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Stay teat porte an op Fonality thao! so EEnsor te oni Toro nade CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks GUN CONTROL HON. JOSEPH G. MENISH {IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, August 1, 1968 ‘Mz, MINISH Mr. Speaker, Tam sreat~ ty disappointed that the House of Rep Tesentatives has Fejected strong and ef- fective gun oontrol.Jerislation. True, the ban on mail-order sales of most guns fang some ammunition contained in HR. 17195 1s a¢ leaat a rt step toward alt= ing. our country’s dangerous trame in Geath and destruction. However, much fore is required if the Coneress i to Feeognized that our Iaws should realis~ {oally meet the problem of guns in a mod fem, industelal, and urban society in the ‘Second half of the 20th century. ‘Tho eseential means of controlling the ‘indiscriminate sale and use of firearms is through the registration of all guns fand the licensing of all eum owners, GUN Soulstra ion would impose no great hard= hip on the citizen, who possesses fire fring for lecitimate purposes such, 35 Jhunling or target shooting. On the other hang, resiatration would enable law en foreeinent officials 40 traee weapons in Solved in erimes. and account. for all ‘Brearms in\a particular lovailty: Reawir~ ing an individual to mect certain stand furés prior to obtaining a Meense to pur Ehase a gon would assist in preventing ‘frenrms tom Talling Into the hands of persons whose age, criminal record, o ‘ental instabilty disqualifies them as feombetent to Possess Guns, ‘Mtr, Speaker, every poll indteates that the overwhelming majority of American citizens favor strlet gun Iews, Tn fact, a recent Gallup survey Zound 73 percent of all Americans in favor of fun Tenis ration, Moreover, according to a Har- ‘He Doll, conducted before the tragic as- ‘aosination of Senator Robert Kennedy, 65 percent. of America’s gun owners favor the Tesistration of all firearms. "with the rejection of amendments to HR. 17735 ‘requiring reslstration and Ieetsing, the National Rifle Aesoctalion ‘hd similar groups have again worked thelr will on the Congress of the United Btates despite the overwhelming public ‘outery for stringent gun control, Through ‘istoruion and Innuendo, the NRA has Sstecesstully opposed each and every at~ {tempt over the last ceveral yours to in- troduce @ measure of sanity to our Na Hon's gin Tavs, ‘Reportedly. the NRA ‘ouna st could “live with” the legislation passed by the House of Representatives ‘on July 24, No wonder, One amendment fo the mati-order measire, approved by the Hote by a vote of 228 10 108, ex- tempts people, organizations, and insti Hons engaged in firearms competition from most of the provisions of the bil ‘The most prominent, perhaps the only, “organization” which ‘qualifies for ex emption under this amendment is the National Ride Assoolation "Mr. Speaker, surely in the last analysts the publle interest must trlumph over the havrow special interest of the gun obey, We need gun contro! aw which ‘wil give all our eltizons the ind of pro- tection that has been too Tong denied ER ‘them, 1 shall continue to, devote my ‘eneray to the passage of legislation pro~ ‘ding for the meaningful control of fire APPEAL FOR AID TO BIAFRA HON, ROBERT McCLORY {NVTHa MOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, August 1, 1968 \Mz. MeCLORY. Mr, Speaker, in Blatra, death stsikes everywhere—in' hospitals, {n mission stations, even by the roadside, ‘At the Okpala Mission, the Reverend en Doheny 1s clove to seeping as 7,000 children assemble. at dusk, thelr bony hhands outstretched, selmi tome ere everynight for « He reports. Now we have noting tet, This ts 8 cht dqqus wats They re al doomed, the 10t of ‘At the same time, Col. Benjamin Ade~ ‘kunle, the commander of the Nigerian ‘Army of invasion, oalled the ides of mas Sive rellet for the starving Biafrans “nals fgulded humanitarian rubbish.” The colo hel sald, “if eaildren raust dle first, then {is too bad, just to bad." * ‘he Ametiean people are perhans the most humanitarian known to history. We Have always been quick to share our ma= terial abundance with the people of other {ands ‘who. have suffered such eatas- frophes ne famines, foods, and fire. Ths {eluwee, whether he be in Europe, Asia or Africa, has always received a sym- ‘pathetie helping hand from the Ameri. ‘ean people, We have proven in countless Instanees tay we are seady and willing to be our "brothers keeper.” Today, ‘Ameriea is better equlpped tan ever be- fore to ald the millions of hungry, home- Tees, and destitude people of the