seum and a library. I feel that this date the 400th anniversary of the first permanent settlement by European people upon the mainland of the United States is an event of such vast importance, calling attention as it does to the great debt which we owe to Spain, particularly in the States of Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, though not limited to those areas, that it should be the subject of a permanent insertion in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. I may add that the various programs at St. Augustine have been largely attended and warmly received. I feel sure that the 400th birthday of St. Augustine will be followed by greater unity in the Western Hemisphere and greater closeness with Spain as well as deeper appreciation of our Spanish heritage in Florida and indeed in much of our Nation and throughout Latin America.

I hope to have later for insertion in the RECORD the dedicatory speech of Ambassador Plate of Paraguay, the present Chairman of the Organization of American States, at the dedication of the Pan American Building, and the speech of the Spanish Minister of the Interior, Lt. Gen. Alonso Vega, dedicating the beautiful Spanish building. Unfortunately, I have not yet received English translations of these two eloquent and noteworthy addresses and I shall therefore ask at a later date that they be included in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD along with the speech of Secretary Udall. I want at this time, however, to have printed in the RECORD as a part of my own remarks the eloquent speech of the Secretary-General of the OAS, Dr. Jose A. Mora, which was delivered by him at St. Augustine, upon the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the founding of the city of St. Augustine and the permanent settlement of Florida by Spain.

There being no objection, the speech was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows:

REMARKS OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL, ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES, DR. JOSE A. MORA, UPON THE OCCASION OF THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE, SEPTEMBER 4, 1965

The gathering to which we have come in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of the city of St. Augustine has a significance which, to my way of thinking, far exceeds commemoration of a historical event or recollection of the past. I view it rather as opening a way to the future.

Today more than ever there is pressing need for us to go back to our continental beginnings for strength to build solidarity among the peoples of the New World.

We

have long been engaged in this effort, but we have often failed to recognize our common heritage to the extent that we should, and to draw upon those roots from which has sprung our American family of nations.

President Kennedy, who should ever be an inspiration to us, once said: "Too many Americans think that America was discovered in 1620, when the Pilgrims arrived in my State, forgetting the great adventure of the 16th and 17th centuries in the South and Southwest of the United States."

Indeed, as those present well know, it is here in St. Augustine, where the Spaniards first planted the Christian cross and established the earliest outpost of so-called Western civilization, that the oldest city in the United States is to be found. The name of

Pedro Menéndez de Avilés has been inscribed forever on the roll of those whose mighty efforts have built the American nation of toother ideas, other movements have had their day. Other men, other races, other religions, share in that great undertaking, but no one can question that the land of Florida has made a singularly fruitful contribution in human terms.

In the last analysis, Julian Ponce de León was not entirely mistaken in his fancyings. It is claimed that he had ambitions of great It is claimed that he had ambitions of great thought the best way of achieving them lay wealth, and, good Spaniard that he was, he thought the best way of achieving them lay in the discovery of the fountain of youth. in the discovery of the fountain of youth. Something of the enterprising spirit of the Something of the enterprising spirit of the Spanish conquistador seems to be present in the soul of every man in the United States, not to speak of the American woman, who seems truly to have found the secret of eternal youth.

fountain of youth, but, better still, managed Spain, then, not only located in Florida the to establish that concept of the state for all time to come.

This is not all, however. The organizers of these events in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of St. Augustine have kindly chosen to link therewith a tribwhich this year is observing its own 75th ute to the Organization of American States, birthday. The memory of St. Augustine's historic past is thus joined with the presentday ideal of Pan Americanism. This assoday ideal of Pan Americanism. This association of ideas fills me with enthusiasm, for it contains a profound truth.

In our present world, the nations of North, Central, and South America have resolved lenge to the democratic ideals which have to present a common front against any chal

taken such firm root in our soil. We cannot

agree to our inclusion in a heterogeneous "third world" of neutrals. We seek to be members of a great Atlantic community, the heirs and propagators of the great liberal

tradition of Western civilization.

