ASSURING MIDDLE EAST PEACE

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September 27, 68 CONGYtESSION L R 1Z = xtenslons o emar s
AS,SURTNG MI)NDLE EAST PEACE
141 JACOB K. JA FFS
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED' STATES trot computer in Egypt and create all kinds
Thursday, September 26, 1968 of havoc in a matter of minutes.'
However, if the U.S. wo~iid"send Phantom
ITS Mi President only 15 jets to - Israel, we stand a fighting
Mr. JA\
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6ohclusion of the 6-day
months after the
war of June 1967, through Soviet deliver-
ies of new stores of sophisticated modern
arms, Russian "advisers," and economic
and diplomatic support, Arab militarism
has risen from the ashes of defeat to re-
new its warfare against Israel through
guerrilla incursions and-border attacks.
The Arabs seek to erode efforts for peace
by diplomatic maneuverings and threats
have charted our every move in the Meaiter-
ranean for the past three months. It would
chance. Once the gauhtlet is dropped it will
be too late!
The U.S. must realize the immediate dan-
ger to this country as well as Israel and ship
the Jets immediately-if only for our own
safety!
ISRAI L'S URGENT NEED FOR
PHANTOM JETS
of another round in the Arab-Israel war, HON. 'f3:..C. FISHER
With the growing Soviet position of
strength in the Middle East and the in- or TE`rA,5
creased Arab bellicosity, it would seem IN THE HOUSE OF REPRSWTATIVES
logical, that the United " states would
bolster our friends in the area. We are Thursday, September 26, T"9?,8
not doing rthis in"the case of Israel even Mr. FISHER. Mr. Speaker, I am deeply
though both political parties in their disturbed, as are many Americans, about
platforms have planks pledging arms aid the continued unrest in the Middle East.
to Israel to preserve its freedom and to To my mind the state of affairs in that
maintain the balance of power` In the part of the world could be greatly as-
Middle East. And both Houses'of Con- sisted if this country made up its mind,
tress have similarly gone on record. .F' and promptly, to provide Israel with the
The administration must no longer arms that it needs for its own defense.
hesitate to discharge the expressed will We cannot expect the Arab world to
of both political parties and. of both lessen its pressures or to change its war-
Houses of the Congress-and the will like intentions other than through a
of the American people-but should im- realization that another conflict with
mediately commence the arrangements Israel would have as devastating an ef-
to permit Israel 'to purchase needed sup- fect as the last one. The Arab world, like
ersbnic' Phantom jets from the united its sponsor the Soviet Union, understands
States, only one deterrent factor, force of arms.
-I wish to append an article from the Israel is today a beleaguered state sur-
September 13 issue of a leading New York rounded by enemies. It has no desire for
weekly, the Jewish Press, `which elo- territorial expansion and it wants noth-
quently states the case for this aid. I ing more than to be left in peace. But
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ask be unaniprintedminousthe eonsennsentt ), that the article peace for Israel is impossible in the light
of the insistent pressures, terrorist ac-
There .".being no objection, the article tivities and operi threats of conflict which
was ordered to be printed in the REcoRD, constantly face it from the Arab nations.
as follow Since the Israel-Arab conflict in 1967,
. ULD'BE' COSTLY the Soviet Union has furnished the Arabs
TN 7 S, PE ,AY Co
The United States has delayed the ship=- at least 450 tanks and 250 aircraft. The
rents of Phantom Jets to Israel far too long. Arabs today have roughly twice the rum-
As of this moment Soviet ships are making ber of aircraft than 'the Israelis have.
onUp iis_ 'military moves-- in the Mediter- Although Israel has made appropriate
reason for this appears to be that the
administration hopes to reach an under-
standing with the Soviet Union over an
arms balance in the Middle East. I, too,
believe in a limitation of arms in the
Middle East, but not a unilateral limi-
tation by which our friends are deprived
of the means to defend themselves while
the Arab forces are generously supplied
with arms by the Soviet Union.
And in any event I must point out
that any understanding with the Soviet
Union relating to an arms balance in
the Middle East must now be viewed in
the light of the recent actions of the
,Soviet Union in Czechoslovakia.
