THE WAR IN VIETNAM

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• Publication Date: May 14, 1965
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CONGRESSIONAL RED S ay 14, 19c
tions V.--4i-could make the bill more easily 90 years. It would also pave the way for [From the Tacoma (Wash.) News Tribune,
workable, c"?ithout lessening its humane ef- strengthening legislation by individual Max. 4, 19651
fect. The public ld avoid being misled, States. SPEAK FOR OUR ANIMALS
however, by and cry which has little The animals which live among us, our
Yelevarti to- provisions in the bill itself, IFrom the Denver (Colo.) Post, Apr. 16, pets and livestock, cannot send a lobby to
but which 1h.ght stall it for years, as hap- 1965] Olympia. and the National Capital to speak
pered In the case of the humane slaughter RESEARCH ANIMAL USE NEEDS CONTROLS up for their rights. They have to depend
bll:. A long, stubbornly waged campaign to on us. As U.S. Senator JOSEPH S. CLARK, of 11 get legislation that would prevent cruelty to Pennsylvania, has said, they rely on the
[From the Christian Science Monitor, animals used in U.S. research laboratories, compassion of those men and women "who
Apr. 1, 1965] medical schools, and industrial plants once are concerned about the kind of record our
THE TIME Is Now again has bene slowed to a stop in a con- civilization is making in caring for helpless,
After an inexcusably long delay, it now gressional committee. speechless, voteless animals who can form
seems hopefully possible that Congress will Testimony heard in other committees over no pressure group or lobby of their own."
act on one or more of the laboratory animal the past few years indicates that animals There are bills in both Congress and the
bills that have been introduced in session used in experiments are abused and subjected Washington Legislature presently for legis-
after session over a 5-year period and have, to unnecessary suffering In many laboratories lation sorely needed on behalf of our animal
so far, perished in committee. throughout the United States. There are friends. The one in Congress, S. 1071, re-
The argument for these bills is not anti- virtually no controls at present over the use quires humane treatment of animals penned
vivisection. It is whether animals used for of animals in research and teaching. up and used in scientific experiments calcu-
medical and other experimentation shall have Senator JosEPH S. CLARK, Democrat, of lated to prolong man's life on earth. The
legal protection against wanton and unneces- Pennsylvania, has introduced legislation that one at Olympia, Senate bill 230, calls for hu-
sary cruelty. Such cruelty is a matter of would provide for humane treatment of ani- mane slaughter of animals used for food.
congressional record, brought out in House mals used in experiments and tests. He in- No one working for the congressional bill
hearings in September 1962. There have troduced similar legislation in the two previ- wants to impede the progress of science.
been no further hearings and no action. ous Congresses. But scientists have not all given adequate
While Congress has delayed and the public The present bill has languished in the Sen- consideration to experimental animals, with
has been too quiescent, laboratory animals ate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare the result that many are caged in cramped
have been subjected to unthinkably shocking since early February. Senator LISTER HILL, quarters and some suffer unnecessary pain
treatment, which many physicians and sur- Democrat, of Alabama, the committee chair- before they are allowed to die. The bill
geons themselves condemn as unnecessary man, shows no inclination to schedule hear- would end this, and would not hurt the
and cruel to the point of atrocity. ings. experiments.
Unfortunately there are, among the cur- Senator CLARK and the bill's cosponsors, There is a good national humane slaughter
rent bills, several weak ones which would be Senators BARTLETT, of Alaska and BYRD, of bill already. It applies, however, only to
literally worse than nothing. There are, Virginia, suggest that committee members packing plants selling meat to the Federal
however, three adequate bills which deserve fear such hearings might invite "overly ex- Government. The senate bill at Olympia
public support and favorable congressional cited testimony" from people who have strong would put teeth in the present State law
action. They are S. 1071, introduced by Sen- feelings about defenseless dumb animals. regulating all slaughterers in the State. It is
ator JOSEPH S. CLARK, of Pennsylvania, and We suggest that it's time for excitement. based on a uniform State code proposed for
cosponsored by Senator E. L. BARTLETT, of A review of previous testimony and realiza- all the States.
