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89th CONGRESS: 1st SESSION
Percentage
Votes to
of Deviation
Win Rep.
Roll Call
Measure; Proposal
Rep.
Dem.
Position
7
H. J. Res. 234: To recommit in order to stop
0.
30.3
0
shipment of certain surplus farm commodities
to Col. Nasser of Egypt. (Passed 204-177)
10
H.J. Res. 234: To insist on House provisions
.7
13.4
41
relative to shipment of farm products to Col.
Nasser.
(Defeated 161-241)
23
H. Res. 188: To recommit resolution providing
.7
17.9
0
funds for Committee on Un-American Activities
in order to hold hearings on justification.
(Defeated 58-332)
24
H. Res 188: To provide $370,000 for operating
0.
11.
0
Committee on Un-American Activities.
(Passed 359-29)
62
H. R. 980: To make it more difficult to
1.6
7.4
0
send obscene material thru mails.
(Passed 360-21)
70
H. R. 6675: To recommit Social Security
7.2
21.8
23
bill in order to substitute Republican proposal
for "Medicare."
(Defeated 191-236)
109
H. R. 7750: To recommit foreign aid authori- 10.7
23.2
21
zation to cut cost and to restrict activities of
communist-dominated labor unions in connection
with housing projects receiving our aid in Latin
America.
(Defeated 178-219)
112
H. R. 8370: To recommit Agriculture appro-
1.6
23.4
11
priation bill to restrict exportation of cer-
tain surplus farm products to United Arab
Republic and Indonesia. (Defeated 187-208)
126
H. R. 8775: To recommit legisltive appro-
:7
7.9
48
priation bill to delete $35,000 for employment
of 16 operators to run automatic elevators.
(Defeated 149-244)
131
H.Con. Res. 285: To amend resolution on show-
0.
18.5
22
ing of USIA film on Pres. Kennedy in U.S. to
provide that no fee shall be charged.
(Defeated 174-216)
141
H. R.
6927: To substitute an "Office of
3.9
6.9
60
Urban Affairs" in Executive Office in place of
new cabinet-level Department of Housing and
Urban Development.
(Defeated 141-259)
142
H. R. 6927: To approve bill establishing
7.1
24.1
17
new Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.
(Passed 217-184)
155
H.J. Res.541: To extend Area Redevelopment
12.1
19.7
29
Act for two months.
(Passed 224-167)
163
H.R. 7984: To delete section on "rent supple-
2.9
26.1
4
ments" from Housing bill. (Defeated 202-208)
164
H.R. 7984: On final passage of Housing bill.
19.3
21.5
39
(Passed 245-169)
175
H.R. 6400: On the "honest elections" amend-
0.
41.5
0
ment to Voting Rights bill. (Passed 253-165)
Page 2
89th Congress: 1st Session
Percentage
Votes to
of Deviation
Win Rep.
Roll Call
Measure Proposal
Rep.
Dem.
Position
176
H. R. 6400: To adopt the Boggs Amendment
13.2
102.
0
weakening the voting rights bill by making
it inoperative in counties where only at
least 50% of Negroes are registered.
(Defeated 155-262)
177
H.R. 6400: An amendment to permit those
7.4
32.1
0
illiterate in English to vote if had completed
6th grade in Spanish-language schools.
(Defeated 202-216)
178
H.R. 6400: To substitute McCulloch-Ford
15.4
19.8
39
voting rights bill for H.R. 6400.
(Defeated 171-248)
196
H.R. 8283: To recommit Poverty bill to keep
9.7
21.
25
Governor's veto and to reduce 1966 authoriza-
tion to an amount equal to that for 1965.
(Defeated 178-227)
208
H.R. 77: To recommit bill to repeal Section
13.7
28.2
12
14b of Taft Hartley.
(Defeated 200-223)
209
H.R. 77: To repeal Sec. 14b of Taft Hartley
15.2
30.1
10
(Passed 221-203)
234
S.1648: To amend to make more areas eligible
7.
28.6
2
for grants under the Public Works and Economic
Development Act and to increase the authorization.
(Passed 196-194)
235
S.1648: To recommit Public Works and Economic
8
18.3
31
Development Act in order to reduce cost by $85
million and require annual review of expenditure
by Congress.
(Defeated 163-224)
243
H.R. 9811: To recommit omnibus farm bill.
11.3
21.9
28
(Defeated 169-224)
244
H.R. 9811: To pass omnibus farm bill.
15.4
25.2
25
(Passed 221-172)
248
H.R. 2580: To amend the immigration bill to
9.7
25.
15
include a limitation on immigration from the
western hemisphere.
(Defeated 189-218)
299
H.R. 8283: To recommit anti-poverty bill to
0
31
0
conference in order to insist on House position
on governor's veto.
(Passed 209-180)
303
H. Res 574: To kill the resolution asking
0
25
4
Postmaster General to provide names of summer
postal employees.
(Passed 186-180)
On these 29 significant votes: thru September 24
Average deviation
Republican
6.7 percent
Democrat
23.0 percent
Vote changes needed to obtain Republican victory:
Average:
24
Number of instances where 30 or more votes needed:
6
Number of instances requiring less than 30 votes:
15
Number of instances in which Rep. views prevailed:
8
89th CONGRESS: 1st SESSION
changes
needed
Percentage
Votes to
of Deviation
Win Rep.
Roll Call
Measure; Proposal
Rep.
Dem.
Position
7
H. J. Res.234: To recommit in order to stop
0.
30.3
0
shipment of certain surplus farm commodities
to Col. Nasser of Egypt. (Passed 204-177)
10
H.J. Res. 234: To insist on House provisions
.7
13.4
41
relative to shipment of farm products to Col.
Nasser.
(Defeated 161-241)
23
H. Res. 188: To recommit resolution providing
.7
17.9
0
funds for Committee on Un-American Activities
in order to hold hearings on justification.
(Defeated 58-332)
24
H. Res 188: To provide $370,000 for operating
0.
11.
0
Committee on Un-American Activities.
(Fassed 359-29)
62
H. R% 980: To make it more difficult to
1.6
7.4
0
send obscene material thru mails.
(Passed 360-21)
70
H. R. . 6675: To recommit Social Security
7.2
21.8
23
bill in order to substitute Republican proposal
for "Medicare."
(Defeated 191-236)
109
H. R. 7750: To recommit foreign aid authori- 10.9
23.2
21
zation to cut cost and to restrict activities of
communist-dominated labor unions in connection
with housing projects receiving our aid in Latin
America.
(Defeated 178-219)
112
H. R. 8370: To recommit Agriculture appro-
1.6
23.4
11
priation bill to restrict exportation of cer-
tain surplus farm products to United Atab
Republic and Indonesia. (Defeated 187-208)
126
H. R. 8775: To recommit legisltive appro-
17
7.9
48
priation bill to delete $35,000 for employment
of 16 operators to run automatic elevators.
(Defeated 149-244)
131
H.Con Res. 285: To amend resolution on show-
0.
18.5
22
ing of USIA film on Pres. Kennedy in U.S. to
provide that no fee shall be charged.
(Defeated 174-216)
141
H. R. 6927: To substitute an "Office of
3.9
6.9
60
Urban Affairs" in Executive Office in place of
new cabinet-level Department of Housing and
Urban Development.
(Defeated 141-259)
142
H. R. 6927: To approve bill establishing
7.1
24.1
17
new Dept. of Housing and Urban Deve opment.
(Passed 217-184)
155
H.J. Res.541: To extend Area Redevelopment
12.1
19.7
29
Act for two months.
(Passed 224-167)
163
H.R. 7984: To delete section on "rent supple-
2.9
26.1
4
ments" from Housing bill. (Defeated 202-208)
164
H.R. 7984: On final passage of Housing bill, 19.3
21.5
39
(Passed 245-169)
175
H.R. 6400: On the "honest elections" amend-
0.
41.5
0
ment to Voting Rights bill. (Passed 253-165)
Page 2
89th Congress: 1st Session
Percentage
Votes to
of Deviation
Win Rep.
Roll Call
Measure Proposal
Rep.
Dem.
Position
176
H. R. 6400: To adopt the Boggs Amendment
13.2
102.
0
weakening the voting rights bill by making
it inoperative in counties where only at
least 50% of Negroes are registered.
(Defeated 155-262)
177
H.R. 6400: An amendment to permit those
7.4
32.1
0
illiterate in English to vote if had completed
6th grade in Spanish-language schools.
(Defeated 202-216)
178
H.R. 6400: To substitute McCulloch-Ford
15.4
19.8
39
voting rights bill for H.R. 6400.
(Defeated 171-248)
196
H.R. 8283: To recommit Poverty bill to keep
9.7
21.
25
Governor's veto and to reduce 1966 authoriza-
tion to an amount equal to that for 1965.
(Defeated 178-227)
208
H.R. 77: To recommit bill to repeal Section
13.7
28.2
12
14b of Taft Hartley.
(Defeated 200-223)
209
H.R. 77: To repeal Sec. 14b of Taft Hartley
15.2
30.1
10
(Passed 221-203)
234
S.1648: To amend to make more areas eligible
7.
28.6
2
for grants under the Public Works and Economic
Development Act and to increase the authorization.
(Passed 196-194)
235
S.1648: To recommit Public Works and Economic
8
18.3
31
Development Act in order to reduce cost by $85
million and require annual review of expenditure
by Congress.
(Defeated 163-224)
243
H.R. 9811: To recommit omnibus farm bill.
11.3
21.9
28
(Defeated 169-224)
244
H.R. 9811: To pass omnibus farm bill.
15.4
25.2
25
(Passed 221-172)
248
H.R. 2580: To amend the immigration bill to
9.7
25.
15
include a limitation on immigration from the
western hemisphere.
(Defeated 189-218)
299
H.R. 8283: To recommit anti-poverty bill to
0
31
0
conference in order to insist on House position
on governor's veto.
(Passed 209-180)
303
H. Res 574: To kill the resolution asking
0
25
4
Postmaster General to provide names of summer
postal employees.
(Passed 186-180)
On these 29 significant votes: thru September 24
Average deviation
Republican
6.7 percent
Democrat
23.0 percent
Vote changes needed to obtain Republican victory:
Average:
24
Number of instances where 30 or more votes needed:
6
Number of instances requiring less than 30 votes:
15
Number of instances in which Rep. views prevailed:
8
From the Offices of: Robert F. Ellsworth, 3rd District Kansas
Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen, 5th District New Jersey
FOR RELEASE THURSDAY A.M.'s
MAY 13, 1965
15 Republicans Underscore Support For Administration's Policy in Southeast Asia
15 Republican Congressmen, in a letter issued yesterday, underscored
Republican support of President Johnson's policy in Southeast Asia. In a letter
to House Republican Leader Gerald Ford, the 15 Congressmen pointed to the
unanimous Republican support in both Houses of Congress for the President's
request for an additional $700 million earmarked for Vietnam. The joint effort
mentioned the Republican Party's "continuing dedication to its uninterrupted
history of bipartisan support for United States policy in times of crisis."
The letter to Ford reminded "all those abroad who may hope that internal
differences will sap American will and purpose in Vietnam, the unanimous
Republican support of the President should make clear just how wrong they are,"
and that the Republican Party, despite differences with President Johnson, stands
together in the determination to preserve the integrity of South Vietnam and
the right of her people to be free.
/s/ Mark Andrews, N.Dak.
/s/ William S. Mailliard, Calif.
/s/ John F. Baldwin, Calif.
/s/ Joseph M. McDade, Pa.
/s/ Alphonzo Bell, Calif.
/s/ F. Bradford Morse,
Mass.
/s/ William S. Broomfield, Mich.
/s/ Charles A. Mosher, Ohio
/s/ Robert F. Ellsworth, Kan.
/s/ Howard W. Robison, N.Y.
/s/ Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen, N.J.
/s/ Herman T. Schneebeli, Pa.
/s/ Frank J. Horton, N.Y.
/s/ Garner E. Shriver, Kan.
1st Robert T. Stafford, Vt.
Text of Letter Follows
From the Offices of: Robert F. Ellsworth, 3rd, Kansas
Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen, 5th, New Jersey
FOR RELEASE THURSDAY A.M.'s
MAY 13, 1965 PAGE TWO
The Honorable Gerald Ford
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
Dear Jerry:
We take great pride in the unanimous Republican vote in both Houses of
the Congress in support of the President's request for $700 million for
U.S. policy in Vietnam. The message should be crystal clear:
-- To President Johnson, Republican unanimity spoke of our
Party's continuing dedication to its uninterrupted history
of bipartisan support for United States policy in times of
crisis.
-- To all those abroad who may hope that internal differences
will sap American will and purpose in Vietnam, the unanimous
Republican support of the President should make clear just
how wrong they are.
-- And to those few here at home who demonstrate against the
American presence in Vietnam the Republican Party has made
clear that, whatever our differences with President Johnson,
we stand together in the determination to preserve the integrity
of South Vietnam and the right of her people to be free.
Republicans of course will jealously guard our right to disagree with the
President and to criticize him publicly when he is wrong. We do not for
one moment suggest that we agree fully with all phases of American policy
or its implementation, even in Vietnam. But all people everywhere should
have no doubt where we stand on the fundamental precepts of American policy
in Southeast Asia:
1. We believe that the United States forces should remain in
South Vietnam as long as the Communist aggression continues.
2. We believe that the United States cannot in good conscience
abandon the Asian continent to Communist imperialist domination
and that an American withdrawal from Vietnam in the present
circumstances would undermine confidence in American leadership
and encourage further tests of our will.
3. We believe that the limited air attacks against North Vietnam
are justified because they require the North Vietnamese regime
to pay a heavy price for the aggression it is waging, because
they may impel the North Vietnamese to seek a negotiated settle-
ment, and because they may limit the effectiveness of the Viet
Cong in South Vietnam.
We believe that the surest road to peace and to constructive negotiations,
in Vietnam and around the world, must inevitably begin with the willingness
to meet agression whenever and wherever it occurs.
The only purpose of force is to secure a just peace. We share the
President's reluctance to use forces in Vietnam, but we share also his
determination to persevere in the search for a just peace.
Sincerely,
FOR THE SENATE:
THE JOINT SENATE-HOUSE
FOR THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES:
Everett M. Dirksen, Leader
Thomas H. Kuchel, Whip
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
Gerald R. Ford,
Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Chr.
Leader
of the Policy Committee
Leslie C. Arends, Whip
Leverett Saltonstall, Chr.
Melvin R. Laird,
of the Conference
Press Release
Chr. of the Conference
Thruston B. Morton,
John J. Rhodes, Chr.
Chr. Republican
of the Policy Committee
Senatorial Committee
Issued following a
Leadership Meeting
Clarence J. Brown,
PRESIDING OFFICER:
Ranking Member
The Republican
July 22, 1965
Rules Committee
National Chairman
Bob Wilson,
Ray C. Bliss
Chr. Republican
Congressional Committee
STATEMENT BY REP. GERALD R. FORD Office OfficeCopy Copy IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Next week the Members of the House of Representatives will demonstrate by
their votes whether they are members of an independent branch of government or
simply yes men responding blindly to the manipulation of the Executive branch.
The issue which the House will face is fair consideration of the repeal of
Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act -- a section which simply preserves to each
State some right to regulate labor-management relations.
An attempt will be made as 8. part of President Johnson's program to force
repeal of Section 14(b) through the House under the most stringent of gag rules.
I anticipate a proposal that the House act on this important change of policy with
only two hours of debate and that no opportunity be given to offer meaningful amend-
ments.
If the House is not to sacrifice its self-respect, it will vote down the
proposal that it shut its mouth, plug its ears, close its eyes and swallow the
Johnson Administration' prescription without adequate debate and without oppor-
tunity to vote on important amendments.
The action expected next week is the latest manifestation of a disturbing
tendency to avoid discussion of the subject of the repeal of Section 14(b) on its
merits. The Administration has engaged in a cynical type of log-rolling on the
subject. It has sought to convince city Congressmen to vote for a bread tax
against their convictions in order to get repeal of Section 14(b) and farm Congress-
men to vote for repeal of 14(b) against their convictions in order to get a farm
bill.
If the coalition which the Administration is ruthlessly trying to put to-
gether is successful, how can Congress be considered to act as an independent
branch of government?
(Dirksen
statement
page
2)
Room S-124 U.S. Capitol-CApitol 4-3121 - Ex 3700
STAFF CONSULTANT: Robert Humphreys
- 2 -
STATEMENT BY SENATOR DIRKSEN
JULY 22, 1965
A strange thing happened to the proposed constitutional amendment on appor-
tionment of State legislatures on its way to the Senate floor. Disputes over the
wording of the amendment have recently arisen and produced a deadlock in the Senate
Judiciary Committee.
I am confident that the Senate will in time act favorably on an amendment.
Recent discussion shows the need for clarification of the effect of the proposal.
There is universal recognition of the need for reform of the system or re-
presentation obtaining in most states at the time of several well-known Supreme
Court decisions. In fact, in 1955 a presidential commission reported to President
Eisenhower that the strengthening of state governments called for adequate repre-
sentation of the interest of urban areas in state legislative bodies. I welcome
the reforms now under way in many states in the belief that they provide more
equitable representation and help to invigorate state governments. I do not on
the other hand, conclude that mechanical adherence to the "one man, one vote"
principle should be imposed on both branches of the legislature of every state by
Federal fiat regardless of the desires of the people. Everyone concedes that it
is appropriate to require that representation in one house of the legislature of
each state be based solely on the factor of population.
The proposed amendment does no more than permit the people of each state to
employ factors other than population as the basis of representation in the other
house if by periodic referendum a majority of the people in any state so desire.
It would not deny any minority group the opportunity to gain representation.
Presumably any system of representation contrived to discriminate against any group
would be struck down by the courts as a violation of the 14th Amendment.
Experience shows that the "one man, one vote" principle can be used to
euchre minorities out of seats in legislative bodies. This can be accomplished by
submerging minorities in large constituencies with at-large elections, as has been
done in the State of Virginia to render less likely the election of members of
minority groups to the State legislature. It can be accomplished by drawing dis-
trict lines so as to spread the minority population thinly over a number of districts.
The issue which the proposed amendment presents is this: Shall we allow the
people to make the decision about the basis of representation in one house of their
state legislature, or shall we impose a decision on them whether they want it or not?
We propose to meet this issue and fight every step of the way to preserve our Fed-
eral-State system and the historic right of the people of the several states to
determine the composition of one branch of their own legislature according to their
desires.
---000000--
FOR THE SENATE:
THE JOINT SENATE-HOUSE
FOR THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES:
Everett M. Dirksen, Leader
Thomas H. Kuchel, Whip
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
Gerald R. Ford,
Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Chr.
Leader
of the Policy Committee
Leslie C. Arends, Whip
Leverett Saltonstall, Chr.
Melvin R. Laird,
of the Conference
Press Release
Chr. of the Conference
Thruston B. Morton,
John J. Rhodes, Chr.
Chr. Republican
of the Policy Committee
Senatorial Committee
Issued following a
Clarence J. Brown,
PRESIDING OFFICER:
Leadership Meeting
Ranking Member
The Republican
Rules Committee
National Chairman
July 22, 1965
Bob Wilson,
Ray C. Bliss
Chr. Republican
Congressional Committee
STATEMENT BY REP. GERALD R. FORD
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Next week the Members of the House of Representatives will demonstrate by
their votes whether they are members of an independent branch of government or
simply yes men responding blindly to the manipulation of the Executive branch.
The issue which the House will face is fair consideration of the repeal of
Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act -- a section which simply preserves to each
State some right to regulate labor-management relations.
An attempt will be made as a part of President Johnson's program to force
repeal of Section 14(b) through the House under the most stringent of gag rules.
I anticipate a proposal that the House act on this important change of policy with
only two hours of debate and that no opportunity be given to offer meaningful amend-
ments.
If the House is not to sacrifice its self-respect, it will vote down the
proposal that it shut its mouth, plug its ears, close its eyes and swallow the
Johnson Administration's prescription without adequate debate and without oppor-
tunity to vote on important amendments.
The action expected next week is the latest manifestation of a disturbing
tendency to avoid discussion of the subject of the repeal of Section 14(b) on its
merits. The Administration has engaged in a cynical type of log-rolling on the
subject. It has sought to convince city Congressmen to vote for a bread tax
against their convictions in order to get repeal of Section 14(b) and farm Congress-
men to vote for repeal of 14(b) against their convictions in order to get a farm
bill.
If the coalition which the Administration is ruthlessly trying to put to-
gether is successful, how can Congress be considered to act as an independent
branch of government?
(Dirksen statement - page 2)
Room S-124 U.S. Capitol-CApitol 4-3121 Ex 3700
STAFF CONSULTANT: Robert Humphreys
- 2 -
STATEMENT BY SENATOR DIRKSEN
JULY 22, 1965
A strange thing happened to the proposed constitutional amendment on appor-
tionment of State legislatures on its way to the Senate floor. Disputes over the
wording of the amendment have recently arisen and produced a deadlock in the Senate
Judiciary Committee.
I am confident that the Senate will in time act favorably on an amendment.
Recent discussion shows the need for clarification of the effect of the proposal.
There is universal recognition of the need for reform of the system or re-
presentation obtaining in most states at the time of several well-known Supreme
Court decisions. In fact, in 1955 a presidential commission reported to President
Eisenhower that the strengthening of state governments called for adequate repre-
sentation of the interest of urban areas in state legislative bodies. I welcome
the reforms now under way in many states in the belief that they provide more
equitable representation and help to invigorate state governments. I do not on
the other hand, conclude that mechanical adherence to the "one man, one vote"
principle should be imposed on both branches of the legislature of every state by
Federal fiat regardless of the desires of the people. Everyone concedes that it
is appropriate to require that representation in one house of the legislature of
each state be based solely on the factor of population.
The proposed amendment does no more than permit the people of each state to
employ factors other than population as the basis of representation in the other
house if by periodic referendum a majority of the people in any state so desire.
It would not deny any minority group the opportunity to gain representation.
Presumably any system of representation contrived to discriminate against any group
would be struck down by the courts as a violation of the 14th Amendment.
Experience shows that the "one man, one vote" principle can be used to
euchre minorities out of seats in legislative bodies. This can be accomplished by
submerging minorities in large constituencies with at-large elections, as has been
done in the State of Virginia to render less likely the election of members of
minority groups to the State legislature. It can be accomplished by drawing dis-
trict lines so as to spread the minority population thinly over a number of districts.
The issue which the proposed amendment presents is this: Shall we allow the
people to make the decision about the basis of representation in one house of their
state legislature, or shall we impose a decision on them whether they want it or not?
We propose to meet this issue and fight every step of the way to preserve our Fed-
eral-State system and the historic right of the people of the several states to
determine the composition of one branch of their own legislature according to their
desires.
-- 0000000--
September 27, 1965
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - APPENDIX
A5469
[From the Baltimore Evening Sun,
In this event the President's active support
Sept. 22, 1965]
of MANSFIELD'S highly constructive program
MANSFIELD DESCRIBES PLAN To CORRECT
may be required. And, although he can
PASSED BILLS
sense a political liability as keenly as any
(By Arthur Krock)
politician in the American past or present,
WASHINGTON, September 22.-Senator
he is also alert to the hazard in exposing
MANSFIELD, the majority leader, is about to
it as the unmistakable motive for the rejec-
demonstrate once more that when he says
tion of a plan SO obviously in the public in-
something should be done he means to fol-
terest. And that interest is implicit in a
low through. Recently he proposed that the
simple catalog of the measures he drove
next session of the 89th Congress "spend less
through this session of Congress.
time on new legislation and more time cor-
Moreover, Vice President HUMPHREY may
recting oversights in legislation we have just
not have been speaking entirely on his own,
passed." Today, reached by telephone in his
if he has been accurately reported as believ-
home State of Montana, he described the
ing "the huge legislative tonnage dropped
practical steps with which he plans to give
on our doorstop" should undergo the man-
effect to his proposal.
agement analysis to which Defense Secre-
"I intend to submit it for action at a
tary McNamara subjects all military pro-
Democratic Senate conference before ad-
grams. And this is precisely what Senator
journment," he said. "We have passed a lot
MANSFIELD intends to propose to the Demo-
of major bills at this session, some of them
cratic Senate conference.
very hastily, and they stand in extreme need
"TONNAGE" LISTED
of a going-over for loopholes, rough corners,
This "tonnage" already consists of the fol-
and particularly for an assessment of current
lowing on which action has been completed:
and ultimate cost in the framework of our
medical care; financial help for Appalachia;
capacity to meet it."
the financing of regional development; ele-
OVERSEEING SUBCOMMITTEES
mentary-secondary education; omnibus pub-
"In reminding the conference of this, I
lic housing; a new department of housing;
plan to ask for the creation of overseeing
reduced excise taxes, and foreign aid. Near-
subcommittees among whose functions it
ing final enactment are financing programs
would be to tighten up the hasty enactments
for higher education, depollution of the wa-
in general and evaluate the degree of effi-
ters, a supplemental antipoverty law, a na-
ciency with which they are being adminis-
tional arts foundation, and omnibus farm
tered by the executive."
subsidies legislation.
The plan seems marked for resistance in
To this partial list of Federal undertak-
the Democratic Senate conference, despite its
ings at undetermined costs and wholly spec-
urgent necessity. And pressure against it
ulative effects on the socioeconomy admin-
may be expected from House Democrats also.
istration pressure is now being exerted for
For the next session will occur in the year of
a health conservation program more revolu-
the general congressional elections. And
tionary than medicare and even more specu-
Democrats from States and districts where
lative as to cost. This calls for the estab-
the 1964 landslide broke a long pattern of
lishment of a network of at least 1,350
electing Republicans will in all likelihood
diagnostic and treatment centers for heart
prefer to postpone the risk inherent in
disease, cancer, and stroke. A host of sur-
such a reexamination and appraisal. Fearful
gical teams and other hospital specialists
Democratic candidates for reelection con-
would be paid for by grants from the Fed-
ceivably will even include some who sought
eral Government.
to stem the legislative onrush of the Presi-
dent and the party majority toward the wel-
fare state goal of the Great Society.
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PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE
89th
CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION
Observations on the 1st Session of 89th Congress
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
year felt that the legislative initiative has
It is one thing for a Congress to adopt
OF
passed irretrievably to the executive
Presidential proposals after thorough de-
HON. GERALD R. FORD
branch. One of the experts at that con-
liberation and adequate discussion. It is
vention, Lewis A. Dexter, said that the
quite another thing for a Congress to
OF MICHIGAN
Congress will come to have the same im-
rush through such proposals without
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
portance in the American system of gov-
careful scrutiny and without reasonable
Friday, October 22, 1965
ernment as the House of Lords has in
debate. No Congress that performed its
the British, particularly if several future
constitutional duty would do the slipshod
Mr. GERALD R. FORD. Mr. Speaker,
Presidents resemble Lyndon Johnson.
job of which Senator MANSFIELD in-
the record of the 1st session of the 89th
Eric Sevareid wrote:
dicted the present Congress when he
Congress is spotty. Along with the en-
We know of a number of Congressmen who
said that it must now devote most of its
actment of some meritorious and needed
would be very grateful to learn what they
effort to tightening up "its hasty enact-
legislation, the Congress often acted
have really done this year.
ments."
hastily, blindly, and indiscriminately.
The majority leader of the Senate, Mr.
He also found that the Congress has so
EXAMPLES OF RUBBERSTAMPING BY THE CONGRESS
MANSFIELD, of Montana, has confessed
often acted under "a curious kind of in-
On many important bills the House of
serious deficiencies in the laws enacted
timidation" that the "once-exalted title
Representatives acted without adequate
by the Congress this year. He has an-
of Senator or Representative has lost
consideration, without full hearings in
nounced that the 2d session of the 89th
much of its prestige."
committee, and without sufficient debate
Congress should "spend less time on new
One of the leading newspapers in the
on the floor.
legislation and more time correcting
home State of the Vice President summed
The arts and humanities bill was rail-
oversights in legislation we have just
it up this way:
roaded through the Committee on Edu-
passed." He has said that the Congress
Anyone following the daily deliberations of
cation and Labor after about 15 minutes
"must tighten up the hasty enactments"
the House of Representatives must be struck
of consideration. Even a motion by the
and must eliminate from the laws of the
by the ruthlessness with which the Demo-
minority that the bill be read was sum-
session just ended "a number of gaps and
cratic majority of so-called liberals is flexing
marily rejected by the majority. When
its muscles. It is not, in fact, a deliberative
any number of rough edges, overexten-
the committee met to act on the bill, the
body. Representative government is in a sad
sions and overlaps."
and critical state.
members were presented for the first
The Mansfield confession should be
time with a new committee print, dated
Columnist Ted Lewis said:
good for the soul of the American peo-
the same day, containing a number of
ple. It should convince them that one-
The presidential image of a miracle pro-
significant amendments which the mi-
party government does not serve them
ducer of new laws makes the legislative
nority members had never seen before.
branch of Government appear to be a crea-
well.
Thereafter, several additional amend-
ture of the executive branch.
One conclusion to be drawn from the
ments, which the Republican members
1st session of the 89th Congress is that
The Chicago Tribune, in an editorial
had never seen, were quickly adopted in
whenever the party that holds possession
entitled "Legislating by Scoop Shovel,"
committee, and the bill was reported with
of the executive branch of the National
said:
great haste.
Government also enjoys overwhelming
It would take a truck scale to weigh the
The Education and Labor Committee
dominance in the Congress, the Congress
legislation forwarded by the White House and
made virtually no change in the admin-
becomes a satellite of the President.
automatically approved, most of it wasteful,
istration bill to provide assistance for
much of it unnecessary, and all of it putting
The failure of the Congress to act as a
elementary and secondary education, de-
the individual in the grip of the Federal vise.
deliberative body, coequal with the Ex-
spite vigorous bipartisan complaints
He [the President] has been legislating
ecutive, is the most striking feature of
about the formula for distributing Fed-
everything and anything, and, with two-
this past session. Until the closing days
thirds majorities in either Chamber, he has a
eral funds contained in the bill. On the
of the session, it rubberstamped the pro-
Congress of robots that is totally compliant.
floor, at least 10 of 25 amendments were
posals of the White House in far too
rejected without discussion due to the
The Knoxville Journal editorialized:
many instances.
gag-rule limitation on debate.
Any Congress which voluntarily yields its
The members of the American Politi-
right to perform as a coequal part of the
As this far-reaching legislation was
cal Science Association who gathered in
Federal Establishment, as this one has, is a
being considered by the House of Rep-
Washington in early September of this
continuing threat to the Nation.
resentatives, Democratic Congresswoman
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
3
GREEN, of Oregon, took the floor to pro-
protect the religious liberty of employees
well as vocational education and public
administration of seeking to "warp the
lion does not include additional back-
supported by a majority of the House
test, "Today it seems to me we have in
whose religious beliefs clash with com-
assistance programs.
proposed Federal Public Records legisla-
door spending of $7 billion made possible
Republicans. In every case the Repub-
the House a determined effort to silence
pulsory union membership, and to in-
The Manpower Development and
tion into an almost unlimited authority
by the Congress this year. Nor does it
lican alternative dealt more adequately
those who are in disagreement."
sure that employees would be protected
Training Act overlaps the poverty pro-
for the President to establish broader
include perhaps $5 to $7 billion needed
with the problem without unnecessary
So little was the elementary and sec-
from compulsion to join a Communist-
gram.
secrecy practices." The committee also
for the war in Vietnam, a request which
extension of Federal power.
ondary education bill studied before floor
controlled union.
One unfortunate oversight in the laws
indicted the administration for "the se-
the administration is holding back until
VOTING RIGHTS
action that two of the best informed
The Washington Post commented:
of the session can be cited to illustrate
crecy on the names of Post Office Depart-
next January.
The administration's bill on voting
supporters of the measure, gave to the
Several important questions were raised
the results of hasty and ill-considered
ment employees hired in the summer
The Congress failed to exercise any
rights-H.R. 6400-as originally intro-
House contradictory explanations of its
in the House debate and left unanswered.
congressional action. By increasing
program in 1965; the Defense Depart-
restraint on reckless spending. The re-
duced, provided a remedy for discrimina-
application to nonpublic schools.
The Democratic majority rammed
social security payments, the Congress
ment continues the October 1962, Sylves-
duction of administration requests for
tion only in six Southern States and
The higher education bill was reported
through a bill repealing section 14(b)
inadvertently caused the termination or
ter Directive which requires military and
appropriations by $2.4 billion is more
Alaska and in 37 counties in certain
out of the Education and Labor Com-
which the Post said "scarcely qualifies as
reduction of the pensions of tens of thou-
civilian personnel to report all contacts
apparent than real. The funds denied
other States, including one county each
mittee in great haste, apparently at the
sands of veterans. The added social
well-rounded legislation in the national
with the press to Sylvester's office; the
have only been deferred until 1966.
in Arizona, Idaho, and Maine. These
command of the White House. The
interest."
security payment meant a reduction of
increased centralization of information
The following table shows the amount
strange results were achieved by lan-
Wall Street Journal noted that the com-
the income of these veterans.
On the important bill to prohibit dis-
releases at the White House, and the in-
appropriated by Congress in each ses-
guage which limited the application of
mittee "under prodding from an im-
crimination in employment and union
WEAKENING OF CHECKS ON EXECUTIVE BRANCH
creasing sensitivity over leaks of infor-
sion since 1960. It reflects an increase
the bill to places which used literacy tests
patient White House deliberated for all
membership, only the briefest of hear-
One-party domination of the legisla-
mation that have no connection with
of $36 billion, or 43 percent, since 1960.
or tests of moral character for voters and
of 20 minutes." Democratic Congress-
ings were held by the Committee on Edu-
tive and executive branches weakens the
national security problems; the basic
Of this $36 billion increase, only $8.3
in which fewer than 50 percent of the
man PUCINSKI, of Illinois, called the
cation and Labor. These hearings con-
constitutional system of checks and bal-
problem of balancing national security
billion is for defense:
voting-age population voted in the 1964
bill's handling "a mockery of the legis-
tained no testimony based on experience
ances. The subservient Congress which
interests and freedom for the press in
[In billions]
election.
lative process."
under the 1964 Civil Rights Act and were
it produces fails to exercise the restraint
connection with Vietnam and the Do-
Republican House Members and Re-
Hearings on the administration's orig-
followed almost immediately by a sub-
which it should over the executive
minican Republic."
Appropria-
Change from
Session
tions
inal highway beautification proposals
preceding
publican Senators introduced voting
committee meeting which reported the
branch. The majority leader of the
There is no word but arrogance for the
year
rights legislation before the administra-
were held by the Committee on Public
bill favorably. An hour later the full
Senate recognizes that such is the case
behavior of administration spokesmen,
tion got around to deciding to present a
Works on July 20, 21, and 22. These
86th Cong.: 2d (1960)
$83.8
committee met and reported the bill to
when he urges the Congress now to un-
including the President and the Vice
87th Cong.:
bill.
hearings were adjourned with the un-
the House. No amendments were offered
dertake its neglected function of legisla-
President, when they pointedly imply
1st (1961)
95.8
+$12.0
derstanding that the complex proposals
2d (1962)
102.3
+6.5
The basic difference between the ad-
because none of the minority members
tive oversight over executive agencies.
that the consideration which the prob-
88th Cong.:
should be studied further and acted upon
1st (1963)
102.6
+.3
ministration proposal and the major Re-
had any opportunity to study the long
The executive branch unchecked is
lems of a locality receives in Washington
2d (1964)
106.0
+3.4
publican alternative, the Ford-MeCul-
early next year. Without warning, the
89th Cong.: 1st (1965)
119.3
+13.3
and complex measure and analyze even
prone to carelessness about legal re-
will depend on whether its local officials
loch bill-H.R. 7896-lay in the fact that
hearings were reopened on September 3
its theoretical weaknesses. This bill was
straints and about the public interest.
are Republicans or Democrats. It is
the Republican bill provided a remedy
and 7, while the committee and its staff
CONSTRUCTIVE REPUBLICAN RECORD
not acted on by the House.
This carelessness can descend to the
shocking to learn that responsible na-
for unconstitutional discrimination
were absorbed with the omnibus rivers
level of arrogance in some instances.
On February 3, 1965, the Republican
and harbors and flood control bill. The
The percentages allocated to the vari-
tional officials would stoop to threaten
wherever it occurs and regardless of the
ous categories of immigrants in the Im-
Arrogance is a strong word, but there
any community with reprisals if its citi-
leadership of the House of Representa-
device used to achieve discrimination.
act was debated and passed by the House
migration and Nationality Act of 1965
is no other word for the submission to
tives said:
zens choose officials who are not of the
The administration bill wiped out
on October 7, with the final vote being
tallied well after midnight. At one point
were not discussed either in the Judiciary
the Senate of the nomination of Francis
administration's party.
House Republicans have a major responsi-
literacy and other tests wherever fewer
Committee or on the floor.
X. Morrissey to the Federal judiciary nor
The New York Times reacted with in-
bility as the representatives of approximately
than 50 percent of the voting age popu-
in the proceedings the House voted 121
43 percent of the electorate who voted for a
On the voting rights bill, the admin-
for the efforts to bull that nomination
dignation to the threat when it was made
to 84 to allow but 8 minutes of debate on
Republican House of Representatives in 1964.
lation voted in 1964. The Ford-McCul-
istration forces on the Judiciary Commit-
through the Senate. The American Bar
in New York City. Its editorial
That duty, as we conceive it, is to exert what-
loch bill did not disturb nondiscrimina-
5 separate amendments.
tee methodically rejected all significant
Association and the Massachusetts Bar
commented:
ever influence we can to guide the Nation
tory qualifications for voting established
Regarding the very controversial bill to
amendments offered by Republicans. On
Association pronounced this nominee un-
This is a remarkable indictment of the
toward the goals of freedom, security, peace,
by States.
repeal section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley
the floor of the House the same general
fit for the post. A representative of the
Johnson administration. It suggests, for
and well-being with fiscal responsibility.
The administration bill required Fed-
Act, the Democratic majority of the Com-
attitude prevailed. With the exception
American Bar Association testified on the
example, that Sargent Shriver, the head of
We cannot accept the statement, "The
eral court approval of any new voting
mittee on Education and Labor rejected
Morrissey nomination:
the antipoverty program and a Democrat,
duty of the opposition party is to oppose."
all attempts by Republican members to
of the Cramer amendment to prevent
From the standpoint of legal training,
would be less sympathetic and helpful to New
laws passed by the States to which it
This is too narrow and too negative a formu-
amend the bill so as to provide some
election irregularities, any significant
amendment offered by a Republican was
legal experience, and legal ability, we have
York if its mayor were a Republican. It
lation of our responsibility.
applied. The Ford-McCulloch bill did
basic protections for rank-and-file em-
not had any case where these factors were
makes the same innuendo about the officials
We must do more than respond to the in-
not restrict State authority to enact new
blindly voted down.
ployees compelled to join unions in order
so lacking.
who run the housing, education, mass tran-
itiatives of the administration. We must
nondiscriminatory voting laws.
GAPS AND OVERLAPS
sit, antipollution, and other programs in
take the initiative ourselves in two ways.
to hold their jobs. Because of the re-
The administration bill, as originally
There is no word but arrogance for
The defects in the legislation enacted
which New York has a vital interest. It sug-
First, we must offer alternative measures to
strictive rule under which the bill was
the withholding of Federal funds from
introduced, approved of the poll tax, pro-
gests that President Johnson, Vice President
during the session of Congress just
cope with national problems when the ad-
considered by the House, amendments
the city of Chicago in defiance of the
HUMPHREY, and Senator KENNEDY himself
ministration's proposals are unwise. This we
viding that Federal examiners would
which would permit compulsory union
ended will come to light as the bills are
procedures established by Congress.
would not be so helpful to the mayor of the
are doing, for example, in the matter of
collect it in areas in which they operated
membership agreements only if the
put into effect. Problems of duplica-
There is no word but arrogance for
Nation's largest city if he were of a political
lightening the burden of the costs of health
to register voters. The Ford-McCulloch
unions involved refrained from racial
tion and overlap will be encountered.
faith different from theirs.
procedures in the Congress that silence
care for older people.
bill directed the Attorney General to ini-
and religious discrimination, refrained
The Appalachia bill overlaps several
FISCAL EXCESSES
dissent and preclude careful considera-
Second, we must press for action to deal
tiate a speedy court test of the constitu-
from using union funds for political pur-
existing Federal-aid programs, notably
tion of legislation.
The carelessness of a Congress over-
with the problems to which the administra-
tionality of the poll tax.
poses, and refrained from denying em-
in the fields of highway construction and
whelmingly controlled by the President's
tion is blind or indifferent.
public health.
There is no word but arrogance for
MEDICARE
ployees rights guaranteed them by Fed-
party is particularly manifested in big
eral law were rejected as not germane.
The public works and redevelopment
opposition to freedom of information leg-
In this spirit the Republican Members
The medicare bill, included in the So-
spending. This session of Congress has
Other amendments offered, on which the
bill, providing aid to so-called depressed
islation which would permit the public to
of the House of Representatives have
set a new record in appropriations not
cial Security Amendments of 1965, is an
House was not permitted to vote, were
areas, overlaps the Appalachia bill.
know what is going on in the Govern-
discharged their responsibility this year.
approached since the Second World War.
amalgamation of the administration
designed to insure that unions securing
The expanded poverty program over-
ment which it pays for. The Freedom
The appropriation of $119.3 billion this
Their record is impressive.
proposal and a Republican alternative
compulsory membership agreements
laps the elementary and secondary
of Information Committee of Sigma
year is $36 billion more than was ap-
REPUBLICAN ALTERNATIVES
offered by Representative JOHN BYRNES,
truly represented a majority as demon-
school aid bill, which is ostensibly aimed
Delta Chi, the national society of jour-
propriated by the last session of Congress
For six of the major bills proposed by
of Wisconsin-H.R. 7057.
strated by winning an NLRB election, to
at children from low-income families, as
nalists, in its annual report, accused the
during the Eisenhower administration.
the administration and passed in this
In contrast to the bill originally pro-
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This staggering figure of almost $120 bil-
session, there were alternative proposals
posed by the administration early in the
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
5
session, the Byrnes bill provided a sys-
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACT
Under this plan, some families with an
The medicare bill passed by the Con-
A notable improvement in the housing
On April 30, the House Republican
tem of insurance for the elderly-first,
The administration bill-S. 3-which
income of more than $11,000 in some
gress incorporates in its provisions much
bill was made with the adoption of an
leadership proposed the creation of an
covering all medical expenses, not just
became law, provided for an Appalachian
places would be eligible to have a part
of the Republican bill offered by Repre-
amendment offered by Representative
inter-American police force to restore
hospitalization; second, offering volun-
Regional Commission with authority in
of their rent paid by the Federal Gov-
sentative JOHN W. BYRNES, of Wisconsin.
JOHN C. KUNKEL, of Pennsylvania, aiding
peace and order in the Dominican Re-
tary rather than compulsory coverage;
360 counties in 10 States to plan the ex-
ernment. Beyond this, the bill provided
This bill is not limited to hospital care
homeowners who became unemployed be-
public. On May 3, the administration
and third, financed by a combination of
penditure of funds for various public
largely for a continuance of existing
as the administration recommended. In
cause of the closing of Federal installa-
offered this proposal to the Organization
general tax revenues and premium pay-
works, particularly highway construction,
Federal housing programs.
its final version it covers doctors' bills
tions. It placed a moratorium on FHA-
of American States.
ments by the insured, avoiding the
in a region that includes many severely
A Republican substitute, offered by
and other medical costs in provisions
insured loan payments of such persons
The appropriation of an additional
regressive social security tax.
depressed areas.
Representative WILLIAM B. WIDNALL, of
borrowed from the Byrnes bill.
and authorized the Secretary of Defense
$700 million for defense as a means of
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL AID
The Republican alternative, offered
New Jersey-H.R. 9501-sought to mod-
The Housing Act passed by Congress
to acquire their properties for FHA dis-
emphasizing national unity and national
The administration's bill to aid ele-
by Representative WILLIAM C. CRAMER,
ify existing housing policy in several im-
contains six significant features from the
posal when the owners were unable to
resolve in the face of Communist aggres-
mentary and secondary schools-H.R.
of Florida-H.R. 4466-would have ex-
portant respects:
Republican substitute proposed by Rep-
dispose of them on reasonable terms.
sion on two continents was suggested by
2362-presented as a measure to assist
tended Federal assistance to all econom-
First, by giving residential redevelop-
resentative WILLIAM B. WIDNALL, of New
The Voting Rights Act as passed con-
the minority floor leader at a White
poverty stricken children, is in fact the
ically depressed areas throughout the Na-
ment in urban renewal a higher priority;
Jersey:
tains at least two provisions of Republi-
House Conference on Vietnam problems.
first general aid to primary and second-
tion instead of to a single region. Unlike
Second, by stimulating rehabilitation
First, low-income private housing:
can origin. One was the clean elections
The administration subsequently re-
ary schools passed by the Congress.
the administration bill, which provides
of existing sound housing;
This new program will provide imme-
provision proposed by Representative
quested the increased appropriation. It
Under this bill, $2.1 million will be
aid to prosperous as well as depressed
Third, by utilizing existing privately
diate relief to low-income families who
WILLIAM CRAMER, of Florida, inserted in
was granted with the unanimous support
granted by the Federal Government to
areas in the region to which it applies,
owned rental housing for low-income
have been living in substandard housing
the bill over the opposition of a ma-
of Republican Members of both House
Westchester County, the wealthiest in
the Cramer bill proposed to limit aid
tenants;
in those areas where there is a long wait-
jority of the Democrats in the House of
and Senate.
New York State, for the education of
to places suffering economic distress and
Fourth, by lower interest rates on loans
ing list for public housing. It will use
Representatives. The bill as finally
Since mid-1963, Republicans in Con-
children from poor families. Sunflower
high unemployment.
for college housing and housing for the
any adequate existing housing on a vol-
passed dealt with the question of the poll
gress have been urging the administra-
County, Miss., with median family in-
The Public Works and Development
elderly; and
untary basis at a cost not exceeding
tax by directing the Attorney General to
tion to take the lead in convening an in-
come only one-fifth that of Westchester
Act of 1965-Public Law 89-136-is, like
Fifth, by providing new FHA mort-
present public housing rental levels,
secure a speedy court test of the consti-
ternational monetary conference to deal
County, will receive only $745,000 for
the Cramer bill, a measure intended to
gage financing for veterans.
without the gigantic expense of con-
tutionality of the tax-the approach used
with the urgent balance-of-payments
the education of an equal number of
assist depressed areas throughout the
Many of the features of the Widnall
structing new public housing units.
in the Ford-McCulloch bill.
problem. In 1965, the urging was re-
children from poor families.
Nation. It raises serious problems of
bill were incorporated in the measure
Second, veterans housing program:
The immigration bill contains a ceiling
newed by Representative ROBERT ELLS-
Republicans sought to make it a bill
duplication and conflict with the Ap-
which was enacted.
The first major veterans' benefits legis-
on immigrants from the Western Hemi-
WORTH, of Kansas, and by the joint Re-
which would do what it professed to do:
palachian Regional Development Act.
REPUBLICAN IMPACT ON LEGISLATION
lation affecting so-called cold war vet-
sphere because of Republican effort.
publican leadership on July 1. On July
aid poor children without undue Federal
CABINET DEPARTMENT DEALING WITH URBAN
In spite of the fact that Republicans
erans ever to be enacted by the Congress,
Because of opposition from the White
10, Secretary of the Treasury, Henry
control of State, local, and private
AFFAIRS
in this Congress hold only one-third of
this will also apply to an estimated 21
House and the State Department, an
Fowler, announced that the U.S. Govern-
schools.
The administration bill establishing
the seats, there were occasions when the
million veterans who have failed to use
amendment to bring such immigration
ment would issue a call for such a
The Republican effort was directed to-
a new Cabinet agency, the Department
Republican minority exerted an im-
or qualify for VA home loan benefits.
under control presented by Representa-
conference.
ward first, channeling Federal funds only
of Housing and Community Affairs-H.R.
portant influence on legislation.
Comprehensive benefits include no down
tive CLARK MACGREGOR, of Minnesota, was
OTHER NOTEWORTHY REPUBLICAN INITIATIVES
into areas of need within each State;
6927-was defective in many respects.
A 7-percent increase in social security
payments for homes costing up to $15,000,
voted down by Democrats in the House.
Representative MELVIN R. LAIRD, of
second, recognizing differences in finan-
It did no more than confer a more pres-
benefits was approved-a proposal which
with as little as $500 down on a $20,000
This provision prevailed in the Senate,
Wisconsin, and Representative GLENARD
cial ability and need among States; third,
tigious title on certain existing agencies.
Republicans made in 1964, but which was
home.
however, and was incorporated in the
LIPSCOMB, of California, performed im-
concentrating the program upon the
It brought together in the new Depart-
voted down in the last Congress by Dem-
Third, low interest rate college hous-
final version of the law.
portant service in bringing to public at-
needs of deprived children; and fourth,
ment less than one-third of the Federal
ocrats acting on White House orders.
ing: Conferees accepted this proposal,
Republican initiative and solid Repub-
tention the inadequacy of the admin-
reducing the discretionary authority of
Government's housing activities and only
The repeal of Federal excise taxes-a
despite the firm opposition of the John-
lican support saved for State Governors
istration's defense budget for the prose-
the U.S. Commissioner of Education.
a minor fraction of Federal activities
step which Republicans have advocated
son administration. It will provide $1.2
some power of veto over projects under
cution of the war in Vietnam. In order
A Republican approach to the problem
and funds aimed at assisting States and
for many years and which was called for
billion in lower rent college housing,
the poverty program within their States
to give the appearance of holding Fed-
of expanding and improving elementary
municipalities to solve the problems of
in the Republican platform of 1964-was
avoiding an expensive Federal grant pro-
in opposition to the effort of most Demo-
eral expenditure below the level of $100
and secondary schools was incorporated
metropolitan areas. As passed by the
accomplished in this session. In 1964, a
gram.
crats to eliminate any vestige of State
billion in the fiscal year and to leave
in H.R. 6349, offered by Representatives
House of Representatives, it made no
Republican proposal to repeal retail ex-
Fourth, low interest elderly housing:
control over this program.
room for Great Society legislation, the
WILLIAM AYRES, of Ohio, and THOMAS
provision for the continued existence of
cise taxes was defeated by Democratic
To prevent the phasing out of a highly
Republican initiative and solid Repub-
administration devised its defense budget
CURTIS, of Missouri, and others. This
the Federal Housing Administration, a
votes.
successful program administered by
lican support led to the denial of funds
on guidelines set in 1963, which did not
bill relied chiefly on the device of tax
defect which Republicans sought to cor-
Other changes made in the social secu-
churches and other nonprofit organiza-
for the rent supplement program under
take account of the involvement of 150,-
credits for individuals who pay for
rect and which was finally remedied in
rity system were influenced by Republi-
tions, a program with rents at a level
the Housing Act.
000 American troops in a shooting war
schools through State and local taxes
conference.
can initiatives and conform to long-
they can afford will be available to
Republican initiative and solid Repub-
in Asia. The result, as the Preparedness
directly or indirectly as well as for those
The Republican alternative, offered by
standing Republican policy. One was
elderly people of low income.
lican support led to the denial of funds
Subcommittee of the Senate Armed
who incur expenses for students in higher
Mrs. DWYER, of New Jersey-H.R. 5173-
the liberalization of the earnings limita-
Fifth, compensation for condemnees:
for a federally directed National Teacher
Services Committee under Senator STEN-
education. This bill would have diverted
and several other Republicans, would
tion beyond which elderly people become
This provides, for the first time, prompt
Corps.
NIS has found, is a dangerous drain on
$3 to $5 billion annually from the Fed-
have created an agency in the Executive
ineligible to collect their social security
and equitable compensation for home-
On the other hand, an initial Repub-
owners and small businessmen displaced
personnel, equipment, and ammunition
eral Treasury and made it available for
Office of the President to deal with met-
benefits. The other was the liberaliza-
lican success-the prohibition of the use
ropolitan area problems. This agency
tion of coverage requirements for people
by urban renewal and other housing pro-
in other parts of the world.
additional support for education at the
of agricultural funds for aid to Nasser,
Representative H. R. GROSS, of Iowa,
State and local level.
would have been a center of coordina-
over the age of 72 in order to qualify for
grams.
voted by the House at the motion of Rep-
In addition, H.R. 6349 provided $300
Sixth, rehabilitation loan program:
served as the public conscience, along
tion and information for all Federal pro-
benefits.
resentative ROBERT MICHEL, of Illinois,
with Senator JOHN WILLIAMS, of Dela-
million annually to the States for the
grams and activities relating to urban
Similarly, Republicans took the lead
Sponsored by Republicans in the 1964
on January 26-was reversed under se-
ware, in endeavoring to raise the ethical
education of deprived children aged 3
areas.
in advocating changes in tax policy to
Housing Act, the low-interest loan pro-
vere administration pressure on Febru-
standards of the administration with
to 7. Unlike Project Head Start under
HOUSING
lighten the burden of medical expenses.
gram for tenants, homeowners, and
ary 8.
special attention to the treatment given
the poverty program, which provides un-
The administration's housing bill-
The Congress repealed maximum limi-
small businessmen in urban renewal
REPUBLICAN INFLUENCE ON EXECUTIVE ACTION
Otto Otepka and the inadequately ex-
even summer schooling for some deprived
H.R. 5840-as originally presented, of-
tations on income tax deductions for
areas received a $400 million authoriza-
In some instances the policy of the
plored aspects of the Bobby Baker case.
children, this bill proposed a systematic
fered a scheme of rent supplements for
medical care insurance and authorized
tion. This was not requested by the
President and other executive agencies
Representative PAUL FINDLEY and his
national effort to give preschool educa-
families whose incomes were above the
a deduction of one-half the cost of med-
administration.
responded to Republican proposals.
task force on NATO and the Atlantic
tion to children who need it.
levels set for public housing tenants.
ical care insurance up to $150.
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
7
Community issued a thoughtful report on
in agreement with the majority of their
For these reasons most Republicans sup-
Federal civil service: ANCHER NELSEN,
comprise a comprehensive, broad-
available a maximum of information to
means of strengthening the Atlantic Al-
party. These 93 votes reveal some sig-
ported a prohibition against American
of Minnesota.
gauged, and constructive legislative pro-
citizens and taxpayers.
liance and improving the strained rela-
nificant differences between Republicans
aid to nations engaged in supplying
Latin America: Cochairmen F. BRAD-
gram.
The House Republican conference
tions of the United States with France
and Democrats.
North Vietnam and against further ship-
FORD MORSE, of Massachusetts, and DON-
At least 256 bills expanding and liber-
adopted the recommendation of its task
after a study trip to Paris.
The general conclusions to be drawn
ment of agricultural commodities to
ALD RUMSFELD, of Illinois.
alizing social security were offered by
force on education, headed by Repre-
Representative FINDLEY, along with
from these votes is a Republican prefer-
Egypt's Nasser and Indonesia's Sukarno.
NATO and Atlantic Community: PAUL
Republicans. These bills dealt with
sentative ALBERT QUIE, of Minnesota, for
Representative RALPH HARVEY, of In-
ence for a more discriminating approach
In order to preserve the integrity of
FINDLEY, of Illinois.
such matters as reduction of the age
legislation granting a tax credit against
diana, also took the lead in an unsuccess-
to national problems. Republicans op-
State and local governments, most
Nuclear affairs: CRAIG HOSMER, of Cali-
requirements for beneficiaries, increas-
the costs of higher education. A large
ful fight against the administration on
posed and sought to modify the loosely
Republicans sought to-
fornia.
ing the maximum age for eligibility of
number of Members have sponsored bills
the sugar bill in an effort to recapture
drawn, ambiguous, blank check approach
Retain the veto power of State gov-
Platform implementation: JAMES BAT-
children, expansion of the system to
like Mr. QUIE'S which permits a credit up
for the taxpayers of the United States a
of the Democratic majority.
ernors over poverty program projects;
TIN, of Montana.
groups not presently covered, and in-
to an amount of $325 per student
part of the excess profit which foreign
Republicans showed themselves more
Maintain the power of the States to
Unemployment compensation system:
creasing the amount of earnings per-
annually.
sugar producers derive from sales in this
concerned than most Democrats about
forbid compulsory unionism;
JOHN W. BYRNES, of Wisconsin.
missible without sacrifice of benefits.
At least 78 Republicans have joined
country because Government action
such things as prudent use of tax dollars,
Permit the people of each State to
United Nations: JOHN B. ANDERSON, of
At least 61 Republican bills were in-
with Representative THOMAS CURTIS, of
maintains a domestic price more than
the danger of inflation fired by big in-
decide the basis of representation in one
Illinois.
troduced for the reduction or repeal of
Missouri, in offering the Human Invest-
double the price in the world market.
creases in Government spending and un-
house of their State legislature;
Urban and suburban affairs: CLARK
excise taxes.
ment Act, a bill granting credits against
Representative ROBERT J. CORBETT, of
ending deficits, the stiffing of State, lo-
Defeat appropriations for a federally
MACGREGOR, of Minnesota.
At least 59 Republicans introduced
the Federal income tax to business for
Pennsylvania, fought unsuccessfully to
cal, and private initiative by the spread
controlled National Teacher Corps;
Voting rights: WILLIAM M. McCUL-
voting rights legislation, generally pat-
the expenses of retraining present or
bring about an adjustment of the pay
of an overweening Central Government,
Secure legislative recognition of the
LOCH, of Ohio.
terned after the Ford-MeCulloch bill.
prospective employees to upgrade their
of Federal employees to provide full com-
the peril of runaway bureaucracy, and
rights of States to set standards of water
REPUBLICAN SUPPORT OF ADMINISTRATION BIILS
At least 54 Republicans introduced
skills.
parability with pay scales in private in-
the application of the commonsense
purity in rivers instead of transferring
Several enactments of the past session
bills providing for a new program of
At least 60 Republicans have intro-
dustry. Though full comparability is
principles of good management in Fed-
this authority to the Federal Govern-
received strong Republican support.
medical care for the aged. The three
duced legislation of the type recom-
given lip service by the administration,
eral programs.
ment;
Republican House Members judged each
major approaches were typified in the
mended by the House Republican task
it is opposed to putting this principle
For all of these reasons, a majority of
Maintain State authority to deter-
bill on its merits and gave approval to
proposals of Representative THOMAS B.
force on agriculture, headed by Repre-
in practice.
Republicans in the House of Representa-
mine the use to be made of areas adjoin-
administration measures that served the
CURTIS-H.R. 3728; Representative
sentative ODIN LANGEN, of Minnesota, to
Representative ANCHER NELSEN, of
tives, in contrast to a majority of the
ing highways; and
public interest.
FRANK T. Bow-H.R. 21; and Represent-
establish a World Food Study Commis-
Minnesota, continued his efforts to pro-
Democrats, voted against such things
Maintain the right of States to deny
Among the bills that were given strong
ative JOHN W. BYRNES-H.R. 7057.
sion to determine population trends and
tect Federal employees from illegal po-
as-
the suffrage to people unable to read or
Republican support on final passage were
At least 46 Republicans proposed a
food needs for the future.
litical pressures imposed by the admin-
Doubling the authorization for the
write the English language.
the following: The higher education bill,
constitutional amendment to permit the
This list could be extended indefinitely.
istration, particularly in the matter of
poverty program at a time when loose
PLANNING AND RESEARCH COMMITTEE
vocational training loan bill, the immi-
people to employ factors in addition to
It is meant to be illustrative not ex-
forced contributions to Democratic fund
administration prompted the Committee
Early in the session the planning and
gration bill, the Export Control Act, con-
population in the apportionment of one
haustive.
raising events.
on Education and Labor to launch a full
research committee was established as
stitutional amendment on Presidential
house of State legislatures.
CONCLUSION
Representative Ross ADAIR, of Indiana,
investigation of the program;
an organ of the Republican conference
succession, the Older Americans Act of
At least 27 Republicans introduced bills
Looking back on the session just con-
sought vainly to secure for the service-
A rent supplement program whereby
of the House of Representatives. This
1965, various bills in the field of health,
to establish a coordinating office con-
cluded, the Republican Members of the
men fighting in Vietnam educational
taxpayers would help to pay the rent of
new agency was created to help mobilize
excise tax cuts, manpower development
cerned with urban area affairs in the
House of Representatives can take pride
benefits similar to those granted to the
families earning in some areas more than
activity toward the development of long-
and training bill, expansion of veterans'
Executive Office of the President.
in the role that they have played. They
veterans of the Second World War and
$8,000 a year and possessing assets of as
term solutions to national problems.
benefits, various anticrime bills, pay
At least 28 Republicans introduced bills
tried to make the Congress what it should
Korea.
much as $25,000;
The planning and research commit-
raises for military and civilian personnel,
establishing a Commission on the Orga-
be-a deliberative body, independent of
Representative WILLIAM S. MAILLIARD,
A foreign aid program of $3.2 billion
tee issued in August a report entitled,
legislation for the control of air and
nization of the Executive Branch of the
and coequal with the Executive, judging
of California, sought with limited success
which all agree needs drastic overhaul-
"Vietnam: Some Neglected Aspects of the
water pollution and water resources
Government to do the job which two
legislation by the sole standard of the
to secure legislative action to reinvigorate
ing;
Historical Record." Columnist Roscoe
national interest. Their success cannot
planning, and the voting rights bill.
Hoover Commissions did in the past.
the merchant shipping of the United
A farm bill which will mean that Gov-
Drummond said of this report:
be measured in terms of the votes on
A SAMPLING OF REPUBLICAN LEGISLATIVE
Nine Republicans introduced a free-
States.
ernment payments in 1966 will equal
This is "loyal opposition" at its best.
which they prevailed-which were few.
PROPOSALS
REPUBLICAN SOLIDITY
one-third of realized net farm income
dom of information bill defining the au-
The verdict on their work will not be
Republican ranks in the House of Rep-
Headed by Representative CHARLES E.
Republican Members of the House of
but will not solve the farm problem;
thority of Federal agencies and officials
known until the people speak in the elec-
GOODELL, of New York, this committee
Representatives introduced bills which
resentatives held fast on important votes
A Public Works and Redevelopment
to withhold information in order to make
tions of 1966.
Act modeled after the discredited Area
supervises the activities of 13 task forces,
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throughout the session. On the 26 roll-
call votes in which a party position was
each of which has spent this year in the
Redevelopment Act and the Advanced
formulated by the House Republican pol-
study of major public policy problems in
Public Works Act; and
its field of jurisdiction. Several of the
icy committee headed by Representative
A Highway Beautification Act rushed
task forces have made reports contain-
JOHN RHODES, of Arizona, 87 percent of
through the House without adequate de-
ing constructive proposals in 1965. All
the votes cast by Republican Members
liberation.
will make a substantial contribution to
were in support of the party position and
Republican Members even voted
the positive Republican program in 1966.
only 13 percent in opposition.
against a pay raise for themselves, again
The task forces and their chairmen
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PARTIES
unlike a majority of the Democrats.
are:
During this past session of the Con-
In order to provide a more consistent
Agriculture: ODIN LANGEN, of Minne-
gress, there were 93 rollcall votes on
and vigorous foreign policy, Republicans
sota.
which a majority of the Republi-
unsuccessfully attempted to place re-
Congressional reform and minority
can Members of the House voted in op-
strictions of foreign aid funds SO that
staffing: JAMES CLEVELAND, of New
position to a majority of the Democrats.
the American taxpayer would not be fl-
Hampshire.
On these votes in the aggregate, 81.4 per-
nancing anti-American regimes or as-
Economic opportunity: PETER FRELING-
eent of the Republican votes were on the
sisting nations that are helping North
HUYSEN, of New Jersey.
side of the majority of their party and
Vietnam in the war in which 150,000
Education: ALBERT H. QUIE, of Minne-
80.2 percent of the Democratic votes were
American fighting men are now engaged.
sota.
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PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE
89ᵗʰ
CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION
Observations on the 1st Session of 89th Congress
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
year felt that the legislative initiative has
It is one thing for a Congress to adopt
OF
passed irretrievably to the executive
Presidential proposals after thorough de-
HON. GERALD R. FORD
branch. One of the experts at that con-
liberation and adequate discussion. It is
vention, Lewis A. Dexter, said that the
quite another thing for a Congress to
OF MICHIGAN
Congress will come to have the same im-
rush through such proposals without
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
portance in the American vstem of gov-
careful scrutiny and without reasonable
Friday, October 22, 1965
ernment as the House of Lords has in
debate. No Congress that performed its
the British, particularly if several future
Mr. GERALD R. FORD. Mr. Speaker,
constitutional duty would do the slipshod
Presidents resemble Lyndon Johnson.
job of which Senator MANSFIELD in-
the record of the 1st session of the 89th
Eric Sevareid wrote:
dicted the present Congress when he
Congress is spotty. Along with the en-
We know of a number of Congressmen who
said that it must now devote most of its
actment of some meritorious and needed
would be very grateful to leari what they
legislation, the Congress often acted
effor to tightening up "its hasty enact-
have really done this year.
ments."
hastily, blindly, and indiscriminately.
The majority leader of the Senate, Mr.
He also found that the Congress has so
EXAMPLES OF RUBBERSTAMPING BY THE CONGRESS
MANSFIELD, of Montana, has confessed
often acted under "a curious kind of in
On many important bills the House of
serious deficiencies in the enacted
timidation" that the "once-exalted title
Representatives acted without adequate
by the Congress this year. He has an-
of Senator or Representative as lost
consideration, without full hearings in
nounced that the 2d sess on of the 89th
much of its prestige."
committee, and without sufficient debate
Congress should "spend less time on new
One of the leading newspapers in the
on the floor.
legislation and more time correcting
home State of the Vice President mmed
The and humanities bill was rail-
oversights in legislation we have just
it up this way
roaded through the Committee on Edu-
passed." He has said tha the Congress
Anyone following the maily deliberati ns of
cation and Labor after about 15 minutes
"must tighten up the hasty enactments'
the House of itatives must be struck
of consideration. Even a motion by the
and must eliminate from th laws of the
by the ruthlessnes with which the Demo-
minority that the bill be read was sum-
session just ended "a number of gaps and
cratic majority of so-called liberals is flexing
marily rejected by the majority. When
its muscles It is not, in fac a deliberative
any number of rough edges, overexten-
the committee met to act on the bill, the
body. Representative government is in a sad
sions and overlaps."
and critical state.
members were presented for the first
The Mansfield confession should be
time with a new committee print, dated
good for the soul of the American peo-
Columnist Ted Lewis said:
the same day, containing a number of
ple. It should convince them that one-
The presidential image of a miracle pro-
significant amendments which the mi-
party government does not serve them
ducer of new laws makes the legislative
nority members had never seen before.
branch of Government appear to be a crea-
well.
Thereafter, several additional amend-
ture of the executive branch.
One conclusion to be drawn from the
ments, which the Republican members
1st session of the 89th Congress is that
The Chicago Tribune, in an editorial
had never seen, were quickly adopted in
whenever the party that holds possession
entitled "Legislating by Scoop Shovel,"
committee and the bill was reported with
of the executive branch of the National
said:
great haste.
Government lso enjoys overwhelming
It would take a truck scale to weigh the
The Education and Labor Committee
dominance in the Songress, the Congress
legislation forwarded by the White House and
made virtually no change in the admin-
becomes a satellite of the President.
automatically approved, most of it wasteful,
istration bill to provide assistance for
much of it unnecessary, and all of it putting
The failure of the Congress to act as a
elementary and secondary education, de-
the individual in the grip of the Federal vise.
deliberative body, coequal with the Ex-
spite vigorous bipartisan complaints
He [the President] has been legislating
ecutive, is the most striking feature of
about the formula for distributing Fed-
everything and anything, and, with two-
this past session. Until the closing days
thirds majorities in either Chamber, he has a
eral funds contained in the bill. On the
of the session, it rubberstamped the pro-
Congress of robots that is totally compliant.
floor, at least 10 of 25 amendments were
posals of the White House in far too
rejected without discussion due to the
The Knoxville Journal editorialized:
many instances.
gag-rule limitation on debate.
Any Congress which voluntarily yields its
The members of the American Politi-
right to perform as a coequal part of the
As this far-reaching legislation was
cal Science Association who gathered in
Federal Establishment, as this one has, is a
being considered by the House of Rep-
Washington in early September of this
continuing threat to the Nation.
resentatives, Democratic Congresswoman
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
3
GREEN, of Oregon, took the floor to pro-
protect the religious liberty of employees
well as vocational education and public
administration of seeking to "warp the
lion does not include additional back-
supported by a majority of the House
test, "Today it seems to me we have in
whose religious beliefs clash with com-
assistance programs.
proposed Federal Public Records legisla-
door spending of $7 billion made possible
Republicans. In every case the Repub-
the House a determined effort to silence
pulsory union membership, and to in-
The Manpower Development and
tion into an almost unlimited authority
by the Congress this year. Nor does it
lican alternative dealt more adequately
those who are in disagreement."
sure that employees would be protected
Training Act overlaps the poverty pro-
for the President to establish broader
include perhaps $5 to $7 billion needed
with the problem without unnecessary
So little was the elementary and sec-
from compulsion to join a Communist-
gram.
secrecy practices." The committee also
for the war in Vietnam, a request which
extension of Federal power.
ondary education bill studied before floor
controlled union.
One unfortunate oversight in the laws
indicted the administration for "the se-
the administration is holding back until
VOTING RIGHTS
action that two of the best informed
The Washington Post commented:
of the session can be cited to illustrate
crecy on the names of Post Office Depart-
next January.
The administration's bill on voting
supporters of the measure, gave to the
Several important questions were raised
the results of hasty and ill-considered
ment employees hired in the summer
The Congress failed to exercise any
rights-H.R. 6400-as originally intro-
House contradictory explanations of its
in the House debate and left unanswered.
congressional action. By increasing
program in 1965; the Defense Depart-
restraint on reckless spending. The re-
duced, provided a remedy for discrimina-
application to nonpublic schools.
The Democratic majority rammed
social security payments, the Congress
ment continues the October 1962, Sylves-
duction of administration requests for
tion only in six Southern States and
The higher education bill was reported
through a bill repealing section 14(b)
inadvertently caused the termination or
ter Directive which requires military and
appropriations by $2.4 billion is more
Alaska and in 37 counties in certain
out of the Education and Labor Com-
which the Post said "scarcely qualifies as
reduction of the pensions of tens of thou-
civilian personnel to report all contacts
apparent than real. The funds denied
other States, including one county each
mittee in great haste, apparently at the
sands of veterans. The added social
well-rounded legislation in the national
with the press to Sylvester's office; the
have only been deferred until 1966.
in Arizona, Idaho, and Maine. These
command of the White House. The
interest."
security payment meant a reduction of
increased centralization of information
The following table shows the amount
strange results were achieved by lan-
Wall Street Journal noted that the com-
the income of these veterans.
On the important bill to prohibit dis-
releases at the White House, and the in-
appropriated by Congress in each ses-
guage which limited the application of
mittee "under prodding from an im-
crimination in employment and union
WEAKENING OF CHECKS ON EXECUTIVE BRANCH
creasing sensitivity over leaks of infor-
sion since 1960. It reflects an increase
the bill to places which used literacy tests
patient White House deliberated for all
membership, only the briefest of hear-
One-party domination of the legisla-
mation that have no connection with
of $36 billion, or 43 percent, since 1960.
or tests of moral character for voters and
of 20 minutes." Democratic Congress-
ings were held by the Committee on Edu-
tive and executive branches weakens the
national security problems; the basic
Of this $36 billion increase, only $8.3
in which fewer than 50 percent of the
man PUCINSKI, of Illinois, called the
cation and Labor. These hearings con-
constitutional system of checks and bal-
problem of balancing national security
billion is for defense:
voting-age population voted in the 1964
bill's handling "a mockery of the legis-
tained no testimony based on experience
ances. The subservient Congress which
interests and freedom for the press in
[In billions]
election.
lative process."
under the 1964 Civil Rights Act and were
it produces fails to exercise the restraint
connection with Vietnam and the Do-
Republican House Members and Re-
Hearings on the administration's orig-
followed almost immediately by a sub-
which it should over the executive
minican Republic."
Appropria-
Change from
Session
tions
preceding
publican Senators introduced voting
inal highway beautification proposals
committee meeting which reported the
branch. The majority leader of the
There is no word but arrogance for the
year
rights legislation before the administra-
were held by the Committee on Public
bill favorably. An hour later the full
Senate recognizes that such is the case
behavior of administration spokesmen,
tion got around to deciding to present a
Works on July 20, 21, and 22. These
86th Cong.: 2d (1960)
$83.8
committee met and reported the bill to
when he urges the Congress now to un-
including the President and the Vice
87th Cong.:
bill.
hearings were adjourned with the un-
the House. No amendments were offered
dertake its neglected function of legisla-
President, when they pointedly imply
1st (1961)
95.8
+$12.0
2d (1962)
102.3
+6.5
The basic difference between the ad-
derstanding that the complex proposals
tive oversight over executive agencies.
that the consideration which the prob-
88th Cong.
because none of the minority members
1st (1963)
102.6
+.3
ministration proposal and the major Re-
should be studied further and acted upon
had any opportunity to study the long
The executive branch unchecked is
lems of a locality receives in Washington
2d (1964)
106.0
+3.4
publican alternative, the Ford-McCul-
early next year. Without warning, the
89th Cong.: 1st (1965)
119.3
+13.3
and complex measure and analyze even
prone to carelessness about legal re-
will depend on whether its local officials
loch bill-H.R. 7896-lay in the fact that
hearings were reopened on September 3
its theoretical weaknesses. This bill was
straints and about the public interest.
are Republicans or Democrats. It is
the Republican bill provided a remedy
and 7, while the committee and its staff
CONSTRUCTIVE REPUBLICAN RECORD
not acted on by the House.
This carelessness can descend to the
shocking to learn that responsible na-
for unconstitutional discrimination
were absorbed with the omnibus rivers
level of arrogance in some instances.
On February 3, 1965, the Republican
and harbors and flood control bill. The
The percentages allocated to the vari-
tional officials would stoop to threaten
wherever it occurs and regardless of the
ous categories of immigrants in the Im-
Arrogance is a strong word, but there
any community with reprisals if its citi-
leadership of the House of Representa-
device used to achieve discrimination.
act was debated and passed by the House
tives said:
on October 7, with the final vote being
migration and Nationality Act of 1965
is no other word for the submission to
zens choose officials who are not of the
The administration bill wiped out
tallied well after midnight. At one point
were not discussed either in the Judiciary
the Senate of the nomination of Francis
administration's party.
House Republicans have a major responsi-
literacy and other tests wherever fewer
X. Morrissey to the Federal judiciary nor
bility as the representatives of approximately
Committee or on the floor.
The New York Times reacted with in-
in the proceedings the House voted 121
43 percent of the electorate who voted for a
than 50 percent of the voting age popu-
On the voting rights bill, the admin-
for the efforts to bull that nomination
dignation to the threat when it was made
to 84 to allow but 8 minutes of debate on
Republican House of Representatives in 1964.
lation voted in 1964. The Ford-McCul-
istration forces on the Judiciary Commit-
through the Senate. The American Bar
in New York City. Its editorial
That duty, as we conceive it, is to exert what-
loch bill did not disturb nondiscrimina-
5 separate amendments.
tee methodically rejected all significant
Association and the Massachusetts Bar
commented:
ever influence we can to guide the Nation
tory qualifications for voting established
Regarding the very controversial bill to
amendments offered by Republicans. On
Association pronounced this nominee un-
This is a remarkable indictment of the
toward the goals of freedom, security, peace,
by States.
repeal section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley
the floor of the House the same general
fit for the post. A representative of the
Johnson administration. It suggests, for
and well-being with fiscal responsibility.
The administration bill required Fed-
Act, the Democratic majority of the Com-
American Bar Association testified on the
example, that Sargent Shriver, the head of
We cannot accept the statement, "The
mittee on Education and Labor rejected
attitude prevailed. With the exception
eral court approval of any new voting
Morrissey nomination:
the antipoverty program and a Democrat,
duty of the opposition party is to oppose."
all attempts by Republican members to
of the Cramer amendment to prevent
From the standpoint of legal training,
would be less sympathetic and helpful to New
This is too narrow and too negative a formu-
laws passed by the States to which it
amend the bill SO as to provide some
election irregularities, any significant
amendment offered by a Republican was
legal experience, and legal ability, we have
York if its mayor were a Republican. It
lation of our responsibility.
applied. The Ford-MeCulloch bill did
basic protections for rank-and-file em-
makes the same innuendo about the officials
not had any case where these factors were
We must do more than respond to the in-
not restrict State authority to enact new
blindly voted down.
who run the housing, education, mass tran-
itiatives of the administration. We must
ployees compelled to join unions in order
so lacking.
nondiseriminatory voting laws.
