for this despicable act promotes no political cause, certainly
no cause that sane and humane men and women, regardless
of their philosophy, would associate with. They are nothing
more than a group of malcontents who camouflage their crim-
ality in in political words.

Aldo Moro is the former premier of Italy, and is president
of the Italian Christian Democratic Party. He is among the
most respected political figures, not only of Italy, but in the
world today. His record of service and devotion to the Italian
people is matched only by his dedication to the principles of
world peace. It is sad, indeed, that this fine man should now
be held by men and women incapable of any but the crassest
sentiments.

The American people cannot stand idly as this tragic drama unfolds without expressing their own sense of outrage at the atrocity. Equally important, the American people should express their hopes and their prayers that Mr. Moro will be returned safely. For in this act of savagery, we see an ugly symbol of our times. It is, fortunately, only a small facet of our civilization, but one that we must nonetheless fear and, eventually, extirpate.

This resolution is supported by the executive branch as shown in the following letter from Mr. Douglas J. Bennet, Jr., Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations:

Hon. JOHN SPARKMAN,

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, D.C., April 3, 1978.

Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations,
U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Your letter of March 23 requested coordinated executive branch comments on Senate Resolution 419, "to express the sense of the Senate on terrorism in Italy", submitted by Senator DeConcini on March 20, 1978.

I am pleased to inform you that the executive branch finds the resolution entirely appropriate.

The Office of Management and Budget advises that from the standpoint of the Administration's program there is no objection to the submission of this report.

I hope the above will be useful to you and the members of the committee.

Sincerely,

DOUGLAS J. BENNET, Jr.. Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations.

COMMITTEE ACTION

On April 4, 1978, the committee heard public testimony delivered by the Hon. Heyward Isham, Director, Office for Combatting Terrorism; and Chairman, Executive Committee on NSCSCC Working Group on Terrorism in support of this resolution.

On April 28, 1978, the Committee on Foreign Relations met in open session and voted, by voice vote without dissent, to report the resolution favorably without amendment.

S.R. 774

MAY 2 (legislative day, APRIL 24), 1978.-Ordered to be printed

Mr. WILLIAMS, from the Committee on Human Resources,
submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H.R. 8410]

The Committee on Human Resources, to which was referred the bill, H.R. 8410, to amend the National Labor Relations Act to strengthen the remedies and expedite the procedures under such act, having considered the same, reports thereon without recommendation.

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29-010

MAY 2 (legislative day, APRIL 24), 1978.-Ordered to be printed

Mr. LONG, from the Committee on Finance,
submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H.R. 5052]

The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the bill (H.R. 5052) providing for the temporary suspension of duty on photographic color couplers and coupler intermediates, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment to the text and an amendment to the title, and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.

I. SUMMARY

H.R. 5052 as it passed the House would suspend temporarily the duty on photographic color couplers and coupler intermediates. The substance of H.R. 5052 as it passed the House has been enacted as a provision of Public Law 95-206. The committee amendment, the Beef Import Act of 1978, is in the nature of a substitute and is designed to achieve the following objectives:

To stabilize U.S. beef and veal production and prices at levels adequate to provide a fair return to domestic producers of beef and veal;

To insure U.S. consumers of beef and veal adequate supplies at reasonable, stable prices; and

To provide reasonable access to the U.S. market for imported beef and veal.

Under present law, the Meat Import Act of 1964, limits are set on imports into the United States of unprocessed beef and veal. The President must impose quotas on these articles for a calendar year when imports for the year are estimated by the Secretary of Agri

Limits are also set on imports of goat and sheep (except lamb) meat under this law. Imports of these meats are minimal compared to imports of beef and veal or U.S. production of beef and veal. When referring to beef and veal in describing the operation of the present law, it will be assumed that this reference also includes goat and sheep (except lamb) meat.

culture to be 10 percent more than an adjusted base quantity. This adjusted base quantity is determined by multiplying a base quantity (725,400,000 pounds) times the ratio which estimated average annual domestic beef and veal production for the current and 2 preceding years bears to average annual domestic beef and veal production during 1959-63. Thus, this adjusted base quantity increases in any year when domestic beef and veal production is estimated to increase and decreases when such production is estimated to decline. The quota is equal to this adjusted base quantity.

The President may suspend a quota or increase the quota above the adjusted base quantity if the President determines (1) overriding economic or national security interests require the action, (2) supplies of beef and veal will not meet domestic demand at reasonable prices, or (3) trade agreements have been entered into which assure the policy of the act will be carried out.

The committee amendment would modify the Meat Import Act of 1964 in the following manner:

(1) Uprocessed beef and veal.-The present adjusted base quantity under the Meat Import Act for unprocessed beef and veal would be further adjusted by a countercyclical factor based on per capita U.S. commercial cow beef production. The countercyclical factor is the ratio of average annual per capita U.S. commercial cow beef production during the 10 years preceding the year under consideration to estimated average annual per capita U.S. commercial cow beef production during the year under consideration and preceding year. Under present law the import limitation varies directly with U.S. production of beef and veal, so that as U.S. production increases, so does the import limitation, and vice versa. This tends to exaggerate the cyclical extremes of U.S. beef and veal production and prices. The application of the countercyclical factor will cause the limitations on imports to vary inversely with U.S. production of beef and veal, so that as U.S. production decreases (and prices increase), import limitations will be liberalized, and vice versa. This should help stabilize prices and production responses thereto.

(2) Processed beef and veal.-A new adjusted base quantity for processed beef and veal would be established. It would equal a base quantity, the average annual imports of those articles during 1973 through 1977, adjusted in a similar manner as is the base quantity for unprocessed beef and veal under present law. Under the bill, this adjusted base quantity would then be further adjusted by the same countercyclical factor as employed with respect to unprocessed beef and veal under the bill. Applying limitations to imports of processed beef and veal should close "loopholes" existing in the present law whereby the limitations of the present law, which applies to unprocessed beef and veal only, were avoided by processing the meat outside of the United States and importing it into the United States outside the quota.

(3) Imposition and removal of quotas.-The President would be required to impose quotas on imports of unprocessed beef and veal or processed beef and veal, respectively, for any calendar year in which annual imports of that type of beef and veal are estimated by the Secretary of Agriculture to be more than 10 percent above the respective estimated adjusted base quantities as further adjusted by the