December 19, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E 2385 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

COMMEMORATING THE 50TH ANNI- peake Bay until 21 August 1944. On that date Enterprise which was in formation off the VERSARY OF END OF WORLD the U.S.S. MISSOURI departed for the Gulf MISSOURI’s port bow. At 0805 this ship to- WAR II of Paria, Naval Operations Base, Trinidad, gether with others in the formation opened B.W.I., arriving on 25 August 1944. The ship fire at an enemy plane identified as ‘‘Nick’’ conducted gunnery, flight, engineering and or ‘‘Helen’’. The plane burst into flames and HON. JIM SAXTON other shakedown exercises in the area until unsuccessfully attempted to crash the U.S.S. OF NEW JERSEY 17 September 1944. MISSOURI then returned Intrepid. At 0828 and 0850 the ship opened fire IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to New York. The ship remained in New on enemy planes. The first was observed to Monday, December 18, 1995 York Harbor until final departure with Task be damaged when the ship ceased fire and Group 27.7 on 11 November 1944 for Cristobal was later splashed by the Combat Air Patrol Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Speaker, as we draw to Canal Zone. Transited the Panama Canal and while the second was downed by gunfire. At a close of 1995 I thought it appropriate to arrived in Balboa on 18 November on which 1316 the MISSOURI opened fire at a plane once again remember the 50th anniversary of date the ship joined the Pacific Fleet. Depar- which dropped a bomb near the U.S.S. York- World War II. Our Nation owes deep gratitude ture from the Panama Canal Zone was in town and at 1320 fired upon a plane which ap- to the men and women who proudly served company with Task Unit 12.7.1 on 19 Novem- proached to 2,500 yards. Both of these planes ber and the ship arrived in San Francisco were destroyed by gunfire. A number of our country during its time of need. Bay on 28 November. The U.S.S. MISSOURI One such veteran, a constituent of the Third enemy planes remained out of range in the escorted by the destroyers BAILEY and vicinity of the formation until 2115 when the District of New Jersey, Harold Loeffler, served TERRY departed San Francisco on 18 De- last plane of the day was splashed by a night aboard the USS Missouri during World War II. cember 1944 as Task Unit 12.7.1 and entered fighter. While serving on the Missouri, Mr. Loeffler wit- Pearl Harbor, T.H. on 24 December 1944. The On 19 March eight enemy raids were nessed the signing of the Japanese surrender. U.S.S. MISSOURI as part of Task Unit 12.5.9 tracked by radar before sunrise but none In a letter by Mr. Loeffler to my office, he ex- departed Pearl Harbor on 1 January 1945 closed to within range. At 0708 firing was pressed his thoughts on the battleship and the headed westward. On 13 January 1945 the seen on the horizon and almost immediately war. I have included his letter and a history of MISSOURI arrived at Ulithi, Western Caro- a carrier in Task Group 58.2 was seen to line Islands and reported to Commander burst into flame. This carrier was later iden- the USS Missouri, as it appeared in the Third Fleet for duty and on 26 January to tified by TBS as the U.S.S. Franklin. During commemoratorive program honoring the bat- Commander Fifth Fleet. The ship operated the balance of the day there were a number tleship, 10±2±95, so that they may help us re- from Ulithi conducting provisioning and of alerts and enemy planes were downed by member our victory 50 years ago. training exercises until 10 February 1945. the Combat Air Patrol but none approached WE ARE THE LAST 10 FEBRUARY TO 5 MARCH 1945 within range of the formation. During the We are the last. After we are gone there The ship departed Ulithi Anchorage on 10 period 19 to 21 March there were numerous will be no more. No one will follow in our February 1945 in Task Group 58.2 and oper- reports of enemy aircraft in the area, how- wake. For over 100 years we were the pride of ated in Task Force 58 during the period from ever, these were either accounted for by the the Navy. We were battleship sailors!!! 10 February to 5 March in preparation for Combat Air Patrol or did not approach with- We were with Dewey at Manilla. We died and support of the Iwo Jima operation. As in range of MISSOURI’s guns. on the Maine in Havana. We manned the part of Task Force 58 the ship participated in On 24 March the ship, with others, was de- dreadnaughts and sailed around the world in the first East Carrier Task Force strikes tached from Task Group 58.4 to form Task Teddy Roosevelt’s Great White Fleet. We pa- against Tokyo on 16 and 17 February 1945. Force 59. As part of Task Force 59 the ship trolled the Atlantic during the ‘‘War To End The anticipated opposition to these strikes participated in the bombardment of south- All Wars’’ as the 6th Battle Squadron in the did not materialize. However, on the evening eastern Okinawa Shima on March 24. This British Grand Fleet. of 19 February, while steaming off Iwo Jima, was accomplished at extreme range and ac- As the battleships grew larger we grew several small groups of unidentified aircraft curate assessment of damage was therefore, with them becoming more technically were discovered by radar to be closing the not possible. Thereafter the ship fueled and skilled as improvements in armament, engi- formation. The ship opened fire on one of rejoined Task Group 58.4 on 26 March 1945 neering and communciations advanced. As these targets and an enemy aircraft ten- and as part of Task Force 58 the ship contin- technology progressed, we progressed to be tatively identified as a ‘‘Helen’’ burst into ued to operate off Okinawa Gunto and par- the finest sailors in the world. . . . Battle- flames and crashed for a successful conclu- ticipated in strikes against Kyushu until ship Sailors! sion to the ship’s first action against the May 6. During this period there were fre- Then came Pearl Harbor. We gallantly enemy. quent alerts and enemy aircraft were de- fought off the sneak attack. We saved what The ship participated as part of Task Force stroyed by Combat Air Patrol in the vicin- we could to fight another day, but our losses 58 in the 19 to 23 February air strikes in sup- ity. The ship opened fire on 29 March 1945 on were devastating. Every battleship sustained port of the landing forces on Iwo Jima, the 25 a plane which unsuccessfully attempted to damage. The Arizona became a water mau- February strikes against the Tokyo area and dive upon the U.S.S. Yorktown and on 7 soleum for her ghostly heroic crew. the 1 March 1945 strikes against Okinawa April the ship was with Task Force 58 during Fittingly, when the end came, the surren- Shima. the air strikes which sank the Japanese bat- der instruments were signed aboard a battle- tle ship Yamato. ship! 5 TO 13 MARCH 1945 On 11 April 1945, Task Force 58 was engaged Extended life was given battleships with As part of Task Force 58, the ship re- in neutralizing sweeps against southern Korea, Nam, the Mid-East and Desert Storm mained at anchor in Ulithi Anchorage engag- Kyushu airfields. During the morning one and now they are needed no more. The last ing in routine repairs and replenishment enemy raid was destroyed by the Combat Air were removed from the Naval Registry in from 5 to 13 March. On 9 March the ship was Patrol. At 1330 several groups of unidentified August 1995. reassigned from Task Group 58.2 to Task planes were reported approaching the forma- We are the last. After we are gone there Group 58.4. tion. By 1340 reports had been received that will be no more. No one will follow in our 14 MARCH TO 14 JUNE 1945 13 enemy planes had been splashed and that wake. For over 100 years we were the pride of The ship departed Ulithi Anchorage on 14 3 others were approaching the formation at the Navy. We were BATTLESHIP SAILORS! March as part of Task Force 59 and following high speed and low altitude. At 1442 the ship HISTORY OF THE U.S.S. MISSOURI (BB–63) exercises in company with Battleship Squad- opened fire on a low flying ‘‘Zeke’’ and al- The U.S.S. MISSOURI was built by the ron Two on 14 and 15 March, the MISSOURI though many hits were observed, the pilot Navy Yard, New York, her keel being laid on joined Task Group 58.4 on 16 March. As part succeeded in crashing the side of the MIS- 6 January 1941. She was Christened by Miss of Task Force 58 the ship participated in the SOURI immediately below the main deck at Margaret Truman on 29 January 1944, and 18 and 19 March carrier aircraft attacks frame 169 on the starboard side. Parts of the placed in full commission by the Com- against Kyushu and the Island Sea area. Dur- plane were scattered along the starboard side mandant Navy Yard, New York on Sunday, ing the afternoon and night of 17 March of the ship and the pilot’s mutilated body 11 June 1944. Captain William M. Callaghan, enemy aircraft were known to be in the vi- landed aboard. One wing of the plane was U.S. Navy, accepted the ship and assumed cinity of the Task Force, however, none thrown forward and lodged near 5 inch command. closed to within range of the ships of the for- mount number 3 where gasoline started a The ship remained in New York Harbor mation. At 0741 on 18 March an enemy plane fire which was rapidly extinguished. The ship until 3 August 1944, then operated in Chesa- succeeded in dropping a bomb on the U.S.S. sustained only superficial damage and none

∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. E 2386 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 19, 1995 of the ship’s company was injured. Later May Captain W. M. Callaghan, USN, was de- area from 2315 on 17 July to 0600 on 18 July. during the day the ship unsuccessfully fired tached from duty as Commanding Officer of The bombardment was conducted in exceed- upon a twin engine plane which passed ap- the MISSOURI and was relieved by Captain ingly poor weather which made spotting or proximately 12,000 yards astern of the ship. S. S. Murray, USN, the ship departed Ulithi illumination of targets as well as determina- Enemy planes were known to be in the vicin- on 17 May and arrived Apra Harbor, Guam on tion of the bombardment results impossible. ity during the night and at 2327 the ship 18 May where, at 1527 Admiral W. F. Halsey, On 18 July the MISSOURI rejoined Task commenced firing at a twin engine plane USN, Commander Third Fleet, hoisted his Group 38.4 which conducted air strikes which crashed approximately one minute flag aboard the U.S.S. MISSOURI. against targets in the Tokyo area on that later. On the next day, ships on the other The ship and screening destroyers McNair day. During 20, 21 and 22 July the most ex- side of the formation fired upon one enemy and Wedderburn formed Task Group 30.1 on tensive replenishment of fuel, ammunition plane and enemy snoopers were in the vicin- 21 May and departed Apra Harbor for and provisions were attempted at sea was ity during the period from 12 to 14 April 1945, Hagushi Anchorage, Okinawa Shima, arrived completed and on 23 July the Task Force but the MISSOURI did not open fire. 26 May. While at Hagushi Anchorage on 26 again was en route for strikes against com- On 16 April Task Force 58 was again con- May the ship was twice alerted for air at- batant shipping in the Kure-Kobe area of the ducting raids in support of the landing forces tacks but none developed in the immediate Inland Sea and although enemy planes were on Okinawa Shima and strikes against the vicinity. The ship departed Hagushi Anchor- reported in the vicinity none succeeded in Japanese airfields on southern Kyushu. At age in the afternoon of 27 May and conducted evading the Combat Air Patrol. Poor weath- 0038 the first Japanese planes approached the a bombardment of targets on southeastern er had prevailed during these strikes and formation but retired after being fired upon Okinawa Shima in support of the occupying they were therefore repeated on 28 July, by ships of the screen. From this time until forces, and then proceeded to rendezvous again with no enemy air activity over the 1303 numerous reports of enemy planes were with Task Force 38 off eastern Okinawa Task Force. On the twenty-ninth a return to received but none closed to within range. At Shima. At midnight of 27 May command of the Tokyo area commenced and on 30 July 1303 a group of planes which later developed all forces of the Fifth Fleet passed to Com- aircraft of the Task Force hit the Tokyo- to be Kamikazes were discovered heading for mander Third Fleet. The MISSOURI rejoined Nagoya area. Again there was no enemy air the formation. Shortly after 1326 the ship Task Group 38.4 on 28 May. The Task Force opposition over the Task Force. The first six opened fire on a low flying ‘‘Zeke’’ which remained off Okinawa Gunto with the car- days of August were spent in fueling and ma- crashed close aboard the U.S.S. Intrepid. riers furnishing air support to the occupa- neuvers to avoid the paths of two typhoons Two minutes later fire was opened on a sec- tion forces. There was no enemy air activity which moved north along the Japanese ond ‘‘Zeke’’ and when hit the pilot of this in the vicinity of the Task Force from 28 coast. On 7 August the Task Force com- plane attempted to crash the MISSOURI. May to 10 June although during this period menced a run to position to strike northern The wing tip of this plane struck the ship’s the force again conducted strikes on 2 and 3 Honshu and Hokkaido, however, on 8 August aircraft crane on the stern and the ‘‘Zeke’’ June against the Kyushu airfields. On 4 June fog and low visibility prevented flight oper- crashed a short distance astern exploding reports of a typhoon 50 miles south south- ations and the Task Force proceeded south violently. Debris was thrown aboard ship but west of the Task Force were received and the in search of more favorable weather. On 8 only minor material damage was sustained. Task Force withdrew from position in the August Japanese aircraft were encountered At 1335, nine minutes after the ship opened path of the typhoon. Heavy weather was ex- by the Combat Air Patrol and on 9 August fire on the first plane, a third plane identi- perienced during 5 May and very minor dam- the picket destroyers of the formation had fied as a ‘‘Hamp’’ was fired upon while diving age was sustained by the ship due to the been under attack and at 1610 a ‘‘Grace’’ was on the ship. The ‘‘Hamp’’ burst into flame, heavy seas. On 8 June the Force returned to splashed astern of the MISSOURI and close passed over the ship at an altitude of about strike southern Kyushu airfields and on 9 aboard the U.S.S. Wasp. Due to the Missou- 300 feet and crashed close aboard off the star- and 10 June air strikes were made against ri’s position in the formation the 40 MM guns board bow. One minute later two planes dove the islands of Daito Shoto. On 10 June Task only were able to fire at this plane. The on the U.S.S. Intrepid. One succeeded in Force 38 commenced retiring to San Pedro tenth to twelfth of August were spent in re- crashing her and the other was destroyed. Bay, Leyte, P.I., arriving on 13 June 1945. plenishment and many conferences of Task From 1514 to 1516 the ship fired upon two The period 14 June to 1 July was spent in up- Force and Group Commanders were held planes. One of these crashed forward of the keep, provisioning and recreation at Leyte aboard the MISSOURI as a result of the in- Intrepid and the other close aboard a de- Anchorage. formation received concerning Japanese sur- stroyer. Two minutes later a third plane render proposals. which passed 6,000 yards astern of the ship 1 JULY TO 15 AUGUST 1945 On 13 August other Task Groups of Task was fired upon and disappeared over the hori- The MISSOURI departed Leyte on the Force 38 were under air attack but no enemy zon. Shortly thereafter a plane was observed morning of 1 July and the first eight days at aircraft were over Task Group 38.4. 14 August to crash and burn in that general direction. sea were spent in exercise periods under was spent in getting into position for further During the remainder of the afternoon Unit, Group and Task Force Commanders, strikes against the Tokyo area. These planes were shot down by other Task Groups while the Task Force was heading in a gen- strikes were launched on 15 August but were but none came within range of the ship. At eral northerly direction. On the evening of 9 recalled as a result of an urgent dispatch 2050 and 2110 the ship opened fire on planes July a high speed run toward the Tokyo area from CincPac. At 1109, by direction of Com- which came within 5 inch gun range and both commenced. At 0400 on the tenth the various mander Third Fleet the MISSOURI’s whistle immediately withdrew. Enemy planes air strikes against airfields in the Tokyo and siren were sounded for a period of one dropped window in the vicinity during the area commenced and although enemy air- minute while battle colors were broken and balance of the night but none closed the for- craft were reported none succeeded in get- Admiral Halsey’s personal flag was raised in mation. ting through the air patrol. The Task Force official recognition of the end of active hos- On 17 April a 35 plane raid was destroyed proceeded northeast on 11 July and on 13 tilities against the Japanese Empire. During by the Combat Air Patrol approximately 60 July was off northern Honshu and Hokkaido this day the Combat Air Patrol splashed Jap- miles from the formation. However, no prepared for air strikes which it developed anese aircraft in the vicinity of the Task enemy planes closed the formation. During could not be made on account of poor weath- Force but none penetrated the patrol. the night the ship had a surface radar con- er and low visibility. On the fourteenth the From 15 to 26 August the MISSOURI oper- tact which was later developed by destroyers air strikes against northern Honshu and ated off the coast of Japan awaiting orders of the screen and resulted in a kill on an Hokkaido shipping and airfields were made. to proceed with the occupation of Japan. On enemy submarine on the following day. On 15 July the MISSOURI joined Task Unit 27 August the MISSOURI and escorting de- There was no enemy activity from April 23 34.8.2 for the bombardment of industrial tar- stroyers proceeded into Sagami Wan, to April 28. gets located in Muroran Hokkaido. No oppo- Honshu, having taken aboard Japanese emis- On 29 April enemy aircraft was reported sition developed during the approach, nor saries and a pilot. The 28th of August was destroyed by the Combat Air Patrol in the was there return fire from shore while the spent at anchor and on 29 August the MIS- morning. At 1645 the ships of the formation Task Unit shelled the Nihon Steel Works and SOURI got underway and entered Tokyo Bay including the MISSOURI fired upon and Wanished Iron Works between 0935 and 1027 anchoring off Yokosuka Naval Station at downed one enemy plane. Later during the (Item) with good results. The MISSOURI re- 0925. early morning of 30 April, night fighters joined Task Group 38.4 in the evening and The ship remained at anchor in Tokyo Bay splashed enemy planes in the vicinity of the proceeded south to fuel on 16 July. The Task without incident, until 2 September on formation but no ships fired during that day. Force was in position on 17 July to conduct which day the formal document of the Japa- On May first, second, and third, no enemy air strikes against airfields in the Tokyo nese surrender was executed aboard the planes were known to be in the area and on area. However, the weather was again unfa- U.S.S. MISSOURI. On that day Fleet Admi- May four and five, although Japanese planes vorable for air operations. In the afternoon ral C. W. Nimitz boarded the MISSOURI at were splashed by the Combat Air Patrol, of the 17th the MISSOURI again joined Task 0805 and his personal flag was broken. At 0843 none approached the formation. On 6 May Unit 34.8.2 and proceeded to bombard the General of the Army Douglas MacArthur the MISSOURI was detached from Task Hitachi area, Honshu. There was again no op- came aboard. At 0856 the Japanese represent- Group 58.4 and proceeded to Ulithi Anchor- position to the approach of the bombardment atives arrived and between 0902 and 0906 the age Fleet. The ship arrived in Ulithi on 9 group and no return fire during the bombard- Japanese representatives signed the Instru- May and remained there until 17 May. On 14 ment of industrial targets in the Hitachi ment of Surrender and two minutes later December 19, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E 2387 General MacArthur signed the Instrument. In company with the cruiser U.S.C. Helena Cuba. She was back again for overhaul in the The ceremony was completed at 0925 and the and two destroyers, she helped prepare the Norfolk Naval Shipyard from 20 November various dignitaries departed the ship. There- way for the Eighth Army offensive. In a 1953 to 2 April 1954. In May, she picked up after the MISSOURI remained at anchor in bombardment of the Pohang area 17 Septem- midshipmen from Annapolis and started a Tokyo Bay until 6 September 1945, when she ber 1950, Missouri’s 16-inch shells assisted training cruise to Europe. Standing out of departed for Apra Harbor, Guam. Admiral the South Korean troops in the capture of Hampton Bays, MISSOURI aligned with the William F. Halsey transferred his flag as that town and their advance to Yongdok. other Iowa Class battleships for the one and Commander Third Fleet to the U.S.S. South Her bombardment of the Mitsubishi Iron only time. IOWA, NEW JERSEY, MISSOURI, Dakota on 5 September 1945. Passage from Works and the airfield at Chongjin on 12 Oc- and WISCONSIN sailed together as the fu- Tokoyo Bay to Guam was without incident tober were a significant factor in the ad- ture ‘‘Strength for Freedom.’’ MISSOURI and the MISSOURI arrived in Apra Harbor vance of American and other United Nations visited the ports of Lisbon, Portugal and on on 9 September. The ship departed Guam forces embattled ashore. Her guns did consid- 6 June 1954, the Port of Cherbourg, celebrat- with homeward bound veterans on 12 Sep- erable damage to marshaling yards and a ing the 10th anniversary of the Normandy tember 1945 and arrived Pearl Harbor, T. H. strategic railroad bridge on the Tanchon landings or ‘‘D-Day.’’ In August she left Nor- on 20 September 1945. area. She moved on to bombard Wonsan and folk for the west coast and inactivation. then moved into Hungnam 23 December 1950. POST WORLD WAR II MISSOURI traversed the Panama Canal and Her powerful guns hit enemy troop con- made ports of call in Long Beach, San Fran- On 29 September 1945, MISSOURI departed centrations, command posts, and lines of cisco, and Seattle where tens of thousands of Pearl Harbor and headed for the Eastern sea- communication, providing cover for the citizens visited the ship. The ship then went board of the United States. Transiting the evacuation of the last of the UN troops from to the Bremerton Naval Shipyard for Panama Canal, she headed for New York Hungnam on Christmas Eve, 1950. In the mothballing. There she was decommissioned where she became the flagship of Admiral opening weeks of 1951, MISSOURI continued 26 February 1955 and assigned to the Bremer- Jonas Ingram, Commander in Chief, United coastal bombardment aimed at destroying ton Group, U.S. Pacific Reserve Fleet. States Atlantic Fleet, on 24 October 1945. On transportation facilities and disrupting the MISSOURI served as headquarters ship of 27 October 1945, the MISSOURI boomed out a flow of enemy reinforcements and supplies to the Bremerton Group where she was open 21 gun salute as she was boarded by Presi- central Korea. She joined a heavy bombard- year round to visitors. As many as 100,000 dent Harry S. Truman during Navy Day cele- ment group off Kansong on 29 January 1951 people a year visited MISSOURI to see the bration ceremonies. in a simulated amphibious assault which place on her deck where the Japanese surren- After overhaul in the New York Yard, and provided a diversion some 50 miles behind dered ending the Second World War. a training cruise to Cuba, the MISSOURI the enemies front lines. NEW BIRTH was on her way to Gibralter in March 1946. During the first week of February, she From there she passed into the Mediterra- After almost 30 years at rest, MISSOURI, gave fire support to assist the advance of the on 14 May 1984 left her berth in Bremerton nean on a goodwill mission that served also Tenth U.S. Army Corps in the area of as an impressive demonstration of American and was towed to the Long Beach Naval Kangnung. She systematically bombarded Shipyard for modernization and scheduled military power. Her presence symbolized transportation facilities and enemy troop U.S. support for the rights and freedom of recommissioning in June, 1986. MISSOURI concentrations in the vicinity of Tanchon was recommissioned in San Francisco and Greece and Turkey, both in danger on being and Songjin. She made similar gun strikes drawn into the Soviet orbit of satellite departed on an around-the-world shakedown between 14 and 19 March at Kojo Wan, cruise, the first battleship to circumnavigate states. Songjin, Chaho, and Wonsan aimed primarily In Rio de Janeiro, on 2 September 1947, the the world since President Theodore Roo- at transport complexes necessary for the MISSOURI was again a symbol of American sevelt’s ‘‘Great White Fleet’’ of 1907–1909. continued reinforcement and supply of strength in support of its allies against the The ship was home ported in Long Beach, enemy forces in central Korea. advances of Communist aggression. The MIS- California. Then, on 28 March 1951, MISSOURI was re- In 1987, MISSOURI journeyed to the trou- SOURI provided the site for President Tru- lieved of duty in the Far East and left for the bled waters of the Persian Gulf, supporting man to sign the Rio Treaty which made the United States and Norfolk, arriving there 27 operations near the Strait of Hormiz. During Monroe Doctrine a multilateral pact. Busi- April 1951. She again joined the Atlantic 1988, MISSOURI participated in the Rim of ness and ceremonial duties concluded, Presi- Fleet to train midshipmen and other pro- the Pacific (RimPac) Exercise off the coast dent Truman, accompanied by Mrs. Truman spective naval officers until 18 October 1951 of Hawaii. Following a routine shipyard pe- and his daughter Margaret, returned to the when she entered Norfolk Naval Shipyard for riod in early 1989, MISSOURI returned to sea United States aboard the battleship. From 23 an overhaul which lasted until January 1952. and later in the year participated in Pacific September 1947 to 10 March 1948, the MIS- On 4 August 1952, MISSOURI was again in Exercise (PacEx) ’89 and visited Pusan Ko- SOURI was in the New York Navy Yard for the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for overhaul rean. overhaul and then went on a training cruise being prepared for her second tour of the Ko- to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. She arrived in PERSIAN GULF rean Combat Zone. She stood out of Hamp- MISSOURI deployed to the Persian Gulf in Annapolis in June to take on midshipmen for ton Roads 11 September 1952, and by end of a training cruise to Portugal, France, Alge- support of Desert Shield. On the first day of October, as flagship of the U.S. Seventh Desert Storm, she fired her 16’’ guns at Iraqi ria and back to Cuba. Fleet, she was providing seagoing artillery On 17 January 1950, heading to sea from targets inside Kuwait. The USS Nicholas support to Republic of Korea troops in the Hampton Roads, the MISSOURI ran aground. (FFG–47) escorted her in and she began shell- Chaho area. It was 0825, close to high tide, when the bat- ing targets first. From 4–6 February, she Throughout the remaining months of 1952, fired 112 16’’ shells, along with Tomahawk tleship ran aground 1.6 miles from Thimble MISSOURI was on ‘‘Cobra Patrol’’ along the Shoals Lights near Old Point Comfort. She missiles. The ship was finally relieved by the East coast of Korea. She participated in a USS Wisconsin. traversed shoal water a distance of three combined air-gun strike at Chongjin on 17 ship lengths, about 2,500 feet, from the main As for the 1990’s, MISSOURI is as she was November and on 8 December was bombard- during the 1940’s; ready for sea and always channel. Lifted about seven feet above the ing in the Tanchon-Songjin area. The next water line, she stuck hard and fast. It took ready to answer the call of battle. In Novem- day it was Chaho, and 10 December Wonsan ber, 1993, MISSOURI departed Long beach for many tugs, pontoons, and an incoming tide felt the power of her guns. During the bom- Pearl Harbor, where she was the host ship for to free her finally on 1 February. The inci- bardment of the Hamhung and Hungnam the 50th anniversary of the attack on Pearl dent provided Navy personnel with valuable areas MISSOURI lost three of her men when Harbor. She returned to Long Beach and was experience in extensive and diverse salvage her spotter helicopter crashed into the win- decommissioned on March 31, 1992. She was work. try sea on 21 December 1952. On patrol in towed to the Bremerton, Washington ship- KOREA early 1953, MISSOURI made repeated gun yard where she has rested as part of the Until called to support United Nations strikes running swiftly just 25 miles offshore Naval Reserve Fleet. Forces in embattled Korea in 1950, the MIS- in direct support of troops on land. Missouri On 2 September 1995, the U.S.S. MISSOURI SOURI trained thousands of naval reserves, sustained a grievous casualty 26 March, ASSOCIATION, INC. will hold ceremonies at midshipmen, and other naval personnel on when her Commanding Officer, Captain War- the ship in Bremerton, WA, honoring those cruises from New England to the Caribbean ner R. Edsall suffered a fatal heart attack who have served aboard the ship and have and across the Atlantic to English and Euro- while conning her through submarine nets at passed on, as well as those who have served pean waters. Sasebo, Japan. Her last fighting mission of aboard at the time and are attending the Leaving Norfolk 19 August 1950, MISSOURI the Korean War was on 25 March 1953 was to 50th anniversary of the surrender signing. became the first American battleship to resume ‘‘Cobra’’ patrol where she bombarded Upon call, MISSOURI will still be a power- reach Korean waters just one day in advance the Kojo area. ful and fearful dreadnought in the best tradi- of the Inchon landings on 15 September 1950. The MISSOURI was relieved as flagship on tion of the U.S. Navy. On arrival off Kyushu, Japan, MISSOURI be- 6 April 1953 and left Yokosuka the following Postscript: On the 5th of January 1995, the came the flag ship of Rear Admiral A.E. day to return to the Atlantic Fleet. She ar- Department of the Navy Chief of Naval Oper- Smith, and the next day was bombarding rived at Norfolk 4 May 1953 and put out al- ations, by reference of President Clinton and Samchok in a diversionary move coordinated most immediately for a midshipman training the Board of Inspection and Survey, rec- with the Inchon landings. cruise to Brazil, Trinidad, Panama, and ommended that the Iowa Class Battleship, E 2388 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 19, 1995 including the U.S.S. MISSOURI, be stricken The Earth Angels have also shown a very The Trade Act of 1974 authorizes the Presi- from the Naval Vessel Register. This was ap- special awareness and compassion for young dent to assist a domestic industry by imposing proved by the Secretary of the Navy John H. people who are the victims of violence. They duties or modifying concessions if it has been Dalton on 12 January 1995 and the ships await their final destiny. (2 September 1995) have established a Forest of Life project which determined that an increase in imports has plants one tree, in a special area of Forest been a substantial cause of or threatens seri- f Park, for each child killed by violence in the ous injury to the domestic industry. However, SALUTE TO ST. LOUIS EARTH city of St. Louis. domestic industry is currently defined narrowly ANGELS Earth Angels children are studying science by the trade act so as not to include the sea- and nature in order to promote life. In their sonal industries. Consequently, producers of HON. WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY many undertakings, these children are improv- perishable agricultural products who produce OF MISSOURI ing both their own life skills and the quality of their product during a particular growing sea- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES life around them. The Earth Angels inspire son are grouped together with all growers of others with their passion for learning and will- this product during the full calendar year, and Monday, December 18, 1995 ingness to help solve community problems. therefore these seasonal producers are unable Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, too often we hear These young people are our hope for the fu- to show the requisite injury needed for an anti- about young people who are involved with ture. I congratulate each member of the Earth dumping action. drugs or engaged in other criminal activities. Angels and wish them every continued suc- This bill corrects this inequity by expanding Newspaper and television reports about trou- cess in all their future endeavors. the definition of domestic industry to account bled youths and gang violence in cities across f for the seasonal nature of agricultural prod- the Nation are almost routine stories which ucts. Specifically, a domestic producer would can overshadow the achievements of the ma- HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN VIKENTIOS HONORED FOR SERV- include a producer that sells all or almost all jority of responsible, hard-working young peo- of the production during the growing season. ple. I would like to take this opportunity to pay ICE TO GREEK ORTHODOX COM- MUNITY In addition, during that growing season, de- tribute to a very special group of young St. mand for the article must not be supplied, to Lousians, the Earth Angels. These outstanding any substantial degree, by other domestic pro- young innercity residents are committed to HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY ducers. This definition is tailored to provide re- protecting the environment and advancing so- OF NEW YORK lief to the seasonal domestic agricultural in- cial justice. They are making many positive IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dustry, such as winter tomato producers, who contributions to our community and deserve Monday, December 18, 1995 sustained significant injury when they were recognition. faced with a significant increase in imports in Earth Angels operates under the auspices Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to bring 1994. of the Guardian Angel Settlement Association to your attention a terrific community leader of St. Louis and the Missouri Department of from my district in Astoria, Queens. I urge my colleagues to support this legisla- His Eminence Metropolitan Vikentios was Conservation. Originally know as Dolphin De- tion. born in Athens, Greece where he received his fenders the Earth Angels organization now basic education. After graduation from high comprises three environmental clubs with 100 f school, he enrolled at the Theological School members. The children are dedicated to pre- of Jerusalem in Israel and graduated with hon- A TRIBUTE TO PETER G. VELASCO serving the natural environment and improving ors. His educational life then brought him to the quality of life for all living things. The Earth the United States for further studies. During Angels have vision and imagination. They look the past 20 years, he has served in the Greek HON. BOB FILNER beyond their own personal struggles in life and Orthodox Metropolis, Archdiocese, of the OF CALIFORNIA focus their energies on preserving and nurtur- Greek Orthodox Church of North and South ing life for other. To this end the Earth Angels IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES America. have undertaken a number of environmental His Eminence has often been recognized for Monday, December 18, 1995 enhancement projects throughout the St. Louis his outstanding contributions to the commu- Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker and colleagues, I community. In scores of little ways they are nity, his efforts on behalf of human rights, and rise today with a great deal of sadness to making a big difference. his humanitarian services. All this good work The Earth Angels have adopted two lakes honor the memory of Peter G. Velasco. has not gone unrewarded. On July 20, 1995, which the children maintain in St. Louis' Forest he was elected Metropolitan of Piraeus and A true labor pioneer, Pete Velasco was Park and at the Busch Wildlife Reserve. They Salamis by the Holy Synod of Bishops of the among the Filipino-American farmworker lead- also conduct regular neighborhood cleanup Church of the Orthodox Christians of Greece ers whose tenacity inspired Cesar Chavez in projects. They have studied how ground pollu- and the Diaspora. the first grape strike in Delano, CA, and pro- tion impacts water systems and the environ- On July 21, 1995, in the presence of the vided a strong foundation for what late be- ment and they are working to help end this President and Prime Minister of Greece, he came the United Farm Workers, AFL±CIO. pollution problem. was enthroned in his new position. Astoria Even before his many years of work as an Earth Angels children have established a misses him very much, but we know he will officer in the farmworker movement, brother grow lab where they are growing trees from continue to fight for the citizens of the world Pete Velasco was an early and enduring ex- acorns in hopes of establishing a young pin and that we truly have a friend in Piraeus. I ample of the multifaceted contributions of the oak grove. They are also engaged in massive ask my colleagues to join me in offering him Filipino-American community to our society. recycling efforts. The Earth Angels have: recy- our highest congratulations and best wishes Working first in the Los Angeles food service cled over 350,000 aluminum cans in 6 years, for a wonderful life. industry, he went on to distinguished service reclaimed and recycled over 49,000 pounds of f in the U.S. Army in Europe during World War glass in 21¤2 years, reclaimed 1,522 aban- II before returning to the Central Valley of doned tires in 2 years, recycled over 200 TRADE ACT California as a farmworker. pounds of scrap lead and 500 pounds of cast iron and countless plastic containers. The HON. E. CLAY SHAW, JR. Not content merely to try to eke out a living Earth Angels are now working to establish a in the fields, Pete Velasco helped to organize OF FLORIDA his fellow workers, forging the first link be- battery recycling program. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES At the Delmar Metro Link Station the Earth tween farmworkers and the AFL±CIO, which Angels have established a model prairie gar- Monday, December 18, 1995 later proved essential to Cesar Chavez' work den of native Missouri prairie plants. They Mr. SHAW. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to in- as president of the new, united organization. plan to add a brick walkÐusing reclaimed troduce, with my good friend and colleague Today we can see a resurgence in the bricksÐand a small wetland area at the bot- Mr. CANADY of Florida, timely legislation to AFL±CIO that has at its roots the contribution tom of the garden. This garden is not just an provide trade relief to producers of perishable of many men and womenÐamong them aesthetic enhancement at the light rail station agricultural products who have been substan- ``Brother Pete''Ðover many years. May that but a place where children are taught more tially harmed by an increase in imports after resurgence provide a way that we can all cele- about ecosystems, foods chains, and bio-di- the passage of the North American Free brate the life of Peter G. Velasco and the versity. Trade Agreement [NAFTA]. movement he helped to build. December 19, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E 2389 FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION’S LEGISLATION TO HELP LOWER Mr. Tony M. Astorga, on the occasion of his LAWYER OF THE YEAR THE BURDEN OF MEDICARE 50th birthday. It is my pleasure to recognize PART A BUY-INS the achievements of Mr. Astorga, and the im- pact he has had on the people of Arizona. HON. JAMES L. OBERSTAR HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK Mr. Astorga has long been a valuable mem- OF CALIFORNIA ber of the Arizona community, beginning with OF MINNESOTA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES his days as a student at Arizona State Univer- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Monday, December 18, 1995 sity. During his time at ASU, he received many honors, including his placement in Monday, December 18, 1995 Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, Representative ``Who's Who in American Colleges and Uni- ROBERT MATSUI and I are today introducing a Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, versities,'' and ``Outstanding Young Men of bill to help those who, through no fault of their America.'' He graduated from ASU with a B.S. December 4, it was my great privilege and own, were not able to participate in the Medi- pleasure, on behalf of the Federal Bar Asso- degree in accounting with high honors, leading care Program during their working years and to a long and distinguished career in the Ari- ciation's Transportation Section, to present the now face over $3,000 a year in Medicare part zona business community. ``Lawyer of the Year Award'' to David A. A buy-in costs. Currently, Mr. Astorga is the senior vice Heymsfeld, Democratic Staff Director, for the Our bill lowers the cost of the monthly part president, chief financial officer and treasurer Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc- A buy-in for about 216,000 people over age of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Arizona and ture. I would like to take this opportunity sim- 80 who, for no fault of their own, could not participate in Medicare during their working president of AT International, Inc. He has ply to restate my remarks at that very special been named the ``Professional of the Year'' by occasion: years, because their employers were not in Social Security. The people in this group are the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and re- David Heymsfeld’s exquisite legislative mostly retired teachers, policemen, and fire- ceived the ``Public Service Award'' from the craftsmanship has defined and given direc- men over age 80 who worked for State and Arizona Society of Certified Public Account- tion to an entire generation of aviation law. local governments which elected not to join ants. However, the demands of a highly suc- His 20 years of service on the Committee on the Medicare payroll tax system. cessful professional career have not kept him Transportation and Infrastructure; his keen from making an impact on the community. He eye for detail; his zest for and command of These retirees have been stuck in increas- ingly expensive small public or private insur- has been a part of the United Way Agency the broad policy issues of aviation law; his Review Panel, the Blessed Sacrament and St. respect for the opinions and concerns of oth- ance policies, and many of them have had to ers, and his exceptional ability to meld them drop insurance coverage because they could Joan of Arc Finance Committees, as well as into a cohesive whole have left an indelible, no longer afford it on their shrinking pensions. participating in the Manpower Advisory Coun- constructive imprint on the complete body Since most of them could not afford to main- cil and Citizens Task Force to the city of of aviation law just prior to and since enact- tain private insurance, even if it were avail- Phoenix. ment of the watershed Aviation Deregula- able, they have been buying into Medicare I take great pleasure in recognizing the ef- tion Act of 1978. part A, some for as long as 15 years. The forts and contributions that Mr. Astorga has David has been plying his legislative Medicare buy-in monthly premium is set to made during his lifetime in Phoenix, and I ask craftsmanship for so long that Secretary of equal the full actuarial cost of part A, and my colleagues to join me in recognizing the Transportation Federico Pen˜ a was probably today premiums are more than $250 a month accomplishments of Mr. Tony Astorga. still in law school when David joined our and now many of these retirees cannot afford f committee staff. to buy into this basic level of Medicare hos- CAPITALIZING ON AMTRAK David’s immersion in aviation law began pital protection. Many are becoming unin- during his service at the Civil Aeronautics suredÐand uninsurableÐat the most vulner- Board with the ‘‘father’’ of aviation deregu- able period in their lives. HON. NANCY L. JOHNSON lation, Chairman Alfred Kahn—but, I think In the last Congress, Representative BILL OF CONNECTICUT it is fair to say that David has had a more THOMAS and I developed an amendment to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES enduring impact on aviation law than Chair- help this population by lowering the part A Monday, December 18, 1995 man Kahn since then. buy-in for those who achieved 30 quarters of His Senate staff counterparts, over the coverage but not the necessary 40 required Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speak- years, have gone on to other pursuits: Phil for Medicare eligibility. er, today I introduced a bill to establish a new Bakes to Texas Air; Will Ris to American This has been a help to a few of these retir- intercity passenger rail trust fund. Serving over Airlines; and one, Steven Breyer, made it to ees, but many of the poorest of these seniors, 500 destinations across the country, the Na- the Supreme Court. of course, do not have even 30 quarters of tional Railroad Passenger Corporation [Am- Many of his colleagues in the field of avia- coverage and desperately need help. trak] provides 22 million passenger rail trips to tion law have made important contributions Therefore, the amendment Representative Americans every year. With an estimated $4 over the years, but David Heymsfeld stands MATSUI and I are introducing today would billion needed in capital improvements over alone, astride the entire compendium of law lower the cost of the monthly buy-in by about the next few years, the rail trust fund will pro- and regulation in the field of aviation. Every $150 a month. Individuals would still have to vide Amtrak with much needed capital funds day practitioners of the art and science of contribute $100 per monthÐand the full actu- to improve rolling stock, cars and locomotives, aviation law diligently analyze, report on, and make marketplace decisions based upon arial rate for years before their 80th birthday. upgrade maintenance facilities, and prevent statutes and their accompanying reports Our bill does not include a way to pay for the deterioration of track and signal equip- that David Heymsfeld has crafted—and they this change, but we expect to be able to offer ment. First introduced by Senate Finance will do so for generations to come. a funding proposal at such time as the legisla- Committee Chairman BILL ROTH, the rail trust tion is considered for markup. fund will be a secure source of capital funding David’s great gift is his openness, his will- I hope other Members will join us in sup- ingness to work with all segments of the during this time of tight budgetary constraints. aviation sector, both public and private, and porting this much needed relief to a group of On October 1, the 2.5 cents of the existing to work collaboratively with his colleagues our older retirees whoÐto repeatÐthrough no 18-cents-per-gallon gas tax that had been in both the House and Senate on a truly fault of their own, were unable to participate in going into the Treasury for deficit reduction open, bipartisan basis. the regular Medicare Program during their was shifted back into the mass transit portion Mr. Heymsfeld received his BA from Co- working years. of the highway trust fund. This highway trust lumbia College in 1959 and an LLD from Har- f fund account has a huge balanceÐestimated vard Law School in 1962. HONORING TONY M. ASTORGA at over $10 billion at the end of fiscal 1996. It is now my great pleasure to present the My bill would direct 0.5 cent of this 2.5 cents award, which reads: ‘‘Transportation Lawyer HON. ED PASTOR into the rail trust fund until September 30, of the Year Award’’ to David A. Heymsfeld, 2000. OF ARIZONA Minority Staff Director, House Committee The establishment of this rail trust fund will IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES on Transportation and Infrastructure, Mon- not adversely affect other modes of transport, day, December 4, 1995. Monday, December 18, 1995 including mass transit. In fact, special lan- Congratulations, David, this is an honor Mr. PASTOR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to guage has been included in the rail trust fund richly deserved and truly earned. pay tribute to a longtime friend and supporter, legislation protecting mass transit. If, under the E 2390 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 19, 1995 Rostenkoski rule, the cash balance in the their frontiers can be changed, in accordance garding the freer movement of people, ideas, mass transit account were ever insufficient to with international law, by peaceful means information.’’ cover the transit spending for the current year and by agreement.’’ The wholesale political I continued in my 1975 speech—‘‘To those upheaval behind the Iron Curtain that took nations not participating and to all the peo- and the following fiscal year, the revenues place fifteen years later made these dif- ple of the world: The solemn obligation un- from the rail trust fund would revert into the ferences in 1975—academic, especially Lat- dertaken in these documents to promote fun- transit account. via, Lithuania and Estonia. The 1975 Hel- damental rights, economic and social Amtrak is an essential part of this country's sinki Accord did not freeze the 1945 borders progress, and well-being applies ultimately transportation network. Between 1982 and of Europe; it freed them. to all peoples.’’ 1994, travel on Amtrak's operating rose 40 The thirty-five leaders of nations on both ‘‘And can there be stability and progress in percent. This necessary capital funding will cut sides of the Iron Curtain that signed the the absence of justice and fundamental free- doms?’’ Amtrak's operating and maintenance costs Final Act of the Helsinki Accord, according to one historian, ‘‘Set in motion a chain of My final comments were: ‘‘History will and improve reliability and performance. In ad- events that helped change history.’’ Each of judge this Conference not by what we say dition, these improvements will reduce air pol- us, including Mr. Brezhnev, who signed the here today, but by what we do tomorrow— lution, fuel consumption, highway congestion, Final Act agreed to a commitment of prin- not by the promises we make, but by the and urban parking problems. I urge my col- ciple to recognize the existence of certain promises we keep.’’ leagues to join me in enacting this measure basic human rights to which all individuals In retrospect, it is fair to say that Leonid into law. are entitled. Brezhnev and other Eastern European lead- ers did not realize at the time that in endors- f It is ironic that these accords are often de- scribed as the ‘‘Final Act’’ when, in fact, ing the human rights basket of the Helsinki COMMEMORATING 20TH ANNIVER- they were really just the beginning of an his- Accord they were planting, on their own soil, toric process. Today, this process has a past, the seeds of freedom and democracy. In SARY OF THE SIGNING OF HEL- agreeing to the human rights provisions of SINKI FINAL ACT as well as a present and a future—an unfin- ished agenda. the Helsinki Accord, the Soviets and the Twenty years ago when I spoke here, my eastern bloc nations unwittingly dragged a HON. FRANK R. WOLF country was beginning the bicentennial ob- Trojan horse for liberty behind the Iron Cur- OF VIRGINIA servance of our Declaration of Independence. tain. I drew on the inspiration of that great mo- Often, current events we believe will be IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment in our history for the remarks I made important in history later become obscure Monday, December 18, 1995 to the Conference in this Finnish Capital. I and irrelevant. And sometimes, events we likened the Helsinki Accords to the Declara- consider irrelevant in history, become a de- Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to fining moment. As former Prime Minister represent the House as a commissioner on tion of Independence because I realized that, as with our revolution, it is sacrifice and the Margaret Thatcher noted in Paris in 1990, ‘‘It the Commission on Security and Cooperation indomitable human spirit that truly sepa- was clear that we underestimated the long- in Europe and want to bring to the attention of rate ordinary moments in history from those term affects of the Helsinki Agreement.’’ our colleagues the remarks by the Honorable that are extraordinary. And today, as we re- This great British Leader went on to say Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United flect on the past twenty years of achieve- that the Helsinki Agreements ‘‘were a proc- States, at Helsinki, Finland, on August 1, ment, we see that it has been the sacrifice ess which some envisioned as perpetuating 1995, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary and the indomitable human spirit of great the division of Europe [but which have] actu- people throughout the world that have made ally helped overcome that division.’’ Like- of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act of the wise, scholars point out that at the time the Conference on Security and Cooperation in the signing of the Helsinki Accords a truly extraordinary moment in modern history. Magna Carta was adopted in England, its ex- Europe. I well remember the impressive ceremony tension of freedom was quite limited and ap- Thank you for your kind invitation to take in Finlandia House where signatures were af- plied only to a privileged few; however, part in this historic event whereby we mark fixed to a 100 page, 30,000 word joint declara- today we recognize the Magna Carta as a the 20th Anniversary of the Helsinki Ac- tion. In the limelight, representing the thir- dramatic first step on man’s march to indi- cords. ty-five nations, were French President Val- vidual freedom. The title for my remarks today—‘‘Hel- erie Giscard d’Estaing, West German Chan- Following the meeting in Helsinki, watch sinki: The Unfinished Agenda.’’ cellor Helmut Schmidt, British Prime Min- groups sprang up throughout Europe. The Before the formal signing of the Helsinki ister Harold Wilson, Yugoslav President Fourth Basket provision for a follow-up Accord, I warned the world and the other Josip Broz Tito, Rumanian President Nicolae meeting in Belgrade in 1977 and a subsequent heads of state gathered here that ‘‘Peace is Ceausescu, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre meeting in Madrid in 1980 would give these not a piece of paper ... peace is a process.’’ Trudeau, East Germany’s Erich Honechor, to those who were aggrieved a global forum Twenty years later, the process we began our host, President Kekkonen and others. for their determined anti-Marxist and pro- here by signing that piece of paper has given On the day we signed the Accords, appro- human rights views. To those suffering be- us a super power peace—the Cold War is his- priate speeches were made by each nation’s hind the Iron Curtain, the Helsinki Accords tory. representative. On behalf of the United was a powerful proclamation that contained Except for the stubborn ethnic conflict in States I chose to emphasize the Final Act’s seminal ideas it was issued at a most oppor- the Balkans which was already ancient when commitment to human rights. tune time. I was born, the course of history has changed Let me quote from my speech: ‘‘The docu- I applaud President Carter’s dedicated and because here in Helsinki we recognized cer- ments produced here affirm the most fun- effective support of Arthur Goldberg in Bel- tain basic rights to which all human individ- damental human rights—liberty of thought, grade in 1977 and Max Kampelman in Madrid uals are entitled. conscience, and faith; the exercise of civil in 1980; however, it would be obviously unfair In 1975 there was considerable opposition and political right; the rights of minorities.’’ to attribute all of the cataclysmic events of in the United States to my participation in ‘‘Almost 200 years ago, the United States 1989 and 1990 to the Final Act, in as much as the Helsinki meeting. For example, The Wall of America was born as a free and independ- long suppressed nationalist sentiments, eco- Street Journal advised in its July 23, 1975, ent nation. The descendants of Europeans nomic hardship, and suppressed religious editorial: ‘‘Jerry—Don’t Go,’’ while other who proclaimed their independence in Amer- conditions played equally crucial roles. American newspapers were equally critical. ica expressed in that declaration a decent re- Today, as we face the harsh realities of Au- Some skeptics labeled the Accord—The Be- spect for the opinions of mankind and as- gust 1995, I am reminded of the words of trayal of Eastern Europe. Basket III, which serted not only that all men are created President Lincoln as he confronted the awe- included fundamental human rights lan- equal, but they are endowed with inalienable some challenges of the American Civil War. guage was either ignored by most of the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of hap- With the Republic hanging in the balance, he media or criticized as long on rhetoric, but piness.’’ observed that ‘‘the occasion is piled high short on substance. Likewise, two of our ‘‘The founders of my country did not mere- with difficulties and we must rise with the most influential and respected Senators, one ly say that all Americans should have these occasion. As our case is new, so we must a Democrat and one a Republican, con- rights, but all men everywhere should have think anew and act anew.’’ demned Basket III of the Accord. these rights. And these principles have guid- Yet, even as today’s violence and suffering Furthermore, many ethnic groups in the ed the United States of America throughout enrage and pull at the heartstrings of all United States, especially those of Baltic her- its two centuries of nationhood. They have people—and the former Yugoslavia is just itage, were strongly opposed to portions of given hope to millions in Europe and on one example—I know the central issue in the the Accord because they believed it legiti- every continent.’’ world remains the preservation of liberty mized the borders drawn by the Warsaw ‘‘But it is important that you recognize and human rights. When the Berlin Wall fell, Pact. The United States and the West Ger- the deep devotion of the American people those who were protesting repression were man government met this criticism by in- and their Government to human rights and reading from documents like the American sisting Basket II language include the fol- fundamental freedoms and thus to the Declaration of Independence. Today, they lowing: ‘‘They, (the signers) consider that pledges that this conference has made re- are reading to us the words of the Helsinki December 19, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E 2391 Accords. These are the great ideas of free- lent presentation of what Aaron Feuerstein If there is an award somewhere for a Com- dom—the constant drumbeat of ideas that has done be printed here. passionate Capitalist, this man should qual- have been repeated time and time again in [From the Boston Globe, Dec. 17, 1995] ify hands-down. Because he is standing up the Helsinki process. for decent jobs for working people at a time THE MENSCH WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS The harsh realities of the present are chal- when the vast bulk of America’s employer lenges which signatories of the Helsinki Ac- Were it not for the 45-mile-an-hour winds class is chopping, slimming, hollowing-out cords must address. Its member states must ripping out of the Northwest, the sparks that the payroll. they carried and the destruction they wrestle with these challenges and continue Job loss is the story of America at the end wrought, Aaron Feuerstein today would be to achieve in the future the aims and goals of the century. Wall Street is going like just another rich guy who owned a one-time of what was begun here 20 years ago. To real- gangbusters, but out on the prairie, and in ize these hopes and dreams requires plan- factory, in a country full of the same. But the fire that destroyed New England’s the old mill towns, and in small-town Amer- ning, commitment, perseverance and hard ica, the story is not of how big your broker’s work. The Helsinki process provides a vision largest textile operation Monday has turned this 70-year-old businessman into a folk bonus is this Christmas but of how hard it is for a future based on liberty and on the free- hero. If a slim, determined, devoutly-Jewish to keep working. dom to pursue a better life. As the Bible ad- textile manufacturer can be Santa Claus, The day after the fire, Bank of Boston an- monishes, where there is no vision, the peo- then Feuerstein is, to 2,400 workers whose nounced it will buy BayBanks, a mega-merg- ple perish. er of financial titans that will result in the So, I compliment all the signers and I’m jobs were jeopardized by the fire. The flames, so intense and widespread that elimination of 2,000 jobs. Polaroid, another very proud to have been one of the thirty- the smoke plume appeared in garish color on big New England employer, announced it five. In August 1975 we made serious prom- TV weathermen’s radar maps, presented would pare its payroll by up to 2,000 jobs. ises to our countrymen and to people world- Feuerstein with a stark choice: Should he re- Across the country, millions of jobs have wide. Where human rights did not exist in build, or take the insurance money and bag been eliminated in the rush to lighten the the thirty-five nations twenty years ago, it? corporate sled by tossing overboard anyone there is now significant progress and hope Aaron Feuerstein is keeping the paychecks who could be considered excess baggage by a for even better times. I congratulate the peo- coming, as best he can, for as long as pos- Harvard MBA with a calculator for a heart. ple in each nation who used the tools of the sible, while he rushes to rebuild, and restore Aaron Feuerstein, who went from Boston Final Act to achieve the blessings of human the jobs a whole valley-full of families de- rights. Latin High School and New York’s Yeshiva pend upon. University right into the mill his father I am confident that if we continue to be Everybody got paid this week. Everybody owned, sees things differently; The help is vigilant, what we began here two decades got their Christmas bonus. Everybody will part of the enterprise, not just a cost center ago shall be viewed by future historians as a get paid at least another month. And to be cut. watershed in the cause of individual freedom Feuerstein will see what he can do after and human rights. Twenty years from today, that. But the greatest news of all is that he ‘‘They’ve been with me for a long time. history will again judge whether or not the will rebuild the factory. We’ve been good to each other, and there’s a world is a better place to live because of The man has a biblical approach to the deep realization of that, that is not always what we promised here two decades ago, and complexities of late-20th-century economics, expressed, except at times of sorrow.’’ because of what we promise here today and capsulated by a Jewish precept: And it is noble sentiments like those, com- the promises we keep in the future. ‘‘When all is moral chaos, this is the time ing at a time when they are most needed, The Helsinki Accords are not, then, a Final for you to be a mensch.’’ that turns times of sorrow into occasions of Act—rather they are an unfinished agenda In Yiddish, a mensch is someone who does triumph. for the continued growth of human freedom. the right thing. The Aaron Feuerstein thing. On this anniversary date, let us resolve to The chaos was not moral but physical in the f continue anew the work of that agenda. conflagration that began with an explosion f and soon engulfed the four-building Malden IN RECOGNITION OF SPECIAL Mills complex in Methuen, injuring two AGENT IN CHARGE DAVID F. RAY THE MENSCH WHO SAVED dozen workers, a half-dozen firemen and CHRISTMAS threatening nearby houses along the Merrimack River site. The destruction was near-absolute. It is HON. MIKE WARD HON. BARNEY FRANK still inexplicable how no one perished in a OF KENTUCKY OF MASSACHUSETTS fast-moving firestorm that lit up the sky. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES This was one of New England’s handful of Monday, December 18, 1995 Monday, December 18, 1995 manufacturing success stories, a plant that emerged from bankruptcy 14 years ago. The Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, company manufactures a trademark fabric, Mr. WARD. Mr. Speaker, I am taking this last week there was a terrible tragedy in Mas- Polartec fleece, used extensively in outdoor opportunity to acknowledge publicly an out- sachusetts, when a fire did enormous damage clothing and sportswear by outfits such as L. standing Kentuckian, Mr. David F. Ray. Next to the Malden Mills factory in Methuen, MA. L. Bean and Patagonia. month, David will retire from the U.S. Secret The company was founded by Feuerstein’s While no one can undo the terrible effects of Service after 31 years of distinguished service. grandfather in 1907, and its history over the David ends his sterling career as the special this fire, thanks to the enormous courage, century has traced the rise, fall and rise compassion, and integrity of one individual, again of textile manufacturing in New Eng- agent in charge for the Louisville, Kentucky Aaron Feuerstein, the working men and land mill towns. field office of the Secret Service. Previous as- women who were the victims of this terrible Most of the textile makers fled south, leav- signments took David and his family to Char- event have more hope than they otherwise ing hundreds of red brick mausoleums lining lotte, NC and the District of Columbia. might have. Aaron Feuerstein is the third gen- the rocky riverbeds that provided the water- Conducting advance security arrangements power to turn lathes and looms before elec- for President Reagan's visit to the Peoples eration in his family to run this company, and tricity came in. The unions that wrested his actions since the tragedy have been an higher wages from flinty Yankee employers Republic of China and for his meeting with So- unparalleled example of how a human being were left behind by the companies that went viet Union President Gorbachev was a hall- can act in a moral manner in a very tough sit- to the Carolinas and elsewhere, to be closer mark of David's stint in Washington. During uation. In the Boston Globe for Sunday, De- to cotton and farther from unions. his tenure in Louisville, the Secret Service was cember 17, columnist David Nyhan accurately The Feuerstein family stuck it out while responsible for numerous arrests involving conveys the heroic role that Aaron Feuerstein many others left, taking their jobs and their fraud, forgery, and embezzlement. And, in profits with them. The current boss is one 1992, David served as the principal security has played at a time when most people have textile magnate who wins high praise from done far less. Despite himself being a major the union officials who deal with him. coordinator for visits to Kentucky by President victim of this tragedy, Aaron Feuerstein has ‘‘He’s a man of his word,’’ says Paul Bush, Vice President Quayle, Presidential can- acted with an extraordinary degree of human- Coorey, president of Local 311 of the Union of didate Clinton, and Vice Presidential candidate ity and decisiveness to administer to the other Needleworkers, Industrial and Textile Em- Gore. victims, and I believe it is important at a time ployees. ‘‘He’s extremely compassionate for Mr. Speaker, Special Agent In Charge David when more and more working people are giv- people.’’ The union’s New England chief, F. Ray has devoted himself for 31 years to the Ronald Alman, said: ‘‘He believes in the ing reason to doubt the essential fairness of process of collective bargaining and he be- service of his country as a member of the law the American economic system that the shin- lieves that if you pay people a fair amount of enforcement community. It is with much pride ing example that Aaron Feuerstein presents money, and give them good benefits to take that I extend my congratulations and best be fully understood and appreciated by the na- care of their families, they will produce for wishes to him and his family for a well-de- tion. I therefore ask that David Nyhan's excel- you.’’ served retirement. E 2392 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 19, 1995 LEGISLATION TO AMEND THE through his local reporting and editorial writing purpose is to promote the use of illegal drugs COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRON- at the Middletown Journal. Jim began his ca- should operate under a tax free status. MENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSA- reer at the Journal in 1955 starting off as a re- The fathers and mothers in this country who TION, AND LIABILITY ACT OF porter covering local government. In 1957, he struggle to make ends meet and to raise their 1980 was appointed Sunday editor and moved to children drug free, are paying extra taxes to city editor in 1960. From 1972 until 1981 Jim subsidize the Drug Policy Foundation and their was the managing editor of the paper. Ulti- HON. RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN unshaven friends at NORML. These groups OF NEW JERSEY mately, in 1981, he headed the newsroom and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES retained the title managing editor. are spending millions of dollars in an effort to Monday, December 18, 1995 Jim and Middletown, OH, have seen many make dangerous drugs more available to kids. This is wrong. Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise important news stories over the last four dec- today to introduce legislation to amend the ades. Some of the local highlights include the Drug use is already on the rise. In fact one Comprehensive Environmental Response, growth and restructuring of Armco to its third of all high school kids are now smoking Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 present organization as AK Steel, creation of marijuana. Listen to what the Partnership for a [CERCLA]. My bill would remove the authority the City Centre Mall and redevelopment of the Drug Free America says about teenagers' for contracting oversight from the purview of downtown area, state championships for area views on drugs: ``Most recent trends among the Environmental Protection Agency and high schools, and the change Middletown and teens indicate a reversal in the attitudes that place it solely under the jurisdiction of the its business community have undergone. distinguish non-users from usersÐperception Jim and the Middletown Journal staff were Army Corp of Engineers. of risk and social disapprovalÐand the con- always conscientious to bring the local angle Mr. Speaker, this change makes sense sequences are an increase in the use of mari- given the expertise of each agency. The Army to national news items ranging from the John juana, LSD, and cocaine.'' Corp of Engineers is far better suited to han- F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, and Robert dle contracting work and oversight of construc- Kennedy assassinations, the Vietnam War, the Fortunately, even this Administration is now tion of the design and remedy at a Superfund Iranian hostage crisis, Desert Storm, and the opposed to legalizing drugs. In a recent site than the more technical, environmental explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger. speech entitled ``Why the U.S. Will Never Le- orientation of the EPA. Jim has received several awards for his galize Drugs'', former drug czar, Lee Brown, The reason why I am introducing this legis- dedication and continuous service. Among called drug legalization the moral equivalent of lation today is in direct response to an incident them are an award from the Associated Press genocide. that recently happened in my district during an Society of Ohio for exemplary service to news- already lengthy and tumultuous cleanup. gathering business and his assistance to the Listen carefully to his words: Hopefully, passage of this legislation will pre- Xenia Daily Gazette publish and report the When we look at the plight of many of our vent future situations, such as the one I am news when its offices were destroyed in a youth today, especially African American about to describe, from happening again in the 1974 tornado. For coverage of the devastation males, I do not think it is an exaggeration to future. the Gazette won a Pulitzer Prize. say that legalizing drugs would be the moral The asbestos dump site in Millington, NJ, is During the past four decades, Jim has equivalent of genocide. Legalizing addictive, comprised of two residential farms and part of worked with hundreds of reporters and local mind altering drugs is an invitation to disas- the Great Swamp National Wildlife Reserve. It officials. The join me in saluting Jim for his ter for communities that are already under contains large amounts of asbestos that was work and wishing him the best in his retire- seige. Making drugs more readily available would only propel more individuals into a dumped on the property. On one of these two ment. life of crime and violence. Contrary to what residential sites, the homeownersÐa family of f fiveÐwere involved in a lengthy cleanup with the legalization proponents say, profit is not the EPA and had been relocated several DRUG LEGALIZATION the only reason for the high rates of violence times, for months at the time. The EPA had associated with the drug trade . . . drugs are contracted out for the construction of the de- HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON illegal because they are harmful—to both body and mind. Those who can least afford sign and the contractor then hired a sub- OF NEW YORK further hardship in their lives would be contractor, with a less than perfect track his- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES much worse off if drugs were legalized. tory, to complete construction of the design. Monday, December 18, 1995 The EPA subcontractors, instead of bringing According to Lee Brown, legalization would in clean fill to top the asbestos on the family's Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to address an issue about a subject which con- create three times as many drug users and property, brought in contaminated soil from addicts in this country. And what does this another site. This horrendous mistake has tinues to get favorable treatment from our friends in the media. That issue is drug legal- translate into for future generations? It means added additional years to cleanup and the hundreds of thousands of additional newborns family's nightmare. ization. Mr. Speaker, again, I believe that the Army Those who support legalization would have addicted to drugs. Corp of Engineers is far better equipped to us believe that we ought to decriminalize According to the Partnership for a Drug handle the details of the physical cleanup of drugs because we have lost the war on drugs. Free America, one out of every ten babies in these Superfund sites, and to oversee more We are not losing this war. The truth is that the U.S. is born addicted to drugs. I guess the effectively contracting work. At many sites, during the Reagan/Bush years drug use advocates of legalization must not think this dropped, from 24 million in 1979 to 11 million such a mistake would add only years and percentage is high enough! costs to taxpayers for cleanup. In this case, it in 1992. Unfortunately, those hard fought added not only time and money, but additional gains have been wasted. I challenge anyone in this chamber to go grief for a family wanting only to have their Under President Clinton's watch, this trend down the street and tell the nurses at D.C. home and property cleaned up to a livable has been reversed and drug use is again in- General, who care for these children, that we standard. I believe that my bill would prevent creasing. The only lasting legacy of the Clin- need to legalize drugs. You will end up with a more situations like these and improve the ef- ton Presidency will be a dramatic increase in black eye! And here is another shocking fact ficiency of site cleanups. the use of illegal drugs and the consequences * * * today in America over 11 percent of f of escalating violence and misery associated pregnant women use an illegal drug during with it. TRIBUTE TO JIM MILLS’S 40 pregnancy, including heroin, PCP, marijuana, As a country, we have never really waged and most commonly, crack cocaine. A sure- YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE MID- an all out war on drugs. It is now time we de- DLETOWN COMMUNITY fire way to worsen this problem would be to clared such a war and I am pleased the legalize drugs. According to a recent Univer- Speaker is talking about altering the rules of sity of Michigan study of 50,000 high school HON. JOHN A. BOEHNER engagement. We should start this campaign students, drug use is up in all grades. Drug OF OHIO by passing some of the anti-drug legislation IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES use is up among all students for crack, co- which I have introduced. Monday, December 18, 1995 And although I have been criticized by lib- caine, heroin, stimulants, LSD, and marijuana. Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, for 40 years, ertarian organizations for my position, I still do Increased drug use also contributes to do- Jim Mills has served the Middletown area not believe the organizations whose primary mestic violence. In fact, drug use is a factor in December 19, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E 2393 half of all family violence, most of it directed millions of young people and their families are this fact: more than a quarter of all Amer- against women. And over 30% of all child suffering. ican pregnancies are ended by abortions. abuse cases involve a parent using illegal This President has failed to come to grips Abundant media attention has been given to with the fact that only one person in this coun- the extremism that has tainted the right-to- drugs. Legalizing drugs will mean more vio- life movement. Now events are exposing the lence against women and children. try has the authorityÐthe Office of the Presi- extraordinary moral evasions and callous- Today, one third of the young people at- dentÐto reverse the worsening downward spi- ness characteristic of fanaticism, prevalent tending high school in our country smoke ral of drug abuse. in the abortion-rights lobby. marijuana. It's no wonder our education sys- Mr. Speaker, I am honestly willing to work Begin with ‘‘partial-birth abortions.’’ Pro- tem is a mess. with President Clinton to address this problem. abortion extremists object to that name, The high school dropout rate in the United And I commend Congressman Zeliff for estab- preferring ‘‘intact dilation and evacuation,’’ lishing this working group. He has presented for the same reason the pro-abortion move- States is over 25 percent, and 50 percent in ment prefers to be called ‘‘pro-choice.’’ What major cities. A recent study of 11th graders the President a golden opportunity to work ef- fectively with Congress in a bipartisan manner. is ‘‘intact’’ is a baby. During the debate that showed that over half of the drug users led to House passage of a ban on partial- dropped outÐtwice the rate of those drug- All we are missing now is a serious commit- birth abortions, the right-to-life movement free. ment from the President. was criticized for the sensationalism of its Drugs rob kids of their motivation and self- f print advertisements featuring a Dayton esteem, leaving them unable to concentrate nurse’s description of such an abortion: COLUMNIST GEORGE F. WILL, A ‘‘The mother was six months pregnant. The and indifferent to learning. Millions of these NATIONAL TREASURE baby’s heartbeat was clearly visible on the kids end up on welfare or in prison. Drug ultrasound screen. The doctor went in with abuse in the workplace, violence against HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH forceps and grabbed the baby’s legs and women and children, welfare dependency, pulled them down into the birth canal. Then OF NEW JERSEY high dropout rates, escalating health care he delivered the baby’s body and the arms— IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES costs, crack babies * * * could it get any everything but the head. The doctor kept the worse? Monday, December 18, 1995 baby’s head just inside the uterus. The If we legalized drugs it would get much Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I baby’s little fingers were clasping and un- rise today to bring attention to the work of Pul- clasping and his feet were kicking. Then the worse! These problems are all interrelated and doctor stuck the scissors through the back of all have one thing in common. That common itzer Prize winning columnist and author, his head, and the baby’s arms jerked out in denominator is drug abuse. Legalizing drugs George F. Will. In him, Mr. Speaker I believe a flinch, a startle reaction, like a baby does would be to say that all of this is acceptable we have a national treasure. Time and again when he thinks that he might fall. The doc- ** * it is not acceptable. by his labors at the keypad Mr. Will has tor opened up the scissors, stuck a high-pow- Legislation I have introduced will send a shown himself to be a man of great insight ered suction tube into the opening and strong and long overdue message to the and depth. I believe him to be a among that sucked the baby’s brains out.’’ young people in this countryÐUnder no cir- rarest of rare breedsÐan original thinker. The To object to this as sensationalism is to say that discomforting truths should be sup- cumstances is the United States Congress concision and clarity with which he transforms those thoughts to the written word evidences pressed. But increasingly the language of ever * * * ever going to legalize drugs. pro-abortion people betrays a flinching from I have also introduced legislation aimed at a deep commitment on his part to understand facts. In a woman’s story about her chemical reducing the demand for illegal drugs. De- and illuminate the human condition. His will to abortion, published last year in Mother creasing the desire for these substances is es- toil year after year so that others might not be Jones magazine, she quotes her doctor as sential in safeguarding the most important lead astray by intellectual fads or fallacious saying, ‘‘By Sunday you won’t see on the things to all Americans: our children and fami- reasoning is a model to all who would seek to monitor what we call the heartbeat.’’ ‘‘What lies, our safety and our health and the econ- shape the course of public life. Anyone willing we call’’? In partial-birth abortions the birth is kept (just barely) partial to preserve the omy. to give his work a fair reading will find each week some troubling societal question logically legal fiction that a baby (what some pro- Mr. Speaker, I would also point out that po- abortion people call ‘‘fetal material’’) is not lice chiefs across the United States believe explored, element by element and ultimately reduced to its essence without rancor or senti- being killed. An abortionist has told The that the number one way to reduce crime is to New York Times that some mothers find reduce drug use. The fact is that mandatory mentality. such abortions comforting because after the I became a fan of George F. Will many minimum drug penalties put in place in 1988 killing, the small body can be ‘‘dressed and years ago when the writer and father in him was followed by the Nation's largest decrease held’’ so the (if pro-abortionists will pardon came together in a gloriously in drug use. the expression) mother can ‘‘say goodbye.’’ uncompartmentalized way to render an unam- It is a myth that many non-violent first time The New York Times reports, ‘‘Most of the biguous rebuke to anyone who might doubt doctors interviewed said they saw no moral drug offenders are overcrowding our prisons. the quality of a life lived at less than physical difference between dismembering the fetus A comprehensive study by the Department of perfection. With a few deft paragraphs Mr. Will within the uterus and partially delivering it, Justice found that 93 percent of state pris- wrote of his own son's enormous capacity to intact, before killing it.’’ Yes. oners were either violent or repeat offenders, love and be loved. He explained that his ``Ori- Opponents of a ban on partial-birth abor- tions say almost all such abortions are medi- two thirds are currently in prison for a violent ole fan'', despite whatever limitations Downs crime. cally necessary. However, an abortionist at Syndrome had placed on him, could experi- the Dayton clinic is quoted as saying 80 per- It is also a myth that drug arrests are over- ence the joys and tragedies of life in the same whelming our prison systems. The fact is that cent are elective. Opponents of a ban on such way we all doÐmostly through things as com- abortions assert that the baby is killed be- drug arrests have been decreasing since 1989 mon as baseball. The boy was fully alive, fully fore the procedure, by the anesthesia given and only make up 8 percent of all arrests na- human and perfectly formed in the image of to the mother. (The baby ‘‘undergoes de- tionwide. Despite lengthy sentences, the aver- God. It is my belief, Mr. Speaker that no writer mise,’’ in the mincing words of Kate age Federal convicted drug possessor serves in our land of literary greatness could deliver Michelman of the National Abortion and Re- only 8 months. this urgent message with more force and productive Rights Action League. Does The fact is that drug sentencing is still inad- grace than Mr. Will. It is clear that we are truly Michelman says herbicides cause the crab grass in her lawn to ‘‘undergo demise’’? Such equate and that the last thing this Congress blessed as a nation to have him. should consider is the repeal of mandatory Orwellian language is a sure sign of squeam- It is also obvious that despite the passing ishness.) However, the president of the minimum sentencing. Drug use and drug ad- decades Mr. Will has not lost any of the, American Society of Anesthesiologists says diction cause most of the violence in this above-described commitment to his craft. His this ‘‘misinformation’’ has ‘‘absolutely no country and contribute to virtually every social, most recent Newsweek column is another fine basis in scientific fact’’ and might endanger health and economic problem we face. And example of all that is good and true about his pregnant women’s health by deterring them according to the most recent reports, hospital work. And so Mr. Speaker, I enter that essay from receiving treatment that is safe. emergency room visits caused by illegal drugs into the RECORD so that Mr. Will's own words Opponents of a ban say there are only are up again. can testify to the greatness of this decent, about 600 such procedures a year. Let us sup- pose, as not everyone does, the number 600 is The fact is that the trend toward increased courageous and talented American. accurate concerning the more than 13,000 drug use in this country corresponds directly FANATICS FOR ‘‘CHOICE’’ abortions performed after 21 weeks of gesta- to President Clinton's term of office. For what- (By George F. Will) tion. Still, 600 is a lot. Think of two crashes ever reason, this President is either unable or Americans are beginning to recoil against of jumbo airliners. Opponents of the ban unwilling to address this crisis. As a result, the fanaticism that has helped to produce darkly warn that it would be the first step E 2394 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 19, 1995 toward repeal of all abortion rights. Col- VA/HUD and related agencies bill, I learned able heroism, a story I recently heard about a umnist John Leo of U.S. News & World Re- the Clinton administration, in a ``statement of World War II veteran who resided in my dis- port says that is akin to the gun lobby’s ar- administration policy,'' had failed to mention trict and who, in a time of crisis in our Nation's gument that a ban on assault weapons must the lack of a VA replacement hospital at Trav- lead to repeal of the Second Amendment. history rose to the defense of his country. I In a prophecy born of hope, many pundits is Air Force Base as a reason for a potential relay this story, because it lets us know that, have been predicting that the right-to-life Presidential veto. Earlier in the month, the ad- at a time when cynicism and pessimism seem ‘‘extremists’’ would drastically divide the ministration had pledged its support to the pervasive, we need to be reminded that we Republican Party. But 73 House Democrats hospital in a letter from Office of Management are a nation of heroes and that we can rise to voted to bar partial-birth abortions; only 15 and Budget Director Alice Rivlin to the chair- meet the challenges before us. Mr. Raymond Republicans opposed the ban. If the ban sur- man of the House of Appropriations Commit- Johnson was just a hero, and in the best tradi- vives the Senate, President Clinton will tee, ROBERT LIVINGSTON. tion of the American spirit he rose to the chal- probably veto it. The convention that nomi- In light of this apparent reversal of adminis- nated him refused to allow the Democratic lenges before him for no other reason than tration policy, I feel that I have no choice but that he loved his country. governor of Pennsylvania, Bob Casey, who is to support the fiscal year 96 VA/HUD Appro- Raymond Johnson was like any other young pro-life, to speak. Pro-choice speakers ad- priations Bill. It contains $25 million for a new dressed the 1992 Republican Convention. The American boy growing up before World War II. state-of-the-art VA outpatient clinic at Travis two presidential candidates who hoped that a He enjoyed the innocence of playing baseball, pro-choice stance would resonate among Re- Air Force Base, in addition to a $400 million increase in the VA medical accounts. This is climbing trees, fishing, and the other publicans—Gov. Pete Wilson, Sen. Arlen simplicities of a young life. But when Japan at- Specter—have become the first two can- especially important since every other account didates to fold their tents. in the bill, except those pertaining to veterans, tacked Pearl Harbor, bringing the United In October in The New Republic, Naomi was significantly reduced. States into World War II, Raymond Johnson Wolf, a feminist and pro-choice writer, ar- The Travis outpatient facility will meet the did his duty and went off to serve his country gued that by resorting to abortion rhetoric immediate health care needs of most Solano as an infantryman in the U.S. Army. In April that recognizes neither life nor death, pro- County and northern California veterans. I feel 1942, Raymond and hundreds of other young choice people ‘‘risk becoming precisely what a moral obligation to do what is right for my men traveled to Inniskillan, Northern Ireland, our critics charge us with being: callous, fellow vets and to support any measure that for specialized training as an Army scout. After selfish and casually destructive men and further training in Inverary, Scotland, Raymond women who share a cheapened view of will have a positive impact upon the region. human life.’’ Other consequences of a ‘‘lexi- I was dismayed that the conference commit- and his comrades found themselves in North con of dehumanization’’ about the unborn tee provided only $25 million for the outpatient Africa with the 168th Regiment of the 34th In- are ‘‘hardness of heart, lying and political clinic at Travis. I had worked to secure addi- fantry Division. Their enemyÐField Marshall failure.’’ Wolf said that the ‘‘fetus means tional funding in light of the Veterans Adminis- Rommel's vaunted Afrika Korps. nothing’’ stance of the pro-choice movement tration's recommendation of $39.5 million in Soon enough, the 34th Infantry Division re- is refuted by common current practices of funding for the outpatient clinic. ceived their baptism of fire during the Allied in- parents-to-be who have framed sonogram With a projected 85,000 annual outpatient vasion of North Africa on November 17, 1942. photos and fetal heartbeat stethoscopes in visits, the new facility will meet the needs of their homes. Young upscale adults of child- Raymond served gallantly in battle during two most veterans who require ambulatory care. major campaigns in Algeria, Morocco, and Tu- bearing age are a solidly pro-choice demo- However, I still believe there is the urgent graphic group. But they enjoy watching nisia. After being bombarded both day and their unborn babies on sonograms, respond- need to attend to the acute medical needs of night by German artillery fire for over 1 month, ing to outside stimuli, and they read ‘‘The northern California's veterans. the 34th Infantry found themselves divided Well Baby Book,’’ which says: ‘‘Increasing The very survival of the outpatient facility and in disarray. One morning, just before knowledge is increasing the awe and respect was placed in jeopardy due to a November 29 dawn, Raymond and his comrades found we have for the unborn baby and is causing stalling tactic that sent the conference report themselves encircled by German tanks and in- us to regard the unborn baby as a real person back to committee. I was told by VA Chairman fantry. Those American soldiers who were not long before birth . . .’’ Lewis that the motion could have jeopardized machine gunned immediately found their posi- Wolf argued for keeping abortion legal but the clinic if the committee had been forced to treating it as a matter of moral gravity be- tions overrun and themselves taken prisoner. reallocate funds among competing accounts. 1 cause ‘‘grief and respect are the proper tones Further delay in enacting the VA/HUD ap- That morning marked what would become 2 ¤2 for all discussions about choosing to endan- propriations bill could force the legislation to years of hell for Raymond Johnson in Nazi ger or destroy a manifestation of life.’’ This prisoner of war camps in Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, temperate judgment drew from Jane John- be integrated into a full-year continuing resolu- tion. Under that scenario, virtually all pro- and ultimately the heart of the German inte- son, interim president of Planned Parent- rior. hood, a denunciation of the ‘‘view that there grams, including veterans' medical care and are good and bad reasons for abortion.’’ So, construction projects, will receive less than Meanwhile, Raymond's family had no word who now are the fanatics? under the conference agreement. This would of their son's fate. Reported missing, probably f leave the veterans of northern California at a killed in action, the family feared for the worst. severe disadvantage. Those individuals who Then, a Canadian ham radio operator monitor- CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2099, could delay or defeat this appropriations bill ing Vatican City Radio recorded the names of DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS would be putting their political whims before American prisoners of war that a Vatican City AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND the needs of our veterans. envoy had visited in a Nazi-controlled camp URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND By no means should my support for this bill near Mount Vesuvius. Hearing the name Ray- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPRO- signal that I am abandoning the long-term goal mond Johnson and his home town broadcast PRIATIONS ACT, 1996 of building a replacement hospital at Travis Air over the radio, the ham radio operator con- Force Base. tacted the Johnson family, giving them the first SPEECH OF It has become clear to me that full funding word that their son was alive. Despite his cap- HON. FRANK RIGGS for the proposed replacement hospital is not ture, the Johnson family, steadfast in their possible this year. I cannot ignore present fis- OF CALIFORNIA Roman Catholic faith, thanked God that their cal realities. Rather than contribute to budget son was alive and that a priest had visited the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gridlock, I must do what is best for northern men, giving them the sacrament of commun- Wednesday, December 13, 1995 California veterans and support this bill. ion. Faith in God and confidence in their coun- Mr. RIGGS. Mr. Speaker, I first want to f try were all that the Johnson family had to sustain them for some time to come. thank my colleague from California [Mr. LEWIS] TRIBUTE TO RAYMOND JOHNSON the Chairman of the VA/HUD Appropriations OF FORT WALTON BEACH Department of State Cables 446, 464, 579, Subcommittee, for his work on this bill under and 649 mentioned Raymond Johnson as difficult circumstances. His diligence and hard being sighted in Nazi POW Camps 7A and 3B work are to be commended. HON. JOE SCARBOROUGH near Furstonberg along with other prisoners, OF FLORIDA As a veteran myself, I am particularly sen- but the family was told nothing more than that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sitive to the importance of keeping our prom- their Raymond was a prisoner of war and that ises to our veterans. Monday, December 18, 1995 his fate was uncertain. Forced to labor on Shortly before the House of Representatives Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Mr. Speaker, I rise German public works projects and later on was to consider the conference report on the today to tell this Chamber a story of remark- German farms, Raymond, like his fellow December 19, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E 2395 POW's, became emaciated from extreme hun- Johnson lead a modest but happy life, barely which they trained. This reflects not only the ger and his health declined. Dysentery, infec- speaking of his experiences in the Nazi sta- quality of the students, but the faculty, curricu- tions, work injuries, and TB ravaged the men lags. Few people could have guessed what lum and state-of-the-art equipment LTI uses in held by the Nazis in the dreaded stalags and the war had been like for Raymond. its schools and classrooms. Raymond Johnson was not immune. By the Unfortunately, Raymond left this life on Oc- I commend Lincoln Technical Institute for its spring of 1945, near death, weighing only 98 tober 20, 1981, after suffering from cancer. dedication to the education and training of its pounds, suffering from dysentery and having Today, Raymond Johnson is survived by his students. In the competitive job market of the lost all of his teeth because of malnutrition, widow, Mildred Johnson of Fort Walton Beach, 1990s, Lincoln Technical Institute is essential Raymond and most of his comrades had sur- FL, who attends St. Mary's Catholic Church to help many Americans reach their career ob- vived almost 21¤2 years as prisoners of war, regularly and is active in the Legion of Mary. jectives. I urge my colleagues to join me in subjected to constant hardship and Gestapo Raymond was fortunate to have seven chil- wishing this fine institution a happy anniver- interrogation. Prisoners were dying at the rate dren, four sons, Robert, a teacher in Fort Wal- sary and another 50 years of continued suc- of three or four dead a day. Still, secure in his ton Beach, Dennis a postal worker, a Roman cess. faith in both God and country, Raymond did Catholic Priest, Kevin, and Thomas who works f not give up hope that he would be liberated for the State of Florida, and three daughters, and see his home and family again. Ray- Sandra, Katherine, and Mary, as well as 10 BILINGUAL EDUCATION’S FATAL mond's prayers would not go unanswered. As grandchildren, including a namesake, Ray- FLAWS the Irish proverb goes, ``God is just but He mond. While it may be too late to honor Ray- takes His time.'' mond Johnson personally, this Christmas sea- HON. TOBY ROTH Almost as suddenly as he became a pris- son I am pleased to be able to present to his OF WISCONSIN oner of war, events transpired that would family the medals and awards that this hero IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES change Raymond's life for the better. On Fri- has been owed for over 50 yearsÐthe Bronze Monday, December 18, 1995 day, April 13, 1945, Raymond's prayers were Star Medal, the Prisoner of War Medal, the answered. The men of Nazi Stalag 3B heard World War II Victory Medal, and the coveted Mr. ROTH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call thunder in the distance. In a state of panic, Combat Infantryman's Badge. These decora- the attention of my colleagues to the excellent German guards began shooting some pris- tions pale in comparison to the gift that Ray- article on bilingual education that appeared in oners and locked the rest in their barracks as mond gave his country but they are all that a the September 25, 1995 U.S. News & World the thunder loomed nearer. That thunder soon humble nation can give to pay tribute to one Report, ``Tongue-tied in the schools.'' The au- was recognized as artillery fire. The artillery of its heroes. I am pleased to know that the thor, Susan Headden, makes a compelling ar- fire became the sounds of tanks in battle. The First Congressional District of Florida can gument that bilingual education is a public pol- sounds of tank fire transformed into the sound boast of the merits of an American the likes of icy failure that has been kept alive by bureau- of tank treads. The tank treads became so Raymond Johnson and his fine family. Mr. cratic inertia. loud that the POW's huddled on the floor to- Speaker, we owe this man, and all of our Na- Ms. Headden's assessment of the pro- gether fearing that the Germans would make tion's veterans our most sincere thanks and gram's effectiveness is unambiguous; she good on their threat to kill them before they gratitude. writes that ``along with crumbling classrooms could be liberated. The commotion outside the f and violence in the hallways, bilingual edu- cation has emerged as one of the dark spots barracks was so loud that many of the men TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN TECHNICAL later reported being almost deafened until the on the grim tableau of American public edu- INSTITUTE ON ITS 50TH ANNI- cation.'' next sound that they heard was the barracks VERSARY doors being thrown open and an American GI The article goes on to show that current bi- yelling, ``You're safe now, boys. We've come lingual education programs are inadequate to take you home!'' A day that is feared by the HON. BOB FRANKS and actually counter-productive in helping new superstitious of the world, Friday the 13th, OF NEW JERSEY Americans and their children integrate into thereafter became Raymond's special day for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES American society by learning English. Surveys the rest of his life. Monday, December 18, 1995 have shown that today's immigrants want a Although liberated, Raymond's life still Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I chance for their children to learn English be- weighed in the balance. At the fittingly named rise today to recognize Lincoln Technical Insti- cause it is the key to success in America. Camp Lucky, Raymond almost died from his tute, the largest training company in the Na- Transitional bilingual education has failed to state of malnutrition several times. After 3 tion, on its 50th anniversary. meet the test Congress established for it in harrowing weeks, medics finally approved Lincoln Technical Institute [LTI] was founded 1978Ðnamely, that it improves students' per- Raymond to be placed aboard a hospital ship in Newark, NJ, in 1946 to provide returning formance in English. The research evidence heading for America. Enroute, men continued war veterans with practical job skills. Since on transitional bilingual education indicates to die and were buried at sea. Contemplating that time, the institute has grown to develop that it may, in fact, have a negative impact on the hardships he had endured, Raymond and offer one of the Nation's most innovative students in these programs. feared that it would be both senseless and and effective job training programs at 14 The first step we must take is to eliminate ironic if he should die at sea before seeing his schools in 6 States. the bilingual education bureaucracy which has family again. Raymond continued to pray that The first programs offered in 1946 trained a vested interest in continuing along the same God would spare his life. Once again Ray- veterans in the fields of heating and air-condi- failed path. The money the Federal Govern- mond's prayers were answered. tioning. Training in automatic transmissions ment spends on bilingual education could be This story would end here and would not be was added soon after. That began LTI's ex- better spent on English classes for immigrants of note had it not been for one simple thing. pertise in the automotive field. Over the years, and intensive English instruction for their chil- A nation anxious to return to normal, eager to courses in electronic and computer tech- dren. An afterschool program could do these discharge veterans as quickly as they could nologies and mechanical and architectural children far more good than 6 years of a bilin- be brought back home from the war in Europe drafting have been added. In 1993, LTI ac- gual education program. and the Pacific, became a nation too busy to quired the Cittone Institute which added office In the past, America has always been a honor its heroes. Raymond Johnson never re- focused programs such as court reporting and shining example of how people from all cor- ceived the recognition that he deserved for computerized accounting skills training. Today, ners of the world can live and work together serving his country with distinction and honor LTI offers specialized training in 12 fields. in cultural harmony. This was the case be- in both its saddest and finest moments. Students at LTI come from many different cause our country has enjoyed a common and Raymond Johnson eventually regained stages of life. Some are recent high school unifying bond, the English language. We must much of his health. However, doctors told him graduates that enroll in LTI to start their ca- preserve this bond to protect our future as a that he would never be the same after having reer. Others decide to make a career change nation. suffered the fate of Nazi prison camps. Hum- and attend LTI to learn the skills necessary for Bilingual education is a threat to that unity, bly, Raymond went on with his life, devout in their new profession. There are also a number because it doesn't help teach children English. his faith, and proud of his service to his coun- of students who go to LTI through their em- That's why I introduced the Declaration of Offi- try. Like most veterans, Raymond did not ployers in an effort to improve their skills. cial Language Act. I addition to declaring Eng- complain much. They were just thankful to be Most impressive is that over 90 percent of lish our official language, H.R. 739 also seeks home with their families. In fact, Raymond LTI's graduates are working in the fields for to repeal Federal mandatesÐlike bilingual E 2396 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 19, 1995 educationÐwhich discourage the use of Eng- ninth grader says her daughter has been in Idaho, three high-school teachers had no idea lish. If my bill passes, the bilingual education ‘‘transitional’’ bilingual education for nine that their students needed any help with boondoggle would cease to exist. years. ‘‘We support bilingual education,’’ English, despite their obvious LEP back- says Ray Domanico of the New York Public ground and consistently failing grades. I hope you will heed this article's warning Education Association. ‘‘But it is becoming and join me today in the effort to refocus our Poorly trained teachers further complicate an institutionalized ghetto.’’ the picture. Nationwide, the shortage of country's educational efforts towards the goal LEARNING CHINESE teachers trained for bilingual-education pro- of teaching children English quickly and effec- In theory, bilingual education is hard to grams is estimated at 170,000. The paucity of tively. We want all of our children to be fluent fault. Students learn math, science and qualified candidates has forced desperate su- in the language of opportunity in our society, other ‘‘content’’ subjects in their native perintendents to waive some credentialing so that they too can take hold of their share tongues, and they take special English class- requirements and recruit instructors from of the American Dream. Cosponsor H.R. 739, es for a small part of the day. When they are abroad. The result is teachers who them- the Declaration of Official Language Act. I ask ready, ideally within three or four years, selves struggle with English. ‘‘You can hard- that the full text of Susan Headden's article they switch to classes taught exclusively in ly understand them,’’ said San Francisco teacher Gwen Carmen, In Duchesne, Utah, appear in the RECORD at this point. English. The crucial advantage is that stu- dents don’t fall behind in their other lessons two teachers’ aides admitted to education [From the U.S. News and World Report, while gaining competence in English. Fur- department inspectors that they had no col- Sept. 25, 1995] ther, supporters claim, bilingual education lege credits, no instructional materials and TONGUE-TIED IN THE SCHOOLS produces students fluent in two languages. no idea what was expected of them. (By Susan Headden) That would be great, if it were true. Too What all these problems add up to is im- Javier Sanchez speaks English like the often it is not. What is sometimes mistaken possible to say precisely, but one statistic is proud American he is. Born in Brooklyn, for dual-language instruction is actually na- hard to ignore. The high-school dropout rate N.Y., the wiry 12-year-old speaks English at tive-language instruction, in which students for Hispanic students is nearly 30 percent. It home, and he speaks it on the playground. hear English for as little as 30 minutes a day. remains by far the highest of any ethnic He spoke it in the classroom, too—until one ‘‘Art, physical education and music are sup- group—four times that of whites, three times day in the third grade, when he was abruptly posed to be taught in English,’’ says Lucy that of blacks—and it has not budged since moved to a program that taught him in Fortney, a third-grade teacher from Sun Val- bilingual education began. Spanish all but 45 minutes a day. ‘‘It was a ley, Calif. ‘‘But that is absolutely not hap- Although poverty and other problems con- disaster,’’ says his Puerto Rican-born moth- pening at all.’’ tribute to the disappointing numbers, stud- er, Dominga Sanchez. ‘‘He didn’t understand Assignments to bilingual programs are in- ies suggest that confining Hispanic students Spanish.’’ Sanchez begged the teacher to re- creasingly a source of complaint. Many stu- to Spanish-only classrooms also may be a turn her son to his regular class. Her request dents, parents say, are placed in bilingual significant factor. A New York study, pub- was met with amazement. ‘‘Why?’’ the teach- classes not because they can’t understand lished earlier this year, determined that 80 er asked. ‘‘Don’t you feel proud to be His- English but because they don’t read well. percent of LEP students who enrolled in panic?’’ They need remedial, not bilingual, help. Oth- English-immersion classes graduated to Along with crumbling classrooms and vio- ers wind up in bilingual programs simply be- mainstream English within three years, lence in the hallways, bilingual education cause there is no room in regular classes. while only half the students in bilingual has emerged as one of the dark spots on the Luz Pena says her third-grade son, born in classes tested out that quickly. A similar grim tableau of American public education. America, spoke excellent English until he study released last fall by the state of Cali- Started 27 years ago to help impoverished was moved to a bilingual track. Determined fornia concluded that students stayed in na- Mexican-Americans, the program was born of to avoid such problems with her daughter, tive-language instruction far too long. It fol- good intentions, but today it has mush- she registered her for English kindergarten— lowed an independent investigation in 1993 roomed into a $10 billion-a-year bureaucracy only to be told the sole vacancies were in the that called native-language instruction ‘‘di- that not only cannot promise that students Spanish class. visive, wasteful and unproductive.’’ will learn English but may actually do some In some cases, the placements seem to defy common sense. In San Francisco, because of Not everyone agrees. More than half of children more harm than good. Just as trou- American voters, according to a new U.S. bling, while children like Javier are placed a desegragation order, some English-speak- ing African-Americans end up in classes News poll, approve of bilingual education. in programs they don’t want and may not Jim Lyons, executive director of the Bilin- need, thousands more children are taught partly in Chinese. Chinese-speakers, meanwhile, have been placed in classes gual Education Association, says the recent foundering because they get no help with studies are flawed because they fail to meas- English at all. taught partly in Spanish. Presented with evidence that blacks in bilingual programs ure mastery of academic content: ‘‘They Bilingual education was intended to give don’t even pretend to address the issue of the new immigrants a leg up. During earlier scored well below other blacks on basic skills tests, school officials recently an- full education,’’ he says. Learning English waves of immigration, children who entered takes time, insists Eugene Garcia of the edu- American schools without speaking English nounced an end to the practice. Whether a child is placed in a bilingual cation department. ‘‘And it’s well worth the were left to fend for themselves. Many program can turn on criteria as arbitrary as wait.’’ thrived, but others, feeling lost and con- whether his name is Miller or Martinez. In fused, did not. Their failures led to Title VII PRACTICAL APPROACH Utah, federal records show that the same of the Elementary and Secondary Education test scores that identified some students as The alternative to native-language in- Act, which ensured supplementary services ‘‘limited English proficient’’ (LEP) were struction is to teach children exclusively in for all non-English-speaking newcomers to used to identify others as learning disabled. English, pulling them out of class periodi- America. The distinction depended on the student’s cally for lessons in English as a second lan- ARMENIAN TO URDU ethnic group: Hispanics were designated guage. Lucy Fortney taught exclusively Significantly, the law did not prescribe a LEP, while Native Americans who spoke white American-born children when she method for delivering those services. But Navajo or Ute were labeled learning disabled. started her career 30 years ago; now her today, of the funds used to help children In New York City, where public schools classroom is almost entirely Vietnamese, learn English, 75 percent of federal money— teach children in 10 different languages, en- Cambodian, and Armenian. ‘‘I can’t translate and the bulk of state and local money—goes rollment in bilingual education has jumped one single word for them,’’ she says, ‘‘but toward classes taught in students’ native by half since 1989, when officials raised the they learn English.’’ tongues; only 25 percent supports programs cut-off on a reading test. Critics say that 40 Today, bilingual education is creeping be- rooted in English. That makes bilingual edu- percent of all children are likely to fail the yond impoverished urban neighborhoods to cation the de facto law of the land. test—whether they speak English or not. rural and suburban communities likely to Historically, Hispanics have been the larg- Misplacement, however, is only part of the expose its failings to harsher light. Until est beneficiaries of bilingual education. problem. At least 25 percent of LEP stu- now, no constituency has been vested or Today, however, they compete for funding dents, according to the U.S. Department of powerful enough to force the kind of reforms with new immigrant groups whose urge to Education, get no special help at all. Other that may yet come with civil-rights law- assimilate some educators say, may be children are victims of a haphazard ap- suits. ‘‘Everybody’s appalled when they find stronger. Further, not many school districts proach. In Medford, Ore., LEP students re- out about the problems,’’ says Linda Chavez, can offer classes in such languages as Arme- ceived English training anywhere from three one-time director of the Commission on Civil nian and Urdu. So for practical reasons, too, hours a day, five days a week to 30 minutes Rights and a dogged opponent of bilingual children of other nationalities are placed in a day, three days a week. The results? Of 12 education, ‘‘but the fact is, it doesn’t affect English-based classes more often than chil- former LEP students reviewed by education their kids.’’ That may have been true in the dren of Hispanics. The problem, as many see department officials, seven had two or more past. But as a rainbow-hued contingent of it, is that students are staying in native-lan- F’s and achievement scores below the 20th schoolchildren starts filling up the desks in guage programs far too long. In a typical percentile. Four more had D’s and test scores mostly white suburbia, it is not likely to be complaint, the mother of one New York below the 30th percentile. In Twin Falls, the case for long. December 19, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E 2397 TRIBUTE TO MRS. PEARL ALMA and its distinguished chairman, Zbigniew cally successful Ukraine as a key factor of RIVERO Brzezinski, for their constructive contributions security and stability in Europe as a whole. 2. Recommend the establishment of a min- to building a strong and effective relationship isterial-level U.S.-Ukrainian Joint Commis- HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL between the United States and Ukraine. The sion. While applauding the existence of joint, OF NEW YORK committee, formed in 1993 by the Washing- bilateral working groups, we urge the cre- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ton-based Center for Strategic and Inter- ation of additional groups—by the Depart- national Studies, recently held its third meeting ment of State and the Ministry of Foreign Monday, December 18, 1995 in New York and issued a report. Affairs as well as the Department of Defense Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay The recommendations of the report were and the Ministry of Defense—to deal with a designed to advance the process of economic range of issues, including energy supplies tribute to Mrs. Pearl Alma Rivero, an outstand- and security; environmental issues; and com- ing individual who has devoted her life to her reform in Ukraine, foster a climate to attract bating organized crime. family and to serving her community. Mrs. foreign investment, and integrate Ukraine into 3. In order to develop a special relationship Rivero will be celebrating her 70th birthday on the global economy. In order to meet these between NATO and Ukraine, extend eligi- Sunday in the company of her loving family goals, Ukraine's political leadership must ad- bility to Ukraine under the NATO Participa- and friends in Miami, FL. here to the fundamental elements of the eco- tion Act of 1994. At the same time, encourage Mrs. Rivero is a native of New York City. nomic reform program proposed a year ago by and support Ukraine’s active participation in the Partnership for Peace program. She is the youngest of eight children born to President Leonid Kuchma. 4. Encourage strong support for the closest Alexander and Ursula Shepard. She is the sis- The American-Ukrainian Advisory Commit- possible Ukrainian participation and inte- ter of Joseph Anthony Moniz, Vincent DePaul tee calls upon the Ukrainian Government to gration in European multilateral institu- Moniz, Sylvia Patronella Moniz Nicholas, Ivy ``speed up and broaden privatization with aim tions, such as the Central European Initia- Eleanor Cristabel Moniz, Virella Santiago, of achieving the long-term objective of estab- tive and CEFTA, cooperation partner status Hyacinth Moniz, and Florin Moniz, Jr. lishing a market economy'' and to ``follow in the WEU, and the inclusion of Ukraine On October 18, 1942, she married Louis through with real macroeconomic stabiliza- with Moldova, Bulgaria, and Romania in the tion.'' The committee all urges the United Clinton Administration’s Regional Airspace Bouchet and was blessed with two daughters, Initiative. Margo Maria Bouchet and Sandra Cecelia States, the European Union, Japan, and the 5. Support collective efforts to achieve re- Bouchet. international financial institutions to provide ductions in and confidence-building meas- On August 1, 1959, Mrs. Rivero married adequate financial assistance to reinforce ures for military forces in the Black Sea Emil Joseph Rivero, with whom she cele- Ukraine's commitment to economic reform. basin. When appropriate, a U.S. role as medi- brated 33 years of happiness until Emil's The American-Ukrainian Advisory Commit- ator in Black Sea issues could prove useful. tee's report follows: 6. Encourage the U.S. Administration to death on May 13, 1993. Their marriage was continue rendering support for Ukraine’s ter- AMERICAN-UKRAINIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE blessed with the birth of three children, Maria ritorial integrity and inviolability of its Theresa Rivero, Angela Justine Rivero, and COMMUNIQUE state borders, and to urge Ukraine’s neigh- Emil John Rivero. The American-Ukrainian Advisory Com- bors to refrain from raising territorial Mrs. Rivero has four wonderful grand- mittee met in New York on November 17–18 claims. children, Betti-Rahkel Bouchet-Williams, Der- and reiterated its strong conviction that a 7. Initiate the holding of U.S.-Ukrainian rick Boddie, Mychal Williams, and Cassandra resilient Ukraine is in the interest of Euro- seminars and roundtables on security-related pean stability and thus also American secu- matters. Bankhead-Williams. rity. It welcomed the evident improvement 8. Encourage Western investment and tech- A devoted mother, Mrs. Rivero raised her in the American-Ukrainian relationship, es- nical and economic assistance for the explo- family to be religious, sharing, and caring indi- pecially the recognition by the U.S. govern- ration and development of Ukraine’s natural viduals. ment of Ukraine’s geopolitical significance. gas and oil deposits, as well as diversifica- Mrs. Rivero has worked tirelessly to benefit It also endorsed strongly the reform efforts tion of external energy supplies to Ukraine. her community and her church. She has being pursued by the Ukrainian government Encourage also the U.S. to play a leading served as a Eucharistic minister, lecturer, and in order to transform Ukraine into a stable role in helping Ukraine work out a com- prehensive plan for reforming the energy a teacher of religious classes at Blessed Sac- democracy based on a free market economy. The American participants included: Hon sector. rament Catholic Church in the Bronx, and St. Zbigniew Brzezinski (CSIS Counselor), Hon. ECONOMIC ISSUES John Neumann Catholic Church in Miami, Richard Burt (Chairman International Eq- 1. Urge the Ukrainian government to speed where she presently resides. Mrs. Rivero has uity Partners), Hon. Frank Carlucci (Chair- up and broaden privatization with the aim of also taught Bible classes at St. Ann's Nursing man, Carlyle Group), Gen. John Galvin achieving the long-term objective of estab- Home in Florida and currently serves as (Dean, Fletcher School of International Law lishing a market economy. One important CORE member of the Divorced and Separated and Diplomacy), Mr. Michael Jordan (Chair- step is to open opportunities to sell blocks of Ministry at St. John Neumann Catholic Church man & CEO, Westinghouse Electric Corpora- equity to strategic investors, while urging in Miami. She is a founding member of tion), Hon Henry Kissinger (Chairman, Kis- U.S. AID to enhance the efficacy of its sup- singer Associates), and Mr. George Soros port of Ukrainian privatization. WINGS, a ministry serving the needs of wid- (Chairman, Soros Foundations). 2. Given the critical stage of Ukraine’s eco- ows, and has served as mediator for the Bet- The Ukrainian participants included: Dr. nomic reforms, encourage the Ukrainian ter Business Bureau in New York City. Bohdan Hawrylyshyn (Chairman, Council of government to follow through with real mac- Mrs. Rivero has received accolades, ac- Advisors to Ukrainian Parliament), Ms. roeconomic stabilization, while urging the knowledgments, and awards from her commu- Svitlana Oharkova (General Director, IMF, the World Bank, the European Union, nity, including awards from the Better Busi- ‘‘Tekno Ukrayina’’), Mr. Serhiy Oksanych Japan, and the U.S. government to provide (President, KINTO Investment Association), timely and adequate financial assistance. ness Bureau of New York and the committee 3. Support the introduction of the Ukrain- on the handicapped from the New York Board Hon. Borys Sobolev (Deputy Minister of Fi- nance), Hon. Dmytro Tabachnyk (Chief of ian national currency, which should be a sta- of Education. She was also certified as a lay Staff, Presidential Administration), Hon. ble currency inspiring confidence, and urge minister for the Archdiocese of Miami. Oleh Taranov (Chairman, Parliamentary the IMF to provide the appropriate stabiliza- Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me Commission on Economic Policy), Hon. Boris tion fund. and the family of Mrs. Pearl Alma Rivero in Tarasiuk (Ambassador to Belgium), and Hon. 4. Encourage the U.S. government and the wishing her a happy 70th birthday and best Volodymyr Vasylenko (Ambassador-at- EU to identify and overcome trade barriers so as to facilitate Ukraine’s integration into wishes during this holiday season. Large). In addition, present at the meeting was Hon. Yuri Sheberbak, Ambassador of the global trading system. f 5. Assist with Ukraine’s efforts to join the Ukraine to the United States. World Trade Organization, and encourage More specifically, the AUAC endorses or THE IMPORTANCE OF ECONOMIC the U.S. Administration to extend Ukraine’s recommends the following: REFORM IN UKRAINE participation in the U.S. General System of SECURITY ISSUES Preferences. 1. Encourage the U.S. to clearly articulate 6. Express appreciation of the public edu- HON. LEE H. HAMILTON its vision of European security architecture, cation in market economics financed by the OF INDIANA and in that context urge it to develop a con- U.S. government, and advocate financing of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sistent, long-term policy toward Ukraine education in business management and pub- Monday, December 18, 1995 which views that country as a Central Euro- lic administration. Such efforts should lead pean state. That policy needs to strongly and to the Ukrainian government’s enhanced ca- Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I commend actively demonstrate American support for pacity to attract and retain competent per- the American-Ukrainian Advisory Committee an independent, democratic, and economi- sons at all levels of administration. E 2398 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 19, 1995 7. Support Ukraine’s participation in the It seeks to advance the cooperation and effec- REPORT ON RESOLUTION PROVID- global space program. tiveness of legislatures in U.S. States, terri- ING FOR DEBATE AND CONSID- 8. Urge the U.S. Congress to follow tories, possessions, and commonwealths, and ERATION OF THREE MEASURES Ukraine’s lead and ratify both agreements RELATING TO UNITED STATES dealing with double taxation and investment to make them more accountable and acces- promotion and protection. sible to all residents. It places as one of its TROOP DEPLOYMENTS IN BOSNIA BUSINESS INVESTMENT ISSUES highest priorities the fulfillment of goals of the 1. Encourage Ukraine to establish clear African-American and Latino American com- SPEECH OF property and contract rights, in harmony munities. with international norms, so that both for- eign and domestic investors’ rights can be Among other accomplishments, the Caucus HON. RONALD D. COLEMAN protected and enforced. was instrumental in persuading the State of OF TEXAS 2. Under the joint sponsorship of the Connecticut to divest from South Africa; in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ukrainian Union of Entrepreneurs and the calling attention to the plight of Haitians; and U.S. Chamber of Commerce, establish a Busi- Wednesday, December 13, 1995 in calling for the appointment of African-Amer- ness Forum composed of CEOs and senior Mr. COLEMAN. Mr. Speaker, we are facing management to meet once a year to discuss ican Curtissa Coffield to the State Supreme an important and difficult moment: Should we business opportunities and obstacles in Court. Ukraine and the United States. send United States troops into Bosnia? De- 3. Encourage Ukraine to establish an equi- My home State has reaped enormous bene- ploying U.S. troops to foreign territory and table and rational tax code which abjures fits from the work of the Connecticut Legisla- possibly into harm's way is always a difficult retroactivity, double indemnity, discrimina- tive Black and Puerto Rican Caucus. Its cur- decision. tion, and punitive taxation levels. rent chairwoman, Annette Carter, heads a There is, however, one compelling rationale 4. Express clearly to the U.S. Congress and executive branch the AUAC’s strong support team of dedicated leaders who work hard to for United States participation in the inter- for rule of law programs which could im- help all of us. As the Caucus continues its national peacekeeping force; Bosnia has been prove significantly Ukraine’s business in- work and accomplishments into the next cen- the victim of international aggression and of vestment climate (e.g. development of com- tury, my State and the Nation will benefit. I crime against humanity that the Bosnian mercial code, enforcement of decisions of Ar- thank the Caucus for its endeavors and ap- Serbs, supported by the Milosevic regime in bitration Courts), and identifies this area as Belgrade, have committed against hundreds of plaud its mission. a priority. thousands of predominately Moslem Bosnians. 5. Encourage the Kyiv Political-Economic Working Group to provide the Western NIS f The American people are rightly outraged Enterprise Fund (Ukraine) with specific in- by the atrocities suffered by the Bosnian peo- vestment/joint venture guidance and sugges- TAX RELIEF AND THE RIGHT TO ple: mass executions, ethnic cleansing, con- tions on small business projects. WORK FOR OLDER AMERICANS centration camps, rape and terror, disease 6. Work through the Center for Inter- and starvation. Numerous accounts report on national Private Enterprise, an affiliate of the slaughter of innocent civilians in the Chamber of Commerce of the United HON. RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN Srebrenica. Peace is the only way to end the States, to conduct seminars on investment terrible human toll of this year. Now, with the opportunities in different sectors of the OF NEW JERSEY Ukrainian economy. official signing of the peace agreement in Paris this week, the warring factions have f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES agreed to peace and the principles of the set- CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF THE Monday, December 18, 1995 tlement. We finally have a chance to end the CONNECTICUT LEGISLATIVE violence that has been so perniciously di- BLACK AND PUERTO RICAN CAU- Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, today rected at specific groups because of their CUS I rise to commend the House of Representa- faith. tives for passing H.R. 2684, the Senior Citi- President Bill Clinton, and U.S. diplomatic HON. BARBARA B. KENNELLY zens' Right To Work Act of 1995, which ends effort brought the parties to the peace table. the practice of punishing older Americans who The progress we have made toward peace OF CONNECTICUT want to work. has been the result of American leadership. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Earlier this year, I promised the 1 million NATO's bombing campaign, led by American Monday, December 18, 1995 pilots, stopped Serb attacks against the safe working, older Americans financial relief from areas. In Dayton, our single-minded pursuit of Mrs. KENNELLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today the punitive Social Security earnings limit to give recognition to an organization that has peace helped the parties reach an overall set- which is wrongly imposed on them. H.R. 2684, helped countless residents in my State for 20 tlement. The Presidents of Croatia, Serbia, fulfills my promise by increasing the earnings years: the Connecticut Legislative Black and and Bosnia have made a serious commitment Puerto Rican Caucus. limit to $30,000 by the year 2002. Today, to peace. We must help them to make it work. The Caucus was formed in January 1976, many people across the Nation want or need After 4 years of war, a credible international under the leadership of its first chairman, Rep- to work beyond the age of 64 because a fixed military presence is needed to give the parties resentative Clyde Billington, Jr., of Hartford. In Social Security income alone cannot provide confidence to live up to their agreement and subsequent years, this leadership was pro- adequate financial resources. breathing room to begin reconciliation and re- building. NATO, proven strong and effective, is vided by distinguished legislators Maurice This Nation has a tremendous amount of that military presence. And the U.S. is the Mosley of Waterbury, Walter Brooks of New talent available in its older Americans. Young- Haven, William Dyson of New Haven, Abra- heart of NATO. If we fail to do our part in im- er people in the workplace gain a lot through ham Giles of Hartford, Eric Coleman of Bloom- plementation, we would undermine our leader- field, Ernest Newton of Bridgeport and Wade the experience of these individuals who con- ship of NATO. We would weaken the alliance Hyslop of New London. tinue to work. Simply put, lifting the earnings itself. We would also undercut the chance for The Caucus membership includes 13 Afri- limit is the right thing to do because it is good peace in Bosnia to the detriment of our own can-American and Puerto Rican membersÐ for all of us. interests. At this pivotal point in time, our U.S. currently 10 Representatives and 3 Senators. When fully phased in, the Senior Citizens' troops and our Commander in Chief deserve These hard-working, dedicated members Right To Work Act will exempt about 50 per- our complete support and confidence. strive not only to find solutions to problems, cent of the people who currently have to com- President Clinton has clearly defined the ob- but to promote the cultural diversity we are so jectives of the implementation force [I-For] and ply with the earnings limit. These individuals fortunate to have in Connecticut. stated our exact role in the international Throughout its 20-year history, the Caucus have worked hard to pay into the Social Secu- peacekeeping mission. I-For's mission is lim- has worked to improve the lives of African- rity trust fund. This legislation keeps our prom- ited to assisting the parties in executing the Americans and Latino Americans. The Caucus ise to lift the earnings limit for older people so military aspects of the peace agreement. promotes the growth of minority-owned busi- they can continue to contribute to our Nation. These efforts, in turn, will help create a secure ness, and works to expand economic and environment that will enable the people of educational opportunities in our communities. Bosnia to get on with the job of rebuilding. To December 19, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E 2399 ensure a stable Bosnia, we must be commit- vatization of State-owned enterprises and fer of executive power in any of the inde- ted, publicly and resolutely, to the I-For mis- other important reforms. pendent States of the former Soviet Union; In closing, let me say that the future peace Whereas in June 1995, through peaceful co- sion, and most importantly to our United operation and compromise, the President States troops. and prosperity of Ukraine also depends greatly and Parliament of Ukraine reached a politi- f on the behavior of its neighbors. The Russian cal accord meant to better define the bal- Federation, in particular, should redouble its ance of powers between the executive and SUPPORTING THE INDEPENDENCE efforts to achieve a bilateral treaty with legislative branches of government, pending AND SOVEREIGNTY OF UKRAINE Ukraine that clearly accepts and respects the adoption of a new constitution for AND ITS POLITICAL AND ECO- Ukraine's independence. Russia should also Ukraine; NOMIC REFORMS Whereas Ukraine is the first of the inde- move quickly to achieve a final and fair agree- pendent states of the former Soviet Union to ment with Ukraine on the disposition and bas- appoint a civilian to the