AMENDMENT OF FEDERAL FIREARMS ACT--AMENDMENT

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Jula& Z, 1965 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE 17651
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"1'Fie-PR SIUESIT` M'teYtlpUfC.2K"fEf117-Po11 for Outer Space." The purpose of
of North Carolina for the Cape I.on out
National Seashore, are deemed just consid- out objection, the President will be noti- this study is to report on space programs
eration for this parcel. fled forthwith. of nations and organizations and the
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I - - - - patterns of worldwide cooperation which
ask unanimous consent that the com- they have been developing since the be-
LEGISLATIVE SESSION ginning of the space age. The report
blooc: lc. amendments be considered en On request of Mr. MANSFIELD, and by describes the history and development
b unanimous consent, the Senate resumed of international space activities, par-
ThePREon, the protem nts are con- the consideration of legislative business. ticularly those negotiations which have
out objection, the amendments are con- resulted in bilateral and multilateral
sl he and agreed to en urth agreements for cooperation. The main
The bill open to further amend - ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED approaches to international space co-
ment. If pere be Flo eugthst amend- The PRESIDENT pro tempore an- operation developed by the United Na-
the nond thind Beae nounced that on yesterday, July 26, 1965, tions and its specialized agencies are ex-
the and third reading ing of f the the Vice President signed the following amined. One part deals with the orga-
bS1The bill (S. 251) was ordered to be en- enrolled bills, which had previously been nization and practices of the interna-
grossed for a third reading, was read signed by the Speaker of the House of tional scientific community as developed
the third time, and passed. Representatives: for space research by the International
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I H.R. 70. An act to provide for the convey- Council of Scientific Unions. Profes-
move that the vote by which the bill was ante of approximately 80 acres of land to sional organizations and industrial enti-
passed be reconsidered. the heirs of Adam Jones, Creek Indian not ties established by the business commu-
enrolled; nities of various nations are also surveyed
Mr. CANNON. Mr. President, I move H.R. 237. An act to make certain provisions with regard to their space programs and
to lay that motion on' the table. in connection with the construction of the administrative procedures. The report
The motion to lay, on the table was Garrison diversion unit, Missouri River Basin sets forth the record made by the United
agreed to. project by the Secretary of the Interior; States In international space activities
H.&.903. An act to add certain lands to in accordance with policies established
the Kings Canyon National Park in the State
EXECUTIVE SESSION of California, and for other purposes; by the Congress.
H.R. 1987. An act for the relief of Nabhane The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. BAss
Mu MANSFIELD Mr. President, I M. Nickley (Nabhane M. Karam); in the chair). The resolution will be re-
ask unanimous consent that the Senate H.R. 1989. An act for the relief of Icrystyna ceived and appropriately referred.
go into executive session to consider a Stella Hancock; The resolution (S. Res. 132), under
nomination on the Executive Calendar. H.R. 2012. An act for the relief of Dr. the rule, was referred to the Committee
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is Ignore D. Liu;
and
That Admmere toinistrattioionn, a as as a followSes:
there objection to the request of the Sen- H.R. 2351. An act for the relief of Teresita on Resolved, Rules
ator from Montana? Centeno Valdez;
There being no objection, the Senate tonioR.P0. An act for the relief of Dr. An- ate documentatlo study a ttled "Inter e-
proeb to the consideration of execu- H,11 2499. An act for the relief of Remedios Outer space". prepared for the use of the
tiVO business. Ocampo; Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sci-
IIR, 2013. An act for the relief of IS. ences; and that there be printed two thou-
Thomas A. Farrell, U.S. Navy, and others; send additional copies of such document for
EXECUTIVE MESSAGE REFERRED H.R.4i$1. An act for the relief of Mrs, the use of that committee.
