SECTION 301 OF THE TRADE EXPANSION ACT

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United States
of America
Congressional 'Record
PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 88th CONGRESS FIRST SESSION
Vol. 109 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1963 No. 148
House of Representatives
The House met at 12 o'clock noon.
The Chaplain, Rev. Bernard Braskamp,
D.D., offered the following prayer:
Psalm 121: 2: My help comes from the
Lord.
0 Thou whose resources of grace are
inexhaustible and abundantly adequate,
we humbly acknowledge that we greatly
need Thy divine guidance to carry on
victoriously in the many strange and
various events and experiences of each
new day.
Hitherto Thou hast blessed us and
we are commending and committing our-
selves to Thy care and keeping as we
face a future which we cannot foresee
or foretell.
Grant that through the old and fa-
miliar way of prayer we may receive
wisdom and strength to accept the chal-
lenge of every difficult task and evefy
noble adventure.
Give us a clear and commanding vi-
sion of the glory and splendor of a social
order dedicated and devoted to the prin-
ciples of the Fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man.
Hear us in the name of our blessed
Lord. Amen.
THE JOURNAL
The Journal of the proceedings
? yesterday was read and appioved.
I-.do not speak about integration or
segregation, I speak as forcefully as I
may about the proper role of the mili-
tary, and that role is to defend this Na-
tion, under the control of its civilian
officials.
I agree entirely with the gentleman
from Georgia [Mr. VristsoN] that it would
be a serious mistake for the armed serv-
ices to be forced into becoming active
exponents of social reform.
The implementation of the Gesell re-
port would accomplish little, in my opin-
ion, and its dangers are many. It would
almost force members of our Armed
Forces into local politics, State politics,
and Federal politics?it would place
politics into the promotion of our of-
ficers, rather than on the basis of their
ability to defend this Nation and com-
mand its armed services.
The bill of the gentleman from Geor-
gia [Mr. VmsoN] seeks to keep the mili-
tary in the business of defending this
Nation. That is their proper role, it has
been their role, and should continue to
be their role; and, no matter how anyone
may feel, the military should not be
made the vehicle for social action.
The Gesell report is a dangerous docu-
ment. It is a new and unwarranted in-
trusion for the military into the civilian
of life, and I would warn this Nation that
----this is dangerous.
The recommendations of the Gesell
Committee would subordinate the de-
fense of this Nation to a social program,
for the military to actively interfere with
the social life of this Nation in the guise
of social reform, it would have officers
graded on the basis of their ability to
bring about such social changes on and
off base rather than on their ability and
courage and leadership in defending this
Nation. .
There are other phases of this report
which I feel all Americans should be
warned about, it is a dangerous philoso-
phy. I commend the distinguished gen-
tleman from Georgia in having intro--
duced this bill which would nullify the
directive of the Department of De-
fense and thereby prevent our military
from embarking on an unwise, unsound,
and dangerous ,course of action. I urge
THE GESELL REPORT
(Mr. FUQUA asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his
remarks.)
Mr. FUQUA. Mr. Speaker, yesterday
the distinguished Congressman from
Georgia [Mr. Vmsow] introduced a bill
which, if enacted into law, Would nullify
the directive issued by the Department
of Defense on July 26, 1963, that seeks
to implement major portions of the Ge-
sell report.
As we are well aware, this report has
not been Widely publicized as it should
have been, and, in my opinion, its im-
plementation could be one of the most
dangerous steps this Nation has ever
taken with regard to the military.
?
its passage. Let the military retain its
proper role, that of defending this
Nation.
FEDERAL TAX REDUCTION AND
REFORM BILL
(Mr. ROUSH asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute.)
Mr. ROUSH. Mr. Speaker, next week
I shall vote for the tax bill.
Mr. Speaker, I wish to call the atten-
tion of my colleagues to what can be re-
ferred to as a "fringe benefit" contained
in the tax 'reduction and reform bill we
shall be considering within another
week. .
The stimulus to the economy on the
national level will have its counterpArt
on the State and local governmental
levels as well. It is now estimated tax
revenue in this sector of government will
be increased 7 percent if the proposed
Federal tax bill is enacted.
