September ,4, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22901 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS WHAT'S YOUR DEGREE WORTH? college degree. And I'm sure you know that course, today you've just met Verne Palm­ WHOM DO YOU OWE? THE the odds for your making more money and burg, Vice President of sales for a large agri­ COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS OF being more economically independent are in business corporation and Neal Jorgensen, a DR. GEORGE R. FIELD your favor. But I want to talk about more distinguished professor at the University of than just money. You might be interested Wisconsin-Madison. There have even been a to know that during this graduation season, couple of university presidents among our HON. STEVE GUNDERSON starting a few weeks ago and ending mid­ graduates but, somehow, they have not been OF WISCONSIN June, there will be approximately one mil­ selected as distinguished alumni. Our gradu­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lion BA degrees conferred, 300,000 MAs and ates have achieved success and recognition 35,000 PhDs throughout the United States. in all walks of life, just like those graduates Wednesday, September 4, 1985 There will be 15,000 degrees conferred from the East, the West and the South. Car­ Mr. GUNDERSON. Mr. Speaker, after 17 throughout the University of Wisconsin dinal Newman once said, "No one was ever years of distinguished service as chancellor System, and we will confer approximately honored for what they received, honor has of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, 550 at UW-River Falls. There will be at least been a reward for what one gave." Those 2,000 four-year public or private universities pictures on the wall are of men and women one of five University of Wisconsin cam­ granting degrees during this period. Ap­ puses in my district, Dr. George R. Field is from this University who have given much proximately 600 are public, state supported to their profession and to the communities retiring. universities. Around 75 of these public state in which they live. On May 25, 1985, Dr. Field delivered his supported state universities are very well Let me give you some examples from insti­ final commencement address as chancellor. known. The balance are relatively unknown. tutions like the University of Wisconsin­ I am pleased to include that address enti­ A book was written in 1962 called "Colleges River Falls-institutions that aren't in the tled "What's Your Degree Worth? Whom of the Forgotten America." We were the col­ upper elite, colleges of the forgotten Amer­ Do You Owe?" in the Record for the bene­ leges of the forgotten America. Almost a ica. In fact, institutions like us but with dif­ quarter of a century later, since that book ferent names, perhaps some names you've fit of my colleagues and their constituents. was written, we no longer are in that catego­ COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS SPRING, 1985 never heard. Former President Lyndon ry, forgotten, but we are gaining P.restige, Johnson was graduated from Southwest At this point in the program, I usually in­ distinction, and we do have academ1c qual­ Texas State University; Julian Goodman, troduce our commencement speaker. But ity. President of the National Broadcasting since this is my last year as Chancellor, the An interesting question might be, "How Company, Western Kentucky University; Public Relations Committee asked me to does your degree stack up against the one James A. Michener, author and Pulitzer give the commencement address. I also million or, for those of you receiving the prize winner, University of Northern Colora­ heard by the grapevine that they knew it Masters Degree, the 300,000? Is the degree do; the honorable Val Peterson, former gov­ wouldn't cost the university a cent, so I get you're receiving as good as those from Har­ to introduce myself. I have been President ernor of Nebraska and former Ambassador vard, the University of Michigan, the Uni­ to Denmark and Finland, Wayne State Col­ or Chancellor of this University since 1968, versity of Wisconsin-Madison, the Universi­ 17 years. I have attended 32 out of 34 grad­ lege in Nebraska; Marvin Stone, editor of ty of California-Berkeley, Stanford, etc.? Is U.S. News and World Report, Marshall Uni­ uations during this time. I missed one due to it better or worse? My answer is that it may illness and one to attend my son's gradua­ versity in West Virginia; Val Fitch, a physi­ be worse for a year or two and then equal cist, winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize for Sci­ tion at the University of Colorado. But in­ for a lifetime. Why worse? Many people stead of telling you more about me, let me ence, Chadron State College in Nebraska; lcok upon the prestigious as being better. Barbara Jordan, former congresswoman tell you about this University. Consciously or unconsciously employers will My talk may be more sentimental and from Texas, holder of the LBJ Centennial look at vitae, resumes, and say, "Oh, some­ Chair on National Policy at the University emotional than "world wise" because this one from Harvard-must be good." Compar­ University means much to those of us who of Texas, is an alumna of Texas Southern ing Harvard to the University of Wisconsin­ University in Houston, a black college; Mike work here. My mother and father were River Falls, one might ask, "Where is the graduated from the University of Wiscon­ Mansfield, former Senator and U.S. Ambas­ University of Wisconsin-River Falls?" Until sador to Japan, Montana College of Mineral sin-River Falls in 1923. I had uncles who you get that first job, you may have to be graduated before 1920. I have aunts and Science and Technology; Dan Rather, more patient and a better fighter to get you've all heard of him, the CBS anchor­ cousins who attended here. My three sons your foot in the door. Initially, you may be and two daughters have been at this univer­ man, from Sam Houston State University in at a disadvantage, but after that first job, Texas; Thurgood Marshall, Justice of the sity and my wife received her degree a few everything is equal. years back. Many faculty and staff can take United States Supreme Court, from Lincoln the podium and say much the same thing. Now you will be compared to another indi­ University in Pennsylvania; Leontyne Price, This place is more than a University to most vidual, not to where he or she received a the famous opera singer, from Central Uni­ of us, it's family. Now as a family, like all degree and where you received your degree. versity in Ohio; and Robert Dole, United families, we have our good points and bad. In five and certainly by ten years, no one States Senator from Kansas, Washburn We're not perfect but we try to be human. will ask, "Where did you get your degree?" University in Topeka, Kansas. I mention They will ask what kind of person you are, these names to make my point, that the We work within a large system of higher how you work, how you think, how you education and we work for the State of Wis­ degree you are receiving today is as good as consin. We are not an island to do what we communicate and what you've accomplished any degree conferred in the United States. want. We have system rules and state and so far in your particular assignment. Lee Ia­ You can go far with the basics that you've federal regulations. But within this bu­ cocca, in his autobiography, made a state­ obtained during your time at this Universi­ ment that formal learning can teach you a ty. So the good news and my theme-you reaucracy we try to be flexible and respon­ great deal, but many of the essential skills sive. I've listened to 31 commencement ad­ can be proud of the degree that you will re­ dresses. It will be 32 if I listen to this one. in life are the ones you develop on your ceive today. The bad news or good news de­ Most were good, especially those at the fall own. This university has given you the pending upon your perspective, is that now graduation exercises when the faculty basics, the start. Now it's up to you. you have to prove it. It's not where you get Let me prove my point that your degree is your degree but what you do with it. member who has been selected as the distin­ as good as any in the United States by men­ guished teacher gives the address. Most tioning a few of our graduates. Look at the WHY WERE OUR KIND OF UNIVERSITIES commencement speeches have a theme, a wall as you walk into the Student Center ESTABLISHED? message and, of course, a charge to you as Ballroom. You will see pictures of men and Gunnar Myrdal, the Swedish Nobel prize you leave. I will do that too. women. These are our distinguished alumni. winner in economics, stated that, "Educa­ WHAT'S YOUR DEGREE WORTH? You will find doctors, lawyers, professors, tion has in America's whole history been All research indicates that you will make vice chancellors, businessmen, an astronaut, the major hope for improving the individual more money than those who don't obtain a researchers, distinguished politicians and, of and society." This University was a Normal

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member of the Senate on the floor. Boldface type indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. 22902 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September ,4, 1985 School, a teachers' college, a state college, owe many. If, as I hand you your diploma munity, give back some of your time and and now it's a University. We were estab­ today, I were to hand you a bill for the full effort to activities where you live. Let me lished for the people, for those not able to cost of instruction of your education, I end by giving you a few quotes-quotes that go to Harvard or to travel far from home­ would hand you your diploma and a bill for I've heard over the years and that I cannot for those, not affluent, who needed a $20,000 and that's a fairly conservative esti­ improve upon. Woodrow Wilson before he chance to better themselves and to improve mate. If I include the cost of depreciation of was President of the United States was society. Many of our forefathers, especially buildings, it would be $40,000 and that's cer­ President of Princeton University, and he Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln, tainly a rough guess. And if I add the cost of said to students, "Don't forget as you walk believed that to have a strong democracy land, it would be $50,000. So you owe plenty. these classic places, that you are here to you need to educate the masses. So we're in What should you do about this debt? Well, enrich the world and you impoverish your­ existence to educate ordinary people. And for the first few years, you better not com­ selves if you forget the errands." You too all of the schools that I mentioned previous­ plain about taxes. Then, after you take that will have a less' satisfying life if you forget ly were established for the same reason. first job and you save and struggle for eco­ the errand. Another one, Dr. Jonas Salk on We're to give you, the individual, the oppor­ nomic security, and you become reasonably the recent 30th anniversary of the develop­ tunity to improve, to improve society, and to comfortable, it's time for you to take on the ment of polio vaccine, when asked what his strengthen democracy. There is no question other jobs that we all shy away from-jobs greatest reward was, did not stress the elimi­ but that the hopes and dreams of the with no glory and many headaches. For ex­ nation of the disease along with the misery human race still lie in the power of educat­ ample, run for the school board or the and hurt that accompanies the disease. ed men and women. State colleges and uni­ police commission, volunteer to be on the Rather, he quoted Ralph Waldo Emerson versities like UW-River Falls educate about park and recreation board or seek election who said, "The greatest reward is the oppor­ one-quarter of all the people attending insti­ to the city council or the county board. It's tunity to do something more." You will tutions of higher education in the United interesting to note that even in River Falls, short change yourself if you don't do some­ States and most of our clientele are from