We do well to hold fast to our ancient past, as represented by St. Augustine and the exploits of those bold adventurers from Spain who, to our everlasting amazement, Spain who, to our everlasting amazement, explored so great a part of the territory of the United States in a scant 50 years after the discovery. United and strengthened in our recollections of those brave deeds, we face the future with increased confidence.

The Organization of American States was founded to aid us in our resolve. In the name of our peoples we have proclaimed the moral and political principles that are to guide us in the work of civilization begun by our ancestors. We are convinced, as the charter of the Organization says, that the historic mission of America is to offer man a

land of liberty, and a favorable environment for the development of his personality and the realization of his just ambitions.

It

Florida bears every mark of being created to serve inter-American communion. forms a bridge between north and south, a ground provided by geography for meeting, for understanding, and for cultural interchange. change. Here Spanish mingles with English in a medley which may threaten the purity of both, but which serves admirably for increasing fraternization. The work of good will is splendidly promoted by the spirit of friendly cooperation evidenced both by the authorities and the people of the state. Commercial and social intercourse here encounters the most favorable of environments. The rapidly growing wealth of the state gives impulse to Latin American prosperity in addition to benefiting the United States.

I therefore salute this day the achievement of those men who in government, private industry, labor, the universities, and all sectors of the population have, by their efforts, transformed Florida into one of the splendors of civilization. This peninsula, in which the Spanish conquistadors discovered the germs of future greatness of a

country to be, serves the Americans of today as a gateway to the heavens. Here the dreams of science become reality as man embarks upon the conquest of the universe. The cross traced on the sands by the Spanish explorer today is replaced by a cross drawn in the air by jets flashing in horizontal flight from continent to continent and rockets shooting vertically toward the reaches of outer space.

This, to my mind, is what Florida really represents a new civilization, which offers man all the instruments needed for achieving his own happiness and that of his children, and for winning the battle for a lasting peace that will benefit all people of the earth.

The spirit of the OAS will always be present here, for the interests of the Organization are one with the ideals which have been so firmly implanted in this soil. Not far off our American brothers in other countries are laboring toward the same goals. To them we must lend a helping hand in their struggle for liberty. I am sure that this feeling is shared by the leaders of this State. With their cooperation and that of men throughout the Americas, our presence in Florida will be increasingly fruitful in benefits to mankind.

In our efforts to build a better future, we shall ever be guided by the remembrance of this city of St. Augustine, which forms so rich a portion of our heritage. For we shall recall that here was first implanted the civilization that binds Americans as brothers, and that here were first raised, on behalf of our continent, the prayers that unite man with God.

Mr. HOLLAND. Mr. President, I thank the distinguished Senator from Delaware and the distinguished Senator from Texas for yielding to me.

Mr. YARBOROUGH. Mr. President, I commend the distinguished senior Senator from Florida for the timeliness of his speech and for the condensation and the brevity of his remarks which covered

so much in so few words.

CERTAIN INCREASES IN ANNUITIES PAYABLE FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND

The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill (H.R. 8469) to provide certain increases in annuities payable from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, and for other purposes.

Mr. LAUSCHE. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays on the pending bill. The yeas and nays were ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who yields time?

Mr. YARBOROUGH. Mr. President, I yield 5 minutes to the distinguished Sen

ator from Oklahoma.

Mr. KUCHEL. Mr. President, did we ask for the yeas and nays on a motion to recommit made by the distinguished senior Senator from Delaware?

The Senator from Oklahoma is recognized for 5 minutes.

Mr. MONRONEY. Mr. President, for 5 minutes I will express my wholehearted support of H.R. 8469. I also wish to express my sincere appreciation to the senior Senator from Texas for his leadership in guiding this important legislation through the Retirement Subcommittee and the full Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Senator YARBOROUGH conducted 2 days of important and very informative public hearings on H.R. 8469. In our discussion of this bill in Committee, his knowledge of the subject matter was an invaluable aid to us all in coming to our decisions.

