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7042 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 18, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS leaders not only from your community, but So let no one doubt the sincerity of the PRESIDENT BUSH VISITS in other parts of this state. American people and their government in HAMTRAMCK, MI I'm delighted to be here. Bread and salt our desire to see reform succeed inside the are both of the earth, an ancient symbol of Soviet Union. We welcome the changes that a life leavened by health and prosperity. have taken place and we will encourage­ HON. WM. S. BROOMFIELD And in this same spirit, I wish you all the continue to encourage greater recognition OF MICHIGAN same. And now, if I may, I want to address of human rights, market incentives, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES at this important gathering the health and free elections. [Applause.] prosperity of a whole nation-the proud East and West are now negotiating on a Tuesday, April 18, 1989 people of Poland. broad range of issues, from arms reductions Mr. BROOMFIELD. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I You know, we Americans are not mildly to the environment. But the Cold War accompanied President Bush to Hamtramck, sympathetic spectators of events in Poland. began in Eastern Europe, and if it is to end, We are bound to Poland by a very special it will end in this crucible of world conflict­ Ml, where he announced a new economic aid bond-a bond of blood, of culture, and program for Poland. In his speech on the cur­ and it must end. The American people want shared values. And so it is only natural that to see East and Central Europe free, pros­ rent situation in Poland and its neighboring as dramatic change comes to Poland we perous and at peace. With prudence, realism countries, President Bush put it well: "Liber­ share the aspirations and excitement of the and patience, we seek to promote the evolu­ ty," he said, "is an idea whose time has come Polish people. tion of freedom-the opportunities sparked in Eastern Europe." In my Inaugural Address, I spoke of the new breeze of freedom gaining strength by the Helsinki Accords and the deepening The citizens of Hamtramck, many of whom around the world. "In man's heart," I said, East-West contact. are Polish-Americans, have as sophisticated "if not in fact, the day of the dictator is In recent years, we have improved rela­ an understanding of East European politics as over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old tions with countries in the region, and in virtually anyone in America. Their enthusiastic ideas blown away like leaves from an an­ each case, we looked for progress in interna­ response to the President's speech, to his cient leafless tree." [Applause.] I spoke of tional posture and internal practices-in the spreading recognition that prosperity human rights, cultural openness, emigration proposals for economic aid, and to his insist­ issues, opposition to international terror. ence on economic and political reform are a can only come from a free market and the creative genius of individuals. And I spoke While we want relations to improve, there good indication that the administration has of the new potency of democratic ideals-of are certain acts we will not condone or come up with just the right strategy for dealing free speech, free elections, and the exercise accept-behavior that can shift relations in with the recent changes in Eastern Europe. I of free will. the wrong direction-human rights abuses, believe his proposals may convince other East And we should not be surprised that the technology theft and hostile intelligence or Bloc countries that their future lies with great­ ideas of democracy are returning with re­ foreign policy actions against us. newed force in Europe-the homeland of Some regions are now seeking to win pop­ er liberalization and closer ties with the West. ular legitimacy through reforms. In Hunga­ When President Bush arrived at Hamtramck philosophers of freedom whose ideals have been so fully realized in our great United ry, a new leadership is experimenting with City Hall, he was met by a number of Michi­ States of America. And Victor Hugo said, reforms that may permit a political plural­ gan's leading citizens, including: The Honora­ "An invasion of armies can be resisted, but ism that only a few years ago would have ble Robert Kozaren, mayor of Hamtramck; not an idea whose time has come." My been absolutely unthinkable. And in Poland, Cardinal Edmund Szoka, archbishop of De­ friends, liberty is an idea whose time has on April 5th, Solidarity leader Lech Walesa troit; The Honorable Walter Paruk, district come in Eastern Europe. And make no mis­ and Interior Minister Kiszczak signed agree­ court judge; Mr. Edward J. Moskal, national take about it. [Applause.] ments that, if faithfully implemented, will be a watershed in the postwar history of president, Polish American Congress; Mr. Paul For almost half a century, the suppression of freedom in Eastern Europe, sustained by Eastern Europe. C. Ordrobina, Hamtramck City Council chair­ the military power of the Soviet Union, has Under the auspices of the Roundtable man; Father Stanley Milewski, chanceller of kept nation from nation, neighbor from Agreements, the free trade union Solidar­ Orchard Lake St. Mary's Seminary; Mr. Nick neighbor. And as East and West now seek to nosc was today-this very day, under those Frontczak, Hamtramck City Council member; reduce arms, it must not be forgotten that agreements-Solidarnosc was today formal­ Ms. Helen Justewicz, Hamtramck City Council arms are a symptom, not a source, of ten­ ly restored. [Applause.] And the agreements member; Mr. Edward Rojek, Hamtramck City sion. The true source of tension is the im­ also provide that a free opposition press will Council member; Mr. Sam laquinto, Ham­ posed and unnatural division of Europe. be legalized, independent political and other free associations will be permitted, and elec­ tramck City Council member; Mr. Bob Cwiert­ How can there be stability and security in Europe and the world as long as nations and tions for a new Polish Senate will be held. niewicz, aide to the mayor of Hamtramck; Mr. peoples are denied the right to determine These agreements testify to the realism of Joseph Grzecki, city treasurer; and Mrs. Ethel their own future-a right explicitly prom­ General Jaruzelski and his colleagues, and Fiddler, city clerk. ised by agreements among the victorious they are inspiring testimony to the spiritual Their warm hospitality was greatly appreci­ powers at the end of World War II? How guidance of the Catholic Church, the in­ ated by the President and all of us who ac­ can there be stability and security in Europe domitable spirit of the Polish people, and companied him on this important trip. as long as nations, which once stood proudly the strength and wisdom of Lech Walesa. I ask that the text of President Bush's at the front rank of industrial powers, are [Applause.] impoverished by a discredited ideology and Poland faces, and will continue to face for speech be included in the RECORD. stifling authoritarianism? The United some time, severe economic problems. A REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT TO CITIZENS OF States-and let's be clear on this-has never modem French writer observed that com­ HAMTRAMCK, MI accepted the legitimacy of Europe's division. munism is not another form of economics. Thank you all very, very much. Cardinal We accept no spheres of influence that deny It is the death of economics. In Poland, an Szoka, Your Eminence. Bob, thank you for the sovereign rights of nations. [Applause.] economic system crippled by the inefficien­ the warm greeting to your wonderful com­ And yet the winds of change are shaping a cies of central planning almost proved the munity. Governor Blanchard-it's an honor new European destiny. Western Europe is death of initiative and enterprise. Almost. to have the Governor of the great state resurgent and Eastern Europe is awakening But economic reforms can still give free rein here. And I want to pay my respects to the to yearnings for democracy, independence to the enterprising impulse and creative members of the Michigan congressional del­ and prosperity. In the Soviet Union itself we spirit of the great Polish people. egation that came out here wit,h me-Sena­ are encouraged by the sound of voices long The Polish people understand the magni­ tor Riegle, and several distinguished mem­ silent and the sight of the rulers consulting tude of this challenge. Democratic forces in bers of the House of Representatives sitting the ruled. We see new thinking in some as­ Poland have asked for the moral, political over here-and also to Senator John Engler, pects of Soviet foreign policy. We are hope­ and economic support of the West. And the who is the Majority Leader of the Michigan ful that these stirrings presage meaningful, West will respond. My administration is State Senate, and to other leaders-elected lasting and far more-reaching change. completing now a thorough review of our

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. April 18, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 7043 policies toward Poland and all of Eastern changes now taking place in Poland and to IF YOU BELIEVE THE MACHINE­ Europe. And I've carefully considered ways announce these important changes in U.S. GUN BAN IS WORKING, THEN that the United States can help Poland. policy. The United States of America keeps SUPPORT H.R. 1190 And we will not act unconditionally-we're its promises. [Applause.] not going to offer unsound credits. We're If Poland's experiment succeeds, other not going to offer aid without requiring countries may follow. And while we must HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK sound economic practices in return. And we still differentiate among the nations of OF CALIFORNIA must remember that Poland still is a member of the Warsaw Pact. And I will take Eastern Europe, Poland offers two lessons IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for all. First, there can be no progress with­ no steps that compromise the security of Tuesday, April 18, 1989 the West. out significant political and economic liber­ alization. And second, help from the West Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, "The Semiauto­ The Congress, the Polish-American com­ munity-and I support, I endorse strongly will come in concert with liberalization. Our matic Assault Weapons Act," H.R. 1190, cur­ Ed Moskal and what he is doing in the friends and European allies share this phi­ rently has 75 bipartisan cosponsors. The bill Polish American Congress, I might say, and losophy. would treat 11 specific types of semiautomatic I'm delighted he's here. Good Chica.go boy The West can now be bold in proposing a assault weapons in exactly the same manner right here in Hamtramck. [Applause.] That vision of the European future: We dream of as current Federal law for fully automatic ma­ the Congress, the Polish-American commu­ the day when there will be no barriers to chineguns. Future importation and domestic nity, the American labor movement, our the free movement of peoples, goods and manufacture would be banned. Future pur­ allies and international financial institu­ ideas. We dream of the day when Eastern chase of the existing stock of semiautomatic tions-our allies all must work in concert if European peoples will be free to choose assault weapons would be restricted to those Polish democracy is to take root a.new and their system of government and to vote for sustain itself. And we can and must answer the party of their choice in regular, free, who go through a background check and re­ this call to freedom. And it is particularly contested elections. [Applause.] And we ceive approval from their local police, pay a appropriate here in Hamtramck for me to dream of the day when Eastern European $200 transfer tax, and register their weapon salute the members and leaders of the countries will be free to choose their own with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and American labor movement for hanging peaceful course in the world, including Firearms. tough with Solidarity through its darkest closer ties with Western Europe. And we en­ Thus, if Members believe the current ban days. Labor deserves great credit for that. [Applause.] vision an Eastern Europe in which the on importation and domestic manufacture on Soviet Union has renounced military inter­ fully automatic machineguns is working, then Now, the Poles are now ta.king steps that vention as an instrument of its policy-on they should support H.R. 1190. If Members deserve our active support. And I have de­ any pretext. We share an unwavering con­ believe we ought to repeal the machinegun cided as your President on specific steps to viction that one day, all the peoples of be taken by the United States, carefully ban, then they should oppose H.R. 1190. It's Europe will live in freedom. And make no that simple. chosen to recognize the reforms underway mistake about that. [Applause.] and to encourage reforms yet to come now Several responsible national organizations that Solidamosc is legal: Next month, at a summit of the North At­ have spoken out in favor of Federal assault I will ask Congress to join me in providing lantic Alliance, I will meet with the leaders weapons legislation, including the National As­ Poland access to our Generalized System of of the Western democracies. The leaders of sociation of Police Organizations, the Interna­ Preferences, which offers selective ta.riff the W estem democracies will discuss these tional Association of Chiefs of Police, the Fra­ relief to beneficiary countries. concerns. And these are not bilateral issues We will work with our allies and friends in just between the United States and the ternal Order of Police, the National Sheriff's the Paris Club to develop sustainable new Soviet Union. They are, rather, the concern Association, the Natjonal Education Associa­ schedules for Poland to repay its debt, of all the Western allies, calling for common tion, the U.S. League of Cities, and the Ameri­ easing a heavy burden so that a free market approaches. The Soviet Union should under­ can Jewish Committee. can grow. stand, in tum, that a free democratic East­ Two recent editorials, from Times magazine I will also ask Congress to join me in au­ ern Europe as we envision it would threaten and the Christian Science Monitor, make thorizing the Overseas Private Investment no one and no country. Such an evolution some very valid points about the issue. I urge Corporation to operate in Poland, to the would imply and reinforce the further im­ my colleagues to consider the following items: benefit of both Polish and U.S. investors. provement of East-West relations in all di­ [From Time, Apr. 3, 19891 We will propose negotiations for a private mensions-arms reductions, political rela­ business agreement with Poland to encour­ tions, trade-in ways that enhance the THE N.R.A. IN A HUNTER'S SIGHTS age cooperation between U.S. firms and Po­ safety and well-being of all of Europe.

