Nouember 12, 1985 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 31329 <1> denies or modifies any treaty benefit IAIIIAJff'IIA llllffl IIDl:OJUA.1, DC'IWfOI Upon returnlnr home to the United lo, PROCJMJI Stat.ea Crom the , Sa· (2) lmpoaes or lncreuea any tax or penalty Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, I am on.or mantha wrote: <3> tt.kea any other punitive action with Introducing today, alona with Senator II .,. could be lrlendl by Juat ..u1na lo raped to, a United St.a.tea pencm becaUle a COIU:N, a bill to establish a Samantha know each other better, then what are our State uaa a worldfllde unitary apportJon• Smith Memorial Exchange Program, countrt.. n&IJy arsulnr about? Nothlnr ment mfl"thod of me&1urln1 State income ot to promote sreater understanding be• could be more Important th111 not havlna a multlnaUon1I corporattona dotnr bualneu tween the and the wv lf a war would kW tverythtna. within auch State. Soviet Union. When Samantha returned home, she For purposes or subsection ca>, the Americans a.re looklng with hope to waa a celebrity, She appeared on tele• term "unction period" means any period next weelt'a summit meeting between vision talk shows. She hosted Inter­ with respect to whJch the Secretary of lhe President Reagan and Soviet Premier Trea.suni detennlnes that a aancWon de­ views with 1984 Democratic Presiden­ ..,,lbed In 1ubaec:Uon (bl II In elleet. Oortiachev. tial candidates on the Disney channel. Our hopes are ror genuine prosreas She Joined the ca.at or the new televl• By Mr, TRIBLE: In anna control and human rlahta. Our alon aeries, "IJme Street," Yet her S. 1846, A blll entitled the "Roanoke hopes a.re ror a historic breakthrou1h sense of priorities remained almple. In River Flood Control Act": to the Com• that can lead to securlni peace ror the May this year, she told a reporter, mlltee on Environment and Public world. about her goals: "When I am 18 I want Works. We look forward lo the summit. In to get my driver's license. Arter that. ROANOKI RIVEi FLOOD COlfnliOL ACT doing so, we place our faith In the abll· who knows?" Mr. TRIBLE, Mr, President. In the lty or Individuals, through face-to-race Three months ago, Samantha died last week floods have relentlessly communication and negotiation, to overcome dttrerences which exist be­ In a plane crash In . Her rather, pounded Virginia's Roanoke Valley. Arthur Smith, and six others died "A wild wall or water" paralyzed much tween nations. tntlmately, only lndlvlduala can with her, Al her funeral, her school or the area last Tuesday, kllllng at adviser recounted how he and a STOUP least 13 people and requiring the evac­ reach out to each other. They can sta:-t with a wary re.,pect ror one an­ or students had met to talk about her uation or thousands. ure and death. "We made a 1111 or Though total figures are not yet other. They can reach ror mutual un• lhlnp we would want to do before we available, estimates place damage In derstandlng. They can strive to build friendships across dJUerences: to live died," he said, "We decided we'd like excess or $243 million, In Roanoke to travel and that we'd like to meet City alone, 5,500 homes have slgnlft. In harmony, and Ideally, 1n common purpose. many people. We would want to make cant damage, 178 buslnease.. have been aome contribution," arrected, 10 or which a.re a total loss, Individuals a.re the foundation of The sewage treatment plant la entirely our hopes. tntlmately, they a.re both Samantha Smith la atlll ror mani• ot the means and end or world peace. us a source or hope and Inspiration. under water with damares to the Caci!• With 1 week to go before the lty exceeding $1 million, and 54 public One such Individual was Samantha Smith. Reaaan-Oorbachev summit. we took bulldlnp were damaged. with hope ror steps to be taken toward I am afraid the list la going to STOW Samantha was a young g:trt irom Maine who one morning when she was world peace. as reports are completed. The sad part With that In mind, I am propoalnf la-It might well have been avoided. 10 yea.rs old woke up wonderinr tr It Since 1970 the U.S. Col'P'I of Enrtneers was going to be the last day or the this bill to establish "The Samantha have been studying the recurring flood Earth. She was afraid or talk about Smith Memorial Exchanae Prosram." problems of the Roanoke River and the nuclear anna race on radio and tel• The bill would authorize the United tributaries. On Auruat 2, 1985, The evlslon. She was afraid ror her future, States Information Agency to fund a Chief or Eng:tneers ls.sued a report rec• and afraid for the world. Joint exchanae or lnterchanae pro­ omrnendlng flood control measures ror However, she was unafraid to try to sram between the United States and Roanoke City. The corpa' plan In• understand, Soviet Union ror youth under the aae eludes the following changes: Samantha wrote a letter addressed or 21. Additionally, It authorJzes achol­ First, 10 miles or channel construc• simply to "the Soviet Leader al the a.rahlps for American undersraduate