GAPS AND OVERLAPS
sit, antipollution, and other programs in
take the initiative ourselves in two ways.
to hold their jobs. Because of the re-
The administration bill, as originally
There is no word but arrogance for
which New York has a vital interest. It sug-
First, we must offer alternative measures to
strictive rule under which the bill was
The defects in the legislation enacted
gests that President Johnson, Vice President
introduced, approved of the poll tax, pro-
the withholding of Federal funds from
cope with national problems when the ad-
considered by the House, amendments
during the session of Congress just
the city of Chicago in defiance of the
HUMPHREY, and Senator KENNEDY himself
ministration's proposals are unwise. This we
viding that Federal examiners would
which would permit compulsory union
ended will come to light as the bills are
procedures established by Congress.
would not be so helpful to the mayor of the
are doing, for example, in the matter of
collect it in areas in which they operated
membership agreements only if the
put into effect. Problems of duplica-
There is no word but arrogance for
Nation's largest city if he were of a political
lightening the burden of the costs of health
to register voters. The Ford-McCulloch
unions involved refrained from racial
tion and overlap will be encountered.
faith different from theirs.
procedures in the Congress that silence
care for older people.
bill directed the Attorney General to ini-
and religious discrimination, refrained
The Appalachia bill overlaps several
FISCAL EXCESSES
dissent and preclude careful considera-
Second, we must press for action to deal
tiate a speedy court test of the constitu-
from using union funds for political pur-
existing Federal-aid programs, notably
tion of legislation.
The carelessness of a Congress over-
with the problems to which the administra-
tionality of the poll tax.
poses, and refrained from denying em-
in the fields of highway construction and
whelmingly controlled by the President's
tion is blind or indifferent.
There is no word but arrogance for
MEDICARE
ployees rights guaranteed them by Fed-
public health.
party is particularly manifested in big
eral law were rejected as not germane.
The public works and redevelopment
opposition to freedom of information leg-
In this spirit the Republican Members
The medicare bill, included in the So-
spending. This session of Congress has
Other amendments offered, on which the
bill, providing aid to so-called depressed
islation which would permit the public to
of the House of Representatives have
set a new record in appropriations not
cial Security Amendments of 1965, is an
House was not permitted to vote, were
areas, overlaps the Appalachia bill.
know what is going on in the Govern-
discharged their responsibility this year.
approached since the Second World War.
amalgamation of the administration
designed to insure that unions securing
The expanded poverty program over-
ment which it pays for. The Freedom
The appropriation of $119.3 billion this
Their record is impressive.
proposal and a Republican alternative
compulsory membership agreements
laps the elementary and secondary
of Information Committee of Sigma
year is $36 billion more than was ap-
REPUBLICAN ALTERNATIVES
offered by Representative JOHN BYRNES,
truly represented a majority as demon-
school aid bill, which is ostensibly aimed
Delta Chi, the national society of jour-
propriated by the last session of Congress
For six of the major bills proposed by
of Wisconsin-H.R. 7057.
strated by winning an NLRB election, to
at children from low-income families, as
nalists, in its annual report, accused the
during the Eisenhower administration.
the administration and passed in this
In contrast to the bill originally pro-
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This staggering figure of almost $120 bil-
session, there were alternative proposals
posed by the administration early in the
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5
session, the Byrnes bill provided a sys-
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACT
Under this plan, some families with an
The medicare bill passed by the Con-
A notable improvement in the housing
On April 30, the House Republican
tem of insurance for the elderly-first,
The administration bill-S. 3-which
income of more than $11,000 in some
gress incorporates in its provisions much
bill was made with the adoption of an
leadership proposed the creation of an
covering all medical expenses, not just
became law, provided for an Appalachian
places would be eligible to have a part
of the Republican bill offered by Repre-
amendment offered by Representative
inter-American police force to restore
hospitalization; second, offering volun-
Regional Commission with authority in
of their rent paid by the Federal Gov-
sentative JOHN W. BYRNES, of Wisconsin.
JOHN C. KUNKEL, of Pennsylvania, aiding
peace and order in the Dominican Re-
tary rather than compulsory coverage;
360 counties in 10 States to plan the ex-
ernment. Beyond this, the bill provided
This bill is not limited to hospital care
homeowners who became unemployed be-
public. On May 3, the administration
and third, financed by a combination of
penditure of funds for various public
largely for a continuance of existing
as the administration recommended. In
cause of the closing of Federal installa-
offered this proposal to the Organization
general tax revenues and premium pay-
works, particularly highway construction,
Federal housing programs.
its final version it covers doctors' bills
tions. It placed a moratorium on FHA-
of American States.
ments by the insured, avoiding the
in a region that includes many severely
A Republican substitute, offered by
and other medical costs in provisions
insured loan payments of such persons
The appropriation of an additional
regressive social security tax.
depressed areas.
Representative WILLIAM B. WIDNALL, of
borrowed from the Byrnes bill.
and authorized the Secretary of Defense
$700 million for defense as a means of
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL AID
The Republican alternative, offered
New Jersey-H.R. 9501-sought to mod-
The Housing Act passed by Congress
to acquire their properties for FHA dis-
emphasizing national unity and national
The administration's bill to aid ele-
by Representative WILLIAM C. CRAMER,
ify existing housing policy in several im-
contains six significant features from the
posal when the owners were unable to
resolve in the face of Communist aggres-
mentary and secondary schools-H.R.
of Florida-H.R. 4466-would have ex-
portant respects:
Republican substitute proposed by Rep-
dispose of them on reasonable terms.
sion on two continents was suggested by
2362-presented as a measure to assist
tended Federal assistance to all econom-
First, by giving residential redevelop-
resentative WILLIAM B. WIDNALL, of New
The Voting Rights Act as passed con-
the minority floor leader at a White
poverty stricken children, is in fact the
ically depressed areas throughout the Na-
ment in urban renewal a higher priority;
Jersey:
tains at least two provisions of Republi-
House Conference on Vietnam problems.
first general aid to primary and second-
tion instead of to a single region. Unlike
Second, by stimulating rehabilitation
First, low-income private housing:
can origin. One was the clean elections
The administration subsequently re-
ary schools passed by the Congress.
the administration bill, which provides
of existing sound housing;
This new program will provide imme-
provision proposed by Representative
quested the increased appropriation. It
Under this bill, $2.1 million will be
aid to prosperous as well as depressed
Third, by utilizing existing privately
diate relief to low-income families who
WILLIAM CRAMER, of Florida, inserted in
was granted with the unanimous support
granted by the Federal Government to
areas in the region to which it applies,
owned rental housing for low-income
have been living in substandard housing
the bill over the opposition of a ma-
of Republican Members of both House
Westchester County, the wealthiest in
the Cramer bill proposed to limit aid
tenants;
in those areas where there is a long wait-
jority of the Democrats in the House of
and Senate.
New York State, for the education of
to places suffering economic distress and
Fourth, by lower interest rates on loans
ing list for public housing. It will use
Representatives. The bill as finally
Since mid-1963, Republicans in Con-
children from poor families. Sunflower
high unemployment.
for college housing and housing for the
any adequate existing housing on a vol-
passed dealt with the question of the poll
gress have been urging the administra-
County, Miss., with median family in-
The Public Works and Development
elderly; and
untary basis at a cost not exceeding
tax by directing the Attorney General to
tion to take the lead in convening an in-
come only one-fifth that of Westchester
Act of 1965-Public Law 89-136-is, like
Fifth, by providing new FHA mort-
present public housing rental levels,
secure a speedy court test of the consti-
ternational monetary conference to deal
County, will receive only $745,000 for
the Cramer bill, a measure intended to
gage financing for veterans.
without the gigantic expense of con-
tutionality of the tax-the approach used
with the urgent balance-of-payments
the education of an equal number of
assist depressed areas throughout the
Many of the features of the Widnall
structing new public housing units.
in the Ford-McCulloch bill.
problem. In 1965, the urging was re-
children from poor families.
Nation. It raises serious problems of
bill were incorporated in the measure
Second, veterans housing program:
The immigration bill contains a ceiling
newed by Representative ROBERT ELLS-
Republicans sought to make it a bill
duplication and conflict with the Ap-
which was enacted.
The first major veterans' benefits legis-
on immigrants from the Western Hemi-
WORTH, of Kansas, and by the joint Re-
which would do what it professed to do:
palachian Regional Development Act.
REPUBLICAN IMPACT ON LEGISLATION
lation affecting so-called cold war vet-
sphere because of Republican effort.
publican leadership on July 1. On July
aid poor children without undue Federal
CABINET DEPARTMENT DEALING WITH URBAN
In spite of the fact that Republicans
erans ever to be enacted by the Congress,
Because of opposition from the White
10, Secretary of the Treasury, Henry
control of State, local, and private
AFFAIRS
in this Congress hold only one-third of
this will also apply to an estimated 21
House and the State Department, an
Fowler, announced that the U.S. Govern-
schools.
The administration bill establishing
the seats, there were occasions when the
million veterans who have failed to use
amendment to bring such immigration
ment would issue a call for such a
The Republican effort was directed to-
a new Cabinet agency, the Department
Republican minority exerted an im-
or qualify for VA home loan benefits.
under control presented by Representa-
conference.
ward first, channeling Federal funds only
of Housing and Community Affairs-H.R.
portant influence on legislation.
Comprehensive benefits include no down
tive CLARK MACGREGOR, of Minnesota, was
OTHER NOTEWORTHY REPUBLICAN INITIATIVES
into areas of need within each State;
6927-was defective in many respects.
A 7-percent increase in social security
payments for homes costing up to $15,000,
voted down by Democrats in the House.
Representative MELVIN R. LAIRD, of
second, recognizing differences in finan-
It did no more than confer a more pres-
benefits was approved-a proposal which
with as little as $500 down on a $20,000
This provision prevailed in the Senate,
Wisconsin, and Representative GLENARD
cial ability and need among States; third,
tigious title on certain existing agencies.
Republicans made in 1964, but which was
home.
however, and was incorporated in the
LIPSCOMB, of California, performed im-
concentrating the program upon the
It brought together in the new Depart-
voted down in the last Congress by Dem-
Third, low interest rate college hous-
final version of the law.
portant service in bringing to public at-
needs of deprived children; and fourth,
ment less than one-third of the Federal
ocrats acting on White House orders.
ing: Conferees accepted this proposal,
Republican initiative and solid Repub-
tention the inadequacy of the admin-
reducing the discretionary authority of
Government's housing activities and only
The repeal of Federal excise taxes-a
despite the firm opposition of the John-
lican support saved for State Governors
istration's defense budget for the prose-
the U.S. Commissioner of Education.
a minor fraction of Federal activities
step which Republicans have advocated
son administration. It will provide $1.2
some power of veto over projects under
cution of the war in Vietnam. In order
A Republican approach to the problem
and funds aimed at assisting States and
for many years and which was called for
billion in lower rent college housing,
the poverty program within their States
to give the appearance of holding Fed-
of expanding and improving elementary
municipalities to solve the problems of
in the Republican platform of 1964-was
avoiding an expensive Federal grant pro-
in opposition to the effort of most Demo-
eral expenditure below the level of $100
and secondary schools was incorporated
metropolitan areas. As passed by the
accomplished in this session. In 1964, a
gram.
crats to eliminate any vestige of State
billion in the fiscal year and to leave
in H.R. 6349, offered by Representatives
House of Representatives, it made no
Republican proposal to repeal retail ex-
Fourth, low interest elderly housing:
control over this program.
room for Great Society legislation, the
WILLIAM AYRES, of Ohio, and THOMAS
provision for the continued existence of
cise taxes was defeated by Democratic
To prevent the phasing out of a highly
Republican initiative and solid Repub-
administration devised its defense budget
CURTIS, of Missouri, and others. This
the Federal Housing Administration, a
votes.
successful program administered by
lican support led to the denial of funds
on guidelines set in 1963, which did not
bill relied chiefly on the device of tax
defect which Republicans sought to cor-
Other changes made in the social secu-
churches and other nonprofit organiza-
for the rent supplement program under
take account of the involvement of 150,-
credits for individuals who pay for
rect and which was finally remedied in
rity system were influenced by Republi-
tions, a program with rents at a level
the Housing Act.
000 American troops in a shooting war
schools through State and local taxes
conference.
can initiatives and conform to long-
they can afford will be available to
Republican initiative and solid Repub-
in Asia. The result, as the Preparedness
directly or indirectly as well as for those
The Republican alternative, offered by
standing Republican policy. One was
elderly people of low income.
lican support led to the denial of funds
Subcommittee of the Senate Armed
who incur expenses for students in higher
Mrs. DWYER, of New Jersey-H.R. 5173-
the liberalization of the earnings limita-
Fifth, compensation for condemnees:
for a federally directed National Teacher
Services Committee under Senator STEN-
education. This bill would have diverted
and several other Republicans, would
tion beyond which elderly people become
This provides, for the first time, prompt
Corps.
NIS has found, is a dangerous drain on
$3 to $5 billion annually from the Fed-
have created an agency in the Executive
ineligible to collect their social security
and equitable compensation for home-
On the other hand, an initial Repub-
owners and small businessmen displaced
personnel, equipment, and ammunition
eral Treasury and made it available for
Office of the President to deal with met-
benefits. The other was the liberaliza-
lican success-the prohibition of the use
in other parts of the world.
additional support for education at the
ropolitan area problems. This agency
tion of coverage requirements for people
by urban renewal and other housing pro-
of agricultural funds for aid to Nasser,
Representative H. R. GROSS, of Iowa,
State and local level.
would have been a center of coordina-
over the age of 72 in order to qualify for
grams.
voted by the House at the motion of Rep-
In addition, H.R. 6349 provided $300
Sixth, rehabilitation loan program:
served as the public conscience, along
tion and information for all Federal pro-
benefits.
resentative ROBERT MICHEL, of Illinois,
with Senator JOHN WILLIAMS, of Dela-
million annually to the States for the
grams and activities relating to urban
Similarly, Republicans took the lead
Sponsored by Republicans in the 1964
on January 26-was reversed under se-
ware, in endeavoring to raise the ethical
education of deprived children aged 3
areas.
in advocating changes in tax policy to
Housing Act, the low-interest loan pro-
vere administration pressure on Febru-
standards of the administration with
to 7. Unlike Project Head Start under
HOUSING
lighten the burden of medical expenses.
gram for tenants, homeowners, and
ary 8.
special attention to the treatment given
the poverty program, which provides un-
The administration's housing bill-
The Congress repealed maximum limi-
small businessmen in urban renewal
REPUBLICAN INFLUENCE ON EXECUTIVE ACTION
Otto Otepka and the inadequately ex-
even summer schooling for some deprived
H.R. 5840-as originally presented, of-
tations on income tax deductions for
areas received a $400 million authoriza-
In some instances the policy of the
plored aspects of the Bobby Baker case.
children, this bill proposed a systematic
fered a scheme of rent supplements for
medical care insurance and authorized
tion. This was not requested by the
President and other executive agencies
Representative PAUL FINDLEY and his
national effort to give preschool educa-
families whose incomes were above the
a deduction of one-half the cost of med-
administration.
responded to Republican proposals.
task force on NATO and the Atlantic
tion to children who need it.
levels set for public housing tenants.
ical care insurance up to $150.
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Community issued a thoughtful report on
in agreement with the majority of their
For these reasons most Republicans sup-
Federal civil service: ANCHER NELSEN,
comprise a comprehensive, broad-
available a maximum of information to
means of strengthening the Atlantic Al-
party. These 93 votes reveal some sig-
ported a prohibition against American
of Minnesota.
gauged, and constructive legislative pro-
citizens and taxpayers.
liance and improving the strained rela-
nificant differences between Republicans
aid to nations engaged in supplying
Latin America: Cochairmen F. BRAD-
gram.
The House Republican conference
tions of the United States with France
and Democrats.
North Vietnam and against further ship-
FORD MORSE, of Massachusetts, and DON-
At least 256 bills expanding and liber-
adopted the recommendation of its task
after a study trip to Paris.
The general conclusions to be drawn
ment of agricultural commodities to
ALD RUMSFELD, of Illinois.
alizing social security were offered by
force on education, headed by Repre-
Representative FINDLEY, along with
from these votes is a Republican prefer-
Egypt's Nasser and Indonesia's Sukarno.
NATO and Atlantic Community: PAUL
Republicans. These bills dealt with
sentative ALBERT QUIE, of Minnesota, for
Representative RALPH HARVEY, of In-
ence for a more discriminating approach
In order to preserve the integrity of
FINDLEY, of Illinois.
such matters as reduction of the age
legislation granting a tax credit against
diana, also took the lead in an unsuccess-
to national problems. Republicans op-
State and local governments, most
Nuclear affairs: CRAIG HOSMER, of Cali-
requirements for beneficiaries, increas-
the costs of higher education. A large
ful fight against the administration on
posed and sought to modify the loosely
Republicans sought to-
fornia.
ing the maximum age for eligibility of
number of Members have sponsored bills
the sugar bill in an effort to recapture
drawn, ambiguous, blank check approach
Retain the veto power of State gov-
Platform implementation: JAMES BAT-
children, expansion of the system to
like Mr. QUIE'S which permits a credit up
for the taxpayers of the United States a
of the Democratic majority.
ernors over poverty program projects;
TIN, of Montana.
groups not presently covered, and in-
to an amount of $325 per student
part of the excess profit which foreign
Republicans showed themselves more
Maintain the power of the States to
Unemployment compensation system:
creasing the amount of earnings per-
annually.
sugar producers derive from sales in this
concerned than most Democrats about
forbid compulsory unionism;
JOHN W. BYRNES, of Wisconsin.
missible without sacrifice of benefits.
At least 78 Republicans have joined
country because Government action
such things as prudent use of tax dollars,
Permit the people of each State to
United Nations: JOHN B. ANDERSON, of
At least 61 Republican bills were in-
with Representative THOMAS CURTIS, of
maintains a domestic price more than
the danger of inflation fired by big in-
decide the basis of representation in one
Illinois.
troduced for the reduction or repeal of
Missouri, in offering the Human Invest-
double the price in the world market.
creases in Government spending and un-
house of their State legislature;
Urban and suburban affairs: CLARK
excise taxes.
ment Act, a bill granting credits against
Representative ROBERT J. CORBETT, of
ending deficits, the stifling of State, lo-
Defeat appropriations for a federally
MACGREGOR, of Minnesota.
At least 59 Republicans introduced
the Federal income tax to business for
Pennsylvania, fought unsuccessfully to
cal, and private initiative by the spread
controlled National Teacher Corps;
Voting rights: WILLIAM M. McCuL-
voting rights legislation, generally pat-
the expenses of retraining present or
bring about an adjustment of the pay
of an overweening Central Government,
Secure legislative recognition of the
LOCH, of Ohio.
terned after the Ford-McCulloch bill.
prospective employees to upgrade their
of Federal employees to provide full com-
the peril of runaway bureaucracy, and
rights of States to set standards of water
REPUBLICAN SUPPORT OF ADMINISTRATION BIILS
At least 54 Republicans introduced
skills.
parability with pay scales in private in-
the application of the commonsense
purity in rivers instead of transferring
Several enactments of the past session
bills providing for a new program of
At least 60 Republicans have intro-
dustry. Though full comparability is
principles of good management in Fed-
this authority to the Federal Govern-
received strong Republican support.
medical care for the aged. The three
duced legislation of the type recom-
given lip service by the administration,
eral programs.
ment;
Republican House Members judged each
major approaches were typified in the
mended by the House Republican task
it is opposed to putting this principle
For all of these reasons, a majority of
Maintain State authority to deter-
bill on its merits and gave approval to
proposals of Representative THOMAS B.
force on agriculture, headed by Repre-
in practice.
Republicans in the House of Representa-
mine the use to be made of areas adjoin-
administration measures that served the
CURTIS-H.R. 3728; Representative
sentative ODIN LANGEN, of Minnesota, to
Representative ANCHER NELSEN, of
tives, in contrast to a majority of the
ing highways; and
public interest.
FRANK T. Bow-H.R. 21; and Represent-
establish a World Food Study Commis-
Minnesota, continued his efforts to pro-
Democrats, voted against such things
Maintain the right of States to deny
Among the bills that were given strong
ative JOHN W. BYRNES-H.R. 7057.
sion to determine population trends and
tect Federal employees from illegal po-
as-
the suffrage to people unable to read or
Republican support on final passage were
At least 46 Republicans proposed a
food needs for the future.
litical pressures imposed by the admin-
Doubling the authorization for the
write the English language.
the following: The higher education bill,
constitutional amendment to permit the
This list could be extended indefinitely.
istration, particularly in the matter of
poverty program at a time when loose
PLANNING AND RESEARCH COMMITTEE
vocational training loan bill, the immi-
people to employ factors in addition to
It is meant to be illustrative not ex-
forced contributions to Democratic fund
administration prompted the Committee
Early in the session the planning and
gration bill, the Export Control Act, con-
population in the apportionment of one
haustive.
raising events.
on Education and Labor to launch a full
research committee was established as
house of State legislatures.
CONCLUSION
stitutional amendment on Presidential
Representative Ross ADAIR, of Indiana,
investigation of the program;
an organ of the Republican conference
succession, the Older Americans Act of
At least 27 Republicans introduced bills
Looking back on the session just con-
sought vainly to secure for the service-
A rent supplement program whereby
of the House of Representatives. This
1965, various bills in the field of health,
to establish a coordinating office con-
cluded, the Republican Members of the
men fighting in Vietnam educational
taxpayers would help to pay the rent of
new agency was created to help mobilize
excise tax cuts, manpower development
cerned with urban area affairs in the
House of Representatives can take pride
benefits similar to those granted to the
families earning in some areas more than
activity toward the development of long-
and training bill, expansion of veterans'
Executive Office of the President.
in the role that they have played. They
veterans of the Second World War and
$8,000 a year and possessing assets of as
term solutions to national problems.
benefits, various anticrime bills, pay
At least 28 Republicans introduced bills
tried to make the Congress what it should
Korea.
much as $25,000;
The planning and research commit-
raises for military and civilian personnel,
establishing a Commission on the Orga-
be-a deliberative body, independent of
Representative WILLIAM S. MAILLIARD,
A foreign aid program of $3.2 billion
tee issued in August a report entitled,
nization of the Executive Branch of the
and coequal with the Executive, judging
legislation for the control of air and
of California, sought with limited success
which all agree needs drastic overhaul-
"Vietnam: Some Neglected Aspects of the
legislation by the sole standard of the
water pollution and water resources
Government to do the job which two
to secure legislative action to reinvigorate
ing;
Historical Record." Columnist Roscoe
national interest. Their success cannot
planning, and the voting rights bill.
Hoover Commissions did in the past.
the merchant shipping of the United
A farm bill which will mean that Gov-
Drummond said of this report:
be measured in terms of the votes on
A SAMPLING OF REPUBLICAN LEGISLATIVE
Nine Republicans introduced a free-
States.
ernment payments in 1966 will equal
This is "loyal opposition" at its best.
which they prevailed-which were few.
PROPOSALS
REPUBLICAN SOLIDITY
one-third of realized net farm income
dom of information bill defining the au-
The verdict on their work will not be
Republican ranks in the House of Rep-
but will not solve the farm problem;
Headed by Representative CHARLES E.
Republican Members of the House of
thority of Federal agencies and officials
known until the people speak in the elec-
resentatives held fast on important votes
A Public Works and Redevelopment
GOODELL, of New York, this committee
Representatives introduced bills which
to withhold information in order to make
tions of 1966.
throughout the session. On the 26 roll-
Act modeled after the discredited Area
supervises the activities of 13 task forces,
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call votes in which a party position was
Redevelopment Act and the Advanced
each of which has spent this year in the
formulated by the House Republican pol-
Public Works Act; and
study of major public policy problems in
icy committee headed by Representative
its field of jurisdiction. Several of the
A Highway Beautification Act rushed
JOHN RHODES, of Arizona, 87 percent of
task forces have made reports contain-
through the House without adequate de-
the votes cast by Republican Members
ing constructive proposals in 1965. All
liberation.
will make a substantial contribution to
were in support of the party position and
Republican Members even voted
only 13 percent in opposition.
the positive Republican program in 1966.
against a pay raise for themselves, again
The task forces and their chairmen
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PARTIES
unlike a majority of the Democrats.
are:
During this past session of the Con-
In order to provide a more consistent
Agriculture: ODIN LANGEN, of Minne-
gress, there were 93 rollcall votes on
and vigorous foreign policy, Republicans
sota.
which a majority of the Republi-
unsuccessfully attempted to place re-
Congressional reform and minority
can Members of the House voted in op-
strictions of foreign aid funds so that
staffing: JAMES CLEVELAND, of New
position to a majority of the Democrats.
the American taxpayer would not be fi-
Hampshire.
On these votes in the aggregate, 81.4 per-
nancing anti-American regimes or as-
Economic opportunity: PETER FRELING-
cent of the Republican votes were on the
sisting nations that are helping North
HUYSEN, of New Jersey.
side of the majority of their party and
Vietnam in the war in which 150,000
Education: ALBERT H. QUIE, of Minne-
80.2 percent of the Democratic votes were
American fighting men are now engaged.
sota.
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Congressional Record
United States
of America
PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE
89th
CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION
Observations on the 1st Session of 89th Congress
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
year felt that the legislative initiative has
It is one thing for a Congress to adopt
OF
passed irretrievably to the executive
Presidential proposals after thorough de-
HON. GERALD R. FORD
branch. One of the experts at that con-
liberation and adequate discussion. It is
vention, Lewis A. Dexter, said that the
quite another thing for a Congress to
OF MICHIGAN
Congress will come to have the same im-
rush through such proposals without
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
portance in the American system of gov-
careful scrutiny and without reasonable
Friday, October 22, 1965
ernment as the House of Lords has in
debate. No Congress that performed its
the British, particularly if several future
constitutional duty would do the slipshod
Mr. GERALD R. FORD. Mr. Speaker,
Presidents resemble Lyndon Johnson.
job of which Senator MANSFIELD in-
the record of the 1st session of the 89th
Eric Sevareid wrote:
dicted the present Congress when he
Congress is spotty. Along with the en-
We know of a number of Congressmen who
said that it must now devote most of its
actment of some meritorious and needed
would be very grateful to learn what they
effort to tightening up "its hasty enact-
legislation, the Congress often acted
have really done this year.
ments."
hastily, blindly, and indiscriminately.
The majority leader of the Senate, Mr.
He also found that the Congress has so
EXAMPLES OF RUBBERSTAMPING BY THE CONGRESS
MANSFIELD, of Montana, has confessed
often acted under "a curious kind of in-
On many important bills the House of
serious deficiencies in the laws enacted
timidation" that the "once-exalted title
Representatives acted without adequate
by the Congress this year. He has an-
of Senator or Representative has lost
consideration, without full hearings in
nounced that the 2d session of the 89th
much of its prestige."
committee, and without sufficient debate
Congress should "spend less time on new
One of the leading newspapers in the
on the floor.
legislation and more time correcting
home State of the Vice President summed
The arts and humanities bill was rail-
oversights in legislation we have just
it up this way:
roaded through the Committee on Edu-
passed." He has said that the Congress
Anyone following the daily deliberations of
cation and Labor after about 15 minutes
"must tighten up the hasty enactments"
the House of Representatives must be struck
of consideration. Even a motion by the
and must eliminate from the laws of the
by the ruthlessness with which the Demo-
minority that the bill be read was sum-
session just ended "a number of gaps and
cratic majority of so-called liberals is flexing
marily rejected by the majority. When
its muscles. It is not, in fact, a deliberative
any number of rough edges, overexten-
the committee met to act on the bill, the
body. Representative government is in a sad
sions and overlaps."
members were presented for the first
and critical state.
The Mansfield confession should be
time with a new committee print, dated
Columnist Ted Lewis said:
good for the soul of the American peo-
the same day, containing a number of
ple. It should convince them that one-
The presidential image of a miracle pro-
significant amendments which the mi-
party government does not serve them
ducer of new laws makes the legislative
nority members had never seen before.
branch of Government appear to be a crea-
well.
Thereafter, several additional amend-
ture of the executive branch.
One conclusion to be drawn from the
ments, which the Republican members
1st session of the 89th Congress is that
The Chicago Tribune, in an editorial
had never seen, were quickly adopted in
whenever the party that holds possession
entitled "Legislating by Scoop Shovel,"
committee, and the bill was reported with
of the executive branch of the National
said:
great haste.
Government also enjoys overwhelming
It would take a truck scale to weigh the
The Education and Labor Committee
dominance in the Congress, the Congress
legislation forwarded by the White House and
made virtually no change in the admin-
becomes a satellite of the President.
automatically approved, most of it wasteful,
istration bill to provide assistance for
much of it unnecessary, and all of it putting
The failure of the Congress to act as a
elementary and secondary education, de-
the individual in the grip of the Federal vise.
deliberative body, coequal with the Ex-
spite vigorous bipartisan complaints
He [the President] has been legislating
ecutive, is the most striking feature of
about the formula for distributing Fed-
everything and anything, and, with two-
this past session. Until the closing days
thirds majorities in either Chamber, he has a
eral funds contained in the bill. On the
of the session, it rubberstamped the pro-
Congress of robots that is totally compliant.
floor, at least 10 of 25 amendments were
posals of the White House in far too
rejected without discussion due to the
The Knoxville Journal editorialized:
many instances.
gag-rule limitation on debate.
Any Congress which voluntarily yields its
The members of the American Politi-
right to perform as a coequal part of the
As this far-reaching legislation was
cal Science Association who gathered in
Federal Establishment, as this one has, is a
being considered by the House of Rep-
Washington in early September of this
continuing threat to the Nation.
resentatives, Democratic Congresswoman
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
3
GREEN, of Oregon, took the floor to pro-
protect the religious liberty of employees
well as vocational education and public
administration of seeking to "warp the
lion does not include additional back-
supported by a majority of the House
test, "Today it seems to me we have in
whose religious beliefs clash with com-
assistance programs.
proposed Federal Public Records legisla-
door spending of $7 billion made possible
Republicans. In every case the Repub-
the House a determined effort to silence
pulsory union membership, and to in-
The Manpower Development and
tion into an almost unlimited authority
by the Congress this year. Nor does it
lican alternative dealt more adequately
those who are in disagreement."
sure that employees would be protected
Training Act overlaps the poverty pro-
for the President to establish broader
include perhaps $5 to $7 billion needed
with the problem without unnecessary
So little was the elementary and sec-
from compulsion to join a Communist-
gram.
secrecy practices." The committee also
for the war in Vietnam, a request which
extension of Federal power.
ondary education bill studied before floor
controlled union.
One unfortunate oversight in the laws
indicted the administration for "the se-
the administration is holding back until
VOTING RIGHTS
action that two of the best informed
The Washington Post commented:
of the session can be cited to illustrate
crecy on the names of Post Office Depart-
next January.
The administration's bill on voting
supporters of the measure, gave to the
Several important questions were raised
the results of hasty and ill-considered
ment employees hired in the summer
The Congress failed to exercise any
rights-H.R. 6400-as originally intro-
House contradictory explanations of its
in the House debate and left unanswered.
congressional action. By increasing
program in 1965; the Defense Depart-
restraint on reckless spending. The re-
duced, provided a remedy for discrimina-
application to nonpublic schools.
social security payments, the Congress
ment continues the October 1962, Sylves-
duction of administration requests for
The Democratic majority rammed
tion only in six Southern States and
The higher education bill was reported
through a bill repealing section 14(b)
inadvertently caused the termination or
ter Directive which requires military and
appropriations by $2.4 billion is more
Alaska and in 37 counties in certain
out of the Education and Labor Com-
reduction of the pensions of tens of thou-
civilian personnel to report all contacts
apparent than real. The funds denied
which the Post said "scarcely qualifies as
other States, including one county each
mittee in great haste, apparently at the
sands of veterans. The added social
with the press to Sylvester's office; the
have only been deferred until 1966.
well-rounded legislation in the national
in Arizona, Idaho, and Maine. These
command of the White House. The
interest."
security payment meant a reduction of
increased centralization of information
The following table shows the amount
strange results were achieved by lan-
Wall Street Journal noted that the com-
the income of these veterans.
releases at the White House, and the in-
appropriated by Congress in each ses-
mittee "under prodding from an im-
On the important bill to prohibit dis-
guage which limited the application of
WEAKENING OF CHECKS ON EXECUTIVE BRANCH
creasing sensitivity over leaks of infor-
sion since 1960. It reflects an increase
crimination in employment and union
the bill to places which used literacy tests
patient White House deliberated for all
mation that have no connection with
One-party domination of the legisla-
of $36 billion, or 43 percent, since 1960.
membership, only the briefest of hear-
or tests of moral character for voters and
of 20 minutes." Democratic Congress-
tive and executive branches weakens the
national security problems; the basic
Of this $36 billion increase, only $8.3
ings were held by the Committee on Edu-
in which fewer than 50 percent of the
man PUCINSKI, of Illinois, called the
cation and Labor. These hearings con-
constitutional system of checks and bal-
problem of balancing national security
billion is for defense:
voting-age population voted in the 1964
bill's handling "a mockery of the legis-
interests and freedom for the press in
tained no testimony based on experience
ances. The subservient Congress which
[In billions]
election.
lative process."
connection with Vietnam and the Do-
under the 1964 Civil Rights Act and were
it produces fails to exercise the restraint
Republican House Members and Re-
Hearings on the administration's orig-
minican Republic."
Appropria
Change from
followed almost immediately by a sub-
which it should over the executive
Session
tions
preceding
publican Senators introduced voting
inal highway beautification proposals
There is no word but arrogance for the
year
committee meeting which reported the
branch. The majority leader of the
rights legislation before the administra-
were held by the Committee on Public
bill favorably. An hour later the full
Senate recognizes that such is the case
behavior of administration spokesmen,
tion got around to deciding to present a
Works on July 20, 21, and 22. These
including the President and the Vice
86th Cong.: 2d (1960)
$83.8
committee met and reported the bill to
when he urges the Congress now to un-
87th Cong.:
bill.
hearings were adjourned with the un-
President, when they pointedly imply
1st (1961)
95.8
+$12.0
the House. No amendments were offered
dertake its neglected function of legisla-
2d (1962)
102.3
+6.5
The basic difference between the ad-
derstanding that the complex proposals
that the consideration which the prob-
88th Cong.:
because none of the minority members
tive oversight over executive agencies.
1st (1963)
102.6
+.3
ministration proposal and the major Re-
should be studied further and acted upon
The executive branch unchecked is
lems of a locality receives in Washington
2d (1964)
106.0
+3.4
publican alternative, the Ford-McCul-
early next year. Without warning, the
had any opportunity to study the long
89th Cong.: 1st (1965)
119.3
will depend on whether its local officials
+13.8
and complex measure and analyze even
prone to carelessness about legal re-
loch bill-H.R. 7896-lay in the fact that
hearings were reopened on September 3
are Republicans or Democrats. It is
its theoretical weaknesses. This bill was
straints and about the public interest.
the Republican bill provided a remedy
CONSTRUCTIVE REPUBLICAN RECORD
and 7, while the committee and its staff
This carelessness can descend to the
shocking to learn that responsible na-
for unconstitutional discrimination
were absorbed with the omnibus rivers
not acted on by the House.
level of arrogance in some instances.
tional officials would stoop to threaten
On February 3, 1965, the Republican
wherever it occurs and regardless of the
and harbors and flood control bill. The
The percentages allocated to the vari-
Arrogance is a strong word, but there
any community with reprisals if its citi-
leadership of the House of Representa-
device used to achieve discrimination.
act was debated and passed by the House
ous categories of immigrants in the Im-
zens choose officials who are not of the
tives said:
on October 7, with the final vote being
migration and Nationality Act of 1965
is no other word for the submission to
The administration bill wiped out
the Senate of the nomination of Francis
administration's party.
House Republicans have a major responsi-
literacy and other tests wherever fewer
tallied well after midnight. At one point
were not discussed either in the Judiciary
The New York Times reacted with in-
bility as the representatives of approximately
Committee or on the floor.
X. Morrissey to the Federal judiciary nor
dignation to the threat when it was made
43 percent of the electorate who voted for a
than 50 percent of the voting age popu-
in the proceedings the House voted 121
to 84 to allow but 8 minutes of debate on
On the voting rights bill, the admin-
for the efforts to bull that nomination
Republican House of Representatives in 1964.
lation voted in 1964. The Ford-McCul-
through the Senate. The American Bar
in New York City. Its editorial
istration forces on the Judiciary Commit-
That duty, as we conceive it, is to exert what-
loch bill did not disturb nondiscrimina-
5 separate amendments.
commented:
tee methodically rejected all significant
Association and the Massachusetts Bar
ever influence we can to guide the Nation
tory qualifications for voting established
Regarding the very controversial bill to
Association pronounced this nominee un-
This is a remarkable indictment of the
toward the goals of freedom, security, peace,
by States.
repeal section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley
amendments offered by Republicans. On
fit for the post. A representative of the
Johnson administration. It suggests, for
and well-being with fiscal responsibility.
the floor of the House the same general
The administration bill required Fed-
Act, the Democratic majority of the Com-
example, that Sargent Shriver, the head of
We cannot accept the statement, "The
mittee on Education and Labor rejected
attitude prevailed. With the exception
American Bar Association testified on the
the antipoverty program and a Democrat,
eral court approval of any new voting
duty of the opposition party is to oppose."
of the Cramer amendment to prevent
Morrissey nomination:
all attempts by Republican members to
would be less sympathetic and helpful to New
This is too narrow and too negative a formu-
laws passed by the States to which it
election irregularities, any significant
From the standpoint of legal training,
York if its mayor were a Republican. It
amend the bill SO as to provide some
lation of our responsibility.
applied. The Ford-McCulloch bill did
amendment offered by a Republican was
legal experience, and legal ability, we have
makes the same innuendo about the officials
We must do more than respond to the in-
not restrict State authority to enact new
basic protections for rank-and-file em-
ployees compelled to join unions in order
blindly voted down.
not had any case where these factors were
who run the housing, education, mass tran-
itiatives of the administration. We must
nondiscriminatory voting laws.
so lacking.
sit, antipollution, and other programs in
take the initiative ourselves in two ways.
to hold their jobs. Because of the re-
GAPS AND OVERLAPS
which New York has a vital interest. It sug-
The administration bill, as originally
There is no word but arrogance for
First, we must offer alternative measures to
strictive rule under which the bill was
The defects in the legislation enacted
gests that President Johnson, Vice President
introduced, approved of the poll tax, pro-
the withholding of Federal funds from
cope with national problems when the ad-
considered by the House, amendments
during the session of Congress just
HUMPHREY, and Senator KENNEDY himself
ministration's proposals are unwise. This we
viding that Federal examiners would
which would permit compulsory union
ended will come to light as the bills are
the city of Chicago in defiance of the
would not be so helpful to the mayor of the
are doing, for example, in the matter of
collect it in areas in which they operated
put into effect. Problems of duplica-
procedures established by Congress.
membership agreements only if the
Nation's largest city if he were of a political
lightening the burden of the costs of health
to register voters. The Ford-McCulloch
tion and overlap will be encountered.
There is no word but arrogance for
faith different from theirs.
unions involved refrained from racial
care for older people.
bill directed the Attorney General to ini-
and religious discrimination, refrained
The Appalachia bill overlaps several
procedures in the Congress that silence
FISCAL EXCESSES
Second, we must press for action to deal
tiate a speedy court test of the constitu-
from using union funds for political pur-
existing Federal-aid programs, notably
dissent and preclude careful considera-
The carelessness of a Congress over-
with the problems to which the administra-
tionality of the poll tax.
poses, and refrained from denying em-
in the fields of highway construction and
tion of legislation.
whelmingly controlled by the President's
tion is blind or indifferent.
MEDICARE
ployees rights guaranteed them by Fed-
public health.
There is no word but arrogance for
party is particularly manifested in big
In this spirit the Republican Members
eral law were rejected as not germane.
The public works and redevelopment
opposition to freedom of information leg-
spending. This session of Congress has
The medicare bill, included in the So-
of the House of Representatives have
Other amendments offered, on which the
bill, providing aid to so-called depressed
islation which would permit the public to
set a new record in appropriations not
cial Security Amendments of 1965, is an
House was not permitted to vote, were
areas, overlaps the Appalachia bill.
approached since the Second World War.
discharged their responsibility this year.
know what is going on in the Govern-
amalgamation of the administration
designed to insure that unions securing
The expanded poverty program over-
ment which it pays for. The Freedom
The appropriation of $119.3 billion this
Their record is impressive.
proposal and a Republican alternative
compulsory membership agreements
laps the elementary and secondary
year is $36 billion more than was ap-
REPUBLICAN ALTERNATIVES
of Information Committee of Sigma
offered by Representative JOHN BYRNES,
truly represented a majority as demon-
school aid bill, which is ostensibly aimed
Delta Chi, the national society of jour-
propriated by the last session of Congress
For six of the major bills proposed by
of Wisconsin-H.R.705
strated by winning an NLRB election, to
at children from low-income families, as
during the Eisenhower administration.
nalists, in its annual report, accused the
the administration and passed in this
In contrast to the bill originally pro-
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This staggering figure of almost $120 bil-
session, there were alternative proposals
posed by the administration early in the
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
5
session, the Byrnes bill provided a sys-
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACT
Under this plan, some families with an
The medicare bill passed by the Con-
A notable improvement in the housing
The administration bill-S. 3-which
income of more than $11,000 in some
On April 30, the House Republican
tem of insurance for the elderly-first,
gress incorporates in its provisions much
bill was made with the adoption of an
covering all medical expenses, not just
places would be eligible to have a part
leadership proposed the creation of an
became law, provided for an Appalachian
of the Republican bill offered by Repre-
amendment offered by Representative
of their rent paid by the Federal Gov-
inter-American police force to restore
hospitalization; second, offering volun-
Regional Commission with authority in
sentative JOHN W. BYRNES, of Wisconsin.
JOHN C. KUNKEL, of Pennsylvania, aiding
tary rather than compulsory coverage;
ernment. Beyond this, the bill provided
peace and order in the Dominican Re-
360 counties in 10 States to plan the ex-
This bill is not limited to hospital care
homeowners who became unemployed be-
and third, financed by a combination of
largely for a continuance of existing
public. On May 3, the administration
penditure of funds for various public
as the administration recommended. In
cause of the closing of Federal installa-
Federal housing programs.
offered this proposal to the Organization
general tax revenues and premium pay-
works, particularly highway construction,
its final version it covers doctors' bills
tions. It placed a moratorium on FHA-
of American States.
ments by the insured, avoiding the
in a region that includes many severely
A Republican substitute, offered by
and other medical costs in provisions
insured loan payments of such persons
Representative WILLIAM B. WIDNALL, of
The appropriation of an additional
regressive social security tax.
depressed areas.
borrowed from the Byrnes bill.
and authorized the Secretary of Defense
New Jersey-H.R. 9501-sought to mod-
$700 million for defense as a means of
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL AID
The Republican alternative, offered
The Housing Act passed by Congress
to acquire their properties for FHA dis-
ify existing housing policy in several im-
emphasizing national unity and national
The administration's bill to aid ele-
by Representative WILLIAM C. CRAMER,
contains six significant features from the
posal when the owners were unable to
mentary and secondary schools-H.R.
of Florida-H.R. 4466-would have ex-
portant respects:
Republican substitute proposed by Rep-
resolve in the face of Communist aggres-
dispose of them on reasonable terms.
tended Federal assistance to all econom-
First, by giving residential redevelop-
sion on two continents was suggested by
2362-presented as a measure to assist
resentative WILLIAM B. WIDNALL, of New
The Voting Rights Act as passed con-
ment in urban renewal a higher priority;
the minority floor leader at a White
poverty stricken children, is in fact the
ically depressed areas throughout the Na-
Jersey:
tains at least two provisions of Republi-
first general aid to primary and second-
Second, by stimulating rehabilitation
House Conference on Vietnam problems.
tion instead of to a single region. Unlike
First, low-income private housing:
can origin. One was the clean elections
of existing sound housing;
The administration subsequently re-
ary schools passed by the Congress.
the administration bill, which provides
This new program will provide imme-
provision proposed by Representative
quested the increased appropriation. It
Under this bill, $2.1 million will be
aid to prosperous as well as depressed
Third, by utilizing existing privately
diate relief to low-income families who
WILLIAM CRAMER, of Florida, inserted in
granted by the Federal Government to
owned rental housing for low-income
was granted with the unanimous support
areas in the region to which it applies,
have been living in substandard housing
the bill over the opposition of a ma-
of Republican Members of both House
Westchester County, the wealthiest in
the Cramer bill proposed to limit aid
tenants;
in those areas where there is a long wait-
jority of the Democrats in the House of
and Senate.
New York State, for the education of
to places suffering economic distress and
Fourth, by lower interest rates on loans
ing list for public housing. It will use
Representatives. The bill as finally
high unemployment.
for college housing and housing for the
Since mid-1963, Republicans in Con-
children from poor families. Sunflower
any adequate existing housing on a vol-
passed dealt with the question of the poll
County, Miss., with median family in-
The Public Works and Development
elderly; and
gress have been urging the administra-
untary basis at a cost not exceeding
tax by directing the Attorney General to
Fifth, by providing new FHA mort-
tion to take the lead in convening an in-
come only one-fifth that of Westchester
Act of 1965-Public Law 89-136-is, like
present public housing rental levels,
secure a speedy court test of the consti-
the Cramer bill, a measure intended to
gage financing for veterans.
ternational monetary conference to deal
County, will receive only $745,000 for
without the gigantic expense of con-
tutionality of the tax-the approach used
Many of the features of the Widnall
structing new public housing units.
with the urgent balance-of-payments
the education of an equal number of
assist depressed areas throughout the
in the Ford-MeCulloch bill.
children from poor families.
Nation. It raises serious problems of
bill were incorporated in the measure
problem. In 1965, the urging was re-
Second, veterans housing program:
The immigration bill contains a ceiling
which was enacted.
newed by Representative ROBERT ELLS-
Republicans sought to make it a bill
duplication and conflict with the Ap-
The first major veterans' benefits legis-
on immigrants from the Western Hemi-
which would do what it professed to do:
REPUBLICAN IMPACT ON LEGISLATION
lation affecting so-called cold war vet-
WORTH, of Kansas, and by the joint Re-
palachian Regional Development Act.
sphere because of Republican effort.
erans ever to be enacted by the Congress,
publican leadership on July 1. On July
aid poor children without undue Federal
CABINET DEPARTMENT DEALING WITH URBAN
In spite of the fact that Republicans
Because of opposition from the White
control of State, local, and private
AFFAIRS
this will also apply to an estimated 21
10, Secretary of the Treasury, Henry
in this Congress hold only one-third of
House and the State Department, an
schools.
The administration bill establishing
the seats, there were occasions when the
million veterans who have failed to use
Fowler, announced that the U.S. Govern-
amendment to bring such immigration
a new Cabinet agency, the Department
Republican minority exerted an im-
or qualify for VA home loan benefits.
ment would issue a call for such a
The Republican effort was directed to-
under control presented by Representa-
conference.
ward first, channeling Federal funds only
of Housing and Community Affairs-H.R.
portant influence on legislation.
Comprehensive benefits include no down
tive CLARK MACGREGOR, of Minnesota, was
into areas of need within each State;
6927-was defective in many respects.
A 7-percent increase in social security
payments for homes costing up to $15,000,
OTHER NOTEWORTHY REPUBLICAN INITIATIVES
voted down by Democrats in the House.
second, recognizing differences in finan-
It did no more than confer a more pres-
benefits was approved-a proposal which
with as little as $500 down on a $20,000
This provision prevailed in the Senate,
Representative MELVIN R. LAIRD, of
cial ability and need among States; third,
tigious title on certain existing agencies.
Republicans made in 1964, but which was
home.
however, and was incorporated in the
Wisconsin, and Representative GLENARD
concentrating the program upon the
It brought together in the new Depart-
voted down in the last Congress by Dem-
Third, low interest rate college hous-
final version of the law.
LIPSCOMB, of California, performed im-
needs of deprived children; and fourth,
ment less than one-third of the Federal
ocrats acting on White House orders.
ing: Conferees accepted this proposal,
Republican initiative and solid Repub-
portant service in bringing to public at-
reducing the discretionary authority of
Government's housing activities and only
The repeal of Federal excise taxes-a
despite the firm opposition of the John-
lican support saved for State Governors
tention the inadequacy of the admin-
the U.S. Commissioner of Education.
a minor fraction of Federal activities
step which Republicans have advocated
son administration. It will provide $1.2
some power of veto over projects under
istration's defense budget for the prose-
A Republican approach to the problem
and funds aimed at assisting States and
for many years and which was called for
billion in lower rent college housing,
the poverty program within their States
cution of the war in Vietnam. In order
of expanding and improving elementary
municipalities to solve the problems of
in the Republican platform of 1964-was
avoiding an expensive Federal grant pro-
in opposition to the effort of most Demo-
to give the appearance of holding Fed-
and secondary schools was incorporated
accomplished in this session. In 1964, a
gram.
metropolitan areas. As passed by the
crats to eliminate any vestige of State
eral expenditure below the level of $100
in H.R. 6349, offered by Representatives
House of Representatives, it made no
Republican proposal to repeal retail ex-
Fourth, low interest elderly housing:
control over this program.
billion in the fiscal year and to leave
WILLIAM AYRES, of Ohio, and THOMAS
provision for the continued existence of
cise taxes was defeated by Democratic
To prevent the phasing out of a highly
Republican initiative and solid Repub-
room for Great Society legislation, the
CURTIS, of Missouri, and others. This
the Federal Housing Administration, a
votes.
successful program administered by
lican support led to the denial of funds
administration devised its defense budget
bill relied chiefly on the device of tax
defect which Republicans sought to cor-
Other changes made in the social secu-
churches and other nonprofit organiza-
for the rent supplement program under
on guidelines set in 1963, which did not
credits for individuals who pay for
rect and which was finally remedied in
rity system were influenced by Republi-
tions, a program with rents at a level
the Housing Act.
take account of the involvement of 150,-
schools through State and local taxes
conference.
can initiatives and conform to long-
they can afford will be available to
Republican initiative and solid Repub-
000 American troops in a shooting war
directly or indirectly as well as for those
elderly people of low income.
The Republican alternative, offered by
standing Republican policy. One was
lican support led to the denial of funds
in Asia. The result, as the Preparedness
who incur expenses for students in higher
Mrs. DWYER, of New Jersey-H.R. 5173-
the liberalization of the earnings limita-
Fifth, compensation for condemnees:
for a federally directed National Teacher
Subcommittee of the Senate Armed
education. This bill would have diverted
and several other Republicans, would
tion beyond which elderly people become
This provides, for the first time, prompt
Corps.
Services Committee under Senator STEN-
$3 to $5 billion annually from the Fed-
ineligible to collect their social security
and equitable compensation for home-
have created an agency in the Executive
On the other hand, an initial Repub-
NIS has found, is a dangerous drain on
eral Treasury and made it available for
Office of the President to deal with met-
benefits. The other was the liberaliza-
owners and small businessmen displaced
lican success-the prohibition of the use
personnel, equipment, and ammunition
additional support for education at the
ropolitan area problems. This agency
tion of coverage requirements for people
by urban renewal and other housing pro-
in other parts of the world.
grams.
of agricultural funds for aid to Nasser,
State and local level.
would have been a center of coordina-
over the age of 72 in order to qualify for
voted by the House at the motion of Rep-
Representative H. R. GROSS, of Iowa,
In addition, H.R. 6349 provided $300
tion and information for all Federal pro-
benefits.
Sixth, rehabilitation loan program:
resentative ROBERT MICHEL, of Illinois,
served as the public conscience, along
million annually to the States for the
grams and activities relating to urban
Similarly, Republicans took the lead
Sponsored by Republicans in the 1964
on January 26-was reversed under se-
with Senator JOHN WILLIAMS, of Dela-
education of deprived children aged 3
areas.
in advocating changes in tax policy to
Housing Act, the low-interest loan pro-
vere administration pressure on Febru-
ware, in endeavoring to raise the ethical
to 7. Unlike Project Head Start under
HOUSING
lighten the burden of medical expenses.
gram for tenants, homeowners, and
ary 8.
standards of the administration with
the poverty program, which provides un-
The administration's housing bill-
The Congress repealed maximum limi-
small businessmen in urban renewal
special attention to the treatment given
REPUBLICAN INFLUENCE ON EXECUTIVE ACTION
even summer schooling for some deprived
H.R. 5840-as originally presented, of-
tations on income tax deductions for
areas received a $400 million authoriza-
Otto Otepka and the inadequately ex-
In some instances the policy of the
children, this bill proposed a systematic
fered a scheme of rent supplements for
medical care insurance and authorized
tion. This was not requested by the
plored aspects of the Bobby Baker case.
President and other executive agencies
national effort to give preschool educa-
families whose incomes were above the
a deduction of one-half the cost of med-
administration.
Representative PAUL FINDLEY and his
ical care insurance up to $150.
responded to Republican proposals.
tion to children who need it.
levels set for public housing tenants.
task force on NATO and the Atlantic
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
7
Community issued a thoughtful report on
in agreement with the majority of their
For these reasons most Republicans sup-
means of strengthening the Atlantic Al-
party. These 93 votes reveal some sig-
ported a prohibition against American
Federal civil service: ANCHER NELSEN,
comprise a comprehensive, broad-
available a maximum of information to
liance and improving the strained rela-
nificant differences between Republicans
of Minnesota.
aid to nations engaged in supplying
gauged, and constructive legislative pro-
citizens and taxpayers.
tions of the United States with France
and Democrats.
Latin America: Cochairmen F. BRAD-
North Vietnam and against further ship-
gram.
The House Republican conference
after a study trip to Paris.
The general conclusions to be drawn
ment of agricultural commodities to
FORD MORSE, of Massachusetts, and DON-
At least 256 bills expanding and liber-
adopted the recommendation of its task
ALD RUMSFELD, of Illinois.
Representative FINDLEY, along with
from these votes is a Republican prefer-
Egypt's Nasser and Indonesia's Sukarno.
alizing social security were offered by
force on education, headed by Repre-
Representative RALPH HARVEY, of In-
ence for a more discriminating approach
In order to preserve the integrity of
NATO and Atlantic Community: PAUL
Republicans. These bills dealt with
sentative ALBERT QUIE, of Minnesota, for
FINDLEY, of Illinois.
diana, also took the lead in an unsuccess-
to national problems. Republicans op-
State and local governments, most
such matters as reduction of the age
legislation granting a tax credit against
ful fight against the administration on
posed and sought to modify the loosely
Republicans sought to-
Nuclear affairs: CRAIG HOSMER, of Cali-
requirements for beneficiaries, increas-
the costs of higher education. A large
fornia.
the sugar bill in an effort to recapture
drawn, ambiguous, blank check approach
Retain the veto power of State gov-
ing the maximum age for eligibility of
number of Members have sponsored bills
Platform implementation: JAMES BAT-
for the taxpayers of the United States a
of the Democratic majority.
ernors over poverty program projects;
children, expansion of the system to
like Mr. QUIE'S which permits a credit up
TIN, of Montana.
part of the excess profit which foreign
Republicans showed themselves more
Maintain the power of the States to
groups not presently covered, and in-
to an amount of $325 per student
Unemployment compensation system:
sugar producers derive from sales in this
concerned than most Democrats about
forbid compulsory unionism;
creasing the amount of earnings per-
annually.
JOHN W. BYRNES, of Wisconsin.
country because Government action
such things as prudent use of tax dollars,
Permit the people of each State to
missible without sacrifice of benefits.
At least 78 Republicans have joined
United Nations: JOHN B. ANDERSON, of
maintains a domestic price more than
the danger of inflation fired by big in-
decide the basis of representation in one
At least 61 Republican bills were in-
with Representative THOMAS CURTIS, of
Illinois.
double the price in the world market.
creases in Government spending and un-
house of their State legislature;
troduced for the reduction or repeal of
Missouri, in offering the Human Invest-
Urban and suburban affairs: CLARK
Representative ROBERT J. CORBETT, of
ending deficits, the stifling of State, lo-
Defeat appropriations for a federally
excise taxes.
ment Act, a bill granting credits against
MACGREGOR, of Minnesota.
Pennsylvania, fought unsuccessfully to
cal, and private initiative by the spread
controlled National Teacher Corps;
At least 59 Republicans introduced
the Federal income tax to business for
Voting rights: WILLIAM M. McCUL-
bring about an adjustment of the pay
of an overweening Central Government,
Secure legislative recognition of the
voting rights legislation, generally pat-
the expenses of retraining present or
LOCH, of Ohio.
of Federal employees to provide full com-
the peril of runaway bureaucracy, and
rights of States to set standards of water
terned after the Ford-McCulloch bill.
prospective employees to upgrade their
REPUBLICAN SUPPORT OF ADMINISTRATION BIILS
parability with pay scales in private in-
the application of the commonsense
purity in rivers instead of transferring
At least 54 Republicans introduced
skills.
dustry. Though full comparability is
principles of good management in Fed-
this authority to the Federal Govern-
Several enactments of the past session
bills providing for a new program of
At least 60 Republicans have intro-
given lip service by the administration,
eral programs.
ment;
received strong Republican support.
medical care for the aged. The three
duced legislation of the type recom-
it is opposed to putting this principle
For all of these reasons, a majority of
Maintain State authority to deter-
Republican House Members judged each
major approaches were typified in the
mended by the House Republican task
in practice.
Republicans in the House of Representa-
mine the use to be made of areas adjoin-
bill on its merits and gave approval to
proposals of Representative THOMAS B.
force on agriculture, headed by Repre-
Representative ANCHER NELSEN, of
tives, in contrast to a majority of the
ing highways; and
administration measures that served the
CURTIS-H.R. 3728; Representative
sentative ODIN LANGEN, of Minnesota, to
Minnesota, continued his efforts to pro-
Democrats, voted against such things
Maintain the right of States to deny
public interest.
FRANK T. Bow-H.R. 21; and Represent-
establish a World Food Study Commis-
tect Federal employees from illegal po-
as-
the suffrage to people unable to read or
Among the bills that were given strong
ative JOHN W. BYRNES-H.R. 7057.
sion to determine population trends and
litical pressures imposed by the admin-
Doubling the authorization for the
write the English language.
Republican support on final passage were
At least 46 Republicans proposed a
food needs for the future.
istration, particularly in the matter of
poverty program at a time when loose
PLANNING AND RESEARCH COMMITTEE
the following: The higher education bill,
constitutional amendment to permit the
This list could be extended indefinitely.
forced contributions to Democratic fund
administration prompted the Committee
vocational training loan bill, the immi-
Early in the session the planning and
people to employ factors in addition to
It is meant to be illustrative not ex-
raising events.
on Education and Labor to launch a full
research committee was established as
gration bill, the Export Control Act, con-
population in the apportionment of one
haustive.
Representative Ross ADAIR, of Indiana,
investigation of the program;
stitutional amendment on Presidential
house of State legislatures.
CONCLUSION
an organ of the Republican conference
sought vainly to secure for the service-
A rent supplement program whereby
succession, the Older Americans Act of
of the House of Representatives. This
At least 27 Republicans introduced bills
Looking back on the session just con-
men fighting in Vietnam educational
taxpayers would help to pay the rent of
1965, various bills in the field of health,
to establish a coordinating office con-
cluded, the Republican Members of the
new agency was created to help mobilize
benefits similar to those granted to the
families earning in some areas more than
activity toward the development of long-
excise tax cuts, manpower development
cerned with urban area affairs in the
House of Representatives can take pride
veterans of the Second World War and
$8,000 a year and possessing assets of as
and training bill, expansion of veterans'
Executive Office of the President.
in the role that they have played. They
term solutions to national problems.
Korea.
much as $25,000;
The planning and research commit-
benefits, various anticrime bills, pay
At least 28 Republicans introduced bills
tried to make the Congress what it should
Representative WILLIAM S. MAILLIARD,
A foreign aid program of $3.2 billion
tee issued in August a report entitled,
raises for military and civilian personnel,
establishing a Commission on the Orga-
be-a deliberative body, independent of
of California, sought with limited success
which all agree needs drastic overhaul-
"Vietnam: Some Neglected Aspects of the
legislation for the control of air and
nization of the Executive Branch of the
and coequal with the Executive, judging
to secure legislative action to reinvigorate
ing;
Historical Record." Columnist Roscoe
water pollution and water resources
Government to do the job which two
legislation by the sole standard of the
the merchant shipping of the United
A farm bill which will mean that Gov-
planning, and the voting rights bill.
national interest. Their success cannot
Drummond said of this report:
Hoover Commissions did in the past.
be measured in terms of the votes on
States.
ernment payments in 1966 will equal
This is "loyal opposition" at its best.
A SAMPLING OF REPUBLICAN LEGISLATIVE
Nine Republicans introduced a free-
REPUBLICAN SOLIDITY
one-third of. realized net farm income
PROPOSALS
which they prevailed-which were few.
Republican ranks in the House of Rep-
Headed by Representative CHARLES E.
dom of information bill defining the au-
but will not solve the farm problem;
Republican Members of the House of
The verdict on their work will not be
GOODELL, of New York, this committee
thority of Federal agencies and officials
resentatives held fast on important votes
A Public Works and Redevelopment
known until the people speak in the elec-
Representatives introduced bills which
throughout the session. On the 26 roll-
supervises the activities of 13 task forces,
to withhold information in order to make
tions of 1966.
Act modeled after the discredited Area
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call votes in which a party position was
each of which has spent this year in the
Redevelopment Act and the Advanced
formulated by the House Republican pol-
study of major public policy problems in
Public Works Act; and
its field of jurisdiction. Several of the
icy committee headed by Representative
A Highway Beautification Act rushed
task forces have made reports contain-
JOHN RHODES, of Arizona, 87 percent of
through the House without adequate de-
ing constructive proposals in 1965. All
the votes cast by Republican Members
liberation.
will make a substantial contribution to
were in support of the party position and
Republican Members even voted
the positive Republican program in 1966.
only 13 percent in opposition.
against a pay raise for themselves, again
The task forces and their chairmen
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PARTIES
unlike a majority of the Democrats.
are:
During this past session of the Con-
In order to provide a more consistent
Agriculture: ODIN LANGEN, of Minne-
gress, there were 93 rollcall votes on
and vigorous foreign policy, Republicans
sota.
which a majority of the Republi-
unsuccessfully attempted to place re-
Congressional reform and minority
can Members of the House voted in op-
strictions of foreign aid funds so that
staffing: JAMES CLEVELAND, of New
position to a majority of the Democrats.
the American taxpayer would not be fi-
Hampshire.
On these votes in the aggregate, 81.4 per-
nancing anti-American regimes or as-
Economic opportunity: PETER FRELING-
cent of the Republican votes were on the
sisting nations that are helping North
HUYSEN, of New Jersey.
side of the majority of their party and
Vietnam in the war in which 150,000
Education: ALBERT H. QUIE, of Minne-
80.2 percent of the Democratic votes were
American fighting men are now engaged.
sota.
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE:1965
FOR THE SENATE:
THE JOINT SENATE-HOUSE
FOR THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES:
Everett M. Dirksen, Leader
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
Gerald R. Ford,
Thomas H. Kuchel, Whip
Leader
Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Chr.
Leslie C. Arends, Whip
of the Policy Committee
Melvin R. Laird,
Leverett Saltonstall, Chr.
Press Release
Chr. of the Conference
of the Conference
John J. Rhodes, Chr.
Thruston B. Morton,
of the Policy Committee
Chr. Republican
H. Allen Smith,
Senatorial Committee
Issued following a
Ranking Member
Leadership Meeting
Rules Committee
Bob Wilson,
PRESIDING OFFICER:
October 23, 1965
Chr. Republican
Congressional Committee
The Republican
Charles E. Goodell,
National Chairman
Chr. Committee on
Ray C. Bliss
Planning and Research
STATEMENT BY SENATOR DIRKSEN:
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The White House acted wisely in suppressing the motion picture which it had
prepared glorifying the 89th Congress. For this session of the Congress would win
no Oscar, even in the best supporting role category. From this Congress, we have
had an echo, not a choice.
A movie of the 89th Congress would be like an episode of the old-time
serial which always ended as the heroine was pushed off a cliff or was about to be
ground up by an oncoming locomotive, Not until you see the thrilling episode that
will be presented in this theater next year will you know whether 14(b) of Taft-
Hartley is ground to bits under the Administration's locomotive or whether the
Reapportiorment Amendment survives its fall from the cliff.
We would caution those who judge the work of the session which just wheezed
to & close to look, not at the quantity of the legislative product, but at its
quality. The test should be not now much has the Congress done, but how well has
it done.
Always a candid man, the majority leader of the Senate has confessed ser-
ious deficiencies in the legislation enacted this year. Senator Mansfield has
announced that the second session of the 89th Congress should "spend less time on
new legislation and more time correcting oversights in legislation we have just
passed." He has said the Congress "must tighten up the hasty enactments and
must rectify "a number of gaps and any number of rough edges, overextensions and
overlaps."
It is highly significant that Senator Mansfield, in reviewing the work of
this session before the Democratic Conference, could find no adjective to describe
it other than the ambiguous word exceptional.
As a believer in complete candor, I endorse the majority leader's appraisal
of the work of this session. I assure him that he will find on the Republican side
willing allies in the effort to devote considerable attention during the second
session of this Congress to correction of the mistakes of the first session.
(Ford statement page 2)
Room S-124 U.S. Capitol-CApitol 4-3121 Ex 3700
STATEMENT BY REP. GERALD R. FORD
- 2 -
October 23, 1965
The first session of the 89th Congress clearly demonstrates the evils of
one-party dominance of the national government.
When the party that occupies the White House holds a two-to-one majority in
the Congress, the Congress ceases to function as a co-equal branch of government,
the integrity of state and local governments is undermined, and the public interest
is often jeopardized.
The Executive branch unchecked becomes careless and arrogant. Arrogant is
a strong word, but there is no other to describe those who attempted to bull through
the appointment to the federal judiciary of a man totally devoid of qualifications
for this high office. There is no other word for the conduct of an agency that
withholds federal funds from a city in defiance of the procedures clearly established
by Congress before such action can be taken. There is no other word for the methods
used to rush legislation through the Congress without adequate consideration and
without adequate opportunity to debate and to amend.
The House had no chance, for example, to consider any meaningful amendment
to the bill repealing Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act. In the consideration of
the Administration bill on elementary and secondary education, no opportunity was
granted to the sponsors of 14 amendments for explanation and debate.
Protest has been heard from both sides of the aisle. Democratic Congress-
woman Green, of Oregon, early in the session, condemned the "determined effort to
silence those who are in disagreement." Many other Democrats have spoken out in
similar terms in frustration and futility.
When either House of the Congress acts in this way, it abdicates its respon-
sibility. It ceases to be a deliberative body and becomes a rubber stamp.
State and local governments have suffered because of one-party dominance in
this Congress. Congress has enacted far-reaching programs without concern for the
views of responsible state and local officials or the effect of federal action on
existing state and local programs. Especially significant was the Democratic
attempt to deprive governors of any shred of veto power over projects under the
poverty program.
Finally, this Congress has been prodigal with taxpayers' money, over and
above the military needs of the country. During this year $119 billion has been
appropriated . $36 billion more than in the last year of the Eisenhower Administra-
tion. For many new programs this year's appropriation is only a small fraction of
the annual expenditure that will be inevitable when the programs are fully in opera-
tion.
FOR THE SENATE:
THE JOINT SENATE-HOUSE
FOR THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES:
Everett M. Dirksen, Leader
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
Gerald R. Ford,
Thomas H. Kuchel, Whip
Leader
Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Chr.
Leslie C. Arends, Whip
of the Policy Committee
Melvin R. Laird,
Leverett Saltonstall, Chr.
Press Release
Chr. of the Conference
of the Conference
John J. Rhodes, Chr.
of the Policy Committee
Thruston B. Morton,
Chr. Republican
H. Allen Smith,
Senatorial Committee
Issued following a
Ranking Member
Leadership Meeting
Rules Committee
Bob Wilson,
PRESIDING OFFICER:
October 23, 1965
Chr. Republican
Congressional Committee
The Republican
Charles E. Goodell,
National Chairman
Chr. Committee on
Ray C. Bliss
Planning and Research
STATEMENT BY SENATOR DIRKSEN:
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The White House acted wisely in suppressing the motion picture which it had
prepared glorifying the 89th Congress. For this session of the Congress would win
no Oscar, even in the best supporting role category. From this Congress, we have
had an echo, not a choice.
A movie of the 89th Congress would be like an episode of the old-time
serial which always ended as the heroine was pushed off a cliff or was about to be
ground up by an oncoming locomotive. Not until you see the thrilling episode that
will be presented in this theater next year will you know whether 14(b) of Taft-
Hartley is ground to bits under the Administration's locomotive or whether the
Reapportionment Amendment survives its fall from the cliff.
We would caution those who judge the work of the session which just wheezed
to a close to look, not at the quantity of the legislative product, but at its
quality. The test should be not how much has the Congress done, but how well has
it done.
Always a candid man, the majority leader of the Senate has confessed ser-
ious deficiencies in the legislation enacted this year. Senator Mansfield has
announced that the second session of the 89th Congress should "spend less time on
new legislation and more time correcting oversights in legislation we have just
passed." He has said the Congress "must tighten up the hasty enactments and
must rectify "a number of gaps and any number of rough edges, overextensions and
overlaps."
It is highly significant that Senator Mansfield, in reviewing the work of
this session before the Democratic Conference, could find no adjective to describe
it other than the ambiguous word "exceptional."
As a believer in complete candor, I endorse the majority leader's appraisal
of the work of this session. I assure him that he will find on the Republican side
willing allies in the effort to devote considerable attention during the second
session of this Congress to correction of the mistakes of the first session.
(Ford statement -- page 2)
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STATEMENT BY REP. GERALD R. FORD
- 2 -
October 23, 1965
The first session of the 89th Congress clearly demonstrates the evils of
one-party dominance of the national government.
When the party that occupies the White House holds a two-to-one majority in
the Congress, the Congress ceases to function as a co-equal branch of government,
the integrity of state and local governments 1s undermined, and the public interest
is often jeopardized.
The Executive branch unchecked becomes careless and arrogant. Arrogant is
a strong word, but there is no other to describe those who attempted to bull through
the appointment to the federal judiciary of a man totally devoid of qualifications
for this high office. There is no other word for the conduct of an agency that
withholds federal funds from a city in defiance of the procedures clearly established
by Congress before such action can be taken. There is no other word for the methods
used to rush legislation through the Congress without adequate consideration and
without adequate opportunity to debate and to amend.
The House had no chance, for example, to consider any meaningful amendment
to the bill repealing Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act. In the consideration of
the Administration bill on elementary and secondary education, no opportunity was
granted to the sponsors of 14 amendments for explanation and debate.
Protest has been heard from both sides of the aisle. Democratic Congress-
woman Green, of Oregon, early in the session, condemned the "determined effort to
silence those who are in disagreement." Many other Democrats have spoken out in
similar terms in frustration and futility.
When either House of the Congress acts in this way, it abdicates its respon-
sibility. It ceases to be a deliberative body and becomes a rubber stamp.
State and local governments have suffered because of one-party dominance in
this Congress. Congress has enacted far-reaching programs without concern for the
views of responsible state and local officials or the effect of federal action on
existing state and local programs. Especially significant was the Democratic
attempt to deprive governors of any shred of veto power over projects under the
poverty program.
Finally, this Congress has been prodigal with taxpayers' money, over and
above the military needs of the country. During this year $119 billion has been
appropriated -- $36 billion more than in the last year of the Eisenhower Administra-
tion. For many new programs this year's appropriation is only a small fraction of
the annual expenditure that will be inevitable when the programs are fully in opera-
tion.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR RELEASE UPON RECEIPT
APRIL 7, 1966
STATEMENT BY HOUSE MINORITY LEADER GERALD R. FORD, R-MICH.
I urge this Congress to change its rubber-stamping, loose-spending
ways when it returns from Easter Recess.
The 89th Congress in this session has continued to be a rubber stamp
for the White House. On critical votes most Democrats have done whatever
President Johnson told them to do. They don't seem to have minds of their
own.
This Congress in the first three months of this year has resumed the
wild spending spree it embarked on in 1965. This has caused painful
inflation, increases in automobile and telephone excise taxes, and now the
strong possibility of an income tax increase.
The way the Johnson Administration and the tcp-heavy Democratic
majorities in Congress are throwing the people's money around, one would
almost think there was no war going on in Vietnam. It's acting like a
business-as-usual Congress, not a war Congress.
It's claimed this is one of the hardest working of all Congresses. I
say the hardest work is being done in certain major committees by those
Democrats intent on inflating already bloated Administration spending
requests.
It's claimed this has been one of the most productive Congresses. I
say this Congress has moved at a rather slow pace, and the product is
nothing to be proud of. Apart from quick action on emergency money requests
for the multi-billion-dollar Vietnam war, the thing that stands out is
Mr. Johnson's $6 billion tax bill.
It's said this Congress is living up to the reputation it established
in the first session. That's true. It is living up to a reputation for
big spending and total disregard of the taxpayer's wishes.
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NEWS
CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDAY, SEPT. 20, 1966
STATEMENT BY REP. GERALD R. FORD, (R-MICHIGAN) HOUSE MINORITY LEADER.
The Republican Leadership of the House of Representatives and the Minority
Members of the Education and Labor Committee believe that the scheduled meeting
of the committee this Thursday, September 22, should be open to the public and
the press.
Without prejudging the important questions involving the rules of the
committee, which are primarily in the hands of the Democratic majority, we feel
that decisions must not be taken behind closed doors in an atmosphere of "smoke
filled room." The questions at issue are not matters of national security, but
directly relate to public confidence in the conduct of Congressional business.
They must not be resolved by anything remotely smacking of a "deal" but should
be debated and decided with the full knowledge of the American people through
representatives of press, radio and television.
Unless the Democratic majority agrees to this sensible procedure, as we
hope it will, the ranking Republican member of the committee, Rep. William H.
Ayres of Ohio, will move at the outset of the meeting to put the question to
a vote of the committee.
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FOR THE SENATE:
FOR THE HOUSE
Everett M. Dirksen
THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
OF REPRESENTATIVES:
of Illinois
OF THE CONGRESS
Gerald R. Ford
Thomas H. Kuchel
of Michigan
of California
Leslie C. Arends
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
of Illinois
of Iowa
Press Release
Melvin R. Laird
Leverett Saltonstall
of Wisconsin
of Massachusetts
John J. Rhodes
Thruston B. Morton
Issued following a
of Arizona
of Kentucky
Leadership Meeting
H. Allen Smith
of California
PRESIDING:
September 22, 1966
Bob Wilson
of California
The National Chairman
Charles E. Goodell
Ray C. Bliss
of New York
STATEMENT BY REPRESENTATIVE FORD:
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mr. President, our Question-of-the-Week:
Can We Afford Your Automatic-Democratic Congress?
This may be, in some respects, a push-button world. It may be,
in some respects, a computer civilization. It may be, here and there,
that the rubber stamp has its proper place and function. But, the
push-button, the computer and the rubber stamp wielded in the White
House have not yet won the approval of the American people where their
Representatives and Senators in the Congress are concerned.
Does the Johnson-Humphrey Administration want not only a blank
check but push-button, computerized, rubber stamp voting in the
Senate and in the House? This the American people will no longer
tolerate.
Proof positive of this Administration's push-button psychology
is the voting record of those forty-five freshman Democrats, elected
in 1964 from districts formerly Republican, whose automatic responses
to the wishes of the Johnson-Humphrey Administration are recorded for
all to see.
Item: On reduction of foreign aid (authorization), 1965. This
was defeated by 41 votes. 38 of these were automatic-Democratic
freshman votes.
Item: On foreign aid authorization (recommittal), 1966.
Recommittal failed by 2 votes. 36 of the automatic-Democratic fresh-
men voted against recommittal.
Item: On anti-poverty program expansion (recommittal). Recom-
mittal was defeated by 49 votes. 39 of these were automatic-
Democratic freshman votes.
Item: On the repeal of 14B -- the right to work. The bill
passed by 18 votes. 41 votes for it were automatic-Democratic
freshman votes.
Room S-124 U.S. Capitol-(202) 225-3700
Consultant to the Leadership-John B. Fisher
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Item: On rent subsidies (recommittal) The margin was 8 votes.
36 automatic-Democratic freshmen voted to keep this bill alive.