29-059 0-90-46 (Pt. 5) 7062 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 18, 1989 put it, he was "in love" with teaching. And so, School, before he was transferred to Mariet­ ers in Nicaragua. Much was said about this he stayed in the classroom-a decision for ta High School in August, 1969, where he toothless, so-called humanitarian aid package which generations of students, and their par­ taught 11th grade English. In his years at Marietta High School, he bringing democracy to Nicaragua. But Com­ ents, can be grateful. said he has taught everything from gram­ mandante Daniel Ortega has said that the Mr. Speaker, I would like to include in the mar to literature-British, American and Sandinistas would never voluntarily give up RECORD that article from the Marietta Daily world literature-and now merit English power in Nicaragua, even if there were elec­ Journal. And, I invite my colleagues to join me classes. tions. The Sandinista military, bolstered by in congratulating Neil Bonds on his long and "I like writing and I love vocabulary," $500 million in Soviet aid, and the Sandinista productive career as an educator. Bonds said. "The more words a person gestapo, Tomas Borge's Ministry of the Interi­ [From the Marietta Daily Journal, April 17, knows, the better he can communicate and or, will make sure they never lose power. 1989] write. My favorite period of literature is the romantic period both for American and The bill that the House passed called for NEIL BONDS TO SAY GOODBYE TO TEACHING British literature. I also like grammar, but the Contra's voluntary reintegration into Nica­ you really have to know how to motivate ragua. Elections would then take place with Neil Bonds, will say goodbye to a world of students in teaching grammar." both the Sandinistas and opposition parties on chalkboards and final exams in June as he Bonds said teaching has always been a the ballot. In light of the Sandinistas recent end a 35-year teaching career, spending the challenge to him. treatment of Contra supporters, I'll be interest­ last 19 as an English teacher at Marietta "I think it is important to be a dreamer ed to see how many take them up on their High School. when you are a high school teacher," he At the end of this school year, Bonds will said. "I believe dreams come true." offer to return home. The article printed below leave the profession he entered quite unex­ When he runs into former students, he is from the Sunday, April 16 edition of The pectedly, but one in which he remained be­ doesn't always remember their names, but San Diego Union. I hope that my colleagues cause he grew to love his work with young he says he always remembers where the stu­ will keep the Sandinistas behavior in mind if people. dent sat in class. we ever again vote to help the freedom fight­ "I guess you could say I did it all for love," "Hardly a day goes by when I don't meet a ers in Nicaragua. Bonds said of his beginnings as a teacher. former student," said Bonds. "Some are A native of South Carolina, he earned his teachers in the city schools. A couple are [From The San Diego Union, Apr. 16, 19891 bachelor's degree in English and social stud­ ministers. Once I was in the hospital await­ SANDINISTAS QUIETLY KILL OFF CONTRA ies from Wofford College in Spartanburg, ing surgery. I was on the operating table SYMPATHIZER SUSPECTS S.C. He later earned his master's and educa­ and looked up and there was a former stu­ APANTILLO, NICARAGUA.-Felicito Peralta tional specialist degree at West Georgia Col­ dent in operating room regalia. I remember went to his death barefoot. lege. hoping that I had been good to her." When Sandinista troops came to his house Bonds said he never planned to teach and Another former student, Jack Vaughn, in this isolated hamlet three months ago, he was actually aiming at a career associated now serves Marietta as a representative to with politics in Washington, D.C. the state legislature. refused to answer the door. But, neighbors Bonds praised the quality and ability of said, the soldiers threatened to throw a gre­ "But I was in love," said Bonds. nade into his home, which he shared with The object of his love remained in college his students. his wife and five children. when Bonds graduated. "I have taught so many students," he said. "Her mother suggested that I try teach­ "And so many are brighter than me. I am Peralta surrendered, leaving without his ing," he said. "The love didn't last." not being modest. Some of my students shoes. His wife, Maria, ran after him with But Bonds career in teaching did. have been the brightest and most perceptive his boots, but he told her not to worry, that Bonds began his teaching career in Abbe­ individuals." Sandinista troops were taking him to a ville, S.C., where he taught 8th and 9th While at Marietta High School, Bonds nearby jail, according to neighbors. grade English and world history. In a way, began a literary journal and a creative writ­ "I'll see you in the morning," he added. Bonds said he simply continued to go to ing class. Calling himself a sentimentalist, But by morning he was dead. Residents and school. Bonds assumed the duties as yearbook advi­ human rights groups say he was one of a "I don't think I have ever grown up," he sor in 1972 and has held that position ever growing number of victims of a government said. "I have never dealt much in the adult since. drive against suspected rebel sympathizers world. As I continue to deal with young "The yearbook is actually a book of histo­ in northern Nicaragua. people, I keep wondering what I'm going to ry," said Bonds. In the last two years, residents and be when I grow up." While at Marietta High School, Bonds human rights groups say, Sandinista troops Bonds remained at Abbeville for five began his own historical project and set out have killed at least 13 civilians around years, where in addition to teaching, he to collect all yearbooks ever produced at Apantillo, a hamlet of 200 peasants about 80 launched a drama club and was in charge of Marietta High School. miles northeast of Managua. the junior and senior proms. "It took me 15 years," he said. "But now There are no comprehensive statistics, but His next teaching assignment took him to we have every book ever made at Marietta human rights groups estimate that govern­ Calhoun Falls, S.C., where he taught six High School from 1917 up to the present." ment soldiers have killed 40 to 50 civilians in years at his alma mater-Calhoun Falls Bonds was married once and has no chil­ northern Nicaragua since a cease-fire agree­ High School. dren. His father lives with him in his Mari­ ment was signed in March 1988. They say "I was the English department there, etta home. the abuses appear to be limited to the teaching 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade After 35 years, leaving teaching was a north, where the Contras have enjoyed English," he said. "I was yearbook advisor, hard decision, according to Bonds, 57, who widespread support. worked with the Beta Club, and directed entered the profession at the age of 22. On Peralta had three brothers fighting with commencement and the senior class play." the eve of his retirement. Bonds is looking the anti-Sandinista guerrillas. His body was After 11 years of teaching, Bonds briefly forward to having more time to work in his found not far from his house. considered leaving the profession. yard and vegetable garden. He collects china He had been beaten, shot and stabbed re­ "But people channeled me right back into and loves to entertain. peatedly in the throat and stomach, said teaching," said Bonds. "I'm also looking forward to having time Carlos Molinaris, a neighbor and fellow Bonds accepted a job in Conyers where he to read-historical novels and biography," Roman Catholic lay leader. taught 5th grade. That lasted for one year he said. "These executions are too numerous to be only, since he was required to teach math isolated cases," said Juan Mendez, the exec­ and science in addition to English. utive director of Americas Watch, a human "During my science class, I tried to incu­ FATE OF FREEDOM FIGHTERS rights monitoring group based in New York, bate eggs and not one hatched," he said. "I SEALED in a statement. "They constitute a pattern knew then I was limited in science and of abuse by government forces." math." HON. DUNCAN HUNTER Sandinista officials declined to comment Bonds set out to find a job teaching Eng­ on the charges. They received written ques­ lish and was invited to interview for a posi­ OF CALIFORNIA tions about the alleged abuses but an Interi­ tion with the Marietta School System. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES or Ministry spokesman said the government "They gave me directions by way of the Tuesday, April 18, 1989 would probably not comment until it had a big chicken," he recalled. chance to investigate all the cases. Bonds was hired and assigned to the old Mr. HUNTER. Mr. Speaker, last Thursday In the past, Managua has blamed such Waterman Street School and the Keith we all but sealed the fate of the freedom fight- killings on the rebel Contras, who have April 18, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF-REMARKS 7063 often been accused of human rights viola­ THE GRAND RAPIDS ORAL DEAF dents prepare for active participa1ion with their tions by monitoring groups. PROGRAM CELEBRATES ITS hearing peers through the maximum use of "The Contras disguise themselves as sol­ 90TH ANNIVERSARY speech. speech reading. and residual hearing diers to discredit the army... said Dani Cha­ and is continually looking for new advances in varria Rivera. the regional coordinator of a HON. PAUL B. HENRY technology and programming to better meet Kid­ pro-government group. Families of the or llICHIGAB the needs of the special individuals it serves. napped and Disappeared by the Counter­ The success of these efforts has resulted in revolutionaries. 11' THE HOUSE OF REPllBSDTATIVES Tueaday, April 18, 1989 a number of national and State awards, most She charged that the Contras bad killed recently selection as the 1988 '"Program of or kidnapped 6.000 people in the northern Mr. HENRY. Mr. Speaker. it gives me a spe­ the Year'' by the Michigan Speech and Hear­ province of Ma.t.aga1pa in the last eight cial pleastre to recognize the 90th anniversa­ ing Association. Two membets of the pro­ years. The U.S.-backed rebels, she said. have ry of the Grand Rapids, Ml. Oral Deaf Pro­ gram's staff. as well. were recently recognized killed or kidnapped 300 people in the year gram. Nationally recognized for its outstanding by the Foundation on Education as since the cease-fire agreement. Excellence program, the Grand Rapids Oral Deaf Pro­ outstanding educators in 1988 and the pro­ Human right.s groups and resident.s of the gram has a reputation for providing the finest gram's supervisor was cited in 1987 as '"Edu­ area say the rebeJs still commit abuses. But in educational facilities for hearing irnpai"ed the vast majority of their troops have with­ cator of the Year'' by the Michigan Alexander students. drawn to camps in Honduras, leading to a Graham Bell Association. Not only does the In 1899. Michigan became the second State sharp drop in human right.s violations at­ Grand Rapids Oral Deaf Program offer a in Nation to legislation to provide for tributed to them. the adopt highly rated and excellent program. but its the education of deaf children by certified Political killings by Sandinista troops staff are of the highest caliber. as well. teachers. This law was passed as the result of were rare for most of the war. according to Mr. Speaker and colleagues. on May 19, hard and diligence of Grand Americas Watch. Except for some notable the work a 1989. a day long special celebration will be cases seven years ago, it said that govern­ Rapids attorney and legislator. Sybrant We&­ held to commemorate the 90th anniversary of ment abuses had been "sporadic and that selius, whose own daughter was deaf. Mr. this outstanding program. Please join with me they did not reflect a patt.ern... Wesselius recogrized the need to educate in paying special trl>ute to the Grand Rapids deaf children without having to send them In a report last year. however. the group Oral Deaf Program and to the teachers. staff, away to school, and reamed Margaret Sulli­ noted a series of murders of suspected and parents whose dedication and commit­ Contra collaborators and family members. van. celebrated teacher of Helen Keller, to ment have contributed to enhancing the qual­ It charged that "the cases are numerous help organize a local school. That same year, ity of life for the individuals served by this ex­ enough to suggest tolerance or complicity the Grand Rapids Oral Deaf Program opened ceptional program. by higher authorities." its doors with 16 pupils and 2 teachers. That conclusion. Mendez said. has been Today. 90 years later. located in an elementa­ confirmed by more recent killings. like the ry school which has been adapted acoustically ELDERLY CAREGIVER'S EQUITY murder of Peralta. by both army and Interi­ to teach both deaf and nondeaf students. the PROPOSAL or Ministry troops. Some international provides a a.niculum of services to relief officials working in northern Nicara­ =-tely 125 students ranging from their gua said they agreed with Mendez but de­ early months to 25 years old. HON. JAMF.s J. FLORIO clined to be identified by name or o.rganlm­ A specialized curriculum, designed to meet OP BEW .JERSEY tion. the needs of hearing impaired students, as IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "The government's failure to put an end well as ensure their maximum participation to this practice merit.s severe condemna­ with hearing peers, has been developed into Tuesday, April 18, 1989 tion.•• Mendez said in the statement. He one of the finest programs of its kind. Begin- Mr. FLORIO. Mr. Speaker. the Association commended the Sandinistas for prosecuting ning with infant-parent services when a hear- of Elder1y Caregivers is an informal network of some human right.s violators. But other offi­ ing impaWed child is just a few months old. the about 100 men and women who are involved cials noted that most of those convicted Oral Deaf Program continues through the pre- in the full-time care of elderly family members. were released after serving only a small school, elementary. junior-senior high school The association has drafted the following fraction of their sentences. years, and includes a wide variety of vocation- caregiver's equity proposal, which I am The series of killings aPpe&r to be part of al skills training classes as well. Academically pleased to share with my colleagues today. I a campaign to crush the vestiges of the civil­ talented students are encouraged to continue hope that it will encourage people to think ian support network that fed and sheltered advanced training at the college level. carefully about the important role played by the Contras. who used to roam with few lm­ pediment.s across much of this fiercely inde­ The Oral Deaf Program provides individual- those who care for an elderly family member. pendent. anti-government region. ized and small group instruction to emphasize ELDERLY CARBGIVER'S F.QUITY PROPOSAL Andrea Martinez said the Contras accused the development of speech, language. and There is a popular myth that most family- her son Martin of being a government in­ reading skills programs. A socialization proc- members care for their elderly parent.s. former. Three years ago, they kidnapped ess with their hearing peers is encouraged in The reality ls that care. when necessary. him and held him for three days. But his re­ academic classes as well as special activities. usually falls upon the one familymember. lease marked him as a Contra in the eyes of Approximately 80 percent of the children who usually the woman. willing to shoulder it. the Sandinistas. his mother said. become full-time students are mainstreamed while the others distance themselves. some­ into their neighborhood schools. enabling times for years and usually without valid Mrs. Martinez. who has another son and a them to experience growing up in a natural, reason. daughter with the rebels. said government rather than isolated, school environment This ls particularly unfortunate when an troops