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President Lyndon B. Johnson, correspondence
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box: 369
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1966 to 1968
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April 26,
Dear
Mr.
1968
President:
I have delayed sending you the enclosed statement
adopted by the UAW
International Executive Board because
I wanted the opportunity to present it personally.
In this
statement we express our deepest admiration and appre-
ciation for your act of total unselfishness in putting the
cause of world peace and national unity before self.
At no time in the history of our republic have the
burdens of the presidency been more difficult, nor have the
challenging problems at home and in the world had such
We believe that no President has
compelling urgency.
dealt with such crucial problems with greater courage and
We
deeper compassion and commitment than have you.
extend to you our hands, our hearts and our prayers as you
search for peace and work at the task of weaving together
the fabric of national unity in the splendor of human diversity.
On May 4, 1968, 3000 delegates, representing one
million, six hundred thousand UAW members and their
families, will come together in the 21st Constitutional Convention of the UAW in Atlantic City. You were generous
enough to honor us by addressing our Convention in 1964.
In 1966 you addressed us by phone at the time that we were
honored to present you with the UAW Social Justice Award
for your untiring work and inspired leadership in extending
the frontiers of social justice and human brotherhood.
We extend to you a warm invitation and we would be
deeply honored if your busy schedule would permit you to
address the delegates to the 21st Constitutional Convention,
which meets in Atlantic City during the period of May 4th 10th.
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STATEMENT
OF
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INTERNATIONAL
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The
deepest
gallant
ness
Executive
admiration for President
service
American
place
International
PRESIDENT
to the
people.
We
the presidency
to make
cause
above
JOHNSON
Board
of the
Lyndon B.
of freedom
believe
EXECUTIVE BOARD
UAW
expresses
Johnson for his years
and the welfare
that President
sacrifice
Johnson's
in the interests
and national unity is an act of the highest
courage
of
of the
decision to
the current political struggle
great personal
its
of
and his willingovis
peace
and the highe st
statesmanship.
No American
magnitude
president has had to deal with problems of such
and complexity
history of our Republic
difficult nor have
had
mitment,
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problems
have
urgency.
at home
Lyndon
the burdens
the challenging
such compelling
pressing
as has
with
Johnson,
courage,
in
the
of the presidency been as
problems
President
At no time
at home
and in the world
Johnson has dealt with our
compassion
and deep
com-
Under
progress
rights,
his tireless
in education,
full freedom
coverage
health
than ever
before
has made
in the fight for civil
development
have been undertaken
larger
in the history of our
country.
and in addition
designed
rural
scientific
and at the
a better
same
and
Special
and the dispossessed
and training
vastly from
programs
projects
their problems,
War
challenges
revolution which has
II has increased
and the
swept the
our understanding
opportunities
raised the level of hope
Johnson has moved
to the problems
are deeply
UAW
members
for
grateful
and
for
mankind which has
enhanced
in scope
of modern
for mankind
society
to achieve
tomorrow,
society.
Executive
the
time has
President
answers
has benefited
and technological
since the end of World
of the inequities,
special manpower
America
especially to meet
The
world
through
In the
and anti-pollution new
attention has been given to lifting the disadvantaged
out of their poverty
unprecedented
opportunity for all Americans,
and resource
programs
America
and in housing;
and equal
field of conservation
and imaginative
leadership
that plague
our
and
his
accomplishments
act
strengthened
of unselfish
America's
for world peace.
compassion
20th century
and their fellow citizens
this latest
the chances
with vigor
technological
throughout
as America's
devotion
to find
to the
quest for peace
It is our prayer,
the nation
Chief
cause
of
and has
as we
know
it
3.
is his,
that the Pre sident!'s
first step in bringing
genuine
of Vietnam
and the overall
both peace
and freedom
In 1964
peace
reduction
can be made
President
initiative will be an important
to the ravaged
of tensions
and tortured land
in the world
so that
secure.
Johnson honored
at the UAW's
in attendance
new peace
us by
19th Constitutional
eens
the delegates
Convention.
In 1966 he
addressed the delegates to the 20th Constitutional Convention by —
telephone
Award
and we were
which
honored
to pre sent to him
the UAW
Social
Justice
read:
"President Lyndon B. Johnson
Architect of the Great Society
affection and deep appreciation for your
'With admiration,
human
of social justice
the frontiers
contribution in extending
and
betterment,
''You have demonstrated the courage to oppose what is
wrong
and the compassion
worked
"You have
lift the burden
to broaden
to do what
opportunities
ugly barriers
of discrimination
all may
in the blessings
Under
better
your
tomorrow
inspired
in which
to
with dedication and determination
of fear and insecurity from
education
share
is right.
sick,
and the
the
to remove
for the young,
and to abolish poverty
so that
of abundance,
leadership,
men
the aged
are
more
America
can build
a
about
the
concerned
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goals
quality of their
star of science
the rising
peaceful
world
than the quantity
of PEACE,
can be brought
of the
in behalf
of the
UAW
on the
occasion
Constitutional
Convention
of the
UAW,
20,
of the
Long
extend to President
Walter
Johnson
P.
at the 2lst Constitutional
is our fondest hope
schedule
20th
Beach,
California,
a warm
Reuther
invitation to address
than 3, 000 delegates who will be representing
members
Board
1966."
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We
Executive
Officers,
and members
May
of a
and BROTHERHOOD
JUSTICE
FREEDOM,
dream
ancient
to practical fulfillment.
'Presented
more
man's
in which
man's
serve
can
and technology
and in which
purposes;
goods;
of their
to once
that President
1,600,000
Convention in Atlantic
Johnson will find time
City.
the
UAW
It
in his busy
again honor us with his presence.