Says Fortune Magazine (September, 1966);
"
those forty-five provided the saving margin for a number
"
of the more expansive and expensive Administration programs
This automatic-Democratic response by new members of the House
was echoed by that of the rest of the top-heavy Democratic majority
in the House. The push-button, the computer, the rubber stamp wielded
by the Johnscn-Humphrey Administration were in full force in every
instance. The result: a travesty on the legislative process, a gross
disservice to the will and the wishes of the American people.
No free society can long survive dominance by an unthinking
computer, nor dominance by an unthinking, unrestrained, top-heavy
legislative majority. This Democratic Congress, with its 294 to 139
majority in the House and its 67 to 33 majority in the Senate, has
lost its independence. It is the tool of the Johnson-Humphrey Adminis-
tration. The Administration and this Democratic Congress must bear
full and joint responsibility for the failures and the continuing
problems we face. This fact cannot be contradicted. Its simple
arithmetic cannot be argued.
In our great tradition, the will of the majority must prevail,
yet the will of the minority must both be respected and remain vital
if, as has invariably happened in world history, an overwhelming
majority, seeking unreasoning power, is not to silence, subdue and
then suffocate the essential minority.
We cannot believe for a moment that the American people will
any longer accept a push-button Congress or consensus by computer.
We believe they agree increasingly that only in a healthy balance of
numbers and opinions can this free land survive and prevail.
Therefore, Mr. President: Our Question-of-the-Week:
Can We Afford Your Automatic-Democratic Congress?
STATEMENT BY SENATOR DIRKSEN
September 22, 1966
Mr. President, our Question-of-the-Week:
Can We Afford Your Automatic-Democratic Congress?
Seldom has the hypocrisy of numbers been better illustrated than
in the voting during this past week on the Civil Rights bill. The
Republican minority and its Leadership in the Senate have been
indicted and damned by the Johnson-Humphrey Administration and its
Democratic majority for having killed the Civil Rights bill. How,
conceivably, can men of intelligence and good-will so overlook that
same simple arithmetic to which Mr. Ford has just made reference?
There are 67 Democrats in the Senate. There are 33 Republicans,
This being so, how under Heaven, can it be concluded that the Republi-
cans defeated Civil Rights? Had the Johnson-Humphrey Administration
truly wished it, had the Democrats in the Senate truly sought it, the
proposed Civil Rights Act of 1966 would, without doubt, at this very
moment, be the law of the land. As one writer put it in comment on
the classic question of "Who killed Cock Robin?" it had to be a
Democratic arrow -- not that of the Republican minority.
Happily for the nation's best interest, fortunately for the
freedom of the individual, the Republican minority, outnumbered as 1t,
was, reflected the will of our people to a degree that made converts
of regular Democrats and resulted in a vote that assured the right of
every American to preserve the integrity of his own judgment and to
determine the future of his own home.
The will of the people in this instance prevailed, but it could
never have done so if a determined minority had not made clear the
issues involved and in SO doing won the respect and the response of
many others.
It is unwise, it is dangerous and it can be disastrous, when an
overwhelming majority is permitted to prevail without question or
hindrance. Only as a majority is repeatedly questioned and checked
by a strong minority can the foundations of this Republic be preserved.
That we, a present minority, would welcome majority status is undeni-
able, but until that inevitable day we believe it all-important to
the American people that our numbers and our hand be strengthened
sufficiently to outlaw forever from Capitol Hill the push-button, the
computer, the soulless rubber stamp.
Therefore, Mr. President, our Question-of-the-Week:
Can We Afford Your Automatic-Democratic Congress?
House Republican Policy Committee
John J. Rhodes, Chairman
140 Cannon House Office Bldg.
October 10, 1966
Phone: 225-6168
Republican Policy Committee Statement on Recommendations for
The Reorganization of Congress
We urge the immediate consideration of H.R. 17873, the Legislative Reorgani-
zation Act of 1966. This bill would implement the important recommendations con-
tained in the final report of the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress
which was filed with the Congress on July 28, 1966.
The Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress was established by unani-
mous vote of both the House and the Senate in March of 1965. It has held 41 pub-
lic hearings and received the views of 199 witnesses. The testimony, together
with the statements, documents and an index, is contained in 16 printed volumes
totaling 2,435 pages. Between January 19, 1966 and the filing of the report on
July 28, 1966, the Committee and its staff met in over 50 executive sessions to
consider the proposed reforms and to formulate its recommendations. The work of
this Committee has been thorough and complete. Without question, the recommenda-
tions contained in this report, if enacted into law, would make Congress a more
effective institution for carrying out its basic functions.
The recommendations of the Joint Committee, as implemented by H.R. 17873,
include:
1. The establishment of a Joint Committee on Congressional Operations with con-
tinuing authority to study the structure and procedures of Congress and to recom-
mend additional reforms and changes.
2. The protection of the rights of the minority through the provision of addi-
tional committee staff, the right to present minority views and reports, the
provision of equal time on conference reports, and the right to schedule wit-
nesses during at least one day of committee hearings.
3. The creation of a House Committee on Standards and Conduct which would have
an equal number of majority and minority members.
4. The authorization of measures designed to assist Members of Congress in the
performance of their Congressional duties. Such measures would include enlarg-
ing committee staffs, strengthening and improving the Legislative Reference
Service, and authorizing committees to employ consultants on an interim basis
in order to take advantage of expertise in various fields of knowledge.
5. The implementation of fiscal controls and budgetary reforms that would in-
clude a greater utilization of the General Accounting Office, a multiple-year
financial projection of programs and the updating of the budget on June 1 of
each year, and the testimony of responsible Executive Department officials be-
fore the Appropriations Committee of each House within 30 days after the budget
is presented to Congress.
6. The establishment of a Bill of Rights for committees that would: require
the announcement of record votes; permit the majority to compel the filing of a
report or a bill; prohibit the use of proxies; and require the printing of com-
mittee rules at the beginning of each session.
(over)
(2)
The Republican Members of the House of Representatives long have been inter-
ested in Congressional reform. At the outset of this session of Congress, a task
force of the House Republicans on Congressional Reform and Minority Staffing was
appointed to study the matter of Congressional reform in depth. As a result of
the work of this task force, a book entitled "We Propose: A Modern Congress" has
been published. The conclusions and recommendations contained in this book were
presented in full to the Joint Committee and many of the recommendations of the
committee stemmed from the work of the task force.
It is unfortunate that the Joint Committee rejected the recommendations by
the Republican Members that a Committee on Procedures and Policies be created.
This Committee would be given the power to examine into and report back to Con-
gress on the expenditure of Federal funds by the Executive Branch to insure that
they are spent efficiently and in accordance with the law. The Chairman of the
Committee would be a Member of the minority party. This would insure that a
thorough evaluation of the programs administered by the party in power would be
made. It is difficult, if not impossible, for a committee of this type to con-
duct an effective investigation if the results are apt to reflect unfavorably on
their own party's administration.
This is not a new idea. The House of Commons in Great Britain has a com-
mittee known as the Committee of Public Accounts whose chairman is by convention
a leading member of the opposition. Also, in 1923,7 a Democratic Senator was
designated to head the Teapot-Dome oil reserve investigation at a time when both
Houses of Congress and the Executive Branch were controlled by the Republican
Party.
We are also concerned by the fact that the Joint Committee failed to address
itself to the problem of Executive Branch lobbying. Although the United States
Code specifically prohibits the use of appropriated monies to influence Members
of Congress "to favor or oppose, by vote or otherwise, any legislation or appro-
priation by Congress," substantial sums have been used for this purpose. In the
recent past, long and detailed telegrams have been sent by Executive Department
officials to Members of Congress urging their support of certain legislation.
Similarly, long distance calls have been made and Members have been personally
canvassed regarding their intentions with respect to a particular bill. The
loophole in the present law that permits this type of activity, or the failure
to adequately enforce the present law, must be corrected.
This Congress should not adjourn until it has acted on the Congressional
reform recommendations. This legislation must not be filed and forgotten. Con-
gress needs strengthening and modernizing and time is of the essence. Reforms
should be enacted now so that the next Congress may utilize the new institutions
and procedures. We pledge our support and assistance in getting this important
legislation enacted into law. We call upon the Democratic leadership to schedule
H.R. 17873 for immediate House consideration.
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89TH CONGRESS
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DOCUMENT
SENATE
2d Session
No. 116
WHERE OUR NATION STANDS
AT HOME AND ABROAD
THE REPUBLICAN REPORT
ON
THE SECOND SESSION, 89TH CONGRESS
BY
SENATOR EVERETT McKINLEY DIRKSEN
OF ILLINOIS
MINORITY LEADER
OCTOBER 14, 1966.-Ordered to be printed
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
65-011
WASHINGTON : 1966
WHERE OUR NATION STANDS-AT HOME AND ABROAD
I
Thirty-three years ago the present Republician Leader of the U.S.
Senate came to Washington as a freshman in the House of Repre-
sentatives.
When the Congress convened in that March of 1933, the first thing
we were told in a special message on domestic matters by the President
of the United States was:
"The Government's house is not in order."
This is precisely the case today within the administration.
A mere statement of this charge is not enough: therefore, the
anatomy and morphology of the body of the so-called Great Society
will be examined factually. The calcimine will be wiped away. The
veneer and clapboard will be removed to expose the facts, or the
withholding of facts.
In 16 years of service in the House of Representatives, and now in
the 16th year of service in the U.S. Senate-7 of these years as Re-
publican Leader-I have experienced and responded to the pressures
and strains of a great depression, recovery and recession, peace, and
World War II in President Roosevelt's administration, the Korean
war in President Truman's administration, and now the Vietnam war
in President Johnson's administration.
Through most of it the morale of our great Republic was solidly
grounded upon the tough virtues of our fathers.
But today, what had appeared to be a golden glow only 2 years ago
has been broken by rolls of thunder. This can be observed as ministers
plead from the pulpit for a good society instead of a great society; as
journalists strive to obtain truth from the Government; as plain
citizens ask one another, or themselves, "Just what's going on?"
"What gives?"
Uncertainty, queasy doubts, bewilderment, have spread across the
country; labor and business, the farmer and small businessman, even
the Federal civil service worker, all have been subjected to govern-
ment-by-arm-twisting.
Unfortunately, optimism in many instances has been succeeded by
pessimism; the stock market has lost some $120 billion since January
according to Time magazine of October 14. And grievances seem to
have deepened in many facets of our daily lives.
Anger and fear have replaced much of our laughter.
Abroad, there is jeering and sneering at our country. Our flags are
burned and spat upon. Our embassies attacked. In Vietnam the
American death toll continues to mount.
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Such, in broad outline, are the maladies and tumults surrounding us.
III
Meanwhile, the administration goes its higgledy-piggledy way, its
high priests no longer the flower of American culture but skilled po-
When, in 1965, the 1st session of the 89th Congress adjourned, I
litical salesmen who pursue domestic social programs with the pop-
raised the question, in the Republican Report of October 22, 1965
eyed ardor of a Harpo Marx chasing blondes.
(S. Doc. 66), as to the real result of SO many programs with fancy
We hear, time and again, from the administration that it wants to
names and high emotional appeal. I pointed out that millions of
end poverty. So do we all. What the country wants to know is when
citizens had not yet had a chance to pass judgment, but when they
home. we're going to get around to the real war by practicing moderation at
did "there may be a furious reaction."
That Mr. Johnson met with historic success in terms of mere
And, so, we return to that March of 1933, and that message about
quantity of laws passed in 1965 is unquestioned. It was a massive
ished: order in our Government. In that same message we were admon-
display of power and pressure; and a Democratic Congress which
then, as today, is controlled by a lopsided 2-to-1 Democratic Party
majority, responded to Mr. Johnson's wishes.
Too often *** governments have been wrecked on the rocks of loose fiscal
policy.
As the weeks and months passed from 1965 into 1966, what be-
came apparent, and is now a fact, reminds me of what George Eliot
Now is the time to remember that statement. As Republican
once wrote:
Leader in the Senate, I urgently request the Johnson administration to
heed in wartime that peacetime warning of playing loose with the
There are many victories worse than defeat.
people's money.
Many of the victorious domestic legislative chickens of 1965 began
II
coming home to roost this year.
Thus, when the 2d session of the 89th convened in January of 1966,
The 2d session of the 89th Congress is about to close. It is the
the Nation was undergoing some serious speculation on what was to be.
appropriate occasion for a summation of our times.
More questions were being asked.
1. This has been the year when an additional 150,000 Americans
Fewer answers were being given by the administration.
were sent abroad to fight a war which already is the longest, and the
Instead, the administration offered up more domestic programs
third largest, war in our history.
consisting in many instances of novelty upon novelty, gadget upon
gadget, gimmick upon gimmick.
2. This has been the year when some 14,000 National Guardsmen
Like Dickens, it appeared to be the best of times, the worst of
were sent to guard our streets at home-in Dayton, in Chicago, in
times, the age of wisdom, the age of foolishness, the epoch of belief,
San Francisco, in Cleveland, in Benton Harbor, in Wauwatosa, and
the epoch of credulity.
in the year before in Selma, in Montgomery, in Springfield, in Los
But even before the summer of 1966 ended, it became apparent it
Angeles, in Natchez.
wasn't exactly the best of times, and certainly not the age of wisdom
3. This has been the year when law enforcement officers were called
under a Great Society administration.
to a dozen other cities to quell violence in our streets-from Troy to
And as for an epoch of belief, the credibility of the Government itself
New Jersey to Jacksonville to South Bend; from Des Moines and
was being questioned and attacked on all sides; in the press, on the
Baltimore and Brooklyn to Washington, Providence, and Perth
streets, over the air, and in the Congress, by Democrat and Republican
Amboy.
alike. Government news management cast a dark shadow. People
would not, could not, or did not believe their own Government.
4. This has been the year when people were afraid to walk the
The truth was: "The Government's house was not in order."
streets alone; when police were confronted by a gigantic increase in
crime of 46 percent from 1960 to 1965; and when the number of chil-
If the political leader of the so-called Great Society believed in
dren arrested under the age of 18 increased by 54.5 percent.
1966 he was riding a tide in the affairs of men, he may have forgotten,
or did not recell, the words of James Russell Lowell in observing:
5. This has been the year when inflation sent the cost of living sky-
Truly there is a tide in the affairs of men, but there is no Gulfstream settling
rocketing to the highest in all our history and when the real spendable
forever in one direction.
raises. earnings of people were less than just a year ago, regardless of pay
IV
These are facts. Straightforward. Unadorned. Indisputable.
Still in our minds as the 1966 session of Congress proceeded was the
These are great dilemmas of our times.
Christmas truce in Vietnam, the intensified peace effort, and the
gradual diminution of our prestige abroad despite the $120 billion we
And all of them are conspicuously unsolved under the Great Society.
had dispensed in foreign aid.
After a year, there has been no improvement under the Great
Society.
There were the continuing cries of Yanki Go Home" from the very
people we had aided and befriended.
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No improvement is noted after another year of Great Society
by Negro people, or by Irish, English, Scandinavian, or any other
diplomacy.
American.
Then, the United Nations observed its 21st birth anniversary and
The valid issue is this, as summed up by The Evening Star, Wash-
its future, both financially and from the standpoint of world influence,
ington, D.C., on October 8: "On record is the (administration) leader-
was uncertain.
ship's procrastination in facing up to the problem, and such political
It is still that way after another year.
ammunition as the Vice President's ill-considered statement that,
As the population explosion throughout the world continued, pov-
were he forced to live in a ghetto, he would be right out there leading
erty, hunger, war, and turmoil stalked the world and the Four Horse-
the riot."
men of despair rode relentlessly to broadcast pessimism and dismay.
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It is the same today, only worse.
As the year started in Vietnam, the number of American troops
Adherence to principles and actions for the public good was dis-
neared 200,000, young blood continued to flow, and peace or truce
played in marked fashion during the past session and is worthy of
seemed at best a dim hope.
note for the public record.
After almost a year, the administration reports 320,000 troops, plus
But first, the Republican Leader would like to pay tribute to
50,000 men in our naval fleet operating off Vietnam, plus 25,000 or
Members of his party for their devotion to duty and their diligence
more troops in nearby Thailand. And American dead and wounded
in carrying out their responsibilities on the various committees of the
have passed the 32,000 mark.
Senate. A glance at the record indicates Republicans showed a great
The budget for fiscal year 1967 topped the $100 billion mark for the
degree of unity.
first time in our history, exclusive of trust funds and cash flow, and
And to the Democratic Leader, Senator Mike Mansfield, I tender a
high spending for Great Society programs remained unabated.
salute for his gracious forbearance, for his kindness, for his constant
It remains unabated after still another year of the Great Society.
cooperation, and for his unvarying respect for the rights and problems
The poverty warriors were embroiled in internecine strife over
of the minority party. For this I cannot thank him enough.
whether the poverty generals in Washington or the party's political
We commend those Democrats who followed the Republicans last
lieutenants in the field were to administer this somewhat fantastic
February in exposing and opposing the Johnson administration's
adventure, and the program made the progress of a snail in low gear.
"small business be damned attitude'-revealed by attempts to elimi-
This is still the case today.
nate the independent Small Business Administration and have it
Farmers were grousing as 1966 began. The prices which farmers
swallowed up by the big Commerce Department. No Democrat
received for their produce measured against what they had to pay for
disputed the charge. The independence of SBA was saved.
goods and equipment to pursue their operations were lower than before
and there were no signs of improvement.
Early in the session it was apparent the administration intended to
And after almost another year, the fármer is worse off than ever.
play an old game: present a deceptively "low" big budget by cutting
The march of growing Federal power continued without letup or
necessary funds and letting Congress put them back and bear any
onus for the deficit. The administration cut school lunch funds
hindrance, increasing the dangers of monolithic, all-powerful, central-
ized Government.
while fully aware the country would not stand for it.
And after almost a year the Federal power march continues.
The administration's own Democratic-controlled Congress could
There had been an imperceptible gain in the very grave balance-of-
take the blame for increasing the budget while the White House could
payments problem but it was not at all certain that even these meager
appear with a halo for wanting to "save" money. This was blatantly
gains could be maintained. Meanwhile the raid on our gold reserves
unprincipled.
continued month after month.
Actually, nothing could quench the insatiable desire of the adminis-
And after almost a year, there has been no improvement.
tration to spend money for such things as studying why Australian
Street demonstrations and violence continued in various parts of
aborigines sweat, the behavior of ostriches in Africa, sending 100,000
the country, and an uneasy fear brooded over the Nation.
cans of women's hair spray to Vietnam, studying the love life of an
But let it be understood, here and now, there is no issue over peaceful
octopus, and SO on ad infinitum.
demonstrations. The civil rights movement, or any other law-abiding
movement with legitimate aims, has a fundamental right to exist in our
So we commend those who joined Republicans in stopping the ad-
Republic; what's more, it is so fundamental there appears little reason
ministration's attempt to slash four-fifths of the school milk program
for any partisanship on the matter. Resort to violence is an entirely
and in preventing the President from drastically cutting the school
different matter.
lunch program. This was a strange paradox in view of Mr. Johnson's
Political parties exist for a multitude of reasons, among the most
asking a billion-dollar food for freedom program for people abroad.
important being public exploration and illumination of matters of
And we commend those who joined Republicans in saving land-
great public concern. Therefore, I hope Johnson administration
grant colleges. Although Mr. Johnson maintained he was in favor
spokesmen keep any debate on the right track, to wit: violence, dis-
of higher education he wanted to eliminate $11.95 million under the
order, crime, or running a traffic light, are all against the law, whether
Morrill Act signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1862 to establish these
committed by men, or women, or by students, or by white people, or
colleges. On a national basis this would have meant the elimination
of 1,200 college faculty members and 18,000 students.
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And we commend those who joined Republicans in saving the
A pound of cheese has gone up 34 percent.
federally impacted school fund program. This has been a 25-year
program, originally provided under the Lanham Act passed during
Are these the marks of a Great Society?
World War II.
Fresh fruit and vegetables have gone up an average of 32 percent.
And we commend those who joined Republicans in saving the loan
Potatoes alone are up 37 percent.
program for medical students, nurses, and other medical personnel, as
Onions are up 60 percent.
well as some funds under the National Defense Education Act.
Apples are up 72 percent.
Cabbage is up 60 percent.
And we commend those who joined Republicans in fighting the
Eggs are up 11 percent.
administration's betrayal of farmers in trying to withhold Farm
Grape jelly is up 16 percent.
Home Administration contingency funds. The same situation pre-
Semiprivate hospital rooms are up 60 percent.
vailed on research programs by Agricultural Experiment Stations.
Are these prices the fruits of a Great Society?
It is reminiscent of how the administration early in the 1st session
A cartoon recently depicted the cost of living jump as a Great
of the 89th Congress attempted to haphazardly close VA hospitals.
Society supermarket. Lamb prices were up $1,700 a ton. Bacon
These are but a few of the curious specimens of judgment, balance,
was up $1,100 a ton. Jelly was up $200 a ton. Off to one side of the
and principle which have come from the executive branch of the
counter, someone who looked like the President of the United States
Government.
was whispering to his associates: "Keep reminding them how we held
This truth is shown: "The Government's house is not in order."
the steel increase to $2.50 a ton."
The following editorial from The Wall Street Journal of October 12,
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1966, entitled "Think Cheap" adequately describes the cost of living
and the administration approach to inflation.
"Hooray for What?" as I recall, was once a play in which Ed Wynn
starred.
Think Cheap
Every housewife in the land can signal a "Hooray for what?"
If there were any doubts that Washington considers the average consumer to
toward the Democratic administration each time she goes to the
be pretty dumb, they should be dispelled by the appearance of a six-page pam-
store today.
phlet, Shopping Sense.
The price of cornflakes soars again. One housewife is planning to
Shopping Sense is designed, according to Mrs. Esther Peterson, Chairman of the
President's Committee on Consumer Interests, "to help consumers get the most
buy two packages as soon as she can find a cosigner.
for their food dollars at this time when there are rising prices."
But it is no laughing matter. Since the end of the Republican
Agreed that consumers, in these days of Government-generated inflation, need
administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, and based on the latest
all the help they can get. What they may get from Shopping Sense, however, is
(August) figures of the Consumer Price Index, your grocery dollar has
about as many chuckles as might be inspired by a typical episode of "Batman."
Shopping Sense advises the homemaker, for instance, to leave husband and
dropped to 84 cents today. By now everyone knows, or should know,
children at home when they shop for food; husband and children are distracting
the farmer isn't to blame and is actually worse off than a year ago.
influences. Zowie.
It says that certain convenience foods-such as TV dinners and stuffed baked
Your rent dollar is now worth 89 cents.
potatoes-cost more than their equivalent in fresh food items. Bam.
Your medical care dollar is now worth 72 cents.
The housewife should take along a shopping list, it says, but should be open-
Your transportation dollar is now worth 86 cents.
minded if she sees an unadvertised bargain. Pow.
Your homebuilding dollar is now worth 84 cents.
Use substitutes, urges Shopping Sense. For, says Mrs. Peterson, housewives
"need to get off the old meat and potatoes routine." Zonk.
Your apparel dollar is now worth 91 cents.
Try lower-priced brands and grades, the pamphlet urges. Whammo. In
Your auto insurance dollar is now worth 62 cents.
other words, ladies, think cheap.
Are those the marks of a Great Society?
Shopping Sense was prepared by the committee in cooperation with the Na-
tional Association of Food Chains which will make available at cost several million
And here's a sampling of the average changes reflected today III
copies to supermarkets where shoppers can pick them up. Plainly, then, the
some prices across the Nation after the Eisenhower administration left
cost of producing Shopping Sense in the end will be added to the housewife's
food bill. Socko.
office and the Democratic administration took over:
The authors of this message on thinking cheap are aiming it at the wrong
A loaf of bread costs 25 percent more today.
audience. After all, it isn't the housewife who has been making prices rise.
A pound of hamburger has gone up 15 percent.
VII
A pound of bacon has gone up 40 percent.
A quart of milk has gone up 12 percent.
The Johnson administration has a remarkable collection of hum-
An average package of cornflakes has gone up 24 percent.
mingbird economists who can reverse themselves without first stop-
A pound of pork chops has gone up 25 percent.
ping. They stand still in midair while making motions in an attempt
A pound of fish has gone up 24 percent.
to convince everyone the Government can spend for vast new domestic
programs while at the same time supporting a war costing $25 billion
S. Doc. 116, 89-2-2
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economy. to $30 billion a year, keeping prices down, and maintaining a balanced
What about unemployment? It is low, below 4 percent. But at
the same time the administration cannot forget that unemployment
As Let us examine what is happening in some related fields.
among youth has reached as high as 18 percent; and of even greater
the year started the median price of homes sold in the United
concern should be the continuing unemployment rate among Negroes.
States was $20,000 according to the Census Bureau.
The Negro jobless rate in August was more than 8 percent. It has
In This represented an increase of $2,000 in 1 year (1965).
been between 7 and 8.2 percent throughout the year. There has been
July, in the latest survey report, the median price was $21,400.
little or no improvement over last year. With all its poverty schemes,
Is this the mark of a Great Society?
the Great Society has failed in the quest to help the Negro. In fact,
Last year, the number of nonfarm (mortgage) foreclosures
a Labor Department survey of poverty sections of 100 cities shows
report United shows. States totaled 116,664, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board in the
the unemployment rate of Negroes to be 9.4 percent in August.
One observation on economic indicators: Merely because various
running at a rate equal to 222,204 a year.
Thus far this year, foreclosures have taken a big jump and are
indexes, such as the cost of living, are cited as warnings about our
future does not indicate anyone is preaching fear.
Is this the mark of a Great Society?
The Record on Johnson Scare Tactics
just take-home since June. pay of $98.46 a week. This was a drop of $1.85 per had week a
In August 1966, the factory worker with three dependents
As political leader of the party in power, Mr. Johnson did some
political stumping in New York, October 12, and accused the Re-
The "real spendable earnings" for workers has been going like
publican Party of scaring people.
Statistics: according to the September 23, 1966, report of the Bureau of Labor this,
Well, let's see: During the 1964 campaign there were nationally
televised Democratic Party political ads, tailored to White House
In In February 1965, "real spendable earnings" were $87.63 a week.
specifications and esthetic values, which preached that-
August 1965, they were down to $87.15.
Republicans were in favor of little children eating radioactive
In August 1966, they were down to $86.52.
ice cream cones;
Republicans were in favor of "pushing the button" and
Is this the mark of a Great Society?
blowing up the world;
A widow, after or retired teacher, for example, who retired on
Republicans were in favor of increasing the bombing in Viet-
fixed pension income years of work, or anyone else who began receiving a $3,000 a
nam, which would lead to blowing up the world; and
of $3,000 in 1940, has been hard hit by inflation.
Republicans were in favor of destroying the Social Security
After taxes, the 1940 income was $2,935 (minus sales taxes
System-
annual taxes). By July of 1966, what was supposed to have been and State
to list but a few of the Johnson Democratic "appeals to reason."
Mr. President, as is your wont, you are too modest. We bow to
higher prices, pension, only or $1,195. fixed income, was worth, after Federal taxes a $3,000 and
you and acknowledge your superiority. When it comes to preaching
fear, you're tops with us.
Statistics Here on September 23 showed the cost of living for August of Labor 1966.
The latest Consumer Price Index released by the Bureau
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is what it showed:
With increasing frequency, the administration seems to be issuing
Since 1960 the cost of living has gone up 10.27 percent.
statements fraught with a desperation to escape the consequences of
its policies. The escape? Blame it on Congress-its own Demo-
Since 1960 the cost of groceries has jumped 13.75 percent.
cratic Congress with a 2-to-1 majority. And if the administration
cent. Since January, living costs in just 7 months have jumped 2.52 per-
can get away with it, Republicans are blamed although at any given
time the administration has twice as many Members of Congress
as does the Republican Party.
And in the same 7 months, grocery costs have increased 3.95 percent.
Republican Senators have compiled a remarkable record in the
chasing power.
If you put $100 away in a shoebox in 1940, you've lost $57 in pur-
face of the overwhelming Democratic majority. They have been
able to obtain approval of amendments to bills in committees, one
recent example being the adoption of 19 Republican amendments to
"stolen" If you in put purchasing $100 away power. in a shoebox in 1960, $9 of it already has been
the higher education and elementary-secondary education bills.
Republican Senators have succeeded, by the force of argument,
years ago.
It now takes $22.42 to buy the groceries you could get for $20 just 6
in obtaining changes in legislation of all types and even in the passage
of some of their own measures although, for the most part, the bills
is 43 cents; the 1960 dollar, 91 cents.
worth And the 1933 dollar is now worth only 39.6 cents; the 1940 dollar
that finally passed bear the name of a Democrat as the principal
sponsor.
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Republican Senators and Republican Members of the House of
6 economy rollcall votes in the House, 1966
Representatives proposed programs in 1965 and 1966 covering every
aspect of our daily domestic lives and our affairs abroad. It would
Republicans
Democrats
take a book to list them.
voting for
voting for
economy
economy
In addition, the Republican Coordinating Committee, representing
every facet of republicanism from national level to the grassroots,
Percent
Percent
For 5 percent cut in Interior appropriations, Apr. 6, 1966
95
has offered detailed programs. These included:
12
For 5 percent cut in Postal-Treasury appropriations, Apr. 6, 1966
89
7
Strike out $12 million for rent subsidies, Mar. 29, 1966
95
25
Against $750,000 new authority for Humphrey mansion, Mar. 22, 1966
95
24
Date proposed and program
For low interest rates in sale of Government "participations," May 18, 1966
100
19
Against 8th national debt limit increase during Kennedy-Johnson admin-
stration, June 8, 1966
99
22
June 1965, United States Foreign Policy in Vietnam.
August 1965, The Balance of Payments.
NOTE.-Strength in House: 293 Democrats versus 140 Republicans.
September 1965, Equality in America: a Promise Unfulfilled.
December 1965, Vietnam Policy Statement.
How did Republican Senators vote on some of the other issues in the
December 1965, Toward a Stronger Federal System.
1st session of the 89th? Here are some samples:
December 1965, Toward Fair Elections in America.
Republican Senators voted 100 percent on auto tire safety standards;
March 7, 1966, (Economic) Opportunity Crusade Act of 1966.
and 100 percent for the cold war GI benefits bill; and solidly in ap-
March 1966, The Case for Revenue Sharing.
proval of legislation for more flexible farm credit; 100 percent for the
March 1966, Latin America-United States: Progress or Failure?
dogs and cats humane and petnaping bill; 96 percent for a National
March 1966, The Human Investment-Job Opportunities.
Wild Rivers System; 84 percent for a plan to provide hard-pressed
March 1966, The Rising Costs of Living.
June 1966, The United Nations.
parents or students with some income tax credit for college tuition
(Democrats defeated it) 100 percent in favor of a bill to expand library
June 1966, Effective Water Management.
June 1966, The Challenge of the Modern Metropolis.
services and construction; 100 percent for the auto safety bill (S. 3005).
June 1966, Federal, State, and Local Responsibilities for Problems
Also: Republicans supported 100 percent a plan under the aid for
of Education.
the blind law to extend books and other materials to other handicapped
June 1966, Transportation in Modern America.
persons; 100 percent to liberalize benefits to dependents of veterans,
June 1966, Housing and Urban Development.
and to liberalize indemnities to parents of veterans; 100 percent to
June 1966, The Alleviation of Poverty.
give automobiles to certain cold war veterans who suffered serious
June 1966, Jobs and People-Job Opportunities.
service-connected disabilites; 100 percent support for a military pay
June 1966, The Needs of the Aging.
raise; 100 percent to provide a coordinated national highway safety
In recent weeks the White House had blamed the Congress for
program.
appropriating more than it asked in some cases. Again I point out it
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is the administration's own Democratic-controlled Congress. But
for the record, who is trying to save your tax dollar? Here are some
"But now the squeeze is clearly on" reports The Atlantic Monthly
examples:
for October in an article entitled "Consensus Politics: End of an
9 economy rollcall votes in the Senate, 1966
Experiment." The article observes that the President's salad days
are over. Sooner than later he is going to have to make some vital
Republicans
Democrats
decisions because of "the rising cost of the war in human terms and in
voting for
voting for
treasures." What is more, the magazine says, "the world will not
economy
economy
hold still for the Johnson treatment." The Atlantic Monthly also
observed:
Percent
Percent
Against sale of participations in SBA loan pools (back-door spending), Mar.
15, 1966
100
0
All year long the Administration has been walking the tightrope on a tax
Strike out funds ($12 million) for rent subsidies, Apr. 27, 1966
86
32
increase or a Reserve callup, either of which would signal an end to domestic
Against borrowing on federally owned loan collateral (back-door spending),
business as usual. In avoiding them, it has resorted to economic policies that
May 5, 1966
80
6
Cut $250 million in foreign aid authorization for Development Loan Fund,
have brought both tight money and inflation. Politically, the once-happy allies
July 20, 1966
90
50
of the Great Society consensus are chewing on each other. Labor is angry over
Strike provision for rent subsidies, Aug. 10, 1966
73
27
the failure to repeal 14(b); the farmers are blaming Freeman for allegedly trying
Strike $17,920,000 to construct new buildings in the District of Columbia,
Aug. 10, 1966
77
47
to slow the rise in food prices; the South is sore at the school desegregation "guide-
Strike $19,700,000 for Project Mohole, Aug. 10, 1966.
70
30
lines"; and even the freshman Democrats elected on Mr. Johnson's coattails are
Reduce $150 million in authorizations for mass transit program, Aug. 15, 1966_
87
40
chafing visibly at the rubberstamp label.
Reduce authorizations in poverty program from $2,496 million to $1,750 mil-
lion (the budget figure), Oct. 4, 1966
92
48
As Alan L. Otten pointed out in The Wall Street Journal, the stance Mr. Johnson
was forced to take in Congress this year was difficult to defend. He told Congress
NOTE.-Strength in the Senate: 67 Democrats versus 33 Republicans.
first that "it cannot cut any of his proposals a penny, because every cent is
urgently needed to overcome long-accumulated and burdensome national de-
ficiencies, but, second, that it cannot add a penny to what he has asked because
that would aggravate inflationary pressures."
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Mr. Otten noted: "This does not sit well with Congress. Many Senators and
Representatives feel the President cannot reasonably expect to have it both
ways * * *. Many have turned Mr. Johnson's two-edged argument to suit
their own purposes, rather than his. If filling unmet needs is as important as
When our Commander in Chief asked congressional authorization
the Chief Executive says, most lawmakers can't see why they shouldn't take care
of a few of their own constituents' needs along with the President's * * *.
of $4.8 billion more for our fighting men in Vietnam, the Senate
Alternatively, if inflation is as ominous as the President portrays it when attacking
record will show Republican Senators gave 100 percent support.
increases in his budget, many Congressmen would be glad to help combat this
When he urgently asked for an additional $13.1 billion in defense
dire threat by spiking a few of the innovations he's proposed."
money for fiscal year 1966, Republicans in the Senate gave him 100
In addition to the war, the rising tide of crime and violence in our
percent support. And when it came to authorizing $415 million
streets, the highest cost of living in history, more and more home
more for Vietnam economic aid, Republicans in the Senate again
mortgage foreclosures, Government news management, a decrease in
went down the line 100 percent for it.
"real spendable earnings," loss of prestige abroad, and larger and
We are in a war which is growing in proportions. Much will be
larger Federal spending, there also are other matters of concern.
said in the coming days, volumes will be written, and arguments will
The administration raised interest rates on VA and FHA home
continue. Suffice it to leave it at this point with up-to-date accounts
loans to the highest in history this month.
of our position in Vietnam in the following articles, one by Clayton
Is this indicative of a Great Society?
Fritchey, which appeared in The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.,
October 10, 1966, and the other, an interview of Gen. Dwight D.
The Government has paid interest rates 1,500 percent larger than
Eisenhower by Associated Press Correspondent Marvin Arrowsmith,
ever before on some short-term loans. And interest rates on every-
which appeared in the same newspaper October 10, 1966:
thing else from home loans, personal loans, installment loans, to loans
made to corporations, have soared to the highest levels in 45 years.
[From The Washington Star, October 10, 1966]
Does this mark the progress of a Great Society?
WE'RE IN OUR THIRD LARGEST WAR
There were more strikes and work stoppages in the first 6 months of
(By Clayton Fritchey)
1966 than in any similar period in the last decade.
For the United States this is a historic moment. With the landing at Saigon
Will the administration point to this as a Great Society mark?
of a brigade from the 4th Infantry Division, the conflict in Vietnam has just
become the third largest war America has ever fought.
A multitude of scandals has burst upon the Federal scene, from
American battle strength in Vietnam now totals 320,000, which exceeds the
windfall profits in housing and the random issuance of bank charters
Korean war total of 302,483. Only in the First and Second World Wars has the
United States ever surpassed the present effort.
to literally scores of poverty program scandals.
At the same time, American casualties have reached a new high; and defense
Does this represent the ethics of a Great Society?
expenditures (also surpassing Korea) have shot above $60 billion a year for the
first time since World War II.
American taxpayers, whether they realize it or not, are saddled
That, in brief, is the factual situation in Vietnam, despite the optimistic,
with $1 billion per month for interest alone on the national debt.
inspirational pep talks coming out of both Saigon and Washington.
The latest U.S. casualty figures report 967 killed and wounded in 1 week, the
Does an ever-increasing public debt represent a Great Society?
highest in any 7-day period 80 far. If, as the war escalates, casualties continue
at or near this level, they will exceed 50,000 a year, which would top the Korean
From 1961 through 1965 American farmers had the lowest share
war rate of 46,000.
of the Gross National Product; the lowest return on gross sales; the
The new figures bring the total of combat deaths for the war to 5,302. This is
lowest return on total capital investment; the lowest share of the
more than the number of Americans killed in the Revolutionary War (4,435),
the War of 1812 (2,260), the Mexican War (1,733), and the Spanish-American
food dollar; the lowest level of parity of income; and received the
War (385).
lowest performance on campaign promises ever made by an
Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson have repeatedly assured the
administration.
public that the United States was in Vietnam only in a supporting role, and that
the brunt of the fighting must be carried on by the Vietnamese themselves.
Does this represent the flowering of a Great Society?
The casualties, however, tell a different story. In the same week that the
United States lost 967 men, the South Vietnamese forces had only 98 killed and
Since December 1, 1965, when the administration made headlines
280 wounded, less than half of the American total.
about cutting the public payroll by 25,000, more than 237,000 addi-
The fact is that this is the largest undeclared war in the history of the world-
tional employees have been placed on the public payroll by the Johnson
and it is rapidly getting bigger, which is why the Pope and U Thant (whose
administration.
concerns are universal rather than national) continue to raise their anguished
voices in the hope of heading off another superwar.
Is this what is meant by a Great Society?
The magnitude of the present fighting is of such proportions that nobody in
Washington (including President Johnson) knows what the war is costing. The
only thing sure is that it is costing far more than the Government will admit.
When the President was pressed for an answer at a recent press conference, he
shut off questions by saying, "I would commend to you some homework. Read
the (Congressional) hearings."
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The reporters were willing, but the hearings-most of them closed-revealed
that some people always-and without justification-see bogeymen under the
little or nothing. Fortunately, some of them were not closed to Wisconsin Repre-
bed in such circumstances.
sentative Melvin Laird, chairman of the House Republican Conference.
THE EARLIER STATEMENTS
Taking the President at his word, Laird tried to do his homework by question-
ing Pentagon Comptroller Robert Anthony. "When I asked him where the Viet-
Eisenhower doubts that either Communist China or the Soviet Union would feel
nam war cost estimates were that the President referred to," Laird said, "Anthony
they had anything to gain worth taking the risk.
replied that there is nothing in the hearings that would tell you the cost of the war
Apprehension that Eisenhower might be advocating use of nuclear weapons in
in Vietnam."
Vietnam was voiced in some quarters after remarks he made September 30 in
In July, budget figures were released indicating the cost in fiscal 1966 was $5.8
Chicago and October 3 in Washington.
billion, or about $500 million a month. In September, however, the Treasury
In Chicago, the former President said he would "take any action to win" in
acknowledged that the cost had soared to $1.2 billion a month.
Vietnam. Asked then to elaborate, he replied:
Even this much higher figure, though, is only camouflaged. Those closest to
"I'm not sure. I'm not familiar with all the political considerations. If they
the situation secretly admit that Congressman Laird's estimate of $2 billion a
gave me the problem, I'd take any action to win."
month is probably closer to the mark.
In Washington 3 days later newsmen again sought amplification.
Defense Secretary McNamara has said that the "incremental costs of South-
"I would do anything," said Eisenhower, "to bring the war to an honorable
east Asia operations" are about $1 billion a month, which would mean $12 billion
solution as rapidly as I could."
a year. If Laird is right the cost will rise to at least $25 billion next year.
Asked whether he would automatically preclude the use of nuclear weapons if he
"The issue we are going to try to develop is the credibility of this administra-
were President at this time, Eisenhower replied: "I would not automatically
tion as regards the war," Laird says, and he flatly charges that "deception is being
preclude the use of anything."
used on the amount of money being expended in Vietnam."
Eisenhower's remarks prompted Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield to
The hard facts will have to come out soon, for the administration is faced with
call on the former President to spell out just what he had in mind-to say spe-
the urgent need of coming to Congress for supplemental Vietnam funds, and the
cifically whether he was advocating use of nuclear weapons and-or-an increase
guessing is that they will exceed $10 billion, and possibly much more.
in the U.S. manpower commitment to Vietnam. The Montana Senator said the
Nation's voters were entitled to know in this congressional election year.
Johnson, asked for comment on Eisenhower's remarks, told his news conference
last week: "I would say it is the policy of this Government to exercise the best
[From The Washington Star, October 10, 1966]
judgment of which we are capable in an attempt to provide the maximum de-
EISENHOWER URGES VICTORY BUT WOULDN'T USE A-BomBs
terrence with a minimum of involvement. The easiest thing we could do is to
get into a larger war with other nations."
(By Marvin L. Arrowsmith)
Johnson obviously was talking about the possibility of direct involvement of
Red China and the Soviet Union.
GETTYSBURGH, PA.-Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower still insists
At the time it was uttered Eisenhower took no public note of the criticism
"we must do whatever is necessary to win" fast in Vietnam. But he calls it silly
some Congress Members fired at him because of his remarks about taking any
for anyone to conclude this means he favors U.S. use of nuclear weapons there.
action needed to win in Vietnam.
The five-star general who led allied forces to victory in Europe in World War II
The old soldier is known to feel intensely, however, that these Members ought
says it is an entirely different kind of war in Vietnam-a guerrilla type which
to remain silent on military strategy and tactics, and leave such matters to the
exposes friend and foe alike to any weapons used.
President and his military advisers.
Only President Johnson, Eisenhower adds, ultimately can call the signals on
As for Johnson's news conference statement, Eisenhower would add-as Johnson
grand strategy.
has on other occasions-that U.S. military, political, and economic objectives
Eisenhower says his only advice is that it ought be a strategy aimed at winning
ought to be achieved as swiftly as possible, and the war then ended to put a
quickly and putting an end to loss of American lives-a strategy which he does
stop to U.S. casualties.
not think would involve Red Chinese intervention.
Eisenhower holds that whatever is necessary to win these U.S. goals must be
But to anyone who got the idea-and some did-that in recent remarks he
done. And he holds, further, that Johnson will do it.
favored using nuclear weapons to achieve a swift victory, Eisenhower has this to
say: This is silly. How would you use nuclear weapons in Vietnam? I ask: Do
you have any idea?
"Personally, I would say whatever the President finds out he must do, I shall
not criticize him. I do not know whether this war is going to escalate or de-escalate
or anything else.
"I do know we must do whatever is necessary to win as quickly as possible. If
not, the war will grow in costs, both in money and lives, and the Nation's morale
will be lowered."
THE MORALE FACTOR
And he says:
"The morale of a nation is just as important a factor-probably a more impor-
tant factor-in determining its capacity to lead as is its military or economic
strength." Eisenhower will observe his 76th birthday at his farm here Friday.
The former president cautions fellow Republicans seeking election to Congress
November 8 against trying to make an issue of administration policy in Vietnam.
He thinks such an effort would be very risky from a political standpoint, and that
domestic issues such as spending and inflation danger offer GOP candidates much
better opportunity to capitalize at the polls.
As for the aggressive win-the-war tactics he advocates, Eisenhower foresees no
likelihood of such a course bringing Red China or the Soviet Union into the con-
flict in full military support of the Communist North Vietnamese. He holds
( Record in Log)
Republican Policy Committee
Congress of the United States
Gouse of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
JOHN J. RHODES
ROOM 140
CHAIRMAN
CANNON HOUSE OFFICE BLDG.
TEL.: 225-6168
GERALD R. FORD
MINORITY LEADER
October 20, 1966
Dear Colleague:
For your information and assistance. I am enclosing a summary
of a number of the Republican accomplishments during the Second
Session of the 89th Congress. I believe that it reflects a record
of real achievement.
In case after case, the Republican Members have been affirmative,
imaginative, and effective. Opposition for the sake of opposition
has not been a part of this record. We have, as the loyal opposition,
given every majority proposal thoughtful but searching consideration.
Whenever it was possible, we have tried to improve legislation
through amendment or alternative proposal We have, however, been
strong in our opposition to all legislation that was not in the
public interest, and quick to call attention to those matters that
needed correction. This I believe, is in the finest tradition of
this great deliberative body and our two-party system.
It is my hope that you will find the record of accomplishment
of House Republicans as reflected in this summary, helpful in electing
you to serve in the 90th Congress.
Sincerely yours,
John Rhodes
John J. Rhodes, M.C.
1.
Saving the Small Business Administration
Under the Johnson-Humphrey Administration, the once-vital Small Business Admini-
stration that had been created as an independent agency in 1953 by a Republican
President, was downgraded and nearly destroyed. The Office of Administrator was
left vacant, the business loan program was gutted, and there were disturbing and
recurrent rumors that this independent agency was to be transferred to the Commerce
Department. Thanks to Republican efforts, this disastrous trend was reversed. In
a series of statements and releases, the plan to eliminate the spokesman for small
business in big government was exposed. As a result, the proposed transfer was
killed, an Administrator was appointed and the loan functions were reactivated.
(See February 23, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
*****
Rescuing the Maritime Industry
For some unfathomable reason, the Johnson-Humphrey Administration has chosen to
ignore our steadily deteriorating maritime industry. Our shipbuilding program is
lagging, our World War II reserve fleet is growing older and the expanding war in
Vietnam is putting the United States merchant fleet under tremendous pressure.
Even so, the Administration's total maritime budget for 1967 set a 7-year low.
While we have dropped to 12th place among the shipbuilding nations, Russia has risen
from 12th to 7th place. Faced with this serious situation, the Republican members
of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee and the Republican Policy Committee
set out to alert the American people to the perils of the Administration's course.
Although we have been unable to reverse this trend entirely, some significant gains
have been made. A bill that would establish the Maritime Administration as an
independent agency has been reported from committee. Also, an attempt to bury the
Maritime Administration in the newly-created Department of Transportation was
defeated. Finally, the Appropriations Committee increased the funds for ship
construction by $21.6 million.
Our national survival may depend upon the shipping that should be under construc-
tion but which the Johnson-Humphrey Administration has scuttled. Additional steps
must be taken to correct this disastrous situation. If the present trend continues,
this country that once boasted the greatest merchant fleet in the world will be
left on history's shore waiting for ships that never come in.
(See April 20, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
*****
Protecting the American Public's Right-to-Know
In an effort to conceal and cover-up, Federal Agencies have adopted 24 ways to
keep administrative information from public view. Bureaucratic gobbledygook used to
deny access to information has included such gems as "Eyes Only, "Limited Official
Use," "Confidential Treatment," and "Limitation on Availability of Equipment for
Public Reference. In order to pierce this "paper curtain," Republican Members
sponsored and worked hard for the adoption of Freedom of Information legislation.
Due to the opposition of the Johnson-Humphrey Administration, this proposal was
bottled up in Committee for over a year. However, as a result of pressure from
Republicans, publishers, and representatives of the press, radio and T.V., it was
finally reported and enacted into law. Now, this legislation can help to blaze a
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trail of truthfulness and accurate disclosure in what has become a jungle of
falsification, unjustified secrecy, and misstatement by statistic. Hopefully, the
saying "Would you believe?" can once again become a line for comedians rather than
government press officials.
(See May 18, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
*****
Urging Election and Campaign Contribution Reform Legislation
Republican Members have responded to one of the great challenges of our times -
the reformation of our election and campaign contribution laws. In the past, there
have been a number of excellent studies and reports on this subject. President
Kennedy appointed a special Commission on Campaign Contributions, and in 1962 the
report of this Commission sparked the introduction of several bills. President
Johnson sent a message to Congress recommending that something be done but the
Administration bill, which was finally introduced, proved to be defective and
inadequate.
Alert to the importance of this legislation and the need for prompt action, the
Republican leadership in the House of Representatives introduced an election reform
bill that incorporated a number of the President's proposals, but also included
many significant improvements and additions. For example, the Republican bill
established a five-member Federal Elections Commission that would receive reports
and statements regarding campaign contributions and expenditures and investigate
allegations of wrongdoing. All contributions and expenditures of $100 or more
would have to be reported. A $100 income tax deduction for campaign contributions
is provided.
The Republican Members of the House Administration Committee pressed for and
obtained Committee hearings and consideration of this bill. As a result, the
Elections Subcommittee reported an Election Reform bill that contained many of the
Republican suggestions. Every Republican Member of the Subcommittee voted for this
bill and at the following meeting of the full Committee, all Republican Members
were present and ready to vote to report the bill for immediate floor consideration.
Unfortunately, the Democratic members would not join the Republicans. So, for this
session, this important bill has been killed. However, in the public interest,
this legislation must be enacted into law before the 1968 Presidential campaign.
Republicans will press for its adoption during the next Congress.
(See May 26, 1966 Policy Committee statement and Reprint of Congressional Record
dated August 30, 1966.)
*****
Assisting the Veterans
During the 39th Congress, action on two major veterans' bills resulted directly
from Republican leadership.
The Republican-supported Veterans' Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966 (PL 89-358)
provided educational benefits for veterans of current military service. This
essential legislation was enacted over the determined opposition of the Johnson-
Humphrey Administration. For example, in March 1965, an Administration spokesman
told a Senate Committee that enactment of such legislation would not be in accord
with the program of the President. Again in September 1965, Administration
spokesmen reiterated to a House Committee their opposition to pending veterans'
education bills.
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Recognizing the need for this legislation, the House Republican Policy Committee
in June 1965 urged Congress to provide educational benefits for Vietnam veterans
"as quickly as possible." Again in January 1966, the Policy Committee called for
"the immediate enactment of a bill that will authorize a program of education and
training for veterans of military service," and urged the Administration to support
this legislation. Such a bill became law on March 3, 1966. The President, in
approving the bill, said that he would sign it notwithstanding the fact that it went
further than he was willing to ask for this year.
The Republican-supported Veterans' Pension Act of 1966 (H.R. 17488) provides an
average 5.6 percent increase in monthly pension payments to 1.8 million veterans.
As early as October 1965, Republican Members of the House were calling for hearings
on proposals to liberalize the pension program. When hearings were held in July
1966, an Administration spokesman testified in opposition to all of the 188 pension
bills pending in the House. After rejecting Republican-sponsored amendments to
liberalize the bill by increasing the income limitations that control the monthly
rate of pension, the Veterans' Affairs Committee reported H.R. 17488.
On September 14, 1966, the House Republican Policy Committee endorsed H.R. 17488,
and criticized the Johnson-Humphrey Administration for the continued opposition to
legislation that would provide a much-needed cost-of-living rate increase for
veterans. At the same time, they called for an increase in the income limitations
of the existing pension laws.
(See January 26 and September 14, 1966 Policy Committee statements.)
Reorganizing Congress
On July 28, 1966, the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress filed its
final report with Congress. This report contained a number of important recommenda-
tions that would materially strengthen and modernize Congress. Concerned by the
apparent decline of Congressional initiative and independence under the Johnson
Administration, the Republican Policy Committee joined the Republican Members of the
Joint Committee in urging the immediate consideration of the Committee recommenda-
tions. A bill entitled "The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1966, H.R. 17873,"
that would implement these recommendations was introduced by the ranking Republican
Member of the Joint Committee. Republicans believe that if Congress is to be a
more effective institution for carrying out its basic modern functions - legislative
review, and representative - it must be updated. Authority that has been unwisely
delegated to the executive must be regained. The continued dilution of its
historic role must be stopped. However, this cannot take place until the organi-
zational effectiveness and internal operation of Congress has been improved. The
recommendations of the Joint Committee provide a giant step in the right direction.
The Republican Members of the House of Representatives long have been interested
in Congressional reform. At the outset of this session of Congress, a task force of
the House Republicans on Congressional Reform and Minority Staffing was appointed to
study the matter of Congressional reform in depth. As a result of the work of this
task force, a book entitled "We Propose: A Modern Congress" has been published.
The conclusions and recommendations contained in this book were presented in full
to the Joint Committee and many of the recommendations of the committee stemmed
from the work of the task force.
(See October 10, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
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Helping College Students
One of the most successful programs designed to help students complete their
college education is the Student Loan Program of the National Defense Education Act
of 1958. Under this Republican-sponsored legislation, more than 968,000 students
have borrowed $834 million.
This year, the very existence of this vital program was threatened by the
Johnson-Humphrey Administration's recommendation that the program of direct loans
to students by participating colleges be scaled back and finally terminated in
favor of insured loans. Sensing that this course of action would be disastrous for
the many students who depend upon the loans, the Republican Members of Congress
insisted that the Student Loan Program be fully funded. Over the continued
opposition of the Administration, this was done. As a result, nearly half-a-millior
students at 1,600 colleges and universities will be able to obtain loans and
$179 million in federal funds will be allocated to the participating institutions
for this purpose.
The wisdom of the Republican efforts on behalf of the student loan program has
been underlined by recent events. One of the first casualties of the Johnson
inflation and soaring interest rates was bank-made student loans. In many areas,
banks have stopped accepting applications for government-backed student loans. The
6 percent interest rate on a student loan is no longer attractive when banks can
charge their best credit risks 6 percent for short-term loans. If the Administra-
tion's attempt to sabotage the student loan program had not been blocked, many
students today would be out of money, out of luck, and out of school.
Increasing Social Security Benefits
Republican Members of Congress have demanded that Social Security benefits
should be increased now, not in January 1968 as belatedly proposed by President
Johnson. This would have been the case if the Democratic majority in Congress had
acted upon a Republican proposal that would have provided an automatic increase in
benefits whenever there is a stated increase in the consumer price index.
Great Society spending, and the accompanying budget deficits, and certain labor
settlements have spiraled living costs to a point where elderly citizens are hard-
pressed to make ends meet. There are nearly 40 million retired Americans who do
not enjoy the benefit of rising wages and income to cope with rising prices. They
are painfully aware that the purchasing power of our currency has eroded so that
the 1957-59 dollar is today worth 88 cents and the 1940 dollar is worth only
43 cents.
The Republican proposal would have provided an across-the-board 8 percent average
increase in benefits effective January 1, 1967 for approximately 22 million elderly
persons eligible for Social Security payments. It would have been financed from
the Social Security fund reserves without raising the Social Security tax rate or
the annual earnings base on which it is levied. The entire House Republican
membership urged Congress to stay in session until a benefits increase could be
worked out. Unfortunately, our pleas on behalf of the people hurt the most by
inflation, were not heeded by the Democratic majority.
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Strengthening P.L. 480 and the Food for Peace Program
In 1954, P.L. 480 was enacted into law under the leadership of President Eisen-
hower and by a Republican Congress. This is the cornerstone of "Food for Peace."
It has meant the difference between life and death for millions of people in a world
where much of the population is engaged in a race between food production and
population growth. This year the Republican Members of the House of Representatives
not only supported the extension of P.L. 480 but were instrumental in adding a
number of amendments that improved the legislation as follows:
1. Congressional review of the operation and administration of the
program was insured by limiting the extension to two years.
2. The basic concept of "friendly countries" was retained.
3. The effectiveness of the P.L. 480 Joint Congressional-Executive
Advisory Committee was improved.
4. A 5-percent cash payment in title I sales agreements will be insisted
upon when possible.
5. Food sold for foreign currencies will be identified as being provided
through the generosity of the American people.
6. Technical assistance in friendly developing countries was expanded
through a "farmer-to-farmer" program.
Over the determined opposition of the Johnson-Humphrey Administration, Republi-
cans also were successful in obtaining a ban on subsidized sales to nations that
trade with North Vietnam. Republicans believe that when Americans and their allies
are fighting and dying in the defense of freedom, nations that trade with those
with whom we are joined in combat should not receive special treatment and assistance
(See June 8 and September 27, 1966 Policy Committee statements.)
*****
Updating and Improving the Unemployment Compensation Laws
Under the leadership of the Republican Members of the Ways and Means Committee,
a bill was reported and passed by the House of Representatives that preserved the
highly-successful system of autonomous State programs of unemployment insurance.
In contrast to the Federal dictation and controls contained in the rejected Admini-
stration bill, the Republican-sponsored measure updated and improved the present
law as follows:
1. Thirteen weeks of extended unemployment compensation is provided during
periods of recession.
2. Coverage is extended to those workers who can be generally considered
"regularly" employed and for whom there can be reasonable standards of
availability for work.
3. Non-profit organizations are given the option of participating as
"self-insurers."
4. The wage base is increased from $3,000 to $3,900 beginning in 1969 and
to $4,200 beginning in 1972.
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5. A judicial review of determinations by the Secretary of Labor with
respect to qualifications of State plans is provided.
The House rejection of the Johnson-Humphrey Administration bill and the acceptance
of the Republican measure would have meant that the present program of unemployment
compensation, while continuing to provide necessary and essential assistance to the
involuntarily unemployed, would not become a federalized system that permits abuse
and encourages the unemployed to remain idle the maximum period of time rather than
accept suitable employment or enter training programs as quickly as possible.
(See June 21, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
*****
Implementing Water Pollution Control Activities
Although the Federal Government has played a leading role in the improvement of
our rivers and harbors, it was not until 1956 under the Eisenhower Administration
that the first comprehensive Federal Water Pollution Control Act was enacted. This
Act was a good beginning and laid a firm foundation for future action. However, to
be completely successful, there had to be greater State financial participation in
the construction of sewage treatment works. Thus, since 1959, the Republican
Members of the Committee on Public Works have insisted that any increase in funds
authorized for Federal grants must be used to accelerate needed construction by
offering an inducement to the States to participate in the cost of treatment plants.
The Water Pollution Control Act of 1966 that was supported by the Republican
Members and enacted into law accepts this principle. It contains substantial
inducements to the States to participate in the cost of projects under both the
accelerated existing program and the proposed clean rivers program.
Through the adoption of a Republican amendment, this law also provides the
foundation for future industrial pollution abatement. Under this measure, the
Secretary of Interior is directed to conduct an appropriate study of methods for
providing incentives to assist in the construction of facilities and works by
industry. Tax incentives, as well as other methods of financial assistance, are
provided. Seventy-percent Federal grants for research and demonstration projects
for prevention of pollution of waters by industry are made available also.
Water pollution poses a serious problem that must be solved. The legislation
sponsored and supported by the Republican Members of the House of Representatives
will do a great deal to assist in finding a solution. Moreover, the States, cities
and the communities will be encouraged to do their share in combatting the common
problem of water pollution.
(See September 14, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
Combatting Federal Controls
When the Defense Production Act was brought to the House Floor for extension, the
Democratic Members of the Banking and Currency Committee included in the legislation
a provision that would give the President standby authority to impose consumer
credit controls. Although faced with a serious inflationary situation, the 89th
Congress under its Democrat leadership was either unwilling or unable to control
the real cause of the inflationary problem - the Great Society spending. Instead,
they sought to impose governmental controls as a means of stemming the inflationary
tide.
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The Republican Membership in the House of Representatives rejected and opposed
this radical and unnecessary proposal. They recognized that in a period of rising
inflation, it is the individual with a limited or fixed income that suffers the
greatest hardship. Without question, the real casualty of such controls would be
the family with substantial needs but moderate means. These individuals do not
have the resources to pay cash or make a large downpayment when they purchase an
automobile, a refrigerator, or some other household appliance.
Fortunately, a sufficient number of Democrat Members joined the Republicans and
the standby authority to impose consumer credit controls was stricken from the
legislation. In this instance, the control philosophy was voted down. Thus,
extreme and unwarranted powers were kept from the hands of the very individuals
whose spending policies have caused the inflationary problem.
(See June 14, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
*****
Fighting Waste, Bungling, and Scandal in the Poverty Program
During the past year, efforts by the Republican Members of the Education and
Labor Committee to gather information which would be helpful in drafting effective
anti-poverty legislation were hampered and handicapped at every turn. The Democrat
majority on the Committee repeatedly promised a full-fledged study and was given
$200,000 for this purpose. However, field hearings did not materialize and an
ever-changing investigative staff was confused by changes in direction, cancelled
trips, and recalls from investigations. The reports which were issued were sketchy
and contained statistics and percentages rather than material needed to draft
corrective legislation. Moreover, some reports were intentionally withheld from
the Republican Members.
The hearings that were finally held on the anti-poverty legislation developed
into an 8-day parade of Administration spokesmen and apologists for the poverty
program. The Republican Members of the Education and Labor Committee recommended
62 witnesses who were knowledgeable in all aspects of the anti-poverty program.
However, these recommendations were ignored and the hearings were abruptly termi-
nated. When Chairman Powell of the Education and Labor Committee was asked why
this had been done, his only reply was "Because I am the Chairman.'
In spite of this arbitrary and woefully inadequate action, there was no real
attempt made by the Democrat leadership to correct the many abuses and gross
mistakes that plagued the present program and $1.75 billion for fiscal year 1967
was ultimately authorized.
Fortunately for the American public, the Republican Members of the Education and
Labor Committee conducted an independent investigation of the poverty program.
Abuse after abuse was documented and exposed. A solid basis for an overall reform
of the anti-poverty program was established. In order to effectuate the essential
reforms and changes, the Republicans introduced substitute legislation entitled the
Republican Opportunity Crusade. Unfortunately, this bill and the reforms that it
would impose, was rejected. However, a good start on an eventual clean-up of
this scandal-ridden program has been made. Republicans will continue to press for
needed controls and reforms in the next Congress.
(See July 19, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
8.
Improving Public Transportation
In supporting the establishment of a new Department of Transportation, the
Republican Members of the House of Representatives continued the historic policy of
the Republican Party of encouraging the development of American transportation.
The need for better coordination among the various governmental agencies that deal
with transportation has been apparent for many years. In his final budget message
to Congress, President Eisenhower stated "A Department of Transportation should be
established so as to bring together at Cabinet level the presently fragmented
federal functions regarding transportation activities."
The Republican Members were concerned that in the Administration's rush to
create a Department of Transportation certain safeguards and considerations might
be overlooked. They found that the bill that was originally proposed by the
Johnson-Humphrey Administration would have granted the Secretary of Transportation
broad authority that invaded the policy-making authority of Congress. It would have
scrambled the now-independent accident investigation functions of the CAB with the
regulation and control of the airways. Also, the Maritime Administration would be
buried deep within the bureaucracy of the new Department.
Due to Republican efforts, the legislation creating the new Department has
corrected these defects in the original Administration bill. As a result, the
Department of Transportation, as it has now been established, will be able to
perform efficiently and effectively.
(See August 10, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
*****
Attacking Tight Money Problems
Although the big company with a large net profit may have little trouble borrow-
ing money, the individual who wants to buy a car, obtain a college loan, or purchase
a home has a terrific problem due to the present inflationary situation. If he is
lucky enough to find a lender, he may have to pay an extremely high rate of interest
to obtain a loan. Long before the Johnson-Humphrey Administration was willing to
even admit that a problem existed, the Republican Members of the House of Represen-
tatives recognized that the average person was being hurt in the present tight money
market and set out on a course of action that would afford this individual
meaningful relief.
They called for an immediate slash in non-defense, non-essential domestic spend-
ing - not just in regard to appropriations as the President urged, but also with
respect to new Great Society program authorizations that trigger the appropriations
process. They sought a reduction in point discounts on FHA and VA home financing
through an administrative adjustment of rates to a more realistic level. Republi-
cans opposed the enactment of the Sales Participation Act scheme, noting that a
program of this type could only mean additional government competition for the
already scarce investment dollar. (The Administration subsequently recognized its
error in enacting this proposal and suspended the sale of participations.)
Republican Members also called for the removal of FNMA's $15,000 administrative
limitation on purchases of mortgages under its secondary market operations. This,
too, has been implemented by the Administration. Finally, in order to cool off
competition for savings among the financial institutions, Republicans pressed for
and obtained sound remedial legislation.
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It is unfortunate the Johnson-Humphrey Administration has been slow to awaken
to the dangers of this situation. Interest rates are now at the highest point
that they have been in over 40 years. These high interest rates have added
tremendously to the cost of financing the ever-mounting Federal debt. The rising
demand for credit by the Federal Government and business has drawn credit away
from credit-sensitive industries such as homebuilding. As a result, homebuilding
and home buying, one of the Nation's largest industries, is now faced with a major
crisis. Private housing starts in September were down 26 percent from September
1965. Applications for FHA-insured mortgages on existing homes were down
34 percent from a year ago.
In the next Congress, Republicans will continue to press for appropriate
remedial action. They will do all they can to help the pensioner, the Social
Security recipient, and the individual with a fixed income or a fixed wage who
has become the forgotten man of the Great Society.
(See May 10, June 8, and July 27, 1966 Policy Committee statements.)
Maintaining Law and Order
Republicans of the 89th Congress have stood vigilant in protecting the public's
interest in, and demand for, measures assuring increased protection for law and
order in our society.
Of primary significance was the National Criminal Law Revision Commission bill
introduced by Representative Poff (R.-Va.) and twenty of his Pepublican colleagues
in June of this year. This bill was drafted and introduced when the President's
so-called "crime package" of legislation was found to be wanting. The Poff bill
was substituted for an unimaginative proposal in the President's package, received
bipartisan acclaim and support, and was passed by the House by a unanimous vote on
September 6, 1966.
Republicans again answered the growing demand for increased responsibility in
the streets and urban centers of our land when Representative Cramer (R.-Fla.)
proposed and won approval for an anti-riot measure. This measure prohibited the
interstate travel of professional demonstrators and troublemakers. It ultimately
prevailed over a watered-down Administration substitute but failed in the Senate.
Subsequently, approximately eighty Members of the House, Republican and Democrat,
introduced this anti-riot measure as separate legislation. Unfortunately, this
legislation was bottled up in the Democrat-controlled Judiciary Committee and
failed of passage before the end of the session.
In another and vital area of criminal law reform, the Narcotics Addict Rehabili-
tation Act of 1966, House Republicans again remained vigilant to the cause of law
and order. Republican-backed amendments were successful in turning back an Admini-
stration attempt to weaken the penalty structure of present law as it applies to
sellers of narcotic drugs. Mandatory minimum sentences, which nearly all witnesses
at the hearings had agreed upon as an effective deterrent to narcotics traffic, were
thereby maintained to assist law-enforcement officers in the war on narcotic
traffickers.
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U. S. HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES
REPUBLICAN POLICY
COMMITTEE
REP. JOHN J. RHODES, (R.-ARIZ.) CHAIRMAN
140 CANNON HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
TELEPHONE 225-6168
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October 21, 1966
House Republican Accomplishments, Second Session, 89th Congress
Although outnumbered by more than two-to-one, Republicans in the Second
Session of the 89th Congress have made a record of real achievement and remarkable
unity.
In case after case, Republican Members have been affirmative, imaginative,
and effective. Opposition for the sake of opposition has not been a part of this
record. We have, as the Loyal Opposition, given every majority proposal thoughtful
but searching consideration. Whenever possible, we have tried to imp ove legis-
lation through amendment or alternative proposal.
We have, however, been strong in our opposition to all legislation that
was not in the public interest, and quick to call attention to those matters that
needed correction. This, I believe, is in the finest tradition of our great
deliberative body and our two-party system.
Republican accomplishments in 16 important areas are described briefly in
the attached summary, which is by no means exhaustive.
QERALD FORD LIBRARY
1.
Saving the Small Business Administration
Under the Johnson-Humphrey Administration, the once-vital Small Business Admini-
stration that had been created as an independent agency in 1953 by a Republican
President, was downgraded and nearly destroyed. The Office of Administrator was
left vacant, the business loan program was gutted, and there were disturbing and
recurrent rumors that this independent agency was to be transferred to the Commerce
Department. Thanks to Republican efforts, this disastrous trend was reversed. In
a series of statements and releases, the plan to eliminate the spokesman for small
business in big government was exposed. As a result, the proposed transfer was
killed, an Administrator was appointed and the loan functions were reactivated.
(See February 23, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
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Rescuing the Maritime Industry
For some unfathomable reason, the Johnson-Humphrey Administration has chosen to
ignore our steadily deteriorating maritime industry. Our shipbuilding program is
lagging, our World War II reserve fleet is growing older and the expanding war in
Vietnam is putting the United States merchant fleet under tremendous pressure.
Even so, the Administration's total maritime budget for 1967 set a 7-year low.
While we have dropped to 12th place among the shipbuilding nations, Russia has risen
from 12th to 7th place. Faced with this serious situation, the Republican members
of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee and the Republican Policy Committee
set out to alert the American people to the perils of the Administration's course.
Although we have been unable to reverse this trend entirely, some significant gains
have been made. A bill that would establish the Maritime Administration as an
independent agency has been reported from committee. Also, an attempt to bury the
Maritime Administration in the newly-created Department of Transportation was
defeated. Finally, the Appropriations Committee increased the funds for ship
construction by $21.6 million.
Our national survival may depend upon the shipping that should be under construc-
tion but which the Johnson-Humphrey Administration has scuttled. Additional steps
must be taken to correct this disastrous situation. If the present trend continues,
this country that once boasted the greatest merchant fleet in the world will be
left on history's shore waiting for ships that never come in.
(See April 20, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
*****
Protecting the American Public's Right-to-Know
In an effort to conceal and cover-up, Federal Agencies have adopted 24 ways to
keep administrative information from public view. Bureaucratic gobbledygook used to
deny access to information has included such gems as "Eyes Only," "Limited Official
Use," "Confidential Treatment," and "Limitation on Availability of Equipment for
Public Reference. In order to pierce this "paper curtain," Republican Members
sponsored and worked hard for the adoption of Freedom of Information legislation.
Due to the opposition of the Johnson-Humphrey Administration, this proposal was
bottled up in Committee for over a year. However, as a result of pressure from
Republicans, publishers, and representatives of the press, radio and T.V., it was
finally reported and enacted into law. Now, this legislation can help to blaze a
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trail of truthfulness and accurate disclosure in what has become a jungle of
falsification, unjustified secrecy, and misstatement by statistic. Hopefully, the
saying "Would you believe?" can once again become a line for comedians rather than
government press officials.
(See May 18, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
*****
Urging Election and Campaign Contribution Reform Legislation
Republican Members have responded to one of the great challenges of our times -
the reformation of our election and campaign contribution laws. In the past, there
have been a number of excellent studies and reports on this subject. President
Kennedy appointed a special Commission on Campaign Contributions, and in 1962 the
report of this Commission sparked the introduction of several bills. President
Johnson sent a message to Congress recommending that something be done but the
Administration bill, which was finally introduced, proved to be defective and
inadequate.
Alert to the importance of this legislation and the need for prompt action, the
Republican leadership in the House of Representatives introduced an election reform
bill that incorporated a number of the President's proposals, but also included
many significant improvements and additions. For example, the Republican bill
established a five-member Federal Elections Commission that would receive reports
and statements regarding campaign contributions and expenditures and investigate
allegations of wrongdoing. All contributions and expenditures of $100 or more
would have to be reported. A $100 income tax deduction for campaign contributions
is provided.
The Republican Members of the House Administration Committee pressed for and
obtained Committee hearings and consideration of this bill. As a result, the
Elections Subcommittee reported an Election Reform bill that contained many of the
Republican suggestions. Every Republican Member of the Subcommittee voted for this
bill and at the following meeting of the full Committee, all Republican Members
were present and ready to vote to report the bill for immediate floor consideration.
Unfortunately, the Democratic members would not join the Republicans. So, for this
session, this important bill has been killed. However, in the public interest,
this legislation must be enacted into law before the 1968 Presidential campaign.
Republicans will press for its adoption during the next Congress.
(See May 26, 1966 Policy Committee statement and Reprint of Congressional Record
dated August 30, 1966.)
*****
Assisting the Veterans
During the 89th Congress, action on two major veterans' bills resulted directly
from Republican leadership.
The Republican-supported Veterans' Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966 (PL 89-358)
provided educational benefits for veterans of current military service. This
essential legislation was enacted over the determined opposition of the Johnson-
Humphrey Administration. For example, in March 1965, an Administration spokesman
told a Senate Committee that enactment of such legislation would not be in accord
with the program of the President. Again in September 1965, Administration
spokesmen reiterated to a House Committee their opposition to pending veterans'
education bills.
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Recognizing the need for this legislation, the House Republican Policy Committee
in June 1965 urged Congress to provide educational benefits for Vietnam veterans
"as quickly as possible." Again in January 1966, the Policy Committee called for
"the immediate enactment of a bill that will authorize a program of education and
training for veterans of military service," and urged the Administration to support
this legislation. Such a bill became law on March 3, 1966. The President, in
approving the bill, said that he would sign it notwithstanding the fact that it went
further than he was willing to ask for this year.
The Republican-supported Veterans' Pension Act of 1966 (H.R. 17488) provides an
average 5.6 percent increase in monthly pension payments to 1.8 million veterans.
As early as October 1965, Republican Members of the House were calling for hearings
on proposals to liberalize the pension program. When hearings were held in July
1966, an Administration spokesman testified in opposition to all of the 188 pension
bills pending in the House. After rejecting Republican-sponsored amendments to
liberalize the bill by increasing the income limitations that control the monthly
rate of pension, the Veterans' Affairs Committee reported H.R. 17488.
On September 14, 1966, the House Republican Policy Committee endorsed H.R. 17488,
and criticized the Johnson-Humphrey Administration for the continued opposition to
legislation that would provide a much-needed cost-of-living rate increase for
veterans. At the same time, they called for an increase in the income limitations
of the existing pension laws.
(See January 26 and September 14, 1966 Policy Committee statements.)
*****
Reorganizing Congress
On July 28, 1966, the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress filed its
final report with Congress. This report contained a number of important recommenda-
tions that would materially strengthen and modernize Congress. Concerned by the
apparent decline of Congressional initiative and independence under the Johnson
Administration, the Republican Policy Committee joined the Republican Members of the
Joint Committee in urging the immediate consideration of the Committee recommenda-
tions. A bill entitled "The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1966, H.R. 17873,"
that would implement these recommendations was introduced by the ranking Republican
Member of the Joint Committee. Republicans believe that if Congress is to be a
more effective institution for carrying out its basic modern functions legislative
review, and representative - it must be updated. Authority that has been unwisely
delegated to the executive must be regained. The continued dilution of its
historic role must be stopped. However, this cannot take place until the organi-
zational effectiveness and internal operation of Congress has been improved. The
recommendations of the Joint Committee provide a giant step in the right direction.
The Republican Members of the House of Representatives long have been interested
in Congressional reform. At the outset of this session of Congress, a task force of
the House Republicans on Congressional Reform and Minority Staffing was appointed to
study the matter of Congressional reform in depth. As a result of the work of this
task force, a book entitled "We Propose: A Modern Congress" has been published.
The conclusions and recommendations contained in this book were presented in full
to the Joint Committee and many of the recommendations of the committee stemmed
from the work of the task force.
(See October 10, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
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4.
Helping College Students
One of the most successful programs designed to help students complete their
college education is the Student Loan Program of the National Defense Education Act
of 1958. Under this Republican-sponsored legislation, more than 968,000 students
have borrowed $834 million.
This year, the very existence of this vital program was threatened by the
Johnson-Humphrey Administration's recommendation that the program of direct loans
to students by participating colleges be scaled back and finally terminated in
favor of insured loans. Sensing that this course of action would be disastrous for
the many students who depend upon the loans, the Republican Members of Congress
insisted that the Student Loan Program be fully funded. Over the continued
opposition of the Administration, this was done. As a result, nearly half-a-million
students at 1,600 colleges and universities will be able to obtain loans and
$179 million in federal funds will be allocated to the participating institutions
for this purpose.
The wisdom of the Republican efforts on behalf of the student loan program has
been underlined by recent events. One of the first casualties of the Johnson
inflation and soaring interest rates was bank-made student loans. In many areas,
banks have stopped accepting applications for government-backed student loans. The
6 percent interest rate on a student loan is no longer attractive when banks can
charge their best credit risks 6 percent for short-term loans. If the Administra-
tion's attempt to sabotage the student loan program had not been blocked, many
students today would be out of money, out of luck, and out of school.
