February 24, 2004 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E199 We can support this cause by stopping U.S. minister. The article says that Mr. Badal war.’’ The Sikh diaspora has a moral respon- aid to India until human rights are fully ob- and his family hold assets of Rs. 43.26 billion sibility to help the Sikh Nation to achieve served for all people there and by declaring (nearly $1 billion), most of which are located its sovereignty by freeing Khalistan from In- outside India. Half the population of India dian occupation. our support for a free and fair vote on the sub- lives below the international poverty line. The time has come to liberate our home- ject of independence for Khalistan, for Kash- About 40 percent live on less than $2 per day. land. It is the only way that we can prevent mir, for Nagalim, and for all the minority na- The Badal government was the most cor- further degenerations of the Sikh Nation tions of South Asia. rupt one in Punjab’s history. They sold jobs like the Badal regime. Sikhs must claim Mr. Speaker, I would like to put the Council for a fixed fee. They came up with a new, dig- their birthright by liberating Khalistan. of Khalistan’s open letter on the upcoming nified term for bribery: ‘‘fee for service.’’ If Only by freeing Khalistan will we put an end elections into the RECORD at this time. you didn’t pay the fee, you didn’t get the to this corruption and restore control of COUNCIL OF KHALISTAN, service. The Chief Minister’s wife was so ex- Punjab and its assets to the people, to whom Washington, DC, February 4, 2004. perienced that she could pick up a bag of it rightfully belongs. A free Khalistan is a money and tell how much money was in it. must for the survival of the Sikh nation and OPEN LETTER TO THE KHALSA PANTH Parkash Singh Badal was a disaster for Pun- will provide an optimal environment for the PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED; ELECTIONS COMING jab and a disgrace to the Sikh Nation. How Sikh Nation to progress to its optimum po- SIKHS MUST STOP SUPPORTING CORRUPT can the Akali Dal, which is supposed to rep- tential politically, religiously, and economi- BADAL, WHO DIMINISHED IMAGE OF SIKH NA- resent the interests of the Sikh Nation, con- cally. TION ONLY IN A FREE KHALISTAN CAN SIKHS tinue to support him? Panth Da Sewadar, PROSPER AKALI LEADERSHIP CONTROLLED BY Badal’s corruption brought Punjab to Dr. GURMIT SINGH AULAKH, INDIAN GOVERNMENT bankruptcy. He was bankrupt morally and President, Council of Khalistan. DEAR KHALSA PANTH: WAHEGURU JI KA religiously as well as bankrupting Punjab fi- f KHALSA, WAHEGURU JI KI FATEH! nancially. It is time for new leadership that The Indian government has dissolved Par- shows the moral fabric a Sikh is supposed to HONORING JULIE DEMARIA liament. New elections are coming, perhaps have. Badal has destroyed the moral fabric of as soon as March. Elections under the Indian the Sikh religion. What happened to the con- Constitution will not free the Sikh Nation. cept of fairness and honesty? HON. ZOE LOFGREN Use this opportunity, however, to elect com- The Akalis who protest Badal’s prosecu- OF CALIFORNIA mitted, honest Sikhs who are committed to tion are morally degenerate. They are de- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES freeing Khalistan to Parliament. Do not sup- stroying the moral fabric of Sikhism as a re- Tuesday, February 24, 2004 port Badal or the Akalis. They are corrupt ligion and a society. They should be ashamed and have betrayed the Khalsa Panth. Not of themselves. In addition to stealing from Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today, to even a single Akali protested the unprece- the people of Punjab, Mr. Badal worked honor Julie DeMaria and her family, and the dented corruption of Badal. They have dis- against the cause of Sikh freedom. Badal was people of San Jose on the establishment of graced the name of the old Akalis who sac- under the complete control of his masters in rificed their lives for the well being of the Operation Care and Comfort. New Delhi, the militant, fundamentalist Operation Care and Comfort is a self-fund- Sikh Nation. Hindu nationalist BJP. He has a long record The Guru gave sovereignty to the Sikh Na- of betraying the Sikh Nation. ed, all-volunteer organization whose sole pur- tion. (‘‘In Grieb Sikhin Ko Deon Patshahi.’’) The Akali Dal conspired with the Indian pose is to supply care packages to the men The Sikh Nation must achieve it. We always government in 1984 to invade the Golden and women of our military serving oversees. remember it by reciting every morning and Temple to murder Sant Bhindranwale and Since last summer Julie rallied neighborhood evening, ‘‘Raj Kare Ga Khalsa.’’ Now is the 20,000 other Sikh during June 1984 in Punjab. volunteers and businesses to donate items, in- time to act on it. Do we mean what we say If Sikhs will not even protect the sanctity of cluding T-shirts, pins, hats and food items to every morning and evening? the Golden Temple, how can the Sikh Nation send in the care packages. Most importantly, The fire of freedom still burns strong and survive as a nation? bright in the heart of the Sikh Nation. Last The Akali Dal has lost all its credibility. hand written letters of support are included in year Sikhs openly held seminars in Punjab The Badal government was so corrupt openly each package to the troops, showing our grati- on the subject of Khalistan. This is a very and no Akali leader would come forward and tude, and support for their service to our coun- good sign and we salute the people who par- tell Badal and his wife to stop this unparal- try. ticipated in these seminars. They are keep- leled corruption. That is why the Akali Dal Because of Julie’s efforts, the San Jose ing the flame of freedom lit. Now I urge was defeated in the elections by the Congress community has now shipped over 27,500 Sikhs to unite and take action to liberate Party. The Sikh Nation never can forgive or pounds of care packages to our troops and our homeland, Punjab, Khalistan. It is time forget the attack on the Golden Temple. The she is still going! Her devotion to her commu- to start a Shantmai Morcha to liberate Congress Party is the enemy of the Sikh Na- Khalistan from Indian occupation. tion. Badal was so corrupt that the Sikhs nity and love for her country does not go un- Never forget that the Akal Takht Sahib had to vote for their enemy, the Congress recognized. and Darbar Sahib are under the control of Party, rather than Badal and his henchmen On behalf of the House of Representatives, the Indian government, the same Indian gov- because there was no other party to vote for. I want to thank Julie DeMaria, her family, and ernment that has murdered over a quarter of Because Sikhs are slaves in India, there is all the volunteers in the San Jose Community a million Sikhs in the past twenty years. nobody to defend the Sikh interests inter- involved in Operation Care and Comfort for The Jathedar of the Akal Takht and the nationally. Recently, an issue came up of the their service to the United States. head granthi of Darbar Sahib toe the line French banning the wearing of turbans in that the Indian government tells them. They school. If Khalistan were free, the Sikh Na- f are not appointed by the Khalsa Panth. The tion could call the French Ambassador and REMEMBERING LUCILLE SGPC, which appoints them, does not rep- tell him to stop this harassment of Sikhs. WESTBROOK resent the Sikh Nation anymore. They have Our Ambassador to France would tell the become the puppets of the Indian govern- French government the same thing: the tur- ment and have lost credibility with the Sikh ban is part of the Sikh religion and Sikhs HON. MIKE ROSS Nation. Otherwise they would behave like a should not be harassed. OF ARKANSAS real Jathedar, Jathedar Gurdev Singh Remember the words of Professor Darshan IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Kaunke, rather than like Indian government Singh, former Akal Takht Jathedar: ‘‘If a puppet Jathedar Aroor Singh, who gave a Sikh is not a Khalistani, he is not a Sikh.’’ Tuesday, February 24, 2004 Siropa to General Dyer for the massacre at Sikhs should vote only for candidates who Mr. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take Jalianawa Bagh. These institutions will re- are prepared to do so. Otherwise, you are this time to rise in honor of the life and lasting main under the control of the Indian regime just voting to condemn your children and until we free the Sikh homeland, Punjab, grandchildren to continued slavery under memory of Lucille Westbrook. Lucille, a fifth- Khalistan, from Indian occupation and op- brutal Brahmin theocratic rule. generation Arkansan, was born in the small pression and sever our relations with the The time to achieve our independence is town of Nathan, attended Nashville public New Delhi government. now. India is not one country. It has 18 offi- schools, and spent her life as an involved cit- Yet the Akali Dal continues to support cial languages. Soon Kashmir will be free izen, advancing issues dearest to her and Badal, even though he was prosecuted and from Indian occupation. Now America is in- worked to preserve the heritage of her com- jailed for his corruption. According to India- volved in it. As L.K. Advani predicted, munity and state. She passed away Saturday, West, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau carried ‘‘When Kashmir goes, India goes.’’ We agree January 31, 2004, at the age of 86. out raids on Badal’s properties for several with him. months and filed a charge-sheet in a local When I met President Bush on December 5, Described by those who knew her well as court charging Mr. Badal with siphoning off he personally told me, ‘‘I am aware of the ‘‘brilliant’’ and ‘‘beloved’’, Lucille was a well Rs. 784 million, the equivalent of $17 million Sikh and Kashmiri problem and we stopped known face and name to the citizens of How- in U.S. money, during his five years as chief India and Pakistan from going to nuclear ard County. Early in her life, she worked for

