CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - APPENDIX

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00965R000400100069-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 12, 2004
• Sequence Number: 69
• Publication Date: June 9, 1959
• Content Type: OPEN

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and other natural resources. I -com- celerated ttseanis'polluted, and air contami- because, of the Supreme Court decision Bev.
mend it to the, attention of my col?+ rated. oral years ago limiting -thesecurity program
leagues,"and to the public, for I feel, as = Years ago Americans who valued this to, sensitive jabs onlyy.
do the -editors of this newspaper that original America, became alarmed at, the The question as to whether an emergency
rapidity -with which it was disappearing. existed was asked by Representative PORTER,
tb s is 'a vital subject deserving of great They started a movement !or the preserva- Democrat, of Oregon, who has led 'the fight
.thought and attention on the part of the tion of natural resources, both economic and against the Murray-Rees bill to extend the
people, scenic, which has ever since been known as loyalty security program to nonsensitive
'the editorial follows: . conservation. jobs. Mr. PORTER contends that such a. law
[From the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, June The time Is now at hand again for a similar is not needed, and-that if nonsensitive jobs
6,1959] battle to he waged. Thoughtful Americans -are brought under the loyalty security pro-
must begin thinking, talking, reading, and gram, employees should be given the right
CONSERVATION spreading the Importance of conservation. to full appeals and hearings, together with
Early in the. administration of Theodore ? the right to know the charges against them
Roosevelt, the President with the purpose In and the right to confront their accusers.
mind of breaking the strangle-hold of a . . Otherwise, Mr. PORTER. feels, countless in-
small minority on the sources of wealth ustices could result
which should be open to the honest en- Representative Charles 0. Porter, of Ore- j against employees in
the guise of security, such as the loss of their
deavors. of all the people-under the guid- goer, Leads Fight To Improve Govern- jobs and the failure to find other ones be-
ance of Gifford Pinchot-embraced the cause of being condemned as security risks.
policy of conservation. - meat Employees'. Security Program In,response, to Mr. PORTER'S question, Mr.
The established theory in regard to nat- Jones said he didn't know whether the Gov-
ural resources was that the, general pros- EXTENSION OF REMARKS ernment. is faced with any emergency prob-
perity of the country could best be advanced or lem. He said he. couldn't-say "Yes" and he
by the development of these ' resources couldn't say "No." But the fact that Mr.
through private capital, and upon this HON. RICHARD-L. NEUBERGER Jones could not definitely say th?.t=an emer-
theory land was either given, away or sold ~ gency existed was seized on by. Mr. PORTER
fora trifle. or OREGON and other committee members who feel that
Under this policy; over wide areas, the IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES no new law. Is, necessary to. prove they are'
timber lands had been stripped base with Tuesday; June 9, 1959 on the right track.
reckless waste; tiie control of the Nation's The bill's sponsors have contended the
water power had to. a dangerous extent Mr. NEUBERGER. Mr. President, Government is-faced with a,critical situation
passed into. private hands, and the public one of the outstanding young liberals in because the Federal service is honeycombed-
grazing lands and the wealth in minerals the House of Representatives Is Repre- with Communists in nonsensitive jobs who
and oil In the public domain were bringing sentative CHARLES O. PORTER, of the could play havoc with national security.
enormous dividends to a few, but no returns Fourth Oregon District. Mr. PORTER has NO COMMUNISTS
whatsoever to the people as. a whole to
whom these, natural resources belonged. .been waging astrong fight against ex- But Mr. Jones declared that he did not
. Under Roosevelt's administration the area tending the Government employee se-,-think any Of the 109 persons who were re-
of the national forests was increased from curity program, to jobs which are in a - stored, to their Government jobs as a result
43 to 194. million acreg, the water power re- nonsensitive area, of the Supreme Court decision (the em.
sources of those areas' were put under Gov. In his efforts Mr. PORTER has had the ployees were all in nonsensitive jobs) were
Fernment control to prevent speculation and Communists.