Mr. Speaker, both on the basis of na-
tional interest, as such is furthered by
any step toward maintaining world
peace, as well as on the basis of moral
considerations which our country tra-
ditionally has viewed as a proper basis
for its foreign relations, dictate that the
administration's "sympathetic examina-
tion" be translated into prompt delivery
of F-4 Phantom jets and such other
armaments as are required by Israel at
the very earliest date.
Our`-,friends need our help, and our
interest,s.dictate that we give this help.
By following this course, we will actu-
ally be helping to preserve the peace and
prevent war In the Middle East.
"CONGRESSIONAL REFORM"-AR-
TICLE INSERTED IN EXTENSIONS
OF REMARKS BY REPRESENTA-
TIVE THOMAS B. CURTIS
HON. CARL T. CURTIS
OFS NEBRASKA
IN THE SENATE O THE UNITED STATES
Friday, September 27, 1968
Mr. CURTIS. Mr. President, in the
CONGRESSONAL ECORD of Thursday, Sep-
tember 26, 1961, I notice on page E8244
that I was list ' as the author of an in-
sertion entitle `Congressional Reform."
I regret than I am not the author of
such a fine }'reformational thesis, and in
all good copscience I must make known
the simple fact that an error in makeup
at the :'Government Printing Office
listed lrie instead of the distinguished
gentleman from Missouri, Representative
Tu9ktS B. CURTIS.
know these things happen and that
the necessary changes are made routine-
ly, but I could not let this occasion pass
without citing the inadvertence and, at
the same time, giving credit where it is
due. In requesting that the correction
be made for the permanent bound REc-
ORD, I take the opportunity to congratu-
late my friend, Representative Tom CUR-
TIS, for developing this informative ma-
terial, and I commend it to everyone for
ranean an a constant surveillance of the deposit of the outstanding balance for
U.S. fleet is underway by Soviet TU 18 jet
bombers, _with_'`Egyptian' markings. These the Mirage-V jet fighters ordered from
jets carry'radar and submarine` detection France, France has so far been unwill-
devices. "Russia and the Arab 'nations know ing to supply these aircraft to Israel.
exactly how many ships and submarines we premier Eshkol during his Conversa-
have in the Mediterranean and where they tions with President Johnson requested
are. 60 F-4 Phantom jets. The offipial posi
It is ironic that Russia has placed these
l when tion of the administration is that "the'
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Russia needs every one of these planes for President agreed to keep Israel's military
defensive .warfare! defense capability under active and sy m-
,' S. iptehigence claims'there are'only 4,000 pathetic examination and review in the
Russian personnel in Syria, Egypt" and Al- light of 'all relevant factors; including
geria However, with the Russian "advisors" the shipment of military equipment by
Who aro, piloting these pplanes, our sources others to the area."
claim tlhe_. figure comes croser to (0;000 men.
If Russ A l1 give the word tomorrow That "sympathetic examination" is
t tli ra s tO atfack-it would be impos- Still undoubtedly going on, but no F-4's
sjbie far Israel to withstand the onslaught of are being sold to Israel. The ostensible
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CUBAN EXILES IN FLORIDA cated weapon, and too sophisticated, it Those from Poder Cubano are signed
turned out. for the clumsy terrorists. It was "Ernestc?." The signature Is wavery obviously
c ~~ r a long time before they could figure out left-handed. The fact that the signatures
HON. DANTE B. FASCELL how to make the things go off. vary betas out the theory that the grou
or rr,oaIDA And finally Into such advanced warfare consists of 10 people, each of whom calls
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES as sniping of a Polish ship in Miami's harbor himself Ernesto and is entitled to act inde-
last week; and the increase in bombings of pendently of the others wherever he can
Thursday, September 26, 1968 commercial establishments which do not "co- gather his own cadre.
Miami ate with the terrorists. White Hand and Cuban Power peevishly
Mr. FASCELL. Mr. SpeakeF, during all oper
of its history, the United States has much of the Police
bombing Is done for Headley
extortion licharge that Podei nes by claiming re ponsibillilpeforeALL acts
opened its doors and Its heart to those Merchants are asked to contribute to the of violence, some of which the other strug-
who flee despotism, privation, and re- counter-revolutionary causes. If they don't. gling groups have committed.
pression. The landing each day in Miami they quickly learn the consequences. Cuban With all the vi.rlous organizations. meth-
the freedom airlift from Cuba is but sources say extortion has nothing to do with ods and philosophy, there is one unified aim
of of updated version of the arrival of the It:-It is simply a "philosophical" method of of the militants: to return the Cuban exiles the
munit
line, Mayflower in 1620. As with the May- so tticann fightmthee tyry of Castrpo. m a "feet" Cuba, s, mat piter what fact that
'flower, the airlift brings with it a people Last week, four reporters-In-exile were usn bs taken. ndi despite the fact that
searching for new horizons, seeking the blindfolded and driven aimlessly about the would studies indicate the vast Majority
recapture of lost liberties and subse- city, and finally taken to a hoded Char- wld stay in Miami even if Fidel toppled.