H.R. 8469 increases the annuities of our retired classified and postal employees. It revises the amendments made in 1962 to the Civil Service Retirement Act so that the administrative process of adjusting annuities according to the cost of living will work more effectively. Time has proven that the 1962 amendments were to a certain extent defective and did not fulfill the aims which Congress hoped for. We believe the change from an annual to a monthly basis for determining the cost-of-living increases will benefit both the retired employees and the Civil Service Commission which administers the program.

I am in complete agreement with the distinguished ranking minority member of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, the former chairman of the committee during the 83d Congress, that in fact this bill does not change the 3percent formula for adjusting annuities. It is a case of Tweedledee or Tweedledum. The bill before us only changes the method of determining when these 3-percent adjustments shall be made. Present law requires determination on an annual basis; the bill before us requires a monthly determination. By changing to a monthly basis-a change which the administration approves-a more accurate and equitable system will be achieved.

I add my support to the committee's decision to delay any substantive changes in the Retirement Act until the Congress has an opportunity to study the results of the President's Committee on Federal Staff Retirement Plans. This special panel has held several days of public hearings this year and has heard the views of both employee organizations and experts in the field of retirement programs. There is is no doubt that changes will be proposed in the Retirement Act to correct its deficiencies and improve its fiscal soundness. The chairman of the Civil Service Commission, the Honorable John W. Macy, Jr., assured the Retirement Subcommittee of that when he testified before them in August.

The survivor annuity provision of the act, which provided for an increase of 5

We have given this matter very careful attention.

There are several areas where improvements can be made. The survivor annuity provisions of the act for shortterm employees are an area of major term employees are an area of major concern, both to the President's Committee and to the Senate committee. But I agree with the senior Senator from Texas and the decision of the full committee to defer action until the impormittee to defer action until the important evidence and conclusions of the tant evidence and conclusions of the President's Committee can be studied by Congress.

Finally, Mr. President, I wish to impress upon my colleagues that these are press upon my colleagues that these are not mere figures with which we deal. "Cost-of-living percentage increases," "base months," "Consumer Price Index statistics"-all of these terms which go into the statutory language of the Civil Service Retirement Act, are by themselves cold and meaningless terms.

We are talking about people, human beings. These are the retired, aged, Federal employees who have worked many years, most of them during times when Federal salaries were far below when Federal salaries were far below salaries in private enterprise, and are now living on their retirement annuities now living on their retirement annuities and whatever other money, if any, they have.

The

The PRESIDING OFFICER. time of the Senator has expired. Mr. YARBOROUGH. Mr. President, I yield 5 additional minutes to the Senator from Oklahoma.

Mr. MONRONEY. Ninety-seven percent of all surviving annuitants receive less than $200 a month.

I do not believe this is a time when Congress should find that annuitants who live on less than $200 a month are receiving a sufficient amount. It is not enough to live on in any decent standard.

H.R. 8469 would be a major progressive step to help these people.

I repeat, we have made this bill conform in large measure to the ideas of form in large measure to the ideas of the administration. We have eliminated a provision in the bill passed by the House; namely, an increase of survivors' annuity benefits by 5 percent without additional payment on the part of the employee. Our action eliminates a severe drain that would have occurred severe drain that would have occurred with respect to the fund.

In regard to the cost-of-living increases, the 3-percent increase takes

place over a 3-month period, instead of over a 12-month period. Actually, there is now a 15-month time lapse. This bill eliminates that time lag.

Nobody has noticed that the cost-ofliving index has come down enough so that we would have to start worrying about de-escalation in future years. There is no record in our present history indicating that there will be a decrease in the cost of living.

The bill which the distinguished Senator from Texas has brought to the Senate is fair to the employee; it is fair to the retiree; and it is fair to the U.S. Government.

One can talk all he wants about building up the deficit in the civil service retirement fund. I grant Senators that if we killed the intake from the fund as of today, we would have the deficit that has been mentioned, some $40 billion, representing the acquired unfunded liability for which the fund is committed. Let me assure my colleagues that the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service will give this problem our most careful consideration next year. I repeat, there is no increase in the costof-living payment; there is involved merely a new method of determining when the adjustments shall be made.