Implied -endorsement of the Chairman If the
monopoly, and cattle raisers grazing their of the Civil Service Commission, the nder they erhave mitbfirinfir
herds on the`'reserves were forced to pay for are firing of
f
whatthey got. Honorable Roger Jones, who has cast Government workers who communists,
No policy of Roosevelt's administration. doubt in testimony on the need for such regardless of, whether they are in sensitive
excited deeper public interest or sharper op- legislation. When asked by Representa- or nonsensitive jobs, Mr. Jones said.
position than his efforts in behalf of conser- tiVe PORTER, Mr. Jones said he didn't. The CSC chief pointed out that any unde-
?vation. His official acts and the influence know whether the Government is faced sirable employee'on the Federal payrolls can
of his speeches and messages led to the with any emergency program, and thgt A o ,fired under t Lloyd-LaFoll g of
adoption by both citizens and Government he Al lso, a 1950 law for the iri Orin of
of a new theory regarding natural resources. any undesirable employee can. be diS- any Communist in Govern ernment.
It is that the Government, acting for the charged under existing legislation. Mr. Jones did say that the Supreme Court
.people who are the real owners of public ? The well-known local columnist on decision posed' some problems for the Gov-
property, shall permanently retain fee in Federal personnel matters,. Joseph ernment, but he did not have time to elabo-
public lands, leaving their products to be Young of the Washington Evening Star; rate on what they were and will return for
developed by private capital under leases has written an article, published in his 'further questioning next week,
which are limited in their duration and paper of Jurie 4, 1959, describing the While Mr. Jones shiedaway from express-definite
Murray- which give the Government complete, power effective ffective and PORTER in brilliant this work of field. Repre- bill, ing a observers at the opinion hearing f the felt th t he
to regulate the industrial operations of the had elt tdat h
leases. Mr. had grave reservations :about extending a
a
Unfortunately, although legislation enact- Young adds- general loyalty-security program to all
ed during the Roosevelt administration did The, Oregonian certainly has become one Federal workers..
much to promote conservation, the Nation's of the committee's most valued members. Representatives FoLEY, Democrat of Mary-
natural resources are still threatened to- land, and CORBErT, Republican, of Pennsyl-
day. This refers to the House Post Office eerie, also expressed misgivings about ex-
All over the country powerful. interests, and Civil Service Committee. tending the loyalty-security program to
representing themselves as the majority, are Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- nonsensitive jobs.
closing in, bent on despoiling and obliter- sent to have printed in the Appendix of It was stressed that such character de-
ating every last vestige,of original America. the RECORD Mr. Joseph Young's column fects as immorality, drunkenness, indebted-
While national parks preserve less than 1 of June 4 from the Washington Evening ness, unsavory associations, etc., could be
percent of our land in primeval condition, Star. lumped under the term "security risk,"
giant dams are proposed f four of them, when the character defect had nothing to do
and lumbermen demand for four forests in There being no objection, the column with the actual security of the United
the fifth. was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, 'States.
National forests as follows: Yet an employee so fired as a "security
provide l ess than 1 percent JONES DEALS BLOW TO SECURITY BILL. risk" would probably ' be ruined for life as
of the Nation's cattle-feed requirements, yet 'far as getting another job is concerned, it
embattled stockmen are asking for the forests ' (By Joseph Young) was pointed out.
as their private preserve. Miners and sheep- . The bill to , extend the Government's . it was also stated that these employees
men want the national monuments. State loyalty security program to nonsensitive jobs can. now be fired easily enough under regu-
parks are succumbing to commercial in. has suffered a considerable setback. lar civil service suitability regulations.
terests. Marshes are drained, lakes emptied, ' During House. Civil Service Committee - Incidentally, Mr. PORTER has done a bril-
and predators exterminated so that wildlife . hearings yesterday on the measure, no less liant,job during the hearings in his exam-
suffers from unbalance. an administration spokesman than Civil ' ination ' of witnesses. The Oregonian cer-
Each year thousands .of acres of timber are Service Commission Chairman Roger Jones ?tainly'has' become one of the committee's
indiscriminately hacked and burned, the disclosed that he was not aware the Govern- most valued members.
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Poisonui Your-Water:7No 16T =ft, not ,appear ;to,prevent? them from in- 1tlte ,guarantee;':to the, lending :batik Of ;80
Bulging in their favorite sport. % percent of.the principal amount.