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April 25,
The Honorable Lyndon B.
The White House
Washington,
1968
Johnson
D.C.
The International Executive Board of the UAW
respectfully to urge that you direct the Atomic
Energy
voted unanimously today
Commission to postpone,
pending further evaluation of the hazards
involved,
explosion planned for tomorrow,
April 26 at the Nevada
Friday,
the underground nuclear
Test Site.
We are advised that the planned test involves an explosion of greater
magnitude
than any hitherto set off in the United States.
Responsible
scientists have asserted that there has not been sufficient
evaluation of the potential consequences
of such an explosion.
They call attention to two areas of danger; namely,
sequences
danger,
and accidental
release
of radioactivity.
In connection with the seismic
they raise the possibility that the integrity of the Hoover and Davis
may be affected and that damage
may be caused in Las
While granting that the AEC
activity,
seismic con-
the scientistss
Vegas
Dams
and Reno.
has taken precautions concerning radio-
say that 14 underground explosions
treaty have unexpectedly vented radioactivity
since the test ban
to off-site locations.
Similar
accidental release of radioactivity from the test planned for tomorrow could work
great harm,
with particularly serious effects upon children.
The
hazards
scientistss
say that some
of the data required for evaluation of the
involved in the planned test have not been made
by the scientific community,
available for examination
and that they believe other pertinent data are not now
available and can be obtained only through further research.
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1. Anti-Filibuster
The best opportunity to change the Senate’s antidemocratic filibuster rules required only a simple
majority vote. Senator George McGovern’s resolution
to change the Senate rules was challenged by Senator
Dirksen’s motion and lost 37 to 61. A+ vote is a vote
to make the Senate rules more democratic.
2. Steps Toward Peace
The Senate beat down every amendment to weaken
the U.S.-Russian consular treaty--a small but-vital
step toward reducing tensions between the world’s two
great powers. By a vote of 26 to 53, the Senate voted
down the Talmadge amendment aimed at blocking the
treaty. A+ vote is a vote for steps toward peace.
3. Financial
Disclosure
Public confidence in government has been shaken
by Members
of Congress with personal or vested
interests which conflict with their public duty. Senator
Joseph Clark of Pennsylvania lost 42 to 46 his attempt
to require financial disclosure of all income by all
Members of Congress andall candidates for Congress.
A+ vote is a vote for financial disclosure of public
officials
and
of those
4. Weaken
A brazen
spending
members.
to attain public office.
Labor’s Voice
union members
of Delaware
seeking
attempt to muzzle the political right of
occurred when Senator John Williams
lost 46 to
19 his
motion to prohibit the
a vote
to
of voluntary political contributions by union
A-~+ vote
is
have a voice in politics.
5. Escape from the Slums
let union members
Rent supplements is a program to help poor
families escape from the slums and live in decent
housing at a price they can afford. The program has
been hobbled by repeated congressional attacks. After
defeat in the House, the rent supplement program was
Saved by a Senate vote of 56 to 33. A+ vote is a vote
for decent housing for poor people.
DEMOCRATIC Senators' names appear in CAPITALS.
Republican Senators' names appear in lower case.
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on
Page
4
Key to Symbols
P = Senator was paired on a vote.
A = Senator was absent but announced his position
? = Senator was officially recorded as absent.
6. Fair Housing
The atomic accelerator to be located at Weston,
filinois, is a government plum which will attract some
of America’s
choice
industry and best scientific
brains.
Senate liberals tried unsuccessfully 37 to 47
to block construction of the Weston accelerator site
because of racially segregated housing in the area.
A + vote is a vote for fair housing for minorities,
7. Emergency Job Program
Millions of Americans willing to work cannot find
work either because they lack necessary skills or because private industry has no jobs to offerthem. The
government, in these cases, must become the employer
of last resort. The Senate defeated 54to 28 an emergency job program as part of the authorizationfor the
Office of Economic Opportunity.
A+ vote is a vote
for jobs for the unemployed.
8. Pipeline Safety
Criminal penalties against violations of a new
pipeline safety bill was a test of the Senate’s willingness to write a tough bill to protect the public from
gas pipeline explosions and other hazards. The motion
to include
A+
criminal
penalties
was
defeated
vote is a vote for strong pipeline safety.
31 to 44,
9. Generic Drugs
Millions of dollars are lost to consumers by use
of high-priced, heavily-advertised brand name drugs
sold by drug companies at exorbitant profits. Senator
Long of Louisiana moved during the Social Security
debate to require the government to buy prescription
drugs on the basis of their chemical or generic name.
A motion by Senator Hartke to table (or kill) the Long
motion was defeated 41 to 37. A + voteis a vote for the
purchase of drugs by their chemical names.
10. Improve Social Security
Senator Robert Kennedy fought successfully to
ease the work-training provisions of Social Security
which forced mothers to desert their children under
school age. He won 41 to 38 but the final bill dropped
this provision.
A+ vote is a vote to help mothers
stay with their children.
Congressional Quarterly References
( ND = Northern Democrats
]. Anti-Filibuster
CQ
Roll
Call
1,S.R.
6.
6. Fair Housing
Modify
Rule
22, the Senate
cloture
rule, to permit debate to be limited by vote of three-fifths
of those senators present and voting, rather than the twothirds present and voting currently required. Dirksen (R.
