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<br />1945
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<br />C01\GRESSIONAL RECORD-APPENDIX
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<br />A5115
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<br />Ilot support thNn It th,", cut oll.pedal leg_
<br />Islll.tlon amlllpi"Clal prlvl1l.'jJelI to Sidney lilll.
<br />man and the PAC and to the radical g-roups
<br />In labor along with the t\110 oommunl.t1C
<br />Jl:ader.. IIlI William Z. Foster and Earl
<br />Browder.
<br />The people are bt-~lnn!"g to realize that we
<br />rou.t have.. gonrnment In the future tbat
<br />wlll make ""ftaln the Intnf'St of the Amerl-
<br />clln p/!Qple 14 taken C'au o~ nrat.
<br />They want /lUCh r,glll. t'Conomy practlced In
<br />GOYO"rnment and lIuch a t&X program IUS wUl
<br />not only balance the budg.et In the lulure
<br />but that ....Ill aet .....ld.. II reserve each )'ear
<br />tor the retlrerr.ent of the D:t.Ur..nal debt.
<br />Thlacanbed<lIlelr2.000.000b'.1reaucral.'l.who
<br />"rto lct't'hu 011 the tllXp..yenl. 1lI'1l taken <ltr
<br />ofth"pllytoUsandlt..vuypOMtble...:onomy
<br />b practiced In goven1rn..nt.
<br />Th..y ....,,,,t aU 11,,'1"8t. coura~~()us Excc>.l-
<br />tile leade.,hlll thllt w1l1 qUit pl...~.lllg One
<br />pr..""ure group llgllUllit another for political
<br />p\lrposes. which haa b.....n done and III
<br />belng P<'rpetllatffi und..r the pr..scnt lulmll'-
<br />lstno.tlon.
<br />Tiley want llleadershlp thllt Will eslabllJ;h
<br />m..dlatloD machln..ry which will h..lp to de-
<br />..1de dlllputel bHwe..n capLtal and labor with
<br />economIc lnt..l1lgence Inlh.. LnterC<lt not only
<br />of the dlllputanta but also In the LnterHt (;f
<br />the g..ncral public ....elh.rl! nl the Nation,
<br />Thla can be done by a courll.KeoU!l Ex<'CUtlVll
<br />Bnd Congrl'S8 wh!t:h will Itlrg..t polltlcs III
<br />the framlllg of atlch 1<'g1.latlon.
<br />The rehent admlnl.lraUon hilS gl\"cn Ull
<br />14 years 01 the New Deal 1n po""..r; 14 YPSCI of
<br />centrsllutlon and soclallZatlOn of our 00"_
<br />..rnmcnt: If yean of Wa6tc, ut"..lIganre, eX-
<br />pcnA('; If years of go,'ernm..nt by boarcll,
<br />bUr"lIu~, and the phylng of one group of
<br />cltlzenll llgalnn the otller for political pur-
<br />pOK6: If ).....n nf polltlcl\1 Ilartnel"/;hlp with
<br />thl! Communlllt Party.
<br />There III only one lfUltrum..ntallty to whtch
<br />the people o( Amerlc. can turn to r....crlll
<br />~uch dano;eroua trendll In gov"rnment, and
<br />that III the Republican Pa.rty. This party
<br />enllctcdlhe BudRet Act and cleaned up the
<br />mt"&ll afttr the FIrat World War, &B I hll.'e pre_
<br />.'lously 8hown. It call and will do It I\flaln
<br />Il WO' can hold out until 19048, ThO' p...,plo
<br />will put the wel(are .nd the dE'lltlny or thl~
<br />country Into the handl of the Republlcan
<br />Pllrty when they hn"e th"t opportunity at
<br />the next national elccll"n.
<br />
<br />Col. Howard A, Rusk
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<br />EXTENSION OF REMARKS
<br />o.
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<br />HON. JOHN J. COCHRAN
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<br />o,.~~ua,
<br />I~ THE HOUSE OF REPRESE.''TAT1\"ES
<br />Wcdncsdall, Norcmtler 7, 1945
<br />Mr. COCHRAl'f, Mr. Speaker, Cot
<br />Howard A. Rusk, assil;med to duty with
<br />the aIr surgeon, Medical Corps of the
<br />Army, ha$ jm;t been awarded the Dis-
<br />tinguisl1"'11 Sl'rvlce Medal.
<br />Colonf'l Rusk, a }.o\mg man, was one
<br />of thl' trading ph}'slcians and diagnosti-
<br />cians In St. Lollis at the time he \"oJun-
<br />tariI\' entered the Arr:tr.' He .....as Imme-
<br />diat~lr a.~slgned to Je'f[eBon Barracks
<br />which adjOins St. Louis where the air
<br />surgeon had a hospitJ.t and com"nlescent
<br />center.
