LET US AID POPE PAUL AND CONSTANTLY SEEK AN END TO BLOODSHED IN VIETNAM

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Ing about 10 percent of this year's acre-
age are expected to be called out of re-
serve.
Mr. President, the American farmer
can supply us with the foods we need in
abundance. He can go a long way on
the path toward feeding millions in other
countries.
But the only way he can succeed is by
continuing his efficiency. This means he
has to have new equipment and machin-
ery. And he has to have the incentive.
A dairy farmer needs an absolute
minimum of $50,000 worth of plant and
equipment to begin to realize a decent
return. To make what we could call a
"good" living, he must have $100,000 or
more invested.
In the face of this, it seems sheer folly
to call upon the farmer for more food
and simultaneously revoke the means
which would help him produce it.
Foor price rises have featured the in-
flation. This action will aggravate the
food shortage and shove food prices up
more. What a way to fight inflation.
The Agriculture Department has esti-
mated that in its first year of existence,
the investment tax credit meant returns
to agriculture of about $85 million.
That figure probably would be closer to
$100 million today.
This is less than one-tenth of 1 per-
cent of the funds ,asked by the adminis-
tration for the fiscal 1967 budget. It is
slightly more than one-third the
amount the Senate voted to help develop
a supersonic plane to reduce the flying
time of the jet set from New York to
Paris.
The income of most American farmers
is so low that they pay no income tax,
but many of the Nation's most produc-
tive, efficient, and hard working farm-
ers pay an income tax and need this
credit badly. To them this $100 million
is a big and critical amount. To take it
,away now would be a serious injustice.
While we vote millions to benefit two
or three aircraft companies, and a hand-
ful of fat cat air travelers, we are being
INVESTMENT CREDIT SUSPENSION
WOULD TAKE $100 MILLION AN-
NUALLY OUT OF POCKETS OF
FARMERS
Mr. PROXMIRE. Mr. President, I
have spoken out a number of times
against the proposal to suspend the
7-percent investment tax credit, which
has contributed so much to the expan-
sion of our Nation's industry and the
creation of new jobs.
Today, I say to my colleagues that this
proposal, if adopted, would seriously hurt
another vital sector of our economy-the
farmers.
The distinguished senior Senator from
Kansas [Mr. CARLSON] has made this
point, and made it very well. I should
like to emphasize it.
I have opposed suspending the invest-
ment credit because it would not do the
job which we need to have done right
now. We have inflationary pressures
today which could be met by the proper
administration action. The results of
lifting the investment credit would not
show up for at least a year and probably
longer. No one can say what the state
of the economy will be a year from now.
This argument carries even more
validity when applied to agriculture.
Farmers are making plans for next year.
One thing already is clear: They will be
called upon for more food production
and, at the same time, be denied the
incentives that would make higher out-
put possible.
Our immense surpluses of a decade
ago no longer exist.
Milk production has declined to 1939
levels. Dairymen still are finding other,
more profitable careers and selling their
herds. Young people in my State of
Wisconsin are less and less willing to
risk the hazards of going into dairy
farming.
The corn crop this year is estimated
at about one-half billion bushels below
expected demand. Wheat will be short
by 100 million or more bushels. Soy-
beans, the new wonder crop, will fail to
meet demand levels by almost 100 mil-
lion bushels.
The carryover of all these grai
far below minimums established by the
Department of Agriculture.
The fact that our food production will
be as high as it is is good news in one
way. Just a few weeks ago, there were
growing fears of a general crop failure
across the country. Only desperately
needed late summer rains averted this
catastrophe.
Our own population keeps gaining at
the rate of one person every 12 seconds.
We are committed to help feed the starv-
ing millions of Africa, Asia, and Latin
America.
How can we do this?
Only the increased efficiency of the
farmer has permitted him to produce
the abundance we have enjoyed. But he
has been receiving less and less of the
national dollar for his efforts.
Now, we are asking the farmer to re-
new his efforts. We are asking him to
increase his wheat acreage and to grow
more soybeans. In 1967, croplands total-
asl ed to penalize the farmer for trying
to grow more food for the millions.
LET US AID POPE PAUL AND CON-
STANTLY SEEK AN END TO
BLOODSHED IN VIETNAM
Mr. YOUNG of Ohio. Mr. President,
within the last few days two of the most
respected and trusted world leaders have
made important statements regarding
the urgent necessity for further at-
tempts to bring about an end to the mis-
erable civil war in Vietnam.
Pope Paul VI, in A dramatic appeal for
peace, called for an end to the war in
Vietnam before it is too late. He again
urged a meeting of all responsible parties
to negotiate a settlement. He warned
that the bloody and difficult war raging
in Vietnam threatens a more extensive
and more disastrous calamity that could
endanger the entire human race. This
great man of peace called on men "to lay
down their arms at least before it be-
comes too late to do so because of the
mounting pressure of events."
United Nations Secretary General U
Thant, in his blunt annual report to the
General Assembly of the United Nations,
expressed his fear that the way to the
peace table in Vietnam will be perma-
nently blocked if both sides continue to
use the conflict as an ultimate ideologi-
cal testing ground. He warned that
"the cloud over Vietnam has grown
larger and more ominous."
Mr. President, historically there are
,no such nations as North Vietnam and
South Vietnam. The Geneva agreement
recognized that fact, referring to the
17th parallel as being a temporary di-
vision or separation of Vietnam. Laos,
Cambodia, and Vietnam both north and
south of the 17th parallel formed the
lush French Indochinese colonial em-
pire. Throughout the 19th century and
part of the 20th century, the people of
what was termed Indochina lived as
subjects of French colonialism. They
fought for national liberation and
achieved their freedom following World
War II. Following the Japanese with-
drawal in 1945, the French sent in more
than 200,000 troops to continue their
colonial oppression of Indochina. In
1954, the forces of the National Libera-
tion Front overran Dienbienphu, and in
September of that year the French
withdrew.
Mr. President, we would do well to
heed the advice of Pope Paul VI and
Secretary General U Thant. Unpleas-
ant as it may be, the time for reappraisal
has come, and thoughtful Americans
should resolve to be realistic about it.
The first step is to cast off the illusion
that the civil war in Vietnam represents
a final showdown with world commu-
nism. As U Thant pointed out so well,
the basic problem in Vietnam is not one
of ideology but one of national identity
and survival. It is a war that millions,
of Vietnamese have been fighting since
1940. While the Communists may have
captured leadership of the nationalist
movement, we must not lose sight of the
fact that this is also a continuation of a
war of national liberation. The Saigon
military junta is composed of 10 gen-
erals. Of the 10, 9 of the generals
now ruling the Saigon Government
fought on the side of the French colonial
oppressors in 1953 and 1954 against their
own fellow countrymen seeking national
liberation. Prime Minister Ky, who was
born in Hanoi, was in the French air
force as a cadet in training. In other
words, in the Vietnam war for liberation
they were the tories and the Viet Minh
fighting for national liberation were the
patriots.
We can hardly claim that North Viet-
nam threatens our vital existence as a
world power. Very definitely, Vietnam is
of no strategic importance to the defense
of the United States. We must then fall
back on the argument that we are de-
fending a free people against military
aggression. However, at that point we
face the embarrassing fact that very
few nations in the world accept this as an
accurate description of the war. More
important is the fact that the great
majority of the Vietcong-more than 80
percent fighting in the Mekong Delta-
were born and reared in South Vietnam.
It is a factually incorrect claim that State
Secretary Dean Rusk makes that we are
in southeast Asia with our hundreds of
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General Conference of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Orga-
nization (UNESCO) at its third session in
Beirut, Lebanon, in 1948. The agreement
was there developed and adopted in its pres-
ent textual form and recommended to mem-
bers states for signature. A copy of the
agreement is contained in the appendix to
this report.
Your committee is advised that at the pres-
ent time the agreement is formally opera-
tional in 17 countries. In accordance with
its terms, the agreement entered into force
on August 12, 1954, when the 10th country
commenced formal participation.
The U.S. Senate gave advice and consent
to ratification of the Beirut agreement on
May 26, 1960. Deposit of ratification is be-
ing withheld pending enactment of this im-
plementing legislation. Upon enactment of
this legislation it is expected that the instru-
ment of ratification will be deposited with
the United Nations.
SUMMARY OF THE RESOLUTION'S PROVISIONS
House Joint Resolution 688, as passed by
the House and agreed to by your committee,
would authorize the President to designate
a Federal agency or agencies to carry out the
provisions of the Beirut Agreement. Your
committee was advised that it is expected
that the President will designate the U.S.
Information Agency to perform this func-
tion. This work consists of certifying that
outgoing materials are educational, scientific,
or cultural, in order to facilitate their free
importation into a foreign country. It also
involves review of certificates accompanying
incoming materials to verify that these ma-
terials are educational, scientific,-or cultural,
entitled to duty-free treatment in this coun-
try. The measure would also authorize other
agencies of the Federal Government to fur-
nish facilities and personnel for the purpose
of assisting the agency or agencies designated
by the President in carrying out the provi-
sions of the agreement.
Section 3(a) of the resolution would add a
new provision, item 870.30, to the special
classification provisions of the Tariff Sched-
ules of the United States to permit free entry
for certain specified types of articles which
are determined to be visual or auditory ma.
terials In accordance with a new headnote to
be inserted after the heading to schedule 8,
part 6, of the Tariff Schedules. The proposed
new headnotes specifies that no article shall
be exempted from duty under item 870.30
unless a Federal agency or agencies desig-
nated by the President determines that such
article is visual or auditory material of an
educational, scientific, or cultural character
within the meaning of the agreement.
