THE COVER-UP - A NEW MORALITY

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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE
mined until the flood water leaves, and the
loss may be worse than we think.
She said the administration's first. concern
is for the sewer and water systems because of
their vital relationship to health. A wire has
been sent by the city notifying Senator MIKE
MANSFIELD of the estimate,
MANSFIELD and Edward A. McDermott, Di-
rector of the Office of Emergency Planning,
Washington, D.C., are coming to. Great Falls
Sunday to inspect the conditions here and
in the entire flood area.
MANSFIELD said in a telegram today that
McDermott has provided some specific in-
formation about Small Business Administra-
tion loan assistance. He said that while
Public Law 875 does not provide for direct as-
sistance to individual disaster victims, disas-
ter loan assistance, at interest not to exceed
3 percent with up to 20 years to pay, is avail-
able through the SBA.
The assistance is available for repair or re-
placement of disaster damaged commercial or
residential structures and the loan authority
extends to contents and inventory as well as
structures.
Individual needs for clothing, replacement
of lost furnishings and similar needs are
taken care of through the emergency relief
and rehabilitation programs of the American
Red Cross, he said.
While businesses are not eligible for as-
sistance under Public Law 875, SBA disaster
loan assistance is available to individuals,
business concerns, including corporations,
partnerships, cooperatives, and churches,
charitable institutions and other nonprofit
organizations.
MANSFIELD said further, concerning flood
problems in Glacier County, that county
roads and bridges damaged or destroyed in
the floods are eligible for repair or replace-
ment under provisions of Public Law 875.
Bureau of Public Roads engineers are making
damage surveys for the OEP to determine the
extent of damage and eligible work. He said
Glacier County commissioners should work
through the Montana disaster agency headed
by Gen. Richard C. Kendall, adjutant general
and State disaster coordinator, in applying
for Public Law 875 assistance.
[From the Great Falls Tribune,
June 13, 1964]
COUNTY LOSS HIGH IN LAND, EQUIPMENT
Cascade County farmlands were damaged
to an estimated $2,195,000 by this week's
floods and the county suffered an additional
$2,087,500 in damage to farm buildings
and equipment, Doug Smith, executive di-
rector of the Agriculture Stabilization and
Conservation Service, Bozeman, said Fri-
day at a flood relief and rehabilitation co-
ordination meeting called by Gov. Tim Bab-
cock.
The meeting was presided over by Creath
Tooley, Everett, Wash., regional director of
the Office of Emergency Planning, coordinat-
ing agency for disaster assistance furnished
by the Federal Goverment.
Smith said the county farm equipment
and facilities loss estimates include 400
miles of fencing, 200 miles of main ditch
work, 2,000 irrigation structures, 40 pumps,
$200,000 worth of rip rap, 10 stock reser-
voirs, 150 buildings, 500 head of cattle, and
weed control of an estimated $640,000 value.
Smith said farmers will get help through
temporary grazing on retired land, conser.
vation reserve land, short-term feed grain
disaster donations from the Commodity
Credit Corporation, the Agricultural Market-
ing Service which supplies food for farmers,
loans from the Farmers Home Administra-
tion, and loans from the Rural Electrification
Administration. The soil conservation dis-
trict will provide technical assistance. In land
leveling, pasture planning, and additional
personnel in cases directed by the OEP, he
said.
CONSERVATION HIGHLIGHTS, 1963-
AID BY SOIL CONSERVATION
SERVICE TO NORTH DAKOTA
Mr. BURDICK. Mr. President, the.
help furnished by the Soil Conservation
Service in North Dakota means a lot
to the farmers and ranchers of my State.
More than 36,000 farmers and ranchers
now are cooperators with North Dakota's
71 soil conservation districts which blan-
ket the State. More than 25,000 of them
have developed basic conservation plans
for 171/2 million acres of land.
In total, 67 of the 71 soil conservation
districts in the State have updated their
plans of operations to include broader
conservation programs and have signed
modernized working arrangement with
the Department of Agriculture. This is
a great cooperative effort between the
Department of Agriculture and these lo-
cal units of government organized un-
der State law.
There has come to my attention a di-
gest of the 1963 annual report of the Soil
Conservation Service. It sets forth nu-
merous facts about the scope of work, ac-
complishments, and conservation needs
in a form that can be read in only a few
minutes of time. It carries the following
statement from Mr. D. A. Williams, Ad-
ministrator of the Soil Conservation
Service:
A dynamic program of soil and water con-
servation is going forward throughout the
United States.