soon started harassing Martin, who S+.. ffed by outstanding diagnostic and ancil- · elderly parent dies intestate, without a Will. was then 18. A neighbor. Lola Pinosa. In '- or. suffering from Alzheimer's Disease or mid-November warned him that the army lary personnel, the Oral Deaf Program works other mental impairment. has been unable was looking for him and advised him to nee. in tandem with parents and teachers to to execute or update one. his mother said. enSlM"e the best possible services are provid- In such cases. present probate laws man­ But he decided to stay long enough to ed, including speech therapy, auditory trai~ing date that the parent's estate. monies or and equipment, occupational and physical other property be arbitrarily divided among help his mother harvest the family's meager and the "!ability 0 f medical and immediate familymembers without regard bean crop. At 4 a.m. on Nov. 22, Sandinista therapy, avaa to the caregivers care and the other family- soldiers came to their house and arrested counseling personnel. members lack of concern. him. said Mrs. Martinek Mr. Speaker, the Grand Rapids Oral Deaf It is easy to chastize. criticize and penalize A few hours later she heard two shot.s. A Program has successfully educated and sup- for failure to plan ahead. to execute. regu­ neighbor found Martin's body later that ported the deaf of West Michigan for .oo larly update and revise Wills, although day. His bands were tied behind his back; years, helping them to become prod~e nothing suggested here urges otherwise. his forehead pressed against the ground. members of society. The program continues But the reality is that caregiving eost.s, in­ The front of his face was blown away. to honor its primary goal of helping deaf stu- surance inadequacies. financial pressures, 7064 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 18, 1989 declining physical and mental capacities AMBASSADOR KIRKPATRICK'S But the General Assembly cannot give often prevent it. INCISIVE ANALYSIS OF Arafat a kingdom because it has none to Regardless, it is urged that those support­ ARAFAT AND THE PALESTINE give. ing or encouraging familymember care of LIBERATION ORGANIZATION Arafat believes he can parlay diplomatic needy elderly parents should send a signal. recognition into statehood-and already the Probate laws governing Wills, estates and PLO state has been recognized by more intestate decedants are not 'written in HON. TOM LANTOS than 100 member states of the United Na­ stone.' They like all manmade laws can be OF CALIFORNIA tions. In the PLO's international campaign, revised and updated and, indeed, should be, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Egypt has special importance. Egypt has worked tirelessly to legitimize since there is a strong argument that updat­ Tuesday, April 18, 1989 ing is long overdue to meet problems pre­ Arafat, lending its credibility and making sented by a growing aging population, rising Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, Dr. Jeane Kirk­ the PLO case in capitals where Arafat was medical and institutionalizing costs, declin­ patrick, former U.S. Ambassador to the United not welcome, especially in Washington. For ing family ties, reduced governmental social Nations, has again written a most insightful its efforts, Egypt has won re-admission to Arab organizations from which it was ex­ expenditures, etc. analysis of the problems facing the United pelled for signing the Camp David Accords. Laws that do not meet the needs of the States in the Middle East. In her column in the The fact that Egypt had made peace with times do not inspire confidence. Washington Post yesterday, she discusses Israel-even if it is a cold peace-gives it It is urged that these laws be updated to how Palestine Liberation Organization leader special credibility in Washington. It was encourage family caregiving through recog­ Vasser Arafat has shifted his tactics from ter­ through Egypt's good offices that Arafat nizing and encouraging the familymember rorism to diplomacy although his goals remain won "recognition" from the U.S. govern­ caregiver's role. ment as an acceptable representative and Courts and Judges should be given the the same. Ambassador Kirkpatrick notes that: interlocutor for the Palestinian people. option of recognizing a caregiver's greater Now Arafat hopes to translate his status role in caring for parents over those who When Israel objects to submitting its fate as head of a government-in-exile of a non­ have evaded, avoided and ignored their to a manifestly hostile body [the interna­ existent state into U.S. pressure on Israel to needs. • tional conference that Arafat has been ped­ abandon its claim to the West Bank, Gaza It is the caregiver who has fed, cleaned, dling], Arafat and his friends call Israel's and East Jerusalem, and to attend an "inter­ bathed, diapered, dressed, sacrificed and prime minister "Dr. No" and work hard to national conference" that would validate comforted while others have not. make it appear that Israel is the only obsta­ PLO claims and establish boundaries for It is one thing to give lip service to encour­ cle to peace in the region. When Israel pro­ Israel and the new Palestinian state. aging loving, sacrificing family care of elder­ poses for the disputed territories elections, autonomy and "interim arrangements" pro­ Participants in this conference would in­ ly parents, like praising motherhood, the clude: the Soviet Union and China, which flag and apple pie-and quite another to vided under the Camp David Accords, Camp David is dismissed by the PLO's friends as have upgraded PLO missions to the status strengthen the family member caregiver "outdated.'' How can Israel have confidence of "embassy" but do not have meaningful concept in practical ways. in a deal when the only deal it has been able diplomatic relations with Israel; Jordan, No "Caregiver Equity" can buy, induce or to make [Camp David] is declared "outdat­ which has diplomatic relations with the reward the sacrifices and compassion loving ed" soon after Israel delivered the Sinai? PLO but not Israel; Egypt, which has warm caregivers only can provide, which has to be fraternal relations with the PLO and a very given only from the heart and invariably is. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to give cold peace with Israel; and possibly Syria. But it is also fundamentally unfair to thoughtful attention to Ambassador Kirkpat­ When Israel objects to submitting its fate reward those refusing it. rick's excellent analysis, and I ask that it be to a manifestly hostile body, Arafat and his If those of us concerned with elderly care­ placed in the RECORD. friends call Israel's prime minister "Dr. No" giving problems do not seek out every way, [From the Washington Post, Apr. 17, 19891 and work hard to make it appear that Israel however small, to strengthen and encourage is the only obstacle to peace in the region. STAMPEDED BY ARAFAT? When Israel proposes for the disputed terri­ the elderly caregivers' role who else will

President George Bush has said Israel than triple the rise in the consumer price WE ARE NOT BUYING BETTER HEALTH CARE should get out of the West Bank and Gaza, index. The $2,500 we'll spend this year for each but he has yet to call on Syria's Hafez Assad With cost pressures so great and results so man, woman and child in the U.S. is 50 per­ to evacuate Lebanon, nor on anyone else to mixed, it was inevitable that some health­ cent more than will be spent in the next meet the requirements of 242 and 338. care buyers would invoke the specter of ra­ highest spending nation, Canada; more than So far the Bush administration has not tioning and triage. Oregon and Alameda twice that in Japan and almost triple that in encouraged Arab rulers to make peace with County, Calif., have drawn up plans to Britain. Yet each of these nations had lower Israel, nor to establish diplomatic relations ration care for the poor. infant mortality rates and similar longevity. nor has it adopted any other measures that Doctors scramble to shift health-care The quality of care is declining in half­ might give the Jewish state confidence in costs to someone else. The Feds dump more empty hospitals where doctors and nurses the reliability of its neighbors. Medicaid costs for poor patients on states, do not perform surgical procedures often Still, the Bush administration has offered and more health-care costs for elderly retir­ enough to maintain proficiency, much less support for the idea of elections on the ees on large employers. Employers, frustrat­ attain excellence. And needlessly exposing West Bank and Gaza, and that is powerful ed by diminishing returns on their man­ patients to risky procedures can hardly be evidence that the President and Secretary aged-care plans, dump costs on their work­ considered better care. of state understand that legitimacy comes ers and retirees. Insurers try to dump costs neither from international diplomacy nor back on the Federal Government. WE ARE NOT BUYING CARE FOR OUR NEEDIEST from U.N. resolutions, but from the consent But wallowing in the despair of rationing CITIZENS of the governed. and tossing the hot potato of costs to the From 1981 to 1988, while the cost of Med­ next guy are unconscionable cop-outs. This icaid more than doubled, to $55 billion, the year, we are spending $155 billion for tests number of people participating remained BILLIONS BLOWN ON HEALTH and treatments that will have little or no unchanged at 22 million. And America's impact on the patients involved, including enormous expenditures do not buy health HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK at least 30 billion taxpayer dollars. care for some 37 million uninsured citizens, What are we buying for all those milions? OF CALIFORNIA most of whom work or are dependents of RIDICULOUSLY EXCESSIVE HOSPITAL CAPACITY workers. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Hospital occupancy rates have been hover­ WE ARE NOT BUYING PUBLIC SATISFACTION Tuesday, April 18, 1989 ing at just over 60 percent nationally for the A recent survey found that 89 percent of Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, every day I get last three years. Despite the unprecedented Americans believe the health care system letters and visitors telling me that if a single pressures of excess capacity that would needs fundamental change. penny is cut from Medicare, the Nation's force any other business to cut back, close down or slash prices, between 1981and1987, WE ARE NOT BUYING THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE health care system will collapse. the number of hospital beds increased by ANY DOCTOR OR HOSPITAL WE WISH First of all, we have no clear health care 21,000. And in 1988, hospital room prices The free choice era of American medicine system, and what we have leaves one-sixth of jumped more than 10 percent, the largest is drawing to an end. In 1984, 85 percent of our people grossly unserved. boost since 1982. all employee coverage was by unmanaged Second, there are many places where When hospitals do close, they're often the fee-for-service plans that afforded the em­ money can and should be cut. If anyone wrong ones, like those in underserved inner ployee wide open choice of any health care doubts this, I would like to print below an arti­ cities. Moreover, when a city hospital is full, provider; by 1988, only 28 percent of those it is often with AIDS victims or substance employees enjoyed such freedom. cle from the April 12, 1989, New York Times. abusers, who could be more humanely and What can we do? BILLIONS BLOWN ON HEALTH effectively treated in less expensive hospices SUBJECT PATIENTS ONLY TO TREATMENTS THAT or treatment centers. WORK Each day this year, Americans will spend MILLIONS OF UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES It's time for a rigorous effort to establish $200 million more on health care than they There is growing consensus that half the what procedures produce beneficial out­ did last year. At the year's end, the total coronary bypasses, most Cesarian sections comes under what conditions. That means will be $620 billion, up from $550 billion in and a significant proportion of many other leadership and funding from Medicare; sup­ 1988. And in less than two years, America procedures such as pacemaker implants and port from the Congress for the bills of Sena­ will break the $2-billion-a-day barrier in hysterectomies are ·unnecessary. A former tor George Mitchell and Representative Bill health-care spending. editor of the Journal of the American Medi­ Gradison to invest up to $350 million in Most troubling, the evidence is now over­ cal Association is convinced that more than such research; and cooperation from Ameri­ whelming that at least 25 percent of the half of the 40 million medical tests per­ ca's physicians. money Americans spend on health care is formed each day "do not really contribute wasted. And those wasted billions would be to a patient's diagnosis or therapy." REVAMP THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE SYSTEM more than enough to fill the gaps and pro­ Medical professionals should be held ac­ vide all the health- and long-term care our A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE PROTECTION RACKET countable for negligence and incompetence, people need. In 1987. doctors and hospitals paid at least but not for disappointment and grief over After a decade of trench warfare over $8 billion in malpractice insurance premi­ events only God can control. States should health-care costs, shell-shocked combat­ ums. In Florida, obstetricians paid premi­ limit the amount of financial recovery to ants-hospital administrators, doctors, ums of $153,000; in Long Island, they paid modest payment for pain and suffering ic to national health plan proposal&. and Motel Association, Inc., Mr. Parekh has The alt.ernatives to action on these fronts As served as a pillar in the Los Angeles commu­ the congressional debat.e over Presi­ is a grim future. Many workers and retirees dent Bush's savings and loan bailout plan will lose their employer-based coverage or nity and a vital asset in the ongoing effort to begins, most experts will cit.e corruption and have it drastically reduced; Medicare benefi­ bring people of different cultures together. greed, incompetent regulatory supervision, ciaries will wait in line for lower~uality Mr. Parekh is but one example of the suc­ and the ailing economy of the Southwest as care; millions of citi7.ens will continue to be cess experienced by the over 800,000 Ameri­ the major causes of this financial mess. Yet denied access to basic health care; and only cans of Asian-Indian descent in our country. there is another fundamental problem here, the wealthiest Americans will be able to As insurance and financial specialist by pro­ one that lawmakers must address to prevent afford long-t.erm care. fession, his is the model story of the hard the recurrence of such a financial debacle: This future is not a fantasy and it's not the unlimited nature of federal deposit in­ far away. Fortunately, the money needed to working immigrant whose greatest contribution surance coverage. avoid it is already allocated to health care. was his commitment to the environment Deposit insurance is one of those "sacred We need only spend that money wisely. If around him .. cows" that lawmakers are fearful of touch­ we do, we can provide higher quality health Mr. Speaker, his record of public service is ing. But there is no choice. Behavior encour­ care for all our citizens at the same price outstanding. His dedication to public service aged by the existing deposit insurance we're now paying to provide a declining includes, but is