The visual and auditory articles, which
would be permitted to enter free of duty
under the conditions and limitations spe-
cified in the new headnote are developed
photographic film, including motion picture
film on which pictures or sound and pictures
have been recorded; photographic slides;
transparencies; sound recordings; recorded
video tape; models; charts; maps; globes; and
posters. Materials moving from commercial
consignors to commercial consignees are
within the reach of the agreement.
The bill also provides that whenever the
President determines that there is or may
be profitmaking exhibition or use of the
articles entered under the agreement which
interferes significantly (or threatens to inter-
fere significantly) with domestic production
of similar articles, he may prescribe regula-
tions imposing restrictions on the entry of
such foreign articles to Insure that they will
be exhibited or used only for non-profit-
making purposes. This language is con-
sistent with paragraph 5 or article IV of the
agreement which permits the issuance of
such regulations by the contracting states.
The word "significantly" as used in the
amendment does not contemplate a mathe-
matical test or measure of interference as a
guide to the President, but the term means
more than de minimus and certainly less
than serious injury.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section 3(b) of the resolution :provides
that the amendments to the Tariff Schedules
of the United States are to apply with respect
to articles entered, or withdrawn from ware-
house, for consumption, on or after a date
to be proclaimed by the President, which
date is to be within a period of 6 months be-
ginning the day after the day on which the
U.S. instrument of acceptance of the agree-
ment is deposited with the Secretary Gen-
eral of the United Nations.
EENFFITS TO THE UNITED STATES
The United States produces more educa-
tional audiovisual materials than all other
countries combined and is the world's major
exporter of such materials. Your committee
is informed that enactment of this legisla-
tion will have the effect of increasing the in-
stitutional use abroad of certified American
educational films and comparable materials.
In addition, your committee believes that
full participation of the United States in
the agreement, as would be provided for in
this legislation, would promote better under-
standing of the United States in other coun-
tries and would increase mutual understand-
ing between the people of the United States
and those of other nations.
JOINT RESOLUTION PASSED OVER
The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 76) to
provide for the formulation, adoption,
administration, and periodic updating of
a long-range land use plan for the U.S.
Capitol Grounds and contiguous related
and influencing areas was announced as
next in order.
Mr. MANSFIELD. Over.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
pore. The joint resolution will be passed
over.
W. P. FRANKLIN LOCK AND CON-
TROL STRUCTURE, FLORIDA
The Senate proceeded to consider the
bill (S. 212) to designate a navigation
lock and flood control structure of the
central and southern Florida flood con-
trol project in the State of Florida as
the W. P. Franklin lock and control
structure which had been reported from
the Committee on Public Works with
amendments, on page 1, line 7, after the
name "Franklin", to strike out "lock and
control structure" and insert "Lock and
Control Structure"; and on page 2, line
4, after the name "Franklin", to strike
out "lock and control structure" and in-
sert "Lock and Control Structure"; so
as to make the bill read:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
navigation lock and water control structure
known as structure 79 of the central and
southern Florida flood control project located
on the Caloosahatchee River in the State of
Florida shall hereafter be known as the W. P.
Franklin lock and control structure, and
any law, regulation, document, or record of
the United States in which such structure is
designated or referred to shall be held to
refer to such structure under and by the
name of the W. P. Franklin look and control
structure.
The amendments were agreed to.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed
for a third reading, read the third time,
and passed.
The title was amended, so as to read:
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"A bill to designate a navigation lock and
flood control structure of the central and
southern Florida flood control project in
the State of Florida as the W. P. Franklin
lock and control structure."
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I
ask unanimous consent to have printed
in the REcoRD an excerpt from the re-
port (No. 1628), explaining the purposes
of the bill.
There being no objection, the excerpt
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of S. 212 Is to designate the
navigation lock and water-control structure
known as structure 79 of the central and
southern Florida flood-control project lo-
cated on the Caloosahatchee River in the
State of Florida, as the W. P. Franklin Lock
and Control Structure.
GENERAL STATEMENT
The central and southern Florida flood
control project, authorized by the Flood
Control Act of June 30, 1948 (Public Law
858, 80th Cong.), and subsequent acts of
Congress, covers an area of some 18,400
square miles, lying generally within the
southeasterly 18 counties of Florida. It is
comprised of the upper St. Johns River
Basin, located in the northeastern section of
the project; the Kissimmee River Basin, in
the central section; the Lake Okeechobee-
Everglades area in the central and south-
western section; and the east coast-Ever-
glades area in the southeastern section.
The project is for flood relief and water
conservation. It will provide water control
and protection from the recurrence of dev-
astating floodwaters from the Everglades and
local sources, for the highly developed urban
area along the lower east coast of Florida,
and for the productive agricultural areas
around Lake Okeechobee (including the
towns around the lake), in the upper St.
Johns and Kissimmee River Basins, and in
south Dade County.
Construction of the project was begun in
January 1950. To date, more than 550 miles
of levees (including most of the east coast
protective levee) have been completed to
intermediate or final grades and accepted
for operation and maintenance by the cen-
tral and Southern Florida Flood Control Dis-
trict. A number of important canals and
control structures and large pumping sta-
tions have also been completed and turned
over to local interests for operation and
maintenance. The project as a whole was
about 50 percent completed on September 1,
1966.
Mr. W. P. Franklin is a retired prominent
businessman and pioneer resident of the Fort
Myers, Fla., area. He is 95 years of age, and
throughout his lifetime has been an ardent
advocate of water resources development in
central and southern Florida. He was the
leading force behind the development of the
Okeechobee Waterway, on which the lock and
dam to be named in his honor are located.
COST TO THE UNITED STATES IF LEGISLATION IS
ENACTED
Enactment of this legislation will not
result In any cost to the Federal Government.
COMMITTEE VIEWS
The committee believes it fitting and
proper to name the navigation lock and
water control structure located on the
Caloosahatchee River, Fla., and known as
structure 79 of the central and southern
Florida flood control project, In honor of
Mr. W. P. Franklin, whose untiring efforts
have resulted in great contributions to the
national welfare and to his beloved State of
Florida. Accordingly, enactment of S. 212 is
recommended.
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President,
that concludes the call of the calendar.
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AMENDMENT OF THE ATOMIC EN-
ERGY ACT OF 1954, AS AMENDED,
Mr. PASTORE. Mr. President, I ask
unanimous consent that the Senate pro-
ceed to the consideration of Calendar No.
1571, S. 3830.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
pore. The bill will be stated by title.
The LEGISLATIVE CLERK. A bill (S.
3830) to amend the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, as amended.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
pore. Is there objection to the present
consideration of the bill?
There being no objection, the Senate
proceeded to consider the bill.
Mr. PASTORE. Mr. President, I rise
in support of enactment of S. 3830, a bill
to amend the Price-Anderson nuclear
indemnity provisions of the Atomic En-
ergy Act of 1954.
The Price-Anderson nuclear indemnity
legislation was enacted in 1957 for two
principal purposes. First, to protect the
public by assuring the availability of
funds for the payment of claims arising
in the extremely unlikely event of a
catastrophic nuclear incident. Second,
to remove a deterrent to private indus-
trial participation in the atomic energy
program which flowed from the threat
of tremendous potential liability claims.
The act accordingly affords protection to
the public and to AEC's licensees and
contractors from the risks associated
with atomic energy by providing for a
program of private insurance and gov-
ernmental indemnity amounting to a
maximum of $560 million to cover dam-
ages that conceivably could arise from a
nuclear incident.
Last year the Joint Committee recom-
mended, and there was enacted, legisla-
tion extending the Price-Anderson Act
for 10 years-to 1977. During our hear-
ings on the extension legislation, our
committee identified a number of poten-
tially serious problems which required
further study. These included the diffi-
culty that might face a claimant if he
were unable to prove someone's negli-
gence was the cause of a nuclear inci-
dent. In addition, concern was ex-
pressed that the statutes of limitations
of many States are inadequate to provide
for delayed manifestation of radiation
injury.
Our committee has continued to study
these problems, in consultation with
representatives of the private insurance
industry, the nuclear industry, and the
AEC. As a result of the cooperative ef-
forts of all concerned a bill was drafted
which attempted to remedy the deficien-
cies in the existing legislation.
In July of this year our committee held
3 days of hearings on the proposed bill,
and we believe that we have now re-
ported out a measure which will substan-
tially improve the protection to the pub-
lic afforded by the Price-Anderson legis-
lation without in any way operating to
the detriment of the nuclear industry.
Moreover, it is important to note that S.
3830-while providing for the elimina-
tion of certain serious legal obstacles
which might face claimants in the event
of a substantial nuclear incident-does
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not establish a new body of Federal tort
law. Instead, this bill follows the ap-
proach of the original Price-Anderson
Act; that is, making a minimum inter-
ference with the laws of the several
States insofar as legal liability for nu-
clear incidents is concerned. Our com-
mittee continues to endorse this general
approach.
Mr. President, a detailed analysis of S.
3830 is contained in our committee's re-
port which is before you. Our report dis-
cusses the provisions of this bill in depth
and explains the policy bases of our com-
mittee's recommendation.
I will summarize the major provisions
of S. 3830 very briefly as follows:
First. The bill would authorize the
AEC to establish coordinated procedures
with the nuclear liability insurance pools
for the prompt settlement of claims aris-
ing out of a nuclear incident.
Second. The bill would authorize the
AEC to incorporate provisions in its in-
demnity agreements with AEC's licensees
and contractors, and to require incor-
poration of provisions in nuclear liability
insurance policies and contracts which
are furnished as proof of financial pro-
tection by AEC's licensees and contrac-
tors, which waive any issue or defense as
to conduct of the claimant or fault of
defendants. The primary end result of
these waivers would be first to eliminate
any requirement that a claimant prove
that someone was negligent in order to
recover for his damages from a serious
nuclear incident and, second, any pos-
sible issue as to the claimant's con-
tributory negligence or assumption of
risk. Waivers could also be required with
respect to charitable or governmental
immunity of the defendant and statutes
of limitations, subject to certain condi-
tions.