fore the Senate a message from the the Department of Agriculture, and for other
President of the United States submit- purposes;
ring sundry nominations, which were re- H.R. 5860. An act to amend the law relat-
ferred to the appropriate committees. Ing to the final disposition of the property
(For nominations this day received, see of the Choctaw Tribe;
the end of Senate proceedings.) H.R. 8620. An act to amend the Agricul-
tural Act of 1949 and to the Agricultural Ad-
justment Act of 1938, to take into considera-
EXECUTIVE REPORT OF A tion floods and other natural disasters in
COMMITTEE reference to the feed grains, cotton, and
wheat programs for 1965;
The following favorable report of a August 878.619 5n act tno a amend the act of
ne y' Mr. FULwas HT, submitted:
from m the Committee annual share of the United States an an
on Frei n' Relations: adhering member of the International Coun-
Hoai ensygn b Cabot Lg:odge oil of Scientific Unions and Associated
eniy ' , of Massachusetts , to Unions; and
be Ambassador Extracrdiary and Plant- H.R. 9041. An act to restore to the heirs
potent iary to the Republic of Vietnam. of the Indian grantor certain tribal land of
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. If the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma.
there be no further reports of commit-
tees, the nomination on the Executive
Calendar will be stated.
UNITED` NATIONS
The Chief Clerk read ,the nomination
of Arthur J. Goldberg, of Illinois, to be a
representative of the United States of
America to the 19th session of the Gen-
eral Assembly of the United Nations.
PRESIDENT pro tetnpore. With-
out objection, the nomination is con-
firmed.
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I
ask unanimous consent that the Presi-
dent be immediately notified of the con-
TO PRINT AS A SENATE DOCUMENT
A STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION AND ORGANIZA-
`ION FOR OUTER SPACE-RE-
PORT OF A COMMITTEE
Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. President, from
the Committee on Aeronautical and
Space Sciences, on behalf of myself, and
the Senator from Maine [Mrs. SMITHI,
I report an original resolution, the pur-
pose of which is to allow to be published
as a Senate document a staff report pre-
pared for the committee by Mrs. Ellen
Galloway, Legislative Reference Service,
Library of Congress, and entitled, "In-
ternational Cooperation and Organiza-
Bills were introduced, read the first
time, and, by unanimous consent, the
second time, and referred as follows:
By Mr. METCALF:
S. 2333. A bill to amend title II of the Na-
tional Defense Education Act of 1968 in order
to authorize forgiveness of loans for service
as a full-time employee of a local educational
agency; to the Committee on Labor and
Public Welfare.
(See the remarks of Mr. METcALF when he
introduced the above bill, which appear un-
der a separate heading.)
By Mr. CANNON (for himself and Mr.
BIBLE) :
S.2334. A bill to amend the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1954 to allow a credit against
the occupational tax on coin-operated gam-
ing devices for similar taxes imposed by a
State where the operation of such devices
is legal; to the Committee on Finance.
(See the remarks of Mr. CANNON when he
introduced the above bill, which appear un-
der a separate heading.)
By Mr. MILLER:
S. 2336. A bill to amend section 216 of the
Interstate Commerce Act to provide that
shippers may designate the routing of prop-
erty transported by motor carriers in cases
where two or more through routes have been
established, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Commerce.
By Mr. WILLIAMS of New Jersey:
S.2336. A bill for the relief of Lam Hai
Cheung; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. CARLSON:
5.2337. A bill to provide for the issuance
of a special postage stamp in commemoration
of the 100th anniversary of State Science
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of science; to the committee on Post OIDce
and Civil Service.
(See the remarks of Mr. CARLSON when he
introduced the above bill, which appear un-
der a separate heading.)
RESOLUTION
TO PRINT AS SENATE DOCUMENT A
STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL CO-
OPERATION AND ORGANIZATION
FOR OUTER SPACE
Mr. ANDERSON (for himself and Mrs.
SMITH), from the Committee on Aero-
nautical and Space Sciences, reported an
original resolution (S. Res. 132) to print
as a Senate document a study of inter-
national cooperation and organization
for outer space; which, under the rule,
was referred to the Committee on Rules
and Administration.
(See the above resolution printed in
full when reported by Mr. ANDERSON,
which appears under the heading "Re-
ports of Committees.")
July 27, 1965
of Representatives of the United States of rur uoner rotates
America in Congress assembled, That section to follow.