. j - - . FISHING HAS SUFFERED _.. MAINE, NEw YORI FOI.I.Ow,
Pollution , of,the bay also has tended to The. outstanding success:: of this . "Massa
make' fishing -less, popular. Old fishermen chusetts plan,". as j t is called-elsewhere, has'
will tell you that fishing in the bay Is not already resulted in two other States, Maine
HON. JOHN D. DINGELL
Whatit. used to. be. They,,tell, you that and New York, establishing identical or sixni-
of MICHIGAN weakfish,. bass, blackflsh, and other species far loan. plans. Also, enabling legislation is
IN'THE ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES were plentiful 'anywhere in the bay. An- now pending in several. other States, includ.
Tuesday, June 9, 1959 other cause for the, reduced number of fish ing,Rhode Island, Connecticut, `New Jersey.
in the bay, they say, is that the numerous Pennsylvania,"and Illinois.
Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker; purse- powerboats how keep churning up the What we have here is striking evidence of
ant to permission: granted I am insert- water. Before, powerboats became popular the great change that is taking place with re-
ing into the Appendix of the CONGRES- sailboats glided noiselessly over the surface spect to the; use of loans, to finance in part
SIONAL RECORD an article appearing in and did not, disturb the fish. the cost of a -college education. Writing in
the Rockaway. Beach (N.Y.),. Wave of While some good catches of flounders, por- the May Issue' of IBM's Think magazine,
gies and the like are. still being made, the Devereaux C. Josephs, ;who.. was chairman of
April' 30;"-1959; entitled' "Reminiscing." .gamier fish such as the. weaks and bass are the President's Committee on Education;Be-
REMINISCING ` not as numerous. yond the High School, sags:
Several generations ago., there were many "It Is not inconceivable. that: a.few'. years
oystermen and clam' diggers at the beach, from now the typical collegian will display,
who may 'now be classed as -forgotten men. as Inevitably as the street signs and pennants
There was a time whe9n Rockaway oysters Bankers' Role in Higher Education Loan on,his wall, a promissory note to indicate his
grown in Jamaica Bay were considered. membership, in the most ubiquitous frater.
among the best and were in great demand. Plan Is Successful nity of all-Iota Omicron,Upsilon. Arid to
The largest grower in the bay was Harmen the sonorous Latin motto of his ,alma mater
Schmeelk, whose beds were. in the bay be- may be added the more familiar American
tween the ? beach and Grassy Point, Broad EXTENSkO.N OF REMARKS; slogan 'Go Now; Pay Later':"
,.Channel. _ OF . AT 'curve UNIVERSITY
G. Wilbur.Doughty, of Inwood, was a large
ABRAHAM
President
.,. ?1aVYlL1\
.... L. v.eaAv..I ~r iur~I vuiver-
grower of oysters In the'east end of the bay, ""?
and'the Lundy brothers. Were `the third OF NEW YORK city, tells us
At Tufts University we believe that sub-
largest growers in the lower bay. : IN THE ROUSE-OF REPRESENTATIVES -..,.,~..~ " _--
began to be ,built up, and sewers were con- ruesuuy, June ,9, tZ,au .'- ac ouuue..co W..r uave W supply vne w
strutted emptying into the 'bay, there ' the Important answers to the question. of
'Mr. MULTER. Mr. Speaker, I Com- ' adequate income for our private colleges and
seemed to be an increase in the number of
mend to the attention 'of our colleagues universities: Only through'such expanded
typhoid - fever cases. "% The State and city 'the following article
boards of health made an Inspection and. by George H. Seal, programs can .charges made to students be
took oysters from all parts of the bay and president of the Massachusetts Higher increased to permit in turn adequate com-
had them tested.' i Education Assistance Corp. These bank- ppnsationfor college faculties."
It was .found that the. pollution of the ers . are to be congratulated f or their. The keystone ' of HEL'P'S structure is the
corporation's' guarantee to the banksof 80
waters of the bay by the emptying of raw `.worthy endeavor. - percent of the principal of each loan It ap-
sewage was the -cause of typhoid fever, and, Mr. Seal'S article appeared, in the proves: It is this, assumption of four-fifths
'the State and city boards of health pro- American Banker of May 15, 1959: of -the credit risk that warrants the banks
hibitedthe planting of oysters, In the bay MASSAcIiYSE'rrs BANKERS PRo.D of ROLE IN in making HELP on such. favorable terms.