world. Unfortunately, at no time in history has Our assistance been eo urently required. "Ttofer specifically to the plight of the starving populace and, mote especially, the ehilaren of Biafra. Although located none of the lees. areas in all of Africa, the people of Biatra are faced wlth mass Starvation, which wil claim 2 million Lives by the end of August. This very day, ‘over 4,000. people, most of them Title ehildsen, will ie from ‘starvation in ‘Blatra ‘Food is available, but that ts not the problea, Charitable rellet organizations Stand reedy to provide the 200 tons of food and nutrition the Blatran Deople need daily to stave off starvation, ‘But, @ politoal Impasse between the two fides has rulned arranoments for its de~ livery. “Meanwhile, 1 million children, such as the ones Father Doheny, must face eneh evening with empty hands, wil ‘ie before the end of this month. "The Biafrans fear polsoning and thus refuse to Accept food Browiht through lunprotected land corridors. At the same Hime, the ‘Nigerian Government refuses to aliow an alrite to Biafra, even if given Approved For Release 2005/08/03 : CIA-RDP70B00338R000300190066-3,Approved For Release 2005/08/03 : CIA-RDP70B00338R000300190066-3 E7298 the opportunity to inspect the cargo be- fore dellvery. Tay there 1s no longer time to argue about the mesns of delivering the feod to these “starving people. ‘The "elviized world, and the United States in particu Jar as the international defender of life and. liberty, has a moral and. ethical obligation to overcame the thorny brob- Jem of political nonintervention and to ‘act immediately to see that food is taken Into the area by a massive air and sea Ife and by overland relet columns ‘The Nigerian and’ Biafran. Govern- ‘ments must be urged to aoeept the estab- lishment of demilitarized land. sea, and air corridors for the shipment of food land medicine both to Biafra and to the neighboring ‘territories under Nigerian contra ‘The United Statos must endorse and strive to achieve the implementation of 4 demilitarized sone that would be por lived by an international force, prefer= ably supplied ty the United Nations. ‘As a neutral nation, the United States can provide food by’ guaranteeing the Nigerian Government ‘at no military supplles. wi be included in shipments and by seeing that food shipments will be internationally supervised to Insure Biafrans against polsoning. We can make available both food and’ trans Dortation facilities to snternational end charitable relief organizations. Tf Congress is going to act on this mat- ter as it, in ail conscience, shoud. ft ‘us! be Before the August 2 recess date, By September 4, any action would come toate for 2 million dead Biatrans. As the ‘New York Post stated In an editorial on Jul 13: From time to time the universal conslence cei mantind tn troured Sy something na tere Sle ss what In happening tn Biafras The ‘iniversat "comsctenee mut be brown. fall ete ot a ite Nga (Bie) ruched he sg "whee tre fo omy ote nantly ‘The editorial goes on to say that hu- manity demands that we all work for the “Purpose of getting the desperately ‘heeded protein into those tiny bodies ‘With the swollen belles" SOVIET THREATS OF ARMED INTER- ‘VENTION IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA EXPOSE SOVIET POCHIY e HON. DONALD M. FRASER IN THE MOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, August 1, 1968 ‘Mr. FRASER. Mr. Speaker, the recent thresis by the USSR. to intervenc mille tarily tn the aitalre of Ceechoslovakia lay bare the hypoeriey of Soviet statements ‘about U.8, poly. ‘While many clements of US. polley are justly called into question by eltizen of the United States, statements of crit ism by the Soviet Union have s hollow ving when measured agningt the Blatant treat to employ military Torce against Czechoslovakia. neighbor who offers no military threat to the USSR. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks Some weeks ago, under the pretext of Warsaw pact’ maneuvers, thousands of Soviet troops moved into Czechoslovakia ‘where some of them apparentiy still r= main in spite of repeated Czceh requests ‘Thal they be withdrawn, ‘As if that were not enough, the Soviets have now cammenced a new series of massive maneuvers placing Boviet, East Gorman, and Polish troops in the viein= {My of Czechoslovakia’s eastern borders. ‘The proximity of these to cuech territory, combined with the steady stream of invective trom Boviet ‘Rewspapers, cannot be construed as any- ‘thing else but a brazen attempt to inliml= date the Czech Government. ‘These actions belie the assertions of the Soviet