Third. The waivers would apply only
with respect to an "extraordinary nu-
clear occurrence" as defined in the bill.
The Commission would be empowered
to determine whether an "extraordinary
nuclear occurrence" had taken place in
order to make'the waivers effective.
Fourth. The bill would provide that
in the event of an "extraordinary nuclear
occurrence" the U.S. district court in the
district where such occurrence takes
place shall have original jurisdiction of
any public liability action arising out
of the occurrence, without regard to the
citizenship of any party or the amount
in controversy. The bill would also au-
thorize the removal to such .district court
of all public liability actions arising from
the same occurrence which are pending
in other courts.
Fifth. The bill would provide limita-
tions on the amounts that may be paid
from the private insurance-governmen-
tal indemnity fund established under the
Price-Anderson Act without prior court
approval. In addition, authority would
be provided the appropriate U.S. dis-
trict court to approve plans of distribu-
tion of the fund.
The Joint Committee believes this bill
Is an important improvement in the
atomic energy legislation. S. 3830 was
reported out by the Joint Committee
thousands of soldiers fighting a land war
in an area 10,000 miles distant from our
shores because of national aggression by
one state against another. This is a
fantastic claim lacking adequate basis in
fact. Ho Chi Minh was waging his "war
of national liberation" long before the
Chinese Communists gained power in
their own country.
Our mission should be to help people,
if they want help, and to assist in build-
ing political and social conditions that
will deter the people of the underdevel-
oped nations from looking to the Com-
munist ideology for the cure for their
national ills.
This does not at all mean abandoning
the field everywhere to the Communists
and retreating into isolation, but it does
mean that we should apply appropriate
measures to the particular situation we
are dealing with, instead of trying to
handle them all by a formula derived
from a bygone set of circumstances, It
means abandoning the assumption that
the only way our national interest can
be protected is by the direct application
of our military power around the periph-
ery of the Communist world. It means
limiting our commitments to vital areas
and bringing them into line with our
capacity to fulfill them. Dean Rusk may
assume the United States has a mandate
from almighty God to police the world.
I repudiate any such view.
We, Americans, who like to regard our-
selves as the most revolutionary Nation
in the world, have become, it seems, the
most unrevolutionary in that regard.
Mr. President, in trying to bring about
an armistice and peace and to end our
involvement in this miserable civil war
in the jungles of Vietnam, we would do
well to encourage Pope Paul VI and Sec-
retary General U Thant to continue
leadership in their attempt to try and
bring about peace. Indeed, we should
follow that leadership. We would do
well to make it crystal clear we would
withdraw our Armed Forces in gradual
stages directly following a conference to
bring about a cease-fire and an armistice
in Vietnam and to make it equally clear
that we would meet with independent
delegates of the Vietcong, or National
Liberation Front, at any time and any-
where and seek to neutralize Vietnam
and finally end the bloodletting there.
Unless this is accomplished, the future
probably holds forth for us involvement
with our Armed Forces in Vietnam for
5, 10, or 20 years. We should proclaim
that we Americans are definitely willing
to discuss a cease-fire and an armistice
with delegates representing the National
Liberation Front, or Vietcong, along
with delegates representing the Hanoi
government and Saigon government.
Also, the road to an ultimate settlement
lies through halting our buildup of the
Vietnamese war and moving toward a
deescalation rather than an escalation
of the war.
As U Thant said in his report:
The survival of the people of Vietnam
must be seen as the real issue, and it can be
resolved not by force but by patience and
understanding, in the framework of a will-
ingness to live and let live.
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without dissent, and I urge the Senate
to pass this bill without delay.
Mr. President, I might add that the
bill has the approval of both the in-
surance industry and the nuclear indus-
try involved.
I understand that the distinguished
Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. SAL-
TONSTALL] would like to ask me several
questions.
Mr. SALTONSTALL. I thank the Sen-
ator from Rhode Island. He and I have
been Governors, and we know that there
are differences in State laws particularly
with relation to damages, and so forth.
We also know that at times we have
tried to get universal State laws on such
matters as banking, for instance. The
reason I ask these questions is that I
have read part of the report-I will not
say that I read it all-but it struck me
that there were certain things of which
I should like to make sure, although I
know that they are probably quite clear
in the Senator's mind.
My first question is: It is my under-
standing that this bill provides definite
authority to the AEC to make emergency
assistance payments to victims of a
nuclear incident without requiring a po-
tential claimant to release his right to
sue for further damages, once they may
become known.
Am I correct in this assumption, that
the right of a person to file suit for addi-
tional damages, whether in a State or
Federal court, woud not be prejudiced
by acceptance of such emergency assist-
ance offered soon after an incident?
Mr. PASTORE, That is correct. The
Senator is absolutely correct.
Mr. SALTONSTALL. My second
question is: Do I understand correctly
that it will not be necessary for the Com-
mission to make the determination that
the incident was an "extraordinary
nuclear occurrence" before such emer-
gency assistance could be offered?
Mr. PASTORE. For emergency as-
sistance payments, no. The Commis-
sion does not have to make such a de-
termination in order to make such pay-
ments. I might say to my distinguished
colleague that if he and I were Gover-
nors once more, we would welcome this
law. This law is intended to protect the
claimant who, as the result of the spe-
cial waivers authorized, would not be
obliged to prove negligence. He would
not be obliged to prove that there was
no contributory negligence. Instead of
writing a new body of law, what we are
actually doing is permitting the AEC, in
its indemnity agreements, and the in-
surance companies in their contracts of
insurance with the utilities, or any other
person who runs a reactor in any com-
munity where we might have this ex-
traordinary incident that we have been
talking about, to agree that the claim-
ant can make his claim for any damage
without proving negligence. He also
N r-*
1
ciainu,nt, he can get emergency pay- and ask people in the neighborhood what
meats. they thought of having an atomic energy
Mr. SALTONSTALL. I ask the Sena- plant in Massachusetts, and the response
tor, because he has answered my third was overwhelmingly in favor of it.
question-but I have two or three more- Mr. SALTONSTALL. Mr. Webster
what special advantages not now cov- can take a great deal of credit for that;
ered by the operation of the act could re- can he not?
suit from this authority to provide emer- Mr. PASTORE. Absolutely.
gency assistance? Mr. SALTONSTALL. I thank the
I think the Senator has answered that. Senator.
Mr. PASTORE. Yes, I have answered Mr. PASTORE. Mr. President, before
that. I ask that the bill be passed, there is an
Mr. SALTONSTALL. My next question error in the printing of S. 3830 in the
is: What must the claimant show or word "of" appearing between the word
prove to qualify him for the emergency "prosecution" and the word "defense"
assistance? on line 23 of page 5. It should read "or"
Mr. PASTORE. That he has injured. instead of "of."
Mr. SALTONSTALL. That he has in- I ask unanimous consent that the
jured. I assume that he would have to error be corrected, and I offer an amend-
get advice- ment to the bill.
Mr. PASTORE. He would have to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
show that. Of course he would. amendment will be stated.
Mr. SALTONSTALL. He would have The LEGISLATIVE CLERK. On page 5,
to prove it, in order to qualify himself line 23, after the word "prosecution"
for this emergency assistance? strike out "of" and insert "or".
Mr. PASTORE. He would have to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
show that the injury was probably the re- question is on agreeing to the amend-
sult of the nuclear incident. That ment.
would have to be shown. Without objection, the amendment is
Mr. SALTONSTALL. He would have agreed to.
to to prove that before representatives If there be no further amendment to
of the Commission? be offered, the question is on the engross-
Mr. PASTORE. That is right. ment and third reading of the bill.
(At this point Mr. BASS took the chair The bill was ordered to be engrossed
as Presiding Officer.) for a third reading, was read the third
Mr. SALTONSTALL. My last question time, and was passed, as follows:
is: Would such assistance be in addition
to or included as part of any final settle- S. 3830
ment? Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Mr. 1'ASTORE. It would be included Representatives of the United States of
within the final settlement. If he was America in Congress assembled, That (a)
entitled to more, he would get it. as s amended, n a 11 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
is amended-
Mr. SALTONSTALL. He would get (1) by redesignating subsections J. and k.