Uon along the river to contain runorr. Kremlin In ." In It, she asked: students to study abroad In the Soviet Second, Installation or a flood warn­ "Are you 1olng to vote to have a wa.r Union. Ing system. or not? Ir you aren't, please tell me The prop0$al ru1m1a two very real, Third, replacement or low bridges, how you are roln1 to help to not have cunent needs. No mutual youth ex• Fourth, floodprooflng Roanoke Me• a war." chanre program currently exists be­ mortal Hospital and the Roanoke She malled the letter, and somehow tween the two countries, and althou1h sewage treatment plant. It arrived at the Kremlln, Much to her several college and university pro­ II la essential that we act now. The surprise, Samantha received a re­ srams do exist tor aludy abroad In the bill I Introduce today takes the ap­ sponse Crom then-Soviet Premier Yuri Soviet Union, little financial aid la proved report of the Army Corps or Andropov who tried to dissolve her available ror under,raduate atudents Engineers and directs the corpa to rears, then said, "See for yourself," wlahln& to pursue such study. Moat begin work on the proJect. Timely and Invited her to visit the Soviet Federal Government aaslatance la for action by Congres.s can avert such ca­ Union, advanced, ,raduate-tevel, specialized tastrophes In the ruture and I hope For 2 week.a In July 1983, Samantha atudlea. this legislation will be approved did exactly that. And althouah she ac• Scholarships under the prosram promptly. compllahed no single, sreat historic would be as much aa $5,000 per atu­ deed In her visit to the Soviet Union, dent. The current coat or atudy In the By Mr. MITCHELL (!or himself her desire to travel, lo Inquire, and to Soviet Union under exlatlnr programa and Mr, Co11m1): learn for herself sreally Inspired mil• runs Crom $2,500 for a 6•week summer S. 1847, A bill to provide ror a Sa· Ilona or people both In the United session to $7,000 ror a ruu year, plus mantha Smith Memorial Exchange Statea and abroad. airfare. Prosram to promote youth exchanges Samantha's youth, her love or lite, The proposal authorizes *2 million between the United States and the and IMocence symbolized all that la at annually each year ror auch purposes Soviet Union, and for other purposes: stake In the world today, Our desire over an Initial 2-yea.r period. to the Committee on Foreign Rela­ ror world peace la a desire ror people The prop06al wm allow Americans, tions. like Samantha to be allowed to live. and Soviets, "to see for themselves" 31330 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE November 12, 1985 both the differences and shared con­ significant !actor In meeting our need medical community used organ trans• cema which exist between our nations. for additional well-trained specialists plants to bring sight to over 24,000 It will promote Inquiry and learning, In this critical field. citizens. During the same period of as well as personal friendships on As the President noted, exchanges time, 348 Americans were saved from which to build world peace. For Amerl• among our young people are especla.lly heart disease by transplants. And our cans who participate on such ex­ Important, for our children ILl'e our doctors were able to break the chains change programs, I am confident that future. Such exchanges, however, that tied 8,988 Americans to dialysis the proposal will help Instill a pro­ have generally taken a back seat to ex• found appreciation of our own polltl• changes among artists and specialists machines with kidney transplants last cal democracy and economic system. and citizen-to-citizen contacts among year. Organ and tissue transplant The Soviet Union has not always adults. technology has allevlated the suffer­ been receptive to proposals for youth Two years ago, a young girl from Ing of citizens arntcted with bone exchange programs, In which Soviet Maine made manifest how productive cancer, severe burns, liver disease, and youth would be allowed to visit the contacts amona our youth can be. Sa­ pancreatic disorders. In addition, United States. Our hope ls that this mantha Smith was warmly received tn recent breakthroughs In medlcal sci­ proposal will prove an exception. Sa• the U.S.S.R. as a messenger of good­ ence have Improved the 1-year success mantha Smith was popularly loved will and became a symbol of children's rate for transplant operations to be• and mourned In the Soviet Union. We hope for peace, She brought her tween 70 and 99 percent, depending believe the Soviet Government will youth, Imagination, and considerable upon the type of operation. recognize that a youth exchange pro­ energy to the vitally Important task of A necessary Ingredient for these gram of this nature ls an appropriate seeking world peace, and captured the modern miracles, however, ta a pledge memorial to her. · world's helLl't. I shlLl'ed with many by organ donors. In my home State of An agreement to such a proposal others the sense of loss at the tragic Washington, there IU'e 20 to 30 poten• would not be a major, historic accom­ death or Samantha this past summer. tlal helLl't donors each yelLI' whose plishment by any stretch of the Imagi­ Over the last 3 months, Maine citizens hearts cannot be used because they nation. But it would be an Important and others have sugrested Ideas for a died without ha-.vlng signed a donor symbolic gesture. suitable memorial to her, One such card, As we speak today, there are 188 It ls tn small, personal gestures that Idea was to establish a memorial youth people In the Pactftc Northwest watt• hope !or world peace lies. In life, Sa­ exchange program with the Soviet Ing for kidney donations. And another mantha Smith reminded us of that Union. 