BRINGING THE BLESSINGS OF THE AUTOMOBILE AGE TO THE U.S.S.R.

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May ' 2, 1967 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE H 4969
Instead, the United States has decided to cational staff of schools in poverty areas title II are public property and are ac-
continue to wear down the insurgents by and to reach the educationally deprived quired under the auspices of the public
bombing them into endless flight around the children in those areas, it stands to rea- schools, whether they are to be used by
difficult terrain of South Vietnam, destroying son that projects will be requested by public or nonpublic school children and
their military installations and secret supply the schools which need assistance the teachers.
depots, killing or luring into defection as
many as possible and thus winning time for most but are least able to afford them. All supplementary centers and services
the creation of a more viable society and Therefore, the Federal Government planned and operated under title III have
government. must make it possible for these schools as their coordinating agency the local
That is why the intensified American mili- to request and receive the assistance they educational agency, even though they
tary action is being accompanied by strong need. may be initially planned by representa-
pressure for political evolution, reform and I believe that the Teacher Corps, which tives of the cultural and educational re-
economic stability and development, even in is tied to assisting schools where at least sources of the community, public and
the midst of war.
How, then, will it end? By attrition in 50 percent of the children come from the private.
South Vietnam or by now unimagined acci- lowest socioeconomic families, is one of By allowing "other applicants" for
dent in Moscow or Hanoi or Washington or the most effective methods of providing Federal assistance, Mr. QuIE has created
Peking. this assitance. One of the most vital leg- potential chaos. Local school systems
How soon? Probably not soon, even if the islative authorities of the program is the would no longer have complete control
pace of combat subsides remarkably. For Teacher Corps team compensation pro- over the education offered to their chil-
even if the United States is right in thinking vision. For those who fear the remote dren. Any organization interested in ed-
itself to be the stronger side now, it cannot possibility of Federal control which ucation-a community action group, for
dent hide from the Communist forces what Presi- might result from Federal funding, I example-could apply to the State edu-
TJohnson
the h knows American an military concedes. edu-
Though is would point out that the new amend- cation agency for funds to conduct its
considerably strengthened, he said recently, ments underscore full local control by own educational program, apart from
and though South Vietnam's political mat- local authorities over hiring, firing, and that offered by the public schools. Non-
uratlon will prove helpful, "I think we have compensation for Teacher Corps teams. public schools-and even profitmaking
a difficult, serious, long-drawn-out, agonizing This is a good program; it has proven schools and organizations-could seek
problem that we do not yet have the answer its merit. It deserves continuation. For direct grants of Federal funds from the
for." these reasons, I support the provisions States to operate their own educational
For the "other
aprpear side,"
sttiill as it more is diffcicll the
problem must appear still it, , serf- for the Teacher Corps in the Elementary programs, construct their own facilities,
ous, long-drawn-out and agonizing. and Secondary Education Amendments and pay their own teachers. The local
of 1967. I urge that my colleagues sup- school district, at the discretion of the
LET US GO FORWARD WITH THE port these measures and assure the chil- State department of education or the
dren now being aided of another full Governor, could be completely bypassed.
TEACHER CORPS year of meaningful educational develop- Our present system of public education
(Mrs. MINK (at the request of Mr. ment. is based on the premise that the control
ALBERT) was granted permission to ex- of education in local schools is vested in
tend her remarks at this point in the CONGRESSMAN ANNUNZIO SUP- locally elected school boards who are re-
RECORD and to include extraneous PORTS H.R. 7819, THE ELEMEN- sponsible to the will of the people of the
matter.) - TARY AND SECONDARY EDUCA- school district. Our present Federal edu-
Mrs. MINK. Mr. Speaker, today, as TION AMENDMENTS OF 1967 cation programs are designed to reen-
we speak, the Teacher Corps is helping force this democratic system of educa-
the children of poverty in thousands of (Mr. ANNUNZIO (at the request of tion. Every local school board in the Na-
local school districts throughout this Mr. ALBERT) was granted permission to tion is assured that it has exclusive con-
land to gain new and meaningful educa- extend his remarks at this point in the trol of all Federal money expended for
tional insights. RECORD and to include extraneous mat- elementary and secondary education in
I am, therefore, proud and pleased to ter.) its school district. This is as it should be.