205(b) 18) of the National Defense Education Mr. President, I believe It would be
Act of 1958 is amended (1) by Inserting fitting and proper for the Post Office
after "United States, the following: "or Department to issue a commemorative
for service (other than primarily as a teach- stamp commemorating the 100th Anni-
er) as ;C fun-time employee of a local eau- versary of the founding of State science
cations:, agency", and (2) by inserting be. academies and in honor to all science
fore the semicolon at the end thereof a schools in the great work they are doing
comma and the following: "or for each fun
Sac. The amendmenht made by this Act bill calling for a Commemorative stamp
Shall be applicable wit}l respect to service in honor of State science academies
performed on and after the date of enact- and request that the bill be appropri-
ment of .this Act whether the loan was made ately referred.
before or after such date,. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
bill will be received and appropriately
------- issuance of a special postage stamp in
Mr. CANNON. Mr. President, on be- commemoration of the 100th anni-
half of my senior colleague from the versary of State science academies and
State o:: Nevada [Mr. BIBLE] and myself, the promotion of the study of science,
I send to the desk for appropriate refer- introduced by Mr. CARLSON, was received,
ence a bill requested by the Nevada State read twice by its title, and referred to the
Legislature. It would provide a tax Committee OnPost Office and Civil
FORGIVENESS OF LOANS UNDER Lax on coin-operated gaming devices
NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION throug : a similar State tax assessed in
ACT Nevada where such devices are legal.
The measure would permit the State of
Mr. METCALF. Mr. President, I am Nevada to Impose additional gaming
today introducing a bill to extend for- taxes tc meet growing demands for pub-
giveness of loans under the National De- lie services while continuing the regula-
fense Education Act to all full-time tors aspect of the Federal tax. It would
school employees. not reduce total taxes now paid on each
Presently, the forgiveness of loans is device.
granted to those engaged in full-time The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill
teaching activities. The purpose of the will be received and appropriately re-
provision in the 1958 act was to provide ferred.
Incentive to college graduates to enter The till (S. 2334) to amend the Inter-
the teaching profession in order to im- nal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a
prove the quality and quantity of credit against the occupational tax on
teachers in our growing schools. coin-operated gaming devices for similar
But we also have shortages of quali- taxes imposed by a State where the op
fied personnel in the vital administrative eration of such devices is legal, intro
and other supporting service positions in duced by Mr. CANNON (for himself and
our elementary and secondary schools. Mr. BIBLE), was received, read twice by
The best teachers available can be hand- its title, and referred to the Committee
icapped in their duties by weaknesses on Finance.
and shortages in their school system's
administrative structure. These short-
ages result in a variety of handicaps re- SPECIAL, POSTAGE STAMP IN COM-
sulting in teachers typing their own MEMORATION OF 100TH ANNIVER-
classroom material or spending part of SARY OF STATE SCIENCE ACAD-
their time fillin in d 1
a in n
t
t
g
ss
ra
uve tasks
created by vacancies.
I propose incentive for qualified gradu-
ates to seek employment in local school
systems not only as teachers but also as
psychologists, counselors, stenographers,
assistant principals, principals, auditors,
nurses, recreation directors, and , other
positions which involve or support teach-
ing of elementary and secondary pupils.
I ask unanimous consent that the bill
be printed in its entirety at this point in
the RECORD.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill
will be received and appropriately re-
ferred; and, without objection, the bill
will be printed in the RECORD.
The bill (S. 2333) to amend title II of
Mr. CARLSON. Mr. President, the
Kansas Academy of Science will cele-
brate its centennial in 1968, It is the
fifth oldest academy of science and
probably the first State academy of
science iin the United States. I believe
the first four academies were city acad-
emies and not State academies.
The Kansas Academy of Science came
into being through the vision and per-
severance of early day Kansas educa-
tors who, realizing the great need in the
West to encourage science, believed that
through organization, individual efforts
could be given a greater oportunity.
wax
rease in the annual fee which will dis-
the National Defense Education Act of founded In
courage such hip-pocket firearms opera-
1958 in order to authorize forgiveness of Lincoln College, a precedecessor of tors and thus limit commercial firearms
loans for service as a full-time employee Washburn University. After a few sources,
of a local educational agency, introduced years of struggle for survival the acad- But we mean to curb the proliferation
by Mr. METCALF, was received, read twice emy was reorganized and expanded. It of so-called firearms dealers who are not
by its title, referred to the Committee on has grown and flourished since then. in fact legitimate firearms dealers. Our
Labor and Public Welfare, and ordered It has played an important role as a purpose is not to drive out the legitimate
to be printed in the RECORD, as follows: leader in encouragement. of science and dealer or to weigh down the small busi-
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AMENDMENT NO. 370
Mr. BAYH. Mr. President, with the
support of an informed public we can
hope that Congress will soon act to curb
the worst excesses in the national traffic
in firearms. However, in this effort to
control an existing threat to community
and public safety, we must take care
not to punish or discriminate against
legitimate small business dealers.