what the Commission gave him anyway, as subsections k. and 1., respectively, and by
and if he was entitled to more In the fu- redesignating subsections 1. through aa. as
ture, he would get that. subsections n. through cc., respectively;
Mr. PASTORE. He would get his (2) by inserting after subsection 1. the
maximum damage and they would de- following new subsection:
duct anything that they have already "j. The term 'extraordinary nuclear cc-
Mr. SALTONSTALL. So that this is charge or dispersal of source, special nuclear,
or byproduct material from its intended place
an effort to make it the same all over the of confinement in amounts offsite, or causing
United States. radiation levels offsite, which the Commis-
Mr. PASTORE. That is right. sion determines to be substantial, and which
Mr. SALTONSTALL. I thank the the Commission determines has resulted or
Senator. will probably result in substantial damages
to persons off site or property offsite. Any
Mr. PASTORE. I merely want the determination by the Commission that such
RECORD to show that a claim has never an event has, or has not, occurred shall be
been filed under a Price-Anderson in- final and conclusive, and no other official or
demnity agreement with an AEC li- any court shall have power or jurisdiction to
censee. In other words, I do not want review any such determination. The Com-
to leave the impression that anyone mission shall establish criteria in writing
upon de-
should be frightened over this bill. We termterminginattion th o shall be basis mad
e. . As s us us A ed in such o this
his
recognize that there is a tremendous re- subsection, 'offsite' means away from 'the lo-
sponsibility on the part of the Govern- cation' or 'the contract location' as defined
meat in the event that we might have in the applicable Commission indemnity
that kind of incident. But I want to agreement, entered into pursuant to section
say that we have come a long way in the 170.";
development of plants for the production (3) by inserting after the subsection re-
of electricity through the use of atomic designated as subsection 1. by paragraph (1)
energy. We have not had one ma ti this subsection the following new aubsec-
jor mica:
incident as yet. "m. The term 'indemnitor' means (1) any
Of course, the Senator from Massachu- insurer with respect to his obligations under
k
t
ts
nows that there is a plant in Rowe, a policy of insurance furnished as prof of
use of limitations because sometimes, in se
a e of i limitations because
i no manifests- Mass., which is the pride of the Nation. financial protection; (2) any licensee, con-
a went up there and inspected it, and I tractor or other person who is obligated un-
tion of that injury within the period of was so pleased with it. When they tried der any other form of financial protection,
the statute of limitations. to build another one in Connecticut, they with respect to such obligations; and (3)
Thus, actually, this is a bill intended hired a bus and took some people in the Commission with respect to any oblige-
to protect the claimant and, in the mean- Connecticut to Rowe, Mass. They were t ion
entered k into pursuant to se tiona 70.e";
time, of course, for the benefit of the left there on their own to knock on doors and
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AMERICA'S ROLE IN ASIA
Mr. KUCHEL. Mr. President, in the
Los Angeles Times of Sunday, Septem-
ber 18, 1966, the lead editoiral is en-
titled, "America's Role in Asia." In a
perceptive and penetrating comment, the
Times goes on to describe the fact that
the United States is and has been a
Pacific power, regardless of what the
head of the Republic of France may have
said on his recent visit to southeast Asia.
The editorial quotes President Marcos,
that gallant leader of the Philippine Re-
public, who spoke in this Capitol just a
few days ago, as follows:
It was only the American presence in Viet-
nam which prevented the fall of the Indone-
sian government into Communist hands.
Not only Indonesia, but also other countries.
The Times observes:
America's military role is only part of the
story of our responsibilities in Asia. Building
the economic and political strength of the
free nations of the area, and working for rec-
onciliation between hostile nations, are also
major goals of U.S. policy and essential for
peace.
The entire editorial merits the atten-
tion of the Senate and the country.
I ask unanimous consent that the en-
tire text of the editorial be printed in the
RECORD at this point.
There being no objection, the editorial
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
[From the Los Angeles Times,
Sept. 18, 1966]
AMEaICA's ROLE IN ASIA
In Cambodia a few weeks ago President
de Gaulle, beating the drums for a greater
French influence in Asia, spoke sneeringly of
"the foreigner who comes from the other
shores of the Pacific" to meddle in Asian af-
fairs. His reference was to the United States,
and his implication appeared to be that this
nation has no rightful interests anywhere
west of Hawaii.
Some weeks earlier, conversely, President
Johnson had described the United States as
"a Pacific power," with obligatins and inter-
ests that stretch far across the ocean to those
lands where live 60% of the world's people.
Asia, said the President, "is now the crucial
arena for man's striving for independence
and order, and for life itself," and the United
States is deeply involved-and rightly so-in
that struggle.
It is not hard to see that reality and his-
tory are on the side of Mr. Johnson. De
Gaulle, who raised no objections about the
foreigner who came from the other shores of
the Atlantic to restore France after one of
her periodic defeats, knows that the United
States was a Pacific power long before she
became an Atlantic one.
Expediency no doubt prompted him to for-
get this fact, but its accuracy remains un-
diminished.
U.S. interest in Asia are long-standing,
multi-faceted and continuing. They are
also complex, involving not only self-inter-
est, which is the basis for any nation's poli-
mitments aren't worth the resources they Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, will
require, this group says, and besides, the the Senator yield?
Asians jupt aren't our kind of people. Mr. KUCHEL. I yield to the majority
These arguments, as the President noted, leader.
have all been tested and found wanting. Mr. MANS7+~1ET,17 Mr. President, I
sense, or , or the human tests of concegeography, rn, or , or the or ask unanimous consent that, at the con-
common not stand
political, economic, and military realities of elusion of the morning hour, the dis-
this century. tinguished Senator from Kansas [Mr.
The second world war, decolonization in PEARSON] be recognized.
Asia and the commensurate rise of com- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there
munism in China all served to alter irrevo_ objection? The Chair hears none, and
status quo was either a model of order or (~
preferable. What it does mean is that con- `~ MAINTAINING NATO
U.S. role in Asia necessary. Mr. KUCHEL. Mr. President, on
Although this role takes several forms, the August 29, I addressed the Senate to point
one that most upsets critics of U.S. Policy is out that the American involvement in
the military aspect of American involvement, southeast Asia is a global matter and
typified, of course, by the Vietnam war. that, given the aggressive design of Com-
The critical arguments are familiar enough
not to need repeating, and so also are the munist China, the entire world is
official responses. A point too often ignored threatened with a major conflict. These
by critics, however, does merit recall. This are critical times for the survival of mod-
is that non-Communist Asians strongly de- ern man.
sire a US. military presence in the area; in- Whether we like it or not, Mr. Presi-
deed, they depend on it. dent, the burden of preserving peace and
This desire is by no means limited simply human freedom in this decade of the
to the military governments in Asia. On 20th Century has fallen in large part
the contrary: the democratically elected gov-
ernments of Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia, on the shoulders of our great country.
Australia and Singapore are equally clear in Accordingly, even a minor change in the
their support for a U.S. military presence. foreign policy of the United States may
These governments, and the great majority be of great significance to the entire
of the people they represent, understand the world.
threat to national independence posed by Members on the majority side of the
militant communism in Asia, and they un-
derstand the security an American presence aisle have proposed a resolution saying
helps guarantee. that it is the sense of the Senate that
The fact that the United States is ful- there should be "a substantial reduction"
filling its military commitments in Asia has in American forces stationed in Europe
a bearing not only on the war in Vietnam in connection with the North Atlantic
but elsewhere. For example, President Mar- Treaty. The resolution does not state
cos of the Philippines has said flatly that "It how many troops should be withdrawn
was only the American presence in Vietnam nor whether this step should be taken,
which prevented the fall of the Indonesian
government into Communist hands. Not unilaterally or in consultation with our
only Indonesia, but also other countries." allies. The phrase "substantial reduc-
This view is by no means uniquely held. tion" is susceptible of many and diverse
It might also be assumed, with good rea- interpretations, and Senate debate alone
son, that such neutralist states as Burma will not supply a single definition. At
and-yes-even Cambodia are not unhappy this point, I must add it may well be that
with a U.S. presence that is a counterweight some reductions are in order, but there
to Chinese threats. is a need for careful deliberation regard-
the BusAmerica's
story m of erica's our military role is responsibilities only in part Asia.
a. ing the size and shape. If there is to be
Building the economic and political strength a Senate view on the matter, it ought to
of the free nations of the area, and working be based on credible testimony by the
for reconciliation between hostile nations, Secretaries of Defense, and State, and
are also major goals of U.S. policy and essen- the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The fact is
tial for peace. that this is an executive decision, not a
Military strength, and the willingness to legislative one, and the executive branch
meet commitments, are necessary pre-
condi-tions for carrying out these other goals, Years ago, General MacArthur told
Those who would have the United States
withdraw from Asia, or refuse tp meet the the Congress and the country that while
security needs of countries that need help, it is true Europe is the gateway to Asia,
cannot expect economic and political progress the reverse, as well, is equally true. The
to go forward. resolution raises a large number of criti-
Such progress is good in its own right, and cal issues of global importance. Among
good for the United States. Judged either them is the fundamental question of
way, it supports what this country is doing collective security, upon which our poli-
cies have been based since World War
Mr. KUCHEL. Mr. President, pro- II. That fundamental question touches
ceeding now to another subject, I ask furthermore on the doctrine of the de-
cies, but also a strong moral commitment and unanimous consent that I may be per-
the fact that the United States, as the world's matted to finish my remarks on this sub-
wealthiest and most powerful nation-and without interruption.
a Pacific power-is the only country able and ject
willing to do certain things that must be The PRESIDING OFFICER. How
done, . much time does the Senator wish?
Ciriticis of U.S. Asian policy, here and Mr. KUCHEL. Five minutes.
abroad, view the case differently. To some The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there
the United States is concerned Asia pri- objection to the request of the Senator
IIlarily with economic aggrandizement.
Others feel the proper sphere of U.S. In- from California? The Chair hears none,
In 1951 when the Congress, with the
President's enthusiastic approval, passed
a resolution in support of stationing
American forces in Europe under NATO,
extensive hearings were held in commit-
tee, to chart the course our Nation would
follow as a result of that momentous
step. Thereafter, the Senate acted. To-
day it is proposed to amend that earlier
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resolution and to urge a withdrawal,of a
substantial number of our troops but
With no prior sifting of the facts by com-
mittee. Such.a proposal may be no less
Important to our policy and .must be
given the same care as its predecessor,
Several days ago, my distinguished
friend, the senior Senator from New
Hampshire [Mr. COTTON] pointed Out
that a substantial withdrawal of troops
from Europe could imply a return to
the outmoded concept of "massive reL-
taliation," and with It, the abandon-
ment of many of the safeguards that
have since been erected to prevent a
global holocaust. I agree with him. The.
resolution implies a major change in
military policy, in effect stating that the
United States will not employ her troops
as the first defense against aggression
In Europe. In my view it Implies that
we might well go all the way to a nu-
clear response at the moment of attack,
whether it be a feint, a probe, or even a
miscalculation in maneuvers. The truth
Is that we should take extraordinary
pains to prevent any nation from mis-
judging or falsely interpreting our re-
solve.