Alaska, Senator HARRY F. BYRD, of Virginia, tion that nothing at all has been done about There must be many who would ask for
Senator STEPHEN M. YOUNG, of Ohio, and the conditions it revealed convinces us that support of this legislation. Those who care
Senator EDMUND S. MUSKrE, of Maine; H.R. excitement might be just what the situation to do so might write Senator CLARK, Senator
5647, introduced by Representative JAMES C. calls for. E. L. BARTLETT of Alaska, or Senator STEPHEN
CLEVELAND, of New Hampshire, and identical Until recent years the protest about lack M, YOUNG of Ohio. At Olympia the men to
with S. 1071; and H.R. 3036, introduced by of adequate controls over the use of experi- write, besides one's district senators, are
Representative CLAUDE PEPPER, of Florida. mental animals has been vigorous but un- Senator Dewey C. Donohue, chairman of the
Any one of these bills would form a reason- organized. There has been a tendency on senate agricultural committee, and Senator
able and sound basis for urgently-needed the part of marry to remain deaf and blind Reuben Knoblauch, senate rules committee.
regulation. to this cruel oversight because "scientific
Delay in this matter does no credit to progress" is a far more attractive cause. (At this point Mr. BURDICK took the
Congress, to the committees in charge of Medical spokesmen have argued effectively chair as Presiding Officer.)
hearings, or to the public, who, in the last that controls might impede such progress. Mr. CLARK. Mr. President, I hope
analysis, is responsible. Now is the time for Also, pleas for more humane treatment of very much that hearings can be held on
citizens (many of whose tax dollars, whether research animals historically have tended to the bill before the Committee on Labor
they like it or not, are channeled into ani- become associated with avowed antivivisec- and Public Welfare, of which I am a
mil experimentation partially financed by tionists and stereotyped do-gooders of member, before this session adjourns.
the Government) to demand of their law- women's clubs and societies. The bill moves into a field allied with
makers and executives that an adequate regu- But there has been considerable testi-
latory bill be passed by this Congress. mony, some of it from outstanding fioctors that covered by the humane slaughter
and scientists, that control legislation would bill which was passed under the strong
[From the Albany (N.Y.) Times Union, ictually improve medical research and even urgings of an overwhelming majority of
Mar. 31, 1965] save large sums of money now going into American citizens a good many years
AN IMPORTANT STEP unnecessary experimentation. ago.
As for the antivivisectionists, Senator
So many people have haggled for so long CLARK is careful to point out his bill is not As the facts become known, showing
over so many theories on abolishing labora- such a measure. It provides for licensing of .-the miserable treatment given to poor
tory brutality to animals that no fully laboratories which receive grants from Gov- dogs and cats, and even rats, I am sure
effective legislation has emerged. It is long eminent agencies and for inspection of these that public sentiment will rally in sup-
overdue. labs to Insure humane care and housing of port of the measure, just as it did when
The greatest hope lies in the Clark bill, the animals used in them, as well as for with respect
now in U.S. Senate committee. But it is a painless killing of animals which cannot be the facts ts were of made slaughtering known
cattle and
forlorn hope unless men and women, of con- saved and which might otherwise suffer for
science and compassion, act to-keep it from a time after an experiment. sheep or human consumption.
dying there. Medical and scientific research must con-
realistic proposal tinue unimpeded for man's health and bene-
is a f
ndamentall
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y
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which should appeal to all factions of the fit. But human carelessness and cruelty to E WAR IN VIETNAM
issue, either as a solution to the problem or animals apparently is frequently present in CLARK. Mr. President, last
an important step toward broader objectives. many areas of this research. We believe it is week, during debate on Vietnam, I tried
This is not an antivivisection bill. It is unnecessary.
no "bleeding heart" plea for an end to gen- Members of Congress and their constitu- to put our position in that country in
uine research In which animals pave the way ents might easily overlook legislation like proper perspective with our overall
for human progress. But it does demand this in the presence of international crises foreign policy. I indicated my own view
standards to spare these creatures avoidable and pressing domestic issues. But no matter that our foreign policy was obsolete be-
pain, stress, and neglect, to which many are involving the public conscience is unimm cause we were indulging in a series of
still subjected through carelessness or portant, even relatively, and the use of ex- myths and ignoring a series of harsh
callousness. perimental animals is certainly a matter of realities.
Passage of the Clark bill would establish public conscience.
a law similar to that which has met with Senator CLARK's bill should get favorable At that time, I suggested that to assist
unqualified success in England for nearly action without further delay. the President in finding a path toward a
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