It is a voluntary program of the people
aided by local, State,- and Federal Govern-
ments.
Its emphasis is on meeting the needs of
the entire population for land and water uses
while improving the economy and livability
of rural America.
The progress reported here stems from or-
ganized local effort and leadership coupled
with the vision and skills of technically
trained people.
This partnership recognizes the funda-
mental truth that only the people who own
and control the land can really do conserva-
tion work. The rest of us are privileged to
help. We are proud of that partnership and
-that progress.
Mr. President, I believe that other Sen-
ators would have use for the facts set
forth in this Conservation Highlights,
1963, issued on January 1, 1964. There-
fore, I ask unanimous consent that it be
printed at this point in the RECORD.
There being no objection, the digest
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
CONSERVATION HIGHLIGHTS 1963-DIGEST OF
THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SOIL CONSERVA-
TION SERVICE
NEW HORIZONS
The Soil Conservation Service (SCS) en-
larged its service to urban as well as rural
people in fiscal year 1963.
The Food and Agriculture Act of 1962
resulted in new tasks for SOS in rural recrea-
tion, resource conservation and development
projects, watershed development, and crop-
land conversion.
SCS made 1 million acres of soil surveys
for immediate use in rural-urban planning.
It provided information on soil and water use
in urban fringe areas.
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SCS helped plan watershed projects to
include recreation and wildlife development,
water supply, and other purposes along with
flood prevention. Sixty percent of new proj-
ects authorized in 1983 are multipurpose.
SOS helped soil conservation districts, re-
vise their programs in relation to broadened
horizons in conservation. The Secretary of
Agriculture signed new working agreements
with 500 districts with modernized programs.
RURAL AREAS DEVELOPMENT
Watershed projects, rural recreation, and
all resource conservation contribute directly
to rural areas development.
Forty percent of small watershed projects
approved for operations in fiscal 1963 are in
counties designated for assistance by the
Area Redevelopment Administration.
To date, watershed projects have provided
more than 6,200 man-years of construction
work in rural communities.
SCS provided technical assistance to 2,008
county and area rural areas development
committees and to 2,785 technical action
panels in fiscal 1963.
RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS
In response to the Food and Agriculture
Act of 1962, the Secretary of Agriculture di-
rected U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) agencies to assist local communities
with new-type resource conservation and de-
velopment projects.
These projects will be locally initiated and
sponsored within approved areas of several
adjoining counties or watersheds. They will
concentrate all USDA programs for the con-
servation and coordinated development of
land, water, and related resources to improve
local economic conditions..
SCS is, responsible for USDA leadership and
will provide technical assistance in planning
projects and installing resource conservation
and development measures.
In fiscal 1963, local organizations sub-
mitted applications for 16 projects covering
22 million acres. The Secretary approved the
Lincoln Hills area in southern Indiana as
the first project.
RURAL RECREATION
The Secretary of Agriculture assigned to
SCS leadership for USDA's activities in devel-
oping income-producing outdoor recreation
on non-Federal rural land.
Through assistance to soil conservation
districts and small watershed projects, SOS
helped farmers and ranchers convert land to
outdoor recreation uses for pay.
In fiscal 1963 more than 9,800 district co-
operators established one or more income-
producing recreation enterprises. Of these,
945 adopted recreation as a primary source
of income on 238,000 acres of land.
Of 473 small watershed projects author-
ized by June 30, 17 included recreation and
48 included fish and wildlife as a purpose.
SERVICES TO URBAN FRINGE AREAS
SCS increased soil survey work and ?con-
sultive assistance to urban fringe areas in
response to requests from officials needing
information to guide land use planning and
development.
It made soil surveys in 20 urban fringe
areas under formal cost-sharing agreements
with cities and towns and did special map-
ping work in at least 50 others.
. GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION PROGRAM
In the 383 counties designated for the
Great Plains conservation program, SCS as-
sisted farmers and ranchers prepare complete
land use and conservation plans as a basis
for 2,852 new cost-sharing contracts with
USDA.
The plans cover 5,051,330 acres and provide
for conversion of 191,828 acres of cropland
to other uses.
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This Is an increase over 1962 of 16 per-
cent in number of contracts and 2 percent
in acres.
CONSERVATION PROGRE3S,FISCAL YEAS 1963
Programs and plans
Boll cone rvatlon districts:
Soil conservation dis-
tricts (net increase):
Number ---.....-_
Acres-..-........