not limited to, serving as com­ system is at the root of many of our deposi­ quality of care for only some. missioner to the Building Rehabilitation Ap­ tory institutions' problems. peals Board for the County of Los Angeles; The primary goal of deposit insurance is to promote financial stability through the commissioner to the Orange County Sheriff's prevention of widespread bank runs. Since TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED WAY Department Advisory Council and special liai­ OF BERKS COUNTY its inception during the Great Depression, son to the Los Angeles County Board of Su­ the federal deposit insµrance system has pervisors for Asia-Indian Affairs. achieved this end. Unfortunately, this HON. GUS YATRON I am proud to say that Mr. Perekh has main­ system has not kept pace with the sophisti­ tained an impressive set of values which cated changes occurring in the thrift, bank­ OF PDBSYLVAIUA govern his business transactions and commu­ ing and finance industries. Consequently, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nity activities. He is a paragon of determina­ deposit insurance has been used, and abused, in ways for which it was never in­ Tuesday, April 18, 1989 tion and persistence. tended The thrift industry's current prob­ Mr. Parekh's record of public service, and Mr. YATAON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to lems are the most vivid illustration. the numerous awards presented in commemo­ Unlimited deposit insurance coverage cou­ recognize the efforts and achievements of the ration of that service, though noteworthy, is pled with financial deregulation has encour­ United Way of Berks County, PA. The United far too lengthy for publication. However, public aged risk taking and imprudent fiscal behav­ Way of Berks County has been responsible commemoration is not the only thing we ior. By offering high returns on federally for sponsoring many programs and activities should salute. I believe it is a fitting tribute to protected accounts, many savings and loan which directly benefit the disadvantaged and a person who has spent his life serving his associations grew at astounding rates. De­ needy in our community. posits brokers spurred this rapid growth. country, community and humanity. These brokers split large sums of money As you know, Mr. Speaker, the stated mis­ Mr. Speaker, I invite my colleagues to join sion of the United Way is to increase the or­ into $100,000 bundles and channeled these me in saluting a man of fine character, public funds, risk free, into the highest-paying and ganized capacity of people to care for one an­ loyalty and commitment to the world in which often most reckless thrifts and banks. other. Volunteers and United Way workers we live. In spite of the dizzying speed of thrift ex­ throughout America and abroad have made pansion, depositors felt no need to monitor great strides in caring for others over the their savings banks' financial health, given years. The many activities sponsored by the END DEPOSIT INSURANCE the government's guarantee. Released from United Way range from alcoholism treatment ABUSE depositor of title 11, United States is four months pregnant. SYNAR, and me in supporting these needed Code, is amended by inserting "362(b)<14)," Yesterday's abortion-rights "March for amendments to the Bankruptcy Code. after "362Cb)(7),". Women's Equality /Women's Lives" brought Mr. Speaker, I insert the full text of my pro­ SEC. 6. CONTRACTUAL RIGHT TO TERMINATE SWAP all manner of family groupings to Washing­ posal at this point in the RECORD. AGREEMENTS. ton-grandparents with grandchildren, H.R.- Subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 11, brothers and sisters, baby-boomer nuclear Be it enacted by the Senate and House of United States Code, is amended by adding families of three, and enormous clots of Representatives of the United States of at the end the following: cousins and aunts and uncles, lovers and America in Congress assembled, "§ 560. Contractual right to terminate a friends and people all alone-to challenge what they believe to be newly serious SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. swap agreement "The exercise of any contractual right of threats to legal abortion. But amid the Section 101 of title 11, United States Code, crowd, estimated at 300,000, the most is amended by- any swap participant to cause the termina­ <1> redesignating paragraphs <49), <50), tion of a swap agreement because of a condi­ charged combinations were the mothers and (51>, <52), and (53) as paragraphs <51>, <52), tion of the kind specified in section daughters. (53), <54), and <55), respectively; and 365(e)(l) of this title or to offset or net out You could recognize them because they <2> inserting after paragraph <48) the fol­ any termination values or payment amounts both have that round, knobby little chin. Or lowing: arising under or in connection with any they both wear that faintly ski-jump nose. "(49) 'swap agreement' means an agree­ swap agreement shall not be stayed, avoid­ Or there's that distinctive wide brow with ment which is a provision of this title or by order of a court enough of them, these mother-daughter rate swap agreement, basis swap, forward or administrative agency in any proceeding pairs-grown women all-you could put your rate agreement, interest rate option, for­ under this title. As used in this section, the finger on the ghostly feeling of strangeness ward foreign exchange agreement, rate cap term 'contractual right' includes a right, that comes with seeing so many of them to­ agreement, rate floor agreement, rate collor whether or not evidenced in writing, arising gether, in the same place at the same time, agreement, currency swap agreement, cross­ under common law, under law merchant, or in the same political dimension instead of currency rate swap agreement, currency by reason of normal business practice.". on separate sides of the epochal divide that option, any other similar agreement, any was the women's movement. combination of the foregoing, or a master Mother and daughter. The unit contains agreement for any of the foregoing together MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS so many of the abortion issue's thorny with all supplements; parts. It holds the powerful cathexis that "(50) 'swap participant' means an entity HON. MEL LEVINE binds women to the children they do bring that, on any day during the 90-day period into the world. It contains the transmission ending on the date of the filing of the peti­ OF CALIFORNIA of knowledge, from women to girls, that tion, has an outstanding swap agreement IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES they have all the world's pregnancies and with the debtor;". Tuesday, April 18, 1989 miscarriages and episiotomies and menstru­ SEC. 2. AUTOMATIC STAY. al cramps and Caesarian sections-and abor­ Section 362(b) of title 11, United States Mr. LEVINE of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise tions. And it offers, especially, a dramatic Code, is aniended- today to draw to the attention of my col­ tableau of the change that has swept-or <1 > in paragraph <12) by striking "or" at leagues in the House a recent Washington perhaps is still sweeping-American the end; Post article regarding the "March for women's reproductive lives. <2> in paragraph <13> by striking the Women's Equality/Women's Lives" which Most of these mothers with adult daugh­ period and inserting"; or"; and ters grew up at a time when abortion was il­ took place here in Washington on April 9. legal. Most of the daughters have lived their <3> by adding at the end the following: The article contains two very different sto­ "( 14) under subsection of this section, entire sexual lives secure in the wide avail­ ries told by women who have had abortions. ability of safe abortion. Between them, they of the setoff by a swap participant, of any Under the heading "A Mother's Story" Gloria mutual debt and claim under or in connec­ compose-at least metaphorically-what tion with any swap agreement that consti­ Allred describes her experience before the abortion rights activists believe is the last tutes the setoff of a claim against the Roe against Wade decision. Under the head­ best hope for a revitalized political move­ debtor for any payment due from the ing "A Daughter's Story," Julie Bergman and ment: that women of one generation will debtor under or in connection with any her mother Marilyn, both of whom are con­ pass their sense of urgency to a generation swap agreement against any payment due to sunk in complacency. stituents of mine, discuss Julie's experience Rebecca and Claire Pollack, 24 and 52 re­ the debtor from the swap participant under years later. The contrast between the two or in connection with any swap agreement spectively, came to Washington with the women's stories depicts in clear terms why it Hollywood Women's Political Committee. or against cash, securities, or other property is so important to retain the right of women to of the debtor held by or due from such swap Said Rebecca, "I feel very frustrated that I participant to guarantee, secure or settle choose legal and safe abortion. I could speak can't get people my age to take this serious­ at length about the right to choose, but their ly. They're all curious about what I'm doing, any swap agreement.". but they're not here." SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON AVOIDING POWERS. words and experiences do not need any fur­ ther elaboration. Said Claire, "Women her age understand Section 546 of title 11, United States Code, the illegality, but they don't understand the is amended by adding at the end the follow­ Mr. Speaker, I ask that the Washington Post degradation . . . It goes back to good girls ing: article be placed into the CONGRESSIONAL and bad girls. If you needed an abortion, "(g) Notwithstanding sections 544, 545, RECORD at this point. you were a bad girl." 547, 548<2> and 548 of this title, the [From the Washington Post, Apr. 10, 19891 trustee may not avoid a transfer under a A MOTHER'S STORY swap agreement, made by or to swap partici­ MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS, ON THE MARCH-AT At 47, Gloria Allred sports jet-black hair, pant, in connection with a swap agreement THE RALLY, PERSPECTIVES FROM Two GEN­ quantities of pale makeup, bright red lip­ and that is made before the commencement ERATIONS stick. On her left hand is a diamond as dra­ of the case, except under section 548(a)(l > in subparagraph by striking the morning with her daughter Willette, on 2 % Allred, a high-profile feminist attorney, is period and inserting"; and"; and hours sleep. Cynthia Phinney, who orga- Archie Bunker's worst nightmare: She has April 18, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 7069 sued golf clubs that discriminate against didn't want to be," she says. "To think that a child." Her voice diminished, then rallied: women, dry cleaners that charge men and the state could force someone to be nau­ "But I never felt about it as if it were a women unequally, husbands who try to seous, to be tired, to have backaches-to be broken leg.'' evade paying child support, employers who sick-is astounding to me. I don't think "If it had been five years later, it would try to investigate their employees' sexual people realize: Pregnancy can be very dis­ have been a whole other thing,'' said Julie. histories. Not to mention the California abling. It's not like you just gain a little "She will have a baby," her mother said. state assemblyman who issued a press re­ weight for nine months and that's it.'' "And it will be the most loved and wanted lease calling her a "slick butch lawyeress." Bloom just had a standard blood test to baby possible.'' When she won a $20,000 settlement, she rule out various problems that can be identi­ then sued to prevent the state from paying fied at this point in her pregnancy, includ­ IN A TIME WARP it on the legislator's behalf. ing Down's syndrome. She hasn't gotten the Yesterday's march was dominated by "A lot of people don't want to make a results yet, and says that should she learn fears that the past might overtake the fuss-don't want to be labeled,'' she says of that something was wrong with the fetus, "I present-that the women's movement, as if her sometimes theatrical feminism. "For realize now that it would be a more difficult in a time warp, could be forced to return to me, it's too late." decision than in the first trimester. But it its original battlegrounds. The demonstra­ In the course of a meal, this professional would be more difficult personally-not po­ tion itself was organized by NOW, the last extrovert pulls up her elegant red sweater litically. It's not a political thing." major bastion of '60s-style activism, and to expose her pale, pale rib cage, by way of Bloom and Allred share a moment of supported by hundreds of groups ranging demonstrating how little weight she had to wonder at how much-and how little-has from the YWCA to the Religious Coalition spare when she launched a six-week hunger changed to make abortion rights once again for Abortion Rights to such electorally fo­ strike to coax a bill mandating retroactive the subject of a march on Washington. "It's cused organizations as the Women's Cam­ child support out of the Judiciary Commit­ like the right to vote," says Bloom. "We paign Fund and the National Women's Po­ tee of the California Assembly. She slips off thought this was basic." litical Caucus. her Evan-Picone shoes to show the calluses A DAUGHTER'S STORY For every all-American yuppie couple with she earned last month countering "Oper­ Julie Bergman, just a year older than a plump baby in a perambulator, there was ation Rescue" demonstrations outside abor­ Bloom, is the vice president of a small L.A. a young activist "facilitator" leading desul­ tion clinics in three California cities. She production company. She is here with her tory, improbably '60s chants like "Hey, hey, makes a vigorous pantomime of running a mother Marilyn, who with her husband ho, ho, patriarchy's got to go.'' There was a flag up the flagpole as she says, " 'Ladies!' Alan wrote the lyrics for the song "The group of "Members of Congress for Choice,'' Whenever I hear that word, I always know Way We Were" and other movie hits. Julie marching together hard on the heels of it's a red flag going up-something terrible was no older than 12 when Roe v. Wade was "Dykes for Choice.'' is about to happen to women." handed down, but you won't find any com­ If many of the organizers hoped to dem­ But when conversation turns to why she is placency here. onstrate that the abortion rights movement here, her voice drops to become almost in­ After a Saturday press conference, mother is "mainstream" then mothers and daugh­ audible, her body language reverts to defen­ and daughter were pitched the general ters like Debbie and Elsie Munshower were sive self-embrace. question about differing attitudes inherent the answer to that wish. "I didn't tell anyone about my abortion in their different generations. Julie, a red­ Common genes are evident in their round, for years," she says. "I was afraid someone head with a level gaze, took a deep breath fair faces and in the eyes-though mother's would find out. I didn't want anyone to and said this: are a little greener, daughter's a little bluer. know. One person knew, and she was the "I feel very strongly about this issue be­ Elsie, 58, said evenly, "I'm past bearing chil­ one who took me to the hospital" after the cause I am a 28-year-old woman with an ex­ dren. But I have children, I have grandchil­ abortion was botched. traordinary mother who when I got preg­ dren and I believe in the right to choose. In Allred was a schoolteacher