I refer specifically to that provision
of S. 1592 which would place a $100 an-
nual license fee on firearm's dealers
operating under Federal law. In this
regard, I am in agreement with the Na-
tional Retail Hardware Dealers Associ-
ation that this amount would represent
a discriminatory burden on small busi-
ness. Representatives of the association
reiterated their position on this subject
in testimony given to the House Ways
and Means Committee.
That the existing $1 annual fee should
be increased is beyond argument. But
the evidence gathered through years of
study in this area indicates that an in-
crease to $10 a year would serve the pur-
pose of the pending control legislation.
That purpose, of course, is to impose
reasonable and proper limits in the com-
mercial interstate flow of firearms. We
intend to rid the country and the fire-
arms industry of those elements which
seek profits in disregard Of public safety.
The current $1 license fee is a mockery
of the public interest in that it is an open
invitation to illicit and non bona fide
traffickers in firearms to enter the com-
mercial trade under the cloak of legal
sanction. What we seek then is an in-
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nessman with a discriminatory tax mate small businessmen. If additional thor; and Dr. Joseph L. Fisher, Wash-
burden. ' controls on licensing are required, the ington, D.C., President, Resources for the
The proposed $100-dealers license fee best' method to accomplish this would be Future, Inc.
will certainly shake out the hip-pocket to provide that prospective licensees I expect Wednesday's session to be
operator, but I am afraid it will also must be shown to operate established informative and helpful, as have been
have the effect of shaking out the legit- places of business which meet certain previous subcommittee hearings on S.
imate small business dealer in firearms. standards. Such a provision would weed 1676. Senate cosponsors of S. 1676 are
Consider the case of the small retailer out the irresponsible, unwanted element the Senator from Maryland [Mr. Ti'-
who ' handles firearms equipment as a without penalizing the small business- DINes], the Senator from Tennessee [Mr.
limited part of his overall operation, only man. BASS], the Senator from Alaska [Mr.
as a service to his customers. He is not
making any large pro out of his sales
of firearms, and in fact he may even be
taking a loss in this area of operation.
Yet it is important to his business that
he maintain this service in order to keep
his regular customers. -
That situation exists in thousands of
cases of small hardware dealers and re-
tailers in outlying rural areas. In such
instances, a $100 annuallicense fee
would be a prohibitive tax burden on the
small operator. It is almost certain that
such a fee would discourage and drive
out many such operators. The large-
scale operator-not only legitimate large
dealers but the large-scale illicit traf-
ficker as well-would shrug off a $100 li-
cense` fee and continue in business,
however.
Thus, this provision of the proposed
bill discriminates against the legitimate
small businessman. It is anticompeti-
tive-and it is not necessary to accom-
plish the purpose of the legislation at
We need . only consider prior recom-
mendations in this area. An increase
from $1 to $10 in annual license fee was
proposed by the Senate Judiciary Sub-
committee To Investigate Juvenile Delin-
quency in its report of August 7, 1964.
This reportwas not hastily assembled
but was the result of over 4 years of
careful study of this matter. Indeed,
Senator THOMAS DODD, chairman of the
subcommittee, deserves great credit for
the thorough study he has made of this
entire subject. A $10 dealer's fee, said
the subcommittee report, would be effec-
tive in eliminating "fringe elements and
nonbona fide firearms dealers" from the
gun trade.
I think it also significant that the $10
fee level was included in prior legislation
introduced In this. area, notably S. 1975
and $ 14. The former bill was intro-
duced in August 1963, and the latter in,
January of this year.
As a cosponsor of both these proposals,
I can vouch for the careful study that
went into the level of increase in dealers'
fees. It was concluded in both instances
that $10 in annual licensefee was suff-
cient to protect the public interest and to
meet the administrative needs of the af-
perseverance to the cause of firearms
safety. I have always supported these
efforts, and I will continue to support
them until we have written into the law-
books of this country an adequate sys-
tem of regulating the traffic of lethal
weapons. My concern here is that we
assure that such a law is effective in
remedying existing evils, without unnec-
essarily injuring those persons legiti-
mately engaged in the manufacture and
distribution of firearms. I am, there-
fore, introducing an amendment to S.
