OUR INTELLIGENCE MESS

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points that they do not even begin to
realize how their action may be im-
pacting on the lives of U.S. intelli-
gence and foreign service personnel
overseas or the thousands of people in
the Nicaraguan resistance movement
to which the United States has made a
commitment.
Creating a new joint oversight panel
along these lines would diminish thC
possibilities for partisan posturing and
significantly reduce the number of in-
dividuals having access to sensitive in-
formation, thus minimizing the risk of
damaging, unauthorized disclosures.
At the same time, it would retain in a
more effective and concentrated
manner the essential of congressional
oversight over the activities of our in-
telligence agencies and preclude the
possibility of executive branch intelli-
gence components playing one com-
mittee off against the other.
Practical considerations played into
my-decision also. The two committees
reflect different perspectives, and they
frequently do not focus on the same
matters and there is hardly any inter-
action or coordination. Another thing
to bear in mind in this connection is
that Congress has increasingly insisted
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, August 2, 1984
o Mr. HYDE. Mr. Speaker, I intro-
duced legislation yesterday, House
Joint Resolution 633, to eliminate the
House and Senate Intelligence Com-
mittee and create a streamlined Joint
Committee on Intelligence. I want to
share with my colleagues my reasons
for this legislation.
I originally proposed this idea in my
weekly district column on May 18,
1984 following the furor over the
mining of the Nicaragua harbors (see
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD June 6, 1984,
E2606). This debacle prompted me ask,
"Is Congress capable of practicing re-
sponsible congressional oversight of
intelligence activities, once those ac-
tivities are viewed as an integral part
of a foreign policy that has become
controversial and the subject of parti-
san debate?"
I have shared my reasons in a state-
ment today to the Senate Temporary
Select Committee to study the Senate
Committee System, and I quote from
that statement:
We cannot afford to allow what presently
masquerades as Congressional intelligence
oversight to continue any longer. With poli-
tics intruding so heavily on the process, it is
time to give serious thought to merging the
existing intelligence committees into a joint
committee composed equally of Republicans
and Democrats who, in addition to the req-
uisite trustworthiness, competence and re-
sponsibility, also possess the rare restraint
to subordinate political considerations to
the national interest.
A serious question with dangerous
implications presents itself: Is our
democratic form- of government
unable to keep any secrets, no, matter
how sensitive to our national inter-
ests? As we all know, the calculated,
politically motivated leaking of highly
sensitive information has become a
Washington art form, and one that is
not confined to Congress alone.
It appears the only way to mount a
successful covert operation these days
is for such an activity to have the
nearly unanimous support,of both In-
telligence Committees and the in-
volved agencies of the intelligence
community. Anything short of that is
doomed to failure, as opponents will
selectively leak material to their ac-
quaintances in the media with the ex-
pressed purpose of torpedoing the op-
eration. Moreover, as recent press dis-
closures clearly demonstrate, you can
count on a flurry of these leaks just
before anticipated congressional
action on the disputed issue.
What is especially disturbing is that
those who axe doing the leaking prob-
ably have never stopped to think what
the short- and long-term implications
of their revelations will be with re-
spect to U.S. Intelligence efforts, as
well as to U.S. foreign policy. They are
so preoccuppied with scoring political
upon being consulted and briefed by
the executive -branch concerning na-
tional security and foreign policy ques-
tions. A consolidated oversight panel
would provide one point of contact for
consultation and briefings in those in-
stances where time is of the essence in
a fast breaking crisis situation.o
W BOOST FOR ALCOHOL
FUEL PRODUCTION
HON. THOMAS A. DASCHLE
OF SOUTH DAKOTA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, August 2, 1984
o Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. Speaker, "Out
of Gas" and "No Gas.Today" signs
sprung up overnight across the Nation
in 1978 in response to a second oil em-
bargo, gasohol became widely known
to the motoring public. Gasohol, a
blend of 10 percent ethanol and 90
percent gasoline; helped satisfy our
Nation's need for transportation fuel
by extending limited supplies of gaso-
line. At that time, alcohol fuel was
chiefly regarded by the general public
as an important gasoline extender.
In time, as the supply of gasoline in-
creased, the service stations signs
which advertised gasohol disappeared.
With this disappearance, many people
incorrectly believed alcohol fuel had
also vanished from the marketplace.
Alcohol fuel didn't disappear from
the marketplace and in fact the
demand and use for alcohol fuel in-
creased. In addition to reducing oil im-
ports and providing expanded and
stable markets for our agricultural
products, ethanol also proved to be an
excellent octane enhancer.