<br />In order to ge't acquainted with his
<br />dulies as we!! as his patIents Colonel
<br />Ru~k mad", a tour of the hospital, In
<br />the second room where he "isited, the
<br />p3.tient in rcph' to his question as to
<br />how he was getting along, said:
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<br />No place In \he world eould I get better
<br />treatm~nt. There tl no eomplalnt 'Wllatlio_
<br />enr rrom my Itandpolnt, but t wish J could
<br />IInd II way to oceupy my mind ,,'hUe I Rm
<br />required to rem'un In bed, J caD ttll you
<br />how many ul\clu there aU In the celllng
<br />and how many n.ll~ In the c..lllng. How
<br />much better It would be \.! t hall something
<br />10 do,
<br />
<br />Then and there was born Colonel
<br />Ru_,k's program a! rehabiiltatIon, He
<br />Inaugurated a plan that regardless of
<br />the dlsabULty the patient .....ould ha'.e
<br />something to do, When the chief air
<br />surgeon on an Inspection tour \1sited
<br />Jtl!('rson Barracks. Colonel Rusk told
<br />him of the program he had Inaugurated,
<br />The IIlr ,~ilrgpon \1."'l~ so Imflrl'.~sf'd that
<br />he immedlatdy ordt'r~d Col(,lllel Rusk to
<br />Wa~hlnr,ton and made him the Chil'I
<br />of the Convalescent and Rehabilitation
<br />Branch or his orneI', CoJonl"1 Rusk vis-
<br />ited every Air Corps hospital and con.
<br />valescl'nt ce'nter in the countr.)o' and his
<br />program was installed at l'ach, Fur this
<br />he received the Distinguished Sen'lce
<br />Medal.
<br />Mr, Speaker, I am Quotlng the citation
<br />for the Distinguished Service Medal
<br />Issued by the War Department, It fol-
<br />lo\\"s:
<br />CoI_ Ho....ard A, 1luslF:, Medical Corpll,
<br />0166916, trom March 1943 to October IGt5,
<br />bore the beavy usponalbllltl..1 or Chief of
<br />the Con"ale<<eent and RehabttttatJon Branch,
<br />Prof.....lonal Brulce. O1vllllon, find Chief at
<br />the Conval"K..n~ Serv1ce Dlv1slon, Ol'llee of
<br />the AII' Surgeon,
<br />Ol"en the dl/Ccult flsslgnment or plon....r_
<br />Ing the ot1;anIZSt!on Olll conv.lelcent e<-rV-
<br />Icell program In each Army Air ForCe!! hoapl_
<br />tal. h.. lnaUtutffi procedures for phY$lcal re_
<br />condLtlonlng and educational train Lng Wlllch
<br />utlllud prevlouslywlLllte<1 coO\'alese..nttlmE'.
<br />The reeullll of thla lar-reachlng program
<br />,.'ere e"'tr.ordmarlly aUC'Cell8ful. HOIlplt.1
<br />r..admlaalona dWLndled, the period ot conva_
<br />lellCt"nce ",';lJIlhort..r.ffi, sick ltaves were re-
<br />duced, Ihe mllLtary and gentral knowledge
<br />and "kUla of the patltnt W&8 Incr"ued,alld
<br />tr..mendous Improvement of morale In tbe
<br />hCllpltlllL7Cd m..n ""as not..d,
<br />The outgrowth of Colonel Ruek'. progrtlm
<br />wal the Air Pore..s plan (OT the r..habllltatlon
<br />and convale<<eent care for retUrning ov..r-
<br />'tM CMullltle$. Through gr"llt vlalon, 6upe-
<br />rlor org.'nl:D\tlonalablllty and wide np.._
<br />rlCl,ce gained In the practical .ppllcatlnn nr
<br />hll theone.<>, Colonel RUlilr. accompllllhffi a
<br />tnk which bentnted tltO\lSandll 01 soldleu
<br />and contributed In imp<:lrtant mOll.~urt tu
<br />the sUe...."" ot the Army AIr Forces' Vllbt med-
<br />IC:llprogrlln>.
<br />Colonel Rusk ha...~ Just bef'n discharfl'ed
<br />from the Army. Rather than takl' his
<br />wife and chlldren back 10 St. Louis and
<br />resume his pri\'ate ptact\('e he ls so Inter-
<br />ested in the program now that he has
<br />accepted an a.ssilmment with a private
<br />organization with headquarters In New
<br />Yorlc that will a...<;..~!st prh'ate Institutions
<br />10 Install a rehabilitatIOn branch in all
<br />hospitals and convalescent homes,
<br />I happen 10 ha"e a personal knowledge
<br />of the work of Colonel Rmk and I can
<br />say without fear of contradiction that
<br />the rehabilitation program he arranged
<br />for Air Corps patll'nts Is the most out.
<br />standinG' o! an}' in the Army or Navy,
<br />He has sen'ed his country well and de-
<br />servt's tht' recognition that h:\S been
<br />accordt'd hlm.
<br />
<br />High-Point Grl Still Sweat It Out in
<br />P~cilic
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<br />EXTENSION OF REMARKS
<br />o.