Mr. ANNUNZIO. Mr. Speaker, Mr. The proposed substitute would author-
for support the
amended, , in te in QuIE has portrayed his "block grant"
for the Teacher Corps, , as ize funds for the establishment and op-
the Elementary and Secondary Educa- bill as a boon to State and local school eration of competing school systems in
tion Amendments of 1967, H.R. 7819. systems, freeing them from the horrors any school district where a group-local
Contained in part B of title I of this of redtape and Federal control. Unfortu- or otherwise-decided that the public
bill is the authorization for payment of nately, on close examination his bill will school system did not meet the particu-
teacher-trainee and team-leader salaries. merely add to the problems currently ex- lar needs of the group. Two years ago
An amendment to the compensation perienced by our local school officials, not the gentleman from Minnesota [M'r.
provisions would pay teacher trainees alleviate them. QuIE] criticized title III of the Elemen-
or "interns" $75 a week plus $15 a week Section 704(a) (6) of H.R. 8983, the tary and Secondary Education Act be-
for each dependent or the lowest salary Qule-proposed alternative to the com- cause he thought it would set up com-
scale of a school district, whichever is the mittee-reported H.R. 7819, contains some peting schools-now he offers an amend-
lower of the two amounts. This lower very interesting language. It provides ment which does just what he warned us
salary payment underscores the dedica- that any State which desires to receive against 2 years ago.
tion of the Teacher Corps volunteers who a "block grant" shall submit a State Quie substitute could destroy the
whole fcontrol s eduthe
are willing to give 2 years of their lives plan which, among other things, "pro- The Q
in service to the children attending vides that any local educational agency won. fabric
must not o allow this to happen.
systems must not n.
schools in the most deprived areas of our or other applicant for assistance under Competing school must
country. The amendment would also this title which is denied such assistance Comet to siphon ys the must of be which bring Teacher Corps compensation into may have an opportunity for a hearing our local school districts need so des-
t before the State educational agency."
othe Federal rrmity with the
graduate p stipendrogram amse. In What "other applicants" can Mr. Quit for perately. I urge my colleagues on both r this s manner, , the program would allay have in mind? Under the Elementary and sides of the aisle to reject this substitute
H.R. 7819, the Elemen-
the fears of my colleagues who think Secondary Education Act which his pro- and and to and support .REdu9 the le en-
that the young people entering the posal would replace, only local public tary of Secondary which reflects onn e mend-
Teacher Corps are interested more in educational agencies may apply for and tion of every member of this House to
m
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prog a
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service to the disadvantaged children of All title
our Nation.. cal educational agencies, although they (~ f
I do not think I need to emphasize the must provide for educationally disad- ' RINGING THE B ESSINGS OF THE
importance of the authority to pay the vantaged children attending nonpublic RINGING AGE TO THE U.S.S.R.
school systems for the team members' schools.
compensation. Since the purpose of the All textbooks, library books, and other (Mr. REES (at the request of Mr.
Teacher Corps is to supplement the edu- Instructional materials acquired under ALBERT) -asked and was given permission
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to extend his remarks at this point in they have are not too good. This will be Japan, and parts of Latin America
the RECORD and to include extraneous changed. They must have new roads or should experience the joys of the auto-
matter.) the cars will not last. A worker who has mobile age-we want to export this
Mr. REES. Mr. Speaker, a major sweated and strained years to own a car scourge to all-friend and foe alike.
battle is now shaping up in Congress will expect a road the car will ride on. There is no reason on earth why a Rus-
concerning the President's desire to If the car breaks down the first month sian should be able to breathe fresh air,
"build bridges" to Eastern Europe in an there will be hell to pay; the worker will and see his seashore, lakes and moun-
effort to lessen the tensions of the cold be so frustrated he will not make his tains unencumbered by litter, gas sta-
war. One facet of the program is to quotas. And what about parking lots? tions, billboards and car salvage lots.
allow the U.S. Export-Import Bank to Cars must be stored somewhere-espe- Why should not the Russians have to
finance the export of U.S. machine tools cially in Russia or the snow will cover ruin their cities by allowing the auto-
to Fiat of Italy, which would then be the car and the driver will not be able mobile to take over? Do they not deserve
used by Fiat to develop an automobile to find it until after the spring thaw. the economic poverty brought on by car
plant in the Soviet Union for the pro- And gas stations-there will have to ownership and the neurosis that has
duction of some 600,000 Fiats a year. be more than eight in Moscow, or nobody resulted?
Last December, as a member of the would ever get to work as they would
Foreign Trade Subcommittee of the spend all their time in long lines waiting DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING ON
House Committee on Banking and Cur- for gas. There would have to be motels VIETNAM
rency, I went to the Soviet Union to along the highways to stay in overnight,
study the Fiat transaction. The mem- and once you have motels, there is no (Mr. EDWARDS of California (at the
bers of the subcommittee, composed of end to the problems that might arise, request of Mr. ALBERT) asked and was
both Republicans and Democrats, were There will be a new surge of demand for given permission to extend his remarks
generally in favor of the transaction as mechanics, and as progress continues, at this point in the RECORD and to in-
it would help to move the Soviets toward another blessing of the advent of the au- elude extraneous matter.)
a more consumer-oriented economy. The tomobile-the used car salesman-will Mr. EDWARDS of California. Mr.