Increasing Social Security Benefits
Republican Members of Congress have demanded that Social Security benefits
should be increased now, not in January 1968 as belatedly proposed by President
Johnson. This would have been the case if the Democratic majority in Congress had
acted upon a Republican proposal that would have provided an automatic increase in
benefits whenever there is a stated increase in the consumer price index.
Great Society spending, and the accompanying budget deficits, and certain labor
settlements have spiraled living costs to a point where elderly citizens are hard-
pressed to make ends meet. There are nearly 40 million retired Americans who do
not enjoy the benefit of rising wages and income to cope with rising prices. They
are painfully aware that the purchasing power of our currency has eroded so that
the 1957-59 dollar is today worth 88 cents and the 1940 dollar is worth only
43 cents.
The Republican proposal would have provided an across-the-board 8 percent average
increase in benefits effective January 1, 1967 for approximately 22 million elderly
persons eligible for Social Security payments. It would have been financed from
the Social Security fund reserves without raising the Social Security tax rate or
the annual earnings base on which it is levied. The entire House Republican
membership urged Congress to stay in session until a benefits increase could be
worked out. Unfortunately, our pleas on behalf of the people hurt the most by
inflation, were not heeded by the Democratic majority.
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Strengthening P.L. 480 and the Food for Peace Program
In 1954, P.L. 480 was enacted into law under the leadership of President Eisen-
hower and by a Republican Congress. This is the cornerstone of "Food for Peace."
It has meant the difference between life and death for millions of people in a world
where much of the population is engaged in a race between food production and
population growth. This year the Republican Members of the House of Representatives
not only supported the extension of P.L. 480 but were instrumental in adding a
number of amendments that improved the legislation as follows:
1. Congressional review of the operation and administration of the
program was insured by limiting the extension to two years.
2. The basic concept of "friendly countries" was retained.
3. The effectiveness of the P.L. 480 Joint Congressional-Executive
Advisory Committee was improved.
4. A 5-percent cash payment in title I sales agreements will be insisted
upon when possible.
5. Food sold for foreign currencies will be identified as being provided
through the generosity of the American people.
6. Technical assistance in friendly developing countries was expanded
through a "farmer-to-farmer" program.
Over the determined opposition of the Johnson-Humphrey Administration, Republi-
cans also were successful in obtaining a ban on subsidized sales to nations that
trade with North Vietnam. Republicans believe that when Americans and their allies
are fighting and dying in the defense of freedom, nations that trade with those
with whom we are joined in combat should not receive special treatment and assistance
(See June 8 and September 27, 1966 Policy Committee statements.)
Updating and Improving the Unemployment Compensation Laws
Under the leadership of the Republican Members of the Ways and Means Committee,
a bill was reported and passed by the House of Representatives that preserved the
highly-successful system of autonomous State programs of unemployment insurance.
In contrast to the Federal dictation and controls contained in the rejected Admini-
stration bill, the Republican-sponsored measure updated and improved the present
law as follows:
1. Thirteen weeks of extended unemployment compensation is provided during
periods of recession.
2. Coverage is extended to those workers who can be generally considered
"regularly" employed and for whom there can be reasonable standards of
availability for work.
3. Non-profit organizations are given the option of participating as
"self-insurers."
4. The wage base is increased from $3,000 to $3,900 beginning in 1969 and
to $4,200 beginning in 1972.
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5. A judicial review of determinations by the Secretary of Labor with
respect to qualifications of State plans is provided.
The House rejection of the Johnson-Humphrey Administration bill and the acceptanc
of the Republican measure would have meant that the present program of unemployment
compensation, while continuing to provide necessary and essential assistance to the
involuntarily unemployed, would not become a federalized system that permits abuse
and encourages the unemployed to remain idle the maximum period of time rather than
accept suitable employment or enter training programs as quickly as possible.
(See June 21, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
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Implementing Water Pollution Control Activities
Although the Federal Government has played a leading role in the improvement of
our rivers and harbors, it was not until 1956 under the Eisenhower Administration
that the first comprehensive Federal Water Pollution Control Act was enacted. This
Act was a good beginning and laid a firm foundation for future action. However, to
be completely successful, there had to be greater State financial participation in
the construction of sewage treatment works. Thus, since 1959, the Republican
Members of the Committee on Public Works have insisted that any increase in funds
authorized for Federal grants must be used to accelerate needed construction by
offering an inducement to the States to participate in the cost of treatment plants.
The Water Pollution Control Act of 1966 that was supported by the Republican
Members and enacted into law accepts this principle. It contains substantial
inducements to the States to participate in the cost of projects under both the
accelerated existing program and the proposed clean rivers program.
Through the adoption of a Republican amendment, this law also provides the
foundation for future industrial pollution abatement. Under this measure, the
Secretary of Interior is directed to conduct an appropriate study of methods for
providing incentives to assist in the construction of facilities and works by
industry. Tax incentives, as well as other methods of financial assistance, are
provided. Seventy-percent Federal grants for research and demonstration projects
for prevention of pollution of waters by industry are made available also.
Water pollution poses a serious problem that must be solved. The legislation
sponsored and supported by the Republican Members of the House of Representatives
will do a great deal to assist in finding a solution. Moreover, the States, cities
and the communities will be encouraged to do their share in combatting the common
problem of water pollution.
(See September 14, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
Combatting Federal Controls
When the Defense Production Act was brought to the House Floor for extension, the
Democratic Members of the Banking and Currency Committee included in the legislation
a provision that would give the President standby authority to impose consumer
credit controls. Although faced with a serious inflationary situation, the 89th
Congress under its Democrat leadership was either unwilling or unable to control
the real cause of the inflationary problem - the Great Society spending. Instead,
they sought to impose governmental controls as a means of stemming the inflationary
tide.
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The Republican Membership in the House of Representatives rejected and opposed
this radical and unnecessary proposal. They recognized that in a period of rising
inflation, it is the individual with a limited or fixed income that suffers the
greatest hardship. Without question, the real casualty of such controls would be
the family with substantial needs but moderate means. These individuals do not
have the resources to pay cash or make a large downpayment when they purchase an
automobile, a refrigerator, or some other household appliance.
Fortunately, a sufficient number of Democrat Members joined the Republicans and
the standby authority to impose consumer credit controls was stricken from the
legislation. In this instance, the control philosophy was voted down. Thus,
extreme and unwarranted powers were kept from the hands of the very individuals
whose spending policies have caused the inflationary problem.
(See June 14, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
Fighting Waste, Bungling, and Scandal in the Poverty Program
During the past year, efforts by the Republican Members of the Education and
Labor Committee to gather information which would be helpful in drafting effective
anti-poverty legislation were hampered and handicapped at every turn. The Democrat
majority on the Committee repeatedly promised a full-fledged study and was given
$200,000 for this purpose. However, field hearings did not materialize and an
ever-changing investigative staff was confused by changes in direction, cancelled
trips, and recalls from investigations. The reports which were issued were sketchy
and contained statistics and percentages rather than material needed to draft
corrective legislation. Moreover, some reports were intentionally withheld from
the Republican Members.
The hearings that were finally held on the anti-poverty legislation developed
into an 8-day parade of Administration spokesmen and apologists for the poverty
program. The Republican Members of the Education and Labor Committee recommended
62 witnesses who were knowledgeable in all aspects of the anti-poverty program.
However, these recommendations were ignored and the hearings were abruptly termi-
nated. When Chairman Powell of the Education and Labor Committee was asked why
this had been done, his only reply was "Because I am the Chairman.'
In spite of this arbitrary and woefully inadequate action, there was no real
attempt made by the Democrat leadership to correct the many abuses and gross
mistakes that plagued the present program and $1.75 billion for fiscal year 1967
was ultimately authorized.
Fortunately for the American public, the Republican Members of the Education and
Labor Committee conducted an independent investigation of the poverty program.
Abuse after abuse was documented and exposed. A solid basis for an overall reform
of the anti-poverty program was established. In order to effectuate the essential
reforms and changes, the Republicans introduced substitute legislation entitled the
Republican Opportunity Crusade. Unfortunately, this bill and the reforms that it
would impose, was rejected. However, a good start on an eventual clean-up of
this scandal-ridden program has been made. Republicans will continue to press for
needed controls and reforms in the next Congress.
(See July 19, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
8.
Improving Public Transportation
In supporting the establishment of a new Department of Transportation, the
Republican Members of the House of Representatives continued the historic policy of
the Republican Party of encouraging the development of American transportation.
The need for better coordination among the various governmental agencies that deal
with transportation has been apparent for many years. In his final budget message
to Congress, President Eisenhower stated "A Department of Transportation should be
established so as to bring together at Cabinet level the presently fragmented
federal functions regarding transportation activities."
The Republican Members were concerned that in the Administration's rush to
create a Department of Transportation certain safeguards and considerations might
be overlooked. They found that the bill that was originally proposed by the
Johnson-Humphrey Administration would have granted the Secretary of Transportation
broad authority that invaded the policy-making authority of Congress. It would have
scrambled the now-independent accident investigation functions of the CAB with the
regulation and control of the airways. Also, the Maritime Administration would be
buried deep within the bureaucracy of the new Department.
Due to Republican efforts, the legislation creating the new Department has
corrected these defects in the original Administration bill. As a result, the
Department of Transportation, as it has now been established, will be able to
perform efficiently and effectively.
(See August 10, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
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Attacking Tight Money Problems
Although the big company with a large net profit may have little trouble borrow-
ing money, the individual who wants to buy a car, obtain a college loan, or purchase
a home has a terrific problem due to the present inflationary situation. If he is
lucky enough to find a lender, he may have to pay an extremely high rate of interest
to obtain a loan. Long before the Johnson-Humphrey Administration was willing to
even admit that a problem existed, the Republican Members of the House of Represen-
tatives recognized that the average person was being hurt in the present tight money
market and set out on a course of action that would afford this individual
meaningful relief.
They called for an immediate slash in non-defense, non-essential domestic spend-
ing - not just in regard to appropriations as the President urged, but also with
respect to new Great Society program authorizations that trigger the appropriations
process. They sought a reduction in point discounts on FHA and VA home financing
through an administrative adjustment of rates to a more realistic level. Republi-
cans opposed the enactment of the Sales Participation Act scheme, noting that a
program of this type could only mean additional government competition for the
already scarce investment dollar. (The Administration subsequently recognized its
error in enacting this proposal and suspended the sale of participations.)
Republican Members also called for the removal of FNMA's $15,000 administrative
limitation on purchases of mortgages under its secondary market operations. This,
too, has been implemented by the Administration. Finally, in order to cool off
competition for savings among the financial institutions, Republicans pressed for
and obtained sound remedial legislation.
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It is unfortunate the Johnson-Humphrey Administration has been slow to awaken
to the dangers of this situation. Interest rates are now at the highest point
that they have been in over 40 years. These high interest rates have added
tremendously to the cost of financing the ever-mounting Federal debt. The rising
demand for credit by the Federal Government and business has drawn credit away
from credit-sensitive industries such as homebuilding. As a result, homebuilding
and home buying, one of the Nation's largest industries, is now faced with a major
crisis. Private housing starts in September were down 26 percent from September
1965. Applications for FHA-insured mortgages on existing homes were down
34 percent from a year ago.
In the next Congress, Republicans will continue to press for appropriate
remedial action. They will do all they can to help the pensioner, the Social
Security recipient, and the individual with a fixed income or a fixed wage who
has become the forgotten man of the Great Society.
(See May 10, June 8, and July 27, 1966 Policy Committee statements.)
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Maintaining Law and Order
Republicans of the 89th Congress have stood vigilant in protecting the public's
interest in, and demand for, measures assuring increased protection for law and
order in our society.
Of primary significance was the National Criminal Law Revision Commission bill
introduced by Representative Poff (R.-Va.) and twenty of his Republican colleagues
in June of this year. This bill was drafted and introduced when the President's
so-called "crime package" of legislation was found to be wanting. The Poff bill
was substituted for an unimaginative proposal in the President's package, received
bipartisan acclaim and support, and was passed by the House by a unanimous vote on
September 6, 1966.
Republicans again answered the growing demand for increased responsibility in
the streets and urban centers of our land when Representative Cramer (R.-Fla.)
proposed and won approval for an anti-riot measure. This measure prohibited the
interstate travel of professional demonstrators and troublemakers. It ultimately
prevailed over a watered-down Administration substitute but failed in the Senate.
Subsequently, approximately eighty Members of the House, Republican and Democrat,
introduced this anti-riot measure as separate legislation. Unfortunately, this
legislation was bottled up in the Democrat-controlled Judiciary Committee and
failed of passage before the end of the session.
In another and vital area of criminal law reform, the Narcotics Addict Rehabili-
tation Act of 1966, House Republicans again remained vigilant to the cause of law
and order. Republican-backed amendments were successful in turning back an Admini-
stration attempt to weaken the penalty structure of present law as it applies to
sellers of narcotic drugs. Mandatory minimum sentences, which nearly all witnesses
at the hearings had agreed upon as an effective deterrent to narcotics traffic, were
thereby maintained to assist law-enforcement officers in the war on narcotic
traffickers.
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U.S. HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES
REPUBLICAN POLICY
COMMITTEE
REP. JOHN J. RHODES, (R.-ARIZ.) CHAIRMAN
140 CANNON HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
TELEPHONE 225-6168
10
October 21, 1966
House Republican Accomplishments, Second Session, 89th Congress
Although outnumbered by more than two-to-one, Republicans in the Second
Session of the 89th Congress have made a record of real achievement and remarkable
unity.
In case after case, Republican Members have been affirmative, imaginative,
and effective. Opposition for the sake of opposition has not been a part of this
record. We have, as the Loyal Opposition, given every majority proposal thoughtful
but searching consideration. Whenever possible, we have tried to improve legis-
lation through amendment or alternative proposal.
We have, however, been strong insour opposition to all legislation that
was not in the public interest, and quick to call attention to those matters that
needed correction. This, I believe, is in the finest tradition of our great
deliberative body and our two-party system.
Republican accomplishments in 16 important areas are described briefly in
the attached summary, which is by no means exhaustive.
FORD is LIBRARY GERALD
1.
Saving the Small Business Administration
Under the Johnson-Humphrey Administration, the once-vital Small Business Admini-
stration that had been created as an independent agency in 1953 by a Republican
President, was downgraded and nearly destroyed. The Office of Administrator was
left vacant, the business loan program was gutted, and there were disturbing and
recurrent rumors that this independent agency was to be transferred to the Commerce
Department. Thanks to Republican efforts, this disastrous trend was reversed. In
a series of statements and releases, the plan to eliminate the spokesman for small
business in big government was exposed. As a result, the proposed transfer was
killed, an Administrator was appointed and the loan functions were reactivated.
(See February 23, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
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Rescuing the Maritime Industry
For some unfathomable reason, the Johnson-Humphrey Administration has chosen to
ignore our steadily deteriorating maritime industry. Our shipbuilding program is
lagging, our World War II reserve fleet is growing older and the expanding war in
Vietnam is putting the United States merchant fleet under tremendous pressure.
Even so, the Administration's total maritime budget for 1967 set a 7-year low.
While we have dropped to 12th place among the shipbuilding nations, Russia has risen
from 12th to 7th place. Faced with this serious situation, the Republican members
of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee and the Republican Policy Committee
set out to alert the American people to the perils of the Administration's course.
Although we have been unable to reverse this trend entirely, some significant gains
have been made. A bill that would establish the Maritime Administration as an
independent agency has been reported from committee. Also, an attempt to bury the
Maritime Administration in the newly-created Department of Transportation was
defeated. Finally, the Appropriations Committee increased the funds for ship
construction by $21.6 million.
Our national survival may depend upon the shipping that should be under construc-
tion but which the Johnson-Humphrey Administration has scuttled. Additional steps
must be taken to correct this disastrous situation. If the present trend continues,
this country that once boasted the greatest merchant fleet in the world will be
left on history's shore waiting for ships that never come in.
(See April 20, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
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Protecting the American Public's Right-to-Know
In an effort to conceal and cover-up, Federal Agencies have adopted 24 ways to
keep administrative information from public view. Bureaucratic gobbledygook used to
deny access to information has included such gems as "Eyes Only," "Limited Official
Use," "Confidential Treatment," and "Limitation on Availability of Equipment for
Public Reference.' In order to pierce this "paper curtain," Republican Members
sponsored and worked hard for the adoption of Freedom of Information legislation.
Due to the opposition of the Johnson-Humphrey Administration, this proposal was
bottled up in Committee for over a year. However, as a result of pressure from
Republicans, publishers, and representatives of the press, radio and T.V., it was
finally reported and enacted into law. Now, this legislation can help to blaze a
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trail of truthfulness and accurate disclosure in what has become a jungle of
falsification, unjustified secrecy, and misstatement by statistic. Hopefully, the
saying "Would you believe?" can once again become a line for comedians rather than
government press officials.
(See May 18, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
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Urging Election and Campaign Contribution Reform Legislation
Republican Members have responded to one of the great challenges of our times -
the reformation of our election and campaign contribution laws. In the past, there
have been a number of excellent studies and reports on this subject. President
Kennedy appointed a special Commission on Campaign Contributions, and in 1962 the
report of this Commission sparked the introduction of several bills. President
Johnson sent a message to Congress recommending that something be done but the
Administration bill, which was finally introduced, proved to be defective and
inadequate.
Alert to the importance of this legislation and the need for prompt action, the
Republican leadership in the House of Representatives introduced an election reform
bill that incorporated a number of the President's proposals, but also included
many significant improvements and additions. For example, the Republican bill
established a five-member Federal Elections Commission that would receive reports
and statements regarding campaign contributions and expenditures and investigate
allegations of wrongdoing. All contributions and expenditures of $100 or more
would have to be reported. A $100 income tax deduction for campaign contributions
is provided.
The Republican Members of the House Administration Committee pressed for and
obtained Committee hearings and consideration of this bill. As a result, the
Elections Subcommittee reported an Election Reform bill that contained many of the
Republican suggestions. Every Republican Member of the Subcommittee voted for this
bill and at the following meeting of the full Committee, all Republican Members
were present and ready to vote to report the bill for immediate floor consideration.
Unfortunately, the Democratic members would not join the Republicans. So, for this
session, this important bill has been killed. However, in the public interest,
this legislation must be enacted into law before the 1968 Presidential campaign.
Republicans will press for its adoption during the next Congress.
(See May 26, 1966 Policy Committee statement and Reprint of Congressional Record
dated August 30, 1966.)
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Assisting the Veterans
During the 89th Congress, action on two major veterans' bills resulted directly
from Republican leadership.
The Republican-supported Veterans' Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966 (PL 89-358)
provided educational benefits for veterans of current military service. This
essential legislation was enacted over the determined opposition of the Johnson-
Humphrey Administration. For example, in March 1965, an Administration spokesman
told a Senate Committee that enactment of such legislation would not be in accord
with the program of the President. Again in September 1965, Administration
spokesmen reiterated to a House Committee their opposition to pending veterans'
education bills.
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Recognizing the need for this legislation, the House Republican Policy Committee
in June 1965 urged Congress to provide educational benefits for Vietnam veterans
"as quickly as possible." Again in January 1966, the Policy Committee called for
"the immediate enactment of a bill that will authorize a program of education and
training for veterans of military service," and urged the Administration to support
this legislation. Such a bill became law on March 3, 1966. The President, in
approving the bill, said that he would sign it notwithstanding the fact that it went
further than he was willing to ask for this year.
The Republican-supported Veterans' Pension Act of 1966 (H.R. 17488) provides an
average 5.6 percent increase in monthly pension payments to 1.8 million veterans.
As early as October 1965, Republican Members of the House were calling for hearings
on proposals to liberalize the pension program. When hearings were held in July
1966, an Administration spokesman testified in opposition to all of the 188 pension
bills pending in the House. After rejecting Republican-sponsored amendments to
liberalize the bill by increasing the income limitations that control the monthly
rate of pension, the Veterans' Affairs Committee reported H.R. 17488.
On September 14, 1966, the House Republican Policy Committee endorsed H.R. 17488,
and criticized the Johnson-Humphrey Administration for the continued opposition to
legislation that would provide a much-needed cost-of-living rate increase for
veterans. At the same time, they called for an increase in the income limitations
of the existing pension laws.
(See January 26 and September 14, 1966 Policy Committee statements.)
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Reorganizing Congress
On July 28, 1966, the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress filed its
final report with Congress. This report contained a number of important recommenda-
tions that would materially strengthen and modernize Congress. Concerned by the
apparent decline of Congressional initiative and independence under the Johnson
Administration, the Republican Policy Committee joined the Republican Members of the
Joint Committee in urging the immediate consideration of the Committee recommenda-
tions. A bill entitled "The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1966, H.R. 17873,"
that would implement these recommendations was introduced by the ranking Republican
Member of the Joint Committee. Republicans believe that if Congress is to be a
more effective institution for carrying out its basic modern functions - legislative
review, and representative - it must be updated. Authority that has been unwisely
delegated to the executive must be regained. The continued dilution of its
historic role must be stopped. However, this cannot take place until the organi-
zational effectiveness and internal operation of Congress has been improved. The
recommendations of the Joint Committee provide a giant step in the right direction.
The Republican Members of the House of Representatives long have been interested
in Congressional reform. At the outset of this session of Congress, a task force of
the House Republicans on Congressional Reform and Minority Staffing was appointed to
study the matter of Congressional reform in depth. As a result of the work of this
task force, a book entitled "We Propose: A Modern Congress" has been published.
The conclusions and recommendations contained in this book were presented in full
to the Joint Committee and many of the recommendations of the committee stemmed
from the work of the task force.
(See October 10, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
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Helping College Students
One of the most successful programs designed to help students complete their
college education is the Student Loan Program of the National Defense Education Act
of 1958. Under this Republican-sponsored legislation, more than 968,000 students
have borrowed $834 million.
This year, the very existence of this vital program was threatened by the
Johnson-Humphrey Administration's recommendation that the program of direct loans
to students by participating colleges be scaled back and finally terminated in
favor of insured loans. Sensing that this course of action would be disastrous for
the many students who depend upon the loans, the Republican Members of Congress
insisted that the Student Loan Program be fully funded. Over the continued
opposition of the Administration, this was done. As a result, nearly half-a-million
students at 1,600 colleges and universities will be able to obtain loans and
$179 million in federal funds will be allocated to the participating institutions
for this purpose.
The wisdom of the Republican efforts on behalf of the student loan program has
been underlined by recent events. One of the first casualties of the Johnson
inflation and soaring interest rates was bank-made student loans. In many areas,
banks have stopped accepting applications for government-backed student loans. The
6 percent interest rate on a student loan is no longer attractive when banks can
charge their best credit risks 6 percent for short-term loans. If the Administra-
tion's attempt to sabotage the student loan program had not been blocked, many
students today would be out of money, out of luck, and out of school.
Increasing Social Security Benefits
Republican Members of Congress have demanded that Social Security benefits
should be increased now, not in January 1968 as belatedly proposed by President
Johnson. This would have been the case if the Democratic majority in Congress had
acted upon a Republican proposal that would have provided an automatic increase in
benefits whenever there is a stated increase in the consumer price index.
Great Society spending, and the accompanying budget deficits, and certain labor
settlements have spiraled living costs to a point where elderly citizens are hard-
pressed to make ends meet. There are nearly 40 million retired Americans who do
not enjoy the benefit of rising wages and income to cope with rising prices. They
are painfully aware that the purchasing power of our currency has eroded so that
the 1957-59 dollar is today worth 88 cents and the 1940 dollar is worth only
43 cents.
The Republican proposal would have provided an across-the-board 8 percent average
increase in benefits effective January 1, 1967 for approximately 22 million elderly
persons eligible for Social Security payments. It would have been financed from
the Social Security fund reserves without raising the Social Security tax rate or
the annual earnings base on which it is levied. The entire House Republican
membership urged Congress to stay in session until a benefits increase could be
worked out. Unfortunately, our pleas on behalf of the people hurt the most by
inflation, were not heeded by the Democratic majority.
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Strengthening P.L. 480 and the Food for Peace Program
In 1954, P.L. 480 was enacted into law under the leadership of President Eisen-
hower and by a Republican Congress. This is the cornerstone of "Food for Peace."
It has meant the difference between life and death for millions of people in a world
where much of the population is engaged in a race between food production and
population growth. This year the Republican Members of the House of Representatives
not only supported the extension of P.L. 480 but were instrumental in adding a
number of amendments that improved the legislation as follows:
1. Congressional review of the operation and administration of the
program was insured by limiting the extension to two years.
2. The basic concept of "friendly countries" was retained.
3. The effectiveness of the P.L. 480 Joint Congressional-Executive
Advisory Committee was improved.
4. A 5-percent cash payment in title I sales agreements will be insisted
upon when possible.
5. Food sold for foreign currencies will be identified as being provided
through the generosity of the American people.
6. Technical assistance in friendly developing countries was expanded
through a "farmer-to-farmer" program.
Over the determined opposition of the Johnson-Humphrey Administration, Republi-
cans also were successful in obtaining a ban on subsidized sales to nations that
trade with North Vietnam. Republicans believe that when Americans and their allies
are fighting and dying in the defense of freedom, nations that trade with those
with whom we are joined in combat should not receive special treatment and assistance
(See June 8 and September 27, 1966 Policy Committee statements.)
*****
Updating and Improving the Unemployment Compensation Laws
Under the leadership of the Republican Members of the Ways and Means Committee,
a bill was reported and passed by the House of Representatives that preserved the
highly-successful system of autonomous State programs of unemployment insurance.
In contrast to the Federal dictation and controls contained in the rejected Admini-
stration bill, the Republican-sponsored measure updated and improved the present
law as follows:
1. Thirteen weeks of extended unemployment compensation is provided during
periods of recession.
2. Coverage is extended to those workers who can be generally considered
"regularly" employed and for whom there can be reasonable standards of
availability for work.
3. Non-profit organizations are given the option of participating as
"self-insurers."
4. The wage base is increased from $3,000 to $3,900 beginning in 1969 and
to $4,200 beginning in 1972.
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5. A judicial review of determinations by the Secretary of Labor with
respect to qualifications of State plans is provided.
The House rejection of the Johnson-Humphrey Administration bill and the acceptance
of the Republican measure would have meant that the present program of unemployment
compensation, while continuing to provide necessary and essential assistance to the
involuntarily unemployed, would not become a federalized system that permits abuse
and encourages the unemployed to remain idle the maximum period of time rather than
accept suitable employment or enter training programs as quickly as possible.
(See June 21, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
*****
Implementing Water Pollution Control Activities
Although the Federal Government has played a leading role in the improvement of
our rivers and harbors, it was not until 1956 under the Eisenhower Administration
that the first comprehensive Federal Water Pollution Control Act was enacted. This
Act was a good beginning and laid a firm foundation for future action. However, to
be completely successful, there had to be greater State financial participation in
the construction of sewage treatment works. Thus, since 1959, the Republican
Members of the Committee on Public Works have insisted that any increase in funds
authorized for Federal grants must be used to accelerate needed construction by
offering an inducement to the States to participate in the cost of treatment plants.
The Water Pollution Control Act of 1966 that was supported by the Republican
Members and enacted into law accepts this principle. It contains substantial
inducements to the States to participate in the cost of projects under both the
accelerated existing program and the proposed clean rivers program.
Through the adoption of a Republican amendment, this law also provides the
foundation for future industrial pollution abatement. Under this measure, the
Secretary of Interior is directed to conduct an appropriate study of methods for
providing incentives to assist in the construction of facilities and works by
industry. Tax incentives, as well as other methods of financial assistance, are
provided. Seventy-percent Federal grants for research and demonstration projects
for prevention of pollution of waters by industry are made available also.
Water pollution poses a serious problem that must be solved. The legislation
sponsored and supported by the Republican Members of the House of Representatives
will do a great deal to assist in finding a solution. Moreover, the States, cities
and the communities will be encouraged to do their share in combatting the common
problem of water pollution.
(See September 14, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
Combatting Federal Controls
When the Defense Production Act was brought to the House Floor for extension, the
Democratic Members of the Banking and Currency Committee included in the legislation
a provision that would give the President standby authority to impose consumer
credit controls. Although faced with a serious inflationary situation, the 89th
Congress under its Democrat leadership was either unwilling or unable to control
the real cause of the inflationary problem - the Great Society spending. Instead,
they sought to impose governmental controls as a means of stemming the inflationary
tide.
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7.
The Republican Membership in the House of Representatives rejected and opposed
this radical and unnecessary proposal. They recognized that in a period of rising
inflation, it is the individual with a limited or fixed income that suffers the
greatest hardship. Without question, the real casualty of such controls would be
the family with substantial needs but moderate means. These individuals do not
have the resources to pay cash or make a large downpayment when they purchase an
automobile, a refrigerator, or some other household appliance.
Fortunately, a sufficient number of Democrat Members joined the Republicans and
the standby authority to impose consumer credit controls was stricken from the
legislation. In this instance, the control philosophy was voted down. Thus,
extreme and unwarranted powers were kept from the hands of the very individuals
whose spending policies have caused the inflationary problem.
(See June 14, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
*****
Fighting Waste, Bungling, and Scandal in the Poverty Program
During the past year, efforts by the Republican Members of the Education and
Labor Committee to gather information which would be helpful in drafting effective
anti-poverty legislation were hampered and handicapped at every turn. The Democrat
majority on the Committee repeatedly promised a full-fledged study and was given
$200,000 for this purpose. However, field hearings did not materialize and an
ever-changing investigative staff was confused by changes in direction, cancelled
trips, and recalls from investigations. The reports which were issued were sketchy
and contained statistics and percentages rather than material needed to draft
corrective legislation. Moreover, some reports were intentionally withheld from
the Republican Members.
The hearings that were finally held on the anti-poverty legislation developed
into an 8-day parade of Administration spokesmen and apologists for the poverty
program. The Republican Members of the Education and Labor Committee recommended
62 witnesses who were knowledgeable in all aspects of the anti-poverty program.
However, these recommendations were ignored and the hearings were abruptly termi-
nated. When Chairman Powell of the Education and Labor Committee was asked why
this had been done, his only reply was "Because I am the Chairman.'
In spite of this arbitrary and woefully inadequate action, there was no real
attempt made by the Democrat leadership to correct the many abuses and gross
mistakes that plagued the present program and $1.75 billion for fiscal year 1967
was ultimately authorized.
Fortunately for the American public, the Republican Members of the Education and
Labor Committee conducted an independent investigation of the poverty program.
Abuse after abuse was documented and exposed. A solid basis for an overall reform
of the anti-poverty program was established. In order to effectuate the essential
reforms and changes, the Republicans introduced substitute legislation entitled the
Republican Opportunity Crusade. Unfortunately, this bill and the reforms that it
would impose, was rejected. However, a good start on an eventual clean-up of
this scandal-ridden program has been made. Republicans will continue to press for
needed controls and reforms in the next Congress.
(See July 19, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
8.
Improving Public Transportation
In supporting the establishment of a new Department of Transportation, the
Republican Members of the House of Representatives continued the historic policy of
the Republican Party of encouraging the development of American transportation.
The need for better coordination among the various governmental agencies that deal
with transportation has been apparent for many years. In his final budget message
to Congress, President Eisenhower stated "A Department of Transportation should be
established so as to bring together at Cabinet level the presently fragmented
federal functions regarding transportation activities."
The Republican Members were concerned that in the Administration's rush to
create a Department of Transportation certain safeguards and considerations might
be overlooked. They found that the bill that was originally proposed by the
Johnson-Humphrey Administration would have granted the Secretary of Transportation
broad authority that invaded the policy-making authority of Congress. It would have
scrambled the now-independent accident investigation functions of the CAB with the
regulation and control of the airways. Also, the Maritime Administration would be
buried deep within the bureaucracy of the new Department.
Due to Republican efforts, the legislation creating the new Department has
corrected these defects in the original Administration bill. As a result, the
Department of Transportation, as it has now been established, will be able to
perform efficiently and effectively.
(See August 10, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)
Attacking Tight Money Problems
Although the big company with a large net profit may have little trouble borrow-
ing money, the individual who wants to buy a car, obtain a college loan, or purchase
a home has a terrific problem due to the present inflationary situation. If he is
lucky enough to find a lender, he may have to pay an extremely high rate of interest
to obtain a loan. Long before the Johnson-Humphrey Administration was willing to
even admit that a problem existed, the Republican Members of the House of Represen-
tatives recognized that the average person was being hurt in the present tight money
market and set out on a course of action that would afford this individual
meaningful relief.
They called for an immediate slash in non-defense, non-essential domestic spend-
ing - not just in regard to appropriations as the President urged, but also with
respect to new Great Society program authorizations that trigger the appropriations
process. They sought a reduction in point discounts on FHA and VA home financing
through an administrative adjustment of rates to a more realistic level. Republi-
cans opposed the enactment of the Sales Participation Act scheme, noting that a
program of this type could only mean additional government competition for the
already scarce investment dollar. (The Administration subsequently recognized its
error in enacting this proposal and suspended the sale of participations.)
Republican Members also called for the removal of FNMA's $15,000 administrative
limitation on purchases of mortgages under its secondary market operations. This,
too, has been implemented by the Administration. Finally, in order to cool off
competition for savings among the financial institutions, Republicans pressed for
and obtained sound remedial legislation.
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9.
It is unfortunate the Johnson-Humphrey Administration has been slow to awaken
to the dangers of this situation. Interest rates are now at the highest point
that they have been in over 40 years. These high interest rates have added
tremendously to the cost of financing the ever-mounting Federal debt. The rising
demand for credit by the Federal Government and business has drawn credit away
from credit-sensitive industries such as homebuilding. As a result, homebuilding
and home buying, one of the Nation's largest industries, is now faced with a major
crisis. Private housing starts in September were down 26 percent from September
1965. Applications for FHA-insured mortgages on existing homes were down
34 percent from a year ago.
In the next Congress, Republicans will continue to press for appropriate
remedial action. They will do all they can to help the pensioner, the Social
Security recipient, and the individual with a fixed income or a fixed wage who
has become the forgotten man of the Great Society.
(See May 10, June 8, and July 27, 1966 Policy Committee statements.)
*****
Maintaining Law and Order
Republicans of the 89th Congress have stood vigilant in protecting the public's
interest in, and demand for, measures assuring increased protection for law and
order in our society.
Of primary significance was the National Criminal Law Revision Commission bill
introduced by Representative Poff (R.-Va.) and twenty of his Republican colleagues
in June of this year. This bill was drafted and introduced when the President's
so-called "crime package" of legislation was found to be wanting. The Poff bill
was substituted for an unimaginative proposal in the President's package, received
bipartisan acclaim and support, and was passed by the House by a unanimous vote on
September 6, 1966.
Republicans again answered the growing demand for increased responsibility in
the streets and urban centers of our land when Representative Cramer (R.-Fla.)
proposed and won approval for an anti-riot measure. This measure prohibited the
interstate travel of professional demonstrators and troublemakers. It ultimately
prevailed over a watered-down Administration substitute but failed in the Senate.
Subsequently, approximately eighty Members of the House, Republican and Democrat,
introduced this anti-riot measure as separate legislation. Unfortunately, this
legislation was bottled up in the Democrat-controlled Judiciary Committee and
failed of passage before the end of the session.
In another and vital area of criminal law reform, the Narcotics Addict Rehabili-
tation Act of 1966, House Republicans again remained vigilant to the cause of law
and order. Republican-backed amendments were successful in turning back an Admini-
stration attempt to weaken the penalty structure of present law as it applies to
sellers of narcotic drugs. Mandatory minimum sentences, which nearly all witnesses
at the hearings had agreed upon as an effective deterrent to narcotics traffic, wer
thereby maintained to assist law-enforcement officers in the war on narcotic
traffickers.
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR RELEASE UPON RECEIPT
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1966
STATEMENT BY REP. GERALD R. FORD, R-MICHIGAN, REGARDING 2ND SESSION, 89TH CONGRESS.
The 89th Congress had some successes in its second session, but it will be most
remembered for one glaring failure.
That failure was the refusal of this Democratic Congress, this Congress with
greater than 2-to-1 Democratic majorities, to come to grips with inflation and thus
strike a blow for the little people and the aged.
The destructiveness of the inflation now plaguing this country is worsening.
The cost of living is continuing its sharp and steady climb. Yet this Democratic
Congress refused to help hold down prices by cutting several billions in unnecessary
federal spending. This Democratic Congress instead insisted on further inflating
President Johnson's already-inflated budget.
The Nation has just suffered through a nearly-10-month legislative session with
the "spendingest" President and Congress in our country's history. Together this
combination spells Johnson-Democrat inflation, and that is the story of the second
session, 89th Congress.
This Democratic Congress recorded another failure closely related to Johnson-
Democrat inflation. The Congress did not increase Social Security benefits this year.
Johnson-Democrat inflation demanded that there be action. Republicans urged passage
of Social Security legislation at this session and introduced bills providing for
automatic increases in benefits tied to the cost of living without a payroll tax
increase.
President Johnson and Democrats in Congress ignored Republican pleas. Then
Mr. Johnson suddenly--near the end of the session--called for congressional action
next year on a benefits increase effective not now but in January, 1968. It was an
increase to be financed by a payroll tax boost. When Republicans then demanded an
immediate 8% across-the-board increase in Social Security benefits without a payroll
tax increase, Democratic leaders shrugged it off.
Please note the answer Republicans received when Rep. John W. Byrnes, R-Wis.,
proposed a $1.6 billion benefits boost without a payroll tax increase. HEW Under-
secretary Wilbur J. Cohen said this could be done but it might contribute substan-
tially to present inflationary pressures. The circle came right back to Johnson-
Democrat inflation--the inflation which had created the need for a Social Security
benefits increase in the first place.
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RE: 2ND SESSION, 89TH CONGRESS
Repeatedly during this session of Congress, President Johnson himself has hung
a spender tag on his lopsided Democratic majorities, Yet in a recent campaign speech,
Mr. Johnson said the historians would rate the 89th as "the great Congress." The
President really ought to make up his mind. He can't have it both ways.
At the end of the last session, Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield said the
89th Congress in its second session ought to "spend less time on new legislation and
more time correcting oversights in legislation we have just passed."
Instead the Congress busied itself this year rushing through a whole new batch
of legislation proposed by Mr. Johnson. Whatever loophole plugging and remedial
action was taken resulted primarily because of Republican pressure.
You might call the tiny band of Republican Congressmen in the 89th the mighty
minority because they:
*
Helped write into the foreign aid bill a strict prohibition against aid to
any free world nation trading with North Vietnam or Cuba.
*
Helped hold the mass transit authorization to the $150 million figure asked
by the President, reducing it from the $175 million sought by House Democratic leaders.
*
Gained a change in the investment tax credit suspension bill to let business
firms take the 7 per cent credit for investments in air and water pollution control.
*
Exerted pressure which resulted in a $7,500 ceiling on expenses for training
a Job Corps enrollee.
Won approval of Poverty War amendment requiring one-third participation by
the poor in local community action programs.
*
Led a successful fight to include in the Food for Freedom Act a ban on
subsidized food sales to countries trading with North Vietnam.
*
Succeeded in keeping the Federal Maritime Administration out of the new
Transportation Department so that there can be a concerted effort in the years ahead
to rebuild the U.S. merchant fleet.
*
Kept constant pressure on big-spending Democrats and thus kept their spending
fever from getting worse than it was.
These were among the accomplishments of the 89th Congress, second session--
improvements promoted by the mighty minority.
###
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR RELEASE UPON RECEIPT
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1966
STATEMENT BY REP. GERALD R. FORD, R-MICHIGAN, REGARDING 2ND SESSION, 89TH CONGRESS.
The 89th Congress had some successes in its second session, but it will be most
remembered for one glaring failure.
That failure was the refusal of this Democratic Congress, this Congress with
greater than 2-to-1 Democratic majorities, to come to grips with inflation and thus
strike a blow for the little people and the aged.
The destructiveness of the inflation now plaguing this country is worsening.
The cost of living is continuing its sharp and steady climb. Yet this Democratic
Congress refused to help hold down prices by cutting several billions in unnecessary
federal spending. This Democratic Congress instead insisted on further inflating
President Johnson's already-inflated budget.
The Nation has just suffered through a nearly-10-month legislative session with
the "spendingest" President and Congress in our country's history. Together this
combination spells Johnson-Democrat inflation, and that is the story of the second
session, 89th Congress.
This Democratic Congress recorded another failure closely related to Johnson-
Democrat inflation. The Congress did not increase Social Security benefits this year.
Johnson-Democrat inflation demanded that there be action. Republicans urged passage
of Social Security legislation at this session and introduced bills providing for
automatic increases in benefits tied to the cost of living without a payroll tax
increase.
President Johnson and Democrats in Congress ignored Republican pleas. Then
Mr. Johnson suddenly--near the end of the session--called for congressional action
next year on a benefits increase effective not now but in January, 1968. It was an
increase to be financed by a payroll tax boost. When Republicans then demanded an
immediate 8% across-the-board increase in Social Security benefits without a payroll
tax increase, Democratic leaders shrugged it off.
Please note the answer Republicans received when Rep. John W. Byrnes, R-Wis.,
proposed a $1.6 billion benefits boost without a payroll tax increase. HEW Under-
secretary Wilbur J. Cohen said this could be done but it might contribute substan-
tially to present inflationary pressures. The circle came right back to Johnson-
Democrat inflation--the inflation which had created the need for a Social Security
benefits increase in the first place.
(MORE)
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RE: 2ND SESSION, 89TH CONGRESS
Repeatedly during this session of Congress, President Johnson himself has hung
a spender tag on his lopsided Democratic majorities. Yet in a recent campaign speech,
Mr. Johnson said the historians would rate the 89th as "the great Congress." The
President really ought to make up his mind. He can't have it both ways.
At the end of the last session, Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield said the
89th Congress in its second session ought to "spend less time on new legislation and
more time correcting oversights in legislation we have just passed."
Instead the Congress busied itself this year rushing through a whole new batch
of legislation proposed by Mr. Johnson. Whatever loophole plugging and remedial
action was taken resulted primarily because of Republican pressure.
You might call the tiny band of Republican Congressmen in the 89th the mighty
minority because they:
*
Helped write into the foreign aid bill a strict prohibition against aid to
any free world nation trading with North Vietnam or Cuba.
*
Helped hold the mass transit authorization to the $150 million figure asked
by the President, reducing it from the $175 million sought by House Democratic leaders.
*
Gained a change in the investment tax credit suspension bill to let business
firms take the 7 per cent credit for investments in air and water pollution control.
*
Exerted pressure which resulted in a $7,500 ceiling on expenses for training
a Job Corps enrollee.
*
Won approval of Poverty War amendment requiring one-third participation by
the poor in local community action programs.
*
Led a successful fight to include in the Food for Freedom Act a ban on
subsidized food sales to countries trading with North Vietnam.
*
Succeeded in keeping the Federal Maritime Administration out of the new
Transportation Department so that there can be a concerted effort in the years ahead
to rebuild the U.S. merchant fleet.
*
Kept constant pressure on big-spending Democrats and thus kept their spending
fever from getting worse than it was.
These were among the accomplishments of the 89th Congress, second session--
improvements promoted by the mighty minority.
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October 25, 1966
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- APPENDIX
A5565
For the purposes of supporting programs
fered. which also authorizes the use of
our present plans contemplate $20 million
under 8 3006 in the field of family planning.
excess foreign currencies-oounterpart
in flaced year 1968, 825 million in fiscal year
our present plans contemplate @20 million
funds-for voluntary family planning
1969. and $30 million in Basal year 1970. We
in fiscal year 1908. $25 million in fiscal year
1969. and 830 million in fiscal year 1970. We
programs overseas. The definition of
will review these figures in connection with
will review these figures in connection with
voluntary family planning programs in-
our next year's program. In addition funds
are also being made available for family
our next year's program. In addition, funds
cludes "the dissemination of family
planning through Title XIX of the Social
are also being made available for family
planning information, medical assist-
Security Act, Medical Assistance Program:
planning through Title XIX of the Social
ance, and supplies to individuals who
Maternity and Infant Care project grants;
Security Act. Medical Assistance Program:
desire such assistance." During the con-
and formula grants to the States for Maternal
Maternity and Infant Care project grants
sideration of the bill, the Congress af-
and Child Health Services.
and formula grants to the States for Ma-
firmed that AID already possesses au-
In view of your deep and continuing in-
ternal and Child Health Services
thority to use dollar funds, as well as
terest in family planning, I am enclosing a
I ask that the entire letter be re-
local currencies, for "technical assistance
copy of the Departmental Report which sum-
printed in the RECORD at the conclusion
and other activities in the field of popu-
merizes the current activities of our operat-
ing agencies in this important field.
of my remarks.
lation control."
Sincerely yours.
Without objection, it is 80 ordered.
Taken together, these bills provide a
(See exhibit
strong statutory basis for the expansion
Under Secretary.
Mr. TYDINGS This projection of
of federally supported family planning
expenditures indicates that the Depart-
programs at home and abroad. There
ment has now recognized the dimensions
can no longer be any doubt in the admin-
of the family planning problem in the
istration or the country that this Con-
United States and its willingness to com-
gress was determined to defuse the pop-
Statement by Representative Gerald R.
mit funds of sufficient magnitude to be-
ulation bomb.
Ford, Republican, of Michigan, Regard-
gin meeting that problem.
The population clocks ticks every hour
As I pointed out at the time I intro-
of every day. There is not a moment to
ing 2d Session, 89th Congress
duced my domestic family planning bill.
lose in dealing with what President
we need to spend between $75 and $100
Johnson has called the most profound
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
million each year to provide family plan-
challenge to the future of all the world.
OF
ning services to the 5 million indigent
It now remains for the administration to
women of childbearing age who can be
provide the intiative. the energy. and
HON. GERALD R. FORD
expected to desire such services.
the staff to implement these programs
OF MICHIGAN
While the spending levels projected
effectively.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
by the Department will not meet the
OCTOBER 20, 1966.
whole need, they will go a long way, and
1
Saturday, October 22, 1966
are of an order of magnitude of 5 to 10
Hon. JOSEPH D. TYDINGS
Mr. GERALD R. FORD. Mr. Speaker,
times the present spending levels. This
U.S. Senate
the 89th Congress had some successes in
Wash lagton, D.C
is an important breakthrough
its 2d session, but it will be most remem-
DEAR SENATOR TYPINES: Thank you for your
Other significant developments in the
letter or October 10 and for your interest in
bered for one glartng failure.
domestic field include two amendments
8. 3006 which would enable the Department
That failure was the refusal of this
to the Economic Opportunity Act which,
to develop programs in family planning
Democratic Congress, this Congress with
first. gives the local ecommunity action
We have indicated in testimony in both
greater than 2-to-1 Democratic major-
agency, rather than the Office of Eco-
the Senson and the House of Representatives
itles, to come to grips with inflation and
nomic Opportunity. the authority to de-
that family planning programs can be devel-
thus strike & blow for the little people
oped no an integral part of comprehensive
termine whether unmarried women shall
health services within the States S 3008
and the aged.
be eligible to receive family planning In-
assures that domprehensive public health
The destructiveness of the inflation
formation: and. second. authorizes $61
services in which family planning would be
now plaguing this country is worsening.
million for neighborhood health centers,
included, can be developed through a flexi-
The cost of living is continuing 115 sharp
which may Include family planning
bia State grant program administered by the
and steady climb Yet this Democratic
services.
Public Health Service This would be ac-
complished in two ways. Brue, by providing
Congress refused to help hold down prices
The Congress also appropriated $2.5
non-cAtegorical formula grant support to
by cutting several billions in unnecessary
million. over and above the President's
localities and States for usilizing Federal
Federal spending. This Democratic Con-
budget requests. for the National Insta-
amistance to must Whetr shout important
gress instead Insisted on further inflat-
tute of Child Health and Human Devel-
health problems lane secondly by means of
Ing President Johnson's already-inflated
opment to conduct research in the area
project grants for health services develop-
budget.
of population dynamics with particular
ment which would emable the Public Health
The Nation has just suffered through
emphasis upon research on the compara-
Service to award "grants to any public or
non-profts agency, institution. or organiza-
a nearly 10-month legislative session
tive effectiveness and impact of various
sion LO cover part the cost of (1) provid-
with the "spendingest" President and
contraceptive devices" and for training
ing service to meet health needs of limited
Congress in our country's history To-
in the field of reproductive biology
geographic acope or of specialised regional
gether this combination spells Johnson-
II. FOREIGN FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM
or national significance, (2) stimulating and
Democrat inflation, and that is the story
Significant breakthroughs were also
supporting for an initial period new pro-
of the 2d session, 89th Congress
achieved in the foreign field.
grams of health service or (3) undertaking
studies, demonstrations, or training designed
This Democratic Congress recorded
The food-for-peace bill establishes a
to develop new methods or improve existing
another failure closely related to John-
2-year program of food assistance to de-
methods of providing health services Proj-
son-Democrat inflation. The Congress
veloping nations. It explicitly permits
ect grant awards may be made to public
did not increase social security benefits
the local currencies generated by the sale
agencies such as State county or metropoli-
this year. Johnson-Democrat inflation
of U.S. agricultural commodities to be
tan health departments, universities hos-
demanded that there be action. Repub-
used:
pitals. and to non-profit private voluntary
licans urged passage of social security
organisations such AS universities hospitals
Por financing. at the request of such coun-
and voluntary agencies.
legislation at this session and introduced
try. programs emphasising maternal wel-
In his recent testimony before the House
bills providing for automatic increases
fare, child health and nutrition. and activi-
Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com-
in benefits tied to the cost of living with-
ties, where participation is voluntary, related
merce the Surgeon General, Dr. William H.
out a payroll tax increase.
to the problems of population growth, under
Stewart, in response to specific questions by
President Johnson and Democrats in
procedures established by the President
Representative Samuel N Priedel, indicated
through any agency of the United States or
Congress ignored Republican pleas
that both the formula grant to States for
thorugh any local agency which he de-
comprehensive public health services and
Then Mr. Johnson suddenly-near the
termines is qualified to administer such
the project grant for health services develop-
end of the seasion-called for congres-
activities.
ment can be used to support family planning
sional action next year on a benefits in-
activities.
The Foreign Assistance Act of 1966 in-
crease effective not now but in January
For the purposes of supporting programs
1968 It was an increase to be financed
corporates an amendment, which I of-
under 8. 3008 in the field of family planning.
by a payroll tax boost When Republi-
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - APPENDIX
October 25, 1966
cans then demanded an immediate 8-
Summary of Activities by the Senate Com-
Authorizes 30 days leave and round trip
percent across-the-board increase in
transportation to the United States or to a
mittee on Armed Services
social security benefits without a payroll
place a member selects to a member of our
tax increase, Democratic leaders shrug-
armed forces in Vietnam who voluntarily ex-
ged it off.
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
tends his duty there for at least six months
Please note the answer Republicans
OF
P.L. 89-534 Gold Star lapel buttons
Authorizes gold star lapel buttons to the
received when Representative JOHN W.
HON. MIKE MANSFIELD
next of kin of members of the armed forces
BYRNES, Republican, of Wisconsin, pro-
who lost their lives in Vietnam or as a result
posed a $1.6 billion benefits boost without
OF MONTANA
of cold war incidents
A payroll tax increase. HEW Under Sec-
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
H.R. 5297: Limiting revocation of retired
retary Wilbur J. Cohen said this could
Saturday October 22. 1966
pay.
be done but it might contribute substan-
Requires that reservista completing 20
Mr MANSFIELD Mr. President. I
years of satisfactory Federal service be
tially to present inflationary pressures.
ask unanimous consent to insert in the
furnished a certificate to this effect and that
The circle came right back to Johnson-
RECORD A summary of activities by the
payment of retired pay beginning at age 60
Democrat inflation-the inflation which
Senate Committee on Armed Services
based on such certificate may not be revoked
had created the need for a social security
except for fraud
There being no objection, the summary
benefits increase in the first place.
P.L. 490 Loan of equipment to Boy
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD.
Repeatedly during this session of Con-
Scouts.
as follows:
gress, President Johnson himself has
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to lend
SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES BY SENATE COMMIT-
hung a spender tag on his lopsided
equipment and to provide transportation and
TEE ON ARMED SERVICES, 89TH CONGRESS,
services to the Boy Scouts of America in
Democratic majorities. Yet in a recent
20 SENSION
connection with the Twelfth Boy Scouts
campaign speech, Mr. Johnson said the
LEGISLATION
World Jamburee and Twenty-first Boy Scouts
historians would rate the 89th as "the
P.L. 89-367 Supplemental 1966 authoriza-
World Conference to be held in 1967.
great Congress." The President really
tion for the procurement of aircraft mis-
S. 2444: Alaska communications disposal
ought to make up his mind. He cannot
alles naval vessels, and tracked combat vehi-
Authorizes the disposal of the Government-
have it both ways
cles, for research. development. test. and
owned long-lines communication facilities
At the end of the last session. Senate
evaluation. and for military construction
in the State of Alaska
Majority Leader MIKE MANSFIELD said the
Authorizes appropriations for these pur-
S 3834 Price adjustments on Defense milk
poses in the amount of $4,857,450.000
contracts.
89th Congress in its 2d session
P.I. 89 501 Authorising appropriations
Permits adjustment of contract price on
ought to "spend less time on new legisla-
during fiscal year 1967 for procurement of
certain milk contracts by the Department of
tion and more time correcting oversights
aircraft missiles naval vessels, and tracked
Defense where the cost of milk was affected
in legislation we have just passed."
combat vehicles, and for research develop-
by marketing orders by the Department of
Instead the Congress busled itself this
ment test. and evaluation for the armed
Agriculture
year rushing through a whole new batch
forces and military pay increase
s 3887 Attendance at military academies
of legislation proposed by Mr. Johnson
Authorizes appropriations for these pur-
of certain foreign nationals.
poses in the amount of $17,480,759,000
Permits admission of a limited number of
Whatever loophole plugging and reme-
dial action was taken resulted primarily
Provides a pay increase for members of the
students from countries associated in the de-
uniformed services of 3.2 percent
fense of South Vietnam to service academies
because of Republican pressure.
PL 89-568 Military construction author-
of the United States
You might call the tiny band of Repub-
ization
H R. 266 Extending time for selecting re-
lican Congressmen in the 89th the mighty
Authorizes military construction and pro-
tirement home
minority because they-
video authorization for housing construe-
Permits an extension in the time allowed
Helped write into the foreign aid bill a
tion and maintenance in the amount of
for selecting a home to which transportation
strict prohibition against aid to any free
$1,500,842,000
allowances are paid upon release from mill-
PL 614 Military medical benefits
tary service
world nation trading with North Viet-
nam or Cuba.
Authorizes MIL improved health benefits
P.I. 89 603 Grade of brigadier general in
program for members of the uniformed serv-
medical service corps of regular Army
Helped hold the mass transit author-
ices and their dependents and for retired
Permite officers In the medical service corps
Ization to the $150 million figure asked
members by initiating at program of out-
of the regular Army to be appointed to the
by the President. reducing it from the
patient care from civilian medical sources
grade of brigadier general
$175 million sought by House Democratic
for dependents of members and by providing
PL 89-607 Exempting certain contrac-
is program of care in civilian facilities for
tors from examination-of-records clause
leaders
retired members of the uniformed services
Facilitates certain procurement overseas
Gained a change in the investment tax
P.L. 89-606 Increasing number of Air
by authorizing waiver of examination-of-
credit suspension bill to let business firms
Force colonels and lieutenant colonels
records clause in circumstances in which it
take the 7-percent credit for investments
Provides an enhanced promotion oppor-
is impracticable to include such a clause.
in air and water pollution control
tunity for Air Force officers to the grade of
P.L. 89-609 Male nurses
Exerted pressure which resulted in a
colonel and lieutenant colonel by authoriz-
Authorises regular commissions for male
ing and increase in the number of officers that
nurses for the Armed Forces
$7,500 celling on expenses for training a
Job Corps enrollee.
may hold these grades.
PL 89-483 Civil defense emergency au-
thorization
PL 89-650: Candidates for appointment
Won approval of poverty war amend-
to the military academies
Extends the authority of the President to
ment requiring one-third participation
Permits the sons of Reserve officers who
proclaim a civil defense emergency and to
by the poor in local community action
have been on active duty for more than eight
invoke emergency powers in such an event.
years to be eligible to compete for Prest-
H.R. 10646. Exemplary rehabilitation cer-
programs.
tificates
Led R successful Aght to include in the
dential appointments to the military aca.
denies and permits the sons of members of
Permits the Department of Labor to award
Food for Freedom Act a ban on sub-
the uniformed services who were killed or
an exemplary rehabilitation certificate to a
sidized food sales to countries trading
totally disabled in the line of duty at any
member of the Armed Forces who has re-
with North Vietnam
time to be eligible to compete for such ap-
celved A leas than honorable discharge and
pointments
who can show that his post service conduct
Succeeded in keeping the Federal
Maritime Administration out of the new
PL 80-608 Emergency evacuation allow-
has been exemplary
ance
H.R. 14741. Marine Corps generals.
Transportation Department so that
Extends authorization for the payment of
Increases the number of Marine Corps of-
there can be a concerted effort in the
special allowances to dependents of members
ficers that can be general officers.
years ahead to rebuild the U.S. merchant
of the uniformed services who are evacuated
P.L. 89-536 Salary of academic dean of
fleet.
under emergency circumstances
Naval Postgraduate School
Amends a limitation on the salary of the
Kept constant pressure on big-spend-
P.L. 89-538 Savings deposits for members
ing Democrats and thus kept their
of the uniformed services overseas
academic dean of the Naval Postgraduate
School.
spending fever from getting worse than
To counter an adverse balance of payments
PL 89-398 Loan of navy vessels the Re-
it was
and to encourage thrift. permits an interest
public of China
rate as high as 10 percent to be paid on pay
These were among the accomplish-
Authorizes the loan of one destroyer and
and allowances that are deposited by mein-
one destroyer escort to the Republic of
ments of the 89th Congress. 2d session-
bers of the Armed Forces overseas.
China
improvements promoted by the mighty
H 15748 Thirty days leave and transpor-
P.L. 89-533 Donation of obsolete weapon
minority.
tation extending service in Vietnam.
to Germany.
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
STATEMENT BY HOUSE MINORITY LEADER GERALD R. FORD, R-MICH., RE 1966 ELECTIONS
The voters Tuesday took a sizable step forward--toward Responsible
Government. The Republican gains registered throughout the country were
a victory not only for the Republican Party but for the American people.
The election results are particularly meaningful for the House of
Representatives. The forces of moderation will be measurably strengthened
in the next Congress. Republicans will have greater representation on
congressional committees and will be able to take a hand in writing the
nation's laws. This means Republicans can concentrate on building a
record in the 90th Congress and on pointing the nation's course toward
more responsible government. This promises a healthy choice for the
voters in 1968.
Perhaps the most salutary effect of the 1966 elections is that there
may be more prudent and frugal use of the taxpayers' money by the 90th
Congress because of the increase in Republican numbers. This could serve
as a brake on inflation and help to steady the economy.
The voters made some wise choices on Tuesday. I only hope the good-
government process begun in the 1966 elections is completed in 1968.