VerDate jul 14 2003 05:53 Feb 25, 2004 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A24FE8.035 E24PT1 E200 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks February 24, 2004 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and later with planning and installation of Minuteman III tainly deserves the praise and admiration of for Senator William J. Fulbright. Lucille re- missiles at SAC bases in North Dakota. this body of Congress and this Nation. Mark, mained active in Democratic politics, serving After his training as a radar navigator, Colo- thank you for your dedicated service. as an election official in Democratic primaries nel Gandy was assigned to a BÐ52 combat f and general elections in Howard County. crew of the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, North She remained an active and influential Dakota. He served as an instructor and flight CONGRATULATING CHARLES member of the community through her volun- examiner with the Wing’s Standardization and FLACK UPON RECEIVING THE teer service and civic activities. She was a Evaluation Division during his ARC Light tour B’NAI B’RITH COMMUNITY SERV- charter member of the Mine Creek Chapter of to U Tapao Air Base, Thailand and Anderson, ICE AWARD the Daughters of the American Revolution, a AFB, Guam. Upon Colonel Gandy’s return to Board member of the Nashville Cemetery As- the United States, he received orders to the HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI sociation, and a Board member and President Plans, Policy, and Programs Division at Head- OF PENNSYLVANIA of the Howard County Library System. quarters SAC where he worked to increase IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Lucille’s thirst for knowledge led her to be- our Nation’s security. Tuesday, February 24, 2004 come the area’s unofficial historian. In this ca- While on inactive duty in the Tennessee Air pacity, she co-founded the Southwest Arkan- National Guard as a CÐ130 navigator, he par- Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today sas Regional Archives in Washington, Arkan- ticipated in numerous exercises and deploy- to recognize my very good friend, Charles sas where she volunteered for 24 years, serv- ments to Europe, Central and South America, ‘‘Rusty’’ Flack, Jr., of Dallas, Pennsylvania, ing as Director of the Archives from 1990Ð and Southwest Asia in support of Operations who received the Community Service Award 2002. Other projects important to her included Just Cause and Desert Shield. from the Seligman J. Strauss Lodge No. 139 working to restore and preserve buildings in In July 1993 Colonel Gandy received a of the B’nai B’rith. Mr. Flack received the nearby Washington and completing a book commission in the Louisiana State Guard, pro- award on February 22, 2004 at the 58th an- about the Corinth area in Howard County. moted to the rank of Colonel, and served as nual Lincoln Day Dinner. I ask that my col- I know the impact which individuals like Lu- the Disaster Preparedness Liaison for the City leagues join me in congratulating Mr. Flack for cille can have on a small community. She con- of New Orleans. This assignment made him a this well-deserved honor and expressing our tinually made a priority of helping others learn key player with the state and the city to im- appreciation for the positive contributions he more about their neighborhoods, communities prove hurricane preparedness. has made to Northeastern Pennsylvania as and family heritages. In 1979, the Arkansas During his career he was awarded the De- both a businessman and as a member of the Historical Association recognized her work in fense Service Medal, Air Force Commendation community. preserving the role of history in our lives by Medal, and the Air Medal for Meritorious For nearly a quarter of a century, Mr. Flack establishing an annual $500 award, named in Achievement, among others. has served as Chairman and CEO of Diamond her honor, to the author of the best report on Much of his success was due to the total Manufacturing Company, a West Wyoming- a topic in Arkansas history. and unwavering support of his wife, Janice based company that employs 250 individuals I extend my warmest sympathies to her and two children David and Tricia. and has grown to become North America’s brother Parker Westbrook of Nashville, her ex- On behalf of the United States Congress, I largest supplier of perforated metals. In 1998, tended family, and the countless friends and would like to recognize this brave airman for the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Busi- individuals who knew and loved