Mr. YARBOROUGH. Mr. President, I yield back the remainder of my time. Mr. WILLIAMS of Delaware. Mr. President, I shall move to recommit the bill, but before making the motion I point out again that the President has appointed a commission to make a study and make recommendations not later than December 1.

We should postpone action here today until we get that report.

The unfunded liability of the retirement fund today is about $40 billion. Enactment of the bill would add another $1 billion to this unfunded liability. There is no provision with which to pay the cost of the benefits being authorized.

We cannot escape the fact that if these liberalized provisions are enacted they will have a mathematical effect of further depleting a fund that is already overdrawn. Every retiree will have his retirement computed under the higher formula, plus an increase of 2 percent, plus another increase of 6.5 percent, plus further increases of 3 percent every time there is a rise in the cost of living. All of these increases and no means to pay for them.

The bill would give Government employees, including ourselves, a built-in protection or a hedge against any inflation resulting from our own reckless spending.

There is merit to some parts of this bill, but the very least we can do is postpone action until after receipt of the report and recommendations from the President's Commission.

For that reason I move that the bill be recommitted.

I ask for the yeas and nays.

The yeas and nays were ordered. Mr. WILLIAMS of Delaware. Mr. President, I am willing to yield back my time on the motion.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who yields time?

Mr. YARBOROUGH. Mr. President, I yield back my time.

Mr. DIRKSEN. Mr. President, will the Senator withhold that request?

Mr. WILLIAMS of Delaware. I withhold my time, and yield to the Senator from Illinois.

Cooper Curtis

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Dirksen

Mr. DIRKSEN. Mr. President, may I ask the Senator from Texas how this Dominick annual amount will be appropriated?

Mr. YARBOROUGH. The increase will be paid out of the retirement fund. Mr. DIRKSEN. If we are to shove the fund deeper and deeper into the red-the statement has been made that the bill would increase withdrawals from the fund by over $1 billion-we add that much to all the unfunded liabilities.

In view of the fact that within 2 months a Cabinet Committee is to make its report on retirement for the civil establishment, it is the best reason I know of why the bill should go back to committee and why the motion to recommit should be sustained.

Mr. WILLIAMS of Delaware. Mr. President, I now yield back all time on my motion.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to recommit made by the Senator from Delaware [Mr. WILLIAMS).

The yeas and nays have been ordered, and the clerk will call the roll.

The legislative clerk called the roll. Mr. LONG of Louisiana. I announce that the Senator from New Mexico [Mr. ANDERSON], the Senator from Alaska [Mr. BARTLETT], the Senator from Idaho [Mr. CHURCH], the Senator from Tennessee [Mr. GORE], the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. KENNEDY], the Senator from South Carolina [Mr. RUSSELL], the Senator from Georgia [Mr. RUSSELL], the Senator from Florida [Mr. SMATHERS], the Senator from Ohio [Mr. YOUNG], and the Senator from Louisiana [Mr. ELLENDER] are absent on official business.

I also announce that the Senator from Virginia [Mr. BYRD], the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. FULBRIGHT], the Senator from New York [Mr. KENNEDY], the Senator from Minnesota [Mr. MCCARTHY), the Senator from South Dakota [Mr. McGOVERN], the Senator from Maine [Mr. MUSKIE), and the Senator from Virginia [Mr. ROBERTSON] are necessarily absent.

I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from New Mexico [Mr. ANDERSON], the Senator from Alaska [Mr. BARTLETT], the Senator from Idaho [Mr. CHURCH], the Senator from Tennessee [Mr. GORE], the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. KENNEDY], the Senator from New York [Mr. KENNEDY], the Senator from South Dakota [Mr. McGOVERN], the Senator from Maine [Mr. MUSKIE], the Senator from South Carolina [Mr. RUSSELL], the Senator from Florida [Mr. SMATHERS], and the Senator from Ohio [Mr. YOUNG] would each vote “nay.”