From virtual nonexistence only 5
years ago, our domestic alcohol fuel
August 2, L984
industry will produce a projected 400
millions of ethanol this year, a 40-fold
increase since 1978. Increased need for
higher octane motor fuels, as a result
of newer high compression engines
and lead-In-gasoline standard changes,
has accounted for this increased
demand and use of domestically pro-
duced renewable ethanol fuel.
The recently announced proposal by
the Environment Protection Agency to
reduce lead in gasoline from 1.1 grams
to 0.1 grams per gallon, which recog-
nizes the harmful environmental ef-
fects of lead in the atmosphere, pro-
vides another significant boast for al-
cohol fuel production because lead is
primarily used in gasoline as an octane
enhancer. Ethanol, of course, is not
the only :additive -available to replace
lead and increase the octane rating of
motor fuels. MTBE, Oxinol, BTX and
other so-called oxygenates, like etha-
nol, can also be used to increase fuel
octane 'rating, but in -comparison to
these other additives, ethanol offers
many advantages. Ethanol is environ-
mentally benign and medically safe
and can be produced from our abun-
dant agricultural production. Getting
the lead out, as the Environmental
Protection Agency has proposed, pro-
vides an important new boost for fuel
alcohol production and use.o
HONK IF YOU LOVE ED
DONOHOE
lHIO1. ,9III 1dOW1 Y
OF WASHINGTON
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, August 2, 1924
o Mr. LOWRY of Washington. Mr.
Speaker, I could not let the retirement
of the most colorful pen in the North-
west's labor circles go by without ex-
tending my own words of congratula-
tions. Ed Donohoe, the editor of the
Washington Teamster, has kept the
State of Washington's establishment
on its toes. His weekly column has
been chuckled over-usually by those
not subjected to its coverage, vilified-
often by those who are covered, but
always read and enjoyed. I might add
he has taken the hide off me a few
times when I deserved it also.
I have had several opportunities to
work with Ed and have the highest ad-
miration for his work. While he will be
missed as editor of the Teamster, I'm
certain that Ed will continue to play
an active role in the Northwest. To use
Emmett Watson s words, another
great Seattle area scribe, "We need
guys like Ed. The city is too mono-
chromatic." Mr. Speaker, I would like
to insert into the RECORD the following
article on Ed Donohoe's retirement
from the Washington Teamster:
HONK IF You LOVE ED DONOHOE
(By Joe Mooney)
By a special proclamation of 'the Honora-
ble John Spellman, governor of Washington
state, Sunday, April 1, 1984, has been set
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August 2, 1984 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - Extensions of Remarks
IV. COMPARABILITY OF PAY OF FEDERAL WHITE-
COLLAR EMPLOYEES
The Federal Pay Comparability Act
of 1970 is a major factor in setting
Federal salaries; it established the pro-
cedure for annual, more or less auto-
matic, implementation of comparabil-
ity. In effect, it ruled that Federal
white-collar pay should roughly equal
private sector pay for similar jobs.
May Federal employees are con-
cerned that the basic soundness of the
Comparability Act might be under-
mined by increased criticism of the
Federal pay scales and by recommen-
dations for alternative proposals that
are impractical, untested, or expen-
sive. The current administration's atti-
tude toward Federal pay is demoraliz-
ing and is raising a sense of insecurity
and unrest among Federal employees.
VI. COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS
Since 1967, the majority of employ-
ees and retirees in both the public and
private sector have had their wages
and annuities aligned with the Con-
sumer Price Index [CPI]. For the re-
tired, whose primary source of income
is an annuity or pension, cost-of-living
adjustments [COLA's] are essential in
order to remain solvent. I support reg-
ular and equitable COLA's for Federal
.retirees.
VII. CONTRACTING OUT FEDERAL-WORK AND
POSITIONS
Over the past several years there
has been an increased emphasis on
moving workload and positions from
the. Federal Government to the pri-
vate sector. This thrust has come from
the executive branch of the Govern-
ment, primarily the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget [OMB]. The pres-
sure to contract out appears to be po-
litically motivated and intended solely
for the purpose of reducing the size of
Government and expanding the pri-
vate sector.
Federal employees are not opposed
to contracting out certain jobs or func-
tions if it makes sense from a practical
and economic point of view. I suggest
requiring each agency to provide a ra-
tionale for contracting or not contract-
ing out specific functions.
The Federal Government relies on
certain principles in order to function
in an open, democratic manner.
Among these principles is the, theory
of service and dedication to a common
cause. Our public officials and civil
servants fulfill this noble cause when
they choose to give up the larger bene-
j;'he:.fits available in the private sector.
~, =JVithout them, our Government would
;ease to function. It is only fair and
wise that we bestow upon them the
benefits that they have rightfully
earned. Let us not forget this when we
meet again to decide the future of the
Civil Service Retirement System.
Thank you.?
