SOVIET UNION PERSECUTION OF JEWS

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its own enforcement machinery, by pro-
viding our agents with the wherewithal
to cope with the illicit traffickers and by
showing the States and the Nation the
seriousness with which we regard these
criminal traffickers. Had the gentleman
in question in Illinois been arrested by
Federal agents under the provisions of
my bill, he would have been subject to
2 years in prison and a $2,000 fine. I
feel these sanctions more closely ap-
proximate the gravity of the offense.
I would remind my colleagues that
they passed legislation which provides
the death penalty for any one selling
heroin to a person under 18. We now
hear from health experts all over the
Nation that these drugs are as addictive
as heroin, more harmful to the person
than heroin, and capable of fostering
more crime and violence than heroin.
Furthermore, I would like to remind
the Congress that unlike the illegal traf-
fic in heroin which finds its recruits from
the ranks of the already delinquent, the
pep pill pusher is enticing children into
the drug habit who have no previous
record of involvement with law enforce-
ment agencies or have no previous
record of aggressive or violent behavior.
Mr. President, the bill which I intro-
duce today is the culmination of many
years of hearings by different committees
in both the House and the Senate. It
is the culmination of 3 years of work by
the Juvenile Delinquency Subcommittee.
It is a good piece of legislation and one
that has the approval of just about
everyone familiar with the dangerous
drug problem. I would like to urge my
colleagues in the Senate and especially
those on the Labor and Public Welfare
Committee to give top priority to this
much needed bill.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. , The bill
will be received and appropriately re-
ferred.
The bill (S. 2628) to protect the pub-
lic health by amending the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to regu-
late the manufacture, compounding,
processing, distribution, delivery, and
possession of harbit-forming barbiturate
drugs, amphetamine and other habit-
forming central nervous system stimu-
lant drugs, and other drugs that have a
potential for abuse resulting in psycho-
toxic effects or antisocial behavior, in-
troduced by Mr. DODD, was received, read
twice by its title, and referred to the
Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.
IMPOSITION OF QUOTAS ON IM-
PORTS OF BEEF, VEAL, MUTTON,
AND LAMB-ADDITIONAL COSPON-
SORS OF BILL
Under authority of the order of the
Senate of March 6, 1964, the names of
Mr, CARLSON, Mr. GOLDWATER, Mr. JORDAN
of Idaho, and Mr. MAGNUSON were added
as additional cosponsors of the bill (S.
2612) to impose quotas on imports of
beef, veal, mutton, and lamb, introduced
by Mr. HRUSKA (for himself and other
Senators) on March 6, 1964.
ADDRESSES, EDITORIALS, ARTI-
CLES, ETC., PRINTED IN THE
APPENDIX
On request, and by unanimous consent,
addresses, editorials, articles, etc., were
ordered to be printed in the Appendix, as
follows:
By Mr. McNAMARA:
Address delivered by David J. McDonald,
president of the United Steelworkers of
America (AFL-CIO) before the Economic
Club of Detroit.
By Mr. THURMOND:
Address entitled "Would We Let George
Do It Now," delivered by Mr. Julian Metz
before the Pilot Club of South Carolina, on
February 26, 1964.
Editorials and article dealing with address
delivered before the South Carolina General
Assembly by former Chief of Naval Opera-
tions Adm. Arleigh Burke.
Editorial entitled "Foreign Policy Strat-
egy," broadcast over station WBTV in Char-
lotte, NO.
Resolution opposing civil rights legislation.
By Mr. BEALL:
Letter to the editor of the Queen Anne's
(Md.) Record-Observer by Capt. Philip W.
Reeves, Centerville, Md., relating to Panama
and the canal.
ALFRED H. F. SELBY
Mr. DIRKSEN. Mr. President, Alfred
H. F. Selby, who has been an employee of
the Senate for 50 years, and today is
marking his 50th year of service to the
Senate, is now in the gallery. If it is
not,a violation of the rules, I should like
to have him stand. Mr. Selby, will you
stand? [Applause.]