Mr. KUCHEL. I announce that the Senator from South Dakota [Mr. MUNDT] is necessarily absent.

The Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. COTTON] is detained on official business and if present and voting would vote “nay.”

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Kuchel Lausche

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Allott Bass

Hayden

Hill

Bayh

Inouye

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Brewster
Burdick
Byrd, W. Va.
Cannon

Case

Clark Dodd

Jackson

Javits

Jordan, N.C.

Long, Mo.

Long, La.

Magnuson Mansfield

McClellan

McGee

McIntyre

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Nelson
Neuberger
Pastore
Pell
Proxmire
Randolph
Ribicoff
Scott
Smith
Sparkman
Stennis
Symington
Talmadge
Thurmond
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Williams, N.J.
Yarborough
Young, N. Dak.

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Kennedy, Mass. Russell, S.C.
Kennedy, N.Y. Russell, Ga.
McCarthy
Smathers
Young, Ohio

McGovern

Mundt Muskie

President, I yield 2 minutes to the Senator from Kentucky.

Mr. COOPER. Mr. President, the bill, H.R. 8469, has a very worthy purpose, to extend to retired annuitants formerly in the employ of the U.S. Government increased benefits to meet in some measure the increased cost of living, and I support that objective. But, as has become the practice in the last few years, the bill provides for increased payments but without any funds from which the Federal Government can make the payments over the years.

The trust fund from which payments are made and into which employees have paid their contributions or taxes from their earnings presently amounts to approximately $17 billion-a very large sum. Unfortunately, the Federal Government has not paid its full share required by law into this fund, and the deficit on an actuarial basis amounts to the staggering sum of over $40 billion. This means that if these payments are not made by the Federal Government, it will not be able to make the payments that it has promised to its beneficiaries, in anticipation of which they have paid into the fund a large percentage of their earnings.

If the pending bill is passed it would, as I have said, provide no funds for the payment of the increased benefits, and the deficit of over $40 billion would be increased by another billion dollars. But worst of all, as has been the case in recent years, the bill provides a windfall for Members of Congress. Those who are or become entitled to retirement benefits would immediately receive an increase of from 6 to 11 percent. There

amount of 3 percent calculated over a consecutive 3-month period would bring an increase but never below the initial percentage increase or any additional cost-of-living upward increases, thus locking in the changes that were included.

I voted for the motion to recommit the bill, for the purpose of having the committee strike from it these windfall benefits and to restrict it to the retirees who actually need the cost-of-living increases. This bill has been labeled as a bill for the retirees who need the increase, and it should be for them. This bill should also make provision for the Federal Government to pay the necessary amount for the increases in payments into the fund, so that the retirees who are to get the benefits will be assured of them.

Since the motion to recommit-a motion that would have brought the bill into accord with its advertised purpose to help those who need the increasewas defeated, I cannot vote for a bill which would provide benefits for some who do not need them now, which would not require the Government to make the additional payments necessary to fund the benefits, and which would increase the deficit to over $40 billion owed to cover all the benefits.

Mr. YARBOROUGH. Mr. President, I yield back the remainder of my time.

Mr. WILLIAMS of Delaware. I yield back the remainder of my time.

for debate has expired. The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time

the amendments and the third reading The question is on the engrossment of of the bill.

engrossed and the bill to be read a third

The amendments were ordered to be

time.

The bill was read the third time.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill

having been read the third time, the question is, Shall it pass? On this question, the yeas and nays have been or

dered, and the clerk will call the roll.

The legislative clerk called the roll. Mr. INOUYE. I announce that the Senator from New Mexico [Mr. ANDERSON], the Senator from Alaska [Mr. BARTLETT], the Senator from Idaho [Mr. CHURCH], the Senator from Tennessee [Mr. GORE], the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. KENNEDY], the Senator from Louisiana [Mr. LONG], the Senator from Florida [Mr. SMATHERS], and the Senator from Ohio [Mr. YoUNG] are absent on official business.