HON. THOMAS J. TAUKE
OF IOWA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, August 2, 1984
? Mr. TAUKE. Mr. Speaker, as I and
my colleagues have done previously as
participants in the Congressional Vigil
for Soviet Jewry, I would like to speak
again on behalf of the many Jewish
citizens suffering persecution in the
Soviet Union. While the Soviet Gov-
ernment continues to disregard the
human rights and religious freedom of
their Jewish countrymen, I will con-
tinue to bring their sad story before
my colleagues and all Americans who,
thankfully, know no such persecutions
in this country.
It is clear that the mistreatment of
Soviet Jews is a very real part of
Soviet society. One does not have to
look very far or very hard to uncover
new incidents where the Soviet Gov-
ernment has succeeded in ruining the
lives of Jewish citizens through har-
assment.
There are many convenient ways
that the Soviet Government has mas-
tered to deny this select group the
human rights all people should enjoy.
We hear stories of Soviet Jews being
exiled to labor camps. We hear stories
of Soviet Jews being denied admission
to universities. And we hear stories of
Soviet Jews being forced to stay in a
land where anti-Semitism is promoted
by the media and in literature.
Consider, for example, the plight of
Abe Stolar and his family, who have
suffered greatly at the hands of the
Soviet Government. Abe and his sister
Eva were born in Chicago, where their
parents had settled after fleeing tsar-
ist Russia. In 1936, after returning to.
Moscow, Abe's father was arrested
during one of Stalin's purges and has
never been heard from since. Abe's
grandmother and aunt were also ar-
rested and sent to Siberia, where they
both died in concentration camps.
Abe himself was expelled from the
Moscow School of Arts and made to
work as a hard laborer. In 1941, he
joined the Russian army, serving on
the front line until the end of the war.
Abe survived the war, and Eva sur-
vived the Holocaust; she managed to
emigrate to Israel some years later.
In 1974, Abe, his wife Gitta, and
their son Mikhail were granted visas
to join Eva in Israel. Inn order to leave,
they were required to sell their apart-
ment, relinquish Soviet citizenship
and pack all of their belongings off to
Israel. One year later, with only a few
small suitcases, they were prevented
from boarding a plane. On June 19,
1975, they were told that Gitta's visa
was not in order; the family was pro-
hibited from leaving because of a fab-
ricated claim that she had had access
to secret information at the time of
her retirement 2 years before. Twelve
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days later, they were informed that
they could not leave the Soviet Union
for 2 years on grounds of "security."
Even though their pensions were rein-
stated by the Soviet Government, Abe
and Gitta refused to take up their
Soviet citizenship again.
Without a place to live, Abe and his
family were put into an apartment be-
longing to someone else. They have
been living in that empty apartment
on the meager allowance the govern-
ment pays them to remain in the
Soviet Union.
Mikhail, Abe's son, was unable to get
into an institute of higher education
because of the circumstances in which
they are living. Threats have been
made that Mikhail will be called for 2
years of military service. If he is called
to serve, the family's visas would be
delayed again at least another 6 or 7
years, or refused entirely on the same
convenient grounds of "security." Mik-
hail applied to emigrate to Israel alone
and wait for his parents, but he was
told that he could not leave the
U.S.S.R. because of his mother's sup-
posed knowledge of secret informa-
tion.
In 1978, Abe wrote three letters to
Mr. Brezhnev, asking that his war
service be counted favorably toward
the family's emigration application.
These letters were never even ac-
knowledged. The Stolar family is sub-
ject to constant petty harassment
from Soviet authorities. They are now
being sued for the price of their coop-
erative apartment. This is the apart-
ment the authorities put them in
when the family was first kept from
leaving the Soviet Union. The rightful
owners'want to get Abe's family evict-
ed, which would leave them on the
streets.
Meanwhile, Eva had been soliciting
the help of friends in California in the
hope that her brother's family would
someday be able to join her there. She
campaigned vigorously in Israel and
America, and as she was about to leave
for a meeting on her brother's behalf,
she collapsed and within a few min-
utes, died.
I would like to believe that the fight
against the mistreatment of Soviet
Jews will not die with Eva. In Febru-
ary 1981, Abe and Gitta celebrated
their silver wedding anniversary, and
in December Abe reached his 73d
birthday. He remains cheerful, reso-
lute and undaunted, still hoping to
escape the grip of the Soviet Govern-
ment that continues to deny his
family their visas.
The case of the Abe Stolar family is
but one of many cases. I urge the
Soviet Union to stop persecuting the
Stolar's, and other Soviet Jews. We in
the United States must continue to
call attention to these blatant denials
of human rights. I urge my colleagues
and the American people to join me in
protesting the abuses of the Soviet
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