Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I wish to say to the gentleman from Oklahoma, I appreciate his efforts, but I must stand here and oppose this particular amendment for a number of reasons, which I think most people would find very important. First, while certainly in concept the police corps may be an admirable idea, I regret that the practical problems connected with it just do not make it a feasible legislative initiative today. Police organizations I believe have not indicated that they want this program. They say it is very serious that we consider the morale that may be affected by passing a program that allows scholarships to be given to some people while others have gone through the program of actually becoming officers without having been given a cent to go through the process of becoming an officer. Mr. Chairman, we have to consider those who go through the effort of working hard and going through a 4-year institution to do so. It is important to remember that we are talking about a substantial amount of money, $350 million or more. I think it is unwise at this stage to divert some of the money that we have in the trust fund that we have for some of these other programs, whether it is crime prevention, cops on the beat or incarceration. Three hundred fifty million will have to come out of something.…”