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<br />HON. MELVIN PRICE
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<br />or tLLI~OI5
<br />IN nn; HUU:;E: OF REf'RESL''TATI'V"EB
<br />Wcdnesdav. Nor;ember 7, 1945
<br />Mr. PRICE of Illinois, Mr, Speaker,
<br />under leal"e to extend m}. remarks in the
<br />RECORD, I Include t\\'o letters that I hlll'e
<br />received from men In thc armed forces
<br />now ~erving in the Pacific thcater o!
<br />op~r:!.tlons n,garding demobillzatlon:
<br />M"cnI~"TO, OKINAWA, Not't'mIJeI' 1, 1945,
<br />DLoa CONGllESa!l.lA~ Pliler:: Have }.our letter
<br />ot ~tober: thank }'OU_ Her.. It Is No..ember.
<br />y"",; l'nlltlll In Ihe cl"tches 01. the Am'y and
<br />On Ok1n"wll Island, Looks ILll If It wlll take
<br />2 mOllthll or more before the)" get U$ 60-69
<br />polnterll proeesaed and on transporta headed
<br />State-Ilde.
<br />Suppose you hne heard or read of Br!g.
<br />Oen, Robtn Berry, Aulstant Peraonnel Chief,
<br />.....rtlon Ih.t Ih.. point" Muld be lowered
<br />to :SO by December I. Wonder If It would
<br />InU'rest him or you to know th&t On this
<br />Islllnd hundrt'ds of 35-Yt3r-old.<> and tbou_
<br />s&ndll ot 70 to B5 polntet"l are over ber.. not
<br />even prO<'t""..d, Ind In their outnta sw..atlng
<br />It out,
<br />My lntormallon Is f\ut hand, for our con>-
<br />pany'a project la the rebuilding of th.. Oki-
<br />nawa. personnel c:enl..r (lcvcl<'d by the ty_
<br />phoonl n.nd we hlll'e accelll to tru.. !lilt.. and
<br />record.<>.
<br />The War Department and Its demoblllzs-
<br />tlon program LI c..rtalnly geltlng Ir. lOhare of
<br />unkInd words spoken about It. 01 courlt,
<br />Oen..ral BerrY'1 talk goell over big with the
<br />faIts bact home who aren't In the know,
<br />It'1 enUrely two dlllercnt set-ups to hll"e
<br />the "braIns" In Washington, D. C., IAue
<br />ord..ra, thtn eIpect the ofllcel"ll to put the
<br />ord~r In t....t and ..mclent, for the m.Jortty
<br />of the big brll.llll are rolllng In more monty,
<br />and having a better Ume, and lire o( ellllll
<br />than 8$ civilians. .nd au In no great burry
<br />to ue the men go out from under their eom-
<br />mand, Any tlme you \\'''nt verlncatJollll at
<br />my .lat..menta, or endOraemfnta by many
<br />other. In thll organlzatlon 8$ eVIdence, I
<br />","ould be more thnn (lad to prescnt aame~
<br />Very trtll)' you~,
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<br />A 01 COIl.P<>lI.Al..
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<br />:!>hNIU, p, I.. a~tobtr U. J945.
<br />DE.... Sra: Juot a few Ur.es rrom .dlagllMtffi
<br />."ldlerIn thePa.clf\c,
<br />We certainly ha\'e been looking forward to
<br />lItelng SOme actIon on rtturnlng the men
<br />trom the Paclnc, All we hear 18 . lot ot
<br />ngure, which In a lew Wtekll are changt'd I.(> l\
<br />IlOmewhll.t lo\\'er ngure.
<br />.'lot thl' pret;ent 110 mltn with leu tban g.o
<br />poLnl.;S ".m be attf'ptl"d at the dlqxll5lt1on
<br />center. That'll. far cry from the 70 polnlll
<br />"'hleh Is suppOKd to be thl' crll!Clll lleore ror
<br />October, U the higher point men ar.. stili
<br />kept her" ho.... ~.n lellO"'$ llkl' m}"ll('l! "'lth 6ll
<br />po!ntse~j'lecte<1togethODl(lbeloreChrI5tmlla
<br />"fI946.
<br />\'es, we \"oluntCf:'tffi once back In 1940, but
<br />ne"er again wlil the \'eteraM wIth'; and 5
<br />ycars' ~t\'lCe llign A'Jllln. It will tAke a lot
<br />more Ihan a 150-per-).tar bonu. tor "n1I.tlng.
<br />No son or mme WIll nH enllllt In Ihe JCrvlc~
<br />If I hat-e '''Il'lh!ng to do about Lt, and 1'\'"
<br />u.li:ed to thous.:.r,(!$ o[ men ....hO f.....1 thll
<br />u.rne.
<br />y.... th.. men from Ihe Paclnc are coming
<br />hark V;"lth a Hr)'" bad tUll!' that won't be
<br />..ully to,,!:ot ten. U'nlea somethlns I. done to
<br />cl..an this me'" up I can certaInly tell ~'ou
<br />'''Cl'l It'lll) a,e lIO,," the heads ot the 00\'"
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