I also announce that the Senator from Virginia [Mr. BYRD], the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. FULBRIGHT], the Senator from New York [Mr. KENNEDY], the Senator from Minnesota [Mr. MCCARTHY], the Senator from South Dakota [Mr. MCGOVERN], the Senator from Maine [Mr. MUSKIE], and the Senator from Virginia [Mr. ROBERTSON] are necessarily absent.

I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from New Mexico [Mr. ANDERSON], the Senator from Alaska [Mr. BARTLETT], the Senator from Idaho [Mr. CHURCH], the Senator from Tennessee [Mr. GORE], the Senator from

Massachusetts [Mr. KENNEDY], the Senator from New York [Mr. KENNEDY], the Senator from Louisiana [Mr. LONG], the Senator from South Dakota [Mr. McGOVERN], the Senator from Maine [Mr. MUSKIE], the Senator from Florida [Mr. SMATHERS], and the Senator from Ohio [Mr. YOUNG] would each vote "yea."

Mr. KUCHEL. I announce that the Senator from South Dakota [Mr. MUNDT] is necessarily absent.

The Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. COTTON] is detained on official business, and, if present and voting, would vote "yea."

opposition and aiding in the passage of the bill.

I commend the distinguished minority leader and the distinguished senior Senator from Delaware for expediting the work of the Senate.

Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I want to take this opportunity to congratulate the participants in the debate on H.R. 8469, an act to provide certain increases in annuities payable to civil service retirement annuitants. The able senior Senator from Texas [Mr. YARBOROUGH], assisted by the distinguished senior Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. thorough and efficient fashion. Skillful debate and careful analysis were the tools of other participants in discussion of the bill on both sides of the aisle. I refer specifically to the senior Senator from Delaware [Mr. WILLIAMS] and the senior Senator from Ohio [Mr. LAUSCHE]

So the bill (H.R. 8469) was passed. Mr. YARBOROUGH. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed.

Mr. MANSFIELD. I move to lay that motion on the table.

The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President

Mr. YARBOROUGH. Mr. President, will the Senator yield to me for 1 minute?

Mr. MANSFIELD. I yield.

Mr. YARBOROUGH. As the floor manager of the bill which has just passed, I express my appreciation for the skill, the aid, and the discussion from the distinguished majority leader and the chairman of the full committee, the distinguished senior Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. MONRONEY], as well as the aid from the ranking minority member of the committee, the distinguished senior Senator from Kansas [Mr. CARL

SON], who made a notable contribution, both in the hearings and on the floor of the Senate.

I thank the distinguished members of the opposition for precisely stating their

who skillfully discussed the funding problems related to the annuity in

creases.

In short, it was a discussion of the typically high quality of this body, and I congratulate the Senate on passage of this measure of great significance to retired civil servants and to the country.

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ACT OF 1965

The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill (H.R. 9811) to maintain farm income, to stabilize prices and assure adequate supplies of agricultural commodities, to reduce surpluses, lower Government costs, and promote foreign trade, to afford greater economic opportunity in rural areas, and for other

purposes.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Bartlett, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House had passed the bill (S. 20) to provide for the establishment of the Assateague Island National Seashore in the States of Maryland and Virginia, and for other purposes, with an amendment, in which it requested the concurrence of the Senate.

The message also announced that the House had agreed to the amendment of the Senate to each of the following bills of the House:

H.R. 2305. An act for the relief of Zenaida Quijano Lazaro; and

H.R. 3128. An act for the relief of Angelo Iannuzzi.

The message further announced that the House had agreed to the amendments of the Senate to the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 504) to facilitate the admission into the United States of certain aliens.

The message also announced that the House had disagreed to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 10586) making supplemental appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and for other purposes; agreed to the conference asked

by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and that Mr. FOGARTY, Mr. DENTON, Mr. FLOOD, Mr. MAHON, Mr. LAIRD, Mr. MICHEL, and Mr. Bow were appointed managers on the part of the House at the conference.