1592 which will increase the fee for fire-
arms dealers from $1 to $10 annually.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
amendment will be received, printed, and
appropriately referred.
The amendment (No. 370) was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judi-
ciary.
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS OF
BILLS
Mr. METCALF. Mr. President, I ask
unanimous consent to add the names of
the senior Senator from Hawaii [Mr.
FONG] and the junior Senator from New
Hampshire [Mr. MCINTYRE] as addi-
tional cosponsors of S. 2278, an amend-
ment of Public Law 874, 81st Congress,
to provide a $75,000 minimum payment
for certain State administrative ex-
penses.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. With-
out objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. McGEE. Mr. President, I ask
unanimous consent that, at the next
printing of the bill I introduced to pro-
mote the safety of railroad employees,
S. 2180, the name of the Senator
from Idaho [Mr. CHURCH] be added as
a cosponsor.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. With-
out objection, it is so ordered.
BIRTH CONTROL HEARINGS CON-
TINUE WEDNESDAY, JULY 28;
WIT- NESSES ARE AMBASSADOR CHES-
TER BOWLES; JOHN D. ROCKE-
FELLER III; DR. FRANK NOTE-
STEIN; AND DR. JOSEPH L. FISHER
[Mr. DOUGLAS), the Senator from Utah
[Mr. Moss], the Senator from Texas
[Mr. YARBOROUGH], and the Senator from
Ohio [Mr. YOUNG].
NOTICE OF HEARINGS ON NOMINA-
TIONS OF ELMO B. HUNTER TO
BE U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE, WEST-
ERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI, AND
WILLIAM R. COLLINSON TO BE
U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE, EASTERN
AND WESTERN DISTRICTS OF
MISSOURI
Mr. LONG of Missouri. Mr. Presi-
dent, on behalf of the Committee of the
Judiciary, I desire to give notice that
public hearings have been scheduled for
Tuesday, August 3, 1985, at 10 a.m., in
room 2300 New Senate Office Building,
on the following nominations:
Elmo B. Hunter, of Missouri, to be
U.S. district judge, western district of
Missouri, vice Floyd R. Gibson, elevated.
William R. Collinson, of Missouri, to
be U.S. district judge, eastern and west-
ern districts of Missouri, vice Richard
M. Duncan, retired.
At the indicated time and place Per-
sons interested in the hearings may make
such representations as may be perti-
nent.
The subcommittee consists of the Sen-
ator from Mississippi [Mr. EASTLAND],
the Senator from Nebraska [Mr.
HRUSIA], and myself as chairman.
ADDRESSES, EDITORIALS, ARTI-
CLES, ETC., PRINTED IN THE AP-
PENDIX
On request, and by unanimous con-
sent, addresses, editorials, articles, etc.,
were ordered to be printed in the Ap-
pendix, as follows:
By Mr. METCALF:
Editorial entitled "surprise in Wheat,"
dealing with the wheat certificate program,
published in the Washington Evening Star
of July 16, 1965.
By Mr. SMATHERS:
Article entitled "Borah: An Immense Per-
sonal Force," written by Max Freedman and
published in the Washington Star of July
7, 1965.
By Mr. BAYH:
Article entitled "Kissing Bridges," deal-
ing with covered bridges and the covered
bridge festival in Parke County, Ind., pub-
lished in the New York Times of July 18,
1965.
fected Government regulatory agencies. Mr. GRUENING. Mr. President, I am
In this regard, the record clearly shows pleased to announce that the Govern-
that the General Counsel for the Depart- meet Operations Committee's Subcom-
ment of the Treasury, as well as officials mittee on Foreign Aid Expenditures will
of the Internal Revenue Service, have, in resume public hearings on S. 1676 to-
thepp~ast, endorsed the adequacy of. the morrow at 10 a.m. In room 4200, New
$10 fee scale. Senate Office Building.
