SOVIET INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA

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September 5, 1968 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE H 8329
LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM Mr. GERALD R. FORD. Although the Mr. ALBERT. Will the gentleman yield
(Mr. GERALD R. FORD asked and Defense Department appropriation bill is further?
was given permission to address the listed fourth, if both Houses of the Con- Mr. GROSS. Of course.
House for 1 minute.) . gress approve the procurement author- Mr. ALBERT. That was no Democratic
Mr. GERALD R. FORD. Mr. Speaker, I ization bill on Tuesday, would that bill fight. That was just a scrimmage. We
take this time for the purpose of asking be programed ahead of the other two were only getting ready for the Repub-
the distinguished majority leader the listed? licans this fall.
program for the remainder of this week Mr. ALBERT. If the distinguished Mr. GROSS. I would suggest that you
and the program for next week. gentleman will yield, I believe that would devote your dry runs to some other sub-
and ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, will the be covered under our reservation that ject.
gentleman yield? any further program may be announced Mr. PEPPER. Mr. Speaker, will the
Mr. GERALD R. FORD. I yield to the later. We might get that bill sooner, be- gentleman yield?
gentleman from Oklahoma. cause it is-obviously the paramount bill Mr. GROSS. I yield to the gentleman
Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, in response on the program for next week. from Florida.
to the inquiry of the distinguished mi- Mr. PEPPER. The gentleman brought
nority leader, Monday is District Day,,,, DISPENSING WITH CALENDAR up the subject about Fort Daley. I would
but there are no District bills. WEDNESDAY BUSINESS ON have thought that the distinguished
On. Monday we will program H.R. WEDNESDAY NEXT nominee for the GOP for President, when
10564, marketing orders on pears 'for he was out there yesterday, would have
canning'or freezing, under an open rule, Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, I ask denounced Mayor Daley and everything
with 1 hour of debate. unanimous consent that the business in the city of Chicago did. However, when
For Tuesday and the balance of the order under the Calendar Wednesday the subject was raised, he, like Pilate,
week: rule may be dispensed with on Wednes- washed his hands and had nothing to
S. 3293, the Defense procurement au- day next. say about it..
thorization, fiscal year 1969 ` conference The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Mr. GROSS. Of course, I cannot an-
report; objection to the request of the gentleman ticipate what the next President of the
H.R. 15681, the Foreign ilitary Sales from Oklahoma? United States is going to say on any sub-
Act, under an open.rule wi h 1 hour of Mr. GROSS. Mr. Speaker, reserving ject.
debate, the right to object-and I shall not ob- Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, will the
H.R. 15890, additional positi in cer- ject I would like to inquire of the dis- gentleman yield?
tarn executive agencies, under an n tinguished majority leader the prospects Mr. GROSS. I yield to my friend from
rule with 1 hour of debate; Tor adjournment sine die? Missouri.
H.R. 18707, the Department of De- Ordinarily, if this were an off year, I -Mr,. HALL. I appreciate the gentleman
fense appropriation bill,- fiscal year would be inquiring from the standpoint from Iowa.yielding to me.
1969-calling this bill up will be subject of trying to get in a little fishing before I am a little.-,bit concerned about the
to the conference report on S. 3293 being the ice forms out in the Middle West. statement of our'distinguished majority
approved by both Houses of Congress; Mr. ALBERT. The gentleman is a leader in connection-with H.R. 18707. My
and fisher for men. query is this: Would acceptance by
H.R. 18260, the National Scenic Rivers Mr. GROSS. I am a fisher for votes unanimous consent of `his statement
Act of 1968, subject to a rule being this year. "subject to conference report on S. 3293
granted. Mr. ALBERT. That is what I mean to being approved by both Houses of Con-
In addition, Mr. Speaker, the distin- say. gress" make it in order to consider H.R.
guished chairman of the Committee on Mr. GROSS. And I think there are a 18707 before it had been signed into law
Ways and Means has advised that on lot of others in the same boat. by the President of the United States?