200 Washington State citizens present• fact. As a memorial to her, the United Accordingly, Senator MITCHELL and I ly are hoping that the generosity of States and the Soviet Union should are Introducing today a bill to estab• others will allow cornea transplants encourage the friendship of our peo­ llsh the Samantha Smith Memorial ples, through small, simple, personal Exchange Program. This progrlLl'n before they permanently lose their gestures and exchanges. would provide for Unlted Stales-Soviet sight. The National Kidney Found&• • Mr. COHEN. Mr. Presldenr., In his youth exchanges and undergraduate tlon estimates that there ILl'e over· Saturday, November 9, 1985, address, study In the U.S.S.R. by American stu­ 25,000 Americans that would benefit the President expressed bis strong dents. from kidney transplant operatlons- desire to expand contacts between I believe that such a program would 8,500 of l•hem are In critical need of American and Soviet societies wherev­ be a significant complement to the ex­ transplant surgery. er there Is mutual Interest. The Presl• change programs already In existence I ILl'n sure that all of my collea8'1leS dent stated his particular Interest tn or under negotiation, as well as a flt. have heard stories of the pain, trauma, Increasing exchanges among our ting tribute to Samantha Smith and and frustration that famllles must young people, the hope she represented. I urre my endure as they wait for the uncertain I share this view that exchanges of colleagues to Join Senator M1TCHJ:LL receipt of suitable orrans and tissues VILl'lous types between the United and me In cosponsoring this leglsla• !or loved ones. Much of this suffering States and the U.S.S,R. can be useful. tton,e could be avoided. In many cases, It ts For example, people-to-people projects the simple lack of public awlU'eness by Maine citizens, such as the making By Mr. GORTON: that complicates the selLl'Ch for of a friendship quilt and the establish• S.J. Res. 236. Joint resolution to au­ donors. Despite the pressing need for ment of sister cities, provide meaning• thorize and request the President to transplant organs and tissues, only 2 ful bridges for United States-Soviet Issue a procl!Ll'natlon designating April percent. of those who would like to understanding. Cultural exchanges, 20 through April 28, 1986, as "National donate have signed donor CILl'ds, too, offer an Important means for Im­ Organ and Tissue Donor AwlLl'eness National Organ and Tissue Donor proving our understanding of each Week"; to the Committee on the Judi• Awareness Week, as In years past, wtu other's country and people. At the end CIILl'y, help provide essential Information to of 1979, the General Agreement on NATIONAL ORGAN AND TlllUI DONOR the public, National, State, and local Contacts, Exchanges and Cooperation AWA~UI Wl:DC between the United States and the Mr. GORTON, Mr, President, today groups will coordinate their efforts to Soviet Union expired. In 1983, the I have the privilege of Introducing a show Americans how easy It ls to sign United States presented a draft cultur­ Senate Joint resolution calling on the and carry the uniform donor card. al rolatlons agreement to the U.S,S.R. President to proclaim April 20 This YCILI', our neighbors to the north and discussions began In Moscow In through April 28, 1988, as "National In Canada also will be participating tn September of that year, I am hopeful Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness a variety of programs to draw atten­ that these discussions may be complet­ Week." Congressman S10 Mol\ll1solf Is tion to the need for donors, ed In the near future, Introducing a companion measure I anticipate that my colleagues will Exchanges among specialists are also today In the House of Representatives, be hearing from these dedicated Important. In 1983, Congress passed and I ask my collearues to Join us In people In their own States In the next the SovlelrEast European Research supporting this legislation. few week.'S. I welcome my collea8'1les' and Tranlnlng Act to promote such Years of hard work by the dedicated support and their cosponsorshlp of the contacts by providing much needed men and women In our medical profes­ Joint resolution. funding and reciprocal exchanges. sions have given our society the tools Mr. President, I ask unanimous con­ This legislation should ser-