"Ernesto"-the leader They are settled here, most have more
fuulfilled ntent that their quest has been acter of Potter who said Cubano he (waswhich translates as Cu- physical
prcomffortss than in h their to n ro voke
ban Power but, confusingly, it is not the class praIn o life. Rather than
community, how-those
who
com to our shores undertthese condit ions bee same et cluoak-and d ails itself Cuban Power). unpopularity e, hecnnue the to exile
profess Cubansnper-
come productive and exemplary citizens. ported straight ly. encounter was re- patriotism.
-facedly including the state- The Identities of many of the terrorists in
However, there are some who, through a ment that Dr. Orlando Bosch, one of the this new-style Cuban Mafia are known, but
misguided fervor to restore in their noisiest of the militant anti-Communists as one bombed-out businessman said, "Why
country the liberties they find in Amer- here, would assume leadership of Poder should I ask for a second dose? I do not, wish
tan, engage in wanton ,acts of violence Cubano.
It could have been for real (some of the to discuss the matter further." He termed
which cause irreparable harm to the newsmen have their doubts)-or it could It'"an unfortunate accident."
country which gave them refuge. have been somebody else's cunning plot. For His associates reckon the next time he is
Typical of these extremists is a small Bosch, who knows full well there's a bounty asked to support the Cubans' favorite
but determined group in the Miami area on the head of any member of Poder Cubano charity-anti-Castroism-he will do so more
whose most recent activities include the who is identified, has disappeared in the wake readily.
sniping of vessels in the Miami port, ex- of the unwelcome publicly. All par for the Meanwhile, the Miami-based consuls of
tortion, and the terrorist bombing of course, countries that trade with Cuba tremble daily
There are some 54 exile groups. The most as they start their cars (a bomb was wired
business places. Needless to say, the pro- aggressive are a small minority. They are to the Mexican counsel's auto? , open their
ale of the Miami area are horrified by controlled and financed by the wealthy who offices (the Spanish National Offlce of Tour-
their acts of terrorism. lost great holdings when Castro took over ism has had three bombs planted), or go
A particularly apt resume of the actlvi- nine years ago, but managed to fall back on into their homes (a bomb exploded in the ga-
ties of the extremists and of the effects resources they'd been bundling out of Cuba rage of the British counsel's Coral Gables
of their actions appeared in the Septem- in the years before. residence.)
ber 23, 1968, issue of the Miami News: Some of the groups consist of men who Hardweae stores do a brisk trade in one-
CvBAx Exn ~a LrvurG wives "RraGx or TcRaos" fought with Fidel until the surface was way mirrors and cloor-peepers. Fear lies over
scratched and his communism came out, the Cuban community like a catafalque. No-
(By Terry Johnson King) Others are outright euporters of former die- body wants to do anything with an -lnex-
By the time you read this, some Cuban tator Fulgencio Batista, hopeful of putting pected present-it could be a time bomb.
exile terrorist may have planted another his policies, through a puppet, back in oper- One businessman, a boat-builder, recently
bomb somewhere. ation. called the Hialeah police when a heavy,
Perhaps it will have gone off, Election year speeches tend to encourage clumsily-wrapped package arrived from an
If so, as sure as Castro makes little red them. Ed Gurney, Republican candidate for unkonwn character in New Jersey-where
statements, there will be a "secret" hand- the U.S. Senate from Florida, said last week, they had just uncovered a Cuban arsenal.
delivered (nobody ever knows by whom) "we should train, equip and aid responsible The bomb squad unpacked a propeller being
press release. It will be signed Ernesto, An- Cuban freedom fighters in their efforts to sent back for repair.
tonio, or some Latin-flavored name, and It overthrow the Castro government." The police and the FBI reckon they have
will claim credit for the violence. The key word in the statement may be not gathered enough legal evidence to con-
The reason it is hand-delivered is because "responsible," but none of the militants are vict any of the people they suspect of being
these terrorists know a federal statute when likely to admit they are irresponsible-and terrorists. They wring their hands and ex-
they see one-they're not about to mil-use responsible people are not likely to be mill- change bits of infcrmation, most of which Is
the malls. tan La. obsolete by the time they uncover it.
