THE CUBAN SITUATION

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• Document Release Date: December 14, 1998
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Estes, pyramiding of profits and dolts in,
the missile procurement program and
American , Guild of Variety Artlsts.
These reports have been drafted and will
be submitted very soon to the committee
for study, I ask for a delay until the
first `of April in order that adequate
consideration may be given tO the reports
by the committee members.
The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob,
jection, it is so ordered.
Mr.. McCLELL,AN. Mr. President. I
ask unanimous consent that at the next
printing the name of the Junior Senator
from Utah EMr. Moss] be added as a co-
sponsor to the bill (8. 537) amending
the Legislative Reorganization Act of
1946 to provide for more effective evalua-
tion of the fiscal requirements of the
executive agencies of the Government of
the United States, submitted by me on
January 26, 1963. Together with the
original cosponsors, there are now 76
Senators who have joined with me in
the introduction of this important and
urgently needed legislation.
The VICE PRESIDENT. Without
objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. MCCLELLAN. Mr. President, I
also ask unanimous consent that an edi-
torial which appeared In the Washing-
ton Evening Star, on February 4, 1963,
entitled "Time To Modernize," in support
of this bill, be incorporated in the body
of the Rsconn at this point.
There being no objection, the editorial
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
Dere Iruw "so F 0 I A b 3 b
ieoked by the
from each branch. The moot usefulteature,s turn to the firm policy it
however, would be the creation of a .profeA-
atonal technjcai staff such es-that which lane
functioned with unquestioned success In
the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue
Taxation. On tax legislation, this system
has not led to any Infringement of the rights
and privileges of each branchi of Congress.
There is no reason to believe It would do so
on appropriation measures. It to time for
Congress to update Its method -of dealing
with the public hinds., The plan offered ,by
Senator MCCr.>'.AN and his associates is a
good way to start.
GARRISON DIVERSION UNIT-AD-
DITIONAL COSPONSOR OF BILL.
Mr. BURDICK. Mr. President; I ask
unanimous consent that the name of the
senior Senator from South Dakota (Mr.
MVND1'l be added as a cosponsor to S.
178, commonly known as. the Garrison
diversion unit measure, at the next
printing of the bill.
The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob-
jection, it is so ordered,,
ORDER OF BUSINESS
The VICE PRESIDENT. Does the
Senator from, New Mexico desire to
have his request put to the Senate, in
view of the fact that other business has
been transacted from time to time, since
the very first day, without any special
reservation?
Mr. ANDERSON. I merely wanted to
have the Recoim clear that we were not
pre4udicing the situation which exists.
some felling of security.
The lead editorial , in the Monday.
February 4 edition of the Tampa Trib-
une, one of my 8tate`p great daily news-
papers, contains-, strong and needed
words on this subject from which I
would .like to quote at this time. - Before
doing so, however, let me say that the
Tribune has always taken a bipartisan
attitude on national affairs and is not a
habitual critla of either the Democratic
Party or the present edminlst itionl
Most importantly. Tribune editorials al-
most Invariably reflect the thiWcillg -Of
large numbers of its many thousands of
readers.
In an editorial entitled "A Monument
to Failure" the Tribune stated. ,in p rt
As a patron of the arts, he hes';scrspe4i. 'tiff
}16,000 in prize money and has vlted Arcb1-
tecta the world over to submit ; for a
$2 million monument commetl#orafiog the
unsuccessful Day o1..Pigs Invaslon;;
When it 14 completed it will stand not
only as a memorial to the Bay of P10 Aaseq
but as one to the miserable faflure of the
United States to deal effectively with what
now has become an entrenched Communist
bridgehead in the Western Hemisphere..
Despite White House denials that there
has been a recent Soviet "military influx"
into Cuba evidence accumulates that ' the
'Russians are continuing to strengthen their
Cuban arsenal and that the United States to
doing nothing about it.
While the Pentagon and State Department
shrug off such reports, they are largely,eup-
ported by stories of refugees coming Qut o
Cuba who say that both Russian troop's and
.arms oontlaue to pour into the island."