Farms and ranches In
districts: Number-..
Land in farms and
ranches: Acres ..__--
Cooperators:
Number-..-_.____
Acres----____----?!
Basic conservation
I)IRns:
Acres -------------
Land owners and oper-
ators assisted: Num-
ber------------------
Land owners and oper-
ators applying prac-
tices: Number .--___
Droop project plans
prepared:
Number...........
Acres-------------
Landowners in groups:
Number -____....-...
Boll surveys: Acres _-__
Great Plains Conserva-
tion program:
Contracts signed:
Number -..........
Acres--------------
Contraets completed:
Number_....-__...
Acres --------------
Plannedcropland con-
version: Acres.......
13
is, 077, 327
24,433
6, 276, 222
114,785
39, 765,836
105,460
37,277,683
1,041, 526
665, 829
2,478
1,141, 579
11,075
68,324,168
2,812
5,051,330
989
1,418,681
191,926
Agricultural conservation
program:
Cost-sharing referrals
received: Number...
Cost-sharing referrals
servtce:d Number-__
387,594
3n,619
On June 30, S08 was providing technical
assistance to 2,942 soil conservation districts
containing 1,718,856.998 acres in the United
States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
These districts include 97 percent of the
farms and 93 percent of the land in farms.
Twenty-four States and the two Caribbean
territories are completely covered by districts.
Most districts are in the process of updat-
ing their programs as a basis for new mem-
orandums of understanding with USDA pro-
viding for broadened assistance "in soil
conservation, watershed protection, flood
prevention, farm. forestry. and rural areas
development."
CONSERVATION PRACTICES APPLIED
SOS helped 665,829 landowners and oper-
ators apply one or more soil and water con-
servation practices.
Cooperators installed conservation crop-
ping systems on 22,909.087 acres, an increase
of 30 percent over the previous year. They
practiced contour farming on 6,104,602 acres,
an increase of 27 percent.
Water conservation through improved ir-
rigation practices also Increased sharply.
Farmers leveled 811,125 acres of land and
applied irrigation water according to con-
servation standards on 2.408,550 acres.
Farmers and ranchers following conserva-
tion plans seeded 2.893,429 acres of pasture
and range, planted 375,132 acres of trees, and
developed wildlife habitat on 220,257 acres.
They also built 40,657 miles of terraces,
3,310 miles of diversions, and 63,886 ponds.
SOIL SI7RVETS
808 completed field mapping 68,324,153
acres of soil surveys In fiscal 1963. compared
to 85,040,992 acres In 1982.
A total of 785,235,012 acres has soil sur-
veys in sufficient detail for use In conserva-
tion planning of farms, ranches, watersheds,
and other uses. This is about three-fourths
of the land in farms (and half the total
land area) in soil conservation districts.
Twenty-eight soil surveys were published
during the year, and the maps and texts for
162 surveys are in various stages of prepara-
tion for publication.
The use of soil surveys by both public and
private agencies and by Individuals continues
to increase. Nonagricultural users-espe-
cially State, city, and town planning groups-
are requesting more soils information ap-
plicable to urban and suburban areas.
808 is cooperating with the Bureau of
Land Management in three pilot surveys on
extensive rangelands In the West.
WATERSHED PROJECTS
Eighty-eight new -email watershed projects
were approved for operations and 121 were
authorized for planning in fiscal 1963, the
largest number In any year since the pro-
gram started.
By the end of the year, 48 States and
Puerto Rico had submitted 1.936 applica-
tion for Federal assistance covering 138.3
million acres.
On June 30, a total of 890 watersheds had
been authorized for planning. Of these, 473
were approved for operations.
In addition, SCS prepared work plans for
11 subwatersheds covering 874,000 acres in
the 11 major river basins authorized for
flood control work.
Construction work In all types of water-
shed activity during fiscal 1983 completed
379 floodwater retarding structures. 757
grade stal?illzation structures, 580 silt and
debris basins, 348 miles of stream-channel
Improvement, and 12 miles of floodways.
RIVER BASIN INVESTIGATIONS
Soil (enervation Sercie participated with
other Federal and State agencies In surveys
of 25 major river basins In decal 1963.
These surveys aim to develop omtmprehen-
sive plans for the coordinated and orderly
development, management. and use of the
water and related land resources of the
basins.
June 15
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
During fiscal 1663 SCS completed a tenta-
tive work plan for a watershed project In
Tunisia under contract with the Agency for
International Development (AID).
