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GAZETTE Volume 18, No. 22 • June 1, 2007 • A weekly publication for Library staff Library Gets Paul Simon’s ‘Graceland’ Manuscript he Library of Congress will receive the works-in-progress manuscript in T which Paul Simon worked out the lyrics for his song “Graceland,” Librar- ian of Congress James H. Billington announced upon awarding the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song to Simon during a dinner on May 22 in the Great Hall of the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building. “We appreciate Paul Simon’s act of generosity and know it will inspire future prize winners and their contributions to America’s storehouse of creativity and knowledge,” said Billington. “The Library has been collecting Paul Simon’s music for more than 50 years, from the song ‘The Girl For Me’ by Simon and Garfunkel which was submitted for copyright in 1956, to his most recent album, ‘Surprise.’ His ‘Graceland’ album was recently named to the National Recording Registry,” said Billington. “This record of his creativity, tracing Brown Tony Librarian of Congress James H. Billington presents Paul Simon with the first annual his progress from simple notes to phrases, Gershwin Prize for Popular Song during a May 22 dinner in the Library’s Great Hall. will not only be a welcome addition to our collections but will also serve as an Library’s musical treasures, such as the can masters, such as John Philip Sousa, inspiration to the American people the original manuscripts from European mas- George and Ira Gershwin, Aaron Copland Library serves,” Billington said. ters Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Leonard Bernstein. The Simon materials will join the and others, as well as those of Ameri- SIMON, Continued on page 5 Senator Inouye Describes Saga of ‘Pain and Patriots’ may have been here By Audrey Fischer According to Inouye, when their con- before the Vikings,” tracts were up many Chinese workers enator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) said Inouye. However, moved to the cities where they started delivered an Asian-American his- t he S enator be ga n businesses. Story lesson during his May 22 key- the story of Asians in Next came the Japanese, who were note address for the Library’s 2007 com- America with the mid- initially content to work in the fields but memoration of Asian Pacific American 19th century migration then decided to improve their lot by form- Heritage Month. It was a saga of “pain, Daniel Inouye of Chinese to work in ing labor unions. patriotism and insults,” according to the the fields and mines of “That was the last straw for the planta- man who has represented Hawaii in the the west and to help build the Transcon- tion owners,” said Inouye. “The National U.S. Congress continuously since the tinental Railroad. Guard was called in” [to handle the strik- islands achieved statehood in 1959. “Many died, but no one cared,” he ing workers]. “Some believe that the Chinese said. INOUYE, Continued on page 5 2 T H E G A Z E tt E JUNE 1, 2007 N O T I CE S Attention Adams Building Employees The Library of Congress Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness (OSEP) has GAZETTE begun the second phase of construction of the Library’s Emergency Public Address System MATTHEW RAYMOND (EPAS) in the Adams Building. Executive Editor GAIL FINEBERG Installation will continue through August 2007 and will require access to ceilings and Editor walls in the Adams Building. To minimize interruptions technicians of M.C. Dean Inc. or MICHAELA McNICHOL Art Director SPAWAR Systems may contact supervisors over the next few weeks to schedule work in their areas. OSEP apologizes for any inconveniences this may cause. Contributing Editors: Erin Allen, Calendar; Staff with questions regarding the EPAS installation may contact Albert Sabet, SPAWAR Carlin “René” Sayles, Moving On and Length of Service; Systems, at 7-4088 or [email protected], or Michael Salmons, Office of Security and Emergency Runako Balondemu, Donated Leave Contributing Photographers: Erin Allen, T.J. Jeffers, Preparedness, at 7-2850 or [email protected]. Michaela McNichol, Charlynn Spencer Pyne Proofreader: George Thuronyi PETER BRAESTRUP JAMES W. McCLUNG Author Describes Interrogation Changes Founder Founding Publisher (1990 – 1997) (1990 – 1994) The LCPA Veterans Forum will host Tony Lagouranis, author of “Fear Up Harsh: An Army Interrogator’s Dark Journey Through Iraq,” at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 6, An official publication of the Library of Congress, The Gazette in the Mumford Room, LM 649. encourages Library managers and staff to submit articles and The book is being published that week and will be available for purchase and photographs of general interest. Submissions will be edited to convey the most necessary information. signing at this event sponsored by the LCPA Veterans Forum. Deadline for submission is 5 p.m. Wednesday, one week prior to After receiving a degree in Ancient Greek from St. John’s College, Lagouranis (who publication date. Please submit text in digital form via email (gfin@ is Greek-American) joined the U.S. Army. Passing the language proficiency exam, he loc.gov) preferably as an attached Microsoft Word file. Back issues of The Gazette are available in the Public Affairs Office, attended the Defense Language Institute in Monterey in order to learn Arabic. This was LM 105, and issues dating from 2000 through the current issue are before 9/11, before Arabic became crucial in any war capacity. He was also trained as available online at www.loc.gov/staff/gazette. an interrogator, but his “schoolhouse” training, as he puts it, followed Geneva Conven- Library of Congress tions. The object was to get “actionable intelligence” for the battlefield, such as how Washington, DC 20540-1620 Editorial 7-9194, [email protected] many enemy tanks and soldiers the U.S. Army would confront. Design and production 7-0970, [email protected] The author provides insight into the Iraq War, as well as the varying degrees of ISSN 1049-8184 interrogation techniques, and how these “interrogation rules” changed. These changes include diet alteration, the use of military dogs, hypothermia, sleep deprivation, sexual humiliation and ghost detainees. Lagouranis served in Mosul, the Battle of Falluja Printed on paper that contains recycled paper by the and other places. u Printing Management Section, Office Systems Services Gazette Welcomes Letters from Staff The staff is invited to use the Forum pages for lively and George Washington University Hospital Mammovan thoughtful debate relevant to Library issues. However, just as other newspaper editors exercise discretion over which letters 9:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., June 7 to publish and how to edit them, so do we. In deciding whether Van will be parked on Independence Avenue near the Adams Building. 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AT A G L A NCE: Notable Events 7 OIG Hot Lines Reports of offenses against the Library may be made in confidence to the Office of the Inspector General, 7-6306, by fax at 7-6032, or by sending an e-mail to OIG Hotline, oighotline@ Calendar 8 loc.gov. www.loc.gov/staff/gazette JUNE 1, 2007 T H E G A Z E tt E 3 V ETE RA N S H I S T O R Y P R O J ECT VHP Presents World War I Veterans’ Stories eleased in time for Memorial Day Veterans History Project after they died. weekend, a new digital collection Arnold Hoke was an infantry soldier and Rof World War I veterans’ diaries, Clara Lewandoske was a nurse; they met letters, journals and memoirs appears and married in the 1920s. Hoke joined online in a new section of the Veterans the U.S. Army in 1917, and like so many History Project’s Web site, at www.loc. others was thrust into trench warfare in gov/vets.