Under this law, digging clams is also pro-
hibJ.#ed.,- Unlike the oysterman, the clam'
digger; withouta doubt, was one of the most
abused individuals known. Very frequently,
the punsters took a fling' at him and he was
often referred to by vaudeville actors, while
the general public looked down upon him as
an easygoing, shiftless nondescript, whose
sole object In life wqs to do peculiar things
and digging clams when occasion required.
But this,was, all untrue. The clam dig-
ger possessed more than the average intel-
ligence, ready to speak'on any subject with-
..out hesitancy, and kept In touch with the
outside world pretty well. As a' character,
he was honest, sympathetic, and kind, and
he was a toiler. He found time to study
the tides and. to calculate on the season's
catch of shellfish.
' I have often spoken to some of these clam
diggers and they all said they did not'
mind what people palled them. They took
.the attitude of farmers and persons living
in the country who did not find any offense
at being called "hayseeders."
BATHING PROHIBITED
Putting the lid on oystering and clam-
ming in Jamaica Bay also included- bath-
ing and swimming, but there are still many
persons who, violate the health law. Al-
most any day you can see scores -of men,
women and children taking a swim in any
part of the bay. Some day when the weather
is warm, just take a ride in the subway and
you will notice a' large number of people in
the water at Howard Beach.
There seems to be as many people fin- '
toying a swim now as there were years ago,.
and the health department, no} the police
Throughout the United States, the com-
mercial banks of Massachusetts are being
given well-deserved credit for their part in
devising and implementing "HELP" the
unique Higher Education Loan Plan Inaugu-
rated In this State 2 years ago.
HELP Is.a creation of the Massachusetts
Higher Education Assistance Corp., organ-
ized in 1956 under a special act of the legis-
lature, for the purpose of making bank loans
available to college students on more favor-
able terms than had ever before been feas-
Ible. It was born of the cooperative endeavor
of a self-constituted'group og bankers, edu-
cators, and business leaders. They recog.
nized the need in this highly Industrialized
area for an increasing flow of capable gradu-
ates in higher education.
TWO MILLION DOLLARS LOANED To 4,000
In its first 2 years, HELP has made avail-
able commercial bank loans to more than
.4,000 students, to a total in excess of $2 mil-
lion. Applicants are required to be domiciled
in Massachusetts and to have completed the
first year of their program of higher educa-
tion at an approved institution. Loans are
limited to $500 in any one year, and a total
of $1,500 in 3 years.
The borrowers sign notes due and payable
6 months-after graduation, at which time the
banks renew the loans for 3 years, and set
up a schedule of 36 equal monthly payments.
Currently HELP loans are being made at 4r/
percent, of which one-half of 1 percent is
paid by the banks to the corporation as each
loan transaction Is completed. ,Approval Pf
a HELP loan by the corporation carries with
when some of the first borrowers were due
to sign renewal notes.' However, only three
loans have been declared delinquent, and
one of these borrowers is now making month-
ly payments. Equally reassuring is the fact
that some 204-: borrowers have repaid their
HELP loans in full, on or before their due
dates, to a total of more than $76,000.
The guarantee device plays another impor-
tant part in our program, of. especial appeal
' to contributors to out capital fund. Under
the terms of our agreement with the banks,
each $1,000 ad4ed toour capital fund makes
1%500 bank dollars immediately available
for loans to students. I' know of no more
effective means of expanding the usefulness
of contributed funds.
To maintain its capital fund in proportion
to the rising total loans, the corporation seeks
tax-exempt contributions'from business cor-
porations, foundations, and individuals. Our
goal' for the fund in 1969 is $250,000, and our
ultimate goal is to bring it up to $500,000 by
the end of .1961. - That amount will not only
provide for guarantee of loans of more than
$6 million, but will also yield an investment
return approximating our modest adminis-
trative expenses, and make HELP entirely
self-supporting.
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY BANKS PARTICIPATE
Another feature of HELP that has con-
tribtfted much.to its success is the fact that}
its operation is chiefly. In the hands of the
130 commercial` banks participating in the
program. Their skilled and experienced loan
officers sustain the entire, burden of Inter-
viewing -applicants, obtaining' essential in-