Union about the rights of other nations to peacefully pursue thelr own affairs, Mr. Speaker, I am relleved that the ‘ews today offers some hope that active intervention by military forees of the Soviet Union will not occur In Caecho- slovakia. The USSR. however, will spend many years overcoming the effect fof ita actions of the past few weeks Every nelghbor of the Sovlet Union cart ‘ow Tecognize that respect for the rights ‘of other nations ts conditioned ‘by tne ideological ‘rigidity “which apparentiy ‘marks current Soviet attitudes, HON, BARRATT OHARA HON. PHILIP J. PHILBIN IN TUE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES, Thuraday, August 1, 1968 Mr. PHILBIN, Mr. Speaker, in com- ‘mon with all the Members of tus House, T deeply regret the departure from the Hrouse at the end of this session of our wonderful, outstanding friend, one of the of the mast colorful Members of our ‘Freat legislative body, and a truly oele- brated collearue and beloved friend, the Honorable Bansars O'Hana, No words of mine could ever portray the outstanding qualities, the superlative Gedication, the. magnificent achieve ments of this great leader of our great democracy, not enly during his service here, but ‘throughout hie life, is entire career has been profoundly Gedicaled to the public interest, to his ‘istrict and State, and to this great Na- on, whieh he has served with all his heart and every ounce of energy and abilty Bassarr Oana is a man of great im- betus and compassion for the. weal, the forgottin and the downtrodden, Truly he “has ‘given his lifes work to. the uplift of those who cannot help them: selves, and to the perpetuation of the deals’ and security” of our great, {ree Nation, Thad heard of this great American long before he or T ever came to the Congress: ‘The late and very great Chit fgago lawyer and philosopher, the noted Clarence Darrow. during my early youth, sry close personal friend, used to talk to ‘me of Baanart long before I had the August 2, 1968 honor and privilege of meeting this fifted, devoted, bumanletic leader, ‘The great Ciarence Darrow once seld to me of Bansart: “Ite fe the outstanding Mberal In our eity and State ard one of the great leaders of trus demceracy in his country. We must be thankful to hhim for his many batties for the com. ‘mon people’ J wil isn him here bute bas let with us a great legacy of honest, en= ghtened publle service, warm, urself Ish felendshio, loyalty and insplced lend ‘ership that will bes source of strength ‘and 4 guide to us in our endeavors, His great achievements in tals’ body will be inscr.bed and gratefully remem~ bered in this body for many sears. to come by @ truly’ apprretative Nation which recognizes the debt it owes to this lunfinching baitir for social Justice T wish for Bauarr, aid all his dear ‘ones, continued good henlth, success in their undertakings, and- choices bless ‘ngs of real Lappiness, contentment, and peace for marty years to come, ‘THE CAPTIVE NATIONS STILL CAPTIVE HON. EDWARD J. DERWINSKI [BUTHE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, august 1, 1968 ‘Mr. DERWINSKI, Mr. Speaker, among the ‘many tremes’ sounded this Dust Captive Nations Week wns the one une erscoting the continued captivity of all the ‘captive nations. An erroneous and dangerous Impression hes spread In some elreles of ou country that because of Squat bles “ard rifts’ between various dominating Communist Parties, the eap= tive nations—-the peoples. themselves are no longer captive. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The peoples and ations of ‘Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Rumania, Ukraine, and others are under totalitarian Corntaunist Party @omination end far froo. the goat of enulne independenee and freedom. This truth cannot be emphastied too often, land tae 10th observance cf Captive Nat ons Week served a major purvose by doing so. Reroris on the successful werk: have ‘been ‘lowing in steadily. Bome examples of the week's activity aie as follows: First, proclamations by Gov. Philip Hof ‘of Vermont and commissioners of Allegheny Co:nty, Pas second, Na- onal Captive ‘Nations Committee re lesse on ‘His Eminence Josy! Cardine Slipyi third a release by the county of “Allegheny commissioners and news &id radio items on the week in both the Pittsburgh Press and. the Pittsburgh Post-Ciazette; and fourth, a letter to the editor in the Washington area: aise Gamat Rae ae S52 soitet aggeaton, ose vbugioe 36 sieht a he a Ea? Hie atiua atone: White testy Ras ‘toi Baie Gormtay® lew Mand Approved For Release 2005/08/03 : CIA-RDP70B00338R000300190066-3