most people say, "I hope they solve this thing more. Beverly Sills, who retired from small towns What growth and knowledge for so many. Nicaragua, and Honduras "indicate that dis­ about those eighty or ninety people who are cussion of the issue has become common­ going to be killed when we bomb the Czech place in official circles," and that in the L-39 jet trainers? What if a lot more people QUESTIONS ON U.S. NICARAGUA United States "the mood on Capitol Hill in POLICY are killed-say, eight thousand, or maybe the last few weeks appears to have shifted nine thousand? Once we have fallen off the sharply against the Sandinista govern­ HON. TED WEISS ment." General Paul F. Gorman told Con­ log, what, exactly, are we thinking of doing gress this winter that even if military aid in Nicaragua? That is, are we going to OF NEW YORK for the Contras fighting the Sandinistas insure a democratic, non-repressive govern­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES were renewed the rebels could not be ex­ ment? Or will we be satisfied as long as the government is anti-Communist? Are we Wednesday, September 4, 1985 pected to change the Nicaraguan govern­ ment "in the foreseeable future." There­ completely convinced that the agent who Mr. WEISS. Mr. Speaker, as the debate fore, the next step the Administration is did the man-in-the-street interviews was a continues on the expanding American role most likely to take, said "several officials," good reporter, and that other Latin-Ameri­ in the war against the Government and is to end diplomatic relations. Senator Rich­ can countries will welcome this invasion? people of Nicaragua, I suggest that we con­ ard Lugar, the chairman of the Senate For­ What if some of them get angry and repudi­ sider some of its implications, as explored eign Relations Committee, told the Times ate their debts to American banks? What by the editors of the New Yorker in the that he thought this would happen soon, about the difficulties in distinguishing be­ issue of June 17, 1985. and "then we might recognize a government tween farmer and figher which led to, say, in exile." As for how the war to install that the trouble at My Lai-have we figured out [From the New Yorker, June 17, 19851 government might begin, "American offi­ how to prevent them? Will our allies in the On Tuesday of last week, in the first of cials say they have not dropped the threat free world support us, and should we care? two articles on American military policy in to destroy" any MIG jets that the Nicara­ Maybe some Americans-college students Nicaragua, the Times quoted "an intelli­ guans might get from the Soviet Union; in and such-will get angry and alienated: how gence official whose opinions have been so­ fact, "they have broadened it to include much damage will that do to our country? Is licited by members of the National Security Czech-built L-39 jet training planes." The there any way, short of our removing its Council" as saying that an American inva­ Times explained, "The idea is that Ameri­ government, for us to live in peace with sion of Nicaragua would be as easy as "fall­ can warplanes would destroy the new planes ing off a log." The story described a new air­ and try not to hit anything else. Then in Nicaragua? How much money will all this field at Palmerola, in the Honduran high­ theory the attack would end. cost, and are there better things to spend lands west of Tegucigalpa, which was dedi­ But a senior Administration official said: that money on? cated in February. The field, one of eight in 'I've never been able to see how that kind of How much should we rely on experts and the country, has an eight-thousand-foot, phased operation stops because it sets off an officials in this matter? Is there anyone else lighted, all-weather runway, which "shim­ action-reaction. If we hit the airport and to rely on? Will falling off the log involve mers like a mirage in the midst of a sprawl­ maybe kill eighty or ninety people, they defoliating parts of Nicaragua, and, if so, ing military town of wood huts, camou­ could come at the embassy,'" If they didn't will there be food shortages and the like? flaged anti-aircraft emplacements and come at the embassy, the official added, The ex-Somocistas in the Contra camps­ repair shops." The story also noted that this they might do something else to provoke an what will their role be in the new Nicara­ year the United States Army's Southern attack. "It is difficult to find anyone, friend gua? If the Russians are so deeply involved Command is scheduled to receive a detach­ or foe of the Nicaraguan government, who in Nicaragua, is there any danger that an ment of C-7 Caribou planes, which are capa­ is confident the Sandinistas will not make a American invasion of Nicaragua will esca­ ble of "landing troops or materiel" on any miscalculation that could lead to a military late into something larger? Will an invasion of nine hundred "tiny, undeveloped air­ confrontation with the United States," the hamper efforts to, say, reach arms-control strips" in the region. According to the Times reported. "Many American military agreements? Will the land that that has Times, "United States intelligence sources and diplomatic officials" have told their been given to peasants under the Sandinis­ in the region have told their superiors in "superiors in Washington" that when a con­ tas be returned to its former owners? Will Washington that major Nicaraguan installa­ frontation comes neighboring countries an invasion undercut international law? Is tions are lightly defended"-that thirteen would welcome it. If the United States in­ international law a useful idea? What, ex­ potential targets in the Managua area are vaded Nicaragua, a Costa Rican official said, actly, will we feel when we watch the bodies guarded only by 57-millimetre and 37-milli­ his government would issue a statement metre anti-aircraft guns-and therefore, one "saying something like 'it is unfortunate of soldiers being returned to the United intelligence officer has said, "if proper tatics that the Cuban and Soviet advisers were in­ States-will our determination waver or will and proper ordnance were applied to those vited in, and that the Sandinistas provoked it increase? Have we citizens of the United sites, they'd never know what hit them." it.' " An American intelligence officer who States collectively given this whole business Another "political military officer in the has interviewed dozens of people in Nicara­ as much study as any one of us would give, region" outlined for the Times the most gua and has been called upon to "brief nu­ say, the purchase of a new car? plausible scenario in the event of a full-scale merous senior Administration officials on conflict: "The U.S. would come in heavily his views-including Mr. Weinberger, Mr. for a month or so, mostly with air strikes McFarlane, and Gen. John W. Vessey Jr., against major facilities. Then a new govern- the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff" September 4, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22905 HAPPY HAROLD THAXTON "I thought we were Hee Haw before its OWING 1 CENT TO THE IRS time," said Turner, who is now Channel 10's consumer reporter. "He helped me get start­ HON. WILLIAM LEHMAN ed in television, so I owe him a lot." HON. PHILIP M. CRANE The show's first on-screen sponsor was OF ILLINOIS OF FLORIDA "Alabama Bill" Lehman, a used car sales­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES man who is now a congressman. Wednesday, September 4, 1985 Wednesday, September 4, 1985 The program later moved to Channel 17 and the name was changed to "Sunset Mr. CRANE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to Mr. LEHMAN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, Ranch." Still later, it aired on Channel 10. share with you a letter I recently received my friend, Happy Harold Thaxton, is gone. With his engaging grin and gravelly voice, from a constituent about the penalty he His loss, for all of his literally thousands of Mr. Thaxton continued to charm radio and had to pay for miscalculating his income friends in south Florida, will make our TV audiences until 1965. tax liability. While I understand the impor­ world a less joyous place. Our community, But he was never totally absent from the tance the Internal Revenue Service places small screen. From 1969 to 1978, he hosted without Happy, will no longer have so zest­ public television station WPBT's yearly auc­ on ensuring that everyone pays his or her ful a personality. tions, and was the local host for the Cere­ fair share of taxes in order to reduce the Happy was not known by that name bral Palsy telethons from 1972 to 1978. deficit, this letter mustrates what incredi­ solely because of his own buoyant person­ In 1972, Mr. Thaxton joined Dynamic be­ ble lengths the IRS has gone to in carrying ality. He was called "Happy" because that cause he saw cable television "as the coming out its task. Should we really be squeezing is the way that he made others feel. thing," he said five years ago. He remained pennies out of taxpayers to reduce the defi­ He had a great gift and a rare quality. No with the company until his death. cit? one encountered Harold Thaxton without "He was the kind of person who had a real FRITZSCHE INDUSTRIAL PARK INC., feeling better. His calling in life was to impact on you when you met," Fuchs said. 484 WEGNER ROAD, make others happy, and this he accom­ "He was the epitome of life." McHenry, IL. plished with such success that never did a In a semi-conscious state the day before U.S. Representative PHIL CRANE, nickname fit a man better. he died, Mr. Thaxton's wife asked him "to 56 N. Williams Street, give me that "Happy Harold" smile," she Crystal Lake, IL. I would like to share the following article DEAR PHIL: I thought that you would be about this outstanding man with my col­ said. "And he gave it to me." In addition to his wife, survivors include interested in how efficient "The" Internal leagues. his mother, Susie; four sisters, Annetta Eu­ Revenue System is. As you will note the bill [From the Miami Herald, Aug. 16, 19851 banks, Sara Proctor, Joyce Thaxton and had to be made out and sent, costing a mini­ HAROLD THAXTON, CABLEVISION EXECUTIVE Mabel Peters, and a brother, A.L. mum of 23 cents (postage alone). This of

51-059 0-86-4 (Pt. 17) 22930 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 4, 1985 improve within their own scale of values to all Mexicans without the creation of two A country and its political system cannot and cultural models. critical factors-political and economic free­ be judged by one electoral campaign. To be It is important to point out that new polit­ dom. We do not see how the Mexican gov­ able to understand and to analyze that ical leaders have been elected by Mexico in erning institutions can escape from either, country's electoral processes in an objective each of its electoral proceedings; this has as PRI attempted to do in last weekend's manner, it is necessary to study its history undeniably been the continued decision of elections. and political movements in depth. Superfi­ the majority of Mexicans and of Mexicans Though it's true that Mexico has been cial analysis may be the reason why the ar­ only. ruled by a single party for most of the cen­ ticle suggests that a bi-party system is the Most of the voters believe that their legiti­ tury, it is no Cuba. People speak, move and only legitimate form of democracy. To deny mate popular representatives have gradual­ publish freely in Mexico. The country is de­ the Mexican multiparty system is to deny ly promoted the country's development and veloping an educated middle class. Mexico's right of expression and political participa­ maintained domestic and international admirable system of personal freedom has, tion to other ideologies and ways of living peace for several decades, notwithstanding in short, created a large population of equally respectable. the crises and hardships that Mexico, like smart, opinionated people. This explains On the other hand the editiorial is unfair even already industrialized countries, has why an opposition party like PAN has come to the Mexican nation in saying that "many faced throughout its long process of devel­ into existence; it's hardly surprising that of Mexico's most motivated workers surge opment. progress and modernization wc•.