some day next week he will call up, This is not much of a workweek we Mr. ALBERT. Will the gentleman
under unanimous-consent request, a have in front of us here. With the excep- yield?
number of bills unanimously reported by tion of a couple of bills, the rest of them Mr. GROSS. I yield to the gentleman.
the Committe on Ways and Means; and I could be scrapped, and it would certainly Mr. ALBERT. The gentleman) is refer-
ask unanimous. consent that a list of be a service to the public to scrap the ring to S. 3293 being signed into law?
these bills may be included at this point rest of them, including this supergrades Mr. HALL. That is correct.
in the RECORD. bill,. I will say to my friend from Okla-
The Mr. ALBERT. I think the answer is, as
SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there hoxha. What are the prospects, so that
objection to the request of the gentle- tv'e can make some firm commitments in the gentleman will recall, that prior
man from Oklahoma? the business of campaigning? We are to the recess for the conventions the dis-
There was no objection. /getting close to October 1. I would hope tinguished chairman of the Committee
The list is that the distinguished majority leader on Appropriations had-stated he would
el follows : not call up the appropriation bill for the
could give
H.R. 6909, relating to the rate of duty on us some information as to how
stethoscope parts; we can respond to campaign requests. Department of Defense until the confer-
H.R. 7567, relating to the definition cif Mr. ALBERT. Will the gentleman once report on S. 3293 had been passed
compensation under Railroad Retirement T yield? by both the House and the Senate. He
Act; Mr. GROSS. Yes. I am glad to yield. did not limit or restrict that to the sign-
H.R. 11394, amending Internal Reven ing of the bill. Of course, the Department
Code re distilled spirits; Mr. ALBERT. The majority leader is of Defense appropriation bill has a rule
H.R. 13419, providing for the free entry o very sorry that he cannot give the gentle- waiving all point -0f order. So if the con-
Cuprophane; \ man specific information at this time. I ference report agreed to, it would be in
custR. m preventing
onncer certain racehorses; think I can make the general observation order both hinder his announcement and
H.R. 15114, relating to losses incurred in that any failure to adjourn at a reason- under t4e-~parliamentary situation gov-
connection with redemption of savings notes; able. time will not, I believe, be the fault er~ning"the appropriation bill to bring it
and of thisside of the Capitol. -?lip before the President signed the au-
S. 1578, relating to authorization for ap- Mr. GROSS. I would thk --that the thorization bill.
propriation for U.S. contribution for inter- Democrat Me' hers-oftire House would Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, if the gen-
national Union for Publication of Customs want to get out into the hustings and tleman from Iowa would yield further,
Tariffs. explain away the creation and then I appreciate the fact that he has made
Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, the pro- abandonment of Fort Daley and a few the very point which I wanted to em-
gram which we have announced is, of other things that I am sure you are going phasize, and that is the fact that we will
course, subject to the usual reservation to be confronted with. At least some of revert to the waiver of points of order
that conference reports may be brought us on this side of the aisle will be in the as adopted under considerable duress in
up at any time and that any further pro- business of reminding you of the events this House and great colloquy as con-
gram may be announced later. of the past week or 10 days. tained in the legislative record in the
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE eptember 5, 1968
interest of expediting the business of
Congress.
Mr. Speaker, I know full well the need
for the passage of the Department of
Defense appropriation bill. I say this if
the procurement authorization bill is
agreed to in conference. I would only
hope we could have some more appro-
priation bills next week for the consid-
eration of the House and get the business
of the Congress completed. However, I
did want to make It clear that we would
be operating under a waiver of points of
order if this procurement authorization
bill is not signed into law at the time of
the consideration of the Defense appro-
priation bill.
Mr. ALBERT. This Is correct.
Mr. GROSS. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw
my reservation of objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Mc-
FALL). Is there objection to the request
of the gentleman from Oklahoma?
There was no objection.
ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY NEXT
Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent that when the House
adjourns today it adjourn to meet on
Monday next.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
objection to the request of the gentle-
man from Oklahoma?
There was no objection.