Thus, it would seem that a $1011-cense Witnesses scheduled to appear before
fee for dealers is both reasonable and the subcommittee are the Honorable
conducive to achieving the desired ends Chester Bowles, U.S. Ambassador to in-
of the proposed firearms control bill. In- ` dia; John D. Rockefeller III, New York
creasing the fee above that level, to $25 City, chairman of the board of the Popu-
or $50 or $100, would place an unreason- lation Council, Inc.; Dr. Frank Notestein,
able and unnecessary burden on legiti- Princeton, N.J., demographer and au-
THE PROBLEM OF PROLIFERATION
OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Mr. YOUNG of Ohio. Mr. President,
the overriding issue of our times-and
probably the least discussed-is the
problem of finding a way to end the pro-
liferation or distribution of nuclear
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weaponsto additional nations. I am The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The late Bernard Baruch, who warned
hopeful that the Geneva Disarmament time of the Senator from Ohio his ex- against this proliferation of nuclear arms
Conference will make some, headway in Piregi. " many years ago, referred to themes "equal-
stopping the growth of atomic arsenals M:=, MANSPIELP. Mr. President, I revolver the term used to describe the old Colt
revolver on the frontier, because it made the
among nations. There is no greater ask unanimous consent that the Senator little man equal to the big man. This may
danger to world peace, indeed to the very frog. Ohio [Mr. YOUNG] may have 2 ad- not be literally true in the case of nuclear
existence of mankind than such growth, ditional minutes. weapons, since stockpiles of bombs and large
Although the likelihood of war between '1t a PRESIDING'OFFICER. Without "families" of delivery systems will doubtless
the United States and the Soviet Union objection, it is so ordered. long give the Soviet Union and the United
is rapidly receding and such a war but Mr. YOUNG of Ohio. Mr. President, States powerful advantages over newcomers
a remote possibility, the danger now and if West Germany is permitted to become in the field.
for ears to come Is not only that Red a nuclear power and Red China becomes bomb Neveroue, the release f ven n single
y could, d enough to cause a
China will acquire an atomic arsenal, a r16a1 to the Soviet Union and the major human n disaster. h of
More, It might set
but that many smaller nations will com- United States in nuclear capacity, a third off its own chain reaction among friends and
mence to do likewise. wdrii war far more destructive than all allies of the nations involved. Finally, while
The Chinese Conununists have ex- waft in history will become an ever-pies- both the United States and the U.S.S.R.
ploded two crude nuclear bombs. At ant threat. have publicly acknowledged the folly of
least eight nations, and perhaps more, 'nib tremendous danger inherent in nuclear war and have set up elaborate and
costly systems to guard against nuclear ex.
the ilossessien of nuclear wea
on
b
th
could build and explode nuclear weapons
within a decade if they tried. Today, any
industrial society can develop a 20-kilo-
ton bomb; the size of the one dropped on
Hiroshima, within 5 to 7 years at a cost
of only $100 million. With each passing
year more nations will be able to do so
unless an Ironclad treaty is signed soon
to banthefurther spread of nuclear
Recently, Red Chinese leaders again
repeated their proposal for a summit
conference of all countries to discuss
the complete destruction of nuclear
weapons. Las May, Red Chinese lead-
ers proclaimed. "China will never be
the first to use nuclear weapons." No
other government, not even our own, has
made such a ledge. Granted that the
word of the Cllliriesp Communist leaders
cannot be relied on, it would be to our
advantage and, to the furtherance of
world peace to take em up on their
offer to negotiate a' workable nuclear
arms control agreement, with adequate
safe,uards that would in no way impair
our national security.
It is important that this Nation, the
Soviet Union, France and Red China
seek with other nations to bring to an
end the production and proliferation of
nuclear missiles, As a first step, it would
be advisable that the negotiators desig-
nate nuclear free zones. It would be
easy to start with all Latin American
republics and the continent of Africa.
Also, It may at this time be feasible to
extend the limited nuclear test ban
treaty to bar underground tests of nu-
clear bombs if scientific progress in de-
tection makes it possible to ban all
underground nuclear tests without-en-
dangering our Nation's security.
Unless some steps 'similar to these are
taken, there will certainly be 10 or more
nations with nuclear bombs by 1970 and
missiles with nuclear war-heads within
that time. Presently, the nuclear pow-
ers are England, France, China, and the
United States. By spending about $200
minion, any mature industrial country
can readily produce one or two atomic
bombs. India, Italy, Israel, Japan,
Egypt, Indonesia, Australia, Canada,
Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Sweden,
Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands,
South Africa, and West Germany all
have the potential know-how, resources
and wealth, or soon will have that ca-
pacity, with which to produce nuclear
weapons.