A great power must make its purposes
clear lest its allies be confused and Its
enemies miscalculate Its intentions, No
nation, friend or foe, should have to
guess or grope for the basis of our inter-
national policy in this nuclear age.
We have already learned in Vietnam
how our enemies listen to the,voices? they
wish to hear. Ho Chi Minh believes
Americans will give up. He heeds the
cry of those who claim that the majority
of Americans will not support our efforts
In southeast Asia, it has taken months
of perseverance to give the lie to this
contention. A great number of Ameri-
can lives have been lost, and may yet be
lost, in convincing the North Vietnamese
that they have miscalculated our inten-
tions.
would be a Soviet failure to understand
U.S, determination to defend Europe?
ate In its present form could deepen
Britain's quandary about her costly
commitment on the Rhine. It could and,
i o doubt, would, enlarge West Germany's-
doubts about the adequacy of her de-
fense, putting her in a position where
many Germans would be tempted to con-
template measures leading to a nuclear
force as an alternative to dependence on
Gaullist France. And, most important,
It could well tempt the Soviet Union into
renewed adventures in Europe, prompted
by too great a fear for a renascent Ger-
many and too little for the United States.
As the Washington Post pointed out in
a recent editorial, a return to the doc-
trine of massive retaliation "simply
would not be credible to either the So-
viets or the Western Europeans in all
sorts of marginal situations, such as a
Hungarian style revolt In East Germany
that might transgress the border." The
United States cannot afford to play these
critical events on the blind. My position
at the time, the resolutioii was first in-
troduced, remains the same. It must be
subjected to close scrutiny in. committee,
where careful cross-examination can
bulld.a printed record on which Senators
may more clearly chart the position of
this House.
No major troop withdrawals should be
considered without full consultation with
our allies, and, If possible, without exact-
ing a reciprocal withdrawal of forces
opposing the free world on the other side
of the Iron Curtain.. Revision of the res-
olution to take these factors into ac-
count would do much toward increasing
its merit. Some reduction of forces may
be desirable, and, indeed, quite accepta-
ble to both us and our allies. But the
essential need is to make certain that all
concerned know the purpose and import
of this resolution, both in terms of our
foreign policy and our national security.
Its meaning must be made crystalclear.
It must be understood not only on the
floor of the Senate but by members of
the executive branch, the Armed Forces,
and the people at large.
The actions of the Senate will have a
great impact on American, policy. More-
over, it is the task of the Senate to bring
to bear on the forces making our foreign
policy the will of the American people.
This resolution, as I say, must be given
the most careful hearings to record the
views of the President, the Secretary of
State, the Secretary of Defense, the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, and other interested
Americans. I intend to move that ap-
propriate hearings be held.
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, will
the Senator yield?
Mr. KUCHEL. I yield.
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I
listened with great interest to what the
distinguished acting minority leader has
said about Senate Resolution 300.
I must say that I disagree in large part
with the logic which he used to explain
his point of view.
This subject will be brought before the
Senate and the Senate will have an op-
portunity to disucss it in public, as I
think should be done, and, if the Senate
so desires, it will be referred to a com-
mittee or committees.
I should like respectfully to make a
suggestion to the acting minority leader,
if I may, and that is that he be on the
floor at the conclusion of the morning
hour to listen to a speech to be given
by our distinguished colleague, the Sen-
ator from Kansas [Mr. PEARSON], on this
very subject.
I think we will all find the speech en-
lightening.' It goes into facts and figures
and, I think, does a good job of express-
Ing his point of view as a sponsor of the
resolution, which now has 31 names
attached to it, and which will. be before
the Senate either later this month or
early next month.
Mr. KUCHEL. Mr. President, I thank
my friend, the majority leader. That
statement gives me an opportunity to
express to my colleague on the floor
what I think is quite obvious-my own
high respect for the ability and patriot-
Ism and experience which mark the
conduct of the senior Senator from
Montana. MIKE MANSFIELD is an able
Senator. In this instance, however, I
simply disagree with him.
Mr. President, I do not want to make
a mistake In casting my vote on a reso-
lution that concerns as delicate and im-
portant a problem as that which is
Inherent in the resolution to which my
n.ble colleague, the majority leader, has
referred. I do not want to make a mis-
take, and, taking that position, I want
to be armed as best I can, not, simply
with benefit of the debate that will ensue
In the Senate, but also with the careful
and deliberate and considered opinion
of those in the executive branch who, In
the last analysis, will make the decision.
A hearing will permit a careful cross-
examination of each of them.
I say quite frankly that many Sen-
ators-and my able friend, the majority
leader, is one of them-have far more
knowledge and experience on which to
draw in reaching a conclusion than does
this Senator.
It is in great part for that reason that
I do desire that this resolution go
through the Senate processes of com-
mittee hearings.
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, the
Senator is too modest when he speaks of
his capabilities, which are great and
varied. But I hope the Senate will not
forget one aspect of the Constitution, and
that is the Senate's right and duty of
advice.
That is something that we had better
keep in mind and pursue in the days
ahead, perhaps more so in the future
than in the past.
Mr. KUCHEL. Mr. President, I agree
again that the Senate has a responsibility
which It must discharge. In discharg-
ing it, I simply want the Senate to be as
fully armed with the facts as it may be
before each 100th part of the Senate
renders its decision.
ASTRONOMICAL LEVEL OF, FEDERAL
CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT
Mr. WILLIAMS of Delaware. Mr.
President, the President's announcement
that he has ordered the Director of the
Budget to freeze Federal civilian employ-
ment at existing levels and then hailing
this as a great demonstration of economy
is an insult to the intelligence of the
American taxpayers.
The fact is the Federal civilian em-
ployment today is at an astronomical
high level, having been increased by 234,-
387 in the past 7 months, and then to
have this move described as a reduction
of 30,000 in their plans for future employ-
ment is a farce.
This is the second grandstand play of
fictitious economy with the Federal em-
ployees as the pawns.
On December 1 of last year President
Johnson held a press conference at his
Texas ranch and announced that Federal
civilian employment was too high and
that it was going to be reduced by 25,000
during the remainder of that fiscal year,
or by June 30, 1966.
What happened?
Instead of reducing employment by
25,000, the administration actually has
added another 234,000.
The rate at which Federal civilian em-
ployment has been increased since his
statement of December 1965 is as fol-
lows:
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ciations. If the personnel involved is other parts of Africa there is a possibility Calif. I have reviewed H.R. 17757 intro-
inept, management of the association that known deposits of manganese, duced by my colleague, Congressman
will handle the problem in the normal bauxite, and other minerals may prove WILLIAM CRAMER, and find myself totally
course of business activity. If the per- economically exploitable. in accord with its provisions.
sonnel in rare instances is guilty of crim- It is the wish and expectation of the While I realize it would be the height
inal offenses in connection with opera- United States that Mali will achieve its of optimism to anticipate passage of this
tion of the association, there exists a aspirations in harmony with the other legislation this year because of the late-
whole body of criminal law with adequate developing nations of Africa. ness of the session, by this action today,
sanctions to punish those convicted of The Malian delegate to the United I have seen fit to coauthor this legisla-
such offenses in accordance with the tra- Nations last year, the Honorable Ous- tion, thereby placing myself on record in
ditional Anglo-Saxon due process safe- man Ba, stated his country's policy in support of this very important and very
guards. I have yet to be convinced that his speech in general debate before the necessary legislation.
the Federal Home Loan Bank Board re- 20th session of the General Assembly as I call upon Congress to give this legis-
quires any authority as to personnel that follows: lation its closest attention and I include
it cannot exert with due application of The delegation of Mali is happy to note the ext of the bill for information pur-
powers it presently possesses. that common sense and our common win to pps s
ether in the achieve- 1 1 f1
ork to
ti
t
g
nue
o w
I believe that my bill will supply the con
Federal regulatory agencies in the finan- ment of the noble ideals of the Charter have
made it possible for us all to overcome pas-
cial field with the intermediate cease- sions, national chauvinism and pride so that
and-desist powers they should have, the United Nations might continue to live
while at the same time adequately safe- in the best interests of all mankind.
guarding the rights of institutions and It is my personal pleasure to extend
their personnel through opportunity for my felicitations to the President of Mali,
timely and adequate recourse to the the Honorable Modibo Keita, and the
judiciary. Malian Ambassador to the United States,
I encourage each Member of of and the
sup- His Excellency Mousse Leo Keita, with
tot the bill I a am upon this top introducing in prefer- whom I became personally acquainted
pence at the United Nations last year.
once t to he S. bill 3158 as passed by the Senate e
e
on August 22.
(Mr, O'HARA of Illinois asked and was
given permission to address the House
for 1 minute and to revise and extend
his.remarks.)
Mr. O'HARA of Illinois. Mr. Speaker,
today is the sixth anniversary of the
Republic of Mali and, as chairman of
the Subcommittee on Africa of the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, I am happy
to extend hearty congratulations and
sincere good wishes to the Government
and the people of that young and proud
nation in Africa.
The Republic of Mali, which covers an
area somewhat smaller than Alaska, is
in the interior of western Africa and
borders seven different countries, all of
which are former French territories.
Mali is steeped in history. Mali is
partial heir to the succession of great
African empires that formerly occupied
the upper valley of the Niger. These
empires were in touch with Mediterran-
ean and Near Eastern centers of civiliza-
tion by way of the trans-Saharan cara-
van routes.