C" SOVIET INVASION OF
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
(Mrs. KELLY asked and was given per-
mission to address the House for 1 min-
ute and to revise and extend her re-
marks.)
Mrs. KELLY. Mr. Speaker, I am join-
ing today with the distinguished chair-
man of the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs, Dr. MORGAN, and a number of other
colleagues in presenting a resolution
which condemns Soviet invasion of
Czechoslovakia, expresses our admira-
tion for the Czechoslovak people, and
gives voice to the hope that the prhici-
ples of equal rights and self-determina-
tion of peoples embodied in the Charter
of the United Nations will be applied once
again in that country.
Mr. Speaker, the conscience of man-
kind was shaken by the brutal Soviet
military occupation of Czechoslovakia..
This act undermined all the progress that
has been achieved in recent years in
building a solid foundation for lasting
and just peace and for the reconciliation
of Europe.
I know that all of us are deeply dis-
tressed by the developments taking place
in Czechoslovakia not only because of
our sympathy for the Czechoslovak peo-
ple but also because of its impact on
world affairs generally.
We call upon the Soviets and their
allies not to "unleash the dogs of war."
Let them call their troops home, and
leave the Czechoslovak people free to
pursue their own destiny.
Mr. Speaker, the text of our resolu-
tion reads as follows:
RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE INVASION Of
CZECHOSLOVANA
Whereas the invasion of Czechoslovakia
by the armed forces of the Soviet Union. Po-
land, Hungary. Bulgaria. and the East Ger-
man regime constitutes a flagrant violation
of Czechoslovakia's territorial integrity and
political Independence, a disruption of the
International order, and violation of the
Charter of the United Nations; and
Whereas the people of Czechoslovakia by
their calm and courage In the face of ir-
resistible force have earned the respect of
free peoples everywhere: Therefore be it
Resolved, That the United States House of
Representatives-
(a) condemns the invasion of Czechoslo-
vakia as an affront to human rights and as
an unlawful use of force contrary to the
fundamental principles of the United Na-
tions Charter and of International law;
(b) expresses Its admiration for the peo-
ple of Czechoslovakia and its earnest hope
that the principles of equal rights and self-
determination of peoples embodied in the
Charter of the United Nations will be ap-
plied once again In Czechoslovakia.
Mr. Speaker, on July 30, 1968, I
placed in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD be-
ginning on page H7883, a chronology of
events relating to Czechoslovakia, cover-
Ing the period from January i through
July 30, 1968.
Today I wish to bring that chronology
up to date for the information of all
Members of Congress. The chronology
follows :
CHRONOLOGY OT EVENTS RELATING TO CZECHO-
SLOVAKIA SINCE AtrcusT 1. 1968
August 1: Meeting at Clerna ends. Com-
munlque extremely vague. announces that
a limited East European summit meeting
would take place in Bratislava on August 3rd.
The communique is followed by uninforma-
tive speeches by Svoboda, Dubeek, Smrkov-
sky, and Cernik.
August 2-3: Soviet. East German, Polish,
Hungarian and Bulgarian leaders arrive in
Bratislava for meetings with Czechoslovak
officials. Subsequent declaration appeared to
be a patch job of previously agreed-to cliches.
August 8: Literarnf Listy publishes attack
on Russian tactics leading up to the Brati-
slava meeting.
August 9: President Tito of Yugoslavia ar-
rives In Prague for a 2-day visit, given a
hero's welcome.
August 10: New Warsaw Pact maneuvers
begin along the entire length of the Czecho-
slovak frontier.
August 12: The East German Communist
Party First Secretary, Walter Ulbricht. meets
with Czech leaders at Karlovy Vary.
August 14: Soviet press reacts sharply to
the Literarni Listy article. Anti-Czech polem-
Ics. dormant for two weeks, resumed.
August 15: First Secretary Nieolal Ceau-
sescu of Romania arrives in Prague for a 2-
day visit and high level talks.
August 16: Soviet 'Politburo meets In spe-
cial session, reportedly to discuss the ques-
tion of direct Intervention In Czechoslovakia.