then. During a nant at 22, with a man I was very much in my day we used potash, you know, a little vacation, in 1967, she was raped. She al­ love with, saw to it that I was treated the round black pill you inserted in the vagina. ready had Lisa, by a brief marriage in col­ way I would be if I had a broken leg. And I And we used catheters. You'd have it in for lege; the father was not paying child sup­ went to my doctor, who was not only my a few days, and then you would abort. I port, and on a teacher's salary she was de­ gynecologist but who also brought me into knew many who went through that in that termined to have no more children she the world, and he took me to Cedars-Sinai, period. And if you hemorrhaged, you had to couldn't take care of. and it was all taken care of safely, and hu­ get yourself to the hospital." "I'd never thought about abortion," she Debbie, 32, was a little less explicit, a little says. "I had to ask someone, 'If a person was manely.'' pregnant, what would she do?' And they As he began, Marilyn's eyes welled in sur­ less talkative. "I went once with my girl­ say, 'Well, women get abortions.' I had to prise; tears slipped down her cheeks as Julie friend" When she needed an abortion, ask, 'What's an abortion?' " continued, describing how her birth control Debbie said. "It was a very supportive envi­ Ultimately she was referred to a man-she method had failed, how much it meant to ronment. It was safe-she came out safely never learned his name, or whether he was her that her boyfriend, as well as her and she could still have children.'' a doctor-who performed the procedure in a mother and father, was part of her decision The Munshowers came to yesterday's downtown office building. As she wrote in a and her support. "I knew that eventually, I march despite the fact that neither has had letter filed with the Supreme Court as part very much wanted to have a family," she an abortion. So did Gaithersburg resident of a abortion-rights brief in a pending case, said. "If I have a child, a daughter, I want Donna Dymond, 41, with 9-year-old Abigail, "I was told that he would perform the abor­ her to experience it in the same way I did. the oldest of her four children. "I remember tion, but if I had medical problems as a And since I have gone through it personally, how it was in the olden days, when women's result of it such as hemorrhaging, that he I feel very committed." lives were ruined by abortions-and so were would not be available to assist me.'' Brushing away her tears, Marilyn made a men's," Dymond said. "And I know what it's She hemorrhaged for a full week, then gesture of apology, saying, "I didn't know like to carry a child who's wanted and loved. went back to work. "I tried to go back to she was going to tell the story.'' It's tough, even then." school, because I didn't want to miss any Julie shrugged, still collected, and said, "I There is no question, activists say, but school. I didn't want anyone to know. And didn't either." that abortion-rights supporters have been blood just ran down my leg.'' Uncharacteris­ They had a long embrace, in which some­ galvanized by the Bush administration's tically, she takes refuge in euphemism. one-it sounded like the daughter-could be antiabortion stance and by a Missouri case "And I was-I mean, I was wearing things to heard to murmur, Are you okay? that will be argued April 26 before a Su­ prevent that. But I just couldn't stop it, it Mmmnn, came the answer. Are you? preme Court far more conservative than the was flooding out of me.'' And then Marilyn described her feelings. one that produced Roe v. Wade. In the end, when her temperature climbed "Because it was possible for our daughter to NARAL's direct-mail drive raised $600,000 to 106 degrees, a friend insisted on taking have this treated the way it should be-pri­ in March alone-compared with a draw of her to the hospital. There, she says, a nurse vately, medically, legally-I feel so strongly $108,000 for a similar mailing in the same told her "I was getting what I deserved.'' about this right,'' she said. "I have to say month last year. As many new members Bloom, a Manhattan attorney, doesn't re­ one thing, though. We didn't feel about it as joined in February and March as joined in member when she first heard her mother if it was a broken leg.'' all of last year. talk about that 1967 abortion. But she "No, not feel about it," said her daughter. Similarly, at NOW, President Molly Yard shares Allred's support of abortion rights­ "Treated it. Feeling was something differ­ says membership has swelled from 160,000 all the more so, she says, since her pregnan­ ent." to 180,000 since the beginniing of the year. cy began four months ago. "She was 22,'' said Marilyn, "right out of Privately, feminists acknowledge that fig. "I understand a lot more about what a college. And to bring a child into the world ures like these far outstrip the best fund­ burden it would be to be pregnant if you at this point, by my child-who was herself raising phenomenon of recent memory- 7070 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 18, 1989 President Reagan's failed nomination of The following is Mr. Skala's winning essay. nurtured it in times of crisis, and to those Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. It shows both maturity and a keen insight of who one day will inherit it from us to insure But the fact remains that the women's the responsibilities associated with citizenship. that it does not go out, simply by being pre­ :movement is growing older. A full 69 per­ I am proud of his patriotic enthusiasm and pared. cent of NARAL's members are 40 and over. Irene Natividad. who chairs t.be National with him the best of luck in the future. Women's Political caucus. notes that the .PllEP.&JlIBG FOR AMERICA'S FU'rlJ1u: CONGRATULATIONS TO average age of caucus members is 47. Young CBy Jay E. Skala) DEBORAH D. GARONE, R.N. women have stayed out of the movement in It seems trivial and decidedly un-Ameri­ droves. actlYistB ay. can to contemplate the lifespan of our beau­ SQs Yanl. ..It's fascinating when you talk tiful union. Yet as assuredly as we envision HON. WIWAM M. THOMAS to a college campus. I often start out with our life style as a constant, we tend to 01' CALD'ORMA the story of Mugaret Sanger and birth con­ ignore the fact that it is only through the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES trol. and how it wasn"t lepl. until 1965----and effort.& of the brave few who summoned the then only for married couples. And they're courage to sacrifice their own personal com­ Tuesday, April 18, 1989 1UJUIRCL They've never conceived of a world fort that we can enjoy the privileged liberty Mr. THOMAS of California Mr. Speaker, I in wbicb it wasn"t anilable... that we so cherished. rise today to extend my congratulations to "!bus Yanl. Natividad and others see In We are standing now at a juncture in the the :recent alarm over abortion right.& a life of our country. For our finest hour only Deborah D. Garone, R.N., of Bakersfield, who cbaDce to awaken younger women political­ tempers our mettle and it is the time in be­ has been named Nurse of the Year by the ly. ·-ro me, this is the cataJytic. polltk:izing tween crisis that truly test it. Our Lady Lib­ Kem County Registered Nwses' Society. iBsue for the 'lie Generation: .. BQS Nativi­ erty is not threatened by the savage beasts This is a fine and fitting tribute for Ms. dad. "It is so approprlat.e. Because these are that would attack her, but is vulnerable Garone from her colleagues inasmuch as she the women who point to themselves. instead rather to the viruses that would seek to de­ of to themBelves and other women. And this was selected from a large field of candidates bilitate her so that she is rendered defense­ and nominated by local organizations and pri­ is an Individual issue... less to their attack. "It's frustrating, .. she adds. to be "revisit­ It is the insidious enemy not the obvious vate citizens. A native of Bakersfield and edu­ ing" the :Issue of abortion, "but I guess I one that is the most dangerous. By living cated in the area schools, Ms. Garone is cur­ would _,.. that if there is a chance of young peaceably, we are living at our time of great­ rently employed as a nurse consultant at the women coming on boud ••• I guess I would est crisis. For in the lack of overt threat, we Kem Regional Center. She has an extensive _,.. that's a bigger plus. frankly." have let our guard down; an invitation to background in nursing and specializes in pro­ Gloria St.einem disagrees vehemently with the quick punch. viding prenatal care to pregnant women who this line of analysis, saying that the move­ The Inoculation of our great country ment bas never drawn It& actlYistB from are at risk of having a child born with develop­ comes from the decisiveness of its individ­ mental disabilities. With Ms. Garone's long among the youngest women: ..It's important uals. In times of such crucial "non-crisis", to remesnher that women have a1WB,JB been with the alluring chance to "get what's record of achievements, and most of all, her the only group that grows more radical with mine". we must have the courage to sacri­ kindness and compassion in tending to suffer­ age... Invited to see a silver lining in the pos­ fice our own personal comfort in order to ing patients on her rounds, I know that this sibility that the abortion issue will lend new Insure what is "ours". honor will be a source of pride for her, and an eneru to the women's movement. she de­ The means of insurance are as varied and inspiration to her colleagues. clines. "'I don't think so." she BQS flatly. diverse as our beloved country. But by what­ ''Became to be fighting the same :Issue after The Nurse of the Year award is a testament ever means we should choose to prepare for to the dedicated work of nurses in Kern 15 yean is not an invigorating experience... our country's future, our choice must first F'raDces of East Orange, N.J•• County and throughout the State of California Rachel. Insure It might be surprised to hear that. At '11, she that we are to have one. is to this end that I propose the military. and I am proud to recognize Ms. Deborah marched with a friend and carried a sign Obligatory military conscription is per­ Garone today. saying ..Grandmothers for the Right to Choose.•• "I think that women of my gen­ haps the most expedite means to insure our children of the personal liberty and freedom eration can make an important contribu­ CELEBRATING THE CENTENNIAL tion. Grandmothers... she said with a wink. that we enjoy. By enlisting each generation for a short-term of duty, we are ensuring OF A GREAT MISSOURI ARTIST "We're still sacred. right? 'Tb.is issue is particularly appropriate for our country of a trained reserve, ready to be us. Because we know it. We know it from mobilized if necessary. But more important­ HON. JACK BUECHNER our lives... ly, it will provide an entire generation with both technical and vocational training. It 01' llISSOURI will afford to them an understanding of the IN THE HOUSE OJ' REPRESENTATIVES military and the need for having one. But CONGRATULATIONS TO JASON Tuesday, April 18, 1989 E. SKMA VOICE OF DEMOCRA­ above all, it will teach us the price of peace. CY WINNER upon the purchase of which we must for­ Mr. BUECHNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today ever pay installments. to recognize the centennial exhibition of the It seems paradoxical to ask that someone work of Thomas Hart Benton, one of the most HON. DON YOUNG give of their liberty that they might insure important artists in American history. At a time OP ALASKA it for later. And it must sound unbelievably when abstraction and surrealism were the ar­ I1f THE HOUSE OF BEPRBSENTATIVES illogical or rather unfair to ask this of the "now.. generation, born in an age of instant tistic vogue, this man had the transcendent Tuesday, April 18, 1989 access and computer speed. Yet we cannot vision to teach us that beauty is best found in Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker. it is my forget that there are those among us who the purity of the wor1d around us. pleasure to recog1 ize the writi1g talents of can no longer serve, those of us who already As a lifelong resident of Missouri, I have Jason E. Skala of Eagle River, AK. I wish to have. and those of us who are doing so now, been given a unique opportunity to bear wit­ who can remember less peaceful times only commend IE pa fonnance as Alaska's wimer ness to this man's precise understanding of history to us. the youth. To us, this history of the Veterans of Foreign Was sa'1t writing and the threat.& of foreign minds shouting artistic rhythm and the human form. The son conlBSL This conlest was er&red by more enticing propaganda at an undecided world of an ambitious Missouri Congressman, he than 250.000 secondmy studenls lflml9lout is as distant as the satellites which beam was named for an illustrious Senatorial fore­ the Unled Slates em:ll 001141osing aa 8S9aY these pictures into our homes. bearer-whose likeness graces OW" statuary oo the gival sqec:t ""Prepalil19 for America's We. the caretakers of destiny, must one hall. Born irto the practical world of the tt.n­ Fiube.... Ally State winnels were dlosell Sid da,y beu' the torch of freedom and it will of-the-centl.y Midwest, Benton had the enor­ nine na1ianal 1linnels ulleii:IH!ly mc8Ne fall into our hands to bring the light of lib­ mously strong aesthetic wil necessary to see $42;5DO - sctdalSlips. is son of erty to tbme portions of the world darkened beyond his mundane world, so that he might by Cl!PP'JF'fi«H> and false promises. But fore­ Dr- md 1i Sir.Illa - responsibility is to keep the later rise to glorify it. Despite his early educa­ fires buming, for they will warm the tion in the great art schools of Paris and New - ·-·-·· thuae who carried the flame before York, it was c:Uing his father's funeral that he is our responsibility to those per­ found his true artistic mission. As his father's "1lially sparked it, to those who political colleagues eulogized, he found a April 18, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 7071 unique truth in their remarks which drove him "The Intimate Story" contained an ac­ Benton the painter was something else. to paint the world of his childhood. count of the birth of an infant to a woman No qualms. After some rather extensive ex­ Benton had the rare genius to paint men with whom Benton was living in Paris in periments in abstraction and modernism as free of historical nuance, but as historical fig­ 1909, when he was 20 and an art student. a young man. he anchored his art in realis­ The infant did not survive the delivery. tic scenes and figures, confident that the ures nonetheless. Painting his subjects in The "whole truth" of the memoir is put to recognimble content of the paintings would more natural poses than his contemporaries, good use in a new biography of Benton assure continued interest. Benton brought an unprecedented realism to called "Thomas Hart Benton-An American When he was 81-four years before his historical painting, and with it, a sort of tri­ Original". by Henry Adams, curator of the death-Benton was enjoying new popularity umph of the aesthetic value of truth. Benton Samuel Sosland Chair of American Art at for his work after some years of neglect. He found beauty at every tum, and it was this vo­ the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas said, "I think that what occasioned the re­ racity for beauty that made him such a prolific City. The book is being published in con­ vival of Interest in these paintings was not junction with the opening of a centennial their place In art history but in American painter. exhibition