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1964
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - APPENDIX A4143
which needs no further repetition here.
I did want to inject this comment to
show that our U.S. Navy was among the
very first agencies of our Government to
see the enormous possibilities of the fis-
sionable atom.
And now three powerful new ships of
our nuclear Navy are proving a vital
quality which has always been essential
to a nation's defense forces: mobility-
in a depth and meaning we have never
known before. The incredible endur-
ance of ships that can cruise several
times around the world without refuel-
ing and at top speed, gives a new mean-
ing to the old term. It means our ships
can go anywhere on the high seas they
are needed, stay as long as they are re-
quired, and then move swiftly to a new
troubled area 'which may require their
presence. They can rapidly come to the
assistance of a beleaguered ally, or
strengthen another of our forces which
may require additional assistance. The
greatest, most restricting logistic con-
cern of any seagoing `commander-the
availability of ship's. fuel-Is no longer
a consideration.
And this, to me, is the connection be-
tween the events of the past weekend
which took place on opposite sides of
the world. Somewhere in the world the
Communists challenge us on the high
seas. If further strength is needed at
the point of the challenge, the nuclear-
powered ships of a modern Navy from
any point on the globe can be dispatched
immediately at 'top speed to the area
and arrive there full of fight and ready
for extended operations. This is true
mobility. It is the lesson to be derived
from the shootings in the Gulf of Tonkin
and the quiet passage of our three nu-
clear-powered ships down the West
Coast of Africa. Only 3, alas, when
the need is for 300. But it does repre-
sent the start. of what must be one of
the really essential undertakings of the
American people of this decade: to
bring the potential of nuclear power to
full reality 3n ,the surface. fleet as well
as its undersea arm,- so that our Navy
an reap the enormous advantages avail-
able, to it .through. true', mobility of its
ships. I pledge to you ou . all, and to the
people of our Nation, an unrelenting ef-
fort to complete the work in which we
have, only fairly begun: the rebuilding
of a modern, nuclear-powered Navy
which will give our Nation the true mo-
bility on the, sea which it needs and, must
have in the years ahead. , This we must
do, if we want to be remembered as a
great nation which, honored its obliga-
tion to keep the priceless asset of the
seas on the side of freedom,
Molybdenum Disposal Program
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
oF.
HON. PHILIP J. PHILBIN
OF & SmCHUSErrS
IN THE HOUSE OF I~EPTtESENTATJVE
Wednesday, August 5, 1964
Mr. l:.'HILBIN. Mr. Speaker, Subcom-
mittee No, 2 of the House Armed Services
Committee of which I am chairman, has
recently been considering and acting
upon several measures authorizing the
disposal of certain materials from the
national stockpile, and many of these
have passed the House and are being im-
plemented by the General Services
Administration.
One of these dealt with the disposal of
molybdenum. Since certain statements
have been made cirticizing the manner
in which this particular disposal is being
conducted at the present, I think I
should furnish a brief explanatory state-
ment outlining the situation for the
benefit of the Members of the House and
those concerned.
H.R. 11235 became law on July 14,
1964. During the hearings on this mat-
ter on June 17, 1964, before, Subcommit-
tee No. 2 of the House Ared Services
Committee, Mr. Maurice J. Connell,
Commissioner, Defense Materials Serv-
ice, General Services Administration,
testified that consultation by mail had
been conducted with industry and that
there was substantial agreement on the
,plan to make an initial offering of 2 mil-
lion pounds on a competitive basis and
that such disposal would be limited to
domestic consumption. Thereafter, the
subsequent offerings will be made peri-
odically, depending upon the evaluation
of previous sales and of existing market
conditions, but that all sales would be
limited to domestic consumption.
Following the plan outlined before this
subcommittee, the General Services is-
sued invitations for bids on July 16, 1964,
to 255 invitees. Sealed bids were received
from 38 parties. There were responses
from five others that they did not intend
to submit a bid.
In order to broaden the base so that
small users could participate in the bid-
ding, the 2 million pounds offered were
broken into lots varying between 24,000
and 25,000 pounds. Any bidder could
bid on all of the lots or any part there-
of, but not on less than one lot.
