SENATE RESOLUTION 342--SUBMISSION OF A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF POLICY OF THE PRESIDENT NOT TO STRIKE DIKES IN NORTH VIETNAM

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August 4, 1972
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STATINTL ?A.u~~.cs~p~~r ~~~~ For Relea~~~~~~;/~~.~~~~'~-~Q"~~~'h~0030 ,~ of vaccinations incurred for protection against Venezuelan equine enccpllato- nlyelitis. ? ~. 3330 At the request of Mr? JacxsoN, the Senator f.ron] Minnesota (ri'Ir. IIvr.I- rllltrr) v.'as adclcd as a cosponsor of S. 3330, a bill i:o establish a na.lional policy far the n]allag~ement, conservation, use, and development. of the Nation's natural resources, to provide for the est;ablish- Incllt of a Board on 1~'atural resources Planning anti Policy, and for giber ptu?- 1)OSCS. A. 349.9 At the request of I`ir. Jnclcsora, the , SCnato}"from liansas (b11?. P>?:nrtsow) anti the ? ?Senator from V6'ashizrgton (1=lr. MnrzaTlsorai were added as cosponsors of S. 39.9.9, a bill i~o authorize and direct the 'tVai,er Resources Coul]cil to coordi- nate a Ilatiozlal program to insure the safety of da.lns and other t ater storage anal control structures, to Provide tecl.]- nical support to Stage pro(;rnn]s for the licensing and inspection of ,such struc- tures, to cncoul'agc adequate State 'safety laws and methods of implemen- tation thereof. - ' S. 3841 At the request of A![r. IIANSI:N, the Sen- . atox from 119:inn..sota (ri4r, fluntrxl;>;Y) ~vns added as a cosponsor of S: 3IIti1, to amend flee Inter?]lal Revet]ue ? Cocle of 1954 to pz?ovide for an estate tax chari- table deduction in the case of certain charitable remainder trusts. S. 3872 At the request of Mr. Jnvll~s, i;he Sen- n.esota (14Ir. TIun:Plrr.I.r) were added as ~~ijjy ~z.ozn Indochina, I;ut there can tae cosl)onsol:s of S. 3E72, a bill to Provide no clisagl?cenlclrt that 'every Moral and for tht; use of ccrtaill funds to Pl?omate legal tc+uet eve hold clear proscribes any scholarly, cultural, and artistic activi- support v; hatsoever for the bombing of ties bctTVeen Japan ante the United North Vietnam's dikes. F3tates, alid for other purposes, In fairr_ess, ri1r. President, another --- ~?---- point must also i)e emphasized. I do not SENATE RESOLUTION 342- SUBIt1IS- SION OF A I2~ESOI~U'I'ION IN tiL'.P- I'ORT OP POLICY OI' Ttil~ YRESI- D1~NT NOT TO STRIDE DIKES IN NOI-tTII VIETNAriS (Referred to the Coaunittee on Armed Services.) P,4r. TUNNI.Y, Mr, President, on behalf Of ,~ellatOl'S- GIrTIRC1I, 1AGr.1sTON, ITAP.Y,IS, KF.NNF.T)Y, MAGl1USON, ri~Ic Govr:aN, PHCYX- MI1tE, IZ3BICOFF, I3nv'II, alld 1t1y5elf, I,,a711 subnlittillg today asense-of-the-Sezlate resolution which supports the policy set forth by the President on Julle 29, 1972, that the United States shall not bomb the dikes hi NorCli Vietnam. I send the l?eso- lution to the desk' for appropriate refer- ral. `['hc ACTING PR);SIDL:NT pro tem- pore. The resolution will be received and referred. The resolution 'reads as follows: ? Whereas the President has stated on June 29, 1x72, that: "The United States has used great restnnat in its bontbing policies; and T think properly so. We have ...had orclcrs out not to het dikes hecnure the result in telltts of civilian casualties $could be oxtrz- ordinary. fts iar a.s any future activities arc concerned tlzowe orclcrs arc still in force , . , ,", t11CSt', rep01't5 aS pOS5ib1C [`C1TCiny propa-? anct gal]da" and did not treat them lvith a Whcrazs it appezt?s that tnltlions of clvii- gr'Cat dCg1'CC Of Ser'ioUS11eSS, ian lives are protected. by the complicated I pcisonaliy cannot bC1lCVe that altY and anotent system of dints and dikes in hTort.h Victnaut, now, iherciore he It `tttcnlpt ~t'ot1ld be Heide to bomb the Pesolued, That: it is ttze sense of the Sezl- dikes. I a111 CotlfidGrlt; t.llat the policy ate that, in accordance with the abat?c-st~ltea which had been a part of Americazl for- polic.y of the 1'resklmtt, the united State, Clgll Policy for the past 10 years 1;=ill sl;all not bomb or otherwise attack by air or 1'e111ai11 a pal't of t11at', policy altd th^t Sea arty dams, dikes, or other hydraulic SyS- VS?C lvOtlld leave the Cl1kCS alone }`nOR'llls terns in Nortll victnant' that the only t,lring that could be causcci Mr. TUNN)/I', Mr. President, it is im- in the wcty of results froth bombin at- portzlllt to reco;;nize that, since the Pres- tacks on the dikes tivould be massive civil- ident announced that Policy, the,aclrnin- ion deaths through clrownillg ol? starva- istration has v