of Benton's painting at the With great pride do I submit that it was one social history. It was because of what they Nelson-Atkins Museum. The show of 88 represented in a social scene-a social scene of my fellow Missourians who had the courage paintings opens to the public on Sunday, which has passed on but which survives as a to tell Americans that in their quest for beauty, April 16, which is a day after the lOOth an­ living fact in the pictures. they need look no further than themselves niversary of Benton's birth. The show will "I think that's why the public interest and the world around them. continue until June 18. keeps up in the mural in the Capitol in Jef­ One of his greatest works "Social History of Complementing the retrospective expedi­ ferson City . • ." Missouri" graces the walls of the House con­ tion and the book is a documentary film Since his death Benton's works have made for the Public Broadcasting System by ference room in Jefferson City, Missouri's cap­ brought higher and higher prices, with a Ken Burns, a New England film maker. The mural In New York, "America Today," sell­ itol. For 1O years my eyes and my soul would film will be shown at the Winifred Moore wander to the panorama of real people in his­ ing for $3.5 million and an easel painting of Auditorium at Webster University in Web­ a nude, "Persephone," selling for $2.5 mil­ tory, not explorers and warriors, not presi­ ster Groves at 8 p.m. on April 16 and at 8 lion in the Nelson-Atkins Museum. dents and philosophers-although a young p.m. on April 19 through 23, plus a 5 p.m. "This exhibition will knock your eyes politician, Harry Truman is shown meeting with showing April 23. out," Henry Adams said the other day as he his mentor, Boss Tom Pendergast-but farm­ So there are three cultural endeavors in­ stood in a gallery room that was being pre­ ers, meatpackers, railroaders, slaves, river­ volved: the painting show, the book and the pared for the painting show. It was a movie. The painting show will travel to De­ remark showing more than the usual enthu­ men, bandits, Jayhawkers, shopkeepers, and troit, New York and Los Angeles. The to the dismay of proud Missourians-Frankie siasm for a subject by an exhibition curator. movie, which is done, and the book, to be Adams wrote the new Benton biography and Johnny in their lovers' shootout. published in the fall, will have nationwide I miss those pictures of America-vibrant exposure. The exhibition opening is being and organiy.ed the show. He has been work­ ing on the theme for more than four years. colors and motion frozen. But that frieze of life observed with parties around Kansas City, He explained that the show will occupy is with anyone who served in the Missouri including one on April 16 called the Benton Bash, at Kelly's Westport Inn. In Kansas five large gallery rooms and an entrance General Assembly. Looking at the murals corridor. In subject matter, the objects will made one understand just who it was were City they are calling 1989 the Benton year. we The legal-services fee paid to the state progress from early family photographs to to represent-the ordinary people that make senator in passing the legislation for the small abstract and impressionist paintings our Nation so special. Missouri Benton mural might have caused to larger easel paintings to murals. The ex­ It would well serve all of us in government quite a flap had it been known in the 1930s, hibition includes the mural "The Arts of to visit with America's artist on this 100th an­ but today it is rather insulated by time. But Life in America" that Benton painted for the Whitney of American Art in niversary of his birth. Thomas Hart Benton's as an old man, Benton put it in the record, Museum as he did with some other things that did 1932. simple grandeur will inspire us to be better "To understand Benton as a painter, one servants of the people. not particularly add to his stature. Where did he get the idea that he should "tell on has to see the Missouri mural in Jefferson Mr. Speaker, I ask that the articles from the himself," that he should take a "whole­ City and the ·America Today' mural in New Smithsonian Magazine and the St Louis Post­ truth" approach to a new memoir? York," Adams said "To know Benton, you Dispatch Magazine be included in full as an He said he got it in his late years, when have to know that he painted big. We knew attachment to these remarks. books began to appear about his life that that. We decided that we would not be in­ CFrom the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Apr. 9, had a flavor of Horatio Alger. timidated by the issue of sir.e. We brought 19891 "I don't like that kind of stuff," he wrote. in murals when we could" "If there is any part I don't want to play it The paintings in the show include some CELEBRATIJll'G THE CER'rENNIAL 01' A GREAT color experiments; scenes captured In trips MlssOURI ARTIST is that of the boy hero struggling against the world for his ideals." around America; technically polished studio He explained that in his autobiography, paintings and nudes; portraits of chal'8cters At the time of his death in 1975, Thomas "An Artist in America," written in the encountered, from farmers to musicians; Hart Benton. the artist, was engaged in 1930s, he had taken a more objective view. and river-floating vistas. painting a mural In his off-time, when the He had decided that in delicate personal "Benton experimented in modernism and studio light was not right for painting, he matters one could not name names. A rule gave a lot of thought to composing scenes," was writing a memoir. Its tentative title was to follow was to honor thy father and Adams said "He learned a lot about the cre­ "The Intimate Story". mother. ative carpentry of composing a picture. He Benton told friends that the book was an But in the later memoir he wrote about used this design knowledge to reconstruct attempt to tell the whole truth. Telling the how his father and mother were mostly op­ the world He made clay models as aids for whole truth wasn't easy, he added. Never­ posed to each other most of the time, and painting. and they were sort of halfway be­ theless, he was trying it. When he died he how the Benton family seemed fated for tween abstraction and real life. had written more than 100 pages. turmoil. He struggled with the "whole­ .. He got away from Just photographic rep­ In the m&Duscript, he recalled that in truth" writing, even penning himself a note resentation. Just to reproduce something 1935 he had paid a "legal services" fee of suggesting that he write it as a novel. But like it was would not be interesting because $500, as billed, to a Missouri state senator he concluded in the same note that he it would be inferior to the real thing. He who was backing the legislation that gave would not write a novel. used his modernism to comment on what he Benton $16,000 to paint the "Social History Something to be avoided in memoir writ­ portrayed. He wanted the lines to move. He of Missouri" mural in the Jefferson City ing is the tendency of the writer to paint a gave things a muscular, almost chlldish capitoL Benton said, "I paid off a politician self-serving, egotistical image of himself, energy and made designs that were simple $500 and that did it". Benton wrote. Another tendency to be and powerfuL These things make you think Benton also wrote that in 1924 Tom Pen­ avoided is to throw in a lot of recollections about life in a new way. dergast, the Kansas City Democratic politi­ that simply are not interesting to others be­ ..What saves all this. holds it together. cal boss, slipped an $800 roll of bills into cause they had had no similar experience. makes it worthwhile is that Benton was just Benton's hand after a visit to Benton's Too much of that would just result in a very good painter. I think he is now seen father, M.E. Benton. The elder Benton, a "mush," he wrote. as a much more central figure In the hJstory former congressman and Democratic politi­ Benton was quite an accomplished writer. of American painting than some had cian in southwest Missouri, was dying of Yet the "whole-truth" notes reveal that he thought. This applies today, :now. when cancer. had misgivings at times about writing. there are a lot of paint.er& who are trying to 7072 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 18, 1989 figure out how to take modernism and make ry ago, here and there were finally one and They define the works of Mexican muralists something else of it." the same: Missouri. Of all the changes that Rivera trio of releases is worth hunting down . The Ralph Burns feature which the borrower has made 12 consecutive SECTION 1. RELIEF FROM LIABILITY. for Getz, Early Autumn, made the tenorist's payments. Such a rehabilitation of the loan The estate of Woodrow Charles Herman cool lyricism famous overnight. Bebop would be beneficial for the borrower, the of Los Angeles, California, is relieved of li­ began to show in the trumpet section with lender, and the Treasury. ability to the United States for unpaid Fed­ the arrival of Red Rodney, while Shorty This legislation is supported by a large eral income taxes for the taxable years 1962 Rogers wrote bebop numbers like Keeper Of number of organizations including the Ameri­ through 1966 and for any unpaid fines and The Flame and Lollypop, the latter a penalties assessed against Woodrow Charles follow-up to George Wallington's famous can Council on Education, the United States Herman or his estate for such non-payment. Lemon Drop . Again, air­ Student Association, the National Association SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENT OF SUMS PAID. shots are worth a listen par­ of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of the ticularly as the recording ban kept the the National Association of Independent Col­ Treasury is authorized and directed to pay Second Herd out of the studios for a year. leges and Universities, the Association of to the Woody Herman Foundation out of At the end of 1949, Herman disbanded the Urban Universities, the National Association of any money in the Treasury not otherwise Herd, formed another, but due to the de­ Trade and Technical Schools, the American appropriated an amount equal to the aggre­ cline of the big-band market, he was forced Association of Community and Junior Col­ gate of any amounts paid by Woodrow to follow a more conservative line. The leges, Trade and Technical Schools, the Charles Herman or his estate, or withheld Third Herd is a blurred category, covering a American Association of State Colleges and from sums otherwise due Woodrow Charles multitude of personnel changes, though the Herman or his estate with respect to the li­ arrangements remained the province of Universities, the Association of American Uni­ Burns and Giuffre. 1959 saw the reassembly versities, the Council of Independent Colleges, ability to the United States specified in sec­ tion 1. of many of the Herman stalwarts, Zoot and the National Association of Student Fi­ (b) LIMITATION ON ATTORNEY'S FEEs.-Not Sims, Conte Candoli, Bill Perkins, Urbie nancial Aid Administrators. more than 10 percent of the amount re­ Green, for the Monterey Jazz Festival. With Mr. Speaker, this legislation is a simple but ferred to in subsection shall be paid to or Mel Lewis on drums, the band tears into positive way for the Federal Government to received by any agent or attorney as consid­ Four Brothers reveals a vigorous talent; high­ misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not note specialist, trumpeter Bill Chase, lifting TAX RELIEF SOUGHT FOR THE more than $1,000. the trumpet section for the exciting Cal­ ESTATE OF WOODY HERMAN WOODY HERMAN donia, the fast, driving tenorist Sal Nistico on El Toro Grande, or trombonist Phil Bandleader Woody Herman was born Wilson on Body & Soul. With Nat Pierce HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. Woodrow Wilson Herman in 1913, starting writing the arrangements, this version of OF MICHIGAN in vaudeville with his parents at the age of the Herd was a fine mixture of tradition and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 9, where he was billed as 'Boy Wonder Of innovation. An album from the late '60s The Clarinet'. By 1936, he had taken over (Jazz Hoot> showcases the flaring trumpet Tuesday, April 18, 1989 the Isham Jones Orchestra, The Band That section of Bill Chase, Dusko Goykovitch, Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, today I am in­ Plays The Blues and was featured extensively on plus solos by Nistico. clarinet and alto in arrangements that fluc­ Woodrow Charles Herman of its current Fed­ Woody Herman's own playing has re­ tuated between Dixieland and swing. mained consistently excellent over the dec­ eral tax liability. In 1939, the band recorded the million­ Woody Herman, one of America's foremost ades, still indebted to Frank Trumbauer, selling Woodchopper's Ball and popularity The Glissando Kid, for his alto sound, and jazz bandleaders, first achieved fame with his was assured. The First Herd was recruited still apposite on the unfashionable clarinet. popular hit "Woodchopper's Ball" in 1939. in 1944, a glittering array of outsize person­ In later years, the Herd's sax section hews During the next 48 years, he produced numer­ alities like trombonist Bill Harris, tenorman close to Coltrane, and the electric piano has ous albums and performed worldwide with his Flip Phillips, drummer Dave Tough, trum­ appeared, but the identity of the band band, the Thundering Herd. pet prodigy Sonny Berman and arranger-pi­ seems indestructible. Herman died on October 29, 1987, with a anist Ralph Burns. It was a band of enthusi­ Recordings for Concord in the mid-'80s asts, and it still sound like it on record. The show that the Herman Big Band can still debt of $1.6 million in back taxes, penalties, good-humored vocal on Caldonia capped by and interest payments. He had entrusted his recreate history when reworking classics the wildly exciting trumpet unison, Phillips' like Four Brothers and Perdido in the com­ financial affairs to an irresponsible business booting solo on The Good Earth, Harris' id­ pany of Sal Nistico, Flip Phillips and Al manager who gambled away his money and iosyncratic brilliance on Bijou, all remain Cohn . failed to file his income taxes from 1962 classics of the period while the sheer exuberance ALBUMS to Herman's attention, his health was failing of the band on Apple Honey, Wild Root or The Best Of Woody Herman and his ability to perform and generate Your Father's Moustache has seldom been The Best Of Woody Herman nue Service proceeded to auction off Her­ scored a radio show sponsored by Wildroot The Great Herd, 1946 them in a piecemeal fashion can work against much weight to fuzzy differences in perform­ The Kings Of Swing, Vol 2 layoff regulation, other Federal workers have "fully adequate" and "better than fully ade­ The Band That Plays The Blues (-/Affini­ rights to grieve their evaluations; but many quate" seemed like the difference in an "A" ty) TV A union members don't have that right. and a "B" on a report card-both being good Feelin' So Blue on taxable returns by seniors mining industry. The measure was amended tax-paying seniors will experience higher aver­ 65 years and older. to include metal and nonmetal mining, al­ age out-of-pocket costs, and that 9 to 1O mil­ According to IRS data, the percentage of though the underlying motive of the legislation lion Medicare beneficiaries will spend about seniors paying taxes above an average of was to protect the health and safety of coal $100 more a year for their health care cover­ $150 has steadily increased from 1980 to 1985. In 1980, only 34 percent would have miners. age-even after the