CONGRESSIONAL RECORD--HOUSE

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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 20, 1999
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• Publication Date: February 16, 1967
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ? HOUSE
t:iSi011. Obviously they are more in-
tvrested in .a.stification than in justice.
But, ask any law-enforcement officer
in this country today wh.7 crime is on
the increase and I venture to say, in 90
of :lie answers, they will cite as
eons it() modern view by our courts
: the criminal is only a victim of so-
i or economic circumstances. The old
?-? that a crime is a crime and should
Hailt with by swift, certain, and im-
Hal just )(le is completely alien to
to:oly torte serving on the bench to-
'iy. In a l too many instances, the
cel its are pampering the criminal at the
c.a.:a-Ise of the victim. In my view, once
.wiviiedoers are convinced that lawless-
' will nat be tolerated and that they
ca11-,1 nisai to account for their
Liwn and only then will crime
-ase.
the con rta: anxib, desire not to
the criminal, several ridiculous
nations have developed, including some
eras where arresting officers are re-
(portal to present a card to the appre-
Iimaied criminal virtually suggesting that
he remain silent. It, must seem dis-
illusioning for a policeman to risk his life
to capture a criminal, and then have an
accomplice to the crime escape because
of such requirements. Justifiably, many
officers are more apprehensive about re-
sulting charges against them in making
an arrest than the danger of appie-
lue the criminal.
course this deplorable situation has
.1,ed from decisions by the Supreme
-at including the infamous Miranda
ainst Arizona case which stripped law
ail-cement officers from any advantage
:at they might have in dealing with the
criminal through immediate interroga-
tion. I had always believed that the law
under the Bill of Rights was designed to
protect the innocent, But, in the Mi-
randa decision, the innocent victim is left
on his own while, to the detriment of
law and order, the guilty can remain
;inea C and----in all too many instances?
CC w,;..bout paying his debt to so-
ciety. This means that the criminal on
la re, legal technicalities can return to
::ociety to inflict more wrong on the in-
7 Only recently, a national study
,inten out that 85 percent of those ap-
a:el:ended .for crime were repeat of-
fenders.
Tills situation handcuffs the law en-
fais, !na-at officer and is resulting in a
sisaous blow to police morale, which is
reported to be at an alltime low, espe-
cially in the Nation's Capital. Such a
condition is h t to order for the hard-
ened criminai, and yet no effort is being
made either by the administration or
till courts to relieve this critical prob-
lem.
In my opinion, one way to boost the lot
of the and to curtail the rising
crime IsO s by lef:lislation to restrict the
court from throwing out voluntary con-
ic',: ions by criminals. Today I am in-
?incing a I iouse joint resolution which
forth an amendment to the Con-
n.ntion relative to reversal or modifica-
uon of a eciminal action by a Federal
court whet he decision of the trial court
was 1a,. either whally or in part on
voa ,nfession, I believe that :41eil
an In the r.aht direction to-
vairo, "Aid order and I extend to my
colleagues an invitation to join me In
sponsoring this legislation.
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT
(Mr. CHAMBERLAIN asked and was
given permission to address the House
for I minute.)
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN. Mr. Speaker,
the Washington Merry-Go-Round by
Drew Pearson appearing in the Wash-
ington Post this morning made reference
to the briefing for Members of the House
at the White House last Wednesday
night and to the questions asked by some
of those present. His column states,
among other things, that--
Charles Chamberlain of Lansing, Mich., a
GOP oldtimer, wanted to know why we
hadn't gone in and used every bomb in the
arsenal against every target available.
Mr. Speaker, it is true that I was
invited to the White House by the Presi-
dent and I did attend the briefing laat
Wednesday. Further, the President ac-
corded to me the opportunity to ask the
very first question of the evening. How-
ever, I asked no question of Secretary
McNamara as Mr. Pearson infers. Nor
did I ask any question relating to bomb-
ing. The reference contained in Mr.
Pearson's column of this date as it relates
to me Is totally inaccurate. I will be
pleased to yield at this time to any of my
colleagues who were present at the White
House briefing last week who might wish
to take exception in any way to what I
have just said.
In view of this inaccurate report re-
garding my participation in this briefing
session, I would like to take this occasion
to set the record straight. When asked
by the President if I had any questions,
I stated that I had long been concerned
with free world shipping to North Viet-
nam and commended the effort that had
been made to reduce this traffic from 256
vessels in 1965 to 74 in 1966. I then went
on to state that I was disturbed that 6
vessels flying free world flags had sailed
to the port of Haiphong in January 1967
and I asked specifically what was being
done to stop this shipping, particularly
in view of the fact that the cargoes car-
ried by these vessels was classified
secret.