Ill.) point of order that the McGovern (D. S.D.) motion to
begin consideration of S.R. 6 was contrary to Senate rules
because it permitted a majority of the Senate to shut off
debate on the motion. McGovern’s motion to table (reject)
Dirksen’s point of order was defeated 37-61: R. 8-28;
D. 29-33 (ND 29-12; SD 0-21), Jan. 18, 1967.
2. Steps Toward
Peace
CQ Roll Call 44, Exec. D. U.S.-Soviet Consular Convention.
Talmadge (D. Ga.) amendment to provide consular officers
immunity from arrest or prosecution for crimes involving
a penalty of imprisonment for less than one year, but not
for crimes involving longer sentences.
Rejected 26-53:
R. 10-20; D. 16-33 (ND 5-27; SD 11-6), March 9, 1967.
3. Financial
(D. R.I.)
for
amendment
work
CQ Roll Call 179, S. 1880. Williams (R. Del.) amendment
to extend the existing ban on political contributions by corporations or labor unions to political spending by their
affiliates
(such as committees
on political education). -
AEC Authorization.
nuclear
accelerator
at Weston,
7. Emergency
Job Program
CQ Roll Call 208, S. 2388. Byrd (D. W.Va.) motion to recommit the bill with the instructions to delete Title I, which
authorized a $2.8 billion emergency job program. Adopted
54-28: R. 24-6; D. 30-22 (ND 14-20; SD 16-2), Oct. 4, 1967.
8. Pipeline Safety
CQ Roll Call 246, S. 1166.
criminal penalties
Roll
Call
(D. Ind.) amendment im-
of up to one yearin prison and/or
in fines for violation
9. Generic
CQ
Hartke
of the Act.
(ND 26-6; SD 2-12), Nov.
Rejected 31-44:
9, 1967.
Drugs
264,
H.R.
12080.
Hartke
(D. Ind.) motion to
table the Long (D. La.) amendment limiting Government
reimbursement for prescription drugs purchased through
federally aided welfare programs to their cost on a generic
or established name basis rather than by trademark name.
Tabling motion defeated 37-41: R. 22-4; D. 15-37 (ND 6-29;
SD 9-8), Nov. 21, 1967.
Rejected 19-46: R. 18-9; D. 1-37 (ND 0-22; SD 1-15),
Sept. 11, 1967.
10. Improved
5. Escape
CQ Roll Call 266, H.R. 12080. Kennedy (D. N.Y.) amendment easing the work-training provisions in the bill by per-
from the
CQ Roll Call 195, H.R. 9960.
to cut the Committee
Slums
Lausche (D. Ohio) amendment
allotment for new rent supplement
con-
tract authority by $20 million, from $40 million to $20 million. Rejected 33-56:R. 17-14; D. 16-24 (ND 4-35; SD 12-7),
Sept. 20, 1967.
Social Security
mitting the mother of a school-age child under the aid to
families with dependent children program to receive welfare
benefits even though she did not work or take work training
during that time when her child was not attending school.
Accepted 41-38:
Nov. 21, 1967.
R.
6-21;
D.
35-17
(ND
29-5;
How Do You Measure A Congressman?
The roll calls presented here in both the House of Representatives and the Senate
are only one measurement of how an elected official in Congress served the people.
These roll calls are, however,
they serve you.
a good and valuable index of how well or how poorly
There are other things a Congressman or Senator does--just as import
--an
whit
ch
cannot be tabulated so simply. We mention them so you will not consider the roll
call as the only measuring stick.
A Congressman's work in his committees is often of extreme importance. Good
or
bad laws can be madeor broken behind the closed doors of a committee or sub-committee.
[In the House of Representatives, a Congressman's presence during unrecorded
teller votes can decide the outcome of an important issue. A Congressman must
not only vote right -- he must work hard in speaking up, try to persuade his colleagues on issues, and draw up new legislation or attempt to repeal laws. Allthese
are frequently just as important as the roll calls which get attention here.
opeiu42aflcio
Printed
Pastore
to delete the $7,333,000 authorization
on the proposed
R. 3-26; D. 28-18
Voice
10918.
fil. Rejected 37-47: R. 6-26; D. 31-21 (ND 29-6; SD 2-15),
July 12, 1967.
$50,000
Disclosure
Labor’s
CQ Roll Call 127, H.R.
posing
CQ Roll Call 180, S. 1880. Clark (D. Pa.) amendment requiring Members of Congress and candidates for Congress
to disclose their assets, liabilities, securities, gifts and
other outside income.
Rejected 42-46: R. 13-22; D. 29-24
(ND 25-9; SD 4-15), Sept. 12, 1967.
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TO MEET THE URBAN CRISIS, AND YOUR APPEAL TO CONGRESS TO
PROGRAMS
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815
SIXTEENTH
STREET,
N. W., WASHINGTON,
hie
wes
6,
D. C.
20006
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EXECUTIVE
3-5581
1968
ee
MEMORANDUM
su
Walter
FROM:
Jack
RE:
Presidential
P,
Reuther
Beidler
and
Messages
Legislative
Situation
The President has so far sent eight special messages
1,
They deal with servicemen and veterans, civil rights,
to Congress,
employment, manpower training, industrial safety, consumer issues,
crime, education, and with foreign assistance,
2,
Service Act
teer to teach
hospitals or
good one and
veterans for
Message on Veterans,
This message proposes a Public
to provide supplementary payments to veterans who volunchildren in poverty areas, to work in under-manned
The ideaisa
to work in organizations suchas VISTA,
if successful could be used to help train returning Negro
better work opportunities,
The civil rights message largely reiterCivil Rights,
3,
ated the President's request of last year for federal protection of civil
rights workers, increased enforcement powers for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, fair procedures for selected federal
and state juries, and further restrictions on discrimination in housing,
Cloture was voted March 4 ona Dirksen substitute including
Cloture may have to be voted
substantial open housing provisions,
House approval is in
again after the Dirksen substitute is adopted.