SOS also contracted with AID to provide
technical services to the Government of Al-
geria in rural rehabilitation and soil con-
servation.
During the year SOS made available to
AID 12 professional conservationists for short
assignments In 8 countries.
SOS assisted with training In the United
States of 330 foreign nationals from 60 coun-
tries.
CONSERVATION NEEDS INVENTORY
Results of a National Inventory of Soil and
Water Conservation Needs, begun in 1957,
were published In August 1962 as USDA Sta-
tistical Bulletin 317.
All agencies of USDA concerned with land
and water resources cooperated in the in-
ventory under the leadership of SCS. State
and local representatives of USDA and other
interested agencies participated in all coun-
ties.
The Inventory revealed that nearly two-
thirds of all non-Federal rural land needs
conservation treatment of some kind and
5,358 small watersheds need community-type
projects for flood prevention and water man-
agement. (See table.) -
Conservation needs
Non-Federal rural land need-
ing treatment:
Cropland ----------------
Erosion hazard -._..-......
161,592,000
Excess water --------------
59, 925, 000
Unfavorable soil -----------
36, 463,000
Adverse climate -----------
14,111,000
Pasture and range...........
Establishment of plant
cover--------------------
72,380,000
Improvement of plant
cover --------------------
107, 570, 000
Protection of plant cover--
184,847,000
Forest and woodland -.--....
Establishment of timber
stand ___________________
69,656, 000
Improvement of timber
stand -------------------
160,260,000
Erosion control---_-__-.-..
12,4N, 000
Other land ------------------
Total area needing treat-
2,942
1,718,956,M
8,613,001
1,050,990,909
1,979,151
634, 928, 801
1,472,660
465, 341,029
27, 636
21, 078, 804
202,601
785,235, 012
12,393
28,4A 161
1,604
2,293,088
861,398
Farms and ranches:
Contour farming
acres-.. 6,104,603
Conservation cropping
systems -------- acres-- 22,909,067
Cover cropping---do---- 4,984,775
Crop residue use--do---- 18, 499,453
Strip cropping systems
ages.. 667,305
Seeding pasture and
range ----------- acres. . 2,683,420
Tree ph rating---------do_--- 375,132
Wildlife development
acres__ 220,267
Irrigation land leveling
acres.- 511,125
Irrigation water man
agement_ -_ --acres--.. 2,408, 550
Terracing--------miles.. 40,567
Diversion construction
relies _- 3,310
Pond construction:
Number ------------ -- 63,886
Watershed projects:
Floodwater retarding
structures: Number- - 379
Grade stabilization:
structures: Number _ 767
Silt and debris basins:
Number ------------- W
Stream channel Im-
provement..... miles _ 846
Fioodways------- do--.- 12
39,204, 454
131,704,734
23,850,064
93,898,863
19,043,818
49,122, 866
10,717,076
3,019,422
7,587,890
8,600,236
1,213,203
92,458
1,262,237
2,679
7, 901
16,085
1,429
110
SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
The Boll Conservation Service assisted
1,041.1126 landowners and operators plan and
apply soil and water conservation practices
in fiscal 1983.
During the year. so:1 conservation districts
added 114,785 cooperators with 39,785.836
acres of land. SCS helped them prepare
105,468 basic conservation plans on 37,-
277.563 acres.
ment--------------------
Small watersheds needing
projects for-
Flood prevention ------------
Erosion control --------------
Drdnage--------------------
Irrigation-___-___---?.------
Total number needing pro-
jects for I or more purposes-
6, 364
4,661
3,93,7
2,625
THE COVER-UP-A NEW MORALITY
Mr. DOMINICK. Mr. President, I
bring to the attention of the Senate one
matter which I think is particularly im-
portant. This deals directly with the
struggle between the legislative and ex-
ecutive departments, in connection with
actions of the executive department. As
Senators well know, on many occasions
there have been investigations of what
happens in various departments, includ-
ing the Billie Sol Estes case, the Otepka
case, and a number of others.
It now appears that in almost every
Instance in which some employee of one
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of the executive departments gives Con-
gress information leading to an investi-
gation and the revelation of dealings
which, to say the least, are not ?proper,
that person is punished by his depart-
ment; and the person who has not done
anything about it, and has resisted.in
many instances the bringing of evidence
from other departments to Congress, gets
a promotion or goes free from criticism.
I have before me two newspaper arti-
cles which comment on this situation.