The message further announced that the House had passed the following bills, in which it requested the concurrence of the Senate:

H.R. 2853. An act to amend title 17, United States Code, with relation to the fees to be charged;

H.R. 7888. An act providing for the extension of patent numbered D-119,187;

H.R. 8917. An act to provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, and for other purposes;

H.R. 9545. An act providing for the acquisition and preservation by the United States of certain items of evidence pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy;

37, United States Code, to codify_recent military law, and to improve the Code;

H.R. 9778. An act to amend titles 10 and

H.R. 9867. An act to provide penalties for the use of the interstate route marker for commercial purposes;

H.R. 9877. An act to amend the act of January 30, 1913, as amended, to remove

certain restrictions on the American Hos

pital of Paris;

H.R. 10206. An act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, as amended, and reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended;

H.R. 10234. An act to amend section 1085 of title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the reimbursement procedure required among the medical facilities of the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the military departments;

H.R. 10366. An act to establish the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area in the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia, and for other purposes; and

H.R. 10369. An act to give the consent of Congress to the States of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Vermont to enter into a compact providing for bus taxation proration and reciprocity.

HOUSE BILLS REFERRED

The following bills were severally read twice by their titles and referred as indicated:

H.R. 2853. An act to amend title 17, United States Code, with relation to the fees to be charged;

H.R. 7888. An act providing for the exten

sion of patent numbered D-119,187;

H.R. 9545. An act providing for the acquisition and preservation by the United States of certain items of evidence pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy; H.R. 9778. An act to amend titles 10 and 37, United States Code, to codify recent military law, and to improve the code;

H.R. 9867. An act to provide penalties for the use of the interstate route marker for commercial purposes;

H.R. 9877. An act to amend the act of January 30, 1913, as amended, to remove certain restrictions on the American Hospital of Paris; and

H.R. 10369. An act to give the consent of Congress to the States of Connecticut, Rhode

Island, and Vermont to enter into a comand reciprocity; to the Committee on the pact providing for bus taxation proration Judiciary.

H.R. 8917. An act to provide for the disposition of funds appropriated to pay a judg

LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
ACT OF 1965

Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the unfinished business be laid aside temporarily, and that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 655, H.R. 8027.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill will be stated by title.

The LEGISLATIVE CLERK. A bill (H.R. 8027) to provide assistance in training

State and local law enforcement officers

and other personnel, and in improving capabilities, techniques, and practices in State and local law enforcement and prevention and control of crime, and for other purposes.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the request of the Senator from Montana?

There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.

Mr. HART. Mr. President, the bill now before the Senate, H.R. 8027, would provide assistance in training State and local law enforcement officers and other personnel, and in improving capabilities, techniques, and practices in State and local law enforcement and prevention and control of crime.

The bill is the culmination of some 4 years of effort. We find ourselves, at this point, on the eve, I hope, of passing the bill, due, in large part, to the concern voiced by the President in his crime message in March of this year. In that message he submitted a recommendation which is embodied in the bill now before the Senate.

The bill would bolster present training programs for local law enforcement and would support the development of new training methods. Fighting crime effectively under modern conditions and maintaining law and order requires professional police who are expertly trained in a variety of skills. The Federal Government now provides financial assistance for research and training in other professions-science, mathematics, foreign languages, medicine, nursing. Trained, professional law enforcement personnel are fully as essential to the preservation of our national health and strength-and are no less deserving of increased Federal support.

The bill provides also for Federal support for the development of improved methods of enforcing criminal laws and administering justice. For justice. For example,

experiments might be undertaken with different kinds and intensity of police different kinds and intensity of police coverage in high crime districts in order coverage in high crime districts in order to learn more about the effective allocato learn more about the effective allocation of manpower. The effectiveness of different communication and alarm studies might be studied. By pilot projects in the administration of justice, we may find ways of making the judicial process fairer and speedier and the correctional process more effective.

The dissemination of information about projects supported under the Law Enforcement Assistance Act will be of substantial value to other communities in designing their own crime control programs.