question, since the more liberal 89th Congress approved a less liberal
(Mathias) amendment than the present Dirksen substitute,
The Manpower Message calls for
Manpower Message,
4,
a substantial increase in appropriations for all manpower programs to
$2, 1 billion annually, and enlarging the scope of the concentrated
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PRESIDENTS:
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FRANK
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PHILIP
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FREEMAN
JENNINGS
RANDOLPH
JERRY
WURF
MEMO
to WPR
-2-
March
6,
1968
employment program begun in 1967 and aimed at 19 cities and 3 rural
In this mesareas having especially acute unemployment problems,
sage he also proposes a new effort called Job Opportunities in Business
Sector (JOBS) to encourage private industry to provide jobs for the
The government would pay the added cost of
hard-core unemployed,
training above those the company would have had to pay to train normal
The President said that his program was intended to put
employees,
100,000 of 500,000 hard-core unemployed persons to work by June 1969,
in addition to 200,000 productive jobs for needy youths this summer,
It is felt that this program is a drop in the bucket in compariIt makes no mention of bills such as the O'Hara and
son with the need,
Clark-Javits bills to provide up to a million jobs for the hard-core
unemployed in public service and private and non-profit employment,
Senator
Clark
hold,
intends
to
O'Hara
would
within
the
next
month
or
so,
a
series of hearings on a new jobs proposal which includes not only public
That proposal of last year encomservice but also private employment,
passed 500,000 jobs; the new bill will goup to 1,200,000 public service
jobs after three years, plus 1,200,000 private employment jobs after
four years,
Congressman
like to hold hearings
on his bill,
some time later in the session,
which is the one we helped prepare,
You will recall that the O'Hara bill provides for one million jobs, none
in private profit-making industry,
The President included in his Manpower Message a section
on occupational safety and health and promised a bill for research in
occupational safety and health, authority for the Secretary of Labor to
set and enforce standards and strong criminal sanctions against those
who ''endanger the health and safety of the American working man,"
he promised the bill would provide
For workers in intrastate commerce,
federal help to the states to start and strengthen their own health and
There will be strong employer resistance,
safety programs,
Hearings
mittee
in the
House;
have
the
already begun before
UAW
is
expected
to
Mr,
testify
The President's
Consumer Message,
5,
sumer Affairs includes strong proposals for poultry
These proposals are stronger than those which have
O'Hara's
in
Detroit
Subcomin March,
Message on Conand fish inspection,
been coming from
MEMO
March
~ 2
to WPR
6,
1968
In
Capitol Hill and would give effective protection to the consumer,
two other areas, automobile insurance and warranties relating to the
quality of servicing and repairs, the President proposes studies
The message also deals with hazardous radiation
instead of action,
and authorizes the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to
set radiation standards on household equipment and require manuThe message also
facturers to recall equipment proven defective.
establishes an Office of Consumer Counsel in the Department of
Justice; supporters of consumers legislation have always advocated
that this office be in the Executive Office of the President,
The consumer message is one of the stronger ones the
President has sent to the Hill so far this year, and although this is a
conservative Congress, there is much promise for passing strong
legislation,
6,
Crime
Message,
The President's
crime
message
reiterates a number of proposals he has made before in the area of
gun control, grants to the states to upgrade their law enforcement
capabilities to achieve safe streets, expanded juvenile delinquency
control, prohibitions against wire-tapping except in national security
cases, and legislation providing for compelled testimony with immunity
He asked to
from prosecution in cases dealing with organized crime.
strengthen drug control legislation and increase funds for treatment
|
and prevention of alcoholism,
The most controversial part of this message was the PresiYou will recall that we fought
dent's endorsement of an anti-riot bill,
this strongly last year partially on the grounds that it could be applied
to strikes and to union leaders involved in calling strikes,
The outlook for passage of this legislation in this Congress,
her
rat
is
s,
ion
vis
pro
l
tro
con
g
dru
the
and
bill
iot
i-r
ant
the
except for
Gun control is still anathema and most of the Congress wants
small,
a broader use of wire-tapping,
The President's
Education Message,
7.
tion is disappointing although he asks for additional
message on educastudent aid for
higher education that would be authori zed largely on a loan basis for
This in no way approaches achievement of the
about 750,000 students.
g
tin
oin
app
dis
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all
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cat
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lic
pub
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is the President's request for elementary and secondary education,
ts
ues
req
d
fun
s
uce
red
ly
ual
act
he
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sag
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get
Bud
's
ent
In the Presid
MEMO
to
March
-4-
WPR
6,
1968
for this program from the amount of the previous fiscal year for the
Title I program designed to enrich the school program for disadvan-
He asks for only $1, 2 billion which is less than one-half
taged children.
He asks for
of the $2.6 billion authorized by last year's legislation.
additional funds for experimental programs in vocational education and
He also asks for advanced
an increase in funds for the teacher corps.
funding for aid to deprived children which will enable local school
authorities to plan better programs,
The President's message
Foreign Assistance Message,
8,
on foreign assistance asks Congress to authorize only $2.9 billion, the
lowest amount in the history of the program and less than one-half
billion dollars more than the Congress actually appropriated last year,
The foreign aid program is also suffering from several investigations
It is anticipated that the
of internal malfeasance and misfeasance,
Congress will make substantial cuts in the President's request,
IE HE ISK3H
Other
Programs,
Farm
Labor.
