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DEFENSE CONVERSION AND THE tense conversion programs was reinforced by State's third largest industry. But Maine has RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FED­ a recent General Accounting Office report. In lost approximately 10,000 defense-related jobs ERAL GOVERNMENT that report, the GAO cited an evaluation of the since 1989, and there is a deep concern that Defense Department's defense conversion thousands of more jobs are threatened by HON. OLYMPIA J. SNOWE programs done by the Pentagon's own Inspec­ continued reductions in defense spending. De­ OF MAINE tor General. The IG had evaluated one of the fense-related jobs in Maine reach into every IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Department's defense conversion programs county in the State, and include workers at de­ and concluded that "ineffective planning and fense industries and bases both large and Thursday, .Tune 23, 1994 oversight had resulted in implementation prob­ small. Thousands more work for businesses Ms. SNOWE. Mr. Speaker, the challenges lems." that serve both military and civilian markets. of defense conversion are enormous. But In the fall of 1992, I, and other Members of Defense conversion is absolutely critical for today, I am introducing legislation that will help Congress who have a strong interest in this the long-term health of Maine's economy. the Federal Government face those chal­ important issue and whose districts and States I believe that the Federal Government has lenges and continue to live up to its duty to have a big stake in the success of defense the responsibility to provide the economic poli­ assist industries, communities, and individuals conversion, testified before the Defense Con­ cies, tools, and incentives that are needed to adversely impacted by base closures and version Commission. In its final report, "Ad­ stimulate both the economy and defense con­ drastic cuts in defense spending. justing to the Drawdown," the Commission version initiatives. Legislation that I have of­ Over 2 years ago, I introduced comprehen­ made an even stronger case for decreasing fered in the past and that I offer today will help sive legislation to assist the people of commu­ the influence of the Pentagon in defense con­ the Federal Government live up to those re­ nities faced with the severe economic hard­ version. The Commission noted that . . . sponsibilities. As I said on the floor of the ships caused by the closure of a major military While the Department of Defense has a House in 1991, our responsibilities are not installation. A year later, I was pleased to note large role to play, overall direction for de­ ending with the base closure process, they are that some of the ideas and provisions of my fense conversion and transition actions must only beginning. base closure recovery bill were later incor­ come from the Executive Office of the Presi­ porated into the President's own base closure dent. revitalization plan. I was also successful in I could not agree more with that statement. getting two other provisions from my bill in the The purpose of my legislation is to do what THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF fiscal year 1994 Defense Authorization Act. should have been done long ago-consolidate PATERSON'S 170TH ANNIVERSARY One provision would provide preference to this country's defense conversion efforts within qualified local and small businesses compet­ the Executive Office of the President. One in­ HON. HERB KLEIN ing for contracts in connection with work at dividual directly under the President should be OF NEW JERSEY closing bases, particularly environmental responsible for the effective coordination and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cleanup work. The other provision would con­ implementation of this Nation's defense con­ Thursday, June 23, 1994 vey free-of-charge to the Loring Development version strategy. This legislation would be a Authority all title to Loring Air Force after it is significant step in that direction. Mr. KLEIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to closed. This last provision would ensure that The Economic Development Administration honor the First Baptist Church of Paterson, NJ the local communities will retain control of the [EDA] of the Department of Commerce is ac­ on the distinguished occasion of its 170th an­ redevelopment effort at Loring. tively involved in defense conversion efforts niversary celebration. A celebration mass, led The dominant government agency involved throughout the country. One of the bills I am by Dr. Paul Sandon, will be held on June 26, in defense conversion has always been the introducing today slightly amends the Fiscal 1994. Department of Defense. But virtually every Year 1991 Defense Authorization Act which The First Baptist Church was officially es­ one of its defense conversion programs were has provided the guidance for the EDA's de­ tablished on January 1, 1824 by a group of 17 imposed upon it by either the Congress or the fense conversion responsibilities dealing with people. The early meetings of the group were President. funds authorized under defense bills. held in the homes of members and the tem­ Today I am introducing legislation that con­ Under this act, the EDA does not give any porary "Yellow House," a former tavern. The solidates almost all of the Federal Govern­ special preference to defense conversion church's first official home was erected at the ment's defense conversion activities within the projects. This legislation specifically directs corner of Main Street and Broadway in Executive Office of the President. In effect, EDA to "ensure that funds are reserved for Paterson in 1825. this legislation creates a defense conversion communities identified as the most substan­ Despite difficult times brought on by the czar who is directly responsible to the Presi­ tially and seriously affected by the closure or Civil War, the church continued to surge in dent for the coordination and implementation realignment of a military installation or the cur­ membership. In 1860, the second church of this crucial national effort. tailment, completion, elimination, or realign­ building was created at Washington and Van The point is that of all the agencies in the ment of a major defense contract or sub­ Houten Streets, which seated over 800 peo­ Federal Government, the Defense Department contract." ple. Although the church was devastated by is the one most institutionally unsuited to over­ I have long believed that tax credits should the Great Fire of 1902, the spirits of the con­ see such an important government effort. The be provided to help employers who hire dis­ gregation were not destroyed as they contin­ fundamental purpose of the Defense Depart­ placed defense workers, and my comprehen­ ued to meet at temporary locations. On Feb­ ment is to provide the military forces needed sive base closure legislation provides such tax ruary 12, 1905, the current church building on to ensure the security of the nation, to deter credits for employers who hire workers laid off Washington Street was completed. war, and to fight and win wars if deterrence due to the closing of a military base. The leg­ The First Baptist Church has been a leader fails. The institutional goals of the Defense islation I am introducing today improves upon for many community projects. The church Department run counter to the basic philoso­ that measure by including those employees members recognized the need beyond the lim­ phy of defense conversion-and that is to help who have lost their jobs as a result of reduc­ its of their building, and helped to organize people, communities and industries become tions-in-force at military installations. new churches in the area. The Park Avenue less dependent on defense spending. Mr. Speaker, the State of Maine is the Baptist Church and the Union Avenue Baptist The Pentagon's fundamental unsuitability to fourth highest recipient of defense spending Church are just two of the many successful be responsible for the bulk of this Nation's de- per capita in the Nation, and defense is the products of these efforts. Through the years,

e 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. June 23, 1994 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14267 the church has placed an emphasis on edu­ I have no doubt that American firms can the end of the world for USX. They have lots cation, preparing several members for the compete in the global marketplace. The resur­ of talent, but it sure came as a cold shock," said one steel executive. ministry. gence of the domestic steel industry is strong It surely was. While several of the execu­ The First Baptist Church has prospered evidence that the spirit of teamwork and inno­ tives who left were known to be unhappy, through a diverse 170 year history. This per­ vation which has let America through the and had shopped resumes privately, their severance is a testament to the determination twentieth century, continues to thrive today. mass departure was totally unexpected, and and selflessness of the congregation. It is with With the likely liberalization of the world could give USX ammunition for a lawsuit if great pleasure that I ask my colleagues to join trading system later this year, international it decides to pursue one. me in paying tribute to the First Baptist trade is entering a new phase of heightened What kind of case USX might be able to Church. mount is unclear. But mass recruitments competition. If a fail to step forward now to have in some cases been enjoined by the prevent incipient commercial espionage, we court. will be abandoning a critical domestic industry ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF UNFAIR "The general law is that individual em­ at a pivotal point in our economic history. ployees can move from one company to an­ COMPETITION A recent article in the Pittsburgh Post-Ga­ other, but in situation where there's been a zette entitled "National Steel Rolls USX" de­ mass hiring, courts will enjoin * * * if they HON. JOHN P. MURTHA scribes the details of this unprecedented raid believe it involved unfair competition or the hiring is occurring to obtain confidential in­ OF PENNSYLVANIA by NKK. I ask unanimous consent that the ar­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES formation." said Arthur Schwab, who as ticle be included in the RECORD at the conclu­ chair of litigation for Buchanan Ingersoll PC Thursday, June 23, 1994 sion of my remarks. a Downtown law firm, has tried such cases. Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, recent news ar­ [From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 2, National's bold grab for a talented team of ticles carried the story of yet another example 1994] managers who have the operating skills the of unfair competition by a foreign-controlled NATIONAL STEEL ROLLS USX company desperately needs marks a radical departs from the normally polite conduct of corporation doing business in this country. (By Kerry Johnson) Japanese companies. "This is very un-Japa­ On May 31 , five top managers of USX In what USX Corp. termed an "insidious nese," said one steel executive. Corp.'s Gary Works plant in Gary, IN, sud­ raid," troubled National Steel Corp. yester­ But industry sources said NKK, which has denly and without any advance warning, sub­ day hired away the top six executives of been trying to fix National ever since it mitted their notices of resignation to USX. USX's largest steel mill. bought a 50 percent stake in 1984, had simply Within 24 hours, all five managers showed up The move was unprecedented in the nor­ lost all patience, Directors finally moved for work at their new positions with the Na­ mally staid and clubby steel business. It also swiftly after tolerating years of indecision suggests that the Japanese, whose steel in­ and missteps. Doerr the departing National tional Steel Corporation, a subsidiary of the dustry has been held up as a model of manu­ chief executive who Goodwin replaces, had a Japanese NKK Corp. facturing efficiency, now think they could back-ground in accounting, and had recently This corporate raid apparently resulted from use a little Yankee ingenuity to fix their jettisoned several lieutenants in an effort to a well planned strategy by NKK to persuade own troubles. fix chronic operating difficulties. top managers of the U.S. Steel Group of USX National Steel, headquartered in Pitts­ "The board's decision was that it wanted to jump ship, and in the process, to bring high­ burgh until two years ago and owned by Ja­ to focus attention on operations and obvi­ ly confidential business information with them. pan's NKK Corp., fired president Ronald ously John Goodwin is a good operations NKK of Japan has now gained access to the Doerr and chief financial officer Richard man," said National Steel spokesman Robert Toothman. most sensitive kinds of trade secrets of its Newsted, replacing them, respectively, with V. John Goodwin, general manager of USX's The raid come at a time when the U.S. steelmaking competitor-marketing strategies, Gary Works, and Robert Greer, controller of steel industry, having shrunk its work force pricing information, profit margins, and even the Indiana facility and a 33-year veteran of and investment heavily in new technology, is supplier and commercial lists. NKK is now in USX. rebounding with a vengeance. That National a position to do great harm to USX's commer­ Goodwin's 27-year career with USX in­ is not capitalizing on the best industry con­ cial and strategic position. As NKK is only too cluded service as general manager of its Mon ditions in more than 20 years is galling to Valley Works from 1984 to 1987. NKK. well aware, USX ranks as NKK's most impor­ Analysts give Goodwin, 51, high marks for tant competitor in the worldwide steel produc­ National Steel would not confirm the names of the executives who were also re­ making Gary the premier U.S. steel mill. tion marketplace. cruited along with Goodwin and Greer. How­ The plant can produce 7 million tons of steel NKK's actions represents a last ditch effort ever, industry sources identified them as a year, slightly more than National's entire to prop up a failing company. Over the past metallurgist George Lukes, who was chief of capacity, and accounts for as much as two­ few years, while USX and Gary Works have quality control at Gary; Bob Pheanis, who thirds of USX's operating profits from steel. enjoyed a resurgence, NKK/National Steel has run Gary's finishing operations; Dave Peter­ Goodwin's prospects for advancement at U.S. consistently reported operating losses. The son, who oversaw raw steelmaking; and Dave Steel were limited because he is the same Pryzbylski, Goodwin's chief of human re­ age as his boss, U.S. Steel President Thomas USX managers were targeted by NKK be­ J. Usher. cause they had received industry-wide rec­ sources. National's problems have been many. They ognition for their innovation management strat­ U.S. Steel replaced Goodwin with the gen­ began the day NKK bought into it. Although eral manager of its Mon Valley Works, John know as a savvy steelmaker in Japan, NKK egies of USX's Gary Works. NKK's actions H. Goodish, 45. Goodish has been with U.S. seems to be a systematic effort by NKK to re­ early on was reluctant to assert its control. Steel since 1970. In recent years, however, its problems have place its own executives by persuading senior The exodus from USX, which lost in one been more fundamental. National's strategy USX managers to desert USX and to bring fell swoop the manager of its largest and is to sell high-profit steels to the auto­ with them a wealth of confidential information most profitable steel making operation as motive, container and building industries. and trade secrets. well as his five top aides, was unlike any To be successful, National must meet tough­ Mr. Speaker, as long as we allow this type event even the industry's oldest veterans er standards for quality, on-time delivery of hostile and anticompetitive attack to occur, could recall. and customer service. Despite NKK's consid­ A similar employment raid occurred just erable investments, the company can't con­ American companies will be sitting ducks for one year ago in the auto industry. In that in­ well financed and aggressive foreign corpora­ sistently produce the quality of steel its cus­ stance, Volkswagen A.G. recruited Jose tomers want As a result, National has been tions. In the post-cold-war era, the American Ignacio Lopez de Arriortua, a tough, results forced to sell rejected metal to less demand­ people demand that our Government protect oriented executive, and several key aides ing, lower paying buyers. its workers and their innovations. Unfortu­ from General Motors Corp. GM subsequently The problems have been most acute at Na­ nately, there is evidence that this is not an iso­ sued Lopez, alleging in German court that he tional's flagship steel operation, the Great lated instance of anticompetitive activities had stolen trade secrets. German law en­ Lakes division near Detroit that serves the against a U.S. firm. This month's actions mir­ forcement officials are still investigating the auto industry. In the fourth quarter of last charges. · rors a similar raid of several key General Mo­ year National cut back shipments by 100,000 Although USX yesterday made no such ac­ tons to compensate for its problems. tors personnel undertaken last year by Volks­ cusations against NKK, the company said it "I think they (NKK) have been a little bit wagen A.G. That case is still pending in Ger­ is weighing its legal options. embarrassed by how bad National's done. Na­ many, but a preliminary finding has found Industry observers played down the impact tional's clearly been a loser," said Charles merit to General Motors' complaint. the defections will have on USX. "It's not Bradford, a steel analyst for UBS Securities. 14268 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 23, 1994 The nation's fourth-largest steel producer, tional titles at three major levels: The NCAA, Air and his concurrent departure from the Air National had operating losses of $215 million junior college, and American Legion. Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee as a in 1993, $13 million in 1992 and $131 million in Jim Brock was not only a winner in base­ representative of the Air Line Pilots Associa­ 1991 , according to Salomon Bros. steel ana­ ball, but a winner in the game of life. He held tion. Captain Woodhead's thoughtful, rea­ lyst Michelle Galanter Applebaum. the highest of principles and values and he Another problem has been a 1986 labor pact soned approach to problem solving has made National struck with the United Steel­ passed these attributes on to his players and him one of the most widely respected mem­ workers that gave its union employees life­ colleagues. Dr. Brock's most important coach­ bers of the committee since 1979. time job security, a hallmark of Japan's own ing job was assuring that his players achieved In all that time, ATPAC has benefited in par­ industry. Competitor's scoffed at the deal, success in the classroom as well as on the ticular from his expertise in cockpit manage­ saying it would come back to haunt the com­ field. This was a role he took upon himself as ment and air operations, perhaps most espe­ pany. the baseball program's academic liaison. cially when he chaired ATPAC from 1987 to While National's operating difficulties are Coach Brock was filled with an enthusiasm for 1992. Very simply, Captain Woodhead has complex. " It's safe to say [overmanning) is education. He believed there was nothing one of their problems," Plummer said. helped to make our system safer over the Strife between National's Japanese owners more important than education. This is evident years, and the loss of his guidance will be felt and its U.S. managers has also plagued the in the fact that he earned a bachelor's and by ATPAC, by ALPA, and by all those who company, industry observers say. master's degrees, as well as a doctorate in may not know him by name but who work in Doerr, in mid-1991 , said National might be educational administration, all from Arizona and rely upon our airports and airways every forced into bankruptcy without major and State University. day. immediate cost reductions. Its losses were On the field, Coach Brock was always a Captain Woodhead's aviation history is a staunched by the end of that year. force. He lived by the credos "Commitment to very proud one indeed. After his graduation In 1992, National moved its headquarters Excellence" and "Just win, baby." This atti­ from Stanford University in 1956, Captain from Pittsburgh to Mishawaka, Ind., which tude personified him and the entire Sun Devil would cut corporate overhead and put the Woodhead joined the U.S. Air Force and flew company closer to its Midwest customer baseball program. He proved to be a source a total of 4,500 hours around the world as an base. of tremendous motivation, continuously re­ aircraft commander and flight examiner until Christopher Plummer, an industry analyst minding his team to seek the smell of roses. he left the service in 1965. with Resource Strategies Inc., said the dras­ He was a great mentor to players, assistant From 1967 through this year, Captain tic overhaul at National reflects heightened coaches, and staff. His knowledge and invalu­ Woodhead has piloted a variety of aircraft for urgency for the unit to perform at a time able advice was constantly sought after. USAir and Pacific Southwest Airlines. He has when its Japanese parent and other Japanese Coach Brock always stood by his team; logged 22,000 accident-free hours, an invalu­ steel producers are still struggling wit~ a re­ coaching, cheering, and sharing his love of the cession. able experience which has reinforced his stat­ Goodwin has his work cut out for him as game with them. Over 63 of his players ure in ATPAC and helped the practical side of the new president and chief operating offi­ reached baseball's major leagues. Some of the Pacific Southwest-Piedmont-USAir merger cer, but industry observers say he will have his more well-known players are Barry Bonds, in the late 1980's. Captain Woodhead certainly an advantage his predecessor didn't enjoy: A Oddibe McDowell, Bob Horner, Hubie Brooks, merited the Associate Administrator Air Traffic clear mandate for change. Floyd Bannister, Ken Landreaux, Alvin Davis, Service Award in 1992, as well as the Air Traf­ and Pat Listach. Baseball is what made Coach fic Control Association's Special Medallion Jim Brock happy. Award that same year. A TRIBUTE TO DR. JAMES L. Baseball will miss Dr. James L. Brock. A Mr. Speaker, individuals like Captain BROCK man filled with a never-ending dedication and Woodhead are the key to a successful avia­ love of a game-baseball. He has left his tion system here in the United States. His re­ HON. ED PASTOR mark on our national pastime and it gives me tirement notwithstanding, I trust that we will be OF ARIZONA great pleasure to highlight the accomplish­ able to continue to draw upon his knowledge, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ments of this great man to my colleagues. All expertise, and friendship in the ysars ahead. I of us from Arizona and college baseball share Thursday, June 23, 1994 ask that my colleagues join me in wishing him in the loss of the Brock family. Dr. Brock made the very best in whatever endeavor he under­ Mr. PASTOR. Mr. Speaker, today I pay trib­ Arizona State baseball a dynasty, and we will takes to make that possible, as I'm sure he ute to the memory of Dr. James L. Brock, a be forever in his debt. will. man who dedicated his life to coaching the sport of baseball. Although he is no longer with us, his dedication has earned him top bill­ TRIBUTE TO CAPT. JAMES J. THE HOLOCAUST JOURNEY OF ing as one of the greatest collegiate coaches WOODHEAD, AMERICAN A VIATOR RACHEL GOTTSTEIN to ever grace the field. His peers consider him one of college baseball's coaching elite. HON. NORMAN Y. MINETA HON. TOM LANTOS OF CALIFORNIA Winning, baseball, and Jim Brock go hand OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in hand. In 1970 and 1971 he led his junior IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES college clubs to national titles. In addition, he Thursday, June 23, 1994 Thursday, June 23, 1994 earned coach-of-the-year honors for both of Mr. MINET A. Mr. Speaker, throughout my those championship seasons. The winning tra­ 20 years in Congress, which includes service Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, we frequently dition continued at Arizona State University, throughout on the Public Works and Transpor­ deal with the horror of the Holocaust and the where Brock led his team straight to the top. tation Committee, I have come to admire and brutal Nazi atrocities of half a century ago in In 23 years Coach Brock led the Arizona State respect the intricacies of our aviation system very broad terms-the death of 6 million men, University Sun Devil's baseball squads to 11 here in the United States. women, and children, the mechanical mass­ conference championships and 2 national ti­ But more than admire a system, with its es­ production efficiency of the extermination tles. Twenty-two of his twenth-three years with sential importance to our national economy camps, and the scope of the monstrous atroc­ Arizona State were winning seasons. Thirteen and . transportation network, I have now an ities committed by Nazi officials at all levels. times he led his team to appearances in the unyielding admiration for the professionals Too seldom, however, do we confront the Hol­ College World Series. With 1,1 00 wins at Ari­ who make that system the best in the world. ocaust in personal terms. We do not examine zona State, Jim is the seventh winningest One such professional, Mr. Speaker, is those horrors at an individual level. coach in NCAA Division I baseball history. Capt. James J. Woodhead, a leader in Amer­ Mr. Speaker, I would like to call to the atten­ Coach Brock has the second-best win average ican aviation, who is to be congratulated for tion of my colleagues a very personal account in NCAA history with 47.8 wins per season. his hard work and dedication during his 27 of the horror of the Holocaust-excerpts from These grand accomplishments did not go un­ years as an airline captain and 37 years as a the article, "The Nightmare and the Dream: noticed, for Coach Brock was named National pilot. The Holocaust Journey of Rachel Gottstein," Coach of the Year in 1977, 1981, 1984, and I was saddened to head recently of Captain which appeared in the April 17, 1994 issue of 1988. He was the only coach ever to win na- Woodhead's forthcoming retirement from US the journal "We Alaskans". The article tells the June 23, 1994 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14269 story of Rachel Landau-born in Krakow, Po­ would fall asleep on the straw mattresses on Germany. To Hitler, this represented a prob­ land, in 1936. As a 5-year-old child, her p~r­ the long, wooden bunk beds. Then it would lem. ents were captured and murdered and man­ begin. Rachel's parents took the advice of her "They would drag people out. They would grandfather. They bought a home in Skavina aged to survive for an additional 4 years­ beat people up. They would torture them. and moved there with their only child. They from a life of hiding out to escape German They would kill them. They would take peo­ lived there two years, the beginning of Ra­ troops, being shifted from the labor camp at ple for experiments. chel's memory. Plazow, which was dramatized in the movie "They would do this in the night thinking Mostly she remembers her parents' faith. "Schindler's List," to camps in Ravensbrueck that more people would be sleeping and there "I don't know if they knew what was about and Bergen-Belsen where she was finally lib­ would be less screaming and crying and peo­ to happen, but they always used to teach me erated in 1945. ple going insane." a prayer in Hebrew-just one sentence of this I ask that this excellent article about the Now she hates to sleep at all, Rachel says. prayer: 'Shema Yisrael Adoshem, Eloheinu Adoshem Echad.' And that means, 'Hear 0 Holocaust experiences of Rachel Landau "I sit to fall asleep so I won't realize I'm going to. Because I still think that ... Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.' Gottstein be placed in the RECORD, and I urge maybe, maybe this nightmare is still going And that's what the Jewish religion is based my colleagues to read it carefully. on. And if I fall asleep, this will happen." on-that we have one God, and we should [From We Alaskans, Apr. 17, 1994] Just as she fell asleep one night recently have faith in this God, and that's how we THE NIGHTMARE AND THE DREAM: THE and dreamed that the Nazis were on their will get strength: In this faith." HOLOCAUST JOURNEY OF RACHEL GOTTSTEIN way to get her husband and children . . . The words of the prayer were so familiar to (By George Bryson) In the dream Barney seemed supportive Rachel they almost sounded like her moth­ er's voice. Shema Yisrael Adoshem Eloheinu Rachel Gottstein had a dream. She was sit­ and calm, but Rachel feared for their lives. "And I dreamt that my husband said he Adoshem Echad. The prayer reassured her ting in a house with her husband, Barney, whenever she got scared. and all their children. Somehow they'd was going to give us a drink. That we should have a wonderful time, a wonderful day, a Rachel also remembers what her mother learned the Nazis were coming to get them, and father told her about Palestine-though to take them away to kill them. There was wonde~ful eve~~ng-and he was going to give us a drmk ... she didn't really understand what they were nothing they could do about it, so they sat saying. "They said ... there is a land called and talked and waited. She knew then that the drink would be poison. They would kill themselves before Palestine, and this is our homeland. And this In reality, the children born through pre­ is where I should go." vious marriages to Anchorage's Barney and the Nazis got the chance to do it first. But Rachel Gottstein weren't even alive during she remembers saying no-they should try * * * * * World War II when the Nazis murdered near­ and live ... Just as she couldn't understand why now ly 6 million European Jews. Barney was only "I said, 'I think there's hope. There's al­ her parents were saying goodbye ... a teenager then and Rachel was hardly a ways hope. And maybe we will survive ...'" There'd been rumors in Skavina that the schoolgirl. :Barney grew up in Alaska, where But that was just a dream. The reality for Germans were coming to take the Jews he would later develop the Carr-Gottstein Rachel was a nightmare. away. Rachel's parents were afraid for their daughter's life. They took her to the house grocery store empire. He never experienced * * * * * the Holocaust directly. When Germany invaded Poland on Sept. 1, of a friend, a non-Jewish neighbor. Maybe But Rachel grew up in Poland. And Rachel there she would be spared. 193~setting the torch to World War II­ " And all I remember is my parents were remembers. Jewish families all over Eastern Europe Rachel Landau was born in Krakow in 1936. saying to me, 'Goodbye ... ' And I couldn't awoke to find their lives in sudden peril. understand why they were saying goodbye She was 3 when Hitler's armed forces invaded How had this happened? Poland. She was 5 when her Jewish parents and why they were leaving me. suddenly hid her in a basement with neigh­ * * * * * "And the neighbor took me into her base­ bors and said goodbye. She remembers cry­ Throughout the 1930s, the Nazis had en­ ment where it was very dark. And I was cry­ ing and screaming after them as they left. acted a long list of punitive laws discrimi­ ing and screaming. And the neighbors were She remembers hiding in another home with nating against German Jews. Among them: scared that the Germans were coming . . . her aunt and uncle and cousin and being cap­ laws prohibiting Jewish children from at­ and that they couldn't keep me quiet." tured by the Gestapo and taken to her first tending schools, laws confiscating Jewish Hitler's "solution" didn't begin with the concentration camp. property, laws boycotting Jewish businesses, gas chambers. It began by rounding up Jews She witnessed murders in the camps from laws stripping Jewish doctors and lawyers all across Europe and consolidating them in the very beginning. At first she wondered and teachers of their jobs, laws prohibiting ·ghettos and work camps in Poland. about it: Why did the Nazis want to kill Jew­ marriage between Jews and "Aryans." In Western Europe, the specter of hundreds ish people-all the Jewish people, even little Anti-Semitic rallies were another signa­ of Jewish citizens suddenly boarding freight girls like herself. But she could see clearly ture of the Nazi regime. By the end of the trains headed east almost looked too orderly that they did. She saw parents murdered in decade, the gatherings had grown increas­ to be murderous. But the calm was cal­ front of their children. She saw children de­ ingly violent. In November 1938, the culated. The Nazis knew they had to operate liberately murdered in front of their parents. "Kristallnacht" rally-so-named for the more subtly in countries like France, Hol­ "I saw people begging and crying for thousands of windows shattered at night in land, Denmark and Norway. The non-Jewish mercy .... It felt embarrassing, but any­ synagogues and Jewish owned shops across public might turn sympathetic to the plight body will do anything to live. And we tried Germany-culminated not with the arrest of of the Jews if the Gestapo began murdering to survive, even me as a 5-year-old. I would the vandals but the victims. Thirty thousand them in the streets. do things that you would think were Jewish men and boys were seized and de­ But Eastern Europe was a different propo­ impossible . . . " ported to Buchenwald, Dachau and sition. It was far more impoverished, more Over the next three years, Rachel clung Sachsenhausen concentration camps. historically anti-Semitic, more shielded tightly to the hands of her aunt and cousin After that, many Jews decided it was time from the world view. Murderous pogroms as she survived three concentration camps: to get out. Hitler had been forcefully deport­ against Jews were staged in Russia and East­ from Plaszow, to Ravensbruck, to the infa­ ing them (after seizing their property) for ern Europe long before the Germans arrived. mous Bergen-Belsen where the British dis­ several years. Now Jewish men and women The precedent there was set. When the Ge­ covered 10,000 unburied corpses the day the fled voluntarily, leaving as soon as they stapo showed up, they could literally get camp was liberated in 1945. could. By 1939, Jews were only half a percent away with murder-and did. As the German They also found 81h-year-old Rachel, ema­ of the German population. soldiers invaded Poland, they were followed ciated by typhus-just as a typhus-ravaged Then war broke out, and the relationship closely by the Gestapo's "Einsatzgruppen," teenager named Anne Frank had died at Ber­ between Hitler and the Jews changed. First, special police units that systematically gen-Belsen one month earlier. But Rachel the borders closed, making it harder to leave rousted the Jews from their homes, then survived the Holocaust, a witness. A half­ the country. Second, the Jewish population shot them in the streets or along some coun­ century later, it haunts her still. of Germany skyrocketed as the Third Reich try road. In all, 600,000 Polish Jews died that "I still live in this trauma of the con­ systematically conquered and occupied Po­ way. centration camps," Rachel Gottstein said re­ land, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland, Two of them were Rachel's parents. A cently, speaking carefully, deliberately. "I France, Greece, Yugoslavia, Lithuania, Lat­ third was her grandfather. have all kinds of dreams about this even now via and the western Soviet Union. There * * * * * . . . Things you can never forget." were 9 million Jews in Europe, and now near­ Rachel wouldn't hear whether her parents So much that was horrible happened at ly all of them fell under the cloak of Ger­ died until after the war. Then her uncle told night, she recalls. Maybe that explains the many. Some 31h million Jews were in Poland her after hearing the account from an eye­ dreams. The lights would go out and they alone-15 times as many as existed in prewar witness. 14270 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 23, 1994 "They had taken the people from Skavina Rachel lived in a large barracks with the "And I didn't understand what was not all to this very large area. It wasn't yet a con­ cpildren and the two older women. "There right about her. But now looking back, I can centration camp," Rachel says. "There was a were a lot of people in this one see that she was starting to go crazy. very big hole dug in this camp. All the Jew­ room ... There was no toilet, but a pail "Then one day they took all of us in an­ ish people had to get undressed. All their where people went (to) the bathroom. There other kind of truck, a big truck. And they valuables were taken from them, their was just one pail with water (for washing took us to another kind of place: clothes. And they were told to stand around hands). And people were crying, and people Ravensbruck." that hole." were hungry. There were a lot of dogs. She noticed that The Gestapo put something like gasoline "Every day in the morning some Nazi right away. into the ditch, Rachel says. And then they would open the door to this area and they And the Nazi guards were yelling things as shot everybody. Only there were so many would bring in bread. And sometimes some their convoy rolled into the barbed-wired people to shoot, they ran out of bullets. Ei­ water and sometimes some kind of a soup. compound at Ravensbruck, north of Berlin. ther that, or they just didn't want to use any And every day they would take out some The trucks stopped and the prisoners stepped more ammunition. people. And we could hear after they were out-to more curses from the Nazis. "And that's why the gasoline-so they taken out, screams ... And you could hear "You dirty Jews! . .. Hitler is going to fin- burned whoever didn't die by bullet. And hitting, you know, blows. And we knew they ish you all off! ... We're going to have a that's how I was told my parents died." were being hit and tortured. world clean of all the Jews! ... " Later, even that wasn't efficient enough "There wa~ a blond lady there with a little Even after all she'd been through, Rachel for Hitler or Goering or Adolph Eichmann. It girl. And she claimed that she was a Chris­ says, she still found all the verbal hate took too long to dig the holes. So about two tian. And every day she would cross herself amazing and utterly inexplicable. years into the war-not long after Rachel's and tell the little girl to cross herself. And "And I just couldn't ... I couldn't grasp parents were executed-the Nazi command­ she would pray to Jesus. And the Nazis it. I couldn't understand. What did we do? ers initiated their "final solution" with the would every day come in and say, 'Tell us Why? What happened that would make peo­ advent of the extermination camps. Then the you are a Jew.' And she would say, 'I am not ple dislike us so much that they would want Holocaust began in earnest. a Jew, I'm a Christian.' And they would hit to destroy us like this?" her, and she would say, 'I'm not a Jew!' And Other images from Ravensbruck: A woman * * * * * they said, 'Even if your great-grandmother tries to climb the barbed-wire fence and es­ THE CAMPS was a Jew, then you are a Jew, and you are cape camp. But the barbed wire is electric­ Scenes from the prison compound in the going to die for it . . . ' Then one day they and it stops her in an instant, killing her. Krakow ghetto, as seen through a little girl's just took here and she never came back. Then another woman tries to escape by eyes: * * * * * climbing the same fence-and she dies, too. "It had barbed wires around," Rachel re­ "It was a train that had no windows. There The question then becomes, were these se­ calls, "and it had a lot of big rooms with were no steps to go up. People were just rious efforts to escape? Or prisoners gone bunk beds where all the women stayed. And pushed up. Children were just handed up by mad? Or even calm, reasoned decisions to there were some men there, too. the adults. They pushed in as many people as end all the misery in a quick, uncompromis­ "And every day