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Red Chinese is apparent. Likewise, if
West; Germany should become a nuclear
powid', brother, pin down your ears.
Germans over thousands of years have
waged wars of aggression. Recently, top-
ranking West German officials have in-
dicated that if not given nuclear weap-
ons West Germany will produce them
Raab' in the near future. Thoughtful
people may wonder if Germans will again
seek to march to power over the dead
bodies of millions of victims, as they have
done twice within the past 50 years.
Recently, Gen. Thomas D. White, for-
mer Chief of Staff of the Air Force, testi-
fied before the Senate Subcommittee on
National Security and International Op-
erations. General White is one of the
more highly respected officers of our
Armed Forces. He is now on the Advi-
sory Committee of the U.S. Arms Con-
trol and Disarmament Agency. In his
testimony General White stated:
I r.m convinced that the United States
must continue Its efforts in the direction of
arras Control. I can simplify and rationalize
this by suggesting that two men, each with
a fat illy loaded pistol pointed at the other,
prolarbly would be wise to talk and keep on
W, must keep on talking. To speak
disarmament is easier than to achieve It.
We must be prepared for long, tedious,
often, discouraging, negotiations. The
alternative to coexistence is coannihila-
tion.'
Mr: President, on July 26, 1965, an ex-
cellent editorial, entitled "The Problem
of Proliferation," appeared in the New
York Herald Tribune. I commend this
to my colleagues and ask unanimous
consent that It be printed in the RECORD
At this point as part of my remarks.
R4iere being no objection, the editorial
'was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
' THE PROBLEM Or PROLLPERAMoN
When the Geneva' Disarmament Confer-
ence :'econvenes tomorrow, the nuclear mush-
room cloud will hang darkly over it. This,
of cmuse, has been true of every disarmament
discussion since Hiroshima. But the shape
of tine problem, if not of the cloud, has
,changed. The urgent danger does not lie in
the competition between two massive nuclear
powe:'s-the Soviet Union and the United
States, which, with Britain, form the original
"nuclear club"-but in the spread of nuclear
weapons to many other states.
Already France and Red China have their
own atomic arsenals. At least another dozen
countries could readily produce atomic
bombs.
changes by error or irresponsibility, these
safeguards may well be ignored if smaller, or
less stable, governments attain nuclear
capability.
Britain's Minister for Disarmament, Lard
Chalfont, has warned against these perils.
He Is also taking to Geneva a draft treaty
under which the five present nuclear powers
would seek to check the spread of the peril.
He is backed by the United States, Canada,
and Italy-but even if Russian assent were
secured, it would be difecult to convince
France and Red China, not even represented
at Geneva, to go along with the plan. And
there would be the additional difficulty of
persuading nations which even now may be
spending large sums to obtain atomic bombs
that they should drop their labors, un-
finished. The prospect for such a oonsum
mation is hardly bright-but It most at least
be sought with all the vigor that the Geneva
Conference can command,
THE FEUD BETWEEN THE AMATEUR
ATHLETIC UNION AND THE NA-
TIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION
Mr. BREWSTER. Mr. President, this
weekend American athletes will travel to
Kiev in the Soviet Union to participate
in a meet with the Soviet athletes.
Many of our finest competitors will be
there, some despite the continued feud-
ing between the AAU and the NCAA.
Others will undoubtedly not participate,
as a result of that fending.
Several recent developments encour-
age me to believe that this long-standing
dispute may be resolved. I have re.?
ceived reports which indicate that per-
haps the U.S. Olympic Committee may
be able to aid greatly in a settlement.
The Senate Commerce Committee,
under the outstanding chairmanship of
the able Senator from Washington [Mr.
MAGNUSON], will hold hearings on this
subject in the near future. The pros-
pects are good that, by airing the issues
involved, the two parties may be induced
to arrive at an agreement.
I have been in communication several
times with the directors of both of the
great athletic organizations involved. I
have received replies indicating that
each is ready and anxious to present its
case to the committee.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous con-
sent that the letters from Mr. Walter
Byers, executive director of the NCAA,
and Col. Donald F. Hull, executive di-
rector of the AAU, be printed at this
point in the RECORD.
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