The invitation. for bids stated that the,
entire 2 million pounds would be re-
stricted for domestic consumption and
that the sales would be. limited to: First
those who would use or consume the
molybdenum in the puurchaser's own
domestic facility; or second those who
would process the molybdenum or would
have it processed,, and would then sell
it to domestic consumers. Each was
notified in the invitation for bids that
prior to award, the successful bidders
would be required to furnish certifica-
tion that they were in one or the other of
the two above-mentioned categories. In
addition, to speed the flow of molyb-
denum to domestic industry, a require-
ment was included requiring the process-
ing and sale of the molybdenum within
90 days from the date of delivery. The
terms for the sale are cash, free on board
storage location.
The sealed bids were publicly opened
on July 27, 1964. Bids ranged from a
low of $158 for the entire 2 million
pounds to a high of $3.44 per pound.
is latter figure covers a bid for one lot
tinily' No awards have been made as yet.
At the present time, the General Serv-
ices Administration is in the process of
screening information which will verify
the bidders' certification. Thus, prior to
award, GSA will require the bidders to
name their processors and to give the
location of the plants where the molyb-
denum will be processed. Prior to being
permitted to take delivery, the success-
ful bidder wil be required to name the
domestic consumer to whom he has
made the sale.
While handling this initial offering,
GSA met with industry on Friday,
July 31, 1964, to make plans for the dis-
posal of an additional 5 million pounds
of molybdenum. Invitations for bids
were sent out August 1, 1964. Again,
all of the material is restricted for do-
mestic consumption, and except for one
lot of about 120,000 pounds, the
molybdenum has been divided into lots
of 24,000 to 25,000 pounds. While the
terms for this second offering are sub-
stantially the same as in the first, a few
new restrictions have been added to safe-
guard all segments of domestic industry.
These new restrictions will limit anyone
other than a processor from acquiring
more than 250,006 pounds.. A processor
will be limited from acquiring more than
2 million pounds. All bidders, except
those who will directly consume the ma-
terial in the form sold by the Gov-
ernment, will be required to name the
domestic processor at the time of
submitting his bid.
In my opinion, Mr. Bernard Boutin,
Administrator, General Services Admin-
istration, Commissioner Connell and his
staff at GSA are to be commended for
the dispatch with which they are pro-
ceeding and the safeguards they have
imposed at the request of the committee
in getting this 2 million pounds of
molybdenum into domestic consumption.
Let me make it clear that our sub-
committee is very conscious of the need
for making available to domestic in-
dustry excess stockpile critical materials
at the most favorable terms to the Gov-
ernment and in this process also making
available through careful disposal pro-
cedures such quantities of these materi-
als excess to Government requirements'
which may be disposed of to meet the ur-
gent needs of certain industries that find
these materials in short supply and ur-
gently required for their operations.
Our committee has insisted in all the
disposal measures that there must be
orderly disposal that will not disrupt the
markets, avoid any attempt to establish
price fixing as a guiding policy of such
disposals, and give all users a fair op-
portunity to bid and procure.
I should point out that while the com-
mittee deplores the short supply in in-
dustry of any of these materials, it is not
our practice to recommend disposal of
them until appropriate guarantees can
be given by the Government agencies
concerned regarding the strategic and
security factors, and until we receive as-
surances that our orderly disposal policy
will be complied with by the General
Services Administration,
I hope it will be noted and understood
by the Members and the industry and all
concerned that it is not possible for the,
committee to recommend disposal from
existing stockpiles solely to relieve short
supply in industry of stockpile materials.
The needs of the Government come first
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and only excess materials can be chan-
neled inter domestic markets.
Moreover, It has been our committee
policy to recommend the disposal of ex-
cess materials primarily for domestic
Consumption. Up to this time that pol-
icy has been accepted and followed by
disposal agencies.
I regret, that there should be any.mis-
understanding with reference to the pol-
icy, practice, and procedure followed
with respect to the disposal program, and
trust that this statement will clarify the
facts.