they would have us all they could push in-more than that. They ing act of suicide? come out of these big rooms. And they had Sometimes the dogs-German shepherds­ squeezed people in, and there was no food would pull them down before they ever us stand in line, and they would call out, at and no light and just total chaos." random, different names. And those names Worst of all, says Rachel, you knew that reached the fence, Rachel says. "And they had to go to a truck-big trucks." you were going to come out of this train would bite people and there would be scream­ The significance of the roll call wasn't im­ "not to some happy reception with friends, ing ... mediately clear to her, Rachel says, until­ but you were either going to be shot or put Eight years old now, Rachel was beginning right in front of her-an elderly woman into another camp." to comprehend the nightmare more and started screaming when her name was called. more. The staggering cruelty of it. Instead of * * * * * becoming enameled to the cruelty, she I don't want to die! she cried. I want to live! As suffocating as the westbound train ride "And they said to her, 'If you don't come seemed to be growing even more sensitive to voluntarily, then we'll kill a hundred people was, it may well have saved Rachel's life. it, finding cruelties within the cruelties. instead of you!' And a lot of people were say­ Children were among the first to perish on Like the way the Gestapo not only showed ing, 'Go! Please go! Please go!' And she the long marches. ·Few prisoners had the no reticence about shooting a Jewish child, strength to carry their children for long. but would deliberately shoot the child in didn't want to go. And then they started hit­ After Rachel's train passed the pre-World ting her, and they took her into the front of his mother. Or how they enjoyed War II border between Germany and Poland, breaking up families during "selections" for truck ... And of course they took many it stopped at the town of Breslau. There ev­ other people, too." new camp assignments. Mother to the right, eryone was ordered off the train and directed daughter to the left ... Rachel was only 5 then. But just having into a staging area full of prisoners. been torn away from her mother and father, "And in other buildings, you would always "We say a lot of people," Rachel recalls. hear screams of children and screams of peo­ her eyes were wide open: "And you could see from the way it was-you "There was hardly any food. And a lot of ple, we were scared, scared, scared all the saw everybody crying, and everybody hug­ time. All the time." people were getting beaten. And there was ging and kissing-and I imagined that they always screaming, and there was always cry­ had just been told they were going to be sep­ * * * * * ing. People were sick and there were no doc­ arated and sent to different camps. "Anybody who wasn't completely perfect tors." "And I imagine that these people knew was taken away," Rachel says. "If somebody She didn't like this place, even if it was from the names they were told that these would limp, they were killed. If somebody the city where she was born. The only com­ were terrible places to go. Because it was would call out (in pain), they were killed. If fort was the remaining small circle of her just very traumatic. People were giving each somebody would have a little bit of a hunch, family and friends-Aunt Gittel, Yossi's other their necklaces if they had any. And stooped ever, they were killed. Everybody mother, the three other children. They still they said, 'For good luck,'". who had anything the matter with them was clung together. There was a moment's joy. Out of the killed.'' "Then one day, in the morning again, ev­ crowd, Aunt Gittel spotted her husband, · So Aunt Gittel "treated" her niece by tak­ eryone stood in these long lines-and they Max, and ran to join him. They hadn't seen ing a piece of straw from a mattress in the called my aunt's name, and (Yossi's moth­ each other for years-not since that day they barracks, wadding it into a tiny lump, and er's) name. . . And so they took us to a place were captured in their own hometown. But lodging it as gently as she could inside Ra­ call Plaszow." the joy collapsed when they learned that chel's ear canal to staunch the flow of pus. * * * * * their orders would soon send them in dif­ It wasn't so much a health-care measure as Even as they survived, children of the Hol­ ferent directions. a survival measure. But it worked, Rachel ocaust didn't stay children long. Neither did * * * * * says. Her ear didn't leak, the Gestapo didn't Rachel. The murders and the torture she wit­ Yossi's mother was strongly religious, and notice her, and eventually she got better. nessed began to etch her young memory. she had grown increasingly anxious about * * * * * There was a big building at Plaszow, she eating food that wasn't kosher. She also suf­ "And from there they took us to a camp says, called the Gray House. The upstairs fered deeply the shame of being forced to un­ called Bergen-Belsen. And in the camp it was served as headquarters for the Gestapo, the dress and walk naked in front of the Nazis. really bad. There was no food. And you could Nazi police. The basement was an interroga­ "She was always crying,'' Rachel recalls. always see a lot of people dead, lying in front tion room for camp laborers. And the Jewish "And she started . to really carry on. And of the barracks. people who went in that room seldom came (Aunt Gittel) was always saying, 'Don't be "I remember the worst thing was the hun­ out alive. afraid, she'll be all right.' ger." We were always so, so hungry ... I June 23, 1994 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14271 imagine it was coming toward the end of the four children, including his 6-year-old daugh­ been a mellow Virginian, Paul Duke, who is war, because it was getting more and more ter, Bilha-as well as his wife, Gittel. He the embodiment of an endangered tone of ci­ desperate .. . " hurried to Belsen to find them. vility and professionalism in the news busi­ He found Bilha and hugged her, then ness. Duke is retiring from the program at * * * * * hugged the others. the end of February, and last Wednesday his The war was ending, and it was a desperate " Where is my wife?" he asked the children. time all around. The allied forces were colleagues hailed his work at the National As the oldest, Rachel answered first, " Aunt Press Club. An out-of-town assignment kept marching on Germany from the coast, ap­ is dead,' • she said. proaching Belsen. The Soviet forces were ad­ me from attending, but-like last year's re­ Max was stunned. He slapped Rachel on the tirement of John Chancellor, a journalist of vancing from the east. face. "That's not true." he said. "You're By now most of the death camps in Poland similar quality-this is not an occasion lying." which should go unremarked. had been emptied, one way or another. The Rachel gathered herself. " It's true," she rate of killing rose sharply in the end. Some There is never a surplus of sensible, non­ said. strident ·reporting and analysis, and "Wash­ Nazi commanders believed they could avoid Not long after that, the children split for prosecution if no witnesses were left alive. ington Week" increasingly has stood out as the first time in more than three years. a monument to that tradition in a landscape In Germany, the greatest killer in the Seven-year-old Hanka, the rabbi's child, camps at the end was starvation and disease. littered with "infotainment" and other and 4-year-old Yossi were bound for Sweden. forms of junk journalism. By some accounts, the most desperate case Both had lost both parents during the Holo­ of all was Bergen-Belsen. As a very occasional participant in the caust, and now they had come down with tu­ show, I have enjoyed the gentle makeup * * * * * berculosis. The Swedish government was of­ room needling and obvious camaraderie of Aunt Gittel was sick. She'd mothered the fering treatment. the regulars like Gloria Borger, Hedrick children through all the camps so far and Rachel followed her Uncle Max and cousin Smith, Jack Nelson, Haynes Johnson, kept them alive, but now she was the one Bilha to their new home in Czechoslovakia. Charles McDowell, Howard Fineman and dying. And there was nothing that could be After a few weeks, she approached her uncle Steve Roberts. done. Everyone at Belsen was dying. with a question of her own: She wondered if Far more often, when on the road, tuning " She was lying there and they came and he's heard any news about her mother or fa­ in to "Washington Week" has been the closet they took her away," Rachel says. "And so ther. All through the concentration camps, thing to the " fix" I get when shooting the we were left, just the four children." there'd been no word about what became of breeze in The Washington Post newsroom Rachel took care of them as best she could, them. with the reporters covering the White House, but there was hardly any food at all. Now it was Max's turn to deliver bad news. Capitol Hill, the State Department, the Pen­ I would always try when it came time for He's spoken to someone who had witnessed tagon or the big investigative story of the the slice of bread-! would take the slice of their execution. As gently as he could, he ex­ week. In both cases, there is a minimum of bread and let everyone eat a crumb at a plained this to Rachel. bunk and a maximum of good-humored, time," Rachel says. "And they would hold it The words shocked her, Rachel says. "I skeptical but earnest effort to figure out ex­ . . . and suck on it." didn't believe him." actly what the hell is going on. Then even that single slice of bread shared From Krakow to Plaszow, to Ravensbruck, The tradition was already established once a day between four children dis­ to Bergen-Belsen-she always kept thinking when Duke slid into the moderator's seat at appeared. According to the official British that her parents would turn up. That they "Washington Week" seven years after the military report, Bergen-Belsen ran out of would run into each other's arms and hug. prog:-am went on the air. He has done a huge food and water five days before it was liber­ " It just didn't penetrate . . . And to tell amount to strengthen it. He came to the job ated. you the truth, to this day it still doesn't pen­ as a first-rate reporter. When I met him, he "When, finally, British troops did enter etrate. Even though I'm a grown woman, in was part of a trio of political/congressional Belsen in force," Gilbert writes, citing the many ways I feel like I'm not a grown reporters at the Wall Street Journal, with report, " the evidence of mass murder on a woman. I feel like I am a child. Because I Alan L. Otten and Robert D. Nowak, that vast scale became immediately apparent to don't understand these things, and I can't be­ may have been as strong a team as any news them. Of 10,000 unburied bodies, most were lieve them. organization has ever had on that beat. victims of starvation. Even after liberation "I just feel, 'Where are my parents' graves? He did the same kind of non-flamboyant 300 inmates died each day during the ensur­ Where can I go to see that it's really so? And but aggressive reporting for NBC News be­ ing week from typhus and starvation." why? Why did they die? I cannot understand fore shifting to public television. And he Rachel had come down with typhus, too. why they died, I cannot understand why 6 sought out the same kind of reporters for Two of the children had tuberculosis. Lying million Jewish people were killed for no rea­ "Washington Week." Oddly, in opting for in her bunk when the first preliminary Brit­ son and the whole world stood by. workhorses, rather than show horses, "Wash­ ish convoys passed through- April 15, 1945- "And until this day, I don't believe this ington Week," found people like the late Rachel was frightened. She feared the Ger­ horrible nightmare really is possible. That it Peter Lisagor of the old Chicago Daily News, mans were coming to get her and the others really happened." who became beloved figures to the weekly because they were all sick. audience of 4.5 million people. She remembers going outside and hiding Duke spoke at the press club of the ex­ under the barracks. "I don't know if I fell A TRIBUTE TO PAUL DUKE traordinary bond that exists between the asleep or what, but the next thing it's pitch viewers and the regulars. Those viewers dark. And I came out from under the bar­ worry about the reporters' colds, criticize racks, and I went back in. It was half empty. HON. ANDREW JACOBS, JR. OF INDIANA their clothes, name their children for their I saw the three children lying there, and I favorites. The trust that our colleagues on was so happy. I went and I laid with them." IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES " Washington Week" engender benefits all of The next day, Rachel says, she noticed Thursday , June 23, 1994 us in the journalist community. It's an offset there weren't any Nazis around. " And the to the cynicism and distrust bred by the sar­ next thing I remember is that, we all looked Mr. JACOBS. Mr. Speaker, as our friend, castic, smart-aleck shouters who dominate at those doors that led into the barracks, David Broder, says, Paul Duke is a very spe­ so many of the other Washington-based talk and we saw a lot of soldiers. And these were cial person. shows. the British soldiers that liberated Bergen­ Paul Duke is a man of uncommon talent Duke spoke for many of us when he said: Belsen. And you could see they were all very, and uncommon modesty, the quintessential " It is our business, the press' business, to very shocked at what they saw. Because chronicle all the deeds and misdeeds (of pub­ none of them were coming into the barracks. scholar and gentleman. [From the Indianapolis News, Jan. 19, 1994] lic officials). And clearly the press is no They were all standing by this door, just more perfect than the politicians or the pol­ looking . . . " RETIRING JOURNALIST EARNED RESPECT icy-makers. There is too much careless re­ FROM HERE TO THE HOLOCAUST (By David S. Broder) porting today, too much cynicism, too much In the days that followed, many more peo­ WASHINGTON.-Every Friday evening at 8 reliance on unnamed sources, and too much ple died. But Rachel and the children sur­ p.m., Eastern time, millions of Americans instant analysis which all too often turns vived. They stayed at the camp for several interested in politics and public affairs tune out to be instant baloney." weeks recovering. their television sets to "Washington Week in And in specific reference to television, he The Red Cross had circulated a list of con­ Review" and watch some of this city's best added: "The notion that news is entertain­ centration-camp survivors all over Europe. journalists summarize and discuss what is ment has spawned a flashy and slurpy brand At Buchenwald, Max Katz saw a copy of the happening in the U.S. government. of programming that leans heavily on sob Bergen-Belsen list and celebrated. There on For the past 20 years, the moderator of this stories or celebrity interviews, shows that the list of survivors were the names of all Public Broadcasting System program has are little more than video versions of the old 14272 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 23, 1994 Hollywood movie magazines and the Police bill education and training programs. This fact TRIBUTE TO REV. NINH VAN Gazette. What we've seen is the news busi­ alone reflects the importance of this legisla­ NGUYEN ness becoming more like show business." Happily, the executives at WETA-TV, tion. But even more importantly, and why I feel which produces "Washington Week," have it is that the Gl bill is so notable, is what it did HON. ROBERT T. MATSUI chosen a successor to Duke who embodies to provide countless Americans with paths of OF CALIFORNIA the same values and virtues. Ken Bode is a opportunities. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES political scientist by training, who left To say that the founders of this program teaching to write politics very well for The were very farsighted in their vision would be Thursday, June 23, 1994 New Republic magazine, then moved on to do an understatement. Not only did they realize Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to a first-class job as NBC's political reporter. the great debt we as a nation owed our veter­ pay tribute to the Reverend Ninh Van Nguyen, He always has eschewed the "glamour-puss" a man who has dedicated his entire adult life approach to television news in favor of dog­ ans and that this was one way to express our ged reporting. His crammed, looseleaf source gratitude, but they first and foremost recog­ to the service of God and his fellow man. On book testified to his cultivation of grass­ nized that there is no greater gift than knowl­ the evening of June 17 his family, his friends, roots political activists of all stripes. edge-that this above all else is the primary and his colleagues will gather to recognize A few years ago, Bode returned to aca­ resource for individuals to achieve their aspira­ Reverend Nguyen's many contributions to the demic life at DePaul University, while keep­ tions and dreams. Presbyterian Church and the community at ing his hand in journalism with special re­ As ·the years go by, I think we all recognize large. ports and documentaries for CNN. He is The life of a refugee is a difficult one. Many going to keep his home in Greencastle, Ind., and more fully appreciate the contributions of while commuting to Washington several the Gl bill to our country. I know I do. I am a make their way to this country after having days each week. That's smart. product of the Gl bill, and along with thou­ their lives jeopardized by circumstances be­ I've visited him there and joined him and sands of veterans who I know share my senti­ yond their control. No one knows the uncer­ his wild buddies at their regular after-break­ ments I want to say our Nation could not be tainty of a refugee's life like Reverend Nguyen fast cribbage game near the potbellied stove what it is had it not been for all who served does. He was a refugee not once, but twice. in an auto repair shop. If Bode or his "Wash­ Uprooted from his homeland, Reverend ington Week" panelists ever threaten to be­ and the Gl bill. come stuffy, the "boys" at the garage will Nguyen knows all too well that for a refugee razz him unmercifully. to survive, he must find something to believe Paul Duke's fine legacy will be in good in, something that can never be taken away. hands. OUTSTANDING ATHLETE OF THE Ninh Van Nguyen believed that he could make YEAR a difference in the lives of his fellow refugees. After fleeing Communist forces in North GI BILL 50TH ANNIVERSARY HON. HERB KLEIN Vietnam, Ninh Van Nguyen, settled in South OF NEW JERSEY Vietnam in 1954 and soon went to work for HON. E de Ia GARZA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Vietnam Christian Service. Their mission was OF TEXAS to alleviate the suffering of war victims-the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, June 23, 1994 orphans, the widows, the refugees, the sick, Thursday, June 23, 1994 Mr. KLEIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join the wounded, the amputees. He did this work the John F. Kennedy High School students Mr. DE LA GARZA. Mr. Speaker, today from 1955 to 1975, and as you can imagine, marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of and faculty in honoring Nicole Carmichael as in Vietnam there was much work to do. He the Servicemen's Readjustment Act or as its the recipient of the Outstanding Athlete of the continued at this most difficult of jobs until, known to most of us, the Gl bill. It is hard to Year Award. once again, he was uprooted by the forces of think five decades have passed since this be­ Nicole Carmichael has just completed her communism. came law, but the intervening years reflect junior year at Kennedy High School. She has In his new country, America, Ninh Van what a resounding success this legislation has demonstrated remarkable athletic achievement Nguyen set out to continue assisting his fellow been. in the sport of track and field. refugees. As a consultant to Lutheran Immi­ Its purpose was threefold-to avoid high This winter during indoor track season, Ni­ gration and Refugee Services based in New levels of veteran