Mr. Selby was born in Philadelphia,
Pa., in 1891. He came to Washington as
a young boy, attended the public schools,
and while attending high school was ap-
pointed by Hon. Francis G. Newlands, of
Nevada, on March 12, 1914. He is a
member of the St. Paul and Augustine's
Catholic Church. His first wife is de-
ceased. He married his second wife,
Mary M. Ford, in 1956.
In those 50 years he has seen Senators
come and go, and likewise Presidents. He
notes the fact that he felt that the late
President Kennedy was the outstand-
ing President of his time. He has seen
four Senators become President while
he has served the Senate-Warren G.
Harding, Harry Truman, John F. Ken-
nedy, and Lyndon Johnson. He also
knew many page boys who became offi-
cials of the Senate. He has enjoyed 50
years of service to the Senate, and he tells
me it has been a great thrill and a great
experience.
Mr. President, it is a great thing when
a man has served this body-in a humble
capacity, but with great fidelity-for a
period of 50 years-50 years today. I
think we should salute him.
Mr. RUSSELL. Mr. President, will the
Senator from Illinois yield?
Mr. DIRKSEN. I yield.
Mr. RUSSELL. I wish to associate
myself with the remarks of the distin-
guished Senator from Illinois.
I have known this faithful employee
of the Senate for 31 years; and he has
apparently not become one day older
since I first saw him. I wish I could
say as much for the Senator from
Georgia.
He is efficient and loyal, and he is en-
titled to the thanks of the Senate for
half a century of loyal service.
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, will
the distinguished minority leader yield
to me?
Mr. DIRKSEN. I yield to the distin-
guished majority leader.
Mr. MANSFIELD. I wish to join the
distinguished minority leader, the Sen-
ator from Illinois [Mr. DIRKSEN], and
the distinguished senior . Senator from
Georgia [Mr. RUSSELL] in extending
congratulations to, and commending,
Alfred Selby, who has just completed
50 years of service as an attache of the
Senate. He has proved himself worthy
of the trust and confidence which have
been placed on him. I am delighted at
this time to have the honor to participate
in this recognition, which is so justly
and deservedly given.
Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, I
join my colleagues in giving recognition
to Alfred Selby upon the completion of
50 years of service as a custodian in the
U.S. Senate. Alfred, who came to
Washington from Philadelphia, Pa., dur-
ing the early years of the present cen-
tury, was appointed as a Senate em-
ployee on March 12, 1914, by the then
Senator Francis G. Newlands of Nevada.
Since that time, which was during the
administration of Woodrow Wilson, Al-
fred has seen four U.S. Senators-Hard-
ing, Truman, Kennedy, and Johnson-
become President of the United States,
and he has witnessed the ascendancy of
other persons to positions of high public
importance. His long and faithful serv-
ice, his dedicated and dependable atten-
tion to duty, and the cordiality of his
manner have earned for him the respect
of both present and past Members of
this body.
Mr. DIRKSEN. Mr. President, I ask
unanimous consent to violate the Senate
rule long enough to enable Senators to
give Mr. Selby a hand.
[Applause, Senators rising.]
SOVIET UNION PERSECUTION OF
JEWS %L-'2 'fl1
Mr. JAVITS. Mr. President, I call the
attention of the Senate to what is really
a ridiculous news story which appears
this morning in the press. The headline
of the article is: "Israel Aids in Soviet
Accused of Propaganda in Synagogue."
This ridiculous news article reads in
part as follows:
Israel diplomats were accused today of
using a Moscow synagogue to distribute
Zionist literature.
I read further from the article:
The Trud article * * * said Abraham
Agmon, the Embassy counselor, was a pur-
veyor of "nationalist literature that is alien
to the minds and hearts of the Soviet
populace."
The paper listed three methods allegedly
used by Mr. Agmon to distribute books:
slipping them into someone's open pocket,
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"accidentally forgetting" them in a pew, and
wrapping them in prayer shawls. Foreign
worshippers In the synagogue sit in a special
enclosure apart from the rest of the con-
gregation.
Mr. President, it so happens that I was
there in December 1961, and I saw the
ridiculousness which is practiced In the
attempts to separate foreigners, such as
myself, from the rest of the congrega-
tion. A small platform, about 2 feet
high--somewhat similar to the platform
on which the President of the Senate
sits--has been erected; and when for-
eigners go there to v'orship on Saturday
mornings, they are required to sit there.