One is from the Rocky Mountain News of
June 7, 1964. The article is entitled
"Federal Wheels Grind Slowly in Bi-
zarre Security Case." This pertains to
the Otepka case.
The other article is from the Washing-
ton Star. It is entitled "The Coverup-
A New Morality-Record Shows Federal
Officials Who Expose Shady Deals Get
Bounced."
Because I think this is of such impor-
tance, I ask unanimous consent that
these articles be printed at this point in
the RECORD.
There being no objection, the articles
were ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
[From the Rocky Mountain News, June 7,
1964]
FEDERAL WHEELS GRIND SLOWLY IN BAZARRE
SECURITY CASE
(By Richard H. Boyce)
WASHINGTON, June 6.-Every workday
morning Otto F. Otepka, a $16,900-a-year
Government employee, goes to the State De-
partment, and every afternoon he goes home.
During the 8 hours in between, Otepka does
nothing but read the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.
Otepka Is Chief of the State Department
Security Evaluation Division. But he is not
permitted to do the work he is paid for.
He gets no important Department mail. In
an entire year he has had only two Depart-
ment phone calls. Fellow workers snub him.
He's not invited to office luncheons or De-
partment social affairs. ,
It's a lonely life for Otepka, 49 and rug-
gedly handsome. He thinks his office is
bugged. He doesn't trust his desk telephone.
He won't let his private briefcase out of his
sight, even takes it to the washroom with
him.
He reads the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD be-
cause his superiors told him to-after they
filed charges against him that can cost him
his job. Reading the RECORD is supposed to
keep Otekpa busy until a hearing is held on
his ouster. He has been doing "mostly noth-
ing" for a year, now-a hearing date still
hasn't been set,
TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS' SERVICE
Otepka has been in Government service for
28 years, moving up all the time-until last
year, His troubles started after he testified
in November 1961 and March 1962 before the
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee. As
a long time security expert, Otepka told the
Senators that some new State Department
appointees were being given rush-job secu-
rity clearances.
The committee at the time was investigat-
ing Fidel Castro's rise to power and his links
with communism. Otepka had something
critical to say about that, too, in connec-
tion with high State officials and State De-
partment security practices.
Early in 1963 Otepka was called back to
the committee. Some of his earlier testi-
mony differed from statements made by
other Department Officials. To prove he was
right, Otepka gave Committee Counsel Jay
3lourwine three confidential documents.
This was all right, Otepka said, because
Sourwine had security clearance. Besides,
Otepka insists, the documents didn't en-
danger national security.
But the Department said Otepka violated a
1948 order by President Truman forbidding
unauthorized disclosure of executive depart-
ment files. Otepka concedes this, but points
to a 1948 law which says "the, right of any
member of the classified civil service to fur-
nish information to any Member of Congress
shall not be denied."
Otepka also leans on a 1958 joint congres-
sional resolution saying "any person in Gov-
ernment service should put loyalty to.coun-
try above loyalty * * * to any Government
department."
Nevertheless the State Department said
Otepka's acts were insubordination, and on
June 27, 1963, charged him with conduct un-
becoming an officer.
AID RECANTS
To get evidence to back up the charge,
Otepka's phone was tapped. Later John F.
Reilly, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
Security, and Elmer D. Hill, Chief of the
Technical Services Division, were fired be-
cause they lied to the committee, saying they
knew nothing of the wiretap.
David Belisle, Reilly's special assistant, told
the committee he knew nothing of it, then
recanted and said he knew of it but didn't
do it. He was transferred to other work
outside the Security Section.
Besides the wiretap, Otepka's trash baskets
were sifted, his typewriter ribbon deciphered,
and his torn carbon papers pieced together.
One night his office safe was "burglarized."
Someone drilled it open and photostated pa-
pers in it.
Twelve file cabinets and two safes in
Otepka's office were then impounded by the
Department. Otepka was turned out of of-
five, given a cubbyhole, and told to read the
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, to determine Con-
gressmen's attitudes toward the security
program-obviously a makework assignment.
Seven members of his staff have been re-
assigned to other work, and Otepka charges
this was because they openly declared they
would testify for him.
Raymond Loughton, Francis Gardner, Ed-
win Burkhardt, John R. Norpel, Jr., Harry
Hite, and Howard J. Shea-all experienced in
security work-were transferred to the De-
partment's Latin American Affairs Section
"to review highfg sensitive security cases."
They have privately told friends they are
doing no worthwhile work.