unemployment, as had oc­ cole won several meets. She is the county York, he developed resettlement programs su­ curred following World War I; to help alleviate and State champ in the 55 meters race and pervising orientation and crisis intervention shortages of trained manpower due to the placed sixth in the 55 meters State Meet of services for Southeast Asian refugees. postponement of education or large numbers Champions. Eventually, his work landed him in Sac­ of service persons; and to provide assistance Nicole is not only a great indoor track ath­ ramento, CA, where he founded the Southeast in adjusting to civilian life for returning veter­ lete, but also an exemplary spring track ath­ Asian Assistance Center, earned a degree in ans. This measure provided the necessary lete. She is undefeated in the dual meet com­ social welfare, a masters in social work, a stepping stones to realize these goals. petition and has been awarded the Girls Track master of divinity, and a doctor of ministry. Our country and specifically higher edu­ Most Valuable Participant for the 190 half Since 1983, he has served as pastor/director cation as we know it today would not be the points she scored for her team this past sea­ for Southeast Asian Ministries. In 1986 he be­ same were it not for this legislation, and that son. Furthermore, Nicole placed first in the came the first, and only, Vietnamese refugee is what makes the Gl bill so special. This pro­ 100 and 200 meters NNJIL Meet and, in doing to become an ordained minister in the Pres­ gram raised the intellectual level of an entire so, she broke the meet record set in 1986. byterian Church. generation thereby stimulating an unprece­ She also won first place in the County Meet of Throughout his life's experiences, Reverend dented economic expansion in America. The Champions for the 100 and 200 meters race Nguyen has developed a genuine understand­ first Gl bill veterans turned out to be the best and helped her team take another first place ing of the many issues affecting the quality of educated and best trained in the history of by being the anchor leg in the mile relay. people's lives. He has embraced leadership America. In addition to those numerous awards, Ni­ positions in numerous community organiza­ This was a major investment, but what we cole is the first girl from her high school to win tions, including the YMCA, Interfaith Service have seen over the years is that the Nation first place in the State Track Meet of Cham­ Bureau, the Sacramento County Health Coun­ has earned back its investment many times pions in not one, but two events. She also cil, and numerous others dedicated to improv­ over. During the lifetime of the average vet­ ppssesses the school, county and league ing the quality of life for immigrants. It appears eran the U.S. Treasury receives from two to record and tied the sectional meet record for as through Reverend Nguyen has dedicated eight times as much in income taxes as paid the 100 and 200 meter races. Moreover, Ni­ every waking hour to his life's work of service out in Gl bill education benefits. But the even cole is the first place 100 and 200 meter win­ to man and service to God. In so doing he has greater benefit was the pool of talent that was ner in the Girls Eastern States Track Cham­ become a well-rounded and highly educated nurtured and tapped and who eventually be­ pionship. individual with a wealth of real world experi­ came the leaders of our Nation. It is with great pleasure that I ask my col­ ence. Sacramento is fortunate to be the home Since its inception, more than 20 million vet­ leagues to join me in honoring this prestigious of such an outstanding spiritual and commu­ erans and dependents have participated in Gl athlete on her extraordinary achievements. nity leader. June 23, 1994 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14273 Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I toward cooperative solutions to the pressing BROOKE BOTTUM ESSAY AMONG rise today to recognize Rev. Ninh Van problems that we both face. The implications WINNERS IN SCHOOL-DAR FLAG Nguyen, who serves as a living definition of of Russian participation in NATO's Partnership ESSAY CONTEST the word "dedication." for Peace are enormous. If this leads to even­ tual NATO membership by Russia and the HON. GERAlD B.H. SOLOMON other members of the former Warsaw Pact, it DEMOCRATIC RUSSIA JOINS THE OF NEW YORK will mark the true end of the barriers which IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE WITH have divided Europe since the end of World NATO War II. Thursday, June 23, 1994 The security alliance stretching east from Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, for more than HON. TOM LANTOS Vancouver to Vladivostok does not ensure that 20 years, Nancy Vonic, English teacher at Oli­ OF CALIFORNIA there will be no more Bosnias or no more ver Winch Junior High School in South Glens IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Nagorno-Karabakhs, but it does a great deal Falls, NY, and with the help of the Jane to eliminate the risk that such tragic local con­ McCrea Chapter of the Daughters of the Thursday, June 23, 1994 flicts will lead to large-scale conventional war­ American Revolution, has assigned her sev­ Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, yesterday fare, and it assures that there will be greater enth-graders to write essays about the Amer­ marked an historic milestone in the post-cold­ possibility for nuclear cooperation. Moreover, it ican flag. war partnership between the United States enhances the international community's ability I am proud to place the winning essays in and Russia and an historic milestone for Eu­ to deal with low-scale, localized conflict. Just today's RECORD, including the honorable men­ rope and the world. On the 53d anniversary of as important, it means that resources pre­ tion essay submitted by Brooke Bottum, Germany's invasion of Russia on June 22, viously devoted to military preparedness can daughter of Diane Bottum, of 11 Lincoln Ave­ 1941, the Foreign Minister of Russia signed now be allocated to more productive domestic nue East, in South Glens Falls. Congratula­ documents making Russia a participant of uses which will contribute improved quality of tions go out to Brooke, and our grateful appre­ NATO's Partnership for Peace. life for the citizens of all countries. ciation to Nancy Vonic and the Jane McCrea While the United States-Russian relationship Mr. Speaker, the Russian people and the Chapter of the the DAR. over the last 50 years has been dominated by Russian Government of President Boris HONORABLE MENTION friction, it is framed on both ends by beacons Yeltsin are to be congratulated for their deci­ THE AMERICAN FLAG of cooperation and partnership. I am optimistic sion to join the Partnership for Peace. It re­ (By Brooke Bottum) and confident that the future of United States­ quired statesmanship and farsightedness for This essay is about what the United States Russian cooperation will be peaceful, pros­ Russia now to cooperate closely with its flag means to me. perous, and successful. former enemies-not a policy lightly under­ The United States flag is a symbol which It is significant, Mr. Speaker, that the Gov­ taken by any nation, and certainly not one en­ stands for our country's land, people, govern­ ernment of Russia has signed the Partnership during the political and economic upheaval ment, and ideas. When I say the Pledge of for Peace documents on June 22, because wracking Russia. I commend President Alligiance, I feel that I am honoring the men that day marks the 53d anniversary of Ger­ and women who died to protect our flag from Yeltsin, Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, dishonor and disgrace. many's invasion of the Soviet Union, a historic and Foreign Minister Andrey Kozyrev for their The flag was made in 1777. It has 13 stripes, turning point of World War II which led to the enlightened action today. which stand for the original 13 colonies. establishment of the grand alliance of the Unit­ Mr. Speaker, I also wish to commend our There are 50 stars inside a blue square that ed States, Britain, the Soviet Union, and other own administration for their critical and con­ represent the 50 states. The first flag was countries which ultimately led to the final and structive contribution to the historic event that made by Betsy Ross. A description of the unconditional defeat of the Nazi invaders. we marked yesterday starting with President flag is in the Journals of the Constitution. Russia's contribution to the Allied effort was Clinton and including Secretary of State War­ I am very grateful to my grandfather. He critical to the ultimate success, and was vital fought for our country's rights during World ren Christopher, Deputy Secretary of State War II. He was willing to die for our country. in bringing about the end of the domination of Strobe Talbott, and the rest of the President's I like to listen to stories about when he was the Fascist regimes. foreign policy team. These men and women in the war. I can learn a lot from him. The signing of the Partnership for Peace are to be commended for their successful con­ Also a close elderly friend of mine was a documents brings to mind another key event clusion of painstaking negotiations for Russia's woman who helped out during the Korean of the World War II era of cooperation with the entry into the Partnership for Peace. War. She died a couple of months ago. At her Soviet Union. On April 25, 1945, troops of the This long process has demanded vision, pa­ burial, there was a flag over her casket. Men American and Soviet Armies met on the Elbe tience, perseverance, and diplomatic skills of shot off guns and there was a person playing River in Germany. That meeting was an im­ slow trumpet music. The flag was folded a the highest level as the administration sought certain way and presented to her son. When portant symbol of our united cooperation in the to allay Russian fears about NATO expansion they put up her headstone, there was a flag final successful assault on Nazi Germany. and alliance worries over possible Russian ob­ put next to it. She is buried in Our Lady of Within a few weeks of the historic meeting of structionism once inside the partnership. Angels Church (cemetery) in Whitehall. American and Soviet troops at Turgau on the Moreover, we're not out of the woods yet; As we learn more about the wars in Social Elbe River, Hitler and most of his lieutenants rather, the signing ceremony initiated the start Studies class, it makes me feel honored to be were dead, Nazi Germany was defeated, Eu­ of another critical phase in the process of cre­ part of the United States and to be able to rope was liberated, and the Allies were victori­ ating a peaceful, prosperous, and stable post­ stand and honor our flag every day in school. It makes me realize how lucky I am to be in ous. cold-war Europe. Disagreements and setbacks a country with so much freedom. Mr. Speaker, today, we have come full cir­ are to be expected along the way as the East cle, and once again the United States and European countries and Russia are integrated Russia, along with our European allies, have more thoroughly into the Atlantic Alliance, but SALUTE TO EAGLE SCOUT DAVID agreed to work together for the goal of main­ the promise of closer consultation and coordi­ HARVEY taining peace in Europe and in the world. It is nation clearly argues well for the ultimate suc­ incumbent upon all of us to recognize the cess of this undertaking. HON. DAVID MANN Mr. Speaker, I would like to acknowledge great opportunity which Russia's participation OF OHIO in NATO's Partnership for Peace now provides this administration's contribution to establish­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES us-a better opportunity for contributing to ing lasting peace and real security on the Eu­ peace and fostering democracy in Europe and ropean continent, the very same cause that so Thursday, June 23, 1994 around the world. many Americans and Russians fought and Mr. MANN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to con­ It brings me great pleasure-and relief-to died for during World War II. The best way we gratulate David Harvey for earning the Boy see the world backing away from the threat of can honor their sacrifice and achievement is to Scouts of America Eagle Scout rank. David global war and nuclear conflict that we have make the resort to arms unnecessary in Eu­ will be recognized for his achievement at a faced during most of the past half century. It rope. This agreement brought us closer to that special court of honor ceremony on June 26, is reassuring to see our two nations moving goal. 1994, at Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church. 14274 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 23, 1994 David joined Troop 6 after being a Cub She has a 3.67 grade point average in phar­ SALUTE TO EAGLE SCOUT REID Scout in Pack 33. He has held several posi­ macy while entering pharmacy school as a SCHNEEMAN tions of responsibility, including senior patrol sophomore. She has also been selected to leader. David has been inducted into the serve as a member of Rho Chi, the highest HON. DAVID MANN Scouts' honor campers group-the Order of honor society in pharmacy. OF OHIO the Arrow, and has completed junior leader Kristen turned down an offer to play profes­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES training. sional basketball in Europe, and numerous David, like all other Eagle Scout candidates, other work opportunities, to utilize her phar­ Thursday, June 23, 1994 was required to complete a community service macy degree in order to receive her doctorate Mr. MANN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to con­ project. He worked with the Caring Place to and serve others by teaching. She is proof gratulate Reid Schneeman for earning the Boy raise money for Christmas toys for disadvan­ that academics, athletics, competitiveness, Scouts of America Eagle Scout rank. Reid will taged children. He then helped staff a special and success are intertwined. I think it is appro­ be recognized for his achievement at a special Christmas party thrown for the children. priate that we all recognize the achievements court of honor ceremony on June 26, 1994, at David· Harvey also has been persevering to of Kristen Goehring and promote her as a role Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church. perform to the best of his abilities outside of model for the youth of our Nation. Reid joined Troop 6 after receiving the scouting. He is a student at Kings High Arrow of Light in the Cub Scouts. Since then, School, and enjoys playing baseball. he has held several positions of responsibility. GLENS FALLS, NY, MOURNS LOSS I salute David on his accomplishment, as Reid has been inducted into the Scouts' honor OF OTTO WAHL, SR., FORMER well as his parents and his scout leaders campers group-the Order of the Arrow, and YMCA HEAD whose support helped make it possible. has helped staff the Brownsea Junior Leader­ HON. GERAlD B.H. SOLOMON ship Training Camp. TRIBUTE TO KRISTEN GOEHRING Reid, like all other Eagle Scout candidates, OF NEW YORK was required to complete a community service HON. JOHNS. TANNER IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES project. He worked with the Pleasant Ridge El­ Thursday, June 23, 1994 ementary School to renovate the World War I OF TENNESSEE monument on the school grounds. The project IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to say a few words about a man whose recent loss involved new landscaping work and an effort Thursday, June 23, 1994 is mourned by everyone who knew him, Otto to protect the monument from deterioration by Mr. TANNER. Mr. Speaker, I want to take F. Wahl, Sr., of Glens Falls, NY. the weather. this opportunity to congratulate Kristen Mr. Wahl was for many years executive di­ Reid also has been persevering to perform Goehring for being honored with Kristen rector of the Glens Falls YMCA and held sev­ to the best of his abilities outside of scouting. Goehring Day in Jackson/Madison County, eral posts in city government. But when I think He is a student at Walnut Hills High School, TN. It is certainly appropriate that someone as of Otto Wahl, I think of a man who, without and enjoys soccer and baseball. talented and skilled as Kristen be honored in fanfare or recognition, made a difference in his I salute Reid on his accomplishment, as well such a manner so that children throughout the community by being unfailingly generous with as his parents and his scout leaders whose area can recognize the type of role model she his time. support helped make it possible. is. Mr. Wahl was an outstanding high school In today's competitive world, to excel in ei­ athlete who went on to serve as an Air Force ther athletics or academics is a terrific cryptographer in World War II and earn a SURGICAL PROCEDURE: REMOVE achievement. However, to excel in both is a bachelor's degree from Syracuse University. DR. ELDERS truly remarkable feat. To take those achieve­ He became associated with the Glens Falls ments and apply them to a career that will YMCA in 1956, serving in such capacities as HON. BOB STIJMP bring pride and honor to one's home and fam­ physical director, program director, assistant OF ARIZONA ily, and fulfill a vital need to the public is per­ director, and finally executive director from IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES haps the greatest gift one can give back to so­ 1970 to 1973. Thursday, June 23, 1994 ciety. He was instrumental in building the new From an early age, Kristen was recognized Glens Falls YMCA in 1969. He also organized Mr. STUMP. Mr. Speaker, as one of the as one of the best players in athletic competi­ and coached YMCA Northeast District cham­ many Members who has signed Mr. STEARNS' tions. As a teenager, she participated on AAU pionship swim teams. His learn-to-swim cam­ letter to President Clinton calling for the res­ basketball teams and won numerous awards paigns ultimately involved thousands of local ignation of the Surgeon General, I am hopeful from school, camps, and athletic organiza­ youngsters. Mr. Wahl also organized summer that he will give our request his most serious tions. During her high school years, Kristen camping programs for underprivileged chil­ consideration. led Northside High School to its only dren. Dr. Elders has repeatedly crossed ethical undefeated season in school history and a The Glens Falls Optimist Club singled him boundaries and made statements many Amer­ ranking in the USA Today top 25 girls teams. out for his devotion to area youth, especially icans find extremely offensive and indefensi­ Among her honors were All District, Most Val­ with the Optimist-sponsored Youth Apprecia­ ble. In fact, just yesterday while speaking at uable Player, TACA Player of the Year, Re­ tion Day and the Optimist Youth Basketball the Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, she gional Tournament MVP, the All-West Ten­ League. Older Americans were also bene­ lashed out at the un-Christian religious right. nessee and All State and All Mid-South teams, ficiaries of his civic spirit when he served as. Although, I find her latest attack unsettling Street & Smith/USA Today All American, AAU an active member of the Glens Falls Senior to say the least, I must admit that it is not the All American on the 15 and under national Citizen Center. most damaging statement she has made. I championship team. Equally impressive was Mr. Wahl worked for the city as special­ find it particularly worrisome that the Surgeon being named an Academic All-American by projects assistant from 1978 to 1982 and per­ General, who is in a position to guide this Na­ the National Secondary Education Council. sonnel officer from 1983 to 1987. tion's youth and give them a sense of what is At the University of Mississippi, Kristen was When he retired in 1973, the YMCA board right and what is wrong, has made controver­ named to the All SEC Freshmen Team, "New­ of directors, in expressing their appreciation, sial and flippant remarks on issues involving comer of the Year", All SEC, All SEC Aca­ noted that Wahl, "labored long and faithfully, drug abuse and sexuality. demic Team, Chevrolet Player of the Game. many times far beyond the call of duty." We are all aware of the horrors of drug She was also the 13th all time leading scorer That's why, Mr. Speaker, I'm taking this op­ abuse and the terrible and destructive impact in school history ·and team captain. Every year portunity to see that this man receives his due it has on our society. Yet, in the midst of this while at Ole Miss, Kristen was named a Schol­ recognition. I ask everyone to join me in ex­ Nation's war on drugs, the Surgeon General ar/Athlete and was on the Dean's List and the pressing our sympathies to his wife, Jane, and has advocated a study of the possible legal­ Chancellor's Honor Roll. to the rest of the family, and in paying our last ization of illicit drugs. Equally as disturbing are Kristen has now been named as the 1993- respects to a great friend and a great Amer­ her comments on sexuality. Her idea of re­ 94 NCAA Women of the Year at Ole Miss. ican, Otto Wahl, Sr., of Glens Falls, NY. sponsibility is for "every young girl when she June 23, 1994 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14275 goes out on a date-put a condom in her Earth Mother with a southern ·grace, 26, 1994, at Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian purse." She mel ted all the northern ice Church. Mr. Speaker, the Surgeon General of the Around my frozen heart. Ryan joined Troop 6 in 1988, after his intro­ United States should be dedicated to promot­ Some day. in green Elysian fields, duction to scouting as a Cub Scout. Since ing public health and welfare. I believe that Dr. On a flower-strewn slope then, he has held several positions of leader­ Elders has a much different agenda. Quite In Paradise ship. I know I will find her. frankly, I am convinced that if she is not re­ Ryan, like all other Eagle Scout candidates, moved from her position, her actions will only Dear Nopi, of the soft brown eyes, Patiently, lovingly standing by was required to complete a community service get worse. I am hopeful that the President will Adjusting new halos, smoothing new wings project. He constructed a new swing set at heed our request and replace Dr. Elders with Helping new angels learn to fly. Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church for the chil­ a Surgeon General who is dedicated to our dren's playground. common values and interests. Ryan also has been persevering to perform NO. 1 ELKS LODGE IN NEW YORK to the best of his abilities outside of scouting. STATE IS KINDERHOOK LODGE He is a new graduate of Purcell Marian High EXPLANATION OF VOTE ON NO. 2530 School, where he was a valued member of the INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS soccer team and an honor student. HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON I salute Ryan on his accomplishment, as HON. EARL POMEROY OF NEW YORK well as his parents and his scout leaders OF NORTH DAKOTA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES whose support helped make it possible. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, June 23, 1994 Thursday, June 23, 1994 Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I am very DR. LARRY DECOOK ELECTED AOA Mr. POMEROY. Mr. Speaker, although I proud to be a member of the Benevolent and PRESIDENT voted for the fiscal year 1995 Interior appro­ Protective Order of Elks, and on July 3, priation bill because of the many programs im­ Kinderhook Lodge No. 2530, Benevolent and HON. JIM UGHTFOOT portant to my State, I have strong objections Protective Order of Elks, will participate in the OF IOWA to the funding included for the National Bio­ national ritual contest at the grand lodge con­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES logical Survey [NBS]. I voted for the Allard vention in Chicago. amendment which would have eliminated To get to this point, Kinderhook Lodge No. Thursday, June 23, 1994 funding for activities for the NBS. 2530 had to earn the designation as "No. 1" Mr. LIGHTFOOT. Mr. Speaker, I would like Mr. Speaker, when the authorization bill for lodge in New York State after competition with to take a moment to commend a native Iowan, the National Biological Survey was considered 7 other lodges in the north Hudson district and . Dr. Larry DeCook, of Newton. by the House, I supportE\ld a number of 12 other lodges in New York State. It is no On June 28, Dr. DeCook will have the honor amendments to improve the bill-including small feat, indeed. of being inducted as the 73d president of the those offered by Representatives TAYLOR and Elks lodges have been known for their fra­ American Optometric Association before his DOOLEY. Although these modifications were ternal spirit and civic-mindedness from the peers at AOA's 97th Annual Congress in Min­ added, I felt compelled to vote against it on very beginning. Also unique are the distinctive neapolis, MN. Dr. DeCook's accomplishments final passage. I believe the potential for in­ Elk observances, headed by the elaborate ini­ are quite impressive and extend past his field fringing on private property rights was too tiation ceremony designed to impress and in­ of optometry. H_e was first elected to the great. spire the new initiate. 30,000 member organization's board of trust­ Further, this measure is not authorized. The Charity, justice, brotherly love, and fidelity, ees in 1988. Dr. DeCook, a graduate of Pa­ Senate has yet to consider the measure and those are the principles of the Benevolent and cific College of Optometry in Forest Grove, I believe our dollars can be better spent on Protective Order of Elks. and those are the OR, is a past president of the Iowa Optometric the other worthwhile progra.Tls already under­ lessons imparted during the initiation cere­ Association and former chairman of the Iowa way at the Department of Interior. mony. That is why the ceremony is conducted Board of Optometry. with such reverence. and why each lodge In Newton, lA, he has served on the city strives to be the best in its rendition of the rite. council, the park commission, and the cham­ TRIBUTE TO NOPI BARNARD The ritual contests test the skills of lodge of­ ber of commerce board. He also is a past ficers to memorize and act out the role they president of the Jasper County Tuberculosis HON. DON JOHNSON assume in the ritual. Each officer individually and Health Association. OF GEORGIA and the team as a whole are judged for im-: I am pleased to join Dr. DeCook's many IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pressiveness, word accuracy, pronunciation, friends and colleagues in congratulating him and deportment. and am quite confident he will serve AOA well. Thursday, June 23, 1994 Mr. Speaker, after the district and State Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I competition, Kinderhook Lodge No. 2530 rise today to honor the memory of a great citi­ emerged as the best in New York State. I am FATHER JAMES DEMSKE zen of the 1Oth District of Georgia, the late extremely proud of them, and I would ask all Nopi Barnard. As you recall, Mrs. Barnard was Members to join me, both in congratulating HON. JOHN J. LaFALCE the wife of Representative Doug Barnard, who them and to wish them good luck at the grand OF NEW YORK served this district well for 16 years. lodge convention. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mrs. Barnard was a fine poet. In remem­ Thursday, June 23, 1994 brance of her, Mrs. Elinor Petree Schadek, whom Mrs. Barnard befriended when she SALUTE TO EAGLE SCOUT RYAN Mr. LaFALCE. Mr. Speaker, Father James moved to Augusta, GA, has written a poem SCHNEEMAN Demske of Buffalo died last week. Tributes of entitled "To Nopi." I would like for this poem all sorts have been paid to him and his legacy. to be entered into the RECORD. HON. DAVID MANN But few have been as heartfelt or as moving To NOPI OF OHIO as the one written by my good friend Anthony I was a stranger and she took me in. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Masiello, the mayor of Buffalo. At this point I insert Mayor Masiello's com­ She opened doors, Thursday, June 23, 1994 Gently led me by the hand, ments. And showed me how to live again. Mr. MANN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to con­ Mayor Masiello's tribute to Father Demske I heard a knock upon my door gratulate Ryan Schneeman for earning the follows: And went to find Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout rank. I guess we should begin tonight by noting Baskets of flowers, a note, Ryan will be recognized for his achievement at that if Father James Demske were alive, he A book, a friendly face. a special Court of Honor ceremony on June wouldn't be very pleased about all the fuss 79--059 0-97 Vol. 140 (Pt. 10) 24 14276 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 23, 1994 he was generating. For all his passion, for the Year by the St. Charles Chamber of Com­ JAMES WELLS WRITES FIRST his intellect, for all his dynamism, in serving merce. This award recognizes small business PLACE ESSAY IN OLIVER WINCH his God, his country, and his college, owners and operators for their personal DAR FLAG CONTEST Father Demske was not someone who sought or was comfortable in the spotlight, achievements and contributions to the commu­ except maybe when he had a trombone in his nity. HON. GERAlD B.H. SOLOMON hands. Mr. Henry is the owner of R.C. Wilson Co. OF NEW YORK I recall the first time I saw him, I was He purchased the company in 1985, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES heading into my first varsity basketball sea­ under his leadership it has grown from 25 em­ son when he came into the gym at the Villa. Thursday, June 23, 1994 ployees to 82 employees. We had heard so much about the new presi­ Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, for more than dent and his imposing academic credentials, Mr. Henry's community contributions include 20 years, Nancy Vonic, English teacher at Oli­ but when I first met him, I was struck by his serving on the Boards of Duchesne Bank and ver Winch Junior High School in South Glens humanity, his caring, and his concern. Four County Medical Health. He provides an Falls, NY, and with the help of the Jane We all knew he would be at home in the annual scholarship to a deserving high school classroom, but he surprised us by being McCrea Chapter of the Daughters of the equally at home in the community, in the junior or senior for Missouri Business Week. American Revolution, has assigned her sev­ locker room, and in the student union. His extensive list of personal awards includes enth-graders to write essays about the Amer­ Father Demske was the rarest of schol­ "Leadership St. Louis" from the St. Charles ican flag. ars-one of those who was as secure in the Chamber of Commerce in 1988; president, I am proud to place the winning essays in gyms as he was in the ivory towers of aca­ Missouri Collectors Association in 1991; and today's RECORD, starting with the first place demia, a man of both intellectual brilliance the Beacon Award from the American Collec­ essay of James Wells, son of David Shearer and such common decency that the force of tors Association for his work on legislation with of 56 Saratoga Road in Gansevoort. Con­ his personality brought Canisius off the cam­ the U.S. Congress. pus and into the community where it enjoys gratulations go out to James, and our grateful such primacy today. Mr. Speaker, I commend Mr. Henry on his appreciation to Nancy Vonic and the Jane I was a little surprised when I learned he achievements and I am grateful for his serv­ McCrea Chapter of the DAR. had entered the priesthood after leading a ice. I wish him luck in future endeavors. It is THE AMERICAN FLAG combat company in Europe during World an honor to represent such a distinguished (By James Wells) War II, but those of us who knew shouldn't person. have been. It certainly_would have been just Everyone in America has a memory of the like him to take one of the most destructive American Flag. Some remember the Pledge human experiences and turn it into a life and of Allegiance. Others remember how their a legacy of such dedication and devotion to ancestors came to America. But most of God and Canisius College. RUSSIA AS NEW "PARTNER FOR them think of what the flag means to them. Last year, when I aspired to become the PEACE" To me, the American flag stands for free­ 57th mayor of Buffalo, I was credited with dom, liberty, and the country that I am creating a campaign of consensus and inclu­ proud to be a part of. I am proud of the way sion-of practicing coalition politics that HON. ROBERT H. MICHEL the flag was made, showing both what we had not been seen in Buffalo in nearly two are, with a star for each state, and what we decades. OF ILLINOIS were, with a stripe for each of the original 13 But truly, my campaign was little more colonies. than what Father James Demske had prac­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I fill with pride when I see the colors of the ticed throughout his tenure as our leader. flag, red, white, and blue and what they Therefore, in a very real sense, what I have Thursday, June 23, 1994 stand for: courage, honor, and high moral goals. Together, they stand for patriotism become and what I able to do for this city Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, June will be a result of the example I learned from and national pride. this truly gifted and giving man. 22, 1994, Russia became the 21st country to From the first animal skins strapped to Father Demske, more than any other role join NATO's Partnership for Peace Program. poles, to the Union Jack, flags have stood for not only a rallying point for soldiers, but model I've had, typifies the advice of the On a formal basis, this means Russia and sages who tell us not to seek lives of com­ what the country stands for as well. NATO will cooperate in joint military exercises Every time I see the flag, I am reminded of fort, but to seek, instead, lives of quality. and peacekeeping operations. Father Demske was a scholar of excep­ the Revolutionary War, when we had to fight tional brilliance. He was a priest of unsur­ But it has great symbolic importance as a for our freedom. I am also reminded Qf a passed reverence, And he was a man commit­ new stage on the journey from cold war ten­ statue of another war. when our troops dropped their weapons to keep our flag from ted to quality; quality in himself, quality for sions to post-cold-war cooperation. those he touched, and quality for Canisius falling, for if it did, then all of the men College. Russia is currently plagued by many difficul­ would have lost all hope because that is what Since his death, I have recognized in his ties, economic, social, and political. Becoming our flag meant to them. life many of the attributes that would have a member of the Partnership for Peace will not Flag Day is a day to celebrate the history guaranteed him success in the field of poli­ directly solve any of these problems. of flag and salute the morals and high goals tics. But longer reflection reveals to me that it stands for. It should be a celebration that Father Demske wouldn't have been a very And, of course, we have the question of the American flag has become what it is. But good politician because, unless it was a Russian possession of nuclear arms, a legacy most of all, it should be a reminder that we trombone, he was never very comfortable of the breakdown of the former Soviet Union. are all lucky to live in a nation that is de­ mocracy, has freedom, and gives you the blowing his own horn. Yes, Russia has problems. I'm very pleased, proud, and privileged to right to be free, always. have a chance to blow it for him a little bit But Russia's decision to enter into the Part­ tonight. nership for Peace is symbolic of what I believe Rest in Peace, Father. to be widespread and genuine desire of the SALUTE TO EAGLE SCOUT CHRIS Russian people to enter into friendly and mu­ QUALLEN tually beneficial relationships with the NATO TRIBUTE TO JAMES D. HENRY countries. HON. DAVID MANN This spirit of cooperation can transcend mili­ OF OHIO HON. JAMFS M. TALENT tary matters and begin to invigorate and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF MISSOURI strengthen the cause of democracy and Thursday. June 23, 1994 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES progress in Russia. Mr. MANN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to con­ Thursday, June 23, 1994 Who would have predicted years ago that in gratulate Chris Quallen for earning the Boy Mr. TALENT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 1994, NATO and Russia would extend the Scouts of America Eagle Scout rank. Chris will honor Mr. James D. Henry from Missouri's hand of friendship to each other? It would be recognized for his achievement at a special Second District. Mr. Henry was recently have seemed impossible, but it has happened Court of Honor ceremony on June 26, 1994, awarded the 1994 Small Business Person of and we are glad it did. at Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church. June 23, 1994 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14277 Chris joined Troop 6 in 1988. Since then, he In 1962, Aileen and I set off from Los Ange­ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS OF has held several leadership positions. Chris les for Smith College. Though we came from CYCLING has completed the Brownsea Junior Leader­ different backgrounds, we became fast friends, ship Training Program. and I've watched with admiration Aileen's ac­ HON. BUD SHUSTER complishments as mother and wife, her serv­ Chris, like all other Eagle Scout candidates, OF PENNSYLVANIA was required to complete a community service ice on public boards, and her career as proba­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES project. He worked with the Pleasant Ridge tion officer, police reserve officer, prosecutor, Community Council and Cincinnati Highway fire commissioner, protector of consumer and Thursday, June 23, 1994 Maintenance Division to renovate and replant patent rights, and advocate for victims of rape Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to a perennial flower bed at a highly traveled and other violence against women. bring to the attention of my colleagues Al­ interstate exit in his neighborhood. Aileen helped build the Rape Treatment toona, PA's bid for the 1997 World Champion­ Chris also has been persevering to perform Center into a formidable institution. As the Na­ ships of Cycling. In 1992, Altoona was host of to the best of his abilities outside of scouting. tion has been riveted on the tragedy of Nicole the U.S. Olympic Cycling Team Trial; which He is an honor student at Purcell Marian High Simpson and her family, the need for the cen­ drew over 100,000 spectators. Altoona also School, where he is a valued member of the ter is all the more apparent. I was able to help acts as host for the annual "Tour de Toona" wrestling team, which won the Greater Cin­ the center in one instance involving a young cycling race. cinnati League this year. rape victim who became stateless following Altoona is a community of 50,000 people lo­ the civil war in her native Yugoslavia. Aileen I salute Chris on his accomplishment, as cated in central Pennsylvania, surrounded by made clear to me that unless this young well as his parents and his scout leaders the Allegheny Mountains. The crime rate is woman were permitted to return to Los Ange­ whose support helped make it possible. among the lowest in the Nation, and the peo­ les to continue counseling, her emotional ple pride themselves on being friendly, honest, scars might never heal. The Clinton adminis­ and hardworking. WHO IS CRITICIZING THE NEA? tration responded and, hopefully, the news is good. The area is easily accessible by car via Aileen makes good things happen, and the Route 220; and by Amtrak for those traveling HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY administration is fortunate to be getting the by rail. Altoona is conveniently close to Wash­ OF NEW YORK Adams/Cowan team. ington, DC, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Cleve­ IN THE HOUSE OF. REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, I salute this very dedicated land, and Buffalo. Financial support for the Olympic trials from Thursday, June 23, 1994 woman and the organization she has served so well. the region was overwhelming. The local utility Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise this companies acted as sponsors along with Con­ afternoon to discuss an exchange that took rail, who was the largest corporate investor. place earlier today on the House floor. PARTNERS FOR RECYCLING Conrail covered railroad crossings and pro­ During debate on the Stearns amendment PRAISED vided Olympic decorum for the event. A local to cut funding for the National Endowment for water bottling company supplied water for the the Arts, I expressed my anger over the hypo­ HON. DON SUNDQUIST racers, and a medical group offered their critical stance taken by many NEA critics. OF TENNESSEE physical therapy services. Over 1,000 citizens While so many Members of this House are IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES volunteered their time and energy to insure quick to thunder their outrage over NEA fund­ Thursday, June 23, 1994 the success of the Olympic trials. ing of programs they perceive to be obscene, In August of this year, a bid presentation will these same people are deafeningly silent Mr. SUNDQUIST. Mr. Speaker, As one with a longstanding interest in recycling as a way be made to the International Cycling Federa­ when lewd, sexist comments are made about tion in Italy. If Altoona receives this bid I am women. of reducing the amount of waste we need to landfill or burn, I am proud to share with my confident that the community will once again During my floor statement, I sought to ask colleagues an innovative project undertaken in come together and show visitors from around a question of the author of the amendment my State of Tennessee. the world a glimpse of what a successful and about what he had said in the wake of the Partners For Recycling a mobile exhibit on prosperous American city is really like. Altoona comments of a colleague · who publicly re­ integrated solid waste management, recycling has demonstrated its dedication as a host city marked upon the size of a female television and the 21st century landfill was part of the for such an event in the past, and it would be producer's breasts. Second National Tribal Conference on Envi­ in the best interests of the international cycling Unfortunately, my question was misunder­ ronmental Management, May 23-26, 1994, community to hold the 1997 World Champion­ stood and in the interest of comity, I agreed to Cherokee, NC. Partners For Recycling is a ships of Cycling in Altoona, PA. the withdrawal of the controversial sentences. public-private partnership developed by the I call on my colleagues to support this bid, The NEA has done a superb job for many State of Tennessee, the Tennessee Soft Drink with the hope that this event will come to Al­ years of fostering and expanding the arts in Association and the Tennessee Valley Author­ toona and benefit the Commonwealth of Penn­ America. Those who seek to become self­ ity. Partners For Recycling is a permanently sylvania and the United States. styled guardians of public morality should be mounted, interactive exhibit housed inside a reminded of the Biblical admonition, "Judge recycled over the road 45-foot trailer, designed not, lest ye be judged." to move easily from one place to another. The TONY WALKUP AWARDED THIRD exhibit places recycling in the context of com­ PLACE IN SCHOOL-DAR FLAG prehensive solid waste management system, ESSAY CONTEST TRIBUTE FOR AILEEN ADAMS beginning with source reduction, and ending with a 21st century landfill. From statewide HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON HON. JANE HARMAN planning to information on how citizens may OF NEW YORK OF CALIFORNIA participate, the exhibit has three dimensional IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES instructional wall panels, an multimedia kiosk, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, June 23, 1994 videos and a variety of resource materials. Thursday, June 23, 1994 The exhibit is staffed by retired persons who Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, for more than Ms. HARMAN. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow, a are members of Bicentennial Volunteers, Inc. 20 years, Nancy Vonic, English teacher at Oli­ very special organization the Rape Treatment The exhibit itself demonstrates the practical ver Winch Junior High School in South Glens Center, will honor its legal counsel and found­ use of recycled materials * * * such as recy­ Falls, NY, and with the help of the Jane ing board member, Aileen Adams, who has cled extruded aluminum framing, rubber door McCrea Chapter of the Daughters of the been nominated to serve as Director of the mats and carpet made from recycled PET­ American Revolution, has assigned her sev­ new Office for Victims of Crime in the U.S. soft drink containers. enth-graders to write essays about the Amer­ Department of Justice. I applaud this effort to promote recycling ican flag. A better appointment and a more able and offer it as an example that other public­ I am proud to place the winning essays in woman are hard to come by. private partnerships might emulate. today's RECORD, including the third-place 14278 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 23, 1994 essay of Tony Walkup, son of Mr. and Mrs. swimmable standard. However, the major bur­ tion of this bill and its Senate counterpart, Robert Walkup of 3 Moreau Drive, South den of compliance is falling upon the munici­ sponsored by Senators EDWARD M. KENNEDY Glens Falls. Congratulations go out to Tony, palities, many of whom are older cities, least and JOHN H. CHAFEE, marks the first time Fed­ and our grateful appreciation to Nancy Vonic able to afford environmental infrastructure im­ eral legislation has been introduced specifi­ and the Jane McCrea Chapter of the DAR. provements of this kind. For example, cities in cally to provide redress for job discrimination THIRD PLACE-THE AMERICAN FLAG western Massachusetts, such as Holyoke and based on sexual orientation. (By Tony Walkup) Springfield, may have to pay hundreds of mil­ I was particularly honored this morning to The American flag is one of a kind. Con­ lions of dollars in order to eliminate combined stand with Caretta Scott King, widow of the tinental Congress decided there should be an sewer overflows into the Connecticut River. late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and herself a emblem to represent the U.S. on June 14, The bill we introduced this week is not an revered leader of the civil rights movement; 1777. They sent out Gen. George Washington effort to reduce the Clean Water Act standards Justin Dart, who chaired th·e President's Com­ with the designs of the first American flag. for our rivers. I believe that our urban rivers mittee on Employment of People With Disabil­ Washington picked Elizabeth Betsy Ross to are some of our most underutilized and under­ ities during the Bush administration; and Ralph make the first ever flag. The first flag con­ appreciated resources for our cities, and we Neas, who serves as executive director of the sisted of 13 stripes and 13 stars. It had seven red stripes and six white stripes alternating. need to do more to reclaim and restore them. Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, which These 13 stripes were symbols of the 13 origi­ This bill is an effort to find new-better and has formally endorsed the bill, as together we nal colonies. The stars were arranged in a cheaper-ways to clean up CSO's, and to began a new chapter in our Nation's long jour­ circle or 12 stars forming a circle surround­ help communities implement and demonstrate ney toward justice and equality for all our citi­ ing one in a blue field. The Continental Con­ those methods for use around the country. zens. gress never really indicated how the stars It should be no surprise that there is great This year we celebrate both the 40th anni­ would be arranged. demand for less expensive technologies, but, versary of the Supreme Court's historic deci­ Every tim~ a state joined the Union, the more significantly, there is great potential for sion in Brown versus Board of Education and Continental Congress added a star and a stripe, but they realized it would soon be­ such technologies. Constructed wetlands and the 30th anniversary of the passage of the come too complex. vortex separators are just two examples of Civil Rights Act of 1964. During the past three The colors of the American flag have spe­ technologies which could save money for decades, the Congress has built on those cial meanings. White stands for purity and communities across the country if we had achievements by enacting a series of statutes innocence, red stands for hardiness and more information on how they work in prac­ to guarantee full civic equality for all Ameri­ vigor, and blue stands for vigilance, perse­ tice. There may be other, even simpler, prac­ cans, regardless of rae~ religion, gender, na­ verance, and justice. tices or technologies which could help cities tional origin, age, or disability. The Pledge was written by Francis Bel­ This is a legacy to be cherished and cele­ lamy and first used on Oct. 12, 1892, at a fes­ and towns. But we need to provide Federal tival in Chicago. On June 14 , 1954, President support and encouragement for test sites if brated. Yet as we look at how far we have Eisenhower signed a law which added the cities are to be able to avoid using the same come as a society, we see also how far we words " under God" to the Pledge. The old, expensive methods which the EPA has al­ have yet to go. Discrimination persists even Pledge is merely a salute to the flag to show ready approved. where forbidden by statute. And millions of your patriotism and to show that you care The bill authorizes $100 million annually to citizens still have no legal protection from dis­ for your country. fund CSO cleanup projects which use innova­ crimination at all. Each year, gay and lesbian To me, the flag stands for liberty, inde­ tive and cost-effective methods or tech­ Americans, and others who are perceived to pendence, and all the rights granted to me. be lesbian or gay, suffer job discrimination for America gained its independence from the nologies to clean up waterways of interstate British in 1783 after the Revolutionary War. significance. Projects will have to include a which they have no recourse under Federal Proudly let it wave!!! technology transfer component, to spread the law. knowledge and use of these practices to other That is why my colleagues and I have intro­ cities around the country, and will have to be duced the Employment Nondiscrimination Act. LEGISLATION TO FUND INNOVA­ in compliance with the EPA's national com­ The act is simple, clear, and direct. It confers TIVE TECHNOLOGIES TO CLEAN bined sewer overflow strategy, which pro­ no special rights or privileges. Rather, it af­ UP COMBINED SEWER OVER­ motes cost-effective cleanup of CSO's. firms that workers are entitled to be judged on FLOW POLLUTION Projects will be eligible for grants for feasibility the strength of the work they do, and should studies, and for 80 percent funding for design not be deprived of their livelihood because of HON. JOHN W. OLVER and engineering and construction. the prejudice of others. OF MASSACHUSETTS I believe this legislation is important to pro­ This is a principle with which every Amer­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES vide the national support which will enable ican can identify. Millions came to these cities and towns to find the cheapest way to shores in search of opportunity-the oppor­ Thursday, June 23, 1994 clean up our waterways at the local level. We tunity to build a decent life through one's own Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, earlier this week can save our cities significant funds, clean up hard work and ingenuity. I believe that when I introduced along with my colleague from our urban rivers, and support new environ­ our fellow citizens learn how frequently les­ Massachusetts [Mr. NEAL], H.R. 4614, legisla­ mental industries. I urge my colleagues to bians and gay men are denied that basic tion to help our communities, and to help our support this legislation, and I hope we will promise of the American dream, they will major rivers, with the problem of combined support the implementation of innovative CSO agree that something must be done. sewer overflow pollution. technologies in the reauthorization of the In her remarks this morning, Mrs. King said: As my colleagues may be aware, combined Clean Water Act. I support the Employment Nondiscrimina­ sewer overflows result from many commu­ tion Act of 1994 because I believe that free­ nities having built single sewer collection sys­ dom and justice cannot be parceled out in tems for their sanitary sewers and their storm INTRODUCTION OF H.R. 4636, THE pieces to suit political convenience. As my water sewers. This system works fine, except EMPLOYMENT NONDISCRIMINA­ husband, Martin Luther King, Jr., said, " In­ when a heavy rain increases the volume in the TION ACT OF 1994 justice anywhere is a threat to justice every­ where." On another occasion he said, " I have sewer system past the capacity of the treat­ worked too long and hard against segregated ment facility. When the treatment facility meets HON. GERRY E. STUDDS public accommodations to end up segregat­ its capacity, the excess overflow, including un­ OF MASSACHUSETTS ing my moral concern. Justice is indivis­ treated household waste, is discharged di­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ible." Like Martin, I don't believe you can rectly into a nearby waterway. stand for freedom for one group of people and According to the Environmental Protection Thursday, June 23, 1994 deny it to others. Agency, as many as 40 million Americans Mr. STUDDS. Mr. Speaker, this morning I Mr. Speaker, such eloquent words say all may live in communities with combined sewer joined with Congressman BARNEY FRANK and one need say about the need for this legisla­ overflows, or CSO's. Cleaning up these CSO's a bipartisan group of 105 original cosponsors tion. I welcome the support of so many of my is a major goal for the EPA, in order to clean in introducing H.R. 4636, the Employment congressional colleagues, both Democrats and up our rivers and restore them to a fishable, Nondiscrimination Act of 1994. The introduc- Republicans, and the scores of civil rights, June 23, 1994 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14279 labor, and religious leaders who have en­ Almost a half century ago, the physicist J. ican Indians and Alaska Natives, both on res­ dorsed the bill. I am confident that H.R. 4636 Robert Oppenheimer noted that an open soci­ ervations and in other areas, often challenging will also find broad support within the business ety and unrestricted access to knowledge is seemingly insurmountable obstacles to im­ community and among decent, hardworking the key to a world of human community. Char­ prove the health and quality of life for native Americans from every walk of life. lie Reid is well aware of this and has spent Americans. the better part of his life making knowledge Research performed and supported by the accessible to all. Today, I ask my colleagues National Institutes of Health, the premier bio­ TRIBUTE TO CHARLES E. REID in the House of Representatives to join with medical research institution in the world, me and the borough of Paramus in saying a places it at the cutting edge of understanding HON. MARGE ROUKEMA most grateful thank you. the basic biology of health and the mecha­ OF NEW JERSEY nisms to prevent, treat, and cure, the plethora IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of diseases and disorders which affect our citi­ COMMEMORATING THE U.S. zens and those of the rest of the world. Thursday, June 23, 1994 PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Mrs. ROUKEMA. Mr. Speaker, our commu­ Administration supports programs to prevent nities and our country have always relied on HON. JOHN D. DINGEU and treat mental illness and substance abuse, the contributions of individuals who rise above OF MICHIGAN and to educate the public about the nature of these disorders and the need for compassion and beyond the call of duty to make a dif­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ference in the lives of others. I pause today to and understanding of those who are affected join the borough of Paramus, NJ in paying Thursday, June 23, 1994 by them. tribute to one such hero, Charles E. Reid. Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, today, I am Mr. Chairman, I urge all of my colleagues to Charlie Reid is a lifelong resident of north­ pleased to introduce, with my colleagues, Mr. join me, Mr. MOORHEAD, Mr. WAXMAN, and Mr. ern New Jersey. After serving 2112 years in the MOORHEAD, Mr. WAXMAN, and Mr. BULEY, a BULEY in saluting the Public Health Service by U.S. Navy during World War II, Charlie re­ resolution honoring the Public Health Service, cosponsoring this commemorative resolution. turned to New Jersey and married Elizabeth its agencies, and its employees. Bampton. Charlie and Betty settled in I think every Member of this House knows COMMEMORATING THE U.S. Paramus, NJ where they raised their three of the fine work of the agencies of the Public PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE sons. Health Service, such as the National Institutes Over the course of his life, Charlie has of Health or the Centers for Disease Control served in a number of elected offices including and Prevention. Too often we think of these HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN OF CALIFORNIA mayor of Paramus, Bergen County Freeholder agencies in isolation, and do not recognize IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and as an assemblyman in the New Jersey that much of their work is done in cooperation State Legislature. I also value him as one of with, and depends on, that of sister agencies Thursday, June 23, 1994 my first and strongest supporters, serving as under the auspices of the parent Public Health Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, I want to take chairman of my campaign committee. In each Service. This resolution provides an oppor­ a moment to join with my colleagues from the position he demonstrated the knowledge, com­ tunity to step back and acknowledge the col­ Energy and Commerce Committee to acknowl­ passion, and wisdom that have been the hall­ lective work of this important component of the edge the work of the employees of the U.S. mark of the statesman's career. Today, how­ Department of Health and Human Services. Public Health Service. As we spend our time ever, I want to bring the attention of my col­ So that Members will recall all of the diverse this Congress discussing the problems of fi­ leagues to Charlie's lifetime dedication to edu­ and essential parts of the Public Health serv­ nancing treatment of illness, we sometimes cation and, specifically, to strengthening our ice, I want to mention them here. overlook how much illness is actually avoided Nation's libraries. The Agency for Health Care Policy and Re­ by public health efforts. Immunizations and In 1953, Charlie Reid first served as presi­ search, evaluates and makes recommenda­ preventive services, primary care clinics, re­ dent of the Paramus Library Association. The tions to health care providers and the insurers search breakthroughs-these activities not following year, he began his tenure on the about the effectiveness, costs, and benefits of only save money, they save lives. In fact, it Paramus Board of Education. In the years both new and commonly used medical thera­ has been argued by many epidemiologists that since he has held positions on the local, State, pies, technology, and treatments. the true improvements in average American and national level including president of the The efforts of the Centers for Disease Con­ life expectancy have come not from hospital American Library Trustee Association, the Na­ trol and Prevention to promote health and pre­ care but through the improvements in basic tional Book Committee, the National Archives vent and control disease and disability-in the public health, biomedical research, and pri­ Advisory Council, and more recently as the community, the workplace, and the hom~are mary care. From infectious disease surveil­ Chairman of the United States National Com­ critical to our State and local public health of­ lance and prevention to