H.R.
4769,
the O'Hara
bill,
has been
reported
and is expected to be taken up by the
by a House Labor Subcommittee
ch
Mav
The bill has also been
full Committee on Tuesday, Bebeuarsy=27,
approved by the Senate Subcommittee on Migratory Labor and will be
will
bill
The
ch,
Mar
in
time
e
som
tee
mit
Com
or
Lab
te
Sena
before the
be changed somewhat to establish jurisdictional standards to eliminate
ed
ort
rep
be
can
bill
this
t
tha
e
iev
bel
We
m.
far
ily
fam
the
coverage of
or
flo
se
Hou
the
on
lie
s
ger
dan
ef
chi
Its
s.
tee
mit
com
full
the
of
h
bot
by
where there is an even chance of getting it through and on the Senate
mieli
ld
wou
ch
whi
d
pte
ado
be
may
ts
en
dm
en
am
r
abo
i-l
ant
re
whe
or
flo
An especial problem
nate the support of many international unions,
lies in a possible amendment of the Senate bill to suspend the pre-hire
provisions of Taft-Hartley as they apply to the building trades,
A stronger truth-in-lending bill has
Truth-in-Lending.
passed the House strenthening the Senate bill in three major areas:
of
s
rge
cha
dit
cre
of
ion
mpt
exe
of
on
ati
min
eli
(b)
;
dit
cre
ing
(a) revolv
less than $10, and (c) banning garnishments for the first $30 of weekly
income and restricting them
to 10% of wages
in excess
of $30.
We
be-
t
mos
one
the
be
o
als
will
but
ant
ort
imp
t
mos
is
ion
vis
pro
lieve the last
The bill is expected to go to conference
resisted by the Senate conferees,
e.
abl
vit
ine
is
bill
se
Hou
the
of
e
mis
pro
com
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early in
MEMO
to WPR
-5-
March
6,
1968
Social Security.
A strong effort is being made to eliminate
some of the harsher welfare restrictions put into the social security
bill last year including the freeze on the amount paid to the aid of
dependent children and requirements of mothers of dependent children
to take training outside of school hours,
Senators Kennedy and Harris
intend to offer these amendments to an appropriate House-passed tax
bill; Wilbur Mills talks about postponing the freeze for one year.
The
Kennedy-Harris amendments may carry the Senate; will probably be
dumped in conference,
Industrial Development Funds,
Senator Ribicoff will lead a
fight in the Senate Finance Committee to tax interest on municipal bonds
floated for the purpose of encouraging industrial development,
The bill
has substantial support within the Committee and large segments of the
banking community,
Chances of passage are promising,
Housing and Urban Affairs,
The Housing message of the
President went to the Congress on February 22,
I know Jack has discussed this with you fully and will be discussing the testimony with you
some time next week,
AE AK KKK
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INDUSTRIAL UNION DEPARTMENT
815
SIXTEENTH
STREET,
N.
W.,
WASHINGTON,
February
26,
D. C.
20006
‘
EXECUTIVE
3-5581
WALTER
P. REUTHER
PRESIDENT
1968
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Walter
P,
Reuther
FROM:
Jack
RE:
Presidential
Beidler
1.
to Congress.
Messages
and
Legislative
Situation
The President has so far sent eight special messages
They deal with servicemen and veterans, civil rights,
employment, manpower training, industrial safety,
crime, education, and with foreign assistance,
consumer
issues,
2.
Message on Veterans.
This message proposes a Public
Service Act to provide supplementary payments to veterans who
volunteer to teach children in poverty areas, to work in undermanned hospitals or to work in organizations such as VISTA.
The
idea is a good one and if successful could be used to help train
returning Negro veterans for better work opportunities.
3.
Civil Rights.
The civil rights message largely
reiterated the President's request of last year for federal
protection of civil rights workers, increased enforcement powers
for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, fair procedures
selected federal and state ’juries, and further restrictions on
discrimination in housing,
for
As you know, the civil rights bill is now before the
Senate where, despite the apparently strong support for an open
housing law, a filibuster threatens to scuttle not just housing but
the whole of the civil rights legislation before the Senate.
Message.
Manpower
4,
message
manpower
The
for
calls
a
substantial increase in appropriations for all manpower programs
to $2.1 billion annually, and enlarging the scope of the concentrated
employment program begun in 1967 and aimed at 19 cities and 3 rural
areas having especially acute unemployment problems.
In this message
he also proposes a new effort called Job Opportunities in Business
VICE
PRESIDENTS:
GEORGE
GORDON
PAUL
A.
BURDON
M.
WALTER
FREEMAN
JENNINGS
PHILIP
:
®
RANDOLPH
®
MAX
THOMAS
°
J.
W.
BURKE
e
CHARLES
GREENBERG
J.
LLOYD
VERNIE
REED
°
°
JOHN
WALTER
®
COGEN
FRANK
F.
L.
GRINER
MITCHELL
ROSENBLUM
-
JOHN
®
A.
®
PAUL
°
F.
L.
JOSEPH
GROSPIRON
L.
P.
CRULL
L.
PHILLIPS
SIEMILLER
°
®
A.
F.
WILLIAM
®
CURRAN
HARTUNG
POLLOCK
LOUIS
®
STULBERG
ss
KARL
°
RALPH
S.
FRANK
.
F.
FELLER
HELSTEIN
RAFTERY
JERRY
WURF
MEMO
to
WPR
-2-
February
Sector (JOBS) to encourage private industry
hard-core unemployed.