Lucille. the example he has set for our country, and ness and Industry bestowed upon Diamond Manufacturing Company its Small Business of f for Northwest Florida. I offer my sincere thanks for all that he has done for Northwest the Year Award, and in 2001, Diamond Manu- HONORING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF Florida and the United States of America. facturing earned the distinction of being one of LT. COLONEL PETE GANDY the Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania. f These achievements are especially noteworthy HON. JEFF MILLER TRIBUTE TO MARK MARCHUS because Rusty and his brother Hal inherited OF FLORIDA Diamond Manufacturing under tragic cir- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. SCOTT McINNIS cumstances when their father died suddenly at an early age. Although only in their twenties Tuesday, February 24, 2004 OF COLORADO IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES when they took over the business, Rusty and Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise Hal have led Diamond not only to survive, but today to recognize the achievements of one of Tuesday, February 24, 2004 to thrive. my constituents, who will soon be joining the Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to Mr. Speaker, I do not rise today merely to ranks of the retired commissioned officers of take this opportunity to recognize Mark extol the success Mr. Flack has had as a busi- the United States Air Force, Lt. Colonel Pete Marchus and thank him for his many contribu- nessman, though those accomplishments Gandy. tions to Routt County, Colorado. After 6 years should not be dismissed. Despite the respon- Colonel Gandy, a master navigator with of impeccable service to the Routt County Re- sibilities any small business demands from its 3,600 flying hours and a graduate of the gional Building Department, Mark announced owner, Rusty has always remained involved in Squadron Officers School and Air Command his impending retirement. He has done much numerous civic, religious and educational en- and Staff College, has served his country hon- to enhance his community, and I would like to deavors and organizations. In each instance, orably and faithfully for the past thirty years. take this opportunity to thank him for his serv- he has performed with a commitment worthy Upon graduation through the ROTC pro- ice. of the award he is about to receive. I have gram at Memphis State University, he was During his tenure with the Routt County Re- called upon him myself on numerous occa- commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Air gional Building Department, Mark distin- sions to seek his counsel and request his as- Force. Colonel Gandy later received training guished himself as an able and competent sistance in mediating difficult situations. The as a navigator at Mather Air Force Base in leader. He made the department more cus- respect with which he is held within the com- California. tomer friendly, and was instrumental in devel- munity helped enormously in bringing adverse Throughout Colonel Gandy’s career, he was oping a computer tracking system to aid con- parties together. assigned a multitude of important missions for tractors to monitor each step involved in re- Among his many civic activities, Mr. Flack the betterment of our country’s security. His ceiving a building permit. He also implemented currently serves as Chairman of the Wyoming work history and past responsibilities have an interactive voice system that allows con- Valley Health Care System, the largest em- served as a testament of faith and trust that tractors to request building inspections until ployer in Luzerne County; as the treasurer of America has bestowed upon him. Midnight the day before. These technological the Wyoming Seminary, a prominent KÐ12 While on active duty, he was assigned Chief improvements significantly improved the de- preparatory school in Northeastern Pennsyl- of the Munitions Maintenance Division, 1st partment’s efficiency. vania; and as a trustee for the College of Strategic Air Division at Vandenburg AFB, Mr. Speaker, it is a great privilege to honor Misericordia, a leading institution of higher California, where he was responsible for test Mark Marchus and wish him all the best as he learning. As an active member of the Prince of launches for Minuteman III and Titan II ICBM steps down on April 30 from the Routt County Peace Episcopal Church in Dallas, Pennsyl- re-entry vehicles. Colonel Gandy also served Regional Building Department. He has dedi- vania, Mr. Flack has sung in the choir, taught at Strategic Air Command Headquarters at cated his time and energy toward the better- religion to young churchgoers, and served in Offutt AFB, Nebraska where he was involved ment of the Routt county community and cer- the vestry as a senior warden.

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