If the bomb doesn't go off, and many don't. Also fanning the flames of the near civil And meanwhile, the Cuban exiles live in a
you may not even hear about It. For every war that brews in Cuban neighborhoods are climate of fear they thought they had
attempted bombing that is Investigated (30 the extreme right-wing exile publications. escaped when they fled their homeland.
so far this year in Dade County attributable Chief of these is a newspaper, "Patna."
to exile sources) a number go unreported which Is commonly supposed to exist on
for fear of unfavorable publicity. money from Batista.
It's like fighting a libel suit, to report an In addition there are bulletins, magazines,
unexploded bomb; it only calls attention to other papers, newsletters-published here, in
a bomb-worthy situation, California, New York and Mexico-which
Miami's Cubans are living with a reign of deify the terroristic strikes against non-
terror that, so far, has been largely confined cooperators, either here or'elsewhere.
to their own neighborhoods and businesses. Aside from Poder Cubano and Cuban
Almost daily now, incidents are reported Power, the most militant groups are: White
lbcally as anti-Castro factions drown their Hand? directly by a man who calls himself
sorrows and vent their frustrations In dyne- Michelta; the 7th of December Movement.
mite and C-4 plastic explosives. directed by a man who signs himself Antonio,
It has been an escalating war. It started and the Secret Anti-Communist Army
with smoke bombs and tear gas being tossed The MIRR-Insurrectional Movement of
into festive gatherings among Cubans, set Revolutionary Recovery-is generally pre-
off by malcontents who said the exiles had sumed to be the front organization for Poder
no business having parties while their coun- Cubano. And another group, not heard of too
try was in the hands of Communists., often, has entered the age of specialization:
From there it grew. Dynamite was tossed the Garcia-Cornillot Group makes a prac-
into stores that sent drugs to Cuba-they tics of bombing just foreign consulates of
were "trading with the enemy" when they countries that trade with Cuba.
sent badly-needed supplies of pencillin and All the terrorists have the same modus
antibiotics to the aged and infirm in that operandi. A bomb is set, and if it goes off
country. successful, a press release is Issued claiming
Then It was C-4 plastic bombs-a sophisti- credit.
The offenses committed by the terror-
ists are violations of local laws, but there
are also national and international im-
plications. For these reason I have had
the staff of the Legal and Monetary
Affairs Sibcommittee of the House Com-
mittee on Government Operation:,, of
which I am cha:.rman, working on this
matter.
Various agencies of the Federal Gov-
ernment that are concerned with en-
forcement of Federal laws involved are
within the subcommittee's jurisdiction,
including the Justice Department, the
Bureau qE Customs, and the Coast Guard.
In addition, I have recently written to
the Attorney General as follows:
SErrEMBE.t 23, 19,38.
Hon. RAMecxy CLARE,
The Attorney General, Department of Jurtfce,
Washington, D.C.
DEAR MR. A'rrcaNEY GENERAL: Recent
terrorist activities in Miami and other parts
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of our nation, perpetrated by a small group
of Cuban extremists, are endangering Ameri-
can lives and property.
The vast majority of Cuban exiles have
proven to be exemplary guests in our nation.
However, this militant minority is violating
not only our local laws with attacks on
foreign ships and bombings of business
places, but also is violating a host of Federal
laws.
For these reasons, I seriously urge a prompt
and thorough investigation by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, Immigration au-
thorities and other agencies involved to bring
these criminals to justice.
While I fully support the legitimate efforts
of the Cuban exiles to free their homeland,
we cannot allow a terrorist minority to jeop-
ardize lives and blantantly violate our laws
in the name of patriotism.
Sincerely yours,
DANTE B. FASCELL,
Chairman.