•ld impinge into the U.S.," while "Mr. de la Madrid is JORGE ESPINOSA DE LOS REYES, on PRI's closed system of political and eco­ left with a politically dispirited and cynical Ambassador of Mexico. nomic rewards. population." However, pretending to be bal­ Washington, July 17, 1985. PRI and the Mexican government can try anced, the article contradicts itself in an­ to adapt to this healthy political develop­ other paragraph, indicating with patroniz­ [From the Wall Street Journal, July 12, ment, as President de la Madrid sometimes ing attitude that "Mexico's admirable 1985] has. Or they can try to kill it, as PRI did system of personal freedom has, in short, MExiCAN DEBACLE last weekend in Nuevo Leon and Sonora. created a large population of smart, opin­ It is time for Mexico's responsible leaders But efforts to prop up such an increasingly ionated people." as well as the country's friends outside to sit artificial political system have serious eco­ JORGE ESPINOSA DE LOS REYES, down and do some serious stock-taking. nomic implications. While many of Mexico's Ambassador of Mexico. Mexico is a troubled nation, a fact made most motivated workers surge into the U.S, Washington. plain by last weekend's midterm elections. It Mr. de la Madrid is left with a politically is not merely that the ruling Institutional dispirited and cynical population to respond Revolutionary Party practiced some to his government's efforts at economic PRAYER ON THE DEATH OF ballot-box fraud. As the nearby Americas reform. And when a party system is willing APARTHEID column by Journal reporter Steve Frazier to endure international obloquy to steal makes clear, PRI's behavior in many Mexi­ elections, it will scarcely be likely to attract can polling places was so unabashedly needed foreign capital. More important, it HON. WALTER E. FAUNTROY brazen and unapologetic as to tum the will not be able to offer the opportunities to OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Mexican elections into a pathetic event. being back the capital its own citizens have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The days leading up to the elections were moved abroad. full of promise. A serious and historically We don't mean to underestimate the diffi­ Wednesday, September 4, 1985 unprecedented challenge to PRI's hegemo­ culty Mr. de la Madrid and his associates Mr. F AUNTROY. Mr. Speaker, on August ny by the National Action Party There is much for us to do, if peace and har­ ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF section 101 of the Immigration and mony are to descend on that distant, trou­ RAILROAD, Nationality Act <8 U.S.C. llOl of this sec­ We are gathered today to mourn the vic­ tion and sections 245, 252, and 257, a person tims of that wickedness, and to insure that LEGISLATION TO FACILITATE serving as an operator of a motor common their deaths will have meaning. The authors TRADE AND TOURISM carrier of passengers". of the Talmud wrote that, "The righteous Section 101<15> of such Act <8 are called 'living' even when they are dead, HON. CHARLES E. SCHUMER U.S.C. 1101<15> as an board boxes, visible tokens for us who have Wednesday, September 4, 1985 operator of a motor common carrier of pas· assembled at this symbolic funeral. But it is sengers engaged in regular route transport the evil of Apartheid and its supporters that Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, today I am across an international boundary who in­ today we call dead. True, we are gathered at introducing legislation to facilitate trade tends (I} to travel to his destination in the a funeral, but it is Apartheid and not its vic­ and tourism between the United States and United States with intermittent stops as tims that we have come to bury. The living Canada by allowing Canadian bus drivers prescribed by the schedule established by God reminds us that our place-the place of to enter the United States on appropriate the carrier, (II) to remain in the United America, its government and its leaders­ visas. This legislation will correct an unin­ States temporarily and solely in pursuit of must be with the victims. tended inequity in our immigration laws his employment as an operator of such a Baruch Ata Adonai, Dayan Haemet. carrier, and to depart from the United Praised are you, 0 Lord, the judge of that allows airline and ship crews to stop States with the carrier on which he arrived truth." in the United States in the course of their or some other motor common carrier of pas­ business but does not allow the same privi­ sengers". lege to motor coach drivers. My bill, which Section 252 of such Act <8 U.S.C. OPPOSE CONRAIL TAKEOVER has also been introduced by Senators 1282) is amended by inserting "or stay" DECONCINI, LEAHY, and D'AMATO in the after "to land" each place it appears. HON. CARROLL HUBBARD, JR. other body, would bring bus drivers uncler <2> Section 252 of such Act is further the same immigration provisions as ship amended- OF KENTUCKY in subsection (a)(l), by inserting after IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and airplane crews. "port" the following: "and the period of Because of the current defect in the im­ Wednesday, September 4, 1985 time during which the motor common carri­ migration laws, travelers in the Northeast­ er of passengers remains in the United Mr. HUBBARD. Mr. Speaker, I received a ern United States, particularly in New States in accordance with the schedule es­ letter from one of my constituents, BJ. York, face the threat of a disruption in bus tablished by the carrier": and Goodwin of Fulton, KY, which I believe service. In recent years, Greyhound Bus in subsection <2> and in subsection might be of interest to my colleagues. BJ. drivers on routes that service points in , by striking out "or aircraft" each place Goodwin is general foreman of Illinois both Canada and the United States have it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ", aircraft or motor common carrier". Central Gulf Railroad at Fulton and is had trouble obtaining visas to drive their (d) Section 257 of such Act <8 U.S.C. 1287) strongly opposed to a Conrail takeover by routes. Indeed, since 1983, these drivers is amended by striking out "or aircraft" Norfolk Southern Corp. have only been allowed to work under each place it appears and inserting in lieu I hope my colleagues will take the time "emergency parole status," which will thereof ", aircraft, or motor common carri­ to read his comments about smaller, class I expire without chance for renewal in 1986. er". 22932 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 4, 1985 REV. JERRY FALWELL AND During a visit this week to South African Falwell's meddling in South African af­ SOUTH AFRICA President P. W. Botha, Falwell revealed his fairs, especially in such a sensitive area as insensitivity to the pain and agony of the 24 race relations, poses a danger to the lives of million blacks who live under the unjust blacks and whites there. Some observers of HON. LOUIS STOKES domination of the 5 million whites in South the South African scene have suggested OF OHIO Africa. that the recent attempts by blacks to attain IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES At the very time that Anglican Bishop justice and freedom will not be stopped Desmond Tutu, a delegation of leading until whites willingly permit blacks full citi­ Wednesday, September 4, 1985 South African churchmen and a host of zenship. Mr. STOKES. Mr. Speaker, Rev. Jerry other religious leaders from around the If the white minority does not respond Falwell, leader of the Moral Majority, has world, including Pope John Paul II, con­ willingly, permitting blacks to become equal let America and the world know just where demned South Africa's oppressive racial participants in the nation's government and laws, Falwell said he supported the very lim­ he stands on the preeminent moral issue of social and economic life, then many are pre­ ited (but mostly meaningless) racial reforms dicting a revolution that could tum out to our day-apartheid in South Africa. Jerry Botha proposed. be one of the worst bloodbaths in modem Falwell is not on the side of justice. He is In doing so, Falwell revealed his lack of history. not on the side of morality. understanding of the biblical ideal of justice Botha, and most other South African Instead, Rev. Jerry Falwell is on the side and righteousness. whites, already have displayed a stubborn of the immoral, racist, and repressive There is no doubt that the Old Testament intransigence against removing or even re­ South African Government. In effect, he is prophets, noted for their proclamation of forming apartheid. a supporter of apartheid. social and economic justice, would roundly To have Falwell, to whom South African condemn legally imposed racial separation whites are likely to attribute greater influ­ During a recent trip to South Africa, the such as exists in South Africa. man regarded as a key religious leader in ence than he really has in the United And, it is indeed difficult to understand States, appear to endorse Botha's present America, lent his support to one of the how the command of Jesus to love one's en­ policies, likely will make South African most unchristian and immoral govern­ emies, as well as one's neighbors, could be whites even less willing to remove apart­ ments in the world-South Africa. Jerry fitted into a system under which blacks are heid. Falwell stated that he supported the token treated as inferior. That could lead to the bloodshed many al­ reforms the Botha government has an­ "Indeed, how is it that a man of Falwell's ready believe is inevitable in South Africa. supposedly Christian background can sup­ Other church leaders, including Tutu, have nounced. Then, this so-called religious port a system that treats his black brothers leader labeled his religious brother, Nobel pleaded with Botha to attempt to avoid this. and sisters as inferior?" asked one American With all the money he collects from his Peace Prize winner Bishop Desmond Tutu, black this week while expressing dismay at a "phony." Finally, Falwell announced his begging for contributions on his religious Falwell's failure to morally condemn South television broadcasts, it is likely that Fal­ personal crusade to benefit the minority Africa for its racial policies. well's organization could buy a large run Pretoria government. He is launching a It has been said before that Falwell's number of the one-ounce Krugerrand gold $1 million public relations campaign to en­ brand of Christian fundamentalism is coins produced in South Africa. courage American investments in South hardly moral and that it does not represent He said he was going to urge Americans to a majority of American Christians, as its buy them as a sign of support for South Africa. name implies. Mr. Speaker, America and the religious In regard to his views on South African Africa. community now know just where Jerry treatment of blacks, there can be no doubt "We are going to present our cause," in a Falwell stands. On the issue of South that his views are not based on Christian million homes through television, Falwell Africa, he is not on the side of justice and said, to oppose economic sanctions that morality or ethics. Congress might enact. righteousness. Rather, he stands on the side And in light of the fact that legalized seg­ Falwell, who has decried the violation of of immorality and injustice. regation has largely been dismantled in the United States, either by changing laws or by human rights in Communist nations, appar­ We now must question how a man of ently believes social injustice is quite correct God could take such a warped position in the courts enforcing the Constitution, it seems unlike:y that a majority of Americans in South Africa, a nation he described as a the midst of the shocking facts. In South would support Falwell's misguided views on friend of the West. Africa, 24 million blacks live under the South Africa. Western friend or not, President Reagan, domination of 5 million whites. The majori­ Support for apartheid from any religious himself no friend of sanctions, is far more ty has been relegated to segregated and un­ leader, and especially one held in such moral in his judgment, made earlier this desirable homelands which comprise only esteem in the United States as well as in year, that "apartheid is repugnant." many other nations, is reminiscent of the Falwell is ethically and morally ignorant 10 percent of the land. Black South Afri­ in his views on South Africa's racial policies. cans are victimized daily by a host of Gov­ Christian leaders in Germany who support­ ernment-imposed economic, social, and po­ ed the Nazi regime and its murder of Jews, Gypsies and other Europeans. litical discriminatory practices. As the im­ Morally, it is a disgrace that Falwell en­ WESTWAY TRADE-IN DEADLINE patience of black South Africans to apart­ dorsed, as news reports said, Botha's analy­ SHOULD BE EXTENDED heid and the Government's heavy-handed sis that apartheid is only a system of racial retaliatory actions grow, the death toll and and tribal compartmentalization by which HON. MARIO BIAGGI arrests mount. South Africa is governed and that apartheid OF NEW YORK Through his recent statements, America's reflects a social reality, not a policy, and Moral Majority leader stands today with that reform is the government's policy. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the immoral minority Government in If apartheid is a mere social policy, then it Wednesday, September 4, 1985 is one that dictates that most of the blacks South Africa. remain poor, while whites are wealthier; Mr. BIAGGI. Mr. Speaker, today I am in­ Mr. Speaker, at this time, I would like to this forces a majority of blacks to live in so­ troducing an emergency measure that insert in the RECORD a recent Cleveland called black homelands that make up a little would extend until December 31 the dead­ Plain Dealer article on Rev. Jerry Falwell more than 10% of the nation's land mass line New York has to "trade in" Federal and the South African Government. and is the poorest land in the nation. Apartheid divides families by making it funds already designated for the Westway [From the Cleveland and re­ Wednesday, September 4, 1985 governor said. issued the permit in January. "We do not believe Judge Griesa will be But Greiesa ruled yesterday that SEIS Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, as we sustained on appeal." "should have but did not state" that: become deeply involved in the discussion of Mayor Koch said he backed Cuomo's "Westway is not needed for transportation tax reform, I call to the attention of my move "100 percent," adding: "I'm not throw­ purposes." colleagues this thoughtful and important ing in any towels." "Transportation needs can be satisfied by commentary. The following editorial by the existing roadway, improved at a cost of Griesa also labeled "incredible" an Army Edward Pendergast, printed in the Boston Corps of Engineers claim that Westway's $50 million." impact on the Hudson River's striped bass "The reason for the Westway landfill Herald of July 14, accurately depicts the population would be "minor and inconse­ project, estimated to cost $2 billion, is rede­ truth behind one aspect of the Reagan ad­ quential." velopment." ministration's proposal: a program which Griesa's permanent injunction bars the Griesa emphasized that this was the view will inevitably increase, not lower or neu­ Corps from giving Westway a vital permit not just of Westway opponents, but also of tralize, taxes. It is always important to con­ needed to create 200 acres of landfill on the Col. Fletcher Griffis, the Corps' district en­ sider the local effects of proposals that will Hudson shore. gineer. significantly alter national policy. I hope He also barred the Federal Highway Ad­ Griffis testified during the two-month ministration from paying 90 percent of trial that neither Westway nor the landfill my colleagues will give serious consider­ Westway's bill-estimated at up to $4 bil­ are needed for transportation purposes. ation to Mr. Pendergast's observations as lion. LawYers for the state also conceded in a we continue to debate the timely issue of And he blocked New York State from post-trial memorandum that Westway is not tax reform and simplification. building the highway. necessary for transportation. [From the Boston Herald, July 14, 1985] In a clear attempt to conclude the often­ However, Griesa noted, the environmental REAGAN PLAN TAXES Now ON MONEY You bitter, 11-year legal battle, Griesa insisted impact statement "characterized the project "two failures to justify the Westway landfill as primarily related to transportation GET LATER and federal funding for Westway under the needs" and did not "apprise the public of applicable legal standards should bring the the positions" subsequently expressed by With all the talk about tax reform and matter to an end. Griffis in court. simplication, President Reagan has insisted 22934 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 4, 1985 that he will not stand for an increase in money in December. How would you like A SCHOOLGIRL'S HOPE FOR taxes. At least one of his proposals is in that and is that fair? PEACE direct contrast to that statement. Thanks for the help, Mr. Reagan. You The section that relates to cash method of have proposed to make it so that any rea­ accounting will make any service industry sonably sizeable service organization will pay increased taxes for its unpaid accounts have to prepare a more complex return, be HON. JOHN R. McKERNAN, JR. receivable. taxed unfairly and have to slow down its Historically taxes for service companies growth so it can pay taxes for income that OF MAINE have been based on their receipt of cash they have not yet received. This is not so rather than performance of services. This is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES based on the theory that one is most able to funny for those of us who you bypass com­ pay taxes when one has received the cash pletely when you apply your test of simplifi­ Wednesday, September 4, 1985 cation, reform and fairness. for service rendered. Service companies Mr. McEDEIUSAN. M~ Speaker, Samantha don't deal in solid, tangible goods, so the Smith and her father, Arthur Smith, per­ income from their services is less assured than wholesalers, retailers or manufactur­ TRIBUTE TO JAN AND ALAN ished in a plane crash outside Auburn, ME, ers. SHULMAN early last week. This tragic accident ended What a service company does is maintain the life of a simple Maine schoolgirl who an inventory, if you could call it that, of the had become a symbol of hopes for peace time that has been expended and paid for HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN between the United States and the Soviet by the company in the form of payroll for OF CALIFORNIA Union. services for which the company has not yet received payment. In other words, you've IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Samantha's fame as a goodwill ambassa­ put the service company in the position of dress stemmed from her 1982 letter to then paying out cash for employees to perform a Wednesday, September 4, 1985 Soviet leader Yuri Andropov frankly service and paying out taxes for its income Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today asking, "Why do you want to conquer the before it has collected any cash. Everything to pay tribute to an outstanding couple in world, or at least our country?" Andropov is outgo as far as cash is concerned, and no our community, Jan and Alan Shulman. I responded by inviting Samantha to tour the income. This proposal is unfair and it is only a ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Soviet Union to better understand the method of raising additional taxes. If Presi­ these two tremendous individuals. Each Soviet people. During the tour that fol­ dent Reagan can show me that this is not a year the Pacific Southwest Region of the lowed, Samantha charmed both the Ameri­ tax increase for every service company that Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs presents can and Soviet publics with her frank and either has gross receipts in excess of $5 mil­ the coveted Red Yarmulke Humanitarian innocent questioning of why relations be­ lion or needs to show accrual accounting re­ Award to individuals who have given of sults to creditors in order to obtain credit, tween the two superpowers had to be so then I'll eat my hat. In its usual gibberish themselves for the betterment of the Jewish distrustful. As she said, "God made the there is some statement in the proposed law community and the strengthening of the world for us to live together in peace and that says "consideration will be given to Jewish family. I am happy to tell my col­ not to fight." taking into account the billing of clients for leagues that this year's deserving recipients The thing that made Samantha so en­ services in the use of the accrual method." of this award are the Shulmans. The hu­ dearing was that she kept her heart and If anybody knows what this means or thinks it is simplification I would be delighted to manitarian award will be presented to the mind open to all things. She asked, as only have them try to explain this to me. Shulmans at a gala dinner dance at Sinai a child can, the very basic questions that The cash basis of accounting for any com­ Temple on November 10, 1985. we, as adults, often overlook. She leap­ pany that does not maintain significant in­ Alan and Jan are truly model members frogged the sense of mistrust and hostility ventories has been allowed for 75 years. No of our community. Throughout their 32 that has dominated relations between our one that I have ever heard of has claimed years of marriage they have always given nations, and appealed to our basic instincts that this is unfair or that is in any way been an abuse as a way to pay taxes. I would like generously of their time and energy for im­ as people. She didn't accept the adult justi­ to find out if there is some purpose other portant causes. Jan served in a number of fications for the way things were, hoping than raising taxes. vice presidential posts for Valley Beth that "with more people thinking about In fact, even the notion that the proposal Shalom Synagogue as well as working in problems of the world, [I hope that] some­ might raise additional taxes is somewhat many capacities for the Women's League day soon we will find the way to world faulty in the long run. The proposal makes peace." the service company that is now reporting for Conservative Judaism and she served as on a cash basis accelerate its tax payments a member of the Congre_ssional Cabinet of Though her life was but a short 13 years, so that taxes that might ordinarily be paid the University of Judaism. She managed to Samantha Smith did much to further her next year will have to be paid this year. donate her time to these worthy causes belief in the need for peace. She fanned the After the first year or so the federal govern­ while also serving as the vice president of spark that many of us hold for improved ment will not raise any additional money Los Angeles Hebrew High School. Alan, an relations between the United States and the but the service company will have perma­ nently reduced its operating capital by ad­ attorney and CPA working as a partner in Soviet Union; she was a youthful bridge be­ vancing to Uncle Sam taxes on monies that a law firm in Century City, also managed tween our two countries, succeeding where customers have not yet paid. to find time to give to many worthwhile many diplomats and endless negotiations To try to make the proposal understand­ causes. Alan served as president of Valley have fallen short, opening our eyes and able in a microcosm, think of the young Beth Shalom Synagogue and was later hon­ ears to the reality of nuclear war by asking neighborhood child who comes around and ored as their "Man of the Year." In addi­ simply: "Please tell me how you are going mows your lawn. Suppose he comes on Friday and mows your lawn and you prom­ tion, he served as a member of the board of to help to not have a war." ise to pay him his $10 next Friday. What directors of the University of Judaism and Samantha Smith had a dream, a hope this unfair tax would try to do is to make