reduction in medigap in­ been liable for the surtax, had the law been I represent the "mother lode" region of surance is taken into consideration. in effect. By 1985, however, about 47 per­ California. In this region of California there are Seventy-two percent of Medicare benefici­ cent, or 13.4 million seniors paid an average scores of individuals mining for gold and other aries already had most of the coverage pro­ of more than $150 in Federal taxes. Apply­ precious ores or minerals on small claims lo­ vided in the new law through private insurance ing just the same 47 percent to the number cated on both private and Federal lands. Most or Medicaid. Most seniors would be happy to of people aged 65 and older in 1989 shows of these individuals work by themselves or that 14.6 million seniors will have tax liabil­ pay their fair share for any new benefit, how­ with a small number of partners on these ities of more than $150. ever, no one is willing to pay more for benefits claims, In searching for minerals, the small The Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act they already have. of 1988, signed into law on July 1, 1988, re­ miner will often drive short prospecting tun­ quires beneficiaries, in addition to an in- nels which span only several feet in length. Today, I am submitting a summary of the During the consideration of MSHA, Con­ National Committee's findings for the RECORD. gress did not properly take into account the Again, I urge each of my colleagues to recon­ 1 See Appendix A for a methodology presentation. sider the catastrophic financing method and to 2 See Appendix C and D. unique circumstances of the small miner. Due • The Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of to this oversight, the individual mine operator work toward true catastrophic protection for 1988. Staff Working Paper, Congressional Budget must adhere-when forced by Federal mine our elderly and disabled. Office, August l, 1988. April 18, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 7077 creased monthly premium, to pay a supple­ ciaries are very limited, consisting primarily SENIORS PAYING MEDICARE SUPPLEMENTAL TAX IN 1989 mental premium based on their federal of new drug coverage. income tax. For every $150 tax liability, sen­ Sixty-two percent of all Medicare enroll­ BY STATE-Continued iors will have to pay an additional $22.50 in ees and 72 percent of seniors already had taxes for Medicare, up to a maximum of medigap coverage. This means that for a Total Seniors State number of Percent $800 for individuals filing singly and $1,600 majority of enrollees most of the benefits seniors su:l~fntal for those filing as couples. This additional included in the catastrophic benefit package tax premium amounts to a 15 percent surtax in were covered by private insurance. Another 1989-the first year the tax is due. The 10 percent of Medicare enrollees receive 46 48 surtax increases . each year thereafter, Medicaid assistance and were already pro­ 35 reaching 28 percent by 1993, or $42 for tected against these out-of-pocket costs. The ii~;~!:::·::: . : : :::: . : ... :::::: ....::::::::::.::::::: l·m:m 3~m~~ 46 every $150 paid in Federal taxes. 4 remaining 28 percent of beneficiaries who Montana...... r~rn~ ~m~ 41 Nebraska...... 232,528 106,351 46 For example, an individual, or couple, cannot afford, cannot qualify, or have Nevada ...... 106,664 56,818 53 with a tax liability of $3,000 will pay a sup­ chosen not to purchase medigap policies, 55 plemental premium of $450 in 1989. A single stand to gain the most from the catastroph­ 57 ~E ~:!~~~:~ ::::::: :: : :::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::: 1.m:m 5~~:m 41 person with a tax liability of $5,300 or more ic coverage law. New vork...... 2.U::m l.1~rn~ 48 will pay the maximum supplemental premi­ An analysis of the benefits under the Cat­ North Carolina...... 779,715 359,845 46 astrophic Coverage Act reveals that only 24 North Dakota...... 93,864 40,792 43 um of $800. A couple with a tax liability of Ohio ...... 1,407,967 655,589 47 $10,667 or more will pay the maximum pre­ percent of the benefits were not usually cov­ Oklahoma ...... 438,390 174,824 40 mium of $1,600. 5 ered through private medigap policies. 10 Oregon...... 386,124 174,824 45 The only new benefits Medicare enrollees Pennsylvania...... 1,846,356 871,205 47 MOST SENIOR TAXPAYERS WILL BE WORSE OFF Rhode Island...... 151,463 77,214 51 with medigap coverage will receive are pre­ South Carolina ...... 378,658 160,255 42 According to CBO, the net result of the scription drug coverage, no 3-day prior hos­ South Dakota ...... 104,531 43,706 42 Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act will pital stay before entering a nursing home, Tennessee...... 628,252 275,347 44 "reduce out-of-pocket costs for the poor and Texas ...... 1,689,560 715,320 42 unlimited hospice days, additional home Utah...... 142,930 55,361 39 near-poor enrollees, while increasing costs health care, 80 hours of respite care, and 49 for other groups." 6 CBO reached this con­ mammography tests. 50 48 clusion despite their statement that "Con­ CONCLUSION 37 gress attempted to ensure that the full i~#~ n11~6 iH~3 46 value of new Medicare benefits would The National Committee has found that Wyoming ...... ~~:~~i ~~ : m 41 about 47 percent of seniors will have a tax ------accrue in some form to enrollees with medi­ Total ...... 31,114,999 14,567,183 gap insurance as well, although attainment liability of $150 or more in 1989, thereby of this goal is uncertain." 7 Based on CBO's paying additional Federal income tax as a own estimates, 30 to 40 percent of Medicare result of the new law. In addition, it was enrollees-most of the seniors paying the found that most senior taxpayers will be surtax-will suffer greater out-of-pocket worse off and face even higher out-of. INTRODUCTION OF THE GUAM cost for Medicare covered services after the pocket expenses for their health care. These REPARATIONS ACT law goes into effect. This is true even after factors further explain the broad dissatis­ adjusting for reductions in medigap premi­ faction currently being expressed by many HON. BEN GARRIDO BLAZ ums. 8 In its report, CBO simulates a fully seniors-a dissatisfaction which is likely to effective law in 1988 including all the bene­ continue to grow as the number of senior OF GUAM fits which according to the law will not be taxpayers grows. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES effective until 1993. ADDENDUM Tuesday, April 18, 1989 Perhaps most surprisingly, individual with CBO has stated that supplemental premi­ annual per-capita incomes above approxi­ um information was prepared by the Joint Mr. BLAZ. Mr. Speaker, today I am introduc­ mately $13,000 will lose from this legisla­ Committee on Taxation also using income ing a bill to amend the Organic Act of Guam tion. Between nine and ten million benefici­ tax returns. The Fiscal Year 1990 Adminis­ and for other purposes. aries will spend about $100 more a year for tration budget 11 estimates that revenues Mr. Speaker, between December 8, 1941, their health care coverage-even after the from the surtax in 1989 are 55 percent and August 10, 1944, the island of Guam was reduction in medigap insurance is taken into higher than estimated just last summer. the largest American territory actually occu­ consideration. Furthermore, if CBO has un­ This supports our conclusion that the per­ derestimated the number of enrollees cent of Medicare enrollees paying the pied by Japanese forces, the Philippines paying the supplemental premium surtax, it surtax has been underestimated by Con­ having been promised its independence prior would also have underestimated the number gress. to the outbreak of hostilities. of enrollees who will be worse off. During almost 3 years of occupation, thou­ Beneficiaries who have employer-provided SENIORS PAYING MEDICARE SUPPLEMENTAL TAX IN 1989 sands of loyal Guamanian Americans suffered medigap benefits and who also pay the sup­ BY STATE atrocities, including, but not limited to, death, plemental premium will have an average injury and internment at the hands of the premium increase of $333 in 1989 for no in­ enemy because of their loyalty to the Ameri­ creased benefit. Twenty percent of medicare Seniors Total paying can flag. enrollees receive medigap benefits paid by State number of supplemental Percent employers. Some employers are required to seniors tax This bill seeks an ex gratia compensation make premium rebates, but these will be for those Guamanians. While the United very small in 1989.9 Alabama ...... 527,988 211,245 40 States was and is under no legal obligation to Alaska ...... 19,200 10,198 BENEFICIARIES WILL RECEIVE FEW NEW Arizona ...... 438,390 203,961 ~~ extend such relief, I contend that the United BENEFITS Arkansas ...... 365,858 142,773 39 States Government has a moral obligation to California ...... 3,044,195 1,474,346 Many have criticized the new law because Colorado ...... 314,659 152,971 :~ do so. I believe the record clearly reflects that it primarily duplicates benefits that most Connecticut ...... 449,056 254,951 57 Congress itself has recognized this moral obli- Delaware ...... 76,798 39,335 Medicare beneficiaries already received District of Columbia ...... 81,065 45,163 5~ gation based on the undisputed loyalty of the through medigap insurance or Medicaid. Florida ...... 2,207,948 1,085,364 49 people of Guam during the Second World Far from being an historic expansion of 647.451 292,830 War. Secondly, Congress has previously rec- ~~t :::: : ::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::: : ::: : ::::::::: :: 110,931 55,361 ~~ Medicare, the "new" benefits for all benefi- Idaho ...... 119,464 46,620 39 ognized this moral obligation by enactment of Illinois ...... 1,477,299 690,553 Indiana ...... 700,783 316,139 :~ Public Law 79-224 (59 Stat. 583), also known 4 PL 100-360, Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Iowa ...... 443,723 193,763 44 as the Guam Meritorious Claims Act, wherein Act of 1988. Kansas ...... 353,058 163,169 Kentucky ...... 478,989 . 189,392 ~~ approximately 4,000 people were compensat- 5 See Appendix F for the 1989 tax table for the Louisiana ...... 492,788 180,651 37 ed. supplemental premium. Maine ...... 166,396 80,128 s CBO Staff Working Paper, p. 20. Maryland ...... 503,455 270,977 ~~ Nevertheless, there remain approximately 1 Ibid, p. 1 7. Massachusetts ...... 843,713 461,826 55 2,000 Guamanians who have yet to receive s Ibid. Based on Table 11, p. 22. compensation for personal injury or death be­ v The Health Care Financing Administration an­ cause of their inability to meet a one-year nounced the national average actuarial value of du­ 10 See Appendix E. plicative Part A benefits to be worth $65 in 1989. 11 Budget of the United States Government, deadline. This was due to a language barrier Federal Register, Dec. 6, 1988. Fiscal year 1990, p. 4-11. and disruption of the island following its libera- 7078 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 18, 1989 tion by American forces. Additionally, there peared in the Boston Globe this year concern­ But Elliott would attract the kind of hate remain approximately 1,000 Guamanians who ing a colleague of Mr. Bolling's, the Honorable in Alabama that Kennedy did when he took have yet to receive compensation for forced Carl Elliott. on George Wallace. Alabamans voted Elliott labor, forced marches or interment because The article, written by journalist Will Hay­ out of office in 1964. He sat idle for a while, good of the Globe staff, chronicles the life then, sensing victory hissing from the State these were not among the covered injuries House door in Montgomery, or something under 59 Stat. 583. Finally, a total of 578 and times of a courageous and truly extraordi­ approaching victory, he returned to Ala­ people received insufficient compensation for nary legislator. Carl Elliott was a Congressman bama in 1966 and took on George Wallace personal injury or death under 59 Stat. 583. from Alabama who rose from a poor and for the governorship, flinging his big brood­ Mr. Speaker, as far back as 1951 , the elect­ humble beginning to become one of the most ing body at Wallace and all that Wallace ed leaders of Guam began requesting the powerful and principled Congressmen on Cap­ stood for. United States Government to extend further itol Hill. It was a brutal campaign, of gunfire and reparation relief. However, the rights of Ameri­ As a member of the House Rules Commit­ bomb threats, of tiny desperation and loud can nationals, including those of Guamanin­ tee, he was a critical part of the effort to push hopes. When his campaign ran out of ans, to present claims against Japan were the progressive legislative agenda of Presi­ money, Elliott told everyone to hold on dent John F. Kennedy through an often stub­ he'd get more. He withdrew every red cent waived by the United States by vitrue of the from his congressional pension. Tilt at wind­ 1952 Treaty of Peace with Japan. Prior to rati­ born and uncooperative Congress. He was a true leader in the struggle for civil rights and mills and they sometimes tilt back. He lost. fication of this treaty, Congress was advised A kind of darkness has spread over his life by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles on equality in this country long before it became since then. Right in front of his eyes they January 31, 1952, that United States nationals fashionable to do so. Carl Elliott did not take took his house. He couldn't meet the mort­ whose claims are not covered by the treaty the road of political expediency; he chose in­ gage. The family farm has also been provisions or by the legislation of other Allied tegrity, he took the high ground, and he hung yanked. The car was reprossessed, and that Powers, must look for relief to the Congress on to it with a conviction that all of America wasn't too long ago. He had been driving of the United States. should applaud and admire. around without insurance anyway. Folks do I might add that, following ratification, Con­ As Mr. Bolling stated, "Elliott was an ex­ gossip, here and everywhere. It has been gress enacted numerous measures extending traordinary Congressman and legislator. He is hard to stay. "Nearly starved to death" he now still remarkable and not yet defeated. In says. Little wonder he reads poetry,' and previous deadlines in which to file claims, to anything he can get his hands on about American nationals other than Guamanians, my book, a great man." His story deserves to be retold and remembered. For the benefit of Thomas Jefferson. "Jefferson lost his farm. including but not limited to Public Law 87-846, He sold his library to the Library of Con­ enacted on October 22, 1962, and Public Law my colleagues and other conscientious Ameri­ gress. He had a lot of the same problems I 100-383, enacted on August 10, 1988. cans, I submit the article that appeared in the had. Makes a fella feel kind of kin to him " Finally, Congress has enacted numerous Boston Globe on the remarkable Carl Elliott says Elliott. ' for the RECORD. measures extending reparation relief to Pacific ON THE ROAD TO JASPER [From The Boston Globe, Feb. 28, 19891 islanders who are neither national or citizens You can get here by taking the John of the United States, including Micronesians TWILIGHT OF A SOUTHERN LIBERAL-CARL Hollis Bankhead highway out from Bir­ and Aleutians, for damages inflicted by the ELLIOTT: FLAT BROKE AND NEARLY FORGOTTEN mingham. John Hollis was Tallulah Bank­ enemy during the Second World War. Never­ lishi 19 world. In past years, official proclamations for JEF'F'ERSON NATIONAL that goal. Tuftonia Day have been issued by the Gover­ EXPANSION MEMORIAL Another extremely