CUTBACKS IN SCHOOL FUNDS
HON. JACOB K. J-AVITS
OF NEW YORK
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
Thursday, September 26, 1968
Mr. JAVITS. Mr. President, the La-
bor=HEW appropriation bill, now in con-
ference, contains a number of provisions
In -disagreement wherein the Senate has
increased Federal school aid funds over
the amounts in the House bill and, in a
number of instances, over the President's
budget. The attached editorial from the
August 2 Rome Daily Sentinel is indic-
ative of the widespread public ' support
at the community level for needed funds
for our schools.
The Nation's children are the Nation's
future. And their education assures the
future both for them and for our country.
I am hopeful that the conference com-
mittee, of which I am a member, will
have the vision to approve these needed
funds. I ask unanimous consent that the
editorial be printed in the RECORD.
There being no objection, the editorial
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
JOHNSON CUTS ROME SCHOOL AID
Passing almost unnoticed in the Presi-
dent's impromptu press conference the other
day was his off-hand reference to the fact
that he did not intend to release the more
than 90 million dollars Congress had au-
thorized to aid schools in federally-impacted
areas.
Rome is such an area because of the
added burden. placed upon it by the chil-
dren attending our schools who are related
to Griffiss AFB. Failure to release these funds
will cause the local system to lose approxi-
mately $250,000 it has budgeted for the com-
ing year.
These funds were allocated by the Con-
gress only after considerable study and
thought in both houses and careful con-
sultation with school officials from all over
the nation, including a representative from
Rome.
Why President Johnson chose to ignore
this documentated need we may never know.
He may have been chastizing the Senate for
failing to approve his Supreme Court des-
ignations or he may have been disturbed at
the inflationary implications of the steel
settlement. He can point to the mandate
handed him by Congress to save $6 billion
of federal spending.
in any case, the impact on the school
budget will be considerable and the neces-
sary cuts to cover the loss of a quarter of a
million dollars will be difficult for the school
board. If this federal money is to be perma-
nently cut off, the costs will be added to the
local tax dollar.
TOWNSEND PROPOSAL EXPANDED
TO - AID ELDERLY, OTHERS IN
NEED
HON. JOHN J. McFALL
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When he signed the latest, 1967 Amen
ments, President Johnson created a new
commission "to examine any and every plan,
however unconventional, which could prom-
ise a constructive advance in meeting the
income needs of all the American people."
A most encouraging and revealing action and
announcement.
That Commission, The President's -Com-
mission on Income Maintenance Programs,
should cornerstone the Institute on Retire-
ment Income, urged by the Senate's Special
Committee on Aging-especially in view of
their report announcing that they've at last
concluded that Zack of income "is now more
than ever the MAJOR PROBLEM" of the
elderly (Senate Report No. 1098). And, even
more especially, their admonition that the
situation .will "steadily worsen unless a
genuinely comprehensive federal action is
fashioned."
THE TEST OF PROPHECY IS FULFILLMENT
Facts: In spite of all our socfal?security
programs and policies (both public and pri-
vate, combined with all other income people
themselves can acquire), those over 65
share less and less, year by year, in up-to-date
income and living. Analysis of Census Bu-
reau's annual reports (Series P-60), on in-
come-distribution to persons by age and sex,
authentically certifies that truth:
In 1947, persons over 65 had only 34.5%
the median income of persons 25 through 64. -
By 1964, it was down to 31 %-by 1965, 30.5 %.
In 1966, despite the 71/2 % benefit increase
by the 1965 Amendments (and liberalization
of government, labor and business plans),
it fell to 28.9 %-a DROP of over 16% I From
1947 to 1966.
Even had the 1947 ratio improved, say to
half the up-to-date, adult level, it would
have been a severely punishing failure. But,
it dropped over 16%!
In recent years, this decline has acceler-
ated. In 1964, men over 65 had a median in-
come of $2,037-$2,904 LESS than men 55 to
64 (women over 65 had $952-$958 less than
women 55 to 64). In 1965, it was $2,116-
$3,134 LESS for men $984-$1,035 less for
women) In 1966, it was $2,162-$3,588 LESS
for men ($1,087-$1,129 less for women).
A final fact completes the picture. The
same source shows in 1947 10,641,000 aged 85
and over-in 1966, 17,937,000-increased
68.9%. In comparison, In 1947 we had 72,-
497,000 and in 1966 85,241,000 aged 25
through 64-increased only 17.6%. Thus,
the elderly are increasing your times as
rapidly as younger adults. From 1947 to 1959,
the ratio was but 31/2 to 1; showing it to be
a rising one.