ACCEPTS DEMOTION
Billy N. Hughes was persuaded to accept
demotion to an investigator position created
in Memphis, Tenn.
Only 11 security evaluators remained in
Otepka's section. To fill the? vacancy, field
investigators were brought in. Otepka be-
lieves they are not experienced in handling
the complicated evaluation system he worked
out.
Otepka demands that he be_ reinstated.
Under Department regulations he is entitled
to a hearing before another Department em-
ployee. Otepka wants an outsider to hear
the case.
A decision has been hanging since Otepka
filed his demand on January 20. -
[From the Washington Evening Star]
THE COVERUP: A NEW MORALITY-RECORD
SHOWS FEDERAL OFFICIALS WHO EXPOSE
SHADY DEALS GET BOUNCED
(By Richard Wilson)
The handwriting on the wall has been
written large here: Don't buck the system.
This truth is freshly proved by a Government
distinguished service award to an obscure
official named Horace D. Godfrey. Mr. God-
frey is the Administrator of the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Service under
Agriculture Secretary Freeman.
It is charged in the House of Representa-
tives that Mr. Godfrey was given this award
although in his branch of the Federal serv-
ice "obviously a coverup was attempted in
the entire Billie Sol Estes case." The evi-
dence in the Billie Sol Estes investigation
showed, it is charged, incredible confusion,
mismanagement, lack of records, duplication,
and "woeful lack of management and knowl-
edge of what was going on in the Estes case."
Mr. Freeman so values Mr. Godfrey today,
however, that he confers upon him the high-
est - accolade of his Department as an ex-
ample to others.
But. what the man who testified and sup-
plied records to show that the bigtime
Texas promoter now under prison sentence
for fraud was shown favoritism in Mr. Free-
man's Department as early as November
1961? This man, N. Battle Hales, has been
denied an automatic in-grade promotion
which would ordinarily have come to him in
the course of his Federal service. Thus the
accuser languishes and the accused flour-
ishes, although the record seems clear that
Billie Sol enjoyed a favored position in - the
Department of Agriculture.
Mr. Freeman has no monopoly on this
technique. One Jerry Jackis, who revealed
to Congress the use of foreign aid funds in
Cambodia for a Communist-sponsored hos-
pital, was fired while the State Department
official who- made a record against him was
promoted.
Otto Otepka, State Department security
official, who committed the unforgivable sin
of peaching on his superiors and telling Con-
gress what is wrong with the intetnal secu-
rity system in the State Department, is in
limbo. But William J. Crockett, Deputy Un-
der Secretary, who was in charge of the
Otepka matter for Secretary Rusk, is up for
promotion to career minister, a better job.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is
looking into this because the record shows
wiretapping, general harassment, and at-
tempts to degrade Mr. Otepka after he helped
the- Senate Internal Security Committee to
expose some of the weaknesses of the State
Department security system. .
It is worth noting also that Gen. Curtis
LeMay has been given an extension, at least
until after the election, of his tenure as
Air Chief of Staff. General LeMay protested
against the multimillion-dollar award- of the
TFX contract for what he thought- was a
second best fighter plane to be used by both
the Navy and Ajr Force. The Navy com-
mander, Admiral Anderson, who also object-
ed openly before Congress, has long since
vanished from the Washington scene. But
General LeMay was pointedly given only a
1-year reappointment, instead of the usual
2, and this has now been extended. But it
looks as if General LeMay's service is rapidly
coming to a close.
The pattern set in these several cases is
shocking. The lesson taught to Federal of-
ficials is that if they see mismanagement,
wrongdoing, or bad judgmentthey would be
wise to keep their mouths shut if they wish
to maintain or improve their job status.
Their worst sin would be to tell their story,
to Congress, although it is the clear and-im-
perative responsibility of Congress to inquire
into the operation of Federal executive de-
partments funded solely by the votes of Con-
gress. Congress controls absolutely the ap-
propriation of money to operate the Federal
Government and of taxation to provide these
funds. This is its exclusive power, and Con-
gress has the right to know how the funds
are spent.
Some kind of a new morality seems to _
have gotten lodged in official Washington,
It is the morality of blind loyalty to superior `
authority and complete obeisance to the word
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from on high. It is the morality of coverup
in the Billie Sol Estes case and whitewash In
the Baker case. And It Is not a very healthy
atmosphere for the prudent conduct of the
public's business.
