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put the eggs here. I seem angry. Like it. 8 450. Senator Smell in one. Take two matters. Your mail. Ladies and gentlemen, I thought I would take this time to answer some of the questions which are written to me and asked to me in the typical letters the great volume of letters which we are now receiving now that the Congress is well underway.

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Here's a letter from the lady in Cocoa Beach who says, in essence, dear Senator, the water resources Research bill I see recently passed the Senate. It's a great interest to us in the Cape Canaveral area. Would you please tell us how you voted on this bill?

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Well, I've been getting a lot of mail on this subject. I'm happy to answer that. I strongly supported this bill. I think it's one of the most important bills to our state that we will consider this entire year. We're going to have a continued great growth in our population.

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We're going to have a continued growth in the number of tourists who come to see us. This means that we will use more and more water. We know of the salt intrusion that we're already getting from in the coastal regions, and this bill will provide that the land grant colleges such as the University of Florida and Florida State University will now have an opportunity to do research in the development and changing of saline or salt water into fresh water.

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I think this is an essential and important bill for us in Florida. Naturally, I was glad to support it. Here's a retired gentleman from Fort Wayne, Indiana, who writes to me, Dear Senator, can't something be done in the way of tax relief for us? Older people?

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Well, I'd like to say they were trying to do a great deal more than we have done last year. You will recall that we took off the limitation which older people had as to how much medical expense they could charge off. We now have no limitation.

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I have introduced this year other rather complicated amendments to the Social Security Act into the old age assistance provision, which will mean a better treatment for all of our elder citizens. On top of that, I have recently introduced a bill which will permit elderly citizens who wish to retire.

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That is those over 55 years old, and they're not so old anymore. But in any event, they will be able to sell their home. If they have lived in that home for a period of five years and they're over 55 years old, they will be able to sell that home and keep all the proceeds from the sale the way the law is today.

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If you sell a $5000 house, which you bought 20 years ago for $15,000 you have to pay a capital gain tax on the increase amount, which is $10. The way I think it should be is that these people could make the sale of one family residence one time tax free.

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This would encourage many of them, I think, to move and retire in Florida. And, of course, I think it's a very good bill and will pass. Now. Here's another letter from the University of Florida. Strangely enough, I don't usually get too many from them, but it's a professor.

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And he asked whether I agree with the position taken by the Businessman's committee, which recently had a great deal of publicity when they recommended in a substantial tax cut even without reform. The answer to that is, yes, I do. I think that while our economy looks very good today and while all the indicators are going up, nevertheless, we still need to do more to bring about a greater growth of our gross national product so that we will be able to grow and provide jobs for these many millions of people who go into the labor force every year.

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So I favor a substantial tax cut as a stimulant to our economy. I think in the long run it will actually bring about a balanced budget, whereas we can never balance our budget today until we get a stimulation of our economy and a greater activity in the economy.

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Here's a letter from the Lady in Miami who says, How can the income needs of 17.5? No, the medical needs of 7.5 million old citizens be taken care of If you continue to oppose medical care. Well, I am strongly in favor of a what I think will be an effective medical care program to provide for all the needs of elderly citizens who are unable to take care of themselves.

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I have already long advocated. I do not now support the King Anderson bill, but I do believe that we can get more medical attention for our elderly citizens and leave it on a local basis where the doctors and the local people can control it and provide more effective medical care for those senior citizens who do who do need it.

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Well, I see that my time is up. I'm sorry. I can't go into more of these letters. Thank you very much for looking in. I hope you'll look in again at the same time next week. Thank you. Mhm. And here's another letter from a gentleman in Fort Lauderdale who writes me and says, Why isn't it?

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Did you and Congressman Rogers and Senator Holland? His grammar isn't your good? Why aren't you standing up and giving the President and the administration hail Columbia for not doing more about the Cuban situation? And I'm tired of the fact that you represent us. They're not doing yourself any thing about the Cuban situation.

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Well, I must say we get a lot of letters of this character I like to write, and I have written to this gentleman and point out to him in the first instance that what he's asking in some ways us to do is to violate the constant constitution of the United States, because the Constitution provides that we have three separate and distinct branches of government, and it gives to the executive branch of the government the entire control of our foreign policy.

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As a matter of fact, the Congress of the United States only affects foreign policy indirectly and so far as we appropriate money, which is used in the foreign policy program. The Senate will confirm or reject recommended ambassadorial appointments. The Senate also can confirm it has to confirm and ratify certain treaties, which we don't really get any of the very important ones.

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And then the other thing that the Congress can do is to declare war. Now. I haven't found anybody yet who thinks it's a good idea for either Congressman Rogers or Senator Holland or myself to go down on the floor of the senator of the House and introduced a resolution declaring war against Cuba, because I think most people recognize that if we do declare war against Cuba and movin totally against Cuba, were very likely to involve ourselves immediately and a war in Berlin and a war in the Middle East, a situation of area which is rapidly deteriorating in so far as peaceful relations are concerned and all over the world.

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So I do think that why the only thing that we can do, I answer this gentleman is too continue to make speeches and continue to urge the administration to adopt an affirmative program with respect to its the problem of Cuba, a one which has for its ultimate objective the reading of Cuba, uh, of Castro and communism.

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Beyond that, we really cannot do very much else. So I write the man that it's related but unfair for him to jump on Congressman Paul Rogers and Senator Holland and these other people who are doing most everything they now can do under the Constitution of the United States.

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Now here's a letter from which, right along this line, which comes from Pensacola, Florida, which says, Why is it that the President John F. K continues to listen to the extreme left wingers and ignores everybody else? Well, now I don't really believe that the president does that.

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I think that president sometime back, used to listen quite closely to fellas. Mr Goodwin, who was his expert on Latin American affairs. I think he listened to some degree and still does do Arthur Schlesinger, I presume these the men that these this letter has reference to.

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I know he listens to make George Bundy to some extent, but it's been my observation that first, I don't think any of these people are treasonable. I think if you look at each one of their records, you're going to find that they served courageously their country in time of war.

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I don't believe they're trying to do us in. On the other hand, I must agree with the writer of this letter. I don't agree with all of their recommendations are necessarily their philosophy. But I would make this observation. I believe that President In recent months, more and more has come around to the view of listening to the what you might call his tried and true advisers, his older advisors, those who have had more experience in government.

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And I'm particularly pleased to see an emergence of Dean. Rusk is the secretary of state. He's A as his father was a Georgia Baptist preacher Dean Rusk himself as a graduate of the college in Georgia. And it seems to me very encouraging to hear the than to see this man's basic integrity emerge at these meetings, where somebody has suggested what may be some shortcut solution to a very serious problem.

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And the secretary of state, Dean Rusk, will stand up and say, Well, Mr President, we can't do that because that just isn't right. It's a contrary to our commitments. It's contrary to what we told somebody else. And I'm very proud to see Dean Rusk make these assertions.

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And it's a demonstration that if a man has in his background, training of honesty, integrity, that it will come to the forefront in all moments of crisis. Well, ladies and gentlemen, I see that my time is up. Thank you very much for listening in. I hope you're listening again at the same time next week.