In short, steadily greater economic depres-
sion for an ever greater part of our adult
population-to whose membership virtually
all of us are destined-the aged.
I believe nobody can require a more un-
answerable picture of failure. Present stingy
programs have been better than none; but,
imagination can't grasp the utterly excuse-
less privation and denial amidst abundance
endured by American people because of these
mean programs, based on the obsolete rules
of, scarcity. Only to the extent that we wipe
out this deflation of human living can we
ever beat inflation which is.its inevitable
counter-effect. Nor can we achieve the just
equality the name "America" has always
promised-except as we put an end to this
bitter inequality.
Therefore, our leadership at last calls for
real answers to "the income needs of all
the American people." That call not only
recognizes the failure of past policies (but
for which that call would never come), but
also signifies that they do not have "ade-
quate financial mechanism" to implement
the prosperity which must move in if poverty
is to move out. -
I-and those I represent-have known
that "mechanism" over all past years of this
issue. My personal assignment has been to
OF CALIFORNIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, September 26, 1968
Mr. McFALL. Mr. Speaker, for the past
several Congresses, I have offered legis-
lation proposed by the Townsend Foun-
dation to improve economic conditions
of the Nation's elderly.
The late Dr. Francis Townsend ac-
complished much during his lifetime to
focus public attention on this great need.
In my judgment, a large share of the
credit for eventual development of the
present social security program rightly
belongs to Dr. Townsend and his dedi-
cated associates.
The gnawing fear of the future felt by
millions of Americans a few decades ago
now has diminished and the phrase,
"over the hill to the poor house," no
longer is commonplace.
Most of us will agree, however, that
further improvements in our present sys-
tem of providing security for older Amer-
icans and the public assistance programs
may be both necessary and desirable.
In the 90th Congress I introduced H.R.
5930, which is somewhat different from
the original Townsend bill. In addition
to providing monetary benefits to per-
sons 60 and above, based upon minimum
wage standards, it also would assist per-
sons who becomes unemployed due to
automation-students, and the disabled.
This measure contains many ideas
worthy of exploration and as a matter
of public service I feel it important that
-the proposal be before the Congress in
order that its contents receive full con-
sideration in developing new approaches
to meet unfilled needs.
On August 22, Mr. John Doyle El-
liott, secretary of the Townsend Foun-
dation, appeared before the Democratic
platform committee in Chicago. He dis-
cussed H.R. 5930 and how its provisions
could be made applicable to our present
society.
The following is Mr. Elliott's testi-
mony:
From the start, of the social security is-
sue, over thirty-three years ago, it was my
conviction only an impoverishing version of
social security could ever result from the
stingy principles and - policies adopted in
1936-and that applying the already obsolete
rules of scarcity would cruelly mismanage
the abundance even then clearly within our
grasp.
Since World War II, virtually every Con-
gress has fulfilled my prophecy by passing
ever broader social security Amendments,
only to face the necessity for still greater
ones, every time. The growing problem
steadily outran the feeble remedy. History's
time's run out for mere steps-in-right-direc-
tions.
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preserve it and to develop its application as on the gross money-receipts of all persons of this )ear, is tae new Federal Minimum
our country's social security experience and companies (except the first $250 monthly Wage-product of many, many years of testi-
(under present programs) unfolded during of personal gross receipts will be exempt), mony, study and debate. It Is Congress' own
these past three decades. Starting with the seventh and every third fudgmenr of the minimum, money-income
Since our responsible national leadership month thereafter, the tax rate will rise % e, for an individual worker to keep fit to work-
has now withdrawn its commitment to apply until It reaches 2e4 %, as of the 22nd month. the minimum for which we may con:nclen-
programs based on the old principles of scar- Beginning with the seventh month, after tiously (end In Iavr) take the time, life of an-
city which were adopted in 1935-I now pres- defraying administrative costs monthly from other for our benefit, or profit.
ent that "mechanism"-the one, do-the-job each month's revenue, respectively, the rev- The Minimum Wage Is in no way related
plan. First, I hereto attach a completely enue from the first month will be distributed to whether a person is man, or women. In
dratted bill-H.R. 5930, sponsored by Rep. as benefits-the revenue being equally di- city, or country. Old, or young. A single, un-
John J. McFall-which completely defines vided by the number of full benefits eligible attached person; the only breadwinner of a
and provides for the rights, purposes, au- (taking into account the number of full family; or, one of several earning members
thorities, duties and ways-and-means nee- benefits represented by all the various par- of a famiy. It is strictly minimiun, as of the
essary to end the problems of social security tial benefits); etc., each succeeding month. individual person. regardless of any other
and poverty in this land. Section 212 of H.R. 5930 provides that these consideralon.