In my State of Indiana this can be
estimated to be in excess of $64 million
with a breakdown showing State gov-
ernment can expect a boost in revenue
by $29 million and local governments can
benefit by some $35 million. A sizable
portion of State revenue is reallocated
to local units which should further ease
a property tax burden that is approach-
ing the confiscatory level in some cases.
It is a "fringe ? enefit" which can fur-
ther stimulate t e economy in the areas
of immediate cs cern te all Members of
th' ouse.
301 OF THE TRADE
PANSION ACT
(Mr. MONAGAN asked and was giv'en
permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his
remarks.)
Mr. MONAGAN. Mr. Speaker, with
the passage of time, we have been able
to see in specific form the defects that
some of us pointed out in the Trade Ex-
pansion Act of 1962 at the time of its
passage.
? At that time, I indicated the radical
change that was projected in the then
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existing procedure for obtaining redress
by industries affected by tariff cuts and
resulting imports.
The legislation set up a new philos-
ophy whereby industries were no longer
protected against the flow of imports,
but were to be allowed to suffer and de-
cline with the novel provision, however,
that nationally financed assistance
should be forthcoming to the industries
and workers who suffered through the _
expanded volume of imports.
Even under the new philosophy of
trade introduced by the 1962 legislation,
- the provisions of the act have proven to
be too' restrictive. While I should have
preferred to retain the old escape clause
philosophy, nevertheless, given the new
law, I can see the necessity of the "ad-
justment assistance" provisions of sec-
tion 301 of that act.
Unfortunately, experience shows that
the law, is so rigid that the Tariff Com-
mission has been unable to apply it.
According to a recent report, the Com-
mission has completed 11 investigations
under section 301. In all cases, the Com-
mission unanimously found no basis for
qualifying the petitioner for assistance
under the act.
The principal reason for this Commis-
sion finding has been the requirement of
the law that the Commission determine
that increased imports shall be a major
cause of injury or threat of injury to
the petitioner.
This requirement contrasts with the
requirement under a comparable section
of the old law, which permitted the Com-
mission to make a finding of injury when
increased imports contributed substan-
tially to causing or threatening serious
injury to a petitioning industry.
I feel that neither the sponsors of the
bill, nor Congress, intended to provide a
requirement which would be as exclu-
sionary as section 301 has proved to be.
In my judgment, it does not meet the
objectives of the legislation. Accord-
ingly, I have prepared and filed a bill to
amend section 301 of the Trade Expan-
sion Act to subsitute for major.cause the
phrase substantial factor in causing.
This will permit action by the Commis-
sion in its discretion where imports have
been a substantial cause of injury, but
will not make it mandatory that the
Commission find such injury only when
at least 51 percent of the cause shall
have been the imports.
If some such reasonable standard is
not provided, the remedial sections of
the new law will never be made effective
and there will be no remedy for the in-
evitable loss from increased imports.
DEPLORABLE PHILOSOPHY OF THE
NEWS MEDIA
(Mr. -BECKER asked and was given
yi-ermission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his
remarks.)
Mr. BECKER. Mr. Speaker, it has
depressed me to read in recent days the
headlines in our news media speculating
on the possible death of a former Mem-
ber of this House and a beloved friend
of mine and I know of every Member
of this House when he served in this
body. I am referring to our former
colleague, CLAIR ENGLE, of California.
CLAIR ENGLE and I became very fast
friends when I came to Congress in 1952.
It would seem to me that the years he
served in this House and in the other
body would impel the press of this coun-
try and the other news media to ask our
people to pray for his speedy recovery
_rather than writing -headlines and news
columns in speculation on who might
take his place in the event of his death.
Mr. Speaker, I deplore this, and I
should hope there will be a change in
the philosophy of the news media, so
that they will think more about the
recovery of this very fine person, a re-
spected friend and former colleague of
ours, than to speculate about his possible
death.
Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, will the
gentleman yield?
Mr. BECKER. I am glad to yield to
the distinguished majority leader. -
Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, I desire
to associate myself with the remarks
the gentleman is making. I think they
are very timely under the circumstances.