office of Minister of HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN ing of the Black Sea fleet. Ukraine has sought Defense; OF NEW YORK to work with Russia on various issues. Most Whereas Ukraine is pursuing political and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES important, Ukraine has agreed to become a economic reforms intended to ensure its fu- ture strength, stability, and security and to Monday, December 18, 1995 nonnuclear State, relinquishing its Soviet-era nuclear weapons to Russia. It is appropriate ensure that it will assume its rightful place among the international community of Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I am today intro- for Russia to respond in a cooperative spirit by ducing House Concurrent Resolution 120, ex- democratic States and in European and fairly dividing the fleet with Ukraine, paying ap- trans-Atlantic institutions; pressing the support of the United States Con- propriate compensation for the use of Ukrain- Whereas through the agreement by the gress for the independence and sovereignty of ian ports or facilities, and recognizing Ukrain- Government of Ukraine to the establishment Ukraine and for political and economic reforms ian sovereignty. This would be no less than of a mission from the Organization on Secu- in that important country. In laying out a num- Russia itself would expect with regard to its rity and Cooperation in Europe in the region ber of areas that both Ukraine and the United sovereignty and territorial integrity. of Crimea, Ukraine has shown its interest in States should focus upon, House Concurrent Mr. Speaker, Ukraine is the second largest avoiding the use of force in resolving ethnic and regional disputes within Ukraine; Resolution 120 should serve as a contribution State in all of Europe, with the sixth largest to the evolving relationship between our two Whereas Ukraine has taken very positive population. House Concurrent Resolution 120 steps in supporting efforts to stem prolifera- countries. I am pleased that I am joined in makes clear just how important Ukraine is to tion of nuclear weapons by ratifying the sponsoring this resolution by my colleagues, the peace, stability, and prosperity of Europe START I Treaty on nuclear disarmament Mr. GOODLING, Mr. SOLOMON, and Mr. HOKE. and therefore to the trans-Atlantic community and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of The challenges Ukraine faces in ensuring its of nations. American can and should play a Nuclear Weapons, thereby relinquishing nu- independence and in successfully implement- vital role in helping Ukraine through these dif- clear weapons it possessed after the dissolu- tion of the former Union of Soviet Socialist ing political and economic reforms should not ficult times. be minimized. In the area of economic re- Republics; Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that Whereas in December 1994, the Presidents forms, in particular, the Ukrainian people face the full text of the resolution be inserted in the of the United States and the Russian Federa- many difficult struggles. The United States is RECORD at this point. tion and the Prime Minister of Great Britain providing vitally needed assistance intended to H. CON. RES. 120 signed a Memorandum on National Security focus on those economic reforms that are key Supporting the independence and sov- Assurances for Ukraine as depository States to Ukraine's economic transformation and, ulti- ereignty of Ukraine and the progress of its under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of mately, to its continued independence. The political and economic reforms. Nuclear Weapons; international community has also begun to Whereas August 24, 1995, marked the fourth Whereas the Secretary of Defense of the United States and the Minister of Defense of provide substantial assistance and loans to anniversary of the independence of Ukraine; Whereas the independent State of Ukraine Ukraine signed a Memorandum of Under- Ukraine in support of economic reforms there. standing on cooperation in the field of de- As this resolution clearly points out, however, is a member State of the United Nations and the United Nations has established in fense and military relations on July 27, 1993; Whereas Ukraine has sought to promote the ultimate responsibility for the success of Ukraine an office to assist Ukraine in build- constructive cooperation with its neighbors those reforms lies with the President and Par- ing relations with the international commu- through humanitarian assistance and liament of that country. It is, quite simply, a nity and in coordinating international as- question of Ukraine's future independence. If through mediation of disputes; sistance for Ukraine; Whereas Ukraine has provided Ukrainian Whereas the independent State of Ukraine Ukraine's leadership cannot overcome the po- troops as part of the international peace- is a member State of the Council of Europe, litical and economic legacy of the failed Soviet keeping force meant to prevent the spread of the Organization on Security and Coopera- Union, that legacy will drag Ukraine's people conflict in the states of the former Yugo- tion in Europe, and the North Atlantic Co- backward. The burdens of that Soviet legacy slavia; and operation Council of the North Atlantic Alli- are the greatest challenge to Ukraine's as- Whereas Ukraine has played a vital role in ance, is a participant in the Partnership for preventing the emergence of a coercive mili- sumption of its proper place in Europe and in Peace program of the North Atlantic Alli- the trans-Atlantic community, and those bur- tary bloc on the territory of the former So- ance, and has entered into a Partnership and viet Union by representing the interests of dens must be overcome. Cooperation Agreement with the European the smaller states that are members of the Mr. Speaker, House Concurrent Resolution Union and has been accepted for membership organization known as the Commonwealth of 120 has a number of very positive things to in the Central European Initiative in 1996; Independent States: Now, therefore, be it say about Ukraine. Ukraine must be com- Whereas the United States recognized Resolved by the House of Representatives (the mended for the success of its political reforms Ukraine as an independent State on Decem- Senate concurring), That it is the sense of the ber 25, 1991, and established diplomatic rela- Congress that— to date. Ukraine has yet to adopt a new con- tions with Ukraine on January 2, 1992; stitution that, by clearly defining the separation (1) Ukraine has made significant progress Whereas Ukraine is a major European na- in political reform in its first 4 years of inde- of powers among the branches of government, tion, having the second largest territory and pendence and that it is to be congratulated would lay a strong foundation upon which to sixth largest population of all the States of for the successful conduct of free and fair consolidate Ukrainian democracy. Despite Europe; elections for the presidency and parliament; that, Ukraine has managed to carry outÐin a Whereas Ukraine has an important geo- (2) the territorial integrity of Ukraine in free and fair mannerÐits first Presidential and political and economic role to play within its existing borders is an important element Central and Eastern Europe and a strong, Parliamentary elections as an independent of European peace and stability; stable, and secure Ukraine serves the inter- (3) the President and Parliament of State. Ukraine was also the first of those ests of peace and stability in all of Europe, Ukraine should continue their strong efforts States that arose from the collapse of the So- which is also an important national security to agree upon and submit to the Ukrainian viet Union to carry out a peaceful, democratic interest of the United States; people for their approval a new democratic transfer of executive power. It is the first of Whereas Ukraine conducted its first presi- constitution providing for a proper balance those States to place its Ministry of Defense dential and parliamentary elections as an of power between the branches of govern- under civilian control. Finally, in June of this independent State in 1994, carrying such ment; year, Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and elections out in a free and fair manner and (4) the Government of Ukraine should con- moving further away from the former com- tinue its efforts to ensure the rights of all the Ukrainian Parliament agreed to an interim munist model of one-party, centralized, to- citizens of Ukraine regardless of their ethnic political arrangement, pending the adoption of talitarian rule; or religious background; a new constitution. That arrangement should Whereas Ukraine’s presidential elections of (5) the Government of Ukraine should con- allow the President to move forward with pri- July 1994 resulted in the first peaceful trans- tinue and accelerate its efforts to transform E 2400 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 19, 1995 its economy, abandoning the failed economic eration and commerce between the United daughter is also an active volunteer and her policies of the former communist regime and States and Ukraine is fully and appro- son has served as California State Com- ensuring that programs meant to ensure the priately exploited; and mander of the DAV and the AMVETS. success of economic reform receive strong (17) as a leader of the democratic nations Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my colleagues support at all levels of government; of the world, the United States should con- (6) the Government of Ukraine should, in tinue to support the people of Ukraine in to join me in saluting Ms. Engberg for her particular, proceed with the privatization of their struggle to bring peace, prosperity, and great spirit and to wish her a very happy 100th state-owned enterprises in a very expeditious democracy to Ukraine and to the other inde- birthday. manner; pendent states of the former Soviet Union. f (7) the Government of Ukraine should, in f particular, place a high priority on the adop- REPORT ON RESOLUTION PROVID- tion of those laws necessary to ensure the PERSONAL EXPLANATION ING FOR DEBATE AND CONSID- continued growth of an economy based on ERATION OF THREE MEASURES market mechanisms, private enterprise, and HON. NYDIA M. VELA´ ZQUEZ RELATING TO UNITED STATES the right to private property; TROOP DEPLOYMENTS IN (8) the Government of Ukraine should con- OF NEW YORK BOSNIA tinue its effort to arrive at an agreement IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES with the ‘‘G–7’’ group of States whereby the nuclear reactors at Chernobyl, Ukraine, Monday, December 18, 1995 SPEECH OF might be shut down in a safe and expeditious Ms. VELAÂ ZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, earlier HON. PAT DANNER manner; today I was unavoidably detained and missed (9) the President of the United States OF MISSOURI should support continued United States as- rollcall votes 863 and 864. Had I been IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES present, I would have voted ``no'' on both roll- sistance to Ukraine for its political and eco- Tuesday, December 12, 1995 nomic reforms, for the safe and secure dis- call votes. mantlement of its weapons of mass destruc- I would ask unanimous consent that these Ms. DANNER. Mr. Speaker, I continue to tion, and for the increased safety of oper- votes be placed in the appropriate place in the have grave reservations about the United ation of its civilian nuclear reactors, and as- permanent RECORD. States' mission to Bosnia and this concern is sistance for the establishment of rule of law, f reflected in my votes on this issue. I do not for criminal justice and law enforcement believe we should agree to the placement of training, and for the promotion of trade and HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MARIE American men and women in harm's way investment; ELIZABETH ZEMAN ENGBERG (10) the President of the United States without the support of the American people, should insist that the Government of the which I do not believe exists. I fear that the Russian Federation, in line with the assur- HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK mission could result in a significant loss of ances for the security of Ukraine made by OF CALIFORNIA American lives without accomplishing the goal the President of the Russian Federation in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of peace in the Balkans. the January 1994 Trilateral Statement on Monday, December 18, 1995 I have listened closely to the arguments Nuclear Disarmament in Ukraine, fully and made in support of sending troops. I have not finally recognize Ukraine’s sovereignty and Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to territorial integrity and refrain from any yet been convinced that the parties to the economic coercion of Ukraine; congratulate Marie Elizabeth Zeman Engberg, agreement are completely willing to accept the (11) the Government of Ukraine should who will celebrate her 100th birthday this Sat- terms of the agreement, nor am I convinced continue to act in defense of its sovereignty urday, December 16, 1995. Ms. Engberg is a that they have complete control over the peo- and that of the other independent states of long-time resident of San Leandro in Califor- ple they represent. the former Soviet Union by opposing the nia's 13th Congressional District. I want to One of my chief concerns with the peace emergence of any collective military bloc on take this opportunity to congratulate Ms. agreement continues to be the individual inter- the territory of the former Soviet Union Engberg on reaching this milestone, but also pretations of the terms by the leaders. For ex- whose primary purpose would be the re-cre- to recognize her for achieving something that ation of that failed state or the reintegration ample, Croat authorities released a jailed mili- into one political entity of those nations may be even more distinguished. At this time, tary commander who was under indictment by once held captive by it; she has accumulated over 23,360 hours of the international war crimes tribunal for atroc- (12) the President of the United States volunteer work in the disabled American vet- ities. This action knowingly violated one of the should express the support of the United eran medical system in California's bay area. major provisions of the Balkan peace agree- States for Ukraine’s insistence that it be Ms. Engberg was born on December 16, ment. This type of blatant and self-serving dis- provided with appropriate rent or compensa- 1895, in Pittsburgh, PA, to immigrant parents. regard for the terms of the agreement certainly tion for the use of its bases, ports or other She spent her early years in Kensington, Can- facilities on its territory under appropriately does not bode well for the peace agreement negotiated and ratified agreements and trea- ada, and later moved to Crosby, ND, where and the United States mission. Because of ties; she married a World War I soldier. She moved this, I am concerned that a mission intended (13) the President of the United States on to Lawrence, KS, and then to Tarkio, MO. to keep the peace could quickly become a should ensure that Ukraine’s national secu- Ms. Engberg made her living by working in the military engagement similar to what transpired rity interests are fully considered in any re- corn fields. While living in a tent, she volun- in Somalia. vision of the Treaty on Conventional Forces teered to cook for the other field hands. She In closing, however, it is important to note in Europe that may be agreed to by the sig- believes that this was the beginning of her vol- that like the many other Americans opposed to natories to that agreement; (14) the President of the United States unteer spirit. She also worked the carnivals the mission, I will be supportive of our troops should work to ensure that Ukraine’s inter- before she traveled to Alameda, CA, where as they are committed to Bosnia. ests as an integral part of Central and East- she finally settled. She took a job at Beth- f ern Europe are fully considered in any re- lehem Shipyards in a machine shop and made view of European security arrangements and her home in the projects, which, at that time, ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST AFRICAN- understandings; were at the west end of the island of Alameda. AMERICAN TO SERVE IN HOUSE (15) the President of the United States After the war ended, she worked in the insur- OF REPRESENTATIVES should support continued United States se- ance industry until she retired at age 65. curity assistance for Ukraine, including as- SPEECH OF sistance for training of military officers, After her retirement, Ms. Engberg continued military exercises as part of the North At- to volunteer at VA hospitals in Oakland and HON. BARBARA-ROSE COLLINS lantic Alliance’s Partnership for Peace pro- later at the Martinez facility. As late as 1990, OF MICHIGAN gram, and appropriate military equipment to at the age of 95, she attended a VAVS meet- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES assist Ukraine in maintaining its defensive ing in Martinez. She joined the DAV Auxiliary, capabilities as it reduces its military force chapter 7, in Oakland, in 1949, and has been Tuesday, December 12, 1995 levels; an active member ever since. In 1954, she Miss COLLINS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I (16) the President of the United States should ensure the United States Govern- served as the chapter's commander. She has am pleased to commemorate the 125th anni- ment’s continued efforts to assist Ukraine in represented the chapter at national conven- versary of the election to Congress of the first its accession to the World Trade Organiza- tions all over the United States. African-American Member. Clearly, the highest tion; and should ensure, in particular, that Ms. Engberg is also a member of Rebekah honor we could bestow on the Honorable Jo- the potential for aerospace and space co-op- Lodge No. 19 and has two children. Her seph Hayne Rainey is to assure him that the December 19, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E 2401 struggle he began in this Congress 125 years I have heard from representatives of many prevention program in my district, ago, is being carried on today by some of us of the 41 health facilities in Arkansas which PeaceBuilders. This innovative program may who still recognize that racial inequality and are standing idle and empty while awaiting ini- help save our children and greatly reduce the discriminationÐtwo of the issues Congress- tial certifications. All have stated they are number of young lives that enter the criminal man Rainey struggle valiantly againstÐcon- more than willing to pay the cost of certifi- justice system. cation if it will help expedite the opening of tinue to impact important policy decisions of Crime and violence in our schools is a prob- these much-needed facilities. this body. We saw it in our consideration of lem high on my list of concerns, for its nega- Robert Pear reported in the New York the sentencing guidelines relating to crack co- tive effects touch us all. Having looked for so- Times on November 25 that this particular caine. We see it in the ongoing emphasis of lutions over the years, I feel encouraged by problem was ``a case study of what might be the majority to put more of our citizens in pris- the model used in the PeaceBuilders Program. on, as opposed to investing in education and in store for GOP plans after spending reduc- jobs. It is visible in the efforts by some to re- tions.'' In the past 5 years, the number of hos- In 1992, Dr. Dennis Embry, a licensed child duce the liability for white collar crime and se- pices has more than doubled and the number psychologist, started the nationally known vio- curities fraud. We see it this week in the for- of rural health clinics has more than quad- lence prevention program called eign operations appropriations measure which rupled. Health facilities such as these are try- PeaceBuilders. PeaceBuilders has been se- provides billions of foreign aid to some individ- ing to meet the growing health care needs of lected as one of three projects by the Center ual countries, while completely annihilating aid our citizens at less cost to the American pub- for Disease Control as a promising national to the entire region of the sub-Saharan African lic. If these facilities are forced to stay closed model for elementary school students. The countries. Another example is the announced because of bogus regulations and budget cuts program teaches children to praise people, effort in the coming session to eliminate af- by Congress, then it is the people who need give up put downs, seek wise adults, notice firmative action programs, without taking other health care who ultimately lose out. hurts and right wrongs. effective steps to correct racial discrimination Mr. Speaker, let's not tie the hands of our Over 150 schools in 17 states make up the in that all important area of meaningful em- health care providers who are trying to meet network of PeaceBuilders. Schools participat- ployment. our requests. I urge my colleagues to support ing in the program notice immediate changes I believe that all of these important issues my commonsense solution to this problem and in student behavior. The number of student and others like them would be of great con- allow our health providers to care for Ameri- suspensions, playground problems and inju- ca's patients. cern to Congressman Joseph Hayne Rainey, if ries decrease. What is the magic of this pro- he were here today. And I want him to know f gram? The formula includes partnerships be- that partly due to the inspiration of his efforts TRIBUTE TO ROBERT P. ZERBOLIO tween all elements of a child's environment and memoryÐmany of us are still here work- that means active participation by parents, ing in support of his cause. Thank you Con- school personnel and the community. The pro- gressman Rainey. We will continue the fight. HON. JERRY WELLER gram targets children during the formative OF ILLINOIS f years, before habits of aggression are firmly IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fixed. It is based on the African concept that LEGISLATION TO ALLOW HEALTH Monday, December 18, 1995 it takes an entire village to raise a child. Ev- PROVIDERS TO PAY FEES FOR eryone must reinforce the concepts of the pro- Mr. WELLER. Mr. Speaker, today, I'd like to INITIAL CERTIFICATIONS gram and, therefore, everyone is affected by honor the retirement of Robert P. Zerbolio, the program. commander's representative of the Joliet Army HON. BLANCHE LAMBERT LINCOLN Ammunition Plant. I recently visited Emmerton Elementary, a OF ARKANSAS Born in Coal City, IL, Mr. Zerbolio began a school in my district that has had a PeaceBuilders Program in operation there IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES career in civil service on April 1, 1962, with the ammunition procurement on supply agen- since March 1994. The program is making a Monday, December 18, 1995 cy in Joliet, IL. As an engineering technician in difference. The Emmerton model is providing Mrs. LINCOLN. Mr. Speaker, budget poli- the technical data division, Mr. Zerbolio was a a means for everyone from custodian to cies imposed by Congress have placed the dedicated and hard-working civil servant. school administrator, businessperson, parent American health care system in a catch-22. Because of his expertise and work ethic, Mr. and student to have a role in creating a better Hundreds of new specialized health treatment Zerbolio became the supervisor of the foreign world. I was inspired by what I saw at facilities stand idle today because of conflict- military sales branch and held that position Emmerton. ing rules coming out of Washington. until 1973 when he left civil service for the pri- Inland Agency, a non-profit organization I rise today to introduce commonsense leg- vate sector. serving the Inland area of Southern California, islation that will restore order to the havoc In November 1983, Mr. Zerbolio rejoined is the first organization to introduce wreaked upon health care providers by Wash- civil service as an industrial specialist on the PeaceBuilders in California and has been suc- ington. Here is the problem: contracting officer representative staff at the cessful in launching it since March of 1994 in No. 1, Republican budget policy encourages Joliet Army Ammunition Plant. He served in 87 educational sites throughout San health care providers to reduce costs by es- that position until 1993 when he was promoted Bernardino and Riverside counties. Inland tablishing specialized facilities that segregate to his current job. agency serves as the link between the Mr. Zerbolio is the type of civil servant who certain health treatments, such as rural health schools, business, civic and community orga- is loyal, diligent, and has a proven record of clinics and hospices, from the mainstream nizations to help secure sponsorships and to achievement. He will be missed at the Joliet hospital population. provide local trainers and technical assistance. Army Ammunition Plant. Numerous business and civic organizations in- No. 2, Medicare regulations require initial We wish him and his wife, Gloria, and their cluding State Farm Insurance, TARGET, Ro- certification of new health treatment facilities in three daughters much happiness in retirement. tary, and Kiwanis have undertaken volunteer order to receive Government reimbursement And, we thank Mr. Zerbolio for his service to projects and have provided financial sponsor- for eligible treatment. our country as a civil servant. No. 3, initial certifications of new health fa- ship of the PeaceBuilders Program for ele- f cilities are currently on hold in several States mentary schools throughout the Inland area. due to severe budget cuts imposed by the Re- PEACEBUILDERS CAN SAVE OUR In the Inland Empire over 31,020 students publican-led Congress. CHILDREN are enrolled in PeaceBuilder programs and No. 4, Federal rules do not provide any are learning to be builders of peace. In 1996, other means to pay for initial certifications. HON. GEORGE E. BROWN, JR. Inland Agency projects an enrollment of My legislation simply gives the States the OF CALIFORNIA 40,000 to 60,000 students. It is possible to authority to charge fees to health providers to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES create a better environment in our respective cover the cost of inspections. If passed, an or- cities if we work together (families, schools, derly system of initial inspections can resume Monday, December 18, 1995 businesses and law enforcement) to nurture and good, sensible health policy can go into Mr. BROWN of California. Mr. Speaker, I the seeds of peace that PeaceBuilders has effect. rise today to highlight an education and crime given us. E 2402 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 19, 1995 REPORT ON RESOLUTION PROVID- view, during the next year, the Bosnian mili- and I saw an article titled ‘‘The Apes of ING FOR DEBATE AND CONSID- tary must be armed and trained in the use of Rath,’’ about Colonel Rath, who was putting ERATION OF THREE MEASURES weapons. If the deployment of American together the first Special Forces group. I RELATING TO U.S. TROOP DE- thought they had nice headgear, the green peacekeepers is inconsistent with an active ef- beret. PLOYMENTS IN BOSNIA fort to arm the BosniansÐby whomeverÐas I joined the Army without any idea of what some of our allies and some in Congress as- I was getting into. I began to realize it at the SPEECH OF sert, then American peacekeepers should