castro refugees off a British Islet in from the Cuban refugees, after so much big of war, And when goaded by that faithful
the Caribbean while our jets and a Coast talk about what he hoped to do. But if we administration supporter, Congressman Pu-
Guard patrol plane helplessly circled over- do not want to lose all of Latin America, CI s~ f' n~ to saywhffithe of he Florida,
d a-
head. we are going to have to come to grips lied: "The description of the incident as one of the probiIns Castro poses and that includes a
Democrat of Is the another
only way to get rid of
international "kidnaping" supposedly con- working with the refugees. military action
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 Mr. J. Edmund Kelly, labor reporter for there and then, if the neT pact which finally has been the guiding. principle of the tax
the Buffalo Evening News, Buffalo, N.Y., emerged provided advantages to each. rate reform program conducted by the U.S.
with respect to this bargaining agree- In the words of local 501's final report to Junior Chamber of Commerce over the past
meet. Mr. Kelly has been cited frequent- its members: "it was recognized by all of 5 years.
ly by surance the union to g m nt both labor and management for our members that to get a comprehensive in- I urge you to do all that is possible to
his outstanding, incisive writing on labor company the rogramonly thing wehad
could coffer- achieve come meaningful tax rate reform in these
matters. Most recently, he was cited by stable labor relations through an extended you middle incoms tax bhackats.
the Buffalo Diocesan Labor College for contract." money, c would pre saving of
rtaxpayers'
ecognition
his consistently excellent and unbiased So Bell and the UAW, in a spirit of com- of mon the , vast would wreciate your recognition
vas manpower of civic organizations,
reporting on labor and labor-manage- promise representing the, best traditions of such as ours. Why not utilize this reserve
meet relations. true collective bargaining, not only nego- of manpower in meeting community needs
The article follows: tiated a new pension program but also nego- -rather than resorting to a national service
tiated an extension of their general labor corps?
LABOR COMMENT agreement to June 5, 1968-insuring almost Volunteer already g
(By Ed Kelly) another 3 years of company-union harmony. f groups are communities. due a tre-
By so doing they showed what can be done the fjob
There's welcome news for everyone in the the feeling j effort is ess
prevails their own that n more iIf
new bargaining agreement between the Bell by an enlightened management and union quired to solve local problems, Congress
Aerosystems Co. and the United Auto if both the will. They showed, too, the should call upon local people to do the work.
Workers (AFL-CIO), atmosphere. advantage of negotiating outside a crisis I am confident citizens living in their own
Welcome news for the more than 1,200 community know their problems best. At
employes affected, because it improves their And, by turning their backs on the tradi- the same time, American taxpayers would
wages and
wages and fringe benefits, bolsters their job tional and rigid notion that new agreements not have another financial burden,
and removes any worry of a their work are negotiated only when old ones expire, In a recent referendum,
stoppage for nearly 3 years. tthe efreshing d a bargaining flexibility which is 4,800 chapters across the Nation voted byua
Welcome news for the company, because it margin of 2 to 1 against the once is of the
insures
insures stability of labor relations until mid- This was labor-management statesman-, Domestic Peace Corps. p
precious ommo re when it comes mid- ship of the highest order. It does credit to Your attention to these important matters ty to
projecting plans, figuring costs, bidding in- Bell to Aeros the to fro United Auto Workers will be greatly appreciated.
telligently. and assuring on-time deliveries, and to the Niagara frontier. Respectfully,
all of which gain new business. RICHARD H. HEADLEE,
Welcome news for the community, because
it Improves the Niagara frontier's image as a President.
place to work and do business, proves that Jaycees Oppose National Service Corps
managements and unions in some sectors of Madden Dam Project, Canal Zone: Pur-
o'ur economy can act responsibly, and offers
hope that the local employment picture may EXTENSION OF REMARKS chase or Expropriation?
brighten. or
The pact which accomplishes all this was HON. PAUL FINDLEY
announced last week by Pete Wacks, Bell's EXTENSION OF REMARKS
vice president for industrial relations, and by OF ILLINOIS OF
Harold Troidl, UAW subregional director IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. DANIEL J. FLOOD
here.