Then, I herein present certain purposes benefits will absorb all benefits under pres- It Is very close to twice that for a single,
and provisions and deal with certain ques- ant OASDI programs. Any OASDI benefits unattached, city individual by the "poverty-
tions as to this bill's necessity for the pros- temporarily greater than initial benefits line" ant "eligibility-criteria" standards;
perity which alone can displace that poverty. under this Act will be paid at full rate by nearly thrice that for a country individual.
Purpose: To amend Title II of the Social using needed money from the OASDI Trust It's nearly all the allotted a city famly of
Security Act to provide a national pension Funds,' Nobody will lose any benefit already four. Nearly half again that accorded a fam-
for retirement at age 60, disability and der- earned(, fly of four in the country.
tain other conditions. For all persons The need and cost of nearly all Public These "Poverty-Line" and "Eligibility-Cri-
equally-sul$cient to protect even benefict- Assistance will automatically be absorbed by terla" standards a:-e right down In the pov-
arfes with no resource other than this benefit benefit under this Act. Public Assistance erty pit!
from poverty. titles should not be repealed because excep- They can never lead to ending (a) All persons aged 60 and Lionel cilcumstances in individual cases and Rather, they will serve to perpetuate it ? y
over, or
of age) of disabled, o female heads (regardless possible catastrophes might find the bene- Only Instituting the floor of prosperity
g persons under age fits of thls,Act temporarily inadequate. conceived in the benefits provided by the
18 dependent on them or persons aged 18 to Before turfing to the "financial technol- great, national pension of R.I., 5930?--the
25 engaged in full-course educational, or vo- ogy" through`v'hIch such benefits are to be Pay-AS-You-Go Social Security and Prosper-
cationaI training so long as they advance in implemented, ti eficialiy to all honest In- ity Insurance Act-_, .n lead to the end i of
accordance with accredited standards in terests, let us n e certain obvious truths poverty and make nodal security a living fact
schools, or other training supervision ap- about these bead First, the benefits of in our country. Without these benefits, pov-
proved by the Secretary of Health, Educes- this Act will stand th permanently and tem- erty will continue.
tion, and Welfare-subject to 41 monthly loss porarily unemployabW (as distinguished Therefore, I advocate that the Party of
of benefits for each full $2 earned monthly from unemployed who-,are employable) Progress and Justice-the Democratic Party-
in employment, or self-employment. In excess solidly on a "floor of pros below which adopt In 1988 a Platform plank declaring this
of $100 monthly-shall be full and equal, they need never live. Present- r in- Party's purpose to be the establishment of
"Primary," beneficiaries. adequate benefits literally han , eople un- that floor of prosperity below which Am eri-
(b) All persons found physically and men- der a "ceiling of poverty"-right in khe midst cans will no lunge- need to live to the end
tally competent, but whose employment has of Its misery. _ that freedom from want and the equality
been eliminated by changes In industry and Nobody need more than look at tha,q nil- among all Americans which has so long
business resulting in employers having no lions--especially our ever-growing Iegibp of evaded us will be achieved.
work for which such persons are qualified- edlerly-who are unemployable, to rea4ze The retirement test: This Is specified above
subject to $2 monthly loss of benefits for that until we establish this "floor of p in the deacriptiona of the various benefici-
each full $3 earned in employment, or self- perity" below which all persons encounter-.. arles. It is of utmost Importance as the pro-
employment-and subject to such persons ing unbxmployabtlity need not live-we won't, vision which inter-relates equitably the un-
(in common with any ether disabled benefi- conquer poverty and its unjust evils, no employables receiving the benefits of this
diaries) fully cooperating in any programs matte what other successes and glory we plan and the employed, working population.