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"ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box D6, folder \"Ford Press Releases - Congress,\n1965-1966\" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the\nGerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. The Council donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nDigitized from Box D6 of The Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\n89th CONGRESS: 1st SESSION\nPercentage\nVotes to\nof Deviation\nWin Rep.\nRoll Call\nMeasure; Proposal\nRep.\nDem.\nPosition\n7\nH. J. Res. 234: To recommit in order to stop\n0.\n30.3\n0\nshipment of certain surplus farm commodities\nto Col. Nasser of Egypt. (Passed 204-177)\n10\nH.J. Res. 234: To insist on House provisions\n.7\n13.4\n41\nrelative to shipment of farm products to Col.\nNasser.\n(Defeated 161-241)\n23\nH. Res. 188: To recommit resolution providing\n.7\n17.9\n0\nfunds for Committee on Un-American Activities\nin order to hold hearings on justification.\n(Defeated 58-332)\n24\nH. Res 188: To provide $370,000 for operating\n0.\n11.\n0\nCommittee on Un-American Activities.\n(Passed 359-29)\n62\nH. R. 980: To make it more difficult to\n1.6\n7.4\n0\nsend obscene material thru mails.\n(Passed 360-21)\n70\nH. R. 6675: To recommit Social Security\n7.2\n21.8\n23\nbill in order to substitute Republican proposal\nfor \"Medicare.\"\n(Defeated 191-236)\n109\nH. R. 7750: To recommit foreign aid authori- 10.7\n23.2\n21\nzation to cut cost and to restrict activities of\ncommunist-dominated labor unions in connection\nwith housing projects receiving our aid in Latin\nAmerica.\n(Defeated 178-219)\n112\nH. R. 8370: To recommit Agriculture appro-\n1.6\n23.4\n11\npriation bill to restrict exportation of cer-\ntain surplus farm products to United Arab\nRepublic and Indonesia. (Defeated 187-208)\n126\nH. R. 8775: To recommit legisltive appro-\n:7\n7.9\n48\npriation bill to delete $35,000 for employment\nof 16 operators to run automatic elevators.\n(Defeated 149-244)\n131\nH.Con. Res. 285: To amend resolution on show-\n0.\n18.5\n22\ning of USIA film on Pres. Kennedy in U.S. to\nprovide that no fee shall be charged.\n(Defeated 174-216)\n141\nH. R.\n6927: To substitute an \"Office of\n3.9\n6.9\n60\nUrban Affairs\" in Executive Office in place of\nnew cabinet-level Department of Housing and\nUrban Development.\n(Defeated 141-259)\n142\nH. R. 6927: To approve bill establishing\n7.1\n24.1\n17\nnew Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.\n(Passed 217-184)\n155\nH.J. Res.541: To extend Area Redevelopment\n12.1\n19.7\n29\nAct for two months.\n(Passed 224-167)\n163\nH.R. 7984: To delete section on \"rent supple-\n2.9\n26.1\n4\nments\" from Housing bill. (Defeated 202-208)\n164\nH.R. 7984: On final passage of Housing bill.\n19.3\n21.5\n39\n(Passed 245-169)\n175\nH.R. 6400: On the \"honest elections\" amend-\n0.\n41.5\n0\nment to Voting Rights bill. (Passed 253-165)\nPage 2\n89th Congress: 1st Session\nPercentage\nVotes to\nof Deviation\nWin Rep.\nRoll Call\nMeasure Proposal\nRep.\nDem.\nPosition\n176\nH. R. 6400: To adopt the Boggs Amendment\n13.2\n102.\n0\nweakening the voting rights bill by making\nit inoperative in counties where only at\nleast 50% of Negroes are registered.\n(Defeated 155-262)\n177\nH.R. 6400: An amendment to permit those\n7.4\n32.1\n0\nilliterate in English to vote if had completed\n6th grade in Spanish-language schools.\n(Defeated 202-216)\n178\nH.R. 6400: To substitute McCulloch-Ford\n15.4\n19.8\n39\nvoting rights bill for H.R. 6400.\n(Defeated 171-248)\n196\nH.R. 8283: To recommit Poverty bill to keep\n9.7\n21.\n25\nGovernor's veto and to reduce 1966 authoriza-\ntion to an amount equal to that for 1965.\n(Defeated 178-227)\n208\nH.R. 77: To recommit bill to repeal Section\n13.7\n28.2\n12\n14b of Taft Hartley.\n(Defeated 200-223)\n209\nH.R. 77: To repeal Sec. 14b of Taft Hartley\n15.2\n30.1\n10\n(Passed 221-203)\n234\nS.1648: To amend to make more areas eligible\n7.\n28.6\n2\nfor grants under the Public Works and Economic\nDevelopment Act and to increase the authorization.\n(Passed 196-194)\n235\nS.1648: To recommit Public Works and Economic\n8\n18.3\n31\nDevelopment Act in order to reduce cost by $85\nmillion and require annual review of expenditure\nby Congress.\n(Defeated 163-224)\n243\nH.R. 9811: To recommit omnibus farm bill.\n11.3\n21.9\n28\n(Defeated 169-224)\n244\nH.R. 9811: To pass omnibus farm bill.\n15.4\n25.2\n25\n(Passed 221-172)\n248\nH.R. 2580: To amend the immigration bill to\n9.7\n25.\n15\ninclude a limitation on immigration from the\nwestern hemisphere.\n(Defeated 189-218)\n299\nH.R. 8283: To recommit anti-poverty bill to\n0\n31\n0\nconference in order to insist on House position\non governor's veto.\n(Passed 209-180)\n303\nH. Res 574: To kill the resolution asking\n0\n25\n4\nPostmaster General to provide names of summer\npostal employees.\n(Passed 186-180)\nOn these 29 significant votes: thru September 24\nAverage deviation\nRepublican\n6.7 percent\nDemocrat\n23.0 percent\nVote changes needed to obtain Republican victory:\nAverage:\n24\nNumber of instances where 30 or more votes needed:\n6\nNumber of instances requiring less than 30 votes:\n15\nNumber of instances in which Rep. views prevailed:\n8\n89th CONGRESS: 1st SESSION\nchanges\nneeded\nPercentage\nVotes to\nof Deviation\nWin Rep.\nRoll Call\nMeasure; Proposal\nRep.\nDem.\nPosition\n7\nH. J. Res.234: To recommit in order to stop\n0.\n30.3\n0\nshipment of certain surplus farm commodities\nto Col. Nasser of Egypt. (Passed 204-177)\n10\nH.J. Res. 234: To insist on House provisions\n.7\n13.4\n41\nrelative to shipment of farm products to Col.\nNasser.\n(Defeated 161-241)\n23\nH. Res. 188: To recommit resolution providing\n.7\n17.9\n0\nfunds for Committee on Un-American Activities\nin order to hold hearings on justification.\n(Defeated 58-332)\n24\nH. Res 188: To provide $370,000 for operating\n0.\n11.\n0\nCommittee on Un-American Activities.\n(Fassed 359-29)\n62\nH. R% 980: To make it more difficult to\n1.6\n7.4\n0\nsend obscene material thru mails.\n(Passed 360-21)\n70\nH. R. . 6675: To recommit Social Security\n7.2\n21.8\n23\nbill in order to substitute Republican proposal\nfor \"Medicare.\"\n(Defeated 191-236)\n109\nH. R. 7750: To recommit foreign aid authori- 10.9\n23.2\n21\nzation to cut cost and to restrict activities of\ncommunist-dominated labor unions in connection\nwith housing projects receiving our aid in Latin\nAmerica.\n(Defeated 178-219)\n112\nH. R. 8370: To recommit Agriculture appro-\n1.6\n23.4\n11\npriation bill to restrict exportation of cer-\ntain surplus farm products to United Atab\nRepublic and Indonesia. (Defeated 187-208)\n126\nH. R. 8775: To recommit legisltive appro-\n17\n7.9\n48\npriation bill to delete $35,000 for employment\nof 16 operators to run automatic elevators.\n(Defeated 149-244)\n131\nH.Con Res. 285: To amend resolution on show-\n0.\n18.5\n22\ning of USIA film on Pres. Kennedy in U.S. to\nprovide that no fee shall be charged.\n(Defeated 174-216)\n141\nH. R. 6927: To substitute an \"Office of\n3.9\n6.9\n60\nUrban Affairs\" in Executive Office in place of\nnew cabinet-level Department of Housing and\nUrban Development.\n(Defeated 141-259)\n142\nH. R. 6927: To approve bill establishing\n7.1\n24.1\n17\nnew Dept. of Housing and Urban Deve opment.\n(Passed 217-184)\n155\nH.J. Res.541: To extend Area Redevelopment\n12.1\n19.7\n29\nAct for two months.\n(Passed 224-167)\n163\nH.R. 7984: To delete section on \"rent supple-\n2.9\n26.1\n4\nments\" from Housing bill. (Defeated 202-208)\n164\nH.R. 7984: On final passage of Housing bill, 19.3\n21.5\n39\n(Passed 245-169)\n175\nH.R. 6400: On the \"honest elections\" amend-\n0.\n41.5\n0\nment to Voting Rights bill. (Passed 253-165)\nPage 2\n89th Congress: 1st Session\nPercentage\nVotes to\nof Deviation\nWin Rep.\nRoll Call\nMeasure Proposal\nRep.\nDem.\nPosition\n176\nH. R. 6400: To adopt the Boggs Amendment\n13.2\n102.\n0\nweakening the voting rights bill by making\nit inoperative in counties where only at\nleast 50% of Negroes are registered.\n(Defeated 155-262)\n177\nH.R. 6400: An amendment to permit those\n7.4\n32.1\n0\nilliterate in English to vote if had completed\n6th grade in Spanish-language schools.\n(Defeated 202-216)\n178\nH.R. 6400: To substitute McCulloch-Ford\n15.4\n19.8\n39\nvoting rights bill for H.R. 6400.\n(Defeated 171-248)\n196\nH.R. 8283: To recommit Poverty bill to keep\n9.7\n21.\n25\nGovernor's veto and to reduce 1966 authoriza-\ntion to an amount equal to that for 1965.\n(Defeated 178-227)\n208\nH.R. 77: To recommit bill to repeal Section\n13.7\n28.2\n12\n14b of Taft Hartley.\n(Defeated 200-223)\n209\nH.R. 77: To repeal Sec. 14b of Taft Hartley\n15.2\n30.1\n10\n(Passed 221-203)\n234\nS.1648: To amend to make more areas eligible\n7.\n28.6\n2\nfor grants under the Public Works and Economic\nDevelopment Act and to increase the authorization.\n(Passed 196-194)\n235\nS.1648: To recommit Public Works and Economic\n8\n18.3\n31\nDevelopment Act in order to reduce cost by $85\nmillion and require annual review of expenditure\nby Congress.\n(Defeated 163-224)\n243\nH.R. 9811: To recommit omnibus farm bill.\n11.3\n21.9\n28\n(Defeated 169-224)\n244\nH.R. 9811: To pass omnibus farm bill.\n15.4\n25.2\n25\n(Passed 221-172)\n248\nH.R. 2580: To amend the immigration bill to\n9.7\n25.\n15\ninclude a limitation on immigration from the\nwestern hemisphere.\n(Defeated 189-218)\n299\nH.R. 8283: To recommit anti-poverty bill to\n0\n31\n0\nconference in order to insist on House position\non governor's veto.\n(Passed 209-180)\n303\nH. Res 574: To kill the resolution asking\n0\n25\n4\nPostmaster General to provide names of summer\npostal employees.\n(Passed 186-180)\nOn these 29 significant votes: thru September 24\nAverage deviation\nRepublican\n6.7 percent\nDemocrat\n23.0 percent\nVote changes needed to obtain Republican victory:\nAverage:\n24\nNumber of instances where 30 or more votes needed:\n6\nNumber of instances requiring less than 30 votes:\n15\nNumber of instances in which Rep. views prevailed:\n8\nFrom the Offices of: Robert F. Ellsworth, 3rd District Kansas\nPeter H.B. Frelinghuysen, 5th District New Jersey\nFOR RELEASE THURSDAY A.M.'s\nMAY 13, 1965\n15 Republicans Underscore Support For Administration's Policy in Southeast Asia\n15 Republican Congressmen, in a letter issued yesterday, underscored\nRepublican support of President Johnson's policy in Southeast Asia. In a letter\nto House Republican Leader Gerald Ford, the 15 Congressmen pointed to the\nunanimous Republican support in both Houses of Congress for the President's\nrequest for an additional $700 million earmarked for Vietnam. The joint effort\nmentioned the Republican Party's \"continuing dedication to its uninterrupted\nhistory of bipartisan support for United States policy in times of crisis.\"\nThe letter to Ford reminded \"all those abroad who may hope that internal\ndifferences will sap American will and purpose in Vietnam, the unanimous\nRepublican support of the President should make clear just how wrong they are,\"\nand that the Republican Party, despite differences with President Johnson, stands\ntogether in the determination to preserve the integrity of South Vietnam and\nthe right of her people to be free.\n/s/ Mark Andrews, N.Dak.\n/s/ William S. Mailliard, Calif.\n/s/ John F. Baldwin, Calif.\n/s/ Joseph M. McDade, Pa.\n/s/ Alphonzo Bell, Calif.\n/s/ F. Bradford Morse,\nMass.\n/s/ William S. Broomfield, Mich.\n/s/ Charles A. Mosher, Ohio\n/s/ Robert F. Ellsworth, Kan.\n/s/ Howard W. Robison, N.Y.\n/s/ Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen, N.J.\n/s/ Herman T. Schneebeli, Pa.\n/s/ Frank J. Horton, N.Y.\n/s/ Garner E. Shriver, Kan.\n1st Robert T. Stafford, Vt.\nText of Letter Follows\nFrom the Offices of: Robert F. Ellsworth, 3rd, Kansas\nPeter H.B. Frelinghuysen, 5th, New Jersey\nFOR RELEASE THURSDAY A.M.'s\nMAY 13, 1965 PAGE TWO\nThe Honorable Gerald Ford\nHouse of Representatives\nWashington, D.C.\nDear Jerry:\nWe take great pride in the unanimous Republican vote in both Houses of\nthe Congress in support of the President's request for $700 million for\nU.S. policy in Vietnam. The message should be crystal clear:\n-- To President Johnson, Republican unanimity spoke of our\nParty's continuing dedication to its uninterrupted history\nof bipartisan support for United States policy in times of\ncrisis.\n-- To all those abroad who may hope that internal differences\nwill sap American will and purpose in Vietnam, the unanimous\nRepublican support of the President should make clear just\nhow wrong they are.\n-- And to those few here at home who demonstrate against the\nAmerican presence in Vietnam the Republican Party has made\nclear that, whatever our differences with President Johnson,\nwe stand together in the determination to preserve the integrity\nof South Vietnam and the right of her people to be free.\nRepublicans of course will jealously guard our right to disagree with the\nPresident and to criticize him publicly when he is wrong. We do not for\none moment suggest that we agree fully with all phases of American policy\nor its implementation, even in Vietnam. But all people everywhere should\nhave no doubt where we stand on the fundamental precepts of American policy\nin Southeast Asia:\n1. We believe that the United States forces should remain in\nSouth Vietnam as long as the Communist aggression continues.\n2. We believe that the United States cannot in good conscience\nabandon the Asian continent to Communist imperialist domination\nand that an American withdrawal from Vietnam in the present\ncircumstances would undermine confidence in American leadership\nand encourage further tests of our will.\n3. We believe that the limited air attacks against North Vietnam\nare justified because they require the North Vietnamese regime\nto pay a heavy price for the aggression it is waging, because\nthey may impel the North Vietnamese to seek a negotiated settle-\nment, and because they may limit the effectiveness of the Viet\nCong in South Vietnam.\nWe believe that the surest road to peace and to constructive negotiations,\nin Vietnam and around the world, must inevitably begin with the willingness\nto meet agression whenever and wherever it occurs.\nThe only purpose of force is to secure a just peace. We share the\nPresident's reluctance to use forces in Vietnam, but we share also his\ndetermination to persevere in the search for a just peace.\nSincerely,\nFOR THE SENATE:\nTHE JOINT SENATE-HOUSE\nFOR THE HOUSE\nOF REPRESENTATIVES:\nEverett M. Dirksen, Leader\nThomas H. Kuchel, Whip\nREPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP\nGerald R. Ford,\nBourke B. Hickenlooper, Chr.\nLeader\nof the Policy Committee\nLeslie C. Arends, Whip\nLeverett Saltonstall, Chr.\nMelvin R. Laird,\nof the Conference\nPress Release\nChr. of the Conference\nThruston B. Morton,\nJohn J. Rhodes, Chr.\nChr. Republican\nof the Policy Committee\nSenatorial Committee\nIssued following a\nLeadership Meeting\nClarence J. Brown,\nPRESIDING OFFICER:\nRanking Member\nThe Republican\nJuly 22, 1965\nRules Committee\nNational Chairman\nBob Wilson,\nRay C. Bliss\nChr. Republican\nCongressional Committee\nSTATEMENT BY REP. GERALD R. FORD Office OfficeCopy Copy IMMEDIATE\nRELEASE\nNext week the Members of the House of Representatives will demonstrate by\ntheir votes whether they are members of an independent branch of government or\nsimply yes men responding blindly to the manipulation of the Executive branch.\nThe issue which the House will face is fair consideration of the repeal of\nSection 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act -- a section which simply preserves to each\nState some right to regulate labor-management relations.\nAn attempt will be made as 8. part of President Johnson's program to force\nrepeal of Section 14(b) through the House under the most stringent of gag rules.\nI anticipate a proposal that the House act on this important change of policy with\nonly two hours of debate and that no opportunity be given to offer meaningful amend-\nments.\nIf the House is not to sacrifice its self-respect, it will vote down the\nproposal that it shut its mouth, plug its ears, close its eyes and swallow the\nJohnson Administration' prescription without adequate debate and without oppor-\ntunity to vote on important amendments.\nThe action expected next week is the latest manifestation of a disturbing\ntendency to avoid discussion of the subject of the repeal of Section 14(b) on its\nmerits. The Administration has engaged in a cynical type of log-rolling on the\nsubject. It has sought to convince city Congressmen to vote for a bread tax\nagainst their convictions in order to get repeal of Section 14(b) and farm Congress-\nmen to vote for repeal of 14(b) against their convictions in order to get a farm\nbill.\nIf the coalition which the Administration is ruthlessly trying to put to-\ngether is successful, how can Congress be considered to act as an independent\nbranch of government?\n(Dirksen\nstatement\npage\n2)\nRoom S-124 U.S. Capitol-CApitol 4-3121 - Ex 3700\nSTAFF CONSULTANT: Robert Humphreys\n- 2 -\nSTATEMENT BY SENATOR DIRKSEN\nJULY 22, 1965\nA strange thing happened to the proposed constitutional amendment on appor-\ntionment of State legislatures on its way to the Senate floor. Disputes over the\nwording of the amendment have recently arisen and produced a deadlock in the Senate\nJudiciary Committee.\nI am confident that the Senate will in time act favorably on an amendment.\nRecent discussion shows the need for clarification of the effect of the proposal.\nThere is universal recognition of the need for reform of the system or re-\npresentation obtaining in most states at the time of several well-known Supreme\nCourt decisions. In fact, in 1955 a presidential commission reported to President\nEisenhower that the strengthening of state governments called for adequate repre-\nsentation of the interest of urban areas in state legislative bodies. I welcome\nthe reforms now under way in many states in the belief that they provide more\nequitable representation and help to invigorate state governments. I do not on\nthe other hand, conclude that mechanical adherence to the \"one man, one vote\"\nprinciple should be imposed on both branches of the legislature of every state by\nFederal fiat regardless of the desires of the people. Everyone concedes that it\nis appropriate to require that representation in one house of the legislature of\neach state be based solely on the factor of population.\nThe proposed amendment does no more than permit the people of each state to\nemploy factors other than population as the basis of representation in the other\nhouse if by periodic referendum a majority of the people in any state so desire.\nIt would not deny any minority group the opportunity to gain representation.\nPresumably any system of representation contrived to discriminate against any group\nwould be struck down by the courts as a violation of the 14th Amendment.\nExperience shows that the \"one man, one vote\" principle can be used to\neuchre minorities out of seats in legislative bodies. This can be accomplished by\nsubmerging minorities in large constituencies with at-large elections, as has been\ndone in the State of Virginia to render less likely the election of members of\nminority groups to the State legislature. It can be accomplished by drawing dis-\ntrict lines so as to spread the minority population thinly over a number of districts.\nThe issue which the proposed amendment presents is this: Shall we allow the\npeople to make the decision about the basis of representation in one house of their\nstate legislature, or shall we impose a decision on them whether they want it or not?\nWe propose to meet this issue and fight every step of the way to preserve our Fed-\neral-State system and the historic right of the people of the several states to\ndetermine the composition of one branch of their own legislature according to their\ndesires.\n---000000--\nFOR THE SENATE:\nTHE JOINT SENATE-HOUSE\nFOR THE HOUSE\nOF REPRESENTATIVES:\nEverett M. Dirksen, Leader\nThomas H. Kuchel, Whip\nREPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP\nGerald R. Ford,\nBourke B. Hickenlooper, Chr.\nLeader\nof the Policy Committee\nLeslie C. Arends, Whip\nLeverett Saltonstall, Chr.\nMelvin R. Laird,\nof the Conference\nPress Release\nChr. of the Conference\nThruston B. Morton,\nJohn J. Rhodes, Chr.\nChr. Republican\nof the Policy Committee\nSenatorial Committee\nIssued following a\nClarence J. Brown,\nPRESIDING OFFICER:\nLeadership Meeting\nRanking Member\nThe Republican\nRules Committee\nNational Chairman\nJuly 22, 1965\nBob Wilson,\nRay C. Bliss\nChr. Republican\nCongressional Committee\nSTATEMENT BY REP. GERALD R. FORD\nIMMEDIATE RELEASE\nNext week the Members of the House of Representatives will demonstrate by\ntheir votes whether they are members of an independent branch of government or\nsimply yes men responding blindly to the manipulation of the Executive branch.\nThe issue which the House will face is fair consideration of the repeal of\nSection 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act -- a section which simply preserves to each\nState some right to regulate labor-management relations.\nAn attempt will be made as a part of President Johnson's program to force\nrepeal of Section 14(b) through the House under the most stringent of gag rules.\nI anticipate a proposal that the House act on this important change of policy with\nonly two hours of debate and that no opportunity be given to offer meaningful amend-\nments.\nIf the House is not to sacrifice its self-respect, it will vote down the\nproposal that it shut its mouth, plug its ears, close its eyes and swallow the\nJohnson Administration's prescription without adequate debate and without oppor-\ntunity to vote on important amendments.\nThe action expected next week is the latest manifestation of a disturbing\ntendency to avoid discussion of the subject of the repeal of Section 14(b) on its\nmerits. The Administration has engaged in a cynical type of log-rolling on the\nsubject. It has sought to convince city Congressmen to vote for a bread tax\nagainst their convictions in order to get repeal of Section 14(b) and farm Congress-\nmen to vote for repeal of 14(b) against their convictions in order to get a farm\nbill.\nIf the coalition which the Administration is ruthlessly trying to put to-\ngether is successful, how can Congress be considered to act as an independent\nbranch of government?\n(Dirksen statement - page 2)\nRoom S-124 U.S. Capitol-CApitol 4-3121 Ex 3700\nSTAFF CONSULTANT: Robert Humphreys\n- 2 -\nSTATEMENT BY SENATOR DIRKSEN\nJULY 22, 1965\nA strange thing happened to the proposed constitutional amendment on appor-\ntionment of State legislatures on its way to the Senate floor. Disputes over the\nwording of the amendment have recently arisen and produced a deadlock in the Senate\nJudiciary Committee.\nI am confident that the Senate will in time act favorably on an amendment.\nRecent discussion shows the need for clarification of the effect of the proposal.\nThere is universal recognition of the need for reform of the system or re-\npresentation obtaining in most states at the time of several well-known Supreme\nCourt decisions. In fact, in 1955 a presidential commission reported to President\nEisenhower that the strengthening of state governments called for adequate repre-\nsentation of the interest of urban areas in state legislative bodies. I welcome\nthe reforms now under way in many states in the belief that they provide more\nequitable representation and help to invigorate state governments. I do not on\nthe other hand, conclude that mechanical adherence to the \"one man, one vote\"\nprinciple should be imposed on both branches of the legislature of every state by\nFederal fiat regardless of the desires of the people. Everyone concedes that it\nis appropriate to require that representation in one house of the legislature of\neach state be based solely on the factor of population.\nThe proposed amendment does no more than permit the people of each state to\nemploy factors other than population as the basis of representation in the other\nhouse if by periodic referendum a majority of the people in any state so desire.\nIt would not deny any minority group the opportunity to gain representation.\nPresumably any system of representation contrived to discriminate against any group\nwould be struck down by the courts as a violation of the 14th Amendment.\nExperience shows that the \"one man, one vote\" principle can be used to\neuchre minorities out of seats in legislative bodies. This can be accomplished by\nsubmerging minorities in large constituencies with at-large elections, as has been\ndone in the State of Virginia to render less likely the election of members of\nminority groups to the State legislature. It can be accomplished by drawing dis-\ntrict lines so as to spread the minority population thinly over a number of districts.\nThe issue which the proposed amendment presents is this: Shall we allow the\npeople to make the decision about the basis of representation in one house of their\nstate legislature, or shall we impose a decision on them whether they want it or not?\nWe propose to meet this issue and fight every step of the way to preserve our Fed-\neral-State system and the historic right of the people of the several states to\ndetermine the composition of one branch of their own legislature according to their\ndesires.\n-- 0000000--\nSeptember 27, 1965\nCONGRESSIONAL RECORD - APPENDIX\nA5469\n[From the Baltimore Evening Sun,\nIn this event the President's active support\nSept. 22, 1965]\nof MANSFIELD'S highly constructive program\nMANSFIELD DESCRIBES PLAN To CORRECT\nmay be required. And, although he can\nPASSED BILLS\nsense a political liability as keenly as any\n(By Arthur Krock)\npolitician in the American past or present,\nWASHINGTON, September 22.-Senator\nhe is also alert to the hazard in exposing\nMANSFIELD, the majority leader, is about to\nit as the unmistakable motive for the rejec-\ndemonstrate once more that when he says\ntion of a plan SO obviously in the public in-\nsomething should be done he means to fol-\nterest. And that interest is implicit in a\nlow through. Recently he proposed that the\nsimple catalog of the measures he drove\nnext session of the 89th Congress \"spend less\nthrough this session of Congress.\ntime on new legislation and more time cor-\nMoreover, Vice President HUMPHREY may\nrecting oversights in legislation we have just\nnot have been speaking entirely on his own,\npassed.\" Today, reached by telephone in his\nif he has been accurately reported as believ-\nhome State of Montana, he described the\ning \"the huge legislative tonnage dropped\npractical steps with which he plans to give\non our doorstop\" should undergo the man-\neffect to his proposal.\nagement analysis to which Defense Secre-\n\"I intend to submit it for action at a\ntary McNamara subjects all military pro-\nDemocratic Senate conference before ad-\ngrams. And this is precisely what Senator\njournment,\" he said. \"We have passed a lot\nMANSFIELD intends to propose to the Demo-\nof major bills at this session, some of them\ncratic Senate conference.\nvery hastily, and they stand in extreme need\n\"TONNAGE\" LISTED\nof a going-over for loopholes, rough corners,\nThis \"tonnage\" already consists of the fol-\nand particularly for an assessment of current\nlowing on which action has been completed:\nand ultimate cost in the framework of our\nmedical care; financial help for Appalachia;\ncapacity to meet it.\"\nthe financing of regional development; ele-\nOVERSEEING SUBCOMMITTEES\nmentary-secondary education; omnibus pub-\n\"In reminding the conference of this, I\nlic housing; a new department of housing;\nplan to ask for the creation of overseeing\nreduced excise taxes, and foreign aid. Near-\nsubcommittees among whose functions it\ning final enactment are financing programs\nwould be to tighten up the hasty enactments\nfor higher education, depollution of the wa-\nin general and evaluate the degree of effi-\nters, a supplemental antipoverty law, a na-\nciency with which they are being adminis-\ntional arts foundation, and omnibus farm\ntered by the executive.\"\nsubsidies legislation.\nThe plan seems marked for resistance in\nTo this partial list of Federal undertak-\nthe Democratic Senate conference, despite its\nings at undetermined costs and wholly spec-\nurgent necessity. And pressure against it\nulative effects on the socioeconomy admin-\nmay be expected from House Democrats also.\nistration pressure is now being exerted for\nFor the next session will occur in the year of\na health conservation program more revolu-\nthe general congressional elections. And\ntionary than medicare and even more specu-\nDemocrats from States and districts where\nlative as to cost. This calls for the estab-\nthe 1964 landslide broke a long pattern of\nlishment of a network of at least 1,350\nelecting Republicans will in all likelihood\ndiagnostic and treatment centers for heart\nprefer to postpone the risk inherent in\ndisease, cancer, and stroke. A host of sur-\nsuch a reexamination and appraisal. Fearful\ngical teams and other hospital specialists\nDemocratic candidates for reelection con-\nwould be paid for by grants from the Fed-\nceivably will even include some who sought\neral Government.\nto stem the legislative onrush of the Presi-\ndent and the party majority toward the wel-\nfare state goal of the Great Society.\nThe latest report is that this is the last\nof the \"observation\" copies - please distribute\nwith discretion.\n(Not printed at Government expense)\nCongressional Record\nUnited States\nof America\nPROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE\n89th\nCONGRESS, FIRST SESSION\nObservations on the 1st Session of 89th Congress\nEXTENSION OF REMARKS\nyear felt that the legislative initiative has\nIt is one thing for a Congress to adopt\nOF\npassed irretrievably to the executive\nPresidential proposals after thorough de-\nHON. GERALD R. FORD\nbranch. One of the experts at that con-\nliberation and adequate discussion. It is\nvention, Lewis A. Dexter, said that the\nquite another thing for a Congress to\nOF MICHIGAN\nCongress will come to have the same im-\nrush through such proposals without\nIN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\nportance in the American system of gov-\ncareful scrutiny and without reasonable\nFriday, October 22, 1965\nernment as the House of Lords has in\ndebate. No Congress that performed its\nthe British, particularly if several future\nconstitutional duty would do the slipshod\nMr. GERALD R. FORD. Mr. Speaker,\nPresidents resemble Lyndon Johnson.\njob of which Senator MANSFIELD in-\nthe record of the 1st session of the 89th\nEric Sevareid wrote:\ndicted the present Congress when he\nCongress is spotty. Along with the en-\nWe know of a number of Congressmen who\nsaid that it must now devote most of its\nactment of some meritorious and needed\nwould be very grateful to learn what they\neffort to tightening up \"its hasty enact-\nlegislation, the Congress often acted\nhave really done this year.\nments.\"\nhastily, blindly, and indiscriminately.\nThe majority leader of the Senate, Mr.\nHe also found that the Congress has so\nEXAMPLES OF RUBBERSTAMPING BY THE CONGRESS\nMANSFIELD, of Montana, has confessed\noften acted under \"a curious kind of in-\nOn many important bills the House of\nserious deficiencies in the laws enacted\ntimidation\" that the \"once-exalted title\nRepresentatives acted without adequate\nby the Congress this year. He has an-\nof Senator or Representative has lost\nconsideration, without full hearings in\nnounced that the 2d session of the 89th\nmuch of its prestige.\"\ncommittee, and without sufficient debate\nCongress should \"spend less time on new\nOne of the leading newspapers in the\non the floor.\nlegislation and more time correcting\nhome State of the Vice President summed\nThe arts and humanities bill was rail-\noversights in legislation we have just\nit up this way:\nroaded through the Committee on Edu-\npassed.\" He has said that the Congress\nAnyone following the daily deliberations of\ncation and Labor after about 15 minutes\n\"must tighten up the hasty enactments\"\nthe House of Representatives must be struck\nof consideration. Even a motion by the\nand must eliminate from the laws of the\nby the ruthlessness with which the Demo-\nminority that the bill be read was sum-\nsession just ended \"a number of gaps and\ncratic majority of so-called liberals is flexing\nmarily rejected by the majority. When\nits muscles. It is not, in fact, a deliberative\nany number of rough edges, overexten-\nthe committee met to act on the bill, the\nbody. Representative government is in a sad\nsions and overlaps.\"\nand critical state.\nmembers were presented for the first\nThe Mansfield confession should be\ntime with a new committee print, dated\nColumnist Ted Lewis said:\ngood for the soul of the American peo-\nthe same day, containing a number of\nple. It should convince them that one-\nThe presidential image of a miracle pro-\nsignificant amendments which the mi-\nparty government does not serve them\nducer of new laws makes the legislative\nnority members had never seen before.\nbranch of Government appear to be a crea-\nwell.\nThereafter, several additional amend-\nture of the executive branch.\nOne conclusion to be drawn from the\nments, which the Republican members\n1st session of the 89th Congress is that\nThe Chicago Tribune, in an editorial\nhad never seen, were quickly adopted in\nwhenever the party that holds possession\nentitled \"Legislating by Scoop Shovel,\"\ncommittee, and the bill was reported with\nof the executive branch of the National\nsaid:\ngreat haste.\nGovernment also enjoys overwhelming\nIt would take a truck scale to weigh the\nThe Education and Labor Committee\ndominance in the Congress, the Congress\nlegislation forwarded by the White House and\nmade virtually no change in the admin-\nbecomes a satellite of the President.\nautomatically approved, most of it wasteful,\nistration bill to provide assistance for\nmuch of it unnecessary, and all of it putting\nThe failure of the Congress to act as a\nelementary and secondary education, de-\nthe individual in the grip of the Federal vise.\ndeliberative body, coequal with the Ex-\nspite vigorous bipartisan complaints\nHe [the President] has been legislating\necutive, is the most striking feature of\nabout the formula for distributing Fed-\neverything and anything, and, with two-\nthis past session. Until the closing days\nthirds majorities in either Chamber, he has a\neral funds contained in the bill. On the\nof the session, it rubberstamped the pro-\nCongress of robots that is totally compliant.\nfloor, at least 10 of 25 amendments were\nposals of the White House in far too\nrejected without discussion due to the\nThe Knoxville Journal editorialized:\nmany instances.\ngag-rule limitation on debate.\nAny Congress which voluntarily yields its\nThe members of the American Politi-\nright to perform as a coequal part of the\nAs this far-reaching legislation was\ncal Science Association who gathered in\nFederal Establishment, as this one has, is a\nbeing considered by the House of Rep-\nWashington in early September of this\ncontinuing threat to the Nation.\nresentatives, Democratic Congresswoman\n793-358-0591\n2\nCONGRESSIONAL RECORD\nCONGRESSIONAL RECORD\n3\nGREEN, of Oregon, took the floor to pro-\nprotect the religious liberty of employees\nwell as vocational education and public\nadministration of seeking to \"warp the\nlion does not include additional back-\nsupported by a majority of the House\ntest, \"Today it seems to me we have in\nwhose religious beliefs clash with com-\nassistance programs.\nproposed Federal Public Records legisla-\ndoor spending of $7 billion made possible\nRepublicans. In every case the Repub-\nthe House a determined effort to silence\npulsory union membership, and to in-\nThe Manpower Development and\ntion into an almost unlimited authority\nby the Congress this year. Nor does it\nlican alternative dealt more adequately\nthose who are in disagreement.\"\nsure that employees would be protected\nTraining Act overlaps the poverty pro-\nfor the President to establish broader\ninclude perhaps $5 to $7 billion needed\nwith the problem without unnecessary\nSo little was the elementary and sec-\nfrom compulsion to join a Communist-\ngram.\nsecrecy practices.\" The committee also\nfor the war in Vietnam, a request which\nextension of Federal power.\nondary education bill studied before floor\ncontrolled union.\nOne unfortunate oversight in the laws\nindicted the administration for \"the se-\nthe administration is holding back until\nVOTING RIGHTS\naction that two of the best informed\nThe Washington Post commented:\nof the session can be cited to illustrate\ncrecy on the names of Post Office Depart-\nnext January.\nThe administration's bill on voting\nsupporters of the measure, gave to the\nSeveral important questions were raised\nthe results of hasty and ill-considered\nment employees hired in the summer\nThe Congress failed to exercise any\nrights-H.R. 6400-as originally intro-\nHouse contradictory explanations of its\nin the House debate and left unanswered.\ncongressional action. By increasing\nprogram in 1965; the Defense Depart-\nrestraint on reckless spending. The re-\nduced, provided a remedy for discrimina-\napplication to nonpublic schools.\nThe Democratic majority rammed\nsocial security payments, the Congress\nment continues the October 1962, Sylves-\nduction of administration requests for\ntion only in six Southern States and\nThe higher education bill was reported\nthrough a bill repealing section 14(b)\ninadvertently caused the termination or\nter Directive which requires military and\nappropriations by $2.4 billion is more\nAlaska and in 37 counties in certain\nout of the Education and Labor Com-\nwhich the Post said \"scarcely qualifies as\nreduction of the pensions of tens of thou-\ncivilian personnel to report all contacts\napparent than real. The funds denied\nother States, including one county each\nmittee in great haste, apparently at the\nsands of veterans. The added social\nwell-rounded legislation in the national\nwith the press to Sylvester's office; the\nhave only been deferred until 1966.\nin Arizona, Idaho, and Maine. These\ncommand of the White House. The\ninterest.\"\nsecurity payment meant a reduction of\nincreased centralization of information\nThe following table shows the amount\nstrange results were achieved by lan-\nWall Street Journal noted that the com-\nthe income of these veterans.\nOn the important bill to prohibit dis-\nreleases at the White House, and the in-\nappropriated by Congress in each ses-\nguage which limited the application of\nmittee \"under prodding from an im-\ncrimination in employment and union\nWEAKENING OF CHECKS ON EXECUTIVE BRANCH\ncreasing sensitivity over leaks of infor-\nsion since 1960. It reflects an increase\nthe bill to places which used literacy tests\npatient White House deliberated for all\nmembership, only the briefest of hear-\nOne-party domination of the legisla-\nmation that have no connection with\nof $36 billion, or 43 percent, since 1960.\nor tests of moral character for voters and\nof 20 minutes.\" Democratic Congress-\nings were held by the Committee on Edu-\ntive and executive branches weakens the\nnational security problems; the basic\nOf this $36 billion increase, only $8.3\nin which fewer than 50 percent of the\nman PUCINSKI, of Illinois, called the\ncation and Labor. These hearings con-\nconstitutional system of checks and bal-\nproblem of balancing national security\nbillion is for defense:\nvoting-age population voted in the 1964\nbill's handling \"a mockery of the legis-\ntained no testimony based on experience\nances. The subservient Congress which\ninterests and freedom for the press in\n[In billions]\nelection.\nlative process.\"\nunder the 1964 Civil Rights Act and were\nit produces fails to exercise the restraint\nconnection with Vietnam and the Do-\nRepublican House Members and Re-\nHearings on the administration's orig-\nfollowed almost immediately by a sub-\nwhich it should over the executive\nminican Republic.\"\nAppropria-\nChange from\nSession\ntions\ninal highway beautification proposals\npreceding\npublican Senators introduced voting\ncommittee meeting which reported the\nbranch. The majority leader of the\nThere is no word but arrogance for the\nyear\nrights legislation before the administra-\nwere held by the Committee on Public\nbill favorably. An hour later the full\nSenate recognizes that such is the case\nbehavior of administration spokesmen,\ntion got around to deciding to present a\nWorks on July 20, 21, and 22. These\n86th Cong.: 2d (1960)\n$83.8\ncommittee met and reported the bill to\nwhen he urges the Congress now to un-\nincluding the President and the Vice\n87th Cong.:\nbill.\nhearings were adjourned with the un-\nthe House. No amendments were offered\ndertake its neglected function of legisla-\nPresident, when they pointedly imply\n1st (1961)\n95.8\n+$12.0\nderstanding that the complex proposals\n2d (1962)\n102.3\n+6.5\nThe basic difference between the ad-\nbecause none of the minority members\ntive oversight over executive agencies.\nthat the consideration which the prob-\n88th Cong.:\nshould be studied further and acted upon\n1st (1963)\n102.6\n+.3\nministration proposal and the major Re-\nhad any opportunity to study the long\nThe executive branch unchecked is\nlems of a locality receives in Washington\n2d (1964)\n106.0\n+3.4\npublican alternative, the Ford-MeCul-\nearly next year. Without warning, the\n89th Cong.: 1st (1965)\n119.3\n+13.3\nand complex measure and analyze even\nprone to carelessness about legal re-\nwill depend on whether its local officials\nloch bill-H.R. 7896-lay in the fact that\nhearings were reopened on September 3\nits theoretical weaknesses. This bill was\nstraints and about the public interest.\nare Republicans or Democrats. It is\nthe Republican bill provided a remedy\nand 7, while the committee and its staff\nCONSTRUCTIVE REPUBLICAN RECORD\nnot acted on by the House.\nThis carelessness can descend to the\nshocking to learn that responsible na-\nfor unconstitutional discrimination\nwere absorbed with the omnibus rivers\nlevel of arrogance in some instances.\nOn February 3, 1965, the Republican\nand harbors and flood control bill. The\nThe percentages allocated to the vari-\ntional officials would stoop to threaten\nwherever it occurs and regardless of the\nous categories of immigrants in the Im-\nArrogance is a strong word, but there\nany community with reprisals if its citi-\nleadership of the House of Representa-\ndevice used to achieve discrimination.\nact was debated and passed by the House\nmigration and Nationality Act of 1965\nis no other word for the submission to\ntives said:\nzens choose officials who are not of the\nThe administration bill wiped out\non October 7, with the final vote being\ntallied well after midnight. At one point\nwere not discussed either in the Judiciary\nthe Senate of the nomination of Francis\nadministration's party.\nHouse Republicans have a major responsi-\nliteracy and other tests wherever fewer\nCommittee or on the floor.\nX. Morrissey to the Federal judiciary nor\nThe New York Times reacted with in-\nbility as the representatives of approximately\nthan 50 percent of the voting age popu-\nin the proceedings the House voted 121\n43 percent of the electorate who voted for a\nOn the voting rights bill, the admin-\nfor the efforts to bull that nomination\ndignation to the threat when it was made\nto 84 to allow but 8 minutes of debate on\nRepublican House of Representatives in 1964.\nlation voted in 1964. The Ford-McCul-\nistration forces on the Judiciary Commit-\nthrough the Senate. The American Bar\nin New York City. Its editorial\nThat duty, as we conceive it, is to exert what-\nloch bill did not disturb nondiscrimina-\n5 separate amendments.\ntee methodically rejected all significant\nAssociation and the Massachusetts Bar\ncommented:\never influence we can to guide the Nation\ntory qualifications for voting established\nRegarding the very controversial bill to\namendments offered by Republicans. On\nAssociation pronounced this nominee un-\nThis is a remarkable indictment of the\ntoward the goals of freedom, security, peace,\nby States.\nrepeal section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley\nthe floor of the House the same general\nfit for the post. A representative of the\nJohnson administration. It suggests, for\nand well-being with fiscal responsibility.\nThe administration bill required Fed-\nAct, the Democratic majority of the Com-\nattitude prevailed. With the exception\nAmerican Bar Association testified on the\nexample, that Sargent Shriver, the head of\nWe cannot accept the statement, \"The\neral court approval of any new voting\nmittee on Education and Labor rejected\nMorrissey nomination:\nthe antipoverty program and a Democrat,\nduty of the opposition party is to oppose.\"\nall attempts by Republican members to\nof the Cramer amendment to prevent\nFrom the standpoint of legal training,\nwould be less sympathetic and helpful to New\nlaws passed by the States to which it\nThis is too narrow and too negative a formu-\namend the bill so as to provide some\nelection irregularities, any significant\namendment offered by a Republican was\nlegal experience, and legal ability, we have\nYork if its mayor were a Republican. It\nlation of our responsibility.\napplied. The Ford-McCulloch bill did\nbasic protections for rank-and-file em-\nnot had any case where these factors were\nmakes the same innuendo about the officials\nWe must do more than respond to the in-\nnot restrict State authority to enact new\nblindly voted down.\nployees compelled to join unions in order\nso lacking.\nwho run the housing, education, mass tran-\nitiatives of the administration. We must\nnondiscriminatory voting laws.\nGAPS AND OVERLAPS\nsit, antipollution, and other programs in\ntake the initiative ourselves in two ways.\nto hold their jobs. Because of the re-\nThe administration bill, as originally\nThere is no word but arrogance for\nThe defects in the legislation enacted\nwhich New York has a vital interest. It sug-\nFirst, we must offer alternative measures to\nstrictive rule under which the bill was\nthe withholding of Federal funds from\nintroduced, approved of the poll tax, pro-\ngests that President Johnson, Vice President\nduring the session of Congress just\ncope with national problems when the ad-\nconsidered by the House, amendments\nthe city of Chicago in defiance of the\nHUMPHREY, and Senator KENNEDY himself\nministration's proposals are unwise. This we\nviding that Federal examiners would\nwhich would permit compulsory union\nended will come to light as the bills are\nprocedures established by Congress.\nwould not be so helpful to the mayor of the\nare doing, for example, in the matter of\ncollect it in areas in which they operated\nmembership agreements only if the\nput into effect. Problems of duplica-\nThere is no word but arrogance for\nNation's largest city if he were of a political\nlightening the burden of the costs of health\nto register voters. The Ford-McCulloch\nunions involved refrained from racial\ntion and overlap will be encountered.\nfaith different from theirs.\nprocedures in the Congress that silence\ncare for older people.\nbill directed the Attorney General to ini-\nand religious discrimination, refrained\nThe Appalachia bill overlaps several\nFISCAL EXCESSES\ndissent and preclude careful considera-\nSecond, we must press for action to deal\ntiate a speedy court test of the constitu-\nfrom using union funds for political pur-\nexisting Federal-aid programs, notably\ntion of legislation.\nThe carelessness of a Congress over-\nwith the problems to which the administra-\ntionality of the poll tax.\nposes, and refrained from denying em-\nin the fields of highway construction and\nwhelmingly controlled by the President's\ntion is blind or indifferent.\npublic health.\nThere is no word but arrogance for\nMEDICARE\nployees rights guaranteed them by Fed-\nparty is particularly manifested in big\neral law were rejected as not germane.\nThe public works and redevelopment\nopposition to freedom of information leg-\nIn this spirit the Republican Members\nThe medicare bill, included in the So-\nspending. This session of Congress has\nOther amendments offered, on which the\nbill, providing aid to so-called depressed\nislation which would permit the public to\nof the House of Representatives have\nset a new record in appropriations not\ncial Security Amendments of 1965, is an\nHouse was not permitted to vote, were\nareas, overlaps the Appalachia bill.\nknow what is going on in the Govern-\ndischarged their responsibility this year.\napproached since the Second World War.\namalgamation of the administration\ndesigned to insure that unions securing\nThe expanded poverty program over-\nment which it pays for. The Freedom\nThe appropriation of $119.3 billion this\nTheir record is impressive.\nproposal and a Republican alternative\ncompulsory membership agreements\nlaps the elementary and secondary\nof Information Committee of Sigma\nyear is $36 billion more than was ap-\nREPUBLICAN ALTERNATIVES\noffered by Representative JOHN BYRNES,\ntruly represented a majority as demon-\nschool aid bill, which is ostensibly aimed\nDelta Chi, the national society of jour-\npropriated by the last session of Congress\nFor six of the major bills proposed by\nof Wisconsin-H.R. 7057.\nstrated by winning an NLRB election, to\nat children from low-income families, as\nnalists, in its annual report, accused the\nduring the Eisenhower administration.\nthe administration and passed in this\nIn contrast to the bill originally pro-\n793-358-0591\nThis staggering figure of almost $120 bil-\nsession, there were alternative proposals\nposed by the administration early in the\n793-358-0591\n4\nCONGRESSIONAL RECORD\nCONGRESSIONAL RECORD\n5\nsession, the Byrnes bill provided a sys-\nAPPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACT\nUnder this plan, some families with an\nThe medicare bill passed by the Con-\nA notable improvement in the housing\nOn April 30, the House Republican\ntem of insurance for the elderly-first,\nThe administration bill-S. 3-which\nincome of more than $11,000 in some\ngress incorporates in its provisions much\nbill was made with the adoption of an\nleadership proposed the creation of an\ncovering all medical expenses, not just\nbecame law, provided for an Appalachian\nplaces would be eligible to have a part\nof the Republican bill offered by Repre-\namendment offered by Representative\ninter-American police force to restore\nhospitalization; second, offering volun-\nRegional Commission with authority in\nof their rent paid by the Federal Gov-\nsentative JOHN W. BYRNES, of Wisconsin.\nJOHN C. KUNKEL, of Pennsylvania, aiding\npeace and order in the Dominican Re-\ntary rather than compulsory coverage;\n360 counties in 10 States to plan the ex-\nernment. Beyond this, the bill provided\nThis bill is not limited to hospital care\nhomeowners who became unemployed be-\npublic. On May 3, the administration\nand third, financed by a combination of\npenditure of funds for various public\nlargely for a continuance of existing\nas the administration recommended. In\ncause of the closing of Federal installa-\noffered this proposal to the Organization\ngeneral tax revenues and premium pay-\nworks, particularly highway construction,\nFederal housing programs.\nits final version it covers doctors' bills\ntions. It placed a moratorium on FHA-\nof American States.\nments by the insured, avoiding the\nin a region that includes many severely\nA Republican substitute, offered by\nand other medical costs in provisions\ninsured loan payments of such persons\nThe appropriation of an additional\nregressive social security tax.\ndepressed areas.\nRepresentative WILLIAM B. WIDNALL, of\nborrowed from the Byrnes bill.\nand authorized the Secretary of Defense\n$700 million for defense as a means of\nELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL AID\nThe Republican alternative, offered\nNew Jersey-H.R. 9501-sought to mod-\nThe Housing Act passed by Congress\nto acquire their properties for FHA dis-\nemphasizing national unity and national\nThe administration's bill to aid ele-\nby Representative WILLIAM C. CRAMER,\nify existing housing policy in several im-\ncontains six significant features from the\nposal when the owners were unable to\nresolve in the face of Communist aggres-\nmentary and secondary schools-H.R.\nof Florida-H.R. 4466-would have ex-\nportant respects:\nRepublican substitute proposed by Rep-\ndispose of them on reasonable terms.\nsion on two continents was suggested by\n2362-presented as a measure to assist\ntended Federal assistance to all econom-\nFirst, by giving residential redevelop-\nresentative WILLIAM B. WIDNALL, of New\nThe Voting Rights Act as passed con-\nthe minority floor leader at a White\npoverty stricken children, is in fact the\nically depressed areas throughout the Na-\nment in urban renewal a higher priority;\nJersey:\ntains at least two provisions of Republi-\nHouse Conference on Vietnam problems.\nfirst general aid to primary and second-\ntion instead of to a single region. Unlike\nSecond, by stimulating rehabilitation\nFirst, low-income private housing:\ncan origin. One was the clean elections\nThe administration subsequently re-\nary schools passed by the Congress.\nthe administration bill, which provides\nof existing sound housing;\nThis new program will provide imme-\nprovision proposed by Representative\nquested the increased appropriation. It\nUnder this bill, $2.1 million will be\naid to prosperous as well as depressed\nThird, by utilizing existing privately\ndiate relief to low-income families who\nWILLIAM CRAMER, of Florida, inserted in\nwas granted with the unanimous support\ngranted by the Federal Government to\nareas in the region to which it applies,\nowned rental housing for low-income\nhave been living in substandard housing\nthe bill over the opposition of a ma-\nof Republican Members of both House\nWestchester County, the wealthiest in\nthe Cramer bill proposed to limit aid\ntenants;\nin those areas where there is a long wait-\njority of the Democrats in the House of\nand Senate.\nNew York State, for the education of\nto places suffering economic distress and\nFourth, by lower interest rates on loans\ning list for public housing. It will use\nRepresentatives. The bill as finally\nSince mid-1963, Republicans in Con-\nchildren from poor families. Sunflower\nhigh unemployment.\nfor college housing and housing for the\nany adequate existing housing on a vol-\npassed dealt with the question of the poll\ngress have been urging the administra-\nCounty, Miss., with median family in-\nThe Public Works and Development\nelderly; and\nuntary basis at a cost not exceeding\ntax by directing the Attorney General to\ntion to take the lead in convening an in-\ncome only one-fifth that of Westchester\nAct of 1965-Public Law 89-136-is, like\nFifth, by providing new FHA mort-\npresent public housing rental levels,\nsecure a speedy court test of the consti-\nternational monetary conference to deal\nCounty, will receive only $745,000 for\nthe Cramer bill, a measure intended to\ngage financing for veterans.\nwithout the gigantic expense of con-\ntutionality of the tax-the approach used\nwith the urgent balance-of-payments\nthe education of an equal number of\nassist depressed areas throughout the\nMany of the features of the Widnall\nstructing new public housing units.\nin the Ford-McCulloch bill.\nproblem. In 1965, the urging was re-\nchildren from poor families.\nNation. It raises serious problems of\nbill were incorporated in the measure\nSecond, veterans housing program:\nThe immigration bill contains a ceiling\nnewed by Representative ROBERT ELLS-\nRepublicans sought to make it a bill\nduplication and conflict with the Ap-\nwhich was enacted.\nThe first major veterans' benefits legis-\non immigrants from the Western Hemi-\nWORTH, of Kansas, and by the joint Re-\nwhich would do what it professed to do:\npalachian Regional Development Act.\nREPUBLICAN IMPACT ON LEGISLATION\nlation affecting so-called cold war vet-\nsphere because of Republican effort.\npublican leadership on July 1. On July\naid poor children without undue Federal\nCABINET DEPARTMENT DEALING WITH URBAN\nIn spite of the fact that Republicans\nerans ever to be enacted by the Congress,\nBecause of opposition from the White\n10, Secretary of the Treasury, Henry\ncontrol of State, local, and private\nAFFAIRS\nin this Congress hold only one-third of\nthis will also apply to an estimated 21\nHouse and the State Department, an\nFowler, announced that the U.S. Govern-\nschools.\nThe administration bill establishing\nthe seats, there were occasions when the\nmillion veterans who have failed to use\namendment to bring such immigration\nment would issue a call for such a\nThe Republican effort was directed to-\na new Cabinet agency, the Department\nRepublican minority exerted an im-\nor qualify for VA home loan benefits.\nunder control presented by Representa-\nconference.\nward first, channeling Federal funds only\nof Housing and Community Affairs-H.R.\nportant influence on legislation.\nComprehensive benefits include no down\ntive CLARK MACGREGOR, of Minnesota, was\nOTHER NOTEWORTHY REPUBLICAN INITIATIVES\ninto areas of need within each State;\n6927-was defective in many respects.\nA 7-percent increase in social security\npayments for homes costing up to $15,000,\nvoted down by Democrats in the House.\nRepresentative MELVIN R. LAIRD, of\nsecond, recognizing differences in finan-\nIt did no more than confer a more pres-\nbenefits was approved-a proposal which\nwith as little as $500 down on a $20,000\nThis provision prevailed in the Senate,\nWisconsin, and Representative GLENARD\ncial ability and need among States; third,\ntigious title on certain existing agencies.\nRepublicans made in 1964, but which was\nhome.\nhowever, and was incorporated in the\nLIPSCOMB, of California, performed im-\nconcentrating the program upon the\nIt brought together in the new Depart-\nvoted down in the last Congress by Dem-\nThird, low interest rate college hous-\nfinal version of the law.\nportant service in bringing to public at-\nneeds of deprived children; and fourth,\nment less than one-third of the Federal\nocrats acting on White House orders.\ning: Conferees accepted this proposal,\nRepublican initiative and solid Repub-\ntention the inadequacy of the admin-\nreducing the discretionary authority of\nGovernment's housing activities and only\nThe repeal of Federal excise taxes-a\ndespite the firm opposition of the John-\nlican support saved for State Governors\nistration's defense budget for the prose-\nthe U.S. Commissioner of Education.\na minor fraction of Federal activities\nstep which Republicans have advocated\nson administration. It will provide $1.2\nsome power of veto over projects under\ncution of the war in Vietnam. In order\nA Republican approach to the problem\nand funds aimed at assisting States and\nfor many years and which was called for\nbillion in lower rent college housing,\nthe poverty program within their States\nto give the appearance of holding Fed-\nof expanding and improving elementary\nmunicipalities to solve the problems of\nin the Republican platform of 1964-was\navoiding an expensive Federal grant pro-\nin opposition to the effort of most Demo-\neral expenditure below the level of $100\nand secondary schools was incorporated\nmetropolitan areas. As passed by the\naccomplished in this session. In 1964, a\ngram.\ncrats to eliminate any vestige of State\nbillion in the fiscal year and to leave\nin H.R. 6349, offered by Representatives\nHouse of Representatives, it made no\nRepublican proposal to repeal retail ex-\nFourth, low interest elderly housing:\ncontrol over this program.\nroom for Great Society legislation, the\nWILLIAM AYRES, of Ohio, and THOMAS\nprovision for the continued existence of\ncise taxes was defeated by Democratic\nTo prevent the phasing out of a highly\nRepublican initiative and solid Repub-\nadministration devised its defense budget\nCURTIS, of Missouri, and others. This\nthe Federal Housing Administration, a\nvotes.\nsuccessful program administered by\nlican support led to the denial of funds\non guidelines set in 1963, which did not\nbill relied chiefly on the device of tax\ndefect which Republicans sought to cor-\nOther changes made in the social secu-\nchurches and other nonprofit organiza-\nfor the rent supplement program under\ntake account of the involvement of 150,-\ncredits for individuals who pay for\nrect and which was finally remedied in\nrity system were influenced by Republi-\ntions, a program with rents at a level\nthe Housing Act.\n000 American troops in a shooting war\nschools through State and local taxes\nconference.\ncan initiatives and conform to long-\nthey can afford will be available to\nRepublican initiative and solid Repub-\nin Asia. The result, as the Preparedness\ndirectly or indirectly as well as for those\nThe Republican alternative, offered by\nstanding Republican policy. One was\nelderly people of low income.\nlican support led to the denial of funds\nSubcommittee of the Senate Armed\nwho incur expenses for students in higher\nMrs. DWYER, of New Jersey-H.R. 5173-\nthe liberalization of the earnings limita-\nFifth, compensation for condemnees:\nfor a federally directed National Teacher\nServices Committee under Senator STEN-\neducation. This bill would have diverted\nand several other Republicans, would\ntion beyond which elderly people become\nThis provides, for the first time, prompt\nCorps.\nNIS has found, is a dangerous drain on\n$3 to $5 billion annually from the Fed-\nhave created an agency in the Executive\nineligible to collect their social security\nand equitable compensation for home-\nOn the other hand, an initial Repub-\nowners and small businessmen displaced\npersonnel, equipment, and ammunition\neral Treasury and made it available for\nOffice of the President to deal with met-\nbenefits. The other was the liberaliza-\nlican success-the prohibition of the use\nropolitan area problems. This agency\ntion of coverage requirements for people\nby urban renewal and other housing pro-\nin other parts of the world.\nadditional support for education at the\nof agricultural funds for aid to Nasser,\nRepresentative H. R. GROSS, of Iowa,\nState and local level.\nwould have been a center of coordina-\nover the age of 72 in order to qualify for\ngrams.\nvoted by the House at the motion of Rep-\nIn addition, H.R. 6349 provided $300\nSixth, rehabilitation loan program:\nserved as the public conscience, along\ntion and information for all Federal pro-\nbenefits.\nresentative ROBERT MICHEL, of Illinois,\nwith Senator JOHN WILLIAMS, of Dela-\nmillion annually to the States for the\ngrams and activities relating to urban\nSimilarly, Republicans took the lead\nSponsored by Republicans in the 1964\non January 26-was reversed under se-\nware, in endeavoring to raise the ethical\neducation of deprived children aged 3\nareas.\nin advocating changes in tax policy to\nHousing Act, the low-interest loan pro-\nvere administration pressure on Febru-\nstandards of the administration with\nto 7. Unlike Project Head Start under\nHOUSING\nlighten the burden of medical expenses.\ngram for tenants, homeowners, and\nary 8.\nspecial attention to the treatment given\nthe poverty program, which provides un-\nThe administration's housing bill-\nThe Congress repealed maximum limi-\nsmall businessmen in urban renewal\nREPUBLICAN INFLUENCE ON EXECUTIVE ACTION\nOtto Otepka and the inadequately ex-\neven summer schooling for some deprived\nH.R. 5840-as originally presented, of-\ntations on income tax deductions for\nareas received a $400 million authoriza-\nIn some instances the policy of the\nplored aspects of the Bobby Baker case.\nchildren, this bill proposed a systematic\nfered a scheme of rent supplements for\nmedical care insurance and authorized\ntion. This was not requested by the\nPresident and other executive agencies\nRepresentative PAUL FINDLEY and his\nnational effort to give preschool educa-\nfamilies whose incomes were above the\na deduction of one-half the cost of med-\nadministration.\nresponded to Republican proposals.\ntask force on NATO and the Atlantic\ntion to children who need it.\nlevels set for public housing tenants.\nical care insurance up to $150.\n793-358-0591\n793-358-0591\n6\nCONGRESSIONAL RECORD\nCONGRESSIONAL RECORD\n7\nCommunity issued a thoughtful report on\nin agreement with the majority of their\nFor these reasons most Republicans sup-\nFederal civil service: ANCHER NELSEN,\ncomprise a comprehensive, broad-\navailable a maximum of information to\nmeans of strengthening the Atlantic Al-\nparty. These 93 votes reveal some sig-\nported a prohibition against American\nof Minnesota.\ngauged, and constructive legislative pro-\ncitizens and taxpayers.\nliance and improving the strained rela-\nnificant differences between Republicans\naid to nations engaged in supplying\nLatin America: Cochairmen F. BRAD-\ngram.\nThe House Republican conference\ntions of the United States with France\nand Democrats.\nNorth Vietnam and against further ship-\nFORD MORSE, of Massachusetts, and DON-\nAt least 256 bills expanding and liber-\nadopted the recommendation of its task\nafter a study trip to Paris.\nThe general conclusions to be drawn\nment of agricultural commodities to\nALD RUMSFELD, of Illinois.\nalizing social security were offered by\nforce on education, headed by Repre-\nRepresentative FINDLEY, along with\nfrom these votes is a Republican prefer-\nEgypt's Nasser and Indonesia's Sukarno.\nNATO and Atlantic Community: PAUL\nRepublicans. These bills dealt with\nsentative ALBERT QUIE, of Minnesota, for\nRepresentative RALPH HARVEY, of In-\nence for a more discriminating approach\nIn order to preserve the integrity of\nFINDLEY, of Illinois.\nsuch matters as reduction of the age\nlegislation granting a tax credit against\ndiana, also took the lead in an unsuccess-\nto national problems. Republicans op-\nState and local governments, most\nNuclear affairs: CRAIG HOSMER, of Cali-\nrequirements for beneficiaries, increas-\nthe costs of higher education. A large\nful fight against the administration on\nposed and sought to modify the loosely\nRepublicans sought to-\nfornia.\ning the maximum age for eligibility of\nnumber of Members have sponsored bills\nthe sugar bill in an effort to recapture\ndrawn, ambiguous, blank check approach\nRetain the veto power of State gov-\nPlatform implementation: JAMES BAT-\nchildren, expansion of the system to\nlike Mr. QUIE'S which permits a credit up\nfor the taxpayers of the United States a\nof the Democratic majority.\nernors over poverty program projects;\nTIN, of Montana.\ngroups not presently covered, and in-\nto an amount of $325 per student\npart of the excess profit which foreign\nRepublicans showed themselves more\nMaintain the power of the States to\nUnemployment compensation system:\ncreasing the amount of earnings per-\nannually.\nsugar producers derive from sales in this\nconcerned than most Democrats about\nforbid compulsory unionism;\nJOHN W. BYRNES, of Wisconsin.\nmissible without sacrifice of benefits.\nAt least 78 Republicans have joined\ncountry because Government action\nsuch things as prudent use of tax dollars,\nPermit the people of each State to\nUnited Nations: JOHN B. ANDERSON, of\nAt least 61 Republican bills were in-\nwith Representative THOMAS CURTIS, of\nmaintains a domestic price more than\nthe danger of inflation fired by big in-\ndecide the basis of representation in one\nIllinois.\ntroduced for the reduction or repeal of\nMissouri, in offering the Human Invest-\ndouble the price in the world market.\ncreases in Government spending and un-\nhouse of their State legislature;\nUrban and suburban affairs: CLARK\nexcise taxes.\nment Act, a bill granting credits against\nRepresentative ROBERT J. CORBETT, of\nending deficits, the stiffing of State, lo-\nDefeat appropriations for a federally\nMACGREGOR, of Minnesota.\nAt least 59 Republicans introduced\nthe Federal income tax to business for\nPennsylvania, fought unsuccessfully to\ncal, and private initiative by the spread\ncontrolled National Teacher Corps;\nVoting rights: WILLIAM M. McCUL-\nvoting rights legislation, generally pat-\nthe expenses of retraining present or\nbring about an adjustment of the pay\nof an overweening Central Government,\nSecure legislative recognition of the\nLOCH, of Ohio.\nterned after the Ford-MeCulloch bill.\nprospective employees to upgrade their\nof Federal employees to provide full com-\nthe peril of runaway bureaucracy, and\nrights of States to set standards of water\nREPUBLICAN SUPPORT OF ADMINISTRATION BIILS\nAt least 54 Republicans introduced\nskills.\nparability with pay scales in private in-\nthe application of the commonsense\npurity in rivers instead of transferring\nSeveral enactments of the past session\nbills providing for a new program of\nAt least 60 Republicans have intro-\ndustry. Though full comparability is\nprinciples of good management in Fed-\nthis authority to the Federal Govern-\nreceived strong Republican support.\nmedical care for the aged. The three\nduced legislation of the type recom-\ngiven lip service by the administration,\neral programs.\nment;\nRepublican House Members judged each\nmajor approaches were typified in the\nmended by the House Republican task\nit is opposed to putting this principle\nFor all of these reasons, a majority of\nMaintain State authority to deter-\nbill on its merits and gave approval to\nproposals of Representative THOMAS B.\nforce on agriculture, headed by Repre-\nin practice.\nRepublicans in the House of Representa-\nmine the use to be made of areas adjoin-\nadministration measures that served the\nCURTIS-H.R. 3728; Representative\nsentative ODIN LANGEN, of Minnesota, to\nRepresentative ANCHER NELSEN, of\ntives, in contrast to a majority of the\ning highways; and\npublic interest.\nFRANK T. Bow-H.R. 21; and Represent-\nestablish a World Food Study Commis-\nMinnesota, continued his efforts to pro-\nDemocrats, voted against such things\nMaintain the right of States to deny\nAmong the bills that were given strong\native JOHN W. BYRNES-H.R. 7057.\nsion to determine population trends and\ntect Federal employees from illegal po-\nas-\nthe suffrage to people unable to read or\nRepublican support on final passage were\nAt least 46 Republicans proposed a\nfood needs for the future.\nlitical pressures imposed by the admin-\nDoubling the authorization for the\nwrite the English language.\nthe following: The higher education bill,\nconstitutional amendment to permit the\nThis list could be extended indefinitely.\nistration, particularly in the matter of\npoverty program at a time when loose\nPLANNING AND RESEARCH COMMITTEE\nvocational training loan bill, the immi-\npeople to employ factors in addition to\nIt is meant to be illustrative not ex-\nforced contributions to Democratic fund\nadministration prompted the Committee\nEarly in the session the planning and\ngration bill, the Export Control Act, con-\npopulation in the apportionment of one\nhaustive.\nraising events.\non Education and Labor to launch a full\nresearch committee was established as\nstitutional amendment on Presidential\nhouse of State legislatures.\nCONCLUSION\nRepresentative Ross ADAIR, of Indiana,\ninvestigation of the program;\nan organ of the Republican conference\nsuccession, the Older Americans Act of\nAt least 27 Republicans introduced bills\nLooking back on the session just con-\nsought vainly to secure for the service-\nA rent supplement program whereby\nof the House of Representatives. This\n1965, various bills in the field of health,\nto establish a coordinating office con-\ncluded, the Republican Members of the\nmen fighting in Vietnam educational\ntaxpayers would help to pay the rent of\nnew agency was created to help mobilize\nexcise tax cuts, manpower development\ncerned with urban area affairs in the\nHouse of Representatives can take pride\nbenefits similar to those granted to the\nfamilies earning in some areas more than\nactivity toward the development of long-\nand training bill, expansion of veterans'\nExecutive Office of the President.\nin the role that they have played. They\nveterans of the Second World War and\n$8,000 a year and possessing assets of as\nterm solutions to national problems.\nbenefits, various anticrime bills, pay\nAt least 28 Republicans introduced bills\ntried to make the Congress what it should\nKorea.\nmuch as $25,000;\nThe planning and research commit-\nraises for military and civilian personnel,\nestablishing a Commission on the Orga-\nbe-a deliberative body, independent of\nRepresentative WILLIAM S. MAILLIARD,\nA foreign aid program of $3.2 billion\ntee issued in August a report entitled,\nlegislation for the control of air and\nnization of the Executive Branch of the\nand coequal with the Executive, judging\nof California, sought with limited success\nwhich all agree needs drastic overhaul-\n\"Vietnam: Some Neglected Aspects of the\nwater pollution and water resources\nGovernment to do the job which two\nlegislation by the sole standard of the\nto secure legislative action to reinvigorate\ning;\nHistorical Record.\" Columnist Roscoe\nnational interest. Their success cannot\nplanning, and the voting rights bill.\nHoover Commissions did in the past.\nthe merchant shipping of the United\nA farm bill which will mean that Gov-\nDrummond said of this report:\nbe measured in terms of the votes on\nA SAMPLING OF REPUBLICAN LEGISLATIVE\nNine Republicans introduced a free-\nStates.\nernment payments in 1966 will equal\nThis is \"loyal opposition\" at its best.\nwhich they prevailed-which were few.\nPROPOSALS\nREPUBLICAN SOLIDITY\none-third of realized net farm income\ndom of information bill defining the au-\nThe verdict on their work will not be\nRepublican ranks in the House of Rep-\nHeaded by Representative CHARLES E.\nRepublican Members of the House of\nbut will not solve the farm problem;\nthority of Federal agencies and officials\nknown until the people speak in the elec-\nGOODELL, of New York, this committee\nRepresentatives introduced bills which\nresentatives held fast on important votes\nA Public Works and Redevelopment\nto withhold information in order to make\ntions of 1966.\nAct modeled after the discredited Area\nsupervises the activities of 13 task forces,\n793-358-0591\nthroughout the session. On the 26 roll-\ncall votes in which a party position was\neach of which has spent this year in the\nRedevelopment Act and the Advanced\nformulated by the House Republican pol-\nstudy of major public policy problems in\nPublic Works Act; and\nits field of jurisdiction. Several of the\nicy committee headed by Representative\nA Highway Beautification Act rushed\ntask forces have made reports contain-\nJOHN RHODES, of Arizona, 87 percent of\nthrough the House without adequate de-\ning constructive proposals in 1965. All\nthe votes cast by Republican Members\nliberation.\nwill make a substantial contribution to\nwere in support of the party position and\nRepublican Members even voted\nthe positive Republican program in 1966.\nonly 13 percent in opposition.\nagainst a pay raise for themselves, again\nThe task forces and their chairmen\nDIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PARTIES\nunlike a majority of the Democrats.\nare:\nDuring this past session of the Con-\nIn order to provide a more consistent\nAgriculture: ODIN LANGEN, of Minne-\ngress, there were 93 rollcall votes on\nand vigorous foreign policy, Republicans\nsota.\nwhich a majority of the Republi-\nunsuccessfully attempted to place re-\nCongressional reform and minority\ncan Members of the House voted in op-\nstrictions of foreign aid funds SO that\nstaffing: JAMES CLEVELAND, of New\nposition to a majority of the Democrats.\nthe American taxpayer would not be fl-\nHampshire.\nOn these votes in the aggregate, 81.4 per-\nnancing anti-American regimes or as-\nEconomic opportunity: PETER FRELING-\neent of the Republican votes were on the\nsisting nations that are helping North\nHUYSEN, of New Jersey.\nside of the majority of their party and\nVietnam in the war in which 150,000\nEducation: ALBERT H. QUIE, of Minne-\n80.2 percent of the Democratic votes were\nAmerican fighting men are now engaged.\nsota.\n793-358-0591\nU.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE:1985\n(Not printed at Government expense)\nCongressional Record\nUnited States\nof America\nPROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE\n89ᵗʰ\nCONGRESS, FIRST SESSION\nObservations on the 1st Session of 89th Congress\nEXTENSION OF REMARKS\nyear felt that the legislative initiative has\nIt is one thing for a Congress to adopt\nOF\npassed irretrievably to the executive\nPresidential proposals after thorough de-\nHON. GERALD R. FORD\nbranch. One of the experts at that con-\nliberation and adequate discussion. It is\nvention, Lewis A. Dexter, said that the\nquite another thing for a Congress to\nOF MICHIGAN\nCongress will come to have the same im-\nrush through such proposals without\nIN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\nportance in the American vstem of gov-\ncareful scrutiny and without reasonable\nFriday, October 22, 1965\nernment as the House of Lords has in\ndebate. No Congress that performed its\nthe British, particularly if several future\nMr. GERALD R. FORD. Mr. Speaker,\nconstitutional duty would do the slipshod\nPresidents resemble Lyndon Johnson.\njob of which Senator MANSFIELD in-\nthe record of the 1st session of the 89th\nEric Sevareid wrote:\ndicted the present Congress when he\nCongress is spotty. Along with the en-\nWe know of a number of Congressmen who\nsaid that it must now devote most of its\nactment of some meritorious and needed\nwould be very grateful to leari what they\nlegislation, the Congress often acted\neffor to tightening up \"its hasty enact-\nhave really done this year.\nments.\"\nhastily, blindly, and indiscriminately.\nThe majority leader of the Senate, Mr.\nHe also found that the Congress has so\nEXAMPLES OF RUBBERSTAMPING BY THE CONGRESS\nMANSFIELD, of Montana, has confessed\noften acted under \"a curious kind of in\nOn many important bills the House of\nserious deficiencies in the enacted\ntimidation\" that the \"once-exalted title\nRepresentatives acted without adequate\nby the Congress this year. He has an-\nof Senator or Representative as lost\nconsideration, without full hearings in\nnounced that the 2d sess on of the 89th\nmuch of its prestige.\"\ncommittee, and without sufficient debate\nCongress should \"spend less time on new\nOne of the leading newspapers in the\non the floor.\nlegislation and more time correcting\nhome State of the Vice President mmed\nThe and humanities bill was rail-\noversights in legislation we have just\nit up this way\nroaded through the Committee on Edu-\npassed.\" He has said tha the Congress\nAnyone following the maily deliberati ns of\ncation and Labor after about 15 minutes\n\"must tighten up the hasty enactments'\nthe House of itatives must be struck\nof consideration. Even a motion by the\nand must eliminate from th laws of the\nby the ruthlessnes with which the Demo-\nminority that the bill be read was sum-\nsession just ended \"a number of gaps and\ncratic majority of so-called liberals is flexing\nmarily rejected by the majority. When\nits muscles It is not, in fac a deliberative\nany number of rough edges, overexten-\nthe committee met to act on the bill, the\nbody. Representative government is in a sad\nsions and overlaps.\"\nand critical state.\nmembers were presented for the first\nThe Mansfield confession should be\ntime with a new committee print, dated\ngood for the soul of the American peo-\nColumnist Ted Lewis said:\nthe same day, containing a number of\nple. It should convince them that one-\nThe presidential image of a miracle pro-\nsignificant amendments which the mi-\nparty government does not serve them\nducer of new laws makes the legislative\nnority members had never seen before.\nbranch of Government appear to be a crea-\nwell.\nThereafter, several additional amend-\nture of the executive branch.\nOne conclusion to be drawn from the\nments, which the Republican members\n1st session of the 89th Congress is that\nThe Chicago Tribune, in an editorial\nhad never seen, were quickly adopted in\nwhenever the party that holds possession\nentitled \"Legislating by Scoop Shovel,\"\ncommittee and the bill was reported with\nof the executive branch of the National\nsaid:\ngreat haste.\nGovernment lso enjoys overwhelming\nIt would take a truck scale to weigh the\nThe Education and Labor Committee\ndominance in the Songress, the Congress\nlegislation forwarded by the White House and\nmade virtually no change in the admin-\nbecomes a satellite of the President.\nautomatically approved, most of it wasteful,\nistration bill to provide assistance for\nmuch of it unnecessary, and all of it putting\nThe failure of the Congress to act as a\nelementary and secondary education, de-\nthe individual in the grip of the Federal vise.\ndeliberative body, coequal with the Ex-\nspite vigorous bipartisan complaints\nHe [the President] has been legislating\necutive, is the most striking feature of\nabout the formula for distributing Fed-\neverything and anything, and, with two-\nthis past session. Until the closing days\nthirds majorities in either Chamber, he has a\neral funds contained in the bill. On the\nof the session, it rubberstamped the pro-\nCongress of robots that is totally compliant.\nfloor, at least 10 of 25 amendments were\nposals of the White House in far too\nrejected without discussion due to the\nThe Knoxville Journal editorialized:\nmany instances.\ngag-rule limitation on debate.\nAny Congress which voluntarily yields its\nThe members of the American Politi-\nright to perform as a coequal part of the\nAs this far-reaching legislation was\ncal Science Association who gathered in\nFederal Establishment, as this one has, is a\nbeing considered by the House of Rep-\nWashington in early September of this\ncontinuing threat to the Nation.\nresentatives, Democratic Congresswoman\n793-358-0591\n2\nCONGRESSIONAL RECORD\nCONGRESSIONAL RECORD\n3\nGREEN, of Oregon, took the floor to pro-\nprotect the religious liberty of employees\nwell as vocational education and public\nadministration of seeking to \"warp the\nlion does not include additional back-\nsupported by a majority of the House\ntest, \"Today it seems to me we have in\nwhose religious beliefs clash with com-\nassistance programs.\nproposed Federal Public Records legisla-\ndoor spending of $7 billion made possible\nRepublicans. In every case the Repub-\nthe House a determined effort to silence\npulsory union membership, and to in-\nThe Manpower Development and\ntion into an almost unlimited authority\nby the Congress this year. Nor does it\nlican alternative dealt more adequately\nthose who are in disagreement.\"\nsure that employees would be protected\nTraining Act overlaps the poverty pro-\nfor the President to establish broader\ninclude perhaps $5 to $7 billion needed\nwith the problem without unnecessary\nSo little was the elementary and sec-\nfrom compulsion to join a Communist-\ngram.\nsecrecy practices.\" The committee also\nfor the war in Vietnam, a request which\nextension of Federal power.\nondary education bill studied before floor\ncontrolled union.\nOne unfortunate oversight in the laws\nindicted the administration for \"the se-\nthe administration is holding back until\nVOTING RIGHTS\naction that two of the best informed\nThe Washington Post commented:\nof the session can be cited to illustrate\ncrecy on the names of Post Office Depart-\nnext January.\nThe administration's bill on voting\nsupporters of the measure, gave to the\nSeveral important questions were raised\nthe results of hasty and ill-considered\nment employees hired in the summer\nThe Congress failed to exercise any\nrights-H.R. 6400-as originally intro-\nHouse contradictory explanations of its\nin the House debate and left unanswered.\ncongressional action. By increasing\nprogram in 1965; the Defense Depart-\nrestraint on reckless spending. The re-\nduced, provided a remedy for discrimina-\napplication to nonpublic schools.\nThe Democratic majority rammed\nsocial security payments, the Congress\nment continues the October 1962, Sylves-\nduction of administration requests for\ntion only in six Southern States and\nThe higher education bill was reported\nthrough a bill repealing section 14(b)\ninadvertently caused the termination or\nter Directive which requires military and\nappropriations by $2.4 billion is more\nAlaska and in 37 counties in certain\nout of the Education and Labor Com-\nwhich the Post said \"scarcely qualifies as\nreduction of the pensions of tens of thou-\ncivilian personnel to report all contacts\napparent than real. The funds denied\nother States, including one county each\nmittee in great haste, apparently at the\nsands of veterans. The added social\nwell-rounded legislation in the national\nwith the press to Sylvester's office; the\nhave only been deferred until 1966.\nin Arizona, Idaho, and Maine. These\ncommand of the White House. The\ninterest.\"\nsecurity payment meant a reduction of\nincreased centralization of information\nThe following table shows the amount\nstrange results were achieved by lan-\nWall Street Journal noted that the com-\nthe income of these veterans.\nOn the important bill to prohibit dis-\nreleases at the White House, and the in-\nappropriated by Congress in each ses-\nguage which limited the application of\nmittee \"under prodding from an im-\ncrimination in employment and union\nWEAKENING OF CHECKS ON EXECUTIVE BRANCH\ncreasing sensitivity over leaks of infor-\nsion since 1960. It reflects an increase\nthe bill to places which used literacy tests\npatient White House deliberated for all\nmembership, only the briefest of hear-\nOne-party domination of the legisla-\nmation that have no connection with\nof $36 billion, or 43 percent, since 1960.\nor tests of moral character for voters and\nof 20 minutes.\" Democratic Congress-\nings were held by the Committee on Edu-\ntive and executive branches weakens the\nnational security problems; the basic\nOf this $36 billion increase, only $8.3\nin which fewer than 50 percent of the\nman PUCINSKI, of Illinois, called the\ncation and Labor. These hearings con-\nconstitutional system of checks and bal-\nproblem of balancing national security\nbillion is for defense:\nvoting-age population voted in the 1964\nbill's handling \"a mockery of the legis-\ntained no testimony based on experience\nances. The subservient Congress which\ninterests and freedom for the press in\n[In billions]\nelection.\nlative process.\"\nunder the 1964 Civil Rights Act and were\nit produces fails to exercise the restraint\nconnection with Vietnam and the Do-\nRepublican House Members and Re-\nHearings on the administration's orig-\nfollowed almost immediately by a sub-\nwhich it should over the executive\nminican Republic.\"\nAppropria-\nChange from\nSession\ntions\npreceding\npublican Senators introduced voting\ninal highway beautification proposals\ncommittee meeting which reported the\nbranch. The majority leader of the\nThere is no word but arrogance for the\nyear\nrights legislation before the administra-\nwere held by the Committee on Public\nbill favorably. An hour later the full\nSenate recognizes that such is the case\nbehavior of administration spokesmen,\ntion got around to deciding to present a\nWorks on July 20, 21, and 22. These\n86th Cong.: 2d (1960)\n$83.8\ncommittee met and reported the bill to\nwhen he urges the Congress now to un-\nincluding the President and the Vice\n87th Cong.:\nbill.\nhearings were adjourned with the un-\nthe House. No amendments were offered\ndertake its neglected function of legisla-\nPresident, when they pointedly imply\n1st (1961)\n95.8\n+$12.0\n2d (1962)\n102.3\n+6.5\nThe basic difference between the ad-\nderstanding that the complex proposals\ntive oversight over executive agencies.\nthat the consideration which the prob-\n88th Cong.\nbecause none of the minority members\n1st (1963)\n102.6\n+.3\nministration proposal and the major Re-\nshould be studied further and acted upon\nhad any opportunity to study the long\nThe executive branch unchecked is\nlems of a locality receives in Washington\n2d (1964)\n106.0\n+3.4\npublican alternative, the Ford-McCul-\nearly next year. Without warning, the\n89th Cong.: 1st (1965)\n119.3\n+13.3\nand complex measure and analyze even\nprone to carelessness about legal re-\nwill depend on whether its local officials\nloch bill-H.R. 7896-lay in the fact that\nhearings were reopened on September 3\nits theoretical weaknesses. This bill was\nstraints and about the public interest.\nare Republicans or Democrats. It is\nthe Republican bill provided a remedy\nand 7, while the committee and its staff\nCONSTRUCTIVE REPUBLICAN RECORD\nnot acted on by the House.\nThis carelessness can descend to the\nshocking to learn that responsible na-\nfor unconstitutional discrimination\nwere absorbed with the omnibus rivers\nlevel of arrogance in some instances.\nOn February 3, 1965, the Republican\nand harbors and flood control bill. The\nThe percentages allocated to the vari-\ntional officials would stoop to threaten\nwherever it occurs and regardless of the\nous categories of immigrants in the Im-\nArrogance is a strong word, but there\nany community with reprisals if its citi-\nleadership of the House of Representa-\ndevice used to achieve discrimination.\nact was debated and passed by the House\ntives said:\non October 7, with the final vote being\nmigration and Nationality Act of 1965\nis no other word for the submission to\nzens choose officials who are not of the\nThe administration bill wiped out\ntallied well after midnight. At one point\nwere not discussed either in the Judiciary\nthe Senate of the nomination of Francis\nadministration's party.\nHouse Republicans have a major responsi-\nliteracy and other tests wherever fewer\nX. Morrissey to the Federal judiciary nor\nbility as the representatives of approximately\nCommittee or on the floor.\nThe New York Times reacted with in-\nin the proceedings the House voted 121\n43 percent of the electorate who voted for a\nthan 50 percent of the voting age popu-\nOn the voting rights bill, the admin-\nfor the efforts to bull that nomination\ndignation to the threat when it was made\nto 84 to allow but 8 minutes of debate on\nRepublican House of Representatives in 1964.\nlation voted in 1964. The Ford-McCul-\nistration forces on the Judiciary Commit-\nthrough the Senate. The American Bar\nin New York City. Its editorial\nThat duty, as we conceive it, is to exert what-\nloch bill did not disturb nondiscrimina-\n5 separate amendments.\ntee methodically rejected all significant\nAssociation and the Massachusetts Bar\ncommented:\never influence we can to guide the Nation\ntory qualifications for voting established\nRegarding the very controversial bill to\namendments offered by Republicans. On\nAssociation pronounced this nominee un-\nThis is a remarkable indictment of the\ntoward the goals of freedom, security, peace,\nby States.