It covers nearly 1000 production and main- Tuesday, September 24, T963 OF PENNSYLVANIA
tenance workers represented by the union's Mr. FINDLEY. Mr. Speaker, pro- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
local 501 and more than 200 inspectors, ac-
counting employes, timekeepers and fire cap- posals have been made to initiate various Tuesday, September 24, 1963
tains who are members of the union's local Government youth and service corps- Mr. FLOOD. Mr. Speaker, as all stu-
516? financed, of course, by the taxpayer. I dents of Panama Canal problems, know, Pres
receive
a
gnificant
letter
from dentCBob M1 eredithoandeActing Be arge n g thave he pr sidentof alnat onal organizat on Isthmian newspapers feature significant
Chairman Jack Kirisits local.516's by Presi- that is both youthful and devoted to stories aaouc movmente in Panama
dent Greg Pope and Bargaining Chairman service, yet needs no Government pay- likely sanitation the maintenance, opera-
dent Miller. Assisting them were Harold canal. sanitation or protection of the
Troidl and UAW International Representa- meets and wants none. Canal. Such publicity is in sharp Con-
tives Joe Yantomasi, Joe Ferraro and Jay The 4,800 chapters of the U.S. Junior trast, with the treatment of silence
Watkins, Chamber of Commerce are meeting com- usually given these matters by the press
Bell's negotiating team headed by Pete munity needs across the Nation. Jaycees of the United States.
Wacks included Art Skerritt, Joe Bellonte have always been ready, willing, and able Recent information from Panama,
and Bill Fuller. to do all sorts of community improve-pub in the September 12,-1963,
The parties were assisted by Federal Media- merit projects. They can do the job, ssuesof the Star and Herald, the well-
tor Bill ignfi They want to do the job.
The significance of the new agreement they known English language Latin American
produced can't be overestimated. Presidents of local Jaycee chapters newspaper, is to the effect that Juan
It proves that Bell and the UAW really have voted overwhelmingly-2 to. 1- Alberto Morales, director of the Insti-
meant it 2 years ago when they said they'd against the idea of a national service tute of Hydroelectric Resources of
recognized that their mutual interests and corps. The following letter, stating Panama, in a letter to President Roberto
those of the community-could best be Jaycee position, is from Richard H. F. Chiari, has urged that the Madden
served by improving their relationships.
They began the task at that time by nego- Headley, president: Dam and Power Project be acquired
tiating a 3-year agreement whose restraint U.S. JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, from the United States through in economic provisions permitted, the com- Tulsa, Okla., September 20, 1963. Chase or expropriation. pur .
pany to improve its competitive position. Hon. PAUL FINDLEY, Speaker, caeso This,
As the months went by, employer-employe U.S. House of Representatives, he advocates On the alleged
alleged
relations and the overall labor-management Washington, D.C. ground that the water of the Chagres
climate in the Bell plant improved, helping DEAR REPRESENTATIVE FINDLEY: In the com- River Is, a natural resource of Panama.
to make possible the dramatic bargaining ing weeks, you and other Members of Con-. He fails, however, to mention article I
news of next week. gress will be giving serious conisderation to of the 1903 treaty under which Panama
a
The only matter legally open for Bell-UAW tax legislation. granted to the United States "in perpe-
negotiations this year was their pension The Junior Chamber of Commerce feels tuity" the "supply of water" as may be
agreement which was to expire last July 7. strongly that tax rate reform is vital to the "necessary and convenient" for canal
When the parties got talking early in the economic growth of our country. The tax purposes and that Madden Dam and
year, it quickly became clear that the UAW rate schedule contained in the bill passed Lake are in the Canal Zone.