The government would
training above those the company would have
President
The
employees,
normal
to put 100,000 of 500,000
by June 1969, in addition
this summer,
said
that
26,
1968
to provide jobs for the
pay the added cost of
had to pay to train
his
program
was
intended
hard-core unemployed persons to work
to 200,000 productive jobs for needy
youths
It is felt that this program is a drop in the bucket in
comparison with the need,
It makes no mention of bills such as the
O'Hara and Clark-Javits bills to provide up to a million jobs for the
hard-core unemployed in public service and private and non-profit
employment.
so, a series
includes not
proposal
up
to
of
Senator
Clark
of hearings
only public
last
1,200,000
year
public
intends
to
hold,
within
on the Clark-Javits jobs
service but also private
encompassed
service
500,000
jobs
after
jobs;
three
the
next
month
or
will
go
proposal which
employment.
That
the
new
years,
bill
Congressman O'Hara would like to hold hearings on his
bill, which is the one we helped prepare, some time later in the
You will recall that the O'Hara bill provides for one million
session,
jobs, none in private profit-making industry.
The President included in his Manpower Message a section
on occupational safety and health and promised a bill for research
in occupational safety and health, authority for the Secretary of
Labor to set and enforce standards and strong criminal sanctions
against those who "endanger the health and safety of the American
For workers in intrastate commerce he promised the bill
working man."'
would provide federal help to the states to start and strengthen their
own health and safety programs.
in
the
Hearings
House; the UAW
have already begun before
is expected to testify in
Mr, O*Hara's Subcommittee
Detroit in March.
The President's message on consumer
Consumer Message.
5.
affairs includes strong proposals for poultry and fish inspection,
These proposals are stronger than those which have been coming from
In
Capitol Hill and would give effective protection to the consumer.
two other areas, automobile insurance and warranties relating to the
quality of servicing and repairs, the President proposes studies instead
The message also deals with hazardous radiation and authorizes
of action.
the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to set radiation standards
on household equipment and require manufacturers to recall equipment
The message also establishes an Office of Consumer
proven defective,
Counsel in the Department of Justice; supporters of cammsumer legislation
have always advocated that this office be in the Executive Office of
the
President.
MEMO
to
WPR
-3-
February
26,
The consumer message is one of the stronger ones the
President has sent to the Hill so far this year, and although this
a conservative Congress, there is much promise for passing strong
legislation,
1968
is
6.
Crime Message.
The President's crime message reiterates
a number of proposals he has made before in the area of gun control,
grants to the states to upgrade their law enforcement capabilities to
achieve safe streets, expanded juvenile delinquency control, prohibitions
against wire-tapping except in national security cases, and legislation
providing for compelled testimony with immunity from prosecution in
cases dealing with organized crime.
He asked to strengthen drug control
legislation and increase funds for treatment and prevention of alcoholism.
The most controversial part of this message was the
President's endorsement of an anti-riot bill,
You will recall that we
fought this strongly last year partially on the grounds that it could
be applied to strikes and to union leaders involved in calling strikes.
The outlook for passage of this legislation in this
Congress, except for the anti-riot bill and the drug control provisions,
is rather small.
Gun control is still anathema and most of the Congress
wants a broader use of wire-tapping.
The President's message on education
Education Message.
7.
is disappointing although he asks for additional student aid for
higher education that would be authorized largely on a loan basis for
This in no way approaches achievement of the
about 750,000 students,
Especially disappointing
LUD goal of 16 years of free public education.
In
is the President's request for elementary and secondary education,
the President's Budget Message he actually reduces fund requests for
this program from the amount of the previous fiscal year for the Title I
program designed to enrich the school program for disadvantaged children.
He asks for only $1.2 billion, which is less than one-half of the
He asks for
$2.6 billion authorized by last year's legislation,
additional funds for experimental programs in vocational education
He also asks for adand an increase in funds for the teacher corps.
vanced funding for aid to deprived children which will enable local
school authorities to plan better programs.
8,
Foreign
Assistance
Message.
The
President's
message
on
foreign assistance asks Congress to authorize only $2.9 billion, the
lowest amount in the history of the program and less than one-half
billion dollars more than the Congress actually appropriated last year.
The foreign aid program is also suffering from several investigations
It is anticipated that
of internal malfeasance and misfeasance.
the Congress will make substantial cuts in the President's request.
MEMO
Other
to WPR
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February
26,
1968
Programs.
Farm
Labor
Labor.
H.R.
Subcommittee
4769, the O'Hara bill, has been reported by
and is expected to be taken up by the full
a House
Committee on Tuesday, February 27.
The bill has also been approved
by the Senate Subcommittee on Migratory Labor and will be before the
Senate Labor Committee some time in March.
The bill will be changed
somewhat to establish jurisdictional standards to eliminate coverage
We believe that this bill can be reported by
of the family farm.
Its chief dangers lie on the House floor
both of the full committees.
where there is an even chance of getting it through and on the Senate floor
where anti-labor amendments may be adopted which would eliminate the
An especial problem lies in a
support of many international unions.
possible amendment of the Senate bill to suspend the pre-hire provisions
of Taft-Hartley as they apply to the building trades.
A stronger truth-in-lending bill has passed
Truth-in-Lending.,
(A) rethe House strengthéning the Senate bill in three major areas:
(B) elimination of exemption of credit charges of less
volving credit;
than $10, and (C) banning garnishments for the first $30 of weekly
We
income and restricting them to 10% of wages in excess of $30.
believe the last provision is most important but will also be the one
The bill is expected to go to
most resisted by the Senate conferees,
conference early in March.