it as a member of the Jewish Federation that some day our two nations would live so that the young fellow that mows your Counsel's Adult Education Commission. in peace. It is no small feat that, in her life, lawn would have to pay taxes this Friday It is my pleasure and sincere honor to this simple schoolgirl raised our expecta­ rather than next Friday when you pay him. join with my colleagues and the Pacific tions that that dream can, in fact, become a One of the concepts of the tax law has been to tie it into ability to pay. Now the ex­ Southwest Region of the Federation of reality. ample that I gave you is not of a company Jewish Men's Clubs to pay tribute to the Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join large enough to be covered by this law but Shulmans, a truly remarkable couple who me in paying tribute to Samantha Smith, the principle applies if you wanted to have made inestimable contributions to and in sending sincere condolences to Mrs. expand this concept, then everybody who is their community. Jane Smith in Manchester, ME, on the loss paid in the first week of January for work of her husband, Arthur, and her daughter done in the last week in December, would have to pay a tax as if they had received the Samantha. September 4, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22935 WELCOME TO NEWEST MEMBER ed on that same new campus the seminary The goal of St. Thomas is to impart a spir­ OF CONGRESS is preparing 85 ordination candidates and itual message relevant to our society and about 100 students in evening courses and not something that is limited to Sunday programs for service to God and their com­ morning. St. Thomas' efforts clearly make HON. RONALD D. COLEMAN munity. St. Thomas Academy, a junior and this spiritual message alive in the lives of senior school, relocated its campus to Men­ people who are leaders of our community OF TEXAS dota Heights in 1965 and now has a strong and our society. Throughout its history, St. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES academic and extracurricular program for Thomas has strived to meet those goals. Wednesday, September 4, 1985 750 students in grades 7 to 12. Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate St. Mr. COLEMAN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I The most dramatic change, however, has Thomas College, the St. Paul Seminary, am proud to join my colleagues today to been at the college of St. Thomas. Incorpo­ and St. Thomas Academy on their 100 welcome the newest Member of the House rated in 1894, the college of St. Thomas has years of service, their centennial of service of Representatives, the Honorable JIM grown to an enrollment of more than 6,200 to our community and Nation. They have CHAPMAN of the First Congressional Dis­ students, making it the largest private lib­ and will continue to be a vibrant force and trict of Texas. eral arts college in Minnesota. a positive asset. At this time, I would like If you had believed all of the other side's As the student enrollment has grown, so to bring to my colleagues' attention the fol­ predictions before the election, JIM CHAP­ has the curriculum expanded at St. lowing commentary on the achievements MAN by all accounts should not be here Thomas. Originally only a classics depart­ and developments of St. Thomas College. today. He was outspent by a margin of over ment, the college has built upon this solid foundation and developed not only a strong [From the Minneapolis Star and Tribune, 2 to 1 by the national Republicans' hand­ liberal arts program, but also a graduate Sept. 1, 19851 picked candidate, and you would have degree program, a nontraditional student ST. THOMAS COLLEGE STARTS A NEW CENTURY thought that the administration had relo­ program, and new programs in manufac­ OF COMMUNITY SERVICE cated the Cabinet in Texarkana by the time turing, engineering, business, and software Through its constant search August 29th issue of the Washington Post other-mainly the University of Minneso­ for new ways to serve the community, St. entitled, "More Americans using Foreign ta-aren't providing. Murphy says manufac­ Thomas is a remarkable community asset. turing engineering is such a niche. But St. (2) Thank goodness that Terrence Murphy, Tax Havens." Thomas went beyond a niche when it pio­ unlike those college presidents who say 10 Tax haven countries have long been a neered evening-class management studies in years in one place is enough, stayed around. source of refuge for organized crime and the 1970s. Then the university had a few The Twin Cities are better for having the drug profits. But it appears that more and hundred traditional daytime students work­ school and the man. more individual and tax protestors are ing for masters degrees, Murphy recalls. copying crooks like Robert Vesco and Now St. Thomas has nearly 1,300 nontradi­ ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT stashing money in tax haven countries. So tional students in evening and week-end much for the new patriotism! management classes and the university has about 1,200 such students. "They really HON. ROBERT GARCIA The IRS cannot hope to deal with this de­ took our program," Murphy says, but the velopment through the traditional audit result is that "the whole community is OF NEW YORK procedure. The purpose of going to these better off." IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tax haven countries is to hide an audit trail The centennial year will see a new rela­ Wednesday, September 4, 1985 or create such a maze of accounting non­ tionship between St. Thomas and the Saint sense that no one can determine the tax Paul Seminary. Both schools and St. Mr. GARCIA. Mr. Speaker, this adminis­ properly. Thomas Academy trace roots to a common tration has made it very clear that they I think we need some new approaches to beginning on Sept. 8, 1885. The seminary oppose any funding of the Economic Devel­ this problem. I will work to include in this became independent in 1894 and the acade­ opment Administration, because of its my, a junior-senior high school, moved away fall's tax reform bill the denial of various belief that the Federal Government should tax privileges for countries considered tax in 1965. not be be involved in economic develop­ The college and seminary are working out havens-foreign tax credits; deductibility of final details. St. Thomas will educate the ment projects at the local level. According losses, and so forth. But I think that we seminarians, but the seminary will foster re­ to the administration, the private sector should also consider a Federal transfer tax ligious-character development. St. Thomas can provide all the funding necessary for on the movement of assets to these tax will acquire most of the seminary's nearby community economic development. haven countries. The tax would be paid by 35 acres, opening up long-range possibilities In theory this may be sound thinking, the investor and anyone participating in for an expended St. Thomas campus. New but in practice it just will not wash, espe­ religious education can strengthen St. the transfer-communications companies, cially in light of the present economic re­ banks, transportation companies, couriers, Thomas' ability to train lay people to work alities. Mr. Speaker, I represent a poor dis­ as church counselors and administrators as and so forth-would be held liable for any priests become fewer. trict, the poorest in the Nation. And I can unpaid transfer tax. St. Thomas is one of the nation's 225 assure my colleagues that private investors Tax havens and the manipulators of Catholic colleges and universities. Most are not standing in line, ready and willing them are helping destroy confidence and were started by religious orders. St. Thomas to fund housing projects, businesses, or to faith in our Nation's tax system. They is one of a few started by a diocese. The re­ offer technical assistance to community should be treated like the enemies that they lationship continues, with Archbishop John groups. There are investors, and the Bronx Roach chairman of the college's trustees. are. is experiencing a resurgence in terms of The article follows: Seventeen priests from the diocese are renovations, new construction and new among 380 fulltime and parttime faculty businesses that have seen the opportunities [From the Washington Post, Aug. 29, 19851 members. Murphy as said that St. Thomas that exist in the Bronx. However, more MoRE AMERICANS USING FOREIGN TAX wants to "impart a Christian vision and HAVENS Christian values" to community life "by often than not some sort of incentive is educating people for various walks of life. If needed for these investors to put their we truly want the Gospel message to be rel­ money in distressed areas. The fact that the A growing number of Americans are using evant to our society and not something that Federal Government is behind a project is tax havens in such places as the Bahamas, is relegated to Sunday morning, then we sometimes the only incentive needed. the Cayman Islands and Panama as an ille­ must make it alive in the lives of people who Distressed areas have been faced with gal means of hiding about $20 billion a year are leaders ... of our community and our continued disinvestment. Local banks in from the Internal Revenue Service, a society." Senate subcommittee said yesterday. But that does not mean proselytizing stu­ the 18th district have a very poor record of The panel's report said that narcotics dents, Murphy says. Rather it means requir­ home mortgage lending, and it would not traffickers, who deal in vast amounts of il­ ing a few religion courses along with more stretch the imagination to say their com­ licit cash, still provide the bulk of U.S. traditional liberal-arts requirements. It mercial lending is probably not much funds laundered through foreign tax September .q., 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22937 havens. But it said its "striking conclusion billion in large cash transactions, most of it and the House, we have been unable to put . . . is that offshore banking accounts are suspected drug money funneled through more than a dent in the Federal deficit this being used by people one might regard as Hong Kong banks. Sixty banks have admit­ year. 'average American citizens.' " ted such reporting violations since Febru­ The Senate permanent subcommittee on ary, when the Bank of Boston pleaded The political pressures on Congress investigations, headed by William V. Roth guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act. simply make it too difficult to do more. Jr. Terrance Todman to name but just a few. appearing in the Standard-Times of New Pre-Emancipation, <3> Post-Emancipation A second strategy in the furtherance of Bedford. I commend Mr. Clark's comments and (4) Post-Independence. The three major Caribbean identity is the fostering of Carib- to my colleagues. 22940 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September .4, 1985 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY CLOSING LINKED TO the subsidies rather than immediately truism is rare in politics, but Joe was a NATIONAL POLICY impose a tariff. Five years later Brazil was rare person. . The imported textiles and garments. Unless our Joe entered politics in the 1950's and national government acts swiftly and deci­ MFA allows countries to annually increase their exports to the U.S. by six percent. Last became a trusted leader among northern sively, the tragedy will be repeated over and California Democrats. He was a member of over again and will affect many more work­ year imports of clothing and textiles from ers in New Bedford and across the country. Indonesia increased more than 200 percent, the Seventh Congressional District branch Since 1980 more than 10,000 Massachu­ while imports from China increased 162 per­ of the California Democratic Council setts residents employed in the clothing and cent. Not wanting to anger the Indonesian [CDC] and held a number of offices in the . textile industries have lost their jobs. These or Chinese governments, our government local, regional, and statewide CDC. did nothing. China's over-shipment of sheet­ workers have not found jobs as software de­ He worked tirelessly to elect representa­ signers on Route 128. For the most part ing material last year could-have kept two mills in Massachusetts open for a year. tives he thought would advocate his con­ they have taken lower-paying service indus­ cepts of good government, and was general­ try jobs. Many are still unemployed or un­ The American worker is thus laid off to deremployed. Their fellow textile . and ai?