members were greatly perturbed about their by the House Ways and Means Committee,
insurance program. Insurance is separate however, does not reflect this need in its In this o, Mr. Speaker, it is
from pensions and is covered in the general entirety. interesting t to o note nte that t Madden Dam
labor agreement, the one negotiated in 1961 ' The steep graduation of rates through the was named by the Congress in honor of
and which wasn't due to expire until May 1, middle income brackets was not eliminated former Chairman Martin B. Madden of
1964-8 months from now. by the committee. These rates must be re- the House Committee on Appropriations,
Both sides expressed willingness to nego- duced, as they are a major source of invest- who, from 1904 until his death in 1928,
tiate changes in the general labor agreement, ment capital for economic expansion. This was a champion of the Panama Canal in
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - APPENDIX
THE FEDERAL DIARY: HHFA'S JOB QUERY
SHOWS MANY FILLED THROUGH FRIENDS
(NorE.-Mikel Causey writes the Federal
Diary today.
Pacific area to report on the activities of
Federal employees in outlying stations. His
reports will appear as they are received.)
Housing & Home Finance Agency's Com-
munity Facilities Office made what it admits
is a "highly unscientific" study to find out
how its recently hired employees found out
about job openings.
Less than 5 percent of them were referred
to HHFA by Civil Service Commission.
About halt said they heard about jobs di-
rectly through the personnel office or re-
cruiting and the remainder said friends in
the agency and former employees alerted
them to vacancies.
HHFA officials concluded that the practice
of employees bringing their friends is one
reason why some offices have hired to few
Negroes and other minority group members
in the past.
Republican Position on Tax Bill -Distorted
if we are to enact a tax cut in the amount
of $11 billion. If I wanted to kill the bill,
as the Kiplinger Tax Letter seems to feel
is my intent, I would not be offering a
motion to recommit, which in my opinion
will make it a better bill, but instead
I would be urging my colleagues to simply
vote against the bill on final passage.
This I am not doing. In fact, when I ap-
peared before the Rules Committee in
their public hearings on this bill, I ex-
pressly stated that if the recommittal
motion passed, I would take the floor
and strongly urge passage of the bill.
I do not feel that the Congress or the
American people should tolerate this type
of news reporting. If there are those in
Will History Record a Hungarian Cuba?
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
or
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
or HON. JAMES D. WEAVER
HON. JOHN W. BYRNES
OF PENNSYLVANIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OF WISCONSIN
Tuesday, September 24, 1963
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, September 24, 1 963 Mr. WEAVER. Mr, Speaker, Cuba
continues to remain a threat in the
Mr. BYRNES of Wisconsin. Mr. Western Hemisphere because of this
Speaker, it has come to my attention country's failure to take stronger action
that misleading information is being to eliminate Castroism.
used by the news media in regards to the While this Nation sits idly by, Cuba,
Republican position on the current tax now a Soviet satellite, is embarking on
bill. This information has even been in- a large-scale program of subversion,
eluded in a publication supposedly for which threatens the stability of the na-
use by sophisicated taxmen and busi- tions in the Latin American bloc.
nessmen. I refer to the Kiplinger Tax The administration has a number of
Letter of September 20, 1963. In this courses of action-outside of direct in-
newsletter, the following appears: tervention-to bring about the downfall
The maneuvering over the tax bill is reach- of Castro. But procrastination and in-
ing fever pitch here. Most of the concern is decisiveness is permitting communism
over what will happen when it gets to Sen- to spread its atheistic philosophy in this
ate. House approval within the next few hemisphere.
destroy forever the very principles on which
this country was founded, and wipe out every
vestige of our historical traditions to sup-
port those who are willing to sacrifice their
lives for freedom.
The question we are confronted with is
this:
What will the White House do it tomorrow.
or next week, or next month, the people of
Cuba rise up and attempt to destroy the
tyrants who have suppressed them with the
most vicious jail state since Hungary of 1956?
Such an uprising-without the benefit of
weapons, and with little hope of sustaining
the revolt for more than I or"2 days-Would
represent the final heart-cry of a brutally
subjugated people.
There could be no hope of winning the re-
volt by themselves.