the development and mission on Libraries and Information Science fices, and throughout the world. licensure of treatments for these diseases to and as Chairman of the White House Con­ The Food and Drug Administration reviews the administration of such treatments to poor ference on Library and Information Services. new drugs and medical devices to evaluate people, public health measures have made In each capacity, Charlie has worked tire­ their safety and effectiveness and assures the the real medical miracles of the 20th century. lessly to build our libraries, expand their col­ safety of virtually every food product, medical Within the Federal Government, these ac­ lections, and make them more accessible to device, cosmetic, and drug on the market in tivities are conducted by the U.S. Public each and every member of the community. As the United States, so that Americans can Health Service, an agency comprised of sev­ President Bush's appointment to head the Na­ know that they may use these products with­ eral components: the Centers for Disease tional Commission and the White House Con­ out fear. Control, the National Institutes of Health, the ference, Charlie has literally led the Nation's The Health Resources and Services Admin­ Food and Drug Administration, the Health Re­ efforts to improve information services. istration weaves together the fabric of our sources and Services Administration, the In­ For his commitment, Charlie Reid has been health care system to serve the poor and the dian Health Service, the Agency for Health the recipient of numerous awards including the medically underserved-through community Care Policy and Research, and the Substance Paramus Public Library Service Award, the health centers; migrant health centers; pro­ Abuse and Mental Health Services Administra­ New Jersey Library Association Legislative grams to provide health care for people with tion. These agencies and their staffs have car­ Award, the Mid-Bergen Federation of Public AIDS, native Hawaiians, the homeless, and ried on with this important work, often without Libraries Service Award, and the American Li­ those who reside in public housing; and sup­ headlines or appreciation but always with the brary Association Trustee Citation of Merit. port for training of health care providers to clear results of improved public health, primary Perhaps the most fitting tribute to Charlie Reid serve in urban and rural areas where resi­ care, quality of life, and life expectancy. I join will be presented this Sunday, June 26 as the dents otherwise have almost no hope of ac­ with my colleagues in introducing this measure borough of Paramus names the borough's cess to medical care. to commemorate the Public Health Service's branch library the Charles E. Reid Branch Li­ The Indian Health Service serves as the pri­ history and accomplishments and ongoing brary. mary or sole provider of health care for Amer- work. 14280 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 23, 1994 COMMEMORATING JUAN AVILES, Those of us who knew "Pop" admired and The flag also represents all of the people PUERTO RICO'S LEGENDARY POET respected him. He had a reputation for being who died in the war for the cause of freedom. early for his assignments; he was warm and It is a symbol of hope for people in unfortu­ cordial· and he was always cheerful and opti- nate countries that wish somed~y they will HON.JOSEE. SERRANO . . ' . . have the same freedom. At natwnal sports OF NEW YORK mlstlc about life. I Will personally remember . events it is a reminder to all of us where our Edward "Pop" Stewart as a gentleman whose IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES prosperity came from. Thursday, June 23, 1994 friendship I cherished. I will also remember that he often went out of his way to be helpful. When the flag flies at half staff, it is a re­ Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, it is with great "Pop" gave freely of his time and energy. He minder to me that we have lost someone great and highly respected that was dedi­ sorrow that I rise to commemorate Juan took a special interest in young people, who cated to our common cause. Aviles, a legendary Puerto Rican poet who looked up to "Pop" and respected his opin­ died in New York late Monday at the age of ions. Edward "Pop" Stewart was 86 years old And, finally, it would feel very weird if, 90. at the time of his passing, but he possessed during the morning announcements, I did As most Members of this body know, I am a youthful, loving spirit that touched each of not participate in the Pledge of Allegiance. a native of Puerto Rico who is extremely To start my day off thinking how lucky it is us. to live in this country. proud of his origins. Puerto Rico's history and Mr. Speaker, Edward Stewart was equally its dynamic, multifaceted culture are a genuine devoted to various social clubs and organiza- source of joy to all of her daughters and sons. tions throughout the area. During his lifetime, But that joy was never more clearly, thought­ he was a member of the Pigskin Club of fully and passionately expressed than in the SALUTE TO REV. JAMES EDGE OF Washington, the Elks Club, the American As­ COMO, TX poetry of Juan Aviles. sociation of Retired Persons, and the NAACP. Though a resident of New York since 1927, He was also a faithful brother of Masonry, Aviles wrote prolifically in the classical Span­ holding the post of Senior Mason of Jefferson HON. JIM CHAPMAN ish idiom of the customs and traditions of his Lodge Number 20, in Charlottesville, VA. homeland, which he visited frequently. Indeed, On the occasion of his passing, we convey OF TEXAS part of his mission as a writer was to use his our deepest sympathy to his sister, Juanita IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES artistry to impress upon other New Yorkers the Stewart Hargrove, and his daughter, Annie importance of, and value in, holding onto their Harris. We join the family in mourning the Thursday, June 23, 1994 culture. passing of a great man, and our longtime Juan Aviles celebrated Hispanic culture not friend, Edward "Pop" Stewart. Mr. CHAPMAN. Mr. Speaker, in every com­ only in his writing, but by directing such orga­ munity across our great Nation, there are fel­ nizations as the lbero-American Writers and low Americans who have dedicated their lives Poets Circle and the Institute of Puerto Rico, CHRISTINE BAUTISTA IS RUN­ to serving and helping their neighbors and and by sharing his wisdom and artistry with NERUP IN SCHOOL-DAR FLAG community. This is particularly true in my numerous audiences of writers and folk artists. ESSAY CONTEST hometown of Sulphur Springs and Hopkins His energetic contributions to such traditions County. I rise today to honor one remarkable as the Festival of San Juan Bautista was also HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON American who has been a pillar in east Texas. legendary. OF NEW YORK Mr. Speaker, as we all know, the American In Como, TX, Rev. James Edge will cele­ experience is an intermingling of people from IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES brate his 46th year in the ministry on Satur­ different lands, with differing languages and Thursday, June 23, 1994 day, June 26, 1994. Reverend Edge has been customs. American society has been called "a Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, for more than serving as pastor and related duties for many gorgeous mosaic.~· Juan Aviles' great contribu­ 20 years, Nancy Vonic, English teacher at Oli­ local Hopkins County churches since 1958. tion was to help polish the majestic Puerto ver Winch Junior High School in South Glens Reverend Edge has made a tremendous im­ Rican tile of that mosaic. And for that, we all Falls, NY, and with the help of the Jane pact on thousands of east Texans over the should remember and thank him. McCrea Chapter of the Daughters of the years. This Saturday. many of Reverend American Revolution, has assigned her sev­ Edge's family members and friends will gather enth-graders to write essays about the Amer­ A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO EDWARD at the Elm Ridge Baptist Church to celebrate ican flag. his dedicated service. "POP" STEWART I am proud to place the winning essays in today's RECORD, including the second-place In honor of his years of work to the mem­ HON. LOUIS STOKES essay of Christine Bautista, daughter of Mr. bers of his churches and the Hopkins County OF OHIO and Mrs. Alex Bautista of 1 Michael Terrace in community, I would like to present him with IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fort Edward. Congratulations go out to Chris­ this proclamation behalf of the Congress of Thursday, June 23, 1994 tine, and our grateful appreciation to Nancy the United States. Mr. STOKES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Vonic and the Jane McCrea Chapter of the The proclamation follows: DAR. pay tribute to Edward "Pop" Stewart, a very Whereas, Reverend James Edge, since 1948, special employee of the House, who recently SECOND PLACE-THE AMERICAN FLAG has been a constant and enduring source of passed away. Edward Stewart was loved and (By Christine Bautista) faith, compassion and understanding; and respected by all who knew him. As we gather The American flag is very important in ev­ Whereas, Reverend James Edge, since 1958, today, we salute "Pop" for his dedicated serv­ eryone's life. In some ways, the feeling is the as Pastor in many churches across Hopkins ice to this institution, and we mourn the loss same, in other ways, they can be deeply per­ county, has made a lasting difference in the of this close friend. I want to share with my sonal. These are some of the reasons it is im­ lives of all its residents; and portant in my life. colleagues and the Nation some information First of all, the 50 stars on the flag rep­ Whereas, Reverend James Edge has exhib­ regarding Edward "Pop" Stewart. resent each of America's states. The colors ited profound dedication to serving our Lord Mr. Speaker, Edward Stewart began his ca­ of the flag are very important also. Red and His children; Now, therefore be it reer as a White House waiter in the 1920's. In means courage, blue means loyalty, and Resolved, That the Congress of the United later years, he was employed by the Merchant white means truth. Each of which our coun­ States honor Reverend James Edge for his Marine and Southern Railroad. He also served try stands for. faith and tireless service to the community Secondly, it represents unity. It represents as the service manager for the Burlington of Hopkins County, Texas, and Hotel in Washington, DC. "Pop" came to Cap­ exactly what our country is. That the 50 states are united. Further resolved, that Jim Chapman on be­ itol Hill in the early 1960's and was employed Another reason is my grandfather was in half of his colleagues, joins the many friends in the Member's dining room. He left that as­ World War II. I am sure that the flag means and family of James Edge In honoring his signment to join the House catering division, a lot to him. He fought for our flag and coun­ service and achievements and wishing for his where he served unti_l the time of his passing. try. many years of health and happiness. June 23, 1994 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14281 VICTORY FOR U.S. NATIONAL must purge ourselves of this crippling cynicism briefly raised by the passage of civil rights SOCCER TEAM and replace it once again, with the sense of legislation and the promise of a war on pov-. community and patriotism that has long char­ erty, the war in Vietnam grew steadily more acterized this Nation. ominous and consumed the resources that HON. JAMFS T. WALSH were needed to make good on the extrava­ OF NEW YORK I hope every Member of this body will take gant promises for dramatic progress here at IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the time to read Vice President GORE's com­ home. mencement address. The year before our graduation, our hopes Thursday, June 23, 1994 A Harvard commencement is a special oc­ were once again briefly raised by the politi­ Mr. WALSH. Mr. Speaker, last night the casion. How could anyone not have been cal insurgency we helped inspire and that we U.S. National Soccer Team did the impossible. thrilled by this morning's assembly-25,000 hoped might somehow end our national They defeated the mighty Colombian team 2- people packed into Harvard Yard to cele­ nightmare. Then, months later, those hopes 1 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. It was brate one of the great occasions of life. I were cruelly crushed by the assassinations of loved it all. And I have especially enjoyed Martin Luther King, Jr., renewed race a magnificent victory that no one predicted my 25th reunion. I'm so proud of my class. It riots-this time nationwide-and then the and few even thought possible. has been wonderful to have an opportunity assassination of Robert Kennedy, and what This collection of American boys from New to visit with so many friends. seemed like the death of any hope that we Jersey and California, Holland, Germany, and I remember the 25th reunion class when might find our way back to the entrance of South Africa played flawless defense. Goal­ they came in 1969 walking around the Yard the dark tunnel into which our country had keeper Tony Meola stopped just about every­ with their children. They seemed like ordi­ wandered. All of this cast a shadow over each thing that came his way. Ernie Stewart's goal nary people. I remember that they seemed of our personal futures. off a pretty pass from Tab Ramos put the nail older to us then than we seem to ourselves My personal attitudes toward the career I now. But in fact they were responsible for have chosen changed dramatically during in the Colombian coffin. one of the saving triumphs of modern civili­ that time. I left Harvard in 1969 disillusioned This victory may be the key to the U.S. zation. by what I saw happening in our country and chance to make the second round and maybe That was the class of 1944. They were part certain of only one thing about my future: I play here in Washington on July 2. I hope so; of the generation President Clinton com­ would never, ever go into politics. I have tickets. But even more important, this is memorated this week in Normandy, the After returning from Vietnam and after the American World Cup, and we've shown group that went from Harvard to boot camp seven years as a journalist, I rekindled by in­ the world that we belong in it. and basic training and from there were terest in public service. Yet I believe the Finally, American kids who play the game transfused into the weary divisions battling same disillusioning forces that for a time and their parents who have been following across Europe. Only 11 members of the class drove me away from politics have continued were present at graduation; all the rest had for the country as a whole. them around, watching all their games, have by then already left to enlist. Some did not After all, the war raged on for five more their own stars and heroes who wear red, come back to their reunion. Their names are years and the downward spiral in our na­ white, and blue when they take the field carved in stone in Memorial Church just be­ tional mood reached a new low when the Wa­ against the world's best, in the world's game. hind me. Many did come back and some of tergate scandal led to the growing belief that them are here again today for their 50th re­ our government was telling lies to our peo­ union. We salute you. ple. "V.P. GORE SPEAKS OF CYNICISM Back in 1969 our graduating class was in no The resignation of President Nixon, his AND FAITH'' mood to salute or to celebrate your sacrifice, subsequent pardon, the Oil shocks, 21 percent your achievement. But we understood then interest rates, hostages held seemingly in­ and understand now ever more clearly that terminably and then swapped in return for HON. GEORGE MILLER without any question because of your serv­ weapons provided to terrorists who called us OF CALIFORNIA ice, the world changed in 1944. Indeed, our "the Great Satan", a quadrupling of our na­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES world a half century later is still shaped by tional debt in only a dozen years, a growing the events of that tumultuous and trium­ gap between rich and poor, and steadily de­ Thursday, June 23, 1994 phant year. clining real incomes--all of these continued Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, I I want to describe today the reasons why I an avalanche of negative self-images which want to share with my colleagues the recent believe the world also changed in important have profoundly changed the way Americans commencement speech given by Vice Presi­ and enduring ways because of the events of view their government. dent ALBERT GORE, Jr., at Harvard University 1969, a year of contradiction and contrasts, of A recent analysis of public opinion polling glory and bitterness. data covering the years since my class came on the occasion of his own 25th graduation In July 1969 one-quarter of the population to Harvard demonstrates the cumulative anniversary. of the world watched on live television while change in our national mood. When my class The Vice President's speech is one of the Neil Armstrong brought his space module entered as freshmen in the fall of 1965, the most cogent and insightful addresses ever de­ Eagle down to the Sea of Tranquility, slowly percentage of people who believed that gov­ livered by a member of our political genera­ climbed down a ladder and pressed his left ernment generally tries to do the right thing tion, one that came to maturity at a time of boot into the untrod surface of the moon. was over 60 percent. Today it is only 10 per­ great skepticism and cynicism about many is­ But 1969 was also the year Charles Manson cent. The percentage believing that govern­ sues, including politics. and his followers made the innocent words ment favors the rich and the powerful was Helter Skelter symbols of a bloodbath. It then 29 percent. Today it is 80 percent. And Our former colleague notes that while he, was the year of music in the rain at Wood­ it is important to note that these trends hold like many of us, have overcome that cynicism, stock and the year of the My Lai Massacre in true for Democrats and Republicans, con­ much of America remains highly suspicious Vietnam. servatives and liberals. and hostile toward Government and towards While we went to class and heard lectures In fact, this may be an apocraphyl story, those of us who serve. Public service, which and wrote papers and listened to music and but someone actually claimed the other day has always been subject to humorous criti­ talked and played sports and fell in love, the the situation has gotten so bad that when cism, nevertheless has sunk so deeply in the war in Vietnam was blasting that small they conducted a new poll and asked people public's esteem that this institution and other country apart physically and ripping Amer­ about their current level of cynicism, 18 per­ ica apart emotionally. A dark mood of uncer­ cent said they were more cynical than 5 agencies of Government, and those who oc­ tainty from that tragic conflict clouded years ago, 9 percent thought they were less cupy them, are treated with scorn and derision every single day we were here. cynical, and 72 percent suspected the ques­ by many of those we spend our lives trying to The year 1969 began with the inauguration tion was some kind of government ploy, and serve. In the last 30 years, the percentage of of Richard Nixon, a ceremony that seemed to refused to answer. Americans who thought Government generally confirm for many of us the finality of a Democracy stands or falls on a mutual tried to do the right thing has plummeted from change in our national mood and ratify the trust-government's trust of the people and 60 percent to just 10 percent. results of a downward spiral that had begun the people's trust of the governments they The Vice President rightly views that loss of with the assassination of President Kennedy elect. And yet at the same time democratic 5 years, 2 months, and 2 days earlier. culture and politics have always existed in a trust in our leaders and our institutions as Throughout our four years at Harvard the strange blend of credulity and skepticism. highly destructive of the essential framework nation's spirits steadily sank. The race riot Indeed, a certain degree of enduring skep­ of our democracy. And he offers insightful rea­ in Watts was fresh in our minds when we reg­ ticism about human nature lies at the foun­ sons why, individually and as a nation, we istered as freshmen. Though our hopes were dation of our representative democracy. 