SALVATION ARMY DOES BATTLE
Mr. BARTLETT. Mr. President, as-
sistance to Alaska in its great disaster has
flowed from many organizations and In-
dividuals. Alaskans will long remember
March 27 and Its aftermath, but I be-
lieve as the years go by the good done
by these private individuals and associa-
tions will live longest in their memories.
One of the organizations which has
contributed so much is the Salvation
Army. Most of us Ill the United States
in one way or another probably have had
associations with this great organization.
However. I do not believe many of us
know in detail the good deeds performed
by the Salvation Army in behalf of those
caught In personal losses and tragedies.
I believe, therefore, a report which I have
just received telling how the Salvation
Army went about its job after the Alaska
earthquake and subsequent tidal waves
will be of particular interest. I ask
unanimous consent that the article may
be printed in the REtbRD at this point.
There being no objection, the article
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
ALASKA EARTHQUAMI AND TmAL WAVrs
Almost before the earth bad stopped shak-
ing on that memorable Good Friday after-
noon, March 27, 1684, the Salvation Army
was here, there, and everywhere giving needed
help.
As the days became weeks, this service
continued in all of the stricken areas, sup-
plies being distributed and money provided
with no strings attached, an example of
people helping people that Alaskans will
never forget.
The end is not in all ht. Damage wrought
by the tidal waves pro,,ed most disastrous in
some areas and was followed by still further
property damage from unprecedented high
tides- Homes were destroyed and businesses
wiped out with tragic, losses that will re-
quire assistance for m?mnths to come.
In the beginning, when it became ap-
parent there had been a major disaster, Maj.
Forrest. Mosely, division secretary, quickly
marshaled forces and all possible reserves:
committees and volunteers were quickly or-
ganiaeci to perform a variety of needed serv-
ices. In the early mi:iutes, it was-a search
and rescue job; then came the stupendous
task of clearing the names of missing persons
and notifying the next of kin.
The Army was asked to take over the task
of processing the thousands of inquiries
pouring into civil defe ass headquarters. In-
quiries Included everything from missing
persons to requests fcr housing. The divi-
sionral headquarters building at Eighth and
Barrow became a communications center,
with scores of runners. Investigators, and
secretarial assistants locating missing per-
sons and compiling lifts of former residents
of the hard-hit Turnagain area.
Services of the MARS (U.S. Army Com-
munications) and SAt: (Strategic Air Com-
mand), RACES (Ham Radio Network con-
slating of over 800 operators in Alaska), and
three teletype operators from Fairbanks,
were put at the disposal of the Salvation
Army. The Air National Guard, PNA, and
other airlines flew in large supplies of bed-
ding, toys, food, and clothing from several
States. CivilAir Patrii and military planes
from ltimendorf and l+'ort Richardson made
possible the quick distribution of supplies
to all disaster areas. Other Salvationists
organized a production line for preparing
sandwiches, coffee, and other food, which
was dispersed through 10 mobile canteens
for Anchorage disaster workers, guards, and
other "on duty" personnel. It proved to be
an immediate morale builder forthe stricken
to find that someone cared or was interested
and shared in their grief with a kindly "God
bless you."
Total mobilization of all facilities, person-
nel, and equipment was offered to the city
and State Civil Defense. Five areas of serv-
ice were agreed upon for immediate action:
1. Mass feeding: (a) social center; (b)
mobile canteens.
2. Emergency housing.
3. Receiving and distributing clothing,
4. Processing inquiries and notifying next
of kin.
5. Establishing offices and personnel in dis-
aster area...
An organization was effected with officers
in charge of the above major divisions, as-
sisted by other officers and volunteer work-
ers.
In the early hours the Salvation Army es-
tablished sleeping accommodations In the
Anchorage Post Office building. Food, water,
and hot coffee were provided, and the home-
less were accommodated in the hallways of
the post office, with cots, mattresses, and
blankets from the military and others,
All telephones were out in Anchorage, and
the only means of communication between
Army workers was the use of radio station
KENI. Each worker carried a transistor
radio.
The movement of canteens and prepare
tion of food was constant. Army workers
slept and worked in shifts, but sleep was
limited to a few hours at a time. Sand-
wiches were made at the rate of 1,000 an
hour when the demand was greatest. The
social center at Eighth and C became a depot
for serving hot meals and distributing food,
baby supplies, and household effects. The
headquarters butding, Eighth and Barrow,
was set up to distribute clothing and bedding
and provide for special needs.