­ accommodate our government's foreign ly pleased with the quality of officeholders parel workers are in danger of sharmg therr policy goals. Should we want a military base in the east bay. His purpose was to make fate and the Commonwealth is in danger of in the Phillipines, or should we need government work for all the people. China's vote at the U.N., her textile and ap­ In later years, Joe was employed as ad­ losing the more than $770 million dollar parel quota is lifted and more Massachu­ annual textile and apparel payroll. setts workers go to the unemployment ministrative assistant to the Emeryville Nationwide 300,000 textile and apparel office. City Council. He resigned for health rea­ jobs have been lost in the last four years as Our union is not opposed to trade, espe­ sons in 1984, and died a year later. He was imports have grown 19 percent per year. In 60. 1984 61 textile plants closed in North and cially trade with the Third World. Indeed, South Carolina alone. Clothing and textile in many cases we have encouraged it. Wh~t We miss his dry wit. We miss his sound imports now comprise almost 50 percent of we are opposed to is uncontrolled and unfarr judgment. But most of all, we miss his com­ trade. Such uncontrolled and unfair trade pany. Joe Close was always there when the American market, a far greater percent­ can only lead to Third World conditions in age than imported autos or steel. TextHe industrial states like Massachusetts. needed. Joe was a friend. and apparel imports account for 13 percent These injustices have led Republican Sen. of our record trade deficit. John Danforth, the chairman of the Senate To stop the destruction of the U.S. textile subcommittee on International Trade, to TARENTUM PRESENTS and apparel industry more than half of the say "The Administration equates even en­ COMMUNITY AWARDS U.S. House of Representatives and one-third for~ement of the law as protectionist. They of the U.S. Senate have sponsored the Tex­ view free trade as "necessitating docile ac­ HON. JOSEPH M. GAYDOS tile and Apparel Trade Enforcement Act. ceptance of the unfair practices of trading The Bill seeks to establish a fair trade partners." The Textile and Apparel Trade OF PENNSYLVANIA system that protects the American workers IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and American industry while allowing for a Enforcement Act would bring some fairness to an unfair trade system. Wednesday, September 4, 1985 reasonable level of imports. Our representa­ Foreign governments and many retailers tives should be commended and supported and secunty services have resumed their for its recognition of outstanding citizen­ previous practices and enjoy the confidence ship. Five years ago this week, on Aug. 31, 1980, of the prime minister. Finding a solution to the workers' Interfactory Strike Committee Poland's economic woes and debt obliga­ signed a historic agreement with the Polish tions is no doubt a major task of Poland's COMMEMORATION OF THE AN­ government after a 17 -day strike in Gdansk. government, but maintaining total political NIVERSARY OF THE INVASION Apart from a series of economic concessions control and diminishing the impact of the OF POLAND won by the workers, the agreement allowed opposition is the first priority. them to set up an independent trade union Poland, has been pointed out often provided for the release of political prison: enough, is divided into two camps: the HON. FRANK ANNUNZIO ers, called for the lifting of media censor­ ~ers, which consist of the Army, the Min­ OF ILLINOIS ship, and stipulated that religious faiths IStry of Internal Affairs, and the Commu­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES should have access to radio broadcast time. The only one of the 21 points of the Gdansk nist party, state, and government bureau­ Wednesday, September 4, 1985 cracy; and the ruled, who include most of agreement still in force is the Roman the nearly 10 million Solidarity members, Mr. ANNUNZIO. Mr. Speaker, on Sep­ Catholic Church's regular radio broadcast other opposition opinion, the Catholic tember 1, 1939, the peaceful state of Poland of its Sunday Mass. The Polish authorities stalled, back­ Church and private farmers. was invaded, marking the beginning of one tracked, and significantly evaded fulfilling Little communication takes place between of the most tragic and destructive wars in the terms of the agreement. Nevertheless, the two camps. Efforts to stimulate a dia­ the history of mankind-World War II. the Independent, Self-Governing Trade logue between Solidarity and the govern­ On this date, 46 years ago, the forces of Union Solidarity was legally registered in ment have thus far failed. Solidarity leader nazism broke across the Polish borders November 1980. In December 1981, however Lech Walesa periodically repeats his readi­ General Jaruzelski proclaimed martial law, ness for a dialogue and negotiations, but the from the West, and 16 days after this initial government, believing it has the upper hand attack, the forces of communism began suspending the activities of all trade unions. In October 1982, a new law on trade unions and need not negotiate as long as it is will­ their treacherous assault from the East. Al­ was adopted which delegalized Solidarity ing to use force, ignores him. though the Polish people, including over and provided for the establishment, in Such as it is-a far cry from its 1980-81 830,000 soldiers and officers of the Polish stages, of a new officially approved union. existence-Solidarity is unlikely to disap­ Army, fought bravely to preserve their What is the legacy of Solidarity? pear. Young people in their 20's and 30's homeland, they were unable to prevent The Solidarity experience showed that who were the mainstay of the union, cannot Poland from becoming a nation without a the workers could unite to defend their in­ write it off as a failure and forget it. Too terests and compel the authorities to make much of the promise of 1980-81 remains state, a tyrannized and persecuted country, fresh in their hearts and minds. So the deprived of over half of its territory and economic concessions, assuming both sides renounced violence. It proved that workers struggle for Solidarity ideals continues be­ millions of its people. without higher education understood their cause the Communist system has nothing Many thousands of Polish soldiers were country's problems and could develop ideas comparable to offer. forced to flee from the military might of and solutions for them. Polish workers and Mr. Speaker, as we again observe this an­ their oppressors, and joined the allied intellectuals joined to negotiate issues with niversary of the invasion of Poland, I am troops. An underground movement was the authorities. The Solidarity period re­ honored to join Americans of Polish de­ formed, directed by the P~lish Government­ vealed a Polish hunger for free speech and scent living in the 11th Congressional Dis­ in-exile, which contributed to the war democracy. It gave a moral and spiritual boost to Polish society and furnished hope trict of Illinois which I am honored to rep­ effort by crippling the enemy with acts of that, under other circumstances Francisco. Many grape growers, including IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Cucuk, a third-generation farmer who is Los Angeles, July 25.-From grapes and al­ Wednesday, September 4, 1985 monds, to cotton and rice, farmers in Cali­ 52 years old, expect the figure to approach fornia have long had more options to make 28 percent this year. Mr. GARCIA. Mr. Speaker, the Septem­ money than farmers in other parts of the California wine shipments, aided by the ber 1 edition of the Washington Post had country. popular new wine coolers, are expected to an excellent article of the determination of But growers here are reeling too, faced by increase about 3 percent, to 373 million gal­ President Alfonsin and the Argentine many of the same woes as other American lons this year, according to the Wine Insti­ tute. But prices for grapes used for crushing people to come to grips with their econom­ farmers: falling commodity prices, rising im­ ic problems. ports, dwindling foreign markets and stag­ have declined steadily-to $169 a ton last gering bank debt. year, from a peak of $248 in 1981. Cotton, at The tone of the article was not complete­ California growers face their fifth consec­ about 60 cents a pound, is down about 10 ly optimistic, at least as far as the ability of utive year of declining profits. The Security cents from a year ago. the Argentine leader to solve his nation's Pacific National Bank, for example, esti­ With less money coming in from crop economic crisis. But the article went mates that the industry will earn $3 billion sales, California growers have little avail­ beyond merely assessing Argentina's eco­ this year, down from $3.2 billion in 1984 and able to make debt payments. "What we've nomic plight. It talked about the willing­ a peak of $4.2 billion in 1980. seen the last two years will continue," said ness of the Argentine people to give their And falling prices for major crops such as James D. Kirk, senior vice president in cotton, grapes, raisins, corn, almonds and charge of lending for the Wells Fargo Bank President a chance. The fact that he must rice have pared cash flows so much that in the San Joaquin Valley. "The people who concern himself with the political pressures many growers say they face another year of took on too much debt will probably go out that go hand in hand with taking severe losses. Those growers who borrowed to buy of business." economic measures was in itself a refresh­ high-priced land a few years ago have few Mr. Kirk, along with other bankers, said ing sign. There was no talk of a coup in the places to turn for help. California farms, al­ they now review a grower's chances of article, only of the kind of political pres­ though larger, on average, than those in the making a profit on a given crop in deciding sures that any democratic elected leader Middle West, are still mostly family owned. whether to make new loans, instead of look­ might find if he or she makes difficult, if "It looks like there will be a day of reck­ ing at land values. Most bankers said they oning for a lot of growers by the end of the try to carry a farmer as long as possible, and unpopular, decisions. year," said Walt Cucuk, owner of a 180-acre if they must repossess the land, try to lease That is not to say that the people are grape and raisin farm north of Fresno. it back to the farmer. always fair or far sighted in their support "They've got their ranches mortgaged to "In a lot of cases, with appropriate man­ for their leaders, but that is how a democ­ the hilt and have been living off their sav­ agement and efficiency enhancements, the racy works, and Argentina is very much a ings. "This year's crop won't pay their ex­ farmers will come through" before the land democracy. I am hopeful that the Argen­ penses." is repossessed, said Duane Paul, senior econ­ tine Government will be able to handle its The situation is probably not as bleak as omist for the southern California oper­ economic problems, but at the same time, I in some parts of the American farm belt, be­ ations of the Bank of America. "But in cause of the greater diversification. None­ other cases, fortunately the minority, they am very glad that the people of that nation theless, agriculture is one of California's are simply not going to make it. It's a bitter have chosen to do so as a democracy. biggest industries, and the continued down­ pill for us to swallow, as well as for the I submit the Washington Post article for turn has sent farmland prices plummeting, farmer." my colleagues' perusal: and has taken a toll on the banks here, too. Most banks are keeping foreclosed acres ALFONSIN LEADs ARGENTINES INTO WAR The problems in California agriculture, off the market in an effort to keep prices AGAINST INFLATION for example, were among the factors cited from falling further, Mr. Cucuk, the grape by the BankAmerica Corporation last week grower, said. when it reported a $338 million loss in the Today, however, land values in the arid; BUENos AIREs.