A strong effort is being made to eliminate
Social Security.
some of the harsher welfare restrictions put into the Social Security
bill last year including the freeze on the amount paid to the aid of
dependent children and requirements of mothers of dependent children
Senators Kennedy and Harris
to take training outside of school hours,
intend to offer these amendments to an appropriate House-passed
tax bill.
Senator Ribicoff will lead a
Industrial Development Funds.
fight in the Senate Finance Committee to tax interest on municipal
bonds floated for the purpose of encouraging industrial development.
The bill has substantial support within the Committee and large segments
of the banking community.
Chances of passage are promising.
The housing message
Housing and Urban Affairs.
I know
President went to the Congress on February 22nd,
discussed this with you fully and will be discussing the
with you some time next week,
KKKEKKE
of the
Jack has
testimony
THE
WHITE
HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March
Mr.
Walter
P.
20,
1968
Reuther
President
International Union of United
Auto Workers
8000 E. Jefferson Avenue
Detroit,
Dear
Michigan
Mr.
48214
Reuther:
President Johnson has asked me to acknowledge your telegram on the extension of the
adjustment assistance provisions of the
Automotive
Products
We are immediately
situation.
Trade
looking
Act
of
1965.
into the
Joe Califano, who is out of the city, will
be back in touch with you on this matter
early next week.
With best
regards,
Sincerely,
Deputy
Levinson
Lawrence E.
Special Counsel to the President
MAR 22 1968
April 24, 1968
Joe:
It was nice to have had the opportunity to visit
with you briefly on Monday.
As Ll indicated to you, at a time when the free
world must achieve a higher and higher level of economic
integration, which requires the most liberal trade policy,
there is increasing protectionist sentiment developing in
Despite all the pressure,
the American labor movement.
the UAW will continue to support efforts to expand trade
relations as an essential part of strengthening the
social and political fabric of a free world
economic,
alliance,
To minimize the negative attitude of certain
sections of the labor movement, I think it imperative that
the Administration continue to vigorously support provisions that will minimize the economic penalty that
workers suffer as a result of a more liberalized trade
relation. In case you have not seen a copy of the statement re U.S, Foreign Trade Policy, issued by the
presidents of seven AFL-CIO affiliates, I am enclosing
same,
I send my warmest best wishes.
Sincerely,
WPR:ob
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Mr. Joe Califano
Special Assistant to the President
The White House
Washington,
D,
C.
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of
loss
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imports,
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have
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problems
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unions,
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bills
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labor,
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work
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foreign
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of
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a legislative
on
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policy
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on
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on
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Administration,
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public,
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hearings
policies,
trade
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of
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introduced
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shown
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Senate
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18,
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the
of
Chairman
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majority
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investment-
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business
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and
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the
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1958
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countries,
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the
to
private
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of
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Western
is
flow
investment
the
so
increase,
find
we
1966
into
went
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investment
distribution
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with
1957
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investment
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1957
1966
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Vice
Mitchell,
held
on
on
the
Foreign
mony,
charts
three
questions
" Mr.
which
out
of
President
of
were
BYRNES:
the
direct
You
will
note
a 9 percent
areas,
and
mining
industry
with
is
petroleum
the
Whirlpool
foreign
by
1958.
the
by
MITCHELL:
a 1966
in
Corporation,
basis
After
Mr.
by
in
the
Hearings
Subcommittee
Mitchell's
W.
Byrnes;
of your
concern
John
M.
That
is
correct,
Mr.
Byrnes.
Do you attribute that trend in part to
Mr. BYRNES:
this common market trend, the European Common Market
and the proposals for a common market in other areas?
Is there any other factor that gives rise to that?
In
Basically that is it, Mr. Byrnes.
Mr. MITCHELL:
many of the Latin American countries at the moment for
practical purposes it is impossible to export particuThere is a rising nationlarly consumer durable goods.
and they are trying
of these countries,
m
in many
alis
and to raise their standard of living.
to industrialize,
if they are going to have a
So that American companies,
part of that market at all, must invest in some form or
other.
in-
private
Robert
Mr.
investment
Congressman
I gather
made
in U.S.
here, among other things, is the fact that you foresee
a necessity as far as American business is concerned
to shift from an export business to manufacturing
abroad, an investing and going through the manufacturing process abroad; is that right?
Mr.
a
utili-
public
investment
while
increases
a prediction
December
asked
As
show
private
Policy,
Trade
U.S.
billion.
bear
subject
in all
billion
$16
with
other
all
1966.
of
investment,
petroleum,
in
leads
of $22
total
with
1957
in
decline
a
1957,
distribution
manufacturing
in
thrust
strong
foreign
industry
investments
foreign
private
the
testi-
far
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n
the
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Mr.
yes,
sir.
happen;
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way
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think
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rt
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Mr.
MITCHELL:
Mr.
BYRNES:
in
our
and
loss
that
to
those
do
not
with
access
to
the
markets
abroad,
their
enjoy
U.S.
is
in
the
their
markets
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since
loss
of
do
mobile
jobs
and
or
move
a move.
their
in
of
these
global
restriction
interest;
labor;
free
they
and
in
in
billion
$25.3
to
that
that
had $11.8
the U.S.
any
makeup,
Consider
rose
recognize
is
to
choose
not
nations.
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low-wage
American
to
decrease
to
capital
global
this
corporation
and
and
against
concern
market.
serve
such
1966.
in
billion
$54.5
world,
the
come
only
investment
foreign
has
can
other
in
assets
around
showing
are
tions
U.S.
to
and
1957
and
decrease
country
becoming
are
the
this
that
make
to
capital
private
invested
billion
has
industries
corporations
in direct
1950,
the
have
holdings
vast
result
been
American
U.S.