Another Cambridge Honor-Patricia
"Pat" Gannon, 16, Named Nation's No.
I Catholic Daughter
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
or
HON. THOMAS P. O'NEILL, JR.
o! aLA983cEuanr b
IN THE HOUSE OP'REPRESENTATIVEs
Wednesday, August 5, 1964
Mr. O'NEII,L- Mr. Speaker, it is with
great personal pride that I have the priv-
ilege and pleasure today of inserting into
the records of the Congress of the United
States an article which appeared In the
Cambridge Chronicle on July 23 regard-
ing the lovely "Pat" Gannon of my home
city.
Pat and her family are neighbors and
friends. She Is truly a delightful and
devoted girl, a splendid young American,
and a shining example to all. She has
accomplished much in her few abort
years and the award is a richly deserved
recognition of her tremendous talent. I
commend the following to my colleagues
here In the U.S, House of Representa-
tives:
ANOTHER CAMBRTDGE HONORPATarCtA (PAT)
CANNON,' 16, NAMED NATION'S No 1 CATHO-
r TC DAVCBTra
Cambridge, famed for poets, scholars, scien-
tists, Harvard, MIT, Radcliffe, and the like,
added another star to its crown Sunday
night.
This one, prettier than the rest, is 18-year-
old Patricia (Pat) Gannon, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John F. {cannon of 32 Rice Street.
"Her title-Outel:anding Junior Catholic
Daughter of America.-
Her opposition en route to the symbolic
gold medal presented at the Hotel Diplomat
in Hollywood, Fla., comprised a total of 9,657
'other girls from 33 States.
An honor student at Arlington Catholic
High, Patricia was the unanimous selection
'of the national board of judges. In addition
to the medal, she, gets an all-expense week at
the Florida hotel,
Patricia, eldest of three Gannon girls, has
been president for 2 years of LaRabida Junior
Court here. She was selected as Massachu-
setts No. 1 Catholic, Daughter this year from
among 2,000 juniors for her leadership quali-
ties, scholastic rating, and community and
parish service.
The presentation of a gold bracelet of the
sacred heart was made at'the Staterally day
at Framingham State College early this sum-
mer by the Reverend Henry F. Barry of St.
John's Church.
TRAIIQED A 81'ODEN'r
Among 'the feats that earned her national
recognition was the training of a 21-year-old
retarded student who wanted to make her
first holly communion.
Patricia spent several hours each week
teaching the essential catechism lessons and
other particulars. The student made her
first communion In December. and Patricia
then spent some 4 more months in prepar-
Ing the girl for the reception of the sacra-
ment of confirmation. This came around
Easter time.
Top awards, capped by this latest one, are
nothing new to Patricia. She was one of
three girls who represented the State at the
New York convention of the Junior Catholic
Daughters last fail. She was the first girl to
win a Marian Medal for her local JCD Court.
She was the winner in her school's science
fair last year, and was runner-up in the
Irish-American essay contest sponsored by
the Irish-American Association of Middlesex
County. She now is also vice president of
St. John's Parish Girls' Sodailty.
in her acceptance speech In Florida Sun-
day night, Patricia said her honor belonged
"to every local Junior Catholic Daughter In
these United States." Those who bestowed
the honor on her, however, believe she best
exemplifies the JCD theme-"To Love God,
To Serve Others, and ToLive Nobly."
Patricia's two sisters are Janice M., a 15-
year-old sophomore at North Cambridge
Catholic High, and Jacqueline RJackip) a
No Time To Let Up on Castro
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
or
August 5
the form of a 3-ton arms'cache and then
refused to let his terrorists scare them out of
holding an honest election, thus frustrating
his major political objective of 1983.
Still another blow to Castro came from an
unexpected source: his sister Juanita. Just
before, the OAS meeting, she shocked Castro's
remaining friends and foot-draggers with a
broadcast from Mexico City. An early sup-
porter of the revolution. Juanita Castro soon
learned that "our ideals had been betrayed,"
but kept silence in Havana until this June.