When the service was over, I shook
hands with every member of the con-
gregation-showing the ridiculousness
of the erection of th,t barrier. However,
this story tells of the efforts to continue
the harrassment of the Jews in the Soviet
Union, and at the same time indicates
that they should be :areful that they do
not run the risk of Incurring the wrath
of the Soviet state. Of course, every per-
son in the Soviet Union knows what that
means.
The article also states:
It was announced today that the Jewish
congregation had begun to bake matzoth in
the home of a member, and would produce
13,000 pounds of the unleavened bread.
Matzoth, eaten during Passover, has not been
available In state-owned bakeries since 1962.
Presumably the permission to resume
the baking of matzoth is supposed to be
regarded as some concession under these
circumstances.
Mr. President, the people of the West
fully realize this situation, and I am sure
the people of Russia also are sensitive
to the situation-namely, the viciousness
of the Soviet persecutions of Russian
Jews for the so-called "economic rea-
sons"; and there is also widespread rec-
ognition of the fact that more than 50
percent of those who have been executed
there in recent times have been Jews.
That atrocity has been the subject of
statements I have previously made.
The article which appears today is
further evidence of how silly harass-
ments of this type can become; and that
situation, too, deserves to be called to the
attention of the American people and of
the people of the rest of the world.
THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
Mr. AIKEN. Mr. President, in these
days when not only nations, but also
international organizations, have so
much difficulty keeping their finances
straight-and even the United Nations
is having difficulty collecting Its dues-
it is extremely refreshing to find that
one international organization which is
affiliated with the United Nations is not
only keeping its financial house in order.
but also, as of February 29, had collected
more than 97 percent of its dues from
the nations which are its members. I re-
fer to the World Health Organization.
In view of the outstanding situation
to which I have referred, I ask unani-
mous consent to have printed in the
RECORD a review of the financial posi-
tion of the World health Organization
as prepared by Mr. Milton P. Siegel, the
Assistant Director-General. I believe
that report is good enough to be printed
in the body of the RECORD.
There being no objection, the review
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
REVIEW Or THE FINANCIAL POSITION OT THE
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
(Statement by Mr. Milton P. Siegel, Assistant
Director-General)
Mr. Chairman, each year It is the responsi-
bility of this committee to examine the fi-
nancial position of the Organization and to
give direction to Its future development.
That examination. which extends to all of
the managerial administrative responsibili-
ties of the Organization. Is necessary to as-
sure that the affairs of the Organization are
conducted In an efficient. economical, and
business-like way. It Is essential that the
Assembly annually review all aspects of the
Oragnization's work, to assure that we are
moving as rapidly as we may toward the
objective of the Organization-the attain-
ment by all peoples of the highest possible
level of health. This Is important not only
for the health of the people, but because
health is an essential component of all so-
cial and economic development. As a great
statesman, Disraeli, once said, "The health
of the people Is really the foundation upon
which all their happiness and all their pow-
ers as a state depend." The recognition
of the importance of health in this context
Is, of course, the basis on which the Organi-
zation Is founded.
Because the Assembly has been obliged to
meet so early In 1964. the financial accounts
and the external auditor's report for 1963 are
not before the Assembly; it Is therefore not
possible to provide the committee with the
audited figures on budget performance.
However, we can give you provisional Infor-
mation on the 1963 financial situation.
We are glad to be able to report that the
financial position of the Organization con-
tinues to be sound. The collection of con-
tributions as at December 31. 1963, was
87.32 percent of the total assessments on
.active members. The corresponding per-
centages for 1961 and 1962 were 9320 and
94.20 percent. respectively. However, pay-
ments received since January 1 of this year
enable me at this time to report a very satis-
factory position regarding the 1963 collection
of contributions. Details will be reported to
the committee when it deals with agenda
Item No. 3.12.1-Status of collection of an-
nual contributions and of advances to the
working capital fund.