Mr. BECKER. Mr. Speaker, I appre-
ciate the approval of the distinguished
majority leader. I hope that this change
will be brought about all over this Na-
tion. I think what has been done is
deplorable. I do not think any Member
of this House approves it. I do not be-
lieve that any politician in the country
likes this type of newspaper speculation
while a man has any hope of recovery.
I pray and shall pray every day for his
recovery.
PRAYERS IN SCHOOL
(Mr. DEVINE asked and was given
permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his re-
marks.)
Mr. DEVINE. Mr. Speaker, the
gentleman who preceded me has been a
dedicated crusader as a result of the
prayer decision of the Supreme Court of
the United States. In connection with
that crusade I received a letter in the
mail this morning that I think is mean-
ingful and quite moving. I shall not
reveal the names of the authors other
than to say that they are three young
school-age ladies. I read this letter for
the benefit of the House. It is dated
September 14, 1963, from Hilliard, Ohio.
It says:
Dear CONGRESSMAN: We are writing for our
family and friends. We feel that the Su-
preme Court should rule in prayers because
our country is based on religion and the
freedom of speech. ?
" Some schools are still having prayers, but
our school isn't. What do you think we
should do? U our school voted democrat-
ically on having prayers, and we voted in
the affirmative, could we have the right?
? We sincerely hope this letter can help you
in fighting for our rights, and ,we would
really appreciate an answer.
Mr. Speaker, I think we have come to
a sorry pass when the youngsters of our
country have to write to their Congress-
men and ask if they could democratically
vote to save prayers in the schools.
September 18
CORRECTION OF VOTE
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN. Mr. .Speaker,
on rollcall No. 138, the RECORD indicates
that I did not vote. I was present that
day as the RECORD will indicate and voted
on other issues that were before the
House. I was present at that time and
voted "aye."
Mr. Speaker,1 ask unanimous consent
that the permanent RECORD and Jour-
nal be corrected accordingly.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from Mich-
igan?
There was no objection.
RESIDUAL OIL?THE COAL LOBBY
STEPS BACKWARD AGAIN
(Mr. CLEVELAND (at the' request of
Mr. BATTIN) was given permission to ex-
tend his remarks at this point in the
RECORD and to include extraneous mat-
ter.)
Mr. CLEVELAND. Mr. Speaker, yes-
terday I received a lengthy communica-
tion from Mr. Joseph Moody, president
of the National Coal Policy Conference.
The conference, as many of us know, is
the well-financed, well-organized lobby
of the domestic coal industry. As many
of us in New England know all too well,
the conference has spearheaded the
drive to continue the rigid, costly, and
discriminatory quotas on imports of
residual oil which put our economy at a
grossly unfair competitive disadvantage.
Mr. Moody's latest appeal urges the
Congress to eliminate the Atomic Energy
Commission's development program de-
signed to stimulate the nuclear powered
ut/lity industry. The Federal Govern-
ment, Mr. Moody complains, is "develop-
ing nuclear power to compete with coal."
Mr. Moody asks us to "oppose any
further appropriations to provide subsi-
dies for the nuclear reactor development
program." He also invites comment and
I am glad to comply with this request.
COAL OPPOSES PROGRESS
There are Members of Congress better
qualified than I to discuss the merits of
the Atomic Energy Commission's nuclear
power development program and who
can speak to the overall wisdom of Mr.
Moody's criticisms. However, I have al-
ways looked upon the development of
atomic energy as a promising national
venture. I look forward to the day when
nuclear energy may realize its full po-
tential and may be harnessed .for peace-
ful purposes to dramatically improve the
living standards of our people and, in-
deed, all the world. The atoms for peace
program advanced by former President
Eisenhower holds great promise of prog-
ress for all mankind.
But, regrettably, once again, Mr.
Moody seeks to turn back the clock.
Wholly apart from any consideration of
the merits of Mr. Moody's observations
on the development of atomic power, I
am struck by the fact that the coal indus-
try, as Mr. Moody puts it, is now unalter-
ably opposed to Government subsidies to
a competitive source of energy which
may, he fears, discriminate against the
coal industry. Mr. Moody, it seems to
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