-Two months ago, Argen­ second quarter. Its Bank of America unit irrigated San Joaquin Valley have plummet­ tine President Raul Alfonsin stood Argen­ has its roots in California's small farming ed in many cases by more than 50 percent in tine politics on its head. He told the country communities and remains the state's largest three years. Land with Thompson seedless the truth about its economic policies. agricultural lender, with a farm loan portfo­ grapes, a basic crop used primarily for rai­ It was not foreign bankers or Argentina's lio of $2.2 billion. It also owns approximate­ sins and in wine-making, has fallen to less $48 billion in foreign debt that was the root ly 94,000 acres on foreclosed farmland. than $4,000 an acre, down from a peak aver­ cause of the country's hyperinflation and "All of the major California banks" are age of $10,840. economic stagnation-a popular political confronted with growing agricultural loan Rather than buying more land, Mr. Cucuk theme during the first 15 months of his ad­ problems, said Ray Borton, senior agricul­ used his profits from boom times to open a ministration. tural economist for the California Depart­ machine shop. But that, too, is now "strug­ Instead, he said, Argentina itself and dec­ ment of Food and Agriculture. gling." Mean-while, he expects to lose ades of its economic policies were the funda- September 4-, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22943 mental source of the country's economic more help, according to Treasury Secretary tempt to restore Argentina to the healthy woes. Mario Brodersohn, a key architect of the economic status it enjoyed prior to World It was an amazing change of course for new plan that Alfonsin announced June 14. War II, when it was one of the most pros­ the president, who inherited an economic That plan began with a wage-price freeze perous nations in the world. In the last 10 mess in December 1983 from an eight-year­ that Alfonsin imposed to break an en­ years, manufacturing employment has de­ old military government. But to the surprise trenched inflationary psychology that was clined 35 percent, while output has fallen 20 of veteran observers, most Argentines ral­ pushing prices upward at a 1,300 percent percent, according to Alberto Sojit, a Pero­ lied around Alfonsin's message and the annual rate in May. He promised to cut the nist economist who has been advising the painful prescriptions he administered, bloated federal deficit and ordered a halt to Alfonsin administration. Workers with rela­ boosting his popularity by 10 percentage the printing of new money-the principal tively high incomes have been forced into points. means Argentine governments have used for low-paying service jobs, reducing demand Last Thursday, labor unions organized a decades to pay for their government. To un­ for such middle-income products as automo­ large, one-day strike to protest the new derscore the break with inflationary prac­ biles. policy, but the demonstration was at best tices, he created a new currency-the aus­ The prices of Argentina's exports-mainly only partially successful and not an indica­ tral-to replace the vilified peso. agricultural and other commodities-have tion of a significant loss of support, Alton­ Argentina also made peace with its inter­ fallen sharply. About 80 percent of Argenti­ sin's supporters and critics agree. national lenders and the International Mon­ na's exports are agricultural products, and The clock is running on Alfonsin, howev­ etary Fund, the lender of last resort. it faces increasing difficulties in exporting er, many of these political figures say. If he The attack on inflation was the heart of to its historical markets such as Europe be­ fails to find the resources to begin to restore Alfonsin's program. Spiraling upward and cause European farm policy has been aimed the ravaged Argentine economy, his man­ out of control, the price escalation was at fostering and protecting products such as date-and the country's economic future­ making normal economic decision-making beef. In 1960, Argentina exported 1 million will be in jeopardy. virtually impossible. "By late May, the econ­ tons of beef a year. Today it exports about The problems begin with the $48 billion omy had ground to a halt," according to one 250 thousand tons. Argentina owes to foreign creditors, which diplomatic source. Most troubling, perhaps, is Argentina's is soon to grow to $53 billion. Just to pay "The situation we were living through was lack of diversification. While Brazil, its the interest on that debt, Argentina will a desperate one. Argentines are clinging to neighbor and traditional Latin American have to drain about $5.5 billion a year from this plan as though it were a lifesaver. It rival, has built aggressive export industries, its economy-an amount equal to 8 percent has been 40 years since they last had a feel­ Argentina has been content to rely on tradi­ of its total output of $70 billion. ing of stability," said Sen Carlos Gomez tional commodities and raw materials for As great a burden as the debt, perhaps, is Centurion, a member of the tiny Provincial­ nearly all of its exports. In the mid-1960s, the memory of how little Argentina got in ist Party. Brazil and Argentina each exported about return. Little of Argentina's borrowings And the solution was desperate-following $1.5 billion worth of goods a year. Today, were used to modernize or expand industry Alfonsin's moves, the Argentine economy Argentina exports about $8 billion worth, or create new businesses aimed at exports. spun into an almost immediate recession. while Brazil's exports are worth $27 billion. Argentine's military government, which But the wage and price freeze is only a first Economist Dominguez said that Argentina took the country into a disastrous war step. Adolfo Canitrot, second in command at must quickly look to joint ventures with for­ against Britain, spent heavily for its own the Economy Ministry, said that the freeze eign investors to develop industries to trans­ needs, and to dampen import prices and in­ will be maintained until society is convinced form raw materials and raw commodities flation, the government kept the peso that inflation will not return. into higher-value intermediate goods. For highly overvalued in the early 1980s. But But at some point, economic policy example, Argentina should export beef this fed the demand for dollars, as Argen­ makers will have to devise a strategy to get products, not merely beef, he said. tine investors increasingly moved into the Argentina growing without rekindling infla­ Perhaps the key factor in Alfonsin's new American currency to protect themselves tion and inflationary expectations, he said. economic policy is Alfonsin himself. from an inevitable fall in the peso's value. Exactly how they will do that is not clear, "He is a man of charisma who speaks In 1980, according to economist Jorge Do­ even to them, Canitrot and Treasury Secre­ clearly and is perceived to be decent," ac­ minguez, Argentina borrowed billions of dol­ tary Brodersohn said. cording to N. Charles Rowe, vice president lars merely to have enough of them in the of the Bank of Boston's large Argentine central bank to satisfy private citizen's de­ If the next phase of the anti-inflation pro­ gram is to succeed, the government will branch operation. mands. Rather than investing in their own A rival Peronist politician said that, country, Argentines shipped their dollars to have to gain control over the public-sector enterprises; more than 350 in all, which during the year and a half Alfonsin has safer havens abroad. In 1980 alone, nearly been in office, has stature has magnified. $12 billion was sent out of the country, and range from oil and electricity to appliance manufacturing. Many of them lose money "Not since Juan Peron do the Argentine today, Argentines hold an estimated $25 bil­ people seem willing to put their trust in one lion to $35 billion abroad. and are a drain on the government's limited Because it neglected its own development, resources. politician," he said. Argentina will need major financial contri­ In direct opposition to the verities of Ar­ His prospects are aided by the severe divi­ butions from abroad for several years if it is gentine tradition and, especially, those of sions in the Peronist Party, conceded Diego to meet its interest payments, create jobs his own Radical Party, Alfonsin said he Ramirez Guelar, one of the leading Peronist and start new export-oriented industries. would reduce the role of the state in indus­ deputies and ranking minority members of For this help, Argentina is dependent try, arguing that the private sector is more the House Budget Committee. upon its bank lenders, who hold about $25 efficient than the public for most forms of For the last six months, the Peronist billion of the total debt. Many Argentines enterprise. Party, called Justicialist, has been in a mas­ were galled by the willingness of the banks These enterprises control more money sive internal war pitting provincial interests to lend to the former military government that the president, one diplomatic source against those of urban Buenos Aires. Many because, it is said, the banks knew the gov­ said. "The government now is attempting to expect Alfonsin's 52 percent House majority ernment was doing little productive with put the bridle on the public-sector enter­ to climb to 60 percent or higher after the the borrowings. Now the banks hold the prises and to get the bit to fit in the mouths November congressional elections. lifeline. In the next several months, they of the directors," the source said. "The gov­ To be sure, Alfonsin's desire to reshape are expected to provide fresh money total­ ernment must get them to transmit the the economy and downplay confrontation ing $4.2 billion, the first new bank loans Ar­ money they owe the treasury and get them with foreign banks and multilateral institu­ gentina has received in more than three to follow their own budget." tions is not shared by the vast majority of years. But the banks are reluctant to make In the months ahead, the debt situation is his Radical party, which remains committed big new loans to Argentina, or any other manageable. This year, a $4 billion export to a heavy state involvement in industry. major debtors, because of the huge amount surplus and the long-awaited money from "But attitudes are changing," insisted of loans already outstanding puted that assessment, at least judging from been a fact of life in Argentina for a decade, It is very quiet in Foley Square at 4:30 in a photograph he once inscribed to his actual unemployment has been low, averag­ the morning, when 84-year-old Judge friend: "To Edward Weinfeld, who makes ing about 3.5 percent. However, the reces­ Edward Weinfeld usually arrives. The the rest of us feel like drones." square is deserted except for the homeless sion that followed the wage-price freeze has NO MORE TENNIS led to almost-unheard-of layoffs and job people sleeping in the park across from the losses. "More than 5,000 of our 30,000 mem­ United States Court House. Age has forced some changes in Judge Last week Judge Weinfeld marked his Weinfeld's daily routine. He rarely takes his bers have been laid off," said Ricardo La­ 35th anniversary on the bench in appropri­ ruminative lunchtime walks across the manna, a top official of the union of fore­ ate fashion. He showed up at the Court Brooklyn Bridge anymore, and his 6 A.M. men in the metals industry. "It's worse in House five minutes earlier than usual, tennis game died a while ago, with the only construction. We're in favor of fighting in­ switched on the lights in his chambers, person he could find to play at that hour. flation, but gradually. A country that made a pot of coffee and began doing the Some lawyers say that in recent years the doesn't produce can't pay its debts." job he loves-the