\nrepeal section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley\nthe floor of the House the same general\nfit for the post. A representative of the\nJohnson administration. It suggests, for\nand well-being with fiscal responsibility.\nThe administration bill required Fed-\nAct, the Democratic majority of the Com-\nAmerican Bar Association testified on the\nexample, that Sargent Shriver, the head of\nWe cannot accept the statement, \"The\nmittee on Education and Labor rejected\nattitude prevailed. With the exception\neral court approval of any new voting\nMorrissey nomination:\nthe antipoverty program and a Democrat,\nduty of the opposition party is to oppose.\"\nall attempts by Republican members to\nof the Cramer amendment to prevent\nFrom the standpoint of legal training,\nwould be less sympathetic and helpful to New\nThis is too narrow and too negative a formu-\nlaws passed by the States to which it\namend the bill SO as to provide some\nelection irregularities, any significant\namendment offered by a Republican was\nlegal experience, and legal ability, we have\nYork if its mayor were a Republican. It\nlation of our responsibility.\napplied. The Ford-MeCulloch bill did\nbasic protections for rank-and-file em-\nmakes the same innuendo about the officials\nnot had any case where these factors were\nWe must do more than respond to the in-\nnot restrict State authority to enact new\nblindly voted down.\nwho run the housing, education, mass tran-\nitiatives of the administration. We must\nployees compelled to join unions in order\nso lacking.\nnondiseriminatory voting laws.\nGAPS AND OVERLAPS\nsit, antipollution, and other programs in\ntake the initiative ourselves in two ways.\nto hold their jobs. Because of the re-\nThe administration bill, as originally\nThere is no word but arrogance for\nwhich New York has a vital interest. It sug-\nFirst, we must offer alternative measures to\nstrictive rule under which the bill was\nThe defects in the legislation enacted\ngests that President Johnson, Vice President\nintroduced, approved of the poll tax, pro-\nthe withholding of Federal funds from\ncope with national problems when the ad-\nconsidered by the House, amendments\nduring the session of Congress just\nthe city of Chicago in defiance of the\nHUMPHREY, and Senator KENNEDY himself\nministration's proposals are unwise. This we\nviding that Federal examiners would\nwhich would permit compulsory union\nended will come to light as the bills are\nprocedures established by Congress.\nwould not be so helpful to the mayor of the\nare doing, for example, in the matter of\ncollect it in areas in which they operated\nmembership agreements only if the\nput into effect. Problems of duplica-\nThere is no word but arrogance for\nNation's largest city if he were of a political\nlightening the burden of the costs of health\nto register voters. The Ford-McCulloch\nunions involved refrained from racial\ntion and overlap will be encountered.\nfaith different from theirs.\nprocedures in the Congress that silence\ncare for older people.\nbill directed the Attorney General to ini-\nand religious discrimination, refrained\nThe Appalachia bill overlaps several\nFISCAL EXCESSES\ndissent and preclude careful considera-\nSecond, we must press for action to deal\ntiate a speedy court test of the constitu-\nfrom using union funds for political pur-\nexisting Federal-aid programs, notably\ntion of legislation.\nThe carelessness of a Congress over-\nwith the problems to which the administra-\ntionality of the poll tax.\nposes, and refrained from denying em-\nin the fields of highway construction and\nwhelmingly controlled by the President's\ntion is blind or indifferent.\nThere is no word but arrogance for\nMEDICARE\nployees rights guaranteed them by Fed-\npublic health.\nparty is particularly manifested in big\neral law were rejected as not germane.\nThe public works and redevelopment\nopposition to freedom of information leg-\nIn this spirit the Republican Members\nThe medicare bill, included in the So-\nspending. This session of Congress has\nOther amendments offered, on which the\nbill, providing aid to so-called depressed\nislation which would permit the public to\nof the House of Representatives have\nset a new record in appropriations not\ncial Security Amendments of 1965, is an\nHouse was not permitted to vote, were\nareas, overlaps the Appalachia bill.\nknow what is going on in the Govern-\ndischarged their responsibility this year.\napproached since the Second World War.\namalgamation of the administration\ndesigned to insure that unions securing\nThe expanded poverty program over-\nment which it pays for. The Freedom\nThe appropriation of $119.3 billion this\nTheir record is impressive.\nproposal and a Republican alternative\ncompulsory membership agreements\nlaps the elementary and secondary\nof Information Committee of Sigma\nyear is $36 billion more than was ap-\nREPUBLICAN ALTERNATIVES\noffered by Representative JOHN BYRNES,\ntruly represented a majority as demon-\nschool aid bill, which is ostensibly aimed\nDelta Chi, the national society of jour-\npropriated by the last session of Congress\nFor six of the major bills proposed by\nof Wisconsin-H.R. 7057.\nstrated by winning an NLRB election, to\nat children from low-income families, as\nnalists, in its annual report, accused the\nduring the Eisenhower administration.\nthe administration and passed in this\nIn contrast to the bill originally pro-\n793-358-0591\nThis staggering figure of almost $120 bil-\nsession, there were alternative proposals\nposed by the administration early in the\n793-358-0591\n4\nCONGRESSIONAL RECORD\nCONGRESSIONAL RECORD\n5\nsession, the Byrnes bill provided a sys-\nAPPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACT\nUnder this plan, some families with an\nThe medicare bill passed by the Con-\nA notable improvement in the housing\nOn April 30, the House Republican\ntem of insurance for the elderly-first,\nThe administration bill-S. 3-which\nincome of more than $11,000 in some\ngress incorporates in its provisions much\nbill was made with the adoption of an\nleadership proposed the creation of an\ncovering all medical expenses, not just\nbecame law, provided for an Appalachian\nplaces would be eligible to have a part\nof the Republican bill offered by Repre-\namendment offered by Representative\ninter-American police force to restore\nhospitalization; second, offering volun-\nRegional Commission with authority in\nof their rent paid by the Federal Gov-\nsentative JOHN W. BYRNES, of Wisconsin.\nJOHN C. KUNKEL, of Pennsylvania, aiding\npeace and order in the Dominican Re-\ntary rather than compulsory coverage;\n360 counties in 10 States to plan the ex-\nernment. Beyond this, the bill provided\nThis bill is not limited to hospital care\nhomeowners who became unemployed be-\npublic. On May 3, the administration\nand third, financed by a combination of\npenditure of funds for various public\nlargely for a continuance of existing\nas the administration recommended. In\ncause of the closing of Federal installa-\noffered this proposal to the Organization\ngeneral tax revenues and premium pay-\nworks, particularly highway construction,\nFederal housing programs.\nits final version it covers doctors' bills\ntions. It placed a moratorium on FHA-\nof American States.\nments by the insured, avoiding the\nin a region that includes many severely\nA Republican substitute, offered by\nand other medical costs in provisions\ninsured loan payments of such persons\nThe appropriation of an additional\nregressive social security tax.\ndepressed areas.\nRepresentative WILLIAM B. WIDNALL, of\nborrowed from the Byrnes bill.\nand authorized the Secretary of Defense\n$700 million for defense as a means of\nELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL AID\nThe Republican alternative, offered\nNew Jersey-H.R. 9501-sought to mod-\nThe Housing Act passed by Congress\nto acquire their properties for FHA dis-\nemphasizing national unity and national\nThe administration's bill to aid ele-\nby Representative WILLIAM C. CRAMER,\nify existing housing policy in several im-\ncontains six significant features from the\nposal when the owners were unable to\nresolve in the face of Communist aggres-\nmentary and secondary schools-H.R.\nof Florida-H.R. 4466-would have ex-\nportant respects:\nRepublican substitute proposed by Rep-\ndispose of them on reasonable terms.\nsion on two continents was suggested by\n2362-presented as a measure to assist\ntended Federal assistance to all econom-\nFirst, by giving residential redevelop-\nresentative WILLIAM B. WIDNALL, of New\nThe Voting Rights Act as passed con-\nthe minority floor leader at a White\npoverty stricken children, is in fact the\nically depressed areas throughout the Na-\nment in urban renewal a higher priority;\nJersey:\ntains at least two provisions of Republi-\nHouse Conference on Vietnam problems.\nfirst general aid to primary and second-\ntion instead of to a single region. Unlike\nSecond, by stimulating rehabilitation\nFirst, low-income private housing:\ncan origin. One was the clean elections\nThe administration subsequently re-\nary schools passed by the Congress.\nthe administration bill, which provides\nof existing sound housing;\nThis new program will provide imme-\nprovision proposed by Representative\nquested the increased appropriation. It\nUnder this bill, $2.1 million will be\naid to prosperous as well as depressed\nThird, by utilizing existing privately\ndiate relief to low-income families who\nWILLIAM CRAMER, of Florida, inserted in\nwas granted with the unanimous support\ngranted by the Federal Government to\nareas in the region to which it applies,\nowned rental housing for low-income\nhave been living in substandard housing\nthe bill over the opposition of a ma-\nof Republican Members of both House\nWestchester County, the wealthiest in\nthe Cramer bill proposed to limit aid\ntenants;\nin those areas where there is a long wait-\njority of the Democrats in the House of\nand Senate.\nNew York State, for the education of\nto places suffering economic distress and\nFourth, by lower interest rates on loans\ning list for public housing. It will use\nRepresentatives. The bill as finally\nSince mid-1963, Republicans in Con-\nchildren from poor families. Sunflower\nhigh unemployment.\nfor college housing and housing for the\nany adequate existing housing on a vol-\npassed dealt with the question of the poll\ngress have been urging the administra-\nCounty, Miss., with median family in-\nThe Public Works and Development\nelderly; and\nuntary basis at a cost not exceeding\ntax by directing the Attorney General to\ntion to take the lead in convening an in-\ncome only one-fifth that of Westchester\nAct of 1965-Public Law 89-136-is, like\nFifth, by providing new FHA mort-\npresent public housing rental levels,\nsecure a speedy court test of the consti-\nternational monetary conference to deal\nCounty, will receive only $745,000 for\nthe Cramer bill, a measure intended to\ngage financing for veterans.\nwithout the gigantic expense of con-\ntutionality of the tax-the approach used\nwith the urgent balance-of-payments\nthe education of an equal number of\nassist depressed areas throughout the\nMany of the features of the Widnall\nstructing new public housing units.\nin the Ford-McCulloch bill.\nproblem. In 1965, the urging was re-\nchildren from poor families.\nNation. It raises serious problems of\nbill were incorporated in the measure\nSecond, veterans housing program:\nThe immigration bill contains a ceiling\nnewed by Representative ROBERT ELLS-\nRepublicans sought to make it a bill\nduplication and conflict with the Ap-\nwhich was enacted.\nThe first major veterans' benefits legis-\non immigrants from the Western Hemi-\nWORTH, of Kansas, and by the joint Re-\nwhich would do what it professed to do:\npalachian Regional Development Act.\nREPUBLICAN IMPACT ON LEGISLATION\nlation affecting so-called cold war vet-\nsphere because of Republican effort.\npublican leadership on July 1. On July\naid poor children without undue Federal\nCABINET DEPARTMENT DEALING WITH URBAN\nIn spite of the fact that Republicans\nerans ever to be enacted by the Congress,\nBecause of opposition from the White\n10, Secretary of the Treasury, Henry\ncontrol of State, local, and private\nAFFAIRS\nin this Congress hold only one-third of\nthis will also apply to an estimated 21\nHouse and the State Department, an\nFowler, announced that the U.S. Govern-\nschools.\nThe administration bill establishing\nthe seats, there were occasions when the\nmillion veterans who have failed to use\namendment to bring such immigration\nment would issue a call for such a\nThe Republican effort was directed to-\na new Cabinet agency, the Department\nRepublican minority exerted an im-\nor qualify for VA home loan benefits.\nunder control presented by Representa-\nconference.\nward first, channeling Federal funds only\nof Housing and Community Affairs-H.R.\nportant influence on legislation.\nComprehensive benefits include no down\ntive CLARK MACGREGOR, of Minnesota, was\nOTHER NOTEWORTHY REPUBLICAN INITIATIVES\ninto areas of need within each State;\n6927-was defective in many respects.\nA 7-percent increase in social security\npayments for homes costing up to $15,000,\nvoted down by Democrats in the House.\nRepresentative MELVIN R. LAIRD, of\nsecond, recognizing differences in finan-\nIt did no more than confer a more pres-\nbenefits was approved-a proposal which\nwith as little as $500 down on a $20,000\nThis provision prevailed in the Senate,\nWisconsin, and Representative GLENARD\ncial ability and need among States; third,\ntigious title on certain existing agencies.\nRepublicans made in 1964, but which was\nhome.\nhowever, and was incorporated in the\nLIPSCOMB, of California, performed im-\nconcentrating the program upon the\nIt brought together in the new Depart-\nvoted down in the last Congress by Dem-\nThird, low interest rate college hous-\nfinal version of the law.\nportant service in bringing to public at-\nneeds of deprived children; and fourth,\nment less than one-third of the Federal\nocrats acting on White House orders.\ning: Conferees accepted this proposal,\nRepublican initiative and solid Repub-\ntention the inadequacy of the admin-\nreducing the discretionary authority of\nGovernment's housing activities and only\nThe repeal of Federal excise taxes-a\ndespite the firm opposition of the John-\nlican support saved for State Governors\nistration's defense budget for the prose-\nthe U.S. Commissioner of Education.\na minor fraction of Federal activities\nstep which Republicans have advocated\nson administration. It will provide $1.2\nsome power of veto over projects under\ncution of the war in Vietnam. In order\nA Republican approach to the problem\nand funds aimed at assisting States and\nfor many years and which was called for\nbillion in lower rent college housing,\nthe poverty program within their States\nto give the appearance of holding Fed-\nof expanding and improving elementary\nmunicipalities to solve the problems of\nin the Republican platform of 1964-was\navoiding an expensive Federal grant pro-\nin opposition to the effort of most Demo-\neral expenditure below the level of $100\nand secondary schools was incorporated\nmetropolitan areas. As passed by the\naccomplished in this session. In 1964, a\ngram.\ncrats to eliminate any vestige of State\nbillion in the fiscal year and to leave\nin H.R. 6349, offered by Representatives\nHouse of Representatives, it made no\nRepublican proposal to repeal retail ex-\nFourth, low interest elderly housing:\ncontrol over this program.\nroom for Great Society legislation, the\nWILLIAM AYRES, of Ohio, and THOMAS\nprovision for the continued existence of\ncise taxes was defeated by Democratic\nTo prevent the phasing out of a highly\nRepublican initiative and solid Repub-\nadministration devised its defense budget\nCURTIS, of Missouri, and others. This\nthe Federal Housing Administration, a\nvotes.\nsuccessful program administered by\nlican support led to the denial of funds\non guidelines set in 1963, which did not\nbill relied chiefly on the device of tax\ndefect which Republicans sought to cor-\nOther changes made in the social secu-\nchurches and other nonprofit organiza-\nfor the rent supplement program under\ntake account of the involvement of 150,-\ncredits for individuals who pay for\nrect and which was finally remedied in\nrity system were influenced by Republi-\ntions, a program with rents at a level\nthe Housing Act.\n000 American troops in a shooting war\nschools through State and local taxes\nconference.\ncan initiatives and conform to long-\nthey can afford will be available to\nRepublican initiative and solid Repub-\nin Asia. The result, as the Preparedness\ndirectly or indirectly as well as for those\nThe Republican alternative, offered by\nstanding Republican policy. One was\nelderly people of low income.\nlican support led to the denial of funds\nSubcommittee of the Senate Armed\nwho incur expenses for students in higher\nMrs. DWYER, of New Jersey-H.R. 5173-\nthe liberalization of the earnings limita-\nFifth, compensation for condemnees:\nfor a federally directed National Teacher\nServices Committee under Senator STEN-\neducation. This bill would have diverted\nand several other Republicans, would\ntion beyond which elderly people become\nThis provides, for the first time, prompt\nCorps.\nNIS has found, is a dangerous drain on\n$3 to $5 billion annually from the Fed-\nhave created an agency in the Executive\nineligible to collect their social security\nand equitable compensation for home-\nOn the other hand, an initial Repub-\nowners and small businessmen displaced\npersonnel, equipment, and ammunition\neral Treasury and made it available for\nOffice of the President to deal with met-\nbenefits. The other was the liberaliza-\nlican success-the prohibition of the use\nin other parts of the world.\nadditional support for education at the\nropolitan area problems. This agency\ntion of coverage requirements for people\nby urban renewal and other housing pro-\nof agricultural funds for aid to Nasser,\nRepresentative H. R. GROSS, of Iowa,\nState and local level.\nwould have been a center of coordina-\nover the age of 72 in order to qualify for\ngrams.\nvoted by the House at the motion of Rep-\nIn addition, H.R. 6349 provided $300\nSixth, rehabilitation loan program:\nserved as the public conscience, along\ntion and information for all Federal pro-\nbenefits.\nresentative ROBERT MICHEL, of Illinois,\nwith Senator JOHN WILLIAMS, of Dela-\nmillion annually to the States for the\ngrams and activities relating to urban\nSimilarly, Republicans took the lead\nSponsored by Republicans in the 1964\non January 26-was reversed under se-\nware, in endeavoring to raise the ethical\neducation of deprived children aged 3\nareas.\nin advocating changes in tax policy to\nHousing Act, the low-interest loan pro-\nvere administration pressure on Febru-\nstandards of the administration with\nto 7. Unlike Project Head Start under\nHOUSING\nlighten the burden of medical expenses.\ngram for tenants, homeowners, and\nary 8.\nspecial attention to the treatment given\nthe poverty program, which provides un-\nThe administration's housing bill-\nThe Congress repealed maximum limi-\nsmall businessmen in urban renewal\nREPUBLICAN INFLUENCE ON EXECUTIVE ACTION\nOtto Otepka and the inadequately ex-\neven summer schooling for some deprived\nH.R. 5840-as originally presented, of-\ntations on income tax deductions for\nareas received a $400 million authoriza-\nIn some instances the policy of the\nplored aspects of the Bobby Baker case.\nchildren, this bill proposed a systematic\nfered a scheme of rent supplements for\nmedical care insurance and authorized\ntion. This was not requested by the\nPresident and other executive agencies\nRepresentative PAUL FINDLEY and his\nnational effort to give preschool educa-\nfamilies whose incomes were above the\na deduction of one-half the cost of med-\nadministration.\nresponded to Republican proposals.\ntask force on NATO and the Atlantic\ntion to children who need it.\nlevels set for public housing tenants.\nical care insurance up to $150.\n793-358-0591\n793-358-0591\n6\nCONGRESSIONAL RECORD\nCONGRESSIONAL RECORD\n7\nCommunity issued a thoughtful report on\nin agreement with the majority of their\nFor these reasons most Republicans sup-\nFederal civil service: ANCHER NELSEN,\ncomprise a comprehensive, broad-\navailable a maximum of information to\nmeans of strengthening the Atlantic Al-\nparty. These 93 votes reveal some sig-\nported a prohibition against American\nof Minnesota.\ngauged, and constructive legislative pro-\ncitizens and taxpayers.\nliance and improving the strained rela-\nnificant differences between Republicans\naid to nations engaged in supplying\nLatin America: Cochairmen F. BRAD-\ngram.\nThe House Republican conference\ntions of the United States with France\nand Democrats.\nNorth Vietnam and against further ship-\nFORD MORSE, of Massachusetts, and DON-\nAt least 256 bills expanding and liber-\nadopted the recommendation of its task\nafter a study trip to Paris.\nThe general conclusions to be drawn\nment of agricultural commodities to\nALD RUMSFELD, of Illinois.\nalizing social security were offered by\nforce on education, headed by Repre-\nRepresentative FINDLEY, along with\nfrom these votes is a Republican prefer-\nEgypt's Nasser and Indonesia's Sukarno.\nNATO and Atlantic Community: PAUL\nRepublicans. These bills dealt with\nsentative ALBERT QUIE, of Minnesota, for\nRepresentative RALPH HARVEY, of In-\nence for a more discriminating approach\nIn order to preserve the integrity of\nFINDLEY, of Illinois.\nsuch matters as reduction of the age\nlegislation granting a tax credit against\ndiana, also took the lead in an unsuccess-\nto national problems. Republicans op-\nState and local governments, most\nNuclear affairs: CRAIG HOSMER, of Cali-\nrequirements for beneficiaries, increas-\nthe costs of higher education. A large\nful fight against the administration on\nposed and sought to modify the loosely\nRepublicans sought to-\nfornia.\ning the maximum age for eligibility of\nnumber of Members have sponsored bills\nthe sugar bill in an effort to recapture\ndrawn, ambiguous, blank check approach\nRetain the veto power of State gov-\nPlatform implementation: JAMES BAT-\nchildren, expansion of the system to\nlike Mr. QUIE'S which permits a credit up\nfor the taxpayers of the United States a\nof the Democratic majority.\nernors over poverty program projects;\nTIN, of Montana.\ngroups not presently covered, and in-\nto an amount of $325 per student\npart of the excess profit which foreign\nRepublicans showed themselves more\nMaintain the power of the States to\nUnemployment compensation system:\ncreasing the amount of earnings per-\nannually.\nsugar producers derive from sales in this\nconcerned than most Democrats about\nforbid compulsory unionism;\nJOHN W. BYRNES, of Wisconsin.\nmissible without sacrifice of benefits.\nAt least 78 Republicans have joined\ncountry because Government action\nsuch things as prudent use of tax dollars,\nPermit the people of each State to\nUnited Nations: JOHN B. ANDERSON, of\nAt least 61 Republican bills were in-\nwith Representative THOMAS CURTIS, of\nmaintains a domestic price more than\nthe danger of inflation fired by big in-\ndecide the basis of representation in one\nIllinois.\ntroduced for the reduction or repeal of\nMissouri, in offering the Human Invest-\ndouble the price in the world market.\ncreases in Government spending and un-\nhouse of their State legislature;\nUrban and suburban affairs: CLARK\nexcise taxes.\nment Act, a bill granting credits against\nRepresentative ROBERT J. CORBETT, of\nending deficits, the stifling of State, lo-\nDefeat appropriations for a federally\nMACGREGOR, of Minnesota.\nAt least 59 Republicans introduced\nthe Federal income tax to business for\nPennsylvania, fought unsuccessfully to\ncal, and private initiative by the spread\ncontrolled National Teacher Corps;\nVoting rights: WILLIAM M. McCuL-\nvoting rights legislation, generally pat-\nthe expenses of retraining present or\nbring about an adjustment of the pay\nof an overweening Central Government,\nSecure legislative recognition of the\nLOCH, of Ohio.\nterned after the Ford-McCulloch bill.\nprospective employees to upgrade their\nof Federal employees to provide full com-\nthe peril of runaway bureaucracy, and\nrights of States to set standards of water\nREPUBLICAN SUPPORT OF ADMINISTRATION BIILS\nAt least 54 Republicans introduced\nskills.\nparability with pay scales in private in-\nthe application of the commonsense\npurity in rivers instead of transferring\nSeveral enactments of the past session\nbills providing for a new program of\nAt least 60 Republicans have intro-\ndustry. Though full comparability is\nprinciples of good management in Fed-\nthis authority to the Federal Govern-\nreceived strong Republican support.\nmedical care for the aged. The three\nduced legislation of the type recom-\ngiven lip service by the administration,\neral programs.\nment;\nRepublican House Members judged each\nmajor approaches were typified in the\nmended by the House Republican task\nit is opposed to putting this principle\nFor all of these reasons, a majority of\nMaintain State authority to deter-\nbill on its merits and gave approval to\nproposals of Representative THOMAS B.\nforce on agriculture, headed by Repre-\nin practice.\nRepublicans in the House of Representa-\nmine the use to be made of areas adjoin-\nadministration measures that served the\nCURTIS-H.R. 3728; Representative\nsentative ODIN LANGEN, of Minnesota, to\nRepresentative ANCHER NELSEN, of\ntives, in contrast to a majority of the\ning highways; and\npublic interest.\nFRANK T. Bow-H.R. 21; and Represent-\nestablish a World Food Study Commis-\nMinnesota, continued his efforts to pro-\nDemocrats, voted against such things\nMaintain the right of States to deny\nAmong the bills that were given strong\native JOHN W. BYRNES-H.R. 7057.\nsion to determine population trends and\ntect Federal employees from illegal po-\nas-\nthe suffrage to people unable to read or\nRepublican support on final passage were\nAt least 46 Republicans proposed a\nfood needs for the future.\nlitical pressures imposed by the admin-\nDoubling the authorization for the\nwrite the English language.\nthe following: The higher education bill,\nconstitutional amendment to permit the\nThis list could be extended indefinitely.\nistration, particularly in the matter of\npoverty program at a time when loose\nPLANNING AND RESEARCH COMMITTEE\nvocational training loan bill, the immi-\npeople to employ factors in addition to\nIt is meant to be illustrative not ex-\nforced contributions to Democratic fund\nadministration prompted the Committee\nEarly in the session the planning and\ngration bill, the Export Control Act, con-\npopulation in the apportionment of one\nhaustive.\nraising events.\non Education and Labor to launch a full\nresearch committee was established as\nhouse of State legislatures.\nCONCLUSION\nstitutional amendment on Presidential\nRepresentative Ross ADAIR, of Indiana,\ninvestigation of the program;\nan organ of the Republican conference\nsuccession, the Older Americans Act of\nAt least 27 Republicans introduced bills\nLooking back on the session just con-\nsought vainly to secure for the service-\nA rent supplement program whereby\nof the House of Representatives. This\n1965, various bills in the field of health,\nto establish a coordinating office con-\ncluded, the Republican Members of the\nmen fighting in Vietnam educational\ntaxpayers would help to pay the rent of\nnew agency was created to help mobilize\nexcise tax cuts, manpower development\ncerned with urban area affairs in the\nHouse of Representatives can take pride\nbenefits similar to those granted to the\nfamilies earning in some areas more than\nactivity toward the development of long-\nand training bill, expansion of veterans'\nExecutive Office of the President.\nin the role that they have played. They\nveterans of the Second World War and\n$8,000 a year and possessing assets of as\nterm solutions to national problems.\nbenefits, various anticrime bills, pay\nAt least 28 Republicans introduced bills\ntried to make the Congress what it should\nKorea.\nmuch as $25,000;\nThe planning and research commit-\nraises for military and civilian personnel,\nestablishing a Commission on the Orga-\nbe-a deliberative body, independent of\nRepresentative WILLIAM S. MAILLIARD,\nA foreign aid program of $3.2 billion\ntee issued in August a report entitled,\nnization of the Executive Branch of the\nand coequal with the Executive, judging\nlegislation for the control of air and\nof California, sought with limited success\nwhich all agree needs drastic overhaul-\n\"Vietnam: Some Neglected Aspects of the\nlegislation by the sole standard of the\nwater pollution and water resources\nGovernment to do the job which two\nto secure legislative action to reinvigorate\ning;\nHistorical Record.\" Columnist Roscoe\nnational interest. Their success cannot\nplanning, and the voting rights bill.\nHoover Commissions did in the past.\nthe merchant shipping of the United\nA farm bill which will mean that Gov-\nDrummond said of this report:\nbe measured in terms of the votes on\nA SAMPLING OF REPUBLICAN LEGISLATIVE\nNine Republicans introduced a free-\nStates.\nernment payments in 1966 will equal\nThis is \"loyal opposition\" at its best.\nwhich they prevailed-which were few.\nPROPOSALS\nREPUBLICAN SOLIDITY\none-third of realized net farm income\ndom of information bill defining the au-\nThe verdict on their work will not be\nRepublican ranks in the House of Rep-\nbut will not solve the farm problem;\nHeaded by Representative CHARLES E.\nRepublican Members of the House of\nthority of Federal agencies and officials\nknown until the people speak in the elec-\nresentatives held fast on important votes\nA Public Works and Redevelopment\nGOODELL, of New York, this committee\nRepresentatives introduced bills which\nto withhold information in order to make\ntions of 1966.\nthroughout the session. On the 26 roll-\nAct modeled after the discredited Area\nsupervises the activities of 13 task forces,\n793-358-0591\ncall votes in which a party position was\nRedevelopment Act and the Advanced\neach of which has spent this year in the\nformulated by the House Republican pol-\nPublic Works Act; and\nstudy of major public policy problems in\nicy committee headed by Representative\nits field of jurisdiction. Several of the\nA Highway Beautification Act rushed\nJOHN RHODES, of Arizona, 87 percent of\ntask forces have made reports contain-\nthrough the House without adequate de-\nthe votes cast by Republican Members\ning constructive proposals in 1965. All\nliberation.\nwill make a substantial contribution to\nwere in support of the party position and\nRepublican Members even voted\nonly 13 percent in opposition.\nthe positive Republican program in 1966.\nagainst a pay raise for themselves, again\nThe task forces and their chairmen\nDIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PARTIES\nunlike a majority of the Democrats.\nare:\nDuring this past session of the Con-\nIn order to provide a more consistent\nAgriculture: ODIN LANGEN, of Minne-\ngress, there were 93 rollcall votes on\nand vigorous foreign policy, Republicans\nsota.\nwhich a majority of the Republi-\nunsuccessfully attempted to place re-\nCongressional reform and minority\ncan Members of the House voted in op-\nstrictions of foreign aid funds so that\nstaffing: JAMES CLEVELAND, of New\nposition to a majority of the Democrats.\nthe American taxpayer would not be fi-\nHampshire.\nOn these votes in the aggregate, 81.4 per-\nnancing anti-American regimes or as-\nEconomic opportunity: PETER FRELING-\ncent of the Republican votes were on the\nsisting nations that are helping North\nHUYSEN, of New Jersey.\nside of the majority of their party and\nVietnam in the war in which 150,000\nEducation: ALBERT H. QUIE, of Minne-\n80.2 percent of the Democratic votes were\nAmerican fighting men are now engaged.\nsota.\n793-358-0591\nU.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE:1965\n(Not printed at Government expense)\nCongressional Record\nUnited States\nof America\nPROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE\n89th\nCONGRESS, FIRST SESSION\nObservations on the 1st Session of 89th Congress\nEXTENSION OF REMARKS\nyear felt that the legislative initiative has\nIt is one thing for a Congress to adopt\nOF\npassed irretrievably to the executive\nPresidential proposals after thorough de-\nHON. GERALD R. FORD\nbranch. One of the experts at that con-\nliberation and adequate discussion. It is\nvention, Lewis A. Dexter, said that the\nquite another thing for a Congress to\nOF MICHIGAN\nCongress will come to have the same im-\nrush through such proposals without\nIN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\nportance in the American system of gov-\ncareful scrutiny and without reasonable\nFriday, October 22, 1965\nernment as the House of Lords has in\ndebate. No Congress that performed its\nthe British, particularly if several future\nconstitutional duty would do the slipshod\nMr. GERALD R. FORD. Mr. Speaker,\nPresidents resemble Lyndon Johnson.\njob of which Senator MANSFIELD in-\nthe record of the 1st session of the 89th\nEric Sevareid wrote:\ndicted the present Congress when he\nCongress is spotty. Along with the en-\nWe know of a number of Congressmen who\nsaid that it must now devote most of its\nactment of some meritorious and needed\nwould be very grateful to learn what they\neffort to tightening up \"its hasty enact-\nlegislation, the Congress often acted\nhave really done this year.\nments.\"\nhastily, blindly, and indiscriminately.\nThe majority leader of the Senate, Mr.\nHe also found that the Congress has so\nEXAMPLES OF RUBBERSTAMPING BY THE CONGRESS\nMANSFIELD, of Montana, has confessed\noften acted under \"a curious kind of in-\nOn many important bills the House of\nserious deficiencies in the laws enacted\ntimidation\" that the \"once-exalted title\nRepresentatives acted without adequate\nby the Congress this year. He has an-\nof Senator or Representative has lost\nconsideration, without full hearings in\nnounced that the 2d session of the 89th\nmuch of its prestige.\"\ncommittee, and without sufficient debate\nCongress should \"spend less time on new\nOne of the leading newspapers in the\non the floor.\nlegislation and more time correcting\nhome State of the Vice President summed\nThe arts and humanities bill was rail-\noversights in legislation we have just\nit up this way:\nroaded through the Committee on Edu-\npassed.\" He has said that the Congress\nAnyone following the daily deliberations of\ncation and Labor after about 15 minutes\n\"must tighten up the hasty enactments\"\nthe House of Representatives must be struck\nof consideration. Even a motion by the\nand must eliminate from the laws of the\nby the ruthlessness with which the Demo-\nminority that the bill be read was sum-\nsession just ended \"a number of gaps and\ncratic majority of so-called liberals is flexing\nmarily rejected by the majority. When\nits muscles. It is not, in fact, a deliberative\nany number of rough edges, overexten-\nthe committee met to act on the bill, the\nbody. Representative government is in a sad\nsions and overlaps.\"\nmembers were presented for the first\nand critical state.\nThe Mansfield confession should be\ntime with a new committee print, dated\nColumnist Ted Lewis said:\ngood for the soul of the American peo-\nthe same day, containing a number of\nple. It should convince them that one-\nThe presidential image of a miracle pro-\nsignificant amendments which the mi-\nparty government does not serve them\nducer of new laws makes the legislative\nnority members had never seen before.\nbranch of Government appear to be a crea-\nwell.\nThereafter, several additional amend-\nture of the executive branch.\nOne conclusion to be drawn from the\nments, which the Republican members\n1st session of the 89th Congress is that\nThe Chicago Tribune, in an editorial\nhad never seen, were quickly adopted in\nwhenever the party that holds possession\nentitled \"Legislating by Scoop Shovel,\"\ncommittee, and the bill was reported with\nof the executive branch of the National\nsaid:\ngreat haste.\nGovernment also enjoys overwhelming\nIt would take a truck scale to weigh the\nThe Education and Labor Committee\ndominance in the Congress, the Congress\nlegislation forwarded by the White House and\nmade virtually no change in the admin-\nbecomes a satellite of the President.\nautomatically approved, most of it wasteful,\nistration bill to provide assistance for\nmuch of it unnecessary, and all of it putting\nThe failure of the Congress to act as a\nelementary and secondary education, de-\nthe individual in the grip of the Federal vise.\ndeliberative body, coequal with the Ex-\nspite vigorous bipartisan complaints\nHe [the President] has been legislating\necutive, is the most striking feature of\nabout the formula for distributing Fed-\neverything and anything, and, with two-\nthis past session. Until the closing days\nthirds majorities in either Chamber, he has a\neral funds contained in the bill. On the\nof the session, it rubberstamped the pro-\nCongress of robots that is totally compliant.\nfloor, at least 10 of 25 amendments were\nposals of the White House in far too\nrejected without discussion due to the\nThe Knoxville Journal editorialized:\nmany instances.\ngag-rule limitation on debate.\nAny Congress which voluntarily yields its\nThe members of the American Politi-\nright to perform as a coequal part of the\nAs this far-reaching legislation was\ncal Science Association who gathered in\nFederal Establishment, as this one has, is a\nbeing considered by the House of Rep-\nWashington in early September of this\ncontinuing threat to the Nation.\nresentatives, Democratic Congresswoman\n793-358-0591\n2\nCONGRESSIONAL RECORD\nCONGRESSIONAL RECORD\n3\nGREEN, of Oregon, took the floor to pro-\nprotect the religious liberty of employees\nwell as vocational education and public\nadministration of seeking to \"warp the\nlion does not include additional back-\nsupported by a majority of the House\ntest, \"Today it seems to me we have in\nwhose religious beliefs clash with com-\nassistance programs.\nproposed Federal Public Records legisla-\ndoor spending of $7 billion made possible\nRepublicans. In every case the Repub-\nthe House a determined effort to silence\npulsory union membership, and to in-\nThe Manpower Development and\ntion into an almost unlimited authority\nby the Congress this year. Nor does it\nlican alternative dealt more adequately\nthose who are in disagreement.\"\nsure that employees would be protected\nTraining Act overlaps the poverty pro-\nfor the President to establish broader\ninclude perhaps $5 to $7 billion needed\nwith the problem without unnecessary\nSo little was the elementary and sec-\nfrom compulsion to join a Communist-\ngram.\nsecrecy practices.\" The committee also\nfor the war in Vietnam, a request which\nextension of Federal power.\nondary education bill studied before floor\ncontrolled union.\nOne unfortunate oversight in the laws\nindicted the administration for \"the se-\nthe administration is holding back until\nVOTING RIGHTS\naction that two of the best informed\nThe Washington Post commented:\nof the session can be cited to illustrate\ncrecy on the names of Post Office Depart-\nnext January.\nThe administration's bill on voting\nsupporters of the measure, gave to the\nSeveral important questions were raised\nthe results of hasty and ill-considered\nment employees hired in the summer\nThe Congress failed to exercise any\nrights-H.R. 6400-as originally intro-\nHouse contradictory explanations of its\nin the House debate and left unanswered.\ncongressional action. By increasing\nprogram in 1965; the Defense Depart-\nrestraint on reckless spending. The re-\nduced, provided a remedy for discrimina-\napplication to nonpublic schools.\nsocial security payments, the Congress\nment continues the October 1962, Sylves-\nduction of administration requests for\nThe Democratic majority rammed\ntion only in six Southern States and\nThe higher education bill was reported\nthrough a bill repealing section 14(b)\ninadvertently caused the termination or\nter Directive which requires military and\nappropriations by $2.4 billion is more\nAlaska and in 37 counties in certain\nout of the Education and Labor Com-\nreduction of the pensions of tens of thou-\ncivilian personnel to report all contacts\napparent than real. The funds denied\nwhich the Post said \"scarcely qualifies as\nother States, including one county each\nmittee in great haste, apparently at the\nsands of veterans. The added social\nwith the press to Sylvester's office; the\nhave only been deferred until 1966.\nwell-rounded legislation in the national\nin Arizona, Idaho, and Maine. These\ncommand of the White House. The\ninterest.\"\nsecurity payment meant a reduction of\nincreased centralization of information\nThe following table shows the amount\nstrange results were achieved by lan-\nWall Street Journal noted that the com-\nthe income of these veterans.\nreleases at the White House, and the in-\nappropriated by Congress in each ses-\nmittee \"under prodding from an im-\nOn the important bill to prohibit dis-\nguage which limited the application of\nWEAKENING OF CHECKS ON EXECUTIVE BRANCH\ncreasing sensitivity over leaks of infor-\nsion since 1960. It reflects an increase\ncrimination in employment and union\nthe bill to places which used literacy tests\npatient White House deliberated for all\nmation that have no connection with\nOne-party domination of the legisla-\nof $36 billion, or 43 percent, since 1960.\nmembership, only the briefest of hear-\nor tests of moral character for voters and\nof 20 minutes.\" Democratic Congress-\ntive and executive branches weakens the\nnational security problems; the basic\nOf this $36 billion increase, only $8.3\nings were held by the Committee on Edu-\nin which fewer than 50 percent of the\nman PUCINSKI, of Illinois, called the\ncation and Labor. These hearings con-\nconstitutional system of checks and bal-\nproblem of balancing national security\nbillion is for defense:\nvoting-age population voted in the 1964\nbill's handling \"a mockery of the legis-\ninterests and freedom for the press in\ntained no testimony based on experience\nances. The subservient Congress which\n[In billions]\nelection.\nlative process.\"\nconnection with Vietnam and the Do-\nunder the 1964 Civil Rights Act and were\nit produces fails to exercise the restraint\nRepublican House Members and Re-\nHearings on the administration's orig-\nminican Republic.\"\nAppropria\nChange from\nfollowed almost immediately by a sub-\nwhich it should over the executive\nSession\ntions\npreceding\npublican Senators introduced voting\ninal highway beautification proposals\nThere is no word but arrogance for the\nyear\ncommittee meeting which reported the\nbranch. The majority leader of the\nrights legislation before the administra-\nwere held by the Committee on Public\nbill favorably. An hour later the full\nSenate recognizes that such is the case\nbehavior of administration spokesmen,\ntion got around to deciding to present a\nWorks on July 20, 21, and 22. These\nincluding the President and the Vice\n86th Cong.: 2d (1960)\n$83.8\ncommittee met and reported the bill to\nwhen he urges the Congress now to un-\n87th Cong.:\nbill.\nhearings were adjourned with the un-\nPresident, when they pointedly imply\n1st (1961)\n95.8\n+$12.0\nthe House. No amendments were offered\ndertake its neglected function of legisla-\n2d (1962)\n102.3\n+6.5\nThe basic difference between the ad-\nderstanding that the complex proposals\nthat the consideration which the prob-\n88th Cong.:\nbecause none of the minority members\ntive oversight over executive agencies.\n1st (1963)\n102.6\n+.3\nministration proposal and the major Re-\nshould be studied further and acted upon\nThe executive branch unchecked is\nlems of a locality receives in Washington\n2d (1964)\n106.0\n+3.4\npublican alternative, the Ford-McCul-\nearly next year. Without warning, the\nhad any opportunity to study the long\n89th Cong.: 1st (1965)\n119.3\nwill depend on whether its local officials\n+13.8\nand complex measure and analyze even\nprone to carelessness about legal re-\nloch bill-H.R. 7896-lay in the fact that\nhearings were reopened on September 3\nare Republicans or Democrats. It is\nits theoretical weaknesses. This bill was\nstraints and about the public interest.\nthe Republican bill provided a remedy\nCONSTRUCTIVE REPUBLICAN RECORD\nand 7, while the committee and its staff\nThis carelessness can descend to the\nshocking to learn that responsible na-\nfor unconstitutional discrimination\nwere absorbed with the omnibus rivers\nnot acted on by the House.\nlevel of arrogance in some instances.\ntional officials would stoop to threaten\nOn February 3, 1965, the Republican\nwherever it occurs and regardless of the\nand harbors and flood control bill. The\nThe percentages allocated to the vari-\nArrogance is a strong word, but there\nany community with reprisals if its citi-\nleadership of the House of Representa-\ndevice used to achieve discrimination.\nact was debated and passed by the House\nous categories of immigrants in the Im-\nzens choose officials who are not of the\ntives said:\non October 7, with the final vote being\nmigration and Nationality Act of 1965\nis no other word for the submission to\nThe administration bill wiped out\nthe Senate of the nomination of Francis\nadministration's party.\nHouse Republicans have a major responsi-\nliteracy and other tests wherever fewer\ntallied well after midnight. At one point\nwere not discussed either in the Judiciary\nThe New York Times reacted with in-\nbility as the representatives of approximately\nCommittee or on the floor.\nX. Morrissey to the Federal judiciary nor\ndignation to the threat when it was made\n43 percent of the electorate who voted for a\nthan 50 percent of the voting age popu-\nin the proceedings the House voted 121\nto 84 to allow but 8 minutes of debate on\nOn the voting rights bill, the admin-\nfor the efforts to bull that nomination\nRepublican House of Representatives in 1964.\nlation voted in 1964. The Ford-McCul-\nthrough the Senate. The American Bar\nin New York City. Its editorial\nistration forces on the Judiciary Commit-\nThat duty, as we conceive it, is to exert what-\nloch bill did not disturb nondiscrimina-\n5 separate amendments.\ncommented:\ntee methodically rejected all significant\nAssociation and the Massachusetts Bar\never influence we can to guide the Nation\ntory qualifications for voting established\nRegarding the very controversial bill to\nAssociation pronounced this nominee un-\nThis is a remarkable indictment of the\ntoward the goals of freedom, security, peace,\nby States.\nrepeal section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley\namendments offered by Republicans. On\nfit for the post. A representative of the\nJohnson administration. It suggests, for\nand well-being with fiscal responsibility.\nthe floor of the House the same general\nThe administration bill required Fed-\nAct, the Democratic majority of the Com-\nexample, that Sargent Shriver, the head of\nWe cannot accept the statement, \"The\nmittee on Education and Labor rejected\nattitude prevailed. With the exception\nAmerican Bar Association testified on the\nthe antipoverty program and a Democrat,\neral court approval of any new voting\nduty of the opposition party is to oppose.\"\nof the Cramer amendment to prevent\nMorrissey nomination:\nall attempts by Republican members to\nwould be less sympathetic and helpful to New\nThis is too narrow and too negative a formu-\nlaws passed by the States to which it\nelection irregularities, any significant\nFrom the standpoint of legal training,\nYork if its mayor were a Republican. It\namend the bill SO as to provide some\nlation of our responsibility.\napplied. The Ford-McCulloch bill did\namendment offered by a Republican was\nlegal experience, and legal ability, we have\nmakes the same innuendo about the officials\nWe must do more than respond to the in-\nnot restrict State authority to enact new\nbasic protections for rank-and-file em-\nployees compelled to join unions in order\nblindly voted down.\nnot had any case where these factors were\nwho run the housing, education, mass tran-\nitiatives of the administration. We must\nnondiscriminatory voting laws.\nso lacking.\nsit, antipollution, and other programs in\ntake the initiative ourselves in two ways.\nto hold their jobs. Because of the re-\nGAPS AND OVERLAPS\nwhich New York has a vital interest. It sug-\nThe administration bill, as originally\nThere is no word but arrogance for\nFirst, we must offer alternative measures to\nstrictive rule under which the bill was\nThe defects in the legislation enacted\ngests that President Johnson, Vice President\nintroduced, approved of the poll tax, pro-\nthe withholding of Federal funds from\ncope with national problems when the ad-\nconsidered by the House, amendments\nduring the session of Congress just\nHUMPHREY, and Senator KENNEDY himself\nministration's proposals are unwise. This we\nviding that Federal examiners would\nwhich would permit compulsory union\nended will come to light as the bills are\nthe city of Chicago in defiance of the\nwould not be so helpful to the mayor of the\nare doing, for example, in the matter of\ncollect it in areas in which they operated\nput into effect. Problems of duplica-\nprocedures established by Congress.\nmembership agreements only if the\nNation's largest city if he were of a political\nlightening the burden of the costs of health\nto register voters. The Ford-McCulloch\ntion and overlap will be encountered.\nThere is no word but arrogance for\nfaith different from theirs.\nunions involved refrained from racial\ncare for older people.\nbill directed the Attorney General to ini-\nand religious discrimination, refrained\nThe Appalachia bill overlaps several\nprocedures in the Congress that silence\nFISCAL EXCESSES\nSecond, we must press for action to deal\ntiate a speedy court test of the constitu-\nfrom using union funds for political pur-\nexisting Federal-aid programs, notably\ndissent and preclude careful considera-\nThe carelessness of a Congress over-\nwith the problems to which the administra-\ntionality of the poll tax.\nposes, and refrained from denying em-\nin the fields of highway construction and\ntion of legislation.\nwhelmingly controlled by the President's\ntion is blind or indifferent.\nMEDICARE\nployees rights guaranteed them by Fed-\npublic health.\nThere is no word but arrogance for\nparty is particularly manifested in big\nIn this spirit the Republican Members\neral law were rejected as not germane.\nThe public works and redevelopment\nopposition to freedom of information leg-\nspending. This session of Congress has\nThe medicare bill, included in the So-\nof the House of Representatives have\nOther amendments offered, on which the\nbill, providing aid to so-called depressed\nislation which would permit the public to\nset a new record in appropriations not\ncial Security Amendments of 1965, is an\nHouse was not permitted to vote, were\nareas, overlaps the Appalachia bill.\napproached since the Second World War.\ndischarged their responsibility this year.\nknow what is going on in the Govern-\namalgamation of the administration\ndesigned to insure that unions securing\nThe expanded poverty program over-\nment which it pays for. The Freedom\nThe appropriation of $119.3 billion this\nTheir record is impressive.\nproposal and a Republican alternative\ncompulsory membership agreements\nlaps the elementary and secondary\nyear is $36 billion more than was ap-\nREPUBLICAN ALTERNATIVES\nof Information Committee of Sigma\noffered by Representative JOHN BYRNES,\ntruly represented a majority as demon-\nschool aid bill, which is ostensibly aimed\nDelta Chi, the national society of jour-\npropriated by the last session of Congress\nFor six of the major bills proposed by\nof Wisconsin-H.R.705\nstrated by winning an NLRB election, to\nat children from low-income families, as\nduring the Eisenhower administration.\nnalists, in its annual report, accused the\nthe administration and passed in this\nIn contrast to the bill originally pro-\n793-358-0591\nThis staggering figure of almost $120 bil-\nsession, there were alternative proposals\nposed by the administration early in the\n793-358-0591\n4\nCONGRESSIONAL RECORD\nCONGRESSIONAL RECORD\n5\nsession, the Byrnes bill provided a sys-\nAPPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACT\nUnder this plan, some families with an\nThe medicare bill passed by the Con-\nA notable improvement in the housing\nThe administration bill-S. 3-which\nincome of more than $11,000 in some\nOn April 30, the House Republican\ntem of insurance for the elderly-first,\ngress incorporates in its provisions much\nbill was made with the adoption of an\ncovering all medical expenses, not just\nplaces would be eligible to have a part\nleadership proposed the creation of an\nbecame law, provided for an Appalachian\nof the Republican bill offered by Repre-\namendment offered by Representative\nof their rent paid by the Federal Gov-\ninter-American police force to restore\nhospitalization; second, offering volun-\nRegional Commission with authority in\nsentative JOHN W. BYRNES, of Wisconsin.\nJOHN C. KUNKEL, of Pennsylvania, aiding\ntary rather than compulsory coverage;\nernment. Beyond this, the bill provided\npeace and order in the Dominican Re-\n360 counties in 10 States to plan the ex-\nThis bill is not limited to hospital care\nhomeowners who became unemployed be-\nand third, financed by a combination of\nlargely for a continuance of existing\npublic. On May 3, the administration\npenditure of funds for various public\nas the administration recommended. In\ncause of the closing of Federal installa-\nFederal housing programs.\noffered this proposal to the Organization\ngeneral tax revenues and premium pay-\nworks, particularly highway construction,\nits final version it covers doctors' bills\ntions. It placed a moratorium on FHA-\nof American States.\nments by the insured, avoiding the\nin a region that includes many severely\nA Republican substitute, offered by\nand other medical costs in provisions\ninsured loan payments of such persons\nRepresentative WILLIAM B. WIDNALL, of\nThe appropriation of an additional\nregressive social security tax.\ndepressed areas.\nborrowed from the Byrnes bill.\nand authorized the Secretary of Defense\nNew Jersey-H.R. 9501-sought to mod-\n$700 million for defense as a means of\nELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL AID\nThe Republican alternative, offered\nThe Housing Act passed by Congress\nto acquire their properties for FHA dis-\nify existing housing policy in several im-\nemphasizing national unity and national\nThe administration's bill to aid ele-\nby Representative WILLIAM C. CRAMER,\ncontains six significant features from the\nposal when the owners were unable to\nmentary and secondary schools-H.R.\nof Florida-H.R. 4466-would have ex-\nportant respects:\nRepublican substitute proposed by Rep-\nresolve in the face of Communist aggres-\ndispose of them on reasonable terms.\ntended Federal assistance to all econom-\nFirst, by giving residential redevelop-\nsion on two continents was suggested by\n2362-presented as a measure to assist\nresentative WILLIAM B. WIDNALL, of New\nThe Voting Rights Act as passed con-\nment in urban renewal a higher priority;\nthe minority floor leader at a White\npoverty stricken children, is in fact the\nically depressed areas throughout the Na-\nJersey:\ntains at least two provisions of Republi-\nfirst general aid to primary and second-\nSecond, by stimulating rehabilitation\nHouse Conference on Vietnam problems.\ntion instead of to a single region. Unlike\nFirst, low-income private housing:\ncan origin. One was the clean elections\nof existing sound housing;\nThe administration subsequently re-\nary schools passed by the Congress.\nthe administration bill, which provides\nThis new program will provide imme-\nprovision proposed by Representative\nquested the increased appropriation. It\nUnder this bill, $2.1 million will be\naid to prosperous as well as depressed\nThird, by utilizing existing privately\ndiate relief to low-income families who\nWILLIAM CRAMER, of Florida, inserted in\ngranted by the Federal Government to\nowned rental housing for low-income\nwas granted with the unanimous support\nareas in the region to which it applies,\nhave been living in substandard housing\nthe bill over the opposition of a ma-\nof Republican Members of both House\nWestchester County, the wealthiest in\nthe Cramer bill proposed to limit aid\ntenants;\nin those areas where there is a long wait-\njority of the Democrats in the House of\nand Senate.\nNew York State, for the education of\nto places suffering economic distress and\nFourth, by lower interest rates on loans\ning list for public housing. It will use\nRepresentatives. The bill as finally\nhigh unemployment.\nfor college housing and housing for the\nSince mid-1963, Republicans in Con-\nchildren from poor families. Sunflower\nany adequate existing housing on a vol-\npassed dealt with the question of the poll\nCounty, Miss., with median family in-\nThe Public Works and Development\nelderly; and\ngress have been urging the administra-\nuntary basis at a cost not exceeding\ntax by directing the Attorney General to\nFifth, by providing new FHA mort-\ntion to take the lead in convening an in-\ncome only one-fifth that of Westchester\nAct of 1965-Public Law 89-136-is, like\npresent public housing rental levels,\nsecure a speedy court test of the consti-\nthe Cramer bill, a measure intended to\ngage financing for veterans.\nternational monetary conference to deal\nCounty, will receive only $745,000 for\nwithout the gigantic expense of con-\ntutionality of the tax-the approach used\nMany of the features of the Widnall\nstructing new public housing units.\nwith the urgent balance-of-payments\nthe education of an equal number of\nassist depressed areas throughout the\nin the Ford-MeCulloch bill.\nchildren from poor families.\nNation. It raises serious problems of\nbill were incorporated in the measure\nproblem. In 1965, the urging was re-\nSecond, veterans housing program:\nThe immigration bill contains a ceiling\nwhich was enacted.\nnewed by Representative ROBERT ELLS-\nRepublicans sought to make it a bill\nduplication and conflict with the Ap-\nThe first major veterans' benefits legis-\non immigrants from the Western Hemi-\nwhich would do what it professed to do:\nREPUBLICAN IMPACT ON LEGISLATION\nlation affecting so-called cold war vet-\nWORTH, of Kansas, and by the joint Re-\npalachian Regional Development Act.\nsphere because of Republican effort.\nerans ever to be enacted by the Congress,\npublican leadership on July 1. On July\naid poor children without undue Federal\nCABINET DEPARTMENT DEALING WITH URBAN\nIn spite of the fact that Republicans\nBecause of opposition from the White\ncontrol of State, local, and private\nAFFAIRS\nthis will also apply to an estimated 21\n10, Secretary of the Treasury, Henry\nin this Congress hold only one-third of\nHouse and the State Department, an\nschools.\nThe administration bill establishing\nthe seats, there were occasions when the\nmillion veterans who have failed to use\nFowler, announced that the U.S. Govern-\namendment to bring such immigration\na new Cabinet agency, the Department\nRepublican minority exerted an im-\nor qualify for VA home loan benefits.\nment would issue a call for such a\nThe Republican effort was directed to-\nunder control presented by Representa-\nconference.\nward first, channeling Federal funds only\nof Housing and Community Affairs-H.R.\nportant influence on legislation.\nComprehensive benefits include no down\ntive CLARK MACGREGOR, of Minnesota, was\ninto areas of need within each State;\n6927-was defective in many respects.\nA 7-percent increase in social security\npayments for homes costing up to $15,000,\nOTHER NOTEWORTHY REPUBLICAN INITIATIVES\nvoted down by Democrats in the House.\nsecond, recognizing differences in finan-\nIt did no more than confer a more pres-\nbenefits was approved-a proposal which\nwith as little as $500 down on a $20,000\nThis provision prevailed in the Senate,\nRepresentative MELVIN R. LAIRD, of\ncial ability and need among States; third,\ntigious title on certain existing agencies.\nRepublicans made in 1964, but which was\nhome.\nhowever, and was incorporated in the\nWisconsin, and Representative GLENARD\nconcentrating the program upon the\nIt brought together in the new Depart-\nvoted down in the last Congress by Dem-\nThird, low interest rate college hous-\nfinal version of the law.\nLIPSCOMB, of California, performed im-\nneeds of deprived children; and fourth,\nment less than one-third of the Federal\nocrats acting on White House orders.\ning: Conferees accepted this proposal,\nRepublican initiative and solid Repub-\nportant service in bringing to public at-\nreducing the discretionary authority of\nGovernment's housing activities and only\nThe repeal of Federal excise taxes-a\ndespite the firm opposition of the John-\nlican support saved for State Governors\ntention the inadequacy of the admin-\nthe U.S. Commissioner of Education.\na minor fraction of Federal activities\nstep which Republicans have advocated\nson administration. It will provide $1.2\nsome power of veto over projects under\nistration's defense budget for the prose-\nA Republican approach to the problem\nand funds aimed at assisting States and\nfor many years and which was called for\nbillion in lower rent college housing,\nthe poverty program within their States\ncution of the war in Vietnam. In order\nof expanding and improving elementary\nmunicipalities to solve the problems of\nin the Republican platform of 1964-was\navoiding an expensive Federal grant pro-\nin opposition to the effort of most Demo-\nto give the appearance of holding Fed-\nand secondary schools was incorporated\naccomplished in this session. In 1964, a\ngram.\nmetropolitan areas. As passed by the\ncrats to eliminate any vestige of State\neral expenditure below the level of $100\nin H.R. 6349, offered by Representatives\nHouse of Representatives, it made no\nRepublican proposal to repeal retail ex-\nFourth, low interest elderly housing:\ncontrol over this program.\nbillion in the fiscal year and to leave\nWILLIAM AYRES, of Ohio, and THOMAS\nprovision for the continued existence of\ncise taxes was defeated by Democratic\nTo prevent the phasing out of a highly\nRepublican initiative and solid Repub-\nroom for Great Society legislation, the\nCURTIS, of Missouri, and others. This\nthe Federal Housing Administration, a\nvotes.\nsuccessful program administered by\nlican support led to the denial of funds\nadministration devised its defense budget\nbill relied chiefly on the device of tax\ndefect which Republicans sought to cor-\nOther changes made in the social secu-\nchurches and other nonprofit organiza-\nfor the rent supplement program under\non guidelines set in 1963, which did not\ncredits for individuals who pay for\nrect and which was finally remedied in\nrity system were influenced by Republi-\ntions, a program with rents at a level\nthe Housing Act.\ntake account of the involvement of 150,-\nschools through State and local taxes\nconference.\ncan initiatives and conform to long-\nthey can afford will be available to\nRepublican initiative and solid Repub-\n000 American troops in a shooting war\ndirectly or indirectly as well as for those\nelderly people of low income.\nThe Republican alternative, offered by\nstanding Republican policy. One was\nlican support led to the denial of funds\nin Asia. The result, as the Preparedness\nwho incur expenses for students in higher\nMrs. DWYER, of New Jersey-H.R. 5173-\nthe liberalization of the earnings limita-\nFifth, compensation for condemnees:\nfor a federally directed National Teacher\nSubcommittee of the Senate Armed\neducation. This bill would have diverted\nand several other Republicans, would\ntion beyond which elderly people become\nThis provides, for the first time, prompt\nCorps.\nServices Committee under Senator STEN-\n$3 to $5 billion annually from the Fed-\nineligible to collect their social security\nand equitable compensation for home-\nhave created an agency in the Executive\nOn the other hand, an initial Repub-\nNIS has found, is a dangerous drain on\neral Treasury and made it available for\nOffice of the President to deal with met-\nbenefits. The other was the liberaliza-\nowners and small businessmen displaced\nlican success-the prohibition of the use\npersonnel, equipment, and ammunition\nadditional support for education at the\nropolitan area problems. This agency\ntion of coverage requirements for people\nby urban renewal and other housing pro-\nin other parts of the world.\ngrams.\nof agricultural funds for aid to Nasser,\nState and local level.\nwould have been a center of coordina-\nover the age of 72 in order to qualify for\nvoted by the House at the motion of Rep-\nRepresentative H. R. GROSS, of Iowa,\nIn addition, H.R. 6349 provided $300\ntion and information for all Federal pro-\nbenefits.\nSixth, rehabilitation loan program:\nresentative ROBERT MICHEL, of Illinois,\nserved as the public conscience, along\nmillion annually to the States for the\ngrams and activities relating to urban\nSimilarly, Republicans took the lead\nSponsored by Republicans in the 1964\non January 26-was reversed under se-\nwith Senator JOHN WILLIAMS, of Dela-\neducation of deprived children aged 3\nareas.\nin advocating changes in tax policy to\nHousing Act, the low-interest loan pro-\nvere administration pressure on Febru-\nware, in endeavoring to raise the ethical\nto 7. Unlike Project Head Start under\nHOUSING\nlighten the burden of medical expenses.\ngram for tenants, homeowners, and\nary 8.\nstandards of the administration with\nthe poverty program, which provides un-\nThe administration's housing bill-\nThe Congress repealed maximum limi-\nsmall businessmen in urban renewal\nspecial attention to the treatment given\nREPUBLICAN INFLUENCE ON EXECUTIVE ACTION\neven summer schooling for some deprived\nH.R. 5840-as originally presented, of-\ntations on income tax deductions for\nareas received a $400 million authoriza-\nOtto Otepka and the inadequately ex-\nIn some instances the policy of the\nchildren, this bill proposed a systematic\nfered a scheme of rent supplements for\nmedical care insurance and authorized\ntion. This was not requested by the\nplored aspects of the Bobby Baker case.\nPresident and other executive agencies\nnational effort to give preschool educa-\nfamilies whose incomes were above the\na deduction of one-half the cost of med-\nadministration.\nRepresentative PAUL FINDLEY and his\nical care insurance up to $150.\nresponded to Republican proposals.\ntion to children who need it.\nlevels set for public housing tenants.\ntask force on NATO and the Atlantic\n793-358-0591\n793-358-0591\n6\nCONGRESSIONAL RECORD\nCONGRESSIONAL RECORD\n7\nCommunity issued a thoughtful report on\nin agreement with the majority of their\nFor these reasons most Republicans sup-\nmeans of strengthening the Atlantic Al-\nparty. These 93 votes reveal some sig-\nported a prohibition against American\nFederal civil service: ANCHER NELSEN,\ncomprise a comprehensive, broad-\navailable a maximum of information to\nliance and improving the strained rela-\nnificant differences between Republicans\nof Minnesota.\naid to nations engaged in supplying\ngauged, and constructive legislative pro-\ncitizens and taxpayers.\ntions of the United States with France\nand Democrats.\nLatin America: Cochairmen F. BRAD-\nNorth Vietnam and against further ship-\ngram.\nThe House Republican conference\nafter a study trip to Paris.\nThe general conclusions to be drawn\nment of agricultural commodities to\nFORD MORSE, of Massachusetts, and DON-\nAt least 256 bills expanding and liber-\nadopted the recommendation of its task\nALD RUMSFELD, of Illinois.\nRepresentative FINDLEY, along with\nfrom these votes is a Republican prefer-\nEgypt's Nasser and Indonesia's Sukarno.\nalizing social security were offered by\nforce on education, headed by Repre-\nRepresentative RALPH HARVEY, of In-\nence for a more discriminating approach\nIn order to preserve the integrity of\nNATO and Atlantic Community: PAUL\nRepublicans. These bills dealt with\nsentative ALBERT QUIE, of Minnesota, for\nFINDLEY, of Illinois.\ndiana, also took the lead in an unsuccess-\nto national problems. Republicans op-\nState and local governments, most\nsuch matters as reduction of the age\nlegislation granting a tax credit against\nful fight against the administration on\nposed and sought to modify the loosely\nRepublicans sought to-\nNuclear affairs: CRAIG HOSMER, of Cali-\nrequirements for beneficiaries, increas-\nthe costs of higher education. A large\nfornia.\nthe sugar bill in an effort to recapture\ndrawn, ambiguous, blank check approach\nRetain the veto power of State gov-\ning the maximum age for eligibility of\nnumber of Members have sponsored bills\nPlatform implementation: JAMES BAT-\nfor the taxpayers of the United States a\nof the Democratic majority.\nernors over poverty program projects;\nchildren, expansion of the system to\nlike Mr. QUIE'S which permits a credit up\nTIN, of Montana.\npart of the excess profit which foreign\nRepublicans showed themselves more\nMaintain the power of the States to\ngroups not presently covered, and in-\nto an amount of $325 per student\nUnemployment compensation system:\nsugar producers derive from sales in this\nconcerned than most Democrats about\nforbid compulsory unionism;\ncreasing the amount of earnings per-\nannually.\nJOHN W. BYRNES, of Wisconsin.\ncountry because Government action\nsuch things as prudent use of tax dollars,\nPermit the people of each State to\nmissible without sacrifice of benefits.\nAt least 78 Republicans have joined\nUnited Nations: JOHN B. ANDERSON, of\nmaintains a domestic price more than\nthe danger of inflation fired by big in-\ndecide the basis of representation in one\nAt least 61 Republican bills were in-\nwith Representative THOMAS CURTIS, of\nIllinois.\ndouble the price in the world market.\ncreases in Government spending and un-\nhouse of their State legislature;\ntroduced for the reduction or repeal of\nMissouri, in offering the Human Invest-\nUrban and suburban affairs: CLARK\nRepresentative ROBERT J. CORBETT, of\nending deficits, the stifling of State, lo-\nDefeat appropriations for a federally\nexcise taxes.\nment Act, a bill granting credits against\nMACGREGOR, of Minnesota.\nPennsylvania, fought unsuccessfully to\ncal, and private initiative by the spread\ncontrolled National Teacher Corps;\nAt least 59 Republicans introduced\nthe Federal income tax to business for\nVoting rights: WILLIAM M. McCUL-\nbring about an adjustment of the pay\nof an overweening Central Government,\nSecure legislative recognition of the\nvoting rights legislation, generally pat-\nthe expenses of retraining present or\nLOCH, of Ohio.\nof Federal employees to provide full com-\nthe peril of runaway bureaucracy, and\nrights of States to set standards of water\nterned after the Ford-McCulloch bill.\nprospective employees to upgrade their\nREPUBLICAN SUPPORT OF ADMINISTRATION BIILS\nparability with pay scales in private in-\nthe application of the commonsense\npurity in rivers instead of transferring\nAt least 54 Republicans introduced\nskills.\ndustry. Though full comparability is\nprinciples of good management in Fed-\nthis authority to the Federal Govern-\nSeveral enactments of the past session\nbills providing for a new program of\nAt least 60 Republicans have intro-\ngiven lip service by the administration,\neral programs.\nment;\nreceived strong Republican support.\nmedical care for the aged. The three\nduced legislation of the type recom-\nit is opposed to putting this principle\nFor all of these reasons, a majority of\nMaintain State authority to deter-\nRepublican House Members judged each\nmajor approaches were typified in the\nmended by the House Republican task\nin practice.\nRepublicans in the House of Representa-\nmine the use to be made of areas adjoin-\nbill on its merits and gave approval to\nproposals of Representative THOMAS B.\nforce on agriculture, headed by Repre-\nRepresentative ANCHER NELSEN, of\ntives, in contrast to a majority of the\ning highways; and\nadministration measures that served the\nCURTIS-H.R. 3728; Representative\nsentative ODIN LANGEN, of Minnesota, to\nMinnesota, continued his efforts to pro-\nDemocrats, voted against such things\nMaintain the right of States to deny\npublic interest.\nFRANK T. Bow-H.R. 21; and Represent-\nestablish a World Food Study Commis-\ntect Federal employees from illegal po-\nas-\nthe suffrage to people unable to read or\nAmong the bills that were given strong\native JOHN W. BYRNES-H.R. 7057.\nsion to determine population trends and\nlitical pressures imposed by the admin-\nDoubling the authorization for the\nwrite the English language.\nRepublican support on final passage were\nAt least 46 Republicans proposed a\nfood needs for the future.\nistration, particularly in the matter of\npoverty program at a time when loose\nPLANNING AND RESEARCH COMMITTEE\nthe following: The higher education bill,\nconstitutional amendment to permit the\nThis list could be extended indefinitely.\nforced contributions to Democratic fund\nadministration prompted the Committee\nvocational training loan bill, the immi-\nEarly in the session the planning and\npeople to employ factors in addition to\nIt is meant to be illustrative not ex-\nraising events.\non Education and Labor to launch a full\nresearch committee was established as\ngration bill, the Export Control Act, con-\npopulation in the apportionment of one\nhaustive.\nRepresentative Ross ADAIR, of Indiana,\ninvestigation of the program;\nstitutional amendment on Presidential\nhouse of State legislatures.\nCONCLUSION\nan organ of the Republican conference\nsought vainly to secure for the service-\nA rent supplement program whereby\nsuccession, the Older Americans Act of\nof the House of Representatives. This\nAt least 27 Republicans introduced bills\nLooking back on the session just con-\nmen fighting in Vietnam educational\ntaxpayers would help to pay the rent of\n1965, various bills in the field of health,\nto establish a coordinating office con-\ncluded, the Republican Members of the\nnew agency was created to help mobilize\nbenefits similar to those granted to the\nfamilies earning in some areas more than\nactivity toward the development of long-\nexcise tax cuts, manpower development\ncerned with urban area affairs in the\nHouse of Representatives can take pride\nveterans of the Second World War and\n$8,000 a year and possessing assets of as\nand training bill, expansion of veterans'\nExecutive Office of the President.\nin the role that they have played. They\nterm solutions to national problems.\nKorea.\nmuch as $25,000;\nThe planning and research commit-\nbenefits, various anticrime bills, pay\nAt least 28 Republicans introduced bills\ntried to make the Congress what it should\nRepresentative WILLIAM S. MAILLIARD,\nA foreign aid program of $3.2 billion\ntee issued in August a report entitled,\nraises for military and civilian personnel,\nestablishing a Commission on the Orga-\nbe-a deliberative body, independent of\nof California, sought with limited success\nwhich all agree needs drastic overhaul-\n\"Vietnam: Some Neglected Aspects of the\nlegislation for the control of air and\nnization of the Executive Branch of the\nand coequal with the Executive, judging\nto secure legislative action to reinvigorate\ning;\nHistorical Record.\" Columnist Roscoe\nwater pollution and water resources\nGovernment to do the job which two\nlegislation by the sole standard of the\nthe merchant shipping of the United\nA farm bill which will mean that Gov-\nplanning, and the voting rights bill.\nnational interest. Their success cannot\nDrummond said of this report:\nHoover Commissions did in the past.\nbe measured in terms of the votes on\nStates.\nernment payments in 1966 will equal\nThis is \"loyal opposition\" at its best.\nA SAMPLING OF REPUBLICAN LEGISLATIVE\nNine Republicans introduced a free-\nREPUBLICAN SOLIDITY\none-third of. realized net farm income\nPROPOSALS\nwhich they prevailed-which were few.\nRepublican ranks in the House of Rep-\nHeaded by Representative CHARLES E.\ndom of information bill defining the au-\nbut will not solve the farm problem;\nRepublican Members of the House of\nThe verdict on their work will not be\nGOODELL, of New York, this committee\nthority of Federal agencies and officials\nresentatives held fast on important votes\nA Public Works and Redevelopment\nknown until the people speak in the elec-\nRepresentatives introduced bills which\nthroughout the session. On the 26 roll-\nsupervises the activities of 13 task forces,\nto withhold information in order to make\ntions of 1966.\nAct modeled after the discredited Area\n793-358-0591\ncall votes in which a party position was\neach of which has spent this year in the\nRedevelopment Act and the Advanced\nformulated by the House Republican pol-\nstudy of major public policy problems in\nPublic Works Act; and\nits field of jurisdiction. Several of the\nicy committee headed by Representative\nA Highway Beautification Act rushed\ntask forces have made reports contain-\nJOHN RHODES, of Arizona, 87 percent of\nthrough the House without adequate de-\ning constructive proposals in 1965. All\nthe votes cast by Republican Members\nliberation.\nwill make a substantial contribution to\nwere in support of the party position and\nRepublican Members even voted\nthe positive Republican program in 1966.\nonly 13 percent in opposition.\nagainst a pay raise for themselves, again\nThe task forces and their chairmen\nDIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PARTIES\nunlike a majority of the Democrats.\nare:\nDuring this past session of the Con-\nIn order to provide a more consistent\nAgriculture: ODIN LANGEN, of Minne-\ngress, there were 93 rollcall votes on\nand vigorous foreign policy, Republicans\nsota.\nwhich a majority of the Republi-\nunsuccessfully attempted to place re-\nCongressional reform and minority\ncan Members of the House voted in op-\nstrictions of foreign aid funds so that\nstaffing: JAMES CLEVELAND, of New\nposition to a majority of the Democrats.\nthe American taxpayer would not be fi-\nHampshire.\nOn these votes in the aggregate, 81.4 per-\nnancing anti-American regimes or as-\nEconomic opportunity: PETER FRELING-\ncent of the Republican votes were on the\nsisting nations that are helping North\nHUYSEN, of New Jersey.\nside of the majority of their party and\nVietnam in the war in which 150,000\nEducation: ALBERT H. QUIE, of Minne-\n80.2 percent of the Democratic votes were\nAmerican fighting men are now engaged.\nsota.\n793-358-0591\nU.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE:1965\nFOR THE SENATE:\nTHE JOINT SENATE-HOUSE\nFOR THE HOUSE\nOF REPRESENTATIVES:\nEverett M. Dirksen, Leader\nREPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP\nGerald R. Ford,\nThomas H. Kuchel, Whip\nLeader\nBourke B. Hickenlooper, Chr.\nLeslie C. Arends, Whip\nof the Policy Committee\nMelvin R. Laird,\nLeverett Saltonstall, Chr.\nPress Release\nChr. of the Conference\nof the Conference\nJohn J. Rhodes, Chr.\nThruston B. Morton,\nof the Policy Committee\nChr. Republican\nH. Allen Smith,\nSenatorial Committee\nIssued following a\nRanking Member\nLeadership Meeting\nRules Committee\nBob Wilson,\nPRESIDING OFFICER:\nOctober 23, 1965\nChr. Republican\nCongressional Committee\nThe Republican\nCharles E. Goodell,\nNational Chairman\nChr. Committee on\nRay C. Bliss\nPlanning and Research\nSTATEMENT BY SENATOR DIRKSEN:\nIMMEDIATE RELEASE\nThe White House acted wisely in suppressing the motion picture which it had\nprepared glorifying the 89th Congress. For this session of the Congress would win\nno Oscar, even in the best supporting role category. From this Congress, we have\nhad an echo, not a choice.\nA movie of the 89th Congress would be like an episode of the old-time\nserial which always ended as the heroine was pushed off a cliff or was about to be\nground up by an oncoming locomotive, Not until you see the thrilling episode that\nwill be presented in this theater next year will you know whether 14(b) of Taft-\nHartley is ground to bits under the Administration's locomotive or whether the\nReapportiorment Amendment survives its fall from the cliff.\nWe would caution those who judge the work of the session which just wheezed\nto & close to look, not at the quantity of the legislative product, but at its\nquality. The test should be not now much has the Congress done, but how well has\nit done.\nAlways a candid man, the majority leader of the Senate has confessed ser-\nious deficiencies in the legislation enacted this year. Senator Mansfield has\nannounced that the second session of the 89th Congress should \"spend less time on\nnew legislation and more time correcting oversights in legislation we have just\npassed.\" He has said the Congress \"must tighten up the hasty enactments and\nmust rectify \"a number of gaps and any number of rough edges, overextensions and\noverlaps.\"\nIt is highly significant that Senator Mansfield, in reviewing the work of\nthis session before the Democratic Conference, could find no adjective to describe\nit other than the ambiguous word exceptional.\nAs a believer in complete candor, I endorse the majority leader's appraisal\nof the work of this session. I assure him that he will find on the Republican side\nwilling allies in the effort to devote considerable attention during the second\nsession of this Congress to correction of the mistakes of the first session.\n(Ford statement page 2)\nRoom S-124 U.S. Capitol-CApitol 4-3121 Ex 3700\nSTATEMENT BY REP. GERALD R. FORD\n- 2 -\nOctober 23, 1965\nThe first session of the 89th Congress clearly demonstrates the evils of\none-party dominance of the national government.\nWhen the party that occupies the White House holds a two-to-one majority in\nthe Congress, the Congress ceases to function as a co-equal branch of government,\nthe integrity of state and local governments is undermined, and the public interest\nis often jeopardized.\nThe Executive branch unchecked becomes careless and arrogant. Arrogant is\na strong word, but there is no other to describe those who attempted to bull through\nthe appointment to the federal judiciary of a man totally devoid of qualifications\nfor this high office. There is no other word for the conduct of an agency that\nwithholds federal funds from a city in defiance of the procedures clearly established\nby Congress before such action can be taken. There is no other word for the methods\nused to rush legislation through the Congress without adequate consideration and\nwithout adequate opportunity to debate and to amend.\nThe House had no chance, for example, to consider any meaningful amendment\nto the bill repealing Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act. In the consideration of\nthe Administration bill on elementary and secondary education, no opportunity was\ngranted to the sponsors of 14 amendments for explanation and debate.\nProtest has been heard from both sides of the aisle. Democratic Congress-\nwoman Green, of Oregon, early in the session, condemned the \"determined effort to\nsilence those who are in disagreement.\" Many other Democrats have spoken out in\nsimilar terms in frustration and futility.\nWhen either House of the Congress acts in this way, it abdicates its respon-\nsibility. It ceases to be a deliberative body and becomes a rubber stamp.\nState and local governments have suffered because of one-party dominance in\nthis Congress. Congress has enacted far-reaching programs without concern for the\nviews of responsible state and local officials or the effect of federal action on\nexisting state and local programs. Especially significant was the Democratic\nattempt to deprive governors of any shred of veto power over projects under the\npoverty program.\nFinally, this Congress has been prodigal with taxpayers' money, over and\nabove the military needs of the country. During this year $119 billion has been\nappropriated . $36 billion more than in the last year of the Eisenhower Administra-\ntion. For many new programs this year's appropriation is only a small fraction of\nthe annual expenditure that will be inevitable when the programs are fully in opera-\ntion.\nFOR THE SENATE:\nTHE JOINT SENATE-HOUSE\nFOR THE HOUSE\nOF REPRESENTATIVES:\nEverett M. Dirksen, Leader\nREPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP\nGerald R. Ford,\nThomas H. Kuchel, Whip\nLeader\nBourke B. Hickenlooper, Chr.\nLeslie C. Arends, Whip\nof the Policy Committee\nMelvin R. Laird,\nLeverett Saltonstall, Chr.\nPress Release\nChr. of the Conference\nof the Conference\nJohn J. Rhodes, Chr.\nof the Policy Committee\nThruston B. Morton,\nChr. Republican\nH. Allen Smith,\nSenatorial Committee\nIssued following a\nRanking Member\nLeadership Meeting\nRules Committee\nBob Wilson,\nPRESIDING OFFICER:\nOctober 23, 1965\nChr. Republican\nCongressional Committee\nThe Republican\nCharles E. Goodell,\nNational Chairman\nChr. Committee on\nRay C. Bliss\nPlanning and Research\nSTATEMENT BY SENATOR DIRKSEN:\nIMMEDIATE RELEASE\nThe White House acted wisely in suppressing the motion picture which it had\nprepared glorifying the 89th Congress. For this session of the Congress would win\nno Oscar, even in the best supporting role category. From this Congress, we have\nhad an echo, not a choice.\nA movie of the 89th Congress would be like an episode of the old-time\nserial which always ended as the heroine was pushed off a cliff or was about to be\nground up by an oncoming locomotive. Not until you see the thrilling episode that\nwill be presented in this theater next year will you know whether 14(b) of Taft-\nHartley is ground to bits under the Administration's locomotive or whether the\nReapportionment Amendment survives its fall from the cliff.\nWe would caution those who judge the work of the session which just wheezed\nto a close to look, not at the quantity of the legislative product, but at its\nquality. The test should be not how much has the Congress done, but how well has\nit done.\nAlways a candid man, the majority leader of the Senate has confessed ser-\nious deficiencies in the legislation enacted this year. Senator Mansfield has\nannounced that the second session of the 89th Congress should \"spend less time on\nnew legislation and more time correcting oversights in legislation we have just\npassed.\" He has said the Congress \"must tighten up the hasty enactments and\nmust rectify \"a number of gaps and any number of rough edges, overextensions and\noverlaps.\"\nIt is highly significant that Senator Mansfield, in reviewing the work of\nthis session before the Democratic Conference, could find no adjective to describe\nit other than the ambiguous word \"exceptional.\"\nAs a believer in complete candor, I endorse the majority leader's appraisal\nof the work of this session. I assure him that he will find on the Republican side\nwilling allies in the effort to devote considerable attention during the second\nsession of this Congress to correction of the mistakes of the first session.\n(Ford statement -- page 2)\nRoom S-124 U.S. Capitol-CApitol 4-3121 - Ex 3700\nSTATEMENT BY REP. GERALD R. FORD\n- 2 -\nOctober 23, 1965\nThe first session of the 89th Congress clearly demonstrates the evils of\none-party dominance of the national government.\nWhen the party that occupies the White House holds a two-to-one majority in\nthe Congress, the Congress ceases to function as a co-equal branch of government,\nthe integrity of state and local governments 1s undermined, and the public interest\nis often jeopardized.\nThe Executive branch unchecked becomes careless and arrogant. Arrogant is\na strong word, but there is no other to describe those who attempted to bull through\nthe appointment to the federal judiciary of a man totally devoid of qualifications\nfor this high office. There is no other word for the conduct of an agency that\nwithholds federal funds from a city in defiance of the procedures clearly established\nby Congress before such action can be taken. There is no other word for the methods\nused to rush legislation through the Congress without adequate consideration and\nwithout adequate opportunity to debate and to amend.\nThe House had no chance, for example, to consider any meaningful amendment\nto the bill repealing Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act. In the consideration of\nthe Administration bill on elementary and secondary education, no opportunity was\ngranted to the sponsors of 14 amendments for explanation and debate.\nProtest has been heard from both sides of the aisle. Democratic Congress-\nwoman Green, of Oregon, early in the session, condemned the \"determined effort to\nsilence those who are in disagreement.\" Many other Democrats have spoken out in\nsimilar terms in frustration and futility.\nWhen either House of the Congress acts in this way, it abdicates its respon-\nsibility. It ceases to be a deliberative body and becomes a rubber stamp.\nState and local governments have suffered because of one-party dominance in\nthis Congress. Congress has enacted far-reaching programs without concern for the\nviews of responsible state and local officials or the effect of federal action on\nexisting state and local programs. Especially significant was the Democratic\nattempt to deprive governors of any shred of veto power over projects under the\npoverty program.\nFinally, this Congress has been prodigal with taxpayers' money, over and\nabove the military needs of the country. During this year $119 billion has been\nappropriated -- $36 billion more than in the last year of the Eisenhower Administra-\ntion. For many new programs this year's appropriation is only a small fraction of\nthe annual expenditure that will be inevitable when the programs are fully in opera-\ntion.\n---000000--\nCONGRESSMAN\nNEWS\nGERALD R. FORD\nHOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER\nRELEASE\nFOR RELEASE UPON RECEIPT\nAPRIL 7, 1966\nSTATEMENT BY HOUSE MINORITY LEADER GERALD R. FORD, R-MICH.\nI urge this Congress to change its rubber-stamping, loose-spending\nways when it returns from Easter Recess.\nThe 89th Congress in this session has continued to be a rubber stamp\nfor the White House. On critical votes most Democrats have done whatever\nPresident Johnson told them to do. They don't seem to have minds of their\nown.\nThis Congress in the first three months of this year has resumed the\nwild spending spree it embarked on in 1965. This has caused painful\ninflation, increases in automobile and telephone excise taxes, and now the\nstrong possibility of an income tax increase.\nThe way the Johnson Administration and the tcp-heavy Democratic\nmajorities in Congress are throwing the people's money around, one would\nalmost think there was no war going on in Vietnam. It's acting like a\nbusiness-as-usual Congress, not a war Congress.