approved by the Secretary of HEW to qualify achie e. In fact, the greater our other sue- There mutt exist a thoroughly defined bridge
them for existing and available employment our and glories, the less justified becomes between t'ae employed and employable and
consistent with their health and abilities nttnued allowance of poverty in any those who are unemployable both in the nor-
shall also be full, "primary" beneficiaries. fo mal sense (like the aged, the physically and
(c) All persons under age 18 orphaned, or nd, the benefits herein proposed must mentally disabled) and in the sense of being
otherwise deprived of parental support, or be wed In the light of creating what other wrongfully retired and unemployable-their
dependent on any of the above 'primary' pro s and existing programs do not- oocupatiors rendered unworthy of hire by
beneficiaries-subject to $1 monthly loss of that prosperity (as defined above) which progress and change, for example-or, as yet,
benefits for each full $2 earned monthly in mus replace the poverty which constitutes not haying obtained the education, training,
employment, or self-employment in excess of our roblem-and our danger beyond any- or experience to command existing employ-
$50 --shall be entitled to one-third of the tl any foreign foe may venture, meat.
benefit currently being paid to "primary" In .his respect, we have so-called "pov- In my-research ar_d analysis and study, this
beneficiaries. erty-hies" (as promulgated by the Soc. Sec. $1-for $i ratio between benefits: and earn-
Definition of poverty: Sec. 230(11) of H.R. Admit}) and "eligibility-criteria" (per war- ings, thiA specific "retirement test" was for-
5930 (attached) states, "The terms 'poverty' on-povbirty officialdom for calibrating indl- mulated. a 1955 and 1956, constructing bills
and `free from poverty' refer to and relate viduals. needs for aid). These standards are competenj''y to embody this great-national-
to an individual's having or lacking sufficient not onll "ceilings for poverty" under which pension concept, it was applied. It called for
money-income to enable him reasonably people a suspended, right in poverty's (and H.R. 5930 now so calls) beneficiaries to
to command fully healthful diet, respectable midst; t ey re not better than halfway up be allowed o earn 1100 a month ($50 for de-
clothing and housing, full medical and health out of It, start with) Not, at least, as far pendent c lldren) , then lose $1 for each full
insurance and care, normal participation In as freed; from want Is concerned, even $2, moat y, earned In employment, or self-
recreational, social, cultural and public life though sup" or to Public Assistance stand- emplo er:t.
and affairs; and in no case shall mfrs moon- n,',1 ,' ... I.
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income accruing to an individual over 18 Wefkers and earners-especially since
These "poverty line" and "eligibility-cri- spouses will have exactly the same retirement
years of age be justly considered to amount teria" standards postulate about $3,300,a year rights and benefits as workers for money-
to less than the money-income received from for a city family of four (parents and 2 chic- pay-work(rs will be able to EASE from full
a regular employment-rate of 40 hours a dren). Less than $70 a month per person. For employment into retirement over ra significant
week under the prevailing Federal Minimum a rural family, it's nearly a third less. Why, span of years, without hardship. A worker
Wage. ' It costs $2 a day to board our pet cat when will be eligible at 80 completely to retire. But,
Benefits: In view of the above definition of we have to be away-in a cage I Cat and dog he could well afford, In most cases, to ease up
poverty and the requirement that the bene- pensions for people?I War on poverty?l?1 The on such activities as overtime and other
fits of this Act assure persons having no irony is this-these "poverty-line" and "eligi- pressures, say after age 55-or, even, if health,
resource other than their benefits under this bility criteria" standards are the up-to-date or other interests so advised, after age 50.
title freedom from poverty"-and since the "Betterments" being proposed in compli- With the spouse acquiring the sure benefit
Federal Minimum Wage is $1.80 an hour- ance with the old, obsolete concepts and at 80, most couples could well afford to 3is-
the full, "primary" benefit now would not rules of scarcity on which present policy and count possible earnings In favor of health,
be less than $280 a month, programs are based! And they are better for example, In the years prior to rettremant.
Payment of benefits: In place of present than most States present Public Assistance On the other hand, many workers-their
Social Security taxes, there will be a tax of guides-In many states, extremely better. spouse's be:efits considered-being averse to
1 % for the first six months under this Act On the other hand, effective since the first retirement, hale and hardy-they need not
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