She described the terror, the hunger, the
forced labor, the 75,000 political prisoners;
and she testified "that Cuba Is directing the
Communist subversion in Latin America"
through its Department of State Security.
Her country, concluded Juanita Castro, has
become "a giant prison surrounded by water.
? ? ? It is my desire, and that of all Cubans,
that [the OAS] take definite action against
the dictatorial Government of Cuba."
As his troubles deepened, Castro last
month turned like a marlin and ran toward
the boat. In an Impetuous 3 days of Inter-
views, he admitted exporting his revolution
(what he bad previously denied) but offered
to stop if the United States would let up on
him (e.g., resume trade relations): Rusk
was not buying that. He told the OAS for-
eign ministers that subversion "is not a sub-
ject for bargaining. It simply must stop.
It hasn't stopped. Castro's agents still
wage guerrilla war In the hills of Venezuela,
have been sighted in British Guiana, and
picked up in the Argentine. His embassies
still agitate in touchy situations like the
Chilean election. A U.S. expatriate, Robert
Williams, uses a Havana radio to incite U.S.
HON. PAUL G. ROGERS OAS declaration, which he called "garbage,"
or ti.orrm was to declare his policy of subversion "non-
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ,negotiable So 13o be It, As Rusk says, "Castro has no
Monday, August 3, 1964 future in Cuba or in this hemisphere." But
If we are serious about helping the Cuban
Mr. ROGERS of Florida. Mr. Speak- people get rid of him, the OAS victory must
or, the recent OAS sanctions adopted be followed up. Castro is hurting: his econ-
against Communist Cuba rank as a dip- omy, now 80 percent dependent on the Soviet
lomatic victory for the United States and bloc, is a stagnant mess. Since most of his
the freedom-loving nations of this remaining hemisphere trade Is food, which Is
hemisphere exempt, the new OAS trade sanctions won't
And although the tide is turning hurt him much more. But the OAS declar-
against Fidel Castro, and the OAS action ation also summoned other Western States
to reconsider their trade with Castro (e.g.
is but one example of proof of his decline, British buses, French locomotives, Spanish
the United States must not relax Its ef- boats). The State Department has a new
forts to topple the Cuban Communist argument against this trade: It's not just the
regime. United States that objects to it, it is now 15
In a recent editorial appearing in the American nations who do. Chairman FvL-
Atigust 7 issue of We magazine, refer- 'Om of the Senate Foreign Relations Com-
ence was made to the significance of mittee to the contrary, the ostracism of Cas-
the OAS steps, and the problem of con- tro has been eaective, and the United States
should now renew its pressure on other coun-
tinuing allied trade with Cuba was per- tries to make it more complete.
ceptively treated as well.
I insert the excellent editorial from
Life magazine In the Rxcoan at this
point:
No Tier To Lsr UP on CASTRO
For the moment at least, the State Depart-
ment can feel pretty good about its diplo-
matic war with Fidel Castro. The Orga-
nization of American States has voted 15-4 to
apply sanctions against him for trying to
overthrow the democratic government of
Venezuela. Even Mexico, Bolivia. Uruguay,
and Chile, who voted against sanctions, are
nd m lomattc relations with
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d t
us
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Straggle in the Sino-Soviet Bloc
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
or
HON. CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI
or wnconsis!
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, August 4, 1964
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Cuba in due course. Castro is also warned Mr. ZABLOCKI. Mr. Speaker, the In-
that his subversive interventions in this creasing complexity of world affairs
hemisphere are "aggression" under the Rio caused by changes in the Sino-Soviet
Treaty and could justify military retaliation bloc Indicates that we may be in need of
unless he calls them off, a cautious reassessment of our policy to-
Secretary Rusk and his deputy. Thomas ward the international Communist
Mann, deserve much credit for proving that movement.
the Inter-American system can work. And There are signs that the Communist
so do the
made Venezuelans, a c case ase against t hbn him that prime the target, OAS monolith may be crumbling. This is
w
who
investigating committee just had to believe. not to say that the Communists are no
The Venezuelans got the goods on Castro in longer intent on burying us. They are
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