The old Kingdom of Mali, from which
the present Republic takes its name, was
founded around the year 1200. Its an-
cient capital stood on a site near the
present capital of Bamako, and its realm
extended as far as Timbuktu and Gao.
On September 22, 1960, the colony of
Soudan proclaimed itself the Republic
of Mali and withdrew from the French
Community.
Mali is a predominantly agricultural
country. The first 5-year plan was
intended to encourage industrial growth
by improving the infrastructure. Of all
those resources deriving from the land,
Mali's greatest potential is in its live-
stock-more than 10 million head, of
'which $ million are cattle and 7 million
sheep and goats.
At' the present time she has no
appreciable mineral wealth, but as in
AMENDMENT TO THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE
(Mr. DON H. CLAUSEN asked and was
given permission to address the House
for 1 minute, to revise and extend his
remarks, and to include extraneous
matter.)
Mr. DON H. CLAUSEN. Mr. Speaker,
I am today introducing legislation which
would amend the Internal Revenue Code
of 1954 to allow teachers to deduct from
gross income certain educational
expenses.
It has come to my attention that the
Internal Revenue Service has proposed
that expenses incurred by teachers ob-
taining advanced degrees will no longer
be tax deductible, a policy that will work
a definite hardship on our teachers, since
most State and local governments are
encouraging, if not requiring, teachers to
obtain additional training.
In my opinion, if we are going to en-
courage better education through Fed-
eral action in many areas, it seems in-
comprehensible that we should neglect
this simple device of tax deductions which
can be accomplished through a clearer
interpretation of existing law.
I am sure we will all agree that teach-
ers should be encouraged to increase
their knowledge and training. We would
all agree as to the importance of com-
petent and well-trained teachers in our
educational system. We would also agree
that teachers should be given every in-
centive to gain new knowledge of teach-
ing techniques. Certainly, one way we
REPUBLICAN WHITE PAPER ON
VIETNAM
(Mr. BOLAND asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute, to revise and extend his re-
marks, and to include extraneous
matter.)
Mr. BOLAND. Mr. Speaker, in the
past few days we have witnessed a bit
of a flop on the so-called white paper
issued by the Republican research and
planning committee relative to the ad-
ministration's handling of the war in
Vietnam. The pamphlet is considered a
flop by some responsible editorial writers
in the Nation. One of the most devastat-
ing attacks on the Republicans research
and planning paper comes from the New
York World Journal Tribune.
Mr. Speaker, I include the editorial of
Wednesday, September 21, 1966, in the
RECORD at this point:
EMPTY-HANDED GOP
House Republican leaders have disgorged a
document whose timing makes its purpose
altogether clear. That purpose is to exploit
widespread discontent over the Viet Nam war
by labeling it, in effect, as Johnson's war.
Significantly, the new document omits
portions contained in last year's model,
which urged all Americans to support the
war effort in order to defeat Communist ag-
gression and assure South Viet Nam's free-
dom and independence.
Instead, the emphasis is on the deepening
commitment, involvement and risks that have
evolved under the Johnson administration.
It's the privilege of the Republican estab-
lishment to make what hay it can out of the
administration's miseries-but a sense of
responsibility should also impel a loyal op-
position to set forth alternatives.
Avoiding resemblance to either hawk or,
dove, about the best the GOP manifesto
offer is that there must be some way to end
the war "more speedily and at a smaller cost"
while still "safeguarding the independence
and freedom of South Viet Nam."
Negative and nebulous all the way, it ends
up as a nothing document. Once again Re-
publicans seem determined to prove Harry
Truman was right in saying that," like their
party symbol, they never forget anything
and never learn anything.
can do all of these things is by clarify- Negativism throughout the Roosevelt years
ing the Internal Revenue laws and reg-' kept the GOP perpetually in the doghouse.
ulations so that teachers will, by law not It took a political miracle, passed by an un-
regulation, be permitted to deduct from beatable war hero, to rescue the party from
their gross income any proper expenses its 20-year exile.
for educational purposes relating to If, after the debacle of 1964, Republicans
teaching activities. want to spend another generation in the dog-
house, they're going about it just right.
I have been requested to support such The Viet Nam document confected by
legislation by Mr. Walter Egan, assistant House Republican leaders is a perfect
superintendent of curricular services, example of the empty-handed non-leadership
Sonoma County Schools, Santa Rosa, that may scare up a fat fistful of "agin"
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votes-but will scarcely impress thoughtful
voters who examine the wares of political
challengers for signs of positive,. constructive
alternatives.
ATTENTION CALLED TO A MOST
SIGNIFICANT REPORT BY THE
HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COM-
MITI'EE
(Mr. GROSS asked and was given per-
mission to address the House for 1 min-
ute, to revise and extend his remarks
and to include extraneous matter.)
DECEPTION AT ITS WORST
Mr. GROSS. Mr. Speaker, I call at-
tention to a most significant report by
the House Armed Services Subcommittee,
which is headed by the gentleman from
Virginia, Representative PORTER HARDY.
It is a unanimous report by some of our
colleagues who are deeply concerned
about the way the Defense Department
is administering the so-called cost-re-
duction program. All of us are inter-
ested in cost reduction, and the subcom-
mittee members emphasize that they
were working on cost reduction in de-
fense a good many years before Mr.
McNamara was fiddling with the prob-
lems of the Edsel at the Ford Motor Co.
Undoubtedly, the cost'reduction pro-
gram has resulted in some savings, but
the House Armed Services Subcommittee
is troubled over the "degraded military
capability" that has accompanied some
of the "inordinate pressure" to cut
costs. There is a fear that Mr. Mc-
Namara's image-building activities are
not taking precedence over what our
military leaders believe is necessary for
our armed services. The subcommittee
indicates that McNamara is using a
"secret" label to hide the facts from the
American people, and to try to keep the
Hardy subcommittee from making the
full facts known.
It was shocking to read some aspects
of the report for it demonstrates the
worst in news management through
those phony press conferences in which
McNamara claimed he saved the tax-
payers $14 billion in the past year. I
wish he had saved that much, but the
Hardy subcommittee has demonstrated
that it is mostly ballyhoo and misrep-
resentations by McNamara and his press
office.
I would call attention to the evidence
that there is nothing really new about
McNamara's cost reduction operation
except that he has centralized the op-
erations of activities that were in being
in the Army, Navy, and Air Force. He
has spent more money and time accumu-
lating a lot of exaggerated figures on
savings and he has spent a lot of
money printing expensive brochures and
memeographing voluminous graphs to
try to demonstrate that he has saved
$4 billion to $5 billion a year. The
Hardy subcommittee states that it just
is not so, and that all of the phony busi-
ness is in danger of undermining proper
cost, reduction. efforts. But, most sig-
nificant is the fact that the unanimous
report shows a deep concern over meas-
ures that are undermining our defense
posture. The fact that the United
States has a force that is superior to that.
of the Vietcong should not lull us into
any false security relative to the con-
dition of our Armed Forces,
Experienced men on the Armed Serv-
ices Committees have raised warning
signals In a series of reports, and I think
it is tune for the Congress and the Amer-
ican people to take a closer look at what
is going on under McNamara.
Mr. Speaker, I say again that the en-
tire report should be must reading for
everyone in Congress. I would call
special attention to the case of "the sub-
stitution of the M-107 projectile in lieu
of procurement of the M-470 projectile."
The committee finds that in this in-
stance, McNamara is trying to clothe a
"failure in the shining garb of a claimed
multimillion-dollar cost reduction item
and present it to the public as evidence
of management excellence." This is
deception at its worst.
Mr. Speaker, the following newspaper
article by one of Washington's most as-
tute newspaper reporters, Mr. Clark
Mollenhoff, of the Des Moines Register,
provides additional information on the
exposure by the House Subcommittee of
the deceptive techniques that have been
used by the Secretary of Defense:
11QCNAMMARA GETS REBUKE ON SAVINGS
(By Clark Mollenhoff)
WASIINCTON, D.C.-Defense Secretary
Robert McNamara was blamed Friday for
forcing "cost reduction actions that have had
a significant adverse effect on our defense
structure in terms of degraded combat
potential."
The charge was made in an unanimous re-
port by a House Armed Services Subcom-
mittee that has been investigating Mc-
Namara's claim that his cost reduction pro-
gram has saved the government $14: billion
in the last five years.
"FALL SHORT"
Chairman PORTER HARDY (Dem., Va.) said
that McNamara's cost reduction program has
undoubtedly resulted in some significant sav-
ings, but "its true accomplishments fall con-
siderably short of the results publicly
claimed."
HARDY said he and other members of the
subcommittee had been pressing for effective
cost reduction steps for years prior to the
McNamara era, and that they thought a
"properly administered" program could be a
powerful weapon against waste and extravh-
gance in government.
The subcommittee recommended that im-
mediate steps be taken to correct the cost
reduction program and to bring about "a
more credible reporting of its accomplish-
ments."
The subcommittee's investigations started
in August, 1965, and resulted in hearings in
July, 1966.
Auditors for the General Accounting Office
had testified that about one-third of the
savings McNamara claimed in 1964 and 1965
did not meet the criteria that he had es-
tablished, and cases involving another one-
third of the savings did not have documenta-
tion to support the claims of billions in
savings.
"SHARP CONFLICTS"
"The evidence also strongly suggests that
these actions (which degraded military capa-
bility) would not have been taken by the
services had it not been for inordinate pres-
sures from the OSD (McNamara's office) to
report large savings," the Hardy report
stated.
The report said there were "sharp conflicts
between military services and the secretary
of defense" with respect to certain military
requirements,
"Generally, in such cases military judg-
ments have bowed to civilian dictates," the
subcommittee stated.