Many
the
not,
is
labor
our
increase
and
exports
imports,
and
from
capacity
foreign
increased
This
pass.
commodities
finished
of
export
the
abroad
investment
increasing
of
prediction
This
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mony that we may be getting into
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8.
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crease
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other
countries,
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does
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products
it
to
the
amount
to
shipped
foreign
of
U.S.
billion,
of $1.225
and
petroleum
estimated
at $2.052
petroleum
affiliates,
petroleum
foreign
of
U.S.
the
to
the
exports
in
firms
exports
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by U.S.
include
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affiliates
mining
not
sales
billion.
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figure
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nor
amounted
U.S.
of
of manu-
sales
export
total
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to
area
products
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the
including
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export
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billion
$7.7
however
location,
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in-
an
for
within
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sales
such
of
billion
$34.7
plant
to
in 1965
percent.
132
1965,
In
sales
1957,
in
billion
$18.3
to
compared
billion
$2.4
were
pro-
affiliates!
manufacturing
foreign
States
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domestic
product.
same
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cases
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in
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manufacturing,
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The
ment
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loss
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and
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of
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deficit
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has
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total
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1965,
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to
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program
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foreign
U.S.
astounding
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on
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affiliates
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export
petroleum
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balance
President
private
of
Johnson
foreign
has
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payments
as
issued
of
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January
1,
1968,
9.
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financial
FOB
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The
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value
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the
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involved
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valuation;
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countries
other
method
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charges.
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excluding
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imports
U.S.
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valuation
merchandise
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method
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statistics,
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out
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request
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on
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figure
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figures
agriculture
true
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the
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1962,
15,
a
to Total
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order
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down
of
in
the
to
find
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Bennett
percentage
of
subsidized
supplied:
figures
Total
and
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1961-62
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Agricultural
000
$21,216,87h,
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ely
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or
for
products
our
figures
of
dollar
sales
and
the
exports
total
the
true
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supply
to
in
considera-
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are
in Fiscal
the
competition
of
their
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or
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example,
following
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of
Committee
a
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considered.
trade
U.S.
calculating
for
Secretary
Total Exports
Agricultural Exports
Percentage
on
effect
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to $1.63
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figure
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a
-
percent
10
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and imports
$31 billion
estimated
were
for 1967
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1968)
ary 12,
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figures
Commerce
of
Department
on
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shipping
exports
that
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must
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break-
costs
paid
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by
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financing
of
1962.
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agricultural
programs
subsidy
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1961
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export
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subsidies,
information:
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reported
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billion,
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$7,500,000
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loans
foreign
and
obligations
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payment
method
$3.1
of
the
year
1962.
exports
reporting
figure
billion
business,
development
fiscal
above
the
in
private
for
case
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total
the
exports
staggering:
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figure
of $2 billion
export
figures
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trade
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phrase
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rise
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effect
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at
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raw
of
of
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invested
1966,
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incorporate
products
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products.
processes
and
applied.
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fabrications
raw
product
imports
goes
in
product
each
of
through
foreign
may
of
steps
U.S.
labor?
labor
than
do
a
through
go
which
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a minimum
of
what
of
displacement
more
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abroad,
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and
or
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steps,
number
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of
is
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only
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into
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or
two
exclusive
slot
of
between
raw
products
U.S.
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Semimanufactures
including
Comparing
up
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great
factures
and
tively.
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greatest
amount
ment
of
the
manufactured
U.S.
$2.12
3.85
5.59
33.9
65.3
6.68
13.99
109.5
these
of
two
labor
workers
period
large
and
1961-66,
increases
the
in
goods,
65
percent
classes
of
products
expended,
job
it
Pottery,
amounts
and
Chinaware
Flat Glass
Illuminating and
Art Glassware
The
by
above
members
of
Table
and
in
the
Glass
the
previously
and
manufactures
of
shown
labor
above
of
points
semimanu-
percent
with
a
respec-
them
larger
the
displace-
in
millions)
1961
Increase
1966
(percent)
$18,759
14,952
$35,379
27, 7h
90
85
3h, 64.3
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60
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67
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carry
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comparison
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chart
IMPORTS
Lime and Gypsum
Floor & Wall Tile
Earthenware
32.h
imports
1961
Cement,
Ceramic
(percent)
opportunities.
U.S.
(Dollar
Increase
$1.60
2.07
3. 38
five-year
manufactures.
1966
food
clarity
finished
fall
1961
goods,
the
and
billions)
in
foodstuffs
Manufactured
Semimanufactures
IMPORTS
amounts
(Dollar
Grude
transportation.
with
and
increases
intensive
1966,
Clay
in
$7,712
in
the
22
products
Coordinating
imports
products.
of
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bear
semimanufactures
does
not
show
the
16.
increase
In
the
amounts
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example,
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called the
captured
market,
respectively.
account
of what
million
of
85
rolled,
and
90
and
increase;
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and
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plate
sheet,
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glass
flat
floor
gypsum
and
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cement,
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increase;
percent
of
imports
in
increases
increase;
percent
cast
a
with
industry.
to prevent
done
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but
the
1966
in
imports
unbelievable
pottery
the
in
must
almost
an
is
domestic
the
of
percent
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had
Japanese,
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by
part
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imports
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increase
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and
10
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This
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industry
products,
has
total
$33 million.
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least
percent
48.4
already
this
at
earthenware,
and
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of
1961
over
1966
by
would
which
insurance
or marine
freight
ocean
include
not
do
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