worthwhile program in nor of Massachusetts and the mayors of this legislation is the funding for Rado Marti, Boston, Medford, and Somerville, MA. In addi­ HON. JERRY F. COSTEUO and the possibility of funding for Te1evision tion to a formal ceremony on campus, there 01' ILLl1'01S Marti. These broadcasts are irreplaceable are local and international observances rang­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sources of truthful information for the people ing from small gatherings in restawants to Tuesday, April 18, 1989 of Cuba. If the President deems it feasible, champagne receptiol is in museums, art galler­ Television Marti will begin broadcasting into ies, and private homes; from a group trolley Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, today I joined Cuba by the end of the year. After 30 long ride to a ride on a jumbo elephant in India. Senator PAUL SIMON in introducing legislation years, the people of Cuba will be able to see Tufts alumni from Hartford to Hong Kong and to make possible an Illinois extension of the the world as it really is., not how Castro says it from San Diego to Sao Paulo come together Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. This is. to think Tufts, thank Tufts, and toast Tufts. park, better known as the home for the Gate­ Finally, I applaud the decision to authorize This year, Tufts' male a cappella singing way Arch in St Louis, was built as a monu­ danger pay for Drug Enforcement Agency group will make a musical journey, via Amtrak, ment to Thomas Jefferson and the Nation's agents stationed in dangerous positions down the Northeast corridor ...The Great Tuf­ Westward Expansion. abroad. These agents risk their lives every tonia Train Ride" will stop at railway stations The completion of the Gateway Arch and day to end the scowge of drugs in ow coun­ to serenade alumni, parents, and accepted Missouri section of the park in 1965 was an try, and this is but one small way in which we students in Boston, Providence, New Haven, historic milestone for project architect Eero can show our appreciation. New York City, Trenton, Philadelphia. Wilming­ Saarinen. However, it was Mr. Saarinen's in­ Mr. Speaker, I urge the members of the ton, Baltimore, and Washington. The trip will tention to include land on the east side of the conference committee to work to retain these end with a celebration at Union Station on Mississippi, in Illinois, as part of this memorial. programs, while structuring the State Depart­ Sunday, April 23. In 1984, Congress passed legislation to ment authorization so that it takes on an air of Tufts University was founded in 1852 and create a 20-member commission to study the fiscal responsibility. In these times of budget enrolls approximately 7 ,200 students from 48 expansion proposal and come up with recom­ deficits, we must prioritize our spending so States and 75 foreign countries. The main mendations to move forward with the Illinois that programs such as the aforementioned are campus in Medford/Somerville houses the park plans. In an effort to do so, some small retained while other, less imperative programs College of Liberal Arts, College of Engineer­ language in the original act needs to be are studied more closely. ing, Jackson College, Boston School of Occu­ amended. With the legislation we are introduc­ pational Therapy, Graduate School, College of ing today, these concerns will be met, and I Special Studies, School of Nutrition, and am hopeful that the proposal will be acted on THE - 90TH BIRTHDAY OF THE Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. The quickly. CURTIS BAY COAST GUARD Boston campus features the Schools of Medi­ Mr. Speaker, expansion of the Jefferson YARDS cine and Dentistry, while Grafton is the site of National Expansion Memorial will not only ful­ the only School of Veterinary Medicine in New fill the designer's original intentions for the HON. C. THOMAS McMIIJ.EN England. landmark. It will provide a source of pride and OF llAllYL&ND beauty to the residents of southwestern Illi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES A TRIBUTE TO COMSTOCK nois, and will serve as a cornerstone for eco­ Tuesday, April 18, 1989 TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY nomiC development in that area. I feel that there is great promise for this Mr. MCMILLEN of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, I HON. HOWARD WOLPE project It would be the only national park in rise today to honor the Nation's only U.S. my State. There are plans to coristruct a Coast Guard shipbuilding and repair yard, in 01' lllCHIGAN museum on the expansion site, and it would celebrating its 90th birthday, the Curtis Bay IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES complement its Missouri counterpart by bring­ Coast Guard Yard. Founded in 1899, the 112- Tuesday, April 18, 1989 ing added tourism and excitment to the acre yard, located in Curtis Bay, MD, was the Mr. WOLPE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay trib­ region. I want to thank my colleagues in Illi­ first permanent home of the Coast Guard ute to the Comstock Township Public Library nois and Missouri for their support for this Academy. on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. The project, and hope that we can soon make this As the Coast Guard's most modern, indus­ Comstock Township Public Library was the worthwhile memorial a reality. trial plant, the yard is responsible for the con­ first library in Kalamazoo County. Started in struction, repairs, and renovation of vessels 1938 as part of the Works Progress Adminis­ and various aids to navigation, and for the tration county-wide library service, it brought a H.R. 1487 manufacturing of miscellaneous Coast Guard wealth of knowledge to our community. equipment Like the minds of those who read have HON. TOM LEWIS Besides its principal shipyard role, the grown, so has the Comstock Township Public OF FLORIDA Coast Guard yard serves as host facility for Library. The reading facility has had many IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Baltimore Group and Curtis Bay Station. It is also home for the Coast Guard Cutter homes, starting first with 500 books in a Tuesday, April 18, 1989 space offered by a food store on River Street Sledg8 and the Coast Guard Cutter Red Birch. In 1956, after voters approved the establish­ Mr. LEWIS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, last Last year there were calls to close down ment of a free library and $1 million for its week the House passed H.R. 1487, the State the yard, dismantling not only the facility but support. a newly constructed library was Department authorization. Although budget ending the history of this fine facility. Through opened with 6,000 volumes. Today, after two deficit considerations compelled me to vote the work of the Maryland congressional dele­ expansions, the Comstock collection boasts against this bill, I would like to take this oppor­ gation we succeeded in keeping the yard over 55,000 volumes and is now physically at­ tunity to reaffirm my support for three pro­ open, and it's now looking to a bright new tached to Comstock Township Hall. grams which are included in this legislation. future-having been selected to build the pro- April 18,, 1!189 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 7091 falJpe of the new Herilage dass Coasl Guard 2 yallS of sludy. this l'egis'ation would help and Related Agencies,. Kenneth Wliletleilid,, ~-Today. CMll" 819 c:ivliall emplo,aes and many studenls adieve aa emrcalional ~ Seaetaly for Postsecollidaly 250 nilialy persalllel are staluillSCI at the goalS. Fdlicafiorl described SARA as "an idea 1hat yanl 1he pmpose of this fegsfatiol1 is ~ desenes some attention." He went further.. The U.S.. Coast Gusd has a rich histloly. to resfluCUe cu student aid programs to "We have readied a slage where the grant­ from the Revolufionmy days when it was again provide equal edlEafionall OAXJflUnily loan ratio is tilling more toward loans.. Tiis is liBll8d the Reveme Mame,, to fioday"s task of far needy sfudenls and. second. to reduce the dearly someditJig we should examiOe.." pallOling cu soultem sholes n 1he war on cosls fo the Federal Government of student Ftdtelmole the National Goud ot Higher dnlgs. 1be Qds Bay Coast Guanl Yanl has IOan defaufts. Education Loan Programs [NCHELP] has. en­ c:o111pleme11ted that mission wilh ext elel'IC8. The Pel Gmnt Pn¥am was esfalJistted fD dorsed the plincipal of [efdng only to those pol ssio11alism,, and pafliufisl&L alCJw needy studenls to pmsue ~ slseco11dm1 studenls who have completed some of their I hope that al of JOU .. join me in eoo1- ecb:alion-fo remove the financial baniels postsecoilidaly edl'Cafion.. me11uai111g the ymd and ils emplorJees on wNch at one time made posts e 001daiy ed!.t­ They wrote me~ caion a luxmy resaved only b" the weafthy. fl1eir 90 yeers of success. NCBELP believes that the idea of pm,vid­ The stil that file Pel pur­ raw mres granrs i'Dg substantial! vsistanee at the beginning pose is to provide "75 pen:ent of a sfudenfs 1 of a student's aewdrmic career' :makes a good cost of affaidartee wl1en COHDIE!d with pa­ deal. of sense, both for the student and for renlal a·! • ta.a, S1ate ~ and the sma&­ the Federal Government. "l1Je tnmitiml er Fedelal SJan1 ~ As recently as fmm bigb sdwol to postseomdary eclai:.­ HON. WllJJMI D. FORD 1986. in the ligtlel' ecb:ation amalldntems. titm, or the return to postsecondary ecfuca­ Coowess reaf&:1ned ils C01t•1illu&lf that stu­ tien. from a wmting career. is a substantial - JIIClllG&R" one. Dl'DIEHOVSBOF~ dentS oould only aftald fo finance 25 pen::en1 of 1heir fDfal edradional mcpenses and this The student should be allowed to focus on Trladaa April 11,. 1flB9 shcdl be done bough wok and loans. this tr.msitioD. and to develop the study stills necessary for success in postse=evhry ~- FORD of Midligan. _.._ Speal&a". post­ However. Fedelal SJanl aid has deaeased educaiiml.. withau.t having the spedre of ila seoo1ldalr emndion is aa!- di nec:essmy to such a dl¥ee Ital the gumanfeed student debt banging over bi& head from the outset. a our Naliolis MJI~ Today. 50 pa-­ bm is no bigs a lloan of cmvenence. but Studies ha.Ye shown that students who per­ cent of al job dasr·&aliic1Hs rec:pre some the pinay foundation of a studenrs financial sist in their eduntimg] pnJlg[1llDS have a ed!EaljcJn .,.,...... sd1ool That pen:ent­ aid package a pmpose tis Pft98m was not subst:aptiaDy higher pmlJalJilKy of J.'elJQing age is mqJedat to increase fD 75 pen:enl by desVllSCI for. their Joans, than Umse who drop out early. the midlle of 1he ned decade.. Howevel'. 1he Sludenls from fow.income faniles. who do Tb~ a n!S'b1lcturiDg of student aid such as ~faced by 1hose flJill9 fD pmsue 1heir not have expaiatee as boi1uwas,. are being YoU propose makes sense for the student edlwc:afiional goals llMUlling. fCJn:ed lo bonolr average and will al8o signifiantly lower federal ~ are an of $4.000; 20 gnmcmt;s... As the price of postsec.1iday ect.ralon is pen:ent of student bol1owas came ftom rising. the Federal .- as · t&ce for stu­ households ... annual incomes of under By pnMmtg !J8nl · lance to first and denls is faang.. We are~ our 19' sdlool $5.000; 60 peroenl of Sfudenl borrowers come second year sludents and 1estlidii19 loan ei­ studenls thal there is sfudenl: aid & aZal* to from faniles who eam less than $!0.000 per gilay to those who have OOftlllleted their first ._, them achieve 1heir edlicational goals. yet, yes. Mowing a student to bonuw a ~ 2 yams of poslsecoitdaly edlJcation. the stu­ tta" college lnandal aid at11inislHID tels an pcJl1ion of their anma1 income is not as­ dent aid system would be restructured to both them 1hal tis aid is in really a loml. which sisling Che sludenl reduce loan defalM c:osls. but more~ they must repay. Also. sludies have shown that mftJrily stu­ fy. to again provide equal ecilcalior18I oppOOu­ At 1he begM•tiiig of tis decade. the mm­ denls have an aver.lion to borrowing. The nily for al students. 1egaidess of eco11omic nun Pel SJ;R covemd about 50 percent of rec:em declnes in minJrily all'Olmelll in ~ background. the average cost of poslseoolldaly ediw:alon.. secaldary ed!Gdion are in large measme due The maxinun Pel IJCll1t is anently $2,300. Thal figure has sipped lo ~ 30 peroent. fD 1he req-*ement that 1hese studenls borrow The maDnum guaranteed S1udenl loan for (n fad. in the rast 16 years. 1he Pel !Jani: ~ 1D finance 1heir ecU:ation.. sfudems. in their first 2 years of poslsecnldaly .-n was Mly bided only bee limes. We The original vision of Senator PELL was 1o edlJcation is anently $2.625. at least $125 of have aealed a manelous inigalion system for exlend free edilCalion to the poslsec01ldaly wlich goes immediately to Oligilliltioo and in­ deluesing sludenl aid and am only runM1g a level. so that sludenls would have at least 14 s..ance fees. "Tl1erekwe a maxinun Pel ~ tridde of waler hough it years of free ed!w:atim.. The anent funding of $4,,800 would provide slUdeflls wilh the That is why I Dnxb:ed H.R. 2020. 1he Slu­ levels of studenl: aid progians do not permit same amount of Federal as a· la11ce 1hey a.­ denl Aid Readjustmenl Ad (SARA]. This bi1 1his. PnMdng enough .-assistance cover rerdly receive under both the Pel and GSl would restrict bOl1owil19 IDier' the Slaffold need in the first 2 years of postsecoetdaly f'ro!pms. loan prospam lo only 1hose students who have ed!Gdion would be an effective strategy to The Depaf1rnent of Education estimates that sao: s s\111 con111lelied 1heir first 2 yeers of enue educational oppolbDties for al ~ increasing 1he Pel IJBl1I mamun to $4.800 postsa:w•my edlwcatim.. dents. would cost $8.381 billon. or a $3.898 billon rn exdaige for this lmlalion. Pel SJ8l1ls to H.R 2020 would also save the Federal increase; $1.36 ~would be saved through sludents in their first and second ,_.. of posl­ Govemmenl: on sludent loan default cosls.. In recb:tions in loan default costs; 80 percent of secolldaly elilcalion would be increased. fiscal year 1989. Che S1afford S1udent loan defaul1s wWd be eliminated by wers are students in their first aa:ess to edlM:aticn cation; almost 80 percent of defaulters are in 2 years of pos1secolldary education.. The Fed­ The end result would be to provide st. their first 2 years.. Disallowing borrowing on eral dollars saved by not having to pay in­ dents. who are now receiving Federal aid in the part of &st and second year sludenls school interest subsidies and special allow­ the form of a Pel and a S1afford loan. a grant could save about $1.8 bilion and could ance costs for first and second year borrow­ in their first 2 years of edllCalion and a loan in rEdJce defadt COSls by almost $1.4 billion. ers would cover the remaining costs of in­ their last 2 veers. Since the maiofily of Feder­ The U.S. Deparlment of Ecb::ation is inter­ creasing the Pell maDnum. al sludent financial assislance goes to st. ested in this idea In a hearing before the I look forward to comments on this bill from dents in their first 2 years of sludy and the House Approptiatiolas Subcommittee on those interested in Federal student financial majority of student dropouts oau in the first labor. Health and Human Services.. Education assistance. t would like this legislation to be 7092 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 18, 1989 considered as part of any proposal considered address the problem of excessive borrowing cussions of the reauthorization of the Higher by the House in addressing the issue of stu- by low-income students. Education Act. dent loan default costs. Any legislation ad- I am also hopeful that SARA will be serious- dressing the issue of loan defaults must also ly considered in the next few years during dis-