A private detective agency volunteered Its
services and "Hot Rod" club runners, as well
as Explorer Scouts and other groups with
cars, spent many hours tracking down miss-
ing persons. utilizing all available leads. In-
quiries pouring in from all points of the
United States and from countries around
the world were promptly processed by Mrs.
Major Moseley and volunteers and replies re-
turned at once.
Many unusual requests came to the Army:
Salvationists helped to remove a man who
had barricaded himself in a hotel room.
Three-elderly women were assisted from
their home In a badly devastated area of
Anchorage.
Rating with the stork was a girl from the
Army Booth Memorial Home who faced an
additional emergency brought on by the
earthquake. With transportation Impossible,
Salvationists literally walked her to the Na-
tive Hospital six blocks away just In time to
beat the stork.
On Sunday morning, the Salvation Army
was asked to present an Easter service to the
community via radio, since all churches were
closed. The broadcast originated In Anchor-
age and was received with gratifying reaction
from many remote areas.
Sorting and distributing clothing for all
disaster areas required immediate coordina-
tton. The divisional headquarters building
was set up as the distribution center for An-
chorage, under the direction of Mrs. Capt.
William Lynch.
Under the able leadership of Mrs. Lieuten-
ant Colonel Rody, a warehouse was obtained
for sorting, sizing, and packing clothing, bed-
ding, and household furnishings. A produc-
tion line, preparing for shipment to various
parts of the State as needed, was set up.
The machinery of assisting other commu-
nities with cash and supplies was put into
motion, Lieutenant Colonel Rody, divisional
commander, made a complete survey of all
outlying communities affected by the earth-
quake and tidal waves and established offices
in each stricken town, where Salvation Army
personnel began working with local commit-
tees In the tremendous job of assisting the
homeless and helping small businesses to re-
establish the economy of the communities.
SEWARD
Maj. Lester Holmes, service extension direc-
tor, was sent almost immediately to Seward
with a load of supplies. He set up a canteen
in the State employment office, which be-
'came a 24-hour-a-day meeting center. Since
the Alaska Railroad had been demolished, he
obtained a truck for making regular trips to
outlying areas cut off from sources of supply.
Later, Mrs. N. V. Jensen came from Portland
to take over his duties.
Working with the Seward Disaster Com-
mittee, she continued the canteen service and
began plans for filling the greater needs of
families and businesses. Of the 87 Seward
homes destroyed, 60 were those of people in
the low-income group; $18.000 was provided
for immediate cash assistance in replacing
personal effects. Medical bills for individual
needs amounted to $5,250. In some cases,
the Salvation Army paid rent and purchased
necessities.
Serious losses in the Seward hospital in-
cluded destruction of kitchen and laundry
equipment and the generator. An emergency
generator was purchased and funds made
available for replacement of other equipment.
KODIAK
Damage to Kodiak was so extreme that
Lieutenant Colonel Rody estimates emer-
gency help will be needed there for a year or
more.
Following the quake and wave disaster, Lt.
Col. Max Kurtz. former Alaskan divisional
commander, was sent from San Francisco to
Kodiak, where he made a careful survey of the
most urgent needs. He set up headquarters
in the civil defense trailer at the request of
the civil defense director.
With the economy at a standstill because
of lose of the boats and canneries, Lieutenant
Colonel Kurtz aimed at quick repair of vital
small businesses, dispersing funds to aug-
ment what was available locally. A sawmill
and boat repair shop were given immediate
assistance with $7,510, and a cannery with
$3,000.
Twenty-seven families who had suffered to-
tal losses received immediate cash grants to-
taling $8,000. and $12,000 additional was set
aside for emergency needs, which so far have
helped 50 families. A total of 180 homes had
been destroyed.
As In other communities, the Salvation
Army set up a service center for dispensing
such necessities as baby food and diapers, de-
tergents, bedding, rain gear, and clothing for
children and adults.
Now In charge at Kodiak are two Salvation-
ists, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Thompson, who main-
tain an office and coordinate the continuing
needs of the islanders. At their request, the
Anchorage headquarters sends needed sup-
plies and funds. The most recent shipment
consisted of 1,800 pounds of clothing, deter-
gents, canteen supplies, bedding, and blan-
kets which were part of a gift sent by Japa-
nese businessmen. The total commitment
to date for Kodiak is $24,000.
VALDEZ
Valdez suffered almost total devastation.
Brig, and Mrs. Stanley Jackson of Prince
Rupert arrived shortly after the quake and
flood, setting up a headquarters office in the
State highway building. An Army detach-
ment from Fairbanks provided personnel to
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