lonely, difficult but ex­ judge has grown more impatient, even pe­ Brodersohn warns that "making serious hilarating work of a Federal trial judge. remptory, with them in court. economic policy is not enough. There are When Judge Weinfeld leaves his apart­ But as sleep becomes more difficult for three players in this game. We need help ment on East 66th Street for Room 2204 of him, his workday begins earlier than ever. It from the advanced countries. They have to the courthouse each day, he merely for­ starts in his chambers, following a round of stop subsidizing exports where they have no sakes one home and family for another. At pushups, with a verse of the Bible-first in comparative advantage. The European sub­ the courthouse he is married to the law, and Hebrew, then in English. In the hours sidy on beef exceeds Argentina's cost of pro­ his clerks are his sons and daughters. before his law clerks arrive, he writes opin­ duction. Friends, colleagues and former law clerks ions, reviews court records and sentencing "The international banking community have begged him not to work so hard. But reports and reads the latest Supreme Court not only must reduce the interest it charges the judge, a stickler for facts, takes issue rulings. on outstanding loans. It also must make with not only their sentiments, but also One story, apocryphal perhaps but not im­ available new lines of credit if we are to their choice of words. plausible, tells of a prosecutor who met the grow." NOT WORK BUT ' JOY' judge on the Court House steps at 8 o'clock His warning is muted in the less-confron­ "When, at a fairly early hour of the morn­ one morning. tational tones that are now used by the gov­ ing, I put the key into the door of my dark­ "Going out for breakfast, judge?" he ernment in referring to the debt. There is a ened chambers and walk across the room to asked. recognition that, no matter how tempting it start the day's activities," he wrote recently, "No, for lunch," Judge Weinfeld replied. may be to say "to hell with the debt," in re­ "I do so with the same enthusiasm that was MINISTER OF JUSTICE ality, it costs more to confront than to pay. mine the very first day of my judicial The judge's work, to many, could seem "To be another Nicaragua, isolated from the career. What one enjoys is not work. It is like drudgery: writing and re-writing opin­ United States, is not a palatable option," joy." ions, reviewing reains of court documents, said a former top Argentine diplomat. Edward Weinfeld is the oldest active Fed­ cross-examining probation officers before Leading Argentine officials are beginning eral judge in the United States. But in a sentencing. But Judge Weinfeld is fond of to realize that neither Europe nor Japan is profession known for its dissenters, nearly referring to himself as a "minister of jus­ going to open its domestic markets to Ar­ everyone agrees that he also remains what he has long been: one of the most respected tice" and telling his law clerks that "there is gentine exports and that the United States Federal judges in the country. no such thing as an unimportant case." is becoming Argentina's most important Two years ago, when Judge Weinfeld's Such sentiments could seem corny to ally. But even if the rhetoric about Argenti­ alma mater, the New York University Law some-but not to those who have reviewed na's foreign oqligations has cooled, the debt School, named a professorship after him, his decisions on appeal, shared the trial never disappears from the horizon. Associate Justice William J. Brennan Jr. of bench with him, worked for him or been liti­ "The people at the IMF, the Federal Re­ the United States Supreme Court called gants in his courtroom. serve and the [United States] Treasury tell him "a day-by-day living example of what The United States Supreme Court often us that, if the economic situation stabilizes we want our judges to be." He added: mentions Judge Weinfeld by name, a rare and our accounts are more or less in order, "There is general agreement on bench and tribute for a trial judge. Fellow jurists regu­ there will be an increase in foreign invest­ bar throughout this nation that there is no larly seek his counsel and use his jury in­ ments and the policy of the banks will better judge on any court. structions. The defendants in the Brinks murder change. They tell us the banks will be more 2,108 OPINIONS willing to lend," the Economy Ministry's cases, who routinely disrupted the proceed­ Judge Weinfeld has earned his reputation ings in other courtrooins, stood quietly Canitrot said. "I don't know how long we've through decades of diligence rather than whenever Judge Weinfeld entered his. got to wait. After one year or two years through the luck of assignments or the elo­ without results, the political pressures will quence of his writing. DECISIONS RARELY REVERSED build up." He has presided over his share of famous And appellate courts rarely reverse him­ cases-the libel suit by the author Quentin not even in the midst of the McCarthy era, Reynolds against Westbrook Pegler, the when he ruled that a Senate subcommittee noted Hearst journalist, for instance, and had improperly questioned a Columbia Uni- September 4, 1985 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22945 versity lecturer, Corliss Lamont, about his they are discharged. "Your reward must THE FIRST EARTH RUN political beliefs. come from the knowledge that you respond­ "In my view the Court of Appeals would ed to the call of duty as a citizen, and were not have upheld any other judge," said privileged to play an important part in the Leonard Boudin, who represented Mr. administration of justice." HON. MATIHEW F. McHUGH Lamont. "The weight of his learning, legal analysis and reputation made him virtually OF NEW YORK irreversible." Judge Weinfeld has periodically promised AMERICAN LEGION VIGIL IN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NEW JERSEY his wife of 54 years, Lillian, that he plans to Wednesday, September 4, 1985 retire from his post, a lifetime appointment. But despite gout, phlebitis and other ail­ Mr. McHUGH. Mr. Speaker, all of us re­ ments, there is no evidence that he intends HON. JIM COURTER member the spirit of cooperation and patri­ to keep his word. Already, he has hired law OF NEW JERSEY otism that was generated in 1984 as the clerks both for next year and the year after. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Olympic Torch was carried across the They will presumably develop the same United States. bond with Judge Weinfeld as their predeces­ Wednesday, September 4, 1985 sors, most of whom have long-since gone on Today, I am inserting into the RECORD to successful careers of their own. Many, Mr. COURTER. Mr. Speaker, a very fine an article that recently appeared in the Los looking back, say nothing could compete vigil for American MIA's and POW's was Angeles Herald Examiner regarding the with their first job or first boss. organized in July in Franklin, NJ. The first Earth run. This event, which is being "One of the tragedies of my life is that I ceremony was planned by Mr. Paul Cilurso, organized by David Gershon, the director peaked at 25," said Mitchell Lowenthal, chairman of the POW /MIA Vigil Commit­ of the 1980 Winter Olympic torch relay, is Judge Weinfeld's 1983 clerk and now an as­ designed to take the Olympic torch relay sociate at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamil­ tee of Post 132 of the American Legion. Be­ cause Mr. Cilurso and the American Legion one step further by organizing a worldwide ton in New York. torch relay that will honor our common Another New York lawyer, Daniel Levitt, have performed distinguished services for wrote of his clerkship in 1964-65: "That was American war veterans and their families, I humanity and ignite the spirit of global co­ operation. the best year. The rest are only to be used wish the following notice of the vigil to be The first Earth run is an inspirational to prove we were worthy of you." entered into the RECORD. Mr. Speaker, the "He will never retire," said Martin Lipton, concept that deserves our encouragement a New York lawyer and Judge Weinfeld's American vigil continues for all the good and support, and thus I hope that all of our clerk from 1956 to 1957. "He will spend his men lost to us in the Southeast Asian war. colleagues will take a few moments to last days on the bench." [From the Daily Record, Morristown, NJl learn more about this event. Judge Weinfeld has said he aspired to serve the rule of law even as the 9-year-old LEGION VIGIL IN FRANKLIN HONORS MIA's CONCEPT OF FIRST EARTH RUN Is CATCHING son of immigrant parents on the Lower East , signed at Washington on . 2:00p.m. June 25, 1985. SD-419 Foreign Relations SD-419 To hold hearings on financing of foreign Judiciary SEPTEMBER 20 military sales. Juvenile Justice Subcommittee SD-419 To hold hearings on S. 985, to protect 9:30 a.m. the rights of victims of child abuse. Labor and Human Resources Governmental Affairs SR-325 To hold hearings on matters relating to Energy, Nuclear Proliferation and Gov­ private education. ernment Processes Subcommittee Select on Indian Affairs SD-430 To hold hearings on S. 209, the Federal To hold hearings on S. 1298, to coordi­ Debt Recovery Act. nate and expand services for the pre­ 10:00 a.m. vention, identification, and treatment Environment and Public Works SD-342 of alcohol and drug abuse among Environmental Pollution Subcommittee Indian youth. To hold hearings on proposed legislation SEPTEMBER 30 SR-485 authorizing funds for wildlife refuge programs. 9:30a.m. 2:00p.m. SD-406 Finance Governmental Affairs SEPTEMBER 23 Taxation and Debt Management Subcom­ Energy, Nuclear Proliferation and Gov­ 9:30a.m. mittee ernment Processes Subcommittee Finance To hold hearings on proposed revisions To hold oversight hearings on enumera­ in subchapter C of the Internal Reve­ tion of undocumented aliens in the de­ International Trade Subcommittee nue Code relating to corporate tax­ cennial census. To resume hearings on S. 680, to limit ation. imports of textile products into the SD-342 United States to a 1-percent growth SD-215 rate for exporting countries. 10:00 a.m. SEPI'EMBER 19 SD-215 Governmental Affairs 9:30a.m. Civil Service, Post Office, and General SEPTEMBER 24 Services Subcommittee Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 9 To hold hearings on S. 1440, the Non­ To hold hearings on S. 812, to authorize :00 a.m. Smokers Rights Act. the President to control loans and Energy and Natural Resources SD-342 other transfers of capital to any or all Energy Regulation and Conservation Sub- of the Soviet bloc countries. committee To hold oversight hearings on innova- - OCTOBER 1 SD-538 tive approaches in industrial energy 30 efficiency. 9: a.m. Commerce, Science, and Transportation -Finance To hold hearings on record labeling. SD-366 9:30a.m. To resume hearings on the President's SR-253 Finance tax reform proposal. Energy and Natural Resources To resume hearings on the President's SD-215 Energy Regulation and Conservation Sub­ tax reform proposal. 10:00 a.m. committee SD-215 Governmental Affairs To hold oversight hearings to review the 10:00 a.m. Federal Energy Regulatory Commis­ Civil Service, Post Office, and General sion notice of proposed rulemaking on Foreign Relations Services Subcommittee Regulation of Natural Gas Pipelines Business meeting, to consider pending To continue hearings on S. 1440, the after Partial Wellhead Decontrol. calendar business. Non-Smokers Rights Act. SD-342 SD-366 SD-419 •Labor and Human Resources Finance Labor and Human Resources Education, Arts, and Humanities Subcom­ To resume hearings on the President's Children, Family, Drugs, and Alcoholism mittee tax reform proposal. Subcommittee To hold joint hearings with the House To hold hearings on child fitness and Committee on Education and Labor's SD-215 health programs. Subcommittee on Elementary, Second­ 10:00 a.m. SD-562 ary, and Vocational Education on the Foreign Relations problem of illiteracy in the United States. European Affairs Subcommittee SEPTEMBER 26 2175 Rayburn Building To resume hearings to review the Na- tional Alliance Treaty Organization 9:30 a.m. Labor and Human Resources Children, Family, Drugs, and Alcoholism