14282 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 23, 1994 James Madison argued successfully in the where human being became scarcely more Ultimately, however, the life of a cynic is Federalist Papers that the United States than the extensions of machines. Cynicism lonely and self-destructive. It is our human Constitution should create a protective bal­ was soon abroad in the land. nature to make connections with other ance of power among the factions that were We are now in the midst of another his­ human beings. The gift of sympathy for one bound to rise in any society. toric and unsettling economic trans­ another is one of the most powerful senti­ Democracy did not mean unity in the body formation. Now the information revolution ments we ever feel. If we do not have it, we politic. People do have reasonable dif­ is leading to a loss of jobs in many factories, are not human. Indeed it is so powerful that ferences. Human ignorance, pride, and self­ as computers and automation replace human the cynic who denies it goes to war with ishness would always be with us, prompting labor. himself. inevitable divisions and conflicting ambi­ After World War II, 35 percent of America's A few years ago Shelby Steele wrote about tions. employment was on the factory floor. Today his pain as a child, when he was mistreated Yet, freedom and order could be protected fewer than 17 percent of our labor force by a teacher who called him stupid. He said with safeguards insuring that no one branch works in manufacturing. Just as most of that the teacher's declaration created a ter­ of government and no one group or faction those who lost their jobs on the farm a hun­ rible reality for him. If the teacher told him would be able to dictate to a-ll the rest. We dred years ago eventually found new work in he was stupid, he thought he must be stupid. were the first large republic to ·build a nation factories, so today new jobs are opening up Let me quote what he says: "I mention this on the revolutionary premise that the people in new occupations created by the informa­ experience as an example of how one's innate are sovereign and that the freedom to dis­ tion revolution-but this time the transition capacity for insecurity is expanded and deep­ pute, debate, disagree and quarrel with each is taking place more swiftly and the eco­ ened, of how a disbelieving part of the self is other created a fervent love of country that nomic adjustment is, for many, more dif­ brought to life and forever joined to the be­ could hold us together against the world. It ficult and disorienting. lieving self. As children we are all wounded is still a revolutionary premise. And it is In this respect we are actually doing better in some way and to some degree by the wild still built on a skeptical view of human na­ than most other nations. Every industrial world we encounter. From these wounds a ture that refuses to believe in perfection in society in the world is having enormous dif­ disbelieving anti-self is born, an internal an­ intellect, logic, knowledge, or morals in any ficulty in creating a sufficient number of tagonist and saboteur that embraces the human being. new jobs-even when their economies heat world's negative view of us, that believes our And so the ceaseless American yearning up. So, not surprisingly, public cynicism wounds are justified by our own unworthi­ for the ideal life has always stumbled about leadership has soared in almost every ness, and that entrenches itself as a lifelong uneasily over a persistent American skep­ industrial country in the world. voice of doubt." ticism about the parties and leaders who History is a precarious source of lessons. I believe that in a similar way, our na­ claim to have the wisdom and ability to Nevertheless, I am reminded that similar se­ tion's attitude towards itself can be and is guide us to our destiny. We revere our insti­ rious economic problems prevailed in Athens shaped by national experiences. For exam­ tutions, and at the same time we watch our in the 4th century B.C., when the philosophi­ ple, the heady and triumphant victories of leaders as though we were hawks circling cal school we now know as Cynicism was 1944 enlarged our confidence and helped us overhead, eager to dive with claws extended born. The Cynics were fed up with their soci­ build the postwar world. And by contrast, on to any flaw or failure that we see. ety and its social conventions and wanted during the years when my class was here at Even our most beloved president, George everybody to know it. The root of the word Harvard, America's capacity for insecurity Washington, wrote in his last letter to "cynic" is the same as the Greek word for was expanded and deepened by wounds to our Thomas Jefferson, on July 6, 1796: I had no " dog," and some scholars say the Cynics got national confidence. For example, an conception, that every act of my administra­ their name because they barked at society . . unnamed classmate of mine said in today's tion would be tortured, in such exaggerated Sounds almost like some of our talk radio Boston Globe, "I lost faith in the United form and indecent terms as could scarcely be shows. States as a force for good in the world." applied to a Nero, a notorious defaulter or In a time of social fragmentation, vul­ even a common pickpocket? garity becomes a way of life. To be shocking We are still trying to help those wounds Our feelings about ourselves as a people becomes more important--and often more burned into our body politic by assassina­ are mixed. We Americans have often been profitable-than to be civil or creative or tions, the Vietnam war, the riots, the cul­ proud to the point of cocky arrogance. But truly original. Given the vulgarity that frag­ tural conflicts and by the terrible conviction we have never been able to hide indefinitely mentation breeds, cynicism seems almost ir­ that people sworn to uphold our constitution from what we do wrong. Our failures eat at resistible. Sometimes it even looks like a were not telling us the truth. our conscience, and our sins itch under the refuge of sanity, a rational response to a F.J. Dionne, recently wrote, "Just as the showy garb of our achievements and prevent world seemingly driven by the fast hustle, Civil war dominated American political life us from being complacent. the pseudo-event, the rage for sensational­ for decades aft,er it ended, so is the cultural Faith in the future, and skepticism about ism. civil war of the 1960s, with all its tensions every person or group who offers to lead us In any event, cynicism represented then and contradictions, shaping our politics there. These conflicting forces work together and represents now a secession from society, today. We are still trapped in the 1960s. The to shape the American character. a dissolution of the bonds between people country still faces three major sets of ques­ And yet these forces must remain in a and families and communities, an indiffer­ tions, left over from the old cultural battles; rough balance of emotional power. If we re­ ence to the fate of anything or anyone be­ civil rights and the full integration of blacks ceive too heavy a dose of concentrated self­ yond the self. into the country's political and economic doubt and too many repetitive injuries to Cynicism is deadly. It bites everything it life; the re~olution in values involving femi­ our confidence in self-government, then our can reach-like a dog with a foot caught in nism and changed attitudes toward child­ normal healthy skepticism can fall into a a trap. And then it devours itself. It drains rearing and sexuality; and the ongoing de­ mire of cynicism and we start to question us of the will to improve; it diminishes our bate over the meaning of the Vietnam War, the ability of any human community to live public spirit; it saps our inventiveness; it which is less a fight over whether it was up to the democratic ideals that we pro­ withers our souls. Cynics often see them­ right to do battle in that Southeast Asian claim. selves as merely being world-weary. There is country than an argument over how Ameri­ Once it is widely accepted, cynicism-the no new thing under the sun, the cynics say. cans see their nation, its leaders, and its role stubborn, unwavering disbelief in the possi­ They have not only seen everything; they in the world." bility of good-can become a malignant have seen through everything. They claim Dionne also argues that both conservatives habit in democracy. The skeptic may finally that their weariness is wisdom. But it is usu­ and upper middle-class liberals have-for be persuaded by the facts, but the cynic ally merely posturing. Their weariness seems separate reasons-kept this cultural civil never, for he is so deeply invested in the con­ to be most effective when they consider the war alive. Partly for this reason, our na­ viction that virtue cannot prevail over the aspirations of those beneath them, who have tional political conversation has been domi­ deep and essential evil in all things and all neither power nor influence nor wealth. For nated by increasingly mean-spirited efforts people. these unfortunates, nothing can be done, the to attack our leaders' motives, character and The last time public cynicism sank to its cynics declare. reputation. present depth may have been exactly 100 Hope for society as a whole is considered As the public's willingness to believe the years ago, when Mark Twain said, "There is an affront to rationality; the notion that the worst increases-that is to say-as cynicism no distinctly native American criminal class individuals has a responsibility for the com­ increases-the only political messages that except class Congress." That was a time munity is considered a dangerous radicalism. seem to affect the outcome of elections are when Americans felt the earth moving under And those who toil in quiet places and for those that seek to paint the opposition as a their feet. Debt and depression forced farm­ little reward to lift up the fallen, to comfort gang of bandits and fools who couldn't be ers off the land and into cities that they the afflicted, and to protect the weak are re­ trusted to pour water out of a boot if the di­ found cold and strange and into factories garded as fools. rections were written on the heel. June 23, 1994 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14283 This fixation on character assassination VVhere then do we search for healing? VVhat but important step in the continuing rever­ rather than on defining issues feeds the vera­ is our strategy for reconciliation with our sal of the nuclear arms race that long served cious appetite of tabloid journalism for scan­ future and where is our vision for sustain­ as the cynics' ace in the hole. There is, in dal. And now wets the growing appetite of able hope? other words, a respectable argument that the other journalistic organizations for the same I have come to believe that our healing can cynics who are barking so loudly are simply sort of fare. be found in our relationships to one another wrong. A few years ago, the Czech leader Vaclav and in a shared commitment to higher pur­ For my part, in the 25 years since my Har­ Havel wrote these prescient words, " They poses in the face of adversity. vard graduation, I have come to believe in say a nation has the politicians it deserves. At the 1992 Democratic Convention, I hope over despair, striving over resignation, In some sense that is true: Politicians are talked about a personal event that fun­ faith over cynicism. truly a mirror of the society and a kind of damentally changed the way I viewed the I believe in the power of knowledge to embodiment of its potential. At the same world: an accident that almost killed our make the world a better place. Cynics may time, paradoxically, the opposite is also son. I will not repeat the story here today say: Human beings have never learned any­ true. Society is a mirror of its politicians. It except to say the most important lesson for thing from history. All that is truly useful is largely up to the politicians which social me was that people I didn't even know about knowledge is that it can provide you forces they choose to liberate and which reached out to me and to my family to lift us with advantages over the pack. But the cyn­ they choose to suppress, whether they up in their hearts and in their prayers with ics are wrong: we have the capacity to learn choose to rely on the good in each citizen, or compassion of such intensity that I felt it as from our mistakes and transcend our past. on the bad." a palpable force, a healing reaching out of Indeed, in this very place we have been But it is crucial for us, especially those of those multitudes of caring souls 'and falling taught that truth-Veritas-can set us free. us in public service, to understand that cyni­ on us like a mantle of divine grace. I believe in finding fulfillment in family, cism also can arise when political leaders Since then I have dwelled on our connec­ cavalierly promise to do good things and for the family is the true center of a mean­ tions to one another and on the fact that as ingful life. Cynics may say: All families are then fail to deliver. The inability to redeem human beings, we are astonishingly similar confining and ultimately dysfunctional. The glib and reckless promises about issues like in the most important parts of our existence. very idea of family is outdated and unwork­ education, race relations, and crime can add I don't know what barriers in my soul had to the disturbing and growing doubts among able. But the cynics are wrong: it is in our prevented me from understanding emotion­ families that we learn to love. the American people about our ability to ally that basic connection to others until shape our destiny. I believe in serving God and trying to un­ after they reached out to me in the dark of derstand and obey God's will for our lives. Over the long haul sustainable hope is as my family's sorrow, but I suppose it was a important to the health of self-government Cynics may wave the idea away, saying God form of cynicism on my part. If cynicism is is a myth, useful in providing comfort to the as sustainable development is for ecological based on alienation and fragmentation, I be­ health. Dashed hopes poison our political ignorant and in keeping them obedient. I lieve that the brokenness that separates the know in my heart-beyond all arguing and will just as surely as chemical waste can poi­ cynic from others is the outward sign of an son drinking water aquifers deep in the oeyond any doubt-that the cynics are inner division between the head and the wrong. ground. heart. There is something icily and unnatu­ VVhen hopes are repeatedly dashed and a rally intellectual about the cynic. This isola­ I believe in working to achieve social jus­ tice and freedom for all. Cynics may scorn nation's instinct for self-government is re­ tion of intellect from feelings and emotions peatedly injured, national cohesion can dis­ this notion as naive, claiming that all our ef­ is the essence of his condition. For the cynic, forts for equal opportunity, for justice, for sipate. The results are for all to see. At home feelings are as easily separated from the re­ and abroad the weakening of bonds between freedom have created only a wasteland of ality others see as ethics are separated from failed hopes. But the cynics are wrong: free­ the individual and the larger society creates behavior, and as life is cut off from any high­ a vacuum quickly filled by other group iden­ er purpose. dom is our destiny; justice is our guide; we tities-based on race, or clan, or sect, or Having felt their power in my own life, I shall overcome. tribe, or gang. Some distinguishing quality, believe that sympathy and compassion are I believe in protecting the Earth's environ­ often physical, is used to demarcate group revolutionary forces in the world at large ment against an unprecedented onslaught. identity. These differences become standards and that they are working now. Cynics may laugh out loud and say there is raised to summon the group to war against A year after the accident, when our fami­ no utility in a stand of thousand year old others slightly different from themselves. It ly's healing process was far advanced, I trees, a fresh breeze, or a mountain stream. is one of the strange perversities of this awoke early one Sunday morning in 1990, But the cynics are wrong: we are part of process that the smaller the difference, the turned on the television set and watched in God's earth not separate from it. more ferocious the hatred and the more hid­ amazement as another healing process I believe in you. Each of you individually. eous massacres that follow. began, when Nelson Mandela was released And all of you here as a group. The cynics Look at our bleeding world! Hutus versus from prison. Last month, I attended his in­ say you are motivated principally by greed Tutsis, Bosnian Serbs versus Bosnian Croats auguration when he was sworn as President and that ultimately you will care for noth­ and Bosnian Muslims, all of whom seem of the new South Africa in what was a stu­ ing other than yourselves. But the cynics are often to others indistinguishable, but who pendous defeat for cynicism in our time. wrong. You care about each other, you cher­ themselves are driven to mindless ferocity Many were moved to tears as he introduced ish freedom, you treasure justice, you seek by what Freud called the narcissism of slight three men who had come as his personal truth. difference? VVhat St. Augustine called pride, guests-three of his former jailers-and de­ And finally, I believe in America. Cynics the mother of all sins, and about which VVil­ scribed how they had reached across the will say we have lost our way, that the liam Butler Yeats said in a famous poem: chasm that had separated them as human American century is at its end. But the cyn­ "Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold; beings and had become personal friends. ics are wrong. America is still the model to Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, Nine months ago, I witnessed the healing which the world aspires. Almost everywhere The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and every- power of a handshake on the South Lawn of in the world the values that the United where the VVhite house as Yitzhak Rabin and Yassir States has proclaimed, defended, and tried to The ceremony of innocence is drowned; Arafat began the tentative process of rec­ live are now rising. The best lack all conviction, while the worst onciliation and peace in a relationship hith­ In the end, we face a fundamental choice: Are full of passionate intensity." erto characterized by only hatred and war. cynicism or faith. Each equally capable of Make no mistake: just as repeated injuries Less than 5 years ago, the world watched taking root in our souls and shaping our to our national esteem can seriously jeopard­ in amazement as the Berlin VVall was dis­ lives as self-fulfilling prophecies. VVe must ize our ability to solve the problems which mantled and statues of dictators were top­ open our hearts to one another and build on confront us, so the convergence of too much pled throughout East and Central Europe all the vast and creative possibilities of chaos and horror in the world-of too many and as authoritarian communist govern­ America. This is a task for a confident peo­ Bosnias and Rwandas-can seriously damage ments were replaced by market democracies ple which is what we have been throughout the ability of our global civilization to get a alert to the needs of their people. our history and what we still are now in our grip on the essential task of righting itself Less than 3 weeks ago, for the first time in deepest character. and regaining a measure of control over our almost 50 years, nuclear missiles were no I believe in our future. destiny as a species. longer targeted on American cities-a small