Mr. Speaker, it has been my under-
standing that the briefings at the White
House for Members of Congress were an
off the record type and for that rea-
son I have made no statements to the
press or any news sources as to what
transpired. It is regrettable such dis-
tortions flow from these gatherings for
they cannot help but inhibit a free ex-
change of ideas with respect to great
problems that are of crucial importance,
to_our country and to the world.
AN IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION OF
THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN
THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY AND THE U.S. NATIONAL
STUDENT ASSOCIATION SHOULD
BE CONDUCTED BY CONGRESS
I Mr. UTT asked and was given per-
mis,sion to address the House for I min-
ute. to revise and extend his remarh
and to include extraneous matter.)
Mr. u-rr. .Mr. 81)eaker, I rise to ad^
February 16, 1967
dress the House today on a matter of
substantial concern to me. I refer to the
highly questionable relationships be-
tween the Central Intelligence Agency
and the National Student Association--
NSA?which were disclosed this week. I
ant confident that my concern is shared
by many, if not most Members and by
a multitude of concerned American citi-
zens.
On July 26 of last year, I addressed
the House on the relationships between
the Department of State and NSA. At
that time I never anticipated the shock-
ing announcements of this week that
NSA was being financially backed by the
CIA to the tune of as much as $400,000.
So that the record will be clear as to
the issues which I raised last year Con-
cerning NSA's relations with the Federal
Government and so that the background
on this matter is known to all, I include,
under unanimous consent, the full text
of my remarks last July 26 at this point
In my remarks today. Those remarks
follow:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE FUNDS TO NATIONAL
STUDENT ASSOCIATION SHOULD IIE INVESTI^
? GATED
(Mr. Urr asked find was given permission
to address the House for 1 minute and to
revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. Urr. Mr. Speaker, the activities of the
-U.S. National Student Association?NSA?
have disturbed many Members of Congress
over the past several years. Despite NSA's
tax exempt status, it has persistently par-
ticipated in blatantly political activities.
During the past several years, NSA has be-
come increasingly critical of a strong Amer-
ican foreign policy, especially in southeast
A
NSA has passed resolutions which call for
the abolition of the House Committee on Un-
American Activities; which call for the Unit-
ed States to sponsor the admission of Red
China to the United Nations; which call for
a halt to United States bombing of North
Vietnam; which call for the inclusion Of the
Vietcong?National Liberation Front?in any
negotiations for a ceasefire; which call for
an end to all U.S. "aggressive military action?
in Vietnam; which oppose the McCarran
Act?the Internal Security Act of 1050:
which support the free speech movement at
the University of California at Berkeley?a
movement which California legislative in-
vestigating committees and the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation have deemed as in-
filtrated by radical left-wing elements; and
which have called for a myriad of other ex-
tremist positions.
NSA has consistently refused to adhere to
its constitution which specifically prohibits
its participation ion partisan political activity.
It has refused to abide by the provisions of
section 501(c),(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954 under which NSA has obtained
its tax exemption status. That section of
the code allows tax exemptions for "corpo-
rations organized and operated exclusively
for educational purposes, no substantial part
of which is carrying on propaganda, or other-
wise attempting to influence legislation, and
which does not participate, or intervene in?
including the publishing or distributing of
statements?a fly political campaign."
Despite these two restrictiOns, NSA eon-
tinue,, with Its politIcal activity, much of
which is an elIort Li, Influence legislation be-
fore t he cheerers. heir recent participation
tit a?livilbes which v..111 Undermine a strong
ii.: In Vietti.,:ii I,. even lortre disturbing.
Mr. 2 have Indicated, NSA has
re,,iiition% calling for a halt to
of Communist North
ra:ntiit f(ir the Inclusion of the
V.0.41.4 in any negotiations for a ceasefire.
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and calling for an end to all U.S. "aggressive
military action" in Vietnam.
Three particular items have come to my at-
tention la,cently, and I feel that these items
may warrant a close examination by the ap-
propriate committees of the Congress when
the appropriations for the Department of
:;ta Lc are considered for oncoming fiscal
yes rs.
We have seen that NSA has consistently
opomial the position of a strong effort in
They are trying to undercut any
, whether by the Congress or by the
to strengthen the U.S. position in
toi,t.:,ast Asia.
'all, first item which came to my atten-
tion was an article in the Washington Post,
a,,turday, May 21, 1966, which article stated
ii part:
"1,1.;A is subsidized with about $600,000 a
'year from the Ford, Field and Rockefeller
Foundations, the AFL-CIO, the Department
of Stf,te and other well-heeled organizations."
Thls article clearly states that part of
A' - funds are received from the Depart-
, State, the very Department which is
witheiiarptI the responsibility for conduct-
ing our foreign policy and carrying out the
programs of the administration in southeast