Briefly, payments amounting to $3,303,034,
relating to arrears for 1963 and prior years,
were received during the period January 1
to February 29, 1984, so that as at this latter
date 97.29 percent of the assessments on
active members relating to 1903 had been
collected. On February 29, 1964, the total
arrears of contributions from active members
was $1.072.450. The corresponding figure at
February 28. 1963, was $1,133,498.
Despite the generally satisfactory situation
with respect to the payment of contribu-
tions, as at February 29. 1984. 28 members
had not paid all or part of their contribu-
tions for 1963 and prior years. Under
agenda Items 3.12.1 and 3.12.2, the commit-
tee will be dealing with the various aspects
of the status of collection of contributions.
The information we are able to give you on
budget performance for 1963 is provisional
because the accounts for 1963 have not as
yet been audited by the external auditor.
In summary. $29.783,550 or 97.99 percent of
the effective working budget was utilized,
leaving an unused budget balance of $610.-
550 or 2.01 percent. As only 8732 percent of
the contributions for 1963 was collected,
there was a cash deficit of $2,882,850. Con-
tributions received to February 29, 1964, have
covered $2,838.816 of this sum, leaving a bal-
ance of $44,034 remaining to be covered.
Obligations In 1963 from other sources of
funds available were as follows: from the
expanded program of technical assistance,
$7,062,948; from the malaria eradication
special account, $814,857 (not including $4
million transferred from the regular
budget) ; from the subaccounts of the volun-
tary fund for health promotion, $1,459,252.
In addition, $1,106,453 was obligated for proj-
ects financed from the United Nations ape-
ctal fund, and $96,595 from the revolving
sales fund. Furthermore, $2,743,533 was dis-
bureed for the health program in the Congo
[Leopoldville), against reimbursement by
the United Nations, and $670,848 for other
reimbursable activities.
In total, therefore, the World Health Or-
ganization in 1963 financed, from the vari-
ous sources of funds directly under its ad-
ministration, activities at a cost of $43,737;
636, not Including the headquarters build-
ing fund. It may be of interest to mention
that administrative services costs in that
year were $2,270,623, or 5.19 percent of the
total funds directly administered by WHO.
The Pan American Health Organization-
regional organization for the Americas-ob-
ligated $5,391,203 from its own regular budget
and $5,404.177 from other funds available
directly to it. In sum, therefore, the World
Health Organization carried out activities, fi-
nanced from funds administered directly or
Indirectly by the Organization, at a total cost
of $54,533,016. Administrative services costs
thus account for 4.16 percent of the total costs
incurred In 1963.
The problem of the additional financing for
the headquarters building, to which refer-
ence was made last year, is being solved-a
matter which this committee will be con-
sidering under item 3.13 of Its agenda.
Members of the committee will have noted
that the executive board has, subject to the
comments of Its ad hoc committee, recom-
mended supplementary estimates for 1964 In
the amount of $477,650, and that the sup-
plementary estimates be financed from mis-
cellaneous income. The committee will be
pleased to know that It will be necessary to
make additional 1964 assessments on mem-
bers to finance that supplementary estimates
for 1964.
We are all gratified that the membership
of the World Health Organization continues
to grow. Kenya and Zanzibar have become
members, the former after a period of asso-
ciate membership, bringing to 119 the num-
ber of full members. Malta, Northern Rhod-
esia, Nyasaland, and Qatar have been pro-
posed for associate membership. We con-
tinue, of course, to regret that two members
do not participate actively in the work of the
organization.
Argentina and Jamaica have acceded to the
convention on the privileges and immuni-
ties of the specialized agencies, bringing to
47 the number of governments which have
taken this action, which Isso important to
the work of the Organization.
The work of our management staff has
continued to contribute to the improved
efficiency of the Secretariat. Programs for a
wide range of surveys in two regional offices
were extended, covering many subjects rang-
ing from the management of a major fellow-
ships unit to the optimum utilization of an
office building. Again this year a number of
offices of WHO representatives were visited
to review their problems, methods of work
and so on. The detailed organization and
execution of the fact-finding stages of the
organizational study of the executive board
on the planning and implementation of
projects was another of the tasks largely en-
trusted to the management staff. The work
of our management staff, as well as that of
our internal auditors, at the headquarters,
regional and field levels, makes a valuable
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