One might feel more confidence In. thS
Clovernmeate Intelligence reports had .not
their shortcomings been evident during the
missile buildup last-fall. "I I
Defense Secretary McNamara told D it cons
greaslonal committee late last week that the
Russian missiles were secretly loaded end
THE CUBAN SITUATION
Mr. HOLLAND. 'Mr. President, I wish
to comment on the very serious problem
of the relationship of the united States
with the Cuba of Fidel Castro, and quite
possibly the Cuba of Nikits-llhruschev. -
At the moment there ft. decided dis-
agreement within the Government,itself
as to the exact stains ,o , the Russian
arm-
military buildup .*O: Cuba.' This
ent lack of. adeidate 'military and plo-
matic intelligence. Is 4angerous to every
American. It'partic3larly troubles the
citizens of my 8tat4 41nee. Florida is in
the geograpl}ical position - of being Just
90 miles. leas than 10 lxltnutes by let air-
craft, from the site upon Which a shoot-
ing war might, possibly erupt...
But this on-target ' position IS only
a part of the problem. Ever since. for
the first time in history, the United
States became a "country Of Rrst refuge,
Florida and its citizens have borne the
brunt of the refugee problem. Fir more
than 8 years the people of my State have
carried the principal load created by a
problem not of, our making. 'while we
have been more than glad to perform
with the typically humane'und generous
behavior that marks the average Amer-
TLUE To Mon aNrza `
Senator McCLELr.AN. of Arkansas, is sup-
ported by 75 other Senators, three-fourths
of the membership of that Chamber. in
sponsoring legislation to establish a Joint
Committee on the Budget. The merit of
the proposal is obvious, and, in- fact, the
need is great. It is not a partisan project,
and on. eve previous occasions the Senate
has approved similar legislation.. In all
cases, the House has declined to follow
suit. .
The function of such a committee, in
-brief, would be to coordinate and simplify
the consideration of appropriation requests
from the, executive branch and to Improve
congressional surveillance over the expendi-
ture of public funds. It Is astonishing that
such objectives, or any thoughtful proposals
for attaining them. could be narrowly con-
troversial. They have been, largely because
of the point of view of the House, based
upon custom and Its own interpretation of
the Constitution, that all money legislation
must originate In that branch. In practice,
as a consequence, both branches have held
separate appropriation committee hearings
and In other ways have operated so inde-
pendently as to involve duplication of ef-
fort, waste of time and. In the end, excess
of appropriations' and a waste of money.
The day at $100 billion Federal budgets is at
hand. and errors In budget "guesstimating"
involve Increasingly greater sums of money-
usually on the deficit side, and this with
the national debt moving constantly higher.
Authorization for the joint budget com-
mittee procedure exists In law, in the Leg-
islative Reorganization Act of 1948, but has
never been implemented. The McClellan
bill proposes It on a streamlined and work-
able basis, starting with a 14-member com-
mittee that would be made up of 7 mem-
transported to Cuba in the holds af,
Soviet ships. -
"Since all the strategic missile-associated
sgwpwent, such as erectors and r
and$ho in themselves were colq-
era
.
.,,oeaied, in the -,of.'"the ships and un-
loaded un4er the cover of darkness, and
under most ctddngept Soviet-controlled aeCU
SW restrictions, pLutogsaphic survetUsace at
,the time was. unable to discover the initial
Introduction of _ . gfteneiva, iifaftiea,.; ,into _
Cubs." , '
Bow can the Pentagon be so certain that
.kite same technique is not now be" em-
ployed to smuggle arms and perhapsmia"
Into Cuba?
Sven if Pentagon estimates are accepted.
we know that there arc 17AN or more 8o1I4t
troops In Cuba. -We knoWThat the.8oyiet
arsenal contains a wide variety of gmautid-to-
air missiles. all manner of tanks. SrtWery,
trucks., ammunition, patrol boats andILp-
proximately 150 tighter planes. '
Secretary of state Dean Rusk concedes
??n signt4cant Soviet military presence In
Cuba which Is of great concern to the United
States." Hatt the Kennedy admfn1atr0tion
lean in extending all possible assist- Is doing precious little to relieve this con-
ance to unfortunate refugees, Floridr- 'V~- failed to put into effect the regufa-
would welcome accelerated relocation of tione. has
drawn before last fall's showdown with
refugees to other parts of the. Country. 'Russia. designed to atrangle Cuira'a economic
Secondly, its citizens would like to have ,We by curtailing shipping.
the assurance of protection from imftd- It has done no more than express Interest
nent attack which can come only through -in a proposal by Costa Ries for the eetab-
possession of accurate and timely 'mill- liniment of a Cuban government-in-stns to
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