Their only possible hope would be that
manother people, stronger than their oppres-
rs, would come to their aid with arms, food,
d finally troops.
There can be no doubt to whom the Cuban
people would turn for this help.
Only the United States and Its American
people represent the difference between an
infinity of slavery or freedom.
In this instance let's forget the bungled
Bay of Pigs invasion and the chance that it
would have had in succeeding it the Cuban
liberators had been given the proper support
of the United States.
But an uprising by the people of Cuba
would be an entirely different matter, espe-
cially in view of what happened to the gal-
lant people of Hungary who rose against the
same oppressors.
Keeping in mind the accommodations
which the Kennedy administration has made
with the Soviet Union, what support do you
believe the Cuban people would receive from
the United States if they revolt tomorrow?
Fearfully, shamefully, apprehensively we
believe there is every reason to believe that
such a Cuban revolt would place a blot on
the honor and integrity of this country
which would be indelible-a stain which
would smear every freedom we enjoy.
Do you believe this country-now-would
go to the aid of the Cuban people if they,
In their agony, cried for help?
Labor and Management -
days is pretty much taken for granted. Re- It was because of this situation that a
publicans are not expected to succeed in get-
ting the bill sent back to the Ways and bipartisan group of Congressmen Pre-
Means Committee, which would assure a e a 4-hour solutions
discussion to Cuban the tiproblem
quiet death for It.
I am indeed surprised that the busi- An editorial by Larle Pintea entitled
"Will History Record a 'Hungarian'
repo community will pay for this type of Cuba?" poses some interesting questions
motion . recommit allknow, with Instructions nsge ofas to this Nation's intentions if a revolt
motion to wc cir- developed in the island country. The
does not "kill" bill. Under such to editorial appeared September 17, 1963, in s committee. the
come bill not sent back to the Erie Morning News, Erie, Pa.
m. To the contrary, it is passed text is as follows:
on the floor with the changes as pro- WILL HISTORY RECORD A ?$UNGARIAN CUBA?
conclusion o the of debate. recommittal motion at the There no longer is any question but that
the Kennedy administration is making every
It would appear to me that anyone effort. following every Soviet hint thrown
purporting to give an accurate account- their way, to accommodate the Soviet Union.
Ing of the legislative process would be This is especially true in light of the events
familiar with this vital fact. Therefore, that have occurred in our dealings with the
I can only assume that such misinforma- Sovietized Island of Cuba since the Cuban
tion is being generated specifically to confrontation.
create panic and fear with regard to the Obviously the American people are not at
ultimate passage of the tax bill. Such this time going to learn of the full commit
misinformation undoubtedly could en- ments made by the President during the
courage some to oppose my motion to Cuban crisis of last year, and perhaps will
not learn what agreements were made by
recommit reduction. of their strong desire the President until he Is no longer faced with
for a tax reduction. I, too, want a tax the prospect of going before the electorate
reduction and I am not proposing this for their votes.
motion to kill the bill. But in view of the soft-shoe dance being
I am proposing this motion because performed by the White House It becomes
of athat the American o ~d
I feel that it is incumbent on us to im- even fie more imperative
pose some positive restraint on spending p
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
HON. THADDEUS J. DULSKI
OF NEW YORK
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, September 23,1963
Mr. DUL.SKI. Mr. Speaker, as one
of the larger manfacturing centers in
the Nation, our Niagara frontier area in
western New York State has had its
share of labor-management problems.
Many of them, happily, have been re-
solved to the mutual satisfaction of both
employer and employee.
Just recently the United Auto Workers,
AFL-CIO, and the Bell Aerosystems Co.,
of Niagara Falls and Buffalo, entered
into a bargaining agreement that has
received favorable reaction from every-
one concerned. In contrast to the forced
arbitration of the railroad labor dispute,
this shows that when mutual trust and
understanding are joined with a willing-
ness to compromise and negotiate, labor
and management can work together for
the benefit of all.
Under leave to extend my remarks,
I wish to include an article written by
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