August 17: Czech Party Presidium holds
talks with press leadership and asks for re-
Itraint.
August 19: Brezhnev sends Dubcek letter
complaining that loyal communists are be-
ing persecuted in Czechoslovakia. Dubcek
asks the press to impose self-censorship.
August 20: Soviet, Polish, East German,
Hungarian. and Bulgarian troops Invade
Czechoslovakia. Czech leaders taken Into cus-
tody. Prague occupied. Borders sealed and
communication cut off.
August 21: Czechoslovak Government and
party officials state that they had no knowl-
edge of, nor did they grant approval for, the
invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw
Pact Five. Soviets and allies maintain that
they were "Invited" Into Czechoslovakia by
"Party and Government officials." Czecho-
slovak leadership calls for calm; Army told
not to resist.
August 21: Czechoslovak National Assem-
bly calls invsalon a violation of sovereignty
and demands the immediate witidrawal of
foreign forces. Representatives of Canada,
Denmark. France, Paraguay, United King-
dom, and United States request that the UN
Security Council be convened to discuss the
Czech situation. President Johnson expresses
shock on behalf of nation at the tragic news
that Soviets and their allies have invaded
Cze?:hoslovakia.
August 22 Security Council convenes and
considers the Czech question.
August 22-23: Czechoslovak Communist
Party holds secret Party Congress and elects
new liberal leadership.
August 23: Svoboda departs for the Soviet
Union and negotiations; upon arrival in Mos-
cow, demands that Dubcek and other leaders
who were spirited away f-om Prague be al-
lowed to join him. Czechoslovak representa-
tive addresses the UN Security Council and
contemns the Invasion of Czechoslovakia-
August 24: Tito and Ceausescu meet at
Ronlantan-Yugoslav border. Czechoslovak
Foreign Minister Hajek addresses Security
Council and terms the occupation of Czecho-
slovakia unjustified and counter to Interna-
tior at law.
August 26: Moscow meeting end. Commu-
niq ae ominous in content. calls among other
things for occupation, censorship, and re-
moval of Czechoslovak question from Secu-
rity Council agenda.
August 27: Czechoslovak leadership re-
turns from Moscow; includes missing mem-
ber:c Dubcek and Smrkovsky.
August 2E: Czechoslovak leaders address
the nation and bluntly tell the population
that the road ahead will be dangerous and
difficult.
August 29: Reports cf Soviet military
buildup against Romania.
August 30 Soviet Ambassador I.ssures Sec-
retL.ry Rusk that the Soviets have no inten-
tiolc of Invading Romania.
August 30: President Johnson speaks on
Eastern Europe, warns "let no one unleash
the dogs of war."
August 30-31: Czechoslovak Central Com-
mittee meets and elects a new Presidium
expanding that body from It to 21 members.
The majorit,, of members are believed to be
liberals or progressives.
LIMITATION ON THE EXPORT OF
LOGS FROM FEDERAL TIMBER
(Mr. WYATT asked and was given per-
mi:.lsion to address the Rouse fcr 1 minute
and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. WYATT. Mr. Speaker, logs are the
lifeblood of my State. And half of them
come from Federal forests. Otir national
forests were established by Congress late
in the last century to guarantee an ade-
quate timber supply for the people of the
United Stases. Later,. in 1937, when Con-
gress established policies for the man-
agement of the revested 0 & C Railroad
grant lands In western Oregon, it said
that their resources were to be used pri-
marily for :stabilization of the economy of
local communities.
'she forest industry in Ore:; on is our
No. 1 employer with more than 85,000 di-
rect jobs and an annual payroll ap-
proaching $600 million. Our forest har-
vest brings in a billion and a half dollars
a Sear. More than twice as much as our
second largest breadwinner--agriculture.
Bated as it is upon a renewable resource.
forestry w11 always produce our basic
eccnnomy. Oregon ?orest3 are not only im-
portant to those of us who live and worn
there, but because they contain a fifth o'
the Nation's timber supply are important.
to homebuilders, newspaper and mag-
azine readers and TV viewers and other.
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