not Airborne School at Fort Benning (Georgia). HON. JIM KOLBE be deployed because lasting peace cannot be And after nearly 40 years in uniform, there OF ARIZONA achieved because of the extreme military im- is little doubt that Sobichevsky made the right IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES balance that exists today. We must have a choice. Indeed, his career in the Army has commitment from our allies on this issue in Tuesday, December 12, 1995 been very distinguished. Completing three advance or this mission will almost certainly tours of duty in Germany, two tours in Korea, Mr. KOLBE. Mr. Speaker, today, we asked be doomed to failure. It is impossible to imag- and one in Panama, Sobichevsky saw combat to vote on three measures regarding the de- ine the Bosnian Republic living in harmony first in Laos as part of the White Star initiative ployment of United States troops to Bosnia. without a sufficiently armed and trained and then in the Military Assistance Command Ten days ago, I joined 14 of my colleagues Bosnian military force. I am disappointed that, Vietnam's Studies and Observation Group. from the House and Senate on a factfinding in the House of Representatives, we have not After earning both bachelor's and master's trip to Bosnia and Herzogovenia, Serbia, and had the opportunity to consider initiatives to degrees in government from the University of Croatia. I did so because I wanted to fully un- compel the administration to extract such a San Francisco, Sobichevsky also graduated derstand the implications of the United States commitment from our allies. from the Army Command and General Staff being involved in the Balkans. We meet with Furthermore, I see little in the peace accord College and the National War College. the Presidents of the Yugoslav Republic, Cro- to address the monumental problem of the After serving as operations director for the atia, and Bosnia, the United States Army, and nearly 3 million refugees who have been dis- Special Operations Command, Pacific, Colonel NATO Commanders, as well as U.N. military placed from their homes. While the agreement Sobichevsky was transferred to the Defense authorities. And we all saw images in Sarejevo calls for these people to return to their homes Language Institute, which will mark its 50th I'm sure we'll never forget. and villages in territories controlled by former anniversary next year as the premier military The devastation is staggering beyond com- enemies, it provides no guarantees of security institution for foreign language instruction in prehension around SarajevoÐthe host of the for them. If the Bosnians, Serbs, and Croats support of national security requirements for 1984 Winter Olympics. Once a city of 500,000, cannot return to their homes with assurances all four military services. its population, it has been reduced in half. Vir- of safety, it is a virtual certainty that they will During his 3-year tenure at DLI, the largest tually every building is damaged. Electricity, remain refugees, with all the attendant prob- language training institution in the world, water, sewer, and other basic services are lems such a massive population displacement Sobichevsky is credited with incorporating the sporadic. Most troubling, however, is the will cause. It could easily lead to a situation school into the network of Monterey Bay edu- human tollÐmany thousands of civilians have similar to that which has plagued Israel and cational and language facilities. DLI now been killed in the conflict and there are per- Palestine for over 40 years. works cooperatively with other Monterey Bay haps as many as 3 million Balkan refugees Despite my reservations about the wisdom institutions of higher learning dedicated to for- scattered across Europe. They are the inno- of the President's decision to deploy United eign language training, including the Monterey cent victims of this conflict. It was obvious to States forces to Bosnia, now that the decision Institute of International Studies and the Naval all on our trip that life will never be the same to deploy them has been made, I am commit- Postgraduate School. The consortium of insti- for those who live in this troubled region of the ted to providing full support to our troops. I will tutions that provide graduate-level training in world. vote now, and in the future, to provide them foreign language in the Monterey Bay area Now, the President has made a decision to with whatever resources are deemed nec- have a strong leader in Colonel Sobichevsky send 20,000 Americans to Bosnia to join with essary to allow them to accomplish their mis- and DLI. other NATO Forces in implementing the peace sion. Certainly, the brave men and women More importantly, the commandant has im- agreement. I think the policy that led to this serving in our Armed Forces deserve no less. proved the training at DLI. ``Our goal is to decision was wrong. But the question of f have students achieve a Level II proficiency in whether we should have gone there is largely listening comprehension, reading and speak- TRIBUTE TO COL. VLADIMIR moot. It now matters only that we succeed. ing,'' Sobichevsky said. ``That's not a native SOBICHEVSKY This raises the question of how we should de- speaker, but that's pretty darned good.'' fine success. According to Sobichevsky, while just 12 per- I believe that success should be defined as HON. SAM FARR cent of DLI graduates had level II proficiency minimizing casualties to U.S. troops and en- OF CALIFORNIA in 1985, 64 percent have it this year. suring the peace we enforce for 12 months IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ``I don't want to take credit,'' Sobichevsky can endure beyond that period. Regarding the Monday, December 18, 1995 modestly added. ``We built on the building safety of our troops, I am convinced our mili- blocks of previous commandants. The credit Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to sa- tary is capable of protecting themselves and goes to the 650 faculty, seven school deans, lute a great military leader, U.S. Army Col. enforcing peace while they are there. Make no 80 military language instructors. They deserve Vladimir Sobichevsky. The colonel retires from mistake, this is a tough assignment and it car- the credit.'' the U.S. Army this month after serving for the ries with it the dangers inherent to any military As each student who has received language last 3 years as the commandant of the De- operation in a potentially hostile environment. training at DLI will attest, Sobichevsky is to be fense Language Institute located in my district. However, our troops are well-trained, their commended for enhancing the language pre- A native of Russia, Sobichevsky fled the mission is well-defined, and they have the req- paredness of its students. Colonel former Soviet Union with his mother in 1943. uisite firepower and clear rules of engagement Sobichevsky is a soldier's soldier and de- Settling in Germany, the two emigrated to the to protect themselves. Morale is high and I am serves the Nation's heartfelt appreciation for United States from a displaced persons camp confident they are well-prepared for the mis- his military service. in 1949. He enlisted in the U.S. Army just 7 sion ahead. f I remain, however, doubtful about the pros- years later, joining the first Special Forces pects for long-term peace in the region. The group. NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA- NATO Forces have established a self-imposed At the time, Sobichevsky said he was moti- TION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996 1-year deadline for the departure of troops. It vated to become a soldier because you could hardly seems plausible that a 1-year respite in earn U.S. citizenship by serving in the Armed SPEECH OF the fighting will be sufficient to secure the last- Forces for 5 years. He recently told a reporter: HON. MICHAEL G. OXLEY I was going to join the Marines. I kind of ing peace contemplated by the Dayton Agree- OF OHIO fell into the Special Forces. I was the dumb- ment and coveted by the people of that war- est kid you could’ve met, with virtually no IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES torn region. education, due probably to a poor start in Friday, December 15, 1995 It has been my consistent view that a stable life. military balance is essential to achieve lasting I was standing in a drugstore in Geary Mr. OXLEY. Mr. Speaker, there were a peace in the Balkans. That means, in my Street in San Francisco, reading a magazine, number of environmental matters in this year's December 19, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E 2403 DOD authorization bill that fell within the juris- REPORT ON RESOLUTION PROVID- foreign troops, including 20,000 Americans to diction of the Committee on Commerce, and ING FOR DEBATE AND CONSID- enforce it. As horrible as this tragedy has for which Chairman BLILEY and I served as ERATION OF THREE MEASURES been, the current situation in Bosnia might be conferees. The first issue related to reforms of RELATING TO UNITED STATES solved without American troops. In fact, Gen- so-called restoration advisory boards, which TROOP DEPLOYMENTS IN eral Shalikashvili testified that from a strictly are community involvement organizations de- BOSNIA military perspective, the task of implementing a peace accord in Bosnia could be accom- veloped by the Department of Defense to en- SPEECH OF plished solely by European forces. The United sure citizen participation in decisionmaking on HON. TIM ROEMER States can and probably should bring some environmental cleanups of DOD facilities. The OF INDIANA unique support capabilities to any peacekeep- Commerce Committee is very concerned that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing operation, but these would not require a the bill's provisions may ultimately have the ef- Tuesday, December 12, 1995 ground presence of up to 20,000 U.S. troops. fect of putting an inappropriate burden on the Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong We were also told that the United States Superfund trust fund, and I understand that an support of House Resolution 302 as intro- must play a leading role on the ground be- exchange of letters between Chairmen BLILEY duced by Representatives SKELTON and cause the United States is the leader of NATO and SPENCE will be included in the record of BUYER that would reiterate our serious con- and that Alliance solidarity would crumble if this debate. I simply rise to emphasize the cerns about the planned deployment of 20,000 we did not. However, to argue that the credi- bility and effectiveness of NATO rest upon point, and to assure may colleagues that, as United States ground troops to Bosnia to help committing American forces to an ill-defined the Commerce Committee considers its implement the Dayton peace accord. This res- olution also expresses the deep pride and peacekeeping mission is suspect. In fact, the Superfund reform legislation in 1996, we will confidence of our Nation in the brave and cou- strains of a prolonged military deployment, in be keeping a close eye on this issue. rageous U.S. troops supporting this com- support of ambiguous objectives could do The second matter of importance to the plicated and dangerous mission. This is cer- more to pull the alliance apart in the long run Committee was a direct amendment to tainly the message that we want to send to than to solidify it. Superfund relating to DOD's ability to lease our proud men and women in uniform. Our message should be, ``Do not send our parcels of its property. We worked closely with Without question, the decision to send Unit- young men and women to Bosnia,'' and I ed States troops to Bosnia is one of the most agree strongly with that message. This body the Senator from New Hampshire in the other difficult foreign policy choices our Nation must should say ``No'' right now to a mission that body to make commonsense reforms in this confront. The risk our troops will face is real, lacks concrete strategic objectives. I have area. Nevertheless, the Commerce Committee and the long-term success of the Dayton voted twice to do this. clearly retains jurisdiction over these provi- agreement is far from certain. From the outset, As we have learned from Somalia and Haiti, sions, and In intend to review them as our I have been opposed to sending United States we cannot put troops in harm's way in a for- Superfund reform bill progresses. troops because the situation in Bosnia does eign country without a clear, achievable objec- not involve a vital and compelling national in- tive and a clearly defined exit strategy. It is a f terest. This mission is not clearly defined, recipe for disaster and we certainly cannot put other than the exit date, and there is a great those lives on the line without an American COMMENDING SAMUETTA H. deal of potential danger and confusion en- chain of command. DREW, PRINCIPAL OF ANNA STU- tailed in nation-building. The Dayton accord in- I do not rise in support of this resolution to ART DUPUY ELEMENTARY volves assuring fair and free elections and re- undermine our President. I am an ardent sup- SCHOOL IN BIRMINGHAM, AL settling the refugees. As horrible as this strat- porter of our Armed Forces, and I am a strong egy has been, the current situation in Bosnia supporter of humanitarian aid to the people of could be solved with NATO and United Na- Bosnia. I support the resolution for the same HON. EARL F. HILLIARD tions assistance. reason that I voted against lifting the arms em- OF ALABAMA However, in the event that the remaining bargo against the Governments of Bosnia and 20,000-member contingent of U.S. troops is Herzegovenia: to prevent the Americanization IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES deployed, we must ensure that our military of the Balkan conflict and save American lives. Monday, December 18, 1995 commanders have everything they need to do I urge my colleagues to support this resolu- their job effectively. Furthermore, we must be tion. Mr. HILLIARD. Mr. Speaker, I insert the fol- certain that the requests of the military com- lowing for the RECORD: manders in Bosnia will be addressed imme- f diately and completely. Moreover, in the inter- Whereas, Dupuy Elementary School under REPORT ON RESOLUTION PROVID- est of maintaining the moral and confidence in the guidance and leadership of Principal ING FOR DEBATE AND CONSID- our young men and women in uniform, we Samuetta H. Drew implemented the ABC’s of ERATION OF THREE MEASURES must make them understand that their Gov- Etiquette Training Program which has been RELATING TO UNITED STATES ernment and their Nation completely supports recognized by CBS Good Morning America TROOP DEPLOYMENTS IN their cause and stands behind them in this Show and CNN’s Parenting Today; and BOSNIA mission, once the President has sent them Whereas, Dupuy Elementary School has into Bosnia. SPEECH OF been instrumental in the development of pro- I certainly welcome all efforts to reach a grams such as the Builders Club, Beta Club, peace in Bosnia, but I oppose any increased HON. CHARLES E. SCHUMER Safety Patrol, Student Council, Scouting United States military role in this volatile area. OF NEW YORK and the DARE Program, such programs have American soldiers should be deployed when IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES help enhanced the organizational skills of and if American national interests are at stake. our future leaders as well as strenghted their Wednesday, December 13, 1995 We should deploy our forces when treaties are self esteem; and broken and when our troops are threatened. Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, I support Whereas, Dupuy Elementary School is in- There may be other circumstances for U.S. in- House Resolution 302, but with one important volved in positive activities and desiring volvement. We should reflect these principles objection. I support it because I have severe those things pleasing to God and that the in a thoughtful doctrine or policy, not a pick reservations about the President's policy and Dupuy Elementary represents the type of and choose method. implementation plan. Specifically, it is not at all educational environment deserving of praise U.S. foreign policy has always come to the clear to me that the situation in Bosnia will be and recognition by all in the Seventh Con- defense of sovereign democratic allies that any better after our troops depart 1 year from gressional District: Now therefore, be it came under external military attack. This is not now. This is because, in my view, the plan Resolved, That I hereby most highly com- consistent with the current situation in Bosnia. fails to articulate the kind of explicit objectives mend Mrs. Samuetta H. Drew all the staff of As heart-wrenching as this tragedy has been, and success criteria necessary for the success Anna Stuart Dupuy Elementary School for this does not seem to justify the loss of Amer- of such a deployment. What exactly do we ex- the Implementation of the ABC’s of Eti- ican lives. It is certainly not something I can pect to achieve over the next 12 months in quette Program, for taking the extra initia- justify to my constituents, who have sons and order to preserve peace, and how will we tive to develop the social and organizational daughters who may not come home. know whether we've succeeded when the ap- skills of our youngsters and just for a job One can only wonder how meaningful a pointed exit time arrives? Unless these ques- well done. peace agreement is when it requires 60,000 tions are answered more satisfactorily, our E 2404 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 19, 1995 troops could very well be placed in harm's kindness, punctuality, courtesy, friendliness, HONORING DAN W. ECKSTROM way on a mission based more on good inten- and cleanliness. I will endeavor always to be tions than on reasoned expectations. fair and helpful, not only to employees, my HON. ED PASTOR The resolution also declares that the House management team and stockholders, but also OF ARIZONA ``is confident that the members of the United to customers, Government agencies, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES States Armed Forces, in whom it has the competitors.'' Monday, December 18, 1995 greatest pride and admiration, will perform Today, the L. J. Minor Corporation is their responsibilities with professional excel- housed in an expansive plant in Cleveland Mr. PASTOR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to lence, dedicated patriotism, and exemplary and its products are sold and highly respected pay tribute to a leader of the Tucson commu- courage,'' a confidence I fully share and wish around the world. As an Horatio Alger story nity and a dear friend of many years. In this deeply to express. about a dedicated inventor and industrialist holiday season, I am especially grateful for the However, I object to paragraph (5) of sec- who made good, the tale of Lewis J. Minor services that Dan W. Eckstrom provides to the tion 2 of the resolution, which states that ``the would be worth telling. But that's only part of Second Congressional District of Arizona as United States Government in all respects this extraordinary man's saga. an outstanding elected official and a dedicated should be impartial and evenhanded with all In 1961, with wealth and accolades to last public servant. Dan has long been an activist parties to the conflict.'' I disagree with this pro- a lifetime, Dr. Minor made a pivotal decisionÐ for children's programs and for senior citizen vision because of my longstanding support of he went back to school and in a sense started programs in Pima County, AZ, but it is during lifting the arms embargo to permit the Bosnian over. In 1964, he received his Ph.D. from this time of year that his caring for these two Government to defend itself against Bosnian Michigan State University's food service pro- groups is especially evident. On December 22, Serb aggression, a cause for which I also gram with the sole intent of sharing with the 1995, Dan will host his 28th annual Christmas have supported United States financial assist- upcoming generation of hospitality profes- party for the needy children of South Tucson ance. In fact, I believe that if anything of last- sionals his vast knowledge of food science and the Pasqua Yaqui tribe. At this event, ing value can be achieved by the President's and his personal vision of the importance of more than 2,000 children will receive gifts and plan, it is to achieve this necessary military an unwavering commitment to excellence. toys; for many of them, these will be the only balance. This paragraph contradicts that es- Balancing his duties as president of a major gifts they will receive this holiday season. In sential objective and I must object to its inclu- food manufacturer with the growing legion of working all year for this event, Dan organizes sion in a resolution otherwise deserving of devoted students he taught at Michigan State, the gifts, food, and volunteers and is solely re- support. Dr. Minor has left an indelible imprint on his sponsible for the events' tremendous success. f industry that would be difficult to overstate. In addition, Dan organizes, packs, and person- Although he sold off his interest in the L.J. ally distributes 400 fruit baskets to senior citi- TRIBUTE TO DR. LEWIS J. MINOR Minor Corporation some years back, Dr. Minor zens. remains a dominant force in American food Dan's work for the community began at the HON. DICK CHRYSLER service education, and one of its most gener- age of 9 when he walked various precincts for candidates who pledged to help the disadvan- OF MICHIGAN ous benefactors. He has written or coauthored taged residents of south Tucson. At age 24, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 12 books and numerous articles in the field, Dan was elected to the South Tucson city Monday, December 18, 1995 and has donated millions of dollars to help students in the programs at Michigan State, Council and 2 years later, he was elected Mr. CHRYSLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Cornell, the Culinary Institute of America, Pur- mayor of South Tucson. He held the distinc- to share with my colleagues the unique con- due, Johnson and Wales, the University of Ne- tion for many years of being the youngest tributions of a 20th century icon in the Amer- vada-Las Vegas, and through the continuing mayor ever elected in the State of Arizona. He ican food service fieldÐDr. Lewis J. Minor. education programs of the American Culinary served his constituents well and continued as As an inventor, entrepreneur, educator, and Federation. mayor for 20 years. generous benefactor, Dr. Minor's career has Much is made these days of importance of In 1988, he expanded his services to all of been one of honor and pride to an industry family values, and Dr. Minor embodies this Pima County, becoming a member of the that is fundamental to all Americans, yet this term at its finest. Beyond his devotion to his Pima County Board of supervisors. He contin- story is largely unknown. wife Ruth over the 57 years of their marriage ues to serve in that capacity today. In his capacity as an elected official and as Like Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham and to their 8 grown children and their grand- a private citizen, Dan has always been the Bell, Lewis J. Minor was a visionary who children, Dr. Minor has extended his family voice of those in need, and he has tirelessly brought his solution to a basic human need to through the years to embrace countless stu- worked to extend to all members of our soci- market with startling success. dents who came to consider the Minor's house ety the opportunities to succeed. To this end, A food scientist by training, Dr. Minor their second home. It is interesting to note that Dan has been a strong advocate of small worked with his wife Ruth in their family kitch- many of Dr. Minor's pupils have gone on to business and the free enterprise system. He en to develop a variety of food bases that con- become distinguished food service industry has also supported and endorsed worker pro- densed the savory essence of poultry, vegeta- and educational leaders in their own right. tection and unions. bles, beef, pork, and seafood for use by pro- A new book entitle Always in Good Taste: Dan has served on many boards and com- fessional chefs. Using their own children as The L.J. Minor Story, has been written with missions with distinction. His awards and com- blind-folded tasters, the Minors discovered the the assistance of John Knight, captures the munity recognitions span 41 years and are secret techniques that would save chefs hours philosophies and accomplishments of this dis- from almost every group that works or serves of tedious labor in their kitchens, and allow all tinguished American for those who would like the south side of Tucson. of America to enjoy an excellent cuisine that to learn about a successful man who is not previously had been available only to the Dan W. Eckstrom is a citizen of merit for his above extending a helpful hand to anyone community, his State, and his country. I ap- wealth elite. who will take it. His example should be re- Now a staple in virtually every professional plaud his energy, and I ask my colleagues to membered always. join me in recognizing one of our most de- kitchen, L. J. Minor food bases were launched f in 1951 when Dr. Minor left his secure job as voted and admirable citizens, Mr. Dan W. a respected corporate technical director at age PERSONAL EXPLANATION Eckstrom. 37 and set up shop in a single room with f $7,500, mostly borrowed, a loaned Hobart HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN TIMELY INTELLIGENCE: IMPOR- mixer, and his dreams. After nearly a decade OF FLORIDA TANT AS EVER IN THE POST- of struggleÐmoving first into a former horse IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COLD-WAR ERA barn and later to a converted car washÐthe Monday, December 18, 1995 Minor food bases caught on, largely through HON. HENRY J. HYDE word-of-mouth among experienced chefs. Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, due to OF ILLINOIS From the outset Dr. Minor stressed quality the death of my mother-in-law, Mrs. Norah IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and customer satisfaction above all else. Upon Lehtinen, I was unable to vote ``yes'' on House launching the L. J. Minor Corporation he stat- Joint Resolution 132 expressing the sense of Tuesday, December 19, 1995 ed, ``The tenets upon which I shall build my Congress in favor of a 7-year balanced budg- Mr. HYDE. Mr. Speaker, as we continue to business will be honesty, integrity, accuracy, et. reduce the size of our military forces and their December 19, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E 2405 presence overseas, it is imperative that intel- major crisis. First, new investment should be intelligence Center scrutiny applied to other ligenceÐthis Nation's early warning systemÐ dedicated to increasing access to high priority areas of the world. In retrospect, it appears is better than ever in this post-cold-war era. targets including Russia, China, North Korea that this exemption may have contributed to As a combat veteran of World War II, I vividly and the rogue states of the Middle East. We Ames' going undetected so long. Reportedly, remember how an intelligence failure contrib- must not forget that Russia and China pos- this inexplicable anomaly has now been rem- uted to the tragedy at Pearl Harbor in Decem- sess strategic nuclear forces and that their edied. ber 1941. Within the Roosevelt administration long-term political orientation could turn Until recently, there did not appear to be a there were scattered bits of information as to against the United States if hostile leaders coordinated counterintelligence mission for the what the Japanese might be contemplating. were to gain power again in these Government as a whole. Consequently, no But, there was no one pulling together and megastates. Second, a robust investment pro- one determined what priorities and resources analyzing them as part of a coordinated effort gram to counter denial and deception should should be given to each agency. I understand to furnish the President with an intelligence be built to embrace satellite, air, and ground a national counterintelligence strategy has estimate of Japan's intentions. base collection. Such a program must include now been developed. If so, it should include Indeed, it was the painful lesson of Pearl dedicated analysis of, and attention to denial the following: First, a system for identifying Harbor that prompted then President Truman and deception, especially in areas of highest which secrets are truly critical to the national to establish after World War II a centralized in- concern. Third, programmatic and personnel security, second, assessing those secrets' vul- telligence organization. We must, therefore, policies must be formed to ensure the bright- nerability to intelligence threats, third, manda- resist efforts to dismantle or cripple U.S. intel- est talent, with linguistic and cultural expertise, tory cunterintelligence training for all intel- ligence. U.S. intelligence capabilities are criti- is devoted to the most vital issues that affect ligence officers, and fourth, establishing pro- cal instruments of our national power and an U.S. security in the long run, not just to issues fessional counterintelligence services within all integral part of our national security. With that of the moment. appropriate agencies and departments. historical background, I would like to offer COMPETITIVE ANALYSISÐA CARDINAL PRINCIPLE THAT It is my understanding that the DO is with- some observations and recommendations. MUST BE PRESERVED drawing to a large extent from certain parts of THE DOWNSIDE OF DOWNSIZING In this era of restructuring, the temptation the world. Budgetary constraints may make I have been told that the downsizing of the may be irresistible to eliminate perceived this necessary, but it should be very carefully intelligence community's work force has been redundancies within the intelligence commu- watched. We do not want to repeat the mis- especially injurious in key areas. In some nity. That may be necessary in the hardware take of the late 1970's when the CIA withdrew agencies, these reductions have allegedly ex- and collection areas. But, some competitive its presence from key areas of the world only ceeded 80 percent. For example, most of the analysis must be preserved in the analytical to find shortly thereafter that it had to be rein- seasoned Russian military analysts, including realm, especially in areas like strategic nuclear stated. Therefore, the DO must maintain a those performing highly complex analyses on force analysis where threats to the United surge capability to ensure it can rapidly re- strategic missile systems, are reportedly mov- States are potentially the gravest. I know I al- spond to unexpected emergencies. And for ing on or taking early retirement while the re- ways want a second, and in some instances this to be possible, a core network of agents maining talented young analysts are looking even a third opinion, when it comes to ques- must be sustained in those places deemed for other job opportunities that promise more tions of my health. The Nation's well being momentarily quiescent and unimportant to advancement. Meanwhile, the intelligence often pivots around national security issues. U.S. security interests. community is being tasked to address a wider Thus, the President and his key advisors must Recently, there have been disturbing press range of threats and policy needs, especially have a variety of assessments presented to accounts indicating the CIA is considering new in the areas of proliferation, economic com- them before they make critical, life and death screening criteria for recruiting foreign agents. petitiveness, environment, drugs, terrorism, decisions. Moreover, there should be an es- The general impression conveyed is that and humanitarian relief. Currently, warning of tablished procedure and available resources henceforth future foreign assets must have the potential regional crises and providing support for pursuing comprehensive challenges to pedigree of Mother Teresa or St. Francis of to NATO and U.N. forces in the Balkans are mainstream opinion in any analytical area sig- Assisi. Hopefully, these are exaggerated sto- absorbing major resources. These rapidly in- nificant to national security. ries. To expect someone with the moral purity creasing demands do not include the day-to- COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY of a saint to penetrate the Cali Cartel is wholly day crises that consume additional collection The explosive pace of communication tech- unrealistic. Unfortunately, the harsh reality is and research resources. nology is posing new challenges for the intel- that the only way to infiltrate the tightly con- The upshot is a growing concern that intel- ligence community. Data is moving around the trolled Colombian drug networks is to recruit ligence is being stretched to the breaking world in greater volumes and at faster speeds someone who has ties to them. The same point. This could have serious implications than ever before. Maintaining our advantage in holds true for terrorist cells. We live in an im- downstream. For example, if another Russian understanding secret foreign communications perfect world, and we sometimes must join crisis were to occurÐsuch as Yeltsin's attack will hinge upon preserving a strong and robust forces with individuals with less than pristine on Parliament in 1993Ðthe intelligence com- cryptological capability in the face of rapid personal histories. After all, during World War munity today would be less able to warn of technological advances. I am concerned, how- II, we allied ourselves with Joe Stalin, one of military mobilization. Informed sources claim, ever, about assertions from reliable sources history's all-time mass murderers, to defeat until recently, analysis and collection on the that adequate resources are not being com- Hitler. deception and denial activities of potential ad- mitted to sustaining this capability. In an experiment that bears watching, the versaries had dropped to dangerously low lev- DIRECTORATE OF OPERATIONS (DO)/COUNTER- DI, Directorate of Intelligence, and the DO els. Purportedly, remedial action is underway. INTELLIGENCE have begun to colocate their personnel. In This should be a high priority, as interpreting The incessant battering the CIA, and the other words, the operators and the analysts warnings of attack will become more difficult DO in particular, is receiving in the wake of are working side by side. Given the historical as adversaries improve their denial and de- the Ames case has caused morale in the DO antipathy between these two sharply contrast- ception techniques. We must remember that to plummet to an all-time low. Much of the crit- ing cultures, everyone is watching to see if U.S. intelligence's highest mission is to sup- icism is deserved. Nevertheless, there is a they can work together congenially. If they port U.S. policymakers in identifying and fore- real need to be sensitive to this debilitating can, the overall intelligence effort should bene- stalling threats to U.S. interests worldwide. morale problem as Congress helps the DO fit immeasurably, especially in the area of How to do this in an era of shrinking re- remedy the problems cited in the IG's report counterintelligence whereÐas spy scandals in sources poses real risks and challenges. on the Ames case. I was struck by the serious recent years have demonstratedÐthere has The idea that intelligence can stay abreast lack of managerial accountability with respect been a crying need for better analysis. In this of new technology, add new missions and still to the Ames case. Thus, it is very important partnership, it is crucial that the DI maintain downsize its personnel at a rate of 3 to 5 per- for the congressional intelligence committees rigorous objectivity to preclude charges that in- cent per year is fantasy. Experienced intel- to engage in intensive oversight of what is telligence analysis is being politicized. This ligence hands say downsizing must be slowed being done in the counterintelligence area. As problem can only be avoided through strong overall and halted for high priority needs. At a far back as 1988, I can recall Dick Cheney agency management. minimum intelligence programs should be rein- joining me in questioning the then DCI, Judge COVERT ACTION vigorated in three broad areas to minimize Webster, and others on why the Soviet, Chi- Since the mid-1970's covert action has been risks to U.S. forces and insure our ability to nese, and Cuba sections of the Operations Di- seen as an atypical procedure for the conduct maintain the capability to act effectively in a rectorate were exempted from the Counter- of foreign policy. It is imperative to rebuild the E 2406 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 19, 1995 consensus within the United States that once lated to the question of cooked intelligence, without disclosure of the classified evidence. saw covert action as a regular, legitimate the Director of Central Intelligence [DCI] must The liberty interests of the alien are signifi- means of bolstering the realization of foreign not be viewed as essentially a political opera- cantly less than those of a criminal defendant, policy objectives. It must not be seen, nor tive. Clearly, it is beneficial to the intelligence and the national security interests of the Unit- used, as a last resort, panacea, or substitute community if the DCI has the President's con- ed States must be superior to the interests of for policy. Rather, covert action should be em- fidence, but he or she should not be a policy any noncitizen. ployed as a normal tool of U.S. statecraft, de- maker, as are Cabinet members. Rather, he In criminal cases, the defendant stands to signed to work in support of and in conjunction or she should be the President's ultimate intel- be punishedÐto lose either his life or his free- with government's other diplomatic, military, ligence advisor. In short, there must be a fire- dom for a period of time. The result of a de- and economic efforts both against traditional wall erected between intelligence and policy portation is simply explusion from the United and nontraditional targets. which often is driven by political consider- StatesÐto continue one's life freely and CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF INTELLIGENCE ations. unencumbered, elsewhere. To Americans, life ACTIVITIES INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT outside the United States may seem oppres- Congress obviously must play a very sub- As chairman of the House Judiciary Com- sive, or certainly less than optimal; but, it is stantial role in any proposal to restructure and mittee, I am cognizant of the significant role not punishment. oversee the U.S. intelligence community. In intelligence plays in supporting law enforce- A greater tension exists, however, when the this regard, I first introduced a joint intelligence ment efforts. I am also very much aware of United States is faced with a classified allega- committee bill in 1984 and a congressional the tension that often develops between intel- tion that a legal permanent resident alien is oath of secrecy proposal in 1987 that was in- ligence and law enforcement officials as to engaging in terrorist activities, and a declas- spired by a similar oath taken by Ben Franklin how and when intelligence can be used. sified summary cannot be provided without and four other members on the Committee of Protecting sources and methods is the tran- creating larger risks of harm to others or to the Secret Correspondence of the Second Con- scendent concern of every intelligence officer. United States. These aliens, as recognized by tinental Congress. The latter has now been Prosecutors, however, are looking for informa- the Supreme Court, have a greater liberty in- adopted in the House, thanks to the efforts of tion that can be used at trial. If security rea- terest in remaining in the United States than one of my congressional colleagues, PORTER sons preclude the use of relevant intelligence, do other nonpermanent aliens. Thus, addi- GOSS of Florida. then the prosecutor is left with something that tional procedures to safeguard the accuracy of What prompted these confidence building is, at best, of marginal utility. Moreover, con- the outcome, and the fairness of the proce- measures was a desire to make congressional stitutional standards of due process and the dure, must be established. To that end, in our oversight more secure and effective. That can right to confront one's accusers further com- antiterrorism bill, we established a special only be accomplished if the membership of the plicate the relationship between the intel- panel of cleared attorneys who will be given congressional panels trust the intelligence ligence community and law enforcement. access to the classified information supporting agencies and vice versa. If they trust each Prosecutors are constitutionally bound, in a the terrorism allegation so that they can chal- other, then both sides can be candid with criminal trial, to provide all exculpatory evi- lenge the reliability of that evidence. This is each other. As former advisor to President Ei- dence and any other evidence that might tend done to help the court in its determination of senhower, Bryce Harlow, reportedly once said, to diminish the government witnesses' credibil- whether it should ultimately order the alien's ``Trust is the coin of the realm.'' Leaks destroy ity. Any information given to law enforcement deportation based on the classified informa- that trust and do great damage to the whole by the intelligence community is subject to dis- tion. The cleared attorney would be subject to oversight process. Moreover, they can jeop- closure, for these very reasons. The Classified a 10-year prison term for disclosure of the ardize lives, as well as vital relationships with Information Procedures Act [CIPA] model classified information. Hopefully, this new pro- foreign agents and friendly intelligence serv- works quite well for criminal cases coun- cedure, when enacted, will facilitate greater ices. tenancing the government's Hobson's choice sharing of classified information between our A joint intelligence committee, composed of between prosecution for criminal misdeeds intelligence and law enforcement officials, a small number of key Members from both and the protection of sources and methods of without unduly risking disclosure of sensitive Chambers of Congress, would substantially re- confidential national security information. In information. duce the risks of leaks. The fewer people in that context, the difficult choice is rightfully In summary, the world remains a treach- the loop, the less likelihood of damaging dis- upon the government. But, in nonpunitive cir- erous place in this post-cold-war era. The in- closures. Our forefathers clearly recognized cumstances, such as with deportation of indi- creasing threat of terrorism, especially against this fact of life as they limited knowledge of viduals shown through classified information to U.S. targets both home and abroad, is just Revolutionary War secrets to only five Mem- be a threat to the national security if they re- one very important reason for maintaining a bers. Moreover, each of those individuals took main in the country, the same tension exists robust intelligence capability around the world. his oath of secrecy very seriously. None other under current law. To do less ignores the lessons of Pearl Har- than Thomas Paine, the author of ``Common How to reconcile the competing needs and bor, and all that implies for the security of this Sense,'' was fired as a staffer of the Secret concerns in a deportation matter is a real chal- great nation. Correspondence Committee for leaking infor- lenge and one I have attempted to address in f mation concerning France's covert help to our the ``Comprehensive Antiterrorism Act of Revolutionary War effort. We should not hesi- 1995'' (H.R. 1710). In that bill, we address the THANKS TO MAYOR WILLIAM tate to emulate our forefathers and punish frustrating situation where the intelligence LYON those who violate their secrecy pledges and community has identified an alien as engaging betray the trust bestowed upon them. in terrorist activities while in the United States, HON. JAY DICKEY INTELLIGENCE PURITY but because of the current deportation laws, OF ARKANSAS Periodically during my tenure on the House we cannot expel the alien from the United IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Intelligence Committee, there were assertions States without disclosing sensitive informa- Tuesday, December 19, 1995 that intelligence assessments were cooked to tionÐwhich could jeopardize lives and the se- buttress certain foreign policy objectives. Im- curity of this Nation. Mr. DICKEY. Mr. Speaker, when the Gov- munizing the integrity of intelligence is of para- In response to this dilemma, a procedure ernment shut down the first time this year, all mount importance. Thus, I am opposed to any has been developed whereby the alien would of us heard from our constituents about the ef- measures that would even smack of tainting get only a declassified summary of the classi- fects upon them. Let me take this opportunity objective intelligence. In this connection, two fied evidence against him. All other non-classi- to recognize a local hero in my district who re- things come to mind. First, is the proposal to fied evidence is, of course, discoverable. sponded to the shutdown with swift profes- abolish the CIA and fold its functions into the Unlike CIPA cases, when a situation exists sionalism. Department of State. That is a recipe for cook- where the provision of a summary to the alien Knowing the shutdown would affect hunters ing intelligence if I ever saw one. Inevitably, would risk irreparable and significant harm to in the region by keeping them from hunting in there will come a time when the diplomats will others, or to the United States, no summary is the Felsenthal Wildlife Refuge, Mayor William pressure their intelligence colleagues down required and the deportation procedure of the Lyon of Fordycek, AK, responded with swift the hall to color an intelligence assessment to terrorist alien can proceed. The classified evi- professionalism. justify a foreign policy initiative. Moreover, the dence, without disclosure to the alien, can be A November 18, 1995, article from the Ar- more controversial the policy, the greater the utilized. Because this is not a criminal case, kansas Democrat-Gazette highlights well the risk of politicized intelligence. Second, and re- we allow the Government action to proceed work of Mayor Lyons: December 19, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E 2407 TAKE A STAND NEAR FORDYCE, HUNTERS TOLD Street Journal on December 19, 1995. As the penditure. The Republican plan brakes pro- Need a place to hunt after being tossed out debate over Medicare intensifies, I commend jected spending growth on hospitals, doctors, of your stand on a federal wildlife refuge? Ms. Bailey's op-ed to my colleagues: home health providers, nursing homes, lab Mayor William Lyon of Fordyce has just SEVEN DOLLARS OF SEPARATION tests, and medical equipment. And it asks re- the place for you. tirees—America’s wealthiest age group—to Call Fordyce City Hall at 352–2198 and a (By Pamela G. Bailey) friendly employee will arrange for you to The Medicare debate reached a new low make their own, modest contribution, in the hunt at one of the many deer camps operat- last week, if such a thing is any longer pos- national interest, to the program that bene- ing in Dallas County. There’s no charge for sible, as the AFL-CIO uncorked a giant fits them alone. How modest? In the year the service. media and grassroots campaign to attack 55 2002, at the point where the two competing Lyon said Friday there are an estimated House members who support the Republican Medicare proposals most sharply diverge, 1,000 deer camps within 50 miles of Fordyce. on Draconian GOP ‘‘cuts’’ in Medicare and Congress would have beneficiaries pay a ‘‘I read in the Democrat-Gazette about suggest that there is a huge difference be- monthly Part B premium $7 higher than the what they had done to those people,’’ Lyon tween the Republican plan and the one sup- administration plan envisions. said of an article in Wednesday’s newspaper ported by President Clinton. about hunters being told to leave the federal What you would never guess from the AFL- This is a very small amount of money with refuges. ‘‘I thought how I would feel if I was CIO campaign is that the division between very large potential consequences. If the a teen-ager going hunting with my father. I the two sides comes down to roughly $7 a president’s current veto holds, and Medi- thought about how my grandsons would month in Medicare premiums. Combined care’s structure is left unreformed, its Board feel.’’ with other reforms, the higher premium for of Trustees reports that a steep payroll tax The partial shutdown of the federal gov- seniors proposed by Republicans will save to- ernment has resulted in the closings of seven day’s average seven-year-old more than increase will be required to pay for future national wildlife refuge in the state and the $140,000 in income taxes over the course of medical services. The current rate, 2.9%, displacement of many hunters. this working life. Congress wants to protect shared evenly between employees and their Lyons said he knows most of the people our children from this additional tax hit— companies, will necessarily more than dou- running deer camps in the county and can after all, they’ll already be paying $300,000 in ble. easily put hunters in touch with them. Medicare payroll taxes over their lifetime. It’s probably going to create some prob- Today’s first or second-grader, who enters But the president is willing to trade these lems with a lot of moving around, but we are taxes on our children for a $7-per-month the labor force in 2010 at age 22, and earns willing to help,’’ Lyon said. It’s possible we break for seniors. average wages until retiring in 2053, will pay might find some good people that would like Despite this superficial difference, the $450,314 over his working lifetime in Medi- to come back and pull some industries down president’s new budget has moved to a near care payroll taxes. And by the same account- here.’’ Joe Pennington, 55 of Fordyce leases land embrace of the Republican position on Medi- ing assuming revenues needed to keep Medi- for his deer camp and said he mainly hunts care. Like the Republicans, Mr. Clinton care in long-term balance, this hypothetical within a five-mile radius of town. wants to open a failed government program worker will pay over $200,000 more in life- ‘‘There’s not room for a whole abundance to the choices of the marketplace. And with time payroll and income taxes under the notable exceptions, his overall budget num- of people,’’ he said. ‘‘But I have some spots president’s plan—taxes that are unnecessary bers are within talking distance of the where I can put a few people. There are a few under the Medicare reform endorsed by Con- others that will take a few for a day or two. GOP’s. It couldn’t have come a moment too ‘‘It’s a goodwill gesture,’’ Pennington said. soon. gress. More than two-thirds of this tax dif- ‘‘Most sportsmen try to get along.’’ As most people have heard, Medicare Part ference, or $140,691, is directly attributable ‘‘We think it’s very generous what the A—the mandatory, payroll-tax-funded pro- to that $7 monthly Part B premium increase. mayor has done,’’ said Joe Mosby, spokes- gram that pays insurance costs for retirees’ Undeterred by these undeniable facts, the man for the Arkansas Game and Fish Com- hospital, home health, nursing and hospice AFL-CIO is sending a million pieces of mail mission. ‘‘We’re tickled to death by it.’’ services—is hurtling toward insolvency and Mosby said the closing of federal refugees effective shutdown by 2002. And costs for into the districts of its 55 targeted congress- will not affect the majority of hunters in the Medicare Part B—the voluntary insurance men, placing 500,000 phone calls, handing out state. ‘‘But the refuges are very popular,’’ he program that pays doctor, lab, and equip- leaflets and staging rallies—all designed to said. ‘‘Those hunters have a real good chance ment fees out of general federal revenues and punish these elected officials for approving of getting a deer in the refuges.’’ beneficiary premiums—have been rising far fictitious ‘‘massive cuts in Medicare’’ when Lyon said his offer is a result of local offi- faster than the rate of inflation for many they voted for the Republican budget. The cials trying to build on the momentum of years. In its present form, Medicare is quite labor federation has spent more than $1 mil- their successful Fall Hunting Festival, held simply unsustainable, either for the tax- Oct. 27. Fordyce Chamber of Commerce lion to put individualized television ads on payers who finance it or for the elderly the air against 22 of these House members. President Jim Philips, County Judge Troy Americans who depend on it. Not much con- Each spot, over video of a worried elderly Bradley and Lyon have been meeting to dis- troversy there. And neither, despite all the cuss ways to promote Fordyce as ‘‘the Hunt- political noise, is there much controversy woman, ominously (and dishonestly) reports ing Capital of Arkansas,’’ Lyon said. over what to do about it. that ‘‘he voted to cut Medicare.’’ But no one For this effort, we congratulate and honor Congress’s plan to preserve Medicare and has voted to cut Medicare this year. Mayor Lyons. Perhaps many of us in Con- restrain its costs involves $1.65 trillion in With a provision entirely unrelated to the gress can learn from his dedication and ability spending over the next seven years. The push for a balanced budget—this treasured president’s current plan forecasts $1.68 tril- to ensureÐdespite bureaucratic obstaclesÐ program must be fixed and saved whether that our constituents are well-served. lion in spending during the same period—a $30 billion, or less than 2%, difference. Both the budget is balanced or not—Congress has f proposals involve better-than-inflation in- voted to spare the grandchildren of current and future Medicare beneficiaries enough MEDICARE REFORM crease in Medicare spending on every en- rolled retiree; the Republican budget allows money in taxes to pay for four expensive a 62% jump in total spending (to $7,101 per years of college, or purchase a first home. Is HON. J. DENNIS HASTERT beneficiary per year), for example. And there a grandparent in America who would OF ILLINOIS where the basic structure of the program is not pay $7 a month for that? IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES concerned, the White House and congres- Find me one, and I’ll eat my hat. Tuesday, December 19, 1995 sional budgets mirror one another in nearly every essential respect. Except one. Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, the following Congress spreads its necessary Medicare op-ed by Pamela G. Bailey ran in the Wall savings across every category of program ex-