A reported their approval of the pro- appear on the scene. As you can see, the Speaker, the furor which was aroused
posa - hey are verb in favor of true picture of the Fiat deal begins to after the April 4 address at the
emerge. Riverside Church in New York City by
more consumers within the Sovietsphere-
en e Dint Chiefs of Staff e the Roads cannot just go along the coun- Dr. Martin Luther King is indicative of
idea. tryside with no form of visual entertain- the stature and force which Dr. King
Unfortunately, some of our conserva- went for the motorist-so, we have bill- carries in this country. Dr. King's words
tive Congressmen are alarmed and do boards. New radio stations will emerge are of such power and eloquence that I
not want us to participate, although the to entertain-new modes of music since respectfully urge its careful reading by
plant is to be built whether we like it or long-winded propaganda programs do Members of the Congress. We must not
not, as the United States is not the only little to soothe the harassed motorist. let the political debate of superfluous
country in the world which produces Then we will need sig-alerts to tell the questions-such as the judiciousness of
machine tools. My observation is that my motorist of the latest traffic jams, and "mixing" the two central issues of our
recalcitrant colleagues are not aware of helicopters will be pressed into service to time, civil rights and peace-obscure the
the disturbing history of the automobile spot the traffic jams. There will be more depth and wisdom of Dr. King's address.
age. They seem to be blind to what goes and more traffic jams, more "no park- For anyone who knows the total phil-
never around them. They talk as if they had ing" areas, and key engineers will be religious view total
financed a car, fixed a flat tire, taken away from the moon race to figure osophical For an s he could take no
knowkno than knows he co out k no
looked at miles and miles of billboards, out how to coordinate traffic signals. Luther King and who
tried to get a motel reservation on a Suddenly, some Russian engineer will other action tpagainst
Labor Day weekend, breathed In lungs invent the freeway-goodby Kremlin, the role i in his of the than
Inspirational United remarks, sStates o in the same
full of foul, smoggy air, spent hours goodby Gorky Park, goodby Winter quality of compassion, e same ideal o
stuck in a freeway traffic jam, or looked Palace-the freeway is coming through. justness, and the same spirit d love
futilely for a parking space during the The smog will get thicker, trash and which compelled the Dr. King to act first i
rush hour. beer cans will start to accumulate along and then throughout the
The average Russian has not had to the vistas of the Black Sea and the Ural Montgomery South in opposition a laws o segrega-
automobile experience any of these "joys" of the Mountains. The teenagers will start discrimination, opposition prevails.
automobile age. As a result, he has hours, borrowing dad's car and there might well Sion In -
t the he re
weeks, and years of leisure in which to be a "Sunset Strip" of discotheques I have unanimous consent
King, the
contemplate Marx and Mao, Albania and across the street from the Bolshoi. Down marks ha hand Luther that
sputnik, and the women's track team. the block will be a huge courthouse to Riverside Church, be inserted in the
In Moscow, a city of 6 million souls, take care of cases involving traffic viola- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD at this point
there are only eight gas stations and two tions and automobile accidents. Across along with an excellent editorial which
garages. This is ridiculous; why, I must from that will be the emergency hospital appeared in the New York Times of April
have 800 gas stations just in my congres- for those unfortunates who thought their 23, 1967. This column, written by Mr.
sional district of half a million souls. car was a troika and slammed into a snow James P. Brown, an editorial writer for
And freeways-they do not exist-and I bank. The hospital will also take care the Providence Journal, concisely and
do not think there is a Russian word of ulcers and nervous disorders caused clearly cites the reasoning behind Dr.
for "parking lot," "downpayment," or by the financial pressures of not being King's stand and explains why clergy-
"woman driver." able to make the car payments or by the men all over this country are concerned
To understand the Fiat proposal is frustrations of prolonged traffic jams. about the war In Vietnam.
really to love it. The opponents of the The end will be in sight when the Japa- The speech and editorial follow:
project cannot be blamed though-they nese negotiate a license to manufacture BEYOND VIETNAM
just do not have truly diabolical minds. Yamaha and Honda motorcycles in (By Dr. Martin Luther King)
The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the CIA do Russia. I come to this magnificent house of wor-
have `diabolical minds-they are in One can imagine gangs of "Heaven's ship tonight because my conscience leaves
favor-they hope that the project will Angels" with their boots, black leather me no other choice. I join you in this meet-
bring the U.S.S.R. into the automobile jackets and top hats emblazoned with ing because I am in deepest agreement with
age. . gold dollar signs. the aims and work of the organization which
The billion-dollar investment in the Yes, some if us want the Fiat plant to has brought us together: Clergy and Lay-
plant is just the starter-the small lump be built in Russia, and are ready to wel- men Concerned About Vietnam. The recent
statement of your executive committee are
of heady yeast that will swell into the come a lot of others-Volkswagen, Cad- the sentiments of my own heart and I found
biggest loaf of questionable progress the illac, Reo, Tucker, Renault, Ford, Edsel, myself in full accord when I read its open-
world has seen to date. Packard, Studebaker, Volvo, and Jaguar. ing lines: "A time comes when silence is be-highways
reason
There
do not
-th
tra h ve manykn the S vet Union, a d what States isof no Amer ca, hWestern a Europe, tion tal. o Viet amime has come for us in rela-
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