\nIt's claimed this is one of the hardest working of all Congresses. I\nsay the hardest work is being done in certain major committees by those\nDemocrats intent on inflating already bloated Administration spending\nrequests.\nIt's claimed this has been one of the most productive Congresses. I\nsay this Congress has moved at a rather slow pace, and the product is\nnothing to be proud of. Apart from quick action on emergency money requests\nfor the multi-billion-dollar Vietnam war, the thing that stands out is\nMr. Johnson's $6 billion tax bill.\nIt's said this Congress is living up to the reputation it established\nin the first session. That's true. It is living up to a reputation for\nbig spending and total disregard of the taxpayer's wishes.\n###\nNEWS\nCONGRESSMAN\nGERALD R. FORD\nHOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER\nRELEASE\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nTUESDAY, SEPT. 20, 1966\nSTATEMENT BY REP. GERALD R. FORD, (R-MICHIGAN) HOUSE MINORITY LEADER.\nThe Republican Leadership of the House of Representatives and the Minority\nMembers of the Education and Labor Committee believe that the scheduled meeting\nof the committee this Thursday, September 22, should be open to the public and\nthe press.\nWithout prejudging the important questions involving the rules of the\ncommittee, which are primarily in the hands of the Democratic majority, we feel\nthat decisions must not be taken behind closed doors in an atmosphere of \"smoke\nfilled room.\" The questions at issue are not matters of national security, but\ndirectly relate to public confidence in the conduct of Congressional business.\nThey must not be resolved by anything remotely smacking of a \"deal\" but should\nbe debated and decided with the full knowledge of the American people through\nrepresentatives of press, radio and television.\nUnless the Democratic majority agrees to this sensible procedure, as we\nhope it will, the ranking Republican member of the committee, Rep. William H.\nAyres of Ohio, will move at the outset of the meeting to put the question to\na vote of the committee.\n####\nFOR THE SENATE:\nFOR THE HOUSE\nEverett M. Dirksen\nTHE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP\nOF REPRESENTATIVES:\nof Illinois\nOF THE CONGRESS\nGerald R. Ford\nThomas H. Kuchel\nof Michigan\nof California\nLeslie C. Arends\nBourke B. Hickenlooper\nof Illinois\nof Iowa\nPress Release\nMelvin R. Laird\nLeverett Saltonstall\nof Wisconsin\nof Massachusetts\nJohn J. Rhodes\nThruston B. Morton\nIssued following a\nof Arizona\nof Kentucky\nLeadership Meeting\nH. Allen Smith\nof California\nPRESIDING:\nSeptember 22, 1966\nBob Wilson\nof California\nThe National Chairman\nCharles E. Goodell\nRay C. Bliss\nof New York\nSTATEMENT BY REPRESENTATIVE FORD:\nIMMEDIATE RELEASE\nMr. President, our Question-of-the-Week:\nCan We Afford Your Automatic-Democratic Congress?\nThis may be, in some respects, a push-button world. It may be,\nin some respects, a computer civilization. It may be, here and there,\nthat the rubber stamp has its proper place and function. But, the\npush-button, the computer and the rubber stamp wielded in the White\nHouse have not yet won the approval of the American people where their\nRepresentatives and Senators in the Congress are concerned.\nDoes the Johnson-Humphrey Administration want not only a blank\ncheck but push-button, computerized, rubber stamp voting in the\nSenate and in the House? This the American people will no longer\ntolerate.\nProof positive of this Administration's push-button psychology\nis the voting record of those forty-five freshman Democrats, elected\nin 1964 from districts formerly Republican, whose automatic responses\nto the wishes of the Johnson-Humphrey Administration are recorded for\nall to see.\nItem: On reduction of foreign aid (authorization), 1965. This\nwas defeated by 41 votes. 38 of these were automatic-Democratic\nfreshman votes.\nItem: On foreign aid authorization (recommittal), 1966.\nRecommittal failed by 2 votes. 36 of the automatic-Democratic fresh-\nmen voted against recommittal.\nItem: On anti-poverty program expansion (recommittal). Recom-\nmittal was defeated by 49 votes. 39 of these were automatic-\nDemocratic freshman votes.\nItem: On the repeal of 14B -- the right to work. The bill\npassed by 18 votes. 41 votes for it were automatic-Democratic\nfreshman votes.\nRoom S-124 U.S. Capitol-(202) 225-3700\nConsultant to the Leadership-John B. Fisher\n- 2 -\nItem: On rent subsidies (recommittal) The margin was 8 votes.\n36 automatic-Democratic freshmen voted to keep this bill alive.\nSays Fortune Magazine (September, 1966);\n\"\nthose forty-five provided the saving margin for a number\n\"\nof the more expansive and expensive Administration programs\nThis automatic-Democratic response by new members of the House\nwas echoed by that of the rest of the top-heavy Democratic majority\nin the House. The push-button, the computer, the rubber stamp wielded\nby the Johnscn-Humphrey Administration were in full force in every\ninstance. The result: a travesty on the legislative process, a gross\ndisservice to the will and the wishes of the American people.\nNo free society can long survive dominance by an unthinking\ncomputer, nor dominance by an unthinking, unrestrained, top-heavy\nlegislative majority. This Democratic Congress, with its 294 to 139\nmajority in the House and its 67 to 33 majority in the Senate, has\nlost its independence. It is the tool of the Johnson-Humphrey Adminis-\ntration. The Administration and this Democratic Congress must bear\nfull and joint responsibility for the failures and the continuing\nproblems we face. This fact cannot be contradicted. Its simple\narithmetic cannot be argued.\nIn our great tradition, the will of the majority must prevail,\nyet the will of the minority must both be respected and remain vital\nif, as has invariably happened in world history, an overwhelming\nmajority, seeking unreasoning power, is not to silence, subdue and\nthen suffocate the essential minority.\nWe cannot believe for a moment that the American people will\nany longer accept a push-button Congress or consensus by computer.\nWe believe they agree increasingly that only in a healthy balance of\nnumbers and opinions can this free land survive and prevail.\nTherefore, Mr. President: Our Question-of-the-Week:\nCan We Afford Your Automatic-Democratic Congress?\nSTATEMENT BY SENATOR DIRKSEN\nSeptember 22, 1966\nMr. President, our Question-of-the-Week:\nCan We Afford Your Automatic-Democratic Congress?\nSeldom has the hypocrisy of numbers been better illustrated than\nin the voting during this past week on the Civil Rights bill. The\nRepublican minority and its Leadership in the Senate have been\nindicted and damned by the Johnson-Humphrey Administration and its\nDemocratic majority for having killed the Civil Rights bill. How,\nconceivably, can men of intelligence and good-will so overlook that\nsame simple arithmetic to which Mr. Ford has just made reference?\nThere are 67 Democrats in the Senate. There are 33 Republicans,\nThis being so, how under Heaven, can it be concluded that the Republi-\ncans defeated Civil Rights? Had the Johnson-Humphrey Administration\ntruly wished it, had the Democrats in the Senate truly sought it, the\nproposed Civil Rights Act of 1966 would, without doubt, at this very\nmoment, be the law of the land. As one writer put it in comment on\nthe classic question of \"Who killed Cock Robin?\" it had to be a\nDemocratic arrow -- not that of the Republican minority.\nHappily for the nation's best interest, fortunately for the\nfreedom of the individual, the Republican minority, outnumbered as 1t,\nwas, reflected the will of our people to a degree that made converts\nof regular Democrats and resulted in a vote that assured the right of\nevery American to preserve the integrity of his own judgment and to\ndetermine the future of his own home.\nThe will of the people in this instance prevailed, but it could\nnever have done so if a determined minority had not made clear the\nissues involved and in SO doing won the respect and the response of\nmany others.\nIt is unwise, it is dangerous and it can be disastrous, when an\noverwhelming majority is permitted to prevail without question or\nhindrance. Only as a majority is repeatedly questioned and checked\nby a strong minority can the foundations of this Republic be preserved.\nThat we, a present minority, would welcome majority status is undeni-\nable, but until that inevitable day we believe it all-important to\nthe American people that our numbers and our hand be strengthened\nsufficiently to outlaw forever from Capitol Hill the push-button, the\ncomputer, the soulless rubber stamp.\nTherefore, Mr. President, our Question-of-the-Week:\nCan We Afford Your Automatic-Democratic Congress?\nHouse Republican Policy Committee\nJohn J. Rhodes, Chairman\n140 Cannon House Office Bldg.\nOctober 10, 1966\nPhone: 225-6168\nRepublican Policy Committee Statement on Recommendations for\nThe Reorganization of Congress\nWe urge the immediate consideration of H.R. 17873, the Legislative Reorgani-\nzation Act of 1966. This bill would implement the important recommendations con-\ntained in the final report of the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress\nwhich was filed with the Congress on July 28, 1966.\nThe Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress was established by unani-\nmous vote of both the House and the Senate in March of 1965. It has held 41 pub-\nlic hearings and received the views of 199 witnesses. The testimony, together\nwith the statements, documents and an index, is contained in 16 printed volumes\ntotaling 2,435 pages. Between January 19, 1966 and the filing of the report on\nJuly 28, 1966, the Committee and its staff met in over 50 executive sessions to\nconsider the proposed reforms and to formulate its recommendations. The work of\nthis Committee has been thorough and complete. Without question, the recommenda-\ntions contained in this report, if enacted into law, would make Congress a more\neffective institution for carrying out its basic functions.\nThe recommendations of the Joint Committee, as implemented by H.R. 17873,\ninclude:\n1. The establishment of a Joint Committee on Congressional Operations with con-\ntinuing authority to study the structure and procedures of Congress and to recom-\nmend additional reforms and changes.\n2. The protection of the rights of the minority through the provision of addi-\ntional committee staff, the right to present minority views and reports, the\nprovision of equal time on conference reports, and the right to schedule wit-\nnesses during at least one day of committee hearings.\n3. The creation of a House Committee on Standards and Conduct which would have\nan equal number of majority and minority members.\n4. The authorization of measures designed to assist Members of Congress in the\nperformance of their Congressional duties. Such measures would include enlarg-\ning committee staffs, strengthening and improving the Legislative Reference\nService, and authorizing committees to employ consultants on an interim basis\nin order to take advantage of expertise in various fields of knowledge.\n5. The implementation of fiscal controls and budgetary reforms that would in-\nclude a greater utilization of the General Accounting Office, a multiple-year\nfinancial projection of programs and the updating of the budget on June 1 of\neach year, and the testimony of responsible Executive Department officials be-\nfore the Appropriations Committee of each House within 30 days after the budget\nis presented to Congress.\n6. The establishment of a Bill of Rights for committees that would: require\nthe announcement of record votes; permit the majority to compel the filing of a\nreport or a bill; prohibit the use of proxies; and require the printing of com-\nmittee rules at the beginning of each session.\n(over)\n(2)\nThe Republican Members of the House of Representatives long have been inter-\nested in Congressional reform. At the outset of this session of Congress, a task\nforce of the House Republicans on Congressional Reform and Minority Staffing was\nappointed to study the matter of Congressional reform in depth. As a result of\nthe work of this task force, a book entitled \"We Propose: A Modern Congress\" has\nbeen published. The conclusions and recommendations contained in this book were\npresented in full to the Joint Committee and many of the recommendations of the\ncommittee stemmed from the work of the task force.\nIt is unfortunate that the Joint Committee rejected the recommendations by\nthe Republican Members that a Committee on Procedures and Policies be created.\nThis Committee would be given the power to examine into and report back to Con-\ngress on the expenditure of Federal funds by the Executive Branch to insure that\nthey are spent efficiently and in accordance with the law. The Chairman of the\nCommittee would be a Member of the minority party. This would insure that a\nthorough evaluation of the programs administered by the party in power would be\nmade. It is difficult, if not impossible, for a committee of this type to con-\nduct an effective investigation if the results are apt to reflect unfavorably on\ntheir own party's administration.\nThis is not a new idea. The House of Commons in Great Britain has a com-\nmittee known as the Committee of Public Accounts whose chairman is by convention\na leading member of the opposition. Also, in 1923,7 a Democratic Senator was\ndesignated to head the Teapot-Dome oil reserve investigation at a time when both\nHouses of Congress and the Executive Branch were controlled by the Republican\nParty.\nWe are also concerned by the fact that the Joint Committee failed to address\nitself to the problem of Executive Branch lobbying. Although the United States\nCode specifically prohibits the use of appropriated monies to influence Members\nof Congress \"to favor or oppose, by vote or otherwise, any legislation or appro-\npriation by Congress,\" substantial sums have been used for this purpose. In the\nrecent past, long and detailed telegrams have been sent by Executive Department\nofficials to Members of Congress urging their support of certain legislation.\nSimilarly, long distance calls have been made and Members have been personally\ncanvassed regarding their intentions with respect to a particular bill. The\nloophole in the present law that permits this type of activity, or the failure\nto adequately enforce the present law, must be corrected.\nThis Congress should not adjourn until it has acted on the Congressional\nreform recommendations. This legislation must not be filed and forgotten. Con-\ngress needs strengthening and modernizing and time is of the essence. Reforms\nshould be enacted now so that the next Congress may utilize the new institutions\nand procedures. We pledge our support and assistance in getting this important\nlegislation enacted into law. We call upon the Democratic leadership to schedule\nH.R. 17873 for immediate House consideration.\n20\n89TH CONGRESS\n}\nDOCUMENT\nSENATE\n2d Session\nNo. 116\nWHERE OUR NATION STANDS\nAT HOME AND ABROAD\nTHE REPUBLICAN REPORT\nON\nTHE SECOND SESSION, 89TH CONGRESS\nBY\nSENATOR EVERETT McKINLEY DIRKSEN\nOF ILLINOIS\nMINORITY LEADER\nOCTOBER 14, 1966.-Ordered to be printed\nU.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE\n65-011\nWASHINGTON : 1966\nWHERE OUR NATION STANDS-AT HOME AND ABROAD\nI\nThirty-three years ago the present Republician Leader of the U.S.\nSenate came to Washington as a freshman in the House of Repre-\nsentatives.\nWhen the Congress convened in that March of 1933, the first thing\nwe were told in a special message on domestic matters by the President\nof the United States was:\n\"The Government's house is not in order.\"\nThis is precisely the case today within the administration.\nA mere statement of this charge is not enough: therefore, the\nanatomy and morphology of the body of the so-called Great Society\nwill be examined factually. The calcimine will be wiped away. The\nveneer and clapboard will be removed to expose the facts, or the\nwithholding of facts.\nIn 16 years of service in the House of Representatives, and now in\nthe 16th year of service in the U.S. Senate-7 of these years as Re-\npublican Leader-I have experienced and responded to the pressures\nand strains of a great depression, recovery and recession, peace, and\nWorld War II in President Roosevelt's administration, the Korean\nwar in President Truman's administration, and now the Vietnam war\nin President Johnson's administration.\nThrough most of it the morale of our great Republic was solidly\ngrounded upon the tough virtues of our fathers.\nBut today, what had appeared to be a golden glow only 2 years ago\nhas been broken by rolls of thunder. This can be observed as ministers\nplead from the pulpit for a good society instead of a great society; as\njournalists strive to obtain truth from the Government; as plain\ncitizens ask one another, or themselves, \"Just what's going on?\"\n\"What gives?\"\nUncertainty, queasy doubts, bewilderment, have spread across the\ncountry; labor and business, the farmer and small businessman, even\nthe Federal civil service worker, all have been subjected to govern-\nment-by-arm-twisting.\nUnfortunately, optimism in many instances has been succeeded by\npessimism; the stock market has lost some $120 billion since January\naccording to Time magazine of October 14. And grievances seem to\nhave deepened in many facets of our daily lives.\nAnger and fear have replaced much of our laughter.\nAbroad, there is jeering and sneering at our country. Our flags are\nburned and spat upon. Our embassies attacked. In Vietnam the\nAmerican death toll continues to mount.\n1\n2\nWHERE OUR NATION STANDS AT HOME AND ABROAD\nWHERE OUR NATION STANDS AT HOME AND ABROAD\n3\nSuch, in broad outline, are the maladies and tumults surrounding us.\nIII\nMeanwhile, the administration goes its higgledy-piggledy way, its\nhigh priests no longer the flower of American culture but skilled po-\nWhen, in 1965, the 1st session of the 89th Congress adjourned, I\nlitical salesmen who pursue domestic social programs with the pop-\nraised the question, in the Republican Report of October 22, 1965\neyed ardor of a Harpo Marx chasing blondes.\n(S. Doc. 66), as to the real result of SO many programs with fancy\nWe hear, time and again, from the administration that it wants to\nnames and high emotional appeal. I pointed out that millions of\nend poverty. So do we all. What the country wants to know is when\ncitizens had not yet had a chance to pass judgment, but when they\nhome. we're going to get around to the real war by practicing moderation at\ndid \"there may be a furious reaction.\"\nThat Mr. Johnson met with historic success in terms of mere\nAnd, so, we return to that March of 1933, and that message about\nquantity of laws passed in 1965 is unquestioned. It was a massive\nished: order in our Government. In that same message we were admon-\ndisplay of power and pressure; and a Democratic Congress which\nthen, as today, is controlled by a lopsided 2-to-1 Democratic Party\nmajority, responded to Mr. Johnson's wishes.\nToo often *** governments have been wrecked on the rocks of loose fiscal\npolicy.\nAs the weeks and months passed from 1965 into 1966, what be-\ncame apparent, and is now a fact, reminds me of what George Eliot\nNow is the time to remember that statement. As Republican\nonce wrote:\nLeader in the Senate, I urgently request the Johnson administration to\nheed in wartime that peacetime warning of playing loose with the\nThere are many victories worse than defeat.\npeople's money.\nMany of the victorious domestic legislative chickens of 1965 began\nII\ncoming home to roost this year.\nThus, when the 2d session of the 89th convened in January of 1966,\nThe 2d session of the 89th Congress is about to close. It is the\nthe Nation was undergoing some serious speculation on what was to be.\nappropriate occasion for a summation of our times.\nMore questions were being asked.\n1. This has been the year when an additional 150,000 Americans\nFewer answers were being given by the administration.\nwere sent abroad to fight a war which already is the longest, and the\nInstead, the administration offered up more domestic programs\nthird largest, war in our history.\nconsisting in many instances of novelty upon novelty, gadget upon\ngadget, gimmick upon gimmick.\n2. This has been the year when some 14,000 National Guardsmen\nLike Dickens, it appeared to be the best of times, the worst of\nwere sent to guard our streets at home-in Dayton, in Chicago, in\ntimes, the age of wisdom, the age of foolishness, the epoch of belief,\nSan Francisco, in Cleveland, in Benton Harbor, in Wauwatosa, and\nthe epoch of credulity.\nin the year before in Selma, in Montgomery, in Springfield, in Los\nBut even before the summer of 1966 ended, it became apparent it\nAngeles, in Natchez.\nwasn't exactly the best of times, and certainly not the age of wisdom\n3. This has been the year when law enforcement officers were called\nunder a Great Society administration.\nto a dozen other cities to quell violence in our streets-from Troy to\nAnd as for an epoch of belief, the credibility of the Government itself\nNew Jersey to Jacksonville to South Bend; from Des Moines and\nwas being questioned and attacked on all sides; in the press, on the\nBaltimore and Brooklyn to Washington, Providence, and Perth\nstreets, over the air, and in the Congress, by Democrat and Republican\nAmboy.\nalike. Government news management cast a dark shadow. People\nwould not, could not, or did not believe their own Government.\n4. This has been the year when people were afraid to walk the\nThe truth was: \"The Government's house was not in order.\"\nstreets alone; when police were confronted by a gigantic increase in\ncrime of 46 percent from 1960 to 1965; and when the number of chil-\nIf the political leader of the so-called Great Society believed in\ndren arrested under the age of 18 increased by 54.5 percent.\n1966 he was riding a tide in the affairs of men, he may have forgotten,\nor did not recell, the words of James Russell Lowell in observing:\n5. This has been the year when inflation sent the cost of living sky-\nTruly there is a tide in the affairs of men, but there is no Gulfstream settling\nrocketing to the highest in all our history and when the real spendable\nforever in one direction.\nraises. earnings of people were less than just a year ago, regardless of pay\nIV\nThese are facts. Straightforward. Unadorned. Indisputable.\nStill in our minds as the 1966 session of Congress proceeded was the\nThese are great dilemmas of our times.\nChristmas truce in Vietnam, the intensified peace effort, and the\ngradual diminution of our prestige abroad despite the $120 billion we\nAnd all of them are conspicuously unsolved under the Great Society.\nhad dispensed in foreign aid.\nAfter a year, there has been no improvement under the Great\nSociety.\nThere were the continuing cries of Yanki Go Home\" from the very\npeople we had aided and befriended.\n4\nWHERE OUR NATION STANDS AT HOME AND ABROAD\nWHERE OUR NATION STANDS AT HOME AND ABROAD\n5\nNo improvement is noted after another year of Great Society\nby Negro people, or by Irish, English, Scandinavian, or any other\ndiplomacy.\nAmerican.\nThen, the United Nations observed its 21st birth anniversary and\nThe valid issue is this, as summed up by The Evening Star, Wash-\nits future, both financially and from the standpoint of world influence,\nington, D.C., on October 8: \"On record is the (administration) leader-\nwas uncertain.\nship's procrastination in facing up to the problem, and such political\nIt is still that way after another year.\nammunition as the Vice President's ill-considered statement that,\nAs the population explosion throughout the world continued, pov-\nwere he forced to live in a ghetto, he would be right out there leading\nerty, hunger, war, and turmoil stalked the world and the Four Horse-\nthe riot.\"\nmen of despair rode relentlessly to broadcast pessimism and dismay.\nV\nIt is the same today, only worse.\nAs the year started in Vietnam, the number of American troops\nAdherence to principles and actions for the public good was dis-\nneared 200,000, young blood continued to flow, and peace or truce\nplayed in marked fashion during the past session and is worthy of\nseemed at best a dim hope.\nnote for the public record.\nAfter almost a year, the administration reports 320,000 troops, plus\nBut first, the Republican Leader would like to pay tribute to\n50,000 men in our naval fleet operating off Vietnam, plus 25,000 or\nMembers of his party for their devotion to duty and their diligence\nmore troops in nearby Thailand. And American dead and wounded\nin carrying out their responsibilities on the various committees of the\nhave passed the 32,000 mark.\nSenate. A glance at the record indicates Republicans showed a great\nThe budget for fiscal year 1967 topped the $100 billion mark for the\ndegree of unity.\nfirst time in our history, exclusive of trust funds and cash flow, and\nAnd to the Democratic Leader, Senator Mike Mansfield, I tender a\nhigh spending for Great Society programs remained unabated.\nsalute for his gracious forbearance, for his kindness, for his constant\nIt remains unabated after still another year of the Great Society.\ncooperation, and for his unvarying respect for the rights and problems\nThe poverty warriors were embroiled in internecine strife over\nof the minority party. For this I cannot thank him enough.\nwhether the poverty generals in Washington or the party's political\nWe commend those Democrats who followed the Republicans last\nlieutenants in the field were to administer this somewhat fantastic\nFebruary in exposing and opposing the Johnson administration's\nadventure, and the program made the progress of a snail in low gear.\n\"small business be damned attitude'-revealed by attempts to elimi-\nThis is still the case today.\nnate the independent Small Business Administration and have it\nFarmers were grousing as 1966 began. The prices which farmers\nswallowed up by the big Commerce Department. No Democrat\nreceived for their produce measured against what they had to pay for\ndisputed the charge. The independence of SBA was saved.\ngoods and equipment to pursue their operations were lower than before\nand there were no signs of improvement.\nEarly in the session it was apparent the administration intended to\nAnd after almost another year, the fármer is worse off than ever.\nplay an old game: present a deceptively \"low\" big budget by cutting\nThe march of growing Federal power continued without letup or\nnecessary funds and letting Congress put them back and bear any\nonus for the deficit. The administration cut school lunch funds\nhindrance, increasing the dangers of monolithic, all-powerful, central-\nized Government.\nwhile fully aware the country would not stand for it.\nAnd after almost a year the Federal power march continues.\nThe administration's own Democratic-controlled Congress could\nThere had been an imperceptible gain in the very grave balance-of-\ntake the blame for increasing the budget while the White House could\npayments problem but it was not at all certain that even these meager\nappear with a halo for wanting to \"save\" money. This was blatantly\ngains could be maintained. Meanwhile the raid on our gold reserves\nunprincipled.\ncontinued month after month.\nActually, nothing could quench the insatiable desire of the adminis-\nAnd after almost a year, there has been no improvement.\ntration to spend money for such things as studying why Australian\nStreet demonstrations and violence continued in various parts of\naborigines sweat, the behavior of ostriches in Africa, sending 100,000\nthe country, and an uneasy fear brooded over the Nation.\ncans of women's hair spray to Vietnam, studying the love life of an\nBut let it be understood, here and now, there is no issue over peaceful\noctopus, and SO on ad infinitum.\ndemonstrations. The civil rights movement, or any other law-abiding\nmovement with legitimate aims, has a fundamental right to exist in our\nSo we commend those who joined Republicans in stopping the ad-\nRepublic; what's more, it is so fundamental there appears little reason\nministration's attempt to slash four-fifths of the school milk program\nfor any partisanship on the matter. Resort to violence is an entirely\nand in preventing the President from drastically cutting the school\ndifferent matter.\nlunch program. This was a strange paradox in view of Mr. Johnson's\nPolitical parties exist for a multitude of reasons, among the most\nasking a billion-dollar food for freedom program for people abroad.\nimportant being public exploration and illumination of matters of\nAnd we commend those who joined Republicans in saving land-\ngreat public concern. Therefore, I hope Johnson administration\ngrant colleges. Although Mr. Johnson maintained he was in favor\nspokesmen keep any debate on the right track, to wit: violence, dis-\nof higher education he wanted to eliminate $11.95 million under the\norder, crime, or running a traffic light, are all against the law, whether\nMorrill Act signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1862 to establish these\ncommitted by men, or women, or by students, or by white people, or\ncolleges. On a national basis this would have meant the elimination\nof 1,200 college faculty members and 18,000 students.\n6\nWHERE OUR NATION STANDS AT HOME AND ABROAD\nWHERE OUR NATION STANDS AT HOME AND ABROAD\n7\nAnd we commend those who joined Republicans in saving the\nA pound of cheese has gone up 34 percent.\nfederally impacted school fund program. This has been a 25-year\nprogram, originally provided under the Lanham Act passed during\nAre these the marks of a Great Society?\nWorld War II.\nFresh fruit and vegetables have gone up an average of 32 percent.\nAnd we commend those who joined Republicans in saving the loan\nPotatoes alone are up 37 percent.\nprogram for medical students, nurses, and other medical personnel, as\nOnions are up 60 percent.\nwell as some funds under the National Defense Education Act.\nApples are up 72 percent.\nCabbage is up 60 percent.\nAnd we commend those who joined Republicans in fighting the\nEggs are up 11 percent.\nadministration's betrayal of farmers in trying to withhold Farm\nGrape jelly is up 16 percent.\nHome Administration contingency funds. The same situation pre-\nSemiprivate hospital rooms are up 60 percent.\nvailed on research programs by Agricultural Experiment Stations.\nAre these prices the fruits of a Great Society?\nIt is reminiscent of how the administration early in the 1st session\nA cartoon recently depicted the cost of living jump as a Great\nof the 89th Congress attempted to haphazardly close VA hospitals.\nSociety supermarket. Lamb prices were up $1,700 a ton. Bacon\nThese are but a few of the curious specimens of judgment, balance,\nwas up $1,100 a ton. Jelly was up $200 a ton. Off to one side of the\nand principle which have come from the executive branch of the\ncounter, someone who looked like the President of the United States\nGovernment.\nwas whispering to his associates: \"Keep reminding them how we held\nThis truth is shown: \"The Government's house is not in order.\"\nthe steel increase to $2.50 a ton.\"\nThe following editorial from The Wall Street Journal of October 12,\nVI\n1966, entitled \"Think Cheap\" adequately describes the cost of living\nand the administration approach to inflation.\n\"Hooray for What?\" as I recall, was once a play in which Ed Wynn\nstarred.\nThink Cheap\nEvery housewife in the land can signal a \"Hooray for what?\"\nIf there were any doubts that Washington considers the average consumer to\ntoward the Democratic administration each time she goes to the\nbe pretty dumb, they should be dispelled by the appearance of a six-page pam-\nstore today.\nphlet, Shopping Sense.\nThe price of cornflakes soars again. One housewife is planning to\nShopping Sense is designed, according to Mrs. Esther Peterson, Chairman of the\nPresident's Committee on Consumer Interests, \"to help consumers get the most\nbuy two packages as soon as she can find a cosigner.\nfor their food dollars at this time when there are rising prices.\"\nBut it is no laughing matter. Since the end of the Republican\nAgreed that consumers, in these days of Government-generated inflation, need\nadministration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, and based on the latest\nall the help they can get. What they may get from Shopping Sense, however, is\n(August) figures of the Consumer Price Index, your grocery dollar has\nabout as many chuckles as might be inspired by a typical episode of \"Batman.\"\nShopping Sense advises the homemaker, for instance, to leave husband and\ndropped to 84 cents today. By now everyone knows, or should know,\nchildren at home when they shop for food; husband and children are distracting\nthe farmer isn't to blame and is actually worse off than a year ago.\ninfluences. Zowie.\nIt says that certain convenience foods-such as TV dinners and stuffed baked\nYour rent dollar is now worth 89 cents.\npotatoes-cost more than their equivalent in fresh food items. Bam.\nYour medical care dollar is now worth 72 cents.\nThe housewife should take along a shopping list, it says, but should be open-\nYour transportation dollar is now worth 86 cents.\nminded if she sees an unadvertised bargain. Pow.\nYour homebuilding dollar is now worth 84 cents.\nUse substitutes, urges Shopping Sense. For, says Mrs. Peterson, housewives\n\"need to get off the old meat and potatoes routine.\" Zonk.\nYour apparel dollar is now worth 91 cents.\nTry lower-priced brands and grades, the pamphlet urges. Whammo. In\nYour auto insurance dollar is now worth 62 cents.\nother words, ladies, think cheap.\nAre those the marks of a Great Society?\nShopping Sense was prepared by the committee in cooperation with the Na-\ntional Association of Food Chains which will make available at cost several million\nAnd here's a sampling of the average changes reflected today III\ncopies to supermarkets where shoppers can pick them up. Plainly, then, the\nsome prices across the Nation after the Eisenhower administration left\ncost of producing Shopping Sense in the end will be added to the housewife's\nfood bill. Socko.\noffice and the Democratic administration took over:\nThe authors of this message on thinking cheap are aiming it at the wrong\nA loaf of bread costs 25 percent more today.\naudience. After all, it isn't the housewife who has been making prices rise.\nA pound of hamburger has gone up 15 percent.\nVII\nA pound of bacon has gone up 40 percent.\nA quart of milk has gone up 12 percent.\nThe Johnson administration has a remarkable collection of hum-\nAn average package of cornflakes has gone up 24 percent.\nmingbird economists who can reverse themselves without first stop-\nA pound of pork chops has gone up 25 percent.\nping. They stand still in midair while making motions in an attempt\nA pound of fish has gone up 24 percent.\nto convince everyone the Government can spend for vast new domestic\nprograms while at the same time supporting a war costing $25 billion\nS. Doc. 116, 89-2-2\n8\nWHERE OUR NATION STANDS AT HOME AND ABROAD\nWHERE OUR NATION STANDS AT HOME AND ABROAD\n9\neconomy. to $30 billion a year, keeping prices down, and maintaining a balanced\nWhat about unemployment? It is low, below 4 percent. But at\nthe same time the administration cannot forget that unemployment\nAs Let us examine what is happening in some related fields.\namong youth has reached as high as 18 percent; and of even greater\nthe year started the median price of homes sold in the United\nconcern should be the continuing unemployment rate among Negroes.\nStates was $20,000 according to the Census Bureau.\nThe Negro jobless rate in August was more than 8 percent. It has\nIn This represented an increase of $2,000 in 1 year (1965).\nbeen between 7 and 8.2 percent throughout the year. There has been\nJuly, in the latest survey report, the median price was $21,400.\nlittle or no improvement over last year. With all its poverty schemes,\nIs this the mark of a Great Society?\nthe Great Society has failed in the quest to help the Negro. In fact,\nLast year, the number of nonfarm (mortgage) foreclosures\na Labor Department survey of poverty sections of 100 cities shows\nreport United shows. States totaled 116,664, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board in the\nthe unemployment rate of Negroes to be 9.4 percent in August.\nOne observation on economic indicators: Merely because various\nrunning at a rate equal to 222,204 a year.\nThus far this year, foreclosures have taken a big jump and are\nindexes, such as the cost of living, are cited as warnings about our\nfuture does not indicate anyone is preaching fear.\nIs this the mark of a Great Society?\nThe Record on Johnson Scare Tactics\njust take-home since June. pay of $98.46 a week. This was a drop of $1.85 per had week a\nIn August 1966, the factory worker with three dependents\nAs political leader of the party in power, Mr. Johnson did some\npolitical stumping in New York, October 12, and accused the Re-\nThe \"real spendable earnings\" for workers has been going like\npublican Party of scaring people.\nStatistics: according to the September 23, 1966, report of the Bureau of Labor this,\nWell, let's see: During the 1964 campaign there were nationally\ntelevised Democratic Party political ads, tailored to White House\nIn In February 1965, \"real spendable earnings\" were $87.63 a week.\nspecifications and esthetic values, which preached that-\nAugust 1965, they were down to $87.15.\nRepublicans were in favor of little children eating radioactive\nIn August 1966, they were down to $86.52.\nice cream cones;\nRepublicans were in favor of \"pushing the button\" and\nIs this the mark of a Great Society?\nblowing up the world;\nA widow, after or retired teacher, for example, who retired on\nRepublicans were in favor of increasing the bombing in Viet-\nfixed pension income years of work, or anyone else who began receiving a $3,000 a\nnam, which would lead to blowing up the world; and\nof $3,000 in 1940, has been hard hit by inflation.\nRepublicans were in favor of destroying the Social Security\nAfter taxes, the 1940 income was $2,935 (minus sales taxes\nSystem-\nannual taxes). By July of 1966, what was supposed to have been and State\nto list but a few of the Johnson Democratic \"appeals to reason.\"\nMr. President, as is your wont, you are too modest. We bow to\nhigher prices, pension, only or $1,195. fixed income, was worth, after Federal taxes a $3,000 and\nyou and acknowledge your superiority. When it comes to preaching\nfear, you're tops with us.\nStatistics Here on September 23 showed the cost of living for August of Labor 1966.\nThe latest Consumer Price Index released by the Bureau\nVIII\nis what it showed:\nWith increasing frequency, the administration seems to be issuing\nSince 1960 the cost of living has gone up 10.27 percent.\nstatements fraught with a desperation to escape the consequences of\nits policies. The escape? Blame it on Congress-its own Demo-\nSince 1960 the cost of groceries has jumped 13.75 percent.\ncratic Congress with a 2-to-1 majority. And if the administration\ncent. Since January, living costs in just 7 months have jumped 2.52 per-\ncan get away with it, Republicans are blamed although at any given\ntime the administration has twice as many Members of Congress\nas does the Republican Party.\nAnd in the same 7 months, grocery costs have increased 3.95 percent.\nRepublican Senators have compiled a remarkable record in the\nchasing power.\nIf you put $100 away in a shoebox in 1940, you've lost $57 in pur-\nface of the overwhelming Democratic majority. They have been\nable to obtain approval of amendments to bills in committees, one\nrecent example being the adoption of 19 Republican amendments to\n\"stolen\" If you in put purchasing $100 away power. in a shoebox in 1960, $9 of it already has been\nthe higher education and elementary-secondary education bills.\nRepublican Senators have succeeded, by the force of argument,\nyears ago.\nIt now takes $22.42 to buy the groceries you could get for $20 just 6\nin obtaining changes in legislation of all types and even in the passage\nof some of their own measures although, for the most part, the bills\nis 43 cents; the 1960 dollar, 91 cents.\nworth And the 1933 dollar is now worth only 39.6 cents; the 1940 dollar\nthat finally passed bear the name of a Democrat as the principal\nsponsor.\n10\nWHERE OUR NATION STANDS AT HOME AND ABROAD\nWHERE OUR NATION STANDS AT HOME AND ABROAD\n11\nRepublican Senators and Republican Members of the House of\n6 economy rollcall votes in the House, 1966\nRepresentatives proposed programs in 1965 and 1966 covering every\naspect of our daily domestic lives and our affairs abroad. It would\nRepublicans\nDemocrats\ntake a book to list them.\nvoting for\nvoting for\neconomy\neconomy\nIn addition, the Republican Coordinating Committee, representing\nevery facet of republicanism from national level to the grassroots,\nPercent\nPercent\nFor 5 percent cut in Interior appropriations, Apr. 6, 1966\n95\nhas offered detailed programs. These included:\n12\nFor 5 percent cut in Postal-Treasury appropriations, Apr. 6, 1966\n89\n7\nStrike out $12 million for rent subsidies, Mar. 29, 1966\n95\n25\nAgainst $750,000 new authority for Humphrey mansion, Mar. 22, 1966\n95\n24\nDate proposed and program\nFor low interest rates in sale of Government \"participations,\" May 18, 1966\n100\n19\nAgainst 8th national debt limit increase during Kennedy-Johnson admin-\nstration, June 8, 1966\n99\n22\nJune 1965, United States Foreign Policy in Vietnam.\nAugust 1965, The Balance of Payments.\nNOTE.-Strength in House: 293 Democrats versus 140 Republicans.\nSeptember 1965, Equality in America: a Promise Unfulfilled.\nDecember 1965, Vietnam Policy Statement.\nHow did Republican Senators vote on some of the other issues in the\nDecember 1965, Toward a Stronger Federal System.\n1st session of the 89th? Here are some samples:\nDecember 1965, Toward Fair Elections in America.\nRepublican Senators voted 100 percent on auto tire safety standards;\nMarch 7, 1966, (Economic) Opportunity Crusade Act of 1966.\nand 100 percent for the cold war GI benefits bill; and solidly in ap-\nMarch 1966, The Case for Revenue Sharing.\nproval of legislation for more flexible farm credit; 100 percent for the\nMarch 1966, Latin America-United States: Progress or Failure?\ndogs and cats humane and petnaping bill; 96 percent for a National\nMarch 1966, The Human Investment-Job Opportunities.\nWild Rivers System; 84 percent for a plan to provide hard-pressed\nMarch 1966, The Rising Costs of Living.\nJune 1966, The United Nations.\nparents or students with some income tax credit for college tuition\n(Democrats defeated it) 100 percent in favor of a bill to expand library\nJune 1966, Effective Water Management.\nJune 1966, The Challenge of the Modern Metropolis.\nservices and construction; 100 percent for the auto safety bill (S. 3005).\nJune 1966, Federal, State, and Local Responsibilities for Problems\nAlso: Republicans supported 100 percent a plan under the aid for\nof Education.\nthe blind law to extend books and other materials to other handicapped\nJune 1966, Transportation in Modern America.\npersons; 100 percent to liberalize benefits to dependents of veterans,\nJune 1966, Housing and Urban Development.\nand to liberalize indemnities to parents of veterans; 100 percent to\nJune 1966, The Alleviation of Poverty.\ngive automobiles to certain cold war veterans who suffered serious\nJune 1966, Jobs and People-Job Opportunities.\nservice-connected disabilites; 100 percent support for a military pay\nJune 1966, The Needs of the Aging.\nraise; 100 percent to provide a coordinated national highway safety\nIn recent weeks the White House had blamed the Congress for\nprogram.\nappropriating more than it asked in some cases. Again I point out it\nIX\nis the administration's own Democratic-controlled Congress. But\nfor the record, who is trying to save your tax dollar? Here are some\n\"But now the squeeze is clearly on\" reports The Atlantic Monthly\nexamples:\nfor October in an article entitled \"Consensus Politics: End of an\n9 economy rollcall votes in the Senate, 1966\nExperiment.\" The article observes that the President's salad days\nare over. Sooner than later he is going to have to make some vital\nRepublicans\nDemocrats\ndecisions because of \"the rising cost of the war in human terms and in\nvoting for\nvoting for\ntreasures.\" What is more, the magazine says, \"the world will not\neconomy\neconomy\nhold still for the Johnson treatment.\" The Atlantic Monthly also\nobserved:\nPercent\nPercent\nAgainst sale of participations in SBA loan pools (back-door spending), Mar.\n15, 1966\n100\n0\nAll year long the Administration has been walking the tightrope on a tax\nStrike out funds ($12 million) for rent subsidies, Apr. 27, 1966\n86\n32\nincrease or a Reserve callup, either of which would signal an end to domestic\nAgainst borrowing on federally owned loan collateral (back-door spending),\nbusiness as usual. In avoiding them, it has resorted to economic policies that\nMay 5, 1966\n80\n6\nCut $250 million in foreign aid authorization for Development Loan Fund,\nhave brought both tight money and inflation. Politically, the once-happy allies\nJuly 20, 1966\n90\n50\nof the Great Society consensus are chewing on each other. Labor is angry over\nStrike provision for rent subsidies, Aug. 10, 1966\n73\n27\nthe failure to repeal 14(b); the farmers are blaming Freeman for allegedly trying\nStrike $17,920,000 to construct new buildings in the District of Columbia,\nAug. 10, 1966\n77\n47\nto slow the rise in food prices; the South is sore at the school desegregation \"guide-\nStrike $19,700,000 for Project Mohole, Aug. 10, 1966.\n70\n30\nlines\"; and even the freshman Democrats elected on Mr. Johnson's coattails are\nReduce $150 million in authorizations for mass transit program, Aug. 15, 1966_\n87\n40\nchafing visibly at the rubberstamp label.\nReduce authorizations in poverty program from $2,496 million to $1,750 mil-\nlion (the budget figure), Oct. 4, 1966\n92\n48\nAs Alan L. Otten pointed out in The Wall Street Journal, the stance Mr. Johnson\nwas forced to take in Congress this year was difficult to defend. He told Congress\nNOTE.-Strength in the Senate: 67 Democrats versus 33 Republicans.\nfirst that \"it cannot cut any of his proposals a penny, because every cent is\nurgently needed to overcome long-accumulated and burdensome national de-\nficiencies, but, second, that it cannot add a penny to what he has asked because\nthat would aggravate inflationary pressures.\"\n12\nWHERE OUR NATION STANDS AT HOME AND ABROAD\nWHERE OUR NATION STANDS AT HOME AND ABROAD\n13\nMr. Otten noted: \"This does not sit well with Congress. Many Senators and\nRepresentatives feel the President cannot reasonably expect to have it both\nways * * *. Many have turned Mr. Johnson's two-edged argument to suit\ntheir own purposes, rather than his. If filling unmet needs is as important as\nWhen our Commander in Chief asked congressional authorization\nthe Chief Executive says, most lawmakers can't see why they shouldn't take care\nof a few of their own constituents' needs along with the President's * * *.\nof $4.8 billion more for our fighting men in Vietnam, the Senate\nAlternatively, if inflation is as ominous as the President portrays it when attacking\nrecord will show Republican Senators gave 100 percent support.\nincreases in his budget, many Congressmen would be glad to help combat this\nWhen he urgently asked for an additional $13.1 billion in defense\ndire threat by spiking a few of the innovations he's proposed.\"\nmoney for fiscal year 1966, Republicans in the Senate gave him 100\nIn addition to the war, the rising tide of crime and violence in our\npercent support. And when it came to authorizing $415 million\nstreets, the highest cost of living in history, more and more home\nmore for Vietnam economic aid, Republicans in the Senate again\nmortgage foreclosures, Government news management, a decrease in\nwent down the line 100 percent for it.\n\"real spendable earnings,\" loss of prestige abroad, and larger and\nWe are in a war which is growing in proportions. Much will be\nlarger Federal spending, there also are other matters of concern.\nsaid in the coming days, volumes will be written, and arguments will\nThe administration raised interest rates on VA and FHA home\ncontinue. Suffice it to leave it at this point with up-to-date accounts\nloans to the highest in history this month.\nof our position in Vietnam in the following articles, one by Clayton\nIs this indicative of a Great Society?\nFritchey, which appeared in The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.,\nOctober 10, 1966, and the other, an interview of Gen. Dwight D.\nThe Government has paid interest rates 1,500 percent larger than\nEisenhower by Associated Press Correspondent Marvin Arrowsmith,\never before on some short-term loans. And interest rates on every-\nwhich appeared in the same newspaper October 10, 1966:\nthing else from home loans, personal loans, installment loans, to loans\nmade to corporations, have soared to the highest levels in 45 years.\n[From The Washington Star, October 10, 1966]\nDoes this mark the progress of a Great Society?\nWE'RE IN OUR THIRD LARGEST WAR\nThere were more strikes and work stoppages in the first 6 months of\n(By Clayton Fritchey)\n1966 than in any similar period in the last decade.\nFor the United States this is a historic moment. With the landing at Saigon\nWill the administration point to this as a Great Society mark?\nof a brigade from the 4th Infantry Division, the conflict in Vietnam has just\nbecome the third largest war America has ever fought.\nA multitude of scandals has burst upon the Federal scene, from\nAmerican battle strength in Vietnam now totals 320,000, which exceeds the\nwindfall profits in housing and the random issuance of bank charters\nKorean war total of 302,483. Only in the First and Second World Wars has the\nUnited States ever surpassed the present effort.\nto literally scores of poverty program scandals.\nAt the same time, American casualties have reached a new high; and defense\nDoes this represent the ethics of a Great Society?\nexpenditures (also surpassing Korea) have shot above $60 billion a year for the\nfirst time since World War II.\nAmerican taxpayers, whether they realize it or not, are saddled\nThat, in brief, is the factual situation in Vietnam, despite the optimistic,\nwith $1 billion per month for interest alone on the national debt.\ninspirational pep talks coming out of both Saigon and Washington.\nThe latest U.S. casualty figures report 967 killed and wounded in 1 week, the\nDoes an ever-increasing public debt represent a Great Society?\nhighest in any 7-day period 80 far. If, as the war escalates, casualties continue\nat or near this level, they will exceed 50,000 a year, which would top the Korean\nFrom 1961 through 1965 American farmers had the lowest share\nwar rate of 46,000.\nof the Gross National Product; the lowest return on gross sales; the\nThe new figures bring the total of combat deaths for the war to 5,302. This is\nlowest return on total capital investment; the lowest share of the\nmore than the number of Americans killed in the Revolutionary War (4,435),\nthe War of 1812 (2,260), the Mexican War (1,733), and the Spanish-American\nfood dollar; the lowest level of parity of income; and received the\nWar (385).\nlowest performance on campaign promises ever made by an\nPresidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson have repeatedly assured the\nadministration.\npublic that the United States was in Vietnam only in a supporting role, and that\nthe brunt of the fighting must be carried on by the Vietnamese themselves.\nDoes this represent the flowering of a Great Society?\nThe casualties, however, tell a different story. In the same week that the\nUnited States lost 967 men, the South Vietnamese forces had only 98 killed and\nSince December 1, 1965, when the administration made headlines\n280 wounded, less than half of the American total.\nabout cutting the public payroll by 25,000, more than 237,000 addi-\nThe fact is that this is the largest undeclared war in the history of the world-\ntional employees have been placed on the public payroll by the Johnson\nand it is rapidly getting bigger, which is why the Pope and U Thant (whose\nadministration.\nconcerns are universal rather than national) continue to raise their anguished\nvoices in the hope of heading off another superwar.\nIs this what is meant by a Great Society?\nThe magnitude of the present fighting is of such proportions that nobody in\nWashington (including President Johnson) knows what the war is costing. The\nonly thing sure is that it is costing far more than the Government will admit.\nWhen the President was pressed for an answer at a recent press conference, he\nshut off questions by saying, \"I would commend to you some homework. Read\nthe (Congressional) hearings.\"\nWHERE OUR NATION STANDS AT HOME AND ABROAD\n15\n14\nWHERE OUR NATION STANDS AT HOME AND ABROAD\nThe reporters were willing, but the hearings-most of them closed-revealed\nthat some people always-and without justification-see bogeymen under the\nlittle or nothing. Fortunately, some of them were not closed to Wisconsin Repre-\nbed in such circumstances.\nsentative Melvin Laird, chairman of the House Republican Conference.\nTHE EARLIER STATEMENTS\nTaking the President at his word, Laird tried to do his homework by question-\ning Pentagon Comptroller Robert Anthony. \"When I asked him where the Viet-\nEisenhower doubts that either Communist China or the Soviet Union would feel\nnam war cost estimates were that the President referred to,\" Laird said, \"Anthony\nthey had anything to gain worth taking the risk.\nreplied that there is nothing in the hearings that would tell you the cost of the war\nApprehension that Eisenhower might be advocating use of nuclear weapons in\nin Vietnam.\"\nVietnam was voiced in some quarters after remarks he made September 30 in\nIn July, budget figures were released indicating the cost in fiscal 1966 was $5.8\nChicago and October 3 in Washington.\nbillion, or about $500 million a month. In September, however, the Treasury\nIn Chicago, the former President said he would \"take any action to win\" in\nacknowledged that the cost had soared to $1.2 billion a month.\nVietnam. Asked then to elaborate, he replied:\nEven this much higher figure, though, is only camouflaged. Those closest to\n\"I'm not sure. I'm not familiar with all the political considerations. If they\nthe situation secretly admit that Congressman Laird's estimate of $2 billion a\ngave me the problem, I'd take any action to win.\"\nmonth is probably closer to the mark.\nIn Washington 3 days later newsmen again sought amplification.\nDefense Secretary McNamara has said that the \"incremental costs of South-\n\"I would do anything,\" said Eisenhower, \"to bring the war to an honorable\neast Asia operations\" are about $1 billion a month, which would mean $12 billion\nsolution as rapidly as I could.\"\na year. If Laird is right the cost will rise to at least $25 billion next year.\nAsked whether he would automatically preclude the use of nuclear weapons if he\n\"The issue we are going to try to develop is the credibility of this administra-\nwere President at this time, Eisenhower replied: \"I would not automatically\ntion as regards the war,\" Laird says, and he flatly charges that \"deception is being\npreclude the use of anything.\"\nused on the amount of money being expended in Vietnam.\"\nEisenhower's remarks prompted Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield to\nThe hard facts will have to come out soon, for the administration is faced with\ncall on the former President to spell out just what he had in mind-to say spe-\nthe urgent need of coming to Congress for supplemental Vietnam funds, and the\ncifically whether he was advocating use of nuclear weapons and-or-an increase\nguessing is that they will exceed $10 billion, and possibly much more.\nin the U.S. manpower commitment to Vietnam. The Montana Senator said the\nNation's voters were entitled to know in this congressional election year.\nJohnson, asked for comment on Eisenhower's remarks, told his news conference\nlast week: \"I would say it is the policy of this Government to exercise the best\n[From The Washington Star, October 10, 1966]\njudgment of which we are capable in an attempt to provide the maximum de-\nEISENHOWER URGES VICTORY BUT WOULDN'T USE A-BomBs\nterrence with a minimum of involvement. The easiest thing we could do is to\nget into a larger war with other nations.\"\n(By Marvin L. Arrowsmith)\nJohnson obviously was talking about the possibility of direct involvement of\nRed China and the Soviet Union.\nGETTYSBURGH, PA.-Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower still insists\nAt the time it was uttered Eisenhower took no public note of the criticism\n\"we must do whatever is necessary to win\" fast in Vietnam. But he calls it silly\nsome Congress Members fired at him because of his remarks about taking any\nfor anyone to conclude this means he favors U.S. use of nuclear weapons there.\naction needed to win in Vietnam.\nThe five-star general who led allied forces to victory in Europe in World War II\nThe old soldier is known to feel intensely, however, that these Members ought\nsays it is an entirely different kind of war in Vietnam-a guerrilla type which\nto remain silent on military strategy and tactics, and leave such matters to the\nexposes friend and foe alike to any weapons used.\nPresident and his military advisers.\nOnly President Johnson, Eisenhower adds, ultimately can call the signals on\nAs for Johnson's news conference statement, Eisenhower would add-as Johnson\ngrand strategy.\nhas on other occasions-that U.S. military, political, and economic objectives\nEisenhower says his only advice is that it ought be a strategy aimed at winning\nought to be achieved as swiftly as possible, and the war then ended to put a\nquickly and putting an end to loss of American lives-a strategy which he does\nstop to U.S. casualties.\nnot think would involve Red Chinese intervention.\nEisenhower holds that whatever is necessary to win these U.S. goals must be\nBut to anyone who got the idea-and some did-that in recent remarks he\ndone. And he holds, further, that Johnson will do it.\nfavored using nuclear weapons to achieve a swift victory, Eisenhower has this to\nsay: This is silly. How would you use nuclear weapons in Vietnam? I ask: Do\nyou have any idea?\n\"Personally, I would say whatever the President finds out he must do, I shall\nnot criticize him. I do not know whether this war is going to escalate or de-escalate\nor anything else.\n\"I do know we must do whatever is necessary to win as quickly as possible. If\nnot, the war will grow in costs, both in money and lives, and the Nation's morale\nwill be lowered.\"\nTHE MORALE FACTOR\nAnd he says:\n\"The morale of a nation is just as important a factor-probably a more impor-\ntant factor-in determining its capacity to lead as is its military or economic\nstrength.\" Eisenhower will observe his 76th birthday at his farm here Friday.\nThe former president cautions fellow Republicans seeking election to Congress\nNovember 8 against trying to make an issue of administration policy in Vietnam.\nHe thinks such an effort would be very risky from a political standpoint, and that\ndomestic issues such as spending and inflation danger offer GOP candidates much\nbetter opportunity to capitalize at the polls.\nAs for the aggressive win-the-war tactics he advocates, Eisenhower foresees no\nlikelihood of such a course bringing Red China or the Soviet Union into the con-\nflict in full military support of the Communist North Vietnamese. He holds\n( Record in Log)\nRepublican Policy Committee\nCongress of the United States\nGouse of Representatives\nWashington, D.C.\nJOHN J. RHODES\nROOM 140\nCHAIRMAN\nCANNON HOUSE OFFICE BLDG.\nTEL.: 225-6168\nGERALD R. FORD\nMINORITY LEADER\nOctober 20, 1966\nDear Colleague:\nFor your information and assistance. I am enclosing a summary\nof a number of the Republican accomplishments during the Second\nSession of the 89th Congress. I believe that it reflects a record\nof real achievement.\nIn case after case, the Republican Members have been affirmative,\nimaginative, and effective. Opposition for the sake of opposition\nhas not been a part of this record. We have, as the loyal opposition,\ngiven every majority proposal thoughtful but searching consideration.\nWhenever it was possible, we have tried to improve legislation\nthrough amendment or alternative proposal We have, however, been\nstrong in our opposition to all legislation that was not in the\npublic interest, and quick to call attention to those matters that\nneeded correction. This I believe, is in the finest tradition of\nthis great deliberative body and our two-party system.\nIt is my hope that you will find the record of accomplishment\nof House Republicans as reflected in this summary, helpful in electing\nyou to serve in the 90th Congress.\nSincerely yours,\nJohn Rhodes\nJohn J. Rhodes, M.C.\n1.\nSaving the Small Business Administration\nUnder the Johnson-Humphrey Administration, the once-vital Small Business Admini-\nstration that had been created as an independent agency in 1953 by a Republican\nPresident, was downgraded and nearly destroyed. The Office of Administrator was\nleft vacant, the business loan program was gutted, and there were disturbing and\nrecurrent rumors that this independent agency was to be transferred to the Commerce\nDepartment. Thanks to Republican efforts, this disastrous trend was reversed. In\na series of statements and releases, the plan to eliminate the spokesman for small\nbusiness in big government was exposed. As a result, the proposed transfer was\nkilled, an Administrator was appointed and the loan functions were reactivated.\n(See February 23, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\n*****\nRescuing the Maritime Industry\nFor some unfathomable reason, the Johnson-Humphrey Administration has chosen to\nignore our steadily deteriorating maritime industry. Our shipbuilding program is\nlagging, our World War II reserve fleet is growing older and the expanding war in\nVietnam is putting the United States merchant fleet under tremendous pressure.\nEven so, the Administration's total maritime budget for 1967 set a 7-year low.\nWhile we have dropped to 12th place among the shipbuilding nations, Russia has risen\nfrom 12th to 7th place. Faced with this serious situation, the Republican members\nof the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee and the Republican Policy Committee\nset out to alert the American people to the perils of the Administration's course.\nAlthough we have been unable to reverse this trend entirely, some significant gains\nhave been made. A bill that would establish the Maritime Administration as an\nindependent agency has been reported from committee. Also, an attempt to bury the\nMaritime Administration in the newly-created Department of Transportation was\ndefeated. Finally, the Appropriations Committee increased the funds for ship\nconstruction by $21.6 million.\nOur national survival may depend upon the shipping that should be under construc-\ntion but which the Johnson-Humphrey Administration has scuttled. Additional steps\nmust be taken to correct this disastrous situation. If the present trend continues,\nthis country that once boasted the greatest merchant fleet in the world will be\nleft on history's shore waiting for ships that never come in.\n(See April 20, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\n*****\nProtecting the American Public's Right-to-Know\nIn an effort to conceal and cover-up, Federal Agencies have adopted 24 ways to\nkeep administrative information from public view. Bureaucratic gobbledygook used to\ndeny access to information has included such gems as \"Eyes Only, \"Limited Official\nUse,\" \"Confidential Treatment,\" and \"Limitation on Availability of Equipment for\nPublic Reference. In order to pierce this \"paper curtain,\" Republican Members\nsponsored and worked hard for the adoption of Freedom of Information legislation.\nDue to the opposition of the Johnson-Humphrey Administration, this proposal was\nbottled up in Committee for over a year. However, as a result of pressure from\nRepublicans, publishers, and representatives of the press, radio and T.V., it was\nfinally reported and enacted into law. Now, this legislation can help to blaze a\n(more)\n2.\ntrail of truthfulness and accurate disclosure in what has become a jungle of\nfalsification, unjustified secrecy, and misstatement by statistic. Hopefully, the\nsaying \"Would you believe?\" can once again become a line for comedians rather than\ngovernment press officials.\n(See May 18, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\n*****\nUrging Election and Campaign Contribution Reform Legislation\nRepublican Members have responded to one of the great challenges of our times -\nthe reformation of our election and campaign contribution laws. In the past, there\nhave been a number of excellent studies and reports on this subject. President\nKennedy appointed a special Commission on Campaign Contributions, and in 1962 the\nreport of this Commission sparked the introduction of several bills. President\nJohnson sent a message to Congress recommending that something be done but the\nAdministration bill, which was finally introduced, proved to be defective and\ninadequate.\nAlert to the importance of this legislation and the need for prompt action, the\nRepublican leadership in the House of Representatives introduced an election reform\nbill that incorporated a number of the President's proposals, but also included\nmany significant improvements and additions. For example, the Republican bill\nestablished a five-member Federal Elections Commission that would receive reports\nand statements regarding campaign contributions and expenditures and investigate\nallegations of wrongdoing. All contributions and expenditures of $100 or more\nwould have to be reported. A $100 income tax deduction for campaign contributions\nis provided.\nThe Republican Members of the House Administration Committee pressed for and\nobtained Committee hearings and consideration of this bill. As a result, the\nElections Subcommittee reported an Election Reform bill that contained many of the\nRepublican suggestions. Every Republican Member of the Subcommittee voted for this\nbill and at the following meeting of the full Committee, all Republican Members\nwere present and ready to vote to report the bill for immediate floor consideration.\nUnfortunately, the Democratic members would not join the Republicans. So, for this\nsession, this important bill has been killed. However, in the public interest,\nthis legislation must be enacted into law before the 1968 Presidential campaign.\nRepublicans will press for its adoption during the next Congress.\n(See May 26, 1966 Policy Committee statement and Reprint of Congressional Record\ndated August 30, 1966.)\n*****\nAssisting the Veterans\nDuring the 39th Congress, action on two major veterans' bills resulted directly\nfrom Republican leadership.\nThe Republican-supported Veterans' Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966 (PL 89-358)\nprovided educational benefits for veterans of current military service. This\nessential legislation was enacted over the determined opposition of the Johnson-\nHumphrey Administration. For example, in March 1965, an Administration spokesman\ntold a Senate Committee that enactment of such legislation would not be in accord\nwith the program of the President. Again in September 1965, Administration\nspokesmen reiterated to a House Committee their opposition to pending veterans'\neducation bills.\n(more)\n3.\nRecognizing the need for this legislation, the House Republican Policy Committee\nin June 1965 urged Congress to provide educational benefits for Vietnam veterans\n\"as quickly as possible.\" Again in January 1966, the Policy Committee called for\n\"the immediate enactment of a bill that will authorize a program of education and\ntraining for veterans of military service,\" and urged the Administration to support\nthis legislation. Such a bill became law on March 3, 1966. The President, in\napproving the bill, said that he would sign it notwithstanding the fact that it went\nfurther than he was willing to ask for this year.\nThe Republican-supported Veterans' Pension Act of 1966 (H.R. 17488) provides an\naverage 5.6 percent increase in monthly pension payments to 1.8 million veterans.\nAs early as October 1965, Republican Members of the House were calling for hearings\non proposals to liberalize the pension program. When hearings were held in July\n1966, an Administration spokesman testified in opposition to all of the 188 pension\nbills pending in the House. After rejecting Republican-sponsored amendments to\nliberalize the bill by increasing the income limitations that control the monthly\nrate of pension, the Veterans' Affairs Committee reported H.R. 17488.\nOn September 14, 1966, the House Republican Policy Committee endorsed H.R. 17488,\nand criticized the Johnson-Humphrey Administration for the continued opposition to\nlegislation that would provide a much-needed cost-of-living rate increase for\nveterans. At the same time, they called for an increase in the income limitations\nof the existing pension laws.\n(See January 26 and September 14, 1966 Policy Committee statements.)\nReorganizing Congress\nOn July 28, 1966, the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress filed its\nfinal report with Congress. This report contained a number of important recommenda-\ntions that would materially strengthen and modernize Congress. Concerned by the\napparent decline of Congressional initiative and independence under the Johnson\nAdministration, the Republican Policy Committee joined the Republican Members of the\nJoint Committee in urging the immediate consideration of the Committee recommenda-\ntions. A bill entitled \"The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1966, H.R. 17873,\"\nthat would implement these recommendations was introduced by the ranking Republican\nMember of the Joint Committee. Republicans believe that if Congress is to be a\nmore effective institution for carrying out its basic modern functions - legislative\nreview, and representative - it must be updated. Authority that has been unwisely\ndelegated to the executive must be regained. The continued dilution of its\nhistoric role must be stopped. However, this cannot take place until the organi-\nzational effectiveness and internal operation of Congress has been improved. The\nrecommendations of the Joint Committee provide a giant step in the right direction.\nThe Republican Members of the House of Representatives long have been interested\nin Congressional reform. At the outset of this session of Congress, a task force of\nthe House Republicans on Congressional Reform and Minority Staffing was appointed to\nstudy the matter of Congressional reform in depth. As a result of the work of this\ntask force, a book entitled \"We Propose: A Modern Congress\" has been published.\nThe conclusions and recommendations contained in this book were presented in full\nto the Joint Committee and many of the recommendations of the committee stemmed\nfrom the work of the task force.\n(See October 10, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\n(more)\n4.\nHelping College Students\nOne of the most successful programs designed to help students complete their\ncollege education is the Student Loan Program of the National Defense Education Act\nof 1958. Under this Republican-sponsored legislation, more than 968,000 students\nhave borrowed $834 million.\nThis year, the very existence of this vital program was threatened by the\nJohnson-Humphrey Administration's recommendation that the program of direct loans\nto students by participating colleges be scaled back and finally terminated in\nfavor of insured loans. Sensing that this course of action would be disastrous for\nthe many students who depend upon the loans, the Republican Members of Congress\ninsisted that the Student Loan Program be fully funded. Over the continued\nopposition of the Administration, this was done. As a result, nearly half-a-millior\nstudents at 1,600 colleges and universities will be able to obtain loans and\n$179 million in federal funds will be allocated to the participating institutions\nfor this purpose.\nThe wisdom of the Republican efforts on behalf of the student loan program has\nbeen underlined by recent events. One of the first casualties of the Johnson\ninflation and soaring interest rates was bank-made student loans. In many areas,\nbanks have stopped accepting applications for government-backed student loans. The\n6 percent interest rate on a student loan is no longer attractive when banks can\ncharge their best credit risks 6 percent for short-term loans. If the Administra-\ntion's attempt to sabotage the student loan program had not been blocked, many\nstudents today would be out of money, out of luck, and out of school.\nIncreasing Social Security Benefits\nRepublican Members of Congress have demanded that Social Security benefits\nshould be increased now, not in January 1968 as belatedly proposed by President\nJohnson. This would have been the case if the Democratic majority in Congress had\nacted upon a Republican proposal that would have provided an automatic increase in\nbenefits whenever there is a stated increase in the consumer price index.\nGreat Society spending, and the accompanying budget deficits, and certain labor\nsettlements have spiraled living costs to a point where elderly citizens are hard-\npressed to make ends meet. There are nearly 40 million retired Americans who do\nnot enjoy the benefit of rising wages and income to cope with rising prices. They\nare painfully aware that the purchasing power of our currency has eroded so that\nthe 1957-59 dollar is today worth 88 cents and the 1940 dollar is worth only\n43 cents.\nThe Republican proposal would have provided an across-the-board 8 percent average\nincrease in benefits effective January 1, 1967 for approximately 22 million elderly\npersons eligible for Social Security payments. It would have been financed from\nthe Social Security fund reserves without raising the Social Security tax rate or\nthe annual earnings base on which it is levied. The entire House Republican\nmembership urged Congress to stay in session until a benefits increase could be\nworked out. Unfortunately, our pleas on behalf of the people hurt the most by\ninflation, were not heeded by the Democratic majority.\n*****\n(more)\n5.\nStrengthening P.L. 480 and the Food for Peace Program\nIn 1954, P.L. 480 was enacted into law under the leadership of President Eisen-\nhower and by a Republican Congress. This is the cornerstone of \"Food for Peace.\"\nIt has meant the difference between life and death for millions of people in a world\nwhere much of the population is engaged in a race between food production and\npopulation growth. This year the Republican Members of the House of Representatives\nnot only supported the extension of P.L. 480 but were instrumental in adding a\nnumber of amendments that improved the legislation as follows:\n1. Congressional review of the operation and administration of the\nprogram was insured by limiting the extension to two years.\n2. The basic concept of \"friendly countries\" was retained.\n3. The effectiveness of the P.L. 480 Joint Congressional-Executive\nAdvisory Committee was improved.\n4. A 5-percent cash payment in title I sales agreements will be insisted\nupon when possible.\n5. Food sold for foreign currencies will be identified as being provided\nthrough the generosity of the American people.\n6. Technical assistance in friendly developing countries was expanded\nthrough a \"farmer-to-farmer\" program.\nOver the determined opposition of the Johnson-Humphrey Administration, Republi-\ncans also were successful in obtaining a ban on subsidized sales to nations that\ntrade with North Vietnam. Republicans believe that when Americans and their allies\nare fighting and dying in the defense of freedom, nations that trade with those\nwith whom we are joined in combat should not receive special treatment and assistance\n(See June 8 and September 27, 1966 Policy Committee statements.)\n*****\nUpdating and Improving the Unemployment Compensation Laws\nUnder the leadership of the Republican Members of the Ways and Means Committee,\na bill was reported and passed by the House of Representatives that preserved the\nhighly-successful system of autonomous State programs of unemployment insurance.\nIn contrast to the Federal dictation and controls contained in the rejected Admini-\nstration bill, the Republican-sponsored measure updated and improved the present\nlaw as follows:\n1. Thirteen weeks of extended unemployment compensation is provided during\nperiods of recession.\n2. Coverage is extended to those workers who can be generally considered\n\"regularly\" employed and for whom there can be reasonable standards of\navailability for work.\n3. Non-profit organizations are given the option of participating as\n\"self-insurers.\"\n4. The wage base is increased from $3,000 to $3,900 beginning in 1969 and\nto $4,200 beginning in 1972.\n(more)\n6.\n5. A judicial review of determinations by the Secretary of Labor with\nrespect to qualifications of State plans is provided.\nThe House rejection of the Johnson-Humphrey Administration bill and the acceptance\nof the Republican measure would have meant that the present program of unemployment\ncompensation, while continuing to provide necessary and essential assistance to the\ninvoluntarily unemployed, would not become a federalized system that permits abuse\nand encourages the unemployed to remain idle the maximum period of time rather than\naccept suitable employment or enter training programs as quickly as possible.\n(See June 21, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\n*****\nImplementing Water Pollution Control Activities\nAlthough the Federal Government has played a leading role in the improvement of\nour rivers and harbors, it was not until 1956 under the Eisenhower Administration\nthat the first comprehensive Federal Water Pollution Control Act was enacted. This\nAct was a good beginning and laid a firm foundation for future action. However, to\nbe completely successful, there had to be greater State financial participation in\nthe construction of sewage treatment works. Thus, since 1959, the Republican\nMembers of the Committee on Public Works have insisted that any increase in funds\nauthorized for Federal grants must be used to accelerate needed construction by\noffering an inducement to the States to participate in the cost of treatment plants.\nThe Water Pollution Control Act of 1966 that was supported by the Republican\nMembers and enacted into law accepts this principle. It contains substantial\ninducements to the States to participate in the cost of projects under both the\naccelerated existing program and the proposed clean rivers program.\nThrough the adoption of a Republican amendment, this law also provides the\nfoundation for future industrial pollution abatement. Under this measure, the\nSecretary of Interior is directed to conduct an appropriate study of methods for\nproviding incentives to assist in the construction of facilities and works by\nindustry. Tax incentives, as well as other methods of financial assistance, are\nprovided. Seventy-percent Federal grants for research and demonstration projects\nfor prevention of pollution of waters by industry are made available also.\nWater pollution poses a serious problem that must be solved. The legislation\nsponsored and supported by the Republican Members of the House of Representatives\nwill do a great deal to assist in finding a solution. Moreover, the States, cities\nand the communities will be encouraged to do their share in combatting the common\nproblem of water pollution.\n(See September 14, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\nCombatting Federal Controls\nWhen the Defense Production Act was brought to the House Floor for extension, the\nDemocratic Members of the Banking and Currency Committee included in the legislation\na provision that would give the President standby authority to impose consumer\ncredit controls. Although faced with a serious inflationary situation, the 89th\nCongress under its Democrat leadership was either unwilling or unable to control\nthe real cause of the inflationary problem - the Great Society spending. Instead,\nthey sought to impose governmental controls as a means of stemming the inflationary\ntide.\n(more)\n7.\nThe Republican Membership in the House of Representatives rejected and opposed\nthis radical and unnecessary proposal. They recognized that in a period of rising\ninflation, it is the individual with a limited or fixed income that suffers the\ngreatest hardship. Without question, the real casualty of such controls would be\nthe family with substantial needs but moderate means. These individuals do not\nhave the resources to pay cash or make a large downpayment when they purchase an\nautomobile, a refrigerator, or some other household appliance.\nFortunately, a sufficient number of Democrat Members joined the Republicans and\nthe standby authority to impose consumer credit controls was stricken from the\nlegislation. In this instance, the control philosophy was voted down. Thus,\nextreme and unwarranted powers were kept from the hands of the very individuals\nwhose spending policies have caused the inflationary problem.\n(See June 14, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\n*****\nFighting Waste, Bungling, and Scandal in the Poverty Program\nDuring the past year, efforts by the Republican Members of the Education and\nLabor Committee to gather information which would be helpful in drafting effective\nanti-poverty legislation were hampered and handicapped at every turn. The Democrat\nmajority on the Committee repeatedly promised a full-fledged study and was given\n$200,000 for this purpose. However, field hearings did not materialize and an\never-changing investigative staff was confused by changes in direction, cancelled\ntrips, and recalls from investigations. The reports which were issued were sketchy\nand contained statistics and percentages rather than material needed to draft\ncorrective legislation. Moreover, some reports were intentionally withheld from\nthe Republican Members.\nThe hearings that were finally held on the anti-poverty legislation developed\ninto an 8-day parade of Administration spokesmen and apologists for the poverty\nprogram. The Republican Members of the Education and Labor Committee recommended\n62 witnesses who were knowledgeable in all aspects of the anti-poverty program.\nHowever, these recommendations were ignored and the hearings were abruptly termi-\nnated. When Chairman Powell of the Education and Labor Committee was asked why\nthis had been done, his only reply was \"Because I am the Chairman.'\nIn spite of this arbitrary and woefully inadequate action, there was no real\nattempt made by the Democrat leadership to correct the many abuses and gross\nmistakes that plagued the present program and $1.75 billion for fiscal year 1967\nwas ultimately authorized.\nFortunately for the American public, the Republican Members of the Education and\nLabor Committee conducted an independent investigation of the poverty program.\nAbuse after abuse was documented and exposed. A solid basis for an overall reform\nof the anti-poverty program was established. In order to effectuate the essential\nreforms and changes, the Republicans introduced substitute legislation entitled the\nRepublican Opportunity Crusade. Unfortunately, this bill and the reforms that it\nwould impose, was rejected. However, a good start on an eventual clean-up of\nthis scandal-ridden program has been made. Republicans will continue to press for\nneeded controls and reforms in the next Congress.\n(See July 19, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\n8.\nImproving Public Transportation\nIn supporting the establishment of a new Department of Transportation, the\nRepublican Members of the House of Representatives continued the historic policy of\nthe Republican Party of encouraging the development of American transportation.\nThe need for better coordination among the various governmental agencies that deal\nwith transportation has been apparent for many years. In his final budget message\nto Congress, President Eisenhower stated \"A Department of Transportation should be\nestablished so as to bring together at Cabinet level the presently fragmented\nfederal functions regarding transportation activities.\"\nThe Republican Members were concerned that in the Administration's rush to\ncreate a Department of Transportation certain safeguards and considerations might\nbe overlooked. They found that the bill that was originally proposed by the\nJohnson-Humphrey Administration would have granted the Secretary of Transportation\nbroad authority that invaded the policy-making authority of Congress. It would have\nscrambled the now-independent accident investigation functions of the CAB with the\nregulation and control of the airways. Also, the Maritime Administration would be\nburied deep within the bureaucracy of the new Department.\nDue to Republican efforts, the legislation creating the new Department has\ncorrected these defects in the original Administration bill. As a result, the\nDepartment of Transportation, as it has now been established, will be able to\nperform efficiently and effectively.\n(See August 10, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\n*****\nAttacking Tight Money Problems\nAlthough the big company with a large net profit may have little trouble borrow-\ning money, the individual who wants to buy a car, obtain a college loan, or purchase\na home has a terrific problem due to the present inflationary situation. If he is\nlucky enough to find a lender, he may have to pay an extremely high rate of interest\nto obtain a loan. Long before the Johnson-Humphrey Administration was willing to\neven admit that a problem existed, the Republican Members of the House of Represen-\ntatives recognized that the average person was being hurt in the present tight money\nmarket and set out on a course of action that would afford this individual\nmeaningful relief.\nThey called for an immediate slash in non-defense, non-essential domestic spend-\ning - not just in regard to appropriations as the President urged, but also with\nrespect to new Great Society program authorizations that trigger the appropriations\nprocess. They sought a reduction in point discounts on FHA and VA home financing\nthrough an administrative adjustment of rates to a more realistic level. Republi-\ncans opposed the enactment of the Sales Participation Act scheme, noting that a\nprogram of this type could only mean additional government competition for the\nalready scarce investment dollar. (The Administration subsequently recognized its\nerror in enacting this proposal and suspended the sale of participations.)\nRepublican Members also called for the removal of FNMA's $15,000 administrative\nlimitation on purchases of mortgages under its secondary market operations. This,\ntoo, has been implemented by the Administration. Finally, in order to cool off\ncompetition for savings among the financial institutions, Republicans pressed for\nand obtained sound remedial legislation.\n(more)\n9.\nIt is unfortunate the Johnson-Humphrey Administration has been slow to awaken\nto the dangers of this situation. Interest rates are now at the highest point\nthat they have been in over 40 years. These high interest rates have added\ntremendously to the cost of financing the ever-mounting Federal debt. The rising\ndemand for credit by the Federal Government and business has drawn credit away\nfrom credit-sensitive industries such as homebuilding. As a result, homebuilding\nand home buying, one of the Nation's largest industries, is now faced with a major\ncrisis. Private housing starts in September were down 26 percent from September\n1965. Applications for FHA-insured mortgages on existing homes were down\n34 percent from a year ago.\nIn the next Congress, Republicans will continue to press for appropriate\nremedial action. They will do all they can to help the pensioner, the Social\nSecurity recipient, and the individual with a fixed income or a fixed wage who\nhas become the forgotten man of the Great Society.\n(See May 10, June 8, and July 27, 1966 Policy Committee statements.)\nMaintaining Law and Order\nRepublicans of the 89th Congress have stood vigilant in protecting the public's\ninterest in, and demand for, measures assuring increased protection for law and\norder in our society.\nOf primary significance was the National Criminal Law Revision Commission bill\nintroduced by Representative Poff (R.-Va.) and twenty of his Pepublican colleagues\nin June of this year. This bill was drafted and introduced when the President's\nso-called \"crime package\" of legislation was found to be wanting. The Poff bill\nwas substituted for an unimaginative proposal in the President's package, received\nbipartisan acclaim and support, and was passed by the House by a unanimous vote on\nSeptember 6, 1966.\nRepublicans again answered the growing demand for increased responsibility in\nthe streets and urban centers of our land when Representative Cramer (R.-Fla.)\nproposed and won approval for an anti-riot measure. This measure prohibited the\ninterstate travel of professional demonstrators and troublemakers. It ultimately\nprevailed over a watered-down Administration substitute but failed in the Senate.\nSubsequently, approximately eighty Members of the House, Republican and Democrat,\nintroduced this anti-riot measure as separate legislation. Unfortunately, this\nlegislation was bottled up in the Democrat-controlled Judiciary Committee and\nfailed of passage before the end of the session.\nIn another and vital area of criminal law reform, the Narcotics Addict Rehabili-\ntation Act of 1966, House Republicans again remained vigilant to the cause of law\nand order. Republican-backed amendments were successful in turning back an Admini-\nstration attempt to weaken the penalty structure of present law as it applies to\nsellers of narcotic drugs. Mandatory minimum sentences, which nearly all witnesses\nat the hearings had agreed upon as an effective deterrent to narcotics traffic, were\nthereby maintained to assist law-enforcement officers in the war on narcotic\ntraffickers.\nIIIII\nwilling\nU. S. HOUSE\nOF REPRESENTATIVES\nREPUBLICAN POLICY\nCOMMITTEE\nREP. JOHN J. RHODES, (R.