"The subcommittee has evidence that the
OSD, in exercising its dominant power, has
at times taken unnecessary risks and com-
mitted the services to an unwise and pre-
cipitous course of action."
In recent months, McNamara has been
subject to sharp congressional criticism on
a number of important decisions concerning
the TFX warplane (now designated the F-
111A and F-111B), the phaseout of the B-52
and B-58 bombers, and the lack of progress
on a nuclear-powered fleet.
However, it is doubtful that any of the
comments on these decisions had more bite
than the report of the Hardy subcommittee.
The Hardy subcommittee accused Mc-
Namara of unjustified use of national secu-
rity classifications to bar the subcommittee
from making public key documents that it
says demonstrate how U. S. military capa-
bility has been degraded.
"Our efforts have been unsuccessful. OSD
has taken the position that public disclosure
would result in 'comfort to our enemy,' but,
undoubtedly the enemy derives more com-
fort from our attenuated military capability
resulting from the combat use of inferior
weapons," the subcommittee said.
"Public disclosure of the facts could do
much to bring about an improvement in the
decision making process responsible for the
above condition.
"A skeptic might question whether dis-
closure in such a situation could adversely
affect the national defense or merely the
public image of the decisionmakers."
The Defense Department claimed savings
of $32,575,000 in fiscal year 1965 on the basis
of a decision by McNamara that the Navy and
Marine Corps could accomplish their mission
with fewer F-4 aircraft.
McNamara cut the number of aircraft in
each squadron from 14 to 12 desipte the pro-
tests of the Navy. He figured that increased
firepower in the F-4 made it possible for 12
planes to do the job of 14. The Navy said
it was an erroneous judgment.
The defense secretary also decided to con-
tinue the less capable F-8 aircraft on some
classes of carriers rather than replacing them
with the superior F-4. He also cut the
number of F-4s assigned to training missions.
DEGRADED EFFECTIVENESS
In the fact of the warnings, McNamara
went ahead with the reduction in new planes,
and then claimed a savings of $32,575,000.
The subcommittee found this to be a degrad-
ing of combat effectiveness.
The report also said testimony developed
that McNamara, or someone in his office, had
on a number of occasions ordered substantial
claims of savings of as much as $50 million
after Army auditors had said such claims
could not be justified.
Other claims of "savings" were admitted by
the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines to
be no more than a use of excess inventory,
or a normal prudent management decision.
McNamara's office established a criteria that
made it possible to list such things as
"savings."
FEDERAL ANTIRIOT LEGISLATION
(Mr. FASCELL asked and was given
permission to extend his remarks at this
point in the RECORD.)
Mr. FASCELL. Mr. Speaker, I am to-
day cosponsoring a bill which would
make it a Federal offense to move in in-
terstate commerce or to use any facility
in interstate commerce, including the
mail, in order to incite to riot or to carry
on a riot or to commit any crime of vio-
lence, arson, or bombing in the course of
a riot.
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They will come, he knows, in that expanse
of life after he retires this month as the
spiritual leader of Rodef Shalom Congrega-
tion in Oakland.
His departure from the city's religious
scene will be marked Oct. 2 by a banquet in
his honor In the Freehof Hall of the temple
on Fifth Avenue, where he has presided for
32 years.
Dr. Freehof, his hair steel-gray now, re-
laxed in an imemnse leather chair at his
desk in his apartment at the Park Plaza on
North Craig Street. Books, part of his 9,000-
volume library lined the walls to the ceiling,
and late-afternoon sunshine filtered through
the blinds.
The world-renowned scholar, author, ora-
tor leaned back and closed his eyes in
thought-a mannerism which his audiences
can remember with delight.
"If I were to advise a young man consider-
ing the ministry for his work," he said, "I'd
tell him it's a happy profession. Provided
that he is suited for it, and to whom public
life is not a trial.
"Religion brings out the best side of peo-
ple, and the minister represents them best.
He Is happy because he helps make people
better than they look-what they want to
be."
The rabbi paused in contemplation, then
spoke the thought he wanted for emphasis.
"Put on an intellectual basis as well as
a spiritual one," he said, "the ministry has
become a public service.
"And there is today a comradeship among
the clergy, such as there was never before.
This brotherliness among us, I think, will
seep down among the people, for Americans
are pioneers in easy comradeship."
Declaring tht ecumenism "has firm soil"
in the United States,. Dr. Freehof said that
the "prospect for church unity is greater
than ever before."
"To see this late in my ministry," he said,
"is a great satisfaction."
A man of simple joys, he rose and contem-
plated the color of flowers in a "finger pad"
on the door-one of those triumphs of pos-
session from a journey over oceans.
"You couldn't find it here," he said.
He paused in the hallway, caught the
visitor's arm. "Look," he said.
Triple-decked on the wall were prints of
native South African art, acquired there, the
lines as simple as nature could contrive,
In color perfection.
Mrs. Freehof Invited the visitor to see one
of her treasures, a magnificent piece of
Swedish crystal-"Jonah and the Fish."
"The Bible doesn't say it was a whale,"
Dr. Freehof observed, "It was a 'fish: You'll
notice here that the flippers are vertical, but
the whale's are horizontal."
He paused before his bookshelves and
fondled a volume bound In vellum, well pre-
served although dating from the 15th
Century:
"Handling old books Is play," he said.
"Books keep me busy."
They have indeed, for he has written 15,
mostly concerning Hebrew canon law. Mrs.
Freehof has written 12 treating of Bible
themes. The rabbi has plans for four more.
Dr. Freehof's book reviews, Bible classes,
and his Shakespeare lectures became famous
among ever-increasl.hg audiences down
through the years.
He assumed the pulpit of Rodef Shalom
Congregation in 1934. Previously he was a
professor at the Hebrew Union College from
which he was graduated and the rabbi of the
Kehillath Anshe Maariv Temple in Chicago.
During World War r he was a chaplain in
the American Expeditionary Force.
He is a past president of the Central Con-
ference of American Rabbis, and a member
of the executive board of the Union of Amer-
ican Hebrew Congregatiaons. He was the
first American to be president of the World
Union for Progressive Judaism and Is now
its honorary president.
Besides more writing, travel Is ahead for
Dr. and Mrs. Freehof. There'll probably be
more visits to Israel.
He sees that country as "constantly im-
proving, and it's a pleasure to see how very
dynamic it is."
"Those people love to argue, he chuckled,
"so I'd better take some boxing gloves along-
but I'm in good shape."
"Do it all over again?" he said at the ddpr.
"Certainly--even in reincarnation!" \
United States Not Waging a Holy War
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. ABRAHAM J. MULTER
OF NEW YORK
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, September 22, 1966
Mr. MULTER. Mr. Speaker, it does
not seem quite clear to some people why
we are aiding the South Vietnamese in
their struggle against outside aggression.
The following article by Crosby S.
Noyes helps clarify the situation. It
appeared in the Washington Evening
Star of September 20, 1966. I com-
mend the item to the attention of our
colleagues:
UNITED STATES NOT WAGING A "HOLY WAR" IN
VIETNAM
(By Crosby S. Noyes)
United Nations Secretary General U Thant
had a bacf word for just about everyone in
his doleful report on the state of the world
to the new U.N. General Assembly. But his
reproaches presumably addressed to the
United States over the conflict in Viet Nam
were, in fact, not reproaches at all.
What particularly distresses the secretary
general is the idea that negotiations to end
the conflict in Viet Nam are being blocked by
considerations of great power politics and
that the conflict has become "a kind of holy
war between two powerful ideologies."
"I remain convinced," U Thant wrote,
"that the basic problem in Viet Nam Is not
one of ideology, but one of national identity
and survival."
It may come, as a surprise to U Thant, but
there is no responsible official in Washington
who would disagree with this sentiment.
When it comes to the problem of explaining
and justifying what the United States is try-
ing to do in Viet Nam President Johnson
himself might well use the same words.
It is precisely to ensure the national
identity and survival of South Viet Nam that
the United States is fighting. In Viet Nam
itself, it is the claim of South Viet Nam to
national identity, rather than any unre-
concilable ideological differences with the re-
gime in Hanoi, that is the root of the conflict.
This claim to separate national identify
has been sustained by the South Vietnamese
for more than six years of intensifying strug-
gle to avoid armed conquest by the north. It
has been reaffirmed most recently by a vote
in which more than 80 percent of the coun-
try's registered voters defied Hanoi and the
Viet Cong to cast ballots for a representative
constitutent assembly.
Without American help, no doubt, the
issue would have been settled long since by
force. But whatever. U Thant may think,
the growing American involvement in Viet
Nam has not given the conflict the character
of a holy war, either in Saigon or in Wash-
ington.
A4939
So far as the- statements of American lead-
ers are concerned, there has been nothing to
sustain the charge that the war is looked on
primarily as an ideological confrontation.
When Johnson, Rusk and company speak of
the necessity of containing Communist ag-
gression in Southeast Asia, the operative
word is "aggression."
From the very beginning, the U.S. govern-
ment has justified its effort purely and sim-
ply on the principle of self-determination-
the right of the people of Viet Nam to decide
their own destiny. The phrase "Communist
aggression" is little more than a convenient
shorthand for identifying the source of the
aggression, whether it is applied to Hanoi or
Peking. And the notion of a global ideolog-
ical Armageddon has been studiously re-
sisted by all responsible American spokes-
men.
From the American point of view, the
ideological character of the struggle Is very
largely irrelevant. It is not the fact that
China and North Viet Nam are Communist
nations that matters. What does matter is
that they seek to impose their domination
and their system on people who do not want
them.
