October 14, 1968

citizens by our tax system-the obligation to file timely and correct tax returns.

A failure to discharge this basic obligation in a timely way, either by personal

effort or by selecting a reliable tax advisor, does not constitute a proper ground

for special legislative relief from the rules

contained in the applicable statute of

limitations.

For these reasons, I have withheld my

approval of H.R. 5677.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON.

THE WHITE HousE, October 21, 1968.

HOUSE BILL DISAPPROVED AFTER

SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT--JOSEPH

H. BONDUKI

I am withholding my approval of H.R.

4939, "A bill for the relief of Joseph H.

Bonduki."

The bill would confer jurisdiction on

the Court of Claims to hear, determine,

and render judgment on the claim of

Joseph H. Bonduki, based upon his

allegedly wrongful separation in 1953

from employment with the then International Information Administration of

the Department of State.

Mr. Bonduki appealed twice to the

Civil Service Commission which ruled

that the agency's action, based upon

medical suitability, was warranted and

In accordance with established procedures. Eight years later, in 1961, Mr.

Bonduki filed suit in the United States

District Court for the District of Columbia. The same reasons advanced before

the Congress for this protracted delay

were presented to the Court. The action

was dismissed because of Mr. Bondukl's

failure to seek timely relief.

In 1966, Mr. Bonduki again instituted

suit this time in the United States DisEXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

trict Court for the Southern District of

New York. This litigation was dismissed

because Mr. Bonduki had presented his

claim to a Federal court in 1961 and that

court had dismissed it even then as being

untimely. This second dismissal was upheld upon appeal to the United States

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Thus, the legislation runs counter to

three court decisions and offends the

strong public policy in favor of finality

of Judgments. It would force the United

States to defend a suit on a 1953 claim

upon which there was a ruling in 1961

of prejudice to the Government because

of the delay in filing suit. Finally, the

legislation is preferential in that it would

permit Mr. Bonduki's unreasonably delayed and judicially barred claim to be

litigated, whereas other employees similarly situated have not been given that

opportunity.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON.

THE WHITE HOUSE, October 25,1968.

PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 4 of rule XXII, public

bills and resolutions were introduced and

severally referred as follows:

By Mrs. DWYER:

H.R. 20578. A bill for the establishment,

in a continuing basis, of the Commission on the Organization and Operation of the Executive Branch of the Government; to the Committee on Government Operations.

By Mr. FULTON of Pennsylvania:

H.. 20579. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.J. Res. 1473. Joint resolution directing the

Secretary of the Interior to erect a statue of

Mahatma Gandhi in the District of Columbia; to the Committee on House Administration.

H. Res. 1325. Resolution authorizing the

31375

appointment of a select committee; to the

Committee on Rules.

PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private

bills and resolutions were introduced and

severally referred as follows:

By Mr. ADDABBO:

H.R. 20580. A bill for the relief of Tereas

Giacoboni Volpe; to the Committee on the

Judiciary.

By Mr. BIESTER:

H.R. 20581. A bill for the relief of Dr. Seung

Chul Karl; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. HELSTOSKI:

H.R. 20582. A bill for the relief of Ki-Boon

Yang; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 20583. A bill for the relief of Seung

Ick Yang; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. HORTON:

H.R. 20584. A bill for the relief of Mr. Cristofero Costa; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. MURPHY of New York:

H.R. 20585. A bill for the relief of Vincenzo

Covello; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. RESNICK:

H.R. 20586. A bill for the relief of Helen

Andreakos; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. RODINO:

H.R. 20587. A bill for the relief of Daniel

Briqui; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

PETITIONS, ETC.

Under clause 1 of rule XXII, the following petition and papers were laid on

the Clerk's desk:

408. The SPEAKER presented a petition of

Henry Stoner, of Portland, Oreg., relative to

establishing a committee to investigate reserved powers alluded to in the 10th amendment to the Constitution of the United

States, which was referred to the Committee

on Rules.

EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

SOVIET MOVES IN EUROPE

HON. STROM THURMOND OF SOUTr CAROLINA

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

Friday, October 11, 1968

Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, yesterday I addressed the Senate on the

increased tensions which the Soviets

have brought into central Europe with

their massive deployment of troops in

Czechoslovakia. I spoke of the necessity

for positive action to back up the usual

rhetoric.

I have just received a copy of an editorial published yesterday in The State, one

of South Carolina's distinguished newspapers. The State points to exactly the

same problem in similar terms. I would

especially like to call to the attention of

the Senate this important question: "Is

it too much to hope that some day, somewhere, somehow, the leaders of the free

world will assert themselves, capitalize

on Communist blunders, and demand,

rather than grant, concessions?"

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the editorial be printed in the

Extensions of Remarks.

There being no objection, the editorial

was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,

as follows: SAME OLD STORY

The British have a rather effective way of

impressing motorists with the need for cau- tion on dangerous stretches of highway.

After a few notices of sharp curves, bad hills, or the like, there will suddenly appear a final

sign which states simply:

"You Have Been Warned."

Discerning citizens of the world, regardless of nationality, should now be able to

visualize just such a sign rising above the oc- cupied country of Czechoslovakia.

The world has indeed been warned that

the Soviet Union has lost none of its determination to impose its brand of Communism upon as much of Europe-and of the

world-as it is able to do. The expansion of

Communism in the Western world has been

without force of arms as a general rule in

recent years, but the Soviet-led invasion of

Czechoslovakia proved that the Kremlin's

leaders are prepared-in mind as well as re- sources-to employ military force when

necessary.

In the long run, Russia's roughshod treatment of one of its own Communist satellites

may prove to be the salvation of free Europe.

The members of the North Atlantic Treaty

Organization have been shaken out of their

growing lethargy, the American builders of

"bridges to the East" have been sobered, and

a reassessment and revitalization of NATO's

military establishment seems in the makIng.

But even as the West wakes up to the continued existence of a Soviet threat, the Communists again hold the initiative. It long

has been a trick of dictators, of whatever

label, to accuse their adversaries of precisely

the evil actions (or intentions) which they

themselves are promoting. And so it Is again:

The Soviets have sought to justify their Invasion of Czechoslovakia by saying It was

necessary preventive of West Germany agression against the Czechs.

This bald-faced allegation has been accompanied 'by strong hints that Russia

might find it necessary (and legal under the

peculiar cast of the Communist mind) to

intervene in West German affairs. The West- ern response, while firm enough, is still a

response-not an Initiative.

And what is quite likely to result is another In the long and often humiliating

series of setbacks to Western diplomacy. We

foresee the possibility, indeed the probability, that the current Soviet threats-actual

In the case of Czechoslovakia and implied in

the case of West Germany-will be used as

a lever to extract some sort of concession

from the Western powers.

The men In the Kremlin are past masters

iet this game. When they find themselves at

an impasse or at a point of international embarrassment, they simply whip up a crisis,