-ARIZ.) CHAIRMAN\n140 CANNON HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING\nTELEPHONE 225-6168\n10\nOctober 21, 1966\nHouse Republican Accomplishments, Second Session, 89th Congress\nAlthough outnumbered by more than two-to-one, Republicans in the Second\nSession of the 89th Congress have made a record of real achievement and remarkable\nunity.\nIn case after case, Republican Members have been affirmative, imaginative,\nand effective. Opposition for the sake of opposition has not been a part of this\nrecord. We have, as the Loyal Opposition, given every majority proposal thoughtful\nbut searching consideration. Whenever possible, we have tried to imp ove legis-\nlation through amendment or alternative proposal.\nWe have, however, been strong in our opposition to all legislation that\nwas not in the public interest, and quick to call attention to those matters that\nneeded correction. This, I believe, is in the finest tradition of our great\ndeliberative body and our two-party system.\nRepublican accomplishments in 16 important areas are described briefly in\nthe attached summary, which is by no means exhaustive.\nQERALD FORD LIBRARY\n1.\nSaving the Small Business Administration\nUnder the Johnson-Humphrey Administration, the once-vital Small Business Admini-\nstration that had been created as an independent agency in 1953 by a Republican\nPresident, was downgraded and nearly destroyed. The Office of Administrator was\nleft vacant, the business loan program was gutted, and there were disturbing and\nrecurrent rumors that this independent agency was to be transferred to the Commerce\nDepartment. Thanks to Republican efforts, this disastrous trend was reversed. In\na series of statements and releases, the plan to eliminate the spokesman for small\nbusiness in big government was exposed. As a result, the proposed transfer was\nkilled, an Administrator was appointed and the loan functions were reactivated.\n(See February 23, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\n*****\nRescuing the Maritime Industry\nFor some unfathomable reason, the Johnson-Humphrey Administration has chosen to\nignore our steadily deteriorating maritime industry. Our shipbuilding program is\nlagging, our World War II reserve fleet is growing older and the expanding war in\nVietnam is putting the United States merchant fleet under tremendous pressure.\nEven so, the Administration's total maritime budget for 1967 set a 7-year low.\nWhile we have dropped to 12th place among the shipbuilding nations, Russia has risen\nfrom 12th to 7th place. Faced with this serious situation, the Republican members\nof the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee and the Republican Policy Committee\nset out to alert the American people to the perils of the Administration's course.\nAlthough we have been unable to reverse this trend entirely, some significant gains\nhave been made. A bill that would establish the Maritime Administration as an\nindependent agency has been reported from committee. Also, an attempt to bury the\nMaritime Administration in the newly-created Department of Transportation was\ndefeated. Finally, the Appropriations Committee increased the funds for ship\nconstruction by $21.6 million.\nOur national survival may depend upon the shipping that should be under construc-\ntion but which the Johnson-Humphrey Administration has scuttled. Additional steps\nmust be taken to correct this disastrous situation. If the present trend continues,\nthis country that once boasted the greatest merchant fleet in the world will be\nleft on history's shore waiting for ships that never come in.\n(See April 20, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\n*****\nProtecting the American Public's Right-to-Know\nIn an effort to conceal and cover-up, Federal Agencies have adopted 24 ways to\nkeep administrative information from public view. Bureaucratic gobbledygook used to\ndeny access to information has included such gems as \"Eyes Only,\" \"Limited Official\nUse,\" \"Confidential Treatment,\" and \"Limitation on Availability of Equipment for\nPublic Reference. In order to pierce this \"paper curtain,\" Republican Members\nsponsored and worked hard for the adoption of Freedom of Information legislation.\nDue to the opposition of the Johnson-Humphrey Administration, this proposal was\nbottled up in Committee for over a year. However, as a result of pressure from\nRepublicans, publishers, and representatives of the press, radio and T.V., it was\nfinally reported and enacted into law. Now, this legislation can help to blaze a\n(more)\n2.\ntrail of truthfulness and accurate disclosure in what has become a jungle of\nfalsification, unjustified secrecy, and misstatement by statistic. Hopefully, the\nsaying \"Would you believe?\" can once again become a line for comedians rather than\ngovernment press officials.\n(See May 18, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\n*****\nUrging Election and Campaign Contribution Reform Legislation\nRepublican Members have responded to one of the great challenges of our times -\nthe reformation of our election and campaign contribution laws. In the past, there\nhave been a number of excellent studies and reports on this subject. President\nKennedy appointed a special Commission on Campaign Contributions, and in 1962 the\nreport of this Commission sparked the introduction of several bills. President\nJohnson sent a message to Congress recommending that something be done but the\nAdministration bill, which was finally introduced, proved to be defective and\ninadequate.\nAlert to the importance of this legislation and the need for prompt action, the\nRepublican leadership in the House of Representatives introduced an election reform\nbill that incorporated a number of the President's proposals, but also included\nmany significant improvements and additions. For example, the Republican bill\nestablished a five-member Federal Elections Commission that would receive reports\nand statements regarding campaign contributions and expenditures and investigate\nallegations of wrongdoing. All contributions and expenditures of $100 or more\nwould have to be reported. A $100 income tax deduction for campaign contributions\nis provided.\nThe Republican Members of the House Administration Committee pressed for and\nobtained Committee hearings and consideration of this bill. As a result, the\nElections Subcommittee reported an Election Reform bill that contained many of the\nRepublican suggestions. Every Republican Member of the Subcommittee voted for this\nbill and at the following meeting of the full Committee, all Republican Members\nwere present and ready to vote to report the bill for immediate floor consideration.\nUnfortunately, the Democratic members would not join the Republicans. So, for this\nsession, this important bill has been killed. However, in the public interest,\nthis legislation must be enacted into law before the 1968 Presidential campaign.\nRepublicans will press for its adoption during the next Congress.\n(See May 26, 1966 Policy Committee statement and Reprint of Congressional Record\ndated August 30, 1966.)\n*****\nAssisting the Veterans\nDuring the 89th Congress, action on two major veterans' bills resulted directly\nfrom Republican leadership.\nThe Republican-supported Veterans' Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966 (PL 89-358)\nprovided educational benefits for veterans of current military service. This\nessential legislation was enacted over the determined opposition of the Johnson-\nHumphrey Administration. For example, in March 1965, an Administration spokesman\ntold a Senate Committee that enactment of such legislation would not be in accord\nwith the program of the President. Again in September 1965, Administration\nspokesmen reiterated to a House Committee their opposition to pending veterans'\neducation bills.\n(more)\n3.\nRecognizing the need for this legislation, the House Republican Policy Committee\nin June 1965 urged Congress to provide educational benefits for Vietnam veterans\n\"as quickly as possible.\" Again in January 1966, the Policy Committee called for\n\"the immediate enactment of a bill that will authorize a program of education and\ntraining for veterans of military service,\" and urged the Administration to support\nthis legislation. Such a bill became law on March 3, 1966. The President, in\napproving the bill, said that he would sign it notwithstanding the fact that it went\nfurther than he was willing to ask for this year.\nThe Republican-supported Veterans' Pension Act of 1966 (H.R. 17488) provides an\naverage 5.6 percent increase in monthly pension payments to 1.8 million veterans.\nAs early as October 1965, Republican Members of the House were calling for hearings\non proposals to liberalize the pension program. When hearings were held in July\n1966, an Administration spokesman testified in opposition to all of the 188 pension\nbills pending in the House. After rejecting Republican-sponsored amendments to\nliberalize the bill by increasing the income limitations that control the monthly\nrate of pension, the Veterans' Affairs Committee reported H.R. 17488.\nOn September 14, 1966, the House Republican Policy Committee endorsed H.R. 17488,\nand criticized the Johnson-Humphrey Administration for the continued opposition to\nlegislation that would provide a much-needed cost-of-living rate increase for\nveterans. At the same time, they called for an increase in the income limitations\nof the existing pension laws.\n(See January 26 and September 14, 1966 Policy Committee statements.)\n*****\nReorganizing Congress\nOn July 28, 1966, the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress filed its\nfinal report with Congress. This report contained a number of important recommenda-\ntions that would materially strengthen and modernize Congress. Concerned by the\napparent decline of Congressional initiative and independence under the Johnson\nAdministration, the Republican Policy Committee joined the Republican Members of the\nJoint Committee in urging the immediate consideration of the Committee recommenda-\ntions. A bill entitled \"The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1966, H.R. 17873,\"\nthat would implement these recommendations was introduced by the ranking Republican\nMember of the Joint Committee. Republicans believe that if Congress is to be a\nmore effective institution for carrying out its basic modern functions legislative\nreview, and representative - it must be updated. Authority that has been unwisely\ndelegated to the executive must be regained. The continued dilution of its\nhistoric role must be stopped. However, this cannot take place until the organi-\nzational effectiveness and internal operation of Congress has been improved. The\nrecommendations of the Joint Committee provide a giant step in the right direction.\nThe Republican Members of the House of Representatives long have been interested\nin Congressional reform. At the outset of this session of Congress, a task force of\nthe House Republicans on Congressional Reform and Minority Staffing was appointed to\nstudy the matter of Congressional reform in depth. As a result of the work of this\ntask force, a book entitled \"We Propose: A Modern Congress\" has been published.\nThe conclusions and recommendations contained in this book were presented in full\nto the Joint Committee and many of the recommendations of the committee stemmed\nfrom the work of the task force.\n(See October 10, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\n(more)\n4.\nHelping College Students\nOne of the most successful programs designed to help students complete their\ncollege education is the Student Loan Program of the National Defense Education Act\nof 1958. Under this Republican-sponsored legislation, more than 968,000 students\nhave borrowed $834 million.\nThis year, the very existence of this vital program was threatened by the\nJohnson-Humphrey Administration's recommendation that the program of direct loans\nto students by participating colleges be scaled back and finally terminated in\nfavor of insured loans. Sensing that this course of action would be disastrous for\nthe many students who depend upon the loans, the Republican Members of Congress\ninsisted that the Student Loan Program be fully funded. Over the continued\nopposition of the Administration, this was done. As a result, nearly half-a-million\nstudents at 1,600 colleges and universities will be able to obtain loans and\n$179 million in federal funds will be allocated to the participating institutions\nfor this purpose.\nThe wisdom of the Republican efforts on behalf of the student loan program has\nbeen underlined by recent events. One of the first casualties of the Johnson\ninflation and soaring interest rates was bank-made student loans. In many areas,\nbanks have stopped accepting applications for government-backed student loans. The\n6 percent interest rate on a student loan is no longer attractive when banks can\ncharge their best credit risks 6 percent for short-term loans. If the Administra-\ntion's attempt to sabotage the student loan program had not been blocked, many\nstudents today would be out of money, out of luck, and out of school.\nIncreasing Social Security Benefits\nRepublican Members of Congress have demanded that Social Security benefits\nshould be increased now, not in January 1968 as belatedly proposed by President\nJohnson. This would have been the case if the Democratic majority in Congress had\nacted upon a Republican proposal that would have provided an automatic increase in\nbenefits whenever there is a stated increase in the consumer price index.\nGreat Society spending, and the accompanying budget deficits, and certain labor\nsettlements have spiraled living costs to a point where elderly citizens are hard-\npressed to make ends meet. There are nearly 40 million retired Americans who do\nnot enjoy the benefit of rising wages and income to cope with rising prices. They\nare painfully aware that the purchasing power of our currency has eroded so that\nthe 1957-59 dollar is today worth 88 cents and the 1940 dollar is worth only\n43 cents.\nThe Republican proposal would have provided an across-the-board 8 percent average\nincrease in benefits effective January 1, 1967 for approximately 22 million elderly\npersons eligible for Social Security payments. It would have been financed from\nthe Social Security fund reserves without raising the Social Security tax rate or\nthe annual earnings base on which it is levied. The entire House Republican\nmembership urged Congress to stay in session until a benefits increase could be\nworked out. Unfortunately, our pleas on behalf of the people hurt the most by\ninflation, were not heeded by the Democratic majority.\n*****\n(more)\n5.\nStrengthening P.L. 480 and the Food for Peace Program\nIn 1954, P.L. 480 was enacted into law under the leadership of President Eisen-\nhower and by a Republican Congress. This is the cornerstone of \"Food for Peace.\"\nIt has meant the difference between life and death for millions of people in a world\nwhere much of the population is engaged in a race between food production and\npopulation growth. This year the Republican Members of the House of Representatives\nnot only supported the extension of P.L. 480 but were instrumental in adding a\nnumber of amendments that improved the legislation as follows:\n1. Congressional review of the operation and administration of the\nprogram was insured by limiting the extension to two years.\n2. The basic concept of \"friendly countries\" was retained.\n3. The effectiveness of the P.L. 480 Joint Congressional-Executive\nAdvisory Committee was improved.\n4. A 5-percent cash payment in title I sales agreements will be insisted\nupon when possible.\n5. Food sold for foreign currencies will be identified as being provided\nthrough the generosity of the American people.\n6. Technical assistance in friendly developing countries was expanded\nthrough a \"farmer-to-farmer\" program.\nOver the determined opposition of the Johnson-Humphrey Administration, Republi-\ncans also were successful in obtaining a ban on subsidized sales to nations that\ntrade with North Vietnam. Republicans believe that when Americans and their allies\nare fighting and dying in the defense of freedom, nations that trade with those\nwith whom we are joined in combat should not receive special treatment and assistance\n(See June 8 and September 27, 1966 Policy Committee statements.)\nUpdating and Improving the Unemployment Compensation Laws\nUnder the leadership of the Republican Members of the Ways and Means Committee,\na bill was reported and passed by the House of Representatives that preserved the\nhighly-successful system of autonomous State programs of unemployment insurance.\nIn contrast to the Federal dictation and controls contained in the rejected Admini-\nstration bill, the Republican-sponsored measure updated and improved the present\nlaw as follows:\n1. Thirteen weeks of extended unemployment compensation is provided during\nperiods of recession.\n2. Coverage is extended to those workers who can be generally considered\n\"regularly\" employed and for whom there can be reasonable standards of\navailability for work.\n3. Non-profit organizations are given the option of participating as\n\"self-insurers.\"\n4. The wage base is increased from $3,000 to $3,900 beginning in 1969 and\nto $4,200 beginning in 1972.\n(more)\n6.\n5. A judicial review of determinations by the Secretary of Labor with\nrespect to qualifications of State plans is provided.\nThe House rejection of the Johnson-Humphrey Administration bill and the acceptanc\nof the Republican measure would have meant that the present program of unemployment\ncompensation, while continuing to provide necessary and essential assistance to the\ninvoluntarily unemployed, would not become a federalized system that permits abuse\nand encourages the unemployed to remain idle the maximum period of time rather than\naccept suitable employment or enter training programs as quickly as possible.\n(See June 21, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\n*****\nImplementing Water Pollution Control Activities\nAlthough the Federal Government has played a leading role in the improvement of\nour rivers and harbors, it was not until 1956 under the Eisenhower Administration\nthat the first comprehensive Federal Water Pollution Control Act was enacted. This\nAct was a good beginning and laid a firm foundation for future action. However, to\nbe completely successful, there had to be greater State financial participation in\nthe construction of sewage treatment works. Thus, since 1959, the Republican\nMembers of the Committee on Public Works have insisted that any increase in funds\nauthorized for Federal grants must be used to accelerate needed construction by\noffering an inducement to the States to participate in the cost of treatment plants.\nThe Water Pollution Control Act of 1966 that was supported by the Republican\nMembers and enacted into law accepts this principle. It contains substantial\ninducements to the States to participate in the cost of projects under both the\naccelerated existing program and the proposed clean rivers program.\nThrough the adoption of a Republican amendment, this law also provides the\nfoundation for future industrial pollution abatement. Under this measure, the\nSecretary of Interior is directed to conduct an appropriate study of methods for\nproviding incentives to assist in the construction of facilities and works by\nindustry. Tax incentives, as well as other methods of financial assistance, are\nprovided. Seventy-percent Federal grants for research and demonstration projects\nfor prevention of pollution of waters by industry are made available also.\nWater pollution poses a serious problem that must be solved. The legislation\nsponsored and supported by the Republican Members of the House of Representatives\nwill do a great deal to assist in finding a solution. Moreover, the States, cities\nand the communities will be encouraged to do their share in combatting the common\nproblem of water pollution.\n(See September 14, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\nCombatting Federal Controls\nWhen the Defense Production Act was brought to the House Floor for extension, the\nDemocratic Members of the Banking and Currency Committee included in the legislation\na provision that would give the President standby authority to impose consumer\ncredit controls. Although faced with a serious inflationary situation, the 89th\nCongress under its Democrat leadership was either unwilling or unable to control\nthe real cause of the inflationary problem - the Great Society spending. Instead,\nthey sought to impose governmental controls as a means of stemming the inflationary\ntide.\n(more)\n7.\nThe Republican Membership in the House of Representatives rejected and opposed\nthis radical and unnecessary proposal. They recognized that in a period of rising\ninflation, it is the individual with a limited or fixed income that suffers the\ngreatest hardship. Without question, the real casualty of such controls would be\nthe family with substantial needs but moderate means. These individuals do not\nhave the resources to pay cash or make a large downpayment when they purchase an\nautomobile, a refrigerator, or some other household appliance.\nFortunately, a sufficient number of Democrat Members joined the Republicans and\nthe standby authority to impose consumer credit controls was stricken from the\nlegislation. In this instance, the control philosophy was voted down. Thus,\nextreme and unwarranted powers were kept from the hands of the very individuals\nwhose spending policies have caused the inflationary problem.\n(See June 14, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\nFighting Waste, Bungling, and Scandal in the Poverty Program\nDuring the past year, efforts by the Republican Members of the Education and\nLabor Committee to gather information which would be helpful in drafting effective\nanti-poverty legislation were hampered and handicapped at every turn. The Democrat\nmajority on the Committee repeatedly promised a full-fledged study and was given\n$200,000 for this purpose. However, field hearings did not materialize and an\never-changing investigative staff was confused by changes in direction, cancelled\ntrips, and recalls from investigations. The reports which were issued were sketchy\nand contained statistics and percentages rather than material needed to draft\ncorrective legislation. Moreover, some reports were intentionally withheld from\nthe Republican Members.\nThe hearings that were finally held on the anti-poverty legislation developed\ninto an 8-day parade of Administration spokesmen and apologists for the poverty\nprogram. The Republican Members of the Education and Labor Committee recommended\n62 witnesses who were knowledgeable in all aspects of the anti-poverty program.\nHowever, these recommendations were ignored and the hearings were abruptly termi-\nnated. When Chairman Powell of the Education and Labor Committee was asked why\nthis had been done, his only reply was \"Because I am the Chairman.'\nIn spite of this arbitrary and woefully inadequate action, there was no real\nattempt made by the Democrat leadership to correct the many abuses and gross\nmistakes that plagued the present program and $1.75 billion for fiscal year 1967\nwas ultimately authorized.\nFortunately for the American public, the Republican Members of the Education and\nLabor Committee conducted an independent investigation of the poverty program.\nAbuse after abuse was documented and exposed. A solid basis for an overall reform\nof the anti-poverty program was established. In order to effectuate the essential\nreforms and changes, the Republicans introduced substitute legislation entitled the\nRepublican Opportunity Crusade. Unfortunately, this bill and the reforms that it\nwould impose, was rejected. However, a good start on an eventual clean-up of\nthis scandal-ridden program has been made. Republicans will continue to press for\nneeded controls and reforms in the next Congress.\n(See July 19, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\n8.\nImproving Public Transportation\nIn supporting the establishment of a new Department of Transportation, the\nRepublican Members of the House of Representatives continued the historic policy of\nthe Republican Party of encouraging the development of American transportation.\nThe need for better coordination among the various governmental agencies that deal\nwith transportation has been apparent for many years. In his final budget message\nto Congress, President Eisenhower stated \"A Department of Transportation should be\nestablished so as to bring together at Cabinet level the presently fragmented\nfederal functions regarding transportation activities.\"\nThe Republican Members were concerned that in the Administration's rush to\ncreate a Department of Transportation certain safeguards and considerations might\nbe overlooked. They found that the bill that was originally proposed by the\nJohnson-Humphrey Administration would have granted the Secretary of Transportation\nbroad authority that invaded the policy-making authority of Congress. It would have\nscrambled the now-independent accident investigation functions of the CAB with the\nregulation and control of the airways. Also, the Maritime Administration would be\nburied deep within the bureaucracy of the new Department.\nDue to Republican efforts, the legislation creating the new Department has\ncorrected these defects in the original Administration bill. As a result, the\nDepartment of Transportation, as it has now been established, will be able to\nperform efficiently and effectively.\n(See August 10, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\n*****\nAttacking Tight Money Problems\nAlthough the big company with a large net profit may have little trouble borrow-\ning money, the individual who wants to buy a car, obtain a college loan, or purchase\na home has a terrific problem due to the present inflationary situation. If he is\nlucky enough to find a lender, he may have to pay an extremely high rate of interest\nto obtain a loan. Long before the Johnson-Humphrey Administration was willing to\neven admit that a problem existed, the Republican Members of the House of Represen-\ntatives recognized that the average person was being hurt in the present tight money\nmarket and set out on a course of action that would afford this individual\nmeaningful relief.\nThey called for an immediate slash in non-defense, non-essential domestic spend-\ning - not just in regard to appropriations as the President urged, but also with\nrespect to new Great Society program authorizations that trigger the appropriations\nprocess. They sought a reduction in point discounts on FHA and VA home financing\nthrough an administrative adjustment of rates to a more realistic level. Republi-\ncans opposed the enactment of the Sales Participation Act scheme, noting that a\nprogram of this type could only mean additional government competition for the\nalready scarce investment dollar. (The Administration subsequently recognized its\nerror in enacting this proposal and suspended the sale of participations.)\nRepublican Members also called for the removal of FNMA's $15,000 administrative\nlimitation on purchases of mortgages under its secondary market operations. This,\ntoo, has been implemented by the Administration. Finally, in order to cool off\ncompetition for savings among the financial institutions, Republicans pressed for\nand obtained sound remedial legislation.\n(more)\n9.\nIt is unfortunate the Johnson-Humphrey Administration has been slow to awaken\nto the dangers of this situation. Interest rates are now at the highest point\nthat they have been in over 40 years. These high interest rates have added\ntremendously to the cost of financing the ever-mounting Federal debt. The rising\ndemand for credit by the Federal Government and business has drawn credit away\nfrom credit-sensitive industries such as homebuilding. As a result, homebuilding\nand home buying, one of the Nation's largest industries, is now faced with a major\ncrisis. Private housing starts in September were down 26 percent from September\n1965. Applications for FHA-insured mortgages on existing homes were down\n34 percent from a year ago.\nIn the next Congress, Republicans will continue to press for appropriate\nremedial action. They will do all they can to help the pensioner, the Social\nSecurity recipient, and the individual with a fixed income or a fixed wage who\nhas become the forgotten man of the Great Society.\n(See May 10, June 8, and July 27, 1966 Policy Committee statements.)\n*****\nMaintaining Law and Order\nRepublicans of the 89th Congress have stood vigilant in protecting the public's\ninterest in, and demand for, measures assuring increased protection for law and\norder in our society.\nOf primary significance was the National Criminal Law Revision Commission bill\nintroduced by Representative Poff (R.-Va.) and twenty of his Republican colleagues\nin June of this year. This bill was drafted and introduced when the President's\nso-called \"crime package\" of legislation was found to be wanting. The Poff bill\nwas substituted for an unimaginative proposal in the President's package, received\nbipartisan acclaim and support, and was passed by the House by a unanimous vote on\nSeptember 6, 1966.\nRepublicans again answered the growing demand for increased responsibility in\nthe streets and urban centers of our land when Representative Cramer (R.-Fla.)\nproposed and won approval for an anti-riot measure. This measure prohibited the\ninterstate travel of professional demonstrators and troublemakers. It ultimately\nprevailed over a watered-down Administration substitute but failed in the Senate.\nSubsequently, approximately eighty Members of the House, Republican and Democrat,\nintroduced this anti-riot measure as separate legislation. Unfortunately, this\nlegislation was bottled up in the Democrat-controlled Judiciary Committee and\nfailed of passage before the end of the session.\nIn another and vital area of criminal law reform, the Narcotics Addict Rehabili-\ntation Act of 1966, House Republicans again remained vigilant to the cause of law\nand order. Republican-backed amendments were successful in turning back an Admini-\nstration attempt to weaken the penalty structure of present law as it applies to\nsellers of narcotic drugs. Mandatory minimum sentences, which nearly all witnesses\nat the hearings had agreed upon as an effective deterrent to narcotics traffic, were\nthereby maintained to assist law-enforcement officers in the war on narcotic\ntraffickers.\nwilling\nU.S. HOUSE\nOF REPRESENTATIVES\nREPUBLICAN POLICY\nCOMMITTEE\nREP. JOHN J. RHODES, (R.-ARIZ.) CHAIRMAN\n140 CANNON HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING\nTELEPHONE 225-6168\n10\nOctober 21, 1966\nHouse Republican Accomplishments, Second Session, 89th Congress\nAlthough outnumbered by more than two-to-one, Republicans in the Second\nSession of the 89th Congress have made a record of real achievement and remarkable\nunity.\nIn case after case, Republican Members have been affirmative, imaginative,\nand effective. Opposition for the sake of opposition has not been a part of this\nrecord. We have, as the Loyal Opposition, given every majority proposal thoughtful\nbut searching consideration. Whenever possible, we have tried to improve legis-\nlation through amendment or alternative proposal.\nWe have, however, been strong insour opposition to all legislation that\nwas not in the public interest, and quick to call attention to those matters that\nneeded correction. This, I believe, is in the finest tradition of our great\ndeliberative body and our two-party system.\nRepublican accomplishments in 16 important areas are described briefly in\nthe attached summary, which is by no means exhaustive.\nFORD is LIBRARY GERALD\n1.\nSaving the Small Business Administration\nUnder the Johnson-Humphrey Administration, the once-vital Small Business Admini-\nstration that had been created as an independent agency in 1953 by a Republican\nPresident, was downgraded and nearly destroyed. The Office of Administrator was\nleft vacant, the business loan program was gutted, and there were disturbing and\nrecurrent rumors that this independent agency was to be transferred to the Commerce\nDepartment. Thanks to Republican efforts, this disastrous trend was reversed. In\na series of statements and releases, the plan to eliminate the spokesman for small\nbusiness in big government was exposed. As a result, the proposed transfer was\nkilled, an Administrator was appointed and the loan functions were reactivated.\n(See February 23, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\n*****\nRescuing the Maritime Industry\nFor some unfathomable reason, the Johnson-Humphrey Administration has chosen to\nignore our steadily deteriorating maritime industry. Our shipbuilding program is\nlagging, our World War II reserve fleet is growing older and the expanding war in\nVietnam is putting the United States merchant fleet under tremendous pressure.\nEven so, the Administration's total maritime budget for 1967 set a 7-year low.\nWhile we have dropped to 12th place among the shipbuilding nations, Russia has risen\nfrom 12th to 7th place. Faced with this serious situation, the Republican members\nof the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee and the Republican Policy Committee\nset out to alert the American people to the perils of the Administration's course.\nAlthough we have been unable to reverse this trend entirely, some significant gains\nhave been made. A bill that would establish the Maritime Administration as an\nindependent agency has been reported from committee. Also, an attempt to bury the\nMaritime Administration in the newly-created Department of Transportation was\ndefeated. Finally, the Appropriations Committee increased the funds for ship\nconstruction by $21.6 million.\nOur national survival may depend upon the shipping that should be under construc-\ntion but which the Johnson-Humphrey Administration has scuttled. Additional steps\nmust be taken to correct this disastrous situation. If the present trend continues,\nthis country that once boasted the greatest merchant fleet in the world will be\nleft on history's shore waiting for ships that never come in.\n(See April 20, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\n*****\nProtecting the American Public's Right-to-Know\nIn an effort to conceal and cover-up, Federal Agencies have adopted 24 ways to\nkeep administrative information from public view. Bureaucratic gobbledygook used to\ndeny access to information has included such gems as \"Eyes Only,\" \"Limited Official\nUse,\" \"Confidential Treatment,\" and \"Limitation on Availability of Equipment for\nPublic Reference.' In order to pierce this \"paper curtain,\" Republican Members\nsponsored and worked hard for the adoption of Freedom of Information legislation.\nDue to the opposition of the Johnson-Humphrey Administration, this proposal was\nbottled up in Committee for over a year. However, as a result of pressure from\nRepublicans, publishers, and representatives of the press, radio and T.V., it was\nfinally reported and enacted into law. Now, this legislation can help to blaze a\n(more)\n2.\ntrail of truthfulness and accurate disclosure in what has become a jungle of\nfalsification, unjustified secrecy, and misstatement by statistic. Hopefully, the\nsaying \"Would you believe?\" can once again become a line for comedians rather than\ngovernment press officials.\n(See May 18, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\n*****\nUrging Election and Campaign Contribution Reform Legislation\nRepublican Members have responded to one of the great challenges of our times -\nthe reformation of our election and campaign contribution laws. In the past, there\nhave been a number of excellent studies and reports on this subject. President\nKennedy appointed a special Commission on Campaign Contributions, and in 1962 the\nreport of this Commission sparked the introduction of several bills. President\nJohnson sent a message to Congress recommending that something be done but the\nAdministration bill, which was finally introduced, proved to be defective and\ninadequate.\nAlert to the importance of this legislation and the need for prompt action, the\nRepublican leadership in the House of Representatives introduced an election reform\nbill that incorporated a number of the President's proposals, but also included\nmany significant improvements and additions. For example, the Republican bill\nestablished a five-member Federal Elections Commission that would receive reports\nand statements regarding campaign contributions and expenditures and investigate\nallegations of wrongdoing. All contributions and expenditures of $100 or more\nwould have to be reported. A $100 income tax deduction for campaign contributions\nis provided.\nThe Republican Members of the House Administration Committee pressed for and\nobtained Committee hearings and consideration of this bill. As a result, the\nElections Subcommittee reported an Election Reform bill that contained many of the\nRepublican suggestions. Every Republican Member of the Subcommittee voted for this\nbill and at the following meeting of the full Committee, all Republican Members\nwere present and ready to vote to report the bill for immediate floor consideration.\nUnfortunately, the Democratic members would not join the Republicans. So, for this\nsession, this important bill has been killed. However, in the public interest,\nthis legislation must be enacted into law before the 1968 Presidential campaign.\nRepublicans will press for its adoption during the next Congress.\n(See May 26, 1966 Policy Committee statement and Reprint of Congressional Record\ndated August 30, 1966.)\n*****\nAssisting the Veterans\nDuring the 89th Congress, action on two major veterans' bills resulted directly\nfrom Republican leadership.\nThe Republican-supported Veterans' Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966 (PL 89-358)\nprovided educational benefits for veterans of current military service. This\nessential legislation was enacted over the determined opposition of the Johnson-\nHumphrey Administration. For example, in March 1965, an Administration spokesman\ntold a Senate Committee that enactment of such legislation would not be in accord\nwith the program of the President. Again in September 1965, Administration\nspokesmen reiterated to a House Committee their opposition to pending veterans'\neducation bills.\n(more)\n3.\nRecognizing the need for this legislation, the House Republican Policy Committee\nin June 1965 urged Congress to provide educational benefits for Vietnam veterans\n\"as quickly as possible.\" Again in January 1966, the Policy Committee called for\n\"the immediate enactment of a bill that will authorize a program of education and\ntraining for veterans of military service,\" and urged the Administration to support\nthis legislation. Such a bill became law on March 3, 1966. The President, in\napproving the bill, said that he would sign it notwithstanding the fact that it went\nfurther than he was willing to ask for this year.\nThe Republican-supported Veterans' Pension Act of 1966 (H.R. 17488) provides an\naverage 5.6 percent increase in monthly pension payments to 1.8 million veterans.\nAs early as October 1965, Republican Members of the House were calling for hearings\non proposals to liberalize the pension program. When hearings were held in July\n1966, an Administration spokesman testified in opposition to all of the 188 pension\nbills pending in the House. After rejecting Republican-sponsored amendments to\nliberalize the bill by increasing the income limitations that control the monthly\nrate of pension, the Veterans' Affairs Committee reported H.R. 17488.\nOn September 14, 1966, the House Republican Policy Committee endorsed H.R. 17488,\nand criticized the Johnson-Humphrey Administration for the continued opposition to\nlegislation that would provide a much-needed cost-of-living rate increase for\nveterans. At the same time, they called for an increase in the income limitations\nof the existing pension laws.\n(See January 26 and September 14, 1966 Policy Committee statements.)\n*****\nReorganizing Congress\nOn July 28, 1966, the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress filed its\nfinal report with Congress. This report contained a number of important recommenda-\ntions that would materially strengthen and modernize Congress. Concerned by the\napparent decline of Congressional initiative and independence under the Johnson\nAdministration, the Republican Policy Committee joined the Republican Members of the\nJoint Committee in urging the immediate consideration of the Committee recommenda-\ntions. A bill entitled \"The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1966, H.R. 17873,\"\nthat would implement these recommendations was introduced by the ranking Republican\nMember of the Joint Committee. Republicans believe that if Congress is to be a\nmore effective institution for carrying out its basic modern functions - legislative\nreview, and representative - it must be updated. Authority that has been unwisely\ndelegated to the executive must be regained. The continued dilution of its\nhistoric role must be stopped. However, this cannot take place until the organi-\nzational effectiveness and internal operation of Congress has been improved. The\nrecommendations of the Joint Committee provide a giant step in the right direction.\nThe Republican Members of the House of Representatives long have been interested\nin Congressional reform. At the outset of this session of Congress, a task force of\nthe House Republicans on Congressional Reform and Minority Staffing was appointed to\nstudy the matter of Congressional reform in depth. As a result of the work of this\ntask force, a book entitled \"We Propose: A Modern Congress\" has been published.\nThe conclusions and recommendations contained in this book were presented in full\nto the Joint Committee and many of the recommendations of the committee stemmed\nfrom the work of the task force.\n(See October 10, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\n(more)\n4.\nHelping College Students\nOne of the most successful programs designed to help students complete their\ncollege education is the Student Loan Program of the National Defense Education Act\nof 1958. Under this Republican-sponsored legislation, more than 968,000 students\nhave borrowed $834 million.\nThis year, the very existence of this vital program was threatened by the\nJohnson-Humphrey Administration's recommendation that the program of direct loans\nto students by participating colleges be scaled back and finally terminated in\nfavor of insured loans. Sensing that this course of action would be disastrous for\nthe many students who depend upon the loans, the Republican Members of Congress\ninsisted that the Student Loan Program be fully funded. Over the continued\nopposition of the Administration, this was done. As a result, nearly half-a-million\nstudents at 1,600 colleges and universities will be able to obtain loans and\n$179 million in federal funds will be allocated to the participating institutions\nfor this purpose.\nThe wisdom of the Republican efforts on behalf of the student loan program has\nbeen underlined by recent events. One of the first casualties of the Johnson\ninflation and soaring interest rates was bank-made student loans. In many areas,\nbanks have stopped accepting applications for government-backed student loans. The\n6 percent interest rate on a student loan is no longer attractive when banks can\ncharge their best credit risks 6 percent for short-term loans. If the Administra-\ntion's attempt to sabotage the student loan program had not been blocked, many\nstudents today would be out of money, out of luck, and out of school.\nIncreasing Social Security Benefits\nRepublican Members of Congress have demanded that Social Security benefits\nshould be increased now, not in January 1968 as belatedly proposed by President\nJohnson. This would have been the case if the Democratic majority in Congress had\nacted upon a Republican proposal that would have provided an automatic increase in\nbenefits whenever there is a stated increase in the consumer price index.\nGreat Society spending, and the accompanying budget deficits, and certain labor\nsettlements have spiraled living costs to a point where elderly citizens are hard-\npressed to make ends meet. There are nearly 40 million retired Americans who do\nnot enjoy the benefit of rising wages and income to cope with rising prices. They\nare painfully aware that the purchasing power of our currency has eroded so that\nthe 1957-59 dollar is today worth 88 cents and the 1940 dollar is worth only\n43 cents.\nThe Republican proposal would have provided an across-the-board 8 percent average\nincrease in benefits effective January 1, 1967 for approximately 22 million elderly\npersons eligible for Social Security payments. It would have been financed from\nthe Social Security fund reserves without raising the Social Security tax rate or\nthe annual earnings base on which it is levied. The entire House Republican\nmembership urged Congress to stay in session until a benefits increase could be\nworked out. Unfortunately, our pleas on behalf of the people hurt the most by\ninflation, were not heeded by the Democratic majority.\n*****\n(more)\n5.\nStrengthening P.L. 480 and the Food for Peace Program\nIn 1954, P.L. 480 was enacted into law under the leadership of President Eisen-\nhower and by a Republican Congress. This is the cornerstone of \"Food for Peace.\"\nIt has meant the difference between life and death for millions of people in a world\nwhere much of the population is engaged in a race between food production and\npopulation growth. This year the Republican Members of the House of Representatives\nnot only supported the extension of P.L. 480 but were instrumental in adding a\nnumber of amendments that improved the legislation as follows:\n1. Congressional review of the operation and administration of the\nprogram was insured by limiting the extension to two years.\n2. The basic concept of \"friendly countries\" was retained.\n3. The effectiveness of the P.L. 480 Joint Congressional-Executive\nAdvisory Committee was improved.\n4. A 5-percent cash payment in title I sales agreements will be insisted\nupon when possible.\n5. Food sold for foreign currencies will be identified as being provided\nthrough the generosity of the American people.\n6. Technical assistance in friendly developing countries was expanded\nthrough a \"farmer-to-farmer\" program.\nOver the determined opposition of the Johnson-Humphrey Administration, Republi-\ncans also were successful in obtaining a ban on subsidized sales to nations that\ntrade with North Vietnam. Republicans believe that when Americans and their allies\nare fighting and dying in the defense of freedom, nations that trade with those\nwith whom we are joined in combat should not receive special treatment and assistance\n(See June 8 and September 27, 1966 Policy Committee statements.)\n*****\nUpdating and Improving the Unemployment Compensation Laws\nUnder the leadership of the Republican Members of the Ways and Means Committee,\na bill was reported and passed by the House of Representatives that preserved the\nhighly-successful system of autonomous State programs of unemployment insurance.\nIn contrast to the Federal dictation and controls contained in the rejected Admini-\nstration bill, the Republican-sponsored measure updated and improved the present\nlaw as follows:\n1. Thirteen weeks of extended unemployment compensation is provided during\nperiods of recession.\n2. Coverage is extended to those workers who can be generally considered\n\"regularly\" employed and for whom there can be reasonable standards of\navailability for work.\n3. Non-profit organizations are given the option of participating as\n\"self-insurers.\"\n4. The wage base is increased from $3,000 to $3,900 beginning in 1969 and\nto $4,200 beginning in 1972.\n(more)\n6.\n5. A judicial review of determinations by the Secretary of Labor with\nrespect to qualifications of State plans is provided.\nThe House rejection of the Johnson-Humphrey Administration bill and the acceptance\nof the Republican measure would have meant that the present program of unemployment\ncompensation, while continuing to provide necessary and essential assistance to the\ninvoluntarily unemployed, would not become a federalized system that permits abuse\nand encourages the unemployed to remain idle the maximum period of time rather than\naccept suitable employment or enter training programs as quickly as possible.\n(See June 21, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\n*****\nImplementing Water Pollution Control Activities\nAlthough the Federal Government has played a leading role in the improvement of\nour rivers and harbors, it was not until 1956 under the Eisenhower Administration\nthat the first comprehensive Federal Water Pollution Control Act was enacted. This\nAct was a good beginning and laid a firm foundation for future action. However, to\nbe completely successful, there had to be greater State financial participation in\nthe construction of sewage treatment works. Thus, since 1959, the Republican\nMembers of the Committee on Public Works have insisted that any increase in funds\nauthorized for Federal grants must be used to accelerate needed construction by\noffering an inducement to the States to participate in the cost of treatment plants.\nThe Water Pollution Control Act of 1966 that was supported by the Republican\nMembers and enacted into law accepts this principle. It contains substantial\ninducements to the States to participate in the cost of projects under both the\naccelerated existing program and the proposed clean rivers program.\nThrough the adoption of a Republican amendment, this law also provides the\nfoundation for future industrial pollution abatement. Under this measure, the\nSecretary of Interior is directed to conduct an appropriate study of methods for\nproviding incentives to assist in the construction of facilities and works by\nindustry. Tax incentives, as well as other methods of financial assistance, are\nprovided. Seventy-percent Federal grants for research and demonstration projects\nfor prevention of pollution of waters by industry are made available also.\nWater pollution poses a serious problem that must be solved. The legislation\nsponsored and supported by the Republican Members of the House of Representatives\nwill do a great deal to assist in finding a solution. Moreover, the States, cities\nand the communities will be encouraged to do their share in combatting the common\nproblem of water pollution.\n(See September 14, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\nCombatting Federal Controls\nWhen the Defense Production Act was brought to the House Floor for extension, the\nDemocratic Members of the Banking and Currency Committee included in the legislation\na provision that would give the President standby authority to impose consumer\ncredit controls. Although faced with a serious inflationary situation, the 89th\nCongress under its Democrat leadership was either unwilling or unable to control\nthe real cause of the inflationary problem - the Great Society spending. Instead,\nthey sought to impose governmental controls as a means of stemming the inflationary\ntide.\n(more)\n7.\nThe Republican Membership in the House of Representatives rejected and opposed\nthis radical and unnecessary proposal. They recognized that in a period of rising\ninflation, it is the individual with a limited or fixed income that suffers the\ngreatest hardship. Without question, the real casualty of such controls would be\nthe family with substantial needs but moderate means. These individuals do not\nhave the resources to pay cash or make a large downpayment when they purchase an\nautomobile, a refrigerator, or some other household appliance.\nFortunately, a sufficient number of Democrat Members joined the Republicans and\nthe standby authority to impose consumer credit controls was stricken from the\nlegislation. In this instance, the control philosophy was voted down. Thus,\nextreme and unwarranted powers were kept from the hands of the very individuals\nwhose spending policies have caused the inflationary problem.\n(See June 14, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\n*****\nFighting Waste, Bungling, and Scandal in the Poverty Program\nDuring the past year, efforts by the Republican Members of the Education and\nLabor Committee to gather information which would be helpful in drafting effective\nanti-poverty legislation were hampered and handicapped at every turn. The Democrat\nmajority on the Committee repeatedly promised a full-fledged study and was given\n$200,000 for this purpose. However, field hearings did not materialize and an\never-changing investigative staff was confused by changes in direction, cancelled\ntrips, and recalls from investigations. The reports which were issued were sketchy\nand contained statistics and percentages rather than material needed to draft\ncorrective legislation. Moreover, some reports were intentionally withheld from\nthe Republican Members.\nThe hearings that were finally held on the anti-poverty legislation developed\ninto an 8-day parade of Administration spokesmen and apologists for the poverty\nprogram. The Republican Members of the Education and Labor Committee recommended\n62 witnesses who were knowledgeable in all aspects of the anti-poverty program.\nHowever, these recommendations were ignored and the hearings were abruptly termi-\nnated. When Chairman Powell of the Education and Labor Committee was asked why\nthis had been done, his only reply was \"Because I am the Chairman.'\nIn spite of this arbitrary and woefully inadequate action, there was no real\nattempt made by the Democrat leadership to correct the many abuses and gross\nmistakes that plagued the present program and $1.75 billion for fiscal year 1967\nwas ultimately authorized.\nFortunately for the American public, the Republican Members of the Education and\nLabor Committee conducted an independent investigation of the poverty program.\nAbuse after abuse was documented and exposed. A solid basis for an overall reform\nof the anti-poverty program was established. In order to effectuate the essential\nreforms and changes, the Republicans introduced substitute legislation entitled the\nRepublican Opportunity Crusade. Unfortunately, this bill and the reforms that it\nwould impose, was rejected. However, a good start on an eventual clean-up of\nthis scandal-ridden program has been made. Republicans will continue to press for\nneeded controls and reforms in the next Congress.\n(See July 19, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\n8.\nImproving Public Transportation\nIn supporting the establishment of a new Department of Transportation, the\nRepublican Members of the House of Representatives continued the historic policy of\nthe Republican Party of encouraging the development of American transportation.\nThe need for better coordination among the various governmental agencies that deal\nwith transportation has been apparent for many years. In his final budget message\nto Congress, President Eisenhower stated \"A Department of Transportation should be\nestablished so as to bring together at Cabinet level the presently fragmented\nfederal functions regarding transportation activities.\"\nThe Republican Members were concerned that in the Administration's rush to\ncreate a Department of Transportation certain safeguards and considerations might\nbe overlooked. They found that the bill that was originally proposed by the\nJohnson-Humphrey Administration would have granted the Secretary of Transportation\nbroad authority that invaded the policy-making authority of Congress. It would have\nscrambled the now-independent accident investigation functions of the CAB with the\nregulation and control of the airways. Also, the Maritime Administration would be\nburied deep within the bureaucracy of the new Department.\nDue to Republican efforts, the legislation creating the new Department has\ncorrected these defects in the original Administration bill. As a result, the\nDepartment of Transportation, as it has now been established, will be able to\nperform efficiently and effectively.\n(See August 10, 1966 Policy Committee statement.)\nAttacking Tight Money Problems\nAlthough the big company with a large net profit may have little trouble borrow-\ning money, the individual who wants to buy a car, obtain a college loan, or purchase\na home has a terrific problem due to the present inflationary situation. If he is\nlucky enough to find a lender, he may have to pay an extremely high rate of interest\nto obtain a loan. Long before the Johnson-Humphrey Administration was willing to\neven admit that a problem existed, the Republican Members of the House of Represen-\ntatives recognized that the average person was being hurt in the present tight money\nmarket and set out on a course of action that would afford this individual\nmeaningful relief.\nThey called for an immediate slash in non-defense, non-essential domestic spend-\ning - not just in regard to appropriations as the President urged, but also with\nrespect to new Great Society program authorizations that trigger the appropriations\nprocess. They sought a reduction in point discounts on FHA and VA home financing\nthrough an administrative adjustment of rates to a more realistic level. Republi-\ncans opposed the enactment of the Sales Participation Act scheme, noting that a\nprogram of this type could only mean additional government competition for the\nalready scarce investment dollar. (The Administration subsequently recognized its\nerror in enacting this proposal and suspended the sale of participations.)\nRepublican Members also called for the removal of FNMA's $15,000 administrative\nlimitation on purchases of mortgages under its secondary market operations. This,\ntoo, has been implemented by the Administration. Finally, in order to cool off\ncompetition for savings among the financial institutions, Republicans pressed for\nand obtained sound remedial legislation.\n(more)\n9.\nIt is unfortunate the Johnson-Humphrey Administration has been slow to awaken\nto the dangers of this situation. Interest rates are now at the highest point\nthat they have been in over 40 years. These high interest rates have added\ntremendously to the cost of financing the ever-mounting Federal debt. The rising\ndemand for credit by the Federal Government and business has drawn credit away\nfrom credit-sensitive industries such as homebuilding. As a result, homebuilding\nand home buying, one of the Nation's largest industries, is now faced with a major\ncrisis. Private housing starts in September were down 26 percent from September\n1965. Applications for FHA-insured mortgages on existing homes were down\n34 percent from a year ago.\nIn the next Congress, Republicans will continue to press for appropriate\nremedial action. They will do all they can to help the pensioner, the Social\nSecurity recipient, and the individual with a fixed income or a fixed wage who\nhas become the forgotten man of the Great Society.\n(See May 10, June 8, and July 27, 1966 Policy Committee statements.)\n*****\nMaintaining Law and Order\nRepublicans of the 89th Congress have stood vigilant in protecting the public's\ninterest in, and demand for, measures assuring increased protection for law and\norder in our society.\nOf primary significance was the National Criminal Law Revision Commission bill\nintroduced by Representative Poff (R.-Va.) and twenty of his Republican colleagues\nin June of this year. This bill was drafted and introduced when the President's\nso-called \"crime package\" of legislation was found to be wanting. The Poff bill\nwas substituted for an unimaginative proposal in the President's package, received\nbipartisan acclaim and support, and was passed by the House by a unanimous vote on\nSeptember 6, 1966.\nRepublicans again answered the growing demand for increased responsibility in\nthe streets and urban centers of our land when Representative Cramer (R.-Fla.)\nproposed and won approval for an anti-riot measure. This measure prohibited the\ninterstate travel of professional demonstrators and troublemakers. It ultimately\nprevailed over a watered-down Administration substitute but failed in the Senate.\nSubsequently, approximately eighty Members of the House, Republican and Democrat,\nintroduced this anti-riot measure as separate legislation. Unfortunately, this\nlegislation was bottled up in the Democrat-controlled Judiciary Committee and\nfailed of passage before the end of the session.\nIn another and vital area of criminal law reform, the Narcotics Addict Rehabili-\ntation Act of 1966, House Republicans again remained vigilant to the cause of law\nand order. Republican-backed amendments were successful in turning back an Admini-\nstration attempt to weaken the penalty structure of present law as it applies to\nsellers of narcotic drugs. Mandatory minimum sentences, which nearly all witnesses\nat the hearings had agreed upon as an effective deterrent to narcotics traffic, wer\nthereby maintained to assist law-enforcement officers in the war on narcotic\ntraffickers.\nCONGRESSMAN\nNEWS\nGERALD R. FORD\nHOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER\nRELEASE\nFOR RELEASE UPON RECEIPT\nFRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1966\nSTATEMENT BY REP. GERALD R. FORD, R-MICHIGAN, REGARDING 2ND SESSION, 89TH CONGRESS.\nThe 89th Congress had some successes in its second session, but it will be most\nremembered for one glaring failure.\nThat failure was the refusal of this Democratic Congress, this Congress with\ngreater than 2-to-1 Democratic majorities, to come to grips with inflation and thus\nstrike a blow for the little people and the aged.\nThe destructiveness of the inflation now plaguing this country is worsening.\nThe cost of living is continuing its sharp and steady climb. Yet this Democratic\nCongress refused to help hold down prices by cutting several billions in unnecessary\nfederal spending. This Democratic Congress instead insisted on further inflating\nPresident Johnson's already-inflated budget.\nThe Nation has just suffered through a nearly-10-month legislative session with\nthe \"spendingest\" President and Congress in our country's history. Together this\ncombination spells Johnson-Democrat inflation, and that is the story of the second\nsession, 89th Congress.\nThis Democratic Congress recorded another failure closely related to Johnson-\nDemocrat inflation. The Congress did not increase Social Security benefits this year.\nJohnson-Democrat inflation demanded that there be action. Republicans urged passage\nof Social Security legislation at this session and introduced bills providing for\nautomatic increases in benefits tied to the cost of living without a payroll tax\nincrease.\nPresident Johnson and Democrats in Congress ignored Republican pleas. Then\nMr. Johnson suddenly--near the end of the session--called for congressional action\nnext year on a benefits increase effective not now but in January, 1968. It was an\nincrease to be financed by a payroll tax boost. When Republicans then demanded an\nimmediate 8% across-the-board increase in Social Security benefits without a payroll\ntax increase, Democratic leaders shrugged it off.\nPlease note the answer Republicans received when Rep. John W. Byrnes, R-Wis.,\nproposed a $1.6 billion benefits boost without a payroll tax increase. HEW Under-\nsecretary Wilbur J. Cohen said this could be done but it might contribute substan-\ntially to present inflationary pressures. The circle came right back to Johnson-\nDemocrat inflation--the inflation which had created the need for a Social Security\nbenefits increase in the first place.\n(MORE)\n-2-\nRE: 2ND SESSION, 89TH CONGRESS\nRepeatedly during this session of Congress, President Johnson himself has hung\na spender tag on his lopsided Democratic majorities, Yet in a recent campaign speech,\nMr. Johnson said the historians would rate the 89th as \"the great Congress.\" The\nPresident really ought to make up his mind. He can't have it both ways.\nAt the end of the last session, Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield said the\n89th Congress in its second session ought to \"spend less time on new legislation and\nmore time correcting oversights in legislation we have just passed.\"\nInstead the Congress busied itself this year rushing through a whole new batch\nof legislation proposed by Mr. Johnson. Whatever loophole plugging and remedial\naction was taken resulted primarily because of Republican pressure.\nYou might call the tiny band of Republican Congressmen in the 89th the mighty\nminority because they:\n*\nHelped write into the foreign aid bill a strict prohibition against aid to\nany free world nation trading with North Vietnam or Cuba.\n*\nHelped hold the mass transit authorization to the $150 million figure asked\nby the President, reducing it from the $175 million sought by House Democratic leaders.\n*\nGained a change in the investment tax credit suspension bill to let business\nfirms take the 7 per cent credit for investments in air and water pollution control.\n*\nExerted pressure which resulted in a $7,500 ceiling on expenses for training\na Job Corps enrollee.\nWon approval of Poverty War amendment requiring one-third participation by\nthe poor in local community action programs.\n*\nLed a successful fight to include in the Food for Freedom Act a ban on\nsubsidized food sales to countries trading with North Vietnam.\n*\nSucceeded in keeping the Federal Maritime Administration out of the new\nTransportation Department so that there can be a concerted effort in the years ahead\nto rebuild the U.S. merchant fleet.\n*\nKept constant pressure on big-spending Democrats and thus kept their spending\nfever from getting worse than it was.\nThese were among the accomplishments of the 89th Congress, second session--\nimprovements promoted by the mighty minority.\n###\nCONGRESSMAN\nNEWS\nGERALD R. FORD\nHOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER\nRELEASE\nFOR RELEASE UPON RECEIPT\nFRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1966\nSTATEMENT BY REP. GERALD R. FORD, R-MICHIGAN, REGARDING 2ND SESSION, 89TH CONGRESS.\nThe 89th Congress had some successes in its second session, but it will be most\nremembered for one glaring failure.\nThat failure was the refusal of this Democratic Congress, this Congress with\ngreater than 2-to-1 Democratic majorities, to come to grips with inflation and thus\nstrike a blow for the little people and the aged.\nThe destructiveness of the inflation now plaguing this country is worsening.\nThe cost of living is continuing its sharp and steady climb. Yet this Democratic\nCongress refused to help hold down prices by cutting several billions in unnecessary\nfederal spending. This Democratic Congress instead insisted on further inflating\nPresident Johnson's already-inflated budget.\nThe Nation has just suffered through a nearly-10-month legislative session with\nthe \"spendingest\" President and Congress in our country's history. Together this\ncombination spells Johnson-Democrat inflation, and that is the story of the second\nsession, 89th Congress.\nThis Democratic Congress recorded another failure closely related to Johnson-\nDemocrat inflation. The Congress did not increase Social Security benefits this year.\nJohnson-Democrat inflation demanded that there be action. Republicans urged passage\nof Social Security legislation at this session and introduced bills providing for\nautomatic increases in benefits tied to the cost of living without a payroll tax\nincrease.\nPresident Johnson and Democrats in Congress ignored Republican pleas. Then\nMr. Johnson suddenly--near the end of the session--called for congressional action\nnext year on a benefits increase effective not now but in January, 1968. It was an\nincrease to be financed by a payroll tax boost. When Republicans then demanded an\nimmediate 8% across-the-board increase in Social Security benefits without a payroll\ntax increase, Democratic leaders shrugged it off.\nPlease note the answer Republicans received when Rep. John W. Byrnes, R-Wis.,\nproposed a $1.6 billion benefits boost without a payroll tax increase. HEW Under-\nsecretary Wilbur J. Cohen said this could be done but it might contribute substan-\ntially to present inflationary pressures. The circle came right back to Johnson-\nDemocrat inflation--the inflation which had created the need for a Social Security\nbenefits increase in the first place.\n(MORE)\n-2-\nRE: 2ND SESSION, 89TH CONGRESS\nRepeatedly during this session of Congress, President Johnson himself has hung\na spender tag on his lopsided Democratic majorities. Yet in a recent campaign speech,\nMr. Johnson said the historians would rate the 89th as \"the great Congress.\" The\nPresident really ought to make up his mind. He can't have it both ways.\nAt the end of the last session, Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield said the\n89th Congress in its second session ought to \"spend less time on new legislation and\nmore time correcting oversights in legislation we have just passed.\"\nInstead the Congress busied itself this year rushing through a whole new batch\nof legislation proposed by Mr. Johnson. Whatever loophole plugging and remedial\naction was taken resulted primarily because of Republican pressure.\nYou might call the tiny band of Republican Congressmen in the 89th the mighty\nminority because they:\n*\nHelped write into the foreign aid bill a strict prohibition against aid to\nany free world nation trading with North Vietnam or Cuba.\n*\nHelped hold the mass transit authorization to the $150 million figure asked\nby the President, reducing it from the $175 million sought by House Democratic leaders.\n*\nGained a change in the investment tax credit suspension bill to let business\nfirms take the 7 per cent credit for investments in air and water pollution control.\n*\nExerted pressure which resulted in a $7,500 ceiling on expenses for training\na Job Corps enrollee.\n*\nWon approval of Poverty War amendment requiring one-third participation by\nthe poor in local community action programs.\n*\nLed a successful fight to include in the Food for Freedom Act a ban on\nsubsidized food sales to countries trading with North Vietnam.\n*\nSucceeded in keeping the Federal Maritime Administration out of the new\nTransportation Department so that there can be a concerted effort in the years ahead\nto rebuild the U.S. merchant fleet.\n*\nKept constant pressure on big-spending Democrats and thus kept their spending\nfever from getting worse than it was.\nThese were among the accomplishments of the 89th Congress, second session--\nimprovements promoted by the mighty minority.\n###\nOctober 25, 1966\nCONGRESSIONAL RECORD- APPENDIX\nA5565\nFor the purposes of supporting programs\nfered. which also authorizes the use of\nour present plans contemplate $20 million\nunder 8 3006 in the field of family planning.\nexcess foreign currencies-oounterpart\nin flaced year 1968, 825 million in fiscal year\nour present plans contemplate @20 million\nfunds-for voluntary family planning\n1969. and $30 million in Basal year 1970. We\nin fiscal year 1908. $25 million in fiscal year\n1969. and 830 million in fiscal year 1970. We\nprograms overseas. The definition of\nwill review these figures in connection with\nwill review these figures in connection with\nvoluntary family planning programs in-\nour next year's program. In addition funds\nare also being made available for family\nour next year's program. In addition, funds\ncludes \"the dissemination of family\nplanning through Title XIX of the Social\nare also being made available for family\nplanning information, medical assist-\nSecurity Act, Medical Assistance Program:\nplanning through Title XIX of the Social\nance, and supplies to individuals who\nMaternity and Infant Care project grants;\nSecurity Act. Medical Assistance Program:\ndesire such assistance.\" During the con-\nand formula grants to the States for Maternal\nMaternity and Infant Care project grants\nsideration of the bill, the Congress af-\nand Child Health Services.\nand formula grants to the States for Ma-\nfirmed that AID already possesses au-\nIn view of your deep and continuing in-\nternal and Child Health Services\nthority to use dollar funds, as well as\nterest in family planning, I am enclosing a\nI ask that the entire letter be re-\nlocal currencies, for \"technical assistance\ncopy of the Departmental Report which sum-\nprinted in the RECORD at the conclusion\nand other activities in the field of popu-\nmerizes the current activities of our operat-\ning agencies in this important field.\nof my remarks.\nlation control.\"\nSincerely yours.\nWithout objection, it is 80 ordered.\nTaken together, these bills provide a\n(See exhibit\nstrong statutory basis for the expansion\nUnder Secretary.\nMr. TYDINGS This projection of\nof federally supported family planning\nexpenditures indicates that the Depart-\nprograms at home and abroad. There\nment has now recognized the dimensions\ncan no longer be any doubt in the admin-\nof the family planning problem in the\nistration or the country that this Con-\nUnited States and its willingness to com-\ngress was determined to defuse the pop-\nStatement by Representative Gerald R.\nmit funds of sufficient magnitude to be-\nulation bomb.\nFord, Republican, of Michigan, Regard-\ngin meeting that problem.\nThe population clocks ticks every hour\nAs I pointed out at the time I intro-\nof every day. There is not a moment to\ning 2d Session, 89th Congress\nduced my domestic family planning bill.\nlose in dealing with what President\nwe need to spend between $75 and $100\nJohnson has called the most profound\nEXTENSION OF REMARKS\nmillion each year to provide family plan-\nchallenge to the future of all the world.\nOF\nning services to the 5 million indigent\nIt now remains for the administration to\nwomen of childbearing age who can be\nprovide the intiative. the energy. and\nHON. GERALD R. FORD\nexpected to desire such services.\nthe staff to implement these programs\nOF MICHIGAN\nWhile the spending levels projected\neffectively.\nIN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\nby the Department will not meet the\nOCTOBER 20, 1966.\nwhole need, they will go a long way, and\n1\nSaturday, October 22, 1966\nare of an order of magnitude of 5 to 10\nHon. JOSEPH D. TYDINGS\nMr. GERALD R. FORD. Mr. Speaker,\ntimes the present spending levels. This\nU.S. Senate\nthe 89th Congress had some successes in\nWash lagton, D.C\nis an important breakthrough\nits 2d session, but it will be most remem-\nDEAR SENATOR TYPINES: Thank you for your\nOther significant developments in the\nletter or October 10 and for your interest in\nbered for one glartng failure.\ndomestic field include two amendments\n8. 3006 which would enable the Department\nThat failure was the refusal of this\nto the Economic Opportunity Act which,\nto develop programs in family planning\nDemocratic Congress, this Congress with\nfirst. gives the local ecommunity action\nWe have indicated in testimony in both\ngreater than 2-to-1 Democratic major-\nagency, rather than the Office of Eco-\nthe Senson and the House of Representatives\nitles, to come to grips with inflation and\nnomic Opportunity. the authority to de-\nthat family planning programs can be devel-\nthus strike & blow for the little people\noped no an integral part of comprehensive\ntermine whether unmarried women shall\nhealth services within the States S 3008\nand the aged.\nbe eligible to receive family planning In-\nassures that domprehensive public health\nThe destructiveness of the inflation\nformation: and. second. authorizes $61\nservices in which family planning would be\nnow plaguing this country is worsening.\nmillion for neighborhood health centers,\nincluded, can be developed through a flexi-\nThe cost of living is continuing 115 sharp\nwhich may Include family planning\nbia State grant program administered by the\nand steady climb Yet this Democratic\nservices.\nPublic Health Service This would be ac-\ncomplished in two ways. Brue, by providing\nCongress refused to help hold down prices\nThe Congress also appropriated $2.5\nnon-cAtegorical formula grant support to\nby cutting several billions in unnecessary\nmillion. over and above the President's\nlocalities and States for usilizing Federal\nFederal spending. This Democratic Con-\nbudget requests. for the National Insta-\namistance to must Whetr shout important\ngress instead Insisted on further inflat-\ntute of Child Health and Human Devel-\nhealth problems lane secondly by means of\nIng President Johnson's already-inflated\nopment to conduct research in the area\nproject grants for health services develop-\nbudget.\nof population dynamics with particular\nment which would emable the Public Health\nThe Nation has just suffered through\nemphasis upon research on the compara-\nService to award \"grants to any public or\nnon-profts agency, institution. or organiza-\na nearly 10-month legislative session\ntive effectiveness and impact of various\nsion LO cover part the cost of (1) provid-\nwith the \"spendingest\" President and\ncontraceptive devices\" and for training\ning service to meet health needs of limited\nCongress in our country's history To-\nin the field of reproductive biology\ngeographic acope or of specialised regional\ngether this combination spells Johnson-\nII. FOREIGN FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM\nor national significance, (2) stimulating and\nDemocrat inflation, and that is the story\nSignificant breakthroughs were also\nsupporting for an initial period new pro-\nof the 2d session, 89th Congress\nachieved in the foreign field.\ngrams of health service or (3) undertaking\nstudies, demonstrations, or training designed\nThis Democratic Congress recorded\nThe food-for-peace bill establishes a\nto develop new methods or improve existing\nanother failure closely related to John-\n2-year program of food assistance to de-\nmethods of providing health services Proj-\nson-Democrat inflation. The Congress\nveloping nations. It explicitly permits\nect grant awards may be made to public\ndid not increase social security benefits\nthe local currencies generated by the sale\nagencies such as State county or metropoli-\nthis year. Johnson-Democrat inflation\nof U.S. agricultural commodities to be\ntan health departments, universities hos-\ndemanded that there be action. Repub-\nused:\npitals. and to non-profit private voluntary\nlicans urged passage of social security\norganisations such AS universities hospitals\nPor financing. at the request of such coun-\nand voluntary agencies.\nlegislation at this session and introduced\ntry. programs emphasising maternal wel-\nIn his recent testimony before the House\nbills providing for automatic increases\nfare, child health and nutrition. and activi-\nCommittee on Interstate and Foreign Com-\nin benefits tied to the cost of living with-\nties, where participation is voluntary, related\nmerce the Surgeon General, Dr. William H.\nout a payroll tax increase.\nto the problems of population growth, under\nStewart, in response to specific questions by\nPresident Johnson and Democrats in\nprocedures established by the President\nRepresentative Samuel N Priedel, indicated\nthrough any agency of the United States or\nCongress ignored Republican pleas\nthat both the formula grant to States for\nthorugh any local agency which he de-\ncomprehensive public health services and\nThen Mr. Johnson suddenly-near the\ntermines is qualified to administer such\nthe project grant for health services develop-\nend of the seasion-called for congres-\nactivities.\nment can be used to support family planning\nsional action next year on a benefits in-\nactivities.\nThe Foreign Assistance Act of 1966 in-\ncrease effective not now but in January\nFor the purposes of supporting programs\n1968 It was an increase to be financed\ncorporates an amendment, which I of-\nunder 8. 3008 in the field of family planning.\nby a payroll tax boost When Republi-\nA5566\nCONGRESSIONAL RECORD - APPENDIX\nOctober 25, 1966\ncans then demanded an immediate 8-\nSummary of Activities by the Senate Com-\nAuthorizes 30 days leave and round trip\npercent across-the-board increase in\ntransportation to the United States or to a\nmittee on Armed Services\nsocial security benefits without a payroll\nplace a member selects to a member of our\ntax increase, Democratic leaders shrug-\narmed forces in Vietnam who voluntarily ex-\nged it off.\nEXTENSION OF REMARKS\ntends his duty there for at least six months\nPlease note the answer Republicans\nOF\nP.L. 89-534 Gold Star lapel buttons\nAuthorizes gold star lapel buttons to the\nreceived when Representative JOHN W.\nHON. MIKE MANSFIELD\nnext of kin of members of the armed forces\nBYRNES, Republican, of Wisconsin, pro-\nwho lost their lives in Vietnam or as a result\nposed a $1.6 billion benefits boost without\nOF MONTANA\nof cold war incidents\nA payroll tax increase. HEW Under Sec-\nIN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES\nH.R. 5297: Limiting revocation of retired\nretary Wilbur J. Cohen said this could\nSaturday October 22. 1966\npay.\nbe done but it might contribute substan-\nRequires that reservista completing 20\nMr MANSFIELD Mr. President. I\nyears of satisfactory Federal service be\ntially to present inflationary pressures.\nask unanimous consent to insert in the\nfurnished a certificate to this effect and that\nThe circle came right back to Johnson-\nRECORD A summary of activities by the\npayment of retired pay beginning at age 60\nDemocrat inflation-the inflation which\nSenate Committee on Armed Services\nbased on such certificate may not be revoked\nhad created the need for a social security\nexcept for fraud\nThere being no objection, the summary\nbenefits increase in the first place.\nP.L. 490 Loan of equipment to Boy\nwas ordered to be printed in the RECORD.\nRepeatedly during this session of Con-\nScouts.\nas follows:\ngress, President Johnson himself has\nAuthorizes the Secretary of Defense to lend\nSUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES BY SENATE COMMIT-\nhung a spender tag on his lopsided\nequipment and to provide transportation and\nTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, 89TH CONGRESS,\nservices to the Boy Scouts of America in\nDemocratic majorities. Yet in a recent\n20 SENSION\nconnection with the Twelfth Boy Scouts\ncampaign speech, Mr. Johnson said the\nLEGISLATION\nWorld Jamburee and Twenty-first Boy Scouts\nhistorians would rate the 89th as \"the\nP.L. 89-367 Supplemental 1966 authoriza-\nWorld Conference to be held in 1967.\ngreat Congress.\" The President really\ntion for the procurement of aircraft mis-\nS. 2444: Alaska communications disposal\nought to make up his mind. He cannot\nalles naval vessels, and tracked combat vehi-\nAuthorizes the disposal of the Government-\nhave it both ways\ncles, for research. development. test. and\nowned long-lines communication facilities\nAt the end of the last session. Senate\nevaluation. and for military construction\nin the State of Alaska\nMajority Leader MIKE MANSFIELD said the\nAuthorizes appropriations for these pur-\nS 3834 Price adjustments on Defense milk\nposes in the amount of $4,857,450.000\ncontracts.\n89th Congress in its 2d session\nP.I. 89 501 Authorising appropriations\nPermits adjustment of contract price on\nought to \"spend less time on new legisla-\nduring fiscal year 1967 for procurement of\ncertain milk contracts by the Department of\ntion and more time correcting oversights\naircraft missiles naval vessels, and tracked\nDefense where the cost of milk was affected\nin legislation we have just passed.\"\ncombat vehicles, and for research develop-\nby marketing orders by the Department of\nInstead the Congress busled itself this\nment test. and evaluation for the armed\nAgriculture\nyear rushing through a whole new batch\nforces and military pay increase\ns 3887 Attendance at military academies\nof legislation proposed by Mr. Johnson\nAuthorizes appropriations for these pur-\nof certain foreign nationals.\nposes in the amount of $17,480,759,000\nPermits admission of a limited number of\nWhatever loophole plugging and reme-\ndial action was taken resulted primarily\nProvides a pay increase for members of the\nstudents from countries associated in the de-\nuniformed services of 3.2 percent\nfense of South Vietnam to service academies\nbecause of Republican pressure.\nPL 89-568 Military construction author-\nof the United States\nYou might call the tiny band of Repub-\nization\nH R. 266 Extending time for selecting re-\nlican Congressmen in the 89th the mighty\nAuthorizes military construction and pro-\ntirement home\nminority because they-\nvideo authorization for housing construe-\nPermits an extension in the time allowed\nHelped write into the foreign aid bill a\ntion and maintenance in the amount of\nfor selecting a home to which transportation\nstrict prohibition against aid to any free\n$1,500,842,000\nallowances are paid upon release from mill-\nPL 614 Military medical benefits\ntary service\nworld nation trading with North Viet-\nnam or Cuba.\nAuthorizes MIL improved health benefits\nP.I. 89 603 Grade of brigadier general in\nprogram for members of the uniformed serv-\nmedical service corps of regular Army\nHelped hold the mass transit author-\nices and their dependents and for retired\nPermite officers In the medical service corps\nIzation to the $150 million figure asked\nmembers by initiating at program of out-\nof the regular Army to be appointed to the\nby the President. reducing it from the\npatient care from civilian medical sources\ngrade of brigadier general\n$175 million sought by House Democratic\nfor dependents of members and by providing\nPL 89-607 Exempting certain contrac-\nis program of care in civilian facilities for\ntors from examination-of-records clause\nleaders\nretired members of the uniformed services\nFacilitates certain procurement overseas\nGained a change in the investment tax\nP.L. 89-606 Increasing number of Air\nby authorizing waiver of examination-of-\ncredit suspension bill to let business firms\nForce colonels and lieutenant colonels\nrecords clause in circumstances in which it\ntake the 7-percent credit for investments\nProvides an enhanced promotion oppor-\nis impracticable to include such a clause.\nin air and water pollution control\ntunity for Air Force officers to the grade of\nP.L. 89-609 Male nurses\nExerted pressure which resulted in a\ncolonel and lieutenant colonel by authoriz-\nAuthorises regular commissions for male\ning and increase in the number of officers that\nnurses for the Armed Forces\n$7,500 celling on expenses for training a\nJob Corps enrollee.\nmay hold these grades.\nPL 89-483 Civil defense emergency au-\nthorization\nPL 89-650: Candidates for appointment\nWon approval of poverty war amend-\nto the military academies\nExtends the authority of the President to\nment requiring one-third participation\nPermits the sons of Reserve officers who\nproclaim a civil defense emergency and to\nby the poor in local community action\nhave been on active duty for more than eight\ninvoke emergency powers in such an event.\nyears to be eligible to compete for Prest-\nH.R. 10646. Exemplary rehabilitation cer-\nprograms.\ntificates\nLed R successful Aght to include in the\ndential appointments to the military aca.\ndenies and permits the sons of members of\nPermits the Department of Labor to award\nFood for Freedom Act a ban on sub-\nthe uniformed services who were killed or\nan exemplary rehabilitation certificate to a\nsidized food sales to countries trading\ntotally disabled in the line of duty at any\nmember of the Armed Forces who has re-\nwith North Vietnam\ntime to be eligible to compete for such ap-\ncelved A leas than honorable discharge and\npointments\nwho can show that his post service conduct\nSucceeded in keeping the Federal\nMaritime Administration out of the new\nPL 80-608 Emergency evacuation allow-\nhas been exemplary\nance\nH.R. 14741. Marine Corps generals.\nTransportation Department so that\nExtends authorization for the payment of\nIncreases the number of Marine Corps of-\nthere can be a concerted effort in the\nspecial allowances to dependents of members\nficers that can be general officers.\nyears ahead to rebuild the U.S. merchant\nof the uniformed services who are evacuated\nP.L. 89-536 Salary of academic dean of\nfleet.\nunder emergency circumstances\nNaval Postgraduate School\nAmends a limitation on the salary of the\nKept constant pressure on big-spend-\nP.L. 89-538 Savings deposits for members\ning Democrats and thus kept their\nof the uniformed services overseas\nacademic dean of the Naval Postgraduate\nSchool.\nspending fever from getting worse than\nTo counter an adverse balance of payments\nPL 89-398 Loan of navy vessels the Re-\nit was\nand to encourage thrift. permits an interest\npublic of China\nrate as high as 10 percent to be paid on pay\nThese were among the accomplish-\nAuthorizes the loan of one destroyer and\nand allowances that are deposited by mein-\none destroyer escort to the Republic of\nments of the 89th Congress. 2d session-\nbers of the Armed Forces overseas.\nChina\nimprovements promoted by the mighty\nH 15748 Thirty days leave and transpor-\nP.L. 89-533 Donation of obsolete weapon\nminority.\ntation extending service in Vietnam.\nto Germany.\nCONGRESSMAN\nNEWS\nGERALD R. FORD\nHOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER\nRELEASE\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nSTATEMENT BY HOUSE MINORITY LEADER GERALD R. FORD, R-MICH., RE 1966 ELECTIONS\nThe voters Tuesday took a sizable step forward--toward Responsible\nGovernment. The Republican gains registered throughout the country were\na victory not only for the Republican Party but for the American people.\nThe election results are particularly meaningful for the House of\nRepresentatives. The forces of moderation will be measurably strengthened\nin the next Congress. Republicans will have greater representation on\ncongressional committees and will be able to take a hand in writing the\nnation's laws. This means Republicans can concentrate on building a\nrecord in the 90th Congress and on pointing the nation's course toward\nmore responsible government. This promises a healthy choice for the\nvoters in 1968.\nPerhaps the most salutary effect of the 1966 elections is that there\nmay be more prudent and frugal use of the taxpayers' money by the 90th\nCongress because of the increase in Republican numbers. This could serve\nas a brake on inflation and help to steady the economy.\nThe voters made some wise choices on Tuesday. I only hope the good-\ngovernment process begun in the 1966 elections is completed in 1968.\n###"
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