The Communists have, to be sure, made a
considerable effort to turn the struggle in
Viet Nam into a holy war. The Chinese, in
particular, have made no bones about link-
ing the outcome of that struggle to their
doctrine of the ultimate universal triumph
of militant communism.
The North Vietnamese, while subscribing,
of course, to Chinese theories about "wars of
national liberation," are somewhat more re-
strained in their theology and more inclined
to view the war in terms of their own na-
tional aspirations. American experts believe
that even China's ideological trumpetings on
Viet Nam are largely windowdressing to cover
up what are in reality China's traditional
national ambitions in Asia.
Perhaps the most convincing evidence
against U Thant's holy war thesis are the
persistent efforts that the United States has
been making to enlist the aid of the Soviet
Union in getting peacetalks started.
It is, to say the least, an odd way to run a
crusade, And recent developments in New
York-including U Thant's own sudden de-
cision to stay around for a while longer-
offer at least a glimmer of hope that the
way to a settlement may not be as hopelessly
blocked as the secretary general has thought.
Agreement on Development of Savannah
River
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. W. J. BRYAN DORN
OF SOUTH CAROLINA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, September 1, 1966
Mr. DORN. Mr. Speaker, an utterly
ridiculous, incredible, misleading, and
false article was mailed to the members
of my Committee on Public Works in the
envelope of the Anderson Independent
and was postmarked at Anderson, S.C.
Without question, this article was mailed
from my own district in an attempt to
create confusion and hinder the fulfill-
ment of an agreement we have worked
out for the development of the Savannah
River between South Carolina and
Georgia by both public and private
means.
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1966
,
For many years there has been a stale- erate attempt to distort the facts shows a for too long by too man
mate on the Savannah River between m
desperate man
Wh
e
l
.
y
op
y did a whole year pass y p
e, water,
, now
district and Georgia with the people of after an engineering alteration was an- one of our great national assets, advocating a Government dam pounced that made Middleton Shoals and has also become a great national prob-
at Trotters Shoals while the public of- Trotters .Shoals compatible? Why didn't he lem. Pollution from many sources has
fcials and myself in South Carolina have switch a year ago? Why was all this time fouled countless rivers, streams, and lakes
held out for private development arof the wasted? I don't know the answers to these robbing them of both their beauty and
questions, but my opponent will undoubt- their usefulness at the very time when
river. A compromise was inevitable be- edly come up with some soon.
fore construction of either private or "When we got the first news stories of m our needs for water are increasing rap-
public project. o y idly. nent's switch, I made some andcfound that he had been faedhto switch Our so-called water problem actually
Speaker, I have worked for 20 or else Keowee-Toxaway and Middleton problems, of course: ; ol
years to bring about full development of is a number ber of of p
oals might be lost. The license from the lution, improper distribution, thought-
the Savana River. An agreement has Sh'PC must be obta by this Ober. Sen. less waste, unrealistic pricing, and many
been worked out which will permit the THURMO DDS office in Washington confirmed others. Most of these problems are om-
great Mead ? Pulp & Paper Co., to build my Opinion. A meeting was taking place at plex not only in themselves, but in their
a plant on its new site in Abbeville that time (Wednesday morning, July 20) interrelationships as well. Their solu-
County, which will permit Duke to build and we would get more information as soon tion will not be easy.
the world's largest steamplant on its site as It was over. Sen. THURMOND told me
In Anderson County and for a Govern- Saturday night in Saluda County what took Legislation now before the Congress
ment dam to be built at Trotters Shoals place. will substantially increase the pace and
pan "About six weeks ago Duke Power Corn- the scope of our efforts to combat these
below Calhoun Falls on the Savannah
problems.
River between Abbeville County, S.C., Keoweea learnedit from theget FPC lase thinfor ut, as we know,
pathy can blunt the aeffect venessblof
gs a
and Elbert County, Ga. Also involved stood. At the same time my opponent real- any law. Whatever the final form. of
in this agreement is withdrawal of op- ized that we mean business in this race. A the "water" legislation presently pend-w panion to another fantastic power-gen- p the oerledforpmdin the press to pre- ing in Congress, it must have the sup-
are
ng complex at Keowee-Troxaway in p p Y ppoe a ase switch. port of an interested and informed pub-
Pickens and Oconee Counties. "When the time came to release the news,
Mr. Speaker, this is a superb agree- his vepoonnofj t ep storyeearly. and
Becauserelease of lic
Recently, to
President Johnson purposestool, a
went-the very best that could be hoped this and because of the distortion of the firsthand look at the pollution of Lake
for. I hope that partisan politics will facts, I learned from reliable sources that pri- Erie at the mouth of the Buffalo River.
not enter, into this agreement. i hope vately, the senators and congressmen from This occasion focused attention on the
further and recommend to my colleagues both South Carolina and Georgia were quite
that this ,agreement be approved. The put out with him. At any rate, he reversed water problems in our area. The solu-
Into place. It looks is position and at long last he reversed
article, which was mailed to the mem- h
fell tion to our monumental water problems
bers of the Public Works Committee and will be built. We alllhope lits not too late. local governments bal ne ehelpssa needed
referred to above, follows: "I predict we can expect more switches from other responsible segments of our
K. Grisso Republican Congressional candidate John from my opponent. You are aware that the society if the general public is to have a
BRYAN DORNOna Monday appointed charged Richard when Anderson Post Office e has
and after postmas-
ter for about nine S;
sound understanding of our complex wa-
acting postmaster r in Anderson he deprived Johnston passed away an appointment was ter problems.
12 career postal employes promotions which made to put a man from outside the postal In this regard, I would like to call the
Would have carried salary increases of ap- service in as acting postmaster. attention of my colleagues to a report on
proximately $22,000 a year. "This meant that qualified men with long water that has recently been pr
Copeland, son-in-law of defeated state postal service were not given the chance to by Worthington Corp. I am oud to
Sen. J.. B, Lawson, may now become "polit- compete for the position and that promotions proud to
ically expendable," Grisso said, and he pre- for approximately 12 employees who would say that Worthington
been a credit whose
and eC.OBuffalo
eted Doam would pull another "compro- have moved up were not forthcoming. These plant has long been a -
diinise." promotions would have carried salary in- nomic benefit to the Niagara Frontier,
At the time of the appointment, various creases totaling approximately $22,000 a year. has been extremely active in the field of
groups in the post office here filed protests This happened because an outsider was ap- water handling and treatment.
against DORN appointing Copeland. pointed for political reasons by my opponent Mr. Speaker, I sincerely believe that
DoRN announced last week a compromise to be acting postmaster.
on the Savannah River development. After "The word is out now that my opponent this tepow, d a greater rnatio l u der-
a talk made Monday before a group of An- realized his mistake and in all probability tribute toward a national nr standing derson County "Grisso For Congress Com- will do something about it before the Novem- vario s of our water problems, and the
e
neittee Members" who honored him with a ber election. It is just this kind of monkey- various alternative solutions to those
luncheon celebrating his 38th birthday, Gris- shine that is behind a bill which I am in- problems. I commend Worthington
so issued this statement: formed, will be introduced today or shortly Corp. for what I consider an outstand-
"This last week we saw a spectacle that in the Congress that would take the appoint- ing public service.
may be witnessed quite often in the coming ment of postmasters out of the hands of the Mr. Speaker, the following are key ex-
months. As you know, my opponent was politicians and put it into the hands of Civil
forced to reverse positions on the develop- Service examiners. In other words, this bill cerpts from "Water":
ment of the Savannah River Projects. would prohibit appointments such as my op- EXCERPTS FROM "WATER" BY WORTHINGTON
"My opponent's records show clearly that ponent has made here in Anderson. It may CORP.
he has always opposed the building of Trot- be that the acting postmaster, will be politi- Water is one of man's blessings and perhaps
ters Shoals. He said this years ago. It tally 'expendable' due to the reaction that his greatest natural resource, but it is also
was in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD last July hasset in against my opponent, as a result of a commodity. While it comes in free abun-
27, and I quote: `Trotters Shoals is not needed overlooking the postal employees in making dance to some, others must treasure a trickle.
for recreation. It is not needed for navi- the appointment. Fortunately it is an almost infinitely re-
gation. It is not needed for flood control. "You can expect now-with the election usable commodity; we can enjoy and employ
It is definitely not needed for power . . coming up-an examination to be called or it over and over through reclamation proc-
Least of all do we need a panel to promote some other so-called 'compromise.' " eases that keep it clean. As a commodity
Trotters Shoals
moving from abundance to scarcity, water
And this July, the 11th of July to be must be looked at in terms of the true costs
exact, the Greenwood Index Journal carried Facing the Facts of Water of a continued supply.
a story from Washington from which I quote: The tasks of tapping new supplies farther
As a member of the flood control subcom- away and cleaning up old ones nearby will
mittee, he managed to get all mention of EXTENSION OF REMARKS be both extensive and expensive. Municipal
Trotters Shoals eliminated from the bill of waste treatment could cost up to a billion
reported out by the panel.' dollars a year for man
"There are many other statements clearly HON. HENRY P. SMITH III the cost of decontaminy years. of
ating a1lll Industrial
strial
indicating my opponent's tactics on the OF NEW YORK billion waste rd dollars from a one year for billion the next as high ten as four
Savannah River development. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES at years;
,S"In a fashion that will become a trade- spent. east For needs iI million a year is now being
mark, my opponent issued ambiguous state.- Thursday, September 22, 1966 spFor neds c spewa arena the de-
ments that imply that he caused or effected Mr. SMITH of New York. Mr. Speak- saltinglifise water will require water and the de
or brought about a compromise. This delib- er, because it has been take salting of sea water will rvery large in.-
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