In short, the main purpose of the bill is to authorize the Attorney General to make grants for the training of State and local law enforcement personnel. It would be limited to a 3-year period, and it would authorize also the making of grants for projects designed to improve local law enforcement.

Nothing in the bill would authorize any Federal department or officer to supervise or control the organization of the operation or personnel of any State or local police force.

Section 7 of the bill expressly states that provision.

The Senate is indebted to the distinguished senior Senator from North Carolina [Mr. ERVIN], who presided at hearings for many days and developed a thorough record on which we now present to the Senate our recommendation for the passage of the bill.

Senator ERVIN was the chairman of a special committee created by the Committee on the Judiciary. I believe that those who take the time to go into the record made by that subcommittee will realize the sweep and scope of the broad support voiced for the legislation. Certainly I, who as early as 1961 introduced proposed legislation, as well as other Senators, are in his debt.

Mr. MOSS. Mr. President, will the Senator yield? Mr. HART. I yield. Mr. MOSS. First, I commend the Senator from Michigan for his efforts, which I have been aware of for some time, in connection with the bill.

Does the bill in any way delegate authority so as to deprive local law enforcement officers of any of their jurisdiction and authority?

Mr. HART. The Senator from Utah himself has long been concerned with himself has long been concerned with this problem and has introduced proposed legislation respecting the situation.

The answer to his question is "No." To insure that there is no misunderstandinsure that there is no misunderstanding, section 7 of the bill makes clear that nothing contained in the bill shall be nothing contained in the bill shall be construed to authorize Federal control construed to authorize Federal control or supervision over the organization, administration, administration, or personnel of any State or local police force or other law enforcement agency.

Mr. MOSS. I appreciate the Senator's assurance that the bill in no way changes the traditional and longstanding provision of jurisdiction in our Federal Republic that law enforcement basi

cally remains a local function in the hands of local authorities, community, city, or State, and that the proposed legislation is designed merely to aid and assist in the training and qualification of local law enforcement personnel to use the modern tools of detection in the field of law enforcement.

I believe that this is the place where Federal weight should be felt in assistance and in stimulating the kind of modern techniques that have been developed, but have been somewhat beyond the reach of some of the smaller jurisdictions for monetary and other reasons.

It seems to me that the bill has the genius of again giving assistance and offering incentives and aid to local law enforcement agencies without in any way changing their responsibility or delegating it in any way.

I commend the Senator from Michigan for his leadership in this field and express my strong support of the bill that is now before the Senate.

Mr. HART. I thank the Senator from Utah for the contributions he has made.

Mr. ERVIN. Mr. President, it may be that what I say may well induce the belief in the minds of some Senators that the Senator from Michigan and I are something of a mutual admiration society. I thank him for his most gracious statements concerning my conduct of the hearings as chairman of the ad hoc subcommittee which considered the pending bill.

Let me bear testimony, however, to the fact that the able and distinguished Senator from Michigan is the author of the bill and that we are indebted to him for bringing it to fruition. He deserves the thanks of the country for so doing, because he had a very large part in contacting persons in various areas of the country interested in the problem, and in assisting the subcommittee in bringing to the hearing outstanding experts in the field from all areas of the country and from all levels of law enforcement.

Mr. President, I have been interested in this field for many years. We have had a unique experience in North Carolina in this area. A college mate of mine, Albert Coates, who attended the University of North Carolina and also the Harvard Law School with me, conceived the idea many years ago of providing schools for the education of State and local officials on the duties of their offices and the procedures which they could use in the performance of those duties.

As a result of his efforts, the Institute of Government in Chapel Hill, N.C., came into existence, and for several decades has been conducting courses each year for State and local officials in North Carolina. Among its other activities, it has conducted schools in law enforcement for sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and police officers, not only as to the duties of their offices, but also as to the best techniques for performing those duties. The institute also publishes many excellent and informative pamphlets, handbooks, and manuals which detail the newest laws, court decrees, and detection techniques for the benefit of local officers.